Indian States and Union Territories

The Kanya Vidyadhan Yojana is a welfare scheme launched by the Government of Uttar Pradesh to provide financial assistance to girls who have passed the 12th standard to encourage higher education.

The 530-crore interest waiver scheme was primarily targeted at states with high agrarian distress. Tamil Nadu was not included in the specific list of states covered by this particular waiver initiative at that time.

Guwahati high court has the territorial jurisdiction over the four states. They are Assam, Nagaland, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh.

The Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum is a major science museum located in Bangalore, which is the capital of Karnataka.

Kautilya's Saptanga theory of the state identifies seven limbs: Swami (king), Amatya (bureaucracy), Janapada (territory/population), Durga (fort), Kosha (treasury), Danda (army/coercion), and Mitra (allies). Since all listed items are part of these seven, the answer is correct.

In 2009, the Uttar Pradesh government took significant legislative steps to curb ragging in educational institutions. This was part of a broader national effort to address the issue in Indian colleges.

The name Punjab is derived from the Persian words 'panj' (five) and 'ab' (water), referring to the five rivers that flow through the region: the Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas, and Sutlej.

BVFCL (Brahmaputra Valley Fertiliser Corporation Ltd) is located in Namrup, in the state of Assam.

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Pokharan is a town located in the Jaisalmer district of the Indian state of Rajasthan, famous for being the site of India's nuclear tests.

Omkareshwar National Park is located in the Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh. It is a protected area known for its biodiversity.

Sudarshan Agarwal served as the Governor of Uttarakhand and Sikkim, not Orissa. The other pairs listed were correct at the time of the question's context.

Punjab shares borders with Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, and Rajasthan. It does not share a border with Uttar Pradesh.

Arunachal Pradesh shares domestic borders with the Indian states of Assam and Nagaland.

Punjab was the first state in India to adopt the high-yielding variety seeds and modern agricultural practices associated with the Green Revolution in the 1960s.