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Kerala.

Cellulose is the most abundant organic polymer on Earth. The cellulose content of cotton fiber is 90%, that of wood is 40–50%, and that of dried hemp is approximately 57%. Cellulose is mainly used to produce paperboard and paper.

Muhammad Ali Jinnah joined the Indian National Congress in 1906. He was a prominent member of the Congress before later becoming a leader of the All-India Muslim League.

The historic Lahore session of the All-India Muslim League, where the Lahore Resolution was passed, took place in 1940.

The Swadeshi movement was launched in 1905 as a direct response to Lord Curzon's decision to partition the province of Bengal.

Dyarchy, also spelled diarchy, is a system of double government introduced by the Government of India Act (1919) for the provinces of British India. In the Government of India Act 1919, the spheres of the central and provincial governments were demarcated by a division of subjects into “central” and “provincial”. Generally speaking, the central subjects included all subjects directly administered by the Government of India or in which extra-provincial interests were dominant. The provincial subjects included subjects in which the interests of the provinces essentially predominated. Hence, Option A is correct. The Government of India Act 1935 ensured the abolition of provincial dyarchy and the introduction of dyarchy at the centre. In 1895, the Government Grants Act was passed. The Indian Councils Act 1909 or Morley-Minto Reforms or Minto-Morley Reforms was passed by British Parliament in 1909 in an attempt to widen the scope of legislative councils, placate the demands of moderates in Indian National Congress and to increase the participation of Indians the governance. Hence, these options are incorrect. 

The song Vande Mataram, composed in Sanskrit by Bankimchandra Chatterji, was a source of inspiration to the people in their struggle for freedom. The first political occasion when it was sung was the 1896 session of the Indian National Congress. 

• Lucy Stone spoke out against slavery and for women’s rights at a time when it was not popular for women to speak in public, and fought for women rights.
  
• Lord Curzon was responsible for Partition of Bengal
  
• Shanars were Nadars tribe, cultivators from south who were doing Toddy trade. 
  
• The Parsi style of wearing the saree adopted by Jnanadanandini Devi, wife of Satyendranath Tagore came to be known as Brahmika saree, because it was adopted by the Brahmo Samaj women

Permanent settlement of Bengal was introduced in 1793 by Lord Cornwallis. It was introduced in Bengal, Bihar, Orissa, parts of Northern Karnataka, Varanasi and some other areas. The Zamindars needed to pay a fixed amount of land revenue on a fixed date every year. This amount could not be increased later, however, if the Zamindar failed to pay the amount on fixed date, the Company could sell their land via public auction.

The congress was divided into two camps-Extremist and Moderates at the Surat session of 1907. The Moderates believed in the constitutional methods of protests like petitions, prayers, meetings,etc. Extremists, on the other hand, believed in agitation, strikes and boycotts to force their demands. This difference in ideologies was one of the main reasons that led to the split in the Congress.