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Port Blair is the capital of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, located on South Andaman Island. It is an important port and administrative center in the Bay of Bengal. Diu is in Daman and Diu, Pondicherry (Puducherry) is another UT, and 'Andaman' is not a city name.

Aizawl is the capital city of Mizoram, one of the northeastern states of India. Gangtok is the capital of Sikkim, Agartala is the capital of Tripura, and Manipur is a state (not a capital) with Imphal as its capital. Note: the spelling in the option is Aizwal, but the correct spelling is Aizawl.

Agartala is the capital city of Tripura, a northeastern state of India. Kohima is the capital of Nagaland, Dispur is the capital of Assam, and Guwahati is the largest city in Assam (not a capital). Note: option D spells it Guwhati instead of Guwahati.

Shimla has been the capital of Himachal Pradesh since the state's formation in 1971. It served as the summer capital of British India, which is why it was chosen as the administrative center. Manali and Kulu are popular tourist destinations in Himachal, while Nainital is in Uttarakhand.

Robert Louis Stevenson was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1850, making him Scottish by nationality. He is one of Scotland's most celebrated authors, known for adventure novels like Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

William Golding, a British writer, published Lord of the Flies in 1954. The novel tells the story of schoolboys stranded on an island who descend into savagery. Golding won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1983 for this and other works exploring human nature.

Silvassa (spelled Silvasa in the option) is the capital of Dadra and Nagar Haveli. Daman and Diu are part of the separate union territory of Daman & Diu, while Panaji is the capital of Goa. Silvassa serves as the administrative headquarters of this union territory.

Vishu is the Malayalam New Year celebrated in Kerala, usually in mid-April. Onam is the harvest festival, Pongal is Tamil Nadu's harvest festival, and 'adhanu' appears to be a typo. Vishu marks the astronomical New Year and is celebrated with special rituals like Vishu Kani.

This question has multiple issues. Salman Khan did not star in a film called Chandramukhi (that was a Rajinikanth film). There appears to be confusion with 'Chandramukhi' vs 'Chandra Mukhi' (1993) which starred Sridevi and Salman Khan. The correct answer appears to be Sridevi (sreedevi), but the question is poorly framed.

Oranges are famously high in vitamin C, with about 53mg per 100g serving. While citrus fruits like oranges, lemons, and grapefruits are excellent sources, fruits like guava, kiwi, and bell peppers actually have higher vitamin C content. Apples and bananas have significantly lower vitamin C.