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Questions :

1) The First President of Independent India hails from - 

2) The Indian Standard Time is calculated from the clock tower of -

3) The Process of curing inflation by reducing money supply is called -

4) The Mountain Range lying between India and Myanmar is -

5) Scientist who is known as father of Botany-

Answers : 

1) Dr Rajendra Prasad was the first president (1950-1962) of Independent India and he was from Patna, Bihar.

2) The IST is calculated on the basis of 82.5 degrees East Longitude from a clock tower in Mirzapur.

3) The Process of curing inflation by reducing money supply is called - Disinflation 

4) The Lushai Hills or Mizo Hills which are a mountain range in Mizoram and Tripura, India. The range is of the Patkai Range system and the Phawngpur with the height of 2,157 m is the highest point and is also famously known as the Blue Mountian.

5) Theophrastus is famously known as the "Father of Botany". One of his famous books includes the 10 - volume set, Historia Plantarum ('Enquiry into Plants')