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Knowledge 1. The 2011 Census was the
__________Census of Madhya Pradesh. (a) Fifth (b)
Sixth (c) Eleventh (d) Seventh 2. Where is the
headquarters of Auditor General/ Accountant General
of Madhya Pradesh? (a) Bhopal (b) Gwalior (c) Dewas
(d) Panna 3. Where are the headquarters of Madhya
Pradesh state legal service authority situated? (a)
Jabalpur (b) Bhopal (c) Indore (d) Gwalior 4. First ISO
Certified police station is at (a) Habibganj (b)
Hoshangabad (c) Mhow (d) Dewas 5. Tropic of Cancer
passes through how many districts of Madhya
Pradesh? (a) 12 (b) 14 (c) 13 (d) 17 6. Which district of
Madhya Pradesh touches boundary of Maharashtra
and Chhattisgarh simultaneously? (a) Mandla (b)
Balaghat (c) Satna (d) Panna 7. What was the number
of districts in Madhya Pradesh in the year 2020? (a) 49
(b) 51 (c) 50 (d) 52 8. Which is the biggest tribe in
Madhya Pradesh? (a) Gond (b) Bhil (c) Baiga (d) Korku
9. MP’s first Special Economic Zone has been setup in
______. (a) Bhopal (b) Gwalior (c) Dhar (d) Indore 10.
_________ District is considered as the energy capital
of MP. (a) Jabalpur (b) Singrauli (c) Khargone (d)
Neemuch 11. In which district in Madhya Pradesh was
right to recall used for the first time? (a) Jabalpur (b)
Bhopal (c) Anuppur (d) Gwalior 12. _______ River is
termed as the life line of MP. (a) Betwa (b) Son (c)
Narmada (d) Shipra 13. ________ rivers originate from
Amarkantak. (a) Narmada, Ken and Johila (b) Narmada,
son and Johila (c) Narmada, Ken and Tapti (d)
Narmada, Son and Kuno 14. The highest point of
Satpura ranges is_____. (a) Kalibhit (b) Sujangarh (c)
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out of which _____ are included in project Tiger. (a) 9,
6 (b) 10, 6 (c) 12, 5 (d) 11, 6 16. _______ is also known
as ‘Mogliland’. (a) Panna National Park (b) Pench
National Park (c) Sanjay National Park (d) Madhav
National Park 17. Fossil National Park in _________
district is the _______ National Park of MP. (a)
Hoshangabad, Smallest (b) Dindori, biggest (c)
Hoshangabad, biggest (d) Dindori, Smallest 18.
Bhimbetka rock shelters are located in? (a)
Hoshangabad district (b) Raisen district (c) Vidisha
district (d) Sagar district 19. __________ from Vidisha
was a wife of Ashok. (a) Avantika (b) Mahadevi (c)
kshemadevi (d) Nagadevi 20. Khajuraho Festival is
organized by which of the following institutions? (a)
Lok kala Parishad (b) Sahitya Parishad (c) MP Kala
Parishad (d) Bharat Bhavan Head Office: 127, Zone II,
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www.legaledge.in Page 3 of 4 Explanations 1. (a)
Madhya Pradesh is the second largest Indian state by
area and the fifth largest state by population with over
75 million residents. It borders the states of Uttar
Pradesh to the northeast, Chhattisgarh to the
southeast, Maharashtra to the south, Gujarat to the
west, and Rajasthan to the northwest. 2. (b) Mr.D.
Sahu is an Indian Audit and Accounts Service officer of
1995 batch and is currently Principal Accountant
General (Audit-I), Madhya Pradesh, Gwalior. 3. (a) The
current Patron in Chief & Executive Chairman of
Madhya Pradesh State Legal Service Authority is
Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay Yadav. 4. (d) Office of the
superintendent of police of Dewas was probably the
first to become ISO certified office of the state in
around 2006. Jabalpur district administration has
adopted e-governance with a view to provide quality
service to the citizens. 5. (b) The Tropic of Cancer,
passes through 14 districts of M.P, namely Ratlam,
Ujjain, Shajapur, Rajgarh, Sehore, Bhopal, Vidisha,
Raisen, Sagar, Damoh, Katni, Jabalpur, Umariya and
Shahdol. It is responsible for the harsh climate that the
region of Madhya Pradesh is known for. Summers are
extremely hot and starts by February, lasting till July.
Monsoon and winter seasons, on the other hand, are
known for their short duration. 6. (b) Balaghat formerly
consisted of two villages, Burha and Burhi, which
collectively were constituted a municipality in 1877.
The British amalgamated the two to form the present
town in 1895. It is a major road and rail junction, and it
is an agriculturaltrade and manganese-mining centre.
The main mines are at Bharweli and Ukwa, the former
being one of the largest manganese mines in Asia. 7.
(d) Niwari becomes the 52nd district of Madhya
Pradesh, with effect from October 1 2018. 8. (b) Out of
forty six (46) STs, Bhil is the most populous tribe having
a number of 4,618,068, constituting 37.7 per cent of
the total ST population. Gond is the second largest
tribe, with a population of 4,357,918 constituting 35.6
per cent. Four other STs in the descending order are
Kol, Korku, Sahariya and Baiga. 9. (c) Pithampur
(Indore) Madhya Pradesh has India's first green-field
SEZ in Pithampur which covers total area of 1,114
Hectare and is located 35 km from the city of Indore. A
total of 50 industrial units have been established in
Pithampur. Total investment made in Pithampur SEZ is
approximately Rs 41,900 million, export business done
till last year from the SEZ was approximately Rs
123,000 million and total employment generated is
around 16,000. Apart from Pithampur SEZ state has 4
IT SEZ, one Government's Crystal IT Park in Indore and
three private operated SEZs - Infosys, TCS and Impetus,
all in Indore. One more multipurpose SEZ is proposed
in Chhindwara. 10. (b) Singrauli is the 50th district of
the state of Madhya Pradesh. It was granted District
status on May 24, 2008. Due to abundance of mineral
resources, mainly coal and Power Plants Singrauli is
emerging as India's energy capital. 11. (c) Palavika
Patel, the former president of Anuppur municipality in
Madhya Pradesh, India and Gray Davis, former
governor of California, usa are two distinct fall-outs of
participatory democracy. In 2002, voters of extremely
poor Anuppur -- and in 2003, voters of extremely rich
California -- successfully exercised a similar
constitutional right: the right to recall an elected
representative for nonperformance. 12. (c) River
Narmada is revered as a mother for many reasons.
Since ancient times, the river has sustained tribes as
well as agrarian communities that have lived on and
around its banks. 13. (b) River Narmada emerges from
Amarkantak Hill of Maikal Range. Son river is largest of
southern tributaries of Ganga that originates near
Amarkantak in Madhya Pradesh near the source of
Narmada River. Damodar originates in Chandwa on the
Chota Nagpur Plateau. The Tapi River originates in the
Betul district. 14. (d) Dhupgarh or Dhoopgarh is the
highest point or peak in the Satpura Range. It has an
altitude of 1350 m. It is not only the highest point of
Pachmarhi but also the highest point of Madhya
Pradesh and Central India. 15. (b) Madhya Pradesh haş
10 National Parks and 25 Wildlife Sanctuaries and 6
Tiger Reserves as Protected Areas, which constitutes
3.51% of the total geographic area. 16. (b) The Pench
Tiger Reserve and its neighborhood is the original
setting of Rudyard Kipling's most famous work, The
Jungle Book. Kipling borrowed heavily from Robert
Armitage Strendale's books 'Seonee', 'Mammalia of
India and Ceylon' and 'Denizens of the Jungle' for the
topography, wildlife, and its ways. Mowgli was inspired
by Sir William Henry Sleeman's pamphlet, 'An Account
of Wolves Nurturing Children in Their Dens' which
describes a wolf-boy captured in Seoni district near the
village of Sant Baori in 1831. Many of The Jungle Book's
locations are actual locations in Seoni District, like the
Waingunga river with its gorge where Sherkhan was
killed, Kanhiwara villlage and the 'Seeonee hills'. 17. (d)
Ghughwa National fossils Park is situated 70km from
Dindori in village Ghughwa. It is nestled in an area of
75 acres of land where attractive and rare fossils of
leaves and trees are waiting to be explored. This
National Park has plants in fossil form that existed in
India anywhere between 40 million and 150 million
years ago. Petrified trunks of trees have been identified
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4 are certain Bryophytes also. Depending on the age in
which the Pangaea split into Laurasia and Gondwana
land occurred, the fossils belong to either Jurassic or
Cretaceous Age. 18. (b) The Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka
are in the foothills of the Vindhyan Mountains on the
southern edge of the central Indian plateau. Within
massive sandstone outcrops, above comparatively
dense forest, are five clusters of natural rock shelters,
displaying paintings that appear to date from the
Mesolithic Period right through to the historical period.
The cultural traditions of the inhabitants of the twenty-
one villages adjacent to the site bear a strong
resemblance to those represented in the rock
paintings. 19. (b) Among the many Mauryan (322-185
BCE) monuments stands a muddy stupa—110m wide
and 32m high—on the outskirts of the city. The
Kanipura stupa, which lies buried under the mound of
Vaishya Tekri (merchant’s hillock), is a red brick
structure that is covered with black soil. A preliminary
excavation was done by the archaeology department
of Gwalior state in 1936. It was, however, abandoned
for reasons unknown. In 1951, the stupa was declared
a protected monument. Archaeologists have confirmed
its connection to Emperor Ashoka and his first wife,
Devi. A 2015 book—Ashoka in Ancient India—by
historian Nayanjot Lahiri also mentions the hillock and
stupa. 20. (c) The festival is being organised by
Department of Culture, Madhya Pradesh, will be held
against the backdrop of iconic Khajuraho temples, built
by Chandela dynasty between 950 and 1050 AD, world
—wide know for erotic sculptures. The festival will
showcase classical dances, including Kathak,
Bharatnatyam, Odissi and Kuchipudi, depicting the
ancient tales like - ‘Mahishasur Mardini’ and ‘Krishna
Rasa,’ an official said.