OSSSC

Odisha Static GK
FORESTER FG LSI MOCK Test
1. Odisha Day, also known as Utkala Dibasa is celebrated every year on
(A) 1st April
(B) 1st May
(C) 1st June
(D) 1st July

2. Who among the following is the first Odia Sportsperson to have received
Padma Shree?
(A) Minati Mohapatra
(B) Ignesh Tirkey
(C) Dillip Tirkey
(D) Rachita Panda Mistry
3. Which religion was followed by King Kharavela of Kalinga?
(A) Buddhism
(B) Saktism
(C) Jainism
(D) Brahminis

4. Bande Utkala Janani the state song of Odisha is composed by:

A) Laxmikanta Mohapatra
B) Madhusudan Rao
C) Mayadhar Mansingh
D) Radhanath Ray

5. Which of the following event in Odisha is similar to the Jallianwala Bagh

incident in Punjab:
A) The Mathli Killing
B) The Massacre of Eram
C) Naanka Famine
D) None of the Above
6. Duduma waterfall is formed by which river:
A) Machkund
B) Surma
C) Rushikulya
D) Prachi
7. Who was the first Muslim ruler of Odisha:
A) Allaeed-Din-Baktiyr
B) Mahammad Sayyid
C) Sulaiman Karani
D) Qutub-Uddin-Aibak

8. Ancient Odisha’s sailors were doing trade with which part of the world?
(A) South-West Asia
(B) South-East Asia
(C) Europe
(D) China and Japan

9. Who has written the prayer Ahe Dayama Biswabihari:

A) Abinash Mohapatra
B) Ramakrushna Nanda
C) Ramchandra Mishra
D) Satyajit Barala

10. The Lingaraj Temple at Bhubaneswar was constructed by the

(A) Satavahana Dynasty
(B) Ganga Dynasty
(C) Soma Dynasty
(D) Naga Dynasty
11. Which ruler started the construction of Konark Sun Temple
(A) Bhanu Deva I
(B) Rajaraja II
(C) Indravarman
(D) Narasimhadeva I

12. In which year the first Oriya Magazine "JNANARUNA" was published
(A) 1822
(B) 1836
(C) 1842
(D) 1849

13. Which one is the first daily newspaper of Odisha

(A) Bodha Dayini
(B) Utkal Deepika
(C) Dainika Asha
(D) Kujibar Patra
14. In which year, Chilika Lake was designated as the first Indian wetland of
international importance
(A) 1250
(B) 1256
(C) 1260
(D) 1266
15. Odisha High Court was established in the year
(A) 1948
(B) 1949
(C) 1950
(D) 1951

16. Who is the first Odia mountaineer to scale Mount Everest

(A) Ganesh Jena
(B) Kalpana Dash
(C) Jogabyasa Bhoi
(D) Swarnalata Dalai

17. The Saltwater Crocodile Research Centre is located in

(A) Debrigarh Wildlife Sanctuary
(B) Bhitarkanika Sanctuary
(C) Hadagarh Wildlife Sanctuary
(D) Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary

18. Who was the first President of the Odisha Sahitya Akademi
(A) Nilakantha Dash
(B) Laxminarayan Sahu
(C) Harekrushna Mahatab
(D) Sadasiva Tripath
19. The Utkal University was established in the year
(A) 1942
(B) 1943
(C) 1944
(D) 1945

20. Who is the founder of the Bhoi dynasty

(A) Chakrapratapa
(B) Govinda Vidyadhara
(C) Narasimha Jena
(D) Raghuram Chhotaraya

21. The modern city of Bhubaneswar was designed by

(A) Norman Foster
(B) Le Corbusier
(C) Otto Konigsberger
(D) Charles Correa

22. Panchayati Raj Diwas in Odisha is celebrated on

(A) 25th February
(B) 5th March
(C) 8th April
(D) 26th April
23. In which year, Bhitarkanika was designated as National Park
(A) 1998
(B) 1999
(C) 2000
(D) 2002

24. Gopinath Mohanty received the prestigious Jnanpith Award for his Novel:-
(A) Paraja
(B) Danapani
(C) Amrutara Santan
(D) Mati Matala

25. Sunabeda Wildlife Sanctuary is in which district?

(A) Mayurbhanj
(B) Kendrapara
(C) Nuapada
(D) Angul, boudh & cuttash