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ngikaAbhinaya - expressing using body
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angeet Natak Akademi recognised 8
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m elements: Nritta (non-narrative and
classical dances of India named as and dialogues. abstract dancing), Nritya, and Natya.
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(Wonder), Shanta (Peace). Kannuswami Pillai. Dasavatharam Shabdam, Manduka
Shabdam, Krishna Shabdam, Ramayana
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haratanatyam (Tamil Nadu) was
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haratanatyam expresses South Indian
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religious themes and spiritual ideas of Pillai of Vazhuvoor town in Tamil Nadu. Reddy,AtishaPratapSingh,Sreelakshmy
Shaivism. Govardhanan, Smt. Vyjayanthi Kashi,
alakshetra Style is credited to the
K Haleem Khan, Prateeksha Kashi, Yamini
rishna Iyer first coined the term
K disciple of Minakshisundaram Pillai and Krishnamurthy, Arunima Kumar, Achuta
Bharatanatyam for the Sadir dance. It a renowned Bharatanatyam exponent Manasa, ShobhaNaidu,UmaRamaRao,
evolved from ekaharya, where one Rukmini Devi Arundale. Rukmini Devi Vedantam Satyanarayana Sarma, etc.
dancer takes on many roles in a single founded the Kalakshetra Institute in
performance. It emerged in thetemples Chennaimakingitaplatformtopromote Mohiniyattam
of South India, performed by Devdassis Bharatanatyam as an art form.
thus also known as Dasiattam. Mohiniyattam(Kerala)classicaldanceis
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Its three important features are Nritta footwork and emphasis on the sringara the enchantress Mohini Kalyanikutty
(pure dance, solo), Natya (dramatic rasa. Amma is known as the ‘Mother of
dance, group) and Nritya (dance with Mohiniyattam’.
emotions, solo). amousDancers:KamalaNarayan,Bala
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It consists of six portions: Alarippu Samson, Mrinalini Sarabhai, Padma It consists of ‘Nritta’ and ‘Nritya’
(Invocation), Jathiswaram (Nritta part), Subramanyam, Rukmini Devi, Sonal mentioned in ‘NatyaShastra’.Itincludes
Shabdam (Short compositions with Mansingh, Yamini Krishnamurti, facial expressions and hand gestures.
word), Varnam (a story, that includes Lakshmana Swamy, Alarmel Valli,
bothNrittaandNritya),Padam(Religious Smrithi Krishnamurthy, Hema Malini etc. It consists of seven portions:
prayer, Bhajan, Keerthanam) and Tillana
(Origin in the Tarana of Hindustani Kuchipudi Cholkettu (invocation, starts with
Music). ffering reverence to a goddess
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a tool to convey ideas and evoke originated inavillagecalledKuchelapuri
emotions among the audience members. in Andhra Pradesh. It has its origins in Jatisvaram or more precisely Swarajeti,
the ancient Hindu Sanskrit text Natya ( dance with no expressions that is
Abhinaya can be classified into four Shastra. performed on only notes and no lyrics ).
t ypes:
Tirtha Narayana Yeti, the saint of Advaita Varnam (a play wherein she embeds a
atvikaAbhinaya - expressing by evoking
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interpretation of melody the musician in 2013. It is practiced primarily by the acred and spiritual temple dance
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some parts of Tripura and Assam).Itis as girls varied to include athletic and
hlokam(ahymninpraise)andSaptam
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(the Expressions (or Abhinaya) are of Lord Krishna. Instruments used are
introduced for the first time in the Cymbals and Drums. he performance repertoire includes
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he techniquesofMohiniyattamconsist
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gestures). avatar of Lord Vishnu, and Radha - the release).
consort of Lord Krishna. Its three types
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Amma in 20th century CE. Rasak (Lord Krishna in the centre movements to create ornamental
surrounded by the Gopis). movements.
Its earliest reference is available in
‘Vyavaharamala’ (written in 1709) on Varieties of Manipuri forms of dance: bhinaya:
A Dancers make facial
Indian jurisprudence authored by expressions to explain a religious story
MazhamangalamNarayanan Namboodiri. Pung Cholom (meaning "roar of the or legend.
rums") is the soul of Manipuri
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of 24 mudras. Some are : Pataka, Darpana.
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Rajan, Gopika Varma, Jayaprabha Spring festival of Holi. It incorporates two major postures -
Menon, Pallavi Krishnan and Vinitha Tribhanga and Chowk.
Nedungadi, etc. Kartal Cholam is a Tandava d ance of
ymbals. It is performed by the male
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Rasleela. Ta (meaning ‘spear’).
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wo categories of Manipuri dance are
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inNatyaShastraofBharata)andCholom Ranjana Jhaveri, Suverna Jhaveri, and Divinity,tothestageandtotheaudience;
(form of classical Tandava dance). DarshanaJhaveri),NirmalaMehta,Savita "Sthayee" or "Batu" that introduces the
Mehta, Yumlembam Gambhini Devi etc. techniquesofOdissiDance;"Pallavi"that
he ethnicmajorityofMeiteipeoplecall
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Manipuri dance as ‘Jagoi’. Odissi abstract forms; "Abhinaya"thatenactsa
traditional story about the deeds of a
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haivism and the Shakti cult, this has
S to Natya Shastra.Itssouth-easternstyle transcends all the participants to a
also led to other ritualistic dances is known as the Odhra Magadha. higher spiritual level.
dedicated to Lord Shiva, Nongpink
Ningthou, Parvati and Panthoibi. Itisperformedbywomenandexpresses Famous dancers : Sonal Mansingh,
religiousstoriesandspiritualideas,most anyukta Panigrahi, Jhelum Paranjape,
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Varieties of Manipuri forms of dance: notably Vaishnavism (Vishnu as Mayadhar Raut, Gangadhar Pradhan,
aas, Sankirtan, Dhola Cholam, Kartal
R Jagannath). It is the oldest surviving Ileana Citaristi, Leena Mohanty, Chitra
Cholam, Pung Cholam (Dancers playing classical dance form in India, starting Krishnamurti, Bijayini Satpathy, Madhavi
pung/drumwhiledancing),andThangta around 2nd Century BC based on Mudgal, Sanchita Bhattacharyaa etc.
(martial art form). archeological evidence foundinudaygiri
caves. Sattriya dance
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Sattra, a monastery, as a part of the Famous dancers : Pandit Birju Maharaj, Kalasam is a dance sequence in
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15th Century. Hazarilal Agarwal, Pandit Durgalal, amous dancers : Kalamandalam Gopi,
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he Sattriya dance can be classified into
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two styles, namely 'Paurashik Bhangi' i.e. Kalamandalam Ramankutty Nair,
Tandava or Masculine style and 'Stri Kathakali KalamandalamVasuPisharody,Kavungal
Bhangi' i.e. Lashya or feminine style. Chathunni Panicker.
InKathakali(Kerala)thetermKathakaliis
atSilksareeisthemostpopularkindof
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saree used in this dance, which “story or conversation, or traditional
representsthelocalitythroughitsvarious story”, and Kali (from art) meaning Chhau Dance is a folk dance of West
colorful motifs and designs. “performance and art”. engal, Jharkhand and Odisha with
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The songs are composed by The dance-drama art form called martial traditions. It is found in three
Sankaradeva known as ‘Borgeet’. ‘Krishnanattam’ and Ramanattam based styles: Purulia Chhau (performed during
on Mahabharata and Ramayana are sun festival in West B
engal), Seraikella
he basic dance unit and exercise of a
T precursors of ‘Kathakali’. Chhau (Jharkhand), Mayurbhanj Chhau
Sattriya is called a Mati Akhara. There (Odisha). The Ministry of Culture
are 64 Mati Akharas and they may be It is a harmonious combination of 5 recognised it as 9th classical dance of
further sub- divided into eight main formsoffineart-Literature(Sahithyam), India.
types:Ora,Saata,Jhalak,Sitika,Pak,Jap, Music (Sangeetham), Painting
Lon and Khar. (Chithram), Acting (Natyam) and Dance ancers enacted stories fromtheHindu
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(Nritham). The dance form combines epics the Ramayana and the
amous dancers :- Gunakanta Dutta
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Barbayan, Manik Barbayan, Jogen Dutta Aharya, Vachika, Satvika) andtheNritta, Indian literature. It is performed with
Bayan, Anita Sarma, Sarodi Saikia, Nritya and Natya. religious themes found in Shaivism,
Haricharan Bhuyan Borbayan, Shaktism and Vaishnavism.
Ramkrishna Talukdar, Ranjumoni Saikia, he story Nalacharitham is written by
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etc. "Unnai Varier".Itistheromanticstoryof It was inscribed in the UNESCO’s
unlimited love between Nala and epresentative List of the Intangible
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Kathak Damayanthi. There are24BasicMudras Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2010.
(hand gestures) and a total of 470
In Kathak dance (Uttar Pradesh) The different symbols used in this dance. Famous Dancers :- Jagannath
t erm Kathak comes from the Sanskrit houdhury, Mousumi Choudhury, Biren
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Vedic word Katha which means “story” haracters in this dance are broadly
C Kalindi, Binadhar Kumar, Kartik Singh
and Kathakar which means “one who dividedintosatvika(noblecharacterslike Mura, Baghambar Singh Mura,Upendra
tells a story” or “related tostories”.The Krishna and Rama), rajasika (evil Biswal, Banamali Das, Rajendra
story of Radha andKrishnaisthemajor characters) and tamasika (beard Pattanayak, Gopal Prasad Dubey etc.
theme of Kathak. characters). It follows the traditional
sopana sangeet of Kerala.
Folk Dances of India
ItpopularizedundertheruleofMughals.
The Golden age of this dance comes In Kathakali emphasis is given more on
under the patronage of Wajid Ali Shah "Aharya Abhinaya",theuseofcostumes, Arunachal Pradesh
(last Nawab of Oudh). ornaments and facial make-up.
asiKongkiisafolkdanceofAditribeof
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A Arunachal Pradesh that depicts the
are invocation and ‘Nritta’ and ‘Nritya’ "Kelikottu", calling the audience to socialworkofPasi.Itisperformedtothe
mentioned in ‘Natya Shastra’. attention followed by the "Thodayam". tuneofasongsungbythelocals,called
"Kelikottu" is the formal announcement Aabang.
Nritta : Pure dance portrayed by the of the Kathakali dance done in the
rtist.
a evening when drums and cymbals are Yak dance (Yak Chham or Tibetan Yak
played for a while in the courtyard. ance) isperformedintheIndianstates
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r theme through gestures, expressions
o hen the musicians anddrummershold
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andslowbodymovementsaccompanied thestagewithanexhibitionoftheirskills performed to honor the Yak, duringthe
by vocal and instrumental music. in "Melappadam". The end of the Losar festival, the Tibetan New Year.
performance is marked by a piece of
acial expressions and sensuous
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performancesarementionedinthebook characters other than the "Pacha" or Arunachal Pradesh. This dance form is
‘The Wrongs of Indian Womanhood’ by "Minukku". performed during the Losar Festival.
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Ponung is the harvest danceperformed Assam Dappu Nrityam is one of the popular
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b ance forms in Andhra Pradesh and
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Pradesh. Bagurumba is a folk dance oftheBodo Telangana. This dance form earned its
ommunity in Assam. It is also called
c name from the sound produced by a
Buiya is a folk dance of Arunachal '''butterfly dance''' because it personifies simple percussion instrument, a
radeshperformedbytheDigaruMishmi
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tribe. This dance is performed in multiple 'Dappu'.
festivals like Tazampu, Duiya, and haona is a theatre form prevalent in
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Tanuya. Assam, India. The plays of bhaona are Bhamakalpam is both a dance and a
popularlyknownasAnkiyaNatsandtheir rama. Siddhendra Yogi created this
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Wancho dance is performed by the staging is known as bhaona. It is a devotional dance form in the 17th
anchotribeofArunachalPradesh.The
W creation of Mahapurusha Srimanta century.
Wanchotribe’smostimportantfestivalis Sankardeva,writtenintheearlysixteenth
known as Oriah. The celebrations take century. uttaBommaluispopularintheTanuku
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placeinthespringmonthsofMarchand region of West Godavari District in
April. ihu (Rongali bihu, Bohang bihu) dance
B Andhra Pradesh.
is an indigenous folk dance from the
aminda dance belongs to the Apatani
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Tribes. It is performed during the Dree festival and an important part of rhythm and tempo and is performed to
festivaltocelebratethebeginningofrice Assamese culture. invoke the Rain God.
plantingseasonwhenthepeopleprayfor
a good harvest and protection from humur is a traditional danceofthetea
J onalu is a special dance wherein the
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natural calamities. tribalcommunitiesofAssamandalsoin female dancers step to the rhythmic
some parts of WestBengal.Itisusually beats and balance pots on their heads.
hampti dance is performed during the
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religious festivals ofPotwah,Sankianor festivals. It is mainly performed at himsa is a tribal dance performed
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Khamsang. This dance is practiced by festivals like Karam puja and Tushu puja. primarily by Porja caste women in
the Khampti community of Arunachal Andhra Pradesh.
Pradesh. Maruni is a group dance of Sikkim,
arjeelingandAssam,Performedduring
D Kolannalu (stick dance) is one of the
opirdance,performedbytheGalotribe
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of Arunachal Pradesh during Mopi theMagarcommunity.Gurung,Kirat,and Pradesh. The Kolannalu folk dance is
festival. Khas communities are also associated also known as kolkolannalu and
withthisdance.Originallydancedaspart commonly known asKolattaminTelugu
Rikhampada is a danceofNishitribeof of Dashain and Tihar festival. (the official language of the state)
lower Subansiri District of Arunachal amongst the people in Andhra Pradesh.
Pradesh. Bhortaldanceisthedanceperformedby
t he Barpeta tribe. It is performed to a Vilasini Natyam is the dance form of
halo dance is a significant part of the
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Chalo Loku festival, celebrated by the called Devadasi dance.
Nocte tribe in Arunachal Pradesh every Deodhani is typically performed by one Lambadi dance is a folk dance of the
year in October and November. ersonoragroupofthreetofourwomen
p BanjaracommunityofAndhraPradesh.It
tohonorManasa,thesnakegoddess.It’s is done to impress gods for a good
Bardo Chham means "Dance of the a Shaman folk dance. harvest.
odiacs"inEnglish.Theresidentsofthe
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Sherdukpens community hold the belief li-Ali Ligangfolkdanceisfamouswith
A alapam is a dance-dramawithamoral
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that there are twelve evils, oneforeach the people of the Mishing tribe. It’s for the audience. It is a mono-play in
month of the year, just as there are usually associated with agriculture whichthereisamainpersonandanother
twelve zodiac signs. because of the reflection of its meaning. comparatively less significant person.
IduMishmipeopleofArunachalPradesh Gobbidanceispopularincoastalregions
Andhra Pradesh fAndhraPradesh.Itisperformedduring
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Sankranti festival when houses are
Veeranatyam(danceofbravery)isafolk cleaned and court yards decorated with
hampti dance is generallypracticedby
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ance of Andhra Pradesh, performed to
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urra Katha (Burrakatha), is an oral
B athukamma festivities in Andhra
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storytelling technique in the Jangam Pradesh.
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the Adi tribe of Arunachal Pradesh. It
seen during Dussehra or Sankranti performed by the Gond tribe in the
takes placeduringthefestivalofUnying
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athuri dance is a tribal dance
M women to celebrate the birth of a child. ahabharata is one of its prominent
M
performed by the Mathuri tribe. They characteristics. The two main styles of
perform this dance during the rainy Kishan Nrityais an expression of pride of the narrations are Vedamati and Kapalik.
month (Shravana) and men and women t he farmers of Bihar.
both participate in this dance. hirliti dance is performed in a
J
atua dance begins with anitemcalled
N Halloween like ritual. It is played by the
Bihar the Natua Kachal. kids in the Bastar region of central India.
haiti dance is performed by men with
C Karma Dance gets its name from the Gendi dance: Dancers are mounted on
their body smeared with ‘ramras’. armatreewhichstandsforfortuneand
K t wo long bamboo. This is a special
good luck. dance of the Muria tribe of Bastar. It is
JhijhiyaisaculturalfolkdanceofMithila completely a dance of balance.
nd Bhojpura regions of Bihar and
a Rajgir Dance Mahotsav is an annual
Madhesh province ofNepal.Itisusually t hree-day event in Rajgir, Bihar,thatwas Rahas is a modern folk d ance of
performed by a group of young women first held in 1986. hhattisgarh and ismainlyperformedin
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dancers. Portrays offering of prayers to Dhamtari district.Thethemefocuseson
Lord Indra for a good monsoon and a omkach dance is performed in Mithila
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rich harvest. and Bhojpur regions whileinJharkhand, and Radha.
it is Nagpuri folk dance.
idesiya in Bhojpuri, meaning ‘from the
B haitrafestivaldanceisafamousdance
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foreign land’, is a folk theatrical Chhattisgarh of the Gonds of Bastar district. It is
performanceofwesternBihar.Itisbased performed after the harvest to thank
on a drama named Bidesiya written by Suwa dance (Parrot dance) is a tribal goddess Annapurna for the harvested
Bhikhari Thakur. ance, mainly performed by the Gonds
d crop and to seek her blessings for the
tribe of Chhattisgarh. It is performed next crop.
Jat-Jatin is a folk dance ofBihar,most exclusivelybywomenontheoccasionof
f amousinMithilaandKoshiregions.Itis Goura’s marriage.Dancerskeepaparrot arhulisatraditionaldanceoftheOraon
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performed on moonlit nights during the in a pot made of bamboo and form a tribe.
monsoon season. circular shape around it.
Goa
adur is the dance form of the oraons
J Thapati dance is a tribal dance
tribe of Bihar. It is mainly performed erformed by the Korku tribes of
p Fugdi dance is mainly the dance of
during the occasion ofSarhulfestival.It Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, onkan women of Goa. It is performed
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is mainly symbolized for fertility, vitality Maharashtra. It is performed in the during festivals like Ganesh Chaturthi,
and showsthetributetothemotherland month of Vaishakh. The main Dhalo festival and Vrata of Goddess
with the devotion of sun god. instrumentsofthisdanceareDholakand Mahalakshmi.
flute.
iraha dance, a folk dance of Bihar
B Kunbi danceisatribalfolkdanceofthe
depicts the anguish of women whose Raut Nacha is a ceremonial dance unbi community of Goa. Women
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partners are gone from home. This erformed mainly by the tribal
p holdinglampsontheirheadsperformthe
dance is also performed in Jharkhand community of Chhattisgarh. It is lamp dance during the Shigmo festival.
and Uttar Pradesh. Bidesiya is a performed during the “dev udhni
derivative of Biraha dance. ekadashi”,aftertheDiwalifestival.Itisa orulemisanothertraditionalfolkdance
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dance performed by Yadavas, a caste presented by the backward community
Kajari dance welcomes the season of which are descendants of Krishna. during Shigmo.
onsoonandisusuallyperformedinthe
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months of Shravan and Bhandrapad. anthidance isaprominentritualofthe
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m arching their way to a temple. temple dedicated to the Sun God Jhumar is a folk dance specially
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theatre form of the Konkan and Goa ujarat. The tribal people of Gujarat
G t ribes of Mewat region. It is performed
regions. The performers personify the perform the 'Gheria' folk dance dressed during the monsoons to the
ten incarnations of Lord Vishnu-the god in brightly colored clothes, garlands of accompaniment of large drums.
of preservation and creativity. The ten marigold flowers and traditional
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mainly fishermen who live along the
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month of March (at the Singma festival). was pioneered by Lord Krishna. originofthedancedatesbackduringthe
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hoora dance is organized on the
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the poetry before the performance. peasant community. Kala dance is a form of folkdancethat
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Abhujmaria tribe residing in Bastar.
hatkora dance is done by the Korku
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tribe. It is in the chinndwara and Betul Maria cultivators worship the god for holom. It is also known as Cymbal
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districts. reaping a good harvest. dance or Kartal Cholom. Itisperformed
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a festival known as Bhagoria and a fair Tamasha.
called Bhagoriya Haat. Kabui dance is performed by the Kabui
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(spear). understanding and knowledge. RukhyoSharudanceisperformedbythe
otha Naga tribe.
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p uring the ceremony of 'Khuangchawi'.
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guest and dance respectively. Khiamniungan Naga tribe of Nagaland
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hawnglaizawn is a popular folk dance
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ahodance is performed by the Jaintia
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tribe of Meghalaya. It is performed as Pawi.
during the Behdienkhlam festival. It is Akok-Khi is a dance formperformedby
also knownastheChipiahDance.When langlam is performed throughout the
T t heSangtamtribeduringtheMongmong
the Harp tribe of Meghalaya performs state using music of Puma Zai. festival.
this dance, it is known as Wangla dance. Zangtalam is a popular Paihte dance
performed by men and women. Zeliang dance is performed by the
ongkrem dance festival is celebrated
N eliangrong Naga tribe found in the hilly
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lord Jagannath and Krishna. Paika dance is mainly performed by a Gair Dance is one of the popular folk
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traditional snake charmers.
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eternal love story of Radha and Lord
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Krishna.
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honour of Mount Khangchendzonga. emi-nomadictribescalled‘Lambadis’or
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B ‘Banjaras’ or ‘Sengalis’.
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rivers. Devaraattamdancewaspresentedtothe Kakatiya dynasty. It isdedicatedtoLord
amil kings and their army after their
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p Palaka.
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consecration of a new house and to performed in worship of Lord Murugan.
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wealth) by the Bru Reangcommunityof
ance of the Lepcha community.
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the Pang Lhabsol festival. usually performed by women. It is
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ttanKoothudanceformispresentedby
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harvest during the month of Baisakh.
tribal people to depict ancient stories
Karagattam is a traditional dance of
during festivals.
amil Nadu which involves balancing
T amita dance is popular among the
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Paampu Attam or Snake dance form is
the dancer’s head. This dance is Mamita Festival, the harvest festival of
one by young girls wearing tight-fitted
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performed to worship Goddess Amman. the Tripuri people.
costumes resembling a snake.
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oikkal Kuthirai Aattam or Artificial
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rass pot on the head. This dance is
b fcultivation,cultureandtraditionofthe
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Horse Dance is a dance form in which
performed on the song called people.
dancers wear a dummy horse which is
temmanguppau.
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Bizu danceisperformedbytheChakma
fit in it.
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end of the harvesting season. It is performed bypeopleaftertheirrecovery
performed to express their gratitude to Uttar Pradesh from certain diseases.
the gods for a good harvest.
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M usu dance is performed during the
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ebang Boomani dance is a harvest
L dressedaspeacocksintheBrajregionof month of Pausa, found in the month of
danceperformedbytheTripuripeopleof Uttar Pradesh. Itiscarriedoutasakind December and January.
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of Nepal. Raas Utsava. Dhanuchi naach is a devotional dance
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P andava Lila dance is t hethirddayofthefamousHindufestival Durga Puja.
dedicated to the Pandavas which is of Holi.
based on the events of Mahabharata. Ladakh
West Bengal
angvirNritya isanacrobaticdanceand
L Shondol dance is also known as the
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o by Takshoma or women dancers to
region. parts of the country like Assam,Odisha praise the King of Ladakh on special
and Manipur. It has its origins in the occasions.
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r egion in Kumaon. the Vaishnav communities. Cha-rtses (Pigeon dance) is a dance
f orm of Ladakh.
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T Practice Questions:-
by the Warli, Kokna and Koli tribes of
Tukhstanmo is a seasonal dance form, Dadra and Nagar Haveli. Q.1.Daskathiaof___________isthetribal
hichisperformedintheBakhamuland
w anceperformedbytwomalesdepicting
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Zanskar area. Verdigao dance is the traditional dance the historic and Puranic events.
f orm of Daman and Diu. Other famous SSC CGL 14/07/2023 (2nd shift)
urahi dance is also called as Chang
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Rches.InSurahidance,performerscarry Dance and Vira Dance, which are (c) Goa (d) Odisha
theChang’spotovertheirheadandwith performed on special occasions.
that pot, they do the performance. Q.2. Which of the following dances is
ava isapopularfolkdanceofMinicoy
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Jammu and Kashmir Island of Lakshadweep. Theword‘Lava’ Jharkhand ?
means beautiful dance or rhythmic SSC CGL 14/07/2023 (4th shift)
umhalisafolkdanceperformedbythe
D movement. It is usually performed on (a) Jhika Dasain (b) Kolkali
Watal tribe in the union territory of festive occasions or religious (c) Ghumar (d) Koli
Jammu and Kashmir. ceremonies. The look of dancers is
Q.3. Changai dance is associated with
locally known as ‘Bolufeyle‘.
hich Indian state ?
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Bhand Jashan is a very soothingdance
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ith very light music and performed in
w Parichakali is a traditional folk dance
(a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Maharashtra
traditional style by ten to fifteen dancers. f orm of Lakshadweep. The term
(c) Nagaland (d) Jharkhand
Parichakali is derived from the word
Bacha Nagma is performed by Young ‘Paricha’. It means ‘shield’ in the local Q.4. The Raigarh Gharana is associated
oys, particularly during the harvest
b native language, therefore this dance is ith which of the following dance forms ?
w
season. also known as Shield dance. SSC CGL 19/07/2023 (3rd shift)
(a) Odissi (b) Kathakali
uegi-Nachun is performed after the
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marriage ceremony, when the bride has ndaman and Nicobar. It can be seen
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Kashmir. Thang-ta(Manipur),Gatka(Punjab),Lathi SSC CGL 24/07/2023 (4th shift)
(Punjab and Bengal), Inbuan Wrestling (a) Kathak (b) Bharatanatyam
ud is one of the art forms which is
K (Mizoram), MustiYuddha(Varanasi),and (c) Kathakali (d) Mohiniyattam
performed in order to highlight the Pari-Khanda (Bihar).
aficionados of the princely states. Q.7.Bhortal dance is famous in____.
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Types of Puppets Used in India (a) Odisha (b) Madhya Pradesh
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Glove Puppets {PavaKoothu (Kerala),
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(a) Afghanistan (b) Bhutan (a) Chaimal community (a) Ghodemodni (b) Koli
(c) Sri Lanka (d) Bangladesh (b) Jamatia community (c) Kolannalu (d) Theyyam
(c) Lushai community
.9.Whichofthefollowingritualdances
Q (d) Lepcha community .30.Withwhichofthefollowingstatesis
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is performed by the Kamar tribe of the folk dance Tarangamel associated ?
Madhya Pradesh ? .20. Which among the following
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Selection Post 28/06/2023 (Shift - 3) classicaldanceformswasintroducedin (a) Goa (b) Madhya Pradesh
(a) Ghapal (b) Munari the 16th century by Vaishnava saint (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Kerala
(c) Painka (d) Terah tali Mahapurusha Sankaradeva ?
SSC GD 11/01/2023 (1st Shift) Q.31. Whichofthefollowingisafamous
.10. Which of the following traditional
Q (a) Odissi (b) Kuchipudi f olk dance of Odisha ?
dances is mainly performed during (c) Manipuri (d) Sattriya SSC CGL 05/12/2022 (4th Shift)
Navratri ? (a) Birha (b) Ghoomar
Selection Post 28/06/2023 (Shift - 2) .21.Whichofthefollowingfolkdances
Q (c) Kalbelia (d) Rangabati
(a) Ras leela (b) Nati (c) Dumhal (d) Garba is associated with Jammu and Kashmir ?
SSC GD 13/01/2023 (1st Shift) .32. Mohiniyattam is associated with
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.11. Zangtalam is the folk dance of
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which Indian state ? SSC CPO 09/11/2022 (Morning)
Selection Post 30/06/2023 (Shift - 3) Q.22.Whichofthefollowingdancetypes (a) Ganapati (b) Brahma
(a) Nagaland (b) Assam is NOT associated with Jharkhand ? (c) Vishnu (d) Shiva
(c) Mizoram (d) West Bengal SSC GD 16/01/2023 (4th Shift)
(a) Agni (b) Mardana Jhumar .33. Which folk dance represents a
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f _________ state of India
o Mahishasura ?
SSC MTS 03/05/2023 (Morning) .23. The folk dance ‘Lambadi’ is
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(a) Karnataka (b) Chhattisgarh a ssociated with which Indian state ? (a) Bhangra (b) Raslila
(c) Punjab (d) Sikkim SSC GD 17/01/2023 (4th Shift) (c) Kalbelia (d) Dandiya Raas
(a) Assam (b) Andhra Pradesh
.13. Which folk dance of Rajasthan is
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also known as 'Sapera dance' ? est describes the meaning of Nritta in
b
SSC MTS 04/05/2023 (Afternoon) .24.RautNacha,PanthiandSoowaare
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(a) Gair (b) Kalbelia (c) Chari (d) Ghoomar famous dance styles of which of the Delhi Police S.I. 10/11/2022 (Morning)
following states ? (a) Abstract Narrative Dancing
.14.Jagoiandcholomarethetwomain
Q SSC GD 25/01/2023 (2nd Shift) (b) Non-Narrative and Abstract Dancing
divisions in ________ dance. (a) Rajasthan (b) Gujarat (c) Interpretative Dancing
SSC MTS 10/05/2023 (Evening) (c) Chhattisgarh (d) Jharkhand (d) Narrative Dancing
(a) Kathakali (b) Manipuri
(c) Bharatanatyam (d) Kathak Q.25. Which of the following dance .35. Which folk dance represents a
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unique display of skill, creativity and
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Kaloji Narayana Rao: He was an Indian made by Satyajit Ray. Akademi Award (2009), etc.
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September). HebecametheprincipalofKalaBhavan, Chunnilal of Jaipur Gharana. He also
Awards -Padma Vibhushan (1992). ShantiNiketanin1922.Healsodrewthe trained under Bindadin Maharaj of
emblemsforthehighestawardsgivenby Lucknow Gharana.Hewashonoredwith
r. Mangalampalli Balamurali Krishna:
D the Government of IndiasuchasBharat the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in
He was an Indian Carnatic vocalist. Ratna and Padma Shri. 1959.
wards: Padma Vibhushan (1991),
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Vocal (1975), ChevalieroftheOrdredes Khan:TheywereIndianclassicalsingers
ArtsetdesLettresfromtheGovernment who founded Kirana Gharana. Due to Award: Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
of France (2005). frequent visits to Mysore Palace, Karim ( 2019).
was conferred the title Sangeet Ratna.
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known as “The Picasso of India”. He Kapileshwari, Ganapat Rao Gurav, Kendra (Mumbai), an academy
directed two National Award-winning Roshan Ara Begum, Sureshbabu Mane, promoting Kathak.
movies, 'Through the Eyes of a Painter' Vishwanathbuwa Jadhav and Sawai
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Pandit Durga Lal: He was a renowned Kalika Prasad: He belonged to the classical flutist and shehnaiplayerfrom
athak dancer of the Jaipur Gharana.
K ucknow Gharana. He died in Lucknow
L enares Gharana. He was born in
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founded a charitable organization Lucknow Gharana. Kathak, also known as Benares Gharana.
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disciples like Bhaskarbuwa Bakhale, belonged to the Senia Gharana. Rajasthan. Janaki Prasad Gharana also
Kesarbai Kerkar, and Mogubai Kurdikar. Awards: Sangeet Natak Akademi Award known asBanarasGharananamedafter
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wards: Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
A andit Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande: He
P Pradesh known for their great
(1968), and Padma Bhushan (1974). was a sitarist and prominent musician performances of the Benaras Gharana
who wrote the first modern treatise on style of Kathak.
esarbai Kerkar: She was an Indian
K Hindustaniclassicalmusic.Hebelonged Award:Padma Shri (2022).
classical vocalist of the Jaipur-Atrauli to the Mewati Gharana. He started the
Gharana. The Maharashtra Government famousMadhavMusicSchoolinGwalior asoolan Hussain: She was a leading
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awarded her the titleMaharashtraRajya (Madhya Pradesh) in 1918. He set up Indian Hindustani classical music vocal
Gayika. Marris College of Music in Lucknow in musician. She belonged to the Benaras
1926, which is now known as gharana.Shespecializedintheromantic
wards: Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
A
Bhatkhande Music Institute. Purab Ang of the Thumri musicalgenre
(1953), Padma Bhushan (1969).
He published books Swar Malika and and tappa.
Shri Mallakshaya Sangeetam(penname
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(2010).
learnt the Pakhawaj, the Tabla and ( 2008), Padma Shri (2017).
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wards: Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
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(1962), Sangeet Natak Akademi fellow Hindustani music. Imdadkhani Gharana. He represents the
(1967), and Padma Bhushan Award Awards: Sangeet Natak Akademi Award seventh generation of the Etawah
(1962). ( 2009), Padma Shri (2006). Gharana.
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Patiala Gharana tradition of music. He Rampur-Sahaswan Gharana (Uttar
wasborninHoshiarpur(Punjab).Hewas Pradesh). stad Vilayat Khan (Sitar player): He
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a foremost vocalist of Hindustani belonged to the Imdadkhani-Etawah
classical, Dhrupad, Khyal, Ghazal, and ashid Khan: He belongs to the
R Gharana (Vilayatkhani Gharana). He
Thumri. Rampur-Sahaswan gharana, and is the rejected the highest second, third and
Awards: Pride of Performance Awardin great-grandson of gharana founder fourth civilianawardsPadmaVibhushan
969 by the President of Pakistan and
1 Inayat Hussain Khan. (2000), Padma Bhushan (1968), Padma
Tamgha -e-Imtiaz (Medal of Distinction) wards: Padma Shri (2006), Sangeet
A Shri (1964) saying that those who
by the Government of Pakistan. Natak Akademi Award (2006), Global selected the honorees weren't competent
Indian Music Academy Awards (2010), enough to assess his music.
Meera Banerjee: She was a renowned Padma Bhushan (2022).
ame of the Patiala Gharana. She was
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contemporaries. She was born in Gharana of Kathak. He was the Raja of Natak Akademi Award (1998), Padma
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the durbar of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah in Gond dynasty.
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the Indore Gharana. He was born in Mandap in Konark in 1986, and also
eer Qutub Baksh (Tanras Khan): He
M Kalanaur. established both the Konark Dance and
wasanIndianmusicianoftheHindustani Music Festival (1986) and the Dhauli
Awards: Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
Classical tradition known for being an dance festival (2001). He was awarded
( 1967), Padma Bhushan (1971).
exponentoftheDelhiGharana.Hewasa the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in
courtmusicianandmusicteachertothe 1998, and the Padma Shri (2008).
ajashree Shirke: She is a Kathak
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member of the Qawwal Bachchon Ka (2013).
scholar. She was popularly known as
DelhiGharana.HistombinHyderabadis 'Sarod Rani'.
near Khamas Shah Dargah. Shovana Narayan: She is a reputed
lassical dancer of Kathak dance form.
c wards: Padma Shri (1968), Padma
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Bhushan(2000),SangeetNatakAkademi
hittani RamachandraHegde:Hewasa
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Award (1986).
Yakshagana artist. In 2012, he became Natak Akademi Award (1999–2000).
thefirstYakshaganaartisttobeawarded
Guru Amubi Singh (Manipuri dancer).
the Padma Shri Award. Hewasbornin unnakudi Vaidyanathan: He was an
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Honnavar (Karnataka). His style is so Indian classical music violinist and wards: Sangeet Natak Akademi (first
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popular that it is called Chittani Gharana. music composer. winner fromthestateofManipur,1956),
and Padma Shri (1970).
wards: Padma Shri (2005), Sangeet
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Indian Kuchipudi exponent and music
they perform Sham Chaurasia Gharana teacher. wards: Padma Shri (2005), Sangeet
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classical music. Natak Akademi Award (1994).
wards: Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
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(2015), and Padma Shri (2022).
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P Rajkumar Singhajit Singh: He is a
Pandit Anup Chand Dubey founded leading Manipuri dancer.
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Dumraon Gharana. Both artists were wards-SangeetNatakAkademiAward
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dancer.
awarded by Mugal Emperor Shahjahan. (1984), Padma Shri (1986).
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Kamala Laxman, Kumari Kamala, and
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Kamala Lakshmi Narayanan.
fifth-generation descendant of the founder-director of the Nalanda Dance
Research Centre (1967) and the Awards:CentralSangeetNatakAkademi
Bangash Gharana of sarod players. He
founder-principal of the Nalanda Nritya ward (1968), Padma Bhushan (1970).
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dance of Kerala).
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percussion instrument). Shri (1972), Sangeet Natak Akademi choreographer best known as an
wards: Padma Vibhushan (2010),
A fellowship (2009). exponent of Bharatanatyam.
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2011). Puraskar (2008). Bhushan (2004).
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scientist who was known as Pancham t he Indian State of Tamil Nadu.
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the Best Folk Single Award at Global winning five consecutive Filmfare
Slumdog Millionaire), Kalaimamani
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(Tamil Nadu), and a Padma Shri(2000),
2016. from 1991 to 1995.
Lifetime Achievement Award (2008),
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dancer, dance teacher and sitar player an exponent of the Pandanallur style of f amouspoemis "EnteGurunathan"("My
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and Kannada films.
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and Telugu film industries. . V. Chandrasekhar: He is an Indian
C (1988), Kerala Sangeetha Nataka
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s (1993), and Padma Bhushan (2011). ishore Kumar (Abhas KumarGanguly):
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Chennai,India.Hemadehisdebutasfilm gramophone commercially in November layback Singer (8 times), Bengal Film
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(1992). in1896andwascalledthe'firstdancing Playback Award (4 times), and Lata
girl' in her records. She is credited with Mangeshkar Award (1985). In 1997,
hyama Charan Pati: He was an Indian
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dancer, known as one of the leading such as thumri, dadra, kajri, and tarana award called the "Kishore Kumar Award".
exponents of the Seraikela tradition of during the period.
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wards: Padma Shri (2007), Sangeet
A laureate RabindranathTagore,professor,
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A r enowned SattriyaProfessionalfromthe
.B.Bala Kondala Rao(Balakka):She is
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R wards: Padma Bhushan Award (2023,
A composer, record producer, singer, and
dancer and artist. Posthumous). lyricist who predominantly works in
Award:Padma Shri Award (2021). Telugu cinema along with a few Hindi
odhaiyaBaiBaiga:SheisanIndianfine
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exponentsandgurusofSattriyadance,a the states of Madhya Pradesh, Uttar "Naatu Naatu" (2023), Golden Globe
major classical dance tradition of Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand. Award for Best Original Song for Naatu
Assam. Awards:NariShaktiPuraskar(2022)and Naatu (2023), National Film Award for
wards:PadmaShri(2013)andSangeet
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Millionaire) in 2009. She shared this Padma Shri in 2023. He is known as
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singer of Sugam Sangeet.
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (2005). Orissa. He was awarded Padma Shri in
wards:PadmaShri(2023)andAkademi
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Ratna Award (2012).
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Indian Music. He is popularly known as
community, carrying forward the legacy
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Bhajans).
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of Manipur called Leeba in the Meitei
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creating Monmai which is a decorative Girish Karnad: He was an Indian actor,
circular art piece. ubhadra Devi: She is a Madhubani
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choreographer of Bharatanatyam and
celebratedIndianartistwhoisknownfor Bhushan(1992),SahityaAcademyaward
Odissi dance forms of India.
decorating Sattriya masks. (1994), Jnanpith Award (1998), Kalidas
Award: Padma Shri (2018). Samman (1998).
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ward: Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
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(2009). artworkforfivedecades.Shebelongsto Indian actorandproducer.Ganesanwas
the state of West Bengal. She was thefirstIndianactortowina"BestActor"
ottakkal Sivaraman: He was a
K awarded Padma Shri in 2023. awardinanInternationalfilmfestival,the
performingartistewhorevolutionizedthe Afro-Asian Film Festival held in Cairo,
portrayal of female roles in Kathakali. ilshadHussain:HeisanIndianartist,a
D Egypt in 1960. He was also the first
wards: Kerala Sangeetha Nataka
A mastercraftsmanofBrassNakashiwork Indian actor to be made a Chevalier of
Akademi Award (1996), Kerala fromMoradabad(UttarPradesh).Hewas the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1995.
Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Fellowship awarded Padma Shri in 2023. Awards: Padma Shri (1966), Padma
(2008) and Central Sangeet Natak Bhushan (1984), Dadasaheb Phalke
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for classical dances. They are trained
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and proficient in 4 classical Indian art
PrinsepGhatDanceFestival(Kolkata)on Bharat Kala ratna award for 2020 by
forms, Bharatanatyam, Mohiniyattam,
January 4, 2008. Kerala-based Navaneetham Trust.
Kuchipudi and Carnatic Music. Theyrun
the Nirgala School of performing Arts
r. M. Lalitha and M. Nandini are
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popularly known as ‘Violin sisters’.
Sangeet Natak Akademi
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known for their expertise in
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Bharatnatyam classical dance. 1952 ⇨ Mushtaq Hussain Khan
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director duo of Shivkumar Sharma, a Bhushan (2009), and Kerala Sangeetha 1953 ⇨ Kesarbai Kerkar
Santoor player, and Hariprasad Nataka Akademi Fellowship (1994). (Jaipur-Atrauli gharana)
Chaurasia, a flutist. As early as 1967,
Shiv-Hari went on to record the album asumarthyVithalandBharati:Theyare
P 1954 ⇨ Rajab Ali Khan
titled Call of the Valley. an Indian Kuchipudi dancing couple,
gurus and choreographers. They were 1955 ⇨ Anant Manohar Joshi
hmedHussainandShriMohdHussain:
A awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi (Gwalior Gharana)
The ghazal singer-duo from Jaipur award in 2020.
(Rajasthan) aretwobrothersfamousfor 1956 ⇨ Rajabhaiyya Poonchhwale
singing classical ghazals. The duo sing ayaramaRaoandVanashreeRao:They
J (Gwalior Gharana)
in genres like Indian classical music, are an Indian Kuchipudi dancingcouple,
bhajan, and ghazal. They were awarded gurus and choreographers. They 1957 ⇨ Rasoolan Bai (Benaras gharana)
Padma Shri in 2023. representthemanlyvigor-tandava-and
feminine charm - lasya - of classical 1959 ⇨ Krishnarao Shankar Pandit
Sabri Brothers: These were a musical dance. (Gwalior gharana)
and from Pakistan who were
b wards:PadmaShri(2004)andSangeet
A
performers of Sufi qawwali music and Natak Akademi award (1988). 1961 ⇨ Y. S. Mirashi Buwa
were closely connected to the Chishti
Order. The Sabri Brothers were led by Vasanta Lakshmi & Narasimhachari: 1963 ⇨ Omkarnath Thakur
Ghulam Farid Sabri and his brother hey are a dancing couple ofKuchipudi
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Maqbool Ahmed Sabri. form.
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musicians from Guru Ki Wadali in the Sabha, 2004) and Sangeet Natak (Kirana gharana)
Amritsar District in Punjab. Akademi Award (2008).
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1969 ⇨ Ramchatur Mallick 1998 ⇨ Puttaraj Gawaigalu (Gwalior 2019 ⇨ Vinayak Torvi
(Darbhanga gharana) Gharana), Parveen Sultana
(Patiala Gharana), Rajan and Sajan 2020 ⇨ Sumitra Guha (Kirana Gharana),
1970 ⇨ Nisar Hussain Khan Mishra (Banaras Gharana). Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar
(Rampur-Sahaswan gharana)
1999-2000 ⇨ Ajoy Chakraborty 2021 ⇨ Uday Bhawalkar,
1972 ⇨ Begum Akhtar ( Patiala-KasurGharana) Subhra Guha (Agra gharana)
Rita Ganguly (Bishnupur Gharana),
1975 -76 ⇨ Gavri Devi Malabika Kanan (Patiala-Kasur Gharana) Veena players
1976 ⇨ Narayanrao Vyas 2001 ⇨ Sangameshwar Gurav 1969 ⇨ Dabir Khan
(Gwalior gharana) (Kirana Gharana) (Rampur Senia Gharana)
1978 ⇨ Khadim Hussain Khan 2002 ⇨ Sushila Rani Patel 1977 ⇨ Asad Ali Khan (Beenkar gharana)
1981 ⇨ Basavaraj Rajguru 2003 ⇨ Yeshwant Balkrishna Joshi 1981 ⇨ Zia Mohiuddin Dagar
(Kirana Gharana) (Gwalior gharana) (Dagar Gharana)
1983 ⇨ Mahadev Prasad Mishra 2004 ⇨ Balwant Rai Bhatt 1994 ⇨ Pandit Gopal Krishan
(Gwalior Gharana), (Senia Gharana)
1984 ⇨ Sharafat Hussain Khan Tejpal Singh and Surinder Singh
(Agra Gharana) (Indore gharana) 2012 ⇨ Bahauddin Dagar
(Dagar Gharana)
1985 ⇨ Aminuddin Dagar 2005 ⇨ S. C. R. Bhat
(Dagar Gharana) (Patiala Gharana), Ramashreya Jha)
Flute players
2007 ⇨ Vidyadhar Vyas (Gwalior gharana)
1986 ⇨ Asgari Bai (Mewati Gharana), 2008 ⇨ Ulhas Kashalkar,
1986 ⇨ Devendra Murdeshwar
Firoz Dastur (Kirana Gharana), M.R. Gautam (Agra Gharana)
Manik Varma (Agra gharana)
1994 ⇨ Raghunath Seth
2009 ⇨ Abdul Rashid Khan
1987 ⇨ C. R. Vyas (Kirana gharana), (Gwalior gharana)
2014 ⇨ Ronu Majumdar (Maihar gharana)
Shobha Gurtu
(Atrauli-Jaipur gharana). 2011 ⇨ Shruti Sadolikar
2019 ⇨ Chetan Joshi
(Jaipur-Atrauli gharana),
1988 ⇨ Padmavati Gokhale Shaligram Pandit Venkatesh Kumar
(Jaipur-Atrauli gharana) (Gwalior gharana) Guitar Player
1989 ⇨ Jitendra Abhisheki 2012 ⇨ Rajashekhar Mansur 2005 ⇨ Brij Bhushan Kabra
(Agra Gharana) (Jaipur-Atrauli gharana),
Ajay Pohankar (Kirana Gharana) Harmonium Player
1990 ⇨ K. G. Ginde (Gwalior gharana),
Dhondutai Kulkarni 2013 ⇨ Ritwik Sanyal, 2000 ⇨ Appa Jalgaonkar
(Jaipur-Atrauli gharana) Veena Sahasrabuddhe
(Gwalior gharana) 2005 ⇨ Tulsidas Vasant Borkar
1992 ⇨ Rama Rao V. Naik (Agra
Gharana), Shiv Kumar Shukla 2014 ⇨ Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande Pakhavaj Players
(Bhendibazaar gharana) (Jaipur-Atrauli gharana),
Iqbal Ahmad Khan
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1993 ⇨ Bala Saheb Poochwale (Delhi Gharana),Nathrao Neralkar
(Gwalior gharana),
1991 ⇨ Chatrapati Singh
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(Kirana Gharana)
2003 ⇨ Bhavani Shankar
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Zia Fariduddin Dagar Santoor Players
(Dagar Gharana) 2017 ⇨ Lalith J. Rao (Agra gharana),
1995 ⇨ A. Kanan (Kirana Gharana) Umakant and 1986 ⇨ Shivkumar Sharma
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1996 ⇨ Hafeez Ahmed Khan Gundecha Brothers
(Rampur-Sahaswan gharana) (Dagar vani Gharana) 1993 ⇨ Bhajan Sopori
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Sarangi Players ( b) Kishore Kumar (c) Geetanjali Lal (d) Vidha Lal
(c) Nitin Mukesh
(d) Rahul Dev Barman Q.16. Whichdancerwasthefirstperson
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.7. Pandit Kishan Maharaj of Benaras
Q 2000 ?
1992 ⇨ Sultan Khan (Sikar Gharana)
Gharana was a __________ player. Selection Post 30/06/2023 (Shift - 1)
SSC CGL 21/07/2023 (2nd shift) (a) Guru Shyama Charan Pati
1996 ⇨ Inderlal Dhandra, Ramchandra
(a) santoor (b) flute (c) sarangi (d) tabla (b) Guru Bipin Singh
Mishra
(c) Guru Mayadhar Rout
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2013 ⇨ Dhruba Ghosh (Delhi) (a) Uday Shankar (b) Birju Maharaj known as the 'Queen of Thumri' ?
(c) Gopi Krishna (d) Guru Bipin Singh SSC MTS 04/05/2023 (Morning)
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wardee, Sangeet Natak Akademi
a SSC CGL 24/07/2023 (2nd shift) (d) Begum Parveen Sultana
awardee and Kalidas Sammanawardee, (a) Sitara Devi (b) Ishwari Prasad
was renowned for promoting which (c) Birju Maharaj (d) Rukmini Devi .18. Which famous Indian dancer is
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classical dance form? associated with the Pandavani dance
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ritish India was Lata Mangeshkar born ?
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(a) Manipuri (b) Kuchipudi
SSC CGL 24/07/2023 (4th shift) (a) Vyjayanthimala
(c) Odissi (d) Kathak
(a) Bombay (b) Calcutta (b) Pandit Briju Maharaj
.2. Urmila Satyanarayanan is an
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exponentofwhichIndianclassicaldance (d) Teejan Bai
.11. Who was the founder of Benaras
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form ?
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SSC CGL 14/07/2023 (3rd shift)
SSC CGL 27/07/2023 (3rd shift) acknowledged with pioneering new
(a) Bharatanatyam (b) Kathak
(a) Ishwari Prasad musical, dramatic, and linguistic forms.
(c) Manipuri (d) Sattriya
(b) Shambhu Maharaj He is associated with which of the
.3. Who among the following Indian
Q (c) Raja Chakradhar Singh following dance forms?
classical tabla players was called (d) Janaki Prasad SSC MTS 10/05/2023(afternoon)
'Abbaji'? He collaborated with American (a) Manipuri (b) Kathakali
Q.12. The noted danseuse Yamini
jazz drummer Buddy Rich to create a (c) Odissi (d) Sattriya
rishnamurthy opened YaminiSchoolof
K
music album in 1968 ?
Dance in_________, in the year 1990. .20. Which among the followingisnot
Q
SSC CGL 19/07/2023 (1st shift)
Selection Post 28/06/2023 (Shift - 2) associated with Tabla?
(a) Taufiq Qureshi (b) Zakir Hussain
(a) Mumbai (b) Delhi SSC MTS 12/05/2023 (Evening)
(c) Fazal Qureshi (d) Alla Rakha
(c) Chennai (d) Hyderabad (a) Shakoor Khan
Q.4. Pandit Jasraj, Bhimsen Joshi and (b) Jnan Prakash Ghosh
.13. Who was hailedasthe‘Tansenof
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Z (c) Sabir Khan
the 20th century’?
form of music? (d) Sandeep Das
Selection Post 01/08/2022 (Shift - 3 )
SSC CGL 19/07/2023 (2nd shift)
(a) Ustad Abdul Karim Khan Q.21.LacchuMaharajwasanotedIndian
(a) Jazz Music
(b) Ustad Faiyaz Khan lassical dancer and choreographer of
c
(b) Pop Music
(c) Ustad Amir Khan _________ .
(c) Hindustani Classical Music
(d) Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan SSC MTS 12/05/2023 (Evening)
(d) Carnatic Music
(a) Kathak (b) Odissi
.14. Which danseuse among the
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.5. Who among the following was a
Q (c) Chhau (d) Kuchipudi
following was called to perform for
Padma Bhushan awardee, legendary
QueenElizabeth-ll'scoronationfestivities .22. Who was popularly known as the
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Bharatanatyam exponent, theosophist
in 1953 ? Melody Queen in India?
and founder of the Kalakshetra Dance
Selection Post 28/06/2023 (Shift - 3) SSC MTS 17/05/2023 (Morning)
School?
(a) Mrinalini Sarabhai (a) Zarin S Sharma
SSC CGL 20/07/2023 (1st shift)
(b) Sitara Devi (b) Lata Mangeshkar
(a) Sonal Mansingh
(c) Rukmini Devi Arundale (c) Shubha Mudgal
(b) Saroja Vaidyanathan
(d) Kamala Lakshmi Narayanan (d) Anuradha Paudwal
(c) Rukmini Devi Arundale
(d) Mallika Sarabhai Q.15. Who was the recipient of Ustad .23. Annapurna Devi was known to
Q
ismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar 2017 for
B practice which musical instrument?
.6. Who among the following Indian
Q
Kathak ? SSC MTS 17/05/2023 (Afternoon)
musicians is known as 'Pancham Da'?
Selection Post 30/06/2023 (Shift - 3) (a) Surbahar (b) Sarod
SSC CGL 20/07/2023 (3rd shift)
(a) Jitendra Maharaj (b) Rajendra Gangani
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ith which of the following musical
w (c) Uday Shankar (d) Sadarang
instruments? (d) Shovana Narayan
SSC MTS 19/05/2023 (Afternoon) .41. Who among the following Indian
Q
(a) Shehnai (b) Guitar (c) Violin (d) Flute .33. Gopal Prasad Dubey won Padma
Q Playback Singers holds the Guinness
Shri in which dance form? world record for singing the highest
Q.25. Ali Akbar Khan isassociatedwith SSC GD 24/01/2023 (2nd Shift) number of songs in one day?
hich of these instruments?
w (a) Kuchipudi (b) Mohiniyattam SSC CHSL 30/05/2022 (Morning)
SSC MTS 13/06/2023 (Afternoon) (c) Creative dance (d) Chhau (a) Alka Yagnik (b) Kumar Sanu
(a) Shehnai (b) Sarod (c) Tabla (d) Sitar (c) Kavita Krishnamurthy (d) Udit Narayan
.34.Whoamongthefollowingisrelated
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.26. Who among the following
Q with Mohiniyattam? .42. Which artist’s musical album is
Q
personalitieshaswonthePadmaShrifor SSC GD 06/02/2023 (2nd Shift) titled ‘Land of Gold’?
her contributions in Kathakali dance form (a) Ratan Thiyam (b) Kanak Rele SSC CHSL 30/05/2022 (Afternoon)
in the year 2019 ? (c) Shanti Dave (d) Manjit Bawa (a) Mita Nag
SSC GD 11/01/2023 (2nd Shift) (b) Anupama Bhagwat
(a) Vaibhavi Merchant .35. Who among the following is a
Q (c) Anoushka Shankar
(b) Milena Salvini Bharatanatyam performer? (d) Rajna Swaminathan
(c) Geeta Kapoor SSC GD 07/02/2023 (2nd Shift)
(d) Shovana Narayan (a) Tanjore Balasaraswati .43.The Wadali Brothers are famous
Q
(b) V Satyanarayana Sarma for which of the following?
Q.27. Aparna Satheesan was honoured (c) Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty Amma SSC CHSL 31/05/2022 (Evening)
ith the prestigious Bharata Shastra
w (d) Sitara Devi (a) Carnatic Music
Nritya Praveena National Award, (b) Chhattisgarhi Folk
Abhinandan Saroja National Award, Q.36. Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, a (c) Sufi Music
NatyaShiromaniNationalAwardbyIndia usical genius, learnt which of the
m (d) Hindustani Classical Music
festival USA for her outstanding following gharanas of music from his
performance in which dance form? father at an early age? .44.Manjamma Jogati became India’s
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SSC GD 11/01/2023 (4th Shift) Delhi Police S.I. 09/11/2022 (Afternoon) firsttransgenderfolkdancertoreceivea
(a) Kuchipudi (b) Lavani (a) Benaras (b) Kasur Patiala Padma Shri honour f or her contribution
(c) Kathakali (d) Bharatnatyam (c) Jaipur-Atrauli (d) Gwalior to art in the year ____.
SSC CHSL 01/06/2022 (Afternoon)
Q.28. Guru Pankaj Charan Das is a .37. ____alongwithhiswife,herselfa
Q (a) 2012(b) 2021 (c) 2009(d) 2018
f amous proponent of which Indian dancer, and their son built Srjan in 1993.
classical Dance? SSC CHSL 24/05/ 2022 (Morning) .45. Who among the following Indian
Q
SSC GD 12/01/2023 (4th Shift) (a) Pankaj Charan Das singers has written ‘Raag Sarita’?
(a) Kathak (b) Odissi (b) Kelucharan Mohapatra SSC CHSL 02/06/2022 (Morning)
(c) Manipuri (d) Mohiniyattam (c) Raghunath Dutta (a) Pandit Kumar Gandharva
(d) Deba Prasad Das (b) Balasaheb Poonchwale
Q.29.Whoholdsthehonourofbeingthe (c) Chintaman Raghunath Vyas
irumala Tirupati Devastanam's Astana
T .38.WhoisthefirstIndianmusicianto
Q (d) Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande
Nartaki? win the Oscar award for Best Original
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(a) Yamini Krishnamurthy SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Afternoon) ersonalities have NOT beennominated
p
(b) Mallika Sarabhai (a) Bhanu Athaiya (b) Resul Pookutty for a Grammy Award?
(c) Shovana Narayan (c) Mehboob Khan (d) A.R. Rahman SSC CHSL 10/06/2022 (Afternoon)
(d) Sonal Mansingh (a) Lata Mangeshkar
.39. Who among the following Indian
Q (b) Pt Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
.30. Sitara Devi was famousforwhich
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of the following classical dance forms? be presented with the Bharat Ratna, (d) A R Rahman
SSC GD 17/01/2023 (2nd Shift) India’s highest civilian honour?
(a) Kathak (b) Manipuri SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Afternoon) .47. Rani Karnaa Nayak, who was
Q
(c) Kathakali (d) Bharatnatyam (a) Madurai Shanmukhavadivu awarded the Padma Shriin2014,wasa
Subbulakshmi _______ dancer.
Q.31.Vempati Chinna Satyam received (b) Bismillah Khan SSC CGL 06/12/2022 (1st Shift)
r ecognition in which dance form? (c) Lata Mangeshkar (a) Odissi (b) Mohiniyattam
SSC GD 23/01/2023 (2nd Shift) (d) Ravi Shankar (c) Kathak (d) Kathakali
(a) Sattriya (b) Mohiniattam
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wards and recognitions for the
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Q .58. Which trio among thefollowingis
Q 9.(b) 10.(d) 11.(d) 12.(b)
Sultan Khan associated? referred to as ‘The Trinity of Carnatic
13.(d) 14.(d) 15.(d) 16.(d)
SSC CGL 09/12/2022 (4th Shift) Music?
(a) Sitar (b) Sarod (c) Tabla (d) Sarangi RRB NTPC CBT - II (14/06/2022) Shift 1 17.(b) 18.(d) 19.(d) 20.(a)
(a) Subbaraya Sastri, Madurai Mani Iyer 21.(a) 22.(b) 23.(a) 24.(b)
.50. Who among the following is
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SSC CGL 12/12/2022 (3rd Shift) Subbaraya Sastri
(a) Padmaja Reddy
33.(d) 34.(b) 35.(a) 36.(b)
(c) Tyagaraja, Muthuswami Dikshitar and
(b) Yamini Reddy Syama Sastri 37.(b) 38.(d) 39.(a) 40.(b)
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.51. Who among the following Indian
Q .59.Whoamongthefollowingisnotan
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dancers was the first woman in Indian Odissi Dancer?
historytobenominatedasamemberof 53.(c) 54.(a) 55.(d) 56.(d)
RRB NTPC CBT - II (14/06/2022) Shift 2
the Rajya Sabha? (a) Shagun Bhutani 57.(c) 58.(c) 59.(b) 60.(a)
SSC MTS 06/07/2022 (Morning) (b) Darshana Jhaveri 61.(d) 62.(d) 63.(b) 64.(c)
(a) Rukmini Devi Arundale (c) Chitra Krishnamurti
(b) Madhuri Dixit 65.(d)
(d) Kumkum Mohanty
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.53. Ustad Bundu Khan and Santosh
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Mishra are the famous playersofwhich (a) Singing (b) Acting
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SSC CPO 10/11/2022 (Evening)
(a) sitar (b) shehnai Q.62.Withwhichdanceformisthenoted
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ancer of foreign origin who w
d as (a) Jamini Roy (b) Rukmini Devi
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SSC CPO 11/11/2022 (Evening) .64. Which singer holds the Guinness
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(a) Kathakali (b) Kathak World Record for most solo studio
(c) Bharatanatyam (d) Odissi recordings?
RRB ALP Tier - II (21/01/2019) Afternoon
.56. Padma Shri MinatiMishrawasan
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expertise in which of the following Indian
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RRB NTPC CBT - II (09/05/2022) Shift 1 f amous Indian artist ?
(a) Kathak (b) Kathakali Delhi Police MTS 21/12/2018
(c) Bharatanatyam (d) Odissi (a) Raja Ravi Verma (b) M.F. Hussain
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(a) Veena (b) Dholak
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Gwalior Gharana - Ustad Nathan Pir andkhayalstylesofsinging.UstadBade
aksh and Ustad Nathu Khan were the
B Ghulam Ali Khan who is known as ‘the Famous Instruments Gharana
founders ofthisgharana.Itistheoldest Tansen of the 20th century’ belongs to
among all the khayal style gharanas. this Gharana. I mdadkhani Gharana (Etawah Gharana):
Famousexponents-HassuKhan,Haddu Famous exponents - Bade Fateh Ali Ustad Imdad Khan was the founder of
Khan, Karanjikar, Vasundhara Komkali, Khan, Ali Baksh Jarnail Khan, Munawar this gharana. This gharana isknownfor
Bal Krishna Balchal, Vishnu Digambar Ali Khan, Meera Banerjee, Lakshmi its sitar players such as Pandit
Paluskar, Pandit Omkarnath Thakur, Shankar (Sastri), Ustad Rehman Khan, Budhaditya Mukherjee, Ustad Shahid
Balasaheb Poonchwale, Veena Kaushiki Chakraborty, Ajoy Chakrabarty. Parvez Khan, Rajeev Janardan.
Sahasrabuddhe and Malini Rajurkar.
ampur-Sahaswan Gharana - It was
R unjab Gharana: This gharana pertains
P
gra Gharana: Haji sujan Khan is the
A founded by Inayat Hussain Khan. to Tabla. It was founded by Lal
founder of this gharana. Famous exponents - Mushtaq Hussain Bhavanidas.
Famousexponents-FaiyyazKhan,Malka Khan, Shanno Khurana, Rashid Khan Famous exponents - Alla Rakha Khan,
Jaan, Latafat Hussein Khan, Dinkar (musician), Nissar Hussain Khan, Mian Shaukat Hussain, Zakir Hussain.
Kakini, VilayatHussainKhan"PranPiya'', Ghulam Mustafa Khan (singer).
Khadim Hussain Khan "Sajan Piya'',
Delhi Gharana : Ustad Sidhhar Khan
Sharafat Hussain Khan "Prem Rang", I ndoreGharana:ItwasfoundedbyUstad
hadhi were the founders of Delhi
D
Shrikrishna NarayanRatanjankar"Sujan", Amir Khan.
Gharana.
Babanrao Haldankar"Raspiya",Zohrabai, Famous exponents - Gokulotsavji
Famous exponents - Chand Khan, Nasir
Yashpaul "SagunPiya",RamaraoV.Naik, Maharaj, Kankana Banerjee, Shanti
Ahmed Khan, Usman Khan, Iqbal Ahmed
Lalith J. Rao, Sumati Mutatkar, Subhra Sharma, Baldev Raj Verma, Ramneek
Khan, and Krishna Bisht.
Guha. Singh, Akhil Kumar Das, Amarjeet Kaur.
Benares Gharana - This tabla gharana
iranaGharana:ItwasfoundedbyAbdul
K ewati Gharana: It was founded by
M
asdevelopedalittleover200yearsago
w
Karim Khan andAbdulWahidKhan.The brothers Ustad Ghagge Nazir Khan and
by Pandit Ram Sahai.
name of this school of music derives Ustad Wahid Khan (beenkar) of Indore in
Famous exponents - Kanthe Maharaj,
fromKiranaorKairana,atownandtehsil the late 19th century at the Holkar Court.
Anokhelal Mishra, Shamta Prasad,
of Shamli District in Uttar Pradesh. Famous exponents - Pandit Jasraj,
Kishen Maharaj, Mahapurush Mishra,
Famous e xponents - Pandit Bhimsen Pandit Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande,
Kumar Bose, Ananda Gopal
Joshi, Ustad Abdul Karim Khan, Ustad Pandit Maniram, Durga Jasraj.
Bandopadhyay, Samar Saha, Sandeep
Shakoor Khan, Pandit Pran Nath, Ustad
Das.
Abdul Wahid Khan, Pandit Chhannulal ham Chaurasia Gharana: It is a vocal
S
Mishra, Gangubai Hangal, Shrinivas gharana in Hindustani classical music.
arrukhabadGharana:UstadHajiVilayat
F
Joshi, Dr. Prabha Atre. Famous exponents - Sharafat Ali Khan,
AliKhanwasthefounderofthisgharana
Shafqat Ali Khan, Sultana Nooran and
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amous exponents - Ustad Sabir Khan,
F ( c) Asaf - ud - Daula harana?
G
Pandit Anindo Chatterjee. (d) Mohammad Ali Shah (a) Sitar (b) Tabla (c) Sarod (d) Flute
Famous Dance Gharana .6. Lakshmi Shankar wasaHindustani
Q Q.15. Who were the founders of the
classical vocalist of the _______ Gharana. arbhanga Gharana, established in the
D
ucknowGharana:PanditIshwariPrasad
L SSC CHSL 08/06/2022 (Afternoon) 18th century?
was the founder of this gharana of (a) Gwalior (b) Rangeela (a) Ustad Allarakha Khan and Ravi
Kathak. (c) Kirana (d) Patiala Shankar
Famous exponents - Pandit Birju (b) Radhakrishna and Kartaram
Maharaj, Shambhu Maharaj, Lachhu .7. Who among the following was the
Q (c) Ustad Vilayat Khan and Ustad Imrat
Maharaj, Kalika Prasad, Manjari founder of theBanarasGharanaofstyle Khan
Chaturvedi. of khayal singing? (d) Pandit Bhimsen Joshi and Pandit
SSC CHSL 09/06/2022 (Evening) Jasraj
Jaipur Gharana: This gharanaofKathak (a) Ustad Inayat Khan
as founded by Bhanuji Maharaj.
w (b) Pandit Gopal Mishra Q.16. What is the primary focus of the
Famous exponents - Uma Dogra, (c) Ustad Mamman Khan unjab Gharana's Tabla playing style?
P
Rajendra Kumar Gangani, Prerana (d) Ustad Chajju Khan (a) Complexity of rhythms
Shrimali, Pandit Sunder Prasad, Shobha (b) Melodic improvisation
Q.8.WhoamongthefollowingdoesNOT (c) Vocal modulation
Koser, R oshan Kumari,PanditDurgaLal,
elong to Rampur Sahaswan Gharana?
b (d) Dance accompaniment
Vidyagauri Adkar, Nandini Singh,
SSC CHSL 10/06/2022 (Afternoon)
Mohanrao Kallianpurkar.
(a) Ustad Rashid Khan Q.17. Which sitar player from the
(b) Ghulam Mustafa Khan ImdadkhaniGharanaisrenownedforhis
anaras Gharana - This Gharana of
B
(c) Ustad Fateh Ali Khan contributions to Indian classical music
kathak was founded by Jankiprasad.
(d) Ustad Inayat Khan worldwide?
Famous exponents - SunayanaHazarilal
(a) Pandit Budhaditya Mukherjee
Agarwal, Rajendra Chaturvedi, Kamalini
Q.9. WhichGharanawaspropoundedby (b) Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan
and Nalini Asthana, Rasoolan Hussain,
ade Fateh Ali Khan a
B nd Ali Baksh (c) Ustad Vilayat Khan
Gopi Krishna.
Jarnail Khan? (d) Rajeev Janardan
SSC CPO 09/11/2022 (Evening)
Practice Questions :- (a) Gwalior Gharana Q.18. Which of the following artists is
(b) Agra Gharana NOT associated with the Gwalior
.1. Pandit Kishan Maharaj of Benaras
Q (c) Patiala Gharana Gharana?
Gharana was a __________ player. (d) Bhendi Bazaar Gharana (a) Vasundhara Komkali
SSC CGL 21/07/2023 (2nd shift) (b) Pandit Omkarnath Thakur
(a) santoor (b) flute (c) sarangi (d) tabla .10. Pandit Jasraj, an Indian Classical
Q (c) Ravi Shankar
Vocalist, belongs to which gharana? (d) Bal Krishna Balchal
.2. TowhichofthefollowingGharanas
Q RRB NTPC CBT - II (13/06/2022) Shift 1
did Hindustani Classical Vocalist, (a) Gwalior (b) Mewati Q.19. The Agra Gharana is primarily
Bhimsen Joshi belong? (c) Kirana (d) Agra nown for which genre of music?
k
Selection Post 27/06/2023 (Shift - 4) (a) Hindustani Classical
(a) Rampur Sahaswan Gharana .11. Tarana Singer Pandit Rattan
Q (b) Carnatic Classical
(b) Kirana Gharana Mohan Sharma belongs to the _______ (c) Sufi Qawwali
(c) Agra Gharana gharana. (d) Folk Music
(d) Gwalior Gharana RRB NTPC CBT - II (14/06/2022) Shift 2
(a) Mewati (b) Agra (c) Indore (d) Dilli Answer Key :-
.3. Pandit AnandaGopalBandopadhyay
Q
was a _________ player of the Banaras .12. Who among the following
Q
personalities was the founder of 1.(d) 2.(b) 3.(d) 4.(c)
gharana.
SSC CHSL 30/05/2022 (Evening) Farukhabad Gharana? 5.(b) 6.(d) 7.(b) 8.(c)
(a) sarangi (b) sarod (c) sitar (d) tabla (a) Ustad Nathan Pir Baksh
9.(c) 10.(b) 11.(a) 12.(b)
(b)Ustad Haji Vilayat Ali Khan
Q.4. The important singers of (c) Pandit Gopal Mishra 13.(d) 14.(c) 15.(b) 16.(a)
_ _____Gharana are FaiyyazKhan,Latafat (d) Haji sujan Khan 17.(b) 18.(c) 19.(a)
Hussein Khan and Dinkar Kakini.
SSC CHSL 31/05/2022 (Evening) .13. How is the Gharana system
Q
(a) Patiala (b) Mewati primarily organized among musicians
(c) Agra (d) Benaras and dancers?
(a) By geographical regions
.5. Malka Jaan of Agra Gharana was
Q (b) By religious beliefs
thecourtmusicianatthedurbarofwhich (c) By age groups
of the following Nawabs of Calcutta? (d) By Guru-Shishya lineage
SSC CHSL 02/06/2022 (Morning)
(a) Shuja - ud - Daula .14. Which musical instrument is
Q
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kademi and signature of its Chairman.
A Kalaimamani Award: It is given by the
Arts Awards First Awardee in 2006 are Sheejith amilNaduIyalIsaiNatakaMandramfor
T
Krishna (Bharatnatyam), Kalamandalam outstanding contribution in the field of
adasaheb Phalke Award: It is India's
D
Pradeep Kumar (Kathakali), Prashant art and literature. It was first given in
highest award in the field of cinema. It
Shah (Kathak), Vedantam Venkata 1954 and it carries a cash purse
was instituted in 1969 to honor
Nagachalapathi Rao (Kuchipudi), "Porkizhi" of Rs. 1,00,000 to senior
Dadasaheb Phalke,thepioneerofIndian
Sijagurumayum Nimita Devi (Manipuri), Kalaimamani winners along with a
cinema who directed India's first full -
BijayiniSatpathy,LeenaMohanty(Odssi), certification and shield.
length feature film, Raja Harishchandra,
Anurupa Roy (Puppetry).
in 1913.
ridaynath Award: Established - 2011.
H
ational Film Awards:- It is one of the
N Firstawardee-LataMangeshkarin2011.
he award comprises a Swarna Kamal
T most prestigious and much looked Other Hridaynath Awards: 2014 -
(GoldenLotus)medallion,ashawl,anda -forward-to events in the country. The Hariprasad Chaurasia, 2015 - AR
cash prizeofRs.10lakh.Firstrecipient- Hon'ble President of India presents the Rahman, 2016 - Vishwanathan Anand,
Devika Rani Roerich (1969). awards culminating in showcasing of 2017 - Javed Akhtar, 2018 - Khayyam.
award-winning films for the public.
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award : Established - 1954. Lata Mangeshkar Award:Itisanational
( Akademi Puraskar): It is the highest
-levelawardinstitutedtohonourworksin
Indian recognition giventopeopleinthe It is given in three sections – Features,
the field of music. It was started by
field of performing arts. The award Non-Features and Best Writing on
Madhya Pradesh in 1984, then by
earlierin2003,consistedofRs.50,000,a Cinema.Separateawardsforartistsand
Maharashtra in 1992. First Awardee -
citation,anangavastram(ashawl),anda technicians were instituted in 1968 for
Naushad.
tamrapatra (abrassplaque).Since2009 thefilmsof1967,NargisDuttandUttam
cash prize has been increased to Rs. Kumar being the first actress and actor
JakanachariAward:Itisastateawardof
1,00,000. to get the Best Actress andBestActor
arnataka conferred on talented
K
Awards respectively.
sculptors and craftsmen from the state
ItisanawardgivenbytheSangeetNatak
to celebrate the contributions of the
kademi, India's National Academy of
A st National Award (1954)
1
legendary sculptor Amarashilpi
Music,DanceandDrama.SangeetNatak ▪ President'sgoldmedalfortheAllIndia
Jakanachari. Established - 1995. It
Academy: Founded - 31 May 1952, Best Feature Film - Shyamchi Aai
includes plaque, shawl, gardland and
Headquarters (New Delhi). (Marathi) directed by Pralhad Keshav
cashrewardofRs.5lakhs.Firstrecipient
Atre.
- C. Parameshwara Acharya (1995).
irst Awarded in 1952 are Mushtaq
F ▪ All IndiaCertificateofMerit-DoBigha
Hussain Khan (Vocal), Allaudin Khan Zamin(BimalRoy),BhagavanSriKrishna riShanmukhanandaNationalEminence
S
(Sarod), Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar Chaitanya (Bengali- Debaki Bose). Award: It was set up with the title
(Carnatic Music), Karaikudi Sambasiva ▪ All India Certificate of Merit for Best ‘Sangeetha Kala Vibhushan’ in 2002. It
Iyer (Veena). Children's Film - Khela Ghar (Bengali). covers the Music, dance, theatre and
▪ President's gold medal for the Best FineArtsAdministratorsfields.Itcarries
Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship D ocumentary Film - Mahabalipuram acashprizeofRs.2,50,000,aCitation,a
( Akademi Ratna S
adasyata): It is an directed by Jagat Murari. gold coated lamp,atrophyandashawl.
Indian honour for the performing arts ▪ Certificate of Merit- Holy Himalayas First recipient - Shri Semmangudi
presented by Sangeet Natak Akademi. directed by K L Khandpur. Srinivasaiyer (Carnatic Vocal) in 2002.
Established - 1954. Tree of Wealth directed by A . Bhaskar
Roy. ilmfare Awards: They honour artistic
F
irst Winners - Ariyakudi Ramanuja
F and technical excellence in the
Iyengar (Music), Karaikudi Sambasiva Kalidas Samman: It is an arts award Hindi-languagefilmindustryofIndia.The
Aiyer (Music), and Prithviraj Kapoor resentedannuallybytheGovernmentof
p awards were first introduced by the
(Theatre). MadhyaPradesh.Itcarriesaplaqueand Filmfare magazine of The Times Group
cashprizeof5lakhrupeesandacitation in1954.Inthefirstawardsfunction,held
The award recipient is awarded with a is presented in the fields of classical on 21 March 1954 attheMetroTheatre
ashprizeofRs.3lakh anAngavastram
c music, classical dance, theatre and of Mumbai, only five awards were
(Shawl), and a Tamrapatra (citation Plastic art. First recipients (1980) - presented:BestFilm(DoBighaZameen),
plaque)givenunderthesealofAkademi Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer (Classical Best Director (Bimal Roy), Best Actor
and signature of its Chairman. music)andMallikarjunMansur(Classical (Dilip Kumar for his movie ‘Daag’), Best
Music). Actress (Meena Kumari for his movie
Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar: It ‘Baiju Bawra’), and Best Music Director
is an annual Indian award given by the harat Muni Samman:It was started by
B (Naushad Ali for his movie ‘Baiju Bawra’).
Sangeet Natak Akademi to outstanding NalandaDanceResearchCentrein2011.
artistsunder40whohavedemonstrated In 1966, this centre was established by ala Ratna Award:Itisacivilianhonour
K
talent in the fields of music, dance and Kanak Rele (exponent of Mohiniyattam) of the Andhra Pradesh state conferred
drama. Established -2006. in Mumbai. Hema Malini has been annually by the Government of Andhra
selected for theprestigiousBharatMuni Pradesh and is organised by the State
Award prize money of Rs 25000 and a Samman 2012. Cultural Council and Department of
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year,Ugadi.Theawardcarriesanamount Sant Kabir Award: It is an Indian ForeignPressAssociation.Itwasstarted
f Rs. 30,000, a shawl, a gold plated
o overnment award conferred to
G in January 1944, recognizingexcellence
Hamsa (Swan) memento. The award is outstanding weavers who have made in both American and international film
conferred to artists from the field of valuable contributions in keeping alive and television. The first award was
literature, music, dance, painting, thehandloomheritage.Itispresentedby presented todirectorandproducerCecil
sculpture, folk and tribal arts. First the President of India, along with Shilp B. DeMille.
awarded - 1999. Guru Awards and National Awards to
Master Craftspersons and master cademy Awards (Oscars) are awards
A
amal Kumari National Award: It is an
K weavers, introduced in 1965. Itconsists for artistic and technical merit for the
Indian Award given to individuals and ofonemountedgoldcoin,oneshawland American film industry. The awards are
groups in India for outstanding a citation and Cash prize Rs 6 lakh. regarded by many as the most
contributiontoArt,CultureandLiterature prestigious, significant awards in the
and Science and Technology. It was ShilpGuru:Itisthehighesthonourinthe entertainment industry in the United
instituted by the Kamal Kumari Indianhandicraftssectorawardedbythe States.
Foundationin1990inmemoryofKamal Development Commissioner, Ministry of
Kumari Barooah, the remarkable Textiles. First introduced - 2002. The It is presented annuallybytheAcademy
matriarch of the Khongiya Barooah awardconsistsofRs.2lakhprizemoney, of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
family of Thengal,Assam. Firstaward- a plaque, a gold coin, a shawl and a (AMPAS). It is the oldest of the four
SobhaBrahma(1991).Theawardcarries certificate. major annual American entertainment
a cash award of Rs. 2,00,000, a trophy awards - Emmy Awards (Television),
and a citation. koda prize forIndiancontemporaryart
S Tony Awards (Theatre), and Grammy
wasoneoftheprestigiouscontemporary Awards (Music).
ashtriya KumarGandharvaSamman:It
R art awards in the Indian art scene to
was established by the government of recognizeanIndianartistunder45years Grammy Awards: It is presented by the
Madhya Pradesh in 1992 as an annual ofage.Firstrecipient-MithuSen(2010). ecordingAcademyoftheUnitedStates
R
nationalhonourpresentedtooutstanding The prize was cancelledinAugust2013 torecognize"outstanding"achievements
talent in the field of music.Cashprize- as it was announced that Skoda would in the music industry. First awarded -
Rs. 1.25 lakh. First recipient - Ajoy notberenewingitsthree-yearcontractto 1959.
Chakrabarty (1992-93). sponsor the prize.
AFTA : It is an annual award show
B
alitKalaAkademiFellowship(LalitKala
L agore Award: It is an award given in
T hosted by the British Academy of Film
Akademi Ratna): It is an honour for the commemoration of the 150th birth and Television Arts (BAFTA) to honour
fineartsinIndia. Itcarriesacash prize anniversary of the Nobel laureate the best British and international
of Rs. 25,000, a citation and a plaque. Rabindranath Tagore for cultural contributions to film. The first BAFTA
First Award - Jamini Roy (1955). harmony.ItcarriesanamountofRupees Awardsceremonywasheldin1949,and
OneCrore,aCitationinaScroll,aPlaque theceremonywasfirstbroadcastonthe
Nataka Kalasarathy: It is the title as well as an exquisite traditional BBC in 1956 with Vivien Leigh as the
warded annually by Parthasarathy
a handicraftitem.Established-2011.First host.
SwamiSabhatoadramatist.Itconfersa awardee - Pandit Ravi Shankar (sitarist)
shawl,acitation,amedallionwithacash in 2012.
Top Art Awards from the
prize of Rs. 5,000.
TulsiSamman(foundedin1983-84)isan World
ational Handicrafts Award: It is an
N rts award presented annually by the
a
Indian Government award conferred to government of Madhya Pradesh. The arnegie
C Art Award (Sweden),
outstanding master craftspersons. The recipient gets Rs. 5,00,000 along with a GuggenheimInternationalAward(United
award is presented by the President of citation. States), Bucksbaum Award (United
India, along with Shilp Guru Awards to States), Hugo Boss Prize (New York),
Master Craftspersons and Sant Kabir arnashilpi Venkatappa Award: It was
V Marcel Duchamp Prize (France),
Award to master weavers, introducedin established by the government of Praemium Imperiale (Japan), Roswitha
1965. The award carriesacashprizeof Karnataka in 1993, in the name of the Haftmann Prize (Zurich), Turner Prize
Rs. 1 lakh, a shawl, a certificate and a greatpainterlateVarnashilpiVenkatappa (Great Britain), Jameel Prize (Saudi
tamrapatra. to reward senior painters for their Arabia), Malcolm Award (UnitedStates),
contributions in the field of art and Sobey Art Award (Canada), Kyoto Prize
ishagandhi Puraskaram (Nishagandhi
N paints. It includes plaque, shawl, (Japan), LumenPrize(UnitedKingdom),
award): It is an annual award instituted gardland and cash reward of Rs. 5 lakhs. Leonardo da Vinci World Award of Arts
by the Tourism Department of Keralain (Mexico), Taro Okamoto Award
Indiatohonourpersonalitiesinthefields Poompuhar State Award: It is anaward (Japanese), Mary Smith Prize
of musicanddance.Established-2013. iven to outstanding artisanseveryyear
g (Pennsylvania) etc.
The award carries a cash prize of by Tamil Nadu Handicrafts Development
1,50,000IndianRupees,acitation,anda Corporation Limited. Practice Questions :-
statuette.Firstaward-MrinaliniSarabhai
(2013). olden Globe Awards: They are
G .1. Devdas Smriti Panthi Dance Award
Q
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election Post 28/06/2023 (Shift - 1)
S (c) Kerala (d) Odisha Q.21. Jakanachari Award is given by
(a) Rajasthan (b) Bihar hichstatetothetalentedsculptorsand
w
(c) Jharkhand (d) Chhattisgarh Q.11. ‘Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva craftsmen of the state?
uraskar’ is given by which of the
P (a) Karnataka (b) Kerala
.2. Which of the following artists has
Q following bodies? (c) Telangana (d) Maharashtra
received the Soviet Land Nehru Award? SSC CHSL 01/06/2022 (Afternoon)
SSC GD 13/01/2023 (1st Shift) (a) National School of Drama Q.22.KalaRatnaAwardisgivenbywhich
(a) Pandit Birju Maharaj (b) Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan tate ?
s
(b) Krishna Ella (c) Gandharva Mahavidyalaya (a) Karnataka (b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Thiruvidaimarudur Kuppiah (d) Sangeet Natak Akademi (c) Telangana (d) Maharashtra
Kalyanasundaram
(d) Mahaboob Subhani .12. Who gives the Bharat Muni
Q .23. Which of the following awards is
Q
Samman? not given bytheGovernmentofMadhya
.3. Which among the following Indian
Q SSC CHSL 01/06/2022 (Afternoon) Pradesh?
Classical Dancer has been awarded (a) Nalanda Dance Research Centre (a)RashtriyaKumarGandharvaSamman
SangeetNatakAkademiFellow(Akademi (b) Government of India (b) Tulsi Samman
Ratna)? (c) Sangeet Natak Akademi (c) Kalidas Samman
SSC GD 16/01/2023 (4th Shift) (d) State Government (d) None of the above
(a) Tankeswar Hazarika Borbayan
(b) Jogen Dutta Bayan Q.13.NamethefirstIndianwomantobe Q.24.Match the following:
(c) Sarodi Saikia onferred with a Grammy Award.
c 1. Dadasaheb Phalke Award (i) 2011
(d) Sonal Mansingh SSC CHSL 06/06/2022 (Evening) . Hridaynath Award
2 ( ii) 2013
(a) Ananya Birla (b) Anushka Shankar
3. Nishagandhi Puraskaram (iii) 1969
.4. Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards
Q (c) Asha Bhosle (d) Tanvi Shah
(Akademi Puraskar) carries ___________. ( a) 1- (iii), 2- (i), 3- (ii).
SSC GD 27/01/2023 (3rd Shift) .14. Which of the following State
Q (b) 1- (ii), 2- (iii), 3- (i).
(a) Rs 50,000/- along with a Tamrapatra Governments started the Lata (c) 1- (ii), 2- (i), 3- (iii).
and Angavastram Mangeshkar Award in 1984 ? (d) None of the above
(b) Rs 3,00,000/- (Rupees three lakh) SSC CHSL 08/06/2022 (Morning)
(c) Rs 50,000/- (Rupees Fifty thousand) (a) Maharashtra (b) Madhya Pradesh Q.25.TagoreAwardhasbeenstartedon
(d) Rs 1,00,000/- (Rupees one lakh) along (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Gujarat t he occasion of which birth anniversary
with a Tamrapatra and Angavastram of Rabindranath Tagore?
.15. Which of the following states
Q (a) 100th (b) 50th (c) 150th (d) 75th
.5. In which yearwasthefamoussitar
Q present Tulsi Samman annually?
player Pt. Ravi Shankar awarded the SSC CHSL 31/05/2022 (Afternoon) .26. Who is the firstHridaynathAward
Q
Bharat Ratna? (a) Chhattisgarh (b) Madhya Pradesh winner?
Delhi Police S.I. 10/11/2022 (Afternoon) (c) Maharashtra (d) Andhra Pradesh (a) Pandit Birju Maharaj
(a) 1998(b) 1999 (c) 1996 (d) 1995 (b) Mahaboob Subhani
.16. From which year did Sangeet
Q (c) Lata Mangeshkar
.6. Which of the following states
Q Natak Akademi, New Delhi, institute the (d) None of the above
present Kalidas Samman annually? Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar?
SSC CHSL 31/05/2022 (Afternoon) SSC CGL 07/12/2022 (3rd Shift) .27. In which year was Kerala
Q
(a) Chhattisgarh (b) Madhya Pradesh (a) 2001 (b) 2005 (c) 2004 (d) 2006 Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Fellowship
(c) Maharashtra (d) Andhra Pradesh first awarded?
Q.17. The ‘Vyas Samman’, a literary (a) 1973 (b) 1975
.7.WhenwastheSriShanmukhananda
Q ward was first awarded in the year ____.
a (c) 1972 (d) None of the above
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elebrated by the Adi Tribes.
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Government of Andhra Pradesh and
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(November). new moon day of the month Sravana. Ahmedabad.
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like a pond, etc) by different two
aziranga Elephant Festival has been
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day (taking a dip in the holy river), Goa
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district. the Kodavas communities to feast after Society in Thiruvananthapuram.
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alda festival is dedicated t o the
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Shishkar Apa (Goddess of wealth), procession of beautifully lit temple cars. Kerala.
celebrated in january.
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mark the onset of the summer season. during Dasara/Navaratri each year. Laru Kaj is celebrated by Gond tribes
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f eatures buffalo races. ceremonythatisconsideredasthepig’s
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elebrated in the month of January. On
c ampi festival (vijaya utsav) is
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woodenorbambooframeusingcoloured Karnataka,thefestivaliscelebratedover festival held at Sanchi inlateNovember
papers and then immerse in the nearby 2 to 3 days. every year.
river.
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arhul is celebrated during the spring
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collected and offered to Gods. Culture and Madhya Pradesh.
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ohrai is celebrated after Diwali on the
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new moon day. In the evening people Guruvayoorfestivalisheldinthefamous year at Khajuraho (Chhatarpur).
light diyas(earthenlamps)andnextday hrine of Guruvayoorappan in Thrissur.
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wash their cattle and put vermilion on Maharashtra
their heads mixed with oil. ooram festival is celebrated in the
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days. ommunity and observed on full moon
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nights after the harvest.
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the harvest.
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celebrated after clearing the jungles for
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/November). It is asocialfestivalofthe August-September (Bhadra).
(slash and burn).
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lukhla Kut is celebrated by the Lai
H uri Beach festival includes events
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task of jhum operation.
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K
ai-Haraoba is associated with t he
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worship of t raditional deities and Nagaland
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heiraoba (Manipuri New Year) is
C celebrated by the Pochury tribal groups
undertaking total fasting by girls and
celebrated duringtheManipurimonthof just before the annual sowing of seeds.
women.
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every Sunday of the month ofBhadrava
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solidarity. Amongmongfestivaliscelebratedbythe
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angam tribe of Nagaland with the aim
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brethren.
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Naknyulum is celebrated by the Chang
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aga tribe.
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estival, known as the Olympics of
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uddha’s birth, his attainment of
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undifestivaliscelebratedinthemonth
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celebration filled withgaietyandfanfare Goddess Meenakshi (Shakti) with L ord rataparudra Singaraaya Jatara is
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T district.
and artisans from all over Rajasthan. opening day of the first month of the
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ongal is celebrated over four days -
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Rudrasagar Lake.
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T Mahamahamfestivaltakesplaceoncein
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Dahan or Choti Holi on thefirstevening the last day of the Hindu lunar calendar
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(c) Chhath Pooja (d) Raksha Bandhan
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D aliPujaiscelebratedonthenewmoon
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Dashain) is a Hindu festival that day of the Hindu month Kartik. in Maharashtra ?
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10th day of Shukla Paksha of Jyeshtha son. In the Islamic lunar calendar, Eid to promote the cultural heritage of the
month. al-Adha falls on the tenth day of Dhu State. Identify the festival.
al-Hijja. SSC CGL 18/07/2023 (1st shift)
Pola is a festival of the state of (a) Hornbill festival (b) Nazu festival
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Jayanti) celebratesthebirthofMahavira, Easter is a principal festival of the (a) Punjab (b) Tamil Nadu
the twenty-fourth and last Tirthankara hristian church, which celebrates the
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day after his Crucifixion. Q.5. Which of the following states
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enlightenment and attainment of
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Mahasamadhi by Gautama the Buddha.
(b) Himachal Pradesh
(c) Madhya Pradesh
Milad-Un-Nabi/Id-E-Milad is a precious Religious festivals (d) Uttar Pradesh
f estival for Muslims, who celebrate the
birthday of Prophet Muhammad. Jain festivals: Paryushana, Nandishwar Q.6. The ten-day festival of Bastar
shtahnika,
A Mahamastakabhisheka, ussehraisassociatedwithwhichIndian
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birth of Lord Krishna.
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Good Friday, and Halloween. (c) Jharkhand (d) Bihar
Idu’l Fitr denotes the end of Ramadan,
hich is a holy month for Muslims.
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Sikh festivals: Lohri,Baisakhi,Gurpurab,
olla Mohalla, andBandiChhor(release
H ihu festival celebrated in Assam?
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of prisoners) Diwas.
elebrated on the fourth day after
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(c) Thailand (d) Burma t hanksgiving festival of Maharashtra, ( a) Lucknow ( b) Delhi
where bulls are honoured as they are (c) Mumbai (d) Dehradun
Q.9. Celebrated every year, the Guru considered indispensable to farming?
elucharan Mohapatra Award festival is
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named after the famous classical dancer (a) Makar Sankranti festivals isalsoknownasthefestivalof
of which of the following dance forms? (b) Pola Festival winter season?
SSC CGL 26/07/2023 (3rd shift) (c) Kala Ghoda Arts Festival SSC GD 24/01/2023 (2nd Shift)
(a) Odissi (b) Mohiniyattam (d) Gudi Padwa (a) Wangala (b) Moatsu
(c) Kathak (d) Kuchipudi (c) Chakan Gaan-Ngai (d) Chapchar Kut
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influence on which religion? of the Goddess Kamakhya in Assam? _ _________ day long festival celebrated
SSC CGL 18/07/2023 (2nd shift) SSC GD 10/01/2023 (3rd Shift) by the Koya tribe.
(a) Jainism (b) Islam (a) Ambubachi Mela (b) Chapchar Kut SSC GD 25/01/2023 (4th Shift)
(c) Buddhism (d) Hinduism (c) Wangala (d) Moatsu (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 5
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Q .30. The harvest festival ‘Nabanna’ is
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odheradancefestivalorganizedbythe
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SSC CGL 20/07/2023 (4th shift) SSC GD 12/01/2023 (2nd Shift) (a) Chhattisgarh (b) Jharkhand
(a) Amreli (b) Bharuch (a) Moatsu (b) Wangala (c) West Bengal (d) Haryana
(c) Dang (d) Mehsana (c) Hornbill Festival (d) Chapchar Kut
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Muslims is also known as Barawafat ? elebrated in which of these states?
c devoted to worshiping the sun is
Selection Post 28/06/2023 (Shift - 2) SSC GD 12/01/2023 (3rd Shift) traditionally celebrated by the people of
(a) Muharram (b) Milad-un-Nabi (a) Odisha (b) Assam Bihar?
(c) Id-ul-Zuha (d) Shab-e-Barat (c) Punjab (d) Kerala SSC GD 30/01/2023 (4th Shift)
(a) Chhath Puja (b) Bihula
Q.13. Fazilka Heritage Festival is an (c) Madhushravani (d) Sama Chakeva
Q.22. Sekrenyi, a major festival of
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celebrated in which of the following Q.32. Songkran is a Buddhist festival.
which signifies purification and
states ? his festival is celebrated for several
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(a) 9 -13 (b) 7 - 8 (c) 10 - 15 (d) 8 - 10
(c) Haryana (d) Uttar Pradesh (a) May (b) April (c) March (d) June
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Q .33. The annual festival of Gangaur,
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agriculturalfestivalofArunachalPradesh celebrated by the married women of
celebrated in the month of July?
and celebrated by the Galo tribe? Rajasthan, is observed in the Hindu
SSC GD 13/01/2023 (3rd Shift)
SSC MTS 02/05/2023 (Morning) month of ________.
(a) Bonalu (b) Losar
(a) Losar (b) Ugadi (c) Karma (d) Mopin SSC GD 01/02/2023 (1st Shift)
(c) Tripureswari (d) Kharchi Puja
(a) Phalguna (b) Ashvina
.15. Hornbill festival is celebrated in
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Q.24. The Hampi Utsav is celebrated
which of the following states?
very year in which of the following
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SSC MTS 02/05/2023 (Evening) Q.34. The 'Mahamastakabhisheka'
states?
(a) Nagaland (b) Ladakh elebrated after every twelve years is a
c
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(c) Rajasthan (d) Tamil Nadu _________ festival.
(a) Karnataka (b) Kerala
SSC GD 01/02/2023 (2nd Shift)
.16. The ancient harvest festival of
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(a) Hindu (b) Jain (c) Sikh (d) Buddhist
Baisakhiiscelebratedinwhichmonthof
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the year? .35. Sajibu Cheiraoba is the lunarnew
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ay festival celebrated in Karnataka.
d
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SSC GD 17/01/2023 (4th Shift)
(a) November (b) April religion of Sanamahism in the Indian
(a) 12 (b) 10 (c) 7 (d) 5
(c) August (d) January state of ____________.
.26. Torgya, a _______ - daymonastery
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.17. The Ugadi festival in India
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festival, is observed by the Monpa tribe
celebrates the __________. (c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) Manipur
of Arunachal Pradesh.
SSC MTS 04/05/2023 (Morning)
SSC GD 23/01/2023 (1st Shift)
(a) first rainfall Q.36. Karaga,oneoftheoldestfestivals
(a) seven (b) three (c) six (d) four
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(d) monsoon season commemorate the birthday of Swami SSC GD 06/02/2023 (4th Shift)
Vivekanand was held at ___________. (a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Kerala
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.37. The people of Kashmir dedicate
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the Navreh festival to Goddess ( c) Tusu (d) Saga Dawa
__________andpayhomagetoherduring Q.55. On which day of the week do
the festival. .46. Which of thefollowingfestivalsis
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(c) Sharika (d) Parvati (a) Bakrid (b) Lailat al-Qadr (c) Friday (d) Thursday
(c) Muharam (d) Ramadan
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RRC Group D 11/10/2022 (Evening) heavens, called?
Q.39. The five-day Ganga Festival is (a) Onam (b) Baisakhi (a) Laylat al-Qadr (b) Isra and Mi'raj
elebrated in which city of Uttar
c (c) Bihu (d) Pongal (c) Laylat al-Bara'at (d) Laylat al-Miraj
Pradesh?
SSC GD 13/02/2023 (3rd Shift) .48. Changsangdanceisperformedby
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(a) Noida (b) Lucknow the Chang tribe from _________ during pilgrimage primarily performed?
(c) Varanasi (d) Kanpur Naknyulum festivals. (a) Saudi Arabia (b) Egypt
RRB NTPC CBT - II (17/06/2022) Shift 1 (c) Pakistan (d) Indonesia
Q.40. In which state is the 'Chalo Loku' (a) Chhattisgarh (b) Jharkhand
f estival celebrated? (c) Odisha (d) Nagaland Q.58. What is thenameofthemonthin
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(a) Ali-Aye-Ligang (b) Raja Parba Q.59. What is the holymonthoffasting
.41. Which of thefollowingfestivalsis
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also known as 'Rural Olympics'? (a) Ramadan (b) Eid
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(a) Kila Raipur Sports Festival fromsunrisetomoonriseandisfollowed
by grand feasting after sighting the .60. Which festival involves the giving
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(b) Pushkar fair
moon? ofcharity(Zakatal-Fitr)totheneedyand
(c) Dree Festival
(a) Karva Chauth (b) Navratri is often referred to as the "Festival of
(d) Onam Festival
(c) Durga Puja (d) Makar Sankranti Breaking the Fast"?
Q.42. Which is the seven-day long (a) Eid al-Fitr (b) Eid al-Adha
f estival celebrated in the north-eastern .51.Whichofthefollowingisthemost
Q (c) Mawlid al-Nabi (d) Ashura
stateofAssamthatmarksthebeginning important festival celebrated by the
Muslim community in India to mark the Q.61.Whatisthefestivalthatmarksthe
of the Assamese New Year?
beginning of the Islamic New Year? irth of Guru Nanak Dev Ji, thefounder
b
RRC Group D 08/09/2022 (Afternoon)
(a) Milad-Un-Nabi (b) Muharram of Sikhism, called?
(a) Moatsu Festival
(c) Idu'l Zuha (d) Idu'l Fitr (a) Vaisakhi (b) Diwali
(b) Dehing Patkai Festival
(c) Gurpurab (d) Baisakhi
(c) Bohag Bihu Festival
.52. Match the following festivalswith
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(d) Majuli Festival Q.62. The festival of Vaisakhi usually
their significance :
List-I List-II f alls on which date in the Gregorian
.43. Whichofthefollowingfestivalsof
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a. Muharram i. First day of Shawwal calendar?
Odisha State c
ommemorates the rich
(a) April 13th (b) April 14th
maritime history of Odisha that is . Eid-ul-Fitr
b ii. Sacrifice of goat/sheep
(c) May 1st (d) June 21st
celebrated throughout the state? c. Eid-ul-u-Zuha iii. New Persian Year
RRC Group D 15/09/2022 (Afternoon) d. Nau-roz iv. Tazia Procession .63. What is the annual procession
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(a) Chhath Puja (b) Bali Yatra held in Anandpur Sahib to mark Hola
( a) a - ii, b - iii, c - iv, d - i
(c) Rath Yatra (d) Amla Navami Mohalla known for?
(b) a - iv, b - i, c - ii, d - iii
(c) a - ii, b - i, c - iv, d - iii (a) Gatka martial arts
.44. Which of thefollowingfestivalsis
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(d) a - i, b - iv, c - iii, d - ii (b) Langar service
predominantly celebrated inVaranasion
(c) Kirtan and hymn recitations
a full moonday,15daysafterDiwali,on
Q.53. DuringwhichIslamicmonthisthe (d) Fireworks and parades
the ghats of River Ganga?
ajj pilgrimage to Mecca performed?
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RRC Group D 18/09/2022 (Morning) Q.64.WhichSikhfestivaliscelebratedto
(a) Ramadan (b) Dhul-Hijjah
(a) Makar Sankranti (b) Rath Yatra ark the winter solstice and typically
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(c) Muharram (d) Shawwal
(c) Chhath Pooja (d) Dev Deepawali involves taking a dipinasacredriveror
Q.54. What is the name of the festival pond?
.45. Which of thefollowingfestivalsis
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t hat marks the birth and life of the (a) Maghi (b) Hola Mohalla
associated with Jharkhand?
Prophet Muhammad?
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elebrated by Sikhs along with Hindus
c (a) Lord Buddha (b) Jesus Christ
Fairs
and Jains, which marks the release of (c) Guru Nanak (d) Prophet Muhammad
Guru Hargobind Ji from imprisonment? Assam
(a) Vaisakhi (b) Gurpurab .76. Which Islamicfestivalisobserved
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(c) Diwali (d) Lohri as a time to celebrate the birth of the mbubachiMelaisheldintheKamakhya
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ProphetMuhammadandvariesgreatlyin Temple, Guwahati. It is held in mid-June.
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iwali for Sikhs, commemorates the
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release of Guru Hargobind Ji from (a) Eid al-Adha (b) Lailat al-Qadr Assamese calendar (mid-January) near
imprisonment in which fort? (c) Ashura (d) Mawlid al-Nabi the highway town of Jagiroad in the
(a) Golden Temple (b) Gwalior Fort Morigaon District of Assam.
(c) Red Fort (d) Agra Fort Q.77. Which among the following isthe
eventh sacred month in Islamic
s
.67.WhichJainfestivalmarksthebirth
Q calendar ? Bihar
of Lord Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara? (a) Shawwal (b) Rajab
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c Gandak. It is held annually on Kartik
ofParyushanandisadayofseekingand the Night of Forgiveness, observed? Poornima in the month of November.
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(c) Samvatsari (d) Mahavir Jayanti (c) 27th night of Rajab in Vaishali on theoccasionofMahavir’s
(d) 10th night of Muharram birthday. It is basically a Jain festival,
Q.69.Whatistheannualritualoffasting
which is celebrated by both the
nd prayer known as in Jainism, during
a Answer Key :- Digambara and the Shwetambara Jains.
which forgiveness and non-violence are
emphasized?
1.(d) 2.(c) 3.(a) 4.(b) BounsiFairdepictsthevillagelifeofthe
(a) Tapas (b) Paryushana
andarregion.Thefairstartsfrom14th
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January(MakarSankrantiday)everyyear
9.(a) 10.(c) 11.(d) 12.(b) and continues for a month.
.70. What is the name of the Jain
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fasting ritual that typically lasts for 36
13.(a) 14.(d) 15.(a) 16.(b)
Malmas Fair is organised at Rajgir for
hoursandisobservedonSamvatsari,the 17.(b) 18.(b) 19.(a) 20.(c) t aking bath in warm kund (Hot Springs).
last day of Paryushan?
21.(d) 22.(c) 23.(d) 24.(a)
(a) Ayambil Oli (b) Tithi Darshan
25.(b) 26.(b) 27.(a) 28.(c) BuxarFairisorganisedinChaitraShukla
(c) Pratikraman (d) Chaumasa
aksha Naavami (Ramnavami).
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29.(c) 30.(c) 31.(a) 32.(b)
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33.(d) 34.(b) 35.(d) 36.(d) imariya Fair is organised at Simariya
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birth,enlightenment,anddeath(nirvana)
village of Begusarai. It is held twice a
of Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha? 37.(c) 38.(c) 39.(c) 40.(d)
year for the Ganga bath and later on
(a) Vesak (b) Magha Puja
41.(a) 42.(c) 43.(b) 44.(d) giving alms.
(c) Asalha Puja (d) Kathina
45.(c) 46.(c) 47.(a) 48.(d)
.72. Which Buddhist festival involves
Q SahodaraFair isorganisedbyTharusin
49.(b) 50.(a) 51.(b) 52.(b)
the offering of food to Buddhist monks t he old temple of mother Subhadhra at
as a form of merit-making? 53.(b) 54.(c) 55.(c) 56.(b) Sahodara in West Champaran district.
(a) Wesak (b) Magha Puja 57.(a) 58.(c) 59.(a) 60.(a)
(c) Kathina (d) Uposatha Pitrapaksha Mela is held in Gaya inthe
61.(c) 62.(b) 63.(a) 64.(a) month of September.
.73. Which of the following is
Q 65.(c) 66.(b) 67.(b) 68.(c)
celebrated by Buddhists? Chhattisgarh
69.(b) 70.(c) 71.(a) 72.(c)
(a) Mahavir Jayanti
(b) Guru Nanak Jayanti 73.(c) 74.(b) 75.(a) 76.(d)
RajimMaghiPunniMela(KumbhMelaof
(c) Buddha Purnima 77.(b) 78.(b) hhattisgarh) is one of the largest
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which is attended by lakhs ofdevotees.
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Devotees arrive in Rajim adayaheadto
t ypically celebrated?
partake inthespecialPujaperformedat
(a) Kerala (b)Andhra Pradesh
midnightandtakeholydipinthe'Triveni
(c) Bihar (d) Telangana
Sangam' the confluence of the three
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situated on apicturesquesitecalledthe Kolhua mela in Hunterganj.
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B (Dollu and Majalu) from several
and Shaksi Gopal. Kaza (in the month of July marking the neighbouring villages.
terminationofsummers). DhungriFairin
havnath Mahadev Mela is celebrated
B Manali. Shoolini Fair in Solan (tributeto FamousFair-Yellammafair,Godachifair
near the Bhavnath Mahadev Temple, Shoolini mata). Sair Fair in Arki (known ( In the month of Kartik, is held in the
situated at thefoothillsofMountGirnar, forBullFighting).PiplooFairinPiploo(in honour of Shri Veerabhadra).
in the Junagarh city of Gujarat. the month of June). Renuka Fair in
Renukaji (celebrated annually to Madhya Pradesh
adhavpur Fair is a celebration of the
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marriage between Lord Krishna and Parshuram and his mother Renuka), SimhasthaMela(KumbhMela)isheldon
Rukmani, which is said to have taken Magha Saaji (Makar Sankranti). t he banksoftheShipraRiverinUjjain.It
place at Madhavpur. is held at an interval of every twelve
Jammu and Kashmir years.
amous Fairs - Kavant Fair, Bhadrapad
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place of pilgrimage to both Hindus and Jharkhand
Sikhs. Dhamoni Urs is a fair heldattheshrine
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Kurukshetra. All the pilgrimsbothHindu
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armada River in Narsinghpur district.
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Sodhalpur in Hoshangabad district. KhwajaMoin-ud-din Chishti, it is held at Dooj). It is celebrated in October
thememorialoftheholysaintinthecity /November.
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B of Ajmer.
for only four days in the month of DudhiyalDeviFairiscelebratedevery12
February in Neemuch district. Tomb of MallinathCattleFairisheldinTilwaraof y ears at Paunada village located in the
Baba Shahabuddin is located here. armer,onthebanksofLuniRiveronthe
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banks of the Jam river situated in the Chandrabhaga RiverinJhalawardistrict. at Kashipur), Purnagiri Fair (at Purnagiri
middle of Savargaon. The Fair is celebrated on Kartik Temple during Chaitra Navratri in the
Poornima. Famous Malwa breed bulls month of March - April), Jauljibi Fair
walior Trade Fair is the trade fair in
G are sold and purchased here. (14th-21st November at the confluence
India. It wasstartedin1905bytheKing of Kali and Gori rivers), Jageshwar Fair
of Gwalior, Maharaj Madhav Rao Scindia. NagaurCattleFairisthesecondbiggest (MonthofBaishakh),GaucharMela(14th
f air in India, heldannuallyforeight-days November, Bank of Alaknanda River),
during the month of January – February. Haatkalika Fair (Ashtami of the Chaitra
Punjab
and Bhado).
aba Sodal Mela is held in Jalandhar
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city.ThefairofBabaSodalisassociated Uttar Pradesh
with a small boy named Sodal, who is olayat Cattle Fair (Kapil Muni Fair) -
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Mela is held at Fatehgarh Sahib Ganganagar district), Ramdevra Fair which participants bath named "Shahi
Gurdwara in memory of Sahibzada (Jaisalmer). Snan" ortakeadipinasacredriver.Itis
Zorawar Singh and Fateh Singh. held alternatelyeverythreeyearsatfour
Tamil Nadu river-bank pilgrimage sites: Allahabad
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ri Muktsar Sahib each year in January
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or the month of Magh according to the eld during the famous Karthikai
h (Godavari),andUjjain(Shipra).TheMaha
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fairs and lasts for four days. Kumbh Melas i.e. after every 144 years.
Rajasthan
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annual multi-day livestock fair and
month.Itisalsoknownas‘Gopashtami’.
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In this fair cows are worshipped.
It is one of India's largest camel, horse
and cattle fairs. oush Sankranti Fair of Tripura or
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Nauchandi Fair is organised in Meerut
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this fair, Hindu devotees worship
anuary andFebruaryduringthetimeof
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Shivarathri at Dungarpur. every year on the occasion of the
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is celebrated for almostafortnight.Itis
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held on the banks of the river Kalisil in Uttarakhand shrine of great Sufi Saint Waris Ali Shah.
Kaila village.
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Navratri, twice a year in Saharanpur. ( c) Joydeb Kenduli Mela ( a) October ( b) November
(d) Ramkeli Mela, Malda (c) December (d) January
amous Fair - Magh Fair (Allahabad),
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RathFair(Vrindavan),AgraCattleFairor Q.7. Jon Beel mela is the only fair in Q.17. At which of the following places
Bateshwar Fair (Agra). India, where the barter system is still t he Gomti Sagar cattle fair is organised?
used. In which state does it take place? (a) Jhalrapatan (b) Kota
RRB NTPC CBT - I (08/01/2021) Morning (c) Udaipur (d) Bundi
West Bengal
(a) Nagaland (b) Tripura
(c) Assam (d) Manipur .18. When is Gau Charan Fair
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anga Sagar Mela is conducted at the
G (Gopashtami Fair) organised in Mathura?
mouth of the Hooghly river in West Q.8.Whichofthefollowingisacattlefair (a) Eighth day of Shravan
Bengal. It is the second biggest fair of elebrated in the state of Himachal
c (b) Eighth day of Kartik
India after the Kumbha Mela of India Pradesh? (c) First day of Chaitra
celebrated on Sagardwip (Sagar Island) SSC CGL 24/08/2021 (Afternoon) (d) Fifteenth day of Magha
in West Bengal. (a) Doongri Festival (b) Manimahesh Fair
(c) Ashwin Mela (d) Nalwari Fair Q.19. During which month is theNanda
hefairisasix-dayfairheldinthemonth
T evi Fair typically held?
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of January and on the day of Makar (a) October-November
Q.9. Which of the following cities is
Sankranti,aritualofpilgrimstakingbath (b) November-December
losest to the location of Pushkar Fair?
c
inholywaterandvisitingnearbyfamous (c) August-September
SSC CGL 23/08/2021 (Afternoon)
Kapil Muni Temple is performed. (d) December-January
(a) Ahmedabad (b) Ajmer
(c) Prayagraj (d) Amravati Q.20. Wheredopeoplegatherforaholy
alpesh Mela is organised on the
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occasion of Shivratri in the months of ip during the Poush Sankranti Fair in
d
Q.10.Whichofthefollowingisafairheld
February and MarchatMaynaguriinthe Tripura?
t the shrine of Mastan Shah Vali?
a
district of Jalpaiguri. (a) River Yamuna
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(b) River Ganges
(a) Pir Budhan fair (b) Hira Bhumia fair
(c) River Brahmaputra
Practice Questions :- (c) Karam fair (d) Dhamoni Urs
(d) River Gomati at Tirthamukh
.1. Aritualbathnamed"ShahiSnan"is
Q .11. In which month is the ‘Surajkund
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a major event of which of thefollowing Craft Mela’ held every year in Haryana? Answer Key :-
festival ? SSC GD 01/12/2021 (Afternoon)
SSC CHSL 20/03/2023 (1st Shift) (a) March (b) August (c) April (d) February 1.(d) 2.(d) 3.(b) 4.(d)
(a) Teej (b) Holi (c) Diwali (d) Kumbh Mela 5.(b) 6.(b) 7.(c) 8.(d)
.12.Jallikattuisa_______heldmainlyin
Q 9.(b) 10.(d) 11.(d) 12.(c)
.2. The famous Nauchandi Fair
Q
Tamil Nadu.
happens once a year in the state of _____. 13.(d) 14.(c) 15.(d) 16.(d)
SSC GD 30/11/2021 (Afternoon)
SSC GD 17/01/2023 (3rd Shift)
(a) kite flying festival 17.(a) 18.(b) 19.(c) 20.(d)
(a) Kerala (b) Madhya Pradesh
(b) candle lighting festival
(c) Tamil Nadu (d) Uttar Pradesh
(c) bull taming festival
(d) buffalo fighting festival
.3. The famous Pushkar Fair of
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Rajasthan is held _______ in a year.
Q.13.WhereisthefairofPirBudhanheld
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very year in India?
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(a) three times (b) one time
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(c) two times (d) four times
(a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Haryana
(c) Uttarakhand (d) Madhya Pradesh
Q.4. In which of the following Indian
tates is Dunnapothula Panduga
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(a) Tamil Nadu (b) West Bengal
(a) Gujarat (b) Rajasthan
(c) Assam (d) Telangana
(c) Bihar (d) Punjab
Q.5. The Champaran Mela iscelebrated
Q.15.Traditionally,FourFairsAreWidely
very year in which city of Chhattisgarh?
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Four Fairs Are Not Held Periodically At
(a) Bilaspur (b) Raipur
One Of The Following Places By Rotation:
(c) Raigarh (d) Korna
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.6.Whichofthefollowingisthelargest
Q (A) Haridwar (B) Ujjain
fair of West Bengal? (C) Prayagraj (D) Pune
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redited to Panini in 500 BCE; and the
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the Father of Carnatic music. and women folk.
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Arunachal Pradesh. Sangeet, Gambhira, Padavali Kirtan
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ssam - Bihu, Mising and Karbi are the
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documentary.
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Maleshree, Chhilollai etc. ongs of Assam are ________.
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(d) Playing string instruments (c) Chhattisgarh (d) Rajasthan on the basis of how sound is produced.
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(c) Manipur (d) Assam (a) Sohar (b) Kaharwa Sharada Mushti, Madhuvanti Pal,
(c) Nauka Jhakkad (d) Kajri Dattatreya Rama Rao Parvatikar, Bindu
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.11. Mando is a form of folk songs
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t o play which of the following
(a) Pt Ravi Shankar (d) Bismillah Khan - Shehnai
instruments?
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(c) Pt Shiv Kumar Sharma
(a) Harmonium (b) Flute t he famous instrumentalist Ustad Binda
(d) Ustad Vilayat Khan
(c) Mridangam (d) Violin Khan?
.16.With which musical instrument is
Q (a) Sarangi (b) Violin
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Q (c) Mridang (d) Santoor
the noted musician Mrs. N. Rajam
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bythefactthateachfemalefigurehasa paintingoriginatingfromtheeasternpart
temples havebeencarvedoutofthehill
distinct hairstyle. Themes in these of Rajasthan. Theword'kajali'isderived
opposite Badami fort.
paintings span from Jataka stories to from 'kajal' meaning carbon black.
Buddha's lifetocomplexfloraandfauna
Other Famous Paintings : Chittara,
decorative patterns. Vegetable and Bagru Print: It is a form ofhandblock
anjifa Art, Mysore style, Samavasaran.
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alamezhuthu: It is practised using
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the village of Sanganeri Rajasthan.
five colours.
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forms.
scroll painting art usually on cotton Kishangarh, Dhenu, Kavad, Molela
admangal : These are “Kalangal”
P depicting Hindu mythological narratives Terracotta, Jogi.
(drawingsmadeonthefloor)toperform and folktales. It is based on Hindu
Tantrik rituals and sorcery. mythology and specially inspired by Tamil Nadu
Jagannath and Vaishnava sect. Odisha
ther Famous Paintings :- Kerala mural,
O Pattachitra depicting RadhaKrishnaand hanjavur (Tanjore)
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Kathakali Body painting, Theyyam. West Bengal Patachitra depicting originated under the patronage of the
Goddess Durga. Maratha rulers of Thanjavur in the 17th
Madhya Pradesh century CE and flourished under the
SauraPainting:Itisastyleofwallmural Maharaja Serfoji II. They are locally
aintings associated with the Saura
p knownas'PalagaiPadam'asitismainly
Nandana:Itisamudresistblock-printing
tribes of the state of Odisha.TheSaura done on solid woodplanks.BalKrishna,
raft practiced in Tarapur village of
c
wallpaintingsarecalledItalonsorIkons Lord Rama, and other gods, goddesses,
Neemuch district of Madhya Pradesh.It
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is popular among the Bhil tribe, the art
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extension of the Ajanta school. Rang
Mahal, Cave No. 4, features exquisite subject. These murals have a striking
Other Famous Paintings : Chitra Pothi, resemblancetopaintingsfromBaghand
murals on thewallsillustratingBuddhist
ural paintings, Santhal.
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and Jataka tales, similar tothosefound
in Ajanta.
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P corners) and Jainism are shown in
scroll painting and folk painting, stunningcolorfulmuralsonthewallsand
Maharashtra practiced in Rajasthan. Phad is a type of roof.
scroll painting that narrates elaborate Other Famous Paintings: Tanjore, Mica,
Warli Painting: It is a form of tribal art religious stories of local deities and Mural Paintings.
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alamkariPainting:Itisanancientstyle
K teachingsaswellasthatofotherdeities in Indian art. Famous Paintings: Bharat
of hand painting done on cotton or silk and bodhisattvas. Mata (1905), Ashoka's Queen (1910),
fabricwithatamarindpen,usingnatural Buddha and Sujata (1901), Tales of
dyes. This art involves 23 steps. Bodhisattva Padmapani: It is a painting Arabian Nights (1928), Journey's End
from cave no. 1 at Ajanta caves. The (1913), Krishna Lal series (1901 to 1903).
Other Famous Paintings : Nirmal Arts, paintingsatAjantaandSittannavasalare
eccani Paintings.
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M
Theelegantfeatureslikeahighforehead predominantly used horses in his
and downcast eyes represent an painting todepictalivelyandfreespirit.
Uttar Pradesh
impression of dignity and serene He was awarded Padma Shri in 1966,
meditation. Padma Bhushan in 1973 and Padma
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hikankari Embroidery: It isanartfrom
Vibhushan in 1991. Famous Paintings:
Lucknow,UttarPradesh.Itisalsopopular
Margomkali: It is a ritual folk art ofthe Mother Teresa, Madhuri Dixit, Hindu
bythenameLucknowchikanorLucknow
yrian Christians of Kottayam and
S Deities, Battle of Ganga and Jamuna,
Chikankari or Chikan Embroidery. It is
Thrissur districts of Kerala. Tribute to Hashmi, Krishna, Lady with
believed that the wife of Jahangir, Nur
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Jahan introduced this embroidery.
Ajrak:Itisauniqueformofblockprinted
hawlsandtilesfoundinSindh,Pakistan;
s amini Roy: He is oneofthecelebrated
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ther Famous
O Paintings : Sanjhi,
Kutch, Gujarat; and Barmer (Rajasthan). artists who was inspired by Kalighat
Miniature art.
Painting. Famous Paintings: Three
Sigiriya Frescoes and Dambulla Cave Pujarins, Rupa Katha, Blue Boy, Krishna
West Bengal aintings: They are found in Sri Lanka.
P with Gopis, Cat and the Lobster, Bal
Gopal, Last Supper.
alighat Painting: Itisafolkpaintingof
K Arunachal Pradesh : Thangka Painting
West Bengal. It originated in thevicinity ( Buddhist deity). mrita
A Sher-Gil: She was a
of Kalighat Kali Temple (Kolkata). Assam : Assamese Scroll paintings. Hungarian-Indian painter. She has been
Manipur : Stone Black Pottery, Wood called "one of the greatest avant-garde
atua Art: These paintings are done on
P Carving. women artistsoftheearly20thcentury"
pats or scrolls, and scroll painters, or Punjab : Mudwall Painting or Chowk and a pioneer in modern Indian art.
patuas, have been traveling to different Poorana. Famous Paintings: Three Girls, Ancient
towns to sing their stories in exchange Uttarakhand : Garhwal School of Art. Storyteller, South Indian Villagers Going
for food or money for generations. Jammu and Kashmir : Paper Mache, to a Market, Brahmacharis, Hungarian
Basholi. Market Scene, Haldi Grinders, Mother
Other Famous Paintings: Chaksudan, Leh Ladakh : Tibetan and Thangka Art. India.
olk paintings from Midnapore, Bengal
F
Scroll, Santhal (Bihar and Jharkhand). SatishGujaral:HewasanIndianpainter,
Other popular Embroidery
culptor, muralist, and writer of the
s
styles of India
Other Folk Art Crafts & post-independent era. Award - Padma
Paintings Vibhushan (1999). Famous Paintings:
Mural embroidery (Udaipur, Rajasthan),
Days of Glory, Meera Bai, Tree of Life,
amal kadai (Andhra Pradesh), Gota
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Mourning in Masse etc.
Rajput Schools of Paintings: Rajasthani (Rajasthan), Chamba Rumal (Himachal
chool of paintings is another name of
s Pradesh),BanniorHeerBharat(Gujarat),
Tyeb Mehta: He was an Indian painter,
Rajput paintings. It is classified into Karchobi (Rajasthan), Khneng
culptorandfilmmaker.Awards-Padma
s
Mewarschool,Kishangarhschool,Bundi (Meghalaya),Kaudi(Karnataka),Phulkari
Bhushan (2007), Kalidas Samman
school, Amber-Jaipur School, Marwar (Punjab), Zardozi (Uttar Pradesh).
(1988). Famous Paintings: Kali, The
School, Kota school, Bikaner school,
Rickshaw Puller.
Jodhpur school.
Popular Painters of India
ani Thani Paintings: Bani Thani is an
B Famous Painters around the
aja Ravi Varma (Kerala): In 1904, the
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Indian painting intheKishangarhschool
British colonial government awarded World
of paintings. It has been labeled as
VarmawiththeKaiser-i-HindGoldMedal.
India's Mona Lisa. ablo Picasso (Spanish) :- His famous
P
He is known as the “Father of Indian
Modern Art”. Famous Paintings - paintings are Guernica, The Old Guitarist,
ahari painting, style of miniature
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L Q.8.‘Patna Kalam’ is a; (d) Kangra Paintings
paintingsareMonalisa,TheLastSupper, RB NTPC CBT - I (27/01/2021) Morning
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Annunciation, and Benois Madonna. (b) famous pen aintings is not part of The Pahari
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(c) museum in Patna School?
incent van Gogh (Dutch) : Hisfamous
V (d) group of Bihari poets (a) Basohli paintings (b) Guler paintings
paintings include The Starry Night, (c) Kullu paintings (d) Kalighat paintings
Almond Blossoms, The Potato Eaters, .9.Whatformofartisusedtodecorate
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the floor in front of the house? Q.19. Which of the following is thefirst
Irises.
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a
(a) Mehandi (b) Worli (a) Akbar nama (b) Tuti-nama
Claude Monet (French): His famous
(c) Madhubani (d) Kolam (c) Hamzanama (d) Razm-nama
aintings include Impression Sunrise,
p
Woman with a Parasol, The Artist .20. Yamapati and Yatripata paintings
Q
.10.WhatdopaintingsatAjantacaves
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Garden, The Water Lily Pond, poppies. are seen in which state of India?
illustrate?
RRB NTPC CBT - I (04/02/2021) Morning (a) Karnataka (b) Odisha
ichelangelo (Italian): His famous
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(a) Ramayana tales
paintings include The creationofAdam,
(b) Mahabharata tales
Doni Tondo, Bacchus, Angel. Q.21. Which Indian embroidery style is
(c) Jataka tales
nown for its use of mirror work and
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(d) Stories from vedas
Practice Questions :- originates from the state of Rajasthan?
Q.11. Which community of Rajasthan (a) Mural embroidery (b) Gota embroidery
.1.WarliPaintingisthefolkpaintingof
Q as been following block printing since
h (c) Karchobi (d) Zardozi
state of India. the last three centuries?
.22. In which Indian state would you
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find the Kamal Kadai embroidery
(a) Manipur (b) Mizoram (a) Chippa (b) Bishnois
technique,whichisknownforitsintricate
(c) Karnataka (d) Maharashtra (c) Khatri (d) Khatik
lotus-inspired patterns?
Q.2. Madhubani style of painting .12. Which of the following pairs is
Q (a) Rajasthan (b) Andhra Pradesh
riginated in the state of ________
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SSC CHSL 15/03/2023 (2nd Shift) in India?
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(c) Bihar (d) Rajasthan (a) Saura Paintings – Odisha
(a) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) Bagh Paintings – Madhya Pradesh
Q.3. Thangka painting style depicts (b) M F Hussain
(c) Phad Paintings – Rajasthan
_ ________ deity. (c) Abindranath Tagore
(d) Guler Paintings – Karnataka
SSC CHSL 20/03/2023 (4th Shift) (d) Amrita Shergill
(a) Islamic (b) Buddhist Q.13. Pattachitra style of folk painting
.24. What art style served as a
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(c) Jewish (d) Hindu elongs to which of the following states?
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significant source of inspiration for
D.P. (Executive) 28/11/2020 (Morning)
.4. The ‘Paitkar’ paintings are unique
Q Jamini Roy's artistic work?
(a) Maharashtra (b) Gujarat
cultural symbols of ______. (a) Phad Painting
(c) Bihar (d) Orissa
SSC MTS 08/10/2021 (Morning) (b) Mural Painting
(a) Jharkhand (b) Chhattisgarh .14.Theminiaturestyleoffolkpainting
Q (c) Kalighat Painting
(c) Telangana (d) Karnataka is related to which state? (d) Madhubani Painting
D.P. (Executive) 08/12/2020 (Morning)
.5. Towhichofthefollowingstatesdo
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(a) Gujarat (b) West Bengal
'Kajali Paintings', in which no brush is niquetraditionof'Kavad'painting,afolk
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(c) Orissa (d) Rajasthan
used, traditionally belong? art form where intricate narratives are
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(c) Kerala (d) Rajasthan (a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Kerala (c) Haryana (d) Kerala
(c) Goa (d) Gujarat
.6. ‘Jadopatiya’ is a form of ______
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popular in the state of Jharkhand. .16.
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(a) music (b) dance (a) Bundi school (b) Jaipur school 5.(d) 6.(c) 7.(d) 8.(a)
(c) painting (d) sculpture (c) Kangra school (d) Kishangarh school
9.(d) 10.(c) 11.(a) 12.(d)
.7. Which type of paintings are found
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on the walls of Thiruvarur and Ajantha re also popularly known as Snake
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temples?
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Religious Places Arunachal Pradesh Bihar
Parshuram Kund Temple (Lohit) is Mahabodhi Temple (Bodh Gaya): The
amous Temples
F edicatedtothedeityParashurama.Itis
d location where the Buddha is said to
( India / World ) a Hindu pilgrimage site situated on the have attained enlightenment (under the
Brahmaputra plateau in the lower Bodhi Tree). It is a UNESCO World
reaches of the Lohit River. Heritage Site. Some of the site's
Andhra Pradesh elements date to the period of Ashoka.
kashgangaorMalinithantemple(West
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ord Venkateshwara Swamy Temple
L Siang) is dedicated to Goddess Durga VishnupadMandir(Gaya)isdedicatedto
(Tirupati) is dedicated to Venkateswara, andisapilgrimspotforHindudevotees. ord Vishnu. The present-day structure
L
a form of Vishnu, constructed in The temple exhibits Odisha-style wasrebuiltbyDeviAhilyaBaiHolkar(The
Dravidian Architectural Style. The first architecture. ruler of Indore).
recorded endowment was made by
Pallava queen Samavai. Mangala Gowri Temple (Gaya): The
Assam
shrineisdedicatedtoSatiortheMother
Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha Temple Goddess. The temple complex
Kamakhya Temple (Kamrup) is located
( Visakhapatnam) is dedicated to Lord encompasses templesofMaaKali,Lord
n t he Nilachal HillandisoneofIndia’s
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Vishnu, who is worshipped there as Ganesha, Lord Hanuman and Lord Shiva.
51 Shakti Peethas. The temple attracts
VarahaNarasimha.Thetemplewasbuilt
thousands of tantra devotees in an
in the Kalinga architectural style. The MithilaShaktiPeeth(Darbhanga):Inthis
annualfestivalknownastheAmbubachi
temple was built by Akthayi Senapathi, t emple, the idol of Goddess Uma and
Mela.
on the command of Narasingha Deva I. Lord Mahodar is situated in this temple
egheriting Shiva Doul (Golaghat)
N (Shakti is worshipped as 'Uma' or
ri Mallikarjuna Temple (Nandyala) is
S 'Mahadevi'andBhairavisworshippedas
temple was first constructed by the
dedicated to the deities Shiva and 'Mahodar').
Kacharis.Thepresentformofthetemple
Parvati,locatedatSrisailam.Thetemple
was built by the Ahom king Rajeswar
is to be existent from the 2nd century ther Temples: Sundarnath Temple
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Singha.
(Inscriptional evidence from the (Araria), Budhanath Temple (Bhagalpur),
Satavahana dynasty). Most modern Shri Adinath Akhara (Buxar),
iva Dol (Sivasagar) is a group of
S
additions were made during the timeof Mittheswarnath Shiv Temple
structures comprising three Hindu
King Harihara I of the Vijayanagara (Darbhanga), Chaumukhi Mahadev
templesofSivaDol,VishnuDolandDevi
Empire. (Vaishali), Mundeshwari Temple
Dol shrines, and a museum. The Dol
Yatra and Rath Yatra are two annual (Kaimur), Sita Kund (Sitamarhi), Vishnu
Suryanarayana Swamy Temple Dham temple (Siwan).
festivals celebrated at Vishnu Dol.
(Srikakulam) isasuntemplesituatedin
Gollala Mamidada village in Kakinada
district. The temple was founded by Sri
ShriKedarTemple(Kamrup):AhomKing Chhattisgarh
ajeswar Singha built it as a notable
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Kovvuri Basivi Reddy (The zamindar of
medieval temple devoted to Lord Shiva. aa Bamleshwari Devi Temple
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Gollala Mamidada).
This is one of the rare Svyambhu (self (Rajnandgaon) is referred to as Badi
-originated) linga in the Ardhnarishwar Bambleshwari. There is a tradition of
Ranganatha Temple (Nellore) is
(male & female) form of Lord Shiva. lighting Jyoti Kalash during Navratri here.
edicated to Lord Ranganatha,aresting
d
form of Lord Vishnu. Every year during
Asvakranta Temple (Kamrup) is MahamayaTemple(Bilaspur)isatemple
themonthofMarch-April,agrandfestival
edicated to Lord Vishnu. The term
D edicated
d to Goddess Durga,
is celebrated.
“Asvakranta” means “ascended by Mahalakshmi. It was built during the
horse”and hence the temple got its reign of Kalachuris of Ratnapura.
eer Bhadra Temple (Anantapur) is
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name.
dedicated to the Virabhadra, a fierce
Chandrahasini Devi temple (Janjgir
incarnation of Lord Shiva. The
Other Temples : Basistha Temple -Champa)islocatedontheserenebanks
architecturalfeaturesofthetemplearein
( Guwahati), Dhekiakhowa Bornamghar of Mahanadi. It hosts the festival of
the Vijayanagara style.
(Jorhat), Bhairabi Temple (Sonitpur), Navaratri every year. Regarded as a
UmanandaTemple(Guwahati),UgraTara Shakti shrine.
ther Temples : Srikalahasti Temple
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Temple (Kamrup metropolitan), Maha
(Nellore), Sri Bhramaramba Mallikarjuna
Bhairav Temple (Sonitpur), Tamresveri Bhoramdeo Temple (Kabirdham) is
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Temple (Tinsukia), Navagraha Temple edicated to the god Shiva
d in
(Nandyal), Ahobilam Temple (Nandyal),
(Guwahati), Da Parbatia Temple Bhoramdeo. The Temple was built by
Kanipakam Vinayaka Temple (Chittoor),
(Sonitpur), Sukreswar Temple (Kamrup), Laxman Dev Rai & Gopal Dev of
Simhachalam Temple (Visakhapatnam),
Hayagriva Madhava Temple (Kamrup), Faninagvansh Dynasty.
Sri Padmavathi Ammavari Temple
Tilinga Mandir (Tinsukia), Mahamaya
(Tirupati).
Temple (Kokrajhar). Danteshwari Temple (Bastar) is
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d aid to have beenbuiltbythePandavas
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ofthedestinationsofCharDham.Itwas at the time of Mahabharatha.
Other Temples - Banjari Mata Mandir rebuilt in the Maru-Gurjara style.
( Raipur), Jatmai Ghatarani (Gariaband), Baijnath Temple (Kangra): It is a
Shivani Maa Temple (Kanker), Patala unTemple(Modhera):Itisdedicatedto
S agara-style Hindu temple, dedicatedto
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Bhairavi Temple (Rajnandgaon), the solar deity Surya. Itwasbuiltduring Lord Shiva as Vaidyanath.
Bhoramdeo Temple,HatkeshwarTemple the reign of Bhima - I of the Chalukya
(Raipur), Ganga Maiya Temple (Balod). dynasty. walamukhi Devi Temple (Kangra): A
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famous shrine to the goddess
Goa RukminiTemple(Dwarka): It is Jwalamukhi, considered to be an
edicatedtotheHindugoddessRukmini
d incarnation of the goddess Adi
Shanta Durga Temple (Ponda): It is (Lord Krishna's chief queen, beloved Parashakti (Durga or Kali).
edicated to Shantadurga(Thegoddess
d consort and the incarnation of Devi
who mediates between Vishnu and Lakshmi in Dvapara Yuga). Shri Chamunda DeviMandir(Kangra):It
Shiva). The current temple was is dedicated to Shri Chamunda Devi (a
constructed during the reign of the ther Temples - Swaminarayan
O form of Goddess Durga).
Maratha Emperor Chhatrapati Shahu Akshardham Temple(Gandhinagar),Shri
M aharaj of Satara. ShatrunjayaTemples(Palitana), Nilkanth ther Temples: Naina Devi Temple
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Dham Swami Narayan Temple (Poicha), (Bilaspur), Jwala Devi Temple (Kangra),
Mangeshi Temple (North Goa): It is Sandipani Temple (Poicha). Mata Chintpurni Devi Temple (Una),Bijli
edicated to Bhagavan Manguesh, an
d Mahadev Temple (Kullu), Jhaku Temple
incarnation of Shiva. Haryana (Shimla).
ahalaxmi Temple (North Goa): It is
M Sheetla Mata Mandir (Gurugram): It is Jharkhand
dedicated to Goddess Mahalaxmi (The edicated to the goddess Sheetla. This
d
Hindu Goddess of Wealth). It was the temple is dedicated to the wife of Guru Baidyanath Temple (Deoghar): It is
first Hindu templeallowedtobebuiltby Dronacharya, Kripi (Kirpai), also called edicated to Lord Shiva. Itisoneofthe
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thePortugueseinGoaafter300yearsof Lalitha. twelve Jyotirlingas. It was founded by
bitter opposition. Raja Puran Maal.
SitaMaiTemple(Karnal):Itisdedicated
ahadev Temple (Tambdi Surla): It is
M t o the Goddess Sita. Maluti Temples (Dumka): The deities
dedicated to Bhagwan Shiva. It is a orshipped in these temples are the
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hidden gem nestled amidst the lush Bhuteshwar Temple (Jind): It is tutelary deity Mowlakshi, Lord Shiva,
WesternGhatsintheBhagwanMahaveer edicated
d to Bhuteshwar ( a Vishnu, Goddess Kali and Durga.
Sanctuary. manifestation of Shiva).
Jagannath Temple (Ranchi):Itwasbuilt
ri
S Nagesh Maharudra Temple eeta Mandir (Kaithal): There is anidol
G y the king of Barkagarh Jagannathpur
b
(Bandora): It is dedicated to Bhagwan of Bhagwati Devi and Gauri Shankar. Thakur Ani Nath Shahdeo, dedicated to
Nagesh (Shiva) and is renowned for its Lord Jagannath.
vibrant annual festival called Chitta Temple (Yamunanagar): It is
“Mahashivratri.” edicated to Hanuman.
d Chinnamasta Temple (Ramgarh): The
eity of Goddess Chinnamasta which
d
Other Temples - Shri Saptakoteshwar MataMansaDeviMandir (Panchkula): stands on the body of Kamadeva and
emple(North Goa), Maruti Temple
T It is dedicated to the goddess Mansa Rati in the lotus bed.
(Fontainhas), Shri Damodar Temple Devi (a form of Shakti).
(South Goa), Mahalasa Temple (Ponda), ther Temples - Sri SriKalikaMaharani
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built in the Pancharatha style, built by Kapaleeshwarar Temple (Chennai),
Somavamsi kings. Kirateshwar Mahadev Temple Nagaraja Temple (Nagercoil).
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(fifth Sikh Guru). Hanuman statue at the temple.
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Indian cultures and their traditions.
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(c) Group of Monuments at Pattadakal (c) Leh (d) Darjeeling (d) Tirumala Tirupati Venkateswara
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(a) Tamil Nadu (b) Gujarat (c) Brihadeeswara Temple architecture?
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(a) Budha Subba (b) Pashupatinath (c) Tirunelveli (d) Thrissur (b) Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh
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Q 1.(d) 2.(b) 3.(b) 4.(b)
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5.(b) 6.(c) 7.(a) 8.(d)
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(b) Al-Aqsa Mosque 13.(b) 14.(d) 15.(b) 16.(c)
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(a) Lord Vishnu (b) Lord Brahma 21.(b) 22.(b) 23.(d) 24.(b)
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organized at the Jatmai GhataraniMata (c) Shahjahan (d) Aurangzeb 33.(c) 34.(b) 35.(d) 36.(c)
Temple during the Navratri festival?
(a) Chaitra and Ashadha .65. Who built the Moti Masjid in Red
Q 37.(a) 38.(a) 39.(d) 40.(a)
(b) Chaitra and Kunwar Fort at Delhi ? 41.(b) 42.(a) 43.(c) 44.(d)
(c) Ashwin and Kartika (a) Aurangzeb (b) Akbar
(d) Kartika and Magha (c) Humayun (d) Shah Jahan 45.(b) 46.(d) 47.(c) 48.(c)
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53.(c) 54.(d) 55.(b) 56.(a)
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rupees (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Kerala
61.(a) 62.(d) 63.(d) 64.(c)
(b) It is 9 lakh square feet in size (c) West Bengal (d) Goa
(c) It took 9 years to construct 65.(a) 66.(d) 67.(a) 68.(a)
(d) It is situated at an altitude of 900 feet .67.TheoldestChristianchurchinIndia
Q 69.(a) 70.(b) 71.(b) 72.(c)
was established in which one of the
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UNESCO World Heritage Site? (c) Goa (d) Mizoram
(a) Seven Wonders of the World
(b) Group of Monuments at Hampi .68.The world's largest church is_____.
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(c) Ancient Pilgrimage Sites (a) St. Peter's Basilica,Vatican City
(d) Cultural Heritage of India (b) Seville Cathedral, Spain
(c) Milan Cathedral, Italy
.58. What natural feature is the
Q (d) Liverpool Cathedral, United Kingdom
Mukteshwar Mahadev Temple situated
beside? Q.69. Whichchurchisthefirstchurchin
(a) Yamuna River (b) Ganges River t he world?
(c) Ravi River (d) Godavari River (a) Dura-Europos Church (Syria)
(b) Aqaba Church (Jordan)
.59. Which historical period does the
Q (c) Megiddo Church (Israel)
Kedareshwara Temple belong to? (d) Etchmiadzin Cathedral (Armenia)
(a) Gupta era (b) Mughal era
(c) Hoysala era (d) Chola era .70. ________ is well-known for the
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golden beautification of the Harmandir
Q.60. Where is the Gopinath Temple Sahib gurudwara in Amritsar, famously
ituated?
s known as the Golden Temple. ?
(a) Manipur (b) Rajasthan (a) Maha Singh (b) Ranjit Singh
(c) Tamil Nadu (d) Kerala (c) Duleep Singh (d) Charat Singh
.61. Which mosque located in Medina
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(b) Al Haram Mosque (c) Guru Siri Har Rai (d) Guru Ram Das
(c) Hassan II Mosque
(d) Al-Aqsa Mosque .72. Gurdwara Dukh Nirwan Sahib,
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Jerusalem is part of the Temple Mount? (b) Guru Har Rai Ji
(a) Hassan II Mosque (c) Guru Tegh Bahadur Singh Ji
(b) Al Haram Mosque (d) None of them
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Kada Prashad, and Pinni.
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H andu Fry, Banana Bonda, and Prawn
N t raditionally associated with a yogurt
Besan ki Masala Roti, Hara Dhania Kuzhambu. -based gravy dish called 'Yakhni'?
Choliya, and Bhatua Raita. SSC MTS 05/10/2021 (Evening)
Telangana: Gatuka, Sarva Pindi, (a) Jammu and Kashmir (b) Uttar Pradesh
imachal Pradesh: Dhaam, Chana
H hakinalu or Sakinalu, Pachi Pulusu.
C (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Jharkhand
Madra, Babru, Siddu, Aktori, Bhey, Chha
Gosht, Aloo Palda and Tudkiya Bhath. ripura:MuyaAwandru,MuiBorok,Kosoi
T Q.6. ‘AlooPosto’isatraditionaldelicacy
Bwtwi, Muya Bai, Mosdeng Serma, f which state of India?
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harkhand: D
J huska, Koinar Sag, Bhangui, Chire Doi Aam, and Tohan SSC CPO 23/11/2020 (Morning)
Litti-Chokha, Rugra, and Kudurum Ki Mosdeng. (a) Haryana (b) Uttarakhand
Chatni. (c) Gujarat (d) West Bengal
ttarakhand: Kafuli, Garhwal-fa-fannah,
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arnataka: Chow Bath, Neer Dosa,
K Q.7.'Kiribath' is a rice dish from_____.
Phaanu, Baadi, Kumaoni.
Mysore Pak, Ragi Mudde and Soppina SC CGL 3/3/2020 (Evening)
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Saaru, Bisi Bele Bath, Maddur Vada, (a) Bhutan (b) Sri Lanka
ttar Pradesh: Baati Chokha, Petha
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Coorg Pandi Curry, and Dharwad Peda. (c) Myanmar (d) Nepal
(Agra), Peda (Mathura).
Q.8.WhichofthefollowingstatesisNOT
erala: Puttu and KadalaCurry,Erissery,
K est Bengal: Aloo Posto, Luchi - Alur
W f amous for the Bhut Jolokia pepper?
Sadya, Appam With stew, Nadan Kozhi Dom,KoshaMangsho,KeemarDoiBora, SSC CPO 16/03/2019 (Evening)
Varuthathu and Pazham Pori. Shukto etc. (a) Odisha (b) Nagaland
(c) Manipur (d) Assam
Madhya Pradesh: Daal Bafla, Poha, Jammu and Kashmir: Yakhni, Khatta
eekh Kebabs, Chakki Ki Shak, and
S eat, Chaaman, Gushtaba.
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(c) Arborio (d) Sticky imachal Pradesh made with jaggery
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Traditional Dresses
and whole wheat flour?
.10. The hot, spicy curry, ‘Vindaloo’,
Q (a) Dhaam (b) Babru Andhra Pradesh
belongs to which Indian state? (c) Tudkiya Bhath (d) Pudachi Vadi
(a) Kerala (b) Goa Men: Dhoti, kurta and lungi.
(c) West Bengal (d) Tamil Nadu .20. Kiribath and Lamprais are
Q
traditional dishes from which country? omen: Silk saree and langa-voni (like
W
.11.'Dhokla'isadelicacyofwhichstate
Q (a) Bhutan (b) Sri Lanka Kalamkari sarees, DharmavaramSarees,
of India? (c) China (d) India Uppada Sarees, Venkatagiri Sarees)
(a) Maharashtra (b) West Bengal
(c) Karnataka (d) Gujarat Answer Key :- Arunachal Pradesh
.12. 'Kahwa' is a special type of
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tea/beverage. It is popular in: 1.(d) 2.(c) 3.(b) 4.(a) en: Adi tribe - Jackets and woolen
M
(a) Himachal Pradesh (b) Uttarakhand 5.(a) 6.(d) 7.(b) 8.(a) dresses.
(c) Kashmir (d) Mizoram
9.(b) 10.(b) 11.(d) 12.(c) omen: Adi tribe - Jackets and woolen
W
.13. 'Undhiyu' is a famous food for
Q 13.(d) 14.(d) 15.(d) 16.(c) dresses.
farmers in
17.(b) 18.(b) 19.(b) 20.(b)
(a) Maharashtra ( b) West Bengal 'Bauhche' is a traditional bridegroom’s
(c) Karnataka (d) Gujarat word worn during a tribal wedding
s
ceremony. Monpas tribe - Skull cap,
.14.Consider the following Pairs:
Q
loose sleeveless shirtandalongjacket.
1. Boiled tapioca with currymadeusing
Nyishi tribe - Byopa is a traditional
coconut - Kerala
headgear. Miji tribe - Long cloaks.
2. Fish cooked in mustard oil - Kashmir
3. Sea fish cooked in coconut oil - Goa
Which of the pairs given above is/are
Assam
correctly matched?
(a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 3 Men: Dhoti-Gamosa, kurta and tongali
(c) only 2 (d) All of the above ( waistcloth), Gamocha (bihuwaan), Sola
or Fotua and Eri Chaddar.
.15.Consider the following Pairs:
Q
1. Kosha Mangsho - West Bengal omen: Mekhela-chador
W or Riha-
2. Rogan Josh - Kashmir Mekhela.
3. Khatkatem - Goa
Which of the pairs given above is/are Bihar
correctly matched?
(a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 3 Men: Mirjai (kurta) with dhoti or lungi.
(c) only 2 (d) All of the above
Women: Tussar silk sarees.
.16.Consider the following Pairs:
Q
1. Dhaam - Himachal Pradesh
2. Pootharekulu - Andhra Pradesh
Chhattisgarh
3. Kafuli - Goa
Which of the pairs given above is/are en: Sleeveless kurta, dhoti and cotton
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incorrectly matched? headgear.
(a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 3
(c) only 3 (d) All of the above omen: Lugda (saree) and polkha
W
(blouse).
Q.17.Match the following
1.Dal bati churma (i) Meghalaya Goa
2. Jadoh (ii) Rajasthan
3. Kangshoi (iii) Haryana Men:Catholicandnon-Catholic-Western
4. Bajara Khicri (iv) Manipur ttire, Fishermen wear colourful shirts
a
(a) 1-(ii), 2- (i), 3-(iv), 4-(iii) and half pants.
(b) 1-(ii), 2- (i), 3-(iv), 4-(iii)
(c) 1-(iii) , 2- (i), 3-(iv), 4-(ii) omen: Catholic – Gownsanddresses,
W
(d) 1-(ii), 2- (iv) 3-(i), 4-(iii) Non-Catholic–PanoBhaju,Nauwadiand
Kashti.
Q.18. Galhauti Kebab belongs to which
ity of Uttar Pradesh?
c Gujarat
(a) Moradabad (b) Lucknow
(c) Kanpur (d) Meerut
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W Maharashtra Sikkim
odhani and saree.
Men: Dhoti-kurta, bandi and pehta. Men: Bhutia tribe – Bakhu/Kho.
he famous 'Tangaliya shawl' is
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associated with Gujarat. Bandhani is a omen:Nauwadisaadiorlugda,Himroo
W omen: Bhutia tribe - Bakhu/Kho.
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textile art from Gujarat / Rajasthan. and Mashru Shawl. Lepcha tribe - Dumvum.
Haryana Manipur Tamil Nadu
Men: Kurta-dhoti and pagri. Men: Dhoti and pagri, Khamen Chatpa. Men: Lungi or Dhoti, angavastra (shirt)
nd angavastram.
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omen: Kurti, Ghagra (Daaman) and
W Women: Phanek, sarong and Innaphi.
chunder. omen: Kanchipuram silk sarees and
W
Meghalaya Pavada (young girls).
Dimach is a traditional costume for
omen in Haryana, which is given to a
w
en: Long cloth on their waist, jacket
M Telangana
bride at the time of marriage.
and turban.
Phargal/Fargal (Children's cap).
en: Pancha (dhoti),
M kurta and
omen: Garo–Eking,wrappedonwaist,
W Hyderabad sherwani.
Himachal Pradesh blouse and Dakmanda (lungi), Paila.
Khasi - Jainsem (skirt), blouse and omen: Salwar kameez and churidar,
W
en: Kurta-churidar (Rajput), kurta-dhoti
M tap-moh Khlieh, (shawl). Jaintia - Thoh Pochampally Saree.
(Brahmin), embroidered overcoat,turban Khyrwang, a long sarong and blouse.
and soft towel.
Tripura
Mizoram
Women: S alwar-kurta (Rajput), Ghagra -
en: Rikutu Gamcha, a loose towel-like
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holi (Brahmin), rahide and shawl.
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Men: Long and wide clothes. cloth and Kubai, a shirt.
holaandDoraaretraditionaldressesof
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omen: Puanchei (Shawl), Puan, Lal
W omen: Rinai (lower body) and Risa
W
Gaddi tribe.
Paun, waist coat, seki, fungki. (upper body).
Jharkhand
Nagaland Uttarakhand
Men: Dhoti and innerwear with red and
en: Alungstu, Rehuke k
M him or cowrie en: Kurta with lungi, dhoti or pyjama,
M
hite scarves on the waist.
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shawl (Yimchunger tribe). turban (older men), topi woolen jackets
and sweaters.
omen: Tussar silk sarees. Tribal-
W
Women: Azu Jangup Su, neikhro,
Parhan and Panchi.
ompani, Meyni.
H Women: Garhwali – Saree, blouse and
hawl. Kumaoni – Ghagra-choli and
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Karnataka Odhani (pichhora).
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en: Panche (Dhoti) Kurta
M and
Men: Sambalpuri kurta and dhoti. Uttar Pradesh
Angavastram, Mysore Peta (turbans
during wedding), Kupya (Kodagu
omen: Shambalpuri and Khandua
W Men: Kurta-pyjama or dhoti.
Community).
saree.
omen: Benarasi sarees, ghagra-choli
W
omen: Kanjeevaram silk sarees,
W
Punjab with odhani and salwar kameez.
Mysore silk sarees and Bangalore silk
sarees, Red Kodagu sarees.
Men: Punjabi Kurta and Tehmat, West Bengal
asuti is a traditional form of folk
K urta-muktsari pajama and pagri.
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embroidery practiced in the state of Men: Panjabi and dhoti.
Karnataka. Women: Patiala Salwar Suit, Parandi.
Women: Cotton or silk sarees.
Madhya Pradesh Rajasthan
Traditional Dresses of Other
Men: Dhoti, saluka (shirt), Mirzai and en: Dhoti, angrakha, kurta-pajama and
M Countries
andi (Bundelkhand and malwa region)
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and safa (turban). hutan : - Gho, Kabney, Toego, Wonju.
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Women: Ghagra-choli and odhani. Scotland:- Kilt suits.
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V .8. The traditional weave of Gujarat is
Q (c) Myanmar (d) Sri Lanka
Spain:- Flamenco dress. known as_________.
United States (Texas):- Ten-gallon Stetson. RRB NTPC CBT - I (23/07/2021) Evening .19.'Kimono' is the traditional dress of:
Q
Italy:- Sarddinian dress. (a) Tussar (b) Jamdani (a) China (b) Japan
Middle East Countries:- Keffiyeh, (c) Patola (d) Kanjeevaram (c) New Zealand (d) Korea
Shemagh and Ghutra.
.9. Mekhela Chador' is a traditional
Q .20. “Bhaku”, a traditional dress for
Q
France:- Coiffe and Brittany.
dress from the state of: men, belongs to which of these states?
Japan :- Montsuki-haorihakama, Jinbei,
SSC CHSL 17/03/2020 (Morning) (a) Sikkim
Tsumugi, Kimono, Furisode, Tomesode,
(a) Tripura (b) Odisha (b) Arunachal Pradesh
Homongi.
(c) West Bengal (d) Assam (c) Himachal Pradesh
(d) Assam
Practice Questions :- Q.10. ______ is one of the important
rafts of Uttar Pradesh which entails
c Answer Key :-
.1.'Bauche'isatraditionalbridegroom’s
Q delicate traditional hand embroidery on
sword worn during a tribal wedding fabrics like chiffon, muslin, organza, 1.(d) 2.(b) 3.(b) 4.(a)
ceremony in: organdie and silk.
SSC CHSL 11/8/2021 (Evening) 5.(a) 6.(d) 7.(d) 8.(c)
SSC CPO 25/11/2020 (Evening)
(a) Andhra Pradesh (a) Knitting (b) Crochet 9.(d) 10.(c) 11.(b) 12.(c)
(b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Chikankari (d) Needle lace 13.(d) 14.(a) 15.(d) 16.(b)
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Arunachal Pradesh .11. 'Paithani' is a
Q form of____ from 17.(d) 18.(a) 19.(b) 20.(a)
Maharashtra.
Q.2. 'Rahide' is alongscarfwornbythe SSC CPO 15/03/2019 (Evening)
omen of ______ to protect their head
w (a) Dance (b) Textile weaving
from thecoolbreezeaswellastoshow (c) Agriculture (d) Classical music
their traditional social affinity.
SSC CHSL 10/8/2021 (Morning) .12. _____ is a textileartfromGujarat/
Q
(a) Madhya Pradesh Rajasthan.
(b) Himachal Pradesh SSC CPO 16/03/2019 (Morning)
(c) Uttar Pradesh (a) Ikat (b) Chanderi
(d) Arunachal Pradesh (c) Bandhani (d) Paithani
.3.'Panche'isatraditionalsarongworn
Q .13. Dhoti-Gamosa is the indigenous
Q
by the men in the state of ______. SSC textile symbol of______.
SSC CGL 23/08/2021 (Morning) SSC CPO 13/12/2019 (Morning)
(a) Kerala (b) Karnataka (a) Meghalaya (b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Assam (d) Sikkim (c) Nagaland (d) Assam
.4. Pochampally Ikat sarees anddress
Q .14. "Phulkari" is afamousembroidery
Q
materials, famous for their traditional of which state of India?
geometricpatternsbelongtothestateof RRB JE 01/06/2019 (Evening)
______. (a) Punjab (b) Uttar Pradesh
SSC MTS 11/10/2021 (Morning) (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Rajasthan
(a) Telangana (b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Karnataka (d) Kerala .15. The ‘Sujini’ embroidery work
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belongs to the state of:
Q.5.Whichgoats'underfuriswoveninto (a) Odisha (b) Rajasthan
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SSC MTS 27/10/2021 (Evening)
(a) Kashmiri goat (b) Jamnapari goat Q.16. 'Pawnpui' is a traditional textile
(c) Alpine goat (d) Boer goat v ariety in the state of:
(a) Punjab
.6. Which of the following is the
Q (b) Mizoram
traditional dress worn by the men and (c) Arunachal Pradesh
women of Kashmir? (d) Himachal Pradesh
SSC GD 7/12/2021 (Evening)
(a) Rikutu gamcha (b) Fanek Q.17. The traditional dress called 'Pano
(c) Mekhla chadar (d) Feran haju' wornbywomenbelongstowhich
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state of India?
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rides belonging to which state?
b
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Bihar KanthkotFort: It was the capital of the
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MungerFort:Itisa14th-centuryfortthat by the Chavdas.
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main entrances which are named as
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Jaipur king, Madho Singh.
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Aguada Fort: It isaseventeenth-century
ortuguese fort, located on Sinquerim
P Himachal Pradesh
hismaknagar Fort: Located in district
B
Beach. The fort was originally
Dibang valley. The Fort adorned with angra Fort: It was built by the royal
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to 13th centuries and spread across on hander Fort: Located in Chanderi
C Marathas.
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also called the 'Fort of Snakes' as it is
dynasty in Cuttack.
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dynasty.
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in Amritsar. Heritage Site. hongir Fort: The Western Chalukya
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city of Dina in Jhelum district of the alled the “Cheel ka Teela” (Hill of
c bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh. Khush
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Afghan general, Sher Shah Suribuiltthe was built by Jai Singh II to protect the very near to the Warangal Fort which
fort. The fort was declared a UNESCO Amer Fort. wasbuiltinthe14thcenturybyTughlaqs
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or "Old Fort" in the early 20th century. ramparts. Uttar Pradesh
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supervision of Karan Chand, the Prime Udayagiri Fort: It is a 17th-century fort Agra Fort: It was the main residenceof
MinisterofRajaRaiSingh,thesixthruler ituated on the Thiruvananthapuram –
s t heemperorsoftheMughaldynasty.It is
of Bikaner. Nagercoil National Highway. It is also a UNESCO World Heritage Sitedeclared
called Dillanai Kottai or De Lannoy’s Fort. in 1983 and originally built by Akbar
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tobeknownasNahargarh,whichmeans Thayumanaswamy Temple, dedicatedto toys, cups and plates from clay and
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renovated and undertaken by the tates will you find the Buxa Fort?
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Archaeological Survey of India in 1972. SSC CGL 11/04/2022(Evening) Delhi Police S.I. 24/11/2020 (Evening)
(a) Odisha (b) Karnataka (a) Kumbhalgarh (b) Chittorgarh
Allahabad Fort: It was built by Emperor (c) West Bengal (d) Tamil Nadu (c) Mehrangarh (d) Kangra
kbar in 1583. It is thelargestfortbuilt
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ulbarga Fort and Chitradurga Fort
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(a) Karnataka (b) Himachal Pradesh
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FortWilliam:Itislocatedonthebanksof theriverGangaandwasbuiltinthe14th
t he Hooghly River in Hastings. Itisalso Q.4. The Barabati Fort is situatedinthe century?
known as the ‘Black Hole of Calcutta.’ ity of.
c (a) Rohtasgarh Fort (b) Munger Fort
SSC MTS 19/07/2022 (Evening) (c) Jalalgarh Fort (d) Bhujia Fort
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(d) Bhoramdeo Temple
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located in Tamil Nadu?
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as the palace fort for his capital Banganga river below?
(a) Sikandra Fort (b) Amer Fort
Shahjahanabad. The Moti Masjid is a (a) Kangra Fort (b) Sujanpur Tihra Fort
(c) Jaisalmer Fort (d) Manora Fort
whitemarblemosqueinsidetheRedFort (c) Haripur Fort (d) Nurpur Fort
complex in Delhi, built by the Mughal Q.7. In which of the following states is
emperor Aurangzeb. t he Nahargarh Fort located? Answer Key :-
SSC GD 08/12/2021 (Afternoon)
SiriFort:ItwasbuiltbySultanAla-ud-Din
(a) Gujarat (b) Rajasthan 1.(c) 2.(a) 3.(b) 4.(b)
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as NOT been notified as a National
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13.(b) 14.(a) 15.(a)
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SultanBinSaifAlY`aribiinthemiddleof Geological Survey of India (GSI)?
the seventeenth century. SSC CHSL 13/10/2020 (Evening)
(a) Pillow Lava in iron Ore belt at Nomira,
ueenscliffFort (Australia): It is located
Q Odisha
in Victoria. (b) Peninsular Gneiss Lalbagh, Karnataka
(c) Nagahill Ophiolite site near Pungro,
Masada Fort (Israel): It was built as a Nagaland
alace complex, in the classic style of
p (d) Gingee Fort Villupuram District, Tamil
the early Roman Empire, by Herod the Nadu
Great, King of Judaea. It is asymbolof
the ancient kingdom of Israel. Q.9. Amer Fort, one of the finest
xamples of architecture, is situated in
e
Al ZubarahFort(Qatar):Itwasoriginally which of the following states?
uilt by Sheikh Abdullah bin Jassim al
b D.P. (Executive) 28/11/2020 (Afternoon)
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Tombs Gujarat Maharashtra
Mahabat Maqbara: Itisamausoleumin Tomb of Aurangzeb: It was built in
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unagadh. It is dedicated to Mahabat
J 678-1707 anddesignedbyAzamShah.
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over the graves of rulers and royalty.
KhanII,theNawabofJunagadhState.Its It was located in Aurangabad.
These were generally placed within
construction was started in 1878 by
paradisiacal elements like agardenora
Nawab Mahabat Khan II and ended in Bibi-Ka-Maqbara: It is a mausoleum of
water body or both.
1892duringthereignofNawabBahadur abia-ul-DauranialiasDilrasBanuBegum
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Khan III . (Wife of Aurangzeb). Itwasconstructed
Famous Tombs in India by Prince Azam Shah in memory of his
ahauddinMaqbra:Itisamausoleumin
B mother between 1651 and 1661 AD. It
Andhra Pradesh Junagadh.Itwasbuiltby theministerof was located in Aurangabad.
Mahabat Khan II, Bahauddin Hussain
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S Bhar, during 1891–1896. Other Tombs: Asaf Jahan’s Tomb -
district. urangabad,PrinceAjhamShah’sTomb-
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memory of Emperor Sher Shah Suri Haryana Ahmednagar,.
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under herpatronage.Itwasdesignedby Tamil Nadu
Mirak Mirza Ghiyas and his son, Sayyid omb of Khwaja Bande Nawaz: It is
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Muhammad. It was declared aUNESCO situated in Gulbarga, Karnataka. Khwaja
Kanja Sahib Tomb: The Tomb was
World Heritage Site in 1993. Banda Nawaz (Hazrat Gesu Nawaz or
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century. mausoleum located in Bijapur. It is the
The Qutb Shahi Tombs: It is located in
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Safdarjung'sTomb:Itwasbuiltin1754in from1627to1656.Itwasconstructedby
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Other Tombs:Raja’s Tomb (Gaddige).
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Tomb of Behlul Shah Wali - Nizamabad.
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in 1528-1529, and Jamali was buried in
the tomb after his death in 1536.
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tomb.
Nasiru’d-Din Mahmud from the Slave 1605–1613 by the Mughal Emperor
Dynasty. Jahangir.
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omb of Itimad-ud-Daulah:It is a Mughal
T ( b) Dariya Daulat Bagh Q.16.Where was King Tut buried in Egypt ?
mausoleum in the city of Agra. It is (c) Akbar's Tomb ( a) Temple of Amun
situatedonthebanksoftheYamunaand (d) Bibi ka Maqbara (b) Valley of the Kings
is also known as the 'baby Taj'. It was (c) Great Pyramid of Giza
built around 1625 AD. .7. The tomb o
Q f Sher Shah Suri is (d) Banks of Nile River
located in:
omb of Mariam-uz-Zamani, Sikandra:
T (a) Patna (b) Gaya Q.17. Which one of the following is an
This tomb was built in the 16thcentury (c) Jehanabad (d) Sasaram ctagonal Tomb?
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and is dedicated to Mariam-uz-Zamani, (a) Jahangir's tomb
themotherofMughalemperorJahangir. .8. In which Indian city
Q is (b) Sikander Lodi’s tomb
Itisbelievedthatitwasusedasarefuge Itmad-ud-Daulah's tomb located? (c) Razia sultan’s tomb
bytheBritishduringtheIndianRebellion (a) Daulatabad (b) Bijapur (d) None
of 1857. (c) Agra (d) Mysore
.18.Whichamongthefollowingtombs
Q
.9. What is the oldest known tomb in
Q is located in Ibrahim Bagh?
Other Famous Tombs the world ? (a) Tomb of Babur
(a) Tumulus of Bougon (b) Sikander Lodi’s tomb
Tomb of Jahangir: It is located in (b) Tomb of Jahangir (c) Qutub Shahi Tomb
hahdara Bagh, Lahore, Pakistan, along
S (c) Mausoleum of the Shirvanshahs (d) Tansen’s tomb
thebanksoftheRaviRiver.Itwasbuiltin (d) None of the above
1637 by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan. Q.19. Sikandara in Agra houses the
.10.Inthecontextofnotedmonuments
Q ausoleum of:
m
Tomb of Nur Jahan: Lahore (Pakistan). oftheworld,whichofthefollowingpairs (a) Akbar (b) Humayun
is incorrect? (c) Aurangzeb (d) Jahangir
Tomb of Asif Khan: Lahore (Pakistan). (a) The Great Pyramid of Giza - Egypt
(b) Lenin Mausoleum, Moscow - Russia Q.20. Gol Gumbaz, the tomb of Adil
Practice Questions :- (c) Tomb of Jesus - Israel hah, is situated in which state?
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(d) Tomb of Cyrus - Uzbekistan (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Kerala
.1.Safdarjung'stomb,setinthemiddle
Q (c) Karnataka (d) Telangana
.11. Which of the following pairs is
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of a garden, was built by S
incorrect ?
Shuja-ud-Daulah in __________ Answer Key :-
(a) Akbar's tomb - Sikandra, Uttar
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(a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Uttarakhand 1.(c) 2.(a) 3.(c) 4.(d)
(b) Jahangir's tomb - Pakistan
(c) Delhi (d) Bihar 5.(a) 6.(d) 7.(d) 8.(c)
(c) Tomb of Babur - Delhi
(d) Tomb of Sher Shah Suri - Sasaram, 9.(a) 10.(d) 11.(c) 12.(b)
.2. 'PowaMecca'inAssamisthetomb
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Bihar
of______ . 13.(d) 14.(a) 15.(b) 16.(b)
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.12. Which of the following pairs is
Q 17.(b) 18.(c) 19.(a) 20.(c)
(a) Pir Giasuddin Auliya
incorrect ?
(b) Shujauddin Mohammed Shah
(a) Built by Jahangir- Akbar's tomb
(c) Khwaja Bande Nawaz
(b) Built by Shah Jahan - Aurangzeb's
(d) Sheikh Salim Chisti
tomb
(c) built by Ustad Ahmad Lahauri - Shah
.3. WhereisHoshangShah'stomb,the
Q
Jahan tomb
first to be completely built of marble,
(d) built by Hajji Begum - humayun tomb.
located in India?
(a) Delhi (b) Burhanpur
.13. Which of the following buildings
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(c) Mandu (d) Agra
was the first garden-tomb on theIndian
subcontinent built during the reign of
Q.4. Inthecontextofnotedmonuments
Mughals?
f India, which of the following pairs is
o
(a) Fatehpur Sikri (b) Agra Fort
incorrect?
(c) Taj Mahal (d) Humayun’s Tomb
(a) Hazara Rama Temple - Hampi
(b) Kanheri Caves - Mumbai
.14. Which of the following tombs is
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(c) Kandariya Mahadev Temple -
located in Kurukshetra?
Khajuraho
(a) Shaikh Chaheli's tomb
(d) Hoshang Shah's Tomb-Delhi
(b) Humayun's Tomb
(c) Abdali's Tomb
.5.HowmanyStoriesarepresentinthe
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(d) None
Qutub Minar?
(a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 6
.15. Which British archaeologists
Q
discovered King Tut's tomb?
Q.6 Which of the following is the
(a) Zahi Hawass (b) Howard Carter
imitation of Taj Mahal of Agra?
(c) Ernest Budge (d) Amelia Edwards
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Monuments after the foundation of Ahmedabadand
Delhi
completed in 1415.
Famous Monuments in utb Minar complex: These are
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Indian States monumentsandbuildingsfromtheDelhi Haryana
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Assam andAlaiDarwaza.Itwasdesignatedasa Pehowa district of Kurukshetra in
World Heritage site in 1993. Haryana on the southern bank of
ang Ghar: It is situated along the
R Sarasvati river. Vishwamitra was the
Assam Trunk Roadandtothenortheast utub Minar: Itsconstructionstartedin
Q authorofthe3rdMandalofRigveda.He
of the Rangpur Palace. It was first 1199A.D.byQutbud-DinAibak andwas wrote the very famous Gayatri Mantra.
constructed during the reign of completed by Iltutmish.
Swargadeo Rudra Singh with bamboo
and wood and later rebuiltwithbrickby
Karnataka
ubbat-ul-IslamMosque:Itwaserected
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Swargadeo Pramatta Singh. between 1192 a nd 1198 by Qutubuddin ariaDaulatBagh:Itisapalacelocated
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Aibak. It was further extended by in Srirangapatnam(Mysore).TipuSultan
TalatalGhar:Itisan18th-centurypalace
Alauddin Khilji who built two gateways (Tiger of Mysore) built this palace in
nd military base located in Rangpur,
a
ontheeasternsideandoneeachonthe 1784.
Sivasagar, Assam. It had 2 tunnels, 4
northern and southern side.
storeysabovetheearthensurface,and3
underground floors. MysorePalace(AmbaVilasPalace):Itis
laiDarwaza:Itisthesoutherngateway
A located in Mysore, Karnataka.Mysoreis
of the Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque. It was commonly described as the 'City of
Kareng Ghar (Garhgaon Palace): It is
built by Sultan Alauddin Khalji in 1311 Palaces', and there are seven palaces
ocatedinGarhgaon,15kilometersaway
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and made of red sandstone. It is a includingthisone.Yadurayabuiltthefirst
fromSivasagar,Assam.Itsstructurewas
square domed gatehouse with arched palace inside the Old Fort in the 14th
made of wood and stone. The
entrances and houses a single chamber. century. The present structure was
constructions were commissioned by
Sukhrungphaa in 1698. Swargadeo constructed between 1897 and 1912.
utb-al-Aqtab
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Rajeswar Singha built the present
Muḥammad Bakhtiyar al-HusayaniQuṭb angin Mahal: It is one of the integral
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permanent structure in 1752 AD with a
al-DinBakhtiyarKakiwasaSunniMuslim parts of the Bidar Fort, located in the
sevenstoriedpalacemadeofbricksand
Sufi mystic, saint, and scholar of the state of Karnataka. It was built in the
boulders.
Chishti Order from Delhi. His dargah is year 1524 by the Bidar rulers. It is also
owaMecca:ItislocatedonGarurachal
P located adjacent to Zafar Mahal in titled as the Queen Palace.
Hill,inHajo,Assam.ItisthetombofPir Mehrauli, and the oldest dargah in Delhi.
Giyas Uddin Auliya. It was built by Kerala
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theNehruMemorialMuseumandLibrary not located in West Bengal?
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(a) Kolkata (b) New Delhi (c) Victoria Memorial Hall.
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educate tourists about growth and
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(c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Kochi (a) National Council of Science Museum
(b) Ministry of Culture
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(IGJS) (c) Porbandar (d) Rajkot
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(b) National Museum of Natural History, (a) Jawaharlal Nehru Museum
New Delhi (b) Samudrika (Naval Marine Museum)
(c) Birla Industrial and Technological (c) Maharaja Lakshmeshwar Singh
Museum, Kolkata Museum
(d) National Museum of India, New Delhi (d) Birla Science Museum
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N potter”. It is a Neolithic site.
Caves formed during the time of Dasharath
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architecture. Earlier it was used as cave etc.
residence of the prehistoric people, Saptaparni Caves - Itisabuddhistcave
accommodation during rainfall and located in Rajgir. The 1st Buddhist Karnataka
extreme heat in the summer. Council was held at this place.
adami cave - It is a complex of three
B
ateron,astechnologyandresourcesto
L ungeshwari Caves - It is located in
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Hindu caves and one Jain cave temple
the human being increased, caves were Gaya district and is also known as
locatedinthetownofBadami(Capitalof
startedtobeusedforotherpurposesfor Mahakala Caves or Sujata Sthan. It is
Chalukya).
example as hunting lodges by the royal believed t hat Lord Buddha meditated
family and as a place o
f worship by here before continuing his journey to
Nellitheertha Cave - It is located in
Hindu, Budhist and Jain Monks. The Bodhgaya.
akshina Kannada, and dedicated to
D
State wise list of caves are Given below:
Lord Shiva, also known as Sri
Chhattisgarh Somanatheshwara.
Andhra Pradesh
ogimara and Sitabenga Caves - It is
J ther caves - Satre’slimestonecave(at
O
elum Caves (Belum Guhalu) - It is
B located in the Ramgarh hills in Surguja Karnataka-Goa border), Gavipuram Cave
located in the Kurnool district. It is the district. Temple, Narasimha Jharni Cave Temple
secondlongestcaveinIndia.Itisknown etc.
for speleothems, such as stalactite and Kotumsar Cave - It is a limestone cave
stalagmite formations. f ormed on the Kanger limestone belt, Kerala
situated near the bank of the River
Undavalli Caves - It is located in the Kanger,atributaryoftheKolabRiver.Itis
Edakkal caves - It is located near
untur district.
G situated in Kanger Valley National Park.
mbukuthiHillsinWayanaddistrict.Itis
A
a Prehistoric cave, and is among the
orraCaves-ItislocatedinAnanthagiri
B Other caves-KailashCaves,Singhanpur
oldest human settlements ever
hills of Araku Valley near aves, Bhangra Caves, Kabra Cave etc.
c
discovered.
Visakhapatnam.Itwasformedduetothe
flow of the Gosthani River onlimestone
Gujarat ther Caves - Kaviyoor, Kottukkal,
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deposits. The caves have impressive
Nedumala, Punarjani Guha etc.
stalactite and stalagmite formations.
unagadh Caves - It comprises three
J
sites Khapra Kodiya, Baba Pyare, and
ther Caves - Bojjannakonda and
O Madhya Pradesh
Uparkot.Thepresenceofa30-50fthigh
Lingalakonda caves, GuntupalliBuddhist
fortress known as "Upar Kot" infrontof
Caves, Moghalrajpuram Caves, etc. himbetka Caves - It is situated inside
B
the prayer hall is adistinctivefeatureof
Ratapani Wildlife Sanctuary and
the Junagadh caves.
Assam discovered by Dr V. S. Wakankar in
1957-58. It was recognized as a world
Other Caves - Dhank Caves, Kadia
ogighopaCaves- Thebestspecimens
J heritage site in 2003. It is famous for
ungarCaves,KhambhalidaCaves,Sana
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of the architecture oftheSalasthambha prehistoric paintings.
Caves, Siyot Caves, Talaja Caves etc.
period are the remains of the five
rock-cutcavesatJogighopaonthebank damgarh Caves - It is located in
A
Himachal Pradesh Hoshangabad District, on the bank of
of the Brahmaputra in the district of
Bongaigaon. Narmada river. It was discovered by
Tabo Caves - It was the place of Manoranjan Ghosh and is famous for
editation for Buddhist monks. The
m prehistoric paintings.
UmachalrockCaves-Itisafifth-century
Buddhist monks still use the caves for
r ockcavewithinscriptionsdiscoveredin
meditation during the months of winter. Udaygiri Caves - It was constructed by
Kalipur (Guwahati).
t he Gupta king, Chandragupta II. It is
ther caves - Arjun Gufa, Shringi Rishi
O dedicated to Jainism and all others to
Bihar Caves, Trilokpur Caves etc. Hinduism.
Barabarhillcaves-Theoldestsurviving
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B
r ock-cutcavesinIndia.Itislocatedinthe
Baghini river.
Gaya district. It consists of 4 caves:
marnathcave-Theshrineisdedicated
A
Karna Chaupar, Sudama Cave, Lomas
totheGodShiva.Thecaveissituatedat andhavgarhCaves-Itislocatedinside
B
Rishi Cave, Vishwamitra (Visva Zopri)
an altitude of 12,756 ft.Itisfamousfor Bandhavgarh nationalparks.Itisrelated
Cave. It was constructed by emperor
Amarnath yatra by Hindu devotees. to the Mahayana sect of Buddhism.
Ashoka for the use of Ajivaka ascetics,
Later it was used by Budhist monks.
Gufkral -It means “the cave of the
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ocated Near Omkareshwar Jyotirlinga
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temple. Other caves - Ambivali Caves, bank of river krishna. It is dedicated to
urangabad Caves, Bedse Caves, Bahrot
A jainism. It was built by Pallava King
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Caves etc. Caves etc.
Armamalai cave - It was used as a
Maharashtra Meghalaya r esting spotforJainsaints.Itisfamous
for mural painting related tales of
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K ‘Astathik Palakas’.
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c sandstone cave.
is located in the Western ghats on the Other Caves - Trichy Caves, Trimurti
bank of Waghora river nearAurangabad rem Liat Prah-Umim-Labit cave - It is
K ave, Kongana Siddhar cave, Kukkal
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district. It is famous for its Fresco located in Jaintia Hills. It is India's Caves, Pancha Pandava Cave,
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Vakataka kings – Harishena. It was Krem Tyngheng Diengjem, Krem Shriek Rajasthan
recognised as aUNESCOworldheritage (tangnub), Krem Lymput Nongjri, Krem
site in 1983. Iawe. Binnayaga Buddhist Caves - It is also
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llora caves-Itisagroupof34caves-
E Odisha located at villageBinnayagainJhalawar
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Ajanta caves in western ghats. It was located near Bhubaneswar and made athiagor Buddhist Caves - The caves
H
developed between the 5th and 11th under the patronage of Kalinga King are located on a hill called
centuries A.D. Kharavela. It was the residence of Jain Hathiagor-ki-Pahadi. A stupa is located
monks.ItisfamousfortheHathigumpha closer to the caves.
It is famous for Vishwakarma Cave inscriptionwhichiscarvedoutinBrahmi
(carpenter's cave), Ravan ki Khai, script. KolviCaves-ItislocatedatKolvivillage
Dashavatar Cave, Kailash temple (built fJhalawardistrict.Theyarecarvedout
o
under the patronage of Rashtrakuta Ratnagiri caves - It is located in Jajpur in a laterite rock hill. This Buddhist site
monarch Krishna I), Ravana shaking istrict, and is often referred to as the
d has stupas, chaityas containing figures
Mount Kailash etc.Itwasrecognisedas 'HillofJewels'.Thissiteislocatedonan of Buddha.
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Birupa and Brahmani rivers. Uttarakhand
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It is dedicated to lord shiva. It was hows the cultural continuity right from
s the Pithoragarhdistrict.Itisalimestone
recognised as aUNESCOworldheritage the postMauryanperiodto13thcentury cave, dedicated to Lord Shiva.
site in 1987. A.D without any break.
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K dayagiri, Ratnagiri and Lalitgiri are
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ther caves - Gupteswar Cave,
O sites.
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J Bikramkhol (Vikramkhol) cave etc.
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b
Tamil Nadu
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converted into a Christian shrine.
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Coromandel coast (Bay of Bengal). It caves are situated in the valley of river
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hills near Mumbai and is dedicated to
heritage site. It was built during Muchkund lived and meditated here.
Hinayana Buddhism.
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West Bengal uddhist architectural marvel of India?
B . Kanheri caves - Maharashtra
3
SSC MTS 18/07/2022 (Evening) 4. Lalitgiri Caves - Odisha
ahakal Caves - It is locatedinJayanti
M (a) Pataleshwar Caves (b) Sanchi Stupa Which of the pairs given above is/are
village in the premises of Buxa Tiger (c) Bharhut Stupa (d) Ajanta Caves correctly matched?
Reserve in the Jalpaiguri district. It is a (a) 1 and 2 (b) only 2
.9. In which of the following caves is
Q (c) 1 and 3 (d) All
stalactite cave dedicated to Lord Shiva.
the painting named ‘Padmapani
Bodhisattva’ found? .19. The world's longest sandstone
Q
aljal Cave (Jagram district) -The place
L
SSC CHSL 04/08/2021 (Afternoon) cave hasbeendiscoveredinMeghalaya.
witness remains a place of ancient
(a) Ajanta Cave No. 4 What is the name of that sandstone
civilization. Some fossils found here by
(b) Ajanta Cave No. 2 cave?
archaeological excavation arepreserved
(c) Ajanta Cave No. 3 (a) Krem Puri (b) Krem Kiran
in a museum.
(d) Ajanta Cave No. 1 (c) Prem Kuri (d) Prem Puri
Practice Questions :- .10. Talaja Caves are located in the
Q Q.20. Where will you find the 'Uparkot
state of ______. uddhist Caves'?
B
.1. Lomas Rishi cave is situated in
Q SSC GD 16/11/2021 (Evening) (a) Junagadh (b) Kochi
which of the following Hills? (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Maharashtra (c) Bhopal (d) Dehradun
SSC MTS 14/06/2023 (Morning) (c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Gujarat
(a) Vindhyas Hills (b) Barabar Hills Answer Key :-
(c) Aravali Hills ( d) Satpura Hills .11.InwhichstateofIndiacanwefind
Q
the preserved Buddhist caves called
1.(b) 2.(c) 3.(c) 4.(b)
.2.Therock-cavetempleof_______is
Q ‘Karla’?
the largest monolithic structure in the RRB NTPC CBT - I (05/04/2021) Morning 5.(a) 6.(b) 7.(d) 8.(a)
world. (a) Bihar (b) Karnataka 9.(d) 10.(d) 11.(c) 12.(b)
SSC MTS 16/05/2023 (Afternoon) (c) Maharashtra (d) Uttar Pradesh
(a) Udaygiri (b) Ajanta 13.(c) 14.(b) 15.(b) 16.(c)
(c) Ellora (d) Badami .12. Who had built the grand ‘Chariot’
Q 17.(b) 18.(d) 19.(a) 20.(a)
cave temples in Mahabalipuram ?
Q.3. The ElephantaCavesarelocatedin SSC MTS 20/08/2019 (Afternoon)
hich state?
w (a) Maharana Pratap Singh(b) Narsimha
SSC MTS 18/05/2023 (Evening) (c) Ashok (d) Akbar
(a) Gujarat (b) Rajasthan
(c) Maharashtra (d) Karnataka .13. Which king inscribed the
Q
Hathigumpha(ElephantCave)inscription
.4. The famous Pandav Leni Caves is
Q in Udayagiri Hills, Odisha?
located in which of the following states? SSC CPO 9/12/2019 (Evening)
SSC MTS 20/06/2023 (Afternoon) (a) Galaveya (b) Shobana Raja
(a) Odisha (b) Maharashtra (c) Kharavela (d) Vaduka
(c) Kerala (d) Bihar
.14.Bhimbetka caves are in :
Q
.5. Which Indian state is home to the
Q Delhi Police MTS 04/01/2019
BuddhistcavetemplesknownasBarabar (a) Maharashtra (b) Madhya Pradesh
Caves? (c) Jharkhand (d) Bihar
SSC MTS 15/05/2023 (Morning)
(a) Bihar (b) West Bengal Q.15.What are Ajanta and Ellora ?
(c) Sikkim (d) Uttar Pradesh elhi Police MTS 09/01/2019
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(a) Watchmaking companies
.6. Bagh Caves, which has 9 Buddhist
Q (b) Sites of Buddhist and Hindu caves
caves, was developed around the 6th (c) Hindu goddesses
Century AD situated on the Bagh river (d) None of the above
in_________.
SSC MTS 11/05/2023 (Afternoon) Q.16.Inwhichofthefollowingplacesin
(a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Madhya Pradesh rissawillyoufindthecavearchitecture
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(c) Maharashtra (d) Gujarat of the pre- historic times?
(a) Barbil (b) Baripada
Q.7.TheRavanPhadicavein is (c) Sisupalgarh (d) Jatni
n example of the early Chalukya style
a
architecture which is known for its .17.KanheriCavesarelocatedatwhich
Q
distinct sculptural style. of the following places?
SSC MTS 04/05/2023 (Afternoon) (a) Pune(b) Mumbai (c) Jaipur (d) Patna
(a) Tamil Nadu (b) Kerala
(c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Karnataka Q.18.Consider the following Pairs:
. Nagaragunja Caves - Bihar
1
Q.8.Which of the following is NOT a 2. Shankaracharya Cave - Madhya Pradesh
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t own, in Raisen District of Madhya ow a large brick mound. Thisiswhere
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Stupas Pradesh. It was discovered bySirHenry the Buddha was cremated.TheChinese
Taylorin1818. ItisaBuddhistcomplex travelersFaHienandHiuenTsangvisited
tupas were burial mounds prevalent in
S built by Ashoka in the third century BC. Kushinagar during different centuries.
India from the vedic period. A stupa, Since 1989, Sanchi Stupa has been a
Buddhist commemorative usually UNESCO World Heritage Site. NagarjunakondaStupa:Itislocatednear
housingsacredrelicsassociatedwiththe agarjuna Sagar in Palnadu, Andhra
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Buddha or other saintly persons. It is here are 4 gates (torana) around the
T Pradesh. It belongs to the Saka
generally considered to be a sepulchral Stupa in four directions namely East -Satavahana era. Jaggayyapeta,
monument, a place of burial or a (Buddha's birth), West (First Sermon Amaravati, Bhattiprolu, Nagarjunakonda,
receptacle for religious objects. where he preached his teachings or Goli, etc arefound intheprincipalsites
dharma), North (Nirvana) and South ofVengi.Nagarjunakonda,alsoknownas
Structure of Stupa (Enlightenment) which depict the life Vijayapuri, was the capital of the
events of Buddha. Ikshvaku Kingdom.
Anda:Hemisphericalmoundsymbolicof
t hemoundofdirtusedtocoverBuddha’s hamek Stupa: It is located at the
D ShantiStupa:Itislocatedonahilltopin
remains (in many stupas actual relics archaeological site of Sarnath, in hanspa, Leh district, Ladakh. It was
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were used). Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. It was built in built in 1991 by Japanese Buddhist
249B.C.byAshoka.Thissolidcylindrical Bhikshu, Gyomyo Nakamura.
armika: Square railing on top of the
H shaped Stupa made of red bricks and
mound. stone in its presentpositionstandsata ishwa Shanti Stupa: It is located in
V
heightof43.6mwithadiameterof28m. Rajgir, Bihar on a 400 m high Ratnagiri
Yashti: A Central pillar symbolizing the Another Stupa in Uttar Pradesh is hill. It is also known as Peace Pagoda.
osmic axis and Supports a triple
c Chaukhandi Stupa.
umbrella structure(Chattra). Stupas in the world
harhut Stupa: It is located in the
B
iharas (Monasteries) are meditation
V present Satna district of Madhya Swayambhunath Stupa: It is located at
cells and living quarters for the monks. Pradesh.ItwasdiscoveredbyAlexander athmandu, Nepal. It was built by King
K
Cunningham in 1873. The narrative art Manadeva,in460A.D.Itisalsoknownas
Pradakshina path: Stupas have more of Bharhut, depicts Jatakas ofBuddha's ‘Monkey Temple’.IthasbeenaUNESCO
t han one circumambulatory path. previous birth in Sculptures. At times World Heritage Site since 1979.Ashoka
morethanoneeventatonegeographical visited this site in the 3rd Century BCE.
Chaityas:Itissimilartoaprayerroom.It place is clubbed in the picture space. Other Stupas in Kathmandu are
f eatured pillars on eachsideofatunnel Other Stupas in Madhya Pradesh are Boudhnath, Charumati, Kaathe
or walkway that lead to a stupa. Deur Kothar and Sonari. Swayambhu, Mahabouddha and
Dharmadhaatu Stupa.
orana:Indiangateway,usuallyofstone,
T Kesariya Stupa: Itisabuddhiststupain
marking the entrance to a Buddhist ast Champaran district of Bihar, was
E uwanwelisaya (Sri Lanka): It is also
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shrine or stupa or to a Hindu temple. discovered in1958duringanexcavation knownasMahathupa,Themostfamous
Toranas typically consist of two pillars ledbyK.K.Muhammed.Itwasunderthe Buddhist shrine in SriLankaandamong
carrying two or three transverse beams rule oftheMauryasandtheLicchavis.It themosthighlyveneratedintheworldas
that extend beyond the pillars on either is the tallest and the largest Buddhist it contains the greatest amount of the
side. stupaintheworld.Ithasacircumference Buddha's relics. The stupa was built in
ofalmost400feetandstandsataheight 140 BCE by King Dutugemunu.
Vedika : Wooden or stone railing that of about 104 feet. Faxian (Fahien) and
urrounds the stupa.
s Xuan Zang (Hsuan Tsang), had visited Boudhanath Stupa : It is located at
thisplaceinancienttimes.OtherStupas athmandu, Nepal. It has been a
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Stupas of India in Bihar: Maha Bodhi (UNESCO World UNESCOWorldHeritageSitesince1979.
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Amaravati Stupa : The great stupa or in Kathmandu.
ahachaitya at Amaravati was one of
M iprahwa Stupa: It is located in
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metersandaheightof27meters. Itwas variety of rice, is grown in this area. the most famous monument in Central
builtinphasesbetweenthethirdcentury Piprahwa-Ganwaria was the site of the Java, Indonesia.
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Satavahanadynasty.Othertwostupasin the Shakya kingdom, where Siddhartha he One Hundred and Eight Stupas
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Andhra Pradesh are Bhattiprolu Stupa Gautama spent the first 29 years ofhis (China,alsoknownasthe108Pagodas):
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Amaravati Stupa. amabhar Stupa: It is located in
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h ( c) Kesaria Stupa of Champaran built on the cremated place of Lord
times over the centuries. (d) Ramabhar Stupa of Uttar Pradesh uddha?
B
(a) Ramabhar Stupa (b) Amaravati Stupa
yaiktiyo Pagoda (Golden Rock Stupa)
K .7.Which of the following monumental
Q (c) Shanti Stupa (d) Dhamek Stupa
Myanmar: It is a small pagoda built on stupa was established by the Kushan
thetopofagranitebouldercoveredwith King Kanishka during the 2nd century .15. What are the gateways to the
Q
gold leaves pasted on by its male BC? stupas at Sanchi known as?
worshiper. (a) Sanchi Stupa (a) Torana (b) Dwara
(b) Amaravati Stupa (c) Dihad (d) None of the above
enalmadena Stupa
B (Spain): The (c) Peshawar Stupa
(d) Nagarjunakonda Stupa .16. Which of the following pairs of
Q
Benalmadena Stupa in Andalusia, is the
Buddhist Stupas and their locations is
talleststupainEuropeat108feet(33m)
Q.8. Which of the following stupa was correctly matched?
high.
amedafterthefamousscholarandthe
n (a) Anathapindika - Sarnath
contriver Mahayana Buddhism? (b)Animesh Lochan - Bodh Gaya
heGreatStupaofDharmakaya(USA):It
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(a) Sanchi Stupa (c) Dharmekh - Kushinagar
was built tointertheashesofChogyam
(b) Amaravati Stupa (d) Rambhar - Shravasti
Trungpa, who died in 1987.
(c) Peshawar Stupa
(d) Nagarjunakonda Stupa Q.17. Which of the following is the
he Great Stupa of Universal
T largest stupa in India?
Compassion:ItisaBuddhistmonument Q.9. Which of the following stupa is (a) Kesariya (b) Dhamekh
located near Bendigo incentralVictoria, onsidered as the spot where the
c (c) Amaravati (d) Bharhut
Australia. Buddhagavethefirstsermontohisfirst
five Brahmin disciples after attaining Q.18. Bharhut Stupa depicts t he Jataka
Practice Questions : - enlightenment? t alesandstories.Itislocatedinwhichof
(a) Sanchi Stupa (b) Amaravati Stupa the following states?
.1. The famous Dhamek Stupa is
Q (c) Shanti Stupa (d) Dhamek Stupa (a) Bihar (b) Madhya Pradesh
located in which of the following states? (c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Uttar Pradesh
SSC MTS 09/05/2023 (Evening) .10.Consider the following
Q
I. It is hemispheric in structure which Q.19. Which of the followingStupawas
(a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Uttar Pradesh
consists of a circular terrace. eclaredasa'protectedareaofnational
d
(c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Himachal Pradesh
II. Stupas during the Mauryan Agewere importance' in 2019?
Q.2.WhichofthefollowingtermsisNOT constructed with the help of bricks. (a) Dhamekh Stupa (b) Ramabhar Stupa
r elated to the structure of a stupa? Which of the abovestatement(s)is/are (c) Kesaria Stupa (d) Chaukhandi Stupa
Selection post 30/06/2023 (Shift - 4) correct about the architecture of Stupa?
.20. Which among the followingStupa
Q
(a) Harmika (b) Vedika (a) Only I (b) Only II
gateway depicts the pilgrimage to the
(c) Chhatra (d) Vimana (c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II
Bodhi tree by Ashoka with his two
.3. Which of the following means a
Q Q.11.Match the Following: queens?
burial mound where relics and ashesof (a) Bharhut (b) Sanchi
. Shanti Stupa
1 (i) Raisen (c) Sonari (d) Satdhara
the dead are kept ?
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(a) Urs (b) Stupa 3. Kesaria Stupa (iii) Rajgir Answer Key :-
(c) Basadi (d) None of the above 4. Ramabhar Stupa (iv) Kushinagar
(a) 1 - (ii), 2 - (iii), 3 - (ii) 4 - (iv) 1.(b) 2.(d) 3.(b) 4.(c)
.4. Where is the largest concentration
Q (b) 1 - (iii), 2 - (i), 3 - (ii) 4 - (iv)
of stupas in India? (c) 1 - (iii), 2 - (ii), 3 - (i) 4 - (iv) 5.(a) 6.(a) 7.(c) 8.(b)
DP Constable 6/12/2017 (Morning) (d) 1 - (iii), 2 - (iv), 3 - (ii) 4 - (i) 9.(d) 10.(c) 11.(b) 12.(a)
(a) Himachal Pradesh (b) Bihar
(c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Uttar Pradesh .12.Whichofthefollowingisthebiggest
Q 13.(b) 14.(a) 15.(a) 16.(b)
monastery/Stupa of Spiti Valley and a 17.(a) 18.(b) 19.(d) 20.(b)
.5. Whichofthefollowingistheoldest
Q religious training centre for Llamas ?
stone structure in India and was (a) Key Monastery (b) Namgyalma Stupa
commissioned by the Mauryan King (c) Tabo Monastery (d) None of the above
Ashoka?
(a) Sanchi Stupa Q.13. Which of the following stupawas
(b) Amaravati Stupa iscovered in1958duringanexcavation
d
(c) Peshawar Stupa led by Archaeologist KK Muhammed of
(d) Nagarjunakonda Stupa Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)?
(a) Sanchi Stupa
.6. Which of the following stupas was
Q (b) Kesariya Stupa
built on the birthplace of 20th Jain (c) Peshawar Stupa
Tirthankar Munisuvrata? (d) Nagarjunakonda Stupa
(a) Shanti Stupa of Rajgir
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M Sculptor - Ram Sutar.
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T ( a) Granite ( b) Red stone (d) None of the above
Russia. It was created by sculptor (c) Iron ore (d) Marble
Yevgeny Vuchetich and structural .15. The height ofAdiShankaracharya
Q
engineer Nikolai Nikitin. .5. In which country is the 'Christ the
Q statue in Omkareshwar is
Redeemer' statue located? (a) 110 ft (b) 108 ft (c) 105 ft (d) 107 ft
Christ the Redeemerstatue: Location - RPF Constable 22/01/2019 (Evening)
io de Janeiro, Brazil. Sculptor - Paul
R (a) England (b) Portugal .16. What material is the Statue of
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Landowski. (c) United States (d) Brazil Lenin made of?
(a) Marble (b) Bronze (c) Stone (d) Wood
Q.6. The Statue of Unity in Gujarat is
The Eight Wonders of Shanghai located on an island named_ Q.17. Who were the designers of "The
Cooperation Organisation (a) Sadhu Bet (b) Hanuwantia otherland Calls" statue?
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(c) Mandhata (d) Kabirwad (a) Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dali
(SCO):
(b) Vincent van Gogh and Claude Monet
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Q (c) Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci
1.The Statue of Unity - India. world's tallest statue of (d) Yevgeny Vuchetich and Nikolai
(a) M.K Gandhi Nikitin
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2 (b) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Tamgaly - Zhetysu of Kazakhstan. (c) Vinoba Bhave Q.18. Where is the Statue of Peace
(d) Dr B.R Ambedkar eing installed?
b
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3 (a) Vijay Vallabh Sadhana Kendra
Chang'an, China Q.8 Which of the following animal (b) Jainacharya Dham
tatues is depicted at the top o
s f the (c) Shree Vallabh Temple
4.Lake Issyk-Kul - Kyrgyzstan. Ashoka pillar of Rampurva? (d) Pali Peace Sanctuary
(a) Horse (b) Bull (c) Lion (d) Elephant
.TheGreatMughals’heritageatLahore
5 .19. Whoisthesculptoroftheworld's
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- Lahore, Pakistan. .9 The gigantic statue of Gautam
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Buddha, discovered at Sultanganj (near Gandhi?
6.The Golden Ring cities - Russia. Bhagalpur in Bihar), has been dated to (a) Anish Kapoor (b) Ram Sutar
the period. (c) Damien Hirst (d) Michelangelo
7.The Palace of Nowruz - Tajikistan. (a) Maurya (b) Gupta
(c) Shunga (d) Nanda .20. What is the other name for the
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. The Poi Kalon complex - Bukhara,
8 Guishan Guanyin statue?
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Q (a) Guishan Buddha of Serenity
Uzbekistan.
Mohenjodaro was made of: (b) Guishan Guanyin of Compassion
(a) iron (b) silver (c) gold (d) Bronze (c) Guishan Guanyin of the Thousand
Practice Questions :-
Hands and Eyes
Q.11. When was the statue of Kuravan
(d) Guishan Avalokiteshvara
.1. “Statue of Equality” has been
Q nd
a Kurathi installed on the
inauguratedinHyderabadinthememory Ramakkalmedu hills?
Answer Key :-
of ________ . (a) 1995 (b) 2000 (c) 2005 (d) 2010
SSC CHSL 21/03/2023 (2nd Shift)
(a) Saint Ramanujacharya .12. What was the primary reason for
Q 1.(a) 2.(a) 3.(a) 4.(a)
(b) Swami Vivekananda the destruction of the Buddhas of 5.(d) 6.(a) 7.(b) 8.(b)
(c) Swami Dayananda Bamiyan statue in 2001?
9.(b) 10.(d) 11.(c) 12.(b)
(d) Shri Ravi Das (a) Earthquake
(b) Taliban-led deliberate destruction 13.(c) 14.(c) 15.(b) 16.(b)
.2.Inwhichofthefollowingdistrictsof
Q (c) Erosion 17.(d) 18.(a) 19.(b) 20.(c)
Gujarat is the ‘Statue of Unity’ located? (d) Theft
SSC CHSL 15/04/2021 (Evening)
(a) Narmada (b) Navsari Q.13.How tall is the Statue of Liberty?
(c) Surat (d) Vadodara ( a) 50 m (b) 47 m (c) 46 m (d) 48 m
.3. In Vienna, there's a statue of an
Q .14. Which one of the following
Q
Indian hockey player ______ holdingfour statements about ‘Statue of Unity’ is
hockey sticks in four Hands. false ?
SSC CHSL 26/10/2020 (Morning) (a) The 182-metre-high Statue of Unity is
(a) Dhyan Chand twice the height of New York's Statue
(b) Dhanraj Pillay of Liberty.
(c) Udham Singh Kular (b) The height of the Statue in meters
(d) Bharat Kumar Chettri has been picked to match the total
Assembly Constituencies in Gujarat.
Q.4. The Gomateshwara statue at (c) October 31, 2018 marks the 145th
hravanabelagola is made of which
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material? Vallabhbhai Patel.
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awang monastery is the largest
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fourth King Gyurmed Namgyalm.
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Enchey Monastery - The literal meaning
around a cave in Ladakh which is
of Enchey Monastery is ‘the solitary KopanMonastery(Nepal)islocatednear
believed to have been visited by Sage,
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Saints and Scholar 2500 years ago.
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inkye Gonjang Rimpoche.
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bank of Tso Moriri (lake) in Leh District.
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Practice Questions :-
Lama Norbu Rinpoche.
suglagkhang Monastery - This is the
T Uttarakhand .1. ________a500-year-olddanceform,
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homeforHisHolinessDalaiLamaandis is an Indian Classical dance that
situated in Mcleodganj suburb of Mindrolling Monastery was established developed from the Vaishnavite
Dharamshaladistrict.Itisalsoknownas inClementTown,DehradunbyKhochhen monasteries of Assam.
the Dalai Lama's temple. Rinpoche. SSC CHSL 13/03/2023 (4th Shift)
(a) Kuchipudi (b) Bharatnatyam
Shashur Monastery - A Buddhist West Bengal
onastery of the Drugpa sectinLahaul
m (c) Sattriya (d) Mohiniattam
and Spiti. It was built by Lama Deva Ghoom (Ghum) Monasterywasfounded
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of Arunachal Pradesh. onastery situated?
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Tribes
SSC GD 23/01/2023 (1st Shift) (a) Himachal Pradesh (b) West Bengal
(a) seven (b) three (c) six (d) four (c) Sikkim (d) Karnataka Andhra Pradesh
Q.3. Kardang Monastery which is a Q.14. Which of the following option is oyasaresettledcultivatorsandartisans
K
uddhist Pilgrimage issituatedinwhich
B orrect ?
c and reside in West Godavari and East
state of India? (a) Mindrolling Monastery - Uttarakhand Godavari districts. They speak Koya,
SSC MTS 08/07/2022 (Morning) (b) Thiksey Monastery - Sikkim which is a Dravidian Language.
(a) Jharkhand (b) Goa (c) Harwan Monastery - Himachal
(c) Himachal Pradesh (d) Kerala Pradesh Konda Reddis live in the interior forest
(d) Matho Monastery - Karnataka rea of Srikakulam district, they are
a
Q.4. ‘Namdroling Monastery’ is situated
largely cut off from the mainstream.
in which state of India? Q.15. Who is the spiritual leader
They have been recognized as
RRB NTPC CBT - I (01/04/2021) Evening ssociated
a with Tsuglagkhang
Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups.
(a) Sikkim (b) Himachal Pradesh Monastery?
(c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Karnataka (a) Karmapa Lama (b) Dalai Lama
anadis are the nomadic tribe spread
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(c) Panchen Lama (d) Sakya Trizin
Q.5. Phodong Monastery is located in overthedistrictsofNellore,Chittoorand
_ _____. .16. Which specific tradition does
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SSC CHSL 12/04/2021 (Evening) Lingdum Monastery follow? non-tribals.
(a) Ladakh (b) Bihar (a) Nyingma (b) Kagyu
(c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Sikkim (c) Gelug (d) Sakya Lambadas or Lambadis are a part of
anjara or nomadic tribes. These are
B
.6.InwhichcountryorstateofIndiais
Q .17. Who is credited with
Q the forest wanderers or Gypsies originally
Tengboche Monastery located? construction of Alchi Monastery? from Rajasthan.
SSC GD 18/11/2021 (Evening) (a) Guru Padmasambhava
(a) Arunachal Pradesh (b) Nepal (b) Guru Rinchen Zangpo Pardhans are a subgroup of the
(c) Bhutan (d) Sikkim (c) Thubten Gyatso ravidian, tribal Gondpeoplewholivein
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Q.7. In which of the following states is is singing at festivals.
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(a) Assam resemblance? Koracha, Sugalis, Bhils etc.
(b) Sikkim (a) It resembles the Paro Taktsang
(c) Andhra Pradesh monastery in Bhutan. Arunachal Pradesh
(d) Arunachal Pradesh (b) It resembles the Erdene Zuu
Monastery.
.8. Which of the following places is
Q patanis are a major ethnic group of
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Anthony.
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(d) It resembles the Potala Palace in
(a) Gangtok (b) Dharamshala district.
Lhasa, Tibet.
(c) Leh (d) Darjeeling
bors lived at Abor Hills. They are also
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.19. What is the unique feature of the
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(a) Enchey (b) Ralong herdukpen tribe is found in Bomdila
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(c) It is carved into the rock face of a cliff
(c) Pemayangtse (d) Tabo and the surrounding villages of Rupa,
(d) It is made of marble
Jigaon, Thongri and Shergaon.
Q.10.Thiksey Monastery is located in : Q.20. Whose personal monastery is
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D amgyal Monastery?
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areas of Arunachal Pradesh. Byopa isa
Q.11. Which religious lineage does
Answer Key :- traditional headgear of tribes belonging
ardang Monastery belong to?
K
to this tribe. They speak the Tibeto
(a) Drugpa (b) Nyingma
1.(c) 2.(b) 3.(c) 4.(d) -Burman language of the Sino-Tibetan
(c) Kagyupa (d) Drukpa
family.
5.(d) 6.(b) 7.(d) 8.(c)
.12. Where is Phugtal Monastery
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located?
r egion of Twang and West Kameng.
(a) Spiti Valley 13.(d) 14.(a) 15.(b) 16.(b)
(b) Lahaul Valley 17.(b) 8.(d) 19.(c)
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(c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Maharashtra
Q.2. Which of the following is NOT a
aikadasaredescendantsofRupakhatri
N
ajor tribe of South India?
m Q.11. On which island do the Mishing
and Dhanakhatri.
SSC MTS 16/06/2023 (Afternoon) t ribes live?
(a) Dang (b) Toda RRB NTPC CBT - I (08/04/2021) Evening
ther tribes: Varli, Siddi (Nayaka), Dubla
O
(c) Badaga (d) Irula (a) Lakshadweep (b) Andaman Island
(Halpati), etc.
(c) Majuli Island (d) Minicoy
Q.3. Which of the following tribes
Major Tribes of the World elongstotheIndo-EuropeanLinguistic
b .12. The best - known pastoral and
Q
family? hunter- gatherer tribes, the ‘Mongols’ ,
leuts: Alaska
A SSC MTS 19/06/2023 (Morning) inhabited ______.
Ainus: Japan (a) Garo (b) Gondi RRB NTPC CBT - I (23/07/2021) Evening
Aborigines: Australia (c) Korwa (d) Bhil (a) South- East Asia
Afrikaner: South Africa (b) Arabian Peninsula
Amerinds: North and South America Q.4. Santhal community is an ethnic (c) Central Asia
Bantus: Southern Africa roup of ________ India.
g (d) South Asia
Bedouins : Northern African andMiddle SSC MTS 10/05/2023 (Morning)
Eastern countries (a) eastern (b) northern .13. Where in India can we find the
Q
Bushmen: Kalahari desert of Africa. (c) southern (d) western Jarawa and the Onge tribes?
Bindibu: Australia SSC CHSL 11/08/2021 (Morning)
.5. The Bhil tribe living in the ________
Q (a) Daman and Diu
Chukchi:NorthEast Asia,Russia,North
controlledthemountainpassesbetween (b) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Siberia.
the north and the Deccan. (c) Chhattisgarh
Eskimos: Greenland, North Canada,
I. Western Ghats (d) Arunachal Pradesh
Alaska, North Siberia.
II. Eastern Ghats
Fulani :Western Africa
SSC GD 25/01/2023 (1st Shift) .14. 'Eravalla, Kadar, Muduvar ' are
Q
Gaucho :Uruguay and Argentina
(a) Neither I nor II (b) Only II languagesspokenbythetribesprimarily
Gobi Mongols: Gobi Desert (Mongolia)
(c) Only I (d) Both I and II in the state of ______.
Guicas: Amazon forest area
SSC CHSL 11/08/2021 (Morning)
Hamites: North- West Africa .6.Jaintiaisthenameofatribe aswell
Q (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Kerala
Hausa: North Nigeria as a hill range found in the state (c) Karnataka (d) Maharashtra
Hottentots: Hot tropical Africa of_______ .
Ibanas :Borneo island RRB NTPC CBT - II (17/06/2022) Shift 1 Q.15. Which of the following is NOT a
India Tribes: Amazon basin (a)West Bengal (b) Meghalaya t ribal group traditionally living in
Kirghiz: Central Asia (c) Karnataka (d) Tamil nadu Andaman and Nicobar Islands?
Kalmuk: Central Asia SSC MTS 11/10/2021 (Evening)
Kazakhs: Kazakhstan .7. Onges is a tribal group living in
Q (a) Sentinelese (b) Onge
Koryaks : North Siberia, Eurasian, which of the following union territories? (c) Jarawa (d) Munda
Northern Kamchatka Peninsula RRB NTPC CBT - II (17/06/2022) Shift 2
Maoris: New Zealand. (a) Puducherry Q.16. Which of the following tribes
Masai: East & Central Africa (b) Delhi elongs to the Nilgiri Mountains?
b
Meos: Myanmar (c) Andaman and Nicobar SSC GD 24/11/2021 (Evening)
Mahsuds: Pakistan (d) Lakshadweep (a) Angamis (b) Todas
Moors :Morocco. (c) Jarawas (d) Onges
Moros: Philippines Q.8.WhichofthefollowingtribesisNOT
Orang Asli: Malaysia ative to the state of Tamil Nadu?
n .17. Who according to the tribals of
Q
Pygmies: Congo basin, Zaire RRB NTPC CBT - II (17/06/2022) Shift 3 Chota Nagpur were referred to as the
Red Indian: North America (a) Kota (b) Malasar 'Dikus'?
Swahili: Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania (c) Bhutia (d) Kurumba SSC GD 29/11/2021 (Evening)
Semangs: East Sumatra (a) Slaves (b) Predators
Tartar: Siberia, Russia Q.9. Boro, an ethno - linguistic (c) Outsiders (d) Warriors
Tapiro: Papua New Guinea ommunity is native to which of the
c
Turregs: Sahara following states/union territories of .18. Chenchus schedule tribe belongs
Q
Tenharim: Brazil india? to which state of India?
Yakuts: Siberia, Russia RRB NTPC CBT - II (14/06/2022) Shift 2 SSC CHSL 19/03/2020 (Morning)
Zulus: South Africa (a) Assam (a) West Bengal (b) Kerala
(b) Gujarat (c) Nagaland (d) Telangana
(c) Madhya Pradesh
Practice Questions :- (d) Andaman and Nicobar Q.19. Which of the following tribes of
India celebrates the Baneshwar festival?
Q.1. Garo tribe is related with which Q.10. ‘Bhotiya’ is a caste of scheduled D.P. (Executive) 28/11/2020 (Afternoon)
r egion of India? t ribesofwhichofthefollowingstatesin (a) Bhils (b) Malai (c) Gonds (d) Baigas
SSC MTS 12/05/2023 (Afternoon) India ?
(a) Western (b) South RRB NTPC CBT - I (08/02/2021) Morning
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d
PF Constable 03/02/2019 (Morning)
R
Languages divergefurtherfromtheclassicalwritten
(a) Saudi Arabia (b) Peru language over time.
anguage in itsliteralmeaningmeansa
L
(c) Mexico (d) Kenya
system of communication through
here are six languages that enjoy the
T
.21. Maoritribebelongstowhichofthe
Q speech, a collection of sounds that a
‘Classical’statusinIndia:Tamil(declared
following countries? group of people understand to havethe
in 2004), Sanskrit (2005), Kannada
RPF Constable 05/02/2019 (Morning) same meaning.
(2008),Telugu(2008),Malayalam(2013),
(a) Chile (b) Mexico and Odia (2014). All the Classical
(c) New Zealand (d) South Africa Language family Languages are listed in the Eighth
Schedule of the Constitution.
.22. Which of the following tribes
Q It is a set of languages deriving from a
belongs to Sikkim? ommon ancestor or "parent".
c
Delhi Police S.I. 9/12/2019 (Evening) States (Official Language) -
(a) Angami (b) Bhutia
Dialect OtherDialects
(c) Gond (d) Chenchu
ndhra Pradesh (Telugu) - Koya, U
A rdu,
.23. Name the Rajasthani tribe known
Q Itisaformofalocallanguagespokenin
Hindi, Tamil, Marathi, Savara, Kannada,
to catch snakes and trade in snake a limited area. It should be noted that
Odia, Konda, Gadaba.
venom. s everal dialects can be derived from a
Delhi Police MTS 04/01/2019 common language.
runachal Pradesh (English) - Nyishi,
A
(a) Manganiar (b) Langha Dafla, Miji, Adi, Gallong, Wancho, Tagin,
(c) Kalbelia (d) Mishmi Classification of Indian Hill Miri, Mohpa, Nocte, Aka, Tangsa,
Languages Khamti, Apotanji.
.24.ApartfromBangladesh,whereelse
Q
are the Chakmas tribe predominantly
Indian Languages are broadly divided ssam (Assamese) - Dimaca, Mishing,
A
found in South Asia?
into following four families : Indo Karbi, Rabha, Tiwa, Hindi, Bengali, Bodo.
(a) Bhutan and Nepal
Europeanfamily,Dravidianfamily,Austric
(b) Sri Lanka and Maldives
family, Sino Tibetan family ihar(Hindi)-Bhojpuri,Magadhi,Maithili,
B
(c) India and Myanmar
Urdu, Magahi Angika, Vajjika and
(d) Pakistan and Afghanistan
Official languages Surjapuri, Santhali.
.25. What are Nyishis known as in
Q
some areas of Arunachal Pradesh? ccordingtoarticle343(1)oftheIndian
A hattisgarh (Hindi) - Gondi, Marathi,
C
(a) Bangni and Dafla constitution, Hindi in Devanagari script Urdu, Oriya, Gujarati, and Punjabi.
(b) Khasis and Jaintias and English are theofficiallanguagesin
(c) Garos and Mikirs India. The first Official Language Goa (Konkani)-Hindi,Kannada,Marathi,
(d) Bhutias and Lepchas Commission was established in 1955 rdu, Portuguese, Gujarati.
U
under Shri B.G. Kher.
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he Eighth Schedule to theConstitution
T arathi, Marwari, Urdu.
M
1.(c) 2.(a) 3.(d) 4.(a) consists of the following 22 languages:
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H
5.(c) 6.(b) 7.(c) 8.(c) Punjabi, Ahirwati, Mewati.
Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani,Malayalam,
9.(a) 10.(b) 11.(c) 12.(c) Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya,
Punjabi,Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Himachal Pradesh (Hindi) - Mandiali,
13.(b) 14.(a) 15.(d) 16.(b)
Urdu, Bodo, Santhali, Maithili and Dogri. ulavi, Kehluri, Hinduri, Chameali,
K
17.(c) 18.(d) 19.(a) 20.(d) Sirmauri, Miahasvi, Pangwali.
21.(c) 22.(b) 23.(c) 24.(c) Of these languages, 14 were initially
included in the Constitution. Sindhi arnataka (Kannada) - Urdu, Konkani,
K
25.(a) Kodava and Tulu,Tamil,Marathi,Telugu,
language was added by the 21st
Amendment Act of 1967. Konkani, Malayalam.
Manipuri, and Nepali were included by
erala (Malayalam) - Tamil, Tulu,
K
the71stAmendmentActof1992.Bodo,
Kannada, Gujrati, English .
Dogri, Maithili, and Santhali were added
by the 92nd Amendment Act of 2003
adhya Pradesh (Hindi) - Bundeli,
M
which came into force in 2004.
Bagheli, Nimari, Marathi, Sindhi, Urdu,
and Malwi.
Classical Languages
aharashtra (Marathi) - Hindi, Gujarati,
M
classical language is one that hasits
A Tamil, Telugu, Konkani, Kannada, Sindhi,
own literary tradition as well as a large Punjabi, Bengali, Tulu.
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Paite, Kabui, Hmar. (a) Burmese (b) Sinhala
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Q
which of the following languages?
Mizoram (Mizo, English) - Aso, C hho, Lakshadweep (Malayalam) SSC CGL 02/12/2022 (1st Shift)
alam, Hinar, Lai, Lusei, Mara, Miu -
H (a) Latin (b) Prakrit (c) Sanskrit (d) Greek
Khumi, Paite and Thado - Kuki. adakh (Hindi, English) - Purkhi, Hindi,
L
Q.6. Tamil, the official and most
Shina, Tibetan, Ladakhi, Purgi.
rominent language of Tamil Nadu, isa
p
agaland (English) - A
N ngami, C hokri,
member of ___________ language family.
Kuzhami, Mao, Poula, Pochuri, Ntenyi, uducherry (TamilandEnglish)-Telugu,
P
RRC Group D 05/09/2022 (Morning)
Rengma, Sema. Malayalam and French.
(a) Indo-Aryan (b) Dravidian
(c) Kra-Dai (d) Munda
disha (Odia) - Bengali, Telugu, Hindi,
O Official language of other
Santali, Kui, Urdu, Ho, Munda.
countries .7.WhichIndianstatehas'KOKBOROK'
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as one of its official languages?
unjab (Punjabi in Gurumukhi Script))-
P RRC Group D 09/09/2022 (Morning)
angladesh
B - engali
B
Urdu, Hindi,English,Bagri,Pahari,Doabi, (a) Himachal Pradesh (b) Goa
Afghanistan - Dari, Pashto
Malwai, Majhi. (c) Tripura (d) West Bengal
Bhutan - Dzongkha
China - Mandarin
Rajasthan (Hindi) - R
ajasthani, English, Q.8. According to the 2011 language
Myanmar - Burmese
indhi, Punjabi, Gujarati, Marwari,
S ensus, what is the rank of Telugu in
c
Nepal - Nepali
Mewari, Bhilodi, and Malvi. terms of speakers' total number in India?
Pakistan - Urdu
RRC Group D 12/09/2022 (Evening)
Sri Lanka - Sinhali, Tamil
ikkim(English)-Nepali,Bhutia,Lepcha,
S (a) 5th (b) 6th (c) 4th (d) 3rd
Maldives - Dhivehi
Limbu, Newari, Rai, Gurung, Mangai,
Sherpa, Tamang, Sunwar. .9.Kangrilanguageismostlyspokenin
Q
Most Widely Spoken Languages which of the following states of India?
Tamil Nadu (Tamil) - Telugu, Kannada, in the World RRC Group D 18/09/2022 (Evening)
rdu, Malayalam, Eravalla, Kadar, and
U (a) Karnataka (b) Kerala
Muduvar. nglish, Mandarin Chinese,
E Hindi, (c) Himachal Pradesh (d) Madya Pradesh
Spanish, French, Arabic, Bengali
elangana (Telugu a
T nd Urdu) - Andh, Q.10. Which is the second official
Chenchu, Gondi, K olami, Lambadi, language of Telangana?
Practice Questions :- RRC Group D 27/09/2022 (Morning)
Pardhan, Koya.
(a) English (b) Hindi (c) Tulu (d) Urdu
Q.1. W hich of the following is a
ripura(BengaliandKokborok)-Bengali,
T
ibeto-Burmese language?
T .11.Aoisaprominentlanguagespoken
Q
Tripuri, Hindi, Mogh, Chakma.
SSC CGL 14/07/2023 (2nd shift) in the state of _______.
(a) Odia (b) Tripuri (c) Assamese (d) Tulu RRC Group D 11/10/2022 (Afternoon)
Uttar Pradesh ( Hindi)- Urdu, B
hojpuri,
(a) Chhattisgarh (b) Tripura
undelkhandi, Awadhi, Braj B
B hasha, .2. Match the following neighboring
Q (c) Nagaland (d) Odisha
English. countries of India with their official
languages. Q.12. What is the traditional language
ttarakhand(Hindi)-Garhwali,Kumaoni,
U Country Official Language sed in Bhaona which was created by
u
Urdu, Sanskrit, Bengali, Jaunsari. 1. Sri Lanka a. Dzongkha Sankardeva?
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W (a) Malayalam (b) Sanskrit
3. Myanmar c. Sinhala
Urdu, Nepali, Telugu, Kurmali. (c) Brajawali (d) Tamil
SSC CGL 18/07/2023 (3rd shift)
(a) 1 - a, 2 - c, 3 - b (b) 1 - a, 2 - b, 3 - c
nion Territories (Official
U Q.13. Which of the following is the
(c) 1 - c, 2 - a, 3 - b (d) 1 - b, 2 - a, 3 - c
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ndaman and Nicobar Islands (Hindi,
A
Languages? (c) Sino - Tibetan (d) Indo - European
English)-HindiorBengali,Tamil,Telugu,
and Malayalam. SSC MTS 19/06/2023 (Evening)
.14. Whichofthefollowingbranchesof
Q
(a) Indo - European (b) Sino - Tibetan
language does NOT belong to the
handigarh (English) - Punjabi, Urdu,
C (c) Indo - African (d) Dravidian
Indo-European family of languages?
Hindi RRB NTPC CBT - II (17/06/2022) Shift 2
Q.4. ______ is one of the languages in
hichthedenominationisprintedonthe
w (a) Italic (b) Celtic
Dadra and Nagar Haveli (Hindi and (c) Germanic (d) Finno-Ugric
reverse of a contemporary Indian
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1985 - Kamala Das (“Collected Poems”), English Award Winners - Mathematical Sciences - Komaravolu
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(b) Rabindranath Tagore (a) 1954 (b) 1950 (c) 1956 (d) 1958 Sikiru Adepoju and Giovanni Hidalgo.
(c) Mahatma Gandhi Selection Post 03/08/2022 (Shift - 4 )
(d) Albert John Lutuli .10. Whoamongthefollowingwasthe
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(a) Ravi Shastri (b) Yogeshwar Dutt (b) Dwarka Nath Tagore 2001?
(c) MS Dhoni (d) Sachin Tendulkar (c) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee SSC MTS 07/07/2022 (Evening)
(d) Abanindranath Tagore (a) Asha Bhosle (b) Ali Akbar Khan
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as been given in the field of
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(c) Gravitational force (a) Raghuram Rajan (b) Sandra Rotman (a) Sunidhi Chauhan (b) Lata Mangeshkar
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(a) Amartya Sen (a) Nobel peace prize (b) Bharat Ratna (a) Ustad Ali Akbar Khan
(b) C. V. Raman (c) Olympic medal (d) Gallantry award (b) Hariprasad Chaurasia
(c) Kailash Satyarthi (c) Madurai Shanmukhavadivu
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ooker Prize established?
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SSC CHSL 16/03/2023 (3rd Shift)
the first Dr Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (a) Padma Bhushan (b) Bharat Ratna
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terrorist attacks ? SSC MTS 21/07/2022 (Evening)
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handra Roy Award given
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chessboard. It consists of 1 king, 1 teams switch sides at halftime.
queen, 2 rooks, 2 bishops, 2 knights, 8
pawns on both sides of the chess board. erminologies - Raid, Live,Cant,Broken
T
Cant, Hu-Tu-Tu, Super Tackle, Super
erminologies - Stalemate, Checkmate,
T Raid, Do or Die Raid, Lona, Raider,
Bishop, Gambit, Castling. Struggle, etc.
Trophies- NaiduTrophy,KhaitanTrophy, rophies - The Pro Kabaddi League,
T
imca Trophy, Linares City Trophy.
L Kabaddi World Cups.
Badminton Basketball
It is also known as Poona or Poonah
It was invented in 1891 by Canadian
after the garrison town of Poona. India
-American gym teacherJamesNaismith
joined the Badminton World Federation
in Springfield, Massachusetts, United
(1934) as an affiliate in 1936.
States.
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B hauhan of Haryana, India, was a
C olf is a club-and-ball sport in which
G
long and 15 m wide. Team has 12 Founder of ‘Handball Federation of India. playersusevariousclubstohitballsinto
players, with five playersonthecourtat Handballisplayedbetweentwoteamsof a series of holes on a course inasfew
any given time.PlayingTime-4Quarter 7 or 11playerswhotrytothroworhita strokes as possible.
× 10 minutes (FIBA) and 4Quarter×12 ball into a goal at either end of a
minutes(NBA).Themaximumnumberof rectangularplayingareawhilepreventing erminologies - Ace, Albatross, Birdie,
T
points one can score is 4 points. their opponents from doing so. Bunker, Double eagle, Eagle, Block,
Bounce Back, Club-face, Drive, Fairway,
erminologies - Slam dunk, Full-court
T Wrestling Turkey, Address.
press, Alley-oop, Jump shot, Playmaker,
Point guard, Hoopster, Sixth man, free ItwasdevelopedbyancientGreeksasa rophies- FedEx Cup, Canada Cup,
T
throw, Bonus, Dribbling, Cherry Picking, way to train soldiers in hand-to-hand Colombo Cup, Prince of Wales Cup,
Overhead Pass, Underhand Pass. combat and m ilitary exercises. The first Eisenhower Cup,RyderCup,WalkerCup,
national wrestling tournament was Topolino Trophy, Nomura Trophy,
Trophies - Larry O’Brien Championship hosted in New York City in 1888.Types Solheim Cup, Inter-Continental Cup,
rophy, Bangalore Blues Challenge Cup,
T of wrestling: Freestyle, Greco-Roman. Muthiah Gold Cup, President's Cup,
Basalat Jha Trophy, S.M. Arjuna Raja Sumo Wrestling originated in Japan. Waterford Crystal Trophy.
Trophy, Todd memorial Trophy, William
JonesCup,B.C.GuptaTrophy, WalterA. akedown (2 points), Escape (1 point),
T Hockey
Brown Trophy, Bob Cousy Trophy,Oscar Reversal(2points),NearFall(2pointsif
Robertson Trophy, Maurice Podoloff lasts for 2 seconds or 3 points if, lasts heInternationalHockeyFederationwas
T
Trophy, Nat "Sweetwater" CliftonTrophy, for 5 seconds), Penalty Points (1 or 2 established in Paris in1924,initiatedby
Wayne Embry Trophy, Earl Lloyd Trophy, points). Paul Leautey. IndianHockeyFederation
Willis Reed Trophy, Sam Jones Trophy, (IHF) was formed in 1925.
Chuck Cooper Trophy. Terminologies -Bridge,DangerPosition,
Passivity, Technical Fall. erminologies - Striking Circle, Scoop,
T
Snooker Back stick, 16 yard hit, Field hockey,
Advancing, Hockey stick interference,
Squash
It originated in the second half of the Undercutting, Sticks, Sudden death,
19th century in India. Quarterback, Penalty Corner.
Itisaracketandballsportplayedbytwo
It includes 22 objectballs(15redand6 rfourplayersinafour-walledcourtwith
o rophies-AghaKhanCup,BeightonCup,
T
colored balls) and one cue ball. Players a small, hollow, rubber ball. The Dhyan Chand Trophy, Sultan of Johor
havetopotaredballfirst,followedbya International SquashRacketsFederation Cup, Essandre Champions Cup, Guru
coloredball,aredball,acoloredball,and (ISRF) was formed in 1967, its name Nanak Championship, Modi Gold Cup,
so on. T he red-colored sequence being changed in 1992 to the World Murugappa Gold Cup, Nehru Trophy,
continuesuntilalloftheballshavebeen Squash Federation (WSF). RangaswamiCup,RanjitSinghGoldCup,
pocketed. Sahni Trophy, Scindia Gold Cup,Tommy
Chaupar Eman Gold Cup, Indira Gold Cup,
erminologies - B
T ackspin, Cushion, Kuppuswamy Naidu Trophy, Lady Ratan
Break Shot, In-Of, Scratch, Jigger, Cue, Chaupar, Chopad, orChaupadisacross Tata Trophy, MCC Trophy, Allwyn Asia
Stroke. nd circle board game very similar to
a Cup,SultanAzlanShahCup,GuruNanak
pachisi, played in India. The board is Cup, Gyanwati Devi Trophy, Khan Abdul
Swimming made of wool or cloth, with wooden Gaffar Khan Cup, Sanjay GandhiTrophy,
pawnsandsevencowryshellstobeused Shriram Trophy, Yadavindra cup.
It is an aquatic sport that requires the to determine each player's move,
useofone'sentirebodytomovethrough although others distinguish Chaupar Cricket
the water. WorldAquaticswasformerly from pachisi by the use of three
known as FINA (Federation four-sided long dice. Thefirstknowngameinwhichtheteams
Internationale de natation or sed county names wasin1709.Itwas
u
International Swimming Federation) Outdoor Sports popular and widely documented in
established on 19 July 1908. The England during 1700. The first
Swimming Federation of India(SFI)was international cricket game was played
Golf
formed in 1948. between the USA and Canada in 1844.
The first-ever official international Test
It originated in 15th-century Scotland.
erminologies - Tumble turn, Dolphin
T matchwasplayedbetweenAustraliaand
he18-holeroundwascreatedattheOld
T
Kick, Freestyle, Breaststroke, Butterfly. England at Melbourne in 1877. Thefirst
CourseatStAndrew'sin1764.Golf's(the
Indian Cricket club named the Parsee
world's oldest tournament) first major
OrientalCricketClubwasfoundedinthe
Handball tournament is the Open Championship
year 1848 and they played their first
(BritishOpen)wasfirstplayedin1860at
match in Mumbai.
International Amateur Handball the Prestwick Golf Club in Ayrshire,
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onafieldis11.Thecricketpitchis20.12 The standard soccer/football goal onsists of 12 players, but during a
c
eters (22 yards) in length and 3.05
m imensions are 24ft (7.32 metres) wide
d contest, only 9 players from each team
meters(3.33yards)inwidth.Thecricket and8ft(2.44metres)highwhichmeans take the field.
ball weighs 163 grams. the goal is 192 square feet. Both
goalposts and the crossbar have the Volleyball
batsmancanbegivenoutin10ways-
A same width and depthof12cm.Penalty
Caught,bowled,LBW(legbeforewicket), markfromthemidpointofthegoalpost It was originally called Mintonette and
stumped, hit wicket, run out, timed out, in football is 11m. All free kicks and as invented in 1895 by William G.
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handled the ball, obstructing the field, cornersaredirectandoppositionplayers Morgon. The Volleyball Federation of
and hit the ball twice. must be 3 meters away from kick-in. India (VFI) was formed in the year 1951.
Minimum length of a cricket bat is 38 Terminologies - Direct free kick, Set, olleyballcourtdimensionsare18mby
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inchesand4.25incheswide.Thecricket olley, Service line, Header, Free Kick,
V 9 m. There are 2 teams of six players
ball must weighbetween155.9and163 Penalty Kick, Hat-trick, Video Assistant each.Theantennaisaflexiblerod,1.8m
g and the circumference should be Referees, Goal, Comebacker, Long out, long and 10mm in diameter.
between224and229mm.8.81inches- Sidearmer, Stopper, Off-Side, Trapping,
9inchesistheaveragecircumferenceof Blooper, Bunt, Booking. each volleyball is a team sportplayed
B
the standard cricket ball ininternational by twoteamsoftwoormoreplayerson
cricket.Theheightofstumpsincricketis rophies - Durand Cup, Rovers Cup,
T a sand court divided by a net. Beach
28 inches. 1.22 m is the distance SantoshTrophy,SubrotoMukherjeeCup, Volleyball court dimensions are 16m by
between the stumps and the popping DrB.C.RoyTrophy,SriKrishnaGoldCup, 8m.
crease at the same end of a Cricket Stafford Cup, Todd Memorial Trophy,
pitch. BegumHazratMahalTrophy,NixonGold erminologies - Free Throw, Ace,
T
Cup,SanjayGoldCup,BandodkarTrophy, Back-one, Bump (a common term for
erminologies - Off break, Mankading,
T Chakola Gold Trophy, Colombo Cup, forearm passing in volleyball), Carry,
Follow-on, Fine leg, Mid Wicket, Gully, Kalinga Cup, Scissor Cup, Vittal Trophy. Cross, Cut, Dump, Dink (a legal push of
Third-man, Googly, Short-pitched, Full theballaroundoroverblockers),Floater,
toss, Square leg, Yorker, Wicket, Pitch, opFootballtrophiesintheWorld:-FIFA
T four-two, five-one, Six Pack, Double
Bye,Beamer,Seamer,Hitwicket,legbye, World Cup Trophy, UEFA Champions Block,JumpServe,Wipe,Powertip,Side
Chinaman, Pavilion, Maiden over, No ball. League, UEFA European Championship out, Slide, Penetration.
Trophy, Copa America, FA Cup, Premier
Trophies:-SayedMustaqAliTrophy,C.K. League Trophy, La Liga Trophy, Africa Trophies - Centennial Cup, Federation
aidu Trophy, Cooch Behar Trophy,
N Cup of Nations, Confederations Cup, up, Indira Pradhan Trophy, Shivanthi
C
Deodhar Trophy, Duleep Trophy, G. D. Copa del Rey, Concacaf Gold Cup. Gold Cup.
BirlaTrophy,GhulamAhmedTrophy,lrani
Trophy, Moin Ud Dowla Gold Cup, Rani
Polo Judo
Jhansi Trophy, Ranji Trophy, Reliance
Cup, Rohinton BariaTrophy,SaharaCup,
It was developed and formalized in It originated in Japan. Jigoro Kano was
Benson and Hedges cup, ICC
ancient Iran as chovganorChogan.The t hefoundingfatherofJudoin1882. The
Champions Trophy, ICC World Cup,
modern game of polo is derived from Judo Federation of India (JFI) was
Charminar Challenge Cup, Gillette Cup,
Manipur, wherethegamewasknownas formed in India in 1965. The first
Pataudi Trophy, Frank Worrell Trophy,
'SagolKangjei','Kanjai-bazee',or'Pulu'.It NationalJudoChampionshipwasheldin
Southern Cross Trophy, Sir Vivian
is a ball game played on horseback, a 1966 at Hyderabad.
Richards Trophy, Clive Lloyd Trophy,
traditionalfieldsport.Eachteamhasfour
Warne–Muralitharan Trophy, The
mounted riders, and the game usually I cehockey: Itisateamsportplayedon
FreedomTrophy,Sobers–TisseraTrophy,
lasts one to two hours, divided into iceskates,usuallyonaniceskatingrink
Benaud –Qadir Trophy.
periods called chukkas or chukkers. It with lines and markings specific to the
has been called the sport of kings. sport. It belongs to hockey.
Football
Terminologies - Reins, Bump, Hook, Cycling
It was introduced in the nineteenth nock-in, Mallet/Stick, Out-of-bounds.
K
century. Football Association Challenge
It consists of professional and amateur
Cup (the world’s oldest football rophies -Ezra Cup, Maharaj Prithi Singh
T races.Cyclingasasportofficiallybegan
championship) was started in 1872. In Baria Cup, Prithi Singh Cup, Radha on May 31, 1868. Cycle sport is a
1888, the ‘Durand Cup’ (the Mohan Cup, Westchester Cup. competitive physical activity using
second-oldest football tournament in the
bicycles. Thereareseveralcategoriesof
world) was started in Shimla (India).
FIFA recommendations for field Kho-Kho bicycle racing including road bicycle
racing,cyclo-cross,mountainbikeracing,
dimensions in professional football are
he modern form of Kho-Kho was
T track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway.
105 metres in length a
nd 68 meters in
shaped by the Deccan Gymkhana of Terminologies - Time trial, Sprint, Point
width. The maximum numberofplayers
Pune. The Kho-Kho Federation was Race, Swing off.
thatcanbeonthefieldduringafootball
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Track and Field event here arefourmaintypesofsurfacefor
T hop is used in Triple Jump.
tennis courts: Grass, clay, hard and
rack Event: All running events come
T artificial grass. he marathon race distance must be
T
under it. Classification of Track Events: greater than or equal to 26 miles 385
Short Distance Races (100 m), Middle FourGrandSlamtournamentsofTennis: yards (42.195 Km).
Distance Races (800 m), Long Distance he Australian and US Open use hard
T
Races (3000 m steeplechase). courts, The French Open is played on Half marathon– 21.1km (13.1 miles)
clay, and Wimbledon (Oldest, 1877) is
ield Event: The jumping and throwing
F played on grass. Ultramarathon: Longer than 42.2km /
events are called field events. 6.2 miles.
2
Classification of Field Events: Jumping Trophies - Edgbaston Cup, Wimbledon
Events and Throwing Events. Jumping rophy,GrandPrix,WightmanCup,Thant
T he four throwing events are: discus,
T
Events: Long Jump, High Jump, Triple Cup, Rajendra Prasad Cup, and Davis hammer throw, javelin and shot put.
Jump,PoleVault.ThrowingEvents:Shot Cup, Barna Bellack Cup, Jaylaxmi Cup
Put, Discus Throw, Javelin Throw, (Women's), RamanujanTrophy,BilliJean avelin throw - a head, a shaft, and a
J
Hammer Throw. King Cup Tennis (Women), Australian cord grip. The men's javelin mustweigh
Open, French Open, US Open, Heineken atleast800grams (1.8pounds)andbe
elay Races: They are team events. In
R Cup, Hopman Cup, Tata Open, Ambre 260 cm ( 102.4 inches) long while the
this race, four runners completeagiven Solaire Cup, Evert Cup, Ghafar Cup, women'sjavelinmustweigh600gandbe
distance. Each relay team needs four Watson’s Water Trophy. minimum 220 cm (86.6 inches) long.
runners. Each runner runs a quarter of
the running track while holding abaton. oxing - Western boxing (Pugilism)isa
B Discus Throw-Weightofmetaldiscfor
Tworunnerswillexchangethebatononly combat sport in which two people, omen of the Discus Throw’ event ’ is
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in a given exchange zone mark in track. usually wearing protective gloves and 1kg.2kgformen(22cmindiameter)and
otherprotectiveequipmentsuchashand 1 kg (18cm in diameter) for women, as
wraps and mouthguards,throwpunches far as possible while remaininginsidea
Other Sports
at each other for a predetermined 2.5-metre diameter circle.
amountoftimeinaboxingring.Thefirst
Lawn Tennis governing body for boxing in India, the
Sports Personalities
Bombay Presidency Amateur Boxing
The Open Era in tennis began in 1968 Federation was formed in Mumbai in
hen the Grand Slam tournaments
w 1925. Cricket
agreed to allow professional players to
compete with amateurs. ijay Hazare : The Indian domestic
V
eight Lifting - The snatchisthefirst
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cricketcircuit’sone-daychampionshipis
of two lifts contested in the sport of
erminologies - Ace, Service Break,
T knownastheVijayHazareTrophynamed
weightlifting followed by the clean and
Deuce, Smash, Backhand, Slice, Stroke. after him by the Board of Control for
jerk.
Cricket in India (BCCI).
ennis court Dimensions - The court is
T
rchery- Arrows are used in this game.
A
23.77m long and for singles matches, SrinivasaraghavanVenkataraghavan:He
Thehighestscoreforasinglearrowis10
8.23m wide. For doubles matches the as the captain of the Indian cricket
w
for hitting the inner gold ring, while the
court is 10.97m wide. team intheinauguralworldcupin1975,
least (for hitting the outer white ring)is
andin1979.Helaterbecameanumpire
one point.
hecourtisdividedintotwoequalareas
T on the EliteInternationalCricketCouncil
by a net suspended by a cord or metal (ICC) Test panel.
Mountaineering- Equipmentusedinthis
cableattachedtotwonetposts.Thenet
- Bolt, Climbing pack, Rope, Helmet,
is 1.07m high. Kapil Dev: He is also known as the
Harness (with adjustable leg loops),
“ HaryanaHurricane”.Indiawonthe1983
Crampons, Ice axe (with leash),
he first point scored afterthedeuceis
T Cricket World Cup under his captaincy.
Belay/rappel device, Pulley.
knownasanAdvantage.‘Advantagein’is Awards: the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame
the server's point. ‘Advantageout’isthe (2010), Padma Shri (1982), Padma
unning- These events include: Sprints
R
score when the receiver wins the next Bhushan (1991).
(100m, 200m, 400m), Middle distance
point after the deuce.
(800m, 1500m), Long distance (3000m
Lala Amarnath Bharadwaj: He became
Steeplechase,5000m,10,000m),Hurdles
he singles court is made wider for
T t hefirstplayertoscoreacenturyforthe
(110/100m, 400m), Relays (4 x100m, 4 x
doubles play by the addition of thealley. Indian national cricket team in Test
400m, mixed 4 x 400m).
A tennis match is composed of points, cricket.
games, and sets. Tennis is played in
ap scorer countsthelapintherunning
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points: Four points win a game, six avi Shastri: He is a cricket
R
events.
games win a set, and two or threesets commentator and former captain and
winamatch.Asetconsistsofanumber former head coach oftheIndianCricket
heTriplejump(thehop,skipandjump)
T
of games (a minimum of six). Team. He scored six sixes in an over
is a track and field event. Whiteflag-a
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fair jump. Red Flag - a foul jump. The
year 1984 in a Ranji Trophy match
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between Bombay and Baroda. Awards: Gautam Gambhir: He played an integral eeraj Chopra: He is the first Asian
N
rjuna Award for Cricket (1984).
A art in India's wins in the finals of both
p athlete to win an Olympicgoldmedalin
the 2007 T20 World Cup and the 2011 Men's Javelin throw. Awards : Arjuna
AnilKumble:Hebecameonlythesecond Cricket World Cup. He had ahighest97 Award (2018), Major Dhyan Chand Khel
owler in Test history to pick up all 10
b runsintheMen'sworldcupfinalin2011. RatnaAward(2021),PadmaShri(2022).
wicketsinaninnings againstPakistanat Awards: Padma Shri (2019), Arjuna Army Sports Institute (ASI) stadium of
theFerozShahKotlaStadium(nowArun Award (2008). Pune cantonment was renamed "Neeraj
JaitleyStadium)inDelhi. Awards:Arjuna Chopra Stadium" by Defence Minister
award (1995), Padma Shri (2005), and Virat Kohli: He became the fastest Rajnath Singh on 27 August 2021.
ICC Cricket Hall of Fame ( 2015). atsman in history to reach 20,000
b
internationalruns. Awards:ArjunaAward Deepa Malik: She isaParaAthlete.She
unil Manohar Gavaskar: He was the
S (2013), Padma Shri (2017),RajivGandhi isthefirstIndianwomantowinamedal
first Test cricket player to make over Khel Ratna award (2018). at the Paralympics. She won the silver
10,000 runs. He was inducted into the medalintheshotputin2016Paralympic
ICCCricketHallofFamein2009.Award: Rohit Sharma (Hitman): He is the first Games. Awards and honours: Arjuna
Padma Bhushan (1980). Indiancricketertohavetwincenturiesin Award (2012), President Role Model
hismaidenappearanceasaTestopener. Award(2014),PadmaShriAward(2017),
ahul Sharad Dravid: He is former
R He became the first batsman to score Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award
captainoftheIndiannationalteam.Heis fivecenturiesinasingleWorldCup.Heis (2019).
colloquially known as Mr. Dependable the highest scorer w ith 264 in ODI.
and often referred to as “The Wall”. Awards: Arjuna Award (2015), Major ilavullakandi Thekkeraparambil Usha
P
Awards : Arjuna Award (1998), Padma Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna (2020). (PT Usha): She has won 4 Asian gold
Shri (2004), Padma Bhushan (2013). medalsand7Silvermedals.Sheisoften
Yuzvendra Chahal: The only Indian to associatedasthe"QueenofIndiantrack
aurav Ganguly (Dada): Heispopularly
S r epresent the nation in chess and cricket. and field".Awards:ArjunaAward(1983),
called as Maharaja of Indian Cricket. Padma Shri (1985).
Award: Padma Shri in 2004. Female players
utee Chand: She is the first Indian to
D
achin Tendulkar (Master Blaster): He
S Mithali Dorai Raj: She is the highest win a gold medal in 100m race in a
made his Test match debut on 15 r un-scorer in women's international global competition.
November 1989 against Pakistan in cricket. Awards: Arjuna Award (2003),
Karachiattheageof16.Hebecamethe Padma Shri (2015), and Major Dhyan Hima Das (Dhing Express): She is an
firstbatsmantomakea100international Chand Khel Ratna (2021). Indian sprinterfromthestateofAssam.
centuries. 100th century - Against She is the first Indian athlete to win a
Bangladesh in 2012. He is the highest HarmanpreetKaur:Shewasawardedthe gold medal in a track event at theIAAF
runscorerwith673runsinasingleWorld restigious Arjuna Award for Cricket in
p World U20 Championships. Award:
Cup. He scored his first ODI century in the year 2017 Arjuna Award (2018).
his 79th match. Awards: Arjuna Award
(1994), Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award eepti Sharma: She is the only Indian
D Hockey
(1997-98), Padma Shri (1999), spinner to take six wickets in Women's
Maharashtra Bhushan Award (2001), One Day International Cricket. ajorDhyanChand(‘WizardofHockey’):
M
Padma Vibhushan (2008),BharatRatna Three Olympic gold medals, in 1928,
Award (2014). Smriti Shriniwas Mandhana: She plays 1932and1936,duringanerawhereIndia
f or Indian Women's National Cricket dominated field hockey.
irendra Sehwag: He became the first
V team.
Indian batsman to scoreatriplecentury ani Rampal: Under hercaptaincy,India
R
on 29 March 2004 againstPakistan.He orld cup victory by Indian Captain in
W finished 4th position at Tokyo Olympics
maderecordsofthehighestscoremade ODIandT20:1983ODIMen'sworldcup 2020. Awards: Major Dhyan Chand Khel
by anIndianinTestcricket(319against - Kapil Dev, 2007 T20 Men'sworldcup- Ratna (2020), Padma Shri (2020).
South Africa), and fastest triple century MS Dhoni, 2011 Men's ODI world cup -
in the history of international cricket MS Dhoni. PRSreejesh:HeismemberoftheIndian
(reached300offonly278balls).Awards ational team's bronze medalwinatthe
n
- Arjuna Award (2002), Padma Shri 2020 Summer Olympics men's field
Athletes
(2010). hockeytournament.Awards:KhelRatna
Milkha Singh: He isalsoknownas"The Award (2021).
ahendra Singh Dhoni: India won the
M
lyingSikh".Heistheonlyathletetowin
F
2007ICCWorldTwenty-Twentyand2011 rithipalSingh:Hewasamemberofthe
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gold at 400 meters at theAsianGames
ODI Cricket World Cup and 2013 ICC Indian national team that won a gold
as well as the Commonwealth Games.
Champions Trophy under his captaincy. medal at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
Healsowongoldmedalsinthe1958and
Awards: PadmaBhushan(2018),Padma Awards:Thefirst-everArjunaAwardtoa
1962AsianGames.Awards-PadmaShri
Shri (2009), Major Dhyanchand Khel hockey player was conferred to him in
(1959), Bharat Gaurav Award (2016)
Ratna award (2007–08). 1961. Padma Shri (1967).
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E
axman, Krishan Bahadur Pathak.
L knownbyhisnickname“Pele”.Hewasa
ania Mirza: She won six major titles -
S Brazilian professional footballer. He is
Boxer Three in women's doubles, Three in known as ‘The BlackPearl’,‘TheKingof
mixed doubles. Awards: Arjuna Award Football’.
Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom (Mary (2004), Padma Shri(2006),MajorDhyan
Famous football players in India/world:
om) : ShebelongstoManipur.Shewas
K Chand Khel Ratna (2015), Padma
Bhushan (2016). anitombi Singh (Manipur), Atanu
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given the title ‘Magnificent Mary' by the
Bhattacharya,NevilleStephenJ.D'Souza,
International Boxing Association (AIBA).
Leander Paes: He holds the record for Pradip Kumar Banerjee, Cristiano
The Government of Manipur has
t hemostdoubleswinsintheDavisCup. Ronaldo (Portugal), Diego Maradona
conferred on her the title "Meethoi
He won eight men's doubles and ten (Argentina), Lionel Messi (Argentine),
Leima".FirstIndianfemaleboxertowina
mixed doubles Grand S lam titles. David Beckham (England), N eymar
gold medal in the Asian Gamesin2014
Awards: Major Dhyan Chand KhelRatna (Brazil), Sadio Mane (Senegal), Kylian
and gold at the 2018 Commonwealth
award (1996–97), Arjuna Award (1990), Mbappe(France),PaoloRoss(Italy),etc.
Games. She is the only boxer (male or
Padma Shri award (2001), Padma Some Indian female footballers - Shanti
female)towineightWorldChampionship
Bhushan (2014). Leander Paes and Mullick, Ngangom Bala Devi, Aditi
medals.Thisincludes6gold,1silverand
Mahesh Bhupathi become the first Chauhan,AshalataDevi,OinamBembem
1 bronze medal.ShebaggedtheBronze
IndianstowinadoubleseventataGrand Dev(Manipur).
Medal in 2012 London Summer
Olympics. Slam.
Chess
wards and Honors-PadmaVibhushan
A MaheshBhupathi:ThefirstIndiantowin
(2020), Padma Bhushan (2013), Major Grand Slam title. He won at the2006
a ivyaDeshmukh:SheisanIndianchess
D
Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award (2009), Australian Openmixeddoubles.Awards: Woman GrandmasterfromMaharashtra.
Padma Shri (2006), Arjuna Award in Padma Shri (2001). SheisNationalWomanChessChampion
2003. (2022). She is also an individualbronze
Famous tennis players: Ramanathan medal winner at FIDE Olympiad (2022).
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L rishnan, Rohan Bopanna, Somdev
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boxer from Assam. She won a bronze Devvarman, Vijay Amritraj, Niki oneru Humpy: She is an Indian chess
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medalatthe2020OlympicGamesinthe Poonacha, Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan, player.Sheisbestknownforwinningthe
women's welterweight event. Awards: Ankita Raina, Rajeev Ram(USA),Sarena FIDEWomen'srapidchesschampionship
Arjuna Award (2020), Khel Ratna Award Williams (USA), Steffi Graf in 2019. Awards and honors: Asia's
(2021). (Germany),Rafael Nadal and Carlos youngest Woman International Master
Alcaraz (Spain), Daniil Medvedev (1999), India's youngest Woman
ijender Singh: He became the first
V (Russia), Novak Djokovic (Serbian). Grandmaster (2001), Arjuna Award
Indian boxer to be ranked first in the (2003), Padma Shri (2007).
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federation (AIBA) ranking in 2009. He RameshbabuPraggnanandhaa:Heisan
became the first Indian boxer to winan IndianchessgrandmasterfromChennai,
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professional footballer and first-class
2008 Beijing Olympics). Award: Padma YoungestInternationalmasterattheage
cricketer.On15January2020,IndiaPost
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grandmaster from India in 1988. Minor
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legend and First grandmaster
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Thapa (Assam), Mohammed Ali Qamar Bengaluru and the India national team.
Center. Awards and Honors: Arjuna
(West Bengal), Pradip Singh Sihag Awards: Arjuna Award (2011), Padma
Award (1985), Padma Shri (1988), Rajiv
(Haryana), Devendro Singh (Manipur), Shri (2019), Khel Ratna Award (2021).
Gandhi Khel Ratna Award (1991–1992),
Akhil Kumar (Uttar pradesh), Jitendra
Padma Bhushan (2001), Padma
Kumar (Haryana). Muhammad Ali and Bhaichung Bhutia: He is often
Vibhushan (2008).
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boxer) becauseofhisshootingskillsinfootball.
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Champion, and six-time World Blitz
Devi (Manipur), Lekha KC (Kerala), Jenny known by the nickname “Kalo Harin”
Chess Champion.
Lalremliani (Mizoram). (Blackbuck). Awards: Arjuna Award
(2002).
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askaran, Krishnan Sasikiran, Sankalp
B hand Khel Ratna (2020), Arjuna Award
C Pradesh), Pooja Dhanda (Haryana).
Gupta, Peter Svidler (Russia), etc. (2018).
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Indianmaleshuttlertowinasilvermedal (2019), Khel Ratna Award (2022). and the British Open title ten times. He
intheBWFWorldChampionships(2021). was First player to win the World Open
Awards: Padma Shri (2018), Arjuna oumaDas:SheisaTableTennisplayer
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Award (2015). from Kolkata, West Bengal. Awards: He Played the longest squash match in
Arjuna Award(2013),PadmaShriAward history (2 hours, 46 minutes).
rakashPadukone:HeisaformerIndian
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badminton player. He became the first Joshna Chinappa: She was the first
Indian to win the All England Open amous table tennis players in India:
F Indian to win the British Junior Squash
Badminton Championships in 1980. SoumyajitGhosh(WestBengal),Archana Championship title in 2005 in the
Awards:Arjunaaward(1973,PadmaShri Kamath, Poulomi Ghatak, Sutirtha under-19categoryandwastheyoungest
(1982). Mukherjee, Neha Aggarwal, Ankita Das, Indian women's national champion.
Soumyajit Ghosh, Anthony Amalraj,
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Indian badminton player from Manika Batra, Sharath Kamal. Dipika Pallikal, Saurav Ghosal, Abhay
Hyderabad. She is the first and only Singh, Anahat Singh, Harinder Sandhu,
Indian to become the badminton world Wrestler Sunayna Kuruvilla, Ritwik Bhattacharya,
champion in 2019. She is the second VikramMalhotra,RamitTandon,Jahangir
individual athlete from India to win two Vinesh Phogat: She became the first Khan, Jansher Khan, Peter Nicol, Geoff
consecutive medals at the Olympic Indian woman wrestler to win gold in Hunt,JonathanPower,ChrisDittmar,F.D.
Games. Awards: Arjuna Award in2013, both Commonwealth and Asian Games. Amr Bey, Nicol David (Malaysia).
Padma Shri in 2015, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Awards: Major Dhyan Chand KhelRatna
Ratna in 2016, Padma Bhushan in 2020. (2020), Arjuna Award (2016) and She Shooting
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badminton player. He won the All Awards in 2019. lympic gold medallist, retired sport
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second Indian to achieve this feat after Indian flag at the opening ceremony of Medal (2008). Awards: Arjuna award
Prakash Padukone. He runs the 2012 London Olympicsandwonasilver (2000),PadmaBhushan(2009),andBlue
Gopichand Badminton Academy in medal. Hewonthegoldmedalinthe74 Cross (2018), highestshootinghonorby
Hyderabad,Telangana.Foundedin2008. kg division at the 2014 Commonwealth International Shooting Sport Federation.
Awards: Arjuna Award (1999), Major Games. Awards: M ajor Dhyan Chand
Dhyan Chand KhelRatna(2001),Padma Khel Ratna (2009),ArjunaAward(2005), anu Bhaker: She is an Indian Shooter
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Shri (2005), Dronacharya Award (2009), Padma Shri (2011). fromHaryana.SheistheyoungestIndian
Padma Bhushan (2014), Rashtriya Khel torepresentIndiaatthe2018ISSFWorld
Protsahan Puruskar (2013). Sakshi Malik: She became the first Cupandwontwogoldmedals.Shewon
Indian female wrestler to win a bronze the gold medal in thewomen's10mair
aina Nehwal: She has won 24
S medal in the 58 kg category at the pistol event at 2018 Commonwealth
international titles, which includes ten Olympics. Awards: Padma Shri (2017), Games at the age of 16.
Superseries titles. She has represented Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna (2016).
India three times in the Olympics, Singhraj Adhana: He is an Indian
winning a bronze medal in her second hashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav: He was
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ArjunaAward(2009),PadmaShri(2010), an Indian freestyle wrestler. Bestknown bronze medal in the Men's P1 10meter
Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna for winning a bronze medal atthe1952 air pistol SH1 at the 2020 Summer
(2009–2010), Padma Bhushan (2016). Summer Olympics in Helsinki. He was Paralympics.
Famous Indian Badminton players: the first athlete from independent India
Tasnim Mir, Tanya Hemant, Unnati to win an individual medal in the eena Sidhu: She is the first Indian
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Hooda, Rajeev Bagga, Ami Ghia Shah, Olympics. Award: Arjuna Award (2000). pistol shooter to reach number one in
Jwala Gutta, Bhamidipati Sai Praneeth, world rankings. She is the finals World
Syed Modi, Lakshya Sen, Lin Dan (China) ther Famous Wrestler: Geeta Phogat,
O recordholderwithafinalscoreof203.8.
BabitaPhogat,BajrangPunia,Yogeshwar Award: Arjuna Award (2014).
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medalatthe2020TokyoOlympicsinthe set a record in open swimming in famous Indian Golfers include Anirban
Women's 49 kg category.Awards:Major Antarctic waters. Lahiri, Jyoti Randhawa, Shubhankar
Dhyan Chand KhelRatna(2018),Padma Sharma,JeevMilkhaSingh,andSharmila
Shri (2018). Mihir Sen: He was the first Indian Nicollet.
wimmer to swim across the English
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A swimtheoceansofthefivecontinentsin Tvesa Malik, Arjun Atwal, Jeev Milkha
womantowinamedalattheOlympicsin one calendar year. Awards: Padma Shri S ingh, Gaurav Ghei, Ali Sher, Jyoti
2000. Awards: Arjuna Award (1994), (1959), Padma Bhushan (1967). Randhawa,ShivKapur,AmanRaj,Rashid
Padma Shri (1999), Major Dhyan Chand Khan, Chikkarangappa S, Karandeep
KhelRatnaAward(1994-95).Atthe2000 Arati Saha: She was an Indian-Bengali Kochhar,UdayanMane,AjeeteshSandhu,
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kg in the "snatch" and 130 kg in the AsianwomantoswimacrosstheEnglish
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240 kg and won the bronze medal.
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J winning Olympian medal player, having is the first Indian fencer to ever qualify
weightlifter from Aizawl, Mizoram. He 28 (23 gold, 3 silver, and 2 bronze) for the Olympics after qualifying forthe
represented India in the 2018 Summer medals in both individual and team 2020 Summer Olympics. Award: Arjuna
YouthOlympicsinBuenosAires.Hewon events.BeneaththeSurfaceisabookby Award (2021).
the gold medal in the Boys' 62 kg him. He won eight gold medals at the
category weightlifting with a lift of 274 2008 Beijing Games. Hisnicknamesare AjayThakur:Hewaspartofthenational
kg. It was India's first gold medalinthe “The Baltimore Bullet” and “The flying t eams which won 2016 Kabaddi World
Youth Olympic Games. fish”. Cup and gold medal at 2014 Asian
Games. Awards: Padma Shri (2019),
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F f amous swimmers in India/World: Arjuna Award (2019).
JeremyLalrinnunga,andDeepakLather, Gertrude CarolineEderle(firstwomanto
Rakhi Halder, Khumukcham Sanjita swim across the English Channel), ouaad Mirza : He is an Indian
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Chanu, Deepak Lather, Vikas Thakur. Matthew Webb first recorded person to equestrian (expert horseback rider). He
swimtheEnglishChannel),SadhviDhuri, becamethefirstIndianequestrianinthe
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and the first Indian equestrian to reach
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Arjuna Award(1962),PadmaShriAward ymnast of India who competed in the
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(1965), and Dronacharya Award (1996). Limba Ram: He is anIndianarcherwho Olympics. In her debut 2016 Summer
r epresented India in international Olympics, in the final she reached 4th
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snookerandbilliards.He wontheAsian 1992 at the Asian Archery becoming the first Indian female
Billiardstitleforthe8thtimein2022.He Championships in Beijing. gymnast to do so in the history of the
has won the International Billiards and Awards: Padma Shri Award (2012), Games. Awards: Major Dhyan Chand
SnookerFederation(IBSF)WorldBilliards Arjuna award (1992). Khel Ratna Award (2016), Padma Shri
Championship22times.Awards-Arjuna (2017).
Award (2003), Major Dhyan Chand Khel tanu: He is a professional Archery
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Ratna (2006), Padma Shri (2009) and player. He is husband of World No. 1
Sport Awards
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coaches in Sports and Games by the (Vikram Award, Vishwamitra Award). Haryana
“ Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports”.
The award comprises a bronze Cricket : Chaudhary Bansi Lal Cricket
statuette of Dronacharya, a certificate, Sports Stadium in India
tadium (Rohtak), Tau Devi LalStadium
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ceremonial dress, and a money prizeof (Gurgaon).
Rs 15 lakh (lifetime) and 10 Lakh Andhra Pradesh
(regular). Football: Nehru Stadium (Gurgaon),
ricket:
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Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award (Vijayawada), YS Raja Reddy Stadium
Himachal Pradesh
( Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award): (Kadapa), Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy
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sporting honour in India. It is awarded (Visakhapatnam).
Association Stadium (Dharamshala).
annuallybythe“MinistryofYouthAffairs
and Sports”. The award comprises a Assam
medallion, acertificate,andacashprize Maharashtra
ofRs.25lakh.Thefirstrecipient-Chess
ricket: Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Cricket
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Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand Cricket: Vidarbha Cricket Association
Stadium (Guwahati).
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Weightlifting: Karnam Malleswari Stadium (Nanded), Jawaharlal Nehru
(1994-95), Cricket: Sachin Tendulkar
Bihar Stadium (Pune).
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“Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports”. Breweries Ground (Margao), Bhausaheb
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stadium (London, England), The Oval mostly copper and another metal (such
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s Congress in October 1934. In 1946, he
called ‘Rabindra Sangeet’. He is also joined the InterimGovernmentofPandit
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45.(a) 46.(a) 47.(d) 48.(b) "Amar Shonar Bangla". He established He was subsequently awarded the
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in retirement at the Sadaqat Ashram in ebecamePrimeMinisterthricein1996,
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Indira Gandhi (2015) and Padma Vibhushan (1992). omeandreachedGermany.In1943,on
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he was Born on November 19, 1917.
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She was the daughter of Pt.Jawaharlal government. During his tenure as prime provincial government of free India in
Nehru.ShewasKnownasthe “IronLady minister, India carried outthePokhran-II Singapore and declared war on the
of India”. She got married to Feroze nuclear tests in 1998. He undertook a British Empire.
Gandhi on March 26, 1942andhadtwo bus journey to Lahore in 1999 tosigna The honorific title‘Netaji’wasfirstgiven
sons ( Rajiv Gandhi and Sanjay Gandhi). PeaceDeclarationalsoknownasLahore to Bose inGermanyinearly1942bythe
She was appointed as a Rajya Sabha Declaration on 21 February 1999. Indian soldiers. He established the Rani
member In 1964 . of Jhansi Regiment.
In January 1966, She became the first Lal Bahadur Shastri TheannualSubhasChandraBoseAapda
female Prime Minister of India. At the PrabandhanPuraskarhasbeeninstituted
beginning of her first term asthePrime e was born 2 October 1904 in
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Minister, media and opposition parties Mughalsarai, a small railway town near contribution and selfless service
criticized her as 'Goongi Gudiya'. She Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh.Heservedas rendered by individuals and
nationalized 14 largest banks inIndiain the second Prime Minister (1964-66) of organizations in India in the field of
1969. India. He received thebachelor’sdegree disaster management.
awarded to him by Vidya Peeth. The award is announced every year on
In1971,hegavetheslogan'GaribiHatao' 23rd January. It carries a cash prize of
in response to the opposition's 'Indira During his tenurethecountryalsofaced Rs.51lakhandacertificateincaseofan
Hatao' slogan. On June 25, 1975, She warwithPakistanin1965.Hegavethe
a institutionandRs.5lakhandacertificate
imposed a 21-month long emergency famousslogan‘JaiJawanJaiKisan’.His in case of an individual.
across India. Prime Ministership came to an abrupt
Awards and Recognitions: BharatRatna end on 10th January 1966 when he Bhagat Singh
(1971). TheSouthernmostpointofIndia suddenlyexpiredinTashkent(theninthe
'IndiraPoint'isnamedafterher.In2011, USSR and currently the capital of e was born on 28 September 1907 at
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Bangladesh Swadhinata Sammanona, Uzbekistan).Hewastheretodiscussand Banga in the Lyallpurdistrict(Presentin
Bangladesh's highest civilian awardwas sign an agreement (Tashkent Pakistan)inPunjab,BritishIndiainaSikh
conferred on her for her outstanding Agreement)withMuhammadAyubKhan, family. He joined the National College,
c ontributions in the Bangladesh thethenPresidentofPakistantoendthe Lahore in 1923 which was foundedand
liberation war in 1971. war. managed by Lala Lajpat Rai and Bhai
Awards and Recognitions: He was Parmanand.
Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel posthumouslyawardedtheBharatRatna
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H built for him in Delhi. became a member of the Hindustan
Nadiad, Gujarat. He was the first Home Republican Association, started by
Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of Subhas Chandra Bose Sachindranath Sanyal. In 1925, He
India.Healwaysrequestedthepeopleof returned to Lahore and within the next
India to live together by uniting (Ek e was born on 23 January 1897 in
H year he and his colleagues started a
Bharat) in order to create a foremost Cuttack,OrissaDivision,BengalProvince. militant youth organization called the
India(ShresthBharat).WomenofBardoli His Jayanti is celebrated as 'Parakram Naujawan Bharat Sabha.
bestowedthetitle‘Sardar’onVallabhbhai Diwas' on 23rd January. Hehadcleared
Patel, which means ‘a Chief or a Leader’. the Indian Civil Services (ICS) In1927,hewasfirstarrestedoncharges
examination.Hewashighlyinfluencedby of association with the Kakori Case. In
eplayedakeyroleintheintegrationof
H Vivekananda's teachingsandconsidered 1928, He changed the name of the
about565princelystatesintotheIndian him as his spiritual Guru. His political HindustanRepublicanAssociationtothe
Union by employing methods of Sama, mentor was Chittaranjan Das. Hindustan Socialist Republican
Dama, Dand and Bhed wherever Association (HSRA).Totakerevengefor
necessary.Heisalsoknownasthe“Iron ssociation:Heworkedastheeditorfor
A the death of Lala Lajpat Rai, heandhis
Man of India” . He is known as the Das’s newspaper “Forward", and later associates plotted the assassination of
“Bismarck ofIndia”. TheStatueofUnity started his own newspaper, Swaraj. He James A. Scott, the Superintendent of
is built in honor of him. won the congress presidential elections Police. However, the revolutionaries
at Haripura in 1938. Again in 1939 at mistakenly killed J.P. Saunders. The
incident is famously known as Lahore
Atal Bihari Vajpayee Tripuri,hewonthepresidentialelections
against Gandhi's candidate Pattabhi Conspiracy case (1929).
e was Born on December 25, 1924, in
H Sitarammayya. He founded a newparty,
'the Forward Bloc' on May 3, 1939. His e and B.K. Dutt threw a bomb on 8th
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hanged on 23rd March, 1931 in Lahore a 'kafir'.
along with Sukhdev and Rajguru. Healongwithotherleaderswasarrested
n August 8, 1942 and taken to
o He wrote a profound booklet titled
ecognitions: Chandigarh airportwillbe
R Ahmednagar Fort. An interim 'Asbab-e-Baghawat-e-Hind' (Reasons for
renamed after BhagatSinghasatribute government headed by him as Prime the Indian Revolt of1857). The British
to the great freedom fighter. Every year, Minister was formed. He was the first government bestowed upon him the
23rd March is observedasMartyrs’Day Prime Minister of India. The Order of the Star of India in 1869.
as a tribute to freedom fighters Bhagat Non-alignment movement (NAM) is
Singh, Sukhdev, and Rajguru. regarded as his greatest geopolitical Association: Muhammadan Anglo-
accomplishment. riental College (MAOC), which he
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Lala Lajpat Rai founded in 1875, was later renamed
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small village namedDhudikeinPunjab’s e was born on 25 December 1861 in
H 1864, in Aligarh .
Ferozepur district. He was also called Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. He was
‘Punjab Kesari’ and 'Lion of Punjab'. He president of the Indian National is biography - “Hayat-e-Javed” (1901),
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joined the Indian National Congress Congress four times. He was given the was published three years after his
(INC). Along with BipinChandraPaland title of ‘Mahamana’ byMahatmaGandhi death. Hewasawardedanhonorarylaw
Bal Gangadhar Tilak, he formed the and thesecondPresidentofIndia,Dr.S. degree by the University of Edinburgh.
Lal-Bal-Pal trio of extremist leaders. Radhakrishnan gave him thestatusofa
‘Karmayogi’. Jyotiba Phule
ssociation: He was influenced by
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Swami Dayananda Saraswati andjoined esetuptheGangaMahasabhain1905.
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the Arya Samaj in Lahore. He founded He was the founder of Akhil Bharatiya present-day Maharashtra. Major
Hindu Relief movement in 1897andthe Hindu Mahasabha (1915). He founded Publications: Tritiya Ratna (1855),
Servants of People Society in 1921. He the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) in Powada: Chatrapati Shivaji Raje Bhosle
co-founded the Punjab National Bankin 1916. Awards: Bharat Ratna (2015) Yancha (1869), Gulamgiri (1873),
1894.HefoundedtheHomeRuleLeague (posthumously). Shetkarayacha Aasud (1881).
of America in New York. He was also
elected President of the All India Trade Sarojini Naidu ssociation: Healongwithhisfollowers
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UnionCongress.Hewastheeditorofthe formed Satyashodhak Samaj in 1873
Arya Gazette, which he had founded. She was born on 13 February, 1879, in whichmeant‘SeekersofTruth’inorderto
yderabad, Telangana. She was an
H attain equal social and economic
In 1928, he was leading a silentprotest Indian independence activist, poet, and benefits for the lower castes in
againsttheSimonCommissioninLahore politician. She was the first Indian Maharashtra.
when he was brutally lathi-charged by woman to be president of the Indian
Superintendent of Police, James Scott. National Congress in 1925 (Kanpur He was bestowed with the title of
He died of injuries sustained a few S ession). After India gained ahatma on 11th May, 1888 by a
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weeks later. independence,shewasappointedasthe Maharashtrian social activist Vithalrao
governorofUttarPradesh,becomingthe Krishnaji Vandekar.
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lawyer who rose to prominence as the during the plague epidemic in India. In At the age of 9, she was married to
face of the Indian national movement 1917, she founded the Women’s India 13-year-old Jyotirao Phule. Jyotirao
against British ruleofIndia.Hequalified Association with Annie Besant. India educated her at home after their
as a barrister from the Inner Temple, celebrates her birth anniversary as marriage.
London. NationalWomen'sDay. Sheisfamousby
the name of Nightingale of India. ssociation:ShepublishedKavyaPhule
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Congress as a delegate in 1912. He er other works include "The Golden
H Ratnakar in 1892. In 1852, She started
became Secretary of the Home Rule Threshold (1905)", "The Bird of Time the Mahila Seva Mandal. In 1863, they
League (Allahabad) in 1919. He was (1912)", and "The Broken Wing". started a home for the prevention of
appointedasGeneralSecretaryoftheAll infanticide in their own house, for the
IndiaCongressCommitteeinSeptember Sir Syed Ahmed Khan safety of pregnant, exploited Brahman
1923. In1929-31hedraftedaresolution widows and to nurture their children.
called Fundamental Rights and He was born on 17 October 1817. He
Economic Policy, which outlined the as an I@ebookstore01
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H participatedinElectionsofBombayheld Dream”(1905),afeministsciencefiction
near Arrah in Bihar. He was popularly in 1937. He was the first and only novella set in Ladylandruledbywomen;
knownasBabuji.OnMalaviya’sinvitation, Satyagrahi to conduct "Satyagraha for “Padmarag” ("Essence of the Lotus'',
hejoinedtheBanarasHinduUniversity.In drinking water" in the city of 'Mahad' to 1924), “Abarodhbasini” (The Confined
1935, he also appeared before the gettheuntouchablecommunitytheright Women, 1931).
Hammond Commission at Ranchi and to take water. He founded ‘Bahishkrit
demandedforthefirsttime,votingrights HitakariniSabha'in1924topromoteand Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul
for the Dalits. uplift the education of untouchables.
Kalam
Hewasa longest-servingmemberofthe
Parliament uninterrupted from 1936 to Srinivasa Ramanujan e was Born on 15th October 1931 at
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1986 (40 years). He was also the RameswaraminTamilNadu.Hewasthe
longest-serving cabinet minister inIndia e was born on 22 December 1887 in
H architectoftheIntegratedGuidedMissile
(30 years). In 1977, he resigned from Erode,TamilNadu.Hepublishedthefirst Development Program (IGMDP) inIndia.
Congress and joined the Janata Party ofhispapersintheJournaloftheIndian Hisbirthanniversaryiscelebratedasthe
alliance, along with his Congress for Mathematical Society in 1911. He was NationalInnovationDay.Hewasswornin
Democracy (new party). He also served electedtotheRoyalSocietyofLondonin as India’s 11th President in 2002 and
as India's Deputy Prime Minister 1918. completed the full term in 2007. His
(1977–79). nickname is “Missile Man”. He led the
egaveseveralformulastocalculatethe
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Rani Gaidinliu digitsofPiinmanyunconventionalways. systemsandthePokhran-IInucleartests
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known as Kabui). as a book. ‘1729’ is known as the (1981), Padma Vibhushan (1990) and
Ramanujan number. In 2012, former Bharat Ratna (1997). He wrote several
She joined the Heraka religious Prime Minister Manmohan Singh books, including an autobiography
ovement which later became a
m declared December 22 as National “Wings of Fire”).
movement to drive out the British. She Mathematics Day.
was finally arrested in 1932 when she Aurobindo Ghose
was just 16 andlatersentencedforlife. Mother Teresa
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escribed Gaidinliu as the “daughter of
d homeattheageof18tojointheSisters (Alipore Bomb case).
the hills”, and gave herthetitleof‘Rani’ of Loreto congregation in Ireland. She
for her courage. was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun. he series of articlestitled‘NewLamps
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forOld’,stronglycriticizingtheCongress
wards: Padma Bhushan (1982),
A ssociation: She established Nirmal
A for its moderate policy towards British
Tamrapatra Freedom Fighter Award Hriday (“Place for the Pure ofHeart”),a rule, was authored by him. Chittaranjan
(1972),VivekanandaSevaAward(1983). hospicewheretheterminallyillcoulddie Das appeared asalawyerforhiminthe
She posthumously was awarded the with dignity. Alipore conspiracy case.
Bhagwan Birsa Munda Puraskar in 1996.
wards: Bharat Ratna (1980), Padma
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Shri (1962), Ramon Magsaysay Peace
Salim Moizuddin Abdul Ali
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar
award (1962), Jawaharlal Nehru Award
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H for International Understanding (1969),
was an Indian ornithologist and
and military cantonment of Mhow (now Balzan Prize (1979), Nobel Peace Prize
naturalist. He is also referred as the
officiallyknownasDrAmbedkarNagarin (1979).
"Birdman of India".
Madhya Pradesh). He was an Indian
economist, social reformer and political Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and
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is also knownas“FatherofConstitution history in India.
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U warded the Bharat Ratna (1957). In
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government expelled him fromCalcutta Kashipur, heestablishedanorganization
wards: PadmaBhushan(1958),Padma
A and exiled him to Bihar from where he called Prem Sabha.
Vibhushan (1976), J. Paul Getty Award was released after the First World War
for Conservation Leadership (1975). 1920. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan In1923,hewaselectedastheyoungest e was born on 9 May 1866 in Kotluk
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e was Born on 6th February 1890 in
H Hewasoneofthefoundingmembersof part of the Bombay Presidency). He
Utmanzai,FrontierTribalAreasofPunjab the Jamia Millia Islamia University, became president of INC in 1905 in
Province. He was a closefriendofM.K. originally established at Aligarh in the Banaras session. His political guru was
Gandhi. BachaKhanwasnicknamedthe United Provinces in 1920. His famous M.G Ranade.
"FrontierGandhi".Hewasinalliancewith works are Basic Concept of Quran,
MahatmaGandhiandtheIndianNational Ghubar-eKhatir, Dars-e-Wafa, India Wins Related Societies and Other Works: He
Congress and t his alliance lasted till Freedom, etc. stablishedtheServantsofIndiaSociety
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India’s independence. in 1905 for the expansion of Indian
In 1947, he became the first education education. He was also associatedwith
e founded the Khudai Khidmatgar
H inister of free India and remained at
m In1908,hefoundedtheRanadeInstitute
("Servants of God"), commonly known as this post till his death. He was of Economics.
the "RedShirts"(SurkhPosh),duringthe posthumously awarded BharatRatnain
1992.11thNovemberiscelebratedevery
1920s. He received Bharat Ratna, the Amrita Pritam
highest Indian honour in 1987. year as National Education Day to
commemorate his birth anniversary.
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Nawab Abdul Latif Amrit Kaur in Gujranwala, Punjab, in
J ayaprakash Narayan British India. She was active in writing
He was a Bengali Muslim aristocrat, and editing‘Nagmani’aPunjabimonthly
ducator and social worker. His title,
e e was born on 11October1902inthe
H magazine till her last. She is most
Nawab, was awarded by the British in villageofSitabdiara,Balliadistrict,United remembered for her poem titled “Ajj
1880. He is known as the 'father of Provinces, British India (present-day AakhaanWarisShahNu,”(TodayIInvoke
Muslim renaissance' in Bengal. Saran district, Bihar, India). He is Waris Shah), addressed to Punjabi Sufi
popularlyreferredtoasJPorLokNayak. poet Waris Shah in which she laments
He is remembered for leading the the tragedy of the partition of Pakistan
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
mid-1970s opposition against Prime from India.
Minister Indira Gandhi, for whose
ewasbornon28thMay,1883inBhagur,
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overthrow he had called for a "total er famous novel “Pinjar”, written in
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avillagenearNashikinMaharashtra.He
revolution". 1950, talksaboutthetortureinflictedon
founded a secret societycalledAbhinav
womenbytheirabductorsinthewakeof
Bharat Society.
In 1952, he formed the Praja Socialist the Partition. She has written 3
Party (PSP). In 1954,hedevotedhislife autobiographies: Rasidi Ticket, Kala
He was arrested in 1909 on charges of
exclusively to the Bhoodan Yojna Gulab' (Black Rose) and Shadows of
lotting an armed revolt against the
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Morley-Mintoreform(IndianCouncilsAct
demanded land redistribution to the
1909). He was arrested in 1910 for his
landless. Awards:SahityaAkademiAward(1956),
connectionswiththerevolutionarygroup
adma Shri (1969), Bharatiya Jnanpith
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India House. One of the charges on
isbiography,‘J
H ayaprakash’,waswritten (1982),ShatabdiSamman(2000),Padma
Savarkar was abetment to murder of
by his nationalist friend Rambriksh Vibhushan (2004).
Nashik Collector Jackson and the
Benipuri.Hewasposthumouslyawarded
second was waging a conspiracy under
the Bharat Ratna (1999). Other awards Bal Gangadhar Tilak
IndianPenalCode121-AagainsttheKing
include the Magsaysay award in 1965.
emperor. Following the two trials,
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CellularJailintheAndamanandNicobar ewasbornon10thSeptember1887in
H wasthefounderoftheDeccanEducation
Islands. Uttarakhand, at Almora. Hesuccessfully Society (1884) along with his associate
abolished the exploitative Zamindari Gopal Ganesh Agarkar and others.
system and revolutionized laws
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
pertaining to women’s inheritance and book ‘Indian Unrest’ written by
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marriage. Valentine Chirol, an English journalist,
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Saudi-Arabia. He was a supporter of
Affairs in the Union Cabinet on 10 League in April 1916 at Belgaum.
Hindu Muslim unity, opposed to Partition.
January1955byNehru.HewastheFirst Newspapers: Weeklies Kesari (Marathi)
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Elattuvalapil Sreedharan Homi Jehangir Bhabha in the Indian independence movement.
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from the Indian state of Kerala. He is rominent wealthy Parsi family. He was
p of18.Hebecameinvolvedinanti-British
creditedwithchangingthefaceofpublic an Indian nuclear physicist. He was the activitiesinresponsetothe1882Madras
transport in India with his leadership in founding director of Tata Institute of Forest Act.
building the Konkan Railway and the Fundamental Research and the Atomic
Delhi Metro while he served as the Energy Establishment, Trombay (AEET) isingdiscontenttowardstheBritishled
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2012. He is Known as the Metro Man. major part as a leader. H e was
Heisalsoknownas“FatheroftheIndian nicknamed "Manyam Veerudu" (Hero of
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n the Jungle) by local villagers for his
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by the French government. for the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1951 tree and publicly executed by shooting
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founder of the East IndiaAssociationin Karachi, now in Pakistan. From 1906 to affectionately addressed as ‘Manu’. She
London in 1866. He is known as “ The 1920, the role of Jinnah during the hadasonDamodarRao,whodiedwithin
Father of India PoliticsandEconomics”. freedom struggle of India was four months of his birth. Following the
He is the creator of “Brain Drain Theory”. Nationalist and Secular. deathoftheinfant,herhusbandadopted
a cousin’s child Anand Rao, who was
he first attempt to calculate National
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was the first Asian (Indian) member of Quaid-I Azam or Great Leader in NationalArmystarteditsfirstfemaleunit
British Parliament. He highlighted the Pakistan. He was the first in 1943, it was named after the valiant
draining of wealth from India by the Governor-General of Pakistan. The queen of Jhansi. One of the leading
Britishanditseffectinhisbook“Poverty Lucknow Pact was signed between figures of the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
and Un-British Rule in India” (1901). He Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Bal
was the first Indian to beelectedtothe Gangadhar Tilak in 1916. Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy
British House of Commons. Tata
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India(present-daySindh,Pakistan).Heis
world. of Indian civil aviation.
popularly known as Acharya Kripalani.
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India (1946–1947) and the Constituent
formally known as "Tarānah-e-Hindi", is FrenchLegionofHonourandin1955and
AssemblyofIndia.Hebecameoneofthe
an Urdu language patriotic song for 1992, he received two of India'shighest
founders of the Kisan Mazdoor Praja
childrenwrittenbyhimintheghazalstyle civilian awards, the Padma Vibhushan
Party (KMPP) after independence. His
ofUrdupoetry.Thepoemwaspublished and the Bharat Ratna.
wife, Sucheta Kripalani was India's first
in1904.Heiscalledthe"SpiritualFather
female Chief Minister, serving as the
head of the Uttar Pradesh government
of Pakistan." The Pakistan government Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
officially named him "National Poet of
from 1963 to 1967. He moved the
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All India Home Rule Leaguein1916. In where she founded the Paris Indian
Morarji Desai December 1917, she was elected Society.OnJanuary26,1962,India’s11th
president of the Indian National Republic Day, the Indian Posts and
e was born on 29th February, 1896 in
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Bhadelivillage,nowintheBulsardistrict oneofthefoundersoftheBanarasHindu commemorative stamp in her honor.
ofGujarat.Hewasthe4thPrimeMinister University. She also foundedtheCentral
of India (1977-79) and he led the Hindu School to promote education. Syed Fazl-ul-Hasan
government formedbytheJanataParty.
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MinisterofIndia.In1952,hebecamethe ohani. He was an Indian activist,
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Chief Minister of Bombay. In 1963, he Hewasbornon7November1858inthe freedom fighter in the Indian
resigned from the Union Cabinet under v illage of Poil, Habiganj, Sylhet District, independence movement.Hecoinedthe
theKamrajPlan.Heistheoldestperson Bengal Presidency of British India. He slogan Inquilab Zindabad in 1921. He
toholdtheofficeofprimeminister,atthe wasthirdofthe“LalBalPal”trio.He was wasthefirstcongressactivisttodemand
age of 81. one of the main architects of the complete independence. His famous
Awards: Bharat Ratna (1991), Nishan Swadeshi movement along with Sri works are Kulliyat-e-Hasrat Mohani,
-e-Pakistan (1990). Aurobindo. Nukaat-e-Sukhan,Mushahidaat-eZindaan
, etc.
Swami Dayanand Saraswati Fathima Beevi
Ashfaqulla Khan
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social leader and founder of the Arya Travancore (Kerala). She is a former independencemovement.Hewasbornin
Samaj, a reform movementoftheVedic judgeoftheSupremeCourtofIndia.She Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. In the
dharma. Hewasthefirsttogivethecall became the first female judge to be a mid-1920s, He along with Ram Prasad
for Swarajas"IndiaforIndians"in1876, part of the Supreme Court of India and Bismil went on to found the Hindustan
a call later taken up by Lokmanya Tilak. the first Muslimwomantobeappointed SocialistRepublicanAssociation(HSRA),
to any of the higher judiciary in the with the aim ofwinningfreedomforthe
e worked towards reviving Vedic
H country. country through an armed revolution.
ideologies. He translated theVedasand RamPrasadBismil,AshfaqullaKhan,and
wrotethreebooksviz.SatyarthaPrakash Kamla Chaudhary Roshan Singh were sentenced to death.
in Hindi, Veda Bhasya Bhumika (an
introduction to his Vedic commentary) he hadcomefromanaffluentfamilyin
S Shri Krishna Sinha
and Veda Bhasya (a Vedic commentary Lucknow b ut had struggled to get an
in Sanskrit on the Yajurveda and the education. She was one of the most He is also known asSriBabuandBihar
major part of the Rig-Veda). active women in the Civil Disobedience esari. He served as the first Chief
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Movement in 1930. Minister of Bihar from 1946 to 1961.
Narendra Damodardas Modi
Chandra Shekhar Azad Ashoke Kumar Sen
e was born on 17 September1950 in
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Vadnagar in northeastern Gujarat. He is He was born on 23rd July 1906 in the He was an Indian barrister, a former
an Indian politician serving as the 14th lirajpurdistrictofMadhyaPradesh.His
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C inister of India, and an Indian
andcurrentPrimeMinisterofIndiasince realnameisChandraShekharTiwari.On parliamentarian.Healsoholdstherecord
2014. He was the Chief Minister of being presented before amagistrate,he for winning a Lok Sabha seat the most
Gujarat from 2001 to 2014. gave his name as "Azad"(TheFree),his timesandalsoacabinetministerserving
father's name as "Swatantrata" more than 7 prime ministers.
He is the Member of Parliament from (Independence) and his residence as
aranasi. Narendra Modi Stadium,
V "Jail",Therefore,hecametobeknownas
Chandra Shekhar Azad. He joined
Mario de Miranda
(formerly known as Motera Stadium or
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cricket stadium situated in Sardar (HRA). He was involved in the Kakori
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Vallabhbhai Patel Sports Complex, Train Robbery of 1925. He diedatAzad
Goa.Awards:PadmaShri(1988),Padma
Ahmedabad, India. Park in Allahabad on 27th February 1931.
Bhushan (2002), Padma Vibhushan
(2012), All India Cartoonists's
Annie Besant Bhikaiji Rustom Cama Association Lifetime achievement award.
he was a British socialist, theosophist,
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t he caste-ridden society of Kerala in Pushtimarg as the means for salvation Order of Merit (2022).
order topromotespiritualenlightenment (extreme devotion to God).
and social equality. He was of the Subramanian Chandrashekhar
ideology of "oru jati, oru matam, oru Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
daivam manushyanu" (one caste, one He was born in Lahore on 19 October
religion, one god for all men). ewasalsoknownasSriGauranga,was
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a popular Vaishnava saint and reformer Pakistan) in a Tamil Brahmin family.
Kailash Satyarthi from Nadia, West Bengal. He was the Awards:FRS(1944),AdamsPrize(1948),
chief proponent of the Vedantic Nobel Prize in Physics (1983), Copley
e is an Indian social reformer who
H philosophy of Achintya Bheda Abheda Medal(1984),NationalMedalofScience
campaigned against child labor in India Tattva. He composed the (1966), Royal Medal (1962), Padma
and advocated the universal right to Shikshashtakam. He preached Vibhushan (1968), Heineman Prize
e ducation.Hewastheco-recipientofthe Vaishnavism in Bengal and Odisha.Puri (1974).
Nobel Peace Prize in 2014, along with became themaincenterofhisactivities
Malala Yousafzai, "for their struggle HewasalsothefirsttointroduceKirtans Veera Mangai Velunachiyar
against the suppression of children and in Bhakthi movement The form of
young people and for the right of all Vaishnavism that he preached came to S he was the first queen to fight against
children toeducation."Heisthefounder becalledas‘GudikVaishnavism’.Hewas the British colonial power in India. Rani
of multiple social activist organizations, a devout Krishna follower who Velu Nachiyar, known by Tamils as
including Bachpan Bachao Andolan, popularized the "Hare Rama, Hare Veeramangai, was the princess of
Global March Against Child Labour, Krishna" chant. Ramnad Kingdom of Ramanathapuram
Global Campaign for Education, Kailash (TN).Alongwithproficiencyinlanguages
Satyarthi Children's Foundation, and Bal Gopala Bhatta Goswami like French, English and Urdu, she was
Ashram Trust. trained in martial arts like Valari,
Heisoneoftheforemostdisciplesofthe Silambam, horseridingandarchery.She
Sachchidananda Hirananda aishnava saint, ChaitanyaMahaprabhu,
V wasthequeenofSivagangaestatefrom
Vatsyayan and a leading historical figure in the 1780 - 1790.
Gaudiya Vaishnava school of Hinduism.
Hewasbornon7March1911inKasia,a He was part of a group of Vaishnava Anupam Mishra
mall town near Kushinagar in Uttar
s devotees known collectively as the Six
Pradesh. He is popularly known by his Goswamis of Vrindavan. He established e was an Indian Gandhian, author,
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pennameAgyeya.Hetookanactivepart theRadhaRamanTempleinVrindavanin journalist,environmentalist,TEDspeaker,
intheIndianfreedomstruggleandspent 1542. and water conservationist. He hadbeen
several years in prison for his awarded the Indira Gandhi Paryavaran
revolutionary activities against British Nawab Sir Khwaja Salimullah Puraskar (IGPP) award instituted by the
colonial rule. He was awarded the Bahadur Ministry of Environment and Forests,
SahityaAkademiAward(1964),Jnanpith GovernmentofIndia.Hewrotebookslike
Award (1978)andGoldenWreathAward He was born at the ahsan manzil in Aaj Bhi Khare Hain Talaab (Ponds Are
for poetry. acca, Bengal Presidency, British India.
D Still Relevant) and Rajasthan Ki Rajat
He was an architect o f the Muslim Boondein (Radiant Raindrops of
Mahapurusha Sankaradeva League. He was Nawab of Dhaka. He Rajasthan).
learnedUrdu,Arabic,PersianandEnglish
e was a 15th–16th century Assamese
H athome.In1906Heplannedtocreatean Amartya Sen
polymath, a saint-scholar, poet, all-India political partycalled'MuslimAll
playwright,dancer,actor,musician,artist India Confederacy'. On 30 December ewasbornon3November1933.He is
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and social-religious reformer. He 1906, thelastdayoftheconvention,the an Indian economist and philosopher.
invented music (Borgeet), theatrical 'AllIndiaMuslimLeague'wasformed.He Awards: Nobel Memorial Prize in
performance (Ankia Naat, Bhaona), was made its vice-president . EconomicSciences(1998),BharatRatna
dance (Sattriya), and literary language (1999), National Humanities Medal
(Brajavali). He founded Ekasarana Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (2012), Johan Skytte Prize in Political
Dharma (Bhagavati religious movement). Science (2017).
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the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with
H e was also known as Vallabha, Thomas A. Steitz and Ada Yonath, "for he was an Indian diplomat and
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Mahaprabhuji, Vishnuswami, and studies of the structure and function of politician who was the first female
Vallabha Acharya. He was born at the ribosome". Awards: Knight Bachelor elected as 6th Governor ofMaharashtra
Champaran. Hewasthefirsttopromote (2012), Padma Vibhushan (2010),Nobel and 8 th President of theUnitedNations
Krishna Bhakthi on the basis of Maha Prize in Chemistry (2009),Louis-Jeantet General Assembly. Her brother
Bhagavata Purana. He founded the PrizeforMedicine(2007),Memberofthe Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Prime
philosophy of Shuddha Advaita which
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India Movement (1942). During her ( 1770-1820). India got itsnationalsong, flag on which the Indian National Flag
imprisonment, she wrote the book Vande Mataram, from Anandamath. He was based. At the age of 19, He joined
“Prison Days”. also founded a monthly literary the army during the Boer war. It was
magazine, Bangadarshan, in 1872. during this stint in the BritishArmythat
Fatima Sheikh he met Gandhi. He wrote a book titled
Matangini Hazra “National Flag for India,” which was
hewasborninPune.ShewasanIndian
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educatorandsocialreformer,whowasa he was fondly called Gandhi Buri (Old
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colleague of the social reformers Lady Gandhi)forherdedicationtowards Maqbool Fida Husain
Jyotirao Phule and Savitribai Phule.She Gandhian principles. Matangini Hazra
is widely considered to be India’s first was an Indian revolutionary and social He was born on 17 September 1915 in
Muslim woman teacher. activist who participated in the Indian andharpur, Bombay Province (present
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Syed Ameer Ali (1849–1928) d ead by theBritishIndianpoliceinfront artistknownforexecutingbold,vibrantly
of the Tamluk Police Station. The first colourednarrativepaintingsinamodified
e was an Indian jurist, a prominent
H statue of a woman put upinKolkata,in Cubist style. As per Howard Gardner’s
politicalleader.Hewasasignatorytothe independent India, was her in 1977. theory of multiple intelligence, M. F.
1906 Petition to the Viceroy and was Husain demonstratesVisual-Spatialtype
thus a founding-member oftheAllIndia Chittaranjan Das of Intelligence.
Muslim League. He played a key rolein
securing separate electorates for the e is popularly called Deshbandhu
H Tanguturi Prakasam Pantulu
Muslims in British India and promoting (Friend oftheNation).HewasanIndian
the cause of the Khilafat Movement. freedom fighter, political activist and HewasanIndianpoliticianandfreedom
lawyer during the Indian Independence ghter, chief minister o
fi f the Madras
Movement and founder-leader of the Presidency, and subsequently became
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Swaraj Party. In London he became thefirstchiefministerofthenewAndhra
friends with Sri Aurobindo Ghosh, Atul state,createdbythepartitionofMadras.
he was thefirstwomanPrimeMinister
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Prasad Sen and Sarojini Naidu among He was also known as “Andhra Kesari”.
of Sri Lanka. She was the first woman
others and together they promoted Hegaveuphislucrativelawpracticeand
Prime Minister in the world. She also
Dadabhai Naoroji in the British plunged into the freedom struggle.
served as the Minister of Defence and
Parliament.
ExternalAffairsofSriLanka.Shecreated
the MinistryofWomenandChildAffairs Madeleine Slade
in Sri Lanka in 1975. She joined the Kalpana Chawla
Lanka Mahila Samiti (Lankan Women's heisalsoknownasMirabehnorMeera
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Association), the country's largest he was an Indian-born American
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women's voluntary organization in 1941. astronaut and aerospace engineer who 1920s left her home in England to live
was the first woman of Indian origin to and work with Mahatma Gandhi. She
go to space. She first flew on Space devoted her life to human development
Chandrasekhar Venkataraman Shuttle Columbia in 1997 as a mission and the advancement of Gandhi's
specialist and primary robotic arm principles.
e was born on 7 November 1888 in
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operator. Her second flight was on
Tiruchirapalli in the Madras Presidency
STS-107, the final flight of Columbia, in Ibrahim Sutar
of BritishIndia(nowTiruchirapalli,Tamil
2003.
Nadu, India). HewasanIndianphysicist
known for his work in the field of light Hewas asocialworkerfromKarnataka,
scattering. Awards: Fellow of the Royal
Bhaktivedanta Swami India. He was recipient of India's fourth
Society (1924), Matteucci Medal(1928), Prabhupada highest civilian award, the Padma
Knight Bachelor (1930), Hughes Medal Shri(2018) and Karnataka State’s
(1930), Nobel Prize in Physics (1930), He established the International Society RajyotsavaAwardintheyear1995.Heis
Bharat Ratna (1954), Lenin Peace Prize f or Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). in fondly referred to as the “Kabir of
(1957). 1966inNewYorkCity.Itscorebeliefsare Kannada”.
based on Hindu scriptures, particularly
Bankim Chandra the Bhagavad Gita and the Bhagavata Balshastri Jambhekar
Purana, and the Gaudiya Vaishnava
Chattopadhyay tradition.Swamijialsoestablishedovera He is also known as Father of Marathi
hundred temples and wrote several journalism for his efforts in starting
e was born on 27th June 1838 in the
H books, teaching the path of BhaktiYoga journalism in Marathi language with the
village of Kanthapura in the town of to the world. first newspaper in the language named
North 24 Parganas, Naihati, presentday
'Darpan'. Digdarshan, the first monthly
West Bengal. He composed the song
Vande Mataram in Sanskrit. His epic
Pingali Venkayya magazine in Marathi was started by him.
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Sunita Williams India’s White Revolution, which helped famine in Africa.
India emerge as the largest milk
She is a renowned astronaut of Indian producerintheworld.Inthelate60s,he Dineshchandra Sircar
rigin, who spent a total of 322 daysin
o drewupaprojectcalledOperationFlood.
space on two missions. She is an Awards: World Food Prize (1989), Order He was an epigraphist, historian,
American astronaut and United States of Agricultural Merit (1997),Padma umismatist, andfolklorist.Heisknown
n
Navy officer of Indo-Slovenian descent. Vibhushan (1999), Padma Bhushan for his work of decipheringinscriptions.
She previously held the record for total (1966), Padma Shri (1965), Ramon He was the Chief Epigraphist of the
spacewalks by a woman and most Magsaysay Award (1964). Archaeological Survey of India. He was
spacewalks for a woman (50 hours, 40 awardedtheSirWilliamJonesMemorial
minutes). Sam Manekshaw Plaque.
Sheila Dikshit HewastheIndianArmyChiefatthetime Gulzarilal Nanda
f Bangladesh Liberation War (1971).
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Jamshedji Manekshaw,widelyknownas economist who specialized in labour
of Delhi, as well as the longest-serving
Sam Manekshaw and Sam Bahadur issues.HewastheActingPrimeMinister
femalechiefministerofanyIndianstate.
("Sam the Brave"), was the Chief of the of India for two short periods following
She represented India at the United
ArmyStaffoftheIndianArmyduringthe the deaths of Jawaharlal Nehruin1964
Nations Commission on Status of
Indo-Pakistani Warof1971,andthefirst andLalBahadurShastriin1966.Hewas
Women for five years (1984–1989).
IndianArmyofficer promotedtotherank awarded theBharat Ratnain 1997.
of Field Marshal. His active military
Bhanubhakta Acharaya career spanned four decades and five
wars,beginningwithserviceintheBritish
Rassundari Debi
Heiswidelyregardedasthefirstpoetin Indian Army in World War II. Awards:
t he Nepali language. He is best known he was born in 1810 in the village of
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Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan,
for translating the great epic Ramayana Potajia, now Pabna,Bangladesh.She is
Military Cross.
fromSanskrittoNepaliforthefirsttime. the first Bengali and the first Indian
He is conferred with the title Aadikabi. womantowriteanautobiography.Sheis
His other notable works include:
Tribhuvandas Kishibhai Patel a renowned author of ‘Amar Jibon’ (My
Amarawati Kantipuri Nagari, Ghansi, Life), which was published in 1876.
e was a freedom fighter and a
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Badhu Shiksha, Bhakta Mala, etc.
Gandhian.Undertheguidanceofleaders
Ramnath Kovind
like Sardar Patel, Morarji Desai and
Rahmat Ali Tribhuvandas Patel, the Kaira District
He was bornon 1October1945.Heis
Co-operative Milk Producers Union Ltd
e wrote the pamphlet ‘Now or Never’.
H n Indian politician and lawyer who
a
(KDCMPUL) was formed (which is now
The "Pakistan Declaration" was a served as the 14th president of India
known as Amul) to prevent the
pamphlet written and published by him from 2017 to 2022. He is a member of
exploitation of marginal milk producers
on 28 January1933.Heiscreditedwith the Bharatiya Janata Party.
by middlemen.Awards:PadmaBhushan
creating the name "Pakistan" for a (1964), Ramon Magsaysay Award (1963).
separateMuslimhomelandinSouthAsia Sohrab Pirojsha Godrej
and is generally knownastheoriginator
Bhanu Datta
of the Pakistan Movement. ewaspopularlyknownasSoli.Hewas
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Charu Majumdar and the chairman of Godrej
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Group.Awards: Padma Bhushan.
composed another favorite text of
e was born in Siliguri, Bengal
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Presidency, British India. He was ‘Bouquet of Delight’. Written in Sanskrit, Buta Singh
popularly known as CM. He was a the text is a treatise on rasa and deals
Communist leader from India, and with the classification of heroes He was the Home Minister of India in
founder and General Secretary of the (nayakas) and heroines (nayikas) in ajiv Gandhi's cabinet from 1986 to
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Communist Party of India. He also accordance with their age. 1989. HewastheGovernorofBiharand
authored the historic accounts of the was chairman of the National
1967 Naxalbariuprisingandhiswritings Boutros Boutros-Ghali Commission for Scheduled Castesfrom
have become the ideology that guides 2007 to 2010.
the Naxal movement.
e was an Egyptian politician and
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diplomat who served as the sixth Shiv Dayal Singh
Dr. Verghese Kurien Secretary-General of the United Nations
from 1992 to 1996. During his term as e was an Indianspiritualguru.Hewas
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H UN Secretary-General, he had overseen known by the honorific "Param Purush
National Dairy Development Board from several world crises including the PuranDhaniHuzurSoamiJiMaharaj"by
1965 to 1998. He was the architect of break-up of Yugoslavia,
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Radhasoami Satsang at Agra in 1861. Helena Petrovna Blavatsky Peak Mount Vinson on 4th January
019. Apart from this, she wasalsothe
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Jyoti Basu he is often known as Madame
S world’s first woman amputee to climb
Blavatsky. She was born in the Russian Mount Everest in 2013.
Heservedasthe6thandlongestserving Empire and she co-founded the
hiefMinisterofWestBengalfrom1977
C Theosophical Society in 1875. Malavath Purna
to 2000 and was a cofounder of the
Communist Party of India (Marxist) Lala Hardayal heisanIndianmountaineer.On25May
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(CPI[M]). 2014,Poornascaledthehighestpeakof
MountEverestand,aged13yearsand11
He was born on 14th October 1884.He
Kanailal Dutta months,becametheyoungestIndianand
as one of the co-founders of the
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(c) Uttarakhand (d) Chhattisgarh Q.19.WhichofthefollowingistheState
Loksabha-7,Rajyasabha-3,StateBird
ree of Maharashtra?
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- House sparrow, Flower - Alfalafa, .9. In which state will you find
Q SSC MTS 20/10/2021 (Morning)
Animal - Nilgai and Tree - Gulmohar. Mayurbhanj district, the last among the (a) Mango (b) Jammi
princely states, that merged with the (c) Banyan (d) Ashok
uducherry: The Union Territory of
P state?
PuducherrycomprisestheformerFrench SSC CHSL 12/8/2021 (Morning) Q.20.Kavarattiisthecapitalofwhichof
establishments of Puducherry (Tamil (a) Kerala (b) Jharkhand t he following Union Territories ?
Nadu), Karaikal (Tamil Nadu), Mahe (c) Odisha (d) Chhattisgarh SSC MTS 22/10/2021 (Evening)
(Kerala) and Yanam (Andhra Pradesh), (a) Jammu and Kashmir
which lie scattered in SouthIndia.State Q.10.Whichofthefollowingisthestate (b) Ladakh
Bird - Asian Koel, Flower - Nagalingam, ower of Manipur?
fl (c) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Animal - Squirrel and Tree - Bael Fruit. SSC CHSL 10/08/2021 (Morning) (d) Lakshadweep
(a) Foxtail Orchids (b) Shirui Lily
Practice Questions :- (c) Pink Rhododendron (d) Retusa .21. Which state has the second
Q
-highest number of Lok Sabha
Q.11. Which of the following states seats, after Uttar Pradesh?
.1. Which of the following Union
Q
merged as a separate state in 1963?
e SSC GD 22/11/2021 (evening)
Territories does NOT have a lieutenant
SSC CHSL 10/08/2021 (Morning) (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Andhra Pradesh
governor ?
(a) Nagaland (b) Mizoram (c) Bihar (d) Maharashtra
SSC GD 31/01/2023 (4th Shift)
(c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) Tripura
(a) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Q.22. Which Indian union territory has
(b) New Delhi
.12. Which present day Indian state
Q ‘Dugong’ as the state animal?
(c) Daman and Diu
cameintoexistenceastheMysorestate SSC GD 26/11/2021 (Afternoon)
(d) Puducherry
in 1953? (a) Daman Diu (b) Puducherry
SSC CHSL 10/08/2021 (Morning) (c) Ladakh (d) Andaman Nicobar
.2.OnwhichdatewasAndhraPradesh
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(a) Kerala (b) Karnataka
formed?
(c) Tamil Nadu (d) Andhra Pradesh .23.ThefoundationdayofUttarakhand
Q
SSC GD 27/01/2023 (4th Shift)
is celebrated on:
(a) 26 January 1953 (b) 2 October 1956 .13. Which modern-day Indian state
Q
SSC GD 01/12/2021 (Afternoon)
(c) 15 August 1953 (d) 1 November 1956 was created on 1 April 1937 as the
(a) 30 September(b) 9 November
United Provinces by the Britishers?
.3. Geographically, which is the
Q (c) 15 August (d) 20 October
SSC CHSL 11/08/2021 (Morning)
smallest state of India ? (a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Arunachal Pradesh
SSC GD 31/01/2023 (4th Shift) Q.24. Which of the followingstateshas
(c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Madhya Pradesh
(a) Tripura (b) Goa t he highest number of Assembly
(c) Mizoram (d) Sikkim .14. Which state in India has the
Q Constituencies?
highest number of Districts? SSC GD 13/12/2021 (Morning)
.4.Hollong (Dipterocarpus macrocarpus
Q SSC CHSL 11/08/2021 (Morning) (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Tamil Nadu
) is the tallesttreeinthestateof______ (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Tamil Nadu (c) Gujarat (d) Maharashtra
and also its State Tree. (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Rajasthan
RRC Group D 13/09/2022 (Morning) Q.25. Which of the followingstateshas
(a) Manipur (b) Assam Q.15. In which year did the state of t he giant squirrel as its state animal?
(c) Nagaland (d) Sikkim imachal Pradesh come into existence?
H RRB NTPC CBT - I (09/01/2021) Evening
SSC CHSL 11/08/2021 (Evening) (a) Goa (b) Maharashtra
.5. Which of the following states is
Q (a) 1971 (b) 1947 (c) 1956 (d) 1965 (c) Himachal Pradesh (d) Haryana
home to the Great Indian Bustard?
RRC Group D 20/09/2022 (Morning) .16. 'Sandalwood' is the state tree of
Q .26. Which of the following Indian
Q
(a) Rajasthan (b) Uttar Pradesh ______. states was known as the North East
(c) Sikkim (d) Bihar SSC CHSL 11/08/2021 (Evening) Frontier Agency till 1972?
(a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Karnataka RRB NTPC CBT - I (21/01/2021) Evening
Q.6.BrahmaKamalisthestateflowerof (c) Punjab (d) Rajasthan (a) Meghalaya (b) Nagaland
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erritory of Dadra and Nagar Haweli.
T recommendation of which commission
9.(c) 10.(b) 11.(a) 12.(b)
RRB NTPC CBT - I (05/04/2021) Morning /committee was the state of Haryana
(a) Port Blair (b) Kavaratti formed ? 13.(c) 14.(a) 15.(a) 16.(b)
(c) Silvassa (d) Pondicherry (a) Dhar Committee 17.(c) 18.(a) 19.(a) 20.(d)
(b) Fazl Commission
.28. The Indian Government annexed
Q (c) JVP Committee 21.(d) 22.(d) 23.(b) 24.(a)
______ in 1948 under the code name (d) Sardar Hukam Singh Parliamentary 25.(b) 26.(c) 27.(c) 28.(a)
'Operation Polo'. Committee
SSC CHSL 20/10/2020 (Evening)
29.(a) 30.(b) 31.(d) 32.(d)
(a) Hyderabad (b) Gwalior Q.38. Identifythenewest(asofJanuary 33.(a) 34.(d) 35.(c) 36.(d)
(c) Mysore (d) Baroda 020) Union Territory of India from
2 37.(d) 38.(c) 39.(c) 40.(d)
among the following.
.29. Which of the following is NOT a
Q (a) Puducherry (b) Chandigarh 41.(d) 42.(d) 43.(c) 44.(d)
North East Indian sister state? (c) Ladakh (d) Daman and Diu 45.(d)
SSC CHSL 19/10/2020(Morning)
(a) Odisha (b) Manipur Q.39. Which of the following union
(c) Meghalaya (d) Tripura t erritories serves as the joint capital of
two states?
Q.30. Which ofthefollowingstateswas (a) Ladakh (b) Puducherry
f ormed in the year 2000? (c) Chandigarh (d) Lakshadweep
Delhi Police S.I. 23/11/2020 (Evening)
(a) Odisha (b) Uttarakhand Q.40. Which of the following states is
(c) Goa (d) Sikkim lso known as the 'Molasses Basin'?
a
(a) Tripura (b) Assam
Q.31.Whichofthefollowingstatescame (c) Jharkhand (d) Mizoram
into being as the 23rd, 24th and 25th
states of the Indian Union in 1987? .41. Which Indian state is known as
Q
Delhi Police S.I. 25/11/2020 (Morning) 'God's Own Country'?
(a) Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh (a) Jammu and Kashmir
(b) Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan (b) Himachal Pradesh
(c) Manipur, Tripura, Meghalaya (c) Uttarakhand
(d) Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Goa (d) Kerala
Q.32. The state of Telangana was Q.42.Whichofthefollowingstatements
f ormed under the Andhra Pradesh re correct?
a
Reorganization Act,_________. i. Chandigarh is the capital of both
D.P. (Executive) 9/12/2020 (Morning) Punjab and Haryana.
(a) 2012(b) 2015(c) 2016(d) 2014 ii. Rajasthan is the largest state of India.
iii. Uttar Pradesh is the most populous
Q.33. Which ofthefollowingstateswas state of India.
otcreatedbymakinginequalitiesbased
n iv. Kerala has thehighestliteracyratein
on culture or geography? India.
D.P. (Executive) 10/12/2020 (Morning) Choose the correct option:
(a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Nagaland (a) Both (i) and (iv) (b) both (ii) and (iii)
(c) Uttrakhand (d) Jharkhand (c) None of the above (d) All of the above
.34. Bihar Diwas is celebrated on
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Q.43.Inwhichofthefollowingstate,the
_________ across the state to
ain language is Khasi?
m
commemorate the day when Bihar was
(a) Mizoram (b) Nagaland
carved out of the Bengal Presidency in
(c) Meghalaya (d) Tripura
the year 1912.
SSC CGL 07/06/2019 (Morning) .44.Which state has the largest area?
Q
(a) 21st December (b) 21st January (a) Maharashtra (b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) 22nd February (d) 22nd March (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Rajasthan
Q.35.What is the capital of Tripura? .45. In what s
Q tate is Elephant Falls
elhi Police MTS 06/01/2019
D located?
(a) Itanagar (b) Patna (a) Mizoram ( b) Orissa
(c) Agartala (d) Ranchi (c) Manipur (d) Meghalaya
Q.36.Whichofthefollowingisthestate
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light in the night sky called Aurora Hawking.MargaretThatcherwasthefirst world is New Zealand. The first man to
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populouscountryintheworld.Thereare gooseberries.
language - Russian, Currency -Russian
four main islands in Japan - Hokkaido,
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and Liechtenstein. Al-Biruni from Box. three official languages in Peru :
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Dirham, National Bird - Falcon, National locatedineasternVenezuela.Theworld's Amazon river (longest river) lies in Peru.
animal - Arabian Oryx. UAE’s seven biggest rodent is found in Venezuela –
emirates – Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Capybara. Venezuelahasthelargestoil Bolivia: Capital - La Paz (executive
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withoutariver.Petroleum(crudeoil)was Kinabalu. Norwegian Krone, Norway has two
discovered in 1938 in Saudi Arabia. official languages: NorwegianandSami.
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Saudi women wear specific clothes – National flower -Lotus.TheSon Doong awarded in Oslo everyyear.Thecountry
abayas. Saudi Arabia is sometimes Cave, located in Vietnam, is the largest ispopularforfjords.Itisoneofthethree
called the “country of two mosques” cave in the world. Scandinavian countries.
(Makkah the Blessed and Madinah the
Radiant). hilippines: Capital - Manila, Currency-
P Sweden: Capital - Stockholm,Currency-
Peso, National animal - Carabao, wedish Krona. The multinationalgroup
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Peso, National animal - Golden Eagle, Filipino and English. Halo-halo is a (Svenska), but the country also has five
NationalFlower-Dahlia.Nationalsport- popular dessert in the Philippines. other official languages – Finnish,
Charrería.TheNationalDishofMexicois Yiddish, Sami, Meankieli and Romani. It
Mole Poblano. Mexico City has the Indonesia: Capital - Jakarta, Official is one of the three Scandinavian
largest taxi fleet in the world. language - Indonesian, Currency - countries. Sweden is the biggest
Indonesian Rupiah. Rafflesia arnoldii, or Scandinavian nation.
razil:Capital-Brasília,Officiallanguage
B corpse flower, the world’slargestflower,
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F
real, National Animal - Jaguar, National especially on Sumatra Island. Indonesia Euro. Finland was the first country in
Bird - Rufous-belliedthrush.Brazilisthe isthehottestspotonthePacificRingof Europe to give all women the right to
largestcountryinSouthAmericaandthe Fire. vote. National animal - Brown Bear.
fifth largest nation in the world. The Finland is known as “Land ofThousand
AmazonriverflowsthroughBrazilandis Argentina: Capital - Buenos Aires, Lakes”.AngryBirdsoriginatedinFinland
the 2nd longest river in the world (the urrency - Peso, Official language -
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Nile is the longest). Voting in Brazil is Spanish. Argentina was thefirstcountry
compulsory. in South America to legalize same-sex enmark: - Copenhagen, Currency -
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EU and is called the hexagon. French hile: Capital - Santiago, Currency -
C Denmarkiscalled'Folketinget'.Theswan
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A ( a) Brazil ( b) New Zealand ( b) Myanmar - Naypyidaw
world that possess nuclear weapons. (c) Japan (d) France (c) Brunei - Beirut
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9. North Korea (a) Tamil (b) Tigers
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Practice Questions :- RRB NTPC CBT - I (23/01/2021) Morning .21. Which country among the
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(a) Germany (b) Italy followingisNOTapermanentmemberof
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epaldoesNOThaveabranchof'Indian
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Citizen's Association of Nepal'? .12.GurdwaraPanjaSahibislocatedin
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SSC CGL 21/07/2023 (2nd shift) ______. (c) China (d) France
(a) Pokhara (b) Lalitpur RRB NTPC CBT - I (01/03/2021) Evening
(c) Bhairahawa (d) Damak (a) Sri Lanka (b) Pakistan .22.Whichofthefollowingcountriesis
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(c) India (d) Canada heavily affected by the terror group ISIS ?
Q.2. One of the major hubs of Delhi Police MTS 08/01/2019
information technology is Silicon valley. Q.13.Whichcountryisknownas‘Hermit (a) Israel (b) Saudi Arabia
which is situated in ___________ . ingdom’?
K (c) Syria (d) Turkey
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(a) Tokyo (b) London (a) North Korea (b) Japan .23. New York City is located at the
Q
(c) New york (d) California (c) Thailand (d) Australia mouth of which river?
RPF Constable 19/01/2019 (Evening)
Q.3. W
hich continent of the world is Q.14. Which of the following Nations (a) Missouri (b) Thames
r eferred to asa"Continent,Dedicatedto was a member of the “Allied Powers” (c) Hudson (d) Mississippi
Science"? group in World War II?
SSC MTS 11/05/2023 (Evening) RRB NTPC CBT - I (13/03/2021) Evening .24.Whichofthefollowingcountriesis
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(a) Africa (b) Antarctica (a) USA (b) Italy (c) Germany (d) Japan called 'Land of white elephants"?
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SSC CGL 09/12/2022 (3rd Shift) (a) Peru (b) Guatemala Q.25.What is Al Jazeera ?
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(a) A Human Rights organisation
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project of which country ? RRB NTPC CBT - I (23/07/2021) Evening (d) None of the above
RRB NTPC CBT - II (09/05/2022) Shift 2 (a) Japan
(a) UAE (b) USA (c) Singapore (d) India (b) Germany .26. Where is the International Solar
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(c) England Alliance headquartered ?
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native to Central Africa, mainly to Congo. (a) Paris, France
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(a) Bedouin (b) Ainu orld’s leading manufacturer of
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(c) Pygmies (d) Kirghiz hand-sewn footballs? (d) None of the above
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RRB NTPC CBT - II (12/06/2022) Shift 2 (a) Durban (b) Paris
(a) South America (b) Australia Q.18. Which is the largest uranium (c) Belgrade (d) Colombo
(c) Asia (d) Africa roducing country in the world?
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SSC CHSL 18/03/2020 (Morning) .28.TheCharterofLiberties-popularly
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al-Matroushi is related to which country? (c) USA (d) India in England in which year?
RRB NTPC CBT - II (13/06/2022) Shift 2 RRB ALP Tier - I (30/08/2018) Morning
(a) United Arab Emirates (b) Turkey Q.19.Withreferencetothecountriesand (a) 1415 AD (b) 1115 AD
(c) Jordan (d) Lebanon t heir capitals, which of the following (c) 1315 AD (d) 1215 AD
pairs is CORRECT?
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RRB ALP Tier - I (30/08/2018) Evening
Neighbouring Countries Rastriya Sabha. National Bird -
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Indiahas15,106.7Kmoflandborderand
(c) England (d) Austria - India and China.
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(a) Pakistan (b) China Bangladesh - 4,096.7 Kms
the world.
(c) Sri Lanka (d) Nepal ( Radcliffe line)
China - 3,488 Kms
(McMohan line) Bhutan
Answer Key :-
Pakistan - 3,323 Kms
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Bhutan - 699 Kms National Animal -Takin. NationalBird-
9.(c) 10.(a) 11.(d) 12.(b)
Afghanistan - 106 Kms Raven. Parliament Name - Tshogdu.
13.(a) 14.(a) 15.(a) 16.(d) Longest river - Drangme Chhu (Manas
17.(d) 18.(b) 19.(b) 20.(b) river).
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Parliament Name - Jatiya Sangsad
and China.
Bhaban. Land Boundaries - India and
Myanmar.
Myanmar
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Nepal
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apital and largest city - Kathmandu.
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Nepalese Rupee. National sport - - Markhor. National Bird - Chukar
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National flower - Rhododendron anthem - "Qaumi Tarana".
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Parliament Name - Majlis-e-Shoora. cotton, fruit, vegetables, meat, poultry,
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elhi Police MTS 29/12/2018
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Sri Lanka
(a) Bhutan (b) Indonesia
Afghanistan
(c) Myanmar (d) None of the above
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sport - Volleyball. National animal - Highest Peak - Noshaq Peak. Longest DP Constable 8/12/2017 (Morning)
Elephant. National Flower - water lily. River - Helmand River. (a) Pakistan (b) Sri Lanka
Longest River - Mahaweli Ganga. (c) Nepal (d) Bangladesh
ational bird - Golden eagle. National
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Independence Day - 4 February 1948. flower - Tulip. Independence Day - 19 Q.10. Kandy, Jaffna and Galle are all
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Lanka. Sri Lanka, also known as the (a) Nepal (b) Pakistan
‘Pearl of Indian Ocean’ and ‘teardrop of fghanistan is the largest producer of
A (c) Sri Lanka (d) Bhutan
India’. opium in the world.
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ri Lankaisfamousforproducingfinest
S f ollowing country ?
Practice Questions :-
tea, rubber and coconut, and spices. (a) Myanmar (b) Sri lanka
(c) Maldives (d) Bhutan
Q.1. Which is the national fruit of
Maldives angladesh ?
B Q.12. India shares its lowest
SSC CGL 17/07/2023 (2nd shift) international b oundary with which
Capital-Male.Officiallanguage-Dhivehi. (a) Pomegranate (b) Mango country ?
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C (c) Apple (d) Jackfruit (a) Bhutan ( b) Afghanistan
Bird - White-breasted Waterhen. (c) Nepal (d) Myanmar
Parliament Name - People's Majlis. Q.2. Which country is the biggest
Independence Day - 26 July 1965. roducer of rice?
p Q.13.Name the national bird of Bhutan ?
World’s First Underwater Cabinet SSC MTS 11/05/2023 (Afternoon) ( a) Magpai (b) Parrot
Meeting Was Held in Maldives (2009). (a) Russia (b) China (c) Peacock (d) Raven
(c) Brazil (d) Bangladesh
China Q.14. Which of the following is the
.3. What is the national sport of
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Q tates shares
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Its Parliament is the biggest parliament of India has the highest population (b) National Assembly and Senate
in the world. China shares borders with density? (c) Tshogdu
fourteen countries. SSC MTS 15/07/2022 (Morning) (d) Assembly of the Union
(a) Bangladesh (b) Sri Lanka
he most important of these are
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.6. Chakma refugees are migrants to
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North Korea,Kyrgyzstan,Laos,Mongolia
India from which of the following (c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) Uttrakhand
(longest border), Myanmar (Burma),
neighbouring countries?
Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, and
RRB NTPC CBT - II (15/06/2022) Shift 2 Q.18. Which of the following is a
Vietnam.
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(c) China (d) Nepal (a) Bangladesh (b) India
he boundary between Arunachal
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It is an international organization
with ? The ICJ is the successor of the
established on 24 October 1945. Its
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predecessor,theLeagueofNations,was
(b) India and Maldives (PCIJ), which was established by the
created by the Treaty of Versailles in
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1919 and disbanded in 1946. It is
(d) Bangladesh and Myanmar principal judicial organ of the United
currently made up of 193 Member
States. India joined the United Nations Nations.ItwasestablishedinJune1945
Answer Key :- bytheCharteroftheUnitedNationsand
after ratifying the UN Charter on 30
began work in April 1946. It is the only
October1945.Headquarters:-NewYork
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the Hague (Netherlands). The Court is
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composedof15judges,whoareelected
Chinese, English, French, Russian and
9.(d) 10.(c) 11.(b) 12.(b) for terms of office of nine years. Its
Spanish.
13.(d) 14.(a) 15.(d) 16.(a) official languages are English and
French.
17.(c) 18.(d) 19.(a) 20.(b) Principal Bodies
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The General Assembly It comprises the Secretary-General and
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Security Council has 15 Members, 5 of TheStateoftheWorld’sChildrenreports
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Reports: The State of World Population Report.
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N-HABITAT (United Nations Human
U IPO (World Intellectual Property
W t he United Nations Sustainable
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South Asian woman to win the title. Cup title in Hockey?
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t o declare a climate emergency to adhanath Sikdar - First person to
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in 1854.
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(a) Kolkata (b) Mumbai
First Train - First train on the Indian
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Language in India. SSC CHSL 02/06/ 2022 (Morning)
locatedatTarapur,nearBombay.Tarapur
(a) Delhi and Chandigarh
Atomic Power station went into
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operation in 1969.
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indigenous anti-nuclear medical kit. Practice Questions :-
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First Refinery - Digboi Refinery (Assam). .1. Who was the first Indiantogetthe
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Oscar for lifetime achievements in India?
irst 3D planetarium - Swami
F c inema in 1992 ? SSC CGL 21/04/2022 (Morning)
Vivekananda Planetarium at Pilikula in SSC CHSL 17/03/2023 (2nd Shift) (a) CD Deshmukh (b) HVR Lengar
Mangalore is the first 3Dplanetariumin (a) Tarun Majumdar (b) K Viswanath (c) PC Bhattacharya (d) LK Jha
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.2. The first Paralympic games were
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held in which year? RRC Group D 22/08/2022 (Evening)
was the first nuclearresearchreactorin
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India and also Asia.
(a) 1962 (b) 1960 (c) 1964 (d) 1961 (c) Haryana (d) jharkhand
irst Workable Prototype - ARPANET
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(Advanced Research Projects Agency Newspaper in India? receive the Nobel Prize in literature?
Network) is the first workableprototype SSC CGL 17/07/2023 (4th shift) RRC Group D 26/08/2022 (Morning)
of the Internet which came in the late (a) Deen Bandhu Mitra (a) Swami Vivekananda
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(d) Rabindranath Tagore eneral?
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(a) Kofi A Annan (b) Trygve Lie
indigenous aircraft carrier? (c) U Thant (d) Dag Hammarskjold
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(a) INS Visakhapatnam (b) INS Virat .24. On which of the following rivers
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(c) INS Vikrant (d) INS Vijaya was independent India’s first river dam argest freshwater lake - Wular lake
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constructed? (Jammu and Kashmir)
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asbecomethefirstcountryintheworld
h (a) Krishna (b) Yamuna Largest saltwater lake - Chilka Lake
to accept bitcoin as legal currency? (c) Ganga (d) Damodar ( Odisha)
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(a) El Salvador (b) Albania Q.25.Inwhichofthefollowingstatesthe
argest Inland Saline Water Lake -
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(c) Jamaica (d) Uzbekistan lectronic Voting Machine (EVMs) were
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Sambhar lake (Rajasthan)
used for the first time in India?
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argest artificial lake - Gobind Ballabh
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rtificial satellite launched by India in
a (a) Tamil Nadu (b) West Bengal
Pant Sagar Lake (Uttar Pradesh)
1975? (c) Kerala (d) Karnataka
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.26.WhowasthefirstIndiantojointhe
Q Oldest Dam - Kallanai Dam (Tamil Nadu)
(a) Panini (b) Sushruta
(c) Aryabhatta ( d) Charaka Indian Civil Service?
RRB NTPC CBT - I (29/01/2021) Evening argest dam - Bhakra Nangal Dam
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.17. Who among the following is the
Q (a) Lakshmi Kant Jha (Himachal Pradesh)
first-ever woman fighter pilot to have (b) Shyamji Krishna Varma
taken part at a Republic Day Parade? (c) Haribhai Patel Longest dam - Hirakud (Odisha)
SSC CGL 20/08/2021 (Evening) (d) Satyendranath Tagore
(a) Anny Divya Highest dam - Tehri Dam (Uttrakhand)
(b) Bhawna Kanth .27. Who among the following is the
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(c) Mohana Singh Jitarwal first woman Lieutenant General of the Largest arch dam - Idukki dam (Kerala)
(d) Avani Chaturvedi Indian Army?
D.P. (Executive) 28/11/2020 (Afternoon) Largest plateau - Deccan Plateau
.18. WhowasthefirstDirector-General
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of Archaeological Survey of India? (c) Madhuri Kanitkar (d) Punita Arora argest river island - Majuli river island
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(a) Lord Curzon .28. Whoamongthefollowingwasthe
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(b) Alexander Cunningham first female Indian Police Service (IPS)
Largest river in South India - Godavari
(c) Mortimer Wheeler Officer?
(d) John Marshall D.P. (Executive) 14/12/2020 (Morning)
Largest river without delta - Narmada
(a) Kiran Bedi (b) Saina Bedi
.19.Wherewasthefirstjutemillsetup
Q (c) Prem Mathur (d) Vimla Mehra
Longest river - Ganga River
at Kolkata in 1859?
SSC MTS 05/10/2021 (Morning) .29. India’s first 3D planetarium is
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located in_______. Longest tributary river - Yamuna River
(a) Sreerampur (b) Mesra
(c) Howrah (d) Rishra Delhi Police S.I. 15/03/2019 (Morning)
(a) Bengaluru (b) Mangalore Shortest river - Arvari River (Rajasthan)
.20. ________ is the first robot in the
Q (c) Hyderabad (d) Kochi
world to become a full citizen of a eepest River Valley - Bhagirathi and
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country. .30. Where was India’s first floating
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(a) Tripura (b) Manipur (Palayar, Kerala)
.21. Who was appointed as the first
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woman speaker of the Lok Sabha? Largest church - St. Francis Church
RRB NTPC CBT - I (17/01/2021) Morning Answer Key :-
( Kerala)
(a) Smriti Irani (b) Meira Kumar 1.(c) 2.(b) 3.(b) 4.(a)
(c) Sushma Swaraj (d) Hema Malini 5.(c) 6.(d) 7.(b) 8.(a) Largest state (Area) - Rajasthan
.22. Where and when was the first
Q 9.(c) 10.(b) 11.(a) 12.(b)
Largest populated state - Uttar Pradesh
metro train introduced in India? 13.(d) 14.(c) 15.(a) 16.(c)
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(a) Bombay on 26 January 1950
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(b) Bangalore on 2 Oct 1945 21.(b) 22.(c) 23.(b) 24.(d)
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Largest dome - Gol Gumbaz (Karnataka) iddharudha Swamiji Railway Station
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(Hubli, Karnataka)
Largest mosque - Taj-ul-Masajid (Bhopal) LongestTrainRoute-Dibrugarh(Assam) Largest artificial lake - Lake Kariba
to Kanyakumari ( Africa)
Largest desert - Thar (Rajasthan)
Longest coastline - Gujarat Largest saltwater lake - Caspian Sea
Largest delta - Sundarbans delta
Highest peak - Kanchenjunga (8586m) Largest desert (Cold) - Antarctic Desert
argest monastery-Tawang monastery
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(Arunachal Pradesh) ighest waterfall - Kunchikal Falls
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ighest gateway - Buland Darwaza
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Largest prison - Tihar Jail (Delhi) (Fatehpur Sikri) Smallest country - Vatican City
argest planetarium - Birla Planetarium
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(Kolkata)
Highest Civilian Award - Bharat Ratna Longest river - Nile River
argest General Post Office (GPO) -
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Mumbai GPO Smallest state - Goa Largest River - Amazon
Largest library - National Library Smallest populated state - Sikkim Longest Epic - Mahabharata
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Largest aircraft carrier - INS Vikrant radesh
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argest gurudwara - Golden Temple
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argest stadium - Narendra Modi
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argest bird sanctuary - Bharatpur Bird
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argest Fort
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Longest glacier - Siachen Glacier Largest diamond - Cullinan
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Largest church - St. Peter's Basilica (c) Hazira (d) Loni
Longest canal - Indira Gandhi canal ( Italy)
Q.2. Which National HighwayofIndiais
Longest Beach - Marina beach (Chennai) argest mosque - Al-Haram Mosque
L t he longest?
(Mecca, Saudi Arabia) (a) NH 60 (b) NH 17 (c) NH 44 (d) NH 10
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Temple (Tamil Nadu) .3.Whichofthefollowingistheworld’s
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Largest temple - AngkorVat (Cambodia)
largest mining port?
Longest bridge - Dhola-Sadiya Bridge (a) Nhava Sheva (b) Hamilton
Largest populated city - Tokyo
( Bhupen Hazarika Setu) Assam (c) Hedland (d) shanghai
Largest freshwater lake (By Surface .4.WhichistheLongestTrainRoutein
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Longest national highway - NH 44 rea) - Lake Superior (North America)
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Q ( b) Haldia (near Calcutta)
(c) Mizoram to Gujarat in the world? (c) Koyali (near Baroda)
(d) Maharashtra to Manipur (a) Smart Tunnel (d) Noonmati (in Assam)
(b) Seikan Tunnel
.5. Birla Planetarium is the largest
Q (c) Laerdal Tunnel .26. Which is the place with the
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Planetarium in India located in ……….. (d) Guadarrama Tunnel heaviest rainfall in India?
(a) Kolkata (b) Mumbai (a) Mawsynram (Meghalaya)
(c) Chennai (d) Hyderabad .15. Which country has the largest
Q (b) Cherrapunji (Meghalaya)
armed forces? (c) Lonavla (Maharashtra)
.6. India's Largest Canal………… is
Q (d) Alleppey (Kerala)
(a) India (b) China (c) USA (d) Russia
located in Rajasthan.
(a) Indira Gandhi Canal .16. Whichistheworld'soldestmetro
Q .27. Asia's largest cattle fair is
Q
(b) Sarda Canal system? organized at
(c) Kalakumsky Canal (a) London (b) New York (a) Haridwar (b) Pushkar
(d) Rajiv Gandhi Canal (c) Moscow (d) Paris (c) Sonepur (d) Nashik
Q.7. What is the longest river of South .17. Highest WaterSaltoAngelFallsis
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India? situated in which Country? _ _______.
(a) Mahanadi (b) Krishna (a) Russia (b) Australia (a) St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
(c) Tapti (d) Godawari (c) China (d) Venezuela (b) Seville Cathedral, Spain
(c) Milan Cathedral, Italy
.8. Which is the longestrailwaybridge
Q Q.18. Where is the highest motorable (d) Liverpool Cathedral, United Kingdom
in the world? r oad in the world?
(a) Lower zambezi -Africa (a)Road to Uturuncu Potosi, Bolivia Q.29.Match the following
(b) Danyang Kunshan Grand bridge - (b) Umling La Road, Ladakh (a) Longest road (i) Ocean quahog
Shanghai (c) Sema La Central Tibet tunnel
(c) Chenab rail bridge - India (d) Wari La Ladakh, India (b) Largest city by (ii) CaliforniaLaerdal
(d) Bogibeel bridge - India population (Norway)
Q.19.Whichisthehighestcivilianaward (c) Longest living (iii) Tokyo
.9. What is the Largest Auditorium in
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in India? animal
India?
(a) Padma Shri (b) Padma Bhushan (d) Hottest place on (iv) Death Valley
(a) Sri Shanmukhananda Hall (Mumbai)
(c) Padma Vibhushan (d) Bharat Ratna Earth
(b) FICCI Auditorium
Q.20. What is the Largest Museum in Which of the following is correct:
(c) Ambedkar Auditorium
India? (a) a-i, b-iv, c-iii, d-ii (b) a-ii, b-iii, c-i, d-iv
(d) Kamani Auditorium
(a) National Museum, New Delhi (c) a-iii, b-ii, c-iv, d-i (d) a-iv, b-i, c-ii, d-iii
Q.10.InwhichState'shighestwaterfallis (b) Indian museum, Kolkata
ituated?
s (c) Sri Venkateswara Museum Q.30. The shortest (in length) National
(a) Talakona (Chittor) (d) Amaravathi Museum, Amarathi ighway in India is -
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(b) Dabbe Falls (Karnataka) (a) NH 966 B (b) NH 127 A
.21.Name the smallest district in India?
Q (c) NH 44 (d) NH 548
(c) Bagra Falls (Odisha)
(a) Diu, Daman and Diu
(d) Kunchikal Falls (Karnataka)
(b) Lakshadweep Answer Key :-
.11. In which place, the biggest river
Q (c) Mahé, Puducherry
island Located? (d) Kamrup, Assam
1.(d) 2.(c) 3.(c) 4.(b)
(a) Majuli Brahmaputra river, (Assam)
.22. The Arvari River, considered the
Q 5.(a) 6.(a) 7.(d) 8.(b)
(b) Hooghly river
smallestriverinIndia,islocatedinwhich
(c) Mandovi 9.(a) 10.(d) 11.(a) 12.(a)
state?
(d) Brahmaputra 13.(c) 14.(c) 15.(b) 16.(a)
(a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Punjab
.12. Which is the Longest Mountain
Q (c) Rajasthan (d) Haryana 17.(d) 18.(b) 19.(d) 20.(b)
Range In the world? 21.(c) 22.(c) 23.(c) 24.(a)
.23.Name the biggest fort in India.
Q
(a) Andes
(a) Red Fort, Delhi 25.(a) 26.(a) 27.(c) 28.(a)
(b) Rocky Mountains
(b) Golconda Fort, Hyderabad
(c) Himalayas 29.(b) 30.(d)
(c) Chittorgarh Fort,Rajasthan
(d) Transantarctic mountains
(d) Kangra Fort, Kangra
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(d) Beaver Wars
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networks in India's border areas and
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Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, extends from_______________ in India.
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D SSC CGL 02/12/2022 (2nd Shift)
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in India and is a part of the NS-EW Expressway in India. It passes through (b) Amritsar to Kolkata
Corridor of NHAI. states of Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, (c) Chennai to Kolkata
Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and (d) Agra to Kolkata
National Highway 44 - It is the longest Maharashtra.
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Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Kuberpur, Agra. The project was (c) Railways (d) Highways
Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, implemented by Jaypee Infratech
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Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Limited.
( NHAI) was constituted by an Act of
Pradesh, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu. It
Parliament in ________ .
covers the North-South Corridor of NHDP. Western Peripheral Expressway - It is
(a) 1988(b) 1992(c) 1996(d) 2000
nown as Kundli - Manesar - Palwal
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NationalHighway48- ItconnectsDelhi expressway. It is in Haryana.
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expressway in Maharashtra. (a) NH-46 (b) NH-45 (c) NH-44 (d) NH-47
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Maharashtra. between four pilgrimages centers 1. NH-1 a. Delhi to Mumbai
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Expressways of India Yamunotri).Itcomesunder theMinistry 3. NH-7 c. Delhi to Kolkata
of Road Transport and Highways. Itis 4. NH-8 d. Delhi to Amritsar
Expresswaysarethehighestclassroads beingimplementedbyUttarakhandState (a) 1-c, 2-d, 3-b, 4-a (b) 1-c, 2-d, 3-a, 4-b
in India. These are the highways with a Public Works Department(PWD),Border (c) 1-a, 2-b, 3-c, 4-d (d) 1-d, 2-c, 3-b, 4-a
six to eight lane controlled access road Roads Organization (BRO) and National
Highways and Infrastructure .8.NH-44 connects ______ from _______.
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network. Basically, expressways are of
Development Corporation Limited (a) Jammu Kashmir, Tamil Nadu
high quality consisting of modern
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.10.NH-44 is also known as:
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(a) NH 966 B (b) NH 127 A Q.21. Golden quadrilateral passes Airports Authority of India (AAI) was
(c) NH 1 (d) NH 7 t hrough how many states and Union onstituted by an ActofParliamentand
c
Territories? came into being on 1st April 1995 by
Q.11. Which of thefollowingisNational (a) 11 states 1 Union territory merging erstwhile National Airports
ighway 2/NH2?
H (b) 12 states 1 Union territory Authority and International Airports
(a) Barrackpore Trunk Road (c) 13 states 1 Union territory Authority of India. The merger brought
(b) Delhi Road (d) 14 states 1 Union territory into existence a single Organization
(c) Grand Trunk Road entrusted with the responsibility of
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1911. In 1912, the first domestic air
(a) 5,486 km (b) 5,846 km Q.23. Which organization is primarily
route between Karachi and Delhi was
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openedbytheIndianStateAirServicesin
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(a) Mumbai (b) Kolkata
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.15.Where does the Golden
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Chennai and Kolkata pass? Rajahmundry Airport (Madhurapudi),
anagement category of roads in India?
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(a) Amritsar-Ahmedabad-Pune-Patna Kadapa Airport, Donakonda Airport.
(a) National Highways
(b) Jaipur-Porbandar-Hyderabad-Varanasi
(b) District Highways
(c) Vadodara-Pune-Visakhapatnam- Arunachal Pradesh :- DonyiPoloAirport
(c) Border Roads
Varanasi ( Itanagar),DaparizoAirport,TezuAirport,
(d) State Highways
(d) Nagpur-Bhopal-Surat-Amritsar Pasighat Airport, Along Airport, Ziro
Q.25. Which national highway is called Airport.
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(c) NH 29 (d) NH 39 International Airport (Guwahati), Jorhat
Q.17.The Golden Quadrilateral is a part Airport, TezpurAirport,DibrugarhAirport
fwhichlargerroaddevelopmentproject
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in India? (Dhubri), Silchar Airport, Lilabari Airport
(a) Bharatmala Pariyojana 1.(a) 2.(b) 3.(d) 4.(a) (North Lakhimpur).
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13.(b) 14.(c) 15.(c) 16.(b)
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Golden Quadrilateral cross in India? 17.(a) 18.(a) 19.(d) 20.(b) (Diglipur).
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(b) Brahmaputra and Godavari Bihar :- Gaya International Airport
25.(d)
(c) Yamuna and Godavari ( Gaya), Jayaprakash Narayan
(d) Ganges and Brahmaputra InternationalAirport(Patna), Darbhanga
Airport, Begusarai Airport, Munger
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Chhattisgarh :- Swami Vivekanand aharaj International Airport (Mumbai),
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Practice Questions:-
Airport, Panna Airport. Kushinagar International Airport, Lal
Bahadur Shastri International Airport
Q.1. Which of the following Airport
Maharashtra:- Chhatrapati Shivaji (Varanasi), Bareilly Airport, Gorakhpur
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ecome 1st airport in India to be run
b ( a) Ranchi ( b) Pune 1.(a) 2.(b) 3.(d) 4.(c)
entirely on hydro and solar energy? (c) Hyderabad (d) Nagpur
5.(a) 6.(b) 7.(a) 8.(d)
SSC CHSL 13/03/2023 (4th Shift)
(a) Indira Gandhi International Airport, .9.InwhichcityofIndiawouldyoufind
Q 9.(b) 10.(c) 11.(c) 12.(d)
Delhi the Swami Vivekananda Airport?
13.(c) 14.(a) 15.(a) 16.(a)
(b) Chennai International Airport, Tamil SSC CHSL 4/7/2019 (Afternoon)
Nadu (a) Kanyakumari (b) Raipur 17.(c) 18.(b) 19.(c)
(c) Dabolim Airport, Goa (c) Ranchi (d) Durgapur
(d) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
.10. Which Indian State hasthemost
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International Airport, Mumbai
number of airports?
Q.2.ChandigarhInternationalAirporthas RRB ALP Tier - I (13/08/2018) Evening
een renamed as__________
b (a) West Bengal (b) Delhi
SSC CHSL 21/03/2023 (4th Shift) (c) Gujarat (d) Maharashtra
(a) Manmohan Singh International
Q.11.VeerSavarkarInternationalAirport
Airport
is located in :
(b) Shaheed Bhagat Singh International
(a) Pondicherry
Airport
(b) Lakshadweep Islands
(c) Guru Gobind Singh International
(c) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Airport
(d) Chandigarh
(d) Rajguru International Airport
.12. Pakyong airport is located in
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.3. What is the name of Arunachal
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_________
Pradesh's first greenfield airport?
(a) Arunachal Pradesh (b) Nagaland
SSC GD 31/01/2023 (2nd Shift)
(c) Assam (d) Sikkim
(a) Kalyani Airport (b) Sindhudurg Airport
(c) Rajkot Airport (d) Donyi Polo Airport .13. Which of the following airports in
Q
Karnataka is the International Airport?
.4. Which of the following airports is
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(a) Hubballi Airport
located in Amritsar?
(b) Belagavi Airport
SSC MTS 07/07/2022 (Evening)
(c) Mangalore Airport
(a) Thiruvananthapuram International
(d) Kalaburagi Airport
Airport
(b) Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar International Q.14. Where is Chhatrapati Shivaji
Airport International Airport located ?
(c) Sri Guru Ram Das Ji International (a) Mumbai (b) Nagpur (c) Pune (d) Imphal
Airport
(d) Indira Gandhi International Airport Q.15.WhereisRajivGandhiInternational
irport?
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Q.5. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose (a) Hyderabad (b) Lucknow
International airport is situated in _____. (c) Varanasi (d) Kolkata
SSC MTS 20/07/2022 (Morning)
(a) Kolkata (b) Mumbai .16.
Q Which city houses the
(c) Delhi (d) Chennai Kempegowda International Airport ?
(a) Bengaluru (b) Mangalore
.6. Which Indian airport is the world’s
Q (c) Kochi (d) Kozhikode
first fully solar-powered airport?
RRB NTPC CBT - I (19/01/2021) Evening .17. WhereisBijuPatnaikInternational
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(a) Indira Gandhi International Airport Airport located?
(b) Cochin International Airport (a) Pune (b) Imphal
(c) Chennai International Airport (c) Bhubaneswar (d) Amritsar
(d) Chhatrapati Shivaji International
Airport Q.18. Where isChaudharyCharanSingh
International Airport located?
.7. India’s first biofuel-powered flight
Q (a) Mumbai (b) Lucknow
landed at IGI Airport in New Delhi from (c) Shimla (d) Pune
_______ in 2018.
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(a) Dehradun (b) Hyderabad hilyabai Holkar International Airport?
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(c) Patna (d) Mumbai (a) Chennai (b) Visakhapatnam
(c) Indore (d) Imphal
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Indian city is named after Dr B.R. Answer Key :-
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waterways
Waterways are bodies ofwater,suchas
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r ivers, channels, or canals, that are NW-7 (West Bengal, Ajay River), NW-8
spertheNationalWaterwaysAct,2016
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navigable. Waterways are the cheapest
a total of 111 have been declared as Kerala), NW-9 (Alappuzha - Kottayam -
means of transport and are most
National Waterways. Athirampuzha Canal in Kerala), NW-27
suitable for carrying heavy and bulky
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transportation which has vast
inUttarPradeshtoHaldiainWestBengal Bengal), NW -52 (Kali River, Karnataka),
employment generation potential.
via Patna andBhagalpurinBiharacross NW-57 (Kopili River, Assam), NW-68
the Ganges river. Its length is1620km (Mandovi River, Goa), NW-73 (Narmada
Types of waterways and is the longest National waterwayin RiverinMaharashtraandGujarat),NW-86
India. States covered - Uttar Pradesh, (Rupnarayan River in West Bengal),
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ackwaters and reservoirs primarily
b declared a National Waterway in 1986. Bengal).
constitute the source for inland
waterways. National Waterway -2: It is a sectionof
Projects for development of
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Sea Routes:Itexistsintheformofseas 891 km between theBangladeshborder Waterways
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N shipping and waterways.
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inland w
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regions of the Godavari-Krishna rivers. in Kerala which runs from Kollam to t he project aims to expand inland
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Waterways were the chief mode of Waterway in1993.ItisthefirstNational coastal trade routes, to drive industrial
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the waterways in India. It came into
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existence in 1986 by IWAI, Act1985for
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national waterways through grants
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within West Bengal and the remaining Waterways Authority of India under the
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conomic activities in and around the
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(IWAI) located? transport laterite stone for road-building.
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cruise tourism in India.
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majorportcitiesofBombay,Madras,and
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declared as National Waterways in India?
(b) Ministry of Highways and Transport startedoperatinguptoDelhi.Thecurrent
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1930) was India's "first superfast train,
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(b) Kangra Valley Railway (a) National Rail and Transportation in India in terms of altitude?
(c) Matheran Hill Railway Institute (a) Shimla (b) Darjeeling
(d) Kalka–Shimla Railway (b) Rashtriya Rail Vishwavidyalaya (c) Ghum (d) Ladakh
(c) Institute of Rail Management of India
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(a) Kolkata (b) Mumbai f India was introduced?
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Q (c) Indian Railway Cargo and
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(a) Elizabeth Terminus Station topographic map? Travel Corporation
(b) James Terminus Station SSC CHSL 14/10/2020 (Evening)
(c) George Terminus Station (a) Blue (b) Yellow (c) Black (d) Red
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(a) Mysore - Chennai the world’s first hospital train start its
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(b) Ernakulam - Kollam journey on July 16,1991?
(c) Bangalore - Chennai Delhi Police S.I. 14/03/2019 (Morning)
(d) Mettupalayam - Ooty (a) Bangalore (b) New Delhi
(c) Varanasi (d) Bombay
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(b) The Amur Railways following states?
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(d) Trans - Siberian Railways (a) Karnataka (b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Telangana (d) Tamil Nadu
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(b) FW Stevens (b) Himachal Pradesh
(c) Samuel Swinton Jacob (c) Uttarakhand
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(a) Amrita Devi
t ourist train that takes passengers on a
(b) Sapper Shanti Tigga
royal tour of which Indian state?
(c) Chhavi Rajawat
(a) Rajasthan (b) Kerala
(d) Sita Sahu
(c) Gujarat (d) Himachal Pradesh
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locomotive driver in Indian Railways?
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(b) Arundhati Bhattacharya
(a) Bengaluru (b) Mumbai
(c) Surekha Yadav
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(d) Indra Nooyi
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t he Srivilliputhur Elephant Reserve
(c) Sunderbans (d) Nilgiri
Seshachalam (2010) - Andhra Pradesh, located?
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sloth bear eshachalam biosphere reserve located?
S (a) Karnataka (b) Telangana
SSC CHSL 24/05/2022(Morning) (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Andhra Pradesh
Agasthyamala(2001)-Tamil Nadu - Kerala. (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Karnataka
Q.15. Which Biosphere Reserve ofIndia
(c) Kerala (d) Andhra Pradesh
ilgiri (1986) -Tamil Nadu-Kerala, Key
N as become the 11th such entry from
h
fauna - Nilgiri tahr, tiger, lion-tailed Q.6. In which of the following states of India to be included in the UNESCO’s
macaque. India is "MANAS" biosphere Reserve world network of Biosphere Reservesin
located? 2018?
ulfofMannar(1989)-TamilNadu,Key
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SSC CGL 13/12/2022 (4th Shift) RRB NTPC CBT - I (17/01/2021) Morning
fauna - Dugong.
(a) Tripura (b) Manipur (a) Pachmarhi (b) Khangchendzonga
reat Nicobar (1989) Andaman &
G (c) Meghalaya (d) Assam (c) Nanda Devi (d) Cold Desert
Nicobar Island, Key fauna - Saltwater
.16. Which bio-reserves of India are
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crocodile. .7. Which of the following fauna is
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NOT included in the world network
includedinthefaunafoundinPachmarhi
biosphere-reserve?
ifference Between Wildlife
D Biosphere Reserve?
RRB NTPC CBT - I (04/03/2021) Morning
RRC Group D 26/08/2022 (Afternoon)
Sanctuary, Biospheres, And (a) Sambhar (b) Barasingha
(a) Sundarbans (b) Manas
National Parks (c) Gulf of Mannar (d) Nanda Devi
(c) Musk deer (d) Chinkara
.17.India’sFirstMarineparkissituated
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ildlife sanctuary: Human activitiesare
W .8. Which of thefollowingisafamous
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in:-
permitted with minor restrictions wildlife spot, that was established in
RRB NTPC CBT - I (13/03/2021) Morning
compared to the other two. The 1981 in Ladakh, and is famous for its
(a) Gulf of Mannar (b) Chennai
boundariesofthewildlifesanctuariesare high population of snow leopardsanda
(c) Gulf of Kutch (d) Jamnagar
not fixed. wide variety of birds?
RRC Group D 20/09/2022 (Evening) .18.TheJimCorbettNationalParkwas
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iospheres: Humanactivitiesarestrictly
B (a) Pin Valley National Park established in 1936 to save the
prohibited. Biospheres have fixed (b) Namdapha National Park endangered species of:
boundaries. (c) Hemis National Park RRB NTPC CBT - I (21/03/2021) Evening
(d) Nanda Devi National Park (a) Peacock (b) White elephant
National parks: Partial restrictions are
pplied,andnoactivitiesarepermittedin
a (c) Bengal tiger (d) Blue whale
.9.In which of the following states is
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core regions of the national park. The Kali Tiger Reserve located ? Q.19. Which wildlife sanctuary is a
boundaries are fixed as per the SSC CHSL 16/04/2021(Morning) t ri-stateprotectedareainnorthernIndia?
government regulations. (a) Arunachal Pradesh (b) Karnataka It is also famous for the Critically
(c) Telangana (d) Assam Endangered gharial, the red-crowned
Practice Questions :-
roofed turtle and the Endangered Ganges
Q.10.WhereistheSariskaTigerReserve
.1.Whichofthefollowingistheclosest
Q river dolphin?
located ?
wildrelativeofdomesticcattleprotected SSC CHSL 20/10/2020(Afternoon)
SSC CHSL 12/8/2021(Evening)
insomeofthefamousnationalparksof (a) National Chambal Sanctuary
(a) Rajasthan (b) Haryana
India like Nagarhole and Bandipur? (b) Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary
(c) Gujarat (d) Karnataka
SSC CGL 17/07/2023 (2nd shift) (c) Dandeli Wildlife Sanctuary
(a) Red angus (b) Asiatic buffalo .11. BaghmaraPitcherPlantSanctuary
Q (d) Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary
(c) Nilgai (d) Gaur is located in which of the following
Q.20. Which of the following is known
states?
.2. In which Biosphere Reserve is the
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SSC CGL 13/08/2021(Morning)
largest endangered marine mammal RRB JE 02/06/2019 (Morning)
(a) Meghalaya (b) Goa
Dugong and sea turtles also found? (a) Vedanthangal (b) Vettangudi
(c) Karnataka (d) Assam
SSC CGL 25/07/2023( 3rd shift) (c) Mudumalai (d) Koonthankulam
(a) Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve Q.12. The Buxa Tiger Reserve in West Answer Key :-
(b) Seshachalam Biosphere Reserve engal is threatened by the ongoing:
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1.(d) 2.(d) 3.(b) 4.(b)
(c) Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve SSC MTS 05/10/2021(Morning)
(d) Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve (a) dolomite mining (b) copper mining 5.(d) 6.(d) 7.(d) 8.(c)
.3. How many b
Q iosphere reserves are (c) magnetite mining (d) hematite mining 9.(b) 10.(a) 11.(a) 12.(a)
there in India? 13.(a) 14.(c) 15.(b) 16.(b)
.13. In which state is the Nokrek
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SSC MTS 02/05/2023 (Morning)
Biosphere Reserve located ? 17.(c) 18.(c) 19.(a) 20.(c)
(a) Sixteen (b) Eighteen
SSC MTS 11/10/2021(Evening)
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designated as the 49th TigerReservein Chhattisgarh
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ational parks are a protected area
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wasthelastknownhabitatoftheAsiatic
under Wildlife Protection Act 1972, to Raimona NationalPark-Itwasdeclared cheetah in the country.
conserve the Flora, fauna and other National Park on 5 June 2021. It is
a
Biological diversity.Nohumanactivityis situated inside the Bodoland Territorial ther National Parks a
O re Indravati
permitted. There are 106 national parks Region (BTR) across the boundary with National Park (1982), Kanger Ghati
in India covering an area of 44,402.95 Bhutan. It incorporates the northern National Park (1982).
km2, which is 1.35%ofthegeographical piece of the Ripu and Chirang Reserve
area of the country (National Wildlife Forest.ItisfamousforitsGoldenLangur,
Database, 2023). State wise national Goa
an endemic species which is known as
parks are given below : the mascot of BTR.
Mollem National Park (1992) - It is
Andaman and Nicobar located in the Western Ghats.
ibru-Saikhowa National Park - It was
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establishedasaNationalParkin1999.It
Campbell Bay National Park - It was isboundedbytheBrahmaputraandLohit Gujarat
stablishedasaNationalParkin1992.It
e Rivers in the northandtheDibruriverin
is located on Great Nicobar Island. the south. It was also designated as a Gir National Park (Sasan Gir) - It was
Biosphere Reserve in 1997. stablishedasaNationalParkin1975.It
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ther National Parks are Galathea Bay
O is the only known habitat of the Asiatic
(1992),MountHarriet(1987),RaniJhansi Dehing Patkai National Park - It was Lion.
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Mahatma Gandhi Marine (Wandoor, andbecame7thNationalparkofAssam. Blackbuck National Park (Velavadar)-It
1983). It is located in the Dibrugarh,Charaideo as established as a National Park in
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and Tinsukia districts of Assam. It 1976 in Bhavnagar district of Gujarat.
Andhra Pradesh includes the Jeypore Rainforest. River
Dehing flows through the park. It is a ansda (Bansda) National Park - It was
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part of the eastern Himalayan establishedasaNationalParkin1979.It
riVenkateswaraNationalPark(1989)-
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biodiversity hotspot, which is an is located on the banks of Ambika River.
It is a part of the Seshachalam Hills
Biosphere Reserve. amalgamation of a number of forests
located in Assam-Arunachal border arine National Park (1982) - It is
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areas. These, also called the “Assam located in the Gulf of Kutch and is the
ther National Parks are Papikonda
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Valley Wet Evergreen Forest”or“Holong largest Marine NationalPark in India.
National Park (2008) and Rajiv Gandhi
(Rameswaram, 2005) National Park. Nahor Forest” or “Amazon of the East”.
Haryana
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Arunachal Pradesh
as a National Park in 1990 and Tiger Kalesar National Park - It was
reserve in 2008. It has beenrecognised stablishedasaNationalParkin2003.It
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Namdapha NationalPark(1983)-Itwas
under UNESCO World Heritage Sites is located in Yamunanagar district of
esignated as Tiger reserve and is
d
(1985). Manas river (Tributary of Haryana. Itisprobablytheonlyforestin
recognisedunderUNESCOTentativelist.
Brahmaputra River) flows through the Haryana with a natural Sal tree belt.
It comprises the area of the catchment
park.
of the Noa-Dihing River.
Sultanpur National Park - It was
aziranga National Park - It was
K stablishedasaNationalParkin1989.It
e
Mouling National Park (1986) - It is
established as a National Park in 1974 is situated in Gurgaon district of
located on the right bank of Siang river.
and Tiger Reserve in 2007. It was Haryana.
declared a UNESCO World HeritageSite
Assam in 1985. It is situated on the bank of Himachal Pradesh
Brahmaputra river. It is inhabited by the
ameriNationalPark-Itwasestablished
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Great Himalayan National Park (1984)-
asaNationalParkin1998.Itisapartof rhinoceroses.
ItislocatedinKulluregioninthestateof
the Eastern Himalayan Biodiversity
Himachal Pradesh. In June 2014,Itwas
Hotspot. It sharesitsnorthernboundary
Bihar added to the UNESCO list of World
with the Pakhui Wildlife Sanctuary of
Heritage Sites.
Arunachal Pradesh. River Jia Bhoroli
Valmiki National Park (1989) - It was
bifurcates it into two parts. It was also
eclaredasaTigerReserve.Itislocated
d Other National Parks are Inderkilla
designated as Tiger Reserve in theyear
in the WestChamparanDistrictofBihar. ( 2010), Khirganga (2010), Col. Sherjung
2000. The white-winged duck is an
It is the only national park in Bihar. Simbalbara (2010), and Pin Valley (1987).
endangered species found there.
Harha–MasanRiversystemoriginatesin
the park. Jammu and Kashmir
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established in 1981. It is located in the Madhya Pradesh ( Endangered species under IUCN Red
abarwan Range of the western
Z data book).
Himalayas. BandhavgarhNationalPark-Itislocated
intheVindhyaHillsofMadhyaPradesh's Odisha
azinag N
K ational Park (2000) - It is Umaria district. It was designated as a
situated on the north bank of Jhelum National Park in 1968 and Tiger reserve hitarkanikaNational Park (1988)-It is
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river. in 2007. the breeding place for the SaltWater
Crocodiles.GahirmathaBeachislocated
ishtwar National Park -
K It was ther National Parks: Fossil (1983),
O on the eastern boundary of the park,
established in 1981. It is surroundedby Pench (1975), Kanha (1955), Kuno famous for Olive Ridley Turtles.
the Rinnay River inthenorth,KibarNala (2018), Madhav (1959), Panna (1981),
catchments in the southern part, the Sanjay (1981), Satpura (1981) and Van Simlipal National Park (1980) - It was
Great Himalaya in the east and Marwa Vihar (1979). eclared Tiger reserve in 2007 andpart
d
River in the west. of the UNESCO World Network of
Maharashtra Biosphere Reserve since 2009.
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was established as a National park in
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1992.
(1983)-ItislocatedinMumbai.Kanheri
caves is located within the park. Ranthambore National Park - It w as
Jharkhand stablished as a National Park in 1980
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therNationalParksofMaharashtraare
O andTigerReservein2007.Itisbounded
etla National Park - It wasestablished
B Chandoli (2004), Gugamal (1975), tothenorthbytheBanasRiverandtothe
as a National park in 1986. It is partof Nawegaon (1975), Pench (Jawaharlal south by the Chambal River. The
the coreareaofPalamauTigerReserve. Nehru, 1975) and Tadoba (1955). Ranthambore fort is located atop a700
North Koel river passes through the park. feet tall hill within the park and is
Manipur believed tohavebeenbuiltin944ADby
Kerala a Chauhan ruler.
eibul-LamjaoNationalPark(1977)-Itis
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ilent Valley National Park - It was
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established as a National Park in 1984. world.ItislocatedontheLoktakLake.It established as a National Park in 2006
RiverKunthipuzhaispassingthroughthe is the natural habitat ofthe'Sangai',the and Tiger Reserve in 2013. It islocated
Park. Lion Tailed Macaques are the dancingdeerofManipur.Itisfamousfor on the eastern bank of the Chambal
flagship species of the Park. The phumdis. River. It is located near Kota, Rajasthan.
Kadalundi River has its origin in Silent
Valley. hiroiNationalPark(1982)-Itisfamous
S Desert National Park (1992) - It is
for shiroi lily. f amous for Critically Endangered (IUCN
ther NationalParksareAnamudiShola
O Red List) Great Indian Bustards. It has
(2003), Pambadum Shola (2003), beenrecognisedunderUNESCOSiteson
Meghalaya
Mathikettan Shola (2003), Eravikulam the Tentative List (2009). It is Situated
(1978), Periyar National Park (1982). near the towns of Jaisalmer and Barmer.
Balpakram National Park (1986) - It is
locatedneartheGaroHillsinMeghalaya
Karnataka Sariska National Park - It was
andisfamousforthegoldencatandthe
stablished as a National Park in1992
e
barking deer.
NagaraholeNationalPark(1988)-Itwas and Tiger Reserve in 2007.
eclaredasthe37thTigerreserveunder
d NokrekRidgeNationalPark(1997)-Itis
Project Tiger in 2007. It lies in the Keoladeo National Park (1981) - It is
lso recognised under UNESCO List of
a
WesternGhatsandisapartoftheNilgiri ecognized as UNESCO World Heritage
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biosphere reserve in 2009.
Biosphere Reserve. Nagarahole River Sites (1985). It is listed under the
flows through the park. Montreuxrecord.GambhirandBanganga
Mizoram aretworiversthatflowthroughthisPark.
ther National Parks are Anshi (1987),
O It is Recognised under Wetland of
hawngpui (Blue Mountain) National
P international Importance under Ramsar
Bandipur (1974), Bannerghatta (1974)
Park(1992)-ItislocatedintheMizohills Convention.
and Kudremukh (1987).
and the highest peak of Mizoram (Blue
Mountain) is located in the park.
Ladakh Sikkim
notherNationalParkisMurlenNational
A
emis National Park (1981) - It is the
H Kanchenjunga National Park – It was
Park.
largest national park of India. Globally stablishedasanationalparkin1977.It
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famous for its snow leopards. It is the is recognized under the UNESCO list of
Nagaland biosphere reserves. It is the only
onlynationalparkinIndiathatisnorthof
the Himalayas. recognized World Heritage Site under
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eak), is located within the National Park.
p ajgopalachari, popularly known as
R Highest density of Tiger found in Jim
“Rajaji”.PastoralistVanGujjarslivethere Corbett National Park (Uttrakhand).
Tamil Nadu in the winters.
Practice Questions :-
ulf of Mannar Marine National Park
G angotri National Park - It was
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(1980) - It is recognised underUNESCO establishedasaNationalParkin1989.It .1. The Blackbuck National Park is
Q
list of Biosphere reserve. It is famous for is situated on the catchment of the located in ________.
Critically Endangered Dugong (Sea Cow). BhagirathiRiver.Itformsaninternational SSC MTS 08/05/2023 (Evening)
boundary with Tibet (China). (a) Sikkim (b) Gujarat
I ndiraGandhi(Annamalai)NationalPark Govind Pashu Vihar National Park - It (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Haryana
(1989) - It wasalsodesignatedasTiger was established as a National Park in
Reserve in 2007. Anamalai Hills is 1990. River Tons (Tributary of Yamuna) Q.2. The world's only floating national
located in the park. flow through this park. ark, Keibul Lamjao National Park, is
p
located in ______.
ther National parks are Guindy (1976),
O Jim Corbett National Park - It is the SSC CHSL 05/08/2021(Afternoon)
Mukurthi (1990) and Mudumalai (1990). ldest nationalparkinIndia,established
o (a) Manipur (b) Assam
intheyear1936asHaileyNationalPark. (c) Nagaland (d) Tripura
It wasdeclaredaTigerReservein2010.
Telangana Q.3. In which of the following states is
Project Tiger was firstlaunchedin1973
in this park. River Ramganga flows t he Simlipal National Park located?
rugavani National Park (1994) - It is
M SSC GD 26/11/2021 (Afternoon)
through this park.
located near Hyderabad. (a) Odisha (b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Bihar (d) Maharashtra
ther National Parks are Kasu
O Uttar Pradesh
Brahmananda Reddy National Park Q.4. In which of the following states is
(1994) and Mahavir Harina Vanasthali udhwa National Park (1977) - It is
D urlen National Park located?
M
National Park (1994). located on the Indo-Nepali borderinthe SSC GD 26/11/2021 (Morning)
Lakhimpur Kheri District. Mohana and (a) Tripura (b) Nagaland
Suheliriverflowthroughthepark. Itwas
Tripura (c) Mizoram (d) Assam
declared a Tiger Reserve in 2007.
Q.5. Which of the following parks is
louded Leopard National Park (2007)-
C
It is India's first dedicated wildlife park West Bengal India's first 'Mixed World Heritage Site' on
UNESCO’s World Heritage list?
for Clouded Leopards.
Gorumara National Park - It was SSC CHSL 15/10/2020 (Evening)
stablishedasaNationalParkin1992.It
e (a) Gir National Park
Bison (Rajbari) National Park (2007)-It
is located in Jalpaiguri district, West (b) Kanha National Park
as established to protect the Indian
w
Bengal. (c) Nagarhole National Park
gaur, a type of bison.
(d) Khangchendzonga National Park
uxa National Park - It wasestablished
B
Uttarakhand .6. Sultanpur National Park located in
Q
as a National Park in 1992 and Tiger
which of the following states is known
Reserve in 2009.
Nanda Devi National Park (1982) - It is for its migratory and local birds?
r ecognised under the UNESCO Natural D.P. (Executive) 14/12/2020 (Evening)
Other National Parks are Jaldapara
list of world heritage sites. It is a (a) Himachal Pradesh (b) Haryana
( 2014), Neora Valley (1986), Sundarban
Biosphere Reserve Recognised under (c) Punjab (d) Rajasthan
(1984) and Singalila (1986).
UNESCO’s Man and Biosphere
Programme. River Rishi Ganga flows Q.7.Kanha National Park is in :
through it. It is home to rare and Important facts elhi Police MTS 27/12/2018
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endangered animals, including the (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Bihar
Asiatic black bear, snow leopard, brown Punjab is the only state of India, which (c) Jharkhand (d) Madhya Pradesh
bear and blue sheep. oes not have even a single National
d
Park. Q.8. Where is M
anas National Park
Among States, MadhyaPradeshhasthe located in India?
alleyofFlowers-Itwasestablishedas
V
largestnumberofnationalparksinIndia (a) Rajasthan (b) Madhya Pradesh
a NationalParkin1982.Itisrecognised
(11). (c) Assam (d) Himachal Pradesh
under the UNESCO Natural list of world
heritagesites.ItislocatedintheChamoli Among Union Territories, Andaman and
Nicobar have the largest n umber of Q.9. Which of the following is the wild
district of Uttarakhand. The Pushpawati
National parks (6). abitat of pygmy hogs?
h
RiverflowsthroughtheValleyofFlowers
Madhya Pradesh has Maximum number (a) Kanha Tiger Reserve
national parks.
of Tiger reserves in India. (b) Rajaji National Park
LargestTigerReserveisNagarjunasagar (c) Manas National Park
ajaji National Park-Itwasestablished
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srisailam (Andhra pradesh). (d) Jim Corbett National Park
as a National Park in 1983 and Tiger
Reservein2015.IthasbeenNamedafter Smallest Tiger Reserve is Orang
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is located in: Q.21. Which of the following stateshas
(a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Madhya Pradesh t he maximum number of national parks
Wildlife Sanctuaries
(c) Bihar (d) Rajasthan in India?
(a) Odisha (b) Uttar Pradesh Wildlife Sanctuary is an area where
A
.11.Inwhichofthefollowingprotected
Q (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Bihar animal habitats and their surroundings
areas in India the humaninterferenceis are protected from any sort of
prohibited .22. VanViharNationalParkislocated
Q disturbance. The capturing, killing and
(a) National Parks in which of the following cities of India poachingofanimalsisstrictlyprohibited
(b) Wetlands (a) Alwar (b) Indore in these regions. The Wild Life
(c) Wildlife sanctuaries (c) Ranthambore (d) Bhopal (Protection) Act, 1972 provides for the
(d) Biosphere Reserves establishment of Protected Areas in
.23. In which of the following
Q India. Wildlife sanctuaries of India, are
.12. With reference to the protection
Q states/union territories is the Mahatma classifiedasIUCNCategoryIVprotected
sites of animals, which of the following Gandhi Marine National Park situated? areas.
pairs matched? (a) Dadra and Nagar Haveli
(a) Buxa-Chhattisgarh (b) Odisha Andaman and Nicobar Islands
(b) Nanda Devi - Himachal Pradesh (c) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
(c) Nokrek-Meghalaya (d) Gujarat
I nterviewIslandWildlifeSanctuary:Main
(d) Gir-Rajasthan
Q.24. Which national park in India is attraction of the sanctuary are
ational Park is
.13. The Nagarhole N
Q located in the Himalayas a nd is known elephants.
located in for its diverse flora andfauna,including
(a) Arunachal Pradesh (b) Goa the snow leopard? ildlife Sanctuaries: Arial Island,
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(c) Karnataka (d) Tamil Nadu (a) Keoladeo National Park BambooIsland,BarrenIsland,BattiMalv
(b) Jim Corbett National Park Island, Belle Island, Bennett Island,
.14. Intanki National Park, also known
Q (c) Hemis National Park Bingham Island, Blister Island, Bluff
as Ntangki National Park, is inwhichof (d) Sundarbans National Park Island, Bondoville Island, Brush Island,
the following states? BuchananIsland,ChannelIsland,Cinque
(a) Nagaland (b) Arunachal Pradesh .25. Which national park in Asia is a
Q Island, Clyde Island, Cone Island.
(c) Manipur (d) Meghalaya UNESCO World Heritage Site and is
home to the endangered one-horned Andhra Pradesh
.15. In whichofthefollowingstatesis
Q rhinoceros?
the Corbett national park located ? (a) Kaziranga National Park Wildlife Sanctuaries: Kolleru Bird
(a) Tripura (b) West Bengal (b) Periyar National Park anctuary, Nelapattu Bird Sanctuary,
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(c) Uttarakhand (d) Gujrat (c) Sundarbans National Park Pulicat Lake Bird Sanctuary, Coringa,
(d) Keoladeo National Park Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve,
.16. Which of the following national
Q
Sri Venkateswara National Park,
parksisalsoassociatedwiththepopular
Answer Key :- Rollapadu,SriLankamalleswara,Krishna,
character Mowgli?
Koundinya, Gundla Brahmeswaram, Sri
(a) Similipal (b) Ranthambhore
1.(b) 2.(a) 3.(a) 4.(c) Penusila Narasimha, Kambalakonda.
(c) Jim Corbett (d) Pench
5.(d) 6.(b) 7.(d) 8.(c)
.17. Which of the following national
Q Arunachal Pradesh
9.(c) 10.(d) 11.(a) 12.(c)
parks is NOT located in Madhya
Pradesh? 13.(c) 14.(a) 15.(c) 16.(d) ildlife Sanctuaries: D'Ering Memorial,
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(a) Manas National Park 17.(a) 18.(c) 19.(c) 20.(d) Itanagar, Mahao, Eagle Nest, Sessa
(b) Bandhavgarh National Park Orchid Sanctuary, Kamlang, Dibang,
(c) Kanha National Park 21.(c) 22.(d) 23.(c) 24.(c) Kane, Yordi Rabe Supse.
(d) Mandla Plant Fossils National Park 25.(a)
.18. Where is Salim Ali National Park
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Assam
located in India ?
obitora Wildlife Sanctuary: It has the
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(a) kanha (b) Corbett
highest density of one-horned rhinos in
(c) Srinagar (d) Bhadra
the world and second highest
Q.19. In whichofthefollowingstatesis concentration in Assam a fter Kaziranga
t he Clouded Leopard National Park National Park.
situated?
(a) Tripura (b) Sikkim anas Wildlife Sanctuary: It spans the
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(c) Meghalaya (d) Nagaland Manas riverandisboundedtothenorth
by the forests of Bhutan. Manas was
.20.SingalilaNationalParkislocatedin
Q originallyagamereservesince1928and
which of the following states? becameaTigerReservein1974,aWorld
(a) Chhattisgarh (b) Kerala Heritage Site in 1985, and a Biosphere
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National Park in 1990. Act of 1972. hadra,Bhimgad,Brahmagiri,Cauvery,
B
Chincholi , Daroji Sloth Bear Sanctuary,
Wildlife Sanctuaries : Garampani, arda Wildlife Sanctuary is located in
B Gudekote Sloth Bear Sanctuary, Malai
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of West Bengal. It is thesecondlargest
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bird sanctuary in India after Bharatpur
t he Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary situated?
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sanctuary in north-east India? Uttar Pradesh?
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(c) Manas (d) Periyar (b) Chandra Prabha Wildlife Sanctuary
(c) Hastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary
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established in West Bengal in 1941
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(a) Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary (c) Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary
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SanctuaryofUttarPradeshwasdeclared
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is located in which Indian state? Wildlife Protection Act, 1972?
(a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Karnataka (a) Parvati Arga Bird Sanctuary
(c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Tripura (b) Patna Bird Sanctuary
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Lakhimpur districts. provides legal protection to the birds migratory birds like Demoiselle cranes
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lagoon area.
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the Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary. It is a
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Karera Bustard Sanctuary (1981) - It is famous avifauna sanctuary in Bharatpur.
Pradesh.
located in the Shivpuri district.
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ailana Kharmor Sanctuary - It was
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safeguard the highly endangeredLesser bird lovers and nature enthusiasts and the village Nawabganj in Hasanganj
Florican Sypheotides indica, known located in the tropical belt of Sikkim. tehsil of Unnao district.
locally as Kharmor or ‘Grass Peacock’. a.
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Ahmednagar districts.
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san Barrage Bird Sanctuary, also
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khla Bird Sanctuary - A bird sanctuary
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located? 1.(d) 2.(d) 3.(c) 4.(b)
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itswidevarietyofbirds,butterflies,ferns
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and orchids. 9.(a) 10.(c) 11.(b) 12.(b)
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Uttar Dinajpur district. Rajasthan
II. Nelapattu Bird Sanctuary - Andhra
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anganathittu Bird Sanctuary located?
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(b) Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary Sanctuary located?
(c) Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary (a) Nainital, Uttarakhand
(d) Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary (b) Sundarbans, West Bengal
(c) Chilika lagoon area, Odisha
.4.InwhichyearwasAdichunchanagiri
Q (d) Periyar National Park, Kerala
Wildlife Sanctuary established as a
sanctuary? Q.16. In which Indian state is theSandi
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(a) Rajasthan (b) Uttar Pradesh
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sanctuary is located………
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(c) Assam (d) Odisha t he Chintamani Kar Bird Sanctuary?
(a) Butterfly Garden (b)Kayal-r Bagan
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located in which of the following states?
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iger Reserve, Udanti-Sitanadi Tiger
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(c) Kanha Tiger Reserve (c) Satpura (d) Bandhavgarh
Q.3.Thelargestnumberoftigerreserves (d) Kawal Tiger Reserve
is located in? Q.21. Which of the following tiger
(a) Karnataka (b) Madhya Pradesh .11. The National park which was
Q r eservesalsohasafortandcaveshrines
(c) West Bengal (d) Andhra Pradesh declared as a tiger reserve in 1992 is with Sanskrit inscriptions?
_______________ National Park. (a) Kanha Tiger Reserve
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hich one has the largest area under
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"Critical Tiger Habitat"? (d) Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve
(a) Corbett Q.12. In the year2020whichoneofthe
(b) Ranthambore f ollowing tiger reserves of India was Q.22. In whichofthefollowingstatesis
(c) Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam declared by UNESCO as a Biosphere t he Palamau Tiger Reserve situated?
(d) Sunderbans Reserve? (a) Bihar (b) Jharkhand
(a) Panna Tiger Reserve (c) Gujarat (d) Assam
Q.5. Which of the following Tiger (b) Namdapha Tiger Reserve
eserves/National Parks and states
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situated in is INCORRECTLY matched? (d) Pench Tiger Reserve
(a) Manas Tiger Reserve - Assam
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Pradesh. not have tiger reserves in India? 5.(c) 6.(a) 7.(b) 8.(c)
(c) Sundarbans National Park - Odisha (a) Kerala (b) West Bengal 9.(c) 10.(c) 11.(c) 12.(a)
(d) Corbett National Park - Uttarakhand (c) Uttarakhand (d) Gujarat
13.(d) 14.(d) 15.(d) 16.(c)
Q.6. Select the correct c hronological Q.14. Which of the following tiger 17.(b) 18.(b) 19.(c) 20.(d)
rder of tiger reserves situated from
o r eserves is NOT located in Karnataka?
21.(d) 22.(b)
North to South in India? (a) Dandeli-Anshi (b) Bhadra
(a) Corbett National Park > Kanha Tiger (c) Nagarhole (d) Pench
Reserve > Bandipur Tiger Reserve
(b) Buxa National Park > Namdapha Q.15. In which of the following Tiger
National Park > Manas National Park eserves of India, is its first hot air
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(c) Manas National Park > Ranthambore balloon wildlife safari launched in
National Park > Rajaji National Park December 2020?
(d) None of the above (a) Manas Tiger Reserve
(b) Buxa Tiger Reserve
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Q (c) Jim Corbett Tiger Reserve
areas: (d) Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve
1. Bandipur 2. Bhitarkanika 3. Manas
4. Sunderbans Q.16.Buxa Tiger Reserve is located in:
Which of the above are declared Tiger ( a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Kerala
Reserves? (c) West Bengal (d) Andhra Pradesh
(a) 1 and 2 only (b) 1, 3 and 4 only
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(c) 2, 3 and 4 only (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Reserves in______________isconsidered
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Reserves of India from North to South: of the famous 'Jungle Book'byRudyard
1. Dudhwa 2. Panna 3. Pench 4. Indravati Kipling?
Selectthecorrectanswerusingthecode (a) Karnataka (b) Madhya Pradesh
given below. (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Telangana
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(c) 1, 2, 3, 4 (d) 1, 3, 2, 4
situated in Uttar Pradesh?
.9. Which of the following Tiger
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Reserves was granted the'Conservation (c) Jim Corbett (d) Panna
Assured Tiger Standards' status in July
Q.19. Which of the following is a tiger
2021?
r eserve?
(a) Ranthambore Tiger Reserve
(a) Great Himalayan National park
(b) Corbett Tiger Reserve
(b) Gir Wildlife Sanctuary
(c) Mudumalai Tiger Reserve
(c) Jim Corbett National park
(d) Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve
(d) Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary
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iver. It is contiguous with the Intanki
R Nagaland
Elephant Reserves Elephant Reserve (Nagaland).
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ocation: Central and Southern Western
L hirang-Ripu (2003) - Ripu and Chirang
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Southern Peninsular India. Bengal. These forests have the largest It is contiguous with the Dihing-Patkai
known population of the endangered Elephant Reserve (Assam).
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Government ofIndiaintheyear1992as
Location: Surajpur district. Itconstitutes
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forests between Badalkhol Wildlife Mahanadi(2002)-ItconsistsofSatkosia
following objectives:
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1.Toprotectelephants,theirhabitatand
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b
3. Welfare of captive elephants.
districts in Northern Chhattisgarh. Sambalpur district.
he Ministry of Environment,Forestand
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Climate Change provides financial and Jharkhand Tamil Nadu
technical support to major elephant
range states in the country through inghbhum (2001) - Location: East and
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Kharsawan districts.
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Brahmagiri - Nagarholle Tiger Reserve - Reserve is declared as Anamalai
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foothills of the Himalayas in West
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iger Reserve is a part of it. It is
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border of Arunachal and Assam states. and Kollam districts of Kerala.
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part of this Elephant Reserve. Uttar Pradesh
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ills and Pandalam Hills of the south
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Western Ghats along the Tamil Nadu Saharanpur and Bijnore districts
Location: East Karbi Anglong district. It
border. adjoining the Shivalik Hills of
extends from Brahmaputra River in the
Uttarakhand.
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Uttarakhand in the Cardamom Hills and Pandalam (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Odisha
ills of the south Western Ghats along
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Shivalik(2002) - Location: Shivalik Hills the border of which state?
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( Uttarakhand). (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Andhra Pradesh
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(c) Karnataka (d) Telangana
matched?
West Bengal Q.9. Mayurbhanj Elephant Reserve is (a) Eastern Dooars - Meghalaya
located in which state? (b) Nilambur - Kerala
Mayurjharna (2002) - It is located over (a) Karnataka (b) Odisha (c) Shivalik - Uttarakhand
arts of Paschim Midnapore, Bankura
p (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Assam (d) Terai - Uttar Pradesh
district.
.10.InwhichyearwastheSrivilliputhur
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astern Dooars (2002) - Location:
E Elephant Reserve established? Reserve?
Jalpaiguri district. It consists of (a) 2001 (b) 2002 (c) 2003 (d) 2018 (a) Arunachal Pradesh (b) Meghalaya
Jaldapara National Park, Pakhi Bitan (c) Karnataka (d) Jharkhand
Wildlife Sanctuary and parts of Buxa Q.11. Which one of the following
Tiger Reserve. ( Elephant Reserve - State) matches Answer Key :-
correctly?
(a) Intanki - Odisha
Practice Questions :- 1.(b) 2.(c) 3.(b) 4.(b)
(b) Anamudi - Tamil Nadu
(c) Badalkhol-Tamorpingla - Chhattisgarh 5.(a) 6.(d) 7.(d) 8.(a)
.1.Inwhichyearwas‘ProjectElephant’
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(d) Singhbhum - Karnataka 9.(b) 10.(c) 11.(c) 12.(c)
launched by the GovernmentofIndiaas
a Centrally Sponsored Scheme? 13.(b) 14.(a) 15.(a) 16.(b)
.12. Where was the first elephant
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reserve or sanctuary created? 17.(c) 18.(b) 19.(a) 20.(c)
(a) 1984 (b) 1992 (c) 1988 (d) 1997
(a) Assam (b)Karnataka
(c) Jharkhand (d) Kerala
.2. Which ministry provides financial
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and technical supporttomajorelephant
Q.13. Which of the following is NOT
range states through Project Elephant?
located in Odisha?
(a) Ministry of Finance
(a) Mahanadi Elephant Reserve
(b) Ministry of Agriculture
(b) Sonitpur Elephant Reserve
(c) Ministry of Environment, Forest and
(c) Mayurbhanj Elephant Reserve
Climate Change
(d) Sambalpur Elephant Reserve
(d) Ministry of Home Affairs
Q.14. In whichofthefollowingstatesis
.3.InwhichstateistheRayalaElephant
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t he Srivilliputhur Elephant Reserve
Reserve located?
located?
(a) Karnataka (b) Andhra Pradesh
(a) Tamil Nadu (b) Karnataka
(c) Assam (d) Odisha
(c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Telangana
Q.4.NamdaphaTigerReserveisapartof
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hich Elephant Reserve?
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Andhra Pradesh that is part of the
(a) Kameng
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(b) South Arunachal
the state and the centre.
(c) Dihing-Patkai
(a) Rayala Elephant Reserve
(d) Kaziranga–Karbi Anglong
(b) Nilambur Elephant Reserve
(c) Anamalai Elephant Reserve
Q.5. Which state hoststheChirang-Ripu
(d) Anamudi Elephant Reserve
lephantReservewiththelargestknown
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population o f the endangered Golden
.16. The ____________ inKeralahasits
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Langur?
own elephant sanctuary.
(a) Assam (b) Chhattisgarh
(a) Sabarimala Sree Ayyappa Temple
(c) Meghalaya (d) Jharkhand
(b) Guruvayoor Temple
(c) Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple
.6.Lemru Elephant Reserve is located
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(d) Chottanikkara Devi Temple
in which state?
(a) Karnataka (b) Tamil Nadu
Q.17. In which state is the Kameng
(c) Jharkhand (d) Chhattisgarh
lephant Reserve located?
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(a) Karnataka (b) Assam
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(c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) Odisha
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(a) 2001 (b) 2002 (c) 2003 (d) 2022
ilambur Elephant Reserve?
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Mahabodhi temple.
It refers to cultural practices, traditions,
Great Himalayan National Park (2014)
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Central Railway. Formername-Victoria.
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Lord Shiva. It is a monolithic structure
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d (d) Hoysala Festival Q.12. Hampi was declared as a World
Buddhist chanting of Ladakh: Recitation eritageSitebyUNESCOinwhichofthe
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of sacred Buddhist texts in the Q.4. Which Indian religiousfestivalhas following years?
trans-Himalayan Ladakh region, Jammu r ecently been included in the SSC CHSL 19/04/2021 (Afternoon)
and Kashmir (2012) representative list of intangible cultural (a) 1999 (b) 1980 (c) 1990 (d) 1986
heritage of humanity by UNESCO, an
Sankirtana, ritualsinging,drummingand organisation of the United Nations? Q.13. Paris is the headquarters of
ancing of Manipur (2013)
d SSC CGL 12/12/2022 (2nd Shift) _ _______.
(a) Durga Puja (b) Ramnavami SSC GD 15/12/2021 (Evening)
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tensil making among the Thatheras of
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Jandiala Guru, Punjab (2014)
architect of the World Heritage site, Sanchi declared as a UNESCO World
Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in Mumbai? Heritage Site?
Nawrouz, Novruz (2016)
Selection Post 01/08/2022 (Shift - 4 ) SSC GD 22/11/2021 (evening)
(a) Vincent Esch (a) 1989 (b) 1999 (c) 1967 (d) 2014
Yoga (2016)
(b) FW Stevens
.15. In whichyeardidUNESCOinclude
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Kumbh Mela (2017) (c) Samuel Swinton Jacob
Yoga in its Intangible Cultural Heritage
(d) George Wittet
list?
Durga Puja in Kolkata (2021) SSC CHSL 13/10/2020 (Morning)
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NESCO released a list of 50
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India'sfirst'MixedWorldHeritageSite'on
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UNESCO’s World Heritage list?
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ome of the Important Textiles Crafts:
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been included in the tentative list of
Toda embroidery and Sungudi (Tamil (b) Kanha National Park
UNESCO world heritage sites. The town
Nadu), Himroo weaves (Hyderabad), (c) Nagarhole National Park
is located in which state?
Bandha tie and dye weaving from (d) Khangchendzonga National Park
RRB NTPC CBT - I (03/02/2021) Morning
Sambalpur (Odisha), K unbi weaves
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(Gujarat), Himroo (Maharashtra), manuscript included in the UNESCO's
Garad-Korial (West Bengal), Ilkal and Q.8. The International Institute of Memory of the World Register?
Lambadi or Banjara embroidery ducational Planning in Paris is a partof
E SSC CHSL 26/10/2020 (Afternoon)
(Karnataka), Sikalnayakanpet Kalamkari which organization of the United Nations ? (a) 2005(b) 2006(c) 2004(d) 2007
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rumals (Himachal Pradesh), Thigma or Q.18. In which year was ‘Ramlila’
(a) UNICEF (b) UNESCO (c) ILO (d) UNO
wool tie and dye (Ladakh), Awadh inscribedontheUNESCORepresentative
Jamdani (Varanasi). .9. Kalinga, the famous award for the
Q ListoftheIntangibleCulturalHeritageof
popularization of science is given by Humanity?
SSC CPO 23/11/2020 (Evening)
Practice Questions :- whom?
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Q.1. Which institution launched a listof (a) UNESCO (b) UNICEF
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started by the central government in
(c) Ministry of Culture (d) UNESCO (a) Agni dance (b) Paika dance
2015 to take careoftheUNESCOWorld
Heritage Sites and to make these sites (c) Chau dance (d) Mundari dance
Q.2. Where is the World Heritage Site,
onark Sun Temple situated in India?
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NESCO Heritage Site, is located in the
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organised by the Government of
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celebrate the grandeur of temples at a theinscriptionofArchitecturalworkofLe Intangible Cultural Heritage of UNESCO?
UNESCO heritage site? Corbusier? D.P. (Executive) 03/12/2020 (Evening)
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the conservation and sustainable
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Khijadia Wildlife Sanctuary(2021)-This
r ecognised as an Intangible Cultural fundamental ecological functions of
f reshwaterwetlandnearthecoastofthe
Heritage (ICH) by UNESCO? wetlands and their economic, cultural,
Gulf of Kutch and located in Jamnagar
Delhi Police S.I. 15/03/2019 (Morning) scientific, and recreational value.
district.
(a) Sitar Vadan (b) Yoga
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hmedabad.
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permanently or annually. Based on the
5.(b) 6.(a) 7.(c) 8.(b)
types, wetlands are classified (8) as
9.(a) 10.(c) 11.(a) 12.(d) marsh, swamps, bogs, fens, estuaries,
Haryana
13.(a) 14.(a) 15.(b) 16.(d) lakes and ponds, river floodplains and
Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary(2021)-It
oxbow lakes.
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permanent discharge, and Mansar is species. built across the Mahanadi River. The
primarily fed by surface runoff and largest earthen dam in Odisha started
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rainy season. Shivpuri district. Satkosia Gorge (2021) - Established in
976 as a wildlife sanctuary, Satkosia
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freshwater lake in India. It is located in istorical wetland situated in Indore.
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and nutrient-rich lake.
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r eservoir was built in the Gambhir river Punjab
Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary (2022)-A basin in the 1930s to provide irrigation
art of the Kaveri RiverontheSouthern
p and drinking water to the Indore region. Beas Conservation Reserve (2019) - A
Deccan Plateau. It is a bird sanctuary, 85 kilometre stretch of the Beas River
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the‘QueenofLakes’islocatedinKollam hane Creek (2022) - TheSiteisoneof
T ( 2019) - A dynamic freshwater
district. The lake is named after the the largest creeks of Asia and hosts ecosystem in the district of Gurdaspur.
ancient Sastha temple (a pilgrimage many birds migrating on the Central
centre) located on its bank. Asian Flyway. It has been declared as Nangal Wildlife Sanctuary (2019) -
‘Thane Creek Flamingo Sanctuary’. ocatedintheShivalikfoothillsofPunjab
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salt lake and South Asia's largest salt Indo-Gangetic Plain in Raebareli district.
lake. It represents thedepressionofthe Udhayamarthandapuram Bird Sanctuary
Aravalli Range. ( 2022) - A protected area located in Sandi Bird Sanctuary (2019) - A
Thiruvarur District. f reshwater marsh in the Hardoi district,
Tamil Nadu the wetland is typical of the Indo
Vaduvur Bird Sanctuary (2022) - It is -Gangetic Plain and receivesmostofits
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ulf of Mannar Marine Biosphere
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Biosphere Reserve in South and is located in Chengalpattu district. It is
South-East Asia. The Gulf is where the the oldest water bird sanctuary in the Sur Sarovar (2020) - Also known as
southward extension of the Bay of country. eetham Lake, is a human-made
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species. It is located in Mudukulathur mainland India. intermittent small stretches of
Ramanathapuram District. deep-water pools and reservoirs
Tripura upstream from barrages.
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resident and migratory water birds in Dehradun district.
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district. t he largest natural floodplainwetlandof West Bengal
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serves as an aquatic buffer of the Ganga Barrage on a floodplain of the
flood-prone Chennai and Chengalpattu River Ganga. It is located within the Sunderbans Wetland (2019) -
districts. boundaries of Hastinapur Wildlife undarbansisthelargestRamsarsitein
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and Coleroon estuary in the south of this diverse wetland while the Sarda Q.1. According to the Ramsar
Cuddalore district. Canal supplies additional water. onvention, which of the following is
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World Wetlands Day?
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Sanctuary (2002) - A protected area in ermanent freshwater environment
p (a) 18th March (b) 15th January
Tamil Nadu, South India along the Palk consisting of two oxbow lakes. It is (c) 2nd February (d) 19th December
StraitwhereitmeetstheBayofBengalat located in the Tarabganj Tehsil, at a
PointCalimereatthesoutheasterntipof distance of about 40 km from Gonda .2.InwhichstateinIndiaisChandratal
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Nagapattinam District. District at Mankapur-Nawabganj Road. wetland located?
Selection Post 05/08/2022 (Shift - 2 )
Suchindram Theroor Wetland Complex Saman Bird Sanctuary (2019) - It is (a) Jammu and Kashmir
( 2022) - The Site is part of the located near village Saman in Karhal (b) Himachal Pradesh
Suchindram Theroor Manakudi tehsil of Mainpuri district. (c) Uttarakhand
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c Maharashtrahasbeenincludedinthelist
in which country? may likely occur in the future as a f Ramsar Sites in November 2020?
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(a) France (b) Iraq (c)Israel (d)Iran consequence of human interference (a) Vihar (b) Venna (c) Rankala (d) Lonar
(b) The wetland has animals that are
.4. Which among the following is the
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smallest wetland in India? (c) The wetland is given the status of a sites is NOT situated in Uttar Pradesh?
(a) Sambhar Lake (b) Renuka Wetland World Heritage site (a) Sur Sarovar
(c) Bhoj Wetland (d) Sur Sarovar (d) The wetland would be given (b) Samaspur Bird Sanctuary
protection from human interference (c) Sarsai Nawar Jheel
Q.5. Which of the following lakes of (d) Surinsar mansar Lakes
within 5 kilometers of its range by the
aharashtrahasbeenincludedinthelist
M Q.21. Indiahascategoriseditswetlands
Government of the State
of Ramsar Sites in November 2020? into how many categories?
(a) Vihar (b)Venna (c) Rankala (d) Lonar Q.15. Which of the following is the (a) Six (b) Seven (c) Five (d) Eight
orld’s largest and most pristine
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Q.6.Hygamwetlandreserveislocatedin Q.22.Whichofthefollowingisoneofthe
wetland?
_ _________ District of Jammu and largest freshwater lakes in Assam and
(a) Everglades (USA)
Kashmir. the State's only Ramsar site besides
(b) Okavango (Botswana)
(a) Pulwama (b) Shopian being an Important Bird Area?
(c) Camargue (France)
(c) Baramulla (d) Anantnag (a) Umiam lake
(d) Pantanal (South America)
(b) Loktak lake
Q.7.WhicharticleofRamsarconvention
.16. Sundarbans were declared as a
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efines wetland?
d
'World Heritage Site' for which of the (d) Deepor Beel or Dipor Bil
(a) Article 3 (b) Article 2
following reasons?
(c) Article 6 (d) Article 1 .23. Choose t he INCORRECT pair with
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(a) Tiger reserve
(b) Sundari tree respect to wetland and their location?
Q.8. Which country has the highest
(c) Mangrove forest (a) Ropar Lake - Punjab
umber of Ramsar sites in South Asia?
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(d) None of the above (b) Sambhar Lake - Rajasthan
(a) China (b) India
(c) Deepor Beel - Assam
(c) Bangladesh (d) Thailand
Q.17. India is a party to the Ramsar (d) Harike Lake - Kerala
Q.9. Which Ramsar site is famous for onventionandhasdeclaredmanyareas
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as Ramsar Sites.Whichofthefollowing Answer Key :-
osting Olive Ridley sea turtles?
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(a) Harike Wetlands statements best describes how we
(b) Bhitarkanika Mangroves should maintain these sites in the 1.(c) 2.(b) 3.(d) 4.(b)
(c) Kanjli Wetland context of this Convention?
5.(d) 6.(c) 7.(d) 8.(b)
(d) Vembanad Kol Wetland (a) Keep all the sites completely
inaccessible to man so that they will 9.(b) 10.(d) 11.(a) 12.(a)
.10. When did the Ramsar Convention
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treaty come into force in India? (b) Conserve all the sites through
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t ool under which Convention.? wetlands of international importance.
(a) Convention on biodiversity 3. Lonar Lake is under the Ramsar sites.
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Meghalaya TR Gardens, Public Garden (Bagh
N .1. Asia’s largest Indira Gandhi
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Garden Of Caves, Lady Hydari Park. City), Kakatiya Musical Garden, which city?
Priyadarshini Park, Landscape Garden. RRB NTPC CBT - I (11/01/2021) Evening
Mizoram (a) Gangtok (b) Manali
Tripura (c) Shimla (d) Srinagar
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oothills garden, C
F ompany Garden (c) Deer Park
Odisha (Mussoorie), Moss Garden (Nainital), (d) Lodhi Gardens
Chaubatia Garden.
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Botanical Garden, Kelucharan Park, (a) Ram Niwas Bagh (b) Karamat Bagh
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Dilkusha Garden, Company Garden
.4.Nek Chand Saini is best known for:
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Punjab (Prayagraj), Jhansi Botanical Garden,
(a) Designing the Lotus Temple in New
Mehtab Bagh, Saharanpur Botanical
Delhi.
arandari Garden, Bharthala Garden,
B Garden.
(b) For the painting “Woman With The
Jallianwala Bagh, Nehru Rose Garden.
Lamp”.
West Bengal (c) Planning the city of Lavasa near
Rajasthan Pune.
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ahore were built by:
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B " garden city"?
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Kyari Garden, Chambal Garden. hatterjee's Garden, Acharya Jagadish
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Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden.
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Sikkim located?
Gardens in the World
(a) Kerala (b) Karnataka
Saramsa Garden, Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Tamil Nadu (d) Goa
otanical Garden, Temi Tea Garden,
B Kenrokuen (Kanajawa, Japan),
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Garden. of Versailles (France), Longwood is located in Pinjore, Haryana?
Gardens (Pennsylvania, US), Claude (a) Lodhi Gardens
Monet’s Garden (Giverny, France),
Tamil Nadu (b) Rose Garden
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Gyoen National Garden (Tokyo, Japan), (d) Mughal Gardens
overnment Botanical Garden is in
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Bodnant Gardens (Colwyn Bay, UK).
Udhagamandalam, near Coimbatore
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halimar Gardens - Lahore, Pakistan.
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Construction of the gardens began in (a) Nishat Bagh (b) Shalimar Bagh
Vasanthamani Garden, Ahnaf Garden,
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im’s Park, Bryant Park, Thread Garden,
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Jahan, and was completed in 1642. In
Semmozhi Poonga Botanical Garden,
1981 the Shalimar Gardens were Q.10. Where are the Hanging Gardens
Butterfly Park (Srirangam).
inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage located in India?
Site. (a) Jaipur (b) Mumbai
(c) Udaipur (d) Kolkata
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popularly called the Mughal Gardens,
Hill Stations of India avour.
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A Visakhapatnam district of Andhra
(c) Modi Udyan (d) Amrit Udyan elevation than the nearbyplainorvalley, Pradesh. This tourist spot is present in
popularasaholidayresortduringthehot the Ananthagiri Hills of Eastern Ghats.
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otanical Garden, Kolkata?
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(a) Narendra narayan park himla - The capital of Himachal
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(d) Ekamra kanan hillstation,Shimlaisbuiltonsevenmajor district, Madhya Pradesh.
hillsnamely–ProspectHill,Observatory
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otanical Garden, Ooty?
B Hill, Elysium Hill and Bantony Hill. stations from South to North :
(a) Frank Lloyd Wright
Munnar hill station - Kerala.
(b) Bernard Tschumi anali - A hillstationinKulluDistrictof
M Coorg (Madikeri) hill station - Karnataka.
(c) William Graham McIvor Himachal Pradesh. In Manali, tourists Mount Abu hill station - Rajasthan.
(d) Renzo Piano visiting in winter experience living in Dalhousiehillstation(Dhauladharrange)
igloos. Igloos are traditional winter - Himachal Pradesh.
.14.Whichofthefollowinggardensare
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homes made up of snow. A gift of the
located in the North-Eastern state of
Himalayas to the world, Manali is a
Tripura ? North India
beautiful township nestled in the
(a) Manu Valley Tea Garden
picturesque Beas River valley.
(b) Moss Garden Jammu a nd Kashmir - Srinagar,
(c) Kombirei Garden onmarg, Gulmarg, Pahalgam, Patnitop
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its "Tea Gardens" that produce someof Kufri, Khajjiar, Mandi, Shoja, Kalpa,
is situated near mussoorie. The Dalai
the finest tea in the world? Narkanda, Tabo, Dalhousie.
Lama established the independent
(a) Kerala (b) Assam
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(c) Goa (d) Rajasthan ttarakhand-Nainital,Binsar,Mussoorie,
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Indian hill station of Mussoorie when
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Kausani, Lansdowne, Almora, Chamba
ainital - A hill station located at the
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1.(d) 2.(d) 3.(c) 4.(d) foothillsoftheKumaonregionofshivalik
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aryana - Morni Hills is the only hill
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9.(c) 10.(b) 11.(d) 12.(c) Naina Devi Temple.
station in Haryana. It is a hill station
13.(c) 14.(a) 15.(b) situatedontheoutskirtsofPanchkulain
Dharamshala - Winter capital of
Haryana close to Chandigarh.
imachal Pradesh. It is situated in
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Dhauladhar Range which has dense
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leader, the Dalai Lama resides here.
Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association amil Nadu - Ooty (Udhagamandalam),
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Stadium, situated in Dharamshala isthe Kodaikanal, Yercaud, Yelagiri, Coonoor,
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Darjeeling - A hilly town in India's West East and North East India
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(a) Kemmangundi (b) Kodaikanal .15.Ponmudi, Wayanad, and Vagamon
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ikkim - Gangtok, Pelling, Geyzing,
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.5. At which of the following hill
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stations can tourists visiting in winter (c) Karnataka (d) Andhra Pradesh
Jharkhand - Netarhat "Queen of
experience living in igloos?
hotanagpur Plateau",.
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SSC CHSL 19/10/2020 (Evening) .16.WhichhillstationinMaharashtrais
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(a) Nainital (b) Shimla known as "The land of Strawberries"?
runachal Pradesh - Tawang, Daporijo,
A
(c) Kashmir (d) Manali (a) Lonavala (b) Malshej Ghat
Khonsa, Roing.
(c) Mahabaleshwar (d) Chikhaldara
Q.6. In which state is the hill station
anipur - Chandel, Kaina, Langthabal,
M atheran located?
M Q.17. What is the name of the only hill
Phangrei, Kangchup. SSC CPO 23/11/2020 (Evening) tation in Haryana, situated on the
s
(a) Maharashtra (b) Madhya Pradesh outskirts of Panchkula and close to
Mizoram- Mamit,Lunglei, Champhai. (c) Karnataka (d) Tamil Nadu Chandigarh?
(a) Shimla Hills (b) Morni Hills
agaland
N - Phek, Mokokchung, Q.7.ThehillstationofChailislocatedin (c) Kasauli Hills (d) Solan Hills
Tuensang, Pfutsero. __________.
SSC CHSL 8/7/2019(Morning) .18. Which Indian state is Nainital, a
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Assam- Haflong. (a) Himachal Pradesh famous hill station located at the
(b) Uttar Pradesh foothills of the Shivalik ranges in the
West India (c) Arunachal Pradesh Kumaon region?
(d) Madhya Pradesh (a) Himachal Pradesh (b) Uttarakhand
aharashtra-Mahabaleshwar("Theland
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Q.8. Madikeri hill station is located in
of Strawberries"), Lonavala, Khandala,
hich of the following states?
w .19.MountAbuisahillstationlocated
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Malshej Ghat, Lavasa, Bhandardara,
(a) Telangana (b) Maharashtra in _____ ranges.
Chikhaldara, Karjat, Dapoli, Igatpuri,
(c) Karnataka (d) Kerala (a) Satpuda (b) Aravalli
Panchgani, Amboli, Panhala, Toranmal,
(c) Sahyadri (d) Vindhya
Rajmachi, Durshet, Bhimashankar,
Q.9. Which of the following hillstations
Tamhini Ghat, Mhaismal, Suryamal.
is also known as 'Satpura Ki Rani'? Q.20.Match the following:
(a) Pachmarhi (b) Kufri Column A Column B
Rajasthan- Mount Abu, Sajjangarh.
(c) Ranipuram (d) Chail (Hill Stations) (Indian States)
(1) Shimla (i) Himachal
ujarat - Saputara ("The abode of
G Q.10.Whichofthefollowinghillstations Pradesh
serpents"), Wilson Hills, Dediapada, Subir. is located in the Dhauladhar Range?
(2) Darjeeling (ii) Kerala
(a) Gulmarg (b) Dalhousie
(3) Ooty (iii) West Bengal
Madhya Pradesh - Amarkantak,Tamiya (c) Kalimpong (d) Nainital
ill, Kailaras Hill Station, Chhogala
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Kanjwani Hill. Q.11. In which ofthefollowingstates,a ( a) (1)- (i), (2)-(iii), (3)-(iv), (4)-(ii).
f amoushillstationnamedMcLeodganjis (b) (1)- (iii), (2)-(i), (3)-(iv), (4)-(ii).
Practice Questions :- located? (c) (1)- (iv), (2)-(iii), (3)-(i), (4)-(ii).
(a) Ladakh (b) West Bengal (d) (1)- (i), (2)-(ii), (3)-(iv), (4)-(iii).
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Udhagamandalam is also known as Answer Key :-
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______.
is in the state of Himachal Pradesh?
SSC CGL 08 /12/2022 (3rd Shift) 1.(c) 2.(d) 3.(c) 4.(d)
(a) Binsar (b) Dalhousie
(a)Kodaikanal (b) Shivpuri 5.(d) 6.(a) 7.(a) 8.(c)
(c) Lansdowne (d) Nainital
(c) Ooty (d) Mussoorie
9.(a) 10.(b) 11.(c) 12.(b)
.13. Inwhichstatewillyoufindthehill
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.2. Ranikhet hill station is located in
Q 13.(b) 14.(c) 15.(b) 16.(c)
station 'Araku'?
which state of India?
(a) Uttar Pradesh 17.(b) 18.(b) 19.(b) 20.(a)
RRC Group D 30/09/2022 (Afternoon)
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(a) Sikkim (b) Himachal Pradesh
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Kerala (d) Uttarakhand
(d) Himachal Pradesh
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.14.Givenbelowarefourhillstationsin
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Rivers nd they form V-shaped valleys, rapids
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pecific area, which is called its
s depositional features like - Flat valleys, as Langchen Khambab. It passes
‘catchment area’. An area drained by a ox-bow lakes, flood plains, braided through the Shipki La on theHimalayan
river and its tributaries is called a channels, and deltas near the river ranges. It is an antecedent river. Major
drainage basin. The boundary line mouth. project - Sardar Sarovar Project
separating one drainage basin from the
other is known as the watershed.
Indus River System Ganga River System
Types of Drainage Patterns IndusorSindhu:ItwascalledHindosby Ganga: It originates from Gangotri
t he Iranians and the Greeks about2500 lacier by the name of Bhagirathi river
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endriticDrainagePattern:Itisthemost
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branching pattern of tree roots. it fromaglaciernearBokharChu.InTibet, known as the Ganga. It has a length of
developswheretheriverchannelfollows it is known as ‘Singi Khamban’orLion’s 2,525 km. It is shared by Uttarakhand
the slope of the terrain. Tributaries join mouth.ThePanjnadisthenamegivento (110 km) and Uttar Pradesh(1,450km),
largerstreamsatacuteangles(lessthan the five rivers of Punjab, namely Satluj, Bihar (445 km) and West Bengal (520
90°). Examples - Ganga, Indus and Beas, Ravi, Chenab and Jhelum. Its km).
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in thesouth-easternpartofthevalleyof Brahmaputra is known as the Meghna
Kashmir. It flows through Srinagar and (drain into Bay of Bengal).
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Chenab near Jhang in Pakistan. 8,60,000 Km2 and is spread across 11
tributaries join them at right angles.
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Examples-Theriversintheupperpartof
Romshi, Doodhganga, Kishanganga, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh,
the Himalayan region; Indus, Gangaand
Rambiara, and Sukhnag. Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand,
Brahmaputra.
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Arapal, Sindh, Arapath, Bringi and Liddar. Himachal Pradesh and Delhi).
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SSC CGL 17/08/2021(Evening) t he Great Indian Desert. (a) Lucknow (b) Prayagraj
(a) Brahmaputra (b) Godavari SSC MTS 14/10/2021(Morning) (c) Kanpur (d) Patna
(c) Kaveri (d) Krishna (a) West (b) north (c) east (d) south
.62. Which of the following barrages/
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Q.42. Where is the Jai Hind bridge .52.In which of the following states is
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located in India? the Bhambavli Vajrai Waterfall located? border?
SSC CGL 20/08/2021(Evening) SSC MTS 14/10/2021(Evening) SSC CPO 23/11/2020(Evening)
(a) Kolkata (b) Hyderabad (a) Odisha (b) Andhra Pradesh (a) Tilaiya (b) Farakka
(c) Mumbai (d) Chennai (c) Karnataka (d) Maharashtra (c) Durgapur (d) Massanjore
.43. A/an ______ is a natural
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geo-hydrological unit of land, which Kishanganga river as one of its major following rivers lies to the north of the
collects water and drains it through a tributaries? Tropic of Cancer?
common point by a system of streams. SSC MTS 20/10/2021(Afternoon) SSC CPO 25/11/2020(Morning)
SSC CGL 24/08/2021(Morning) (a) Sutlej (b) Chenab (c) Ravi (d) Jhelum (a) Mahanadi (b) Krishna
(a) warabandi (b) aquifer (c) Indus (d) Godavari
(c) watershed (d) reservoir .54. In which Indian state willyoufind
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the river Muhuri? Answer Key :-
.44. Which of the following places is
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NOT located on the banks of river (a) Punjab (b) Madhya Pradesh
1.(b) 2.(a) 3.(a) 4.(a)
Ganga? (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Tripura
SSC CGL 24/08/2021(Morning) 5.(d) 6.(c) 7.(d) 8.(c)
(a) Varanasi (b) Hazaribagh .55.InwhichIndianstateisthe'Bhushi
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9.(a) 10.(c) 11.(b) 12.(b)
(c) Kanpur (d) Phaphamau Lake' located?
SSC MTS 26/10/2021(Evening) 13.(d) 14.(b) 15.(d) 16.(a)
Q.45. A saturated geological unit which (a) Punjab (b) Rajasthan 17.(b) 18.(a) 19.(d) 20.(c)
anyieldwatertothewellsatasufficient
c (c) Gujarat (d) Maharashtra
21.(d) 22.(d) 23.(d) 24.(d)
rate to support a well is called ______.
SSC CGL 24/08/2021(Afternoon) .56. Bhojtal, formerly known as Upper
Q 25.(b) 26.(a) 27.(d) 28.(d)
(a) karst (b) estuary Lake,issituatedinwhichofthefollowing
29.(b) 30.(c) 31.(d) 32.(a)
(c) reservoir (d) aquifer states?
SSC MTS 27/10/2021(Morning) 33.(c) 34.(c) 35.(c) 36.(c)
.46. A channel of acanalwherewater
Q (a) Odisha (b) Madhya Pradesh 37.(c) 38.(a) 39.(a) 40.(a)
flows under the influence of gravity is (c) Rajasthan (d) Uttar Pradesh
41.(d) 42.(a) 43.(c) 44.(b)
called ______.
SSC CGL 24/08/2021(Evening) .57.Whichrivermarkstheeasternmost
Q 45.(d) 46.(d) 47.(a) 48.(d)
(a) lift channel (b) command area boundary of the Himalayas?
49.(a) 50.(a) 51.(a) 52.(d)
(c) warabandi system (d) flow channel SSC MTS 27/10/2021(Afternoon)
(a) Brahmaputra (b) Kali 53.(d) 54.(d) 55.(d) 56.(b)
Q.47. Which of the following is a (c) Dihang (d) Tista 57.(a) 58.(a) 59.(c) 60.(a)
now-fed river?
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SSC MTS 05/10/2021(Morning) Q.58. The famous cultural site 61.(a) 62.(b) 63.(c)
(a) Yamuna (b) Godavari ani-ki-Vav (the Queen's Stepwell) is
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(c) Kaveri (d) Narmada situated on the banks of which river?
SSC CHSL 20/10/2020(Afternoon)
.48. The river Indus was called ______
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by the Iranians and the Greeks about (c) Hooghly River (d) Mahanadi
2500 years ago.
SSC MTS 06/10/2021(Morning) .59. Where is the Baglihar Dam
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(a) Vitasta (b) Karnali located?
(c) Vipasa (d) Hindos SSC CHSL 26/10/2020(Evening)
(a) Gujarat
Q.49.About50%ofthe______Basinlies (b) Himachal Pradesh
in Maharashtra. (c) Jammu & Kashmir
SSC MTS 07/10/2021(Evening) (d) Telangana
(a) Godavari (b) Kaveri
(c) Mahanadi (d) Narmada Q.60. Which of the following is an east
owing river?
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Pakistan constructing a dam named (a) Brahmani (b) Sharavati
'Diamer Basha' dam? (c) Mahi (d) Sabarmati
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(a) Indus (b)Jhelum (c) Sutlej (d) Chenab .61. Whichofthefollowingcitiesdoes
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Maheshwari. Panchganga - Kolhapur (c) Mumbai (d) Chennai
odavari - Trimbakeshwar, Nashik,
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Nizamabad. Tigris - aghdad (Iraq)
B
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Spree - Berlin (Germany)
rahmaputra - Jorhat, Dibrugarh,
B located on the banks of the Mahanadi
Rhine - Bonn (Germany),
Pasighat, Neamati, Tezpur and Guwahati. River?
Cologne (Germany)
(a) Bhubaneswar (b) Cuttack
anube
D - Budapest (Hungary)
ahanadi - B
M anki, Cuttack, Sambalpur, (c) Puri (d) Rourkela
Avon - Bristol (UK)
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Dhamtari. Q.4. The Tungabhadra River flows near
(Argentina)
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angtze
Y - Chung King (China) (a) Ganges (b) Brahmaputra
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Elbe - Dresden, Hamburg .6. The city of Jamshedpurissituated
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Chenab - Sialkot, Kot Mithan (Germany) near the mouth of which river?
Liffey - Dublin (Ireland) (a) Subarnarekha (b) Ganges
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ultanpur and Jaunpur
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etwa
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Jhelum - Srinagar Moskva - Moscow (Russia).
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(a) Ganges (b) Yamuna Lake), Chandubi Lake (Oxbow).
( c) Chambal ( d) Brahmaputra
Lakes of India/World
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Q ake: A lake is a body of water that is
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anwar Lake: It is Asia's largest
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which river? freshwater oxbow lake. It draws water
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(c) Seine (d) Tiber Bia and the Kareh river.
reshwater lakes: These have unsalted
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situated on the banks of which river? these are fed from rivers, streams, and ake).
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on the banks of the Ganges declinedin Sukhna Lake(Artificial lake).
altwater Lake (brackish water lake):
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importance when the railway link to
Thesehaveahighconcentrationofsalts.
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(a) Benaras (b) Kanpur
example of Saltwater Lake.
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rtificial Lake: These lakes are
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man-made lakes that are used to store by Pushyagupta, the provincial ruler of
Argentina, is located near the mouth of
waterforpublicuse.GobindBallabhPant Chandragupta Maurya. This artificial
which river?
SagarlocatedinSonbhadradistrict,Uttar r eservoir was repaired in 150 AD by
(a) Amazon (b) Nile
Pradesh,isthebiggestman-madelakeof Rudradaman, which is mentioned in
(c) Rio de la plata river (d) Yangtze
India. Junagarh inscription.
Q.13. Whichoneofthecitiesissituated
n the banks of River Sarayu?
o xbowLake:Theyaretheremainsofthe
O amous Lakes: HamirsarLake(Artificial
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(c) Jabalpur (d) Ahmedabad lakes. This means that water does not Thol Lake (Lentic Lake), Shakoor Lake,
flow into or out of them. There is no Lakhota Lake (Artificial lake).
.14.Vidishaissituatedonthebanksof
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(a) Ravi (b) Sone (c) Ken (d) Betwa Assam is an example of Oxbow lake.
Surajkund Lake : A man-made lake in
.15. Chung King (Chongqing), a major
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which river? activity of volcanic eruptions. World's dynasty.
(a) Yangtze (b) Yellow River largest basaltic meteor impact crater
(c) Mekong (d) Pearl River located in the Buldhana district of Damdama Lake:Itisthelargestnatural
Maharashtra. The lake formed on this lake of Haryana located in Gurugram.
Answer Key :- crater is Lonar Crater Lake.
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5.(d) 6.(a) 7.(c) 8.(c) Tilyar.
9.(b) 10.(b) 11.(c) 12.(c) Andhra Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh
13.(a) 14.(d) 15.(a)
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rackish water lake. It is famous for its
b GobindSagarLake(Artificiallake):Itisa
wonderful flora and fauna. The State r eservoir situated in Una and Bilaspur
GovernmentorganizedFalmingoFestival districts.ItisformedbytheBhakraDam.
fortouristsandvisitorsas hugenumber ThereservoirisontheriverSutlejandis
of migratory birds arrive at PulicatLake named in honour of Guru GobindSingh,
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named after the goddess Renuka and
has been designated as Ramsar site
Assam since November 2005.
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Jammu and Kashmir
Famous Lakes: Artificial Lakes Dhebar Lake (Jaisamand Lake):It is the
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amed the ‘Jewel in the crown of
n Freshwater lakes (Salim Ali, Shivsagar), located in the Udaipur District. It was
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ular Lake: It is the largestfresh-water
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water for Wular Lake is River Jhelum. lake in Northeast India. Itisalsohome Lake, Pushkar lake (Ajmer).
This lake also has a small island in its to unique floating islands called
center called the ‘Zaina Lank’. It was “phumdi“.KeibulLamjaoNationalParkis Sikkim
shaped as a result of “tectonic activity”. builtoverthelake,andtodayitisfamous
for being the world’s only floating Gurudongmar Lake : It is one of the
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Lake, Krishansar Lake (Oligotrophic religious significance for the Buddhists,
Lake),ManasbalLake(FreshwaterLake), Meghalaya Sikhs, and Hindus. It is situated in the
Nundkol Lake. Mangan District in the Great Himalayas.
UmiamLake:Itispopularlyknownasthe
Ladakh arapani Lake. It was created by
B Famous lakes :KhecheopalriLake,Lake
damming the Umiam River in the early holamu, Tsomgo Lake (Changu Lake),
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angong Lake: It is the world’s highest
P 1960s. Samiti Lake, South Lhonak Lake.
saltwater lake. It is a long
boomerang-shaped endorheic Odisha Tamil Nadu
(landlocked) water body. It is formed
from Tethys geosyncline. hilika Lake:ItisAsia’slargestbrackish
C amous lakes : Chembarambakkam
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water lake.Itspreadacrossthedistricts (Artificial Lake), Ooty Lake(Freshwater),
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India. It was d esignated as the first Lake,PerumalEri(Freshwaterlake),Red
Famous lakes - Agara, Kukkarahalli, Ramsar site of India (1981). Hills Lake, Sholavaram Lake, Veeranam
onnamana, Pampa Sarovar, Ulsoor lake.
H Lake.
Ansupa Lake: It is a horseshoe-shaped
Kerala f reshwateroxbowlakeontheleftbankof Telangana
the Mahanadi river, in Cuttack district.
shtamudi lake: It is also called the
A amouslakes:HussainSagar(Connects
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gatewaytothebackwatersofKeralaand Puducherry the twin cities of Hyderabad and
is well known for its houseboat and Secunderabad), Himayat Sagar,
backwater resorts. Famous Lakes: Bahour Lake, Ousteri Bhadrakali Lake (Freshwater),FoxSagar
ake (Ossudu Lake), Velrampet Lake,
L Lake(Manmadelake),LaknavaramLake,
embanad Lake:Itisthelongestlakein
V Nallambal Lake. Osman Sagar, Pakhal Lake,Saroornagar
India, as well as the largest lake in the Lake, Waddepally Lake.
state of Kerala. Kuttanad lake(TheRice Rajasthan
Bowl of Kerala) lies on the southern Uttar Pradesh
portion of Vembanad lake. PicholaLake:Itisanartificialfreshwater
lake.ItislocatedintheUdaipurcity.Two Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar : It is the
rackish Water Lake - Kuttanad.
B islands, Jag Niwas and Jag Mandir are r eservoir of Rihand Dam and is India's
Freshwater Lake - Sasthamkotta Lake, located within Pichola Lake. Itwasbuilt largest artificial lake.
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Maharana Udai Singh enlarged the lake amous lakes :Belasagar (Freshwater),
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Madhya Pradesh byconstructingastonemasonrydamin Surha Tal (Natural lake), KeethamLake
the Badipol region on the shore of the (Ramsar Sites in 2020), Moti Jheel.
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d
oundary Fault, often considered the
B SSC MTS 14/07/2022 (Evening)
amous lakes - Rabindra Sarobar,
F boundary between the lowlands of (a) Jaipur (b) Ajmer (c) Bikaner (d) Alwar
Rasikbil Lake,SantragachiLake,Senchal Central Scotland and the Highlands.
.11. Tsomgo Lake is a glacial lake
Q
Lake.
located in which of the following states?
Practice Questions :-
SSC MTS 25/07/2022 (Evening)
Lakes of World (a) Meghalaya (b) Punjab
Q.1. Which of the following is not a
(c) Sikkim (d) Gujarat
f reshwater lake in India?
Australia: Lake Eyre (Salt lake) is
SSC CGL 18/07/2023 (3rd shift) Q.12. Which of the following lakes is a
ustralia's largest salt lake.
A
(a) Pulicat (b) Loktak rackish water lake?
b
(c) Bhimtal (d) Nainital RRB NTPC CBT - II (12/06/2022) Shift 1
frica: Lake Victoria is the largest
A
freshwater lake in Africa. (a) Pulicat Lake (b) Dal Lake
Q.2. Whichisasaltwaterlakelocatedin
(c) Loktak Lake (d) Wular Lake
t he Tibet Autonomous Region, China,to
Antarctica: Lake Vostok (Freshwater the west ofLakeMansarovarandtothe Q.13. Which of the following is the
lake). south of Mount Kailash? largest brackish water lake in Asia ?
Selection Post 30/06/2023 ( Shift - 1) SSC CHSL 04/08/2021(Afternoon)
Asia:LakeBaikal(DeepestLake)isarift (a) Lake Yamdrok Tso (b) Lake Rawok (a) Loktak (b) Pulicat (c) Wular (d) Chilka
lake located in southern Siberia, Russia. (c) Lake Rakshastal (d) Lake Basum Tso
Q.14. Chilika Lakeisfamousforwhichof
urope:LakeLadogaisoneofthelargest
E .3.Whichamongthefollowinglakesis
Q t he following birds / animals?
freshwater bodies in Europe. also known as the "Srinagar's Jewel"? RRB NTPC CBT - I (24/07/2021) Evening
SSC CHSL 10/03/2023 (2nd Shift) (a) Rhinoceros (b) Musk deer
Finland is also known as the “L
and of (a) Tsomgo (b) Vembanad (c) Penguins (d) Flamingos
housand lakes”.
T (c) Dal (d) Loktak
Q.15. In which c
ountry is the largest
orth America: Lake Superior is the
N .4.Whichamongthefollowinglakesis
Q atural hot spring, “Frying Pan Lake”,
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largest freshwater lake in the world by knownastheonly“FloatingislandsLake” located?
surface area and the third-largest by in India? RRB NTPC CBT - I (07/03/2021) Morning
volume. SSC CHSL 13/03/2023 (1st Shift) (a) Turkey (b) New Zealand
(a) Loktak (b) Pulicat (c) Chilka (d) Kolleru (c) Indonesia (d) Iceland
South America: Lake Titicaca is the
.5. Which among the following lakes
Q .16. Match the lakes incolumnAwith
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ighest, commercially navigable lake in
h
connects the twin cities of Hyderabad their countries in column B.
the world. ItissituatedbetweenPeruto
and Secunderabad? Column - A Column - B
the west and Bolivia to the east.
SSC CHSL 20/03/2023 (2nd Shift)
i. Lake Baikal a. Uganda and Tanzania
(a) Kanwar (b) Salim Ali
ead Sea (Salt sea): It is a landlocked
D ii. Lake Superior b. Canada and USA
(c) Hussain Sagar (d) Periyan
salt lake between Israel and Jordan in iii. Loch Lomond c. Scotland
southwestern Asia. iv. Lake Victoria d. Russia
.6.WhichamongthefollowingisAsia's
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largest freshwater oxbow lake? ( a) i-a, ii-b, iii-c, iv-d (b) i-a, ii-c, iii-b, iv-d
ake Van: ItisthelargestlakeinTurkey
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SSC CHSL 20/03/2023 (4th Shift) (c) i-d, ii-b, iii-c, iv-a (d) i-a, ii-d, iii-b, iv-c
and second Largest in the Middle east.
(a) Wular (b) Kanwar (c) Bhojtal (d) Nakki
.17. In which Indian state is the
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reat Lakes of North America are a
G .7. Sambhar Lake is situated in which
Q 'Pookode Lake' located?
seriesofinterconnectedfreshwaterlakes of the following states? SSC MTS 18/10/2021 (Evening)
which connect to the Atlantic Ocean SSC CGL 09/12/2022 (4th Shift) (a) Punjab (b) Gujarat
through the Saint Lawrence Seaway. It (a) Kerala (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Kerala (d) Tamil Nadu
consists of Lakes Superior, Michigan, (c) Rajasthan (d) Karnataka
Huron, Erie, and Ontario (in the orderof .18. Which of the following lakes is
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westtoeast).Superior,Huron,Michigan, .8. WhichofthefollowingisNOT‘The
Q located in Kerala?
Erie, and Ontario (In theorderoflargest Great Lakes’ of North America? (a) Chilika (b) Loktak
to smallest). SSC CGL 13/12/2022 (2nd Shift) (c) Vembanad (d) Kolleru
(a) Superior (b) Huron
frican Great Lakes is Series of lakes
A (c) Erie (d) Victoria .19. Which of the following is
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constituting the part of the Rift Valley INCORRECTLY matched?
lakesinandaroundtheEastAfricanRift. .9.Whichofthefollowingistheworld's
Q (a) Rajsamand Lake - Rajasthan
They include Lake Victoria (the largestbasalticimpactcraterlakefound (b) Tsomgo lake - Meghalaya
third-largest freshwaterlakeintheworld in India? (c) Renuka Lake - Himachal Pradesh
by area), Lake Tanganyika (the world’s RRC Group D 08/09/2022 (Morning) (d) Himayat Sagar Lake - Telangana
second-largest freshwater lake by (a) Pulicat Lake (b) Lonar Lake
Q.20.Whichofthefollowinglakesisnot
volume and depth), and Lake Malawi. (c) Loktak Lake (d) Wular Lake
in Assam?
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Loch Lomondis a freshwater Scottish
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(c) Chandubi Lake (d) Umiam Lake y a plane. The Bermuda Triangle is in
b
Oceans the Atlantic Ocean.
Answer Key :- Major seas in the Atlantic Ocean:
Water covers about 71% of the earth's Sargasso Sea, Caribbean Sea,
urface,97%oftheearth'swaterisfound
s Mediterranean Sea, Gulf of Mexico,
1.(a) 2.(c) 3.(c) 4.(a)
intheoceansand2.7%outoftheearth's Norwegian Sea, Greenland Sea,
5.(c) 6.(b) 7.(c) 8.(d) water is fresh. Labrador Sea, Irminger Sea, Baffin Bay,
9.(b) 10.(b) 11.(c) 12.(a) North Sea, Baltic Sea.
he Dead Sea in Israel has a salinityof
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13.(d) 14.(d) 15.(b) 16.(c)
340 grams per liter ofwater.Swimmers I mportant facts:-
17.(c) 18.(c) 19.(b) 20.(d) canfloatinitbecausetheincreasedsalt The deepest point - Puerto Rico Trench
content makes it dense. Lake Van of (Milwaukee Deep).
Turkey is one of the highest salinity Largest island - Greenland (Also largest
waterbodies in the world. in world).
First female to crosstheAtlanticOcean
herearefivemajoroceansintheworld-
T by plane - Amelia Earhart.
Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian The largest sea of the Atlantic Ocean -
Ocean, Southern (Antarctic) Ocean, and Sargasso Sea
Arctic Ocean.
The Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
It is the third largest of the world’s
Itisthelargestanddeepestoceanonthe oceanic divisions. It lies to thesouthof
Earth.Itoccupiesone-thirdoftheearth’s India. It istheonlyoceannamedaftera
surface. Portuguese explorer Ferdinand country, that is, India. The shape of the
MagellangaveitthenamePacificOcean, ocean is almost triangular.
which translates as “peaceful”.
he Indian ocean covers about 20% of
T
heRingofFire:Itisaringofvolcanoes
T the total area covered by the world’s
around the Pacific Ocean, which results oceans. The GulfofOmanandRedSea,
from subduction of oceanic plates Arabian Sea, WayofBengal, arepartof
beneath lighter continental plates. The the Indian Ocean.
Pacific Ocean Basin is home to 75% of
the world’s volcanoes. Important facts:-
he deepest point - Sunda (Java Trench)
T
he Pacific Ocean is almost circular in
T Largestisland-Madagascar(4thlargest
shape. The International Date Line is in the world).
located in thepacificocean.ThePacific
Ocean and the Indian Ocean are
Antarctic Ocean
connected by the Indonesian seaway
(Torres strait and strait of Malacca).
The southernmost parts of the world’s
ceansarecollectivelyreferredtoasthe
o
I mportant facts:-
Antarctic Ocean or Austral Ocean. It is
Deepest Point - MarianaTrench,11,022
also called the Southern Ocean.
meters (Lowest point - Challenger Deep).
Covers - 30.5% of Earth’s total surface
It is the second smallest and fourth
area.
largest ocean in the world, surrounding
Antarctica south of 60°S latitude.
Atlantic Ocean
Drake Passage : It is the body ofwater
Itisthesecondlargestoftheworld'sfive etween Chile’s Cape Horn in South
b
oceans. Its name, Atlantis Thalassa, AmericaandAntarctica’sSouthShetland
which means Sea of Atlas, comes from Islands .
Greek mythology. The world’s second
largestbarrierreef(BelizeBarrierReef)is haracteristic:Itisrenownedforhaving
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located in the Atlantic Ocean. severe storms. It stretches into the
SouthernOceanandjoinsthesouthwest
he famous Titanic sank in 1912 inthe
T corner of the Atlantic (Scotia sea) with
Atlantic Ocean. ThisOceancontainsthe the southeast corner of the Pacific.
Sargasso Sea, the only sea intheworld
thatdoesnothavealandboundary.Itis rench : The South Sandwich Trench is
T
a body of water with an extended S thedeepesttrench.FactorianDeepisthe
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Southern Ocean. Dead zones a re hypoxic (low-oxygen) Types of Ocean Currents
reas in the world’s oceans and large
a
Arctic Ocean lakes. Classified based on their depth:-
he Arctic Ocean is the smallest of all
T he second-largest dead zone in the
T Surface currents - Large-scale surface
oceans, it makes up only 4.3% of the world isintheGulfofMexico,fueledby ceancurrentsaredrivenbyglobalwind
o
global ocean. thenutrient-ladenwaterspillingfromthe systems that are fueled by energy from
mouth of the Mississippi River. the sun.
Location:ItissurroundedbyEurasiaand
orth America.
N It blooms every summer when warming Deep water currents - Differences in
waters accelerate the metabolism of ater density, resulting from the
w
haracteristics : It is mostlycoveredby
C microorganisms,anditisexpectedtoget variabilityofwatertemperature(thermo)
sea ice throughout the year and almost even worse as the c
limate continues to and salinity (haline), also cause ocean
completely in winter. Of the five great change. currents. This process is known as
oceans, its salinity is the lowest on thermohaline circulation.
average. Some other facts
Classified based on temperature:-
Trench : The deepest spot in the Arctic heGreatBlueHoleofBelize,locatedoff
T
cean is the Molloy Deep, or “Molloy
O thecoastofBelize,ontheeasterncoast old currents - It brings coldwaterinto
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Hole,”whichislocatedintheFramStrait of Central America. It is one of the warm water areas. These currents are
(inside the Greenland Sea). The Arctic world's most famous diving zones, usually found on the west coast of the
Ocean is centered approximately onthe formingaperfectcircleinthemidstofa continents in the low and middle
North Pole. coral reef. latitudes (true inbothhemispheres)and
on the east coastinthehigherlatitudes
The Tethys Ocean The great barrier reef is the world’s in the Northern Hemisphere.
largest coral reef located in Australia.
heTethysOcean,alsocalledtheTethys
T xamples:-
E
Sea or the Neo-Tethys, was an ocean ceanthermalenergyconversion(OTEC)
O Humboldt or Peruvian Current, Kuril or
during much of the Mesozoic Era and isaprocessortechnologyforproducing Oyashio Current, California Current,
early Cenozoic Era. It was present in energy by harnessing the temperature Antarctica Current, Okhotsk Current,
place of the Himalayas before the differences (thermal gradients) between Labrador Current, C anary Current,
tectonic plates shifted. ocean surface waters and deep ocean Eastern Greenland Current, Benguela
waters. Current, Antarctica Current, Falkland
Current.
Some parts of water body he standard atmospheric pressure at
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sea level is 1013.25 millibars. This is Warm currents - It brings warm water
ittoral zone is the marine ecological
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also equal to 101.325 kilopascals. into cold water areas and is usually
realm that experiences the effects of
observedontheeastcoastofcontinents
tidal and longshore currents and
Ocean currents in thelowandmiddlelatitudes(situated
breaking waves to a depthof5to10m
in both hemispheres). In the northern
below the low-tide level, depending on
hemisphere they are found on the west
the intensity of storm waves. Wa rm ocean currents raise the
coasts of continents in high latitudes.
t emperature incoldareaswhilethecold
Thebenthiczoneisthelowestecological currents decrease the temperature in
xamples:-
E
z one in a water body, and usually warm ocean areas. Gulf stream (warm
Kuroshio Current, North Pacific Current,
involves the sediments at the seafloor. current) raises the temperaturenearthe
Alaskan Current, Counter Equatorial
These sediments play an importantrole eastern coast of NorthAmericaandthe
Current, El Nino Current, Tsushima
in providing nutrients for the organisms WestCoastofEuropewhiletheLabrador
Current, South Equatorial Current, East
that live in the benthic zone. current (cold current) lowers the
Australian Current, Florida Current, Gulf
temperaturenearthenorth-eastcoastof
Stream current, Norwegian Current,
heLimneticZoneisgenerallyclassified
T North America.
IrmingerCurrent,RannellCurrent,Antilles
as the open water area of the lake or
Current, Brazilian Current.
pond. he average temperature of surface
T
wateroftheoceansisabout27°Candit
heprofundalzoneislocatedbelowthe
T gradually decreases from the equator Practice Questions :-
thermocline wherethesunlightdoesnot towards the poles. T herateofdecrease
penetrate. oftemperaturewithincreasinglatitudeis Q.1.WhowasthefirstIndiantoconquer
generally0.5°Cperlatitude.Theaverage t heEnglishChannelfromDovertoCalais
TheterritorialwatersofIndiaextendinto temperature is around 22°C at 20° in 1958, and also the onlymantoswim
t he sea to a distance of twelve (12) latitudes,14°Cat40°latitudesand0°C the oceans of the fivecontinentsinone
nautical miles measured from the near poles. calendar year in 1966?
appropriate baseline. SSC GD 10/01/2023 (1st Shift)
(a) Mihir Sen
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( c) Khashaba Jadhav ( a) Atlantic ocean (b) Indian Ocean
(d) Ramanathan Krishnan (c) Pacific Ocean (d) Arctic Ocean
Seas
Q.2. Mona writes about an ocean that Q.11. What was the magnitude of the ArabianSea:-Itisthenorthwesternpart
eparates North America from Europe.
s Indian Ocean Tsunami 2004? ftheIndianOceanandformspartofthe
o
Which ocean is it? SSC CHSL 12/10/2020 (Afternoon) principal sea route between Europe and
SSC MTS 06/07/2022 (Evening) (a) 7.4 (b) 8.9 (c) 9.1 (d) 8.6 India. It is bounded to the west by the
(a) Atlantic Ocean (b) Arctic Ocean HornofAfricaandtheArabianPeninsula,
(c) Indian Ocean (d) Pacific Ocean Q.12. In which ocean is the Island to the north byIranandPakistan,tothe
ountry Fiji situated ?
c east by India, and to the south by the
Q.3. Identify the factor that does NOT SSC CPO 12/12/2019 (Morning) r emainder of the Indian Ocean.
ffect the salinity of the ocean.
a (a) Indian Ocean (b) Arctic Ocean
SSC CHSL 03/06/2022(Afternoon) (c) Atlantic Ocean (d) Pacific ocean Bay of Bengal:- It is the northeastern
(a) The type of marine organisms found artoftheIndianOceanboundedbythe
p
in the water bodies Q.13.Whichofthefollowingstatements
westandnorthwestbyIndia,onthenorth
(b) The rate of evaporation and is correct
by Bangladesh, and on the east by
precipitation (a) The Bay of Bengal is located in the
MyanmarandtheAndamanandNicobar
(c) Wind north-west of India.
Islands of India. Its southern limit is
(d) The amount of fresh water flowing (b) The Arabian Sea is situated in the
between Sangaman Kanda, Sri Lanka,
into the ocean south-west of India.
and the northwesternmost point of
(c) The Himalayan Mountains are located
Sumatra, Indonesia. It is the largest
Q.4. Identify the shallowest part of the in the south-east of India.
water region called a bay in the world.
cean.
o (d) The Indian Ocean is located in the
SSC CHSL 7/06/2022(Evening) north-east of India.
JavaSea:-Itisanextensiveshallowsea
(a) Continental shelf
n the Sunda Shelf, between the
o
(b) Continental slope Q.14. How many ocean depths or
Indonesian islands of Borneo to the
(c) Deep sea plains t renches have been discovered in the
north, Java to thesouth,Sumatratothe
(d) Trenches Indian Ocean so far?
west, and Sulawesi to the east.
(a) 6 (b) 3 (c) 15 (d) 10
Q.5.Whichpartoftheoceanlayeristhe
.15.TherimofthePacificisalsocalled
Q PersianGulf:-Itissometimescalledthe
attest and smoothest in the world?
fl
the ring of rabian Gulf, is a Mediterranean Sea in
A
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(a) Hail (b) Stream (c) Storm (d) Fire West Asia. The waterbody is an
(a) Trenches (b) Continental slope
extension of the Indian Ocean located
(c) Deep sea plains (d) Continental shelf
Q.16.TheIndianOceancoversanareaof between IranandtheArabianPeninsula.
Q.6. ______, the world’s first sailingboat bout 73 million km², about………..ofthe
a ItisconnectedtotheGulfofOmaninthe
adeentirelyfromplasticwaste,aimsto
m total area covered by the world's oceans. east by the Strait of Hormuz.
raise people’s awareness of plastic (a) 15% (b) 2.35% (c) 3.30% (d) 20%
pollution in oceans. ed Sea :- It is a seawater inlet of the
R
.17. The 'Mariana Trench' is in the
Q Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and
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_____? Asia.Itsconnectiontotheoceanisinthe
(a) Flipflopi (b) Blipblopi
(a) North Atlantic Ocean south, through the Bab elMandebstrait
(c) Snipsnopi (d) Triptropi
(b) Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden.
Q.7.Madagascarislocatedinthe______ (c) South Atlantic Ocean
cean.
O (d) Pacific Ocean The Adriatic Sea is a body of water
SSC CGL 13/04/2022(Morning) eparatingtheItalianPeninsulafromthe
s
(a) Pacific (b) Arctic Answer Key :- Balkan Peninsula. Itisthenorthernmost
(c) Indian (d) Atlantic armoftheMediterraneanSea,extending
1.(a) 2.(a) 3.(a) 4.(a) from the Strait of Otranto to the
.8. The Northeast Canyons and
Q northwest and the Po Valley.
5.(c) 6.(a) 7.(c) 8.(c)
Seamounts Marine National Monument
is located in the 9.(a) 10.(b) 11.(c) 12.(d) Black Sea:- It is a marginal sea of the
SSC CGL 20/04/2022(Morning) 13.(b) 14.(a) 15.(d) 16.(d) tlantic Ocean. It is a large inland sea
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( a) Arctic Ocean (b) Arabian Sea situatedatthesoutheasternextremityof
(c) Atlantic Ocean (d) Red Sea
17.(d)
Europe. It is bordered by Ukraine to the
north,Russiatothenortheast,Georgiato
Q.9. The Black Sea is in the ______
the east, Turkey to the south, and
cean.
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Bulgaria and Romania to the west. It is
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not bordered by Croatia.
(a) Atlantic (b) Pacific
(c) Arctic (d) Indian
aspian Sea:- It is the world's largest
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Q.10. Which of the following oceans is inland body ofwater,oftendescribedas
t he third largest in the world? the world's largest lake or a full-fledged
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Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan. Atlantic Ocean that separates Ireland Tasman Sea:- It is a section of the
f rom Great Britain. The Irish Sea is outhwesternPacificOcean,betweenthe
s
editerranean Sea:- It lies between
M bounded by Scotland on the north, southeastern coast of Australia and
Southern Europe and North Africa and Englandontheeast,Walesonthesouth, Tasmania onthewestandNewZealand
accounts for about 0.7% of the global and Ireland on the west. ontheeast.ItmergeswiththeCoralSea
ocean area. to the north and encloses a body of
SeaofAzov:-Itisaninlandseasituated water.
outhChinaSea:-Itisanarmofwestern
S ff the southern shores of Ukraine and
o
Pacific Ocean in Southeast Asia. It is Russia. It forms anorthernextensionof Barents Sea:- It isamarginalseaofthe
south of China, east and south of theBlackSea,towhichitislinkedonthe rctic Ocean, located off the northern
A
Vietnam, west of the Philippines and south by the Kerch Strait. coastsofNorwayandRussiaanddivided
north of the islandofBorneo.Bordering between Norwegian and Russian
states and territories (clockwise from Labrador Sea:- It is the northwestern territorial waters.
north): the People’s Republic of China, rmoftheNorthAtlanticOcean,between
a
the Republic of China (Taiwan), the Labrador, Canada (southwest), and BoholSea:-Itisasectionofthewestern
Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, Greenland (northeast). It is connected orth Pacific Ocean. The sea has rich
N
Singapore and Vietnam. with Baffin Bay (north) through Davis fishing grounds. The sea is located
Strait and with Hudson Bay (west) between the Visayas and Mindanao
Sea of Japan (East Sea):- It is the through Hudson Strait. islandsinthePhilippines.Itliessouthof
arginal sea between the Japanese
m Bohol andLeyteandnorthofMindanao.
archipelago, Sakhalin, the Korean RossSea:-Itisthesouthernextensionof Siquijor and Camiguin are its twomajor
Peninsula, and the mainland of the t he Southern Ocean, which, along with islands.
Russian Far East. the vast Ross Ice Shelf at its head,
makes adeepindentationinthecircular ohai Sea:- It is a marginal sea on the
B
ndamanSea:-Itisamarginalseaofthe
A continental outline of Antarctica. east coast of Mainland China. It is the
northeastern Indian Ocean bounded by northwesternandinnermostextensionof
the coastlinesofMyanmarandThailand rgentineSea:-Itisamarginalseaofthe
A the Yellow Sea, to which it connects to
alongtheGulfofMartabanandthewest Atlantic Ocean adjacent to thesouthern the east via the Bohai Strait.
side of the Malay Peninsula, and tip of South America.
separated from the Bay of Bengaltoits eltic Sea:- It is the areaoftheAtlantic
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west by the Andaman Islands and the ara Sea:- It is a marginal sea of the
K Ocean off the southern coast ofIreland
Nicobar Islands. ArcticOcean,locatedoffwesternSiberia bounded to the north by Saint George's
(Russia), between the Novaya Zemlya Channel. The Isles of Scilly are an
Yellow Sea:- A marginal sea of the islands (west), Franz Josef Land archipelago of small islands in the sea.
estern Pacific Ocean located between
W (northwest), and the Severnaya Zemlya
mainland China and the Korean islands (east). hite Sea:- It is a southern inlet of the
W
Peninsula, and can be considered the Barents Sea located on the northwest
northwestern part of the East China Sea. American Mediterranean Sea:- It is a coast of Russia. It is surrounded by
cientific name for the Mediterranean
s Kareliatothewest,theKolaPeninsulato
hilippine Sea:- Section of the western
P dilution basin which includes the thenorth,andtheKaninPeninsulatothe
PacificOcean,lyingeastandnorthofthe Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. northeast.
Philippines. The floor of this portion of Its basins include the MexicoBasin,the
the ocean is formed into a structural Cayman Trough, the Yucatan Basin, the Weddell Sea:- It is part of the Southern
basin by a series of geologic folds and Columbian Basin, the Venezuelan Basin ceanandcontainstheWeddellGyre.Its
O
faultsthatprotrudeabovethesurfacein and the Grenada Basin. land boundaries are defined by the bay
the form of bordering island arcs. formed from the coasts of Coats Land
Caribbean Sea:- It is a body of water and the Antarctic Peninsula.
I onian Sea:- It is part of the djacenttotheAtlanticOcean,southeast
a
Mediterranean Sea, lying between of the Gulf of Mexico. It is bordered by Chukchi Sea:-Itisamarginalseaofthe
Albania (northeast), Greece (east),Sicily Venezuela,ColombiaandPanamatothe rctic Ocean. It is bounded onthewest
A
(southwest), and Italy (west and south,CentralAmericancountries(Costa by the Long Strait, off Wrangel Island,
northwest). Rica, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras andontheeastbyPointBarrow,Alaska,
andBelize)onthewest;withtheGreater beyond whichliestheBeaufortSea.The
Sulu Sea:- It is a portion ofthewestern Antilles (Cuba, Jamaica, the Dominican principal port on the Chukchi Sea is
orth Pacific Ocean. It is bounded by
N Republic and Puerto Rico) on the north Uelen in Russia.
northeastern Borneo on the southwest, and the Lesser Antilles on the east.
the southwestern islands of the GreenlandSea:-Itisabodyofwaterthat
Philippines, including Palawan, on the ast China Sea:- A
E part of the Pacific orders Greenland to the west, the
b
west and northwest, Busuanga and Ocean and is amarginalseaintheeast Svalbard archipelago to the east, Fram
Mindoroonthenorth,PanayandNegros ofChina,ConnectswiththeSeaofJapan Strait and the ArcticOceantothenorth,
on the east, andMindanaoandtheSulu throughtheKoreaStraitandopenstothe and the Norwegian Sea and Iceland to
Archipelago on the southeast. north into the Yellow Sea. the south. It is inNorthernAmericaand
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Irish Sea:- It is the arm of the North
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ndisboundedbytheGulfStreamonthe
a eople identified with the Etruscans of
p (a) Puducherry
west, the North Atlantic Current on the Italy. The eight Aeolian Islands and (b) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
north, the Canary Current on the east, Usticaarelocatedinthesouthernpartof (c) Dadra and Nagar Haveli
and the North Equatorial Current onthe the sea, north of Sicily. (d) Daman and Diu
south.
Laptev Sea:- It is a marginal sea of the rafura Sea:- It lies west of the Pacific
A Q.4. TheDeadSeaisborderedbywhich
Arctic Ocean. It is located between the Ocean, overlying the continental shelf t wo countries?
northern coast of Siberia, the Taimyr between Australia and Western New SSC GD 16/01/2023 (3rd Shift)
Peninsula, Severnaya Zemlya and the Guinea (also calledPapua),whichisthe (a) Syria and Jordan (b) Israel and Tunisia
New Siberian Islands. Indonesian part of the Island of New (c) Israel and Jordan (d) Jordan and Turkey
Guinea.
Q.5.Manuwritesaboutaseawhichisso
altic Sea:- It is an arm of the Atlantic
B
altythatitisverydifficulttodrowninit.
s
Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, eaufortSea:-Itisamarginalseaofthe
B
Which sea is it?
Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Arctic Ocean, located north of the
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Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden and Northwest Territories, the Yukon, and
(a) Arabian Sea (b) Dead Sea
the North and CentralEuropeanPlain.It Alaska, and west of Canada's Arctic
(c) Green Sea (d) Red Sea
is connected by artificial waterways to islands.
the White Sea via the White Sea–Baltic .6.InearlyNovember,thelowpressure
Q
Canal and to the German Bight of the avaSea:-Itisanextensiveshallowsea
J condition shifts over the Bay of Bengal.
North Sea via the Kiel Canal. on the Sunda Shelf, between the This transfer is related to cyclonic low
Indonesian islands of Borneo to the pressure, which originates over ________.
Bering Sea:- It is a marginal sea of the north, Java to thesouth,Sumatratothe SSC MTS 13/07/2022 (Morning)
orthern Pacific Ocean. It forms, along
N west, and Sulawesi to the east. (a) Andaman Sea (b) Sea of Japan
withtheBeringStrait,thedividebetween (c) Caspian Sea (d) Pacific Ocean
the two largest landmasses on Earth ismarckSea:-Itliesinthesouthwestern
B
(Eurasia and the Americas). PacificOceanwithinthenationofPapua .7.Whichofthefollowingistheworld's
Q
New Guinea. It is located northeast of largest inland sea?
Coral Sea:- It is a marginal sea of the the island of New Guinea and south of SSC MTS 11/07/2022 (Evening)
outh Pacific off the northeastcoastof
S the Bismarck Archipelago. (a) Azov Sea (b) Red Sea
Australia, and classified as an interim (c) Mediterranean Sea (d) Caspian Sea
Australian bioregion. The sea contains ellingshausen Sea:- It is anareaalong
B
numerous islands and reefs, as well as the west side oftheAntarcticPeninsula Q.8.Whichseaisthenorth-westernpart
theworld'slargestreefsystem,theGreat between 57°18'Wand102°20'W,westof f the Indian Ocean that covers a total
o
BarrierReef,whichwasdeclaredaWorld Alexander Island, east of Cape Flying area of approximately 14,91,000 square
Heritage Site by UNESCO (1981). Fish on Thurston Island, and south of miles andformsapartofthemajorsea
Peter I Island (there the southern route between Europe and India ?
Aegean Sea:- It is an elongated Vostokkysten). It is partoftheSouthern SSC CHSL 02/06/2022(Morning)
mbayment of the Mediterranean Sea
e Ocean. (a) Arabian Sea (b) Caspian Sea
between Europe and Asia. It is located (c) Caribbean Sea (d) Mediterranean Sea
between the Balkans and Anatolia. The Practice Questions :-
Thracian Sea and the Sea of Crete are Q.9.Whichwaterbodyisadjacenttothe
the main subdivisions of the Aegean Sea. tlantic Ocean, located inthesoutheast
A
.1. Which is the correct sequence of
Q
of the Gulf of Mexico?
lakesaccordingtodepth(frommaximum
CelebesSea:- Itistheseaofthewestern SSC CHSL 31/05/2022(Afternoon)
to minimum) ?
acific Ocean, bordered on thenorthby
P (a) Arabian Sea (b) Baltic Sea
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the Sulu Archipelago and Sea, and (c) Caspian Sea (d) Caribbean Sea
(a) Caspian Sea > Tanganyika > Vostok >
Mindanao island (Philippines), on the Baikal .10.The Black Sea is in the ___Ocean.
Q
eastbytheSangiheIslandschain,onthe (b) Baikal > Caspian Sea > Tanganyika > SSC CGL 21/04/2022 (Evening)
south by Celebes(Sulawesi),andonthe Vostok (a) Atlantic (b) Pacific (c) Arctic (d) Indian
westbyBorneo.Theborderbetweenthe (c) Baikal > Tanganyika > Caspian Sea >
Celebes and the Sulu Sea is at the Vostok Q.11.Nametheonlyseaintheworldthat
Sibutu-Basilan Ridge. (d) Caspian Sea > Baikal >Tanganyika > oes NOT have a land boundary.
d
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mundsen Sea:- It is an arm of the
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Dart on Siple Island to the west. (c) White Sea (d) Caspian Sea mainland by a large sea known as the:
SSC CHSL 14/10/2020 (Morning)
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(d) Canary Islands a lower altitude. River.
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Over 68 percent of the freshwater on Drang-Drung Glacier - The glacier is
does the Amundsen Sea belong?
arth is found in icecaps and glaciers,
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(a) Atlantic Ocean (b) Pacific Ocean
and just over 30 percent is found in Himalayas, south of Kargil and east of
(c) Indian Ocean (d) Southern Ocean
groundwater. Only about 0.3percentof Srinagar,thestatecapitalofJammuand
our freshwater is found in the surface Kashmir.
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water of lakes, rivers, and swamps.
includes the Baltic sea?
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(b) Pacific Ocean Major Glaciers in India Parkachik Glacier. It is a 14 kilometer
(c) Arctic Ocean long glacier in Ladakh.
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the western boundary of the Kara Sea? battlefield in the world. he Milam Glacier - It is located in the
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from the northern slope of the Uttarakhand.TheriverAlaknanda,oneof
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(a) Mediterranean Sea (b) Arabian Sea
Garhwal Himalayas. has its origin in the Satopanth glacier.
(c) Caspian Sea (d) Aegean Sea
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Spiti valleys, which becomes
Glacier, Kafni Glacier, Milam Glacier,
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g ( a) Sasaini ( b) Gangotri
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Lady of Keylong Glacier, Chandranahan glacialclaycontainingheapsofsandand the Primary sources of River Ganga is
Glacier, Bhadal Glacier, Beas kund gravel. located in Which country?
Glacier. (a) Nepal (b) Bhutan (c) China (d) India
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runachal Pradesh : Bichom Glacier,
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Kangto Glacier, and Mazgol Glacier. .1. Whichofthefollowingcontainsthe
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largest amount of freshwater on earth? 1.(a) 2.(b) 3.(a) 4.(d)
ikkim : Zemu Glacier, Talung Glacier,
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South Lhonak Glacier. (a) Ice caps (b) Inland seas
9.(d) 10.(d)
(c) Atmosphere (d) Groundwater
Important glaciers of the world
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ambert Fisher Glacier - The largest
L Indian glacier?
glacier of the world. It is in Antarctica. (a) Luggye (b) Pindari
(c) Carstensz (d) Te Wahipounamu
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glacier outside of the Earth’s polar (c) North of Gilgit
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region of northeastern Nepal between is not located in Jammu & Kashmir?
Mount Everest and the Lhotse-Nuptse (a) Bhillan (b) Milam (c) Thajiwas (d) Prui
ridge. It is the world's highest glacier.
Q.6.Consider the following pairs:
Some Important terms related Glacier River
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2. Bara Shigri Chenab
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frozen freshwater. Which of the pairs given above are
correctly matched?
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iceberg by area in Antarctica. (c) 2 and 3 (d) 3 and 4
lacial till -Theunassortedcoarseand
G Q.7.Match the following:
fine debris which is dropped by the Glacier Place
meltingglaciers.Someamountofdebris (A) Siachen (i) Kashmir
which is small and has to becarriedby (B) Rimo (ii) Karakoram
such melt water streams is washed (C) Gangotri (iii) Uttarakhand
down and deposited. Such Glaciofluvial (D) Zemu (iv) Sikkim
deposits are called outwash deposits. (a) (A) - (iii), (B) - (iv), (C) - (ii), (D) - (i)
The outwash deposits are roughly (b) (A) - (i), (B) - (ii), (C) - (iii), (D) - (iv)
stratified and assorted. (c) (A) - (ii), (B) - (i), (C) - (iii), (D) - (iv)
(d) (A) - (iv), (B) - (iii), (C) - (i), (D) - (ii)
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and siltgetsdeposited,whicharecalled following glacial landforms.
glacial Moraines. (a) Cirque (b) Horns and Serrated Ridges
(c) Esker (d) Hanging Valley
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022 ?
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(c) Mumbai (d) Kolkata .14. Which Indian port handles t he
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(a) Mumbai (b) Kolkata (b) Chennai Port Beaches
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(a) Kandla Port (b) Chennai Port (d) Indian Maritime University Environmental education and
(c) Haldia Port (d) Nhava Sheva information, Bathing water quality,
Answer Key :- Environmental management, and
.6. WhichportinIndiahasafreetrade
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Conservation and Safety services in the
zone ?
1.(c) 2.(c) 3.(a) 4.(c) beaches.
(a) Cochin Port (b) Paradip Port
(c) Kandla Port (d) Ennore Port 5.(d) 6.(c) 7.(d) 8.(c)
It is accorded by the international jury
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( a) Tuticorin Port (b) Kandla Port Nations Environment Programme
13.(c) 14.(c) 15.(b)
(c) Chennai Port (d) Gangavaram Port (UNEP), United Nations World Tourism
Organisation (UNWTO), Denmark-based
.8.Whatisthelargestcontainerportin
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(a) Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
(b) Chennai Port
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(c) Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust Padubidri (Karnataka)
(d) Cochin Port Kappad (Kerala)
Rushikonda (Andhra Pradesh)
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India ? Radhanagar (Andaman and Nicobar)
(a) Chennai Port Kovalam (Tamil Nadu)
(b) Kandla Port Eden (Puducherry)
(c) Mumbai Port Thundi (Lakshadweep)
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust Kadmat (Lakshadweep)
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the volume of cargo handled ? Indiahasalsolauncheditsowneco-label
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(d) Kandla Port Management) project. This was
launched by the Society of Integrated
.12.WhichisIndia’slargestportbysize
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Important Beaches in India
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Konark, Odisha becoming India's first to heemunipatnam
B (Bheemili), (c) Kochi (d) Vijayawada
get the Blue Flag certification. Kalingapatnam, Kakinada, Koduru,
Mypadu, Perupalem, RamaPuram, Q.2.Whichofthefollowingbeacheshas
ahirmatha - A beach in Kendrapara
G Ramakrishna, Rushikonda, Sagarnagar, ecome the first in Asia to gettheBlue
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district of Odisha. It is theworld'smost Suryalanka, Tenneti Park, Tupilipalem, Flag Certification?
important beach for olive ridley sea etc. RRB NTPC CBT - I (03/02/2021) Morning
turtles. (a) Kovalam beach
Odisha – Sonapur, Talsari, Dagara, (b) Bega beach
eytDwarkaBeach(BeytSankhodhar)-
B ahirmatha, Satabhaya, Pentha Sea,
G (c) Chandrabhaga beach
It is located at DwarkainGujaratandis Paradeep sea, Astaranga, Beleswar, (d) Marina beach
believed to be the residence of Lord Ramachandi, Satapada, Ganjam etc.
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Krishna. Before the development of
longest beach of India?
Okha, this was the beach that was WestBengal–Bakkhaliseabeach,Digha
(a) Nevada Beach (b) Marina Beach
responsible for the tradingandshipping ea beach, Junput, Frasergunj Sea
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each named Calangute Beach?
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(c) Goa (d) Kerala agore give to Karwar city in Karnataka
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due to its natural beauty?
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agore Beach located?
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(a) Mumbai (b) Tuticorin (c) The Kashmir of Karnataka
(c) Karwar (d) Paradeep (d) The Pearl of the South ailasakona,
K Katiki, Thatiguda,
Penchalakona, Kalyan Revu, Kaigal,
Q.6. In which of the following states is Q.16. Which of the following is the Ganganna Sirrassu.
handipur beach located?
C longest beach in europe?
(a) Odisha (b) Kerala (a) Praia do Cassino beach Arunachal Pradesh
(c) Goa (d) West Bengal (b) Monolithi beach
(c) McDonald beach Sirki, Nuranang, Bap Teng Kang.
.7. In the context of environment
Q (d) Coorong beach
friendliness, Blue Flag certification is
applicable to which of the following .17. The longest natural beach in the
Q
Assam
landscapes? world, Cox’s Bazar, is in ______?
(a) River (b) Wetland (a) Nepal (b) Brazil kashiganga, Champawati, Kakochang,
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(c) Forest (d) Beach (c) India (d) Bangladesh Sivakunda, Dikrut, Kathilangso, Panimur,
Bendao Baglai, Tegheria.
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Q .18.Duringwhichseasondooliveridley
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(a) Kerala (b) Gujarat seaturtlestypicallycometoGahirmatha Bihar
(c) Maharashtra (d) Odisha Beach for nesting?
(a) Winter (b) Summer Kakolat, Karkat, Telhar, Tutla Bhawani,
.9. Which of the following Indian
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beaches is NOT formed by the Arabian
Sea? Q.19. Beyt Dwarka Beach is located in
(a) Kovalam beach (b) Palolem beach hich of the following states in india?
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(c) Kerala (d) Rajasthan hitrakote falls is a natural waterfall on
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.10. When was the Blue Flag
Q the Indravati River, located in Bastar
programme originally started in France? .20. Which of the following beach is
Q district. It is the widest fall in India.
(a) 1985 (b) 2001 (c) 2010 (d) 1990 located in Andhra Pradesh?
(a) Calangute Beach Amritdhara Waterfall lies along the
.11. What is the primary goal of the
Q (b) Mandrem Beach ourse of the Hasdeo river (Tributaryof
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Blue Flag programme? (c) Ramakrishna Beach Mahanadi).
(a) To promote tourism (d) Baga Beach
(b) To recognize environmentally Other Waterfalls: Tirathgarh, Rajpuri,
responsible beaches Chitradhara, Rakasganda, Ghatarani,
Answer Key :-
(c) To encourage water sports MalanjhKudum, Kendai, Devdhara,
(d) To increase beach infrastructure Kailash gufa, Tamra Ghoomar, Mandawa.
1.(b) 2.(c) 3.(b) 4.(c)
.12. Which of the following is notone
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ofthemajorheadsunderwhichtheBlue
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Flag criteria are divided? 9.(c) 10.(a) 11.(b) 12.(c)
(a) Environmental education and Dudhsagar falls is known asthe‘Seaof
13.(c) 14.(c) 15.(c) 16.(b) ilk’, it is formed on the Mandovi River.
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second longest beach? inai, Zanzari.
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Dhuandhar falls is located in the the Sirki Waterfall located?
Pradhanpat, Sanaghagara.
abalpur district, formed by the river
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Narmada. The Narmada riverrisesfrom (a) Arunachal Pradesh (b) Andhra Pradesh
the Amarkantak Plateau near Anuppur
Tamil Nadu (c) Himachal Pradesh (d) Madhya Pradesh
districtMadhyaPradesh.Itisalsoknown
asthe"LifeLineofMadhyaPradeshand Hogenakkal falls is a waterfall in South .2. Chulia waterfall is situated on
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Gujarat''. India on the Kaveri river on the border Chambal River in ______.
between Dharmapuri district of Tamil SSC CHSL 11/8/2021(Afternoon)
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waterfall in MadhyaPradesh),Patalpani, Karnataka. (c) Rajasthan (d) Madhya Pradesh
Raneh, Pandav, Tincha, Rajat Prapat,
Other Waterfalls: Agasthiyar, Agaya
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'Weinia Falls' lie?
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S .14. The Dhuandhar Falls are located
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(a) Sikkim (b) Himachal Pradesh on the river.
Mountains
(c) Meghalaya (d) Goa (a) Gandak (b) Kaveri
(c) Godavari (d) Narmada It is an elevated portion of the Earth's
.4. In which of the following states is
Q crust, generally with steep sides that
the Bhambavli Vajrai Waterfall located? .15.The Dudhsagar Waterfall on the
Q show significant exposed bedrock.
SSC MTS 14/10/2021(Evening) Goa-Karnataka border is formed by the Generally,asteephillwithanelevationof
(a) Odisha (b) Andhra Pradesh river. more than 600 meters isclassifiedasa
(c) Karnataka (d) Maharashtra (a) Mandovi (b) Zuari mountain.
(c) Malaprabha (d) Kabini
.5. Which river creates the Jog Falls,
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also called Gersoppa Falls? .16.Whichofthefollowingriversforms
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Types of Mountain
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(a) Kabini river (b) Kali river (a) Narmada (b) Kali Sind
(c) Shimsha river (d) Sharavati river (c) Chambal (d) Tapi Fold Mountains
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Q Q.17. Which of the followingstateshas
river _______. og falls ?
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(a) Umngot (b) Subarnarekha (c) Sikkim (d) Goa together.Atthesecolliding,compressing
(c) Tsangpo (d) Teesta boundaries,rocksanddebrisarewarped
.18. In which stateistheKynremFalls
Q and folded into rocky outcrops, hills,
.7. In which stateisHogenakkalFalls
Q situated? mountains, and entire mountain ranges.
located? ( a) Kerala (b) Assam Fold mountains are created through a
SSC GD 16/11/2021 (Afternoon) (c) Mizoram (d) Meghalaya process called orogeny.
(a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Kerala
(c) Maharashtra (d) Tamil Nadu Q.19. In whichofthefollowingstatesis ld fold mountains: These mountains
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aterfall located?
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SSC GD 09/12/2021 (Afternoon) (c) Maharashtra (d) Chhattisgarh slopes. They have rounded peaks.
(a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Odisha Example-Aravalis(Asia),Urals(Russia),
(c) Karnataka (d) Maharashtra .20.Whichofthefollowingwaterfallsis
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Alps (Europe).
located in Jharkhand?
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aterfalls on it:
w (b) Hundru waterfall
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valleys and pointed peaks. Example -
(a) Sharawati (i) Shivasamudram (d) Chulia waterfall
Himalayan (Asia), Rockies (North
(b) Narmada (ii) Gokak America), Andes (South America).
(c) Kaveri (iii) Jog Answer Key :-
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highest waterfall in India? 17.(a) 18.(d) 19.(d) 20.(b) Vosges mountain (horst) in Europe.
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due to volcanic activity. Mt.Kilimanjaro,
.11. Where are the Shivana Samudra
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(a) Karnataka (b) Tamil Nadu Composite cones (Stratovolcanoes) and
(c) Odisha (d) Andhra Pradesh shield volcanoes are two types of
volcanic mountains.
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(c) Dudhsagar (d) Magod
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imalayas have been divided on the
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Q.1. Dhinodhar Hills is located in which (a) Ural mountain in Russia
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Tibetan Plateau in China, extendinginto SSC CHSL 09/03/2023 (1st Shift) (c) Mt.Kilimanjaro in Africa
the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (a) Andaman and Nicobar Islands (d) Harz mountains in Germany
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(c) Himachal Pradesh (d) Nagaland Q.24.AttheIndoMyanmarborder,which
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(a) Arunachal Pradesh (b) Assam (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Rajasthan
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mountain range young fold mountains? (c) The Karakoram Range (c) 4 , 3 , 2 , 1 (d) 1 , 3 , 4 , 2
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(c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Karnataka 1.(c) 2.(b) 3.(c) 4.(b)
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(a) Alai valley (b) Dang valley
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region, Ladakh.
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pass into Zanskar, the Suru Valley is
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are produced in a major part of this
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and other materials embedded with (d) Karakoram and Ladakh f ormed at the mouth of theriver.These
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technology industries.
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(a) Tamil Nadu (b) Goa
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(a) Only (A) (b) Only (B)
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(b) Himachal Mountain Range (c) Sikkim
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erosional work. Thus, eroded and
Canyons.
dissected Deltas are called truncated
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(a) U-shaped valley (b) Blind valley (c) Both A and B are correct
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its mouth, theDeltaalreadymadeisleft
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water. Example - Mississippi river Delta,
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b
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in Bangladesh, the rest constitutes the sides of an estuary.
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through nine main channels into the
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Major Deltas in the World largest delta emptying into a body of a Cuspate Delta?
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TheIrrawaddyDelta-Itisformedbythe (b) Wind erosion
Irrawaddy River located in Myanmar. (c) Strong waves pushing sediment
eltas are arranged in orderfromsouth
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to north: Kaveri, Krishna, Godavari, outward
hine–MeuseDelta-Itisariverdeltain
R (d) Tidal forces
Mahanadi, and Ganga-Brahmaputra in
the Netherlands formed by the
India.
confluence of the Rhine and the Meuse Q.10. Which type of delta is
rivers. haracterized by finer materials
c
Practice Questions : - deposited by river water creating
The Amazon Delta - It is formed bythe distributaries?
mazon River and the Tocantins River
A .1. River Delta Formation isaresultof
Q (a) Arcuate Delta (b) Bird's Foot Delta
and is located in Brazil. The Amazon which process? (c) Cuspate Delta (d) Estuarine Delta
Basin is the largest river basin on Earth. (a) Erosion (b) Evaporation
(c) Sedimentation (d) Deposition Q.11. Which river hasatooth-likeshape
igris-Euphrates Delta in Southeastern
T in its delta?
Q.2. The delta of whichofthefollowing (a) Amazon River (b) Thames River
Asia-TheDeltadrainsriversacrossfive
eninsular rivers iscalledthe'Gardenof
p (c) Tiber River (d) Yangtze River
countries: Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria, and
South India'?
Kuwait.
(a) Krishna (b) Godavari Q.12. Which river has a triangular o
r
(c) Mahanadi (d) Cauvery f an-shapedappearanceandemptiesinto
Niger Delta in Nigeria, Western Africa-
the Mediterranean Sea?
heNigerRiveranditsdeltaarehometo
T Q.3. A/An ____________ is a typeofriver (a) Amazon River (b) Nile River
many marine animals, including elta characterized by a triangular or
d (c) Mississippi River (d) Ganges River
endangered species. It empties into the fan-shaped appearance formed by the
Gulf of Guinea. depositionofsedimentasariverempties .13. Which of the following is the
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into a body of water. largest delta in the world?
Volga Delta in Russia -TheVolgaDelta (a) Bird's Foot Delta (b) Cuspate Delta (a) Indus River Delta
is Europe’s largest delta. (c) Arcuate Delta (d) Estuarine Delta (b) Danube Delta
(c) Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta
I ndusDeltainPakistan-TheIndusDelta .4.UnderwhatconditionsdoesaBird's
Q (d) Amazon Delta
begins where the Indus River meetsthe Foot Delta typically form?
Arabian Sea. The climate surrounding (a) Strong river flow and weak waves Q.14.MoribundDelta'isasubdivisionof
this delta is arid. (b) Strong river flow and strong waves hich of the following Delta?
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(c) Weak waves and weak river flow (a) Krishna - Godavari Delta
ississippi Delta in the United States-
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The Mississippi Delta, which runs (c) Bengal Delta
through Memphis, Helena, NewOrleans, .5. ____________ is formed where
Q (d) Cauvery Delta
and Venice. sediments are deposited ontoastraight
shoreline with strong waves.
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f which of the following animal?
o rivers flow through it.
(a) Asiatic Cheetah (b) Asiatic Lions
Plateaus
(c) Royal Bengal Tiger (d) Black Panther aghelkhand plateau
B
It is a flat, elevated landform that rises Baghelkhand lies in the Eastern part of
.16.TheMekongDeltaisclassifiedasa
Q sharplyabovethesurroundingareaonat Madhya Pradesh. Various types of soils
________________ . least one side. It takes upathirdofthe arefoundinthisareaandtheyare:black,
(a) Arcuate Delta (b) Bird's Foot Delta Earth's land. red, yellow etc. To the west lieelevated
(c) Cuspate Delta (d) Estuarine Delta plains, and to the east areridgesofthe
Types of plateaus Vindhya Range. The area is dividedinto
.17. Where is the Mekong Delta
Q twonaturalregionsbytheKaimurRange.
located? It is made up of limestones and
issected plateaus
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(a) Thailand ( b) Cambodia sandstone rocks.
Itformsasaresultofupwardmovement
(c) Myanmar (d) Vietnam
in the Earth's crust. Theupliftiscaused
by the slow collision of tectonic plates. hotanagpur Plateau
C
.18. A delta is a characteristic feature
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Example - Colorado Plateau (United It is theIndianPeninsula'snorth-eastern
of a river in its ______________ .
States), Tibetan plateau (China). extension, with an average elevation of
(a) senile stage (b) young stage
about 700 meters above sea level.
(c) mid stage (d) early stage
olcanic plateaus
V Mostly in Jharkhand, northern part of
.19.Whentherivershiftsitsmouth,the
Q It isformedbynumeroussmallvolcanic ChhattisgarhandPuruliadistrictofWest
Delta already made is left abandoned. eruptions that slowly buildupovertime, Bengal.TheSonrivertravelsthroughthe
Such a Delta is called a/an ______________ formingaplateaufromtheresultinglava plateau and enters the Ganga. It is
(a) abandoned Delta (b) Truncated Delta flows.TheNorthIslandVolcanicPlateau famous for minerals like Mica, iron ore,
(c) Lacustrine Delta (d) Estuarine Delta covers most of the central part of the bauxite, copper and limestone. This is
North Island of New Zealand. This mainly composed of Gondwana rocks.
.20. Mississippi river which forms a
Q volcanic plateau still has three active
bird-foot delta flows into the: volcanoes: Mount Tongariro, Mount arwar Plateau or Mewar Plateau
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(a) Gulf of California (b) Gulf of Mexico Ngauruhoe, and Mount Ruapehu. It is made up of sandstone, shales and
(c) Harrison Bay (d) Mobile Bay Example: Columbia Plateau (United limestones of the Vindhyan period. The
States) and the Deccan Plateau (India). Banas river, along with its tributaries
.21.Tiber river delta falls into:
Q (Berachriver,Kharirivers)originateinthe
(a) Gulf of California (b) Mobile Bay Aravali Range and flow towards
(c) Tyrrhenian Sea (d) Harrison Bay
Indian Peninsular Plateau
northwest into Chambal river. The
he Peninsular plateau is a tableland
T erosional activity of these rivers make
Answer Key :- theplateautopappearlikearollingplain.
composedoftheoldcrystalline,igneous
and metamorphic rocks. It is part ofan It is typically between 250 and 500
1.(d) 2.(d) 3.(c) 4.(a) ancient land mass called Gondwana meters above sea level.
5.(b) 6.(d) 7.(d) 8.(b) level. It is spread over the states of
Gujarat, Maharashtra, Bihar, Karnataka alwa Plateau
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9.(c) 10.(b) 11.(c) 12.(b) The Malwa Plateau roughly forms a
andAndhraPradesh.Itsblacksoilareais
13.(c) 14.(c) 15.(c) 16.(b) known as DeccanTrap.Itisdividedinto triangle based on the Vindhyan Hills,
two parts: Central highlands, Deccan boundedbytheAravaliRangeinthewest
17.(d) 18.(a) 19.(a) 20.(b) and Madhya Bharat Pathar to the north
plateau.
21.(c) and Bundelkhand to the east. The
average elevation of the plateau is 500
Central highlands meters above the mean sea level. This
plateau has two systems of drainage;
he part of the Peninsular plateaulying
T one towards the Arabian sea (The
to the north of the Narmada river, Narmada,theTapiandtheMahi),andthe
covering a major area of the Malwa other towards the Bay of Bengal
plateau.The Central Highlands arewider (Chambal and Betwa, joining the
inthewestbutnarrowerintheeast.The Yamuna). In the north, the plateau is
eastward extensions of this plateau are marked by the Chambal ravines.
locally known as the Bundelkhand and
Baghelkhand. The Chotanagpur plateau eccan plateau
D
marks the further eastward extension, ItisoneoftheoldestplateausinIndia.It
drained by the Damodar river. is a triangular landmass that lies tothe
southoftheriverNarmada.TheSatpura
undelkhand plateau
B range flanks its broadbaseinthenorth,
ItliesbetweentheIndo-GangeticPlainto while the Mahadev, the Kaimurhillsand
the north and theVindhyaRangetothe the Maikal range from its eastern
south.Itliesintheeastoftheplateauof extensions. An extension of thePlateau
Malwa and the Aravalli hills lie in its in the northeast, known as the
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North Cachar Hills. It is separated by a olorado Plateau
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f ault from the Chotanagpur Plateau. ItliesinthewesternpartoftheU.S.A.It ontinental crust. The other is made of
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Three prominent hill ranges from the is the largest plateau in America. It is igneous rock. Igneous oceanic plateaus
west to the east aretheGaro,theKhasi divided by the Colorado River and the represent an age between the older,
and theJaintiaHills.TheWesternGhats Grand Canyon. less-dense continental crust and the
andtheEasternGhatsmarkthewestern younger, more dense oceanic crust.
and the eastern edges of the Deccan olumbia – Snake Plateau
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Plateau respectively. ItisalsoknownastheColumbiaBasin.It Practice Questions :-
is located in Washington, Oregon, and
eghalaya Plateau
M Idaho (USA). It is formed due to the .1. Which is the highest plateauinthe
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ItextendseastbeyondtheRajmahalhills volcaniceruptionsofbasaltlava.Hence, world ?
toMeghalayaortheShillongplateau.The it is called “flood basalt plateau”. SSC CHSL 10/03/2023 (3rd Shift)
western,centralandtheeasternpartsof (a) East African Plateau (b) Deccan plateau
the plateau are known as theGaroHills imberley Plateau
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(900m),theKhasi-JaintiaHills(1,500m) It iscausedbyavolcaniceruption,Lies
and the Mikir Hills (700 m). Shillong in the northern part of Australia. .2. ______ develops on crystalline
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(1,961 m) is the highest point of the igneous rocks in areas of lowrainfallin
plateau. ascarene Plateau
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It is a submarine plateau in the Indian Deccan Plateau.
arnataka Plateau
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It is also known as the Mysoreplateau. (a) Red soil (b) Black soil
Thearealookslikearollingplateauwith atanga Plateau
K (c) Alluvial soil (d) Arid soil
an average elevation of 600-900 m. Its It is located in Congo and famous for
highest peak is Mullayanagiri in Baba copper production. Q.3. The lava plateaus arerichinwhich
Budan Hills in Chikmagalur district. The ind of soil?
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plateau is divided into two parts called exican Plateau
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Malnad and Maidan. ItisalsoknownastheMexicanAltiplano. (a) Laterite soil (b) Alluvial soil
World’s biggestsilvermineissituatedin (c) Red soil (d) Black soil
elangana Plateau
T the plateau.
Q.4. Which of the following is NOT a
This plateau consists of Archaean
Anatolian Plateau lateau situated in India?
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gneisses. Its average elevation is
It is also known as Asia Minor, mostof SSC CHSL 19/04/2021(Evening)
500-600m.Theregionisdrainedbythree
Turkey lies on this plateau. Tigris and (a) Chota Nagpur (b) Maikal
river systems, Godavari, Krishna and
Euphrates Rivers flow through this (c) Bundelkhand (d) Malwa
Penneru. The entire plateau is divided
into Ghats and Peneplains (a vast plateau.
.5.Whichofthefollowingstatementsis
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featureless,undulatingplainwhichisthe
NOT true about plateaus?
last stage of the deposition process). aurentian Plateau
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It is known as the “canadian shield”.
(a) The Deccan plateau is one of the
andakaranya Plateau
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oldest plateaus in India.
It is located in the Bastar region of the atagonian Plateau
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(b) A plateau is an elevated flat land.
present-day state of Chhattisgarh in the ItislocatedinArgentina.Itisasemi-arid
(c) Plateaus are rich in mineral deposits.
central part of India. Extending over a scrub and rain shadow desert plateau.
(d) The Marwar plateau is the highest
neighborhood of about 35600 square
plateau in the world.
miles, it includes the Abujhmad Hills ltiplano Plateau
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within the west andborderstheEastern It is located in the South-easternregion
.6. Which of the following minerals is
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Ghatswithintheeast.TheDandakaranya of Peru and western region Bolivia.Itis
not found in plateau areas?
includes parts of the Chhattisgarh, famous for Tin reserves.
(a) Coal (b) Iron ore
Odisha, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh (c) Mineral oil (d) Manganese
oess Plateau
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states.
It is located in china. It is known as
Q.7. Basalt made lava rocks have been
“HuangtuPlateau”.Famousforitshighly
f ormed on the Deccan Plateau of India -
Plateaus of the world erodible nature.
(a) Pleistocene era (b) Cretaceous era
(c) Carboniferous era (d) Miocene era
ibetan Plateau
T Pothohar Plateau- Pakistan.
Highest and largestplateauintheworld Q.8. In which plateau are the main iron
with a height of 4,000 to 6,000 meters Bavarian Plateau- Germany. nd steel industries located?
a
above themeansealevelandcalledthe (a) Deccan (b) Malwa
‘roofoftheworld’.Itis locatedincentral AhaggarPlateau-ItislocatedinAlgeria. (c) Telangana (d) Chhota Nagpur
Asia. It stretches through the countries It is also called Hoggar.
of Tibet, China, and India. It is Q.9. Why is Dhanbad the most densely
surrounded by imposing mountain Important fact opulated district of Chhota Nagpur
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ranges that harbor the world's two Plateau?
highest mountain peaks, Mount Everest ceanic Plateaus
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(b) Irrigation facility through fertile soil nd Poonch. It serves as a vital
a
and canals taken from Damodar.
Passes connection between India and Pakistan.
(c) Development and industrialization of Pir-Panjal Range atanelevationof2835
the mining industry. pass forms when a glacier or stream
A meters.
(d) All of the above. erodes,orwearsaway,thelandbetween
areasofhigherterrain.AMountainPass anihal Pass - It connects Jammu and
B
.10.Intermsofstructureandorigin,the
Q isanarrowstretchofroadthatconnects Srinagar. Jawahar Tunnel was located
highlands of Meghalaya are a part of two mountain ranges. Passes often beneath it. This pass is no longer in use.
which of the following? provide the easiest routes for people to
(a) Himalayan Mountain Range travel acrosssteepmountainranges. In Burzil Pass - This pass connects
(b) Hills of Purvanchal Tibet, it is known as 'La,' which means ashmir's Astore Valley and Ladakh's
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(c) Arakan Yoma Mountains ‘pass’. Deosai Plains.
(d) Peninsular Plateau
Passes in North India ensi La: It connects Kashmir with
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Answer Key :- Kargil.
Ladakh
1.(d) 2.(a) 3.(d) 4.(b) Digar La-Itisamountainpasssituated
inKashmir.Its trekkingstartsfromSabu
5.(d) 6.(c) 7.(b) 8.(d) ChangLa-ItconnectstheLadakhregion
to Digar.
ithTibet.ItprovidesaccesstoPangong
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9.(d) 10.(d)
Lake from Leh. It lies in betweenShyok
river valley and Leh district. Himachal Pradesh
mling La pass-ItislocatedinEastern
U Shipki La - It connects the districts of
Ladakh and has recently become the innaur and Tibet. It is mostly used for
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world's highest motorable pass (Project short-distance trade between India and
Himank). It connects Chisumle and Tibet.
Demchok villages.
ohtangPass-Itisadividingpointwith
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KhardungLa-ItislocatedintheLadakh one side leading to Kullu Valleyandthe
r ange of mountains. It has an elevation other to Lahaul-Spiti.
of 5602 meters. It connects Leh and
Nubra Valley. ebsa Pass - Kullu and Spiti are
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connected by this road. This pass was
Imis La- It links Ladakh and Tibet. discovered in 1995 by a group of
mountaineers led by Joydeep Sircar.
Zoji La Pass - It connects Srinagar and
eh. This pass is located in Dras. It
L Baralacha La Pass - It issituatedinthe
connectsthreeregionsofKashmirValley askar range. It links theLahauldistrict
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in the West, Indus Valley in East, Suru of Himachal Pradesh to the Leh district
Valley in North-East. of Ladakh.
anglang La Pass - It is a high altitude
T Uttarakhand
mountain pass inLadakh.Itistraversed
by the Leh Manali Highway. ManaPass-TheDungrilapassorMana
ass connects the Uttarakhand district
P
ghil Pass - Itislocatedtothenorthof
A ofManawithTibetencompassingNanda
the K2 peak in the Karakoram Range Devi Biosphere Reserve.
(partofTrans-Himalayas).Thepassjoins
Ladakh with the Shaksgam Valley itiPass-Italsoconnectsthestatesof
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(Xinjiang Province) of China. Uttarakhand and Tibet. It was closed
in1962.
FotuLa(PhotuLa)-Itisamountainpass
n the Srinagar-Leh highway in the
o ipu Lekh Pass - Between Uttarakhand,
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Zanskar Range of the Himalayas. Tibet and Nepal,itactsasatri-junction.
It was India's first border post to allow
KarakoramPass-ItislocatedinLadakh tradewithChina.TheManasarovarYatra
etweenLadakhandXinjiangprovinceof
b passes across this mountain pass.
China.
Traill’s Pass - It is in the state of
Jammu and Kashmir ttarakhand. ItconnectsthePindariand
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Mangsha Dhura - It is located in the hencottah and Punalur. Road-rail lines
S .6.Which of the following is a mountain
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ithoragarh district of Uttarakhand. It
P pass through this gap which connects pass in the Pir Panjal range at a
connects the states of Uttarakhand and Shencottah and Punalur. maximum altitude of 2832 meters that
Tibet. connectstheKashmirValleyintheUnion
Other important Passes TerritoryofJammuandKashmirwiththe
uling La - It is located in the Great
M Outer Himalayas and the plains in the
Himalayas, northofGangotri.Duringthe Khyber Pass - The Khyber Pass is a south?
winter, this seasonal pass connecting ountain pass in the Khyber
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Uttarakhand and Tibet is snow-covered. Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan on (a) Mana Pass (b) Banihal Pass
the border with Afghanistan (Nangarhar (c) Bara - Lacha Pass (d) ZojiLa Pass
Lepcha La Pass - It connects the Province).Ithadbeenanintegralpartof
outheastern end oftheSpitivalleywith
s Q.7.Which of the following rivers rises
the ancient Silk Road.
Shailkhar and Chango of the Hangrang in the west of Rohtang Pass in the Kullu
Valley in Kinnaur District, Himachal hills of Himachal Pradesh and flows
Bolan Pass - It is a valley and natural
Pradesh. through the Chamba valley of the state?
ateway. It is located in theTobaKakar
g
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Range in the Balochistan province of
(a) Satluj (b) Ravi (c) Beas (d) Chenab
Passes in North Eastern States Pakistan. It is located 120 km south of
the Afghanistan border. It connects .8. Nathu La Pass connectsIndiawith
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Nathu La- It connects Sikkim and Tibet. Quetta to Sibi by road and railway. which of its neighbouring countries?
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Bom Di La - It connects Arunachal Practice Questions :- (a) Nepal (b) Bangladesh
radeshwiththecityofLhasainTibet. It
P (c) Bhutan (d) China
is located at an elevation of 4331 meters. Q.1. Theworld'shighestmotorableroad
assesthrough_______passinIndia,asof
p .9. River Sutlej enters India through
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iphu Pass - Diphu Pass is located on
D 2022. which pass?
the MacMohan Line, which serves as a SSC CHSL 15/03/2023 (4th Shift) SSC CHSL 16/10/2020(Afternoon)
dividing line between Tibet and India's (a) Khunjerab (b) Rohtang (a) Shipki la (b) Lipulekh
north-east. (c) Dihang (d) Umling La (c) Zoji la (d) Nathula
ihang La - This pass connects the
D .2. The Bhil tribe living in the ________
Q Q.10. Which of the followingHimalayan
states of Arunachal Pradesh and controlledthemountainpassesbetween r angesextendsfromthenorthernsideof
Myanmar in the north-east.. the north and the Deccan. LehtotheTibetanborderandcomprises
I. Western Ghats Digar La Pass and Khardung La Pass?
Pangsau Pass - Arunachal Pradesh and II. Eastern Ghats SSC CHSL 14/10/2020 (Evening)
yanmar are connected by this pass.It
M SSC GD 25/01/2023 (1st Shift) (a) Dhauladhar Range
islocatedonthecrestofthePatkaiHills (a) Neither I nor II (b) Only II (b) Pir Panjal Range
on the India-Burma(Myanmar)border.It (c) Only I (d) Both I and II (c) Ladakh Range
is named after the nearest Burmese (d) Zanskar Range
village, Pangsau. .3. Which pass connects the Kullu
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ValleywiththeLahaulandSpitiValleysof .11. Which geographical feature is
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Himachal Pradesh, India? connected by the “Pangsau Pass”?
Passes in Western Ghats (a) Arunachal Pradesh and Myanmar
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(a) Banihal Pass (b) Thamarassery Pass (b) Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh
BhorGhat- ItislocatedinMaharashtra. (c) Tamil Nadu and Kerala
(c) Rohtang Pass (d) Lipulekh Pass
his pass is used to connect three
T (d) Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh
different locations: Railway route Q.4. Which of the following mountain
between Palasdari and Khandala and asses is situated in the state of
p Q.12. Consider the important passes in
Road route between Khopoli and Uttarakhand? India.
Khandala. SSC CHSL 11/8/2021(Afternoon) I. Khardung La - Ladakh
(a) Nathu La Pass II. Banihal Pass - Jammu and Kashmir
ThalGhat(kasaraghat)-Itcanbefound (b) Baralacha La Pass III. Karakoram Pass - Uttarakhand
nMumbai-NashikRoad.Therailwayline
o (c) Bomdi La Pass Which among the aboveis/arecorrectly
that runs through this pass is one of (d) Mangsha Dhura Pass matched?
India's steepest. In Maharashtra, it (a) Both I and III (b) Both I and II
connects Kalyan and Kasara. .5.FotuLa,theGreatMountainPass,at
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(c) Both II and III (d) All I,II and III
analtitudeof4108mabovesealevel,is
PalakkadGhat-Itconnectsthestatesof the highest point of which Indian .13. Baralacha La Pass connects Leh
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amil Nadu and Kerala. It is a narrow
T state/UT? District with ______?
chasm.ThePalGhatpassesthroughthe SSC CHSL 09/06/2022(Morning) (a) Manali (b) Uttarakhand
Nilgiri Hills and the Anaimalai Hills. (a) Ladakh (c) Jammu and Kashmir (d) Tibet
(b) Jammu and Kashmir
hencottah Gap - It connects the Tamil
S (c) Himachal Pradesh Q.14.ZojiLaPassconnectswhichofthe
Nadu city of Madurai with the Kerala (d) Sikkim f ollowing______?
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(c) Spiti and Kullu Valley
Straits to the South Pacific Ocean.Itislocated
(d) Kinnaur and Tibet between NewZealand’snorthandsouth
Itisanaturallyformed,narrow navigable islands.
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connects Uttarakhand with tibet? bodies of water. Itisachannelofwater Gibraltar Strait: It is a waterway that
(a) Muling La (b) Chang La thatliesbetweentwolandmasses.Some r uns betweenthesouthernmostpointof
(c) Khardung La (d) Tanglang La straits are not navigable, because they Spain and the westernmost point of
are too shallow, or because of an Africa. It connects the Mediterranean
Q.16. Whichofthefollowingpassisthe unnavigable reef or archipelago. Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.
t ri junction betweenIndia,Myanmarand
China? Straits of India Strait of Hormuz: Itistheworld’ssingle
(a) Lipu Lekh Pass (b) Diphu Pass
ost important oil passageway. It
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(c) Debsa Pass (d) Mana Pass
alk strait: It is located between Tamil
P separates Iran and Oman. It forms a
.17. Through which mountain ranges
Q Nadu (India) and Jaffna (Sri Lanka). choke point between the Arabian Gulf
does Palakkad Ghat pass? and the Gulf of Oman.
(a) Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats Mannar strait: It separatesIndiaandSri
(b) Nilgiri Hills and Anaimalai Hills anka. The Gulf of Mannar is ashallow
L ab al-Mandab: It separates Yemen on
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(c) Vindhya Range and Satpura Range bay, part of the Laccadive Sea in the the Arabian Peninsula and Djibouti and
(d) Himalayas and Karakoram Range Indian Ocean. Eritrea in theHornofAfrica.Itconnects
the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden.
.18. What is the primary historical
Q ulf of Khambhat (Gulf of Cambay): It
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significance of the Khyber Pass? divides Kathiawar Peninsula of Gujarat. Sunda Strait: It is located between the
(a) It served as a trade route along the ast Java and Sumatra islands. It
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Silk Road. he Coco Strait is between the North
T connects the Indian Ocean to the Java
(b) It was an agricultural hub. Andaman islands and the Coco Islands Sea in the Pacific Ocean (south).
(c) It was a major naval route. of Myanmar.
(d) It was a barrier that separated two osphorus Strait: It separates the
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Labrador Sea (Greenland) and Baffin masses Indonesia and
Island (Nunavut, Canada). It links Baffin (b) A narrow strip of land separating two Malaysia
Bay with the Atlantic Ocean. water bodies (B) Strait of Malacca (ii) Between Gulf
(c) Deep penetration of a water body in of Persia and Gulf
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laska. It connects the Arctic Ocean’s
A (d) None of these (C) Strait of Bering (iii) Between Africa
East Siberian Sea to thePacificOcean’s and Europe
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(D) Strait of Hormuz (iv) Between Asia
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and North America
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with the Bering Sea and separates the ( a) (A) - (iii), (B) - (iv), (C) - (i), (D) - (ii)
Ireland and Scotland and connects the
continents of Asia and North America. (b) (A) - (iii), (B) - (i), (C) - (iv), (D) - (ii)
Irish Sea to the Atlantic Ocean.
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mid-Pacific curves from the normal 180 (d) (A) - (iv), (B) - (ii), (C) - (iii), (D) - (i)
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frica ?
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orrect sequence of thepositionsinthe
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(a) Ponds (b) River
Savanna is amixedwoodland-grassland (c) Grasslands (d) Oceans
( grassy woodland) ecosystem
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(scattered trees). The largest areas of known as ________
savanna are found in Africa, South SSC CHSL 20/03/2023 (3rd Shift)
America, Australia, India, the Myanmar (a) Pampas (b) Savanna
(Burma), Thailand region in Asia, and (c) Llanos (d) Campos
Madagascar.
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c
arm in summer but with frosts in
w I. Argentina - Pampas
winter. It includes parts of Brazil, II. Brazil - Steppe
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a Telugu (CESCT) wassetupunderwhich (a) Kochi (b) Dehradun
theIndianAgricultureResearchInstitute. institution? (c) Visakhapatnam (d) Kandla
Where is it located? RRC Group D 30/09/2022 (Afternoon)
SSC CGL 17/07/2023 (3rd shift) (a) Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, New Answer Key :-
(a) Mumbai (b) Ludhiana Delhi
(c) New Delhi (d) Patna (b) Central Institute of Indian Languages,
1.(c) 2.(d) 3.(d) 4.(b)
Mysore
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Laboratory located? Hyderabad 9.(b) 10.(a) 11.(b) 12.(b)
SSC CGL 27/07/2023 (3rd shift) (d) American Institute of Tamil Language
13.(c) 14.(c) 15.(c) 16.(c)
(a) Mumbai (b) Bangalore
(c) Punjab (d) New Delhi .12. Where is the Indian Institute of
Q 17.(d) 18.(b) 19.(d) 20.(b)
Skiing and Mountaineering situated?
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dance is located in _____. (a) Dalhousie (b) Gulmarg
SSC MTS 17/05/2023 (Morning) (c) Manali (d) Uttarkashi
(a) Meerut (b) Varanasi
(c) Lucknow (d) New Delhi .13.Inwhichcityistheheadquartersof
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command,control,andadministrationas
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(c) Koteshwar Project - Uttarakhand eadquarters - New Delhi
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Indian Air Force.
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(a) Chief of Army Staff (b) Prime Minister
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Constituting instrument - Central Brotherhood.
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Seema Bal Act (2007) r esponsible for central police
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C organizations like the BSF, CISF, and
The primary mission is counter CRPF?
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(b) Chief of Army Staff (COAS)
Police Force Act (1949) Veterans Day observed annually?
(c) Defence Minister
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handrayaan-2- It was India's second
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softlandingontheMoon'ssouthpole.It Collins. which was established in 1993. They
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related weather phenomena?
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tech startup that has developed India’s
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tracking system based on the LIDAR launched for exploring Jupiter.
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technology ? (a) Muno (b) Bruno (c) Juno (d) Luno 21.(b) 22.(d) 23.(b) 24.(d)
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m from LCA Tejas.
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France
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allistic missile system.
b Prithvi-II on 10 January 2023.
Russia 2. The Prithvi-II missile has a range of
Malafon -Itisananti-submarinemissile around 150 kilometres.
R-29RMU2.1 Layner - A liquid-fuelled ystem.
s 3.Prithvimissilesarethefirstmissilesto
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(SLBM) and the newest member of the Pakistan IGMDP program.
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Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau and abur (Hatf 7) - Type: Medium-range
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targets,includingaircraft,cruisemissiles, and Scientific Commission time?
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long-range missile system developedby Ghauri–I - It is a land-based and
.5.What is the range of Prithvi II?
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s edium-range ballistic
m
(a) 250 - 350 km (b) 500 km
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(c) 500 - 1000 Km (d) 900 - 950 Km
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R-36M2 Voyevoda, RS-24 Yars and missile?
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an air-to-ground glide-guided weapon (c) Novator K-100 (d) Trishul
China system, attached to the MK-82
conventional general-purpose bomb. Q.7. What was India’s first indigenously
L-3 - It is a third-generation
J eveloped ballistic missile?
d
intercontinental-range submarine - Hyunmoo- It is a ballistic missile. (a) Agni-V (b) Prithvi
launched ballistic missile. (c) Novator K-100 (d) Trishul
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T Maritime Bilateral Exercise which is an
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are four major domestic military etween India and France that was
b
.11.What type of missile is Agni V?
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(a) IRBM (b) ICBM (c) SRBM (d) None
Lehar, Vayu Shakti and Vijay Prahar. christened as 'Varuna' in 2001.
Q.12. In which year ‘Integrated Guided
ilateral exercise: These exercises are
B Ekuverin: It is a joint military exercise
issile
M Development Programme’
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(IGMDP) ended?
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b IAM BHARAT: It is a bilateral exercise
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Bangladesh. Its first edition was heldin between IndianAirForceandRoyalThai
2009 at Assam. Air Force (RTAF).
1.(c) 2.(b) 3.(b) 4.(a)
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M I MBEX: It is a joint military exercise
militaryexercisebetweenarmiesofIndia between armies of India and Myanmar.
9.(d) 10.(d) 11.(b) 12.(d) andSriLanka.Itsfirsteditionwasheldin
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India and Myanmar.
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b
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udh Abhyas: Yudh Abhyas is a joint
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Practice Questions :-
t o commemorate the birth centenary of theUnitedStates(US).Australia,Canada,
B angabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and the US have participated in every
.1.SIMBEX is a military exercise
Q
the founding father of the nation of RIMPAC since then.
conducted between the defence forces
Bangladesh. The exercise was also
of which of the following nations?
organizedtocelebratethegoldenjubilee IndiafirstparticipatedinRIMPACin2014
SSC CGL 17/08/2021 (Afternoon)
oftheliberationofthenation.Itwasheld hentheindigenouslybuiltShivalikclass
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(a) India and Thailand
in 2021. stealth frigate INS Sahyadri took partin
(b) India and Singapore
the exercise.
(c) India and the US
USINDEX: It is conducted in India and
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(d) India and Sri Lanka
Australia alternatively. It commenced in The Participant members of RIMPAC :
2015 as a bilateral IN-RAN (Indian navy ustralia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, China,
A .2. The joint naval exercise conducted
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and Royal Australian navy) maritime Colombia, Denmark, France, Germany, by India, USA and Japan is known as :
exercise.Theanti-submarinedrillsforthe India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Delhi Police MTS 04/01/2019
first time included in 2019. Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, (a) Indra (b) Malabar
Norway, Peru, Philippines, South Korea, (c) Vajra (d) Harimau Shakti
Naseem-al-Bahr:Itisabilateralmaritime Singapore, Thailand, Tonga, United
xercise between Indian Navy (IN) and
e Kingdom, United States. Q.3. INDRA is the joint military exercise
Royal Navy of Oman (RNO). The first etween India and _______ .
b
IN-RNO exercise was conducted in 1993. CobraGold:Itwasfirstheldin1982inan Delhi Police MTS 05/01/2019
ffort to improve coordination between
e (a) China (b) USA (c) Japan (d) Russia
ustra-Hind Exercise: It is a bilateral
A the armed forces of the United States
army exercise between Australia and and Thailandinbothhostilemilitaryand Q.4. What is the name of the naval
India. Its first edition was started in humanitarian efforts. India participated xercise between India and France ?
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December 2022. in this exercise for the first time in the Delhi Police MTS 20/12/2018
'Observer Plus category in 2016. (a) Astra (b) Varuna
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maritime exercise between India and Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Q.5. Maitree is the military exercise
Bangladesh. Its first edition was heldin Relief (HADR) exercise of Indian Air etween India and __________.
b
2019. Force (IAF) in association with South Delhi Police MTS 21/12/2018
Asian Region nations was held off the (a) Thailand (b) Myanmar
able Top Ex: It is an Airforceexercise
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held between India and Bangladesh. Its
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between India and __________.
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(a) Bhutan (b) Nepal (c) China (d) Russia
between the forces of India and Nicobar Command. Its starting
Malaysia. Its first edition was held in participants were Indonesia, Singapore, Q.7. Harimau Shakti is the military
2016. Sri Lanka and Thailand. xercise between India and :
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( c) Malaysia (d) Germany ALABAR Exercise?
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.8. India’s joint naval exercise with Sri
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(a) Enhancing agricultural practices Indication (GI) Tags
(b) Promoting cultural exchange
Lanka is called : (c) Supporting free, open, and inclusive
GI Tag is a name or sign given to a
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ertain product that has a specific
c
(a) Indra (b) Desert Storm (d) Space exploration research
relation with geographical locations. It
(c) SLINEX (d) Eagle
cameintoeffecton15September2003.
Q.19.What is the name of the Bilateral
GI tags in India are validforaperiodof
.9.What is "Naseem-al-Bahr"?
Q ir Exercise between India and UAE?
A
10years.Itcanbeappliedtoagricultural,
(a) A bilateral trade agreement (a) Red Flag (b) Desert Eagle
handicraft, industrial, and food products.
(b) A joint military operation (c) Garuda (d) Eastern bridge
(c) A maritime exercise between the
Darjeeling Tea : It became the first
Indian Navy and Royal Navy of Oman .20. Which country isnotaparticipant
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geographical indication tagged product
(d) A cultural exchange program between member of RIMPAC, the multinational
in India in 2004-05. The tea leaves are
India and Oman naval exercise?
processed asblacktea.Teaplantswere
(a) China (b) France (c) Russia (d) Japan
first planted in the Darjeeling region in
Q.10. What branch of the military is
Answer Key :- the mid-1800s.
involved in the Austra-Hind Exercise?
(a) Navy (b) Air Force
hahi Litchi: It is mainly cultivated in
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Muzaffarpur (Litchi Garden and Lychee
.11. What is the primary objective of
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multilateral military exercises? Champaran and Begusarai and some
9.(c) 10.(c) 11.(c) 12.(b)
(a) Promoting international trade parts of adjoining areasinagro-climatic
(b) Enhancing cultural exchange 13.(d) 14.(b) 15.(b) 16.(b) areas of the Bihar.
(c) Fostering military cooperation and 17.(d) 18.(c) 19.(b) 20.(c)
interoperability Warli P ainting: (Maharashtra, Gujarat,
(d) Facilitating academic research adra&NagarHaveli,DamanDiu):Itisa
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traditional art form of Maharashtra. Its
Q.12.WhichofthefollowingIndianNaval roots can be traced to as early as the
ships Participated in Maiden 10th century A.D. These paintings are
India-Indonesia-Australia trilateral mainly dominated by basic geometric
Exercise? shapes like circles, triangles and
(a) INS Talwar (b) INS Sahyadri squares.
(c) INS Satpura (d) INS Shivalik
anjivaram Silk: Traditionally, the
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.13.
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exerciseisheldbetweenIndiaandwhich handwoveninmulberrysilkandhaspure
country? goldorsilverzarithatrendersitafestive
(a) France (b) Japan quality. It received a GI Tag in 2005-06.
(c) Australia (d) United Kingdom
Chanderi Saree (MadhyaPradesh):It is
.14. Which is the largest combat
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light-weight,hasglossytransparencyand
exerciseoftheIndianNavy,whichisheld
has a sheer texture. The Chanderi sari
in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR)?
tradition began in the 13th century.
(a) Indra (b) Tropex
Chanderisareesareproducedfromthree
(c) Malabar (d) Milan
kindsoffabric:Puresilk,Chandericotton
.15.
Q Name the military exercise and Silk cotton.
conducted by the Pakistan Army in POK?
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(c) Zarb-e-Hadeed (d) Shamsheer-e-Behr of saffron available inKashmir-Lachha
Saffron, Mongra Saffron and Guchhi
Q.16. India has joined a navy exercise Saffron. It also helps in revitalizing
eing held in the northern part of the
b health. It is used in cosmetics and for
IndianOcean,byRussiaandwhichother medicinal purposes.
country?
(a) Australia (b) Iran (c) Japan (d) Oman Geographical Indication (GI)
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offee, Maddalam of Palakkad, Shell
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A Apricot, Pashmina Wool, Ladakh Durries, Adilabad Dokra, Telia Rumal,
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Sannam Chilli, Bandar Laddu, Tirupati Karimnagar, Nirmal Toys and Craft।
laddu, Allagadda Stone Carving, Madhya Pradesh: Ujjain Batik Print,
Etikoppaka Toys, Durgi Stone, Carvings, handeri fabric, Leather Toys of Indore,
C Tripura: Tripura Queen Pineapple.
Udayagiri Wooden Carving, Bagh Prints, Dhalapathar Parda &
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Venkatagiri Sarees, Uppada Jamdani Chicken Meat, Balaghat Chinnor. Leaf), Muzaffarnagar Gur (Jaggery),
Sarees, Andhra Pradesh Leather Ramnagar Bhanta (Brinjal), Banaras
Puppetry, Budithi Bell & B rass Metal Maharashtra - Alibag white onion, Langda Aam (Mango), Hathras Hing.
Craft, Machilipatnam Kalamkari, lphonso mango, Ajara Ghansal Rice,
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Bihar - Madhubani Paintings, Applique Nashik Valley Wine,PaithaniSareesand Uttarakhand Aipan.
( Khatwa), Sujini Embroidery, SikkiGrass, fabrics, Mahabaleshwar Strawberry.
Bhagalpur Silk, Bhagalpuri Zardalu, West Bengal: Dalle Khursani, Madur
Katarni Rice, Maghai Paan, Shahi Litchi, anipur - Shaphee Lanphee, Chak-Hao,
M athi, Darjeeling Tea, Nakshi Kantha,
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Silao Khaja, Mithila Makhana (2022), Wangkhei Phee, Kachai Lemon,Moirang Shantiniketan Leather Goods, Malda
Marcha rice (2023). Phee. Laxman Bhog Mango, Malda Fazli
Mango, Santipur Saree, Dhaniakhali
hhattisgarh-BastarDhokra,BastarIron
C eghalaya - Khasi Mandarin, Memong
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Craft, Bastar Wooden Craft. Narang.
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oa: Fenni, Khej, Harmal Chilli, Mandoli,
G izoram - Pawndum, Mizo C
M hilli,
Banana (Moira Banana), Khola Red Chilli. Ngotekherh, Mizo Puanchei, Tawla Q.1. _________ is the first tagged Indian
Lohan, Hmaram. item under the GeographicIndicatortag
Gujarat: Sankheda Furniture, Bhalia through the TRIPS Agreement .
heat, Agates of Cambay, Gir Kesar
W agaland - Chak-Hao, Chakhesang
N RRB NTPC CBT - I (05/03/2021) Evening
Mango, Kutch Embroidery, Pethapur Shawl, Naga TreeTomato,NagaMircha, (a) Indian turmeric (b) Darjeeling tea
Printing Blocks, Tangaliya Shawl, Rajkot Naga Cucumber. (c) Indian neem (d) Basmati rice
Patola, Surat Zari Craft, Jamnagar
Bandhani, Kachchh Shawls. disha:GopalpurTussarFabrics,Ganjam
O Q.2.Match the following :
Kewda Rooh, Ganjam Kewda Flower, GI Tag Product State
Himachal Pradesh - Kangra Tea, DhalapatharParda&Fabrics,Sambalpuri (a) Blue Pottery (i) Goa
imachaliChulliOil,KalaZeera,Chamba
H BandhaSaree&Fabrics,BomkaiSaree& (b) Sandal Soap (ii) UP
Rumal, Kinnauri Shawl, Kullu Shawl Fabrics, Habaspuri Saree & Fabrics, (c) Feni (iii) Karnataka
(Logo), Kangra Paintings. BerhampurPatta(PhodaKumbha)Saree (d) Khurja Pottery (iv) Rajasthan
&Joda, Pattachitra,ArakuValleyArabica
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(a) a - (iv) , b - (ii) , c - (i) , d - (iii)
Pashmina, Kashmir Paper Mache, Rasgulla.
(b) a - (iv) , b - (iii) , c - (i) , d - (ii)
Kashmir Walnut Wood Carving,
(c) a - (ii) , b - (iii) , c - (i) , d - (iv)
Khatamband, Kashmiri Hand Knotted Punjab and Haryana: Phulkari, Basmati.
(d) a - (i) , b - (ii) , c - (iii) , d - (iv)
Carpet, Saffron (Mongra, Lachha,
Guchhi). ajasthan: Bikaneri Bhujia, Kota Doria,
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Phulkari, BagruHandBlockPrint,Thewa osogolla was between which 2 states ?
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Jharkhand- Sohrai- Khovar Painting. Art Work, Makrana Marble, Molela Clay, Delhi Police MTS 22/12/2018
Blue Pottery of Jaipur, Pokaran Pottery, (a) West Bengal - Bihar
arnataka:GulbargaTurDal,MysoreSilk,
K Sojat Mehndi. (b) West Bengal - Assam
Bidriware, Channapatna Toys & Dolls, (c) West Bengal - Odisha
Kasuti Embroidery, Ilkal Sarees, Mysore amil Nadu: Marthandam Honey,
T (d) West Bengal - Tripura
Rosewood Inlay, Navalgund Durries. Sholavandan Vetrilai, Negamam Cotton
Saree, Cumbum Paneer Thratchai, .4. Alphonso mango that received the
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erala: tirur Betel Leaf (Tirur Vettila),
K Authoor Vetrilai, Salem Sago(Javvarisi), Geographical Indication Tag in 2018
AranmulaKannadi,AlleppeyCoir,Navara Thaikkal Rattan Craft, Ooty Varkey, belongs to which state?
Rice, Palakkadan Matta Rice, Malabar Manamadurai Pottery,
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(c) Sujini Embroidery Dokra in 2016-17 from Telangana.
Q.5. Which of the following temples of (d) Katarni Rice D.AdilabadDokraisanancientbellmetal
disha has historically been associated
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withasweetcalledRasagolawhichalso .14. Which of the following GI tagged
Q Wojaries and Otaris.
helped Odisha win GI tag for the sweet? items does not belong to Assam? Choose the INCORRECT statements:
(a) Bhubaneswar Lingaraj Temple (a) Kachai Lemon (a) B and C only (b) A and C only
(b) Cuttack Dhabaleswar Temple (b) Muga Silk (c) A, C and D only (d) B and D only
(c) Puri Jagannath Temple (c) Karbi Anglong Ginger
(d) Konark Sun Temple (d) Tezpur Litchi Q.21. Which of the following has/have
een accorded 'Geographical Indication'
b
Q.6.Match the following: .15. Which of the following GI tagged
Q status?
Item State items does not belong to Rajasthan? 1. Banaras Brocades and Sarees
1. Khola Chilli (a) Goa (a) Kota Doria 2. Rajasthani Daal-Bati-Churma
2. Tirur Betel Leaf (b) Kerala (b) Molela Clay Work 3. Tirupati Laddu
3. Hmaram Shawl (c) Mizoram (c) Makrana Marble Selectthecorrectanswerusingthecode
4. Dindigul Locks (d)Tamil Nadu (d) Sankheda Furniture given below.
(a) 1 - (b) , 2 - (a) , 3 - (c) , 4 - (d) (a) 1 only (b) 2 and 3 only
Q.16.Match the following:
(b) 1 - (a) , 2 - (b) , 3 - (c) , 4 - (d) (c) 1 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3
1. Assam (A) Marcha Rice
(c) 1 - (a) , 2 - (c) , 3 - (b) , 4 - (d)
2. Bihar (B) Nakshi Kantha .22. Which of the following product is
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(d) 1 - (a) , 2 - (b) , 3 - (d) , 4 - (c)
3. Uttar Pradesh (C) Muga Silk NOT the GI tag of Madhya Pradesh
.7. Which of the following regionshas
Q 4. West Bengal (D) Chikan Craft state?
earned Geographical Indication for its (a) 1 - (A) , 2 - (B) , 3 - (C) , 4 - (D) 1. Chanderi Sarees 2. Ratlami Sev
oranges? (b) 1 - (C) , 2 - (A) , 3 - (D) , 4 - (B) 3. Tirur betel
(a) Faizabad (b) Coorg (c) 1 - (B) , 2 - (C) , 3 - (D) , 4 - (A) (a) Only 1 and 2 (b) Only 1
(c) Meerut (d) Wayanad (d) 1 - (C) , 2 - (A) , 3 - (B) , 4 - (D) (c) Only 2 (d) Only 3
Q.8. In January 2020, which of the Q.17. Which of the following GI tagged Q.23._______ of Tikamgarh have GI Tag.
f ollowingstatesobtainedaGeographical items are not registered under ( a) Bell Metal Wares (b) Sarees
Indication(GI)Tagforthepopular'Khola agricultural products? (c) Leather Toys (d) Fabric
Chillies'? (a) Mysore Betel leaf
(a) Goa (b) Kerala (b) Mysore Malligae Answer Key :-
(c) West Bengal (d) Punjab (c) Central Travancore Jaggery
(d) Marthandam Honey 1.(b) 2.(b) 3.(c) 4.(a)
.9. Of the following states, which is
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traditionally associated with the .18.'Geographical Indication Tag' for
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'Kandangi s arees', which earned the blackpotteryisassociatedwithwhichof 9.(b) 10.(a) 11.(c) 12.(d)
Geographical Indication (GI) tag in the the following place in Uttar Pradesh?
(a) Najibabad (b) Khurja 13.(b) 14.(a) 15.(d) 16.(b)
year 2019?
(a) Gujarat (b) Tamil Nadu (c) Nizamabad (d) Kasganj 17.(d) 18.(c) 19.(a) 20.(b)
(c) Uttarakhand (d) Rajasthan 21.(c) 22.(d) 23.(a)
.19. Match the following Geographical
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Q.10. Darjeeling Tea GI tagged under Indication tags with their places in
hich category?
w Telangana:
(a) Agricultural (b) Manufactured G.I. Tag Place
(c) Food Stuff (d) Natural Goods A. Silver Filigree 1. Warangal
B. Scroll painting 2. Pochampally
Q.11.WhichoftheGItaggeditemsdoes
C. Ikat 3. Nirmal
ot belong to Uttar Pradesh?
n
D. Dhurries 4. Karimnagar
(a) Kalanamak Rice
5. Cheriyal
(b) Mango Malihabadi Dusseheri
(a) A - 4 , B - 5 , C - 2 , D - 1
(c) Kamalapur Red Banana
(b) A - 5 , B - 2 , C - 4 , D - 1
(d) Khurja Pottery
(c) A - 3 , B - 5 , C - 4 , D - 2
Q.12. Which of the following GI tagged (d) A - 1 , B - 3 , C - 2 , D - 4
items does not belong to Karnataka?
.20. Examine the following statement
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(a) Bidriware
about Geographical indication (GI) tags:
(b) Channapatna Toys and Dolls
A. Geographical indications of Goods
(c) Kasuti Embroidery
Registration and Protection Act was
(d) Alleppey Coir
enacted in 2004.
.13. Which of the following GI tagged
Q B. Darjeeling tea became the first GI
items does not belong to Bihar? tagged product in India in 2004-05
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controlled, and managed by private
capital investment and labour force mineral oil were designated as “Key
individuals or enterprises. Example -
employed.Onthebasisofsizeindustries Industries” or “Basic Industries”.
Reliance Industries Ltd, Tata Consulting
areclassifiedaslarge,mediumandsmall
Services Ltd, Infosys Ltd, Bharti Airtel
scale. Important Industries (Controlled Private
Ltd.
ector): It included 18 industries
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P including heavychemicals,sugar,cotton
of the economy owned, operated, and textile&woollenindustry,cement,paper,
gro based industries use plant and
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for promoting rural development. Industrial Policy categoryofindustrieslefttotheprivate
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bottles, small toys etc. I ndustrial Policy Resolution 1948 - The controlthroughasystemoflicences.No
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are characterised by huge capital Theindustrialactivitiesweredividedinto government.
investment in plantandmachinery,have four broad areas:
high-value annual turnovers, employ a Industrial Policy Resolution 1973 - The
significant workforce. Production of trategic Industries (Public Sector): It
S t hrust of this Policy Statement was an
automobiles and heavy machinery are included three industries in which the identification of high-priority industries
large scale industries. Examples - Iron Central Government had a monopoly. where investment from large industrial
and steel industries,Automobile,Textile, These included Arms and ammunition, houses and foreign companies were
Petroleum and Natural Gas, Silk etc. Atomic energy and Rail transport. permitted.
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in the domestic market, technology Equipment does not exceed fifty crore industrial region extends from
upgradation and modernization. major rupeesandturnoverdoesnotexceedtwo Visakhapatnam district to Kurnool and
objectives are as follows: Optimum hundred and fifty crore rupees. Prakasam districts in the south.
utilisation of installed capacity,
Maximum production and achieving Gurgaon-Delhi-Meerut Region -
Industrial Regions in India
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high prices and bad quality.
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centre of economic reforms that were Region, Chotanagpur Region, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Alwaye,
launched during the early 1990s. Vishakhapatnam-GunturRegion,Gurgaon Ernakulam and Alappuzha districts.
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link in the industrialisation in terms of -Varanasi-Mirzapur, Bhojpur-Munger, Statistical Office (CSO).
production, employment andexportsfor Durg-Raipur, Bilaspur-Korba, and
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Limited, Garden Reach Shipbuilders & located along the Kolkata - Asansol
EngineersLimited,GoaShipyardLimited, ImphalvalleyofManipurisanimportant railway line?
Hindustan Copper Limited, Hindustan entre of Kauna craft.
c SSC CGL 17/07/2023 (1st shift)
Steelworks Construction Limited, HLL First Steel Plant of Karnataka was (a) ESL Steel Limited (ESL)
Lifecare Limited etc. established at Bhadravathi. (b) Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL)
(c) Indian Iron and Steel Company
1 corridors are considered for
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Corridor Development Programme in Kanyakumari (Tamil Nadu).
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Phase I - Delhi-Mumbai Industrial
plant in the public sector in India?
Corridor (DMIC), Amritsar-Kolkata Integral Coach Factory - It was
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Industrial Corridor (AKIC), Chennai inauguratedbythefirstPrimeMinisterof
(a) The Visvesvaraya Iron and Steel
Bengaluru Industrial Corridor (CBIC), India Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru on 2nd
Limited
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(b) Rourkela Steel Plant
Corridor (VCIC), Bengaluru-Mumbai was inaugurated on 2nd October, 1962.
(c) The Salem Steel Plant
Industrial Corridor (BMIC), Odisha Located in Perambur, Chennai (Tamil
(d) Indian Iron and Steel Company
Economic Corridor (OEC), Hyderabad Nadu).
Nagpur Industrial Corridor (HNIC), Q.6. Which is the oldest aluminium
Hyderabad Warangal Industrial Corridor elhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC)
D r efinery plant in India?
(HWIC), Hyderabad Bengaluru Industrial covering an overall length of 1504 km SSC CGL 27/07/2023 (2nd shift)
Corridor (HBIC), Extension of CBIC to and passing through the states ofUttar (a) The Damanjodi Plant
Kochi via Coimbatore, Delhi Nagpur Pradesh, Delhi NCR,Haryana,Rajasthan, (b) The Muri Alumina Plant
Industrial Corridor (DNIC). Gujarat and Maharashtra, with end (c) The Mettur Plant
terminals at Dadri in the Delhi NCRand (d) The Belgaum Plant
Important facts Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNPT) near
Mumbai. Q.7. Before the rise of the modern
India'sfirstfullyindigenouslyconstructed industrial system, Indian exports
nuclear power station isMadrasAtomic Amritsar Kolkata Industrial Corridor consisted chiefly of manufactures
Power Station (MAPS), located in ( AKIC) has an influence area across like_____.
Kalpakkam (Tamil Nadu). seven states of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar SSC CGL 14/07/2023 (2nd shift)
Jai Bhawaniwomen'scooperativetextile Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Jharkhand (a) electricals
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NationalIndustrialCorridorDevelopment SSC CHSL 17/03/2023 (4th Shift)
(b) Durg - Raipur region
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a (a) Dhirubhai Ambani (b) Anant Ambani
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(b) Leather industry Limited India?
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(d) Cotton textile industry Limited (a) Gujarat region
(c) Chennai Petroleum Corporation (b) Hugli region
Q.12. Which of the following is an Limited (c) Chota Nagpur region
important in India ? (d) Corporation of Petroleum and (d) Northern Malabar region
I. Bhilai II. Jamshedpur III. Rourkela Chemicals Limited
SSC MTS 16/06/2023 (Evening) Q.28. Which of the following pairs of
(a) I and II only (b) I and III only .20. WherewasthefirstJutefactoryin
Q industries – location is correct?
(c) II and III only (d) I, II and III India established ? I. Iron and steel plant – Bhilai
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gro-based industry?
a (b) Ongole, Andhra Pradesh (a) Only II (b) Neither I nor II
SSC MTS 20/06/2023 (Afternoon) (c) Rishra, West Bengal (c) Only I (d) Both I and II
(a) Aluminum (b) Coal (d) Raigarh, Chhattisgarh
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SSC MTS 16/05/2023 (Afternoon) (a) Brazil(b) China (c) India (d) Columbia (c) Chennai (d) Patna
(a) 1912 (b) 1914 (c) 1916 (d) 1910
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pps was founded first?
a
Full Forms NASA - N ational Aeronautics and Space
(a) Telegram (b) Skype Technologies Administration
(c) Twitter (d) WhatsApp Biology Full Forms JAXA - Japan Aerospace Exploration
Agency
.20. Whichofthefollowingcompanies
Q TP - Adenosine triphosphate
A ESA - European Space Agency
is a subsidiary of HDFC Bank? DDT - D ichloro diphenyl ROSCOSMOS - Russian Federal Space
(a) HDB Finance Services trichloroethane Agency
(b) Brookfield Corporation RDA - Recommended Dietary SANSA - South African National Space
(c) Bajaj Finserv Allowance Agency
(d) Berkshire Hathaway ELISA - Enzyme-linked immunosorbent PSLV - Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
assay GSLV - Geosynchronous Satellite
Q.21. Which ofthemis notthefounder
ADP - Adenosine Diphosphate Launch Vehicle
f the Alembic Group?
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PAN - Peroxyacytyl nitrate RLV - Reusable Launch Vehicle
(a) T. K. Gajjar (b) A. S. Kotibhasker
RNA - Ribonucleic Acid INSAT - Indian National Satellite
(c) B. D. Amin (d) V. S. Reddy
DNA - Deoxyribonucleic acid GSAT - Geosynchronous Satellite
BOD - Biochemical oxygen demand CARTOSAT - Cartography Satellite
Answer Key :- COD - Chemical oxygen demand DoS - Department of Space
LH - luteinizing hormone DSN - Deep Space Network
1.(a) 2.(a) 3.(c) 4.(b) FSH - follicle stimulating hormone IISL - International Institute of Space
AIDS - Acquired immunodeficiency Law
5.(b) 6.(a) 7.(d) 8.(c)
syndrome INCOSPAR - Indian National Committee
9.(d) 10.(c) 11.(b) 12.(c) HIV - human immunodeficiency virus for Space Research
13.(b) 14.(b) 15.(d) 16.(b) MRI - Magnetic Resonance Imaging INSAT - Indian National Satellite
CT - Computed Tomography ISS - International Space Station
17.(c) 18.(a) 19.(b) 20.(a) IVF - In Vitro Fertilisation NavIC - Navigation with Indian
21.(d) ICU - Intensive Care Unit Constellation
ENT - Ear Nose Throat IRNSS - Indian Regional Navigation
DOTS - Directly Observed Therapy Short Satellite System
Course NSIL - New Space India Limited
RBC - Red Blood Cell SDSC - Satish Dhawan Space Centre
WBC - White Blood Cell UNNATI - UNispace Nanosatellite
OPD - Outpatient Department Assembly & Training by ISRO
CPR - Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation VSAT - Very Small Aperture Terminal
BCG - Bacillus Calmette-Guerin VSSC - Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre
BMI - Body Mass Index GPS - Global Positioning System
OCD - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder DTH - Direct To Home
LTE - Long-Term Evolution
Physics Full Forms
Chemistry Full Forms
PM - Revolutions Per Minute
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IC - Integrated Circuit VC
P - olyvinyl chloride
P
CFL - Compact fluorescent lamps CNG - Compressed Natural Gas
UV - Ultraviolet pH - Potential of Hydrogen
SONAR - Sound Navigation and Ranging PPM - Parts Per Million
CRT - Cathode Ray Tube
FM - Frequency Modulation Computer Full Forms
SMPS - Switched Mode Power Supply
LASER - Light Amplification by ASCII - A merican Standard Code for
Stimulated Emission of Information Interchange
Radiation RPG - Report Program Generator
LED - Light Emitting Diode DASD - Direct-access storage device
VLSI - Very Large Scale Integrated BASIc - Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic
Circuit Instruction Code
AC - Alternating Current Computer - Common Operating Machine
DC - Direct Current Purposely Used for
CCTV - Closed-circuit television Technological and Educational
MCB - Miniature Circuit Breakers Research
BIOS - Basic Input Output System
Space Science and technology CD - Compact Disk
Full Forms KB - Kilobyte
MB - MegaByte
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T eraByte
T AM - Jan Dhan-Aadhaar-Mobile
J Transforming India
PB - PentaByte PDS - P ublic Distribution System AE - Department of Atomic Energy
D
DVD - Digital Video Disk PFI - Public Financial Institution DRDO - D efence Research and
FDD - Floppy Disk Drive Development Organisation
HDD - Hard Disk Drive Geography Full Forms NADA - National Anti-Doping Agency
SSD - Solid State Drive SHG - Self-Help Groups
HDMI - High Definition Multimedia HVJ Pipeline - Hazira-Vijaipur-Jagdishpur PVTGS - Particularly Vulnerable Tribal
Interface Pipeline Groups
LCD - Liquid Crystal Display NPR - National Population Register WADA - World Anti-Doping Agency
NTFS - New Technology File System NRC - National Register of Citizens NCRB - National Crime Records Bureau
PDF - Portable Document Format AM - Ante Meridian (Before Noon) UNFCCC - United Nations Framework
RAM - Random Access Memory PM - Post Meridian Convention on Climate Change
ROM - Read-only Memory NCR - National Capital Region BCCI - Board of Control for Cricket in
UPS - Uninterrupted Power Supply India
USB - Universal Serial Bus FAO - Food and Agriculture
Polity Full Forms
VDU - Visual Display Unit Organisation
VGA - Video Graphics Array EPFO - Employees' Provident Fund
VPAT - Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail
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ALU - Arithmetic Logic Unit Organisation
MP - Member of Parliament
DVI - Digital Visual Interface ESIC - Employees' State Insurance
MLA - Member of Legislative Assembly
OS - Operating System Corporation
MLC - Member of Legislative Council
VIRUS - Vital Information Resources BRICS - Brazil, Russia, India, China and
ECI - Election Commision of India
Under Siege South Africa
AFSPA - Armed Forces Special Powers
DNS - Domain Name System ATL - Atal Tinkering Lab
Act
GPRS - General Packet Radio Service UPU - Universal Postal Union
CAG - Comptroller and Auditor-General
GSM -Global System for Mobile IPAB - Intellectual Property Appellate
CBI - Central Bureau of Investigation
Communication Board
CEC - Chief Election Commissioner
HTML - HyperText Markup language NCSM - National Council of Science
CJI - Chief Justice of India
IP - Internet Protocol Museums
NCERT - National Council of Educational
ISP - Internet Service Provider NASSCOM - National Association of
Research and Training
SIM - Subscriber Identity Module Software and Service
PIL - Public Interest Litigation
URL - Uniform Resource Locator Companies
CIO - Chief Information Officer
WAN - Wide Area Network C-DAC - Centre for Development of
WiFi - Wireless Fidelity Advanced Computing
LiFi - Light Fidelity Banking Full Forms CITES - Convention on International
WLAN - Wireless Local Area Network Trade in Endangered Species
ISDN - Integrated Services Digital HIM - Bharat Interface for Money
B CCI - Competition Commission of India
Network UPI - U nified Payments Interface CHOGM - Commonwealth Heads of
VPN - Virtual Private Network NPCI - National Payments Corporation Government Meeting
JPEG - Joint Photographic Experts of India IBEF - India Brand Equity Foundation
Group IFSC - Indian Financial system Code IRCTC - Indian Railway Catering and
GIF - Graphics Interchange Format ATM - Automated Teller Machine Tourism Corporation
CIBIL - Credit Information Bureau ISCII - Indian Standard Code for
(India) Ltd Information Interchange
Economics Full Forms
ECS - Electronic Clearing Service IBM - international business
EMI - Equated Monthly Instalment machines
CPSE - Central Public Sector
NABARD - National Bank of Agricultural RODRA - Retired Officers Digital Records
Enterprises
and Rural Development Archive
IADP - Intensive Agricultural District
NHB - National Housing Bank HITEC - Hyderabad Information
Programme
CRR - Cash Reserve Ratio Technology and Engineering
FRBM - Fiscal Responsibility and
SLR - Statutory Liquidity Ratio Consultancy
Budget Management
RBI - Reserve Bank of India AKFI - Amateur Kabaddi Federation of
MU - Marginal Utility
IMPS - Immediate Payment Service India
OMO - Open Market Operation
NEFT - National Electronic Funds Transfer NICDIT - National Industrial Corridor
GDP - Gross Domestic Product
RTGS - Real Time Gross Settlement Development and
GVA - Gross value added
AEPS - Aadhar Enabled Payment System Implementation Trust
PSU - Public Sector Undertakings
KYC - Know Your Customer UNCITRAL - United Nations Commission
PPP - Purchasing Power Parity
MICR - Magnetic Ink Character on International Trade Law
NEER - Nominal Effective Exchange
Recognition SCO - Shanghai Cooperation
Rate
REER - Real Effective Exchange Rate Organisation
FDI - Foreign Direct Investment Organisational Full Forms SAARC - South Asian Association for
PPF - Public Provident Fund Regional Cooperation
CSR - Corporate Social Responsibility IR - All India Radio
A UNESCO - United Nations Educational,
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Organisation ( a) World Anti-Doping Association (a) Jawaharlal Nehru National Utility
CISR - Council of Scientific and (b) World Anti-Doping Agency Rural Mission
Industrial Research (c) Wrestling Anti-Doping Association (b) Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban
(d) World Autonomous - Doping Agency Renewal Mission
Other Full Forms (c) Jawaharlal Nehru National Utility
Q.7. What is the full form of SACS that Renewal Mission
implements The National Aids Control (d) Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban
TP
O - ne-Time Password
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Organisation(NACO)programmeatstate Rejuvenation Mission
STD - Subscriber Trunk Dialing
level in India?
TRP -
Television Rating Point
DP H.C.M. 17/10/2022 (Morning) .13.In Pradhan Mantri Gramin DISHA
Q
PRO - Public Relations Officer
(a) State Aids Prevention and Control (PMGDISHA) Programme, DISHAstands
PIN - Postal Index Number
Scheme for:
ID -
Identity Document
(b) Scheme for Aids Control in state RRB NTPC CBT - I (18/01/2021) Morning
VISA -
Visa International Service
(c) State Aids Control Society (a) Development Interior Shiksha Help
Association
(d) Society for Aids Control Scheme and Assistance
NRI - Non-Resident Indian
(b) Digital Saksharta Abhiyan
BPO - Business Process Outsourcing Q.8. What is the full form of NFWP, (c) Distance Human Association
MD - Chairman & Managing Director
C launched by the Central Government of (d) Distance Integrated Social
India on 14 November 2004? Humanitarian Association
Practice Questions :- DP H.C.M. 12/10/2022 (Afternoon)
(a) National Forest for Wildlife Protection .14. NCSM is an autonomous
Q
.1.What is the full form of NCRB?
Q (b) National Food for Work Programme organization under the Ministry of
SSC CHSL 09/03/2023 (4th Shift) (c) National Food and Wheat Processing Culture. What is the full form of NCSM?
(a) National Currency Records Branch (d) National Federation for Work and RRB NTPC CBT - I (25/01/2021) Morning
(b) National Capital Register Bureau Progress (a) National Council of Space Museum
(c) National Criminal Records Bureau (b) National Council of Satellite Museum
(d) National Crime Records Bureau Q.9.WhatisthefullformofESIC,which (c) National Council of Social Museum
is an autonomous body created by the (d) National Council of Science Museums
.2.What is the full form of RPG?
Q law under the Ministry of Labour and
SSC CHSL 20/03/2023 (1st Shift) Employment, Government of India? Q.15.What is the full form of NASSCOM?
(a) Report Program Generator RRC Group D 30/09/2022 (Afternoon) RB NTPC CBT - I (03/02/2021) Morning
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(b) Random Program Generator (a) Employees' State Insurance (a) National Agencies of Services and
(c) Report Process Generator Corporation Software and Companies
(d) Random Process Generator (b) Employees' State Indemnity (b) National Association of Software and
Corporation Services Companies
Q.3.What is the full form of IADP? (c) Employees' Statutory Insurance (c) National Association of Services and
SC CGL 18/07/2023 (4th shift)
S Corporation Software and Companies
(a) Intensive Agricultural District (d) Employers' State Insurance (d) National Affiliation of Software and
Programme Corporation Services Companies
(b) India Agricultural Development
Programme Q.10. TANWA was a project initiated in .16.The full form of NRDWP is:
Q
(c) Integrated Agricultural District plan t he late 1980’s in Tamil Nadu to train RRB NTPC CBT - I (01/03/2021) Morning
(d) Intensive Agricultural Development women in latest agricultural techniques (a) National Rural Drinking Water
Project and organic farming. What is the full Programme
form of TANWA? (b) National Rail Development Works
.4.Withrespecttosports,NADAstands
Q RRB NTPC CBT - II (13/06/2022) Shift 1 Programme
for ______. (a) Tamil Nadu Women in Agriculture (c) National Road Development Works
SSC MTS 13/06/2023 (Afternoon) (b Tamil Nadu Women Agronomist Programme
(a) National Anti - Doping Association (c) Tamil Nadu Women in Agronomy (d) National River Development Works
(b) National Autonomous Doping Agency (d) Tamil Nadu women Agriculturists Programme
(c) National Anti - Doping Agency
(d) National Autonomous Doping Q.11.What is the full form of SJSRY in Q.17. Hyderabad is known as a ‘HITEC
Association r elationtoself-employmentprogrammes ity’, What is the full form of ‘HITEC’?
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implementedbythegovernmentofIndia RRB NTPC CBT - I (23/07/2021) Morning
.5. With respect to social groups in
Q in 1997? (a) Hyderabad Information Technology
India, PVTG stands for_______________ . RRB NTPC CBT - II (13/06/2022) Shift 2 and Engineering Consultancy
SSC MTS 16/05/2023 (Evening) (a) Swarna Jayanti Samajik Rozgar (b) Hyderabad International Technology
(a) Periodic Vulnerable Tribal Groups Yojana and Engineering Consultancy
(b) Periodic Various Tribal Groups (b) Swarna Jayanti Shramjeevi Rozgar (c) Hyderabad Information Technology
(c) Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups Yojana and Educational Consultancy
(d) Particularly Various Tribal Groups (c) Swarna Jayanti Sarkari Rozgar Yojana (d) Hyderabad Information Technology
(d) Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana and Engineering Corporation
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SC CHSL 19/04/2021 (Morning)
S the country. Father of the Pink
(a) American Standard Code for
Agricultural Revolutions evolution: Durgesh Patel.
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Information Interchange
(b) Asian Standard Code for Information gricultural revolution refers to the
A RedRevolution-Anagriculturalreformin
Interchange significant changes in agriculture when India that resulted in an increase in
(c) Analytical Scientific Code for there are inventions, discoveries or new tomato and meat production. Father of
Information Interchange technologies implemented. These the red revolution: Vishal Tewari.
(d) Analytical Standard Code for revolutions change the ways of
Intermittent Information production and increase the production olden Revolution - It is related to
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rate. HorticultureandHoney.Itstartedin1991
Q.19. What is the full form of BASIC in and lasted till 2003. Father of Golden
ontext of the BASIC computer
c Agricultural revolution in Revolution : Nirpakh Tutej.
language?
India
SSC CHSL 16/10/2020 (Afternoon) olden Fiber Revolution-Itisrelatedto
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(a) Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Input jute production in India. Jute is also
reen Revolution was an endeavor
G
Code referred to as golden fiber. Jute is the
initiated by Norman Borlaug in the
(b) Beginner’s All-purpose Systematic second most widely used fiber after
1960s. He is known as the 'Father of
Instruction Code cotton.
Green Revolution' in world.
(c) Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic
Input-output Code ellow Revolution - It is related to
Y
reen Revolution in India - M.S.
G
(d) Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Oilseed Production (Especially Mustard
SwaminathanwashailedastheFatherof
Instruction Code and Sunflower). Father of Yellow
Green RevolutioninIndia.Therevolution
resultedinagreatincreaseinproduction Revolution: Sam Pitroda.
Q.20. To create scientific temperament,
innovation amongst theIndianstudents, offoodgrains(especiallywheatandrice)
due to the introduction of new, Black Revolution - It is related toCrude
the Central Government started an ATL
high-yielding variety seeds. The Green il production. The Indian government
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lab. What is the full form of ATL?
revolutionstartedin1965duringthe3rd intendedtoincreasepetroleumoutputby
NTPC CBT - I (29/12/2020) Morning
five-year plan. blending ethanol with gasolinetocreate
(a) Atal Tinkering Lab
biodiesel.
(b) Applied Techno Lab
(c) Alternate Technique Lab hite Revolution - The revolution is
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associated withasharpincreaseinmilk rotein Revolution - It is a technology
P
(d) Atal Technology Lab
production in the country. Operation driven 2n d Green revolution. The protein
Flood (began in 1970) is the program revolution wascoinedbyNarendraModi
Answer Key :- in 2014.
that led to the ‘White Revolution’. White
revolution periodintendedtomakeIndia
1.(d) 2.(a) 3.(a) 4.(c) rown Revolution - It is related to the
B
a self-reliant nation in milk production.
5.(c) 6.(b) 7.(c) 8.(b) Today, India is the world’s largest production of leather and coffee.
9.(a) 10.(a) 11.(d) 12.(b) producer of milk. Father of the White
Revolution : Dr Verghese Kurien. Greyrevolution-Itisrelatedtoincreased
13.(b) 14.(d) 15.(b) 16.(a) f ertilizer production.
17.(a) 18.(a) 19.(d) 20.(a) Blue Revolution - The concept of rapid
increase in the production of fish and ound revolution -Itaimedtomakethe
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marine products through package production of potatoes double or tripled.
programmes. The Blue Revolution in
India was launched during the 7th Five vergreen revolution - It involves the
E
Year Plan (1985-1990) during the integration of ecological principles in
sponsorship of the Fish Farmers technology development and
Development Agency (FFDA) by the dissemination.
Central Government of India. Father of
Bluerevolution:HiralalChaudhuriandDr. Practice Questions :-
Arun Krishnsnan.
.1. Father of Green Revolution in the
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ilver Revolution-Itreferstotheperiod
S world is:
(1969-1978) in which egg production SSC GD 17/01/2023 (1st Shift)
rose considerably. It was done with the (a) Kourien (b) Norman Borlaug
helpofmedicalscienceandadietrichin (c) Adam Smith (d) Jawahar Lal Nehru
protein for the hens.Therevolutionwas
led by Indira Gandhi. Q.2. M.S. Swaminathan(fatherofGreen
evolution in India), was ______by
R
ink Revolution - It denotes the
P profession.
revolutioninthetechnologiesusedinthe SSC GD 30/01/2023 (4th Shift)
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s
t o try out modern methods of farming
Important Committees theCentralgovernment,unionterritories,
during the Green Revolution in India? nationalized banks, and PSU officers.
SSC GD 13/12/2021 (Afternoon) S.K. Dhar Committee (1948):Itofficially
(a) Tamil Nadu (b) Punjab nown as the Linguistic Provinces
k B.G.Kher(1955):Itwasthefirstofficial
(c) Rajasthan (d) Madhya Pradesh Commission, was appointed by the language commission.
Constituent Assembly of India to
Q.4. Amul is a success story of recommend thereorganizationofIndia's apur Committee (1966) : It was a
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c provinces along linguistic lines. commission of inquiry by the
from_______,whichbroughtintheWhite Government of India, into the murder
Revolution in the country. JVP Committee (Jawaharlal Nehru, conspiracy of Mahatma Gandhi.
SSC GD 01/12/2021 (Afternoon) allahbhai Patel, Pattabhi Sitaramayya)
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(a) Delhi (b) Karnataka (1948) : It was set up to reexamine the NanavatiMehtaCommission(2002):To
(c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Gujarat possibilityofthelinguisticreorganization robe the Godhra train burning incident
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of the Indian States. of 27 February 2002. Its mandate was
Q.5. Operation Flood is relatedtowhich
laterenlargedtoincludetheinvestigation
f the following?
o azlAliCommission(1953):Itisknown
F of the 2002 Gujarat riots.
D.P. (Executive) 01/12/2020 (Afternoon) as The States Reorganization
(a) India’s mining industry Commission was formed in 1953 to alwantRaiMehtaCommittee(1957):It
B
(b) India’s poultry industry ponder upon the demands of different was the establishment of a democratic
(c) India’s dairy industry states. decentralized local government that
(d) India’s farming industry
cametobeknownasthePanchayatiRaj
Swaran Singh Committee (1976) : Its (Three-tier: Gram Panchayat, Panchayat
.6. Dilbagh Singh Athwal is Known as
Q
ainrecommendationwasregardingthe
m Samiti and Zila Parishad).
Father of ________.
fundamental duties.
(a) Father of the Wheat Revolution
(b) Political Architect of Green Revolution shok Mehta Committee (1977): The
A
.M Singhvi Committee (1986) : It
L committee recommended a two-tier
(c) Father of Oilseeds Revolution
recommendedthatlocalself-government Panchayat Raj institutional structure
(d) Father of Blue Revolution
shouldbeconstitutionallyenshrined,and consisting of Zilla Parishad andMandal
that the Gram Sabha (the Village Panchayat.
Q.7. Who is referred to as the Political
assembly) should be the base of
rchitectoftheGreenRevolutioninIndia
A
decentralized democracy in India. .P Mandal Commission (1979): It was
B
?
(a) B. Sivaraman established to "identify the socially or
aka Kalelkar Commission (1953) : It
K educationally backward classes" of India.
(b) Dilbagh Singh Athwal
was the First Backward Classes
(c) Chidambaram Subramaniam
Commission. .N. Kirpal Commission (2003): B.N.
B
(d) Vandana Shiva
Kirpal (FormerChiefJusticeofSupreme
Q.8. Silver Fiber Revolution is relatedto .V. Rajamannar Committee (1969) : It
P Court)wastheheadofthecountry'sfirst
roduction of which of the following?
P wasappointedtoexamineallaspectsof national forest commission to review,
(a) Jute (b) Cotton (c) Coir (d) Hemp Centre-State relations andtoinvestigate reform and strengthen the entire forest
and identify the causes of unitary management set-up.
Q.9. Which of the followingrevolutionsis tendencies in Central-State relations.
r elated with production of fruits, honey .C. Gupta Committee (1996): It was
L
Production and horticulture development ? arkaria Commission (1983) :
S Its formed for development and regulation
(a) Golden Revolution charter was to examine the relationship of Derivative Markets in India.
(b) Silver Revolution andbalanceofpowerbetweenstateand
(c) Yellow Revolution central governments in the country and Bhanu Pratap Singh Committee (1964):
(d) Evergreen Revolution suggest changes within the framework It was an Agriculture Committee.
of the Constitution of India.
.10.Thetermyellowrevolutionrefersto
Q
Soli Sorabjee Committee (2005): It was
increase in production of ______ in India. .M. Punchhi Committee: It was
M etupbytheMinistryofHomeAffairsto
s
(a) Cotton (b) Oilseeds (c) Jute (d) Egg constitutedbytheGovernmentofIndiain draft a new Model Police Act.
2007 as a Commission on Centre-State
Answer Key :- relations. M.NVohra(1977):Itstudiedtheproblem
f the criminalisation of politics and of
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1.(b) 2.(d) 3.(b) 4.(d) rikrishnaCommittee(2010):Itissetup
S the nexus among criminals, politicians
5.(c) 6.(a) 7.(c) 8.(b) by the central government to look into and bureaucrats in India.
demand for separate statehood for
9.(a) 10.(b) TelanganaorkeeptheStateunitedinthe Padmanabhan Committee (1995): It
S
present form, Andhra Pradesh. recommended that banking supervision
should be based on Managerial a nd
. Santhanam Committee(1962): It was
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D review of the implementation of the Rangarajan Committee : It was formed
was formed to make recommendations anking reforms.
b f or computerization Of BankingIndustry
on electoral reforms. and Public Sector Disinvestment.
GadgilCommission:Itisalsoknownas
alhotra Committee (1993) : It
M heWesternGhatsEcologyExpertPanel.
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Recommended for reforms in the It was an environmental research
insurance sector. The objective was to commissionappointedbytheMinistryof Q.1.Whichofthefollowingcommissions
complement the reforms initiated inthe Environment and Forests of India. r ecommended that “the appointment of
financial sector. Governor should be non-partisan”?
Kasturirangan committee (2013) : It SSC CGL 09/12/2022 (2nd Shift)
akdawalaCommittee(1993):Itwasset
L ought to balance the developmentand
s (a) Fazal Ali Commission
up to look at the methodological and environmental protection in contrast to (b) Rajmannar commission
computationalaspectsofestimatingthe recommendations proposed by the (c) Sarkaria commission
proportionandnumberofpoorpeoplein Gadgil Report. (d) Mandal commission
India.
Bimal Jalan Committee : The Reserve .2.Whichcommitteewasappointedby
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antwala Committee : It identified the
D ank of India (RBI), in consultationwith
B SEBItoadviseonthedevelopmentofan
remoteness of planningagencies,atthe the central government, constituted a appropriate regulatory framework for
District Levelfromthegrassrootsasthe Committee (Chairperson: Dr. Bimal derivatives trading in India in the year
major weakness of local area planning Jalan) to review the current economic 1996 ?
Recommended Block level planning. capital framework. SSC CHSL 15/04/2021 (Morning)
( a) Balwant Rai Committee
hagwati Committee (1973) : Three
B ajivMehrishiCommittee:Itissetupto
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estimates of unemployment have been measure the impact on the national (c) Dinesh Mehta Committee
brought by the Planning Commission economy and financial stability of (d) Ravi Tripathi Committee
(Usual Principal Status, Current Weekly waivingofinterestandCOVID-19related
Status and Current Daily Status). moratorium. Q.3. Which Commission recommended
7%reservationforOBCcandidatesinall
2
Ram Nandan Committee (1993):Itwas Tarapore Committee (1997) : The levels of government services?
onstitutedbythegovernmenttoidentify
c eserve Bank of India established the
R SSC MTS 07/10/2021 (Morning)
the creamy layer among OBCs. Committee on Capital Account (a) Sarkaria Commission
Convertibility (CAC) or Tarapore (b) Mandal Commission
Raja Chelliah Committee : The Committeetoproposearoadmapforfull (c) Balwant Commission
overnment of India constituted a Tax
G convertibility of the rupeeonthecapital (d) Kothari Commission
Reforms Committee. It was formed in account.
Q.4. In 1990, the Dinesh Goswami
order to reform directandindirecttaxes
ommittee was formed to make
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prevailing in India. Y B Reddy Committee (2001) : It was
recommendations on:
f ormed to review income tax rebates.
SSC MTS 20/10/2021 (Morning)
aghuram Rajan Committee (2007): It
R
(a) center-state relations
was a Financial sector Reform waminathan Commission (2004) : It
S
(b) police reforms
constituted by the Government of India was formed to find the issues faced by
(c) electoral reforms
to propose the next generation of the farmers. It suggested that the
(d) fundamental duties
financial sector reforms in India. Minimum Support Price (MSP) for
agriculturalcropsshouldbeatleast50% Q.5. Who was the chairman of the
bid Hussain Committee:Itwassetup
A higherthantheweightedaveragecostof conomic Programme Committee(EPC)
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infrastructure in India?
candidates over a __________ year period. (a) Ministry of Consumer Affairs
SSC CGL 27/07/2023 (3rd shift)
SSC CGL 20/07/2023 (1st shift) (b) Ministry of Finance
(a) Two (b) Seven (c) Nine (d) Four
(a) four (b) two (c) five (d) three (c) Ministry of Commerce
.18. What is theaimoftheAnnapurna
Q (d) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
.10. What is the age criteria for the
Q Yojana of the Government of India?
subscribers of Atal Pension Yojana? .27. The government launched the
Q
Selection Post 27/06/2023 (Shift - 3)
SSC CGL 21/07/2023 (1st shift) Stand - Up India scheme to promote
(a) To provide food grains to children
(a) 20 - 30 Years (b) 25 - 35 Years entrepreneurship among ______.
(b) To provide food grains to women
(c) 18 - 40 Years (d) 40 - 60 Years SSC MTS 10/05/2023
(c) To provide food to all
(a) Disabled Individuals
(d) To provide food grains to senior citizens
.11. Under the PL 480 scheme, India
Q (b) Transgender community
used to import wheat from which country .19. Karmayogi Bharat owns and
Q (c) Elderly Individuals
SSC CGL 21/07/2023 (2nd shift) operatesthedigitalassetsandplatforms (d) Women and SC/ST communities
(a) USSR (b) USA (c) France (d) UK for the online training of _____________ .
Q.28. Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-
Selection Post 27/06/2023 (Shift - 2)
.12. In which year was the 'Pradhan
Q rban was launched by which Union
U
(a) civil servants (b) defence personnel
Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana' launched? Ministry?
(c) social activists (d) academicians
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(a) 2019 (b) 2015 (c) 2014 (d) 2020 Q.20.The National Rural Employment
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(b) Ministry of Housing and Urban India as ‘Expanded Programme of Development and Piramal Foundation
Affairs Immunization’ (EPI) by the Ministry of (c) Ministry of Women and Child
(c) Ministry of Human Resource Health and Family Welfare? Development and Bill and Melinda
Development SSC CGL 13/04/2022 (Evening) Gates Foundation
(d) Ministry of Rural Development (a) 1982 (b) 1974 (c) 1978 (d) 1980 (d) NITI Aayog and Piramal Foundation
Q.29. Which of the following Q.37.InwhichyearwasSoilHealthCard .43. Smart cities and Academia
Q
rogrammes was launched in 1999?
p launched in India to enable the farmers Towards Action and Research (SAAR)
SSC MTS 11/05/2023 (Afternoon) to apply appropriate recommended scheme was launched by the ______.
(a) Rural Employment Generation dosagesofnutrientsforcropproduction SSC MTS 26/07/2022 (Afternoon)
Programme and improving soil health and its fertility? (a) Ministry of Commerce and Industry
(b) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Selection Post 02/08/2022 (Shift - 3 ) (b) Ministry of Culture
Employment Guarantee scheme (a) 2017 (b) 2019 (c) 2013 (d) 2015 (c) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
(c) Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar (d) Ministry of External Affairs
Yojana Q.38. When was the Ayushman Bharat
(d) Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojana igital Mission launched?
D Q.44.InwhichyearwasNationalMission
Selection Post 02/08/2022 (Shift - 3 ) f orCleanGanga(NMCG)registeredasa
Q.30. The Union Government's "PAHAL (a) 27 September 2021 society under the Societies Registration
cheme" is related to _______ .
S (b) 02 October 2021 Act 1860?
SSC MTS 17/05/2023 (Morning) (c) 27 January 2020 SSC CHSL 15/04/2021 (Evening)
(a) Girl Scholarship (d) 17 February 2021 (a) 2018 (b) 2014 (c) 2011 (d) 2009
(b) Medical Subsidy
Q.39. Which nation-wide campaign was Q.45.Whichofthefollowingschemesis
(c) LPG Subsidy
initiated by the Government of India on imedathelpingacceleratetheuptakeof
a
(d) Bathroom Construction
Gandhi Jayanti, 2014? b roadband internet services?
.31. The National Literacy Mission
Q Selection Post 02/08/2022 (Shift - 3 ) SSC CGL 13/08/2021 (Morning)
(NLM) was set up in _____ . (a) Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (a) PM - DHWANI (b) PM - WANI
SSC MTS 13/06/2023 (Afternoon) (b) Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha (c) PM - VAARTA (d) PM - INTERNET
(a) 1971 (b) 1982 (c) 1988 (d) 1998 Yojana
(c) Mahatma Gandhi Bunkar Bima Yojana Q.46. When wastheflagshipschemeof
.32. “PM POSHAN” Scheme
Q is (d) Gandhi Shilp Bazar kill India Mission launched in India?
S
implemented by which ministry? SSC CGL 24/08/2021 (Afternoon)
SSC MTS 20/06/2023 (Morning) .40.WhichschemeisNOTproposedto
Q (a) 2019 (b) 2008 (c) 2015 (d) 2010
(a) Ministry of Women & Child be covered under the Pradhan Mantri
Swasthya Suraksha Nidhi? .47. In which year was the ‘Target
Q
Development
Selection Post 03/08/2022 (Shift - 3 ) Olympic Podium Scheme’ (‘TOPS’)
(b) Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers
(a) Ayushman Bharat - Health and formulated by the Ministry of Youth
Welfare
Wellness Centres (AB-HWCs) Affairs and Sports?
(c) Ministry of Education
(b) Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri SSC CGL 24/08/2021 (Evening)
(d) Ministry of Social Justice
Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) (a) 2015 (b) 2014 (c) 2013 (d) 2016
Q.33. In which year was the POSHAN (c) Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha
.48.Whichofthefollowinggovernment
Q
bhiyaan launched to emphasise the
A Yojana (PMSSY)
schemes was launched with the
nutritional status of adolescent girls, (d) Rashtriya Swasthya Aashwasan
objective of achieving inclusive growth,
pregnant women,lactatingmothers,and Yojana (RSAY)
by developing skills and productive
children in the age group of 0-6 years?
Q.41. What is the name of the scheme capacity of the rural youth from poor
SSC CHSL 26/05/2022 (Evening)
roposed as a single non-lapsable
p families?
(a) 2016 (b) 2019 (c) 2017 (d) 2018
reserve fund for a share of health from SSC MTS 18/10/2021 (Afternoon)
Q.34. Which ministry launched the the proceeds of health and education (a) Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Shramev
‘Start-up India Seed Fund Scheme’? cess? Jayate Yojana (PDUSJY)
SSC CHSL 8/06/2022 (Afternoon) Selection Post 03/08/2022 (Shift - 3 ) (b) Mission Indradhanush
(a) Ministry of Commerce and Industry (a) Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha (c) Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti
(b) Ministry of Finance Nidhi Yojana (DDUGJY)
(c) Ministry of Skill Development and (b) National Digital Health Mission (d) Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen
Entrepreneurship (c) Intensified Mission Indradhanush 3.0 Kaushalya Yojana (DDUGKY)
(d) Ministry of Textiles (d) Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri
.49. In which year was the ‘Pradhan
Q
Jan Aarogya Yojana
.35.Inwhichofthefollowingyearswas
Q Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan
the Fit India Movement launched bythe .42. ‘Surakshit Hum Surakshit Tum
Q Abhiyan’ (PM AASHA) launched by the
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, GoI? Abhiyan’ was launched by which of the Government of India?
SSC CGL 03/12/2022 (2nd Shift) following institutions? SSC MTS 18/10/2021 (Afternoon)
(a) 2018 (b) 2001 (c) 2020 (d) 2019 Selection Post 04/08/2022 (Shift - 2) (a) 2016 (b) 2015 (c) 2018 (d) 2017
(a) NITI Aayog and bill and Melinda
.36. In which year was the
Q Q.50. ‘Mission Antyodaya’ is a mission
Gates Foundation
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(b) Ministry of Women and Child
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S ercentage of people living in cities are
p
(a) Ministry of Urban Development
Census Goa (62.2%), Mizoram (52.1%), Tamil
(b) Ministry of Rural Development Nadu (48.4%), Kerala (47.7%), and
(c) Ministry of Health Development Census is the basis for reviewing the Maharashtra (45.2 percent).
(d) Ministry of Transport Development ountry's progress in the past decade,
c Highest Populated State -UttarPradesh
monitoring the ongoing schemes of the (19.98 crore), Least Populated State -
government and planning for the future. Sikkim. Highest Populated (Union
Answer Key :-
territory) - National Capital Territory of
The First Non-synchronous Census was Delhi, Least Populated - Lakshadweep.
1.(c) 2.(a) 3.(a) 4.(c) onducted in India in 1872 during the
c
5.(a) 6.(c) 7.(d) 8.(d) reign of Governor-General Lord Mayo.
Literacy
TheFirstsynchronouscensuswastaken
9.(d) 10.(c) 11.(b) 12.(b)
under British rule on February 17, 1881,
13.(c) 14.(c) 15.(a) 16.(a) It is the ability to read, write and
byW.C.Plowden(CensusCommissioner
omprehend information in order to
c
17.(b) 18.(d) 19.(a) 20.(d) of India), under the British viceroy Lord
communicate effectively. It is the
Ripon (1880-1884).
21.(a) 22.(d) 23.(c) 24.(d) Percentage of the literate population of
25.(c) 26.(d) 27.(d) 28.(b) the age group 7 years and above.
he year 1921 is known as the year
T
29.(c) 30.(c) 31.(c) 32.(c) demographicdividebecauseitistheonly
hetop5highestliteracyratestatesare
T
census year whentherewasadecrease
33.(d) 34.(a) 35.(d) 36.(c) Kerala (94.00%) followed by Mizoram
in the growth of the population.
(91.33%), Goa, Tripura, and Himachal
37.(d) 38.(a) 39.(a) 40.(d)
Pradesh.
The first Census of Independent India
41.(a) 42.(d) 43.(c) 44.(c)
eganon9thto28th,February1951.Itis
b
45.(b) 46.(c) 47.(b) 48.(d) he top 5 lowestliteracyratestatesare
T
conducted by the OfficeoftheRegistrar
Bihar (61.80%) followed by Arunachal
49.(c) 50.(b) General and Census Commissioner,
Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jharkhand and
Ministry of Home Affairs. All censuses
Andhra Pradesh.
areconductedundertheCensusofIndia
Act1948.Itisunderthe7thscheduleof
heliteracyratesfromcensus1951and
T
the Indian Constitution, it is listed as a
2011 are mentioned as: 18.33% (1951),
Union Subject (Article 246).
74.04% (2011).
2011 Census The highest male literacy rate state is
erala (96.11%), The highest female
K
5th Census and 7th Census after
1 literacyratestateisKerala(92.07%),The
independence (2011) :- lowest male literacy rate state is Bihar
India was the second most populous (71.20%),Thelowestfemaleliteracyrate
countrywithapopulationof1,210million state is Bihar (51.5%).
afterChina.Indiaoccupies2.4percentof
the world's land surface area and is heunionterritorieswithHighestliteracy
T
home to about 17.5 percent (between rates are Lakshadweep (91.85%) and
2001 and 2011) of the world's Daman and Diu (87.10%). The Serchhip
population. The growthrateofgirlswas district of Mizoram with 97.91% is the
18.3%,whichwashigherthanthegrowth most literate district in India. Alirajpur
rate of males, which was 17.1%. Bihar districtofMadhyaPradeshwith36.1%is
has experienced the largest decadal the least literate district in India.
population growth among the main
states (25.4%). he literacy rate at all India levels is
T
74.04% and the literacyrateforfemales
logan- Our Census, Our Future.
S and males is 65.46% and 82.14%
A Separate code f or ‘Other’ (The first respectively.
recorded data on transgenders) was
introduced under the sex columninthis
Population Density
census.
Population density is the number of
Rural and Urban Population individuals per unit geographic area, for
example, number per square meter, per
The urban population increased from hectare, or per square kilometer.
7.3% in 1951 to31.2%in2011.InNCT
1
Delhi,theproportionofurbanresidentsis o be Qualified as an urban settlement
T
the highest (97.5 percent). the densityofthepopulationmustbeat
least 400 people persqkmandatleast
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in non-agricultural activities. the total population. Delhi and Chandigarh.
ThedensityofpopulationinIndiain2011 Below Poverty Line (BPL) he top five union territories with the
T
as 382 and the lowest is Arunachal
w lowest sex ratio are Daman and Diu
Pradesh (17) persons per sq km. It is a benchmark used b y the (618), Dadra and Nagar Haveli,
The states with highest population overnment of India to identify
g Chandigarh,Delhi,AndamanandNicobar
density are Bihar (1106) followed by individuals and households in need of Islands.
West Bengal, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, and government assistance and aid.
Haryana. Important facts
ccording to Multidimensional Poverty
A
he top union territories in terms of
T Index (MPI) 2019-21: hetoptenmostpopulatedurbanmetro
T
populationdensityareDelhi(11320)and cities are Mumbai (1.83 crore) followed
least is Andaman and Nicobar (46). Bihar, the state with the highest MPI by Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore,
v alue in NFHS-4 (2015-16), saw the Hyderabad,Ahmedabad,Pune,Suratand
Child Population fastestreductioninMPIvalueinabsolute Kanpur.
terms with the proportion of
There has been a 0.4% increase (from multidimensional poor reducing from he state with negative growth of
T
2001 to 2011 census) in the numberof 51.89% to 33.76% in 2019-21. population between 2001 and 2011 is
children aged 0 to 6 years. Nagaland (-0.6%).
The n ext fastest reduction in the MPI
he states that do the poorest interms
T v alue was seen in MadhyaPradeshand Among 121.09 crores population
of the sex ratio for childrenaged0to6 Uttar Pradesh. The proportion of ( religions) are: Hindu 96.63 crores
areGujarat,Haryana,Punjab,andJammu multidimensional poor in Madhya (79.8%), Muslim (14.2%), Christian
and Kashmir. Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh in NFHS-5 (2.3%),Sikh(1.7%),Buddhist(0.7%),Jain
(2019-21) are 20.63% and 22.93% (0.4%), others (0.9%). Muslims (14.2%)
Schedule Castes respectively. form the largest religious minority in
India.
tates having the highest population of
S In terms of number of MPI poor, Uttar
scheduled caste - Uttar Pradesh, West Pradesh topped the list with 3.43 crore As per the census of 2001, the
Bengal, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, Andhra people escaping multidimensional opulationofIndiawas1027millionand
p
Pradesh, and Maharashtra. povertyinthelastfiveyears,followedby in 2011 the population of India was
Bihar (2.25 crore) and Madhya Pradesh 1210.19 million (17.64% which is more
Punjab has the highest percentage (1.36 crore). than 181 million population).
( 31.9%)ofscheduledcastesinrelationto
the overall population. State with lowest MPI v alue: K
erala Hindi has retained its position as a
( 0.55%), Goa (0.84%), T amil N adu redominant language spoken by about
p
Union territories such as Andaman and (2.20%). 43.63%, followed by Bengali (8.03%),
icobar, Lakshadweep, and the state of
N Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Gujarati, Urdu,
Nagaland have no scheduled caste nion Territories with highestMPIvalue
U Kannada, Odia, Gujarati, Malayalam,
population. in NFHS (2019-21): Dadra and Nagar Punjabi, Assamese, Maithili.
Haveli and Daman and Diu (9.21%),
runachal Pradesh, Goa, Manipur,
A Jammu and Kashmir (4.8%), Ladakh The Sanskrit language is spoken by the
Meghalaya, Mizoram, Dadra Nagar (3.53%), Chandigarh (3.52%), Delhi least number of people among the 22
Haveli,Daman,andDiuhavelessthan5% (3.43%), Andaman and Nicobar Islands languages mentioned in the Eighth
scheduled caste population. (2.30%), Lakshadweep (1.11%), schedule.
Puducherry (0.85%).
Schedule Tribes Practice Questions :-
Sex Ratio
unjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi and
P .1. The study of human populations
Q
Puducherry have no population of It is defined as the number of females including their size, composition and
Scheduled tribes. er 1000 males in the population. India
p distribution across space and the
has a sex ratio of 943. Child sex ratio process through which populations
The states with the highest tribal (914 females per 1000 males) change is called ______.
opulation are Madhya Pradesh, Orissa,
p SSC MTS 13/07/2022 (Afternoon)
Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, The top 5 states with the highest sex (a) ethnography (b) demography
Gujarat, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, r atioareKerala(1084)followedbyTamil (c) topography (d) stenography
West Bengal, and Karnataka. Nadu,AndhraPradesh,Chhattisgarh,and
Meghalaya. Haryana (879) has the Q.2. Which of the following neighbours
lowest sex ratio. f India has the highest population
o
izoram has the highest proportion of
M
density ?
Scheduled Tribes, 94.4% of the total
he top five union territories with the
T SSC MTS 15/07/2022 (Morning)
population.UttarPradeshhasthelowest
highest sex ratio arePuducherry(1037), (a) Bangladesh (b) Sri Lanka
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Q.3.Thetotalliteracyrateofthestateof ist-1
L List-2 t hehighestpopulationgrowthrateasper
_ ____ was the lowest, according to the 1. Females a. 82.14% Government of India Report 2011-2019?
2011 census. 2. Male ‘s b. 65.46% D.P. (Executive) 14/12/2020 (Afternoon)
DP H.C.M. 10/10/2022 (Morning) 3. Kerala c. 94.0% (a) Punjab (b) Maharashtra
(a) Jharkhand (b) Rajasthan DP H.C.M. 18/10/2022 (Evening) (c) Gujarat (d) Bihar
(c) Bihar (d) Uttar Pradesh (a) 1-a, 2-c, 3-b (b) 1-a, 2-b, 3-c
.20.The first economic census in India
Q
(c) 1-b, 2-a, 3-c (d) 1-c, 2-b, 3-a
.4. Who among the following is the
Q was done in _____
head of the Census Department of India? Q.12.Match the following. D.P. (Executive) 14/12/2020 (Evening)
DP H.C.M. 12/10/2022 (Morning) (a) 1978 (b) 1977 (c) 1976 (d) 1975
Census year S ex ratio of India
(a) Registrar General of Population
(Females per 1000 males) .21. In which of the following time
Q
Statistics of India
(b) Director General of Indian Census 1. 1961 a. 943 periods was the first census conducted
(c) Director General of Socio-Economic 2. 1971 b. 941 in India non- synchronously in different
Statistics in India 3. 1981 c. 930 parts?
(d) Registrar General and Census 4. 2011 d. 934 D.P. (Executive) 15/12/2020 (Afternoon)
Commissioner of India DP H.C.M. 19/10/2022 (Morning) (a) 1960-1967 (b) 1942-1949
(a) 1-b, 2-c, 3-d, 4-a (b) 1-a, 2-b, 3-c, 4-d (c) 1865-1872 (d) 1898-1905
Q.5. As per 2011 census, which of the (c) 1-a, 2-d, 3-c, 4-b (d) 1-b, 2-a, 3-c, 4-d
f ollowing States/Union Territories has Q.22. What was the life expectancy at
the highest density of population? .13.AsperCensus2011,whatwasthe
Q irth 2011-15 for women in India?
b
DP H.C.M. 12/10/2022 (Afternoon) difference between total literacy and D.P. (Executive) 16/12/2020 (Evening)
(a) Uttar Pradesh female literacy rates in India? (a) 65 years (b) 72 years
(b) National capital territory of Delhi DP H.C.M. 20/10/2022 (Morning) (c) 75 years (d) 70 years
(c) Maharashtra (a) 10.5% (b) 11.5% (c) 8.5% (d) 9.5%
Q .23. Asperthe2011Census,themost
(d) Chandigarh
.14. Which of the following ministries
Q ensely populated state in India
d
.6. The d
Q ecadal growth rate from conducts the Census of India? is_______?
2001-2011 was recorded as ________ DP H.C.M. 20/10/2022 (Afternoon) D.P. (Executive) 15/12/2020 (Evening)
according to the 2011 Census. (a) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (a) Kerala (b) Bengal
DP H.C.M. 12/10/2022 (Evening) (b) Ministry of Social Welfare (c) Bihar (d) West Bengal
(a) 17.64% (b) 17.54% (c) Ministry of Information and
Broadcasting Q.24. According to Census 2011, which
(c) 15.64% (d) 21.54%
(d) Ministry of Home Affairs nionterritoryhasthehighestpopulation
u
Q.7. Which state recorded the highest growth rate between 2001 to 2011?
f emale literacy rate in India in the 2011 Q.15. As per the Census ofIndia–2011, (a) Daman and Diu (b) Puducherry
census ? t here are ______ statutory towns in the (c) Dadra and Nagar Haveli (d) Delhi
DP H.C.M. 13/10/2022 (Morning) country.
SSC GD 16/11/2021 (Evening) Q.25.Whichofthefollowingstatements
(a) Kerala (b) Chandigarh
(a) 10,756 (b) 1,362 (c) 4,041 (d) 7,935 is not correct in the context of Census
(c) Maharashtra (d) Mizoram
2011?
.8.Theperiod________isreferredtoasa
Q .16. Which of the following years is
Q (a) Population of Andaman and Nicobar
period of 'steady population growth'. c alledtheYearoftheGreatDivideinthe is the lowest among Census 2011.
DP H.C.M. 13/10/2022 (Afternoon) demographic history of India? (b) The population growth rate of Assam
(a) 1901-1911 (b) 1951-1981 SSC CGL 09/03/2020 (Morning) has been almost the same as the
(c) 1931-1941 (d) 1921-1951 (a)1951 (b)1921 (c)1931 (d)1911 population growth rate of India during
2001 to 2011.
.9. What is the total increase in
Q .17. Kerala has the highest sex ratio
Q (c) Goa's population growth rate has
populationdensityfromthecensusyears with1084femalesper1000maleswhile been lower than India's population
1951 to 2011? _________hasthelowestsexratioinIndia growth rate during 2001 to 2011.
DP H.C.M. 18/10/2022 (Afternoon) withonly877femalesper1000malesas (d) Kerala's population growth rate is
(a) More than three times per the findings of 2011 census data. highest in all states.
(b) More than four times D.P. (Executive) 03/12/2020 (Morning)
(c) More than two times (a) Haryana (b) Punjab Answer Key :-
(d) More than five times (c) Jharkhand (d) Rajasthan
1.(b) 2.(a) 3.(c) 4.(d)
Q.10.Theshareofadolescents(aged10 Q.18.AccordingtoCensusofIndia2011, 5.(b) 6.(a) 7.(a) 8.(d)
-19 years) is found to be about________, hich was the most prevalent drinking
w
9.(a) 10.(a) 11.(c) 12.(a)
according to the 2011 census. water source in more than 41% of the
DP H.C.M. 18/10/2022 (Afternoon) households? 13.(c) 14.(d) 15.(c) 16.(b)
(a) 20.9% (b) 47.3% (c) 30.5% (d) 52.7% D.P. (Executive) 07/12/2020 (Morning) 17.(a) 18.(c) 19.(d) 20.(b)
(a) Well (b) River
.11. According to the census of India
Q (c) Hand Pump / Tube Well (d) Tap 21.(c) 22.(d) 23.(c) 24.(c)
2011, the literacy rate is given. Choose 25.(d)
the correct Option. Q.19.Which @ebookstore01
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