What message was sent by Chandrayaan–2 lunar orbiter to Chandrayaan–3’s lander module when it established contact with it in August 2023?
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Correct answer: (C) “Welcome, buddy” When contact was made with the lander of Chandrayaan-3, the orbiter of Chandrayaan-2 sent the message ‘Welcome, buddy’. The older orbiter thus became a communication link for the new mission.
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Question 52
Name the former President of China who crushed the pro-democracy movement in 1989.
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Correct answer: (B) Yang Shangkun During the pro-democracy movement of 1989 the President of China was Yang Shangkun (1988–1993), and martial law was declared over his signature. Jiang Zemin became President in 1993, after the movement. The Commission's final key gives (C) Jiang Zemin, but the question asks for the President, and in 1989 that office was Yang Shangkun's; option (B) is shown here for that reason.
1 marks · 2023 · Set A
Question 53
Who was elected for the second term as Ireland’s Prime Minister?
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Correct answer: (C) Leo Varadkar
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Question 54
African Union was made a permanent member in the G–20 Summit held in India. Who is the Chairman of the African Union?
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Correct answer: (A) Azali Assoumani The African Union was given permanent membership at the G20 summit in New Delhi in 2023; its chairman at the time was Azali Assoumani, President of the Comoros.
1 marks · 2023 · Set A
Question 55
As per geographical area, arrange the following physiographic units of India in ascending order: 1. Central highlands 2. Great plains 3. Coastal plains 4. Northern Mountains. Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
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Correct answer: (A) 3, 1, 2, 4 Arranged in ascending order of area, that is from the smallest unit to the largest, the correct order among the options given is 3, 1, 2, 4.
1 marks · 2023 · Set A
Question 56
Arrange the following ranges from North to South in sequence: 1. Ladakh 2. Karakoram 3. Pir Panjal 4. Zanskar. Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
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Correct answer: (B) 2, 1, 4, 3 From north to south the order is Karakoram, Ladakh, Zanskar and Pir Panjal, so the correct answer is 2, 1, 4, 3.
1 marks · 2023 · Set A
Question 57
During the monsoon season in India, most of the cyclones have their origin
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Correct answer: (B) between 10° N and 15° N latitude Most cyclones of the Indian monsoon season form in the Bay of Bengal between 10° N and 15° N, where the sea temperature and the humidity are both favourable.
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Question 58
Which of the following areas is not landslide-prone?
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Correct answer: (B) Eastern Ghats Landslides happen where the slopes are steep and the rain heavy—the Himalaya and the Western Ghats are such. The Eastern Ghats are lower, broken and of gentler slope, so the risk there is least.
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Question 59
Which of the following coasts of India is most affected by violent tropical cyclones?
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Correct answer: (B) Coromandel The Coromandel coast faces the Bay of Bengal, where most tropical cyclones form, so it is the worst affected. The Malabar and Konkan coasts face the Arabian Sea, where cyclones are fewer.
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Question 60
When running water cuts through clayey soils and makes deep channels, they lead to
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Correct answer: (A) gully erosion When running water cuts through clayey soil and makes deep channels it is called gully erosion, and such land is known as badland. In sheet erosion the top layer is washed away evenly instead.
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Question 61
Which of the following receives heavy rainfall in the months of October and November?
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Correct answer: (B) Coromandel Coasts In October and November the monsoon retreats, and the winds that cross the Bay of Bengal bring heavy rain to the Coromandel coast, the eastern coast of Tamil Nadu. In the rest of India the rains are nearly over by then.
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Question 62
Cultivation of fruits and vegetables is called
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Correct answer: (C) horticulture Growing fruits and vegetables is called horticulture. Growing flowers is floriculture, and farming in general is agriculture.
1 marks · 2023 · Set A
Question 63
Who provided leadership in the districts of Patna, Ara and Shahabad during the Revolt of 1857 in Bihar?
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Correct answer: (C) Kunwar Singh The revolt of 1857 in the Patna, Ara and Shahabad region of Bihar was led by Kunwar Singh of Jagdishpur. Raj Kumar Shukla belonged to the Champaran Satyagraha, a much later time.
1 marks · 2023 · Set A
Question 64
The Partition of Bengal was made effective on
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Correct answer: (C) 16 October, 1905 The partition of Bengal announced by Lord Curzon came into effect on 16 October 1905. People marked that day by tying rakhis to show unity, and the Swadeshi Movement gathered force.
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Question 65
The Quit India Resolution was adopted by the Congress in Bombay on
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Correct answer: (B) 8 August, 1942 The Quit India resolution was passed by the Congress at the Gowalia Tank maidan in Bombay on 8 August 1942, and Gandhiji gave the call ‘Do or Die’. The next day, 9 August, the senior leaders were arrested.
1 marks · 2023 · Set A
Question 66
The British ruled India for a long period due to the
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Correct answer: (C) policy of Divide and Rule The British followed a policy of divide and rule, widening differences of religion, caste and princely state so that Indians could not resist together. That was the main reason their rule lasted so long.
1 marks · 2023 · Set A
Question 67
Queen Victoria’s Proclamation was issued on which of the following dates?
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Correct answer: (C) 1 November, 1858 After the revolt of 1857 Queen Victoria's Proclamation was read out by Lord Canning at Allahabad on 1 November 1858. With it the Company's rule ended and India passed to the British Crown.
1 marks · 2023 · Set A
Question 68
Which of the following statements is/are correct?
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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above Raja Ram Mohan Roy founded the Brahmo Samaj, Swami Dayanand gave the call ‘Back to the Vedas’, and Vivekananda took part in the Chicago Parliament of Religions in 1893—all three statements are correct, so more than one option is right.
1 marks · 2023 · Set A
Question 69
Who among the following became India’s unofficial Ambassador to England?
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Correct answer: (B) Dadabhai Naoroji Dadabhai Naoroji lived in England for many years, building opinion there in India's favour, and was even elected to the British Parliament—which is why he was called India's unofficial Ambassador.
1 marks · 2023 · Set A
Question 70
Who described the Government of India Act, 1935 as a ‘Charter of Slavery’?
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Correct answer: (E) None of the above It was Jawaharlal Nehru who called the Government of India Act, 1935 a ‘Charter of Slavery’. All three names given are wrong, so the answer is ‘None of the above’.
1 marks · 2023 · Set A
Question 71
निम्नलिखित में से कौन-सी सिद्धों की बानियों की भाषा है?
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Correct answer: (B) संध्या भाषा
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Question 72
इनमें से कौन आदिकाल के कवि हैं?
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Correct answer: (E) उपर्युक्त में से कोई नहीं
1 marks · 2023 · Set A
Question 73
इनमें से कौन ‘आकाशदीप’ कहानी के रचयिता हैं?
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Correct answer: (A) जयशंकर प्रसाद
1 marks · 2023 · Set A
Question 74
इनमें से कौन लॉर्ड कर्जन के शासन पर करारे आघात करने वाले लेखक हैं?
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Correct answer: (C) बालमुकुंद गुप्त
1 marks · 2023 · Set A
Question 75
इन सिद्ध कवियों में से कौन सर्वप्रथम माने जाते हैं?
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Correct answer: (C) सरहपा
1 marks · 2023 · Set A
Question 76
इनमें से कौन राम-काव्य परंपरा के कवि हैं?
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Correct answer: (D) उपर्युक्त में से एक से अधिक
1 marks · 2023 · Set A
Question 77
निम्नलिखित में से कौन-सी अज्ञेय विरचित कहानी है?
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Correct answer: (B) विपथगा
1 marks · 2023 · Set A
Question 78
इनमें से विद्यापति के पिता का नाम क्या है?
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Correct answer: (E) उपर्युक्त में से कोई नहीं
1 marks · 2023 · Set A
Question 79
“रोवहु सब मिलिके आवहु भारत भाई। हा हा! भारत दुर्दशा न देखी जाई॥” इनमें से कौन उपर्युक्त पंक्तियों के रचयिता हैं?
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Correct answer: (A) भारतेन्दु हरिश्चंद्र
1 marks · 2023 · Set A
Question 80
निम्नलिखित में से कौन-सा प्रतीकात्मक नाटक है?
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Correct answer: (B) एक घूँट
1 marks · 2023 · Set A
Question 81
इनमें से कौन मिर्जा राजा जयसिंह के आश्रय में रहने वाले कवि हैं?
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Correct answer: (B) बिहारी
1 marks · 2023 · Set A
Question 82
निम्नलिखित में से जगनिक किस काल के कवि हैं?
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Correct answer: (C) आदिकाल
1 marks · 2023 · Set A
Question 83
“बीती विभावरी जाग री, अम्बर पनघट में डूबो रही—तारा-घट ऊषा नागरी।” इनमें से कौन उपर्युक्त पंक्तियों के रचयिता हैं?
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Correct answer: (B) जयशंकर प्रसाद
1 marks · 2023 · Set A
Question 84
इनमें से कौन ‘भारत-भारती’ काव्य के रचयिता हैं?
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Correct answer: (E) उपर्युक्त में से कोई नहीं
1 marks · 2023 · Set A
Question 85
इनमें से कौन गऊघाट पर निवास करने वाले कवि हैं?
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Correct answer: (B) सूरदास
1 marks · 2023 · Set A
Question 86
इनमें से कौन नाथपंथ से संबंधित कवि हैं?
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Correct answer: (D) उपर्युक्त में से एक से अधिक
1 marks · 2023 · Set A
Question 87
इनमें से कौन अकविता आंदोलन से संबंधित कवि हैं?
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Correct answer: (D) उपर्युक्त में से एक से अधिक
1 marks · 2023 · Set A
Question 88
इनमें से कौन अष्टछाप के संस्थापक हैं?
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Correct answer: (B) विट्ठलनाथ
1 marks · 2023 · Set A
Question 89
इनमें से कौन प्रयोगवादी कवि हैं?
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Correct answer: (A) अज्ञेय
1 marks · 2023 · Set A
Question 90
निम्नलिखित में से कौन-सा फणीश्वरनाथ ‘रेणु’ विरचित उपन्यास है?
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Correct answer: (D) उपर्युक्त में से एक से अधिक
1 marks · 2023 · Set A
Question 91
निम्नलिखित गद्यांश पढ़िए और प्रश्नों के उत्तर दीजिए। “साहित्योपासना के साधनों में पुस्तकालयों का स्थान अत्यंत महत्वपूर्ण है। इनके द्वारा साहित्य के जीवन की रक्षा, पुष्टि और अभिवृद्धि होती है। पुस्तकालय सभ्यता के इतिहास का जीता-जागता गवाह है। इसी के बल पर वर्तमान भारत को अपने अतीत गौरव पर गर्व है। पुस्तकालय भारत के लिए कोई नई वस्तु नहीं है। लिपि के आविष्कार से आज तक लोग निरंतर पुस्तकों का संग्रह करते रहे हैं। पहले देवालय, विद्यालय और नृपालय इन संग्रहों के प्रमुख स्थान होते थे। इनके अतिरिक्त विद्वज्जनों के अपने निजी पुस्तकालय भी होते थे। मुद्रणकला के आविष्कार से पूर्व पुस्तकों का संग्रह करना आजकल की तरह सरल बात न थी। आजकल साधारण स्थिति के पुस्तकालय में जितनी संपत्ति लगती है, उतनी उन दिनों कभी-कभी एक-एक पुस्तक की तैयारी में लग जाया करती थी। भारत के पुस्तकालय संसार-भर में अपना सानी नहीं रखते थे। प्राचीन काल में यही स्थिति रही। चीन, फारस आदि दूरस्थ देशों से झुंड-के-झुंड विद्यानुरागी लंबी यात्राएँ करके भारत आया करते थे।” निम्नलिखित में से कौन-सा उपर्युक्त गद्यांश का उपयुक्त शीर्षक है?
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Correct answer: (C) पुस्तकालय और भारत
1 marks · 2023 · Set A
Question 92
पुस्तकों का संग्रह करना आजकल की तरह सरल बात न थी
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Correct answer: (C) मुद्रणकला के आविष्कार से पहले
1 marks · 2023 · Set A
Question 93
प्राचीन काल में भारत का बड़ा महत्व था
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Correct answer: (B) क्योंकि भारत में विश्व के अनेक सुदूर-स्थित देशों से विद्यानुरागी पढ़ने आते थे
1 marks · 2023 · Set A
Question 94
पुस्तकालय भारत के लिए नई वस्तु नहीं है
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Correct answer: (E) उपर्युक्त में से कोई नहीं
1 marks · 2023 · Set A
Question 95
साहित्य की उन्नति का महत्वपूर्ण साधन है
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Correct answer: (C) पुस्तकालय
1 marks · 2023 · Set A
Question 96
पुस्तकों का संग्रह शुरू हुआ
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Correct answer: (B) लिपि के आविष्कार के साथ
1 marks · 2023 · Set A
Question 97
सभ्यता के इतिहास का जीता-जागता साक्ष्य है
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Correct answer: (C) पुस्तकालय
1 marks · 2023 · Set A
Question 98
पुस्तकालय के आने से पहले पुस्तकों का संग्रह होता था
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Correct answer: (D) उपर्युक्त में से एक से अधिक
1 marks · 2023 · Set A
Question 99
निम्नलिखित में से कौन-सा पुस्तकालय के विकास का कारण है?