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Correct answer: (A) Electrolysis
Green hydrogen is made by the electrolysis of water using renewable electricity—the water splits into H₂ and O₂. Since the power comes from the sun or the wind, there is no carbon emission.
Correct answer: (A) Deepfake
Deepfake technology copies a person's face, voice and manner closely enough to make a video in which even someone dead can be shown speaking. AI is the wider field, and a chatbot is only a program that converses.
Correct answer: (B) Pakistan
On the cost-of-living index of 2024, Pakistan among the countries given was placed better than India.
Correct answer: (B) Rajendra Prasad
Rajendra Prasad was foremost among those who stood with Gandhiji in the Champaran Satyagraha of 1917; he later became India's first President. The movement was for peasants forced to grow indigo.
Correct answer: (A) Mercury
Mercury's surface is pitted with craters like the Moon's and it has almost no atmosphere of its own, which is why it is called the moon-like planet. Mars has a thin atmosphere and the Earth a dense one.
Correct answer: (A) Rift Valley of Africa
On the evidence of fossils the place of man's origin is taken to be the Rift Valley of Africa, where the oldest remains of early humans have been found.
Correct answer: (A) Flood-prone areas
Dry-point settlements grow where there is a danger of flood—people choose the higher, drier spots to build on.
Correct answer: (B) Rohtas
Rohtas district grows the most paddy in Bihar and is called the state's rice bowl. The irrigation from the Son canal is the main reason.
Correct answer: (A) Alborz
Tehran, the capital of Iran, lies at the foot of the Alburz range.
Correct answer: (C) Mahendragiri
The highest peak of the Eastern Ghats is Mahendragiri, in Odisha. Anaimudi belongs to the Western Ghats and Kanchenjunga to the Himalaya.
Correct answer: (E) None of the above
The spread of agriculture, large development projects, and grazing with the gathering of fuelwood are all genuine causes of the loss of flora and fauna. None of them is an invalid reason, so the answer is ‘None of the above’.
Correct answer: (B) Bhagalpur
Bhagalpur produces the most silk cloth in Bihar and is called the Silk City; its tussar silk is especially well known.
Correct answer: (B) Lord Chelmsford
The Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place at Amritsar on 13 April 1919, when Lord Chelmsford was Viceroy. Lord Curzon (1899–1905) is remembered for the partition of Bengal and Lord Irwin (1926–31) for the Gandhi-Irwin Pact.
Correct answer: (B) W. C. Bonnerjee
The first session of the Indian National Congress was held at Bombay in 1885 and its first President was W. C. Bonnerjee.
Correct answer: (B) Dadabhai Naoroji
Dadabhai Naoroji is called the Grand Old Man of India. His ‘drain of wealth’ theory showed that British rule was carrying India's wealth away.
Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
The Quit India Movement (1942) and the Non-Cooperation Movement (1920) were both begun by Mahatma Gandhi. The Swadeshi Movement started in 1905 against the partition of Bengal, before Gandhiji had even returned to India. So more than one option is correct.
Correct answer: (A) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
The Bardoli Satyagraha of 1928 was led by Vallabhbhai Patel. After that successful stand against the raised land revenue, the women there gave him the title ‘Sardar’.
Correct answer: (E) None of the above
Annie Besant and Bal Gangadhar Tilak were of course part of the Home Rule Movement, and Sarojini Naidu was an active member too. All three being associated with it, the answer is ‘None of the above’.
Correct answer: (A) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
The Bihar Provincial Congress Committee was founded in 1920 by Dr Rajendra Prasad, later the first President of India. Anugrah Narayan Sinha was his colleague, and Jayaprakash Narayan of a later generation.
Correct answer: (C) Swami Sahajanand Saraswati
The All India Kisan Sabha was founded at Lucknow in 1936 with Swami Sahajanand Saraswati as its first president; he had built the peasant movement up from Bihar.
Correct answer: (B) প্রাচীন ভারতীয় আর্য ভাষার
Correct answer: (A) বিশেষ্য
Correct answer: (C) বঙ্গালী
Correct answer: (D) উপরিউক্তগুলির মধ্যে একের অধিক
Correct answer: (B) সমীভবন
Correct answer: (D) উপরিউক্তগুলির মধ্যে একের অধিক
Correct answer: (B) কাঁটাল > কাঁঠাল
Correct answer: (B) স্বরসঙ্গতি
Correct answer: (A) প্রাকৃত
Correct answer: (C) টা
Correct answer: (B) বঙ্কিমচন্দ্র চট্টোপাধ্যায়
Correct answer: (B) প্রথম চৌধুরী
Correct answer: (B) ননী
Correct answer: (A) বাংলা শব্দ + তৎসম প্রত্যয়
Correct answer: (B) অনট
Correct answer: (B) ৪টি
Correct answer: (D) উপরিউক্তগুলির মধ্যে একের অধিক
Correct answer: (B) উপসর্গ
Correct answer: (C) করেণু
Correct answer: (A) To boast
Correct answer: (A) সরহপাদের দোহা
Correct answer: (B) পাল
Correct answer: (B) দান খণ্ড
Correct answer: (C) দ্রৌপদী
Correct answer: (C) চাটিল পাদ
Correct answer: (A) আয়ান ঘোষ
Correct answer: (B) শ্রীকুমার বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়
Correct answer: (B) ১৫ হাজার
Correct answer: (E) কোনোটিই সঠিক নয়
Correct answer: (C) হরিদত্ত