Practice

Question 51

When is Human Rights Day celebrated annually?

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Correct answer: (B) 10th December
Human Rights Day is kept on 10 December, the day the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948.

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 52

Who was the founder of the Indian National Army (INA)?

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Correct answer: (B) Mohan Singh
The Indian National Army was founded in 1942 by Captain Mohan Singh. Subhash Chandra Bose took over its leadership in 1943 and gave it a new shape.

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 53

The Tana Bhagat Movement was related to

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Correct answer: (B) Tribal Movement

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 54

In which state is Raksha Bandhan celebrated as Tree Safety Day?

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Correct answer: (C) Bihar
In Bihar Raksha Bandhan is kept as Tree Safety Day, on which people tie a thread round trees and take a vow to protect them.

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 55

In which of the following states is black soil found?

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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
Black soil was formed from the lava of the Deccan Trap and is spread over Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka. Uttarakhand is a Himalayan state where it is not found, so two options are correct.

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 56

How many species of flora and fauna are there in India?

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Correct answer: (A) 81,000 species of fauna and 47,000 species of flora
India holds about 47,000 species of flora and 81,000 species of fauna, which makes it a country rich in biodiversity.

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 57

Minerals are deposited and accumulated in the strata of which of the following rocks?

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Correct answer: (A) Sedimentary rocks
Sedimentary rocks are formed layer upon layer, so minerals collect in their strata. Coal and petroleum are found in them too.

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 58

Which one of the following is a leguminous crop?

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Correct answer: (A) Pulse
Pulses belong to the Leguminosae family, whose root nodules hold Rhizobium bacteria that fix nitrogen. Jowar and bajra are coarse cereals, not pulses.

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 59

Which two of the following extreme locations are connected by the East-West Corridor?

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Correct answer: (C) Silchar and Porbandar
The East-West Corridor joins Silchar in Assam to Porbandar in Gujarat, while the North-South Corridor runs from Srinagar to Kanyakumari.

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 60

Stalactite and stalagmite structures are formed by

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Correct answer: (B) underground water
In limestone caves underground water dissolves calcium carbonate and drips; the form hanging from the roof is a stalactite and the one rising from the floor a stalagmite.

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 61

April 22 is celebrated as

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Correct answer: (A) World Earth Day
22 April is kept as World Earth Day. World Health Day falls on 7 April and World Ozone Day on 16 September.

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 62

The topographical map of India is prepared by which organisation?

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Correct answer: (B) Survey of India

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 63

Who first described the Revolt of 1857 as the ‘First Indian War of Independence’?

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Correct answer: (A) V. D. Savarkar
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, in his book ‘The Indian War of Independence, 1857’, called the revolt India's first war of independence. R. C. Majumdar disagreed with that view.

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 64

Which of the following events happened first?

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Correct answer: (A) Santhal Rebellion
The Santhal rebellion was in 1855–56, Birsa Munda's Ulgulan in 1899–1900 and the Tana Bhagat movement in 1914. So the Santhal rebellion came first.

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 65

Which revolt is mentioned in Bankim Chandra Chatterjee’s novel Anandamath?

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Correct answer: (A) Sannyasi
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee's novel ‘Anandamath’ is set against the Sannyasi revolt of the later eighteenth century in Bengal. The song ‘Vande Mataram’ comes from this novel.

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 66

When were Swadeshi and Boycott first adopted as forms of struggle in India?

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Correct answer: (A) Partition of Bengal
Swadeshi and boycott were first made forms of struggle in protest against the partition of Bengal in 1905—giving up foreign goods and using Indian ones.

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 67

Who was the President of the Indian National Congress at the Gaya Session of 1922?

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Correct answer: (A) Chittaranjan Das
The Gaya session of 1922 was presided over by Chittaranjan Das. It was after this session that the Swaraj Party was formed over the question of entering the councils.

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 68

Who led the peasants of Bihar during the Non-Cooperation Movement?

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Correct answer: (B) Swami Vidyanand
During the Non-Cooperation Movement the peasants of Bihar were led by Swami Vidyanand. Raj Kumar Shukla belonged to the Champaran Satyagraha.

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 69

Who founded Hindu College at Calcutta in 1817?

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Correct answer: (B) David Hare
Hindu College at Calcutta was founded in 1817 by David Hare, with the help of Raja Ram Mohan Roy and others. Derozio joined later as a teacher.

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 70

Who said, “Congress is tottering to its fall and one of my great ambitions while in India is to assist it to a peaceful demise”?

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Correct answer: (C) Curzon
The remark is Lord Curzon's; he called the Congress a tottering body and spoke of helping it to a peaceful end. The partition of Bengal did the very opposite.

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 71

‘देशिल बअना’क अर्थसँ बोध होइत अछि:

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Correct answer: (C) देशभाषाक

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 72

मैथिलीक स्पष्ट रूपेँ पहिल बेर लिखलनि:

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Correct answer: (B) एच. टी. कोलब्रुक

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 73

राजा शिव सिंह छलाह:

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Correct answer: (A) ओइनिवार वंशक

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 74

खण्डवला राजकुलक स्थापना भेल:

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Correct answer: (B) 1556 ई. मे

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 75

‘बौद्धगानमे तांत्रिक सिद्धान्त’ पोथीक लेखक छथि:

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Correct answer: (C) जयधारी सिंह

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 76

‘फारमेशन ऑफ मैथिली लैंग्वेज’ पोथी लिखने छथि:

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Correct answer: (B) सुभद्र झा

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 77

‘नाना गीत राग’ मे गीत अछि:

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Correct answer: (A) विद्यापतिक

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 78

“तातल सैकत वारिबिन्दु सम सुत मित रमनि समाजे” पद अछि:

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Correct answer: (C) शान्तिपद

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 79

अणिमा सिंहक अनुसार मुख्यतः लोककथा उपलब्ध अछि:

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Correct answer: (C) चारि प्रकारक

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 80

लोकगाथा पर आधारित मणिपद जीक उपन्यासक संख्या अछि:

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Correct answer: (B) छओ

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 81

‘वर्णरत्नाकर’ रॉयल एशियाटिक सोसाइटी, बंगाल द्वारा प्रकाशित भेल:

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Correct answer: (B) 1940 ई. मे

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 82

‘वर्णरत्नाकर’ केँ काव्यसँ अधिक काव्योपयोगी कहने छथि:

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Correct answer: (C) म. म. हरप्रसाद शास्त्री

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 83

विद्यापति अपन ग्रन्थसभक रचना भाषामे कएलनि:

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Correct answer: (B) तीन भाषामे

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 84

म. राजा शिव सिंहक यश-कीर्ति-प्रशस्ति अछि:

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Correct answer: (A) कीर्तिपताकामे

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 85

विसपीक दानपत्रमे विद्यापतिक उपाधि अछि:

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Correct answer: (B) अभिनव-जयदेव

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 86

एहिमे नेपालीय नाटक अछि:

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Correct answer: (A) विद्याविलाप

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 87

एहिमे मिथिलाक कीर्तनिया नाटक अछि:

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Correct answer: (A) प्रभावतीहरण

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 88

एहिमे अंकिया नाट अछि:

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Correct answer: (B) कालियदमन

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 89

“जाक मुखक शोभा देखि पदे जल प्रवेश कएल, आँखिक शोभा देखि हरिण वन गेल”—लील गेल अछि:

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Correct answer: (A) नायिका वर्णनासँ

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 90

उमापतिक उपाधि अछि:

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Correct answer: (D) उपर्युक्तमेँ एकसँ अधिक

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 91

कवीश्वर चन्दा झाक जन्म भेल:

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Correct answer: (A) 20 जनवरी, 1831 ई. मे

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 92

शंकरदेव मिथिलाक यात्रा कएलनि:

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Correct answer: (B) 15म शताब्दीमे

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 93

‘बाजि उठल मुरली’ पोथी लिखने छथि:

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Correct answer: (C) उपेन्द्र ठाकुर ‘मोहन’

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 94

‘सूर्यमुखी’ पोथी प्राप्त कएने छथि:

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Correct answer: (B) साहित्य अकादमी पुरस्कार

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 95

खण्डक काव्य अछि:

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Correct answer: (C) संन्यासी

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 96

‘बाल लीला’ शीर्षक कविताक रचना कएने छथि:

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Correct answer: (C) मनबोध

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 97

काशीकान्त मिश्र ‘मधुप’क रचना अछि:

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Correct answer: (A) छूतहर

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 98

‘टूटैत कलीक गाछ’ कोन विधाक रचना थिक?

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Correct answer: (B) कथा

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 99

‘हाथीक दाँत’ एकांकी लिखने छथि:

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Correct answer: (C) प्रबोध नारायण सिंह

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 100

राजकमल चौधरीक जन्म भेल छलनि:

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Correct answer: (A) 13 दिसम्बर, 1929 ई. मे

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

TRE2 — Language General Studies And Maithili