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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.
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.
Correct answer: (B) Tribal Movement
The Tana Bhagat movement was carried on in 1914 by the Oraon tribe under Jatra Bhagat, so it is a tribal movement.
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.
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.
Correct answer: (A) 81000 species of fauna and 47000 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Correct answer: (B) The Survey of India
The topographical map of India is prepared by the Survey of India, founded in 1767. The Geological Survey studies rocks and minerals and the Zoological Survey the animals.
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.
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.
Correct answer: (A) Sannyasi
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee's novel ‘Anandamath’ is set against the Sannyasi revolt, which took place in Bengal in the latter half of the eighteenth century. The song ‘Vande Mataram’ comes from this novel.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Correct answer: (B) 4
Correct answer: (A) Sa
Correct answer: (B) 16
Correct answer: (A) sequential
Correct answer: (E) None of the above
Correct answer: (B) 2
Correct answer: (C) Aadh
Correct answer: (C) Rupak
Correct answer: (B) 8
Correct answer: (C) 6
Correct answer: (A) morning
Correct answer: (A) Ahobal
Correct answer: (B) 7
Correct answer: (A) Sangeet Ratnakar
Correct answer: (C) Medieval
Correct answer: (A) Vocal
Correct answer: (B) Ustad Abdul Karim Khan
Correct answer: (A) Ustad Faiyaz Khan
Correct answer: (B) Pt. Pannalal Ghosh
Correct answer: (B) Holi
Correct answer: (C) Tarana
Correct answer: (B) Bhairavi
Correct answer: (B) Bihag
Correct answer: (A) Kedar
Correct answer: (B) Avroh
Correct answer: (C) Pakad
Correct answer: (C) Tarana
Correct answer: (C) Pt. Krishna Rao Pandit
Correct answer: (C) Agra
Correct answer: (B) Ma