What message was sent by the 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.
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Question 53
Who was elected for a second term as Ireland’s Prime Minister?
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Correct answer: (C) Leo Varadkar Leo Varadkar was elected Prime Minister (Taoiseach) of Ireland for a second term. Sanna Marin led Finland and Robert Abela Malta.
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Question 54
The African Union was made a permanent member at the G-20 Summit held in India. Who is the Chairperson 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.
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Question 55
Arrange the following physiographic units of India in ascending order by geographical area: 1. Central Highlands 2. Great Plains 3. Coastal Plains 4. Northern Mountains. Select the correct answer using the codes 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.
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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 below.
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Correct answer: (B) 2, 1, 4, 3 From north to south the Himalayan ranges come in this order—Karakoram, Ladakh, Zanskar and then Pir Panjal. So the correct order is 2, 1, 4, 3.
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Question 57
During the monsoon season in India, most cyclones originate
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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 most affected. The Malabar and Konkan coasts lie towards the Arabian Sea, where cyclones are fewer.
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Question 60
When running water cuts through clayey soils and makes deep channels, it leads 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 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.
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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 1857 revolt in Bihar was led by Kunwar Singh of Jagdishpur, who took on the British at the age of eighty. Tatya Tope and Nana Saheb were active in central India.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Question 68
Which of the following statements is/are correct? (A) Raja Rammohan Roy was the pioneer of modern education. (B) Swami Dayanand proclaimed ‘India for Indians’. (C) Vivekananda participated in the Parliament of World Religions.
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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above Raja Ram Mohan Roy was a pioneer of modern education, Swami Dayanand gave the call to return to the Vedas, and Vivekananda took part in the Parliament of World Religions at Chicago in 1893—more than one statement is correct.
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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.
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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’.
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Question 71
डॉ. भोलानाथ तिवारी के अनुसार बोली के लिए ‘भोजपुरी’ शब्द का प्रयोग सबसे पहले किसने किया?
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Correct answer: (A) जॉर्ज ग्रियर्सन
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Question 72
राहुल सांकृत्यायन ने भोजपुरी के लिए किस नाम का सुझाव दिया?
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Correct answer: (C) मल्ली
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Question 73
डॉ. जॉर्ज ए. ग्रियर्सन की कृति कौन-सी है?
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Correct answer: (D) ऊपर लिखल में एक से बेसी
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Question 74
भोजपुरी भाषा पर शोध कार्य करने वाले पहले विद्वान कौन हैं?
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Correct answer: (A) डॉ. उदयनारायण तिवारी
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Question 75
डॉ. कृष्णदेव उपाध्याय ने भोजपुरी साहित्य के इतिहास को कितने भागों में विभाजित किया है?
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Correct answer: (E) ऊपर लिखल में कवनो ना
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Question 76
अखिल भारतीय भोजपुरी साहित्य सम्मेलन का गठन कब हुआ था?
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Correct answer: (A) 1973 ई.
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Question 77
‘बटोहिया’ अमरगीत की रचना किसने की?
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Correct answer: (C) रघुवीर नारायण
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Question 78
इन पंक्तियों के रचयिता कौन हैं: “गुरु कीजै गरिला निगुरा न रहिला। गुरु बिन ज्ञान न पायिला रे भाईला॥”?
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Correct answer: (B) गोरखनाथ
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Question 79
भोजपुरी गाथा-गीत का पहला काव्य कौन-सा है?
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Correct answer: (E) ऊपर लिखल में कवनो ना
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Question 80
श्री लक्ष्मी सखी का ग्रंथ कौन-सा है?
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Correct answer: (D) ऊपर लिखल में एक से बेसी
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Question 81
इन पंक्तियों के रचयिता कौन हैं: “मितउ मड़ैया सूनी करि गेलो। अपने बलमु परदेस निकसि गेलो, हमरा के कछु ना गुना देइ गेलो॥”?
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Correct answer: (B) धर्मदास
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Question 82
भीखा साहेब की प्रमुख रचना कौन-सी है?
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Correct answer: (E) ऊपर लिखल में कवनो ना
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Question 83
‘बोल दे धावा’ पत्रिका के संपादक थे
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Correct answer: (E) ऊपर लिखल में कवनो ना
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Question 84
हीरा डोम की कविता ‘अछूत की शिकायत’ सरस्वती में कब छपी थी?
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Correct answer: (A) सितंबर 1914 ई.
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Question 85
रचना और रचनाकार की दृष्टि से कौन-सा जोड़ा सुमेलित है?
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Correct answer: (E) ऊपर लिखल में कवनो ना
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Question 86
उपन्यास और उपन्यासकार की दृष्टि से कौन-सा जोड़ा सुमेलित नहीं है?
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Correct answer: (C) भोर मुसुकाइल—पाण्डेय कपिल
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Question 87
भोजपुरी नाटक ‘शुरुआत’ का प्रकाशन कब हुआ?
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Correct answer: (B) 1977 ई.
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Question 88
‘अंजोर’ पत्रिका के संपादक कौन थे?
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Correct answer: (A) नर्मदेश्वर सहाय
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Question 89
रचना और रचनाकार की दृष्टि से कौन-सा जोड़ा सुमेलित है?
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Correct answer: (D) ऊपर लिखल में एक से बेसी
1 marks · 2023 · Set A
Question 90
Which is not a play written by Rahul Sankrityayan?
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Correct answer: (E) ऊपर लिखल में कवनो ना
1 marks · 2023 · Set A
Question 91
Passage 1: Nag Panchami is celebrated on the fifth day of the bright fortnight of Sawan. All festivals involve eating and drinking, worship, and fasts and stories. This festival also builds the body. On this day it becomes clear whose loincloth is tight. On this day, girls make ‘putri’ dolls and immerse them in the pond. All the girls distribute roasted gram. The thing that attracts people on this day is the swing. Girls sing Sawan, Kajri and Barahmasa songs on it. Seeing Nagdev on this day is considered very auspicious. The snake is worshipped with milk and puffed rice. In the village, houses are plastered and snake images are drawn on walls with cow dung. Snakes are not killed on this day, and should not be killed throughout Sawan. Ploughing and digging fields are forbidden on this day. In which month is Nag Panchami celebrated?
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Correct answer: (A) सावन
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Question 92
According to Passage 1, what do the girls sing on the swing?
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Correct answer: (D) ऊपर लिखल में एक से बेसी
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Question 93
According to Passage 1, how is the snake worshipped?
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Correct answer: (E) ऊपर लिखल में कवनो ना
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Question 94
‘भेंवल’ के सही अर्थ है
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Correct answer: (B) भिगावल
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Question 95
ऊपर दिए गए गद्यांश का सबसे उचित शीर्षक क्या होगा?
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Correct answer: (C) नाग पंचमी
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Question 96
Passage 2: It is a story from ancient times. There was a king. In his kingdom, tigers and goats drank water at the same riverbank. All his subjects regarded him like a god. With the first rays of the sun, people began praising him as their provider. The king came to believe that he alone made things happen and that everyone ate and drank because of him. The king had four daughters, whom he loved greatly. One day he called all four and asked whose good fortune enabled them to eat and live. Three daughters said, “Father, it is because of you.” The fourth girl remained silent. The king affectionately pulled her close and asked her too. The youngest looked at him and said, “Father, everyone in this world eats and lives according to their own fortune. No one gives another person their fortune. The giver of our deeds is the one who sent us into this world.” How many daughters did the king have?
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Correct answer: (C) चार
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Question 97
According to Passage 2, what idea took hold in the king’s mind?
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Correct answer: (D) ऊपर लिखल में एक से बेसी
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Question 98
What fault of the king is revealed by Passage 2?
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Correct answer: (E) ऊपर लिखल में कवनो ना
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Question 99
What did the fourth girl say?
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Correct answer: (B) कर्मदाता—उहे ह जे एह संसार में हमनी के भेजले बा