Who was recently selected as the ICC Women’s T20I Cricketer of the Year 2023?
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Correct answer: (C) Hayley Matthews (West Indies) The ICC Women's T20I Cricketer of the Year for 2023 was Hayley Matthews of the West Indies, an all-rounder effective with both bat and ball.
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Question 52
Who was crowned Miss World 2024 in Mumbai?
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Correct answer: (A) Miss Czech Kristina Pishkova The Miss World 2024 title was won at Mumbai by Kristina Pishkova of the Czech Republic.
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Question 53
In which country will the Clean Energy Investor Forum be organised by IPEF?
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Correct answer: (B) Singapore The Clean Energy Investor Forum of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) was held in Singapore.
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Question 54
India has acquired the right to operate the foreign Sittwe Port. In which country is it?
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Correct answer: (C) Myanmar Sittwe port is in the Rakhine province of Myanmar, and India has got the right to operate it. It is part of the Kaladan project, which will link north-east India to the sea.
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Question 55
What is the mangrove forest of the Ganga Delta called?
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Correct answer: (A) Sunderban The tidal forests of the Ganga–Brahmaputra delta are called the Sundarbans, named after the sundari tree. They are also a famous home of the tiger.
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Question 56
Which river frequently changes its course of flow in Bihar?
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Correct answer: (B) Kosi The Kosi shifts its channel again and again and lays down heavy silt, which is why it is called the ‘Sorrow of Bihar’.
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Question 57
Plants’ roots get water from the soil as:
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Correct answer: (C) Capillary water
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Question 58
How much larger is the equatorial diameter than the polar diameter?
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Correct answer: (B) 43 km The Earth is flattened at the poles, so its equatorial diameter is about 43 kilometres greater than the polar. That is why the Earth is called an oblate spheroid rather than a perfect sphere.
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Question 59
At which longitude is Indian Standard Time (IST) taken?
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Correct answer: (A) 82.5° E Indian Standard Time is taken at 82°30′ E longitude, which passes near Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh and is 5 hours 30 minutes ahead of Greenwich.
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Question 60
In India, to whom is the ‘Green Revolution’ credited?
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Correct answer: (B) Dr. M.S. Swaminathan
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Question 61
What is known as the highest mountain peak of India?
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Correct answer: (B) Kanchenjunga The highest peak within India's own borders is Kanchenjunga (8,586 m). Everest stands on the Nepal–China border and K-2 in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, so neither counts as an Indian peak.
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Question 62
The Indian continent was earlier part of:
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Correct answer: (A) Gondwanaland The Indian peninsula was once part of the great southern continent of Gondwanaland. Pangaea was the still older single landmass, which later split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland.
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Question 63
Who led the Revolt of 1857 in Bihar?
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Correct answer: (B) 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
By whom was the spiritual side of nationalism voiced?
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Correct answer: (C) Swami Vivekananda
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Question 65
Which newspaper propagated strong nationalist views during India’s freedom struggle?
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Correct answer: (B) Amrit Bazar Patrika The ‘Amrit Bazar Patrika’ spread strong nationalist views during the freedom struggle. The ‘Pioneer’ and the ‘Statesman’ were pro-British papers.
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Question 66
Who intervened in the dispute between the workers and mill owners of Ahmedabad in 1918?
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Correct answer: (B) Mahatma Gandhi
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Question 67
Name the left-wing leader of the Bihar Provincial Kisan Sabha who popularised it in Bihar.
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Correct answer: (A) Karyanand Sharma The left-wing leader Karyanand Sharma did the most to turn the Bihar Provincial Kisan Sabha into a mass movement, organising the peasants of the Munger region.
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Question 68
The Muddiman Committee was appointed to report on the working of:
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Correct answer: (A) Dyarchy The Muddiman Committee was appointed in 1924 to examine the working of the dyarchy introduced by the Act of 1919.
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Question 69
“He was a great unifier in India who taught us not only bare tolerance of others but the willing acceptance of them as our friends and comrades in common undertakings.” Who said it?
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Correct answer: (C) Rajendra Prasad The remark is about Dr Rajendra Prasad, who taught not bare tolerance but the willing acceptance of others. He was India's first President.
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Question 70
Who proceeded to organise the Provisional Government of Free India outside the country?
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Correct answer: (C) Subhash Chandra Bose The Provisional Government of Free India—the Azad Hind government—was proclaimed by Subhas Chandra Bose at Singapore on 21 October 1943. The government Raja Mahendra Pratap set up at Kabul in 1915 was called the Provisional Government of India, and Rash Behari Bose built the Indian Independence League and the INA, whose leadership he later handed to Subhas Chandra Bose.
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Question 71
Maithili originated from:
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Correct answer: (B) मागधी-प्राकृत से
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Question 72
According to Grierson, the Shauraseni region is:
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Correct answer: (C) गुजराती, राजस्थानी आ हिन्दी भाषा क्षेत्र
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Question 73
Jyotishwar’s father was:
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Correct answer: (A) धीरेश्वर
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Question 74
In Mithila’s history, Jyotishwar’s period is called the Golden Age. This statement is:
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Correct answer: (B) आचार्य रामनाथ झा
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Question 75
George Abraham Grierson came to India:
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Correct answer: (A) 1873 ई. में
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Question 76
George Abraham Grierson died in Dublin on:
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Correct answer: (E) उपर्युक्त में से कोनो नहि
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Question 77
For work in India, who was awarded the Order of Merit?
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Correct answer: (C) जॉर्ज ग्रियर्सन
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Question 78
Generally, language classification is based on:
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Correct answer: (B) तीनटा
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Question 79
‘Varnaratnakar’ is divided into:
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Correct answer: (A) Chapters
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Question 80
‘Pachchasaayak’ was written by:
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Correct answer: (A) रामपति
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Question 81
Vidyapati composed how many works in Sanskrit?
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Correct answer: (B) बारह
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Question 82
According to Grierson, Maithili has how many dialects?
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Correct answer: (A) चारि
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Question 83
How many works did Vidyapati compose in Avahaṭṭa?
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Correct answer: (A) दू
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Question 84
The editor of ‘Vidyapati Gitavali’ is:
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Correct answer: (A) गोविन्द झा
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Question 85
Who wrote ‘Kanak-bhūdhar-śikhar-vāsinī candrikācaya-cāru-hāsinī’?
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Correct answer: (B) उमापति
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Question 86
In ‘sam’, which lower category of criticism is meant?
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Correct answer: (C) काकवृत्ति
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Question 87
How many plays did Umapati write?
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Correct answer: (A) एक
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Question 88
The story of Krishna and Satyabhama is described in:
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Correct answer: (C) ‘पारिजात हरण’ में
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Question 89
Who was the first playwright in the Sanskrit dramatic-literature tradition?
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Correct answer: (C) महाकवि भास
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Question 90
Sumedha is the protagonist of:
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Correct answer: (C) ‘सुन्दर संयोग’
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Question 91
Who called ‘Kirtaniya Natak’ ‘Leela Natak’?
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Correct answer: (A) जयकान्त मिश्र
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Question 92
‘Krishnajanma’ is divided into:
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Correct answer: (A) सोलह अध्याय में
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Question 93
Which of the following is a mahākāvya?
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Correct answer: (A) ‘सूर्यमुखी’
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Question 94
‘Krishnacharit’ was awarded by:
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Correct answer: (A) साहित्य अकादेमी से
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Question 95
Lal Das was born in:
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Correct answer: (B) ‘खड़ौआ’ में
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Question 96
‘Du Patra’ received the Sahitya Akademi Award in:
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Correct answer: (B) 1968 ई. में
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Question 97
‘Samikshavritti’ was written by:
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Correct answer: (A) प्रेमशंकर सिंह
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Question 98
The author of ‘Bharat Bhraman’ is:
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Correct answer: (A) सीताराम झा
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Question 99
The translator of ‘Hamar Satyak Prayog’ is:
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Correct answer: (A) योगानन्द झा
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Question 100
Who wrote the quoted lines beginning “घर में बुचिया भूखलै हेतै…”?