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Q1. Moortidevi Award is given annually in which of the following fields?
निम्नलिखित में से किस क्षेत्रों में वार्षिक रूप से मूर्तिदेवी पुरस्कार दिया जाता है?
(a) Literature/ साहित्य
(b) Films/ फिल्म
(c) Journalism/ पत्रकारिता
(d) Music/ संगीत
Sol. The Moortidevi Award is an annual literary award in India presented by the Bharatiya Jnanpith organization for a work which emphasizes Indian philosophy and culture. In 2003, the prize included an amount of 1 lakh, a plaque, a statue of Saraswati, and a shawl. The cash prize was raised to 2 lakh in the year 2011 and to 4 lakh in the year 2013.
Q2. Which is the first colour movie produced in India?
भारत में बनीपहली रंगीन फिल्म कौन सी है?
(a) Madhumati/ मधुमती
(b) Mughal-e-Azam/ मुगल-ए-आजम
(c) Aan/ आन
(d) Kisan Kanya/ किसान कन्या
Sol. In 1937, ArdeshirIrani, of Alam Ara fame, made the first colour film in Hindi, KisanKanya. The next year, he made another colour film, a version of Mother India.
Q3. All India Radio, started its operation with its original name, Indian Broadcasting Company in:
ऑल इंडिया रेडियो ने किस वर्ष में मूल नाम, इंडियन ब्रॉडकास्टिंग कंपनी के साथ अपना प्रचालन शुरू किया था?
(a) 1927
(b) 1932
(c) 1936
(d) 1947
Sol. The Indian Broadcasting Company (IBC) came into being on July 23, 1927, only to face liquidation in less than three years. In April 1930, the Indian Broadcasting Service, under the Department of Industries and Labour, commenced its operations on an experimental basis.
Q4. ArakanYoma is the extension of the Himalayas located in
हिमालय का विस्तार “अराकान्योमा” कहाँ स्थित है?
(a) Baluchistan/ बलूचिस्तान
(b) Myanmar/ म्यांमार
(c) Nepal / नेपाल
(d) Kashmir/ कश्मीर
Sol. The Arakan Mountains is a mountain range in western Burma (Myanmar), between the coast of Rakhine State and the Central Burma Basin, in which flows the Irrawaddy River. It is the most prominent of a series of parallel ridges that arc through Assam, Nagaland, Mizoram and Burma.
Q5. Whose cremation site has been named as “Shakti Sthal”?
किसकी शवदाह स्थल को “शक्ति स्थल” के रूप में नामित किया गया है?
(a) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel / सरदार वल्लभ भाई पटेल
(b) Lal Bahadur Shastri/ लाल बहादुर शास्त्री
(c) Indira Gandhi / इंदिरा गांधी
(d) Rajiv Gandhi / राजीव गांधी
Sol. Shakti Sthal which means ‘Place of Power and Strength’ is the Memorial site of Mrs. Indira Gandhi, the first lady and only Prime Minister of India named after her strong determination and positive attitude towards the betterment of her Country.
Q6. In which city is the Indian Institute of Pulses Research located?
इंडियन इंस्टीट्यूट ऑफ पल्स रिसर्च स्थित किस शहर में स्थित है?
(a) Lucknow/ लखनऊ
(b) Nagpur/ नागपुर
(c) Indore/ इंदौर
(d) Kanpur/ कानपुर
Sol. It was established in the year 1983 by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) to carry out basic strategic and applied research on major pulse crops. It is situated on Grand Trunk Road and is about twelve kilometer from Kanpur Central Railway Station towards New Delhi.
कंचनजंगा, भारत का दूसरा सबसे ऊंचा पर्वत शिखर किस राज्य में स्थित है?
(a) Sikkim/ सिक्किम
(b) Jammu & Kashmir/ जम्मू-कश्मीर
(c) Himachal Pradesh/ हिमाचल प्रदेश
(d) Uttarakhand/ उत्तराखंड
Sol. The mountain Kangchenjunga is located at the border of India and Nepal in the great Himalayas range,Sikkim. Kangchenjunga section contains five peaks and the region has twelve more peaks over 7,000 m. The Nanda Devi is situated in the Garhwal Himalayas region in the state of Uttarakhand.
किस तीर्थ शहर में दुनिया का सबसे लंबा गलियारा है?
(a) Dwarka/ द्वारका
(b) Varanasi/ वाराणसी
(c) Rameshwaram/ रामेश्वरम
(d) Tirupati/ तिरुपति
Sol. Ramanathaswamy Temple is a famous Hindu temple dedicated to god Shiva located on the island of Rameswaram in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.The temple has the longest corridor among all temples in world.
पनामा नहर प्रशांत महासागर को किस सागर से जोडती है?
(a) Arctic Ocean/ आर्कटिक महासागर
(b) Antarctic Ocean/ अंटार्कटिक महासागर
(c) Atlantic Ocean/ अटलांटिक महासागर
(d) Indian Ocean/ हिंद महासागर
Sol. The Panama Canal is a man-made 48-mile (77 km) waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean. The canal cuts across the Isthmus of Panama and is a key conduit for international maritime trade.
Q10. Which Indian city you would be in if you were standing on world’s longest railway platform?
यदि आप दुनिया के सबसे लंबे रेलवे प्लेटफार्म पर खड़े है तो आप किस भारतीय शहर में है?
(a) Jabalpur (M.P.) / जबलपुर (एमपी)
(b) Kharagpur (W.Bengal) / खड़गपुर (प.बंगाल)
(c) Mughalsarai (U.P.) / मुगलसराय (यूपी)
(d) Gorakhpur (U.P.) / गोरखपुर (यूपी)
Sol. The longest railway platforms are: Gorakhpur railway station, Uttar Pradesh, India:1,366.33 m (longest in the world) Kollam Junction.
आरबीआई के प्रतीक पर कौन सा जानवर अंकित है?
(a) Lion/ शेर
(b) Leopard/ चीता
(c) Panther/ तेंदुआ
(d) Tiger/ बाघ
Sol. The East India Company Double Mohur, with the sketch of the Lion and Palm Tree, was found most suitable; however, it was decided to replace the lion by the tiger, the latter being regarded as the more characteristic animal of India. The Board on February 23, 1935, approved the design of the seal.
” Worshipping False Gods” पुस्तक का लेखक कौन है?
(a) Salman Rushdie/ सलमान रुश्दी
(b) Vikram Seth/ विक्रम सेठ
(c) Arundhati Roy/ अरुंधती रॉय
(d) Arun Shourie/ अरुण शौरी
Sol. Arun Shourie is an Indian journalist, author and politician. He has worked as an economist with the World Bank, a consultant to the Planning Commission of India, editor of the Indian Express and The Times of India and a minister in the government of India. He was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1982 and the Padma Bhushan in 1990.
भारत रत्न पुरस्कार प्राप्त करने वाली पहली महिला कौन थी?
(a) Mother Teresa/ मदर टेरेसा
(b) Indira Gandhi/ इंदिरा गांधी
(c) Lata Mangeshkar/ लता मंगेशकर
(d) Sarojini Naidu/ सरोजिनी नायडू
Sol. Indira Gandhi was the first woman of India who received the Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award of the Republic of India, in 1971.
संयुक्त राष्ट्र के शैक्षिक, वैज्ञानिक और सांस्कृतिक संगठन (यूनेस्को) का मुख्यालय कहाँ स्थित है?
(a) Paris (France) / पेरिस(फ्रांस)
(b) Geneva (Switzerland) / जिनेवा (स्विट्जरलैंड)
(c) New York (USA) / न्यूयॉर्क (यूएसए)
(d) Bangkok (Thailand) / बैंकाक(थाईलैंड)
Sol. The United Nations Organization for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO) was founded on 16 November 1945. UNESCO has 195 Members and eight Associate Members. It is governed by the General Conference and the Executive Board. The Organization has more than 50 field offices around the world. Its headquarters are located at Place de Fontenoy in Paris, France, in in an outstanding, Modernist building inaugurated in 1958 and recently renovated.
पाल स्ट्रेट किसे अलग करता है?
(a) India and Pakistan/ भारत और पाकिस्तान
(b) India and China/ भारत और चीन
(c) India and Sri Lanka/ भारत और श्रीलंका
(d) India and Afghanistan/ भारत और अफगानिस्तान
Sol. The Palk Strait is a strait between the Tamil Nadu state of India and the Mannar district of the Northern Province of the island nation of Sri Lanka. It connects the Bay of Bengal in the northeast with the Palk Bay in the southwest.
