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Q1. Which of the following dynasty succeeded the Mauryas?
निम्नलिखित में से कौन सा वंश मौर्यों का उत्तराधिकारी बन गया?
(a) Sungas/ शुंग
(b) Satavahanas/ सातवाहन
(c) Yavanas/ यवन
(d) Pandya/ पांड्या
Sol. Sunga dynasty (185-73 B.C) fThe dynasty was established by Pushyamitra Shunga, after the fall of the Maurya Empire.
Q2. Which of the following glands is a source of the enzyme Ptyalin?
निम्नलिखित में से कौन सी ग्रंथि एंजाइम ट्यालिन का स्रोत है?
(a)Pancreas/ अग्न्याशय
(b)Thyroid Gland/ थायराइड ग्रंथि
(c) Pituitary Gland/ पीयूष ग्रंथि
(d) Salivary Glands/ लार ग्रंथि
Sol.Ptyalin is an enzyme that is part of saliva and aids with digestion. An amylase present in saliva that catalyzes the hydrolysis of starch into maltose and dextrin.
Q3.Uranus is the _______ planet from the Sun.
यूरेनस सूर्य से _______ ग्रह है
(a) First/पहला
(b) Third/तीसरा
(c) Fifth/पांचवां
(d) Seventh/सातवां
Sol. Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. It has the third-largest planetary radius and fourth-largest planetary mass in the Solar System.
Q4.Who, among the following, was not a part of the Mauryan dynasty?
निम्नलिखित में से कौन, मौर्य राजवंश का हिस्सा नहीं था?
(a) Ashoka /अशोका
(b) Bindusara/ बिन्दुसार
(c) Chandragupta Maurya/चन्द्रगुप्त मौर्या
(d) Ajatsatru/अजातशत्रु
Sol. Ajatshatru was the second ruler of Haryanka dynasty of Magadha.
Q5. Mausoleum (Dargah) of Salim Chishti is situated in?
सलीम चिश्ती का मकबरा (दरगाह) कहाँ स्थित है?
(a) Humayun’s Tomb/ हुमायूं का मकबरा
(b) Fatehpur Sikri/ फतेहपुर सिकरी
(c) Gwalior Fort/ ग्वालियर किला
(d) Agra Fort/ आगरा फोर्ट
Sol. Salim Chishti’s Mazar (tomb) is in the middle of the Emperor’s Courtyard at Fatehpur Sikri, Uttar Pradesh, India.The mausoleum was constructed by Akbar as a mark of his respect for the Sufi saint, who foretold the birth of his son, who was named Prince Salim after him and later succeeded Akbar to the throne of the Mughal Empire, as Jahangir.
Q6. Alexander and Porus fought a battle at-
सिकंदर और पोरस ने लड़ाई कहाँ लड़ी-
(a) Panipat/ पानीपत
(b) Ravi/ रावी
(c) Hydaspes / ह्यदास्पेस
(d) Train/ट्रेन
Sol.Alexander and Porus fought a battle on the bank of river Hydaspes which is known as battle of Hydaspes.
अर्थशास्त्र किस के द्वारा लिखी गई थी ?
(a) Dhanananda / धनानंद
(b) Kautilya/ कौटिल्य
(c) Bimbisara / बिम्बिसार
(d) Pushyamitra / पुष्यमित्र
Sol. Arthasastra was written by Kautilya (Chankaya).
___________ एक ऑब्जेक्ट मॉडल भाषा मानक है.
(a) Data definition language
(b) Data manipulation language
(c) Query language
(d) OQL
Sol.Object Query Language is a query language standard for object-oriented databases modeled after SQL. OQL was developed by the Object Data Management Group.
तृतीली _____ का लोक नृत्य है
(a) Chhattisgarh/छत्तीसगढ़
(b) Madhya Pradesh/मध्य प्रदेश
(c) Manipur/मणिपुर
(d) Karnataka/कर्नाटक
Sol.Tertali is a popular folk dance of the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is presented by a small community of the state, the ‘Kamar’ tribes.
Q10. During a recession _____
मंदी के दौरान _____
(a) Producers will be cautiously optimistic.(निर्माता सावधानी से आशावादी होंगे)
(b) there will be decrease in inventory(इन्वेंट्री में कमी आएगी)
(c) There will be capacity under utilization.(उपयोगिता के तहत क्षमता होगी)
(d) there will be expansion in bank credit(बैंक क्रेडिट में विस्तार होगा)
Sol.Recession is a slowdown or a massive contraction in economic activities.
कौन सा महासागर प्रसिद्धि रूप से ‘हेरिंग तालाब’ के रूप में जाना जाता है?
(a) Arctic Ocean/आर्कटिक महासागर
(b) Indian Ocean/ हिंद महासागर
(c) Atlantic Ocean/ अटलांटिक महासागर
(d) Pacific Ocean/ प्रशांत महासागर
Sol. The eastern coast of North America I.e. the Atlantic ocean is the habitat of Herring fish in abundance.That’s why it is called herring pond.
13 वीं शताब्दी में गंगा राजवंश के राजा नरसिम्हा देव प्रथम द्वारा निर्मित कौन सा रथ के आकार का मंदिर, जिसे ‘ब्लैक पगोडा’ भी कहा जाता है?
(a) Sun Temple, Konark/ सूर्य मंदिर, कोणार्क
(b) Jagannath Temple, Puri/ जगन्नाथ मंदिर, पुरी
(c) Lingaraja Temple, Bhubaneswar/ लिंगराज मंदिर, भुवनेश्वर
(d) Meenakshi Temple, Madurai/ मीनाक्षी मंदिर, मदुरै
Sol. Konark Sun Temple is a 13th-century Sun Temple at Konark in Odisha, India. It is believed that the temple was built by king Narasimhadeva I of Eastern Ganga Dynasty in 1255 CE. The temple complex is in the shape of a gigantic chariot, having elaborately carved stone wheels, pillars and walls. The monument was also called the Black Pagoda'(Kaala Pagoda).
प्रशांत महासागर में स्थित कौन सा द्वीप राष्ट्र, जिसे पहले ‘प्लेज़ेंट आइलैंड’ के नाम से जाना जाता था?
(a) Nauru/ नाउरू
(b) Taiwan/ ताइवान
(c) Tuvalu/ तुवालु
(d) Vanuatu/ वानुअतु
Sol. Nauru / the Republic of Nauru and formerly known as Pleasant Island, is an island nation in Micronesia in the South Pacific. Its nearest neighbor is Banaba Island in Kiribati, 300 km to the east. Nauru is the world’s smallest island nation, covering just 21 square kilometres.
दादरा और नगर हवेली के भारतीय संघ क्षेत्र की राजधानी क्या है?
(a) Kavaratti/ कवरत्ती
(b) Silvassa/ सिल्वासा
(c) Puducherry/ पुडुचेरी
(d) Port Blair/ पोर्ट ब्लेयर
Sol. The most important towns of the union territory are Dadra and Silvassa, which is also the capital city. To the east of Dadra and Nagar Haveli lies the Western Ghats, and to its north and east lie the districts of Gujarat, whereas the districts of Maharashtra border it in the south.
बहुउद्देश्यीय सरदार सरोवर परियोजना किस नदी में बनाई जा रही है?
(a) Tapti/ ताप्ती
(b) Ganga/गंगा
(c) Sabarmati/साबरमती
(d) Narmada/नर्मदा
Sol. Sardar Sarovar Dam (SSD), on the Indian Narmada river, is located in the village of Kevadia in the state of Gujarat. It is one of the largest and most controversial interstate, multipurpose river valley infrastructure development projects in the country. It is part of the Narmada Valley Development Project, a major plan to generate power and supply water for drinking and irrigation to states of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.
