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Who among the following became the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand in March 2021?

A

BC Khanduri

B

Dhan Singh Rawat

C

Madan Kaushik

D

Tirath Singh Rawat

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Which of the following is also known as the ‘White Mountain’?

A

Dhaulagiri I

B

Cho Oyu

C

Makalu

D

Lhotse

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______ was an important port city in ancient India.

A

Shravasti

B

Ahichhatra

C

Tamralipti

D

Champa

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What is the percentage of rural child population to the total child population of the country in India as per Provisional Population Totals of Census 2011?

A

79.03%

B

74.05 %

C

55.23%

D

62.45%

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What is the nut of an oak tree called?

A

Macadamia

B

Chestnut

C

Kola nut

D

Acorn

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The pilgrimage sites of Nasik, Triyambak and Bhadrachalam lie on the banks of which of the following rivers?

A

Godavari

B

Krishna

C

Narmada

D

Brahmaputra

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In which of the following Indian states will you find the Buxa Fort?

A

Odisha

B

West Bengal

C

Karnataka

D

Tamil Nadu

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Which of the following cities will be known as ‘the sports city of India’ from February 2021?

A

 Gurugram

B

Hyderabad

C

 Bengaluru

D

 Ahmedabad

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Which of the following Harappan sites is in Haryana?

A

Dholavira

B

Kalibangan

C

Lothal

D

Rakhigarhi

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The Deomali is the highest mountain peak of ______.

A

 West Bengal

B

 Odisha

C

 Assam

D

 Bihar

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What is the emigration of a significant proportion of a country’s highly skilled, highly educated professional population to other countries offering better economic and social opportunities called?

A

Brain drain

B

Carrying capacity

C

Demographic transition

D

Closed population

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In which city of Gujarat will you find the Uparkot Buddhist Caves?

A

 Junagadh

B

 Vadodara

C

 Anand

D

 Bhavnagar

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In which Indian state will you find Mount Tiyi?

A

Nagaland

B

Arunachal Pradesh

C

Odisha

D

Himachal Pradesh

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The Bhaja Caves are located in ______.

A

Rajasthan

B

Maharashtra

C

Uttar Pradesh

D

Bihar

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Which of the following rivers is also called Vyath?

A

Shyok

B

Zanskar

C

Tawi

D

Jhelum

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In the Rigvedas there is a hymn in the form of a dialogue between Sage Vishvamitra and two rivers that were worshipped as goddesses. Which are these rivers?

A

 Ravi and Chenab

B

 Alakananda and Bhagirathi

C

 Ganga and Yamuna

D

 Beas and Sutlej

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Where in India is the ‘slash and burn’ agriculture known as ‘Kuruwa’?

A

 Himalayan Belt

B

 State of Jharkhand

C

 State of Odisha

D

 Western Ghats

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Madagascar is located in the ______ Ocean.

A

Pacific

B

Atlantic

C

Arctic

D

Indian

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In which of the following places is the difference between the day and night temperatures likely to be the highest?

A

 Andaman and Nicobar Islands

B

 Mount Everest

C

 Thar Desert

D

 Chilika Lake

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In which of the following Indian states will you find the Netarhat Mountains, also called ‘Queen of Chotanagpur’?

A

Jharkhand

B

Chhattisgarh

C

Odisha

D

West Bengal