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🛡RIVERS : Sorrow and Lifeline

💠SORROW

🔲Sorrow of Bengal – Damodar
🔲Sorrow of Bihar – Kosi
🔲Sorrow of Odisha – Mahanadi
🔲Sorrow of Assam – Brahmaputra

✳️LIFELINE

♻️Lifeline of Madhya Pradesh – Narmada
♻️Lifeline of Andhra Pradesh – Godavari
♻️Lifeline of Goa – Mandovi
♻️Lifeline of Sikkim – Teesta

◾️Red River – Brahmaputra
◾️Vridha Ganga – Godavari
◾️Ardha Ganga – Kaveri river
◾️Dakshina Ganga – Godavari

48. Which institution has launched the’100 Microsites Project’?

  • A) NABARD
  • B) NITI Aayog
  • C) National Health Authority
  • D) National Institute of Virology



Ans:C) National Health Authority



49. Which state was not amalgamated into Odisha in 1948?

  • A) Mayurbhanj
  • B) Cuttack
  • C) Balasore
  • D) None of the above



Ans:A) Mayurbhanj
Mayurbhanj was the only Garajat state to join India on 16th October 1948, but the central government transferred the state to Odisha in 1949.

50. How much budget has been allocated from the state fund to execute the ‘Ama Odisha Nabin Odisha’ scheme?

  • A) Rs.3000 crores
  • B) Rs. 4000 crores
  • C) Rs. 5000 crores
  • D) Rs. 6000 crores



Ans:B) Rs. 4000 crores



51. Which among the following incidents established the supremacy of British over French in India?

  • A) Battle of Buxar
  • B) Carnatic Wars
  • C) Battle of Wandiwash
  • D) Battle of Chingleput



Ans:B) Battle of Wandiwash



52. What do you mean by Gross National Product?

  • A) The total value of goods and services produced in the country
  • B) The total value of all the transactions in the country
  • C) The depreciation in the total value of goods and services produced in the country
  • D) The total value of goods and services produced in the country and the net factor income from abroad



Ans:D) The total value of goods and services produced in the country and the net factor income from abroad



53. Which among the following gas was leaked at Bhopal during the Bhopal gas tragedy at 2-3 December 1984?

  • A) Methyl isocyanide
  • B) Methyl isochloride
  • C) Methyl isocyanate
  • D) Methyl isochlorate



Ans:C) Methyl isocyanate



54. In a lead-acid battery the energy is stored in the form of

  • A) charged ions
  • B) chemical energy
  • C) electrostatic energy
  • D) electromagnetic energy



Ans:B) chemical energy



55. Stars appear to move from

  • A) West to east
  • B) East to west
  • C) North to south
  • D) South to west



Ans:B) East to west



Novel Prize 2023

56.अर्थशास्त्र के क्षेत्र में नोबेल पुरस्कार 2023 किसने जीता है ?

Who has won the Nobel Prize 2023 in the field of Economics ?

  • A) नरगिश मोहम्मदी (ईरान)
    Nargish Mohammadi (Iran)
  • B) जॉन फॉसे (नॉर्वे)
    Jon Fosse (Norway)
  • C) क्लाउडिया गोल्डिन (अमेरिका)
    Claudia Goldin (USA)
  • D) पीटर हैंडका (आस्ट्रिया)
    Peter Handka (Austria)



Ans: C) क्लाउडिया गोल्डिन (अमेरिका)
Claudia Goldin (USA)

57.2023 का नोबेल शांति पुरस्कार किसने जीता है ?

Who has won the Nobel Peace Prize 2023?

  • A) नरगिश मोहम्मदी (ईरान)
    Nargish Mohammadi (Iran)
  • B) जॉन फॉसे (नॉर्वे)
    Jon Fosse (Norway)
  • C) क्लाउडिया गोल्डिन (अमेरिका)
    Claudia Goldin (USA)
  • D) पीटर हैंडका (आस्ट्रिया)
    Peter Handka (Austria)



Ans: A) नरगिश मोहम्मदी (ईरान)
Nargish Mohammadi (Iran)



58.साहित्य में नोबेल पुरस्कार 2023 से किसे सम्मानित किया जाएगा ?
Who will be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 2023?

  • A) नरगिश मोहम्मदी (ईरान)
    Nargish Mohammadi (Iran)
  • B) जॉन फॉसे (नॉर्वे)
    Jon Fosse (Norway)
  • C) क्लाउडिया गोल्डिन (अमेरिका)
    Claudia Goldin (USA)
  • D) पीटर हैंडका (आस्ट्रिया)
    Peter Handka (Austria)



Ans: B) जॉन फॉसे (नॉर्वे)
Jon Fosse (Norway)



59.’नोबेल पुरस्कार’ हर साल कब दिया जाता है ?
When is the ‘Nobel Prize’ given every year?

  • A) 10th December
  • B) 18th January
  • C) 15th August
  • D) 26th January



Ans: B) 10th December



60.नोबेल पुरुस्कार ‘मरणोपरांत दिया जाना कब समाप्त’ किया गया ?
When was the Nobel Prize ‘awarded posthumously’ abolished?

  • A) 1971
  • B) 1974
  • C) 1998
  • D) 1901



Ans: B) 1974



61.Who has recently won the 2023 Nobel Prize for Medicine?

  • A) Moungi Bawendi
  • B) Alexey Ekimov
  • C) Louis E. Brus
  • D) Katalin Karikó



Ans: D) Katalin Kariko



All Nobel Prizes are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden, except for the Nobel Peace Prize, which is awarded in Oslo, Norway.
✹ World Peace Prize 2023 = Nargis Mommand Hassanzai, (Afghan woman)
✹ Noble Peace Prize 2023 = Narges Mohammadi

62.First Nobel Prizes were awarded in?

  • A) 1920
  • B) 1901
  • C) 1891
  • D) 1948



Ans: B) 1901



63. Who has been appointed by the Election Commission of India as its national icon?

  • (A) Kapil Dev
  • (B) Mahendra Singh Dhoni
  • (C) Anushka Sharma
  • (D) Rajkumar Rao



Ans: (D) Rajkumar Rao



64. Which of the following is not a folk dance of Rajasthan?

  • (A) Chakri
  • (B) Jhumar
  • (C) Ghumar
  • (D) Kachchhi Ghodi



Ans: (B) Jhumar
Jhumair or Jhumar is an Indian folk dance from the Indian states of Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Bihar and West Bengal. It is folk dance of Sadan, the Indo-Aryan ethnic groups of Chotanagpur.


65. Which among the following is national water animal of India?

  • (A) Alligator
  • (B) Gangetic Dolphin
  • (C) Turtle
  • (D) Crocodile



Ans: (B) Gangetic Dolphin



66. Which country first introduced the Goods and Services Tax?

  • (A) France
  • (B) Canada
  • (C) Germany
  • (D) USA



Ans: (A) France



67. Simlipal National Park was included in the UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserver in wich year?

  • (A) 2002
  • (B) 2004
  • (C) 2007
  • (D) 2009



Ans: (D) 2009
• In 2009, UNESCO added this national park in its list of biosphere reserves. In 1994, the Government of India declared Simlipal as a biosphere reserve. In 1979, the Simlipal was declared as a wildlife sanctuary by the Government of Odisha.


68. ‘Loor’ dance is a popular dance form from the state of

  • (A) Punjab
  • (B) Madhya Pradesh
  • (C) Haryana
  • (D) Rajasthan



Ans: (C) Haryana



69. Who among the following was the first musician to be awarded the Bharat Ratna?

  • (A) Ustad Bismillah Khan
  • (B) Lata Mangeshkar
  • (C) MS Subbulakshmi
  • (D) Bhupen Hazarika



Ans: (C) MS Subbulakshmi
• “Queen of Songs”, Subbulakshmi was the first-ever musician to receive the accolade.


70. ‘Asthadhyayi’, the famous book by Panini is associted to which of the following fields?

  • (A) Play
  • (B) Poetry
  • (C) Medicine
  • (D) Grammar



Ans: (D) Grammar



71. The book ‘Social Harmony’ was written by which one of the following Indian Prime Ministers?

  • (A) Indira Gandhi
  • (B) Narendra Modi
  • (C) I.K Gujaral
  • (D) Jawaharlal Nehru



Ans: (B) Narendra Modi



72. “Bindusara” a great King was the son of _______

  • (A) Ashoka
  • (B) Saravatha-siddhi
  • (C) Chandragupta Maurya
  • (D) Vikramaditya



Ans: (C) Chandragupta Maurya



73. ବର୍ତ୍ତମାନ ଓଡିଶା ହାଇକୋର୍ଟ ର ପ୍ରଧାନ ବିଚାରପତି (Cheif Justice) କିଏ ଅଛନ୍ତି ?

  • (A) Chakradhari Sharan Singh
  • (B) Sanju Panda
  • (C) Rangnath Mishra
  • (D) None of these



Ans: (A) Chakradhari Sharan Singh
Order of appointment of Shri Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh, Judge, Patna HC as Chief Justice of Orissa High Court (02.02. 2024)


74. Who was the author of Sarvajanik Satya Dharma?

  • (A) Dadoba Pandurang
  • (B) Gopalhari Deshmukh
  • (C) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
  • (D) Jyotiba Phule



Ans: (D) Jyotiba Phule



75. Which state’s Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) has been awarded the HUDCO Award for 2022-2023?

  • (A) Maharashtra
  • (B) UP
  • (C) Tamil Nadu
  • (D) Karnataka



Ans: (B) UP



76. Which state government has launched the Talent Scout Program for women in cricket?

  • (A) Maharashtra
  • (B) UP
  • (C) Tamil Nadu
  • (D) Punjab



Ans: (C) Tamil Nadu



77. Who was awarded the Best Actor (Female) award at the 68th Hyundai Filmfare Awards held on April 28, 2023?

  • (A) Bhumi Pednekar
  • (B) Shilpa shetty
  • (C) Tapsee Pannu
  • (D) Alia Bhatt



Ans: (D) Alia Bhatt



78. Who was the first President of Indian National Congress?

  • A) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
  • B) A. O Hume
  • C) Umesh Chandra Banerjee
  • D) Lord Mountbatten



Ans:C) Umesh Chandra Banerjee
• Umesh Chandra Banerjee was the first president of Congress; the first session was attended by 72 delegates, representing each province of India.
• AO Hume is considered as the father of Indian National Congress.


79. Which architectural style of Ayodhya Ram Mandir ?

  • A) European
  • B) Mughal
  • C) Dravidian
  • D) Nagara



Ans:D) Nagara
सोमवार 22 जनवरी को रामलला की प्राण-प्रतिष्ठा हो गई।
The 51-inch idol of Ram Lalla was sculpted by Arun Yogiraj from Mysuru.


80. Ngultrum is currency of which country?

  • A) Bhutan
  • B) Spain
  • C) Itlay
  • D) China



Ans:A) Bhutan




81. अयोध्या राम मंदिर का भूमि पूजन एवं शिलान्यास कब किया गया?

  • A) 2 अगस्त 2020
  • B) 5 अगस्त 2020
  • C) 2 जुलाई 2020
  • D) 5 जुलाई 2020



Ans:B) 5 अगस्त 2020




82. National Girl Child Day is observed on

  • A) September 5
  • B) November 14
  • C) March 3
  • D) January 24



Ans: D) January 24
Explain-: National girl child day is celebrated every year on the 24th of January as a national observance day for the girl child and also observed International day of Education.

83. Tides are caused by gravitational pull of the :

  • A) Earth on the Moon
  • B) Earth on the Sun
  • C) Sun and Moon on the Earth
  • D) Moon on the Earth



Ans: C) Sun and Moon on the Earth


84. Which tales are related with the painting and sculptures of Ajanta Caves ?

  • A) Pentamerone Tales
  • B) Panchatantra Tales
  • C) Hitopadesha Tales
  • D) Jataka Tales



Ans: D) Jataka Tales

85. Name the place located at the confluence of Alaknanda and Mandakini River.

  • A) Badrinath
  • B) Rudraprayag
  • C) Devprayag
  • D) Rishikesh



Ans: B) Rudraprayag

86.The state having shortest coastline in India is :

  • A) Goa
  • B) Odisha
  • C) West Bengal
  • D) Kerala



Ans: A) Goa
Solution-:
• Goa has the smallest coastline in India.
• Gujarat has the largest coastline among all Indian states.

87. ନିମ୍ନୋକ୍ତ କେଉଁ ସମ୍ବିଧାନ ସଂଶୋଧନ ବଳରେ ‘Orissa’ କୁ ‘Odisha’ এବଂ ‘Oriya’ କୁ ‘Odia’ରେ ପରିବର୍ତ୍ତନ କରାଗଲା ?

  • A) 2003 ର 91 ତମ ସଂଶୋଧନ
  • B) 2010 ର 95ତମ ସଂଶୋଧନ
  • C) 2006 ର 93ତମ ସଂଶୋଧନ
  • D) 2011 ର ୨6ତମ ସଂଶୋଧନ



Ans:D) 2011 ର ୨6ତମ ସଂଶୋଧନ

88. ନିମ୍ନୋକ୍ତ କେଉଁ ନଦୀ ଓଡିଶା ଏବଂ ପଶ୍ଚିମ ବଙ୍ଗକୁ ବିଭାଜନ କରୁଅଛି ?

  • A) ସାଲନ୍ଦୀ
  • B) ବୈତରଣୀ
  • C) ସୁବର୍ନରେଖା
  • D) ବୁଢାବଳଙ୍ଗ



Ans:C) ସୁବର୍ନରେଖା

89. ‘OL’ Chiki script was discovered by ?

  • A) Jugalal Biswal
  • B) Balakrushna Sarangi
  • C) Raghunatha Murmu
  • D) Lingaraj Biswal



Ans:C) Raghunatha Murmu

90. Who is the real author of ” Wings of Fire ” Book ?

  • A) Mahatma Gandhi
  • B) APJ Abdul kalaam
  • C) Jawaharlal Nehur
  • D) None



Ans:B) APJ Abdul kalaam
Explanation -:
Wings of Fire (1999), is the autobiography of the Missile Man of India and the former President of India, Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. It was written by him and Arun Tiwari.

91. Which great freedom fighter was known as Deshbandhu?

  • A) Aurobindo Ghosh
  • B) APJ Abdul kalaam
  • C) Chittaranjan Das
  • D) None



Ans:C) Chittaranjan Das
Explanation -:
Affectionately called ‘Deshbandhu’ by his admirers and followers, Chittaranjan Das was born on 5 November 1870 to Bhuban Mohan Das and Nistarini Devi in Central Calcutta*.

92. Silk City କାହାକୁ କୁହାଯାଏ ?

  • A) କେନ୍ଦ୍ରାପଡ଼ା
  • B) ବ୍ରହ୍ମପୁର
  • C) କଟକ
  • D) ପୁରୀ



Ans:B) ବ୍ରହ୍ମପୁର


93. The National Human Rights commission was established in the year:

  • A) 2000
  • B) 1992
  • C) 1993
  • D) 1998



Ans: C) 1993

Explanation-: • The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India was established on 12th October 1993.

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