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Q :  

What is the objective of 'Bharatmala' project?

(A) Building highways

(B) Educating girl children

(C) Connecting India's rivers

(D) Electrification of all villages

Correct Answer : A

Q :  

In which state is the Nalanda University situated? 

(A) Bihar

(B) Assam

(C) West Bengal

(D) Odisha

Correct Answer : A

Q :  

Which of the following rivers does the River Kshipra finally join? 

(A) Chambal

(B) Betwa

(C) Ken

(D) Narmada

Correct Answer : A

Q :  

Which of the following instruments has its strings made of horse - hair?

(A) Ektara

(B) Chinkara

(C) Khamak

(D) Rawanhatta

Correct Answer : B
Explanation :

Strings of Chinkara are made of horsehair. Chinkara is a bowed string instrument. It has three strings, 2 horsehairs, 1 steel. It is a local instrument found in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.


Q :  

Which of the following pairs is not correct regarding Fundamental Duties?

(A) Renounce : Practices derogatory to the dignity of women.

(B) Develop : Scientific temper , humanism and the spirit of inquiry and reform.

(C) Preserve : Sovereignty , unity and integrity of India.

(D) Promote : Harmony and the spirit of common brotherhood amongst all the People of India.

Correct Answer : C

Q :  

Which of the following pairs is not correct regarding Directive Principles of State Policy?

(A) Article 43A : Forty - second Amendment Act, 1976

(B) Article 49 : Forty - fourth Amendment Act , 1978

(C) Article 43B : Ninety - seventh Amendment Act, 2011

(D) Article 45 Eighty - sixth Amendment Act, 2002

Correct Answer : B

Q :  

Who arranged a scholarship for Veer Vinayak Damodar Sawarkar for his higher education in London?

(A) Shyamji Krishna Verma

(B) Subhash Chandra Bose

(C) Ras Bihari Bose

(D) Mohan Singh

Correct Answer : A

Q :  

Who wrote ‘Vande Mataram’ in book Anand Math’?

(A) Bankim Chandra Chattarjee

(B) Vyomesh Chandra Banerjee

(C) Vipin Chandra Pal

(D) Ravindra Nath Tagore

Correct Answer : A

Q :  

. Which is rightly matched?

Modern                        Location

Mahajanpad               period city

(A) Charsada -Taxila

(B) Sahet-Maheth - Saketa

(C) Kampil -Kaushambi

(D) Rajghat -Varanasi

Correct Answer : D

Q :  

Which of the following statements regarding Jainism is not true? 

(A) According to shwetambar tradition , a woman shall attain Moksha during her life span itself.

(B) However junior a jain sadhu (male saint) may be whenever he arrives , jain sadhavi (female saint) is bound to offer a formal welcome.

(C) There is a controversy regarding whether the 19th Teerthankar Mallinath was a male or a female.

(D) According to the Kalpasutra, at the time when Mahaveer attained Nirvana, the Jain Sadhus outnumbered Jain sadhvies.

Correct Answer : D

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