The Indian Standard Time is calculated from the clock tower of ______.
(A) Hamirpur
(B) Rampur
(C) Mirzapur
(D) Sambalpur
Indian Standard Time is calculated from the clock tower in Mirzapur nearly exactly on the reference longitude of IST at 82°30'E, within four angular minutes. In 1905, the meridian passing east of Allahabad was declared as a standard time zone for British India and was declared as IST in 1947 for the Dominion of India.
Which party government announced the formation of a second backward classes commission in 1978?
(A) Indian National Congress Party
(B) Bharatiya Janata Party
(C) Janata Party
(D) United Democratic Party
Janta party announced the formation of a second backward class commission in 1978. Morarji Desai was an Indian independence activist and the Prime Minister of India from 1977 to 1979. He was also the first Prime Minister to head India's first non-Congress Government. He was the first PM to Demonetize India.
Who is the writer of ‘Becoming’?
(A) Jhumpa Lahiri
(B) Sudha Murthy
(C) Michelle Obama
(D) Hillary Clinton
The upper part of the respiratory tract is provided with small hair-like structures called ______.
(A) bronchi
(B) cilia
(C) villi
(D) alveoli
Pin valley National park is situated in:
(A) Andhra Pradesh
(B) Arunachal Pradesh
(C) Himachal Pradesh
(D) Madhya Pradesh
Pin Valley National Park is a National park of India located in the Spiti Valley in the Lahaul and Spiti district, in the state of Himachal Pradesh. It is located in far northern India. It is part of Cold Desert (biosphere reserve).
Bhawai is a folk dance of which state?
(A) Haryana
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Gujarat
(D) Rajasthan
Who is known as the father of Blue Revolution in India?
(A) Verghese Kurien
(B) Sam Pitroda
(C) Hiralal Chaudhuri
(D) M.S. Swaminathan
Hiralal Chaudhuri and Dr. Arun Krishnsnan are known as Father of Blue revolution. The Blue Revolution in India was launched during the 7th Five Year Plan (1985-1990) during the sponsorship of the Fish Farmers Development Agency (FFDA) by the Central Government of India.
Which of the following has not been found in the excavation in Terracotta of Indus Valley sites?
(A) Buffalo
(B) Sheep
(C) Cow
(D) Pig
There is no evidences of cow in terracotta in Indus civilization
What was the strength of Indus economy-
(A) Agriculture
(B) Business
(C) Pattery
(D) Crockery
The economic base of Indus civilization was agriculture and animal husbandary cotton was first cultivated by the people of Indus civilization. In addition, they used to produce wheat, barley and rice, The Evidences of cow, ox, buffalo, camel, sheep, goot, pig, and dog etc. are found there. But Indus people didn’t know about horses. These people were expert in business and craft Industry.
At a place called Lothal, artificial dockyard was from which civilization-
(A) Indus Valley
(B) Mesopatamian
(C) Egyption
(D) Persian
Artificial Dockyard of Indus Valley civilization was at Lothal.
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