ANSWER: C
In 920, Raja Sahil Varman (or Raja Sahil Verman) shifted the capital of the kingdom to Chamba, following the specific request of his daughter Champavati (Chamba was named after her). From the time of Raju Maru, 67 Rajas of this dynasty ruled over Chamba until it finally merged with the Indian Union in April 1948, although Chamba was under British suzerainty from 1846 to this time.
ANSWER: A
During the reign of Jagat singh Raja of Nurpur princely state the fort of maukot, nurper and taragarh were captured by the mughals.
ANSWER: B
Alexander Cunningham
ANSWER: A
In 1803, Gurkha’s captured the Sirmaur princely state.
ANSWER: C
Raja Kehri Singh, 113th Ruler of Bushahr. He signed an agreement for free trade with Tibbet king. Raja Kehri Singh (1639-1696) of Bushahr was a contemporary of ‘Grajayadoke’, the ruler of Tibet. During this time, the Raja of Ladakh annexed a part of Tibetan territory. A Tibetan commander, ‘Guldenchhen’ started his preparation to take back the territory. Kehri Singh learnt about it and concluded a treaty with Tibet. Raja Kehri Singh was given Chhatrapati title by Aurangzeb the Mughal ruler when he visited the Delhi Mughal Court.
ANSWER: C
Hesidros is the Greek name of River Satluj. Hydaspes is the Greek name of River jhelum. Hyphasis is the Greek name of River Beas. Acensines is the Greek name of River Chenab.
ANSWER: ( Wrong options )
But according to answer key C is the right answer.
ANSWER: A
Kunzum Pass, is a high mountain pass in the eastern Kunzum Range of the Himalayas. It connects Lahaul valley and Spiti valley. It is on the route from Gramphoo in Lahaul to Kaza the subdivisional headquarters of Spiti. Kunzum Pass is 122 km from Manali, and 79 km from Kaza.
ANSWER: C
Bharari is a small Village/hamlet in Bilaspur Tehsil in Bilaspur District District of Himachal Pradesh State, India. It comes under Bharari Panchayath. It is located 6 KM towards South from District head quarters Bilaspur,. 51 KM from State capital Shimla.
ANSWER: C
The Sawra-Kuddu project is a Run-of-river scheme on the Pabbar river, a tributary of the Yamuna, in Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh. The Capicity of Sawra-Kuddu project is 111 mw.
ANSWER: D
Kangra and Chamba
ANSWER: B
The State Government of Himachal Pradesh has launched a new scheme named as Mata Shabri Mahila Sashaktikaran Yojana. Under this scheme, the state government will provide LPG connections to women from BPL families and scheduled caste families whose annual income does not exceed Rs 35,000 in the state. Maximum subsidy under Mata Shabri Mahila Sashaktikaran Yojana is 50 % subject to maximum rupees of 1300.
ANSWER: D
Hateshwari Temple is one of the highly revered shrines, dedicated to Goddess Hateshwari, in Kinnaur District, Himachal Pradesh. This temple complex, which dates back to the 7th and 8th centuries, shows a strong Buddhist influence in its architecture. Brahmi script adorning the sanctum sanctorum is yet to be deciphered. The compound also houses a Shiva shrine and a few small temples dedicated to Pandavas. Legends say that the Pandavas had lived here for a while during their exile.
Mata Hateshwari Temple is considered to be the most powerful Goddess among the local folks. As one enters the premises of the temple, it caught its visitor with its celestial beauty. There are a number of historic monuments which captivates the interest of its visitor and a complete feeling of peace and divinity covers mind and soul. Inside the temple there are five stones knows as “Deols”, which are believed to be made by the Pandavs during Mahabharat period, the Deols are placed in descending order, as the first one is the largest among the others. Temple of Mata Hateshwari is unexplainable.
ANSWER: C
Padmavat is an epic poem written in 1540 by Sufi poet Malik Muhammad Jayasi, who wrote it in the Hindustani language of Awadhi, and originally in the Persian Nastaʿlīq script. It is the oldest extant text among the important works in Awadhi.
ANSWER: B
Three
ANSWER: C
SHEEP BREEDING FARMS
SR.NO. | NAME |
1. | Sheep Breeding Farm, Jeori Distt . Shimla |
2. | Sheep Breeding Farm, Tal Distt . Hamirpur |
3. | Sheep Breeding Farm, Sarol Distt . Chamba |
4. | Sheep Breeding Farm, karchham distt . Kinnaur |
ANSWER: D
ANSWER: A
M/s Reliance cementation
ANSWER: B
Inderpal
ANSWER: A
C.G. Bruce wrote Kulu and Lahoul. Charles Granville Bruce, CB, MVO was a veteran Himalayan mountaineer and leader of the second and third British expeditions to Mount Everest in 1922 and 1924.
ANSWRE: A
Norway, Australia and Switzerland
ANSWER: A
ANSWER: B
Shankha Ghosh was an Indian poet and critic. Ghosh got his undergraduate degree in Arts in Bengali language from the Presidency College, Kolkata, Kolkata in 1951 and subsequently his master’s degree from the University of Calcutta in the year 1954. He also taught at Delhi University, the Indian Institute of Advanced Studies at Shimla, and at the Visva-Bharati University. He won many awards including Jnanpith Award in 2016.
ANSWER: B
Alok Kumar Verma is a former Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation in India(2017), who also served as Commissioner of Delhi Police and Director General of Tihar Jail.
ANSWER: B
Tehmina Janjua is a retired Pakistani career diplomat who served in BPS-22 grade (highest attainable rank for a serving officer) as the 29th Foreign Secretary of Pakistan.
ANSWER: B
Teachers’ Day is being celebrated all over India on September 5 to commemorate the birth anniversary of former President Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. The tradition of celebrating his birthday as the Teachers’ Day started in 1962.
ANSWER: B
ANSWER: A
68.3 Years
ANSWER: C
ANSWER: A
The Supreme Court issued contempt notice against sitting Calcutta high court judge justice CS Karnan on Wednesday for allegedly hitting out at his colleagues and former HC and SC judges with allegations of corruption.
ANSWER: A
The Kol tribe in Uttar Pradesh is found mainly in the districts of Mirzapur, Varanasi, Banda and Allahabad . It is the largest tribe found in the state Uttar Pradesh. They are said to have migrated from Central India(MP) some five centuries ago.
ANSWER: B
Vijay Pandurang Bhatkar is an Indian computer scientist, IT leader and educationalist. He is best known as the architect of India’s national initiative in supercomputing where he led the development of Param supercomputers. He is a Padma Bhushan, Padma Shri and Maharashtra Bhushan Award.
ANSWER: C
“None of the Above” (or NOTA) has been provided as an option to the voters of India in most elections since 2009. The Supreme Court in PUCL vs. Union of India Judgement 2013 directed the use of NOTA in the context of direct elections to the Lok Sabha and the respective state assemblies. By expressing a preference for none of the above, a citizen can choose not to vote for any candidates who are contesting the elections.
ANSWER: D
ANSWER: D
ANSWER: D
Bangalore is also known as the “Silicon Valley of India” because of its role in promoting the IT sector of India.
ANSWER: A
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021.
ANSWER: B
Juan Manuel Santos is a Colombian politician who was the President of Colombia from 2010 to 2018. He was the sole recipient of the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize.
ANSWER: B
António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres is a Portuguese politician and diplomat. Since 2017, he has served as Secretary-General of the United Nations, the ninth person to hold this title. A member of the Portuguese Socialist Party, Guterres served as Prime Minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002.
ANSWER: A
The 17th NAM Summit was held in Venezuela in 2016.
ANSWER: B
Nana Saheb Peshwa II, born as Dhondu Pant, was an Indian Peshwa of the Maratha empire, aristocrat and fighter, who led the rebellion in Kanpur during the Great Revolt of 1857. He was the adopted son of Peshwa bajirao II.
ANSWER: D
Womesh Chandra Bannerjee was an Indian barrister. He was the co-founder and first president of Indian National Congress. Born on 1844 at Calcutta he studied at the Oriental Seminary and the Hindu School. His career began in 1862 when he joined the firm of W. P.
ANSWER: A
The Theosophical Society was founded by Madame H. P. Blavatsky and Colonel Olcott in New York in 1875. In 1882, the headquarters of the Society were established in Adyar, near Madras (now Chennai) in India.
ANSWER: C
Sri Aurobindo was an Indian philosopher, yoga guru, maharishi, poet, and Indian nationalist. He was also a journalist, editing newspapers such as Bande Mataram.
ANSWER: D
The All-India Muslim League (popularised as the Muslim League) was a political party established in 1906 in British India. The first session of the party was held in Karachi in 1907.
ANSWER: A
Madan Lal Dhingra was an Indian revolutionary, pro-independence activist. While studying in England, he assassinated William Hutt Curzon Wyllie, a British official.
ANSWER: B
ANSWER: C
S.V. Ghate was the first General Secretary of CPI. There were many communist groups formed by Indians with the help of foreigners in different parts of the world, Tashkent group of Contacts were made with Anushilan and Jugantar the groups in Bengal, and small communist groups were formed in Bombay (led by S.A.
ANSWER: B
Government of Bihar has planned year-long celebrations to mark the 100th anniversary (2017) of his first visit to Bihar and the Satyagraha movement led by Mahatma Gandhi eventually united the whole nation in its fight for freedom.
ANSWER: D
The Bardoli Satyagraha, in the state of Gujarat, India during the British Raj, was a major episode of civil disobedience and revolt in the Indian Independence Movement on 12 June 1928.
ANSWER: B
Caves, sinkholes, underground streams – karst landforms can be spectacular and support unique ecosystems, which is why they need protection. ‘Karst’ is a distinct landform shaped largely by the dissolving action of water on carbonate rock such as limestone, dolomite and marble.
ANSWER: A
The Cerrado is a vast tropical savanna ecoregion of Brazil, particularly in the states of Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Tocantins, Minas Gerais and the Federal District. The core areas of the Cerrado biome are the Brazilian highlands, the Planalto.
ANSWER: D
J. A. STEERS, who, in September, is to succeed Prof. F. Debeuham as professor of geography in the University of Cambridge, was one of the first generation of geographers to take the newly constituted Geographical Tripos after the First World War.
ANSWER: A
ANSWER: B
ANSWER: A
ANSWER: C
The Philippine Trench (Mindanao Trench) is a submarine trench to the east of the Philippines. The trench is located in the Philippine sea of the western North Pacific Ocean and continues NNW-SSE.
ANSWER: B
ANSWER: D
ANSWER: A
ANSWER: A
In 1985, the Tenth Schedule of the 52nd amendment to the Constitution of India was passed by the Parliament of India to achieve this. Following recommendations from many constitutional bodies, Parliament in 2003 passed the Ninety-first Amendment to the Constitution of India.
ANSWER: B
The “Procedure Established by Law” means that a law is duly enacted by the legislature or the concerned body is valid only if the correct procedure has been followed to the letter.
ANSWER: B
The Office of the Speaker in India is a living and dynamic institution which deals with the actual needs and problems of Parliament in the performance of its functions.
Article 93 of the Constitution provides for the election of both the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker.
The Speaker is the constitutional and ceremonial head of the House.
Each House of Parliament has its own presiding officer. There is a Speaker and a Deputy Speaker for the Lok Sabha and a Chairman and a Deputy Chairman for the Rajya Sabha.
ANSWER: C
Article 120(1) in The Constitution Of India 1949 : Notwithstanding anything in Part XVII, but subject to the Article 348, business in Parliament shall be transacted in Hindi or in English: Provided that the Chairman of the Council of States or Speaker of the House of the People, or Person acting as such, as the Case may be, may permit any member who cannot adequately express himself in Hindi or in English to address the House in his mother tongue.
ANSWER: A
In the Indian Constitution, OBCs are described as socially and educationally backward classes (SEBC), and the Government of India is enjoined to ensure their social and educational development — for example, the OBCs are entitled to 27% reservations in public sector employment and higher education.
ANSWER:
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ANSWER: A
Preamble declares India to be a sovereign, socialist, secular and democratic republic. The objectives stated by the Preamble are to secure justice, liberty, equality to all citizens and promote fraternity to maintain unity and integrity of the nation.
ANSWER: C
ANSWER: C
Article 360 : Provisions as to financial emergency. (1) If the President is satisfied that a situation has arisen whereby the financial stability or credit of India or of any part of the territory thereof is threatened, he may by a Proclamation make a declaration to that effect.
ANSWER: A
Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana was launched by Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi on 1 May 2016 to distribute 50 million LPG connections to women of Below Poverty Line families. A budgetary allocation of ₹80 billion was made for the scheme.
ANSWER: C
Finance Commission is a constitutional body for the purpose of allocation of certain revenue resources between the Union and the State Governments. It was established under Article 280 of the Indian Constitution by the Indian President. It was created to define the financial relations between the Centre and the states.
ANSWER: B
Rs. 48000 Cr.
ANSWER: B
Himachal Pradesh Table Data
Description | 2011 | 2001 |
Literacy | 82.80 % | 76.48 % |
Male Literacy | 89.53 % | 85.35 % |
Female Literacy | 75.93 % | 67.42 % |
Total Literate | 5,039,736 | 4,041,621 |
ANSWER:
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ANSWER: C
NSSO stands for a national sample survey organization. It is the organization under the ministry of statistics of the government of India. Functions of NSSO: 1. It conducts socio-economic surveys on various subjects like employment, consumer expenditure, health, unemployment, and medical services, etc.
ANSWER: A
The Government of India has launched the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) with the aim of providing basic civic amenities like water supply, sewerage, urban transport, parks as to improve the quality of life for all especially the poor and the disadvantaged.
ANSWER: C
With around 40 percent of Odisha’s population living below the poverty line, the incidence of poverty is highest here followed by Jharkhand (34.8 percent), Bihar (32.5 percent) and Madhya Pradesh (32.4 percent).
ANSWER: C
ANSWER: B
ANSWER: C
ANSWER: C
There were 26 Ramsar sites in India.
ANSWER: B
2006
ANSWER: B
Ecosystem services are the many and varied benefits to humans provided by the natural environment and from healthy ecosystems. These ecosystems, functioning in healthy relationship, offer such things like natural pollination of crops, clean air, extreme weather mitigation, and human mental and physical well-being.
ANSWER: A
Sustainable tourism development is envisaged as leading to management of all resources in such a way that we can fulfill economic, social and aesthetic needs while maintaining cultural integrity, essential ecological processes, biological diversity and life support systems.
ANSWER: A
Basel Convention, is an international treaty that was designed to reduce the movements of hazardous waste between nations, and specifically to prevent transfer of hazardous waste from developed to less developed countries. It does not, however, address the movement of radioactive waste.
ANSWER:
(Question Scrapped)
ANSWER: B
Secondary treatment is the removal of biodegradable organic matter (in solution or suspension) from sewage or similar kinds of wastewater. The aim is to achieve a certain degree of effluent quality in a sewage treatment plant suitable for the intended disposal or reuse option.
ANSWER: D
ANSWER:
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ANSWER: B
Kanha Tiger Reserve, also called Kanha National Park, is one of the tiger reserves of India and the largest national park of Madhya Pradesh, state in the heart of India. The present-day Kanha area is divided into two sanctuaries, Hallon and Banjar, of 250 and 300 km2 respectively.
Hard ground swamp deer (Barasingha or Rucervus duvaucelii), the state animal of Madhya Pradesh, is seeing a revival in the Kanha National Park and Tiger Reserve (KNPTR) after having been perilously close to extinction for a long time. The species now numbers 800, after five decades of persistent conservation work.
ANSWER: B
Nitrogen is important to the chemical industry. It is used to make fertilisers, nitric acid, nylon, dyes and explosives. To make these products, nitrogen must first be reacted with hydrogen to produce ammonia.
ANSWER: A
Lichens are a complex life form that is a symbiotic partnership of two separate organisms, a fungus and an alga. The dominant partner is the fungus, which gives the lichen the majority of its characteristics, from its thallus shape to its fruiting bodies. Many lichens will have both types of algae.
ANSWER: C
Baking soda is a leavening agent used in baked goods like cakes, muffins, and cookies. Formally known as sodium bicarbonate, it’s a white crystalline powder that is naturally alkaline, or basic (1). Baking soda becomes activated when it’s combined with both an acidic ingredient and a liquid.
ANSWER: C
It is a laxative (osmotic-type) that is thought to work by drawing water into the intestines, an effect that helps to cause movement of the intestines. This medication is also used to treat symptoms caused by too much stomach acid such as heartburn, upset stomach, or indigestion.
ANSWER: D
Chlorophyll degradation is an important catabolic process that is catalyzed by a multistep pathway and occurs during leaf senescence and fruit ripening. An early reaction of the chlorophyll degradation pathway is dephytylation.
ANSWER: D
An instrument used in measuring the depth of water by the time required for a sound wave to travel from surface to bottom and for its echo to be returned. It may also be used for measuring the rise and fall of the tides in offshore localities.
ANSWER: C
A light-year is a measurement of distance and not time (as the name might imply). A light-year is the distance a beam of light travels in a single Earth year, which equates to approximately 6 trillion miles (9.7 trillion kilometers).
ANSWER: B
ANSWER: B
Acetone is a liquid solvent that can break down and dissolve other substances. Companies include acetone in products such as nail polish remover, paint remover, and varnish remover. Some also use acetone to manufacture plastics, lacquers, and textiles.
ANSWER: D
Argon is often used when an inert atmosphere is needed. It is used in this way for the production of titanium and other reactive elements. It is also used by welders to protect the weld area and in incandescent light bulbs to stop oxygen from corroding the filament.
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