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Q.351
The Khajuraho Dance Festival, held every year against the backdrop of the Western group of temples, mainly presents which art?
- A Tribal folk dances of Madhya Pradesh
- B Indian classical dance forms
- C Hindustani classical vocal music
- D Folk theatre such as Maach
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Correct answer: (B) Indian classical dance forms
The festival brings Kathak, Bharatanatyam, Odissi and other classical dance forms to a stage in front of the Chandela temples. Folk and tribal dance is the focus of Lokrang at Bhopal.
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Q.352
Dr Hari Singh Gour University, the oldest university of Madhya Pradesh founded in 1946 by Dr Gour himself, is located at:
- A Jabalpur
- B Rewa
- C Sagar
- D Gwalior
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Correct answer: (C) Sagar
The university at Sagar was founded on 18 July 1946 by jurist Dr Hari Singh Gour from his own wealth and became a central university in 2009.
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Q.353
The heavy electrical equipment plant at Bhopal, the first unit of what later became BHEL, was set up in the 1950s with technical collaboration from which country?
- A United Kingdom
- B Soviet Union
- C Czechoslovakia
- D West Germany
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Correct answer: (A) United Kingdom
Heavy Electricals (India) Ltd began at Bhopal in 1956 with help from Associated Electrical Industries of Britain. BHEL's Haridwar units were built with Soviet help and those at Tiruchirappalli and Hyderabad with Czechoslovak help.
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Q.354
The Nimar region, covering Khargone, Barwani and Khandwa districts, lies in which physiographic unit of Madhya Pradesh?
- A The Chambal ravine belt
- B The lower (western) Narmada valley
- C The Baghelkhand plateau
- D The Bundelkhand upland
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Correct answer: (B) The lower (western) Narmada valley
Nimar is the lower Narmada valley in south-western Madhya Pradesh, lying between the Vindhya and Satpura ranges. Maheshwar and Omkareshwar on the Narmada lie in this region.
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Q.355
When the rebels took Gwalior in June 1858, the Scindia ruler Jayajirao, who stayed loyal to the British, fled to which place?
- A Indore
- B Jhansi
- C Agra
- D Kalpi
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Correct answer: (C) Agra
Jayajirao's own troops went over to the rebels, so he escaped to the British at Agra. He returned after Gwalior was recaptured.
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Q.356
The Indira Sagar project, the largest reservoir in India by storage capacity, is built on the Narmada at Punasa in which district?
- A Khandwa
- B Khargone
- C Dhar
- D Harda
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Correct answer: (A) Khandwa
Indira Sagar dam is at Punasa in Khandwa district; the Omkareshwar project downstream is on the Khandwa-Khargone border.
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Q.357
Which of the following folk dances belongs to Chhattisgarh and not to present-day Madhya Pradesh?
- A Matki
- B Badhai
- C Panthi
- D Rai
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Correct answer: (C) Panthi
Panthi is the devotional dance of the Satnami community of Chhattisgarh. Matki belongs to Malwa, while Badhai and Rai belong to Bundelkhand.
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Q.358
Ahilyabai's husband, who was killed in 1754 during the siege of Kumher fort, was:
- A Malhar Rao Holkar
- B Male Rao Holkar
- C Tukoji Rao Holkar I
- D Khande Rao Holkar
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Correct answer: (D) Khande Rao Holkar
Khande Rao, son of Malhar Rao Holkar, died at Kumher in the Jat territory of Bharatpur in 1754; Male Rao was the son of Khande Rao and Ahilyabai.
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Q.359
By which treaty of 1803 did Daulat Rao Scindia make peace with the British after his defeat in the Second Anglo-Maratha War?
- A Treaty of Surji-Anjangaon
- B Treaty of Deogaon
- C Treaty of Bassein
- D Treaty of Rajghat
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Correct answer: (A) Treaty of Surji-Anjangaon
After defeats at Assaye and Laswari, Daulat Rao Scindia signed the Treaty of Surji-Anjangaon in December 1803 and ceded territory to the British. The Bhonsle of Nagpur signed the Treaty of Deogaon, and Holkar made peace at Rajghat in 1805.
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Q.360
Madhya Pradesh was reorganised in 1956 on the recommendations of the States Reorganisation Commission headed by whom?
- A K. M. Panikkar
- B H. N. Kunzru
- C Fazl Ali
- D S. K. Dar
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Correct answer: (C) Fazl Ali
The States Reorganisation Commission (1953-55) was chaired by Justice Fazl Ali, with K. M. Panikkar and H. N. Kunzru as members. The S. K. Dar Commission (1948) had examined linguistic states earlier.
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Q.361
After defeating Nizam-ul-Mulk near Bhopal in 1737, Peshwa Bajirao I secured the promise of Malwa through which agreement of 1738?
- A Treaty of Salbai
- B Treaty of Bassein
- C Convention of Doraha (Durai Sarai)
- D Treaty of Mandsaur
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Correct answer: (C) Convention of Doraha (Durai Sarai)
At Doraha (Durai Sarai) in January 1738 the defeated Nizam promised to obtain Malwa for the Marathas from the Mughal emperor. The Treaty of Mandsaur (1818) belongs to the Holkars' defeat by the British.
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Q.362
Which national park of Madhya Pradesh is associated with the setting of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book and the character Mowgli?
- A Kanha
- B Satpura
- C Madhav
- D Pench
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Correct answer: (D) Pench
Pench National Park, named after the Pench river in Seoni and Chhindwara districts, is regarded as the landscape of The Jungle Book; Seoni is called Mowgli land.
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Q.363
Bauxite in Madhya Pradesh is mined mainly in which areas?
- A Panna and Chhatarpur
- B Katni and the Amarkantak plateau
- C Bhind and Morena
- D Ratlam and Mandsaur
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Correct answer: (B) Katni and the Amarkantak plateau
Bauxite, the ore of aluminium, occurs as laterite cappings on the plateaus around Katni, Jabalpur, Amarkantak (Anuppur), Shahdol and Mandla. Panna is known for diamonds instead.
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Q.364
Bhuri Bai of Jhabua district, who moved from painting house walls to paper and canvas after working at Bharat Bhavan, is an artist of which tribal tradition?
- A Gond
- B Baiga
- C Saharia
- D Bhil
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Correct answer: (D) Bhil
Bhuri Bai paints in the Bhil style, which builds images out of rows of coloured dots. Gond painting is a separate tradition of the Pardhan Gonds of eastern Madhya Pradesh.
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Q.365
Which artist from Patangarh village in Dindori district pioneered the modern Gond painting style?
- A Jangarh Singh Shyam
- B Bhuri Bai
- C Jivya Soma Mashe
- D Jamini Roy
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Correct answer: (A) Jangarh Singh Shyam
Jangarh Singh Shyam, discovered by J Swaminathan for Bharat Bhavan in the 1980s, created the Jangarh Kalam style of Gond painting; Bhuri Bai is a Bhil painter and Jivya Soma Mashe a Warli artist.
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Q.366
The Alha Khand, the heroic ballad of the warrior brothers Alha and Udal sung across Bundelkhand, is traditionally attributed to which poet?
- A Chand Bardai
- B Keshavdas
- C Jagnik
- D Isuri
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Correct answer: (C) Jagnik
Jagnik, a court poet of the Chandela ruler Paramardi, is credited with the Alha Khand, and Alha singing remains a monsoon tradition of Bundelkhand. Chand Bardai is credited with the Prithviraj Raso.
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Q.367
Consider the following statements about the Pindaris: 1. They were irregular horsemen who accompanied the Scindia and Holkar armies. 2. After the campaign of 1817-18, the British executed their leader Karim Khan. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- A Only 1
- B Only 2
- C Both 1 and 2
- D Neither 1 nor 2
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Correct answer: (A) Only 1
The Pindaris raided widely in the service of Scindia and Holkar, hence the groups called Sindhia Shahi and Holkar Shahi. Statement 2 is wrong: Karim Khan surrendered and was settled on a small estate in Gorakhpur district.
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Q.368
The Bhimgarh dam (Sanjay Sarovar) in Seoni district is built on which river?
- A Wainganga
- B Pench
- C Tawa
- D Kanhan
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Correct answer: (A) Wainganga
Bhimgarh, the large earthen dam of the Sanjay Sarovar project, impounds the Wainganga in Seoni district. The Pench and the Kanhan are tributaries in the same Godavari basin.
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Q.369
Which of the following music and arts institutions is NOT located in Madhya Pradesh?
- A Raja Mansingh Tomar Music and Arts University
- B Kalidas Akademi
- C Ustad Allauddin Khan Sangeet Evam Kala Akademi
- D Indira Kala Sangeet Vishwavidyalaya
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Correct answer: (D) Indira Kala Sangeet Vishwavidyalaya
Indira Kala Sangeet Vishwavidyalaya is at Khairagarh, which became part of Chhattisgarh in 2000. The Raja Mansingh Tomar university is at Gwalior, the Kalidas Akademi at Ujjain and the Allauddin Khan academy at Bhopal.
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Q.370
Which former Prime Minister of India was born at Gwalior in 1924?
- A Chandra Shekhar
- B V. P. Singh
- C Charan Singh
- D Atal Bihari Vajpayee
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Correct answer: (D) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Atal Bihari Vajpayee was born at Gwalior on 25 December 1924. Chandra Shekhar (Ballia) and V. P. Singh (Allahabad) were born in Uttar Pradesh.
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Q.371
Saadat Khan (Shahadat Khan), a commander in the Holkar army, led the attack of 1 July 1857 on which British establishment?
- A The Gwalior Residency
- B The Indore Residency
- C The Sehore Political Agency
- D The Jabalpur Cantonment
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Correct answer: (B) The Indore Residency
Saadat Khan's men attacked the Residency at Indore on 1 July 1857, forcing the British officials to flee. He evaded capture for years but was eventually caught and hanged at Indore in 1874.
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Q.372
The fossil skull known as 'Narmada Man', found in 1982 at Hathnora in the Narmada valley, comes from which district?
- A Sehore
- B Narsinghpur
- C Narmadapuram (Hoshangabad)
- D Raisen
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Correct answer: (A) Sehore
Arun Sonakia of the Geological Survey of India found the skull at Hathnora, on the Narmada in Sehore district, in 1982. It is the fossil of an archaic (early) human.
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Q.373
Bhima Nayak, a Bhil leader who fought the British in the years around 1857, is associated with which area of Madhya Pradesh?
- A Mandla
- B Sheopur
- C Betul
- D Barwani
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Correct answer: (D) Barwani
Bhima Nayak led Bhil resistance in the Barwani area of Nimar and is remembered, along with Tantya Bhil, as a tribal hero of the region.
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Q.374
Tendu leaves, an important minor forest produce collected in Madhya Pradesh, are used mainly for:
- A Rolling bidis
- B Making paper
- C Producing lac
- D Tanning leather
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Correct answer: (A) Rolling bidis
Leaves of the tendu tree (Diospyros melanoxylon) are used as wrappers for bidis, and their seasonal collection gives cash income to many forest-dwelling families. Sagar and Jabalpur are old centres of the bidi industry.
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Q.375
In 1972 a large number of Chambal valley dacoits, including Mohar Singh and Madho Singh, surrendered at Jaura in Morena district before which leader?
- A Vinoba Bhave
- B Ram Manohar Lohia
- C Jayaprakash Narayan
- D J. B. Kripalani
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Correct answer: (C) Jayaprakash Narayan
Jayaprakash Narayan received the mass surrender at the Gandhi Seva Ashram, Jaura, in April 1972. Vinoba Bhave had earlier persuaded a smaller group of Chambal dacoits to surrender in 1960.
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Q.376
Pachmarhi, which served as the summer capital of the Central Provinces, was brought to British notice in 1857 by which officer?
- A Sir John Malcolm
- B Colonel William Sleeman
- C Sir Richard Temple
- D Captain James Forsyth
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Correct answer: (D) Captain James Forsyth
Captain James Forsyth reached the Pachmarhi plateau in 1857 and described it in The Highlands of Central India; it later became a hill station and the summer seat of the Central Provinces government.
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Q.377
Madhya Bharat (1948-56) had two capitals used in different seasons. Which pair is correct?
- A Indore (winter) and Gwalior (summer)
- B Gwalior (winter) and Ujjain (summer)
- C Indore (winter) and Mandu (summer)
- D Gwalior (winter) and Indore (summer)
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Correct answer: (D) Gwalior (winter) and Indore (summer)
Gwalior, seat of the Rajpramukh, was the winter capital, and Indore, with its milder summer, was the summer capital.
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Q.378
Which of the following sites is correctly matched with its present district?
- A Navdatoli – Mandsaur
- B Bhojpur – Vidisha
- C Adamgarh – Dhar
- D Kayatha – Ujjain
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Correct answer: (D) Kayatha – Ujjain
Kayatha, which gives its name to the Kayatha Chalcolithic culture, is near Ujjain in Ujjain district. Navdatoli is in Khargone district, Bhojpur in Raisen and Adamgarh near Narmadapuram.
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Q.379
The ultra mega solar power park at Rewa in Madhya Pradesh has a capacity of about how much?
- A 250 MW
- B 500 MW
- C 1000 MW
- D 750 MW
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Correct answer: (D) 750 MW
The Rewa Ultra Mega Solar project (750 MW), fully commissioned in 2020 at Gurh tehsil, was among the largest single-site solar parks in the world and supplies Delhi Metro.
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Q.380
The ravines (beehad) along the Chambal in Bhind and Morena are mainly the result of which process?
- A Wind erosion
- B Gully erosion by running water
- C Glacial erosion
- D Marine erosion
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Correct answer: (B) Gully erosion by running water
Monsoon run-off cutting into the soft alluvium of the Chambal valley has produced deep gullies, the Chambal ravines. This gully erosion keeps eating into farmland in Bhind, Morena and Sheopur.
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Q.381
The Vikram Samvat, traditionally linked with King Vikramaditya of Ujjain, begins in which year?
- A 78 CE
- B 248 CE
- C 57 BCE
- D 319 CE
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Correct answer: (C) 57 BCE
The Vikram Samvat starts in 57 BCE, so it runs 57 years ahead of the Common Era. The Shaka era starts in 78 CE and the Gupta era in 319-320 CE.
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Q.382
Rani Durgavati, who died fighting Akbar's general Asaf Khan in 1564, ruled which kingdom?
- A Chanderi
- B Orchha
- C Deogarh
- D Garha-Katanga
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Correct answer: (D) Garha-Katanga
Durgavati, a Chandela princess married into the Gond royal family, ruled the Gond kingdom of Garha-Katanga (Garha-Mandla) as regent and chose death over capture near Jabalpur.
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Q.383
Which historic city of Madhya Pradesh stands on the banks of the Tapti?
- A Khandwa
- B Harda
- C Burhanpur
- D Mandla
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Correct answer: (C) Burhanpur
Burhanpur, once a Mughal stronghold on the route to the Deccan, lies on the north bank of the Tapti. Mandla is on the Narmada, while Khandwa and Harda are not on the Tapti.
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Q.384
The state bird of Madhya Pradesh is which of the following?
- A Indian roller
- B Peacock
- C Sarus crane
- D Dudhraj (Asian paradise flycatcher)
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Correct answer: (D) Dudhraj (Asian paradise flycatcher)
The dudhraj or Asian paradise flycatcher is the state bird; the Indian roller (neelkanth) is the state bird of Odisha and Karnataka, among others.
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Q.385
Which shrine in Gwalior fort has a 9th-century inscription famous for one of the earliest known uses of a round symbol for zero in India?
- A Teli ka Mandir
- B Chaturbhuj temple
- C Sahasrabahu (Saas-Bahu) temple
- D Man Mandir
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Correct answer: (B) Chaturbhuj temple
The inscription at the small rock-cut Chaturbhuj temple, dated 876 CE in the Pratihara period, writes the number 270 using a circle for zero.
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Q.386
Before Akbar called him to the Mughal court in 1562, Tansen was the court musician of which ruler?
- A Bir Singh Deo Bundela of Orchha
- B Raja Ramchandra Baghela of Rewa
- C Medini Rai of Chanderi
- D Baz Bahadur of Malwa
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Correct answer: (B) Raja Ramchandra Baghela of Rewa
Tansen served Raja Ramchandra of the Baghela kingdom (Bandhavgarh-Rewa), who sent him to Akbar in 1562. Bir Singh Deo of Orchha belongs to the later reign of Jahangir.
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Q.387
Consider the following statements: 1. The Bailadila iron ore mines lie in present-day Madhya Pradesh. 2. The Singrauli coalfield extends from Madhya Pradesh into Uttar Pradesh. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- A 1 only
- B 2 only
- C Both 1 and 2
- D Neither 1 nor 2
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Correct answer: (B) 2 only
Bailadila is in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh, which separated from Madhya Pradesh in 2000. The Singrauli coalfield spreads over Singrauli district and Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh, and Northern Coalfields mines both parts.
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Q.388
Maheshwar, the Narmada town known for Maheshwari sarees, lies in which district?
- A Khargone
- B Khandwa
- C Barwani
- D Dhar
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Correct answer: (A) Khargone
Maheshwar is in Khargone (West Nimar) district, and Maheshwari sarees carry a GI tag. Omkareshwar, upstream on the Narmada, is in Khandwa district.
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Q.389
The Sailana (Ratlam) and Sardarpur (Dhar) sanctuaries were set up to protect which bird?
- A Great Indian bustard (son chiraiya)
- B Sarus crane
- C Lesser florican (kharmor)
- D Indian vulture
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Correct answer: (C) Lesser florican (kharmor)
Both are kharmor sanctuaries for the lesser florican, which breeds in the monsoon grasslands of western Malwa and displays with high leaps. The great Indian bustard was the focus of the Ghatigaon sanctuary near Gwalior.
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Q.390
Bee Falls, Rajat Prapat and Apsara Vihar are well-known spots at which hill station?
- A Amarkantak
- B Mandu
- C Pachmarhi
- D Omkareshwar
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Correct answer: (C) Pachmarhi
These waterfalls and pools lie around Pachmarhi in the Mahadeo hills of the Satpura range.
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Q.391
Which coalfield is NOT correctly matched with its district?
- A Sohagpur – Shahdol
- B Pench-Kanhan – Balaghat
- C Johilla – Umaria
- D Pathakhera – Betul
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Correct answer: (B) Pench-Kanhan – Balaghat
The Pench-Kanhan coalfield, with mines around Parasia and Junnardeo, is in Chhindwara district, not Balaghat. The other three pairs are correct.
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Q.392
Singer Lata Mangeshkar was born in 1929 in which city of Madhya Pradesh?
- A Bhopal
- B Indore
- C Gwalior
- D Jabalpur
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Correct answer: (B) Indore
Lata Mangeshkar, the Bharat Ratna awardee, was born on 28 September 1929 at Indore, where her father Deenanath Mangeshkar was performing.
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Q.393
Satna, surrounded by large limestone deposits, is best known for which industry?
- A Cement
- B Cotton textiles
- C Newsprint
- D Fertilisers
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Correct answer: (A) Cement
Satna and nearby Maihar and Rewa sit on Vindhyan limestone, which supports several large cement plants. Katni and Damoh are other cement and lime centres.
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Q.394
The tomb of Hoshang Shah at Mandu is notable because it is built almost entirely of which material?
- A White marble
- B Red sandstone
- C Granite
- D Burnt brick
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Correct answer: (A) White marble
Hoshang Shah's tomb, completed in the fifteenth century, is an early example of a building faced entirely in white marble, and Shah Jahan's architects are said to have studied it. Red sandstone is typical of the earlier Delhi Sultanate buildings.
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Q.395
Which city was the capital of the ancient Avanti Mahajanapada?
- A Vidisha
- B Mahishmati
- C Tripuri
- D Ujjain
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Correct answer: (D) Ujjain
Ujjayini (modern Ujjain) was the capital of Avanti, one of the sixteen Mahajanapadas. Mahishmati was the capital of the southern part of Avanti in some periods.
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Q.396
The Jungle Satyagraha of 1930 in the Central Provinces, in which tribal people defied the forest laws, was part of which national movement?
- A Non-Cooperation Movement
- B Civil Disobedience Movement
- C Quit India Movement
- D Khilafat Movement
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Correct answer: (B) Civil Disobedience Movement
In 1930, as part of Civil Disobedience, people in the forest districts of the Central Provinces cut grass and wood in reserved forests to break the forest laws, much as others broke the salt law.
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