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Q.251
Which traditional craft of Gorakhpur district, known for its stylised clay horses and elephants, carries a GI tag?
- A Black pottery
- B Zari-zardozi
- C Wood carving
- D Terracotta work
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Correct answer: (D) Terracotta work
Gorakhpur terracotta, in which local potters hand-shape and decorate the figures before firing them, is a GI-tagged craft; wood carving is associated with Saharanpur.
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Q.252
Muir Central College at Allahabad, which grew into the University of Allahabad, was named after Sir William Muir, who was:
- A Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces
- B Viceroy and Governor-General of India
- C The first Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court
- D Principal of the Sanskrit College at Banaras
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Correct answer: (A) Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces
Sir William Muir, Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces from 1868 to 1874, promoted the college that became the nucleus of the University of Allahabad, founded in 1887.
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Q.253
Consider the following statements about the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council (Vidhan Parishad): 1. It is a permanent house and is not subject to dissolution. 2. Its members are elected for a term of five years. 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
Under Article 172 a Legislative Council is not subject to dissolution; its members serve six-year terms, with one-third retiring every second year. The five-year term applies to the Vidhan Sabha.
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Q.254
Which pair of fair and district is correctly matched?
- A Garhmukteshwar fair - Bahraich
- B Kampil fair - Gorakhpur
- C Shakumbhari Devi fair - Jhansi
- D Bateshwar fair - Agra
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Correct answer: (D) Bateshwar fair - Agra
Bateshwar, on the Yamuna in Agra district, holds a large animal fair in Kartik beside its row of Shiva temples. Garhmukteshwar is in Hapur, Kampil in Farrukhabad and Shakumbhari Devi in Saharanpur.
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Q.255
Mangal Pandey, the sepoy who attacked British officers at Barrackpore on 29 March 1857, is associated with which present district of Uttar Pradesh as his native place?
- A Ghazipur
- B Azamgarh
- C Ballia
- D Deoria
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Correct answer: (C) Ballia
Mangal Pandey is regarded as a native of Nagwa village in Ballia district. He served in the 34th Bengal Native Infantry at Barrackpore near Calcutta and was hanged there on 8 April 1857.
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Q.256
Kankali Tila, which yielded a large number of Jain sculptures and the remains of a Jain stupa, is at:
- A Kaushambi
- B Mathura
- C Shravasti
- D Ahichchhatra
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Correct answer: (B) Mathura
Kankali Tila at Mathura produced Jain images and inscriptions, many of the Kushana period, carved in the local red sandstone of the Mathura school. Ahichchhatra in Bareilly district is a Panchala site.
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Q.257
The 'Queen's Edict' engraved on the Allahabad pillar records the gifts of which queen of Ashoka?
- A Asandhimitra
- B Karuvaki
- C Tishyarakshita
- D Devi
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Correct answer: (B) Karuvaki
The Queen's Edict orders that the donations of the second queen Karuvaki, mother of Prince Tivara, be recorded in her name. Asandhimitra and Tishyarakshita are queens known from Buddhist chronicles.
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Q.258
Sir Syed Ahmad Khan's 'Asbab-e-Baghawat-e-Hind', written soon after 1857, deals with:
- A The causes of the revolt of 1857
- B The monuments of Delhi
- C The history of the Mughal emperors
- D The education of Muslim women
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Correct answer: (A) The causes of the revolt of 1857
In 'Asbab-e-Baghawat-e-Hind' (The Causes of the Indian Revolt) Sir Syed argued that British policies and the exclusion of Indians from the legislative council had caused the revolt. His 'Asar-us-Sanadid' describes the monuments of Delhi.
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Q.259
The Revolt of 1857 began on 10 May 1857 with a mutiny of sepoys at which cantonment in Uttar Pradesh?
- A Kanpur
- B Lucknow
- C Bareilly
- D Meerut
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Correct answer: (D) Meerut
The revolt broke out at Meerut on 10 May 1857, and the sepoys marched to Delhi the next day. Mangal Pandey's earlier act was at Barrackpore in Bengal, not in UP.
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Q.260
Which of the following works was NOT composed by Tulsidas?
- A Vinay Patrika
- B Kavitavali
- C Sur Saravali
- D Gitavali
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Correct answer: (C) Sur Saravali
Sur Saravali is traditionally attributed to Surdas. Vinay Patrika, Kavitavali and Gitavali are works of Tulsidas besides the Ramcharitmanas.
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Q.261
The tax called 'Turushkadanda', mentioned in land grants of the 11th-12th centuries, is associated with which dynasty?
- A Chandellas
- B Palas
- C Paramaras
- D Gahadavalas
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Correct answer: (D) Gahadavalas
Turushkadanda appears in Gahadavala grants and was probably raised to meet the Turkish threat, either for defence or as tribute. The Gahadavalas ruled from Kannauj and Varanasi.
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Q.262
Which of the following thermal power stations is correctly matched with its district?
- A Harduaganj - Gorakhpur
- B Panki - Varanasi
- C Tanda - Mathura
- D Parichha - Jhansi
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Correct answer: (D) Parichha - Jhansi
Parichha stands near the Betwa in Jhansi district; Harduaganj is in Aligarh, Panki in Kanpur and Tanda in Ambedkar Nagar.
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Q.263
The airport at Babatpur that serves Varanasi is named after:
- A Lal Bahadur Shastri
- B Chaudhary Charan Singh
- C Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya
- D Madan Mohan Malaviya
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Correct answer: (A) Lal Bahadur Shastri
Varanasi's airport is Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport, honouring the former Prime Minister born at Mughalsarai (now Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar in Chandauli district) near Varanasi; Lucknow's airport at Amausi is named after Chaudhary Charan Singh.
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Q.264
Chaiti, a semi-classical folk song form of eastern Uttar Pradesh whose lines often end with the refrain 'Rama', is traditionally sung in which month?
- A Sawan
- B Chaitra
- C Phalgun
- D Kartik
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Correct answer: (B) Chaitra
Chaiti takes its name from Chaitra (March-April), the month of Ram Navami, in which it is sung. Kajri belongs to Sawan, and Phaag or Hori songs to Phalgun.
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Q.265
Sculptures of the Mathura school of art, which flourished under the Kushanas, were mostly carved in:
- A Grey schist
- B Black basalt
- C White marble
- D Spotted red sandstone
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Correct answer: (D) Spotted red sandstone
Mathura sculptors worked in the local spotted red sandstone, producing some of the earliest Buddha images as well as Jain and Hindu figures. Grey-blue schist was the stone of the Gandhara school.
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Q.266
Ramghat at Chitrakoot, where Rama is believed to have spent part of his exile, lies on the bank of which river?
- A Mandakini
- B Ken
- C Betwa
- D Son
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Correct answer: (A) Mandakini
Chitrakoot, on the Uttar Pradesh-Madhya Pradesh border, grew along the Mandakini, a tributary of the Yamuna. The Ken flows through Banda, and the Betwa through Jhansi and Hamirpur.
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Q.267
Of the four revolutionaries executed in the Kakori case in December 1927, who was hanged at Gonda jail?
- A Ram Prasad Bismil
- B Rajendra Nath Lahiri
- C Ashfaqullah Khan
- D Thakur Roshan Singh
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Correct answer: (B) Rajendra Nath Lahiri
Rajendra Lahiri was hanged at Gonda on 17 December 1927, two days before the others. Bismil was hanged at Gorakhpur, Ashfaqullah Khan at Faizabad and Roshan Singh at Naini (Allahabad).
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Q.268
The Prayag Prashasti, an inscription engraved on the Allahabad pillar, was composed by Harisena in praise of which ruler?
- A Chandragupta II
- B Samudragupta
- C Skandagupta
- D Harshavardhana
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Correct answer: (B) Samudragupta
The Allahabad pillar inscription (Prayag Prashasti) by court poet Harisena records the conquests of Samudragupta. The Bhitari pillar inscription in Ghazipur relates to Skandagupta.
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Q.269
Which of the following rivers is a right-bank (southern) tributary of the Ganga?
- A Ramganga
- B Gomti
- C Ghaghara
- D Yamuna
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Correct answer: (D) Yamuna
The Yamuna flows in from the south-west and meets the Ganga at Prayagraj, so like the Son it is a right-bank tributary; the Ramganga, Gomti and Ghaghara come from the north and join on the left bank.
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Q.270
Ballia district, at the eastern edge of Uttar Pradesh on the Bihar border, lies between which two rivers?
- A Ganga and Gomti
- B Ganga and Ghaghara
- C Ghaghara and Rapti
- D Ganga and Son
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Correct answer: (B) Ganga and Ghaghara
Ballia is bounded by the Ghaghara (Saryu) on the north and the Ganga on the south, and both rivers separate it from Bihar along parts of its boundary.
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Q.271
Churk and Dalla in Sonbhadra district are known for which industry based on local limestone?
- A Cement
- B Glass
- C Fertiliser
- D Paper
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Correct answer: (A) Cement
The Vindhyan limestone of the Sonbhadra-Mirzapur area, the main raw material for cement, supports the cement plants at Churk and Dalla.
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Q.272
Consider the following statements about the Lucknow session of the Congress in December 1916: 1. Rajkumar Shukla met Gandhi there and urged him to visit Champaran. 2. Jawaharlal Nehru met Gandhi for the first time at this session. 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: (C) Both 1 and 2
Rajkumar Shukla, a Champaran cultivator, approached Gandhi at the Lucknow Congress, which led to the Champaran Satyagraha of 1917. Nehru also recorded that he first met Gandhi at Lucknow in 1916.
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Q.273
Dudhwa National Park, famous for its Terai sal forests, swamp deer and reintroduced rhinoceros, is located in which district?
- A Lakhimpur Kheri
- B Pilibhit
- C Bahraich
- D Shravasti
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Correct answer: (A) Lakhimpur Kheri
Dudhwa in Lakhimpur Kheri became a national park in 1977 and a tiger reserve in 1987; one-horned rhinos were reintroduced there in 1984. Pilibhit has its own tiger reserve.
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Q.274
The Jamunapari, a large dairy goat breed, is native to which district of Uttar Pradesh?
- A Bahraich
- B Etawah
- C Gorakhpur
- D Saharanpur
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Correct answer: (B) Etawah
The Jamunapari comes from the Chakarnagar area of Etawah, in the ravines between the Yamuna and the Chambal, which gives the breed its name.
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Q.275
Begum Akhtar, the ghazal and thumri singer remembered as 'Mallika-e-Ghazal', was born in 1914 in which town of Uttar Pradesh?
- A Rampur
- B Bareilly
- C Jaunpur
- D Faizabad
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Correct answer: (D) Faizabad
Begum Akhtar, born Akhtari Bai Faizabadi, was born in Faizabad (now in Ayodhya district) and later made Lucknow her home.
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Q.276
The Alha Khand, the heroic poem on which the Alha ballads are based, is traditionally attributed to which poet of the Chandela court?
- A Chand Bardai
- B Jagnik
- C Narpati Nalha
- D Keshavdas
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Correct answer: (B) Jagnik
Jagnik (Jagnayak) is credited with the Alha Khand, which is also regarded as part of the Parmal Raso. Chand Bardai wrote the Prithviraj Raso and Narpati Nalha the Bisaldev Raso.
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Q.277
Kaushambi, on the Yamuna near Prayagraj, was the capital of which of the sixteen Mahajanapadas?
- A Kosala
- B Malla
- C Vatsa
- D Panchala
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Correct answer: (C) Vatsa
Kaushambi was the capital of Vatsa, ruled by Udayana in Buddha's time. Kosala's capital was Shravasti and Panchala's capitals were Ahichchhatra and Kampilya.
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Q.278
Rafi Ahmed Kidwai, a Congress leader who later served as Union Minister for Communications and then for Food and Agriculture, belonged to which district of Uttar Pradesh?
- A Sitapur
- B Unnao
- C Barabanki
- D Bahraich
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Correct answer: (C) Barabanki
Kidwai was born at Masauli in Barabanki district. He was a minister in Govind Ballabh Pant's UP government before joining Nehru's cabinet in 1947.
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Q.279
Bundeli is the main dialect of which group of Uttar Pradesh districts?
- A Mathura, Agra, Aligarh
- B Lucknow, Rae Bareli, Sultanpur
- C Jhansi, Lalitpur, Jalaun
- D Gorakhpur, Deoria, Ballia
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Correct answer: (C) Jhansi, Lalitpur, Jalaun
Bundeli is spoken in the Bundelkhand districts such as Jhansi, Lalitpur, Jalaun, Hamirpur, Mahoba and Banda. Mathura-Agra is Braj country, Lucknow-Rae Bareli is Awadhi and Gorakhpur-Ballia is Bhojpuri.
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Q.280
Aram Bagh (Ram Bagh), where Babur's body is traditionally believed to have been first laid to rest before being taken to Kabul, is in which city?
- A Agra
- B Delhi
- C Lahore
- D Fatehpur Sikri
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Correct answer: (A) Agra
Babur died at Agra in 1530 and by tradition was first buried in this riverside garden on the Yamuna, which he is credited with laying out. His remains were later taken to Kabul.
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Q.281
Which pair of district and its traditional craft is correctly matched?
- A Khurja - black pottery
- B Saharanpur - wood carving
- C Kannauj - glass bangles
- D Azamgarh - ittar (perfume)
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Correct answer: (B) Saharanpur - wood carving
Saharanpur is known for carved wooden furniture. Khurja (Bulandshahr) makes glazed ceramic pottery, Nizamabad in Azamgarh makes black pottery, and Kannauj makes ittar.
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Q.282
Lal Bahadur received the title 'Shastri' as a degree from which institution, founded at Varanasi in 1921 during the Non-Cooperation Movement?
- A Kashi Vidyapith
- B Banaras Hindu University
- C Queen's College, Varanasi
- D Central Hindu College
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Correct answer: (A) Kashi Vidyapith
Kashi Vidyapith was founded in February 1921 by Shiv Prasad Gupt and Bhagwan Das as a national institution free of government control. Its 'Shastri' degree became part of Lal Bahadur's name.
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Q.283
Queen Victoria's Proclamation of 1858, announcing that India would be governed by the Crown instead of the East India Company, was read out by Lord Canning at a durbar held at:
- A Calcutta
- B Allahabad
- C Delhi
- D Lucknow
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Correct answer: (B) Allahabad
Lord Canning read the Proclamation at a durbar at Allahabad on 1 November 1858, and with it became the first Viceroy of India.
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Q.284
Who presided over the 1916 Lucknow session of the Indian National Congress, at which the Lucknow Pact was concluded?
- A Annie Besant
- B Ambika Charan Mazumdar
- C Rash Behari Ghosh
- D Satyendra Prasanna Sinha
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Correct answer: (B) Ambika Charan Mazumdar
Ambika Charan Mazumdar presided at Lucknow in 1916. S.P. Sinha had presided at Bombay in 1915 and Annie Besant presided at Calcutta in 1917.
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Q.285
In Uttar Pradesh, the fertile tract of land lying between the Ganga and the Yamuna is known as the:
- A Bundelkhand
- B Rohilkhand
- C Ganga-Yamuna Doab
- D Terai
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Correct answer: (C) Ganga-Yamuna Doab
Doab means 'two waters', i.e. land between two rivers; the Ganga-Yamuna Doab stretches from the Saharanpur area down to Prayagraj, where the two rivers meet, and is one of the most fertile tracts of the state.
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Q.286
The Deva Mela is held at the dargah of the Sufi saint Haji Waris Ali Shah, which draws Hindu and Muslim devotees alike. In which district is it?
- A Bahraich
- B Sitapur
- C Barabanki
- D Ambedkar Nagar
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Correct answer: (C) Barabanki
Deva Sharif, the shrine of Haji Waris Ali Shah, lies near Barabanki town, and its annual fair is known for drawing devotees of all communities.
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Q.287
The alkaline soil patches of the Gangetic plain, which are infertile because of salt encrustation, are locally known as:
- A Bhur
- B Usar or Reh
- C Mar
- D Kabar
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Correct answer: (B) Usar or Reh
Usar or Reh soils are saline-alkaline tracts found in districts like Unnao, Hardoi and Rae Bareli. Bhur is sandy soil, while Mar and Kabar are black soils of Bundelkhand.
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Q.288
Consider the following statements: 1. Begum Hazrat Mahal died in exile in Kathmandu, Nepal. 2. Nana Saheb was captured by the British and hanged at Kanpur in 1859. 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
Begum Hazrat Mahal took refuge in Nepal and died in Kathmandu in 1879. Nana Saheb also escaped into Nepal and was never captured; his final fate is unknown.
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Q.289
Piprahwa, where a casket containing relics of the Buddha and bearing a Brahmi inscription was found in 1898, is in which district?
- A Maharajganj
- B Kushinagar
- C Siddharthnagar
- D Basti
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Correct answer: (C) Siddharthnagar
Piprahwa lies in Siddharthnagar district (carved out of Basti in 1988) near the Nepal border, where W.C. Peppé found the inscribed relic casket in a stupa. Kushinagar, by contrast, is where the Buddha attained mahaparinirvana.
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Q.290
The Dadri Mela, a well-known cattle fair that begins with a holy dip in the Ganga on Kartik Purnima, is held in which district?
- A Ballia
- B Ghazipur
- C Mau
- D Deoria
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Correct answer: (A) Ballia
The Dadri Mela at Ballia is named after the sage Dardar Muni and is known for its large livestock market. Ghazipur and Mau are neighbouring districts of the same Bhojpuri region.
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Q.291
Nautanki, the musical folk theatre of Uttar Pradesh performed to the beat of the nagada drum, developed two well-known schools named after which two centres?
- A Lucknow and Varanasi
- B Agra and Mathura
- C Jhansi and Banda
- D Hathras and Kanpur
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Correct answer: (D) Hathras and Kanpur
Nautanki grew into two main styles, the Hathras school and the Kanpur school, both performed in open arenas to the beat of the nagada (nakkara). Lucknow and Varanasi are known more for classical music and dance.
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Q.292
Who is generally credited as the chief architect of the Taj Mahal?
- A Mirak Mirza Ghiyas
- B Ustad Mansur
- C Abdus Samad
- D Ustad Ahmad Lahori
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Correct answer: (D) Ustad Ahmad Lahori
Ustad Ahmad Lahori is usually named as the chief architect of the Taj Mahal, built by Shah Jahan for Mumtaz Mahal. Mirak Mirza Ghiyas designed Humayun's tomb, while Mansur and Abdus Samad were court painters.
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Q.293
The first conference of the Progressive Writers' Association, held at Lucknow in April 1936, was presided over by:
- A Jaishankar Prasad
- B Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala'
- C Firaq Gorakhpuri
- D Premchand
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Correct answer: (D) Premchand
Premchand presided over the first All India Progressive Writers' Conference at Lucknow in April 1936, a few months before his death in October that year.
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Q.294
At the Lucknow session of the Indian National Congress in April 1936, which president declared socialism to be the key to solving India's problems?
- A Jawaharlal Nehru
- B Subhas Chandra Bose
- C Rajendra Prasad
- D Vallabhbhai Patel
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Correct answer: (A) Jawaharlal Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru presided at Lucknow in April 1936 and again at Faizpur later that year, urging the Congress towards socialism. Bose presided at Haripura in 1938 and Patel at Karachi in 1931.
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Q.295
Which of the following states does NOT share a boundary with Uttar Pradesh?
- A Himachal Pradesh
- B Jharkhand
- C Punjab
- D Chhattisgarh
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Correct answer: (C) Punjab
UP borders Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Bihar. Punjab and West Bengal do not touch UP.
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Q.296
Consider the following statements: 1. The Nagari Pracharini Sabha was founded at Varanasi in 1893. 2. The Hindi Sahitya Sammelan, founded in 1910, has its headquarters at Prayagraj. 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: (C) Both 1 and 2
Both are correct. The Nagari Pracharini Sabha (1893) worked to promote Hindi and the Devanagari script, and the Hindi Sahitya Sammelan, founded in 1910, is headquartered at Prayagraj; Purushottam Das Tandon was among its leading founders.
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Q.297
Malihabad, near Lucknow, is famous for orchards of which mango variety?
- A Alphonso
- B Dasheri
- C Langra
- D Totapuri
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Correct answer: (B) Dasheri
The Dasheri mango is named after Dasheri village near Kakori in Lucknow district, and the Malihabad belt is the heart of its cultivation; Alphonso is a Konkan variety.
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Q.298
At Meerut in 1857, eighty-five troopers who refused to use the new cartridges were court-martialled and jailed. They belonged to which unit?
- A 34th Bengal Native Infantry
- B 19th Bengal Native Infantry
- C 7th Awadh Irregular Infantry
- D 3rd Bengal Light Cavalry
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Correct answer: (D) 3rd Bengal Light Cavalry
The public punishment of 85 troopers of the 3rd Light Cavalry on 9 May 1857 sparked the rising at Meerut the next day. The 34th Bengal Native Infantry was Mangal Pandey's regiment at Barrackpore.
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Q.299
Which language was given the status of second official language of Uttar Pradesh by an amendment to the state's Official Language Act in 1989?
- A Sanskrit
- B Awadhi
- C Bhojpuri
- D Urdu
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Correct answer: (D) Urdu
The Uttar Pradesh Official Language (Amendment) Act, 1989 made Urdu the second official language for specified purposes, while Hindi in the Devanagari script remains the official language.
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Q.300
Which pair of archaeological site and district is correctly matched?
- A Hulas - Ballia
- B Atranjikhera - Etah
- C Hastinapur - Bareilly
- D Mahagara - Meerut
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Correct answer: (B) Atranjikhera - Etah
Atranjikhera, a Painted Grey Ware site that has yielded early iron objects, is in Etah district. Hulas is in Saharanpur, Hastinapur in Meerut and Mahagara in Prayagraj district.
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