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Q.301
Consider the following statements: 1. Panch Mahal, a five-storeyed pillared pavilion, stands in the palace complex of Fatehpur Sikri. 2. Fatehpur Sikri served as Akbar's capital from about 1571 to 1585. 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 Panch Mahal rises in five diminishing storeys at Fatehpur Sikri, and Akbar held court there from about 1571 until he moved to Lahore in 1585.
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Q.302
Who succeeded Saadat Khan Burhan-ul-Mulk as Nawab of Awadh in 1739?
- A Safdar Jang
- B Shuja-ud-Daula
- C Asaf-ud-Daula
- D Saadat Ali Khan
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Correct answer: (A) Safdar Jang
Safdar Jang, Saadat Khan's nephew and son-in-law, became Nawab in 1739 and also served as wazir of the Mughal empire. His tomb, Safdarjung's Tomb, is in Delhi.
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Q.303
Which Mahajanapada had its capital at Varanasi?
- A Kashi
- B Kosala
- C Vatsa
- D Malla
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Correct answer: (A) Kashi
Kashi had its capital at Varanasi; by the Buddha's time it had come under Kosala and it was later absorbed by Magadha. Kosala's capital was Shravasti and Vatsa's was Kaushambi.
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Q.304
Pachnada, in the ravine country of the Yamuna-Chambal region, is known as the meeting point of five rivers. Which of the following is NOT one of them?
- A Betwa
- B Sindh
- C Pahuj
- D Kwari
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Correct answer: (A) Betwa
At Pachnada the Yamuna is joined by the Chambal, Sindh, Kwari (Kunwari) and Pahuj; the Betwa meets the Yamuna much further downstream in Bundelkhand.
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Q.305
The Ganga enters the plains of Uttar Pradesh in which district?
- A Saharanpur
- B Bijnor
- C Muzaffarnagar
- D Meerut
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Correct answer: (B) Bijnor
After leaving Haridwar in Uttarakhand, the Ganga enters UP in Bijnor district, with the Upper Ganga Canal taking off upstream at Haridwar.
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Q.306
Which river, called the Kali where it forms the India-Nepal border, joins the Ghaghara in the plains before the Ghaghara meets the Ganga?
- A Ramganga
- B Gomti
- C Sharda (Sarda)
- D Gandak
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Correct answer: (C) Sharda (Sarda)
NCERT states that the Sarda (Kali or Kali Ganga) joins the Ghaghara in the plain before the Ghaghara meets the Ganga at Chhapra; in Uttar Pradesh the Sharda flows through Pilibhit and Lakhimpur Kheri.
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Q.307
Who became a minister in the United Provinces government in 1937, one of the first Indian women to hold a cabinet post, and later became President of the UN General Assembly?
- A Sucheta Kripalani
- B Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
- C Kamala Nehru
- D Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
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Correct answer: (D) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, Jawaharlal Nehru's sister, was Minister of Local Self-Government and Public Health in the UP ministry of 1937 and was elected President of the UN General Assembly in 1953.
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Q.308
Which leader, the founder of Banaras Hindu University, is popularly honoured with the title 'Mahamana'?
- A Purushottam Das Tandon
- B Bhagwan Das
- C Madan Mohan Malaviya
- D Shiv Prasad Gupt
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Correct answer: (C) Madan Mohan Malaviya
Madan Mohan Malaviya, born at Allahabad in 1861, is honoured as 'Mahamana'. He presided over the Congress sessions at Lahore in 1909 and Delhi in 1918.
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Q.309
Surdas, the poet of Krishna-bhakti in Braj Bhasha, was a disciple of:
- A Ramananda
- B Vallabhacharya
- C Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
- D Nimbarka
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Correct answer: (B) Vallabhacharya
Surdas became a disciple of Vallabhacharya, founder of the Pushtimarg, and sang at the Shrinathji shrine at Govardhan. He was later counted among the Ashtachhap poets.
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Q.310
The Malviya Bridge, a double-deck rail-cum-road bridge across the Ganga at Varanasi, was originally named after which Viceroy?
- A Lord Curzon
- B Lord Dufferin
- C Lord Ripon
- D Lord Lansdowne
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Correct answer: (B) Lord Dufferin
Opened in 1887 as the Dufferin Bridge, it was later renamed after Madan Mohan Malaviya; the Curzon Bridge spans the Ganga at Prayagraj.
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Q.311
The Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research, a premier ICAR institute, is located in which city?
- A Shahjahanpur
- B Kanpur
- C Lucknow
- D Meerut
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Correct answer: (C) Lucknow
The Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research is at Lucknow. The UP Council of Sugarcane Research is at Shahjahanpur, and the National Sugar Institute is at Kanpur.
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Q.312
Grahavarman, the husband of Harsha's sister Rajyashri, belonged to which dynasty that ruled from Kannauj?
- A Later Gupta
- B Pushyabhuti
- C Maitraka
- D Maukhari
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Correct answer: (D) Maukhari
Grahavarman was a Maukhari king of Kannauj; after he was killed by Devagupta of Malwa, Kannauj passed under Harsha's control. Pushyabhuti was Harsha's own dynasty of Thanesar.
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Q.313
Muzaffarnagar, in the sugarcane belt of western Uttar Pradesh, is famous for its large market of:
- A Jaggery (gur)
- B Basmati rice
- C Potato
- D Mentha oil
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Correct answer: (A) Jaggery (gur)
Surrounded by sugarcane fields, Muzaffarnagar has a very large gur mandi, and jaggery is the district's product under the One District One Product scheme.
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Q.314
Consider the following statements about the monuments of Lucknow: 1. Rumi Darwaza was built by Wajid Ali Shah. 2. The Chhota Imambara was built by Asaf-ud-Daula. 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: (D) Neither 1 nor 2
Neither is correct. Rumi Darwaza was built by Asaf-ud-Daula in 1784, and the Chhota Imambara (Imambara Hussainabad Mubarak) by Muhammad Ali Shah in 1838.
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Q.315
The Sufi saint Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya was born at which town of present-day Uttar Pradesh?
- A Kalpi
- B Patiali
- C Badaun
- D Bilgram
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Correct answer: (C) Badaun
Nizamuddin Auliya was born at Badaun and later settled in Delhi as a leading Chishti saint. Patiali is the birthplace of his disciple, the poet Amir Khusrau.
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Q.316
The Central Hindu College at Varanasi, which became the nucleus of Banaras Hindu University, was founded in 1898 by:
- A Madan Mohan Malaviya
- B Annie Besant
- C Sister Nivedita
- D Pandita Ramabai
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Correct answer: (B) Annie Besant
Annie Besant of the Theosophical Society founded the Central Hindu College in 1898, and it was handed over to form BHU in 1916. Madan Mohan Malaviya was the founder of BHU itself.
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Q.317
In the Rohilla War of 1774, the Nawab of Awadh defeated the Rohillas and their leader Hafiz Rahmat Khan was killed. The Company's troops for this campaign were provided by the Bengal government headed by:
- A Warren Hastings
- B Robert Clive
- C Lord Cornwallis
- D Lord Wellesley
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Correct answer: (A) Warren Hastings
Warren Hastings lent Company troops to Shuja-ud-Daula in return for payment, and Hafiz Rahmat Khan fell at Miranpur Katra. Clive had left India in 1767 and Cornwallis arrived only in 1786.
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Q.318
Who founded the independent Sharqi dynasty of Jaunpur after receiving the title Malik-us-Sharq from the Tughlaq Sultan in 1394?
- A Malik Sarwar
- B Mubarak Shah
- C Ibrahim Shah
- D Hussain Shah
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Correct answer: (A) Malik Sarwar
Malik Sarwar (Khwaja-i-Jahan), a noble of Sultan Nasiruddin Mahmud Tughlaq, received the title 'Lord of the East' and made Jaunpur independent. His adopted son Mubarak Shah was the first to take royal titles.
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Q.319
Which of the following structures is NOT located at Fatehpur Sikri?
- A Panch Mahal
- B Diwan-i-Khas
- C Musamman Burj
- D Tomb of Shaikh Salim Chishti
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Correct answer: (C) Musamman Burj
Musamman Burj is an octagonal marble tower in the Agra Fort overlooking the Yamuna. Panch Mahal, the Diwan-i-Khas and Salim Chishti's tomb are all at Fatehpur Sikri.
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Q.320
Rai, a lively folk dance in which women dancers perform to the beat of the mridang, belongs to which region of Uttar Pradesh?
- A Bundelkhand
- B Braj
- C Awadh
- D Purvanchal
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Correct answer: (A) Bundelkhand
Rai is the signature dance of Bundelkhand, shared by its districts in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. Charkula and Raslila are the dance forms of Braj.
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Q.321
Consider the following statements about Uttar Pradesh: 1. It is a landlocked state with no coastline. 2. The Tropic of Cancer passes through its southern districts. 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
Uttar Pradesh has no coastline, and the Tropic of Cancer passes to its south through Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand, so the whole state lies north of the Tropic.
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Q.322
Lathmar Holi, in which women playfully beat men with sticks, is celebrated at Barsana and Nandgaon in which district?
- A Mathura
- B Agra
- C Hathras
- D Aligarh
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Correct answer: (A) Mathura
Barsana (Radha's village) and Nandgaon (Krishna's village) in Mathura district host Lathmar Holi a few days before the main Holi festival.
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Q.323
The Kukrail Reserve Forest, with a gharial rehabilitation centre set up in the 1970s, is located on the outskirts of which city?
- A Lucknow
- B Kanpur
- C Agra
- D Etawah
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Correct answer: (A) Lucknow
At Kukrail in Lucknow, gharial eggs collected from rivers such as the Chambal are hatched and the young are reared for release into the wild. The UP State Biodiversity Board dates the centre to 1975, though 1978 is also widely cited.
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Q.324
The folk heroes Alha and Udal, whose ballad Alha Khand is sung across Bundelkhand, were generals of which Chandella ruler of Mahoba?
- A Dhanga
- B Kirtivarman
- C Vidyadhara
- D Paramardi (Parmal)
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Correct answer: (D) Paramardi (Parmal)
Alha and Udal served Paramardi (Parmal) and fought against Prithviraj Chauhan's invasion of the Chandella kingdom. Dhanga and Vidyadhara were earlier Chandella kings.
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Q.325
Chunar fort, an important stronghold of Sher Shah Suri, stands above the Ganga in which district?
- A Varanasi
- B Mirzapur
- C Chandauli
- D Ghazipur
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Correct answer: (B) Mirzapur
Chunar fort, on a rocky spur overlooking the Ganga, is in Mirzapur district. It was a key base of Sher Shah's power in the east before he defeated Humayun.
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Q.326
The Ramganga, which rises in the Garhwal hills and enters the plains of Uttar Pradesh near Najibabad, joins the Ganga near which town?
- A Garhmukteshwar
- B Kanpur
- C Bijnor
- D Kannauj
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Correct answer: (D) Kannauj
NCERT notes that the Ramganga rises near Gairsain in Garhwal, turns south-west after crossing the Shiwaliks, enters UP near Najibabad and finally joins the Ganga near Kannauj; Moradabad and Bareilly lie in its basin.
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Q.327
Kalpavas, in which devotees live on the sands of the Sangam for a month with daily bathing and austerities, is a feature of which annual fair at Prayagraj?
- A Magh Mela
- B Kartik Purnima snan
- C Shravani Mela
- D Ganga Dussehra Mela
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Correct answer: (A) Magh Mela
The Magh Mela is held every year at the Sangam in the month of Magh (January-February), when kalpvasis camp on the riverbank for the whole month. The Shravani Mela is held at Deoghar in Jharkhand.
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Q.328
The hot, dry westerly winds that blow across the plains of Uttar Pradesh in the afternoons of May and June are called:
- A Loo
- B Kal Baisakhi
- C Mango showers
- D Western disturbances
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Correct answer: (A) Loo
The loo is the scorching, dry summer wind of the northern plains and can cause heatstroke; Kal Baisakhi are evening thunderstorms of Bengal and mango showers are pre-monsoon showers of Kerala and Karnataka.
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Q.329
In Kannauj's traditional ittar-making, flowers are distilled in a copper still and the vapour is condensed into sandalwood oil in a receiving vessel. What are these two vessels called?
- A Handi and kalash
- B Deg and bhapka
- C Bhatti and tawa
- D Kadhai and lota
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Correct answer: (B) Deg and bhapka
Kannauj perfumers heat flowers with water in a copper deg and condense the vapour in a bhapka that holds sandalwood oil as the base. Kannauj Perfume carries a GI tag.
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Q.330
Jangla, Tanchoi and Butidar are names of styles in which traditional craft of Uttar Pradesh?
- A Lucknow chikankari
- B Bhadohi carpets
- C Banarasi silk sarees
- D Mirzapur durries
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Correct answer: (C) Banarasi silk sarees
Jangla, Tanchoi and Butidar are varieties of Banarasi brocade sarees woven in Varanasi, often with gold and silver zari. 'Banaras Brocades and Sarees' is a registered GI.
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Q.331
The Sharqi dynasty, known for the Atala Masjid, ruled from which city of Uttar Pradesh in the fifteenth century?
- A Jaunpur
- B Kalpi
- C Budaun
- D Kannauj
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Correct answer: (A) Jaunpur
The Sharqi sultans ruled an independent kingdom from Jaunpur, which earned the title 'Shiraz of the East' for its learning and distinctive mosque architecture.
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Q.332
Gulabi Meenakari, enamel work dominated by shades of pink on gold and silver, is a GI-tagged craft of which city?
- A Varanasi
- B Lucknow
- C Agra
- D Moradabad
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Correct answer: (A) Varanasi
Gulabi (pink) Meenakari is practised by a small number of artisan families in Varanasi and carries a GI tag. Moradabad's metal craft is known for engraved brassware.
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Q.333
The Ramabhar Stupa, believed to mark the spot where the Buddha's body was cremated, is located at:
- A Sarnath
- B Shravasti
- C Kushinagar
- D Sankisa
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Correct answer: (C) Kushinagar
The Ramabhar Stupa (Mukutabandhana Chaitya) is at Kushinagar, which also has the Mahaparinirvana Temple with its reclining Buddha image. Sarnath is the site of the first sermon.
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Q.334
Which pair of Mahajanapada and its ruler in the Buddha's time is correctly matched?
- A Kosala - Prasenajit
- B Vatsa - Bimbisara
- C Kashi - Pradyota
- D Shurasena - Ajatashatru
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Correct answer: (A) Kosala - Prasenajit
Prasenajit (Pasenadi) ruled Kosala from Shravasti. Bimbisara and his son Ajatashatru ruled Magadha, and Pradyota ruled Avanti.
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Q.335
Allan Octavian Hume, who later helped found the Indian National Congress, was the Collector of which district of present Uttar Pradesh during the revolt of 1857?
- A Mainpuri
- B Etawah
- C Aligarh
- D Agra
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Correct answer: (B) Etawah
Hume was Collector of Etawah in 1857. After retiring from the Indian Civil Service he took the lead in founding the Congress in 1885.
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Q.336
Rupa Goswami and Sanatana Goswami, who settled at Vrindavan and helped revive it as a pilgrimage centre, were disciples of:
- A Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
- B Vallabhacharya
- C Ramananda
- D Nimbarka
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Correct answer: (A) Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu sent Rupa and Sanatana to Vrindavan, where they and other Goswamis identified sacred sites and wrote Gaudiya Vaishnava works. They are counted among the Six Goswamis of Vrindavan.
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Q.337
Purushottam Das Tandon, Speaker of the UP Legislative Assembly from 1937 to 1950 and a champion of Hindi, is popularly known by which title?
- A Mahamana
- B Lokmanya
- C Deshbandhu
- D Rajarshi
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Correct answer: (D) Rajarshi
Tandon was hailed as 'Rajarshi' and received the Bharat Ratna in 1961. 'Lokmanya' refers to Bal Gangadhar Tilak and 'Deshbandhu' to C.R. Das.
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Q.338
Bakhira Tal, a natural floodplain wetland protected as a bird sanctuary, lies in which district of eastern Uttar Pradesh?
- A Siddharthnagar
- B Sant Kabir Nagar
- C Kushinagar
- D Mau
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Correct answer: (B) Sant Kabir Nagar
Bakhira Bird Sanctuary is in Sant Kabir Nagar district (earlier part of Basti); its shallow lake hosts large numbers of wintering waterfowl.
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Q.339
At which place on the Ganga was Sultan Jalaluddin Khalji killed in 1296 on the orders of his nephew Alauddin?
- A Kalpi
- B Badaun
- C Kara
- D Kannauj
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Correct answer: (C) Kara
Alauddin, then governor of Kara, had his uncle killed there on his return from the Devagiri raid. Kara is now in Kaushambi district.
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Q.340
Mirza Ghalib, among the greatest poets of Urdu and Persian, was born in 1797 in which city of present-day Uttar Pradesh?
- A Lucknow
- B Agra
- C Rampur
- D Meerut
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Correct answer: (B) Agra
Ghalib was born in Agra (then called Akbarabad) and moved to Delhi as a young man, where he spent the rest of his life. Mir Taqi Mir was also born in Agra.
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Q.341
The Ghositarama monastery, built by the banker Ghosita for the Buddhist sangha, was located at:
- A Shravasti
- B Varanasi
- C Kaushambi
- D Mathura
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Correct answer: (C) Kaushambi
Ghositarama was at Kaushambi, the capital of Vatsa, and excavations at Kaushambi have exposed its remains. The Jetavana monastery was at Shravasti.
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Q.342
Apart from tourism, Agra is a major manufacturing centre for which product?
- A Leather footwear
- B Glass bangles
- C Locks
- D Brass utensils
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Correct answer: (A) Leather footwear
Agra has a large shoe-making cluster ranging from household workshops to export factories; glass bangles come from nearby Firozabad and locks from Aligarh.
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Q.343
The headquarters of the North Eastern Railway zone is located at:
- A Gorakhpur
- B Lucknow
- C Prayagraj
- D Varanasi
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Correct answer: (A) Gorakhpur
The North Eastern Railway is headquartered at Gorakhpur, while the North Central Railway is headquartered at Prayagraj and the Northern Railway at New Delhi.
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Q.344
Renukoot in Sonbhadra district is an industrial town best known for:
- A A glass factory
- B An oil refinery
- C Hindalco's aluminium plant
- D A locomotive works
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Correct answer: (C) Hindalco's aluminium plant
Hindalco set up its aluminium plant at Renukoot in 1962, drawn by cheap power from the Rihand dam nearby.
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Q.345
The river Gomti, on whose banks Lucknow stands, originates from which district of Uttar Pradesh?
- A Lakhimpur Kheri
- B Shahjahanpur
- C Pilibhit
- D Bahraich
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Correct answer: (C) Pilibhit
The Gomti rises from Gomat Taal (Fulhar Jheel) near Madho Tanda in Pilibhit district and joins the Ganga at Kaithi, on the Varanasi-Ghazipur district border (Kaithi village and its Markandey Mahadev temple are in Varanasi district).
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Q.346
How many members does Uttar Pradesh send to the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha respectively?
- A 80 and 31
- B 85 and 34
- C 80 and 34
- D 78 and 31
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Correct answer: (A) 80 and 31
UP sends 80 members to the Lok Sabha and 31 to the Rajya Sabha, the highest numbers for any state. Before 2000 it had 85 Lok Sabha seats.
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Q.347
Uttar Pradesh is the largest producer in India of all of the following crops EXCEPT:
- A Sugarcane
- B Wheat
- C Mustard
- D Potato
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Correct answer: (C) Mustard
UP leads the country in sugarcane, wheat and potato production and in milk. Rapeseed-mustard is led by Rajasthan, which grows nearly half of India's crop, with UP a distant second. Rice is no longer a safe 'except' answer: Telangana was first in the 2023-24 Final Estimates, but in the 2024-25 Final Estimates (November 2025) UP was first with 20.76 million tonnes, ahead of Telangana (17.45) and West Bengal (16.02).
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Q.348
Jaunpur, founded by Firoz Shah Tughlaq on the Gomti in the 14th century, is named after:
- A Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
- B Khizr Khan
- C Malik Sarwar
- D Muhammad bin Tughlaq (Jauna Khan)
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Correct answer: (D) Muhammad bin Tughlaq (Jauna Khan)
Firoz Shah named the town after his cousin and predecessor Muhammad bin Tughlaq, whose earlier name was Jauna Khan. Jaunpur later became the capital of the Sharqi sultans.
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Q.349
Consider the following statements: (1) Saketa, an important city of the Kosala kingdom, is identified with Ayodhya. (2) Kampilya, the capital of southern Panchala, lay in present-day Farrukhabad district. Which of these 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: Saketa is the old name of Ayodhya on the Saryu, and Kampilya survives as Kampil in Farrukhabad district. Northern Panchala's capital was Ahichchhatra in Bareilly district.
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Q.350
The Atala Masjid at Jaunpur was completed in 1408 during the reign of which Sharqi Sultan?
- A Mubarak Shah
- B Ibrahim Shah
- C Mahmud Shah
- D Hussain Shah
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Correct answer: (B) Ibrahim Shah
The mosque, begun under Firoz Shah Tughlaq, was completed by Ibrahim Shah Sharqi, a great patron of learning. The Jama Masjid of Jaunpur was completed under Hussain Shah, the last Sharqi ruler.
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