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HISTORY AND CULTURE Flashcards

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WHAT IS SHATAKANTHA RAVANA?

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100 HEADED RAVANA IN KARNATAKA’s LEATHER SHADOW PUPPET TRADITION (TOGALU GOMBEYAATA).

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WHAT IS PALKHI FESTIVAL?

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1000 YEAR OLD TRADITION FOLLOWED BY WARKARI SECT, PEOPLE WHO FOLLOW THE CUSTOM CALLED WARI.

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PALKHI FESTIVAL SHOWCASES THE DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF_________ CULTURE?

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MAHARASHTRIAN.

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WHAT DOES PEOPLE DO IN PALKHI FESTIVAL?

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SINGING, DANCING AND CHANTING DNYANBA-TUKARAM IN DINDIS (A GROUP OF WARKARIS) TO THE HOLY TOWN OF PANDHARPUR.

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WHERE IS THE MAIN SEAT( PEETH) OF VARKARI SECT SITUATED AND WHO IS THE PRESIDING DEITY THERE?

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PANDHARPUR, VITHOBA OR VITTHAL (VISHNU) IS PRESIDING DEITY.

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WHO INTRODUCED PALKHI AND WHEN ?

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1685 TUKARAM’s YOUNGEST SON NARAYAN BABA WISHED TO BRING SOME CHANGES IN THE DINDI- WARI TRADITION BY INTRODUCING THE PALKHI WHICH IS A SIGN OF SOCIAL RESPECT.

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WHO ARE THE TEACHERS RESPONSIBLE FOR ESTABLISHING THE WARKARI MOVEMENT?

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DNYANESHWAR
TUKARAM
NAMDEV
CHOKHAMELA.

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BORN IN THE YAVATMAL DISTRICT OF MAHARASHTRA, HE JOINED THE FREEDOM STRUGGLE AT THE AGE OF 17, WITH THE BLESSINGS OF MAHATMA GANDHI. HE PUT UP STIFF RESISTANCE TO THE BRITISH BY LOOTING THE NIZAM’s BANK, REPLACING THE UNION JACK WITH TRICOLOR IN GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS, ESTABLISHING THE BRANCH OF AZAD HIND SENA UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF NETAJI SUBHAS CHANDRA BOSE AND UNDERTAKING A 400- MILE PADYATRA UNDER BHARAT CHHODO ANDOLAN TO GENERATE AWARENESS AMONG THE CITIZENS FOR WHICH HE WAS IMPRISONED IN THE JABALPUR JAIL FOR 21 MONTHS. IN A TRIBUTE TO HIS CONTRIBUTION TO THE NATION, THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA RELEASED A 5 RUPEE POSTAGE STAMP IN 2005 AND A 100 RUPEE COIN IN 2023. WHO IS BEING ADDRESSED IN THIS?

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JAWAHARLAL DARDA.

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GONGADI SHAWLS IS THE ANCIENT WOOL CRAFT OF?

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TELANGANA.

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HOW ARE GONGADI SHAWLS MADE?

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MADE ORGANICALLY WITHOUT USING ANY COLOUR.

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WHICH SHEEP’s WOOL IS USED TO MAKE GONGADI SHAWLS?

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ROUGH AND COARSE WOOL OF HARDY DECCANI SHEEP LOCALLY KNOWN AS NALLA GORRAE.

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GONGADI SHAWLS ARE CREATED BY WHICH COMMUNITIES?

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KURUMA AND KURUBA PASTORAL COMMUNITIES.

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CAPITAL OF MARATHA QUEEN AHILYABAI HOLKAR BETWEEN 1766-95?

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MAHESHWAR.

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WHO SHIFTED THE HOLKAR DYNASTY’s CAPITAL TO INDORE AND WHEN?

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MALHAR RAO HOLKAR III IN 1818.

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WHO SEPARATED THE STATE’s REVENUE FROM THE PERSONAL USE OF THE RULING FAMILY IN HOLKAR DYNASTY?

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AHILYABAI HOLKAR.

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IDENTIFICATION OF DEVANAMPIYA AND ASHOKA AS THE SAME PERSON IS ESTABLISHED BY WHICH INSCRIPTION/S?

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MASKI AND GUJARRA INSCRIPTIONS WHICH USE BOTH THESE TERMS FOR THE KING.

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NATIONAL MARITIME HERITAGE COMPLEX IS LOCATED IN?

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INDUS VALLEY REGION OF LOTHAL (GUJARAT).

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NODAL MINISTRY OF NATIONAL MARITIME HERITAGE COMPLEX?

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MINISTRY OF PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS.

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FUNDING SOURCE OF NATIONAL MARITIME HERITAGE COMPLEX?

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PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INSTITUTES, ORGANIZATIONS AND CSR.

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HUL REVOLUTION BEGAN IN?

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1855.

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LEADERS OF HUL OR SANTHAL REVOLUTION?

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SIDHU MANJHI, KANHU MURMU, CHAND AND BHAIRAV MURMU. FOUR BROTHERS.

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REGION OF HUL REBELLION?

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DAMIN-I-KOH REGION (SKIRTS OF THE HILLS)
○ PRESENT DAY JHARKHAND AROUND RAJMAHAL HILLS.

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REASON FOR HUL REBELLION?

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● IT WAS AN ORGANIZED WAR AGAINST COLONIALISM LED BY THE SANTALS, STANDING AGAINST THE OPPRESSION BY THE BRITISH AND THEIR COLLABORATORS SUCH AS ZAMINDARS, THE POLICE.

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SIGNIFICANCE OF HUL DIWAS?

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HUL DIWAS MARKS THE BEGINNING OF THE SANTAL REBELLION.

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WHO WERE SANTALS, WHERE DID THEY CAME FROM?

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● SANTAL PEOPLE OR SANTALIS WERE NOT THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF MODERN DAY SANTHAL PARGANA.
● THEY HAD MIGRATED FROM THE BIRBHUM AND MANBHUM REGIONS (PRESENT DAY BENGAL).
● 1770 FAMINE IN BENGAL CAUSED THE SANTALS TO BEGIN MOVING AND SOON THE BRITISH TURNED TO THEM FOR HELP.

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WHICH FREEDOM FIGHTER IS ALSO REFERRED TO AS MANYAM VEERUDU?

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ALLURI SITARAMA RAJU.
MANYAM VEERUDU (JUNGLE WARRIOR).

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ALLURI SITARAMA RAJU FOUGHT AGAINST WHICH OPPRESSIVE ACT?

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MADRAS FOREST ACT, 1882.

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WHERE ARE REMAINS OF ALLURI SITARAMA RAJU BURIED AT?

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KRISHNADEVI PETA IN VISHAKHAPATNAM.

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WHICH REBELLION WAS LED BY ALLURI SITARAMA RAJU?

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RAMPA REBELLION.

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RAMPA REBELLION IS ALSO REFERRED TO AS?

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MANYAM UPRISING.

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LOCATION OF RAMPA REBELLION?

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MADRAS (ANDHRA PRADESH).

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TIME PERIOD OF RAMPA REBELLION?

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IT BEGAN IN AUGUST 1922 AND LASTED UNTIL RAJU GOT ARRESTED AND MURDERED IN MAY 1924.

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FLASHPOINT OF RAMPA REBELLION?

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THE MADRAS FOREST ACT, 1882 WAS PASSED, WHICH RESTRICTED THE FREE MOVEMENT OF THE TRIBAL COMMUNITIES AND PROHIBITED THEM FROM ENGAGING IN THEIR TRADITIONAL PODU AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM.

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FACTORS THAT LED TO THE RAMPA REBELLION?

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● THE BRITISH RAJ AIMED TO INCREASE THE ECONOMIC UTILITY OF LANDS IN THE GODAVARI AGENCY, AN AREA KNOWN FOR ITS ABUNDANCE OF MALARIA AND BLACKWATER SICKNESS.
● TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES WERE HAMPERED WHEN THE STATE AQUIRED THE CONTROL OF THE FORESTS, MAINLY FOR COMMERCIAL OBJECTIVES SUCH AS FOR CONSTRUCTING RAILWAYS AND SHIPS, WITH NO CONSIDERATION FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE’S NECESSITIES.

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JOTO MOT TOTO POTH (THERE ARE AS MANY PATHS AS THERE ARE OPINIONS) SAYING THAT NOT EVERY PATH LEADS TO THE SAME DESTINATION IS TEACHING OF?

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RAMAKRISHNA PARAMAHANSA.

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36
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WHAT DOES LAMKA MEANS?

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IT MEANS CROSSROADS IN KUKI DIALECTS- CAN BE TRACED TO THE 1917-1919 ANGLO-KUKI WAR.

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REASON OF ANGLO KUKI WAR OF 1917-1919?

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IT WAS A RESULT OF KUKI CHIEFS OPPOSING BRITISH DEMANDS FOR RECRUITING PEOPLE IN THE LABOUR CORPS FOR WORLD WAR 1 (BETWEEN 1914 AND 1918).

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SALIMGARH FORT WAS BUILT BY?

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SALIM SHAH SURI IN 1546 ON A RIVERINE ISLAND.

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SHAH JAHAN’s ORIGINAL CITY HAD 14 GATES, INCLUDING THE WATER GATE WHICH WAS KNOWN AS?

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KHIZRI GATE.

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WHEN IT WAS INAUGURATED, SHAH JAHAN ENTERED THE FORT THROUGH THE __________ DARWAZA. THERE WAS A JASHN-E-MAHTABI AND THE QILA WAS ILLUMINATED BY CANDLES. IT IS THROUGH THIS SAME GATE THAT BAHADUR SHAH ZAFAR LEFT ON THE NIGHT OF SEPTEMBER 17, 1857 AFTER THE FALL OF DELHI.

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KHIZRI GATE.

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YAMUNA RIVER BEGAN TO MOVE AWAY AS RIVERS DO IN THE TIME OF WHICH SULTAN?

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MUHAMMAD SHAH RANGILA
(REIGN 1719-48).

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NAMDA ART IS PRACTICED WHERE?

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KASHMIR.

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FABRIC OF NAMDA ART?

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NAMDA ARE FELTED RUGS THAT ARE MADE BY ENMESHING WOOL FIBRES WITH WATER, SOAP AND PRESSURE AND THEN EMBROIDERING THE RESULTANT FABRIC.

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QUALITY OF WOOL AND QUANTITY OF COTTON USED IN NAMDA ART?

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LOW QUALITY WOOL AND SMALL QUANTITY OF COTTON IS USED.

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COTTAGE INDUSTRIES OF NAMDA ART ARE CONCENTRATED IN?

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● ANANTNAG
● RAINAWARI
● BARAMULA

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MIHIR BHOJ WAS THE RULER OF THE ____________ DYNASTY IN THE___________ CENTURY.

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GURJARA PRATIHARA DYNASTY IN THE 9TH CENTURY.

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CAPITAL OF GURJARA PRATIHARA DYNASTY?

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KANNAUJ.

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TITLES GIVEN TO MIHIR BHOJ?

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VARAHA AND PRABHAS IN HONOUR OF VISHNU.

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GWALIOR PRASHASTI IS ASSOCIATED WITH?

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MIHIR BHOJ’S ACHIEVEMENTS.

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WHAT IS SIMLA CONVENTION?

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CHINA DISPUTES THE LEGAL STATUS OF THE MCMOHAN LINE, THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN TIBET AND BRITISH INDIA THAT WAS AGREED AT THE SIMLA CONVENTION OF 1914, AND INDIA’S INTERNATIONALLY ACCEPTED SOVEREIGNTY OVER ARUNACHAL PRADESH.

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AFTER ANNEXATION OF KINGDOM OF NAWAB WAJID ALI SHAH HE WAS EXILED TO?

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GARDEN REACH IN METIABRUZ, A SUBURB OF KOLKATA.

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NEW RAGAS COMPOSED BY NAWAB WAJID ALI SHAH AND THE LIGHT CLASSICAL FORM CREATED BY HIM?

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NEW RAGAS- JOGI, JUHI, SHAH-PASAND ETC
LIGHT CLASSICAL FORM- THUMRI.

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NAWAB WAJID ALI SHAH CONTRIBUTIONS TO DANCE?

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○ HE INTRODUCED KATHAK, A MAJOR FORM OF CLASSICAL INDIAN DANCE AS A COURT DANCE AFTER THE DECLINE OF MUGHALS FOR RECREATION ACTIVITY.
○ THE KING INTRODUCED THE JOGIA JASHAN, A MAGNIFICENT EVENT FEATURING RAHAS (DANCE DRAMA), POETRY, LYRICAL COMPOSITIONS, AND KATHAK PERFORMANCES PAVING THE WAY FOR THE GROWTH OF HINDUSTANI THEATRE.

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SAWAT-UL-QALUB IS WRITTEN BY?

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NAWAB WAJID ALI SHAH.
FAMOUS POET MIRZA GHALIB RECIEVED THE PATRONAGE OF WAJID ALI SHAH.

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PULIKALI IS FOLK DANCE OF WHICH STATE?

A

KERELA.

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NANGRANI FESTIVAL WHICH STATE?

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RATNAGIRI - MAHARASHTRA
FARMERS RUNS WITH BULLS.

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SIRI FORT IS LOCATED IN?

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NEW DELHI.

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SIRI FORT WAS BUILT IN ______ CENTURY BY________?

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13th CENTURY BY ALAUDDIN KHILJI.

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WHY WAS THE NEHRU-LIAQUAT PACT SIGNED?

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THE NEHRU-LIAQUAT PACT, ALSO KNOWN AS DELHI PACT, WAS A BILATERAL AGREEMENT SIGNED BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A FRAMEWORK FOR THE TREATMENT OF MINORITIES IN THE TWO COUNTRIES.

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WHEN WAS THE NEHRU-LIAQUAT PACT SIGNED?

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IT WAS SIGNED BY JAWAHARLAL NEHRU AND LIAQUAT ALI KHAN ON APRIL 8,1950.

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WHO WAS THE FOUNDER OF BHARATIYA JAN SANGH, THE PREDECESSOR OF BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY?

A

SYAMA PRASAD MOOKERJEE.

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HE BECAME YOUNGEST VICE CHANCELLOR OF CALCUTTA UNIVERSITY IN 1934?

A

SYAMA PRASAD MOOKERJEE.

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WHO LAUNCHED THE BENGALI HINDU HOMELAND MOVEMENT AND DEMAND THE PARTITION OF BENGAL IN 1946 TO PREVENT THE INCLUDING OF ITS HINDU- MAJORITY AREAS IN A MUSLIM- DOMINATED EAST PAKISTAN.

A

SYAMA PRASAD MOOKERJEE.

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WHAT ARE THE TWO CATEGORIES OF HINDU SCRIPTURES?

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○ SHRUTI - LOOSELY TRANSLATED AS THE REVEALED.
○ SMRITI - THE REMEMBERED.

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WHAT DOES SHRUTI (CATEGORY OF HINDU SCRIPTURE) CONTAINS?

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IT IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE MOST AUTHORITATIVE AND CONSISTS OF
○ FOUR VEDAS AND ACCOMPANYING TEXTS.
• BRAHMANS (RITUAL TEXTS)
• SAMHITAS (MANTRAS)
• ARANYAKAS (FOREST OR WILDERNESS TEXTS)
• UPANISHADS (PHILOSOPHICAL TEXTS).

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WHAT IS CONTAINED IN SMRITI (CATEGORY OF HINDU SCRIPTURE)?

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IT IS LESS AUTHORITATIVE- THEY ARE CONSIDERED TO BE DERIVED FROM THE SHRUTI- BUT MORE POPULARLY KNOWN.
INCLUDES
○ RAMAYANA
○ MAHABHARATA
○ DHARMASHASTRAS
○ PURANAS AND ALL OTHER POST VEDIC SCRIPTURES.

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TEN MAIN (OR PRINCIPAL) UPANISHADS?

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○ ESHA
○ KENA
○ KATHA
○ PRASHNA
○ MUNDAKA
○ MANDUKYA
○ TAITTIRIYA
○ AITAREYA
○ CHANDOGYA
○ BRIHADARANYAKA

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THE CHARIOTS CARRYING THE DEITIES OF JAGANNATH YATRA ARE CONSTRUCTED BY EXPERT CARPENTERS KNOWN AS?

A

MAHARANA.

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IN JAGANNATH YATRA LORD JAGANNATH, BALARAM AND DEVI SUBHADRA VISIT WHOM?

A

GODDESS ARDHASINI ALSO KNOWN AS MAUSIMA IN GUNDICHA TEMPLE ODISHA.

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CHAR DHAM OF INDIA?

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○ BADRINATH TEMPLE- UTTARAKHAND
○ DWARAKADHEESH TEMPLE- GUJARAT
○ JAGANNATH TEMPLE- ODISHA
○ RAMANATHASWAMY TEMPLE- TAMIL NADU

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IMPORTANT WORKS BY SUBRAMANIA BHARATHI ?

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○ KANNAN PATTU
○ PANCHALI SAPATHAM
○ KUYIL PATTU
○ PUDIYA RUSSIA
○ GNANARATHAM
○ SUDESA GEETHANGAL

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WHAT IS THOPPIKKALLU?

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THEY ARE HAT STONES POPULARLY CALLED THOPPIKKALLU IN MALAYALAM, ARE HEMISPHERICAL LATERITE STONES USED AS LID ON BURIAL URNS DURING THE MEGALITHIC PERIOD.
(THOPPIKKALLU, KUDAKKALLU, SACROPHAGUS, MENHIR) ARE OTHER MEGALITHIC STONES THAT WERE USED IN PREHISTORIC TIMES.

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WHAT IS SALVAGE EXCAVATION?

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SALVAGE EXCAVATION ALSO KNOWN AS RESCUE ARCHAEOLOGY OR EMERGENCY ARCHAEOLOGY, REFERS TO A TYPE OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATION THAT IS CONDUCTED IN RESPONSE TO A SITUATION WHERE ARCHAEOLOGICAL REMAINS ARE THREATENED BY CONSTRUCTION, DEVELOPMENT, OR OTHER ACTIVITIES.

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ONAM WAS OBSERVED AS VAMANA JAYANTI DURING THE ______DYNASTY?

A

PALLAVA.

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WHO WAS MANGRI ORANG?

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MANGRI ORANG ALSO KNOWN AS MALATI MEM WAS A TEA PLANTATION WORKER FROM ASSAM.
SHE WAS GUNNED DOWN BY BRITISH SECURITY PERSONNEL IN 1921 FOR LEADING A FIGHT AGAINST FOREIGN LIQUOR AND OPIUM.
SHE IS SAID TO BE THE 1ST FEMALE MARTYR OF INDIA’S FREEDOM MOVEMENT.

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WHAT IS POILA BAISAKH?

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THIS DAY IS CELEBRATED AS NOBO BORSHO OR BENGALI NEW YEAR.

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LITERARY CONTRIBUTIONS OF ACHARYA VINOBA BHAVE?

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○ SWARAJYA SASTRA
○ GEETA PRAVACHANE
○ TEESRI SHAKTI

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THE NAME VINOBHA WAS CONFERRED UPON ACHARYA BHAVE BY?

A

MAMA PHADKE.

79
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41st UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE?

A

SANTINIKETAN.

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42nd UNESCO’S WORLD HERITAGE SITE?

A

HOYSALA TEMPLE.

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WHAT IS ICOMOS?

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INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL ON MONUMENTS AND SITES (ICOMOS) IS A NGO THAT ACTS AS AN ADVISORY BODY TO UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE CENTRE.

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SANTINIKETAN WAS BUILT BY?

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DEBENDRANATH TAGORE.

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STATUE OF ONENESS (EKATMATA KI PRATIMA) IS DEDICATED TO AND LOCATED IN?

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SAINT ADI SHANKARACHARYA.
MADHYA PRADESH.

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UPADESASAHASRI IS AUTHORED BY?

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ADI SHANKARACHARAYA.

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FOUR MATHAS ESTABLISHED BY ADI SHANKARACHARYA?

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○ JYOTIRMATH- UTTARAKHAND
○ SHRINGERI MATH- KARNATAKA
○ GOVARDHAN MATH- ODISHA
○ DWARKA MATH- GUJARAT.

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THE TEMPLES THAT GOT INCLUDED IN UNESCO’S WORLD HERITAGE LIST ARE?

A

CHENNAKESHAVA TEMPLE IN BELUR
HOYSALESHWARA TEMPLE IN HALEBIDU
KESHAVA TEMPLE IN SOMANATHAPURA.
THESE THREE ARE COLLECTIVELY ENTERED IN THE LIST AS SACRED ENSEMBLES OF HOYSALAS.

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CAPITAL OF HOYSALAS?

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EARLIER BELUR AND THEN HALEBIDU OR (DWARASAMUDRA)

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BRIEF ABOUT CHENNAKESHAVA TEMPLE?

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○ DEDICATED TO LORD VISHNU
○ CONSECRATED AROUND 1117 AD BY KING VISHNUVARDHANA, TO MARK HIS VICTORY AGAINST THE CHOLAS.
○ IT IS ALSO CALLED THE VIJAYA NARAYANA TEMPLE 🛕.

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BRIEF ABOUT KESHAVA TEMPLE?

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○ VAISHNAVA SHRINE BUILT IN SOMANATHAPURA
○ IN MID 1200s BY SOMANATHA A GENERAL OF HOYSALA KING NARSIMHA 3.

90
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BRIEF ABOUT HOYSALESWARA TEMPLE IN HALEBIDU?

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○ LARGEST SHIVA TEMPLE BUILT BY THE HOYSALAS- 12TH CENTURY.

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FEATURES OF HOYSALA ARCHITECTURE?

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○ USE OF SOAPSTONE- MALLEABLE STONE THAT IS EASY TO CARVE.
○ UNIQUE CONFLUENCES OF STYLES- DRAVIDIAN, VESARA AND NAGARA STYLE.
○ STELLATE PATTERN
○ THESE TEMPLES ARE SIGNED- THE SCULPTORS AND MASONS LEAVE BEHIND THEIR NAMES.
○ BUILT AT THE TIME JAINISM WAS PROMINENT IN THE REGION AND THUS MARK A TURN TOWARDS HINDUISM.

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DEEN DAYAL UPADHAY WORKED AS EDITOR FOR _______ AND WROTE A COLUMN NAMED ________ FOR THE WEEKLY_______. HIS MANTRA FOR JOURNALISM WAS_____________.

A

○ PANCHJANYA
○ POLITICAL DIARY
○ THE ORGANISER
○ DON’T DISTORT THE NEWS

93
Q

LITERARY CONTRIBUTIONS OF DEEN DAYAL UPADHYAY?

A

○ SAMRAT CHANDRAGUPTA
○ JAGATGURU SHANKARACHARYA
○ POLITICAL DIARY
○ INTEGRAL HUMANISM
○ EKATMA MANAVVAD

94
Q

WHAT ARE AGAMAS?

A

AGAMAS ARE A BODY OF ANCIENT INDIAN TEXTS DEALING WITH ALL RITUALS AND CEREMONIES TO BE OBSERVED IN TEMPLES.

95
Q

BRANCHES OF AGAMAS?

A

○ SAIVAGAMAS (WHO WORSHIP LORD SHIVA)
○ SAKTAGAMAS (WORSHIP GODDESS)
○ VAISNAVA AGAMA (WORSHIP LORD VISHNU)

96
Q

CONTEMPORARY OF SHIVAJI?

A

CHATRAPATI SHIVAJI MAHARAJ (1630-1680) WAS THE CONTEMPORARY OF SAMARTH RAMDAS (1608-1681) ALSO KNOWN AS SANT RAMDAS OR RAMDAS SWAMI.

97
Q

MINISTERS OF RANI DURGAVATI?

A

○ ADHAR KAYASTHA
○ MAN BRAHMAN

98
Q

RESERVOIRS CONSTRUCTED BY RANI DURGAWATI?

A

RANITAL, CHERITAL AND ADHARTAL.

99
Q

RANI DURGAWATI WAS A PATRON OF LEARNING AND ALLOWED________ TO ESTABLISH_______AT________?

A

ACHARYA BITTHALNATH
SEAT OF THE PUSHTIMARG CULT AT
GUHA.

100
Q

WHAT IS MEDARAM YATRA?

A

IT IS A TRIBAL FESTIVAL CELEBRATED IN TELANGANA MAINLY BY KOYA TRIBE.
ALSO KNOWN AS SAMMAKKA SARAKKA YATRA.
SECOND LARGEST FAIR OF INDIA AFTER KUMBH MELA.

101
Q

WHICH FREEDOM FIGHTER IS ALSO KNOWN AS LOKNAYAK?

A

JAYA PRAKASH NARAYAN.

102
Q

AZAAD DASTA (FREEDOM BRIGADE) IN NEPAL WAS ORGANIZED BY?

A

JAYA PRAKASH NARAYAN.

103
Q

CAUSES OF INDIAN REVOLT (1858) IS WRITTEN BY?

A

SIR SYED AHMED KHAN.

104
Q

THE ALIGARH INSTITUTE GAZETTE, A MULTILINGUAL JOURNAL WAS STARTED BY?

A

SIR SYED AHMED KHAN.

105
Q

WHAT IS KATIBIHU?

A

IT IS AN ASSAMESE FESTIVAL WHICH MARKS THE RELOCATION OF RICE SAPLINGS AND IS KNOWN AS KONGALI BIHU.
PEOPLE LIGHTEN DIYA NEAR TULSI PLANT.

106
Q

INDIAN COPYRIGHT LAW COPYRIGHT ACT 1957?

A

IT PROTECTS ORIGINAL WORK.
UNLIKE THE CASE WITH THE PATENTS, COPYRIGHT PROTECTS THE EXPRESSIONS AND NOT THE IDEAS.
THE LAW ALSO PROTECTS TRANSFORMATIVE WORK AND SIGNIFICANTLY MODIFIES, REINTERPRETS, OR BUILD UPON IT TO CREATE SOMETHING NEW AND DISTINCT.

107
Q

ARE RELIGIOUS BOOKS PROTECTED UNDER COPYRIGHT ACT IN INDIA?

A

NO RELIGIOUS TEXTS (RAMAYAN, MAHABHARATA, BIBLE ETC) ARE NOT PROTECTED BUT ANY TELEVISION SERIES CREATED WILL BE CONSIDERED AS TRANSFORMATIVE WORK AND WILL BE PROTECTED.

108
Q

WHAT IS BERNE CONVENTION?

A

BERNE CONVENTION ADOPTED IN 1886, DEALS WITH THE PROTECTION OF WORKS AND THE RIGHTS OF THEIR AUTHORS.

109
Q

JAGANNATH TEMPLE WAS BUILT BY?

A

ANANTAVARMAN CHODAGANGA DEVA, FIRST OF THE EASTERN GANGA DYNASTY. IN 12th CENTURY.

110
Q

WHAT IS MYSURU DUSSEHRA?

A

ALSO KNOWN AS NADA HABBA IS KARNATAKA’S STATE FESTIVAL THAT CELEBRATES GODDESS CHAMUNDESHWARI’S VICTORY OVER THE DEMON KING MAHISHASURA.

111
Q

WHAT ARE THE 7 CREATIVE FIELDS IN UNESCO’s CREATIVE CITIES NETWORK?

A

1 CRAFTS AND FOLK ARTS
2 DESIGN
3 FILM
4 GASTRONOMY
5 LITERATURE
6 MEDIA ARTS
7 MUSIC

112
Q

INDIAN CITIES IN UNESCO’s CREATIVE CITIES NETWORK?

A

● RECENT
KOZIKODE IN KERALA FOR LITERATURE
GWALIOR IN CATEGORY OF MUSIC
● OTHERS
SRINAGAR (CRAFT AND FOLK ART) 2021
HYDERABAD (GASTRONOMY) 2019
MUMBAI (FILM) 2019
CHENNAI (MUSIC) 2017
JAIPUR (CRAFTS AND FOLK ART) 2015
VARANASI (MUSIC) 2015.

113
Q

1ST MALAYALAM NOVEL?

A

KUNDALATHA (KOZHIKODE IN 1887) BY APPU NEDUNGADI.

114
Q

WHAT IS KOLU?

A

IN KAMBALA (BUFFALO RACE) IN KARNATAKA APART FROM WINNING THE RACE, TARGETS ALSO INCLUDE SPLASHING WATER; IN FACT, SOME WINNERS ARE EVEN DECLARED ON THE AMOUNT OF WATER SPLASHED; THIS IS CALLED KOLU.

115
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CATEGORIES OF KAMBALA?

A

1 NEGILU (PLOUGH)- LIGHT PLOUGHS ARE USED TO TIE BUFFALOES FOR RACE
2 HAGGA (ROPE)- BUFFALOES ARE RACED BY JOCKEYS WITH JUST A ROPE TYING THE PAIR TOGETHER.
3 ADDA HALAGE- JOCKEYS STAND OVER A HORIZONTAL PLANK DRAGGED BY BUFFALOES.
4 KANE HALAGE- A WOODEN PLANK WHICH HAS TWO HOLES IS TIED TO BUFFALO THROUGH WHICH WATER GUSHES OUT AS PLANK IS DRAGGED.

116
Q

DR RAJENDRA PRASAD LITERARY WORKS?

A

● SATYAGRAHA AT CHAMPARAN (1922).
● DIVISON OF INDIA (1946).
● ATMAKATHA (1946).
● MAHATMA GANDHI AND BIHAR, SOME REMINISCENCES (1949).
● BAPU KE QADMON MEN (1954).
● SINCE INDEPENDENCE (PUBLISHED IN 1960).
● BHARATIYA SHIKSHA
● AT THE FEET OF MAHATMA GANDHI.

117
Q

WHICH FOLK DANCE GOT INCLUDED IN UNESCO’S INTANGIBLE HERITAGE LIST IN 2023?

A

GARBA.

118
Q

PRODUCTS FROM UTTARAKHAND THAT RECIEVED GI TAG RECENTLY?

A

○ BERINAG TEA
○ BICHHU BUTI FABRICS
○ MANDUA (FINGER MILLET)
○ JHANGORA (HOME GROWN MILLET)
○ GAHAT
○ RED RICE
○ KALA BHATT
○ MALTA
○ CHAULAI
○ RAMDANA
○ LAKHORI CHILLI OF ALMONA
○ PAHARI TOR DAL
○ BURANSH SHARBAT
○ AADU
○ LITCHI
○ NETTLE FIBER
○ CANDLE OF NAINITAL
○ KUMAONI PICHORA
○ CHAMOLI KA MASK AND WOOD ART.

119
Q

MANAKUTUHALA (QUEST FOR LEARNING) CONSIDERED THE 1ST TREATISE IN MUSIC IN HINDI IS WRITTEN BY?

A

MAN SINGH.
IT IS ALSO BELIEVED THAT MAN SINGH INVENTED DHRUPAD..
HIS HORIS AND DHAMARS ALSO BECAME POPULAR.

120
Q

SEYCHELLES LOCATION?

A

WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN.
ALDABRA ISLANDS AND VALLÉE DE MAI NATIONAL PARK- UNESCO’S WORLD HERITAGE ARE LOCATED THERE.

121
Q

KEY WRITINGS OF JB KRIPALANI?

A

1 MY TIMES
2 AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
3 GANDHI HIS LIFE AND THOUGHTS
4 SOME STRAY THOUGHTS.

122
Q

AL-HILAL A CALCUTTA BASED NEWSPAPER WAS PUBLISHED BY?

A

MAULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD.

123
Q

KEY WRITINGS OF MAULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD?

A

1 AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NARRATIVE
2 GUBAR-E-KHATIR
3 AZAD ON PAKISTAN
4 TAZKIRAH.

124
Q

THIRUKKURAL DIVISIONS?

A

DIVIDED INTO THREE BOOKS
1 ARAM (VIRTUE)
2 PORUL (GOVERNMENT AND SOCIETY)
3 KAMAM (LOVE).

125
Q

WHO IS KNOWN BY THE NAME BIDROHI KOBI (REBEL POET)?

A

KAZI NAZRUL ISLAM (BENGALI POET).
HE WROTE KARAR OI LOUHO KOPAT (POEM) AFTER THE BRITISH THREW DESHBANDHU CHITTARANJAN DAS IN PRISON IN 1922.

126
Q

BOOK BHANGAR GAAN (SONGS OF BREAKING FREE) ARE WRITTEN BY?

A

KAZI NAZRUL ISLAM.

127
Q

MAKARAVILAKKU FESTIVAL CELEBRATED IN WHICH STATE?

A

KERELA.
HELD EVERY YEAR DURING MAKARA SANKRANTI.
MAKARA (CAPRICORN) VILAKKU (LIGHT).

128
Q

PEDDA PANDUGA IS CELEBRATED IN WHICH STATE?

A

ANDHRA PRADESH.
IT IS THE NAME OF MAKARA SANKRANTI.

129
Q

THAI PONGAL IS CELEBRATED IN WHICH STATE?

A

TAMIL NADU.
IT IS A MULTIDAY HINDU HARVEST FESTIVAL.

130
Q

LITERARY WORK OF JAWAHARLAL NEHRU?

A

○ THE DISCOVERY OF INDIA
○ GLIMPSES OF WORLD HISTORY
○ TOWARDS FREEDOM (HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY)
○ LETTERS FROM A FATHER TO HIS DAUGHTER.

131
Q

WHAT IS NABAKALEBARA?

A

IT IS A PROCESS WHEREBY THE IMAGE OF JAGANNATH MADE OF WOOD IS CEREMONIOUSLY REPLACED EVERY TWELVE OR NINETEEN YEARS BY AN EXACT REPLICA.

132
Q

RUSINGA CULTURAL FESTIVAL IS OF WHICH COUNTRY?

A

RUSINGA CULTURAL FESTIVAL IS AN ANNUAL TWO-DAY CELEBRATION OF THE CULTURE OF THE ABASUBA (TRIBE) PEOPLE OF KENYA.

133
Q

OPERATION VIJAY?

A

LIBERATION OF GOA FROM PORTUGUESE RULE IN 1961 WHEN THE INDIAN ARMY SUCCESSFULLY CAPTURED GOA THROUGH OPERATION VIJAY, ENDING PORTUGUESE RULE.

134
Q

OPERATION CHUTNEY?

A

OPERATION CHUTNEY, THE PRECURSOR TO OPERATION VIJAY, WAS LAUNCHED ON DECEMBER 1,1961 BY THE NAVAL HEADQUARTERS TO CAPTURE ANJADIP.

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