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Q1. For the excellence in sports coaching in India, ___________is given
(a) Arjun Award
(b) Dronacharya Award
(c) Dhyan Chand Award
(d) Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna
S1. Ans.(b)
Sol.Dronacharya Award is given for excellence in sports coaching in India.
The Indian Government instituted Dronacharya Award in 1985.
Q2. Name the folk dance performed by women in Punjab?
(a) Giddha
(b) Bhangra
(c) Tamasha
(d) Bihu
S2. Ans.(a)
Sol.Giddha is a popular folk dance of women in Punjab region of India and Pakistan. The dance is often considered derived from the ancient dance known as the ring dance and is just as energetic as Bhangra; at the same time it manages to creatively display feminine grace, elegance and flexibilty. Women perform this dance mainly at festive or social occasions.
Q3. Name the title of autobiography of Major Dhyan Chand?
- Playing it my way
- Goal
- Magician of Hockey
- Ace against odds
S3. Ans.(b)
Sol. Goal is the title of the autobiography of Major Dhyan Chand.
Major Dhyan Chand was an Indian field hockey player widely regarded as the greatest field hockey player in history.
Q4. Stock Farming is
(a) Growing of 2-3 crops at the same time
(b) Breeding of animals
(c) Crop rotation
(d) None of the above
S4. Ans.(b)
Sol. Stock farming is the practice of keeping a livestock farm.
Livestock are the domesticated animals raised in an agricultural setting to provide labor and produce commodities such as meat, eggs, milk, fur, leather, and wool.
Q5. Who is the first sports person to be awardedthe Bharat Ratna award?
(a) Dhyanchand
(b) Leander Paes
(c) Sachin Tendulkar
(d) AbhinavBindra
S5. Ans.(c)
Sol.Sachin Tendulkar is the first sports person among the given options, who have won the Bharat Ratna award.
Q6. Mother Teresa won Nobel Prize for?
(a) Literature
(b) Physics
(c) Peace
(d) Economic Studies
S6. Ans.(c)
Sol.
In 1979, Teresa received the Nobel Peace Prize “for work undertaken in the struggle to overcome poverty and distress, which also constitutes a threat to peace”
Q7. Which country won the first cricket world cup?
(a) New Zealand
(b) West Indies
(c) England
(d) Australia
S7. Ans.(b)
Sol.
West Indies won the first Cricket World Cup by defeating Australia in 1975.
Q8. Famous Boxer Mary Kom belongs to
(a) Manipur
(b) Mizoram
(c) Nagaland
(d) Tripura
S8. Ans.(a)
Sol. Mary Komis an Indian amateur boxer, politician, and incumbent Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha.
She is the only woman to win the World Amateur Boxing Championship six times.
Mary Kom was born in Kagathei village, MoirangLamkhai in Churachandpur district of rural Manipur in India.
She came from a poor Kom family.
Q9.Which of the following pair (National Park: State) is incorrect?
(a) Simlipal : Orissa
(b) Nokrek: Meghalaya
(c) Tadoba: Maharashtra
(d) Guindy: Karnataka
S9. Ans.(d)
Sol.Guindy National Park is a protected area of Tamil Nadu.
It is located in Chennai.
It is the 8th smallest National parks of India and one of the very few national parks located inside a city.
Q10. The headquarters of International Olympic Committee is at
(a) Lausanne (Switzerland)
(b) Moscow
(c) Los Angles
(d) New York
S10. Ans.(a)
Sol. The International Olympic Committee is a non-governmental sports organisation.
It’s headquarter is located in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Q11. ‘Tamasha’ is the famous folk form of musical theatre in
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Punjab
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Bihar
S11. Ans.(c)
Sol.Tamasha is a traditional form of Marathi theatre.
It is often performed with singing and dancing by local or travelling theatre groups within the state of Maharashtra.
Q12. ‘Kaushal’ is an improved variety of
(a) Chickpea
(b) Cotton
(c) Groundnut
(d) Wheat
S12. Ans.(c)
Sol.Kaushal’ is an improved variety of Groundnut.
Groundnut is the major oilseeds crop accounting for 45 percent of oilseeds area and 55 percent of oilseeds production of the country.
Q13. Bhilai Steel Plant was established with help of
- Russia
- Britain
- Germany
- Poland
S13. Ans.(a)
Sol. The Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) is located in Bhilai, in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh.
It is India’s first and main producer of steel rails, as well as a major producer of wide steel plates and other steel products.
It was set up with the help of the USSR in 1959.
Q14. National Womens day is celebrated on?
(a) 13th February
(b) 16th February
(c) 18th February
(d) 14th February
S14. Ans.(a)
Sol. Indian National Women’s Day is observed every year on 13 February to commemorate the birth anniversary of Sarojini Naidu.
Q15. Torgya Festival is celebrated in?
(a) Arunachal Pradesh
(b) Kerala
(c) Karnataka
(d) None Of these
S15. Ans.(a)
Sol. The three days long Torgya Festival of the Monpa tribal community of Arunachal Pradesh is celebrated at Tawang Monastery, Arunachal Pradesh.
