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The Green Revolution started in the year 1965 and the five year plan was between 1961-1966.

A
1 st
B
3rd
C
2nd
D
5 th

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: B

The Green Revolution was strategically initiated during India's Third Five-Year Plan (1961-1966) in an urgent effort to recover from severe agricultural failures and looming famine.
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Sri Lanka is separated from India by a narrow channel of sea, formed by and the Gulf of Mannar.

A
Bering Strait
B
Malacca Strait
C
Palk Strait
D
Strait of Gibraltar

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: C

The Palk Strait is a navigable inlet of the Bay of Bengal that geographically separates the southern tip of India (Tamil Nadu) from the northern coast of Sri Lanka.
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Which of the following is capital of People's Republic of China?

A
Hangzhou
B
Guangzhou
C
Shanghai
D
Beijing

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: D

Beijing is a historic global metropolis and has served as the formal political center and capital of the People's Republic of China since its establishment in 1949.
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At independence, about per cent of the country's population was dependent on agriculture.

A
75
B
40
C
20
D
90

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: A

At the dawn of independence in 1947, India was predominantly agrarian, with approximately 70-75% of its entire population residing in rural areas and relying directly on agriculture.
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India shares its land border with how many countries?

A
seven
B
eight
C
five
D
six

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: A

India officially shares its vast international land borders with exactly seven countries: Pakistan, Afghanistan, China, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, and Bangladesh.
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Which of the following Indian states is officially recognized as the first fully organic state in the world?

A
Tripura
B
Sikkim
C
Meghalaya
D
Mizoram

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Correct Option: B

In 2016, Sikkim made history by becoming the world's first completely organic state, successfully phasing out the use of synthetic chemical fertilizers and pesticides.
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Sri Lanka is separated from India by a narrow channel of sea formed by the Palk Strait and the .

A
Gulf of Kutch
B
Gulf of Khambat
C
Gulf of Mannar
D
Gulf of Strait

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: C

The Gulf of Mannar, a shallow bay forming part of the Laccadive Sea, works in geographic conjunction with the Palk Strait to separate the island of Sri Lanka from India.
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India shares about of its land border with Afghanistan.

A
506 KM
B
306 KM
C
706 KM
D
106 KM

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: D

India technically claims a very short land border of about 106 kilometres with Afghanistan, located specifically in the Wakhan Corridor region of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).
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Varahamihira's work Panchasiddhantika deals with astronomical systems.

A
Three
B
Two
C
Four
D
Five

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: D

Written by the scholar Varahamihira, the Panchasiddhantika is a famous Indian treatise that accurately summarizes five earlier astronomical systems, or Siddhantas.
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India's southern neighbours across the sea consist of the island countries.

A
four
B
two
C
three
D
five

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: B

India maintains significant maritime boundaries with two sovereign island neighbours situated to its south across the Indian Ocean: Sri Lanka and the Maldives.
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