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Chilika Lake:
● Chilika Lake is a brackish water lagoon.It spreads over the Puri, Khurda and Ganjam districts of Odisha. The lake is located at the mouth of the Daya River flowing into the Bay of Bengal.
● The lake is Asia’s largest and world’s second-largest lagoon after The New Caledonian barrier reef.
● The lake is the largest wintering ground for migratory waterfowl found anywhere on the Indian subcontinent.
● In 1981, Chilika Lake became the first Indian wetland of international importance under the Ramsar Convention.
● Kalijai Temple is located on an island in Chilika Lake. It is considered to be the abode of the Goddess Kalijai.
● The Nalabana Island (Forest of Reeds) covering about 16 Sq. km of the Chilika lake declared a bird sanctuary in 1987.
● The major attraction at the Chilika lake is Irrawaddy dolphins.
● Chilika Lake is a brackish water lagoon.It spreads over the Puri, Khurda and Ganjam districts of Odisha. The lake is located at the mouth of the Daya River flowing into the Bay of Bengal.
● The lake is Asia’s largest and world’s second-largest lagoon after The New Caledonian barrier reef.
● The lake is the largest wintering ground for migratory waterfowl found anywhere on the Indian subcontinent.
● In 1981, Chilika Lake became the first Indian wetland of international importance under the Ramsar Convention.
● Kalijai Temple is located on an island in Chilika Lake. It is considered to be the abode of the Goddess Kalijai.
● The Nalabana Island (Forest of Reeds) covering about 16 Sq. km of the Chilika lake declared a bird sanctuary in 1987.
● The major attraction at the Chilika lake is Irrawaddy dolphins.
Choose the CORRECT statement regarding the ancient India:
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11%
Vedic Aryans in ancient India knew about ocean and sailed in ships to distant lands.
29%
There were 3 routes that connected India with China in ancient time, 2 overland & 3rd all-sea route.
40%
Both
21%
None
Choose the INCORRECT statement(s) regarding the Portuguese rise and fall in India:
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31%
In 1598 Vasco da Gama arrived at Calicut and the local king Zamorin gave him with a grand reception.
26%
The English won all Portuguese forts on the Malabar coast to oust the Portuguese.
30%
Both
13%
None
Choose the INCORRECT statement regarding the Mountbatten plan announced on June 3rd 1947:
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15%
Punjab and Bengal assemblies to take decision on partition by Simple majority.
23%
Sindh is to take its own decisions through Plebiscite.
20%
Referendum to be held in NWFP and Sylhet district.
14%
Two Dominions to be created if partition is to take place with two Constituent Assemblies.
28%
Freedom to be granted on August 15, 1947.
Choose the INCORRECT statement(s):
1. SANKALP (Skills Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion) is a World Bank loan assisted programme.
1. SANKALP (Skills Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion) is a World Bank loan assisted programme.
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20%
Statement 1
33%
2. The World Bank has recently released the “International Intellectual Property Index (IIPI)”.
36%
Both
11%
None
Choose the INCORRECT statement regarding the supervision of banks :
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3%
Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) is for the Commercial Banks implemented by the RBI.
19%
Supervisory Action Framework (SAF) is for Urban Cooperative Banks implemented by the RBI.
27%
Supervisory Action Framework (SAF) is for Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) implemented by NABARD.
39%
No such PCA/SAF exist for Non-bank entities (like NBFCs) and Rural Cooperatives.
12%
NOTA
"The misery hardly finds a parallel in the history of commerce: the bones of cotton weavers are bleaching the plains of North India."
Which of the following personalities expressed the above view in the context of economic policies of the British?
Which of the following personalities expressed the above view in the context of economic policies of the British?
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35%
Dadabhai Naoroji
23%
William Bentinck
27%
Shashi Tharoor
13%
R. C. Dutt
3%
NOTA
Choose the INCORRECT statement(s) regarding the Subsidiary Alliance policy of Wellesley:
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8%
Subsidiary alliance was regarding permanent stationing of force. Extension of the Ring Fence system.
35%
Hyderabad was the first to implement the subsidiary alliance inside the border of its state.
40%
Both
17%
None
No-Confidence Motion, to be admitted in the Lok Sabha, needs the support of:
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14%
150 Members
6%
120 Members
25%
100 Members
43%
50 Members
12%
NOTA
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