Indian Panorama (UPSC) Part-III

📆 March 27, 2025

Total Questions: 50

11. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists: [2007]

Person	Known As
A. Bhanu Bharti	1. Music Composer
B. Mike Pandey	2. Poet and litterateur
C. Mohd Zahur Khayyam	3. Theatre Director
D. Vinda Karandikar	4. Wildlife Film Maker

Option	A	B	C	D
(a)	1	4	3	2
(b)	3	2	1	4
(c)	1	2	3	4
(d)	3	4	1	2

Correct Answer: (d)

Solution:(A) Bhanu Bharti - Theatre director

(B) Mike Pandey - Wildlife film maker

(D) Vinda Karandikar - Poet and Litterature

12. Who wrote the book 'The Story of the Integration of the Indian States'? [2007]

(a) B N Rau
(b) C Rajagopalachari
(c) Krishna Menon
(d) V P Menon

Correct Answer: (d) V P Menon

Solution:V. P Menon authored a book on the political integration of India, "The Story of the Integration of Indian States" and on the partition of India, "Transfer of Power".

13. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists: [2007]

Writer	Book
A. V. S. Naipaul	1. The Siege of Krishnapur
B. Salman Rushdie	2. In a Free State
C. Paul Scott	3. Midnight’s Children
D. J. G. Farrell	4. Staying On

Option	A	B	C	D
(a)	2	3	4	1
(b)	4	1	2	3
(c)	2	1	4	3
(d)	4	3	2	1

Correct Answer: (a)

Solution:(A) VS Naipaul - In a Free State

(B) Salman Rushdie - Midnight's Children

(D) JG Farrell - The Siege of Krishnapur

14. Near which one of the following cities are Palitana Temples located? [2008]

(a) Bhavnagar
(b) Mount Abu
(c) Nasik
(d) Ujjain

Correct Answer: (a) Bhavnagar

Solution:The Palitana temples of Jainism are located on Shatrunjaya by the city of Palitana in Bhavnagar district, Gujarat, India.

15. With which one of the following is BRIT (Government of India) engaged? [2008]

(a) Railway Wagons
(b) Information Technology
(c) Isotope Technology
(d) Road Transport

Correct Answer: (c) Isotope Technology

Solution:Board of Radiation and Isotope Technology in short known as "BRIT" is a unit of the Department of Atomic Energy, headquartered in Navi Mumbai. It is involved in production, development, and supply of radioisotope based products and provision of isotope applications, radiation processing, radioanalytical services etc.

16. Rajiv Gandhi National Flying Institute is being established in which State? [2008]

(a) Karnataka
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Kerala
(d) Orissa

Correct Answer: (b) Maharashtra

Solution:

Rajiv Gandhi National Flying Institute is located in Maharashtra. As per the Ministry of civil aviation, Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University (RGNAU) is an autonomous central university at Fursatganj Airfield, Amethi in Uttar Pradesh, India, for aviation studies and research. It is under the administration of the Ministry of Civil Aviation of the Government of India, constituted by an Act of Parliament in 2013 and physically established in 2018. It is India's first aviation university.

17. Consider the following statements: [2008]

1. The Nuclear Suppliers Group has 24 countries as its members.

2. India is a member of the Nuclear Suppliers Group.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

Correct Answer: (d) Neither 1 nor 2

Solution:The Nuclear Suppliers Group has 48 members in 2022. India is not among them.

18. What is the number of spokes in the Dharmachakra in the National Flag of India? [2008]

(a) 16
(b) 18
(c) 22
(d) 24

Correct Answer: (d) 24

Solution:Dharamchakra has 24 spokes, it is navy-blue in colour and lies in the middle of white band. Its design is that of the wheel which appears on the abacus of the Saranath Lion capital of Ashoka.

19. Which was the Capital of Andhra State when it was made a separate State in the year 1953 [2008]

(a) Guntur
(b) Kurnool
(c) Nellore
(d) Warangal

Correct Answer: (b) Kurnool

Solution:Andhra attained statehood on 1 November 1953, with Kurnool as its capital. On 1 November 1956, the States Reorganization Act merged the Telugu-speaking areas of the former Hyderabad state with the Telugu-speaking areas of the former Madras state to form the state of Andhra Pradesh. The city of Hyderabad, the former capital of the Hyderabad State, was made the capital of the new state.

20. Which one of the following is the largest (area wise) Lok Sabha constituency? [2008]

(a) Kangra
(b) Ladakh
(c) Kachchh
(d) Bhilwara

Correct Answer: (b) Ladakh

Solution:Laddakh (Jammu and Kashmir) is the largest areawise LS constituency and then comes Barmer (Rajasthan), Kutch (Gujarat), Arunachal West (Arunachal Pradesh). Delhi-Chandni Chowk is the smallest areawise LS constituency.

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