National Events (Part-XII)

Total Questions: 50

31. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched? [U.P.P.C.S.(Pre) 1994]

Commission	President
(a) National Commission on Urbanization	M.N. Buch
(b) Nuclear Energy Commission	M.R. Shrinivasan
(c) National Commission on rural labour	Raja Chelliah
(d) Urban Arts Commission	H.Y. Sharda Prasad

Correct Answer: (d)

Solution:H.Y. Sharda Prasad is the president of Urban Arts Commission. Rest all three are not correctly matched. Hence, option (d) is correct.

32. Which one of the following city- pairs have recently been associated with the 6-lane Expressway? [U.P.U.D.A./L.D.A.(Pre) 2002]

(a) Ahmedabad and Vadodra
(b) Dhaka and Chatgaon
(c) Mumbai and Pune
(d) Islamabad and Lahore

Correct Answer: (c) Mumbai and Pune

Solution:The 6-Path Expressway links Mumbai, the financial capital of the country, and the industrial hub city of Pune. It is 93 km long. It is officially known as Yashwant Rao Chawan Express route.

33. Operation Bajarang is related to military action against? [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1991]

(a) Suppression of ULFA
(b) Suppression of LTTE
(c) Suppression of Gorkha
(d) Suppression of Bodo

Correct Answer: (a) Suppression of ULFA

Solution:The State of Assam was declared disturbed on 27 Nov 1990 and Operation BAJRANG launched. Trouble surfaced in Assam with the student agitation in 1979 on the foreigner's issue. Violence continued intermittently till 1985 when the Assam Accord between the AASU (All Assam Students Union), Assam Gina Sang ram Paris had (AGSP) and the Central Government was signed. Inspire of the accord, United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) demanded secession from the Union and started resorting to insurgent

34. 62nd session of Indian National Congress was held at - [Jharkhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2003]

(a) Nagpur
(b) Indore
(c) Bhopal
(d) Allahabad

Correct Answer: (b) Indore

Solution:On 28 December 1885, 72 social reformers, journalists and lawyers congregated for the first session of Indian National Congress at Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College, Bombay.62nd Session of Indian National Congress held in Indore fromMay. 14-15, 1957 in the presidency of U. N. Dhebar.

35. The 11th Metropolis Congress was organised in Hyderabad in - [B.P.S.C. 56th to 59th (Pre) 2015]

(a) September, 2013
(b) January 2014
(c) October, 2014
(d) November 2014

Correct Answer: (c) October, 2014

Solution:11th Metropolis World Congress held in Hyderabad, India from 7-10 October 2014. 14th Metropolis World Congress and Brussels Urban Summit 2023 was held from 12th June 2023 to 15th June 2023.

36. 'Janmbhoomi Programme' and 'Dial Your Chief Minister' T.V. Programme is related to - [U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 1998]

(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Gujarat
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Rajasthan

Correct Answer: (c) Andhra Pradesh

Solution:'Janmbhoomi Programme' and 'Dial Your Chief Minister' T.V. Programme is related to Andhra Pradesh. Hence, option (c) is correct.

37. Which one of the following States of India has recently started the 'greenhouse farming scheme'? [U.P. U.D.A./L.D.A. (Pre) 2002]

(a) Haryana
(b) Punjab
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Uttar Pradesh

Correct Answer: (b) Punjab

Solution:Punjab has recently started the 'greenhouse farming scheme'. Hence, option (b) is correct.

38. Which of the following statements is true? [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1992]

(A) Terrorists were executed in Ayodhya

(B) The farmers were harassed by the police in Ramkala

(D) Many people died in Jharia due to explosion of firecrackers

Codes:

(a) ABCD is correct
(b) ABD is correct
(c) ACD is correct
(d) BCD is correct

Correct Answer: (b) ABD is correct

Solution:True statements are Terrorists were executed in Ayodhya, The farmers were harassed by the police in Ramkala and Many people died in Jharia due to explosion of firecrackers.

39. This year's 'Nav Kalewar' Rath Yatra of Bhagwan Jagannath is of the century - [U.P. R.O./A.R.O. (Mains) 2014]

(a) First
(b) Second
(c) Third
(d) Fourth

Correct Answer: (a) First

Solution:The year 2015, Lord Jagannath's 'Nav Kalewar' Rath Yatra is the first Rath Yatra of the century. Rath Yatra is an annual festival of Lord Jagannath, Balabhadra and Goddess Subhadra held in Puri (Odisha). This festival is celebrated every year on Aashadh Shukla Dwitiya.

40. Which one of the following temples figured in the news regarding the Institution of the Devadasis? [I.A.S. (Pre) 1996]

(a) Jagannath Temple, Puri
(b) Pashupatinath Temple, Kathmandu
(c) Kandariyamanadev Temple, Khajuraho
(d) Chaunsathyogini Temple, Bheraghat

Correct Answer: (a) Jagannath Temple, Puri

Solution:The Devadasi institution associated with the Lord Jagannath Temple in Puri has contributed significantly to the rituals of the temple. Devadasis played a vital role in the chariot journey of Lord Jagannath. This temple was founded in the 11th century by Ananta Varman Chodagung Dev.

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