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461. Who is the director of “Chamelee Memsaab” ?

Answer: Abdul Masjid
A
Nip Baruah
B
Brajen Baruah
C
Ramen Baruah
D
Abdul Masjid
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The correct answer is Abdul Masjid. This is the key factual association tested by the question and should be remembered with the subject named in the question.

462. What is the “Westernmost Point” of India?

Answer: Ghuar Moti
A
Amreli
B
Dahod
C
Bharuch
D
Ghuar Moti
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Ghuar Moti is the westernmost point identified in the source; Ghuar Moti lies in Gujarat’s Kutch region near the Pakistan border.

463. Who was the 1st National Security Advisor of India?

Answer: Brajesh Mishra
A
Pankaj Singh
B
Manmohan Singh
C
Prof Brajinder Khanna
D
Brajesh Mishra
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Brajesh Mishra was India’s first National Security Advisor, appointed in 1998.

464. Which of the following is not correctly matched?

Answer: Mohiniattam- Odisha
A
Mohiniattam- Odisha
B
Yakshgan- Karnataka
C
Garba- Gujarat
D
Kuchipudi- Andhra pradesh
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Mohiniattam- Odisha is the incorrectly matched pair. Mohiniyattam is a classical dance of Kerala, not Odisha.

465. Who was the 1st female chief justice of High court in India?

Answer: Leila Seth
A
Syeda Tahira
B
Justice Fatima khan beewi
C
Leila Seth
D
Ruma pal
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The correct answer is Leila Seth. This is the key factual association tested by the question and should be remembered with the subject named in the question.

466. “CORPAT” military exercise is between which two nations?

Answer: India & Thailand
A
India & Singapore
B
India & Thailand
C
India & Japan
D
India & Maldives
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India & Thailand are the two countries conducting CORPAT, a coordinated patrol exercise focused on maritime security.

467. “Long walk to freedom” is an autobiography of?

Answer: Nelson Mendela
A
Kofi Annen
B
Mahatma Gandhi
C
Nelson Mendela
D
Abraham Lincon
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Nelson Mendela wrote “Long Walk to Freedom”, the autobiography of his life and struggle against apartheid.

468. Which ex-prime minister of India is known as “Chanakya of Modern India”?

Answer: P V Narashima Rao
A
P V Narashima Rao
B
Atal bihari Vajpayee
C
VP singh
D
Monmohan Singh
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P V Narashima Rao is the former Prime Minister identified by the source with the sobriquet “Chanakya of Modern India”.

469. “Vikramshila” university was founded by which Pala king?

Answer: Dharampala
A
Rajendra Chola
B
Pulakesin I
C
Mihir Bhoja
D
Dharampala
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The correct answer is Dharampala. This is the key factual association tested by the question and should be remembered with the subject named in the question.

470. The 1st ruler of Magadha from “Haryanka Dynasty” was?

Answer: Bimbisara
A
Ashoka
B
Ajatshatru
C
Bimbisara
D
Prasenjit
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The correct answer is Bimbisara. This is the key factual association tested by the question and should be remembered with the subject named in the question.

471. Who is the father of the “Indian space programme”?

Answer: Dr. Vikram Sarabhai
A
Dr. Satish Dhawan
B
K Sivan
C
Dr. Homi J Bhaba
D
Dr. Vikram Sarabhai
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The correct answer is Dr. Vikram Sarabhai. This is the key factual association tested by the question and should be remembered with the subject named in the question.

472. “Kyoto Protocol” is related to?

Answer: Climate change
A
Climate change
B
Ozone depletion
C
Nuclear power
D
None of these
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Climate change is the subject of the Kyoto Protocol, adopted in 1997, which set binding greenhouse-gas reduction targets for developed countries.

473. “Jayprakash Narayan” was given the title of?

Answer: Loknayak
A
Deshbandhu
B
Loknayak
C
Deenbandhu
D
Jana Nayak
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The correct answer is Loknayak. This is the key factual association tested by the question and should be remembered with the subject named in the question.

474. Which pigment gives human skin, hair and eyes their color?

Answer: Melanin
A
Melanin
B
Phtalocyanine
C
Alizarrin
D
Quinacridone
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Melanin is the pigment responsible for much of the colour of human skin, hair and eyes.

475. Who was the first winner of “Nobel peace prize” from India?

Answer: Mother Teresa
A
Rabindranath Tagore
B
C V Ramana
C
Amartya Sen
D
Mother Teresa
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Mother Teresa was the first Indian Nobel Peace laureate in the source’s framing; she received the prize in 1979.

476. Who was the court poet of “Samudragupta”?

Answer: Harisen
A
Banabhatta
B
Bhavabhuti
C
Devnaag
D
Harisen
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Harisen was Samudragupta’s court poet and author of the Allahabad Pillar Prashasti.

477. Indus valley civilization “Dholavira” is famous for?

Answer: Water conservation
A
Sea port
B
Pottery
C
Water conservation
D
Rock cut Architecture
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Water conservation is what Dholavira is especially famous for: sophisticated reservoirs, water-management structures and urban planning.

478. The Gohain kamal Ali which was constructed during Nara Narayan, connects Cochbehar to?

Answer: North Lakhimpur
A
Udalguri
B
North Lakhimpur
C
Darrang
D
Jorhat
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North Lakhimpur is the destination connected by the historic Gohain Kamal Ali, an embankment/road system associated with the Koch kingdom.

479. Who among the following founded the famous “Bombay stock Exchange”?

Answer: Premchand Roychand
A
Ashish kumar chauhan
B
Virkamjit sen
C
Premchand Roychand
D
None of these
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Premchand Roychand founded the Bombay Stock Exchange in its early organised form; Premchand Roychand is associated with its founding history.

480. “Black soil” is also known by which of the following name?

Answer: Regur soil
A
Khadar soil
B
Bangar soil
C
Alluvial soil
D
Regur soil
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Regur soil is the name for India’s black cotton soil, rich in clay and well suited to cotton cultivation.

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