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1.   In human beings, disorder caused due to 4.         In 2017, which Satellite Launch Vehicle of

     trisomy of 21®^ chromosome is :                    ISRO successfully launched 104 satellites
                                                    I



                                                        in a single flight ?
     (A) Turner Syndrome
                                                        (A) INSAT-3DR
     (B) Down Syndrome                                  (B) PSLV-C55

     (C) Super Female Syndrome                          (C) GSLV-F12

     (D) Klinefelter S3mdrome                           (D) PSLV-C37




                                               5.       Ozone layer thickness is measured in :
                                                        (A) Decibels
2.   National Health Policy 2017 identified
                                                        (B) Dobson units
     co-ordinated   action on seven priority
                                                        (C) PPB
     areas for improving the health. Which
                                                        (D) PPM
     option is not included under the seven
     priority areas ?
                                               6. • The number of cervical vertebrae in a
     (A) Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
                                                ' human body is :
     (B) Yatri Suraksha
                                                        (A) 5
     (C) Nirbhaya Nari                                  (B) 7

     (D) Annapurna Scheme                               , CC) 12
                                                        (D) 33



                                                        In    which       year   was   India's   first,
3.   Which pulse causes lathyrism      when
                                                        interplanetary mission to planet Mars
     consumed on a regular basis ?                      launched successfully ?
     (A) Khesari dal                                    (A) 2013

     (B) Ghana dal ■                                    (B) 2012      .

                                                        (C) 2016
     (0) Moong dal
                                                        (D) 2015
     (D) None of the above


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11. In which of the following cases did the
8.    When did the Government of India pass     Supreme Court of India declare the
     ■ the Water (Prevention and Control of     prevalence of Fundamental Rights over
                                                Directive Principles of the State Policy in
      Pollution) Act ?                                  case of conflict between the two ?

      (A) 1972                                          (A) Golaknath v. State ofPunjab (1967)
                                                        (B) The State of Madras v. Champakam
      (B) 1986                                              Dorairajan(1951)
      (C) 1990                                          (C) Kesavananda Bharati v. the State of
                                                             Kerala (1973)
      (D) 1974
                                                        (D) Minerva Mills v. the Union of India
                                                             (1980)

9.    According to SDG India Index 2018, 12. Which one of the following statements is
      SDG1, SDG 2 and SDG 9 represent        not correct ?
                                             (A) In case of differences* of opinion
      respectively:                               amongst    the    Chief    Election
                                                             Commissioner     and    other Election
      (A) No poverty; Zero hunger; Industry,
                                                             Commissioners, the matter           is
            Innovation and Infrastructure                    decided by the Law Commission.
      (B) No poverty; Quality education; Life           (B) The Election Commissioners cannot
                                                             be removed from their office except
            on land
                                                             on the recommendation of the Chief
      (C) Clean water and sanitation; Climate                Election Commissioner.
                                                        (C) The Chief Election Commissioner
            action;   Sustainable    cities   and
                                                             and other Election Commissioners
            communities                                    , enjoy equal powers.
      (D) Gender equality; Climate action;              (D) The' term of offlce of Election
                                                             Commissioners is six years from the
            Zero hunger                                      date they assume office or till the
                                                    I        day they attain the age of 65 years,
                                                             whichever is earlier.

10. In the aquatic ecosystem of a pond, which 13. An amendment of the Constitution shall
                                                  require to be ratified by the legislatures of
    of the following components is represented
                                                        not less than one-half of the states :
      by fungi, bacteria and flagellates ?              (A) If such amendment seeks to make
                                                            changes in Article 53.
      (A) Autotrophic components .
                                                        (B) If such amendment seeks to 'make
      (B) Consumers                                         changes in Article 239A.
      (C) Decomposers                                   (C) If such amendment seeks to make
                                                            changes in Article 243A.
      (P) Abiotic components                            (D) If such amendment seeks to make
                                                            changes in Article 279A.


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14. Which among the following Article speaks 18. The Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of
    about impeachment of the President of        Good Governance and Policy Analysis is
    India ?                                            in:

    (A) Article 63                                     (A) New Delhi

    (B) Article 62                                     (B) Hyderabad
    (C) Article 61                                     (C) Bhopal
    CD) Article 60                                     (D) Jabalpur

15. As      per   Article   76   of the   Indian
     Constitution, the President shall appoint
                                                   19. Consider the following statements :
    a person to be Attorney General for India:
                                                        1.   It shall be the duty of the Advocate
    (A) who is qualified to be appointed a
                                                             General to    give   advice to the
            Judge of the High Court.
                                                             Government of the State upon legal
    (B) who has been an advocate of the
                                                             matters.
            Supreme Court for at least seven
            years.                                      2.   The Advocate General shall hold

    (C) who is qualified to be appointed a                   office during the pleasure of the
            Judge of the Supreme Court.                      Cabinet.

    (D) who has been an advocate of the                 Which of the statements given above
            High Court for at least seven years.        is/are correct?

                                                       (A) 1 only
16. K.M. Munshi was related to :                       (B) 2 only
    (A) Public Accounts Committee
                                                       (C) Both 1 and 2
    (B) Constitution Draft Committee
                                                       (D) Neither 1 nor 2
    (C) Preamble Committee
    (D) Hindu Code Bill Drafting Committee
                                                   20. The    hst   of powers, authority      and
17. Under whose advice can the President of             responsibilities which may be entrusted to
     India declare Emergency under Article              the Panchayats is given in the :
     352?
                                                        (A) -Eleventh Schedule
    (A) Chief Ministers of all States
                                                        (B) Twelfth Schedule
    (B) Prime Minister
                                                        (C) Seventh Schedule
     (C) Union Cabinet
                                                        (D) State list
     (D) Council of Ministers


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21. Bhimma tribe lives in which of the 26. Which award is given to women for tribal,
    districts of Madhya Pradesh ?          folk and traditional arts by the Madhya
                                                       Pradesh Government ?
     (A) Betul and Chhindwara
                                                       (A) National Kabir Award
    (B) Mandla and Dindori
                                                       ■(B)   State level Shikhar Award
     (C) Rewa and Satiia                               (C) National Devi Ahilya Award
     (D) Sidhi and Shahdol                             (D) National Tulsi Award

                                                 27.   Birha is the popular folk song of which
22. Mandwara festival is celebrated by the :           group of tribal women ?
     (A) Gonds                                         (A)    Gond
     (B) Baigas                                        (B)    Kol

     (C) Bhariya                                       (C)    Bhil
                                                       (D)    Sahariya
     (D) Sahariya

                                                 28.   Which award is given for writings on the
23. Mahanayak Tantya TVlama' is related to             cultural tradition and specialities of tribal
     which tribal group ?                              life in Indian literature ?

     (A) Kol
                                                       (A) Thakkar Bapa National Award
                                                       (B) Veer Shankar Shah - Raghunath
     (B) Gond
                                                              Shah National Award
     (C) Bhil                                          (C) Rani Durgavati National Award
     (D) Bhariya                                       (D) National Devi Ahilya Award

                                                 29.   In whose name is the Self-Employment
24. Freedom       fighter   Raghunath    Singh
                                                        Scheme being run for tribals in Madhya
     Mandloi is related to the :                       Pradesh ?
     (A) Bhariya tribe                                 (A) Dalpati Shah
     (B) Bhilala tribe                                  (B)   Tantya Bhil
     (0) Korku tribe                                    (C)   Birsa Munda
                                                        (D) Raghunath Shah
     (D) Baiga tribe
                                                 30.    The year of establishment of Vanya', the
25. Who is late Shri Badal Bhoi ?                       publishing house of Tribal Affairs
     (A) Famous tribal social worker                    Department is :
                                                        (A)   1965
     (B) Famous tribal musician
                                                        (B)   1970
     (C) Famous tribal freedom fighter
                                                        (0)   1975
     (D) Famous tribal artist                           (D)   1980


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31. What was the lower ceiling of Statutory 35. UNNATI (Agri-GIS) project of Madhya
                                                    Pradesh Government is for:
       Liquidity Ratio(SLR)which was amended
                                                    (A) ■ Providing financial assistance to
       in 2007 by the Government of India ?
                                                          farmers for purchasing smartphones.
       (A) 24%                                      (B) Leveraging technology like satellite
       (B) 25%                                           imagery and drone data to facilitate
                                                         informed      decision-making      in
    (C) 27%                                              agriculture.•
    (D) 30%                                         (0) Promoting the        cultivation 'of
                                                        genetically modified crops.
                                                    (D) Establishing     a     network    of
                                                        agricultural universities across the
32. What was the proportion of external debt             state.

       in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at
       the end of September 2023 ?              36. The Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan has
                                                    emerged from the amalgamation of which
       (A) 18-6%
                                                    of the following schemes ?
       (B) 26-3%                                    (A) Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) and
       (C) 15-8%                                          National Skill Development Mission
                                                         (NSDM)
       (D) 30-1%
                                                    (B) Rashtriya Madhyamik     Shiksha
                                                        Abhiyan (RMSA) and Pradhan
                                                        Mantri Gramin Digital ■ Literacy
33. What percentage of all factories in India
                                                          Mission(PMGDLM)
    were located in Madhya Pradesh in the
                                                    (C) Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA),
       year 2017-18? .                                  Rashtriya Madhyamik  Shiksha
       (A) 10%                                          Abhiyan (RMSA) and Teacher
                                                         Education(TE)
       (B) 5%
                                                    (D) Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Abhiyan
       (C) 2%                                           and Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana
       (D) Less than 1%
                                                37. In the year 2022- 23, on comparing the
                                                    per capita income of Madhya Pradesh and
                                                     that of India on the basis of advanced
34. Where and when was the first G20                 estimates at constant (2011-12) prices,
       Summit held ?                                 we find that      '

       (A) London, 2008                             (A) Per capita income of Madhya
                                                          Pradesh is higher than that ofIndia.
       (B) Washingtpn D.C.(USA),2008                (B) ■ Per capita income of Madhya
       (C) Paris, 2010                                    Pradesh is lower than that of India.
                                                    (C) Per capita income of Madhya
       (D) Seoul, 2010
                                                        Pradesh is equal to that ofIndia.
                                                    (D) Comparison is not possible.

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38.   GI tagged Chinnor rice is primarily
                                           41. The central part of the UNIX Operating
      produced in which district of Madhya
      Pradesh ?
                                                          System is :
      (A) Ujjain
      (B) Jabalpur                                        (A) Command Shell
      (C) Sehore
      (D) Balaghat                                        (B) Kernel

39.   Match the following districts of Madhya             (C) Directories and Program
      Pradesh with their unique product:
            District               Product                (D) Files
      (1)   Ashoknagar (i)         Bananas
      (2)   Khargone       (ii)    Mahesliwari
                                   Sarees and
                                   Tiger Print
      (3)   Burhanpur (iii)        Chanderi         42.   A                 attack comes in the form of
                                   Sarees
                                                          deceptive emails or text messages that
      (4)    Mandsaur      (iv)    Garlic
      Choose the correct option :                         may ask you to install software or divulge
            (1)    (2)     (3)     (4)                    personal information.
      (A) (i)      (ii)    (iii)   (iv)
                                                          (A) Spamming
      (B) (iii)    (ii)    (i)     (iv)
      (0) (iv)     (iii)   (ii)    (i)                    (B) Virus Signing
      (D) (ii)     (iii)   (iv)    (i)
40.   According to NITI Aayog's SDG India                 (C) Phishing
      Index 2020, how are the different
      categories of States' performance in                (D) Scanning
      Sustainable Development Goals defined
      on the basis ofindex score range ?
      (A) Aspirant : 100, Performer : 65 - 99,
           Front-runner : 50 - 64, Achiever :
            0-49
                                                    43.   Kurrently is a/an:
      (B) Aspirant : 0 - 49, Performer :
            50 - 64, Front-runner : 65 - 99,
                                                          (A) Sezuch Engine
            Achiever: 100
      (C) Aspirant : 50 - 64, Performer :
                                                          \B) Social Networking Site
          65 - 99, Front-runner : 0 - 49,
            Achiever: 100
                                                          (C) Blog      -
      (D) Aspirant : 65 - 99, Performer :
          50 - 64, Front-runner : 0 - 49,
            Achiever: 100
                                                          (D) Internet Forum


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44. The Tmitation Game'.was the original 47. A social networking site for professionals
     name of:
                                                            and business people who wish to connect
    (A) LISP                                                with other professionals is:
     (B) The Turing Test                                    (A) Facebook

     (C) The Halting Problem                                (B) MySpace

                                                            (0) Twitter
     (D). All ofthe above
                                                            (D) Linkedin




45. The founder of Twitter is ;                         48. The branch of Artificial Intelligence is

     (A) Jack Dorsey
                                                            (A) Network Design
     (B) Mark Zuckerberg
                                                            (B) Cyber Forensics
   . (C) Fred Cavazza                                       (C) Full-stack Developer

     (D) John McCarthy                                      (D) Machine Learning



                                                        49. MPEG stands for ;

                                                            (A) Moving Picture Experts Guide
46. "What       are      the     four   pillars    of
     E-Governance ?                                         ,(B) Moving Hcture Experts Group

                                        Technology,          CO   Moving Picture Effect Group
     (A) People,          Process,
             Resources
                                                            (D) Moving Picture Effect Guide

     (B) People,          Process,      Technology,
             Government                                 50. In the field of Internet, W3C stands for

     (0) Election,            People,   Technology,          (A) World Wide Web Content
             Resources    .                                  (B) World Wide Web Commission

                                        Technology,          (C) World Wide Web Centre
     (D) Election,            People,
             Government                                      (D) World Wide Web Consortium



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51. According to 2021-22, the area and 54. The            south-eastern    part   of Madhya
                                                   Pradesh receives maximum rainfall from :
    production of wheat occupies which place
    among cereals, in Madhya Pradesh ?             (A) Arabian Sea branch of monsoon

                                                   (B) Bay of Bengal branch of monsoon
    (A) 'Third
                                                   (C) Retreating monsoon
    (B) Fourth
                                                   (D) Cyclones
    (C) Second

    (D) First
                                               55. Black soil in Madhya Pradesh is formed
                                                   by which rock ?
                                                   (A) Sandstone

                                                   (B) Limestone
52. In which district of Madhya Pradesh was
                                                   (0) Basalt
    the production of soyabean initially
                                                   (D) Gneiss
    started ?


    (A) Indore
                                               56. When     was   bamboo     nationahzed   in
    (B) Ujjain                                      Madhya Pradesh ?

    (C) Vidisha                                    (A) 1975

                                                   (B) 1964
    (D) Dewas
                                                   (C) 1973

                                                   (D) 1963


53. In which of the following industry is
                                               57. The southern part of the Vindhyan
     rock phosphate used ?
                                                    Scarpland is called:
    (A) Textile industry
                                                   (A) Amarkantak plateau
    (B) Fertilizer industry                        (B) Maikal plateau

    (C) Sugar industry                             (C) Bhander plateau
                                                   (D) Bastar plateau
    (D) Paper industry


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58.   Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd., Bhopal 61. What is the name of the author of the
                                                historical novel T)urgesh Nandini' written
      was established with the support of a            in Bengali language ?
      compeiny of which country ?                     (A) Devendra Nath
                                                      (B) Bankim Chandra Chatteijee
      (A) Germany
                                                      (C) Rabindranath Tagore
      (B) France                                      (D) Hemchandra Bandopadhyay

      (C) Russia                                   62. Who appointed Keshav Chandra Sen as
                                                       the Chief Acharya of Brahmo Samaj?
      (D) Britain
                                                       (A)'Raja Ram Mohan Roy
                                                       (B) N.G. Chandavarkar
                                                       (C) Devendranath Thakur
                                                       (D) Mahadev Govind Ranade
59. According to 2011 Census, which district
      had the highest percentage of urban 63. During which movement did Gandhiji call
                                              for boycott ofthe Prince of Wales ?
      population ?
                                                     , (A) Khilafat Movement
      (A) Indore                                       (B) Non-Cooperation Movement
                                                       (C) Civil Disobedience Movement
      (B) Gwalior
                                                       (D) Quit India Movement
      (C) Bhopal
                                                   64. In the administrative system of the
      (D) Jabalpur                                     Mauryan period, Pradeshta is related to
                                                       which department?
                                                       (A) Revenue Department
                                                       (B) Justice Department

60, In which of ' the following irrigation             (C) Military Department
                                                       (D) Economic Department
      projects do four states have partnership ?
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      (A) Bansagar Project                         65. For whom did K.M. Panikkar say that "He
                                                       was the first diplomat of modem India"?
      (B) Bhander Project                              (A) Dadabhai Naoroji
                                                       (B) Lala Lajpat Rai
      (0) Rajghat Project
                                                       (C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
      (D) Sardar Sarovar Project                       (D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak


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66. In which Vedas are Sabha and Samlti 71,          Match the following pairs and identify the
    included as separate institutions'?              correct code:

    (A) Rigveda                                             Rivers                Area of Origin
    (B) Samaveda                                     (1)    Kaveri        (i)     Satpura range

    (C) Atharvaveda                                  (2)    Sabarmati     (ii)    Brahmagiri
                                                                                  hills
    (D) Yajurveda
                                                     (3)    Tapti(Tapi) (iii)     Mewad hills

67. There was a provision for reciting which         (4)    Damodar       (iv)    Chota Nagpur
                                                                                  Plateau
    mantra in the Upanayana ritual of the
    Kshatriya castes ?                               Code:
                                                         (1)     (2)      (3)     (4)
    (A) Jagati Mantra
                                                     (A) (i)     (ii)     (iii)   (iv)
    (B) Gayatri Mantra                               (B) (iii)   (iv)     (i)     (ii)
    (C) Sarvesham Mantra                             (C) (ii)    (iii)    (i)     (iv)
    (D) Trishtubh Mantra                             (D) (iv)    (ii)     (iii)   (i)


68. Where is the most famous Kailash temple 72. Which of the following two States of India,
    located among the cave temples ?            have more than 50 percent of the total
                                                country's coal reserves ?
    (A) In the caves of Ajanta
                                                     (i)    Jharkhand
    (B) In the caves of Ellora
    (C) In the caves of Elephanta                    (ii)   Madhya Pradesh

    (D) In the caves of Kanheri                      (iii) Odisha

                                                     (iv) Chhattisgarh
69. 'Which of the following Vedas was the            (A) (i) and (ii)
    earliest composition ?                           (B) (i) and (iii)
    (A) Rigveda
                                                     (0) (iii) and (iv)
    (B) Samaveda
                                                     (D) (ii) and (iii)
    (C) Yajurveda
    (D) Atharvaveda
                                               73.   In the year 2021 - 22, which State. of
                                                     India, had the first rank in production of
70. "What is called Antaranga Sadhana under
                                                     pulses ?
    Ashtanga Yoga ?
                                                     (A) Uttar Pradesh
    (A) Pratyaheura
                                                     (B) Rajasthan
    (B) Niyama
                                                     (C) Madhya Pradesh
    (C) Pranayama                                    (D) Gujarat
    (D) Dharna


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74. Out of these, which State has the largest 78. From the following, which cyclone struck
    deposits of Bauxite ?
                                                  the western coast of India in the year
    (A) Andhra Pradesh.
                                                    2021?
   ,(B) Odisha
                                                    (A) Amphan
    (C) Jharkhand
                                                    (B) Tauktae
    (D) Gujarat
                                                    (C) Michaung

75. Which of the following statements is not        (D) Fani
     correct ?

    (A) El Nino is an ocean current, which 79. Arrange the following mountain peaks,
        appears off the Peru coast.
                                               in ascending order, according to their
    (B) El Nino        weakens   the   Indian
                                                    height:
            Monsoon.
                                                    (i)   Guru Shikhar
    (C) El Nino occurs every year.
                                                    (ii) . Mahendragiri
    (D) La Nina strengthens the Indian
                                                    (iii) Anaimudi
            Monsoon.
                                                    (iv) Panchmarhi

76. From the following States of India, which       (A) (iii), (i), (ii),(iv)
    was the largest producer of Rice in the
                                                    (B) (i), (iii),(iv), (ii)
    year 2021-22?
                                                    (C) (ii), (i), (iii),(iv)
    (A) Punjab
                                                    (D) (iv),(ii), (i),(iii)
    (B) Bihar

    (C) Telangana

    (D) West Bengal                             80. According the Census year of 2011, which

                                                     of the following States of India had the
77. Which of the following is the longest
                                                    lowest density of population ?
     river ?
                                                    (A) Tripura
    (A) Cauveri(Kaveri)
                                                    (B) Arunachal Pradesh
    (B) Tapti(Tapi)
                                                    (C) Mizoram
    (C) Narmada
                                                    (D) Meghalaya
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      correct about Rani Durgavati Shri Anna    with traditional Maach singing style ?
      Protsahan Yojana ?                        (A) Kaluram Bamniya
     1.     It promotes millets in Madhya        (B) Satyendra Singh Lohia
          . Pradesh.                             (C) Bhagwatilal Rajpurohit
     2.     It covers the whole of Madhya        (D) Om Prakash Sharma
            Pradesh.

     3.     This scheme is for the period of 85. Who is        the recipient of the 2023

            2023-24 to 2025-26.                   International      Prize     in    Statistics

                                                  equivalent    to   the     Nobel   Prize   in
    (A) Only 1 and 2 are correct •
                                                  Mathematics ?
    (B) Only 1 and 3 are correct
                                                 (A) David R. Cox
    (C) Only 2 and 3 are correct
                                                 (B) Bradley Efron
    (D) 1, 2 and 3 are correct
                                                 (C) Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao

82. Who among the following was nominated        (D) Nan Laird

     to the Rajya Sabha by the President of
                                              86. Who, in the year 2024, became the
     India as the 12^^ member in the year
                                                  youngest player ever to win the FIDE
     2024?
                                                  Candidates Tournament ?
    (A) Ghulam Ali
                                                 (A) Viswanathan Anand
    (B) Baiyaraaja                                (B) Garry Kasparov
    (C) Sudha Murty                               (C) D.Gukesh
    (D) Satnam Singh Sandhu                       (D) Ding Liren

83. Who is the para-canoe athlete from
                                              87. In which district is Lamheta village
     Madhya Pradesh who was awarded the
                                                  located, where the Geo Park is set to be
     Aijima Award in 2023 ?
                                                  established ?
    (A) Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar
                                                  (A) Bhopal
     (B) Pukhrambam Sushila Chanu
                                                  (B) Jabalptir
     (C) Prachi Yadav                             (C) Indore
     (D) Shivendra Singh                          (D) Gwalior



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88. Who among the following has been 91. Match the following freedom fighters with
     appointed as the Chairperson Of Lbkpal of         their areas of revolution.

     India in 2024 ?                                   (1)    Raja Mardan           (i)      Nemawar
                                                              Singh
     (A) Shri Justice Sanjay Yadav ,                   (2)    Raja Daulat           (ii)   Bhanpur
                                                              Singh.
     (B) Shri Justice Lingappa Narayana                (3)    Raja Bakhatvali (iii) Shahgarh
            Swamy
                                                       (4)    Murad Ali             (iv) Mhow
     (C) Shri Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose
                                                       Code:
     (D) Shri       Justice   Ajay   Manikrao
                                                             (1)   (2)      (3)       (4)
            Khanwilkar
                                                       (A) (ii)    (i)      (iii)     (iv)

                                                       (B) (i)     (ii)     (iii)     (iv)

                                                       (C) (iii)   (iv)     (i)       (ii)
89. Where is the world's first 'Wedic Clock"
                                                       (D) (iv)    (iii)    (i)       (ii)
     installed ?

     (A) Varanasi
                                                 92.   Where was the first literary reference to
     (B) Prayagraj
                                                       Narmada river found ?
     (C) Ujjain
                                                       (A) Shatpath Brahman
     (D) Bhopal
                                                       (B) Manusmriti

                                                       (C) Varahamihira Samhita

                                                       (D) ^ni Puran
90. The winner of the five test matches

     cricket series held between India and
                                                 93.   Which Chalcolithic site is also called the
     England from January to March, 2024
                                                       birth place of Varahmihira ?
     was:

                                                       (A) Dangwada
     (A). India-by3-2
                                                       (B) Kaytha
     (B) India by 4- 1
                                                       (C) Navdatoli
     (C) England by 3 — 2
                                                       (D) Indragarh
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94, Which of the following pairs is false ?      98. Which statement is false regarding the
            Sanctuary        District   '              Dashpur inscription of Kumaragupta and
      (A) Bori           —   Hoshangabad               Bandhuvarman ?

      (B) Gangau         —   Panna                     (A) In this inscription, there is mention
      (C) Karera         —   Shivpuri                       of the construction of Surya temple

      (D) Ghatigaon      —   Indore                         by a group of silk weavers.

                                                       (B) This is     the     oldest example    of
                                                            advertisement tradition in Bharat.
95. With which genre is Shankar Rao Pandit
      associated ?                                     (C) In this inscription, Dashpur has
                                                            been called Paschimpur also.
      (A) Sitar instrumental(playing)

      (B) Mrudang instrumental(playing)                (D) This inscription was composed by
                                                            Bhavabhuti.
      (C) Khayal singing

      (D) Kathak dance

                                                 99.   What is Kohbar ?
96.   What is the Sutradhar of Gammat folk
      theatre called ?                                 (A) Marriage ritualistic wall painting

      (A) Ghughermal                                   (B) Marriage costume
      (B) Thothaya                                     (C) Food
      (0) Kudgarya
                                                       (D) Jewellery
      (D) Khamras


                                                 100. Who is the author of Yashddharman's

97.   In which district is the Mohankheda Jain         Sondani inscription ?
      Tirth located ?
                                                       (A) Kavi Madan
      (A) Dewas
                                                       (B) Vasul Kavi
      (B) Dhar

      (C) Burhanpur                                    (C) Kakk

      (D) Khargone                                     (D) Ravikirti



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