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412.

Who wanted to build a temple for Bharat Mata?

Answer: C

Subramania Siva wanted to build a temple for Bharat Mata.

The freedom fighter from Tamil Nadu, associated with V.O. Chidambaram Pillai in the Tirunelveli agitation of 1908, conceived the idea while imprisoned. He spent his later years, disabled by leprosy, at Papparapatti, where a temple was eventually built.

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413.

For which sport is Parimarjan Negi renowned?

Answer: C

Parimarjan Negi is renowned as a chess player.

He became a Grandmaster in 2006 at the age of thirteen, then the second youngest ever, and won the Asian Championship in 2012. He later moved to academic work at Stanford.

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416.

Colonel Muammar al Gaddafi is associated with which one of the following countries?

Answer: A

Muammar Gaddafi is associated with Libya.

He seized power in a coup in 1969 and ruled for forty-two years, styling himself Brother Leader rather than president. He was overthrown and killed in the uprising of 2011.

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417.

Who was elected as the new Chief Minister in Meghalaya after the assembly election in 2013?

Answer: A

Mukul Sangma became Chief Minister of Meghalaya after the 2013 election.

He led the Congress to victory and served a second term, having first taken office in 2010. He remains the state's longest-serving Chief Minister.

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419.

Who was affectionately Known as the " Grand Old Man Of India"

Answer: B

Dadabhai Naoroji was the Grand Old Man of India.

He was three times President of the Indian National Congress and the first Indian elected to the British House of Commons, in 1892. His Poverty and Un-British Rule in India set out the drain of wealth theory.

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420.

Who was the first Hindu-American to be elected to the US House of Representatives?

Answer: A

Tulsi Gabbard was the first Hindu-American elected to the US House of Representatives.

She won a Hawaii seat in 2012 and took her oath on the Bhagavad Gita. Ami Bera was elected to the House in the same year and is of Indian origin, but is not Hindu.

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