Siachen is a
Answer: D
Siachen is a glacier frontier zone between India and Pakistan.
At about 5,400 m in the eastern Karakoram, it is the highest battlefield in the world. India occupied it in Operation Meghdoot in 1984, and the two armies have faced each other there since, losing far more men to the cold than to fighting.
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World?s largest Buddhist Stupa is in ____________
Answer: B
It is at Kesariya.
The stupa in East Champaran district of Bihar is about 32 m high with a circumference of some 400 m, the largest Buddhist stupa known. Tradition holds that the Buddha delivered his last sermon there before going on to Kushinagar.
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Borobudur Temple in Magelang is located in which country?
Answer: A
Borobudur is in Indonesia.
The ninth-century Buddhist monument in central Java is the largest Buddhist temple in the world, built as a stepped pyramid of nine platforms crowned by a central stupa, with over 2,600 relief panels.
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Who built the Jagannath Temple at Puri in Odisha?
Answer: C
Chodaganga Deva built it.
The Eastern Ganga king began the Jagannath temple at Puri in the twelfth century, and it was completed under his successor Anangabhima Deva. Its Rath Yatra draws over a million people each year.
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The Gateway of India is located in which city ?
Answer: B
Correct answer: Mumbai
The Gateway of India stands on the Apollo Bunder waterfront in Mumbai, completed in 1924 to mark the visit of George V. British troops departed through it in 1948, a symmetry often noted.
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The first electric train of India 'Deccan Queen' was run between
Answer: C
It ran between Kalyan and Pune.
The Deccan Queen was introduced in 1930 between Bombay and Poona, and the Kalyan-Pune section over the Bhor ghat was the first stretch of Indian railway to be electrified - the gradients there made steam haulage difficult.
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In which city is the famous Salar Jung Museum located?
Answer: B
It is in Hyderabad.
The museum holds the collection of Mir Yousuf Ali Khan, Salar Jung III, and is one of the three National Museums of India. Its best-known pieces are the Veiled Rebecca and a double statue of Mephistopheles and Margaretta.
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Where is Shore Temple situated?
Answer: A
The Shore Temple is at Mahabalipuram.
Built about 700 AD under Narasimhavarman II, it stands on the shore of the Bay of Bengal in Tamil Nadu and is among the oldest structural stone temples in south India. It is part of the UNESCO Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram.
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The Indian Cancer Research Institute is at
Answer: B
It is at Mumbai.
The Indian Cancer Research Centre, now the Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer, works with the Tata Memorial Hospital, which has been India's principal cancer centre since 1941.
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How many Indian sites are named in the World Wide Fund for Nature report “Not For Sale”?
Answer: B
Seven Indian sites are named.
The WWF report Not For Sale examined natural World Heritage sites threatened by extractive industry, and listed seven in India among those at risk from mining, oil and gas exploration or infrastructure.
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