State News Questions and Answers

Answer: C

The winner was Sampatiya Uikey.

The Rajya Sabha seat from Madhya Pradesh fell vacant on the death of Union Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave in May 2017. The BJP nominated Sampatiya Uikey, a tribal leader from Mandla district, who won the by-election held later that year and became a member of the Rajya Sabha.

Jamuna Devi was a Congress leader and former Deputy Chief Minister and Leader of the Opposition in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly, who died in 2010. Radha Devi and Kavita Uikey are not the winner of this by-election, so the other options are wrong.

Answer: C

The 'Friends of MP Conclave' of January 2018 was held in Indore.

The State Government organised it on 3 and 4 January 2018 for people of the diaspora with roots in Madhya Pradesh and others who wished to be connected with the state, with sessions on a development vision for 2022 and on the role of 'Friends of MP' in the state's growth. Notices published by Indian embassies abroad name Indore as the venue; one Hindi report gave 4 and 5 January for the dates, but the city is the same.

Bhopal is the state capital and Jabalpur and Gwalior are major cities, but the conclave was not held in any of them. Indore is the state's commercial centre, which is why it hosts investor and diaspora meets.

Answer: B

Lamheta is in Jabalpur district.

Lamheta, on the banks of the Narmada near Bhedaghat in Jabalpur district, is famous for its rock formations, including the Lameta Formation where dinosaur fossils were found. A geo-park is being set up there for its geological heritage.

Bhopal, Indore and Gwalior are not on this stretch of the Narmada.

The Narmada flows through the marble gorge at Bhedaghat close by, and the whole area is valued for its geology and its fossils.

Answer: C

The world's first Vedic Clock is in Ujjain.

The Vikramaditya Vedic Clock was installed at Jantar Mantar (Jiwaji Observatory) in Ujjain and inaugurated in 2024. It shows time according to the Indian panchang system, from sunrise to sunrise, along with standard time.

Ujjain was chosen because it was the prime meridian of ancient Indian astronomy. Varanasi, Prayagraj and Bhopal were not the location.

Answer: B

Only statement 2 is incorrect, so the answer is Only 2.

Pratheeksha is a marine ambulance put into service by the Kerala government's Fisheries Department for its coast. The key treats statement 1, which calls it India's first, as correct.

Its purpose, however, is to provide rescue and emergency medical care to fishermen in distress at sea, not to guard Indian mackerel or Olive Ridley turtles against poachers. That makes statement 2 the incorrect one, ruling out 'Only 1', 'Both 1 and 2' and 'Neither 1 nor 2'.

Answer: C

Both statements are correct, so the answer is Both 1 and 2.

In 2020 the Border Roads Organisation completed a permanent bridge over the Ravi to connect the Kasowal enclave in Gurdaspur district of Punjab, a strip of land lying between the river and the India-Pakistan border, with the rest of the country (1). Until then the enclave was linked only by a temporary pontoon bridge that had to be removed in the monsoon.

The bridge is 484 metres long and was built by the BRO under its Project Chetak (2). With both statements true, the other three options are wrong.

Answer: A

Only statement 1 is correct, so the answer is Only 1.

In October 2020 Odisha launched the Drink from Tap Mission (Sujal), to supply safe drinking water round the clock that can be drunk straight from the tap, beginning with Puri (1).

Statement 2 is wrong. Odisha did not achieve 100 percent household tap water connections in 2020; under the Jal Jeevan Mission it was then still far from full coverage, and Sujal itself began with a single town. So options including statement 2 are wrong.

Answer: D

Neither statement is correct, so the answer is Neither 1 nor 2.

The Uniform Civil Code adopted in Uttarakhand did not raise the marriage age for women: it keeps the minimum age at 21 years for men and 18 years for women, the same as the existing general law.

Marriage and divorce are in the Concurrent List (Entry 5 of List III of the Seventh Schedule), not the State List. That is why both Parliament and a state legislature can make laws on the subject, as Uttarakhand did with its code.

Answer: D

Both statements are correct, so none is incorrect: Neither 1 nor 2.

In October 2023 UNESCO designated Kozhikode in Kerala a 'City of Literature', the first Indian city with that title in its Creative Cities Network (Gwalior was named a City of Music at the same time).

The Creative Cities Network promotes culture and creativity as drivers of sustainable urban development, and UNESCO explicitly links it to Sustainable Development Goal 11, sustainable cities and communities. Since the question asks for the incorrect statements, the answer is neither.

Answer: A

The Marwar Festival was held in Jodhpur.

The Marwar Festival is held every year in Jodhpur, the heart of the old Marwar kingdom, around Sharad Purnima in the month of Ashwin, which falls in October. It celebrates the folk music, dance and heroes of the Marwar region.

Sirohi, Bikaner and Jaipur host other festivals, such as the camel festival at Bikaner, but not the Marwar Festival.