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Browse complete papersSattriya dance was recognized as a classical dance form by Sangeet Natak Akademi in:
1947
1955
2000
2011
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1947
Which festival in Gujarat marks the victory of good over evil and involves nine nights of dance, music, and fasting?
Diwali
Navratri
Makar Sankranti
Holi
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Diwali
Which festival in Himachal Pradesh's Lahaul-Spiti region marks the Tibetan New Year with mask dances and ritual ceremonies?
Losar
Minjar
Kullu Dussehra
Halda
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Losar
Who won the 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature, known for novels blending myth, politics, and magical realism?
Tomas Tranströmer
Mo Yan
Alice Munro
Herta Müller
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Tomas Tranströmer
The 'Alai Darwaza', a grand gateway at the Qutb complex, was built by which Sultan?
Iltutmish
Balban
Alauddin Khalji
Firoz Shah Tughlaq
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Iltutmish
Bauxite is the primary ore used to produce which metal?
Iron
Copper
Aluminium
Zinc
Correct answer
Iron
The 'Lead Bank Scheme', introduced in 1969 by the RBI, assigned what responsibility to banks?
To lead protests
To act as the main bank for a specific district
To lend only to large industries
To print currency
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To lead protests
Who among the following was the first Indian to join the ICS (Indian Civil Service)?
Satyendranath Tagore
Subramania Iyer
Surendranath Banerjee
Romesh Chandra Dutt
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Satyendranath Tagore
India's first “Deep Ocean Mission” has strategic relevance mainly for which of the following?
Arctic fisheries
Polymetallic nodules near the Central Indian Ocean Basin
Adriatic Sea minerals
Malacca Strait connectivity
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Arctic fisheries
Fundamental duties took its origin from constitution of which of the following country?
Germany
USSR
Canada
Other
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Germany