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Languages spoken in India belong to which group?

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  1. Aryan language

  2. Austric language

  3. Sino-Tibetan language

  4. All of the above

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Correct Option: D

Nabhah Sparsam Diptam is the motto of __________________________.

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  1. Central Industrial Security Force

  2. Indian Air Force

  3. ISRO

  4. Indian Navy

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Correct Option: B

'persona non grata' means:

civics country and state national flag, emblem, animal, fruit and others india: an overview overview of india

  1. Non-performance of promise.

  2. Non-person

  3. An unacceptable person

  4. Ungrateful person.

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

An acceptable person means persona non grata.

Match the following.

A. Madhu Limayi $1$. A former Vice-President
B. Pattabhi Sitaramaiah $2$. The first Speaker of the Lok Sabha
C. B.D. Jatti $3$. A veteran parliamentarian of yester years
D. Mavlankar National Congress $4$. Author of a famous book on the history of Indian
civics country and state national flag, emblem, animal, fruit and others india: an overview overview of india

  1. A-$2$, B-$4$, C-$3$, D-$1$

  2. A-$3$, B-$1$, C-$2$, D-$4$

  3. A-$4$, B-$3$, C-$1$, D-$2$

  4. A-$3$, B-$4$, C-$1$, D-$2$

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Correct Option: D

Which of the following statements about Indian Academy of Highway Engineers is / are correct ?
1. It is a registered society.
2. It is a collaborative body of both Central Government and State Governments.
Select the correct answer using the code given below :

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  1. 1 only

  2. 2 only

  3. Both 1 and 2

  4. Neither 1 nor 2

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Indian Academy Of Highway Engineers (Formerly NITHE) is a registered Society under the administrative control of Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (M/o RT&H), Govt. of India. It is the apex training institute set up to address the training needs of Highway and Bridge Engineers in the country. It was set up as an Institute in the year 1983 with the primary objective to fulfill the need for training of highway engineers at the entry level and during the service.

Consider the following statements:
$1$. The national motto of India, 'Satyameva Jayate' inscribed below the Emblem of India is taken from Chandogya Upanishad.
$2$. The words 'Satyameva Jayate' were originally inscribed on the Lion Capital of Ashoka around $250$ BCE
Which of the following statements is/are correct?

civics country and state national flag, emblem, animal, fruit and others india: an overview overview of india

  1. $1$ only

  2. $2$ only

  3. Both $1$ and $2$

  4. Neither $1$ nor $2$

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Correct Option: D

Agriculture practiced only for the family's own needs is known as __________________.

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  1. Commercial farming

  2. Subsistence farming

  3. Shifting agriculture

  4. Horticulture

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Subsistence farming is a system of farming where the farmer grows crops and keeps livestock for the needs of his or her family. There is no surplus for sale.


Hence, the correct option is $\text{B}$

What description did Babur give using the term Hindustan in the early sixteenth century?

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  1. Geography

  2. Fauna

  3. Culture of the inhabitants of the subcontinent

  4. All of above

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

In the early of sixteenth century Babur used Hindustan to describe the geography, the fauna, and the culture of the inhabitants of the subcontinents.

India is spiritually oriented country, so _________.

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  1. The Indian Art is mostly non secular.

  2. The Indian Art is mostly based on religion.

  3. The Indian Art is mostly dynamic.

  4. The Indian Art is always alive.

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Religions have provided several themes which had enabled the variant art forms in India to flourish. Nothing has inspired artists more than the mythological tales of Mahabharata and Ramayana. The legacy of Rajput and Madhubani paintings is the perfect example of how Lord Krishna and his stories inspired the artists.

The first discovery of rock paintings was made in India in 1867-68 by

civics our life in society man's lifestyle in a society tracing changes through a thousand years medieval india: society, resources and trade buildings, paintings and books

  1. Richar J.C. Atkinson

  2. William F. Albright

  3. Max Muller

  4. Archibald Carlyle

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:
  • It is interesting to know that the first discovery of rock paintings was made in India by Archibald Carlyle 12 years before the discovery of Altamira in Spain
  • Cockburn, Anderson, Mitra and Ghosh were the early archaeologists who discovered a large number of sites in the Indian subcontinent.
  • Remnants of rock paintings have been found on the walls of caves situated in several districts of Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Bihar.
  • Some paintings have been reported from the Kumaon hills in Uttarakhand also.