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"Pongol" is the main festival of

  • Tamilnadu
  • Karnataka
  • Kerala
  • Andhra Pradesh
  • Correct Option: A  [ Tamilnadu ]

    Remark: "Pongol" is a harvest festival in Tamil Nadu and newly harvested grains like rice, sugarcane, turmeric, are cooked for the first time on this day.

The term 'Tirthankaras' is associated with:

  • Hinduism
  • Jainism
  • Zoroastrianism
  • Buddhism
  • Correct Option: B  [ Jainism ]

    Remark:

The tallest statue in the world is located in

  • Henan, China
  • Kevadia, India
  • Sagaing, Myanmar
  • Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
  • Correct Option: B  [ Kevadia, India ]

    Remark: he Statue of Unity is the world's tallest statue, with a height of 182 metres located in Narmada valley, near Kevadia, Gujarat, India.

Tashkent where Prime Minister of India Lalbahadur Shastri expired, now belongs to :

  • Uzbekistan
  • Turkmenistan
  • Tazakistan
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Correct Option: A  [ Uzbekistan ]

    Remark:

AFSPA means:

  • Act for Fundamental Security and Protection Authority
  • Act for Forest Security and Protection Authority
  • Armed Force Special Power Act
  • Armed Force for Specially Protected Area
  • Correct Option: C  [ Armed Force Special Power Act ]

    Remark:

Ikebana is a Japanese art of:

  • Dress designing
  • Flower arrangement
  • Paper craft
  • Folk Song
  • Correct Option: B  [ Flower arrangement ]

    Remark:

The founder of Bachpan Bachao Andolan (Save Child Movement ) is:

  • Malala Yousafzai
  • Sane Guruji
  • Salman Khan
  • Kailash Satyarthi
  • Correct Option: D  [ Kailash Satyarthi ]

    Remark:

Colosseum is famous site located at :

  • Rome
  • Paris
  • London
  • Vatican City
  • Correct Option: A  [ Rome ]

    Remark:

'Siam' is the old name of the country, presently known as :

  • Combodia
  • Myanmar
  • Taiwan
  • Thailand
  • Correct Option: D  [ Thailand ]

    Remark:

Pichwai painting depicts tales from Lord Krishna's life. This painting belongs to which one of the following States?

  • Rajasthan
  • Gujarat
  • Manipur
  • Maharashtra
  • Correct Option: A  [ Rajasthan ]

    Remark: Pichwai paintings also known as “Pichvai” is a traditional Indian folk art having its origins in Rajasthan. It consists of a series of painting on cloth using natural colors and vegetable dyes.