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.Developindiagroup - Co.in/: CGPSC Prelims Exam, 2013
.Developindiagroup - Co.in/: CGPSC Prelims Exam, 2013
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(Exam held on 8-6-2014)
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Which of the following places is not a headquarter of
Development Block in Chhattisgarh ?
5. In which district of C.G. there is no silk industry ?
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(A) Bastar
(A) Raipur (B) Raigarh
(B) Kharasiya
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(C) Kasdol
(D) Akaltara
ag (D) Bilaspur
(E) Kawardha
(E) Pithora
Ans (d)
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6. Match the following buildings and rulers
2.
(A) Raipur
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In which district of Chhattisgarh Borai industrial area exists? a. Qutub Minar
b. Gol Gumbaz
1. Muhammad Adil Shah
2. lltutmish
(B) Bilaspur
(C) Durg
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d. Moti Masjid 4. Akbar
(D) Raigarh
(E) Korba
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At which place of Chhattisgarh Jute industry exists
(B) 3
(C) 4
2
2
4
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1
3
(A) Raigarh
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(B) Dhamtari (E) 4 3 2 1
(C) Mahasamund Ans (d)
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(D) Koriya 7. From the following painters who is /are associated with
(E) Balod Bengal School of Modern Painting ?
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Ans (a) 1. Ramanand Chatterjee
4. Cement industries are found at following places in Raipur 2. Raja Ravi Verma
district
1. Hirmi
2. Baikunth
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4. M.F. Hussain
(A) 1 and 2
3. Jamul (B) 2 and 4
4. Tilda-Newra (C) 1 and 3
Select the correct answer (D) 3 and 4
(A) 1,2 and 3 (E) All of these
(B) 2, 3 and 4 Ans (c)
(C) 2 and 4 8. Who among the following can participate in the
(D) 3 and 4 deliberations of Lok Sabha while being a member of Rajya
(E) 1,2, 3 and 4 Sabha ?
Ans (a) (A) Nomirrated member of Rajya Sabha who is an expert
in a field
in
(C) Ayurvedic education
(C) Karnataka
(D) Bihar
(E) Maharashtra
o. (D) School education
(E) Agriculture education
Ans (a)
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(B) Selected
(C) Nominated
ro (A) Capital Goods
(B) Petroleum products
(D) Appointed
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(D) Food products
(E) None of these
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(E) Textiles
Ans (d)
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11. Which noted Naxal leader was imprisoned at Khamman
of A.P. in March 2013? 17. Which of the following industries provides the maximum
(A) Ramlu
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(B) Ram Reddy
(C) Ram Raja
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(B) Cement
(D) Ramam
(E) None
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(D) Petroleum
Ans (e)
.d (E) Textiles
Ans (e)
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12. Who has been apprehended recently for scam in the
Adarsh Gas Agency, Chandkhuri ? 18. Due to inflation
(A) Ramesh Agrawal
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(B) Pankaj Agrawal (B) The value of money falls
(C) Ranjan Dayal (C) The exchange rate improves
(D) Shambhu Rajan (D) Above (A) and (B)
(E) None
Ans (e) tt p (E) Above (A), (B) and (C)
Ans (d)
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13. At which place in C.G. houses and shops were demolished
for widening road in January 2013 ?
19. Match the following
a. John Guttenberg 1. Telephone
(A) Mahasamund
b. W.K. Roentgen 2. Printing Press
(B) Sukma
c. Michael Faraday 3. X-Ray
(C) Balodabazar
d. Alexander Graham Bell 4. Dynamo
(D) Bagbahara
a b c d
(E) Mandir Hasod
(A) 1 2 3 4
Ans (d)
(B) 2 3 1 4
14. At which place near Balodabazar and serious accident took
(C) 3 4 1 2
place in the Ambuja cement plant on 31 January 2013 ?
(D) 2 3 4 1
(A) Jhaliamari
(E) 2 4 3 1
(B) Rawan
Ans (d)
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21. Approximately what of the following percent of forest 27. Which of the following crops in India was losing area under
area of Chhattisgarh is under sal forest ?
(A) 20 percent
.in cultivation since 1980-81 to 2011-12?
(A) Wheat
(B) 30 percent
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(C) 40 percent
(D) 50 percent
p. (C) Pulses
(D) Coarse Cereals
(E) 45 percent
Ans (c)
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22. Approximately what of the following percent of forest
area of Chhattisgarh is under teak forest ?
28. Which crops of the following are covered under the
National Food Security Mission ?
(A) 9 percent
ia (A) Wheat, Rice and Bajra
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(B) 12 percent
(B) Rice, Sugarcane and Maize
(C) 20 percent
(D) 25 percent
in (C) Wheat and Coarse Cereals
(D) Wheat, Rice and Pulses
(E) 28 percent
Ans (a)
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23. Approximately what percent of countrys tendu leaves
Ans (d)
29. During which Five Year Plan, India has achieved the
(A) 7percent
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are produced in Chhattisgarh ?
maximum per-capita growth rate ?
(A) Eleventh Plan
(B) 20 percent
(C) 27 percent
.d (B) Tenth Plan
(D) 37 percent
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(D) Fifth Plan
(E) 40 percent
Ans (b) w (E) Sixth Plan
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24. Which of the following district of Chhattisgarh has the Ans (a)
minimum forest area ? 30. At present, where from the maximum resources are
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(A) Durg mobilised for Indias public expenditure under plans
(B) Janjgir-Champa (A) From current recejpjs.
(C) Kawardha
(D) Mahasamund
(E) Dhamtari
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(C) From public enterprises
(D) From borrowings
Ans (b) (E) From deficit
25. Which of the following bamboo species is largely found in Ans (e)
Chhattisgarh ?
31. Tributaries of Indravati are
(A) Dendrocalamus strictus
(A) Bording, Narangi, Kotari, Gudra
(B) Bambusa arundinacea
(B) Sabri, Bording, Narangi, Malegar
(C) Bambusa nutans
(C) Kanger, Malegar, Kotari, Gudra
(D) Bambusa burmanica
(D) Dankini, Shanshini, Sabri, Kotari
(E) None of these
(E) Narangi, Sabri, Kotari, Malegar
Ans (a)
Ans (a)
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33. Who was the Hindi poet of Chhattisgarh, propounder of 38. The leader of the Sepoy Revolt at Raipur in January 1858
Romanticism in Hindi poetry ?
(A) Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh
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(A) Hanuman Singh
(B) Mukutdhar Pandey
1. Naukar Ki Kamiz
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34. The following novels are written by Vinod Kumar Shukla 39. The following lawyers of Durg gave up their practice during
the Non-cooperation Movement
2. KalaJal
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3. Diwar Men Ek Khidki 2. Ghanshyam Singh Gupta
3. Pyarelal Singh
4. Khilega to Dekhenge
Select the correct answer
in 4. RatnakarJha
(A) 1,2 and 3
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35. At which place in Chhattisgarh Music University is
40. Match List 1 (Time) with List 2 (Forest Satyagrahas in C.G.)
List 1 List 2
established ?
w a. June 19301. Tamora
(A) Khairagarh
(B) Raigarh w b. July 1930
c. August 1930
2. Rudri-Nawagaon
3. Mohabana
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(C) Dongargarh d. September 1930 4. Gattasilli
(D) Sarangarh a b c d
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(E) Jagdalpur (A) 1 2 3 4
Ans (a) (B) 2 3 1 4
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36. The following subedars were appointed in Chhattisgarh
during Maratha rule
1. Keshav Govind
(C) 3
(D) 3
(E) 4
4
4
2
1
2
1
2
1
3
2. Vithalrao Dinkar Ans (*)
3. Mahipatrao 41. Which of the following places does not have Heavy-water
4. Bikaji Gopal plant for atomic energy ?
Arrange them chronologically (A) Kalpakkam
(A) 1,2,3,4 (B) Hazira
(B) 2,1,3,4 (C) Thai
(C) 3,2,1,4 (D) Tuticorin
(D) 3,4,1,2 (E) Manuguru
(E) 4,1,3,2 Ans (a)
Ans (c)
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(D) N. Nilkarni
(E) C. Rangrajan
p. (A) 54.44%
(B) 44.54%
Ans (c)
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44. In the year 2012, which of the following Indian crops has
(C) 64.44%
(D) 48.64%
(A) Sugarbeat
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seen the largest price rise in the international market ? (E) 46.12%
Ans (*)
(B) Soyabean
ia 49. Which mineral is possible to produce in Kabirdham district
(C) Gwargum
(D) Groundnut
nd ?
(A) Bauxite
(E) Tea
Ans (e)
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(C) Mica
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45. How many teams have participated in April 2013IPL 6, T- (D) Iron ore
20 tournament ?
(A) 5
ve (E) Coal
Ans (a)
(B) 6
(C) 7
de 50. In the year 201 0-1 1 in Chhattisgarh State following crop
area is in decreasing order
(D) 8
. (A) Black Lentil, Mustard, Horse-gram, Niger
(E) 9
w (B) Mustard, Niger, Black Lentil, Horse-gram
Ans (e)
w (C) Black Lentil, Horse-gram, Mustard, Niger
(D) Mustard, Black Lentil, Niger, Horse-gram
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46. The following persons from the British territories of
Chhattisgarh were elected for the Constitution-making (E) Black Lentil, Mustard, Niger, Horse-gram
Assembly of India. Ans (*)
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1. Ravishankar Shukla 51. Lipulekh pass is situated in
2. E. Raghavendra Rao (A) Jammu and Kashmir
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3. Thakur Chhedilal
4. Ghanshyam Singh Gupta
Select the correct answer
(B) Himachal Pradesh
(C) Uttaranchal
(D) Arunachal Pradesh
(A) 1,2 and 3 (E) Western Ghats
(B) 2, 3 and 4 Ans (c)
(C) 1,2 and 4
52. The main gypsum producing State of India is
(D) 1,3 and 4
(A) Bihar
(E) 1,2, 3 and 4
(B) Jharkhand
Ans (*)
(C) Chattisgarh
47. Match the following List District Decimal Growth of (D) Karnataka
Population (2001-2011)
(E) Rajasthan
a. Kabirdham 1. 33.21%
Ans (e)
b. Raipur 2. 8.76%
(D) Kaveri
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Gangas.
(E) Ganga
Ans (b)
p. (A) National Ganga Commission
(B) Clean Ganga Authority
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56. Which hormone is found in gaseous form ?
(C) 7.4
(D) 8.4
(A) Abscisic acid
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(B) Ethylene
(C) Gibberellins
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62. Match the following
(D) Auxins
de a. Rhizome 1. Garlic,
(E) None of these
Ans (b) . b. Tuber
c. Bulb
2. Jimmykond-suran
3. Ginger
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57. The ultimate product of radioactive disintegration of d. Corm 4. Potato abed
uranium is
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(A) Lead (A) 1 2 3 4
(B) Radium (B) 3 4 2 1
(C) Thorium (C) 3 4 1 2
(D) Plutonium
(E) Uranium tt p (D) 3
(E) 3
1
2
2
1
4
4
Ans (a)
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58. Which of the following protects life on earth from the
Ans (c)
63. Which acid accumulates in the muscles to cause fatigue ?
harmful radiations of the Sun ? (A) Lactic acid
(A) troposphere (B) Pyruvic acid
(B) ionosphere (C) Citric acid
(C) ozone layer (D) Uric acid
(D) mist (E) Acetic acid
(E) all these Ans (a)
Ans (c) 64. In a human brain memory power is found in
59. In Himalayan ranges the types of vegetation changes with (A) Medulla oblongata
altitude due to the following reasons (B) Cerebrum
1. decrease in temperature (C) Brain cavity
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66. Which of the following district of Chhattisgarh has (A) Sovereignty of India
the maximum forest area?
(A) Korba
p. (B) Public order
(C) Contempt of Court
(B) Sarguja
(C) Koriya
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(E) All of the above
(D) Mahasamund
(E) Rajnandgaon
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73. How many years a person of Indian origin has to spend to
Ans (b)
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67. What is the State animal of Chhattisgarh ? (A) 5 years
(A) Tiger
(B) Sambhar
in (B) 3 years,
(C) 7 years
(C) Bison
(D) Deer
op (D) 9 years
(E) None of these
Ans (c)
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68. Approximately how much percentage of countrys coal
deposit is available in Chhattisgarh ?
74. Who among the following has the exclusive power of
determining the issue of citizenship in India 1
(A) 18 percent
.d (A) The Court
(B) The President
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(B) 10 percent
(C) 20 percent (C) Lok Sabha
(D) 15 percent
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(E) 25 percent (E) State Government
Ans (d) Ans (d)
69. In which of the following district of Chhattisgarh tin mines 75. Who among the following called the preamble of Indian
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are located ? Constitution the horoscope of our sovereign,
(A) Sarguja (A) Jawaharlal Nehru
(B) Dhamtari
(C) Bilaspur
(D) Dantewada
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(C) B.R. Ambedkar
(D) K.M. Munshi
(E) Korba (E) Mahatma Gandhi
Ans (d) Ans (d)
70. Approximately what percentage of countrys ironore 76. The famous Sitarist from Chhattisgarh are
deposit is available in Chhattisgarh ? (A) Arun Kumar Sen, Anita Sen
(A) 23 percent (B) Shekhar Sen, Kalyan Sen
(B) 18.5 percent (C) Vimlendu Mukherji, Budhaditya Mukherji
(C) 12. 5 percent (D) Sulakshana Pandit, Vijayeta Pandit Ashish
(D) 28.5 percent (E) Manjula Dasgupta, Dasgupta
(E) 20 percent Ans (c)
Ans (b)
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(B) 2 and 3
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78. What is the Chhattisgarhi idiom for harrassing ? (C) 3 and 4
(A) Ji Judana
(B) Chhati Chholna
o. (D) 2 and 4
(E) 1 and 3
(C) God Kitakna
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(D) Ansu Dharna 84. Which of the following schools of philosophy is of the
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(E) Chuchuwa Ke Rahna opinion that Vedas contain the eternal truth ?
Ans (b)
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(A) Sankhya
maximum population ?
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79. In Chhattisgarh which tribal group occupies the (B) Vaisheshika
(C) Mimamsa
(A) Oraon
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(E) Yoga
(B) Gond
(C) Baiga
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(D) Maria
(E) Kamar
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following revolutionaries
Ans (b)
lo a. Jatin Das
b. Chandrashekhar Azad
1. During life imprisonment
2. Hunger strike
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80. Which district of Chhattisgarh has the maximum
percentage of tribal population ?
c. Bhagat Singh
d. KalpanaDatt
3. During encounter
4. Hanged
(A) Kanker
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.
(A) 3 2 4 1
(B) Bastar
(B) 2 3 4 1
(C) Dantewada
(D) Sarguja w (C) 2 3 1 4
(E) Jashpur
w (D) 3
(E) 1
4
2
1
4
2
3
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Ans (b) Ans (b)
81. Who was the first Indian native ruler to accept the system 86. Who became the Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court
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of subsidiary alliance ? in 2008 ?
(A) Sindhia of Gwalior (A) Rajeev Gupta
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(B) Nizam of Hyderabad
(C) Dalip Singh of Punjab
(D) Gaikwad of Baroda
(B) S.R.Nayak
(C) Anang Kumar Patnaik
(D) K.H.N. Kuranga
(E) W.A. Shishak
(E) Bhonslas of Nagpur
Ans (a)
Ans (b)
87. Who is the recipient of Minimata Award of C.G. Govt. for
82. Who was the first Tirthankara of Jain religion ?
201 2 ?
(A) Parsvanath
(A) Jiv Rakhan Sahu
(B) Risabhadev (B) Ravishankar Vyas
(C) Mahavira (C) Renana Niyazj_
(D) Chetaka (D) Abdul Sattar Khan
(E) Trisala (E) None of these
Ans (b) Ans (b)
in April 2013 ?
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90. In which cement plant of Chhattisgarh the fire broke out (D) 2
(E) 3
4
4
3
1
1
2
(A) L. & T.
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(B) A.C.C. 95. Ibn Batutah, the famous Arab scholar and traveller, visited
(C) J.K. Laxmi India during the reign of
(D) Modi
in (A) Ghiyas-ud-din Balban
(E) Ambuja
Ans (c)
op (B) Humayun
(C) Muhammad-bin Tughlaq
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91. Who among the following rulers is stated as protector of (D) Sher Shah Suri
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varna system ? (E) Babur
(A) Pushyamitra Sunga
(B) Kharvela
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96. In Chhattisgarh which of the following departments does
(C) Gautamiputra Satkarni
. not have an officer of district level ?
(D) Vasudeo
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(E) Samudragupta (B) Culture
Ans (c) (C) Public works
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92. The Mongols under Changez Khan invaded India during (D) School Education
the reign of (E) Home
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(A) Balban Ans (c)
(B) Firoz Tughlaq 97. Which of the following is not among the districts created
(C) lltutmish
(D) Babur h
(E) Mohamad Bin Tughlaq
in the year 20121
(A) Dhamtari
(B) Bemetara
Ans (c) (C) Balodabazar-Bhatapara
93. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose became the President of (D) Gariyaband
Indian National Congress by defeating which leader ? (E) Mungeli
(A) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Ans (a)
(B) J.L. Nehru 98. The name of the chairman of the V ikas Khand
(C) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Punargathan Ayog (Development Block Reorganization
(D) C. Rajagopalachari Commission) of Chhattisgarh is
(E) P. Sitaramrhiah (A) Dr. Raman Singh
Ans (e) (B) Shri Hemchand Yadav
(C) Dr. Krishnamurthi Bandhi
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(E) Chhattisgarh Lok Seva (Anusuchit Jatiyon, Anusuchit
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Arakshan) Adhiniyam, 1994
p.
Jan Jatiyon Aur Anya Pichhade Vergon Ke Liye
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100. Governor of Chhattisgarh Shri Shekhar Dutt is a retired
person from which service ?
(A) Indian Forest Service
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(B) Indian Administrative Service
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(C) Indian Police Service
(D) Indian Foreign Service
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Ans (b)
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(E) Madhya Pradesh Higher Judicial Service
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