Odisha General Knowledge

Part-1 4.Which of the following place is famous for world’s

largest known rookery of Olive Ridley sea turtle?
1.Which of the following dynasty is associated with the [A]Chandipur beach
construction of the famous ‘Sun temple’ of Konark in [B]Gahirmatha beach
Odisha? [C]Chandrabhaga beach
[A]Eastern Ganga dynasty [D]Astaranga beach
[B]Gajapatis dynasty
Gahirmatha beach
[C]Somavamshis dynasty
[D]Maurya dynasty Gahirmatha Beach is a world’s most important nesting
beach for Olive Ridley Sea Turtles.It is located in eastern
Eastern Ganga dynasty
coast of India in Kendrapara district of Odisha State.
The Sun Temple at Konarak was built in about 1250 AD
by the East Ganga king Narasimhadeva in order to 5.Which of the following district of Odisha is known as
commemorate military successes against Muslim ‘Granary of Odisha’?
invaders.It is also known as the Black Pagoda. [A]Cuttack
[B]Balasore
2.Which of the following is the state animal of Odisha?
[C]Khurda
[A]Sambar deer
[D]Puri
[B]Indian giant squirrel
[C]Olive ridley turtle Balasore
[D]Barasingha Balasore is one of the coastal Districts of Odisha.It is
known as ‘Granary of Odisha’ on account of its it’s
Sambar deer
fertile belt and large number of store houses for grains.
Sambar deer is the state animal of Odisha.
6.Who among the following holds the record for
Barasingha -Madhya Pradesh
longest serving Chief minister of Odisha?
Indian giant squirrel-Maharashtra [A]Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
[B]Naveen Patnaik
Olive ridley turtle is not the state animal of any state of
[C]Biju Patnaik
India.
[D]Harekrushna Mahatab
3.When was Orissa separated from Bihar to become a
Naveen Patnaik
separate province?
‘Naveen Patnaik’ is the 14th and current Chief Minister
[A]1 January 1948
of Odisha.He is supremo of Biju Janata Dal.He is serving
[B]1 April 1936
as chief minister of Odisha from 5 March 2000,till
[C]28 August 1955
present date which is the longest tenure in the history
[D]1 November 1958
of Odisha.
1 April 1936
7.Which place in Odisha is known as ‘Temple City of
On 1 April 1912, Orissa was separated from Bengal
Odisha’?
province but it remained attached to Bihar. On 1 April
[A]Puri
1936 Orissa got separated from Bihar.
[B]Cuttack
[C]Bhubaneswar [C] Allahabad
[D]Gajapati [D] Benaras

Bhubaneswar Allahabad
Bhubaneswar is known as temple city of Treaty of Allahabad ( 16 August 1765), it was the
India.Bhubaneshwar along with the Puri and Konark outcome of the Battle of Buxar (1764). Robert Clive
forms Golden triangle of Odisha. (Governor General of Bengal) made a separate treaty
with Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II and Nawab of
8.The famous ‘Udayagiri and Khandagiri Caves’ are
Awadh Shuja-ud-daullah. A/c to this treaty, Mughal
located in which district of Odisha?
Emperor granted Fiscal Rights (Diwani) to the East India
[A]Puri
Company at Bengal, Bihar and Orissa.
[B]Khurda
[C]Cuttack 12.Which among the following was the first
[D]Sambalpur establishment of Dutch in current territories of
Odisha?
Khurda
[A] Calcutta
The caves are natural and partly artificial caves of
[B] Chinsura
archaeological, historical and religious importance near
[C] Pippli
the city of Bhubaneswar in Khurda district of Odisha,
[D] Balasore
India.The caves are said to were dug out mostly during
the reign of Kharavela for the abode of Jaina ascetics. Pippli
Pippli was the first place where the Dutch had
9.What is ‘Deomali’ with reference to Odisha state?
established themselves in current territories of Odisha.
[A]A famous folk dance of Odisha
It was soon abandoned for Balasore.
[B]Highest mountain peak of Odisha
[C]A famous folk music of Odisha 13.Gahirmatha marine wild sanctuary is home to
[D]Tribal group prevalent in eastern Odisha which of the following endangered species?
[A]Dolphins
Highest mountain peak of Odisha
[B]Olive Ridley sea turtles
Deomali is the highest Peak Point in Odisha state,
[C]Salt Crocodiles
located in eastern Ghats in Koratpur district of Odisha.
[D]None of the above
10.Which of the following is the only UNESCO World
Olive Ridley sea turtles
heritage site present in Odisha?
Gahirmatha marine wildlife sactuary is the world’s most
[A]Sun Temple Konark
important nesting beach for Olive Ridley sea turtles
[B]Chilka Lake
[C]Hirakud Dam 14.When did Bhubaneswar become capital city of
[D]Jagannath Puri Temple Odisha?
[A]1936
Sun Temple Konark
[B]1940
‘Sun temple of Konark’ is one of the most renowned [C]1945
temples in India and is a World Heritage Site inscribed in [D]1948
1984 as cultural property of India.
1948
11.Under which among the following treaties, the In 1948, Bhubaneswar replaced Cuttack as the political
British East India Company secured the Diwani right of capital of the state of Odisha.
Bengal, Bihar and Orissa ?
15.Sudarshan Pattnaik is a famous personality in which
[A] Alinagar
among the following field?
[B] Faizabad
[A]Dance
[B]Sand art
[C]Music Narasimhadeva I known to have built the Konark
[D]Sports temple.

Sand art 5.Hathigumpha inscription at Udayagiri is related

Sudarshan Pattnaik is an internationally renowned sand to___?
artist. [A]Satakarni
[B]Kharavela
Part-2 [C]Chandragupta
[D]Pusyamitra
1.In which year “Odisha Bigyan Academy” was
established? Karavela
[A]1980 Hathigumpha inscription at Udayagiri caves is the main
[B]1981 source of information about Kalinga ruler Kharavela.
[C]1979 This inscription, consisting of seventeen lines has been
[D]1982 incised in deep cut Brahmi script.
1981 6.What percentage of total population of Odisha lives
Odisha Bigyan Academy was established in 1981. The in rural areas?
main objective of this academy is to promote science [A]70.15%
knowledge in the state. [B]76.80%
2.Who among the following founded the Bhoi [C]83.32%
[D]80.10%
Dynasty?
[A]Govinda Vidyadhara 83.32%
[B]Mukunda Deva As per 2011 census data, 83.32% of total population of
[C]Prataparudra Deva odisha lives in rural areas.
[D]Raghubhanja Chhotray
7.Which of the following is called “Gem of Odisha
Govinda Vidyadhara Culture”?
The Bhoi dynasty was founded by Govinda Vidyadhara [A]Mukteswara Temple
in 1541. [B]Jagannatha Temple
3.The Oriya Poet Sarala Dasa was a contemparory of [C]Lingaraja Temple
[D]Sun Temple
___?
[A]Govinda Vidyadhara Mukteswara Temple
[B]Prataparudra Deva Mukteswara Temple in Bhubaneswar is considered as
[C]Kapilendra Deva Gem of Odisha Culture.
[D]None of the above
8.Which among the following is the World Heritage
Kapilendra Deva Site?
Sarala Dasa was a contemparory of Kapilendra Deva. [A]Lingaraja Temple
During Kapilendra Deva’s reign he wrote the Oriya [B]Suntemple Konarka
Mahabharata and other works. [C]Jagannatha Temple
[D]Jain cave of Udayagiri
4.The ruler of Eastern Ganga dynasty who is known to
have built the Konark temple is? Suntemple Konarka
[A]Indravarman Suntemple of Konark is a only one World Heritage Site
[B]Anantavarman in Odisha.
[C]Narasimhadeva I
[D]Anagabhimadeva 9.Match the following protected areas of Odisha with
correct location:
Narasimhadeva I
a. Simplipal Tiger Reserve 1. Mayurbhanj [C]Mayurbhanj and Jagatsinghpur
b. Nandankanan National Park 2. Bhubaneswar [D]Boudh and Sudargarh
c. Bhaitarnika National Park 3. Kendrapara
Mayurbhanj and Jagatsinghpur
d. Sunabeda Wildlife Sanctuary 4. Naupada
Mayurbhanj is the largest district and Jagatsinghpur is
[A]a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
the smallest district in odisha.
[B]a-2, b-3, c-4, d-1
[C]a-2, b-4, c-1, d-3 14.Who among the following composed the song
[D]a-1, b-2, c-4, d-2 “Sarvesam Jananee Bharata”?
[A]Radhanatha Ray
Ans-a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
[B]Fakir Mohan Senapati
10.As per 2011 census, what is the population density [C]Madhusudhan Rao
of Odisha? [D]Gangadhar Meher
[A]270
Radhanatha Ray
[B]240
Radhanatha Ray composed the national concern song
[C]278
Sarvesam Jananee Bharata.
[D]269
15.On which date Iram incident was happened?
269
[A]28 September 1943
As per 2011 census data, the population density of [B]30 August 1939
odisha is 269. [C]28 September 1942
[D]30 August 1939
11.Who is author of the book “Purnachandra Oriya
Bashakosha”? 28 September 1942
[A]Kilindi Charan Patnaik Iram incident which is compared with the
[B]Gopal Chandra Praharaj Jallianwallabagh massacre of 1919. It was happened in
[C]Gopabhandu Das Iram village of Balasore district in 28 September 1942 in
[D]Bhagavali Charan Panigrahi which 35 persons had been killed in the firing.

Gopal Chandra Praharaj Part-3

Purnachandra Oriya Bashakosh is an Oriya language
dictionary that lists some 185,000 words and their 1.Who was the Chairman of Hindu Mahasabha when it
meanings in four languages. It was a dedicated work of constituted in Orissa in 1922?
Gopal Chandra Praharaj [A]Madhu Babu
[B]Gopabandhu
12.In which year Ghandiji visited Odisha for the first [C]Harekrushna Mahatab
time? [D]Surendra Nath Das
[A]1923
[B]1919 Gopabandhu
[C]1924 A branch of Hindu Mahasabha led by Pandit Madan
[D]1921 Malya was constituted in Orisa in 1922 under the
chairmanship of Gopabandhu
1921
on 23rd March 1921 Ghandiji reached Cuttack for the 2.In which year Gopabandhu constituted Biswasikhya
first time and addressed a general meeting. Parishad?
[A]1900
13.Identify the largest and smallest district of Odisha? [B]1908
[A]Mayurbhanj and Balasore [C]1906
[B]Angul and Mayurbhanj [D]1910
1906 [B]Rice
In order to spread education as a vehicle of national [C]Grams
rejuvenation Gopabhandu constituted Biswasikhya [D]Sugar cane
Parishad in 1906
Rice
3.Which of the following is the first Oriya newspaper? Bargarh district tops in the production of Rice
[A]Utkal Deepika
8.In which year first Oriya magazine “Boda Dayini” was
[B]Utkal Patra
published?
[C]Utkal Darpana
[A]1961
[D]Sambalpur Heitishini
[B]1867
Utkal Deepika [C]1861
Utkal Deepika was published from Cuttack by [D]1913
Gaurishankar Ray in 1866
1861
4.Which of the following pair is not correct? In 1861 Boda Dayini got published from Balasore being
[A]Central Institute of Fresh Water Aquaculture – Puri edited by Fakir Mohan Senapati.
[B]Central Tuber Crop Research Institute –
9.Which district of Odisha has maximum dense forest
Bhubaneswar
area?
[C]National Research Centre for Woman Agriculture –
[A]Mayurbhanj
Balasore
[B]Sundargarh
[D]Water and Land Mangament Institute – Cuttack
[C]Kandhamal
National Research Centre for Woman Agriculture – [D]Gajapati
Balasore
Mayurbhanj
National Research Centre for Woman Agriculture is
As per the Forest survey of India 2011 report
located at Bhubaneswar.
Mayurbhanj district has maximum dense forest
5.What is the total cultivable area of Odisha? followed by Sundargarh and Kandhamal.
[A]59.80 lakh hectare
10.Who among the following is not one of the
[B]45.90 lakh hectare
Panchasakas?
[C]61.80 lakh hectare
[A]Achyutananda Das
[D]55.40 lakh hectare
[B]Ananta Das
61.80 lakh hectare [C]Balaram Das
The total cultivable area in Odisha is 61.80 lakh hectare. [D]Arjun Das

6.Which of the following is the largest Hydroelectricity Arjun Das

generation project in Odisha? Five Oriya Poets namely Achyutnanda Das, Ananta Das,
[A]Indravati Balaram Das, Jagannath Das and Jasobantha Das are
[B]Upperkolab collectively known as the Panchasakas.
[C]Balimela
11.What percentage of Odisha state land is covered by
[D]Muchkonda
Forest?
Indravati [A]33.3%
Indravati is the largest hydroelectricity generating [B]27.4%
project in odisha. It produces about 214.79 MW. [C]31.38%
[D]32.4%
7.Bargarh District of Odisha is the highest producer
of___? 31.38%
[A]Potato As per the report of Forest Survey of India, the forest
cover in the state is 48,855 sq.kms, which constituents [B]Dhenkanal
31.38% of the geographical area. [C]Cuttack
[D]Rayagada
12.Where is Central Rice Research Institute located in
Odisha? Rayagada
[A]Bhubaneswar Brahmani is a major seasonal river in the Odisha which
[B]Cuttack flows through Sundargarh, Kendujhar, Dhenkanal,
[C]Deburi Cuttack and Jajapur districts.
[D]Puri
2.Which among the following river originate inside the
Cuttack Odisha state?
The Central Rice Research Institute is located in Cuttack. [A]Subernarekha
Its is the Asia’s largest Rice Research Institute. [B]Mahanadi
[C]Baitarani
13.Who among the following poet of Odisha has
[D]Brahmani
written Mahabharata?
[A]Sarala Das Baitarani
[B]Jagannatha Das Only Baitarani river originates in in Odisha. Remaining
[C]Arjun Das rivers originate outside of the Odisha state.
[D]Achyutananda Das
3.Recently, in which district of Odisha is Diamond
Sarala Das deposit has been discovered?
The first great poet of Odisha Sarala Das has written [A]Naupad
Mahabharata. [B]Jastangirpur
[C]Ganjam
14.Juang in Odisha is a name of____?
[D]Balasore
[A]Cuisine
[B]Music Naupad
[C]Tribe Diamond deposite has been discovered in
[D]Dance Dharamabandha a place in Naupad district.

Tribe 4.As per 2011 census, which is the most populous

Juang is a name of tribe concentrated in Keonjhar and district in Odisha?
Dhenkanal district of odisha [A]Mayurbhanj
[B]Ganjam
15.In which of the following district of Odisha the river
[C]Bolangir
Brahmani does not flow?
[D]Balasore
[A]Kendujhar
[B]Dhenkanal Ganjam
[C]Cuttack Ganjam continued to be the most populous district of
[D]Rayagada Odisha with 35,20,151 people reside in the district
comprising 8.39% of State’s total population.
Rayagada
Brahmani is a major seasonal river in the Odisha which 5.Tatapani hotspring is located in which district of
flows through Sundargarh, Kendujhar, Dhenkanal, Odisha?
Cuttack and Jajapur districts. [A]Naupada
[B]Koraput
Part-4 [C]Ganjam
[D]Boudh
1.In which of the following district of Odisha the river
Brahmani does not flow?
[A]Kendujhar
Ganjam 10.Sukinda valley in Odisha is famous for__?
Tatapani hotspring famous for its sulfur water is located [A]Iron
in Ganjam district of Odisha [B]Nickel
[C]Chromite
6.Who among the following is well known as “Prince
[D]Copper
of Poets in Odisha”?
[A]Sarala Das Chromite
[B]Krishna Chandra Das Odisha accounts for 98% chromite reserve in the
[C]Gangadhar Meher country, out of which 97% of chromite comes from
[D]Upendra Bhanja Sukinda valley.

Upendra Bhanja is considered as the greatest poet of 11.Which of the following day is observed as “Utkala
Oriya literature and awarded the tittle “Price of Poets in Dibasa”?
Odisha”. [A]May 1st
[B]October 1st
7.Baitarani river forms boundry between Odisha and
[C]November 1st
___ state?
[D]April 1st
[A]Jharkand
[B]Maharastra April 1st
[C]Chattisgarh The modern state of Odisha was established on April 1,
[D]Andra Pradesh 1936, as a province in British India and consisted
predominantly of Oriya speakers. April 1 is therefore
Jharkand
celebrated as Utkala Dibasa.
The Baitarani originates in the Guptaganga hills, the
beginning portion of the river acts as the boundry 12.Which of the following is the largest river of
between Orissa and Jharkand Odisha?
[A]Subernarekha
8.In which district of Odisha the Deomali peak is
[B]Mahanadi
located?
[C]Brahmani
[A]Ganjam
[D]Vasandara
[B]Koraput
[C]Angul Mahanadi
[D]Jaipur Mahanadi river originate in the Amarkantak hills in
Raipur district of Madhya Pradesh. It is 857 kms long
Koraput
(494 kms in Odisha) and its catchment area spreads
Deomali peak is located in Koraput district of Odisha.
over 141,600 sq.kms
Deomali with a hight of 1652m highest mountain peak
in Odisha. 13.Which of the following district of Odisha soon going
to be hub of the “World Filigree Centre”?
9.Which of the following reservoir project is a joint
[A]Cuttack
venture between Odisha and Andra Pradesh?
[B]Khorda
[A]Balimela
[C]Debagarh
[B]Hirakud
[D]Ganjam
[C]Rengil
[D]Salia Cuttack
Filigree is a unique craft. It has its own intricate design
Balimela
and superb craftmanship. Cuttack district has a long
Balimela reservoir project is a joint venture between tradition of meticulous and sophisticated craftmanship
Odisha and Andra Pradesh. This reservoir is located in in silver filigree works. Government of Odisha is all set
Malkangiri district of Odisha on the river sileru. to make Cuttack as the world filigree centre.
14.Danda Nata is a ritual and popular dance performed d. Salandi
in which district of Odisha?
2. Which of the following is not a literary work by
[A]Angul
mayadhar mansingh ?
[B]Boudh
[C]Cuttack a. dhupa
[D]Debagarh
b. Hema shasya
Boudh
Danda Nata is a ritual, popular and well developed c. Pujari
dance in Boudh district. The participants of dance are d. Pranaya ballari
devotees of god hara and goddess parvathi. They
perform the dance in the month of Chaitra (April-May). 3. Who is popularly knowledge as ‘utkal keshari’ in
This dance consist of series of dances which are odisha ?
performed one after the another by the male members a. Harekrushna mahatab
belonging to the scheduled castes and other backward
castes. b. Gourishankar ray

15.Odisha’s Annapurna Maharana was related to c. Padma charana pattnaik

which among the following fields?
d. Biju pattnaik
[A]Freedom fighter
[B]Lawyer 4. Which one of the following was the first odia novel ?
[C]Journalist
a. Matira katha
[D]Poet
b. Padmamali
Freedom fighter
Noted freedom fighter and social activist Annapurna c. Babaji
Maharana passed away. Maharana was born to
Odisha’s noted freedom fighter Rama Devi and d. None of these
Gopabandhu Choudhury. Joining the freedom struggle 5.Who is known as ‘mother teressa’ of odisha ?
at the age of only 14, Maharana was a follower of
Mahatma Gandhi and his ideology. She accompanied a. Ramadebi
Gandhiji in his historic Harijan Pada Yatra from Puri to b. Malati Chaudhry
Bhadrak in 1934. Maharana was imprisoned at different
times, including once during Quit India Movement in c. Kuntala kumara Acharya
1942. Besides being a freedom fighter, Maharana spent
d. Sarala debi
her time in social service after Independence and
worked for the uplift of women and children. She too 6. Who is known as the ‘Gandhi’ of odisha ?
joined the Bhoodan Movement of Acharya Vinoba
a. Madhusudan das
Bhave. She had also set up a school in Rayagada district
for tribal children. b. Acharya harhari

Part-5 c. Gopabandhu das

1.The Sara lake is backwater lagoon of which of the d. Nilakantha das

following river ? 7. Who among the following is the first odia
a. sileru mountaineer to scale mt. Everest peak?

b. Baitarani a. Kalpana das

c. Bhargavai b. Ganesh Chandra jena

c. Jogabyasa bhoi 13. Who among the following had the first martyr of
odisha who sacrificed his life fighting the british rule
d. Devidutta panda
1804 ?
8. Who among the following had the first chairman of
a. Pabitra mohan pradhan
OPSC ?
b. Jay krushna rajguru
a. Somanath mohapatra
c. Baji rout
b. Gopabandhu Mishra
d. Surendra sai
c. Samuel das
14. The original name of saint Chaitanya was-
d. Kalikinkar samal
a. Biswarup
9.What book is still followed for the preparation of
panjika in odisha ? b. Gangadhar

a. Madala panji c. Biswambar

b. Sidhanta darpana d. Rupeswar

c. Gupta chintamani 15. Who has written the prayer ‘Ahe Dayamaya
Biswabihari’ ?
d. None of these.
a. Abhinash mohapatra
10. Who was the leader of the popular khurda
rebellion ? b.Ramakrushna nanda

a. Buxi jagabandhu c.Ramchandra Mishra

b. Jayee rajguru d.Satyajit barala

c. Madho singh Part-6

d. Laxman nayak 1. ‘Bande Utkala Janani’ the state song of odisha is
11.’Sadharana Pathe’ is an autobiography written by – composed by :-

a. Fakir mohan senapati a. Laxmikanta mohapatra

b. Dr. harekrushna mahatab b. Madhusudan rao

c. Kunja Bihari das c. Mayadhar mansingh

d. Rabi singh d. Radhanath ray

12.Which of the following tribes constitute the largest 2. Who is first odia international cricket player ?
group among the tribal population in odisha ? a. Debashis Mohanty
a. Paraja b. Shiv sundar das
b. Gonds c. Rajib biswal
c. Kondhs d. Sanjay raul
d. Saora 3. In which year Kalapahad invaded odisha ?

a. 1647
b. 1645 9. Which of the following is considered to be the first
port in odisha ?
c. 1567
a. Dhamara
d. 1576
b. Kirtania
4. First odia to win kendriya sahitya akademi award ?
c. Chandabali
a. Gopinath Mohanty
d. Paradip
b. Sadasiva Mishra
10. The tribal language that has the largest number of
c. Surendra Mohanty
speakers is –
d. Kanhu charan Mohanty
a. Kui
5. Odisha state maritime museum is located ?
b. Mundari
a. paradeep
c. Kondh
b. Gopalpur
d. Santhali
c. Cuttack
11. Who among the following was the first odia to
d. Balesore become Supreme Court judge ?

6.Who is popularly termed as the ‘Grand Old Man a. Arjit passayat

Odisha’ ?
b. Ranganath Mishra
a. Gopabandhu das
c. Indrajit ray
b. Fakir mohan das
d. Gatikrushna Mishra
c. Madhusudan das
12. Who is the editor of the popular children magazine
d. Gaurisankar ray ‘ Mina Bazar’ ?

7. Who among the following is responsible for a. Smita das

effective implementation of Sarva Sikshya Abhiyan in
b. Bhartuhari mahatab
odisha ?
c. Sarala pati
a. OPEPA
d. Prasanta Mohanty
b. OSSTA
13. Maa Mangala temple of kakatpur in puri district
c. DEE
was built by
d. DHE
a. Baraha keshari
8. Who among the following became the first Deputy
b. Nrup keshari
Chief Minister of odisha ?
c. Markata keshari
a. Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo
d. anangabhimadev
b. Biren Mitra
14. Who is the writer of ‘ Govinda Chandra Tika’ ?
c. Pabitramohan Pradhan
a. Jagannath das
d. Nilamani Routray
b. Achyutananda das
c. Balaram das 5. Legends say that Lord Jagannath was originally
worshipped as lord Neelamadhaba by a tribal chief
d. Yosabanta das
named :-
15. Who built cuttack city ?
a. Badagrahi
a. Baraha keshari
b. Vidyapati
b. Nrup keshari
c. Viswavasu
c. Markata keshari
d. Galamadhav
d. Anangabhimdev
6. Which of the following rivers has a source within the
Part-7 state?

a. The Subarnarekha
1.The first Odia magazine published in 1861 was :-

a. Utkal barta b. The Brahmani

b. Utkal dipika c. The Mahanadi

c. Bodha dayini d. The Nagavali

d. Utkal prasanga 7. The sweet water lake Kanjia Lake is located in :-

a. Athgarh
2. Which of the following Odia novels is considered to
be the first indian novel to deal with the exploitations b.Nandankanan
of landless peasants by the feudal lords ?
c. Puri
a. Matira Manisha
d. Chhatrapur
b. Ha Anna
8. Who among the following eminent personalities of
c. Chha Maana Atha Guntha odisha regarded politics as an instruments as an
instruments of service to the people ?
d. Mati Matala

3.The first odia film to receive National Award was – a. Fakir Mohan senapati

a. Sita Vibhaha b. Gopabandhu das

b. Sri lokanath c. Chandra sekhar behera

c. Lakshmi d. Raja artatran deo

9. Who was conferred with Sahitya Bharati Sammana

d. Amadabata
for the odia translation of famous novel ‘Lajja’?
4. Aruna Stamba placed at lion’s gate of the Jagannath
a. Sri Laxmi Narayan Mohnaty
Temple, puri is made of how many stones ?

a. Five b. Smt. Nandini Sathpathy

c. Sri Janaki ballabh Patnaik

b. One

c. Two d. Sri jugal kishor dutta

10. Who was the first Governor of Odisha ?

d. Three
a. Asaf Ali
b. Fazai Ali d. Jhumar

c. John Austen Hubback e. Karma

d. Howthrone lewis Part-8

11. Who was the first chief justice of odisha high court 1.Which of the following festivals celebrated in the
? Lord Jagannath Temple, Puri is a ritual of “ Maa
a. Gatikrushna mishra Mahalaxmi ?

b. Bira Kishore ray a. Akshya Trutiya

c. B. jagannath das b. Gupta Gundicha

d. R. L. narasingham c. Hera Panchami

12. Who was the first speaker of the Odisha Legislative d. Pusyavisheka
Assembly ? 2.Which of the following shiva temples is not enlisted
a. Lal Mohan Patnaik within the “Dwadasa Jyotirlingas” ?

b. Nanda Kishore Das a. jogeswar

c. Mukunda Prasad Das b. Lingaraj

d. Pandit Nilakantha Das c. Mallikarjuna swamy

13.Who is the first woman chief justice of the Oduisha d. Nageswar

High Court ? e. Vaidyanath
a. Sanju Panda 3. Which is the largest tribal community in india ?
b. Amiya Kumari Padhy a. Bhils
c. M. Fatima Beebi b. Gonds
d. None of these. c. Khonds
14.Which of the following places in Odisha is known d. Oranons
for a different handicraft work than the other four ?
e. Santhals
a. Baidyarajpur
4.Which of the following forts was constructed by
b. Balakti langula narasingha dev, the ruler of ganga dynasty in
c. Bhubana odisha ?

d. Pipili a. barabati

e. Kantilo b. Chudanga gada

15. Which of the following folk dance forms owes its c. Raibania
origin to the koraput district ? d.Jaugada
a. Dhaap 5. Who is the author of the odia travelogue “Swapnara
b. Dhemsa Alaska”?

c.Ghoomra a. Bhupen mohapatra

b. Binod kanungo 11. Which newspaper did inspire national sprit during
the non-cooperation movement ?
c. Manoj das
a. The Utkal Dipika
d. Pratibha ray
b. The Utkal Putra
6. Who has translated the famous novel “ Uncle Tom’s
Cabin “ into Odia titled as ‘Tama Kakanka Kutira ? c. The Utkal Batika

a. Fakir mohan senapati d. The Samaj

b. Gourishankar ray 12. In which Zamindari estate in odisha a massive

peasant movement did break out during non-
c. Udayanath sarangi
cooperation Movement ?
d. Madhu sudan rao
a. Kujanga
7. Who was the last independent king of odisha ?
b. Dompada
a. Pratap rudra dev
c. Kanika
b. Mukunda harichandan
d. Parikuda
c. Chakra pratap
13.When did the Prajamandal movement begin in
d. Govinda bidyasagar Odisha ?

8. In which year did Jai Rajguru take control of the a. 1922

administration ?
b. 1932
a. 1773
c. 1935
b. 1798
d. 1938
c. 1803
14. To which dynasty Kharavela belong ?
d. 1804
a. Ganaga
9.Krishnadeva Ray was a contemporary of-
b. Cholas
a. Kapilendra dev
c. Chedis
b. Mukunda dev
d. Sungas
c. Narasingha dev
15. Who was the commander of Satyagrahis during
d. Pratap rudra dev Civil Disobedience Movement in Odisha ?

e. Purusottam dev a. Dr. Harekrushna Mahatab

10. Who was the first monarch of Utkal to declare b. Pandit Gopabandhu Dash
himself as the deputy of lord jagannath ?
c. Acharya Harihar Dash
a. Chodaganga dev
d. Surendra Nath Das
b. Ananga bhima dev III
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c.Yayati I
1. Who fought against untouchability and other social
d. Kapilendra dev evils in Odisha ?
a. Pandit Gopabandhu Das 7. Who wrote Kabya Prakash Dipika ?

b. Nilakantha Das a. Baishnabha Das

c. Utkal Gourav Madhusudan Das b. Jadumani Das

d. Biswanath Das c. Sal Baig

2. Who is regarded as the Noblest son of Odisha ? d. Chandi Das

a. Pandit Gopabandhu Das 8. The lyrics written by famous Oriya poet Baladeva
Rath are the best example of –
b. Nilakantha Das
a. Dhruvapada
c. Utkal Gourav Madhusudan Das
b. Chitrakala
d. Biswanath Das
c. Chitrapada
3. Satyabadi school was established in –
d. Panchala
a. Cuttack
9. Which place is famous for tarakashi work in which
b. Puri
beautiful objects are made by using very thin silver
c. Bhubaneswar wire ?

d. Balasore a. Sambalpur

4. Books written by Jagannath Das are – b. Puri

1. Artha Koili 2. Phulatola Chautisa 3. Duti Bodha 4. c. Berhampur

Shri Satsanga
d. Cuttack
a. Only 1
10. Which river forms the border between
b. Only 2 and 3 Nabarangpur and Koraput district ?
c. Only 1 , 2 and 4
a. Mahismati
d. All of these
b. Subernarekha
5. Bijapandu is a famous festival of which tribe ?
c. Mahanadi
a. Koya
d. Indrabati
b. Matia
11. Name the first woman of Odisha to become a
c. Dharua member of Rajya Sabha ?

d. Gond a. Rama Devi

6. What art form were Kali Charan Pattnaik and Nimai b. Malati Choudhary
Charan Harichandan associated with ?
c. Kuntala Kumari Sabat
a. Odissi music
d. Nandini Sathpathy
b. Drama
12. Name the first woman of Odisha to become a
c. Dance member of Lok Sabha ?

d. Painting a. Rama Devi

b. Jayanti Pattnaik 3. Who was first invader of kalinga ?

c. Kuntala Kumari Sabat a. Ashoka

d. Nandini Sathpathy b. Bimbisara

13. How many rock cut caves are there in Udayagiri c. Mahapadmananda
Caves ?
d. Dhanananda
a. 15
4. The Hathigumpha inscription belongs to-
b. 16
a. Ashoka
c. 17
b. Chandragupta Maurya
d. 18
c. King Kharavela
14. The basinof Talcher coalfield mainly occupies the –
d. Bimbisara
a. Rushikulya river valley
5. The earliest known Mathara king was –
b. Subernarekha river valley
a. Vishakavarman
c. Brahmani river valley
b. Maharaja Shaktivarman
d. None of these
c. Anantasaktivarman
15. Which national park is famous for its white tiger
d.Prabhajanavarman
population of white tigers ?
6. King Kharvela belonged to which royal dynasty ?
a. Nandankanan national park
a. Nanda
b. Similipal national park
b. Maurya
c. Balukhand sanctuary
c. Chedi
d. None of these.
d. Sata
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7. The pre- Mauryan black polished potteries and
1.What is the pre-historic name of Odisha ? punched-marked coins having four symbols found in
a. Utkal plenty from-

b. Kalinga a. Asurgarh and Sonepur

c. Kosala b. Utkal and Mahakantara

d. Udra c. Udra and Oddiyana

2. The secondary headquarter of kalinga during the d. None of these

reign of Ashoka was- 8. Ashoka has mentioned the loss of lives, injuries and
a. Tosali suffering caused by the kalinga war in the Rock Edict –

b. Samapa a. Rock Edict XIV

c. Sisupalgarh b. Rock Edict XV

d. Dantapur c. Rock Edict XII

d. Rock Edict XIII a. 1497

9. The Hathigumpha inscription contained the record b. 1487

of what years of the Kharabela’s reign ?
c. 1488
a. The first ten
d. 1492
b. The first twelve
15. Who was the Gajapati king of Odisha who ruled for
c. The first thirteen a long forty one years ?

d. The first twenty a. Kapilendra dev

10. Choda Gangadev did not construct a Vishnu temple b. Prataprudra dev
at which of the following places ?
c. Purushottam dev
a. Mukhalingam
d. Govind vidyadhar
b. Ernakulam
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c. Srikakulam
1.Sri Chaitanya, the famous Vaishnava saint of Bengal,
d. Simhachalam had come to Odisha during the reign of-
11.Kapilendra Routray was an ambitious minister of a. Prataprudra dev
the Ganga king-
b. Kapilendra dev
a. Bhanu Deva -IV
c. Choda Gangadev
b. Bhanu Deva – III
d. Rajraj dev
c. Narsimha Deva –IV
2. Sri Chaitanya lived in puri for a period of –
d. Narsumha Deva- III
a. 16 years
12. The kings of which dynasty were popularly known
as Gajapatis ? b.18 years

a. The Ganga c. 20 years

b. The Somavamsis d. 22 years

c. The Bhauma 3. Who was the founder of Bhoi dynasty in Odisha ?

d. The Suryavansis a. Govinda Bidyadhara

13. Who was the last independent ruler of mediaval b. Chakra Pratap
kingdom of odisha ? c. Janardhana Vidyadhar
a. Kapilendradeva
d. Narsimha Jena
b. Pratap rudradeva 4. When did Mukundadeva ascend the throne of
c. Govinda vidyadhara Odisha ?

d. Mukundadeva a. 1559

14. Prataparudra dev ascended the throne of the b. 1562

Suryavansis in the year – c. 1564
d.1566 b. Balia and Parhat

5. Who is regarded as the last independent king of c. Banapur and Ghumsur

Odisha ?
d. None of these
a. Prataprudra dev
11. The Sunset Law was introduced by-
b. Bhanu dev
a. Lord Wellesley
c. Mukunda dev
b. Lord Bentick
d. Govinda Vidyadhara
c. Lord Cornwallis
6. The Treaty of Deogarh was signed in –
d. Lord Warren Hastings
a. 1803
12. Under which Gajapati king came the great famine
b. 1804 of Odisha ?

c. 1805 a. Purushottam Dev

d. None of these b. Divya Singha Deva

7. Which historical event of Odisha has been termed as c. Prataprudra deva

the first war of Independence ?
d. None of these
a. Battle of Buxar
13. Who was the Chairman of the Famine Commission
b. Paik Rebellion of 1866 ?

c. Naaka Famine a. William Digby

d. Satya Mahima Dharma b. Adam Smith

8. The leader of the Paik Rebelion was- c. George Campbell

a. Kishore Bala d. None of these

b. Raghuji Bhonsle ji 14.Who was the first graduate of Odisha ?

c. Radhanath Ray a. Radhanath Ray

d. Bakshi Jagabandhu b. Utkal Gourav Madhusudan Das

9. Who was the Muslim leader who gave his support to c. Biswanath Kar
the Paik Rebelion ?
d. Gangadhar Meher
a. Chandan Hajuri
15.Being sentenced to death who became a martyr in
b. Dumuduma Dalabehera Mirhaidar Ali odisha during the Quit India Movement ?

c. Hussain Ali a. Baji Raut

d. None of these b. Birsa Munda

10. The ruling chiefs of which two native states were c. Laxaman Nayak
rewarded with the title of “Maharaja “ by the British
d. Raghu Dibakar
Government for their support in revolt of 1857 ?

a. Mayurbhanj and Keonjhar