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Mahal. It stands on the Yamuna river banks./ the world, besides Africa, which is home to
rF;%& eqxy cxkn'kkg 'kkgtgka us rktegy cuok;k FkkA ;gmultiple species of large cats, such as leopards
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;equk unh osQ rV ij fLFkr gSA and Royal Bengal Tigers./rF;%& dkthjaxk vizQhdk
Ellora Caves
2. State:- Maharashtra/jkT;%& egkjk"Vª
osQ vykok nqfu;k osQ mu oqQN LFkkuksa esa ls ,d gS
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Year:- 1983/o"kZ%&
1983 fcfYy;ksa dh dbZ iztkfr;ksa dk ?kj gS] tSls fd rsanq, vkSj
Facts:- It was built by Rashtrakuta dynasty. caxky VkbxjA
There are 34 monasteries and temples./rF;%& Keoladeo National Park
bls jk"VªowQV oa'k us cuok;k
34 FkkA
eB vkSj
;gka
eafnj gSaA
8. State:- Rajasthan/ jkT;%& jktLFkku
ir
Ajanta Caves Year:- 1985/o"kZ%& 1985
3. State:- Maharashtra/jkT;%& egkjk"Vª Facts:- Keoladeo National Park is a vast bird
Year:- 1983/o"kZ%&1983
Facts:- It was built by Rashtrakuta dynasty.
S sanctuary and former royal game reserve in
the north Indian state of Rajasthan./rF;%&
These are rock-cut caves. There are a total
osQoyknso jk"Vªh; m|ku mÙkj Hkkjrh; jkT; jktLFkku
of 29 caves./rF;%& bls jk"VªowQV oa'k us cuok;k FkkA;s
t
fo'kky i{kh vH;kj.; vkSj iwoZ 'kkgh [ksy fjtoZ gSA
pV~Vkuksa dks dkVdj cukbZ xbZ xqiQk,a
29 xqiQk,a
gSaAgSaA
;gka oqQy
Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
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Agra Fort
9. State:- Assam/jkT;%& vle
4. State:- Uttar Pradesh/jkT;%& mÙkj izns'k
Year:- 1983/o"kZ%& Year:- 1985/o"kZ%&* 1985
a
1983
Facts:- It is the 16th Century Mughal Facts:-The site provides critical and viable
Monument called the Red Fort of Agra. habitats for rare and endangered species,
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Jahangir Palace and the Khas Mahal built by including tiger, greater one-horned rhino,
Shah Jahan are part of Agra Fort./rF;%& ;g swamp deer, pygmy hog and Bengal florican./
16oha 'krkCnh dk eqxy Lekjd gS ftls vkxjk dk yky fdyk rF;%& ;g lkbV ck?k] ,d lhax okys xSaMs] nynyh fgj.k] fiX
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;g lewg jFkksa] eaMiksa] fo'kky [kqyh gok esa jkgr vkfn osQ fy,Vijayanagar Empire./rF;%& gEih us fot;uxj
of the
tkuk tkrk gSA lkezkT; dh vafre jkt/kuh osQ :i esa dk;Z fd;k gSA
G.S. Special 1
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Fatehpur Sikri tigris tigris species./rF;%& laqnjou fo'o Lrj ij
12. State:- Uttar Pradesh/jkT;%& mÙkj izns'k yqIrizk; iztkfr;ksa osQ fy, lkoZHkkSfed egRo dk gS]
Year:- 1986/o"kZ%& 1986 jkW;y caxky Vkbxj] xaxk vkSj bjkonh MkWfYiQu] ,LVq
Facts:- Mughal Emperor Akbar built it. It had vkSj xaHkhj :i ls yqIrizk; LFkkfud unh Vsjkfiu (cVkxqj cL
been a Mughal capital for 10 years. Jama 'kkfey gSaA ;g iSaFksjk Vkbfxzl Vkbfxzl iztkfr osQ fy, n
Masjid is a part of it./bls eqxy ckn'kkg vdcj us ,dek=k eSaxzkso fuokl LFkku gSA
cukok;k FkkA 10;go"kks± rd eqxyksa dh jktèkkuh jgh FkhA tkek Devi & Valley of Flowers National Park
Nanda
efLtn bldk ,d fgLlk gSA 18. State:- Uttarakhand/jkT;%& mÙkjka[kM
Churches and Convents of Goa Year:- 1988/o"kZ%& 1988
13. State:- Goa/jkT;%& xksok Facts:- India’s Valley of Flowers National Park
Year:- 1986/o"kZ%& 1986 is renowned for its meadows of endemic alpine
Facts:- The churches of the city which was flowers and outstanding natural beauty./rF;%&
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the Portuguese capital signifies the Hkkrj dk iwQyksa dh ?kkVh jk"Vªh; m|ku LFkkfud vYi
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evangelization of Asia./rF;%& 'kgj osQ ppZ tks iqrZxky vkSj mRÑ"V izkÑfrd lqanjrk osQ fy, izfl¼ gSA
dh jkt/kuh Fkh] ,f'k;k osQ lqlekpkj izpkj dk izrhd gSA Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi
Group of Monuments at Pattadakal 19. State:- Madhya Pradesh/jkT;%& eè; izns'k
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14. State:- Karnataka/jkT;%& dukZVd Year:- 1989/o"kZ%& 1989
Year:- 1987/o"kZ%& 1987 Facts:- Monolithic pillars, palaces, temples
Facts:- The monuments represent the and monasteries are part of it. It is considered
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Chalukyan art. Hindu temples and Jain the oldest Buddhist Sanctuary in existence./
sanctuary are a part of it./rF;%& Lekjd pkyqD; rF;%& v[kaM LraHk] egy] eafnj vkSj eB bldk fgLlk gSa
dyk dk izfrfuf/Ro djrs gSaA fganw eafnj vkSj tSu vHk;kj.;
S vfLrRo esa lcls iqjkuk ckS¼ vHk;kjk.; ekuk tkrk gSA
bldk ,d fgLlk gSaA Qutub Minar and its Monuments
Great Living Chola Temples 20. State:- Delhi/jkT;%& fnYyh
15. State:- Tamilnadu/jkT;%& rfeyukMq Year:- 1993/o"kZ%& 1993
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Year:- 1987/o"kZ%&
1987 Facts:- Qutab Minar was built in the 13th
century. It is the highest tower in India./rF;%&
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gSaA izns'k
Sundarbans National Park
Year:- 1999/o"kZ%&
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1999
17. State:- West Bengal/jkT;%& if'pe caxky
Facts:- Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, Nilgiri
Year:- 1987/o"kZ%&
1987 Mountain Railway, and Kalka Shimla Railway
Facts:- The Sundarbans is of universal are three railways included in this site./rF;%&
importance for globally endangered species nkftZfyax fgeky;u jsyos] uhyfxfj ekmaVsu jsyos vkSj d
including the Royal Bengal Tiger, Ganges and
Irawadi dolphins, estuarine crocodiles and
f'keyk jsyos bl lkbV esa 'kkfeyr rhu jsyos gSaA
the critically endangered endemic river Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya
terrapin (Batagur baska). It is the only 23. State:- Bihar/jkT;%& fcgkj
mangrove habitat in the world for Panthera Year:- 2002/o"kZ%&
2002
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Facts:- It is one of the four holy sites related Western Ghats
to the Buddha’s life./rF;%& ;g cq¼ osQ thou ls tqM+s
29. State:- Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu,
pkj ifo=k LFkyksa esa ls ,d gSA Maharashtra/jkT;%& dukZVd] osQjy] rfeyukMq] egkj
Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka Year:- 2012/o"kZ%& 2012
Facts:- This mountain chain is recognized as
24. State:- Madhya Pradesh/jkT;%& eè; izns'k
one of the world’s eight ‘hottest hotspots’ of
Year:- 2003/o"kZ%& 2003
biological diversity along with Sri Lanka./rF;%&
Facts:- Dr V. S. Wakankar had discovered the
bl ioZr J`a[kyk dks Jhyadk osQ lkFk&lkFk tSfod fofoèkr
Bhimbetka Caves in 1958./rF;%& MkW oh ,l okd.kdj
fo'o osQ vkB ^lcls xeZ LFkku* esa ls ,d osQ :i esa ekU;r
us1985 esa HkhecsVdk xqiQkvksa dh [kkst dh FkhA izkIr gSA
Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Hill Forts of Rajasthan
25. State:- Maharashtra/jkT;%& egkjk"Vª 30. State:- Rajasthan/jkT;%& jktLFkku
Year:- 2004/o"kZ%&2004 Year:- 2013/o"kZ%&
2013
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Facts:- The former name of CST was Victoria Facts:- Chittorgarh fort; Kumbhalgarh fort;
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Terminus. It represents the Victorian Gothic Sawai Madhopur fort; Jhalawar fort; Jaipur
Revival architecture in India. British fort, and Jaisalmer fort are part of these hill
architect F. W. Stevens built and designed it./ forts./rF;%& fpÙkkSM+x<+ fdyk_ oqQaHkyx<+ fdyk_ l
rF;%& lh,lVh dk iqjkuk uke foDVksfj;k VfeZul FkkA ;g Hkkjr
fdyk_ >kykokM+ dk fdyk_ t;iqj fdyk] vkSj tSlyesj fdyk
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esa foDVksfj;u xksfFkd iqu#¼kj okLrqdyk dk izfrfufèkRo
budjrk
igkM+h fdyksa dk fgLlk gSaA
gSA fczfV'k okLrqdkj ,iQ MCY;w LVhoal us bls cuk;k vkSj fMtkbu Rani-Ki-Vab
fd;kA 31. State:- Gujarat/ jkT;%& xqtjkr
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Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park Year:- 2014/o"kZ%& 2014
Facts:- It stands on the banks of Saraswati
26. State:- Gujarat/jkT;%& xqtjkr
River. It is built in Maru-Gurjara architectural
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Year:- 2004/o"kZ%&
2004 style./rF;%& ;g ljLorh unh osQ rV ij fLFkr gSA bls
Facts:- Unexcavated archaeological, historic ek:&xqtZjk LFkkiR; 'kSyh esa cuk;k x;k gSA
and living cultural heritage properties are a
Great Himalayan National Park
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part of it. Structures built between the 8th
32. State:- Himachal Pradesh/jkT;%& fgekpy izns'k
and 14th centuries like fortifications, palaces,
Year:- 2014/o"kZ%&
n
G.S. Special 3
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The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier rF;%& 1968 esa iqjkrRofon~ txrifr tks'kh }kjk •ksts x, /
35. State:- Chandigarh/jkT;%& paMhx<+ ksykohjk dk uke xqtjkr ds dPN ftys ds xkao ls iM+k gSA ç
Year:- 2016/o"kZ%&
2016 Hkkjr esa] ;g 1500 bZlk iwoZ rd vius iru rd yxHkx 1500
Facts:- There are 17 sites on three o"kks± rd ,d okf.kfT;d vkSj fofuekZ.k dsaæ cuk jg
continents. Complexe du Capitole in eksgu&tks&nkjks] xuosjhokyk] gM+Iik vkSj jk•hx<+h
Chandigarh, India is a part of this./rF;%& rhu fla/q ?kkVh lH;rk dk ikapoka lcls cM+k egkuxj FkkA
egk}hiksa17ij LFky gSaA Hkkjr oQ panhx<+ esa dkEIysDl MwSantiniketan/'kkafrfudsru
oSQfiVksy bldk ,d fgLlk gSA 41. In September 2023, Santiniketan, West
Historic City of Ahmedabad Bengal, was declared a world heritage site by
36. State:- Gujarat/jkT;%& xqtjkr UNESCO./flracj 2023 esa] 'kkafrfudsru] if'pe caxky dks
Year:- 2017/o"kZ%&
2017 ;wusLdks }kjk fo'o /jksgj LFky ?kksf"kr fd;k x;k FkkA
Hoysala Temples/gks;ly eafnjksa
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Victorian and Art Deco Ensemble
37. State:- Maharashtra/jkT;%& egkjk"Vª
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42. In September 2023, 12th-century Hoysala
Temples of Karnataka were included in the
Year:- 2018/o"kZ%&
2018
list by UNESCO./flracj 2023 esa] dukZVd ds 12 oha
Facts:- Victorian Neo-Gothic public buildings
'krkCnh ds gks;ly eafnjksa dks ;wusLdks }kjk lwph esa 'kk
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and Art Deco in Mumbai buildings are part of
x;k FkkA
this collection./rF;%& foDVksfj;u fu;ks&xkWfFkd lkoZtfud
Hkou vkSj eqacbZ dh bekjrksa esa vkVZ Msdks bl1.laxzgWhich Indian
dk fgLlk gSaAsite is included in UNESCO world
heritage list in July, 2021?
Jaipur City
ir
Hkkjr dk dkSu lk LFky tqykbZ] 2021 esa ;wusLdks dh fo'o f
38. State:- Rajasthan/jkT;% jktLFkku
lwph esa 'kkfey fd;k x;k gS\
lajpuk us uDdk'khnkj xzsukbV vkSj MksyjkbV ds che vkSjCultural LraHkksa Organization/la;qÙkQ jk"Vªh; 'kSf{kd] oSKkf
dks gYds >j>jk bZaVksa] rFkkdfFkr 'ÝyksfVax bZaVksa'vkSj ls cus ,d
lkaLÑfrd laxBu
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fof'k"V vkSj fijkfeM foeku ds lkFk ltk;k gS] ftlls Nr dh (d) United Nations Educational Scientific and
lajpukvksa dk otu de gks x;k gSA Cultural Organization/la;qÙkQ jk"Vª 'kSf{kd] oSKkf
Dholavira vkSj lkaLÑfrd laxBu
y
Facts:- Discovered by archaeologist Jagat Pati (a) Washington D.C. (United States)/okf'kaxVu Mh-
Joshi in 1968, Dholavira gets its name from lh- ( la;qÙkQ jkT; vesfjdk)
the village in Kutch district of Gujarat. In (b) Lyon (France)/fy;ksu(Úkal)
ancient India, it has remained a commercial
and manufacturing hub for about 1,500 years (c) Paris, France/isfjl] Úkal
till its decline by 1500 BC. It was Indus Valley (d) Geneva (Switzerland)/tsusok(fLoV~tjySaM)
Civilization's fifth-largest metropolis after 4. When was the Ajanta cave declared a World
Mohen-jo-Daro, Ganweriwala, Harappa and Heritage Site?
Rakhigarhi.
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vtark dh xqiQk dks fo'o /jksgj LFky dc ?kksf"kr fd;k
11.x;k\Where is the group of monuments located in
(a) 1981 Hampi
(b) 1982 gaih esa Lekjdksa dk lewg dgka fLFkr gS
(c) 1983 (a) Bihar/fcgkj
(d) 1984 (b) Tanjore Tamil Nadu/ratkSj rfey ukMq
5. Where is ellora cave located? (c) Karnataka/dukZVd
,yksjk dh xqiQk dgka fLFkr gS (d) Puri Orissa/iqjh mM+hlk
(a) Mahabalipuram Tamil Nadu/egkcfyiqje rfey ukMq
12. Fatehpur Sikri declared a World Heritage Site.
(b) Aurangabad Maharashtra/vkSjaxkckn egkjk"Vª iQrsgiqj lhdjh dks fo'o /jksgj LFky ?kksf"kr fd;k x;k
(c) Puri Orissa/iqjh
mM+hlk (a) 1989
(d) Vijayanagara Karnataka/fot;uxj dukZVd (b) 1988
6. Whean was Agra Fort declared a World Heritage (c) 1986
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Site? (d) 1987
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vkxjk dk fdyk dks fo'o /jksgj LFky dc ?kksf"kr fd;k13.
x;k Sanchi stupa is loacted in which states?
(a) 1981 lk¡ph dk Lrwi fdu jkT;ksa esa fLFkr gS\
(b) 1983 SSC CHSL 10/03/2013 (Shift-04)
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(c) 1984 (a) Maharashtra/egkjk"Vª
(d) 1982
(b) Bihar /fcgkj
7. Where is the Sun Temple of Konark located?
(c) Madhya Pradesh /eè; izns'k
dks.kkdZ dk lw;Z eafnj dgka fLFkr gS
ir
(d) Gujarat/xqtjkr
(a) Tanjore Tamil Nadu/ratkSj rfey ukMq
14. Where is the World Heritage Site, Konark Sun
(b) Panchmahal Gujarat/iapegy xqtjkr S Temple situated in India?
(c) Puri Orissa/iqjh mM+hlk fo'o fojklr LFky] dks.kkdZ lw;Z eafnj Hkkjr esa dgk¡ fLFk
(d) Mahabalipuram Tamil Nadu
(a) Rajasthan/jkTkLFkku
egkcfyiqje rfey ukMq
(b) Madhya Pradesh/eè; izns'k
t
8. 1The UNESCO World Heritage Site, "Mahabodhi
(c) Chhattisgarh /NÙkhlx<+
n
(d) Rani
(a) Vidisha Madhya Pradesh/fofn'kk eè; çns'k 16. Which of the following is a heritage site of
Madhya Pradesh?
(b) Sanchi Madhya Pradesh/lkaph eè; çns'k
fuEu esa ls dkSu eè; çns'k dk ,d fojklr LFky gS\
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G.S. Special 5
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ANSWER KEY
1. (c) 2. (d) 3. (c) 4. (c) 5. (b) 6. (c) 7. (c) 8. (c) 9. (d) 10. (b)
11. (c) 12. (c) 13. (c) 14. (d) 15. (a) 16. (b)
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G.S. Special 6