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Question 1Current Affairs and Contemporary Issues

The theme adopted for India's G20 Presidency at the New Delhi Summit of 2023 - 'One Earth, One Family, One Future' - is a rendering of which Sanskrit phrase?

  1. Satyameva Jayate
  2. Ahimsa Paramo Dharma
  3. Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam Correct answer.
  4. Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinah

Explanation

India's G20 Presidency, held from December 2022 to November 2023, used the theme 'One Earth, One Family, One Future', which translates the Maha Upanishad phrase 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam' (the world is one family). The theme was paired with the LiFE initiative promoting sustainable lifestyles. The New Delhi Leaders' Declaration was adopted at the summit in September 2023.

Question 2Current Affairs and Contemporary Issues

The touchdown site of the Chandrayaan-3 lander near the Moon's south pole was named by ISRO as

  1. Shiv Shakti Point Correct answer.
  2. Sarabhai Point
  3. Tiranga Point
  4. Jawahar Sthal

Explanation

The Vikram lander touched down on 23 August 2023, making India the first country to soft-land near the lunar south pole. ISRO subsequently named the site 'Shiv Shakti Point', and the Government declared 23 August as National Space Day. The name was announced in August 2023 at Bengaluru.

Question 3Current Affairs and Contemporary Issues

India's first dedicated solar observatory, Aditya-L1, was placed in a halo orbit around which point of the Sun-Earth system?

  1. Lagrange point L5
  2. Lagrange point L1 Correct answer.
  3. Lagrange point L4
  4. Lagrange point L2

Explanation

Aditya-L1 was launched on 2 September 2023 by PSLV-C57 and was inserted into a halo orbit around the Sun-Earth Lagrange point L1, roughly 1.5 million km from Earth. From L1 the spacecraft enjoys a continuous, uninterrupted view of the Sun, which is essential for studying coronal mass ejections and space weather.

Question 4Current Affairs and Contemporary Issues

At the 2023 UN climate conference, parties agreed to operationalise a dedicated fund to compensate developing countries for climate-related losses. This mechanism is called the

  1. Global Environment Facility
  2. Green Climate Fund
  3. Adaptation Fund
  4. Loss and Damage Fund Correct answer.

Explanation

COP28, held in Dubai in late 2023, opened with the decision to operationalise the Loss and Damage Fund, with several countries announcing initial pledges. The conference also concluded the first Global Stocktake under the Paris Agreement and called for transitioning away from fossil fuels. The fund addresses irreversible climate impacts rather than mitigation or routine adaptation finance.

Question 5Current Affairs and Contemporary Issues

Which index, brought out by NITI Aayog, ranks Indian States and Union Territories on their progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals?

  1. SDG India Index Correct answer.
  2. Good Governance Index
  3. Ease of Living Index
  4. Multidimensional Poverty Index

Explanation

NITI Aayog publishes the SDG India Index, prepared with the United Nations in India, which scores States and Union Territories on a composite of health, education, gender, environment and economic indicators linked to the 2030 Agenda. The first edition appeared in 2018 and later editions added a district-level companion index. The index is used to compare State performance and identify lagging indicators.

Question 6Current Affairs and Contemporary Issues

The Digital Rupee, whose wholesale and retail pilots began in 2022, is issued by which institution?

  1. National Payments Corporation of India
  2. Ministry of Finance
  3. Securities and Exchange Board of India
  4. Reserve Bank of India Correct answer.

Explanation

The Digital Rupee is a Central Bank Digital Currency issued by the Reserve Bank of India in digital form and is legal tender, just like paper currency. The wholesale pilot began on 1 November 2022 and the retail pilot on 1 December 2022. It is distinct from UPI, which is a payment interface operated by NPCI and settles commercial bank money rather than a central bank liability.

Question 7Current Affairs and Contemporary Issues

Under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, which body is empowered to inquire into data breaches and impose monetary penalties on data fiduciaries?

  1. Central Bureau of Investigation
  2. Data Protection Board of India Correct answer.
  3. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
  4. National Cyber Security Coordinator

Explanation

The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 creates the Data Protection Board of India as the adjudicating authority for complaints and breaches, with powers to levy penalties that can extend to several hundred crore rupees for serious violations. The Act applies to processing of digital personal data and recognises consent plus certain legitimate uses as lawful bases.

Question 8Current Affairs and Contemporary Issues

Kolleru Lake, Andhra Pradesh's wetland designated under the Ramsar Convention, lies between the deltas of which pair of rivers?

  1. Tungabhadra and Krishna
  2. Godavari and Mahanadi
  3. Krishna and Penna
  4. Krishna and Godavari Correct answer.

Explanation

Kolleru is a large freshwater lake situated between the Krishna and Godavari deltas and was designated a Ramsar site in November 2002. It is also a wildlife sanctuary of importance for migratory birds and is fed by seasonal inflows from the two river systems. The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands was signed at Ramsar in Iran in 1971.

Question 9Current Affairs and Contemporary Issues

The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, adopted in 2022, commits countries to protecting what proportion of terrestrial and marine areas by 2030?

  1. 17 per cent
  2. 50 per cent
  3. 30 per cent Correct answer.
  4. 10 per cent

Explanation

The framework, adopted at the fifteenth Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in Montreal in December 2022, contains 23 targets, of which the best known is the '30 by 30' goal to conserve at least 30 per cent of land and sea areas by 2030. Earlier Aichi targets had set lower figures of 17 per cent of land and 10 per cent of marine areas. The framework also addresses restoration of degraded ecosystems and resource mobilisation.

Question 10Current Affairs and Contemporary Issues

The Global Hunger Index, which ranks countries on undernourishment and child undernutrition, is jointly published by Welthungerhilfe and which other organisation?

  1. International Food Policy Research Institute
  2. World Food Programme
  3. Food and Agriculture Organization
  4. Concern Worldwide Correct answer.

Explanation

The Global Hunger Index is brought out annually by Concern Worldwide, an Irish humanitarian organisation, and Welthungerhilfe, a German aid agency. It combines undernourishment, child wasting, child stunting and child mortality into a single score. India has repeatedly questioned the methodology, particularly the use of telephone-based consumption surveys and the absence of a child-wasting measure sensitive to the Indian context.

Question 11Current Affairs and Contemporary Issues

Under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN), eligible landholding farmer families receive how much per year?

  1. ₹6,000 per year
  2. ₹10,000 per year
  3. ₹8,000 per year
  4. ₹4,000 per year Correct answer.

Explanation

PM-KISAN provides eligible landholding farmer families ₹6,000 per year, paid in three equal instalments of ₹2,000. It is a central sector income support scheme launched in 2019 and transferred directly to beneficiaries' bank accounts.

Question 12Current Affairs and Contemporary Issues

Which country held the G20 presidency in 2024, taking over from India after the New Delhi Summit?

  1. India
  2. Indonesia
  3. South Africa
  4. Brazil Correct answer.

Explanation

Brazil assumed the G20 presidency on 1 December 2023 and hosted the 2024 summit. India had held the presidency for the 2023 cycle, which culminated in the New Delhi Summit.

Question 13Current Affairs and Contemporary Issues

The PM Vishwakarma scheme, launched in 2023, extends support to artisans and craftspeople across how many traditional trades?

  1. 18 trades Correct answer.
  2. 15 trades
  3. 21 trades
  4. 12 trades

Explanation

PM Vishwakarma, launched in September 2023, covers 18 traditional trades such as carpenter, potter, blacksmith and tailor. It offers collateral-free credit, skill training and toolkits to artisans and craftspeople.

Question 14Current Affairs and Contemporary Issues

Which agency is India's national nodal agency for responding to computer security incidents?

  1. CERT-In Correct answer.
  2. Intelligence Bureau (IB)
  3. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
  4. National Investigation Agency (NIA)

Explanation

CERT-In is the national nodal agency for computer security incident response, functioning under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. Its mandate includes incident reporting, emergency response and vulnerability coordination under the IT Act framework.

Question 15Current Affairs and Contemporary Issues

The National Green Hydrogen Mission was approved in 2023 with an initial outlay of approximately how much?

  1. ₹25,000 crore
  2. ₹19,744 crore Correct answer.
  3. ₹12,500 crore
  4. ₹8,000 crore

Explanation

The National Green Hydrogen Mission was approved in January 2023 with an initial outlay of ₹19,744 crore. It targets about 5 million metric tonnes of annual green hydrogen production capacity by 2030.

Question 16Current Affairs and Contemporary Issues

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) used for India's retail inflation is released by which agency?

  1. Reserve Bank of India
  2. Securities and Exchange Board of India
  3. National Statistical Office Correct answer.
  4. NITI Aayog

Explanation

The National Statistical Office, under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, compiles and releases the monthly Consumer Price Index. The RBI uses CPI inflation as the nominal anchor for its flexible inflation-targeting framework.

Question 17Current Affairs and Contemporary Issues

India's first dedicated X-ray polarimetry mission, launched on 1 January 2024, is named:

  1. RISAT-2B
  2. AstroSat
  3. Aditya-L1
  4. XPoSat Correct answer.

Explanation

XPoSat was launched by ISRO on 1 January 2024 to study the polarisation of cosmic X-rays. It is India's first dedicated X-ray polarimetry mission and carries instruments such as POLIX and XSPECT.

Question 18Current Affairs and Contemporary Issues

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, was enacted to replace which colonial-era criminal law?

  1. Code of Criminal Procedure
  2. Indian Penal Code Correct answer.
  3. Information Technology Act
  4. Indian Evidence Act

Explanation

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 replaces the Indian Penal Code, 1860. The related Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita replaces the CrPC, while the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam replaces the Indian Evidence Act.

Question 19Current Affairs and Contemporary Issues

India's updated Nationally Determined Contribution commits to reducing the emissions intensity of GDP by 2030 by what percentage from 2005 levels?

  1. 33 percent
  2. 60 percent
  3. 50 percent
  4. 45 percent Correct answer.

Explanation

India's updated NDC pledges to reduce the emissions intensity of GDP by 45 percent by 2030 compared with 2005 levels. It also aims for about 50 percent cumulative electric power installed capacity from non-fossil fuel sources by 2030.

Question 20Current Affairs and Contemporary Issues

In February 2024, India launched Unified Payments Interface (UPI) services in which pair of countries?

  1. United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia
  2. Singapore and the Philippines
  3. Sri Lanka and Mauritius Correct answer.
  4. Nepal and Bhutan

Explanation

In February 2024, India launched UPI services in Sri Lanka and Mauritius, along with RuPay card services in Mauritius. The move extends India's digital payments connectivity to partner countries in the Indian Ocean region.

Question 21Current Affairs and Contemporary Issues

The Pradhan Mantri Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana, announced in 2024, aims to provide free electricity to how many crore households through rooftop solar installations?

  1. Two crore households
  2. Five crore households
  3. One crore households Correct answer.
  4. Ten crore households

Explanation

The scheme targets one crore households and promises up to 300 units of free electricity per month through rooftop solar, supported by Central Financial Assistance for residential installations. It is implemented by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.

Question 22Current Affairs and Contemporary Issues

The National Quantum Mission, approved by the Union Cabinet in 2023, is anchored by which department or ministry for implementation?

  1. Department of Science and Technology Correct answer.
  2. Ministry of Defence
  3. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
  4. Ministry of Education

Explanation

The National Quantum Mission is implemented by the Department of Science and Technology, which coordinates research and development in quantum computing, communication, sensing and materials. Its approved outlay is about ₹6,003.65 crore for 2023–2031.

Question 23Current Affairs and Contemporary Issues

KAPS-3, India's first indigenous 700 MWe pressurised heavy water reactor to enter commercial operation, is located in which State?

  1. Rajasthan
  2. Gujarat Correct answer.
  3. Tamil Nadu
  4. Karnataka

Explanation

KAPS-3 is Unit 3 of the Kakrapar Atomic Power Station in Gujarat and is India's first indigenously designed 700 MWe PHWR. Its commercial operation in 2023 marked a step in scaling up indigenous nuclear capacity.

Question 24Current Affairs and Contemporary Issues

At COP29 held in Baku in 2024, the New Collective Quantified Goal on climate finance calls on developed countries to lead with at least how much per year by 2035?

  1. USD 1 trillion per year
  2. USD 100 billion per year
  3. USD 200 billion per year
  4. USD 300 billion per year Correct answer.

Explanation

The COP29 decision sets a core target for developed countries to lead with at least USD 300 billion per year by 2035, while the broader climate finance goal aims to reach USD 1.3 trillion per year by that year.

Question 25History and Culture of India with focus on Andhra Pradesh

Who is regarded as the founder and first ruler of the Satavahana dynasty in Puranic accounts?

  1. Hala
  2. Yajna Sri Satakarni
  3. Gautamiputra Satakarni
  4. Simuka Correct answer.

Explanation

Puranic genealogies and most standard histories name Simuka, also written Srimukha, as the founder of Satavahana power, ruling from Pratishthana in the first century BCE. Gautamiputra Satakarni and Yajna Sri Satakarni were later and far more powerful rulers of the same line. Hala is remembered as a Satavahana king and patron of the Gathasaptashati, not as the dynasty's founder.

Question 26History and Culture of India with focus on Andhra Pradesh

Kuchipudi, the classical dance form of Andhra Pradesh, takes its name from a village located in which present-day district?

  1. West Godavari
  2. Prakasam
  3. Guntur
  4. Krishna Correct answer.

Explanation

The village Kuchipudi lies in Movva mandal of Krishna district, and the dance form is named after it. Tradition links its systematisation to Siddhendra Yogi, who composed the Bhama Kalapam. Guntur, Prakasam and West Godavari are neighbouring districts but do not contain the village of Kuchipudi.

Question 27History and Culture of India with focus on Andhra Pradesh

The Telugu Mahabharatam is credited to the Kavitrayam, comprising Nannaya, Tikkana and which third poet?

  1. Srinatha
  2. Errapragada Correct answer.
  3. Nachana Somanatha
  4. Pothana

Explanation

Nannaya began the Telugu Mahabharatam in the eleventh century, Tikkana translated most of the remaining parvans, and Errapragada completed the gaps and reconciled the two styles. Together the three are called the Kavitrayam. Pothana wrote the Bhagavatam, Srinatha wrote Sringara Naishadham, and Nachana Somanatha wrote the Uttara Harivamsamu.

Question 28History and Culture of India with focus on Andhra Pradesh

Vengi, the capital of the Eastern Chalukyas, is identified with which present-day village in Andhra Pradesh?

  1. Pedavegi Correct answer.
  2. Kotappakonda
  3. Chebrolu
  4. Denduluru

Explanation

The Eastern Chalukyas ruled from Vengi, identified with Pedavegi near Eluru in West Godavari district. The site has yielded copper-plate grants and temple remains belonging to the dynasty. Denduluru, Chebrolu and Kotappakonda are historic places in the region, but none of them is the Chalukya capital of Vengi.

Question 29History and Culture of India with focus on Andhra Pradesh

Amuktamalyada, a Telugu prabandha on the devotion of Andal, was composed by which ruler?

  1. Allasani Peddana
  2. Tenali Ramakrishna
  3. Krishnadevaraya Correct answer.
  4. Nandi Thimmana

Explanation

Krishnadevaraya of Vijayanagara wrote Amuktamalyada in Telugu, a prabandha on Andal's devotion and her marriage to Ranganatha. The work also sets out his views on statecraft and poetry. Allasani Peddana wrote Manucharitram, Nandi Thimmana wrote Parijatapaharanam, and Tenali Ramakrishna is credited with Panduranga Mahatyam.

Question 30History and Culture of India with focus on Andhra Pradesh

Nagarjunakonda, the site of extensive Buddhist remains in Andhra Pradesh, was the capital of which dynasty?

  1. Vishnukundin
  2. Satavahana
  3. Pallava
  4. Ikshvaku Correct answer.

Explanation

Nagarjunakonda is identified with Vijayapuri, the capital of the Ikshvaku dynasty that ruled the lower Krishna valley in the third and fourth centuries CE. The Ikshvakus patronised Buddhist monasteries and stupas there, and Queen Shantishri made notable donations. The Satavahanas ruled from Pratishthana and later Amaravati, while the Vishnukundins and Pallavas had different power centres.

Question 31History and Culture of India with focus on Andhra Pradesh

The formation of Andhra State in 1953 followed the death of Potti Sriramulu, who had undertaken a fast unto death demanding what?

  1. the merger of Andhra with Telangana
  2. the inclusion of Telugu areas in Mysore State
  3. a separate Andhra state Correct answer.
  4. the retention of Madras as the joint capital

Explanation

Potti Sriramulu began a fast unto death in Madras in October 1952 demanding a separate Andhra state for Telugu speakers, carved out of Madras State. He died on 15 December 1952, and Andhra State was formed on 1 October 1953 with Kurnool as its capital. The demand was not for merger with Telangana, retention of Madras as a joint capital, or inclusion in Mysore State.

Question 32History and Culture of India with focus on Andhra Pradesh

Tallapaka Annamacharya, the fifteenth-century composer of Telugu sankirtanas, devoted his compositions primarily to which deity?

  1. Goddess Kanaka Durga of Vijayawada
  2. Lord Venkateswara of Tirumala Correct answer.
  3. Lord Ranganatha of Srirangam
  4. Lord Shiva of Srisailam

Explanation

Tallapaka Annamacharya, who lived from 1408 to 1503, composed thousands of sankirtanas in Telugu and Sanskrit devoted to Lord Venkateswara of Tirumala. He is regarded as the earliest known Telugu composer and a pioneer of the Bhakti movement in Andhra. His compositions were preserved on copper plates at Tirumala.

Question 33History and Culture of India with focus on Andhra Pradesh

The earliest surviving Telugu inscription, issued by Erikal Muturaju of the Renati Cholas around 575 CE, is found at which place?

  1. Upparapalli
  2. Addanki
  3. Kalamalla Correct answer.
  4. Chebrolu

Explanation

The Kalamalla inscription in Kadapa district was issued by Erikal Muturaju of the Renati Cholas and is dated to about 575 CE. It is generally accepted as the earliest surviving inscription composed in Telugu. Addanki, Chebrolu and Upparapalli have important later inscriptions, but none of them contains the earliest Telugu record.

Question 34History and Culture of India with focus on Andhra Pradesh

Which foreign traveller is traditionally believed to have visited the Kakatiya kingdom during the reign of Rani Rudramadevi?

  1. Abdur Razzaq
  2. Nicolo Conti
  3. Ibn Battuta
  4. Marco Polo Correct answer.

Explanation

Marco Polo's travel account is traditionally linked to a visit to the Andhra coast, including Motupalli, during the reign of Rani Rudramadevi in the late thirteenth century. Rudramadevi ruled the Kakatiya kingdom from Orugallu, present-day Warangal, and was succeeded by her grandson Prataparudra. Ibn Battuta, Nicolo Conti and Abdur Razzaq visited India in later centuries.

Question 35History and Culture of India with focus on Andhra Pradesh

Tolu Bommalata, the shadow puppetry tradition of Andhra Pradesh, traditionally uses puppets made from which material?

  1. Cured leather Correct answer.
  2. Palm-leaf strips
  3. Woven cotton cloth
  4. Carved teakwood

Explanation

Tolu in Telugu means leather, and Tolu Bommalata puppets are made from cured, translucent hide painted with natural colours. The puppeteer holds them against a lamp-lit cloth screen so that their shadows enact episodes from epics. Wood, cloth and palm leaf are used in other puppetry or scroll traditions, not in this leather-shadow form.

Question 36History and Culture of India with focus on Andhra Pradesh

The Gathasaptasati, a celebrated anthology of Prakrit verses, is traditionally attributed to which Satavahana ruler?

  1. Gautamiputra Satakarni
  2. Vasishthiputra Pulumavi
  3. Hala Correct answer.
  4. Yajna Sri Satakarni

Explanation

The Gathasaptasati, also called Sattasai, is a collection of about seven hundred Prakrit gathas on love and rural life. Tradition ascribes its compilation to the Satavahana king Hala, in whose court Prakrit poetry flourished. It is not a royal eulogy like the Nashik inscription, but a literary anthology.

Question 37History and Culture of India with focus on Andhra Pradesh

Who became the first Chief Minister of Andhra State when it was formed on 1 October 1953?

  1. K. Brahmananda Reddy
  2. N. Sanjeeva Reddy
  3. Burgula Ramakrishna Rao
  4. Tanguturi Prakasam Correct answer.

Explanation

Andhra State was carved out of the Madras Presidency on 1 October 1953, with Kurnool as its capital. Tanguturi Prakasam, popularly called Andhra Kesari, became its first Chief Minister. He headed the state until 1954, before it was merged into Andhra Pradesh in 1956.

Question 38History and Culture of India with focus on Andhra Pradesh

The Ramappa (Rudreshwara) temple, inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2021, was constructed during the reign of which Kakatiya ruler?

  1. Rudrama Devi
  2. Ganapati Deva Correct answer.
  3. Prataparudra I
  4. Prataparudra II

Explanation

The Rudreshwara temple at Ramappa was built in 1213 CE under the Kakatiya ruler Ganapati Deva. Its construction was supervised by Recharla Rudra, a Kakatiya general, and the temple is named after its sculptor Ramappa. UNESCO inscribed it as a World Heritage Site in 2021.

Question 39History and Culture of India with focus on Andhra Pradesh

Which Satavahana ruler defeated the Western Kshatrapa king Nahapana and restruck his silver coins, according to the Nashik inscription?

  1. Hala
  2. Yajna Sri Satakarni
  3. Gautamiputra Satakarni Correct answer.
  4. Vasishthiputra Pulumavi

Explanation

The Nashik prashasti, issued by Gautami Balashri, praises her son Gautamiputra Satakarni for defeating the Western Kshatrapa ruler Nahapana. Satakarni then restruck Nahapana's silver coins with his own marks, a key numismatic evidence of the victory. The inscription is a major source for Satavahana political history.

Question 40History and Culture of India with focus on Andhra Pradesh

Which Ashtadiggaja poet wrote Manucharitram and was honoured with the title Andhra Kavita Pitamaha?

  1. Allasani Peddana Correct answer.
  2. Tenali Ramakrishna
  3. Dhurjati
  4. Nandi Thimmana

Explanation

Allasani Peddana, a member of Krishnadevaraya's Ashtadiggajas, composed Manucharitram, a Telugu prabandha. The emperor honoured him with the title Andhra Kavita Pitamaha, recognising his mastery of Telugu poetry. His work is a landmark of Vijayanagara-era Telugu literature.

Question 41History and Culture of India with focus on Andhra Pradesh

The first Telugu novel, Rajasekhara Charitramu, was written by which social reformer of Andhra?

  1. Gurajada Apparao
  2. Chilakamarti Lakshminarasimham
  3. Rayaprolu Subba Rao
  4. Kandukuri Veeresalingam Correct answer.

Explanation

Kandukuri Veeresalingam, a key figure of the Telugu Renaissance, wrote Rajasekhara Charitramu, widely regarded as the first Telugu novel. He also campaigned for widow remarriage and women's education in nineteenth-century Andhra. His reformist writing made the novel a vehicle for social criticism.

Question 42History and Culture of India with focus on Andhra Pradesh

Which Andhra Pradesh town is associated with a Kalamkari style in which designs are printed using hand-carved wooden blocks?

  1. Kondapalli
  2. Srikalahasti
  3. Machilipatnam Correct answer.
  4. Etikoppaka

Explanation

Andhra Pradesh has two major Kalamkari traditions: the hand-drawn style of Srikalahasti and the block-printed style of Machilipatnam. In Machilipatnam, artisans use hand-carved wooden blocks and natural dyes to print designs on cloth. Srikalahasti artisans instead draw with a kalam, a pen-like tool.

Question 43History and Culture of India with focus on Andhra Pradesh

The title Chalukya-Chola was adopted by which ruler after an Eastern Chalukya prince ascended the Chola throne?

  1. Vikrama Chola
  2. Rajaraja I
  3. Kulottunga I Correct answer.
  4. Rajendra I

Explanation

Kulottunga I was born Rajendra Chalukya, the son of Eastern Chalukya king Rajaraja Narendra of Vengi. After ascending the Chola throne in 1070 CE, he used the title Chalukya-Chola to signal his dual lineage. His reign linked the Vengi and Chola royal houses.

Question 44History and Culture of India with focus on Andhra Pradesh

The Sanskrit treatise Prataparudriya, also called Vidhi-vilasa, was composed by which court poet of the Kakatiya ruler Prataparudra II?

  1. Srinatha
  2. Vidyanatha Correct answer.
  3. Allasani Peddana
  4. Mallinatha

Explanation

Vidyanatha, a court poet of the Kakatiya ruler Prataparudra II, composed the Sanskrit work Prataparudriya, also called Vidhi-vilasa. It is a treatise on poetics and rhetoric that illustrates literary figures with examples. Its title honours the Kakatiya king under whose patronage it was written.

Question 45Geography of India and Andhra Pradesh

Which peninsular river, rising near Nashik and building one of India's largest deltas in Andhra Pradesh, is popularly known as 'Dakshina Ganga'?

  1. Tungabhadra
  2. Krishna
  3. Kaveri
  4. Godavari Correct answer.

Explanation

The Godavari rises at Trimbakeshwar near Nashik in Maharashtra and runs about 1,465 km through Maharashtra, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh before reaching the Bay of Bengal. Its vast delta and its religious importance across the Deccan earned it the epithet 'Dakshina Ganga', or Ganga of the South.

Question 46Geography of India and Andhra Pradesh

Pulicat Lake, the second largest brackish-water lagoon in India, is shared by Andhra Pradesh and which neighbouring state?

  1. Tamil Nadu Correct answer.
  2. Kerala
  3. Karnataka
  4. Odisha

Explanation

Pulicat lies on the Coromandel coast, with its northern arm in Andhra Pradesh's Tirupati district and its southern arm in Tamil Nadu's Tiruvallur district. The barrier island of Sriharikota separates the lagoon from the Bay of Bengal, and the lagoon mouth shifts seasonally with siltation.

Question 47Geography of India and Andhra Pradesh

Indira Point, the southernmost tip of Indian territory, lies on which island?

  1. Great Nicobar Correct answer.
  2. Minicoy
  3. Little Andaman
  4. Car Nicobar

Explanation

Indira Point, formerly called Pygmalion Point, is situated at about 6°45' N on Great Nicobar Island and marks the southernmost extent of India. Part of the point subsided during the 2004 earthquake and tsunami, and it lies far south of Kanyakumari, which is the southern tip of the mainland.

Question 48Geography of India and Andhra Pradesh

The coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh receive the bulk of their annual rainfall during October to December from which weather system?

  1. Pre-monsoon norwesters
  2. South-west monsoon
  3. North-east monsoon Correct answer.
  4. Western disturbances

Explanation

After the south-west monsoon withdraws, north-east monsoon winds blow from land to sea but pick up moisture over the Bay of Bengal and strike the Coromandel coast. This retreating-monsoon phase supplies roughly half or more of the annual rainfall of coastal Andhra Pradesh, while Rayalaseema remains comparatively dry.

Question 49Geography of India and Andhra Pradesh

Arma Konda, also called Jindhagada Peak, is the highest peak of the Eastern Ghats and is located in which state?

  1. Tamil Nadu
  2. Odisha
  3. Andhra Pradesh Correct answer.
  4. Karnataka

Explanation

Arma Konda rises to about 1,680 metres in the Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, in the hill country near Visakhapatnam, and is regarded as the highest point of that range. Odisha's Mahendragiri and Tamil Nadu's Javadi hills are lower, while Karnataka's highest peaks belong to the Western Ghats.

Question 50Geography of India and Andhra Pradesh

Black regur soil, common in parts of Rayalaseema and the uplands of Andhra Pradesh, is best suited to which crop?

  1. Rubber
  2. Jute
  3. Cotton Correct answer.
  4. Tea

Explanation

Regur or black cotton soil is formed from the weathering of Deccan basalt; it is rich in clay, retains moisture well and swells when wet. These properties make it the classic soil for rain-fed cotton, and it also supports jowar, chillies and pulses in the Andhra Rayalaseema tracts.