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A)
Nokrek
B)
Great Nicobar
C)
Great Himalayan
D)
Agasthyamalai

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Great Himalayan

Biosphere Reserves are established for the conservation of biodiversity for economic and social development  and  maintenance  of associated  cultural  values.There are  18  Biosphere  Reserves  in  the country.  Agasthyamala  Biosphere reserve is located at the southern-most  part  of  the  Western  Ghats and spread over two states,Kerala and Tamil Nadu. It was established in 2001;Nokrek Biosphere Reserve is  a  national  park  situated  in  West Garo  Hills  district  of  Meghalaya. UNESCO   made   it   the   Biosphere Reserves  in  May  2009;The  Great Nicobar   Biosphere   Reserve   has such    ecosystems    that    include tropical   wet   evergreen   forests, mountain    ranges    and    coastal plains. The region is well known for its rich biodiversity. It was made a biosphere reserve in January 1989; while  The  Great  Himalayan  is  a National   Park   situated   in   Kullu region  of  Himachal  Pradesh.

A)
Andhra Pradesh
B)
Telangana
C)
Tamilnadu
D)
Tamil Nadu

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Tamil Nadu

Mettur is an industrial and tourism town located in the Salem district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is best known for the Mettur Dam and it is the largest dam in south Indian.

A)
Nagaland
B)
Meghalaya
C)
Mizoram
D)
Assam

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Meghalaya

The Garo Hills are part of the Garo-Khasi range in Meghalaya, India. They are inhabited mainly by tribal dwellers, the majority of whom are Garo people. It is one of the wettest places in the world. The range is part of the Meghalaya subtropical forests ecoregion.

A)
subduction zones along convergent plate boundaries
B)
sites of long-lived, hot spot volcanism in the ocean basins
C)
transform fault zones along divergent plate boundaries
D)
rift zones along mid-ocean ridges

Correct Answer : Option (A) - subduction zones along convergent plate boundaries

Subduction zones are where the cold oceanic lithosphere sinks back into the mantle and is recycled. They are found at convergent plate boundaries, where the oceanic lithosphere of one plate converges with the less dense lithosphere of another plate.

A)
Le Corbusier
B)
Edward Lutyens
C)
Charles Correa
D)
Christopher Wren

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Le Corbusier

Le Corbusier was the town-planner of Chandigarh.
 
He was a Swiss-French architect, designer, painter, urban planner, writer, and one of the pioneers of what is now called modern architecture.

A)
Terra-cotta
B)
Sculpture
C)
Paintings
D)
Temples

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Paintings

A set of 29 caves, Ajanta is among the finest examples of some of the earliest Buddhist architecture, cave paintings and sculptures. These caves comprise Chaitya halls or shrines, dedicated to Lord Buddha and Viharas or monasteries, used by Buddhist monks for meditation and the study of Buddhist teachings.

A)
Tamil Nadu
B)
Uttar Pradesh
C)
Telangana
D)
Kerala

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Kerala

The Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE) is the platform that can be used to train teachers, students and the general public. KOOL is a major step by the State of Kerala to become Indias first complete digital state in Education.
 
KOOL has been designed in a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course model), which is becoming popular worldwide.

A)
Warm air
B)
Precipitation
C)
Cool air
D)
None of the above

Correct Answer : Option (B) - precipitation

An occluded front is a type of weather front formed in the process of cyclogenesis when a cold front is overtaken a warm front. When this happens, the warm air is separated from the cyclone center at the Earth's surface.
 
An occluded front likely bring much precipitation kind of weather.

A)
Ranchi
B)
Kanpur
C)
Ahmedabad
D)
Jaipur

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Ahmedabad

Jhulta Minara Sidi Bashir Mosque Ahmedabad

There are two well-known pairs of Shaking Minarets in Ahmedabad, one located opposite the Sarangpur Darwaja and the other near the Kalupur Railway Station Area.

A)
Uttar Pradesh
B)
Maharashtra
C)
Rajasthan
D)
West Bengal

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Uttar Pradesh

Okhla Bird Sanctuary is located in Uttar Pradesh.
 
Okhla Bird Sanctuary is a bird sanctuary at the Okhla barrage over Yamuna River. It is situated in Noida, Gautam Buddh Nagar district, on Delhi-Uttar Pradesh state border and known as a haven for over 300 bird species.