UPSC 2021 (Prelims & Mains) Questions

Correct Answer : Option (B) - 2 only

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Correct Answer :   Ajanta Caves lie in the gorge of Wagora river.

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Correct Answer : Option (B) - 2 only

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Correct Answer :   Officers of the Indian National Army

Note : All the three were officers in the Indian National Army, who became famous during the INA trials held in the Red Fort , Delhi in 1945.

Correct Answer :   Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

Note : In 1856, the Government took charge of the Hindu Female School, later renamed as Bethune School. The Managing Committee of the school was then formed and Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, the celebrated social reformer responsible for the eradication of the custom of Sati and a relentless supporter of women's emancipation was made the Secretary.

Correct Answer :   Paragana - Sarkar - Suba

Note : During the medieval period a group of villages comprised a Paragana, above it was the Sarkar, and a Suba was a province above the Sarkar.

Correct Answer :   Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Note : Gandhiji wrote the book ‘Songs from Prison’

Correct Answer :   The Quit India Resolution was adopted by the AICC.

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Correct Answer : Option (B) - 2 only

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Correct Answer :   Playwrights

Note : Bhavabhuti was a famous Sanskrit playwright who wrote famous plays like Mahaviracharita, Malatimadhava etc. He is believed to be the court poet of King Yashovarman of Kannauj. Other two were also playwrights in the ancient period.