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The popular hill station Srinagar is located on the banks of which river?
A) Jhelum
B) Indus
C) Chenab
D) Ravi
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Srinagar is situated in the Kashmir valley on the banks of Jhelum river. The city serves as the Summer capital of Jammu & Kashmir.
Which one of the following cities is known for manufacturing of rail coaches?
A) Belgaum
B) Chittaranjan
C) Nasik
D) Kapurthala
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Rail Coach Factory at Kapurthala (Punjab) is the largest coach manufacturing unit of Indian Railways and it produces more than 1600 rail coaches annually. This is one of the 3 rail coach manufacturing units in India. Other two such units are located in Chennai and Raebareli.
'APJ Abdul Kalam Island' is located on the coast of which state?
A) Karnataka
B) Tamil Nadu
C) West Bengal
D) Odisha
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'APJ Abdul Kalam Island' is located on the coast of Odisha. Formerly known as Wheeler Island, this island is known for Integrated Test Range for missile testing and India's major missile systems like Prithvi, BrahMos, Agni, Akash etc. are tested from this range.
Which of the following monuments or ancient sites is shown on the new Indian bank notes of Rs.50?
A) Red Fort
B) Taj Mahal
C) Hampi Monuments
D) Sanchi Stupa
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Hampi monuments is shown on one side of new Rs.50 currency notes. This is a group of ancient structures in Karnataka state, which was once the capital of Vijayanagara Empire in the 14th century.
Which city is the capital of Odisha?
A) Rourkela
B) Cuttak
C) Bhubaneswar
D) Puri
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Bhubaneswar is the capital of Odisha and is also the largest city in the state.
Which of the following rivers is not a headstream of Ganga?
A) Mandakini
B) Alaknanda
C) Kosi
D) Dhauliganga
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Kosi river is not a headstream of Ganga. There are six headstreams of Ganga namely Alaknanda, Dhauliganga, Nandakini, Pindar, Mandakini and Bhagirathi rivers.
The two main headstreams of Ganges - Alaknanda and Bhagirathi meet at which point?
A) Devprayag
B) Rudraprayag
C) Vishnuprayag
D) Nandprayag
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Alaknanda and Bhagirathi confluence at Devprayag in Uttarakhand and the river Ganges begins from here.
Andaman & Nicobar Islands is the group of how many islands?
A) 2
B) 23
C) 349
D) 297
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Andaman & Nicobar Islands is a group of 349 islands and almost 38 of these islands are permanently inhabited. Andaman and Nicobar group of islands is separated by 10 degree channel.
The international border between India & Pakistan is known as which line?
A) Radcliffe Line
B) Mannerheim Line
C) McMahon Line
D) Line of Control
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Radcliffe Line is the international border between India and Pakistan, which was drawn by Sir Cyril Radcliffe during the partition of India in 1947.
Which of the following city is known as City of Lakes?
A) Srinagar
B) Udaipur
C) Nainital
D) All of Above
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All of above listed cities are known with the nickname 'City of Lakes' due to presence of many natural lakes in each of these cities.
For more such names, check our page related to
nicknames of Indian cities.
Which sea is situated in the western side of India?
A) Indian Ocean
B) Arabian Sea
C) Bay of Bengal
D) Atlantic Ocean
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Arabian Sea is situated on the western coast of India. Indian ocean is located towards south and Bay of Bengal is situated on the eastern side of India.
Kanchipuram city is located in which state?
A) Odisha
B) Tamil Nadu
C) Madhya Pradesh
D) Uttar Pradesh
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Kanchipuram, known for being one of the seven holy sites for Tirtha in Hinduism, is located in Tamil Nadu. The seven holy cities are - Varanasi, Rameshwaram, Kanchipuram, Dwarka, Puri, and Haridwar.
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