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Question:InwhichstatedowefindNandaDeviandValleyofFlowersNationalPark?

UttarPradesh
Uttarakhanda
Bihar
WestBengal

Answer:NandaDeviandValleyofFlowerscomesunderNandaDeviBiosphereReserveandboththesitesare
declaredasWorldHeritageSitebyUNESCO.Thesitesareknownfortheirrarefloraandfauna.TheNanda
DeviwasdeclaredasNationalparkintheyear1982.

Question:SunderbansNationalparkisfoundinwhichState?

Assam
Manipur
Mizoram
WestBengal

Answer:SunderbansNationalparkisaWorldHeritageSiteanditisknownforitsBiosphereandRoyalBengal
TigerReserve.ItwasdeclaredaNationalParkin1984.

Question:WhichIndianrailwaytrainhasbeennicknamedasToyTrain?

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ShimlaKalkarailway
DarjeelingHimalayanrailway.
NilgiriMountainrailway
Rajdhani

Answer:DarjeelingHimalayanrailwayrunsfromNewJalpaiguritoDarjeelinginWestBengalanditwas
declaredaWorldHeritageSitein1999.Ittookthreeyearstobuildthistrainfrom18791881CE.

Question:BywhichnamewasKeoladeoGhanaNationalParkknownearlier?

KazirangaNationalPark
VansadaNationalPark
CorbettNationalPark
BharatpurBirdSanctuary

Answer:KeoladeoGhanaNationalParkisinBharatpur,Rajasthanandalargenumberofbirdscomehere
everyyearduringwinters.ItwasdeclaredaNationalParkintheyear1982.

Question:UnderwhichtreedidQueenMayadevigivebirthtoGautamBuddha?

Ashokatree
Peepaltree
Shalatree
Neemtree

Answer:InIndiansculpturesandBuddhisttradition,QueenMayadevihasbeenportrayedasgivingbirthto
GautamaBuddhaundertheshalatreeholdingitsbranchinLumbini.

Question:WhatisthecommonnameforOcimumtenuiflorum?

Lotus
Tulsi
Peepal
Chameli

Answer:TulsicanbeseenineveryhouseofIndia.Itisknownforitsmedicinal,religiousandspiritualvalue.

Question:WhichofthefollowinganimalhasbeendepictedontheAshokanpillarcapitalatSarnath?

Horse
Deer
Lion
Bull

Answer:ThelionpillarcapitalofAshokainSarnathdepictsfourlionseatedbacktobackontheabacusandis
presentlykeptinSarnathMuseum.ItwasadoptedbytheGovernmentofIndiaastheNationalembleminthe
year1950.

Question:WhatisthevahanaorvehicleofrivergoddessGanga?

Tortoise
Makara
Lion
Peacock

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Answer:Makara(crocodile)inHindumythologyandIndianarthasbeendepictedashalfterrestrialandhalf
aquaticanimalanditisthevehicleofseagodVarunaalso.ThevarioussculptureslikeonefromAhichchhatra
andintheKailashtempleofEllorashowinggoddessGangastandingonthemakaraarethebestspecimensof
Indianart.

Question:ThearchaeologicalsiteNagajunikondaislocatedonthebankofwhichriver?

Ganga
Krishna
Godavari
Mahanadi

Answer:Nagajunikonda,issituatedontherightbankofriverKrishnainNalagondadistrictofAndhraPradesh.
ThesiteisextremelyrichinBuddhistandBrahmanicalremains.Thesitewasunderthethreatofsubmergence
becauseoftheNagarjunasagarprojectandtheremainsarethendismantledandtransplantedtoahigherland.It
isuniqueislandsiteinIndia.

Question:WhichriverflowsbehindtheTajMahal?

Ganga
Godavari
Yamuna
Tapti

Answer:TajMahalcanbeseenfromthebanksofriverYamunaanditplayedaveryimportantroleinthe
constructionofTajMahal.ThegardensinTajMahalarebasedonCharBaghpatternwhichrequirehuge
amountofwaterandforthatanelaboratewatersystemwaslaidouttodirectwaterfromtheriverYamunato
thegarden.

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