General Knowledge Mixed Practice — MCQs with Answers (Set 2)

The Hirakud Dam on the Mahanadi in Odisha is the longest, at about 25.8 km.

Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju took the oath at Raj Bhavan, Dona Paula. He succeeded P. S. Sreedharan Pillai. He is a former Union Civil Aviation Minister.

Governor P. S. Sreedharan Pillai administered the oath at a stadium in Bambolim near Panaji. Pillai was succeeded in 2025 by Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju.

Panaji is the capital of Goa and lies on the coast. Margao, Vasco da Gama and Mapusa are other Goa towns.

Goa became a state on 30 May 1987. It had been a Union territory since liberation. It became the 25th state of India.

Operation Vijay ended Portuguese rule in Goa in December 1961. Vijay means victory. The army, navy and air force took part.

Goa was freed on 19 December 1961. The day is marked as Goa Liberation Day. Portuguese rule had lasted about 450 years.

Alang accounts for nearly 98 percent of India’s ship recycling. It also handles about a third of the world’s volume. Activity has fallen in recent years.

Chandigarh is a Union territory. It serves as the capital of both Haryana and Punjab. The Centre administers the city.

Bhagwant Mann of the Aam Aadmi Party leads the state government. Gulab Chand Kataria is the Governor. The Governor is the formal head of the state.

The museum opened in the old Town Hall at Amritsar in 2017. It keeps stories of the 1947 Partition. Amritsar lies close to the Pakistan border.

The Golden Temple stands in Amritsar, in a sacred pool. It is the holiest shrine of the Sikhs. Ludhiana, Patiala and Jalandhar are other Punjab cities.

These hill areas went to Himachal Pradesh. The plains were split between Punjab and Haryana. Chandigarh became a Union territory.

The Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966 named 1 November 1966 as the appointed day. The old state was divided on that date. Haryana was created at the same time.

Kerala’s rate was 94.0 per cent, the highest among states. Lakshadweep followed at 91.8 per cent and Mizoram at 91.3 per cent. The national rate was 73.0 per cent.

V.D. Satheesan took the oath at the Central Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram. Governor Rajendra Arlekar administered it. Ramesh Chennithala and K. Muraleedharan joined his cabinet.

The UDF won 102 seats out of 140. Seventy-one seats make a majority, so the win was comfortable. The LDF won 35 seats.

The Congress-led UDF won 102 of the 140 seats. The LDF won 35 and the NDA won 3. The result ended ten years of LDF rule.

The Deputy Commissioner of the Tuensang district is the Chairman ex officio of the regional council.

The Constitution (Thirteenth) Amendment Act, 1962 set up the new State of Nagaland. Statehood followed on 1 December 1963.

Women step between the moving poles. Men sit at the ends and clap the poles.

Hiteshwar Saikia was appointed the first Governor. Lalkhama was the Chief Secretary who read the proclamation.

Laldenga signed for the MNF. R. D. Pradhan, the Union Home Secretary, signed for the Centre.

The Accord was signed in Delhi on 30 June 1986. Statehood followed on 20 February 1987.