431. The famous folk musician Bhupen Hazarika belongs to which of the following states?
प्रसिद्ध लोक संगीतकार भूपेन हजारिका निम्नलिखित में से किस राज्य से संबंधित हैं?
1. Assam
2. Odisha
3. Madhya Pradesh
4. Karnataka
Option “1” is correct. The famous folk musician Bhupen Hazarika belongs to Assam. He was an Indian playback singer, lyricist, musician, poet, actor, filmmaker, and politician from Assam, widely known as Sudha Kontho. He was posthumously awarded both the Padma Vibhushan, India’s second-highest civilian award, in 2012, and the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian award, in 2019.
432. Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, a renowned musician from India is known for playing which of the following instruments?
उस्ताद अमजद अली खान, भारत के एक प्रसिद्ध संगीतकार, निम्नलिखित में से किस वाद्य यंत्र को बजाने के लिए जाने जाते हैं?
1. Sarod
2. Jaltarang
3. Sarangi
4. Veena
Option “1” is correct. Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, a renowned musician from India is known for playing Sarod. He is best known for his clear and fast ekhara taans. He was awarded India’s second-highest civilian honor Padma Vibhushan in 2001.
433. Which of the following dance forms is performed by Guru Vempati Chinna Satyam?
निम्नलिखित में से कौन सी नृत्य शैली गुरु वेम्पति चिन्ना सत्यम द्वारा की जाती है?
Option “4” is correct. Vempati Chinna Satyam was an Indian dancer and a guru of the Kuchipudi dance form. Kuchipudi is one of the eight major Indian classical dances. It originates from a village named Kuchipudi in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
434. Modhera Dance Festival is an annual cultural phenomenon in the _________ district of the state of Gujarat.
मोढेरा नृत्य महोत्सव गुजरात राज्य के _________ जिले में एक वार्षिक सांस्कृतिक आयोजन है।
1. Junagadh
2. Mehsana
3. Amreli
4. Anand
Option “2” is correct. Modhera Dance Festival is an annual cultural phenomenon in the Mehsana district of the state of Gujarat. The Modhera Dance Festival which is also prevalently known as the Uttarardh Mahotsavor Modhera Utsavis is one of the most famous celebrations of art, music, dance, and culture.
435. How many passenger trains are there as per 2021 data?
2021 के आंकड़ों के अनुसार कितनी यात्री ट्रेनें हैं?
1. 19169
2. 11169
3. 13169
4. 16169
Option “3” is correct. As per Data, the Indian railway runs 13,169 passenger trains daily, on both long-distance and suburban routes, covering 7,325 stations across India. The government has committed to electrifying India’s entire rail network by 2023–24, and becoming a “net zero (carbon emissions) railway” by 2030.
436. Kalamandalam Kshemavathy Pavithran was conferred the Padma Shri award for her contribution to which of the following dance forms?
कलामंडलम क्षेमावती पवित्रन को निम्नलिखित में से किस नृत्य शैली में उनके योगदान के लिए पद्म श्री पुरस्कार से सम्मानित किया गया था?
Option “4” is correct. Kalamandalam Kshemavathy Pavithran was conferred the Padma Shri award for her contribution to Mohiniyattam dance form. Kalamandalam Kshemavathy is a Mohiniyattam dancer from Thrissur, Kerala. She was awarded the Padma Shri in 2011 for her contributions to Mohinyattam.[2] She has also received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award.
437. Which of the following novels is written by Kiran Desai?
निम्नलिखित में से कौन सा उपन्यास किरण देसाई द्वारा लिखा गया है?
1. The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
2. The Inheritance of Loss
3. Midnight’s Children
4. The Golden House
Option “2” is correct. From the given options, “The Inheritance of Loss” has been written by Kiran Desai. The Inheritance of Loss is the second novel by Indian author Kiran Desai. It was first published in 2006.
438. C V Chandra Shekhar was conferred the Padma Bhushan for his contributions to which of the following forms of Dance?
सीवी चंद्र शेखर को निम्नलिखित में से किस प्रकार के नृत्य में उनके योगदान के लिए पद्म भूषण से सम्मानित किया गया था?
Option “1” is correct. C V Chandra Shekhar was conferred the Padma Bhushan for his contributions to Bharatanatyam. C. V. Chandrasekhar is an Indian Bharatanatyam dancer, academician, dance scholar, composer, and choreographer.
439. In 1857, who was the first to experimentally demonstrate that the yeast responsible for making alcohol from sugar, and contaminating microorganisms found in normal air, could sour fermentation?
1857 में, प्रयोगात्मक रूप से प्रदर्शित करने वाले पहले व्यक्ति कौन थे कि चीनी से शराब बनाने के लिए जिम्मेदार खमीर, और सामान्य हवा में पाए जाने वाले सूक्ष्मजीवों को दूषित करने से खट्टा किण्वन हो सकता है?
1. Alexander Fleming
2. Louis Pasteur
3. Fanny Hesse
4. Martinus Willem Beijerinck
Option “2” is correct. In 1857, Louis Pasteur was the first to experimentally demonstrate that the yeast responsible for making alcohol from sugar, and contaminating microorganisms found in normal air, could sour fermentation. Louis Pasteur was a French chemist and microbiologist renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation, and pasteurization.
440. Which of the following Carnatic instruments is performed by Rajna Swaminathan?
निम्नलिखित में से कौन सा कर्नाटक वाद्य यंत्र रजना स्वामीनाथन द्वारा बजाया जाता है?
1. Violin
2. Flute
3. Veena
4. Mridangam
Option “4” is correct. Rajna Swaminathan is an acclaimed mrudangam artist, composer, and scholar.
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