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1978 ⇨ Khadim Hussain Khan 2002 ⇨ Sushila Rani Patel 1977 ⇨ Asad Ali Khan (Beenkar gharana)
1981 ⇨ Basavaraj Rajguru 2003 ⇨ Yeshwant Balkrishna Joshi 1981 ⇨ Zia Mohiuddin Dagar
(Kirana Gharana) (Gwalior gharana) (Dagar Gharana)
1983 ⇨ Mahadev Prasad Mishra 2004 ⇨ Balwant Rai Bhatt 1994 ⇨ Pandit Gopal Krishan
(Gwalior Gharana), (Senia Gharana)
1984 ⇨ Sharafat Hussain Khan Tejpal Singh and Surinder Singh
(Agra Gharana) (Indore gharana) 2012 ⇨ Bahauddin Dagar
(Dagar Gharana)
1985 ⇨ Aminuddin Dagar 2005 ⇨ S. C. R. Bhat
(Dagar Gharana) (Patiala Gharana), Ramashreya Jha)
Flute players
2007 ⇨ Vidyadhar Vyas (Gwalior gharana)
1986 ⇨ Asgari Bai (Mewati Gharana), 2008 ⇨ Ulhas Kashalkar,
1986 ⇨ Devendra Murdeshwar
Firoz Dastur (Kirana Gharana), M.R. Gautam (Agra Gharana)
Manik Varma (Agra gharana)
1994 ⇨ Raghunath Seth
2009 ⇨ Abdul Rashid Khan
1987 ⇨ C. R. Vyas (Kirana gharana), (Gwalior gharana)
2014 ⇨ Ronu Majumdar (Maihar gharana)
Shobha Gurtu
(Atrauli-Jaipur gharana). 2011 ⇨ Shruti Sadolikar
2019 ⇨ Chetan Joshi
(Jaipur-Atrauli gharana),
1988 ⇨ Padmavati Gokhale Shaligram Pandit Venkatesh Kumar
(Jaipur-Atrauli gharana) (Gwalior gharana) Guitar Player
1989 ⇨ Jitendra Abhisheki 2012 ⇨ Rajashekhar Mansur 2005 ⇨ Brij Bhushan Kabra
(Agra Gharana) (Jaipur-Atrauli gharana),
Ajay Pohankar (Kirana Gharana) Harmonium Player
1990 ⇨ K. G. Ginde (Gwalior gharana),
Dhondutai Kulkarni 2013 ⇨ Ritwik Sanyal, 2000 ⇨ Appa Jalgaonkar
(Jaipur-Atrauli gharana) Veena Sahasrabuddhe
(Gwalior gharana) 2005 ⇨ Tulsidas Vasant Borkar
1992 ⇨ Rama Rao V. Naik (Agra
Gharana), Shiv Kumar Shukla 2014 ⇨ Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande Pakhavaj Players
(Bhendibazaar gharana) (Jaipur-Atrauli gharana),
Iqbal Ahmad Khan
1978 ⇨ Purushottam Das
1993 ⇨ Bala Saheb Poochwale (Delhi Gharana),Nathrao Neralkar
(Gwalior gharana),
1991 ⇨ Chatrapati Singh
Rahim Fahimuddin Dagar 2015 ⇨ Mashkoor Ali Khan
(Kirana Gharana)
2003 ⇨ Bhavani Shankar
1994 ⇨ Sulochana Brahaspati
(Rampur-Sahaswan Gharana), 2016 ⇨ Prabhakar Karekar
Zia Fariduddin Dagar Santoor Players
(Dagar Gharana) 2017 ⇨ Lalith J. Rao (Agra gharana),
1995 ⇨ A. Kanan (Kirana Gharana) Umakant and 1986 ⇨ Shivkumar Sharma
Ramakant Gundecha - (Banaras Gharana)
1996 ⇨ Hafeez Ahmed Khan Gundecha Brothers
(Rampur-Sahaswan gharana) (Dagar vani Gharana) 1993 ⇨ Bhajan Sopori
1997 ⇨ L. K. Pandit 2018 ⇨ Mani Prasad (Kirana gharana), 2018 ⇨ Tarun Bhattacharya
Madhup Mudgal(Gwalior gharana)
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SSC CGL 20/07/2023 (4th shift) SSC GD 12/01/2023 (2nd Shift) (a) Chhattisgarh (b) Jharkhand
(a) Amreli (b) Bharuch (a) Moatsu (b) Wangala (c) West Bengal (d) Haryana
(c) Dang (d) Mehsana (c) Hornbill Festival (d) Chapchar Kut
.31. Which among the following
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Muslims is also known as Barawafat ? elebrated in which of these states?
c devoted to worshiping the sun is
Selection Post 28/06/2023 (Shift - 2) SSC GD 12/01/2023 (3rd Shift) traditionally celebrated by the people of
(a) Muharram (b) Milad-un-Nabi (a) Odisha (b) Assam Bihar?
(c) Id-ul-Zuha (d) Shab-e-Barat (c) Punjab (d) Kerala SSC GD 30/01/2023 (4th Shift)
(a) Chhath Puja (b) Bihula
Q.13. Fazilka Heritage Festival is an (c) Madhushravani (d) Sama Chakeva
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(a) Punjab (b) Maharashtra SSC GD 31/01/2023 (3rd Shift)
(a) 9 -13 (b) 7 - 8 (c) 10 - 15 (d) 8 - 10
(c) Haryana (d) Uttar Pradesh (a) May (b) April (c) March (d) June
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celebrated in the month of July?
and celebrated by the Galo tribe? Rajasthan, is observed in the Hindu
SSC GD 13/01/2023 (3rd Shift)
SSC MTS 02/05/2023 (Morning) month of ________.
(a) Bonalu (b) Losar
(a) Losar (b) Ugadi (c) Karma (d) Mopin SSC GD 01/02/2023 (1st Shift)
(c) Tripureswari (d) Kharchi Puja
(a) Phalguna (b) Ashvina
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which of the following states?
very year in which of the following
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states?
(a) Nagaland (b) Ladakh elebrated after every twelve years is a
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SSC GD 16/01/2023 (3rd Shift)
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.16. The ancient harvest festival of
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(a) November (b) April religion of Sanamahism in the Indian
(a) 12 (b) 10 (c) 7 (d) 5
(c) August (d) January state of ____________.
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.17. The Ugadi festival in India
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festival, is observed by the Monpa tribe
celebrates the __________. (c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) Manipur
of Arunachal Pradesh.
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SSC GD 23/01/2023 (1st Shift)
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f air in India, heldannuallyforeight-days November, Bank of Alaknanda River),
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Brahmaputra plateau in the lower Bodhi Tree). It is a UNESCO World
reaches of the Lohit River. Heritage Site. Some of the site's
Andhra Pradesh elements date to the period of Ashoka.
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Assam
shrineisdedicatedtoSatiortheMother
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in the Kalinga architectural style. The MithilaShaktiPeeth(Darbhanga):Inthis
annualfestivalknownastheAmbubachi
temple was built by Akthayi Senapathi, t emple, the idol of Goddess Uma and
Mela.
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templesofSivaDol,VishnuDolandDevi
Empire. (Vaishali), Mundeshwari Temple
Dol shrines, and a museum. The Dol
Yatra and Rath Yatra are two annual (Kaimur), Sita Kund (Sitamarhi), Vishnu
Suryanarayana Swamy Temple Dham temple (Siwan).
festivals celebrated at Vishnu Dol.
(Srikakulam) isasuntemplesituatedin
Gollala Mamidada village in Kakinada
district. The temple was founded by Sri
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Ranganatha Temple (Nellore) is
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themonthofMarch-April,agrandfestival
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is celebrated.
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horse”and hence the temple got its reign of Kalachuris of Ratnapura.
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( Guwahati), Dhekiakhowa Bornamghar of Mahanadi. It hosts the festival of
the Vijayanagara style.
(Jorhat), Bhairabi Temple (Sonitpur), Navaratri every year. Regarded as a
UmanandaTemple(Guwahati),UgraTara Shakti shrine.
ther Temples : Srikalahasti Temple
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(Nellore), Sri Bhramaramba Mallikarjuna
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Kanipakam Vinayaka Temple (Chittoor),
(Sonitpur), Sukreswar Temple (Kamrup), Laxman Dev Rai & Gopal Dev of
Simhachalam Temple (Visakhapatnam),
Hayagriva Madhava Temple (Kamrup), Faninagvansh Dynasty.
Sri Padmavathi Ammavari Temple
Tilinga Mandir (Tinsukia), Mahamaya
(Tirupati).
Temple (Kokrajhar). Danteshwari Temple (Bastar) is
edicated to Goddess Danteshwari.
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theNehruMemorialMuseumandLibrary not located in West Bengal?
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cave temples in Mahabalipuram ?
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hich state?
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located in which of the following states? SSC CPO 9/12/2019 (Evening)
SSC MTS 20/06/2023 (Afternoon) (a) Galaveya (b) Shobana Raja
(a) Odisha (b) Maharashtra (c) Kharavela (d) Vaduka
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BuddhistcavetemplesknownasBarabar (a) Maharashtra (b) Madhya Pradesh
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(c) Nagaland (d) Assam D'Souza.
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Director - Tigmanshu Dhulia.
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chessboard. It consists of 1 king, 1 teams switch sides at halftime.
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after the garrison town of Poona. India
-American gym teacherJamesNaismith
joined the Badminton World Federation
in Springfield, Massachusetts, United
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any given time.PlayingTime-4Quarter 7 or 11playerswhotrytothroworhita strokes as possible.
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minutes(NBA).Themaximumnumberof rectangularplayingareawhilepreventing erminologies - Ace, Albatross, Birdie,
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points one can score is 4 points. their opponents from doing so. Bunker, Double eagle, Eagle, Block,
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press, Alley-oop, Jump shot, Playmaker,
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throw, Bonus, Dribbling, Cherry Picking, way to train soldiers in hand-to-hand Colombo Cup, Prince of Wales Cup,
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national wrestling tournament was Topolino Trophy, Nomura Trophy,
Trophies - Larry O’Brien Championship hosted in New York City in 1888.Types Solheim Cup, Inter-Continental Cup,
rophy, Bangalore Blues Challenge Cup,
T of wrestling: Freestyle, Greco-Roman. Muthiah Gold Cup, President's Cup,
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continuesuntilalloftheballshavebeen Squash Federation (WSF). RangaswamiCup,RanjitSinghGoldCup,
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Chaupar Eman Gold Cup, Indira Gold Cup,
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T ackspin, Cushion, Kuppuswamy Naidu Trophy, Lady Ratan
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Swimming made of wool or cloth, with wooden Gaffar Khan Cup, Sanjay GandhiTrophy,
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useofone'sentirebodytomovethrough although others distinguish Chaupar Cricket
the water. WorldAquaticswasformerly from pachisi by the use of three
known as FINA (Federation four-sided long dice. Thefirstknowngameinwhichtheteams
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International Swimming Federation) Outdoor Sports popular and widely documented in
established on 19 July 1908. The England during 1700. The first
Swimming Federation of India(SFI)was international cricket game was played
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T matchwasplayedbetweenAustraliaand
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Indian Cricket club named the Parsee
world's oldest tournament) first major
OrientalCricketClubwasfoundedinthe
Handball tournament is the Open Championship
year 1848 and they played their first
(BritishOpen)wasfirstplayedin1860at
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c
eters (22 yards) in length and 3.05
m imensions are 24ft (7.32 metres) wide
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meters(3.33yards)inwidth.Thecricket and8ft(2.44metres)highwhichmeans take the field.
ball weighs 163 grams. the goal is 192 square feet. Both
goalposts and the crossbar have the Volleyball
batsmancanbegivenoutin10ways-
A same width and depthof12cm.Penalty
Caught,bowled,LBW(legbeforewicket), markfromthemidpointofthegoalpost It was originally called Mintonette and
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V 9 m. There are 2 teams of six players
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crease at the same end of a Cricket Stafford Cup, Todd Memorial Trophy,
pitch. BegumHazratMahalTrophy,NixonGold erminologies - Free Throw, Ace,
T
Cup,SanjayGoldCup,BandodkarTrophy, Back-one, Bump (a common term for
erminologies - Off break, Mankading,
T Chakola Gold Trophy, Colombo Cup, forearm passing in volleyball), Carry,
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T four-two, five-one, Six Pack, Double
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N Cup of Nations, Confederations Cup, up, Indira Pradhan Trophy, Shivanthi
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Polo Judo
Jhansi Trophy, Ranji Trophy, Reliance
Cup, Rohinton BariaTrophy,SaharaCup,
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Benson and Hedges cup, ICC
ancient Iran as chovganorChogan.The t hefoundingfatherofJudoin1882. The
Champions Trophy, ICC World Cup,
modern game of polo is derived from Judo Federation of India (JFI) was
Charminar Challenge Cup, Gillette Cup,
Manipur, wherethegamewasknownas formed in India in 1965. The first
Pataudi Trophy, Frank Worrell Trophy,
'SagolKangjei','Kanjai-bazee',or'Pulu'.It NationalJudoChampionshipwasheldin
Southern Cross Trophy, Sir Vivian
is a ball game played on horseback, a 1966 at Hyderabad.
Richards Trophy, Clive Lloyd Trophy,
traditionalfieldsport.Eachteamhasfour
Warne–Muralitharan Trophy, The
mounted riders, and the game usually I cehockey: Itisateamsportplayedon
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lasts one to two hours, divided into iceskates,usuallyonaniceskatingrink
Benaud –Qadir Trophy.
periods called chukkas or chukkers. It with lines and markings specific to the
has been called the sport of kings. sport. It belongs to hockey.
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Terminologies - Reins, Bump, Hook, Cycling
It was introduced in the nineteenth nock-in, Mallet/Stick, Out-of-bounds.
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second-oldest football tournament in the
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dimensions in professional football are
he modern form of Kho-Kho was
T track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway.
105 metres in length a
nd 68 meters in
shaped by the Deccan Gymkhana of Terminologies - Time trial, Sprint, Point
width. The maximum numberofplayers
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Longest canal - Indira Gandhi canal ( Italy)
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(c) Tapti (d) Godawari (c) China (d) Venezuela (b) Seville Cathedral, Spain
(c) Milan Cathedral, Italy
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in the world? r oad in the world?
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(b) Danyang Kunshan Grand bridge - (b) Umling La Road, Ladakh (a) Longest road (i) Ocean quahog
Shanghai (c) Sema La Central Tibet tunnel
(c) Chenab rail bridge - India (d) Wari La Ladakh, India (b) Largest city by (ii) CaliforniaLaerdal
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(c) Padma Vibhushan (d) Bharat Ratna Earth
(b) FICCI Auditorium
Q.20. What is the Largest Museum in Which of the following is correct:
(c) Ambedkar Auditorium
India? (a) a-i, b-iv, c-iii, d-ii (b) a-ii, b-iii, c-i, d-iv
(d) Kamani Auditorium
(a) National Museum, New Delhi (c) a-iii, b-ii, c-iv, d-i (d) a-iv, b-i, c-ii, d-iii
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ituated?
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(b) Hooghly river
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(c) Mandovi 9.(a) 10.(d) 11.(a) 12.(a)
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(a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Punjab
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(b) Rocky Mountains
(b) Golconda Fort, Hyderabad
(c) Himalayas 29.(b) 30.(d)
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(d) Kalka–Shimla Railway (b) Rashtriya Rail Vishwavidyalaya (c) Ghum (d) Ladakh
(c) Institute of Rail Management of India
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(c) George Terminus Station (a) Blue (b) Yellow (c) Black (d) Red
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(b) FW Stevens (b) Himachal Pradesh
(c) Samuel Swinton Jacob (c) Uttarakhand
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(b) Sapper Shanti Tigga
royal tour of which Indian state?
(c) Chhavi Rajawat
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(c) Gujarat (d) Himachal Pradesh
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(c) Surekha Yadav
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Assam- Haflong. (a) Himachal Pradesh famous hill station located at the
(b) Uttar Pradesh foothills of the Shivalik ranges in the
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Malshej Ghat, Lavasa, Bhandardara,
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(c) Karnataka (d) Kerala (a) Satpuda (b) Aravalli
Panchgani, Amboli, Panhala, Toranmal,
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is also known as 'Satpura Ki Rani'? Q.20.Match the following:
(a) Pachmarhi (b) Kufri Column A Column B
Rajasthan- Mount Abu, Sajjangarh.
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(a) Gulmarg (b) Dalhousie
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(a)Kodaikanal (b) Shivpuri 5.(d) 6.(a) 7.(a) 8.(c)
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(a) Sikkim (b) Himachal Pradesh
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developswheretheriverchannelfollows it is known as ‘Singi Khamban’orLion’s 2,525 km. It is shared by Uttarakhand
the slope of the terrain. Tributaries join mouth.ThePanjnadisthenamegivento (110 km) and Uttar Pradesh(1,450km),
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t o commemorate the birth centenary of theUnitedStates(US).Australia,Canada,
B angabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and the US have participated in every
.1.SIMBEX is a military exercise
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the founding father of the nation of RIMPAC since then.
conducted between the defence forces
Bangladesh. The exercise was also
of which of the following nations?
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2015 as a bilateral IN-RAN (Indian navy ustralia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, China,
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exercise.Theanti-submarinedrillsforthe India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Delhi Police MTS 04/01/2019
first time included in 2019. Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, (a) Indra (b) Malabar
Norway, Peru, Philippines, South Korea, (c) Vajra (d) Harimau Shakti
Naseem-al-Bahr:Itisabilateralmaritime Singapore, Thailand, Tonga, United
xercise between Indian Navy (IN) and
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2016. Sri Lanka and Thailand. xercise between India and :
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year 2019?
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by developing skills and productive
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Pradesh.
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and Kashmir. Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh in NFHS-5 (2.3%),Sikh(1.7%),Buddhist(0.7%),Jain
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A Jammu and Kashmir (4.8%), Ladakh The Sanskrit language is spoken by the
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Haveli,Daman,andDiuhavelessthan5% (3.43%), Andaman and Nicobar Islands languages mentioned in the Eighth
scheduled caste population. (2.30%), Lakshadweep (1.11%), schedule.
Puducherry (0.85%).