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The Number of officially recognised languages in india is

A) 12	B) 15
C) 18	D) 21

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 18

Explanation:

India has 18 officially recognised languages - Konkani, Manipur and Nepali were added to the official list of 15 in 1992. The other 15 languages are Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit , Tamil, Telugu , Urdu and sindhi.

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Periyar Wild Life Sanctuary is located in _________ State

A) Andhra Pradesh	B) Tamil Nadu
C) Kerala	D) karnataka

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Kerala

Explanation:

The Periyar Sanctuary covers an area of 777sq km. It was established in 1949. Elephants , Gaurs, leopards, solth bear, sambhars, barking deer, wild dogs, wild boars, black Nilgiri langur and water birds can be seen in this sanctuary.

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Naharkatiya oil fields are located in

A) Tripura	B) West-Bengal
C) Assam	D) Madhya Pradesh

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Assam

Explanation:

Gas and Oil fields are located in Naharkatiya, Assam. Oil from the fields is sent to Nunmati for refining and gas is made into electricity at Namrup.

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Coir, Copra, Coconut , Cashew are mainly exported from

A) Mumbai	B) Cochin
C) Tuticorin	D) Chennai

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Cochin

Explanation:

Because Kerala is the major producer of these products.

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The First river valley project started in india is

A) Bhakra -Nagal Project	B) Damodar Valley Project
C) Kosi Project	D) Hirakud Project

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Damodar Valley Project

Explanation:

Damodar Valley Project (DVP) is based on the model of Tennessee Valley Authority (TAV), USA constructed to harness water of Damodar, a capricious river flowing through Bihar and West Bengal.

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The State which tops in the production of rubber is

A) Tamil Nadu	B) Karnataka
C) Kerala	D) Orissa

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Kerala

Explanation:

A uniformly high temperature of $80^{0} F$ and the annual rainfall of 80 inches or more, required by rubber is available in Kerala.

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________ oilfield of India has the largest quantity of recoverable reserves

A) Moron Oilfield	B) Mumbai High oil field
C) Ankaleshwar Oil field	D) Naharkatiya Oil field

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Mumbai High oil field

Explanation:

The Mumbai High Offshore Oil field is considered as a giant Oil field. An Oilfield to be categorised as a giant should have a minimum of 500 million barrels of recoverable crude oil.

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The Land locked natural harbour along along the east coast of India is

A) Vishakapatnam	B) Chennai
C) Kolkata	D) Paradeep

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