1. Approximately how many years ago were most of the pyramids of Egypt built?
a) About 2,000 years ago
b) About 4,500 years ago
c) About 1,000 years ago
d) About 7,000 years ago
Answer: b) About 4,500 years ago
The Great Pyramid of Giza and other major pyramids were constructed around 2600 BCE, which is approximately 4,500 years ago from the present.
2. The Apatani tribe is mainly found in which state?
a) Nagaland
b) Manipur
c) Meghalaya
d) Arunachal Pradesh
Answer: d) Arunachal Pradesh
The Apatani tribe lives in the Ziro Valley of Arunachal Pradesh, representing the last generation to wear the tribe’s traditional facial tattoos and wooden nose plugs, a practice banned in the 1970s but still proudly carried by elderly women.
3. What causes a Blood Moon?
a) Reflection of sunlight from Mars
b) Earth coming between the Sun and Moon during a lunar eclipse
c) Moon passing closest to Earth in its orbit
d) Solar flares from the Sun hitting the Moon
Answer: b) Earth coming between the Sun and Moon during a lunar eclipse
A Blood Moon occurs during a total lunar eclipse, when Earth is directly between the Sun and the Moon.
Sunlight passing through Earth’s atmosphere gets scattered, and the red/orange wavelengths bend toward the Moon, giving it a reddish appearance.
4. Where is the Lipulekh Pass located?
a) Sikkim–Bhutan border
b) Uttarakhand–Tibet (China) border
c) Arunachal Pradesh–Myanmar border
d) Himachal Pradesh–Nepal border
Answer: b) Uttarakhand–Tibet (China) border
The Lipulekh Pass lies in the Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand, on the border between India and Tibet (China), near the tri-junction with Nepal.
It is an important route for the Kailash–Mansarovar Yatra.
It also has strategic significance for India.
5. India produces about 41% of global millets, making it the largest producer. Which group of states together accounts for over 80% of millet production in India?
a) Punjab, Haryana, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, Kerala
b) Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh
c) Gujarat, West Bengal, Assam, Odisha, Jharkhand
d) Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Manipur, Nagaland, Sikkim
Answer: b) Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh
The major millet-growing states are Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh, which together account for more than 80% of total millet production.
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