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Prelims Booster 22 MAY 2026 – 5 UPSC & State PSC Practice Questions for Prelims

 1.  Urtan and Dhirauli coal mines are located in which state?

a) Chhattisgarh

b) Odisha

c) Jharkhand

d) Madhya Pradesh


Answer. d) Madhya Pradesh

Context: 

1. The Ministry of Coal announced the commencement of coal production from the Urtan and Dhirauli coal mines in Madhya Pradesh.

2. The Urtan and Dhirauli mines are freshly operationalized, high-capacity coal blocks allocated to private players under the government’s liberalized commercial coal mining framework.


2. " Veer Shaheed Gundadhur" was a legendary tribal revolutionary leader from which state?

a) Chhattisgarh

b) Jharkhand

c) Odisha

d) Rajasthan


Answer. a) Chhattisgarh

Context: 

1. Union Home Minister inaugurated the Shaheed Veer Gundadhur Seva Dera Jan Suvidha Kendra in Bastar, Chhattisgarh.

2. Veer Shaheed Gundadhur was a legendary tribal revolutionary leader from the Bastar region who led the historic Bhumkal Rebellion of 1910 against the oppressive British colonial empire.


3. " Bhumkal Rebellion " happened in the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh, in which year?

a) 1857

b) 1899

c) 1910

d) 1921


Answer. c) 1910

Context: 

1. Union Home Minister inaugurated the Shaheed Veer Gundadhur Seva Dera Jan Suvidha Kendra in Bastar, Chhattisgarh.

2. Veer Shaheed Gundadhur was a legendary tribal revolutionary leader from the Bastar region who led the historic Bhumkal Rebellion of 1910 against the oppressive British colonial empire.

3. The Bhumkal Movement (1910): Gundadhur laid the foundation for the historic Bhumkal (meaning earthquake or earth-rebellion) movement to protest the British exploitation of local resources, severe forest reservation policies, and colonial overreach.


4. Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was conferred with the prestigious " Agricola Medal". It is provided by whom?

a) Norway

b) Italy

c) European Union ( EU)

d) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)


Answer. d) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Context:

1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was conferred with the prestigious Agricola Medal by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations at its headquarters in Rome, Italy.

2. The Agricola Medal (named after Agricola, the Latin word for farmer) is the premier, highest institutional accolade bestowed by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.

3. The medal was established by the FAO in 1977

4. The only two Indian leaders to officially receive the named Agricola Medal are:

a) Dr. Manmohan Singh in 2008 (for his reforms in modernizing rural agriculture).

b) Narendra Modi in 2026.


5. Which state is the largest producer of "Kiwi Fruit"?

a) Himachal Pradesh

b) Sikkim

c) Arunachal Pradesh

d) Tripura


Answer. c) Arunachal Pradesh

Context: 

1. Union Minister launched the Arunachal Kiwi: The USP of Arunachal Pradesh mission, a ₹167-crore cluster-based project designed to transform the state into a premium, globally competitive organic kiwi economy.

2. Arunachal Pradesh is the powerhouse of Indian kiwi production, contributing over 50% of the country’s total domestic output with an annual yield exceeding 7,050 metric tonnes.



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