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1. In which year the United Provinces renamed as Uttar Pradesh
(A) 1947
(B) 1950
(C) 1954
(D) 1960
Correct Answer: (B) 1950
2. Which one is the largest district in Uttar Pradesh by areawise
(A) Lakhimpur Kheri
(B) Sonbhadra
(C) Allahabad
(D) Shahjahanpur
Correct Answer: (A) Lakhimpur Kheri
3. Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University which is the only university exclusively for the disabled is located in which district
(A) Jhansi
(B) Etah
(C) Bijnor
(D) Chitrakoot
Correct Answer: (D) Chitrakoot
4. Total number of districts in Uttar Pradesh
(A) 62
(B) 68
(C) 72
(D) 75
Correct Answer: (D) 75
5. Who was the first Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
(A) Sucheta Kriplani
(B) Charan Singh
(C) Govind Ballabh Pant
(D) Chandra Bhanu Gupta
Correct Answer: (C) Govind Ballabh Pant
6. Who was the first Governor Uttar Pradesh
(A) Sucheta Kriplani
(B) Sarojini Naidu
(C) Hormasji Peroshaw Mody
(D) Biswanath Das
Correct Answer: (B) Sarojini Naidu
7. In which year the Banaras Hindu University was established
(A) 1906
(B) 1911
(C) 1916
(D) 1920
Correct Answer: (C) 1916
8. In which year the Central Drug Research Institute was established
(A) 1951
(B) 1957
(C) 1963
(D) 1969
Correct Answer: (A) 1951
9. Total number of Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh
(A) 68
(B) 72
(C) 76
(D) 80
Correct Answer: (D) 80
10. Which one is the state flower of Uttar Pradesh
(A) Orchids
(B) Palash
(C) Lotus
(D) Siroi Lily
Correct Answer: (B) Palash
11. In which districts, the Nawabganj Bird Sanctuary is located
(A) Bareilly district
(B) Badaun district
(C) Unnao district
(D) Barabanki district
Correct Answer: (C) Unnao district
12. Which one is the largest district of Uttar Pradesh by population
(A) Agra
(B) Allahabad
(C) Aligarh
(D) Bareilly
Correct Answer: (A) Agra
13. When the Allahabad High Court was established
(A) 1857
(B) 1869
(C) 1876
(D) 1897
Correct Answer: (B) 1869
14. Who was the first Indian Chief Justices of the Allahabad High Court
(A) Bidhu Bhushan Malik
(B) Iqbal Ahmad
(C) Kamala Kanta Verma
(D) Shah Muhammad Sulaiman
Correct Answer: (D) Shah Muhammad Sulaiman
15. Who was the Speaker of the first Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 1952
(A) Madan Mohan Verma
(B) Atmaram Govind Kher
(C) Jagdish Sharan Agrawal
(D) Purushottam Das Tandon
Correct Answer: (B) Atmaram Govind Kher
16. Which one is the largest district by areawise in Uttar Pradesh
(A) Sitapur
(B) Sonbhadra
(C) Lakhimpur Kheri
(D) Allahabad
Correct Answer: (C) Lakhimpur Kheri
17. Which one is the longest river bridge in Uttar Pradesh
(A) New Yamuna Bridge
(B) Dufferin Bridge
(C) Garmukteswar Bridge
(D) Lav Kush Barrage
Correct Answer: (A) New Yamuna Bridge
18. In which year, Govind Ballabh Pant received the Bharat Ratna Award
(A) 1955
(B) 1957
(C) 1960
(D) 1963
Correct Answer: (B) 1957
19. The Aligarh Muslim University was established in the year
(A) 1875
(B) 1887
(C) 1901
(D) 1912
Correct Answer: (A) 1875
20. Who established the Aligarh Muslim University
(A) Shibli Nomani
(B) Madan Mohan Malaviya
(C) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
(D) Abul Kalam Azad
Correct Answer: (C) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
21. Who was the first Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University
(A) Madan Mohan Malaviya
(B) Annie Besant
(C) S. Radhakrishnan
(D) Sir Sunder Lal
Correct Answer: (D) Sir Sunder Lal
22. The Allahabad University was established in the year
(A) 1873
(B) 1887
(C) 1895
(D) 1903
Correct Answer: (B) 1887
23. Which day is celebrated as National Sports Day in the memory of Dhyan Chand
(A) 15th July
(B) 29th August
(C) 28th September
(D) 22nd December
Correct Answer: (B) 29th August
24. In which year The National Stadium, Delhi was renamed as Dhyan Chand National Stadium
(A) 1998
(B) 1999
(C) 2001
(D) 2002
Correct Answer: (D) 2002
25. Which Mughal Emperor build the Fatehpur Sikri city
(A) Babur
(B) Akbar
(C) Shah Jahan
(D) Aurangzeb
Correct Answer: (B) Akbar
26. Besides Hindi, which one is the other official language of Uttar Pradesh
(A) English
(B) Sanskrit
(C) Urdu
(D) None of the above
Correct Answer: (C) Urdu
27. The english daily newspaper 'The Pioneer' was published in the year
(A) 1865
(B) 1871
(C) 1896
(D) 1899
Correct Answer: (A) 1865
28. Who was the president of the first Lucknow session of the Indian National Congress in 1899
(A) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(B) Surendranath Banerjee
(C) Anandamohan Bose
(D) Romesh Chunder Dutt
Correct Answer: (D) Romesh Chunder Dutt
29. Which one is the state flower of Uttar Pradesh
(A) Rose
(B) Lotus
(C) Marigold
(D) Palash
Correct Answer: (D) Palash
30. Which one is the largest city by population in Uttar Pradesh
(A) Agra
(B) Lucknow
(C) Kanpur
(D) Ghaziabad
Correct Answer: (C) Kanpur
31. Kanpur is also known as the ___________ of the East
(A) London
(B) Manchester
(C) Liverpool
(D) Paris
Correct Answer: (B) Manchester
32. Who was the founder of the autonomous kingdom of Awadh
(A) Saadat Khan
(B) Shujaat Khan
(C) Wajid Ali Shah
(D) Ali Quli Khan
Correct Answer: (A) Saadat Khan
33. The Central Institute of Subtropical Horticulture is located at
(A) Jhansi
(B) Saharanpur
(C) Lucknow
(D) Varanasi
Correct Answer: (C) Lucknow
34. In U.P. Urdu Training and Research Centre is situated in
(A) Barabanki
(B) Bareilly
(C) Lucknow
(D) Rampur
Correct Answer: (C) Lucknow
35. Which one of the following is not a folk song of Uttar Pradesh
(A) Birha
(B) Dhola Maru
(C) Kajri
(D) Rasia
Correct Answer: (B) Dhola Maru
36. Syed Salar Fair is held at
(A) Bahraich
(B) Mankapur
(C) Barabanki
(D) Khalilabad
Correct Answer: (A) Bahraich
37. Firozabad is famous for producing
(A) Bangles
(B) Locks
(C) Knives
(D) Shoes
Correct Answer: (A) Bangles
38. In Uttar Pradesh, Uranium is available in the district of
(A) Jhansi
(B) Mirjapur
(C) Hamirpur
(D) Lalitpur
Correct Answer: (D) Lalitpur
39. Which one is the highest Dam in Uttar Pradesh
(A) Mata-Tila
(B) Meja
(C) Rihand
(D) Ram-Ganga
Correct Answer: (D) Ram-Ganga
40. Obra Thermal Power Plant was established with the help of
(A) Soviet Russia
(B) Japan
(C) Germany
(D) America
Correct Answer: (A) Soviet Russia
41. In Uttar Pradesh, which one of the following tribes has the highest population
(A) Saharia
(B) Tharu
(C) Agaria
(D) Mahigir
Correct Answer: (B) Tharu
42. The city of Jaunpur was founded by
(A) Muhammad Tughlaq
(B) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
(C) Ibrahim Shah Sharqi
(D) Sikandar Lodi
Correct Answer: (B) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
43. Which of the following city of Uttar Pradesh is not joined by National Highway 2
(A) Agra
(B) Allahabad
(C) Varanasi
(D) Lucknow
Correct Answer: (D) Lucknow
44. Who was the author of the book 'Bandi Jiwan'
(A) Dinabandhu Mitra
(B) Hema Chandrakar
(C) Ram Prasad Bismil
(D) Sachindra Sanyal
Correct Answer: (D) Sachindra Sanyal
45. In Uttar Pradesh, a "Lion Safari" is being established in
(A) Balrampur
(B) Etawah
(C) Maharajganj
(D) Pilibhit
Correct Answer: (B) Etawah
46. In Uttar Pradesh, I. T. The city is being established in
(A) Allahabad
(B) Kanpur
(C) Lucknow
(D) Varanasi
Correct Answer: (C) Lucknow
47. In which year the capital of United Provinces shifted from Allahabad to Lucknow
(A) 1920
(B) 1927
(C) 1935
(D) 1942
Correct Answer: (A) 1920
48. Which one is the only river in Uttar Pradesh that do not emerge from Himalayas
(A) Ganga
(B) Ramganga
(C) Ghagra
(D) Gomti
Correct Answer: (D) Gomti
49. Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University, which is only university in the world exclusively for the disabled is located in
(A) Kanpur
(B) Chitrakoot
(C) Mathura
(D) Maihar
Correct Answer: (B) Chitrakoot
50. The Deoband Movement in U.P. was started in the year
(A) 1861
(B) 1862
(C) 1866
(D) 1869
Correct Answer: (C) 1866
51. The number of agro-climate zones in Uttar Pradesh is
(A) 5
(B) 7
(C) 8
(D) 9
Correct Answer: (D) 9
52. Biotechnology Park is located at
(A) Lucknow
(B) Varanasi
(C) Agra
(D) None of the above
Correct Answer: (A) Lucknow
53. Who was the first person who referred Agra by its modern name
(A) Faxian
(B) Seleucus
(C) Megasthenes
(D) Ptolemy
Correct Answer: (D) Ptolemy
54. Which Mughal Emperor introduced the concept of square Persian-styled gardens in Agra
(A) Babur
(B) Humayun
(C) Akbar
(D) Shah Jahan
Correct Answer: (A) Babur
55. In which year the Jantar Mantar was built in Varanasi
(A) 1735
(B) 1737
(C) 1739
(D) 1742
Correct Answer: (B) 1737
56. Who was the last Nawab of Awadh
(A) Muhammad Ali Shah
(B) Ghazi-ud-Din Haidar Shah
(C) Amjad Ali Shah
(D) Wajid Ali Shah
Correct Answer: (D) Wajid Ali Shah
57. In which year, Asaf-ud-Daula moved his capital of Awadh from Faizabad to Lucknow
(A) 1772
(B) 1775
(C) 1778
(D) 1780
Correct Answer: (B) 1775
58. In which year, Kanpur was handed over to British by Nawab Saadat Ali Khan
(A) 1801
(B) 1803
(C) 1804
(D) 1805
Correct Answer: (A) 1801
59. The Jhansi city is situated between the rivers Pahuj and ________
(A) Kwari
(B) Gandak
(C) Betwa
(D) Bakulahi
Correct Answer: (C) Betwa
60. The Imambara was built by Nawab Asaf-ud-Daula in the year
(A) 1784
(B) 1785
(C) 1787
(D) 1790
Correct Answer: (A) 1784
61. In which year, the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh was created during British rule
(A) 1936
(B) 1937
(C) 1938
(D) 1939
Correct Answer: (B) 1937
62. When President's rule had been imposed for the first time in India
(A) 1968
(B) 1969
(C) 1970
(D) 1971
Correct Answer: (A) 1968
63. Which Railway Station serves as the headquarters of the North Eastern Railway
(A) Allahabad
(B) Lucknow
(C) Kanpur
(D) Gorakhpur
Correct Answer: (D) Gorakhpur
64. When the Taj Mahal was inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage List
(A) 1982
(B) 1983
(C) 1984
(D) 1985
Correct Answer: (B) 1983
65. The total number of UNESCO World Heritage sites in Uttar Pradesh is
(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 4
(D) 5
Correct Answer: (B) 3
66. Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport has been given on lease for 50 years to which company
(A) TATA Group
(B) Reliance Group
(C) Adani Group
(D) GMR Group
Correct Answer: (C) Adani Group
67. The Dhamek Stupa is located in
(A) Agra
(B) Allahabad
(C) Sarnath
(D) Varanasi
Correct Answer: (C) Sarnath
68. In which year, Pilibhit forests area was declared as the 46th Tiger reserve of India
(A) 2006
(B) 2008
(C) 2012
(D) 2014
Correct Answer: (D) 2014
