Directorate of Distance Education, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata All Questions

Correct Answer: Parsis

Solution : The correct answer is Parsis.

Nowruz festival in India is celebrated by the Parsi community. This is the New Year festival. This festival is celebrated on the arrival of the spring season. Every year, on the eve of the 20th of March, people of

Correct Answer: Industrial sector

Solution : The correct answer is the Industrial sector.

There are three sectors: primary (the agriculture sector), secondary (the industrial sector) and tertiary (the transport sector). The industrial sector falls under the secondary sector. It is called so because this sector contributes the most to

Correct Answer: 1915

Solution : Mahatma Gandhi returned to India from South Africa in 1915, which marked the beginning of his active involvement in the Indian National Movement.

Correct Answer: Historical social disadvantage

Solution : Correct Option: Option 2
Explanation: Scheduled Castes in India are communities that have been historically subject to social disadvantage and discrimination.

Correct Answer: 1858

Solution : The correct answer is 1858.

On August 2, 1858, a month after the British victory in India, Parliament enacted the Government of India Act, transferring control from the East India Company to the crown. The secretary of state for India, part of the British cabinet,

Correct Answer:

Governor of state

Solution : Correct Answer is -  governor of the state

The chief minister is formally appointed by the governor of the state, also appoints other ministers on the advice of the Chief Minister. The Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to legislative assembly of the

Correct Answer: Christians

Solution : The correct answer is Christians.

With about 28 million adherents, or 2.3 percent of India's total population, Christianity is the country's second-largest minority religion after Islam (2011 Census).

Correct Answer: increased deforestation in the catchment area

Solution : The correct option is increased deforestation in the catchment area.

Deforestation in catchment regions can increase flooding in North India by reducing plant cover, promoting soil erosion, and altering natural water flow patterns, increasing the danger of flooding. Trees and

Correct Answer: Aga Khan

Solution : The correct option is Aga Khan.

Aga Khan, Nawab Viqar-ul-Mulk, and Nawab Salimullah Khan, along with well-known figures from several Muslim communities in India, created the All-India Muslim League. On December 30, 1906, it was founded in Dhaka, which was at the time, a

Correct Answer: Wells

Solution : The correct option is wells.

In India, irrigation of agricultural land is done to a significant extent by the use of wells. Wells give access to groundwater, which is an important water resource for irrigation, especially in locations where surface water supplies are scarce or