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• The Urtan and Dhirauli coal mines, recently seen in the news, are located in:

  • Jharkhand
  • Odisha
  • Madhya Pradesh
  • Chhattisgarh

• Consider the following description:

  He was a tribal revolutionary leader from the Bastar region who led the historic Bhumkal Rebellion of 1910 against British rule. Belonging to the Dhurwa tribal community, he mobilized tribal groups through secret symbols such as red chilies, bows and arrows, and mango branches to organize resistance.

  The above description refers to:

  • Birsa Munda
  • Alluri Sitarama Raju
  • Sidhu Murmu
  • Shaheed Veer Gundadhur

• With reference to the International Booker Prize, consider the following statements:

  1. It is awarded annually.
  2. It is given to works translated into English and published in the UK and/or Ireland.
  3. Geetanjali Shree was the first Indian to win the International Booker Prize.

  How many of the statements given above are correct?

  • Only one
  • Only two
  • All three
  • None

• The term “Zwan-Wolf Effect”, recently seen in the news, refers to :

  • Compression of charged particles along magnetic field lines due to solar wind interaction
  • Formation of ozone holes due to solar radiation
  • Expansion of planetary atmospheres during volcanic eruptions
  • Emission of radio waves from black holes

• With reference to Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) in India, consider the following statements:

  1. The 73rd Constitutional Amendment added Part IX-A to the Constitution dealing with Urban Local Bodies.
  2. The real executive powers in Municipal Corporations generally rest with the elected Mayor.

  Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  • 1 only
  • 2 only
  • Both 1 and 2
  • Neither 1 nor 2