More Questions on Odisha
- Q. Boudh district in Odisha is famous for which type of cottage industry?
A)Wood craft
B)Firecracker making
C)Handloom silk sarees
D)Badi making
Answer: Handloom silk sarees
- Q. Which traditional game in Odisha is played by throwing coconut on land and water?
A)Paen Anba
B)Khapara Dian
C)Nadia Phinga
D)Machhasare Ghina
Answer: Nadia Phinga
- Q. Consider the following districts of Odisha 1. Sambalpur 2. Sundargarh 3. Cuttack 4. Balasore Which of the given districts is/are important for bidi production?
A)2 and 3
B)1 and 2
C)3 and 4
D)All of these
Answer: All of these
- Q. The theme of Jatra folk drama is associated with
A)humour
B)secular themes
C)valour of heroic characters
D)All of the above
Answer: secular themes
- Q. Which of the following statements is/are true? 1. The Middle Mountainous region covers about three-fourth of the entire state of Odisha. 2. The coastline of Odisha is about 230 km. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A)Only 2
B)Only 1
C)Both 1 and 2
D)None of these
Answer: Only 1
- Q. The order that issued restoring Odia as official language of Sambalpur was
A)Sachchidanand Sinha Resolution
B)Sambalpur Hitaisini
C)Boundary Commission Report
D)Risley Circular
Answer: Risley Circular
- Q. In which year the Directorate of Medical Education and Training (DMET) established in Odisha?
A)1975
B)1967
C)1949
D)1987
Answer: 1975
- Q. In which year the Panchayat (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act or PESA was passed in the Parliament?
A)1996
B)1993
C)1999
D)2000
Answer: 1996
- Q. Consider the following statements about the Saura tribe 1. Sauras are mainly concentrated in and around the Paralakhemundi and the Gunupur area of South Odisha. 2. They are called by various names such as Sabara, Saura, Sora, etc and have their racial affinity with the proto-austroloid physical feature. Which of the above statements is/are correct?
A)Only 2
B)Only 1
C)Both 1 and 2
D)Neither 1 nor 2
Answer: Both 1 and 2
- Q. Which famous literary work was translated in Odia by many prominent Odia poets?
A)Geeta Govinda
B)Kanaklata
C)Padmavat
D)Raja Tarangini
Answer: Geeta Govinda
- Q. Satyabadi School in Puri during the Swadeshi Movement was established by
A)Gopabandhu Das
B)Nanda Kishore Das
C)Harekrushna Mahtab
D)Dibakar Patnaik
Answer: Gopabandhu Das
- Q. Which of the temple is not one of the 5 Shiva temples of Jagamanda hills?
A)Mallikeswar
B)Manikeswar
C)Daiteswar
D)Podukeswar
Answer: Daiteswar
- Q. Consider the following statements about Odisha 1. It is the ninth largest state by area. 2. It is the eleventh largest state by population. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A)Only 2
B)Only 1
C)Both 1 and 2
D)Neither 1 nor 2
Answer: Both 1 and 2
- Q. Consider the following soils 1. Red 2. Mixed Red and Black 3. Alluvial 4. Black and Brown Which of the above soils is/are found in Western undulating zone?
A)3 and 4
B)1 and 2
C)Only 2
D)All of these
Answer: 1 and 2
- Q. Who wrote the first Odia play ‘Babaji’ in 1877?
A)Kampal Mishra
B)Jagmohan Leela
C)Padmanav Narayan Dev
D)Kalicharan Patnaik
Answer: Jagmohan Leela
- Q. Robert Clive in 1765 acquired the Diwani rights of Bengal, Bihar and Odisha from
A)Shah Alam II
B)Hyder Ali
C)Shah Alam I
D)Aurangzeb
Answer: Shah Alam II
- Q. Which literary source mentioned Odisha as Kalinganagara situated on the West of Gomti river?
A)Arthasastra
B)Brihaspati Smriti
C)Ramayana
D)Avasyaka Niryukti
Answer: Ramayana
- Q. Which Mathora king declared himself as Lord of the Kalinga?
A)Shaktivarman
B)Visakhavarman
C)Prabhanjanavarman
D)Umavarman
Answer: Umavarman
- Q. Who established the Kalinga Cup in football?
A)Harekrushna Mahatab
B)Biju Patnaik
C)Surendra Sai
D)Nandini Satapathy
Answer: Biju Patnaik
- Q. Name the notable Odia writer who is the recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award, Jnanpith Award, Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhusan?
A)Manoj Das
B)Sitakant Mahapatra
C)Pratibha Ray
D)Jayanta Mahapatra
Answer: Sitakant Mahapatra
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