More Questions on Odisha
- Q. The festival in which Lord Lingaraj is taken in a chariot from main temple to Rameshwar temple is
A)Chaitra Parba
B)Taratarini Mela
C)Ashokastami
D)Sitalsasthi
Answer: Ashokastami
- Q. In which year Odisha Boundary Committee was appointed by the Government of British India to demarcate the boundary of the proposed province of Odisha?
A)1932
B)1931
C)1934
D)1920
Answer: 1931
- Q. Which is a major East flowing river between Mahanadi and Godavari rivers?
A)Vamsadhara
B)Baitarani
C)Indravati
D)None of the above
Answer: Vamsadhara
- Q. Which of the following statements about Dola Purnima is/are correct? 1. In Odisha it is celebrated for five days. 2. Cattle are fed sumptuously in this festival.
A)Only 2
B)Only 1
C)Both 1 and 2
D)Neither 1 nor 2
Answer: Both 1 and 2
- Q. Kedu festival is celebrated in
A)Ganjam
B)Kandhamal
C)Koraput
D)All of these
Answer: All of these
- Q. Who presided over the first meeting of Utkal Sammilani?
A)Maharaja Srirama Chandra Bhanja Deo
B)Chakra Bisoi
C)Raja Artatran Deo
D)Maharaja Krushna Chandra Gajapati
Answer: Maharaja Srirama Chandra Bhanja Deo
- Q. Which among the following folk drama is mainly associated with Ganjam district of Odisha?
A)Jatra
B)Daskathia
C)Leela
D)Pala
Answer: Daskathia
- 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. NALCO in Odisha gets its coal supply from
A)Paradip
B)Mayurbhanj
C)Damanjodi
D)Talcher
Answer: Talcher
- Q. In which district of Odisha Upper Kolab Hydroelectric Project is located?
A)Koraput
B)Mayurbhanj
C)Puri
D)Ganjam
Answer: Koraput
- Q. Debasish Sarbeswar Mohanty belongs to which place of Odisha?
A)Bargarh
B)Puri
C)Bhubaneswar
D)Ganjam
Answer: Bhubaneswar
- Q. Which state was not amalgamated into Odisha in 1948?
A)Balasore
B)Mayurbhanj
C)Cuttack
D)None of the above
Answer: Mayurbhanj
- Q. Consider the following statements about the Odisha Mining Corporation Limited (OMCL). 1. It was established on 16th May, 1956 as a joint venture company of Government of Odisha and Government of India. 2. It has been classified as a “Silver” Category State PSU. 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: Only 1
- Q. Which of the following dance is associated with ‘Devadasi’ system in Odisha?
A)Mahari
B)Odissi
C)Chhau
D)Changu Nata
Answer: Mahari
- Q. Bomkai, Kataki, Sambalpuri are important form of
A)Sarees
B)Wood craft
C)Bamboo craft
D)Applique work
Answer: Sarees
- Q. Which among the following district has government farms for the rearing of goats?
A)Sundargarh
B)Mayurbhanj
C)Deogarh
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. Under which Governor General, British rule was first established in Odisha?
A)Lord Wellesley
B)Lord Dufferin
C)Lord Linlithgow
D)Robert Clive
Answer: Robert Clive
- Q. OPOLFED cooperative organisation in Odisha popularises which products?
A)Milk
B)Poultry
C)Meat
D)Horticulture
Answer: Poultry
- Q. In which royal dynasty of early medieval Odisha, we find the rule of the queens?
A)Bhauma-Kara dynasty
B)Sailodbhava dynasty
C)Somavamsi dynasty
D)Satavahana dynasty
Answer: Bhauma-Kara dynasty
- Q. Which sportsperson of Odisha won a Gold and a Silver medal in 2016 ‘South Asian Games’ held in Assam?
A)Dutee Chand
B)Srabani Nanda
C)Katulu Ravi Kumar
D)Sarita Routray
Answer: Srabani Nanda
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