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Important Personalities & Places MCQ — 133 Practice Questions with Answers

Practice 133 Important Personalities & Places multiple-choice questions with detailed answers and explanations. Ideal for RAS/RPSC exam preparation.

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Practice Questions

Q1. Hayli Gubbi, the volcano that disrupted Indian aviation in November 2025, is located in which country?

A Iceland
B Philippines
C Ethiopia Correct
D Indonesia

Explanation

Hayli Gubbi volcano in Ethiopia's Afar region erupted on November 23, 2025, for the first time in 12,000 years, sending ash across the Middle East and India, disrupting aviation.

Q2. How many cadets participated in the All India Thal Sainik Camp 2025?

A 1,247
B 2,047
C 1,547 Correct
D 947

Explanation

1,547 NCC cadets from 17 Directorates participated in the 12-day camp in Delhi Cantonment.

Q3. Where is the 7th Exercise Dharma Guardian being conducted?

A Mizoram
B Chaubattia, Uttarakhand Correct
C Tezpur, Assam
D Pathankot, Punjab

Explanation

The 7th Dharma Guardian exercise is at the Foreign Training Node, Chaubattia, Uttarakhand.

Q4. ITBP guards the India-China border along the LAC spanning how many kilometres?

A 1,800 km
B 4,056 km
C 3,488 km Correct
D 2,500 km

Explanation

ITBP guards the 3,488 km LAC from Ladakh to Arunachal Pradesh.

Q5. Which observation is annually made on February 27 in India?

A National Technology Day
B National Science Day
C National Protein Day Correct
D National Health Day

Explanation

National Protein Day is annually observed on February 27 since 2020.

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Q6. Who topped the UPSC Civil Services Examination 2025 results declared on March 6, 2026?

A Aditya Srivastava
B Priya Sharma
C Ishita Kishore
D Anuj Agnihotri
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Q7. Good Governance Day on December 25 is observed on the birth anniversary of which former PM?

A Rajiv Gandhi
B Jawaharlal Nehru
C P.V. Narasimha Rao
D Atal Bihari Vajpayee
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Q8. Before being appointed as the 29th CGA, T.C.A. Kalyani served as Principal Chief Controller of Accounts at which ministry?

A Ministry of Defence
B Ministry of Finance
C Ministry of Home Affairs
D Ministry of Telecom
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Q9. Kisan Diwas is celebrated on whose birth anniversary?

A Chaudhary Charan Singh
B Jawaharlal Nehru
C Lal Bahadur Shastri
D Atal Bihari Vajpayee
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Q10. Maharishi Valmiki, celebrated on Valmiki Jayanti, is known as what in Sanskrit literature?

A Rasa Kavi (Poet of Emotions)
B Raj Kavi (Royal Poet)
C Adi Kavi (First Poet)
D Maha Kavi (Great Poet)
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Q11. Which institution was NOT mentioned as established by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad during his tenure as Education Minister?

A IITs
B UGC
C AICTE
D ISRO
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Q12. In which city was the 78th Army Day Parade held in 2026?

A Lucknow
B Jaipur
C Pune
D Bengaluru
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Q13. How many saplings did Varanasi plant in one hour to set the Guinness World Record on March 1, 2026?

A 2,00,000
B 3,00,000
C 2,51,446
D 1,53,000
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Q14. India's total UNESCO tentative list count reached how many sites after the September 2025 additions?

A 56
B 62
C 69
D 75
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Q15. Which two aircraft carriers participated in Exercise KONKAN-25 for the first time?

A INS Viraat and HMS Invincible
B INS Vikrant and HMS Queen Elizabeth
C INS Vikramaditya and HMS Queen Elizabeth
D INS Vikrant and HMS Prince of Wales

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