Set 21 of the Madhya Pradesh mixed quiz has 20 multiple-choice questions from 10 different topics of the subject: Famous Personalities of Madhya Pradesh, Governor, Chief Minister and Vidhan Sabha of MP, MP High Court, MPPSC and State Commissions and more. 1 of them were asked in real previous-year papers. A topic quiz checks one chapter; this set revises the whole subject at once, the way an exam paper does, where the next question can come from any chapter. Every question carries an explanation of why the correct option is right and why the others are wrong. Keep to the timer, read the explanations at the end, and go back to the notes of any topic where you slipped.
20 questions with answers and explanations
The singer and actor Kishore Kumar was born in which town of Madhya Pradesh?
Kishore Kumar was born there on 4 August 1929, sang for Hindi films across four decades and remains the name the state's general knowledge papers pair with the town.
Read the full explanation →What is the maximum number of ministers, including the Chief Minister, that Madhya Pradesh can have?
Article 164(1A), inserted by the Constitution (Ninety-first Amendment) Act of 2003, says the total number of ministers including the Chief Minister in a state shall not exceed fifteen per cent of the total number of members of its Legislative Assembly, and shall not be fewer than twelve.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first woman Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh?
She was sworn in as Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh in December 2003 after the Assembly election of that year and is the first woman to have held the office in the state.
Read the full explanation →Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was born in which city of Madhya Pradesh?
Atal Bihari Vajpayee was born there on 25 December 1924, taught himself politics in the city's schools and colleges, served three terms as Prime Minister of India and was conferred the Bharat Ratna in 2015.
Read the full explanation →Where is the principal seat of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh?
The High Court of Madhya Pradesh has its principal seat at Jabalpur, where it was constituted on 1 November 1956 under the States Reorganisation Act, 1956.
Read the full explanation →In the Linguistic Survey of India, Grierson classified Bagheli under which group?
Grierson grouped Awadhi, Bagheli and Chhattisgarhi together as Eastern Hindi, because all three descend from the same Ardhamagadhi line and share features that set them apart from the dialects further west.
Read the full explanation →Which state was the first in India to constitute panchayats and hold panchayat elections under the 73rd Constitutional Amendment?
The 73rd Amendment came into force on 24 April 1993 and gave the states one year to bring their laws in line with Part IX.
Read the full explanation →The Rai dance, performed by a Bedni dancer to the nagariya drum, belongs to which region of Madhya Pradesh?
Rai is the signature dance of Bundelkhand in the north-east of the state, danced by a woman of the Bedni community who whirls to an accelerating beat of the nagariya and the mridang while the audience calls for more.
Read the full explanation →The Vidhan Bhavan at Bhopal, the building of the Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha, was designed by which architect?
The Vidhan Bhavan at Bhopal, which houses the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly, was designed by Charles Correa, among the best known Indian architects of the twentieth century, whose work drew on courtyards, open-to-sky spaces and traditional Indian planning.
Read the full explanation →Kadaknath, the black meat chicken carrying a GI tag, is associated with which district of Madhya Pradesh?
The Kadaknath is a breed of fowl of the Jhabua and Alirajpur tribal belt in western Madhya Pradesh, with dark flesh, dark bones and a very low fat content, and it is reared by the Bhil and Bhilala families of the region.
Read the full explanation →The High Court of Madhya Pradesh has permanent Benches at which two places?
When the High Court of Madhya Pradesh was constituted at Jabalpur on 1 November 1956, permanent Benches were provided at Indore and at Gwalior, and they have functioned there since.
Read the full explanation →Which institution at Bhopal, opened in 1982, holds the Roopankar gallery that first showed tribal painting as art?
Bharat Bhavan opened at Bhopal in 1982 in a building designed by the architect Charles Correa, and its art gallery Roopankar, shaped by the painter Jagdish Swaminathan, placed the work of village and tribal artists beside modern Indian painting.
Read the full explanation →In Madhya Pradesh, the panchayat at the block level is known as the:
The middle tier of panchayati raj in Madhya Pradesh is the Janpad Panchayat, set up for a development block, and it is headed by an Adhyaksha elected by its own elected members, with an Up-Adhyaksha as deputy.
Read the full explanation →The Great Stupa at Sanchi was originally built by which ruler?
The core of the Great Stupa at Sanchi, in Raisen district, was raised in brick by Ashoka in the third century BCE, and the stone casing and the railing were added later.
Read the full explanation →How many seats does Madhya Pradesh have in the Lok Sabha?
Madhya Pradesh elects twenty-nine members to the Lok Sabha and has eleven seats in the Rajya Sabha.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following statement is correct? I. In 1801, a subsidiary treaty was imposed on Oudh. II. Bahadur Shah Zafar died in Rangoon Jail in November 1862.
Under the subsidiary treaty of 1801 the Nawab of Awadh surrendered about half his territory to the Company and agreed to keep a British force at his own cost, the step that reduced Awadh to dependence and led on to its annexation in 1856, one of the causes of the…
Read the full explanation →The court that is today the High Court of Madhya Pradesh was first established in 1936 under which name?
It was established on 2 January 1936 by Letters Patent as the High Court of Judicature at Nagpur for the Central Provinces and Berar, which until then had been under a Judicial Commissioner rather than a High Court.
Read the full explanation →The elected head of a Gram Panchayat in Madhya Pradesh is called the:
In Madhya Pradesh the voters of the panchayat area elect the Sarpanch directly, along with the Panches of the wards, and the Panches then choose an Up-Sarpanch from among themselves.
Read the full explanation →On which date was the High Court of Madhya Pradesh constituted with its principal seat at Jabalpur?
The States Reorganisation Act, 1956 created the state of Madhya Pradesh from that date out of the Central Provinces and Berar, Madhya Bharat, Vindhya Pradesh and Bhopal, and the High Court of Madhya Pradesh was constituted with its principal seat at Jabalpur and Benches at Indore and Gwalior.
Read the full explanation →The Gram Swaraj system, which made the Gram Sabha the centre of village decision-making, was introduced in Madhya Pradesh in which year?
Madhya Pradesh brought in the Gram Swaraj system in 2001, giving the Gram Sabha committees of its own for development, education, health and agriculture and a Gram Kosh built from contributions of grain, labour, material and cash; the state Act was renamed the Madhya Pradesh Panchayat Raj Evam Gram Swaraj…
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