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__________ is the leading state in Tobacco production.      1)       Andhra Pradesh    2) Maharashtra    3) Karnataka    4) Gujarat Answer: 1) Andhra Pradesh

The river Shyok, Zaskar and Gilgit are the main tributaries of river ________________       1)       Ganga    2) Kosi    3) Mahananda    4) Indus Answer: 4) Indus

The cattle census is conducted after every ___________ years in India.       1)       Ten    2) Twelve    3) Seven    4) Five Answer: 4) Five

___________ is the highest water fall in India.       1)       Jog    2) Nayagara    3) Kapildhara    4) Shivsamudra Answer: Jog       

Which one of the following States has the hill station ‘Kodaikanal’?       1)       Kerala    2) Tamil Nadu    3) Karnataka    4) Andhra Pradesh Answer: 2) Tamil Nadu

The cotton textile industries are localised at __________ in Maharashtra.       1)       Nagpur    2) Solapur    3) Mumbai    4) Kolhapur Answer: 3) Mumbai

Which of the following place has paper industry?       1)       Barsi    2) Latur    3) Chinchwad    4) Jalna Answer: 3) Chinchwad

Maharishi Karve Social Reformer (1858-1962) Maharishi Dhondu Keshav Karve not only gave a new lease of life to innumerable widows, but also started a revolution for women’s education and upliftement in the whole of Maharashtra. Maharishi Karve was born on 18 April 1858 in a small village, Sheravali, of Konkan district. He had special interest in education, but getting an education was difficult in those days. At the age of 15, he was married to 9-year-old Radhabai. At the age of 23, he passed his matric from Mumbai. Four years later, he graduated from Elphinston College. Unlike other young people of his age, he did not want to serve the British Government, so he decided to take up teaching as a profession. Around this time, he was devastated by the news of his wife’s death in the village. At the same time, Gopal Krishna Gokhale invited him to join Ferguson College in Poona, as a professor of mathematics. He soon became the most admired teacher of his college. Lead