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2241. Who was the first woman Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh?

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A. Annie Besant
B. Mayawati
C. Vijayalakshmi Pandit
D. Sucheta Kriplani
✅ The correct answer is option D.
Sucheta Mazumdar her married name, Sucheta Kripalani, (25 June 1908 – 1 December 1974) was an Indian freedom fighter and politician. She was India’s first woman Chief Minister, serving as the head of the Uttar Pradesh government from 1963 to 1967.

2242. A biomass pyramid is important because it illustrates

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A. How energy flows through a food web
B. The number of species in each tropic level
C. The biomass of all organisms at each tropic level in a system
D. The number of tropic levels in a system
✅ The correct answer is option D.
Biomass pyramids show how much biomass (the amount of living or organic matter present in an organism) is present in the organisms at each trophic level, while productivity pyramids show the procreation or turnover in biomass.

2244. The theory of use and disuse was used to explain evolution by

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A. Lamarck
B. Darwin
C. De Vries
D. Wallace
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1774 – 1829) was a French botanist who proposed two ideas that had great impact in the theory of evolution. The use or disuse theory explains that the parts of an organism that the organism uses most will undergo hypertrophy and will become more developed.

2245. Utilisation of natural resources in moderate manner to remaining something for the next generation is termed as

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A. Resettlement
B. Sustainable development
C. Rehabilitation
D. Mutual development
✅ The correct answer is option B.
Sustainable development is the organizing principle for meeting human development goals while simultaneously sustaining the ability of natural systems to provide the natural resources and ecosystem services based upon which the economy and society depend.

2246. Name the only US president who also served as the Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court.

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A. John Quincy Adams
B. Zachary Taylor
C. Lyndon B. Johnson
D. William Howard Taft
✅ The correct answer is option D.
William Howard Taft was elected the 27th President of the United States (1909 – 1913) and later became the tenth Chief Justice of the United States (1921 – 1930), the only person to have served in both of these offices.

2247. Who of the following has been inducted into National Academy of Engineering in the United States of America?

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A. Adi Godrej
B. Kumar Mangalam Birla
C. Ratan Tata
D. N. R. Narayana Murthy
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Ratan Tata, the 75 year old Chairman emeritus of the Tata Group, was inducted as a Foreign Associate. Founded in 1964, the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) is a private, independent, non-profit institution that provides engineering leadership in service to the nation.

2248. Name the disease caused by mercury poisoning in Japan

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A. Itai itai
B. Xeroderma pigmentosum
C. Measles
D. Minamata disease
✅ The correct answer is option D.
Minamata disease, sometimes referred to as Chisso-Minamata disease, is a neurological syndrome caused by severe mercury poisoning. Symptoms include ataxia, numbness in the hands and feet, general muscle weakness, narrowing of the field of vision and damage to hearing and speech.

2249. The birthday of which of the following leaders is celebrated as Teacher’s Day in India?

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A. Dr. C. Rajagopalachari
B. Lala Lajpat Rai
C. Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
D. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Teacher’s Day is celebrated in India on September 5, the birthday of the former President Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, a well-known scholar, philosopher and teacher.

2250. The famous activist Irom Chanu Sharmila is better known as ‘The Iron Lady of . . . . . . . . ‘

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A. Manipur
B. Mizoram
C. Nagaland
D. Tripura
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Irom Chanu Sharmila (born 14 March 1972), also known as the “Iron Lady of Manipur” or “Mengoubi” (“the fair one”) is a civil rights activist, political activist, and poet from the Indian state of Manipur, which is located on the north-eastern side of India.