2252. In which of the following countries did Prime Minister Modi start ‘ Ramayana Circuit’ on 11 May, 2018?

A. Sri Lanka
B. Myanmar
C. Nepal
D. Indonesia
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Nepalese counterpart K. P. Sharma Oli inaugurated a direct bus service between Janakpur and Ayodhya, the two sacred cities for Hindus, as a part of a “Ramayan Circuit” to promote religious tourism in Nepal and India.

2254. With which one of the following fields was Pandit Bhimsen Joshi associated?

A. Dance
B. Music
C. Short-story writing
D. Novels
✅ The correct answer is option B.
Pandit Bhimsen Joshi was an Indian vocalist from Karnataka, in the Hindustani classical tradition. He is known for the khayal form of singing, as well as for his popular renditions of devotional music (bhajans and abhangs).

2255. Consider the following pairs : 1. Amartya Sen – Economist 2. Kapila Vatsyayan – Sculptor 3. Hari Prasad Chaurasia – Novelist Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?

A. 1 only
B. 2 and 3 only
C. 1 and 3 only
D. 1, 2 and 3
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Amartya Kumar Sen is an Indian economist and philosopher, who since 1972 has taught and worked in the United Kingdom and the United States.

2257. Which of the following is/are true about Sarojini Naidu? 1. She was the first Woman President of the Congress. 2. She was the first Woman Governor in independent India. 3. She was the first Health Minister in independent India. 4. She wrote the famous Golden Bough.

A. 1, 2 and 4
B. 1 and 2
C. 1 and 3
D. only 2
✅ The correct answer is option D.
Sarojini Naidu was the first Woman Governor in independent India.

2259. Which one among the following statements regarding Rabindranath Tagore’s concern for the natural world and environment is not correct?

A. Caring for nature on aesthetic grounds, as Tagore did, has now become one of the major environmental concerns in the developed countries of the world.
B. Tagore’s short stories and novels exhibit his concern for nature.
C. Tagore’s vision of education emphasized the need to generate environmental awareness among the students.
D. Tagore’s concern about the environment was activated by pragmatic and utilitarian considerations.
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Tagore’s vision of education emphasized the need to generate environmental awareness among the students is an incorrect statement.

2260. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

A. O. P. Bhatt – SBI
B. K. V. Kamath – ICICI
C. Aditya Puri – HDFC
D. Vikram Pandit – IDBI
✅ The correct answer is option D.
Vikram Shankar Pandit (born 14 January 1957) is an Indian-American banker and investor who was the chief executive officer of Citigroup from December 2007 to 16 October 2012.