Uttar Pradesh Quiz

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Uttar Pradesh follows a three-tier Panchayati Raj system: Gram Panchayat at the village level, Kshetra Panchayat at the block level, and Zila Panchayat at the district level. This system aligns with the 73rd Constitutional Amendment and the Balwantrai Mehta Committee recommendations, providing local self-government in rural areas.

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Uttarakhand Kranti Dal was founded in 1979 to demand a separate Uttarakhand state. Jaswant Singh Bisht became its first MLA from Ranikhet in 1980. He made the first official proposal for Uttarakhand statehood in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly in 1990, marking the initial political demand for the state’s formation.

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Uttarakhand shares its southern boundary with Uttar Pradesh. Five districts bordering Uttar Pradesh are Udham Singh Nagar, Nainital, Dehradun, Pauri Garhwal, and Haridwar. Other districts in Uttarakhand border Himachal Pradesh, Nepal, or China.

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The Gomti River is a left-bank tributary of the Ganga, joining near Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh. The Alaknanda forms the Ganga with Bhagirathi and is not a tributary. The Kali and Sharda rivers are tributaries of the Ghaghara, which itself is a tributary of the Ganga. The Gomti directly joins the Ganga, making it an eastern tributary in Uttar Pradesh.

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Uttar Pradesh government inaugurated the first Braille library in the state exclusively for visually impaired students at Dr Shakuntala Mishra National Rehabilitation University (DSMNRU), Lucknow. The library is located on the first floor of Swami Vivekananda Central Library and aligns with CM Yogi Adityanath’s vision of “education for all.” The library has over 4,000 Braille books covering 54 undergraduate and postgraduate courses, all printed by the university’s own Braille press.

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Garhwa district in Jharkhand borders Chhattisgarh to the west and Uttar Pradesh’s Sonbhadra district to the northwest. Ranchi is located centrally in Jharkhand. Jamshedpur, in East Singhbhum district, borders West Bengal and Odisha. Bokaro lies in the north-central part of Jharkhand near Bihar. Garhwa’s location makes it the only district in Jharkhand sharing a border with both Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh.

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Garhwa district is located in northwestern Jharkhand. It shares a boundary with Uttar Pradesh to its west. Jharkhand shares borders with Uttar Pradesh only through Garhwa district. Pakur, Palamu, and Ramgarh districts do not share borders with Uttar Pradesh. Garhwa’s location provides it the unique status of being the sole district connecting Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh directly.

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Avanti was one of the sixteen Mahajanapadas listed in the Anguttara Nikaya. It was located in the Malwa region of present-day Madhya Pradesh. The capital of Avanti was Ujjayani. Avanti later became an important administrative center during the Mauryan period under Emperor Ashoka.

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The Urmil Project involves water-sharing between Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. Its dam is located in Uttar Pradesh, while Madhya Pradesh constructed a 137 km canal. This clear division differentiates it from other projects in the region, highlighting inter-state cooperation in irrigation management.

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The Betwa River merges with the Yamuna near Hamirpur district, Uttar Pradesh. It flows through Madhya Pradesh and UP, joining the Yamuna to form part of the Yamuna-Ganga system. This confluence is vital for Bundelkhand’s hydrography and river drainage patterns in north-central India.