Meghalaya GK MCQ

[amp_mcq option1=”The Shillong Times” option2=”The Garo Hills Gazette” option3=”The Jaintia Express” option4=”The Khasi Chronicle” correct=”option1″]

Detailed SolutionA leading English-language daily newspaper in Meghalaya is:

[amp_mcq option1=”Short cultivation periods followed by fallow periods” option2=”Large-scale, mechanized farming” option3=”Intensive use of fertilizers and pesticides” option4=”Focus on monocropping” correct=”option1″]

Detailed SolutionShifting cultivation (Jhum cultivation) in Meghalaya is characterized by:

[amp_mcq option1=”North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU)” option2=”Martin Luther Christian University” option3=”Mahatma Gandhi University” option4=”University of Science and Technology Meghalaya” correct=”option1″]

Detailed SolutionThe oldest university in Meghalaya is:

[amp_mcq option1=”Land, forests, traditional customs” option2=”Defense and foreign policy” option3=”Currency and banking” option4=”International trade” correct=”option1″]

Detailed SolutionADCs have powers to make laws on matters such as:

[amp_mcq option1=”West Khasi Hills” option2=”East Khasi Hills” option3=”South Garo Hills” option4=”Jaintia Hills” correct=”option4″]

Detailed SolutionSillimanite, a valuable mineral used in refractories, is found in which part of Meghalaya?

[amp_mcq option1=”The North East Industrial Development Scheme” option2=”Look East Policy” option3=”Special Category State status” option4=”All of the above” correct=”option4″]

Detailed SolutionEconomic development in Meghalaya has been influenced by policies like:

[amp_mcq option1=”Lullabies” option2=”Laments and prayers” option3=”Songs praising the clan deity” option4=”Work songs” correct=”option3″]

Detailed Solution“Ka Jingrwai Iawbei’, a significant Khasi ceremony, involves the singing of:

[amp_mcq option1=”Deforestation” option2=”Water pollution” option3=”Air pollution” option4=”All of the above” correct=”option4″]

Detailed SolutionEnvironmental concerns related to mining in Meghalaya include:

[amp_mcq option1=”100 Drums Dance” option2=”Chambil Mesara” option3=”Sword Dances” option4=”Mask Dances” correct=”option1″]

Detailed SolutionThe Wangala Festival, a harvest celebration, is famous for its:

[amp_mcq option1=”Gram Sabhas and local councils” option2=”Technocratic solutions” option3=”Top-down decision-making” option4=”Excluding tribal communities” correct=”option1″]

Detailed SolutionEfforts to make Meghalaya’s planning more participatory involve: