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Odisha is the fastest growing and developing state in India. for Development the nation all states conducting exams for getting their Best Aspirants for the States Prestigious Govt Jobs Like OPSC ASO/OSSSC/CPSC(Combined police service commission ). Here in this article the Odisha GK MCQ Questions & Answers are discussed for Odisha Competitive exams. Odisha Govt Job exams is selection the Eligible Candidates for State administration and state subordinate Staff selection commission. 

Here, The gk of Odisha where the Odisha GK MCQ questions guide For Odisha States Exams. Preparation aspirants Must Know about inside all the odisha States General Knowledge Facts and General studies. The General Knowledge section play a vital role in qualifying the exams. 

 Odisha GK Quiz MCQ Questions and Answer 

Before Starting the Odisha GK Quiz MCQ questions and Answer for Competitive exams ,Let's here discuss The main  problem that Aspirants face for Preparation of Odisha competitive exams.

EXAMS IN ODISHA :

In most of the Odisha exams, The questions asked about the current situation in India & state and Basic Knowledge about the Odisha State GK. If we consider the job vacancy and Posts in every govt sector it will be less as compared to applying candidates. So In most syllabus of General awareness, the questions asked from any of the topics.

If We go through the Competitive exams syllabus then  All topics Make it huge.so Aspirants are get a few times for preparing the exams.

 In today's world, all aspirants well known all these following subjects like Reasoning, Mathematics English. But Main Obstacles come In the General Knowledge or GK. All get Confused because the GK section is divided in many parts Current and Static. 

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Odisha Govt. also release a Requirement notification for  posts of RI & Amin/Odisha B.ED/OTET/OAVS/OSSTET/OPSC and other different non-gadgatted Bposts through Odisha exams. The OSSC /OSSSC commission Out Posts Vaccancy every year of in different Odisha govt Department. These Vaccancy are filled for Service sector, health sector, and Education sector. The OSSC also releases the Odisha High courts & District Courts and Education and academic sector Odisha PGT/TGT entrance test Vaccancy 2024 .

Note : OSSSC RI 2024 prelims exams odisha GK facts are important. Here the selected Questions based on odisha GK MCQ helps in the Odisha Combined examination. 

Here we will try to focus the Valuable and Most important Odisha Static GK, which was previously asked in Odisha State exams.

If you all worried that from where to start about Odisha GK, remember the first thing that the GK syllabus is huge, but the Question comes always from the relevant topics like state Art and Culture, State Administration, Temple and Architecture, Famous places, Minerals and Sources, Tribes. and Few questions from the Ancient rulers and its works. 

These Odisha GK questions and answers  2023 Are Prepared for the Odisha OPSC,RI,ARI & Amin exams and Other Competitive exams in Odisha.

Odisha General Knowledge Topics

These are some popular Topics which are Mentioned in the Odisha GK Syllabus list 

•Odisha History 

•Odisha Literature 

• First in Odisha 

•Tribes of Odisha 

•Education in Odisha

•Festivals of Odisha

•Projects of Odisha, Prize & Awards

•Politics in Odisha 

•Administration in Odisha 

•Agriculture and Industry of Odisha 

•Geography of Odisha (climate and Natural resources)

•Folk dance and Cinemas of Odisha 

•Famous places in Odisha 

MOST IMPORTANT ODISHA GK MCQ QUESTIONS & ANSWERS  

 The Questions are according to topics and all collected from the previously exams,hope the Provided the Odisha GK Questions and Answers will be helpful to know the Question pattern, that what similar types of questions asked in the all Competitive exams in Odisha. 

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Odisha GK MCQ For Odisha Competitive exams 

1.Duduma waterfall is located on which river? 

a)Mahanadi 

b)Subarnarekha

c)Machkund

d)Indravati 

Answer:C 

2.Ansupa Lake is situated on which river Belt? 

a)Mahanadi 

b)Bhargavi 

c)Baitarani 

d)Bramhani 

Answer: A

3. From which hills Salandi River Flows? 

a)Deomali 

b)Meghasini 

c)Niyamgiri 

d)Daringbadi 

Answer :B

4. In which district Silver Filigree work is found in Odisha? 

a) Puri 

b)Khorda

c)Sambalpur 

d)Cuttack 

Answer : D

5.which district has the highest rice production in Odisha? 

a)Koraput

b)Bolangir

c)khorda

d)Bargarh 

Answer:D

6.Which of the following is the major tribe of Odisha? 

a)Suras

b)Santals

c)Kondh 

d) Bonda 

Answer:C

7.Which airport of Odisha has been renamed Veer Surendra sai Airport ?

a)Rourkela airport 

b)Jharsuguda airport

c)Jaypore airport

d)Berhampur airport 

Answer: B 

8. When did the Paika rebellion 'Paika bidroha' occour against British east India company? 

a)1857

b)1817

c)1833

d)1825 

Answer:B 

9.who lead The Khorda "Paika Rebellion"? 

a)Baxi Jagabandhu

b)Chakara Bisoi 

c)Veer Surendra sai 

d)Dharanidhar Bhuiyan 

Answer: A 

10.which of the following poet writes' Utkala bhramanam'? 

a)gopabandhu Das 

b)Radhanath Rai

c)Fakir Mohan Senapati 

d)Madhusudan Das

Answer: C

11. In which of the following district of Odisha is Organic turmeric cultivate by the Kondh tribe? 

a)Koraput

b)Kalahandi 

c)Kandhamal

d)Mayurbhanj

Answer: C

12. Which of the following district of Odisha has topped in the production of Turmeric ?

a)Ganjam 

b) Kandhamal 

c) Mayurbhanj 

d) Sundargarh 

Ans : B 

13.Who built the "Khirachora Gopinath temple" in Odisha? 

a)Anangabhima Deva 

b)Narasingha Deva

c)Prataprudradev

d)Chodaganga Deva

Answer:B

14. Who is the writer of the Book 'Nila Masterani'?  

a)Godavarish Mohapatra

b)Kuntala kumari Sabat 

c)Nandakishor Bal

d)Upendra Bhanj 

Answer:A

15.What folk Instrument do the tribals of Odisha use? 

a)Mardala

b)Mahuri

c)Ghanta

d)Nishan

Answer: A

16.In which district Of Odisha Chhau dance is performed? 

a)Koraput 

b)Kandhamal

c)Mayurbhanj

d)Kalahandi

Answer:C  

17.Which of the among is the Famous sand artist of Odisha ?

a)Sudarshan Pattnaik  

b)Pranab narayan das 

c)Jatin das 

d)Kailash Chandra Meher 

Answer : A

18.In which district of Odisha 'Deomali' Mountain is located ? 

a)Ganjam 

b) Balasore 

c)Koraput 

d) Gajapati 

19. What is the Old name of "Odisha" ?

A)Kalinga 

b) Koshala 

c) Udra

d) Utkal

 20. In The Earliest Punched Marked coin Found in Odisha were Made of which Materials ?

A)silver and Gold 

B) Silver and Copper

C) Silver and Brass

d)Copper and iron 

21. Which among the Following Queen built the Ananta Vasudeva temple in Odisha? 

A) Gauri Mahadevi 

b)Prithivi Mahadevi 

c)Chandrika MahaDevi

d)Tribhuvana Mahadevi 

*History of Odisha GK MCQ

Here Most important Odisha History MCQ questions for All times repeatedly asked from the History of odisha in the Different level of competitive exams in odisha. These Odisha GK MCQ questions and answers are helpfull for Odisha SI/RI/ARI/Amin exams Requitment of 2021.

1) The Ashoka invaded Kalinga in the year of ? 

a)261 BC

b)262 BC 

c) 266 BC 

d) 267  BC

Ans- A

2) The Ashoka followed which religion after the Kalinga war? 

a) Jainism 

b)Vaishnavism

c) Hinduism 

d)Buddhism

Ans- D

3)Mauryan  Emperor Ashoka died in which year? 

a)233 BCE 

b)231 BCE 

c)232 BCE 

d) 234BCE

Ans- 232

4)How many people were lost in Kalinga war ?

a) 10, 00000  

b) 10, 0000

c) 10000000 

d)10000

Ans-B

5) Who is the son of Bindu Sara ? 

a)khara vela   

b)ashoka

c)satavahanas 

d)satruvanja

Ans-B

6)Kalinga war is an important incident in world history, said by whom? 

A) jay prakash narayan 

b) Morarji desai

C) Vicent smith 

D)Lk advani

Ans-C

7) Emperor Ashoka belongs to which century? 

A) First century

B) second century 

C) Third century

D) Fourth century

Ans-C

8) kalinga war took place in which river bank  ? 

a) Bank of daya river

b) lalitgiri

c) udaya giri

d) Bank of baitarini river  

Ans-A

9) In Kalahandi an old fort has been discovered,what is its name  ?

A) Junagarh  

B) Bargar 

C) Asurgarh  

D) Dharmagarh

Ans-C

10) The name of "Utkala" is mentioned in which pooran  ?

A) Bhagat

B) Nrusingha 

C) Matsya

D)Vishnu 

Ans-C

FREEDOM STRUGGLE OF ODISHA

1) which year Gandhi visit to Odisha?

A) 1921 

B) 1923 

C) 1931

D) 1932

Ans- A

2) who lead the Salt satyagraha in odisha ?

A) Laxminarayan mishra   

B)Bhagirathi patnaik 

C)Ghansyam  panigrahi    

D) Surendranath Das

Ans- D

3) Which lady was first  member of first legislative Election in 1937 

A)Rama devi  

B) Priyambada  

C)Sarala Devi

D)Laxmi Bai

Ans-C 

4)Who wrote the song "Bande uttkala janani" ?

A)Radhanath Roy 

B)Gopabandhu das 

C)laxmikanta mahapatra  

D) fakir mahan senapati

Ans-C

5)In which year Odisha tendency Act passed  ?

A) 1910 

B) 1911

C)1912

D) 1913

Ans- D

 

6) who firsts break the salt law in maleswar ?

A)kujang  

B)Rosal  

C)Nanda kishor Das   

D)Harekrushna mahatapatra

Ans- A  

7. In which year First Odia Magazine 'Boda Dayani  was Published ?

a)1935 

b)1861

c)1961 

d)1919

Ans : B 

Explain : 

The first Odia Magazine published Balasore in 1861.

8.who was the founder of First Odia newspaper "Utkal Deepika " ?

A) Gopabandhu Das 

b) Radhanath Rai 

c) Gourishankar Rai 

d) Madhusudan Rao 

Ans : C 

Gourishankar Rai and Bichitra nanda Das Started First Odia News paper on August 1866 for Promotion of Odia language ,so The August 4 Celebrated as Journalism day in Odisha .

9.The salt satyagraha movement in odisha was first Started from which place ?

a)Balasore,Inchudi 

b) Cuttack,Kujang 

c)Puri ,Kajatpur 

d)Ganjam,Huma

Ans : A 

the salt satyagraha movement in odisha was first launched under the leadership of Harekrushna Mahatab and Surendra nath Das in Balasore, Inchudi.

10. Who was the Founder of Bari ashram in Odisha ?

a) Harekrishna Mahatab 

b) Gopabandhu Choudhary 

c) Biswanath Das 

d)Nilakantha Das 

Ans : B  

11.which of the following is not a ancient name of odisha ?

a) Kalinga 

b)Odra desha 

c) Utkal

d)Koshal 

12. Which government scheme aims to provide financial assistance for the welfares  of the farmer ?

 a) Make in Odisha

 b)Mukhyamantri Krishi Udyog yojana

 c) KALIA (Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation) d) Ama Gaon Ama Vikas

 d) Mission Shakti 

Ans c) KALIA (Kaushik Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation) .

Notes by : Rajat sahu (Edukosal team) 

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