1. For a fast pace of industrialization to make investments and for the generation of employment opportunities U.P. The government would set up the State’s first data center in
(a) Gautam Budh Nagar
(b) Greater Noida
(c) Ghaziabad
(d) Ghazipur
[U.P.R.O./A.R.O (Mains) 2016]
Ans. (b) Greater Noida
- The Uttar Pradesh government revealed plans to build the state’s first data center in Greater Noida with an approximate cost of more than Rs. 600 crore.
- This project will create jobs for youth and support IT companies in Uttar Pradesh and beyond to do their work.
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2. In which of the following districts of the U.P. a major solar power plant was established in collaboration with France in 2018?
(a) Agra
(b) Ballia
(c) Deoria
(d) Mirzapur
[U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2020]
Ans. (d) Mirzapur
- On March 12, 2018, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron opened a 100 MW solar power plant in Dadar Kala village in the Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh.
- This is the biggest solar project in India, and was established by the French company ENGIE.
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3. The very popular religious magazine ‘Kalyan’ is published from –
(a) Mathura
(b) Rishikesh
(c) Gorakhpur
(d) Varanasi
[U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2011]
Ans. (c) Gorakhpur
- Geeta Press Gorakhpur released the well-known religious magazine ‘Kalyan’ in 1927.
- Hanuman Prasad Poddar was the creator and permanent editor of the magazine.
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4. The magazine ‘Kalyan’ is published from –
(a) Varanasi
(b) Gorakhpur
(c) Allahabad
(d) Mathura
[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2015]
Ans. (b) Gorakhpur
- In 1927, Geeta Press Gorakhpur began publishing the well-known religious magazine ‘Kalyan’.
- Hanuman Prasad Poddar was the creator and stayed on as the editor for the duration of the magazine’s existence.
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