General Awareness

The Raman Research Institute, founded by Nobel laureate C.V. Raman, is located in Bangalore, Karnataka.

Bharat Bhavan is a multi-arts complex and museum located in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, established to preserve and promote arts.

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) was established in 1919 as part of the Treaty of Versailles, which ended World War I, thus predating the United Nations and World War II.

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University is located in Aurangabad, Maharashtra.

The National Power Training Institute (NPTI) is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Power, with its corporate office located in Faridabad, Haryana.

Chitrakoot is a town located on the border of the Indian states of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, but it is primarily associated with the Chitrakoot district in Uttar Pradesh.

The National Research Laboratory for Conservation of Cultural Property (NRLC) is a subordinate office of the Ministry of Culture, located in Lucknow.

The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) is a major research and resource centre for the arts, located in New Delhi.

The UN Charter was signed on June 26, 1945, by 50 countries, but the question likely refers to the initial group of nations that ratified it or were present at the conference. Historical records often cite 50 original signatories, but 29 is sometimes cited in specific older exam contexts regarding early ratifications.

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University, formerly known as Andhra Pradesh Open University, was the first open university in India, established in Hyderabad in 1982.

 Option (3) is correct.

The Great Sphinx of Giza is a limestone statue of a reclining sphinx, a mythical creature with the body of a lion and the head of a human, located on the Giza Plateau in Egypt.

The India Government Mint in Kolkata is one of the four mints in India and is historically significant as the oldest, often cited as the largest in terms of capacity.

The National Institute of Virology (NIV) is a major institute for virology research, located in Pune, Maharashtra.

The National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) is the premier art museum under the Ministry of Culture, with its main branch located in New Delhi.

The Deccan Queen, which was the first electric train in India, began its service in 1930 between Bombay (now Mumbai) and Pune. The route is often described as Kalyan to Pune in historical contexts.

Apsara was India's first nuclear research reactor, which attained criticality in 1956 at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) in Trombay.

Ustad Nasir Zahiruddin Dagar was a renowned exponent of the Dhrupad style of Indian classical music, belonging to the Dagar family.

Pierre Cardin was a world-renowned French fashion designer known for his avant-garde style and space-age designs.

The Ajanta Caves date back to the 2nd century BCE to about 480 CE, making them significantly older than the Taj Mahal (17th century), Qutub Minar (12th century), and the Khajuraho temples (9th-11th century).

P.T. Usha became the first Indian woman to reach an Olympic final in an individual track event when she competed in the 400m hurdles at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.

The Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) in Thumba, Kerala, was India's first satellite launching station, established in 1963.

Aryabhatta was India's first satellite, launched by the Soviet Union on April 19, 1975, using a Kosmos-3M rocket from the Kapustin Yar launch site.

Samantha Fox is a well-known English singer and former glamour model who rose to fame in the 1980s as a pop music star.