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[#666] Name the festival of the flower of Adivasis in Jharkhand?
Correct Answer

(C) Sarhul

Explanation

Solution: Sarhul is one of the biggest tribal festivals of Jharkhand. It is celebrated during the spring season as flowers blossom on the Saal trees. Sarhul literally means 'Worship of Saal' and is dedicated to mother earth. People sing and dance when the new flowers appear.

[#667] Jharkhand has become the first state to introduce direct benefit transfer in which commodity?
Correct Answer

(D) Kerosene oil

Explanation

Solution: Jharkhand has become the first Indian state to implement Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) in Kerosene.

[#668] In village organization the function of the village Baiga (Oraon) is -
Correct Answer

(A) to propitiate village dieties

Explanation

Solution: In village organization, the function of the village Baiga (Oraon) is to propitiate village deities. The Baiga are an inherited group located majorly in central India primarily in the state of Madhya Pradesh and in smaller numbers in the surrounding states of Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand.

[#669] Ilmenite is a rawmaterial of which metal?
Correct Answer

(C) Titanium

Explanation

Solution: Ilmenite is a black iron-titanium oxide with a chemical composition of FeTiO 3 . Ilmenite is the primary ore of titanium, a metal needed to make a variety of high-performance alloys.

[#670] Hindustan Copper limited is situated at
Correct Answer

(A) Ghatshila

Explanation

Solution: Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL), a public sector undertaking, incorporated on 9 th November 1967, is under the administrative control of the Ministry of Mines, Government of India. It has the distinction of being the nation’s only vertically integrated copper producing company as it manufactures copper right from the stage of mining to beneficiation, smelting, refining and casting of refined copper metal into downstream saleable products. It is located at Ghatshila in Jharkhand.