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361. The name of which crossroads of Lucknow has been changed to the Atal Chowk ?

A
Charbagh

B
Hajratganj

C
Hussainganj

D
Parivartan chauk

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Correct Answer : B [Hajratganj ]

Explaination : [Hajratganj ]

362. What is the new name of Mughalsarai Junction ?

A
Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay

B
Atal Railway Station

C
Yogi Nagar Station

D
Rampuri Station

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Correct Answer : A [Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay ]

Explaination : [Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay ]

363. What is the new name of Faizabad ?

A
Ayodhya

B
Krishna Nagar

C
Lakshman Puri

D
Atal Puri

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Correct Answer : A [Ayodhya ]

Explaination : [Ayodhya ]

364. What is the changed name of Sabarmati ghat of Gujrat?

A
Atal Ghat

B
Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Ghat

C
Yogi Ghat

D
Modi Ghat

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Correct Answer : A [Atal Ghat ]

Explaination : [Atal Ghat ]

365. What is the new name of Agra Airport?

A
Atal Airport

B
Deendayal Upadhyay Airport

C
Sriram Airport

D
Krishna Sudama Airport

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Correct Answer : B [Deendayal Upadhyay Airport ]

Explaination : [Deendayal Upadhyay Airport ]

366. Name of Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport has been changed ?

A
Atal Airport

B
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport

C
Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Airport

D
Mahayogi Airport

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Correct Answer : B [Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport ]

Explaination : ["MAHARAJ" Added in the name]

367. What is the new name of Allahabad ?

A
Devprayag

B
Prayagraj

C
Yogi Nagari

D
Gangapuri

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Correct Answer : B [Prayagraj ]

Explaination : [Prayagraj ]

368. The name of airport Jollygrant of Dehradun is changed on the name of which great person -

A
Gandhiji

B
Atal Bihari Vajpayee

C
Subhash Chandra Bose

D
Bhim Rao Ambedkar

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Correct Answer : B [Atal Bihari Vajpayee ]

Explaination : [Atal Bihari Vajpayee ]

369. What is the new name of Kandla port?

A
Atal port

B
Deendayal port

C
Mahayogi harbor

D
None of these

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Correct Answer : B [Deendayal port ]

Explaination : [Deendayal port ]

370. What is the new name of Gurgaon ?

A
Atal Nagar

B
Gurugram

C
Upadhyaya Nagar

D
Devnagar

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Correct Answer : B [Gurugram ]

Explaination : [Gurugram ]

371. What is the changed name of Mewat in Haryana ?

A
Atal Nagar

B
Patel nagar

D
Ram Nagar

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Correct Answer : C [Nuh]

Explaination : [aking the same idea further Haryana Government on Tuesday renamed Gurgaon as Gurugram. Government also renamed Mewat as Nuh. "Since long the people of the area had been demanding that Gurgaon be renamed as Gurugram]

372. What is the Changed name of wheeler Island of Odisha ?

A
APJ Abdul Kalam Island

B
Atal Island

C
Shree ram island

D
Deendayal Upadhyay Island

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Correct Answer : A [APJ Abdul Kalam Island ]

Explaination : [APJ Abdul Kalam Island ]

373. What is the new name of Aurangzeb Road in Delhi ?

A
Atal Road

B
Kalam Road

C
Subhash Chandra Bose Road

D
Gandhi Marg

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Correct Answer : B [Kalam Road ]

Explaination : [Kalam Road ]

374. What is the proposed name of shimla ?

A
Shyamala

B
Radha Nagari

C
Rampur

D
Atal nagar

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Correct Answer : A [Shyamala ]

Explaination : [Shyamala ]

375. Proposed name of Ahmedabad ?

A
Karnavati

B
Krishna Nagari

C
Atal Nagar

D
Patel Nagri

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Correct Answer : A [Karnavati ]

Explaination : [Ethnically sensitive examples include the proposals by the Bharatiya Janata Party (1990, 2001) to rename Ahmedabad to Karnavati and Allahabad to Prayag.]

376. Where was the UNCCD COP-14 organized recently –

A
Greater Noida

B
Ahmedabad

C
Varanasi

D
Mumbai

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Correct Answer : A [Greater Noida ]

Explaination : [Greater Noida ]

377. Where did PM Modi inaugurate recently the Garvi Gujarat Bhavan –

A
Gujarat

B
Delhi

C
Mumbai

D
Madhya Pradesh

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Correct Answer : B [Delhi ]

Explaination : [Delhi ]

378. Where was the Namaste Pacific event organized recently –

A
New Zealand

B
Delhi

C
Shanghai

D
Tokyo

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Correct Answer : B [Delhi ]

Explaination : [Delhi ]

379. Where did KVIC recently launch Terracotta Grinder –

A
Lucknow

B
Ahmedabad

C
Delhi

D
Varanasi

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Correct Answer : D [Varanasi ]

Explaination : [Varanasi ]

380. Who recently inaugurated Aqua Aquaria India –

A
PM Modi

B
M Venkaiah Naidu

C
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat

D
None of these

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Correct Answer : B [M Venkaiah Naidu ]

Explaination : [The theme for the 2019 edition is “To take Blue Revolution to India's hinterland”.It is inaugurated in Hyderabad. ]