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  • 1. Which city is known as ‘Marvelous City’?

    (A) Fortaleza

    (B) Rio de Janeiro

    (C) Brasilia

    (D) Manaus

    Answer: Rio de Janeiro

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    Recently  it was in the news as UNESCO has accorded world heritage status to Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro in Decemeber,2016.It has been registered as “Carioca Landscapes between Mountain and Sea” on the UNESCO world heritage list.Rio de Janeiro has been accorded this status in recognition of its extraordinary fusion of man-made and natural beauty, soaring granite cliffs, urban rainforest and beaches.

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  • 2. Which of the following is not listed in the UNESCO World Heritage Sites?

    (A) Nalanda Mahavihara

    (B) Gorham’s Cave Complex

    (C) Artificial islets of Nan Madol

    (D) Clouded Leopard National Park

    Answer: Clouded Leopard National Park

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  • 3. What is the full form of UNESCO?

    (A) United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization

    (B) United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation

    (C) United Nations Environmental,Social and Cultural Organization

    (D) United Nations Entertainment,Social and Cultural Organization

    Answer: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation

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  • 4. How many states parties have adhered to the World Heritage Convention as of March,2017?

    (A) 250

    (B) 200

    (C) 193

    (D) 310

    Answer: 193

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    States Parties are countries which have adhered to the World Heritage Convention.They thereby agree to identify and nominate properties on their national territory to be considered for inscription on the World Heritage List. When a State Party nominates a property, it gives details of how a property is protected and provides a management plan for its upkeep. States Parties are also expected to protect the World Heritage values of the properties inscribed and are encouraged to report periodically on their condition.

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  • 5. Which of these sites was in the first group added to the World Heritage List?

    (A) Bryggen

    (B) Sangha Trinational

    (C) Yellowstone National Park

    (D) Taj Mahal

    Answer: Yellowstone National Park

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    Yellowstone National Park is a nearly 3,500-sq.-mile wilderness recreation area atop a volcanic hot spot. Mostly in Wyoming, the park spreads into parts of Montana and Idaho too. Yellowstone features dramatic canyons, alpine rivers, lush forests, hot springs and gushing geysers, including its most famous, Old Faithful. It’s also home to hundreds of animal species, including bears, wolves, bison, elk and antelope.

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  • 6. What is the Vredefort Dome, a World Heritage site in South Africa?

    (A) A volcanic crater

    (B) A historic gold mine

    (C) World's largest asteriod impact site

    (D) A forest

    Answer: World's largest asteriod impact site

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    The Vredefort crater is the largest verified impact crater on Earth, more than 300 km (186 mi) across when it was formed.What remains of it is located in the present-day Free State Province of South Africa and named after the town of Vredefort, which is situated near its center. Although the crater itself has long since eroded away, the remaining geological structures at its center are known as the Vredefort Dome or Vredefort impact structure.

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  • 7. What continent has the most World Heritage sites?

    (A) Africa

    (B) Asia

    (C) Europe

    (D) North America

    Answer: Europe

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  • 8. Where the Nahanni National Park is located?

    (A) France

    (B) Tanzania

    (C) Germany

    (D) Canada

    Answer: Canada

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    Nahanni National Park Reserve in the Dehcho Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada, approximately 500 km west of Yellowknife, protects a portion of the Mackenzie Mountains Natural Region. The centrepiece of the park is the South Nahanni River.

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  • 9. Where the Aachen Cathedral is located?

    (A) Germany

    (B) Poland

    (C) France

    (D) North America

    Answer: Germany

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    Aachen Cathedral, traditionally called in English the Cathedral of Aix-la-Chapelle, is a Roman Catholic church in Aachen, western Germany, and the see of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Aachen.

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  • 10. Which one of the following is listed under the UNESCO World Heritage Site?

    (A) Garden of Fragrance

    (B) India Gate

    (C) Rock Garden of Chandigarh

    (D) Capitol Building Complex

    Answer: Capitol Building Complex

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    Chandigarh Capitol Complex, located in the sector-1 of Chandigarh city in India, is a government compound designed by the architect Le Corbusier. It is spread over an area of around 100 acres and is a prime manifestation of Chandigarh’s architecture. It comprises three buildings, three monuments and a lake, including the Palace of Assembly or Legislative Assembly, Secretariat, High Court, Open Hand Monument, Geometric Hill and Tower of Shadows.It was added in UNESCO World Heritage Site List in 2016.

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  • 11. Where the UNESCO World Heritage Site – Qutub Minar is located?

    (A) Punjab

    (B) Uttarakhand

    (C) New Delhi

    (D) Haryana

    Answer: New Delhi

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    The Qutub Minar, also spelled as Qutab Minar, or Qutb Minar, is a minaret that forms a part of the Qutab complex, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Mehrauli area of Delhi, India.Qutub Minar is a 73-metre (239.5 feet) tall tapering tower of five storeys, with a 14.3 metres (47 feet) base diameter, reducing to 2.7 metres (9 feet) at the peak.It contains a spiral staircase of 379 steps.Its design is thought to have been based on the Minaret of Jam, in western Afghanistan.

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  • 12. Where the Konark Sun Temple is located?

    (A) Odisha

    (B) Uttarakhand

    (C) Delhi

    (D) Madhya Pradesh

    Answer: Odisha

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  • 13. Where the UNESCO World Heritage Sites – Khangchendzonga National Park(KNP) is located?

    (A) Uttarakhand

    (B) Himachal Pradesh

    (C) Sikkim

    (D) Darjeeling

    Answer: Sikkim

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    The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), has added Sikkim’s Khangchendzonga National Park (KNP) in its list of World Heritage Sites.Decision in this regard was taken by the 40th session of the World Heritage Committee (WHC) of UNESCO held in Istanbul in Turkey.

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  • 14. In which year , the Marvelous City -Rio de Janeiro has been listed under the UNESCO World Heritage Sites?

    (A) 2001

    (B) 2010

    (C) 2012

    (D) 2016

    Answer: 2012

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    Rio de Janeiro has been accorded this status in recognition of its extraordinary fusion of man-made and natural beauty, soaring granite cliffs, urban rainforest and beaches.

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  • 15. Which one of the following architect’s work has been listed under UNESCO World Heritage Sites?

    (A) Pierre Jeanneret

    (B) Charlotte Perriand

    (C) Le Corbusier

    (D) Louis Kahn

    Answer: Le Corbusier

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    He is a Swiss-French architect.Le Corbusier works were added in the list in recognition of his contribution in spearheading the modern architectural movement after World War I, with an emphasis on functionality, bold lines and materials such as concrete, iron and glass.

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  • 16. Where the Old city of Ani is located?

    (A) India

    (B) Turkey

    (C) Spain

    (D) Britain

    Answer: Turkey

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    It is a ruined medieval Armenian city now situated in Turkey’s province of Kars, next to the closed border with Armenia.Between 961 and 1045, it was the capital of the Bagratid Armenian kingdom that covered much of present-day Armenia and eastern Turkey. Called the “City of 1001 Churches”.Ani stood on various trade routes and its many religious buildings, palaces, and fortifications were amongst the most technically and artistically advanced structures in the world.At its height, the population of Ani probably was on the order of 100,000.

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  • 17. Where the UNESCO World Heritage Sites – Ancient Philippi is located?

    (A) Spain

    (B) Micronesia

    (C) Iran

    (D) China

    Answer: Spain

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    It is Greek archaeological site founded in 356 BC by the Macedonian King Philip II. It is located in the present-day region of eastern Macedonia and Thrace.

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  • 18. Where the UNESCO World Heritage Sites – Zuojiang Huashan rock art cultural landscape is located?

    (A) Italy

    (B) North America

    (C) China

    (D) Portugal

    Answer: China

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    The landscape straddles steep cliffs in southwest China and represent the only trace left of the Luoyue people.

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