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1.IMAGINE IF YOU ARE AT THE SURAT PORT IN THE17TH CENTURY AND  YOU SEE MERCHANDISE BEING UNLOADED FROM A  DHOW , IT MEANSTHE MERCHANDISE IS FROM
A.PORTUGAL
B.MALAYA
C.ENGLAND
D.ARABIA
2.KNOWN AS INDIA’S GEOGRAPHICAL CENTRE IT IS ALSO CALLED AS  ZERO MILE , IN WHICH CITY IS THIS LOCATED?
3.In which state is the festival Bali Jatra which commemorates the glorious past of commercial sea journeys which were organised  to the islands of Sumatra , Java Lanka and Bali. It was on the Karthik Purnima the sailors used to set sail to distant lands for the expansion of trade and culture.
4.The tourism department of a particular state of  India has signed an Memorandum of Understanding  with  UNESCO  for promoting and protecting the spice route heritage of the state .
It is a revival of the ancient spice route that connected 31 countries in Asia, Africa and Europe.The Spice Route Project has a great potential for promoting world peace and inter-faith tolerance apart from contributing to the sustainable development of the countries involved. As part of the programmes, UNESCO will organise a culinary festival in which chefs from all the 31 countries linked to the Spice Route will reinvent the different culinary traditions of their countries.

Another highlight of the agreement is for promoting academic exchange, intercultural dialogue and joint heritage conservation projects on a shared heritage development initiative among the 31 countries of West Asia,  Far East, Africa and Europe that were part of the Spice Route.

5. This country depends of Pakistan for access to Indian Ocean .But with the development of Chabahar port of Iran a new trade route can be opened between India and this country bypassing Pakistan .This country is going to get a new access to Indian Ocean .Can you name the country which is part of tripartite deal with  India and Iran.
6. Naseem al Bahr is a Biennial Joint naval  exercise between India and a Gulf country . Can you name the country.

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