Mawlynnong village which is also credited as Asia's cleanest village is…

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Mawlynnong village which is also credited as Asia's cleanest village is located in ____ State.

  1. A.

    Nagaland

  2. B.

    Sikkim

  3. C.

    Meghalaya

  4. D.

    Mizoram

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Correct answer: C

Static-GK 'famous place' questions test whether a well-known landmark, village, or monument is correctly mapped to its home state, since the fact is a fixed geographic association rather than something computed.

Mawlynnong is a village in the East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya, in India's north-east. Discover India magazine named it Asia's cleanest village in 2003, and the village has sustained that reputation for cleanliness through community-led daily sweeping, bamboo dustbins, and a strict ban on littering enforced by the village council. Because this cleanliness reputation is tied specifically to the Khasi Hills, the blank in the stem is filled by Meghalaya.

  • Nagaland: a north-eastern state bordering Myanmar, known for the Hornbill Festival and the war cemetery at Kohima.

  • Sikkim: located in the eastern Himalayas and recognised as India's first fully organic state, with Kanchenjunga on its border.

  • Meghalaya: contains the East Khasi Hills district and is among India's wettest regions, home to Cherrapunji and Mawsynram.

  • Mizoram: a north-eastern state bordering Myanmar and Bangladesh, known for the bamboo Cheraw dance and a high literacy rate.

So the correct state is Meghalaya.

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