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Battle of buxar ........ 1769
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Pit`s india act ....... 1784
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Battle of Plassey -........ 1754
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Permanent settlement of Bengal ...... 1798
East india company act also known as pit`s act
Commencement : 13 August 1784
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Delhi
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Lucknow
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Meerut
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Bareilly
During the Indian Rebellion of 1857, Begum Hazrat Mahal`s band of supporters rebelled against the forces of the British under the leadership of Raja Jalal Singh; they seized control of Lucknow, and she took power as the guardian of her minor son, Prince Birjis Qadr, whom she had declared as the ruler (Wali) of Awadh.
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M N Roy
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S A Dange
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Shaukat Ali
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Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
Red Shirt movement, byname of Khudai Khitmatgar (Persian: “Servants of Godâ€), in support of the Indian National Congress, an action started by Abdul Ghaffar Khan of the North-West Frontier Province of India in 1930.
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Bombay
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Lahore
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London
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San Francisco
The Ghadar Party, initially the Pacific Coast Hindustan Association, was formed on 15 July 1913 in the United States but before a decision to create headquarter at Yugantar Ashram in San Francisco was taken at a meeting in the town of Astoria in the state of Oregon in USA under the leadership of Har Dayal, Sant Baba Wasakha Singh Dadehar, Baba Jawala Singh, Santokh Singh and Sohan Singh Bhakna as its president. The members of the party were Indian immigrants, largely from Punjab. Many of its members were students at University of California at Berkeley including Dayal, Tarak Nath Das, Maulavi Barkatullah, Harnam Singh Tundilat, Kartar Singh Sarabha and V.G. Pingle. The party quickly gained support from Indian expatriates, especially in the United States, Canada, East Africa, and Asia.
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Swami Vivekananda
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Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
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Gopal Krishana Gokhale
D
Ram Mohan Roy
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was the most prominent campaigner. He petitioned the Legislative council,but there was a counter petition against the proposal with nearly four times more signatures by Radhakanta Deb and the Dharma Sabha. But Lord Dalhousie personally finalised the bill despite the opposition and it being considered a flagrant breach of Hindu customs as prevalent then.
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Lothal
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Harappa
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Rakhigarhi
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Chanhudaro
The excavated site of Lothal is the only port-town of the Indus Valley Civilisation. A metropolis with an upper and a lower town had in on its northern side a basin with vertical wall, inlet and outlet channels which has been identified as a tidal dockyard.
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an ethic group
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a nomadic group
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a speech group
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a superior race
The term Aryan denotes a linguistic group and not a race. Their language Vedic Sanskrit has definite relationship with major languages of Europe and Asia. Scholars call this group of languages as Indo-European and the people speaking these languages as Indo-Europeans or Indo-Aryans.
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Chand Bibi
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Begum Hazarat Mahal
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Raziya sultana
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Noorjahan
Razia Sultana was the first woman Sultanate of India, and ruled the court of Delhi from the end of 1236 to 1240. The only ever woman to do so, she defied all odds to occupy the throne, including overcoming conflicts over her gender and her slave ancestry.
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Severe drought conditions
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Gol Gumbaz
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Heavy Rainfall
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Statue of Gomateswara
Bijapur, officially known as Vijayapura, is the district headquarters of Bijapur District of Karnataka state of India. It is also the headquarters for Bijapur Taluka. Bijapur city is well known for its historical monuments of architectural importance built during the rule of the Adil Shahi dynasty.
It is the tomb of Mohammed Adil Shah. This is the most famous monument in Bijapur.
It is the largest dome ever built in India.
A particular attraction in this monument is the central chamber, where every sound is echoed seven times.
Another attraction at the Gol Gumbaz is the Whispering Gallery, where even minute sounds can be heard clearly 37 metres away.
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Portugal
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Dutch
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French
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Britian
The Portuguese discovery of the sea route to India was the first recorded trip directly from Europe to India, via the Cape of Good Hope. Under the command of Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama, it was undertaken during the reign of King Manuel I in 1495–1499.
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1492
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1498
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1948
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1857
His initial voyage to India (1497–1499) was the first to link Europe and Asia by an ocean route, connecting the Atlantic and the Indian oceans and therefore, the West and the Orient. This is widely considered a milestone in world history, as it marked the beginning of a sea-based phase of global multiculturalism
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East India company and Shah Alam
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East India company and Suja-ud-daula
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East India company and siraj-ud-daula
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East India company and Arwar-ud-din
The Battle of Plassey was fought in north-eastern India on 23 June 1757. Troops of the British East India Company, led by Robert Clive, came up against the forces of Siraj-ud-Daulah, the last Nawab of Bengal, and his French allies.
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Battle of Plassey
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Battle of Buxar
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Anglo-Sikh War
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Third Ango-Mysore War
The Treaty of Allahabad was signed on 12 August 1765, between the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II, son of the late Emperor Alamgir II, and Robert Clive, of the East India Company, in the aftermath of the Battle of Buxar of 23 October 1764.
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The Sepoys
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The Zamindars
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The Peasants
D
The Plantation Workers
Indian Mutiny, also called Sepoy Mutiny or First War of Independence, widespread but unsuccessful rebellion against British rule in India in 1857–59. Begun in Meerut by Indian troops (sepoys) in the service of the British East India Company, it spread to Delhi, Agra, Kanpur, and Lucknow.
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The last effort of the old political order to regain power
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Munity of a section of sepoys of the British Army
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A struggle of the common of people to overthrow common rule
D
An effort to establish a limited Indian Nation
Munity of a section of sepoys of the British Army
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Colin Campbell
B
John Nicolson
C
Hugh Rose
D
William Taylor
John Nicolson
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Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B
Gopal Krishana Gokhale
C
Surendranath Banerjee
D
Dadabhai Naoroji
The Servants of India Society was founded in 1905 by Gopal Krishna Gokhale, considered as a the leader of the "moderate" faction of the pre-independence Congress from whom Gandhi drew inspiration.
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BR Ambedkar
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Subhash Chandra Bose
C
Mahatma Gandhi
D
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Young India was a weekly paper or journal in English published by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi from 1919 to 1931. Gandhi wrote various quotations in this journal that inspired many.
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Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
C
Dadabhai Naoroji
D
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Raja Ram Mohan Roy advocated the introduction of western education and English Language in India.
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1919
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1921
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1923
D
1916
Rowlatt Acts, (February 1919), legislation passed by the Imperial Legislative Council, the legislature of British India. The acts allowed certain political cases to be tried without juries and permitted internment of suspects without trial. Their object was to replace the repressive provisions of the wartime Defence of India Act (1915) by a permanent law.
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RC Dutt
B
WC Banerjee
C
Dadabhai Naoroji
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None of the above
Poverty and Un- British in India book is written by Dadabhai Naoroji. He was born in the year 1825 . He was Co- founder of Indian National Congress.
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Mahatma Gandhi
B
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
C
Vinoba Bhave
D
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Raja Ram Mohan Roy is considered to be the father of modern Indian renaissance. He was born in an orthodox and well-to-do Brahmana family in a village in the Burdwan district of West Bengal in 1772, and died in 1833. Besides English and Bengali, Ram Mohan Roy acquired knowledge of Sanskrit, Persian and Arabic.
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Lord Mayo
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Lord Ripon
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Lord Dufferin
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Lord Curzon
Lord Dufferin (1826-1902) was the Governor General and Viceroy of India from 1884 to 1888). He had succeeded Lord Ripon in December 1884 and was known as one of the most successful diplomats of his time. Foundation of Indian National Congress by A O Hume in 1885 and Third Anglo-Burmese War of 1885 are two important events of his period. The Third Anglo-Burmese War resulted in the annexation of upper Burma. As a result, his tenure saw the final extinction of Burma as an independent power.
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Khudiram Bose
B
Rash Behari Bose
C
Bhagat Singh
D
Chandrashekhar Azad
On February 27, 1931, when Azad found himself surrounded by policemen faithful to the colonial government in Alfred Park – now known as Chandrashekhar Azad Park – and took his own life rather than surrender, it is said the whole of Allahabad overflowed with emotions.
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1930
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1920
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1921
D
1942
The Non-Cooperation Movement was pitched in under leadership of Mahatma Gandhi and the Indian National Congress from September 1920 to February 1922, marking a new awakening in the Indian Independence Movement.
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1941
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1942
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1945
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1946
In August 1942, Gandhiji started the Quit India Movement and decided to launch a mass civil disobedience movement Do or Die call to force the British to leave India.
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Phad Painting
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Warli Painting
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Madhubani Painting
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All of the above
Phad paintings are very detailed. Every inch of the canvas is used. Since the ancient stories are depicted in the paintings, Phads have a lot of human figures in them. The size and color of which depends upon the role and position they had. These paintings are done on clothes. A thick fine paste of wheat/rice flour, prepared by boiling the mixture in water, is applied on the cloth which is then dried in sunlight. The cloth is then rubbed with Mohra|(a stone device) to bring out the smoothness and shine in it. Now the cloth is ready to be painted. The colors used in Phad are all-natural, obtained from various plants and vegetable extracts. Earthen colors are used to bring the acrylic effect.
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Shikharas
B
Garbhagriha
C
Mandapa
D
None of the above
Garbhgriha
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Kathakali
B
Kalbelia
C
Kuchipudi
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Bahratnatyam
The most popular form of Kuchipudi dance is Matka (pot) dance, in which a dancer fills the pot with water & keeps it on her head and hops by placing her feet on a brass plate.
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Queen Charlotte
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Queen Elizabeth
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Queen Isabella
D
Queen Victoria
The Indian Rebellion of 1857 forced the British Government to pass the Act. The Act was followed a few months later by Queen Victoria`s proclamation to the "Princes, Chiefs, and People of India", which, among other things, stated, "We hold ourselves bound to the natives of our Indian territories by the same obligation of duty which bind us to all our other subjects."
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Kathak
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Bharatanatyam
C
Mohiniyattam
D
Kuchipudi
Kathak is one of the 10 major classical dance forms of India. It is a classical dance from Northern India. One who performs Kathak are known as Kathakas. They communicated stories from the great epics and ancient mythology through dance.
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Buddhists
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Sikhs
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Christians
D
Parsis
The festival is organized in Hemis Gompa, which is one of the largest and richest Buddhist monasteries in the world. The Buddhist festival is held by the Lama Head to celebrate the birth anniversary of Guru Padmasambhava, the Tibetan Buddhism founder.
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The Tribune
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The Times of India
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The Hindu
D
The New Indian Express
Originally called The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce, the paper was founded in 1838 to serve the British residents of western India. At first published twice weekly, the paper became a daily in 1851 and changed its name to The Times of India in 1861.
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Andaman and Nicobar
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Puducherry
C
Lakshadweep
D
Dadra and Nagar Havelli
The Kavaratti is the capital of the Union Territory Lakshadweep in India. The Island of Kavaratti lies 360Km of the coast of the State of Kerala at 10.57°N 72.64°E. is the closest major city on the Indian mainland at a distance of 404 km (218 nmi).
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Jharkhand --- Ranchi
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Chhattisgarh --- Raipur
C
Uttarakhand --- Dehradun
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Telangana --- Hyderabad
Chhattisgarh, carved out of Madhya Pradesh came into being on 1 November 2000 as the 26th State of the Union. And its capital is Raipur
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Maharashtra
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Gujarat
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Punjab
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Uttarakhand
Giddha, also spelled Giḍḍa, traditional pastoral dance performed by women of the Punjab, India, and Pakistan at festival times and at the sowing and reaping of the harvest.
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August, 16, 1946
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August, 10, 1945
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Jan 10, 1949
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Sep 15, 1948
Direct Action Day (16 August 1946), also known as the 1946 Calcutta Killings, was a day of nationwide protest by the Indian Muslim community announced by Jinnah.
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Utter Pradesh
B
Bihar
C
Rajasthan
D
Delhi
Singh led the Indian Rebellion of 1857 in Bihar. He was nearly eighty and in failing health when he was called upon to take up arms. He was assisted by both his brother, Babu Amar Singh and his commander-in-chief, Hare Krishna Singh
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Indore
B
Gwalior
C
Nagpur
D
Kochi
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August 1947
B
June 1948
C
August 1949
D
June 1950
The Prime Minister of Britain Clement Atlee declared on February 20, 1947 in the House of Commons that the British would quit India after transferring power into the responsible hand not later than June 1948.
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Mahatma Gandhi
B
Jawahar Lal Nehru
C
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D
Sardar VBallabhai Patel
At August Kranti Maidan, Mahatma Gandhi delivered his famous "do or die" speech, which marked the beginning of Quit India Movement.
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Chandragupta-I
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Samudragupta
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Chandragupta-II
D
Kumaragupta
Fa-hien, a Chinese pilgrim, visited India during the reign of Chandra Gupta II. His primary aim was to visit the Buddhist religious places and to take with him the copies of the Buddhist religious texts.
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It was an act to eradicate corruption from India
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It was a scheme of future education in India
C
It was a divide and rule policy of British
D
It was a scheme for the formations of new nations
It recommended that the existing Board of Control for Education be abolished and the office of the Director of Public Instructions should be established in the states. The result was Education Departments were established in every province and universities were opened at Calcutta, Bombay and Madras.
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Raja Rammohan Roy
B
Rabindranath Tagore
C
Womesh Chandra Banerjee
D
Girish Chandra Gosh
After the party`s foundation in December 1885, Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee became its first president.
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Ram Manohar Lohia
B
Moulana Abdul Kalam Azad
C
Jawahar Lal Nehru
D
Sarojini Naidu
With the emergence in 1942 of the Quit India movement—a campaign initiated by Mohandas K. Gandhi to urge the withdrawal of British authorities from India— Ram Manohar Lohia and other CSP leaders (such as Jaya Prakash Narayan) mobilized support from the underground.
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Lord Dufferin
B
Aurobindo Ghosh
C
Bipin Chandrapal
D
Lord Curzon
Lord Dufferin initially did not take Congress much seriously. He initially called Congress as representative of “microscopic minority of India” but later in the fourth session of Allahabad, the Government servants were disallowed to take part in the proceedings of the Congress.
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Mohen-jo-daro and Dholavira
B
Harappa and Babar Kot
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Babar Kot and Dholavira
D
Dholavira
Babar Kot is located in Saurashtra, Gujarat and Dholavira is located Kutch District, Gujarat.
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Subhash Chandra Bose
B
Mahatma Gandhi
C
Laxmi Sehgal
D
Chandrasekar Azad
Hindustan Socialist Republican Association before 1928 was known as the Hindustan Republican Association. It is reckoned as one amongst the Indian independence associations during the time of freedom struggle. Bhagat Singh, Yogendra Shukla and Chandrasekar Azad were the key functionaries of Hindustan Socialist Republican Association.
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Swadeshi Movement
B
Champaran Satyagraha
C
Non-Cooperation Movement
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Civil Disobedience Movement
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Vidisha
B
Ujjain
C
Pataliputra
D
Mithila
The name Mithila goes back to Puranic times. It occurs in the Mahabharata and in Pali literature. According to the Puranic tradition the name has been derived from that of Mithi (son of Nimi) King of Ayodhya and grandson of Manu who founded a kingdom which was called Mithila after him. It is associated with Valmiki, Ashtavakra, Yajnavalkya, Udayana, Mahavira, Kanada, Jaimini and Kapila as well as the women philosophers, such as, Gargi, Maitreyi, Bharati and Katyayani. After the era of the Ramayana it is said that the three seats of culture in Vedic period - Kosala, Kasi and Videha - merged to form the Vajjians confederacy and the centre of political gravity shifted from Mithila to Vaishali.
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Avadh
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Ruhelkhand
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Bundelkhand
D
Malwa
Ujjain (Avanti, Avantikapuri), is an ancient city of Malwa region in central India, on the eastern bank of the Kshipra River, today part of the state of Madhya Pradesh. Avanti with its capital at Ujjaini, is mentioned in Buddhist literature as one of the four great powers along with Vatsa, Kosala and Magadha
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Fairly egalitarian
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Slave-Labour based
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Colour (Varna) based
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Caste based
The archaeological record of the Indus civilization provides practically no evidence of armies, kings, slaves, social conflict, prisons, and other oft-negative traits that we traditionally associated with early civilizations. If there were neither slaves nor kings, a more egalitarian system of governance may have been practiced. Besides, compared to other ancient civilizations the houses were of nearly equal size indicating a more egalitarian social structure i.e. The Social System of the Harappans was fairly egalitarian.
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Rig-veda
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Yajur-veda
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Atharva-veda
D
Sama-veda
The Vedic period (or Vedic age) was a period in history during which the Vedas, the oldest scriptures of Hinduism, were composed. The time span of the period is uncertain. Philological and linguistic evidence indicates that the Rig Veda, the oldest of the Vedas, was composed roughly between 1700 and 1100 BCE, also referred to as the early Vedic period. It is an important source of information on the Vedic religion and their Gods as well as presents a detailed account of the life of the people at that time
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Kanchi
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Taxila
C
Nalanda
D
Vallabhi
Nalanda was an ancient centre of higher learning in Bihar, which was a Buddhist centre of learning from the fifth or sixth century A.D. to 1197 CE. Nalanda flourished between the reign of the Sakraditya (whose identity is uncertain and who might have been either Kumara Gupta I or Kumara Gupta II) and 1197 A.D, supported by patronage from the Hindu Gupta rulers as well as Buddhist emperors like Harsha and later emperors from the Pala Empire
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Vikramaditya
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Kumaragupta
C
Harshavardhana
D
Kanishka
Banabhatta was a Sanskrit scholar and poet of India. He was the Asthana Kavi in the court of King Harshavardhana, who reigned in the years 606–647 CE in north India. Bana`s principal works include a biography of Harsha, the Harshacharita and one of the world`s earliest novels, Kadambari. The other works attributed to him is the Parvatiparinaya
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Rajaraja I
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Rajendra I
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Rajadhiraja I
D
Kulottunga I
Rajaraja Chola I created a powerful standing army and a considerable navy, which achieved even greater success under his son Rajendra Chola I. One of the last conquests of Rajaraja was the naval conquest of the old islands of the sea numbering 12,000, the Maldives. Chola Navy also had played a major role in the invasion of Lanka.
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Horse sacrifice was known to them.
B
Cow was sacred to them.
C
Pashupati was venerated by them.
D
The culture was not generally static.
Potteries of the Harappan Civilization bring out the gradual evolutionary trend in the culture. It is on the basis of different types of potteries and ceramic art from found over the different stages of the civilization, it can be said that Harappan culture was not static and did not disappear suddenly. While showing signs of decay, in course of time it rejuvenated itself by reviving some of the earlier ceramic traditions and evolving new ones in the transitional phase
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Arishtanemi
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Parshvanath
C
Ajitanath
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Rishabha
In Jainism, Rishabh was the first of the 24 Tirthankaras who founded the Ikshavaku dynasty and was the first Tirthankara of the present age. Because of this, he was called Adinath. He is mentioned in the Hindu text of the Bhagavata Purana as an avatar of Vishnu. In Jainism, a Tirthankara is a human being who helps in achieving liberation and enlightenment as an “Arihant” by destroying all of their soul constraining (ghati) karmas, became a role-model and leader for those seeking spiritual guidance.
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Kanishka
B
Ashoka
C
Harsha
D
Fa-Hien
The Silk Road or Silk Route is a modern term referring to a historical network of interlinking trade routes across the Afro-Eurasian landmass that connected East, South, and Western Asia with the Mediterranean and European world, as well as parts of North and East Africa. Extending 6,500 km, the Silk Road gets its name from the lucrative Chinese silk trade along it, which began during the Han Dynasty (206 BC – 220 AD). The Kushan empire incorporated Samarkand, Bokhara and Fergana, bordering on the Silk Road towns of Kashgar, Yarkand and Khotan. The main route from Central Asia into India, connecting India with the Silk Roads and the Mediterranean, ran through Gandhara. Kanishka sought to promote the thriving trade with the Silk Road centres like Kashgar and beyond, sending an envoy to Ttajan in Rome.
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Satavahanas
B
Mauryas
C
Guptas
D
Cholas
Land grants formed an important feature of the Satavahana rural administration. Inscriptions show that the Satavahanas started the practice of granting fiscal and administrative immunities to Brahmins and Buddhist monks. Earlier, the grants to individuals were temporary but later grants to religious beneficiaries were permanent. Perhaps the earliest epigraphic grant of land is found in the Nanaghat Cave Inscription of naganika, who bestowed villages (grama) on priests for officiating at Vedic sacrifices, but it does not speak of any concessions in this context. These appear first in grants made by Gautamiputra Satakarni in the first quarter of the second century A.D.
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Satapatha Brahman
B
Atharva Veda
C
Sulva Sutras
D
Chhandogya Upanishad
The Shulba Sutras are sutra texts belonging to the Strauta ritual and containing geometry related to firealtar construction. They are part of the larger corpus of texts called the Shrauta Sutras, considered to be appendices to the Vedas. They are the only sources of knowledge of Indian mathematics from the Vedic period. The four major Shulba Sutras, which are mathematically the most significant, are those composed by Baudhayana, Manava, Apastamba and Katyayana
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Shakas
B
Parthians
C
Greeks
D
Kushans
The most interesting term in Indian drama with Greek connotation is yavanika, which means a stage curtain. For the first time in Panini`s grammar, there is a reference to Yavana and Yavanani writing. However, the theory is not only erroneous but ridiculous because there is no curtain in the Greek drama and also there is no word “yavanika” in Sanskrit language. There is Yavani meaning Greek woman
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Kanishka
B
Vikramaditya
C
Samudra Gupta
D
Asoka
The mightiest of the Kushan rulers in India was Kanishka. He was in power from 78 AD to 120 AD. It was Kanishka who initiated the Saka Era in 78 AD. Through inheritance and conquest, Kanishka’s kingdom covered an area extending from Bukhara (now in Uzbekistan) in the west to Patna in the Ganges Valley in the east, and from the Pamirs (now in Tajikistan) in the north to central India in the south. His capital was Purushpura (Peshawar).
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Compassionate Buddha
B
Radha-Krishan Leela
C
Jain Thirthankaras
D
Mahabharata encounters
The Ajanta Caves in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra, India are 30 rock-cut cave monuments which date from the 2nd century BCE to the 600 CE. The caves include paintings and sculptures considered to be masterpieces of Buddhist religious art (which depict the Jataka tales) as well as frescos which are reminiscent of the Sigiriya paintings in Sri Lanka. The Ajanta cave paintings depict the life of Gautam Buddha.
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Xerxes
B
Alexander
C
Darius-I
D
Seleucus
In about 518 BCE, the Persians invaded India. They were led by King Darius I, who conquered the Indus Valley and the area that is now the state of Punjab. Darius-I was successful in maintaining power, and his descendants continued to rule the area when he died. Darius-I also began to collect a tribute tax, and spread news of India`s many natural resources to Europe.
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Maurya
B
Gupta
C
Kushan
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Kanva
The Maurya Empire was a geographically extensive Iron Age historical power in ancient India, ruled by the Mauryan dynasty from 321 to 185 BC. Originating from the kingdom of Magadha in the IndoGangetic plains (modern Bihar, eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bengal) in the eastern side of the Indian subcontinent, the empire had its capital city at Pataliputra (modern Patna). The Empire was founded in 322 BC by Chandragupta Maurya. The Gupta Empire was an ancient Indian empire which existed from approximately 320 to 550 CE and covered much of the Indian Subcontinent. The Kushan Empire was originally formed in the early 1st century AD under Kujula Kadphises in the territories of ancient Bactria around the Oxus River (Amu Darya), and later based near Kabul, Afghanistan. The Kanva dynasty was a Brahman dynasty founded by Vasudeva Kanva, the minister of Devabhuti, the last Sunga king in 75 BCE 19.
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Jainism
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Buddhism
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Hinduism
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Christianity
Jivaka Chintamani (fabulous gem) is a classical epic poem, considered one of the five great Tamil epics according to later Tamil literary tradition, the thers being Manimegalai, Silappadikaram, Valayapathi and Kundalakesi. It was composed during the 10th century CE by Thiruthakka Thevar, a Jain monk. It narrates the romantic exploits of Jeevaka and throws light on arts of music and dance of the era. It is reputed to have been the model for Kamba Ramayanam. The epic is based on Sanskrit original and contains the exposition of Jain doctrines and beliefs.
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Rajgir
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Bodh Gaya
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Sarnath
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Kushinagar
Kushinagar is a town and a nagar panchayat in Kushinagar district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is an important Buddhist pilgrimage site, where Gautama Buddha is thought to have attained Parinirvana after his death. It is one of the most important four holy sites for Buddhists. At this location, near the Hiranyavati River, Gautama Buddha attained Parinirvana (or Final Nirvana) after falling ill from eating a meal of a species of mushroom, or possibly pork.
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Mauryas
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Indo-Greeks
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Guptas
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Kushans
The Indo-Greek kings were the first to issue gold coins in India and their coins were special in the sense that each king had his own distinctive coins by which he could be definitely identified. The names of at least thirty Bactrian kings are known with the help of numerous coins, and they help in the reconstruction of the history of the kings. The coins carry legends in Greek and also in Kharosthi and Brahmi.
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Chalukya
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Sunga
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Rashtrakuta
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Pallava
These religious establishments could have received royal patronage from various dynasties, even though inscriptional evidences are lacking for most of them. The only definite inscriptional evidence is that of Rashtrakuta Dantidurga (c. 753-57 A.D.) The majority of the Brahmanical establishments and the remaining Buddhist ones can be attributed to the Rashtrakuta times which indicate the religious tolerance of the contemporary period. The Jaina caves definitely postdate the Rashtrakutas as indicated by the style of execution and fragmentary inscriptions. This region was under the control of Kalyani Chalukyas and Yadavas of Deogiri (Daulatabad) during this period.
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Kanchi
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Madurai
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Shri Shailan
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Tanjore
The Brihadeshwar Temple at Thanjavur (Tanjore) in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva and a brilliant example of the major heights achieved by Cholas in Tamil architecture. It is a tribute and a reflection of the power of its patron Raja Raja Chola I. It remains India’s largest temple and is one of the greatest glories of Indian architecture. The temple is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site “Great Living Chola Temples”
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Jainism
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Buddhism
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Hindusim
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Christianity
shilppadikaram is one of the five Great Epics according to later Tamil literary tradition, the others being Manimegalai, Civaka Cintamani, Valayapathi and Kundalakesi. The poet prince Ilango Adigal is credited with this work. He is reputed to be the brother of Senguttuvan from Chera dynasty. Ilango Adigal was a Buddhist monk and Silappadhikaram and Manimekalai are Buddhist epics. Manimekalai, a purely Buddhist work of the 3rd Sangam period in Tamil literature is the most supreme and famous among the Buddhist work done in Tamil. It is a work expounding the doctrines and propagating the values of Buddhism.It also talks about the Tamil Buddhists in the island. (Source: L. Basam Page No. 475)
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