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RL MISELENEOUS HIST 1 Flashcards

1
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●The Gandhara art flourished under—

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the Kushanas

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“●Who is known as the ““Father of the IndianRenaissance””?—”

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Raja Ram Mohan Roy

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●Who wrote the song ‘Sare Jahan Se AcchaHindoostan Hamara’?—

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Mohammad Iqbal

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4
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●Kathakali classical dance originated in—

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Kerala

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5
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●The Jaina literature is known as—

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Angas

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6
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“●”“Autobiography of an unknown Indian”” was writtenby—”

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Nirad C. Chaudhuri

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7
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●What is the name of the famous folk drama of Bhils?—

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Gavari

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8
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●Raja Ravi Verma of Kerala was a distinguished—

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painter

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9
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“●Who is known as the ““Lady with the Lamp”” ?—”

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Florence Nightingale

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10
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●The World Heritage Sites in Madhya Pradesh are—

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Khajuraho Temples, Sanchi Stupa and RockShelters of Bhimbetka

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●In India, the day 5th September is celebrated asTeacher’s Day to honour the birthday of—

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Dr. S.Radhakrishnan

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12
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●Sarnath is in the State of -—

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Uttar Pradesh

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13
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●’Let no man ask a man’s sect or caste’ - Whosedictum was this?—

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Kabir

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14
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●The large Shiva Temple at Thanjavur was built by -—

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Rajaraja Chola

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15
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●Who built Char Minar ?—

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Quli Qutb Shah

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16
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●The birth place of Guru Nanak was—

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Talwandi

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17
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●Santhali language is chiefly spoken by more than sixmillion people in India. Apart from the states ofBihar and Jharkhand, it is also spoken in the stateof:—

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Assam, Orrisa, West Bengal and Tripura

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18
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●Who is the writer of ‘Buddhacharita’ ?—

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Ashwaghosha

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19
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●To which king belonged the Lion Capital at Sarnath?—

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Ashoka

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20
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●The greatest development in the Kushana period wasin the field of—

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Art

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21
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●In which dance form is the theme/story always drawnfrom the Mahabharata or Ramayana?—

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Kuchipudi

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22
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●What is the popular form of musical theatre ofMaharashtra?—

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Lavani

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23
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●A single note played on Sitar and Veena differs in:—

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Quality

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24
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●In which regional dialect of Hindi did Kabir write?—

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Bhojpuri

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25
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●Who is well-known in Indian classical vocal music?—

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M.S. Subbalakshmi

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26
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●Two Mahakumbh Fairs at the same place areorganized after an interval of:—

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12 years

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27
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●Who is a famous violin player?—

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Professor T.N.Krishnan

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28
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●Le Corbusier, the architect of Chandigarh, was anative of:—

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France

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29
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●In which field did Jaimini Rai earn fame?—

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Painting

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30
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●Where is the Pushkar fair organized?—

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Ajmer

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31
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●Which museum of India is known as the repository ofworld art collection?—

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Salarjung Museum

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32
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“●Who is believed to have popularized ““Thumri”” formof Indian music?—”

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Amir Khusro

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33
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●Where is the Swaminarayan Temple, Akshardham,located?—

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Gandhinagar, Gujarat

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34
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●Where is the Salarjung Museum located?—

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Hyderabad

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35
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●Which musical instrument is devoid of strings?—

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Trumpet

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36
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●Which musician was deaf?—

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Beethoven L.V.

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37
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●Who is considered to be the ‘Father of Sitar’? —

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Amir Khusro

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38
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●At which place did miniature painting of Indianheritage develop?—

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Kisangarh

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39
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●Which was the first color film to be directed in India?—

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Mughal-e-Azam

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40
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●In which region is the ‘Garba’ dance famous?—

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Gujarat

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41
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●Since when did Akashvani (A.I.R) start to work withits original name of ‘Indian BroadcastingCompany’?—

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1927

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42
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●What has been the field of activity of Pandit BhimsenJoshi?—

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Classical Music (singing)

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43
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●Where did the dance form of ‘Mohiniattam’ develop?—

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Kerala

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44
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●Which dance is related to war?—

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Chhao dance ofMayurbhanj

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45
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●In which state is Madhubani folk painting famous?—

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Bihar

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46
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●Which type of musical instrument is Santoor?—

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String instrument

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47
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●What is the term for a collection of pictures which areused as input in documents?—

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Clip art

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48
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●In which dance form was Huru KelucharanMahapatra skilled?—

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Odissi

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49
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●In which period did Gandhara art develop?—

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Kushana period

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50
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●The first talkie film of India was:—

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Alam Ara

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51
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●Yamini Krishnamurty is famous for:—

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Bharatanatyam dance form

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52
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●Who is famous for Indian classical vocal music?—

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Pandit Jasraj

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53
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●Which place is famous for ‘Chikan’ genre ofembroidery?—

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Lucknow

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54
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●Who is famous in the field of painting?—

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Raja RaviVarma

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55
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●What is the most ancient musical instrument ofIndia?—

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Veena

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56
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●Who was not a great Carnatic musician?—

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VishnuDigambar Paluskar

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57
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●Who was the pioneer of Bengal style of painting?—

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Abindranath Tagore

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58
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●What sort of musical instrument is Nadaswaram?—

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Wind instrument

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59
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●In which dance form did Birju Maharaj gain fame?—

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Kathak

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60
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●Which state government confers the ‘TansenSamman’?—

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Madhya Pradesh

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61
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●In the field of art, Rajasthani and Pahadi styles arefamous for:—

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Painting

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62
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●With which discipline is Mallika Sarabhaiassociated?—

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Classical dance

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63
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●Who is considered to be the composer of ‘Mia kiMalhar’ melody?—

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Tansen

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64
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●With which musical instrument is HariprasadChaurasia associated?—

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Flute

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65
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●Who promoted the Persian festival of Nauroz?—

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Balban

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66
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●The masterpiece, called ‘Hansa Damyanti’ has beenpainted by:—

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Raja Ravi Varma

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67
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●How many strings are there in Sarod?—

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19

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68
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●Who portrayed the character of Mahatma Gandhi inthe film ‘Gandhi’?—

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Ben Kingsley

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69
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●In which city is the National School of Dramalocated?—

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New Delhi

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70
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●Which folk dance is related to Rajasthan?—

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Suisani

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71
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●Which folk dance is related to Karnataka?—

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Yakshagaan

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72
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●Which folk dance is related to Uttar Pradesh?—

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Thora

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73
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●Which folk dance is related to Jammu and Kashmir?—

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Rauf

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74
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●Nautanki is the folk dance of:—

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Uttar Pradesh

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75
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●Guru Gopinath was the exponent of:—

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Kathakali

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76
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●Kuchipudi is one of the dance-drama of which Indianstate?—

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Andhra Pradesh

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77
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●Satyajit Ray was associated with the field of:—

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Filmdirection

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78
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●Which is the popular festival of Assam?—

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RongaliBihu

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79
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●’Tabal Chongali’ is one of the folk dances of:—

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Assam

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80
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●Which place connected to Sikh religious tradition isnot located in India?—

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Nankana Saheb

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81
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●Who is a renowned Odissi dancer?—

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Sonal ManSingh

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82
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●Which is that musical instrument in which UstadAmjad Ali Khan is skilled?—

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Sarod

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83
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●Who is renowned in the field of sculpture?—

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SarojVaidyanathan

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84
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●Who is a famous Tabla player?—

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Allah Rakha

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85
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Who is famous in the field of sculpture?—

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PradoshDas Gupta

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86
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●Who was famous as classical vocal musicist?—

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B.Krishnamurty Shastrigal

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87
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●Padma Subrahmanyam is an exponent of:—

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Bharatanatyam

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88
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●In which musical instrument is Pandit Shiv KumarSharma proficient?—

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Santoor

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89
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●Which language is spoken by the people ofLakshadweep?—

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Malayalam

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90
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●’Gidda’ is the famous folk dance of:—

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Punjab

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91
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●Which one is a classical dance form?—

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Bharatanatyam

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92
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●In which field has Pradosh Dasgupta gained fame?—

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Sculpture

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93
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●For which creative art form is Sanyukta Panigrahifamous?—

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Odissi dance

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94
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●Which one is a classical dance form?—

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Kathakali

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95
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●In which state is the religious festival of ‘GaneshChaturthi’ celebrated with fervor and gaiety?—

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Maharashtra

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96
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●Which one is not a form of Carnatic music?—

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Tappa

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97
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●Who is not associated with Sitar?—

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Ustad AlauddinKhan

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98
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●In which field has Ustad Bismillah Khan gainedfame?—

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Shehnai

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99
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●Which language was given the status of a classicallanguage by the central government?—

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Tamil

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100
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●From which state of India did Kathakali classicaldance begin?—

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Kerala

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101
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●Classical dance of Odissi is the product of:—

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Odisha

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102
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●Who is a famous Table player?—

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Zakir Husain

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103
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●In whose honour is the ‘Rath Yatra’ organized inPuri?—

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God Jagannaath

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104
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●Which religious leader established ‘four mathas’ inIndia?—

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Shankracharya

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105
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●Who was the first Christian missionary to India ?—

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Thomas the Apostle

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106
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●Which term is used to describe the spread ofBuddhism from India through Southeast Asia ?—

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Cultural diffusion

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107
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●Name the Mughal Prince, who translated BhagavatGita into Persian ?—

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Dara Shukoh

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108
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●The famous car (chariot) festival is held at—

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Puri

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109
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“●”“Sattriya Nritya”” recognised as a classical danceform of India by the Sangeet Natak Akademi onlyin 2000, originated from—”

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Assam

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110
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●What is ‘Milindapanho’ ?—

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A Buddhist text

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111
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●The National calendar based on the Saka era beganon—

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AD 78

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112
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●Udayagiri rock-cut-caves are located in—

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Orissa

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113
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●Sanjukta Panigrahi was famous for the dance—

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Bharatnatyam

114
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“●”“Bhangra”” is a dance of—”

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Punjab

115
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●’Natya Shastra’ was written by—

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Bharat Muni

116
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●Amuktamalyada is the work of—

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Krishnadeva Raya

117
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●The most popular festival in Tamil Nadu is—

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Pongal

118
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●Krishnadevaraya built the Krishnaswami temple inHampi, which is situated in the present state of:—

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Karnataka

119
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●The caves of Ajanta and Ellora belonged to :—

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Buddhists

120
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●Jataka is a Buddhist literature on—

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Stories ofprevious births of Buddha

121
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●When did the best productions of Gandharasculpture appear?—

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Kushan period

122
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●The seashore temple at Mahabalipuram was built by—

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Narasimha Varman I

123
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●The Crimean War came to an end by the—

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Treaty ofParis

124
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●During the Second World War, which country wasnot one of the three Axis Powers, which foughtagainst the Allied Powers ?—

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China

125
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●In which battle did Napoleonic France suffer finaldefeat?—

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Battle of Trafalgar

126
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●On which side did Japan fight in the First WorldWar?—

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with United Kingdom against Germany

127
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●According to Marx, the source of value is—

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Labour

128
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●Where was Christopher Columbus from ?—

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Spain

129
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●Who was the chairperson of the Chinese CommunistParty at the time of liberation of China?—

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MaoZedong

130
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●Cold War refers to—

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tension between East and West

131
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●Who is the oldest British monarch to sit on theThrone?—

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Queen Elizabeth II

132
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●Some lines of demarcation between two countries are—

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MacMahon Line, Radcliffe Line and DurandLine

133
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“●Who said : ““Where there is no law, there is nofreedom””?—”

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John Locke

134
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“●”“The word impossible is found in the dictionary offools”” was the famous quote of :—”

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Napoleon

135
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●Peking is the sacred place of—

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Confucianism

136
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●Which country emerged as the biggest colonial powerat the end of the nineteenth century?—

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Britain

137
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●Marcopolo is known for—

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travelling to China, Indiaand Asia

138
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●The Declaration of American Independence wasbased on the theory of—

A

Natural Rights

139
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“●Who said ““Man is a social animal””?—”

A

Aristotle

140
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●On which dates did the US drop atom bombs onHiroshima and Nagasaki respectively ?—

A

Aug 6,1945 & Aug 9,1945

141
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●Who drafted the Declaration of AmericanIndependence?—

A

Thomas Jefferson

142
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●Between which European Powers was the CrimeanWar mainly fought?—

A

The Ottomans, British andFrench against the Russians

143
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●The rapid colonization of Africa by the Europeanpowers after 1880 was motivated primarily by—

A

the desire for new markets, raw materials andstrategic advantage

144
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●The Silk Routes were important in ancient timesbecause they—

A

facilitated the exchange of goodsand ideas between China and the Roman Empire

145
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●When the Portuguese sailed around the Cape of GoodHope and entered the Indian Ocean in the latefifteenth century, they found—

A

a network of longdistance trade routes dominated by Muslimmerchants.

146
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●The cradle of the Sumerian civilisation was the deltaof Euphrates and Tigris rivers. In what modernday nation is this located ?—

A

Iraq

147
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●Japan’s attack on which place brought the USA intoSecond World War ?—

A

Pearl Harbour

148
Q

●When did China introduce civil serviceexaminations?—

A

6th century

149
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●Who was the exponent of ‘Natural Rights’?—

A

Locke

150
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●Which civilization flourished in the Nile valley?—

A

Egyptian civilization

151
Q

●Who discovered the art of paper making in the 2ndcentury B.C?—

A

Chinese

152
Q

●Which civilization was the first to develop a drainagesystem?—

A

Indus Valley Civilization

153
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●Where did Alexander the Great die in 323 B.C?—

A

Babylonia

154
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●Which was the first civilization of the world that hada system for the selection of government officialson the basis of education and competitiveexaminations?—

A

China

155
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●Which two countries were involved in the 100 YearsWar?—

A

England and France

156
Q

●The French revolutionaries drew inspiration from theteachings of:—

A

Rousseau

157
Q

●Who was the first Caliph?—

A

Abu Bakr

158
Q

“●The great philosopher of 18th century who said,”“Man is born free but is everywhere in chains,”“was:—”

A

Jean Jacques Rousseau

159
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●Which age is represented by Leonardo da Vinci?—

A

renaissance

160
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●The beginning of French Revolution is associatedwith the fall of:—

A

Bastille

161
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●The Industrial Revolution in England symbolized thezenith of transition:—

A

from Capitalism toSocialism

162
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●Where did the convention of ‘Shadow Cabinet’begin?—

A

Great Britain

163
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●What was the consequence of the 1911 Revolution inChina?—

A

Establishment of Republic

164
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“●Who said: ““I am the State””?—”

A

Louis XIV of France

165
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●Which famous battle was fought between Napoleon Iand the Duke of Wellington?—

A

Battle of Waterloo

166
Q

●Between whom was the Crimean War fought?—

A

Russia and Turkey

167
Q

●Who discovered America?—

A

Columbus

168
Q

●Where were ballots first used?—

A

Australia

169
Q

●Which slogans were bequeathed to the world by theFrench Revolution?—

A

Liberty, Equality andFraternity

170
Q

●When was the Magna Carta of Britain enforced?—

A

1215

171
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“Who first called Britain as the ““country of traders””?—”

A

Napoleon

172
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●During the age of Renaissance, the new style ofarchitecture first developed in:—

A

Italy

173
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●Where did the Industrial Revolution begin?—

A

England

174
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●Who was a Renaissance poet of Italy?—

A

Dante

175
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●Herodotus is considered as:—

A

The Father of History

176
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●Who was the main advocate of Fascism?—

A

Mussolini

177
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●D-Day is that day when:—

A

The Allied forces landedin Normandy

178
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●For adding the 50th state to the AmericanFederation, from which country did the UnitedStates of America buy Alaska?—

A

Russia

179
Q

●At which place were the war criminals of SecondWorld War tried?—

A

Petersburg

180
Q

●The American Civil War led to the abolition of:—

A

slavery

181
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●During the Second World War, which general wasnamed ‘Desert Fox’?—

A

Rommel

182
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●In which country did the Fascist ideology develop?—

A

Italy

183
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●During the Second World War, the Axis Powers wererepresented by:—

A

Germany, Italy and Japan

184
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●V.I. Lenin is associated with:—

A

the RussianRevolution of 1917

185
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●Mao-tse-Tung was the leader of socialist movementof:—

A

China

186
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●What was the immediate reason behind the outbreakof First World War?—

A

Assassination of ArchdukeFerdinand

187
Q

●The Opium Wars were fought between:—

A

Britainand China

188
Q

●Which country attacked the American naval and airbase of Pearl Harbor?—

A

Japan

189
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●Who was the American leader to launch a non-violentmovement for attaining full citizenship for theAmerican Negros?—

A

Martin Luther King

190
Q

●One among the treaties of Paris, Versailles, Lorraineand the treaty of Brussels was an importantreason behind the outbreak of Second World Waras it had derogatory clauses. Which was thattreaty?—

A

Treaty of Versailles

191
Q

●When was the Geneva Convention, on the treatmenton war victims, accepted?—

A

1909

192
Q

“●Who authored the ““Communist Manifesto””?—”

A

KarlMarx

193
Q

●4 July 1776 is an important day in world history.Why?—

A

The American Congress adopted the declaration of independence.

194
Q

●When did the Second World War begin?—

A

3September 1939

195
Q

●In which year did the French Revolution take place?—

A

1789

196
Q

●During which period was the First World Warfought?—

A

1914-18

197
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●Where was the concept of Public Interest Petitiondeveloped?—

A

U.S.A

198
Q

●In which year did the United States of Americaachieve independence?—

A

1776

199
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●Who were the three statesmen to start the non-aligned movement?—

A

Jawaharlal Nehru, GamalAbdul Nasser,Marshal Tito

200
Q

●In which year did Soviet Union disintegrate into 15independent republics?—

A

1991

201
Q

●The capital of Pakistan till 1959 was:—

A

Karachi

202
Q

●Where is Waterloo situated?—

A

Belgium

203
Q

●In which country is Karbala, the holy city of ShiaMuslims, located?—

A

Iraq

204
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●In the Roman myths, Apollo is the deity ofprophecies:—

A

Oracle

205
Q

●Where is Tashkent located?—

A

Uzbekistan

206
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●The United Kingdom is the best example of an:—

A

Constitutional monarchy

207
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●The Social Contract theory was advocated by:—

A

Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau

208
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●The island of Corsica is associated with:—

A

NapoleonBonaparte

209
Q

●The Japanese Parliament is known as:—

A

Diet

210
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“●Who announced that democracy is a type ofgovernment which is ““by the people, to the peopleand for the people””?—”

A

Abraham Lincoln

211
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●Marx was a native of:—

A

Germany

212
Q

●Who expounded the theory of natural rights?—

A

Locke

213
Q

●Which city is the world’s oldest in terms of continualhabitation?—

A

Damascus

214
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●Zend Avesta is the sacred book of:—

A

Persians

215
Q

●The East India Company was granted an EnglishRoyal Charter, under the name Governor andCompany of Merchants of London Trading intothe East Indies, by __ on 31 December 1600.—

A

Elizabeth I

216
Q

●The East India Company itself was finally dissolvedon 1 January __, as a result of the East IndiaStock Dividend Redemption Act.—

A

1874

217
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●By the East India Company Act ___, the Parliamentof Great Britain imposed a series ofadministrative and economic reforms and bydoing so clearly established its sovereignty andultimate control over the Company.—

A

1773

218
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●The title of Viceroy was abandoned when India andPakistan gained their independence in 1947, butthe office of Governor-General continued to existin both new dominions until they adoptedrepublican constitutions in 1950 and __respectively.—

A

1956

219
Q

●Lieutenant-General Lord William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, known as Lord William Bentinck, was aBritish soldier and statesman. He served asGovernor-General of India from 1828 to ___.—

A

1835

220
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●Akbar succeeded his father, Humayun, on 14February, ___, while in the midst of a war againstSikandar Shah Suri for the throne of Delhi.—

A

1556

221
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●Shah Jahan commissioned the famous Taj Mahal inAgra which was built by the Persian architectUstad ___ as a tomb for Shah Jahan’s wifeMumtaz Mahal, who died giving birth to their14th child.—

A

Ahmad Lahauri

222
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●The Mughal dynasty was founded when Babur,hailing from ___, invaded parts of northern Indiaand defeated Ibrahim Shah Lodhi, the ruler ofDelhi, at the First Battle of Panipat in 1526.—

A

Fergana

223
Q

●Akbar was born on October 15, 1542, at the RajputFortress of ___ in Sindh, where Humayun and hisrecently wedded wife, Hamida Banu Begum weretaking refuge.—

A

Umerkot

224
Q

●Akbar was originally named Badruddin Akbar,because he was born on the night of a badr (fullmoon). After the capture of ___ by Humayun hisdate of birth and name were changed to throw offevil sorcerers.—

A

Kabul

225
Q

●Several Turkic and Afghan dynasties ruled fromDelhi: the ___ dynasty (1206-90), the Khiljidynasty (1290-1320), the Tughlaq dynasty (1320-1413), the Sayyid dynasty (1414-51), and the Lodidynasty (1451-1526). In 1526 the Delhi Sultanatewas absorbed by the emerging Mughal Empire.—

A

Mamluk

226
Q

●According to the conventional narrative, the Buddhawas born in Ancient India, in the city of Lumbini,around the year ___ BC, and raised inKapilavastu.—

A

563

227
Q

“●The name Mughal is derived from the originalhomelands of the Timurids, the Central Asiansteppes once conquered by Genghis Khan andhence known as __, ““Land of Mongols””.—”

A

Moghulistan

228
Q

●From 1540 Humayun became a ruler in exile,reaching the Court of the __ rule in 1554 while hisforce still controlled some fortresses and smallregions.—

A

Safavid

229
Q

●Shah Jahan commissioned the famous Taj Mahal(1630-1653) in Agra which was built by thePersian architect __ as a tomb for Shah Jahan’swife Mumtaz Mahal, who died giving birth totheir 14th child.—

A

Ustad Ahmad Lahauri

230
Q

●The Mughal dynasty was founded when Babur,hailing from Fergana (Modern __), invaded partsof northern India and defeated Ibrahim ShahLodhi, the ruler of Delhi, at the First Battle ofPanipat in 1526.—

A

Uzbekistan

231
Q

●___ was a noted painter during the reigns of Akbar,Jahangir and Shah Jahan.—

A

Govardhan

232
Q

●Fathullah Shirazi , a Persian-Indian polymath andmechanical engineer who worked for Akbar theGreat in the Mughal Empire, invented the ___, theearliest multi-shot gun.—

A

Autocannon

233
Q

●The important buildings of Shah Jahan were theDiwan-i-Am and ___ in the fort of Delhi, the JamaMasjid, the Moti Masjid and the Taj.—

A

Diwan-i-Khas

234
Q

●In ___, when Akbar was away from the capital on anexpedition, Salim broke into an open rebellion,and declared himself Emperor.—

A

1600

235
Q

●The period between the 3rd century and 6th centuryA.D. is known as the Golden Age of India becauseof the large achievements in the fields of science,technology, art, literature, logic, astronomy, andphilosophy during the ___ Empire.—

A

Gupta

236
Q

●In ___ Buddhism there can be no divine salvation orforgiveness for one’s Karma, since it is a purelyimpersonal process that is a part of the makeup ofthe universe.—

A

Theravada

237
Q

●___ are the only source of idea knowledge of theBactrian; Indo-Greeks and Indo-Parthiandynasty.—

A

Coins

238
Q

●The Puranic accounts of the Satavahanas areascertained from the ___ hoard of coins.—

A

Jogalthambi

239
Q

●The writings of ___ helped in scattering theknowledge of India to Europe before the invasionby Alexander. He highlights the features of theIndo-Persian relations.—

A

Herodotus

240
Q

●Accounts of Pliny in the first century AD, accounts ofPtolemy in the second century AD and theaccounts of ___ of Tibet are useful insights intothe religion and history of the India in that period.—

A

Taranath

241
Q

●The Department of Archaeology was set up by ___under the Director Generalship of Dr Marshal.—

A

Lord Curzon

242
Q

●Excavations at south Indian sites such asAdichanallur, Chandravalli, Brahmagirihighlights the ___ periods.—

A

prehistoric

243
Q

●Isolated remains of ___ in Hathnora in the NarmadaValley in Central India indicate that India mighthave been inhabited since at least the MiddlePleistocene era, somewhere between 200,000 to500,000 years ago.—

A

Homo erectus

244
Q

●The ___ period in the Indian subcontinent covered atime span of around 25,000 years, starting around30,000 years ago.—

A

Mesolithic

245
Q

●The first confirmed permanent settlements appeared9,000 years ago in the Rock Shelters of ___ inmodern Madhya Pradesh, India.—

A

Bhimbetka

246
Q

●The earliest archaeological site in the Subcontinent isthe Paleolithic hominid site in the ___ Rivervalley.—

A

Soan

247
Q

●Village life began with the Neolithic site of ___ whilethe first urban civilization of the region beganwith the Indus Valley Civilization.—

A

Mehrgarh

248
Q

“●The ruins of Harrappa were first described in 1842by ___ in his Narrative of Various Journeys inBalochistan, Afghanistan and the Punjab, wherelocals talked of an ancient city extending ““thirteencosses””.—”

A

Charles Masson

249
Q

●’Tarikh - e - Hind’ (‘an enquiry into India’) by ___, alearned mathematician and astronomer, is aremarkable document about India.—

A

Alberuni

250
Q

●Early Neolithic culture in South Asia is representedby the Mehrgarh findings (7000 BC onwards) inpresent day ___, Pakistan.—

A

Balochistan

251
Q

●The Harappan language is not directly attested andits affiliation is unknown, a plausible relationwould be to ___.—

A

Proto-Dravidian

252
Q

●In 1872-75 ___ published the first Harappan seal(with an erroneous identification as Brahmiletters). It was half a century later, in 1912, thatmore Harappan seals were discovered by J. Fleet.—

A

Alexander Cunningham

253
Q

●Outposts of the Indus Valley civilization wereexcavated as far west as Sut-kagen- Dor inBaluchistan, as far north as at ___ on theAmudarya or Oxus River in current Afghanistan.—

A

Shortugai

254
Q

●The ___ is by far the most archaic of the Vedic textspreserved, and it retains many common Indo-Iranian elements, both in language and in content,that are not present in any other Vedic texts.—

A

Rig-Veda

255
Q

●The language of the Mahabharata and Ramayanaepics, and the Classical Sanskrit described by ___is considered post-Vedic, and belongs to the timeafter 500 BC.—

A

Panini

256
Q

●The most important historical source of thegeography of post-Vedic India is the 2nd centuryGreek historian ___ whose report is based on theMauryan time ambassador to Patna,Megasthenes.—

A

Arian

257
Q

●The earliest reference to the Magadha people occursin the ___ where they are found listed along withthe Angas, Gandharis, and Mujavats as despisedpeoples.—

A

Atharva-Veda

258
Q

●The last ruler of Shishunaga Dynasty, ___ wasassassinated by Mahapadma Nanda in 424 BC,the first of the so-called Nine Nandas(Mahapadma and his eight sons).—

A

Kalasoka

259
Q

●Around 321 BC, the Nanda Dynasty ended andChandragupta became the first king of the greatMauryan Dynasty and Mauryan Empire with thehelp of ___.—

A

Vishnugupta

260
Q

●The Mandasor copper plates, the Sohgaura platefrom Gorakhpur district, the Aihole inscription ofMahendravarman, and the ___ inscriptions ofParantaka Chola I cast light on trade, taxes,currency.—

A

Uttiramerur

261
Q

●Centered along the Indus and the Punjab region, theIndus Valley civilization extended into the ___River valley and the Ganges-Yamuna Doab,encompassing Pakistan, westernmost states ofIndia, Afghanistan, Baluchistan and Iran.—

A

Ghaggar-Hakra

262
Q

●By 1931, much of Mohenjo-Daro had been excavated,but excavations continued, such as that led by Sir___, director of the Archaeological Survey of Indiain 1944.—

A

Mortimer Wheeler

263
Q

●Magadha formed one of the sixteen Mahajanapadas.The core of the kingdom was the area of Biharsouth of the Ganges; its first capital was ___ atfirst and then Patliputra.—

A

Rajagriha

264
Q

●The first Buddhist Council was held soon after theparinirvana of the Buddha, under the patronageof king Ajatasatru with the monk ___ presiding, atRajagriha.—

A

Mahakasyapa

265
Q

●Mahavira’s metaphysics consist of Anekantavada,Syâdvâda, and Karma; and his Panchavrats, fivecodes of conduct - Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, ___, andAparigraha.—

A

Brahmacharya

266
Q

●Mahavira organized his followers into a fourfoldorder; monk (Sadhu), nun (Sadhvi), layman(Shravak), and laywoman (Shravika). This orderis known as ___ Jain Sangh.—

A

Chaturvidh

267
Q

●The Ashokan edicts precisely name each of the rulersof the Hellenic world at the time such as Amtiyoko(Antiochus), ___ (Ptolemy), Amtikini (Antigonos),Maka (Magas) and Alikasudaro (Alexander) asrecipients of Asoka’s proselytism.—

A

Tulamaya

268
Q

●The appellation Indus-Sarasvati is based on thepossible identification of the Ghaggar-HakraRiver with the Sarasvati River of the ____ sukta inthe Rig Veda.—

A

Nadistuti

269
Q

●Archaeologically, the Rig Vedic period maycorrespond with the Gandhara Grave Culture, the____ culture of the Punjab and the OchreColoured Pottery culture (OCP) further east.—

A

Cemetery H

270
Q

●Archaeologically, the rapid spread of Northern BlackPolished Ware (NBP) over all of northern Indiacorresponds to the ____ period.—

A

Post-Vedic

271
Q

●The ancient kingdom of ___ is mentioned in theRamayana, Mahabharata, Puranas. It is alsoheavily mentioned in Buddhist and Jain texts.—

A

Magadha

272
Q

●The theory of dependent origination in ___ says thatany phenomenon ‘exists’ only because of the’existence’ of other phenomena in a complex webof cause and effect covering time past, present andfuture.—

A

Buddhism

273
Q

●The Second Buddhist council took place in Vaishali,about one hundred years after the Buddha’sParinirvana, in order to settle a serious dispute on____.—

A

Vinaya

274
Q

●Mahavira is the name most commonly used to referto the Indian sage ____ who established what aretoday considered to be the central tenets ofJainism.—

A

Vardhaman

275
Q

●The mature phase of the Indus Valley Civilization isalso known as the Harappan Civilization as thefirst of its cities to be unearthed was the one atHarappa, excavated in the 1920s in what was atthe time the ___ province of British India.—

A

Punjab

276
Q

●The invasion of ____, the King of Persia, of the Indusvalley in the early 6th century BC marks thebeginning of outside influence which remainedhallmark of India till the modern times.—

A

DariusI

277
Q

●In 326 BC, the army of Alexander the Greatapproached the boundaries of the Magadhawhich, however, exhausted and frightened at theprospect of facing another giant Indian army atthe Ganges, mutinied at the Hyphasis (modern____).—

A

Beas

278
Q

“●Who gave the theory that all beings suffer from allsituations due to unclear mind; all things areimpermanent and that the perception of aconstant ““self”” is an illusion?—”

A

Buddha

279
Q

●Which socio-religious reformers of ancient Indiapreached that from eternity, every living being(soul) is in bondage to karmic atoms accumulatedby good or bad deeds?—

A

Mahavira

280
Q

●In the post-Mauryan period, the Greco-Bactrianking, ____, capitalized on the break-up, andconquered southern Afghanistan and Pakistanaround 180 BC, forming the Indo-GreekKingdom.—

A

Demetrius

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