Who had introduced Police system in India?
Answer: D
It was Lord Cornwallis.
He reorganised the police in Bengal in 1793, dividing the districts into thanas of about 400 square miles under a daroga and taking policing away from the zamindars. He is also remembered for the Permanent Settlement and the separation of revenue from judicial functions.
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The Pagodas at Mahabalipuram had been constructed by ___?
Answer: C
They were built by the Pallavas.
Narasimhavarman I and his successors carved the rathas and mandapas at Mahabalipuram in the seventh century and built the Shore Temple about 700. The Europeans called them pagodas.
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Chorten is a term related to which of the following religion?
Answer: A
Chorten relates to Buddhism.
It is the Tibetan word for a stupa, a reliquary monument whose five parts represent the elements - earth, water, fire, air and space. They are found throughout Ladakh, Sikkim and the Himalayan belt.
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Which state Government confers the Basava Sri award?
Answer: D
Karnataka confers it.
The Basava Sri award commemorates Basavanna, the twelfth-century social reformer and founder of the Lingayat tradition, whose vachanas rejected caste and ritual.
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Which among the following kings constructed the Osian temples of Rajasthan?
Answer: B
They were built by the Pratiharas.
The Gurjara-Pratiharas raised the Hindu and Jain temples at Osian near Jodhpur between the eighth and eleventh centuries, among the earliest surviving temple groups in western India.
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The rock cut temples of Mahabalipuram and the temples of Kanchipuram are the achievements of the ________ rulers.
Answer: A
They are Pallava.
Mahendravarman I began the rock-cut mandapas, Narasimhavarman I cut the rathas at Mahabalipuram, and Rajasimha built the structural Shore Temple and the Kailasanatha at Kanchipuram - the whole progression from cave to free-standing temple in about a century.
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In which year Dadasaheb Phalke Award was instituted?
Answer: D
It was instituted in 1969.
The Dadasaheb Phalke Award was created in the centenary year of the birth of Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, who made India's first full-length feature in 1913. Devika Rani was the first recipient.
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Dr M Balmuralikrishna is a renowned artist of ______?
Answer: B
He was a Carnatic vocalist.
M. Balamuralikrishna sang, composed in seventy-two melakarta ragas, created ragas of his own and played the viola and mridangam. He received the Padma Vibhushan and gave his first full concert at eight.
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Who has written famous novel ‘Devdas’?
Answer: A
It was Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay.
Devdas, written in 1900 and published in 1917, tells of Devdas, Paro and Chandramukhi. It has been filmed more than a dozen times in several languages.
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Apart from India, in which of the following two countries, Tamil is an official language?
Answer: D
They are Sri Lanka and Singapore.
Tamil is one of Sri Lanka's two official languages and one of Singapore's four. It is also recognised in Malaysia and taught there, but is not an official language.
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