The doctrine of ‘Vyuhavada’ is associated with which Sects (or) cults of India?
Answer: B
It belongs to Vaishnavism.
Vyuhavada is the Pancharatra doctrine of the four emanations of Vasudeva - Vasudeva, Sankarshana, Pradyumna and Aniruddha - through which the supreme deity becomes accessible for worship. The Heliodorus pillar at Besnagar attests the tradition by the second century BCE.
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Who was private secretary of Mahatma Gandhi ?
Answer: C
It was Mahadev Desai.
He served Gandhi from 1917 until his death in 1942 at the Aga Khan Palace, keeping a diary that runs to many volumes and is a chief source for Gandhi's daily life and thinking.
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When Humayun was succeeded by Akbar, he was
Answer: A
He was thirteen.
Akbar was born in 1542 and succeeded on Humayun's death in January 1556, when he was thirteen years and some months old. He was crowned at Kalanaur, and Bairam Khan governed as regent for four years.
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Tipu Sultan was son of ?
Answer: D
He was the son of Haidar Ali.
Tipu was born at Devanahalli in 1750 and succeeded his father in 1782, in the middle of the Second Anglo-Mysore War, which he ended with the Treaty of Mangalore.
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Under the Guptas in eastern India, there was probably an intermediate level of administration between vishayas (districts) and villages. Identify it.
Answer: C
It was the vithi.
Gupta administration in the east ran from bhukti (province) to vishaya (district) to vithi and then to the village. The ahara and pradesa belong to earlier Mauryan usage.
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Ustad Mansur was a famous painter in the region of ?
Answer: D
He painted under Jahangir.
Ustad Mansur bore the title Nadir-ul-Asr and specialised in birds, animals and flowers - the dodo, the Siberian crane, the zebra - painted with an accuracy that matched Jahangir's interest in observation.
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Who was the founder of Indian National Congress ?
Answer: C
It was A. O. Hume.
The retired civil servant convened the first session at Bombay in December 1885 with 72 delegates, and served as general secretary for over twenty years. W. C. Bonnerjee presided over that session.
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Pulakesin II was the most famous ruler of
Answer: A
He was a Chalukya.
Pulakesin II of Badami ruled from 610 to 642, checked Harsha on the Narmada - the one defeat of Harsha's career - and received an embassy from Khusrau II of Persia. He was defeated and killed by the Pallava Narasimhavarman I, who took Badami.
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Under the Mountbatten Plan of 1947 the people of ___ were given the right to decide through a plebiscite whether they wished to join Pakistan or India.
Answer: D
It was the North-West Frontier Province and Sylhet.
The plan of 3 June 1947 provided for a referendum in the NWFP, where a Congress ministry governed a Muslim-majority province, and in the Sylhet district of Assam. Both voted to join Pakistan.
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The victories of Karikala are well portrayed in
Answer: C
They are portrayed in the Pattinappalai.
This Sangam poem of the Pattuppattu describes the Chola port of Kaveripattinam and the deeds of Karikala, including his victory at Venni and the raising of the embankments of the Kaveri.
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