Which was the ancient port of Indus Civilization ?
Answer: B
It was Lothal.
The site in Gujarat has a large brick basin with an inlet channel and a spillway, generally identified as a dockyard, along with a warehouse and a bead-making factory. Its seals point to trade with Mesopotamia.
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Two of the great Mughals wrote their own memories. There were
Answer: C
They were Babur and Jahangir.
Babur wrote the Baburnama in Chagatai Turkish and Jahangir the Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri in Persian. Humayun's life was written by his sister Gulbadan Begum and his ewer-bearer Jauhar, not by himself.
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Under an agreement with which of the following countries did Subhas Chandra Bose organize the Indian soldiers, taken as prisoners by the Axis Powers, into the Azad Hind Fauj?
Answer: D
It was with Japan.
Indian prisoners taken at Singapore and in Malaya were formed into the Indian National Army, first under Mohan Singh with Japanese agreement, and revived under Subhas Chandra Bose in 1943 with the Provisional Government of Free India.
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Chandragupta was succeeded by ?
Answer: D
He was succeeded by Bindusara.
Bindusara ruled from about 297 to 273 BCE, was called Amitraghata, slayer of foes, by the Greeks, and maintained relations with Antiochus I, from whom he is said to have asked for wine, figs and a philosopher.
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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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