The Vedas contain all the truth was interpreted by
Answer: B
It was Swami Dayananda.
The founder of the Arya Samaj held that the Vedas alone are authoritative and contain all knowledge, and his slogan was back to the Vedas. He rejected idol worship, pilgrimage and the later Puranic tradition.
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In which year Swaraj Party formed ?
Answer: C
It was formed in 1922.
C. R. Das and Motilal Nehru founded the Swaraj Party at Gaya in December 1922 after the Congress rejected their proposal to contest the legislative councils. They wanted to enter the councils and obstruct from within rather than stay outside.
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The system of competitive examination for civil service was accepted in principle in the year
Answer: B
It was 1853.
The Charter Act of 1853 ended the Company directors' patronage and threw the covenanted civil service open to competition. The Macaulay Committee reported the next year and the first examination was held in 1855, in London.
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The trident-shaped symbol of Buddhism does not represent
Answer: A
It does not represent nirvana.
The triratna, the trident-shaped mark, stands for the three jewels - the Buddha, the Dhamma and the Sangha - in which a Buddhist takes refuge. Nirvana is the goal of the path, not one of the three.
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To which king belongs the Lion capital at Sarnath?
Answer: B
It belongs to Ashoka.
The Lion Capital crowned his pillar at Sarnath, where the Buddha first preached, and was adopted as the state emblem in 1950 - three lions visible of four, above a frieze with the Dharmachakra, and the bull, horse, elephant and lion.
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The term Nirgrantha is associated with ?
Answer: C
It is associated with the Jainas.
Nirgrantha means free from bonds, and was the older name for the Jaina monks. Buddhist texts call Mahavira Nigantha Nataputta, and Ashoka's edicts name the nirgranthas among the sects he supported.
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The troops raised by the emperor but not paid directly the state and place under the charge of mansabadars were know as
Answer: D
They were the dakhili.
Dakhili troops were recruited and paid by the state but placed under a mansabdar's command, as against the walashahi who served the emperor directly and the barawardi raised for a particular campaign.
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The French Revolution took place in the year
Answer: D
It was 1789.
The Estates-General met in May, the Bastille fell on 14 July and the Declaration of the Rights of Man was adopted in August. Liberty, equality and fraternity entered Indian political vocabulary through it.
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The Qutub Minar at Delhi was built by ?
Answer: A
It was begun by Qutbuddin Aibak.
He raised the first storey in 1199; Iltutmish added three more and Firoz Shah Tughlaq rebuilt the top after lightning damage, which is why the upper storeys are of marble and sandstone rather than red sandstone alone.
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The territory of Porus who offered strong resistance to Alexander was situated between the rivers of
Answer: B
It lay between the Jhelum and the Chenab.
Porus ruled the Paurava kingdom in this doab, and Alexander crossed the Jhelum to fight him at the Battle of the Hydaspes in 326 BCE. Defeated but answering that he wished to be treated as a king, he was restored to his kingdom as a satrap.
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