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- Question
Who deciphered the Brahmi and Kharoshthi scripts?
Options- A. Piyadassi
- B. Colin Mackenzie
- C. Alexander Cunningham
- D. James Prinsep
- Correct Answer
- James Prinsep
ExplanationThe inscriptions of Asoka were first deciphered by James Princep in 1837. They are written in Pali language and in some places Prakrit was used. The Brahmi script was employed for writing.In the northwestern India Asokan inscriptions were found in Karoshti script.
- 1. Consider the following statements about Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) : 1. ITBP was raised in 1962. 2. ITBP is basicsdly a mountain trained force. 3. ITBP replaced Assam Rifles in Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh in 2004-2005 for border gusirding duly. 4. ITBP presently has 52 service battalions.Which of the statements given above are correct?
Options- A. 1, 2 and 4 only
- B. 3 and 4 only
- C. 1, 2, 3 and 4
- D. 1, 2 and 3 only Discuss
- 2. Which one of the following statements about Buddhist Stupas in India is not correct?
Options- A. Ashoka played an important role in popularizing the Stupa cult.
- B. They were repositories of relics of Buddha and other monks.
- C. They were located in rural areas.
- D. They were located close to trade routes. Discuss
- 3. Who was/were the 10th century composer(s) of the Nalayira Divya Prabandham?
Options- A. Alvars
- B. Nayanars
- C. Appar
- D. Sambandar Discuss
- 4. What is the name of the literary genre developed by the Khojas who are a branch of the Ismaili sect?
Options- A. Ginan
- B. Ziyarat
- C. Raag
- D. Shahada Discuss
- 5. Consider the following statement :?So much is wrung from the peasants, that even dry bread is scarcely left to fill their stomachs.? Who among the following European travellers had made the above statement about the condition of peasantry in the Mughal Empire?
Options- A. Francisco Pelsaert
- B. Francois Bernier
- C. Jean-Baptiste Tavemier
- D. Niccolao Manucci Discuss
- 6. Which of the following is/are the feature(s) of the Brahmadeya Grants during c 600-1200 AD? 1. Their creation meant a renunciation of actual or potential sources of revenue by the State. 2. These grants could vary from a small plot to several villages. 3. Most grants were made in unsettled areas. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Options- A. 1 only
- B. 2 and 3 only
- C. 1 and 2 only
- D. 1, 2 and 3 Discuss
- 7. Which of the following statements about Sir Syed Ahmad Khan is/are correct? 1. He argued that India was a federation of ethnic communities based on common descent. 2. His philosophy was very similar to that of the Indian National Congress. 3. He imagined India as a Nation State based on individual citizen?s rights. 4. The curriculum at the Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College blended Muslim theology and European empiricism. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Options- A. 1 only
- B. 2 and 3
- C. 3 only
- D. 1 and 4 Discuss
- 8. Who built the Konark''s Sun Temple?
Options- A. Anantavarman Chodaganga Deva
- B. Narasimhadeva I
- C. Kapilendra Deva Routaray
- D. Purushottam Dev Discuss
- 9. Who was the first Governor General of Bengal?
Options- A. Robert Clive
- B. William Bentick
- C. Warren Hastings
- D. Charles Cornawallis Discuss
- 10. The capital of the Mauryan Kingdom was located at___________
Options- A. Pataliputra
- B. Vaishali
- C. Lumbini
- D. Gaya Discuss
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Correct Answer: 1, 2 and 3 only
Explanation:
At present, the ITBP has 62 (including 4 service battalions) operational battalions which has close to 62,000 personnel and officers in them. So 4thstatement is incorrect.The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) is one of the five Central Armed Police Forces of India, raised on 24 October 1962, under the CRPF Act, in the wake of the Sino-Indian War of 1962.
Correct Answer: They were located in rural areas.
Explanation:
A stupa is a mound-like or hemispherical structure containing relics that is used as a place of meditation.Buddhist sources claim that during the 3rd century BCE, the Mauryan Emperor Ashoka the Great ordered these eight stupas to be opened, further distributed the relics of the Buddha into 84,000 portions, and had stupas built over them all over the expanding Buddhist world.They were located on trade routes in order to propagate Buddhism.However, there were no evidence of them being located in rural areas.
Correct Answer: Alvars
Explanation:
The Nalayira Divya Prabandham is a collection of 4,000 Tamil verses composed by the 12 Alvars and was compiled in its present form by Nathamunigal during the 9th -10th centuries. These were sung by the Alwars indevotional estacy in varrious shirineas of Vishnu, made famous as Magalashasana sthalas.
Correct Answer: Ginan
Explanation:
Ginans are devotional hymns or poems recited by Shia Ismaili Muslims.Although ginanscan be recited, studied, and listened to by non-Nizari Ismailis, ginans hold a special role in the cultural practice and rituals of Nizari Ismailis, specifically the community of Khojas, a caste of south asians of whom the majority now identify as Nizari Ismaili.
Correct Answer: Francisco Pelsaert
Explanation:
But while the average Mughal farmer produced more than in later times, he most probably produced less than in earlier times. On the whole, the Mughal period was marked by agricultural stagnation, if not slump. The per capita yield was declining, and the average man in Mughal India probably had less to eat than before. 'The surplus income left to the peasant was tending to decrease, where it had not already vanished,' says Moreland. 'The provinces,' says Pelsaert, 'are so impoverished that a jagir which is reckoned to be worth 50,000 rupees, may sometimes not yield even 25,000, although so much is wrung from the peasants, that even dry bread is scarcely left to fill their stomachs.'
Correct Answer: 1 and 2 only
Explanation:
Correct Answer: 1 and 4
Explanation:
Statements 1 & 4 are true with respect toSir Syed Ahmad Khan.
Correct Answer: Narasimhadeva I
Correct Answer: Warren Hastings
Correct Answer: Pataliputra
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