General Knowledge
Ans : Rama Raya
Ans : Kamban.
Ans : Raja Vikramaditya
Ans : Tipu Sultan and the British.
Ans : The first dynasty was founded by Kadphises I and the second by Kanishka.
Ans : It divested the East India Company of its commercial functions.
Ans : The Rowlatt Act sought to impose wartime restrictions on civil liberties on a permanent basis. It provided for detention without trial.
Ans : The English got their Diwani rights permanently as opposed to the practice of limited tenure. Also under the Mughal system the office was given to an individual.
Ans : Veena.
Ans : He complained that India drained Roman wealth by selling luxury articles at high prices to Romans
Ans : Fa-Hien.
Ans : Zamorin.
Ans : Assamese.
Ans : Rani Lakshmibai.
Ans : The people of the Indus Valley Civilisation were the first to produce cotton and therefore the Greeks called it Sindon. This word is derived from the name Sindh.
Ans : Jivaka. Jivaka was the personal physician of Bimbisara. During his visit to Buddha, Bimbisara offered the services of Jivaka, who became Buddha's personal physician.
Ans : Rajendra Chola.
Ans : Paddy.
Ans : Allan Octavian Hume.
Ans : Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Ans : Sir Hugh Rose.
Ans : Akbar.
Ans : It was the route that was used for trade. It ran from Taksha-shila to Broach on the Western coast.
Ans : Colcutta.
Ans : Guru Ram Das
Ans : Previous invaders became an integral part of India, whereas the British always maintained their own identity.
Ans : The Chola Empire.
Ans : She ruled over Ahmadnagar as a Regent.
Ans : Justice
Ans : 326 BC
Ans : Mumtaz Mahal was the daughter of Asaf Khan, Nur Jahan's brother.
Ans : In 1905.
Ans : The Nanda dynasty of Magadha.
Ans : As one King would treat another. This was his famous reply that has become a classic. Hearing this Alexander not only reinstated Porus on the throne, but he also added territories towards the east and domains of many republican states to the existing kingdom of Porus (according to Plutarch).
Ans : It is a major form of Buddhism prevalent in Sri Lanka, Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand.
Ans : Romaka Siddhanta and Paulisa Siddhanta. This shows that Indian astronomy was considerably influenced by Western thoughts.
Ans : Bindusara
Ans : The Koh-i-nur.
Ans : Rana Pratap (in 1572).
Ans : Zebunnisa.
Ans : Girivraja. Also called Rajagriha or Rajgir.
Ans : Subsidiary Alliance
Ans : Dupleix.
Ans : The Sufi saint Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki and not Qutbuddin Aibak as people mistakenly assume.
Ans : Nana Fadnavis. He was responsible for preserving the Maratha confederacy. He also resisted British interference in Maratha affairs.
Ans : The Bronze Age. Iron was not known to them.
Ans : To Dandi. On this day Gandhiji breached the salt law.
Ans : Pulakeshin II
Ans : His son Rama Gupta. He was a weak ruler who surrendered his wife to a Shaka tyrant. Her honour was saved by the younger brother of Rama Gupta, Chandra Gupta, who killed the Shaka ruler, replaced his brother on the throne and married Dhruvadevi.
Ans : One who milks the cow.
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