Correct Answer : Option (B) - Ajitnath

Ajitnath Tirthankar was born before Sambhavanath Tirthankar.

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Iltutmish

Iltutmish is known as the "slave of a slave" as he succeeded Qutubuddin Aibak founder of slave dynasty in India.

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Her intention to be the ruler not only in name but also in fact

The most appropriate cause for the failure of Raziya was her intention to be the ruler not only in name but also in fact.

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Mughal territories from which Chauth was claimed

Chauth (from Sanskrit meaning one-fourth) was a regular tax or tribute imposed, from early 18th century, by the Maratha Empire in India. It was an annual tax nominally levied at 25% on revenue or produce, hence the name. It was levied on the lands which were under nominal Mughal rule.

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Aurangzeb

Aurangzeb was called “Zinda Pir”or “Living Saint ” in Mughal India.

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Press

Proposed by Lord Lytton, then viceroy of India (governed 1876–80), the act was intended to prevent the vernacular press from expressing criticism of British policies—notably, the opposition that had grown with the outset of the Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878–80). The act excluded English-language publications.

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Pictorial mosaic work using semi-precious stones

Pietra dura, (Italian: “hard stone”), in mosaic, any of several kinds of hard stone used in commesso mosaic work, an art that flourished in Florence particularly in the late 16th and 17th centuries and involved the fashioning of highly illusionistic pictures out of cut-to-shape pieces of coloured stone.

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Bombay

On August 8, 1942, the Quit India Resolution was passed at the Bombay session of the All India Congress Committee (AICC). On the same day, Gandhi urged Indians to act as a free nation and follow non-violent civil disobedience. This took place in August Kranti Maidan.

Correct Answer : Option (B) - To visit the holy places connected with Buddhism

The primary aim of the visit of Hiuen Tsang to India was to gain knowledge of Buddhism and collect its religious texts.

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Chalcolithic Age

The Indus or the Harappan civilisation belongs to the Chalcolithic or Bronze Age since the objects of copper and stone were found at the various sites of this civilisation. Nearly, 1,400 Harappan sites are known so far in the sub-continent.