Correct Answer : J.P. Saunders
In December 1928, Bhagat Singh and an associate, Shivaram Rajguru, fatally shot a 21-year-old British police officer, John Saunders, in Lahore, Punjab, in what is today Pakistan, mistaking Saunders, who was still on probation, for the British police superintendent, James Scott, whom they had intended to assassinate.
Correct Answer : Dharampal
Vikramashila was founded by Pāla king Dharmapala in the late 8th or early 9th century. It prospered for about four centuries before it was destroyed by Bakhtiyar Khilji along with the other major centres of Buddhism in India around 1193.
Correct Answer : Burnt bricks
The houses were built from burnt bricks. The uniform measurements of these bricks, found in this culture in many cities, are remarkable.
Correct Answer : Samudra Gupta
Samudragupta (335-375 AD) of the Gupta dynasty is known as the Napoleon of India. Historian A V Smith called him so because of his great military conquests known from the 'Prayag Prashati' written by his courtier and poet Harisena, who also describes him as the hero of a hundred battles.
Correct Answer : Wardha Session, 1942
On 8 August 1942 at the All-India Congress Committee session in Bombay, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi launched the 'Quit India' movement. The next day, Gandhi, Nehru and many other leaders of the Indian National Congress were arrested by the British Government.
Correct Answer : Kushinagar
Kushinagar is the most important pilgrimage centre for Buddhists, because Buddha took his last breath at this place. A stupa was built at this place where his ashes were kept after his last rite. Mahaparinirvana Temple is built in front of the sputa by a Burmese monk .
Correct Answer : Sammed Sikahar
Correct Answer : Uttar Pradesh
Sarnath is a place located 10 kilometres north-east of Varanasi near the confluence of the Ganges and the Varuna rivers in Uttar Pradesh, India.
Correct Answer : Swadeshi Movement
Surat split is an important event in the modern history of India. It took place in 1907 when the moderates parted company with the Extremists. The split in the congress was due to many reasons. The Moderates had controlled the congress from its very beginning and had their own ways of thinking and doing which were not acceptable to the younger generations who were impatient with the speed at which the moderates were moving and leading the nation. This was the time of Swadeshi Movement.
Correct Answer : village headmen
Mahattaras or Mahattam & Pattakila or Patel were the village headmen.
