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A)
Harappa
B)
Bhimbetka
C)
Mohenjo-daro
D)
Kalibangan

Correct Answer :   Mohenjo-daro

Dancing Girl is a prehistoric bronze sculpture made in lost-wax casting about c. 2300–1750 BCE in the Indus Valley Civilisation city of Mohenjo-daro (in modern-day Pakistan), which was one of the earliest cities.

A)
Upagupta
B)
Nagarjuna
C)
Ashwaghosha
D)
Vasumitra

Correct Answer :   Ashwaghosha

Buddhacarita, also spelled Buddhacharita, in full Buddhacarita-kavya-sutra (Sanskrit: “Poetic Discourse on the Acts of the Buddha”), poetic narrative of the life of the Buddha by the Sanskrit poet Ashvaghosha, one of the finest examples of Buddhist literature.

A)
Muhammad bin Tughlaq
B)
Firoz Shah Tughlaq
C)
Alauddin Khilji
D)
Qutubuddin Aibak

Correct Answer :   Firoz Shah Tughlaq

The pillars were transported from their original sites in Meerut and Ambala during the reign of Sultan Feroz Shah Tughlaq in the 14th century CE. The pillar in the Kotla ruins is also referred to as the Delhi Topra pillar because it was discovered in a village called Topra, near Ambala.

A)
Dutch
B)
Portuguese
C)
British
D)
French

Correct Answer :   French

There are also some variations in reports of his ancestry. According to some accounts, his grandfather was descended from a line tracing their lineage back to Baghdad, while another traces his lineage instead to the area of present-day Afghanistan. In a third account, written by one of his French military officers, Hyder himself claimed descent from the Arabs Bani Hashim clan of the Quraysh, the tribe of Muhammad. His father, Fath Muhammad, was born in Kolar, and served as a commander of 50 men in the bamboo rocket artillery (mainly used for signalling) in the army of the Nawab of Carnatic.

A)
Sadashiv Rao Bhau
B)
Vishwas Rao
C)
Nana Phadnavis
D)
Shivaji

Correct Answer :   Sadashiv Rao Bhau

The Marathas, under the command of Sadashivrao Bhau, responded by gathering an army of between 45,000–60,000, which was accompanied by roughly 200,000 non-combatants, a number of whom were pilgrims desirous of making pilgrimages to Hindu holy sites in northern India.

A)
Sir Sayed Ahmad Khan
B)
Abul Kalam Azad
C)
Mohammad Ali Jinnah
D)
Dadabhai Naoroji

Correct Answer :   Sir Sayed Ahmad Khan

Uttar Pradesh, IndiaIn Uttar Pradesh: Education universities in Uttar Pradesh are Aligarh Muslim University (1875), founded by Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan; Banaras Hindu University (1916) in Varanasi, founded by Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya; and the University of Lucknow (1921). Among the state’s many institutes for specialized studies and research are the Indian Institute of Technology

A)
Hyderabad
B)
Faizabad
C)
Aurangabad
D)
Moradabad

Correct Answer :   Aurangabad

You can visit Bibi Ka Maqbara at Begumpura, Aurangabad, Maharashtra 431004. It is located approximately 3 km from the city centre.

A)
Fatehgarh Sahib
B)
Patna
C)
Anandpur Sahib
D)
Amritsar

Correct Answer :   Patna

Gobind Rai 22 December 1666 Patna Sahib (Present day Patna, Bihar, India)

A)
Maharashtra
B)
South-India
C)
Central-India
D)
Indus Valley

Correct Answer :   Indus Valley

Foreigners from the north are believed to have migrated to India and settled in the Indus Valley and Ganges Plain from 1800-1500 BCE. The most prominent of these groups spoke Indo-European languages and were called Aryans, or “noble people” in the Sanskrit language.

A)
Amritsar
B)
Jalandhar
C)
Lahore
D)
Patiala

Correct Answer :   Lahore

In 1799 Ranjit Singh moved the capital to Lahore from Gujranwala, where it had been established in 1763 by his grandfather, Charat Singh.