Correct Answer : 1911
On 12th December, 1911, at the historic Delhi Durbar, the George V, the Emperor of the British Empire proclaimed the shifting of the capital of India from Calcutta to Delhi. After announcement of Delhi as the Capital of India, the preparation for the building a new city started with majesty, pomp and show.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Correct Answer : Aurangabad
You can visit Bibi Ka Maqbara at Begumpura, Aurangabad, Maharashtra 431004. It is located approximately 3 km from the city centre.
Correct Answer : Patna
Gobind Rai 22 December 1666 Patna Sahib (Present day Patna, Bihar, India)
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.
