Correct Answer : Amir Khusarau
Khusrau is acknowledged as one of the four great pillars of 14th-century Persian literature. He was awarded the title of Tuti-e-Hind, Nightingale of India.
Correct Answer : 1911
It was first sung on 27 December 1911 at the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.
Correct Answer : Aurangazeb
Aurangazeb, the Mughal emperor who was an excellent veena player.
Correct Answer : Jawaharlal Nehru
In December 1929, under the Presidency of Jawaharlal Nehru, the Lahore Congress formalised the demand of 'Purna Swaraj' or full independence for India. It was declared that 26 January 1930 would be celebrated as the Independence Day when people were to take a pledge to struggle for complete independence.
Correct Answer : Cabinet Mission Plan
Under the Cabinet Mission Plan of 1946, elections were held for the first time for the Constituent Assembly. The Constitution of India was drafted by the Constituent Assembly, and it was implemented under the Cabinet Mission Plan on 16 May 1946.
Correct Answer : Rice
The word dhana, which, in Bengal at least, now means paddy or rice, implies in the Rig-Veda fried barley, which was used as food and offered to the gods. There is no allusion to rice (vrihi) in the Rig-Veda.
Correct Answer : Ashoka
King Ashoka build India's first great empire. But after his bloody campaign and conquest of Kalinga, he became sad. Soon after that, he embraced Buddhism to gain inner peace.
Correct Answer : Tandya Mahabrahmana
Tandya Mahabrahmana or Panchavimsa Brahmana belongs to both Kauthuma and Ranayaniya Shakha of the Samaveda. It is consisting of twenty-five prapathakas and 347 khandas. Tandya Brahmana describes about Jyotishtoma, Ukthya, Atiratra, Prakrtis of ekahas and ahinas, Somaprayaschittas, Dvadashaha rite, collection of Yajus and Vistutis. It is famous for ancient legends. According to Samavidhana Brahmana, this work is ascribed to Acharya Tandi.
Correct Answer : Kanishka in 78 AD
The Saka Era was founded by Kanishka, the emperor of Kushana empire from the year 78 A.D.
Correct Answer : He propounded the theory of Shunyavada similar to Einstein's theory of Relativity.
Nagarjuna taught the concept of relativity. He explained that shortness is only possible because of long length relative to it. He was an Ayurvedic physician (Ayurveda is a traditional Indian medicine system). Nagarjuna had been credited with explaining the circulatory system and blood tissue.
