Correct Answer :   the English and Peshwa Baji Rao II

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Treaty of Bassein, (Dec. 31, 1802), pact between Baji Rao II, the Maratha peshwa of Poona (now Pune) in India, and the British. It was a decisive step in the breakup of the Maratha confederacy. The pact led directly to the East India Company's annexation of the peshwa's territories in western India in 1818.

Correct Answer :   Samachar Darpan, the Vernacular newspaper was started during the period of Warren Hastings.

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Correct Answer :   Summoning of the Shimla Conference

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The war had ended, though Japan was yet to surrender. The heroic deeds of INA were about to end. More than 3 million people had lost lives in the Famine of Bengal, which was largely manmade as the Government stopped the supplies from Burma due to the fear of the Japanese invasion. Burma was the largest exporter of rice and the scarcity of the supplies coupled with the low rains and droughts in several parts of India from as early as 1942, when 10 princely states of Rajputana had declared themselves famine affected as per the famine code and wanted to get relief. People in Orissa and Bengal died and the government could take steps to save a few only. The Muslim league had escalated the demand for a separate sovereign state. There was a deadlock with the congress since 1939 resignations. On June 14, 1945, Lord Wavell came out with a plan which had the following schemes: A new Executive Council was to be formed at the Centre in which all but the Viceroy and the Commander in Chief will be Indians. This executive council was for the tune being till a new permanent constitution could be agreed upon and come to force. All portfolios except the Defense would be held by the Indian Members.

Correct Answer :   Madras

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In 1917, prominent social and political activists that included Margaret Cousins, Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, Annie Besant, Muthulakshmi Reddy, and others, set up the Women's Indian Association (WIA) at Adyar, Madras.

Correct Answer :   All of the above

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Correct Answer :   Vikrama

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The era, which later became known as the Vikrama Samvat is associated with the Malavas. Initially it was mentioned as the Krita era and then as the Malava era. Most probably this era was mentioned as the Vikrama era for the first time in the Dholpur stone inscription of Chahamana ruler Chandamahasena in 898 CE

Correct Answer :   Chalukya

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Chalukya dynasties were frequently assigned to the ladies high ranking positions in administration. During this period, the society became increasingly sophisticated.

Correct Answer :   Kanaganahalli

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The first inscribed portrait of Ashoka (surrounded by female attendants and queens) found at Kanaganahalli, was unearthed from the ruined Buddhist stupa.

Correct Answer :   Pallavas

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Thereafter the Tamil country was divided between the Pallavas in the north with Kanchipuram as their capital, and Pandyas in the south with Madurai as their capital.

Correct Answer :   Prostration before God

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