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Patanjali is well known for the compilation of

A) Yoga Sutra B) Panchatantra
C) Brahma Sutra D) Ayurveda
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Yoga Sutra

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The first important ruler to emerge from the Chola Dynasty was __________.

 

A) Vijayalaya B) Rajaraja Chola
C) Rajendra Chola D) Rajadhiraj Chola
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Rajaraja Chola

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The Summary Settlement of 1856 was based on which one of the following assumptions?

 

A) The Talukdars were the rightful owners of the land B) The Talukdars were interlopers with no permanent stakes in the land.
C) The Talukdars could evict the peasants from the lands D) The Talukdars would take a portion of the revenue which flowed to the State
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The Talukdars were interlopers with no permanent stakes in the land.

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The British land revenue policy further undermined the position and authority of the taluqdars. After annexation, the first British revenue settlement, known as the Summary Settlement of 1856, was based on the assumption that the taluqdars were interlopers with no permanent stakes in land: they had established their hold over land through force and fraud.

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Choose the most appropriate answer:

Todar Mal was associated with________ in Akbar’s durbar.

A) Music B) Literature
C) Finance D) Law Reforms
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Finance

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Raja Todar Mal was the Finance Minister of the Mughal empire during Akbar's reign.

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The well-known dialogue between Nachiketa and Yama is mentioned in which Upanishada?

 

A) Chhandogyopanishad B) Mundkopanishad
C) Kathopanishad D) Kenopanishad
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Kathopanishad

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Which of the following books is NOT of Surdas?

 

A) Sursatsai B) Sur Saravali
C) Sahitya Lahar D) Sursagar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Sursatsai

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Battle of Gulnabad was led by Mahmud Hotaki and fought in the year ___.

 

A) 1770 B) 1722
C) 1712 D) 1702  
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1722

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Which of the following Harappan sites was not located in Gujarat?

 

A) Lothal B) Daimabad
C) Surkotda D) Dholavira
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Daimabad

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