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Examine these two statements carefully and select the correct answer using the code given below.

Statement I :King Ashoka abolished capital punishment and disbanded his army.

Statement II :After Kalinga War, Ashoka was remorseful and become a Buddhist.

A) Both the Statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I B) Both the Statements are individually true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I
C) Statement I is true but Statement II is false D) Statement I is false but Statement II is true
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Statement I is false but Statement II is true

Explanation:
Edict 13 on the Edicts of Ashoka Rock Inscriptions reflect the great remorse the king felt after observing the destruction of Kalinga: The lethal war with Kalinga transformed the vengeful Emperor Ashoka into a stable and peaceful emperor, and he became a patron of Buddhism.
 
He ended the military expansion of the empire. The Kalinga war became his first and last war. He made some significant changes in the state policy of Magadh.
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Which of the following governor generals used to call himself as Bengal Tiger?

 

A) Lord Clive B) Warren Hastings
C) Lord Cornwallis D) Lord Wellesley
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Lord Wellesley

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In which year the Board of Industrial and Financial Reconstruction (BIFR) came in to existence?

 

A) 1987   B) 1984  
C) 1989 D) 1981
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 1987  

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Which of the following is used in pencils?

A) Silicon B) Phosphorous
C) Graphite D) Charcoal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Graphite

Explanation:

A pencil is an implement for writing or drawing. It is a thin core of graphite well mixed with clay, inside a wooden body as protective casing that prevents the core from being broken.

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If the velocity of a body is doubled its kinetic energy ________________.

 

A) is also doubled B) becomes half  
C) becomes 1/4 th   D) become 4 times  
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) become 4 times  

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The magnitude of the gravitational force will be equal to the _________.

 

A) product of mass and acceleration due to the gravitational force   B) ratio of mass and acceleration due to the gravitational force
C) ratio of acceleration due to the gravitational force and mass D) reciprocal of product of mass and acceleration due to the gravitational force  
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) product of mass and acceleration due to the gravitational force  

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Which kind of power accounts for the largest share of power generation in India

A) Hydro - electricity B) Thermal
C) Nuclear D) Solar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Thermal

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Which of the following statements about the Deccan Riots of 1875 is/are true?

1.TheDeccan Riots resulted in protection for peasants through the Deccan Agriculturalists Relief Act of 1879.

2.The riots did not spread to the whole of Maharashtra because of prompt suppression by the British.

3.The British were unable to contain the riots and they spread throughout Maharashtra.

4.The cotton boom in the Deccan that had been caused by the artificial demand generated by the American Civil War caused the impoerishment of the peasants.

 

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

 

A) 1 only B) 1 and 3 
C) 2 and 4 only D) 1,2,3 and 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 1,2,3 and 4

Explanation:

In 1861, civil war broke out in the USA. USA was the largest supplier of cotton to Britain. Once the civil war broke out, the demand for cotton from India became high and this led to a surge in cotton cultivation in India and there was a period of ‘boom’ then.In May and June 1875, peasants of Maharashtra in some parts of Pune, Satara and Ahmednagar districts revolted against increasing agrarian distress. The Deccan Riots of 1875 targeted conditions of debt peonage (kamiuti) to moneylenders.In 1879, the Agriculturists Relief Act was passed which ensured that the farmers could not be arrested and imprisoned if they were unable to pay their debts.

 

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