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Ashoka expresses his faith in the Buddhist creed in the 

A) Rummindei inscription B) Schism edict
C) Kandhar inscription D) Bhabru edict
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Bhabru edict

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The idea of ‘Farr-i Izadi’, on which the Mughal kingship was based, was first developed by which one of the following Sufi saints?

A) Shihabuddin Suhrawardi B) Nizamuddin Auliya
C) Ibn al-Arabi D) Bayazid Bistami
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Shihabuddin Suhrawardi

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Abul Fazl placed Mughal kingship as the highest station in the hierarchy of objects receiving light emanating from God (farr-i izadi). Abul Fazl was inspired by a famous Iranian Sufi, Shihabuddin Suhrawardi who first developed this idea. According to this idea, there was a hierarchy in which the Divine Light was transmitted to the king who then became the source of spiritual guidance for his subjects.

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First Afghan War took place in the year

A) 1849 B) 1839
C) 1858 D) 1869
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1839

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      • The First Anglo-Afghan War also known as Disaster in Afghanistan was fought between British imperial India and The Emirate of Afghanistan from 1839 to 1842.
      • A British-Indian force attacks Ghazni fort during the First Afghan War, 1839.
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Who of the following was the personal physician of Kanishka and also the author of a famous treatise on the Indian system of medicine

A) Charaka B) Susruta
C) Nagarjuna D) Jevaka
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Charaka

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"Shakti Sthal" is the memorial of who of the following Indians ?

A) Jawaharlal nehru B) Lal Bahaddur sastry
C) Indira Gandhi D) Jagjeevan Ram
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Indira Gandhi

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The Cholas were the only known rulers in the history of india to have undertaken successful overseas naval expeditions. Who of the following Chola rulers successfully invaded Laccadives, Maldives, Sri Lanka and Sumatra?

A) Parantaka - I B) Rajaraja - I
C) Rajendra - I D) Both (b) and (c)
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Rajendra - I

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Which of the following temples resembles chariot shape ?

A) Konark Sun temple B) Sanchistupu
C) Trayambakeswara D) Akshara Dhamam
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Konark Sun temple

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Which of the following places is associated with Jainism?

A) Pava B) Prayag
C) Shravasti D) Kapilvastu
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Pava

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