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Odisha's World famous Konark Sun Temple was built by

A) Krushadevray B) Ashoka
C) Chandragupta D) Narasimhadeva
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Narasimhadeva

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In 1970, an organized resistance to the destruction of forests spread throughout India and came to be known as-? 

A) Save Silent Valley Movement  B) Swadeshi Movement 
C) Namantar Andolan  D) Chipko movement 
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Chipko movement 

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The Chipko movement. In the 1970s, an organized resistance to the destruction of forests spread throughout India and came to be known as the Chipko movement. The name of the movement comes from the word 'embrace', as the villagers hugged the trees, and prevented the contractors' from felling them.

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Which of the following languages   has been used by Surdas in his writings?

A) Awadhi B) Khariboli
C) Braj D) Bundeli
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Braj

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A collective term used by the Jains for their sacred books is

A) Prabandhas B) Angas
C) Nibandhas D) Charits
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Angas

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The Patkai hills belong to which mountain ranges?

A) Himachal B) Hindu Kush
C) Purvanchal D) Himgiri
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Purvanchal

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Which   one   of   the   following   statements about   the   All India   Depressed   Classes Association is not correct?

A) The    All    India    Depressed    Classes Association was formed in Nagpur with M.   C.   Rajah   as   its   first   elected President. B) The    All    India    Depressed    Classes Association was not attended by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar in 1926
C) Ambedkar  resigned  from  the  All  India Depressed   Classes   Association   and formed  his  own  All  India  Depressed Classes Congress in 1930. D) The    All    India    Depressed    Classes association   favoured   Ambedkar’s demand for separate electorate for the depressed classes.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Ambedkar  resigned  from  the  All  India Depressed   Classes   Association   and formed  his  own  All  India  Depressed Classes Congress in 1930.

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Dr. B. R. Ambedkar never resigned from All India Depressed class association.
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East India Company was established in ________.

A) 1400 B) 1500
C) 1600 D) 1700
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 1600

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Chachnama records the history of which conquest?

A) Kushanas B) Hunas
C) Arabs D) Greeks
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Arabs

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