Bibi Ka Maqbara was built by whom?
(A) Babar
(B) Aurangzeb
(C) Humayun
(D) azam shah
What was the capital of Magadha in ancient India?
(A) Rajgir
(B) Vaishali
(C) Varanasi
(D) Patliputra
Swadeshi movement was officially declared on –
(A) 26 February, 1906
(B) 18 July 1905
(C) 15 December, 1905
(D) 7 August, 1905
Who was the first king of the Vijayanagara empire?
(A) Harihar-1
(B) Rama Devaraya
(C) Bukkaraya
(D) Krishnadevaraya
Who lead the Battle of Plassey?
(A) Warren Hasting
(B) James Heartly
(C) Robert Clive
(D) Lord Dalhousie
Who is the creator of ‘Panchatantra’?
(A) Valmiki
(B) Ved Vyas
(C) Vishnu Sharma
(D) Tulsidas
1. Vishnu Sharma is the author of 'Panchantra' and an Indian scholar.
2. Panchatantra refers to an ancient Indian collection of interrelated animal fables and was originally written in the Sanskrit language.
3. It was written around 200 BC and is one of the oldest surviving texts.
4. Panchatantra was translated into other languages like Persian, Syriac and Arabic languages.
Who wrote the book ‘Kathasritasagar’?
(A) Someshwar III
(B) Kalhan
(C) Prithviraj Chauhan
(D) Somdev
Kathasaritsagar is India's unique contribution to world narrative literature. This is a seminal text of Sanskrit fiction, which was composed by Kashmiri Pandit Somdev Bhatt. 'Kathasaritsagara' is also called 'Brihatkatha' of Gunadhya. It was first written in the Prakrit language. 'Vrihatkatha' is the most influential book on the tradition of Sanskrit literature. Gunadhya is considered as respectable as Valmiki and Vyas.
Where has the Azadi train and station been inaugurated?
(A) Mumbai
(B) Kolkata
(C) Suarat
(D) Delhi
Which river is not a tributary of Krishna river?
(A) Tungabhadra
(B) Amravati
(C) Ghataprabha
(D) Malaprabha
All these rivers are tributaries of the Krishna River.
- Tungabhadra
- Ghataprabha
- Malaprabha
In which session did Nehru say, "I am a nationalist and I am proud to be a nationalist." -
(A) Faizpur session of 1936
(B) Lahore session of 1929
(C) Bombay session of 1942
(D) Kolkata session of 1937
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