Where did the Chipko movement begin?
(A) Uttarakhand
(B) Assam
(C) Arunanchal Pradesh
(D) Mizoram
The movement originated in the Himalayan region of Uttarakhand (then part of Uttar Pradesh) in 1973 and quickly spread throughout the Indian Himalayas. The Hindi word chipko means “to hug” or “to cling to” and reflects the demonstrators' primary tactic of embracing trees to impede loggers.
Who was the President over the Cabinet Mission ?
(A) Stafford Cripps
(B) A.V. Alexander
(C) Clement Attlee
(D) Sir P. Lawrence
Who wrote the Hitopadesha?
(A) Vatsyayna
(B) Amarsimha
(C) Vishnu Sharma
(D) Aryabhatta
Which dynasty issued the largest number of gold coins?
(A) Mauryas
(B) Guptas
(C) Kushan
(D) Greeke
Who among the following was the first Tughlaq Sultan of Delhi?
(A) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
(B) Firoz Tughlaq
(C) Malik Tughlaq
(D) None of these
Who was the founder of the slave dynasty in India?
(A) Kaikubad
(B) Aram Shah
(C) Qutubuddin Aibak
(D) None of these
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