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Miscellaneous (Ancient India & Medieval India)

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Miscellaneous(Ancient India) Ancient India (1) Which among the following is the oldest dynasty? ---- Maurya (2) What do the painting of Ajanta depict ? ' ---- Jatakas (3) The subject-matter of Ajanta painting pertains to- ' ---- Buddhism (4) Where did the game of Chess originate ? ---- India (5) The caves and rock-cut temles at Ellora are- ---- Hindu, Buddhist and Jain (6) when was the 'Panchtantra' written ? ---- Gupta period (7) Which one of the following sources of Islam is associated with the teachings of Prophet Mohammad ? ---- Quran (8) Taxila University was situalted in- ---- Pakistan (9) Bhagavatism centred around the worship of - ---- Vishnu (10) Fahien and Huen-Tsang visited the kingdom of- ---- Chandragupta Vikramaditya and Harsha respectvely (11) The decimal system was first known in India at the beginning of- ---- 5 th Century AD

Economic Impect of british rule & Sufi Movement

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Economic Impect of british rule   Impect of british rule (1) What was the first cotton mill in India established ? ---- Mumbai (2) Which is the oldest trade union arganisation in India ? ---- All India Trade Union Congress(AITUC) (3) Where was tha first iron and steel industry of India established ? ---- Jamshedpur (4) The British introduced the raiways in India in order to - ---- facilitate British commerce and administrative control (5) During the colonial rule in India, the Permanent Settlement was introduced by- ---- Lord Cornwallis (6) The first raiway line in India was opened in the year - ---- 1853 (7) Gandhi's intervention in the Ahmedabad Mill Strike in 1981 resulted in the enhancement of wages for the workers by- ---- 0.35 (8) The main grievance of the peasants in the Champaran Satyagraha (1917) was regarding the ---- Tinkathiya system (9) Indian Factory Act was

Bhakti Movement & South India (Cholas and Others)

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Bhakti Movement   Bhakti Movement (1) Gita Gobinda' the famous poem was written by - ---- Jayadeva (2) Kabir was the disciple of- ---- Ramananda (3) Who founded the four mathas (i.e., monasetries )in the four conrners of India ? ---- Shankaracharya (4) Which philosophical system was founded by Vallabhacharya ? ---- Suddhadvaita (5) Which philosophical is called the Advaita ? ---- Shankaracharya (6) A common feature to all Bhakti Saints was that they- ---- composed their verses in the languages understood by their followers (7) Bhakti movement was started by- ---- Alwar saints (8) Who among the following was the saint of the Varlari Sect ? ---- Namadeva (9) Which one of the following is correctly matched ? ---- Dvaitvad – Madhvacharya (10) Which one of the following gives wqual importance to Jnana, Karma and Bhakti as a means of liberation ? ---- Bhagvad Gita