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Harihara Raya I who ruled the Vijaynagara Empire for the period 1336-1356 belonged to which dynasty?
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Answer: Option A
Solution:
Harihara I (1336–1356 CE), also called Hakka and Vira Harihara I, was the founder of the Vijayanagara empire. He was Bhavana Sangama's eldest son and was founder of the Sangama dynasty, the first among the four dynasties that ruled Vijayanagara.
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Tuluva Narasa who ruled the Vijaynagara Empire for the period 1491-1503 belonged to which dynasty?
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Answer: Option C
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This was the third dynasty to rule Vijayanagar Empire. The most famous ruler of the Vijayanagar kingdom, Krishna Deva Raya belonged to this dynasty. Tuluva Narasa Nayaka (1491-1503 AD). He was the commander of the Vijayanagar army under the rule of Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya and became the de-factor ruler of the kingdom after the death of Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya.
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The famous dialogue between Nachiketa and Yama is mentioned in the
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Answer: Option C
Solution:
The Kathopanishad is considered as a major Upanishad (out of a total of 108), and its importance can be gauged by the fact that many of its verses are found in the Bhagavad Gita, which was composed later, around 1500 BC.
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Which of the following statement is correct about South-Indian Literature?
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Answer: Option C
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South India has a literary tradition reaching back over two thousand years. The first known literature of South India are the poetic Sangams, which were written in Tamil around two to one and a half thousand years ago. In South Indian literature and philosophy, women are considered very powerful.
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How many spokes are there in the Dharma Chakra of the National flag?
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Answer: Option C
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The Ashoka Chakra is a depiction of the Buddhist Dharmachakra, represented with 24 spokes. It is so called because it appears on a number of edicts of Ashoka, most prominent among which is the Lion Capital of Sarnath which has been adopted as the National Emblem of the Republic of India.
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Champa was the capital of which one of the following Mahajanapadas in Ancient India?
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Answer: Option A
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Anga and other Mahajanapadas in the Post Vedic period - Anga was an ancient Indian kingdom that flourished on the eastern Indian subcontinent and one of the sixteen mahajanapadas ("large state"). It lay to the east of its neighbour and rival, Magadha, and was separated from it by the river Champa.
17
Satavahana dynasty originated from?
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Answer: Option B
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The use of the name "Andhra" in the Puranas has led some scholars to believe that the dynasty originated in the eastern Deccan region (the historic Andhra region, present-day Andhra Pradesh and Telangana).
18
The Ajanta Paintings belong to the
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Answer: Option D
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Ajanta paintings now in Maharashtra lies in the Western Ghats which marks the boundary of the Deccan land separating it from that of Khandesh along the valley of the river Tapti. An outstanding feature of Ajanta art is that it combines architecture, sculpture and painting in its variety of expression.
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Which of the following statement is/are correct?
I. In the 326 BC Alexander invaded India.
II. Ambhi, king of Taxila welcomed Alexander and his men
III. Alexander died in 332 BC
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Answer: Option C
Solution:
In 326 B.C. the Greek army approached the frontier city of Taxila (which was situated only within ten miles of modern Rawalpindi). It was unfortunate that the king of Taxila, Ambhi, to whom the Greeks called Omphis, did not resist the invaders, but instead opened the gates of his capital to the foreigners.
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Whose achievements are recorded in the Allahabad Pillar inscription?
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Answer: Option B
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The Allahabad pillar is an Ashoka Stambha, one of the pillars of Ashoka, an emperor of the Maurya dynasty who reigned in the 3rd century BCE. While it is one of the few extant pillars that carry his edicts, it is particularly notable for containing later inscriptions attributed to the Gupta emperor, Samudragupta (4th century CE).