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History Test 113
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  • Question 1/10
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    Mahavira was born in 6th century BC at______?
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    Mahavira (599 BCE–527 BCE) also known as Vardhaman was the twenty-fourth and last tirthankara of Jainism of present Avasarpani era. Mahavira was born in 6th century BC at Vaishali.
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    Which is the oldest text in the world?
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    • Rig Veda is the oldest text in the world so it is also known as the first testament of mankind.
    • The text is a collection of 1,028 hymns and 10,600 verses, organized into ten books. 
    • It is one of the four canonical sacred texts of Hinduism known as the Vedas.
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    Who was the first known Gupta ruler?
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    The Gupta Empire was an ancient Indian empire, founded by Maharaja Sri Gupta, which existed at its zenith from approximately 320 to 550 CE and covered much of the Indian Subcontinent.
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    Mohenjodaro was excavated by_______.
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    • R. D. Banerji was an Indian historian and a native Indian pioneer in the fields of Indian archaeology, epigraphy and palaeography.
    • He is known as the discoverer of Mohenjo-daro, the principal site of the Harappa culture.
  • Question 5/10
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    Where is the famous Virupaksha Temple located?
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    • Virupaksha Temple is located in Hampi in the state of Karnataka.
    • It is part of the Group of Monuments at Hampi, designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    • Virupaksha is a form of Shiva and has other temples dedicated to him, notably at the Group of Monuments at Pattadakal, another World Heritage Site.
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    Which ancient Indian kingdom is wrongly matched below with its capital?
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    The kingdom of Magadha in the Indo-Gangetic plains of modern Bihar, Eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bengal, the empire's capital city was at Pataliputra near modern Patna.
    The kingdom of Pandaya’s existed in the southern part of modern-day Tamil Nadu state of India, to the south of Kaveri River till Kanyakumari. Their capital was Madurai on the banks of the Vaigai River
    The Pallavas captured Kanchi from the Cholas as recorded in the Velurpalaiyam Plates, around the reign of the fifth king of the Pallava line Kumaravishnu I. Thereafter Kanchi figures in inscriptions as the capital of the Pallavas.
    Kakatiya dynasty was a South Indian dynasty whose capital was Orugallu, now known as Warangal.
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    The last Governor-General of the East India Company and the first Viceroy under the crown was ______.
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    • Charles John Canning, 1st Earl Canning known as Viscount Canning, was an English statesman and last Governor-General of India during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and in 1858 he was rewarded by being made the first Viceroy of India.
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    In the early Vedic period, Varna system was based on:
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    Varna is a Sanskrit word that means character, quality, or nature. Due to the polysemic nature of Sanskrit, one word can have many meanings. Varna can also mean colour or class. Ancient Hindu literature classified all humankind, and all created beings, in principle into four varnas:
    * The Brahmins: priests, teachers and preachers
    * The Kshatriyas: kings, governors, warriors and soldiers
    * The Vaishyas: cattle herders, agriculturists, artisans and merchants
    * The Shudras: labourers and service providers

    This quadruple division is an ancient stratification of society, not to be confused with the much more nuanced jati or "caste".
  • Question 9/10
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    The first Governor-General of Bengal was
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    Warren Hastings, the first Governor-General of Fort William from 1773 to 1785. Many parts of the Indian peninsula were governed by the East India Company, which nominally acted as the agent of the Mughal Emperor.
  • Question 10/10
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    ‘Kesari’, the Newspaper was started by:
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    Kesari is a Marathi newspaper which was founded in 1881 by Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, a prominent leader of the Indian Independence movement. The newspaper was used as a spokes piece for the Indian national freedom movement, and continues to be published by the Kesari Mahratta Trust and Tilak's descendants
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