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Q61.Which Chinese traveller in ancient India wrote the diary called Records of the Travels to Middle India"?

AWang Xuance BXuanzang CYijing DLi Yibiao

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Q62.The 13th Century text Lekhapaddhati gives us information on which one of the following topics?

AArt of writing BEssay writing CLegal document DEpigraphic style

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Q63.Which one of the following was composed by Harishena?

ANashik Inscription of Gautami Balashri BPrayaga Prashasti of Samudragupta CDeopara Prashasti of Vijayasena DHathigumpha Inscription of Kharavela

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Q64.Which one of the following rivers in India was not crossed by Alexander and his army?

AHyphasis BAcesines CHydraotes DHydaspes

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Q65.At which among the following Harappan sites are fire altars found?

AKalibangan BHarappa CMohenjo-daro DRakhi Garhi

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Q66.Match List-I with List-ll and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists: List-I (Mahamatta) List-II (Function) Anta-mahamatta Women's welfare Ithijhakha-mahamatta Spread of Dhamma Dhamma-mahamatta Associated with city administration Nagalaviyohalaka- mahamatta In charge of frontier areas Code: ABCD

A3214 B3124 C4123 D4213

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Q67.Who among the following is the author of the Hastyayurveda?

APalakapya BVagbhata CSushruta DCharaka

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Q68.Who among the following laid the foundation of the Vijayanagara Empire?

AHarihara and Bukka BKrishnadeva Raya CRama Raya DVirupaksha Raya

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Q69.The book, Kalila wa Dimna is an Arabic translation of the

AHitopadesha BPanchatantra CSuryasiddhanta DKathasaritsagar

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Q70.Who among the following has described the medieval Indian postal system as of two kinds-the horse-post called "Ulug' and the foot-post called 'Dawa"?

AAl-Biruni BDuarte Barbosa CIbn Battuta DSeydi Ali Reis

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Q71.The term Industrial Revolution was first used by

AJ. A. Blanqui BT. S. Ashton CArnold Toynbee DR. H. Tawney

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Q72.The Khudai Khidmatgar (Servants of the God) was organised by

AMahatma Gandhi BKhan Abdul Ghaffar Khan CM. A. Jinnah DM. M. Malaviya

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Q73.The real beginning of Western education in India can be dated from

Athe Charter Act of 1813 Bthe Charter Act of 1793 Cthe Sarda Act of 1929 Dthe Macaulay's Minute on Indian Education, 1835

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Q74.The Mahad Satyagraha of 1927 was organised by

AB. R. Ambedkar BMahatma Gandhi CS. C. Bose DLokmanya Tilak

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Q75.The Satyashodhak Samaj (Truth-Seeking Society) was set up by

AVinoba Bhave BJyotiba Phule CB. R. Ambedkar DC. Rajagopalachari

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Q76.The idea of Planning in Independent India was drawn from

Athe Bombay Plan Bthe demand made by peasants Cthe demand made by workers' unions Dthe Gandhian vision of India's future

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Q77.Which one of the following Harappan sites was a specialised centre for making shell objects?

ALothal BBalakot CAmri DKot Diji

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Q78.Which one of the following was not a part of the dhamma of King Ashoka?

AHonouring the king BTolerance of religions other than one's own CRespecting Brahmanas DPromoting the welfare of his subjects

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Q79.Which of the following statements about Saguna bhakti traditions is/are correct? 1. Saguna bhakti traditions focus on the worship of specific deities such as Vishnu or his avatars. 2. In Saguna bhakti traditions, Gods and Goddesses are conceptualised in anthropomorphic forms. Select the correct answer using the code given below:

A1 only B2 only CBoth 1 and 2 DNeither 1 nor 2

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Q80.At which one of the following places was a Shiva temple not constructed under the patronage of the Chola rulers?

AChidambaram BThanjavur CGangaikonda Cholapuram DNaneghat

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