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(1) Mullah Muhammad Said was the tutor of
(1) Jahan Ara
(2) Raushan Ara
(3) Zeb-un Nisa
(4) Lal Kanwar
Answer: Zeb-un Nisa
(2) In medieval India, Kos Minars were built to
(1) facilitate pilgrims
(2) measure distance of travelling
(3) hang prisoners of war
(4) hang the skulls of criminals as deterrent measures
Answer: measure distance of travelling

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(3) Who of the following was known as the “Zabardast-Maulvi” ?
(1) Ram Mohan Roy
(2) Debendranath Tagore
(3) Keshabchandrasen
(4) Sayed Ahmed Khan
Answer: Ram Mohan Roy
(4) Which one of the following objectives of theosophical society is not correct ?
(1) To form a universal brotherhood of man.
(2) To promote the study of ancient religious, philosophies and sciences.
(3) To investigate the laws of nature and develop the divine powers latent in man.
(4) To proclaim superiority of Christian ethics over Eastern faiths.
Answer: To proclaim superiority of Christian ethics over Eastern faiths.
(5) Which association was started at Nasik in 1900 by V.D. Savarkar with the objective of achieving political independence of India ?
(1) Mitra Mela
(2) Yuva Bharat
(3) Navya Bharat
(4) Youngmen Society
Answer: Mitra Mela
(6) Which of the organisations had its first meeting in 1910 at Allahabad to promote women’s education ?
(1) Stree Mandal
(2) Bharatiya Mahila Sangh
(3) Bharat Stree Mahamandal
(4) Bharat Nari Samaj
Answer: Bharat Stree Mahamandal
(7) Who wrote : “Political freedom is the life-breath of a nation; to attempt social reform, educational reform, industrial expansion, the moral improvement of the race without aiming first and foremost at political freedom, is the very height of ignorance.”
(1) B.G. Tilak
(2) Lala Lajpat Rai
(3) Aurobindo Ghosh
(4) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
Answer: Aurobindo Ghosh
(8) Who wrote cultural history through the novel Tillana Mohanambal under the pseudonym ‘Kalaimani’ ?
(1) Abraham Pandithar
(2) M.S. Ramaswami Ayyar
(3) P. Sambamoorti
(4) Kothamangalam Subbu
Answer: Kothamangalam Subbu
(9) Which architect designed the entire township and the new capital complex of Chandigarh ?
(1) F.L. Wright
(2) Le Corbusier
(3) Patrick Geddes
(4) Nig Claude Batley anthas
Answer: Le Corbusier
(10) At which palaeolithic site the evidence of animal foot-prints along with Acheulian tools has been found ?
(1) Attirampakkam
(2) Bhimbetaka
(3) Didwana
(4) Hunsgi
Answer: Attirampakkam
(11) Identify the site in Kashmir valley characterised by habitational deposits belonging to Neolithic, Megalithic and historical periods, where a pre-ceramic Neolithic level dates back to the 3rd millennium B.C.
(1) Burzahom
(2) Mehrgarh
(3) Gufkral
(4) Pirak
Answer: Gufkral
(12) Which among the following sites has yielded the earliest specimen of silk ?
(1) Ahar
(2) Navadatoli
(3) Nevasa
(4) Prakash
Answer: Nevasa
(13) A unique feature of Harappan civilization unknown to contemporary civilizations was :
(1) Carnelian beads
(2) Cotton cloth
(3) Palatial houses
(4) Seals and sealings
Answer: Cotton cloth
(14) The evidence of coffin-burial has been found at which of the following Harappan sites ?
(1) Harappa
(2) Kalibangan
(3) Kot-Diji
(4) Lothal
Answer: Harappa
(15) Who among the following ladies is also known as a Rigvedic Seer ?
(1) Apala Atreyi
(2) Lopamudra
(3) Maitreyi
(4) Savitri
Answer: Apala Atreyi

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