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Independent is the newspaper founded by

A) B.R. Ambedkar B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Mothilal Nehru D) Bipin Chandra Pal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Mothilal Nehru

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Which one of the following crops is not cultivated in Karewas, the lacustrine deposit's of sand, clay, loam, silt and boulders?

 

A) Saffron B) Almond
C) Walnut D) Ling nut
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Ling nut

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Karewa sediments are treasures of many human civilizations and habitations. In fact, the agriculture of the valley dominantly survives and sustains on Karewa soils. The world famous saffron from Pampore and apples from Shopian are best examples.The famous almond orchids are best grown in the soils of karewas.

The karewas are mainly devoted to the cultivation of saffron, almond, walnut, apple and orchards.Ling nuts (singharas) grow throughout the East of India: West Bengal, Jharkhand, and Bihar are examples of such regions.

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The Ajanta Cave Paintings are a testimony to the golden age of ____ in India.

A) Buddhism B) Shaivism
C) Jainism D) Vaishnavism
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Buddhism

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India become a member of the United Nations in which of the following years?

A) 1944 B) 1945
C) 1942 D) 1950
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1945

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Nationalistic composers expressed their nationalism by

A) songs on dances B) songs on people
C) songs on peasant life D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All of the above

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Nationalistic composers expressed their nationalism by basing songs on dances or people, folklore, peasant life, operas, symphonic poems.

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Who gave the title 'Nightingale of India' to Sarojini Naidu ?

A) Jawaharlal Nehru B) Rabindranath Tagore
C) Rajendra Prasad D) Mahatma Gandhi
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Mahatma Gandhi

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Hiuen Tsang visited Kanchipuram, the capital of Pallavas, during the reign which of the following rulers?

 

A) Mahendra Verman I B) Mahendra Verman II
C) Narasimha Varman I D) Parmeshwar Varman II
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Narasimha Varman I

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The Damin-i-Koh was created by the British Government to settle which one of the following communities?

A) Santals B) Mundas
C) Oraons D) Saoras
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Santals

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Damini-i-Koh was the land allocated to the Santhals. The Santhals could live on the land and practise plough agriculture, thus helping them to carry out settled agriculture.

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