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Which of the following items was NOT exportable in the past Gupta period?

 

A) Iron B) Gold
C) Tin D) Silver
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Tin

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The Ajanta painting belongs to which period ?

A) Harappan period B) Gupta period
C) Buddhist period D) Mauryan period
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Gupta period

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The Indus Valley Civilization was Non-Aryan because

A) It was Urban B) It has a pictographic script
C) It had an agricultural economy D) It extended up to the narmada Valley
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) It was Urban

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The Indus Valley Civilization was Non-Aryan because it was Urban.

 

Harappan Civilization is also known as The Indus Valley Civilisation. It was a Bronze Age civilisation mainly in the northwestern regions of South Asia, extending from what today is northeast Afghanistan to Pakistan and northwest India.

 

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The Indus Valley Civilization specialized in

A) Town Planning B) Architecture
C) Craftsmanship D) All of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Town Planning

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The first Mughal building with complete marble facing was

A) Taj Mahal B) Moti Masjid
C) Humayun's tomb D) Itmad-ud-daulah's tomb
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Humayun's tomb

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Satyagraha Sabha was formed by gandhi at 

A) Bombay B) Gujarat
C) Calcutta D) Pune
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Bombay

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Some Indian territory was transferred in 2015 to Bangladesh by following which procedure?

 

A) By an agreement between the Government of India and the Government of Bangladesh B) By a legislation passed by the Parliament amending Schedule 1 to the Constitution of India
C) By amending Schedule 1 to the constitution of India by exercising amending power of the Parliament  D) By amending Schedule 1 to the constitution of India by exercising amending power of the Parliament and ratification by sixteen State Legislatures
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) By amending Schedule 1 to the constitution of India by exercising amending power of the Parliament 

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The 119th constitutional amendment bill 2013 sought to ratify the land boundary agreement between the two countries. This amendment needed special majority in the parliament to get passed. The bill proposed to amend the 1st schedule of the constitution to exchange the disputed territories occupied by both the nations in accordance with the 1974 bilateral LBA. Since, the law is not related to federal matters, only the approval of the Parliament is needed.

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Which of the following governor generals used to call himself as Bengal Tiger?

 

A) Lord Clive B) Warren Hastings
C) Lord Cornwallis D) Lord Wellesley
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Lord Wellesley

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