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51. Where did\r\nAurangzeb die?
(1) Ahmednagar (2)\r\nAurangabad
(3) Allahabad (4) Lahore
(SSC Section Officer (Audit) Exam. 09.09.2001)
52. Where are\r\nthe mortal remains of St. Francis Xavier housed?
(1) Velankanni, Chennal
(2) Se Cathedral, Velha (Goa)
(3) Basilica of Bom Jesus, Velha (Goa)
(4) St. Xaviers Church, Mumbai
(SSC Section Officer (Audit) Exam. 09.09.2001)
53. Who among\r\nthe following was the first to invade India ?
(1) Xerxes (2)\r\nAlexander
(3) Darius-I (4)\r\nSeleucus
(SSC Section Officer (Audit) Exam. 09.09.2001)
54. Which\r\nrulers built the Ellora temples ?
(1) Chalukya (2)\r\nSunga
(3) Rashtrakuta (4)\r\nPallava
(SSC Combined Graduate Level Prelim Exam. 24.02.2002 (1st Sitting)
55. Which of\r\nthe following is in the World Heritage list ?
(1) Khajuraho (2)\r\nNalanda ruins
(3) Hampi ruins (4)\r\nTajmahal
(SSC Combined Graduate Level Prelim Exam. 24.02.2002 (1st Sitting)
56. When was\r\nthe first train steamed off in India ?
(1) 1848 (2)\r\n1853
(3) 1875 (4)\r\n1880
(SSC Combined Graduate Level Prelim Exam. 24.02.2002 (1st Sitting)
57. Who amidst\r\nthe following great music composers was the ruler of a State?
(l) Tyagaraja
(2)ShyamaShastri
(3) Muthu Swami Dikshitar
(4) SwatiThirunal
(SSC Combined Graduate Level Prelim Exam. 24.02.2002 (1st Sitting)
58. Where did\r\nthe traveller Ihn , Batuta come from ?
(1) Morocco (2)\r\nPersia
(3) Turkey (4)\r\nCentral Asia
(SSC Combined Graduate Level Prelim Exam. 24.02.2002 (1st Sitting)
59. Which\r\namong the following is the oldest dynasty ?
(l) Maurya (2)\r\nGupta
(3) Kushan (4)\r\nKanva
(SSC Combined Graduate Level Prelim Exam. 24.02.2002 (1st Sitting)
60. With which\r\nof the following is the classic “Jivaka Chintarnani” in Tamil associated ?
(1) Jainism (2)\r\nBuddhism
(3) Hinduism (4)\r\nChristianity
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51. (2)\r\nAurangzeb, the last great Mughal emperor, who spent the latter years of his\r\nreign, 1681-1707, in the Deccan, died at Khuldabad near Aurangabad in 1707, and\r\na small monument marks the site.
52. (3) The Basilica of Bom Jesus or Borea Jezuchi\r\nBajilika is located in Goa, India, and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The\r\nbasilica holds the mortal remains of St. Francis Xavier, a very close friend of\r\nSt. Ignatius Loyola with whom he founded the Society of Jesus, the (Jesuits).\r\nFrancis Xavier died on Sancian Island while enroute to continental China on\r\n(December 2, 1552). The body of Francis Xavier was first taken to Malacca and\r\ntwo years later shipped back to Goa. It is said that the saint’s body was as\r\nfresh as the day it was buried. The remains of the saint still attract a huge\r\nnumber of devotees (Christian and non-Christian alike) from all over the world,\r\nespecially during the public viewing of his body every ten years (last held in\r\n2004).
53. (3) In\r\nabout 518 BCE, the Persians
invaded India. They were led by King Darius I, who conquered\r\nthe Indus Valley and the area that is now the state of Punjab. Darius-I was\r\nsuccessful in maintaining power, and his descendants continued to rule the area\r\nwhen he died. Darius-I also began to collect a tribute tax, and spread news of\r\nIndia’s many natural resources to Europe.
54. (3) Ellora\r\nis an archaeological site near the city of Aurangabad in the Indian state of\r\nMaharashtra built by the Rashtrakuta dynasty. Well known for its monumental\r\ncaves, Ellora is a World Heritage Site. Ellora represents the epitome of Indian\r\nrock-cut architecture. The 34 “caves”- actually structures excavated out of the\r\nvertical face of the Charanandri hills. Buddhist, Hindu and Jain rock-cut\r\ntemples and viharas and mathas were built between the 5th century and 10th\r\ncentury.
55. (3) Hampi\r\nis a village in northern Karnataka state, India. It is located within the ruins\r\nof Vijayanagara, the former capital of the Vijayanagara Empire. Predating the\r\ncity of Vijayanagara, it continues to be an important religious centre, housing\r\nthe Virupaksha Temple, as well as several other monuments belonging to the old\r\ncity. The ruins are a UNESCO World Heritage Site, listed as the Group of\r\nMonuments at Hampi.
56. (2) Two\r\nnew railway companies, Great Indian Peninsular Railway (GIPR) and East Indian\r\nRailway (EIR), were created in 1853-54 to construct and operate two\r\n‘experimental’ lines near Bombay and Calcutta respectively. The first train in\r\nIndia had become operational on 22 December, 1851 for localized hauling of\r\ncanal construction material in Roorkee. A year and a half later, on 16 April,\r\n1853, the first passenger train service was inaugurated between Bori Bunder in\r\nBombay and Thane. Covering a distance of 34 kilometres, it was hauled by three\r\nlocomotives, Sahib, Sindh, and Sultan.
57. (4) Swathi\r\nThirunal Rama Varma was the Maharaja of the state of Travancdre in the first\r\nhalf of the 19th century. Besides being an able ruler, he was a patron of music\r\nand a musician himself. He encouraged both broad systems of Indian music,\r\nHindustani and Carnatic music, though he was essentially a connoisseur of the\r\nCarnatic music tradition. He is credited with composing over 400 compositions\r\nin Carnatic music as well as Hindustani music. Some of his favorite\r\ncompositions are Padmanabha Pahi, Deva Deva, Sarasijanabha and Sree Ramana Vibho.
58. (1) Ibn\r\nBatuta was a Berber Muslim Moroccan explorer, known for his extensive travels,\r\naccounts of which were published in the Rihla (“Journey”). Over a period of\r\nthirty years, he visited most of the known Islamic world as well as many\r\nnon-Muslim lands; his journeys including trips to North Africa, the Horn of\r\nAfrica, West Africa, Southern Europe and Eastern Europe in the West, and to the\r\nMiddle East, South Asia, Central Asia, Southeast Asia and China in the East, a\r\ndistance surpassing threefold his near-contemporary Marco Polo. Ibn Batuta is\r\nconsidered one of the greatest travellers of all time.
59. (1) The\r\nMaurya Empire was a geographically extensive Iron Age historical power in\r\nancient India, ruled by the Mauryan dynasty from 321 to 185 BC. Originating\r\nfrom the kingdom of Magadha in the Indo-Gangetic plains (modern Bihar, eastern\r\nUttar Pradesh and Bengal) in the eastern side of the Indian subcontinent, the\r\nempire had its capital city at Pataliputra (modern Patna). The Empire was\r\nfounded in 322 BC by Chandragupta Maurya. The Gupta Empire was an ancient\r\nIndian empire which existed from approximately 320 to 550 CE and covered much\r\nof the Indian Subcontinent. The Kushan Empire was originally formed in the\r\nearly 1st century AD under Kujula Kadphises in the territories of ancient\r\nBactria around the Oxus River (Amu Darya), and later based near Kabul,\r\nAfghanistan. The Kanva dynasty was a Brahman dynasty founded by Vasudeva Kanva,\r\nthe minister of Devabhuti, the last Sunga king in 75 BCE
60. (1) Jivaka\r\nChintamani (fabulous gem) is a classical epic poem, considered one of the five\r\ngreat Tamil epics according to later Tamil literary tradition, the others being\r\nManimegalai, Silappadikaram, Valayapathi and Kundalakesi. It was composed\r\nduring the 10th century CE by Thiruthakka Thevar, a Jain monk. It narrates the\r\nromantic exploits of Jeevaka and throws light on arts of music and dance of the\r\nera. It is reputed to have been the model for Kamba Ramayanam. The epic is\r\nbased on Sanskrit original and contains the exposition of Jain doctrines and\r\nbeliefs.
