Indian History Based on Questions asked in various Exams (Part 18)

171.      Who\r\nwrote “Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna Ab Hamaare Dil Mein Hai”?

        (1) Mohammed Iqbal

        (2) Ramprasad Bismil

        (3) Kazi Nazrul Islam

        (4) Firaq Gorakhpuri

(SSC Section Officer (Audit) Exam. 05.06.2005)

172.      Where\r\nwas “tancho brocade” developed ?

        (1) Varanasi       (2)\r\nDhaka

        (3) Surat              (4)\r\nTanjavur

(SSC Section Officer (Audit) Exam. 05.06.2005)

173.      Who is\r\nconsidered as the greatest of all the Vijayanagar rulers?

        (1) Krishnadeva Raya

        (2) Vira Narasimha

        (3) Sadasiva Raya

        (4) Rama Raya

(SSC Section Officer (Audit) Exam. 05.06.2005)

174.      Which\r\nwas the only Indus site with an artificial brick dockyard?

        (1) Lothal           (2)\r\nKalibangan

        (3) Harappa       (4)\r\nMohenjo Daro

(SSC Section Officer (Audit) Exam. 05.06.2005)

175.      Who was\r\nthe town-planner of Chandigarh ?

        (1) Edward Lutyens

        (2) Charles Correa

        (3) Le Corbusier

        (4) Christopher Wren

(SSC Statistical Investigators Grade-IV Exam. 31.07.2005)

176.      Which\r\ndynasty succeeded the Chalukyas in the Western India?

        (1) Cholas           (2)\r\nKakatiyas

        (3) Pallavas        (4)\r\nRashtrakutas

(SSC Statistical Investigators Grade-IV Exam. 31.07.2005)

177.      Upto\r\nwhtere did Chandragupta Maurya’s empire extend in the north-west ?

        (1) Ravi river      (2)\r\nIndus river

        (3) Satluj river

        (4) Hindukush range

(SSC Statistical Investigators Grade-IV Exam. 31.07.2005)

178.      Which of the following Acts\r\ngave representation to the Indians for the first time in legislation ?

        (1) Indian Councils Act, 1909

        (2) Indian Councils Act, 1919

        (3) Government of India Act, 1919

        (4) Government of India Act, 1935

(SSC Statistical Investigators Grade-IV Exam. 31.07.2005)

179.      Prince\r\nEUara conquered Sri Lanka in the second century BC. With which of the following\r\ndynasties of Dravida ruler was he associated ?

        (l) Chera              (2)\r\nChoIa

        (3) Pandya         (4)\r\nPallava

(SSC Section Officer (Commercial Audit) Exam. 25.09.2005)

180.      Harshavardhana\r\norganised his religious assembly at

        (1) Mathura       (2)\r\nPrayag

        (3) Varanasi       (4)\r\nTamralipt

(SSC Section Officer (Commercial Audit) Exam. 25.09.2005)

171. (2)\r\nSarfaroshi ki Tarnanna is a patriotic poem in Urdu, written by Pandit Ram\r\nPrasad, (pen name: Bismil) he was an Indian Independence Movement leader, known\r\npopularly with Kakori Train Robbery, during British Raj in India. The poem was\r\nwritten as an ode to young freedom fighters of the Indian independence\r\nmovement. It has also been associated with the younger generation of inter-war\r\nfreedom fighters such as Ashfaqullah Khan, Shaheed Bhagat Singh and\r\nChandrashekhar Azad.

172. (1) The\r\nfollowing are considered to be the main characteristics of the brocade fabrics\r\nof Banaras: heavy gold work; compact weaving; figures have small details;\r\nmetallic visual effects; pallus; jal and minawork. Banarasi brocade produced\r\ntwo sub-variants from its original structure namely: Katan and Tanchoi. Tanchoi\r\nhas plain woven body with one color extra weft, one color weft and one color\r\nwarp. Relative to the jamawar, it is lighter and softer. Tanchoi could be\r\nfurther classified into the following: Satan Tanchoi is the satin weave (four\r\nends and eight picks or five ends and five picks satin) with the warp in one\r\ncolor and the weft in one or i lore colors.

173. (1) Krishna\r\nDeva Raya was the greatest Emperor of the Vijayanagara Empire who reigned from\r\n1509-1529 CE. He was the third ruler of the Tuluva Dynasty. Emperor Krishna\r\nDeva Raya earned the titles Andhra Bhoja, Mooru Rayara Ganda (meaning King of\r\nthree Kings) and Kannada Rajya Rama Ramana. Portuguese travelers Domingo Paes\r\nand Fernao Nuniz also visited the Vijayanagara Empire during his reign.\r\nTravelogues indicate that the king was not only an able administrator, but also\r\nan excellent general, leading from the front in battle and even attending to\r\nthe wounded.

174. (1) Lothal\r\nwas one of the most prominent cities of the ancient Indus valley civilization.\r\nLocated in Bhal region of the modern state of Gujarat and dating from 2400 BCE,\r\nit was discovered in 1954. Lothal was excavated from February 13, 1955 to May\r\n19, 1960 by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). Lothal’s dock—the world’s\r\nearliest known, connected the city to an ancient course of the Sabarmati river\r\non the trade route between Harappan cities in Sindh and the peninsula of\r\nSaurashtra when the surrounding Kutch desert of today was a part of the Arabian\r\nSea.lt was a vital and thriving trade centre in ancient times, with its\r\ntrade of beads, gems and valuable ornaments reaching the far comers of West\r\nAsia and Africa.

175. (3) Of all\r\nthe new town schemes in independent India, the Chandigarh project quickly\r\nassumed prime significance, because of the city’s strategic location as well as\r\nthe personal interest of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of\r\nindependent India. Commissioned by Nehru to reflect the new nation’s modern,\r\nprogressive outlook, Chandigarh was designed by the French (born Swiss)\r\narchitect and urban planner, Le Corbusier, in the 1950s. Le Corbusier was in\r\nfact the second architect of the city, after the initial master plan was\r\nprepared by the American architect-planner Albert Mayer (planner) who was\r\nworking with the Polish-born architect Matthew Nowicki.

176. (4) The\r\nChalukya dynasty was an Indian royal dynasty that ruled large parts of southern\r\nand central India between the 6th and the 12th centuries. The earliest dynasty,\r\nknown as the “Badami Chalukyas”, ruled from Vatapi (modern Badami) from the\r\nmiddle of the 6th century. The Badami Chalukyas began to assert their\r\nindependence at the decline of the Kadamba kingdom of Banavasi and rapidly rose\r\nto prominence during the reign of Pulakesin II. After the death of Pulakesin\r\nII, the Eastern Chalukyas became an independent kingdom in the eastern Deccan.\r\nThey ruled from Vengi until about the 11th century. In the western Deccan, the\r\nrise of the Rashtrakutas in the middle of the 8th century eclipsed the\r\nChalukyas of Badami before being revived by their descendants, the Western\r\nChalukyas, in the late 10th century.

177. (2) Prior to\r\nChandragupta’s consolidation of power, small regional kingdoms dominated the\r\nnorthwestern subcontinent, while the Nanda Dynasty dominated the middle and\r\nlower basin of the Ganges. After Chandragupta’s conquests, the Maurya Empire\r\nextended from Bengal and Assam in the east, to Afghanistan and Balochistan,\r\nsome part of the eastern and south-east Iran in the west, to Kashmir and Nepal\r\nin the north, and to the Deccan Plateau in the south. The vast empire extended\r\nfrom the Bay of Bengal in the east, to the Indus River in the west.

178. (1) The\r\nIndian Councils Act 1909, commonly known as the Morley-Minto Reforms, was an\r\nAct of the Parliament of the’United Kingdom that brought about a limited\r\nincrease in the involvement of Indians in the governance of British India. It\r\neffectively allowed the election oflndians to the various legislative councils\r\nin India for the first time. Previously some Indians had been appointed to\r\nlegislative councils. The majorities of the councils remained British gover-\r\nnment appointments. Moreover the electorate was limited to specific classes of\r\nIndian nationals. The introduction of the electoral principle laid the\r\ngroundwork for a parliamentary system even though this was contrary to the intent\r\nof

         Morley.

179. (2) Elara\r\n(235 BC - 161 BC), also known as Manu Needhi Cholan was a Chola king from the\r\nChola Kingdom, in present day South India, who ruled Sri Lanka from 205 BC to\r\n161 BC from the ancient capital of Anuradhapura. Often referred to as ‘the Just\r\nKing’. The Tamil name Elalan means, ‘the one who rules the Ellai (boundary).\r\nElara is a peculiar figure in the history of Sri Lanka and one with particular\r\nresonance given the ongoing ethnic strife in the country. Although he was an\r\ninvader, he is often regarded as one of Sri Lanka’s wisest and most just\r\nmonarchs, as highlighted in the ancient Sinhalese chronicle Mahavamsa.

180. (2) After\r\nthe Kannauj Assembly was concluded, Hiuen-Tsang was making preparations to go\r\nto his home, but Harsha invited him to attend another Assembly at Prayag which\r\nhe used to hold after ever five years on the confluence of Ganga and Yamuna.\r\nFive such assemblies had already taken place and this was the sixth Assembly in\r\nwhich Hiuen-Tsang was invited. This ceremony was attended by the kings of\r\neighteen kingdoms and about 5, 00,000 people including Sramanas. Hercetics,\r\nNigranthas, the poor, the orphans etc, attended this assembly. The Prayag\r\nAssembly is a glorious example of the generosity of Harshavardhana as he gave\r\nall his personal wealth and belongings in charity during the assembly.

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