11. What is the Mehrauli Pillar in the complex of Qutub Minar primarily famous for?
1. Proverbial height
2. Skilful stone cutting
3. Excellent quality steel
4. Statue of Buddha on top
Option “3” is correct. Mehrauli pillar in the complex of Qutub Minar primarily famous for excellent quality of steel.
12. Aryabhatta and Kalidasa were in the court of which Gupta Emperor?
1. Kumara Gupta I
2. Chandra Gupta II
3. Samudra Gupta
4. Skanda Gupta
Option “2” is correct. Aryabhatta and Kalidasa were in the court of chandrgupta II.
13. The Mughal emperor who issued a Farman to English East India Company in 1717 to trade freely in Bengal is?
1. Farrukhsiyar
2. Bahadur Shah
3. Jahandar Shah
4. Shah Alam
Option “1” is correct. In 1717, Farrukhsiyar issued a farman giving the British East India Company the right to reside and trade in the Mughal kingdom. They were allowed to trade freely, except for a yearly payment of 3,000 rupees.
14. The kingdom of Vijayanagar was founded by-
1. Vijayraj
2. Krishnadeva Raya
3. Devaraya
4. Harihar and Bukka
Option “4” is correct. The Vijayanagara Empire, was based in the Deccan Plateau region in South India. It was established in 1336 by Harihara I and his brother Bukka Raya I of Sangama Dynasty.
15. Who is the founder of the concept “Sarvodaya”?
1. Vinobha Bhave
2. Mahatma Gandhi
3. Jai Prakash Narayan
4. K G Mushroowala
Option “2” is correct. Sarvodaya is a Sanskrit term meaning ‘universal uplift’ or ‘progress of all’. The term was used by Mahatma Gandhi as the title of his 1908 translation of John Ruskin’s tract on political economy, Unto This Last, and Gandhi came to use the term for the ideal of his own political philosophy.
16. Vande Mataram the national song was written by-
Option “2” is correct. The International Day of Non-Violence is observed on October 2, the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi. This day is referred to in India as Gandhi Jayanti.
19. Who said “Cripps proposals were a post-dated cheque of a crashing bank”?
Option “3” is correct. Mahatma Gandhi’s remark, ‘A post-dated cheque on a crumbling bank’ is regarding the proposals of cripps mission.
20. During the freedom struggle, Aruna Asaf Ali was a major woman organiser of the underground activities in___
1. Bardoli Satyagraha
2. Quit India Movement
3. Civil Disobedience Movement
4. Khilafat Movement
Option “2” is correct. Aruna Asaf Ali was a freedom fighter and is widely remembered for hoisting the Congress flag at Bombay during the Quit India Movement. She is known as the ‘Grand Old Lady’ of the Independence Movement.
