1. Privy purse to native princes
2. Communal representation to Muslims
3. Reservations to Sikhs in elections
4. Separate electorates for depressed classes
Option “4” is correct. The Communal Award was made by the British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald on 16 August 1932 granting separate electorates in India for depressed classes.
552. Which of the following was a saint of the Bhakti Movement in Bengal?
1. Tulshidas
2. Vivekananda
3. Chaitanya
4. Kabir
Option “3” is correct. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was a saint, spiritual leader who founded Gaudiya Vaishnavism. Chaitanya was the proponent for the Vaishnava school of Bhakti yoga (meaning loving devotion to God), based on Bhagavata Purana and Bhagavad Gita.
553. Among the following who was in chronological order, the last famous ruler of Vijayanagar?
1. Harihara-II
2. Devarai-I
3. Vir Narsingh
4. Krishna Deva Rai
Option “4” is correct. Krishnadevaraya was the emperor of the Vijayanagara Empire from 1509 to 1529. He was the third ruler of the Tuluva Dynasty. He was an able administrator and a great warrior but he was also a scholar, a poet, a musician and a kind king.
Option “1” is correct. The Vakataka Empire was a dynasty from the Indian subcontinent that originated from the Deccan in the mid-3rd century CE. Their state is believed to have extended from the southern edges of Malwa and Gujarat in the north to the Tungabhadra River in the south. Vindhya Shakti was the founder of Vakatak dynasty.
555. Motilal Nehru presided over the Congress Session of 1919 held at-
1. Lahore
2. Amritsar
3. Calcutta
4. Bombay
Option “2” is correct. Congress session of 1919 held at Amritsar which is presided by Motilal Nehru.
556. Rath Temples at Mahabalipuram were built during the reign of which Pallava ruler?
1. Mahendravarman
2. Narasimahavarman I
3. Parameshwarvarman
4. Nandivarman I
Option “2” is correct. The Rath Temple at Mahabalipuram are also called Shore Temple (built in 700–728 AD). It is a structural temple, built with blocks of granite, dating from the 8th century AD.It is built by Pallava ruler Narasimahavarman I.
557. Who was the Birtish Prime Minsiter who convened the First Round Table Conference in London?
Option “2” is correct. On 11 September 1930, the personnel of the Round Table Conference were announced. The conference was opened officially by King George V on November 12, 1930 in London. It was chaired by British PM Ramsay MacDonald.
558. Who deciphered the Brahmi script?
1. John F. Fleet
2. James Prinsep
3. Alexander Cunningham
4. John Marshall
Option “2” is correct. The best-known Brahmi inscriptions are the rock-cut edicts of Ashoka in north-central India, dating to 250–232 BCE. The script was deciphered in 1837 by James Prinsep, an archaeologist, philologist, and official of the East India Company.
559. Who of the following also had the name Devanampiya?
Option “3” is correct. Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA) was a revolutionary organisation, also known as Hindustan Socialist Republican Army established in 1928 at Feroz Shah Kotla in New Delhi by Chandrasekhar Azad, Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and others.
