General Knowledge Quiz 523

General Knowledge

Under Shivaji's administration, what was 'sarnobat'?
(a) Keeper of revenue records
(b) Infantry officer
(c) Clerk for correspondence
(d) Village headman

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In the Interim Government formed in the year 1946, who of the following held the portfolio of Defence?
(a) Baldev Singh
(b) Asaf Ali
(c) Vallabhbhai Patel
(d) Jagjivan Ram

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In which region was the Sarvastivadin sect of Buddhism strong?
(a) Bihar and Bengal
(b) Burma and Thailand
(c) Mathura and Kashmir
(d) Tibet and Nepal

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At which one of the following places were the the Sangam Literary Assemblies held?
(a) Madurai
(b) Vanji
(c) Thanjavur
(d) Kanchipuram

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Damodarpur Copper Plate inscriptions giving details of local administration belongs to whose period?
(a) Kumargupta I
(b) Ramagupta
(c) Skandagupta
(d) Samundragupta

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Which one of the following techniques was introduced by the Turks in the textile sector in India?
(a) Hand spindle
(b) Weaver's loom
(c) Spinning wheel
(d) Tie-and-dye

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At which one of the following places is the a Sun Temple?
(a) Sikar (Rajasthan)
(b) Halebid (Karnataka)
(c) Srisailam (Andhra Pradesh)
(d) Modhera (Gujarat)

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Quartz composed of which two elements
(a) Oxygen and silicon
(b) Iron and nagbesium
(c) Silicon and iron
(d) Iron and oxygen

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The tropic of cancer does not pass through
(a) Myanmar
(b) India
(c) Pakistan
(d) Bangladesh

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Latitude of place is indicated of its
(a) Amount of rain
(b) Temperature
(c) Time
(d) Altitude

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