Who is credited with having excavated Cave XVI at Ajanta?
(a) Varahadeva
(b) Gautamputra Satakarni
(c) Vindhyasena
(d) Nahapana
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At which one of the following places is there a Sun Temple?
(a) Halebid (Karnataka)
(b) Srisailam (Andhra Pradesh)
(c) Sikar (Rajasthan)
(d) Modhera (Gujarat)
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What did the term 'naddaf' in the Sultanate period mean?
(a) Mason
(b) Weaver
(c) Painter
(d) Cotton-carder
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The great painter Khwaja Abdus Samad flourished at the Court of which one of the following?
(a) Akbar
(b) Babar
(c) Shahjahan
(d) Shershah
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Who bestowed the Office of Peshwa on Balaji Vishwanath?
(a) Sambhaji
(b) Shivaji III
(c) Dhanaji Jadav
(d) Shahu
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Which of the following is not use as vector in genetic engineering
(a) Anopholes
(b) Plasmids
(c) Transoisons
(d) Bacteriophages
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Advancement in genetic engineering has been possible due to discovery of
(a) Restriction endonuclease
(b) Oncogenes
(c) Exonuclease
(d) Transposons
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Contaminated water can cause the following disease except which one of the following?
(a) Measles
(b) Hepatitis A
(c) Cholera
(d) Typhoid
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Who among the following, establoished the Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company?
(a) Walchand Hirachand
(b) V.O. Chidambaram Pillai
(c) Harisarvottam Rao
(d) A.D. Shroff
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Who wrote the Mandsore inscription?
(a) Harisena
(b) Banabhatta
(c) Virsena
(d) Vatsabhatta
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