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[B] Samudragupta
[C] Chandragupta II
[D] Kumaragupta
Correct Answer: [B] Samudragupta
Explanation: The Gupta period is called the Golden Age of ancient India. Both Samudragupta and Chandragupta II were patrons of art and literature. Samudragupta is represented on his coins playing the lute (vina), and Chandragupta II is credited with maintaining in his court nine luminaries.
2. Match the following list-I(writers) and List-II(books), using code
List-I | List-II |
1. Ibn Battuta | i. Tabaqat I Nasiri |
2. Al beruni | ii. Kitab ul Hind |
3. Amir Khusro | iii. Kitab ul Rehla |
4. Minhaj i Siraj | iv. Tughlaqnama |
[B] 1-iii 2-ii 3-i 4-iv
[C] 1-iii 2-ii 3-iv 4-i
[D] 1-ii 2-iii 3-iv 4-i
Correct Answer: [D] 1-ii 2-iii 3-iv 4-i
[B] Kanishka
[C] Harshavardhana
[D] Chandragupta Vikramaditya
Correct Answer: [C] Harshavardhana
Explanation: The Kanauj Assembly was followed by another spectacular assembly at Prayaga in the same year. While the Kanauj Assembly was a religious assembly to highlight Mahayanism, the Prayaga Assembly was an assembly of universal character for offerings of royal charities to all classes of people.
Harsha held this assembly every five years for donating gifts to people. The assembly which Hiuen Tsang saw at Prayaga in 643 A.D. was the sixth Moksha Paris had of Harsha’s reign.
[B] Divakaramitra
[C] Devagupta
[D] Sasanka
Correct Answer: [D] Sasanka
Explanation: Sasanka was the contemporary Bengal king during the time of Harsha of Kannauj. He created the first separate political entity in the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent, called the Gauda Kingdom and is a major figure in Bengali history.
[B] Villages
[C] Assemblies
[D] None of above
Correct Answer: [B] Villages
[B] Samudragupta
[C] Chandragupta II
[D] None of above
Correct Answer: [D] None of above
Explanation: The Chinese traveller, Hiuen Tsang, who visited India during Harshavardhana reign, has given a vivid description of the social, economic and religious conditions, under the rule of Harsha spoke highly of the king.
[B] Detailed account about the Gupta administration
[C] Drama in Sanskrit
[D] Part of Jatakas that provide information on the Mauryas
Correct Answer: [C] Drama in Sanskrit
[B] Priyadarsika
[C] Harshacharita
[D] All of the above
Correct Answer: [B] Priyadarsika
Explanation: Harsha wrote three sanskrit plays- Nagananda, Ratnavali and Priyadarshika. Kadambari and Harshacharita written by Banabhatta
[B] Serum
[C] White blood cells
[D] Red blood cells
Correct Answer: [C] White blood cells
10. Smallest bone present in human body is
[B] Aqueous wax
[C] Stapes
[D] Vitreous wax
Correct Answer: [C] Stapes
Explanation: The femur is the longest bone in the human body and the shortest bone is the stapes found in the middle ear.
[B] Weak acid and weak base
[C] Weak acid and strong base
[D] None of above
Correct Answer: [A] Strong acid and strong base
Explanation: NaCl or common salt is made of strong acid and strong base. It is known as neutral salt.
[B] Hypermetropia – Convex lens
[C] Presbyopia – Concave lens
[D] None of above
Correct Answer: [A] Myopia – Bifocal lens
Explanation: Myopia – Concave Lens; Hypermetropia – Convex lens; and Presbyopia – Bifocal Lens
[B] CIRUS
[C] Dhruva
[D] Kaiga
Correct Answer: [A] Apsara
Explanation: Apsara was the first nuclear research reactor in Asia. It had become operational in BARC’s Trombay campus in August 1956. It was first nuclear research reactor indigenously developed in India.
[B] Vitamin K
[C] Vitamin A
[D] Vitamin C
Correct Answer: [A] Vitamin D
Explanation: Osteomalacia is the softening of the bones caused by impaired bone metabolism primarily due to inadequate levels of Vitamin D.
[B] It becomes Polar
[C] Electric field is created nearby
[D] Nothing happens to it
Correct Answer: [D] Nothing happens to it
[B] Madhya Pradesh
[C] Rajasthan
[D] Haryana
Current Affairs June 2019
Correct Answer: [B] Madhya Pradesh
[B] K Kasturirangan Committee
[C] N Singh Committee
[D] None of above
Current Affairs June 2019
Correct Answer: [B] K Kasturirangan Committee
18. The two-day Elephanta Festival has been organized in June 2019 at which following place?
[B] India gate
[B] Pune
[D] Gateway of India
Current Affairs June 2019
Correct Answer: [B] India gate
[B] Single Women Association
[C] Working Women Forum
[D] Rural Women Association
Current Affairs June 2019
Correct Answer: [C] Working Women Forum
20. Which state was adjudged the best performing states in the NITI Aayog 2nd Health Index?
[B] Kerala
[C] Tamil Nadu
[D] Maharashtra
Current Affairs June 2019
Correct Answer: [B] Kerala