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[B] The inscription were written by Harisena, the court poet and minister in Gupta Court
[C] The edict contains the inscriptions of Ashoka, the Guptas and Jehangir
[D] Both [B] and [C] are correct
Correct Answer: [D] Both [B] and [C] are correct
Explanation: Samudragupta court poet and minister Harisena composed the Allahabad pillar Inscription or Prayag Prasasti. The Pillar was an Asokan Pillar erected by Asoka six century before him.
The Allahabad pillar is of immense value for the reconstruction of the History of ancient India as it carries contemporary writings of the times of the Maurya ruler Ashoka , the Gupta ruler Samudragupta and the Mughal ruler Jehangir.
[B] Shakas
[C] Satavahanas
[D] Pandya
Correct Answer: [A] Kushan
Explanation: The Guptas were possibly the feudatories of the Kushanas in Uttar Pradesh.
[B] Mudrarakshasa
[C] Raghuvamsa
[D] Devichandraguptam
Correct Answer: [B] Mudrarakshasa
Explanation: Visakadatha’s Mudrakshasa deals with machinations of chanakya against the Chandra Gupta Maurya.
[B] Bindusara
[C] Ashoka
[D] Brihadratha
Correct Answer: [B] Bindusara
Explanation: Bindusara campaigned in the Deccan, extending Mauryan control in the peninsula as far south as Mysore. He is said to have conquered the land between the two seas’, presumably the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal.
[B] Taxila
[C] Nalanda
[D] Vikramsila
Correct Answer: [B] Taxila
[B] Tibetan tradition
[C] Jain tradition
[D] Kalhana’s Rajatarangini
Correct Answer: [D] Kalhana’s Rajatarangini
Explanation: According to Kalhana’s Rajatarangini is Asoka said to have built the city of Srinagar.
[B] 5000 BCE
[C] 9000 BCE
[D] 15000 BCE
Correct Answer: [C] 9000 BCE
Explanation: Agriculture in the Indian subcontinent began in the Neolithic period (10000 BCE – somewhere around 4500 BCE or 2000 BCE) when not only plant based agriculture but also domestication of animals started. Agro pastoralism in India included threshing, planting crops in rows—either of two or of six—and storing grain in granaries. Barley and wheat cultivation—along with the rearing of cattle, sheep and goat— was visible in Mehrgarh by 8000-6000 BCE.
[B] Skanda Gupta
[C] Buddha Gupta
[D] Kumara Gupta I
Correct Answer: [A] Narasimha Gupta
[B] Root
[C] Leaf
[D] Adventitious root
Correct Answer: [A] Stem
Explanation: Stems get modified into underground structures for storage of food as seen in potato (tuber), ginger (rhizome), garlic (bulb), yam (corm).
[B] Lactic acid
[C] Carbonic acid
[D] Citric acid
Correct Answer: [B] Lactic acid
[B] Ptyalin
[C] Gastrin
[D] Trypsin
Correct Answer: [C] Gastrin
Explanation: Trypsin, ptyalin and pepsin are digestive enzymes. They are secreted accordingly from pancreas, saliva gland and stomach. While gastrin is a hormone.
[B] Insects
[C] Plants
[D] Fungus
Correct Answer: [B] Insects
Explanation: Insects are arthropods and contribute to 60% of total organisms.
[B] Wavelength and velocity
[C] Wavelength, frequency and velocity
[D] Wavelength and frequency
Correct Answer: [B] Wavelength and velocity
Explanation: When light wave enters from air to glass or one medium to another medium, then frequency remain constant while other variables like its wavelength and velocity changed.
[B] A compound of chloroform
[C] Fatty alcohol in animal fat
[D] Chromium salt
Correct Answer: [C] Fatty alcohol in animal fat
[B] Pancreas
[C] Gall bladder
[D] None of above
Correct Answer: [A] Spleen
Explanation: Spleen is the organ responsible for purifying blood as well as storing blood cells. It is known as reserve bank of blood.
[B] Odisha
[C] Manipur
[D] Sikkim
Current Affairs June 2019
Correct Answer: [A] Jammu and Kashmir
[B] Amitav Ghosh
[C] Arundhati Roy
[C] Kiran Desai
Current Affairs June 2019
Correct Answer: [C] Arundhati Roy
[B] Mumbai
[C] Ahmadabad
[D] Ranchi
Current Affairs June 2019
Correct Answer: [A] Greater Noida
[B] Suman Rao
[C] Aditi Thakur
[D] None of above
Current Affairs June 2019
Correct Answer: [B] Suman Rao
[B] Udhana Railway station
[C] Indore Railway station
[D] Katni Junction railway station
Current Affairs June 2019
Correct Answer: [B] Udhana Railway station