Basic GK Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: The Bhabru-Bairat miniature inscription of Ashoka found in Rajasthan is addressed to?
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60ed75ea06c5f535ea460101- 1to the general publicfalse
- 2Buddhist monkstrue
- 3Government servantfalse
- 4none of thesefalse
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Answer : 2. "Buddhist monks"
Explanation :
The inscription of Asoka found from this region addresse the Buddhist monks. There must have been a considerable presence of the Buddhist monks in Bairat.
Q: From which site of Rajasthan have the remains of the kund / plow line been found?
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60ed75782f19390587395d3c- 1Ahadfalse
- 2Mithalfalse
- 3Sothifalse
- 4Kalibangatrue
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Answer : 4. "Kalibanga"
Explanation :
"Kalibangan excavations in present western Rajasthan shows a ploughed field, the first site of this nature in the world.
Q: The site of Rajasthan which supplied copper articles to Harappa?
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60ed74752f19390587395aa8- 1Kalibangafalse
- 2Mithalfalse
- 3Ganeshwartrue
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Answer : 3. "Ganeshwar"
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Ganeshwar is located near the copper mines of the Sikar-Jhunjhunu area of the Khetri copper belt in Rajasthan. The Ganeshwar-Jodhpura culture has over 80 other sites currently identified. The period was estimated to be 2500–2000 BC. Historian Ratna Chandra Agrawala wrote that Ganeshwar was excavated in 1977.
Q: Chalcolithic culture found in Rajasthan is?
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60ed73f22f19390587395900- 1Ahar culturefalse
- 2Kalibanga Culturefalse
- 3Both A and Btrue
- 4none of thesefalse
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Answer : 3. "Both A and B"
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The Ahar culture, also known as the Banas culture is a Chalcolithic archaeological culture on the banks of Ahar River of southeastern Rajasthan state in India, lasting from c.
Q: Who is called the father of the history of Rajasthan?
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60ed55c806c5f535ea450a9d- 1James Todtrue
- 2Herodotusfalse
- 3George Thomasfalse
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Answer : 1. "James Tod"
Explanation :
James Tod has a prominent place in the historiography of Rajasthan. Tod has been referred as “Herodotus of the History of Rajasthan”,2 “Rajasthan ke itihas ke pita” (the father of the history of Rajasthan), founder of 'modern historiography of Rajasthan', “first modern histories of Rajasthan” etc.
Q: The area of Rajasthan before independence was called?
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60ed4a3b2f19390587380467- 1Rajputanatrue
- 2United Provincesfalse
- 3Central Provincesfalse
- 4Bengal Pradeshfalse
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Answer : 1. "Rajputana"
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Rajasthan, area-wise the largest State in India area-wise prior to Independence was known as Rajputana. The Rajputs, a martial community ruled over this area for centuries.
Q: Which is the Literary award?
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62b433219247c637fe85fad3- 1Dronacharya Awardsfalse
- 2R. D. Birla Awardfalse
- 3Jawaharlal Nehru Awardfalse
- 4Jnanpith awardtrue
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Answer : 4. "Jnanpith award"
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General literary awards are not specific to any particular genre of writing, they include the Man Booker Prize, the Pulitzer Prize, and the National Book Award. General literary awards are typically given to a select number of books each year that focus on a wide range of different topics and genres.
Q: Nobel Prize for Economics was instituted in 1967 but was first awarded in
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Answer : 3. "1969"
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The Nobel Prize for Economics was instituted in 1967 but was first awarded in 1969. The first prize in economics was awarded in 1969 to Ragnar Frisch and Jan Tinbergen "for having developed and applied dynamic models for the analysis of economic processes.