Question Discussion & Solution

🔑 Key Points

• Qutb al-Din Aibak was a general of Muhammad Ghori and became the first Sultan of Delhi, founding the Mamluk or Slave Dynasty in 1206 AD.
• He initiated the construction of the Qutub Minar.

• Vikramshila University was founded by the Pala King, Dharmapala in the late 8th or early 9th century.
• It was situated at Bhagalpur, Bihar.
• It was one of the largest Buddhist universities with more than 100 teachers and about 1000 students.
• The university prospered for around four centuries and was later destroyed by Bakhtiyar Khilji.

The correct answer is option 3 i.e., c only (Kalibangan).

• The worship of Fire in the Indus Valley is proved by the discovery of the Fire altar in forts & residences at Kalibangan & Lothal.
• At Surkotada, throughout, a compact citadel and residential complex have been found, but no city complex has been unearthed. The remains of horse bones were found at Surkotda.
• Alamgirpur was discovered in 1974 by Punjab University which was named initially as "Parasaram-ka-Khera". It is located in Meerut district in Uttar Pradesh, India.
• Chanhudaro is located in Sindh province in Pakistan which belonged to the Indus Valley Civilisation and it is considered to have been a centre for manufacturing carnelian beads.
• Other important sites are:-

The correct answer is Jodhpur-Tonk.

Key Points

• At the time of unification in Rajasthan, the princely states of Tonk and Jodhpur wanted to merge with Pakistan.
• Jodhpur (1910) was the first princely state in Rajasthan that made a law to secure the Ajmer-Merwara of wildlife in Rajasthan.
• Tonk (in 1901) was the first state to declare a hunting act in Rajasthan.
• Jodhpur (Marwar) was the largest princely state of Rajasthan by area.
• Tonk was the part of Rajasthan union.
• Jodhpur was the part of Greater Rajasthan.

The correct answer is Sarojini Naidu.

Key Points

• Sarojini Naidu:
  • Sarojini Naidu was born on 13 February 1879 in Hyderabad to Bengali parents. 
  • Her father administered the Nizam College in Hyderabad while her mother was a prolific writer.
  • She was the eldest of eight siblings.
  • Sarojini Naidu graduated from the University of Madras and the Nizam Charitable Trust founded by Mahbub Ali Khan gave her a chance to study at Girton College at Cambridge.
  • Sarojini married Pradipati Govindarajulu Naidu after completing her education.
  • The couple would have five children, one of them, Paidipati Padmaja would join the independence struggle and become a part of the Quit India Movement.