Question Discussion & Solution

The correct answer is  Dungarpur - Banswara.

Key Points

• The Bhagat movement was extended to the Banswara and Dungarpur districts of Rajasthan.​
• This movement was mainly started by the farmers of the Bhil tribe.
• Started by Sarji Bhagat and Govind Guru together.
  • In 1883 AD, Govind Giri established the Samp Sabha, whose first session was held in 1903 AD on the hills of Mangarh.
  • In 1913, the Mewar Bhil Corps opened fire on the Ashwin Shukla Purnima, surrounded by a meeting on the hill of Mangadh, in which more than 1500 Bhils were killed.
  • The Mewar Bhil Corps was formed in Khairwara in 1841AD.
• Even today, the Ashwin Shukla Purnima fair is held at this place.

The correct answer is Pataliputra.

Key Points

• Pataliputra was the capital of the Mauryan Empire.
• The empire lasted from 321 to 185 BCE.
• The Mauryan Empire was founded by Chandragupta Maurya and the most popular ruler of the empire was Ashoka.
• Mauryan dynasty had three important rulers:
  • Chandragupta
  • Bindusara
  • Ashoka

 Thus, we can say that Pataliputra was the capital of the Mauryan Empire.

Additional Information

• The most important cities of the empire were the capital Pataliputa, Ujjain and Taxila.

The correct answer is option 1 i.e. Alauddin Husain Shah

• The famous Saint Chaitanya of Bengal was a contemporary of Alauddin Husain Shah.
• Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486 - 1534) was a Vedic spiritual leader.
• He founded Gaudiya Vaishnavism.
• Chaitanya was the advocator for the Vaishnava school of Bhakti yoga.
• He is revered as Krishna.
• He popularized the chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra.
• He composed the Siksastakam (eight devotional prayers) in Sanskrit.

The correct answer is 1940.

• The Lahore Resolution was passed by the Muslim league in 1940.

Key Points

• Mohammed Ali Jinnah called the general session of the All India Muslim League in Lahore on 22-24 March 1940.
  • The Lahore Resolution, popularly described as the Pakistan Resolution was passed in this session.
  • The resolution was for the establishment of a separate homeland for the Muslims of British India.
  • Prominent figures in the session-
    • Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy
    • AK Fazlul Huq led the Bengal Muslim League contingent
    • Chief Ministers of Bengal and Punjab

Important Points

• The Lahore Resolution was a formal statement, which sought the creation of a separate Muslim state.
  • The political statement, written by Zafarullah Khan and other prominent members of the ‘All-India Muslim League,’ proposed the creation of an ‘independent state’ based on a predominantly Muslim population.
  • When the resolution was put forth by the then Chief Minister of undivided Bengal, A. K. Fazl ul Huq, people started using the word ‘Pakistan’ quite frequently as the Hindu leaders described the resolution as a demand to create Pakistan.
  • Hence, the ‘Lahore Resolution’ is considered a landmark document in Pakistan’s history.
  • A monument called ‘Minar-e-Pakistan’ stands in Lahore to commemorate the famous resolution.
  • March 23 is observed as a national holiday in Pakistan to celebrate Republic Day and to commemorate the Lahore Resolution.

The Correct Answer is Option 1.

• Harappan culture planned its towns with their chessboard system, streets, drainage pipes, and chess pits.
• Rectangular houses with brick-line bathrooms and wells together with their stairways are found in all Harappan sites.
• Harappans have well connected central drainage system.
• Harappa is known as the city of granaries.
• The extraordinary uniformity of Harappa Civilization of artecrafts is evident in pottery, seals, bricks and weights. Hence, Statement 1 is correct.

• The late Harappa sites did not maintain the same construction techniques as were used in mature Harappa sites. Hence, Statement 2 is NOT correct.