Question Discussion & Solution

The Harappan Civilization is dated between 2600 and 1900 BC.

Key Points

• There were earlier and later cultures, known as Early Harappan and Later Harappan.
• The Harappan period characterized by seals, beads, weights, stone blades, and baked bricks is called the Mature Harappan culture.
• The Reasons for the Ending of Harappan Civilization:
  •   deforestation in the area
  • climate change 
  • drying up of nearby rivers 
  • rulers lost control
  • invasion of Aryans
  • overuse of landscape 

Hence, the correct answer is (2) A, B, D.

The correct answer is Lord William Bentinck.

Key Points

• Lord William Bentinck was the first Governor-General of India.
• By the charter act of 1833, the Governor-General of Bengal was re-designated as the Governor-General of India.
• This made Lord William Bentinck, the first Governor-General of India.
• Lord William Bentinck has been credited for significant social and educational reforms in India including abolishing Sati Prata, suppressing female infanticide and human sacrifice.

Additional Information

• The first Governor-General of Bengal was Lord Warren Hastings.
• Lord Dalhousie was the Governor-General of India from 1848-56.
• He devised the policy of Doctrine of Lapse.
• Lord Canning was the first viceroy of India.

The correct answer is Shimla.

Key Points

• The Conference of 1945 was a pedestal between the Viceroy of India Lord Wavell and the major political leaders of British India in Shimla.
• Convened to give assent on and approbate the Wavell Plan for Indian self-government, and there it reached a potential agreement for the self-rule of India that provided separate representation for Muslims and reduced majority powers for both communities in their majority regions.
• Seeking to assert itself and its demand to be the sole representative of Indian Muslims, the All-India Muslim League refused to back any plan in which the Indian National Congress, the dominant party in the talks, appointed Muslim representatives.

The correct answer is Raimal.

Key Points

• Raimal-
  • He was the son of Rana Kumbha.
  • He was married to Rav Jodha's Daughter Shringar Devi.
  • He built Ram, Shankar, and Samayasankat named three ponds in Mewar to promote agriculture.
  • Prithviraj and Sanga were his sons. 
  • He also built Chittorgarh Fort's Adbhut Ji's Shiva Temple.

Additional Information

•  Jagmal-
  • He was the son of  Uday Singh.
  • He was the younger brother of Rana Pratap.
  • He fought the battle of Dattani with Dewra Surtan in 1583 AD.
• Udaykaran-
  • He was the son of Rana Kumbha.
  • He killed his father Rana Kumbha, so he is known as the father killer of Mewar.
• Sangram Singh II-
  • He was the son of Amar Singh II.
  • He was made president of the Hurada conference. 
  • He built Sahelio ki Badi and Vaidhnath Temple in Udaipur.

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.