Question Discussion & Solution

The correct answer is Bagore.

Key Points

• Bagore civilization: 
  • It is situated in Bhilwara on the bank of the Kothari river.
  • It was excavated by V.N. Misra and L.S. Laishnik.
  • It has evidence of the most ancient animal rearing of India.
  • It is also known as the museum of primitive culture.
  • Swastik sign was used there for Vastu dosh prevention.

Additional Information

• Raid is situated on the bank of the Dheel river in Tonk.
  • It is known as ancient India's Tatanagar.
• Gilund is situated on the bank of the Banas River in Rajsamand.
  • It was excavated by Prof. Brijvasi Lal in 1957-58 AD.
• Bairat or ancient Viratnagar, the capital of Matsyadesa, is said to have been founded by king Virat, in whose kingdom the five Pandavas spent the thirteenth year of exile in disguise. 

The correct answer is 1773.

• Regulating Act, 1773, legislation passed by the British Parliament for the regulation of the British East India Company’s Indian territories, mainly in Bengal.

Key Points

• It was the first intervention by the British government in the company’s territorial affairs and marked the beginning of a takeover process that was completed in 1858.
• The main provisions of the act were the appointment of the Governor-General of Fort William in Bengal with supervisory powers over the presidencies of Madras(now Chennai) and Bombay (now Mumbai).
• The Governor-General had a council of four and was given a casting vote but no veto.
• A Supreme court of four English judges was set up in Calcutta (now Kolkata).
• This act was amended and the government of India was recast by Prime Minister William Pitt’s India Act of 1784.

• Siddhartha also was known as Buddha got his enlightenment in Gaya located in the Indian state of Bihar.
• Buddha obtained enlightenment under a tree which is now popularly known as the Bodhi Tree.
• Bodh Gaya is the most sacred place for the Buddhists.
• Buddha achieved Mahaparinirvana around 484 BCE in the town of Kushinagar in north India.
• Buddha gave his first sermon in Sarnath.

The correct answer is Mehrgarh

• Mehrgarh is a neolithic site located near the Bolan pass on the Kacchi Plain of Balochistan, Pakistan, to the west of the Indus River Valley.
• It is the earliest known neolithic site in the Northwest Indian sub-continent, with early evidence of farming (wheat and barley), herding (cattle, sheep, and goats), and metallurgy.
• The oldest known example of the wax-lost techniques comes from a 6000-year-old wheel-shaped copper amulet found at Mehrgarh.

Additional Information 

The correct answer is option 4 i.e. Chandela

• Chandela Dynasty is not related to Agnikul.
• The four Rajput clans from Agnikunda are Chalukyas, Chauhans, Pratiharas, and Parmaras.
• In Central India, the Chandelas of Jejakabhukti were a royal dynasty.
• They ruled the Bundelkhand region (which was then known as Jejakabhuti) from the 9th to the 13th centuries.