Question Discussion & Solution

The correct answer is Sikandar Lodhi.

• The Mosque of Moth was constructed during the reign of Sikandar Lodi.

Key Points

• Moth Ki Masjid was built in 1505 by Wazir Miya Bhoiya who was a Prime Minister at the Royal Courts of Sultan Sikandar Lodhi.
• Sikandar Lodhi (1489 AD-1517 AD):
  • Sikandar Lodhi was the son of Bahlol Lodhi who conquered Bihar and western Bengal.
  • Noblest of the three Lodhi rulers, real name was Nizam Khan (son of Bahalul Lodhi).
  • He conquered Bihar and Bengal in 1504 AD. He built a new city named Agra and made it his capital.
  • He shifted his capital from Delhi to Agra, a city founded by him.
  • He broke the sacred images of the Jwalamukhi Temple at Nagarkot and ordered the temples of Mathura to be destroyed.
  • He introduced the Gaz-i-Sikandari (Sikandar’s yard) of 32 digits for measuring cultivated fields.
  • He was a poet and wrote verses in Persian under the pet name Gularukh.
  • He repaired Qutub Minar. 

Additional Information

• Muhammad Tughlaq set up a new department of agriculture Diwani-
  Kohi.
• Alauddin is credited to have built many forts and the most important of them is Ali Fort.
  • He also constructed the Alai Darwaja, the entrance gate of Qutub Minar.
• Qutbuddin Aibak constructed two mosques, Quwwat-ul- Islam in Delhi and Adhai din ka Jhonpra in Ajmer.
  • He also began the construction of Qutub Minar.

The correct answer is Haribhau Upadhyay.

Key Points 

• Haribhau Upadhyay-
  • He was the Chief Minister of Ajmer State from 1952 to 1956.
  • He became the first dictator of Rajasthan for the Salt Satyagraha.
  • He violated the salt law in Ajmer during the Salt Satyagraha.
  • He was the editor general of some newspapers – Audumbar, Navjeevan, Tyag Bhoomi.
  • He also established Gandhi Ashram at Hatundi in Ajmer.

Additional Information 

• Mankiyalal Varma also known as Gandhi of Mewar, the book Present Governance of Mewar was written by him.
• Shobharam Kumawat was the first Prime Minister of Matsya Sangh, he was associated with Alwar Prajamandal.
• Jay Narayan Vyas is known as the folk hero of Rajasthan/Sher-e-Rajasthan/Masab.

The correct answer is Harmeet Desai.

• Harmeet Desai won the men's singles title at the International Table Tennis Federation Challenge Indonesia Open 2019 Table Tennis Tournament.

Key Points

• The tournament was held in Batam, Indonesia. 
• He also won the Commonwealth championship in July 2019 held in Cuttack, Odisha. 
• He defeated Amalraj Anthony of India.

Additional Information

• Table Tennis:
  • The first match of The Table Tennis World Championship was played in 1927.
  • Table Tennis Association of India was formed in 1938.
  • Terminologies used in Table Tennis are Volley, Late service, Half volley, Backhand, Drive spin, Topspin, Chop, etc.
  • Swaythling Cup, Corbitton Cup, Barna-Bellack Cup, and Ramanujan Trophy are related to table tennis.

The correct answer is Rakesh Sharma.

Key Points

• Rakesh Sharma is the first Indian to enter space.
  • He was selected as a cosmonaut for a joint Soviet-Indian spaceflight in 1982.
  • He made history by becoming the first Indian to travel to space in 1984.
  • He flew on Soyuz T-11 with commander Yury Malyshev and flight engineer Gennady Strekalov, to the space station Salyut 7 on 3^rd April 1984.
  • Rakesh Sharma and his crewmates landed in Kazakhstan on 11^th April 1987 after the successful completion of the mission.
  • He is the only Indian citizen to travel in space.

Additional Information

• Kalpana Chawla was the first Indian-origin woman to enter space.
  • She was killed in the space shuttle Columbia disaster on 1st February 2003.
• Sunita Williams is the second Indian-origin woman to enter space.
  • The first marathon in space was run by Sunita Williams.
• Yuri Gagarin is the first man to enter space.
• Ravish Malhotra was an Air Force test pilot in India. 
  • He served as a backup for Rakesh Sharma on the Soyuz T-11 mission.

Hence, “49” should come next.