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1. āĻ āϏāĻŽ āĻā§°āĻā§āώ⧠āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āώāĻŖ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧ āĻ'āϤ āĻ ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ ? Where is the Assam Police Training College located ?
A) āϝā§ā§°āĻšāĻžāĻ / Jorhat B) āĻā§ā§ąāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻā§ / Guwahati C) āĻĻā§ā§°āĻāĻžāĻāĻ / Dergaon D) āĻĄāĻŋāĻŦā§ā§°ā§āĻāĻĄāĻŧ / Dibrugarh
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: C) āĻĻā§ā§°āĻāĻžāĻāĻ / Dergaon
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž / Explanation: The Assam Police Training College is located at Dergaon, Assam. (āĻ āϏāĻŽ āĻā§°āĻā§āώ⧠āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āώāĻŖ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧ āĻ āϏāĻŽā§° āĻĻā§ā§°āĻāĻžāĻāĻāϤ āĻ ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĨ¤)
2. āĻāĻŋāĻāϞ āĻā§āύāĻāύ āĻĻā§āĻļā§° ā§°āĻžāĻāϧāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻšā§° ? Seoul is the capital city of which country ?
A) āĻāĻžāύāĻžāĻĄāĻž / Canada B) āĻĻāĻā§āώāĻŋāĻŖ āĻā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž / South Korea C) āĻā§ā§ąā§āĻāĻ / Kuwait D) āĻ¨ā§°ā§ąā§ / Norway
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: B) āĻĻāĻā§āώāĻŋāĻŖ āĻā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž / South Korea
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž / Explanation: Seoul is the capital and largest city of South Korea. (āĻāĻŋāĻāϞ āĻšā§āĻā§ āĻĻāĻā§āώāĻŋāĻŖ āĻā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° ā§°āĻžāĻāϧāĻžāύ⧠āĻā§°ā§ āĻŦā§āĻšāϤā§āϤāĻŽ āĻāĻšā§°āĨ¤)
3. The function of a switch in an electric circuit is ? āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝā§ā§ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻĒāĻĨāϤ āĻā§āĻāĻā§° āĻāĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻŋ ?
A) Increase current / āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝā§ā§ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻŦāĻžāĻš āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻā§°āĻž B) Reduce voltage / āĻāϞā§āĻā§āĻ āĻšā§ā§°āĻžāϏ āĻā§°āĻž C) Turn current ON or OFF / āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝā§ā§ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻŦāĻžāĻš āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāύā§āϧ āĻā§°āĻž
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: C) Turn current ON or OFF / āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝā§ā§ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻŦāĻžāĻš āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāύā§āϧ āĻā§°āĻž
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž / Explanation: A switch is used to open or close an electric circuit, thereby turning the current ON or OFF. (āĻā§āĻāĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝā§ā§ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻĒāĻĨ āĻā§āϞāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāύā§āϧ āĻā§°ā§, āĻĢāϞāϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝā§ā§ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻŦāĻžāĻš āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāύā§āϧ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°āĻŋāĨ¤)
4. Where will the 2034 FIFA World Cup be held ? ⧍ā§Ļā§Šā§Ē āĻāύ⧰ āĻĢāĻŋāĻĢāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻāĻžāĻĒ āĻ'āϤ āĻ āύā§āώā§āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻš'āĻŦ ?
A) āϏā§āĻĒā§āĻāύ / Spain B) āĻā§āĻĻāĻŋ āĻā§°ā§ą / Saudi Arabia C) āĻāĻžāύāĻžāĻĄāĻž / Canada D) āĻāĻĒā§°ā§° āĻāĻāĻžāĻ āύāĻšāϝāĻŧ / None of the above
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: B) āĻā§āĻĻāĻŋ āĻā§°ā§ą / Saudi Arabia
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž / Explanation: FIFA officially selected Saudi Arabia as the host of the 2034 FIFA World Cup on 11 December 2024. (FIFA-āĻ ā§§ā§§ āĻĄāĻŋāĻā§āĻŽā§āĻŦā§° ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ē āϤāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻā§ āĻā§āĻĻāĻŋ āĻā§°ā§ąāĻ ā§¨ā§Ļā§Šā§Ē āĻāύ⧰ āĻĢāĻŋāĻĢāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻāĻžāĻĒā§° āĻāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻ āĻĻā§āĻļ āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻāύā§āώā§āĻ āĻžāύāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžā§ąā§ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤)
Note / āĻā§āĻāĻž: ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĻā§° King Salman International Stadium-āϤ āĻāĻĻā§āĻŦā§āϧāύ⧠āĻā§°ā§ āĻĢāĻžāĻāύā§āϞ āĻ āύā§āώā§āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻš'āĻŦ āĻŦā§āϞāĻŋ āĻĻāĻžāĻŦā§āĻā§ āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻāĻāĻžā§ąā§ āϝāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦ āϞāĻžāĻā§; FIFA-ā§° āύāĻŋāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āϤāĻĨā§āϝ āĻ āύā§āϏ⧰āĻŋ āĻāĻ āĻŽā§āĻšā§āϰā§āϤāϤ āĻŽā§āϞ āϤāĻĨā§āϝ āĻšā§āĻā§ Saudi Arabia = 2034 hostāĨ¤
5. Who won the Best Player Award in ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024?ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024-āϤ āĻļā§ā§°ā§āώā§āĻ āĻā§āϞā§ā§ąā§ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āϏā§āĻāĻžā§° āĻā§āύ⧠āϞāĻžāĻ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
A) Suryakumar Yadav / āϏā§ā§°ā§āϝāĻā§āĻŽāĻžā§° āϝāĻžāĻĻā§ą B) Jasprit Bumrah / āĻāĻāĻĒā§ā§°ā§āϤ āĻŦā§āĻŽā§°āĻžāĻš
C) Sachin Tendulkar / āĻļāĻā§āύ āĻā§āĻŖā§āĻĄā§āϞāĻāĻžā§° D) None of the above / āĻāĻĒā§°ā§° āĻāĻāĻžāĻ āύāĻšāϝāĻŧ
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: B) Jasprit Bumrah / āĻāĻāĻĒā§ā§°ā§āϤ āĻŦā§āĻŽā§°āĻžāĻš
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž / Explanation: Jasprit Bumrah was named the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 Player of the Tournament. He took 15 wickets with an economy rate of 4.17. (āĻāĻāĻĒā§ā§°ā§āϤ āĻŦā§āĻŽā§°āĻžāĻšāĻ ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024-ā§° āĻļā§ā§°ā§āώā§āĻ āĻā§āϞā§ā§ąā§ (Player of the Tournament) āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻŋāϤ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āϤā§āĻāĻ ā§§ā§ĢāĻāĻž āĻāĻāĻā§āĻ āĻĻāĻāϞ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤)
6. The first women's university in India was founded by whom ? āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧāĻāύ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻž āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
A) Dhondo Keshav Karve / āϧā§āĻŖā§āĻĄā§ āĻā§āĻļā§ą āĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻā§ B) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan / āĻāĻžā§° āĻā§āϝāĻŧāĻĻ āĻāĻšāĻŽāĻĻ āĻāĻžāύ
C) Jawaharlal Nehru / āĻā§ąāĻžāĻšā§°āϞāĻžāϞ āύā§āĻšā§°ā§ D) Dr. Rajendra Prasad / āĻĄāĻ ā§°āĻžāĻā§āύā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āϏāĻžāĻĻ
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: A) Dhondo Keshav Karve / āϧā§āĻŖā§āĻĄā§ āĻā§āĻļā§ą āĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻā§
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž / Explanation: Maharshi Dhondo Keshav Karve founded India's first women's university in 1916. It is now known as SNDT Women's University. (āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻ āϏāĻāϏā§āĻāĻžā§°āĻ āĻŽāĻšā§°ā§āώāĻŋ āϧā§āĻŖā§āĻĄā§ āĻā§āĻļā§ą āĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻ⧠⧧⧝⧧ā§Ŧ āĻāύāϤ āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻž āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āĻŦā§°ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ SNDT Women's University āύāĻžāĻŽā§ā§°ā§ āĻāύāĻžāĻāĻžāϤāĨ¤)
7. Which of the following states has the smallest land area ? āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύāϞāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϤ āĻā§āύāĻāύ ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϝ⧰ āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋā§° āĻā§āϤāύ āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻāĻŽ ?
A) Goa / āĻā§ā§ąāĻž B) Assam / āĻ āϏāĻŽ C) Bihar / āĻŦāĻŋāĻšāĻžā§° D) Mizoram / āĻŽāĻŋāĻā§ā§°āĻžāĻŽ
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: A) Goa / āĻā§ā§ąāĻž
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž / Explanation: Goa is the smallest Indian state by area, with about 3,702 sq. km. (āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻāĻžāϞāĻŋā§° āĻĢāĻžāϞ⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻā§ā§ąāĻž āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āϏ⧰⧠⧰āĻžāĻā§āϝāĨ¤ āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻāĻžāϞāĻŋ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāϝāĻŧ ā§Š,ā§ā§Ļ⧍ āĻŦā§°ā§āĻ āĻāĻŋāϞā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻžā§°āĨ¤)
8. Who was the last Mughal emperor ? āĻļā§āώ āĻŽā§āĻāϞ āϏāĻŽā§ā§°āĻžāĻ āĻā§āύ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
A) Bahadur Shah II / āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĻā§ā§° āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻš āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤā§āϝāĻŧ B) Akbar / āĻāĻāĻŦā§° C) Shah Alam / āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻš āĻāϞāĻŽ D) Aurangzeb / āĻā§°āĻāĻā§ā§ą
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: A) Bahadur Shah II / āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĻā§ā§° āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻš āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤā§āϝāĻŧ
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž / Explanation: Bahadur Shah II (Bahadur Shah Zafar) was the last Mughal emperor, ruling from 1837 to 1857. After the Revolt of 1857, he was exiled to Rangoon (present-day Yangon), where he died in 1862. (āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĻā§ā§° āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻš āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤā§āϝāĻŧ (āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĻā§ā§° āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻš āĻāĻžāĻĢā§°) āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ āĻļā§āώ āĻŽā§āĻāϞ āϏāĻŽā§ā§°āĻžāĻāĨ¤ āϤā§āĻāĻ ā§§ā§Žā§Šā§–ā§§ā§Žā§Ģā§ āĻāύāϞ⧠āĻļāĻžāϏāύ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ ā§§ā§Žā§Ģā§ āĻāύ⧰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻšā§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻāϤ āϤā§āĻāĻāĻ ā§°ā§āĻāĻā§āύāϞ⧠(āĻŦā§°ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻāĻā§āύ) āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻŋāϤ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ āĻā§°ā§ ā§§ā§Žā§Ŧ⧍ āĻāύāϤ āϤāĻžāϤ āϤā§āĻāĻā§° āĻŽā§āϤā§āϝ⧠āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
9. In which session of the Indian National Congress was the National Song “Vande Mataram” sung for the first time ? āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§āϝāĻŧ āĻāĻžāϤā§āϝāĻŧ āĻāĻāĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§° āĻā§āύāĻā§ āĻ āϧāĻŋā§ąā§āĻļāύāϤ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽāĻŦāĻžā§°ā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ ā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°ā§āϝāĻŧ āĻā§āϤ ‘āĻŦāύā§āĻĻā§ āĻŽāĻžāϤ⧰āĻŽ’ āĻā§ā§ąāĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞ ?
A) Kolkata, 1896 / āĻāϞāĻāĻžāϤāĻž, ā§§ā§Žā§¯ā§Ŧ B) Mumbai, 1889 / āĻŽā§āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ, ā§§ā§Žā§Žā§¯ C) Lahore, 1909 / āϞāĻžāĻšā§ā§°, ⧧⧝ā§Ļ⧝ D) Varanasi, 1905 / āĻŦāĻžā§°āĻžāĻŖāϏā§, ⧧⧝ā§Ļā§Ģ
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: A) Kolkata, 1896 / āĻāϞāĻāĻžāϤāĻž, ā§§ā§Žā§¯ā§Ŧ
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž / Explanation: “Vande Mataram” was first sung at the 1896 Calcutta (Kolkata) session of the Indian National Congress, with Rabindranath Tagore singing it. ‘āĻŦāύā§āĻĻā§ āĻŽāĻžāϤ⧰āĻŽ’ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽāĻŦāĻžā§°ā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ ā§§ā§Žā§¯ā§Ŧ āĻāύ⧰ āĻāϞāĻāĻžāϤāĻž āĻ āϧāĻŋā§ąā§āĻļāύāϤ āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§āϝāĻŧ āĻāĻžāϤā§āϝāĻŧ āĻāĻāĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§° āϏāĻāĻžāϤ āĻā§ā§ąāĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ ā§°āĻŦā§āύā§āĻĻā§ā§°āύāĻžāĻĨ āĻ āĻžāĻā§ā§°ā§ āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
10. The first Indian woman who became the president of the Indian National Congress in 1925 at Kanpur was ? ⧧⧝⧍ā§Ģ āĻāύāϤ āĻāĻžāύāĻĒā§ā§°āϤ āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§āϝāĻŧ āĻāĻžāϤā§āϝāĻŧ āĻāĻāĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§° āϏāĻāĻžāĻĒāϤāĻŋ āĻšā§ā§ąāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§āϝāĻŧ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻž āĻā§āύ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
A) Annie Besant / āĻāύāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāύā§āĻ B) Indira Gandhi / āĻāύā§āĻĻāĻŋā§°āĻž āĻāĻžāύā§āϧ⧠C) Sarojini Naidu / āϏ⧰ā§āĻāĻŋāύ⧠āύāĻžāĻāĻĄā§ D) Kalpana Dutta / āĻāϞā§āĻĒāύāĻž āĻĻāϤā§āϤ
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: C) Sarojini Naidu / āϏ⧰ā§āĻāĻŋāύ⧠āύāĻžāĻāĻĄā§
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž / Explanation: Sarojini Naidu became the first Indian woman president of the Indian National Congress at the Kanpur Session in 1925. (⧧⧝⧍ā§Ģ āĻāύ⧰ āĻāĻžāύāĻĒā§ā§° āĻ āϧāĻŋā§ąā§āĻļāύāϤ āϏ⧰ā§āĻāĻŋāύ⧠āύāĻžāĻāĻĄā§ āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§āϝāĻŧ āĻāĻžāϤā§āϝāĻŧ āĻāĻāĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§āϝāĻŧ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻž āϏāĻāĻžāĻĒāϤāĻŋ āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤).
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1. Which of the following is NOT related with the Varman king Bhaskaravarman ? āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύāϞāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϤ āĻā§āύāĻā§ āĻŦā§°ā§āĻŽāύ ā§°āĻāĻž āĻāĻžāϏā§āĻā§°āĻŦā§°ā§āĻŽāύ⧰ āϏā§āϤ⧠āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§°ā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āύāĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
A) Dubi Copper Plate / āĻĄā§āĻŦāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻŽā§ā§°āĻĢāϞāĻ B) Parbatiya Copper Plate / āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§āĻŦāϤā§āϝāĻŧāĻž āϤāĻžāĻŽā§ā§°āĻĢāϞāĻ C) Nidhanpur Copper Plate / āύāĻŋāϧāĻžāύāĻĒā§ā§° āϤāĻžāĻŽā§ā§°āĻĢāϞāĻ D) Nalanda Clay Seals / āύāĻžāϞāύā§āĻĻāĻž āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋā§° āĻā§āϞ
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: B) Parbatiya Copper Plate / āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§āĻŦāϤā§āϝāĻŧāĻž āϤāĻžāĻŽā§ā§°āĻĢāϞāĻ
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž / Explanation: The Dubi Copper Plate, Nidhanpur Copper Plate and Nalanda Clay Seals are associated with Bhaskaravarman. The Parbatiya Copper Plate belongs to Vanamalavarmadeva, a later Varman ruler. (āĻĄā§āĻŦāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻŽā§ā§°āĻĢāϞāĻ, āύāĻŋāϧāĻžāύāĻĒā§ā§° āϤāĻžāĻŽā§ā§°āĻĢāϞāĻ āĻā§°ā§ āύāĻžāϞāύā§āĻĻāĻžā§° āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋā§° āĻā§āϞ āĻāĻžāϏā§āĻā§°āĻŦā§°ā§āĻŽāύ⧰ āϏā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤāĨ¤ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§āĻŦāϤā§āϝāĻŧāĻž āϤāĻžāĻŽā§ā§°āĻĢāϞāĻ āĻĒāĻŋāĻā§° āĻŦā§°ā§āĻŽāύ ā§°āĻāĻž āĻŦāύāĻŽāĻžāϞāĻŦā§°ā§āĻŽāĻĻā§ā§ąā§° āϏā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤāĨ¤)
2. Which one is correct about the Umachal Rock Inscription ? āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻāϞ āĻļāĻŋāϞāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻĒāĻŋā§° āĻŦāĻŋāώā§ā§ āĻā§āύāĻā§ āĻļā§āĻĻā§āϧ ?
A) It is the earliest epigraphic source discovered in Assam / āĻ āĻ āϏāĻŽā§° āĻā§ąāĻŋāώā§āĻā§āϤ āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻŖāĻŋ āĻļāĻŋāϞāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻĒāĻŋāĻāϤ āĻā§āϏ
B) The script is an eastern variety of the Gupta script and the language is Sanskrit prose / āϞāĻŋāĻĒāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻŦā§āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻā§āĻĒā§āϤ āϞāĻŋāĻĒāĻŋā§° āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āϏāĻāϏā§āĻā§āϤ āĻāĻĻā§āϝ
C) Only A / āĻā§ā§ąāϞ A D) Both A & B / A āĻā§°ā§ B āĻĻā§āϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻžāĻ
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: D) Both A & B / A āĻā§°ā§ B āĻĻā§āϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻžāĻ
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž / Explanation: The Umachal Rock Inscription is regarded as the earliest epigraphic source discovered in Assam. It is written in an eastern variety of the Gupta script and in Sanskrit prose. (āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻāϞ āĻļāĻŋāϞāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻĒāĻŋ āĻ āϏāĻŽā§° āĻā§ąāĻŋāώā§āĻā§āϤ āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻŖāĻŋ āĻļāĻŋāϞāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻĒāĻŋāĻāϤ āĻā§āϏ āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻāĻŖā§āϝ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āϞāĻŋāĻĒāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻŦā§āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻā§āĻĒā§āϤ āϞāĻŋāĻĒāĻŋā§° āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āϏāĻāϏā§āĻā§āϤ āĻāĻĻā§āϝāĨ¤)
3. From which of the following inscriptions can the defeat of Gauda King Shashanka by Bhaskaravarman be traced ? āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύāϞāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϤ āĻā§āύ āĻļāĻŋāϞāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻĒāĻŋā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻāĻžāϏā§āĻā§°āĻŦā§°ā§āĻŽāύ⧰ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžā§°āĻž āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧ ā§°āĻāĻž āĻļāĻļāĻžāĻā§āĻā§° āĻĒā§°āĻžāĻāϝāĻŧā§° āϤāĻĨā§āϝ āĻĒā§ā§ąāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ ?
A) Nidhanpur Copperplate Inscription / āύāĻŋāϧāĻžāύāĻĒā§ā§° āϤāĻžāĻŽā§ā§°āĻĢāϞāĻ B) Dubi Copperplate Inscription / āĻĄā§āĻŦāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻŽā§ā§°āĻĢāϞāĻ C) Prayagraj Pillar / āĻĒā§ā§°āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻā§°āĻžāĻ āϏā§āϤāĻŽā§āĻ D) Da Parbatia / āĻĻāĻž-āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§āĻŦāϤā§āϝāĻŧāĻž
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: B) Dubi Copperplate Inscription / āĻĄā§āĻŦāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻŽā§ā§°āĻĢāϞāĻ
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž / Explanation: The Dubi Copperplate Inscription provides information about Bhaskaravarman's conflict with the Gauda ruler Shashanka. (āĻĄā§āĻŦāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻŽā§ā§°āĻĢāϞāĻ āĻļāĻŋāϞāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻĒāĻŋā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻāĻžāϏā§āĻā§°āĻŦā§°ā§āĻŽāύ āĻā§°ā§ āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧ ā§°āĻāĻž āĻļāĻļāĻžāĻā§āĻā§° āĻŽāĻžāĻā§° āϏāĻāĻāĻžāϤ⧰ āĻŦāĻŋāώā§ā§ āϤāĻĨā§āϝ āĻĒā§ā§ąāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
4. From which of the following inscriptions can the defeat of Gauda King Shashanka by Bhaskaravarman be traced ? āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύāϞāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϤ āĻā§āύ āĻļāĻŋāϞāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻĒāĻŋā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻāĻžāϏā§āĻā§°āĻŦā§°ā§āĻŽāύ⧰ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžā§°āĻž āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧ ā§°āĻāĻž āĻļāĻļāĻžāĻā§āĻā§° āĻĒā§°āĻžāĻāϝāĻŧā§° āϤāĻĨā§āϝ āĻĒā§ā§ąāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ ?
A) Nidhanpur Copperplate Inscription / āύāĻŋāϧāĻžāύāĻĒā§ā§° āϤāĻžāĻŽā§ā§°āĻĢāϞāĻ B) Dubi Copperplate Inscription / āĻĄā§āĻŦāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻŽā§ā§°āĻĢāϞāĻ C) Prayagraj Pillar / āĻĒā§ā§°āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻā§°āĻžāĻ āϏā§āϤāĻŽā§āĻ D) Da Parbatia / āĻĻāĻž-āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§āĻŦāϤā§āϝāĻŧāĻž
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: A) Nidhanpur Copperplate Inscription / āύāĻŋāϧāĻžāύāĻĒā§ā§° āϤāĻžāĻŽā§ā§°āĻĢāϞāĻ
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž / Explanation: The Nidhanpur Copperplate records Bhaskaravarman's victorious campaign in Gauda and was issued from his victorious camp at Karnasuvarna. (āύāĻŋāϧāĻžāύāĻĒā§ā§° āϤāĻžāĻŽā§ā§°āĻĢāϞāĻāϤ āĻāĻžāϏā§āĻā§°āĻŦā§°ā§āĻŽāύ⧰ āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧ āĻ āĻāĻŋāϝāĻžāύ āĻā§°ā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāϝāĻŧā§° āϤāĻĨā§āϝ āĻĒā§ā§ąāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āĻāĻ āϤāĻžāĻŽā§ā§°āĻĢāϞāĻāĻāύ āĻā§°ā§āĻŖāϏā§āĻŦā§°ā§āĻŖā§° āĻŦāĻŋāĻāϝāĻŧā§ āĻļāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋā§°ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻāĻžā§°āĻŋ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤)
5. Bhaskaravarman issued the famous Nidhanpur Copper-plate grant after the battle of: āĻāĻžāϏā§āĻā§°āĻŦā§°ā§āĻŽāύ⧠āĻā§āύ āϝā§āĻĻā§āϧ⧰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϝāĻžāϤ āύāĻŋāϧāĻžāύāĻĒā§ā§° āϤāĻžāĻŽā§ā§°āϞāĻŋāĻĒāĻŋā§° āĻ āύā§āĻĻāĻžāύ āĻāĻžā§°āĻŋ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
A) Pundravardhan / āĻĒā§āĻŖā§āĻĄā§ā§°āĻŦā§°ā§āϧāύ B) Karnasuvarna / āĻā§°ā§āĻŖāϏā§āĻŦā§°ā§āĻŖ C) Kamrup / āĻāĻžāĻŽā§°ā§āĻĒ D) Gauda / āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧ
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: B) Karnasuvarna / āĻā§°ā§āĻŖāϏā§āĻŦā§°ā§āĻŖ
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž / Explanation: After the campaign in Gauda, Bhaskaravarman occupied Karnasuvarna and issued the Nidhanpur Copperplate grant from his victory camp there. (āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧ āĻ āĻāĻŋāϝāĻžāύ⧰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāϤ āĻāĻžāϏā§āĻā§°āĻŦā§°ā§āĻŽāύ⧠āĻā§°ā§āĻŖāϏā§āĻŦā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻĻāĻāϞ āĻā§°āĻŋ āϤāĻžāϤ āĻĨāĻāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻāϝāĻŧā§ āϏāĻžāĻŽā§°āĻŋāĻ āĻļāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋā§°ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āύāĻŋāϧāĻžāύāĻĒā§ā§° āϤāĻžāĻŽā§ā§°āϞāĻŋāĻĒāĻŋā§° āĻ āύā§āĻĻāĻžāύ āĻāĻžā§°āĻŋ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤)
6. In ancient Kamrup, “Brahmadeya” land was gifted to: āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻā§āύ āĻāĻžāĻŽā§°ā§āĻĒāϤ “āĻŦā§ā§°āĻšā§āĻŽāĻĻā§āϝāĻŧ” āĻā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻĻāĻžāύ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞ ?
A) Gods / āĻĻā§ā§ąāϤāĻž B) Yogis / āϝā§āĻā§ C) Brahma / āĻŦā§ā§°āĻšā§āĻŽāĻž D) Brahmans / āĻŦā§ā§°āĻžāĻšā§āĻŽāĻŖ
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: D) Brahmans / āĻŦā§ā§°āĻžāĻšā§āĻŽāĻŖ
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž / Explanation: Brahmadeya refers to land granted or donated to Brahmans (Brahmins), often by kings or rulers. (āĻŦā§ā§°āĻšā§āĻŽāĻĻā§āϝāĻŧ āĻŦā§āϞāĻŋāϞ⧠āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖāϤ⧠⧰āĻāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻļāĻžāϏāĻā§ āĻŦā§ā§°āĻžāĻšā§āĻŽāĻŖāϏāĻāϞāĻ āĻĻāĻžāύ āĻā§°āĻž āĻā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤).
7. Which of the following is the only Kamarupa dynasty inscription that distinguishes between the b (āĻŦ) and v (ā§ą) letters ? āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύāϞāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϤ āĻā§āύāĻāύ āĻāĻāĻŽāĻžāϤā§ā§° āĻāĻžāĻŽā§°ā§āĻĒ ā§°āĻžāĻāĻŦāĻāĻļā§° āĻļāĻŋāϞāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻĒāĻŋ āϝāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻŦ āĻā§°ā§ ā§ą āĻāĻā§°ā§° āĻŽāĻžāĻāϤ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨāĻā§āϝ āĻā§°ā§ ?
A) Nidhanpur Copperplate Inscription / āύāĻŋāϧāĻžāύāĻĒā§ā§° āϤāĻžāĻŽā§ā§°āĻĢāϞāĻ B) Dubi Rock Inscription / āĻĄā§āĻŦāĻŋ āĻļāĻŋāϞāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻĒāĻŋ C) Nagajari-Khanikargaon Rock Inscription / āύāĻžāĻāĻžāĻā§°ā§-āĻāĻžāύāĻŋāĻā§°āĻāĻžāĻāĻ āĻļāĻŋāϞāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻĒāĻŋ D) None of these / āĻāĻĒā§°ā§° āĻāĻāĻžāĻ āύāĻšāϝāĻŧ
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: C) Nagajari-Khanikargaon Rock Inscription / āύāĻžāĻāĻžāĻā§°ā§-āĻāĻžāύāĻŋāĻā§°āĻāĻžāĻāĻ āĻļāĻŋāϞāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻĒāĻŋ
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž / Explanation: The Nagajari-Khanikargaon Rock Inscription is noted for distinguishing between the b (āĻŦ) and v (ā§ą) letters. (āύāĻžāĻāĻžāĻā§°ā§-āĻāĻžāύāĻŋāĻā§°āĻāĻžāĻāĻ āĻļāĻŋāϞāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻĒāĻŋāϤ āĻŦ (b) āĻā§°ā§ ā§ą (v) āĻāĻā§°ā§° āĻŽāĻžāĻāϤ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨāĻā§āϝ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
8. Who was the contemporary of Bhaskaravarman ? āĻāĻžāϏā§āĻā§°āĻŦā§°ā§āĻŽāύ⧰ āϏāĻŽāϏāĻžāĻŽāϝāĻŧāĻŋāĻ āĻā§āύ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
A) Gopala / āĻā§āĻĒāĻžāϞ B) Harshavardhana / āĻšā§°ā§āώāĻŦā§°ā§āϧāύ C) Samudragupta / āϏāĻŽā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĻā§āĻĒā§āϤ D) Dhruvanarayana / āϧā§ā§°ā§ā§ąāύāĻžā§°āĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŖ
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: B) Harshavardhana / āĻšā§°ā§āώāĻŦā§°ā§āϧāύ
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž / Explanation: Bhaskaravarman of Kamarupa was a contemporary and ally of Harshavardhana, the ruler of Thanesar and later Kannauj, during the 7th century CE. (āĻāĻžāĻŽā§°ā§āĻĒā§° ā§°āĻāĻž āĻāĻžāϏā§āĻā§°āĻŦā§°ā§āĻŽāύ ā§āĻŽ āĻļāϤāĻŋāĻāĻžāϤ āĻšā§°ā§āώāĻŦā§°ā§āϧāύ⧰ āϏāĻŽāϏāĻžāĻŽāϝāĻŧāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āĻĻā§āϝāĻŧā§ā§°ā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻāϤ āĻŦāύā§āϧā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§°ā§āĻ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤)
9. Who was the ambassador sent by Bhaskaravarman to Harshavardhana ? āĻāĻžāϏā§āĻā§°āĻŦā§°ā§āĻŽāύ⧠āĻšāϰā§āώāĻŦā§°ā§āϧāύ⧰ āϏāĻāĻžāϞ⧠āĻĒāĻ ā§ā§ąāĻž āĻāĻāĻā§āĻāύ āĻā§āύ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
A) Lachit B) Hangsavega C) Raktim D) Nitipala
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: B) Hangsavega (āĻšāĻāϏāĻŦā§āĻ)
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž / Explanation: Hangsavega was the ambassador sent by Bhaskaravarman, the king of Kamarupa, to the court of Harshavardhana. (āĻšāĻāϏāĻŦā§āĻ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ āĻāĻžāĻŽā§°ā§āĻĒā§° ā§°āĻāĻž āĻāĻžāϏā§āĻā§°āĻŦā§°ā§āĻŽāύ⧠āĻšāϰā§āώāĻŦā§°ā§āϧāύ⧰ ā§°āĻžāĻāϏāĻāĻžāϞ⧠āĻĒāĻ ā§ā§ąāĻž āĻāĻāĻā§ (āĻĻā§āϤ)āĨ¤)
10. The title “Kumara Raja” was given to whom ? “āĻā§āĻŽāĻžā§° ā§°āĻžāĻāĻž” āĻāĻĒāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻĻāĻŋā§āĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞ ?
A) Bhutivarman B) Bhaskaravarman C) Pushyavarman D) Mahendravarman
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: B) Bhaskaravarman (āĻāĻžāϏā§āĻā§°āĻŦā§°ā§āĻŽāύ)
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž / Explanation: Bhaskaravarman, the famous ruler of Kamarupa, is associated with the title “Kumara Raja.” (āĻāĻžāĻŽā§°ā§āĻĒā§° āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϝāĻžāϤ ā§°āĻāĻž āĻāĻžāϏā§āĻā§°āĻŦā§°ā§āĻŽāύāĻ “āĻā§āĻŽāĻžā§° ā§°āĻžāĻāĻž” āĻāĻĒāĻžāϧāĻŋā§° āϏā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
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1. Who was the first king from Assam to perform ‘Ashwamedha Yagna’? āĻ āϏāĻŽāϤ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽā§ ‘āĻ āĻļā§āĻŦāĻŽā§āϧ āϝāĻā§āĻ’ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāύā§āύ āĻā§°āĻž ā§°āĻāĻž āĻā§āύ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
A) Bhaskaravarman B) Mahendravarman C) Narayanavarman D) Bhutivarman
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: C) Narayanavarman (āύāĻžā§°āĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŖāĻŦā§°ā§āĻŽāύ)
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž / Explanation: Narayanavarman of the Varman dynasty is traditionally credited as the first king of Kamarupa to perform the Ashwamedha Yagna. (āĻŦā§°ā§āĻŽāύ āĻŦāĻāĻļā§° āύāĻžā§°āĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŖāĻŦā§°ā§āĻŽāύāĻ āĻāĻžāĻŽā§°ā§āĻĒā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ ā§°āĻāĻž āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻāĻŖā§āϝ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ āϝāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻ āĻļā§āĻŦāĻŽā§āϧ āϝāĻā§āĻ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāύā§āύ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤)
2. The earlier Varmans were subordinates of whom ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻā§āύ āĻŦā§°ā§āĻŽāύāϏāĻāϞ āĻāĻžā§° āĻ āϧā§āύāϏā§āĻĨ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
A) Gupta Empire B) Maurya Empire C) Magadh Empire D) Mughal Empire
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: A) Gupta Empire (āĻā§āĻĒā§āϤ āϏāĻžāĻŽā§ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϝ)
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž / Explanation: The early Varman rulers of Kamarupa were subordinate to the Gupta Empire. (āĻāĻžāĻŽā§°ā§āĻĒā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻā§āύ āĻŦā§°ā§āĻŽāύ ā§°āĻāĻžāϏāĻāϞ āĻā§āĻĒā§āϤ āϏāĻžāĻŽā§ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϝ⧰ āĻ āϧā§āύāϏā§āĻĨ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤)
3. Who is the author of the biography “Harsha Charita”, where the Varman King Mahabhutavarman is named as Bhutivarman ? āĻŦā§°ā§āĻŽāύ ā§°āĻāĻž āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻā§āϤāĻŦā§°ā§āĻŽāύāĻ āĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻŦā§°ā§āĻŽāύ āĻŦā§āϞāĻŋ āĻāϞā§āϞā§āĻ āĻā§°āĻž “āĻšā§°ā§āώāĻā§°āĻŋāϤ”ā§° āϞā§āĻāĻ āĻā§āύ ?
A) Shudraka B) Banabhatta C) Visakhadatta D) Bhasa
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: B) Banabhatta (āĻŦāĻžāĻŖāĻāĻā§āĻ)
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž / Explanation: Banabhatta wrote Harshacharita, the biography of King Harshavardhana. In this work, the Varman ruler Mahabhutavarman is referred to as Bhutivarman. (āĻŦāĻžāĻŖāĻāĻā§āĻāĻ āĻšā§°ā§āώāĻā§°āĻŋāϤ ā§°āĻāύāĻž āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āĻāĻ āĻā§ā§°āύā§āĻĨāϤ āĻŦā§°ā§āĻŽāύ ā§°āĻāĻž āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻā§āϤāĻŦā§°ā§āĻŽāύāĻ “āĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻŦā§°ā§āĻŽāύ” āĻŦā§āϞāĻŋ āĻāϞā§āϞā§āĻ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻā§āĨ¤)
4. Princess Amrita Prabha, who married the prince of Kashmir Meghavahana, was the daughter of whom ? ā§°āĻžāĻāĻā§āĻŽāĻžā§°ā§ āĻ āĻŽā§āϤāĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻž āĻāĻžā§° āĻā§āϝāĻŧā§°ā§ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
A) Balavarman B) Kalyanavarman C) Bhaskaravarman D) Bhutivarman
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: A) Balavarman (āĻŦāϞāĻŦā§°ā§āĻŽāύ)
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž / Explanation: Princess Amrita Prabha was the daughter of King Balavarman of the Varman dynasty. She married the Kashmiri prince Meghavahana. (ā§°āĻžāĻāĻā§āĻŽāĻžā§°ā§ āĻ āĻŽā§āϤāĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻž āĻŦā§°ā§āĻŽāύ āĻŦāĻāĻļā§° ā§°āĻāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻŦā§°ā§āĻŽāύ⧰ āĻā§āϝāĻŧā§°ā§ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āϤā§āĻāĻ āĻāĻžāĻļā§āĻŽā§ā§°ā§° ā§°āĻžāĻāĻā§āĻŽāĻžā§° āĻŽā§āĻāĻŦāĻžāĻšāύāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻš āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤)
5. Which Varman king was defeated by Samudragupta in connection with the Ashwamedha sacrifice ? āĻ āĻļā§āĻŦāĻŽā§āϧ āϝāĻā§āĻā§° āϏāύā§āĻĻā§°ā§āĻāϤ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĻā§āĻĒā§āϤāĻ āĻā§āύāĻāύ āĻŦā§°ā§āĻŽāύ ā§°āĻāĻžāĻ āĻĒā§°āĻžāĻāĻŋāϤ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
A) Bhaskaravarman B) Pushyavarman C) Balavarman D) Samudravarman
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: C) Balavarman (āĻŦāϞāĻŦā§°ā§āĻŽāύ)
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž / Explanation: Balavarman is the answer generally given in this MCQ based on the reference to him in Samudragupta’s Allahabad Pillar inscription. (āϏāĻŽā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĻā§āĻĒā§āϤ⧰ āĻāϞāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āϏā§āϤāĻŽā§āĻāϞāĻŋāĻĒāĻŋāϤ āĻāϞā§āϞā§āĻ āĻĨāĻāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻŦā§°ā§āĻŽāύāĻ āĻāĻ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ⧰ āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻā§ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
6. Which of the following princess of the Kamarupa kingdom married King Meghavahana of the Gonanda dynasty of Kashmir ? āĻāĻžāĻŽā§°ā§āĻĒ ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϝ⧰ āĻā§āύāĻā§°āĻžāĻā§ ā§°āĻžāĻāĻā§āĻŽāĻžā§°ā§āϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻžāĻļā§āĻŽā§ā§°ā§° āĻā§āύāύā§āĻĻ āĻŦāĻāĻļā§° ā§°āĻāĻž āĻŽā§āĻāĻŦāĻžāĻšāύāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻš āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
A) Bhogavati B) Gandharavati C) Amritaprabha D) Nayanadevi
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: C) Amritaprabha (āĻ āĻŽā§āϤāĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻž)
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž / Explanation: Princess Amritaprabha of Kamarupa married King Meghavahana of Kashmir’s Gonanda dynasty. (āĻāĻžāĻŽā§°ā§āĻĒā§° ā§°āĻžāĻāĻā§āĻŽāĻžā§°ā§ āĻ āĻŽā§āϤāĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻžāĻļā§āĻŽā§ā§°ā§° āĻā§āύāύā§āĻĻ āĻŦāĻāĻļā§° ā§°āĻāĻž āĻŽā§āĻāĻŦāĻžāĻšāύāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻš āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤)
7. Which of the following Varman kings was known as “Maharajadhiraja” ? āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύāϞāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϤ āĻā§āύāĻāύ āĻŦā§°ā§āĻŽāύ ā§°āĻāĻžāĻ “āĻŽāĻšāĻžā§°āĻžāĻāĻžāϧāĻŋā§°āĻžāĻ” āĻŦā§āϞāĻŋ āĻāύāĻž āĻā§āĻāĻŋāϞ ?
A) Pushyavarman B) Mahendravarman C) Bhaskaravarman D) Samudravarman
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: A) Pushyavarman (āĻĒā§āώā§āϝāĻŦā§°ā§āĻŽāύ)
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž / Explanation: Pushyavarman, the founder of the Varman dynasty of Kamarupa, was known by the title “Maharajadhiraja.” (āĻāĻžāĻŽā§°ā§āĻĒā§° āĻŦā§°ā§āĻŽāύ āĻŦāĻāĻļā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻžāĻĒāĻ āĻĒā§āώā§āϝāĻŦā§°ā§āĻŽāύāĻ “āĻŽāĻšāĻžā§°āĻžāĻāĻžāϧāĻŋā§°āĻžāĻ” āĻāĻĒāĻžāϧāĻŋā§°ā§ āĻāύāĻž āĻā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤)
8. What was the official language of the Varman dynasty ? āĻŦā§°ā§āĻŽāύ ā§°āĻžāĻāĻŦāĻāĻļā§° āĻā§°āĻāĻžā§°ā§ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
A) Assamese & Bengali B) Kamrupi Prakrit & Sanskrit C) Rajbanshi & Nepali D) None of the Above
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: B) Kamrupi Prakrit & Sanskrit (āĻāĻžāĻŽā§°ā§āĻĒā§ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϤ āĻā§°ā§ āϏāĻāϏā§āĻā§āϤ)
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž / Explanation: The Varman dynasty used Sanskrit extensively in royal inscriptions, while Kamrupi Prakrit was also associated with the region’s early linguistic tradition. (āĻŦā§°ā§āĻŽāύ ā§°āĻžāĻāĻŦāĻāĻļā§° ā§°āĻžāĻāĻā§āϝāĻŧ āϞāĻŋāĻĒāĻŋāϏāĻŽā§āĻšāϤ āϏāĻāϏā§āĻā§āϤ āĻāĻžāώāĻžā§° āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞ āĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻžāĻŽā§°ā§āĻĒā§ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϤāĻ āϏā§āĻ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧā§° āĻāĻžāώāĻŋāĻ āĻĒā§°āĻŽā§āĻĒā§°āĻžā§° āϏā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤)
9. Which king of the Varman dynasty was a contemporary of Samudragupta of the Gupta dynasty ? āĻŦā§°ā§āĻŽāύ āĻŦāĻāĻļā§° āĻā§āύāĻāύ ā§°āĻāĻž āĻā§āĻĒā§āϤ āĻŦāĻāĻļā§° āϏāĻŽā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĻā§āĻĒā§āϤ⧰ āϏāĻŽāϏāĻžāĻŽāϝāĻŧāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
A) Balavarman B) Pushyavarman C) Bhaskaravarman D) Mahendravarman
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: B) Pushyavarman (āĻĒā§āώā§āϝāĻŦā§°ā§āĻŽāύ)
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž / Explanation: Pushyavarman, the founder of the Varman dynasty of Kamarupa, is generally placed in the 4th century CE and is regarded as a contemporary of Gupta emperor Samudragupta. (āĻŦā§°ā§āĻŽāύ āĻŦāĻāĻļā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻžāĻĒāĻ āĻĒā§āώā§āϝāĻŦā§°ā§āĻŽāύ ā§Ēā§°ā§āĻĨ āĻļāϤāĻŋāĻāĻžā§° ā§°āĻāĻž āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ āĻā§°ā§ āϤā§āĻāĻ āĻā§āĻĒā§āϤ āϏāĻŽā§ā§°āĻžāĻ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĻā§āĻĒā§āϤ⧰ āϏāĻŽāϏāĻžāĻŽāϝāĻŧāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ āĻŦā§āϞāĻŋ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖāϤ⧠āĻā§ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
10. What was the common language used in Kamarupa inscriptions ? āĻāĻžāĻŽā§°ā§āĻĒā§° āĻļāĻŋāϞāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻĒāĻŋāϤ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖāϤ⧠āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāώāĻžā§° āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞ ?
A) Pali B) Hindi C) Bengali D) Sanskrit
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: D) Sanskrit (āϏāĻāϏā§āĻā§āϤ)
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž / Explanation: Sanskrit was the common language used in the inscriptions of ancient Kamarupa, especially in royal and copper-plate inscriptions. (āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻā§āύ āĻāĻžāĻŽā§°ā§āĻĒā§° ā§°āĻžāĻāĻā§āϝāĻŧ āĻā§°ā§ āϤāĻžāĻŽā§ā§°āĻļāĻžāϏāύ āĻāĻĻāĻŋ āĻļāĻŋāϞāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻĒāĻŋāϤ āϏāĻāϏā§āĻā§āϤ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖāϤ⧠āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤)
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1. Who coined the slogan “Delhi Chalo” ? “āĻĻāĻŋāϞā§āϞ⧠āĻāϞ⧔ āĻļā§āϞā§āĻāĻžāύ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
A. Mahatma Gandhi | B. Subhas Chandra Bose | C. Jawaharlal Nehru | D. B. R. Ambedkar
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: B. Subhas Chandra Bose (āϏā§āĻāĻžāώ āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻŦāϏā§)
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž / Explanation: The slogan “Delhi Chalo” (On to Delhi) was famously associated with Subhas Chandra Bose and the Indian National Army (INA) during the freedom struggle. (“āĻĻāĻŋāϞā§āϞ⧠āĻāϞ⧔ āĻļā§āϞā§āĻāĻžāύāĻā§ āϏā§āĻāĻžāώ āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻŦāϏ⧠āĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻāĻžāĻĻ āĻšāĻŋāύā§āĻĻ āĻĢā§āĻ (INA)-ā§° āϏā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤāĨ¤ āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāϧā§āύāϤāĻž āϏāĻāĻā§ā§°āĻžāĻŽā§° āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāϤ āĻāĻ āĻļā§āϞā§āĻāĻžāύ⧠INA-ā§° āĻĻāĻŋāϞā§āϞ⧠āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻŽā§āĻā§ āĻ āĻāĻŋāϝāĻžāύ⧰ āϞāĻā§āώā§āϝ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžāĻļ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤)