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Which of the following rules was illiterate?

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  1. Ala-ud-din Khilji

  2. Mohammad-bin-Tuglaq

  3. Akbar

  4. Aurangzeb

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Akbar spent his youth learnings to hunt, run and fight made him a daring, powerful and brave warrior, but he never learned to read and write.

'Religions, like camel caravans, seem to avoid mountain passes. Buddhism spread quickly south from Buddha's birth-place in southern Nepal across the flat Gangetic plain to Sri Lanka. But it took a millennium to reach China...The religious belt stretched eventually to Mongolia and Japan, but in Afghanistan Buddhism filled only a narrow belt that left pagans among the valleys to the east and west in Kailash and Ghor'.

Which of the following best summarises the subject of this paragraph?

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  1. The Afghan people were hostile to Buddhism.

  2. Geography has considerable impact on the spread of religions.

  3. Buddhism does not flourish in mountainous regions.

  4. Religion has a considerable impact on geography.

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The paragraph talk about the spread of religion (Buddhism) vis-a-vis the geography of that place country. Option (b) summarizes the paragraph effectively.

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Which of the following is considered as bulwark of personal freedom?

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  1. Mandamus

  2. Habeas Corpus

  3. Certiorari

  4. Quo Warranto

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Habeas corpus is a recourse in low whereby a person can report an unlawful detention or imprisonment before a court, usually through a prison official.

'Utilitarians believe that the right action is that which produces the most happiness.'
Which of the following claims is incompatible with the utilitarian view? 

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  1. The right thing to do is to make the consequences of our actions as good as possible.

  2. The right thing to do is to do our duty, whatever the consequences.

  3. The right thing to do is to act on a rule which, if followed widely, produces the most happiness.

  4. The right thing to do is to act from motivations which produce the most happiness.

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Option (b) states that one should do one's duty without giving any consideration to the consequences (happiness of misery ). Thus , option (b) is incompatible with the belief of Utilitarians.

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The Bandung Conference was an important step to the creation of _____________.

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  1. Non-Alignment Movement

  2. United Nations

  3. European Union

  4. SAARC

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The first large-scale Asian-African or Afro-Asian  Conference -also known as the Bandung  Conference was a meeting of Asian and African states, most of which were newly independent, which took place on  April 18-24, 1955 in Bandung, Indonesia. The Conference was an important step towards the Non-Aligned Movement.    

John Mahoney, the noted actor passed away. He hailed from which country?

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  1. United Kingdom

  2. United States

  3. Brazil

  4. Canada

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

John Mahoney (77), an English-American actor of stage, film and television, has passed away in Chicago, United States on February 4, 2018. He was best known for playing the blue-collar patriarch Martin Crane in the American sitcom Frasier, which aired on NBC from 1993 to 2004. In addition to his film and television work, Mahoney also worked as a voice actor and was particularly passionate about his stage work on Broadway and in Chicago theatre. He was born in UK but he got US citizenship in 1959.

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What is the code name of the military operation in Yemen against Shia Houthi Group? 

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  1. Operation Destruction Storm

  2. Operation Decisive Storm

  3. Operation Desert Storm

  4. Operation Black Star

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Decisive Storm, is the international war against Houthi militias in Yemen. The International alliance led by Saudi Arabia fought against the Houthi militants in Yemen. 

Who was Matthew Pinesent?

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  1. He was a famous Olympic rower

  2. He was a famous dancer

  3. He was a famous singer

  4. He was a famous comedian

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Matthew Pinesent is well known for being one of the most successful rowers of all the time. He won 10 World Championship Gold medals and four consecutive Olympic Gold medals for Britain. He is one of only 5 athletes to win 4 consecutive Gold Medals.

Why historians use timelines?

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  1. Historians use timelines to make notes for themselves.

  2. Historians use timelines to put events into the chronological order.

  3. Historians use timelines to study the events in the future.

  4. All of the above

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

History is all about to study the things happened in past.  Historians use timelines to put the events into the chronological order. Chronology is important because the exact order in which the events occur help us to understand the cause and effect of those events. Timelines explain the full picture of particular era from beginning to end. 

BCE refers to the years _________.

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  1. before Jesus was born

  2. before Gautama Buddha was born

  3. before Mahavira was born.

  4. since the time of Jesus.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

BCE stands for Before Common Era. All dates before the birth of Jesus Christ, the founder of Christianity. All dates before the birth of Christ are counted backwards and usually refers BC.