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_________ provides information about the contribution of Holkars to the Maratha rule.

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  1. Holkarancha Parakram

  2. Holkaracha itihaas

  3. Holkarachi Kaiphiyat

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

"Holkarachi Kaiphiyat" provides information about the Holkars and their contribution to the Maratha rule.

Akbarnana, the biography of Akbar was written by _________.

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  1. Abul Fazl

  2. Birbal

  3. Jahangir

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: A
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Akbarnana, the biography of Akbar was written by Abul Fazl. Abul Fazl's Akbarnama is very important from the viewpoint of critical historiography. His method of collecting authentic historical documents and their scrutiny is looked upon as devoid of bias and hence realistic.

________ was the first Director-General of the Archeological Survey of India. 

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  1. Alexander Cunningham

  2. William Jones

  3. John Marshal

  4. Friedrich Max Muller

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Alexander Cunningham was the first Director-General of the Archeological Survey of India. 

Apartheid was the name of'a system unique to ____________.

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  1. South America

  2. South Africa

  3. Asia

  4. Europe

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The system of apartheid --literally, "apartness" -enforced the separation of South Africa's whites from the blacks, Asians, and people of mixed race. This discriminatory system was carried out through political, economic, and social institutions and continued through the early 1990s.

By selling which of the items to china, did the British regulary collect money for purchasing tea from China?

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  1. Opium

  2. Jute

  3. Cotton

  4. Sugarcane

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The English East India Company used to buy tea and silk from China for sale in England. For buying tea and silk they used to trade opium.

What does BCE stands for?

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  1. Before Christian Era

  2. Before Catholic Era

  3. Before Common Era

  4. Before Cold Era

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

BCE  usually refers to Before Common Era. The simplest reason for using BCE/CE (Common Era) as opposed to AD/BC is to avoid reference to Christianity and in particular to avoid naming Christ as lord. 

What does CE stands for?

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  1. Christian Era

  2. Catholic Era

  3. Common Era

  4. Cold Era

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Correct Option: C
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Sometimes CE is used instead of AD and BCE stands for BC. The letter CE stands for 'Common Era' and BCE stands for 'Before Common Era'. We use these terms because the Christian Era is now used in most of the countries of the World. 

The dictatorship of proletariat as the only solution for all feudal problem was advocated by ________________.

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  1. Czar Nicolas II

  2. Karl Marx

  3. Vladimir Lenin

  4. Joseph Stalin

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Correct Option: B
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The dictatorship of the proteraiant as the only solution for all feudal problem was advocated by Karl Marx.

The slogan "Jai Hind" was given by ____________.

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  1. Lal Bahadhur Shastri

  2. Jawaharlal Nahru

  3. Subhash Chandra Bose

  4. Ras Behari Bose

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Jai Hind is a saluation , slogan and battel cry most commonly used in India in speeches and communication pertaining to or referring to patriotisim towards India(also known as Hind) . It translates roughly to "Hail India " or " Victory to India" or " Long live India" . 

The term was claimed to be coined by Chempakaraman pillai of Indian Independence movement and Hindu-German Conspiracy. 

But researchers had stated that it was first coined by major Abid hasan safrani of the Indian National Army as a shortened version of Jai Hindustan Ki. It has since captured the imagination of Indian and has been immortalized by Subhas Chandra Bose as the battle cry of the Indian National Army(Azad Hind Fauj).

Arrange the following events in chronological order: 
(i) Existence of Independent Vietnam 
(ii) Existence of Bangladesh
(iii) South Rhodesia became independent 
(iv) Burma became independent 

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  1. (iv), (ii), (i), (iii)

  2. (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  3. (ii), (iv), (iii), (i)

  4. (iii), (i), (iv), (ii)

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Bangladesh came into existence in 1947 during the partition of India and it became independent in 1971. Burma became independent in 1948. South Rhodesia became independent in 1950 and today it is Zimbabwe. Vietnam came into existence in 1945 but it became a unified independent country in 1976.