Q5

QUIZ

1. In which year, Interim Government of India (Arzi Hukumat-i-Hind) was formed by Subhash Chandra Bose?

(A)  1941

(B)  1942

(C)  1943

(D)  1944

2. Which among the following movement started with 'breaking the salt law"?

(A)   Non-cooperation Movement

(B)   Civil Disobedience Movement

(C)   Quit India Movement

(D)   Home Rule Movement

3. In which of the following cities of India is located world's first complete granite temple?

(A)   Varanasi

(B)   Mathura

(C)   Thanjaur

(D)   Madurai

4. Who among the following was placed on the throne of Nawab of Bengal after the Battle of Buxar?

(A)   Shiraj-ud-daula

(B)   Mir Kasim 

(C)   Mir Jafar

(D)   Najimuddin Ali Khan

5. Which among the following lakes makes the border tripoint of Kenya, Tanzania & Uganda ?

(A)   Lake Turkana

(B)   Lake Victoria

(C)   Lake Tivu

(D)   Lake Tanganyika

Answers

1. In which year, Interim Government of India (Arzi Hukumat-i-Hind) was formed by Subhash Chandra Bose?

 (C)  1943...

Ārzī Hukūmat-e-Āzād Hind, the Provisional Government of Free India, or, more simply, Free India (Azad Hind), was an Indian provisional government established in Singapore in 1943 and was supported by Japan.

2. Which among the following movement started with 'breaking the salt law"?

 (B)   Civil Disobedience Movement....

The Salt March, also mainly known as the Salt Satyagraha, began with the Dandi March on 12 March 1930, and was an important part of the Indian independence movement. It was a direct action campaign of tax resistance and nonviolent protest against the British salt monopoly in colonial India, and triggered the wider Civil Disobedience Movement. This was the most significant organised challenge to British authority since the Non-cooperation movement of 1920–22, and directly followed the Purna Swaraj declaration of independence by the Indian National Congress on 26 January 1930.

3. In which of the following cities of India is located world's first complete granite temple?

 (C)   Thanjaur......

The Peruvudaiyar Kovil is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva, at Thanjavur in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is an important example of Tamil architecture achieved during the Chola dynasty. It is also known as Periya Kovil, Brihadeshwara Temple, RajaRajeswara Temple and Rajarajeswaram, The temple is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the "Great Living Chola Temples".

It is one of the largest temples in India and one of India's most prized architectural sites. Built by emperor Raja Raja Chola I and completed in 1010 AD, Peruvudaiyaar Temple, also popularly known as the 'Big Temple', turned 1000 years old in 2010.

Thanjavur Periya Kovil stands amidst fortified walls that were probably added in the 16th century. The vimanam (or temple tower) is 216 ft (66 m) high and is among the tallest of its kind in the world. The Kumbam (Kalasha or Chikharam, the apex or the bulbous structure on the top) of the temple is carved out of a single rock and it weighs around 80 tons. There is a big statue of Nandi (sacred bull), carved out of a single rock, at the entrance measuring about 16 feet long and 13 feet high.[8] The entire temple structure is made out of granite, the nearest sources of which are close to Tiruchirappalli, about 60 km to the west of Thanjavur.

4. Who among the following was placed on the throne of Nawab of Bengal after the Battle of Buxar?

 (C)   Mir Jafar.....

Mir Jafar Ali Khan Bahadur, commonly known as Mir Jafar, second son of Sayyid Ahmad Najafi was the first Nawab of Bengal under Company rule in India. He rose to power after betraying Nawab Siraj-Ud-Daulah at the Battle of Plassey in 1757. His rule is widely considered the start of British rule in India and was a key step in the eventual British domination of the subcontinent. His lust to become Nawab of Bengal led him to make a secret pact with Robert Clive and surrender to slaughter the Army of Bengal in Plassey, withholding his division from the fighting. Thus the British won the battle and established their rule in India.

5. Which among the following lakes makes the border tripoint of Kenya, Tanzania & Uganda ?

 (B)   Lake Victoria....

Lake Victoria is one of the African Great Lakes. The lake was named after Queen Victoria by the explorer John Hanning Speke, who was the first European to discover it. Speke accomplished this in 1858, while on an expedition with Richard Francis Burton to locate the source of the Nile River.

With a surface area of 68,800 square kilometres (26,600 sq mi), Lake Victoria is Africa's largest lake by area, and is also the largest tropical lake in the world. Lake Victoria is the world's 2nd largest freshwater lake by surface area; only Lake Superior in North America is larger. In terms of its volume, Lake Victoria is the world's ninth largest continental lake, and it contains about 2,750 cubic kilometers (2.2 billion acre-feet) of water.