4256: In which one of the following inscriptions is Ashoka mentioned by name ?

(a) Major Rock edict at Girnar

(b) Minor Rock inscription at Maski

(c) Bairat inscription

(d) Lamghan inscription
4257: The philosophical systems of the Hindus were propounded and properly codified in the:

(a) Vedic age

(b) Maurya age

(c) Kanishka age

(d) Gupta age
4258: Which one of the following observations is not true about the Quit India Movement of 1942 ?

(a) It was a spontaneous movement

(b) It was led by Mahatma Gandhi

(c) It was a non-violent movement

(d) It did not attract the labour class in general
4259: The substitution of steel for wooden ploughs in agricultural production is an example of

(a) labour-augmenting technological progress
(b) capital-augmenting technological progress
(c) capital-reducing technological progress
(d) None of the above
4260: India carried out its first underground nuclear explosion at:

(a) Thumba

(b) Pokhran

(c) Trombay

(d) Khemkaran