516: Arrange the following Buddhist councils in a chronological order:

(1) Vaishali

(2) Rajagraha

(3) Patliputra

(4) Sreenagar

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(a) 1, 4, 3, 2

(b) 3, 2, 1, 4

(c) 4, 1, 2, 3

(d) 2, 1, 3, 4
517: Which of the following is not included in Mughal paintings?

(a) Portraits

(b) Islamic themes

(c) Flowers and plants

(d) Hunting scenes
518: Which one of the following provides the correct sequence of occurence of four towns/cities as one proceeds from west to east?

(a) Rajkot, Baroda, Kharagpur, Bilaspur

(b) Bikaner, Aligarh, Darbhanga, Nowgong

(c) Indore, Rourkela, Agartala, Jamshedpur

(d) Nasik, Aurangabad, Berhampur, Nanded
519: Of the four forms of political protests mentioned below, which one is derived from the name of the person who used it as a political weapon for the first time ?

(a) Boycott
(b) Gherao
(c) Bandh
(d) Hartal
520: Consider the following statements:

1. Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) in respect of carbon credits in one of the Kyoto Protocol Mechanisms.

2. Under the CDM, the projects handled pertain only to the Annex-I countries.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2