1646: The Sultan of Delhi who is reputed to have built the biggest network of canals in India was
(a) Iltutmish
(b) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
(c) Feroz Shah Tughlaq
(d) Sikandar Lodi
1647: Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched ?
(a) Harappan Civilisation : Painted Grey Ware
(b) The Kushans : Gandhara School of Art
(c) The Mughals : Ajanta Paintings
(d) The Marathas : Pahari School of Painting
1648: Consider the following pairs:
Town sometime mentioned in news - Country
1.Aleppo - Syria
2.Kirkuk - Yemen
3.Mosul - Palestine
4.Mazar-i-Sharif - Afghanistan
Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 1 and 4
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 3 and 4
1649: Consider the following statements about the Indian National Congress
I. Sarojini Naidu was the first woman to be the President of the Congress.
II. C.R. Das was in prison when he functioned as the President of the Congress.
III. The first Britisher to become the President of the Congress was Alan Octavian Hume.
IV. Alfred Webb was the President of the Congress in 1894.
Which of these statements are correct ?
(a) I and III
(b) II and IV
(c) II, III and IV
(d) I, II, III and IV
1650: Convertibility of the rupee implies
(a) being able to convert rupee notes into gold
(b) allowing the value of the rupee to be fixed by market forces
(c) freely permitting the conversion of rupee to other major currencies and vice versa
(d) developing an international market for currencies in India