526: The first Civil Disobedience Movement was started by Gandhiji after the:
(a) Rowlatt Act of 1919
(b) Jallianwala Bagh massacre in 1919
(c) Chauri Chaura incident in 1922
(d) Arrival of Cripps Mission in 1942
527: The diameters of two circular coins are in the ratio of 1:3. The smaller coin is made to roll around the bigger coin till it returns to the position from where the process of rolling started. How many times the smaller coin rolled around the bigger coin ?
(A) 9
(B) 1.5
(C) 6
(D) 3
528: At a time when empires in Europe were crumbling before the might of Napoleon which one of the following Governors- General kept the British flag flying high in India ?
(a) Warren Hastings
(b) Lord Cornwallis
(c) Lord Wellesley
(d) Lord Hastings
Explanation:
It was Lord Hastings, through Anglo-Nepalese War (181416), suppression of the Pindaris and the end of the Maratha
Confederacy, kept the British flag flying high in India, when empires in Europe were-Humbling before the might of Napolean.
529: Which one of the following statements regarding Asokan stone pillars is incorrect ?
(a) These are highly polished
(b) These are monolithic
(c) The shaft of pillars is tapering in shape
(d) These are parts of architectural structures
Explanation:
Asoka's rock pillars are not architectural structures, they were intended to spread Ashoka's message to the people. They were erected with Asokan edicts.
530: The caves and rock-cut temples at Ellora are
(a) Buddhist
(b) Buddhist and Jain
(c) Hindu and Jain
(d) Hindu, Buddhist and Jain