571: Mitakshara is
(a) A work on astronomy
(b) A treatise on ancient Hindu law of inheritance
(c) An Agamic text
(d) A compendium on medicine
572: Gautam Buddha attained Nirvana at:
(a) Bodh Gaya
(b) Sarnath
(c) Kushi Nagar
(d) Lumbini
573: Mahatma Gandhi undertook fast unto death in 1932, mainly because
(a) Round Table Conference failed to satisfy Indian political aspirations
(b) Congress and Muslim League had differences of opinion
(c) Ramsay Macdonald announced the Communal Award
(d) None of the statements (a), (b) and (c) given above is correct in this context
Explanation:
This is easier one, Ramsay MacDonald, the British Prime Minister announced the Communal Award on 17th August 1932.
Gandhiji was distressed over the extension of the communal representation to the depressed classes and undertook fast unto death in Yeravada Jail (Poona) to get the award modified.
574: Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists :
List I -- List II
(Books) -- (Authors)
I. The First Indian War of Independence -- (A) Rabindranath Tagore
II. Anand Math -- (B) Sri Aurobindo
III. Life Divine -- (C) Bankim Chandra Chatterji
IV. Sadhana -- (D)Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
Codes:
(a) I-D, II-C, III-B, IV-A
(b) I-C, II-D, III-A, IV-B
(c) I-D, II-C, III-A, IV-B
(d) I-C, II-D, III-B, IV-A
Explanation:
First Indian War of Independence - Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. Life Divine - Sri Aurobindo Sadhana - Rabindranath Tagore
575: What is the correct chronological sequence of the following ?
I. Wood's Education Despatch
II. Macaulay's Minute on Education
III. The Sargeant Education Report
IV. Indian Education (Hunter Commission)
(a) II, I, IV, III
(b) II, I, III, IV
(c) I, II, IV, III
(d) IV, III, I, II
Explanation:
Macaulay's minute on education in 1835. Charles Wood's ,despatch in 1854. Hunter Commission on Indian Education
in 1882. Sargent's Plan on Education in 1944