186: Consider the following pairs :
1. Dampa Tiger : Mizoram Reserve
2. Gumti Wildlife : Sikkim Sanctuary
3. Saramati Peak : Nagaland
Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
187: Regarding the Indus Valley Civilization, consider the following statements:
1. It was predominantly a secular civilization and the religious element, though present, did not dominate the scene.
2. During this period, cotton was used for manufacturing textiles in India.
Which of the statements given above isl are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Explanation:
- Jawaharlal Nehru writes in Discovery of India that the Indus Valley Civilization, as we find it, was highly developed and must have taken thousands of years to reach that stage. It was surprisingly enough, a predominantly secular civilization, and the religious element, though present, did not dominate the scene. It was clearly also the precursor of later cultural periods in India.
- The economy of the Indus Valley depended upon crops and animal husbandry. The chief crop grown were wheat, rice dates, melons, green vegetables-primarily legumes, and cotton. There were large granaries. The cotton provided the impetus for the growth of the textile industry for which the Indian subcontinent has long famous.
188: The Barrah dacoity was the first major venture of the revolutionary terrorist of the freedom movement in
(a) Bombay-Karnataka
(b) Punjab
(c) East Bengal
(d) The Madras Presidency
Explanation:
Barrah dacoity took place at Barrah in E. Bengal in which State treasury was looted. This was the first major venture of Revolutionary activtists in E. Bengal.