41: Metals known to Indus Valley Civilisation were:
(a) Gold, copper, silver but not iron
(b) Silver, iron, bronze but not gold
(c) Iron, copper, gold but not silver
(d) Zinc, silver, iron but not gold
42: Bhakti Cult laid emphasis on:
(a) Idol worship
(b) Universal brotherhood
(c) Devotion to God
(d) None of these
43: Six persons M, N, O, P, Q and R are sitting in two rows, three in each. Q is not at the end of any row. P is second to the left of R, O is the neighbour of Q and is sitting diagonally opposite to P. N is the neighbour of R. On the basis of above information, who is facing N ?
(A) R
(B) Q
(C) P
(D) M
44: Assertion (A) :
Ashoka annexed Kalinga to the Mauryan Empire.
Reason (R) :
Kalinga controlled the land and sea routes to South India.
(a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not a correct explanation of A
(c) A is true, but R is false
(d) A is false, but R is true
Explanation:
Kalinga controlled land and sea routes to South India hence it was annexed to Mauryan empire by Ashoka.
45: The Nagara, the Dravida and the Vesara are
(a) the three main racial groups of the Indian subcontinent
(b) the three main linguistic divisions into which the languages of India can be classified
(c) the three main styles of Indian temple architecture
(d) the three main musical gharanas prevalent in India
Explanation:
The Nagara, the Dravida, the Vesara are the three main styles of Indian temple architecture. The Nagara style was prevalent in North India in the region between the Himalayas and the Vrndhyas.The Dravida style was prevalent in the far south-in the region between Krishna and Kanyakumari. The Vesara style (Chalukyan style) was the hybrid or mixture of Dravidian and Nagara styles emerged
under the rule of later Chalukyas but flourished under Hoyasalas of Dwarasamudram (Halebid).