Political History of South India-Objective

Political History of South India-Objective

Who among the following was a Satavahana ruler ?
(a) Nahapana
(b) Mahendravarman
(c) Vasisthiputra Pulumayi
(d) Rudradaman


Answer: Vasisthiputra Pulumayi


The political and cultural centre of the Pandyas was
(a) Vengi
(b) Mahabalipuram
(c) Kanchipuram
(d) Madurai


Answer: Madurai

African National Congress-Globalization

African National Congress
The African National Congress (ANC) is South Africa's governing political party, supported by its tripartite alliance with the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and the South African Communist Party (SACP), since the establishment of non-racial democracy in April 1994. It defines itself as a "disciplined force of the left".Members founded the organization as the South African Native National Congress (SANNC) on 8 January 1912 at the Waaihoek Wesleyan Church in Bloemfontein to increase the rights of the black South African population. John Dube, its first president, and poet and author Sol Plaatje are among its founding members. The organization became the ANC in 1923 and formed a military wing, the Umkhonto we Sizwe (Spear of the Nation) in 1961.

Burzahom

Burzahom

Burzahom, or the ‘place where the birch trees grow’ is a major archeological find that lies between the Dal Lake and the Zabarvan hills – and is located off the Naseem – Shalimar road.

This was the first site with a Neolithic settlement to be excavated in Kashmir and is dated to have been inhabited between 3,000 BCE and 1,500 BCE. 

Objective Type –Indian Philosophy

Objective Type –Indian Philosophy

The first discourse of Buddha at Deer Park in Sarnath is called
(a) Mahabhiniskraman
(b) Mahamastabhisheka
(c) Mahaparinirvana
(d) Dharmachakrapravartan


Answer: Dharmachakrapravartan

Sources of Medieval Indian History

Sources of Medieval Indian History

Tajur Masir - Hassan Nizami : This is the first historical narrative of which deals with the beginning of the Muslim rule in India. The author gives in detail the military exploits of Qutobuddin Aibek from 1192 to 1206. The author does not mention Aram Shah but describes the events of Iltutmish's regin up to 1217.

BRITISH HISTORY NOTES

What is Anglicanism ?.

Anglicanism,  one of the major branches of the 16th-century Protestant Reformation and a form of Christianity that includes features of both Protestantism and Roman Catholicism.

Anglicanism is loosely organized in the Anglican Communion, a worldwide family of religious bodies that represents the offspring of the Church of England and recognizes the archbishop of Canterbury as its nominal head

Founding member of Ghadar Movement Lala Thakur Das