Wonder That Is India

1500-year-old Ancient sculptures with Gupta and Pala artforms, were recently discovered in which state?

• Punjab

• Uttar Pradesh

• Mizoram

• West Bengal

Which of the following features of Indian temples resembles pylons of the Egyptian temples?

• Lat

• Vimana

• Gopura

• Shikhara

Which foreign country is closest to Andaman Islands?

• Indonesia

• Myanmar

• Sri Lanka

• Pakistan

Which among the following building built by Shah Jahan is similar in pattern of the Saint Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow?

• Sheesh Mahal

• Khas Mahal

• Moti Masjid

• Jama Masjid

Who set the objective of national movement as "Self Government or Swaraj" in the congress session of Calcutta in 1906?

• Dadabhai Naoroji

• Rash Behari Ghosh

• Lala Lajpat Rai

• Bal Gangadhar Tilak

The industrial region of India which has the predominance of metal industries is:

• Peninsular Region

• Chotanagpur Region

• Delta Region

• Brahmaputra Region

Which of the following tributaries of Ganga that rises from the Hari-ki-dun valley and holds water more than the mainstream that merges after Kalsi near Dehradun?

• Yamuna

• Gomti

• Son

• Damodar

Consider the following statements about the Dashavatara temple of Deogarh near Jhansi.

I. The Dashavatara temple was built in the Rashtrakuta period and it shows the Nagara style of architecture.

II. The temple includes images of the both river goddesses Ganga and Yamuna.

• Only I is correct

• Only II is correct

• Both I and II are correct

• Neither I nor II is correct

Answer explanation

Only II is correct because the Dashavatara temple of Deogarh near Jhansi was built in the Gupta period, not Rashtrakuta, and it includes images of river goddesses Ganga and Yamuna.

Which of the following inscriptions is found in purest Sanskrit?

• Mahasthan inscription

• Junagadh inscription

• Sohgaura inscription

• Sadiya serpent pillar inscription

‘Putola Nach’, which was making news recently, is the traditional string puppetry art of which state?

• Assam

• Manipur

• Arunachal Pradesh

• West Bengal