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Indian HistoryHardAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2021, GK

The painted illustration of the moving of the Ashoka Pillar at Topra is found in

  1. A.Tarikh-i-Firuz Shahi
  2. B.Tarikh-i-Shahi
  3. C.Sirat-i-Firuz Shahi
  4. D.Akbar Nama

Correct answer

C. Sirat-i-Firuz Shahi

Explanation

The correct answer is C, Sirat-i-Firuz Shahi. This official account of the reign of Firuz Shah Tughlaq, compiled around 1370, describes how the Ashokan pillar at Topra was carried to Delhi, and its manuscript carries painted illustrations of the operation. Firuz Shah had the pillar wrapped carefully, lowered onto a huge cart with many wheels, hauled by hundreds of men to the Yamuna and floated on boats to Delhi. There it was raised on top of a building in his new city of Firuzabad, the site now called Feroz Shah Kotla. A second Ashokan pillar was brought from Meerut. Option A is wrong because Tarikh-i-Firuz Shahi is the title of the written histories by Ziauddin Barani and Shams-i-Siraj Afif, not the illustrated account. Option B is wrong because Tarikh-i-Shahi is a later history of the Afghan rulers, the Lodis and the Surs. Option D is wrong because the Akbar Nama is Abul Fazl's history of Akbar's reign. Exam tip: Topra pillar to Delhi was Firuz Shah Tughlaq's feat, illustrated in Sirat-i-Firuz Shahi.

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Q3.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2020, GKHard

Who among the following was the first to accept a ministerial position in the Central Provinces in October 1925?

  1. A.B. S. Moonje
  2. B.M. R. Jayakar
  3. C.S. B. Tambe
  4. D.B. N. Sasmal
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Correct answer: C. S. B. Tambe

In October 1925 Tambe, a Swarajist member from the Central Provinces, accepted a seat on the Governor's Executive Council. He became the first Swarajist to take office under the dyarchy that the party had vowed to wreck from within.

Q4.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2024, GKMedium

The distribution of charkhas on a wide scale among the people was decided by :

  1. A.Congress Working Committee in 1919
  2. B.All India Congress Committee in 1921
  3. C.Mahatma Gandhi at the start of Dandi March
  4. D.All India Congress Committee in 1947
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Correct answer: B. All India Congress Committee in 1921

At its meeting at Bezwada (Vijayawada) in March 1921, the AICC set three targets to carry the Non-Cooperation Movement forward: one crore members for the Congress, one crore rupees for the Tilak Swaraj Fund, and twenty lakh charkhas to be distributed among the people by 30 June 1921.