With reference to the Indian History, Alexander Rea, A. H. Longhurst, Robert Sewell, James Burgess and Walter Elliot were associated with
- A.archaeological excavations
- B.establishment of English Press in Colonial India
- C.establishment of Churches in Princely States
- D.construction of railways in Colonial India
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, archaeological excavations. All five were British officials and scholars who excavated and documented ancient sites, mostly in South India. Walter Elliot, a Madras civil servant, dug at the Buddhist stupa of Amaravati in the 1840s and sent its sculptures to Madras and later London. James Burgess surveyed the cave temples of western India and served as Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India in the 1880s. Robert Sewell listed the antiquities of the Madras Presidency and wrote "A Forgotten Empire" on Vijayanagara. Alexander Rea excavated the prehistoric burial site of Adichanallur in Tamil Nadu, and A. H. Longhurst worked at Hampi and Nagarjunakonda. Option B is wrong because the early English press is linked to names like James Augustus Hicky, who started the Bengal Gazette in 1780. Option C is wrong because none of them were missionaries founding churches. Option D is wrong because railway building is linked to Lord Dalhousie and engineers, not these scholars. Exam tip: Elliot and Amaravati, Sewell and Vijayanagara, Rea and Adichanallur.
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View allArthashastra, the classical work of Indian political thought, focuses primarily on
- A.economy
- B.culture
- C.statecraft
- D.monarchy
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The Arthashastra is a manual on how a king should govern, defend and expand his state, so its main subject is statecraft.
Read the full explanation →The call for 'renunciation of (all) voluntary associations with the (British) Government' was given during
- A.Non-Cooperation Movement.
- B.Civil Disobedience Movement.
- C.Quit India Movement.
- D.Protest against partition of Bengal.
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The Congress resolution on non-cooperation, passed at the special Calcutta session of September 1920 and confirmed at Nagpur in December 1920, called for the renunciation of all voluntary association with the British Government.
Read the full explanation →Consider the following events leading to the Indian Independence : 1. Lucknow Pact 2. Return of Subhash Chandra Bose to India 3. Cripps Mission 4. Naval Mutiny in Bombay Select the chronological sequence of these events (earliest to latest) from the code given below:
- A.4, 3, 2, 1
- B.3, 4, 2, 1
- C.1, 2, 3, 4
- D.2, 1, 3, 4
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The events run from the Lucknow Pact of 1916, through Subhas Chandra Bose's return to India in the 1920s and 1930s, to the Cripps Mission of 1942 and the Naval Mutiny of 1946.
Read the full explanation →During the period 100 BCE - 200 CE, valuable evidence of India's maritime trade links has been identified from which of the following sites on the Coromandel Coast ?
- A.Arikamedu
- B.Tamralipti
- C.Bharukachcha
- D.Muchiri
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Read the full explanation →Who was the founder of Mahakali Pathshala in Calcutta?
- A.Her Holiness Mataji Maharani Tapaswini
- B.Sister Nivedita
- C.Madame Blavatsky
- D.Sarojini Naidu
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Mataji Tapaswini founded the Mahakali Pathshala in Calcutta in 1893 to give girls an education rooted in Indian tradition. Tapaswini was a woman ascetic from Maharashtra who settled in Calcutta and won the support of leading Bengali families for her school.
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