- Akbar
- Jahangir
- Shahjahan
- Humayun
The famous Meenakshi Amman Temple in Madurai was built during which dynasty?
- Pandyas
- Chola
- Chera
- Pallava
Explanation:
Meenakshi Amman Temple in Madurai was built during the reign of the Pandyas. Rock cut and structural temples are significant part of pandyan architecture. Vimana, mandapa and shikhara are some of the features of the early Pandyan temples.
- Soma
- Purushkuta
- Gotra
- Gayatri Mantra
Explanation:
The IX mandala of the Rigveda samhita is dedicated to Soma.
- Amitabh Choudhary committee
- T.C. Mathew committee
- Rajeev Shukla committee
- C.K. Khanna committee
Explanation:
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has constituted a special 7-member committee to study contentious issues in implementing Lodha panel reforms which are being opposed by the state units. The committee’s mandate is to identify the few critical points in respect of the said judgement for the General Body of the BCCI to consider before its submission to the Hon’ble Supreme Court. The other members of the committee include former India captain Sourav Ganguly, T.C. Mathew (Kerala Cricket), Naba Bhattacharjee (North East representative), Jay Shah (Gujarat Cricket Association), BCCI Treasurer Anirudh Chaudhary and BCCI acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary. The four contentious Lodha panel recommendations that are delaying the implementation process are one-state, one vote, age cap of 70 for office-bearers, cooling-off period for office-bearers and size of the national selection panel.
- Cylindrical
- Rectangular
- Square
- Rounded
- Jayaprakash Narayan
- Aruna Asaf Ali
- S.M. Joshi
- Rash Behari Bose
Which among the following is true regarding Sound Waves?
- They are longitudinal waves and material medium is not required for their propagation
- They are transverse waves and material medium is required for their propagation
- They are longitudinal waves and material medium is required for their propagation
- They are transverse waves and material medium is not required for their propagation
- Staford Cripps
- A. V. Alexander
- Lord Pathic Lawrence
- None of these
- Lord Curzon
- Vincent Smith
- Valentine Chirol
- Henry Cotton
Which country to host the 2nd edition of World Congress on Marxism?
- China
- India
- South Korea
- Japan
Explanation:
The 2nd edition of World Congress on Marxism will be held at Peking University in Beijing, China, which is scheduled to be held from May 5-6, 2018, with theme “Marxism and the current world and China”. The congress will discuss Marxism in the 21st century and its development in China. It coincides with the 200th birth anniversary of Karl Marx and the 40th anniversary of China’s reform and opening-up. Approx 300 Marxism researchers from all over the world will attend the conference.