1. Rowlatt Acts Movement
2. Khera Movement
3. Champaran Movement
4. Ahmedabad Mill strikeWhere is the headquarters of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)? Which among the following is / are works of Kalidasa?
1. Ritusamhara
2. Meghaduta
3. Dasakumarcharita
4. Kumarashambhava
Choose the correct option from the codes given below:Ramsay MacDonald’s Communal Award was …..Which among the following sites gives an evidence of maritime trade in harappan era? Agnimitra, who is the hero of Kalidasa’s ‘Malvikagnimitram’ was a king of which of the following dynasties? Who has been appointed as the first-ever female UK Ambassador to United Nations (UN)? India was granted freedom, during the British Prime Minister? Kanishka’s capital was at GK quiz set 592 – online GK general knowledge to help you get a better job by cracking the exam. GK questions and answers for IAS exam.
Kharvela who constructed caves in the Udaigri for jain Monks was a ruler belonging to which dynasty ?
- Cheti
- Satavahana
- Shunga
- Nanda
1. Rowlatt Acts Movement
2. Khera Movement
3. Champaran Movement
4. Ahmedabad Mill strike
- 3, 4, 2, 1
- 3, 2, 4, 1
- 2, 3, 4, 1
- 2, 3, 1, 4
Where is the headquarters of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)?
- Geneva
- Paris
- London
- Berlin
Explanation:
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is an international financial institution founded in 1991. Its headquarters is located at London, England. It is in news recently because the Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has recently approved India’s membership for the EBRD for which the required steps will be initiated by the Finance Ministry. The membership of EBRD would enhance India’s international profile and promote its economic interests. It would increase the scope of cooperation between India and EBRD through co-financing opportunities in manufacturing, services, information technology and energy.
Which among the following is / are works of Kalidasa?
1. Ritusamhara
2. Meghaduta
3. Dasakumarcharita
4. Kumarashambhava
Choose the correct option from the codes given below:
- Only 1 and 2
- Only 2, 3 and 4
- Only 1, 2 and 4
- 1, 2, 3 and 4
Explanation:
Dashakumaracharita (The narrative of ten young men) is a prose romance in Sanskrit, attributed to Dandin in the 7th century CE. Dandin is a 6th-7th century Sanskrit author of prose romances and expounder on poetics.
- Privy purses to native princes,
- communal representation to Muslims,
- reservations to Sikhs in elections,
- separate electorates for depressed classes
Which among the following sites gives an evidence of maritime trade in harappan era?
- Mohen-jo dero
- Lothal
- Kalibangan
- Harappa
Agnimitra, who is the hero of Kalidasa’s ‘Malvikagnimitram’ was a king of which of the following dynasties?
- Sunga
- Kanva
- Satavahana
- Maurya
Explanation:
Malavikagnimitram is the Sanskrit play, which depicts Agnimitra as its hero. Malvika is a maid servant whom Agnimitra falls in love. This was known to his chief queen, who imprisions her. Later it was known that Malvika was of a royal birth and she was accepted as queen of Agnimitra. Malavikagnimitram gives account of Rajsuya Yajna of Pushyamitra Shunga, father of Agnimitra.
Who has been appointed as the first-ever female UK Ambassador to United Nations (UN)?
- Cicely Mayhew
- Karen Pierce
- Anne Warburton
- Sally Axworthy
Explanation:
Karen Pierce, the Foreign Office (FCO) political director, has been appointed the first-ever female UK ambassador to the United Nations (UN). She had previously served as Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN in New York, and more recently as the Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva. Pierce succeeded Matthew Rycroft under whom UK suffered a humiliating defeat at the hands of India in the recent election to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). This is for the first time in 70 years that Britain would have no judge in the 15-member panel of the ICJ.
- Clement Attlee
- Winston Churchill
- Ramsay Mac Donald
- William Pitt
- Mathura
- Peshawar
- Amravati
- Kanauj