Which union minister has launched online registration portal for 2017 BSF Half Marathon in New Delhi?
- Kiren Rijiju
- Narendra Modi
- Nirmala Sitharaman
- Ravi Shankar Prasad
Explanation:
Kiren Rijiju, the Union Minister of State for Home, has launched BSF Half Marathon online registration portal “www.marathon.bsf.gov.in” at a function in New Delhi on September 7, 2017. The marathon will be held at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Delhi on October 22 and will be dedicated to martyrs and BSF will facilitate their family members on the occasion.
Which country to host the 2017 Indian Ocean Conference (IOC)?
- Sri Lanka
- India
- Bangladesh
- Myanmar
Explanation:
The 2nd edition of Indian Ocean Conference (IOC) will be held in Colombo, Sri Lanka on August 31, 2017 with theme “Peace, progress, and prosperity”. The 2-day conference is being co-hosted by the India Foundation, a Delhi-based think tank, in collaboration with RSIS, Singapore, and NIFS, Colombo — both research and study centers. The representatives from around 35 countries are expected to participate in the event. From India, External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj will participate in the conference. The conference will also be attended by officials from the USA, Australia and Germany among others.
The railings of the Sanchi Stupa were made during ?
- Maurya Period
- Sunga Period
- Kushana Period
- Gupta Period
- From constitutional agitation it changed its method to passive resistance
- Once again the control shifted from moderates to extremists
- It became the leader of the masses in the nationalist struggle to win freedom from British rule
- It became a more business like body with a Working Committee and Constitution
The same type of pattern of agriculture can be seen generally in which parts of India, which resembles the “Ladang” pattern of Indonesia?
- North East India
- Western India
- South India
- Central India
- Hiuen-Tsang
- Fa Hein
- Megasthenes
- Ibn Batuta
Explanation:
Fa-hein, the first Chinese Buddhist traveller and monk, came to India during the reign of Gupta emperor Chandragupta II (Vikramaditya). And wrote the book “Si-Yu-Ki” that gives the detail account of the political and social condition of that time.
- Kharavela
- Mayurasarman
- Bindusara
- Ajatashatru
- Chandra ShekharAzad
- RamprasadBismil
- RajendraLahiri
- Ashfaquallah Khan
- Mahapadmananda
- Dhanananda
- Navananda
- Not known
- Ashfaqullah Khan
- Rajendra Lahiri
- Ram Prasad Bismil
- Chandra Shekhar Azad