A Pot Pourri Flashcards
He was the founder of the Maurya Empire. He is also known as __________________________.
Chandragupta Maurya
He conquered the kingdom named Kalinga, but embraced Buddhism after witnessing the mass deaths in the Kalinga War.
Ashoka
He is also known as Immadi Pulikeshi and is considered as the most famous ruler of the Chalukya dynasty. He was the first ruler in South India to issue gold coinage.
Pulakesin II
He was an emperor of the Kushan Empire. He encouraged both, the Gandhara School of Greco-Buddhist Art and the Mathura School of Hindu Art.
Kanishka
He united the two kingdoms of Thanesar and Kannauj. He wrote three Sanskrit plays - Nagananda, Ratnavali and Priyadarsika.
Harshavardhan
He defeated the Muslim ruler Shahabuddin Muhammad Ghori in the First Battle of Tarain in 1191. He was tortured by Ghori but he died a undefeated warrior, taking Ghori down before he died.
Prithviraj Chauhan
He was a Turk king of Northwest India who ruled from his capital in Delhi where he built the Qutub Minar and the Quwwat-Ul-Islam mosque.
Qutub-Ud-Din Aibak
Foundation for poor children in Bengaluru run by Rohini Nilekani, wife of ex-Infosyscian Nandan Nilekani _____________________.
Akshara foundation
The company Nestle invented _____________________.
Instant coffee
Ratan Tata has been succeeded by _____________________ to head the Tatas.
Cyrus mistry
Uncle Pai was associated with publishing children’s literature, a comic book series, known as _____________________.
Amar Chitr Katha
The city known as the Manchester of South India is ___________________.
Coimabatore
The first private airport in India is the _____________________.
Kochi international airport
State Bank of India was earlier called the _____________________.
Imperial bank
_____________________ is the oldest stock exchange in Asia.
Bombay stock exchange
Comptroller and Auditor General of India is the Guardian of _____________________.
Public purse
STD, which we find written on telephone booths, stands for _____________________.
Subscriber Trunk Dialing
The cheapest tablet computer is _________________.
Akash
