Miscellaneous Flashcards

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Study of spores and pollen grains

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Palynology

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Father of indian palynology

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Parmeshwaran krishnan kutty nair

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Novel “ train to pakistan”( mano majra village)

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Khushwant singh

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Ashtadhyayi

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Book on sanskrit grammer by panini

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Padma shri is awarded annually on ?

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Republic day

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Tarapur nuclear power reactor

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Maharastra

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Rana pratap sagar nuclear power reactor

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Rajastan

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Narora nuclear power reactor

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Up

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Kakrapar nuclear power reactor

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Gujarat

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Kaiga nuclear power reactor

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Karnataka

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Pala dynasty founder

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Gopala

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Rastrakuta dynasty founder

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Dantidurga

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Satvahana dynasty founder

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Simuka

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Prathihara dynasty founder

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Bhoja 1 or mihir bhoj

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Who got the title of adivaraha

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Mihr bhoja or bhoja 1

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Study of fruits

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Pomology

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Study of lizards

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Saurology

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Study of structure of organisms

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Morphology

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Study of phycology

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Algae

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Worlds largest salt water lake

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Caspian sea

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Worlds longest fresh water lake

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Lake superior

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Worlds longest fresh water lake

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Lake superior

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Worlds largest artificial lake

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Lake volta

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1st helicopter emergency medical service

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Uttarakhand from rishikesh

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Booker price was established in
1969 The book should be in English language Published in UK
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1st booker price
P.h.newby - something to answer for His 1st book - a journey into interior
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National institute of homeopathy
Kolkata 1975
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National institute of siddha
Chennai 2005
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National institute of unani
Bengaluru 1984
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National institute of ayurvedha
Jaipur 1976
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Tathagata is title of
Buddha
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amir khusuru full name
abdul hassan yaminuddin khusrau
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amir khusuru was a disciple of
nizamuddin auliya
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amir khusuru decorated the of ________ sultans
balban mhammad kakubad jalaluddin khiliji aluaddiin khiliji mubarak shah khilji giyassuddin tughalaq
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sitar was invented by
amirkhusuru
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two popular forms of hindustani classical music khayal and tarana was discveed by
amir khusuru
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tughlaqnama
amir khusuru
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kirana ul sadainn
amir khusuru
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mifta uh futtuh
amir khusuru
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khazayan ul futu
amir khusuru
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nuh sipihar
amir khusuru
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ashiqa
amir khusuru
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aizaj i khushravi
amir khusuru
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cheif architect of the taj mahal
ustad ahmad lahori (iran)
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buddhism was divided int two sects in which buddhist council
4th buddhist council 72 AD , at kundalvana, kashmir. presided by vasumitra deputy - asvaghosa king kanshika
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novel midnight s children
salman rushdie 1981 booker prize
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world investment report has been published by ____ SINCE 1991
UNCTAD ( THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT)
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WORLDS deepestt nd largest underground lab in
china
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gran sasso national lab in
italy
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china currency
yuan
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badrinath temple at
garhwal hill, chamoli district, uttarakhand, bank of alaknanda river
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earlier narmada river was known as
narbada or reva
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art 243 e
tenure of panchayats 5 years if the panchayat is dissolved , it is compulsary to hold elections within 6 months ,
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which gas helps in ripening the fruits
ethylene or ethane
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only hormone found in gaseous form
ethylene
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elecctric fuse
coppper , tin, lead
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currrency of angola
kwanza
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xerophthalmia
dry eyes due ti vut a deficiency
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Who wrote tge origin of species
Charles darwin
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Welcome to paradise book
Twinkle khanna
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1st census
1872
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Ascending order of delhi sultanate
Khilji Sayyids Lodhi Slave Tuglaq
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Time period of slave dynasty
1206 - 1290AD 84 years
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Time period of tuglaq dynasty
1320 to 1414 94 years
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Time period of sayyid dynasty
1414 to 1451 37 years
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Time period of lodhi dynasty
1451 to 1526 75 years
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_______ is used in cold packs to reduce injuries and swellings
Ammonium nitrate Example of endothermic reaction
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Art 19 a
Freedom of speech and expression
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Art 19 b
Freedom of assembly
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Art 19c
Freedom of association
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Art 19 d
Freedom of movement
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Art 19e
Freedom of residence
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Art 19 f
Freedom of profession
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Impact of inflation
Decrease in employment, income in public, purchasing power , price of goods, Increase in value of money
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Impact of deflation
Increase employment, income in public, purchasing power , price of goods, Decrease in value of money
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1st ever batter to record 200 sixes in t20I cricket
Rohit sharma 3rd 1st shahid afridi 2nd gayle
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Formation of tattvabodhini
1839 Debendranath tagore
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Guru bipin singh
Manipuri
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Surendhra nath jena
Odissi
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Elam endira devi
Manipuri
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Kakori conspiracy
1925 Hindustan republican association
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Overstrung
State of being excessively tense, nervous,
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Edgy
Nervous, tense,due to stress
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Bide his time
Wait patiently for the right moment
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High on the hog
Living luxuriously
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Hw many vedhangas
Six
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Shiksha vedangas
Rules of phonetics
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Kalpa vedangas
Ritual Also known as veda purasha
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Vyakarana vedangas
Grammer ( formation of words)
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Nirukta
Etymology Usage of words
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Chhandas vedangas
Proper reading of vedic texts
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Jyotisha
Astronomy
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Pk banerjee
Football player
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1st woman to win arjuna award
Hockey player anna lumsden
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Ojas pravin deotale Aditi gopichand swami
Archery
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Shreeshankar M Parul chaudhary
Athletics
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Mohameed hussamuddin
Boxing
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R vaishali
Chess
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Arjuna award in cricket
Mohammad shami
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Anush agarwalla
Equestrian
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Divyakriti singh
Equestrian dressage
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Diksha dagar
Golf
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Krishan bahadur pathak Pukhrambam sushila chanu
Hockey
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Pawan kumar Ritu negi
Kabaddi
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Nasreen
Kho kho
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Pinki
Lawn bowls
108
Aishwary pratap singh tomar Esha singh
Shooting
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Harindher pal singh sandhu
Squash
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Ayjika mukherjee
Table tennis
111
Sunil kumar Antim
Wrestling
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Laorem roshibina devi
Wushu
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Ms.sheetal devi
Para archery
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Illuri ajay kumar reddy
Blind cricket
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Prachi yadav
Para canoeing
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E.krishna iyer - dance
Bharatnatyam
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Balasaraswati Ragini devi
Kuchipudi
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V.n.menon
Kathakali
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Indrani rehman Charles fabri
Odissi
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Raja bhag chandra Rabindranath tagore
Manipuri
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Lady leela sokhey
Kathak
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V.n.menon Kalyani amma
Mohiniyattam
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Shivkumar sharma
Santoor player
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Hariprasad chaurasia
Flautist
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Shivkumar sharma awards
Sangeet natak acedemy award- 1986 Padma shri- 1991 Padma bhusan-2001
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Brij bhusan kabra
Guitarist
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Call of the valley - composed by
Shivkumar sharma Hariprasad chausariya Brij bhusan kabra
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Tarun bhattarcharya
Santoor
129
Bhajan sopori
Santoor
130
Satish vyas
Santoor Tansen award 2020
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Untouchable book 1935
Mulk raj anand
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Coolie( 1936) Two leaves and a bud( 1937)
Mulk raj anand
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Cry ,the peacock book
Anita desai
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Beastly tales The rivered earth From heaven lake Two lives The golden gate An equal music A suitabale girl A suitable boy
Vikram seth
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Khajuraho temples are built by (Chhatapur dist.,madhya pradesh)
Chandela dynasty Unesco - 1986
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Suresh tendulkar committee
2009 (Poverty line) Below poverty line- 21.9% Per capita consumption Rural- 27/day-816/month Urban- 33/day-1000/month
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Ellora caves in
Maharastra
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Ustad amjad ali khan day
20th april Sarod player Padma shri - 1975 Bhushan-1991 Vibhushan- 2001 Sangeet' award- 1989 Sangeet' fellowship- 2011
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Soilless agriculture is called as
Hydroponics
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Vishnuprayag
Alaknanda vs dhauliganga
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Nandaprayag
Alaknanda vs nandakini river
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Karnaprayag
Alaknanda vs karnaprayag
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Rudraprayag
Alaknanda vs mandakini river
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amitraghata or amitrochates
bindusara (destroyer of enemies)
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napolean of india
samudra gupta
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The founder of the Kushan dynasty was
Kujala Kadphises
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Kushans or Kuei-Shang were one of the______principalities.
five Great Yueh-chi (tribes)
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Kushan Empire year
[AD 30-AD 80)
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Ruler Kujula Kadphises or Kadphises I ' s son
Vima Taktu or Sadashkana (
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An inscription found at Rabatak in Afghanistan mentions that he was the son of Vima Taktu and the father of Kanishka.
Ruler Vima Kadphises [AD 95-AD 127]
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A large number of Roman gold coins found from this era
kushan dyanasty
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kanishka 's main capital was
Peshawar, then known as Purushpura
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Parsva, Ashvaghosha, Vasumitra, Nagarjuna, Charaka and Mathara. He also patronised the Greek engineer Agesilaus
kanishka
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Kanishka convened the fourth Buddhist Council at
Kundalvana in Kashmir.
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The Gandhara School of art flourished under ____
kanishka
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kanishka also propagated the _______ form of Buddhism
Mahayana
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The fourth Buddhist council was held in _____ language
sanskrit
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who is considered to be the first Sanskrit dramatist.
Ashvoghosha
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Trade prospered between India and_____ and India and the ______Empire.
China,Roman
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The Kushanas controlled large parts of the-______which led to the propagation of Buddhism into China
Silk Route
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________ in Indian history was a perfect forerunner to the golden age of the Guptas
the Kushana period
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Kanishka was succeeded by his
son Vasishka
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Vasishka was followed by .
Huvishka and Kanishka II (son of Vasishka)
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Kanishka II was followed by
Vasudeva I.
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the last great king of the Kushanas.
Vasudeva I
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ghazi malik was also known as
ghiyasuddin tughlaq
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tughlaqbad was built by
ghiyasuddin tughlaq
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1st sultan to impose an irrigation tax
firoz shah tughlaq
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longest canal was done by firozshah tuglaq from
sutlej to hansi (200km)
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order of tughlaq
1.ghiyasuddin 2.muhammad bi tughlaq( muhammad shah 2) 3.mahmud ibn muhammad 4.firuz shah tuglaq 5.ghiyas ll 6.nasiruddin shah lll 7.alauddin sikander shah l 8.mahmud nasir ud din(sultan mahmud ll) 9.nasiruddin nusrat shah tughlaq (grandson of firozshah) 10. nasiruddin mahmud
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bharhut stupa is well known for
buddhist stupa at madhya pradesh
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wave speed equation
speed(v) = wavelength * frequency
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cultivation of rice needs
high temperature and high humidity
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the average annual rainfall required by rice is
150cm
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fugdi is a maharastra and goan folk dance performed by
women in the konkon region
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fugdi is a
ganesh chaturthi
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dhangar dance is performed by
shepherd community of goa during navrathi
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most reactive metal in the periodic table
cesium
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three metals that r liquids at room temperature
cesium gallium mercury
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pankaj advani
indian billiards player
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Rover's cup
Football
183
Uniform civil code
Art 44
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Pampas grassland
Argentina and uruguay
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Veld grassland
South africa
186
Downs grassland
Australia
187
Canterbury grassland
New zealand
188
Campos grassland
Brazil
189
Llanos grassland
Venezuela and columbia
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Savannah grassland
Aferica and australia
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Daskathia dance
Oriya folk art Performed by 2 males Historic events
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Assam rifles
1835 In arunachal pradesh, manipur, mizoram , nagaland
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number of players in baseball
9
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no. of players in football
11
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taiwan athletics open 2024
seven medals
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taiwan athletics open 2024 women long jump
nayana james - gold
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taiwan athletics open 2024 men's 800 metres
ankesh choudary- gold
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taiwan athletics open 2024 mens 800 metres got silver
somnath chouhan - silver
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taiwan athletics open 2024 mens javelin throw
d p manu-gold
200
taiwan athletics open 2024 mens pole vault
dev meena -silver
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taiwan athletics open 2024 womens 100m hurdles
nitiya ramraj -silver
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taiwan athletics open 2024 womens 400m race
vismaya v k -bronze
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solid to vapour
sublimation
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liquid to vapour
vaporization
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water vapour in the air to liquid
condensation
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ice melts to the water
regelation
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motho nagrang festival celebrated in ____ and also known as ____
oracle festival
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lucknow gharana
kathak dance
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jaipur gharana
kathak dance
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banaras gharana
kathak dance
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who formulated a law for the heating effect of electric current
james prescott joule
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konark sun temple was built by
narasimhadeva l
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cheif architect behind konark sun temple
bisu maharana
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konyak tribe
nagaland
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khiamniungan tribe
nagaland
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chang tribe
nagaland
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sangtam tribe
nagaland
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Bismilla khan
Shennai
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Bismilla khan
Shennai
221
2nd women arjuna award
Km . Meena shah Badminton
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3rd woman arjuna award
Stepl d souza Atheletics
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3rd woman arjuna award
Stepl d souza Atheletics
224
the results from the decay of uranium and thorium
astatine (rare metal)
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NW1
ALLAHABAD -HALDIA 1620 KM
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NW2
SADIYA -DHUBRI 891KM
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NW3
KOTTAPURAM-KOLLAM
228
NW4
GODVARI ND KRISHNA RVERS along with kakinada puducerrry stretch of canals
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NW5
east coast canals
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tarpa festival
dadra nd nagar haveli
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tarpa dance bhawada dance dhol dance tur and thali dance
dadra and nagar haveli
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varli, kokna, koli tribes belong to
dadra and nagar haveli
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shondol dance
largest ladakhi dance
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kolkali and parichakali dance
lakshadweep
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in 18th century manpuri dance was revived b
raja bhagchandra of manipur rabndranath tagore in santiniketan
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darpana academy of performing arts 1949 was established by
mrinalini sarabhai at ahmedbad , gujarat now mallika sarabhai
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28th DG of border roads (DGBR) ON SEP 30
ragh srinivasan
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border roads organ was raised on
may 7,1960
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metalloids are in which block
p-block
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metalloids are
boron silicon germanium arsenic antinomy tellurium
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the title of zille ilahi ( god s shadow on earthwas used by
balban
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who abolished the chahalgani system
balban
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the curie temperature for iron is
1043 K (770 deg C)
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what is the temperature above which ferromagnetic materils canot be mgnetized , known as
curie temperature
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2nd largest ocean
atlantic ocean
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begum akhtar is a singer in which genre
ghazal , dadra,thumri genres of hindustani classical music
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begum akhtar awrds
SNAA 1972 PS 1968 PB 1975 POSTHUMOUS
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Lacchu maharaj famous in which dance
kathak
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pandit lacchu maharaj award 2015 (1st time)
uma sharma - kathak
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pandit lacchu maharaj award 2022
prachi shah- kathak
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pandit lacchu maharaj award 2023
ashim bandhu bhattacharya kathak
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pandit lacchu maharaj award 2024
pt rajendra gangani kathak
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pandit lacchu maharaj award 2018
sandhya puricha -bharathanatyam
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the ICAR established the central insttute for cotton research at
nagpur 1976 HQ coimbatore tn, sirsa haryana. reg.
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2034 FIFA world cup (25th)
saudi arabia
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RTI act
2005
257
BIS - bureau of indian stanards act, 2016 uunder the ministry of
consumer affairs food and public distribution
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