Indian and World History

Shikhandi was instrumental in Bhishma's death because Bhishma had vowed never to fight a woman (or someone born female). Arjuna used Shikhandi as a shield to shoot arrows at Bhishma.

Bhishma took a solemn vow of lifelong celibacy (and gave up his claim to the throne) so that his father Shantanu could marry Satyavati, whose father demanded her children inherit the throne.

Parashurama, an avatar of Vishnu, vowed to rid the earth of corrupt and arrogant Kshatriyas, doing so 21 times after the warrior king Kartavirya Arjuna killed his father, Jamadagni.

Princess Amba, after being rejected and humiliated due to Bhishma, performed severe penance and was reborn as Shikhandi to become the cause of Bhishma's death in the Kurukshetra war.

Dronacharya asked his disciples to defeat and capture King Drupada of Panchala as his Gurudakshina to settle an old grudge. Arjuna successfully defeated and captured Drupada.

In the Mahabharata, Vidura, the prime minister of Hastinapura, was considered an incarnation of Yama (the god of justice and death, also known as Dharmaraj) due to a curse by Mandavya Muni.

Karna was born with a divine, protective armor (Kavach) and earrings (Kundal) gifted to him by his biological father, the sun god Suryadev. Indra later took them away disguised as a Brahmin.

To make Karna eligible to challenge Arjuna in the tournament of skills, Duryodhana crowned him the King of Anga. Panchala, Hastinapura, and Ashtanga are incorrect provinces.

Bhishma's original name was Devavrata. He received the name Bhishma (meaning 'he of the terrible vow') only after taking a lifelong vow of celibacy and renouncing his claim to the throne.

According to Hindu tradition, the sage Ved Vyasa composed the Mahabharata, but Lord Ganesha acted as the scribe who physically wrote it down as Vyasa dictated. Thus, Ganesha is the correct answer for who wrote it.

In the Mahabharata, Bhishma was the son of King Shantanu and the river goddess Ganga, which is why he is also known as Gangaputra. Yamuna, Gandhari, and Satyavati are incorrect.

The Battle of Plassey was fought on June 23, 1757, in northeastern India, where the British East India Company defeated the Nawab of Bengal and his French allies. The other options are incorrect years.

The Second Battle of Panipat was fought on November 5, 1556, between the forces of Akbar, led by Bairam Khan, and the Hindu king Hemu. The other options represent incorrect years.

Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, was born on November 14, 1889. This is a well-documented historical fact in Indian history.

The Mughal Emperor Akbar was born on October 15, 1542, at the Rajput Fortress of Umarkot in Sindh. 1605 was the year of his death, while 1434 and 1625 do not correspond to his lifespan.

The Battle of Haldighati was fought on June 18, 1576, between Maharana Pratap of Mewar and the Mughal Emperor Akbar's forces led by Man Singh I. 1526 and 1556 were the years of the first and second Battles of Panipat.

The storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789, is the defining event of the French Revolution, symbolizing the fall of royal tyranny. The other options are either non-existent historical terms or geographically incorrect.

The Arminius revolt, culminating in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in 9 AD, was a successful uprising by Germanic tribes against the Roman Empire. It resulted in the destruction of three Roman legions and halted Roman expansion into Germania.