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Multiple choice geography preservation of our heritage preserving indian heritage applied history spread and propagation of indian culture

Who attacked and destroyed the famous Buddhist monasteries of Nalanda and Vikramshila?

  1. Mahmud Ghazini

  2. Qutubuddin Aibalk

  3. Alauddin Khilji

  4. Bakhtiyar Khilji
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Bakhtiyar Khilji, a general of the Ghurid dynasty, is historically credited with the destruction of the Buddhist monastic universities of Nalanda and Vikramshila in the late 12th century.

Multiple choice geography preservation of our heritage preserving indian heritage applied history spread and propagation of indian culture

Who founded the Vikramashila University?

  1. Devapala

  2. Dharmapala

  3. Dhruva

  4. Gopala
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Answer - (B) - Dharmapala

Vikramashila is located in present-day Bihar. Vikramashila University was one of the two most important centers of learning in India during the Pala Empire, along with Nalanda University. Vikramashila University was founded by king Dharmapala in response to a supposed decline in the quality of scholarship at Nalanda.

Multiple choice geography preservation of our heritage preserving indian heritage applied history spread and propagation of indian culture

Hampi is located in the ________ basin.

  1. Krishna-Tungabhadra

  2. Mahanadi-Godavari

  3. Tungabhadra-Kaveri

  4. Narmada-Tapti
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Hampi is located in the Krishna-Tungabhadra basin, which formed the nucleus of the Vijayanagara Empire, founded in 1336. The magnificent ruins at Hampi reveal a well-fortified city. No mortar or cementing agent was used in the construction of these walls and the technique followed was to wedge them together by interlocking.

Multiple choice geography preservation of our heritage preserving indian heritage applied history spread and propagation of indian culture

Two great Buddhist universities of Nalanda and Vikramshila were patronised by the ____________.

  1. Palas

  2. Paramaras

  3. Chandelas

  4. All the above
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A Correct answer
Explanation

The Pala dynasty, which ruled over parts of Bengal and Bihar, were great patrons of Buddhist learning and provided significant support to both Nalanda and Vikramshila.

Multiple choice geography life in the temperate grasslands location and expansion - south america south america south america - economic features

Choose the correct option to complete the sentences given below:
It is world's longest mountain range ____________.

  1. The Mt. Everest

  2. The Ural Mountains

  3. The Karakoram range

  4. The Andes
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation
The world's longest above-water mountain range is the Andes, about 7,000 km (4,300 mi) long. The range stretches from north to south through seven countries in South America, along the west coast of the continent: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina.

Multiple choice geography life in the temperate grasslands location and expansion - south america south america south america - economic features

Diego Garcia is ______________________.

  1. A character in one of Shakespeare's dramas

  2. A river in South America

  3. An aeroplane jet fighter

  4. A British Island in the India Ocean
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Diego Garcia is an island of the British Indian Ocean Territory, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom. it's a militarised atoll just south of the equator in the central Indian Ocean, and the largest of 60 small islands comprising the Chagos Archipelago

Multiple choice geography life in the temperate grasslands location and expansion - south america south america south america - economic features

Which country of the South America is known as 'Granary of Europe' ?

  1. Argentina

  2. Chile

  3. Brazil

  4. Bolivia
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Argentina is known as the Granary of Europe due to its vast agricultural production, especially wheat and beef, which it historically exported to European markets. However, this question contains a geographical error - Argentina is in South America, not Europe.