After Independence, Hyderabad, the State of Nizam, was taken over by the Indian Government through
(1) police action
(2) military action
(3) persuasion
(4) negotiations

In Afghanistan two towering Buddha statues were destroyed at

(1) Kandahar                    (2) Yakaolong
(3) Bamiyan                      (4) Mazar-i-Sharif

Which amidst the following has not yet been recognized as a World Heritage Site by the UNESCO
(1) Ellora                                          (2) Fatehpur Sikiri
(3) Ajanta                                         (4) Nalanda

Identify the UNESCO approved World Heritage site from the following.

(1) Somnath Temple
(2) Salarjung Museum
(3) Khajuraho group of temples
(4) Chaar Bagh Railway station

Identify the UNESCO approved World Heritage Site from the following

(1) Meenakshi Temple, Madurai
(2) Writers’ Building, Calcutta
(3) Purana Qila, Delhi
(4) Kaziranga National Park

Which of the following Gods are worshipped in the sanctum of Badrinath and Kedarnath temples respectively?
(1) Vishnu and Shiva
(2) Shiva and Vishnu
(3) Shiva and Parvati
(4) Vishnu and Brahma

Who propounded the Panchsheel Principles ?
(1) Mahatma Gandhi
(2) Lord Buddha
(3) Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru
(4) Swami Dayanand Saraswati

Who discovered the sea route to India via the ‘Cape of Good Hope’?

(1) Vasco da Gama
(2) Amundsen
(3) Christopher Columbus
(4) John Cabot

The Indian monument recently inscribed in the UNESCO’s World Heritage List is :
(1) Jantar Mantar of Ujjain
(2) Jantar Mantar of Varanasi
(3) Jantar Mantar of Delhi
(4) Jantar Mantar of Jaipur

In which of the following countries were / Buddha’s idols disfigured and removed recently?

(1) Pakistan                         (2) Turkey
(3) Afghanistan                    (4) Iran

The first woman Governor of a State in free India was
(1) Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
(2) Mrs. Sucheta Kriplani
(3) Mrs. Indira Gandhi
(4) Mrs. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit