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[#1] Which Tamil poet wrote Ramayana in Tamil language?
Correct Answer

(A) Kamban

Explanation

Solution: Kambar (Kamban in casual address) was a medieval Tamil Hindu poet and the author of the Ramavataram, popularly known as Kambaramayanam, the Tamil version of the epic Ramayana. The original version of Ramayana was written by Valmiki.

[#2] Assertion (A): Akbar claimed divinity for himself. Reason (R): He thought that in the country of many beliefs such as India, the sovereign should not be associated with any one particular religion.
Correct Answer

(C) A is true but R is false

Explanation

Solution: Akbar claimed divinity for himself because he thought that in a country of many beliefs such as India, the sovereign should not be associated with any one particular religion.

[#3] Gangaikonda Cholapuram was built during medieval India and was erected as the capital of the Cholas by?
Correct Answer

(A) Rajendra Chola I

Explanation

Solution: Gangaikonda Cholapuram was built during medieval India and was erected as the capital of the Cholas by Rajendra Chola I, the son and successor of Rajaraja Chola, the great Chola who conquered a large area in South India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Sumatra, Kadaram (Kedah in Malaysia), Cambodia and others at the beginning of the 11th century A.D.

[#4] The tomb of Jahangir was built at
Correct Answer

(C) Lahore

Explanation

Solution: The tomb of Jahangir is located at Shahdara Bag (Lahore, Pakistan). The Dilkusha Garden in which he was buried was a "favourite spot" of Jahangir and his wife Nur Jahan, when they lived in Lahore. His son, the new Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, ordered that a "mausoleum befitting an Emperor" should be built in his father's honour to inter his remains.

[#5] Who was the author of famous Persian series of 52 stories Tutinama?
Correct Answer

(A) Nakhshabi

Explanation

Solution: The authorship of the text of the Tutinama is credited to Ziya'al-Din Nakhshabi or just Nakhshabi, an ethnic Persian physician and a Sufi saint who had migrated to Badayun, Uttar Pradesh in India in the 14th century, who wrote in the Persian language.