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182) Varahamihira is

(A) An astronaut
(B) A space shuttle
(C) A power station
(D) An ancient astronomer
Correct Answer - Option (D)

Explanation :
Varahamihira was one of the only renowned Indian Astronomer, Mathematician and Astrologer whose name became a household word throughout India and it is said his near contemporaries Aryabhata and Brahmagupta even did not match with the popularity of Varahamihira. Varahamihira was born in 499 A.D. into a family of Brahmins settled at Kapittha, a village near Ujjain. His father, Adityadasa was a worshipper of the Sun god and it was he who taught Varahamihira astrology.

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184) Which Indian ruler fought the Kalinga War?

(A) Samudragupta
(B) Chandragupta
(C) Shivaji
(D) Ashoka
Correct Answer - Option (D)

Explanation :
The Kalinga War (ended c. 262 BCE) was fought in what is now India between the Maurya Empire under Ashoka and the state of Kalinga, an independent feudal kingdom located on the east coast, in the present-day state of Odisha and north of Andhra Pradesh.

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187) Purushapura is the other name for

(A) Patna
(B) Pataliputra
(C) Peshawar
(D) Punjab
Correct Answer - Option (C)

Explanation :
Pushkalavati (now known by the name of Charsadda) was the previous capital of NWFP and the Kushan King Kanishka changed the capital from it to Purushapura (now know as Peshawar) in the 2nd century. The name Peshawar has been derived from the Sanskrit word meaning “City of Men”.

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188) The Mauryan administration was highly

(A) Decentralized
(B) Bureaucratic
(C) Centralized
(D) Despotic
Correct Answer - Option (C)

Explanation :
It can be appropriately claimed that the Mauryan administration system, though monarchical, was sufficient because it had the privilege of possessing successful administrators such as Chandragupta Maurya, Bindusara Maurya and Ashoka.

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