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- The Ellora caves in Maharasthra were built by Rashtrakutas .
- The system of Dyarchy was first introduced by Montague Chemsford reforms.
- Warren Hastings is considered as the founder of the British Empire in India.
- Mathura Art, Ajanta Paintings and Fourth Buddhist Council are connected with Kushanas.
- Preamble is described as the soul of Constitution.
- The main interest of Fa-hein in visiting India was to visit Buddhist monasteries and record their history and condition.
- 61 st amendment of the Constitution has lowered voting age from 21 years to 18 years.
- Total utility is maximised when marginal utility is zero.
- Indigo is stable plant dye.
- Oil and Natural Gas are found in Ankleshwar.
- Highest labour intensity in India is in Textile Industry.
- Plants can purify the vitiated air was quoted by Priestly.
- Refrigeration is a process in which the decomposition of food is delayed.
- Sardar Sarovar dam is located in Gujarat on river Narmada.
- Warren Hastings was impeached on return to Britain for accepting bribes and committing atrocities on Indian rulers.
- Balban was the first Muslim ruler in India who devised the theory of kingship(divine right).
- The universal law of Gravitation was propounded by Newton.
- The concept of revolutionary methods was advocated by Karl Marx.
- Bangalore is known as the garden city of India.
- Kalpakkam in Tamilnadu is famous for nuclear power generation.
- Lakshya in India is pilotless target aircraft.
- The first winner of Rs 1 lakh Pant Outstanding Parliamentarian award is CPI leader Inderjit Gupta.
- Yugoslavia has been expelled from UN membership.
- Mrs Maneka Gandhi has been honoured with Lord Erskine Award.
- Copper, zinc and iodine are three important micro-nutrients essential for humans.
- The gas used for artificial ripening of green fruits is acetylene(Ethylene).
- Minimate disease in Japan is caused by poisoning due to Mercury.
- The brightest star in the sky is sirius.
- The speed of rotation of earth is 28km/minute.
- Harmander Sahib Gurudwara is located at Amritsar.
- White Paper presented in Lok Sabha means a statement on national issue presented by Government on which a discussion follows.
- Laplerre is the author of Freedom of midnight and Is Paris burning ?.
- The topographical maps of India are prepared by Survey of India.
- The language of Satavahana inscriptions was Prakrit.
- Megasthenes, Plinz,Ptolemy and Fa-hein are the correct chronological order of the foreign writers in India.
- The formation of linguistic states in India has started with Andhra Pradesh.
- The rock cut caves at Elephanta belong to Satavahanas period.
- A crossed cheque is one which can be encashed only through a bank.
- The most famous region for producing grapes,oranges and olives is Mediterraneon.
- In Orissa, the Jaugada edict of Ashoka is located.
- The earliest known specimen of Indo European language is provided by Rigveda.
- Roaring forties are the Latitudional zone between 40 S and 60 S.
- The bats are able to fly in the dark since therir wings produce ultrasonic waves.
- The boiling point of water is highest at Dead sea.
- The minimum possible temperature beyond which matter can not be cooled is 273.15C.
- Chloroflurocarbons are responsible for the depletion of ozone layer in the atmosphere.
- German Silver is an alloy of Copper,Zinc and Nickel.
- Diabetes can be caused due to defective genes.
- Pea plant can fix nitrogen from air.
- Natural rubber is a plant product which is chemically known as latex.
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