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Daily Questions Challenge for IAS PRE (CSAT) Exam (21 October 2015)

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1. Consider the following statements and mark the option which is correct.

(i) Qutubaddin Aibek was the founder of Delhi Sultanate & was the first independent ruler.
(ii) Qutubuddin Aibek built two Mosques. Quwwat ul-Islam Mosque at Delhi and Dhai Din Ka Jonpara at Amer.
(iii) Qutubuddin Aibek laid foundation of Qutub Minar after the name of a Sufi Saint Khwaja Qutubuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki.

(a) i & iii
(b) ii
(c) all of the above
(d) none of the above

2. Consider the following statements and mark the option which is correct.

(i) Babur founded a new capital city of Fatehpur Sikri.
(ii) Babur was a skilled musician and played Naqqara.
(iii) The mode of calligraphy favourite to Akbar was ‘Nastaliq’.

(a) i & iii
(b) all of the above
(c) ii & iii
(d) none of the above

3. Consider the following statements and mark the option which is correct.

(i) Banda Bahadur, the sikh leader was defeated and captured by Farrukh Siyar.
(ii) Muhammad Shah’s original name was Raushan Akhtar.
(iii) Bahadur Shah II was deposed and tried for waging war against the British.

(a) ii & iii
(b) all of the above
(c) none of the above
(d) i only

4. Which of the following temples is an example of Wall inscriptions on which stories of Ramayana & the Mahabharata are inscribed?

(a) Tadapatri
(b) Varadraja
(c) Parvati
(d) Vithalswami

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:: CSAT (Paper -2) ::

Directions : Read the following passage and solve the questions based on it.

Six persons Amar, Bijay, Chetan, Disha, Esha and Farukh took up a job with an organization in a week from Monday to Saturday. Each of them joined for different posts on different days. The postswere of clerk, officer, technician, manager, supervisor and sales executives, though not necessarily in the same order. Farukh joined as amanager on the first day. Bijay joined as a supervisor but neither on Wednesday nor on Friday. Disha joined as a technician on Thursday. Chetan joined the firmas an officer onWednesday. Esha joined as a clerk on Tuesday. Amar joined as a sales executive.