INDIAN HISTORY 1

      1.       The statue of Gomateshwara at Sravanabelagola was built by:

a.       Chandragupta Maurya

b.      Kharvela

c.       Amoghavarsha

d.      Chamundaray

      2.       ‘Live well, as long as you live. Live well even by borrowings, for once cremated, there is no return’. The rejection of after life is an aphorism of the:

a.       Kapalika sect

b.      Sunyavada of Nagarjun

c.       Ajivikas

d.      Charvakas

      3.       Which one of the following usages was a post-Vedic development?

a.       Dharma-Artha-Kama-Moksha

b.      Brahmana-Kshatriya-Vaishya-Shudra

c.       Brahmacharya-Grihasthashrama-Vanaprastha-Sanyasa

d.      Indra-Surya-Rudra-Marut

      4.       The capital of the kingdom of Maharaja Ranjit Singh was:

a.       Amritsar

b.      Patiala

c.       Lahore

d.      Kapurthala

      5.       In the Gandhara sculptures the preaching mudra associated with the Buddha's First Sermon at Sarnath is:

a.       Abhaya

b.      Dhyana Manidha Naeyam

c.       Dharmachakra

d.      Bhumisparsa

       6.        The name of the poet Kalidas is mentioned in the:

a.       Allahabad pillar inscription

b.      Aihole inscription

c.       Alapadu grant

d.      Hanumakonda inscription

State Wise National Parks of India

State / UT	National Park	Established
Andaman and Nicobar	Campbell Bay National Park	1992
Andaman and Nicobar	Galathea National Park	1992
Andaman and Nicobar	Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park (previously : Wandur National Park)	1983
Andaman and Nicobar	Middle Button Island National Park	1987
Andaman and Nicobar	Mount Harriet National Park	1987
Andaman and Nicobar	North Button Island National Park	1987
Andaman and Nicobar	Rani Jhansi Marine National Park	1996
Andaman and Nicobar	Saddle Peak National Park	1987
Andaman and Nicobar	South Button Island National Park	1987
Andhra Pradesh	Kasu Brahmananda Reddy National Park	1994
Andhra Pradesh	Mahavir Harina Vanasthali National Park	1994
Andhra Pradesh	Mrugavani National Park	1994
Andhra Pradesh	Sri Venkateswara National Park	1989
Arunachal Pradesh	Mouling National Park	1986
Arunachal Pradesh	Namdapha National Park	1983
Assam	Dibru-Saikhowa National Park	1999
Assam	Kaziranga National Park	1974
Assam	Manas National Park	1990
Assam	Nameri National Park	1998
Assam	Orang National Park	1999
Bihar	Valmiki National Park	1989
Bihar	Kanwar Lake Bird Sanctuary	1987
Bihar	Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary	2009
Chhattisgarh	Indravati National Park	1981
Chhattisgarh	Kanger Ghati National Park (Kanger Valley)	1982
Chhattisgarh	Sanjay National Park	1981
Goa	Mollem National Park	1978
Gujarat	Vansda National Park	1979
Gujarat	Blackbuck National Park, Velavadar	1976
Gujarat	Gir National Park	1965
Gujarat	Gulf of Kachchh Marine National Park	1980
Haryana	Kalesar National Park	2003
Haryana	Sultanpur National Park	1989
Himachal Pradesh	Great Himalayan National Park	1984
Himachal Pradesh	Pin Valley National Park	1987
Jammu and Kashmir	Dachigam National Park	1981
Jammu and Kashmir	Hemis National Park	1981
Jammu and Kashmir	Kishtwar National Park	1981
Jammu and Kashmir	Salim Ali National Park	1992
Jharkhand	Betla National Park	1986
Jharkhand	Hazaribag National Park	1954
Jharkhand	Dimna National Park	1975
Karnataka	Anshi National Park	1987
Karnataka	Bandipur National Park	1974
Karnataka	Bannerghatta National Park	1974
Karnataka	Kudremukh National Park	1987
Karnataka	Rajiv Gandhi National Park (prev: Nagarhole National Park)	1988
Kerala	Eravikulam National Park	1978
Kerala	Mathikettan Shola National Park	2003
Kerala	Periyar National Park	1982
Kerala	Silent Valley National Park	1984
Madhya Pradesh	Bandhavgarh National Park	1982
Madhya Pradesh	Fossil National Park	1983
Madhya Pradesh	Kanha National Park	1955
Madhya Pradesh	Madhav National Park	1959
Madhya Pradesh	Panna National Park	1973
Madhya Pradesh	Pench National Park, Madhya Pradesh	1975
Madhya Pradesh	Sanjay National Park	1981
Madhya Pradesh	Satpura National Park	1981
Madhya Pradesh	Van Vihar National Park	1979
Maharashtra	Chandoli National Park	2004
Maharashtra	Gugamal National Park	1987
Maharashtra	Navegaon National Park	1975
Maharashtra	Pench National Park	1975
Maharashtra	Sanjay Gandhi National Park a.k.a. Borivili National Park, Mumbai	1983
Maharashtra	Tadoba National Park	1955
Manipur	Keibul Lamjao National Park	1977
Manipur	Sirohi National Park	1982
Meghalaya	Balphakram National Park	1986
Meghalaya	Nokrek National Park	1986
Mizoram	Murlen National Park	1991
Mizoram	Phawngpui Blue Mountain National Park	1997
Nagaland	Ntangki National Park	1993
Orissa	Bhitarkanika National Park	1988
Orissa	Nandankanan National Park	1976
Orissa	Simlipal National Park	1980
Punjab	Harike Wetland	1987
Rajasthan	Darrah National Park	2004
Rajasthan	Desert National Park	1980
Rajasthan	Keoladeo National Park	1981
Rajasthan	Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary	1960
Rajasthan	Ranthambore National Park	1980
Rajasthan	Sariska National Park	1982
Sikkim	Khangchendzonga National Park	1977
Tamil Nadu	Guindy National Park	1976
Tamil Nadu	Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park	1980
Tamil Nadu	Indira Gandhi National Park (prev: Annamalai National Park)	1989
Tamil Nadu	Mudumalai National Park	1990
Tamil Nadu	Mukurthi National Park	1990
Tamil Nadu	Palani Hills National Park	Proposed
Uttar Pradesh	Dudhwa National Park	1977
Uttarakhand	Corbett National Park	1936
Uttarakhand	Gangotri National Park	1989
Uttarakhand	Govind Pashu Vihar	1990
Uttarakhand	Nanda Devi National Park	1982
Uttarakhand	Rajaji National Park	1983
Uttarakhand	Valley of Flowers National Park	1982
West Bengal	Buxa Tiger Reserve	1992
West Bengal	Gorumara National Park	1994
West Bengal	Neora Valley National Park	1986
West Bengal	Singalila National Park	1992
West Bengal	Sundarbans National Park	1984