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Question no. 1. Which of the following folk dance is performed in Gujarat ? ( SSC CGL Previous year GK papers)
A. Chhau
B. Rouf
C.Bhawai
D. Jat-Jatin

Answer: Bhawai
Details : Gujarat features several folk dances , including Bhawai, Garba, Dandiya , Tippani and paddar. In contrast Rouf belongs to Jammu And Kashmir and Jat-Jatin is a folk dance of Bihar.

Question No.2. The Sattriya dance one of the eight Classical dances of India belongs to which State?
A. Kerala
B. Karnataka
C. Assam
D. Manipur

Answers : Assam
Details : India recognizes Eight Classical dances : Kathak – UP, Kathakali and Mohininattyam – Kerala, Kuchipudi Andra Pradesh , Bharatnatyam Tamilnadu, Sttriya Assam, Manipui Manipur and Odissi Odisha. Notably, the Kuchipudi dance is named after a specific village in Andra Pradesh.

Question No. 3 . Which festival, celebrated at the kamakhya Temple in Guwahati,is famous worldwide ?
A. Chapchar Kut
B. Ambubachi Mela
C. wangala
D. Hornbill Festival

Answer: Ambubachi Mela

Details: The Ambubachi Mela is held at the Kamakhya Temple in Assam . Other regional festivals includes Wangala in Meghalaya , Chapchar Kut in Mizoram and Hornbill Festival in Nagaland which is often the “Land of Festivals”.

Question No. 4. In which year was the first Battle of Tarain fought between Prithiviraj Chauchan and Muhammad Ghori?
A.1192
B. 1526
C.1191
D. 1757

Answer: 1191

Details: The first Battle of Tarain took in 1991 , where Prithiviraj Chauchan defeated Mohammad Ghori. However , in the second Battle of Tarain in 1192, Mohammad Ghori emerged victorious .

Question No. 5. Which battle marked the end of the Delhi Sultanate and the beginning of the Mughal Empire?

A. Battle of Khanwa
B. Battle of Buxar
C. First Battle of Panipat
D. Battle of Chausa

Answer: First battle of Panipat

Details: Fought on April 21, 1526 the First Battle of Panipat saw Babur defeat Ibrahim Lodi, leading to the establishment of the Mughal Empire . Babur later fought the Battle of Khanwa (1527 ) against zrana Sanga and the Battle of Chanderi (1528) against Medini Rai.

Question No. 6. Who led the British East India Company during the Battle of Plassey in 1757 ?

A. Hector Munro

B. Robert Clive

C. Warren Hastings 

D.Lord Dalhousie

Answer: Robert Clive

Details: The Battle of Plassey (1757) was fought between the east India Company , led by Robert Clive and the Nawab of Bengal , Siraj-ud – Daulah. At this time , the Mughal emperor was Alamgir II. Later, in Battle of Buxar (1764) , the Company was led by Hector Munro.

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