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The irrigation device called ‘Araghatta’ wasRead the answer and worked solution →Who among the following rulers in ancient India had assumed the titles ‘Mattavilasa’, ‘Vichitrachitta’ and ‘Gunabhara’?Read the answer and worked solution →Fa-hien (Faxian), the Chinese pilgrim, travelled to India during the reign ofRead the answer and worked solution →The famous female figurine known as 'Dancing Girl', found at Mohenjo-daro, is made ofRead the answer and worked solution →Who of the following rulers of medieval India gave permission to the Portuguese to build a fort at Bhatkal?Read the answer and worked solution →Which one of the following is a work attributed to playwright Bhasa?Read the answer and worked solution →Sanghabhuti, an Indian Buddhist monk, who travelled to China at the end of the fourth century AD, was the author of a commentary on:Read the answer and worked solution →Rani Lakshmibai asked the Company to recognise whom as heir to Jhansi?Read the answer and worked solution →Awadh was taken over by the Company in:Read the answer and worked solution →Which Governor-General announced in 1849 that Bahadur Shah Zafar's family would leave the Red Fort after his death?Read the answer and worked solution →The maulvi from Faizabad who prophesied the end of British rule was:Read the answer and worked solution →Sepoys believed the new rifle cartridges were greased with the fat of:Read the answer and worked solution →On 8 April 1857, Mangal Pandey was hanged for attacking his officers at:Read the answer and worked solution →On 10 May 1857 the Meerut soldiers first marched to the:Read the answer and worked solution →The rebel sepoys in Delhi proclaimed as their leader:Read the answer and worked solution →Bahadur Shah Zafar wrote to chiefs and rulers asking them to form a:Read the answer and worked solution →Nana Saheb expelled the British garrison from which city?Read the answer and worked solution →Rani Avantibai Lodhi of Ramgarh fought the British in the Mandla region of:Read the answer and worked solution →Bakht Khan, a key military leader of the uprising in Delhi, was a soldier from:Read the answer and worked solution →The old zamindar who joined the rebel sepoys in Bihar was:Read the answer and worked solution →Bahadur Shah Zafar was sent to prison in October 1858 at:Read the answer and worked solution →Rani Lakshmibai was defeated and killed in:Read the answer and worked solution →After escaping to central India, Tantia Tope fought a:Read the answer and worked solution →The British regained control of the country by the end of:Read the answer and worked solution →The Act of 1858 transferred the powers of the East India Company to the:Read the answer and worked solution →After 1858 the Governor-General of India was also given the title of:Read the answer and worked solution →After 1857, ruling chiefs were allowed to pass on their kingdoms to heirs including:Read the answer and worked solution →After 1857 more soldiers were recruited from Gurkhas, Sikhs and:Read the answer and worked solution →The Paik uprising at Khurda broke out on 29 March of:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the 1857 leadersRead the answer and worked solution →

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The irrigation device called ‘Araghatta’ was

  1. a water bag made of leather pulled over a pulley
  2. a large wheel with earthen pots tied to the outer ends of its spokes
  3. a larger earthen pot driven by bullocks
  4. a large water bucket pulled up by rope directly by hand
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Correct answer: B. a large wheel with earthen pots tied to the outer ends of its spokes

UPSC CSE Prelims 2025 (GS-I, Set A), Q.13. Official answer key: B.

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Who among the following rulers in ancient India had assumed the titles ‘Mattavilasa’, ‘Vichitrachitta’ and ‘Gunabhara’?

  1. Mahendravarman I
  2. Simhavishnu
  3. Narasimhavarman I
  4. Simhavarman
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Correct answer: A. Mahendravarman I

UPSC CSE Prelims 2025 (GS-I, Set A), Q.14. Official answer key: A.

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Fa-hien (Faxian), the Chinese pilgrim, travelled to India during the reign of

  1. Samudragupta
  2. Chandragupta II
  3. Kumaragupta I
  4. Skandagupta
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Correct answer: B. Chandragupta II

UPSC CSE Prelims 2025 (GS-I, Set A), Q.15. Official answer key: B.

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