Exam 6: South Asia: Creating Dilemmas of Diversity

South Asia is differentiated in the west by Punjab through which flows the _____ River.

Why did the use of elephants in warfare end?

The great festival of Rathajatra at Puri celebrates the transition from the dry season to the wet season.

Under the Mughals,the use of _____ expanded.

Mahavira founded Jainism that,like Buddhism,is against killing.

The world's third major civilization after Mesopotamia and Egypt was the _____ civilization.

Under the British,Indians were placed in positions of power in the Indian Civil Service.

With the dissolution of the Mughal Empire,many merchant ships moved from Madras to Bombay.

A jati is defined and named by:

By 1740,the Dutch were focusing their attention on:

The first Europeans to control the Indian Ocean were the:

Since Indian troops fought alongside the Allied troops in World War I (1914-1918),they were rewarded with independence from Britain.

Hill stations,such as Simla,can be described as "mountain amenity landscapes."

In the original caste system,Sudras were: