Consider the following statements about merchant guilds of South India:

1. Ayyavole merchant guild was originally established in Aihole.
2. Manigraman merchant guild was subordinated to the Anjuvannam merchant guild in the 13th century.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

• 1 only

• 2 only

• Both 1 and 2

• Neither 1 nor 2

Which one of the following Bhakti Saint : Philosophy pairs is correctly matched?

• Shankara : Avadhuta

• Ramananda : Kevaladvaita

• Ramanuja : Vishishtadvaita

• Chaitanya : Advaita

The place of English East India Company settlement in Madras was known as

• Fort William

• Fort St. George

• Elphinstone Circle

• Marble Palace

Which one of the following Indian States (other than Himalayan or NE States) ranked first in the Composite Water Management Index as per the report issued by the NIT! Aayog "in June 2018?

• Madhya Pradesh

• Karnataka

• Gujarat

• Maharashtra

Who among the following is the ex officio Chairman of the North Eastern Council?

• The President of India

• The Prime Minister of India

• The Union Home Minister

• The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region

Who gifted the Badshah Nama to King George in 1799?

• Abul Fazl

• Abdul Hamid Lahori

• Nawab of Awadh

• William Jones

What is the name of the award given to meritorious men in the Mughal Court in the form of a robe of honour that was once worn by the Emperor?

• Sarapa

• Patka

• Padma murassa

• Khilat

Who among the following social reformer started a society for the encouragement of widow remarriage in 1866 in Maharashtra?

• Bal Gangadhar Tilak

• Jyotirao Phule

• Vishnushastri Pandit

• Pandita Ramabai

Name the first major voluntary association representing primarily Indian landlord interests that was set up in Calcutta in 1851?

• British Indian Association

• Landholder's Society

• Madras Native Association

• Bombay Association

Who among the following introduced the Permanent Settlement of Bengal in 1793?

• Lord Cornwallis

• Lord Ripon

• Robert Clive

• John Adam