Explanation

• The Sindh River is mentioned in the Rigveda, a collection of ancient Indian Vedic Sanskrit hymns.
• The Rigveda is one of the four sacred Vedic Sanskrit texts of Hinduism, and it is one of the oldest and most important texts of Hinduism.
• The Rigveda mentions the sapta-sindhavaḥ (Sanskrit: सप्तसिन्धवः), or seven rivers, along with other rivers.

Explanation

In 1966, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the leader of the Awami League, presented a six-point demand for autonomy for East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).

The six points were:

1. A federal system with a weak central government
2. Provincial autonomy for East Pakistan
3. Separate currency for East Pakistan
4. Separate foreign trade policy for East Pakistan
5. Provincial control over taxation
6. A separate militia for East Pakistan

Explanation

• The sentence should read: "Asad failed in examination because none of his answers were pertinent to the questions asked."
• Pertinent means relevant or applicable to the matter at hand.
• In this context, Asad's answers were not relevant to the questions asked, which is why he failed the examination.

Explanation

• The correct answer is: It was expected by Alexander that he would conquer the world.
• This sentence is in the passive voice, whereas the original sentence is in the active voice. The meaning of the sentence remains the same, but the focus shifts from Alexander (the doer) to the expectation (the action).

Explanation

Twenty viceroys ruled India.

Here is the list of Viceroys who ruled India, along with their duration period:

1. Lord Canning (1858–1862)
2. Lord Elgin (1862–1863)
3. Sir John Lawrence (1864–1869)
4. Lord Mayo (1869–1872)
5. Lord Northbrook (1872–1876)
6. Lord Lytton (1876–1880)
7. Lord Ripon (1880–1884)
8. Lord Dufferin (1884–1888)
9. Lord Lansdowne (1888–1894)
10. Lord Elgin II (1894–1899)
11. Lord Curzon (1899–1905)
12. Lord Minto (1905–1910)
13. Lord Hardinge (1910–1916)
14. Lord Chelmsford (1916–1921)
15. Lord Reading (1921–1926)
16. Lord Irwin (1926–1931)
17. Lord Willingdon (1931–1936)
18. Lord Linlithgow (1936–1943)
19. Lord Wavell (1943–1947)
20. Lord Mountbatten (1947)

Explanation

• Iskandar Mirza was confirmed as the Governor General of Pakistan on October 6, 1955.
• He was the fourth and last Governor General of the Dominion of Pakistan, serving from October 6, 1955, until March 23, 1956, when Pakistan became an Islamic republic.
• He was the first president of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan from March 23, 1956, until October 27, 1958.

Explanation

Lord Mountbatten, the last Viceroy of British India, arrived in India in March 1947 with the primary objective of transferring power from British rule to Indian hands.

His instructions from the British government were to:

• Try to preserve India's unity if possible.
• If unity was not possible, to divide India into separate countries (which ultimately led to the creation of Pakistan).
• Ensure a smooth transfer of power.

Explanation

Explanation

The sentence "They will have been writing their letters" is in the Future Perfect Continuous tense, which is used to describe an action that will be in progress at a specific point in the future and will have started before that point.

Explanation

• The Viceroy of India when the Rowlatt Act was passed was Lord Chelmsford.
• The Rowlatt Act was passed in March 1919, and Lord Chelmsford served as the Viceroy of India from 1916 to 1921.