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Who deciphered the Brahmi and Kharoshthi scripts?
(a)Piyadassi
(b)Colin Mackenzie
(c)Alexander Cunningham
(d)James Prinsep

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Important Questions on UPSC CDS (I) Previous Year Paper 2018
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Which of the following is/are the feature(s) of the Brahmadeya Grants during c AD?
- Their creation meant a renunciation of actual or potential sources of revenue by the State.
- These grants could vary from a small plot to several villages.
- Most grants were made in unsettled areas.
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Who is the author of Manimekalai?

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Which one of the following statements about the Elephanta Island is correct?

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Which of the following statements about Sir Syed Ahmad Khan is/are correct?
- He argued that India was a federation of ethnic communities based on common descent.
- His philosophy was very similar to that of the Indian National Congress.
- He imagined India as a Nation State based on individual citizen’s rights.
- The curriculum at the Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College blended Muslim theology and European empiricism.
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Consider the following statements about impact of tax :
- A tax is shifted forward to consumers if the demand is inelastic relative to supply.
- A tax is shifted backward to producers if the supply is relatively more inelastic than demand.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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According to the law of diminishing marginal utility, as the amount of a good consumed increase, the marginal utility of that good tends to
