Question : Who is credited with the discovery of the ruins of Hampi?
Option 1: Colin Mackenzie
Option 2: Alexander Cunningham
Option 3: John Marshall
Option 4: Mortimer Wheeler

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Question : Who is credited with the discovery of the ruins of Hampi?

Option 1: Colin Mackenzie

Option 2: Alexander Cunningham

Option 3: John Marshall

Option 4: Mortimer Wheeler

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Correct Answer: Colin Mackenzie

Solution : Correct Option: 1
Explanation: Colin Mackenzie, a Scottish surveyor and cartographer, is credited with the discovery of the ruins of Hampi in the early 19 th century.

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Question : Who is credited with the discovery of the ruins of Hampi?Option 1: Colin MackenzieOption 2: Alexander CunninghamOption 3: John MarshallOption 4: Mortimer Wheeler

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Question : Who is credited with the discovery of the ruins of Hampi?
Option 1: Colin Mackenzie
Option 2: Alexander Cunningham
Option 3: John Marshall
Option 4: Mortimer Wheeler

Question : In 1815, who among the following was appointed as the first Surveyor General of India?
Option 1: Henry Walpole
Option 2: Max Muller
Option 3: John Marshall
Option 4: Colin Mackenzie

Question : Which Director General of ASI is responsible for the excavations leading to the discovery of two key city-sites of the Indus Valley Civilisation, in the 1920s?
Option 1: Madho Sarup Vats
Option 2: John Hubert Marshall
Option 3: James Burgess
Option 4: Mortimer Wheeler

Question : Colin Mackenzie's contributions to the study of Hampi included:
Option 1: Translating ancient inscriptions
Option 2: Mapping the ruins of the city
Option 3: Restoring damaged structures
Option 4: Identifying the royal lineage of the Vijayanagar kings

Question : Which British archaeologist recognised in the 1940s that it was necessary to follow the stratigraphy of the mound rather than mechanically excavate it along a uniform horizontal line?
Option 1: R. E. M. Wheeler
Option 2: Alexander Cunningham
Option 3: John Marshall
Option 4: E. Hultzsch

Question : Who played a key role in deciphering the Brahmi script used in Ashokan inscriptions?
Option 1: Alexander Cunningham

Option 2: James Prinsep
Option 3: William Jones
Option 4: John Marshall