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  • Q. Aryabhatta, believed to have been born in the 5th century AD, was a most renowned scholar of
    A)Biology
    B)Astronomy
    C)Medicine
    D)Physiology
    Answer: Astronomy
  • Q. The Company’s monopoly of Trade was abolished by the Act of
    A)1813
    B)1793
    C)1833
    D)Pitt's India Act
    Answer: 1833
  • Q. Recognize the medicinal trio of ancient India from the following options
    A)Charak, Sushruta and Patanjali
    B)Charaka, Sushruta, and Bharata
    C)Charak, Sushruta, and Banabhatta
    D)Charak, Vatsyayana, and Banabhatta
    Answer: Charak, Sushruta and Patanjali
  • Q. Under pressure from his family, Nanu married__________, the daughter of a traditional village doctor
    A)Kaliamma
    B)Kaliamma
    C)Rohini
    D)Meenkshi Amma
    Answer: Kaliamma
  • Q. The India Independence Bill was first presented in the House of Commons in London on
    A)August 1,1947
    B)August 10,1947
    C)July 14,1947
    D)July 4,1947
    Answer: July 4,1947
  • Q. Which of the following statement is correct about South-Indian Literature?
    A)Tamil is the oldest with literature dating back to early centuries of Christian era. This developed during the three Sangams(assemblies of poets and writers) held during different times
    B)In Southern India, the ancient Indian writings were written in four Dravidian languages which developed their own script and literature, these are, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada,Malayalam
    C)Both A & B
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Both A & B
  • Q. Which of the following is the name of US Parliament?
    A)Senate
    B)Diet
    C)Congress
    D)House of commons
    Answer: Congress
  • Q. Which of the following place, Buddha was never depicted in a human form but was represented only as a symbol of either two footprints or wheel?
    A)Loria
    B)Sanchi
    C)Kesaria
    D)All of the above
    Answer: Sanchi
  • Q. Which Bhakti Saints writings influenced Hinduism’s Bhakti movement and his verses are found in Sikhism’s scripture Adi Granth?
    A)Kabir
    B)Ramananda
    C)Mirabai
    D)Tukaram
    Answer: Kabir
  • Q. Two of the great Mughals wrote their own memories. They were
    A)Humayun and Jahangir
    B)Babar and Humayun
    C)Babar and Jahangir
    D)Jahangir and Shahjahan
    Answer: Babar and Jahangir
  • Q. Where did Mahatma Gandhi first apply his technique of Satyagraha?
    A)Noakhali
    B)Dandi
    C)England
    D)South Africa
    Answer: South Africa
  • Q. In which year was Burma separated from India?
    A)1902
    B)1863
    C)1937
    D)1947
    Answer: 1937
  • Q. The only AICC session Gandhiji presided was held at
    A)Madras
    B)Calcutta
    C)Belgaum
    D)Lahore
    Answer: Belgaum
  • Q. The text of the document called Mahzar, by which Akbar assumed the role of supreme arbiter in the matters of religion is found in
    A)Arif Quandahari's Tarikh-I-Alfi
    B)Nizamuddin's Tabaqat-I-Akbari
    C)Abul Fazl's Akbarnama
    D)Badauni's Muntakahab-ut-Tawarikh
    Answer: Abul Fazl's Akbarnama
  • Q. Babur (1526-1530 AD) was the ruler of which dynasty?
    A)Nanda
    B)Mughal
    C)Maurya
    D)Haryanka
    Answer: Mughal
  • Q. Where had civil rebellions against the British initially started?
    A)Bengal and Bihar
    B)Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh
    C)Odisha
    D)Madras and Calcutta
    Answer: Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh
  • Q. When was Brahmo Samaj split?
    A)1826
    B)1866
    C)1843
    D)1857
    Answer: 1866
  • Q. Who among the following were contemporaries of Kanishka?
    A)Nagarjuna, Ashvagosha, Vasumitra
    B)Kamban, Banabhatta, Ashvagosha
    C)Asvagosha, Kalidasa, Banabhatta
    D)Kalidas, Kamba, Vasumitra
    Answer: Nagarjuna, Ashvagosha, Vasumitra
  • Q. The name of the Indian Astronomer (who knew five astronomical systems), who lived in the 6th century was
    A)Bhandarkar
    B)Varahamihira
    C)Pujyapada
    D)Prasastapada
    Answer: Varahamihira
  • Q. Who was the President of America during American Civil War
    A)Andrew Jackson
    B)Abraham Lincoln
    C)George Washington
    D)James Madison
    Answer: Abraham Lincoln

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