Q. The foreign traveller who visited India during the Mughal Period and who left us and expert’s description of the Peacok Throne, was

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Tavernier

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  • Q. As per Indian Independence Act, the suzerainty of His Majesty over the Indian State would come to an end on __________
    A)14 August 1947
    B)15 August 1947
    C)15 August 1950
    D)26 January 1950
    Answer: 14 August 1947
  • Q. Which of the following events made the English East India Company the legitimate masters of the Bengal Suba?
    A)Battle of Plassey, 1757
    B)Battle of Buxar, 1764
    C)Farrukh Siyar's Farman, 1717
    D)Ibrahim Khan's Farman, 1690
    Answer: Battle of Buxar, 1764
  • Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about the attitudes of Alvars and Nayanars towards caste system? I. Alvars and Nayanars initiated a movement of protest against the caste system and the dominance of Brahmanas or at least attempted to reform the system. II. Alvars and Nayanars always supported the caste system in the society. III. The importance of the traditions of the Alvars and Nayanars was sometimes indicated by the claim that their compositions were as important as the Vedas
    A)I and II
    B)Only I
    C)I and III
    D)All of the above
    Answer: I and III
  • Q. In the Mughal period the registers of the agricultural lands were maintained by
    A)Qanungo
    B)Kotwal
    C)Amin
    D)Krori
    Answer: Qanungo
  • Q. Assertion (A): The largest number of Persian works on classical Indian music was written in Aurangzeb’s reign. Reason (R): Aurangzeb was a great patron of Classical Indian Music.
    A)Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
    B)Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
    C)A is true but R is false
    D)A is false but R is true
    Answer: A is true but R is false
  • Q. Which Mauryan king holds the title of Amitraghata?
    A)Chandragupta Maurya
    B)Bimbisar
    C)Bindusara
    D)Ashoka
    Answer: Bindusara
  • Q. When did Congress pass the Sherman Antitrust Act?
    A)1911
    B)1890
    C)1900
    D)1872
    Answer: 1890
  • Q. The Treaty of Lahore was signed between the Sikhs and the British in India in the year
    A)1846
    B)1836
    C)1856
    D)1866
    Answer: 1846
  • Q. Mahatma Gandhi began his political activities in India first from
    A)Kheda
    B)Dandi
    C)Sabarmati
    D)Champaran
    Answer: Champaran
  • Q. Who was the Chief Architect of the World Trade Centre, New York?
    A)Minoru Yamasaki
    B)Le Corbusier
    C)Edwin Lutyens
    D)Charles Correa
    Answer: Minoru Yamasaki
  • Q. The world’s oldest continuously inhabited city is
    A)Baghdad
    B)Jerusalem
    C)Istanbul
    D)Damascus
    Answer: Damascus
  • Q. Outside India, Buddhism was first accepted in
    A)Japan
    B)China
    C)Sri Lanka
    D)Tibet
    Answer: Sri Lanka
  • Q. Ashoka was much influenced by Buddhist monk called
    A)Vasubandhu
    B)Upagupta
    C)Ambhi
    D)Asvagosha
    Answer: Upagupta
  • Q. Select the correct statement (s) related to the Vallabhacharya: I. His doctrine came to be known as “Pushti Marga” for his successors laid stress on the physical side of Krishna’s sports. II. He is the founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness or ISKCON, commonly called the “Hare Krishnas”
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I & II
    D)Neither I nor II
    Answer: Only I
  • Q. What was the motive of Lord Wellesley to introduced the system of Subsidiary Alliance?
    A)Prevent disloyalty towards the British
    B)Improve the administration of the Indian States
    C)Tone up the British Indian administration
    D)Prevent the French influence in the Indian States
    Answer: Prevent the French influence in the Indian States
  • Q. Humayun’s Tomb was built by
    A)Bega Begum
    B)Humayun
    C)Babur
    D)Akbar
    Answer: Bega Begum
  • Q. What was Hampi known for?
    A)It had the largest stable in medieval India
    B)It was the capital of Golconda
    C)It had the translation of the Indian epics to Persian
    D)It was the capital of Vijayanagar
    Answer: It was the capital of Vijayanagar
  • Q. The Mughal leader Babur originally invaded northern India
    A)Because he was unable to achieve his ambitious goals in central Asia
    B)To creates a Shiite Muslim state
    C)To control the trade routes into Southeast Asia
    D)To defeat his longstanding enemy, the sultan of Delhi
    Answer: Because he was unable to achieve his ambitious goals in central Asia
  • Q. Who is the Duchess of Cornwall?
    A)Camilla
    B)Diana
    C)Anne
    D)Margaret
    Answer: Camilla
  • Q. Consider the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the historical literary sources of Ancient India? I. The ‘Puranas’ serves as a source of historical facts of ancient India. There are eighteen Puranas. They provide historical information of various dynasties. II. According to Dr. R.C. Majumdar, the war occurred in 1000 B.C. Apart from the Kurukshetra war, the Mahabharata contains various accounts of social life and religious thinking of the people of ancient India
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I and II
    D)Neither I nor II
    Answer: Both I and II

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