Q. Akbar’s son and successor Salim, on becoming the emperor, assumed the name of

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Nuruddin Muhammad Jahangir

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    A)Ashoka felt apologetic about the destruction of men and material on both sides in the war
    B)After the conquest of Kalinga the political unity of Mauryan India had been achieved
    C)He was moved by the violence, slaughter and sufferings to the combatants and noncombatants in the war
    D)Shortly after the war he adopted Buddhism which was opposed to violence
    Answer: He was moved by the violence, slaughter and sufferings to the combatants and noncombatants in the war
  • Q. Who was the founder of Pataliputra?
    A)Ajatashatru
    B)Bimbisara
    C)Udayin
    D)Kanishka
    Answer: Ajatashatru
  • Q. Which one of the following traders first came to India during the Mughal period?
    A)Dutch
    B)Portuguese
    C)Danish
    D)Britis
    Answer: Portuguese
  • Q. The policy of racial discrimination followed in South Africa was called
    A)Civil Rights Movement
    B)Non-Aligned
    C)Apartheid
    D)Suffrage
    Answer: Apartheid
  • Q. __________edited the journal of Poona Sarvajanik Sabha
    A)W. C. Banerjee
    B)Gokhale
    C)Ranade
    D)S. N. Banerjee
    Answer: Gokhale
  • Q. When Humayun was in exile Koh-i-noor Diamond was with
    A)Shah Tahmasp of Persia
    B)The Raja Bikramajid
    C)Sultan of Bijapur
    D)Sher Shah
    Answer: Shah Tahmasp of Persia
  • Q. Abhinav Bharat organized in 1904 was :
    A)A secret society of revolutionary activists
    B)Hindu Mahashabha
    C)All India Kisan Mahasabha
    D)None of these
    Answer: A secret society of revolutionary activists
  • Q. In which year did Gandhiji start Satyagraha Movement?
    A)1917
    B)1919
    C)1934
    D)1909
    Answer: 1917
  • Q. Who among the following Indian cracks the British Indian Civil Services Examination in the first time of Indian History?
    A)R. C. Dutt
    B)Satyendranath Tagore
    C)Behari Lal Gupta
    D)Surendranath Banerjee
    Answer: Satyendranath Tagore
  • Q. Harihara Raya I who ruled the Vijaynagara Empire for the period 1336-1356 belonged to which dynasty?
    A)Saluva Dynasty
    B)Sangama Dynasty
    C)Tuluva Dynasty
    D)Aravidu Dynasty
    Answer: Sangama Dynasty
  • Q. Where did Gandhi call the Congress Working Committee to announce the suspension of Non-Cooperation movement?
    A)Poona
    B)Bardoli
    C)Calcutta
    D)Madras
    Answer: Bardoli
  • Q. Who was the first Vijayanagar ruler to wrest the important fort of Goa from the Bahamanis?
    A)Harihara-I
    B)Reva Rayali
    C)Harihara-II
    D)Bukka-I
    Answer: Harihara-II
  • Q. Which of the following was built by Akbar to commemorate his conquest of Khandesh in Gujarat?
    A)Buland Darwaza
    B)Bada Imambara
    C)Jama Masjid
    D)Siddi Bashir
    Answer: Buland Darwaza
  • Q. The social reformer of Maharashtra who became famous by his pen name lokhitwadi was
    A)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    B)Atmaram Panduranga
    C)Gopal Hari Deshmukh
    D)KS Chaplunkar
    Answer: Gopal Hari Deshmukh
  • Q. Buddhism in Nepal was introduced during the reign of
    A)Ashoka
    B)Samudragupta
    C)Chandragupta
    D)Harshavardhana
    Answer: Ashoka
  • Q. Mohenjo-Daro is situated in
    A)Larkana district
    B)Montgomery district
    C)Chandigarh area
    D)Gujarat
    Answer: Larkana district
  • Q. The tax which the kings used to collect from the people in the Vedic period was called
    A)Vidatha
    B)Bali
    C)Varman
    D)Kara
    Answer: Bali
  • Q. Earlier mathematicians (i.e. those who came before medieval Indian mathematicians) had taught that X/O = X; who among the following proved that it was infinity?
    A)Bhaskara
    B)Aryabhatta
    C)Brahmagupta
    D)Mahavira
    Answer: Bhaskara
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    A)Augustus
    B)Julius Caesar
    C)Romulus and Remus
    D)Camillus
    Answer: Romulus and Remus
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    A)The poor people
    B)Intellectuals
    C)The middle classes
    D)The workers
    Answer: The workers

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