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

Correct Answer

Nuruddin Muhammad Jahangir

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  • Q. Satavahana dynasty originated from?
    A)South of Vindhya
    B)South of Arawali
    C)South of Satpura
    D)South of Satmola
    Answer: South of Vindhya
  • Q. It is said that Ishwar Chandra Vidya Sagar’s contribution to making of modern India is many sided. Which of the following aspects contribute to it?
    A)New methodology of teaching Sanskrit
    B)Farmers and depressed class upliftment
    C)Uplifting downtrodden women, abolishing child marriage , widow re marriage
    D)Both B and C
    Answer: Both B and C
  • Q. When were concave spectacles invented?
    A)1320
    B)1286
    C)1360
    D)1000
    Answer: 1286
  • Q. The maximum number of additional members for the council of Bengal was raised from 20 to __________
    A)50
    B)60
    C)70
    D)25
    Answer: 50
  • Q. The Qutub Minar was completed by the famous ruler
    A)Iltutmish
    B)Qutubuddin Aibak
    C)Firoz Shah Tughlaq
    D)Alauddin Khalji
    Answer: Iltutmish
  • Q. When was Bulgaria founded?
    A)864
    B)681
    C)917
    D)923
    Answer: 681
  • Q. What did Raja Ram Mohan Roy actively seek reforms in?
    A)Teaching the Vedas in schools
    B)Promoting intercaste marriages
    C)Ending the practice of Sati
    D)Building more temples
    Answer: Ending the practice of Sati
  • Q. The number of provinces or mandalams in the Chola Empire was
    A)Ten
    B)Nine
    C)Twelve
    D)Six
    Answer: Nine
  • Q. When was the Fourth Crusade diverted from the Holy Land to Constantinople?
    A)1204
    B)1203
    C)1261
    D)1291
    Answer: 1203
  • Q. Mzal Khan who fought with Shivaji was the ruler of
    A)Mewar
    B)Bijapur
    C)Gujarat
    D)Bengal
    Answer: Bijapur
  • Q. Which of the following saint wrote Sri-Bhasya?
    A)Vallabh
    B)Ramanuja
    C)Tukaram
    D)Eknath
    Answer: Ramanuja
  • Q. M. A. Jinnah, in his early political life
    A)Initiated Hindu-Muslim unity
    B)Supported two nation theory
    C)Imagined Pakistan as an independent State
    D)Was a communalist
    Answer: Initiated Hindu-Muslim unity
  • Q. Which of the following leader was not associated with extremist leadership of Indian National Congress?
    A)Aurobindo Ghosh
    B)Lokmanya Tilak
    C)Lala Lajpat Rai
    D)A. O. Hume
    Answer: A. O. Hume
  • Q. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
    A)Vira Narasimha : Tuluva
    B)Dev Raya II : Sangama
    C)Venkata II : Aravidu
    D)Narsimha : Chalukya
    Answer: Narsimha : Chalukya
  • Q. Which of the following statements about the Harappan people is incorrect?
    A)They worshipped gods in the form of human beings
    B)The Harappans were phallus worshippers
    C)They placed their gods in temples
    D)They looked upon the earth as a fertility goddess
    Answer: They placed their gods in temples
  • Q. Bishandas a famous portrait painter resided in the court of?
    A)Humayun
    B)Babur
    C)Jahangir
    D)Aurangzeb
    Answer: Jahangir
  • Q. Sufism the liberal and mystic movement of Islam, reached India in the __________ century?
    A)12th
    B)11th
    C)14th
    D)13 th
    Answer: 11th
  • Q. Megasthanes, the ambassador of Selucus at the Mauryan court in Pataliputra, wrote an account of the period in his book
    A)Indika
    B)Travels of Megasthanes
    C)Indicoplecusts
    D)Both (B) and (C)
    Answer: Indika
  • Q. What was the major cause of discontent among soldiers before the revolt of 1857?
    A)Question of promotion and pay
    B)The Religious Cause
    C)Political Cause
    D)None of these
    Answer: Question of promotion and pay
  • Q. The Mutiny was brought to an end with the fall of __________ into the hands of the British in India
    A)Awadh
    B)Meerut
    C)Gwalior
    D)Rohilkhand
    Answer: Gwalior

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