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)Books of ancient Hindu laws
    B)A source of Hindu philosophy
    C)Books on social behavior of man
    D)Prayers to God
    Answer: A source of Hindu philosophy
  • Q. Indian Association formed in __________ was one of the pioneer political associations with an all India outlook
    A)1776
    B)1769
    C)1874
    D)1876
    Answer: 1876
  • Q. Which of the following Indian literature is the earliest known works?
    A)Rig Vedas
    B)Puranas
    C)Sama Vedas
    D)Rajtrangini
    Answer: Rig Vedas
  • Q. Which of the following objects was not worshipped by the Indus valley people
    A)Pashupati Shiva
    B)Mother Goddess
    C)Trees such as Peepal and Acacia
    D)Trimurti
    Answer: Trimurti
  • Q. When did the Space Age bring the first human spaceflight?
    A)1970
    B)1961
    C)1975
    D)1980
    Answer: 1961
  • Q. Which one of the following is not a salient features of the renaissance age
    A)Feudalism
    B)Humanism
    C)Rationalism
    D)Scientific Temperament
    Answer: Feudalism
  • Q. Who was the Mughal Prince who was well-versed in Arabic, Persian and Sanakrit?
    A)Prince Salim
    B)Prince Akbar
    C)Prince Sulaiman Shukoh
    D)Prince Dara Shukoh
    Answer: Prince Dara Shukoh
  • Q. The first metal used by man was
    A)Copper
    B)Aluminium
    C)Iron
    D)Silver
    Answer: Copper
  • Q. Who had built the ‘Amber Fort’?
    A)Raja Man Singh
    B)Akbar
    C)Uday Singh-II
    D)Maharana Pratap
    Answer: Raja Man Singh
  • Q. Aurangzeb (1658-1707 AD) was the ruler of which dynasty?
    A)Mughal
    B)Nanda
    C)Maurya
    D)Haryanka
    Answer: Mughal
  • 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. Under the Mughals, in urban area the judicial powers were exercised by
    A)Faujdar
    B)Kazis
    C)Kotwal
    D)Wazir
    Answer: Kotwal
  • Q. With which of the following centres of learning, Chanakya the famous teacher of Chandragupta Maurya, was associated?
    A)Nalanda
    B)Taxila
    C)Vikramshila
    D)Vaishali
    Answer: Taxila
  • Q. The idea of starting a Home Rule League in 1915 was first propounded by
    A)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
    B)B G Tilak
    C)Annie Besant
    D)Both A and B above
    Answer: Annie Besant
  • Q. British Indian Association was founded on October 29, 1851 at__________
    A)Pune
    B)Calcutta
    C)Madras
    D)Bombay
    Answer: Calcutta
  • Q. Year of the Battle of Wandiwash is __________
    A)1660
    B)1560
    C)1760
    D)1860
    Answer: 1760
  • Q. Lytton held an Imperial Durbar at Delhi in 1877 to announce __________ as the Empress of India at a time when a large part of the country was in the grip of a severe famine
    A)Queen Victoria
    B)Queen Elizabeth
    C)Queen Anne
    D)Queen Marie
    Answer: Queen Victoria
  • Q. Which of the following was not to be ceded by Mir Kasim to the Company as per the treaty signed between Mir Kasim and Calcutta Council?
    A)Midnapur
    B)Burdwan
    C)Chittagong
    D)Monghyr
    Answer: Monghyr
  • Q. Which ancient literature contains short stories that have the priceless treasure of morality and knowledge?
    A)Hitopdesha
    B)Panchtanra
    C)Mahabharata
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Hitopdesha
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    A)II only
    B)I only
    C)Both I and II
    D)Neither I nor II
    Answer: II only

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