Q. Which one of the following traders first came to India during the Mughal period?

Correct Answer

Portuguese

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  • Q. Assertion (A): The Mughals, particularly Akbar, established a uniform pattern of administration in all provinces. Reason (R): Akbar is greatly indebted to Sher Shah Sur not only in local administration but also in provincial administration
    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: Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
  • Q. According to Gregory of Tours, which of the following was true about Clovis’s conversion?
    A)He began to consider conversion when his army was defeated by the Christian Alamanni
    B)He was forced to convert by the bishops
    C)He forced his army to be baptized after he was
    D)At the behest of his wife, the queen Clotilde
    Answer: At the behest of his wife, the queen Clotilde
  • Q. Who was the French Governor of Pondicherry who tried to make the French Company as a powerful company?
    A)Godeheu
    B)Thomas Arthur, Comte de Lally
    C)La Bourdonnais
    D)Joseph Francois Dupleix
    Answer: Joseph Francois Dupleix
  • Q. The hero of the Kakori ‘Dacoity’ case was
    A)Bhagat Singh
    B)Ramprasad Bismil
    C)Batukeshwar Datta
    D)Barkatulla
    Answer: Ramprasad Bismil
  • Q. Which among the following book based on the exploits of Yasovarman of Kanauj?
    A)Gaudavaho
    B)Rajatarangini
    C)Malavikagnimitram
    D)All of the above
    Answer: Gaudavaho
  • Q. Who was the first to raise the slogan ‘Inquilab zindabad’?
    A)M Kelappan
    B)Bhagat Singh
    C)Veer Savarkar
    D)Shankaran Nair
    Answer: Bhagat Singh
  • Q. In which of the following Satyagraha campaigns, Mahatma Gandhi did not participate directly?
    A)Non-Cooperation Movement
    B)Rajkot Satyagraha
    C)Kheda Satyagraha
    D)Vaikom Satyagraha
    Answer: Rajkot Satyagraha
  • Q. Which state was the first victim of “The Subsidiary Alliance System”?
    A)Mysore
    B)Satara
    C)Hyderabad
    D)Awadh
    Answer: Hyderabad
  • Q. Which Rajput dynasty had not surrendered to Akbar?
    A)Sisodiya
    B)Pratihara
    C)Rathor
    D)Parmar
    Answer: Sisodiya
  • Q. Who among the following had been the leader of a number of anti-British revolts in Sambalpur?
    A)Surendra Sai
    B)Kattabomman
    C)Utirat Singh
    D)Sayyid Ahmad Barelvi
    Answer: Surendra Sai
  • Q. The Governor General who came to be known as father of communal electorate in India was
    A)Lord Hardinge
    B)Lord Chelmsford
    C)Lord Lainthgo
    D)Lord Minto
    Answer: Lord Minto
  • Q. The father of extremist movement in India is
    A)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
    B)Motilal Nehru
    C)Vallabh Bhai Patel
    D)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  • Q. Which is a work of Tamil Grammar that is said to be the earliest extant work of Tamil Literature?
    A)Patinenmelkanakku
    B)Tolkappiyam
    C)Patinenkilkanakku
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Tolkappiyam
  • Q. Treaty of Versailles was signed at the end of which of the following wars
    A)First World War
    B)Austro-Prussian War
    C)Second World War
    D)Russia-Japan War
    Answer: First World War
  • Q. In which country the Head of the State gets his office by the law of hereditary succession?
    A)Sri Lanka
    B)China
    C)France
    D)Japan
    Answer: Japan
  • Q. The Vernacular Press Act was repealed by __________
    A)Lord Lytton
    B)Lord Ripon
    C)Lord William Bentic
    D)Gladstone
    Answer: Lord Ripon
  • Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the provision of the Treaty of Seringapatnam, signed between Tipu and Cornwallis I. Surrender of almost half of Tipu’s territories, which were to be shared among the English, the Nizam and the Marathas. II. Payment of a war indemnity of about Rs.3 crore by Tipu III. Stationing of British resident at Seringapatnam IV. Sending two of his sons by Tipu as hostages to the British camp
    A)I, II & IV
    B)I & II
    C)I & III
    D)I, III & IV
    Answer: I & III
  • Q. The Greatest Kushan leader who got converted to Buddhism was
    A)Virna
    B)Kujala
    C)Kanishka
    D)Kadphises
    Answer: Kanishka
  • Q. The French East India Company was founded in
    A)1620
    B)1600
    C)1664
    D)1604
    Answer: 1664
  • Q. Which of the doctrines of Jainism was added by Mahavira?
    A)Observe continence
    B)Do not speak a lie
    C)Do not commit violence
    D)Do not steal
    Answer: Observe continence

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