Q. The Asiatic Society of Bengal was set up in 1784 in Calcutta by:

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Sir William Jones

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  • Q. The department named Diwan-e-Amir-Kohi related to agriculture was established by :
    A)Muhammd Bin Tughlaq
    B)Firoz Shah Tughluq
    C)Akber
    D)Allaudin Khilji
    Answer: Muhammd Bin Tughlaq
  • Q. The emergence of two independent state in the south namely the Vijaynagar (A. D. 1336) and Bahamani (A. D. 1347) took place during the reign of:
    A)Qutbuddin Aibak
    B)Firoz Shah Tughluq
    C)Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
    D)Alauddin Khilji
    Answer: Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
  • Q. The first Gupta ruler to assume the title of Maharajadhiraja was :
    A)Chandragupta II
    B)Chandragupta I
    C)Samundra Gupta
    D)Kumargupta
    Answer: Chandragupta I
  • Q. In which year were Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev hanged?
    A)In the year 1925
    B)In the year 1931
    C)In the year 1913
    D)In the year 1905
    Answer: In the year 1931
  • Q. The Buddihst sources like Mahavamsa and Dipavamsa describes Chandragupta Maurya as a scion of :
    A)Haryankas
    B)Sakyas
    C)Puravas
    D)Pandyut
    Answer: Sakyas
  • Q. The founder of Sikh religion Guru Nanak Dev was born in:
    A)The year 1470
    B)The year 1469
    C)The year 1480
    D)The year 1467
    Answer: The year 1469
  • Q. Who was the founder of independent kingdom of Gujatat?
    A)Zafar Khan
    B)Muhammad Shah I
    C)Ahmad Shah I
    D)Mahmud Begada
    Answer: Zafar Khan
  • Q. The book of Parsis is
    A)Bible
    B)Torah
    C)Zend Avesta
    D)Gita
    Answer: Zend Avesta
  • Q. The two independent states which emerged in the south during Muhammad Bin Tuglaq’s reign (1325-51) were:
    A)The Mysore Kingdom and Bahamani
    B)The Vijayanagar and Bahamani
    C)The Hydrabad Kingdom and Bahamani
    D)The Mysore Kingdom and The Vijayanagar
    Answer: The Vijayanagar and Bahamani
  • Q. The Second Anglo- Maysore War took place between :
    A)1680-84 A.D.
    B)1780-84 A.D.
    C)1580-84 A.D.
    D)1880-84 A.D.
    Answer: 1780-84 A.D.
  • Q. The Harappa Civilization was discovered in 1920-21 by the excavations by :
    A)Mortimer Wheeler
    B)R.D. Banerjee and by D.R. Sahni
    C)Sir Alexander Cunningham
    D)None of Above
    Answer: R.D. Banerjee and by D.R. Sahni
  • Q. Which Sikh Guru constituted Khalsa and introduced a new baptism ceremony requiring every Sikh to observe the five K’s “Kesh , Kirpan, Kachha, Kanghi and Kara”?
    A)Guru Hari Krishan
    B)Guru Govind Singh
    C)Guru Amar Das
    D)Guru Tegbhadur
    Answer: Guru Govind Singh
  • Q. The Satnami sect in India was founded in:
    A)The year 1600
    B)The year 1457
    C)The year 1557
    D)The year 1657
    Answer: The year 1657
  • Q. Chanakya was the chief advisor of which ruler?
    A)Harshvardhan
    B)Ashok
    C)Chandragupta Maurya
    D)Kanishka
    Answer: Chandragupta Maurya
  • Q. The famous book of Huin-Tsang which forms an invaluable source to ancient Indian history is :
    A)Hi-Nu-Si
    B)Si-Yu-Ki
    C)Kitab-e-Hind
    D)None of Above
    Answer: Si-Yu-Ki
  • Q. Who built Jama Masjid at Delhi?
    A)Jahangir
    B)Akbar
    C)Shahjahan
    D)Aurangzeb
    Answer: Shahjahan
  • Q. The Rath Yatra at Puri is celebrated in honour of which Hindu deity
    A)Jaganath
    B)Ram
    C)Shiva
    D)Vishnu
    Answer: Jaganath
  • Q. The rise of two independent states in the South namely The Vijyanagar (A. D. 1336) and Bahamani (A. D. 1347) witnessed by:
    A)Qutbuddin Aibak
    B)Firoz Shah Tughluq
    C)Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
    D)Raziyat ud din Sultana
    Answer: Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
  • Q. Shivaji divided his kingdom into:
    A)Three Provinces
    B)Two Provinces
    C)Four Provinces
    D)Five Provinces
    Answer: Four Provinces
  • Q. According to Ramayana, who was Bharat’s wife?
    A)Urmila
    B)Sita
    C)Mandavi
    D)Shuthukeert
    Answer: Mandavi

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