Indian Culture

Q. Who were called Barids in medieval period?

A
Jamindaars
B
The spy reporters
C
D
Paidal Sainik

Correct Answer

The spy reporters

More Questions on Indian Culture

  • Q. When were the High Courts in Calcutta, Madras and Bombay established?
    A)In the year 1893
    B)In the year 1865
    C)
    D)In the year 1862
    Answer: In the year 1862
  • Q. The Arab scholar/astronomer who studied Sanskrit and Astronomy for a decade at Varanasi?
    A)Saddat Khan
    B)Alberuni
    C)
    D)None of these
    Answer: Alberuni
  • Q. The Buddihst sources like Mahavamsa and Dipavamsa describes Chandragupta Maurya as a scion of :
    A)Haryankas
    B)Sakyas
    C)
    D)Pandyut
    Answer: Sakyas
  • Q. Balance of payment includes:
    A)Only trade
    B)Only Visible
    C)
    D)Visible, invisible trade and debts
    Answer: Visible, invisible trade and debts
  • Q. Who was the in charge of Alauddin Khilji’s market control system ?
    A)Shahan-e-Rajukas
    B)Shahan-e-Sahi
    C)
    D)Diwan-e-Amir-Kohi
    Answer: Shahan-e-Mandi
  • Q. Who attained Kaivalya (i.e., the supreme knowledge and final deliverance from the bonds of pleasure and pain) at the age of 42 ?
    A)Aristhanemia
    B)Rishabhanath
    C)
    D)Vardhamana Mahavira
    Answer: Vardhamana Mahavira
  • Q. OCP (Ochre Coloured Pottery Culture) prevailed :
    A)Between1300 B.C.-1000 B.C.
    B)Between1200 B.C.-1000 B.C.
    C)
    D)Between1800 B.C.-1000 B.C.
    Answer: Between1500 B.C.-1000 B.C.
  • Q. Which Delhi Sultan styled himself Sikandare-Sani (the second Alexander) ?
    A)Qutbuddin Aibak
    B)Firoz Shah Tughluq
    C)
    D)Alauddin Khilji
    Answer: Alauddin Khilji
  • 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)
    D)Alauddin Khilji
    Answer: Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
  • Q. Mughal emperor Akbar the great established Manasab system in the year:
    A)AD 1555
    B)AD 1550
    C)
    D)AD 1575
    Answer: E
  • Q. Who was the founder of independent kingdom of Gujatat?
    A)Zafar Khan
    B)Muhammad Shah I
    C)
    D)Mahmud Begada
    Answer: Zafar Khan
  • Q. The first Gupta ruler to assume the title of Maharajadhiraja was :
    A)Chandragupta II
    B)Chandragupta I
    C)
    D)Kumargupta
    Answer: Chandragupta I
  • Q. The last Trithankara in Jain tradition is:
    A)Aristhanemia
    B)Rishabhanath
    C)
    D)Ajitnath
    Answer: Vardhamana Mahavira
  • Q. Under Harshvardhan in the seventh century A. D. the centre of political gravity in north India shifted from Magadh to:
    A)Vajji
    B)Kashi
    C)
    D)Kannauj
    Answer: Kannauj
  • Q. Annie Besant arrived in India in:
    A)1885
    B)1878
    C)
    D)1900
    Answer: 1893
  • Q. Mohiniattam dance form developed originally in which state?
    A)Orissa
    B)Tamil Nadu
    C)
    D)Karnataka
    Answer: Kerala
  • Q. The Dutch East India Company was formed by merging several small companies of Holland in :
    A)The year 1602
    B)The year 1702
    C)
    D)The year 1834
    Answer: The year 1602
  • Q. Asoka’s inscriptions have been found at Maski, Yerragudi and Chitaldurga, These are in
    A)Karnataka
    B)Kerala
    C)
    D)Maharastra
    Answer: Karnataka
  • Q. The Asiatic Society of Bengal was set up in 1784 in Calcutta by:
    A)Sir Robert Chambers
    B)Charles Wilkins
    C)
    D)Sir William Jones
    Answer: Sir William Jones
  • Q. Who was the first of decipher the inscriptions of Ashoka and the Brahmi script?
    A)V. Smith
    B)James Princep
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    D)None of these
    Answer: James Princep

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