Q. The Arab scholar/astronomer who studied Sanskrit and Astronomy for a decade at Varanasi?

Correct Answer

Alberuni

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    A)Mir Muhammad Amin alias Saadat Khan
    B)Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf-Jah
    C)Osman Ali Khan
    D)Qamaruddin Khan
    Answer: Mir Muhammad Amin alias Saadat Khan
  • Q. Between 1749-1754, an important war fought between the forces of the British and the French is known as :
    A)The first Carnatic War
    B)Third battale of panipat
    C)The second Carnatic War
    D)Battle of Baxur
    Answer: The second Carnatic War
  • 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. Which ruler of Sultanate period was also known as lakh bakhsh (giver of lakhs) ?
    A)Nasir ud din Mahmud
    B)Aram Shah
    C)Ala ud din Masud
    D)Qutb- ub-din-Aibak
    Answer: Qutb- ub-din-Aibak
  • Q. Dharmakaya, Nirmanakaya and Sambhogakaya are:
    A)Jainism Concept
    B)Buddhist Concepts.
    C)Hinduism Concept
    D)Sikhism Concept
    Answer: Buddhist Concepts.
  • Q. The Chief of Sukrchakiya Misl (a Sikh confederacy) was :
    A)Maharaja Jagjeet Singh
    B)Maharaja Ranjit Singh
    C)Maharaja Surjeet Singh
    D)None of Above
    Answer: Maharaja Ranjit Singh
  • Q. Chanakya was the chief advisor of which ruler?
    A)Harshvardhan
    B)Ashok
    C)Chandragupta Maurya
    D)Kanishka
    Answer: Chandragupta Maurya
  • Q. Where has the Great Bath been excavated?
    A)Kalibangan
    B)Harappa
    C)Mohenjodaro
    D)None of Above
    Answer: Mohenjodaro
  • Q. The famous Dasrajan war (the battle of ten kings) was mutual struggle of Aryans, fought on the bank of:
    A)Sindhu
    B)Chenab
    C)Purushani (Ravi)
    D)None of these
    Answer: Purushani (Ravi)
  • 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. When were the High Courts in Calcutta, Madras and Bombay established?
    A)In the year 1893
    B)In the year 1865
    C)In the year 1931
    D)In the year 1862
    Answer: In the year 1862
  • Q. The last Mahakumbh of the 20th century was held at
    A)Ujjain
    B)Nasik
    C)Allahabad
    D)Haridwar
    Answer: Haridwar
  • Q. Thillana is a format of
    A)Odissi
    B)Kuchipudi
    C)Baharatanatyam
    D)Kathak
    Answer: Baharatanatyam
  • Q. The Brahmanas, the Arayakas and the Upanishads are attached to one or the other of :
    A)The Ramayana
    B)The four Vedas.
    C)The Mahabharata
    D)The Purans
    Answer: The four Vedas.
  • Q. Huin-Tsang the Chinese traveler visited India during the reign of :
    A)Ashoka
    B)Chandragupta Maurya
    C)Harshvaardhan’s reign
    D)None of Above
    Answer: Harshvaardhan’s reign
  • 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. Of the ancient six philosophical systems of ancient India, which is the oldest one?
    A)Vedanta
    B)Yoga
    C)Nyaya
    D)Samkhya
    Answer: Samkhya
  • Q. During the Sultanate period the highest category of peasants were:
    A)Khud-kasht
    B)The Khots and Muqaddams.
    C)Pahi-kasht
    D)Muzarian
    Answer: The Khots and Muqaddams.
  • Q. According to Max Muller, Aryans migrated to India from :
    A)Central Asia
    B)South Asia
    C)North Asia
    D)None of Above
    Answer: Central Asia
  • Q. Which Delhi Sultan styled himself Sikandare-Sani (the second Alexander) ?
    A)Qutbuddin Aibak
    B)Firoz Shah Tughluq
    C)Aram Shah
    D)Alauddin Khilji
    Answer: Alauddin Khilji

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