Q. Ashoka’s prime claim to greatness lay in

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The promotion of people's welfare by him

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    A)Taxila
    B)Kanchi
    C)Nalanda
    D)Vallabhi
    Answer: Nalanda
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    A)Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
    B)Both A and R is 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: A is true but R is false
  • Q. “Go back to Vedas” This call is given by
    A)Vivekananda
    B)Ramakrishna Paramhansa
    C)Jyotiba Phule
    D)Dayanand Saraswati
    Answer: Dayanand Saraswati
  • Q. Which of the following leader was not present in the very first meeting of Indian National Congress?
    A)Kashinath Trimbak Telang
    B)Dadabhai Naoroji
    C)Pherozeshah Mehta
    D)Surendranath Banerjee
    Answer: Surendranath Banerjee
  • Q. Year of the Battle of Buxar is__________
    A)1767
    B)1764
    C)1784
    D)1864
    Answer: 1764
  • Q. The fourth Buddhist Council was held at
    A)Vaishali
    B)Pataliputra
    C)Kundalavana
    D)Bodh Gaya
    Answer: Kundalavana
  • Q. Who said: “Let the pilgrims congregate at the beginning of the Gregorian calendar year. It should be Dhanu 16-17 in Malayalam calendar. Let the pilgrims observe 10 days self-purification according to Sri Buddha’s principles of five purities – body, food, mind, word, and deed called as Pancha Dharma”
    A)P. V. Raghavan
    B)S. Sankunni
    C)M. S. Raghavan
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    Answer: Sree Narayana Guru
  • Q. Which world Heritage Site is built on the right bank of the Yamuna River?
    A)Hawa Mahal
    B)Taj Mahal
    C)Hurnayurr's Tomb
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    Answer: Taj Mahal
  • Q. When were ancient Olympic games held first?
    A)780 BC
    B)776 BC
    C)790 BC
    D)800 BC
    Answer: 776 BC
  • Q. Who among the following did not rule the Delhi Sultanate?
    A)Sayyed dynasty
    B)Slave dynasty
    C)Khalji dynasty
    D)Ghori dynasty
    Answer: Ghori dynasty
  • Q. Who among the following built the largest number of irrigation canals in the Sultanate period?
    A)Ghiyasuddin Balban
    B)Nasiruddin Mahmud
    C)Ibrahim Lodi
    D)Firuz Shah Tughlaq
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  • Q. Who among the following 8th century Sanskrit poet wrote Gandavadha which describes the exploits of Yasoverman (king of Kanyakubj) ?
    A)Vemana
    B)Vagabhatta
    C)Vidyapati
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    Answer: Vakpati
  • Q. The reputed musician duo, Tansen and Baiju Bawra, flourished during the reign of
    A)Bahadur Shah Zafar
    B)Jahangir
    C)Akbar
    D)Shah Jahan
    Answer: Akbar
  • Q. The foreign traveller who visited India during Vijayanagara period was
    A)Yuan Chawng
    B)Megasthenes
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  • Q. The Marathas were defeated in Panipat because
    A)The Marathas were not equal to Afghans in strength
    B)The Marathas did not fight bravely
    C)The Maratha army was short of food supplies
    D)The Marathas were considered alien by the local population
    Answer: The Marathas were not equal to Afghans in strength
  • Q. Mahatma Gandhi’s first great experiment in Satyagraha came in 1917 in
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    C)Kheda
    D)Dandi
    Answer: Champaran
  • Q. Which one country is still governed by a monarch?
    A)Iran
    B)Afghanistan
    C)Iraq
    D)Saudi Arabia
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    A)Bairam Khan
    B)Abul Fazl
    C)Abdul Latif
    D)Kabir
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  • Q. The privileges of free trade granted to the English East India Company were confirmed in 1717 by Emperor
    A)Farrukh-Siyar
    B)Bahadur Shah
    C)Muhammad Shah
    D)Aurangzeb
    Answer: Farrukh-Siyar
  • Q. In which century Bhakti movement began?
    A)7th century
    B)6th century
    C)8th century
    D)9th century
    Answer: 7th century

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