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Q. Marcopolo is known for

A
Travelling to China, India and Asia
B
Discovering Greenland
C
Travelling round the Cape of Good Hope
D
Discovering Canada

Correct Answer

Travelling to China, India and Asia

More Questions on History

  • Q. Who captured Beijing in 1644?
    A)Li Zicheng
    B)Chongzhen Emperor
    C)Wu Sangui
    D)Yao Xueyin
    Answer: Li Zicheng
  • Q. Humayun was born in the year
    A)1608
    B)1508
    C)1708
    D)1808
    Answer: 1508
  • Q. The system of philosophy with which the name of Kapila is prominently associated is
    A)Samkhya
    B)Purva Mimamsa
    C)Nyaya
    D)Uttara Mimamsa
    Answer: Samkhya
  • Q. Which Pratihara ruler had the famous poet, Rajasekhara, at his court?
    A)Mahipala
    B)Vatsaraja
    C)Nagahhatta-II
    D)Mihira Bhoja
    Answer: Mahipala
  • Q. Guru Nanak was born at
    A)Purandhar
    B)Talwandi
    C)Amritsar
    D)Poona
    Answer: Talwandi
  • Q. Who defeated Humayun in the battle of Chausa?
    A)Firoz Shah Suri
    B)Muhammad Adil Shah
    C)Sikandar Shah Suri
    D)Sher Shah Suri
    Answer: Sher Shah Suri
  • Q. When did the Space Age bring the first human spaceflight?
    A)1970
    B)1961
    C)1975
    D)1980
    Answer: 1961
  • Q. Who was the first Indian civil servant?
    A)S N Banerjee
    B)Motilal Nehru
    C)C R Das
    D)Bhagat Singh
    Answer: S N Banerjee
  • Q. Who was the author of the book Kitab-i-Yamini?
    A)Abu Nasr Utbi
    B)Abul Fazl
    C)Amir Khusro
    D)Firdausi
    Answer: Abu Nasr Utbi
  • Q. Which of the following cult was popularised by Chaitanya?
    A)Krishna Cult
    B)Shiva Cult
    C)Eknathwad
    D)All of the above
    Answer: Krishna Cult
  • Q. Bal Gangadhar Tilak earned the epithet of Lokmanya during
    A)the Lucknow pact of 1916
    B)his trial in 1907-08
    C)the Home Rule Movement
    D)the Congress Session in 1917
    Answer: the Home Rule Movement
  • Q. The Mughal ruler, Bahadur Shah II had been exiled by the British and sent to
    A)Fatehpur Sikri
    B)Andman and Nicobar
    C)Mandalay
    D)Rangoon
    Answer: Rangoon
  • Q. The Portuguese Governor who abolished Sati in Goa was
    A)Cabral
    B)Albuquerque
    C)Almeida
    D)De Braganza
    Answer: Albuquerque
  • Q. Name the Rajput General who bravely fought the Battle of Khanwa before losing to Babur
    A)Raja Jai Singh
    B)Rana Man Singh
    C)Rana Sanga
    D)Rana Pratap
    Answer: Rana Sanga
  • Q. The earlier Buddhist sculptures had shied away from depicting the image of the Buddha, except through such symbols as
    A)The Bodhi Tree
    B)Footprints
    C)Stupas
    D)All of the above
    Answer: All of the above
  • Q. All the early Mughal Emperors except __________ were great builders
    A)Humayun
    B)Babur
    C)Jahangir
    D)Aurangzeb
    Answer: Aurangzeb
  • Q. Which among the following Mudra is the gesture of Buddha as depicted in his first sermon?
    A)Dhyana Mudra
    B)Abhaya Mudra
    C)Dharmachakra Mudra
    D)Bhumisparsa Mudra
    Answer: Dharmachakra Mudra
  • Q. Who called Muazzam as Shahi-i- Bekhabar?
    A)Zulfikar khan
    B)Kafi Khan
    C)Kam Baksh
    D)Nur Jahan
    Answer: Kafi Khan
  • Q. Sufism the liberal and mystic movement of Islam, reached India in the __________ century?
    A)12th
    B)11th
    C)14th
    D)13 th
    Answer: 11th
  • Q. Guru Gobind Singh was the son of
    A)Arjan Dev
    B)Tegh Bahadur
    C)Har Gobind
    D)Nanak
    Answer: Tegh Bahadur

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