Q. Name the river on the banks of which the city of Vijayanagar is located?

Correct Answer

Tungabhadra

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    A)Sivagiri
    B)Karunagapally
    C)Kayamkulam
    D)Kannur
    Answer: Sivagiri
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    B)Mongolia
    C)Persia
    D)Afghanistan
    Answer: Afghanistan
  • Q. At midnight on December 31, 1929 who unfurled the tricolor flag on Indian Independence on the banks of the Ravi at Lahore?
    A)Subhas Bose
    B)Mahatma Gandhi
    C)Jawaharlal Nehru
    D)Motilal Nehru
    Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Q. Who was the founder of Jainism in India?
    A)Mahavira
    B)Gautama
    C)Chandra Gupta
    D)Ashoka
    Answer: Mahavira
  • Q. In whose reign did the Mughal painting reach its zenith?
    A)Akbar
    B)Jahangir
    C)Shah Jahan
    D)Humayun
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  • Q. The famous Jain centre in South India is situated at
    A)Madurai
    B)Rameshvaram
    C)Kanchi
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  • Q. The organic relationship between the ancient culture of the Indus Valley and Hinduism of today is proved by the worship of
    A)Stones, trees and animals
    B)Pashupati, Indra and the Mother Goddess
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  • Q. The first strategically placed factory that the Britishers had fortified was at
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  • Q. Which of the following statement is not correct about Simon Commission?
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    B)The activities of Swaraj party had induced the British Government to review the working of the diarchy system introduced by the Montague- Chelmsford reforms
    C)Simon commission was opposed because its all members were the English
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  • Q. What was the name of the Hall of Worship constructed by Akbar?
    A)Diwan-e-Aam
    B)Diwan-e-khas
    C)Ibadat Khana
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    Answer: Ibadat Khana
  • Q. Who was famously known as the Tuti-e-Hindustan?
    A)Nakhshabi
    B)Utbi
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  • Q. SN Banerjee was appointed Professor in English in the Metropolitan Institute at
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    B)Bombay
    C)Calcutta
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  • Q. Which of the following pair is incorrect?
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    B)Comrade - Mohammed Ali
    C)Young India - Lala Lajpat Rai
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  • Q. The revolutionary leader who had organized an attack on the armoury of Chittagong was
    A)Jatin Das
    B)Surya Sen
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  • Q. Provincial autonomy was introduced in India by the
    A)Govemment of India Act, 1919
    B)Indian Councils Act, 1909
    C)Govemment of India Act, 1935
    D)Indian Independence Act, 1947
    Answer: Govemment of India Act, 1935
  • Q. The Mauryan administration was highly
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    B)Decentralized
    C)Centralized
    D)Despotic
    Answer: Centralized
  • Q. The tutor of Alexander, the Great was
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  • Q. Which of the following Government of India Act gave separate representation to the Muslims?
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    B)September 23, 1932
    C)March 5, 1931
    D)February 10, 1930
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  • Q. Taxila University was located between which two rivers?
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    C)Beas and Indus
    D)Satluj and Indus
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