History Mughal Empire

Q. Tansen, a great musician of his time, was in the Court of

A
Akbar
B
Jahangir
C
Shahjahan
D
Bahadur Shah

Correct Answer

Akbar

More Questions on History

  • Q. Name the Pala ruler who was the first to plunge into the tripartite struggle
    A)Mahipala
    B)Devapala
    C)Dharmapala
    D)Gopala
    Answer: Gopala
  • Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related to Mughal Emperor Jahangir? I. Jahangir claimed that he could distinguish the work of different artists in a single picture. II. Painting was at its climax during his reign.
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I and II
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Both I and II
  • Q. Kailasha temple of Ellora was built by?
    A)Krishna II
    B)Krishna I
    C)Ramakrishna I
    D)Ramakrishna II
    Answer: Krishna I
  • Q. The Apostolate of the Sikhs consisted of leaders
    A)Ten
    B)Eighteen
    C)Only Two
    D)Seven
    Answer: Ten
  • Q. When Narayana Guru attained the age of sixty, his birthday was observed throughout the west-coast from Mangalore to __________
    A)Sri Lanka
    B)Varkala
    C)Kottayam
    D)Calicut
    Answer: Sri Lanka
  • Q. Which of the following statements about the Harappan people is incorrect?
    A)They worshipped gods in the form of human beings
    B)The Harappans were phallus worshippers
    C)They placed their gods in temples
    D)They looked upon the earth as a fertility goddess
    Answer: They placed their gods in temples
  • Q. The first Indian to enter the Indian Civil Service was
    A)Satyendra Nath Tagore
    B)Gokhale
    C)Ramanuja
    D)Rabindranath Tagore
    Answer: Satyendra Nath Tagore
  • Q. What was the name of the secret police party of Nazi in Germany
    A)NKVD
    B)Gestapo
    C)OVRA
    D)Palace Guard
    Answer: Gestapo
  • Q. Kabir was contemporary of
    A)Sultan Sikandar Lodi
    B)Guru Nanak
    C)Both (A) and (B) above
    D)Babur
    Answer: Both (A) and (B) above
  • Q. The most striking feature of the Ashokan pillars is their
    A)carving
    B)monolithic structure
    C)polish
    D)uniformity of workmanship
    Answer: polish
  • Q. The Indus Valley Civilization has been assigned the period 2500-1800 BC on the basis of
    A)Markings on seals
    B)Mystical insight by modern seers
    C)Radio carbon dating
    D)Travellers written accounts
    Answer: Radio carbon dating
  • Q. Which of the following Bhakti Reformers influenced by the preaching of Sufi teachers?
    A)Kabir
    B)Ramananda
    C)Nanak
    D)All of the above
    Answer: All of the above
  • Q. Which is the ultimate goal of education in Jainism?
    A)Renunciation
    B)Non-violence
    C)Moksha
    D)Voluntary promotion of human welfare
    Answer: Moksha
  • Q. Who was called Lichchavi Dauhitra?
    A)Skandagupta
    B)Chandragupta-I
    C)Kumaragupta
    D)Samudragupta
    Answer: Samudragupta
  • Q. The main cause for the Instant popularity of the Arya Samaj was that
    A)It supported and worded for the cause of western education
    B)It represented the purified form of Hinduism
    C)It combined the opposition to the evil practices of Hinduism with an aggressive assertion of the superiority of the Vedic religion and Indian thought over all other faiths
    D)It gave a call to its followers to go back to the Vedas
    Answer: It combined the opposition to the evil practices of Hinduism with an aggressive assertion of the superiority of the Vedic religion and Indian thought over all other faiths
  • Q. Select the correct pair of writer and their book
    A)Bharavi's Mricchakatika
    B)Bhavabhuti's Utter -Ramacharita
    C)Vishakhadatta's Rajdoot
    D)Shudraka's Kirtarjuniya
    Answer: Bhavabhuti's Utter -Ramacharita
  • Q. Who among the following had shifted the capital of the Mughal empire from Agra to Delhi?
    A)Aurangzeb
    B)Shah Jahan
    C)Jahangir
    D)Humayun
    Answer: Shah Jahan
  • Q. Who is called the “Greatest Investigator of Antiquity”?
    A)Darwin
    B)Aristotle
    C)Cuvier
    D)Socrates
    Answer: Darwin
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    A)1751
    B)1707
    C)1765
    D)1757
    Answer: 1757
  • Q. A prominent Harappan site, being surrounded by flood barriers in order to protect it with the aid of UNESCO funds, is
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    C)Lothal
    D)Rakhigarhi
    Answer: Mohenjodaro

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