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Q. The capital city of Umayyad Caliphate was

A
Madina
B
Baghdad
C
Kahira
D
Damascus

Correct Answer

Damascus

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    A)Harivijaya
    B)Hemachandra
    C)Vastupala
    D)Bhadrabahu
    Answer: Harivijaya
  • Q. The British colonial policies in India proved most ruinous for Indian
    A)trade
    B)agriculture
    C)industry
    D)handicrafts
    Answer: handicrafts
  • Q. Vardhamana Mahavira the 24 th Tirthankar of Jainism was born at __________ and died at __________
    A)Kusinara and Pava
    B)Vaishali and Rajagriha
    C)Kundagrama and Pava
    D)Kashi and Champa
    Answer: Kundagrama and Pava
  • Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct regarding Poona Pact (1932)? I. It refers to an agreement between Babasaheb Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi signed on 24 September 1932 at Yerwada Central Jail in Pune (now in Maharashtra), India. II. It was signed by Pt Madan Mohan Malviya and B. R. Ambedkar and some Dalit leaders to break the fast unto death undertaken by Gandhi in Yerwada prison to annul the Macdonald Award giving separate electorates to Dalits for electing members of state legislative assemblies in British India
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    B)Only I
    C)Both I and II
    D)Neither I nor II
    Answer: Both I and II
  • Q. Which of the Kushana ruler patronised Buddhism?
    A)Vikramaditya
    B)Ashoka
    C)Kanishka
    D)Kautilya
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  • Q. How did Europeans use the term ‘middle ages’?
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  • Q. With which of the following centres of learning, Chanakya the famous teacher of Chandragupta Maurya, was associated?
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  • Q. Chandragiri Fort is a historical fort, built in the 11th century. It is located in
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    C)Madhya Pradesh
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  • Q. Nana Sahib the adopted son of Peshwa Baji Rao II had become a great enemy of the British because
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    B)The Queen had humiliated him
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  • Q. Where is the Bara Imambara located?
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    B)Agra
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  • Q. Rani Laxmi Bai died fighting the British in the Battle of
    A)Kanpur
    B)Jhansi
    C)Gwalior
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  • Q. Who was the first Caliph?
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    D)Constantine
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  • Q. In 1907, after the passing of Col. H. S. Olcott, __________ became the second International President of the Theosophical Society
    A)Sarojini Naidu
    B)Annie Besant
    C)Ahalya Rangnekar
    D)Bhabani Charan Mitra
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  • Q. The Muslim League withdrew its acceptance of the Cabinet Mission Plan and decided to resort to Direct Action Day on
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    B)August 16, 1946
    C)October 15, 1946
    D)July 29, 1946
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  • Q. Joseph François Dupleix was the commander of the __________ forces in India
    A)British
    B)French
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  • Q. Who is the founder of Greek historiography?
    A)Herodotus
    B)Aristotle
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  • Q. The striking feature of the Indus Valley Civilization was
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    C)Gujarat
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  • Q. Who said that the exploitative nature of British rule was ‘Bleeding India White’?
    A)Dadabhai Naoroji
    B)Tilak
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  • Q. The English rounded Calcutta after obtaining the zamindari of three villages, viz Sutanuti, Kalikata and Govindpur, from the Mughal Viceroy of Bengal in 1698. The nucleus of the British settlement in Calcutta was
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