Q. The caste system of India was created for

Correct Answer

Occupational division of labour

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  • Q. Krishna Deva Raya was a contemporary of
    A)Humayun
    B)Shershah
    C)Babur
    D)Akbar
    Answer: Babur
  • Q. Bimbisara was the king of which dynasty?
    A)Maurya
    B)Haryanka
    C)Shunga
    D)Nanda
    Answer: Haryanka
  • Q. Kalidasa’s works include: I. Abhijnanashakuntalam II. Meghadutam III. Raghuvamsa IV. Malvikagnimitram V. Ritusamhara VI. Kumarasambhava Select the correct option
    A)I, II, IV, V and VI
    B)I, II, III and IV
    C)I, III , IV and V
    D)All of them
    Answer: All of them
  • Q. When did the Soviet Union collapse?
    A)1980
    B)1970
    C)1990
    D)1991
    Answer: 1991
  • 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. Govind Dhondu Pant, popularly known was Nanasaheb, and one of the principal leaders of the Revolt of 1857, was the adopted heir and successor of
    A)King of Jhansi
    B)Peshwa Baji Rao II
    C)Madhav Rao Sindhia
    D)Malhar Rao Holkar
    Answer: Peshwa Baji Rao II
  • Q. Who give the famous quote ‘Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth’
    A)Abraham Lincoln
    B)Winston Churchill
    C)Vladimir Lenin
    D)George Washington
    Answer: Abraham Lincoln
  • Q. About the formation of which organization A.O. Hume said “A safety valve for the escape of great and growing forces generated by our own action urgently needed.”
    A)Young Indian Organization
    B)Bhinav Bharat
    C)Young India
    D)Indian National Congress
    Answer: Indian National Congress
  • Q. The Great Bath of Indus Valley civilisation is found at
    A)Mohenjo-Daro
    B)Harappa
    C)Ropar
    D)Kalibangan
    Answer: Mohenjo-Daro
  • Q. Which of the following reason that compel the Congress leader not to attend the Round Table Conference?
    A)The British government wanted to give representation to communal organisations
    B)The British government was not in favour of M. K. Gandhi's participation in it
    C)The British government did not give any assurance to the effect that the discussions would proceed on the basis of granting Poorna Swaraj
    D)Fazl-i-Hussain who was suspected of dislike towards the Muslims with leanings towards the Congress was to guide the British government in the choice of Muslim delegates to the conference
    Answer: The British government did not give any assurance to the effect that the discussions would proceed on the basis of granting Poorna Swaraj
  • Q. With which of the following is the classic “Jivaka Chintamani” in Tamil associated?
    A)Buddhism
    B)Jainism
    C)Hinduism
    D)Christianity
    Answer: Jainism
  • Q. Who was the first Indo-Greek king, who became Buddhist?
    A)Apollodotus I
    B)Antiochus II
    C)Apollodotus II
    D)Menander I
    Answer: Menander I
  • Q. In 1884 __________founded the Indian National Union
    A)A. M. Bose
    B)A. O. Hume
    C)Lord Dufferin
    D)W. C. Banerjee
    Answer: A. O. Hume
  • Q. The Mughal Emperor who caused the murder of Guru Arjan was
    A)Akbar
    B)Babur
    C)Shah Jahan
    D)Jahangir
    Answer: Jahangir
  • Q. The Minto Morley reforms was in the year __________
    A)1907
    B)1906
    C)1909
    D)1919
    Answer: 1909
  • Q. What is ‘Patriarchal Society’?
    A)System that values men more than women
    B)System that values women more than men
    C)System that values both men and women equally
    D)System that values elders
    Answer: System that values men more than women
  • Q. Alexander sent back home a portion of his army under an admiral called __________
    A)Nearchos
    B)Ptolemy
    C)Menander
    D)Porus
    Answer: Nearchos
  • Q. In which year, Alexander the Great become the king of Macedonia
    A)323 BC
    B)336 BC
    C)350 BC
    D)200 BC
    Answer: 336 BC
  • Q. Shivaji started his public career at the age of
    A)21
    B)18
    C)23
    D)24
    Answer: 18
  • Q. Banda Bahadur, a Sikh leader who led a revolt against the Mughals after the assassination of Guru Gobind Singh, was captured and executed during the reign of
    A)Aurangzeb
    B)Bahadur Shah
    C)Jahandar Shah
    D)Farrukh Siyar
    Answer: Farrukh Siyar

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