Q. The first Carnatic War between the French and the English took place between:

Correct Answer

1746 and 1748

More Questions on Indian Culture

  • Q. The Arab scholar/astronomer who studied Sanskrit and Astronomy for a decade at Varanasi?
    A)Saddat Khan
    B)Alberuni
    C)Daiva Alzajira
    D)None of these
    Answer: Alberuni
  • Q. Which Mughal ruler did away the Jaziya tax ?
    A)Jahndar Shah
    B)Firoz Shah Tughluq
    C)Aurangzeb
    D)Azim-us-Shan
    Answer: E
  • Q. The writer of Rajatarangini is :
    A)Kalhana
    B)Banbhata
    C)Abul Fazal
    D)Tulsi Das
    Answer: Kalhana
  • Q. In which of the following festivals are boat races a special feature?
    A)Rongali Bihu
    B)Onam
    C)Navratri
    D)Pongal
    Answer: Onam
  • Q. Which Sikh Guru constituted Khalsa and introduced a new baptism ceremony requiring every Sikh to observe the five K’s “Kesh , Kirpan, Kachha, Kanghi and Kara”?
    A)Guru Hari Krishan
    B)Guru Govind Singh
    C)Guru Amar Das
    D)Guru Tegbhadur
    Answer: Guru Govind Singh
  • Q. The largest Indian site of Indus Valley Civilization was:
    A)Kalibangan
    B)Lothal
    C)Banawali
    D)Dholavira
    Answer: Dholavira
  • Q. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq is credited with the foundation of the third city of Delhi known as:
    A)Firozabad
    B)Farukkhabad
    C)Tughlaqabad
    D)None of Above
    Answer: Tughlaqabad
  • Q. The rise of two independent states in the South namely The Vijyanagar (A. D. 1336) and Bahamani (A. D. 1347) witnessed by:
    A)Qutbuddin Aibak
    B)Firoz Shah Tughluq
    C)Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
    D)Raziyat ud din Sultana
    Answer: Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
  • Q. Rabindranath Tagore’s ‘Jana Gana Mana’ has been adopted as India’s National Anthem. How many stanzas of the said song were adopted?
    A)The whole song
    B)Only the first stanza
    C)Third and Fourth stanza
    D)First and Second stanza
    Answer: Only the first stanza
  • Q. Akbarnama and Ain-e-Akbari have been written by :
    A)Akber
    B)Abul Fazal
    C)Rahim
    D)Niggar Khan
    Answer: Abul Fazal
  • Q. Murshid Quli Khan became the diwan of Bengal in :
    A)1600 A.D.
    B)1500 A.D.
    C)1700 A.D.
    D)1800 A.D.
    Answer: 1700 A.D.
  • Q. The Chalukyas or Solankis ruled over Gujarat:
    A)1100-1300 A.D.
    B)950-1300 A.D.
    C)1200-1300 A.D.
    D)600-1300 A.D.
    Answer: 950-1300 A.D.
  • Q. The roads of cities in the Indus Valley Civilization generally divided the city into :
    A)Circular Blocks
    B)Rectangular Blocks
    C)Triangular Blocks
    D)None of Above
    Answer: Rectangular Blocks
  • Q. Who was the first editor of the Yugantars?
    A)Raja Subodh Mallik
    B)Upendra Nath Bandopadhyay
    C)Barendra Ghosh
    D)Ambika Chakrobarty
    Answer: Barendra Ghosh
  • Q. The head quarters of Sahitya Akademi is at
    A)Chennai
    B)Mumbai
    C)New Delhi
    D)Kolkata
    Answer: New Delhi
  • Q. Which Governor General is remembered for the annulment of the partition of Bengal?
    A)Willium Bentick
    B)Lord Hardinge
    C)Warren Hastings
    D)Lord Curzon
    Answer: Lord Hardinge
  • Q. The department named Diwan-e-Amir-Kohi related to agriculture was established by :
    A)Muhammd Bin Tughlaq
    B)Firoz Shah Tughluq
    C)Akber
    D)Allaudin Khilji
    Answer: Muhammd Bin Tughlaq
  • Q. The first Muslim ruler to impose the Jaziya on the Brahmins was :
    A)Aurangzeb
    B)Ghiyas ud din Balban
    C)Aram Shah
    D)Firoz Shah Tughlaq
    Answer: Firoz Shah Tughlaq
  • Q. The famous Dasrajan war (the battle of ten kings) was mutual struggle of Aryans, fought on the bank of:
    A)Sindhu
    B)Chenab
    C)Purushani (Ravi)
    D)None of these
    Answer: Purushani (Ravi)
  • Q. “Milind Panho” explaining the Buddhist doctrines in the form of a dialogue between Milind and his teacher Nagsena (the great Buddhist philosopher ) is in :
    A)Pali Language
    B)Sanskrit
    C)Hindi
    D)Santhali
    Answer: Pali Language

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