Q. The Mughal subdued the Pathans by following the policy of

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Divide and rule

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  • Q. Babur’s autobiography, called Tuzuk-i-Baburi or Baburnama, which is reckoned among “the most enthralling and romantic works in the literature of all times” is written in
    A)Persian
    B)Arabic
    C)Turki
    D)Urdu
    Answer: Turki
  • Q. Akbar had incorporated some principles of social reforms in the Din-i-illahi. Which of the following social reforms did not form part of Din-i- illahi?
    A)Prohibition of child marriage
    B)Remarriage of widows
    C)Monogamy
    D)Rejection of seclusion of women
    Answer: Rejection of seclusion of women
  • Q. The members of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan’s Red Shirt Movement were known as
    A)Insan-i-Khidmatgar (Servants of the people)
    B)Khidmatgars (Servants)
    C)Khuda-i-Khidamatgar (Servants of God)
    D)Angels of Freedom
    Answer: Khuda-i-Khidamatgar (Servants of God)
  • Q. Which of the following books is based on Astrology?
    A)Aryabhattiya
    B)Romak Siddhanta
    C)Hora Shastra
    D)Brahma Siddhanta
    Answer: Hora Shastra
  • Q. The Iron Pillar at Mehrauli in Delhi is believed to record the achievements of
    A)Chandragupta Maurya
    B)Ashoka
    C)Samudragupta
    D)Chandragupta II
    Answer: Chandragupta II
  • Q. When did Charlemagne conquer the Lombards?
    A)753
    B)752
    C)757
    D)774
    Answer: 774
  • Q. Provision was made by the Charter Act of 1813 for the establishment of a Church at __________
    A)Bombay
    B)Madras
    C)Calcutta
    D)Pondicherry
    Answer: Calcutta
  • Q. Consider the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the Jataka tales? I. It is a collection of tales belonging to the pre-Buddhist period give us a revealing glimpse into a period when the fusion between the Aryan and the Dravidian races had been almost completed. II. It gives us the periods of rule and genealogies of dynasties of kings.
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I and II
    D)Neither I nor II
    Answer: Both I and II
  • Q. Wahabi movement aimed to organize Muslims around two fold ideas, which of the following forms the ideas among them? I. Harmony among 4 schools of Muslim which were divided at that time II. Recognition of the role of individual conscience in religion as conflicting interpretations were derived from quran and other practices
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I and II
    D)None of the above stated
    Answer: Both I and II
  • Q. The Turko-Afghan rule in India lasted for about
    A)three centuries
    B)two centuries
    C)four centuries
    D)a little over one century
    Answer: three centuries
  • Q. In which year did Gandhiji start Satyagraha Movement?
    A)1917
    B)1919
    C)1934
    D)1909
    Answer: 1917
  • Q. The Venetian traveler who travelled with his wife and reached Vijayanagar around 1420 was
    A)Niccolo de Conti
    B)Athanasius Nikitin
    C)Ibn Batuta
    D)Ferishta
    Answer: Niccolo de Conti
  • Q. Which of the doctrines of Jainism was added by Mahavira?
    A)Observe continence
    B)Do not speak a lie
    C)Do not commit violence
    D)Do not steal
    Answer: Observe continence
  • Q. This social reformer most ardently worked for the removal of untouchability and uplift the depressed classes before Mahatma Gandhi came on the scene
    A)Jyotiba Phule
    B)M. G. Ranade
    C)Dayanand Saraswati
    D)Atmaram Panduranga
    Answer: Jyotiba Phule
  • Q. Which one of the following is included in the rights of serfs?
    A)The right to move from one manor to another
    B)The right to work on certain land and pass the lands to their heirs
    C)The right to marry whomever they wanted to marry
    D)All the above
    Answer: The right to work on certain land and pass the lands to their heirs
  • Q. Which statement on the Harappan Civilization is correct?
    A)Cow was sacred to them
    B)Horse sacrifice was known to them
    C)Pashupati' was venerated by them
    D)The culture was generally static
    Answer: Pashupati' was venerated by them
  • Q. Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq was proficient in
    A)Music
    B)Art
    C)Calligraphy
    D)Philosophy
    Answer: Philosophy
  • Q. Name of the Bengali poet who was conferred with the title of Gunraj Khan in the Sultanate period?
    A)Rahim
    B)Maladhar Basu
    C)Chaitanya
    D)Jaydeva
    Answer: Maladhar Basu
  • Q. The two names which were associates with the publication of the paper ‘Yugantar’ are:
    A)Bhupendranath Dutta and Arbindo Ghosh
    B)Barindra kumar Ghose and Arbindo Ghosh
    C)Barindra kumar Ghose and Bhupendranath Dutta
    D)Arbindo Ghosh and V.D. Sawarkar
    Answer: Barindra kumar Ghose and Bhupendranath Dutta
  • Q. When was the first of the Geneva Conventions on the treatment of war victims adopted?
    A)1857
    B)1832
    C)1864
    D)1909
    Answer: 1864

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