Q. The territory of Porus who offered strong resistance to Alexander was situated between the rivers of

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Jhelum and Chenab

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    A)Leading popular poet
    B)Diwan of Siraj-ud-Daulah
    C)Biggest banker in Bengal
    D)Commander of the Nawab's troops
    Answer: Biggest banker in Bengal
  • Q. Which of the following statement is/are correct? I. Panini’s Ashtadhyayi, book on grammar in eight chapters is the final culmination of this excellent art of writing in sutra (precepts) in which every chapter is precisely interwoven. II. The Brahmanas elaborates vedic caste system of the society
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I & II
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Both I & II
  • Q. Who was the founder of Advaita vada or the doctrine of non-dualism?
    A)Surdas
    B)Adi Shankaracharya
    C)Ramanuj
    D)Kapil
    Answer: Adi Shankaracharya
  • Q. The Great bath was found at
    A)Lothal
    B)Harappa
    C)Chanhudaro
    D)Mohanjodaro
    Answer: Mohanjodaro
  • Q. Humayun lost the Mughal Empire to Sher Shah Suri finally in the battle of
    A)Chausa
    B)Chunar
    C)Ghagra
    D)Kannauj
    Answer: Kannauj
  • Q. Which Act may be regarded as the beginning of representative system in modern India?
    A)Government of India Act 1918
    B)The Indian councils Act 1861
    C)Government of India Act 1925
    D)Government of India Act 1935
    Answer: The Indian councils Act 1861
  • Q. Which of the following does not represent an important source material for the Mauryan period?
    A)Foreign accounts
    B)Literary works
    C)Numismatic evidence
    D)Epigraphic sources
    Answer: Numismatic evidence
  • Q. Whose statue was an important creation of the people of Indus Valley Civilization?
    A)Dancing Girl
    B)Natraj
    C)Buddha
    D)Narasimha
    Answer: Dancing Girl
  • Q. Who wrote Dasa Sloki, which deals with three realities (tri-tattava) –Brahma (Krishna), soul (Chit) and matter (Achit)?
    A)Ramanuja
    B)Nimbarka
    C)Madhva
    D)Vallabhacharya
    Answer: Nimbarka
  • Q. Of the five vows (Panch Anuvratas) of Jainism, four existed before Mahavira. The one which he added was
    A)not to steal
    B)not to kill (non-injury)
    C)non-attachment to worldly things
    D)celibacy
    Answer: celibacy
  • Q. Assertion (A): The Buland Darwaza at Fatehpur Sikri was built by Akbar in 1602. Reason (R): He wanted to commemorate his conquest of Gujarat
    A)Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
    B)Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
    C)A is true but R is false
    D)A is false but R is true
    Answer: Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
  • Q. Which one of the following was the first English ship that came to India?
    A)Bengal
    B)Elizabeth
    C)Red Dragon
    D)Mayflower
    Answer: Red Dragon
  • Q. Mozart was born in which country
    A)Switzerland
    B)Italy
    C)Austria
    D)Germany
    Answer: Austria
  • Q. The Kailasa temple is one of the largest rock-cut ancient Hindu temple located at Ellora was built by?
    A)Krishna I
    B)Krishndev Rai
    C)Nadivarman
    D)Rajendra Chola
    Answer: Krishna I
  • Q. In which city of India is Dhamek Stupa located?
    A)Delhi
    B)Pune
    C)Varanasi
    D)Hyderabad
    Answer: Varanasi
  • Q. In which year Bastille of Paris stormed by the people which lead to the French Revolution
    A)1779
    B)1746
    C)1789
    D)1808
    Answer: 1789
  • Q. The first atomic bomb was thrown over
    A)Hiroshima
    B)Nagasaki
    C)Tokyo
    D)Hong Kong
    Answer: Hiroshima
  • Q. __________was the first Mughal Emperor to acquire Koh-i-noor diamond
    A)Akbar
    B)Humayun
    C)Jahangir
    D)Shah Jahan
    Answer: Jahangir
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    A)Calcutta
    B)Bombay
    C)Gujarat
    D)Poona
    Answer: Bombay
  • Q. Identify, among the following, the saint who had preached non-sectarianism in Medieval times
    A)Ramananda
    B)Tukaram
    C)Dadu
    D)Raghunandan
    Answer: Dadu

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