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Q. To conquer and annex Peshawar and Punjab, Mahmud of Ghazni defeated

A
Arabs
B
Ghurids
C
Karkotakas
D
Hindushahis

Correct Answer

Hindushahis

More Questions on History

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    A)Zebun-nissa Begum
    B)Noorjahan Begum
    C)Gulbadan Begum
    D)Jahanara Begum
    Answer: Gulbadan Begum
  • Q. Who was the first Indian to be made a fellow of the Royal Society of London?
    A)A. C. Wadia
    B)Srinivas Ramanujam
    C)C. V. Raman
    D)P. C. Mahalanobis
    Answer: A. C. Wadia
  • Q. The Simon Commission was boycotted by Indians because
    A)It proposed to partition India
    B)It sought to curb civil liberties of the Indians
    C)It was an all-white commission without Indian representation
    D)It proposed measures to contain nationalism
    Answer: It was an all-white commission without Indian representation
  • Q. Narayana Guru’s later literary and philosophical masterpiece Atmopadesa Satakam was written in__________
    A)Malayalam
    B)Tamil
    C)Sanskrit
    D)Hindi
    Answer: Malayalam
  • Q. When was Hong Kong leased to Britain for 99 years by China
    A)1900
    B)1898
    C)1901
    D)1903
    Answer: 1898
  • Q. Which of the following was not one of the cardinal principles of Mahatma Gandhi doctrine of Satyagraha?
    A)Non-Violence
    B)Truthfulness
    C)Fearlessness
    D)Abstinence
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  • Q. Who is known as the founder of the ‘Republic of Turkey’
    A)Fevzi Cakmak
    B)Ismet Inonu
    C)Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
  • Q. According to the Regulating Act, Directors were to be elected for a period of
    A)4 years
    B)5 years
    C)6 years
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    Answer: 4 years
  • Q. The Muslim League passed a resolution demanding the partition of India in the __________ session held in 1940
    A)Allahabad
    B)Lahore
    C)Karachi
    D)Dacca
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  • Q. Who wrote famous thesis entitled ‘South India in 1857: war of Independence’:
    A)K M Pannikar
    B)J K Hikki
    C)M G Ranade
    D)V.D. Savarkar
    Answer: V.D. Savarkar
  • Q. Har Bilas Sarda was instrumental in the passage of the famous Sarda Act of 1930, which provided for
    A)removal of restrictions on intercaste marriages
    B)enforcing monogamy
    C)penalisation of parties to a marriage in which the girl was below 14 or the boy was below 18 years of age
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    Answer: penalisation of parties to a marriage in which the girl was below 14 or the boy was below 18 years of age
  • Q. Which Satyagraha was held at Nagpur in 1923?
    A)Individual Satyagraha
    B)Salt Satyagraha
    C)Ryots Satyagraha
    D)Flag Satyagraha
    Answer: Flag Satyagraha
  • Q. Assertion (A): In some places artisans and craftsmen participated in the Revolt of 1857. Reason (R): The British policy of ‘one-way’ free trade destroyed village industries and handicrafts in India
    A)Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A
    B)Both A and R is 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: A is true but R is false
  • Q. The previous name of Zaire was
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    B)Benin
    C)Congo
    D)Sierra Leone
    Answer: Congo
  • Q. Which year did Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay wrote Anandmath?
    A)1892
    B)1858
    C)1882
    D)None of these
    Answer: 1882
  • Q. The Greek viewed ‘politics’ as the basis of
    A)Ethical terms
    B)Both ethical and legalistic terms
    C)Terms of power
    D)Legalistic terms
    Answer: Ethical terms
  • Q. The sculpture “David” was a creation of
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    B)Michelangelo
    C)Raphael
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  • Q. Buddhism was divided into Mahayana and Hinayana during the reign of
    A)Kanishka
    B)Asoka
    C)Menander
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  • Q. Which of the following reform is the legislative contribution of Raja Rammohan Roy?
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    B)Abolition of sati
    C)Reduction of export duties on Indian goods
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  • Q. Select the incorrect statement (s) about Bhakti Saint Ramananda. I. He advocated prabattimarga or path of self-surrender to God. II. He propagated ‘Dvaita or dualism of Jivatma and Paramatma’.
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