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Q. What is meant by “The Forty”?

A
The pick of the intellectuals among the Khaljis
B
The cream of Afghan nobles
C
The select body of the Turkish aristocracy
D
The Ulema or the Muslim divines

Correct Answer

The select body of the Turkish aristocracy

More Questions on History

  • Q. Assertion (A): Akbar’s official historian Abul Fazl neither gives the prices of slaves nor does he mention slave markets. Reason (R): Akbar prohibited slave trade in his empire
    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: A is true but R is false
  • Q. When did the Indian Rebellion begin?
    A)1857
    B)1818
    C)1858
    D)1819
    Answer: 1857
  • Q. Who amongst the following is associated with the study of the Harappan Civilization?
    A)Cunningham
    B)Charles Mason
    C)M. Wheeler
    D)M.S. Vats
    Answer: M.S. Vats
  • Q. Who got construced ‘Grand Trunk Road’?
    A)Ashoka
    B)Akbar
    C)Shershah Suri
    D)Samudra Gupta
    Answer: Shershah Suri
  • Q. The temple of Konark was built by Narasimha of the
    A)Chola Administration
    B)Maratha Administration
    C)Ganga Administration
    D)Vijayanagar Administration
    Answer: Ganga Administration
  • Q. Which philosopher said about the Holy Roman Empire that “it is neither Holy nor Roman nor Empire”
    A)Montesquieu
    B)Voltaire
    C)Diderot
    D)Rousseau
    Answer: Voltaire
  • Q. Which of the following statements is correct about Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru?
    A)Nehru was not in favour of socialism
    B)Nehru did not believe in the doctrine of non-violence
    C)Nehru had his higher education in India only
    D)Nehru stressed the importance of national planning
    Answer: Nehru stressed the importance of national planning
  • Q. Which battle did open the Delhi area to Muhammad Ghori?
    A)Second Battle of Tarain
    B)First Battle of Tarain
    C)Battle of Khanwa
    D)First Battle of Panipat
    Answer: Second Battle of Tarain
  • Q. Who among the following had pioneered the Khilafat Movement?
    A)MA Jinnah
    B)The Ali brothers
    C)Syed Ahmed Khan
    D)RM Sayani
    Answer: The Ali brothers
  • Q. Which of the following is an intensely emotional form of Hinduism that flourished from the sixteenth century, mainly in Bengal and eastern Orissa?
    A)Krishna cult of Vallabhacharya
    B)Gaudiya Sampradaya
    C)Shiva cult of Vallabhacharya
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Gaudiya Sampradaya
  • Q. In 1904 the then Maharaja of . . . . . . exempted Narayana Guru from personal appearances in court, an honour recognizing the Guru as a distinguished living personality
    A)Thalassery
    B)Kannur
    C)Travancore
    D)Cochi
    Answer: Travancore
  • Q. The Bhakti cult spread in Maharashtra with the teaching of
    A)Sant Jnanesvar
    B)Sant Tukaram
    C)Samarth Guru Ramdas
    D)Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
    Answer: Sant Tukaram
  • Q. Dyarchy’ was introduced in the Government of India Act of
    A)1919
    B)1909
    C)1935
    D)None of these
    Answer: 1919
  • Q. The paintings of Ajanta depict the stories of
    A)Mahabharta
    B)Ramayana
    C)Jataka
    D)Panchatantra
    Answer: Jataka
  • Q. The term Brahmadeya occurs for the first time in
    A)early Buddhist texts
    B)early Vedic texts
    C)pre-Gupta inscriptions
    D)post-Gupta inscriptions
    Answer: pre-Gupta inscriptions
  • Q. Which city is known as the birthplace of the Renaissance
    A)Venice
    B)Florence
    C)Rome
    D)London
    Answer: Florence
  • Q. Who was popularly known as Africa’s Gandhi?
    A)Firoz Gandhi
    B)Mir Karzai
    C)Nelson Mandela
    D)M.K.Gandhi
    Answer: Nelson Mandela
  • Q. Who brought the famous Persian painter named Khwaja Abdus Samad to India?
    A)Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
    B)Humayun
    C)Akbar
    D)Alauddin Khalji
    Answer: Humayun
  • Q. The Mughal General, who decisively defeated Shivaji and forced him to conclude the Treaty of Purandar, was
    A)Mirza Raja Jai Singh
    B)Shaista Khan
    C)Prince Muazzam
    D)Dilir Khan
    Answer: Mirza Raja Jai Singh
  • Q. Who established East India Association in London 1866?
    A)Dadabhai Naoroji
    B)Subhash Chandra Bose
    C)V. O. Chidambaram Pillai
    D)Hemu Kalani
    Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji

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