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Q. What is pietra dura?

A
Pictorial mosaic work using semi-precious stones
B
A form of music
C
Armour
D
None of the above

Correct Answer

Pictorial mosaic work using semi-precious stones

More Questions on History

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    A)Rangpur
    B)Surkotada
    C)Sutkagendor
    D)Desalpur
    Answer: Sutkagendor
  • Q. Who was a founder member of the Russian Populist Movement “Anarchism”?
    A)Gorkhy
    B)Mikhail Bakunin
    C)Leo Tolstoy
    D)Turganew
    Answer: Mikhail Bakunin
  • Q. On account of his differences with Mahatma Gandhi, Subhas Bose resigned the Presidentship of the Congress (April 1939) and organised a new party called
    A)Azad Hind Fauz
    B)Congress Socialist Party
    C)Congress Liberal party
    D)Forward Block
    Answer: Forward Block
  • Q. The Home Rule Society, popularly called ‘India House’ , had been established in London to promote the cause of Indian independence, by
    A)Madan Lal Dhingra
    B)Lala Hardayal
    C)Shyamji Krishna Varma
    D)V D Savarkar
    Answer: Shyamji Krishna Varma
  • Q. The earliest specimen of Kavya style is found in?
    A)Ellora
    B)Ajanta
    C)Kathiawar
    D)Mohenjodaro
    Answer: Kathiawar
  • Q. At which of the following Harappan sites has a supposed dockyard been found?
    A)Lothal
    B)Kalibangan
    C)Suktagendor
    D)Sotka Koli
    Answer: Lothal
  • Q. Tripitakas are sacred books of
    A)Hindus
    B)Buddhists
    C)Jains
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Buddhists
  • Q. Battle of Kannauj in 1540 was fought between Sher Shah and__________
    A)Humayun
    B)Babur
    C)Akbar
    D)Aurangzeb
    Answer: Humayun
  • Q. Muhammad BinTughlaq transferred his capital from
    A)Delhi to Devagiri
    B)Delhi to Warangal
    C)Delhi to Madurai
    D)Delhi to Vijayanagar
    Answer: Delhi to Devagiri
  • Q. Tulsidas, the author of Ramcharitmanas, was a contemporary of which of the following rulers?
    A)Humayun
    B)Akbar
    C)Shahjahan
    D)Sher Shah Suri
    Answer: Akbar
  • Q. Earlier mathematicians (i.e. those who came before medieval Indian mathematicians) had taught that X/O = X; who among the following proved that it was infinity?
    A)Bhaskara
    B)Aryabhatta
    C)Brahmagupta
    D)Mahavira
    Answer: Bhaskara
  • Q. Which of the following leader was associated with the formation of the Congress Socialist Party?
    A)Subhas Chandra Bose
    B)P. C. Joshi
    C)Acharya Narendra Dev
    D)Ram Manohar Lohia
    Answer: Acharya Narendra Dev
  • Q. Which two countries were involved in a Hundred Years War?
    A)England and France
    B)Turkey and Austria
    C)Palestine and Israel
    D)Germany and Russia
    Answer: England and France
  • Q. When was Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria assassinated?
    A)1907
    B)1906
    C)1910
    D)1914
    Answer: 1914
  • Q. On imprisonment in 1908 by the British, Bal Gangadhar Tilak was in
    A)Rangoon
    B)Andaman and Nicobar
    C)Singapore
    D)Mandalay
    Answer: Mandalay
  • Q. The institution of varna appeared in the
    A)Later vedic period
    B)Rigvedic period
    C)Period of the Manava Dharm Shastra
    D)Period of consolidation of text of the Mahabharata
    Answer: Rigvedic period
  • Q. Who established in 1893 the society for the removal of Obstacles to the Hindu Religion?
    A)Raja Ram Mohan Rai
    B)Dayanand Sarshawati
    C)The Chapekar brothers
    D)None of these
    Answer: The Chapekar brothers
  • Q. First Sino-Japanese War was fought in the year
    A)1894
    B)1848
    C)1901
    D)1896
    Answer: 1894
  • Q. Who was the prominent leader in Lucknow during the Revolt of 1857?
    A)Rani Laxmi Bai
    B)Begum Hazrat Mahal
    C)Kuar Singh
    D)Bahadur Shah Zafar
    Answer: Begum Hazrat Mahal
  • Q. Which of the following text introduces bhakti marga (the path of faith/devotion) as one of three ways to spiritual freedom and release?
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    B)Vedas
    C)Brahamans
    D)Bhagwat Gita
    Answer: Bhagwat Gita

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