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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

  • Q. Education is the manifestation of the perfection already in man’.Who said this?
    A)Sri Ramakrishna
    B)Swami Vivekananda
    C)Chandra Sekhar Deb
    D)Sri Narayana Guru
    Answer: Swami Vivekananda
  • Q. In early 1898 Swami Vivekananda acquired a big plot of land on the western bank of the Ganga at a place called . . . . . to have a permanent abode for the monastery and monastic order originally started at Baranagar, and got it registered as Ramakrishna Math after a couple of years
    A)Lahore
    B)Allahabad
    C)Amritsar
    D)Belur
    Answer: Belur
  • Q. The main outlet for foreign trade during Akbar’s reign was the port of
    A)Calcutta
    B)Karachi
    C)Surat
    D)Bombay
    Answer: Surat
  • Q. The Triple Alliance agreement between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy was formed in the year
    A)1889
    B)1882
    C)1901
    D)1909
    Answer: 1882
  • Q. Who among the following was the first to sign the ‘Instruments of Accession’?
    A)The Dewan of Travancore
    B)The Maharaja of Baroda
    C)The Nizam of Hyderabad
    D)The Raja of Jodhpur
    Answer: The Dewan of Travancore
  • Q. For how many years Ajitnath Tirthankar practise harsh austerity?
    A)Twelve
    B)Ten
    C)Fourteen
    D)Sixteen
    Answer: Twelve
  • Q. Taxila was a famous site of
    A)Mauryan art
    B)Early Vedic art
    C)Gandhara art
    D)Gupta art
    Answer: Gandhara art
  • Q. When was ancient Rome founded?
    A)753 BC
    B)776 BC
    C)752 BC
    D)742 BC
    Answer: 753 BC
  • Q. Under an agreement with which of the following countries did Subhas Chandra Bose organize the Indian soldiers, taken as prisoners by the Axis Powers, into the Azad Hind Fauj?
    A)Germany
    B)China
    C)Italy
    D)Japan
    Answer: Japan
  • Q. Gandhi had been provoked into crusading for the lot of the Asians in South Africa by the British law called the Act
    A)Blacks' Registration
    B)Apartheid
    C)cl Asiatic Registration
    D)Subcitizens' Licence
    Answer: cl Asiatic Registration
  • 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. After Alexander’s death the Eastern part of his empire came under
    A)Menander
    B)Seleucus Nicator
    C)Rudradaman
    D)Kanishka
    Answer: Seleucus Nicator
  • Q. Brahmavidya Panchakam is a Sanskrit work of __________
    A)Chattambi Swamikal
    B)Sree Narayana Guru
    C)K. Madhvan Nair
    D)Dr. Palpu
    Answer: Sree Narayana Guru
  • Q. The Revolt of 1857 failed mainly because
    A)it was poorly organised and the rebels had no common ideal
    B)of superior resources of the British empire
    C)it had very little nationalist sentiment
    D)it was localised, restricted and scattered
    Answer: it was poorly organised and the rebels had no common ideal
  • Q. How many times Shivaji plundered Surat?
    A)Once
    B)Four Times
    C)Thrice
    D)Twice
    Answer: Twice
  • Q. Pablo Picasso, the famous painter was
    A)Italian
    B)French
    C)Flemish
    D)Spanish
    Answer: Spanish
  • Q. Which queen of the Kakatiya dynasty ruled over Warangal, part of modern Andhra Pradesh?
    A)Ahilyadevi
    B)Rudramadevi
    C)Bhagwati
    D)Bhanumati
    Answer: Rudramadevi
  • Q. Which of the following was the main part of Aurobindo’s programme to achieve independence?
    A)Passive resistance
    B)Organisation of secret societies
    C)Constitutional agitation
    D)Terrorism
    Answer: Passive resistance
  • Q. Who presided over the Karachi session of Indian National Congress in 1931 ?
    A)Mahatma Gandhi
    B)Sarojani Naydu
    C)Subhash Chandra Bose
    D)Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
    Answer: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
  • Q. India attained ‘Dominion status’ on
    A)15th August, 1947
    B)15th January, 1947
    C)15th August, 1950
    D)15th October, 1947
    Answer: 15th August, 1947

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