Q. Who was the author of Kitab-ul-Hind?

Correct Answer

AI-Beruni

More Questions on History

  • Q. Which of the following aspects is not common to both Bhakti movement and Sufi movement?
    A)Worship of idols
    B)Personal love for God
    C)Mysticism
    D)Visit to holy shrines
    Answer: Worship of idols
  • Q. Which town/city in India has got a tower (minar) named after Muhammad Ali Jinnah?
    A)Aligarh
    B)Mumbai
    C)Calicut
    D)Guntur
    Answer: Guntur
  • Q. Who among the following Indian cracks the British Indian Civil Services Examination in the first time of Indian History?
    A)R. C. Dutt
    B)Satyendranath Tagore
    C)Behari Lal Gupta
    D)Surendranath Banerjee
    Answer: Satyendranath Tagore
  • Q. The year of accession of Kanishka to throne was
    A)78 AD
    B)108 AD
    C)58 AD
    D)128AD
    Answer: 78 AD
  • Q. __________, second President of The Theosophical Society from 1907 to 1933, was described as a ‘Diamond Soul’, for she had many brilliant facets to her character
    A)Krishnamohan Banerjee
    B)Annie Besant
    C)Hari Mohan
    D)Govind Chandra Sen
    Answer: Annie Besant
  • Q. Which of the following sect is emphasised on nirguni Bhakti – devotion to a divine without Gunas (qualities or form), but it accepts both nirguni and saguni forms of the divine?
    A)Shaivism
    B)Sikhism
    C)Vaishanvism
    D)All of the above
    Answer: Sikhism
  • Q. The court language of the Delhi Sultanate was
    A)Persian
    B)Urdu
    C)Hindi
    D)Arabic
    Answer: Persian
  • Q. During the Second World War the British forces were defeated at __________
    A)Dunkirk
    B)London
    C)Paris
    D)Liverpool
    Answer: Dunkirk
  • Q. Who among the following Tomar rulers, is credited with founding the city of Delhi?
    A)Vajrata
    B)Anangpal
    C)Rudrane
    D)Devraja
    Answer: Anangpal
  • Q. “Sir Saiyad was a prophet of education” who said this?
    A)Sree Narayana Guru
    B)Mahatma Gandhi
    C)Chattambi Swamikal
    D)Tilak
    Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
  • Q. The Khilafat Movement was launched to protest against the humiliation of
    A)Aga Khan
    B)The Turkish Caliph
    C)Muhammad Ali Jinnah
    D)Abdul Kalam Azad
    Answer: The Turkish Caliph
  • Q. Gandhi wanted to realise ‘truth’ through
    A)Dharma (Religion)
    B)Ahimsa (Non-violence)
    C)Karma (Service)
    D)Dhyana (Meditation)
    Answer: Ahimsa (Non-violence)
  • Q. The Indian Independence Act was passed in
    A)01 August 1947
    B)18 July 1947
    C)01 June 1947
    D)01 September 1947
    Answer: 18 July 1947
  • Q. Who built the famous Charminar of Hyderabad?
    A)Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah
    B)Krishndev Rai
    C)Nadir Shah
    D)Aurangzeb
    Answer: Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah
  • Q. The first lawful Hindu widow remarriage among upper castes in our country was celebrated under which of the following reformer
    A)Keshub Chandra Sen
    B)Raja Rammohan Roy
    C)Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
    D)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
    Answer: Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
  • Q. Who among the following composed the Hindi version of Ramayana?
    A)Valmiki
    B)Tulsidas
    C)Ramananda
    D)Kabir
    Answer: Tulsidas
  • Q. Mrs Annie Besant became the first woman President of the INC in
    A)1917
    B)1916
    C)1918
    D)1920
    Answer: 1917
  • 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 said, The Congress is tottering to its fall and one of my greatest ambitions while in India is to assist it to a peaceful demise?
    A)Lord Curzon
    B)Lord Dufferin
    C)Lord Lansdowne
    D)Lord Elgin
    Answer: Lord Curzon
  • Q. Aurangzeb sent Mukarrab Khan against
    A)Shivaji
    B)Shaji Bhonsle
    C)Sambaji
    D)Shahu
    Answer: Sambaji

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