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1The Battle of Plassey was fought in
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2The territory of Porus who offered strong resistance to Alexander was situated between the rivers of
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3Under Akbar, the Mir Bakshi was required to look after
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4Tripitakas are sacred books of
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5The trident-shaped symbol of Buddhism does not represent
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6The theory of economic drain of India during British imperialism was propounded by
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7The treaty of Srirangapatna was signed between Tipu Sultan and
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8The system of competitive examination for civil service was accepted in principle in the year
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9Through which one of the following, the king exercised his control over villages in the Vijayanagar Empire?
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10The Vijayanagara ruler, Kirshnadev Raya's work Amuktamalyada, was in
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11Under 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?
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12We hear of two envoys being sent to the Roman kings, one in 27-28 AD to the court of Augustus and the other in 110-20 AD to the court of
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13The use of Kharoshti in ancient Indian architecture is the result of India's contact with
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14
Vaikhanasa the five-fold conception of Vishnu consists of
I. brahman
II. purusha
III. prakriti
IV. satya
V. achyuta
VI. Aniruddha
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15The troops raised by the emperor but not paid directly the state and place under the charge of mansabadars were know as
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16The treaty of Mangalore was signed between
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17To conquer and annex Peshawar and Punjab, Mahmud of Ghazni defeated
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18To which professions earlier leaders who struggled for freedom of India mainly belonged?
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19The victories of Karikala are well portrayed in
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20Todar Mal was associated with
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21The title of 'Viceroy' was added to the office of the Governor-General of India for the first time in
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22To which of the following dynasties did King Bhoja, a great patron of literature and art, belong?
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23Vikramaditya, a king of Ujjain, started the Vikrama samvat in 58 BC in commemoration of his victory over
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24Two of the great Mughals wrote their own memories. There were
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25To which king belongs the Lion capital at Sarnath?
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26The use of spinning wheel (Charkha) became common during the
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27The language of discourses of Gautama Buddha was
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28
There were widespread risings against the British in the 1820s. Which one of the following did not revolt in the 1820s?
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29
Velu Thampi led a revolt against the British in state of
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30Under the Mountbatten Plan of 1947 the people of ___ were given the right to decide through a plebiscite whether they wished to join Pakistan or India.
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31Three major powers that emerged in southern India in the 7th century AD were
I. Cheras
II. Cholas
III. Chalukyas
IV. Pallavas
V. Pandyas
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32The term 'Yavanapriya' mentioned in ancient Sanskrit texts denoted
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33The Timariots Governors and the Revenue Contractors, on their part reason in this manner: "Why should the neglected state of this land create uneasiness in our minds and why should we expend our money and time to render it fruitful? We may be deprived of it in a single moment, and our exertions would benefit neither ourselves nor our children." This statement was made by
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34The ultimate ownership of land during the post-Gupta period lay with
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35To which of the republic of Buddha belong?
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36There was a sharp class division at Harappa and Mohen-jodaro. This is clear from the
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37The title given by the British Government to Mahatma Gandhi which he surrendered during the non-cooperation movement was
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38Tipu sultan was the ruler of
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39The term yavanika meant
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40The term Khalisa in Mughal administration signified the
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41Visakhadatta sketches the event after the death of Samudragupta in his work
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42The system of Dual Government during the latter half of the 18th century AD is associated with the name of
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43
'The Vedas contain all the truth was interpreted by
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44
The term samanta, meaning a feudatory from the sixth century AD, originally meant a
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45To evolve a peaceful settlement of the conflict between India and China, which of the following non-aligned Afro-Asian nations participated in a conference held in December 1962?
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46The text of the document called Mahzar, by which Akbar assumed the role of supreme arbiter in the matters of religion is found in
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47
Tulsidas, the author of Ramcharitmanas, was a contemporary of which of the following rulers?
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48To meet the educational needs of the people, the Madarasa-I Nasiri was built in the region of
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49The weekly Commonweal was founded by
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50
Ustad Mansur was a famous painter in the reign of
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51
The Vedic deity Indra was the Goddess of
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52Tolkappiyam is associated with the
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53Pulakesin II was the most famous ruler of
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54
The term Brahmadeya occurs for the first time in
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55Under whose leadership was the all India Muslim League set up?
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56Though Ashoka had many sons, the inscriptions mentioned only one who is not mentioned in any other source. He is
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57We can know about early vedic period from
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58The Upanishads are
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59
Universities in the Presidency towns in India were established in
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60The Vijayanagara king who employed skilled archers of the Turkish clan and raised the fighting capacity of his bowmen was
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Under the Guptas in eastern India, there was probably an intermediate level of administration between vishayas (districts) and villages. Identify it.
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62The term Nirgrantha is associated with
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63The two principles monuments of Alaud-din Khilji's reign - the Jama at Kana Masjid and Alai Darwaza - were constructed at
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The Kalinga was fought in
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65Under the Government of India, Provincial Legislatures consisted of two chambers, except in the case
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66The Venetian traveler who travelled with his wife and reached Vijayanagar around 1420 was
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The year 788 AD was a good one for Hinduism. Why?
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68The Uprising of 1857 was described as the first Indian war of Independence by
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The twenty-third Jaina teacher, Parsva, the immediate predecessor of Mahavira enjoined on his disciples four great vows. To these Mahavira addes which of the followings as the fifth vow?
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The Turko-Afghan rule in India lasted for about