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General Knowledge MCQS - Indian History

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1 The Battle of Plassey was fought in
2 The territory of Porus who offered strong resistance to Alexander was situated between the rivers of
3 Under Akbar, the Mir Bakshi was required to look after
4 Tripitakas are sacred books of
5 The trident-shaped symbol of Buddhism does not represent
6 The theory of economic drain of India during British imperialism was propounded by
7 The treaty of Srirangapatna was signed between Tipu Sultan and
8 The system of competitive examination for civil service was accepted in principle in the year
9 Through which one of the following, the king exercised his control over villages in the Vijayanagar Empire?
10 The Vijayanagara ruler, Kirshnadev Raya's work Amuktamalyada, was in
11 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?
12 We 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
13 The use of Kharoshti in ancient Indian architecture is the result of India's contact with
14 Vaikhanasa the five-fold conception of Vishnu consists of I. brahman II. purusha III. prakriti IV. satya V. achyuta VI. Aniruddha
15 The troops raised by the emperor but not paid directly the state and place under the charge of mansabadars were know as
16 The treaty of Mangalore was signed between
17 To conquer and annex Peshawar and Punjab, Mahmud of Ghazni defeated
18 To which professions earlier leaders who struggled for freedom of India mainly belonged?
19 The victories of Karikala are well portrayed in
20 Todar Mal was associated with
21 The title of 'Viceroy' was added to the office of the Governor-General of India for the first time in
22 To which of the following dynasties did King Bhoja, a great patron of literature and art, belong?
23 Vikramaditya, a king of Ujjain, started the Vikrama samvat in 58 BC in commemoration of his victory over
24 Two of the great Mughals wrote their own memories. There were
25 To which king belongs the Lion capital at Sarnath?
26 The use of spinning wheel (Charkha) became common during the
27 The language of discourses of Gautama Buddha was
28 There were widespread risings against the British in the 1820s. Which one of the following did not revolt in the 1820s?
29 Velu Thampi led a revolt against the British in state of
30 Under 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.
31 Three major powers that emerged in southern India in the 7th century AD were I. Cheras II. Cholas III. Chalukyas IV. Pallavas V. Pandyas
32 The term 'Yavanapriya' mentioned in ancient Sanskrit texts denoted
33 The 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
34 The ultimate ownership of land during the post-Gupta period lay with
35 To which of the republic of Buddha belong?
36 There was a sharp class division at Harappa and Mohen-jodaro. This is clear from the
37 The title given by the British Government to Mahatma Gandhi which he surrendered during the non-cooperation movement was
38 Tipu sultan was the ruler of
39 The term yavanika meant
40 The term Khalisa in Mughal administration signified the
41 Visakhadatta sketches the event after the death of Samudragupta in his work
42 The system of Dual Government during the latter half of the 18th century AD is associated with the name of
43 'The Vedas contain all the truth was interpreted by
44 The term samanta, meaning a feudatory from the sixth century AD, originally meant a
45 To 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?
46 The text of the document called Mahzar, by which Akbar assumed the role of supreme arbiter in the matters of religion is found in
47 Tulsidas, the author of Ramcharitmanas, was a contemporary of which of the following rulers?
48 To meet the educational needs of the people, the Madarasa-I Nasiri was built in the region of
49 The weekly Commonweal was founded by
50 Ustad Mansur was a famous painter in the reign of
51 The Vedic deity Indra was the Goddess of
52 Tolkappiyam is associated with the
53 Pulakesin II was the most famous ruler of
54 The term Brahmadeya occurs for the first time in
55 Under whose leadership was the all India Muslim League set up?
56 Though Ashoka had many sons, the inscriptions mentioned only one who is not mentioned in any other source. He is
57 We can know about early vedic period from
58 The Upanishads are
59 Universities in the Presidency towns in India were established in
60 The Vijayanagara king who employed skilled archers of the Turkish clan and raised the fighting capacity of his bowmen was
61 Under the Guptas in eastern India, there was probably an intermediate level of administration between vishayas (districts) and villages. Identify it.
62 The term Nirgrantha is associated with
63 The two principles monuments of Alaud-din Khilji's reign - the Jama at Kana Masjid and Alai Darwaza - were constructed at
64 The Kalinga was fought in
65 Under the Government of India, Provincial Legislatures consisted of two chambers, except in the case
66 The Venetian traveler who travelled with his wife and reached Vijayanagar around 1420 was
67 The year 788 AD was a good one for Hinduism. Why?
68 The Uprising of 1857 was described as the first Indian war of Independence by
69 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?
70 The Turko-Afghan rule in India lasted for about
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