Buddhist, Hindu and Jain Rock cut caves coexist at
1.Karle
2.Ellora
3.Ajanta
4.Elephanta
During the time of which Mughal Emperor did the English East India Company establish its first factory in India?
1.Aurangzeb
2.Akbar
3.Shahjahan
4.Jahangir
Gita Gobinda the famous poem was written by
1.Jayasimha
2.Jayant
3.Jayachandra
4.Jayadeva
In India, among the following locations, the Dutch established their earliest factory at
1.Masulipattanam
2.Kasim Bazar
3.Pulicat
4.Cochin
Mangal Pandey fired the first shot of the Revolt of 1857 at
1.Barrackpore
2.Meerut
3.Kanpur
4.Jhansi
One of the following rulers, who had granted Diwani to the East India Company was
1.Farrukhsiyar
2.Shujauddaula
3.Shah Alam I
4.Shah Alam II
One of the Indias first freedom fighters against British is
1.Mahatma Gandhi
2.Rani Laxmi Bai
3.Kittur Rani Chennamma
4.None of these
Sheikh Nizamuddin Auliya was the disciple of
1.Sheikh Ahmed Sirhindi
2.Baba Farid
3.Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti
4.Sheikh Alauddin Sabir
The custom Santhara is related to which of the following sects?
1.Vaishnava
2.Jain
3.Buddha
4.Shaiva
The English East India Company founded a permanent factory at Surat in the year
1.1611
2.1613
3.1621
4.1626
The first definite step of provide parliamentary control over East India Company was taken by
1.The Regulating Act of 1773
2.The Pitts India Act of 1784
3.The Charter Act of 1813
4.The Charter Act of 1793
The fourth Buddhist council was convened during the region of king?
1.Ajatasatru
2.Kalashok
3.Ashoka
4.Kaniska
The largest number of Rigvedic hymns are devoted to
1.Vishnu
2.Rudra
3.Indra
4.Agni
The revolt of 1857 at Lucknow was led by
1.Nana Sahib
2.Rani Laxmi Bai
3.Tantia Tope
4.Begum Hazarat Mahal
The rivers Ganga and Yamuna are mentioned for the first time in
1.Atharvaveda
2.Chhandogya Upanishad
3.Satapath Brahmana
4.Rigveda
The Sepoy Mutiny took place in the year
1.1757
2.1761
3.1836
4.1857
The word Visamatta was used in the latter Vedic Age for
1.The tax collector
2.The trader
3.The priest
4.The king
When did Queen Victoria declared the taking over of Indian Administration under British Crown?
1.17 November, 1859
2.6 January, 1958
3.31 December, 1857
4.1 November, 1858
Where are the traces of Portuguese culture found in India?
1.Calicut
2.Cochin
3.Cannanore
4.Goa
Which English Governor of East India Company in India was expelled by Aurangzeb?
1.Aungier
2.Sir John Child
3.Sir John Gayer
4.Sir Nicholas Waite
Which of the following places was named as Khizrabad during the Sultanate period?
1.Agra
2.Chittor
3.Devagiri
4.Jaunpur
Which one of the following commissions is associated with the Army Re-organisation after the suppression of the Revolt of 1857?
1.Public Service Commission
2.Peal Commission
3.Hunter Commission
4.Simon Commission
Which one of the following gives equal importance to Jnana, Karma and Bhakti as a means of liberation?
1.Advait Vedant
2.Visistadvaitvad Vedant
3.Mimansa
4.Bhagvad Gita
Which one of the following Sultans of Delhi was refused an audience by Nizamuddin Auliya?
1.Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq
2.Ghiyassuddin Tughlaq
3.Alauddin Khalji
4.Jalaluddin Firoz Khalji
Which one of the following term was used by the Sufis for the successor nominated by the teacher of a particular order or silsila?
1.Khanqah
2.Khalifah
3.Pir
4.Murid
Which one of the following was the first fort constructed by the British in India?
1.Fort St. Angelo
2.Fort St. William
3.Fort St. David
4.Fort St. George
Who among the following Sultans of Delhi founded the city of Agra?
1.Alauddin Khilji
2.Balban
3.Sikandar Lodi
4.Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
Who among the following was NOT associated with the Revolt of 1857?
1.Khan Bahadur
2.Maharaja Ranjit Singh
3.Begum Hazrat Mahal
4.Nana Sahib
Who among the following was the saint of the Varkari Sect?
1.Ramdasa
2.Chakradhara
3.Nimbarka
4.Namadeva
Who is the author of the book The last Mughal : The fall of a dynasty, Delhi, 1857 ?
1.John Kirkland
2.Simon Digby
3.Thomas Wilson
4.William Dalrymple
Who of the following has opened that the original homeland of the Aryan was Arctic region?
1.A.C. Das
2.Dayanand Saraswati
3.Max Muller
4.Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Who of the following was the bitterest enemy of the British during the Revolt of 1857?
1.Nawab Liaquat Ali
2.Maulana Fazi-i-Haq Khairabadi
3.Maulavi Imadulah
4.Maulavi Ahmdullah Shah
Who was the author of Buddha Charita?
1.Vasumitra
2.Nagasen
3.Nagarjuna
4.Asvaghosha
Who was the first Governor General of Bengal?
1.Cornwallis
2.William Bentick
3.Warren Hastings
4.Robert Clive
Who was the founded of Vedic culture?
1.Harappan
2.Jain
3.Arya
4.Dravid
Who was the founder of Sunyavada?
1.Nagarjuna
2.Vasumitra
3.Basubandhu
4.Asang
Who was the founder of the Sufi order in India?
1.Shaikh Nasiruddin Mahmud
2.Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya
3.Khwaja Qutubuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki
4.Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti
Who was the Governor General of India during the Sepoy Mutiny?
1.Lord Hardings
2.Lord Lytton
3.Lord Dalhousie
4.Lord Canning
Who was the teacher of Gautam Buddha?
1.Asanga
2.Sudharman
3.Alara Kalam
4.Gautam
Who were the first Europeans to reach India for trade?
1.Portuguese
2.British
3.Dutch
4.French