1526 AD is significant in India’s History because of __
1.Foundation of Mughal empire in North India
2.Arrival of Ibn batuta
3.Arrival of Vasco Di Gama
4.Establishment of East India Company
Akbarnama was written originally in which among the following languages?
1.Chagtai Turkic
2. Persian
3.Arabic
4.Urdu
“Gapata Sarahâ€Â refers to which of the following?
1.Waste land
2.Jungle or forest land
3.Habitable land
4.Pasture land
During which of the following period, social and economic status of the Shudras improved?
1.Maurya empire
2.Gupta Empire
3.Magadha Empire
4.Kushana Empire
Gatka is an ancient martial art from which state of India?
1.Punjab
2.Maharashtra
3.Uttar Pradesh
4.Andhra Pradesh
Ibn Batuta was a traveler from which among the following current nations?
1.Algeria
2.Morocco
3.Tunisia
4. Libya
In the name of which among the following Mughal emperors, the East India Company struck the first coins in India?
1.Jahangir
2. Farrukhsiyar
3. Muhammad Shah
4.Jahandar Shah
In which of the following temples, the pyramidal roof can be found?
1.Bhitargaon temple
2.Dasavatar Temple
3.Shiva Temple of Bhumara
4.Shiva Temple of Koh
The early Satavahana kings appeared in which of the following regions?
1.Andhra
2. South Maharashtra
3.North Maharashtra
4.None of the above
Kandarya Mahadeva temple was constructed during which of the following period?
1.6th century AD
2.7th century AD
3.9th century AD
4.10th century AD
Manyakheta (modern Malkhed) on the banks of Kagina River in Gulbarga district, Karnataka state was the capital of ______?
1.Satvahanas
2.Rastrakutas
3. Hoysalas
4.Kakatiyas
Miftah-ul-Futuh also known as “Key to the Victories†was composed by Amir Khusro in honour of _?
1.Jalaluddin Firuz Khilji
2.Muhammad bin Tughluq
3.Ibrahim Lodhi
4.Iltutmish
Mirza Ghalib was a contemporary of which among the following Mughal Emperors?
1.Alamgir II
2.Muhammad Shah
3. Bahadur Shah Zafar
4.Farrukhsiyar
Mohammad Ghori was first defeated by which of the following rulers?
1.Prithviraja Chauhan
2.Jayachandra
3.Vidyadhara Chandella
4.Bhima II
Shivaji had formed a council of eight ministers that administered the Maratha empire. The council was named as:
1.Nyaya Pradhan
2.Ashta Sena
3.Ashta Siddhi
4.Ashta Pradhan
Shivaskandavarman ruled during which of the following periods?
1.3rd Century A.D.
2.4th Century A.D.
3.6th Century A.D.
4.7th Century A.D.
Simhavishnu was succeeded by which of the following kings?
1.Narasimhavarman I
2.Mahendravarman I
3.Shivaskandavarman
4.Simhavarman
The ambassador of Emperor James I, who reached in the court of Jahangir in 1615 was __:
1.Sir James Hay
2.Sir Thomas Roe
3. Sir Thomas Howard
4.Sir John Digby
The Chola provinces were further divided into which of the following?
1. Kottams
2.Nadu
3.Nagaram
4.None of the above
The famous monastery at Otantapura was built by which of the following Pala ruler?
1.Gopala
2.Dharmapala
3.Devapala
4.Ramapala
The largest number of Vakataka inscriptions belongs to which of the following kings?
1. Prabhavatigupta
2.Pravarasena II
3. Divakarasena
4.Damodarasena
The minting of silver coins was first started in the reign of which of the following Gupta kings?
1.Chandragupta I
2.Chandragupta II
3.Kumaragupta I
4.Skandagupta
The Sayyid dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate is called so because__?
1.Its founder and his successors adopted the title Sayyid
2.Its founder and his successors belonged to the Sayyid tribe of eastern Turkistan
3. Its founder and his successors were descendant of the prophet Muhammad
4.Its founder was a scholar of Islamic theology
The temple of Virupaksha was constructed during the reign of which of the following king?
1.Vikramaditya I
2. Pulakesin I
3. Vikramaditya II
4.Pulakesin II
The Venetian traveller Marco Polo visited Kerala in which of the following centuries?
1.13th century
2.14th century
3.15th century
4.16th century
Under which of the following kings the Kushana empire reached its zenith?
1.Kadphises I
2.Kanishka
3.Vasudeva II
4. Vima Kadphises
Which among the following division of a Veda has been said to suit the last (Sanyas) of the four stages in a man’s life?
1.Mantra Samhita
2.Brahamana
3. Aranyaka
4.Upanishada
Which among the following is incorrect regarding Buland darwaja?
1.It was built by Akbar in 1602
2.It was built in Fatehpur Sikri
3.It was built to commemorate Akbar’s victory on Gujarat only
4.All are correct
Which among the following Mughal Emperor was also known as “Ali Gauhar�
1.Bahadur Shah Zafar
2.Shah Aalam II
3. Muhammad shah
4.Aurangzeb
Which of the following Chola King assumed the title of Gangaikondachola?
1.Rajendra I
2.Rajadhiraja
3.Rajendra II
4.Virarajendra
Which of the following Chola king captured Madurai and took the title of Madurantaka and Maduraikonda?
1. Vijayalaya
2.Aditya I
3.Parantaka I
4.Parantaka II
Which of the following kings along with Chandragupta II defeated the Shaka satraps of Malwa and Kathiawar?
1.Prithvisena I
2.Pravarasena II
3. Rudrasena II
4.Narendrasena
Which of the following kings founded the Vikramasilavihara?
1.Gopala
2.Dharmapala
3.Devapala
4. Mahendrapala
Which of the following kings succeeded Nandivarman II?
1.Nandivarman III
2.Virakurcha
3.Dantivarman
4.Aparajita
Which of the following kings was defeated by Rashtrakuta king, Dhruva?
1.Vatsaraja
2.Harichandra
3.Nagabhatta II
4. Nagabhatta I
Which of the following kings was the son of Prithvisena I?
1.Prithvisena II
2.Rudrasena II
3.Rudrasena I
4. Pravarasena II
Which of the following Pandyan King succeeded Prantaka Viranayana?
1.Maravarman Rajasimha II
2.Sundara Pandya
3.Sundara Pandya II
4.Varagunavarman II
Which of the following periods saw the regular use of fire-baked bricks and perforated roof tiles?
1.Kanvas
2.Shungas
3.Satavahanas
4.Kushans
Which of the following refers to the royal share of merchandise brought into a town or harbour by merchants?
1.Shulka
2. Bhaga
3.Bhoga
4. Kara
Which of the following rulers died in the Kalinjar Fort situated in the Bundelkhand region of central India?
1.Mahmud of Ghazni
2.Sher Shah Suri
3.Humayun
4.Jahangir
Which of the following rulers introduced “Rupee†in India?
1. Akbar
2. Alauddin Khilji
3.Shershah Suri
4.Shah Jahan
Which of the following rulers of Delhi Sultanate abolished the Iqtas?
1. Alauddin Khilji
2.Muhammad Tughlaq
3. Firozshah Tughlaq
4.Balban
Which of the following rulers ruled the Vakataka Nandivardhana branch after the death of Rudrasena II?
1.Prabhavatigupta
2.Pravarasena II
3.Damodarasena
4.Divakarasena
Which of the following succeeded Dantivarman?
1.Paramesdhvaraman II
2.Nandivarman III
3. Aparajita
4. None of the above
Which of the following tribe originated from the steppes of north Central Asia?
1.Kanvas
2.Shungas
3.Satavahanas
4.Kushans
Which of the following was the court poet of Harsha?
1.Kalidasa
2. Banabhatta
3.Harishena
4.Bhasa
Which of the following were employed for the execution of criminals?
1.Kshtriyas
2. Vaishyas
3. Shudras
4.Chandalas
Which type of coins were issued by the king of Vijayanagar empire, Tirumala Raya ?
1.Varaha
2.Garuda
3.BalaKrishna
4.Hanuman
Who among the following built the mosque Quwal-ul-lslam at Delhi?
1.Alauddin Khilji
2.Iltutmish
3.Qutubuddin Aiabak
4.Babur
Who among the following was the founder of Bijapur state ?
1. Yusuf Adil Shah
2.Murad II
3.Mehmood II
4.Ibrahim Zubayri