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• Zabti System of revenue was prevalent during the reign of
  ক

  Akbar

  খ

  Babar

  গ

  Humayun

  ঘ

  Jahangir
• The title VIKRAMADITYA was assumed by:
  ক

  Samudragupta

  খ

  Kanishka

  গ

  Chandragupta II

  ঘ

  Ashoka
• Who was governor general when the 1857 revolt broke out?
  ক

  Canning

  খ

  Lawrence

  গ

  Dalhousie

  ঘ

  Curzon
• Which Viceroy of India had largest tenure during British rule:
  ক

  Lord Linlithgow

  খ

  Lord Mountbatten

  গ

  Lord Bentick

  ঘ

  None of above
• In which year was the quit India movement launched?
  ক

  1930

  খ

  1940

  গ

  1942

  ঘ

  1947
• Which Sultan of Delhi was the first to charge GHARI or HOUSE TAX?
  ক

  Balban

  খ

  Alauddin Khalji

  গ

  Mohammad bin Tughlaq

  ঘ

  Firoz Shah Tughlaq
• Who gave the slogan DO OR DIE during the quit India movement in 1942?
  ক

  Mahatma Gandhi

  খ

  Subhash Chandra Bose

  গ

  Bhagat Singh

  ঘ

  Jawaharlal Nehru
• Against which Mughal Emperor was a FATWA issued from Jaunpur?
  ক

  Humayun

  খ

  Akbar

  গ

  Shahjahan

  ঘ

  Aurangzeb
• Which of the following is not included in Mughal paintings?
  ক

  Portraits

  খ

  Islamic themes

  গ

  Flowers and plants

  ঘ

  Hunting scenes
• The Turko-Afghan rule in India lasted for about
  ক

  two centuries

  খ

  three centuries

  গ

  four centuries

  ঘ

  a little over one century
• The twenty-third Jaina teacher, Parsva, the immediate predecessor of Mahavira enjoined on his disciples four great vows. To these Mahavira adds which of the followings as the fifth vow?
  ক

  Abstention from stealing

  খ

  Non-injury

  গ

  Brahmacharya or continence

  ঘ

  Non-attachment
• The Uprising of 1857 was described as the first Indian war of Independence by
  ক

  S.N. Sen

  খ

  R.C. Mazumdar

  গ

  B.G. Tilak

  ঘ

  V.D. Savakar
• The year 788 AD was a good one for Hinduism. Why?
  ক

  Shankracharya was born that year.

  খ

  Harsha Vardhana, the last Buddhist king, died.

  গ

  Samudragupta converted to Hinduism.

  ঘ

  All Muslim invaders were defeated.
• The Venetian traveler who travelled with his wife and reached Vijayanagar around 1420 was
  ক

  Athanasius Nikitin

  খ

  Niccolo de Conti

  গ

  Ibn Batuta

  ঘ

  Ferishta
• Under the Government of India, Provincial Legislatures consisted of two chambers, except in the case of
  ক

  Assam

  খ

  Bihar

  গ

  Madras

  ঘ

  Punjab
• The Kalinga was fought in
  ক

  321 BC

  খ

  301 BC

  গ

  261 BC

  ঘ

  241 BC
• The term <i class="gk-definition">Nirgrantha</i> is associated with
  ক

  Ajivikas

  খ

  Charvakas

  গ

  Jains

  ঘ

  Pasupatas
• The two principles monuments of Alaud-din Khilji's reign - the Jama Masjid at Kana and Alai Darwaza - were constructed at
  ক

  Agra

  খ

  Delhi

  গ

  Dhar

  ঘ

  Gulbarga
• Under the Guptas in eastern India, there was probably an intermediate level of administration between visayas (districts) and villages. Identify it.
  ক

  Bhukit

  খ

  Pradesa

  গ

  Vithi

  ঘ

  Ahara
• The Vijayanagara king who employed skilled archers of the Turkish clan and raised the fighting capacity of his bowmen was
  ক

  Bukka I

  খ

  Devaraya I

  গ

  Krishnadevaraya

  ঘ

  Ramaraya
• Universities in the Presidency towns in India were established in
  ক

  1857

  খ

  1858

  গ

  1900

  ঘ

  1909
• The Upanishads are
  ক

  A source of Hindu philosophy

  খ

  Books of ancient Hindu laws

  গ

  Books on social behavior of man

  ঘ

  Prayers to God
• We can know about early vedic period from
  ক

  archaeological excavations

  খ

  the Rig Veda

  গ

  Jatak Katha

  ঘ

  contemporary culture
• Though Ashoka had many sons, the inscriptions mentioned only one who is not mentioned in any other source. He is
  ক

  Kunala

  খ

  Tivara

  গ

  Mahendra

  ঘ

  Jalauka
• Under whose leadership was the all India Muslim League set up?
  ক

  Mohammed Ali Jinnah

  খ

  Sayyid Ahmed Khan

  গ

  Aga Khan

  ঘ

  All of the above
• The term <i class="gk-definition">Brahmadeya</i> occurs for the first time in
  ক

  early Vedic texts

  খ

  early Buddhist texts

  গ

  pre-Gupta inscriptions

  ঘ

  post-Gupta inscriptions
• Pulakesin II was the most famous ruler of
  ক

  Chalukyas

  খ

  Cholas

  গ

  Pallavas

  ঘ

  Satavahanas
• Tolkappiyam is associated with the
  ক

  first Sangam period

  খ

  second Sangam period

  গ

  third Sangam period

  ঘ

  post-third Sangam period
• The Vedic deity Indra was the Goddess of
  ক

  Wind

  খ

  Eternity

  গ

  Rain and thunder

  ঘ

  Fire
• Ustad Mansur was a famous painter in the reign of
  ক

  Shajahan

  খ

  Akbar

  গ

  Humayun

  ঘ

  Jahangir