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The Rigveda consists of how many hymns?

  1. 1020

  2. 1025

  3. 1028

  4. 1035


Correct Option: C

Which among the following is the finest of the Mughal monument in marble?

  1. Qutub Minar

  2. Jama Masjid

  3. Red Fort

  4. Taj Mahal


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 Option (4) is correct.

Who among the following wrote the famous Ain-i-Akbari?

  1. Abul Fazl

  2. Akbar

  3. Alberuni

  4. Amie Khusro


Correct Option: A

Among the following, mark the Mughal king ruling when East India Company was established in India?

  1. Alauddin Khilji

  2. Firoz Shah Tugluk

  3. Akbar

  4. Babar


Correct Option: C

Where was Babar burried by his own wishes?

  1. Fatehabad

  2. Delhi

  3. Kabul

  4. Pune


Correct Option: C

Which of the following Sultans of Delhi brought Ashoka's pillar to Delhi?

  1. Akbar

  2. Sher Shah Suri

  3. Qutubuddin Aibak

  4. Firoz Shah Tuglaq


Correct Option: D

In which one of the following languages was the 'Bhagavad Gita' originally written?

  1. English

  2. Pali

  3. Sanskrit

  4. Sindhi


Correct Option: C

Where was Chalukya's rule established in India?

  1. Southern India

  2. Northern India

  3. Eastern India

  4. Western India


Correct Option: A

In which one the following languages was the Budhist literature written?

  1. Urdu

  2. Sanskrit

  3. Hindi

  4. Pali


Correct Option: D

Which of the following parts of India was ruled by the Chola dynasty?

  1. Large parts of southern India as well as parts of Andaman and Nicobar Island.

  2. Large parts of Indian Peninsula as well as parts of Daman and Diu.

  3. Large parts of southern part of India as well as parts of Lakshadweep.

  4. Large parts of Indian Peninsula as well as parts of Sri Lanka and the Maldives Island.


Correct Option: D

Where was Porus defeated by Alexander?

  1. At karri on the bank of Jhelum

  2. At karri on the bank of Sutlej

  3. At karri on the bank of Ravi

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A

What was the name of the ruler of the Kushana dynasty?

  1. Kadphises I

  2. Samudragupta

  3. Harsha

  4. Ashoka


Correct Option: A

Who founded the Khilji dynasty?

  1. Aluddin Khilji

  2. Ud-din-Khilji

  3. Jalal-ud-din Khilji

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C

Who was the first Indian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest military award for gallantry?

  1. Ahamad Khan

  2. Abrahim Khan

  3. Khuda Dad Khan

  4. Abdur Rehman Khan


Correct Option: C

Which of the following rulers of Delhi died of head injury?

  1. Babar

  2. Sher-Shah Suri

  3. Muhammad Gori

  4. Humayun


Correct Option: D

When was the First Battle of Panipat fought?

  1. 1326

  2. 1526

  3. 1726

  4. 1926


Correct Option: B

The third battle of Panipat took place in the year

  1. 1741

  2. 1751

  3. 1761

  4. 1771


Correct Option: C

Which of the following was an important port of the eastern coast during the Gupta period?

  1. Tamralipti

  2. Haldighat

  3. Sopara

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A

Which among the following capitals of Rana Udai Singh was captured by Akbar in 1569?

  1. Jaipur

  2. Chittor

  3. Mysoore

  4. Chander Nagar


Correct Option: B

Who founded the Pala dynasty in eastern India and parts of north India?

  1. Krishana in 75 AD

  2. Gopala in 75 AD

  3. Shiva in 75 AD

  4. Ashoka in 75 AD


Correct Option: B

The largest Stupa is assignable to which of the following periods?

  1. Maratha

  2. Mauryas

  3. Guptas

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B

In which of the following years was the first railway line in India opened?

  1. 1813

  2. 1823

  3. 1835

  4. 1853


Correct Option: D

Who among the following got Adhai Di-din-ka Jhopra constructed at Ajmer?

  1. Qutb-ud-din

  2. Babar

  3. Akbar

  4. Sher Shah Suri


Correct Option: A

What was the real name of Birbal, one of the nine gems in the court of Akbar?

  1. Mahesh Das

  2. Manak Das

  3. Laxman Das

  4. Gursebak Das


Correct Option: A

The permanent settlement in Bengal and Bihar was introduced by

  1. Lord Dallhozi

  2. Lord Mountbatin

  3. Lord Cornwallis

  4. Lord Linlithguo


Correct Option: C
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