The National Congress at its Madras session in 1927 decided to boycott the Simon Commission “at every stage and in every form”. Who presided over that session?

What was the land revenue system adopted by Ranjit Singh during the later part of his rule?

Why did hostilities break out between the East India Company and Aurangzeb in 1686?

Who founded the Madras Hindu Association in 1904?

The donees in the Gupta age

Arrange the following foreign travelers in chronological order:

I. Marco Polo II. Ibn Batuta III. Nicolo Conti IV. Abdur Razzaq V. Nikitin VI. Barbosa

Kanishka, Huvishka and Vasudeva issued coins of

1. gold
2. copper
3. silver
4. lead

Assertion A: The territorial radiation of the regional gods of the bhakti cults was similar to the territorial sway of the early medieval Indian kings. Reason R: In both cases, their power was most concentrated at the centre and diminished towards the periphery.

The rising of the hereditary servants attached to forts when threatened with disbandment by Daji Krishna Pandit, minister of Kolhapur, is known as

Lord Dalhousie tried to snatch away the remaining glory of the Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah II by

Which of the following is wrongly matched?

Which of the following was the main cause for the defeat of the empire of the Vijayanagar in the battle of Rakshasa - Tangadior Talikota?

a) Ramaraya's desire to make Vijayanagar supreme in the South b) The common enmity of Deccani Sultanates towards Vijayanagar c) The over confidence and haughtiness of Ramaraya

Which of the following is not correctly matched?

Shivaji came into conflict with the Mughals for the first time in 1657, when

Which of the following are correctly matched?

1. Akbar : Shahabuddin Khan Atka
2. Jahangir : Jujhar Singh Bundela
3. Shah Jahan : Jagat Gosain
4. Aurangzeb : Qazi Abdulo Wahab

Which of the following are the four Agnikula Rajputs?

Markets for commodities in the Mauryan period were known as

William Digby, a British writer, has written a lot on the

What is the ascending order of the following units of administration during the Chola period?

i. Valanadus ii. Nadus iii. Mandalams iv. Kurrams

Choose the answer from the codes given below.

What is 'Pavarana' in Buddhism?

(a) The initiation ceremony for admission into the Sangha (b) The ceremony for expelling members of the Sangha on disciplinary grounds (c) The get-together of monks to confess their offences, if any, committed during their stay at a fixed abode in the rainy season (d) The daily ceremony performed by the monks for affirming their faith in the Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha

The coalition government formed in Bengal in 1937 consisted of

The first telegraph line from Calcutta to Agra was opened in the year

The Battle of Biderra was fought between

When Hiuen Tsang visited India, Buddhism was divided into

Aryabhatta, the scholar who wrote Aryabhatiya, hailed from

The Sayyid Brothers came into prominence and emerged powerful during the reign of

Zamorin, the famous chief of Calicat, was a/an

In which of the following approved forms of marriage was a bride given in marriage to a priest?

What was the actual route of Uttarapatha which was in more frequent use in the post Mauryan period?

Which of the following acts was/were passed in 1956?

Which of the following statements is/are correct about the Treaty of Purandar that was signed in 1665 between Shivaji and the Mughal General Raja Jai Singh of Amber?

A Persian historian of the Sultanate period, who accompanied Alauddin Khalji on his expedition to Chittor, was

Fragments of plays of Bhasa were discovered in a monastery in