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Which is the correct pair?

  1. Haldighati : Shershah Vs. Muldeo

  2. Kanwah : Babur Vs. Ibrahim Lodi

  3. Terain : Prithviraj Chauhan Vs. Mohd.Gauri

  4. D-Dharment : Shahjehan Vs. Dara


Correct Option: C

The polity of the Indus Valley people was

  1. Oligarchy

  2. Theocratic federation

  3. Theocratic unitary

  4. Secular federalism


Correct Option: D

The entry port for trade between the Indus trading centres and Mesopotamia was

  1. Bahrin

  2. Afghanistan

  3. Elam

  4. Oman


Correct Option: C

Most of the Indus seals used _____ as a symbol.

  1. elephant

  2. tiger

  3. bull

  4. cow


Correct Option: B

The earliest tribal assembly was

  1. Vidhata

  2. Samiti

  3. Ganga

  4. Samrath


Correct Option: B

The first important exponent of Nyaya system of philosophy was

  1. Gautama

  2. Kanava

  3. Kapila

  4. Jiamini


Correct Option: A

In which of the early Indian writings do we find the mention of the eastern and the western seas for the first time?

  1. Satapatha Brahmana

  2. Tittiriya Brahmana

  3. Aithareya Brahmana

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A

In which veda does the term ' Gotra' occur for the first time?

  1. Rig Veda

  2. Yajur Veda

  3. Atharva Veda

  4. Sama Veda


Correct Option: A

Which of the following is not among the ' three ratnas or jems' of Jainism?

  1. Action

  2. Full knowledge

  3. Belief in God

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C

Who was the founder of Agra?

  1. Sikander Lodi

  2. Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq

  3. Firoj Tughlaq

  4. Allauddin Khilji


Correct Option: A

Name of the branch of the Mughal army where foreigners like Ottomans and Portuguese were employed.

  1. Matchlock men

  2. Artillery

  3. Navy

  4. War-boat operations


Correct Option: B

Social rituals and samaskaras from conception to cremation have been mentioned in the

  1. Upanishad

  2. Strauta-Sutras

  3. Dharma Sutras

  4. Grihya Sutras


Correct Option: D

Which of the following sultans had the largest number of slaves in his court?

  1. Feroz Tughlaq

  2. Balban

  3. Alauddin Khilji

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A

Mohazir Qaumi Movement is active in

  1. Punjab

  2. Pakistan

  3. Sind-Pakistan

  4. Baluchistan


Correct Option: C

In 1943, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose proclaimed the formation of the Provisional Government of Independent India (Azad Hind) in

  1. Tokyo

  2. Rangoon

  3. Singapore

  4. Vienna


Correct Option: C

In the battle of Haldighati in 1576, the Rajput forces of Maharana Pratap were defeated by

  1. Prince Salim

  2. Akbar

  3. Raja Man Singh

  4. Pir Muhammad


Correct Option: A

Whose reign is called the ' Golden Age of the Mughals'?

  1. Akbar

  2. Jahangir

  3. Aurangzeb

  4. Shah Jahan


Correct Option: D

Jhansi was annexed to the British Indian territory in 1854 under the

  1. Doctrine of Lapse

  2. Passage of Separate Chapter

  3. Subsidiary Alliance

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A

Railway was introduced in India when the Governor General of India was Lord

  1. Dalhousie

  2. Curzon

  3. Hardinge

  4. Ripon


Correct Option: A

Tansen's original was

  1. Ramtanu

  2. Baj Bahadur

  3. Lal Kalwant

  4. Makarana Pandey


Correct Option: A

The non-cooperation movement was withdrawn in 1922 because

  1. the people turned hostile towards it

  2. of the Chauri-Chaura incident

  3. it could not be sustained

  4. the goal was attained


Correct Option: B

The Indian National Congress declared complete independence as its goal in its session at

  1. Lahore in 1923

  2. Lahore in 1929

  3. Calcutta in 1928

  4. Madras in 1927


Correct Option: B

Which of the following pairs of organisation and programme is not correctly matched?

  1. Brahmo Samaj-Womens education

  2. Ramkrishna Mission-Abolition of child marriage

  3. Parmahansa Mandali-Fighting untouchability

  4. Arya Samaj-Shuddhi Movement


Correct Option: B

Name the area that was not a bone of contention between the Bahmanis and the Vijayanagara rulers.

  1. Kaveri delta

  2. Konkani

  3. Tungabhadra dam

  4. Krishna delta


Correct Option: A

In which language did Babur write his memoirs, called Tuzuk-I Baburi?

  1. Persian

  2. Turkish

  3. Arabic

  4. Urdu


Correct Option: B
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