The system of competitive examination for civil service was accepted in principle in the year ?
A. 1833
B. 1853
C. 1858
D. 1882
Ans: Option B
The Battle of Plassey was fought in ?
A. 1757
B. 1782
C. 1748
D. 1764
Ans: Option A
The Venetian traveler who travelled with his wife and reached Vijayanagar around 1420 was ?
A. Athanasius Nikitin
B. Nicolo de Conti
C. Ibn Batuta
D. Ferishta
Ans: Option B
The Turko-Afghan rule in India lasted for about ?
A. two centuries
B. three centuries
C. four centuries
D. a little over one century
Ans: Option B
The Uprising of 1857 was described as the first Indian war of Independence by ?
A. S.N. Sen
B. R.C. Mazumdar
C. B.G. Tilak
D. V.D. Savakar
Ans: Option D
The trident-shaped symbol of Buddhism does not represent ?
A. Nirvana
B. Sangha
C. Buddha
D. Dhamma
Ans: Option A
The treaty of Srirangapatna was signed between Tipu Sultan and ?
A. Robert Clive
B. Cornwallis
C. Dalhousie
D. Warren Hastings
Ans: Option B
Under Akbar, the Mir Bakshi was required to look after ?
A. military affairs
B. the state treasury
C. the royal household
D. the land revenue system
Ans: Option A
The year 788 AD was a good one for Hinduism. Why?
A. Shankracharya was born that year.
B. Harsha Vardhana, the last Buddhist king, died.
C. Samudragupta converted to Hinduism.
D. All Muslim invaders were defeated.
Ans: Option A
The Vijayanagara ruler, Kirshnadev Raya’s work Amuktamalyada, was in ?
A. Telugu
B. Sanskrit
C. Tamil
D. Kannada
Ans: Option A
Through which one of the following, the king exercised his control over villages in the Vijayanagar Empire?
A. Dannayaka
B. Sumanta
C. Nayaka
D. Mahanayakacharya
Ans: Option D
The theory of economic drain of India during British imperialism was propounded by ?
A. Jawaharlal Nehru
B. Dadabhai Naoroji
C. R.C. Dutt
D. M.K. Gandhi
Ans: Option B
The twenty-third Jaina teacher, Parsva, the immediate predecessor of Mahavira enjoined on his disciples four great vows. To these Mahavira addes which of the followings as the fifth vow?
A. Abstention from stealing
B. Non-injury
C. Brahmacharya or continence
D. Non-attachment
Ans: Option C
The territory of Porus who offered strong resistance to Alexander was situated between the rivers of ?
A. Sutlej and Beas
B. Jhelum and Chenab
C. Ravi and Chenab
D. Ganga and Yamuna
Ans: Option B
Tripitakas are sacred books of ?
A. Buddhists
B. Hindus
C. Jains
D. None of the above
Ans: Option A
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