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| 22301. |
Kandi hill is famous for? |
| A. | for tea production |
| B. | for coffee production |
| C. | for banana production |
| D. | for cocoa production |
| Answer» B. for coffee production | |
| 22302. |
Which country is called the pearl of the east? |
| A. | Sri Lanka |
| B. | Japan |
| C. | Indonesia |
| D. | Malaysia |
| Answer» B. Japan | |
| 22303. |
Which religion do most of the people of Nepal follow? |
| A. | Hindu |
| B. | Jain |
| C. | enlightenment |
| D. | Christian |
| Answer» B. Jain | |
| 22304. |
Number of hymns and mandalas in Rigveda: |
| A. | 1050 and 15 are called |
| B. | 1028 and 10 are called |
| C. | 1250 and 16 are called |
| D. | 1202 and 12 are called |
| Answer» C. 1250 and 16 are called | |
| 22305. |
Ganga Kovadak Yojana is the famous irrigation scheme of which country? |
| A. | Bangladesh |
| B. | myanmar |
| C. | Nepal |
| D. | Bhutan |
| Answer» B. myanmar | |
| 22306. |
Later on Vedic literature was divided into sutras. these sources? |
| A. | Source Sutras, Griha Sutras and Dharma Sutras are called |
| B. | These are called Griha Sutra, Sri Sukta and Purusha Sukta. |
| C. | Rudra Sutras, Uma Sutras and Bhakti Sutras are called |
| D. | Known as Gyan Sutra, Vairagya Sutra and Surya Sutra |
| Answer» B. These are called Griha Sutra, Sri Sukta and Purusha Sukta. | |
| 22307. |
Tribhuvan Rajpath connects which two countries with each other? |
| A. | Indo-Myanmar |
| B. | India-Bangladesh |
| C. | Indo-China |
| D. | Indo-Nepal |
| Answer» E. | |
| 22308. |
Mina-al-Ahmadi is the largest port of oil export? |
| A. | of Kuwait |
| B. | of Iraq |
| C. | Iranian |
| D. | Qatari |
| Answer» B. of Iraq | |
| 22309. |
In the Vedic period, human life was divided into four parts. These parts were called ashrams. The main of these? |
| A. | was given to the homestead |
| B. | was given to celibacy |
| C. | was given to Vanaprastha Ashram |
| D. | Sannyasa was given to the ashram |
| Answer» C. was given to Vanaprastha Ashram | |
| 22310. |
Who built the Brihadeshwara temple at Tanjore? |
| A. | Raja Raj Chola I |
| B. | Rajendra I |
| C. | Rajendra II |
| D. | late first |
| Answer» B. Rajendra I | |
| 22311. |
In the Rigvedic period, marketing was done through exchange, in which the main place? |
| A. | the horse was |
| B. | belonged to the cow |
| C. | was innocent |
| D. | none of these were |
| Answer» C. was innocent | |
| 22312. |
What was the function ofSannidhatain Maurya period? |
| A. | care of the treasury |
| B. | Army recruitment and maintenance |
| C. | revenue collection |
| D. | religious propaganda |
| Answer» B. Army recruitment and maintenance | |
| 22313. |
In which inscription did Ashoka mention himself? |
| A. | Girnar |
| B. | Maskey |
| C. | Dhauli |
| D. | Jaugarh |
| Answer» C. Dhauli | |
| 22314. |
Which ruler first started the collection of rent on the basis of crop production and measurement of land? |
| A. | Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq |
| B. | Firoz Tughlaq |
| C. | Sher Shah |
| D. | Alauddin Khilji |
| Answer» E. | |
| 22315. |
When the Portuguese came to India at the beginning of the sixteenth century, they had to fight for their maritime monopoly with which of the following? |
| A. | from billions |
| B. | from the English |
| C. | from the french |
| D. | from the dutch |
| Answer» B. from the English | |
| 22316. |
What was the language of the ancient Agama texts of Jainism? |
| A. | Sanskrit |
| B. | shift |
| C. | Prakrit |
| D. | Tamil |
| Answer» D. Tamil | |
| 22317. |
Under which dynasty was Kushinara the place of Nirvana of Gautam Buddha? |
| A. | Shakya |
| B. | Licchavi |
| C. | Malla |
| D. | maurya |
| Answer» D. maurya | |
| 22318. |
Which one of the following temples was not a Gupta period? |
| A. | inner village brick temple |
| B. | Dashavatar Temple of Deogarh |
| C. | bhumra shiva temple |
| D. | Khajuraho's Kandariya Mahadev Temple |
| Answer» E. | |
| 22319. |
Which of the following was not a commodity exported by the British to Europe in the seventeenth century? |
| A. | Spices |
| B. | Tea |
| C. | cotton clothes |
| D. | Indigo |
| Answer» C. cotton clothes | |
| 22320. |
Which one of the following saints does not belong to the Nirguna ideology? |
| A. | Kabirdas |
| B. | Nanak Dev |
| C. | Grandfather |
| D. | Chaitanya |
| Answer» E. | |
| 22321. |
Which of the following are correct with respect to Jainism? |
| A. | During the time of Parshvanath, Jainism got divided into Digambar and Shvetambara sects. |
| B. | There are three gems of Jainism - right knowledge, right character and right faith |
| C. | Jainism has full faith in God |
| D. | Tirthankaras have been given utmost importance in Jainism. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 22322. |
Which of the following dynasties do not belong to the Sangam period? |
| A. | Chera Dynasty |
| B. | Chola dynasty |
| C. | Pandya dynasty |
| D. | Pallava dynasty |
| Answer» E. | |
| 22323. |
Which of the following river is not mentioned in Rigveda? |
| A. | Ganges |
| B. | Yamuna |
| C. | Saraswati |
| D. | ravi |
| Answer» B. Yamuna | |
| 22324. |
Which of the following is not the main reason for the spread of Buddhism? |
| A. | preaching and preaching in the language of the common man |
| B. | Away from rituals and complexity |
| C. | belief in animism |
| D. | caste and class discrimination organization |
| Answer» D. caste and class discrimination organization | |
| 22325. |
At which place did Shivaji surrender to the Mughal army? |
| A. | purandar |
| B. | Jawali |
| C. | pylon |
| D. | soup |
| Answer» B. Jawali | |
| 22326. |
Sufi saint Nizamuddin Auliya belonged to which of the following Sufi sect? |
| A. | suhrawardiya |
| B. | chishti |
| C. | Shantaria |
| D. | nuxbuxi |
| Answer» C. Shantaria | |
| 22327. |
In 1579, Akbar issued an inscription called Mazhar, which of the following were its effects? |
| A. | Akbar came to be regarded as the Prophet |
| B. | Akbar declared chief lecturer of Muslim law |
| C. | Akbar got the right to give final decision in disputed subjects. |
| D. | This established Hindu-Muslim unity. |
| Answer» D. This established Hindu-Muslim unity. | |
| 22328. |
By which name are the Cholas of Thanjavur known as their founder? |
| A. | Aditya I |
| B. | Rajaraja I |
| C. | Victorious |
| D. | Parantak |
| Answer» D. Parantak | |
| 22329. |
The main reason for the strike of cotton mill workers in Bombay in 1908 was: |
| A. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak arrested |
| B. | salary hike demand |
| C. | to reduce working hours |
| D. | misbehavior of managers |
| Answer» B. salary hike demand | |
| 22330. |
Who is the author of Smriti Tika Mitakshara? |
| A. | aparak |
| B. | Meghatithi |
| C. | Vishwaroop |
| D. | Vigyaneshwar |
| Answer» E. | |
| 22331. |
Which of the following was the last event of Shivaji's life? |
| A. | Surat's robbery |
| B. | attack on shaista khan |
| C. | Treaty of Purandar |
| D. | Coronation |
| Answer» E. | |
| 22332. |
During the reign of Alauddin KhiljiSarai-i-Adilwas related to: |
| A. | from the inn established by the sultan |
| B. | from a special court for settlement of financial disputes |
| C. | from the office of the chief qazi of the empire |
| D. | From a solitary market for the sale of goods like cloth, sugar etc. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 22333. |
Which Indian participated in the Second International Communist Convention held in the Soviet Union? |
| A. | VV Giri |
| B. | NS. P. Wadia |
| C. | Shripad Amrit Dage |
| D. | manvendranath rai |
| Answer» E. | |
| 22334. |
Which principle was added by Mahavira to the principles of Jainism? |
| A. | non-violence |
| B. | asteya |
| C. | celibacy |
| D. | aparigraha |
| Answer» D. aparigraha | |
| 22335. |
Which Sultan first spread a network of canals for irrigation in North India? |
| A. | Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq |
| B. | Alauddin Khilji |
| C. | Firoz Tughlaq |
| D. | Muhammad Tughlaq |
| Answer» D. Muhammad Tughlaq | |
| 22336. |
In which of the following period did the practice of land donation intensify? |
| A. | in the Satavahana period |
| B. | in the Gupta period |
| C. | in the growing period |
| D. | in the Maurya period |
| Answer» D. in the Maurya period | |
| 22337. |
Maurya was a Kshatriya, from which text it is mentioned? |
| A. | Buddhist texts |
| B. | Brahmin |
| C. | Jain texts |
| D. | Greek texts |
| Answer» B. Brahmin | |
| 22338. |
Which of the following gods is mentioned in the Besnagar pillar of Heliodorus? |
| A. | Vishnu |
| B. | vasudev |
| C. | Shiv |
| D. | Sun |
| Answer» C. Shiv | |
| 22339. |
What is the birth place of Saint Ramanuja? |
| A. | triputinag |
| B. | Kancheepuram |
| C. | Srirangapatna |
| D. | Varanasi |
| Answer» B. Kancheepuram | |
| 22340. |
Which of the following rulers performed Ashwamedha Yagya twice during his reign? |
| A. | Chandragupta Maurya |
| B. | Samudragupta |
| C. | by Pushyamitra Shung |
| D. | Agnimitra did |
| Answer» D. Agnimitra did | |
| 22341. |
Which western scholar expressed grief over the exodus of gold from Rome to India? |
| A. | Strabo |
| B. | Ariane |
| C. | Pliny |
| D. | Ptolemy |
| Answer» D. Ptolemy | |
| 22342. |
The administrative units called Mandalam, Nadu and Kurram are characteristic of which of the following empires? |
| A. | Chola |
| B. | Cher |
| C. | Satavahana |
| D. | Pallava |
| Answer» B. Cher | |
| 22343. |
The ancient Sangam GranthTolkappiyamis related to:? |
| A. | grammatically |
| B. | by play |
| C. | epically |
| D. | from jataka tale |
| Answer» B. by play | |
| 22344. |
Who among the following was called the religious guru of Chandragupta Maurya? |
| A. | to Vasumitra |
| B. | to Bhadrabahu |
| C. | to Kautilya |
| D. | to Sthulabhadra |
| Answer» C. to Kautilya | |
| 22345. |
In which of the present state was the ancient port named Sopara located? |
| A. | Bengal |
| B. | Gujarat |
| C. | Tamil Nadu |
| D. | Maharashtra |
| Answer» E. | |
| 22346. |
Which of the following Shaivism is the oldest? |
| A. | kalamukh |
| B. | Kapalik |
| C. | Pashupat |
| D. | Veershaiva |
| Answer» D. Veershaiva | |
| 22347. |
The main metal used in the manufacture of hammered coins was |
| A. | bronze |
| B. | Copper |
| C. | Sleep |
| D. | Silver |
| Answer» C. Sleep | |
| 22348. |
The painted gray pottery is related to which period? |
| A. | from Harappan civilization |
| B. | from the Vedic period |
| C. | from the agrarian period |
| D. | from the Mauryan period |
| Answer» C. from the agrarian period | |
| 22349. |
Whose column is yup related to? |
| A. | from victory pillar |
| B. | from the sacrificial pillar |
| C. | from the border column |
| D. | by tax |
| Answer» C. from the border column | |
| 22350. |
Which of the following is not mentioned in the ancient Vedic texts? |
| A. | child marriage |
| B. | widow marriage |
| C. | planning practice |
| D. | Woman Education |
| Answer» B. widow marriage | |