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| 451. |
The "Red Shirts" movement was led by? |
| A. | Maulana Azad |
| B. | Mohammed Ali |
| C. | Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan |
| D. | Asfaqulla Khan |
| Answer» D. Asfaqulla Khan | |
| 452. |
The Razmnama is a Persian translation of the _____________. |
| A. | Mahabharata |
| B. | Ramayana |
| C. | Vedas |
| D. | Upanishads |
| Answer» B. Ramayana | |
| 453. |
The Red Fort (Delhi) was built by ______. |
| A. | Babur |
| B. | British |
| C. | Shah Jahan |
| D. | Aurangzeb |
| Answer» D. Aurangzeb | |
| 454. |
The Red fort in Delhi was the residence of emperors of which dynasty in the 16th century? |
| A. | Rajput |
| B. | Khalji |
| C. | Tughluq |
| D. | Mughal |
| Answer» E. | |
| 455. |
The Principal purpose of Akbar in following the Strategy of befriending Rajputs and seeking their cooperation was to |
| A. | Secure matrimonial alliances |
| B. | Strengthen the foundations of Mughal Empire in India |
| C. | Wipe out Afghan power from the land |
| D. | Check the inflow of foreign invaders of india |
| Answer» C. Wipe out Afghan power from the land | |
| 456. |
The public screening of India's first feature film 'Raja Harishchandra' was done on ....._x005F_x000D_ |
| A. | 4872 |
| B. | 6654 |
| C. | 16 July 1818 |
| D. | 7408 |
| Answer» B. 6654 | |
| 457. |
The 'Quit India' movement was launched by Mahatma Gandhi in the year |
| A. | 1941 |
| B. | 1942 |
| C. | 1945 |
| D. | 1946 |
| Answer» C. 1945 | |
| 458. |
The queen with the title Didda ruled over which part of India between 980 - 1003? |
| A. | Avadh |
| B. | Kashmir |
| C. | Sindh |
| D. | Bengal |
| Answer» C. Sindh | |
| 459. |
The Pitt's India Act empowered the Governor - General with |
| A. | Power of vote |
| B. | A casting vote |
| C. | The power to dismiss the council |
| D. | The power to add more members to the council |
| Answer» C. The power to dismiss the council | |
| 460. |
The pioneer of Communism in India was |
| A. | M.N.Roy |
| B. | Nalin Gupta |
| C. | M.R.Jayakar |
| D. | S.A.Dange |
| Answer» B. Nalin Gupta | |
| 461. |
The Phrase the ' Light of Asia' is applied to |
| A. | Alexander |
| B. | Chandragupta Maurya |
| C. | Mahavira |
| D. | The Buddha |
| Answer» E. | |
| 462. |
The philosophy  propounded in the Upanishads is known as |
| A. | Advaita |
| B. | Vedanta |
| C. | Yoga |
| D. | Samkhya |
| Answer» C. Yoga | |
| 463. |
The philosopphical essence, "The world is but God manifest and God is my own soul" may be traced to the |
| A. | Vedas |
| B. | Upanishads |
| C. | Puranas |
| D. | Manusmriti |
| Answer» C. Puranas | |
| 464. |
The Peshwa's Secretariat at Pune (poona), the pivot of the Maratha government was known as |
| A. | Huzur Daftar |
| B. | EI Beriz Daftar |
| C. | Chalte Dafter |
| D. | Peshwa Dafter |
| Answer» B. EI Beriz Daftar | |
| 465. |
The people of the Indus Valley Civilisation worshipped ___ |
| A. | Hanuman |
| B. | Kali |
| C. | Ayyappa |
| D. | Pashupati |
| Answer» E. | |
| 466. |
The people of the Indus valley civilisation worshipped ____________________. |
| A. | Vishnu |
| B. | Pashupati |
| C. | Indra |
| D. | Brahma |
| Answer» C. Indra | |
| 467. |
The Peacock Throne was a famous jewelled throne that was the seat of the ________ emperors of India. |
| A. | Maurya |
| B. | Gupta |
| C. | Mughal |
| D. | Maratha |
| Answer» D. Maratha | |
| 468. |
The partition of india in 1947 was mainly due to |
| A. | religious lines |
| B. | land disputes |
| C. | administration |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» B. land disputes | |
| 469. |
The Patkai hills belong to which mountain ranges? |
| A. | Himachal |
| B. | Hindu Kush |
| C. | Purvanchal |
| D. | Himgiri |
| Answer» D. Himgiri | |
| 470. |
The Peacock Throne was a famous jeweled throne that was the seat of the ________ emperors of India. |
| A. | Mughal |
| B. | Maurya |
| C. | Gupta |
| D. | Maratha |
| Answer» B. Maurya | |
| 471. |
The panchatantra was written during the |
| A. | Maurya period |
| B. | Gupta period |
| C. | Sultanate period |
| D. | Kushana period |
| Answer» C. Sultanate period | |
| 472. |
The only session of Indian National Congress which was presided by Mahatma Gandhi was held at |
| A. | Karachi |
| B. | Belgaum |
| C. | Mirzapur |
| D. | Allahabad |
| Answer» C. Mirzapur | |
| 473. |
The Panchatantra fables are thought to be composed by |
| A. | Mullah Nasruddin |
| B. | Vishnu Sharma |
| C. | King Sudharshan |
| D. | Tenali Raman |
| Answer» C. King Sudharshan | |
| 474. |
The Pallava ruler who built the famous kailash temple at Kanchi and the Shore temple at Mahabalipuram was |
| A. | Narsimha varman II |
| B. | Paramesvar varman I |
| C. | Mahendra varman I |
| D. | Narasimha varman I |
| Answer» B. Paramesvar varman I | |
| 475. |
The one most important feature of the Mauryan Administration was |
| A. | wide powers enjoyed by the provicial governors |
| B. | the presence of a ' council of ministers ' |
| C. | the presence of vast, numerous powers of the bureaucracy |
| D. | an extensive network of spy-system |
| Answer» D. an extensive network of spy-system | |
| 476. |
The oldest specimens of poetry in the punjabi language are devotional compositions attributed to |
| A. | Guru Nanak |
| B. | Baba Farid |
| C. | Guru Angad |
| D. | Guru Tegh Bahadur |
| Answer» C. Guru Angad | |
| 477. |
The only known ruler in the history of india to have fixed the prices of different commodities, rigidly enforced quality control and ensured easy availability of essential commodities was |
| A. | lltutmish |
| B. | Alauddin Khalji |
| C. | Raziya |
| D. | Gayasuddin Tughluq |
| Answer» C. Raziya | |
| 478. |
The official language of the Delhi Sultanate was? |
| A. | Urdu |
| B. | Arabic |
| C. | Persian |
| D. | Hindi |
| Answer» D. Hindi | |
| 479. |
The Non Co-operation Movement started in which year? |
| A. | 1900 |
| B. | 1920 |
| C. | 1940 |
| D. | 1935 |
| Answer» C. 1940 | |
| 480. |
The new agricultural strategy in india was introduced in |
| A. | 1956 |
| B. | 1966 |
| C. | 1976 |
| D. | 1986 |
| Answer» C. 1976 | |
| 481. |
The Ryotwari experiment in land revenue was started by |
| A. | Henry Dundas |
| B. | Alexander Reed |
| C. | David Ricardo |
| D. | Mountstuart Elphinstone |
| Answer» C. David Ricardo | |
| 482. |
The 'noble tradition' was related to which of the following the dynasties?_x005F_x000D_ |
| A. | Pal |
| B. | Pratihara |
| C. | Rashtrakuta |
| D. | Sen |
| Answer» E. | |
| 483. |
The nimbus formed a special feature of Mughal portraiture under |
| A. | Shah Jahan |
| B. | Aurangzeb |
| C. | Jahangir |
| D. | Akbar |
| Answer» D. Akbar | |
| 484. |
The National song of India, Vande Mataram was composed in ____ language. |
| A. | Pali |
| B. | Urdu |
| C. | Bengali |
| D. | Sanskrit |
| Answer» E. | |
| 485. |
The Mumbai Stock Exchange was set up in ____________. |
| A. | 1880 |
| B. | 1930 |
| C. | 1847 |
| D. | 1875 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 486. |
The Mughals ruled India for one and half centuries effectively and gave Political unity to the country. In which of the following fields could they not succeed fully? |
| A. | An efficient system of administration |
| B. | Political stability |
| C. | Development of trade and industry |
| D. | Establishment of a common culture and unification of all communities to become a homogeneous nation |
| Answer» E. | |
| 487. |
The most important official post with vast responsibilities created by Ashoka was |
| A. | Rajuka |
| B. | Yukta |
| C. | Dharamamahamatya |
| D. | Prativedaka |
| Answer» D. Prativedaka | |
| 488. |
The most important cause for the outbreak of the Ghaddar revolution was the |
| A. | Commencement of World War I |
| B. | Hanging of Kartar Singh Sarabha |
| C. | Kamagato Maru Incident |
| D. | Arrest of Lala Hardayal |
| Answer» D. Arrest of Lala Hardayal | |
| 489. |
The Mughal empire was founded by |
| A. | Babur |
| B. | Humayun |
| C. | Akbar |
| D. | Shah Jahan |
| Answer» B. Humayun | |
| 490. |
The Manu Smirit Mainly deals with |
| A. | Social order Laws |
| B. | laws |
| C. | Economics |
| D. | State craft |
| Answer» C. Economics | |
| 491. |
The medieval Indian Muslim poet, historian and musician who called himself a parrot of India was |
| A. | Mulla Daud |
| B. | Malik Muhammad Jayasi |
| C. | Tansen |
| D. | Amir Khusrau |
| Answer» E. | |
| 492. |
The Mansabdari system introduced by Akbar was borrowed from the system prevalent in |
| A. | Persia |
| B. | Mongolia |
| C. | Afghanistan |
| D. | Turkey |
| Answer» C. Afghanistan | |
| 493. |
The main goal for farmers in 1900 was to |
| A. | Force the railroads to lower freight rates |
| B. | Enable them to pay back their loans more easily |
| C. | Hold on to political and economic power. |
| D. | voters greater direct participation in government |
| Answer» D. voters greater direct participation in government | |
| 494. |
The Mongols under ___________ invaded Transoxiana in north-east Iran in 1219. |
| A. | Timur Lang |
| B. | Nadir Shah |
| C. | Ahmed Shah Abdali |
| D. | Genghis Khan |
| Answer» E. | |
| 495. |
The lotus temple in Delhi is a house of worship of which of the following religions ? |
| A. | Buddhism |
| B. | Baha'i Religion |
| C. | Zoroastrian |
| D. | Islam |
| Answer» C. Zoroastrian | |
| 496. |
The Lumbini was the birth place of Buddha is attested by an inscription of |
| A. | Ashoka |
| B. | Pushyamitra Sung |
| C. | Kanishka |
| D. | Harsha |
| Answer» B. Pushyamitra Sung | |
| 497. |
The ‘four great needs’ of the people as identified by the Guomindang were |
| A. | clothing food, housing and transportation |
| B. | education food, housing and health care |
| C. | food, housing, education and employment_x005F_x000D_ |
| D. | employment housing, education and health care |
| Answer» B. education food, housing and health care | |
| 498. |
The literal meaning of the word Arya is |
| A. | Superior |
| B. | Learned |
| C. | Priest |
| D. | Warrior |
| Answer» B. Learned | |
| 499. |
The Limitation Law, which passed by the British in 1859, addressed which one of the following issues? |
| A. | Loan bonds would not have any legal validity |
| B. | Loan bonds signed between money lender and Ryots would have validity only for three years |
| C. | Loan bonds could not be executed by money lenders |
| D. | Loan bonds would have validity for ten years |
| Answer» C. Loan bonds could not be executed by money lenders | |
| 500. |
The local name Mohenjodara is |
| A. | Mound of the Living |
| B. | Mound of the Great |
| C. | Mound of the dead |
| D. | Mound of the survivor |
| Answer» D. Mound of the survivor | |