Q. Prithvi Raj Chauhan was defeated in the Second Battle of
Tarain by

  • (A) Mahmud Ghazni
  • (B) Muhammad Ghori
  • (C) Qutubuddin Aibak
  • (D) Yalduz
πŸ“ Notes
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) Muhammad Ghori

Q. The original name of Nana Phadnavis was

  • (A) Mahadaji Sindhiya
  • (B) Tukoji Holkar
  • (C) Narayan Rao
  • (D) Balaji Janardan Bhanu
πŸ“ Notes
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) Balaji Janardan Bhanu

Q. The founder of the Lodi Dynasty was

  • (A) Bahlol Lodi
  • (B) Sikandar Lodi
  • (C) Jalal Khan Lodi
  • (D) Ibrahim Lodi
πŸ“ Notes
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) Bahlol Lodi

Q. Which one of the following statements is not true in respect of A.O. Hume?

  • (A) He founded the Indian National Congress.
  • (B) He presided over the Congress Annual Sessions twice.
  • (C) He was an ornithologist.
  • (D) He was a member of the Indian Civil Service.
πŸ“ Notes
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) He presided over the Congress Annual Sessions twice.

Q. Who built the Kailasanatha Temple at Ellora?

  • (A) Rajendra I
  • (B) Mahendra Varman I
  • (C) Krishna I
  • (D) Govinda I
πŸ“ Notes
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Krishna I

Q. The unification of Karnataka was achieved in the year

  • (A) 1956
  • (B) 1957
  • (C) 1960
  • (D) 1958
πŸ“ Notes
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) 1956

Q. The Vedic literature was composed between

  • (A) 3500 B.C. and 1000 B.C.
  • (B) 2500 B.C. and 500 B.C.
  • (C) 3000 B.C. and 1000 B.C.
  • (D) 3500 B.C. and 2500 B.C.
πŸ“ Notes
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) 2500 B.C. and 500 B.C.

Q. Mahatma Gandhi was profoundly influenced by the writings of

  • (A) Bernard Shaw
  • (B) Karl Marx
  • (C) Lenin
  • (D) Leo Tolstoy
πŸ“ Notes
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) Leo Tolstoy

Q. The monk who influenced Ashoka to embrace Buddhism was

  • (A) Vishnu Gupta
  • (B) Upa Gupta
  • (C) Brahma Gupta
  • (D) Brihadratha
πŸ“ Notes
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) Upa Gupta
Explanation: Upagupta (c. 3rd Century BC) was a Buddhist monk. According to some stories in the Sanskrit text Ashokavadana, he was the spiritual teacher of the Mauryan emperor Ashoka.

Q. Who among the following was an illiterate ?

  • (A) Jahangir
  • (B) Shah Jahan
  • (C) Akbar
  • (D) Aurangzeb
πŸ“ Notes
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Akbar

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