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Vikramaditya, a king of Ujjain, started the Vikrama samvat in 58 BC in commemoration of his victory over
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A. Indo-Greeks
B. Sakas
C. Parthinas
D. Kushanas
Correct Answer
Sakas
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1. The term
samanta
, meaning a feudatory from the sixth century AD, originally meant a
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A. slave
B. cultivator
C. neighbor
D. foreigner
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Correct Answer: neighbor
2. The year 788 AD was a good one for Hinduism. Why?
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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.
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Correct Answer: Shankracharya was born that year.
3. Under the Mountbatten Plan of 1947 the people of ___ were given the right to decide through a plebiscite whether they wished to join Pakistan or India.
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A. Assam
B. Punjab
C. Bengal
D. N.W.F.P and the Sylhet district of Assam
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Correct Answer: N.W.F.P and the Sylhet district of Assam
4. Tulsidas, the author of
Ramcharitmanas
, was a contemporary of which of the following rulers?
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A. Akbar
B. Humayun
C. Shahjahan
D. Sher Shah Suri
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Correct Answer: Akbar
5. The term Khalisa in Mughal administration signified the
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A. entire Imperial establishment
B. land owned b the emperor himself
C. religious land grants
D. land from where revenue was collected for the Imperial Treasury
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Correct Answer: land owned b the emperor himself
6. The text of the document called
Mahzar
, by which Akbar assumed the role of supreme arbiter in the matters of religion is found in
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A. Nizamuddin's
Tabaqat-I-Akbari
B. Arif Quandahari's
Tarikh-I-Alfi
C. Abul Fazl's
Akbarnama
D. Badauni's
Muntakahab-ut-Tawarikh
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Correct Answer: Abul Fazl's
Akbarnama
7. The term 'Yavanapriya' mentioned in ancient Sanskrit texts denoted
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A. ivory
B. pepper
C. a fine variety of Indian muslin
D. damsels sent to the Greek court for dance performance
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Correct Answer: pepper
8. Under whose leadership was the all India Muslim League set up?
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A. Mohammed Ali Jinnah
B. Sayyid Ahmed Khan
C. Aga Khan
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
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Correct Answer: Aga Khan
9. The language of discourses of Gautama Buddha was
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A. Bhojpuri
B. Magadhi
C. Pali
D. Sanskrit
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Correct Answer: Pali
10. Through which one of the following, the king exercised his control over villages in the Vijayanagar Empire?
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A. Dannayaka
B. Sumanta
C. Nayaka
D. Mahanayakacharya
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Correct Answer: Mahanayakacharya
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