Sunday 25 December 2011


1.What was the type of marriage in the Vedic period in which, in place of the dowry, there was a token bride price of a cow and a bull ?
   Asura Asura
2.In which field of art extraordinary progress was made in the Gupta period?
    Painting
 3.Which one of the following is correctly matched?
    Arya Samaj
4.The correct sequence of the victories of Babur?
    Panipat, Khanwah, Chanderi and Ghaghara
5.The battle at Waihind in 1008-09 AD was fought between 1008-09?
 Mahmud of Ghazni and Anandapala
6.As a prince where was Ashoka sent to suppress the revolt?
   Taxila
7.Foreign travellers who was  first to visit India?
   Ibn Batuta
 8.Even though India became independent in 1947 but Daman and Diu remained a European colony till 1961. . Which country ruled over it ?
   Portugal
9.Which was the only Indus city without a citadel?
   Harappa
10.Which one of the following battles was fought between babar and the Rajputs in 1527?
    The Battle of Khanwa Khanwa

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
11.Sir Thomas Rose visited the court of ?
     Jahangir
12.Where did Aurangzeb die?
   Ahmadnagar
13. How did Hiuen Tsang undertake journey from and to India?
    He came by land route and also returned by land route
14.During whose tenure as the Viceroy of India were the great martyrs Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru hanged?
    Lord Irwin
15.During the Civil Disobedience Movement, who led the ‘Red Shirts’ of North-Western India?
    Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
16.‘Ratti’ used by jewellers is obtained from seed of a – ” Ratti
     Angiospermous plant
17.Among the following who was in chronological order, the last famous ruler of Vijayanagar?
     Krishna Deva Rai
18.The main historical source regarding the information about village government under the Cholas is the
     Uttaramerur inscription
19.During the Indian freedom Struggle, who of the following founded the Parthana Samaj?
     Atmaram Pandurang
20.Which organization had proposed first to constitute the Constitution Assembly to form the Indian Constitution?
     Indian National Congress in 1936



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