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1 pointsThe Battle of Plassey was fought in
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1 pointsThe territory of Porus who offered strong resistance to Alexander was situated between the rivers of
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1 pointsUnder Akbar, the Mir Bakshi was required to look after
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1 pointsTripitakas are sacred books of
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1 pointsThe trident-shaped symbol of Buddhism does not represent
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1 pointsThe theory of economic drain of India during British imperialism was propounded by
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1 pointsThe treaty of Srirangapatna was signed between Tipu Sultan and
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1 pointsThe system of competitive examination for civil service was accepted in principle in the year
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1 pointsThrough which one of the following, the king exercised his control over villages in the Vijayanagar Empire?
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1 pointsThe Vijayanagara ruler, Kirshnadev Raya’s work Amuktamalyada, was in
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1 pointsUnder an agreement with which of the following countries did Subhas Chandra Bose organize the Indian soldiers, taken as prisoners by the Axis Powers, into the Azad Hind Fauj?
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1 pointsWe hear of two envoys being sent to the Roman kings, one in 27-28 AD to the court of Augustus and the other in 110-20 AD to the court of
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1 pointsThe use of Kharoshti in ancient Indian architecture is the result of India’s contact with
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1 pointsVaikhanasa the five-fold conception of Vishnu consists of
brahman purusha prakriti satya achyuta aniruddha
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1 pointsThe troops raised by the emperor but not paid directly the state and place under the charge of mansabadars were know as
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1 pointsThe treaty of Mangalore was signed between
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1 pointsTo conquer and annex Peshawar and Punjab, Mahmud of Ghazni defeated
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1 pointsTo which professions earlier leaders who struggled for freedom of India mainly belonged?
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1 pointsThe victories of Karikala are well portrayed in
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1 pointsTodar Mal was associated with
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1 pointsThe title of ‘Viceroy’ was added to the office of the Governor-General of India for the first time in
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1 pointsTo which of the following dynasties did King Bhoja, a great patron of literature and art, belong?
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1 pointsVikramaditya, a king of Ujjain, started the Vikrama samvat in 58 BC in commemoration of his victory over
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1 pointsTwo of the great Mughals wrote their own memories. There were
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1 pointsTo which king belongs the Lion capitol at Sarnath?
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1 pointsThe use of spinning wheel (Charkha) became common during the
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1 pointsThe language of discourses of Gautama Buddha was
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1 pointsThere were widespread risings against the British in the 1820s. Which one of the following did not revolt in the 1820s?
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1 pointsVelu Thampi led a revolt against the British in state of
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1 pointsUnder 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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1 pointsThree major powers that emerged in southern India in the 7th century AD were
Cheras Cholas Chalukyas Pallavas Pandyas
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1 pointsThe term ‘Yavanapriya’ mentioned in ancient Sanskrit texts denoted
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1 pointsThe Timariots Governors and the Revenue Contractors, on their part reason in this manner: “Why should the neglected state of this land create uneasiness in our minds and why should we expend our money and time to render it fruitful? We may be deprived of it in a single moment, and our exertions would benefit neither ourselves nor our children.” This statement was made by
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1 pointsThe ultimate ownership of land during the post-Gupta period lay with
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1 pointsTo which of the republic of Buddha belong?
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1 pointsThere was a sharp class division at Harappa and Mohen-jodaro. This is clear from the
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1 pointsThe title given by the British Government to Mahatma Gandhi which he surrendered during the non-cooperation movement was
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1 pointsTipu sultan was the ruler of
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1 pointsThe term yavanika meant
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1 pointsThe term Khalisa in Mughal administration signified the
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1 pointsVisakhadatta sketches the event after the death of Samudragupta in his work
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1 pointsThe system of Dual Government during the latter half of the 18th century AD is associated with the name of
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1 pointsThe Vedas contain all the truth was interpreted by
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1 pointsThe term samanta, meaning a feudatory from the sixth century AD, originally meant a
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1 pointsTo evolve a peaceful settlement of the conflict between India and China, which of the following non-aligned Afro-Asian nations participated in a conference held in December 1962?
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1 pointsThe 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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1 pointsTulsidas, the author of Ramcharitmanas, was a contemporary of which of the following rulers?
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1 pointsTo meet the educational needs of the people, the Madarasa-I Nasiri was built in the region of
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1 pointsThe weekly Commonweal was founded by
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1 pointsUstad Mansur was a famous painter in the region of
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1 pointsThe Vedic deity Indra was the Goddess of
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1 pointsTolkappiyam is associated with the
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1 pointsPulakesin II was the most famous ruler of
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1 pointsThe term Brahmadeya occurs for the first time in
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1 pointsUnder whose leadership was the all India Muslim League set up?
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1 pointsThough Ashoka had many sons, the inscriptions mentioned only one who is not mentioned in any other source. He is
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1 pointsWe can know about early vedic period from
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1 pointsThe Upanishads are
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1 pointsUniversities in the Presidency towns in India were established in
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1 pointsThe Vijayanagara king who employed skilled archers of the Turkish clan and raised the fighting capacity of his bowmen was
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1 pointsUnder the Guptas in eastern India, there was probably an intermediate level of administration between vishayas (districts) and villages. Identify it.
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1 pointsThe two principles monuments of Alaud-din Khilji’s reign – the Jama at Kana Masjid and Alai Darwaza – were constructed at
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1 pointsThe term Nirgrantha is associated with
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1 pointsThe Kalinga was fought in
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1 pointsUnder the Government of India, Provincial Legislatures consisted of two chambers, except in the case of
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1 pointsThe Venetian traveler who travelled with his wife and reached Vijayanagar around 1420 was
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1 pointsThe year 788 AD was a good one for Hinduism. Why?
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1 pointsThe Uprising of 1857 was described as the first Indian war of Independence by
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1 pointsThe twenty-third Jaina teacher, Parsva, the immediate predecessor of Mahavira enjoined on his disciples four great vows. To these Mahavira addes which of the followings as the fifth vow?
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1 pointsThe Turko-Afghan rule in India lasted for about
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1 pointsMirza Muhammad Siraj-ud-Daulah was the Nawab of which state ?
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1 pointsWho is known as Netaji ?
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1 pointsThe Third Battle of Panipat took place between
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1 pointsThree major powers that emerged in southern India in the 7th century AD were given below. Eliminate the wrong one.
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1 pointsAshoka was the Indian emperor of which Dynasty ?
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1 pointsThe first wave of Aryan immigration into India began in
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1 pointsAryans lived in
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1 pointsTaj Mahal is on the banks of
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1 pointsPanipat is modern
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1 pointsIndian Napoleon was
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