Q. 1 At which of the following places is the College of Defence Management located ?
A) Secunderabad
B) Pune
C) Dehradun
D) Chennai
✔ Secunderabad
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Q. 2 Which of the following is NOT a representative of a Buddhist Art?
A) Vihara
B) Relic Towers
C) Chaitya
D) Stupa
✔ Relic Towers
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Q. 3 When was the Battle of Marathon occurred ?
A) 493 B.C
B) 490 B.C
C) 429 B.C
D) 469 B.C
✔ 490 B.C
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Q. 4 Which of the following is the single most important source of the history of Ashoka?
A) Buddhist works Divyavadana and Ashokavadana
B) Sri Lankan chronicles_ Dipavamsa and Mahavamsa
C) Archaeological Sources and the Puranas
D) Inscriptions of Ashoka
✔ Inscriptions of Ashoka
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Q. 5 Who was the first Musilm invader to enter India?
A) Mohammed - bin - Qasim
B) Mohammed Ghauri
C) Qutab-ud-din Aibak
D) Mohammed Ghazni
✔ Mohammed - bin - Qasim
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Q. 6 Who played an important rule in bringing all the States in the Independent India into the country's unity
A) Hume
B) Sardar Patel
C) Dr Rajendra Prasad
D) Subhas Chandra Bose
✔ Sardar Patel
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Q. 7 Who gave the slogan Bharat Chhodo during the Quit India movement?
A) Yusuf Meher Ali
B) Gandhi
C) Aruna Asif Ali
D) Nehru
✔ Gandhi
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Q. 8 Numismatics is the study of
A) Coins
B) Numbers
C) None
D) Stamps
✔ Coins
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Q. 9 During Mughal period there was continuous emigration of the .........to places ruled by Hindu Rajas
A) Poor
B) Nobles
C) Foreign residents
D) Middle Class
✔ Poor
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Q. 10 Who among the following was the religious guru of Shivaji?
A) Tukaram
B) Ram Das
C) Eknath
D) Jnaneshwar
✔ Ram Das
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Q. 11 Who gave the Slogan Inquilab Zindabadh ?
A) Nehru
B) M.K.Gandhi
C) Bal Gangadhar Thilak
D) Iqbal
✔ Iqbal
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Q. 12 Harsha was the last great royal parton of
A) Buddhism
B) Jainism
C) Bhagavatism
D) Shaivism
✔ Buddhism
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Q. 13 A Copper Chariot of Harappa times was discovered at
A) Rakhigarhi
B) Kuntal
C) Banawali
D) Daimabad
✔ Daimabad
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Q. 14 Which one of the following dynasties was ruling over North India at the time of Alexander's invasion
A) Maurya
B) Nanda
C) Kanva
D) Sunga
✔ Nanda
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Q. 15 Which one of the following four vedas contains an account of magical charms and spells
A) Samaveda
B) Rigaveda
C) Atharvaveda
D) Yajurveda
✔ Atharvaveda
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Q. 16 Who of the following was a contemporary of Gautama Buddha?
A) Chandragupta Maurya
B) Bhadrabahu
C) Vardhaman Mahavira
D) Parsvanath
✔ Vardhaman Mahavira
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Q. 17 By virtue of which Act, Diarchy was introduced in India
A) Government of India Act, 1919
B) Indian Council Act, 1909
C) indian Independence Act, 1947
D) Government of India Act, 1935
✔ Government of India Act, 1919
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Q. 18 Which State is called the ' Cradle of Buddhism '?
A) Bihar
B) Sikkim
C) Madhya Pradesh
D) Uttar Pradesh
✔ Bihar
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Q. 19 The first newspaper published in India in 1780 was
A) The Calcutta Chronicle
B) The Bengal Gazette or Calcutta General Advertiser
C) The Bombay Herald
D) The Madras Courier
✔ The Bengal Gazette or Calcutta General Advertiser
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Q. 20 The paintings in the Ajanta and Ellora caves are indicative of the development of art under the -
A) Chalukyas
B) Pallavas
C) Rashtrakutas
D) Pandyas
✔ Chalukyas
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