Mahmud Gawan was the Prime Minister of
Mahmud Shah III
Mahmud Shah II
Muiahid Shah
Alauddin Bahman Shah
Mahmud Ghazni, after defeating the Indian king Jayapala, proceeded to Gujarat where he destroyed the Somnath Temple. What was the year?
AD 930
AD 780
AD 1025
AD 810
Mahmud of Ghazni invaded India 17 times. What was the nature of his invasions in reality?
Mahmud’s invasions were mere raids to loot and plunder to utilize Indian resources for expanding his expire in Central Asia
He aimed at the permanent conquest of India
He invaded India as a missionary to propogate Islam
None of the above is correct
Majority of the Indus terracotta figurines were
Hand-modeled
Made in single moulds
Cut with a saw
Sculptured with a chisel
Malik Chajju revolted in the reign of
Balban
Ala-ud-din Khilji
Jalal-ud-din Khilji
Iltumish
The characteristic red sandstone with beige spots was the medium of
The Mathura Sculptres
The Sanchi sculptures
The Pala-Sena sculptures
The Gandhara Sculptures
Men in some areas of India lived in underground pits is suggested by excavation in
Bihar
Kashmir
Karnataka
Rajasthan
Man passed from food gathering stage to the food producing stage in the
Paleolithic age
Neolithic age
Chalcolithic age
Mesolithic age
Manmaul Bahrain, written by Dara shikoh is a translation of the
Reg Veda
Smritis
Upanishads
Mahabharata
Mark the correct statement about discovery of zero?
It is discovered by and Indian living in Arabia
It was discovered by Arabs
It was discovered by Indians
It was discovered by Greeks
Mathura, according to patanjali, was famous for which ne of the following special varieties of textiles?
Chintz
Dukula
Sataka
Kshauma
Medical encyclopedias and pharmacopoeias were composed in ancient India, the most famous being that of Charaka, who was a contemporary of
Chandragupta Maurya
Ashoka
Kainshka
Samundragupta
Megasthenes was succeeded as ambassador to the Mauryan court by________
Hegesander
Deimachos
Athenaeus
Nearchus
Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq had a scheme to extend and improve cultivation in the Ganga-yamuna doab. Which one of the following is incorrect about it?
A Seprate department called diwan-i-amir-i-kothi was set up for the purpose
The area was divided into development blocks each headed by an officials, and loans were advance
The loans were recovered after the failure of the shceme
The scheme failed because the men chosen for the purpose proved dishonest
Who, among the following Generals or Commanders, carried out a coup d’etat against Jahangir in 1626?
Asaf Khan
Malik Ambar
Mahabat Khan
None of the above
Who, among the following Muslim rulers, imposed all sorts of disabilities including use of force on Hindus with a view to converting Indian into a Muslim country?
Shahjahan
Sher Shah Suri
Aurangzeb
None of the above
Who among the following Muslim rulers, was venerated by Muslims as a Zinda Pir or living saint?
Ghiasu-ud-din (Ghazi Malik) Tughlaq Shah I
Sher Shah Suri
Haji Shamsuddin Ilyas
Muin-ud-din Muhammad Aurangzeb
Who, among the following Muslim scholars of Akbar’s court translated Atharva Veda into Persian?
Abdul Qadir Badauni
Haji ibrahim Sarhindi
Nawub Khan
Sheikh Sultan of Thaneshwar
Who, among the following rulers, established the capital city of Gujarat, Ahmadabad?
Ahmad Shah I
Qutubuddin Ahmed Shah II
Mahmud I, Begarha
Muzaffar Shah II
Who, among the following scholars, described the invasions of Mahmud Ghaznavi on India as jihad’s (holy wars)?
Henry Elliot
Jafar
Al Beruni
Utbi