Who, among the following sons of Emperor Jahangir, was married to the daughter of Nur Jahan (by Sher Afghan)?
Khurram
Khusrau
Parwez
Shahryar
Muhammad bin Tughlaq advanced loans to the peasants in the Ganga-Yamuna doab. What happened to these loans?
Muhammad bin Tughlaq strictly and forcibly recovered the loans.
Muhammad bin Tughlaq wrote off the loans
Firuz who succeeded Muhammad bin Tughlaq wrote off the loans
Firuz Tughlaq recovered these loans ruthlessely
Mohenjodaro means the ‘mound of the dead’. Which other Harappan site’s name gives the same meaning?
Harappa
Kalibangan
Amri
Lothal
Monopoly of the East India Company to trade with China was abolished by the Charter Act of
1793
1813
1833
1853
Montague Chelmsford Reforms intended to
Bring Indians nearer to the government
Create a self- governing government
Introduce the system of diarchy
Stop Indians from getting higher education
Most authorities reject the right of women to inherit. Which of the following authorities lays down a priority of inheritance which places the wife, followed by the daughters, immediately after the sons?
Brihaspati
Yajnavalkya
Manu
Narada
Most of the buildings of Fatehpur Sikri are built with
Red stone
Marble
Brick
Lime stone
Most of the Gupta sovereigns professed________
Vaishnavism
Buddhism
Jainism
Shaivism
Most of the political leaders who struggled for freedom in earlier years were not rich and had to maintain themselves on their own earnings, which were often meager. Which of the following leaders do not belong to this category?
Surendra Nath Banerjee
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Tilak
Dadabhai Naoroji
Nadir Shah’s invasion of India took place during the reign of
Jahan Shah
Farrukhsiyar
Muhammad Shah
Alamgir II
Nagarasresthi and Sarthavaha are referred to in the context of urban administration in inscription of the Gupta period from
Madhyadesa
Pundravardhana
Avanti
Saurashtra
Nagaravyoharika-Mahamattas of Ashokan edicts were
Judicial officials
Revenue officials
Census officials
Military officials
Nalanda University was associated with
Ashoka
Chandraguppta Vikramaditya
Harshavardhana
Kanishka
Name the district whose zamindari rights were cede to the East India Company by Mir Jafar
24-Paraganas
Burdwan
Chittagong
Mushirabad
Name the Mughal Emperor of India who was more an adventure than a ruler?
Babar
Humayun
Akbar
Aurangzeb
Navanitakam of the Gupta period was a book on
Astronomy
Mathematics
Medicine
Metallurgy
Nayanars of south India were also known as
Adiyars
Saktas
Aghoris
Kanphatas
Neolithic sites of Giak and Kiari are in
Nagaland
Almora
Orissa
Ladakh
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose organized Indian National Army at
Singapore
Djakarta
Hong Kong
Rangoon
No written records about which of the following contemporary ancient civilizations have so far come to light?
Assyrian
Babylonian
Egyptian
Indus Valley