The only state of south India which did not accept the sovereignty of Ala-ud-din was
Devagiri
Telingana
Hoysala
Pandya
The originators of the Dravidian style of architecture and sculpture in the south Indian peninsula were the
Cholas
Hoysalas
Pallavas
Pandyas
The original cannon of the Jainas is believed to have consisted of
Six angas
Eight angas
Ten angas
Twelve angas
The original home of the Aryans according to B.G Tilak was
Kashmir
Tibet
Central Asia
Arctic region
/
II and III
I and IV
I,II and III
II,III and IV
The outstanding achievement of Todar Mal was in the field of
Military conquests
Revenue administration
Religious reforms
Art and architecture
The outstanding feature of the reign of Shahjahan was
Conquest of Deccan
All-round prosperity
Administrative reforms
Development of art and architecture
The paintings in the famous Ajanta caves belong to the period
500 BC to 100 BC
100 BC to 30 AD
300 AD to 700 AD
700 AD to 1100 AD
The Pali Buddhist Canon is said to have been reduced to writing in the
3rd century BC
2nd century BC
1st century BC
1st century AD
The Panth Khalsa was founded by
Guru Arjun Dev
Guru Nanak Dev
Guru Gobind Singh
Guru Tegh Bahadur
The partition of Bengal took place during the viceroyalty of
Lord Curzon
Lord Dufferin
Lord Hastings
Lord Lansdowne
The partition Bengal was effected by Lord Curzon in 1905
Solely for the purpose of providing administrative efficiency
Mainly to curb and stifle the growth of national consciousness among the Hindus of Bengal
Both (a) and (b)
Neither of these
Who was the first Indian to use the word Swarajya in 1906?
B.G. Tilak at the Calcutta session of the Congress
Dadabhai Naoroji at the Calcutta session of the congress
Gopal Krishan Gokhale at Mumbai in 1985
Lala Lajpat Rai in the first session of Indian National Congress
Who was the first king to conquer Malwa, Gujarat and Maharashtra?
Samudragupta
Skandagupta
Chandragupta Maurya
Harshavardhana
The Gupta empire declined in the fifth century AD as a result of the invasions of
Chalukyas
Greeks
Pallavas
Huns
The organization of Indian state on a linguistic basic took place in
1943
1950
1956
1960
The passage, “where reigns the Greek king named Amityoga and beyond the realm of Amtoyoga in the lands of the four kings Tulamaya, Authekina, Maka and Alikyashudala, ………”, is taken from
Ashokan edict
Dighanikaya
Nearchu (Ancient India as described by Megasthenes)
Stabo’s Geography
The peacock throne of Shahjahan was taken away by
Changeze Khan
Timur
Nadir Shah
Ahmad Shah Abdali
The period between 600 BC and 300 BC is known by several names. Which of the following is not now of them?
Post-vedic period
Age of the Buddha
Period of second urbanization
Post-Mauryan period
The period of the Kushanas witnessed important developments in religison, literature, art and foreign trade and contacts. In the light of this statement, which one of following pairs does not relate to the Kushana period?
Mahayana : Gandhara Art Buddhism
Nagasena : Milindapanha
Caraka Samhita : Nagarjuna
North-wedtern Silk routes : Kashyapa Matanga