In which year did Nadir Shah invade India?
Answer: A
He invaded in 1739.
Nadir Shah of Persia defeated Muhammad Shah at Karnal in February 1739, occupied Delhi, and after a riot ordered a general massacre. He carried off the Peacock Throne and the Koh-i-Noor, and the empire never recovered.
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Who was the founder of dynasty "The Vakatakas" ?
Answer: C
It was Vindhyashakti.
He founded the Vakataka dynasty in the Deccan about 250 CE. Under his successors it became the chief power of central India, allied to the Guptas by the marriage of Prabhavatigupta, and the Ajanta caves were patronised by the Vakataka court.
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Simon Commission was appointed by the British government in which year ?
Answer: D
It was appointed in November 1927.
The Indian Statutory Commission under Sir John Simon was announced in November 1927 and reached Bombay in February 1928. Having no Indian member, it was met everywhere with black flags and the cry Simon go back.
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Which of following was not a varna of Society ?
Answer: D
Vaiswik was not one.
The four varnas of the Purusha Sukta are Brahmana, Kshatriya, Vaishya and Shudra. Vaiswik is not a varna at all.
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What was the time period of Indus Civilization / Harappan Civilization ?
Answer: D
It was 2500 BCE to 1750 BCE.
These are the dates of the mature Harappan phase as conventionally given, though radiocarbon has since pushed the early phase back to about 3300 BCE and the decline to about 1300 BCE in the late Harappan.
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When did Vasco-da-Gama come to India ?
Answer: D
He arrived in 1498.
Vasco da Gama reached Kappad near Calicut on 20 May 1498, guided across the Arabian Sea from Malindi, and was received by the Zamorin. It was the first sea route from Europe to India round the Cape.
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The theory of economic drain of India during British imperialism was propounded by
Answer: B
It was Dadabhai Naoroji.
He set out the drain theory in Poverty and Un-British Rule in India in 1901, arguing that home charges, remittances and salaries transferred wealth to Britain without any return. R. C. Dutt developed it in his economic history, but the theory is Naoroji's.
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To conquer and annex Peshawar and Punjab, Mahmud of Ghazni defeated
Answer: D
He defeated the Hindushahis.
Mahmud broke Jayapala at Peshawar in 1001 and his son Anandapala at Chach in 1008, ending Hindushahi power in the Kabul valley and Punjab and opening the plains to his later raids.
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The text of the document called Mahzar, by which Akbar assumed the role of supreme arbiter in the matters of religion is found in
Answer: C
It is found in Badauni's Muntakhab-ut-Tawarikh.
The declaration of 1579 made Akbar the final arbiter between conflicting rulings of the ulama. Badauni, hostile to it, preserves the text; Abul Fazl, writing the official history, passes over the document itself.
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The treaty of Srirangapatna was signed between Tipu Sultan and
Answer: B
It was signed with Cornwallis.
The Treaty of Seringapatam ended the Third Anglo-Mysore War in 1792. Tipu ceded half his territory, paid an indemnity of three crore rupees and gave up two of his sons as hostages until it was paid.
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