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Practice MCQ Questions and answers on Indian history-GK

Learn and practice General Knowledge questions and answers on Indian History with very easy and understandable explanations. GK questions are very helpful different type of competitive exams. Page-4 section-3

Each section contains 100 MCQs on Indian History .
31
The term samanta, meaning a feudatory from the sixth century AD, originally meant a
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Answer: Option C
Solution:
The term samanta, meaning a feudatory from the sixth century AD, originally meant a Neighbour.
32
To evolve a peaceful settlement of the conflict between India and China, which of the following non-aligned Afro-Asian nations participated in a conference held in December 1962?
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Answer: Option D
Solution:
Burma (now Myanmar), Combodia, Indonesia, UAR, Sri Lanka, and Ghana, all the countries which are mentioned here have participated in the conference held in December 1962.
33
The text of the document called Mahzar, by which Akbar assumed the role of supreme arbiter in the matters of religion is found in
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Answer: Option C
Solution:
The Akbarnama which translates to Book of Akbar, is the official chronicle of the reign of Akbar, the third Mughal Emperor, commissioned by Akbar himself by his court historian and biographer, Abul-Fazl ibn Mubarak who was one of the nine jewels in Akbar's court. The text of the document called Mahzar, by which Akbar assumed the role of supreme arbiter in the matters of religion is found in it.
34
Tulsidas, the author of Ramcharitmanas, was a contemporary of which of the following rulers?
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Answer: Option A
Solution:
Tulsidas wrote several popular works in Sanskrit and Awadhi; he is best known as the author of the epic Ramcharitmanas, a retelling of the Sanskrit Ramayana based on Rama's life in the vernacular Awadhi dialect of Hindi. He was a contemporary of Akbar.
35
To meet the educational needs of the people, the Madarasa-I-Nasiri was built in the reign of
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Answer: Option B
Solution:
To meet the educational needs of the people, the Madarasa-I Nasiri was built in the reign of Iltutmish.
36
The weekly Commonweal was founded by
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Answer: Option A
Solution:
After making Madras her home, Annie Besant founded a weekly newspaper Commonweal in January 1914.
37
Ustad Mansur was a famous painter in the reign of
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Answer: Option D
Solution:
Ustad Mansur (flourished 1590-1624) was a seventeenth-century Mughal painter and court artist. He grew up during the reign of Jahangir (r. 1605 - 1627) during which period he excelled at depicting plants and animals.
38
The Vedic deity Indra was the Goddess of
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Answer: Option C
Solution:
In the Vedas, Indra is the king of Svarga (Heaven) and the Devas. He is the god of the heavens, lightning, thunder, storms, rains and river flows. Indra is the most referred to deity in the Rigveda.
39
Tolkappiyam is associated with the
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Answer: Option B
Solution:
The ancient Tamil literature consists of the grammatical work Tolkappiyam in second Sangam period.
40
Pulakesin II was the most famous ruler of
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Answer: Option A
Solution:
Pulakeshin II (IAST: Pulakeśin, r. c. 610-642 CE) was the most famous ruler of the Chalukya dynasty of Vatapi (present-day Badami in Karnataka, India).