Friday, August 12, 2011

Quiz 63 | Indian History Questions for IAS Preliminary Exams

1.The Battle of Plassey was fought in the year?

A. 1761
B. 1775
C. 1757
D. 1576



2.Ashoka conquered Kalinga in year?

A. 261 A.D.
B. 261 B.C.



3.India's famous Peacock Throne and the diamond koh-e-Noor were taken away by?

A. Ahmad Shah Abdali
B. Nadir Shah
C. Mohammad Ghori



4.Which battle was fought in 1192 A.D.?

A. Second Battle of Tarain
B. Battle of Kanwah
C. First Battle of Tarain
D. Battle of Talikota



5.Who among the following was a lexicographer?

A. Banabhatta
B. Panini
C. Dandin
D. Amarasimha



6.During Indian Freedom Movement, Deccan Educational Society was founded by?

A. B. G. Tilak
B. Dadabhai Nouroji
C. M. G. Ranade



7.The Panchatantra was written during which period ?

A. Sultanate period
B. Gupta period
C. Maurya period
D. Later Vedic period



8.Which of the following works of Kalidasa is not a play ?

A. Vikramorvasiya
B. Malavikagnimitra
C. Meghadoot



9.Kalidasa lived during the reign of ?

A. Chandragupta II
B. Ashoka, the Great
C. Samudragupta



10.The famous book Geet Govind was written by ?

A. Banabhatta
B. Jayadev
C. Mirabai
D. Kalidas



11.The treaty of Purandhar was signed in 1665 with Shivaji by which soldier statesman ?

A. Shaista Khan
B. Raja Jay Singh



12.Megasthenes was the Ambassador of ?

A. The Persians
B. Seleucus Nikator



13.Mongols intruded into India for the first time during reign of ?

A. Balban
B. Firoz Shah Tughlaq
C. Iltutmish
D. Alauddin Khilji



14.Who were signatories of the Treaty of Purandar 1665?

A. Shivaji and Aurangzeb
B. Shivaji and Jai Singh
C. Shivaji and Shiesta Khan



15.Kalhan's Rajatarangini is a history of ?

A. Kashmir
B. Rajasthan



16.Mitakshara, an authoritative treatise on Hindu law, was written by ?

A. Vigneswara
B. Manu
C. Jimutavahana
D. Hemadri



17.Names of sixteen Mahajanapadas were found in ?

A. Anguttara Nikaya
B. Harshacharita
C. Indica
D. Kalpa Sutra



18.Aryabhatta was a famous?

A. Scientist
B. Painter
C. Astronomer
D. Physician



20.Poet Harisena was the courtier of ?

A. Lakshmana Sena
B. Chandragupta
C. Samudragupta
D. Skandagupta



21.Padmavat of Malik Muhammad Jaisi, a notable work in Hindi, was completed during the reign of?

A. Akbar
B. Aurangzeb
C. Sher Shah



22.Which is an ancient Indian work relating to prayer & sacrificial ceremony ?

A. Brahamanas
B. Aranyakas
C. Amarakosa



23.The Shahnama was written by ?

A. Abul Fazal
B. Firdausi



24.Who among the following is author of the book Yogasutra?

A. Manu
B. Visvamitra
C. Vasishtha
D. Patanjali



25.Which among the following was capital of Independent state of Bengal?

A. Dacca
B. Murshidabad
C. Alinagar
D. Midnapore



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