Q1521. "In India the postal system is of two kinds. The horse-post called uluq, is run by royal horses stationed at a distance of every four miles. The foot-post has three stations per mile, it is called dawa, that is one third of a mile". Identify the narrator traveller.
A Francois Bernier
B Duarte Barbosa
C Al-Biruni
D Ibn Battuta
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Correct answer: Ibn Battuta
English BSPC TRE 2.0 Exam-2023 (11-12)
Q1522. What is Uluq during the Sultanate period?
A Foot soldier
B Horse post
C Fortified garrison
D More than one of the above
E None of the above
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Correct answer: Horse post
English KVS (LDCE) PGT 2022 (History)
Q1523. In Battuta the famous traveller who authored Rihala, book of travels, was contemporary to which Sultan of Delhi:
A Iltutmish
B Alauddin Khalji
C Muhammad bin Tughlaq
D Firoz Shah Tughlaq
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Correct answer: Muhammad bin Tughlaq
English DSSSB PGT 2018 (05/07/2018 Shift-II Male) History
Q1524. Which foreign traveller's accounts do NOT throw light on the history of the Delhi Sultanate?
A Marco Polo
B Abdur Razzaq
C Ibn Battuta
D Athanasius Nikitin
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Correct answer: Abdur Razzaq
English DSSSB PGT 2018 (05/07/2018 Shift-I Male) History
Q1525. A famous French traveller who visited Chinsurah in the late seventeenth century was:
A Francois Beaulieu
B Robert Challes
C Francois Bernier
D Jean Baptiste Tavernier
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Correct answer: Jean Baptiste Tavernier
English DSSSB PGT 2018 (05/07/2018 Shift-II Male) History
Q1526. Francois Bernier and Niccolo Manucci were ______.
A jewellers
B doctors
C musicians
D heads of trade delegations to the Mughal court
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Correct answer: doctors
English KVS (LDCE) PGT 2022 (History)
Q1527. Match List-I with List -II and select the correct answer from the code given below the lists: List-I List -II A Francois (i) A Dutch traveller who Bernier visited India during Jahangir's reign B Tavernier (ii) A French traveller who was a jeweller and was in India during Shahjahan and Aurangzeb's reign C Pelsaert (iii) An English men who visited India during Akbar's period. D Ralph Fitch (iv) A French Physician who visited India during the reign of Aurangzeb Code: A B C D
A (iv) (ii) (i) (iii)
B (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
C (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
D (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
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Correct answer: (iv) (ii) (i) (iii)
English BSPC TRE 2.0 Exam-2023 (11-12)
Q1528. Slaves in India were used for which of the following purposes?
A To perform music and dance in the courts
B To carry palanquins
C To keep a watch on the nobles
D More than one of the above
E None of the above
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Correct answer: More than one of the above
English BSPC TRE 2.0 Exam-2023 (11-12)
Q1529. How did the process of integration of cults function during medieval times?
A Local cults realized the benefits of the integration
B Disseminating the Brahmanical ideas and making it accessible to the women and Shudras, who were generally excluded from Vedic learning
C Brahmins accepted and reworked the beliefs and practices of these and other social categories
D More than one of the above
E None of the above
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Correct answer: More than one of the above
English BSPC TRE 2.0 Exam-2023 (11-12)
Q1530. Bhakti traditions have been classified in which of the following broad categories?
A Saguna and Nirguna
B Mahaguna and Nirguna
C Sarvaguna and Saguna
D More than one of the above
E None of the above
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Correct answer: Saguna and Nirguna
English BSPC TRE 2.0 Exam-2023 (11-12)
Q1531. Nalayira Divya Prabandham is an anthology of the compositions of which of the following?
A Saguna saint poets
B Alvars
C Nirguna saint poets
D More than one of the above
E None of the above
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Correct answer: Alvars
English BSPC TRE 2.0 Exam-2023 (11-12)
Q1532. Karaikkal was the worshipper of which God?
A Vishnu
B Shiva
C Shakti
D More than one of the above
E None of the above
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Correct answer: Shiva
English BSPC TRE 2.0 Exam-2023 (11-12)
Q1533. Who among the following Alavaras was a female saint ?
A Andal
B Namma
C Periya
D Poykai
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Correct answer: Andal
English BSPC TRE 2.0 Exam-2023 (11-12)
Q1534. Andal was the worshipper of which God?
A Vishnu
B Shiva
C Shakti
D More than one of the above
E None of the above
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Correct answer: Vishnu
English DSSSB PGT 2015 (Tier-II) History
Q1535. Nayanars were
A Officers
B Landlords
C Saints
D Magistrates
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Correct answer: Saints
English KVS (LDCE) PGT 2022 (History)
Q1536. Consider the following statements about Alvars: (i) The famous Alvar saint Antal was a female (ii) Nammvalvar, the greatest of the Alvars, was a lowly shudra (iii) Alvar hymns in Tamil were composed in honour of God Vishnu and his avatars Rama and Krishna (iv) Antal lyrically depicted childhood and youth of Lord Krishna choose the correct answer from the code given below: Code
A (i) and (ii) only
B (ii) and (iii) only
C (i), (ii) and (iii) only
D (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
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Correct answer: (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
English BSPC TRE 2.0 Exam-2023 (11-12)
Q1537. Brahmana Basavanna is famous for the emergence of which of the following movements?
A Theravada
B Lingayat
C Virashaiva
D More than one of the above
E None of the above
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Correct answer: More than one of the above
English NVS PGT 2022 (History) 16/12/2022 shift-II
Q1538. Under whose influence the Pallava King Mahendravarman - I is said to have given up Jainism and embraced Saivism ?
A Appar
B Manikkaravachakar
C Sambandar
D Sundara
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Correct answer: Appar
English NVS PGT 2022 (History) 16/12/2022 shift-II
Q1539. Which of the following is not included in Samharamurtis of Siva?
A Kalarimurti
B Sarbhesamurti
C Mallarimurti
D Kiratarjunamurti
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Correct answer: Kiratarjunamurti
English NVS PGT 15-12-2022 Set - Evening
Q1540. Arrange the following Saiva personalities in chronological order : (i) Appar (ii) Lakulisa (iii) Srikantha (iv) Basava Select the correct answer from the code given below :
A (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
B (ii), (iii), (iv), (i)
C (iii), (ii), (i), (iv)
D (iv), (iii), (ii), (i)
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Correct answer: (iii), (ii), (i), (iv)