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Q121.Which of the following clans are included in the Agnikula Rajputs? 1. Pratiharas 2. Chaulukyas 3. Paramaras 4. Chahamanas Select the correct answer from the code given below:

A1 and 3 only B1, 3 and 4 only C1, 2, 3 and 4 D2 and 4 only

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Q122.Who among the following was the author of Humayun Nama?

ARoshanara Begum BRuquaiya Sultan Begum CGulbadan Begum DGauhara Begum

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Q123.Who gifted the Badshah Nama to King George in 1799?

AAbul Fazl BAbdul Hamid Lahori CNawab of Awadh DWilliam Jones

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Q124.Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched? Bhakti Saint: Philosophy

AShankara: Avadhuta BRamananda: Kevaladvaita CRamanuja: Vishishtadvaita DChaitanya: Advaita

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Q125.Who among the following travellers was from Italy and visited the Vijayanagar Kingdom in the fifteenth century?

ANikitin BFa-Hien CBernier DNicolo Conti

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Q126.Who among the following social reformers started a society for the encouragement of widow remarriage in 1866 in Maharashtra?

ABal Gangadhar Tilak BJyotirao Phule CVishnushastri Pandit DPandita Ramabai

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Q127.Name the first major voluntary association representing primarily Indian landlord interests that was set up in Calcutta in 18517

ABritish Indian Association BLandholder's Society CMadras Native Association DBombay Association

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Q128.Who among the following introduced the Permanent Settlement of Bengal in 1793?

ALord Cornwallis BLord Ripon CRobert Clive DJohn Adam

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Q129.Name the rebel who fought against the British in the battle of Chinhat during the 1857 Revolt?

AAhmadullah Shah BShah Mal CMangal Pandey DKunwar Singh

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Q130.Who among the following are the two civil servants who assisted the Constituent Assembly in framing the Constitution of India?

AN. Rau and K. M. Munshi BS. N. Mukherjee and Alladi Krishnaswamy Aiyar CN. Rau and S. N. Mukherjee DK. M. Munshi and Alladi Krishnaswamy Aiyar

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Q131.Which member of the Constituent Assembly proposed the resolution that the National Flag of India be a "horizontal tricolour of saffron, white and dark green in equal proportion", with a wheel in navy blue at the centre?

AJawaharlal Nehru BB. R. Ambedkar CRajendra Prasad DSardar Vallabhbhai Patel

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Q132.Which one of the following statements regarding King Krishnadevaraya is NOT correct?

AHe was a great scholar of Telugu and Sanskrit BForeign travellers Paes and Nuniz visited his court CBarbosa praised him for the great justice and equity prevailing in his empire DHe wrote his magnum opus, Amuktamalyada in Sanskrit

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Q133.Name the calligrapher in Akbar's court who was honoured with the title "Zarrin Kalam" or Golden Pen

AAbul Fazl BTansen CMuhammad Husayn DMuhammad Kasim

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Q134.Who among the following was the author of the Badshah Nama?

AAbdul Hamid Lahori BAbul Fazl CShah Jahan DSadullah Khan

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Q135.Consider the following statements about the Nagara style of temple architecture: 1. This style of temples are commonly found in the areas between Himalayas and Vindhyas. 2. The most striking feature of this style is its pyramidal shikhara. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

A1 only B2 only CBoth 1 and 2 DNeither 1 nor 2

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Q136.Ashoka's connection with Buddhism is evident from which one of the following edicts?

AMajor Rock Edict 13 BRock Edict 6 CMinor Rock Edict 1 DPillar Edict 4

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Q137.In the Mesopotamian records, which one of the following terms was used for the Indus Valley (Harappans)?

ADilmun BMeluha CMagan DFailaka

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Q138.Which one of the following travelogues has given an insight on the reign of Muhammad Bin Tughlaq?

AIbn Battuta's Rihla BFrancois Bernier's Travels in the Mogul Empire CNiccolao Manucci's Storia do Mogor DTavernier's Travels in India

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Q139.Which one of the following was not a Chishti Sufi saint?

AKhwaja Moinuddin BBaba Fariduddin Ganj-i-Shakar CNizamuddin Auliya DShaikh Bahauddin Zakariya

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Q140.Which one of the following was NOT a cause of the Revolt of 1857?

AThe rumour that the British had mixed the bone dust of cows and pigs into the flour being sold in the market BThe prophecy that British rule would come to an end on the centenary of the Battle of Plassey on 23rd June, 1857 CPopular discontent with British rule DThe prophecy that the end of British rule would lead to the end of the Kali Yuga and the return of Ram Rajya

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