75. What was the main effect of vedic culture an Indian history?

(A) Progress of Metaphysics

(B) Development of Sanskrit

(C) Solidification of race

(D) None of these

76. Title of Vikramaditya was adopted by—

(A) Ashok

(B) Chandra Gupta II

(C) Kanishka

(D) Samudra Gupta

77. Which important event took place in the history of India in the year 1526 ?

(A) The first battle of Panipat

(B) The second battle of Panipat

(C) Defeat of Humayun at the hands of Sher Shah Suri

(D) None of these

78. The Rigveda contains—

(A) Rituals to be adopted by people

(B) Hymns in honour of the Gods

(C) Yognas to be performed

(D) History of the Vedic period

79. In which language was the Shrimad Bhagavad Gita originally written ?

(A) Sanskrit

(B) Apabhramsa

(C) Prakrit

(D) Pali

80. The principle that distinguishes Jainism from Buddhism is the—

(A) Practice of the eight-fold path

(B) Rejection of the infallibility of the Vedas

(C) Attribution of a soul to all beings and things

(D) Belief in rebirth

81. With whose reign is the Gandhara School of art associated ?

(A) Kanishka

(B) Chandra Gupta Vikramaditya

(C) Harsha

(D) Ashoka

82. Shivaji died in the year—

(A) 1676

(B) 1677

(C) 1678

(D) 1680

83. In which century did the famous Chinese pilgrim Fahien visit India ?

(A) 4th century A.D.

(B) 5th century A.D.

(C) 6th century A.D.

(D) 7th century A.D.

84. Buddha lived approximately at the same time as—

(A) Confucius

(B) Moses

(C) Prophet Mohammad

(D) Hammurabi

85. The division of Mauryan Society into seven classes was particularly mentioned in—

(A) Kautilya's Arthasastra

(B) Ashokan edicts

(C) The Puranas

(D) The Indica of Megasthenes

86. The first railway line in India was opened in the year—

(A) 1833

(B) 1853

(C) 1857

(D) 1861

87. The Indus Valley civilization was Non-Aryan because—

(A) It was urban

(B) It had a pictographic script

(C) It had an agricultural economy

(D) It extended up to the Narmada Valley

88. All the following statements regarding the Indus Valley civilization are correct, except—

(A) The Indus Valley civilization was an advanced urban civilization

(B) Iron was not known to the people

(C) It is difficult to say to which race the people belonged

(D) The people knew nothing about agriculture

89. Which of the following statements is not true about Nagara style of architecture ?

(A) Early Gupta style

(B) Couciform plan and the Rekha

(C) Shikhara (Tower)

(D) Buddhist influence

90. The local name of Mohanjodaro is—

(A) Mound of the living

(B) Mound of the Great

(C) Mound of the Dead

(D) Mound of the Survivor

91. Tripitakas are the Sacred books of the—

(A) Jains

(B) Hindus

(C) Muslims

(D) Buddhists

92. Which book was written by Dadabhai Naoroji an Indian poverty and economy under British rule ?

(A) Indian Economy under British Raj

(B) British Rule and Economic drain of India

(C) Poverty and Un-British rule in India

(D) Economic drain and poverty of India

93. The universities of Calcutta, Madras and Bombay were founded in the year—

(A) 1845

(B) 1854

(C) 1857

(D) 1861

94. In whose court was a Chinese embassy sent by T'ang Emperor ?

(A) Rajaraja I

(B) Rajendra I

(C) Harsha

(D) Parantaka I

95. The Paintings of Ajanta depict stories of the—

(A) Ramayana

(B) Mahabharata

(C) Jatakas

(D) Panchatantra

96. Who were the contemporaries of Kanishka ?

(A) Kamban, Banbhatta, Asvagosha

(B) Nagarjuna, Asvagosha, Vasumitra

(C) Asvagosha, Kalidasa, Nagarjuna

(D) Asvagosha, Kamban

97. Buddha's preachings were mainly related to—

(A) Belief in one god

(B) Practice of rituals

(C) Purity of thought and conduct

(D) Idol worship

98. The most important cause of the downfall of the Vijay Nagar empire was—

(A) Rivalries within the empire

(B) Unity among the Muslim rulers of Bijapur, Golconda and Ahmadnagar

(C) Rebellion of the Hindu Feudatories

(D) Weak successors of Krishna devaraya

99. Mahabalipuram was established by the—

(A) Pallavas

(B) Pandyas

(C) Cholas

(D) Chalukyas

100. Jaideva, the famous author of Gita Govinda was the Court Poet of—

(A) Harsha (7th century A.D.)

(B) Prithviraj Chauhan (12th century A.D.)

(C) Lakshmanasena of Bengal (12th-13th century A.D.)

(D) None of these

Answers :

76. (B) 77. (A) 78. (B) 79. (A) 80. (A) 81. (A) 82. (D) 83. (B) 84. (A) 85. (D) Seven classes or castes mentioned by Megasthenes are Philosophers, Farmers, Soldiers, Herdsmen, Artisans, Magistrates and Councillors. 86. (B) 87. (A) 88. (D) 89. (D) 90. (C) 91. (D) 92. (C) 93. (C) 94. (C) 95. (C) 96. (B) 97. (C) 98. (A) 99. (A) 100. (C)