Q.1
The oldest among the spoken literary languages of South India is:
Q.2
Which ruler of Sultanate period was also known as lakh bakhsh (giver of lakhs) ?
Q.3
The Indian ruler who spoke directly to the people through his inscriptions was :
Q.4
Ibn-e-Batuta was a traveler from :
Q.5
Khan Abdul Ghaffar was the founder of:
Q.6
Murshid Quli Khan became the diwan of Bengal in :
Q.7
The Sabha and Samiti have been called two daughters of Prajapati in :
Q.8
Asoka the great appointed a class of officers vested with judicial power known as :
Q.9
Which Sufi order (Silsila) laid great stress on practicing mystic music ?
Q.10
In 1492, the Spanish navigator who set out on his voyage to discover India but instead landed on the soil of America was :
Q.11
Which of the battles was fought between the Marathas on the one side and the forces of Ahmed Shah Abdali on the other?
Q.12
Between 1749-1754, an important war fought between the forces of the British and the French is known as :
Q.13
"Milind Panho" explaining the Buddhist doctrines in the form of a dialogue between Milind and his teacher Nagsena (the great Buddhist philosopher ) is in :
Q.14
The person who established the state of Awadh is :
Q.15
When Alexander the great invaded India, the dynasty which was ruling over entire north India was :
Q.16
The Dutch East India Company was formed by merging several small companies of Holland in :
Q.17
The Harappa Civilization was discovered in 1920-21 by the excavations by :
Q.18
Mahabhasya - an outstanding work in the fields of grammar - is a composition by:
Q.19
In 1724 the state of Hyderabad was founded by :
Q.20
The roads of cities in the Indus Valley Civilization generally divided the city into :
Q.21
The most distinguishing feature of various Chalcolithic Cultures in ancient period is their :
Q.22
Mughal emperor Akbar divided his empire into :
Q.23
Annie Besant arrived in India in:
Q.24
Mahatma Gandhi laid down four preconditions for a Satyagrahi (Passive Resistor) to fulfill - namely :
Q.25

Kathak is a classical dance of

  • North India
  • Tamilnadu
  • Manipur
  • Kerala
Q.26

Who composed the famous song 'Sare Jahan SeAchha'?

  • Jaidev
  • Mohammad Iqbal
  • Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
  • Rabindranath Tagore
Q.27

Mohiniattam dance from developed originally in which state?

  • Tamil Nadu
  • Orissa
  • Kerala
  • Karnataka
Q.28

The head quarters of Sahitya Akademi is at

  • Mumbai
  • Chennai
  • New Delhi
  • Kolkata
Q.29

'Kathakali' is a folk dance prevalent in which state?

  • Karnataka
  • Orissa
  • Kerala
  • Manipur
Q.30

In which of the following festivals are boat races a special feature?

  • Onam
  • Rongali Bihu
  • Navratri
  • Pongal
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