Indian and World History General Studies Questions for SSC / upsc page 3

31 .Gandhara school of art came into existence in:

A. Hinayana sect

B. Mahayana sect

C. Vaishnava sect

D. Shaiva sect

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32 .Identify the wrong statement:

A. Original Buddhist religious texts were compiled in Pali

B. Sthaviravada is an orthdox school of Jainism

C. Jain saint mentioned in the Rigveda is Rishabhanath

D. Jainism patronised Ardha-magadhi

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33 .At which Harappan site have traces of a horse been found?

A. Kalibangan

B. Lothal

C. Surkotda

D. Suktagendor

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34 .'The British empire is rotten to the core, corrupt in every direction, and tyrannical and mean'. Who said this?

A. Sri Aurobindo

B. Tilak

C. Sister Nivedita

D. None of these

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35 .Who amongst the following Sultans of the Slave Dynasty reign for the longest period?

A. Qutubuddin Aibak

B. Ghiyasuddin Balban

C. Nasiruddin Mahmud

D. Shamsuddin Iltutmish

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36 .Who was the political guru of Gandhiji?

A. Dadabhai Naoroji

B. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

C. Gopal Krishna Gokhale

D. Lala Lajpat Ral

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37 .The Indus Valley people knew the use of :

A. gold, silver, copper, bronze but not iron

B. copper, iron, gold but not bronze

C. silver, lead, iron but not gold

D. gold, tin, bronze but not copper

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38 .The Cripps Mission visited India during the regime of:

A. Lord Wavell

B. Lord Mountbatten

C. Lord Linlithgow

D. Lord Wellington

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39 .The system of budget was introduced in India during the viceroyalty of:

A. Dalhousie

B. Canning

C. Elgin

D. Ripon

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40 .The first monarch of Magadh kingdom in the sixth century B.C. was:

A. Bimbisara

B. Prasenajit

C. Ajatashatru

D. Jarasandha

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41 .The Non-Cooperation Movement was bundled by :

A. Jawaharlal Nehru

B. Dadabhal Naoroji

C. Chittaranjan Das

D. Mahatma Gandhi

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42 .The Nayakas in the Vijayanagar Empire were:

A. central ministers

B. military chiefs controlling particular territories

C. cavalry soldiers

D. priests of large powerful temples

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43 .A women's division of the Indian National Army was named after:

A. Ahilyabai

B. Chand Bibi

C. Rani Jhansi

D. Rani Gaidinliu

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44 .The secret society of revolutionaries which was organised by V D. Savarkar in 1904 was:

A. Yugantar

B. Ghadar

C. Sandhya

D. Abhinav Bharat

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45 .Revenue system during Akbar's reign was in the hands of

A. Bairam Khan

B. Man Singh

C. Birbal

D. Todar Mal

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