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  1. Under the Guptas in eastern India, there was probably an intermediate level of administration between vishayas (districts) and villages. Identify it.

  2. A.
    Bhukit
    B.
    Pradesa
    C.
    Vithi
    D.
    Ahara

  3. The two principles monuments of Alaud-din Khilji's reign - the Jama at Kana Masjid and Alai Darwaza - were constructed at

  4. A.
    Agra
    B.
    Delhi
    C.
    Dhar
    D.
    Gulbarga

  5. The term Nirgrantha is associated with

  6. A.
    Ajivikas
    B.
    Charvakas
    C.
    Jainas
    D.
    Pasupatas

  7. The Kalinga was fought in

  8. A.
    321 BC
    B.
    301 BC
    C.
    261 BC
    D.
    241 BC

  9. Under the Government of India, Provincial Legislatures consisted of two chambers, except in the case of

  10. A.
    Assam
    B.
    Bihar
    C.
    Madras
    D.
    Punjab

  11. The Venetian traveler who travelled with his wife and reached Vijayanagar around 1420 was

  12. A.
    Athanasius Nikitin
    B.
    Nicolo de Conti
    C.
    Ibn Batuta
    D.
    Ferishta

  13. The year 788 AD was a good one for Hinduism. Why?

  14. A.
    Shankracharya was born that year.
    B.
    Harsha Vardhana, the last Buddhist king, died.
    C.
    Samudragupta converted to Hinduism.
    D.
    All Muslim invaders were defeated.

  15. The Uprising of 1857 was described as the first Indian war of Independence by

  16. A.
    S.N. Sen
    B.
    R.C. Mazumdar
    C.
    B.G. Tilak
    D.
    V.D. Savakar

  17. The twenty-third Jaina teacher, Parsva, the immediate predecessor of Mahavira enjoined on his disciples four great vows. To these Mahavira addes which of the followings as the fifth vow?

  18. A.
    Abstention from stealing
    B.
    Non-injury
    C.
    Brahmacharya or continence
    D.
    Non-attachment

  19. The Turko-Afghan rule in India lasted for about

  20. A.
    two centuries
    B.
    three centuries
    C.
    four centuries
    D.
    a little over one century