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Rajasthan Public Service Commission 2016: Paper: History I
Rajasthan Public Service Commission 2016: Paper: History I
RajasthanPublicServiceCommission2016
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Paper:HistoryI Time:3Hours
Ques#:1
HowmanyrepublicsformedtheVajjiMahajanpada?
1) 6
2) 7
3) 8
4) 9
?
1) 6
2) 7
3) 8
4) 9
Ques#:2
WhoamongthefollowingwasthefirsttodiscoveralargenumberofInduscivilisationsitesinthedriedup
riverbedofriverSaraswatiintheCholistandesertofPakistan?
1) RaymondAllchin
2) AhmadHasanDani
3) RafiqueMughal
4) WSWakankar
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1)
2)
3)
4)
Ques#:3
ArrangethefollowingHarappansitesfromsouthtonorthaccordingtotheirgeographicallocationis:A.
BhagatravB.RakhigarhiC.AlamgirpurD.Mehgam
1) A,B,C,D
2) A,D,B,C
3) D,A,B,C
4) A,D,C,B
:
A.B. C.
D.
1)A,B,C,D
2)A,D,B,C
3)D,A,B,C
4)A,D,C,B
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2) ABCD2413
3) ABCD1243
4) ABCD4321
1) ABCD1234
2) ABCD2413
3) ABCD1243
4) ABCD4321
Ques#:5
Whichofthefollowingstatementisnottrue?
1) SthaviravadaisasectoftheJainas
2) NikayatextsbelongtotheBuddhists
3) EarlyBuddhisttextswerewritteninPali
4) MahavirapreachedinArdhmaghadi
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Ques#:6
The"TradingCommunity"intheSangamLiteraturewasknownas:
1) Vellar
2) Venigar
3) Pulayan
4) Varman
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1)
2)
3)
4)
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WhichofthefollowingstatementsaboutPalaeolithicageinIndiaisnotcorrect?
1) PalaeolithicsiteshavebeendiscoveredfromalmostwholeofIndia
2) AreaswherePalaeolithicsiteshavebeendiscoveredinabundancearethealluvialplainsoftheGangaandthe
IndusandtheWesternGhats
3) PalaeolithiccultureshavebeendiscoveredfromMarwarandMewar
4) InDidwanaatSinghiTalavsuccessivelayersofmaterialbelongingtolowertoupperPalaeolithichavebeen
found
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Ques#:8
UnderwhosestewardshipdidASIfirstbeginitsexcavationsinIndia?
1) JohnMarshall
2) AlexanderCunningham
3) MortimerWheeler
4) H.D.Sankalia
?
1)
2)
3)
4)
Ques#:9
FromwhichIndussitehasaclaymodelofploughbeendiscovered?
1) Rahigarhi
2) Banawali
3) Harappa
4) Ropar
?
1)
2)
3)
4)
Ques#:10
ThefeaturethatisnotcharacteristicoftheNeolithicperiodis:
1) Groundandpolishedtools
2) Celt'isthechieftooltype
3) Markedimprovementinthepotterymakingtechniqueoverthepreviousages
4) Growingrelianceoncereals
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Ques#:11
Considerthefollowing:WhichofthefollowingstatementsaboutHarappancitiesarecorrect?A.Induscities
werenotplannedwithagridlayoutB.ThereisnoevidenceforagridtownplanatHarappa,Banawaliand
ChanhudaroC.ThereisliterallynobakedbrickatmanysitesD.Thereisafairamountofbakedbrickat
Harappabutitmaynotbethepredominantbuildingmaterial
1) A&B
2) C&D
3) A,B&C
4) A,B,C&D
:
?A.
|B.,
|C.
|D.
:
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1) AB
2) CD
3) A,BC
4) A,B,CD
Ques#:12
AccordingtoBuddhaghosh,howmanyvillageswerethereintheempireofBimbisara?
1) FourThousand
2) EightThousand
3) FortyThousand
4) EightyThousand
?
1)
2)
3)
4)
Ques#:13
WhichofthefollowingPuranashavebeencalledPuratanaItihasabytheircomposers?
1) Vishnu&BhavishyaPurana
2) Brahmanda&BhagvatPurana
3) Matsya&VayuPurana
4) Vayu&VishnuPurana
?
1)
2)
3)
4)
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Ques#:14
WhichofthefollowingsettlementsofIndusSaraswaticivilisationhasthreeparts(citadel,middletownand
lowertown)?
1) Kalibangan
2) Surkotada
3) Dholavira
4) Harappa
( , ) ?
1)
2)
3)
4)
Ques#:15
WhichwasthemostimportantpartinEasternIndiaduringthePostHarshaPeriod?
1) Calcutta
2) Tamralipti
3) Shaliyur
4) Aairikamedu
?
1)
2)
3)
4)
Ques#:16
WhichofthefollowingstatementaboutSangamliteratureisnotcorrect?
1) Sangamliteraturewasproducedoveraperiodofthreetofourcenturies
2) SangamliteratureisdividedintotwomaingroupsPatinenkilKannakku(TheEighteendidacticaltexts)and
Pattuppattu(TheTenSongs)
3) Sangamtextsconstitutereligiousliterature
4) Sangampoemshavebeenwritteninpraiseofvariousheroesandheroines
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Ques#:17
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2) ABCD3214
3) ABCD4321
4) ABCD2134
1) ABCD1234
2) ABCD3214
3) ABCD4321
4) ABCD2134
Ques#:18
WhichofthefollowingstatementaboutAshokaninscriptionsisnotcorrect?
1) MostAshokaninscriptionswereengravedinBrahmiscript
2) SomeofAshokaninscriptionswereinscribedinKharoshtiscript
3) AfewofhisinscriptionswereincisedinGreekandAramaicscript
4) ThreeofhispillarinscriptionswerefoundbyFirozShahTughlaq
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Ques#:19
Identifytheincorrectstatement:
1) TheIndoGreeksissuedbilingualandbiscriptcoins
2) SomeoftheIndoGreekcoinshavebeenjointlyissuedbykingsindicatingconjointrule
3) Coinswereissuedbyrulers,anyotheragencylikecityadministrationorguildsetc.didnotissuetheirown
coins
4) Coinsbearingthenameofcities,suchasUjjayani,Madhyamikaetc.Havealsobeendiscovered
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1)
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3) , ,,
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Ques#:20
WhoamongthefollowingaccompaniedAlexanderduringhismilitarycampaignsinIndia?
1) Strabo
2) Nearchus
3) Arrian
4) Diodorus
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3)
4)
Ques#:21
WithreferencetotheRajputperiod(6501000A.D),whichoneofthefollowingisnotcorrect?
1) DevelopmentofFeudalism
2) IncreaseinTradeandCommerce
3) Goldcoinswentoutofcirculation
4) Reductioninforeigntrade
(6501000.), ,
?
1)
2)
3)
4)
Ques#:22
Whichofthefollowingstatementsisnotcorrect?
1) ThePitakasaretheoldestBuddhisttexts
2) TheAbhidhammaPitakadealswiththesamesubjectsastheSuttaPitaka
3) TheVinayPitakacontainsthephilosophicalconceptsunderlyingtheteachingsoftheBuddha
4) TherearefivenikayasoftheSuttaPitaka
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Ques#:23
Considerthefollowing:TheSanskrittextsknownastheDharmashastrasinclude:A.DharmasutrasB.
SmritisC.CommentariesontheSmritisD.NibandhaGranthas
1) A&B
2) A&C
3) A,B&C
4) A,B,C&D
:
:A.
B. C.
D.
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1) AB
2) AC
3) A,BC
4) A,B,CD
Ques#:24
TheJaintextthatreferstosixteenMahajanpadasis?
1) BhagwatiSutra
2) KathakoshPrakarana
3) Kathakosh
4) Parishishtaparvan
?
1)
2)
3)
4)
Ques#:25
WhichofthefollowingsentencesaboutFahien,HiuenTsangandItsingisnotcorrect?
1) TheyhaverecordedtheirexperienceswhichhavebeentranslatedintoEnglish
2) AllofthemspentanumberofyearsinIndiaandLearntitslanguages
3) Allofthemtravelledwidelyalmostalloverthecountry
4) FahienandItsingdonotmentionthenameofthekingorkingswhosekingdomstheyvisitedbutHiuenTsang
providesinformationabouthispatronHarsha
,
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Ques#:26
IdentifytheincorrectstatementabouttheVedicreligion:
1) Vedichymnsofferprayertothedifferentdeitiesseverallybutalsotoallofthemtogetherasvishvedevas
2) Thepresenceofvishvakarmanandprajapatiinthevedicpantheonisindicativeofmonotheism
3) WhatisbutoneReality,sagescallitbydifferentnames
4) Vedicseerstendtoanthropomorphisethepowersofnature
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Ques#:27
TheearliestspecimensoftheinfluenceoftheepicsonartandsculpturedatefromtheGuptaperiod.Onwhich
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ofthefollowing,theeventsoftheRamayanahavenotbeendepicted?
1) TheplatformoftheDashavatartempleofDeogarh
2) sculpturedepictedontheVirupakshatempleofPattadakal
3) WallsofKailashtempleEllora
4) Razamnama
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Ques#:28
WhichofthefollowingSanskritpoetshaveborrowedthemesfromtheMahabharata?A.BharaviB.
KumardasC.MaghaD.kshemendra
1) A&C
2) A,C&D
3) A,B&C
4) A&B
?A.B.
C.D.
1)A&C
2)A,C&D
3)A,B&C
4)A&B
Ques#:29
WhichstatesituatedintheSouthernregionofCentralAsiawasthemaincentreofIndianCultureduring4th
centuryA.D.?
1) Khotan
2) Yarkand
3) Kashgar
4) Shanshan
?
1)
2)
3)
4)
Ques#:30
WhichwasthefirstHindusempireinSouthEastAsia?
1) Pandurang
2) Bhriguvansh
3) SriVijaya
4) MatramVansh
?
1)
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2)
3)
4)
Ques#:31
Whichofthefollowingpairsofcharittextsandtheirauthorsisnotcorrectlymatched:
1) GaudavahoVakpati
2) VikramankadevacharitBilhana
3) BhojprabandhaPadmagupta
4) KumarpalacharitJayasimha
?
1)
2)
3)
4)
Ques#:32
WhoamongthefollowingPratihararulerassumedthetitleof"Adivaraha"?
1) NagbhattI
2) NagbhattII
3) Bhoj
4) Devaraj
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1)
2)
3)
4)
Ques#:33
Whichofthefollowingpairsofthelastfourtirthankarsandtheirsymbolsisnotcorrectlymatched:
1) MahaviraLion
2) Parshvaelephant
3) Arishtinemiconchshell
4) NamiBluelotus
?
1)
2)
3)
4)
Ques#:34
WhichofthefollowingrulersreceivedanambassadorHeliodorusfromAntialcidas,aGreekkingofTaxila?
1) Vasumitra
2) Agnimitra
3) Bhagbhadra
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4) Simuk
?
1)
2)
3)
4)
Ques#:35
WhichofthefollowingsentencesisnottrueabouttheShakas?
1) TheShakas,drivenbypressurefromtheYuehchih,attackedandoccupiedBactria
2) FromBactriathaShakasmovedonandattackedtheParthianrulersofIranandthentheGreeksinIndia
3) Bythemiddleofthe1stcenturyBC,poweroftheShakashadextendeduptoMathura
4) InIndiatheystoppedissuingcoinsbearinginscriptionsinGreekandPrakrit
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Ques#:36
NasikandKarlecavesweresituatedinthekingdomof:
1) Shakas
2) Shungas
3) Kardamakas
4) Satavahanas
?
1)
2)
3)
4)
Ques#:37
WhichrulermadeimportantcontributioninthedevelopmentofVikramsilaUniversity?
1) Mahipal
2) Harshvardhan
3) Devapal
4) ChandraguptaII
?
1)
2)
3)
4)
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Ques#:38
WhichofthefollowingstatementsaboutthePaitamahdoctrineofVarahmihirisnotcorrect?
1) ItisthemostaccurateofthefivedoctrinesofthePanchsaidhantika
2) Ithasbeendescribedinfivestanzas
3) Thefirststanzacontainsalltheastronomicalconstants
4) Itscalculationofthelunarmonthsandtithisetc,isthesameasoftheVedangaJyotish
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Ques#:39
1) ABCD1342
2) ABCD2431
3) ABCD3421
4) ABCD3421
1) ABCD1342
2) ABCD2431
3) ABCD3421
4) ABCD4231
Ques#:40
RoyallandgrantswereverycommonduringearlymedievalperiodofIndianhistory.Whichofthefollowing
statementdoesnotstatetheeffectsofthelandgrantscorrectly?
1) Landgrantsledtotheexpansionofagriculture
2) LandgrantsstrenghtenedthepositionofasectionofBrahmanasinruralareas
3) Phenomenonoflandgrantsledtotheexpansionofcastes,asthetribalcommunitieslivingonthemarginsofthe
landgrantareawerebroughtinforfarmingandsubsequentlywereabsorbedinthecastesocietyas
untouchables
4) ThebrahmadeyaandagraharavillagesinTamilNaduwereapartoftheurandthesabhavillages
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Ques#:41
IdentifytheincorrectstatementaboutPulkeshinIfromthefollowing:
1) HewasthefirstindependentruleroftheChalukyandynasty
2) HehasbeencreditedtohaveperformedAshvamedha,AgnishtomaandotherSrautasacrifices
3) Hehasbeencreditedwithmanyconquests
4) HementionsinhisBadamiinscriptionthathelaidthefoundationofthefortofVatapi
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1)
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Ques#:42
WhichofthefollowingstatementsgivecorrectinformationaboutSimhavishnu,oneofthegreatPallavakings
?A.WithhimbeginstheageofthegreatPallavasB.HeiscreditedwiththeconquestofCholamandalamC.
HewasapatronofBharavi,theauthorofkiratarjuniyaD.HehasbeeneulogisedinMattavilasprahasan
1) A&B
2) C&D
3) A,B&C
4) A,B,C&D
?A.
|B.
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C.
|D. |
1)A&B
2)C&D
3)A,B&C
4)A,B,C&D
Ques#:43
WhichofthefollowingstatementsarecorrectinreferencetothePallavaarchitecture?A.Remainsofthe
PallavaarchitecturehavebeenfoundfromMamallapuramandKanchipuramB.Architecturalremains
comprisecavetemples,monolithictemplesandstructuraltemplesC.Pallavashrinesaresmallerandless
complexthantheAjantaandEllorashrinesD.ThereareninerockcuttemplescalledRathatemplesofwhich
6areclusteredtogetherandnamedafterthegreatPandavasandtheirspouse
1) B&C
2) A&C
3) A,B&C
4) A,B,C&D
?A.
|B.
,
|C.
|D.
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1)B&C
2)A&C
3)A,B&C
4)A,B,C&D
Ques#:44
WhowastheAdyaksha(Chancellor)oftheNalandaUniversityduringHarsha'sreign?
1) Vasubandhu
2) sheelbhadra
3) Prabhakarmitra
4) Nagarjuna
?
1)
2)
3)
4)
Ques#:45
WhichofthefollowingstatementsabouttheCholaarchitecturearecorrect?A.TheculminationoftheChola
templearchitecturecanbeseeninBrihadishvaratempleatTanjavurB.Themainshrineconsistsof
mukhmandapa,ardhamandapa,antaralaandthesanctumC.BrihadishvaratemplewasbuiltbyRajraja
CholaID.RajendraCholaalsobuiltaBrihadishvaratemple,whichremainedincomplete
1) A,B&C
2) A&B
3) A&C
4) A,B,C&D
?A.
|B.
,
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|C.
|D.
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1)A,B&C
2)A&B
3)A&C
4)A,B,C&D
Ques#:46
WhoamongthefollowingportrayedtheGuptaageasgoldenageofIndianHistory?
1) RomilaThapar
2) B.D.Chattopadhyaya
3) K.M.Munshi
4) R.S.Sharma
?
1)
2) ..
3)
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4) ..
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Ques#:47
Manyaleftisthistorianhasregardedtheearlymedievaltimesasaperiodofpoliticalfragmentationand
economicdecline.Identifythesetofhistorianswhoregardedthisperiodastheperiodofstateformationatthe
regionalandsubregionallevelandexpansionofagriculture.
1) B.D.ChattopadhyayaandHermannKulke
2) D.N.JhaandV.K.Thakur
3) B.N.S.YadavandR.S.Sharma
4) D.D.KoshambiandIrfanHabib
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1) ..
2) ...
.
3) .....
4) ..
Ques#:48
WhichofthefollowingdynastiesdidGuptarulersenterintomatrimonialalliancestoenhancetheirstatusand
strenghtentheirposition:A.LichchhavisB.VakatakasC.NagasD.Kadambas
1) A&C
2) B&C
3) A,B&C
4) A,B,C&D
?A. B.C.D.
1)A&C
2)B&C
3)A,B&C
4)A,B,C&D
Ques#:49
WhichtextreferstoChandraguptaMauryaasthe"LordofentireJambudweep"(sakaljambudweepswami)
?
1) Mudrarakshash
2) Mahavansa
3) Indica
4) Bhadrabahucharit
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Ques#:50
WhichofthefollowingstatementaboutGuptacoinsisfalse?
1) GoldcoinshavebeencalleddinarsintheGuptainscriptions
2) AftertheconquestofGujarattheGuptasissuedalargenumberofcoppercoinsforlocalexchange
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3) GoldcoinsdepictGuptarulers'loveforwarandart
4) ThegoldcontentintheGuptacoinswasnotaspureasoftheKushanacoins
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Ques#:51
WhoistheauthorofMatlulAnwar?
1) AmirKhusro
2) Utbi
3) NazamuddinAbuBakr
4) AbuSayidAbdulla
:
1)
2)
3)
4)
Ques#:52
IdentifytheincorrectstatementaboutTabaqatiNasiri:
1) ItgivesanaccountofMongolinvasionofIndia
2) Itisdividedinto26tabkas(chapters)
3) Inthisbookwecomeacrossthetendencytorepeatoneeventmanytimesover.
4) Itwascompletedin1260A.D.
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Ques#:53
Ushrawas:
1) LandtaxleviedontheMuslims
2) LandtaxpaidbytheHindus
3) AreligioustaxleviedontheMuslims
4) 1/5stateshareonthespoilsofthewar
:
1)
2)
3)
4)
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Ques#:54
WheredidTansengethiseducationofMusic?
1) Rivan
2) Gwalior
3) Agra
4) FatehpurSikri
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1)
2)
3)
4)
Ques#:55
Diwanisiyasatwasestablishedby:
1) MuhammadTughlaq
2) FirozTughlaq
3) AllauddinKhaiji
4) Balban
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1)
2)
3)
4)
Ques#:56
BabarassumedthetitleofKhaqanin:
1) 1520
2) 1522
3) 1526
4) 1529
:
1)1520
2)1522
3)1526
4)1529
Ques#:57
Ghulbadanis:
1) Atechniqueofdyeing
2) AsilvercoinissuedbyHumayun
3) NameofaMughalmint
4) NameofapaintingbyAbulHasan
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Ques#:58
WhichofthefollowingtextsreferstotheabolitionofvariouslicensefeesimposedonartisansbyAurangzeb?
1) FutuhatiAlamgiri
2) NuskhaiDilkusha
3) KhulasatutTwarikh
4) MiratiAhmadi
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3)
4)
Ques#:59
CentresofshipbuildingindustryduringtheMughalperiodweresituatedin:A.BengalB.AllahabadC.
KashmirD.Lahore
1) A&D
2) B,C&D
3) A,B,C&D
4) A,B&C
B.C. D.
:A.
1)A&D
2)B,C&D
3)A,B,C&D
4)A,B&C
Ques#:60
Whowrote"TheTamilCountryUnderVijayanagar"?
1) A.Krishnaswamy
2) K.A.NilkanthaShastri
3) N.Karshima
4) T.V.Mahalingam
:
1)
2)
3)
4)
Ques#:61
Raghavananda,theguruofRamanand,belongedto:
1) RudraSect
2) SanakadiSect
3) ShriSect
4) BrahmaSect
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1)
2)
3)
4)
Ques#:62
WhatwastheOriginalnameofAmirKhusroe?
1) Farid
2) JunaKhan
3) MuhammadHassan
4) NizamuddinHassan
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1)
2)
3)
4)
Ques#:63
WhendidAkbargoforhisfirstpilgrimagetothedargahofMoinuddinChisti?
1) 1560
2) 1570
3) 1562
4) 1573
:
1) 1560
2) 1570
3) 1562
4) 1573
Ques#:64
WhoamongthefollowingisnotadiscipleofBhaktisaintChaitanya?
1) GopalBhatta
2) Ishvarpuri
3) JivaGoswami
4) SanatanaGoswami
?
1)
2)
3)
4)
Ques#:65
ThedargahofwhichsaintdidbaburvisitafterdefeatingIbrahimLodhiintheBattleofPanipattoexpresshis
gratitude?
1) NizamuddinAulia
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2) BahauddinZakaria
3) FariduddinShakargunj
4) KutubuddinBakhtiyarKaki
?
1)
2)
3)
4)
Ques#:66
WhobuiltthePalaceof"HazarSitun"?
1) AlauddinKhilji
2) Iltutmish
3) Balban
4) JalaluddinKhilji
""
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1)
2)
3)
4)
Ques#:67
Whichoneofthefollowingrulersintroducedthesilvercoin"Rupaiya"?
1) Akbar
2) Shershah
3) AlauddinKhilji
4) Iltutmish
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