Quiz 301 : Indian History For Civil Services Examinations December 28, 2009 1. Which of the following personalities belonged to Gupta Age? Varahmihira Vatsyana Patanjali Select the correct option from the codes given below:Only 1Only 1 & 2Only 1 & 3 1, 2 & 32. Out of the battles fought between contemporary rulers and Babur, which among the following resulted in the firm establishment of Babur’s rule in North India?Battle of PanipatBattle of KhanvaBattle of GhagraSecond Battle of Panipat3. The people from which of the following ancient places were called as Vrishnis?MathuraDwarkaAyodhyaGandhar4. Who among the following professed Suddhadvaita philosophy?Swami KrishnanandaRamanadaVallabha AcharyaGuru Jambheshwar5. Who among the following introduced the modern concept of rule in India?MughalBritishPortugueseFrench6. Which among the following correctly explains Bhikkhunī Pātimokkha of Buddhism?Buddhist monks under whose supervision Buddhist nuns were to liveSpecial places which were used by Buddhist nuns for worshipSpecial code of conduct for female Buddhist monks or Buddhist nunsSpecial book which narrates Jataka story of Buddha7. Which among the following is incorrect regarding Buland darwaja?It was built by Akbar in 1602It was built in Fatehpur SikriIt was built to commemorate Akbar’s victory on Gujarat onlyAll are correct8. Bring out the only wrong statement:Kalibangan were among the world’s earliest known ploughn fields.Mahavamsa describes the atrocities of Chola Rulers during conquest of Sri LankaAgattiyam is a first grammar book of Sangam Age & first Tamil grammar bookAll are correct9. The dual government of Bengal was result of a farman in 1765 by which of the following?BritishShah AlamNawab SirajuddaulaRaja Khan10. For which of the following commodities , the Dutch wanted to barter cotton piece goods in the Indonesian Archipelago?TobaccoRicePepper and SpicesSilkSubmit Test « Previous Next »