GK for SSC and PCS Examinations [Test-149]

1.

Before ascending the Maurya throne, Ashoka was the viceroy of which of the following?

Taxilla

Ujjain

Pataliputra

Kandhar

2.

In which of the following regions, maize is used as staple food ?

Western Europe

Russia

Middle Africa

South-East Asia

3.

Who among the following was the ruler of Kanchi during the period of Samudragupta ?

Vishnugopa

Harshvardhan

Hastivarman

Kanishka

4.

The Rajput confederacy had checked invasion of which of the following Arab invaders in Battle of Rajasthan?

Mahmud Ghaznavi

Al Junayd

Muhammad bin Qasim

Al-Hakam

5.

In 1293 A.D., Marco Polo, an Italian traveller, visited which Indian Kingdom?

Kakatiya

Satavahana

Pandyan

Chera