G.K. Practice Test: Question Set - 02
1. The Upanishads are
- (A) A
source of Hindu philosophy
- (B) Books
of ancient Hindu laws
- (C) Books
on social behavior of man
- (D) Prayers to
God
2. The two principles monuments of Alaud-din Khilji's reign - the Jama at Kana Masjid and Alai Darwaza - were constructed at
- (A) Agra
- (B) Delhi
- (C) Dhar
- (D) Gulbarga
3. The Uprising of 1857 was described as the first Indian war of Independence by
- (A) S.N. Sen
- (B) R.C.
Mazumdar
- (C) B.G. Tilak
- (D) V.D. Savakar
4. The treaty of Srirangapatna was signed between Tipu Sultan and
- (A) Robert Clive
- (B) Cornwallis
- (C) Dalhousie
- (D) Warren
Hastings
5. We hear of two envoys being sent to the Roman kings, one in 27-28 AD to the court of Augustus and the other in 110-20 AD to the court of
- (A) Cartius
- (B) Trajan
- (C) Nero
- (D) Brutus
6. To which professions earlier leaders who struggled for freedom of India mainly belonged?
- (A) Lawyers
- (B) Teachers
- (C) Journalists
- (D) All of the
above
7. Two of the great Mughals wrote their own memories. There were
- (A) Babar
and Humayun
- (B) Humayun
and Jahangir
- (C) Babar and
Jahangir
- (D) Jahangir
and Shahjahan
8. The Timariots Governors and the Revenue Contractors, on their part reason in this manner: "Why should the neglected state of this land create uneasiness in our minds and why should we expend our money and time to render it fruitful? We may be deprived of it in a single moment, and our exertions would benefit neither ourselves nor our children." This statement was made by
- (A) Monserrate
- (B) Tavernier
- (C) Manrique
- (D) Bernier
9. Visakhadatta sketches the event after the death of Samudragupta in his work
- (A) Mudrarakasam
- (B) Devi Chand Guptam
- (C) Mrichekakatika
- (D) Malavikagnimitra
10. To meet the educational needs of the people, the Madarasa-I Nasiri was built in the region of
- (A) Qutub-ud-din
Aibak
- (B) Iltutmish
- (C) Ruknuddin
Firoz Shah
- (D) Jalal-id-din
Khilji