GK ONE LINER SET 41

GK ONE LINER SET 41

1. Which was the official language of Gupta period? Sanskrit
 
2. Vasco da Gama discovered the sea-route to India in which year? 1498
 
3. Which was capital of Raja Ranjit Singh of Punjab? Lahore
 
4. Which God with three heads and horns, surrounded by animals, represented on a seal from Mohenjodaro?
Pashupati
 
5. Who was the first foreigner to invade India? Darius I
 
6. Who was made the Home Minister when Jawaharlal Nehru formed the Interim Government in 1946?
Sardar Patel
 
7. Which Gupta ruler was related to the Licchavis on his mother’s side? Samudragupta
 
8. In which inscription are the achievements of Samudragupta described? Allahabad pillar inscription
 
9. Which Sultan of Delhi has been described by the historians as the ‘mixture of opposites’?
Muhammad Tughluq
 
10. Nicolo Conti, the traveller, who visited Vijayanagara kingdom in 1420 A.D.,
belongs to which country?
Italy