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 DDB NO: Indian History 01
Indian History
Answers & Explanations

1    D. Babur   
2    C. Chandra Shekhar Azad   
3    C.Ashoka   
4    A. Rudramadevi    
5    C. Akbar    
6    A. Singapore    
7    B. Bal Gangadhar Tilak   
8    C. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel   
9    B. Guru Tegh Bahadur   
10    A. permanent revenue settlement of Bengal   
11    C. 1600    
12    B. Sohan Singh Bhakna   
13    A. Abul Fazal    
14    B. Guru Gobind Singh   
15    A. Battle of Plassey   
16    B. Harshavadhana   
17    B. Razia Sultana   
18    A. Lord William Bentick   
19    A. Indus and Jhelum   
20    A. Indra    
21    A. Bhagat Singh   
22    C. Bardoli Satyagraha   
23    D. The Charter Act of 1813   
24    D. B.R. Ambedkar   
25    C. Lord Wiliam Bentinck   
26    D. Rice   
27    B. Kashmir   
28    C. Samantas   
29    B. Akbar   
30    D. Cotton   
31    D. Mughal   
32    A. Jute    
33    D. Genghis Khan   
34    A. Humayun    
35    B. Aurangzeb   
36    A. Kitab – Al Hind   
37    A. Abdul Ghaffar Khan   
38    C. Mughals    
39    B. New Delhi   
40    B. Ajmer   
41    A. 24    
42    C. Kumaragupta   
43    B. Ghazni   
44    D. Yaqut of Dabul   
45    C. 13    
46    B. Shah Jahan   
47    D. Simon Commission    
48    C. Dyer    
49    D. Babur   
50    D. Ahmedabad   
51    D. Bengal   
52    B. Humayun   
53    D. Karnataka   
54    D. Jahangir   
55    A. Delhi    
56    D. Rajaraja I   
57    D. Devadana   
58    B. Brahmadeya   
59    A. Chahamana    
60    C. Ashoka    
61    C. 1789    
62    A. Sheikh Mubarak   
63    C. Surat    
64    B. Rajagriha   
65    B. Simuka   
66    C. Dharmapala   
67    D. Ibrahim Lodi   
68    C. Source of Hindu Philosophy   
69    C. Vishva-Bharti   
70    B. Pashupati   
71    B. Macaulay   
72    C. Pandyas    
73    B. Iltutmish   
74    A.Surat   
75    D. 16   
76    B. Vaishali   
77    D. 1973   
78    A. Pataliputra    
79    A. Pulaksen First   
80    A. Allaudin Khilji   
81    A. Madhya Pradesh   
82    B. Aihole   
83    A. Slave dynasty   
84    D. Qutab-ud-din Aibak   
85    A. Dharmapala   
86    D. Pratihara   
87    A. 1206 AD and 1526 AD   
88    B. Bihar   
89    B. Mysore   
90    B. Rani Durgavati   
91    D. 1907   
92    B. Mahmood Ghazni   
93    B. Anand Mohan Bose   
94    B. 1398   
95    C. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq   
96    C. Khizr Khan   
97    A. P.C Mahalanobis   
98    C. Afghanistan    
99    D. Razia Begum   
100    C. Withdrawal of tax on khadi production   
101    D. Akbar   
102    D. Simon Commission   
103    D. Tulsidas   
104    A. Babur    
105    D. Ramananda   
106    D. Mansabdari System   
107    B. Shah Jahan   
108    A. Jahangir    
109    B. Indira Gandhi   
110    A. Shah Jahan    
111    B. Hawa Mahal   
112    D. Kolkata   
113    B. Export surplus   
114    A. Akbar    
115    C. Guru Arjan Dev   
116    C. Khawaja Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar kaki   
117    C. Sikandar Suri   
118    B. Guru Arjan Dev   
119    D. Harshavardhana   
120    B. Dhamekh   
121    D. Jahangir   
122    A. Akbar    
123    A. Shah Jahan    
124    B. Aurangzeb   
125    B. Treaty of Yandabo   
126    D. 1894   
127    C. 16th December 1971   
128    C. Prithivi Narayan Shah   
129    D. 1928   
130    B. Turkey   
131    A. 6th April 1919   
132    D. 1600   
133    A. Khushwant Singh   
134    A. Meerut    
135    C. Sam manekshaw   
136    A. 1894    
137    B. North Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971   
138    C. Manika    
139    A. Pakistan    
140    D. Rajendra Chola I   
141    A. 1510    
142    A. Lothal    
143    D. 1973   
144    D. Karandev   
145    A. 1944    
146    D. 1818   
147    B. Ranjit Singh   
148    C. 1948    
149    C. 1900    
150    D. China   
151    A. 1784   
152    A. Battle of Suvali   
153    B. Jahangir   
154    C. Indian Association   
155    A. 1575   
156    D. Syed Ahmed Khan   
157    A. 1897   
158    D. Nikolai Bulganin   
159    D. Assam   
160    D. Wajid Ali Shah   
161    D. 19th December 1961   
162    A. Vallabhbhai Patel   
163    B. Kolkata Port   
164    B. Jahangir   
165    A. Chandra Gupta, the First   
166    C. Passive resistance   
Explaination: Chandra Gupta was a major king in the Gupta Empire around 320 C.E. and is generally considered as the founder of the Gupta dynasty. As the ruler of the Gupta Empire, he is known for forging alliances with many powerful families in the Ganges region. The well-known Gupta era which commenced on February 26, 320 AD is generally attributed to Chandragupta I. Hence it is surmised that the Gupta era began on the occasion of the coronation of Chandragupta I.

167    A. Pulakesin-Il   
168    B. Rs 400,000   
169    C. Linlithgow   
170    C. a Persian script used in Medieval India   
171    A. Lord Lytton   
172    A. Lord Lytton   
173    A. Allahabad   
174    A. 1556   
175    A. Dharmachakrapravartana Sutta   
176    D. Guru Ram Das   
177    A. 321   
178    B. Padmasambhava   
Explaination: The most important event in the history of Tibetan Buddhism was the arrival of sage Padmasambhava in the 8th century. Padmasambhava translated numerous Buddhist texts into Tibetan language and combined tantric Buddhism with the local Bon religion to create what is today widely known as the Tibetan Buddhism.
179    B. Italians   
180    D. Mansabdars   
181    A. Baden Powell   
182    C. All the above   
183    A. 1707   
184    A. An Indian Member of the Executive Council   
185    D. Raigarh   
186    A. Babar   
187    D. Aix-la-Chapelle   
188    D. Burmese   
189    D. Raj Ram Mohun Roy   
190    C. 1966   
191    D. Aryabhatta   
Explain: Aryabhatta was the first in the line of great mathematician-astronomers from the classical age of Indian mathematics and Indian astronomy who belonged to the Gupta era. His period was 476’550 A.D. His most famous works are the Aryabhatiya (499 A.D) and the Arya-Siddhanta.
192    B. Gandhara   
Explaination: The Gandhara School of Art is also known as the Graeco-Buddhist School of Art since Greek techniques of art were applied to Buddhist subjects. The most important contribution of the Gandhara School of Art was the evolution of beautiful images of the Buddha and Bodhisattvas, which were modelled on identical characters of Graeco-Roman pantheon. The Gandhara School of art developed in first century AD during the reign of Kanishka.
193    A. Qutub-ud-din Aibak   
194    B. Bana   
195    B. Mothers Goddess   
196    A. Indian Revenues   
197    B. Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan   
198    A. Megasthanes   
199    B. Young Bengal   
200    C. Azad    
201    B. Chalcolitchic cultures of western India   
202    B. Buddhism   
Explaination: The Ajanta Caves are the treasure house of delicate paintings that portray scenes from Jataka tales and from the life of Lord Buddha. Celebrated for its archaic wonder and laced with the series of carved artistry, Ajanta Cave paintings echo the quality of Indian creativity in perhaps the subtlest way. In the Ajanta wallpaintings, there is a profound modification from the art of early Buddhism. The Ajanta paintings stresses on religious romanticism with lyric quality, a reflection of the view that every aspect of life has an equal value in the spiritual sense and as an aspect of the divine.
203    C. Rana Ratan Singh   
204    B. Chandragupta-II   
Explaination: Chandragupta-II was one of the most powerful emperors of the Gupta Empire in northern India. His rule spanned c. 380’413/415 A.D, during which the Gupta Empire achieved its zenith, art, architecture, and sculpture flourished, and the cultural development of ancient India reached its climax.  He adopted the title of Vikramaditya which holds a semimythical status in India.
205    A. Jai Singh   
206    D. Mohammed Iqbal   
207    B. barley   
Explaination: Dantidurga (735’756 CE), also known as Dantivarman or Dantidurga II was the founder of the Rashtrakuta Empire of Manyakheta. His capital was based in Gulbarga region of Karnataka. He was succeeded by his uncle Krishna I who extended his kingdom to all of Karnataka.
208    A. occupational division of labour   
Explaination: The caste system is a system of division of labour and power in human society. It is a system of social stratification, and a basis for affirmative action. Historically, it defined communities into thousands of endogamous hereditary groups called Jatis. The Jatis were grouped by the Brahmanical texts under the four well-known caste categories (the varnas): viz Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, and Shudras.
209    A. The study of inscriptions   
Explaination: Epigraphy is the study of inscriptions on rocks, pillars, temple walls, copper plates and other writing material. It is the study of inscriptions or epigraphs as writing; it is the science of identifying graphemes, clarifying their meanings, classifying their uses according to dates and cultural contexts, and drawing conclusions about the writing and the writers. It serves as primary documentary evidence to establish legal, socio-cultural, literary, archaeological, and historical antiquity on the basis of engravings.
210    A. Afghan