Assertion (A) : The Mauryas achieved political supremacy over the whole of India

General Knowledge Overview with Current Affairs

61. Assertion (A) : The Mauryas achieved political supremacy over the whole of India

O.G.K. | 7A 57. Consider the following statements—

(I) Parshvanatha preached the Jain ideas of Satya, Ahimsa, Asteya and Aparigraha.

(II) Mahavira introduced Brahmacharya.

(III) Mahavira's teachings were first collected in the third country B.C.

Which of these statements are correct ? (A) I and II (B) I and III (C) II and III (D) I, II and III 58. Which one of the following Mughal emperors

donated land for the construction of the golden Temple at Amritsar ?

(A) Akbar (B) Humayun

Aurangzeb proceeded to Deccan in 1681 for—

1. Crushing the Marathas.

2. Annexing Golconda and Bijapur.

3. Driving out the Portuguese from Goa.

4. Subduing the revolts of Mughal nobility.

Which of these statements are correct ? (A) 1, 2 and 3 (B) 2, 3 and 4 (C) 1, 2 and 4 (D) 1, 3 and 4

60. Who among the following, destroyed the group of Forty Nobles ?

(A) Baharam Shah (B) Iltutmish (C) Sultan Razia (D) Balban

61. Assertion (A) : The Mauryas achieved

8A | O.G.K.

Codes :

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) 2 3 1 5

(B) 4 5 3 2

(D) 4 5 2 3

70. Amir Khusrau was the famous poet in the Court of—

(A) Akbar (B) Shahjahan (C) Ibrahim Lodhi (D) Alauddin Khalji

71. Which one of the Chola Kings conquered Ceylon ?

(A) Aditya I (B) Rajaraja I (C) Rajendra (D) Vijayalaya 72. Who among the following presided over the

Buddhist Council held during the reign of Kanishka at Kashmir ?

(A) Parsva (B) Nagarjuna (C) Sudraka (D) Vasumitra

73. Which one of the following animals was not represented on the seals and terracotta art of the Harappan culture ?

(A) Coco (B) Elephant

The shaded area in the above map shows the empire of :

(A) Ala-ud-din Khalji (B) Mohammad Tughlaq (C) Shahjahan

(D) Aurangzeb

75. Hoysala monuments are found in : (A) Hampi and Hospet

(B) Halebid and Belur (C) Mysore and Bengalore (D) Sringeri and Dharwar

76. Who among the following Indian rulers esta-blished embassies in foreign countries on modern lines ?

(A) Haider Ali (B) Mir Qasim (C) Shah Alam II (D) Tipu Sultan 77. Which of the following pairs is not correctly

matched ?

(A) India's first technicolour film—Jhansi Ki Rani

(B) India's first 3-D film—My Dear Kutti-chathan

(D) India's first actress to win the Bharat Ratna—Meena Kumari

78. Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq's experiment of introducing token currency failed on account of the—

(A) Rejection of token coins for purchases by foreign merchants

(B) Melting of token coins

79. Who issued a firman on 12 August 1765 granting to the English the Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa ?

(A) Shah Alam II (B) Bahadur Shah (C) Furrukhsiyar (D) Muhammad Shah 80. Consider the following statements :

1. Arya Samaj was founded in 1835.

2. Lala Lajpat Rai opposed the appeal of Arya Samaj to the authority of Vedas in support of its social reform programmes.

3. Under Keshab Chandra Sen, The Brahm Samaj campaigned for women's educa-tion.

4. Vinoba Bhave founded the Sarvodaya Samaj to work among refugees.

Which of these statements are correct ? (A) 1 and 2 (B) 2 and 3 (C) 2 and 4 (D) 3 and 4

O.G.K. | 9A 81. The Mangols under Gengis Khan invaded

India during the reign of—

(A) Balban (B) Feroz Tughlaq (C) Iltutmish

(D) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq

82. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched ?

(A) Harappan civilization—Painted grey Ware Art

(B) The Kushans—Gandhara School of Art (C) The Mughals—Ajanta Paintings

(D) TheMarathas—PahariSchoolofPainting 83. Guru Nanak preached—

(A) The unity of the Sikhs (B) Sikh religion

84. Which of the following pairs is correctly matched ?

(A) Dewan-i-Bandagani—Tughlaq (B) Dewan-i-Mustakhraj—Balban (C) Dewan-i-Kohi—Alauddin Khilji (D) Dewan-i-Arz—Muhammad Tughlaq 85. In which one of the following cities is the

Lingaraja Temple located ? (A) Bhubaneswar (B) Bijapur

(C) Kolkata (D) Shreavanabelagola 86. Which one of the following pairs (of dynasties and their founders) is not correctly matched ?

(A) Slave dynasty — Balban

(B) Tughlaq dynasty — Ghiyasuddin (C) Khalji dynasty — Jalaluddin

(D) Second Afghan Empire — Shershah Suri 87. Babar came to India originally from—

(A) Farghana (B) Khiva (C) Khorasan (D) Seistan

88. Which one of the following was the result of the third Buddhist council in ancient India ? (A) Adoption of Vinaya Pitaka

(B) Compilation of Abhidhamma Pitaka (C) Permanent split of Buddhist Church into

Stharviras and Mahasanghikas

(D) Composition of commentaries known as Vibhashas

89. Who among the following Chola Kings reigned as Kulotting Chola-I ?

(A) Vikramaditya I (B) Vikramaditya II (C) Rajaraja Narendra I (D) Rajendra III

90. Which one of the following sources of Islam is associated with the preaching of Prophet Mohammad ?

(A) Quran (B) Hidaya

91. The French East India Company was formed in—

(A) 1600 (B) 1660

92. The Indus Valley people traded with the—

(A) Chinese (B) Mesopotamians (C) Parthians (D) Romans

93. The Indian National song was composed by—

(A) Rabindranath Tagore (B) Bankim Chandra Chatterji (C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (D) Sarojini Naidu

94. Nander Gurudwara is sacred to Sikhs because of the tomb of—

(A) Guru Amar Das (B) Guru Angad (C) Guru Arjun Dev (D) Guru Govind Singh

95. Harihara and Bukka founded which Indian Kingdom/dynasty ?

(A) Vijayanagar (B) Bahamani (C) The Marathas (D) The Tughlaq 96. Which one of the following places is

consi-dered to be a Jain Siddha-Kshetra on account of its association with Parsvanatha ?

(A) Champa (B) Pavapuri

97. The Torah is the holy book of which Commu-nity ?

(A) Rastafarians (B) Buddhists

10A | O.G.K.

98. Four important rulers : 1. Adil Shah II

2. Allauddin Bahman Shah 3. Krishnadeva Raya 4. Chand Bibi

Ruled over provincial Kingdoms at one time or the other. The chronological order in which they appeared is—

(A) 4, 3, 2, 1 (B) 1, 3, 2, 4 (C) 2, 4, 1, 3 (D) 2, 3, 4, 1

99. The Finance Minister during the Mughal rule was—

(A) Emperor (B) Sadr (C) Diwan-i-Ala (D) Mir-i-Bakshi 100. Consider the following statements. Islam

became popular in India due to : 1. Its ideals of common brotherhood.

2. The missionary zeal.

3. Its simplicity.

of these statements—

(A) 1 and 2 are correct (B) 2 and 3 are correct (C) 1 alone is correct (D) 1, 2 and 3 are correct

101. Which of the following features show that the Indus Valley people had a certain pattern of technical uniformity ?

1. Use of standardised brick sizes.

2. Use of irrigation canals.

3. Use of a standard range of copper and bronze tools.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below—

(A) 1, 2 and 3 (B) 1 and 2 (C) 2 and 3 (D) 1 and 3

102. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists :

List-I

(a) Rajendra-II chola (b) Skandagupta

List-II

1. Battle of Kalinga 2. Battle of Manimangalam

3. Battle with Pushyamitra 4. Battle with Seleucus Nikator 5. Battle of Koppam

Codes :

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) 5 4 2 1

(B) 5 3 2 4

(D) 2 3 5 4

103. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given ahead the lists :

List-I (a) Rigveda (b) Yajurveda (c) Samaveda (d) Athervaveda

List-II

1. Magic, tantric, rituals etc.

2. Composition of music

3. Different yajnas and their rituals 4. Hymns relating to natural dieties Codes :

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) 3 4 2 1

(B) 4 3 1 2

(D) 4 3 2 1

104. Which of the following are said to be the causes of the decline of Mauryan Empire ? 1. The revolt of provisional governors.

2. The Hun invasions.

3. Ashoka's pacifism.

4. Brahminical resentment with Ashoka's pro Buddhist policies.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below :

(A) 1, 2 and 3 (D) 1, 2 and 4 (C) 2, 3 and 4 (D) 1, 3 and 4 105. Ashoka's Dhamma can be best described as

(A) Modified form of Brahmanism (B) A socio ethical code of conduct (C) Propagation of Bhakti

(D) Modified form of Dharmasastra

O.G.K. | 11A 106. Who was the founder of the city of Agra ?

(A) Mohammad Tughlaq (B) Alauddin Khalji (C) Sikandar Lodhi (D) Ibrahim Lodhi

107. Which of the following were known by the popular name of ‘redshirts’?

(A) The Congress Socialists (B) The Khudai Khidmatgars

(D) None of these

108. Who is called the 'Nightingale of India' ? (A) Vijay Lakshmi Pandit

(B) Sarojini Naidu (C) Aruna Asaf Ali (D) Sucheta Kriplani

109. The Harappans were the earliest people to produce—

(A) Seals (B) Bronze implements (C) Cotton (D) Barley

110. The Megalithic culture (500 B.C.-100 A.D.) brings us to the historical period in South India. The Megaliths used :

(A) Weapons made of stone

(B) Tools and implements made of stone (C) Graves encircled by big pieces of stones (D) Articles of daily use made of stone 111. Chinese pilgrim who visited India during

Harsha Vardhan's period was—

(A) Fa-hien (B) I'tsing (C) Nishka (D) Hiuen-T-Sang 112. Chalukya King Pulakesin II was defeated

by—

(A) Mahendra Varman I (B) Narsimha Varman I (C) Parameshwara Verman I (D) Jatila Parantaka

113. Who among the following sultans of Delhi has been described by the historians as the mixture of opposites' ?

(A) Balban

(B) Alauddin Khalji

114. Who was the last ruler of Lodi Dynasty ? (A) Bahlol Lodi

(B) Ibrahim Lodi (C) Daulat Khan Lodi (D) Sikandar Lodi

115. Which of the following ‘Mughal monarchs’

has vividly described Indian flora and fauna, seasons, fruits etc., in his diary ?

(A) Akbar (B) Jahangir (C) Babur (D) Aurangzeb 116. The greatness of Shershah lies in his—

(A) Victories against Humayun (B) Superior generalship (C) Administrative reforms (D) Religous tolerance

117. Greek-Roman Art has found a place in—

(A) Ellora (B) Gandhara (C) Kalinga (D) Buddhist Art 118. The Ajanta paintings belong to the—

(A) Harappan period (B) Mauryan period (C) Buddhist period (D) Gupta period

119. The ruins of the glory of Vijayanagar and a place of historical importance for its architec-tural style is now found at—

(A) Belur (B) Hampi

120. ThetemplebuiltinA.D.1100anddominating all other temples in Bhubaneshwar is—

(A) Raja Rani temple (B) Kandariya Mahadev (C) Thribhuvaneswara Lingaraja (D) Mukhteswara

121. The Bahmani Kingdom was founded by—

(A) Ahmad Shah I (B) Alauddin Hasan (C) Mahmud Gawan (D) Firoz Shah Bahmani

122. The Dilwara temples at Mount Abu in Rajasthan were built by the followers of—

(A) Buddhism (B) Jainism (C) Hinduism (D) Sikhism

12A | O.G.K.

123. In the third Battle of Panipat, the Marathas were defeated by—

(A) The Afghans (B) The Mughals (C) The English (D) The French 124. Alberuni came to India with—

(A) Mahmud of Ghazni (B) Alexander

125. Where did Aurangzeb die ?

(A) Ahmed Nagar (B) Aurangabad (C) Allahabad (D) Lahore 126. What inspired the paintings of Ajanta ?

(A) Compassionate Buddha (B) Radha Krishna leela (C) Jain Tirthankaras (D) Mahabharat encounters

127. Who amongst the following is renowned in Hindustani classical music (Vocal) ?

(A) Sholohana Narayan (B) M.S. Subbulaxmi (C) Pt. Jasraj

(D) M.S. Gopalkrishnan

128. Yavanika or curtain was introduced in Indian theatre by the—

(A) Shakas (B) Parthians (C) Greeks (D) Kushanas

129. Who started the Saka Era still used by the Government of India ?

(A) Kanishka (B) Vikramaditya (C) Samundragupta (D) Asoka

130. Zafarnama was a letter written to a Mughal emperor by which of the following Sikh Gurus ?

(A) Hari Rai (B) Arjun Dev (C) Teg Bahadur (D) Govind Singh 131. Who among the following is renowned in the

field of painting ? (A) Parveen Sultana (B) Prof. T.N. Krishnan (C) Ram Kinkar (D) Raja Ravi Verma

132. The rulers of which dynasty started the practice of granting tax free villages to Brahamanas and Buddhist Monks ?

(A) Sata-Vahanas (B) Mauryas (C) Guptas (D) Cholas

133. The most important text of the Vedic Mathe-matics is—

(A) Satapatha Brahman (B) Atharva Veda (C) Sulva Sutras

(D) Chhandhogya Upnishad 134. Gupta Dynasty was famous for—

(A) Art and Architecture (B) Imperialism

135. Find out the correct chronological order of the Buddhist councils held at the four following places from the code given below—

1. Vaishali 2. Rajgarh 3. Kundalvana 4. Pataliputra Codes :

(A) 1, 2, 3, 4 (B) 4, 3, 2, 1 (C) 2, 1, 3, 4 (D) 2, 1, 4, 3 136. The Harappans were—

(A) Rural (B) Urban (C) Nomadic (D) Tribal

137. The crop which was not known to Vedic people is—

(A) Barely (B) Wheat

138. The Rashtrakuta kingdom was founded by—

(A) Dandi Durga (Danti Durga) (B) Amogha Varsha

Dalam dokumen RAILWAY RECRUITMENT BOARD ASSISTANT LOCO PILOT EXAMINATION (Halaman 58-63)