Indian History Objective Question
Q196. The sisarupa coin during Mauryan period was made from
(a) gold
(b) copper
(c) lead
(d) silver
Answer: (c) lead
Q197. Which one is the first Indian kingdom to introduced the Greek custom of engraving portrait heads on coins
(a) Kushan
(b) Gupta
(c) Maurya
(d) Pallava
Answer: (a) Kushan
Q198. Who was the first king to call himself "Kushan" on his coinage
(a) Kanishka
(b) Heraios
(c) Vima Takto
(d) Huvishka
Answer: (b) Heraios
Q199. Who among the following industrialists joined Congress, went to jail and accepted hardships
(a) Walchand Hirachand
(b) Ambalal Sarabhai
(c) G.D. Birla
(d) Jamanalal Bajaj
Answer: (d) Jamanalal Bajaj
Q200. Which Harappan site is known for furrow marks
(a) Harappa
(b) Dholavira
(c) Rakhigarhi
(d) Kalibangan
Answer: (d) Kalibangan
Q201. The author of ‘Amarakosha’ was Amarasimha, who was in the court of
(a) Ramagupta
(b) Samudragupta
(c) Chandragupta II
(d) Kumaragupta I
Answer: (c) Chandragupta II
Q202. The Battle of Talikota between Vijayanagara Empire and an alliance of the Deccan sultanates was fought in the year
(a) 1561
(b) 1563
(c) 1565
(d) 1567
Answer: (c) 1565
Q203. Which one is the last Hindu dynasty that ruled Vijayanagara Empire in South India
(a) Sangama dynasty
(b) Saluva dynasty
(c) Tuluva dynasty
(d) Aravidu dynasty
Answer: (d) Aravidu dynasty
Q204. Which one is Jawaharlal Nehru’s autobiography
(a) Toward Freedom
(b) My Freedom
(c) Before Freedom
(d) The Discovery of India
Answer: (a) Toward Freedom
Q205. Who was the President of the Executive Council of the Interim Government of India formed on 2 September 1946
(a) Viscount Wavell
(b) Claude Auchinleck
(c) Lord Mountbatten
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: (a) Viscount Wavell
Q206. Champa was the capital of which Mahajanapadas
(a) Anga
(b) Kosala
(c) Panchala
(d) Matsya
Answer: (a) Anga
Q207. Who has stated that Chandragupta Maurya as young man had met Alexander face to face in Punjab
(a) Plutarch
(b) Justin
(c) Arrian
(d) Megasthenes
Answer: (b) Justin
Q208. In which language Sangam literature is written
(a) Tamil
(b) Telugu
(c) Sanskrit
(d) Malayalam
Answer: (a) Tamil
Q209. Which Delhi Sultan wrote his autobiography
(a) Iltutmish
(b) Jalal-ud-din Khalji
(c) Ibrahim Lodhi
(d) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
Answer: (d) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
Q210. In which year the Burma Act was signed to separate Myanmar from India
(a) 1932
(b) 1935
(c) 1942
(d) 1948
Answer: (b) 1935
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