1. The Mathura school of art flourished during the reign of
A) Kanishka
B) Ashoka
C) Chandragupta II
D) Harshavardhan
A) Kanishka
"During the first century AD, Gandhara and Mathura School of Art flourished mainly during the reign of Kushana emperor Kanishka. Mathura School had developed indigenously. The main traditional center of production in this school was Mathura, and other important centers were Sarnath and Kosambi. The material used in this school was the spotted red sandstone. This art reached its peak during the Gupta period in 6th or 7th century.
2. The tomb of Babar is at
A) Lahore
B) Kabul
C) Sasaram
D) Sikandra
B) Kabul
3. Who is the author of ‘Ashtadhyayi’?
A) Charak
B) Vishnu Sharma
C) Aryabhatta
D) Panini
D) Panini
4. Who looted the temple of Somnath?
A) Mehmood of Ghazni
B) Changhiz Khan
C) Mohammad Ghori
D) Nadir Shah
A) Mehmood of Ghazni
"Somnath’s first temple is said to have existed 2000 years ago. Is. In 649 AD, King Maitre of Vallabhini built a second temple in place of the temple and renovated it. In 725, the old ruler of Sindh took his army and attacked the temple and destroyed the temple. Pratishtha King Nag Bhatt II constructed the temple for the third time in 815 using a red stone (sandstone) stone. In 1026, Mahmud Ghazni lent the precious jewels and property of Somnath temple. After looting, slaughtering innumerable pilgrims of the temple and burning the temple and destroying it. During 1026-1042 Solanki Raja Bhimdev built the fourth temple of Bhoj and Anhilwad Patan, Parmar King of Malwa.Somnath was destroyed when Delhi Sultanate occupied Gujarat in 1299. In 1394 it was destroyed again. In 1706, Mughal ruler Aurangzeb again demolished the temple."
5. Who is regarded as the greatest law giver of ancient India?
A) Kautilya
B) Manu
C) Panini
D) Patanjali
A) Kautilya
6. Swaraj Party was formed in which year?
A) 1929
B) 1923
C) 1925
D) 1926
B) 1923
"The Swaraj Party was established as the Congress-Khilafat Swaraj Party. It was a political party formed in India in 1 January 1923 after the Gaya annual conference in December 1922 of the National Congress, that sought greater self-government and political freedom for the Indian people from the British Raj.
It was inspired by the concept of Swaraj. In Hindi and many other languages of India, swaraj means "independence" or "self-rule.The main Architects of Swaraj Party were Pandit Motilal Nehru, C.R.Das and Dr.Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari. " The two most important leaders were Chittaranjan Das, who was its president and Motilal Nehru, who was its secretary.
Das and Nehru thought of contesting elections to enter the legislative council with a view to obstructing a foreign government. Many candidates of the Swaraj Party got elected to the central legislative assembly and provincial legislative council in the 1923 elections. In these legislatures, they strongly opposed unjust government policies.[1]
As a result of the Bengal Partition, the Swaraj Party won the most seats during elections to the Bengal Legislative Council in 1923. The party disintegrated after the death of C. R. Das."
7. Who was the founder of Muslim League in India?
A) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
B) M.A. Jinnah
C) Nawab Salimullah
D) None of these
C) Nawab Salimullah
"Nawab Salimullah of Dacca proposed the formation of a Muslim political party and on 30th December 1906, a new party was launched at the Dacca Educational Conference. This party was known as the All India Muslim League. "
8. The Gandhi-Irwin pact proclaimed the suspension of
A) Non Coorperation Movement
B) Dandi March
C) Civil Disobedience Movement
D) Quit India Movement
C) Civil Disobedience Movement
9. Indian National Congress split for the first time in its session at
A) Allahabad
B) Surat
C) Lahore
D) Calcutta
B) Surat
" Indian National Congress split for the first time in its session at Surat in 1907."
10. The first state among the option to become bifurcated after independence was
A) Bombay
B) Bengal
C) Punjab
D) Assam
A) Bombay
"First state to be bifurcated after independence was Madras in 1953. Andhra Pradesh was carved out of Madras as the first state to be formed based on the linguistic purpose for the Telugu Speaking People on 1st October 1953. The next state to be bifurcated was Bombay."
| Bengal | In 1947, Bengal was positioned for the second time, solely on religious grounds, as part of the Partition of India following the formation of nations India and Pakistan. |
| Bombay | Agitation and violence resulted in the bifurcation of the state of Bombay into two states, Maharashtra and Gujarat in 1960 |
| Assam | Nagaland carved out of Assam in 1963 |
| Punjab | Haryana and Himachal Pradesh carved out of Punjab state. It was organized on a linguistic basis in 1966 |
