Gk Questions :
1. The Venetian traveler who travelled with his wife and reached Vijayanagar around 1420 was:
- Nicolo de Conti
- Ibn Batuta
- Athanasius Nikitin
- None of these
2. The Uprising of 1857 was described as the first Indian war of Independence by:
- V.D. Savakar
- S. Sen
- B.G. Tilak
- None of these
3. The year 788 AD was a good one for Hinduism. Why?
- Samudragupta converted to Hinduism.
- Shankracharya was born that year.
- Harsha Vardhana, the last Buddhist king, died.
- All Muslim invaders were defeated.
4. The twenty-third Jaina teacher, Parsva, the immediate predecessor of Mahavira enjoined on his disciples four great vows. To these Mahavira addes which of the followings as the fifth vow?
- None-injury
- Brahmacharya or continence
- Abstention from stealing
- Non-attachment
5. The Turko-Afghan rule in India lasted for about:
- four centuries
- three centuries
- two centuries
- one centurie
6. Though Ashoka had many sons, the inscriptions mentioned only one who is not mentioned in any other source. He is:
- Tivara
- Kunala
- Jalauka
- Mahendra
7. We can know about early vedic period from?
- the Rig Veda
- contemporary culture
- Jatak Katha
- archaeological excavations
8. The Upanishads are:
- a source of Hindu philosophy
- books on social behavior of man
- books of ancient Hindu laws
- prayers to God
9. Universities in the Presidency towns in India were established in?
10. The Vijayanagara king who employed skilled archers of the Turkish clan and raised the fighting capacity of his bowmen was:
- Devaraya I
- Krishnadevaraya
- Ramaraya
- Bukka I
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