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Saturday, November 19, 2016

GK SERIES FOR SSC,IAS,PCS,HAS,HCS AND OTHER COMPETITIVE EXAMS (HISTORY-15)

GK SERIES FOR SSC,IAS,PCS,HAS,HCS
AND OTHER COMPETITIVE EXAMS
(HISTORY-15)
Delhi Sultanate

Central Administration during Delhi Sultanate:
·         Diwan-i-Wizarat (Finance Department) headed by Wazir.
·         Diwan-i-Ariz (Military Department) headed by Ariz-i-Mumalik.
·         Diwan-i-Insha (Correspondence Department) headed by Dabir-i-Mumalik.
·         Diwan-i-Risalat (Appeals Department) headed by Dabir-i-Mulq.
·         Diwan-i-Mustakharaj (Arrears Department) founded by Alaudin Khilji.
·         Diwan-i-Riyasat (Commerce Department) headed by Rais-i-Mumalik.
·         Diwan-i-Kohi (Agriculture Department) founded by Mohd bin Tughlaq.
·         Diwan-i-Bandgan (Slaves Department) founded by Firoz Tughlaq.
·         Diwan-i-Khairat (Charity Department) founded by Firoz Tughlaq.
·         Diwan-i-Isthiaq (Pension Department) founded by Firoz Tughlaq.

Administrative Units:
·         Iqta (Province) headed by Muqti or Wali.
·         Shiq (District) headed by Siqadar.
·         Pargana (Taluka) headed by Chaudary and Amil.
·         Gram (Village) headed by Muqaddam or Khut.

Important Literature of Delhi Sultanate:
·         Tahiqiq-i-Hind by Alberuni – wrote about Slave Dyansty.
·         Tabaqat-i-Nasiri by Minhaj-us-Siraj – account of Iltutmish’s reign.
·         Laila Manju by Amir Khusrau.
·         Khazain-ul-Futuh by Amir Khusrau – conquests of Alauddin Khilji.
·         Tughlaqnama by Amir Khusrau – account of Ghiyasudin Balban’s reign.
·         Nuh-Siphir by Amir Khusrau
·         Fatwa-i-Jahandari by Zia ud din Barani – account of Tughlaq dynasty.
·         Tarikh-i-Firoz Shahi by Zia ud din Barani - account of Firoz Shah’s reign.
·         Fatwah-i-Firoz Shahi by Firoz Shah.
·         Kitab-ul-Hind by Alberuni.
·         Kitab-ul-Tahqiq by Alberuni – About Indian Sciences.
·         Qanun-e-Masudi by Alberuni – about Astronomy.
·         Taj-ul-Maathir by Hasan Nizami – about Slave dynasty.
·         Shah Namah by Firdausi – about Mohmud Ghazni’s reign.
·         Kitab-ul-Rehala by Ibn Batuta


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Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Modern Indian History Quiz-7 For SSC & Railways Exam

MODERN INDIAN HISTORY QUIZ -7
1. When was ‘Abhinav Bharat’ established:
a. 1924                                 
b. 1921                                             
c. 1905                                             
d. 1906

2. Who was the founder of ‘Gadar Party’:
a. Lala Lajpat Rai                                                   
b. Lala Hardayal & Sohan Singh            
c. Dayal Singh Majitiya                                         
d. B.G. Tilak

3. Which among the following is considered the first civil disobedience movement:
a. Champaran                     
b. Kheda Satyagraha                    
c. Khilafat Movement                   
d.  Ahmadabad Mill Strike

4. Who established the Indian National  Army in 1942:
a. Ras Bihari Bose              
b. S.C.Bose                            
c. Sayarkar                          
d. Bhagat Singh

5. In which of the following organisation Bhagat Singh associated:
a. Ghadar Party                                                      
b. H.R.A                                            
c. Hindustan Socialist Republican Association          
d. India House

6. Kheda Satyagraha was associated with which of the following person:
a. B.G.Tilak              
b. M.K.Ghandi                                 
c. C.R.Das                             
d. Vinoba Bhave

7. Who among the following person first time coined the term ‘Pakistan’:
a. M D Iqbal             
b. Maulana Azad                
c. Chaudhary Rehmat ali 
d. Md. Ali Zinha

8. Who said to the Cripps Mission as ‘A post dated cheque in a crashing bank’:
a. J.P. Narayana                  
b. B.G. Tilak                         
c. M. K.Ghandi                                
d. J.L.Nehru

9. Where was the third round table conference took place:
a. Delhi                                 
b. London                            
c. Tokyo                               
d. Berlin

10. Who composed the national Anthem of Bangladesh ‘Amar Sonar Bangla’:
a. Rabindranath Tagore  
b. Debendra Nath              
c. Shiv Kumar                                 
d. B.G. Tilak

ANSWER:
1.D, 2.B, 3.A, 4.A, 5.C, 6.B, 7.C, 8.C, 9.B, 10.A,



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Wednesday, March 9, 2016

MODERN INDIAN HISTORY QUIZ -8 FOR SSC CGL AND RAILWAYS EXAM 2016

MODERN INDIAN HISTORY QUIZ -8
1. Where was the first Vasco Da Gama reached in India:
a. Hugly                              
b. Calicut                           
c. Diu                                   
d. Balasore

2. Who was the first governor of Portuguese in India:
a. Francisco Almeida  
b. Hawkins                                   
c. Thomas Roe                
d. Alfonso

3. In which of the following was the first factory built by Britishers in India:
a. Calcutta             
b. Masulipatnam                       
c. Surat                               
d. Odisa

4. When was the first Anglo-Mysore war took place:
a. 1769 A.D                       
b. 1761 AD                        
c. 1760 AD             
d. 1765 AD

5. When was the ‘Treaty of Allahabad’ took place:
a. 1765 AD            
b. 1764 AD                        
c. 1766 AD             
d. 1767 AD

6. In which of the following place the permanent settlement of 1793 was introduced:
a. Bengal                            
b. Bihar                                          
c. U.P                        
d. Orissa

7. Who was called ‘The father of Modern Western Education’ in India:
a. Lord Minto I               
b. Lord Amherst                        
c. Lord William Bentick        
d. Lord Hastings

8. The First official census in India took place:
a. 1881 AD            
b. 1882 AD                        
c. 1883 AD             
d. 1884 AD

9. Which among the following viceroy appointed the ‘Hunter commission’:
a. Lord Curzon               
b. Lord Ripon                              
c. Lord Cripps                 
d. Lord Linlithgo

10. Where was the Sanskrit College established in 1791:
a. Calcutta             
b. Banaras                        
c. Madras               
d. Delhi

ANSWERS
1.B, 2.A, 3.C, 4.A, 5.C, 6.C, 7.A, 8.A, 9.B, 10.B,

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Tuesday, March 8, 2016

MODERN INDIAN HISTORY QUIZ -7 FOR SSC AND RAILWAYS EXAM 2016

MODERN INDIAN HISTORY QUIZ -7
1. Who was called the ‘Grand old man of India’:
a. Dadabhai Naoroji                 
b. B.G.Tilak                                   
c. Tagore               
d. Lala Lajpat Rai

2. ‘My experiments with Truth’ is the work of which of the following person:
a. Mahadev Desai                                  
b. J.L.Nehru                                  
c. M.K.Ghandi                  
d. Sunil Sarkar

3. Who was the first viceroy of India:
a. Lord Clive                                
b. William Bentick                   
c. Lord Curzon                
d. Lord Canning

4. Who is the author of ‘Social Background of Indian Nationalism’:
a. A.R. Desai                                 
b. Dharam Kumar                     
c. Raya Ji                
d. K.Rajayan

5. Champaran Satyagraha was took place in:
a. Gujarat                                      
b. Bombay                         
c. Bihar                               
d. Madras

6. Hindu Mahasabha came into existence in :
a. 1901                                            
b. 1906                                           
c. 1915                                
d. 1925

7. The Ganpati festival was started in:
a. 1792                                            
b. 1793                                           
c. 1893                                
d. 1904

8. Sati was declared a punishable offence in:
a. 1727                                            
b. 1729                                           
c. 1829                                
d. 1834

9. Swami Vivekananda , known in his pre monastic life as:
a. Narendra nath Dutta                      
b. Vishwanath Dutta                
c. Upendranath Dutta 
d. Vasava Dutta

10. In India the ‘Wahabi movement’ was started by:
a. Syed Ahmed                            
b. Vilayet ali                                 
c. Mohammad ali           
d. Jahan Dad khan


ANSWER
1.A,2.C,3.D,4.A,5.C,6.C,7.C,8.C,9.A,10.A
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Sunday, March 6, 2016

ANCIENT INDIAN HISTORY QUIZ -6 FOR SSC CGL EXAM 2016

ANCIENT INDIAN HISTORY QUIZ -6
1. In which of the following Rastrakuta king built rock-cut temple of Shiva at Ellora:
a. Gopala                            
b. Krishna I                      
c. Bhoja                  
d. Dharampala

2. Which of the following art was influence by Greek and Roman Art:
a. Gupta Art                      
b. Mathura Art                
c. Gandhara Art              
d. Amarvati Art

3. Who wrote ‘Amarsimha’:
a. Amarkosh                    
b. Bhasa                 
c. Shudrak             
d. Panani

4. ‘Allahabad Pillar Inscription’ belongs in which of the following ruler:
a. Kanishka                      
b. Ashoka              
c. Kumargupta                
d. Samudragupta

5. Where was the second Jaina council was took place:
a. Valabhi                          
b. Pataliputra                  
c. Kalashoka                    
d. Bindusara

6. Where was the famous 57-foot high statue of ‘Gomateshvara’ is situated:
a. Sarvanabelagola      
b. Toshali              
c. Rajgir                 
d. Arhat

7. In which of the following book associates the Temporal knowledge or omniscience:
a. Matijanha                     
b. Kevalajnana               
c. Avadhijnana               
d. Pandya

8. In which of the following Tirthankaras is considered the ‘Incarnation of Narayana’ in Vishnu and  Bhagavat Puranas’:
a. Ajitnath                         
b. Arnath               
c. Rishabda                       
d. Mahavir

9. In which of the following was not the Mahajanapadas:
a. Kashi                              
b. Kamrup             
c. Anga                                
d. Kosala

10. What was the emblem of ‘Cheras’:
a. Bow                                 
b. fish                                  
c. Elephant                       
d. Tiger

11. In which of the following is not a ‘Upvedas’:
a. Ayurveda                      
b. Shilpaveda                   
c. Dhanurveda                
d. Kalpaveda

ANSWERS:
1.B,2.A,3.A,4.B,5.B,6.D,7.C,8.D,9.A,10.C,11.A,

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Saturday, March 5, 2016

Ancient History Quiz-5 For SSC CGL and Railways Exam

ANCIENT INDIAN HISTORY QUIZ -5
1. What was the capital of Mahajanpada ‘Kurus’:
a. Vaishali                         
b. Banaras                        
c. Hastinapur                              
d. Ujjain

2. What was the name of the mother of Mahavira:
a. Trishala                        
b. Yasoda                           
c. Radha                             
d. Sangmitra

3. In which of the following is not the branch of Buddhism:
a. Hinayana                      
b. Mahayana                                
c. Trikratna                                 
d. Vajrayana

4. In which of the Jaina’s Philosophy ‘Telepathic Knowledge’ is mentioned:
a. Srutajnana                  
b. Matijnana                                
c. Manahparyana-Jnana                    
d. Kealajnana

5. Kalidas was flourished in the reign of which the following ruler:
a. Ashoka               
b. Kumargupta& Chandrgupta II  
c. Harshvardhan & Kanishka         
d. Bindusara

6. Who was the first Gupta ruler to issue silver coin:
a. Chandrgupta II                      
b. Kumargupta I                        
c. Samudragutpa                       
d. Bajirao

7. The lofty stone images of Budha at Bamiyan in Afghanistan belonged to:
a. Murya Dynasty                      
b. Gupta Dynasty                       
c. Kushan Dynasty                    
d. Verdhan Dynasty

8. Who wrote ‘Hitopdesha’:
a. Mudura                          
b. Bhattin                          
c. Narayan Pandit                     
d. Bhasa

9. Who was the founder of Cholas:
a. Vatsaraja                      
b. Vijayalaya                                
c. Rajendra II                              
d. Indra III

10. Who was the founder of ‘Pala’s Empire’:
a. Gopala                            
b. Dharampala                            
c. Bhoja                              
d. Vishnu II

ANSWERS
1.C, 2.A, 3.C, 4.C, 5.B, 6.A, 7.B, 8.C, 9.B, 10.A,

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