Ancient and Medieval History
Most Important Q&A
Question 1 - What was the main occupation of the community known as Panis during the Vedic period?
Answer - business
Question 2 – What is the literal meaning of the word 'Duhita' used for daughter in Rigveda?
Answer – Cow harnesser
Question 3 – Who was the most popular deity of Tamils in the Sangam age?
Answer – Murugan
Question 4 - In which metal did Muhammad bin Tughlaq introduce symbolic coins?
Answer – In bronze
Question 5 - Who had included Gujarat in the Delhi Sultanate after winning it?
Answer – Alauddin Khilji
Question 6 - Amir Khusro is considered the father of which singing style?
Answer – Qabwali style
Question 7 – Where was Kabir's tomb built after his death?
Answer – In Maghar
Question 8 - Who killed Abul Fazl, the famous author of Akbarnama?
Answer – Veer Singh Dev Bundela
Question 9 - Which Sikh Guru was given death sentence by Jahangir for giving shelter to rebel prince Khusro?
Answer - To Guru Arjun Dev
Question 10 - Which foreign traveler first mentioned the Pandyas?
Answer – Marco Polo
Question 11 - What was the ancient name of river Vyas?
Answer - Vipasa
Question 12 - Sixth century BC. Where was the capital of 'Vatsa' Mahajanapada?
Answer – Kaushambi
Question 13 - Who founded the city named Pataliputra?
Answer - Garden
Question 14 - Who was the first dynasty of Magadha?
Answer – Haryanka dynasty
Question 15 - What do Buddhists call cow slaughter by Buddha?
Answer - Mahabhinishkraman
Question 16 - What was the head of the stable called during the Sultanate period?
Answer – Amir-e-Akhor
Question 17 - Which Sikh Guru founded the Khalsa Panth and started a Dharmachara 'Pahul'?
Answer – Guru Gobind Singh
Question 18 - Who was the originator of 'Vishishta Dvaita'?
Answer – Ramanujacharya
Question 19 - When did the battle of Khanwa take place?
Answer – In 1527 AD
Question 20 - Who was the founder of the Chola dynasty?
Answer – Vijayalaya
Question 21 - Which Mughal ruler built the 'Moti Masjid' in the Red Fort of Agra?
Answer – Shah Jahan
Question 22 - From which book is this information that Pushyamitra Shung performed Ashwamedha Yajna?
Answer - From Mahabhashya
Question 23 - Etreya Brahmin belongs to which Veda?
Answer - of Rigveda
Question 24 - Who is the author of the book named 'Historica'?
Answer – Herodotus
Question 25 - Who is the author of Uttaramcharitam?
Answer – Bhavabhuti
Question 26 - Which scholar came to India with Mahmud and wrote a book on Indian society named 'Kitabul Hind'?
Answer – Alberuni
Question 27 - With which Indian king did the Kharmer king befriend?
Answer - From Rajendra I
Question 28 – What was Haq-e-Sharb during the Sultanate?
Answer – Irrigation tax
Question 29 - Who created the post named 'Naib-e-Mamlikat' during the Sultanate?
Answer – Muizz Uddin Bahramshah
Question 30 - What was the Public Works Department called during the Mughal period?
Answer – Shohrat-e-Aam
Question 31 - Which Nawab of Bengal changed his capital from Murshidabad to Munger?
Answer – Mir Kasim
Question 32 - From which inscription it is confirmed that Pushyamitra Sunga had performed Ashwamedha Yagya?
Answer – Ayodhya inscription
Question 33 - Which ruler got Sudarshan Lake constructed in Girnar?
Answer – Chandragupta Maurya
Question 34 - According to the book Indika of Megasthenes, the Mauryan society was divided into how many classes?
Answer - In seven classes (philosopher, farmer, soldier, shepherd, craftsman, judge and councilor)
Question 35 - Where was the capital of Kanishka?
Answer – Purushpur (Peshawar)
Question 36 - Narasimha Varman II, whose title was Rajasimha, built which temple in Kanchi?
Answer - of Kailash Temple
Question 37 - Who built the famous Kailash temple of Ellora?
Answer – Rashtrakuta ruler Krishna I
Question 38 - Where is Sher Shah's tomb located?
Answer – Sasaram
Question 39 - Who was the greatest ruler of the Satavahana dynasty?
Answer – Gautamiputra Shatkarni
Question 40 - Under which Act for the first time an Indian was nominated in the Executive Council of the Governor General for the purpose of law making?
Answer – Under the Indian Council Act 1861
Q41 - Where is Lothal situated?
Answer – In Gujarat
Question 42 - Which ruler started the famous Parsi festival 'Nauroz'?
Answer – Balvan
Question 43 - In which Governor General's period, English was accepted as the medium of higher education and the working language of the government?
Answer – During the time of William Bentinck
Question 44 - Who built the Moti Masjid inside the Red Fort of Delhi?
Answer – Aurangzeb
Question 45 - In which dynasty was the Stupa of Sanchi built?
Answer – Maurya Dynasty
Question 46 - Which dynasty grabbed power by killing and which also ended by killing itself?
Answer - Sunga dynasty
Question 47 - Whose achievements are mentioned in the Hathi Gumpha inscription?
Answer - Of Kharavela's achievements
Question 48 - Which treaty did the British make with Sirajuddaulah? Answer – Treaty of Alinagar
Question 49 - In whom was the suggestion for the establishment of Narendra Mandal?
Answer – In Chelmsford Reforms
Question 50 - Who was the exponent of the 'Principle of Drain of Money'?
Answer – Dadabhai Naoroji
Question 51 – What is the land earmarked for the expenditure of the army of the fort during the Sultanate called?
Answer – Mafroz
Question 52 – What was the army of the Sultanate province called?
Answer – Hashme Atraf
Question 53 - According to the Gwalior inscription, who stopped the Arabs from moving beyond Sindh?
Answer – Nag Bhatt
No 54 - As a result of whose negotiations with Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the Treaty of Amritsar took place?
Answer – Sir Charles Metcalf
Question 55 - During the reign of which ruler did the Bahmanis shift their capital from Gulbarga to Bidar?
Answer – Ahmed Shah
Question 56 - Who was the ruler of Somnath temple at the time of Mahmud Ghaznavi's attack?
Answer – Bhima I
Question 57 - Who and when composed Futuh-us-Salatin?
Answer - Isami, in 1350 AD
Question 58 - After the death of Shatkarni, who took care of her two underage sons Vedashree and Shaktishree?
Answer – Nagnika
Question 59 - In which language did Hal compose the book Gatha Saptashati?
Answer - In Prakrit language
Question 60 - Which ruler used to hold a religious conference every five years at Prayag?
Answer – Harsh Vardhan
Question 61 - In which style are the temples of Bhubaneswar and Puri built?
Answer – Nagara style
Question 62 - With which subject is the Sangam age text 'Tolkappiyam' related?
Answer - from grammar and poetry
Question 63 - In which state is the historical Digambara Jain pilgrimage center of Songiri situated?
Answer – In Madhya Pradesh
Question 64 - Who started the Ganapati festival in Maharashtra to bring national consciousness?
Answer – Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Question 65 - On what was 'Sharva' tax imposed?
Answer – On irrigation
Question 66 - Who was the founder of 'Ajivak Sampradaya'?
Answer – Makkhali Goshal
Question 67 - Who propounded the theory of 'economic exploitation' of India during the British rule?
Answer - Dadabhai Naoroji in his book titled 'Poverty and Un British Rule in India')
Question 68 - When was the Rowlatt Act implemented in India?
Answer - in 1919
Question 69 - When did Vikram Samvat start?
Answer – 58 from East
Question 70 - 'Banavali' is an ancient site, where the remains of the Indus civilization were found in the excavation of 1973-74 AD, in which state of India is this site located?
Answer – In Haryana
Question 71 - From where is the confirmed evidence of skull surgery in Indus Civilization obtained?
Answer – In Kalibanga
Question 72 - Examples of such girls are also found in Rigveda, who remained unmarried for a long time or for life, what were such girls called?
Answer – Amazu
Question 73 – At the time of Mahatma Buddha, who used to rule in Kaushal Desh?
Answer – Prasenjit
Question 74 - Which ruler abandoned Vaishali and made Pataliputra the capital of Magadha state?
Answer – Kalashoka
Question 75 - In which inscription of Ashoka the Kalinga war is described?
Answer – In the thirteenth inscription
Question 76 - By killing which ruler did Pushyamitra Shung capture the throne of Pataliputra?
Answer - of Brihadrath
Question 77-Which Sultan destroyed the group of forty slaves?
Answer - Balban Question 78 - Who was the last ruler of Delhi Sultanate? Answer – Ibrahim Lodi
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