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Competoid GK Objective for Students
The first Muslim to study Hindu scriptures was
(a) Amir Khusrau
(b) Dara Shikoh
(c) Amir Hasan
(d) Shuja
Option b – Dara Shikoh
Name the title given by Shah Jahan to Dara Shikoh.
(a) Shahzada-e-Buland Iqbal
(b) Jahapanah Muquddas
(c) Illahi-e-Alamgir
(d) Akbar-e-Jahan
Option a – Shahzada-e-Buland Iqbal
Dara Shikoh was buried at?
(a) Delhi
(b) Agra
(c) Aurangabad
(d) Lahore
Option a – Delhi
Who of the following Mughal Emperors was coronated twice?
(a) Akbar
(b) Jahangir
(c) Shah Jahan
(d) Aurangzeb
Option d – Aurangzeb
The Battle of Dharmat was fought between
(a) Muhammad Ghori and Jai Chand
(b) Babur and Afghans
(c) Aurangzeb and Dara Shikoh
(d) Ahmad Shah Durrani and the Marathas
Option c – Aurangzeb and Dara Shikoh
Aurangzeb defeated Jaswant Singh, the King of Jodhpur in the Battle of Dharmat in 1658. Dharmat is situated in which state?
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Gujarat
(d) Uttar Pradesh
Option b – Madhya Pradesh
Who among the following witnessed the insults and humiliations faced by Dara Shikoh after losing the Battle of Succession with Aurangzeb?
(a) William Hawkins
(b) Terry
(c) Francis Bernier
(d) Manucchi
Option c – Francis Bernier
The Upanishads were translated into Persian by Dara Shikoh under the title of
(a) Al-Fihrist
(b) Kitab-al-Bayan
(c) Majma-ul-Bahrain
(d) Sirr-i-Akbar
Option d – Sirr-i-Akbar
Which among the following is a composition of Dara Shikoh?
(a) Majma-ul-Bahrain
(b) Tahkik-e-Hind
(c) Tabakate Nasiri
(d) Kitab-ul-Hind
Option a – Majma-ul-Bahrain
What was the district called during the Mughal period?
(a) Iqta
(b) Sarkar
(c) Tarf
(d) Suba
Option b – Sarkar
The systematic organization of the Mughal empire into ‘Subas’ was first done by
(a) Babur
(b) Humayun
(c) Akbar
(d) Jahangir
Option c – Akbar
The Head of the Army during the Mughal period was
(a) Shane-e-peel
(b) Mir Bakshi
(c) Sawahenigar
(d) Wazir
Option b – Mir Bakshi
In Mughal era, the duty of Mir Bakshi was
(a) charged tax from farmers
(b) Maintaining account of income and expansion
(c) justice
(d) supervision of land revenue officials
Option d – supervision of land revenue officials
In medieval India, the designations ‘Mahattara’ and ‘Pattakila’ were used for
(a) military officers
(b) village headman
(c) specialists in Vedic rituals
(d) chiefs at craft guilds
Option b – village headman
During Aurangzeb’s reign, whose duty was to see that people lived their lives in accordance with the ‘Shariat’?
(a) Ahadis
(b) Mansabdars
(c) Muhtasibs
(d) Walashuhis
Option c – Muhtasibs
Mir-i-Arz was concerned with
(a) revenue collection
(b) petitions
(c) navy
(d) correspondence
Option b – petitions
Which among the following set of officers were not employed in provincial administration under the Mughal rule?
(a) Subedar, Fauzdar, Muqaddam
(b) Fauzdar, Diwan, Bakshi
(c) Muhtasibs, Wazir, Amil
(d) Wazir, Mir Bakshi, Mir Saman
Option d – Wazir, Mir Bakshi, Mir Saman
What was the principal source of state income in Mughal India?
(a) Booty
(b) Escheat
(c) Land revenue
(d) Tax
Option c – Land revenue
Which of the following was not a contemporary of the Indus or Harappan Civilization?
(a) Egypt
(b) Mesopotamia
(c) Sumer
(d) Greek
Option d – Greek
What is used in the floor of the Great Bath, besides burnt bricks and mortar?
(a) Terracotta
(b) Gypsum
(c) Stone
(d) Steatite
Option b – Gypsum
The term “Late Harappan,” which is gaining currency now, stands for
(a) Improving phase of the culture
(b) Use of iron by the Harappans
(c) The post-urban phase of the culture
(d) Regional variation in the culture
Option c – The post-urban phase of the culture
In the year 1990-91, a Harappan site was discovered at
(a) Dholavira
(b) Manda
(c) Banwali
(d) Prabhas Patan
Option a – Dholavira
In which place the largest number of Harappan sites have been discovered in post-independent India?
(a) Gujarat
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Punjab and Haryana
(d) N.W. Uttar Pradesh
Option a – Gujarat
The Harappan Civilization was mainly concentrated in
(a) Punjab, Rajasthan, and Gujarat
(b) Punjab, Rajasthan, and UP
(c) Haryana, Rajasthan, Delhi
(d) none of these
Option a – Punjab, Rajasthan, and Gujarat
It is believed that Harappans inherited the knowledge of wheat, barley, and cotton civilization from their early ancestors in:
(a) Mehrgarh
(b) Belan valley
(c) Wadi Kubbaniya
(d) Wadi Tuska
Option a – Mehrgarh
Which of the following Harappan sites are located in the Kutch region?
(a) Desalpur and Surkotda
(b) Rangpur and Rojidi
(c) Allabadino and Balekat
(d) Lothal and Surkotda
Option a – Desalpur and Surkotda
Which of the following Harappan sites shows all three phases of the Harappan culture?
(a) Dholavira and Rakhigarhi
(b) Dholavira and Chanhudaro
(c) Rojdi and Rangpur
(d) Rakhigarhi and Chanhudaro
Option d – Rakhigarhi and Chanhudaro
Which of the following lacked a systematic drainage system and grid pattern of town planning?
(a) Harappa
(b) Banwali
(c) Lothal
(d) Mohenjodaro
Option b – Banwali
At which of the following places has it been revealed that not only the citadel but the lower town too was enclosed by a wall and fortified?
(a) Harappa
(b) Kot-Diji
(c) Kalibangan
(d) Rangpur
Option c – Kalibangan
In fact, it was this feature that enabled the first discoverer, over 40 years ago, to postulate the existence of a separate, pre-Harappan culture. What is that unique feature?
(a) Kalibangan pottery
(b) Pottery of Lothal
(c) Black polished ware pottery
(d) Amri pottery
Option d – Amri pottery
Curved bricks used for building bins and lining wells have been found only in:
(a) Chanhudaro
(b) Mohenjodaro
(c) Harappa
(d) Kalibangan
Option a – Chanhudaro
The Indus Valley people did not use one of the following weapons. What was that?
(a) Spears
(b) Swords
(c) Axes
(d) Arrow-heads
Option b – Swords
The houses in Harappa and Mohenjodaro were:
(a) Only single storey
(b) Double storey
(c) Multi-storey
(d) Made of cement and steel
Option b – Double storey
What was not the likely purpose of the Great Bath in the citadel at Mohenjodaro?
(a) Community bathing
(b) Swimming exercises and water sports
(c) Some elaborate ritual of vital importance, including a corporate social life
(d) Storage of water to be used during drought or emergency
Option d – Storage of water to be used during drought or emergency
The art and the architecture of the Indus Valley civilization:
(a) Shows close resemblance to the Vedic art and architecture
(b) Are of the primitive type
(c) Are of very high order
(d) None of the above
Option c – Are of very high order
The Indus Valley people built their houses of:
(a) Stone
(b) Wood
(c) Pucca bricks
(d) All of the above
Option c – Pucca bricks
The Indus Valley civilization specialized in: ( Competoid GK )
(a) Town planning
(b) Architecture
(c) Craftsmanship
(d) All of these
Option d – All of these
What was the architectural style of buildings in Mohenjodaro?
(a) Hexagonal
(b) Octagonal
(c) Plain
(d) Figurative
Option c – Plain
Which of the following domesticated animals was conspicuous by its absence in the terracotta of the Indus Civilization?
(a) Sheep
(b) Cow
(c) Buffalo
(d) Pig
Option b – Cow
The conservancy measure which had not been taken by the Harappans was:
(a) System of drainage
(b) Dust-bins
(c) Rubbish chutes
(d) Public toilets
Option d – Public toilets
The Harappan people provided irrigation to their fields through:
(a) Tube wells
(b) Wells
(c) Canals
(d) River water
Option d – River water
(a) Burial grounds
(b) Terracotta figures and seals
(c) Furniture and pottery
(d) Remains of houses and other buildings
Option b – Terracotta figures and seals
In which of the following respects is there considerable variation in the Harappan Civilization?
(a) Town planning
(b) Brick sizes
(c) Weights and measures
(d) Size of dwellings
Option d – Size of dwellings
The worship of fire is proved by the discovery of fire altars at:
(a) Surkotda and Rangpur
(b) Rangpur and Alamgirpur
(c) Lothal and Kalibangan
(d) None of the above
Option c – Lothal and Kalibangan
What was the favorite pastime and source of amusement of the people of the Indus Valley?
(a) Gambling
(b) Hunting
(c) Dancing
(d) All of the above
Option d – All of the above
It is found in Mesopotamian records that there were two intermediate trading stations between Mesopotamia and the Harappan regions. Identify the places.
(a) Meluha and Dilmun
(b) Makan and Meluha
(c) Makan and Dilmun
(d) Malwa and Dilmun
Option c – Makan and Dilmun
The Harappan people did not grow: ( Competoid GK )
(a) Rice
(b) Wheat
(c) Barley
(d) Pulses
Option d – Pulses
Name the animal which was engraved on most of the Harappan seals:
(a) Tiger
(b) Humpless bull or Unicorn
(c) Lion
(d) Elephant
Option b – Humpless bull or Unicorn
An instrument for measuring angles has been found at which of the Harappan sites?
(a) Harappa
(b) Lothal
(c) Mohenjodaro
(d) Surkotda
Option b – Lothal
Which was the backbone of the Indus economy? ( Competoid GK )
(a) Trade
(b) Carpentry
(c) Agriculture
(d) Wheel-made pottery
Option c – Agriculture
The most popular shape of seals was:
(a) Circular
(b) Square or Oblong
(c) Cylindrical
(d) None of these
Option b – Square or Oblong
The Indus Valley People imported from abroad:
(a) Wheat
(b) Wine
(c) Silver
(d) Silk
Option c – Silver
Copper, used most widely by the Harappans, was obtained from:
(a) Baluchistan
(b) Khetri mines
(c) Mesopotamia
(d) Both (a) and (b) above
Option d – Both (a) and (b) above
The Indus Valley people did not grow: ( Competoid GK )
(a) Wheat
(b) Rice
(c) Tea
(d) Barley
Option c – Tea
Traces of which crop have not been found in the Indus civilization?
(a) Wheat
(b) Barley
(c) Sugarcane
(d) Sesamum
Option c – Sugarcane
The Harappan people had the most strong and enduring links with:
(a) Central Asia
(b) Indo-Iranian borderlands
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these
Option c – Both (a) and (b)
The discovery of granaries at the Harappan sites does not indicate:
(a) Hoarding of food grains
(b) Agricultural efficiency
(c) Agricultural surplus
(d) Knowledge of storage techniques
Option a – Hoarding of food grains
Which of the following was the industry the most important of Harappans at Lothal and Chanhudaro?
(a) Ship-building
(b) Bead-making
(c) Handlooms
(d) Metallurgy
Option b – Bead-making
Which of the following birds was worshipped by the Harappan people?
(a) Crow
(b) Peacock
(c) Pigeon
(d) Eagle
Option c – Pigeon
The swastika symbol is of: ( Competoid GK )
(a) Sangam origin
(b) Indus Valley origin
(c) Aryan origin
(d) None of the above
Option b – Indus Valley origin
One of the Indus sites has the uniqueness of having double burials, i.e., the practice of burying a male and a female together in a single grave. Pick it out from among the following:
(a) Ropar
(b) Lothal
(c) Banwali
(d) Surkotda
Option b – Lothal
Which one of the following was the most suitable reason that made the Harappans move away from their urban settlement?
(a) Hydrological changes
(b) Economic changes
(c) Foreign invasion
(d) Demographic changes
Option a – Hydrological changes
The discovery, in the upper levels of a Harappan site, of human skeletons lying pell-mell, with a skull having an injury mark, shows the invasion and massacre. What is that site?
(a) Mohenjodaro
(b) Harappa
(c) Banwali
(d) Kalibangan
Option a – Mohenjodaro
The evidence of Indian ships and a piece of woven cloth has been discovered from the seals of which of the following sites?
(a) Lothal
(b) Chanhudaro
(c) Mohenjodaro
(d) Kalibangan
Option c – Mohenjodaro
The terracotta figures of men and women squatting with their arms folded around their knees and wrapping round caps on their heads were probably those of:
(a) Prisoners
(b) Slaves
(c) Laborers
(d) Cultivators
Option b – Slaves
Which of the following forms of burial was practiced by the Harappan Civilization?
(a) Complete burial
(b) Fractional burial
(c) Post-cremation burial
(d) All of the above
Option d – All of the above
In which of the following places a leg-bone of an elephant has been recovered?
(a) Kot Diji
(b) Surkotda
(c) Lothal
(d) Suktagendor
Option c – Lothal
The Pre-Harappan culture at Kot Diji was destroyed by:
(a) Earthquake
(b) Floods
(c) Fire
(d) None of these
Option c – Fire
The script of the Indus Valley civilization has not been deciphered so far, but overlaps of letters on some of the potsherds from Kalibangan show that the writing was:
(a) From right to left and from left to right in alternate lines
(b) Boustrophedon
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of the above
Option c – Both (a) and (b)
The three most common features of all Indus Valley sites are:
(a) Use of baked bricks and pottery, elaborate drainage system, and occurrence of marsh or jungle animals
(b) Climate, flora, fauna, and artificial irrigation
(c) Desert, rivers, and zoological features
(d) Buildings, town planning, and burial system
Option a – Use of baked bricks and pottery, elaborate drainage system, and occurrence of marsh or jungle animals
Which of the following Indian scripts appears to be the closest to the Harappan script?
(a) Devanagari
(b) Brahmi
(c) Dravidian
(d) Kharoshthi
Option c – Dravidian
The Indus people were probably ruled by: ( Competoid GK )
(a) Kings
(b) Priests
(c) Merchants
(d) An assembly of elected elders
Option c – Merchants
Which one of the following statements is not correct?
(a) If the velocity and acceleration have opposite signs, the object is slowing down.
(b) If the velocity is zero at an instant, the acceleration should also be zero at that instant.
(c) If the velocity is zero for a time interval; the acceleration is zero at any instant within the time interval.
(d) If the position and velocity have opposite signs, the object is moving towards the origin.
Option b – If the velocity is zero at an instant, the acceleration should also be zero at that instant
Which one of the following statements is not correct?
(a) The Kelvin scale of temperature is called the Absolute scale.
(b) Visible light radiation has a wavelength range of 400-700 nm.
(c) The capacity to do work is called power.
(d) The wavelength of Gamma rays is less than that of X-rays.
Option d – The wavelength of Gamma rays is less than that of X-rays
According to the principle of energy conservation, when a piston in an automobile engine compresses the gas in a cylinder, which of the following must occur?
(a) The kinetic energy of gas must increase
(b) The gas must undergo a change of state
(c) The gas must undergo a chemical change.
(d) None of the above
Option a – The kinetic energy of gas must increase
The weight of any object is felt due to the gravity of Earth. When any object goes inside the Earth or above the Earth, its weight decreases. It will weigh a minimum when an object is placed at:
(a) The Equator and Moon
(b) North Pole and Saturn
(c) South Pole and 1 Km beneath the Earth
(d) Centre of Earth and in an orbiting satellite
Option d – Centre of Earth and in an orbiting satellite
(a) its frequency
(b) its amplitude
(c) its speed
(d) its pitch
Option b – its amplitude
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