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Vidyapeeth Haryana GK Book Objective for Students
Quick Quiz
Rigveda is divided into 10 books. Which among the following book(s) is/are the oldest?
(a) First
(b) Second-eighth
(c) Third-ninth
(d) Second-seventh
Option d – Second-seventh
Which of the following is not a feature of Hinduism? ( Vidyapeeth Haryana GK Book MCQ )
(a) Reverence for Veda
(b) Belief in God
(c) Emphasis on ritualism
(d) Doctrine of ahimsa
Option d – Doctrine of ahimsa
Upanishads, also known as the Vedantas, are… in number.
(a) 96
(b) 105
(c) 108
(d) 112
Option c – 108
The main cause of the tribal wars among the early Aryan settlers, the most famous of which is mentioned in Rigveda as “Battle of Ten Kings,” was: ( Vidyapeeth Haryana GK Book MCQ )
(a) cattle and land disputes
(b) foreign invasions
(c) showing supremacy
(d) intrigues of the leaders
Option a – cattle and land disputes
Which of the following was common both to the Harappan society and the Rigvedic society?
(a) Iron implements
(b) Female deities
(c) Urban centers
(d) Horses
Option d – Horses
The ‘Battle of Ten Kings’ was fought on the banks of: ( Vidyapeeth Haryana GK Book MCQ )
(a) Asikini (Chenab)
(b) Parushni (Ravi)
(c) Vitasta (Jhelum)
(d) Vipas (Beas)
Option b – Parushni (Ravi)
Which of the following is false?
(a) The earliest Aryan tax-Bali
(b) The ancient term for forced labor-Vishti
(c) Royal coronation-Ashvamedha
(d) The basic unit of the tribal kingdom in Vedic age-Jana
Option c – Royal coronation-Ashvamedha
The Aryans at first settled in: ( Vidyapeeth Haryana GK Book MCQ )
(a) Sindh
(b) Gujarat
(c) Kashmir
(d) Punjab
Option d – Punjab
The word ‘Vid’ from which ‘Veda’ has been derived means:
(a) God
(b) Doctrine
(c) Knowledge
(d) Holy
Option c – Knowledge
The Aryans came to India from: ( Vidyapeeth Haryana GK Book MCQ )
(a) Eastern Europe
(b) Central Asia
(c) South-east Asia
(d) None of these
Option b – Central Asia
Ayurveda is the upaveda of:
(a) Rigveda
(b) Samaveda
(c) Yajurveda
(d) Atharvaveda
Option a – Rigveda
Who were called ‘Sheikhzadas’ in the nobility? ( Vidyapeeth Haryana GK Book MCQ )
(a) Turanis
(b) Iranis
(c) Afghans
(d) Indian Muslims
Option d – Indian Muslims
The famous historical book ‘Travels of the Mughal Empire,’ was written by
(a) Ibn Battuta
(b) Francois
(c) Al-Biruni
(d) Thomas Roe
Option b – Francois
During the Mughal Empire, which of the provinces was lost in 1622, and recovered in 1638? ( Vidyapeeth Haryana GK Book MCQ )
(a) Ajmer
(b) Kashmir
(c) Bengal
(d) Kandhar
Option d – Kandhar
Which among the following ports was called Babul (Mecca gate of Mecca) during the Mughals period?
(a) Calicut
(b) Bharuch
(c) Cambay
(d) Surat
Option d – Surat
Who among the following Indian rulers was a contemporary of Akbar? ( Vidyapeeth Haryana GK Book MCQ )
(a) Rani Durgawati
(b) Ahilya Bai
(c) Martanda Varma
(d) Swai Jai Singh
Option a – Rani Durgawati
Which Rajput ruler was not a contemporary of Akbar?
(a) Man Singh
(b) Amar Singh
(c) Udai Singh
(d) Jaswant Singh
Option d – Jaswant Singh
Which Mughal Emperor wrote his own autobiography? ( Vidyapeeth Haryana GK Book MCQ )
(a) Babur
(b) Akbar
(c) Shah Jahan
(d) Aurangzeb
Option a – Babur
The historian Abul Fazi was killed by
(a) Hemu
(b) Bairam Khan
(c) Uday Singh
(d) Bir Singhdeo Bundela
Option d – Bir Singhdeo Bundela
Who has conferred the title of ‘Gunraj Khan’? ( Vidyapeeth Haryana GK Book MCQ )
(a) Bipradas Pipilai
(b) Maladhar Basu
(c) Kavi Jaydeva
(d) Sri Chaitanya
Option b – Maladhar Basu
Who among the following kings had given patronage to Tansen before Akbar?
(a) Raja Ramchandra Singh of Bhata
(b) Rajbahadur of Malwa
(c) Uday Singh of Mewar
(d) Muzaffar Shah of Gujarat
Option a – Raja Ramchandra Singh of Bhata
Which Mughal ruler of the following has learned Hindu music from Lala Kalavant?
(a) Humayun
(b) Jahangir
(c) Akbar
(d) Shah Jahan
Option c – Akbar
Who is believed to have created the raga Miyan Ki Malhar?
(a) Tansen
(b) Baiju Bawara
(c) Amir Khusrau
(d) Swami Haridasa
Option a – Tansen
The original name of Tansen was
(a) Makarchand Pandey
(b) Ramtanu Pandey
(c) Lala Kalawant
(d) Baz Bahadur
Option b – Ramtanu Pandey
Musicians like Tansen, Baiju Bawra, and Gopal Nayak received training from the Master Swami Haridas. How many music worship centers have been set up by the followers of Swami Haridas?
(a) 5
(b) 4
(c) 3
(d) 2
Option a – 5
Where is Tansen’s tomb located?
(a) Agra
(b) Gwalior
(c) Jhansi
(d) Jaipur
Option b – Gwalior
With reference to Mian Tansen, which one of the following statements is not correct?
(a) Tansen was the title given to him by Emperor Akbar.
(b) Tansen composed Dhrupads on Hindu gods and goddesses.
(c) Tansen composed songs for his patrons.
(d) Tansen invented many ragas.
Option a – Tansen was the title given to him by Emperor Akbar
Which one of the following musical instruments was mastered by Aurangzeb?
(a) Sitar
(b) Pakhawaj
(c) Veena
(d) None of these
Option c – Veena
Which one of the following musical instruments was mastered by Akbar?
(a) Nagara
(b) Veena
(c) Tabla
(d) Pakhawaj
Option a – Nagara
Which one of the following pairs of terms and meanings is not correctly matched?
(a) Khalisa – Villages whose income went directly to the state treasury.
(b) Mauza – Rebellious territory
(c) Inam – Land allotted to a learned and religious man
(d) Jagir – Territorial assignment was given to Mansabdars in lieu of salary.
Option d – Jagir – Territorial assignment was given to Mansabdars in lieu of salary
The troops raised by the Emperor but not paid directly by the state and placed under the charge of mansabdars were known as
(a) Balashahi
(b) Barwardi
(c) Kumki
(d) Dakhili
Option d – Dakhili
Who among the following had presented the famous ‘Kohinoor’ diamond to Shah Jahan?
(a) Aurangzeb
(b) Murad
(c) Abdul Hasan Qutubshah
(d) Mir Jumla
Option d – Mir Jumla
Mehrunnisa who was known as Nur Jahan was the wife of
(a) Jahangir
(b) Shah Jahan
(c) Akbar
(d) Aurangzeb
Option a – Jahangir
Who of the following was not a member of Nur Jahan’s Junta?
(a) Jahangir
(b) Ghiyas Beg
(c) Asaf Khan
(d) Khurram
Option d – Khurram
Itmad-ud-Daula’s tomb at Agra was built by
(a) Akbar
(b) Jahangir
(c) Nur Jahan
(d) Shah Jahan
Option c – Nur Jahan
Who among the following shifted the capital of the Empire from Agra to Delhi?
(a) Akbar
(b) Jahangir
(c) Shah Jahan
(d) Aurangzeb
Option c – Shah Jahan
Which among the following foreign travelers had given a detailed description of diamonds and their mines in India?
(a) Francois Bernier
(b) Jean Baptiste Tavernier
(c) Jean de Thevenot
(d) Abbe Barthelemy Carre
Option b – Jean Baptiste Tavernier
The loss of Kandahar was a big blow to the Mughal Empire from the viewpoint of
(b) buffer territory
(c) communication
(d) strategic stronghold
Option d – strategic stronghold
Who was the ‘Poet-Laureate’ of Shah Jahan’s reign?
(a) Kalim
(b) Kashi
(c) Qudsi
(d) Munir
Option a – Kalim
The Mughal Emperor who prohibited the use of tobacco was
(a) Akbar
(b) Babur
(c) Jahangir
(d) Aurangzeb
Option c – Jahangir
Who introduced ‘Do-aspa and Sih-aspa’ system?
(a) Akbar
(b) Jahangir
(c) Shah Jahan
(d) Aurangzeb
Option b – Jahangir
Who among the following is the envoy of British King James I sent to Jahangir’s Court?
(a) William Hawkins
(b) William Finch
(c) Pietro Della Valle
(d) Edward Terry
Option a – William Hawkins
Whom of the following Englishmen was given the title of English Khan by Jahangir?
(a) Hawkins
(b) Sir Thomas Roe
(c) Edward Terry
(d) None of these
Option a – Hawkins
Sir Thomas Roe, an Ambassador of James I of England came to India in the year
(a) 1616
(b) 1615
(c) 1516
(d) 1614
Option b – 1615
Thomas Roe was given an audience by Jahangir at
(a) Agra
(b) Ajmer
(c) Delhi
(d) Fatehpur Sikri
Option b – Ajmer
With whose permission did the English set up their first factory at Surat?
(a) Akbar
(b) Jahangir
(c) Shah Jahan
(d) Aurangzeb
Option b – Jahangir
Which among the following foreign travelers visited India during the reign of Jahangir?
(a) Father Anthony Monserrate
(b) Francisco Pelsaert
(c) Niccolao Manucci
(d) Peter Mundy
Option b – Francisco Pelsaert
A Dutch traveler, who has given a very valuable account of the reign of Jahangir was
(a) Francisco Pelsaert
(b) Hawkins
(c) Niccolao Manucci
(d) Peter Mundy
Option a – Francisco Pelsaert
Sher Shah Suri became Emperor of India after defeating Humayun in which of the following battles?
(a) Battle of Chausa
(b) Battle of Surajgarh
(c) Battle of Kannauj
(d) Battle of Dewair
Option c – Battle of Kannauj
Who was defeated at Kannauj in the hands of Sher Shah in 1540?
(a) Babur
(b) Akbar
(c) Humayun
(d) Jahangir
Option c – Humayun
Between whom was the Battle of Chausa fought?
(a) Bahadur Shah of Gujarat and Humayun
(b) Humayun and Sher Khan
(c) Akbar and Rana Pratap
(d) Jahangir and Rana Amar Singh
Option b – Humayun and Sher Khan
Who among the following has issued the coin ‘rupee’ for the first time?
(a) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
(b) Alauddin Khilji
(c) Sher Shah Suri
(d) Akbar
Option c – Sher Shah Suri
Which among the following Sufi Saint was called Chirag-e-Delhi?
(a) Moinuddin
(b) Fariduddin
(c) Nizamuddin
(d) Nasiruddin
Option d – Nasiruddin
Which Sufi tradition has adopted yogic practice?
(a) Qadri
(b) Sattari
(c) Chishti
(d) None of the above
Option c – Chishti
Which Sufi saint was called Mehboob-E-llahi’?
(a) Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti
(b) Baba Farid
(c) Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki
(d) Sheikh Nizamuddin Auliya
Option d – Sheikh Nizamuddin Auliya
The thoughts of Which of the following Sufi Saint have been incorporated in the ‘Adi Granth’ of the Sikh?
(a) Sheikh Moinuddin Chisti
(b) Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki
(c) Fariduddin-Ganj-i-Shakar
(d) Sheikh Nizamuddin Auliya
Option d – Sheikh Nizamuddin Auliya
The shrine of Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya is situated at
(a) Aligarh
(b) Roorkee
(c) Delhi
(d) Ajmer
Option c – Delhi
The famous Saint Sheikh Salim Chishti lived in
(a) Delhi
(b) Ajmer
(c) Fatehpur sikri
(d) Lahore
Option c – Fatehpur sikri
Who among the following was given the title of Sheikh-ul-Hind?
(a) Baba Fariduddin
(b) Khwaja Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki
(c) Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti
(d) Sheikh Salim Chishti
Option d – Sheikh Salim Chishti
Who among the following does not belong to the Chishti order?
(a) Khwaja Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki
(b) Sheikh Abdul Jilani
(c) Sheikh Moinuddin
(d) Sheikh Nizamuddin Aulia
Option b – Sheikh Abdul Jilani
Which one of the following was not a Chishti Sufi Saint?
(a) Khwaja Moinuddin
(b) Baba Fariduddin Gani-i-Shakar
(c) Nizamuddin Auliya
(d) Sheikh Bahauddin Zakariya
Option d – Sheikh Bahauddin Zakariya
Who was the founder of the Chishti Branch of Sufism?
(a) Sheikh Mohiuddin
(b) Sheikh Jiauddin Abuljiva
(c) Khwaja Abu-Abdal
(d) Khwaja Bahauddin
Option a – Sheikh Mohiuddin
The Chistiya Sufi Order was established in India by
(a) Khwaja Badruddin
(b) Khwaja Moinuddin
(c) Sheikh Ahmed Sirhindi
(d) Sheikh Bahauddin Zakariya
Option b – Khwaja Moinuddin
In Sufism, the correct meaning of the word ‘pir’ is
(a) Highest god.
(b) Teacher of Sufis.
(c) Best among all the Sufi saints.
(d) Traditional leader of Sufi who fought for their principles.
Option b – Teacher of Sufis
The Sufi Movement originally started from
(a) Delhi
(b) Lahore
(c) Kabul
(d) Persia
Option d – Persia
The spiritual genealogy among Sufi saints is also known as
(a) Chishti
(b) Auliya
(c) Silsila
(d) Subrawadi
Option c – Silsila
Which one of the following terms was used by the Sufis for the successor nominated by the teacher of a particular order or silsila?
(a) Pir
(b) Murid
(c) Khalifah
(d) Khanqah
Option b – Murid
What type of wave is a light wave?
(a) Transverse wave
(b) Longitudinal wave
(c) Both of the above
(d) None of the above
Option a – Transverse wave
The wave theory of light was established by
(a) Newton
(b) Huygens
(c) Planck
(d) Faraday
Option b – Huygens
The phenomenon of light bending when passing through a transparent medium is known as
(a) Compton
(b) Maxwell
(c) Einstein
(d) Newton
Option c – Einstein
The incident of light returning after hitting a smooth surface is called
(a) Refraction of light
(b) Reflection of light
(c) Diffraction of light
(d) Scattering of light
Option c – Diffraction of light
The frequency of audio waves ranges from 20 Hz to
(a) 20,000 Hz
(b) 2,000 Hz
(c) 200 Hz
(d) None of these
Option a – 20,000 Hz
Sonar is mostly used
(a) By astronauts
(b) By doctors
(c) By engineers
(d) By navigators
Option d – By navigators
The Doppler effect is related to
(a) Sound
(b) Population
(c) Psychology
(d) Currency circulation
Option a – Sound
Due to which phenomenon do sound waves produce resonance?
(a) Refraction
(b) Diffraction
(c) Reflection
(d) None of the above
Option c – Reflection
The intensity of the sound of ordinary conversation is approximately
(a) 20-30 decibels
(b) 30-40 decibels
(c) 50-60 decibels
(d) 90-100 decibels
Option b – 30-40 decibels
The voice of women is thinner than that of men because the voice of women
(a) Has a higher frequency
(b) Has a longer wavelength
(c) Has a greater dimension
(d) Has a higher velocity
Option a – Has a higher frequency
The maximum limit in decibels of sound intensity above which a person cannot hear is
(a) 50 dB
(b) 70 dB
(c) 85 dB
(d) 95 dB
Option d – 95 dB
The stethoscope works on the principle of
(a) Conversion of current into sound
(b) Conversion to acoustic stream
(c) Reflection of sound
(d) Reflection of light
Option c – Reflection of sound
The reason for resonance is
(a) Reflection of sound
(b) Refraction of sound
(c) Absorption of sound
(d) Speed of sound
Option a – Reflection of sound
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