1. Between 1749-1754, an important war fought between the forces of the British and the French is known as :
a) Third battale of panipat
b) The first Carnatic War
c) The second Carnatic War
d) Battle of Baxur
2. The Dutch East India Company was formed by merging several small companies of Holland in :
a) The year 1702
b) The year 1602
c) The year 1802
d) The year 1834
3. The Harappa Civilization was discovered in 1920-21 by the excavations by :
a) R.D. Banerjee and by D.R. Sahni
b) Mortimer Wheeler
c) Sir Alexander Cunningham
d) None of Above
4. The most distinguishing feature of various Chalcolithic Cultures in ancient period is their :
a) Black Polished Ware
b) Seal
c) Painted Grey Ware
d) Painted Pottery
5. Mughal emperor Akbar divided his empire into :
a) Eight Provinces (Subas)
b) Five Provinces (Subas)
c) Twelve Provinces (Subas)
d) Ten Provinces (Subas)
6. Who founded the Haryanka dynasty in Magadha ?
a) Udayabhadra
b) Ajatashatru
c) Bimbisara
d) None of Above
7. The most important republican state during the period of Buddha were :
a) The Panchalas
b) The Vajjis
c) The Kashis
d) The Magadhas
8. Who wrote the play Mudrarakshasa ?
a) Vishakha Dutta
b) Banbhat
c) Tunbhadra
d) None of Above
9. Asoka's inscriptions have been found at Maski, Yerragudi and Chitaldurga, These are in
a) Kerala
b) Karnataka
c) Tamilnadu
d) Maharastra
10. The oldest among the spoken literary languages of South India is:
a) Kannada
b) Malayalam
c) Telugu
d) Tamil Language