NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.: Current Affairs Questions (Practice_Test 9 of 17)

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  1. Battle of ________ is associated with Prithviraj & Mohammad Ghori
    1. Haldighati
    2. Talikota
    3. Kanwa
    4. Tarain
    • Answer: d
  2. Second Battle of Panipat was fought in the year ________, headed by________
    1. 1526, Babur
    2. 1556, Humayun
    3. 1556, Akbar
    4. 1605, Jehangir.
    • Answer: c
  3. The first round table conference was held under the vice royalty of Lord
    1. Reading
    2. Irwin
    3. Wellingdon
    4. Mountbatten
    • Answer: b
  4. Who was the last famous Hindu King?
    1. Harshavardhan
    2. Samudragupta
    3. Chandragupta-II
    4. Ashoka
    • Answer: a
  5. Who is known as the Indian Napolean?
    1. Chandragupta I
    2. Samudragupta
    3. Chandragupta II
    4. Skandagupta
    • Answer: b
  6. The author of historical epithet Rajtarangini was
    1. Kalhana
    2. Kalidas
    3. Chanakya
    4. Banabhatta
    • Answer: a
  7. The Kailashnath Temple at Ellora was built by the
    1. Rashtrakutas
    2. Chalukyas
    3. Cholas
    4. Pallavas
    • Answer: a
  8. Alexander defeated Porus at the bank of river Jhelum. This battle is famous as the battle of
    1. Wandiwash
    2. Hydapses
    3. Chausa
    4. Khanwa
    • Answer: b
  9. Which governor General abolished the practice of sati?
    1. Lord Dalhousie
    2. William Bentick
    3. Lord Cornwallis
    4. Lord Hastings
    • Answer: b
  10. Lord Curzon is associated with which of the following events?
    1. Hunter commission
    2. Doctrine of Lapse
    3. Partition of Bengal
    4. Jallianwala Bagh Tragedy
  • Answer: c