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  • - Format: Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)
  • - Duration: 35 minutes
  • - Number of Questions: 30

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Practice Test: Modern India - 3 - Question 1

What was the responsibility of Mamlatdar?    

Practice Test: Modern India - 3 - Question 2

The author of Budhacharita was    

Practice Test: Modern India - 3 - Question 3

Padmavati was written by    

Practice Test: Modern India - 3 - Question 4

Which one of the following statements is correct?    

Practice Test: Modern India - 3 - Question 5

Who was popularly known as Light of Asia?    

Practice Test: Modern India - 3 - Question 6

The second battle of Panipat was fought between    

Practice Test: Modern India - 3 - Question 7

The first Muslim ruler to conquer parts of the South India was    

Practice Test: Modern India - 3 - Question 8

The founder of the Afghan power in India was    

Practice Test: Modern India - 3 - Question 9

The Pioneer of the Young Bengal Movement was    

Practice Test: Modern India - 3 - Question 10

Which of the following officers was the Auditor-General during Mughal period?    

Practice Test: Modern India - 3 - Question 11

What was the childhood name of Swami Dayananda?    

Practice Test: Modern India - 3 - Question 12

During whose reign did Timur invade India and sack Delhi    

Practice Test: Modern India - 3 - Question 13

Buddhism was divided into Mahayana and Hinayana during the reign of    

Detailed Solution: Question 13

After the death of Buddha, Buddhism was divided into two sects namely Mahayana and Hinayana. The terms Hinayana (Lesser Vehicle or Modest Vehicle) and Mahayana (Greater Vehicle or Vast Vehicle) originated in The Prajnaparamita Sutras (The Sutras on Far-Reaching Discriminating Awareness, The Perfection of Wisdom Sutras). It was divided during the reign of Kanishka.

Practice Test: Modern India - 3 - Question 14

Swami Dayananda Saraswati established the Arya Samaj in 1875 at    

Practice Test: Modern India - 3 - Question 15

Which of the following did not patronise Buddhism?    

Practice Test: Modern India - 3 - Question 16

Which of the following is not one of the three jewels of Buddhism?    

Practice Test: Modern India - 3 - Question 17

How many stories are included in the Jatakas?    

Practice Test: Modern India - 3 - Question 18

Militant Nationalism found expression for the first time on a large scale in the movement against

Practice Test: Modern India - 3 - Question 19

The Primary aim of Allauddin's policy towards South India was    

Practice Test: Modern India - 3 - Question 20

The first Muslim ruler to conquer Chittor was    

Practice Test: Modern India - 3 - Question 21

The language of the Sur-Sagar composed by Surdas is    

Practice Test: Modern India - 3 - Question 22

The precursors of the Bhakti movement Janandeva belonged to    

Detailed Solution: Question 22

The correct option is A.
The Sanskrit word bhakti is derived from the root bhaiji, which means "divide, share, partake, participate, to belong to". This word of India, such as those found in Maharashtra and Bihar, practice Aarti with lamps in a Gurdwara.

Practice Test: Modern India - 3 - Question 23

Malik Muhammad Jaysi, a famous poet of Hindi literature and Sufi saint, belonged to    

Practice Test: Modern India - 3 - Question 24

Who constructed Atarkin-ka-darwaza at Nagpur (Jodhpur)?    

Practice Test: Modern India - 3 - Question 25

There is similarity between edicts of Ashoka and those of    

Practice Test: Modern India - 3 - Question 26

The city of Jaunpur was founded by Firuz Tughluq to perpetuate the memory of    

Practice Test: Modern India - 3 - Question 27

Which one of the following musical instruments was brought by the Turks in India?    

Practice Test: Modern India - 3 - Question 28

Who among the following found the Harijan Sangh in 1932?    

Practice Test: Modern India - 3 - Question 29

The All-India depressed Classes Federation was founded by    

Practice Test: Modern India - 3 - Question 30

Which of the following religions did not make any contribution of the growth of Sufism?    

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