Q. Under the Guptas in eastern India, there was probably an intermediate level of administration between vishayas (districts) and villages. Identify it.

? Vithi

Q. The two principles monuments of Alaud-din Khilji’s reign – the Jama at Kana Masjid and Alai Darwaza – were constructed at

? Delhi

Q. The term Nirgrantha is associated with

? Jainas

Q. The Kalinga was fought in

? 261 BC

Q. Under the Government of India, Provincial Legislatures consisted of two chambers, except in the case of

? Punjab

Q. The Venetian traveler who travelled with his wife and reached Vijayanagar around 1420 was

? Nicolo de Conti

Q. The year 788 AD was a good one for Hinduism. Why?

? Shankracharya was born that year.

Q. The Uprising of 1857 was described as the first Indian war of Independence by

? V.D. Savakar

Q. The twenty-third Jaina teacher, Parsva, the immediate predecessor of Mahavira enjoined on his disciples four great vows. To these Mahavira addes which of the followings as the fifth vow?

? Brahmacharya or continence

Q. The Turko-Afghan rule in India lasted for about

? Three centuries