Indian history

the battle of Plassey was fought in

• 1764

• 1757

• 1782

• 1748

The territory of Purus who offered strong resistance to Alexander was situated between the rivers of

• Sutlej and Beas

• Jhelum and Chenab

• Ravi and Chenab

• Ganga and Yamuna

Under Akbar, the Mir Bakshi was required to look after

• military affairs

• the state treasury

• the royal household

• the land revenue system

Tripitakas are sacred books of

• Buddhists

• Hindus

• Jains

• None of the above

The trident-shaped symbol of Buddhism does not represent

• Nirvana

• Sangha

• Buddha

• Dhamma

The theory of economic drain of India during British imperialism was propounded by

• Jawaharlal Nehru

• Dadabhai Naoroji

• R.C. Dutt

• M.K. Gandhi

The treaty of Srirangapatna was signed between Tipu Sultan and

• Robert Clive

• Cornwallis

• Dalhousie

• Warren Hastings

The system of competitive examination for civil service was accepted in principle in the year

• 1833

• 1853

• 1858

• 1882

Through which one of the following, the king exercised his control over villages in the Vijayanagar Empire?

• Dannayaka

• Sumanta

• Nayaka

• Mahanayakacharya

The Vijayanagara ruler, Kirshnadev Raya's work Amuktamalyada, was in

• Telugu

• Sanskrit

• Tamil

• Kannada