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In Al-Idrisi's map Sri Lanka is at

• South India

• North India

• Island at the top

• none of the above

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The queen

of the Kakatiya dynasty of Warangal, was from modern Andhra Pradesh.

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Kharaj was tax on

• cattle

• house

• 50% of the agricultural produce

• all of the above

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Sher Shah Sur started his career as the manager of a small territory for his uncle in

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Nickle & Iron constitutes which layer of the earth?

• crust

• core

• mantle

• oceanic crust

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The place on the surface above the focus is called?

• focus

• epicentre

• waves

• none of the above

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Akbar’s revenue minister,

carried out a careful survey of crop yields, prices and areas cultivated for a 10-year period.

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Chola bronze images were mainly made of?

• deities

• devotees

• temples sculpture

• none of the above

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The higher the

the more prestigious was the noble’s position in court and the larger his salary.

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The lineage of the Mughals included

• uzbegs

• safavids

• timurid

• mongols

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The coins minted by Jaina merchants were known as

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Privileges claimed on account of birth is generally known as

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The wearing away of the landscape by different agents like water, wind and ice is called

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• none of the above

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The narrow zone of the earth where the land, water & air interacts with each other to support life is known as

• environment

• atmosphere

• biosphere

• ecosystem

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In the Chola inscriptions, Vetti is a tax taken in the form of

• land revenue

• forced labour

• grains

• trade tax

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wrote a three-volume history of Akbar’s reign, titled Akbar Nama.

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The poem containing the history of kings who ruled over Kashmir was composed by

• Chanakya

• Kalhana

• Nagabhata

• none of the above

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The Mughals did not believe in the rule of ___________________________- Instead they followed the Mughal and Timurid custom of __________________ inheritance.

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Name the dynasties involved in the 'tripartite struggle'

• Gurjara- Pratihara

• Palas

• Rastrakutas

• All of the above

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In 1526 Babur defeated the Sultan of Delhi,

at Panipat and captured Delhi and Agra.

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The term "Hindustan" was used in 13th century by the chronicler

• Ziyauddin barani

• Amir Khusrau

• Minhaj-i-Siraj

• none of the above

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As the river approaches the sea, the speed of the flowing water decreases and river begins to break up into a number of streams called

• tributaries

• delta

• distributaries

• rivers

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World Environment day is celebrated on

• 5 June

• 15 June

• 5 July

• 15 July

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''Ajnabi" is a Persian term used to denote

• forest dweller

• peasant

• foreigner

• traveller

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Who defeated Sultan Mohammad Ghori in 1192?

• Chahamana rulers

• rajputs

• Prithviraja III

• Gahadavalas

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Who captured the Kaveri delta from the Muttaraiyar in the mid 3th century?

• Vijayalaya

• Uraiyur

• Pallava kings

• Kanchipuram

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Manuscripts were stored in the

• archives

• libraries

• monastries

• all of them

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Name the new food & beverages that arrived in the subcontinent

• potatoes

• chillies

• corn

• all of them

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Basalt & Granite are examples of which kinds of rocks?

• igneous

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

• none of the above

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Who invaded the ganga-valley, sri lanka & other south-east asian countries

• Rajaraja

• Rajendra

• Rajendra I

• none of the above

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Sial is the main mineral constituents of which mass?

• continental

• oceanic

• crust

• none of the above

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Jatis were ranked on the basis of their

• occupations

• varna

• ranks

• none of them

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The steep rocky coast rising almost vertically above sea water is called?

• sea arches

• sea stacks

• sea cliffs

• sea beach

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Bhakti movement followed the idea of

• priests

• elaborate rituals

• loving personal deity

• all of them

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The earth’s crust consists of several large and some small, rigid, irregularly shaped plates called

• plates

• lithospheric plates

• crust

• none of the above

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Who are the 'ulamas'?

• Shia

• Sunnis

• Khalifas

• theologians & jurists

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clay changing into slate and limestone into marble- the process is known as

• metamorphic rocks

• heat & pressure

• rock cycle

• none of the above

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Mahmud of Ghazni who raided the Indian subcontinent was from

• Pakistan

• Afghanistan

• Ghazni

• Turkey

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Sima is the main mineral constituents of the

• continental mass

• crust

• oceanic crust

• none of the above

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British historians divided Indian history into these periods

• modern

• medieval

• ancient

• none of them

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The depositional feature of the sea waves are

• sea caves

• sea arches

• leeves

• sea beaches

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settlements of the peasants are known as

• nadu

• ur

• velan

• araiyar

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Muvendavelan & Araiyar were titles given to

• kings

• Chola officials

• rich landowners

• none of the above

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84% of the volume of the earth comprised of which layer of the earth?

• crust

• core

• mantle

• none of the above

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sense of material progress & intellectual advancement is referred to as

• medieval period

• modern period

• british period

• none of them

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11. The Rastrakutas in the Deccan were subordinate to the

• Cholas

• Cheras

• Pandyas

• Chalukyas

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The forces which act in the interior of the earth are called?

• exogenic forces

• endogenic forces

• volcano

• earthquake

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When the grains of sand are very fine and light, the wind can carry it over very long distance & deposits in large areas called

• sand dunes

• sand rocks

• loess

• sedimentary rocks

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The land grants received by the Brahmanas were known as

• nagarams

• Brahmadeya

• shalabhoga

• vellanvagai

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Components of the environment are

• natural

• human-made

• human

• all of the above

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The material deposited by the glacier such as rocks big and small, sand are called

• deposition

• glacial moraines

• tarn

• cirque