All Questions page - 96

The capital city ‘Daydo’ established by Kublai Khan is situated at—

(1) Samar qand                    (2) Beijing
(3) Ulan Battor                      (4) Alma Atta

The Mughal painting reaches its/zenith during the reign of :
(1) Akbar                                (2) Jahangir
(3) Shahjahan                        (4) Aurangzeb

The capital of the Yadava rulers was :
(1) Dwarasamudra
(2) Warangal
(3) Kalyani

(4) Devagiri

The Bahmani kingdom was founded by

(1) Ahmad Shah \(\mathrm{I}\)
(2) Alauddin Hasan
(3) Mahmud Gavan
(4) Firuz Shah Bahmani

The Dilwara temple at Mount Abuin Rajasthan were built by the followers of
(1) Buddhism                                   (2) Jainism
(3) Hinduism                                    (4) Sikhism

Alberuni came to India with
(1) Mahmud of Ghazni
(2) Alexander
(3) Babur

(4) Timur

Which of the following is on the World Heritage List?
(1) Khajuraho
(2) Nalanda ruins
(3) Hampi ruins
(4) Tajmahal

Where did the traveller Ibn Batuta come from ?

(1) Morocco                        (2) Persia
(3) Turkey                           (4) Central Asia

Who built the Khajuraho temples?
(1) Holkars
(2) Scindias
(3) Bundela Rajputs
(4) Chandela Rajputs

The ‘Kirti Stambha’ (Tower of Victory) at Chittor was built by—

(1) Rana Pratap                      (2) Rana Kumbha
(3) Rana Sanga                      (4) Bappa Raval

Who got the monumental ‘Rayagopurams’ in front of the temples at Hampi, Tiruvannamalai, Chidambaram, Srirangam, Tirupati, etc., constructed?

(1) Vidyaranya
(2) Krishnadevaraya
(3) Harihara
(4) Rajaraja

Which of the following architectural wonders was not constructed in the 12th A.D.?

(1) Sun-temple of Konark
(2) Temple of Khajuraho
(3) Ankorvat
(4) Notre Dam, the Paris

Where was saint Kabir born?
(1) Delhi                      (2) Varanasi
(3) Mathura                 (4) Hyderabad

Which of the following languages was in vogue during the Mughal period in the courts of India?

(1) French                                    (2) Persian
(3) Portuguese                             (4) Arabic

The writer of Ram Charit Manas, Tulsidas, was related to which ruler?
(1) Chandragupta Maurya
(2) Nawab Vajid Ali Sah
(3) Harsha

(4) Akbar

Which Sufi’s dargah is at Ajmer?
(1) Baba Farid
(2) Qutb-din Bakhtiyar Kaki
(3) Moinuddin Chisti
(4) Khwaja Bahuddin

Who was the architect who designed the ‘Taj Mahal’?

(1) Mohammad Hussain
(2) Ustad-Isa
(3) Shah Abbas
(4) Ismail

The Assam State derives its name from that a tribe that conquered the region. Where did the tribesmen come from?
(1) Tibet

(2) Mongolia
(3) Burma (now Myanmar)
(4) Siam (now Thailand)