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2026
2025
- Ashokan inscriptions suggest that the 'Pradeshika', 'Rajuka' and 'Yukta' were important officers at the:
- Fa-hien (Faxian), the Chinese pilgrim, travelled to India during the reign of
- The irrigation device called 'Araghatta' was
- Who among the following led a successful military campaign against the kingdom of Srivijaya, the powerful maritime State, which ruled the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java and the…
- Who among the following rulers in ancient India had assumed the titles 'Mattavilasa', 'Vichitrachitta' and 'Gunabhara'?
- With reference to ancient India (600–322 BC), consider the following pairs:
2024
- Consider the following information:
- Consider the following statements: 1. There are no parables in Upanishads. 2. Upanishads were composed earlier than the Puranas. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- Which one of the following is a work attributed to playwright Bhasa?
- Who of the following rulers of medieval India gave permission to the Portuguese to build a fort at Bhatkal?
- With reference to ancient India, Gautama Buddha was generally known by which of the following epithets? 1. Nayaputta 2. Shakyamuni 3. Tathagata Select the correct answer using the…
2023
- "Souls are not only the property of animal and plant life, but also of rocks, running water and many other natural objects not looked on as living by other religious sects." The…
- Consider the following dynasties: 1. Hoysala 2. Gahadavala 3. Kakatiya 4. Yadava How many of the above dynasties established their kingdoms in early eighth century AD?
- Consider the following pairs:
- In which one of the following regions was Dhanyakataka, which flourished as a prominent Buddhist centre under the Mahasanghikas, located?
- Which one of the following explains the practice of 'Vattakirutal' as mentioned in Sangam poems?
- Who among the following rulers of Vijayanagara Empire constructed a large dam across Tungabhadra River and a canal-cum-aqueduct several kilometres long from the river to the…
- With reference to ancient India, consider the following statements: 1. The concept of Stupa is Buddhist in origin. 2. Stupa was generally a repository of relics. 3. Stupa was a…
- With reference to ancient South India, Korkai, Poompuhar and Muchiri were well known as
2022
- "Yogavasistha" was translated into Persian by Nizamuddin Panipati during the reign of:
- According to Kautilya's Arthashastra, which of the following are correct? 1. A person could be a slave as a result of a judicial punishment. 2. If a female slave bore her master a…
- Consider the following pairs:
- Consider the following pairs:
- In medieval India, the term "Fanam" referred to:
- Which one of the following statements about Sangam literature in ancient South India is correct?
- With reference to Indian history, consider the following statements: 1. The first Mongol invasion of India happened during the reign of Jalal-ud-din Khalji. 2. During the reign of…
2021
- According to Portuguese writer Nuniz, the women in Vijayanagara Empire were expert in which of the following areas? 1. Wrestling 2. Astrology 3. Accounting 4. Soothsaying Select…
- Consider the following pairs:
- Consider the following statements: 1. It was during the reign of Iltutmish that Chengiz Khan reached the Indus in pursuit of the fugitive Khwarezm prince. 2. It was during the…
- From the decline of Guptas until the rise of Harshavardhana in the early seventh century, which of the following kingdoms were holding power in Northern India? 1. The Guptas of…
- Which one of the following ancient towns is well-known for its elaborate system of water harvesting and management by building a series of dams and channelizing water into…
- With reference to Indian history, which of the following statements is/are correct? 1. The Nizamat of Arcot emerged out of Hyderabad State. 2. The Mysore Kingdom emerged out of…
- With reference to medieval India, which one of the following is the correct sequence in ascending order in terms of size?
- With reference to the history of ancient India, which of the following statements is/are correct? 1. Mitakshara was the civil law for upper castes and Dayabhaga was the civil law…
2020
- Consider the following events in the history of India: 1. Rise of Pratiharas under King Bhoja 2. Establishment of Pallava power under Mahendravarman-I 3. Establishment of Chola…
- Who among the following rulers advised his subjects through this inscription? "Whosoever praises his religious sect or blames other sects out of excessive devotion to his own sect,…
- With reference to the cultural history of India, which one of the following is the correct description of the term paramitas?
- With reference to the history of India, the terms "kulyavapa" and "dronavapa" denote
- With reference to the period of Gupta dynasty in ancient India, the towns Ghantasala, Kadura and Chaul were well known as
- With reference to the religious history of India, consider the following statements: 1. Sthaviravadins belong to Mahayana Buddhism. 2. Lokottaravadin sect was an offshoot of…
- With reference to the scholars/litterateurs of ancient India, consider the following statements: 1. Panini is associated with Pushyamitra Shunga. 2. Amarasimha is associated with…
2019
- Consider the following statements: 1. Deification of the Buddha 2. Trading the path of Bodhisattvas 3. Image worship and rituals Which of the above is/are the feature/features of…
- Consider the following statements: 1. In the revenue administration of Delhi Sultanate, the in-charge of revenue collection was known as ‘Amil’. 2. The Iqta system of Sultans of…
- Consider the following statements: 1. Saint Nimbarka was a contemporary of Akbar. 2. Saint Kabir was greatly influenced by Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi. Which of the statements given…
- In which of the following relief sculpture inscriptions is ‘Ranyo Ashoka’ (King Ashoka) mentioned along with the stone portrait of Ashoka?
- Which one of the following is not a Harappan site?
- Who among the following Mughal Emperors shifted emphasis from illustrated manuscripts to album and individual portrait?
- With refence to forced labour (Vishti) in India during the Gupta period, which one of the following statements is correct?
- With reference to Mian Tansen, which one of the following statements is not correct?