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1. Who among the following was the saint of the Varkari Sect?




2. Gita Gobinda the famous poem was written by




3. Who was the Governor General of India during the Sepoy Mutiny?




4. The Sepoy Mutiny took place in the year




5. One of the Indias first freedom fighters against British is




6. The revolt of 1857 at Lucknow was led by




7. Who of the following was the bitterest enemy of the British during the Revolt of 1857?




8. Who among the following was NOT associated with the Revolt of 1857?




9. Mangal Pandey fired the first shot of the Revolt of 1857 at




10. Who is the author of the book The last Mughal : The fall of a dynasty, Delhi, 1857 ?




11. When did Queen Victoria declared the taking over of Indian Administration under British Crown?




12. Which one of the following commissions is associated with the Army Re-organisation after the suppression of the Revolt of 1857?




13. Which one of the following Sultans of Delhi was refused an audience by Nizamuddin Auliya?




14. Who was the founder of the Sufi order in India?




15. Sheikh Nizamuddin Auliya was the disciple of




16. Which one of the following term was used by the Sufis for the successor nominated by the teacher of a particular order or silsila?




17. Who of the following has opened that the original homeland of the Aryan was Arctic region?




18. Buddhist, Hindu and Jain Rock cut caves coexist at




19. The custom Santhara is related to which of the following sects?




20. The largest number of Rigvedic hymns are devoted to




21. The rivers Ganga and Yamuna are mentioned for the first time in




22. Who was the founded of Vedic culture?




23. The word Visamatta was used in the latter Vedic Age for




24. Who was the author of Buddha Charita?




25. The fourth Buddhist council was convened during the region of king?




26. Who was the teacher of Gautam Buddha?




27. Who was the founder of Sunyavada?




28. Who was the first Governor General of Bengal?




29. Who were the first Europeans to reach India for trade?




30. The first definite step of provide parliamentary control over East India Company was taken by




31. The English East India Company founded a permanent factory at Surat in the year




32. During the time of which Mughal Emperor did the English East India Company establish its first factory in India?




33. In India, among the following locations, the Dutch established their earliest factory at




34. Which one of the following was the first fort constructed by the British in India?




35. One of the following rulers, who had granted Diwani to the East India Company was




36. Which English Governor of East India Company in India was expelled by Aurangzeb?




37. Where are the traces of Portuguese culture found in India?




38. Who among the following Sultans of Delhi founded the city of Agra?




39. Which of the following places was named as Khizrabad during the Sultanate period?




40. Which one of the following gives equal importance to Jnana, Karma and Bhakti as a means of liberation?