Pulakeshin II assumed the title of 'Dakshinapatheshvara' (lord of the south) after defeating which of the following rulers of north India?
Harshavardhana
Option 1 is correct. Pulakeshin II assumed the title of 'Dakshinapatheshvara' after defeating Harshavardhana.
Who among the following was the founder of the Bahmani Sultanate, who took the title of Bahman Shah after his accession to the throne?
Who among the following was the head of the Diwan-i-Insha department under the Delhi sultanate?
The Mysore Palace was the residence of the ______.
Identify the INCORRECTLY matched pair(s) of the British Governor-Generals of India and the events with which they are associated.
i) Lord Dalhousie – Revolt of 1857
ii) Lord Auckland – First Afghan War
iii) Lord Canning – Wood's Despatch 1854
Which pair of dynasty-related places is correct?
I. Chola-Uraiyar
II. Pallava-Kanchipuram
Which of the following fearful weapons arrived with the Arabs when they invaded Sind in 712?
(A) Naphtha
(B) Hawai
(C) Ban
(D) Manjaniq
Choose the correct answer from the options give below:
Which of the following pair is not correctly matched?
(Traveller) | (Native country) | ||
| 1) | Nicolo de Conti | Italy | |
| 2) | Athanasius Nikitin | Russia | |
| 3) | Ibn Battuta | Morocco | |
| 4) | Abdur Razzaq | Syria | |
Match the earliest references of various techniques given in the List - I with that of its source given in the List - II and select the correct answer from the code given below:
List - I (Technique) | List - II (Source) | ||
| a) | First mention of spinning wheel in India | i) | Sirat i Firuzshahi |
| b) | Soap manufacture | ii) | Thevenot |
| c) | Cylinder and piston syringe | iii) | Isami |
| d) | Grooved screw as metal attachment | iv) | Monserrate |
Which of the following pair of writers and works is not correctly matched?
(Writer) | (Work) | |
(1) | Nizamuddin Ahmad | Tabaqat-i Akbari |
(2) | Khafi Khan | Maasir-i Alamgiri |
(3) | Abdul Hamid Lahori | Padshahnama |
(4) | Muhammad Kazim | Alamgir-Nama |