Group 1 Old QP

1.In which of the following subjects were the Vedic Aryans not proficient?
1) Astronomy
2) Mathematics
3) Chemistry
4) Medicine

2.Which of the Pallava rulers is known as 'Vichitrachitta'?
1) Mahendravarman
2) Parameswaravarman
3) Narasimhavarman I
4) Narasimhavarman II

3.Jayapa Senani composed 'Nrittaratnavali' during the reign of :
1) Rudradeva
2) Ganapatideva
3) Rudramadevi
4) Pratapa Rudra

4.Harappan people had close external contact with :
1) Iran
2) Egypt
3) Bahrain
4) Mesopotamia

5.Which Vedic text first refers to moneylending?
1) Atharvaveda
2) Yajurveda
3) Satapatha Brahmana
4) Gopatha Brahman


6.In the Chola Kingdom, a very large village administered as a single unit was called :
1) Kurram
2) Kottam
3) Nadu
4) Taniyur

7.The state-pormoted canal irrigation system was initiated by :
1) Alauddin Khalji
2) Ghyasuddin Tughlaq
3) Firuz Tughlaq
4) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq

8.The Vijayanagar King who totally withdrew the marriage tax was
1) Krishnadevaraya
2) Devaraya II
3) Achyutaraya
4) Sadasivaraya

9.The style of vocal Hindustani music which was non-Islamic in
character was :
1) Taraka
2) Khayal
3) Gawwalis
4) Dhrupad

10.At the time of his coronation at Kalanaur the age of Akbar was :
1) Fifteen
2) Fourteen
3) Twenty

4) Eighteen