Indian History

Vasantsena by artist Raja Ravi Varm / Image Credit Q.1. Whose drama Mṛcchakatika  did film personality Shashi Kapoor adapt for the Hindi film Utsav? (A) Sudraka (B) Bhavabhuti (C) Vishakhadatta  (D) Mahendravarman I Q.2. The writer of the Brihatkatha was (A) Dattamitra (B) Gudadhya (C) Bhadrabahu (D) Sarvavarman Q.3. Which Prakrit work by Vakpati centres on exploits of Kannauj ruler Yashovarman? (A) Gaudavaho (B) Setubandha or Ravanavaho (C) Harivijaya  (D) Gathasaptashati Q.4. Who wrote Kalpasutra?  (A) Simuka (B) Panini (C) Bhadrabahu (D) Patanjali Q.5. Which of these books was not written by Bhavabhuti? (A) Mahaviracharita (Deeds of a Great Hero) (B) Malatimadhava (C) Kiratarjuniya (Arjuna and the Kirata ) (D) Uttararamacarita (The Later Deeds of Rama) Q. 6. From which Upanishad are the words 'Satyameva Jayate', adopted by Indian Republic as its National Emblem, taken? (A) Aitareya Upanishad (B) Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (C) Chandogya Upanishad (D) Mandukya Up...

Photo Credit: Canva Today is the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. Here is a quiz to t est your knowledge of Gandhi.  Q.1. At which place was Gandhiji born? (A) Ahmedabad (B) Delhi (C) Porbandar (D) Bombay Q.2. What was the name of Gandhi's father? (A) Karsandas Gandhi (B) Uttamchand Gandhi  (C) Karamchand Gandhi (D) Laxmidas Gandhi Q.3. What was Gandhi's wife's name? (A) Putlibai (B) Kasturbai (C) Indira (D) None of these  Q.4. At what age was Gandhi married? (A) Ten (B) Thirteen (C) Fifteen (D) Eighteen Q.5. After his father's death Mahatma Gandhi went to England to pursue a career in ______? (A) Medicine (B) Engineering (C) Law (D) Philosophy Q. 6. How old was Gandhi when he went to England? (A) 19 (B) 25 (C) 17 (D) 21 Q. 7. Which institution did Gandhi attend for his legal studies in London? (A) Inner Temple (B) King's College (C) Lincoln's Inn (D) Gray's Inn Q. 8. What did Gandhi do after completing his studies in England? (A) He returned home to Ind...

Khusrau Khan  was an Indian  Sultan of Delhi  Sultanate for around two months in 1320.   Alauddin Khilji the second Sultan of Khilji dynasty of Delhi Sultanate, died in 1316. His general Malik Kafur, who unleashed a reign of terror by  persecuting the sons and family members of the late Sultan , was in turn killed by another son of Alauddin Khilji, Mubarak Shah, who became the next Khilji sultan under the title of  Qutb ud din Mubarak Shah . Like his father, who was under the influence of Malik Kafur, Mubarak Shah was infatuated with Khusrav Khan, a low-caste (Hindu) Baradu convert from Gujarat who was made the wazir, malik naib   and Commander in Chief of the Khilji dynasty by the Sultan against the advice of his nobles. In April 1320, Mubarak Shah was murdered by Khusrav Khan bringing the Khilji dynasty to an end. Khusrav Khan ascended the throne of Delhi under the title of Nasir-ud-din Khusrav Shah and tried to strike a veritable reign of terro...

Adina Mosque Maldah / Image Credit Adina Mosque at Pandua (presently in Maldah district of West Bengal) was built by Sikandar Shah, the second ruler of the Ilyas Shahi dynasty, an independent Muslim kingdom of Bengal founded by his father Shamsuddin Iliyas Shah in about AD 1345.  Sikandar Shah ruled from 1357 to 1390 .  The long rule of Sikandar Shah provided him ample opportunity to build some magnificent mosques and buildings. Chief among them is Adina Mosque which was built in A.D. 1368.   Consisting of four hundred domes, this imposing mosque houses the tomb of Sikandar Shah. The pillars of the mosque were taken from Hindu temples and palaces in Lakhnauti in Maldah. 

Q.1. Which was the last dynasty that ruled the Vijayanagara Empire ? (A) Sangama dynasty (B) Aravidu dynasty (C) Saluva dynasty (D) Tuluva dynasty Q.2. What was the capital of Aravidu dynasty?  (A) Hampi (B) Penagonda (C) Talikota (D) Vijayapura Q.3. Who was the ruler of Vijayanagar at the time of the Battle of Talikota in 1565?  (A) Tirumala Deva Raya (B) Achyuta Deva Raya (C) Sadasiva Raya (D) Venkata I Q.4. Who assumed the title of 'Yavanarajya Sthapanacharya' or restorer of the Yavana kingdom? (A) Devaraya II (B) Achyuta Deva Raya (C) Narasimha Raya II (D) Krishnadeva Raya   Q.5. Who among the following was the ruler of Delhi Sultanate when the Vijayanagar empire was founded? (A) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq (B) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq (C) Firuz Shah Tughlaq (D) Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq Shah II  Q.6. Which among the following Vijayanagar rulers earned the title of Purvapaschima Samudradhishavara (“master of the eastern and western seas”)? (A) Bukka Raya I (B) Bukka Raya II (C...

Q.1. Which of the following was the much talked about river in the Rig Veda? (A) Sindhu (B) Ganga (C) Yamuna (D) Godavari Q.2. The early Vedic god Indra was the god of  (A) Fire  (B) Wind (C) Rain and Thunder (D) None of the above Q.3. Gayatri Mantra has been taken from which Veda? (A) Samveda (B) Rigveda (C) Atharva Veda (D) Yajur Veda Q.4. Mundaka Upanishad and Prashna Upanishad are part of which Veda? (A) Yajurveda (B) Samveda (C) Atharva Veda (D) Rig Veda Q.5. The term Gotra was first used  in_?  (A) Rig Veda (B) Sam Veda (C) Yajur Veda (D) Atharva Veda Q.6. Which was the oldest Veda?  (A) Rig Veda (B) Sam Veda (C) Yajur Veda (D) Atharva Veda Q.7. Who was the most important god during the later Vedic Period? (A) Agni (B) Prajapati (C) Varuna (D) Prithvi 8. Which of the following Rig Vedic gods acted as an intermediary between the gods and the humans? (A) Soma (B) Indra (C) Varuna (D) Agni Answers 1- A Sindhu river or Indus River has been mentioned in the...