Important Questions for ADRE Assam Govt exams

Question:  The Jataka tales are  associated with which of the following sects?
Answer: Buddhism

Question:  In which state is the archaeological site of Surkotada situated?
Answer: Gujarat

Question:  Who among the following introduced the practice of Sijda (prostration) and Paibos (kissing the feet of monarch) in the court?
Answer: Ghiyasuddin Balban

Question:  Nur-ud-din Muhammad Salim  popularly known as
Answer: Jahangir

Question:  The battle of Khanwa was fought in the year:
Answer: 1527

Question:  The ‘Digha Nikaya’ is a collection of ______ discourses.
Answer: Buddhist

Question:  ‘Samaveda’ is considered to be one of the primary sources of Indian ______.
Answer: music and art

Question:  The ‘Kathasaritsagara’ is written by:
Answer: Somadeva

Question:  Name the Indian ruler of Haryanka dynasty who was the son of Ajatashatru and who laid the foundation of the city of Pataliputra.
Answer: Udayin

Question:  Who among the following built the city of Tughlaqabad?
Answer: Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq

Question:  Who wrote ‘Humayun Nama’?
Answer: Gulbadan Begum

Question:  The British annexed Punjab after defeating the Sikhs in the Anglo-Sikh War in the year ______.
Answer: 1849

Question:  Who among the following is the author of the book ‘Ashtadhyayi’?
Answer: Panini

Question:  The bronze sculpture of Nataraja was cast during the period of which dynasty?
Answer: Cholas

Question:  ______ became king of Thanesar after the death of his father and elder brother.
Answer: Harshavardhana

Question:  Who was the author of Kadambari?
Answer: Banabhatta

Question:  Mughal Emperor ______ permitted the English East India Company to establish their factory in 1613 at Surat.
Answer: Jahangir

Question:  During the age of Buddha, the capital of Vajji ‘Mahajanapada’ was at ________.
Answer: Vaishali

Question:  ‘Siri’, the second city of Delhi, was built by ______.
Answer: Alauddin Khilji

Question:  The medieval traveller Marco Polo was from:
Answer: Venice

Question:  Who is the author of ‘Malavikagnimitram’?
Answer: Kalidasa

Question:  In which year did Babur defeat the Sultan of Delhi, Ibrahim Lodi, at Panipat and capture Delhi and Agra?
Answer: 1526

Question:  The Battle of Kanauj was fought between Sher Shah Suri and Humayun in:
Answer: 1540

Question:  Mehrgarh, a Neolithic settlement, is situated in the ______ province of Pakistan.
Answer: Balochistan

Question:  Fatehpur Sikri was founded as the capital of the Mughal Empire by ______.
Answer: Akbar

Question:  Which of the following instruments is Gupta ruler Samudragupta shown playing on his coins?
Answer: Veena

Question:  The ancient name of Coastal Orissa was:
Answer: Kalinga

Question:  Foreign traveller Ibn Battuta, who came to India during the medieval period, had come from?
Answer: Morocco

Question:  Birthplace of Guru Nanak known as Nankana Sahib today, was earlier called.
Answer: Rai Bhoi di Talvandi

Question:  Emperor Ashoka was the son of which of the following Mauryan rulers?
Answer: Bindusara

Question:  Who among the following had been given the title of ‘Sultan Buland Iqbal’ by Shah Jahan?
Answer: Dara Shikoh

Question:  Which Rajput ruler of Mewar in 1576 fought the Battle of Haldighati ?
Answer: Maharana Pratap

Question:  When was the Indian Reform Association formed?
Answer: 1870

Question:  Who among the following had the title of ‘Abla Baba’ (friend of the poor) of the Deccan?
Answer: Ibrahim Adil Shah II

Question:  Aurangzeb ruled the Mughal empire from ______.
Answer: 1658 to 1707 AD

Question:  The Rig Veda is divided into ______ books or mandalas.
Answer: 10

Question:  Who among the following was the author of the ancient text called ‘Siddhant Shiromani’?
Answer: Bhaskaracharya

Question:  The last Mauryan ruler to be killed by Pushyamitra Shunga was:
Answer: Brihadratha

Question:  Who was the first ruler of the Gupta Dynasty who claimed the title of Maharajadhiraja?
Answer: Chandragupta I

Question:  Chandragupta I was succeeded by his son _______.
Answer: Samudragupta

Question:  What is the first age in the prehistoric period called?
Answer: Palaeolithic age

Question:  Inscriptions composed in praise of kings of ancient India are known as ______.
Answer: Prashastis

Question:  In which part of Ashoka’s empire were his inscriptions written in Kharosthi script?
Answer: North Western

Question:  Evidence of the earliest ploughed field from the Harappan Civilisation was found at _______.
Answer: Kalibangan

Question:  The ______ was translated to Persian as the ‘Razmnama’.
Answer: Mahabharata