Exam_ 54 GK for UPSC,PSC,SSC, WBCS, CDS, Banking, Rail, Police

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Who composed `Geographia`?

(A) Stravo

(B) Megasthenes

(C) Herodotus

(D) Pliny

Answer: Option A

Who composed “Periphalus of Erythraean Sea”?

(A) Herodotus

(B) Megasthenes

(C) Strabo

(D) Anonymous Greek writer

Answer: Option D

Where was Fayan a resident of? (RRB 2014)

(A) Bhutan

(B) America

(C) China

(D) Burma

Answer: Option C

Which empire did the Arab traveler Suleiman, who came to India in the 9th century, address as `Ruhma`?

(A) Pal

(B) Pratihar

(D) Rashtrakuta

(D) Sen

Answer: Option A

During the reign of which Vijayanagara emperor, Abdur Razzaq (1443-44 AD), the ambassador of Persian Sultan Mirza Shahrukh, visited Vijayanagara?

(A) Devrai – 1st

(B) Devrai – 2nd

(C) Krishnadev Rai

(D) Sadashiv Rai

Answer: Option B

When was the Archaeological Survey of India established?

(A) In 1774 AD

(B) In 1808 AD

(C) In 1861 AD

(D) In 1866 AD

Answer: Option C

Who is called `The Father of Indian Archaeology`? (MPPSC 2017)

(A) Alexander Cunningham

(B) James Prinsep

(C) John Marshall

(D) Mortimer Heeler

Answer: Option A

In which year was the Harappan civilization discovered? (SSC 2004)

(A) 1961 AD

(B) 1911 AD

(C) 1933 AD

(D) 1921 AD

Answer: Option D

Which of the following foreign travelers was the first to visit India? (SSC 2005)

(A) Megasthenes

(B) Phalian

(C) Hen Tsang

(D) Ising

Answer: Option A

The name of Pliny`s book is-

(A) Histies

(B) Geography

(C) Naturalis Historia

(D) Geography

Answer: Option C

During whose reign did Fa Hien come to India? (NDA-2003)

(A) Chandragupta-1

(B) Ashoka

(C) Harsh Vardhan

(D) Chandragupta - 2nd

Answer: Option D

Alberuni was a historian during whose reign? (RRB 2004, RRB 2005, JPSC 2010)

(A) Mahmud Ghaznavi

(B) Balban

(C) Akbar

(D) Muhammad bin Tughlaq

Answer: Option A

Which Chinese traveler came to India during the time of Harshvardhan? (ssc 2001, rrb 2004)

(A) Phalian

(B) Itsing

(C) Hen Tsang

(D) Megasthenes

Answer: Option C

Who among the following scholars was the first discoverer of the Harappan civilization? (SSC 1999)

(A) Sir John Marshall

(B) R. D. Banerjee

(C) A. cunningham

(D) Dayaram Sahni

Answer: Option D

Where did the traveler Ibn Battuta come from? (SSC 2002, RRB 2005)

(A) Persia

(B) Morocco

(C) Türkiye

(D) Central Asia

Answer: Option B

During whose reign did the South African traveler Ibn Battuta visit India? (RRB 2005)

(A) Humayun

(B) Akbar

(C) Muhammad bin Tughlaq

(D) Alauddin Khilji

Answer: Option C

In which inscription is the description of Samudragupta`s military achievements available? (UPPSC 2002, PBSC, 2008)

(A) Eran`s

(B) Nalanda

(C) Gaya Ke

(D) Prayag

Answer: Option D

Harishena, the author of the Prayag Prashasti inscription, was the court poet of which ruler?

A.Samudragupta

B.Ashoka

C.Kanishka

D.Chandragupta 2nd

Answer: Option A

In whose memory is the famous iron pillar located in the courtyard of Quwwat Ul Islam Mosque of Mehrili, Delhi?

(A) Harsh

(B) Anangpal

(C) Ashoka

(D) Chandra

Answer: Option D

Eran inscription is related to which ruler? (rrb 2005)

(A) secret

(B) Chandragupta-

(C) Chandragupta-॥

(D) Bhanugupta

Answer: Option D