History Quiz – 51

1. The earliest surviving extant, i.e. still standing, temples date from the ______ period?

2. The name Buddha means

3. Where had Qutub-ud-din Aibak got constructed the Adhai-din-ka Jhonpra (Hut of Two-and-a-half- Days)?

4. An elaborate system of municipal administration had been established by

5. As per Cabinet Mission Plan, the strength of the Constituent Assembly would be

6. This social reformer most ardently worked for the removal of untouchability and uplift the depressed classes before Gandhiji came on the scene

7. The Tata Iron and Steel Works was completed with the aid of

8. Earlier mathematicians (i.e. those who came before medieval Indian mathematicians) had taught that X/0=X; who among the following proved that it was infinity?

9. Who of the following Portuguese Viceroys in India captured Goa (1510) from the Adil Shahi Sultan of Bijapur and made it the headquarters of the Portuguese government in India?

10. Who had preached “Rama and Rahim are two different names of the same God”?

11. Who among the following is known for his work on medicine during the Gupta period?

12. Babar came to India originally from

13. The ritualistic precepts pertaining to the hymns of the Vedas are known as the

14. The estate of Shivaji’s father was

15. The first known ruler to introduce canal irrigation in India was