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SSC AND STATES PCS EXAMINATIONS MCQs
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Answer: Option B. -> Thane
THE EARLIEST ATTACKS ON INDIA BY ARABS HAPPENED AROUND 636 AD [FOUR YEARS AFTER DEATH OF PROPHET MOHAMMADIN 632AD] WHEN TWO NAVAL EXPEDITIONS AGAINST THANA ON THE COAST OF MAHARASHTRA AND BROACH (BHARUCH) ON THE COAST OF GUJARAT, HAD BEEN REPULSED BY INDIAN RULERS IN THE REIGN OF CALIPH UMAR (AD 634-644). THE ATTACK ON THANE WAS REPULSED BY FORCES OF CHALUKYA KING PULKESHIN-II.
THE EARLIEST ATTACKS ON INDIA BY ARABS HAPPENED AROUND 636 AD [FOUR YEARS AFTER DEATH OF PROPHET MOHAMMADIN 632AD] WHEN TWO NAVAL EXPEDITIONS AGAINST THANA ON THE COAST OF MAHARASHTRA AND BROACH (BHARUCH) ON THE COAST OF GUJARAT, HAD BEEN REPULSED BY INDIAN RULERS IN THE REIGN OF CALIPH UMAR (AD 634-644). THE ATTACK ON THANE WAS REPULSED BY FORCES OF CHALUKYA KING PULKESHIN-II.
Answer: Option C. -> Kabul
KINGDOM OF KAPISA WAS AN ANCIENT HINDU / BUDDHIST KINGDOM IN AFGHANISTAN REGION. IT INCLUDED MODERN HINDUKUSH MOUNTAINS, BAMIYAN, KANDHAR, BEGRAM, KABUL AND OTHER AREAS. CHINESE MONK HUEN TSANG HAD VISITED THIS KINGDOM AND DESCRIBED THAT THERE WERE OVER 6000 MAHAYANA MONKS IN KAPISA.
KINGDOM OF KAPISA WAS AN ANCIENT HINDU / BUDDHIST KINGDOM IN AFGHANISTAN REGION. IT INCLUDED MODERN HINDUKUSH MOUNTAINS, BAMIYAN, KANDHAR, BEGRAM, KABUL AND OTHER AREAS. CHINESE MONK HUEN TSANG HAD VISITED THIS KINGDOM AND DESCRIBED THAT THERE WERE OVER 6000 MAHAYANA MONKS IN KAPISA.
Answer: Option C. -> Battle of Chach
BATTLE OF CHACH WAS FOUGHT IN 1008 AD BETWEEN MAHMUD OF GHAZNI AND A CONFEDERACY OF HINDU KINGDOMS LED BY HINDU SHAHI ARMY OF ANANDAPALA. FORCES OF ANANDPALA WERE JOINED BY AJMER, KALINGAR, KANAUJ ETC. ANANDPALA LOST THE BATTLE MAINLY BECAUSE THE ARMY WAS NOT WELL ORGANIZED AND HIS ELEPHANT TOOK FLIGHT IN BATTLE.
BATTLE OF CHACH WAS FOUGHT IN 1008 AD BETWEEN MAHMUD OF GHAZNI AND A CONFEDERACY OF HINDU KINGDOMS LED BY HINDU SHAHI ARMY OF ANANDAPALA. FORCES OF ANANDPALA WERE JOINED BY AJMER, KALINGAR, KANAUJ ETC. ANANDPALA LOST THE BATTLE MAINLY BECAUSE THE ARMY WAS NOT WELL ORGANIZED AND HIS ELEPHANT TOOK FLIGHT IN BATTLE.
Answer: Option D. -> Babur
THE BABURNAMA ALSO KNOWN AS THE TUZUK-I-BABURI OR THE MEMOIRS OF BABUR IS THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ZAHIRUDDIN MUHAMMAD BABUR. IT CONSTITUTES A FIRST-RATE ACCOUNT OF BABUR’S OWN CAREER AND THE HISTORY OF HIS TIMES.
THE BABURNAMA ALSO KNOWN AS THE TUZUK-I-BABURI OR THE MEMOIRS OF BABUR IS THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ZAHIRUDDIN MUHAMMAD BABUR. IT CONSTITUTES A FIRST-RATE ACCOUNT OF BABUR’S OWN CAREER AND THE HISTORY OF HIS TIMES.
Answer: Option A. -> Byzantine empire
MUCH OF THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE TURKS USED THE ARCH AND DOME. THE TURKS BORROWED THE ARCH AND DOME STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE FROM THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE OF ROME. THIS STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE ERADICATED THE NEED OF PILLARS TO SUPPORT THE ROOFS AND ALSO ENABLED LARGE HALLS TO BE CONSTRUCTED.
MUCH OF THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE TURKS USED THE ARCH AND DOME. THE TURKS BORROWED THE ARCH AND DOME STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE FROM THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE OF ROME. THIS STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE ERADICATED THE NEED OF PILLARS TO SUPPORT THE ROOFS AND ALSO ENABLED LARGE HALLS TO BE CONSTRUCTED.
Answer: Option C. -> Subdivision of territory
WILAYAT WAS THE TERRITORY GOVERNED BY THE GOVERNOR OR HIGHER NOBILITY CALLED WALI , MUQTI , AMIR . TARF DENOTES A SUBDIVISION OF A WILAYAT . DURING THE REIGN OF QUTUBUDDIN AIBAK , TARF WAS USED TO DESIGNATE PROVINCES.
WILAYAT WAS THE TERRITORY GOVERNED BY THE GOVERNOR OR HIGHER NOBILITY CALLED WALI , MUQTI , AMIR . TARF DENOTES A SUBDIVISION OF A WILAYAT . DURING THE REIGN OF QUTUBUDDIN AIBAK , TARF WAS USED TO DESIGNATE PROVINCES.
Answer: Option C. -> Gulbadan Banu Begum
MUGHAL EMPEROR BABUR’S DAUGHTER, GULBADAN BANU BEGUM WROTE AN ACCOUNT OF HER BROTHER’S LIFE, THE AHVAL-I HUMAYUN
BADSHAH OR THE HUMAYUN NAMA. THE WORK THROWS LIGHT A FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE AND ALSO RAISES QUESTIONS ON THE GENRE OF HISTORY WRITING.
MUGHAL EMPEROR BABUR’S DAUGHTER, GULBADAN BANU BEGUM WROTE AN ACCOUNT OF HER BROTHER’S LIFE, THE AHVAL-I HUMAYUN
BADSHAH OR THE HUMAYUN NAMA. THE WORK THROWS LIGHT A FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE AND ALSO RAISES QUESTIONS ON THE GENRE OF HISTORY WRITING.
Answer: Option C. -> Muhammad Ghori
THE FIRST BATTLE OF TARAIN WAS FOUGHT BETWEEN THE GHURIDS LED BY MUHAMMAD GHORI AGAINST THE CHAHAMANAS LED PRITHVIRAJ CHAUHAN NEAR TARAIN IN 1191 CE. THE CHAHAMANA KING PRITHIVIRAJ CHAUHAN DEFEATED THE GHURID KING MUHAMMAD GHORI.
THE FIRST BATTLE OF TARAIN WAS FOUGHT BETWEEN THE GHURIDS LED BY MUHAMMAD GHORI AGAINST THE CHAHAMANAS LED PRITHVIRAJ CHAUHAN NEAR TARAIN IN 1191 CE. THE CHAHAMANA KING PRITHIVIRAJ CHAUHAN DEFEATED THE GHURID KING MUHAMMAD GHORI.
Answer: Option B. -> Abdul Qadir Badauni
ABDUL QADIR BADAUNI WROTE A THREE-VOLUME TEXT CALLED MUNTAKHAB-UT- TAWARIKH. IT IS CONSIDERED TO BE A COMPREHENSIVE ACCOUNT OF MUSLIM RULE IN INDIA STARTING FROM THE GHAZNAVIDS TO AKBAR.
ABDUL QADIR BADAUNI WROTE A THREE-VOLUME TEXT CALLED MUNTAKHAB-UT- TAWARIKH. IT IS CONSIDERED TO BE A COMPREHENSIVE ACCOUNT OF MUSLIM RULE IN INDIA STARTING FROM THE GHAZNAVIDS TO AKBAR.
Answer: Option B. -> Sehwan
AFTER CAPTURING DEBAL & NIRUN, MUHAMMAD-BIN- QASIM MARCHED TOWARDS SEHWAN. IT WAS A TOWN WHICH WAS UNDER THE CHARGE OF THE COUSIN OF DAHIR NAMED BAJHRA. BAJHRA WAS NOT ABLE TO DEFEND THE TOWN IN THE FACE OF THE ARABIAN ATTACK AND FLED AWAY WITH PANIC.
AFTER CAPTURING DEBAL & NIRUN, MUHAMMAD-BIN- QASIM MARCHED TOWARDS SEHWAN. IT WAS A TOWN WHICH WAS UNDER THE CHARGE OF THE COUSIN OF DAHIR NAMED BAJHRA. BAJHRA WAS NOT ABLE TO DEFEND THE TOWN IN THE FACE OF THE ARABIAN ATTACK AND FLED AWAY WITH PANIC.
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