Which of the following foreign countries is closest to the Andaman Islands?
(A) Sri Lanka
(B) Myanmar
(C) Indonesia
(D) Pakistan
Myanmar is the nearest mainland to the island. The Andaman Islands are archipelagos in the northeastern Indian Ocean about 130 km (81 m) southwest off the coasts of Myanmar's Ayeyarwady region.
In which of the following Indian Institute of Petroleum is located?
(A) Visakhapatnam
(B) Delhi
(C) Dehradun
(D) Chennai
Spread over a campus of 250-acre (1.0 km2), it is situated in Dehradun, the capital of Uttarakhand state, on National Highway 72 (NH 72). Established through an act of parliament in the year 1959, it started in New Delhi in 1960 and finally in Dehradun since 1963.
Which one is the smallest (in the area) among the following Union Territories?
(A) Chandigarh
(B) Dadra and Nagar Havel
(C) Daman and Diu
(D) Lakshadweep
Which of the following is the region which does not share its border with Arunachal Pradesh?
(A) Assam
(B) Nagaland
(C) Bhutan
(D) Manipur
Which of the following highlands is not a part of the Telangana Plateau?
(A) Aravalli
(B) Western Ghats
(C) Eastern Ghats
(D) Satpura
The Aravalli range is not a part of the Telangana Plateau. It is situated in the northwestern part of India and it runs approximately 692 km in the south west direction.
Yahya bin Ahmed Sirhindi, the author of "Tarikh – i – Mubaraqshahi" lived in the period of-
(A) Khalji
(B) Tughlaq
(C) Sayyid
(D) Lodi
Yahya bin Ahmad Sirhindi (nisba of Sirhind in Punjab) was a 15th century Indian Muslim historian who wrote Tarikh-i-Mubarak Shahi, a Persian language chronicle of the Delhi Sultanate. Written during the reign of Mubarak Shah, his work is an important source of information for the Sayyid dynasty.
Who among the following Delhi Sultans is known for introducing a market control mechanism?
(A) IItutmish
(B) Balban
(C) Alauddin Khalji
(D) Firozshah Tughlaq
The correct answer is Alauddin Khilji. Alauddin Khalji introduced Market Control Policy.
The Sultan who described himself as Sikandar – i – Sani (The Second Alexander) was-
(A) Balban
(B) Alauddin Khalji
(C) Mohammad – bin – Tughlaq
(D) Sikandar Lodi
Tulsidas, the author of 'Ramcharitmanas' was related to whose rule?
(A) Chandra Gupta Vikramaditya
(B) Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
(C) Harsh
(D) Akbar
What is the sign of the greatness of Sher Shah?
(A) His conquests against Humayun
(B) Superior military leadership
(C) Administrative Reforms
(D) Religious tolerance
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