PET Practice Set 3

The term 'Sapta Sindhu' in the Vedic texts refers to which geographical feature?

1. A.Seven sacred cities
2. B.Seven rivers of the Indus region✓
3. C.Seven mountain passes
4. D.Seven kingdoms

Correct answer: B

Who is considered the first Tirthankara of Jainism?

1. A.Mahavira
2. B.Rishabhadeva (Adinath)✓
3. C.Parshvanath
4. D.Neminath

Correct answer: B

The 'Three Jewels' (Triratna) of Jainism are right belief, right knowledge, and which of the following?

1. A.Right speech
2. B.Right action (conduct)✓
3. C.Right meditation
4. D.Right livelihood

Correct answer: B

At which place did Gautama Buddha deliver his first sermon, known as the 'Dhammachakkappavattana Sutta'?

1. A.Bodh Gaya
2. B.Kushinagar
3. C.Sarnath✓
4. D.Lumbini

Correct answer: C

Who founded the Maurya Empire by overthrowing the Nanda dynasty?

1. A.Ashoka
2. B.Bindusara
3. C.Chandragupta Maurya✓
4. D.Brihadratha

Correct answer: C

Chanakya (Kautilya), the advisor of Chandragupta Maurya, authored which famous treatise on statecraft?

1. A.Manusmriti
2. B.Arthashastra✓
3. C.Indica
4. D.Mudrarakshasa

Correct answer: B

The Kalinga War (261 BC), which led Emperor Ashoka to embrace Buddhism, was fought in the territory of present-day which state?

1. A.Bihar
2. B.Madhya Pradesh
3. C.Odisha✓
4. D.West Bengal

Correct answer: C

Who was the last ruler of the Maurya dynasty?

1. A.Ashoka
2. B.Bindusara
3. C.Dasharatha
4. D.Brihadratha✓

Correct answer: D

Which Gupta ruler is known as the 'Napoleon of India' due to his extensive military conquests recorded in the Allahabad Pillar Inscription?

1. A.Chandragupta I
2. B.Chandragupta II
3. C.Samudragupta✓
4. D.Kumaragupta

Correct answer: C

The Gupta period (4th-6th century CE) is often called the 'Golden Age of India'. Who was the founder of the Gupta dynasty?

1. A.Chandragupta I
2. B.Sri Gupta✓
3. C.Samudragupta
4. D.Skandagupta

Correct answer: B

The famous Iron Pillar near Qutub Minar in Delhi, which has not rusted for centuries, dates back to the period of which dynasty?

1. A.Maurya
2. B.Kushan
3. C.Gupta✓
4. D.Mughal

Correct answer: C

The Sangam literature, the earliest known Tamil literary works, was produced by three great assemblies (Sangams) held at which region?

1. A.Tanjore
2. B.Kanchipuram
3. C.Madurai✓
4. D.Uraiyur

Correct answer: C

Which of the following was NOT one of the three Sangam-era Tamil kingdoms?

1. A.Chera
2. B.Chola
3. C.Pandya
4. D.Pallava✓

Correct answer: D

Who established the Delhi Sultanate by founding the Slave (Mamluk) dynasty in 1206?

1. A.Iltutmish
2. B.Qutbuddin Aibak✓
3. C.Razia Sultan
4. D.Balban

Correct answer: B

Razia Sultan, the first and only female ruler of the Delhi Sultanate, belonged to which dynasty?

1. A.Khalji dynasty
2. B.Tughlaq dynasty
3. C.Slave (Mamluk) dynasty✓
4. D.Lodi dynasty

Correct answer: C

Which Delhi Sultan introduced the market control system (price regulation) and the token currency of copper coins?

1. A.Muhammad bin Tughlaq
2. B.Alauddin Khalji✓
3. C.Firoz Shah Tughlaq
4. D.Ibrahim Lodi

Correct answer: B

Muhammad bin Tughlaq transferred his capital from Delhi to which city?

1. A.Agra
2. B.Lahore
3. C.Daulatabad (Devagiri)✓
4. D.Jaunpur

Correct answer: C

Which was the last dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate, defeated by Babur in the First Battle of Panipat (1526)?

1. A.Sayyid dynasty
2. B.Khalji dynasty
3. C.Tughlaq dynasty
4. D.Lodi dynasty✓

Correct answer: D

The Vijayanagara Empire was founded in 1336 by Harihara I and Bukka Raya I with the guidance of which saint?

1. A.Ramanuja
2. B.Vidyaranya✓
3. C.Madhvacharya
4. D.Shankaracharya

Correct answer: B

In the First Battle of Panipat (1526), Babur defeated which ruler to establish the Mughal Empire in India?

1. A.Rana Sanga
2. B.Sher Shah Suri
3. C.Ibrahim Lodi✓
4. D.Hemu

Correct answer: C

The 'Din-i-Ilahi', a syncretic religion, was founded by which Mughal emperor?

1. A.Babur
2. B.Humayun
3. C.Akbar✓
4. D.Shah Jahan

Correct answer: C

The Taj Mahal in Agra was built by Emperor Shah Jahan in memory of which queen?

1. A.Nur Jahan
2. B.Mumtaz Mahal✓
3. C.Jodha Bai
4. D.Hamida Banu Begum

Correct answer: B

Which Mughal emperor is known for reimposing the Jizya tax on non-Muslims and for his long Deccan campaigns?

1. A.Jahangir
2. B.Shah Jahan
3. C.Aurangzeb✓
4. D.Bahadur Shah I

Correct answer: C

Kabir, the famous Bhakti movement poet-saint who preached Hindu-Muslim unity, was a disciple of which saint?

1. A.Guru Nanak
2. B.Ramananda✓
3. C.Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
4. D.Namdev

Correct answer: B

The Chishti order, the most prominent Sufi order in India, was established in India by which saint?

1. A.Sheikh Bahauddin Zakariya
2. B.Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti✓
3. C.Nizamuddin Auliya
4. D.Shah Waliullah

Correct answer: B

Shivaji Maharaj, the founder of the Maratha Empire, was crowned Chhatrapati (sovereign ruler) in which year?

1. A.1664
2. B.1670
3. C.1674✓
4. D.1680

Correct answer: C

The 'Ashtapradhan' was the council of eight ministers in the administration of which ruler?

1. A.Akbar
2. B.Shivaji✓
3. C.Tipu Sultan
4. D.Krishnadevaraya

Correct answer: B

The Battle of Plassey (1757), which established British political dominance in Bengal, was fought between the British East India Company and which ruler?

1. A.Mir Jafar
2. B.Siraj ud-Daulah✓
3. C.Tipu Sultan
4. D.Shah Alam II

Correct answer: B

Who was the first Governor-General of Bengal, appointed under the Regulating Act of 1773?

1. A.Lord Cornwallis
2. B.Lord Wellesley
3. C.Warren Hastings✓
4. D.Robert Clive

Correct answer: C

The Regulating Act of 1773, the first step by the British Parliament to regulate the affairs of the East India Company in India, established a Supreme Court at which city?

1. A.Madras
2. B.Bombay
3. C.Delhi
4. D.Calcutta✓

Correct answer: D