Manasvi Vohra - Quiz Time History

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After the grand success of a number of Quiz Books, V&S Publishers has come out with a unique series called the Quiz Time containing quiz books on Mathematics, History, etc. Quiz Time History is an exhaustive book including interesting and brainteasing questions and answers on almost all the phases of our glorious past. Quiz Time History is an exhaustive book including interesting and brainteasing questions and answers on almost all the phases of our glorious past.

This quiz book consists of three main parts: Part-I, dealing with the Early and Medieval Indian History; Part-2, on the facts and figures of Modern Indian History and the Contemporary World and Part-3, containing General Questions on World History. All the questions have been accompanied by answers to educate and enlighten the readers, students of all ages in general and the aspirants of Civil Services Examinations in particular. The Civil Services Examinations as we all know begins with the Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT). The CSAT is the new Recruitment Process of Civil Services Exams conducted by the UPSC (Union Public Service Commission). The CSAT has been brought into effect from the Civil Services Examination, 2011. This will not only enable the Government of India to choose civil servants with the right aptitudes, but also end the use of scaling system for varying subjects that has been a matter of concern for many.

However, no changes have been introduced in the Civil Services (Main) Examination and the Personality Test in the scheme of Civil Services Examination (CSE). This book contains all the vital historical facts and figures which can be useful for students appearing for the above mentioned competitive examinations. So friends, grab the book immediately and test your historical skills by solving these 1100 questions based on the various phases of Indian and World History!

Q-1. Who is known as the Father of Indian Archeology?Ans. General Sir Alexander Cunningham Q-2. The Rajatarangini written by Kalhana, deals with the history of which place?Ans. Kashmir Q-3. When was the Asiatic Society of Bengal established?Ans. 15 January 1784 Q-4.

What is epigraphy?Ans. It is the study of inscriptions or epigraphs as writing. Q-5. Which Greek scholar wrote a geographical treatise on the 2nd century AD India?Ans. Ptolemy Q-6. What is the name of Banabhattas biography on Emperor Harshavardhana?Ans. Harshacharita Q-7. Which Iranian-Muslim scholar recorded his studies on India in a book called Tarikh al-Hind or History of India in the 11th century?Ans. Al Biruni Q-8. Ans. Coins Old Indian CoinsQ-9. Ans. Coins Old Indian CoinsQ-9.

Who was the author of the work Nirukta that discussed the etymology of Vedic words?Ans. Yaska Q-10. Paninis Ashtadhyayi is a text on ________. A. ReligionB. PoliticsC. GrammarD.

TradeAns. C. Grammar Q-11. Which Chola poet wrote on three successive kings: Vikrama Chola, Kulottunga II and Rajaraja II?Ans. Ottakkuttan Q-12. Fa-Hiens travelogue gives an account of the _______ age. A. MauryaB.

GuptaC. CholaD. MughalAns. B. Gupta Q-13. How many hymns does the Rig Veda contain?