Nur Jehan is associated with the construction of

Two marble masterpieces of the reign of Shah Jahan were

On the wall of which building built by Shah Jahan, is the following Persian couplet inscribed "if there is paradise on earth, it is this, it is this, it is this"?

The later Mughal King, popularly known as Shah-i-Bekhabar (the Heedless King), was

Which of the following is/are methods of checking soil erosion?
1. Strip cropping
2. Contour ploughing
3. Use of irrigation and fertilisers
4. Terrace farming

In which of the following ways can soil be conserved?
1. Contour ploughing
2. Terracing
3. Shifting cultivation
4. Crop rotation

Winter rains in North and North-West India are generally associated with the phenomenon of:

Consider the following statements:
1. Alluvial soil is rich in chemical properties and is capable of yielding Rabi and Kharif
crops.
2. Black soil is suitable for cotton, groundnut.
3. Rabi crops are reaped in autumn after sowing in June.
Which of these statements are correct ?

Most of the floods in the lowlands of N. India, the Bihar plateau and Orissa are associated with:

During the monsoon season rainfall decreases from the Ganga delta to the Punjab plains. It is because:

Which one of the following types of vegetation is referred as Monsoon forest?

Which one of the following statements is wrong regarding the "Norwesters" of Bengal?

For short-term climatic predictions, which one of the following events, detected in the last decade, is associated with occasional weak monsoon rains in the Indian sub-continent?

The wet hill forest are found in the:

With reference to India, which one of the following statements is not correct?

Put in descending order of area with the following soils in India:
1. Red soils
2. Black soils
3. Laterite soils
4. Alluvial soils

Which of the following provisions of the Constitution can be amended only if (a) they
are passed by a majority of total- membership of each House of Parliament and not less than two-thirds of the members present and voting in each House of Parliament, and (b) are ratified by the legislatures of one-half of the States?
1. Method of election of President.
2. Provisions regarding the High Court.
3. Abolition of Legislative Council in any State.
4. Qualifications for Indian citizenship
5. Representation of States in Parliament.

Consider the following statements about the soils of India : 
1. High temperature during most of the year retards formation of humus
2. Soils which have humus require regular application of chemical fertilizers to remove nitrogen deficiency
3. Titanium salts in basalt impart black, colour to the soils of the Indian plateau
4. Red soils are confined to the peripheral areas of the Indian plateau
Which of the statements given above are correct ?

Among the following places, the average annual rainfall is highest at 

Consider the following statements:
1. Tamil Nadu is the only area which receives about half of its rainfall from north-east monsoon winds.
2. Kerala is the only state receiving very heavy rainfall from the south-west monsoon winds.
3. In India, the south-west monsoon is stronger than the north-east monsoon.
Which of these are correct statements?

Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched? 

Which of the following are the main reasons for the origin of the south-west monsoon in India?
1. Development of a low pressure in north-west India
2. Deflection of trade winds
3. Arrival of cyclonic stream from the Pacific Ocean
4. Heating of the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal

The nature of the winter rainfall in north western India is :

Which of the following functions performed by a forest help most in controlling drought?

In which of the following cities of India the diurnal range of temperature is maximum?

The north-western India receives substantial rainfall during winter months because of:

In which of the following states, retreating monsoon has more effect?

The premonsoon mango showers occur predominantly in

Arrange the following cities in decreasing order of the rainfall they receive from the south-west monsoons in summer months:
1. Allahabad
2. Kolkata
3. Delhi
4. Patna

The climate of India is:

Which of the following statements is true with regard to the erratic behaviour of Indian monsoons?

Which Mugal emperor was a great musician, a great patron of Hindustani Music and was popularly known as Rangila?

Who completed the Qutub Minar?

Which of the following are true about Shivaji?
1. He was a disciple of Ramdas Samarth.
2. He levied Chauth and Sardeshmukhi.
3. He became the Peshwa.

The First Battle of Panipat (1526) was fought between

Akbar founded the Din-i-Ilahi primarily to

The Battle of Haldighati (1576) was a fight between Rajput and Mughal forces. Who led the Mughal forces?

Name the Rajput General who bravely fought the Battle of Khanwa before losing to Babar.

Defeat in the Battle of Talikota saw the downfall of which empire

The founder of the Pala dynasty of Bengal was

The first Muslim ruler to introduce the system of price control was

Alberuni came to India along with

Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?

Consider the following statements: In the reign of Jahangir, Kandahar could not be recaptured due to
1. Inefficiency of Mughal Army
2. Refusal of Khurram to proceed to that place
3. Difficulties in organising an expedition
4. Severe cold in Afghanistan
Which of these statements are correct?

Dhrupad Dhamar style of singing was started by

The rockcut temples of Mahabalipuram were built under the patronage of the

The earnings of the kings in the Medieval age were mostly derived from

The purpose of Mahmud Ghaznavi's attack on India was

The sculpture with the three faces of Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh known as "Trimurti" appears in

During the Aurangzeb's reign, which of the following were not included in his government?