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Section: GK History MCQ Day 33 -36 days
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1. When Mahatma Gandhi was arrested who among the following took over the leadership of Salt Satyagraha?
(a) Vinoba Bhave (b) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel (c) Abbas Tyabji (d) Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad
2. In which session of Congress the demand of “Pooma Swaraj" was accepted as the aim of the Congress?
(a) Calcutta (b) Madras (c) Nagpur (d) Lahore
3. Who was the leader of the Bardoli Satyagraha?
(a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad (b) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel (d) Acharya J. B. Kripalani
4. Where is Muslim mosque situated where a hair of pagamber Mohammad Saheb has been preserved ?
(a) Ajmer (b) Ahmedabad (c) Srinagar (d) Mecca
S. Naokhali is situated in—
(a) West Bengal (b) Bangladesh (c) Tripura (d) Bihar
6. Which is the correct chronological order of following ‘Acharyas?
(a) Shankara-Ramanuja-Madhav-Chaitanya (b) Chaitanya-RamanujaMadhav-Shankara
(c) Ramanjua-ShankaraChaitanya-Madhav (d) Madhav-ChaitanyaRamanuja-Shankara
7. Mahatma Gandhi was first arrested during ‘Satyagrah’ in the year—
(a) 1906 (b) 1908 (c) 1913 (d) 1917
8. Who among the following from the first cabinet of independent India was responsible for mass religious conversion?
(a) Dr. S. P. Mukherjee (b) Dr. John Mathai (c) Sardar Baldev Singh (d) Dr. B. R, Ambedkar
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9. The capital city 'Daydo' established by Kublai Khan is situated at—
(a) Samar qand (b) Beijing (c) Ulan Battor (d) Alma Atta
10, Which among the following chronology is correct regarding four ‘samvatas’?
(a) Gupta-Gregorian-Hizri-Saka (b) Gregorian-Saka-Hizri-Gupta
(c) Saka-Gregorian-Hizri-Gupta (d) Hizri-Gupta-Gregorian-4Saka
11. The home of Gargi Maitrey and Kapila was at
(a) Vidisha (b)Ujjain (c) Pataliputra (d) Mithila
12. Which area of India was known as Avantika in ancient times ?
(a) Avadh (b) Ruhelkhand (c) Bundelkhand (d) Malwa
13. What was the basis of transfer of power to India on 15thAugust by?
(a) On this day the Indian National Congress had demanded “Pooma Swaraj”.
(b) On this day Mahatma Gandhi started ‘Quit India Movement’.
(c) Anniversary of formation of Interim Government
(d) Anniversary of the surrender of Japanese army before Admiral Mountbatten
14. The Social System of the Harappans was: '
(a) Fairly egalitarian (b) Slave-Labour based (c) Colour (Varna) based (d) Caste based
15. Which of the following Vedas provides information about the civilization of the Early Vedic Age?
(a) Rig-veda (b) Yajur-veda (c) Atharva-veda (d) Sama-veda
16. The university which became famous in the post-Gupta Era was :
(a) Kanchi (b) Taxila (c) Nalanda (d) Vallabhi
17. Banabhatta was the court poet of which emperor ?
(a) Vikramaditya (b) Kumaragupta (c) Harshavardhana (d) Kanishka
18. The first Indian ruler, who established the supremacy of Indian Navy in the Arabian Sea was :
(a) Rajaraja l (b) Rajendra I (c) Rajadhiraja l (d) Kulottunga l
19. The Mughal painting reaches its zenith during the reign of:
(a) Akbar (b) Jahangir (c) Shah jahan (d) Aurangzeb
20. Permanent Revenue settlement of Bengal was introduced by :
(a) Clive (b) Hastings (c) Wellesley (d) Cornwallis
21. The father of extremist movement in India is :
(a) Motilal Nehru (b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale (c) Vallabhbhai Patel (d) Bal GangadharTilak
22. Through which principle or device did Gandhiji strive to bridge economic inequalities?
(a) Abolition of machinery (b) Establishment of village industries
(c) Trusteeship theory (d) None of the above
23. Mahatma Gandhi got his inspiration for Civil Disobedience from :
(a) Tuoreau (b) Ruskin (c) Confucius (d) Tolstoy
24. The first Indian selected for Indian Civil Service was :
(a) Surendra Nath Banerji (b) Sarojini Naidu (c) Lala Lajpat Rai (d) C.R. Das
25. Which statement on the Harappan Civilization is correct?
(a) Horse sacrifice was known to them. (b) Cow was sacred to them.
(c) ‘Pashupati’ was venerated by them. (d) The culture was not generally static.
26. The First Tirthankara of the Jains was :
(a) Arishtanemi (b) Parshvanath (c) Ajitanath (d) Rishabha
27. The great silk-route to the Indians was opened by :
(a) Kanishka (b) Ashoka (c) Harsha (d) Fa-Hien
28. The capital of the Yadava rulers was :
(a) Dwarasamudra (b) Warangal (c) Kalyani (d) Devagiri
29. The system of communal electorate in India was first introduced by :
(a) Indian Council Act of 1892. (b) Minto-Morley reforms of 1909
(c) Montagu-Chelmsford reforms of 1919 (d) Government of India of 1935
30. Who represented India in the Second Round Table Conference?
(a) Aruna Asaf Ali (b) Sucheta Kripalani (c) Sarojini Naidu (d) Kalpana Joshi
31. The rulers of which dynasty started the practice of granting tax-free villages to Brahmanas and Buddhist Monks?
(a) Satavahanas (b) Mauryas (c) Guptas (d) Cholas
32. The Bandung Conference was a major milestone in the history of :
(a) The Non-aligned movement (b) Indo-Chinese relationship
(c) U.S.-Vietnam War (d) Creation of ASEAN
33. The most important text of vedic mathematics is :
(a) Satapatha Brahman (b) AtharvaVeda (c) Sulva Sutras (d) Chhandogya Upanishad
34. What was the ultimate goal of Mahatma Gandhi’s Salt Satyagraha?
(a) repeal of Salt Satyagraha (b) curtailment of the Government’s power
(c) economic relief to the common people (d) ‘Purna Swaraj’ for India
35. Who persuaded the ratings of the RIN (Royal India Navy) to surrender on the 23rd February 1946?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Jawaharlal Nehru and Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(c) Vallabh Bhai Patel and M.A. Jinnah (d) Morarji Desai and J.B. Kripalani
36. On September 20, 1932 Mahatma Gandhi began a fast unto death in Yervada Jail against :
(a) British repression of the Satyagrahis (b) Violation of the GandhiIrwin Pact.
(c) Communal award of Ramsay MacDonald. (d) Communal riots in Calcutta.
37. In 1939, for the first time, Gandhiji tried out his specific techniques of controlled mass struggle in a native state. He
allowed a close associate of his to lead a satyagraha. Who was he?
(a) K. T. Bhashyam in Mysore (b) Jamnalal Bajaj in Jaipur
(c) Vallabh Bhai Patel in Rajkot (d) Nebakrushna Chaudhri in Dhenkanal
38. One time associate of Mahatma Gandhi, broke off from him and launched a radical movement called ‘self-respect
movement’. Who was he ?
(a) P.Thyagaraja Shetti (b) Chhatrapati Maharaj
(c) E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker (d) Jyotirao Govindrao Phule
39. The first attempt to introduce a representative and popular element in the governance of India was made through :
(a) Indian Council Act, 1861 (b) Indian Council Act, 1892
(c) Indian Council Act, 1909 (d) Government of India Act, 1919
40. What did Jyotiba Phule’s Satyashodhak Samaj attempt in the last century?
(a) Saving the lower castes from hypocritical Brahmans and their opportunistic scriptures
(b) Attacking the caste system
(c) Led an anti-landlord and antimahajan upsurge in Satara
(d) Separate representation for untouchables
41. In which of the following movements did Mahatma Gandhi make the first use of Hunger Strike as a weapon?
(a) Non-Cooperation Movement, 1920-22 (b) Rowlatt Satyagraha, 1919
(c) Ahmedabad Strike, 1918 (d) Bardoli Satyagraha
42. Who led the Salt Satyagraha Movement with Gandhi?
(a) Annie Besant (b) Mridula Sarabhai (c) Muthu Lakshmi (d) Sarojini Naidu
43. Yavanlka or curtain was introduced in Indian theatre by which of the following?
(a) Shakas (b) Parthians (c) Greeks (d) kushans
44. Who started the Saka Era which is still used by the Government of India?
(a) Kanishka (b) Vikramaditya (c) Samudra Gupta (d) Asoka
45. The Bahmani kingdom was founded by
(a) Ahmad Shah I (b)Alauddin Hasan (c) Mahmud Gavan (d) Firuz Shah Bahmani
46. The Dilwara temple at MountAbu in Rajasthan were built by the followers of
(a) Buddhism (b) Jainism (c) Hinduism (d) Sikhism
47. Sati was prohibited by
(a) Warren Hastings (b) Lord Wellesley (c) Lord William Bentinck (d) Lord Dalhousie
48. What inspired the paintings of Ajanta?
(a) Compassionate Buddha (b) Radha-Krishan Leela
(c) Jain Thirthankaras (d) Mahabharata encounters
49. Alberuni came to India with
(a) Mahmud of Ghazni (b) Alexander (c) Babur (d) Timur
50. The Simon Commission was formed to review
(a) legislatures in India (b) fitness of India for further reforms
(c) the position of the viceroy (d) a Constitution for India
51. Where did Aurangzeb die?
(a)Ahmed nagar (b) Aurangabad (c) Allahabad (d) Lahore
52. Where are the mortal remains of St. Francis Xavier housed?
(a) Velankanni, Chennai (b) Se Cathedral, Velha (Goa)
(c) Basilica of Bom Jesus, Velha (Goa) (d) St. Xaviers Church, Mumbai
53. Who among the following was the first to invade India?
(a) Xerxes (b) Alexander (c) Darius-I (d) Seleucus
54. Which rulers built the Ellora temples?
(a)Chalukya (b)Sunga (c) Rashtrakuta (d) Pallava
55. Which of the following is in the World Heritage list ?
(a) Khajuraho (b) Nalanda ruins (c) Hampi ruins (d)Tajmahal
56. When was the first train steamed off in India ?
(a) 1848 (b) 1853 (c)1875 (d) 1880
57, Who amidst the following great music composers was the ruler of a State ?
(a) Tyagaraja (b)Shyama Shastri (c) Muthu Swami Dikshitar (d) SwatiThirunal
58. Where did the traveller Ibn Batuta come from?
(a) Morocco (b) Persia (c) Turkey (d) Central Asia
59, Which among the following is the oldest dynasty?
(a)Maurya (b) Gupta (c) Kushan (d) Kanva
60. With which of the following is the classic "Jivaka Chintamani" in Tamil associated ?
(a) Jainism (b) Buddhism (c) Hinduism (d) Christianity
61. Which one of the following libraries has the largest collection of manuscripts of historical value?
(a) Khuda Baksh Oriental Public Library (b) Tanjavur Maharaja Serfoji Saraswati Mahal Library
(c) Asiatic Society Library (d) Rampur Raza Library
62. Who built the Khajuraho temples?
(a) Holkars (b)Scindias (c) Bundela Rajputs (d) Chandela Rajputs
63. Where did Lord Buddha breathe his last?
(a) Rajgir (b) Bodh Gaya (c) Sarnath (d) Kushinagar
64. The 'Kirti Stambha' (Tower of Victory) at Chittor was built by—
(a) Rana Pratap (b) Rana Kumbha (c) Rana Sanga (d) Bappa Raval
65, Who got the monumental ‘Rayagopurams' in front of tire temples at Hampi, Tiruv-annamalai, Chidambaram,
Srirangam, Tirupati, etc., constructed?
(a) Vidyaranya (b) Krishnadevaraya (c) Harihara (d) Rajaraja
66. Who were the first kings to issue gold coins in India?
(a) Mauryas (b) Indo-Greeks (c) Guptas (d)Kushans
67. Where is Brihadeshwar Temple situated?
(a) Kanchi 2) Madurai (c) Shri Shailan (d) Tanjore
68. Which of the following architectural wonders was not constructed in the 12th A.D.?
(a) Sun-temple of Konark (b) Temple of Khajuraho (c) Ankorvat (d) Notre Dam, the Paris
69. In Tamil literature the glorious books ‘Shilppadikaram and Manimekhalai' are related to
(a)Jainism (b) Buddhism (c) Hinduism (d) Christianity
70. Where was saint Kabir born?
(a) Delhi (b) Varanasi (c) Mathura (d) Hyderabad
71. in which of the following systems of land settlement adopted by the English did provide more protection to the
interests of farmers ?
(a) Permanent Settlement of Bengal (b) Ryotwari Settlement of Madras
(c) Zamindari Settlement of Central States (d) Malgujari (land revenue) Settement of United State
72. Which of the following languages was in vogue during Mughal period in the courts of India ?
(a) French (b) Persian (c) Portugese (d) Arabic
73. Which of the following pairs contributed significantly to integrate the princely states into Indian Union?
(a) Sardar Patel and Jawaharlal Nehru (b) Sardar Patel and V.P. Menon
(c) Sardar Pate! and Mahatma Gandhi (d) Sardar Patel and K.M. Munsi
74. The writer of Ram Charit Manas, Tulsidas, was related to which ruler?
(a) Chandragupta Maurya (b)Nawab Vajid Ali Sah (c)Harsha (d) Akbar
75. Who established Mahabali-puram?
(a) Pallava (b) Pandya (c) Chola (d) Chalukya
76. When was first telegraph line started in India?
(a) 1851 (b) 1875 (c) 1884 (d) 1900
77. The Home Rule Leagu was started by
(a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (c) Jawahar Lal Nehru (d) Rajendra Prasad
78. When did the British Govt. start ruling India directly?
(a) After the Battle of Plassey (b) After the Battle of Panipat
(c) After the War of Mysore (d) After Sepoy Mutiny
79. The Saka era commencing from A.D. 78, was founded by
(a) Kanishka (b) Asoka (c) Chandragupta (d) Vikramaditya
80. Ganhadra school of art came into existence in
(a) Hinayana sect (b) Mahayana sect (c) Vaishnava sect (d) Shaiva sect
81. Which Sufi’s dargah is at Ajmer?
(a) Baba Farid (b) Qutb-din Bakhtiyar Kaki (c) Moinuddin Chisti (d) Khwaja Bahuddin
82. Who was the architect who designed Taj Mahal' ?
(a) Mohammad Hussain (b) Ustad-lsa (c) Shah Abbas (d) Ismail
83. Out of the following remains excavated in Indus Valley, which one indicates the commercial and economic
development ?
(a) The Pottery (b) Seals (c) The boats (d) The houses
84. Who, according to the Buddhists, is believed to be the next incarnation of Gautam Buddha?
(a) Atreya (b) Maitreya (c) Nagarjuna (d) Kalki
85. What did the Hunter Commission appointed by the Viceroy probe ?
(a) Bardoli Satayagraha (b) Khilafat Agitation (c) Jallianwala Bagh tragedy
(d) Chauri Chaura incident
86. Who among the following were contemporaries of Kanishka ?
(a) Kamban, Banabhatta, Asvagosha (b) Nagarjuna, Asvagosha, Vasumitra
(c) Asvagosha, Kalidasa, Banabhatta (d) Kalidasa, Kamban, Va-sumitra
87. The Assam State derives its name from that of a tribe that conquered the region. Where did the tribesmen come
from ?
(a) Tibet (b) Mongolia (c) Burma (now Myanmar) (d) Siam (now Thailand)
88. Which rulers built the Ellora temples?
(a)Chalukya (b) Sunga (c) Rashtrakuta (d) Pallava
89. Who amongst the following also had the name ‘Devanama Piyadassi’?
(a) Mauryan King Ashoka (b) Mauryan King Chandragupta Maurya
(c) Gautam Buddha (d) Bhagwan Mahavira
90. The subject-matter of Ajanta Paintings pertains to
(a) Jainism (b) Buddhism (c) Vaishnavism (d) Shaivism
91. Who was the Chairman of the Union Powers Committee of the Constituent Assembly of India?
(a) Sardar Vallabhbahi Patel (b) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
(c) Sir Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar (d) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
92, From where did Acharya Vinoba Bhave start the Individual Satyagraha in 1940?
(a) Nadiad in Gujarat (b) Pavnar in Maharashtra
(c) Adyar in Tamil Nadu (d) Guntur in Andhra Pradesh
93. Which of the following Craftsmanship was not practised by the Aryans ?
(a) Pottery (b) Jewellery (c) Carpentry (d) Blacksmith
94. Mohammed-bin-Qasim conquered Sind in the year
(a) 712 A.D. (b) 812 A.D, (c) 912A.D. (d) 1012 A.D.
95. Shah Jahan built the Moti Masjid at
(a) Delhi (b) Jaipur (c) Agra (d) Amarkot
96. The words “Satyameva Jayate” in the State Emblem of India were taken from
(a) Upanishads (b) Sama Veda (c) Rig Veda (d) Ramayana
97. The earliest city discovered in India was
(a) Harappa (b) Punjab (c) Mohenjo Daro (d) Sindh
98. Which British Governor General introduced Postage Stamp in India ?
(a) Lord Dalhousie (b) Lord Auckland (c) Lord Canning (d) Lord William Bentinck
99. The first telegraph line between Calcutta and Agra was opened in
(a) 1852 (b) 1853 (c) 1854 (d) 1855
100. The famous rock-cut temple of Kailasa is at
(a) Ajanta (b) Badami (c) Mahabalipuram (d) Elora
101. The original name of Swami Dayananda Saraswati was
(a) Abhi Shankar (b) Gowri Shankar (c) Daya Shankar (d) Mula Shankar
102. The Swadeshi Movement was launched
(a) as a protest against division of Bengal
(b) with a view to improve the economic condition of the people by encouraging consumption of Indian goods
(3] as a protest against , the massacre of Indian people at Jallianwala Bagh
(d) due to the failure of the British Government to introduce responsible Government in India
103. Epigraphy means
(a) The study of coins (b) The study of inscriptions (c) The study of epics (d) The study of geography
104. The 19th Century reawakening in India was confined to the
(a) Priestly class (b) Upper middle class (c) Rich peasantry (d) Urban landlords
105. Who was the first Indian to be elected to the British Parliament?
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji (b) Gopala Krishna Gokhale
(c) Bipin Chandra Pal (d) Lala lajpat Rai
106. Who introduced the permanent settlement in Bengal ?
(a) lord Cornwallis (b) Lord Dalhousie (c) William Bentinck (d) Lord Curzon
107. When was the first passenger train run in India?
(a) January 1848 (b) April 1853 (c) May 1857 (d) April 1852
108. Who designed the national flag of Independent India ?
(a) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (b) Rabindranath Tagore
(c) Mahatma Gandhi (d) Pingali Venkaiah
109. Which of the following European Colonisers did not have a settlement on the Eastern Coast of India ?
(a) French (b) Portuguese (c) Dutch (d) Danish
110. In which session of Indian National Congress the tri colour flag was unfurled for the first time ?
(a) Calcutta Session, 1920 (b) Annual Session of Congress at Nagpur, 1920
(c) Lahore Congress, 1929 (d) Haripura Congress Conference, 1938
111. Which among the following regulations made English as a medium of education compulsory in government aided
schools and colleges ?
(a) Pitts India Act, 1784 (b) Educational Despatch, 1854
(c) Macaulay Minute, 1835 (d) Regulating Act, 1773
112. Select the incorrectly matched pair of philosophers and their philosophies:
(a) Sankaracharya Advaita (b) Ballabhacharya-Pure-Advaita
(c) Chaitanya-Vishistha-Advaita (d) Charvak— Lokayat
113. Who got constructed ‘Grand Trunk Road' ?
(a)Akbar (b)Ashoka (c)Shershah Suri (d)Samudra Gupta
114. During colonial period, British capital was mainly invested in:
(a) Infrastructure (b) Industry (c)Agriculture (d) Services
115. Which among the following has not been found in the excavation of Harappan sites?
(a) Drains and well (b) Fort (c) Reservoirs (d) Temple with Shikhar
116. M. A. Jinnah, in his early political life-
(a) supported two nation theory (b) initiated Hindu-Muslim unity
(c) imagined Pakistan as an independent State (d) was a communalist
117. What do you mean by Mughal Zagir?
(a) providing rent free land (b) zamindar’s property
(c) giving officer a right to revenue (d) giving cash salary to Mansabdar
118. Who among the following controlled maximum trade in the western coastal region during 17th century?
(a) Portuguese (b) Dutch (c) The house of Jagat Seth (d) Mulla Abdul Gaffar
119. Match the following :
List : I
A. Jayprakash Narayan
B. C. F. Andrew
C. Dada bhai Nauroji
D. Lala Lajpat Rai
List : II
1. Dinbandhu
2. Grand old man of India
3. Lok Nayak
4. Punjab Kesari
5. Raja Jee
(A) (B) (C) (D)
(a) 5 4 3 2
(b) 3 1 2 4
(c) 1 2 5 3
(d) 4 3 1 5
120. Match the museum and its place :
List I : (Museum)
A. Ashutosh museum
B. Prince of Wales museum
C. Calico museum
D. Raja Kelkar museum
List II : (Place)
1. Mumbai
2. Ahmedabad
3. Kolkata
4. Pune
(A) (B) (C) (D)
(a) 2 3 4 1
(b) 3 1 2 4
(c) 4 2 1 3
(d) 1 4 3 2
121. Which among the following ‘MATH’ is related with Buddhism?
(a)Dakhma (b) Chaitya (c)Khangah (d) Angeri
122. Which among the following fort was known as the 'Key of Deccan?
(a)Kalinjar (b) Ajaygarh (c) Asirgarh (d) Gulbarga
123. Select the correct order-
(a) Nizamuddin Auliya, Kabir, Mirabai, Tulsidas
(b) Mirabai, Kabir, Niza-muddin Auliya, Tulsidas
(c) Kabir, Nizamuddin Auliya, Tulsidas, Mirabai
(d) Tulsidas, Mirabai, Kabir, Nizamuddin Auliya
124. Given below are the names of prominent leaders and their respective operational areas during the revolt period.
Select the incorrect pair.
(a) Rani Laxmibai— Indore (b) Khan Bahadur Khan— Ruhelkhand
(c) Kunwar Singh— Sahabad (d) Nana Saheb— Kanpur
125. Who is known as the 'Lady with the Lamp’ ?
(a) Sarojini Naidu (b) Joan of Arc (c) Mother Teresa (d) Florence Nightingale
126. Where has the world’s largest monolithic statue of Buddha been installed ?
(a) Bamiyan (b) Hyderabad (c) Kandy (d) Lhasa
127. Who was the architect of North and South Blocks of the Central Secretariat in Delhi ?
(a) Sir Edward Lutyens (b) Herbert Bakers (c) Robert Tor Tussell (d) Antonin Raymond
128. Which amidst the following sites/monuments in India is NOT on the UNESCO's list of World Cultural Heritages?
(a) Ellora Caves (b) Kashi Viswanath Temple (c) Qutab Minar (d) Manas Wild-life Sanctuary
129, In Shivaji’s Council of Ministers the Prime Minister was called
(a) Peshwa (b) Sachiv (c) Mantri (d) Samanta
130. The Harappan Civilization was discovered in the year :
(a) 1935 (b)1942 (c) 1901 (d)1922
131. Muhammad-Bin-Tughlaq was proficient in
(a) Art (b) Music (c) Calligraphy (d) Philosophy
132. The title 'Indian Napolean' has been attached to
(a) Chandra Gupta Maurya (b) Samudra gupta (c) Chandragupta-I (d) Harshavardhana
133. The battle that led to the foundation of Muslim power in India was
(a) The first battle of Tarain (b) The second battle of Tarain
(c) The first battle of Panipat (d) The second battle of Panipat
134. Who was the National leader who wrote History of India on the walls of the Andaman Cellular Jail?
(a) Nandanlal Bose (b)Ambedkar (c) Vir Savarkar (d) Jyotiba Phule
135. The 'Doctrine of Lapse' was first applied to the Princely State of
(a)Satara (b) Jhansi (c) Oudh (d) Jaunpur
136. Which of the following ancient Indian towns was home to the three scholar sages Kapila, Gargi and Maitreya ?
(a)Kaashi (b) Mithila (c) Ujjaini (d) Pataliputra
137. The most important Sufi shrine in India is at
(a) Pandua (b) Bidar (c) Ajmer (d) Shahjahanabad
138. The ‘Ajivikas’ were a
(a) sect contemporary to the Buddha (b) breakaway branch of the Buddhists
(c) sect founded by Charvaka (d) sect founded by Shankaracharya
139. The Indian Universities were first founded in the time of
(a) Macaulay (b) Warren Hastings (c) Lord Canning (d) Lord William Bentinck
140. One of the following was not involved in the Chittagong Armoury Raid, 1934. Who was he?
(a) Kalpana Dutt (b)Surya Sen (c) Pritialata Woddedar (d) Dinesh Gupta
141. Which of the following events made the English East India Company the legitimate masters of the Bengal Suba ?
(a) Battle of Buxar, 1764 (b) Battle of Plassey, 1757
(c) Farrukh Siyar's Farman, 1717 (d) Ibrahim Khan's Farman, 1690
142. Apart from the Quit India Movement which started on 9th August 1942, what other sensational activity of the
freedom fighters was done on 9th August?
(a) Salt Satyagraha (b) Boycott of Simon Commission
(c) Champaran Satyagraha (d) Kakori Mail train “robbery”
143. Which of the following is associated with Sufi saints?
(a) Tripitaka (b) Dakhma (c) Khanqah (d) Synagogue
144. Which of the following treaties brought an end to the independent existence of Peshwa Baji Rao II ?
(a) The Treaty of Purandhar (b) Convention of Wadgaon
(c)Treaty of Bassein (d) Treaty of Salbai
145. Which of the following powers did not fight for the Tungabhadra Doab?
(a) Pallavas and Chalukyas (b) Cholas and later Chalukyas of Kalyana
(c) Golconda and Ahmadnagar Sultanates (d) Vijayanagar and Bahmanl kingdoms
146. Which Indian statesman used these magic words, “Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time
comes when we shall redeem our pledge ...."?
(a) Mohandas Karam chand Gandhi (b) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(c) Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose (d) Jawaharlal Nehru
147. The organic relationship between the ancient culture of the Indus Valley and Hinduism of today is proved by the
worship of
(a) Pashupati, Indra and the Mother Goddess (b) Stones, trees and animals
(c) Vishnu and Lakshmi (d) Siva and Sakti
148. Satyagraha finds expression in
(a) Sudden outbursts of violence (b) Armed conflicts
(c) Non-cooperation (d) Communal riots
149. Which of the following aspects is not common to both Bhakti movement and Sufi movement?
(a) Personal love for God (b) Worship of idols (c) Mysticism (d) Visit to holy shrines
150. The Muslim League advocated a separate Muslim State
(a) At its birth in 1906 (b) During the Khilafat Movement
(c) In 1930, when it opposed the Civil Disobedience Movement
(d) At the Lahore Session of 1940
151. Ranthambhor was
(a) a Mughal palace (b) a Rajput fort (c) capital of the Khaljis (d) a Buddhist
pilgrimage centre
152. How was Burma (now Myanmar) known to ancient Indians ?
(a) Malayamandalam (b) Yavadwipa (c) Suvamabhumi (d) Suvamadwipa
153. Who scripted Gandhiji’s favorite song ‘Vaishnav Jan To…… " ?
(a) Narsinh Mehta (b) Premanand (c) Chunilal (d) Dharmiklal
154, Who was the first Indian to be made a fellow of the Royal Society of London ?
(a) Srinivas Ramanujam (b) A.C. Wadia (c) C.V. Raman (d) P.C. Mahalanobis
155. Which of these battles proved decisive in the Anglo-French rivalry in India?
(a) Battle of Wandiwash (b) Battle of Assaye (c) Battle of Chillianwala (d) Battle of
Seringapatam
156. ‘Do or Die’ is the famous slogan given by
(a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Vallabhbhai Patel (c) Jawaharlal Nehru (d) Rajiv Gandhi
157. The English established their first factory in India at
(a) Bombay (b) Surat (c) Sutanati (d) Madras
158. In which of the following years, 26thJanuary was celebrated as an independence day ?
(a) 1930 (b) 1929 (c) 1942 (d) 1946
159. Permanent Revenue Settlement of Bengal was introduced by
160. Who spoke : "At the stroke of midnight, when the world sleeps, India awakes to life and freedom"?
(a) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose (b) Mahatma Gandhi (c) Jawaharlal Nehru (d) C. Rajagopalachari
161. Who started the first English newspaper in India ?
(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (b) Raja Rammohan Roy (c) J.A. Hickey (d) Lord William Bentinck
162. The Ahmedabad Satyagraha of Gandhi was directed against
(a) British mill owners and government officials (b) Indian mill owners and non government officials
(c) British non-government officials (d) Indian government officials
163. The former princely state Nahan is part of which State now ?
(a) Punjab (b) Haryana (c) Uttarakhand (d) Himachal Pradesh
164.Correlate the UNSECO enlisted heritage sites/ monuments and their locations :
Site/Monument
(A) Cave paintings
(B) Rock-cut shrines
(C) Basilica of Bom Jesus
(D) Sun temple
Location
1. Velha Goa 2. Konark
3. Ajanta 4. Ellora
ABCD
(a) 1 2 2 4
(b) 3 4 1 2
(c) 2 3 4 1
(d) 4 2 1 3
165. With whom is ‘Junagarh Rock Inscription' associated ?
(a) Rudradaman (b) Bimbisara (c) Chandragupta I (d) Gautamiputra Satakami
166. Nalanda University was a great centre of learning, especially in
(a) Buddhism (b) Jainism (c) Vaishnavism (d) Tantra
167. ‘Lakh Baksh’ was a title given to the ruler
(a) Iltutmish (b) Balban (c) Raziya (d) Qutub-ud-din Aibak
168. The Rathas of Mahabalip- uram was built during the reign of the
(a) Palas (b) Cholas (c) Rashtrakutas (d) Pallavas
169. Which town/city in India has got a tower (minaar) named after Muhammad Ali Jinnah?
(a) Mumbai (b) Aligarh (c) Calicut (d) Guntur
170. Who is hailed as the “God of Medicine" by the practitioners of Ayurveda?
(a) Susruta (b) Chyavana (c) Dhanwantari (d) Charaka
171. Who wrote “Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna Ab Hamaare Dil Mein Hai”?
(a) Mohammed Iqbal (b) Ramprasad Bismil (c) Kazi Nazrul Islam (d) Firaq Gorakhpuri
172. Where was “tancho brocade” developed ?
(a) Varanasi (b) Dhaka (c) Surat (d) Tanjavur
173. Who is considered as the greatest of all the Vijaya nagar rulers?
(a) Krishnadeva Raya (b) ViraNarasimha (c) Sadasiva Raya (d) Rama Raya
174. Which was the only Indus site with an artificial brick dockyard?
(a) Lothal (b) Kalibangan (c) Harappa (d) Mohenjo Daro
175. Who was the town-planner of Chandigarh ?
(a) Edward Lutyens (b) Charles Correa (c) Le Corbusier (d) Christopher Wren
176. Which dynasty succeeded the Chalukyas in the Western India?
(a) Cholas (b) Kakatiyas (c) Pallavas (d) Rashtrakutas
177. Up to where did Chandragupta Maurya's empire extend in the north-west?
(a) Ravi river (b) Indus river (c) Satluj river (d) Hindukush range
178. Which of the following Acts gave representation to the Indians for the first time in legislation ?
(a) Indian Councils Act, 1909 (b) Indian Councils Act, 1919
(c) Government of India Act, 1919 (d) Government of India Act, 1935
179. Prince Ellara conquered Sri Lanka in the second century BC. With which of the following dynasties of Dravida ruler
was he associated ?
(a)Chera (b) Chola (c) Pandya (d) Pallava
180. Harshavardhana organized his religious assembly at
(a) Mathura (b) Prayag (c) Varanasi (d) Tamralipt
181. Which of the following is nirvana place of the Buddha ?
(a) Kapilvastu (b) Kusinagar (c) Samath (d) Sanchi
182. Punjab was annexed to the British empire during the reign of Governor-General
(a) Lord Bentick (b) Lord Dalhousie (c) Lord Cornwallis (d) Lord Canning
183. Which of the following domesticated animals was absent in the terracottas of the Indus civilization?
(a) Buffalo (b) Sheep (c) Cow (d) Pig
184. Which among the following is the sacred book of the Buddhists ?
(a) Upanishad (b) Vedas (c) Tripitaka (d)Jatakas
185. The greatest development in the Kushana period was in the field of
(a) religion (b) art (c) literature (d) architecture
186. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer :
List-I
A. Lord Clive
B. Lord Wellesley
C. Lord Dalhousie
D. Lord Curzon
List-II
1. Subsidiary Alliance
2. Indian Universities Act
3. Doctrine of Lapse
4. Dual Government in Bengal
(a) A-2, B-3, C-4, D- 1 (b) A-4, B-1, C-3, D-2 (c) A-4, B-3, C-2, D- 1 (d) A- 1, B-4, C-2, D-3
187. Mughal presence in the Red Ford ceased with the fall of
(a) Aurangzeb (b) Muhammad Shah (c)Shah Alam (d) Bahadur Shah 'Zafar'
188. Who was the first known Gupta ruler?
(a) Sri Gupta (b) Chandragupta I (c) Ghatotkacha (d) Kumaraguptal
189. Who from the following leaders was not assassinated ?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Liaqat Ali Khan (c) Muhammed Ali Jinnah (d) Lord Louis Mountbatten
190. 'Khalsa' was founded by
(a) Guru Gobind Singh (b) Guru Ramdas (c) Guru Nanak (d) Arjun Dev
191. The film Mangle Pandey released in August 2005deals with
(a) Jallianwala Bagh tragedy (b) Netaji Subash Bose's fight against British occupation of India
(c) the first war of Indian Independence in 1857 (d) the partition of India and Pakistan
192. Which was the only Indus city without a citadel?
(a) Kalibangan (b) Harappa (c) Mohenjodaro (d) Chanhudaro
193. Ashoka called the third Buddhist Council at
(a) Pataliputra (b)Magadha (c) Kalinga (d)Samath
194. The tutor of Alexander, the Great was
(a) Darius (b) Cyrus (c) Socrates (d) Aristotle
195. Place chronologically the following treaties:
(1) Treaty of Amritsar (2) Treaty of Bassein (3) Treaty of Seringapatam (4) Treaty of Salbai
(a) (1), (3),(2), (4) (b) (4), (3), (1), (2) (c) (4), (3), (2), (1) (d) (2), (1), (4), (3)
196. The Delhi General who successfully advanced up to Madurai was
(a) Khizr Khan (b) Muhammad Ghori (c) Malik Kafur (d). Muhammad bin Tughlaq
197. Which of the following literary works belongs to classical Sanskrit literature?
(a) Dhammapada (b) Vedas (c) Meghadutam (d) Dighanikaya
198. Who propounded the ‘Eight-Fold Path’ for the end of misery of mankind ?
(a) Mahavir (b) Gautam Buddha (c) Adi Shankaracharya (d) Kabir
199. When is the Independence Day of Pakistan celebrated ?
(a) 15 August (b) 4 July (c) 16 August (d) 14 August
200. The number system ‘Zero’ was invented by.
(a) Ramanujam (b) Aryabhatta (c) Patanjali (d) An unknown person
201. Who was the greatest Bhakti poet of Maharasthra ?
(a) Ramdas (b) Tukaram (c) Namdeva (d) Eknath
202. ‘Charak’ was the famous court physician of
(a) Harsha (b) Chandra Gupta Maurya (c) Ashoka (d) Kanishka
203, The foreign traveller who visited India during the Mughal period and who left us an expert’s description of the
Peacock Throne, was
(a) Geronimo Verroneo (b) ’Omrah’ Danishmand Khan (c) Travenier (d) Austin of Bordeaux
204. The dead body of Babar by his own choice lies buried in
(a) Agra (b) Farghana (c) Samarqand (d) Kabul
205. The Government of India, 1919 is also known as
(a) Morley-Minto Reforms (b) Montague – Chelmsford Reforms (c) Regulating Act (d) Pitts India Act
206. Who is called the ‘Father of the Indian National Congress'?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) A.O. Hume (c) Lokmanya Tilak (d) Surendra Nath Banerjee
207. Who founded the Home Rule League in Calcutta in 1916 A.D.?
(a) Bipin Chandra Pal (b)Arvind Ghosh (c) Lokmanya Tilak (d) Mrs. Annie Besant
208. Mahatma Gandhi owed his inspiration for civil disobedience and non-payment of taxes to
(a)Thoreau (b) Leo Tolstoy (c) John Ruskin (d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
209. Goa was captured by the Portuguese in the year—
(a) 1508 (b) 1608 (c) 1510 (d) 1610
210. Which of the following statements best explains the nature of revolt of 1857 ?
(a) The last effort of the old political order to regain power.
(b) Mutiny of a section of sepoys of the British Army
(c) A struggle of the common people to overthrow common rule
(d) An effort to establish a limited Indian nation
211. Match the following
A. Brahmo Samaj 1. Bombay
B. Veda Samaj 2. Bengal
C. Arya Samaj 3. Madras
D. Prarthana 4. North
Samaj India
ABCD
(a) 1 3 2 4
(b) 3 2 4 1
(c) 2 4 1 3
(d) 2 3 4 1
212. Land Revenue under Tipu—
(a) was mainly collected through revenue officers.
(b) was mainly collected by Government officials appointed by Tipu
(c) was collected by intermediaries
(d) was not allowed to go into the hands of Sultan
213. Who was the advocate at the famous INA Trials?
(a) Bhulabhai Desai (b) Asaf Ali (c) Subhash Chandra Bose (d) C. Rajagopalachari
214. Which year did Bankim Chandra Chatopadhyay write Anandmath?
(a) 1858 (b) 1892 (c) 1882 (d) None of these
215. The Governor-General of India who initiated the introduction of English in India was—
(a) Lord Curzon (b) Lord Macaulay (c) Lord Bentinck (d) Lord Hastings
216. Who among the following visited Gandhiji in South Africa ?
(a) B.G.Tilak (b) Vallabhbhai Patel (c) G.K, Gokhale (d) J.L. Nehru
217. in which year Salt Satyagraha took place?
(a) 1929 (b) 1930 (c) 1931 (d) 1932
218. Through which Educational Report Calcutta University came into existence?
(a) Macaulay’s Minute (b) Hunter Commission (c) Charter Act (d) Wood’s Despatch
219. Cabinet Mission came to India in the year
(a) 1946 (b) 1945 (c) 1942 (d) 1940
220. Buddhism made an important impact by allowing two sections of society into its fold. They were
(a) Merchants and Priests (b) Moneylenders and Slaves (c) Warriors and Traders (d) Women and Sudras
221. Muslim League was founded in the year
(a) 1900 (b) 1905 (c) 1906 (d) 1902
222. The language used to write source materials in ancient time was
(a) Sanskrit (b) Pali (c) Brahmi (d) Kharosthi
223. India's trade with the Roman Empire came to an end with the invasion of Rome by the
(a) Arabs (b) Hungarians (c) Hunas (d) Turks
224. 'Ain-i-Akbari' has been authored by
(a) Abul Fazl (b) Al Biruni (c) Ferishta (d) Amir Khusru
225. The famous revolutionary song 'Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil mein hai ...' was composed by
(a) Bhagat Singh (b) Khudiram Bose (c) Chandrasekhar Azad (d) Ramprasad Bismil
226. The first Viceroy of India was
(a) Lord Canning (b) Lord Hardinge (c) Lord Dalhousie (d) Lord Elgin
227. From which of the following Upanishads the words Batyameva Jayate’ inscribed in Devanagari Script below the
abacus of the State Emblem are ?
(a) Prashna (b) Mundaka (c) Mandukya (d) Ishavasya
228. Most of the chola temples were dedicated to
(a)Ganesh (b) Shiva (c) Durga (d) Vishnu
229. ’Bull’ in Buddhism is associated with which event of Buddha’s life?
(a) Birth (b) Great departure (c) Enlightenment (d) Maha parinirvan
230. Who was the Guru of Shivaji ?
(a) Namdev (b) Ramdas (c) Eknath (d) Tukaram
231. Ibn Batuta, the famous traveler came from
(a) Portugal (b) Morocco (c) China (d) Tibet
232. Which of the following would be the most accurate description of the Mauryan Monarchy under Ashoka?
(a) Enlightened despotism (b) Centralized autocracy (c) Oriental despotism (d) Guided democracy
233. Amir Khusrau was a musician and
(a) Sufi saint (b) Persian and Hindi writer and scholar (c) historian (d) All of the above
234. Lahore was Ranjeet Singh’s Political Capital. Which city was called his Religious Capital ?
(a) Amritsar (b) Anandpur Shahib (c) Gujranwala (d) Peshawar
235. ‘Permanent Settlement', the system of revenue collection was introduced in India by
(a) Lord Curzon (b) Lord Dalhousie (c) Lord Hastings (d) Lord Cornwallis
236. Who was the first woman President of Congress ?
(a) Mrs. Annie Besant (b) Mrs. Sarojini Naidu (c) Mrs. Nellie Sen gupta (d) Aruna Asaf Ali
237. The Simon Commission which came to India in February 1928 was boycotted because
(a) all its members were Englishmen
(b) at that time a large number of nationalist leaders were in prison
(c) the chairman, Sir John Simon was very unpopular
(d) the Montague-Chelmsford Reforms had failed
238. Who was the Chairman of the Partition Council? '
(a) M. A. Jinnah (b) Lord Mountbatten (c) Jawaharlal Nehru (d) V. P. Menon
239. Gandhi's inspiration for Civil Disobedience came from the writings of
(a) Henry David Thoreau (b) David Ricardo (c) Henry Kissinger (d) Bertrand Russell
240. The idea of Pakistan was first conceived by
(a) Muhammad Iqbal (b) M. A. Jinnah (c) Shaukat Ali (d) Aga Khan
241. Who is generally acknowledged as the pioneer of local self government in modern India ?
(a) Ripon (b) Mayo (c) Lytton (d) Curzon
242. The illustrious names of Arya bhatta and Varahamihir are associated with the age of the
(a) Guptas (b)Kushanas (c) Mauryas (d) Palas
243. Who among the following was the religious Guru of Shivaji ?
(a) Tukaram (b) Ramdas (c) Eknath (d) Jnanadeva
244. After the Bardoli Satyagraha, the title of ‘Sardar’ to Vallabh bhai Patel was given by
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru (b) Moti lal Nehru (c) Mahatma Gandhi (d) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
245. 'Sati' was abolished by
(a) Lord Ripon (b) Warren Hastings (c) Lord Cornwallis (d) William Bentinck
246. A new coin called the ‘Rupia’ was Issued for the first time by
(a) Ala-ud-din Khilji (b) Mohammed Shah Tugluq (c) Sher Shah Suri (d) Akbar
247. Mohan Das Karam chand Gandhi was called as 'Mahatma' by
(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (b) Moti lal Nehru (c) Jawaharlal Nehru (d) Rabindra Nath Tagore
248. The 'Mohammadan Anglo Oriental College' later became the
(a) Osamania University (b) Jamia-Milia Muslim University
(c) Baraktullah University (d) Aligarh Muslim University
249. 'Poorna Swaraj' (Complete Independence) was declared to be the goal of the Indian National Congress in its Session
of
(a) Lucknow, 1916 (b) Lahore, 1929 (c) Tripuri, 1939 (d) Lahore, 1940
250. Who was the author of the book My Experiments with Truth?
(a) Aurobindo (b) Tilak (c) Gandhi (d) Vinoba
251. Lothal is a site where dockyards of which of the following civilization were found ?
(a) Indus Valley (b) Mesoptamian (c) Egyptian (d) Persian
252. The world famous ‘Peacock Throne’ was kept in which of the following Mughal buildings?
(a) Diwan-r-Khasa-Fatehpur Sikri (b) New Agra Fort
(c) The Rang Mahal of the Red Fort at Delhi (d) The Diwan-i-Am of the Red Fort at Delhi
253. Which was the birth place of Guru Nanak?
(a) Gurdaspur (b) Amritsar (c) Lahore (d) Talwandi
254. Moti lal Nehru and Chittaranjan Das were the founder members of the
(a) Communist Party of India (b) Forward Block (c) Socialist-Swarajist Party (d) Swarajya Party
255. The immortal national song Bande Mataram has been written by
(a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyaya
(c) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya (d) Surendranath Bandopadhyaya
256. The Mohemmadan Anglo Oriental College at Aligarh was founded by
(a) Md. Ali Jinnah (b) Mohammad Ali (c) Saukat Ali (d) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
257. Who among the following is generally regarded as the pioneer of Local Self Government in Modem India ?
(a) Ripon (b) Lytton (c) Mayo (d)Curzon
258, Which one of the following was not a French settlement in India?
(a) Puducherry (b) Mahe (c) Goa (d) Chanda nagar
259. The famous Kohinoor diamond was produced from one of the mines in
(a) Orissa (b) Chhota Nagpur (c) Bijapur (d) Golconda
260. 'Buddha' means
(a) The Enlightened one (b) The Religious Preacher (c) The Genius (d) The Powerful
261. Gandhiji considered Khadi as a symbol of
(a) industrialization (b) economic independence (c) economic growth (d) moral purify
262. “India Wins Freedom” is the autobiography of
(a) Abul Kalam Azad (b) Muhammad Ali (c) Zakir Hussain (d) Syed Ahmad Khan
263. Laws of heredity was put forward by
(a) Mendel (b) Mendeleev (c) Pavlov (d) Koch
264. The Round table conference at London met for the discussion of
(a) Provision of Provincial Autonomy
(b) A future Administration of India
(c) Gandhi's demands for calling off Civil Disobedience Movement
(d) Congress claim to be the sole representative of Indians
265. Where do you find the temple of Angkor Wat?
(a) In Thailand (b) In Malaysia (c) In Cambodia (d) In Myanmar
266. Whose achievements are recorded in the Allahabad Pillar inscription?
(a) Chandra Gupta Maurya (b) Samudra Gupta (c) Vikramaditya (d) Skand Gupta
267. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was equated with
(a) Mazzini (b)Cavour (c) Garibaldi (d) Bismarck
268. Which of the following was not ordered by Alauddin Khalji to control black-marketing and hoarding?
(a) Land revenue should be collected in kind (b) Cultivators should sell the harvested crops on the field only
(c) Merchants should sell all commodities in the open (d) More privileges should be given to Khuts and Muqaddams
269. For which community were seats reserved by the Morley-Minto reforms ?
(a) Jews (b) Muslims (c) Christians (d) Sikhs
270. In Gandhian Socialism
(a) State is required (b) State is not required
(c) State is sometimes required and sometimes not required (d) State is neither required nor not required
271, Who said 'The Simon Commission Report should be thrown on a heap of rubbish" ?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Shivaswami Ayyar (c) Mohammad Ali Jinnah (d) Jawaharlal Nehru
272. The Marathas were defeated at Panipat because
(a) The Marathas did not fight bravely
(b) The Marathas were not equal to Afghans in strength
(c) The Martha army was short of food supplies
(d) The Marathas were considered alien by the local population
273. Which day was declared as the 'Direct Action Day’ by the Muslim League ?
(a) 3rd September, 1946 (b) 16th August, 1946 (c) 16th May, 1946 (d) 4th December, 1946
274. When was Mahatma Gandhi arrested during the 'Quit India, Movement’ of 1942 ?
(a) 7th August 1942 (b) 30th April 1942 (c) 9th August 1942 (d) 5th July 1942
275. Gandhiji believed that
(a) End justifies means (b) Means justify end
(c) Neither end justifies means nor means justify end
(d) End and Means both should be justified
276. With which ‘Movement’, the following were/are associated?
List-I
a. Vinoba Bhave
b. Medha Patkar
c. Sunderlal Bahuguna
d. Jaya Prakash Narayan
List-II
1. 'Chipko’
2.‘Sampuma Kranti’
3.'Narmada Bachao'
4. ‘Bhoodan’
(a) a -4, c-1, b-2, d-3 (b) a-4, b-3, c-1, d-2 (c) b-3, c-1, a-2, d-4 (d) d - 2, a - 4, b - 1, c - 2
277. The essential feature of the Indus Valley Civilizations was
(a) worship of forces of nature (b) organized city life (c) pastoral farming (d) caste society
278. Name the capital of the Pallavas
(a) Kanchi (b) Vatapi (c) Trichnapalli (d) Mahabalipuram
279. What was the original name of “Nurjahan"?
(a) Jabunnisa (b) Fatima Begum (c) Mehrunnisa (d) Jahanara
280. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?
(a) Lord Dalhousie – Doctrine of Lapse (b) Lord Minto – Indian Councils Act, 1909
(c) Lord Wellesley-Subsidiary Alliance (d) Lord Curzon – Vernacular Press Act, 1878
281. 'me province of Bengal was partitioned into two parts in 1905 by
(a) Lord Lytton (b) Lord Ripon (c) Lord Dufferin (d) Lord Curzon
282. The Indian Councils Act of 1909 is also known as
(a) The Montagu Declaration (b) The Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms
(c) The Morley-Minto Reforms (d) The Rowlatt Act
283. The Home Rule League was started by
(a)M.K. Gandhi (b) B.G. Tilak (c) Ranade (d) K.T. Telang
284. The Simon Commission was boycotted by Indians because
(a) it sought to curb civil liberties of the Indians (b) it proposed to partition India
(c) it was an all-white commission without Indian representation (d) it proposed measures to contain nationalism
285. The word 'Veda' means
(a) knowledge (b) wisdom (c) skill (d) power
286. Ain-i-Akbari was written by
(a) Farishta (b) Ibn- Batuta (c) Abul Fazl (d) Bir Bal
287. The medieval city of Vijayanagar is now known as
(a) Chandragiri (b) Halebidu (c) Hampi (d) Kondavidu
288. Which one of the following Mughal buildings is said to possess the unique feature of breing exactly equal in length
and beadth?
(a) Agra Fort (b) Red Fort (c) Taj Mahal (d) Buland Darwaza
289. The founder of the ‘Brahmo Samaj’ was
(a) Swami Dayananda Saraswati (b) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(c) Raja Ram Mohun Roy (d) Swami Vivekananda
290. The correct chronological order in which the British established their trading centre in the places mentioned below
is
(a) Calcutta, Bombay, Madras, Surat (b) Bombay, Madras, Surat, Calcutta
(c) Surat, Madras, Bombay, Calcutta (d) Surat, Madras, Calcutta, Bombay
291. The Revolt of 1857 was started by
(a) the Sepoys (b) the Zamindars (c) the Peasants (d) the Plantation Workers
292. After leaving the Congress, Subhash Chandra Bose formed, in 1939, his own party, named
(a) Socialist Bloc (b) Revolutionary Socialist Bloc (c) Forward Bloc (d) Socialist-Congress Bloc
293. Bal Gangadhar Tilak was given the epithet of Lokamanya during
(a) his imprisonment in 1908 (b) Home Rule Movement
(c) Revolutionary Movement (d) Swadeshi Movement
294. 'Do or Die' (Karenge ya Marenge) — Gandhiji gave this Mantra to the nation on the eve of which mass movement ?
(a) Rowlatt Satyagraha (b) Salt Satyagraha (c) Quit India Movement (d) Non-Cooperation
Movement
295. Which of the following was established by B.R. Ambedkar?
(a) Swaraj Party (b) Samaj Samata Party
(c) All India Scheduled Castes Federation (d) The Independent Labour Party
296. Who was in favour of a partyless democracy?
(a) Jai Prakash Narain (b) Bhupendra Nath Dutta (c) M.N. Roy (d) Jawaharlal Nehru
297. The first Defence Minister of India was
(a) K. M. Cariappa (b) Gopalaswami Aiyangar (c) Baldev Singh (d) Sardar Patel
298. Provincial autonomy was introduced in India by the
(a) Indian Councils Act, 1909 (b) Government of India Act, 1919
(c) Government of India Act, 1935 (d) Indian Independence Act, 1947
299. The first woman to become ,a Chief Minister of any State in India was
(a) Nandini Satpathy (b) Dr. J. Jayalalitha (c) Sucheta Kripalani (d) Ms. Mayawati
300. Which metal was first used by the Vedic people ?
(a) Silver (b) Gold (c) Iron (d) Copper
301. Who was the first Indian Governor General of India?
(a) B.R. Ambedkar (b) C. Rajagopalachari (c) Dr. Rajendra Prasad (d) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
302. In which state was the first Non Congress Government set up in independent India?
(a) Punjab (b) Bihar (c) Maharashtra (d) Kerala
303. November 26, 1949 is a significant day in our constitutional history because
(a) India took a pledge of complete independence on this day
(b) The Constitution was adopted on this day
(c) India became a Republic on fills day
(d) The first amendment of the Constitution was passed on this day
304. The first General Secretary of the Indian National Congress was'
(a) Dada bhai Naoroji (b) A.O. Hume (c) Ferozeshah Mehta (d) Badruddin Tyabji
305. Raja Rammohan Roy organized a historic agitation against the
(a) Caste system (b) Evil custom of sati (c) Degrading position of women in society
(d) Practice of superfluous religious rituals
306. “Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge " This
was stated on the night of August 14, 1947 by
(a) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar (b) C. Rajagopalachari (c) Jawahar lal Nehru (d) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
307. The Indian National Congress had passed the famous resolution on “Non-Cooperation” in 1920 at its session held at
(a) Lucknow (b) Delhi (c) Bombay (d) Calcutta
308. Who is known as the ‘Grand Old Man of india’?
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji (b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale (c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (d) Surendranath Banerjee
309. Which of the following can be considered as the most useful and outstanding reforms made by Lord Curzon,
especially in respect of the people living in the undivided province of Punjab?
(a) Educational Reforms (b) Police Reforms (c) Industrial Reforms (d) Agricultural Reforms
310. Who of the following was sent as an ambassador to the royal court of Jahangir by James 1, the then king of
England?
(a) John Hawkins (b) William Todd (c) Sir Thomas Roe (d) Sir Walter Raleigh
311. ‘Dyarchy’ was introduced in the Government of India Act of
(a) 1909 (b) 1919 (c) 1935 (d) None of these
312. The transfer of Government from the 'Company to the 'Crown' was pronounced by Lord Canning (November 1,
1858) at
(a) Calcutta (b) Delhi (c) Patna (d) Allahabad
313. The Indian National Congress and the Muslim League came closer to each other in 1916 at
(a) Lahore (b) Amritsar (c) Lucknow (d)Haripura
314. Permanent Revenue Settlement of Bengal was introduced by
315. Who propounded the theory of ‘Economic Drain of India’ during British imperialism?
(a) W.C. Bannerji (b) Dadabhai Naoroji (c) Gopal krishna Gokhale (d) Gandhiji
316. First Indian Commander-in Chief was
(a) Gen: K. S. Thimayya (b) Gen. K.M. Kariappa (c) S.H.F.J. Manekshaw (d) None of the above
317. Which is the oldest trade union organization in India?
(a) Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) (b) Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU)
(c) All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) (d) Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS)
318. Sarvodaya stands for
(a) Total revolution (b) Non-cooperation (c) Upliftment of all (d) Non-violence
319. In which city of South Africa was Gandhi beaten up and thrown off the pavement by the white people?
(a) Cape Town (b) Durban (c) Johannesburg (d) Pretoria
320. Who attended the Congress of Oppressed Nationalists at Brussels in 1927, on behalf of the National-Congress?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru (b) Mahatma Gandhi (c) Dr. Ansari (d) Moti lal Nehru
321. Who amongst the following made it possible for the Indians to enter the Indian Civil Service , through an open
competitive examination?
(a) William Bentinck (b) Dalhousie (c) Mayo (d) Ripon
322. In which year Lala Lajpat Rai was deported to Mandalay for organizing the agrarian movement in Punjab?
(a) 1905 (b) 1907 (c) 1909 (d) 1911
323. Which Governor General had entertained Ranjit Singh with great honour at Ropar?
(a) Minto l (b) William Bentinck (c) Hastings (d) Auckland
324, The Khilji Sultans of Delhi were
(a) Mongols (b) Afghans (c) Turks (d) A Jat tribe
325. The “Arya Samaj" was founded by
(a) Swami Dayananda Saraswati (b) Swami Vivekananda
(c) Keshav Chandra Sen (d) Ishwar Chandra Vidya-sagar
326. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad started an Urdu Weekly, The Al-Hilal in 1912, but, On its being banned by the
Government, he founded at Al-Balagh in
(a) 1913 (b) 1914 (c) 1915 (d) 1916
327. High Courts were established in Calcutta, Bombay and Madras in
(a) 1935 (b) 1919 (c) 1892 (d) 1861
328. Who was the first Women President of Indian National Congress?
(a) Sarojini Naidu (b) Sucheta Kripalani (c) Rajkumari Amrit Kaur (d) Annie Besant
329. Arabs were defeated in 738A.D. by
(a) Pratiharas (b) Rashtrakutas (c) Palas (d) Chalukyas
330. Which of the following reform movements was .the first to be started in the 19th century?
(a) Prarthana Samaj (b) Brahmo Samaj (c) Arya Samaj (d) Rama Krishna Mission
331. The rulers of Vijayanagar promoted
(a) Hindi, Marathi and Sanskrit (b) Malayalam, Tamil and Sanskrit
(c) Tamil, Telugu and Sanskrit (d) Telugu, -.Urdu and Sanskrit
332. In Mauryan dynasty Kalinga war took place in the year—
(a)260BC (b)261BC (c) 126BC (d) 232 BC
333. Who was the President of Indian National Congress when the Mountbatten Plan of independence was accepted ?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru (b) Sardar Patel (c) Maulana Azad (d) Acharya J. B. Kripalani
334. Who developed the idea that “means justify the ends” ?
(a) Kautilya (b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy (c) Swami Dayanand Saraswati (d) Mahatma Gandhi
335. Who said that 'the real seat of taste is not the tongue, but the mind?
(a) Aurobindo Ghosh (b) Mahatma Gandhi (c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (d) Swami Vivekananda
336. The caves and rock-cut temples at Ellora are
(a) Hindu and Buddhist (b) Buddhist and Jain (c) Hindu and Jain (d) Hindu, Buddhist and Jain
337. The original name of Tansen, the most famous musician at the court of Akbar was
(a) Lal Kalwant (b) Banda Bahadur (c) Ramatanu Pande (d) Markandey Pande
338. Provincial Autonomy was one of the important features of the Act of
(a) 1935 (b) 1919 (c) 1909 (d) 1858
339. The Seven Pagodas of Mahabalipuram are a witness to the art patronized by the
(a) Pallavas (b) Pandyas (c) Cholas (d) Cheras
340. Who was the Governor-general of India during the Revolt of 1857?
(a) Lord Dalhousie (b) Lord Canning (c) Lord Mayo (d) Lord Ripon
341, Name the clan Buddha belonged to
(a) Gnathrika (b) Maurya (c) Sakya (d) Kuru
342. When Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated, who said, “None will believe that a man like this in body and soul ever
walked on this earth"?
(a) Bertrand Russell (b) Leo Tolstoy (c) Albert Einstein (d) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
343. Who built the Tower of Victory' (Vijay Stambha) in the Chittor Fort?
(a) Rana Sanga (b) Rana Ratan Singh (c) Rana Hamir Deva (d) Rana Kumbha
344. In violation of the Salt Laws, Gandhiji started a movement called
(a) Non-Cooperation movement (b) Swadeshi Movement
(c) Civil Disobedience Movement (d) None of the above
345. The Cabinet Mission came to India in
(a) 1943 (b) 1944 (c) 1945 (d) 1946
346. The first to come and last to leave India were
(a) the Portuguese (b) the French (c) the English (d) the Dutch
347. Who was the author of the Kadambari, a great romantic play?
(a) Banabhatta (b) Harshavardhana (c) Baskaravardhana (d) Bindusara
348. The Qutub Minar was completed by the famous ruler
(a) Qutub-ud-din Aibak (b) Iltutmish (c) Firoz Shah Tughlaq (d) Alauddin Khilji
349. Which of the following are incorrectly paired ?
(a) Krishnadeva Raya —AmuktaMalyada (b) Harshavardhana — Nagananda
(c) Kalidasa— Ritusamhara (d) Visakhadatta — Kiratarjuniyam
350. Who was the first Muslim President of the Indian National Congress?
(a) Muhammed Ali Jinnah (b) Badruddin Tyabji (c) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan (d) Abul Kalam Azad
351. During which Gupta Kings reign did the Chinese traveler Fa-hien visit India?
(a) Chandra Gupta I (b) Samudra Gupta (c) Chandra Gupta II (d) Kumara Gupta
352. The administrative consequence of the Revolt of 1857 was transfer of power from
(a) East India Company to the British Crown
(b) British Crown to the East India Company
(c) East India Company to the Governor General
(d) British Crown to the Board of Directors
353. The issue on which the Civil Disobedience Movement of 1930 was launched was
(a) equal employment opportunities for Indians (b) the proposed execution of Bhagat Singh
(c) salt monopoly exercised by the British Government (d) complete freedom
354. Who was the last Governor General of India?
(a) Sir Cripps (b) Lord Mountbatten (c) C. Rajagopalachari (d) Sir Attlee
355. Which Directive Principle bears the direct impact of Gandhi's moral philosophy ?
(a) Equal pay for equal work
(b) Provision of free legal aid and advice
(c) Prohibition of the slaughter of cows
(d) Protection of the monuments of historical importance
356. Who represented India in the Second Round Table Conference?
(a) Sarojani Nadu (b) Anne Besaint (c) Aruna Asaf AIi (d) None of these
357. Who gave the concept of Total Revolution ?
(a) Jayaprakash Narayan (b) Mahatma Gandhi (c) Karl Marx (d) Lenin
358. Who declared as his ultimate aim the wiping of every tear from every eye?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru (b) Gandhiji (c) Bal GangadharTilak (d) Sardar Patel
359. In ends and means relationship, Gandhiji believed
(a) Means become good if they serve the end (b) Means and ends are watertight compartments
(c) Means determine the end (d) End is everything, no matter what or how the means are
360. The First Victory & Governor General of British India was
(a) Lord Dalhousie (b) Sir John Lawrence (c) Warren Hastings (d) Lord Canning
361. The split between the ‘Extremists' and ‘Moderates’ came up in the open at the Surat Congress Session in the year
(a) 1905 (b) 1906 (c) 1907 (d) 1910
362. Bhulabhai Desai’s most memorable achievement was his defence of the Indian National Army (i.NA.) personnel at
the Red Fort Trial towards the end of
(a) 1943 (b) 1944 (c) 1945 (d) 1946
363, St. Thomas is said to have come to India to propagate Christianity during the reign of the
(a) Cheras (b) Parthians (c) Pandyas (d) Cholas
364. The First Viceroy of the Portuguese in the East was
(a) Albuquerque (b) Joade Castro (c) Francisco de Almedia (d) Nuno da Cunha
365. When was the All India Women's Conference founded
(a) 1924 (b) 1925 (c) 1926 (d) 1927
366. The Kuka movement started in mid-Nineteenth century in
(a) Western Punjab (b) Maharashtra (c) Bengal (d) Madhya Bharat
367. Mahatma Gandhi’s remark, “A post-dated cheque on a crumbling bank" is regarding the proposals of
(a) Simon Commission (b) Cripps Mission (c) Cabinet Mission (d) Wavel Plan
368. Under whose leadership was the Congress Socialist Party founded in 1934 ?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru and Mahatma Gandhi (b) Acharya Narendra Devand Jai Prakash Narayan
(c) Subhas Chandra Bose and P.C, Joshi (d) Saifuddin Kitchlew and Rajendra Prasad
369. The people of the Indus Valley Civilization usually built their houses of
(a) Pucca bricks (b) Stone (c) Wood (d) All of the above
370. Which one of the following is incorrectly matched?
(a) Columbus- 1492 (b) Vasco de Gama – 1498 (c) Magellan -1520 (d) Balboa- 1530
371. When did the British make English the medium of instruction in India ?
(a) 1813 (b) 1833 (c) 1835 (d) 1844
372. During whose Veceroyship did the High Courts come into existence at the three presidential cities of Calcutta,
Madras and Bombay?
(a) Warren Hastings (b) lord Cornwallis (c) John Lawrence (d) Lord Dalhousie
373. Who was popularly known as ‘Nana Saheb’?
(a) Bap Rail (b) Balaji Baji Rao (c) Balaji Vishwanath (d) Madhav Rao
374. in which session of the Indian National Congress did the historic union of Congress and Muslim League take place?
(a) Surat (b) Bombay (c) Calcutta (d) Lucknow
375. Ibn Batuta visited India during the reign of
(a) lltutmish (b) Ala-ud-din Khalji (c) Muhammad bin Tughlaq (d) Balban
376. Who attended the Imperial Durbar of 1877 dressed in hand-spun Khadi ?
(a) M.K. Gandhi (b) Bai Gangadhar Tilak (c) Bipin Chandra Pal (d) Ganesh Vasudev Joshi
377. Who was the founder-editor of the famous newspaper 'Kesari' during the National Struggle?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Jawaharlal Nehru (c) Lokmanya Tilak (d) Muhammad Iqbal
378. Who among the following Bahmani rulers built the famous Gol Gumbaj at Bijapur?
(a) Muhammad Adil Shah (b) Mahmud Gawan (c) Yusuf Adil Shah (d) Ismail Adil Shah
379. Who started the Saka Era and when?
(a) Kadphises in 58 BC (b) Rudradaman I in AD 78 (c) Vikramaditya in 58 BC (d) KanishkainAD78
380. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists:
list -I
a. Sarojini Naidu
b. M.A. Jinnah
c. Tej Bahadur Sapru
d. V.D. Savarkar
list- II
1. Muslim League
2. Indian National Congress
2. Hindu Mahasabha
4. Liberal Party
Code:
a bcd
(a) 2 1 4 3
(b) 2 13 4
(c) 2 4 1 3
(d) 4 1 3 2
381. Who was the only Indian to be elected as President of the United Nations General Assembly?
(a) Vijayalakshmi Pandit (b) V.K. Krishna Menon (c) Jawaharlal Nehru (d) Rajeshwar Dayal
382. What was the reason for Gandhiji’s support to decentralization of power?
(a) Decentralization ensures more participation of the people into democracy
(b) India had decentralization of power in the past
(c) Decentralization was essential for the economic development of the country
(d) Decentralization can prevent communalism
383. Which of the following, according to Mahatma Gandhi, is the strongest force in the world?
(a) Non-violence of the brave (b) Non-violence of the weak
(c) Non-violence of the coward (d) Non-violence of the downtrodden
384. Who among the following were members of the Swaraj Party?
a. Motilal Nehru b. Sardar Patel c. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(a) a and b (b) a only (c) b and c (d) a, band c
385. Where are the traces of Portuguese culture found in India?
(a)Goa (b) Calicut (c) Cannanore (d) Cochin
386. In which state was the Nalanda University located in India?
(a) Bengal (b) Bihar (c) Orissa (d) Uttar Pradesh
387. Match the following :
(a) Tughlaqabad (a) Alauddin Fort Khilji
(b) Red Fort (b) Shah (at Delhi) Jahan
(c) Hauz Khas (c) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
(d) The City of Siri (d) Ghiyasud-din-Tughlaq
abcd
(a) 1 2 3 4
(b) 4 2 3 1
(c) 4 3 2 1
(d) 3 1 4 2
388. The British introduced the railways in India in order to
(a) promote heavy industries in India (b) facilitate British commerce and administrative control
(c) move foodstuff in case of famine (d) enable Indians to move freely within the country
389. According to Dadabhai Naoroji 'Swaraj' meant
(a) Complete independence (b) Self government (c) Economic independence (d) Political independence
390. Which religious reformer of Western India was known as 'Lokhitwadi'?
(a) Gopal Hari Deshmukh (b) R.G. Bhandarkar (c) Mahadev Govind Ranade (d) B.G.Tilak
391. Which event brought about a profound change in Ashoka’s administrative polity?
(a) The third Buddhist Council (b) The Kalinga War
(c) His embracing of Buddhism (d) His sending of missionary to Ceylon
392. Who was the first Governor General of Bengal?
(a) Robert Clive (b) Warren Hastings (c) William Bentinck (d) Cornwallis
393. Which of the following are correctly matched?
Persons Events
(a) Sultan Mahmud 1. Sack of Somnath
(b) Muhammad Ghori 2 .Conquest of Sindh
(c) Alauddin Khilji 3 .Revolt in Bengal
(d) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq 4. Changiz Khan's invasion
(a) a and c (b) b only (c) a only (d) b and d
394. Which of the under mentioned facts about Taj Mahal in not correct?
(a) It is a magnificent mausoleum (b) It was built by Shah Jahan
(c) It is situated outside Agra Port (d) The names of artisans who built it are engraved on it
395. Where did Babar die?
(a) Agra (b) Kabul (c) Lahore (d) Delhi
396. How many spokes are there in the Dharma Chakra of the National Flag?
(a) 22 (b) 24 (c) 18 (d) 14
397. Vijay Stambha at Chittor was built by
(a) Maharana Pratap (b) Rana Sangram Singh (c) Rana Kumbha (d) Rana Ratan Singh
398. Which scripture was called his 'mother' by Gandhiji?
(a) Ramayana (b) The New Testament (c) Bhagwat Gita (d) The Holy Quran
399. The Quit India Movement was launched in 1942 in the month of
(a) January (b) March (c) August (d) December
400. Match the following:
Column - I
(A) Keshab Sen
(B) Dayanand Saraswati
(C) Atmaram Pandurang
(D) Syed Ahmad Khan
Column-II
1. Prarthana Samaj
2. Brahmo Samaj
3. Aligarh Movement
4. Arya Samaj
ABCD
(a) 4 1 3 2
(b) 1 4 2 3
(c) 2 4 1 3
(d) 3 2 4 1
401. Who was the first English President of the Indian National Congress ?
(a) George Yule (b) William Wedderburn (c) A.O. Hume (d) Henry' Cotton
402. Which one of the following personalities is known as ‘Grand Old Man of India'?
(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (b) Dadabhai Naoroji (c) Motilal Nehru (d) Lala Lajpat Rai
403. Who wrote Akbarnama?
(11 Akbar (b) Birbal (c) AbulFazal (d) Bhagavan Das
404. The pledge for “Pooma Swaraj” was taken at the Congress Session of
(a) Calcutta (b) Lahore (c) Allahabad (d) Madras
405. Arrange the following in chronological order :
a.Tughlaqs b. Lodis
c. Sayyids d. Ilbari Turks
e. Khiljis
(a) a. b, c, d, e (b) e, d, c, b, a (c) b, d, e, c, a (d) d, e, a, c, b
406. Who was the founder of the ‘Servants of India Society'?
(a) G.K. Gokhale (b) M.G. Ranade (c) B.G.Tilak (d) Bipin Chandra Pal
407. Mahatma Gandhi was profoundly influenced by the writings of
(a) Bernard Shaw (b) Karl Marx (c) Lenin (d) Leo Tolstoy
408. Who is rightly called the “Father of Local Self Government” in India?
(a) Lord Mayo (b) Lord Ripon (c) Lord Curzon (d) Lord Clive
409. The monk who influenced Ashoka to embrace Buddhism was
(a) Vishnu Gupta (b) Upagupta (c) Brahma Gupta (d) Brihadratha
410. The Lodi dynasty was founded by
(a) Ibrahim Lodi (b) Sikandar Lodi (c) Bahlol Lodi (d) Khizr Khan
411. Harsh vardhana was defeated by
(a) Prabhakaravardhana (b) Pulakesin II (c) Narasimhasvarma Pallava (d)Sasanka
412. Who among the following was an illiterate?
(a) Jahangir (b) Shah Jahan (c) Akbar (d) Aurangazeb
413. Which Governor General is associated with Doctrine of Lapse?
(a) Lord Ripon (b) Lord Dalhousie (c)Lord Bentinck (d) Lord Curzon
414. India attained ‘Dominion Status 'on
(a) 15thJanuary, 1947 (b) 15th August, 1947 (c) 15th August, 1950 (d) 15th October, 1947
415. What is Gandhi's definition of Rama Raj ?
(a) The rule as it was during the time of Rama (b) Sovereignty of the people based on pure moral authority
(c) The greatest good of all (d) The absolute power concentrated in the hands of a king
416, Which of the following statements about the Guptas is NOT true?
(a) They ruled mainly over parts of north and central India
(b) Kingship was hereditary and the throne always went to the eldest son
(c) The judicial system was far more developed than in earlier times
(d) Land taxes increased and taxes on trade and commerce decreased
417. Who among the following was the first to sign the 'Instalments of Accession’ ?
(a) The Maharaja of Baroda (b) The Dewan of Travancore
(c) The Nizam of Hyderabad (d) The Raja of Jodhpur
418, Which of the following was NOT composed by Harshavadhana?
(a) Harshacharita (b) Ratnavali (c) Priyadarshika (d) Nagananda
419. The first Indian Hindi Scholar of the Mughal period was
(a) Malik Muhammed Jayasi (b) Abdur Rahim (c) Mulla Wajhi (d) Chand Bardai
420. The Upanishads were translated by Dara Shikoh in Persian under the title of
(a) Mayma-ul-Bahrain (b) Sirr-i-Akbar (c) Al-Fihrist (d) Kitabul Bayan
421. The decline of Indian Handicrafts industry in the 19th century was attributed to
(a) competition from British manufacturing industries only
(b) disappearance of Indian Princely Courts only
(c) establishment of alien rule only
(d) All of the above
422. Why was the Simon Commission boycotted by the Indians?
(a) it did not include any Indian as a member
(b) It did not have any woman member
(c) It was appointed before the stipulated time
(d) It refused to meet prominent Indian leaders
423. Who among the following started the first newspaper in India?
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji (b) W.C. Bonnerjee (c) Rabindra nath Tagore (d) James A. Hickey
424. Who founded the Servants of India Society?
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji (b) Copal Krishna Gokhale (c) B.G. Tilak (d) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
425. English education was introduced in India by
(a) Lord Curzon (b) Jawaharlal Nehru (c) Lord Macaulay (d) Lord Dalhousie
426, Name the important French possession in India.
(a) Goa (b) Pondicherry (c) Daman (d) Cochin
427. As per provisions of the Charter Act of 1833, a Law Commission (for consolidating, codifying and improving Indian
laws) was constituted under the Chairmanship of
(a) Lord Bentinck (b) Raja Rammohan Roy (c) Lord Macaulay (d) Lord Dalhousie
428. Who was the first Indian to become member of British Parliament?
(a) W.C. Bonnerjee (b) Behramji M. Malabari (c) D.N.Wacha (d) Dadabhai Naoroji
429. Who said “Patriotisms religion and religion is love for India"?
(a) Raj Narain Bose (b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (c) Swami Vivekananda (d) Acharya Vinoba Bhave
430. Which of the following is not one of the animals carved on the Sarnath Pillar?
(a) Humped Bull (b) Deer (c) Elephant (d) Horse
431. The ‘Kannauj assembly' organized by Harsha was held in honour of
(a) Fa-Hien (b) Using (c) Hieun-Tsang (d) Megasthenes
432. The first metal used by man was
(a) Aluminium (b) Copper (c) Iron (d) Silver
433. Satvahanas minted their coins predominantly in
(a) Lead (b) Silver (c) Gold (d) Copper
434. According to Gandhiji, which of the following are the major means of Satyagraha ?
a. Non-cooperation b. Strike
c. Demonstration d. Civil disobedience
(a) a and b are correct (b) a and d are correct (c) b and d are correct (d) c and d are correct
435. The headquarters of the Ghadar Party was at
(a) Karachi (b) Moscow (c) Berlin (d) San Francisco
436. After the death of Raja ram in 1700A.D., Marathas continued the war against the Mughals under his brave wife
(a) Tarabai (b) Lakshmibai (c) Ramabai (d) Jijabai
437. Hardayal, an intellectual giant, was associated with
(a) Home Rule Movement (b) Ghadar Movement (c) Swadeshi Movement(d) Non-Cooperation
Movement
438. The credit of discovering the sea route of India goes to the
(a) French (b) Dutch (c) Portuguese (d) English
439. The song ‘Jana-Gana-Mana’ composed by Rabindra Nath Tagore was first published in January 1912 under the title
of
(a) Jay He (b) Rashtra Jagriti (c) Bharat Vidhata [4) Matribhoomi
440. On imprisonment in 1908 by the Brities, Bal Gangadhar Tilak was sent to
(a) Andaman and Nicobar (b) Rangoon (c) Singapore (d) Mandalay
441. Alberuni Came to India with
(a) Muhmmed Gauri (b) Mahmmud Ghazni (c) Babur (d) None of these
442. Where did Lord Budha breathe his last ?
(a) BodhGaye (b) Samath (c) Kushinagar (d) Varanasi
443. Which Sikh Guru called himself the ‘Sachcha Badshah’?
(a) Guru Gobind Singh (b) Guru Hargovind (c) Guru Tegh Bahadur (d) Guru Arjan Dev
444. The Civil Disobedience Movement was launched by Mahatma Gandhi in
(a) 1928 (b) 1930 (c) 1931 (d) 1922
445. Fahien visited India during the reign of
(a) Chandragupta K (b) Samudragupta (c) Ramagupta (d) Kumaragupta
446. At which place in Bengal was the East India Company given permission to trade and build a factory by the Mughals
in 1651?
(a) Calcutta (b) Qasim Bazar (c) Singur (d) Burdwan
447. Who gave the slogan Inquilab Zindabad"?
(a) Chandrashekhar Azad (b) Subhash Chandra Bose (c) Bhagat Singh (d) Iqbal
448. Coronation of Shivaji took place in
(a) 1627 A.D. (b) 1674 A.D. (c) 1680 A.D. (d) 1670 A.D.
449. The System of Dyarchy was introduced in India in
(a) 1909 (b) 1935 (c) 1919 (d) 1945
450. The Editor of ‘Young India’ and ‘Hatljan’ was
(a) Nehru (b) Ambedkar (c) Mahatma Gandhi (d) Subash Chandra Bose
451. Who of the following attended all the Three Round Table Conferences ?
(a) B.R. Ambedkar (b) M.M. Malavia (c) Vallabhbhai Patel (d) Gandhiji
453. Who was the first Indian to become member of British Parliament?
(a) Banktm Chander Chatterjee (b) W.C. Banneijee, (c) Dadabhai Naoroji (d) None of the above
453. Mention the place where Buddha attained enlightenment
(a) Samath (b)BodhGaya (c) Kapilavastu (d)Rajgdha
454. The Greek ambassador sent to Chandragupta Mauryas Court was :
(a) Kautilya (b) Seleucus Nicator (c) Megaethenes (d) Justin
455. Identify the European power from whom Shivaji obtained cannons and ammunition :
(a) The French (b) The Portuguese (c) The Dutch (d) The English
456. The call of "Back to the Vedas" was given by :
(a) Swami Vivekananda (b) Swami Dayanand Saraawati (c) Aurobindo Ghosh (d) Raja Ram Mohan
Roy
457. Simon Commission was boycotted by the nationalist leaders of India because :
(a) they felt that it was only an eyewash
(b) all the members of the Commission were English
(c) the members of the Commission were biased against India
(d) it did not meet the demands of the Indians
458. Who among the following British persons admitted the Revolt of 1857 as a national revolt ?
(a) Lord Dalhousie (b) Lord Canning (c) Lord Ellen borough (d) Disraeli
459. Who was the architect of North and South Blocks of the Central Secretariate in Delhi ?
(a) Sir Edward Lutyens (b) Herbert Baker (c) Robert Tor Russell (d) Antonin Raymond
460. Hiuen Tsang visited India during the reign of
(a) Chandragupta I (b) Chandragupta II (c) Harshavardhana (d) Rudradaman
461. The Muslim adventurer who destroyed the Nalanda University was
(a) Alla-ud-din Khilji (b) Muhammad-bin-Tughlak (c) Muhammadhin-Bhaktiyar (d) Muhammad-bin-Quaaim
462. Painting reached its highest level of development during the reign of
(a) Akbar (b) Aurangzeb (c) Jahangir (d) Shah Jahan
463. The communal electorate was introduced for the first time in India in
(a) 1919 (b) 1935 (c) 1906 (d) 1909
464. The two states which had non Congress Ministries in 1937 were
(a) Bengal and Punjab (b) Punjab and NWFP (c) Madras and Central Provinces
(d) Bihar and Uttar Pradesh
465. Through which principle/device did Mahatma Gandhi strive to bridge economic inequalities?
(a) Abolition of machinery (b) Establishment of village industries
(c) Adoption of non-violence (d) Trusteeship theory
466. Which one of the following was the first English ship that came to India?
(a) Elizabeth (b) Bengal (c) Red Dragon (d) Mayflower
467. Which one of the following was the last Buddhist text produced In India?
(a) Divya Vandana (b) Dohakosa (c) Vajrachedika (d) Vamsathapakasini
468. Arthasastra was written by
(a) Dhanananda (b) Kautilya (c) Bimbisara (d) Pushyamitra
469. Who translated Ramayana into Persian?
(a) Abul Fazl (b) Badauni (c) Abdul Latif (d) Isar Das
470. The All India Muslim League was founded by
(a) Maulana Ahmed Ali (b) Mohammad Ali Jinnah (c) Agha Khan (d) Hakim Ajmal Khan
471. Gandhiji was influenced by the writings of
(a) Karl Marx (b) Thomas Hobbes (c) Charles Darwin (d) Leo Tolstoy
472. The methods of democratic socialism are
(a) Revolution (b) General strike (c) Sabotage (d) Persuasion and propaganda
473. Worship of Mother Goddess was associated with
(a) Aryan Civilization (b) Mediterranean Civilization (c) Indus Valley Civilization
(d) Later Vedic Civilization
474. Alexander and Porus fought a battle at
(a) Hydaspes (b) Jhelum (c) Panipat (d) Tarain
475. The Battle of Haldighati was fought between
(a) Akbar and Rana Sangram Singh (b) Akbar and Medini Rai
(c) Akbar and Rana Pratap Singh (d) Akbar and Uday Singh
476. The famous Peacock Throne of Shah Jahan was taken away in 1739 by
(a) Afghan invader Ahmed Shah Abdali (b) Persian invader Nadir Shah
(c) Mongol invader Chengiz Khan (d) British East India Company
477. Identify the Buddhist Literature from the following:
(a) Tripitakas (b) Upanishads (c) Angas (d) Aranyakas
478. Seleucus Nicator was defeated by
(a) Asoka (b) Chandragupta Maurya (c) Bindu Sara (d) Brihadratha
479. The striking feature of the Indus Valley Civilization was
(a) Urban Civilization (b) Agrarian Civilization (c) Mesolithic Civilization
(d) Paleolithic Civilization
480. The Governor-General who abolished the practice of Sati was
(a) Dalhousie (b) Ripon (c) William Bentinck (d) Curzon
481. The famous Bhakti Saint who belonged to the royal family of Mewar was
(a) Chaitanya (b) Andal (c) Meerabai (d) Ramabai
482. After Alexander’s death the Eastern part of his empire came under
(a) Seleucus Nicator (b) Menander (c) Rudradaman (d) Kanishka
483. In which year did Gandhiji start Satyagraha Movement?
(a) 1919 (b) 1927 (c) 1934 (d) 1942
484. Gol Gumbaz is in:
(a) Konark (b) Hyderabad (c) Puri (d) Bijapur
485. What does Jahangir mean?
(a) National Monarch (b) The Grand Monarch (c) Conqueror of the world
(d) Hero of hundred battles
486. The early Buddhist scriptures were composed in:
(a) Prakrit texts (b) Pali texts (c) Sanskrit texts (d) Pictographical texts
487. In Mohanjadaro, the largest building is:
(a) the great bath (b) a granary (c) the Pillared Hall
(d) a two storeyed house
488. Where was the Royal Durbar held on November 1st, 1858 to issue the Queen’s proclamation?
(a) Lucknow (b) Cawnpore (c) Delhi (d) Kanpur
489. The caste system of India was created for: ans *
(a) immobility of labour (b) recognition of the dignity of labour (c) economic uplift
(d) occupational division of labour
490. Who is called as the ‘Prophet of New India’?
(a) Dayanand Saraswati (b) Sri Ramakrishna (c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(d) Swami Vivekananda
491. Humayun Nama was written by
(a) Humayun (b) Akbar (c) Abul Fazi (d) Gulbadan Begum
492. The French East India Company was founded in
(a) 1600 (b) 1620 (c) 1664 (d) 1604
493. Who declared “Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it"?
(a) Gopal Krishna Gokhale (b) Bal Gangadhara Tilak (c) Lala Lajpat Rai
(d) K.T. Telang
494. The Indian council Act of 1909 was popularly known as:
(a) Parliament Act (b) Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms
(c) Minto- Morely Reforms (d) The Judiciary Act
495. Gautama Buddha was born at
(a) Kusinagar (b) Samath (c) Bodh Gaya (d) Lumbini
496. Who among the following was responsible for the revenue reforms during the rule of Akbar?
(a) Birbal (b) Todarmal (c) Jaisingh (d) Biharimal
497. Who was the mother of Mahavira?
(a) Yasoda (b) Anojja (c) Chetaka (d) Devanandi
498. What was the name of the Hall of Worship constructed by Akbar?
(a) Ditvan-e-Khas (b) Diwan-e-Aam (c) Ibadat Khana (d) Buland Darwaza
499. Off the following scholars, who was the first to discover the traces of the Harappan Civilisation?
(a) Sir John Marshall (b) R. D. Baneji (c) A. Cunningham
(d) Daya Ram Sahani
500. “Monolithic Rathas” of the Pallavas are found at
(a) Kanchipuram (b) Puri (c) Mahabalipuram (d) Agra
501. Krishna Deva Raya was a contemporary of
(a) Shershah (b) Humayun (c) Babur (d) Akbar
502. The paintings of Ajanta depict the stories of
(a) Ramayana (b) Mahabharta (c) Jataka (d) Panchatantra
503. Which is the port-town of Indus valley civilisation?
(a) Kalibangan (b) Lothal (c) Ropar (d) Mohenjodaro
504. Poet Kalidasa lived in the court of
(a) Chandragupta Maurya (b) Samudragupta (c) Chandragupta Vikramaditya
(d) Harsha
505. What is the name of the era on which the National Calendar of India is based?
(a) Vikrama era (b) Kali era (c) Saka era (d) None of above
506. Federal form of Government at the centre was introduced in India under:
(a) Government of India Act of 1919 (b) Indian Councils Act of 1909
(c) Government of India Act of 1935 (d) Indian Independence Act of 1947
507. Which was the oldest University?
(a) Gandhara (b) Kanauj (c) Nalanda (d) Vaishali
508. The first muslim women who ruled Northern India was
(a) Razia Sultana (b) Mumtaz (c) Nurjahan (d) None of the above
509. The Sikh military sect ‘the Khalsa' was introduced by—
(a) Har Rai (b) Harkishan (c) Gobind Singh (d) Tegh Bahadur
510. Who is called as the ‘Second Ashoka’?
(a)Samudra Gupta (b) Chandra Gupta Maurya (c) Kanishka (d) Harshavardhana
511. The famous Kailasanath Temple at Kanchi was built by—
(a) Mahendravarman l (b) Narasimhavarman ll (c)Nandivarman II (d) Dantivarman
512. Shivaji ceded the forts to the Mughals by the treaty of—
(a) Chittor (b) Pune (c)Purandar (d) Torna
513. Kalibangan is situated in
(a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Sindh (c) Rajasthan (d) Gujarat
514. Bindusara sent Asoka to quell the rebellion in—
(a) Swarnagiri (b) Taxila (c)Ujjain (d) Tosali
515. ‘Royal Asiatic Society' was founded by
(a) Sir William Jones (b) Sir John Marshall (c) R. D. Banerjee (d) Sir William Bentick
516. The first Sultan of Delhi, who attempted the conquest of South India was
(a) Qutb-ud-din Mubarak (b) Nasir-ud-din Khusrav Shah (c) Ala-ud-din
(d) Jala-ud-din Firoz
517. Who was the Guru of Kabir?
(a) Ramanuja (b) Ramananda (c)Vallabhacharya (d) Namadeva
518. Mahabalipuram is an important city that reveals the interest in arts of
(a) Pallavas (b) Cheras (c) Pandyas (d) Chalukyas
519. The reputed musician duo Tansen and Baiju Bawra, flourished during the reign of—
(a) Jehangir (b) Bahadur Shah Zafar (c) Akbar (d) Shah Jahan
520. Lord Mahavira died at
(a) Saravana Belagola (b) Lumbini Garden (c) Kalugumalai (d) Pavapuri
521. The Indus people knew the use of Weights and Measures, which is proved by the discovery of the seal at—
(a) Kalibangan (b) Harappa (c) Chanhudaro (d) Lothal
522. Which language was mostly used for the propagation of Buddhism?
(a) Sanskrit (b) Prakrit (c) Pali (d) Sauraseni
523. The Indian National Army (Azad Hind Fauj) fought in the Second World War against-
(a) Germany (b) Japan (c) Italy (d) Great Britain
524. The first Bhakti Movement was organized by
(a) Nanak (b) Meera (c) Ramdas (d) Ramanujacharya
525. Indian Universities Act, 1904 was passed during the governorship of
(a) Lord Lytton (b) Lord Curzon (c) Lord Ripon (d) Lord Hardinge-1
526. The hero of the Kakori ‘Dacoity’ case was
(a) Ramprasad Bismil (b) Bhagat Singh (c) Batukeshwar Datta (d) Barkatulla
527. The person responsible for introducing the conception of Dyarchy in the1919 Act was
(a) Montague (b) Tez Bahadur Sapru (c) Lionel Curtis (d) Chelmsford
528. The Hoyasala's capital was
(a)Warangal (b) Devagiri (c) Dwarasamudra (d) Krishnagiri
529. Tricolour was adopted as the National Flag in-
(a) Lahore Congress (b) Belgaum Congress (c) Allahabad Congress (d) Haripura Congress
530. Who presided over the first Session of the Indian National Congress?
(a) A. O. Hume (b) W.C. Bannerjee (c) Surendranth Bannerjee (d) Badruddin Tyabji
531. When was the Dandi March undertaken?
(a) 31st December, 1929 (b) 12th March, 1930 (c) 5th April, 1930 (d) 5th May, 1930
532. Who was the first pro-pounder of the Doctrine of Passive Resistance?
(a) B. G. Tilak (b) Aurobindo Ghosh (c) Lajpat Rai (d) G. K. Gokhale
533. Who was the Congress President during 1940-46?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru (b) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (c) Maulana Azad (d) Rajendra Prasad
534. What are the Morley-Minto Reforms of 1909 known for?
(a) Separate Electorates (b) Provincial Dyarchy (c) Provincial Autonomy (d) Federalism
535. What was meant by the Secretary of State for India during the British rule?
(1J An official who worked as the Secretary to the Viceroy of India
(b) A Secretary level official appointed in each Presidency of India
(c) A British minister given full control over the Government of India
(d) A senior officer appointed by the Viceroy to look into the internal administration in India
536. ‘Lucknow Pact’ was a deal between
(a) Indians and the British about legislative seats
(b) Hindus and Muslims regarding seats haring in legislatures
(c) Depressed castes and Brahmins about job reservations
(d) Hindus and Sikhs about job reservations
537. The joint session of the Congress and Muslim League was held in 1916 at-
(a) Delhi (b) Kanpur (c) Lucknow (d) Madras
538. Who, among the following, founded the ‘All India Depressed Classes Federation’ in 1920?
(a) M.K. Gandhi (b) Jyotiba Phule (c) G.K. Gokhale (d) B.R. Ambedkar
539. The first Trading Centre which was established by the British was
(a) Kolkata (b) Surat (c) Chennai (d) Mumbai
540. The Mir Bakshi of the Mughal Emperors was the head of
(a) Intelligence (b) Foreign affairs (c) Army organization (d) Finance
541. Who, among the following, was not a part of the Mauryan dynasty?
(a) Ajatsatru (b) Bindusara (c) Chandragupta Maurya (d) None of these
542. When and which Governor-General decided to make English the medium of instruction in India?
(a) 1805-Lord Wellesley (b) 1845-Lord Hardinge (c)1835-Lord William Bentick
(d) 1850-Lord Dalhousie
543. Who among the following, is acknowledged as the pioneer of Local Self-Government in India?
(a) Rippon (b) Mayo (c) Lytton (d) Curzon
544. Who among the following is popularly known as ‘Periyar’?
(a)C.V. Raman Pillai (b) C.N. Mudaliar (c) E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker (d) L. Ramkrishna Pillai
545. Sangam Age is associated with the history of
(a)Benaras (b) Allahabad (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Khajuraho
546. In which of the following places was the Ryotwari settlement introduced?
(a) Uttar Pradesh and Punjab (b) North-West Provinces and Punjab
(c) Madras and Bombay (d) Bengal and Bihar
547. Which among the following places, was not an important centre of the Revolt of 1857?
(a) Agra (b) Kanpur (c) Jhansi (d) Lucknow
548. Which among the following was the capital of Shivaji?
(a) Poona (b) Raigarh (c) Singhgarh (d) Panhala
549. Who, among the following, abolished the Dual System of Government in Bengal?
(a) Lord Clive (b) Lord Cornwallis (c) Spencer (d) Lord Warren Hastings
550. Who among the following was famous for framing the education minute?
(a) Lord Elgin (b) Lord Macaulay (c) Sadler (d) None of these
551. Who was the court poet of Harsha?
(a) Bhani (b) Ravi Kirti (c) Banabhatta (d) Vishnu Sharma
552. Who, among the following, has been known as the 'Frontier Gandhi’?
(a) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (b) Khan Saheb (c) Chaudhary Shaukatullah
(d)Liaquat Ali Khan
553. The Ryotwari System of Land Tenure refers to a situation where—
(a) the Ryot is the owner of the land held by him/her and directly pays the revenue assessed on the land to the State
(b) the Ryot is an occupancy tenant of his/her land and pays the land revenue to the Zamindar
(c) the person cultivates the land leased from a landlord and in return pays rent to the landlord
(d) the land is collectively owned and cultivated on a cooperative basis
554. Swami Dayanand Saraswati established the first Arya Samaj in 1875 at
(a) Bombay (b) Lahore (c) Nagpur (d) Ahmadnagar
555. Who, among the following, was the pioneer of social reform movements in 19th century India?
(a) Aurobindo Ghosh (b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy (c) Devendra Nath Tagore
(d) Keshav Chandra Sen
556. Which district lies to the south of the district Tiruchirapalli?
(a)Villupuram (b) Salem (c) Vellore (d) Pudukkottai
557. Where is the Lingaraja Temple located?
(a) Madurai (b) Tiruchendur (c) Bhubaneswar (d) Ujjain
558. Who started the Home Rule Movement?
(a) Annie Beasant (b) Padmaja Naidu (c) Kamla Devi Chattopadyaya
(d) Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur
559. When was the Gandhi Irwin Pact made?
(a) 1935 (b) 1931 (c) 1929 (d) 1932
560. What was not true about Sir Syed Ahmad Khan?
(a) He founded the Mohammadan Anglo Oriental College at Aligarh
(b) He was a leader of the Muslim League
(c) He was a leader of the Aligarh Movement
(d) He opposed the Indian National Congress
561. 'Neel Darpan' a play depicting the revolt against the indigo planters was written by
(a) Dinbandhu Mitra (b) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (c) Rabindranath Tagore
(d) Naveen Chandra Sen
562. Champaran Satyagraha was related to
(a) Indigo (b) Mill-owners (c) Plague (d) Fresh assessment of land
563. Who among the following implemented the Doctrine of Lapse?
(a) Lord Canning (b) Lord Dalhousie (c) Lord Hastings (d) Lord Rippon
564. The first newspaper which was published in India was
(a) The Calculate Gazette (b) The Calculate Gazette (c) The Oriental Magazine of Calcutta
(d) The Bengal Gazette
565. Who wrote the grammatical work Ashtadhyayi?
(a) Charvaka (b) Kautilya (c) Panini (d) Kapila
566. The Portuguese built their first fort on Indian soil in the territory of the Raja of
(a) Calicut (b) Cochin (c) Daman (d) Bijapur
567. The partition of Bengal was revoked by the British in
(a) 1911 (b) 1914 (c) 1917 (d) 1919
568. Who among the following, analyzed the causes of the uprising of 1857 advocating a reconciliation between the
British and the Muslims?
(a) Syed Ahmed Brelvi (b) Shah Waliullah (c) Syed Ahmed Khan (d) Syed Amir All
569. Beetapala and Dhiman, the two great artists that India had produced, belonged to the
(a) Pala Age (b) Gupta Age (c) Maurya Age (d) Pathan Age
570. Who created the Madras Presidency as it existed till Indian Independence?
(a) Sir Thomas Munro (b) Lord Hastings (c) Lord Cornwallis (d) Lord Welliesley
571. Buddha gave his first religious message at
(a) Rajagriha (b) Pataliputra (c) Gaya (d) Samath
572. The theory of ‘economic drain’ was propounded by
(a) B .G. Tilak (b) R.C. Dutt (c) Dadabhai Naoroji (d) G.K. Gokhale
573. Where was the first session of the Indian National Congress held?
(a) Lucknow (b) Calcutta (c) Bombay (d) Madras
574. Who was the first Muslim President of the Indian National Congress?
(a) Mohammad Ali Jinnah (b) Badruddin Tyabji (c) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
(d) Abul Kalam Azad
575. Who led the armed raid on the government armoury at Chittagong in 1930?
(a) Chandra Shekhar Azad (b) Bhagat Singh (c) Surya Sen (d) Sukhdev
576. The Indian tricolor was unfurled for the first time by Jawaharlal Nehru
(a) at the ramparts of the Red Fortin 1947 (b) on the banks of Ravi at Lahore in 1929
(c) when India became a democratic republic in 1950 (d) when The Government of India Act was passed in 1935.
577. The origins of Indian music could be traced to
(a) Rigvedic Samhita (b) Yajurvedic Samhita (c) Samavedic Samhita (d) Atharvavedic Samhita
578. Who amongst the following is associated with the study of the Harappan Civilisation?
(a) Charles Mason (b) Cunningham (c) M. Wheeler (d) M.S. Vats
579. The Gupta era was started by whom?
(a) Ghatotkacha (b) Srigupta (c) Chandragupta – 1 (d) Samudragupta
580. Which Chola king founded the city of Puhar?
(a) Rajendra Chola (b) Ellara (c) Senguttavan (d) Karikala
581. Which Rashtrakuta ruler built the famous Kailash temple of Siva at Ellora?
(a) Dantidurga (b) Amoghvarsha –I (c) Krishan-I (d) Vatsraja
582. Which Sultan of Delhi established an employment bureau, a charity bureau and a charitable hospital?
(a) Firoz Tughlaq (b) Mohammad Tughlaq (c) Alauddin Khilji (d) Balban
583. The Chalukyas established their empire in
(a) The Far South (b) Malwa (c) The Deccan (d) Gujarat
584. Morley-Minto Reforms were introduced in which of the following years?
(a) 1909 (b) 1919 (c) 1924 (d) 1935
585. In which region did Birsa Munda operate against the British?
(a) Punjab (b) Chota Nagpur (c)Tarai (d) Manipur
586. The slogan of Quit India Movement was given by
(a)Sardar Patel (b) Mahatma Gandhi (c) Subhash Chandra Bose
(d) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
587. Which museum houses the largest collection of Kushan sculptures?
(a) Mathura Museum (b) Bombay Museum (c) Madras Museum
(d) Delhi Museum
588. During Akbar's reign the Mahabharat was translated into Persian and is known as
(a) Iqbal Namah (b)RazmNamah (c)AkbarNamah (d) Sakinat-ul-Auliya
589. Which British Viceroy is associated with the Partition of Bengal?
(a) Lord Canning (b) Lord Curzon (c) Lord Hardinge (d) Lord Wellesley
590. Who among the following Tomar rulers, is credited with founding the city of Delhi?
(a)Anangapal (b) Vajrata (c) Rudrane (d) Devraja
591. Who among the following Mughal emperors, brought about the fall of Sayyid Brothers?
(a) Bahadur Shah I (b) Rafi-ud-daulah (c) Shah Jahan II (d) Muhammad Shah
592. Indonesia was a colony of which of the following countries?
(a) Dutch (b) Spain (c) Portugal (d) Belgium
593. Mahavira was born in a Kshatriya clan by the name of
(a) Shakya (b) Janatrika (c) Mallas (d) Lichhavis
594. The Virupaksha Temple was built by the
(a) Chalukyas (b) Pallavas (c) Vakatakas (d) Satavahanas
595. Who was the Governor-General of India at the time of Revolt of 1857?
(a) Lord Dalhousie (b) Lord Bentinck (c) Lord Canning (d) Lord Lytton
596. Where is the Bada imambara located?
(a) Agra (b) Lucknow (c) Patna (d) Allahabad
597. Gandhiji opposed the Communal Award because he thought this would bring
(a) communal disunity (b) division in the Hindu Society (c) economic miseries to India
(d) destruction to handi-crafts
598. Which of the following authorized the British Government to imprison any person without trial and conviction in a
court of law?
(a) Rowlatt Act of 1999 (b) Government of India Act of 1935 (c) Indian Councils Act of 1909
(d) Government of India Act of 1919
599. Gandhi-Irwin Pact is associated with
(a) Quit India Movement (b) Civil Disobedience Movement (c) Non-Cooperation Khilafat
Movement
(d) Rowlatt Agitation
600. Who, among the following was associated with the Ghadar Movement?
(a) Shyamaji Krishnavarma (b) M. N. Roy (c) Bhagat Singh (d)Lala Har Dayal
601. Which of the following movements was NOT led by Mahatma Gandhi?
(a) Champaran Satyagraha (b) Wahabi Movement (c) Non-Cooperation Movement
(d) Civil Disobedience Movement
602. Who said “Give me Blood, I will give you Freedom”?
(a) Subhash Chandra Bose (b) Lala Lajpat Rai (c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (d) Sardar Vallabh bhai Patel
603. Simon Commission was sent by British Parliament to India to review the
(a) progress of English education (b) social reforms (c) working of dyarchy
(d) Hindu-Muslim unity
604. Who was the first Governor General of Independent India?
(a) Lord Attlee (b) Lord Mountbatten (c) C. Rajagopalachari (d) Rajendra Prasad
605. The Arya Samaj is against
(a) existence of God (b) rituals and idol-worship (c) Hinduism (d) Islam
606. Who, among 'the following benefitted most by the British revenue system in India?
(a) Sharecroppers (b) Peasants (c) Zamindars (d) Agriculture-labour
607. Who among the following was the last Mughal emperor?
(a) Alamgir ll (b) Shah Alam II (c) Bahadur Shah II (d) Akbar II
608. Who, among the following Europeans, established their trade and influence in India first?
(a) British (b) French (c) Dutch (d) Portuguese
609. The Inam land was one which was assigned to
(a) scholars and religious persons (b) Mansabdars (c) hereditary revenue collectors
(d) nobles
610. Who was the leader of the Young Bengal Movement?
(a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy (b) Debendranath Tagore (c) Henry Vivian Derozio
(d) David Hare
611. Which Rajput ruler drew up a set of tables called ZiJ Muhammadshuhi to enable the people to make astronomical
observations?
(a)Ajit Singh (b) Raja SawaiJai Singh (c) Bhara Mal (d) Man Singh
612. When and where did the Theosophical Society establish its headquarters in India?
(a) 1882-Adyar (b) 1885-Belur (c) 1890-Avadi (d) 1895-Vellore
613. Who built the ‘Gol Gumbaj' at Bijapur, famous for the world’s second largest dome and the
Whispering gallery?
(a) Mahmud Gawan (b) Yusuf Adil Shah (c) Ismail Adil Shah (d) Muhammad Adil Shah
614. Taxila was a famous site of
(a) Early Vedic art (b) Mauryan art (c) Gandhara art (d) Gupta art
615. The gold coins were introduced first in India by
(a) The Kushanas (b) The Greeks (c) The Sakas (d) The Parthians
616. Which of the following dynasties conquered Sri Lanka and South East Asian countries?
(a) The Pandyas (b) The Chalukyas (c) The Cholas (d) The Rashtrakutas
617. Match the capitals of the ruling dynasties of early Medieval India:
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A. Pratiharas 1. Kannauj
B. Chandellas 2. Khajuraho
C. Parmars 3. Dhar
D. Chalukyas 4. Anhilwad
(a) A-1.B-2, C-3, D-4 (b) A-1, B-3, C-4, D-2 (c) A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3
(d) A-2, B-1, C-3, D-4
616. The Mughal Emperor who discouraged ‘Sati’ was
(a) Babur (b) Humayun (c) Akbar (d) Jehangir
619. Who was called the ‘Second founder of the Maratha Kingdom?
(a) Raja Ram (b) Balaji Viswanath (c) Baji Rao l (d) Balaji Baji Rao
620. A prominent leader of the Ghadr Party was
(a) P. Mitra (b) Lala Har Dayal (c) B. G. Tilak (d) Bipin Chandra Pal
621. Who propounded the theory of ‘Drain of wealth’ from India to Great Britain?
(a) Gopal Krishana Gokhale (b) Dadabahai Naoroji (c) Surendranth Banerjee
(d) Lala Lajpat Rai
622. Which Battle laid the foundation of Mughal rule in India?
(a) Battle of Plassey (b) Battle of Talikota (c) First Battle of Panipat (d) Battle of Haldighati
623. Swarajya was declared as the goal of the Congress at its session held in 1906 at
(a) Bombay (b) Calcutta (c) Lucknow (d) Madras
624. Gandhi started the 'Dandi March' from
(a) Ahmedabad (b) Allahabad (c) Dandi (d) Calcutta
625. The Congress adopted the ‘Quit India Resolution’ in the year
(a) 1940 (b) 1938 (c) 1946 (d) 1942
626. The art style which combines Indian and Greek features is called-
(a) Sikhara (b) Verna (c) Nagara (d) Gandhara
627. Mughal painting reached its zenith under
(a) Shah Jahan (b) Akbar (c) Jahangir (d) Aurangzeb
628. The Asiatic society of Bengal (founded in 1784) owes its origin to
(a) Warren Hastings (b) Sir William Jones (c) Sir James Mackintosh (d) James Prince
629. Who of the following was the biographer of Akbar?
(a) Abul Fazl (b) Faizi (c) Abdul Nabi Khan (d) Birbal
630. The book “Prison Diary" was written by
(a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) V.D. Savarkar (c) Jaya Prakash Narayan (d) Morarji Desai
631. “India House” is located in
(a) New Delhi (b) Kolkata (c) London (d) New York
632. Who is called the 'Nightingale of India’?
(a) Vijay Lakshmi Pandit (b) Sarojini Naidu (c) Aruna Asaf Ali (d) Sucheta Kriplani
633. The Harappans were the earliest people to produce
(a) Seals (b) Bronze implements (c) Cotton (d) Barely
634. The Megalithic culture (500 B.C. - A.D. 100) brings us to the historical period in South India.
The Megaliths used
(a) weapon's made of stone (b) tools & implements made of stone.
(c) graves encircled by big pieces of stones. (d) articles of daily use made of stone.
635. Chinese pilgrim who visited India during Harsha Vardhan's period was-
(a) Fa-hien (b) I’tsing (c) Nishka (d) HiuenTsang
636. Chalukya king Pulakesin-Il was defeated by
(a) Mahendra Varman-I (b) NarasimhaVarman-I (c) ParameswaraVarman-I
(d) Jatila Parantaka
637. Who among the following Sultans of Delhi has been described by the historians as the ‘mixture of opposites'?
(a) Balban (b) Alauddin Khilji (c) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
(d) Ibrahim Lodi
638. Who was the last ruler of Lodi Dynasty?
(a) Bahlul Lodi (b) Ibrahim Lodi (c) Daulat Khan Lodi (d) Sikandar Lodi
639. Which of the following Mughal monarchs has vividly described Indian flora & fauna, seasons, fruits etc., in his diary?
(a) Akbar (b) Jahangir (c) Babur (d) Aurangzeb ans =*
640. The greatness of Sher Shah lies in his
(a) victories against Humayun (b) superior generalship (c) administrative reforms
(d) religious tolerance
641. The first Governor General of the East India Company in India was
(a) Robert Clive (b) Sir John Shore (c) Warren Hastings (d) Marquis of Hastings
642. Who among the following attended all the three Round Table Conferences?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru (b) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar (c) Vallabhbhai Patel
(d) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
643. Find the correct match:
I II
A. Abdul Gaffar Khan 1. Mahatma
B. Dadabhai NaoroJi 2. Frontier Gandhi
C. Mohandas Karam chand Gandhi dia 3. Grand Old Man of In
D. Rabindra Nath Tagore 4. Gurudev
(a) A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2 (b) A-2, B-3, C-1, D-4 (c) A-4, B-1, C-2, D-3 (d) A-2, B-1, C-3, D-4
644. The call ‘Dilli Challo’ was given by
(a) Lala Lajpat Rai (b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad (c) Subhash Chandra Bose (d) Mahatma Gandhi
645. Greek-Roman Art has found a place in
(a) Ellora (b) Gandhara (c) Kalinga (d) Buddhist Art
646. The Ajanta paintings belong to the
(a) Harappan period (b) Mauryan period (c) Buddhist period (d) Gupta period
647. The ruins of the glory of Vijayanagar and a place of historical importance for its architectural style is now found at
(a) Belur (b) Hampi (c) Srirangapatnam (d) Tanjore
648. The temple built in 1 100 A. D. and dominating all other temples in Bhubaneshwar is
(a) Raja Rani temple (b) Kandariya Mahadev (c) Tribhuvaneswara Lingaraja
(d) Mukhteswara
649. The Gandhian economy was based on the principle of.
(a) State control (b) Competition (c) Trusteeship (d) Rural co-operation
650. Who among the following was instrumental in the abolition of Sati in 1829?
(a) Lord Hastings (b) Lord Ripon (c) Lord Bentick (d) Lord Irwin
651. The Harappans were
(a) rural (b) urban (c) nomadic (d) tribal
652. The crop which was not known to Vedic people is
(a) barley (b) wheat (c) rice (d) tobacco
653. The Rashtrakuta kingdom was founded by
(a) Dandi Durga (Danti Durga) (b) Amoghavarsha (c) Govinda III (d) Indra III
654. Who defeated whom in the Second Battle of Tarain (AD 1192)?
(a) Prithviraj defeated Mohammad Ghauri (b) Mahmud Ghazni defeated Prithviraj
(c) Prithviraj defeated Mahmud Ghazni (d) Mohammad Ghauri defeated Prithviraj
655. Who issued a token currency in copper coins between AD 1329 and 1330?
(a) Alauddin Khilzi (b) Ghiyas-ud-dinTughlaq (c) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
(d) FerozTughlaq
656. Mansabdari System was introduced to Mughal administration by-
(a) Shah Jahan (b) Akbar (c) Jehangir (d) Babur
657. ‘Chauth’ was
(a) a religious tax imposed by Aurangzeb (b) toll tax imposed by Shivaji
(c) irrigation tax charged by Akbar (d) land tax levied by Shivaji on neighboring States
658. Bengal was partitioned in 1905 under the viceroyalty of
(a) Lord Curzon (b) Lord Duffer in (c) Lord Hardings (d) Lord Minto
659. Where did Mahatma Gandhi first apply his technique of Satyagraha?
(a) Dandi (b) Champaran (c) England (d) South Africa
660. The Azad Hind Fauj was formed in
(a) 1937 (b) 1942 (c) 1943 (d) 1945
661. ‘Deshbandhu’ is the title of
(a) B.R. Ambedkar (b) C.R. Das (c) B.C. Pal (d) Rabindranath Tagore
662.The Indus Valley houses were built of—
(a) bricks (b) bamboos (c) stones (d) wood
663. The paintings in the Ajanta and Ellora caves are indicative of development of art under the
(a) Rashtrakutas (b)Pallavas (c) Pandyas (d) Chalukyas
664. Tansen, a great musician of his times, was in the Court of
(a) Jehangir (b) Akbar (c) Shah Jahan (d) Bahadur Shah
665. The court language of the Mughals was—
(a) Urdu (b) Hindi (c) Arabic (d) Persian
666. The Bhoodan Movement was launched by
(a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Jaiprakash Narain (c) Vinoba Bhave (d) Rammanohar Lohia
667. Gupta Dynasty was famous for
(a) art and architecture (b) imperialism (c) revenue and land reform (d) None of these
668. The last Buddhist king who was a great Sanskrit scholar and a writer was
(a) Kanishka (b) Ashoka (c) Bimbisara (d) Harshavardhana
669. Who built Brihadeshwara Temple at Tanjore?
(a)AdityaChola (b) Raja Raja Chola (c) Rajendra Chola (d) Karikala Chola
670. Name the river on the banks of which the city of Vijayanagar is located.
(a) Kaveri (b) Krishna (c)Wainganga (d) Tungabhadra
671. Who among the following foreigners was the first to visit India?
(a) Hiuen Tsang (b) Magasthenese (c) I-Tsing (d) Fahien
672. "Din-i-IIahi” was the new religion started by
(a)Humayun (b) Jahangir (c) Akbar (d) Shah jahan
673. The capital of the Bahamani Kings was
(a)Gulbarga (b) Bijapur (c) Belgaum (d) Raichur
674. TheThird Buddhist Council was patronized by
(a) Kanishka (b) Ashoka (c) Mahakashyap Upali (d) Sabakarni
675. Carving in the famous Ajanta caves was first started during the reign of the
(a)Kadambas (b) Satavahanas (c) Rashtrakutas (d) Marathas
676. The official court language of the Guptas was
(a) Pali (b) Prakrit (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
677. Which of the following option is match?
(a)Alora –Shakas (b) Mahabalipuram- Rashtrakuta (c) Meenakshi Temple-Pallavas
(d) Khjuraho - Chandelas
678. Who is the creator of the piece titled “Portrait of Francoise”?
(a) Leonardo da Vinci (b) Paul Cezanne (c) Pablo Picasso (d) H. Rembrandt
679. Under the administration of Shivaji, "Peshwa'’ was referred to as
(a) Minister of Religious Affairs (b) Minister of Defence (c) Chief Minister
(d) Minister of Justice
680. The most distinguished ruler of the Chalukyan dynasty was
(a) Jayasimha II (b)Vikramaditya VI (c) Somesvara II (d) Pulakesin II
681. “Harsha Charita” was written by
(a) Kalidasa (b) Banabhatta (c) Valmiki (d)Vyasa
682. The capital of Kanishka was:
(a) Purushapura (b) Benares (c) Allahabad (d)Sarnath
683.The first battle of Tarain took place between?
(a) Alauddin khilji and Prithviraj Chauhan (b) Mohammad Ghori and Prithviraj Chauhan
(c) Mahmud Ghazni and Prithviraj Chauhan (d) Mohammad Shah and Prithviraj Chauhan
684. The Indian National Congress had its first meeting in the city of
(a) Calcutta (b) Bombay (c) Ahmedabad (d) Allahabad
685. Begum Hazrat Mahal led the 1857 revolt from:
(a) Lucknow (b) Kanpur (c) Benares (d) Allahabad
686. In which language were the Buddhist-texts ‘Pitakas’ composed?
(a) Sanskrit (b) Ardhamagadhi (c) Pali (d) Prakrit
687. The Sati System was abolished in 1829 A.D. by
(a) Lord Curzon (b) Lord Wellesley (c) Lord lytton (d) Lord William Bentinck
688. ‘Harshacharita’ which depicts the story of Harsha was written by
(a) Harshavardhana (b) Kautilya (c) Banabhatta (d) Jaideva
689. Which Khilji ruler killed his father-in law to ascend the throne of Delhi?
(a) Qutb-ud-din Aibak (b) Jalal-ud- din khilji (c) Ghiyas- ud-din (d) Ala-ud-din Khilji
690. Who was called India's Napoleon because of his victories?
(a) Skandagupta (b) Chandragupta (c) Brahmagupta (d) Samudragupta
691. Buddhism in Nepal was introduced during the reign of
(a) Samudragupta (b) Ashoka (c) Chandragupta (d) Harshavardhana
692. Name the ruler who built the Tower of Victory (Vijaya Stambha)
(a) Rana Kumbha (b) Rana Sanga (c) Rana Ratan Singh (d) Rana Hamir
693. The Poona Pact signed in 1934 provided for
(a) the creation of dominion status for India (b) separate electorates for Muslims
(c) separate electorates for the Harijans (d) joint electorate with reservation for Harijans
694. Who among the following is responsible for the accounting of the financial transactions of the Government of
India?
(a) Finance Secretary (b) Comptroller and Auditor General (c) Controller General of Accounts
(d) Chairman, Finance Commission
695. Bardoli Salyagraha is associated with
(a) Rajendra Prasad (b) Acharya Vinoba Bhave (c) Sardar Vallabh bhai Patel
(d) Jamnalal Bajaj
696. The potato crop was introduced in India by the
(a) British (b) Dutch (c) Portuguese (d) French
697. If
a. Dandi March
b. Tragedy of Jallianwallah
c. Quit India Movement and
d. Swadeshi Movement
are arranged in the chronological order then they come as -
(a) b, a, c, d (b) d, c, a, b (c) d, b, a, c (d) c, d, a, b
698. Which country offered its good office to resolve Indo-Pak conflict peacefully, in the year 1966?
(a) U.S.A (b) Britain (c) U.S.S.R (d) Japan
699. The city of Dhillika (Delhi) was founded by
(a) Chauhans (b)Tomars (c)Pawars (d) Pratiharas
700. Who wrote “Ain-i-Akbari’ the great historical work?
(a)Abul Fazl (b)Amir Khusrau (c) Firoz Shah (d) Abdul Rashid
701.The guerilla warfare was pioneered by
(a)Aurangzeb (b)Akbar (c) Shivaji (d) Balaji Rao
702. “Quwwat-ul-Islam” Mosque was built by
(a) Qutub-ud-din Aibak (b) Alauddin Khilji (c) lltutmish (d) Mohammad Adilshah
703. Krishnadevaraya maintained friendly relations with the
(a) French (b) British (c) Portuguese (d) Dutch
704. The Pallavas ruled from
(a) Kanchipuram (b) Madurai (c) Tanjore (d) Tiruchendur
705. Capt. Saunders, the English Police Officer was shot dead by
(a)Batukeshwar Dutt (b) Ram Prasad (c) Chandra Shekar Azad (d) Bhagat Singh
706.The second Battle of Panipat was fought between
(a) Akbarand Hemu (b) Rajputs and Mughafs (c) Babur and Ibrahim Lodi (d) Sikander and Adilshah
707. The Gandhara style of sculpture, during the Kushan period is a combination of
(a) Indo-Islamic style (b) indo-Persian style (c) Indo-China style (d) Indo-Greek style
708. The Sufi saint who maintained that devotional music was one way of moving closer to God was
(a) Muin-ud-din-Chisti (b) Baba Farid (c) Saiyid Muhammed (d) Shah Alam Bukhari
709. The Muslim League adopted the resolution for a separate nation in the year
(a) 1907 (b) 1922 (c)1931 (d)1940
710, The Sikh Guru who wrote “Zafar Namah" in Persian was
(a) Guru Har Rai (b) Guru Har Krishan (c) Guru Gobind Singh (d) Guru Teg bahadur
711. On which river the Bhakra Nanga Project is built?
(a) Beas (b) Sutlej (c) Jhelum (d) Ravi
712. The Kailash nath temple at Ellora was constructed by the
(a) Kadam bas (b) Rashtrakutas (c) Cholas (d) Cheras
713. Which of the following was built by Akbar to commemorate his conquest of Khandesh in Gujarat?
(a) Bada lmambara (b) Buland Darwaza (c) Jama Masjid (d) Siddi Bashir
714. The greatest Kushan leader who got converted to Buddhism was
(a) Kujala (b) Vima (c) Kanishka (d) Kadphises
715. The Gupta king who assumed the title of Vikramaditya I was
(a) Skandagupta (b) Samudragupta (c) Chandragmpta-II (d) Kumaragupta
716. The “doctrine of lapse” was introduced by
(a) Hastings (b) Canning (c) William Bentinck (d) Dalhousie
717. The man behind the first railway line in India was:
(a) William Dudley (b) Roger Smith (c) George Clark (d) Warren Hastings
718. Which ruler murdered his father, Bimbi sara to ascend the throne?
(a) Ashoka (b) Ajatasatru (c) Kanishka (d) Simukha
719. The Delhi Sultan who fell to his death while playing polo was
(a) Qutbudd in Aibak (b) Alaudd in Khilji (c) Feroz Shah Tughlaq (d) Ghiasuddin Tughlaq
720, Which ruler founded the famous Vikramshila University for the Buddhists?
(a) Mahipala (b) Devapala (c) Gopala (d) Dharampala
721. To end the III Anglo-Mysore War. Tipu Sultan signed the following Treaty with the British
(a) Treaty of Mangalore (b) Treaty of Sri ranga patnam (c) Treaty of Mysore
(d) Treaty of Bidnur
722. A great astronomer and mathematician during the Gupta period was
(a) Bhanugupta (b) Vagabhatta (c) Aryabhatta (d) Varahamihira
723. Who was the founder of the city of Agra?
(a) Firoz Tughlaq (b) Mohammed-bin-Tughlaq (c) Alauddin Khilji (d) Sikandar Lodi
724. Which of the following Gupta kings stopped the Huns from in vading India?
(a) Kumaragupta (b) Samudragupta (c) Skandagupta (d) Chandragupta
725. The original name of Swami Vivekananda was
(a) Narendranath Dutta (b) Batukeshwara Dutta (c) Krishna Dutta (d) Surendra Dutta
726. The British Governor-General who introduced the Postal system in India was.
(a) Lord Dolhousie (b) Lord Wellesley (c) Lord Auckland (d) Lord Bentinck
727. The Bhakti cult spread in Maharashtra with the teaching of
(a)Sant Tukaram (b)Sant Jnanesvar (c) Samarth Gum Ramdas (d) Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
728. Raziya Sultan was the daughter of
(a) lltutmish (b) Qutbuddin Aibak (c) Nasiruddin (d) Balban
729. Alexander and the army of Porus camped on the opposite banks of this river
(a) Ravi (b)Jhelum (c) Sutlej (d) Chenab
730. Who were the first to issue gold coins in India?
(a)Kushans (b) Tatars (c) Mughals (d) Aryans
731. The Communal Awarded of 1932, gave separate representation to
(a) Harijans (b) Muslims (c) Sikhs (d) Christians
732. The remains of the Great Vijaya nagar Empire can be found in
(a) Bijapur (b) Golconda (c) Hampi (d) Baroda
733. The Sikh Guru who wrote Guru Nanak's biography was
(a) Guru Angad Dev (b)Guru Amardas (c) Guru Ramdas (d) Guru Arjun Dev
734. Who among the following Portuguese captured Goa?
(a) Francisco de Almeida (b) Alfonso de Albuquerque (c) Vasco da Gama
(d) Roberto de Nobili
735. Who among the following were the first to invade India?
(a) Afghans (b) Mongols (c) Arabs (d) Turks
736. After Independence, Hyderabad, the State of Nizam, was taken over by the Indian Government through
(a) police action (b) militay action (c) persuasion (d) negotiations
737. Where is Gol Gumbaz, the largest dome in the world, situated?
(a) Damascus (b) Istanbul (c) Cairo (d) Bijapur
738. The Indian National Congress was formed during the Governor-Generalship of
(a) Lord Ripon (b) Lord William Bentick (c) Lord Dufferin (d) Lord Curzon
739. To take care of the conquered lands, Mohmmad Ghori left behind his trusted General
(a) Nasiruddin (b) lltutmish (c) Qutbuddin Aibak (d) Malik Kafur
740. The famous city of Bhopal was founded by the Rajput ruler
(a) Prithviraj Chauhan (b) Dharmapala (c) Raja Bhoja (d) Jaichand
741. Who amidst the following was a wife of emperor Ashok a who influenced him?
(a) Chandalika (b) Charulata (c) Gautami (d) Karuwaki
742. Chand Bibi the famous Muslim ruler belonged to which kingdom?
(a) Bijapur (b) Golconda (c) Ahmednagar (d) Berar
743. The famous Kailasa temple cut out of the solid rock at Ellora was built under the patronage of the
(a)Cholas (b)Kadambas (c) Pallavas (d) Rashtrakutas
744. 'Prithvirajraso' was written by
(a) Bhavabhuti (b) Jaideva (c) Chand Bardai (d) Banabhatta
745. Federal form of government was introduced under the
(a) Government of India Act, 1919 (b) Government of India Act, 1935
(c) Indian Councils Act, 1909 (d) Government of India Act 1858
746. Subhash Chandra Bose set up the provisional Government of Free India in
(a) Burma (b) Singapore (c) Thailand (d) Indonesia
747. Who was the first Indian woman President of the Indian National Congress?
(a) Annie Besant (b) Vijaya lakshmi Pandit (c) Kasturba Gandhi (d) Sarojini Naidu
748. 'Purushapura’ is the other name for
(a) Patna (b) Pataliputra (c) Peshawar (d) Punjab
749. Which of the following was the capital of the Chola Kings?
(a)Kanchi (b) Tanjore (c) Madurai (d) Trichirapally
750. The most significant Act which declared that the sovereignty of the British Empire in India was in the hands of the
British Crown was
(a) the Company’s Charter Act of 1813 (b) the Company's Charter Act of 1853 ans = *
(c) the Indian Councils Act of 1851 (d)the Indian Councils Act of 1893
751. The Grand Trunk Road in India was got constructed by
(a)Ashoka (b) Sher Shah Suri (c) Akbar (d) Humayun
752. ‘Tripitaka’ is the religious book of
(a) Jains (b) Buddhists (c) Sikhs (d) Hindus
753. Which among the following States was forced to merge itself with the Union of India after 1947?
(a) Hyderabad (b) Kashmir (c) Patiala (d) Mysore
754. Who gave the slogan ‘Jai Hind’?
(a)Subhash Chandra Bose (b) Jawahar Lal Nehru (c) Moti Lal Nehru
(d) Mahatma Gandhi
755. Who was the creator of the cartoon characters Mandrake the Magician and the Phantom?
(a) Lee Falk (b) Goscinny (c) Uderzo (d) Derek Hockridge
756. The court language of the Delhi Sultanate was
(a)Urdu (b) Persian (c) Hindi (d) Arabic
757. Where did Buddha attain Mahaparinirvana?
(a) Kushinagar (b) Kapilavastu (c) Pava (d) Kundagramma
758. In Afghanistan two towering Buddha statues were destroyed at
(a) Kandahar (b)Yakaolong (c) Bamiyan (d) Mazar-i-Sharif
759. Kalibangan, the Indus Valley site is in
(a) Rajasthan (b) Gujarat (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Uttar Pradesh
760. Which amidst the following has not yet been recognized as a World Heritage Site by the UNESCO
(a) Ellora (b) FatehpurSikiri (c) Ajanta (d) Nalanda
761. Which of the following materials was mainly used in the manufacture of Harappan seals?
(a)Terracota (b) Bronze (c) Copper (d) Iron
762. Which of the Directive Principles can be described as Gandhian in character?
(a) Protection of workers and children (b) Organization of Village Panchayats as effective units of self-
Govemment
(c) Equal work for both men and women (d) Separation of the executive from the judiciary
763, Which was the first Indian newspaper that was printed?
(a) The Hindu (b) The Bengal Gazette (c) The Anand Bazaar Patrika
(d) The Times of India
764. Who revived the Theosophical Society?
(a) Mother Teresa (b)Annie Besant (c) Florence Nightingale (d) Sarojini Naidu
765. Who was the pioneer of the western system of eduction in India?
(a) Dayanand Saraswati (b) Lala Lajpat Rai (c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy (d) Surendranath Bannerjee
766. Razia Sultan, the first woman to sit on the throne of Delhi, was the daughter of Sultan
(a) Mohammed Ghori (b) Mohammed of Ghazni (c) Iltutmish (d) Alauddin Khilji
767. Name the king who invaded Delhi and plundered the Kohinoor Diamond.
(a) Nadir Shah (b) Firuz Shah (c) Mohammed Shah (d) Mohammed Ghori
768. The capital of Pallavas was
(a)Arcot (b) Kanchi (c) Malkhed (d) Banavasi
769. Who defeated Harshavardhan on the banks of Narmada?
(a) Pulakesin I (b) Pulakesin II (c) Vikramaditya (d) Nandivarman
770. The Grand Trunk Road was built during the reign of which ruler?
(a) Shershah Suri (b) Babar (c) Shah Jahan (d) Akbar
771. The founder of the Independent Sikh State was:
(a)Guru Nanak (b) Guru Govind Singh (c) Dalip Singh (d) Ranjit Singh
772. The innovator of the Revenue settlement during the rule of Akabar was
(a) Raja Man singh (b) Raja Bhagwan Das (c) Raja Todarmal (d) Raja Birbal
773. Identify the UNESCO approved World Heritage site from the following.
(a) Somnath Temple (b) Salarjung Museum (c) Khajuraho group of temples (d) Chaar Bagh Railway station
774. During whose reign did the Gandhara School of Art blossom?
(a) Harsha (b) Ashok (c) Kanishka (d) Chandragupta II
773. Who among the following foreigners was the first to visit India?
(a) Hiuen-Tsang (b) Megasthenese (c) I-Tsing (d) Fahien
776. Who gave the slogan, ‘Dilli Chalo’?
(a) Lai Bahadur Shastri (b) Jawaharlal Nehru (c) Subhash Chandra Bose (d) G.K. Gokhale
777. Both Jainism and Buddhism had no faith in ans= *
(a) yajnas (b) salvation (c) caste system (d) rituals
778. Lord Dalhousie annexed Oudh for the British Empire in India
(a) through policy of subsidiary alliance (b) through doctrine of lapse
(c) as the State being maladministered (d) through wagging a war
779. Name the language that was designated as the ‘Camp Language' during the Medieval Period
(a) Sanskrit (b) Pali (c) Hindi (d) Urdu
780. Which is the tallest of all Medieval Indian temples?
(a) Kailasa Temple at Ellora (b) Sun Temple at Konark
(c) Nilakantheswara Temple at Udaipur (d) Brihadeswara Temple at Tanjore
781. The Gupta Saka was founded by
(a) Chandra Gupta, the First (b) Chandra Gupta, the Second
(c) Samudra Gupta (d) Kumara Gupta
782. In which city did the Jallian wala Bagh Massacre take place?
(a) Jallandhar (b) Patiala (c) Bhatinda (d) Amritsar
783. The language from which the term ‘India is derived is
(a) English (b) Greek (c) Persian (d) Arabic
784. Vaishakha Poornima has a great significance because it was on this day
(a) Buddha was born (b) Buddha got enlightened (c) Buddha died (d) All of the above
785. Identify the UNESCO approved World Heritage Site from the following
(a) Meenakshi Temple, Madurai (b) Writers’ Building, Calcutta (c) Purana Qila, Delhi
(d) Kaziranga National Park
786. Who is associated with the term ‘Loknayak’ in India?
(a) Lala Lajpat Rai (b) Bai Gangadhar Tilak (c) Jay Prakash Narayan
(d) Madan Mohan Malviya
787. Which of the following are the most important teachings of Gandhi?
A. Truth B. Non-Violence C. Religion D. Satyagraha
Select the correct code:
(a) 1 and 3 Only (b) 2 and 4 Only (c) 1 and 2 Only (d) 1, 2 and 3 Only
788. Gandhi ji was the staunch supporter of
(a) big industries (b) cottage industries (c) both big as well as small industries
(d) None of these
789. A renowned Jain scholar who was greatly honoured by Akbar was
(a) Hemachandra (b) Harivijaya (c) Vastupala (d) Bhadrabahu
790. Which one is not situated at Fatehpur Sikri?
(a) The Ranch Mahal (b) Moti Masjid (c) Tomb of Salim Chishti (d) The Mariam Palace
791. Who was the last Viceroy of India?
(a) Lord Linlithgow (b) Lord Mountbatten (c) Lord Wavell (d) Clement Attlee
792. The Sultan who described himself as The Second Alexander' (Sikander -i- Sani) was
(a) Balban (b) Alauddin Khilji (c) Muhammad bin Tughluq (d) Sikander Lodi
793. The staple food of the Vedic Aryans was
(a) barley and rice (b) milk and its products (c) rice and pulses (d) vegetables and fruits
794. The Swarajya Party was formed following the failure of
(a) Non-Cooperation Movement (b) Civil Disobedience Movement
(c) Quit India Movement (d) Champaran Satyagraha
795. The largest standing army of the Sultanate, directly paid by the State, was created by
(a) lltutmish (b) Alauddin Khalji (c) Muhammad bin Tughluq
(d) Sikander Lodi
796. With which of the following centres of learning, Chanakya the famous teacher of Chandragupta Maurya, was
associated?
(a) Takshashila (b) Nalanda (c) Vikramashila (d) Vaishali
797. Rath temples at Mahabalipuram were built in the reign of which Pallava ruler?
(a) Mahendravarman I (b) Narasinghavarman I (c) Parameshwarvarman l (d) Nandivarman I
798. Who among the following Rajput Kings defeated Muhammad Ghori for the first time?
(a) Prithviraj III (b) Baghel Bhim (c) Jaichandra (d) Kumar Pal
799. Which one of the following Chola Kings conquered Ceylon (Singhal) first?
(a) Aditya-I (b) Rajaraja-I (c) Rajendra (d) Vijayalya
800. Who was the founder of Aligarh Movement?
(a) Sir Agha Khan (b) Maulana Altaf Husain Hali (c) Maulana Shibli (d) Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan
801. In which year, Gandhi ji established Sabarmati Ashram in Gujarat?
(a) 1916 (b) 1917 (c) 1918 (d) 1929
802. Most of the Chola temples were dedicated to
(a) Vishnu (b) Shiva (c) Brahma (d) Durga
803. Where was the First Session of Indian National Congress held?
(a) Bombay (b) Madras (c) Calcutta (d) Delhi
804. In the Gupta period, the largest number of coins was issued in
(a) gold (b) silver (c) copper (d) iron
805. The tax which the kings used to collect from the people in the Vedic period was called-
(a) Bali (b) Vidatha (c) Varman (d) Kara
806. Buddha preached his first, sermon at-
(a) Gaya (b) Samath (c) Pataliputra (d) Vaishali
807. Where is the Bada Imambara located?
( 1) Agra (b) Lucknow (c) Patna (d) Allahabad
808. Gandhi ji’s movement of boycotting the foreign goods aimed at
(a) full independence (b) creating anti-British sentiment
(c) promotion of welfare state (d) promotion of cottage industries
809. ‘Charak’ was the famous court physician of
(a) Harsha (b) Chandra Gupta Maurya (c) Ashoka (d) Kanishka
810. Great Stupa at Sanchi is in
(a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) Andhra Pradesh
811. What was the age of Akbar at the time of his coronation at Kalanaur?
(a) Thirteen (b) Fifteen (c) Eighteen (d) Twenty
812. Which one of the following stages of the life of man in Aryan Society, in ascending order of age, is correct ?
(a) Brahmacharya- Grihastha-Vanaprastha -Sanyasa
(b) Grihastha –Brahmacharya-Vanaprastha-Sanyasa
(c) Brahmacharya-Vanaprastha-Sanyasa-Grihastha
(d) Grihastha - Sanyasa - Vanaprastha- Brahmacharya
813. Bahadur Shah was the
(a) last ruler of the Lodis (b) successor of Shar Shah Suri
(c) last Mughal ruler (d) successor of the Maratha ruler Shiva ji
814. Mangal Pandey fired the first shot of the Revalt of 1857 at
(a) Barrackpore (b) Meerut (c) Kanpur (d) Jhansi
815. Who said ‘Swaraj’ is my birth right and I shall have it'?
(a) M.K. Gandhi (b) B.G. Tilak (c) G.K. Gokhale (d) B. R. Ambedkar
816. After the Chauri -Chaura incident, Gandhiji suspended the
(a) Civil Disobedience Movement (b) Khilafat Movement
(c) Non-Cooperation Movement (d) Quit India Movement
817. According to Mahatma Gandhi, which of the following is correct?
(a) Religion is to be separated from politics. (b) Politics and religion must go hand in hand.
(c) Religion should be completely banned. (d) Politics must be completely eliminated from socioeconomic life.
818. Harappa is situated on the bank of the river:
(a) Ganga (b) Ravi (c) Yamuna (d) Sindhu
819. The basic purpose of the formulation Din-i-Ilahi was:
(a) universal brotherhood (b) universal faith (c) universal harmony (d) universal belief
820, Who expounded ‘ The Theory of Drain”
(a) Tilak (b) Dadabhai Nauroji (c) Gokhale (d) Govinda Ranade
821. Which place among the following was the headquarters of-the Portuguese in India?
(a) Cochin (b) Goa (c) Calicut (d) Cannanore
822. The king who is described as the “Indian Napolean” for his expansionist policies is:
(a) Kumara gupta (b) Chandragupta I (c) Chandragupta II (d) Samudragupta
823. Bal, Pal and Lai were the most prominent leaders of the:
(a) Swaraj Party (b) Militant National Party (c) Gadar Party (d) Congress Party
824. The Governor General of India impeached by the House of Commons in England was:
(a) Waren Hastings (b) Cornwallis (c) Wellesley (d) William Bentinct
825. What is the name of the Fort built by the English in Calcutta?
(a) Fort St. David (b) Fort St. Andrew (c) Fort William (d) Fort Victoria
826. Who amongst the following was the Last Guru of the Sikhs?
(a) Guru Arjun Dev (b) Guru Teg Bahadur (c) Guru Gobind Singh (d) Guru Angad Dav
827. C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru formed the ‘Swaraj Party1 after
(a) Swadeshi Movement (b) Non Cooperation Movement
(c) Civil Disobedience Movement (d) Quit India Movement
828. Who was the Chola king who brought Ganga from North to South?
(a) Raja Raja Chola (b) Mahendra (c) Rajendra Chola (d) Parantaka
829. What was Chandragupta II also known as?
(a) Samudra Gupta (b) Skanda Gupta (c) Vikramaditya (d) Ranaa Gupta
830, Which of the following gods are worshipped in the sanctum of Badrinath and Kedarnath temples respectively?
(a) Vishnu and Shiva (b) Shiva and Vishnu (c) Shiva and Parvati (d) Vishnu and Brahma
831. What was Lala Lajpat Rai demonstrating against when he succumbed to police brutality?
(a) Rowlatt Act (b) Minto-Morley Reforms (c) Simon Commission (d) Pitts India Act
832. That the Rig-Vedic aryans were a pastoral people is borne out by the fact that
(a) There are many references to the cow in the Rig Veda (b) Most of the wars were fought for the sake of cows.
(c) Gifts made to priests were usually cows and not land (d) All of the above
833. Which among the following built the famous Khajuraho Temple?
(a) The Chandella Kings (b) The Pala Kings (c) Vikramaditya (d) The Jaina Monks of Central India
834. Who was the author of Gita Govinda?
(a) Jayadeva (b) Kalhana (c) Kalidasa (d) Raja Rao
835. Which battle did open the Delhi area to Muhammad Ghori?
(a) First Battle of Tarain (b) Second Battle of Tarain (c) Battle of Khanwa (d) First Battle of Panipat
836. The Aryans successded in their conflicts with the pre-Aryans because
(a) they used elephants on a large scale (b) they were taller and stronger
(c) they were from an advanced urban culture (d) they used chariots driven by horses
837. The Chola kings were ruling over
(a) Tamil Nadu (b) Andhra (c) Kerala (d) Bengal
838. Coins made of metal first appeared in
(a) Harappan Civilisation (b) Later Vedic Age (c) Age of the Buddha (d) Age of the Mauryas
839. The Sultans of which dynasty ruled for the longest time?
(a) Khilji dynasty (b) Tughluq dynasty (c) Slave dynasty (d) Lodi dynasty
840. The last Governor-General of the East India Company and the first Viceroy under the crown was
(a) Lord Elgin (b) Lord Canning (c) Lord Warren Hastings (d) Lord Dalhousie
841. Qutab Minar, as we find at present, was finally re-built by
(a)Balban (b) Ala-ud-din Khilji (c) Sikandar Lodi (d) Firoz Tughluq
842. What was the official language of the Sultanate?
(a) Persian (b) Urdu (c) Arabic (d) Hindi
843. In the early Vedic period, Varna system was based on
(a) Education (b) Birth (c) Occupation (d) Talent
844. The first Governor-General of Bengal was
(a) Lord Clive (b) Lord Warren Hastings (c) Lord John Shore (d) Lord Cornwallis
845. What is meant by a ‘pir’ in the Sufi tradition?
(a) The Supreme God (b) The Guru of the Sufis (c) The greatest of all Sufi saints
(d)‘The orthodox teacher who contests the Sufi beliefs
846. Khalsa Panth was created by Guru Gobind Singh in which year?
(a) 1599 (b) 1707 (c) 1699 (d) 1657
847. Who propounded the Panchsheel Principles?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Lord Buddha (c) Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru
(d) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
848. On April 12, 1944 Subhash Chandra Bose hoisted the INA Flag in a town. In which State/Union Territory is that town
now?
(a) Andaman and Nicobar Islands (b) Tripura (c) Manipur (d) Mizoram
849. Arrange the following Magadhan dynasties in chronological order:
I. Nandas II. Sisunagas
III. Mauryas IV. Haryankas
(a) IV, II, III and I
(b) II, I, IV and III
(c) IV, II, I and III
(d) III, 1, IV and II
850. Name the Political Guru' of Mahatma Gandhi.
(a) Gopala krishna Gokhale (b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (c) Aurobindo Ghosh (d) Lala Lajpat Rai
851. Who discovered sea route to India via the ‘Cape of Good Hope'?
(a) Vasco da Gama (b) Amundsen (c) Christopher Columbus (d) John Cabot
852. Who said that “India’s soul lives in villages"?
(a) Vinoba Bhave (b) Jaya prakash Narayan (c) Jawahar Lal Nehru (d) Mahatma Gandhi
853. What was the name of the Newspaper edited by Gandhiji till 1933?
(a) Sarvodaya (b) Arya (c) Times of India (d) Young India
854. Who started the "Servants of India Society"?
(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale (c) Surendranath Banerjee
(d) Dadabhai Naoroji
855. Who among the following revolutionaries was executed by the British?
(a) Jatin Das (b) Chandra shekhar Azad (c) Rajguru (d) Kalpana Dutt
856. In which of the following towns is “Moti Masjid” situated?
(a) Agra (b) Jaipur (c) Lahore (d) Ahmedabad
857. Which of the following are beliefs of Buddhism?
(a) The world is full of sorrows. (b) People suffer on account of desires.
(c) If desires are conquered, nirvana will be attained. (d) The existence of God and Soul must be recognized.
(a) (a), (b), (c) and (d) (b) (b) and (c) (c) (a), (b) and (c) (d) (b), (c) and (d)
858. The Indian monument recently inscribed in the UNESCO's World Heritage List is :
(a) Jantar Mantar of Ujjain (b) Jantar Mantar of Varanasi (c) Jantar Mantar of Delhi
(d) Jantar Mantar of Jaipur
859. Which of the following is not the Tri Ratna” of Jainism?
(a) Right faith (b) Right knowledge (c) Right view (d) Right conduct
860. Who among the following was the pioneer of Yoga?
(a) Patanjali (b)Vagbhata (c) Atreya (d) Vrudukanta
861. Who among the following was the first Viceroy of India?
(a) Lord Cornwallis (b) Pitt (c) Lord Canning (d) Robert Clive
862. The Greeks were driven out of India by
(a) Chandragupta Murya (b) Chandragupta Vikramditya (c) Ashoka (d) Bindusara
863. Sultana Razia Begum was the daughter of
(a) Balban (b) Qutub-ud-din Aibak (c) Iltutmish (d) Rukn-ud-din
864. Who among the following established the Ghadar Party?
(a) V.D. Savarkar (b) Bhagat Singh (c) Lala Hardayal (d) ChandrashekharAzad
865. Mahatma Gandhi launched the Civil Disobedience Movement in 1930 from
(a) Sabarmati Ashram (b) Ahmedabad (c) Porbandar (d) Dandi
866._ was the port town of the Indus Valley Civilization.
(a) Lothal (b) Kalioangan (c) Ropar (d) Mohenjodaro
867. ‘Kesari’, the Newspaper was started by :
(a) G.K. Gokhale(b) B. G.Tilak (c) Sardar Patel (d) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
868. Iltutmish established a centre of learning at:
(a) Multan (b) Kolkata (c) Alwar (d) Patna
869. Konark which has famous ‘Sun God Temple’ with wonderful specimens of Hindu architecture lies in the state of:
(a) Orissa (b) Gujarat (c) Karnataka (d) Madhya Pradesh
870. Who was the mother of Mahavira?
(a) Yashoda (b) Trishala (c) Jameli (d) Mahamaya
871. The Third battle of Panipat was fought in the year:
(a) 1526A.D. (b) 1556 A.D. (c) 1761 A.D. (d) 1776A.D.
872. The Great Bath of Indus Valley Civilization is found at;
(a) Harappa (b) Mohen jodaro (c) Ropar (d) Kalibangan
873. Who was the court poet of Harsha Vardhana?
(a)Bhani (b) Ravi Kirti (c) Bana (d) Vishnu Sharma
874. The ‘Poorna Swaraj' resolution was adopted in the annual session of the Indian National Congress held at
(a) Bombay (b) Lahore (c) Calcutta (d) Madras
875. In which of the following countries were / Buddha's idols disfigured and removed recently?
(a) Pakistan (b) Turkey (c) Afghanistan (d) Iran
876. “Go back to Vedas."This call given by
(a) Ramakrishna Paramah-amsa (b) Vivekananda (c) Jyotiba Phule
(d) Daynand Saraswati
877. Which of the following pairs is incorrect?
(a) Babar vs. Sangram Singh (b) Sher Shah vs. Humayun (c) Chengiz Khan vs. Alauddin Khilji
(d) Akbar vs. Hemu
878. The first woman Governor of a State in free India was
(a) Mrs. Sarojini Naidu (b) Mrs. Sucheta Kriplani (c) Mrs. Indira Gandhi (d) Mrs. Vijaya lakshmi Pandit
879. Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq was a failure 7 because
(a) He was mad. (b) He was not a practical statesman.
(c) He transferred the capital city. (d) He waged war with China.
880. Find out the correct match of the following:
(a) Asaf Khan — Akbar (b) Adam Khan — Akbar (c)Bairam Khan —Akbar
(d) Shaista Khan — Akbar
881. Whom did Bal Gangadhar Tilak refer to as his Political Guru? Ans =*
(a) Swami Vivekananda (b) Ram Mohan Roy (c) Sisir Kumar Ghosh (d) Dadabhai Naoroji
882. Who introduced ‘doctrine of lapse’?
(a) Lord Wellesley (b)Lord Curzon (c) Lord Dalhousie (d) Lord Lytton
883. Which one of the following are Persons Events
a. Sultan Sack of Mahmud Som nath
b. Mohammad Conquest of Ghori Sind
c. Alauddin Revolt in Khilji Bengal
d. Mohammad Chengiz BinTughlaq Khan’s invasion
(a)a and c (b) b only (c) a only (d) b and d
884. Varahamihirais
(a) An astronaut (b) A space shuttle (c) A power station (d) An ancient astronomer
885. Which one of the following battles led to the foundation of the Mughal rule at Delhi?
(a) Third Battle of Panipat (b) Second Battle of Panipat (c) Battle of Haldighati
(d) First Battle of Panipat
886.The Lahore Conspiracy Case was registered against whom?
(a) V.D. Savarkar (b) Bhagat Singh (c) Chandra shekhar Azad (d)Aurobindo Ghosh
887. ‘Prince of Pilgrims' was the name attributed to
(a) FaHien (c) Hiuen Tsang (b) i-tsing (d) Megasthenes
888. Who among the following was the founder of the Dravida Kazhagam?
(a) Periyar E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker (b) Acharya Vinoba Bhave (c) C. Rajagopalachari
(d) Mahatma Gandhi
889, Who among the following was not a physician?
(a) Sushruta (b) Charaka (c) Charvaka (d) Dhanvantari
890. In 1937, the Congress formed ministries in
(a) 7 states (b) 9 states (c) 5 states (d) 4 states
891. Kalinga war took place in the year
(a) 261 BC (b) 263 BC (c) 232 BC (d) 240 BC
892. The Akaal Takht was built by
(a) Guru Raradas (b) Guru Teg Bahadur (c) Guru Har govind (d) Guru Nanak
893. Who was the regent of Akbar in his early days?
(a) Abul Fazl (b) Bahram Khan (c) Tansen (d) Todarmal
894. Before assuming the office of the Sultan of Delhi Balban was the Prime Minister of Sultan
(a) Nasir-ud-din (b) Qutub-ud-din-Aibak (c) Bahrein Shah (d) Aram Shah
895. The coins of which of the following reveal their love for music?
(a) Mauryas (b) Nandas (c) Guptas (d) Cholas
896. Aurobindo was arrested in connection with:
(a) Alipore Bomb Case (b) Kolhapur Bomb Case (c) Lahore Conspiracy Case
(d) Kakori Case
897. Name the Prime Minister who brought about a thaw in India China relations by signing the “Line of Actual Control”.
(a) Lai Bahadur Shastri (b) P.V. Narashima Rao (c) Chandrasekhar (d) V.P. Singh
898. Who is known as the 'Indian Bismarck'?
(a) Vallabhai Patel (b) Subhash Chandra Bose (c) Bhagat Singh
(d) Bal Ganga dhara Tilak
899. The only Hindu Courtier of Akbar who accepted Din-i-llahi was:
(a) Todermal (b) Birbal (c) Tansen (d) Man Singh
900. Which Party was established by Subhash Chandra Bose after he came out of Indian National Congress?
(a) Indian National Army (b) Republican Party (c) Forward Block (d) Socialist Party
901. The Rama Krishna Mission was established by:
(a) Vivekananda (b) Rama Krishna (c) M.G. Ranade (d) Keshab Chandra Sen
902. The year of accession of Kanishka to throne was:
(a) 108 AD (b) 78 AD (c) 58 AD (d) 128 AD
903. Which of the following Mughal emperors is credited with composition of Hindi songs?
(a) Babar (b) Akbar (c) Jahangir (d) Shah jahan
904. The coins of which of the following reveal their love for music?
(a)Mauryas (b) Nandas (c) Guptas (d) Cholas
905. In 1937, the Congress formed ministries in
(a)7 states (b) 9 states (c) 5 states (d) 4 states
906. Kalinga war took place in the year
(a) 261 BC (b) 263 BC (c) 232 BC (d) 240 BC
907. The Akaal Takht was built by
(a) Guru Ramdas (b) Guru Teg Bahadur (c) Guru Har govind (d) Guru Nanak
908. Who was the regent of Akbar in his early days?
(a) Abul Fazl (b) Bairam Khan (c) Tansen (d) Todarmal
909. Before assuming the office of the Sultan of Delhi Balban was the Prime Minister of Sultan
(a) Nasir-ud-din (b) Qutub-ud-din-Aibak (c) Bahram Shah (d) Aram Shah
910. Which was the main cause for starting of the Quit India Movement in 1942?
(a) Severe unrest among the people (b) Report of Simon Commission
(c) Failure of the Cripps Mission (d) British involved in the World War II
911. Humayun had to run away from India after he was defeated in the battle of
(a)Panipat (b) Gogra (c) Khanwa (d) Kannauj
912. Who among the following was known as Indian Napoleon?
(a) Samudra gupta (b) Skanda gupta (c) Chandra gupta Maurya (d) Chandra gupta ll
913. Which movement got the support both from Hindus and Muslims?
(a) Non Cooperation Movement (b) Quit India Movement (c) Cham paran Satyagraha
(d) Anti-Partition Movement
914. In which session of the Indian National Congress was ‘Purna Swaraj’ adopted as its goal?
(a) Bombay (b) Lucknow (c) Calcutta (d) Lahore
915. Name the Governor-General who accepted the view of Macaulay to make English as the medium of instruction.
(a) Lord Canning (b) Lord Ripon (c) Lord Lytton (d) Lord William Bentinck
916. ‘Give me blood, I will give you freedom'. These words are attributed to:
(a) Subhash Chandra Bose (b) Khudiram Bose (c) Bhagat Singh (d)Veer Savarkar
917. Krishna devaraya built the Krishna swami temple in Hampi, which is situated in the present state of:
(a) Karnataka (b) Calcutta (c) Jammu and Kashmir (d) Kerala
918. Nurjahan's real name was:
(a) Mehr-un-Nisaa (b) Mumtaz Mahal (c) Ladli Begum (d) Jahanara
919. Who among the following was the last Delhi Sultan?
(a) Sikandar Lodi (b) Daulat Khan Lodi (c) Rana Sanga (d) Ibrahim Lodi
920. Who among the following was defeated by Prithvi Raj Chauhan in the first battle of Tarain?
(a) Balban (b) Muhammad Ghori (c) Mahmud of Ghazni (d) lltutmish
921. Who was the first Muslim President of Indian National Congress?
(a) Badruddin Tyabji (b) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (c) Hassan Imam (d) M.A. Ansari
922. Who was the first Indian Governor General after Lord Mountbatten?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru (b) C. Rajagopalachari (c) Rajendra Prasad (d) Pattabi Sitaramayya
823. Where did the so-called ‘Black Hole Tragedy' take place ?
(a) Dacca (b) Monghyr (c) Calcutta (d) Murshidabad
924.The Doctrine of Lapse was introduced by :
(a) Canning (b) Rippon (c) Lytton (d) Dalhousie
925. India was granted freedom during the British Prime Minister:
(a) Clement Attlee (b) Winston Churchill (c) Ramsay MacDonald (d) William Pitt
926. The Chinese pilgrim visited India during the reign of Harsha vardhana was
(a) Hiuen Tsang (b) Itsing (c) Wang Hiuen Tse (d) Fahien
927. Babur was succeeded to the Mughal throne by:
(a)Sher Shah (b)Akbar (c) Humayun (d) Bahadur Shah
928. The first grammarian of the Sanskrit language was
(a) Kalhana (b) Maitreyi (c) Kalidasa (d) Panini
929. The famous poet Kalidasa lived in the court of
(a) Chandra Gupta I (b) Samudra Gupta (c) Kumara Gupta (d) Chandra Gupta II
930. Rajatarangini was written by
(a) Kalhana (b) Alberiini (c) Harsha Vardhana (d) Kautilya
931. Who are the three, among the following who fought against British in 1857 Revolt? Ans=*
a. Kunwar Singh b. Tantia Tope c. Nana Saheb d. Maulavi Ahmudullah
(a) a, b and c (b) a, c and d (c) a, b and d (d) b, c and d
932. Who is regarded as the second Alexander?
(a) Jalal-ud-din Khilji (b) Mubarak Khilji (c) Khusrun Khan (d) Ala-ud-din Khilji
933. The Khilafat Movement was launched to protest against the humiliation of
(a) The Turkish Caliph (b) Aga Khan (c) Muhammad Ali Jinnah (d) Abul Kalam Azad
934. Who among the following founded the All India Muslim League?
(a)Syed Ahmed Khan (b) Muhammad All (c) Aga Khan (d) Hamid Ali Khan
935. The first Satyagraha of Gandhi ji for the cause of indigo farmers was observed at
(a) Champaran (b) Chauri-Chaura (c) Bardoli (d) Sabarmati
936. Varahamihira is an/a
(a) Astronomer (b) Astronaut (c) Space Shuttle (d) Power Station
937. Who discovered the sea-route to India?
(a) Vasco da Gama (b) Columbus (c) Magellan (d) Henry the Navigator
938. Which one of the following monuments in Delhi is not included as a World Heritage Site?
(a) Red Fort (b) Humayun's Tomb (c) Qutab Minar (d) Jantar Mantar
939. Which one of the following Vedas contains sacrificial formulae?
(a) Sama Veda (b) Rig Veda (c) Yajur Veda (d) Atharva Veda
940. When did the best productions of Gandhara sculpture appear?
(a) Mauryan period (b) Kushan period (c) Gupta period (d) Harsha period
941. The seashore temple at Mahabali puram was built by
(a) Mahendra Varman I (b) NarasimhaVarmanl (c) Nandi Varman II (d) Dandi Varman
942. Who got the Gita translated into Persian?
(a)Shah Jahan (b) Akbar (c) Murad (d) DaraShikoh
943. The Portuguese Governor who abolished Sati in Goa was
(a) Albuquerque (b) Cabral (c) Almeida (d) De Braganza
944. According to Gandhi, the scope for class struggle and love for property can be reduced by
(a) Decentralization (b) Participatory democracy (c) Separation of Judiciary from Executive
(d) Trusteeship
945. The battle of Plassey was fought between
(a) East India Company and Shah Alam (b) East India Company and Shujauddaula
(c) East India Company and Sirajuddaula (d) East India Company and Anwaruddin
946. Name the Pakistan Prime Minister who signed the Simla Agreement in 1972.
(a) Ayub Khan (b) Yahya Khan (c) Z.A. Bhutto (d) Benazir Bhutto
947. The Non-Cooperation Movement started in
(a) 1870 (b) 1920 (c) 1921 (d) 1942
948. Who was the Nawab when Dalhousie annexed Awarded in 1856?
(a) Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah (b) Wajid Ali Shah (c) Shujaud Daula (d) Alivardi Khan
949. Rana Pratap Singh of Mewar was defeated by the Mughal army in the battle of
(a) Mewar (b) Chittor (c) Haldighati (d) Udaipur
950, The caves of Ajanta and Ellora belonged to:
(a) Jains (b) Buddhists (c) Hindus (d) Sikhs
951. Subject matter which Manu Smriti deals with is related to
(a) Economics (b) Politics (c) Law (d) Art x
952. In the integration of Princely States, the following played a major role:
(a) Pannikar and Kunzru (b) S.K. Dharand Fazal Ali (c) Vallabh bhai Patel and V.P. Menon
(d) Vallabhbhai Patel and Jawahar Lai Nehru
953. Who among the following Viceroys became a victim of one of the convicts during his visit to the Andamans?
(a)Curzon (b) Mayo (c) Ripon (d) Lytton
954. The Third Battle of Panipat was fought between
(a) the Marathas and the Afghans (b) the Marathas and the Mughals
(c) the Mughals and the Afghans (d) the Marathas and the Rajputs
955. Who termed Cripps’ proposals as ‘a post dated cheque in a crashing bank’?
(a)Ambedkar (b) Annie Besant (c) Patel (d) Gandhi ji
956. The State Jhansi was made a part of the British Empire in India through
(a) Doctrine of Lapse (b) Policy of Subsidiary Alliance (c) War against Rani LakshmiBai
(d) None of the above
957. Mahatma Gandhi started his Dandi March from
(a) Dandi (b) Porbandar (c)Ahmedabad (d) Sabarmati Ashram
958. Name the temple in Indonesia where scenes from Ramayana and Mahabharatha are depicted.
(a) Borobudur (b) Kailash nath (c) Angkor Wat (d) Brihadeshwara

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(a) Calcutta (b) Madras (c) Nagpur (d) Lahore

3. Who was the leader of the Bardoli Satyagraha?

(a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad (b) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

(c) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel (d) Acharya J. B. Kripalani

(a) Ajmer (b) Ahmedabad (c) Srinagar (d) Mecca

S. Naokhali is situated in—

(a) West Bengal (b) Bangladesh (c) Tripura (d) Bihar

6. Which is the correct chronological order of following ‘Acharyas?

(a) Shankara-Ramanuja-Madhav-Chaitanya (b) Chaitanya-RamanujaMadhav-Shankara

(c) Ramanjua-ShankaraChaitanya-Madhav (d) Madhav-ChaitanyaRamanuja-Shankara

7. Mahatma Gandhi was first arrested during ‘Satyagrah’ in the year—

(a) 1906 (b) 1908 (c) 1913 (d) 1917

9. The capital city 'Daydo' established by Kublai Khan is situated at—

(a) Gupta-Gregorian-Hizri-Saka (b) Gregorian-Saka-Hizri-Gupta

(c) Saka-Gregorian-Hizri-Gupta (d) Hizri-Gupta-Gregorian-4Saka

11. The home of Gargi Maitrey and Kapila was at

(a) Vidisha (b)Ujjain (c) Pataliputra (d) Mithila

12. Which area of India was known as Avantika in ancient times ?

(a) Avadh (b) Ruhelkhand (c) Bundelkhand (d) Malwa

(b) On this day Mahatma Gandhi started ‘Quit India Movement’.

(c) Anniversary of formation of Interim Government

(d) Anniversary of the surrender of Japanese army before Admiral Mountbatten

14. The Social System of the Harappans was: '

(a) Rig-veda (b) Yajur-veda (c) Atharva-veda (d) Sama-veda

(a) Kanchi (b) Taxila (c) Nalanda (d) Vallabhi

17. Banabhatta was the court poet of which emperor ?

(a) Vikramaditya (b) Kumaragupta (c) Harshavardhana (d) Kanishka

(a) Rajaraja l (b) Rajendra I (c) Rajadhiraja l (d) Kulottunga l

(a) Akbar (b) Jahangir (c) Shah jahan (d) Aurangzeb

20. Permanent Revenue settlement of Bengal was introduced by :

(a) Clive (b) Hastings (c) Wellesley (d) Cornwallis

21. The father of extremist movement in India is :

(a) Abolition of machinery (b) Establishment of village industries

(c) Trusteeship theory (d) None of the above

(a) Tuoreau (b) Ruskin (c) Confucius (d) Tolstoy

25. Which statement on the Harappan Civilization is correct?

26. The First Tirthankara of the Jains was :

(a) Arishtanemi (b) Parshvanath (c) Ajitanath (d) Rishabha

27. The great silk-route to the Indians was opened by :

(a) Kanishka (b) Ashoka (c) Harsha (d) Fa-Hien

28. The capital of the Yadava rulers was :

(a) Dwarasamudra (b) Warangal (c) Kalyani (d) Devagiri

29. The system of communal electorate in India was first introduced by :

(a) Indian Council Act of 1892. (b) Minto-Morley reforms of 1909

(c) Montagu-Chelmsford reforms of 1919 (d) Government of India of 1935

30. Who represented India in the Second Round Table Conference?

(a) Satavahanas (b) Mauryas (c) Guptas (d) Cholas

32. The Bandung Conference was a major milestone in the history of :

(a) The Non-aligned movement (b) Indo-Chinese relationship

(c) U.S.-Vietnam War (d) Creation of ASEAN

33. The most important text of vedic mathematics is :

(a) repeal of Salt Satyagraha (b) curtailment of the Government’s power

(c) Communal award of Ramsay MacDonald. (d) Communal riots in Calcutta.

(a) K. T. Bhashyam in Mysore (b) Jamnalal Bajaj in Jaipur