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Q30. Q37.
Which of the following languages was in vogue during The foreign traveller who visited India during the
Mughal period in the courts of India ? Mughal period and who left us an experts dscription of
(a)French the Peacock Throne was
(b) Persian (a)Geronimo Verroneo
(c) Portugese (b)Omrah Danishmand Khan
(d) Arabic (c)Travemier
(d)Austin of Bordeaux
Q31.
The Assam State derives its name from that of a tribe Q38.
that conquered the region. Where did the tribesmen Amir Khusrau was a musician and
come from ? (a)Sufi saint
(a)Tibet (b)Persian and Hindi writer and scholar
(b) Mongolia (c)historian
(c)Burma (now Myanmar)(d)Siam (now Thailand) (d)All of the above
Q39.
Q32. The world famous Peacock Throne was kept In which of
What do you mean by Mughal Zagir? the following Mughal buildings ?
(a)providing rent free land (a)Diwanr Khasa Fatehpur Sikri
(b)zamindars property (b)New Agra Fort
(c)giving officer a right to revenue (c)The Rang Mahal of the Red Fort at Delhi
(d)giving cash salary to Man sabdar (d)The Diwani Ain of the Red Fort at Delhi
Q33. Q40.
Select the correct order The famous Kohinoor diamond was produced from one
(a)Nizamuddin Auliya Kabir Mirabai Tulsidas of the mines in
(b)Mirabai Kabir Nizamuddin Auliya Tulsidas (a)Orissa
(c)Kabir Nizamuddin Auliya Tulsidas Mirabai (b) Chhota Nagpur
(d)Tulsidas Mirabai Kabir Nizamuddin Auliya (c)Bijapur
(d) Golconda
Q34.
Which of the following powers did not fight for the Q41.
Tungabhadra Doab ? Which of the following was not ordered by Alauddin
(a)Pallavas and Chalukyas Khalji to control blackmarketing and hoarding?
(b)Cholas and later Chalukyas of Kalyana (a)Land revenue should be collected in kind
(c)Golconda and Ahmadnagar Sultanates (b)Cultivators should sell the harvested crops on the
(d)Vijayanagar and Bahmani kingdoms field only
Q43. Q50.
Coronation of Shivaji took place in In which of the following towns is Moti Masjid situated
(a)1627 A.D. (a)Agra
(b) 1674 A.D. (b) Jaipur
(c)1680 A.D. (c) Lahore
(d)1670 A.D. (d) Ahmedabad
Q44. Q51.
The Muslim adventurer who dstroyed the Nalanda Which of the following pairs is incorrect ?
University was (a)Babar vs. Sangram Singh
(a)Allauddin Khilji (b)Sher Shah vs. Humayun
(b)Muhammadbin Tughlak (c)Chengiz Khan vs. Alauddin Khilji
(c)Muhammad bin Bhaktiyar (d)Akbar vs. Hemu
(d)Muhammad bin kashim
Q52.
Q45. Which one of the following battles led to the foundation
The first muslim women who ruled Northern India was of the Mughal rule at Delhi ?
(a)Razia Sultana (a)Third Battle of Panipat
(b)Mumtaz (b)Second Battle of Panipat
(c)Nurjahan (c)Battle pf Haldighati
(d)None of the above (d)First Battle of Panipat
Q46. Q53.
Which Battle laid the foundation of Mughal rule in India Who among the following attacked the Somnath temple?
? (a)Mahmud of Ghazni
(a)Battle of Plassey (b)Muhammad Ghori
(b)Battle of Talikota (c)Iltutmish
(c)First Battle of Panipat (d)Qulbuddin Aibak
(d)Battle of Haldighati
Q54.
Q47. Prithviraj Chauhan was defeated by Mohd. Ghori in the
The court language of the Mughals was battle of
(a)Urdu (a)Tarain in 1191 A.D.
(b) Hindi (b)Tarain in 1192 A. D.
(c) Arabic (c)Chandawar in 1193 A.D.
(d) Persian (d)Ranthambhor in 1195A.D.
Q48. Q55.
Name the language that was designated as the Camp Famous Battle of Talikota was fought in
Language during the Medieval Period (a)1565 A.D.
(a)Sanskrit (b) 1575 A.D.
(b) Pali (c) 1585 A.D.
Q56. Q63.
Sher Shah defeated Humayun and captured Gaur in the The first attempt to introduce a representative and
battle of popular element in the governance of India was made
(a)Ghaghra in 1529 A.D through
(b)Chausa in 1539 A.D. (a)Indian Council Act 1861
(c)Panipat in 1526 A.D. (b)Indian Council Act 1892
(d)Khanwa in 1527 A. D. (c)Indian Council Act 1909
(d)Indian Council Act 1919
Q57.
When the rule of the Delhi Sultan began? Q64.
(a)1106 A.D When was the first train steamed off in India ?
(b) 1206 A.D (a) 1848
(c) 1306 A.D (b) 1853
(d) 1406 A.D (c) 1875
(d) 1880
Q58.
Tulsidas wrote Ram charit manas in the reign of Q65.
(a)Babur When was first telegraph line started in India ?
(b) Akbar (a)1853
(c)aurangzeb (b) 1875
(d)jahagir (c) 1884
(d)1900
Q59.
TheTajMahal was built by Q66.
(a)Jahangir The first telegraph line betweenCalcutta and Agra was
(b) Shahjahan opened in
(c) Sher Shah (a)1852
(d) Nadir Shah (b) 1853
(c) 1854
Q60. (d) 1855
Who of the following became a member of the Din-a-
ilahi? Q67.
(a)Todarmal When was the first passenger train run in India ?
(b)Raja Birbal (a)January 1848
(c)Raja Man Singh (b)April 1853
(d)Tansen (c)May 1857
(d)April 1852
Q61.
Mahatma Gandhi was firat arrested during Satyagrah in Q68.
the year In which session of Indian National Congress the
(a) 1906 tricolour flag was unfurled for the first time ?
(b) 1908 (a)Calcutta Session 1920
(c) 1913 (b)Annual Session of Congress at Nagpur 1920
(d) 1917 (c)Lahore Congress 1929
(d)Haripura Congress Conference 1938
Q62.
The system of communal electorate in India was first Q69.
introduced by Which among the following regulations made English as
(a)Indian Council Act of 1892 a medium of education compulsory in government aided
(b)Minto Morey reforms of 1909 schools and colleges ?
(c)Mantagu Cheknsford reforms of 1919 (a)Pitts India Act 1784
Q85. Q92.
When was the All India Womens Conference founded The Indian tricolour was unfurled for the first time by
(a)1924 Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) 1925 (a) at the ramparts of the RedFort in 1947
(c) 1926 (b)on the banks of Ravi at Lahore in 1929
(d) 1927 (c)when India became a democratic republic in 1950
(d)when The Government of India Act was passed in
Q86. 1935
When did the British make English the medium of
instruction in India ? Q93.
(a)1813 In which year did Gandhiji undertake the famous Dandi
(b) 1833 March ?
(c) 1835 (a)1920
(d) 1844 (b) 1930
(c) 1925
Q87. (d) 1935
The communal electorate was introduced for the first
time in India in Q94.
(a)1919 The Congress adopted the Quit India Resolution in the
(b) 1935 year
(c)1906 (a)1940
(d) 1909 (b) 1938
(c) 1946
Q88. (d) 1942
In which year did Gandhiji start Satyagraha Movement ?
(a)1919 Q95.
(b) 1927 The Azad Hind Fauj was formed in
(c) 1934 (a) 1937
(d) 1942 (b)1942
(c) 1943
Q89. (d)1945
When was the Dandi March un dertaken?
(a)31st December 1929 Q96.
(b)12th March 1930 In which year Gandhiji established Sabarmati Ashram in
(c)5th April 1930 Gujarat ?
Q98. Q105.
In which session of the Indian National Congress was the The university which became famous in the post Gupta
Pooma Swaraj resolution adopted ? Era was
(a)Lucknow Session in 1916 (a)Kanchi
(b)Belgium Session In 1924 (b) Taxlla
(c)Lahore Session in 1929 (c) Nalanda
(d) Karachi Session in 1931 (d) ValJabhi
Q99. Q106.
In which year did the Indian National Congress split Banabhatta was the court poet of which emperor ?
between moderates and extremists ? (a)Vikramaditya
(a) 1907 (b)Kumaragupta
(b) 1908 (c)Harshavardhan
(c) 1909 (d)Kanishka
(d) 1910
Q107.
Q100. The first Indian ruler who established the supremacy of
Gandhi Irwin Pact was signed on Indian Navy In the Arabian Sea was
(a)March 10 1930 (a)Raja rajal
(b)March 20 1931 (b)Raja Rajendra
(c)March 12 1930 (c) Raja dhiraj
(d)March 5 1931 (d) Kulottungal
Q101. Q108.
Which among the following chronology is correct Which statement on the Harappan Civilisation is
regarding four samvatas ? correct?
(a)Gupta Gregorian Hizri Saka (a)Horse sacrifice was known to them
(b)Gregorian Saka Hizri Gupta (b)Cow was sacred to them
(c)Saka Gregorian Hizri Gupta (c)Pashupatiwas venerated by them
(d)Hizri Gupta Gregorian Saka (d)The culture was not generally static
Q102. Q109.
The home of Gargi and Kapila was at Yavanika or curtain was introduced in Indian theatre by
(a)Vidisha which of the following?
(b) Ujjain (a)Shekas
(c) Pataliputra (b) Parthians
(d) Mithila (c) Greeks
(d) Kushans
Q103.
The Social System of the Harappan’s was Q110.
(a)Fairly egalitarian
Q127. Q134.
Arabs were defeated in 738 A.D. by The people of the Indus Valley Civilization usually built
(a) Pratiharas their houses of
(b) Rashtrakutas (a)Pucca bricks
(c) Palas (b)Stone
(d) Chalukyas (c)Wood
(d)All of the above
Q128.
In Mauryan dynasty Kalinga war took place in the year Q135.
(a) 260 BC Who started the Saka Era and when ?
(b)261BC (a)Kadphises in 58 BC
(c) 126 BC (b)Rudradaman in AD 78
(d) 232 BC (c)Vikramaditya in 58 BC
(d)Kanish kain AD 78
Q129.
The Seven Pagodas of Mahabalipuram are a witness to Q136.
the art patronised by the In which state was the Nalanda University located in
(a)Pallavas India?
(b)Pandyas (a)Bengal
(c)Cholas (b) Bihar
(d)Cheras (c) Orissa
(d) Uttar Pradesh
Q130.
Name the dan Buddha belonged to Q137.
(a)Gnathrika Which event brought about a profound change in
(b)Maurya Ashoka’s administrative policy?
(c)Sakya (a)The third Buddhist Council
(d)Kuru (b) The Kalinga War
(c)His embracing of Buddhism
Q131. (d)His sending of missionary to Ceylon
Who was the author of the Kadambari a great romantic
play ? Q138.
(a)Banabhatta The monk who influenced Ashoka to embrace Buddhism
(b)Harshavardhana was
(c)Baskaravardhana (a)Vishnu Gupta
(d)Bindusara (b)Upa gupta
Q156. Q163.
Who is called as the Second Ashoka? First Indian Commander in Chief was
(a)Samudra Gupta (a)Gen. K. S. Thimayya
(b)Chandra Gupta Maurya (b)Gen. K.M. Kariappa
(c)Kanishka (c)S.H.F.J. Manekshaw
(d)Harshavardhana (d)None of the above
Q157. Q164.
The famous Kailasnath Temple at Kanchi was built by Who gave the concept of Total Revolution?
(a)Mahendra varman (a)Jayaprakash Narayan
(b)Narasimha varman (b)Mahatma Gandhi
(c)Nandi varnan (c)Karl Marx
(d)Danti varman (d)Lenin
Q158. Q165.
Where was tancho brocade developed ? How many spokes are there in the Dharma Chakra of the
(a)Varanasi National Flag?
(b) Dhaka (a) 22
(c) Surat (b) 24
(d) Tanjavur (c) 18
(d) 14
Q159.
Who was the town planner of Chandigarh ? Q166.
(a)Edward Lutyens The methods of democratic socialism are
(b)Charles Correa (a)Revolution
(c)Le Corbusier (b)General strike
(d)Christopher Waren (c)Sabotage
(d)Persuasion and propaganda
Q160.
The film Mangal Pandey released in August 2005 deals Q167.
with What is the name of the era on which the National
(a)Jallian wala Bagh tragedy Calendar of India is based?
(a)Vikram era
Q187. Q194.
Q198. Q205.
The first meeting of the Indian National Congress held in Who was the French Governor of Pondicherry Who tried
1885 was presided by to make the French Company as a powerful company ?
(a)Shri P.M. Mehta (a)Thomas Arthur Comte de Laky
(b)Shri Womesh Chandra Ban neijee (b)Godeheu
(c)D.E.Wacha (c)La Bourdonnais
(d)S.N. Bannerjee (d)Joseph Francois Dupleix
Q199. Q206.
The Gandhi’s Dandi March was a part of The first Mysore War fought between the British and
(a)Noncooperation Movement Hyder Ali in 1767-69 A.D. came to an end by the
(b)Home Rule League (a)Treaty of Pondicherry
(c)Civil Disobedience Movement (b)Treaty of Madras
(d)Quit India Movement (c)Treaty of Mysore
(d)Treaty of Aix la Chapelle
Q200.
Find the incorrect match among the Q207.
(a)Sir Syed Murtza Khan Aligarh Muslim University The British Government intervened in the affairs of the
(b)Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University Company and passed an Act in 1773A.D. known as the
(c)Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru University (a)Regulating Act
(d)Madan Mohan Malviya Ba naras Hindu University (b)Pitts India Act
(c)Charter Act
(d)Company Act
Q201.
The first country which discovered sea route to India
Q208.
was
Q222. Q229.
The Poona Pact (1932) was an agreement between Who was the other Congress leader who Joined with
(a)Nehru and Ambedkar Motilal Nehru to start the Swaraj Party In 1923 ?
(b)Gandhi and Ambedkar (a)B.G. Tilak
(c)Malaviya and Ambedkar (b)Chittaranjan Das
(d)Gandhi and Nehru (c)M.K. Gandhi
(d)G.K. Gokhale
Q223.
What Satyagraha was held at Nagpur in 1923? Q230.
(a) Salt Satyagraha Who is known for establishing the Anand Van ?
(b)Individual Satyagraha (a)Jubilant Buddha
(c)Ryots Satyagraha (b)H. N. Bahuguna
(d)Flag Satyagraha (c)Baba Amte
(d)Motilal Nehru
Q224.
Who was the viceroy when Delhi became the capital of Q231.
British India? Rowlatt Act 1919 was enacted during the period of
(a)Load Curzon (a)Lord Chelmsford
(b)Lord Minto (b)Lord William
(c)Lord Hardinge (c)Lord Minto
(d)Lord Waveli (d)Lord Bentick
Q225. Q232.
Who established the Indian Civil Liberties Union in Constituent Assembly of India was formulated on the
1936 ? recommendation of
(a)Subhash Chandra Bose (a)Wave Plan
(b)Bal Gangadhar Tilak (b)Cripps Mission
(c)Jawahar Lal Nehru (c)August Offer
(d)Cabinet Mission
(d)Rajendra Prasad
Q233.
Q226.
Who said Truth is the ultimate reality and it is God ?
Which of the following was established first ?
(a)Swamy Vivekananda
(a) Banaras Hindu University
(b)Rabindra Nath Tagore
(b) University of Bombay
(c)M.KGandhi
(c) Aligarh Muslim University
(d)Radhakrishnan
(d)University of Allahabad
Q234.
Q227.
Which of the following tribes is associated with the Tana
Who gave the title of Mahamana to Madan Mohan
Bhagat movement ?
Mahrirya?
(a)Uraon
(a)Dada Bhai Naurozi
(b) Munda
(b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(c) Santhal
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Kondadora
(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Q235.
Q228.
Who founded the Naujawan Bharat Sabha ?
Who was the Viceroy at the time of Quit India Movement
(a)B.C.Pal
?
(b)G. Subramania Iyer
(a)Lord Mount baten
Q237.
Q244.
Who Is commonly known as the Iron Man ?
The Governor General of India impeached by the House
(a)Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
of Commons in England was
(b)Vittal Bhai Patel
(a)Waaren Hastings
(c)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(b)Cornwallis
(d)Bipin Chandra Pal
(c)Wellesley
(d) William Bentick
Q238.
Gandhiji withdraw the Non Cooperation Movement due
Q245.
to
What is the name of the Fort built by the English in
(a)Chauri Chaura Incident
Calcutta ?
(b)Champaran Movement
(a)Fort St. David
(c)Kakori Conspiracy
(b)Fort St. Andrew
(d)Bardoli Movement
(c)Fort William
(d)Fort Victoria
Q239.
In 1 an educational conference endorsing Gandhi’s
Q246.
proposals for basic education through the vernacular
C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru formed the Swaraj Party after
medium was held at
(a)Swadeshi Movement
(a)Surat
(b)Non Cooperation Movement
(b) Bombay
(c)Civil Disobedience Movement
(c)Ahmadabad
(d)Quit India Movement
(d) Wardha
Q247.
Q240.
What was Lala Lajpat Rai demonstrating against when
Gandhi’s Salt Satyagraha was a part of
he succumbed to police brutality ?
(a)Champaran Satyagraha
(a)Rowlatt Act
(b)Quit India Movement
(b)Minto Morley Reforms
(c)Non Cooperation Movement
(c)Simon Commission
(d)Civil Disobedience Movement
(d)Pitts India Act
Q241.
Q248.
The Peshwarship was abolished by the British at the
The last Governor General of the East India Company
time of Peshwa
and the first Viceroy under the crown was
(a)Raghunath Rao
(a)Lord Elgin
(b)Narayan Rao
(b)Lord Canning
(c)Madhav Rao II
(c)Lord Warren Hastings
(d)Baji Rao
(d)Lord Dalhousie
Q242.
Q249.
Who expounded The Theory of Drain
The first Governor General of Bengal was
(a) Tilak
(a)Lord Clive
Q252. Q259.
Who said that India’s soul lives in villages ? Whom did Bal Gangadhar Tilak refer to as his Political
(a)Vinoba Bhave Guru ?
(b)JayaprakashNarayan (a)Swami Vivekananda
(c)Jawahar Lal Nehru (b)Ram Mohan Roy
(d)Mahatma Gandhi (c)Sisir Kumar Ghosh
(d)Dadabhai Naoroji
Q253.
What was the name of the Newspaper edited by Gandhiji Q260.
till 1933? Who introduced doctrine of lapse
(a)Sarvodaya (a)Lord Wellesley
(b)Aiya (b) Lord Curzon
(c)Times of India (c)Lord Dalhousie
(d)Young India (d)Lord Lytton
Q254. Q261.
Who among the following revolutionaries was executed The Lahore Conspiracy Case was registered against
by the British? whom?
(a)Jatin Das (a)V.D. Savarkar
(b)Chandra shekhar Azad (b)Bhagat Singh
(c)Rajguru (c) Chandrashekhar Azad
(d)Kalpana Dutt (d)Aurobindo Ghosh
Q255. Q262.
Who among the following was the first Viceroy of India ? Who among the following was the founder of the
(a)Lord Cornwallis Dravida Kazhagam?
(b)Pitt (a)Periyar E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker
(c)Lord Canning (b)Aehaiya Vinoba Bhave
(d)Robert Clive (c)C. Raja gopalachari
(d)Mahatma Gandhi
Q256.
Mahatma Gandhi launched the Civil Disobedience Q263.
Movement in 1930 from Aurobindo was arrested in connection with
Q277. Q284.
The battle of Plassey was fought between The State Jhansi was made a part of the British Empire
(a)East India Company and Shah Alam in India through
(b)East India Company and Shujauddaula (a)Doctrine of Lapse
(c)East India Company and Sirajuddaula (b)Policy of Subsidiary Alliance
(d)East India Company and An waruddin (c)War against Rani Lakshmi Bai
(d)None of the above
Q278.
The Noncooperation Movement started in Q285.
(a)1870 Mahatma Gandhi started his Dandi March from
(b) 1920 (a) Dandi
(c) 1921 (b)Porbandar
(d) 1942 (c)Ahmadabad
(d)Sabarmati Ashram
Q279.
Who was the Nawab when Dalhousie annexed Awadh in Q286.
1856? Gandhi’s Gandhi March is associated with
(a)Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah (a)Khilafat Movement
(b)Wajid All Shah (b)Civil Disobedience Movement
(c)Shujaud Daula (c) Noncooperation Movement
(d)Alivardi Khan (d) Quit India Movement
Q280. Q287.
In the integration of Princely States the following played Who among the following is not a moderate?
a major role. (a)Pherozeshah Mehta
(a) Pannikar and Kunzru (b)Surendra nath Baneijee
(b)S.K. Dhar and Fazal Ali (c) Womesh Chandra Bannerjee
(c)Vallabhbhai Patel and V.P. Menon (d)Bal Ganga dhar Tilak
(d)Vallabhbhai Patel and Jawa har Lal Nehru
Q288.
Q281. Permanent Settlement of Bengal was done by British
Who among the following Viceroys became a victim of Governor General
one of the convicts during his visit to the And amans ? (a)Lord Cornwallis
(a) Curzon (b)LordMinto
(b) Mayo (c)Lord Wellesley
(c) Ripon (d)Lord Warren Hastings
(d) Lytton
Q289.
Q282. Who gave the title of Sardar to Vallabhbhai Patel?
The Third Battle of Panipat was fought between (a) Rajaji
(a)the Marathas and the Afghans (b) Gandhiji
(b)the Marathas and the Mughal’s (c) Nehru
(c)the Mughal’s and the Afghans (d) M.A. Jinnah
(d) the Marathas and the Rajput’s
Q290.
Q283. Who was regarded by Gandhiji as his political Guru ?
Who termed Cripps proposals as a post dated cheque in
(a)Lala Lajpat Rai
a crashing bank ?
(b)Bipin Chandra Pal
(a)Ambedkar
(c)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(b) Annie Besant
(d)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(c) Patel
ANSWERS :
1a 2b 3d 4d 5b 6a
7c 8b 9a 10 b 11 c 12 d
13 c 14 b 15 d 16 b 17 d 18 a
19 b 20 b 21 a 22 d 23 a 24 b
25 d 26 c 27 a 28 c 29 b 30 b
31 d 32 c 33 a 34 c 35 b 36 d
37 c 38 d 39 d 40 d 41 d 42 b
43 b 44 c 45 a 46 c 47 d 48 d
49 c 50 a 51 c 52 d 53 a 54 b
55 a 56 b 57 b 58 b 59 b 60 b
61 b 62 b 63 c 64 b 65 a 66 b
67 b 68 c 69 c 70 a 71 a 72 a
73 c 74 b 75 a 76 c 77 b 78 b
79 c 80 b 81 c 82 d 83 c 84 c
85 d 86 c 87 d 88 a 89 b 90 c
91 b 92 b 93 b 94 d 95 b 96 b
97 b 98 c 99 a 100 d 101 a 102 d
103 a 104 a 105 c 106 c 107 a 108 d
109 c 110 a 111 a 112 c 113 a 114 a
115 d 116 b 117 b 118 a 119 a 120 b