Question: Mahavira was born in the royal family of the –
1. Sakyas
2. Kshatriyas
3. Licchavis
4. Satavahanas
Answer: 3
Question: Aryans emerged on the Indian scene sometimes between –
1. 3000-2500 BC
2. 3100-2400 BC
3. 300-250 BC
4. 322-185 BC
Answer: 1
Question: Panchatantra was written by –
1. Bhramabhat
2. Vishnu Sharma
3. Jaya Deva
4. None of these
Answer: 2
Question: When did the Jallianwala Bagh tragedy take place –
1. 1928
2. 1919
3. 1946
4. 1942
Answer: 2
Question: Nepoleon Bonaparte belonged to –
1. Italy
2. Britain
3. Germany
4. France
Answer: 4
Question: The First Battle of Panipat was fought between –
1. Shershah Suri
2. Humayun and Ibrahim Lodhi
3. Ibrahim Lodhi and Babur
4. Babur and Rana Sanga
Answer: 3
Question: Which war is associated with Florence Nightingale?
1. World War I
2. World War II
3. Crimean War
4. Battle of Leipzig
Answer: 3
Question: Who regarded as the great law giver of the ancient India?
1. Panini
2. Manu
3. Kautilya
4. Baraha Mihir
Answer: 2
Question: The Rupee coins were first minted in India during the rule of –
1. Shahjahan
2. Shershah Suri
3. East India Company
4. Razia Begum
Answer: 2
Question: The French Revolution began in the year –
1. 1770
2. 1788
3. 1789
4. 1750
Answer: 3
Question: Who among the following transferred his capital from Delhi to Devagiri?
1. Iltutmish
2. Ghiasuddin Balban
3. Ala Uddin Khalji
4. Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
Answer: 4
Question: Who expounded the theory of “Advaita”?
1. Ramanuja
2. Sri Shankaracharya
3. Madhavacharya
4. Swami Vivekananda
Answer: 2
Question: Ggautam Buddha died at –
1. Lumbini
2. Saranath
3. Kushinagar
4. Bodhgaya
Answer: 3
Question: The first to have trade relation with India were the –
1. Duch
2. English
3. Portuguese
4. French
Answer: 3
Question: Who is known as the “Father of Indian Unrest?”
1. Bipin Chandrapal
2. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
3. Lalalajpat Rai
4. Aurobindo Ghosh
Answer: 2
Question: The site of birth (nativity) of Gautam Buddha is marked by –
1. a Peepal Tree
2. a monastery
3. a ‘Rummindei Pillar’ of Ashok Maurya
4. a statue
Answer: 3
Question: Which of the following does not have a Stupa?
1. Dhamek
2. Ranchi
3. Sanchi
4. Barhut
Answer: 2
Question: Who was the Delhi Sultan to impose Jizya even on the Brahmins?
1. Balban
2. Ala-ud-din Khilji
3. Firoz Tughluq
4. Muhammad Tughluq
Answer: 3
Question: Who among the following is the founder of ‘Azad Hind Fauj’?
1. Chandrashekhar Azad
2. Lala Har Dayal
3. Subhash Chandra Bose
4. Vir Savarkar
Answer: 3
Question: The Buddhist monk who spread Buddhism in Tibet was –
1. Asanga
2. Padmasambhava
3. Nagarjuna
4. Ananda
Answer: 2
Question: Who killed the Sikh Guru Arjun Dev?
1. Akbar
2. Jahangir
3. Babar
4. None of these
Answer: 2