Question: The Grand Trunk Road was originally built by –
1. Sher Shah
2. Akbar
3. Aurangzeb
4. Allauddin Khilji
Answer: 1
Question: The word Buddha means –
1. a conqueror
2. a liberator
3. a wanderer
4. an enlightened one
Answer: 4
Question: Sarojini Naidu became the Governor of which Indian State?
1. Himachal Pradesh
2. Uttar Pradesh
3. Madhya Pradesh
4. Andhra Pradesh
Answer: 2
Question: Where did Industrial revolution take place?
1. Germany
2. England
3. France
4. United States of America
Answer: 2
Question: The UNO came into existence in –
1. 1946
2. 1945
3. 1947
4. 1950
Answer: 2
Question: The Hundred-Year War was fought between –
1. France and Germany
2. Germany and Austria
3. France and England
4. England and Austria
Answer: 3
Question: Sikhism was founded in –
1. 1000 AD
2. 1500 AD
3. 300 BC
4. 1400 AD
Answer: 2
Question: The British Government declared for the first time that their intention in India is to gradually establish responsible government through –
1. The Regulating Act, 1773
2. The Government of India Act, 1958
3. The Government of India Act, 1958
4. The August 1917 Declaration
Answer: 4
Question: Sanchi portrays the art and sculpture of the –
1. Jains
2. Buddhists
3. Muslims
4. Christians
Answer: 2
Question: Faizee lived in the court of –
1. Humayun
2. Dara Shikoh
3. Bahadur Shah Zafar
4. Akbar
Answer: 4
Question: Who was the last Governor General of India?
1. Lord Mountbatten
2. C. Rajagopalachari
3. Lord Wavel
4. Surendra Nath Banerjee
Answer: 2
Question: The first postage stamp was issued in –
1. Varanasi
2. Karachi
3. Allahabad
4. Mumbai
Answer: 2
Question: The ruins of Harappa were first noticed by –
1. Charles Mason
2. Dr. Sahni
3. M. Wheeler
4. M.S. Vats
Answer: 1
Question: The famous court poet of Akbar was –
1. Birbal
2. Tulsidas
3. Bairam Khan
4. Rahim
Answer: 4
Question: The reign of which of the following is usually considered to have been the Golden Period of Mughal Rule in India?
1. Akbar
2. Aurangzeb
3. Jahangir
4. Shah Jahan
Answer: 4
Question: Which one of the following scripts of ancient India was written from right to left?
1. Brahmi
2. Nandnagari
3. Sharada
4. Kharoshti
Answer: 4
Question: The famous dialogue between Nachiketa and Yama is mentioned in the –
1. Chhandogyopanishad
2. Mundakopanishad
3. Kathopanishad
4. Kenopanishad
Answer: 3
Question: When Subhash Chandra Bose resigned as the President of INC, who was appointed in his place?
1. Rajendra Prasad
2. Abul Kalam Azad
3. C. Rajagopalachari
4. Pattabhi Sitaramiah
Answer: 1
Question: Ain-i-Akbari and Akbarnama were written by Abul Fazl in
1. Arabic
2. Persian
3. Urdu
4. Turki
Answer: 2
Question: Who among the following, after marriage, became known as Nur Jahan, wife of Emperor Jahangir?
1. Anjuman banu Begam
2. Asmat Begam
3. Ladli Begam
4. Mehr-un-Nisa
Answer: 4
Question: Emperor Shah Jahan died in
1. 1658 AD
2. 1659 AD
3. 1666 AD
4. 1667 AD
Answer: 3
Question: When offered the choice between death and conversion by Aurangzeb, the Sikh Guru chose the former and was executed. Who was this Guru?
1. Guru Arjun Dev
2. Guru Har Gobind
3. Guru Teg Bhadur
4. Guru Gobind Singh
Answer: 3
Question: Who among the following took away to Persia the Peacock Throne of Shah Jahan in the first half of 18th century?
1. Ahmed Shah Abdali
2. Nadir Shah
3. Chin Qilich Khan
4. Mir Mannu Abdali’s Governor in Lahore
Answer: 2
Question: The first place among poets of Emperor Akbar’s reign, bomb Hindi and Persian, belongs to
1. Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khana
2. Ras Khan
3. Sur Das
4. Tulsi Das
Answer: 4
Question: Who among the following is known as “The silver-tongued orator”?
1. Gopal Krishan Gokhale
2. Surendranath Banerjee
3. Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee
4. Dada Bhai Naroji
Answer: 2
Question: Who was the fourth Sikh Guru?
1. Guru Ram Das
2. Guru Gobind Singh
3. Guru Arjan Dev
4. Guru Har Rai
Answer: 1
Question: From which of the following banks did Madan Mohan Malaviya take loans for financing “The Hindustan Times”?
1. State Bank of India
2. Punjab National Bank
3. Bank of Maharashtra
4. Bank of Baroda
Answer: 2
Question: What is the first sermon of Buddha called as?
1. Mahaparinirvansutta
2. Brahmajalasutta
3. Dhammachakkapabattanasutta
4. Kachchayanagottasutta
Answer: 3
Question: Who was the other Congress leader who joined with Motilal Nehru to start the Swaraj Party in 1923?
1. G.K. Gokhale
2. B.G. Tilak
3. Chittaranjan Das
4. M.K. Gandhi
Answer: 3
