Question: The famous Kailash temple at Ellora was built by which of the following kings?
1. Vikramaditya I, the Chalukya
2. Narsinghvarman I, the Pallava
3. Raj Raj I, the Chola
4. Krishna I, the Rastrakuta
Answer: 4
Question: Who among the following was the founder of Peshwas?
1. Parasuram Triyambak
2. Ram chandra Pant
3. Balajee Bajirao
4. Balajee Viswanath
Answer: 4
Question: Who was the founder of the autonomous Kingdom of Awadh?
1. Safdarjang
2. Saadat Khan
3. Shuja-ud-daula
4. Asaf-ud-daula
Answer: 2
Question: The first ruler responsible for the rise of Magadha was
1. Bindusara
2. Ajatashatru
3. Bimbisara
4. Vasudeva
Answer: 3
Question: The Allahabad Pillar inscription describes the achievements of
1. Harsha
2. Asoka
3. Samudra Gupta
4. Chandragupta Vikramaditya
Answer: 3
Question: Who is regarded Political Guru of Gandhiji?
1. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
2. W. C. Banerjee
3. Aurobindo
4. Vinoba Bhave
Answer: 1
Question: The name of the wife / wives of the Hindu god Ganesh is / are
1. Riddhi
2. Siddhi
3. Both Riddhi and Siddhi
4. None of the above
Answer: 3
Question: Who wrote the patriotic song ‘Saare Jahan Se Achcha’?
1. Rabindranath Tagore
2. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
3. Muhammad Iqbal
4. Kavi Pradeep
Answer: 3
Question: Which architect designed the city of Chandigarh?
1. Edwin Lutyens
2. Le Corbusier
3. Charles Correa
4. Herbert Baker
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: Who started the “Khudai Khidmatgars” movement?
1. Abdul Ghaffar Khan
2. Abul Kalam Azad
3. Maulana Mohammad Ali
4. None of these
Answer: 1
Question: Gandhiji started the “The Dandi March”
1. To boycott foreign goods
2. To protest against British policies
3. To break Salt Laws
4. None of these
Answer: 3
Question: Who was involved in the Alipore Bomb case?
1. S.N. Banerjee
2. Bipin Chandra Pal
3. Jatin Das
4. Aurobindo Ghosh
Answer: 4
Question: Pick the wrong pair
1. Angkor Wat – Cambodia
2. The Great Wall – China
3. Colosseum – Rome
4. Acropolis – Turkey
Answer: 4
Question: The term Vrajapati, used in the Vedic literature, denoted
1. The head of the family
2. The head of village
3. A senior member of the Sabha
4. The head of the merchants
Answer: 1
Question: Followers of which religion were divided into two sects called Digambaras and Shwetambaras?
1. Buddhists
2. Jains
3. Hindus
4. Sikhs
Answer: 2
Question: The Buland Darwaza was built by
1. Akbar
2. Babur
3. Jehangir
4. Aurangzeb
Answer: 1
Question: The words ‘Satyameva Jayate’ inscribed in Devanagari Script below the abacus of the state Emblem of India have been taken from
1. Mundaka Upanishad
2. Katha Upanishad
3. Samaveda
4. Yajurveda
Answer: 1
Question: The famous bronze image of Nataraja is a fine example of
1. Chola art
2. Gandhara art
3. Gupta art
4. Mauryan art
Answer: 1
Question: Rigveda is believed by historians to have been written when
1. It was Stone Age
2. It was Copper Age
3. It was Bronze Age
4. It was Iron Age had already commenced
Answer: 4
Question: Who among the following great Mughals, was a first-rate poet?
1. Akbar
2. Babur
3. Jahangir
4. Shah Jahan
Answer: 2
Question: The Iron pillar at Mehrauli in Delhi is believed to record the achievements of
1. Chandragupta Maurya
2. Ashoka
3. Samudragupta
4. Chandragupta II
Answer: 4
Question: Chola Age was most famous for
1. Advancement of Tamil culture
2. Trade with Sri Lanka
3. War with the Rashtrakutas
4. Village assemblies
Answer: 4
Question: Which among the following ended the French power in India?
1. Battle of Buxar
2. Third Carnatic War
3. Battle of Plassey
4. Battle of Wandhiwash
Answer: 2
Question: Which one of the following recorded the transformation of King Ashoka after the Kalinga War?
1. Rock Edict II
2. Rock Edict IV
3. Rock Edict VI
4. Rock Edict XIII
Answer: 4
Question: Which one among the following was the Harappan trading station?
1. Kalibangan
2. Lothal
3. Surkotda
4. Ropar
Answer: 2
Question: Where was the early capital of Harshavardhana?
1. Prayag
2. Kannauj
3. Thaneswar
4. Mathura
Answer: 3
Question: Lothal is a site where dockyards of which of the following civilizations were found?
1. Indus Valley
2. Mesopotamia
3. Egyptian
4. Persian
Answer: 1