Question: Which Indian nationalist leader looked upon a war between Germany and Britain as a godsend opportunity which would enable Indians to exploit the situation to their advantage?
1. D. V Savarkar
2. Jawaharlal Nehru
3. Subhash Chandra Bose
4. C. Rajagopalachari
Answer: 3
Question: Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?
1. Amir Khusrau – Etah
2. Mirza Ghalib – Agra
3. Josh – Malihabad
4. Ram Prasad Bismil – Allahabad
Answer: 4
Question: ‘Satya Sodhak Samaj’ was established by-
1. Kamraj Nadar
2. Jyotitba Phule
3. Gandhiji
4. Amedkar
Answer: 2
Question: The term ‘Scheduled caste’ was coined by-
1. Simon Commission
2. Gandhiji
3. Government of India Act 1935
4. Bhim Rao Ambedkar
Answer: 1
Question: All India Muslim Women’s Conference’ an organisation of progressive Muslim Women was founded by-
1. Begum of Bhopal
2. Bhika-Kama
3. Aruna Asaf Ali
4. None of these
Answer: 3
Question: Which of the following tribes initiated the Jharkhand Movement?
1. Bodo
2. Bhil
3. Santhal
4. Birhor
Answer: 3
Question: The Tax which the kings used to collect from the people in the Vedic period was called-
1. Bali
2. Vidatha
3. varman
4. Kara
Answer: 2
Question: In Greek mythology, Apollo is the god of which of the following?
1. Love
2. Peace
3. Prophecy
4. Medicine
Answer: 3
Question: Who was the commander of revolt of 1857 in Rohilkhand?
1. Ahmadullah
2. Sher Shah
3. Mangal Pandey
4. Tatia Tope
Answer: 1
Question: Who founded the “Servants of India Society” in 1905?
1. Mahadev Gobind Ranade
2. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
3. Mahatma Gandhi
4. Jawahar Lal Nehru
Answer: 2
Question: Identify the only tributary of river Ganges which rises in the Plains-
1. Son
2. Sharda or Saryu
3. Gomti
4. Ram Ganga
Answer: 3
Question: Which Sultan of Delhi had established a separate agriculture department and had planned the ‘Rotation of Crops’?
1. Iltutmish
2. Balban
3. Alauddin Khalji
4. Mohammad Bin Tughlaq
Answer: 4
Question: Who was the first sultan of Delhi to have levied ‘Haqq-i-Sharab’ or irrigation tax?
1. Alauddin khalji
2. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
3. Mohammad Bin Tughlaq
4. Firoz Tughlaq
Answer: 4
Question: Varindra Ghosh was associated with-
1. Anushilan Samiti
2. Sadhava Samaj
3. Abhinava Bharat
4. Swadesh Bandhav Samiti
Answer: 1
Question: The Bengali leader who opposed socio-religious reforms and support orthodoxy was-
1. Radhakant Deb
2. Nemisadhan Bose
3. Hemchandra Biswas
4. Hemchandra De
Answer: 1
Question: Which medieval Indian ruler prior to Akbar has been referred to as the ‘Akbar of Kashmir’?
1. Ibrahim Shah Sharqi
2. Sultan Sikandar
3. Zainul Abedin
4. Mahmud Gawan
Answer: 3
Question: In whose reign was the ‘Treaty of Chittor’ signed between Mughal and the Rana of Mewar?
1. Akbar
2. Jahangir
3. Shahjahan
4. Aurangzeb
Answer: 2
Question: ‘Permanent Settlement’ was introduced during the tenure of –
1. Warren Hastings
2. Lord Cornwallis
3. Sir John Shore
4. Lord Wellesley
Answer: 2
Question: From the following names identify the one who was not the brother of Humayun?
1. Kamran
2. Usman
3. Askari
4. Hindal
Answer: 2
Question: The Greatest Parsi Social reformer of the 19th century was-
1. Sir Jamshedji
2. Sir Rustom Behramji
3. Navalji Tata
4. Behramji M. Mallabari
Answer: 4
Question: Where did the congress working committee meet to pass the ‘Govt. Indian Resolution’ of July 14, 1942?
1. Bombay
2. Wardha
3. Lucknow
4. Tripura
Answer: 1
Question: the first three universities in India (Calcutta, Madras and Bombay) were established in which year?
1. 1857
2. 1881
3. 1885
4. 1905
Answer: 1
Question: Who Was made the Raj Pramukh of united rajasthan which came into exixtence of march 25,1948?
1. Maharaja of Dholpur
2. Maharaja of Karauli
3. Maharao of Kota
4. Maharaja of Sirohi
Answer: 3
Question: Who was the ruler of a state in Rajasthan who played a very significant role in the establishment of Banaras Hindu University?
1. Maharana Fateh Singh(Udaipur)
2. Maharaja Ummed Singh(jhodpur)
3. Maharaja Man Singh-II(Jaipur)
4. Maharaja Ganga Singh(bikaner)
Answer: 4
Question: The famous historian of Rajasthan who was also a social reformer was-
1. Mankaran Sarda
2. Harbilas Sarda
3. C.K.F Waltie
4. Jamnalal Bajaj
Answer: 2
Question: Who was the famous ruler of Mewar who repaired the fort of Achalgarh?
1. Rana Ratan singh
2. Maharana Kumbha
3. Rana Sanga
4. Maharana Raj Singh
Answer: 2
Question: Who was the first historian who wrote about ‘Feudalism’ in Rajasthan during the 19th century?
1. Col. James Tod
2. Dr. L.P.Tssitori
3. George Grearson
4. John Thomas
Answer: 1
Question: ‘Ain-i-Dahsala’ system of land revenue assessment during the reign of akbar was introduced by-
1. Shah Nawaz Khan
2. Abdul Rahim Kahn-i- Khana
3. Todar Mal
4. Mulla-Do-Pyaza
Answer: 3
Question: Who was the famous author of Kitab-ul-Hind?
1. Hasan Nizami
2. Minhaj-us-Siraj
3. Al Baruni
4. Shams-i-Siraj Afif
Answer: 3
Question: The ‘Astha Diggaj’ were associated with which of the following rules?
1. Shivaji
2. Krishnadeva Ray
3. Rajendra-I
4. Yashovarman
Answer: 2
Question: The great Famine Known as ‘Chhapania-kal’ among Rajasthani People occurred during-
1. 1899-1900 AD
2. 1905-1906 AD
3. 1956-1958 AD
4. 1888-1889 AD
Answer: 1
Question: Gang Canal, is among the among the oldest canals was constructed by Maharaja Ganga Singhjee in-
1. 1930
2. 1927
3. 1944
4. 1932
Answer: 2
Question: Mewa-nagar in Rajasthan is famous for-
1. Jain Temple temple of parshwanath
2. Exports of dry fruits
3. Production of cumin seeds
4. Exports if kathputli Items
Answer: 1
Question: “GOD Knows man’s virtues and enquires not his caste, in the next world there is no caste!” This was the theory of which Bhakti Saint?
1. Ramanand
2. Dadu
3. Nanak
4. Ramanuja
Answer: 3
Question: The first Human statues worshiped in India were those of-
1. Brahma
2. Vishnu
3. Buddha
4. Shiva
Answer: 3
Question: According to the Sangam texts the terms Kon, Ko and Mannan were attributed to which of the following?
1. Prime minister
2. Revenue Minister
3. Commander of the Army
4. King
Answer: 4
Question: Land Revenue , which was the chief source of income during the Mauryan period, was collected by which officer?
1. Agronomai
2. Shulkadhyaksha
3. Sitadhayaksha
4. Akradhayaksha
Answer: 3
Question: Which one among the following sites is located in the valley of Gaggar and its associated rivers?
1. Alamgirpur
2. Lothal
3. Mohenjodaro
4. Banwali
Answer: 4
Question: The Fourth Buddhist Council which was held in Kashmir during the reign of which king?
1. Ashoka
2. Kala Ashok
3. Kanishka
4. Ajatshatru
Answer: 3
Question: Which among the following built the famous Khajuraho Temple?
1. The Chandella Kings
2. The Pala Kings
3. Vikramaditya
4. The Jaina monks of central india
Answer: 1
Question: What was Lala Lajpat Rai demonstrating against when he succumbed to police brutality?
1. Rowlatt Act
2. Minto- morley Reforms
3. Simon Commission
4. Pitts India Act
Answer: 3
Question: Who among the following had got the Bharat Ratna Award before becoming the President of India?
1. Dr. Zakir Hussain
2. Dr. Rajendra Prashad
3. Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
4. V. V. Giri
Answer: 3
Question: Which one of the following is correctly matched?
1. Kakatiya: Devagiri
2. Hoyasala: Dwarsamudra
3. Yadav: Warangal
4. Pandya: Madura
Answer: 2