Question: Which was the first among the following?
1. Doctrine of Lapse
2. Subsidiary Alliance
3. Permanent Settlement
4. Double Government
Answer: 4
Question: Babur entered India for the first time from the west through
1. Kashmir
2. Sind
3. Punjab
4. Rajasthan
Answer: 2
Question: Which of the following battles changed the destiny of a Mughal ruler of India?
1. Haldighati
2. Panipat II
3. Khanua
4. Chusa
Answer: 2
Question: Who founded the philosophy of Pustimarga?
1. Chaitanya
2. Nanak
3. Surdas
4. Ballabhacharya
Answer: 4
Question: The main contribution of the Chola dynasty in the field of administration lies in
1. Systematic provincial administration
2. A well planned revenue system
3. A well organised central government
4. An organised local self government
Answer: 4
Question: Jahangiri Mahal is located in
1. Delhi
2. Fatehpur Sikri
3. Agra Fort
4. Sikandara
Answer: 3
Question: Both Mahavira and Buddha preached during the reign of
1. Ajatashatru
2. Bimbisara
3. Nandivardhan
4. Uday
Answer: 2
Question: Who were the immediate successors of the Imperial Mauryas in Magadha?
1. Kushanas
2. Pandyas
3. Satvahanas
4. Sungas
Answer: 4
Question: Who among the following was a leading exponent of Gandhian thoughts?
1. J. L. Nehru
2. M. N. Roy
3. Vinoba Bhave
4. Jayaprakash Narayan
Answer: 3
Question: The main external threat to the Sultanate of Delhi was posed by the
1. Mughals
2. Afghans
3. Iranians
4. None of these
Answer: 4
Question: Who founded the Hindu Shahi dynasty of Punjab?
1. Vasumitra
2. Kallar
3. Jayapala
4. Mahipala
Answer: 3
Question: Gupta empire declined in the fifth century A.D. as a consequence of
1. Chalukya raids
2. Greek invasion
3. Hun invasion
4. Pallava raids
Answer: 3
Question: Who wrote Mitakshara, a book on Hindu law?
1. Nayachandra
2. Amoghvarsa
3. Vijnaneswara
4. Kumban
Answer: 3
Question: What is the correct chronological order of the dynasties in which they invaded India?
1. Huns 2. Kushanas
3. Aryans 4. Greeks
1. 4, 3, 2, 1
2. 3, 4, 2, 1
3. 4, 2, 3, 1
4. 3, 4, 1, 2
Answer: 2
Question: The Political and cultural centre of the Pandyas was
1. Vengi
2. Madurai
3. Kanchipuram
4. Mahabalipuram
Answer: 3
Question: The first discourse of Buddha in Sarnath is called
1. Mahabhiniskraman
2. Mahaparinirvana
3. Mahamastakabhisheka
4. Dharmachakrapravartan
Answer: 4
Question: The first telegraph line between Calcutta and Agra was opened in
1. 1852
2. 1853
3. 1854
4. 1855
Answer: 2
Question: The relics of Indus Valley Civilisation indicates that the main occupation of the people was
1. 1
2. Cattle rearing
3. Commerce
4. Hunting
Answer: 3
Question: Marish traveller, Ibn Batutah, came to India during the time of
1. Ala-ud-din Khilji
2. Firuz Shah Tughlaq
3. Balban
4. Muhammed bin Tughlaq
Answer: 4
Question: Ahilyabai was the queen of
1. Gwalior
2. Malwa
3. Jaipur
4. Bijapur
Answer: 2
Question: The ancient name of Bengal was
1. Kamrupa
2. Vasta
3. Gauda
4. Vallabhi
Answer: 3
Question: The first electric railway was opened in
1. 1853
2. 1885
3. 1905
4. 1925
Answer: 4
Question: Who among the following were popularly known as Red Shirts?
1. Congress Socialists
2. Members of Azad Hind Fauj
3. Khudai Khidmatgars
4. People led by Rami Gaidinliu
Answer: 3
Question: The Barrah dacoity was the first major venture of the revolutionary terrorists of the freedom movement in
1. The Madras Presidency
2. Punjab
3. Bomay-Karnataka
4. East Bengal
Answer: 4
Question: During the period of Renaissance, the new style of architecture first developed in
1. Italy
2. France
3. England
4. Germany
Answer: 1
Question: ‘Abhinav Bharat’ was orgonised by
1. Bhai Parmanand
2. Khudiram Bose
3. Vir Savarkar
4. None of these
Answer: 3
Question: From which of the following Upanishads the words “Satyameva Jayate” inscribed in Devanagari Script below the abacus of the State Emblem are?
1. Prashna
2. Mundaka
3. Mandukya
4. Ishavasya
Answer: 2
Question: The illustrious names of Aryabhatta and Varahamihir are associated with the age of the
1. Guptas
2. Kushanas
3. Mauryas
4. Palas
Answer: 1
Question: Who generally acknowledged as the pioneer of local self government in modern India?
1. Ripon
2. Mayo
3. Lytton
4. Curzon
Answer: 1
Question: The idea of Pakistan was first conceived by
1. Muhammad Iqbal
2. M. A. Jinnah
3. Shaukat Ali
4. Aga Khan
Answer: 1
Question: Wodeyars were the ruler of
1. Princely State of Mysore
2. Princely State of Travancore
3. Vijayanagaram
4. None of these
Answer: 1
Question: “Black Pagoda” is in
1. Egypt
2. Srilanka
3. Madurai
4. Konark
Answer: 4
Question: At which of the following place Rajiv Gandhi died of human bomb explosion?
1. New Delhi
2. Chennai
3. Sriperumbudur
4. Colombo
Answer: 3
Question: The Governor General associated with the abolition of slavery was
1. Cornwallis
2. Bentinck
3. Dalhousie
4. Rippon
Answer: 2
Question: Who among the following is known as the guardian of the Public Purse in India?
1. The Comptroller and Auditor General of India
2. The President
3. The Minister of Finance
4. The parliament
Answer: 1
Question: Who was the first chief Justice of Supreme court of Calcutta?
1. Hyde
2. Elijah Impey
3. Lemaistre
4. Monson
Answer: 2
Question: By which of the following Acts were the Commercial Rights of East India Company Abolished?
1. Regulating Act of 1773
2. Charter Act of 1813
3. Charter Act of 1833
4. Charter Act of 1853
Answer: 3
Question: Who Was the founder of All India Muslim League?
1. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
2. Nawab Saleem Ullah Khan
3. Liyaqat Ali Khan
4. Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Answer: 2
Question: The First Finance Commission was constituted in the year
1. 1956
2. 1953
3. 1952
4. 1951
Answer: 4
Question: Which one of the following Settlements comprised Zamindar as middleman to collect the land revenue?
1. Mahalwari Settlement
2. Ryotwari Settlement
3. Permanent Settlement
4. None of the above
Answer: 3
Question: Which of the following was the court language during the reign of Akbar?
1. Hindi
2. Urdu
3. Persian
4. Arabic
Answer: 3
Question: What were the districts called in the Vijaynagar empire?
1. Nadu
2. Khurram
3. Kottam
4. Janpad
Answer: 3
Question: Taoism is a school of
1. Chinese philosophy
2. Japanese philosophy
3. Buddhist philosophy
4. Sri Lankan philosophy
Answer: 1