Question: Identify the famous ruler of the Gupta period
1. Kumaradevi
2. Rajyashri
3. Kuber-Naga
4. Prabhavati-Gupta
Answer: 4
Question: Which of the following are the four Agnikula class of Rajputs
1. Tomars, Pariharas, Chauhans, Pawars
2. Chandellas, Tomars, Solankis, Chauhans
3. Chandells, Pariharas, Chauhans, Pawars
4. Parihars, Chauhans, Pawars, Solankis
Answer: 4
Question: The Ministers during the Sultanate period were appointed and dismissed by
1. Ulema
2. The Caliph
3. The sultan
4. Wazir
Answer: 3
Question: Identify the Mughal mosque that is also regarded as the “Pearl Mosque”
1. Moti Masjid at Agra
2. Jama-I-Masjid at Delhi
3. Aurangzeb’s personal mosque in the Red Fort
4. Jama-I-masjid at Fatehpur Sikri
Answer: 2
Question: Which of the following is wrongly matched ?
1. Nanmdeva : Maharashtra
2. Chaitanya : Bengal
3. Narsinha Mehta : Gujarat
4. Vallabhacharya : Gujarat
Answer: 4
Question: Put in correct chronological sequence, the successors of Shivaji 1.Sahu 2.Shivaji 3.Rajaram 4.Sambhaji 5.Ram Raja
1. 4, 3, 2, 1, 5
2. 2, 1, 5, 3, 4
3. 5, 4, 2, 1, 3
4. 1, 2, 3, 5, 4
Answer: 1
Question: Which among the following was defeated by Ahmad Shah Abdali in the 3rd battle of Panipat
1. Sawai Jai Singh
2. Badam Singh
3. Suraj Mal
4. Guru Govind Singh
Answer: 3
Question: Identify the positive effects of the beginning of European commerce in India. 1. Money economy grew up 2. International market relations were set-up 3. Increased quantity of India’s export 4. Indian agriculture was further commercialised
1. 1, 3, 4
2. 2, 3, 4
3. 1, 2, 3
4. 1, 2, 4
Answer: 3
Question: What was the commercial aim of the Potuguese is India?
1. Deprive Arabs and Persians from India’s maritime trade
2. Capture pepper and other superior spices trade
3. Capture textiles and spice trades
4. Capture territories on the western coast
Answer: 2
Question: The Subsidiary Alliance System was evolved by
1. Warren Hastings
2. Dalhousie
3. Cornwails
4. Wellesley
Answer: 4
Question: Which of the following is wrongly matched
1. The Pitt’s India Act (1784) : Board of Control to guide and control company’s affairs
2. Charter Act of 1813 : Company’s monopoly of trade with India ended
3. Charter Act of 1833 : Company’s debt taken over by the government of India
4. Charter Act of 1853 : To regulate company’s affairs
Answer: 4
Question: Identify the institution, which was turned into Beharas Hindu university by Madan Mohan Malaviya.
1. Bethune College for women started in 1849 by Drinkwater Bethune
2. Hindu College founded in 1817 by David Hare
3. Vedanta College founded in 1825 by Ramohan Roy
4. Central Hindu School established by Mrs. Annei Besant
Answer: 4
Question: “Patriotism is religion and religion is love for India” – Whose utterance is this ?
1. Raj Narain Bose
2. Swami Vivekanand
3. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
4. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Answer: 4
Question: “Abhinava Bharat” a secret society of revolutionaries, was organized by
1. Khudiram Bose
2. V.D. Savarkar
3. Prafulla Chaki
4. Bhagat Singh
Answer: 2
Question: During the Indian freedom struggle, The Deccan Educational Society was founded by
1. B.G. Tilak
2. Dadabhai Naoroji
3. G.K. Gokhale
4. M.G. Ranade
Answer: 4
Question: Who compared the Dandi March to Napoleon’s March to Paris on his return from Elba ?
1. Dadabhai Naoroji
2. Lala Lajpat Rai
3. Subhash Chandra Bose
4. B.G. Tilak
Answer: 3
Question: In Faizabad, the revolt of 1857 was led by
1. Ahmadullah
2. Bakht Khan
3. Khan Bahadur Khar
4. Nana Saheb
Answer: 1
Question: Who was the first Sufi saint in India ?
1. Shaikh Hamiduddin
2. Shaikh Naizamuddin Auliya
3. Shaikh Qubuddin Auliya
4. Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti
Answer: 4
Question: Who built the temple of Angkor Vat ?
1. Surya Varman II
2. Jaya Varman vII
3. Yaso Varman
4. Hari Varman
Answer: 1
Question: Which ruler went to Sri Lanka to spread Buddhism
1. Ashoka
2. Samudragupta
3. Sanghamitra
4. Chitragupta
Answer: 3
Question: Temple architecture was most developed under
1. Rastrakutas
2. Pallavas
3. Pandyas
4. Cheras
Answer: 2
Question: King Piyadassi referred to in some ancient Indian inscriptions is identified with
1. Chandragupta Maurya
2. Bimbisara
3. Ashoka
4. Samudragupta
Answer: 3
Question: In Sanskrit plays written during the Gupta period, women & Sudras speak
1. Prakrit
2. Sauraseni
3. Pali
4. Sanskrit
Answer: 1
Question: Sir Thomas Rose visited the court of
1. Akbar
2. Jehangir
3. Shajahan
4. Aurangazeeb
Answer: 2
Question: The capital of Mysore during Tipu Sultan’s rule was
1. Bangalore
2. Devagiri
3. Coimbatoor
4. Srirangapattanam
Answer: 4
Question: Who among the following was a famous astronomer?
1. Bhanabhatta
2. Vishakadatta
3. Nagarjuna
4. Aryabhatta
Answer: 4
Question: Who among the following ruler was a famous musician?
1. Swathi Thirunal
2. Moolam Thirunal
3. Marthanda Varma
4. Sri Chithira Thirunal
Answer: 1
Question: The Shunga Kings belonged to the caste of
1. Shudras
2. Vaisyas
3. Brahmanas
4. Kshatriyas
Answer: 3
Question: The Hathigumpha inscription (near Bhubaneshwar, Orissa) relates to the king
1. Susharma
2. Hala
3. Kharavela
4. Pulamayi
Answer: 3
Question: Which of the following were the first rulers in India to issue coins which can be definitely attributed to the kings ?
1. Shakas
2. Kushans
3. Indo-Greeks
4. Parthians
Answer: 3
Question: Which of the following Shaka king reconstructed the Sudarshana lake?
1. Rudradaman
2. Manes
3. Chastana
4. Bhumaka
Answer: 1
Question: Which language was used in the literature of sangam period
1. Kannada
2. Telugu
3. Tamil
4. Sanskrit
Answer: 3
Question: What was the type of marriage in the Vedic period in which, in place of the dowry, there was a token bride price of a cow and a bull –
1. Asura
2. Arsa
3. Gantharva
4. Rakshsa
Answer: 1
Question: At the earlier stage backward classes movement means?
1. Santal movement
2. Non-Brahmin movement
3. Harijan movement
4. Antirulers movement
Answer: 2
Question: The large residential university established in ancient time was at –
1. Cochin
2. Vaishali
3. Nalanda
4. Harappa
Answer: 3
Question: Which among the following dynasties had the strongest navy?
1. Chalukya
2. Chola
3. Gupta
4. Pallava
Answer: 2
Question: The oldest Veda is
1. Atharva Veda
2. Rig Veda
3. Yajur Veda
4. Sama Veda
Answer: 2
Question: With whose help was the revolt at Avadh against the British Administration put down in 1857 ?
1. Gorkha
2. Pahari
3. Jat
4. Gennan
Answer: 1
Question: In which of the following years did the present name of Uttar Pradesh come into existence?
1. 1947
2. 1950
3. 1956
4. 1935
Answer: 1
Question: To which of the following parties did the famous freedom fighter Chandra Shekhar Azad belong?
1. Indian Socialist Republican Force
2. Azad Hind Force
3. Forward Block
4. Indian National Congress
Answer: 1
Question: Which building, designed by British architect Edwin Lutyens, and located at Raisina Hill in New Delhi, was formerly known as ‘Viceregal Palace’ ?
1. India Gate
2. Teen Murti Bhavan
3. Rashtrapati Bhavan
4. Sansad Bhavan
Answer: 3
Question: Even though India became independent in 1947 but Daman and Diu remained a European colony till 1961. Which country ruled over it ?
1. France
2. Britain
3. Netherlands
4. Portugal
Answer: 4