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HISTORY
1. Which was the first metal used by man?
a) Copper
b) Silver
c) Bronze
d) Brass
Ans. (a)
2. The Stone Age people had the first
domestic:
a) Asses
b) Dogs
c) Horses
d) Sheep
Ans. (b)
3. Man passed from the food gathering stage
to the food producing stage in the:
a) Palaeolithic Age b) Mesolithic Age
c) Neolithic Age
d) Chalcolithic Age
Ans. (c)
4. The Indus Valley Civilisation flourished
during:
a) 5000 – 3500 B.C.
b) 3000 – 1500 B.C.
c) 2500 – 1750 B.C.
d) 1500 – 500 B.C.
Ans. (c)
5. Use of plough has been evidenced at:
a) Kalibangam
b) Lothal
c) Haryana
d) Banwali
Ans. (a)
6. Which of the following Harappan sites had
a dock?
a) Harappa
b) Mohenjodaro
c) Lothal
d) Alamgirpur
Ans. (c)
7. Rice cultivation is associated with
Harappan site of:
a) Kalibangam
b) Harappa
c) Ropar
d) Lothal
Ans. (d)
8. The Indus Valley people had trade
relations with:
a) Egypt
b) Greece
c) Ceylon
d) Mesopotamia
Ans. (d)
9. At which Harappan site have traces of a
horse been found?
a) Kalibangam
b) Lothal
c) Surkotda
d) Suktagendor
Ans. (c)
10. The famous figure of a dancing girl found
in the excavations of Harappa was made
up of:
a) Terracotta
b) Steatite
c) Bronze
d) Red limestone
Ans. (c)
11. The Great Bath of the Indus Valley
Civilization was discovered in:
a) Harappa
b) Lothal
c) Mohenjodaro
d) Ropar
Ans. (c)
12. The script of Indus Valley Civilization
was/in:
a) Persian
b) Dravidian
c) Sanskrit
d) Undeciphered
Ans. (d)
13. Which one of the following contains the
Gayatri Mantra?
a) Rigveda
b) Yajurveda
c) Upanishad
d) Samaveda
Ans. (a)
14. The God not worshipped during the time of
Rigvedic Aryans was:
a) Indra
b) Agni
c) Marut
d) Shiva
Ans. (d)
15. Who among the following popularised the
theory of ‘Arctic Region’ as the original
home of Aryans?
a) Macdonel
b) Max Muller
c) B.G. Tilak
d) Keith
Ans. (a)
16. The Aryans at first settled in:
a) Sindh
b) Gujarat
c) Kashmir
d) Punjab
Ans. (d)
17. Upanishads, also known as the Vedantas,
are _____ in number.
a) 96
b) 105
c) 108
d) 112
Ans. (c)
18. Purushsukta is a part of:
a) Rigveda
b) Yoga-Sutra
c) Ramayana
d) Bhagvadgita
Ans. (a)
19. Which of the following is not correctly
matched?
a) Ayurveda – magic
b) Shilpaveda – sculpture
c) Gandharvaveda – music
d) Dhanuveda – warfare
Ans. (a)
20. The Painted Grey Ware (PGW) belongs to:
a) The Harappan civilization
b) The Vedic age
c) The Neolithic age
d) None of these
Ans. (b)
21. The meaning of ‘Buddha’ is:
a) Anything beyond God
b) Soul after death
c) The Enlightened one
d) The ultimate path for moksha
Ans. (c)
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22. Buddhism split up into the Hinayana and
Mahayana sects at the Buddhist Council
held during the reign of:
a) Harsha
b) Kanishka
c) Ashoka
d) Chandragupta Maurya
Ans. (b)
23. Jainism was divided into two sects known as:
a) Kapalika and Kalamukha
b) Mahayana and Hinayana
c) Ajivika and Nyaya Vaisesika
d) Svetambara and Digambara
Ans. (d)
24. Match the following:
(Events related to
(Places)
Buddha)
A. Birth of Buddha
1. Bodha Gaya
B. Enlightenment
2. Lumbini
C. First Sermon
3. Kusinagar
(or kasia)
D. Death of Buddha
4. Sarnath
5. Rajgriha
ABCD
A B C D
a) 2 1 3 4
b) 1 3 4 5
c) 2 1 4 3
d) 4 2 5 3
Ans. (c)
25. Which one of the following is incorrectly
matched?
a) First Buddhist Council - Saptaparni Cave
(near Rajagriha)
b) Second Buddhist Council – Magadha
c) Third Buddhist Council - Patliputra
d) Fourth Buddhist Council – Kashmir
Ans. (b)
26. Buddha and Mahavira died during the reign
of:
a) Ajatshatru
b) Udayan
c) Bimbisara
d) None of these
Ans. (a)
27. The triratnas were stressed by:
a) Buddha
b) Mahavira
c) Manu
d) Gaudapada
Ans. (b)
28. The last of the 24th Jain Tirthankaras was:
a) Parsvanath
b) Mahavira
c) Rishabha
d) Arishtanemi
Ans. (b)
29. The first discourse of Buddha at Deer Park
in Sarnath is called:
a) Mahabhiniskraman
b) Mahaparinirvana
c) Mahamastabhisheka
d) Dharmachakrapravartan
Ans. (d)
30. In which of the following languages were
the original Buddhist religious texts
written?
a) Brahmi
b) Sanskrit
c) Magadhi
d) Pali
Ans. (d)
31. Buddha died in which Mahajanpada?
a) Mael
b) Chedi
c) Magadh
d) Avanti
Ans. (a)
32. The first monarch of Magadh kingdom in
the sixth century B.C. was:
a) Bimbisara
b) Prasenajit
c) Ajatshatru
d) Jarasandha
Ans. (a)
33. In ancient India, the earliest capital of
Magadha Kingdom was of:
a) Pataliputra
b) Rajgir
c) Vaisali
d) Varanasi
Ans. (b)
34. Which of the following transferred his
capital from Rajgir to Pataliputra?
a) Bimbisara
b) Ajatsatru
c) Udayin
d) Shishunaga
Ans. (c)
35. Porus was defeated by Alexander at the
Battle of _______.
a) Buxar
b) Heart
c) Kabul
d) Hydaspes
Ans. (d)
36. Who among the following is considered as
the first national ruler of India?
a) Chandragupta Maurya
b) Ashoka
c) Chandragupta I
d) Kanishka
Ans. (a)
37. Ashoka, the Great conquered Kalinga in
the year:
a) 261 B.C.
b) 58 B.C.
c) 261 A.D.
d) 78 A.D.
Ans. (a)
38. The Greek ambassador in the court of
Chandragupta Maurya was:
a) Hiuen Tsang
b) Fahien
c) Megasthenes
d) Seleucus
Ans. (c)
39. The title ‘Devanam Piya’ was given to:
a) Harsha
b) Kanishka
c) Ashoka
d) Chandragupta Vikramaditya
Ans. (c)
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40. Sarnath’s Lion Capital is attributed to:
a) Kanishka
b) Harshavardhana
c) Ashoka
d) Chandragupta
Ans. (c)
41. Which language was used in the literature
of Sangam period?
a) Sanskrit
b) Tamil
c) Telugu
d) Kannada
Ans. (b)
42. After the Mauryas the most important
kingdom in the Deccan and Central India
was that of the:
a) Vakatakas
b) Cholas
c) Satavahanas
d) Pallavas
Ans. (c)
43. The earliest example of a land grant is
provided by an inscription of:
a) The Guptas
b) The Mauryas
c) The Satavahanas
d) the Mahameghavahanas
Ans. (c)
44. Saka era started from:
a) 78 B.C.
b) 78 A.D.
c) 300 B.C.
d) 124 A.D.
Ans. (b)
45. Vikrama era started from:
a) 57 B.C.
b) 78 A.D.
c) 57 A.D.
d) 78 B.C.
Ans. (a)
46. Who were the first to issue gold coins?
a) Indo Greeks
b) Shakas
c) Parthians
d) Kushans
Ans. (a)
47. St. Thomas came to India in 1st century
A.D. to propagate Christianity. He came
during the reign of:
a) Gondophernes
b) Kanishka
c) Rudradaman I
d) Kadphises
Ans. (a)
48. The Mathura school of art flourished during
the reign of:
a) Kanishika
b) Kadphises – I
c) Harsha
d) Vasudeva
Ans. (a)
49. ‘Panchatantra’ was written by:
a) Kalidasa
b) Vishnu Sharma
c) Tulsidas
d) Banabhatta
Ans. (b)
50. The six distinct schools of Indian
philosophy
–
Vedanta,
Mimamsa,
Sankhya, Toga, Nyaya, Vaisesika became
fully articulated during the:
a) Vedic age
b) Gupta age
c) Kushana age
d) Mauryan age
Ans. (b)
51. Dhanvantri, a renowned physician of
ancient India, adorned the court of:
a) Samudragupta
b) Ashoka
c) Chandragupta Vikramaditya
d) Kanishka
Ans. (c)
52. Who among the following literary figures of
the Gupta age is given the title of ‘Indian
Shakespeare’?
a) Harisena
b) Kalidasa
c) Vishakhadatta
d) Bharavi
Ans. (b)
53. The Iron Pillar at Mehrauli was built by:
a) Mauryas
b) Nandas
c) Khilijis
d) Gupta
Ans. (d)
54. Which of the following was not written by
Harsha?
a) Kadambari
b) Ratnavali
c) Nagananda
d) Priyadarshika
Ans. (a)
55. Who built the stupa at Sanchi in Madhya
Pradesh?
a) Harsha
b) Ashoka
c) Kanishka
d) Chandragupta
Ans. (b)
56. The large Shiva Temple at Thanjavur was
built by:
a) Rajendra Chola I
b) Rajaraja Chola I
c) Chandellas
d) Rashtrakutas
Ans. (b)
57. The famous bronze image of Nataraja is a
fine example of:
a) Chola art
b) Gandhara art
c) Gupta art
d) Mauryan art
Ans. (a)
58. Who among the following are credited to
have built the famous Ellora caves?
a) Rashtrakutas
b) Cholas
c) Satavahanas
d) Cheras
Ans. (a)
59. Who among the following called himself as
the ‘Second Alexander’?
a) Alauddin Khilji
b) Samudragupta
c) Chandragupta II
d) Kanishka
Ans. (a)
60. In ancient peninsular India, who of the
following assumed the title ‘Vatapikonda’?
a) Mayurasharman
b) Narasimhavarman
c) Pulakeshin II
d) Vikramaditya II
Ans. (b)
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61. Match the following:
Dynasty
State
A. Kadamba
1. Orissa
B. Kharavela
2. Karnataka
C. Chalukya
3. Bengal
D. Pala
4. Gujarat
A B C D
A B C D
a) 1 2 4 3
b) 1 2 3 4
c) 2 1 3 4
d) 2 1 4 3
Ans. (d)
62. Prithviraj Chauhan belonged to the Rajput
dynasty of:
a) Chandellas
b) Gahadavalas
c) Tomaras
d) Guhilots
Ans. (b)
63. The first Muslim invasion of India was led by:
a) Mahmud of Ghazni
b) Muhammad Ghori
c) Muhammad-bin-Qasim
d) Timur
Ans. (c)
64. Who among the following Sultans of Delhi
has been described by the historians as
the ‘mixture of opposites’?
a) Balban
b) Alauddin khilji
c) Muhammad Tughluq d) Ibrahim Lodi
Ans. (c)
65. Alauddin Khilji introduced market reforms:
a) To administer his subjects well
b) To easy the peasants’ living
c) To maintain a large army economically
d) To remove mediators
Ans. (c)
66. Al Beruni came to India along with:
a) Mahmud of Ghazni
b) Muhammad-bin-Qasim
c) Muhammad Ghuri
d) Timur
Ans. (a)
67. Who was the first and the last woman ruler
of Delhi?
a) Chand Bibi
b) Noor Jahan
c) Rajia Sultan
d) Mumtaz Mahal
Ans. (c)
68. Timur invaded India during the reign of:
a) Alauddin Khilji
b) Bahlol Lodi
c) Firoz Tughlaq
d) Nasiruddin Mehmud
Ans. (d)
69. Who among the following first divided his
empire into iqtas during the process of civil
administration?
a) Aibak
b) Iltutmish
c) Razia
d) Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq
Ans. (b)
70. Who among the following was not a slave
before he became a king?
a) Ala-ud-din Khilji
b) Balban
c) Qutub-ud-din Aibak
d) Iltutmish
Ans. (a)
71. The Sultan of Delhi who is reputed to have
built the biggest network of canals in India was:
a) Iltutmish
b) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
c) Feroze Shah Tughlaq
d) Sikandar Lodi
Ans. (c)
72. Who among the following destroyed the
group of Forty Nobles?
a) Balram Shah
b) Iltutmish
c) Razia
d) Balban
Ans. (d)
73. The Delhi Sultanate virtually ended due to
the invasion of:
a) Chengiz Khan
b) Babar
c) Nadir Shah
d) Timur
Ans. (b)
74. Which Muslim emperor was attracted by
the beauty of Queen Padmini?
a) Babar
b) Humayun
c) Akbar
d) Alauddin Khilji
Ans. (d)
75. Who among the following introduced the
famous Persian festival of Nauroj in India?
a) Balban
b) Firoze Tughlaq
c) Iltutmish
d) Alauddin Khilji
Ans. (a)
76. The founder of the first Afghan dynasty in
India was:
a) Ibrahim Lodi
b) Bahlol Lodi
c) Sikandar Lodi
d) Sher Shah Suri
Ans. (b)
77. Which of the following rulers in India
challenged the authority of the Ulemas or
Muslim clergy?
a) Alauddin Khilji
b) Balban
c) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
d) Sher Shah
Ans. (a)
78. The structure of Qutab Minar was
completed by:
a) Aram Shah
b) Qutbuddin Aibak
c) Iltutmish
d) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
Ans. (c)
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79. Who wrote Tughluqnamah?
a) Raskhan
b) Amir Khusrau
c) Isami
d) Malik Mohammad Jaisi
Ans. (b)
80. Who was the founder of the second Afghan
Empire in India?
a) Bahlol Lodi
b) Ibrahim Lodi
c) Islam Shah
d) Sher Shah Suri
Ans. (d)
81. In Krishnadevaraya’s court, Ashtadiggajas
were the:
a) Eight great poets of his court
b) Eight great ministers in his court
c) Eight elephants placed at eight corners
of his capital
d) Eight great scholars of his kingdom
Ans. (a)
82. Who was known as ‘Andhra Bhoja’?
a) Deva Raya II
b) Bukka
c) Krishnadeva Raya
d) Quli Qutb Shah
Ans. (c)
83. Kabir was the disciple of
a) Chaitanya
b) Shankaracharya
c) Ramananda
d) Vallabhacharya
Ans. (c)
84. The Bhakti Movement was first organized by:
a) Ramanuja
b) Kabir
c) Ramananda
d) Nanak
Ans. (a)
85. Tulsidas wrote Ramacharitamanas during
the reign of:
a) Jahangir
b) Rama Raya
c) Akbar
d) Krishnadeva Raya
Ans. (c)
86. The two great Mughal rulers who wrote
their own memoirs are:
a) Babar and Humayun
b) Humayun and Akbar
c) Babar and Jahangir
d) Jahangir and Shahjahan
Ans. (c)
87. The court language of Mughals was
a) Arabic
b) Hindi
c) Persian
d) Urdu
Ans. (c)
88. The Mughal emperor, who died to a
sudden fall from the staircase was:
a) Babar
b) Humayun
c) Jahangir
d) Aurangzeb
Ans. (b)
89. The coin rupia was first issued by:
a) Sher Shah
b) Alauddin Khilji
c) Akbar
d) Muhammad bin-Tughlaq
Ans. (a)
90. Buland Darwaza, built by Akbar, is to
commemorate the victory of:
a) Orissa
b) Bengal
c) Delhi
d) Gujarat
Ans. (d)
91. Purana Qila was constructed during the
reign of:
a) Humayun
b) Akbar
c) Jahangir
d) Sher Shah
Ans. (d)
92. When did Vasco da Gama come to India?
a) 1492
b) 1498
c) 1398
d) 1542
Ans. (b)
93. Who among the following was regarded to
‘Zindapir’?
a) Babar
b) Akbar
c) Jahangir
d) Aurangzeb
Ans. (d)
94. Who among the following Mughal rulers
banned music and dancing?
a) Aurangzeb
b) Humayun
c) Jahangir
d) Babar
Ans. (a)
95. ‘Biwi Ka Maqbara’ is the tomb of:
a) Nurjahan
b) Aurangzeb’s wife
c) Humayun’s sister d) Mumtaz Mahal
Ans. (b)
96. Who among the following ladies wrote a
historical account during the Mughal Period?
a) Gulbadan Begam
b) Nurjahan Begam
c) Jahanara Begam
d) Zebun-nissa Begam
Ans. (a)
97. The Sikh Khalsa was founded by:
a) Guru Teg Bahadur
b) Guru Nanak
c) Guru Gobind Singh
d) Guru Hargobind
Ans. (c)
98. The Sikh Guru who was killed by the
orders of Aurangzeb was:
a) Guru Ram Das
b) Guru Arjun Dev
c) Guru Teg Bahadur
d) Guru Gobind Singh
Ans. (c)
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99. The birthplace of Guru Gobind Singh is:
a) Amritsar
b) Anandpur Sahib
c) Fatehgarh Sahib d) Patna
Ans. (d)
100. Which Indian king requested Napoleon for
help to drive the British from India?
a) Rani of Jhansi
b) Jai Singh
c) Shivaji
d) Tipu Sultan
Ans. (d)
101. Nadir Shah invaded India during the reign of:
a) Shah Alam
b) Bahadur Shah
c) Muhammed Shah
d) Farrukhsiyar
Ans. (c)
102. Who united all the Sikhs and founded a
kingdom in the Punjab?
a) Guru Nanak
b) Guru Gobind Singh
c) Maharaja Ranjit Singh
d) Guru Tegh Bahadur
Ans. (c)
103. Who among the following was called as
‘Father of Indian Renaissance’?
a) B.G. Tilak
b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
c) Lala Lajpat Rai
d) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Ans. (d)
104. Who was the first European to translate
the Bhagwat Gita into English?
a) William Jones
b) Charles Wilkins
c) James Prinsep
d) Sir Alexander Cunningham
Ans. (b)
105. Which was the first newspaper to be
published in India?
a) Bombay Samachar
b) Bengal Gazette
c) Bengal Chronicle
d) The Hindu
Ans. (b)
106. Who gave the motto ‘Go back to the
Vedas’?
a) Ramakrishna Paramhansa
b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
c) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
d) Swami Vivekananda
Ans. (c)
107. Vande Mataram was first sung at the
session of the Indian National Congress in:
a) 1886
b) 1892
c) 1896 d) 1904
Ans. (c)
108. The first session of the Indian National
Congress
was
held
under
the
Presidentship of:
a) A.O. Hume
b) B. Malabari
c) Badruddin Tyyabji
d) W.C. Banerjee
Ans. (d)
109. The first Muslim President of Indian
National Congress was:
a) Ajmal Khan
b) Abul Kalam Azad
c) M.A. Jinnah
d) Badruddin Tyyabji
Ans. (d)
110. Who was the first Englishman to preside
over a congress session?
a) A.O. Hume
b) W. Wedderburn
c) George Yule
d) None
Ans. (c)
111. A public Works Department was set up in
India by:
a) Lord Ripon
b) William Bentinck
c) Lord Dalhousie
d) Warren Hastings
Ans. (c)
112. Which of the following Land tenure systems
was introduced by Lord Cornwallis?
a) Mahalwari
b) Ryotwari
c) Sthayi
d) Inamdari
Ans. (c)
113. Who was the Governor-General when the
Great Mutiny of 1857 broke out?
a) Lord Ripon
b) Lord Dalhousie
c) Lord Canning
d) Lord Hardinge
Ans. (c)
114. The system of budget was introduced in
India during the viceroyalty of:
a) Dalhousie
b) Canning
c) Elgin
d) Ripon
Ans. (b)
115. Who was the head of the Committee
formed by the government to enquire into
Jallianwala Bagh massacre?
a) General Dyer
b) John Simon
c) Hunter
d) None of these
Ans. (c)
116. Who among the following was impeached
in England for his actions in India?
a) Lord Wavell
b) Warren Hastings
c) Lord Ripon
d) Lord Cornwallis
Ans. (b)
117. Who was known as the ‘Liberator of the
Press’?
a) Bentick
b) Hastings
c) Metcalfe
d) Macaulay
Ans. (c)
118. The Doctrine of Lapse was introduced by:
a) Lord Wellesley
b) Warren Hastings
c) Lord Canning
d) Lord Dalhousie
Ans. (d)
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119. Who among the following is associated
with the Local Self-Government Act?
a) Cornwallis
b) William Bentinck
c) Dalhousie
d) Ripon
Ans. (d)
120. Who was the first Indian to become the
member of British Parliament?
a) Badruddin Tyyabji b) W.C. Banerjee
c) D. Wacha
d) Dadabhai Naoroji
Ans. (d)
121. The Revolt of 1857 cannot be called
merely a sepoy mutiny because:
a) It was spread all over India
b) It was inspired by nationalistic
sentiments and led by former rulers
c) It was the result of socio-economic
causes not confined to the sepoys
d) It involved the participation of all
classes of society
Ans. (c)
122. Lord Curzon is best known for which of
the following?
a) University Act of 1904
b) Partition of Bengal in 1905
c) Indian Councils Act of 1892
d) Government of India Act of 1909
Ans. (b)
123. The slogan ‘Inquilab Zindabad’ was first
raised by:
a) Lokmanya Tilak
b) Veer Savarkar
c) Chandrashekhar Azad
d) Bhagat Singh
Ans. (d)
124. The Non-Cooperation Movement was
launched by:
a) Jawaharlal Nehru b) Dadabhai Naoroji
c) Chittaranjan Das d) Mahatma Gandhi
Ans. (d)
125. Who founded the Banaras Hindu University?
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Madan Mohan Malviya
c) Jawaharlal Nehru
d) None of these
Ans. (b)
126. The first woman President of the Indian
National Congress was:
a) Kasturba Gandhi
b) Annie Besant
c) Sarojini Naidu
d) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
Ans. (b)
127. The first Indian woman President of the
Indian National Congress was:
a) Sarojini Naidu
b) Kasturba Gandhi
c) Annie Besant
d) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
Ans. (a)
128. Who started the Bhoodan Movement?
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Jayaprakash Narayan
c) Swami Vivekananda
d) Acharya Vinoba Bhave
Ans. (d)
129. The Indians celebrated the Independence
Day for the first time on:
a) January 1, 1930
b) January 26, 1930
c) August 15, 1947
d) January 26, 1950
Ans. (b)
130. Who conceived the idea of Pakistan?
a) Asaf Ali
b) Chowdhary Rahmat Ali
c) Mohd. Ali Jinnah
d) H.S. Suharwardhy
Ans. (b)
131. Who initiated the greeting of ‘Jai Hind’?
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) B.G. Tilak
c) Jawaharlal Nehru
d) Subhash Chandra Bose
Ans. (d)
132. Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev were
hanged for their role in:
a) Kakori case
b) Lahore Conspiracy case
c) Meerut Conspiracy case
d) All the above
Ans. (b)
133. ‘Vande Mataram’ was first published in
a) Kesari
b) Harijan
c) Gitanjali
d) Anandmath
Ans. (d)
134. Who led the ‘Rally for the Valley’ against
the Narmada Dam?
a) Arundhati Roy
b) Keshu Bhai Patel
c) Digvijay Singh
d) Shobha De
Ans. (a)
135. University of Nalanda was situated in
a) Orissa
b) Bihar
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Gujarat
Ans. (b)
136. The oldest existing newspaper in India
a) Jugantar
b) Anand Bazar Patrika
c) Bombay Samachar
d) Malayala Manorama
Ans. (c)
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137. The first venture of Gandhiji in all India
politics was the
a) Non-Cooperation Movement
b) Rowlatt Satyagraha
c) Champaran Movement
d) Dandi March
Ans. (b)
138. The Chinese traveller Fa-hien visited India
during the times of
a) Chandra Gupta Maurya
b) Chandra Gupta I
c) Samudra Gupta
d) Chandra Gupta II
Ans. (d)
139. Which one of the following Indian leaders
was dismissed by the British from the
Indian Civil Service?
a) Satyendranath Tagore
b) Surendranath Banerjee
c) R. C. Dutt
d) Subhash Chandra Bose
Ans. (b)
140. The first battle of Panipat was fought in
a) 1566 AD
b) 1526 AD
c) 1546 AD
d) 1528 AD
Ans. (b)
141. Vasco da Gama was a
a) Australian navigator
b) Portuguese explorer
c) British Explorer
d) French navigator
Ans. (b)
142. Begum Akhtar was famous for her singing of
a) Film songs
b) Ghazals
c) Qawwalis
d) Folk songs
Ans. (b)
143. Which European leader was called the
‘Man of Blood and Iron’?
a) Hitler
b) Mussolini
c) Bismarck
d) Napoleon
Ans. (c)
144. Name the ruler of India who transferred
his capital from Delhi to Daultabad.
a) Feroz Tughlaq
b) Mohd. Tughlaq
c) Alauddin Khiliji
d) Aurangzeb
Ans. (b)
145. Who said, ”The government of the people
by the people and for the people shall not
vanish from the earth”?
a) George Washington
b) Winston Churchill
c) Subhash Chandra Bose
d) Abraham Lincoln
Ans. (d)
146. Which of the following Vedas is a
collection of spells and incantations?
a) Rig Veda
b) Sama Veda
c) Yajur Veda
d) Atharva Veda
Ans. (d)
147. ’Tripitakas’ are the sacred books of the
a) Hindus
b) Muslims
c) Jains
d) Buddhists
Ans. (d)
148. Who was the founder of ‘Parsi Religion’?
a) Moses
b) Zoroaster
c) Cyrus
d) Darius
Ans. (b)
149. Charminar is at
a) Lucknow
b) Agra
c) Patna
d) Hyderabad
Ans. (d)
150. Which is the highest gateway of India?
a) India Gate
b) Buland Darwaza
c) China Gate
d) Gateway of India
Ans. (b)
151. Indian National Congress was established in
a) 1880 b) 1881
c) 1883 d) 1885
Ans. (d)
152. Who called the English ‘a nation of
Shopkeepers’?
a) Hitler
b) Napoleon
c) Mussolini
d) Gandhiji
Ans. (b)
153. Lingaraj Temple is at
a) Ujjain
b) Bhubaneshwar
c) Madurai
d) Varanasi
Ans. (b)
154. Hawa Mahal is in
a) Jaipur
b) Jodhpur
c) Ajmer
d) Udaipur
Ans. (a)
155. Who was the founder of Ramakrishna
Mission?
a) Swami Vivekanand
b) Raja Rammohan Roy
c) Swami Dayanand
d) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Ans. (a)
156. Mark the incorrect pair.
a) Netaji-Subhash Chandra Bose
b) Frontier Gandhi-Maulana Abul Kalam
Azad
c) Deshbandhu-C.R. Dass
d) Deenbandhu-CF Andrews
Ans. (b)
157. When Quit India Movement was launched
by Gandhiji?
a) 1940 b) 1941 c) 1942
d) 1943
Ans. (c)
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158. Tulsidas flourished during the reign of
a) Babar
b) Akbar
c) Shahjehan
d) Humayun
Ans. (b)
159. When the Battle of Plassey was fought?
a) 1752
b) 1753
c) 1755
d) 1757
Ans. (d)
160. Who was Pablo Picasso?
a) A painter
b) A sculptor
c) A singer
d) A writer
Ans. (a)
161. ‘Rajtarangini’ is written by
a) Sushruta
b) Kalhana
c) Panini
d) Bana Bhatti
Ans. (b)
162. “Let a hundred flowers bloom and let a
thousand schools of thought contend” is
the saying of
a) Lenin
b) Gandhi
c) Nehru
d) Mayo
Ans. (d)
163. The birthday of which of the following is
observed as the Teacher’s Day:
a) Dr. Zakir Hussain
b) Aurobindo Ghosh
c) Swami Vivekanand
d) S. Radhakrishnan
Ans. (d)
164. Who said,”Man is by nature a political
animal”?
a) Plato
b) Aristotle
c) Socrates
d) Churchill
Ans. (b)
165. The Mughal dynasty in India was founded in
a) 1526
b) 1536
c) 1546
d) 1556
Ans. (a)
166. Who is not a Bhakti poet?
a) Namdev
b) Kabir
c) Nirala
d) Mirabai
Ans. (c)
167. Which is not a Dravidian language?
a) Tamil
b) Malayalam
c) Konkani
d) Telugu
Ans. (c)
168. Mahatma Gandhi gave the call to reject
foreign goods during the
a) Civil Disobedience Movement
b) Khilafat Movement
c) Non Cooperation Movement
d) Swadeshi Movement
Ans. (d)
169. ‘Adi Granth’ was written by
a) Guru Arjun Dev
b) Guru Teg Bahadur
c) Guru Nanak Dev d) Guru Gobind Singh
Ans. (a)
170. The first Sultan of Lodhi dynasty was
a) Afzal Lodhi
b) Sikandar Lodhi
c) Bahlol Lodhi
d) Ibrahim Lodhi
Ans. (c)
171. In which of the following movement Mahatma
Gandhi gave the slogan ‘Do or Die’?
a) Non-cooperation movement
b) Dandi march
c) Quit India movement
d) Khilafat movement
Ans. (b)
172. The agitation against the partition of
Bengal was led by
a) Surendranath Banerjee
b) C.R. Das
c) Subhash Chandra Bose
d) Aruna Asaf Ali
Ans. (a)
173. Who among the following was appointed by
Ashoka to administer justice in his empire?
a) Shramana
b) Uparika
c) Rajuka
d) Kumaramatya
Ans. (c)
174. Which of the following is the oldest
English Daily in India?
a) The Times of India
b) Hindustan Times
c) The Tribune
d) The Indian Express
Ans. (a)
175. Who was associated with ‘Divinity in
Humanity’?
a) Mother Teresa
b) Swamy Vivekananda
c) Swami Ramakrishna Paramhansa
d) Swami Sivananda
Ans. (c)
176. Analects in the sacred book of
a) Shintoism
b) Taoism
c) Confucianism
d) Judaism
Ans. (c)
177. The Khajuraho was built by
a) Pallavas
b) Chauhans
c) Chandellas
d) Vijay Nagar
Ans. (c)
178. Charaka Samhita is a work on
a) Architecture
b) Medicine
c) Polity
d) Mathematics
Ans. (b)
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179. The Arthashastra was written by
a) Aryabhatta
b) Kalidas
c) Manu
d) Kautilya
Ans. (d)
180. The world’s longest single poem is
a) Mahabharata
b) Rig-Veda
c) Ramayana
d) Arthashastra
Ans. (a)
181. The Railway and Telegraphy System was
introduced in India bya) Lord William Bentinck
b) Lord Cornwallis
c) Lord Dalhousie
d) Lord Wellesley
Ans. (c)
182. The Red Fort was built at Delhi by
a) Sher Shah
b) Shahjahan
c) Akbar
d) Babur
Ans. (b)
183. Name the Governor-general who made
the practice of Sati an offence in 1829?
a) Lord Canning
b) William Bentinck
c) Lord Dalhousie d) Lord Ripon
Ans. (b)
184. Who introduced postage stamp in India?
a) Lord Ripon
b) Lord Lytton
c) Lord Mountbatten
d) Lord Dalhousie
Ans. (d)
185. Neolithic age is not characterized by
a) Use of Bronze
b) Use of Copper
c) Domestication of animals
d) Fishery
Ans. (b)
186. The Ajanta Caves were built during the
period of the
a) Guptas
b) Mauryas
c) Kushanas
d) Chalukyas
Ans. (a)
187. Out of the following the oldest dynasty is
the
a) Guptas
b) Chola
c) Pallavas
d) Mauryan
Ans. (d)
188. Who was the last English viceroy of India?
a) Lord Minto
b) Lord Canning
c) Lord Mountbatten
d) Lord Ripon
Ans. (c)
189. Arrange the following events in the
National Movement in chronological order
I. Satyagrah
II. Non co-operation Movement
III. Quit India Movement
IV. Dandi March
The correct chronological order is
a) I, II, IV, III
b) II, IV, III, I
c) I, III, IV, II
d) IV, III, II, I
Ans. (a)
190. Match the following:
I. Swami Dayananda
II. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
A. Ram Krishna
Mission
B. Arya Samaj
III. Keshab Ch. Sen
C. Brahmo Samaj
IV. Swami Vivekananda
D. Prathana Samaj
a) I-B, II-D III-C, IV-A
b) I-A, II-B, III-D, IV-C
c) I-B, II-C, III-D, IV-A
d) I-C, II-A, III-D, IV-C
Ans. (c)
191. The earliest literary work in India
composed around 1000 B.C. was the
a) Sama Veda
b) Atharva Veda
c) Yajur Veda
d) Rig Veda
Ans. (d)
192. The first battle of Panipat (1526 A.D.) was
fought between
a) Ashoka and Rana Pratap Singh
b) British and Marathas
c) British and Ranjeet Singh
d) Babur and Ibrahim Lodi
Ans. (d)
193. Who wrote the ‘Akbar Nama’ and ‘Ain-l-Akbari’?
a) Bhagwan Das
b) Todarmal
c) Birbal
d) Abul Fazal
Ans. (d)
194. Who was the mughal ruler who prohibited
tobacco smoking even though the attempt
was unsuccessful?
a) Akbar
b) Jahangir
c) Aurangzeb
d) Shahjahan
Ans. (c)
195. Who among the following is not
associated with medicine in India?
a) Dhanvantary
b) Bhaskaracharya
c) Charaka
d) Shusruta
Ans. (b)
196. Who was on the throne of Delhi when
Babur invaded India for the first time?
a) Sikandar Lodi
b) Daulat Khan Lodi
c) Ibrahim Lodi
d) Mahmmod Lodi
Ans. (c)
197. The ‘Jantar-Mantar’ in Delhi was erected by
a) Raja Mann Singh
b) Aurangzeb
c) Akbar
d) Jai Singh
Ans. (d)
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198. ‘Champaran Movement’ was launched by
Gandhiji for
a) Maintaining the unity of Hindu and
Muslim
b) Protest against division of Bengal
c) Foreigners goods
d) Solving the problems of the indigo
farmers
Ans. (d)
199. Which important event immediately
preceded the Jallianwala Bagh massacre?
a) Rowlatt Act Enactment
b) Coming of Cripps Mission
c) Communal Award
d) Quit India Movement
Ans. (a)
200. The integration of the Hindus and the
Muslims was represented by
a) Khilafat Movement
b) Home Rule Movement
c) Non-Cooperation Movement
d) Dandi march
Ans. (a)
201. ‘East is East, West is West and never
Twin shall meet’. Who said these words?
a) Mussollini
b) Adolf Hitler
c) Churchill
d) Rudyard Kipling
Ans. (d)
202. Who among the following leaders was the
first President of Indian National Congress?
a) W.C. Bannerjee
b) S.N. Bannerjee
c) Dadabhai Naoroji
d) B.G. Tilak
Ans. (a)
203. Mohenjo-daro is also known as
a) City of the east
b) City dawn
c) City of Joy
d) Mound of the dead
Ans. (d)
204. Mahatma Gandhi started a paper in South
Africa. The name of the paper was
a) Hindustani
b) Freedom
c) Indian Mirror
d) Indian Opinion
Ans. (d)
205. In April 2004, Poompuhar, a submerged
ancient city was rediscovered off the coast of
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Orissa
c) Karnataka
d) Kerala
Ans. (a)
206. Who said these words ‘Play the game in
the spirit of the game’
a) Chandrasekhar
b) Rajiv Gandhi
c) Jawahar Lal Nehru
d) Indira Gandhi
Ans. (c)
207. The Mughal emperor who wrote his
autobiography, was
a) Humayun
b) Akbar
c) Babar
d) Shahjahan
Ans. (c)
208. The main characteristic of the Indus
Valley Civilization was
a) Town planning
b) Drainage system
c) Well laid out roads
d) Pucca houses
Ans. (b)
209. The main occupation of the people of the
Indus Valley civilization was
a) Agriculture
b) Cattle rearing
c) Hunting
d) Trade
Ans. (a)
210. The Harappan site showing evidence of
two cultural phases, Harappan and preHarappan, is
a) Kalibangan
b) Mohenjodaro
c) Chanhu-daro
d) Banwali
Ans. (a)
211. The period when men used both stones
and copper tools is known as the
a) Monolithic age
b) Chalcolithic age
c) Neolithic age
d) Metal age
Ans. (d)
212. The greatest invention of man in
Palaeolithic age was
a) Fire
b) Potter’s wheel
c) Metal implements d) Spinning of cloth
Ans. (a)
213. The Indus Valley Civilization belongs to the
a) Neolithic age
b) Palaeolithic age
c) Chalcolithic age
d) Mesolithic age
Ans. (a)
214. The script of the Harappan people consisted of
a) A family of quasi – pictographic writings.
b) A family of geometrical shapes.
c) A combination of both pictures and
geometrical shapes.
d) None of these
Ans. (a)
215. The remains of a wooden drain of Indus
Valley Civilization have been found at
a) Lothal
b) Mohenjodaro
c) Harappa
d) Kalibangan
Ans. (b)
216. Of the following Harappan sites those not
in India are
a) Mohenjodaro and Harappa
b) Bhanwali and Ropar
c) Lothal and Kalibangan
d) Lothal and Ropar
Ans. (a)
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217. The God with three heads and horns,
surrounded by animals, represented on a
seal from Mohen-jodaro is said to be
a) Varuna
b) Indra
c) Vishnu
d) Pashupati
Ans. (d)
218. The tools and weapons of Harappan
Civilization were mostly made of
a) Stone
b) Copper and Iron
c) Copper and bronze d) Stone and copper
Ans. (c)
219. Near the banks of which of the following
rivers, the recent excavations have
brought to light that Indus Valley
Civilization percolated to far south?
a) Godavari
b) Mahanadi
c) Cauvery
d) Krishna
Ans. (d)
220. Archaeological excavations have revealed
remains of stadium in
a) Lothal
b) Tanjore
c) Broach
d) Sopara
Ans. (a)
221. Which is the oldest Veda?
a) Sama Veda
b) Yajur Veda
c) Atharva Veda
d) Rig Veda
Ans. (d)
222. Which of the following Vedas is a
collection of spells and incantations?
a) Rig Veda
b) Sama Veda
c) Yajur Veda
d) Atharva Veda
Ans. (d)
223. Which of the following ideals is not
contained in the Atharva Veda?
a) Gnana
b) Karma
c) Moksha
d) Upasana
Ans. (c)
224. Varna system of Aryans was based on
a) Occupation
b) Caste
c) Colour
d) Sex
Ans. (c)
225. The chief characteristic of the Rig Vedic
religion was
a) Worship of images
b) Belief in the existence of heaven
c) Performance of sacrifices
d) Preponderance of female goddesses
Ans. (c)
226. The Vishnu Purana gives an account of
a) Mauryan dynasty
b) The Andhras
c) The Vardhanas
d) Life in Indus Valley
Ans. (a)
227. Which of the following craftsmanship was
not practiced by the Aryans?
a) Pottery
b) Jewellery
c) Carpentery
d) Blacksmith
Ans. (d)
228. Brahmanas are books that deal with
a) Bhakti
b) Ritualism
c) Yoga
d) Meditation
Ans. (b)
229. Ayurveda owes its origin to
a) Rig Veda
b) Sama Veda
c) Yajur Veda
d) Atharva Veda
Ans. (c)
230. The classical Indian music has its origin
in which of the following?
(OR)
Which of the following Vedas is rendered
musically?
a) Samaveda
b) Atharva Veda
c) Yajurveda
d) Shiv Purana
Ans. (a)
231. The salient feature of Rig Vedic religion
was the worship of
a) Nature
b) Pashupati
c) Mother Goddess
d) Trimurti
Ans. (a)
232. The Gayatri Mantra contained in the Rig
Veda is dedicated to which deity?
a) Agni
b) Marut
c) Surya
d) Savitri
Ans. (d)
233. In India, Jainism spread during the reign of
a) Harshavardhana
b) Chandragupta Maurya
c) Samudragupta
d) Chandragupta Vikramaditya
Ans. (b)
234. Buddha did not recognize
1. Idol worship
2. Existence of soul after death
3. Sacrifice
a) 1 and 3
b) 1 only
c) 2 and 3
d) 1, 2 and 3
Ans. (a)
235. Lord Buddha was born in
a) Lumbini
b) Vaishali
c) Bodh Gaya
d) Pataliputra
Ans. (a)
236. The representation of Buddha as a human
figure appeared for the first time in the
sculptures found at
a) Sanchi
b) Mathura
c) Bharhut
d) Bodh Gaya
Ans. (b)
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237. With
which
religion
is
Kaivalya
associated?
a) Buddhism
b) Jainism
c) Hinduism
d) Sikhism
Ans. (b)
238. The famous ruler of ancient India who,
towards the end of his life, is said to have
converted to Jainism, was
a) Samudragupta
b) Bindusara
c) Chandragupta Maurya
d) Ashoka
Ans. (c)
239. The extreme form of Ahimsa or nonviolence is practiced in
a) Buddhism
b) Hinduism
c) Jainism
b) None of these
Ans. (a)
240. The phrase ‘The Light of Asia’ is applied to
a) Alexander
b) Chandragupta Maurya
c) Mahavira
d) Buddha
Ans. (d)
241. Jainism had the patronage of
a) Pushyamitra sunga
b) Kanishka
c) Samudragupta
d) Kharavela
Ans. (d)
242. Apabhramsa is a work of the
a) Buddhists
b) Jains
c) Brahmins
d) Ajivikas
Ans. (b)
243. …… gave women an important place in
their cult.
a) Jains
b) Buddhists
c) Kalmukhas
d) Ajivikas
Ans. (c)
244. Which one of the following is the most
fundamental difference between Mahayana
Buddhism and Hinayana Buddhism?
a) Emphasis on ahimsa
b) Casteless Society
c) Worship of gods and goddesses
d) Worship of Stupa
Ans. (c)
245. In which language did Buddha preach?
a) Pali
b) Prakrit
c) Brahmi
d) Sanskrit
Ans. (a)
246. Which of the following places are known
for early Buddhist stupas?
1. Bharhut 2. Sanchi 3. Amaravati
4. Nagarjunakonda
5. Kanchipuram
a) 1, 2, 4 and 5
b) 1, 3 and 5
c) 1, 2, 3 and 4
d) 2, 3, 4 and 5
Ans. (c)
247. Which of the following is known as the
Jain Temple City?
a) Girnar
b) Rajagriha
c) Varanasi
d) Allahabad
Ans. (a)
248. The introduction of Buddhism into China is
traditionally attributed to
a) Nagarjuna
b) Samprati
c) Kashyapa Matanga
d) None of these
Ans. (c)
249. ‘Nirvana’ is associated with
a) Hinduism
b) Jainism
c) Buddhism
d) Sikhism
Ans. (c)
250. Buddha attained Nirvana at ……
a) Gaya
b) Sanchi
c) Sarnath
d) Kushinagar
Ans. (a)
251. Mahavira was born at
a) Pataliputra
b) Sravasti
c) Rajagriha
d) Vaisali
Ans. (d)
252. Buddha’s preachings were mainly in regard to
a) Idol worship
b) Belief in one God
c) Purity of thought and conduct
d) Practice of rituals
Ans. (c)
253. The spread of Jainism in Karnataka is
attributed to
a) Ashoka
b) Chandragupta Maurya
c) Kanishka
d) Narasimavarma Pallava
Ans. (b)
254. Who was the first king to have the image
of Lord Buddha inscribed on his coins?
a) Ashoka
b) Kanishka
c) Dharmpala
d) Harshavardhana
Ans. (b)
255. Idol worship in India can be traced to the
period of
a) Pre-Aryan
b) Vedas
c) Mauryans
d) Kushans
Ans. (a)
256. Which of the following is said to be the
oldest Jaina scripture?
a) Twelve Angas
b) Twelve Upangas
c) Fourteen Purvas
d) Fourteen Uparvas
Ans. (a)
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257. In his teachings, the Buddha attacked
a) Ascetism
b) The varna system
c) Vedic rituals
d) The concept of God
Ans. (b)
258. Relics of Buddha are preserved in a
a) Vihara
b) Chaitya
c) Stupa
d) Monastery
Ans. (c)
259. Buddhism became the state religion
during the reign of
a) Chandragupta Maurya
b) Ashoka
c) Samudragupta
d) Kumaragupta – I
Ans. (b)
260. Buddha died during the reign of
a) Ajatashatru
b) Udayi
c) Bimbisara
d) None of these
Ans. (a)
261. The original teachings of Mahavira are
contained in which of the following texts?
a) Angas
b) Purvas
c) Tripitakas
d) Jatakas
Ans. (b)
262. Which of the following is the correct
chronological order of Buddhist Councils?
a) Rajagriha, Vaishali, Pataliputra, Kashmir
b) Vaishali, Kashmir, Rajagriha, Pataliputra
c) Kashmir, Vaishali, Pataliputra, Rajagriha
d) Pataliputra, Vaishali, Kashmir, Rajagriha
Ans. (a)
263. In which of the following fields of activity did
Buddhism make the maximum contribution?
a) Art and literature
b) Music
c) Architecture
d) Rituals
Ans. (a)
264. In which of the following countries was
Buddhism first propagated outside India?
a) Sri Lanka
b) Combodia
c) Thailand
d) China
Ans. (a)
265. The cardinal point of Buddhism was
a) Theory of Karma
b) Attainment of nirvana
c) Doctrine of ahimsa
d) Eight fold path
Ans. (c)
266. The Lothal civilisation was known for
a) Art and architecture
b) Agriculture
c) Trade and commerce
d) Drainage system
Ans. (d)
267. Mohenjodaro is also known as
a) Mound of the Great
b) Mound of the Survivors
c) Mound of the Living
d) Mound of the Dead
Ans. (d)
268. Indications of pre-Harappan civilisation have
come from the archaeological excavations at
a) Ropar
b) Kalibangan
c) Lothal
d) Kunal
Ans. (c)
269. Which of the following is not an Indus
Valley Civilisation site?
a) Alamgirpur
b) Lothal
c) Kaushambi
d) Balakot
Ans. (c)
270. Which of the following statements
regarding the characteristic features of
the Indus Valley people is true?
a) The people were largely rural.
b) They knew of iron and defensive armour.
c) The Horse played an eminent part in
their life.
d) The worship of images was familiar to
the people.
Ans. (d)
271. Which of the following rivers is not
mentioned frequently in Rig Vedic hymns?
a) Ganges
b) Brahmaputra
c) Sindhu
d) Saraswati
Ans. (b)
272. Which of the following Vedangas contains the
Srautra, the Grihya and the Dharma Sutras?
a) Nirukta
b) Shiksha
c) Chhandas
d) Kalpa
Ans. (d)
273. The Puranas are ………. in number.
a) 18
b) 25
c) 52
d) 108
Ans. (a)
274. ‘The world is God and God is my soul’ is
the philosophy contained in the
a) Vedas
b) Puranas
c) Brahamanas
d) Upanishads
Ans. (d)
275. The religion of early Vedic Aryans was
primarily one of
a) Worship of nature and bhakti
b) Bhakit
c) Image worship and yajnas
d) Yajnas and worship of nature
Ans. (d)
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276. Which of the following was common both
to the Harappan society and the Rig
Vedic society?
a) Iron implements
b) Female deities
c) Urban centres
d) Horses
Ans. (d)
277. During the Neolithic age in India, the only
metal known to the people was.
a) Iron
b) Copper
c) Gold
d) Silver
Ans. (c)
278. According to the Mimamsa system of
philosophy, liberation is possible by means of
a) Karma
b) Bhakti
c) yoga
d) Jnana
Ans. (a)
279. Who among the following was a great
ruler of Kalinga in ancient times?
a) Ajatashatru
b) Bindusara
c) Kharavela
d) Mayurasarman
Ans. (b)
280. The great Hindu law-giver was
a) Kapil
b) Banabhatta
c) Kautilya
d) Manu
Ans. (d)
281. Sakas were finally overthrown by
a) Kanishka
b) Chandragupta Vikramaditya
c) Devapala
d) Gautamiputra Satakarni
Ans. (d)
282. Maurya empire declined after Ashoka
mainly because of
a) Ashoka’s excessive patronage to
Buddhism.
b) The policy of ahimsa leading to
military weakness.
c) Weak successors of Ashoka
d) Decentralisation of powers
Ans. (c)
283. The most commonly used coin, during the
Mauryan period, was
a) Suvarna
b) Kakini
c) Nishka
d) Karashapana
Ans. (d)
284. Chandragupta
Maurya’s
empire
extended in the north-west upto
a) Ravi
b) Indus
c) Sutlej
d) Hindukush
Ans. (d)
285. The name by which Ashoka is generally
referred to in his inscriptions is
a) Priyadarsi
b) Dharmadeva
c) Chakravarti
d) Dharmakirti
Ans. (a)
286. After the Mauryas, the most important
kingdom in Deccan and Central India was
that of
a) Pallavas
b) Cholas
c) Satavahanas
d) Vakatakas
Ans. (c)
287. Who amongst the following is credited by
a Chinese pilgrim with having built the
ancient city of Rajagriha, the modern
Rajgir in Patna district?
a) Udayi
b) Ajatashatru
c) Prasenajit
d) Bimbisara
Ans. (d)
288. In early ancient India, the largest urban
centre was
a) Pataliputra
b) Taxila
c) Kausambi
d) Kanauj
Ans. (a)
289. Which Saka ruler was responsible for
important irrigation works in Saurashtra?
a) Nahapana
b) Menander
c) Rudradaman
d) None of these
Ans. (c)
290. The Arab conquest of Sind took place in
712 A. D. under the leadership of
a) Muhammad bin Kasim
b) Subuktagin
c) Mahmud Ghaznavi
d) Qutub – ud – din
Ans. (a)
291. Chandragupta II fought war with the
a) Sakas
b) Huns
c) Kushans
d) Parthians
Ans. (a)
292. Arrange the following in chronological order:
1. Skandagupta
2. Rajendra Choladeva I
3. Chandragupta I
4. Harshavardhana
a) 1, 3, 2, 4
b) 2, 3, 1, 4
c) 3, 1, 4, 2
d) 4, 1, 3, 2
Ans. (c)
293. Who among the following is considered
as the first national ruler of India?
a) Chandragupta Maurya
b) Ashoka
c) Chandragupta I
d) Kanishka
Ans. (a)
294. In which century did Ashoka reign?
a) Second century B.C.
b) Third century B.C.
c) Second century A.D.
d) Third century A.D.
Ans. (b)
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295. Kanishka’s capital was at
a) Amravati
b) Kanauj
c) Mathura
d) Peshawar
Ans. (d)
296. Which of the following rulers was adorned
with the title of ‘Maharajadhiraja’ (King of
Kings)?
a) Chandragupta Maurya
b) Kanishka
c) Chandragupta I
d) Ashoka
Ans. (b)
297. Who among the following has been
called the ‘Napoleon of India?
a) Samudragupta
b) Chandragupta
c) Ashoka
d) Harshavardhana
Ans. (a)
298. Gupta dynasty was famous for
a) Art and architecture
b) Imperialism
c) Revenue and land reforms
d) Patronage of literary work
Ans. (a)
299. Who among the following earned the title
of a ‘Liberator’?
a) Chandragupta Vikramaditya
b) Ashoka
c) Chandragupta Maurya
d) Alexander
Ans. (c)
300. Which Kushanas King assumed the title
‘the Lord of the whole world’?
a) Kadphises I
b) Kadphises II
c) Kanishka
d) Huvishka
Ans. (b)
301. Who among the following assumed the title
of ‘Ksitipasatapatih’ (Lord of hundred Kings)?
a) Samudragupta
b) Chandragupta
c) Skandagupta
d) Chanakya
Ans. (c)
302. Bimbisara was the ruler of
a) Magadh
b) Avadh
c) Kamboja
d) Gandhara
Ans. (a)
303. Ashoka the Great, died in
a) 206 B.C.
b) 216 B.C.
c) 226 B.C.
d) 232 B.C
Ans. (d)
304. Kautilya was the Prime Minister of which
of the following Indian rulers?
a) Chandragupta Maurya
b) Chandragupta I
c) Ashoka
d) Harshavardhana
Ans. (a)
305. The Greek ambassador in the court of
Chandragupta Maurya was
a) Hiuen Tsang
b) Fahien
c) Magasthenes
d) Seleucus
Ans. (c)
306. Ashoka Pillar at Allahabad provides
information about the reign of
a) Chandragupta Maurya
b) Chandragupta I
c) Samudragupta
d) Chandragupta II
Ans. (c)
307. King Piyadassi referred to in some ancient
Indian inscriptions is identified with
a) Samudragupta
b) Chandragupta Maurya
c) Bimbisara
d) Ashoka
Ans. (d)
308. The first Muslim ruler to formulate the
theory of Kingship similar to the theory of
divine right of Kings was
a) Qutbuddin Aibak
b) Alauddin Khilji
c) Iltutmish
d) Balban
Ans. d)
309. Which of the following Sultans of Tughlaq
dynasty issued copper coins instead of
silver ones?
a) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
b) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
c) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
d) Mahmud Tughlaq
Ans. (b)
310. Token currency was introduced for the
first time in India by
a) Alauddin Khilji
b) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
c) Ghiasuddin Tughlaq
d) Muhammed bin Tughlaq
Ans. (d)
311. Which of the following rulers in India
challenged the authority of the Ulemas or
Muslim clergy?
a) Alauddin Khilji
b) Balban
c) Muhammad bin Tughlaq d) Sher Shah
Ans. (a)
312. Mohammad bin Tughlaq changed his
capital from Delhi to Deogiri because he
wanted to
a) Improve trade in the Deccan
b) Spread Islam in the Deccan
c) Punish the people of Delhi
d) Escape from the Mongol invasion
Ans. (d)
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313. Arrange the following dynasties in
choronological order and choose the
correct sequence:
1. Tughlaq
2. Khilji
3. Pallava
4. Kushana
a) 3, 4, 2, 1
b) 3, 4, 1, 2
c) 4, 3, 1, 2
d) 4, 3, 2, 1
Ans. (c)
314. The Durrani dynasty was founded by
a) Murshid Quli Khan
b) Husain Ali Khan
c) Ahmad Shah Abdali
d) Chin Qilich Khan
Ans. (c)
315. Who among the following rulers is most
famous for building a large number of
canals for irrigation?
a) Qutbuddin Aibak
b) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
c) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
d) None of these
Ans. (b)
316. Under which Sultan, Khalisa land
increased considerably?
a) Ghiasuddin Balban
b) Alauddin Khilji
c) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
d) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
Ans. (b)
317. Razia succeeded Sultan
a) Bahram
b) Qutbuddin Aibak
c) Iltutmish
d) Ruknuddin Feroz
Ans. (c)
318. For his unbounded generosity, who
amongst the following Sultans was styled
all writers of the times as ‘lakh baksh’ or
giver of lakhs?
a) Nasir – ud – din Mahmud
b) Balban
c) Qutb –ud-din- Aibak
d) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
Ans. (c)
319. The Sultan who called himself ‘Naib-iKhudai or ‘Deputy of the God’ was
a) Ibrahim Lodi
b) Balban
c) Iltutmish
d) Alauddin Khilji
Ans. (b)
320. Which of the following Sultans established
diplomatic, relations with China?
a) Ibrahim Lodi
b) Jallaluddin Khilji
c) Balban
d) Muhammed bin Tughlaq
Ans. (b)
321. The first Muslim conquest of the Hindu
Kingdoms of Deccan was effected by the
forces of
a) Muhammad Ghori
b) Alauddin Khilji
c) Qutb –ud- din Aibak
d) Mahmuad of Ghazni
Ans. (b)
322. Sri Perumbuder, a temple town in south,
is the birthplace of
a) Adi Shankaracharya
b) Vidyaranya
c) Madhavacharya
d) Ramanuja
Ans. (d)
323. Consider the following four saints:
1. Kabir
2. Nanak
3. Chaitanya
4. Tulsidas
What is the correct chronological order in
which they flourished?
a) 1, 2, 3, 4
b) 2, 3, 4, 1
c) 3, 1, 2, 4
d) 3, 2, 4, 1
Ans. (a)
324. Match the following:
A. Namdeva
1. West Bengal
B. Chaitanya
2. Uttar Pradesh
C. Surdas
3. Maharashtra
D. Nanak
4. Punjab
A B C D
A B C D
a) 1 4 3 2
b) 2 3 4 1
c) 3 1 2 4
d) 4 2 1 3
Ans. (c)
325. Which of the following Vedas was/were
translated in Hindi by Swami Dayanand?
1. Rig Veda
2. Sama Veda
3. Yajur Veda
4. Atharva Veda
a) 3 only
b) 1 and 2
c) 1 and 3
d) 2 and 4
Ans. (c)
326. Who amongst the following was a blind
poet who worshipped Krishna and spread
Krishna Bhakti cult?
a) Kabir
b) Surdas
c) Bihari
d) Raskhan
Ans. (b)
327. Who established 4 math in the four
corners of India?
a) Bhaskaracharya b) Ramanujacharya
c) Shankaracharya d) Madhvacharya
Ans. (c)
328. Banis were the hymns and poems
composed by
a) Kabir
b) Raskhan
c) Dadu
d) Guru Nanak
Ans. (c)
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329. Sufi sect developed in the religion
a) Hinduism
b) Islam
c) Sikhism
d) Jainism
Ans. (b)
330. In which region of India was the Firdausi
order of Sufism popular?
a) Sind
b) In & around Delhi
c) Deccan
d) Bihar
Ans. (d)
331. Kabir was the disciple of
a) Chaitanya
b) Shankaracharya
c) Ramananda
d) Vallabhacharya
Ans. (c)
332. In the systems of Philosophy created by
Indians, we find elements of materialistic
philosophy in which of the following
systems?
a) Karm Mimamsa
b) Yoga
c) Samkhya
d) Vaisesika
Ans. (c)
333. ‘Let no man ask a man’s sect or caste’
Whose dictum was this?
a) Kabir
b) Ramananda
c) Ramanuja
d) Chaitanya
Ans. (b)
334. During his pilgrimage, Chaitanya received
enlightenment at
a) Kanchipuram
b) Rameswaram
c) Gaya
d) Allahabad
Ans. (c)
335. The birthplace of Swami Vivekananda is
in which of the following cities?
a) Cuttack
b) Balasore
c) Calcutta
d) Kushinagar
Ans. (c)
336. Who said, “Ram and Rahim are the two
different name of the Same God”?
a) Kabir
b) Ramdas
c) Chaitanya
d) Ramanuja
Ans. (a)
337. Who united the Sikhs and founded a
kingdom in the Punjab?
a) Guru Nanak
b) Guru Gobind Singh
c) Maharaja Ranjit Singh
d) Guru Teg Bahadur
Ans. (c)
338. Who among the following was the first
Mughal emperor to allow Britishers to
establish trade links with India?
a) Akbar
b) Jahangir
c) Shahjahan
d) Aurangzeb
Ans. (b)
339. The Peacock Throne was made for
a) Jahangir
b) Akbar
c) Shahjahan
d) Aurangzeb
Ans. (c)
340. Which of the following ports was the
biggest port during the Mughal period?
a) Hooghly
b) Chittagong
c) Balasore
d) Surat
Ans. (d)
341. The East India Company was founded in
India during the reign of
a) Jahangir
b) Akbar
c) Shahjahan
d) Aurangzeb
Ans. (b)
342. The capital of the kingdom of Maharaja
Ranjit Singh was
a) Patiala
b) Amritsar
c) Lahore
d) Kapurthala
Ans. (c)
343. Match the following:
Personalities during
Field of their
Mughal Period
Contributions
A. Todar Mal
1. Literature
B. Tansen
2. Architecture
C. Shahjahan
3. Music
D. Abdul Hamid
4. Revenue
Lahori
administration
A B C D
A B C D
a) 4 3
2 1
b) 3 4 1 2
c) 4 2
1 3
d) 1 2 3 4
Ans. (a)
344. The Sikh Guru who fought Mughals was
a) Guru Nanak
b) Guru Arjun Dev
c) Guru Gobind Singh
d) Guru Teg Bahadur
Ans. (c)
345. When Akbar was young, his guardian was
a) Hemu
b) Faizi
c) Abul Fazal
d) Bairam Khan
Ans. (d)
346. Who initiated Din- I-Ilahi?
a) Shahjahan
b) Aurangzeb
c) Akbar
d) Jahangir
Ans. (c)
347. Revenue system during Akbar’s reign
was in the hands of
a) Bairam Khan
b) Man Singh
c) Birbal
d) Todar Mal
Ans. (d)
348. Babar laid the foundation of Mughal
empire in 1526 by defeating
a) Daulat Khan Lodi
b) Ibrahim Lodi
c) Rana Sanga
d) Alauddin Khilji
Ans. (b)
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349. Who consolidated the Mughal Empire and
gave it a unique multi-religious culture?
a) Akbar
b) Humayun
c) Jahangir
d) Aurangzeb
Ans. (a)
350. Akbar founded the Din-I-Ilahi primarily to
a) Put an end to differences between the
Hindus and the Muslims.
b) Establish a national religion which
would be acceptable to the Muslims
and the Hindus.
c) Ensure racial and communal harmony.
d) Form a religious club.
Ans. (b)
351. Who among the following Mughal rulers
was ignorant of the art of reading &
writing?
a) Babar
b) Humayun
c) Akbar
d) Jahangir
Ans. (c)
352. The first Mughal emperor to issue a
firman in favour of the British to open a
factory at Surat was
a) Aurangzeb
b) Jahangir
c) Shahjahan
d) Akbar
Ans. (b)
353. Babar won the Battle of Panipat mainly
because of
a) His cavalry
b) His military skill
c) Tulughma system
d) Afghan’s disunity
Ans. (b)
354. The ‘Jaziya’ was abolished by
a) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
b) Babar
c) Akbar
d) Sher Shah
Ans. (c)
355. The bitterest war of succession under the
great Mughals was fought among the sons of
a) Babur
b) Jahangir
c) Shahjahan
d) Aurangzeb
Ans. (c)
356. “He left behind him an enemy still unsubdued,
a minor son and a mercenary army”. This
description given by Kennedy fits
a) Babar
b) Humayun
c) Sher Shah
d) Jahangir
Ans. (b)
357. Sher Shah is credited for introducing for the
first time the following measures except
a) Postal system
b) Spy system
c) Currency system
d)
Land revenue system based on
scientific principles.
Ans. (c)
358. Sikh Guru Arjun Dev was killed during the
reign of
a) Humayun
b) Akbar
c) Jahangir
d) Shah Jahan
Ans. (c)
359. Which Mughal ruler was the most secular
in outlook?
a) Babar
b) Humayun
c) Akbar
d) Aurangzeb
Ans. (c)
360. Which Mughal emperor gave land for the
construction of the Golden Temple at
Amritsar?
a) Akbar
b) Jahangir
c) Shahjahan
d) Aurangzeb
Ans. (a)
361. Before the rise of Ranjit Singh, Punjab
was under the control of
a) Maratha commanders
b) Raider groups
c) Tribal chiefs
d) Sikh Misls
Ans. (a)
362. Which of the following pairs is incorrect?
a) Bairam Khan-Akbar
b) Jaswant Singh-Aurangzeb
c) Amir Khusrau-Jahangir
d) Ambar Malik- Humayun
Ans. (d)
363. Which Sikh Guru laid the foundation of
the city of Amritsar?
a) Guru Nanak
b) Guru Ramdas
c) Guru Arjun Dev d) Guru Gobind Singh
Ans. (b)
364. In 1809, Maharaja Ranjit Singh signed a
treaty with
a) East India Company b) Shah Alam
c) King of Kashmir
d) Ruler of Sindh
Ans. (a)
365. Who installed the ‘Chain of Justice’?
a) Babur
b) Humayun
c) Jahangir
d) Akbar
Ans. (c)
366. Where did Babar die?
a) Agra
b) Kabul
c) Lahore
d) Delhi
Ans. (a)
367. Babar entered India for the first time from
the west through
a) Kashmir
b) Sind
c) Punjab
d) Rajasthan
Ans. c)
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368. The bone of contention between the Shah of
Persia and the Mughals was the control of
a) Kabul
b) Kandhar
c) Ghazni
d) Kunduz
Ans. (b)
369. Maharaja Ranjit Singh signed a treaty of
‘perpetual friendship’ with the British in
the year 1809 at
a) Ferozpur
b) Faridkot
c) Amritsar
d) Ludhiana
Ans. (b)
370. Akbar has been called the ‘First national
King, mainly because he
a) Was a great administrator.
b) Established a new religion ‘Din –I-Ilahi’.
c) Provided an efficient government to
the people.
d) Was highly tolerant and secular in his
out-look.
Ans. (d)
371. Sher Shah’s real name was
a) Hemu
b) Faizi
c) Bahadur
d) Farid
Ans. (d)
372. ‘By conquering most parts of the Indian
subcontinent and giving it one of the best
systems of administration then known to
the world, he perpetuated the name of his
forebears and of the Mughal dynasty in
the land, This statement aptly refers to
a) Akbar
b) Jahangir
c) Shahjahan
d) Aurangzeb
Ans. (a)
373. All of the following Rajput rulers
acknowledged the Mughal sway in the
second half of 16th century, except the
ruler of
a) Bikaner
b) Mewar
c) Amber
d) Jaisalmer
Ans. (b)
374. Who, among the following Mughal
emperors, annexed Bijapur and Golconda
to the Mughal empire?
a) Jahangir
b) Akbar
c) Shahjahan
d) Aurangzeb
Ans. (d)
375. Who amongst the following Mughals is
regarded more as an adventurer than a ruler?
a) Jahangir
b) Akbar
c) Babar
d) Aurangzeb
Ans. (c)
376. Guru Gobind Singh sent Banda Bahadur
to Punjab
a) To establish sikh empire.
b) Because he was a great warrior.
c) To crush the enemies of Khalsa.
d) To defeat the Hindus.
Ans. (c)
377. Banda Singh Bahadur was executed by the
orders of which of the following Emperors?
a) Aurangzeb
b) Bahadur Shah
c) Farrukh Siyar
d) Jahandar Shah
Ans. (c)
378. Bahadur Shah II, the last Mughal ruler,
was exiled by the British and sent to
a) Bangkok
b) Rangoon
c) Lhasa
d) Andaman & Nicobar
Ans. (b)
379. Lane Poole, the historian writes:”…… the
Emperor tumbled through life, and he
tumbled out of it.” This statement refers to
a) Babur
b) Humayun
c) Shahjahan
d) Aurangzeb
Ans. (b)
380. Delhi became the established capital of
Mughal kings during the reign of
a) Sher Shah Suri
b) Jahangir
c) Humayun
d) Akbar
Ans. (d)
381. Which one of the following Saint’s name
is associated with Shivaji?
a) Ramanand
b) Ram Das
c) Chaitanya
d) Tukaram
Ans. (d)
382. What was the capital of Shivaji’s kingdom?
a) Pune
b) Karwar
c) Purandhar
d) Raigarh
Ans. (d)
383. Who was the ruler of an Indian state who
allied himself with the French?
a) Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf Jah
b) Alivardi Khan
c) Saadat Khan
d) Tipu Sultan
Ans. (d)
384. The beginning of the British political sway
over India can be traced to the battle of
a) Buxar
b) Plassey
c) Wandiwash
d) Panipat
Ans. (b)
385. The Island of Bombay was given to the
English prince Charles II as dowry by the
a) Danish
b) Dutch
c) Portuguese
d) English
Ans. (c)
386. The Dutch first established their hold in
India in 1605 at
a) Goa
b) Surat
c) Gujarat
d) Masulipatnam
Ans. (d)
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387. The first Europeans to came to India were
a) British
b) Dutch
c) French
d) Portuguese
Ans. (d)
388. Who laid the foundations of Portuguese
power in India?
a) Vasco da Gama
b) Bartholomew Dias
c) Affonso de Albuquerque
d) None of these
Ans. (c)
389. The tax collected by Marathas was known as
a) Jazia
b) Chauth
c) Sardeshmukhi
d) Pilgrim tax
Ans. (b)
390. Tipu Sultan was defeated in Third Mysore
war in 1790 by
a) John Shore
b) Warren Hastings
c) Lord Cornwallis
d) Sir John Macpherson
Ans. (c)
391. The Maratha kingdom was founded by
Shivaji during the reign of
a) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
b) Akbar
c) Shahjahan
d) Aurangzeb
Ans. (d)
392. Who among the following is known for his
introduction of a new calendar, a new
system of coinage and new scales of
weights and measures?
a) Murshid Quli Khan
b) Tipu Sultan
c) Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf Jah
d) Saadat Khan Burhan-ul-Mulk
Ans. (b)
393. Who succeeded Mir Jafar?
a) Haider Ali
b) Chanda Sahib
c) Mir Kasim
d) Tipu Sultan
Ans. (c)
394. Tipu Sultan ruled from
a) Srirangapatnam
b) Mysore
c) Halebid
d) Belur
Ans. (a)
395. Goa was first colonised by
a) Portuguese
b) French
c) Dutch
d) English
Ans. (a)
396. In 1498, Vasco da Gama landed at
a) Bombay
b) Cochin
c) Calicut
d) Goa
Ans. (c)
397. Which of the following pairs is correctly
matched?
a) Battle of Buxar-Mir Jafar vs Clive
b) Battle of Wandiwash – French vs East
India Company
c) Battle of Chilianwala – Dalhousie vs
Marathas
d) Battle of Kharda- Nizam vs East India
Company
Ans. (b)
398. Who built the Stupa at Sanchi in Madhya
Pradesh?
a) Harsha
b) Ashoka
c) Kanishka
d) Chandragupta
Ans. (b)
399. Amir Khusrau’s name is associated with
the invention of
a) Sitar
b) Sarod
c) Tabla
d) Shehnai
Ans. (a)
400. The most famous court-poet (in Hindi
literature) of Akbar was
a) Raskhan
b) Surdas
c) Tulsidas
d) Abdur Rahim-Khan-i-Khanan
Ans. (d)
401. Who among the following Mughal rulers
has been called as the ‘Prince of Builders’
a) Babar
b) Akbar
c) Jahangir
d) Shahjahan
Ans. (d)
402. The Khajuraho shrines built by Chandella
rulers are dedicated to
a) Vishnu and Shiva
b) Indra and Varun
c) Shiva and Parvati
d) Vishnu and Brahma
Ans. (c)
403. Which of the following was built by Akbar?
a) Agra Fort
b) Fort of Daulatabad
c) Red Fort
d) Fort of Ahmednagar
Ans. (a)
404. Which of the following is not related to
Gandhara School of Art?
a) Elephanta
b) Ellora
c) Khajuraho
d) Ajanta
Ans. (d)
405. The monuments at Khajuraho belong to
the period of
a) Vakatakas
b) Rashtrakutas
c) Chandellas
d) Gahadavalas
Ans. (c)
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406. Taxila was a famous site of
a) Early Vedic art
b) Gandhra art
c) Mauryan art
d) Gupta art
Ans. (b)
407. Which sufi saint’s dargah is at Ajmer?
a) Salim Chishti
b) Muinuddin Chishti
c) Baba Farid
d) Hazrat Nizamuddin
Ans. (b)
408. Buland Darwaza is situated in
a) Delhi
b) Fatehpur Sikri
c) Lucknow
d) Meerut
Ans. (b)
409. Nishat Garden was built by
a) Babar
b) Jahangir
c) Sher Shah
d) Shahjahan
Ans. (b)
410. Who is considered as Trimurti (Trinity) of
Carnatic Music?
a) Thyagaraja
b) Muthuswami Dikshitar
c) Swati Thirunal
d) Purandaradasa
Ans. (b)
411. Which of the following is the oldest
monument?
a) Ajanta
b) Qutab Minar
c) Taj Mahal
d) Khajuraho
Ans. (a)
412. Which temple got the name of Black
Pagoda?
a) Sun Temple
b) Lingaraja Temple
c) Jagannath Temple
d) Bhuvaneshwari Temple
Ans. (a)
413. Who built Char Minar?
a) Ibrahim Qutb Shah b) Quli Qutb Shah
c) Ali Adil Shah
d) Ibrahim Adil Shah II
Ans. (b)
414. Who built the famous Dilwara temple at
Mount Abu in the 13th century?
a) Mahendrapala
b) Mahipala
c) Rajyapala
d) Tejapala
Ans. (d)
415. Buland Darwaza, built by Akbar, is to
commemorate the victory of
a) Orissa
b) Bengal
b) Delhi
d) Gujarat
Ans. (d)
416. The mausoleum of Sher Shah is at
a) Delhi
b) Sasaram
c) Agra
d) Lahore
Ans. (b)
417. The Iron Pillar at Mehrauli was built by
a) Mauryas
b) Nandas
c) Khiljis
d) GuptaS
Ans. (d)
418. The caves and rock-cut temples at Ellora are
a) Buddhist
b) Buddhist and Jain
c) Hindu and Jain
d) Hindu, Buddhist and Jain
Ans. (d)
419. Ashoka pillar is located at
a) Sopara
b) Girnar
c) Kalsi
d) Lauriya Nandangarh
Ans. (d)
420. In which of the following caves, 28 new
caves have been discovered?
a) Ajanta caves
b) Ellora caves
c) Elephanta caves
d) None of these
Ans. (c)
421. Jama Masjid in Delhi was built by
a) Jahangir
b) Akbar
c) Humayun
d) Shahjahan
Ans. (d)
422. The celebrated Rummindei pillar of Ashoka
marked the site where Gautama Buddha
a) Was born in 566 B.C.
b) Attained into supreme knowledge and
insight
c) Preached his first sermon
d) Died at the age of eighty
Ans. (d)
423. Arrange the following monuments in the
chronological order of construction.
1. Qutab Minar
2. Taj Mahal
3. Fatehpur Sikri
4. Agra Fort
a) 1, 4, 3, 2
b) 2, 3, 1, 4
c) 3, 4, 2, 1
d) 4, 1, 2, 3
Ans. (a)
424. Which of the following Mughal emperors is
credited with the composition of Hindi songs?
a) Babar
b) Humayun
c) Akbar
d) Jahangir
Ans. (d)
425. Which of the undermentioned facts about
Taj is not correct?
a) It is a magnificent mausoleum.
b) It was built by Shah Jahan.
c) It is situated outside the Agra Fort.
d) The names of artisans who built it are
engraved on it.
Ans. (d)
426. Which of the following Mughal emperor’s
tomb is outside India?
a) Jahangir
b) Akbar
c) Shah Jahan
d) Aurangzeb
Ans. (a)
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427. Which of the following forts was not built
by Akbar?
a) Lahore Fort
b) Allahabad Fort
c) Gwalior Fort
d) Agra Fort
Ans. (c)
428. What was the raw material that was
generally used in Akbar’s time?
a) Brick
b) Marble
c) Red Stone
d) None of these
Ans. (c)
429. Who built the ‘Tower of Victory’ (Vijay
Stambha) in the Chittor fort?
a) Rana Sanga
b) Rana Hamir Deva
c) Rana Khumba
d) Rana Ratan Singh
Ans. (c)
430. Which of the following is similar to the Taj
Mahal in construction?
a) Akbar’s tomb
b) Jahangir’s tomb
c) Humayun’s tomb d) Bibi-ka-maqbara
Ans. (c)
431. Qutab Minar was built by
a) Qutbuddin Aibak
b) Iltutmish
c) Razia Sultan
d) Shahjahan
Ans. (a)
432. Match the following:
A. A great mathematician 1. Brahmagupta
and astronomer
B. A great scientist
2. Vrihada
Vagabhatta
C. A great mathematician 3. Aryabhatta
D. A great physician
4. Varahamihira
A B C D
A B C D
a) 2 1 3 4
b) 4 3 2 1
c) 3 4 1 2
d) 4 3 1 2
Ans. (a)
433. Jahangiri Mahal is located in
a) Fatehpur Sikri
b) Delhi
c) Agra Fort
d) Sikandra
Ans. (c)
434. Who among the following Gupta rulers was
a poet and a musician and was adorned with
the title of Kaviraja or King of poets?
a) Chandragupta I
b) Samudragupta
c) Skandagupta
d) None of these
Ans. (b)
435. Ajanta paintings depict scenes from the
a) Ramayana
b) Mahabharata
c) Jatakas
d) Upanishads
Ans. (c)
436. The temple built during the medieval
period by which of the following dynasties
are known as ‘Seven Pagodas’?
a) Chalukyas
b) Choias
c) Pallavas
d) Hoysalas
Ans. (c)
437. The first Mughal building to have been
built entirely of marble is
a) Akbar’s mausoleum
b) Humayun’s tomb
c) Itmat-ud-Daula’s tomb
d) Taj Mahal
Ans. (d)
438. Akbar built the Panch Mahal, noted for its
various types of pillars, at
a) Delhi
b) Agra
c) Lahore
d) Fatehpur Sikri
Ans. (d)
439. Who built the mausoleum of Jahangir and
where?
a) Nur Jahan at Lahore
b) Shahjahan at Agra
c) Shahjahan at Delhi
d) Nur Jahan at Fatehpur Sikri
Ans. (a)
440. The city of Agra was founded by
a) Rana Sanga
b) Ibrahim Lodi
c) Firuz Tughlaq
d) Sikandar Lodi
Ans. (d)
441. Which Sultan added the Alai Darwaza to
the Qutab Minar?
a) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
b) Firoz Tughlaq
c) Iltutmish
d) Alauddin Khilji
Ans. (d)
442. Which one of the following monuments
has a dome which is said to be one of the
largest in the world?
a) Gol Gumbaz, Bijapur
b) Tomb of Sher Shah, Sasaram
c) Jama Masjid, Delhi
d) Tomb of Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq, Delhi
Ans. (a)
443. Most of the buildings of Fatehpur Sikri are
built with
a) Brick
b) Limestone
c) Marble
d) Red Sandstone
Ans. (d)
444. Which school of painting was a product of
the union of Mughal art and the hilly folk
art of the Himalayas?
a) Pahari
b) Kangra
c) Basholi
d) Rajasthani
Ans. (c)
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445. On the wall of which of the following
buildings built by Shah Jahan, the Persian
couplet “If there is a paradise on earth, it
is this, it is this, it is this” is inscribed?
a) Moti Masjid
b) Diwan-i-Khas, Delhi
c) Jasmine Palace
d) Diwan-i-Am, Delhi
Ans. (b)
446. ‘Arhai-Din-Ka Jhopra’ built by Qutbuddin
Aibak is located in
a) Delhi
b) Ajmer
c) Badayun
d) Kalinjas
Ans. (b)
447. The oldest Indian linguistic text is
a) Ashtadhyayi
b) Mahabhashya
c) Kasikavritti
d) Nirukta
Ans. (a)
448. Who wrote Tughluqnamah?
a) Raskhan
b) Amir Khusrau
c) Isami
d) Malik Mohammad Jaisi
Ans. (b)
449. Who among the following was the first
writer in Hindi?
a) Dinkar
b) Rahim
c) Surdas
d) Tulsidas
Ans. (c)
450. Who was the author of ‘Humayun Nama’ ?
a) Faizi
b) Gulbadan Begam
c) Firdausi
d) Humayun
Ans. (b)
451. The well known Indo-Persian poet of India was
a) Sheikh Saidi
b) Alberuni
c) Amir Khusrau
d) Firdausi
Ans. (d)
452. Tulsidas was a contemporary of
a) Babar
b) Akbar
c) Jahangir
d) ShahJahan
Ans. (b)
453. The oldest Hindu epic is
a) Mahabharat
b) Ramayana
c) Mahabhashya
d) Ashtadhyayi
Ans. b)
454. Shrimad Bhagwat Gita contains
a) 14 chapters and 600 sanskrit couplets
(shlokas)
b) 16 chapters and 650 sanskrit couplets
(shlokas)
c) 18 chapters and 700 sanskrit couplets
(shlokas)
d) None of these
Ans. (c)
455. Ramayana refers to
a) Satyuga
b) Tretayuga
c) Dwaparyuga
d) Kalyuga
Ans. (b)
456. Who among the following wrote a treatise
on medicine in ancient India?
a) Charaka
b) Nagarjuna
c) Aryabhatta
d) Varahamihira
Ans. (a)
457. Patanjali, a famous personality of ancient
India, was primarily
a) An astronomer
b) A poet
c) A mathematician
d) A grammarian
Ans. (d)
458. In his works, Kalidasa exhibits a particular
leaning towards the worship of
a) Vishnu
b) Shiva
c) Durga
d) Ganesha
Ans. (c)
459. Which of the following fruits is not
mentioned in Kautilya’s Arthashastra’?
a) Grapes
b) Guava
c) Mango
d) Banana
Ans. (b)
460. Who among the following anticipated
Newton by declaring that all things
gravitate to the earth?
a) Brahmagupta
b) Aryabhatta
c) Varahamihira
d) Buddhagupta
Ans. (a)
461. The ancient time state craft and polity is
described in
a) Mahabharata
b) Rajatarangini
c) Arthashastra
d) Manusmriti
Ans. (c)
462. Aryabhatta lived in
a) 3rd century B. C. b) 3rd century A. D.
c) 5th century A. D. d) 7th century A. D.
Ans. (c)
463. Ramcharitamanas was written by
a) Kalidas
b) Valmiki
c) Surdas
d) Tulsidas
Ans. (d)
464. Which of the following rulers ordered the
translation of a large number of Hindu
religious works from Sanskrit to Persian?
a) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
b) Alauddin Khilji
c) Ghiasuddin Tughlaq
d) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
Ans. (a)
465. Kalidas lived during the reign of
a) Samudragupta
b) Chandragupta Maurya
c) Ashoka, the Great
d) Chandragupta II
Ans. (d)
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466. The famous epic Mahabharata was written by
a) Valmiki
b) Patanjali
c) Bhavabhuti
d) Ved Vyas
Ans. (d)
467. Aryabhatta was a famous
a) Physician
b) Scientist
c) Painter
d) Mathematician
Ans. (d)
468. Zero was invented by
a) Aryabhatta
b) Bhaskara
c) Varahamihira
d) None of these
Ans. (a)
469. The poet Harisena was the courtier of
a) Skandagupta
b) Samudragupta
c) Lakshmana Sena d) Chandragupta
Ans. (b)
470. Who among the following saints wrote
‘Bijak’?
a) Ramdas
b) Tulsidas
c) Guru Arjun
d) Kabir
Ans. (d)
471. ‘Tahqiq-i-Hind’, a famous literary work,
was written by
a) Badauni
b) Nizam-ud-din Ahmad
c) Alberuni
d) Minhaj-us-Siraj
Ans. (c)
472. Of the following, the oldest Sanskrit poet,
whose composition still remains in original
classical style, is
a) Kalidasa
b) Bhavabhuti
c) Dandin
d) Ashvaghosa
Ans. (d)
473. In ancient India, Nalanda University was a
great centre for the study of
a) Hinduism
b) Hinayana Buddhism
c) Jainism
d) Mahayana Buddhism
Ans. (d)
474. Who among the following literary figures
of the Gupta Age is given the title of
‘Indian Shakespeare’?
a) Harisena
b) Kalidas
c) Vishakhadatta
d) Bharavi
Ans. (b)
475. Who recast the original single Veda into
four Vedas?
a) Patanjali
b) Vyas
c) Shankaracharya
d) None of these
Ans. (b)
476. The Second Battle of Panipat was fought
during the reign of
a) Babar
b) Humayun
c) Akbar
d) Aurangzeb
Ans. (c)
477. ‘Black Hole Episode’ was the main cause of
a) Battle of Buxar
b) Battle of Plassey
c) Battle of Wandiwash
d) Battle of Haldighati
Ans. (b)
478. Who among the following scholars was
the first to visit India?
a) Hiuen Tsang
b) Ibn-Batutah
c) Marco Polo
d) Fa-Hien
Ans. (d)
479. The Battle of Talikota was fought in the year
a) 1526
b) 1565 c) 1576
d) 1586
Ans. (b)
480. The first Muslim invasion of India was led by
a) Mahmud Ghazni
b) Muhammad Ghori
c) Muhammad bin Kasim
d) Timur lane
Ans. (c)
481. The Third Battle of Panipat was fought
between
a) Marathas and Britishers
b) Marathas and Rajputs
c) Rajputs and Britishers
d) Marathas and Afghans
Ans. (d)
482. Chengiz Khan was a
a) Turk
b) Mongol
c) Persian
d) None of these
Ans. (b)
483. Mahmud of Ghazni attacked India mainly
a) To plunder the wealth of India
b) To establish his empire in India
c) To spread Islam in India
d) To take the famous artisans of India to
his court
Ans. (a)
484. Consider the following events:
1. Reign of Kanishka
2. Visit of Hiuen Tsang
3. Alexander’s invasion
4. Ashoka’s Kalinga War
The correct chronological order of these
events is
a) 2, 1, 3, 4
b) 1, 3, 4, 2
c) 3, 4, 1, 2
d) 3, 4, 2, 1
Ans. (c)
485. India’s famous peacock Throne and the
diamond Koh-e-Noor were taken away by
a) Ahmad Shah Abdali
b) Mohammad Ghori
c) Nadir Shah
d) Robert Clive
Ans. (c)
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486. The Second Battle of Panipat was fought
between
a) Babar and Rana Sanga
b) Ahmad Shah Abdali and Marathas
c) Akbar and Hemu
d) Clive and Siraj-ud Daula
Ans. (c)
487. The ancient name of the city of Patna is
a) Kausambi
b) Pataliputra
c) Kanauj
d) Kapilavastu
Ans. (b)
488. Who was the ruler of medieval India who
is credited with the construction of Grand
Trunk Road?
a) Babar
b) Sher Shah Suri
c) Jahangir
d) Krishnadevaraya
Ans. (b)
489. In whose rule was Islam as the state
religion abolished?
a) Akbar
b) Balban
c) Ibrahim Lodhi
d) Ghias-ud-din Tughlaq
Ans. (a)
490. Who is regarded as the greatest law giver
of ancient India?
a) Kautilya
b) Manu
c) Panini
d) Patanjali
Ans. (b)
491. Which Muslim emperor was attracted by
the beauty of Queen Padmini?
a) Babar
b) Humayun
c) Akbar
d) Alauddin Khilji
Ans. (d)
492. Which of the following is the oldest
Dravidian language?
a) Kannada
b) Tamil
c) Telugu
d) Malayalam
Ans. (b)
493. Akbar founded his own religion known as
‘Din-I-Ilahai’ which means
a) House of Worship b) Universal peace
c) Divine faith
d) None of these
Ans. (c)
494. Sanchi is famous for
a) Rock- cut temples
b) Cave paintings
c) The rock edicts of Ashoka
d) The largest Buddhist Stupa
Ans. (d)
495. During the reign of which of the following
emperors was the artillery most perfect
and numerous?
a) Jahangir
b) Akbar
c) Shahjahan
d) Aurangzeb
Ans. (d)
496. Among the following, whose empire was
the largest?
a) Babar
b) Akbar
c) Shahjahan
d) Aurangzeb
Ans. (d)
497. Mahatma Gandhi returned to India,
leaving South Africa for ever in
a) 1914
b) 1915
c) 1916
d) 1919
Ans. (b)
498. Which of the following events symbolised
the fall of autocracy during the course of
French Revolution?
a) Mass execution by the guillotine in
1792
b) The meeting of the States General on
17th June, 1789
c) Execution of the King and the Queen
d) The fall of Bastille on 14th July, 1789
Ans. (d)
499. ‘The Boston Tea party’ took place in
a) 1774
b) 1773
c) 1770 d) 1776
Ans. (b)
500. Saint Simon, Charles Fourier and Robert
Owen were
a) Renaissance artists
b) Portuguese navigators
c) Early Socialists
d) Activists in the American war of
independence
Ans. (c)
501. When did the second world war end?
a) 1918
b) 1939
c) 1945 d) 1946
Ans. (c)
502. Arrange the following in chronological
order:
I. Dandi March
II. Simon Commission
III. Poona Pact
IV. Gandhi-Irwin Pact
a) II, I, III, IV
b) II, I, IV, III
c) IV, III, I, II
d) IV, III, II, I
Ans. (b)
503. Brahmo Samaj mainly insisted upon
a) Abolition of sati
b) Abolition of child marriage
c) Monotheism
d) Reintroduction of converted Hindus
Ans. (c)
504. Al Hilal was a newspaper started for
propagating nationalism by
a) Abul Kalam Azad
b) Mahatma Gandhi
c) Mohammed Ali
d) Syed Ahmed Khan
Ans. (a)
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505. The most important cause for the
outbreak of the Ghadar revolution was the
a) Arrest of Lala Har Dayal
b) Outbreak of World War I
c) Hanging of Kartar Singh Sarabha
d) Kamagata Maru incident
Ans. (d)
506. Which of the following Indian States was
annexed by Lord Dalhousie on the pretext
of maladministration?
a) Udaipur
b) Oudh
c) Nagpur
d) None of these
Ans. (b)
507. Who among the early nationalists worked
in England to mobilize public opinion in
favour of the Indian National Movement?
a) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
b) D.E. Wacha
c) Lala Lajpat Rai
d) Dadabhai Naoroji
Ans. (d)
508. The Non-Cooperation Movement was
launched by
a) Jawaharlal Nehru
b) Dadabhai Naoroji
c) Chittaranjan Das
d) Mahatma Gandhi
Ans. (d)
509. Which one of the following was a
revolutionary who later turned into a yogi
and a philosopher?
a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
b) Aurobindo Ghosh
c) Lala Lajpat Rai
d) Agarkar
Ans. (b)
510. The main purpose of Home Rule
Movement was
a) To harass the British
b) To bring about social reforms
c) To attain self-government and turn out
British
d) To attain self-government within the
British Empire
Ans. (d)
511. Where was the session of Muslim League
held when the resolution demanding the
creation of Pakistan was passed?
a) Bombay
b) Calcutta
c) Lahore
d) Madras
Ans. (c)
512. Gandhiji’s first fast in India was in
connection with
a) Champaran Satyagraha
b) Chauri Chaura incident
c) Communal riots in eastern India
d) The strike of mill workers at
Ahmedabad
Ans. (d)
513. To encourage British investments in India,
Dal housie
a) Encouraged industries
b) Patronised agriculture
c) Introduced railways and telegraphs
d) Introduced postal system
Ans. (c)
514. The strategy of ‘Divide and Rule’ was
adopted by
a) Lord Curzon
b) Lord Wellesley
c) Lord Minto
d) Lord Canning
Ans. (c)
515. Who among the following attended all the
three Round Table Conferences?
a) Madan Mohan Malviya
b) Annie Besant
c) Mahatma Gandhi
d) B.R. Ambedkar
Ans. (d)
516. The Cripps Mission visited India in
a) 1927
b) 1939
c) 1942
d) 1946
Ans. (c)
517. The Champaran Satyagraha was started
by Mahatma Gandhi in the year
a) 1915
b) 1917
c) 1919 d) 1930
Ans. (b)
518. Delhi became the capital of India in
a) 1910
b) 1911
c) 1916 d) 1923
Ans. (b)
519. Match the following:
A. Swarajist Party
1. Acharya
Narendra Dev
B. Hindustan Socialist 2. Motilal Nehru
Republican Association
C. Congress Socialist 3. Chandrashekhar
Party
Azad
D. Communist
4. M.N. Roy
International
5. P.C. Joshi
A B C D
A B C D
a) 5 3 2 4
b) 1 2 4 5
c) 2 3 1 4
d) 2 4 5 3
Ans. (c)
520. The two nation theory was given by
a) W.C. Banerjee
b) M. A. Jinnah
c) Jawaharlal Nehru
d) Pherozeshah Mehta
Ans. (b)
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521. Minto Morley Reforms aimed at
a) Grant of Dominion status to Indians
b) Separate electorates for the Muslims
c) Special powers to the Government to
deal with anti-Government elements
d) Full development of education
Ans. (b)
522. Which of the following statements
correctly defines the term ‘drain theory’ as
propounded by Dadabhai Naoroji?
a) That the resources of the country were
being utilised in the interest of Britain.
b) That a part of India’s national wealth or
total annual product was being
exported to Britain for which India got
no material returns.
c) That the British industrialists were
being given an opportunity to invest in
India under the protection of the
imperial power.
d) That the British goods were being
imported to the country making it
poorer day by day.
Ans. (a)
523. Gandhiji launched the struggle in
Ahmedabad in 1917-18 which involved the
a) Peasants
b) Industrial workers
c) Masses
d) Labourers
Ans. (b)
524. The Muslim League started demanding a
separate nation for the Muslims from the
year
a) 1919
b) 1925
c) 1929 d) 1940
Ans. (d)
525. The clarion call ‘Dilli Chalo’ was given by
a) Congress in 1942
b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) Subhash Chandra Bose
d) Lala Lajpat Rai
Ans. (c)
526. Swaraj as a national demand was first made by
a) Chittaranjan Das
b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) Dadabhai Naoroji
d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Ans. (d)
527. Who among the following is known as the
‘Heroine of 1942 Quit India Movement’?
a) Dr. Annie Besant
b) Suchitra Kriplani
c) Aruna Asaf Ali
d) Sarojini Naidu
Ans. (c)
528. The first to start a joint stock company
trade with India were the
a) Portuguese
b) Dutch
c) French
d) Danish
Ans. (a)
529. Which of the following is the most
significant
contribution
of
Sardar
Vallabhbhai Patel to modern India?
a) His Presidentship of Indian National
Congress
b) His role in Non-Cooperation Movement
c) His participation in Quick India Movement
d) His achievement of integration of
princely states.
Ans. (d)
530. Who is known as the ‘Grand Old Man of
India’?
a) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
b) C. Rajagopalachari
c) Lala Lajpat Rai
d) Dadabhai Naoroji
Ans. (d)
531. Which of the following was a
recommendation of Hunter’s Commission?
a) Gradual withdrawl of state support from
higher education
b) Women’s education
c) New regulation for the organized
senates system
d) Introduction of civic education at
college and university level
Ans. (a)
532. Which of the following pairs are correctly
matched?
1. Warren Hastings- Regulating Act
2. Cornwallis – Permanent Land Settlement
3. Wellesley- Subsidiary Alliance
4. Dalhousie- Abolition of Sati
a) 2 and 3
b) 1 and 3
c) 1, 2 & 4
d) 1, 2 & 3
Ans. (a)
533. Who amongst the following was involved
in the Alipore Bomb case?
a) S. N. Banerjee
b) Bipin Chandra Pal
c) Jatin Das
d) Aurobindo Ghosh
Ans. (c)
534. Which one of the following upheavals
took place in Bengal immediately after the
Revolt of 1857?
a) Sanyasi Rebellion
b) Santal Rebellion
c) Indigo Disturbances
d) Pabna Disturbances
Ans. (c)
535. The title ‘Punjab Kesari’ was conferred on
a) Ranjit Singh
b) Bhagat Singh
c) Lala Lajpat Rai d) Sardar Baldev Singh
Ans. (c)
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536. Who among the following was called as
‘Father of Indian Renaissance’?
a) B. G. Tilak
b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
c) Lala Lajpat Rai
d) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Ans. (d)
537. The first President of independent India was
a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
b) M.K. Gandhi
c) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan d) J. L. Nehru
Ans. (a)
538. Theosophist, educationist and Indian
national leader’. This description fits
a) Madan Mohan Malviya
b) Srinivasa Shastri
c) Annie Besant
d) Shyama Prasad Mookherji
Ans. (c)
539. When Subhash Chandra Bose resigned
as the President of INC, who was
appointed in his place?
a) Rajendra Prasad
b) Abul Kalam Azad
c) C. Rajagopalachari
d) Pattabhi Sitaramiah
Ans. (a)
540. The year 1943 is important because
a) Dandi March was organized by
Mahatma Gandhi.
b) World War II ended.
c) Azad Hind Fauj was formed.
d) Quit India Resolution was passed.
Ans. (c)
541. The Indians celebrated the Independence
Day for the first time on
a) January 1, 1930
b) January 26, 1930
c) August 15, 1947
d) January 26, 1950
Ans. (b)
542. Match the following:
A. 1931
1. Chauri Chaura incident
B. 1921
2. Dandi March
C. 1942
3. Cripps Mission
D. 1930
4. Second Round Table
Conference
5. Death of Lala Lajpat Rai
A B C D
A B C D
a) 1 3 2 5
b) 4 2 3 5
c) 4 3 5 2
d) 4 1 3 2
Ans. (d)
543. Which of the following was a continuous
movement based on the philosophy of
Gandhiji, and not a specific movement?
a) Non-Cooperation Movement
b) Swadeshi Movement
c) Quit India Movement
d) Civil Disobedience Movement
Ans. (b)
544. Who was the first Indian to pass the
Indian Civil Service?
a) Dadabhai Naoroji
b) Surendranath Banerjee
c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
d) D.N. Wacha
Ans. (b)
545. Who was the Chairman of Boundary
Commission to define the boundaries of
the
dominions
under
the
Indian
Independence Act of 1947?
a) Lord Wavell
b) Stafford Cripps
c) Lord Mountbatten
d) Cyril Radcliffe
Ans. (d)
546. Who was the President of Lahore session
of INC at which the resolution of ‘Complete
Independence’ was passed?
a) Jawaharlal Nehru b) Badruddin Tyabji
c) Dadabhai Naoroji d) S. N. Banerjee
Ans. (a)
547. The Forward Bloc was formed by
a) P. C. Joshi
b) Acharya Narendra Dev
c) B. R. Ambedkar
d) Subhash Chandra Bose
Ans. (d)
548. The President of the Indian National
Congress at the time of Indian
Independence was
a) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
b) J. B. Kripalani
c) Jawaharlal Nehru
d) Rajendra Prasad
Ans. (b)
549. Non Cooperation Movement started in:
a) 1870
b) 1921
c) 1920 d) 1942
Ans. (c)
550. Who said, “I therefore want freedom
immediately, this very night, before dawn if
it can be had”?
a) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
c) Mahatma Gandhi
d) Annie Besant
Ans. (c)
551. Who was called by the British rulers as
‘the leader of Indian unrest’?
a) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
b) Subhash Chandra Bose
c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
d) M.K. Gandhi
Ans. (c)
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552. Where did Mahatma Gandhi first try the
weapon of Satyagraha?
a) South Africa
b) Champaran
c) Bardoli
d) Dandi
Ans. (a)
553. Who was the first Indian to become the
member of British Parliament?
a) Badruddin Tyabji b) W. C. Bannerjee
c) D.N. Wacha
d) Dababhai Naoroji
Ans. (d)
554. Why did Rabindranath Tagore renounce
his knighthood?
a) He wanted to join the Congress Party
and become its President
b) He was not satisfied with the
constitutional reforms introduced by the
Govt. of India Act. 1919.
c) His heart lay torn with anguish over the
atrocities of the British government in
Punjab especially the massacre of
innocent people by Dyer at Jallianwala
Bagh massacre.
d) He wished to participate in the
Satyagraha movement started by
Mahatma Gandhi.
Ans. (c)
555. Gandhiji started Satyagraha movement in
1919 in protest against the
a) Simon Commission
b) Champaran wrongs
c) Enactment of Rowlatt Act
d) Colonial exploitation of India
Ans. (c)
556. Ram Prasad Bismil was associated with
a) Kakori Bomb case
b) Alipore Bomb case
c) Meerut Conspiracy case
d) Kanpur Conspiracy case
Ans. (a)
557. Who was the founder of the Muslim
League in India?
a) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan b) M.A. Jinnah
c) Nawab Salimulla
d) None of these
Ans. (c)
558. Match List I with List II and select the
correct answer using the codes given
below the Lists
List I
List II
A. Lala Lajpat Rai
1. Servants of India
Society
B. Bal Gangadhar
2. The Pioneer
Tilak
C. Gopal Krishna
3. The Young India
Gokhale
D. Mahatma Gandhi
4. The Kesari
5. Navjeevan
A B C D
b) 2 3 1 5
d) 3 4 5 1
A B C D
a) 3 4 1 5
c) 1 2 4 3
Ans. (a)
559. During the British rule, first partition of
Bengal was done in
a) 1885
b) 1903
c) 1905 d) 1908
Ans. (c)
560. The founder of Boy Scouts and Civil
Guides Movement in India was
a) Charles Andrews
b) Baden Powell
c) Richard Temple
d) Robert Montgomery
Ans. (b)
561. The Rowlatt Act led to
a) Communal riots in Bengal
b) Massacre at Amritsar
c) Social legislation in Madras
d) Economic reforms in U.P.
Ans. (b)
562. In 1917, at Champaran, the government
forced farmers to undertake
a) Indigo cultivation b) Hallow cultivation
c) Opium cultivation d) Land ceiling
Ans. (a)
563. The first session of Indian National
Congress was held at
a) Bombay
b) Surat
c) Calcutta
d) Lahore
Ans. (a)
564. The English Weekly edited by Mahatma
Gandhi was
a) Kesari
b) Comrade
c) Bombay Chronicle
d) Young India
Ans. (d)
565. The first railway started in India under the
Governor-Generalship of
a) Lord Canning
b) Lord Dalhousie
c) Lord Hastings
d) Lord Cornwallis
Ans. (b)
566. The Act which imparted provincial
autonomy is
a) Indian Council Act, 1909
b) Government of India Act, 1919
c) Government of India Act, 1935
d) Indian Independence Act, 1947
Ans. (c)
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567. Indian sepoys in the Bengal army revolted
because
a) The British officers ill-treated them.
b) The British tried to make them use the
greased cartridges.
c) The British discontinued the payment of
field allowance.
d) The British passed the General Service
Enlistment Act.
Ans. (b)
568. Quit India Movement started after the
failure of
a) Cripps’ proposal
b) Simon recommendations
c) Cabinet Mission
d) None of these
Ans. (a)
569. The practice of Sati was declared illegal by
a) Lord Ripon
b) Lord Cornwallis
c) Lord William Bentick
d) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Ans. (c)
570. The Simon Commission was concerned with
a) Constitutional reforms
b) Higher education
c) Reforms in princely states
d) Famines
Ans. (a)
571. The first national leader to attack the Salt
Tax in Indian Legislature was
a) G.K. Gokhale
b) Mahatma Gandhi
c) Dadabhai Naoroji
d) Pherozeshah Mehta
Ans. (a)
572. The Congress split into moderates and
extremists in the session at
a) Ahmedabad
b) Madras
c) Lucknow
d) Surat
Ans. (d)
573. The Gandhi-Irwin Pact proclaimed the
suspension of
a) Non Cooperation Movement
b) Dandi March
c) Civil Disobedience Movement
d) None of these
Ans. (c)
574. The Indian National Congress adopted
the resolution of Poorna Swaraj (complete
independence) at its session held at
a) Calcutta
b) Karachi
c) Allahabad
d) Lahore
Ans. (d)
575. The Home Rule Movement in India was
started by
a) S.N. Banerjee and W.C. Banerjee
b) Annie Besant and Tilak
c) Mahatma Gandhi and Motilal Nehru
d) Annie Besant and Gokhale
Ans. (b)
576. Who among the following was the leader
of the moderates?
a) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
b) B.G. Tilak
c) Annie Besant
d) C.F. Andrews
Ans. (a)
577. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was born in the year
a) 1889
b) 1899 c) 1900
d) 1914
Ans. (a)
578. Lucknow Pact of 1916 is significant in the
history of Indian National Movement because
a) It decided India’s non participation in
World war I.
b) Both the groups of Congress men
settled their disputes.
c) It ended separate electorates for
Hindus and Muslims.
d) None of these
Ans. (d)
579. Which of the following statements is not
correct?
a) Dr. Annie Besant was a theosophist
b) Mahatma Gandhi was born in
Gandhinagar
c) The international headquarter of the
Theosophical Society is in Madras.
d) Swami
Dayanand
Saraswati
established the Arya Samaj.
Ans. (b)
580. The title of Governor –General was
changed to that of Viceroy in the year
a) 1858 A.D.
b) 1885 A.D.
c) 1905 A.D.
d) 1917 A.D.
Ans. (a)
581. What was the name of the periodical
published by Mahatma Gandhi during his
stay in South Africa?
a) India Gazette
b) Navjivan
c) Indian Opinion
d) Afrikaner
Ans. (c)
582. Which of the following was written by
Raja Rammohan Roy?
a) Mother India b) Brahma Samhita
c) Kiratarjuniya d) Tuhfatul Muwahiddin
Ans. (d)
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583. Whom did Mahatma Gandhi describe ‘as
pure as crystal, as brave as a lion and the
most perfect man in the political field?
a) B.G. Tilak
b) Motilal Nehru
c) G.K. Gokhale
d) C.R. Das
Ans. (c)
584. The Prime Minister of Britain at the time
of India’s independence was
a) Lord Mountbatten
b) Winston Churchill
c) Ramsay Macdonald
d) Clement Attlee
Ans. (d)
585. Before Delhi, where was the capital of
India during the British India?
a) Lucknow
b) Bombay
c) Calcutta
d) Patna
Ans. (c)
586. In 1930 Mahatma Gandhi started Civil
Disobedience Movement from
a) Wardha
b) Sevagram
c) Sabarmati
d) Dandi
Ans. (c)
587. The Viceroy upon whom a bomb was
thrown but he did not change his attitude
towards the Indians, was
a) Lord Hardinge
b) Warren Hastings
c) Lord Curzon
d) Lord Chelmsford
Ans. (a)
588. The capital of India was shifted to Delhi
during the reign of
a) Minto
b) Chelmsford
c) Curzon
d) Hardinge
Ans. (d)
589. ‘Vande Mataram’ was first published in
a) Gitanjali
b) Harijan
c) Kesari
d) Anand Math
Ans. (d)
590. The song ‘Jana-Gana-Mana’ composed
by Rabindranath Tagore, was first
published in January 1912 under the title of
a) Rashtra Jagrati
b) Tatva Bodhini
c) Bharat Vidhata
d) None of these
Ans. (c)
591. Why were the Indians dissatisfied with the
Simon Commission?
a) There was no Indian member in the
Commission.
b) Indians never wanted the review of the
working of the Act of 1919.
c) It recommended that Dyarchy in the
provinces should be abolished.
d) None of these
Ans. (a)
592. Who was responsible for the introduction
of English as the official language in India?
a) Lord William Bentick
b) Sir Charles Wood
c) Marquess of Dalhousie
d) Allan Octavian Hume
Ans. (b)
593. Who introduced the system of Civil Services?
a) Warren Hastings
b) Lord Dalhousie
c) Lord Hardinge
d) William Bentick
Ans. (d)
594. Who was named as Mira Behn by
Mahatma Gandhi?
a) Annie Besant
b) Madeline Slade
c) Kamla Devi
d) Maria Montessouri
Ans. (b)
595. Who proclaimed: ‘We have not the
slightest intention of abandoning our Indian
possessions and that it is highly
improbable that any such intention will be
entertained by our posterity?
a) Lord Dufferin
b) Lord Canning
c) Lord Curzon
d) Lord Cornwallis
Ans. (c)
596. The author of ‘Hind Swaraj’ was
a) V.D. Savarkar
b) M.K. Gandhi
c) B.G. Tilak
d) Swami Sharddhanand
Ans. (b)
597. Dadabhai Naoroji declared Swarajya as the
aim of the INC at the Calcutta session in
a) 1896
b) 1901 c) 1905
d) 1906
Ans. (d)
598. Match the following:
A. Simon Commission
1. 1885
B. Quit India Movement
2. 1942
C. Formation of INC
3. 1927
D. Minto Morley reforms
4. 1909
A B C D
A B C D
a) 1 2 3 4
b) 1 3 2 4
c) 3 2 1 4
d) 4 3 2 1
Ans. (c)
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599. Match the following:
A. Swaraj is my birth 1. Mahatma Gandhi
right and I shall
have it
B. Bengal united is a 2. Jawaharlal Nehru
power
C. Untouchability is a 3. Bal Gangadhar
crime against God
Tilak
and mankind
D. Long years ago we 4. G.K. Gokhale
have made a tryst
with destiny
5. Risely
A B C D
A B C D
a) 1 4 3 2
b) 3 5 1 2
c) 3 4 1 2
d) 4 2 5 3
Ans. (b)
600. “Be proud that you are an Indian; proudly
claim I am an Indian, every Indian is my
brother…’ Who had said these words?
a) Jawaharlal Nehru
b) Vivekananda
c) Lala Lajpat Rai
d) Mahatma Gandhi
Ans. (b)
601. The Chauri-Chaura incident (during Non
Cooperation Movement) relates to
a) Large scale looting of government
property by Congress workers.
b) The burning of a police post by a mob.
c) Massive police firing on unarmed
Satyagrahis.
d) A major offensive by underground
revolutionaries.
Ans. (b)
602. Who advocated the policy of abolishing
princely states in free India?
a) C. Rajagopalachari b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) Vallabhbhai Patel d) Mahatma Gandhi
Ans. (b)
603. All the three Round Table Conferences
were held in
a) Calcutta
b) Bombay
c) Manchester
d) London
Ans. (d)
604. Which of the following Movements was
started by the Indian National Congress
during the course of the Second World War
and formed a part of our freedom struggle?
a) Home Rule
b) Civil Disobedience
c) Swadeshi
d) Quit India
Ans. (d)
605. A leading nationalist leader while
undertaking fast in the prison wrote to the
British Governor, “The individual must die
so that the nations may live. Today, I must
die so that India may win freedom and
glory. “Who wrote this statement?
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) Jatin Das
d) Subhash Chandra Bose
Ans. (c)
606. The Quit India Movement started at
a) Delhi on Aug 15, 1942
b) Bombay on Aug. 8, 1942
c) Lahore on July 7, 1942
d) Wardha on Aug. 7, 1942
Ans. (b)
607. Who was the Governor-General when the
Great Mutiny of 1857 broke out?
a) Lord Ripon
b) Lord Dalhousie
c) Lord Canning
d) Lord Hardinge
Ans. (c)
608. The first fort which the British constructed
in India was
a) Hoogly Fort
b) St. George Fort
c) Agra Fort
d) St. David Fort
Ans. (b)
609. Those who joined Mahatma Gandhi
during the Champaran struggle included
a) Vallabh bhai Patel and Vinoba Bhave
b) Jawaharlal Nehru and Rajendra Prasad
c) Rajendra Prasad and Anugraha
Narayan Sinha
d) Mahadev Desai and Maniben Patel
Ans. (b)
610. The first Indian university opened in 1857
was in
a) Madras
b) Calcutta
c) Banaras
d) Bombay
Ans. (b)
611. Who amongst the following Englishmen
was fellow of Gandhiji in South Africa?
a) C.F. Andrews
b) Polak
c) Peterson
d) None of these
Ans. (b)
612. Who was the Viceroy of India at the time
of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre?
a) Lord Curzon
b) Lord Hardinge
c) Lord Chelmsford
d) Lord Irwin
Ans. (c)
613. Jallianwala Bagh massacre occurred on
a) January 30, 1918
b) April 13, 1919
c) August 14, 1920
d) July 3, 1930
Ans. b)
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614. The first Indian woman President of the
Indian National Congress was
a) Sarojini Naidu b) Kasturba Gandhi
c) Annie Besant d) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
Ans. (a)
615. Mahatma Gandhi started his Dandi march
from
a) Dandi
b) Porbandar
c) Sabarmati
d) Surat
Ans. (c)
616. Who was the head of the Committee
formed by the government to enquire into
Jallianwala Bagh massacre?
a) General Dyer
b) John Simon
c) Hunter
d) None of these
Ans. (c)
617. Which one of the following was a High Court
judge, a great social reformer, economist,
one of the founding fathers of I.N.C., whom
A.O. Hume called his political Guru?
a) Surendranath Banerjee
b) Dadabhai Naoroji
c) Pheroze shah Mehta
d) Mahadev Gobind Ranade
Ans. (d)
618. In 1943, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
proclaimed the formation of the Provisional
Government of Independent India (Azad Hind)
in
a) Rangoon
b) Tokyo
c) Singapore
d) Vienna
Ans. (c)
619. Comrades! Soldiers!
Let us over battle cry be.
To Delhi ! To Delhi !”
The above slogan was given by
a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) Subhash Chandra Bose
d) Lala Lajpat Rai
Ans. (c)
620. Which of the following movements truly
reflected the spirit of Hindu-Muslim unity?
a) Civil Disobedience Movement
b) Khilafat Movement
c) Swadeshi Movement
d) Quit India Movement
Ans. (b)
621. Burma was separated from India in
a) 1935 b) 1937
c) 1936
d) 1941
Ans. (b)
622. Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on
a) January 26, 1948 b) January 30, 1948
c) January 30, 1949 d) January 26, 1950
Ans. (b)
623. English as a media of education was
introduced in India in
a) 1835
b) 1838
c) 1853
d) 1883
Ans. (a)
624. Rani Lakshmi Bai died fighting the British
in the battle of
a) Kanpur
b) Gwalior
c) Jhansi
d) Kalpi
Ans. (b)
625. Who said, Good government was never a
good substitute for self government?
a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
b) Swami Dayananda
c) Ramakrishna Paramhansa
d) Swami Vivekanand
Ans. (b)
626. During whose Viceroyalty, Queen Victoria
was crowned with ‘Kaiser-i-Hind’ in Delhi
Durbar?
a) Hastings
b) Lytton
c) Elgin
d) Lord Minto
Ans. (b)
627. Gandhiji started Satyagraha in 1919 in
protest against
a) Act of 1909
b) Jallianwala Bagh massacre
c) Salt law
d) Rowlatt Act
Ans. (d)
628. Lord Mountbatten replaced ….. as
Viceroy of India in 1947.
a) Lord Curzon
b) Lord Chelmsford
c) Lord Wavell
d) Lord Linlithgow
Ans. (c)
629. The author of the book ‘Hindu way of Life’ is
a) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
d) Aurobindo Ghosh
Ans. (c)
630. The last Governor General of India was
a) Lord Wavell
b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
c) Lord Mountbatten
d) C. Rajagopalachari
Ans. (d)
631. Who once remarked, ‘Nehru is a patriot
while Jinnah is a politician’.
a) Abdul Ghaffar Khan
b) Maulana Azad
c) Sir Mohammad Iqbal
d) Mahatma Gandhi
Ans. (c)
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632. When Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated,
who said, “None will believe that a man like
this body and soul ever walked on this earth”?
a) Leo Tolstoy
b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) Albert Einstein
d) Bertrand Russel
Ans. (c)
633. Satyagraha Sabha was formed by
Mahatma Gandhi at
a) Poona
b) Calcutta
c) Bombay
d) Ahmedabad
Ans. (c)
634. Queen Victoria was appointed Empress
of India in
a) 1858
b) 1876
c) 1877 d) 1885
Ans. (c)
635. The first Governor –General of India was
appointed in
a) 1774
b) 1833
c) 1858 d) 1911
Ans. (b)
636. When did the Indian National Congress
ask for the ‘Dominion Status’?
a) 1906
b) 1929
c) 1942 d) 1947
Ans. (a)
637. The Cripps Mission visited India during
the regime of
a) Lord Wavell
b) Lord Wellington
c) Lord Mountbatten
d) Lord Linlithgow
Ans. (d)
638. Who among the following was not the
Viceroy of India during the 20th century?
a) Lord Chelmsford
b) Lord Irwin
c) Lord Dalhousie
d) Lord Minto
Ans. (c)
639. Who was the Viceroy of India at the time
of Quit India Movement?
a) Lord Mountbatten
b) Lord Wavell
c) Lord Linlithgow
d) Lord Wellington
Ans. (c)
640. Which of the following is correctly matched?
a) Salt Satyagraha : 1929
b) Surat split : 1905
c) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre : 1921
d) Non- Cooperation Movement: 1920
Ans. (d)
641. Which reformer from Maharashtra was
known as Lokhitavadi?
a) Pandit Ramabai
b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
c) M.G. Ranade
d) Gopal Hari Deshmukh
Ans. (d)
642. Who said: ‘Bengal united is a power.
Bengal divided will pull several different
ways…..’?
a) Dufferin
b) Curzon
c) Hardinge
d) Risley
Ans. (d)
643. Match the following:
A. Brahmo Samaj 1. Swami Vivekanand
B. Ramakrishna 2. Dayanand Saraswati
Mission
C. Arya Samaj
3. Ram Mohan Roy
D. Satyashodhak 4. K. Sridharalu Naidu
Samaj
5. Jyotirao Phule
A B C D
A B C D
a) 2 3 5 1
b) 3 1 2 4
c) 3 1 2 5
d) 3 2 1 5
Ans. (c)
644. Mahatma Gandhi gave the call to reject
foreign goods during the
a) Civil Disobedience Movement
b) Khilafat Movement
c) Non Cooperation Movement
d) Swadeshi Movement
Ans. (d)
645. Who among the following opposed
Mahatma Gandhi’s association with the
Khilafat movement?
a) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
b) Fazlul Haque
c) Mohammed Ali Jinnah
d) Abul Kalam Azad
Ans. (c)
646. Jawaharlal Nehru helped to start the
newspaper
a) ‘Pioneer’
b) ‘Kesri’
c) ‘Patriot’
d) ‘National Herald’
Ans. (d)
647. Who was the British Prime Minister at the
time of the Second Round Table Conference?
a) Ramsay Macdonald
b) Clement Attlee
c) Neville Chamberlain
d) None of these
Ans. (a)
648. Annie Besant enjoyed the Presidentship
of the INC at its session held in
a) 1916
b) 1917
c) 1918
d) 1920
Ans. (b)
649. Who was the leading personality in Delhi
Conspiracy Case in which a bomb thrown
at a procession of Lord Hardinge taken out
in Chandni Chowk on Dec 23, 1913, killed
the A.D.C. of the Viceroy?
a) Madan Lal Dhingra
b) Rash Behari Bose
c) V.D. Savarkar
d) Birendra Kumar Ghosh
Ans. (b)
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650. ‘To the English, he can be rightly
described as a saviour, because he came
to do commercial trade transactions, but
conquered the French and Indian princes
and established British rule in Indian
territory, who is described here?
a) Warren Hastings
b) Lord Canning
c) Robert Clive
d) Lord Curzon
Ans. (c)
651. The first Satyagraha of Gandhiji for the
cause of indigo farmers was observed at
a) Champaran
b) Chauri Chaura
c) Bardoli
d) Sabarmati
Ans. (a)
652. First governor –General of India, after
independence was
a) Rajendra Prasad
b) Lord Mountbatten
c) Jawaharlal Nehru
d) C. Rajagopalachari
Ans. (b)
653. In the history of the freedom movement of
India, the year 1930 is associated with
a) Partition of Bengal
b) Dandi March
c) Jallianwala Bagh Tragedy
d) Chauri Chaura incident
Ans. (b)
654. “The Buddha, the Ramayana and the
Mahabharata are three treasures of
India. If India forgets them. India will not
be India.’ Who said this?
a) Rabindranath Tagore
b) Swami Vivekananda
c) Jawaharlal Nehru
d) Mahatma Gandhi
Ans. (b)
655. Who was the Congress President when
India became free?
a) Jawaharlal Nehru
b) J.B. Kripalani
c) Mahatma Gandhi
d) Sardar Patel
Ans. (b)
656. Who was the political guru of Gandhiji?
a) Dadabhai Naoroji
b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
d) Lala Lajpat Rai
Ans. (c)
657. Who led Quit India Movement in the
absence of Mahatma Gandhi?
a) Sarojini Naidu
b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) Aruna Asaf Ali
d) Sardar Patel
Ans. (c)
658. A.O. Hume belongs to
a) India
b) U.S.A.
c) Germany
d) Britain
Ans. (d)
659. On the death of Gandhiji, who said that”
The light has gone out of our lives…..”?
a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
d) Lord Mountbatten
Ans. (b)
660. The Non Cooperation Movement in 1920
was withdrawn
a) Because of Gandhiji’s ill-health
b) Due to the extremist policy then
adopted by the National Congress
c) On a fervent appeal from the government
d) Because of violence at Chauri-chaura
Ans. (d)
661. Swarajya was declared as the goal of the
Congress at its session held in 1906 at
a) Bombay
b) Calcutta
c) Lucknow
d) Madras
Ans. (b)
662. Indian Civil Services was introduced
during whose rule?
a) Lord Curzon
b) William Bentick
c) Lord Dalhousie
d) Lord Cornwallis
Ans. (c)
663. Who coined the slogan “Jai Jawan Jai
Kisan”?
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) Lal Bahadur Shastri
d) Sardar Patel
Ans. (c)
664. Khilafat Movement resulted in
a) Decrease in the differences between
Hindus and Muslims
b) Partition of India
c) Hindu-Muslim riots
d) Suppression of Hindus
Ans. (a)
665. Which of the following periods is called
the Revolutionary Era?
a) 1857-1890
b) 1900- 1913
c) 1917-1932
d) 1934-1942
Ans. (b)
666. ‘India for the Indians’ was the political
message of
a) Dayananda Saraswati
b) Swami Vivekananda
c) A.O. Hume
d) D.E. Wacha
Ans. (a)
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667. Home Rule Movement was started in
Bombay by
a) Motilal Nehru
b) S.N. Banerjee
c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Ans. d)
668. “Dev Samaj” was founded by
a) Vallabhbhai Patel
b) Dadabhai Naoroji
c) Sivanarayan Agnihotri
d) Ramakrishna Paramhansa
Ans. (c)
669. The first women’s university in India was
founded by
a) Gandhiji
b) J.C. Kumarappa
c) Dhondo Keshave Karve
d) Rani Ahilya Devi
Ans. (c)
670. The provision for separate electorate for
Hindus and Muslims was made in
a) Govt. of India Act, 1935
b) Mountbatten Plan
c) Morley –Minto Reforms
d) Montegue- Chelmsford Reforms
Ans. (c)
671. In which of the following did Sardar
Vallabhbhai Patel play a leading role?
a) Bijolia Movement
b) Dandi March
c) Textile mill workers strike at Ahmedabad
d) Bardoli Satyagraha
Ans. (d)
672. “At the stroke of midnight, when the world
sleeps, India will awake to life and
freedom” was said by
a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
b) Lord Mountbatten
c) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
d) None of these
Ans. (c)
673. The leader to have the unique distinction of
firing the first shot in the rebellion of 1857
was
a) Tantya Tope
b) Bakht Khan
c) Mangal Pande
d) None of these
Ans. (c)
674. Following the policy of suppression, Lala
Lajpat Rai was deported to
a) Andaman
b) Rangoon
c) Mandalay
d) Australia
Ans. (c)
675. Mahatma Gandhi was born in
a) Wardha
b) Sabarmati
c) Ahmedabad
d) Porbander
Ans. (d)
676. The All India Muslim League was formed
in 1906 at
a) Aligarh
b) Dacca
c) Lucknow
d) Lahore
Ans. (b)
677. Who among the following was known as
the ‘Iron Man’ of India?
a) Jawaharlal Nehru b) Lala Lajpat Rai
c) B. G. Tilak
d) Sardar Patel
Ans. (d)
678. Who was in command of the nationalist
movement before Gandhiji assumed
leadership of Congress?
a) Lokmanya Tilak
b) C.R. Das
c) Lala Lajpat Rai
d) Motilal Nehru
Ans. (a)
679. The first movement launched against the
British in India was
a) Khilafat Movement
b) Swadeshi Movement
c) Non Cooperation Movement
d) Quit India Movement
Ans. (b)
680. Which of the following visited India in
1946 to solve the major problem between
Indian National Congress and the Muslim
League?
a) Simon Commission b) Cabinet Mission
c) Cripps Mission
d) None of these
Ans. (b)
681. India was partitioned by the
a) Cabinet Mission b) Mountbatten Plan
c) Cripps Mission
d) None of these
Ans. (b)
682. Who was the first Indian to raise the
National Flag?
a) Sardar Patel
b) Mahatma Gandhi
c) Annie Besant
d) Madam Cama
Ans. (d)
683. Among the following who was the author
of ‘At the Feet of Mahatma Gandhi’?
a) Vinoba Bhave
b) J.B. Kripalani
c) Rajendra Prasad
d) Jayaprakash Narayan
Ans. c)
684. Who among the following, took great
interest in the preservation of the ancient
monuments in India?
a) Lord Curzon
b) Lord Linlithgow
c) Lord Irwin
d) Lord Amherst
Ans. (d)
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685. Who among the following started the first
newspaper in India?
a) Rabindranath Tagore
b) Dadabhai Naoroji
c) James A. Hickey
d) J.C. Maishman
Ans. (c)
686. In 1908, Bal Gangadhar Tilak was
imprisoned for 6 years and sent to
a) Delhi
b) Andaman and Nicobar
c) Singapore
d) Mandalay
Ans. (d)
687. Renaissance started first in
a) France
b) Russia
c) Italy
d) England
Ans. (c)
688. The ‘Last Supper’ a famous renaissance
painting was a master piece of
a) Michael Angelo
b) Titian
c) Leonardo da vinci
d) Raphael
Ans. (c)
689. With which of the following, is the term
‘Liberty, Equality and Fraternity’ associated?
a) Olympic games
b) Industrial revolution
c) Russian revolution d) French revolution
Ans. (d)
690. The author of the American Declaration of
Independence was
a) Thomas Paine b) Jefferson
c) Lafayette
d) George Washington
Ans. (b)
691. The Industrial Revolution First took place in
a) England
b) America
c) France
d) Germany
Ans. (a)
692. ‘Guernica,’ the world famous painting was
painted by
a) Leonardo-da-Vinci
b) Van Gogh
c) Picasso
d) Michelangelo
Ans. (c)
693. The author of the ‘New Deal’ was
a) President John Kennedy
b) President Woodrow Wilson
c) President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
d) President Theodore Roosevelt
Ans. (c)
694. The Renaissance scientist who explained
how planets moved around the sun was
a) Rebelais
b) Francis Bacon
c) Gutenberg
d) Kepler
Ans. (d)
695. The discovery of sea-route from Europe
to India was made by
a) Marco Polo
b) Magellan
c) Vasco-da-Gama
d) Columbus
Ans. (c)
696. What was the name of the atom bomb
dropped by USA on Hiroshima in Japan
during the second world War?
a) Little Boy
b) Little Fly
c) Little Devil
d) None of these
Ans. (a)
697. The first successful socialist revolution in
history was
a) American Revolution
b) French Revolution
c) Russian Revolution
d) None of these
Ans. (c)
698. Where was Napoleon sent in exile after
the battle of waterloo?
a) Capri
b) Corsica
c) St. Helen
d) Elba
Ans. (c)
699. Which of the following events occurred first?
a) American War of Independence
b) Russian Revolution
c) French Revolution
d) Chinese Revolution
Ans. (a)
700. The slogan ‘No taxation without
representation’ was first raised during the
American Revolution in
a) Massachussets Assembly
b) Philadelphia Congress
c) Boston Tea Party
d) None of these
Ans. (a)
701. The European Renaissance of the
fifteenth century is noted for great
advances in
a) Medicine
b) Mathematics
c) Engineering
d) Art and architecture
Ans. (d)
702. German attack on Poland was the
immediate cause of
a) First world War
b) West Asian Crisis
c) Second World War
d) Cold War
Ans. (c)
703. Which was the first city destroyed by the
atom bomb in Second World War?
a) Baghdad
b) Hiroshima
c) Tokyo
d) Nagasaki
Ans. (b)
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704. July 14 is celebrated every year as a
national holiday in France. On this day in
1789,
a) The fall of the Bastille took place.
b) The members of the Third Estate
declared themselves the National
Assembly
c) Workers, peasants and other non
propertied classes were given political
rights.
d) Napoleon became the emperor.
Ans. (a)
705. Who defined Democracy as the
‘Government of the people, by the people
and for the people’?
a) Abraham Lincoln
b) Winston Churchill
c) George Washington
d) John Stuart Mill
Ans. (a)
706. Who is regarded as the founder of
scientific socialism?
a) Lenin
b) Karl Marx
c) Engels
d) Rousseau
Ans. (b)
707. The war of Independence of America was
fought against the
a) Royal People of America
b) Britain
c) Denmark
d) France
Ans. (b)
708. In the year 1815, the Battle of Waterloo
was fought between
a) Britain and France
b) Japan and China
c) Austria and Russia
d) Britain and Germany
Ans. (a)
709. The Pacific Ocean was named so by
a) Columbus
b) Bartholo new Diaz
c) Magellan
d) Vasco da Gama
Ans. (c)
710. The year 1992 is celebrated as the 500th
anniversary of Columbus’ first Voyage to
the New World. In 1942 Columbus reached
a) South America & Cuba
b) Bahamas & Canada
c) Central America & West Indies
d) Bahamas, Cuba & West Indies
Ans. (d)
711. The famous painting ‘Sun flower’ was done
by
a) Michaelangelo
b) Van Gogh
c) Pablo Picasso
d) Leonardo da Vinci
Ans. (b)
712. Who among the following was a poet of
the Italian Renaissance?
a) Dante
b) Virgil
c) Homer
d) Rossetti
Ans. (a)
713. Who was the author of the ‘Republic’, a
famous classic?
a) Herodotus
b) Plato
c) Alexander
d) Aristotle
Ans. (b)
714. The Communist Manifesto was first
published in
a) German
b) French
c) English
d) Russian
Ans. (a)
715. The Industrial Revolution in the last
quarter of the eighteenth century in
England first affected the
a) Coal mining industry
b) Shipping industry
c) Cotton textiles industry
d) Iron & steel industry
Ans. (c)
716. Russian revolutionary, who founded the
Communist Party was
a) Stalin
b) Karl Marx
c) Lenin
d) Trotsky
Ans. (c)
717. The most important achievement of
Abraham Lincoln was
a) The strengthening of democracy
b) The abolition of slavery
c) The establishment of the supremacy of
the north over the south
d) None of these
Ans. (b)
718. Who among the following was directly
associated with the French Revolution?
a) Danton
b) Voltaire
c) Louis XIV
d) Napolean Bonaparte
Ans. (d)
719. 1917 is known for
a) Battle of Trafalgar
b) Battle of Jutland
c) End of the World War I
d) The Russian Revolution
Ans. (b)
720. Who among the following commanded
the American forces during American war
of independence?
a) Hamitton
b) Thomas Jefferson
c) George Washington
d) Theodre Roosevelt
Ans. (c)
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721. The ideas of Liberty, Equality and
Fraternity were emphasised by
a) Rousseau
b) Hobbs
c) Montesque
d) Locke
Ans. (a)
722. Which of the following pairs are correctly
matched?
Renaissance artists
Paintings
1. Leonardo da Vinci
Monalisa
2. Michaelangel
The last
Judgement
3. Raphael
Madonna
a) 1 and 2
b) 2 and 3
c) 1 and 3
d) 1, 2 and 3
Ans. (d)
723. Which year is associated with the
outbreak of world war II?
a) 1935 b) 1937
c) 1938
d) 1939
Ans. (d)