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1. Who compiled the tales of "The Panchatantra"?

‘‘hebÛeleb$e’’ keâer keâLeeDeeW keâe mebkeâueve efkeâmeves efkeâÙee?(a) Valmiki (b) VedaVyasa

(c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Tulsidas

2. From which among the following rulers hasthe Government of India borrowed andadopted its symbols?

Yeejle mejkeâej ves efvecveefueefKele ceW mes efkeâme Meemekeâ mes Dehevee Øeleerkeâueskeâj DeheveeÙee?(a) Ashoka (b) Krishnadevarya

(c) Pulakesin (d) Kanishka

3. The original founder of the Manuscripts andEditor of Kautiya's Athashastra was

nmleefueefheÙeeW kesâ cetue mebmLeehekeâ Deewj keâewefšuÙe kesâ DeLe&Meem$e kesâmebheeokeâ keâewve Les?(a) Srikanta Shastri (b) Srinivasa Iyangar

(c) R. Ramashastri (d) William Jones

4. Varahamihira was/Jejenefceefnj Les(a) An Astronaut (b) A Space Shuttle

(c) A Power Station

(d) An Ancient Astronomer

5. Chinese travellers visited India primarilybecause

Ûeerveer Ùeeef$eÙeeW ves meJe&ØeLece Yeejle keâer Ùee$ee keäÙeeW keâer?(a) they were interested in Buddhism

GvnW yeewæ Oece& ceW ®efÛe Leer(b) they were invited by the Indian kings

GvnW YeejleerÙee jepeeDeeW ves Deecebef$ele efkeâÙee Lee(c) they were interested to study Indian culture

GvnW YeejleerÙe mebmke=âefle keâe DeOÙeÙeve keâjves ceW ®efÛe Leer(d) they were interested to stay in India

GvnW Yeejle ceW jnves keâer FÛÚe Leer6. Which of the following does not have a Stupa?

efvecveefueefKele ceW mes keâneb mlethe veneR nw?(a) Ranchi (b) Sanchi (c) Barhut (d) Dhamek

7. Arrange the following Magadhan dynasties inchronological order:

efvecveefueefKele ceieOe kesâ jepeJebMees keâes keâeue›eâceevegmeej efueefKeS~(A) Nandas (B) Sisunagas

(C) Mauryas (D) Haryanakas

(a) D, B, C and A (b) B, A, D

(c) D, B, A and C (d) C, A, D, and B

8. Great Stupa at Sanchi is in

meeBÛeer keâe ceneve mlethe nw:(a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Madhya Pradesh

(c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) Andhra Pradesh

9. Purushapura' is the other name for

‘‘heg®<ehej’-efvecveefueefKele ceW mes efkeâmekeâe otmeje veece nw?(a) Patna (b) Pataliputra(c) Peshwar(d) Punjab

10. Which of the following option is match?

efvecveefueefKele ceW keâewve mee megcesefuele nw?(a) Alora — Shakas

(b) Mahabalipuram — Rashtrakuta

(c) Meenakshi Temple — Pallavas

(d) Khjuraho — Chandelas

11. The Ajanta pantings belong to the

Depevlee keâueeke=âefleÙeeB efkeâmemes mecyeefvOele nQ?(a) Harappan period/nÌ[hhee keâeue mes(b) Mauryan period/ceewÙe& keâeue mes(c) Buddhist period/yeewæ keâeue mes(d) Gupta period /ieghle keâeue mes

12. Taxila was a famous site for

le#eefMeuee kesâ Øeefmeæ mLeue nesves keâe keâejCe Lee—(a) Early Vedic art /ØeeÛeerve Jewefokeâ keâuee(b) Mauryan art /ceewÙe&keâeueerve mes(c) Gandhara art /ieevOeej keâuee(d) Gupta art /ieghle keâuee

13. Who wrote the grammatical workAshtadhyayi?

JÙeekeâjCe «evLe ‘De°eOÙeeÙeer’ kesâ jÛeveekeâej keâewve Les?(a) Charvaka (b) Kautilya

(c) Panini (d) Kapila

14. Where is the Lingaraja Temple located?

efuebiejepe ceefvoj keâneB efmLele nw?(a) Madural (b) Tiruchendur

(c) Bhubaneswar (d) Ujjain

15. Which was the oldest University?

ØeeÛeervelece efJeMJeefJeÅeeueÙe keâewve-mee Lee?(a) Gandhara (b) Kanauj

(c) Nalanda (d) Vaishali

16. The paintings of Ajanta depict the stories of

Depevlee keâer efÛe$ekeâuee ke=âefleÙeeW ceW JeefCe&le keâLeevekeâ nw—(a) Ramayana (b) Mahabharta

(c) Jataka (d) Panchatantra

17. In which state was the Nalanda Universitylocated in India?

Yeejle ceW veeueboe efJeMJeefJeÅeeueÙe efkeâme jepÙe ceW efmLele nw?(a) Bengal (b) Bihar

(c) Orissa (d) Uttar Pradesh

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18. The caves and rock-cut temples at Ellora are

Sueesje ceW iegheâeSB Deewj Mewueke=âle cebefoj nQ(a) Hindu and Buddhist (b) Buddhist and Jain

(c) Hindu and Jain

(d) Hindu, Buddhist and Jain

19. Where do you find the temple of Angkor Wat?

Debiekeâesj Jeeš cebefoj keâneB efmLele nw?(a) In Thailand (b) In Malaysia

(c) In Cambodia (d) In Myanmar

20. Which of the following literary works belongsto classical Sanskrit literature?

efvecveefueefKele ceW mes keâewve-meer meeefneflÙekeâ jÛevee Meem$eerÙe mebmke=âlemeeefnlÙe mes mecyeefvOele nw?(a) Dhammapada (b) Vedas

(c) Maghadutam (d) Dighanikaya

21. How was Burma (now Myanmar) known toancient Indians?

yecee& (Fme meceÙe cÙeebceej) keâe ØeeÛeerve Yeejle ceW keäÙee keâne peeleeLee?(a) Malayamandalam/ceueÙecevouece(b) Yavadwipa/peJee Éerhe(c) Suvarnabhumi/mJeCe& Yetefce(d) Suvarnadwipa/mJeCe& Éerhe

22. Where has the world's largest monolithisstatue of Buddha been installed?

mebmeej ceW yegæ keâer meyemes yeÌ[er SkeâeMceerÙe Øeeflecee keâneB efmLeefle keâerieF& nw?(a) Bamiyan (b) Hyderabad

(c) Kandy (d) Lhasa

23. Which inscription mentions about the villageadministration under the Cholas?

ÛeesueJebMe cebs «eece ØeMeemeve kesâ yeejs ceW efkeâme efMeueeuesKe ceW GuuesKeefceuelee nw?(a) Junagarh (b) Uttaramerur

(c) Aihole (d) Nasik

24. The Chola kings were ruling over

Ûeesue jepeeDeeW keâe Meemeve Lee:(a) Tamil Nadu (b) Andhra

(c) Kerala (d) Bengal

25. Who was the Chola king who brought Gangafrom North to South?

iebiee keâes Gòej mes oef#eCe ues peeves Jeeuee Ûeesuee jepee keâewve-mee Lee?(a) Raja Raja Chola (b) Mahendra

(c) Rajendra Chola (d) Parantaka

26. Most of the Chola temples were dedicated to

DeefOekeâebMe Ûeesue cebefoj efkeâme osJeer/osJelee keâes meceefhe&le nw?(a) Vishnu (b) Shiva

(c) Brahma (d) Durga

27. Which one of the following Chola Kingsconquered Ceylon (Singhal) first?

efvecveefueefKele ceWs mes efkeâme Ûeesue jepee ves uebiee (efmenbue) keâes henuespeerlee Lee?(a) Aditya-I (b) Rajaraja-I

(c) Rajendra (d) Vijayalya

28. Which of the following was the capital of theChola Kings?

efvecveefueefKele ceW mes keâewve-mee Menj Ûeesue jepeeDeeW keâer jepeOeeveer Leer?(a) Kanchi (b) Tanjore

(c) Madurai (d) Trichirapally

29. Who built Brihadeshwara Temple at Tanjore?

efvecveefueefKele ceW mes efkeâmeves lebpeewj ceW ye=nosMJej cebefoj keâe efvecee&CekeâjeÙee Lee?(a) Aditya Chola (b) Raja Raja Chola

(c) Rajendra Chola (d) karikala Chola

30. Which of the following dynasties conqueredSri Lanka and South-East Asian countries?

efvecveeskeäle jepeJebMeeW ceW mes efkeâmeves ßeeruebkeâe SJeb oef#eCehetJe& SefMeÙeekeâes peerlee?(a) The Pandyas (b) The Chalukyas

(c) The Cholas (d) The Rashtrakutas

31. Which Chola king founded the city of Puhar?

hegnej veiej keâer veeRJe efkeâme Ûeesue Meemekeâ ves jKeer?(a) Rajendra Chola (b) Ellara

(c) Senguttavan (d) karikala

32. Prince Ellara conquered Sri Lanka in thesecond century BC. With which of thefollowing dynasties Dravida ruler was heassociated?

jepekegâceej Sueeuee (205-161 F&. Meleeyoer) ves otmejer Meleeyoer F&0 het0 ceW ßeeruebkeâe hej efJepeÙe Øeehle keâer Leer~ Ùen õefJeÌ[ MeemekeâeW kesâefkeâme JebMe mes mebyebefOele Lee?(a) Chera (b) Chola (c) Pandya (d) Pallava

33. Where is Brihadshwar Temple situated?

ye=nosMJej ceefvoj keâneB efmLele ns?(a) Kanchi (b) Madurai

(c) Shri Shailan (d) Tanjore

34. The first Indian ruler, who estab-lished thesupremacy of Indian Navy in the Arabian Seawas:

efvecveefueefKele ceW mes ØeLece YeejleerÙe Meemekeâ keâewve Lee efpemeves Dejyemeeiej ceW YeejleerÙe veewmesvee keâer meJeexÛÛelee mLeeefhele keâer?(a) Rajaraja I (b) Rajendra I

(c) Rajadhiraja I (d) Kulottunga I

35. Rath temples at Mahabalipuram were built inthe reign of which Pallava ruler?

ceneyeueerhegjce ceW jLe ceefvojeW keâe efvecee&Ce efkeâme heuueJe Meemekeâ kesâMeemekeâkeâeue ceW ngDee Lee?(a) Mahendravarman I (b) Narasinghavarman I

(c) Parameshwarvarman I (d) Nandivarman I

36. The Seven Pagodas of Mahabalipuram are awitness to the art patronised by the

ceneyeueerhegjce kesâ meele hewiees[e efkeâmekesâ Éeje mebjef#ele keâuee kesâ mee#eer nQ?(a) Pallavas (b) Pandyas (c) Cholas (d) Cheras

37. Name the capital of the Pallavas

heuueJeeW keâer jepeOeeveer keâe veece keäÙee Lee

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(a) Kanchi (b) Vatapi

(c) Trichnaapalli (d) mahabalipuram

38. Who established Mahabalipuram?

ceneyeefuehegjce keâer mLeehevee efkeâmeves keâer Leer?(a) Pallava (b) Pandya (c) Chola (d) Chalukya

39. The famous Kailasa temple cut out of the solidrock at Ellora was built under the patronage of the

Ssueesje ceW "esme Mewuee keâes keâeškeâj yeveeS ieS Øeefmeæ kewâueeMe cebefojkeâe efvecee&Ce efvecveefueefKele ceW mes efkeâvekesâ mebj#eCe ceW efkeâÙee ieÙee Lee?(a) Cholas (b) kadambas

(c) Pallavas (d) Rashtrakutas

40. The paintings in the Ajanta and Ellora cavesare indicative of development of art under the

efkeâve MeemekeâeW kesâ jepÙekeâeue ceW, Depevlee Deewj Sueesje keâeriegneefÛe$ekeâuee efJekeâefmele ngF& Leer?(a) Rashtrakutas (b) pallavas

(c) Pandyas (d) Chalukyas

41. The Rashtrakauta kingdom was founded by

je<š^ketâš meeceüepÙe keâe ØeJele&keâ keâewve Lee?(a) Dandi Durga (Danti Durga)

(b) Amoghavarsha (c) Govinda III

(d) Indira III

42. Which rashtrakuta ruler built the famousKailash temple of Siva at Ellora?

Ssueesje ceW megefJeKÙeele kewâueeMe efMeJe-ceefvoj keâe efvecee&Ce efkeâmeje<š^ketâš Meemekeâ ves keâjJeeÙee Lee?(a) Dantidurga (b) Amoghvarsha I

(c) Krishan I (d) Vatsraja

43. The Rathas of mahabalipuram was builtduring the reign of the

ceneyeefuehegjce kesâ jLeeW keâe efvecee&Ce efkeâmekesâ Meemeve keâeue ceW ngDeeLee?(a) Palas (b) Cholas

(c) Rashtrakutas (d) Pallavas

44. The famous rock-cut temple of Kailash is at

kewâueeMe keâe Øeefmeæ efMeueeke=âle cebefoj efvecveefueefKele ceW mes efkeâme mLeeve hej nw?(a) Ajanta (b) Badami

(c) Mahabalipuram (d) Ellora

45. Which rulers built the Ellora temples?

Sueesje kesâ ceefvojeW keâe efvecee&Ce efkeâve MeemekeâeW ves efkeâÙee?(a) Chalukya (b) Sunga

(c) Rashtrakuta (d) Pallava

46. Who among the following were the first toinvade India?

efvecveefueefKele ceW mes Yeejle hej henueer yeej Dee›eâceCe keâjves Jeeues keâewve Les?(a) Afghans (b) Mongols (c) Arabs (d) Turks

47. Which ruler founded the famous VikramshilaUniversity for the Buddhists?

efvecveefueefKele ceW mes efkeâme Meemekeâ ves yeewæeW kesâ efueSefJeKÙeele-‘efJe›eâceefMeuee efJeMJeefJeÅeeueÙe’ keâer mLeehevee keâer Leer?

(a) Mahipala (b) Devapala

(c) Gapala (d) Dharampala

48. The most distinguished ruler of the Chalukyandynasty was

ÛeeuegkeäÙe JebMe keâe meJee&efOekeâ Øeefmeæ Meemekeâ keâewve Lee?(a) Jayasimha II (b) Vikramaditya VI

(c) Somesvara II (d) Pulakesin II

49. Chalukya king Pulakesin-II was defeated by

ÛeeuegkeäÙe jepee heguekesâefMeve efÉleerÙe keâes efkeâmeves hejeefpele efkeâÙee Lee?(a) Mahendra Varman-I (b) Narasimha Varman-I

(c) Parameswara Varman-I (d) Jatila Parantaka

50. Beetapala and Dhiman, the two great artiststhat India had produced, belonged to the

yeerlekeâeue leLee Oeerceve veecekeâ Yeejle kesâ oes cenevelece keâueekeâejefkeâme Ùegie mes mebyebefOele Les?(a) Pala Age (b) Gupta Age

(c) Maurya Age (d) Pathan Age

51. Harshvardhana was defeated by

n<e&JeOe&ve keâes efkeâmeves hejeefpele efkeâÙee Lee?(a) Prabhakaravardhana (b) Pulakesin II

(c) Narasimhasvarma Pallava(d) Sasanka

52. Arabs were defeated in 738 A.D. by

738 F&mJeer ceW DejyeeW keâes hejeefpele efkeâÙee Lee(a) Pratiharas (b) Rashtrakutas

(c) Palas (d) Chalukyas

53. The coins of which of the following revealtheir love for music?

efvecveefueefKele ceW efkeâvekesâ efmekeäkesâ mebieerle kesâ Øeefle Gvekeâe Øesce oMee&lesnQ?(a) Mauryas (b) Nandas (c) Guptas (d) Cholas

54. What was Chandragupta II also known as?

Ûebõieghle efÉleerÙe Deewj efkeâme veece mes peevee peelee Lee?(a) Samudra Gupta (b) Skanda Gupta

(c) Vikramaditya (d) Rariaa Gupta

55. In the Gupta period, the largest number ofcoins were issued in

ieghlekeâeue kesâ efkeâme Oeeleg kesâ meJee&efOekeâ efmekeäkesâ peejer efkeâS ieS?(a) gold (b) silver (c) copper (d) iron

56. The Gupta Saka was founded by

‘ieghle mebJele’ efvecveefueefKele ceW mes efkeâmekesâ Éeje mLeeefhele efkeâÙee ieÙeeLee?(a) Chandra Gupta, the First

(b) Chandra Gupta, the second

(c) Samudra Gupta (d) Kumara Gupta

57. Which of the following Gupta kings stoppedthe Huns from invading India?

efvecveefueefKele ceW mes ieghle JebMe keâe Jen jepee keâewve Lee efpemeves ntCeeW keâes Yeejle hej Dee›eâceCe keâjves mes jeskeâe?(a) Kumaragupta (b) Samudragupta

(c) Skandagupta (d) Chandragupta

58. The Gupta king who assumed the title of'Vikramaditya' was

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‘ieghle’ jepee efpemeves ‘efJe›eâceeefolÙe’ keâer heoJeer «enCe keâer Leer, JenLee:(a) Skandagupta (b) Samudragupta

(c) Chandragupta-II (d) Kumaragupta

59. A great astronomer and mathematician during the Gupta period was

ieghle Meemeve kesâ oewjeve efvecveefueefKele ceW mes Ssmee JÙeefkeäle keâewve Lee, pees Skeâ ceneve Keieesue efJe%eeveer leLee ieefCele%e Lee?(a) Bhanugupta (b) Vagabhatta

(c) Aryabhatta (d) Varahamihira

60. The official court language of the Guptas was

ieghle MeemekeâeW keâer mejkeâejer (ojyeejer) Yee<ee Leer:(a) Pali (b) Prakrit (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit

61. Gupta Dynasty was famous for

ieghle jepeJebMe efkeâme efueÙes Øeefmeæ Lee?(a) art and architecture/keâuee SJeb mLeehelÙe(b) imperialism/meeceeÇpÙeJeeo(c) revenue and land reform/jepemJe SJeb Yetefce megOeej(d) None of these

62. The Gupta era was started by whom?

ieghle Ùegie keâe ØeJele&keâ keâewve Lee?(a) Ghatotkacha (b) Srigupta

(c) Chandragupta-I (d) Samudragupta

63. Poet Kalidasa lived in the court of

keâefJe keâeefueoeme efkeâmekesâ jepekeâefJe Les?(a) Chandragupta Maurya (b) Samudragupta

(c) Chandragupta Vikramaditya(d) Harsha

64. Which of the following statements aboutGuptas is NOT true?

ieghle MeemekeâeW kesâ yeejs ceW efvecve ceW mes keâewve-mee keâLeve mener veneR nw?(a) They ruled mainly over parts of north and cen tral

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(b) Kingship was hereditary and the throne alwayswent to the eldest son

jepeheo JebMeeiele Lee Deewj efmebnemeve meoe meyemes yeÌ[s heg$e keâes efceueleeLee

(c) The ju di cial sys tem was far more de vel oped than inear lier

vÙeeÙe ØeCeeueer henues keâer Dehes#ee yengle efJekeâefmele Leer(d) Land taxes in creased and taxes on trade and

com merce de creased

Yetefce keâjeW ceW Je=efæ ngF& Deewj JÙeeheej leLee JeeefCepÙe hej keâjeW ceW keâceer65. During which Gupta King's reign did the

Chinese traveller Fa-hien visit India?

Ûeerveer Ùee$eer heâeefnÙeeve efkeâme ieghle Meemekeâ kesâ Meemeve keâeue kesâ oewjeve Yeejle DeeÙee Lee?(a) Chandra Gupta (b) Samudra Gupta

(c) Chandra Gupta II (d) Kumara Gupta

66. Whose achievements are recorded in theAllahabad Pillar inscription?

Fueeneyeeo kesâ mlebYe ceW efkeâmekeâer GheueefyOeÙeeB GlkeâerCe& nQ?(a) Chandra Gupta Maurya (b) Samudra Gupta

(c) Vikramaditya (d) Skand Gupta

67. The illustrious names of Aryabhatta andVarahamihar are associated with the age ofthe

DeeÙe&Yešddš Deewj Jejenefceefnj kesâ megefJeKÙeele veece efkeâmekesâ Ùegie kesâmeeLe mebyebefOele nw?(a) Guptas (b) Kushanas (c) Mauryas(d) Palas

68. India's trade with the Roman Empire came toan end with the invasion of Rome by the

jesceve meeceüepÙe kesâ meeLe Yeejle keâe JÙeeheej jesce hej efkeâmekesâ ÉejeDee›eâceCe kesâ meeLe meceehle nes ieÙee?(a) Arabs (b) Hungarians(c) Hunas (d) Turks

69. Who was the first known Gupta ruler?

henuee %eele ieghele Meemekeâ keâewve Lee?(a) Sri Gupta (b) Chandragupta

(c) Ghatokacha (d) kamaragupta

70. Who is hailed as the "God of Medicine" by thepractitioners of Ayurveda?

DeeÙegJexo kesâ JewÅe ‘efÛeefkeâlmee keâe YeieJeeve’ efkeâmes ceeveles nQ?(a) Susruta (b) Chyavana(c) Dhanwantari (d)Charaka

71. The title 'Indian Napolean' has been attachedto

‘‘YeejleerÙe vesueesefveÙeve’’ keâer GheeefOe efkeâmes oer ieF& nw?(a) Chandra Gupta Maurya (b) Samudragupta

(c) Chandragupta-I (d) harshavardhana

72. The university which become famous in thepost-Gupta Era was:

Gòej-ieghle Ùegie ceW pees efJeMJeefJeÅeeueÙe Øeefmeæ nes ieÙee Lee,. . . . . . .Lee~(a) kanchi (b) Taxila (c) Nalanda(d) Vallabhi

73. Ashok spread Buddhism all over India andCeylon by

DeMeeskeâ ves mecetÛes Yeejle Deewj meerueesve ceW yeewæ Oece& keâe Øemeej efkeâmeØekeâej efkeâÙee?(a) Teaching the Triratnas/eq$ejlveeW keâer efMe#ee oskeâj(b) Sending the Dharma Mahamatras

Oece& cenecee$eeW keâes Yespe keâj(c) Waging waras/Ùegæ keâj(d) Becoming a Buddhist Monk/yeesæ efYe#eg yeve keâj

74. The capital of the ancient Chola kingdom was

ØeeÛeerve Ûeesue meeceüepÙe keâer jepeOeeveer keâneB hej Leer?(a) Uraiyur (b) Kaveripoomattinam

(c) Thanjavur (d) Madural

75. Which dynasty immediately succeeded theMaury dynasty and ruled Magadha Kindgom?

ceewÙe& JebMe kesâ lelkeâeue yeeo efkeâme JebMe ves Deekeâj ceieOe jepÙe hejMeemeve efkeâÙee?(a) Statavahan(b) Sunga (c) Nanda (d) Kanva

76. The Gandhara art flourished under:

ieebOeej keâuee efkeâmekesâ DeOeerve heâueer-hetâueer?(a) the Kushanas (b) the Satavahanas

(c) the Guptas (d) the Mauryas

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77. Which one of the following is the principalsource of information on Ashoka's campaignagainst Kalinga?

keâefuebie kesâ efJe®æ DeMeeskeâ kesâ DeefYeÙeeve keâer peevekeâejer keâe cegKÙeŒeesle efvecveefueefKele ceW mes keäÙee nw?(a) Pillar Edict VII (b) Mahavamsa

(c) Divyavadana (d) Rock Edict XIII

78. King Kharvela was the greatest ruler of theChedi Dynasty of

jepee KeejJesue efkeâmekesâ Ûesoer JebMe kesâ cenevelece Meemekeâ Les?(a) Cholamandalam (b) Kalinga

(c) Kannauj (d) Purushpur

79. The School of arts developed during theKushan Period with the mixture of Indian andGreek style is known as

kegâ<eeCe keâeue ceW YeejleerÙe Deewj «eerkeâ Mewueer kesâ efceßeCe mes efJekeâefmelekeâuee Mewueer keâes efkeâme veepe mes peevee peelee nw?(a) Kushant art (b) Persian art

(c) Gandhara art (d) Mughal art

80. Mention the centre of the Roman trade duringthe Sangam Age.

mebiece keâeue ceW jesceve JÙeeheej keâe keWâõ yeleeFS(a) madurai (b) Arikamedu

(c) Poompuhar (d) Musiri

81. Sangam Age is associated with the history of

mebiece Ùegie keâe mebyebOe keâneb kesâ Fefleneme mes nw?(a) Benaras (b) Allahabad

(c) Tamil Nadu (d) Khajuraho

82. With which of the following is the classic"Jivaka Chitanmani" in Tamil associated?

leefceue keâe ieewjJe-«evLe ‘‘peerJekeâ-efÛevleeceefCe’’ efkeâmemes mecyeefvOelenw?(a) Jainism (b) Buddhism

(c) Hinduism (d) Christianity

83. 'Charak' was the famous court physician of

‘Ûejkeâ’ efkeâmekesâ ojyeej ceW Øeefmeæ efÛeefkeâlmekeâ Les?(a) Harsha

(b) Chandra Gupta maurya

(c) Ashoka (d) Kanishka

84. The greatest Kushan leader who got converted to Buddhism was

efvecveefueefKele ceW mes Jen cenevelece kegâ<eeCe veslee keâewve Lee, pees yeewæyeve ieÙee Lee?(a) Kujala (b) Vima (c) Kanishka(d) Kadphises

85. Who started the Saka Era and when?

Mekeâ mebJeled efkeâmeves Deewj keâye Meg® efkeâÙee Lee?(a) Kadphises in 58 BC

(b) Rudradaman I in AD 78

(c) Vikramaditya in 58 BC

(d) Kanishka in AD 78

86. Who among the following werecontemporaries of Kanishka?

eqvecveefueefKele ceW mes keâefve<keâ kesâ mecekeâeueerve keâewve Les?

(a) Kamban, Banabhatta, Asvagosha

(b) Nagarjuna, Asvagosha, Vasumitra

(c) Asvagosha, Kalidasa, Bana-bhatta

(d) kalidasa, Kamban, Va-sumitra

87. The Saka era commencing from A.D 78, wasfounded by

F&. meved 78 mes ØeejcYe nesves Jeeues Mekeâ mebJeled keâe mebmLeehekeâ keâewve Lee?(a) kanishka (b) Ashoka

(c) Chandragupta (d) Vikramaditya

88. Who started the Saka Era which is still used bythe Government of India?

Yeejle mejkeâej Éeje ØeÙeesie ceW Deeves Jeeuee Mekeâ-mebJeled , efkeâmevesØeejcYe efkeâÙee Lee?(a) Kanishka (b) Vikramaditya

(c) Samudra Gupta (d) Asoka

89. The great silk-route to the Indians was opened by:

YeejleerÙeeW kesâ efueS ceneve ‘efmeukeâ ceeie&’ efkeâmeves DeejbYe keâjeÙee?(a) Kanishka (b) Ashoka

(c) Harsha (d) Fa-Hien

90. Greek-Roman Art has found a place in

Ùetveeveer-jesceve keâuee keâes keâneB mLeeve Øeehle ngDee?(a) Ellora (b) Gandhara

(c) Kalinga (d) Buddhist Art.

91. The art style which combines Indian andGreek features is called

YeejleerÙe Deewj Ùetveeveer keâne kesâ DeefYeue#CeeW keâes meceefvJele keâjvesJeeueer keâuee Mewueer keâe keäÙee veece nw?(a) Sikhara (b) Verna (c) Nagara (d) Gandhara

92. Who were the first kings to issue gold coins inIndia?

Yeejle ceW meJe&ØeLece mJeCe& cegõeSB Ûeueeves Jeeues Meemekeâ keâewve Les?(a) Mauryas (b) Indo-Greeks

(c) Guptas (d) Kushans

93. Carving in the famous Ajanta caves was firststarted during the reign of the

efvecveefueefKele cebs mes efkeâmekesâ Meemevekeâeue kesâ oewjeve Øeefmeæ DepevleeiegheâeDeeW ceW GlkeâerCe&ve keâe keâece meyemes henues Meg™ efkeâÙee ieÙee Lee?(a) Kadambas (b) Satavahanas

(c) Rashtrakutas (d) Marathas

94. Stavahanas minted their coins predominantlyin

meeleJeenve Deheves efmekeäkesâ cegKÙele: eqkeâme Oeeleg mes yeveeles Les?(a) Lead (b) Silver (c) Gold (d) Copper

95. St. Thomas is said to have come to India topropagate Christianity during the reign of the

keâne peelee nw efkeâ mebsš Lee@ceme F&meeF& Oece& keâe ØeÛeej keâves kesâ efueSYeejle DeeS Les~ Jes efkeâmekesâ Meemevekeâeue kesâ oewjeve DeeS Les?(a) Cheras (b) Parthians (c) Pandyas(d) Cholas

96. With whom is 'Junagarh Rock Inscription'associated?

‘petveeieÌ{ efMeueeuesMe’ keâe mebyebOe efkeâmemes nw?(a) Rudradaman(b) Bimbisara(c) Chandragupta II(d) Gautamiputra Satakarni

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97. Kalinga war took place in the year

keâefuebie Ùegæ efkeâme Je<e& ceW ngDee Lee?(a) 261 BC (b) 263 BC

(c) 232 BC (d) 240 BC

98. The Greeks were driven out of India by

ÙetveeefveÙeeW keâes Yeejle mes yeenj efvekeâeuee Lee?(a) Chandragupta Murya

(b) Chandragupta Vikramaditya

(c) Ashoka (d) Bindusara

99. With which of the following centres oflearning, Chanakya the famous teacher ofchandragupta Maurya, was associated?

Ûevõieghle ceewÙe& keâe Øeefmeæ ieg® ÛeeCekeäÙe efvecveefueefKele ceW mes efkeâmeefJeÅee-kesâvõ mes mecyeefvOe Lee?(a) Takshashila (b) Nalanda

(c) Vikramashila (d)Vaishali

100. Who amidst the following was a wife ofemperor Ashoka who influenced him?

efvecveefueefKele ceW meceüeš DeMeeskeâ keâer Jen helveer keâewve Leer efpemevesGmekeâes ØeYeeefJele efkeâÙee Lee?(a) Chandalika (b) Charulata

(c) Gautami (d) Karuwaki

101. The Third Bud dhist Coun cil was pat ron ised by

efvecveefueefKele ceW mes efkeâmekesâ ÂJeeje le=leerÙe yeewæ heefj<eodd keâes mebj#eCeØeoeve efkeâÙee ieÙee Lee?(a) kanishka (b) Ashoka

(c) Mahakashyap Upali (d) Sabakarni

102. Who among the fol low ing for eign ers was thefirst to visit In dia?

efvecveefueefKele ceW mes efkeâme efJeosMe Ùee$eer ves Yeejle keâes oewje meyemeshenues efkeâÙee Lee?(a) Hiuen Tsang (b) Magasthenese

(c) I-Tsing (d) Fahien

103. Arthasastra was writ ten by

DeLe&Meem$e keâer jÛevee efkeâmeves keâer Leer?(a) Dhanananda (b) kautilya

(c) Bimbisara (d) Pushyamitra

104. The Greek am bas sa dor sent to ChandraguptaMaurya's Court was:

Ûebõieghle ceewÙe& kesâ ojyeej ceW Yespee ieÙee Ùetveeveer jepeotle Lee(a) Kautilya (b) Seleucus Nicator

(c) Megasthenes (d) Justin

105. Which of the fol low ing is not one of the animals carvedon the Sarnath Pil lar?

efvecveefueefKele ceW mes keâewve-mee peeveJej meejveeLe mlebYe hej GlkeâerCe&veneR nw?(a) Humped Bull/keâkegâo Jeeuee meeB[(b) Deer (c) El e phant (d)Horse

106. Ashoka called the Third Bud dhist Coun cil at

DeMesve ves le=leerÙe yeewæ heefj<eod keâneB yegueeF& Leer?(a) Pataliputra(b) Magadha(c) Kalin ga (d) Sarnath

107. Who amongst the fol low ing also had the nameDevanama Priyadarsi'?

(a) Mauryan King Ashoka

(b) Mauryan King Chandr-Gupta Maurya

(c) Gautam Bud dha

(d) Bhagwan Mahavira

108. Which among the fol low ing is the old estdy nasty?

efvecveefueefKele ceW mes ØeeÛeervelece jepeJebMe keâewve-mee nw?(a) Maurya (b) Gupta (c) Kushan (d) Kanva

109. Epig ra phy means/hegjeuesKe efJeÅee keâe DeefYeØeeÙe nw:(a) The study of coins/eqmekeäkeâeW keâe DeOÙeÙeve(b) The study of in scrip tions/efMeueeuesKeeW keâe DeOÙeÙeve(c) The study of ep ics/cenekeâeJÙeeW keâe DeOÙeÙeve(d) The study of ge og ra phy/Yetieesue keâe DeOÙeÙeve

110. The lan guage used to write source ma te ri als in an cient time was

ØeeÛeerve keâeue ceW œeesle meece«eer efueKeves kesâ efueS ØeÙegkeäle Yee<ee Leer:(a) San skrit (b) Pali (c) Brahmi (d) Kharosthi

111. The first metal used by man was

ceeveJe Éeje ØeÙegkeäle henueer Oeeleg Leer:(a) Alu minium(b) Cop per (c) Iron (d) Sil ver

112. The Mega lithic cul ture (500 B.C - A.D. 100)brings us to the his tor i cal pe riod in SouthIn dia. The Mega liths used

cenehee<eeCe mebmke=âefle (500 F&0 het0 - 100 F&0) nceW oef#eCeYeejle kesâ Gme Ssefleneefmekeâ Ùegie mes mes heefjefÛele keâjeleer nw, peyecenehee<eeCe keâeue ceW GheÙeesie ceW ueeÙes peeles Les-(a) weap ons made of stone/helLej mes yeves Dem$e(b) tools & im ple ments made of stone.

helLej mes yeves Deewpeej Deewj GhekeâjCe(c) graves en cir cled by big pieces of stones.

yeÌ[s helLejeW mes Iesjer ieF& meceeefOeÙeeB (keâyeÇW)(d) ar ti cles of daily use made of stone.

113. Coins made of metal first ap peared in

(a) Harappan Civili sa tion/nÌ[hhee meYÙelee ceWW(b) Later Ve dic Age/Gòej Jewefokeâ keâeue ceW(c) Age of the Bud dha/yegæ kesâ keâeue ceW(d) Age of the Mauryas/ceewÙeeX kesâ keâeue ceW

114. Kalibanga is sit u ated in:

(a) Punjab (b) Haryana (c) Gujarat (d) Rajasthan

115. Which state ment of the Harappan Civili sa tionis cor rect?

nÌ[hhee keâer meYÙelee kesâ yeejs ceW keâewve-meer Gefkeäle mener nw?(a) Horse sac ri fice was known to them.

GvnW ‘DeMJecesIe’ keâer peevekeâejer Leer~(b) Cow was sa cred to them.

ieeÙe Gvekesâ efueS heefJe$e Leer~(c) 'Pashupati' was not gen er ally static.

GvneWves ‘heMegheefle’ keâe mecceeve keâjvee DeejbYe efkeâÙee~(d) The Cul ture was not gen er ally static.

Gvekeâer mebmke=âefle meeceevÙele: eqmLej veneR Leer~

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-Answer key

1. (c) 2. (a) 3. (c) 4. (d) 5. (a) 6. (a) 7. (c) 8. (b) 9. (c) 10. (d)

11. (c) 12. (c) 13. (c) 14. (c) 15. (c) 16. (c) 17. (b) 18. (d) 19. (c) 20. (c)

21. (c) 22. (a) 23. (b) 24. (a) 25. (c) 26. b) 27. (b) 28. (b) 29.b) 30. (c)

31. (d) 32. b) 33. (d) 34. (a) 35. (b) 36. (a) 37. (a) 38. (a) 39. (d) 40. (a)

41. (a) 42. (c) 43. (d) 44. d) 45. (c) 46. c) 47. (d) 48.d) 49. (b) 50. (a)

51. (b) 52. (d) 53. (c) 54. (c) 55. (b) 56. (a) 57. (a) 58. (c) 59. (c) 60. (d)

61. (a) 62. (b) 63. (c) 64. (b) 65. (c) 66. (b) 67. (a) 68. (c) 69. (a) 70. (c)

71. (b) 72. (c) 73. (b) 74. (a) 75. (b) 76. (a) 77. (d) 78. (b) 79. (c) 80. (d)

81. (c) 82. (a) 83. (d) 84. (c) 85. (d) 86. (b) 87. (a) 88. (a) 89. (a) 90. (b)

91. (d) 92. (b) 93. (b) 94. (a) 95. (b) 96. (a) 97. (a) 98. (a) 99. (a) 100. (d

101.(b) 102.(b) 103.(b) 104(c) 105.(b) 106.(a) 107.(a) 108.(a) 109.(b) 110.(b)

111.(b) 112.(c) 113.(c) 114.(d) 115.(d)

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1. Who succeeded Guru Nanak?

ieg® veevekeâ keâe GòejeefOekeâejer keâewve nw?(a) Guru Angad (b) Guru Ramdas

(c) Guru Arjan (d) Guru Hargobind

2. The famous Sun Temple at Konark was built by

keâesCeeke&â ceW Øeefmeæ metÙe& cebefoj keâe efvecee&Ce efkeâmeves keâjeÙee Lee?(a) Prataparudra (b) Anantavarman

(c) Narasimha-I (d) Narasimha-II

3. Which of the following Mughal emperors iscredited with composition of Hindi songs?

efvecveefueefKele ceW mes efkeâme cegieue meceüeš keâes efnvoer ieerleeW keâer jÛeveekeâe ßesÙe Øeehle nw?(a) Babar (b) Akbar (c) Jahangir(d) Shahjehan

4. Which one of the following pairs is incorrect?

eqvecveefueefKele ceW mes keâewve-meer peesÌ[er ieuele nw?(a) Babar vs. Sangram Singh

(b) Sher Shah vs. Humayun

(c) Chengiz Khan vs. Alauddin Khilji

(d) Akbar vs. Hemu

5. In which of the following towns is "MotiMasjid" situated?

‘ceesleer-ceefmpeo’ efvecve ceW mes efkeâme veiej ceW efmLele nw?(a) Agra (b) Jaipur (c) Lahore

(d) Ahmedabad

6. Which one is not situated at Fatehpur Sikri?

efvecveefueefKele ceW mes keâewve-mee Skeâ heâlesnhegj meerkeâjer ceW efmLele veneR nw?(a) The Panch Mahal (b) Moti Masjid

(c) Tomb of Salim Chishti (d) The Mariam palace

7. Name the language that was designated as the'Camp Language' during the Medieval Period

efvecveefueefKele ceW mes Jen Yee<ee keâewve-meer nw efpemes ceOÙeÙegie kesâ oewjeve‘efMeefJej Yee<ee’ keâne peelee Lee?(a) Sanskrit (b) Pali (c) Hindi (d) Urdu

8. The Bhakti cult spread in maharashtra withthe teaching of

ceneje<š^ ceW Yeefkeäle mecØeoeÙe efvecveefueefKele ceW mes efkeâmekeâer efMe#eeDeeWÉeje hewâuee Lee?(a) Sant Tukaram (b) Sant Jnanesvar

(c) Samarth Guru Ramdas

(d) Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

9. The court language of the Mughals was___

cegieuekeâeue keâer jepeYee<ee keäÙee Leer?(a) urdu (b) Hindi (c) Arabic (d) Persian

10. Which of the following Mughal monarchs hasvividly described Indian flora & fauna,seasons, fruits etc., in his diary?

efkeâme cegieue Meemekeâ ves Yeejle keâer JevemheefleÙeeW Deewj ØeeCeer-peiele$e+legDeeW Deewj heâueeW keâe efJeMeo efJeJejCe Deheveer owveefvoveer ([eÙejer)ceW efoÙee nw?(a) Akbar (b) Jahangir (c) Babar (d)Aurangzeb

11. Which Battle laid the foundation of Mughalrule in India?

eqkeâme Ùegæ mes Yeejle ceW cegieue jepÙe keâer veeRJe heÌ[er?(a) Battle of Plassey

(b) Battle of Talikota

(c) First Battle of Panipat

(d) Battle of Haldighati

12. The Mir Baksi of the Mughal Emperors was thehead of

cegieue meceüešeW keâe ceerj yeKMeer efkeâme efJeYeeie keâer DeOÙe#elee keâjleeLee?(a) Intelligence/DeemetÛevee (ieghleJeleelee&)(b) Foreign affairs/efJeosMeer ceeceues(c) Army organisation/mesvee mebie"ve(d) Finance/efJeòe

13. The Muslim adventurer who destroyed thenalanda University was

veeueboe efJeMJeefJeÅeeueÙe keâes ve<š keâjves Jeeuee cegefmuekeâ meenefmekeâ Lee(a) Alla-ud-din Khilji

(b) Muhammad-bin-Tughlak

(c) Muhammad-bin-Bhaktiyar

(d) Muhammad-bin-Quasim

14. At which place in Bengal was the East IndiaCompany given permission to trade and builda factory by the Mughals in 1651?

1651 ceW cegieueeW Éeje yebieeue ceW efkeâme mLeeve hej F&mš Fbef[Ùee kebâheveer keâes JÙeeheej keâjves Deewj hewâkeäšjer yeveeves keâer Devegceefle oer ieF& Leer?(a) Calcutta (b) Qasim Bazar

(c) Singur (d) Burdwan

15. The Upanishads were translated by DaraShikoh in Persian under the title of

oeje efMekeâesn ves Gheefve<eoeW keâe heâejmeer ceW DevegJeeo efkeâme veece mesefkeâÙee Lee?(a) Mayma-ul-Bahrain (b) Sirr-i-Akbar

(c) Al-Fihrist (d) Kitabul Bayan

16. The first Indian Hindi Scholar of the Mughalperiod was

cegieue keâeue keâe henuee YeejleerÙe efnboer efJeÉeve Lee

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(a) Malik Muhammed Jayasi(b) Abdur Rahim

(c) Mulla Wajhi (d) Chand Bardai

17. Arrange the following in chronological order:

efvecveefueefKele keâes keâeue›eâceevegmeej jKeW:(A) Tughlaqs (B) Lodis

(C) Sayyids (D) Ilbari Turks

(E) Khiljis

(a) A, B, C, D, E (b) E, D, C, B, A

(C) B, D, E, C, A (d) D, E, A, C, B

18. Which is the holy book of the Sikh religion?

efmeKe Oece& keâer heefJe$e hegmlekeâ keâewve-meer nw?(a) Bhagwad Gita (b) Baani

(c) Gurmukhi (d) Guru Granth Sahib

19. Which one of the following Mughal building issaid to posses the unique feature of breingexactly equal in length and beadth?

efvecveefueefKele cegieue YeJeveeW ceW mes efkeâmeceW Ùen DevevÙe efJeMes<elee yeleeF& peeleer nw efkeâ Jen uecyeeF& Deewj ÛeewÌ[eF& ceW efyeukegâue yejeyej nw?(a) Agra Fort (b) Red Fort

(c) Taj Mahal (d) Buland Darwaza

20. Which of the following was not ordered byAluddin Khalji to control black-marketing andhoarding?

keâeueeyeepeeer Deewj peceeKeesjer keâes efveÙebef$ele keâjves kesâ efueS DeueeGöerve Keuepeer Éeje efvecveefueefKele ceW mes keâewve-mee DeeosMe veneR efoÙee ieÙeLee?(a) Land rev e nue should be col lected in kind

YetjepemJe efpevme ceW efueÙee peeS(b) Cul ti va tors should sell the har vested crops on the

field only

efkeâmeeve Deheveer keâšer ngF& heâmeue keâes Kesle ceW ner yesÛeW(c) Merchants should sell all commodities in the open

JÙeeheejer meYeer JemlegSB Kegues ceW yeWÛeW(d) More privileges should be given to Khuts and

Muqaddams

KegleeW Deewj cegkeâöceeW keâes DeefOekeâ efJeMes<eeefOekeâejer efoS peeSB21. The famous Kohinoor diamond was produced

from one of the mines in

megefJeKÙeele keâesefnvetj nerje efkeâme Keeve mes efvekeâeuee ieÙee Lee?(a) Orissa (b) Chhota Nagpur

(c) Bijapur (d) Golconda

22. The world famous 'Peacock Throne' was keptin which of the following Mughal buildings?

efJeMJe Øeefmeæ ‘leKleeTme’ efvecveefueefKele ceW mes efkeâme cegieue YeJeve ceWjKee ieÙee Lee?(a) Diwan-r-Khasa-Fatehpur Sikri

Heâlesnhegj meerkeâjer ceW oerJeeves Keeme(b) New Agra Fort/Deeieje keâe veÙee efkeâuee(c) The Rang Mahal of the Red Fort at Delhi

efouueer ceW ueeue efkeâues keâe jbie cenue(d) The Diwan-i-Am of the Red Fort at Delhi

efouueer ceW ueeue efkeâues keâe oerJeeves Deece23. Amir Khusrau was a musician and

Deceerj Kegmejes Skeâ mebieerle%e leLee Deewj(a) Sufi saint

(b) Persian and Hindi writer, and scholar

Heâejmeer leLee efnvoer keâe uesKekeâ Deewj efJeÉeve(c) historian (d) All of the above

24. The foreign traveller who visited India duringthe mughal period and who left us an expert'sdescription of the Peacock Throne, was

cegieue keâeue kesâ oewjeve Skeâ efJeosMeer Ùee$eeer Yeejle DeeÙee Lee leLeeGmeves Skeâ efJeMes<e%e kesâ ™he ceW leKles leeGme (ceÙetj efmebnemeve) keâeJeCe&ve efkeâÙee~ Gmekeâe veece Lee:(a) Geronimo Verroneo

(b) 'Omrah' Danishmand Khan

(c) Travernier (d) Austin of Bordeaux

25. In the former princely state nahan is part ofwhich State now?

hetJe& efjÙeemele ‘veenve’ Deye efkeâme jepÙe keâe Debie nw?(a) Punjab (b) Haryana

(c) Uttarakhand (d) Himachal Pradesh

26. Where was "tancho brocade" developed?

‘leveÛeesF&’ peejer keâe efJekeâeme keâneB ngDee Lee?(a) Varanasi (b) Dhaka (c) Surat (d) Tanjavur

27. Ranthambhor was

jCeLebYeesj keäÙee Lee?(a) a Mughal palace (b) a Rajput fort

(c) capital of the Khaljis

(d) a Buddhist pilgrimage centre

28. Which of the following powers did not fight for theTungabhadra Doab?

efvecveefueefKele ceW mes keâewve meer MeefkeäleÙeeW ves legieYeüoe oesDeeye kesâ efueSueÌ[eF& veneR ueÌ[er?(a) Pallavas and Chalukyas

(b) Cholas and later Chalukyas of Kalyana

Ûeesue Deewj keâuÙeeCe kesâ hejJeleea ÛeeuegkeäÙe(c) Golconda and Ahmadnagar Sultanates

ieesuekegâC[e Deewj Denceoveiej kesâ meguleeve(d) Vijayanager and Bahmani kingdom

eqJepeÙeveiej Deewj yenceveer meeceüepÙe29. Select the correct order-

efvecveefueefKele ceW mener Deveg›eâce ÛegefveS:(a) Nizamuddin Auliya, Kabir, Mirabai, Tulsidas

(b) Mirabai, Kabir, Niza-muddin Auliya, Tulsidas

(c) Kabir, Nizamuddin Auliya, Tulsidas, Mirabai

(d) Tulsidas, Mirabai, kabir, Nizamuddin Auliya

30. Who among the following controlledmaximum trade in the western coastal regionduring 17th century?

efvecveefueefKele ceW mes Jes keâewve nQ, efpevneWves me$enJeeR Meleeyoer kesâ oewjeveYeejle kesâ heefMÛeceer lešerÙe JÙeeheej kesâ DeefOekeâebMe Yeeie hej efveÙev$eCekeâj jKee Lee?(a) Portuguese (b) Dutch

(c) The house of Jagat Seth

(d) Mulla Abdul Gaffar

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31. Who was Akbar's famous revenue minister?

Dekeâyej keâe Øeefmeæ jepemJe ceb$eer keâewve Lee?(a) Tansen (b) Todarmal

(c) Rana Pratap Singh (d) Humayun

32. The greatness of Shershah lies in his:

MesjMeen keâer cenevelee efkeâmeceW efveefnle nw?(a) Secular attitude/Oece&efvejhes#e DeefYeJe=efòe(b) victories against Humayun/ngceeÙetB hej peerle(c) Superior generalship/ßes<" pevejue nesvee(d) Administrative reforms/ØeMeemeefvekeâ megOeej

33. How many times Shivaji plundered Surat?

efMeJeepeer ves efkeâleveer yeej metjle keâes uetše?(a) Four Times(b) Once (c) Thrice (d) Twice

34. Who constructed Humayun's tomb in Delhi?

efouueer ceW ngceeÙetB keâe cekeâyeje efkeâmeves yeveJeeÙee Lee?(a) Babar (b) Akbar (c) Haji Begam

(d) Humayun

35. Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitamanas during thereign of

leguemeeroeme ves jeceÛeefjleceeveme efkeâmekesâ Meemeve keâeue ceW efueKeer?(a) Krishnadeva Raya (b) Akbar

(c) Rama Raya (d) Jehangir

36. Who among the following Mughal rulersbanned music and dancing?

efvecveefueefKele ceW mes efkeâme cegieue Meemekeâ ves mebieerle Deewj ve=lÙe kesâØeefleyebOe ueieeÙee Lee?(a)Babar (b) Humayun

(c) Aurangzeb (d) Jehangir

37. Akbar helds his religious discussion in

Dekeâyej Dehevee Oeeefce&keâ efJeÛeej-efJeceMe& keâneB keâjlee Lee?(a) Jodhabai's Palace (b) Panch Mahal

(c) Ibadat Khana (d) Buland Darwaza

38. The tomb of Jahangir was built at

peneBieerj keâer keâyeÇ keâneB yeveeF& ieF& Leer?(a) Gujarat (b) Delhi (c) Lahore (d) Agra

39. Which was the second capital of Akbar?

Dekeâyej keâer otmejer jepeOeeveer keâewve-meer Leer?(a) Delhi (b) Agra (c) Fateh-Pur-Sikri

(d) Patna

40. The first Mughal emperor of India was

Yeejle keâe ØeLece cegieue yeeoMeen keâewve Lee?(a) Shahjahan (b) Humayun

(c) Babar (d) Akbar

41. When the East India Company was formed, the Mughal emperor in India was

peye F&mš Fbef[Ùee keâcheveer keâe ie"ve ngDee Lee, Gme meceÙe Yeejle keâecegieue yeeoMeen keâewve Lee?(a) Jehengir (b) Humayun

(c) Aurangzeb (d) Akbar

42. Which of the following Mughal Emperorswrote their own autobiographies?

efvecve ceW mes efkeâve cegieue meceüešeW ves mJebÙe Deheveer DeelcekeâLee efueKeerLeer?(a) Shah Alam and Farukh siyar

(b) Babur and jahangir

(c) Jahangir and Shah Jahan

(d) Akbar and Aurangzeb 43. The most powerful Peshwa was

meJee&efOekeâ meMekeäle hesMeJee keâewve Lee?(a) Balaji Baji Rao (b) Baji Rao

(c) Madhava Rao (d) Balaji Vishwanath

44. Where did Aurangzeb die?

Deewjbiepesye keâer ce=lÙeg keâneb ngF& Leer?(a) Pune (b) Aurangabad

(c) Ahmad Nagar (d) Mumbai

45. Bibi-Ka-Maqbara is located in India at

Yeejle ceW yeeryeer-keâe cekeâyeje keâneB efmLele nw?(a) Fatehpur Sikri (b) Aurangabad

(c) Hyderabad (d) Jaunpur

46. Who amongst the following succeededAurangzeb?

efvecveefueefKele ceW mes keâewve Deewjbiepesye keâer GòejeefOekeâejer yevee?(a) Azam (b) Kam Baksh(c) Akbar II(d) Mauzzam

47. Rana Pratap Singh of Mewar was defeated bythe Mughal army in the battle of

cesJeeÌ[ kesâ jeCee Øeleehe efmebn keâes cegieue mesvee ves efkeâme ueÌ[eF& ceWhejeefpele efkeâÙee Lee?(a) Mewar (b) Chittor (c) Haldighati(d) Udaipur

48. Who got the Gita translated into Persian?

ieerlee keâe heâejmeer ceW DevegJeeo efkeâmeves keâjeÙee Lee?(a) Shah Jahan (b) Akbar

(c) Murad (d) Dara Shikoh

49. Sher Shah defeated Humayun and capturedGaur in the battle of

MesjMeen ves efkeâme Ùegæ ceW ngceeÙettb keâes hejeefpele efkeâÙee Lee Deewj ieewÌ[ hej keâypee keâj efueÙee?(a) Ghaghra in 1529 A.D.(b) Chausa in 1539 A. D.

(c) Panipat in 1526 A. D.

(d) Khanwa in 1527 A.D.

50. The Akaal Takht was built by

Dekeâeue leKle keâe efvecee&Ce efkeâÙee Lee(a) Guru Ramdas (b) Guru Teg Bahadur

(c) Guru Hargovind (d) Guru Nanak

51. Khalsa panth was created by Guru GobindSingh in which year?

ieg® ieesefJebo efmebn Éeje Keeuemee hebLe keâer mLeehevee efkeâme Je<e& keâer ieF&Leer?(a) 1599 (b) 1707 (c) 1699 (d) 1657

52. Who amongst the following was the Last Guruof the Sikhs?

efmeKeeW kesâ Debeflece ieg® efvecve ceW mes keâewve Les?(a) Guru Arjun Dev (b) Guru Teg Bahadur

(c) Guru Gobind Singh (d) Guru Angad Dav

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53. The Sikh Guru who wrote Guru Nanak'sbiography was

efvecveefueefKele ceW mes efkeâme efmeKe ieg® ves ieg®veevekeâ keâer peerJeveer efueKeerLeer?(a) Guru Angad Dev (b) Guru Amardas

(c) Guru Ramdas (d) Guru Arjun Dev

54. Which Sikh Guru called himself the 'SachchaBadshah'?

efkeâme efmeKe ieg® mJeÙeb keâes ‘meÛÛee yeeoMeen’ keâne Lee?(a) Guru Gobind Singh (b) Guru Hargovind

(c) Guru Tegh Bahadur (d) Guru Arjan Dev

55. Which was the birth place of Guru Nanak?

ieg® veevekeâ keâe pevce mLeeve keâewve-mee Lee?(a) Gurdaspur (b) Amritsar

(c) Lahore (d) Talwandi

56. 'Khalsa' was founded by

‘Keeuemee’ keâer mLeehevee efkeâmeves keâer Leer?(a) Guru Gobind Singh (b) Guru Ramdas

(c) Guru Nanak (d) Arjun Dev

57. Under the administration of Shivaji, "Peshwa"was referred to as

efMeJeepeer kesâ ØeMeemeve ceW ‘hesMeJee’ keâne peelee Lee:(a) Minister of Religious Affairs

Oeeefce&keâ ceeceueeW kesâ ceb$eer keâes(b) Minister of Defence/j#ee ceb$eer keâes(c) Chief Minister/cegKÙeceb$eer keâes(d) Minister of Justice/vÙeeÙe ceb$eer keâes

58. 'Chauth' was/‘ÛeewLe’ keäÙee Lee?(a) A religious tax imposed by Aurangzeb

Deewjbiepesye Éeje ueieeÙee ieÙee Skeâ Oeeefce&keâ keâj(b) toll tax imposed by Shivaji

eqMeJeepeer Éeje ueieeÙee ieÙee Skeâ ceeie& keâj(c) irrigation tax charged by Akbar

Dekeâyej Éeje Jemetue efkeâÙee peeves Jeeuee efmebÛeeF& keâj(d) land tax levied by Shivji on neighbouring States

heÌ[esmeer jepÙeeW hej efMeJeepeer Éeje ueieeÙee ieÙee Yetefce keâj59. Which among the following was the capital of

Shivaji?

efvecveefueefKele ceW mes keâewve-meer efMeJeepeer keâer jepeOeeveer Leer?(a) Poona (b) Raigarh (c) Singhgarh(d) Panhala

60. Identify the European power from whomShivaji obtained cannons and ammunition:

ÙetjesefheÙeve Meefkeäle henÛeeefveS efpememes efMeJeepeer ves leesheW Deewjieesuee-yee™o Øeehle efkeâS Les~(a) The French (b) The Portuguese

(c) The Dutch (d) The English

61. Coronation of Shivaji took place in

efMeJeepeer keâe jepÙeeefYe<eskeâ ngDee Lee:(a) 1627 A.D. (b) 1674 A.D.

(c) 1680 A.D. (d) 1670 A.D.

62. After the death of Rajaram in 1700 A.D.Marathas continued the war against theMughals under his brave wife

1700 F&mJeer ceW jepeejece keâer ce=lÙeg kesâ yeeo ceje"eW ves cegieueeW kesâefJe®æ Ùegæ Gmekeâer Jeerj helveer . . . . . . .kesâ vesle=lJe ceW peejer jKee~(a) Tarabai (b) Lakshmibai(c) Ramabai(d) Jijabai

63. Who was the Guru of Shivaji?

efvecveefueefKele ceW efMeJeepeer keâe Oeeefce&keâ ieg® keâewve Lee?(a) Namdev (b) Ramdas (c) Eknath (d) Tukaram

64. In Shivaji's Council of Ministers the PrimeMinister was called

efMeJeepeer keâer cebef$eheefj<eod ceW ØeOeeveceb$eer keâes keäÙee keânles Les?(a) Peshwa (b) Sachiv (c) Mantri (d) Samanta

65. Where did Aurangzeb die?

Deewjbiepesye keâer ce=lÙeg efvecveefueefKele ceW mes efkeâme mLeeve hej ngF& Leer(a) Ahmednagar (b) Aurangabad

(c) Allahabad (d) Lahore

66. Who was the last ruler of Lodi Dynasty?

ueesoer JebMe keâe Debefle Meemekeâ keâewve Lee?(a) Bahlul Lodi (b) Ibrahim Lodi

(c) Daulat Khan Lodi (d) Sikandar Lodi

67. Who was the founder of the city of Agra?

Deeieje veiej keâer mLeehevee efvecveefueefKele ceW mes efkeâmekesâ Éeje ieF& Leer?(a) Firoz Tughlaq

(b) Mohammed-bin-Tughlaq

(c) Alaudding Khilji (d) Sikandar Lodi

68. Qutab Minar, as we find at present, was finallyrebuilt by

kegâlegye ceerveej keâe, pewmes nce Deepe Gmes osKeles nQ, Deblele: hegveefve&ceeCeefkeâÙee ieÙee Lee:(a) Balban (b) Ala-ud-din Khilji (c) Sikandar Lodi (d) Firoz Tughluq

69. The Bahmani Kingdom was founded by

yenceveer jepÙe keâer mLeehevee efvecveefueefKele ceW mes efkeâmekesâ Éeje keâer ieF&Leer?(a) Ahmad Shah I (b) Alauddin Hasan

(c) Mahmud Gavan (d) Firuz Shah Bahmani

70. Who build the 'Gol Gumbaj' at Bijapur, famousfor the world's second largest dome and thewhispering gallery?

efvecveefueefKle yenceveer MeemekeâeW ceW mes yeerpeehegj ceW Øeefmeæ ieesue iegcyepe keâe efvecee&Ce efkeâmeves efkeâÙee Lee?(a) Mahmud Gawan (b) Yusuf Adil Shah

(c) Ismail Adil Shah (d)Muhammad Adil Shah

71. The capital of the Bahamani kings was

yenceveer jepeeDeeW keâer jepeOeeveer Leer:(a) Gulbarga (b) Bijapur

(c) Belgaum (d) Raichur

72. Where is Gol Gumbaz, the largest done in theworld, situated?

efvecveefueefKele ceW mes Jen mLeeve keâewve-mee nw peneB efJeMJe keâe meyemesyeÌ[e iegcyeo ‘ieesueiegcyeo’ efmLele nw?(a) Damascus (b) Istanbul

(c) Cairo (d) Bijapur

73. Chand Bibi the famous Muslim ruler belongedto which kingdom?

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Øeefmeæ cegefmuece Meeefmekeâer Ûeeboyeeryeer efvecveefueefKele ceW mes efkeâme jepÙemes mebyebefOele Leer?(a) Bijapur (b) Golconda

(c) Ahmednagar (d) Berar

74. Who got the monumental 'Rayagopurams' infront of the temples at Hampi,Tiruv-annamalal, Chidambaram, Srirangam,Tirupati, etc., constructed?

ncheer, efle®Jeveceuew, efÛeocyejce, ßeerjbiece, efle®heefle Deeefo ceW cebefojeWkesâ meeceves keâer Deesj yeves ngS ‘jeÙeieeshegjce’ keâe efvecee&lee keâewve Lee?(a) Vidyaranya (b) Krishnadevaraya

(c) Harihara (d) Rajaraja

75. Who is considered as the greatest of all theVijaynagar rulers?

efJepeÙeveiej kesâ MeemekeâeW ceW meyemes ceneve efkeâmes ceevee peelee nw?(a) Krishnadeva Raya (b) Vira Narasimbha

(c) Sadasiva Raya (d) Rama Raya

76. The medieval city of Vijaynagar is now knownas

efJepeÙeveiej kesâ ceOÙekeâeueerve veiej keâes Deepekeâue keânles nQ:(a) Chandragiri (b) Halebidu

(c) Hampi (d) Kondavidu

77. The rulers of Vijaynagar promoted

efJepeÙeveiej kesâ MeemekeâeW ves Øeeslmeeefnle efkeâÙee (a) Hindi, Marathi and Sanskrit

(b) Malayalam, Tamil and Sanskrit

(c) Tamil, Telugu and Sanskrit

(d) Telugu, Urdu and Sanskrit

78. Krishna Deva Raya was a contemporary of

ke=â<CeosJe jeÙe efkeâmekesâ mecekeâeueer Les?(a) Shershah (b) Humayun

(c) Babur (d) Akbar

79. Name the river on the banks of which the cityof Vijayanager is located.

efJepeÙeveiej efvecveefueefKele ceW mes efkeâme veoer kesâ leš hej efmLele nw?(a) Kaveri (b) Krishna

(c) Wainganga (d) Tungabhadra

80. The remains of the Great Vijaynagar Empirecan be found in

efJepeÙeveiej kesâ ceneve meeceüepÙe kesâ DeJeMes<e keâneB heeS pee mekeâles nQ?(a) Bijapur (b) Golconda (c) Hampi (d) Baroda

81. Which of the following aspects is not commonto both Bhakti movement and Sufi movement?

efvecveefueefKele ceW mes keâewve meer yeele Yeefkeäle Deeboesueve Deewj metheâer] Deeboesueve ceW meeBPee veneR nw?(a) Personal love for God/F&MJej kesâ Øeefle efvepeer Øesce(b) Worship of idols/cetefle& hetpee(c) Mysticism/jnmÙeJeeo(d) Visit to holy shrines/leerLe& mLeeveeW keâer Ùee$ee

82. Where was saint Kabir born?

mevele keâyeerj keâe pevce keâneB ngDee Lee?(a) Delhi (b) Varanasi (c) Mathura(d) Hyderabad

83. Select the incorrectly matched pair ofphilosophers and their philosophies:

efvecveefueefKele oeMe&efvekeâeW Deewj Gvekesâ oMe&ve-mecetneW ceW mes DeueiepeesÌ[e %eele keâerefpeS:(a) Sankaracharya Advaita /MebkeâjeÛeeÙe& — DeÉwle(b) Ballabhacharya-Pure-Advait

JeuueYeeÛeeÙe&—eqJeefMe<š DeÉwle(c) Chaitanya-Vishistha-Advaita

ÛewlevÙe — efJeefMe<š DeÉwle(d) Charvak-Lokayat/ÛeeJee&keâ — ueeskeâeÙele

84. Who was the greatest Bhakti poet ofMaharasthra?

ceneje<š^ keâe cenevelece Yeefkeäle keâefJe keâewve Lee?(a) Ramdas (b) Tukaram (c) Namdeva(d) Eknath

85. The famous Bhakti Saingt who belonged to the royal family of Mewar was

cesJeeÌ[ kesâ jepeIejeves mes mebyebefOele Øeefmeæ Yeefkeäle mevle Lee/Leer(a) Chaitanya(b) Andal (c) Meerabai(d) Ramabai

86. Which Sufi's daragah is at Ajmer?

Depecesj ceW efkeâme metheâer heâkeâerj keâer ojieen nw?(a) Baba Farid

(b) Qutb-din Bakhtiyar Kaki

(c) Moinuddin Chisti (d) Khwaja Bahuddin

87. The most important Sufi shrine in India is at

Yeejle ceW meyemes ØecegKe met]heâer hetpeeie=n keâneB hej nw?(a) Pandua (b) Bidar (c) Ajmer

(d) Shahjahanbad

88. Which of the following is associated with Sufisaints?

efvecveefueefKele ceW mes efkeâmekeâe mebyebOe met]heâer mebleeW kesâ meeLe nw?(a) Tripitaka (b) Dakhma (c) Khanqah

(d) Synagogue

89. What is meant by a 'pir' in the Sufi tradition?

(a) The Supreme God/meJeexÛÛe F&MJej(b) The Guru of the Sufis/metefheâÙeeW keâe ieg™(c) The greatest of all Sufi saints

meYeer metheâer mebleeW ceW meJe&ßes<"(d) The orthodox teacher who contests the Sufi beliefs

metefheâÙeeW keâer DeemLeeDeeW kesâ efueS ueÌ[ves Jeeuee hejbhejeJeeoer efMe#ekeâ90. Who among the following attacked the

Somnath temple?

efvecveefueefKele ceW mes efkeâmeves meesceveeLe cebefoj hej Dee›eâceCe efkeâÙee Lee?(a) Mahmud Ghazni (b) Muhammad Ghori

(c) Iltutmish (d) Qutbuddin Aibak

91. Krishnadevaraya built the Krishnaswamitemple in Hampi, which is situated in thepresent state of:

ke=â<CeosJejeÙe ves ncheer ceW ke=â<CemJeeceer cebefoj yeveJeeÙee Lee~ Ùen FmemeceÙe efkeâme jepÙe ceW efmLele nw?(a) Karnataka (b) Calcutta

(c) Jammu and kashmir (d) Kerala

92. Who among the following was the last DelhiSultan?

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efvecveefueefKele ceW mes efouueer keâe Debeflece meguleeve keâewve Lee?(a) Sikandar Lodi (b) Daulat Khan Lodi

(c) Rana Sanga (d) Ibrahim Lodi

93. Who among the following was defeated byPrithvi Raj Chauhan in the first battle ofTarain?

lejeF&ve kesâ ØeLece Ùegæ ceW efvecveefueefKele ceW mes efkeâmekeâes he=LJeerjepeÛeewneve ves njeÙee Lee?(a) Balban (b) Muhammad Ghori

(c) Mahmud of Ghazni (d) Iltutmish

94. Who introduced leather token currency inIndia?

Yeejle ceW ÛeceÌ[s keâer Øeleerkeâ cegõe efkeâmeves ØeejbYe keâer?(a) Akbar

(b) Mohammad-Bin-Tughlaq

(c) Babur (d) Humayun

95. Prithviraj Chauhan was defeated by Mohd.Ghori in the battle of

he=LJeerjepe Ûeewneve keâes cegncceo ieesjer ves efkeâme Ùegæ ceW njeÙee Lee?(a) Tarain in 1191 A.D. (b) Tarain in 1192 A.D.

(c) Chandwar in 1193 A.D.

(d) Ranthamibhor in 1995 A.D.

96. Famous Battle of Talikota was fought in

leeefuekeâesše keâer Øeefmeæ ueÌ[eF& keâye ngF& Leer?(a) 1565 A.D. (b) 1575 A.D.

(c) 1585 A.D. (d) 1570 A.D.

97. The first Sultan who requested and obtainedletters of investiture from the Caliph (Khalifa)was

Keueerheâe mes Øeefle<"eve he$e ceeBieves Deewj Øeehle keâjves Jeeuee ØeLecemeguleeve keâewve Lee?(a) Iltutmish (b) Balban

(c) Firuz Tughlug (d) Alauddin khilji

98. Which Sultan received a robe of honour fromthe caliph?

efkeâme meguleeve keâes Keueerheâe mes mecceeve Jem$e Øeehle ngDee Lee?(a) Ala-ud-din Khilji (b) Iltutmish

(c) Balban (d) Qutub-ud-din Aibak

99. The Market Regulation system was introducedby

yeepeej efJeefveÙeceve ØeCeeueer DeejbYe keâer ieF& Leer:(a) Muhammad-Bin-Tughlaq(b) Iltutmish

(c) Ala-ud-din khilji (d) Ghais-ud-din

100. Arrange the dynasties of Delhi Sultanate givenbelow in chronological order:

veerÛes efoS ieS efouueer kesâ meguleeveeW kesâ JebMees keâes keâeueeveg›eâce ceWJÙeJeefmLele keâerefpeS:A. Khilji B. Tughlaq

C. Sayyad D. Slave

(a) D, A, C, B (b) A, D, B, C

(c) A, B, C, D (d) D, A, B, C

101. Who among the following was known as the'Parrot of India?

efvecveefueefKele ceW mes efkeâmes ‘Yeejle keâe leeslee’ keâne peelee nw?(a) Hussain Shah (b) Amir Khusrau

(c) BarBak Shah (d) Nanak

102. Presently Daulatabad where Muhammad-binTughlaq had transferred the capital from Delhi is situated near

Jele&ceeve oewueleeyeeo peneB cegncceo-efyeve-legieuekeâ ves efouueer mesje]peOeeveer keâes mLeeveebleefjle efkeâÙee Lee, efkeâmekesâ meceerhe efmLele nw?(a) Mysore (b) Aurangabad

(c) Nizamabad (d) Bhopal

103. The saviour of the Delhi Sultanate waseqouueer melueleve keâe Gæejkeâ keâewve Lee?(a) Qutub-ud-Aibak (b) Minas-us-Siraj

(c) Iltutmish (d) Ghias-ud-din Balban

104. Who was the Delhi Sultan to impose Jizya even on the Brahmins?

(a) Ala-ud-din Khilji (b) Firuq Tughluq

(c) Muhammad Tughluq (d) Balban

105. When the rule of the Delhi Sultan began?

efouueer meguleeve keâe Meemeve keâye ØeejbYe ngDee?(a) 1106 A.D (b) 1206 A.D(c) 1306 A.D (d) 1406 A.D

106. Who among the following Sultans tried toprohibit sati?

efvecveefueefKele ceW mes efkeâme meguleeve ves meleer ØeLee jeskeâves keâe ØeÙeemeefkeâÙee?(a) Alauddin khilji

(b) Mohammad Bin Tughlaq

(c) Jalauddin Khilji (d) Firoz Tughlaq

107. Who was the founder of Lodhi dy nasty?

ueesoer JebMe keâe mebmLeehekeâ keâewve Lee?(a) Daulat Khand Lodhi (b) Sikandar Lodhi

(c) Bahlol Lodhi (d) Ibrahim Lodhi

108. Who of the Delhi sul tans pur sued the pol icy of'blood and iron'?

efkeâme meguleeve ves keâ"esj veerefle DeheveeF&?(a) Alauddin Khilji

(b) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq

(c) Balban (d) Iltutmish

109. Who is called as the "Price of Moneyers"?

‘‘ceefveÙejeW keâe jepekegâceej’’ efkeâmes keâne peelee nw?(a) Ibrahim Lodhi (b) Babar

(c) Akbar

(d) Moh ummad-Bin-Tughlaq

110. Who built 'Adhai din ka Jhopra' Or' A hut of two and a half days' at Ajmer?

Depecesj ceW {eF& efove keâe PeesheÌ[e efkeâmeves yeveJeeÙee Lee?(a) Qutbuddin Aibak (b) Balban

(c) Alauddin Khilji

(d) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq

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1. (a) 2. (c) 3. (c) 4. (c) 5. (a) 6. (b) 7. (d) 8. (b) 9. (d) 10. (c)

11. (c) 12. (c) 13. (c) 14. (b) 15. (b) 16. (a) 17. (d) 18. (d) 19. (c) 20. (d)

21. (d) 22. (d) 23. (d) 24. (c) 25. (d) 26. (s) 27. (b) 28. (c) 29. (a) 30. (b)

31. (b) 32. (d) 33. (d) 34. (c) 35. (b) 36. (c) 37. (c) 38. (c) 39. (c) 40. (c)

41. (d) 42. (b) 43. (b) 44. (c) 45. (b) 46. (d) 47. (c) 48. (d) 49. (b) 50. (c)

51. (c) 52. (c) 53. (a) 54. (a) 55. (d) 56. (a) 57. (c) 58. (d) 59. (b) 60. (a)

61. (b) 62. (a) 63. (b) 64. (b) 65. (a) 66. (b) 67. (d) 68. (d) 69. (b) 70. (d)

71. (a) 72. (d) 73. (c) 74. (b) 75. (a) 76. (c) 77. (c) 78. (c) 79. (d) 80. (c)

81. (b) 82. (b) 83. (c) 84. (b) 85. (c) 86. (c) 87. (c) 88. (c) 89. (b) 90. (a)

91. (a) 92. (d) 93. (b) 94. () 95. (b) 96. (a) 97. (a) 98. (b) 99. (c) 100. (d)

101. (b) 102. (b) 103. (d) 104. (b) 105. (b) 106. (b) 107. (c) 108. (c) 109. (d) 110. (a)

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1. Who was the Indian women president of theUnited Nations General Assembly?

mebÙegkeäle je<š^ cenemeYee keâer henueer ceefnuee YeejleerÙe DeOÙe#e keâewveLeer?(a) Sarojini Naidu (b) Margret Thatcher

(c) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (d) Golda Mayer

2. Who introduced the Indian University Act?

YeejleerÙe efJeMJeefJeÅeeueÙe DeefOeefveÙece efkeâmeves ueeiet efkeâÙee?(a) Lord Curzon (b) Lord Minto

(c) Lord Morelay (d) Lord Rippon

3. Find incorrect match among the

efvecveefueefKele ceW mes efkeâmekeâe efceueeve ieuele efkeâÙee ieÙee nw?(a) Sir Syed Murtza Khan - Aligarh Muslim University

(b) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar - Ambedkar University

(c) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru- Jawaharlal Nehru University

(d) Madan Mohan Maiviya - Banaras Hindu University

4. Who among the following organised the "AllIndia Depressed Classes Association." incolonial India?

GheefveJesMeer Yeejle ceW efvecve ceW mes efkeâmeves ‘‘DeeefKeue YeejleerÙe oefueleJeie& mebmLee’’ DeeÙeesefpele keâer Leer?(a) M.K. Gandhi (b) Jyotiba Phule

(c) Pandita Rambai (d) B.R. Ambedkar

5. The first woman Governor of a State in freeIndia was

mJeleb$e Yeejle keâer henueer ceefnuee jepÙeheeue keâewve Leer?(a) Mrs. Sarojini Naidu

(b) Mrs. Sucheta Kriplani

(c) Mrs. Indira Gandhi

(d) Mrs. Vijay Lakshmi Pandit

6. The Indian monument recently inscribed inthe UNESCO's World Heritage List is:

Ùetvesmkeâes keâer JewefMJekeâ efJejemele keâer metÛeer ceW kegâÚ efoveeW henues Yeejlekesâ efkeâme mceejkeâ keâes Meeefceue efkeâÙee ieÙee nw?(a) Jantar Mantar of Ujjain

(b) Jantar Mantar of Varanasi

(c) Jantar Mantar of Delhi

(d) Jantar Mantar of Jaipur

7. The Governor General of India impeached bythe House of Commons in England was:

FbiueQ[ kesâ neGme Dee@heâ keâecevpe Éeje Yeejle kesâ efkeâme ieJeve&j pevejuehej ceneefYeÙeesie ÛeueeÙee ieÙee Lee(a) Waren Hastings (b) Cornwallis

(c) Wellesley (d) William Bentinct

8. 'Deshbandhu' is the title of

‘osMeyevOge’ keâer GheeefOe efkeâmekesâ meeLe mecyeefvOele nw?(a) B.R. Ambedkar (b) C.R. Das

(c) B.C. Pal (d) B.C. Pal

9. Who is called the 'Nightingale of India?

‘Yeejle keâesefkeâuee’ efkeâmes keâne peelee nw?(a) Vijay Lakshmi Pandit (b) Sarojini Naidu

(c) Aruna Asaf Ali (d) Sucheta Kriplani

10. "India House" is located in

Fefv[ÙeÙee keâneB efmLele nw?(a) New Delhi (b) Kolkata

(c) London (d) New York

11. Mahatma Gandhi was first arrested during'Satyagrah' in the year—

melÙee«ener (Sce.kesâ. ieeBOeer) keâes melÙee«en keâjves kesâ efueS meyemes henues keâye pesue ngF& Leer?(a) 1906 (b) 1908 (c) 1913 (d) 1917

12. Where are the mortal remains of St. FrancisXavier housed?

meWš øeâebefmeme pesefJeÙej kesâ heeefLe&Je DeJeMes<e efvecveefueefKele ceW mes efkeâmemLeeve hej jKes nQ?(a) Velankanni, Chennai

(b) Se Cathedral, Velha (Goa)

(c) Basilica of Bom Jesus, Velha (Goa)

(d) St. Xaviers Church, Mumbai

13. Who amidst the following great musiccomposers was the ruler of a State?

efvecveeskeäle ceneve mebieerle jÛeefÙeleeDeeW ceW mes keâewve Skeâ jepÙe keâeMeemekeâ Lee?(a) Tyagaraja (b) Shyama Shastri

(c) Muthu Swami Dikshitar (d) Swati Thirunal

14. Which one of the following libraries has thelargest collection of manuscripts of historicalvalue?

efvecveefueefKele hegmlekeâeueÙeeW ceW mes efkeâmeceW Ssefleneefmekeâ cenòeJe keâerheeC[gefueefheÙeeW keâe meyemes yeÌ[e meb«en nw?(a) Khuda Baksh Oriental Public Library

(b) Tanjavur Maharaja Serfoji Saraswati Mahal Li brary

(c) Asiatic Society Library (d) Rampur Raza Library

15. Which of the following pairs states into IndianUnion?

efvecveefueefKele peesÌ[es ceW mes efkeâmeves osMeer efjÙeemeleeW keâes YeejleerÙe mebIekeâe Debie yeveeves ceb meyemes cenlJehetCe& Yetefcekeâe Deoe keâer?(a) Sardar Patel and Jawaharlal Nehru

(b) Sardar patel and V.P. Menon

(c) Sardar Patel and Mahatma Gandhi

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(d) Sardar Patel and K.M. Munsi

16. Which British Governor General introducedPostage Stamp in India?

efvecveefueefKele ceW mes efyeÇefšMe keâe Jen ieJe&vej pevejue keâewve nw efpemevesYeejle ceW [ekeâ Meg™ efkeâS Les?(a) Lord Dalhousie (b) Lord Auckland

(c) Lord Canning (d) Lord William Bentinck

17. Who designed the national flag ofIndependent Indian?

(a) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

(b) Rabindranath Tagore

(c) Mahatma Gandhi

(d) Pingali Venkaiah

18. Who was the architect of North and SouthBlocks of the Central Secretariat in Delhi?

(a) Sir Edward Lutyens (b) Herbert Bakers

(c) Robert Tor Tussell (d) Antonin Raymond

19. Which amidst the following sites/monumentsin India is NOT on the UNESCO's list of WorldCultural Heritages?

(a) Ellora Caves

(b) Kashi ViswanathTemple

(c) Qutab Milnar

(d) Manas Wild-life Sanctuary

20. Which town/city in India has got a tower(minaar) named after Muhammad Ali Jinnah?

(a) Mumbai (b) Aligarh (c) Calicut (d)Guntur

21. Name the Pakistan Prime-Minister who signedthe Simla Agreement in 1972.

(a) Ayub Khan (b) Yahya Khan

(c) Z.A. Bhutto (d) Benazir Bhutto

22. Which among the following States was forcedto merge itself with the Union of India after1947?

(a) Hyderabad(b) Kashmir (c) Patiala (d) Mysore

23. Who among the following was the first to signthe 'Instruments of Accession'?

(a) The maharaja of Baroda

(b) The Dewan of Travancore

(c) The Nizam of Hyderabad

(d) The Raja of Jodhapur

24. Who was the only Indian to be elected asPresident of the United Nations GeneralAssembly?

(a) Vijayalakshmi Pandit (b) V.K. Krishna Menon

(c) Jawaharlal Nehru (d) Rajeshwar Dayal

25. Who gave the concept of Total Revolution?

‘mechetCe& ›eâebefle’ keâer mebkeâuhevee efkeâmeves oer Leer?(a) Jayaprakash Narayan (b) Mahatma Gandhi

(c) Karl Marx (d) Lenin

26. Who attended the Congress of Oppressed atBrussels in 1927 on behalf of NationalCongress?

1927 ceW yeÇgmesume ceW oefuele je<š^JeeefoÙeeW keâer keâeBiesme ceW je<š^erÙekeâeBiesme keâer Deesj mes efkeâmeves Yeeie efueÙee Lee?(a) Jawaharlal Nehru (b) Mahatma Gandhi

(c) Dr. Ansari (d) Motilal Nehru

27. November 26, 1949 is a significant day in ourconstitutional history because

nceejs mebJewOeeefvekeâ Fefleneme ceW 26 veJecyej, 1949 cenlJehetCe& efovens keäÙeeWefkeâ(a) India took a pledge of complete independence on

this day

Yeejle ves Fme efove hetCe& mJeleb$elee keâer MeheLe ueer Leer(b) The Constitution was adopted on this day

Fme efove mebefJeOeeve Debieerkeâej efkeâÙee ieÙee Lee(c) India became a Republic on this day

Fme efove Yeejle ieCeleb$e yevee Lee(d) The first amendment of the Constitution was

passed on this day

Fme efove mebefJeOeeve ceW henuee mebMeesOeve heeefjle efkeâÙee ieÙee Lee28. In which state was the first Non-Congress

Government set up in independent India?

mJeleb$e Yeejle ceW henueer iewj-keâeb«esme mejkeâej efkeâme jepÙe ceW yeveer Leer?(a) Punjab (b) Bihar (c) Maharashtra(d) Kerala

29. The first Defence Minister of India was

Yeejle keâe henuee j#ee ceb$eer Les—(a) K. M. Cariappa

(b) Gopalaswami Aiyangar

(c) Baldev Singh (d) Sardar Patel

30. Who was in favour of a partyless democracy?

oue-jefnle ueeskeâleb$e kesâ he#e ceW keâewve Lee?(a) Jai Prakash narain (b) Bhupendra Nath Dutt

(c) M.N. Roy (d) Jawaharlal Nehru

31. When Mahatma Gandhi was arrested whoamong the following took over the leadershipof Salt satyagraha?

cenelcee ieeBOeer kesâ yeboer nesves kesâ yeeo vecekeâ melÙee«en keâe vesle=lJeefkeâmeves efkeâÙee Lee? (a) Vinoba Bhave

(b) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel

(c) Abbas Tyabji

(d) Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad

32. Who was the leader of the Bardoli Satyagraha?

‘yeejoesueer melÙee«en’ keâe vesle=lJe efkeâmeves efkeâÙee Lee?(a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

(b) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

(c) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel

(d) Acharya J. B. Kripalani

33. Naokhali is situated in—

veesDeeKeueer keâneB efmLele nw?(a) West Bengal (b) Bangladesh

(c) Tripura (d) Bihar

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34. Who among the following from the firstcabinet of independent India was responsiblefor mass religious conversion?

mJeleb$e Yeejle kesâ ØeLece kewâefyevesš ceW mes efkeâmeves yeÌ[s hewceeves hej ueesieeWkeâe Oece& heefjJele&ve keâjJeeÙee Lee?(a) Dr. S.P. Mukherjee (b) Dr. John Mathai

(c) Sardar Baldev singh (d) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

35. What was the basis of transfer of power toIndia on 15th August by Mountbatten?

uee@[& ceeGvšyesšve ÂJeeje 15 Deiemle kesâ efove Yeejle keâe meòeenmleevlejCe keâe keäÙee DeeOeej Lee?(a) On this day the In dian Na tional Con gress had

de manded "Poorna Swaraj".

Fme efove YeejleerÙe je<š^erÙe keâebiesÇme ves ‘hetCe& mJejepe’ keâer ceeBie jKeer Leer(b) On this day Mahatma Gandhi started 'Quit India

Movement'.

Fme efove cenelcee ieeBOeer ves ‘Yeejle ÚesÌ[es Deevoesueve keâer Iees<eCee keâer Leer(c) Anniversary of the surrender of Japanese army

ªvleefjce mejkeâej yeveves keâer Je<e&ieeB"(d) Anniversary of the surrender of Japanese army

S[efcejue ceeGCšyesšsve kesâ mece#e peeheeveer mesvee kesâ mecehe&Ce keâerJe<e&ieeB"

36. Mahatma Gandhi got his inspiration for CivilDisobedience from:

cenelcee ieebOeer ves efmeefJeue DeJe%ee kesâ yeejs ceW ØesjCee efkeâmemes ueer?(a) Tuoreau (b) Ruskin (c) Confucius(d) Tolstoy

37. Through which principle or device didGandhiji strive to bridge economicinequalities?

ieeBOeerpeer ves efkeâme efmeæeble Ùee Ùegefkeäle kesâ ceeOÙece mes DeeefLe&keâDemeceeveleeDeeW keâes otj keâjves keâe ØeÙeeme efkeâÙee Lee?(a) Abolition of machinery/ceMeerveeW keâes meceehle keâjvee(b) Establishment of village industries

«eece GÅeesie mLeeefhele keâjvee(c) Trusteeship theory/vÙeemeOeeefjlee efmeæeble(d) None of the above

38. One time associate of Mahatma Gandhi, brokeoff from him and launched a radicalmovement called 'self-respect movement'. Who was he?

efkeâmeer meceÙe cenelcee ieebOeer kesâ menÙeesieer jn Ûegkesâ, hej Gvemes Deueieneskeâj Skeâ Deecetue heefjJele&veJeeoer Deevoesueve efpemekeâe veece‘Deelcemecceeve Deevoesueve’ Ûeueeves Jeeues keâewve Les?(a) P. Thyagaraja Shetti

(b) Chhatrapati maharaj

(c) E. V. Ramaswamy Naicker

(d) Jyotirao Govindrao Phule

39. What did Jyotiba Phule's Satyashodhak samajattempt in the last century?

efheÚueer Meleeyoer ceW pÙeesefleyee hegâues kesâ melÙeMeesOekeâ meceepe ves keäÙeeØeÙeeme efkeâÙee Lee?(a) Saving the lower castes from hypocritical

Brahmans and their opportunistic scriputres

ocYeer yeÇeÿeCeeW leLee Gvekesâ DeJemej-Jeeoer Oece&«evLeeW mes veerÛeer peeefleÙeeWkeâer j#ee

(b) Attacking the caste system

peeefle ØeLee hej Dee›eâceCe(c) Led an anti-landlord and antimahajan upsurge in

Satara

meleeje ceW peceeroej-efJejesOeer Deewj cenepeve-efJejesOeer efJehueJe keâe vesle=lJe(d) Separate representation for untouchables

DeÚtleeW kesâ efueS he=Lekeâ ØeefleefveefOelJe40. In which of the following movements did

Mahatma Gandhi make the first use of HungerStrike as a weapon?

efvecveeskeäle DeevoesueveeW ceW mes efkeâmeceW cenelcee ieebOeer ves YetKe nÌ[leeuekeâes Skeâ nefLeÙeej kesâ ™he ceW ØeÙeesie efkeâÙee?(a) Non-Cooperation Movement, 1920-22

1920-22 keâe DemenÙeesie Deevoesueve(b) Rowlatt Satyagraha, 1919-1919

1919-1919 keâes jewuesš melÙee«en(c) Ahmedabad Strike, 1918

1918 keâer Denceoeyeeo Jeeueer nÌ[leeue(d) Bardoli Satyagraha/yeejoesueer melÙee«en

41. Who led the Salt Satyagraha Movement withGandhi?

ieebOeer peer kesâ meeLe vecekeâ melÙee«en keâe vesle=lJe efkeâmeves efkeâÙee?(a) Annie Besant (b) Mridula Sarabhai

(c) Muthu Lakshmi (d) Sarojini Naidu

42. In which session of India National Congresstricolour flag was unfurled for the first time?

YeejleerÙe je<š^erÙe keâebiesÇme kesâ efvecveefueefKele ceW mes efkeâme DeefOeJesMevehenueer yeej eflejbiee heânjeÙee ieÙee Lee?(a) Calcutta Session, 1920

1920 ceW keâuekeâòee DeeÙeesefpele(b) Annul Session of Congress at Nagpur, 19120

veeiehegj keâebiesÇme, 1920

(c) La hore Con gress, 1929

ueenewj keâebiesme, 1929

(d) Haripura Congress Conference, 1938

njerhegje keâeb«esme DeefOeJesMeve, 1938

43. Which Indian statesman used these magicwords. "Long years ago we made a tryst withdestiny, and now the time comes when weshall redeem our pledge ...."?

efkeâme YeejleerÙe jepeveslee ves efvecveefueefKele peeogF& Meyo keâns Les, ‘‘keâF&Je<e& henues efveÙeefle kesâ meeLe nceejer YeWš ngF& Leer Deewj Deye meceÙe DeeieÙee nw efkeâ nce Deheves JeeÙeos keâes hetje keâjW. . . . .’’(a)Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

(b) Sardar Vallabhabhi Patel

(c) Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose

(d) Jawahrlal Nehru 44. Satyagraha finds expression in

melÙee«en keâer DeefYeJÙeefkeäle nesleer nw:(a) Sudden outbursts of violence (b) Armed conflicts (c) Non-cooperation

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(d) Communal riots

45. One of the following was not involved in theChittagong Armoury Raid, 1934, Who was he?

1934 kesâ ÛešieebJe Mem$eeiej OeeJes ceW efvecveefueefKele ceW mes SkeâMeeefceue veneR Lee~ Jen keâewve Lee?(a) Kalpana Dutt (b) Surya Sen

(c) Pritialata Wooddedar (d) Dinesh Gupta

46. The province of Bengal was partitioned intotwo parts in 1905 by

1905 ceW yebieeue Øeeble keâes oes YeeieeW ceW yeeBše Lee(a) Lord Lytton (b) Lord Ripon

(c) Lord Dufferin (d) Lord Curzon

47. Mohan Das Karamchand Gandhi was called as'Mahatma' by

ceesnveoeme keâjceÛebo ieebOeer keâes ‘cenelcee’ efkeâmeves keâne Lee?(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (b) Motilal Nehru

(c) Jawaharlal Nehru (d) Rabindra Nath Tagore

48. Who was the first woman President ofCongress?

keâeb«esme keâer henueer ceefnuee DeOÙe#e keâewve Leer?(a) Mrs. Annie Besant (b) Mrs. Sarojini Naidu (c) Mrs. Nellie Sengupta (d) Aruna Asaf Ali

49. Who is called the 'Father of the Indian National Congress'?

‘YeejleerÙe je<š^erÙe keâeb«esme keâe pevekeâ’ efkeâmes keâne peelee nw?(a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) A. O Hume

(c) Lokmanya Tilak

(d) Surendra Nath Banerjee

50. Who was the first Indian to be elected to theBritish Parliament?

efvecveefueefKele ceW mes Jen ØeLece YeejleerÙe JÙeefkeäle keâewve Lee efpemesefyeÇefšMe mebmeo kesâ efueS Ûegvee ieÙee Lee?(a) Dabadhai Naoroji

(b) Gopala Krishna Gokhale

(c) Bipin Chandra Pal (d) Lala Lajpat Rai

51. The Swadeshi Movement was launched

mJeosMeer Deevoesueve Meg™ efkeâÙee ieÙee Lee(a) as a pro test against di vi sion of Ben gal

yebieeue efJeYeepeve Meg™ efkeâÙee ieÙee Lee(b) with a view to improve the economic condition of

the people by encouraging consumption of Indiangoods

YeejleerÙe ceeue kesâ GheÙeesie keâes Øeeslmeeefnle keâjves kesâ efueS ueesieeW keâerDeeefLe&keâ oMee ceW megOeej keâjves keâer Âef° mes

(c) as a protest against the massacre of India people atJallianwala bagh

peefueÙeeBJeeuee yeeie ceW YeejleerÙeeW keâer nlÙee kesâ efJejesOe kesâ ™he ceW (d) due to the failure of the British Government to

introduce responsible Government in India

Yeejle ceW Skeâ efpeccesoej mejkeâej ve yevee mekeâves ceW efyeÇefšMe mejkeâej keâerDemeheâuelee kesâ keâejCe

52. Sawarajya was declared as the goal of theCongress at its session held in 1906 at

keâeb«esme keâe 1906 keâe DeefOeJesMeve, efpemeceW mJejepÙe keâes ue#ÙeIeesef<ele efkeâÙee ieÙee Lee, keâneB hej ngDee Lee?(a) Bombay (b) Calcutta (c) Lucknow(d) Madras

53. The song 'Jana-Gana-Mana' composed byRabindra Nath Tagore was first published inJanuary 1912 Under the title of

jyeervõ veeLe šwieesj Éeje jefÛele ieeve ‘peve-ieCe-ceve’ meyemes henuespeveJejer 1912 ceW efkeâme Meer<e&keâ mes ØekeâeefMele ngDee Lee?(a) Jay He (b) Rashtra Jagriti

(c) Bharat Vidhata (d) Matribhoomi

54. Who attended the Imperial Durbar of 1877dressed in hand-spun Khadi?

1877 kesâ FcheerefjÙeue ojyeej ceW neLe mes keâeleer ngF& ®F& mes yeves keâheÌ[shenvekeâj keâewve ieÙee Lee?(a) M. K. Gandhi (b) Bal Gangadhar

(c) Bipin Chandra Pal (d) Ganesh Vasudev Joshi

55. Mangal Pandey fired the first shot of theRevolt of 1857 at

cebieue heeb[s ves 1857 kesâ efJeõesn keâer henueer ieesueer ÛeueeF& Leer:(a) Barrackpore(b) Meerut (c) Kanpur (d) Jhansi

56. Who among the following, analysed the causes of the uprising of 1857 advocating areconciliation between the British and theMuslims?

efvecveefueefKele ceW mes efkeâmeves, 1857 kesâ efJeõen kesâ keâejCeeW keâeefJeMues<eCe keâjles ngS, Deb«espeeW leLee cegmeueceeveeW keâer yeerÛecesue-efceueehe keâer Jekeâeuele keâer?(a) Syed Ahmed Brelvi (b) Shah Waliullah

(c) Syed Ahmed Khan (d) Syed Amir Ali

57. Who among the following British personsadmitted the Revolt of 1857 as a nationalrevolt?

efvecve efyeÇefšMe JÙeefkeäleÙeeW ceW mes efkeâmeves mJeerkeâej efkeâÙee Lee efkeâ 1857keâe efJeõen Skeâ je<š^erÙe efJeõesn Lee?(a) Lord Dalhousie (b) Lord Canning

(c) Lord Ellenborough (d) Disraeli

58. The administrative consequence of the Revoltof 1857 was transfer of power from

1857 kesâ efJeõesn ØeMeemeefvekeâ heefjCeece Meefkeäle keâe DeblejCe Lee(a) East India Company to the British Crown

F&mš FbefGÙee kebâheveer mes efyeÇefšMe meceüeš keâes(b) British Crown to the East India Company

eqyeÇefšMe meceüeš mes F&mš Fbef[Ùee kebâheveer keâes(c) East India Company to the Governor General

F&mš Fbef[Ùee kebâheveer mes ieJe&vej pevejue keâes(d) British Crown to the Board of Directors

eqyeÇefšMe meceüeš mes efveosMe ceb[ue keâes59. Who was the Governor-General of India during

the Revolt of 1857?

1857 kesâ efJeõesn kesâ oewjeve Yeejle keâe ieJe&vej pevejue keâewve Lee(a) Lord Dalhousie (b) Lord Canning

(c) Lord Mayo (d) Lord Ripon

60. The Revolt of 1857 was started by

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‘1857 keâe efJeõesn’ efkeâmeves Meg™ efkeâÙee Lee?(a) the Sepoys (b) the Zamindars

(c) the Peasants (d) the Plantation Workers

61. Permanent Revenue settlement of Bengal wasintroduced by:

efvecveefueefKele ceW mes efkeâmekesâ Éeje yebieeue keâer mLeeÙeer ceeueiegpeejeryeboesyemle Meg™ efkeâÙee ieÙee Lee?(a) Clive (b) Hastings (c)Wellesley

(d) Cornwallis

62. When was the first train steamed off in India?

Yeejle ceW meyemes henueer jsueieeÌ[er keâye ÛeueeF& ieF&?(a) 1848 (b) 1853 (c) 1975 (d) 1880

63. In which of the following systems of landsettlement adopted by the English did providemore protection to the interests of farmers?

Deb«espeeW Éeje yeveeF& ieF& Yet-JÙeJemLee keâer efvecve ØeCeeefueÙeeW ceW meskeâewve-meer ke=â<keâeW kesâ efnleeW keâes DeefOekeâ megj#ee Øeoeve keâjleer Leer?(a) Permanent Settlement of Bengal

yebieeue Øeevle keâer mLeeÙeer Yet-JÙeJemLee(b) Ryotwari settlement of madras

ceõeme Øeevle keâer jwÙeleJeeÌ[er Yet-JÙeJemLee(c) Zamindari Settlement of Central States

ceOÙeJeleea Øeevle keâer peceeRoejer Yet-JÙeJemLee(d) Malgujari (land rev e nue) Setternent of United State

mebÙegkeäle Øeevle keâer ceeueiegpeejer Yet-JÙeJemLee64. When was first telegraph line started in India?

Yeejle ceW ØeLece leej (šsefue«eeheâ’ mesJee keâye ØeejcYe ngF&?(a) 1851 (b) 1875 (c) 1884 (d) 1900

65. Who introduced the permanent settlement inBengal?

efvecveefueefKele ceWs mes efkeâmekesâ Éeje yebieeue ceW ‘Fmlecejejer yeboesyemele(hejceevesvš mesšuecewvš)’ ueeiet efkeâÙee ieÙee Lee?(a) Lord Cornwallis (b) Lord Dalhousie

(c) William Bentinck (d) Lord Curzon

66. The first telegraph line between Calcutta andAgra was opened in

efvecveefueefKele ceW mes keâewve mes F&0 meved ceW keâuekeâòee Deewj Deeieje kesâyeerÛe ØeLece šsueer«eeheâ ueeFve Keesueer ieF& Leer?(a) 1852 (b) 1853 (c) 1854 (d) 1855

67. When was the first passenger train run inIndia?

Yeejle ceW meyemes henueer Ùee$eer jsueieeÌ[er Ûeueer Leer(a) January 1848 (b) April 1853

(c) May 1857 (d) April 1852

68. During colonial period, British capital wasmainly invested in:

DeewheefveJesefMekeâ keâeue kesâ oewjeve, efvecveefueefKele ceW mes Jen #es$e keâewvemee Lee, efpemeceW cegKÙele: eqyeÇefšMe hettbpeer keâe efveJesMe efkeâÙee peelee Lee?(a) Infra structure (b) Industry

(c) Agriculture (d) Services

69. Permanent Revenue Settlement of Bengal wasintroduced by

yebieeue ceW jepemJe keâe Fmlecejejer yeboesyemle (mLeeÙeer yeboesyemle)efkeâmeves ueeiet efkeâÙee Lee?(a) Clive (b) Hastings (c) Wellesley

(d) Cornwallis

70. 'Permanent Settlement', the system of revenuecollection was introduced in India by

Yeejle ceW jepemJe Skeâ$e keâjves kesâ ‘mLeeÙeer yevoesyemle’ keâer ØeCeeueerMeg™ keâer ieF& Leer(a) Lord Curzon (b) Lord Dalhousie

(c) Lord Hastings (d) Lord Cornwallis

71. Who propounded the theory of 'EconomicDrain of India during British imperialism?

efyeÇefšMe meeceüepÙeJeeo kesâ oewjeve ‘Yeejle keâe DeefLe&keâ DeheJeen’ keâeefmeæeble efkeâmeves Øemlegle efkeâÙee Lee?(a) W. C. Bannerji (b) Dadabhai Naoroji

(c) Gapalkrishna Gokhale (d) Gandhiji

72. The British introduced the railways in India inorder to

Deb«espeeW ves Yeejle ceWs jsueJes efkeâme GösMÙe mes Meg™ keâer Leer?(a) Pro mote heavy in dus tries in In dia

Yeejle ceWs Yeejleer GÅeesie keâes Deeies yeÌ{eves kesâ efueS(b) fa cil i tate Brit ish com merce and adminis-trative

con trol

efyeÇefšMe JeeefCepÙe Deewj ØeMeemeefvekeâ efveÙeb$eÙeCe keâer megefJeOee kesâ efueS(c) move foodstuff in case of famine

ogefYe&#e keâer efmLeefle ceW KeeÅeevve hengBÛeeves kesâ efueS(d) enable Indians to move freely the country

leeefkeâ Yeejleer osMe ceW cegkeäle ™he mes Ietce mekeWâ73. The decline of Indian Handicrafts industry in

the 19th century was attributed to

19 JeeR Meleeyoer ceW YeejleerÙe nmleefMeuhe GÅeesie kesâ heleve keâe keâejCeyeleeÙee ieÙee Lee:(a) com pe ti tion from Brit ish man u fac tur ing in dus tries

only

kesâJeue efyeÇefšMe efvecee&Ce GÅeesieeW mes ØeeflemheOee&(b) disappearance of Indian Princely Courts only

kesâJeue YeejleerÙe efjÙeemeleeW keâe meceehle nes peevee(c) establishment of alien rule only

kesâJeue efJeosMeer Meemeve keâer mLeehevee(d) All of the above

74. In which of the following places was theRyotwari settlement introduced?

efvecveefueefKele mLeeveeW ceW mes efkeâmeceW jwÙeleJeeÌ[er yeojesyemle ueeiet efkeâÙee ieÙee Lee?(a) Uttar-Pradesh and Punjab

(b) North-West Provinces and Punjab

(c) Madras and Bombay

(d) Bengal and Bihar

75. Who, among the following, abolished the DualSystem of Government of Bengal?

efvecveefueefKele ceW mes efkeâmeves yebieeue ceW mejkeâej keâer ÉwOe ØeCeeueermeceehle keâer?(a) Lord Clive (b) Lord Cornwallis

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(c) Spencer (d) Lord Warren Hastings

76. When did the Brit ish Govt. start rul ing In diadi rectly?

efyeÇefšMe mejkeâej ves Yeejle hej meerOes Meemeve keâjvee keâye DeejbYe efkeâÙeeLee?(a) Af ter the Bat tle of Plassey/hueemeer kesâ Ùegæ kesâ yeeo(b) Af ter the Bat tle of Panipat/heeveerhele kesâ Ùegæ kesâ yeeo(c) Af ter the War of My sore/cewmetj keâer ueÌ[eF& kesâ yeeo(d) Af ter Sepoy Mu tiny/efmeheeefnÙeeW kesâ ieoj kesâ yeeo

77. The 'Doc trine of Lapse' was first ap plied to thePrincely state of

jepÙe DehenjCe veerefle meyemes henues efkeâme YeejleerÙe efjÙeemele hejueeiece keâer ieF& Leer?(a) Satara (b) Jhansi (c) Oudh (d) Jaunpur

78. Punjab was an nexed to the Brit ish em piredur ing the reign of Gov er nor-Gen eral

efkeâme ieJeve&j pevejue kesâ keâeue ceW hebpeeye keâes efyeÇefšMe meeceüepÙe ceWefceueeÙee ieÙee Lee?(a) Lord Bentick (b) Lord Dalhousie

(c) Lord Corn wallis (d) Lord Can ning

79. Place chro no log i cally the fol low ing trea ties :

efvecveefueefKele mebefOeÙeeW keâes keâeue›eâceevegmeej jefKeS(A) Treaty of Amritsar/Dece=lemej keâer mebefOe(B) Treaty of Bassein/yesefmeve keâer mebefOe(C) Treaty of Semingapatam/ßeerjieheóce keâer mebefOe(D) Treaty of salbai/meeueyeeF& keâer mebefOe(a) (a), (c), (b), (d) (b) (d), (c), (a), (b)

(c) (d), (c), (b), (a) (d) (b), (a), (d), (c)

80. Which Gov er nor Gen eral is as so ci ated withDoc trine of Lapse?

efkeâme ieJeve&j-pevejue keâe veece jepÙe nÌ[he veerefle ([e@efkeäš^ve Dee@heâuewhme) kesâ meeLe pegÌ[e ngDee nw?(a) Lord Ripon (b) Lord Dalhousie

(c) Lord Bentinck (d) Lord Curzon

81. To end the III An glo-My sore War Tipu Sul tansigned the fol low ing Treaty with the Brit ish

leermejs SWiuees-cewmetj Ùegæ keâes meceehle keâjves kesâ efueS šerhet meguleeve vesDeb«espeeW kesâ meeLe efvecveefueefKele ceW mes keâewve-meer meefvOe keâer Leer?(a) Treaty of Man ga lore/cebieueewj mebefvOe(b) Treaty of Srirangapatnam/ßeerjbiehešveced keâer mebefvOe(c) Treaty of My sore/cewmetj keâer meefvOe(d) Treaty of Bidnur/efyeovetj keâer meefvOe

82. Lord Dalbousie an nexed Awadh for the Brit ishEm pire in In dia

efvecveefueefKele ceW mes efkeâme ceeOÙece mes uee@[& [uenewpeer ves DeJeOe keâesefyeÇefšMe meeceüepÙe ceW efceueeÙee Lee?(a) through pol icy of sub sid iary al li ance/meneÙekeâ mebefOe keâer

veerefle(b) through doc trine of lapse/jepÙe efJeueÙe veerefle(c) as the state be ing maladm nistered/ÛetBefkeâ jepÙe ceW

kegâØeMeemeve Lee(d) through wag ging a war/Ùegæ keâjkesâ

83. Who in tro duced 'doc trine of lapse'?

‘[e@efkeäš^ve Dee@heâ uewhme’ efkeâmeves DeejbYe efkeâÙee?(a) Lord Wellesley (b) Lord Curzon

(c) Lord Dalhousie (d) Lord Lyt ton

84. Who was referred to as the "Ambassador ofHindu-Muslim Unity" by Sarojini Naidu?

mejesefpeveer veeÙe[t ves efkeâmeves ‘‘efnvog-cegefmuece Skeâlee keâe otle’’ keâneLee?(a) Muhammad Ali Jinnah

(b) Abdul Ghaffar Khan

(c) Shaukat Ali

(d) Maulana Azad

85. Which Governor General was called as the'Father of Local Self-Government' in India?

Yeejle ceW efkeâme ieJeveüj pevejue keâes ‘mLeeveerÙe mJeMeemeve keâe efhelee’keâne ieÙee Lee?(a) Lord Wellesley (b) Lord Canning

(c) Lord William Bentinck (d) Lord Ripon

86 The quintessence of Gandhian thought is:

ieebOeerJeeoer efJeÛeejOeeje keâe meejlelJe keäÙee nw?(a) Satyagraha (b) Metaphysics

(c) Spiritualism (d) Moksha

87. In which pact, warm relations wereestablished between "Garam dal" and "Naramdal", the two groups of the Indian nationalCongress?

YeejleerÙe je<š^erÙe keâeb«esme kesâ oes mecetneW, ‘‘iece& oue’’ Deewj ‘‘vejceoue’’ ceW DeÛÚs mebyebOe efkeâme mecePeewles ceW yeves?(a) Gandhi-Irwin Pact (b) Lucknow Pact

(c) karachi agreement (d) Lahore declaration

88. The India Independence Bill was firstpresented in the House of Common in Londonon:

YeejleerÙe mJeeOeveerlee efyeue uebove ceW neGme Dee@heâ keâe@cevme ceW henueeryeej efkeâme efove hesMe efkeâÙee ieÙee Lee?(a) August 10, 1947 (b) August 1,1947

(c) July 14,1947 (d) July 4,1947

89. Who established the Sadr-Diwani-Adalatduring the British East India Company's rule?

efyeÇefšMe F&mš Fbef[Ùee kebâheveer kesâ Meemeve keâeue ceWmeoj-oerJeeveer-Deoeuele keâer mLeehevee efkeâmeves keâer Leer?(a) Wellesley (b) Warren Hastings

(c) Dalhousie (d) Cornwallis

90. In which year was the Morley Minto reformpassed?

cee@uex-efcebšes megOeej efkeâme Je<e& ceW heefjle ngDee Lee?(a) 1917 (b) 1902 (c) 1909 (d) 1912

91. Who was the founder of Kolkata's first AtmiyaSabha" (philosophial discussion circle) held in1815?

1815 ceW DeeÙeesefpele keâuekeâòee keâer henueer ‘‘Deelcee meYee’’(oeMe&efvehekeâ ÛeÛee& Je=le) kesâ mebmLeehekeâ keâewve Les?

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(a) Ram Mohan Roy

(b) Lala Lajpat Rai

(c) Rabindranath Tagore

(d) Jawahar Lal Nehru

92. Which among the following foreign countrieswas the first one to trade with India?

efvecve ceW mes keâewve mes efJeosMeer osMe ves meyemes henues Yeejle kesâ meeLeJÙeeheej efkeâÙee Lee?(a) England (b) Netherlands

(c) France (d) Portugal

93. The only Viceroy to be assasinated in Indiawas

Jen Skeâcee$e JeeÙemejeÙe keâewve Les efpevekeâer Yeejle ceW nlÙee ngF& Leer?(a) Lord Harding (b) Lord Northbrook

(c) Lord Ellenborough (d) Lord Mayo

94. Who was the founder of the TheosophicalSociety?

‘efLeÙeesmeesefheâue meesmeeÙešer’ kesâ mebmLeehekeâ keâewve Les?(a) Justice Ranade (b) Madam Blavatsky

(c) Annie Besant (d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

95. "Earth provides enough to satisfy everyman'sneed but not everyman's greed". Who saidthis?

‘‘Oejleer meYeer kesâ ueeueÛe kesâ efueS veneR yeefukeâ meYeer keâerDeeJeMÙekeâleeDeeW keâer hetefle& kesâ efueS heÙee&hle meeOeve GheueyOe keâjeleernw’’ Ùen keâLeve efkeâmeves keâne Lee?(a) Guru Nanak Dev (b) Mahatma Gandhi

(c) Pope Paul VI (d) Smt. Indira Gandhi

96. Who referred to Mahatma Gandhi as "Father of the Nation" for the first time?

cenelcee ieeBOeer keâes meyemes henues ‘‘je<š^heefle’’ kesâ veece mes efkeâmevesmecyeesefOele efkeâÙee Lee?(a) Jawaharlal Nehru

(b) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel

(c) C. Rajgopalachari

(d) Subhash Chandra Bose

97. Which title, given by the British Government to Mahatma Gandhi, was surrendered during thenoncoopration movement?

Deb«epe (efyeÇefšMe) mejkeâej Éeje cenelcee ieeBOeer keâes oer ieF& keâewve-meerheoJeer DemenÙeesie Deeboesueve kesâ meceÙe ueewše oer ieF& Leer?(a) Hind Kesari (b) Rai Bahadur

(c) Rt. Honourable (d) Kaisar-i-Hind

98. What was the immediate cause of the Mutinyof 1857?

1857 keâer ›eâebefle keâe leelkeâeefuekeâ keâejCe keäÙee Lee?(a) The discontentment of the soldiers

peJeeveeW ceW Demebgle°ee(b) The use of greased car tridges in the new Enfield

Ri fle

veF& Sveheâeru[ ceW Ûejyeer ueieeÙeer ieesefueÙeeW keâe GheÙeesie (c) The social condition of India

Yeejle keâer meeceeefpekeâ DeJemLee

(d) The introduction of railways and telegraphs

jsueJes Deewj šsueer«eeheâ keâer Meg™Deele99. Who introduced the "Doctrine of Lapse" to

expand British territories in India?

Yeejle ceW efyeÇefšMe meeceüepÙe keâes hewâueeves kesâ GösMÙe mes efkeâmeves‘‘[e@keäš^erve Dee@heâ uewhme ‘‘efmeæeble ueeiet efkeâÙee Lee?(a) Lord Hastings (b) Lord Wellesley

(c) Lord William Bentinck (d) Lord Dalhousie

100. Who was the reformer of oppressed andbackward classes?

oefuele Deewj efheÚÌ[s JeieeX kesâ megOeejkeâ keâewve Les?(a) Dayanand Saraswati (b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

(c) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar (d) Mahatma Gandhi

101. What was the Wood's Despatch about?

Jeg[ keâe ef[mhewÛe efkeâmekesâ yeejs ceW Lee?(a) Industry (b) Army

(c) Education (d) Agriculture

102. Khilafat Movement was connected with whichof the following?

efKeueeheâle Deeboesueve keâe mebyebOe efkeâmemes Lee?(a) Turkey (b) Egypt

(c) Saudi Arabia (d) Iran

103. Which of the following institutions was notfounded by Mahatma Gandhi?

efvecveefueefKele ceW mes efkeâme mebmLee keâer mLeehevee cenelcee ieeBOeer ves veneRkeâer Leer?(a) Sabarmati Ashram (b) Sevagram Ashram

(c) Vishwa Bharti (d) Phoenix Ashram

104. Who among the following did Gandhiji regardas his political Guru?

efvecveefueefKele ceW mes efkeâmes ieeBOeerpeer Dehevee jepeveweflekeâ ieg™ ceeveles Les?(a) Mahadev Desai (b) Dayanand Saraswati

(c) Acharya narendra Dev (d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

105. Who presided over the first session of theIndian National Congress?

YeejleerÙe je<š^erÙe keâeb«esme kesâ ØeLece me$e keâer DeOÙe#elee efkeâmeves keâer?(a) A.O. Hume (b) Surendranath Banerjee

(c) W.C. Banerjee (d) Badruddin Tayyabji

106. Which one of the following party was foundedby Subhash Chandra Bose?

megYee<e Ûevõ yeesme ves efvecveefueefKele ceW mes efkeâme heešea keâer mLeehevee keâerLeer?(a) Abhinav Bharat (b) Azad Hind Sena

(c) Revolutionary Army (d) Forward Block

107. Which one of the following papers was editedby Gandhiji in South Africa?

efvecveefueefKele ceW mes efkeâme DeKeyeej keâe ieeBOeer peer ves oef#eCe DeøeâerkeâeceW mebheeove efkeâÙee?(a) Indian Opinion (b) Harijan

(c) Young India (d) Indian Mirror

108. General Dyer, who was responsible forJallinwalan Bagh massacre, was shot dead by?

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pevejue [e@Ùej, pees peefueÙeeBJeeuee yeeie vejmebnej keâe oes<eer Lee,efkeâmekesâ Éeje ceeje ieÙee Lee?(a) hasrat Mohini (b) Vir Savarkar

(c) Udham Singh (d) Jatin Das

109. During the period of which GovernorGeneral/Viceroy was the Indian Civil Serviceintroduced?

YeejleerÙe efmeefJeue mesJee efkeâme ieJeve&j pevejue/JeeÙemejeÙe kesâ Meemevekesâ oewjeve DeejbYe keâer ieF& Leer?(a) Dalhousie (b) Curzon

(c) Bentick (d) Cornwallis

110. 'Do or Die' is associated with which f themovements in India's freedom struggle?

YeejleerÙe mJeleb$elee meb«eece ceW ‘keâjes Ùee cejes’ keâe veeje efkeâmeDeevoesueve mes pegÌ[e nw?(a) Dandi March

(b) Non-Cooperation Movement

(c) Khilafat Movement

(d) Quit India Movement

111. Who was responsible for the integration ofprincely states into the Indian Union afterIndependence?

mlev$elee kesâ yeeo efjÙeemeleeW keâe Yeejle mebIe ceW SkeâerkeâjCe keâjves kesâefueS keâewve efpeccesoej Les?

(a) Sri Rajagopalachari (b) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru

(c) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

(d) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

112. Quit India Movement was launched byMahatma Gandhi in _____.

cenelcee ieeBOeer Éeje Yeejle ÚesÌ[es Deeboesueve keâe ØeejbYe Je<e& ........ ceWefkeâÙee ieÙee Lee~(a) 1885 (b) 1942 (c) 1947 (d) 1939

113. Which Freedom Fighter addressed MahatmaGandhi as "Father of the Nation" for is the 1sttime?

efkeâme mJeleb$elee mesveeveer ves cenelcee ieeBOeer keâes henueer yeej‘‘je<š^efhelee’’ keânkeâj mebyeesefOele efkeâÙee Lee?(a) Jawaharlal Nehru

(b) Subhash Chandra Bose

(c) Sarojini Naidu

(d) Chandra Shekhar Azad

114. Where was Mahatma Gandhi born?

cenelcee ieeBOeer keâe pevce keâneB ngDee Lee?(a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Assam

(c) Rajasthan (d) Gujarat

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n answer key

1. (c) 2. (a) 3. (a) 4. (d) 5. (a) 6. (d) 7. (a) 8. (b) 9. (b) 10. (c)

11. (b) 12. (c) 13. (d) 14. (a) 15. (b) 16. (a) 17. (d) 18. (a) 19. (a) 20. (d)

21. (c) 22. (a) 23. (b) 24. (a) 25. (a) 26. (a) 27. (b) 28. (d) 29. (c) 30. (a)

31. (c) 32. (c) 33. (b) 34. (d) 35. (d) 36. (a) 37. (c) 38. (c) 39. (a) 40. (c)

41. (d) 42. (c) 43. (d) 44. (c) 45. (d) 46. (d) 47. (d) 48. (a) 49. (b) 50. (a)

51. (a) 52. (b) 53. (c) 54. (d) 55. (a) 56. (c) 57. (d) 58. (a) 59. (b) 60. (a)

61. (d) 62. (b) 63. (b) 64. (a) 65. (a) 66. (b) 67. (b) 68. (c) 69. (d) 70. (d)

71. (b) 72. (b) 73. (b) 74. (c) 75. (d) 76. (a) 77. (a) 78. (b) 79. (c) 80. (b)

81. (b) 82. (c) 83. (c) 84. (a) 85. (d) 86. (a) 87. (b) 88. (d) 89. (b) 90. (c)

91. (a) 92. (d) 93. (d) 94. (b) 95. (b) 96. (d) 97. (d) 98. (b) 99. (d) 100. (c)

101. (c) 102. (a) 103. (c) 104. (d) 105. (c) 106. (d) 107. (a) 108. (c) 109. (d) 110. (d)

111. (c) 112. (b) 113. (b) 114. (d)

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