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MOURYA DYNASTY

Objective General Knowledge

Q.Seleucus Nicator was defeated by

1Asoka

2Bindusara

3Chandragupta Maurya

4Brihadratha

Ans:3

Q.The striking feature of the Indus Valley Civilisation was

1Mesolithic Civilisation

2Urban Civilisation

3Paleolithic Civilisation

4Agrarian Civilisation

Ans:2

Q.The famous Bhakti Saint who belonged to the royal family of Mewar was

1Meerabai

2Ramabai

3Chaitanya

4Andal

Ans:1

Q.After Alexander's death the Eastern part of his empire came under

1Kanishka

2Menander

3Rudradaman

4Seleucus Nicator

Ans:4

Q.Who among the following was the Finance Minister of India in the Interim Government during 1946-47?

1R.K. Shanmukham Chetty

2John Mathai

3Liaquat Ali Khan

4Chintamanrao Deshmukh

Ans:3

Q.The Indian king who opposed Alexander was

1Porus

2Ambhi

3Chandragupta

4Dhanananda

Ans:1

Q.Who was the last king of the Maurya dynasty?

1Asoka

2Brihadratha

3Chandragupta II

4Pushyamitra Sunga

Ans:2

Q.The first medieval ruler to propound the divine theory of kingship was -

1Balban

2Iltutmish

3Ala-ud-din Khalji

4Firuz Tughluq

Ans:1

Q.Who of the following became a member of the 'Din-i-Ilahi'?

1Todar Mal

2Man Sing

3Tansen

4Birbal

Ans:4

Q.Who introduced the 'Subsidiary Alliance'?

1Ripon

2Minto

3Wellesley

4Dalhousie

Ans:3

.In which year Muslim League first gave the call for a separate State of Pakistan?

11939

21940

31941

41942

Ans:2

Q.During whose reign did Chengiz Khan attack India's borders in pursuit of Jalaluddin?

1Iltutmish

2Qutb-ud-din Aibak

3Nasiruddin Khusrau

4Balban

Ans:1

Q.The four "Mathas" (Shrines) at Sringeri, Badrinath, Dwarka and Puri were founded by

1Ashoka

2Ramanuja

3Madhava Vidyaranya

4Adi Shankaracharya

Ans:4

Q.Pulakesin II, the Chalukya ruler, deteated Harshavardhana on the banks of the river

1Mahanadi

2Tapti

3Narmada

4Godavari

Ans:3

Q.The first Europeans to visit India were the

1Portuguese

2Spanish

3English

4Dansih

Ans:1

Q.Chandragupta Maurya was converted to Jainism due to the influence of

1Kautilya

2Upagupta

3Bhadrabahu

4Gajabahu

Ans:2

Q.Who among the following came to the Mughal Court as the official agent of James I of England?

1Captain John

2William Hawkins

3Thomas Best

4Sir Thomas Roe

Ans:4

Q.The influence of which school of paintings is evident in the paintings of the Mughal Court?

1Mongolian

2Persian

3Greek

4Chinese

Ans:2

Q.Kanishka started an era known as

1Gupta Era

2Vikrama Era

3Saka Era

4Magadha Era

Ans:3

Q.Mathematical and Astronomical Sciences were largely advanced during the Gupta Period by

1Bhasa

2Aryabhatta

3Bhaskara

4Ramanuja

Ans:2

Q.Who among the following created the Khalsa Panth?

1Guru Teg Bahadur

2Guru Hargobind

3Guru Gobind Singh

4Guru Arjan Dev

Ans:3

Q.Who among the following had founded the Theosophical Society in the United States of America?

1Swami Dayanand Saraswati

2Lala Hardayal

3Madame Blavatsky

4Madame Cama

Ans:3

Q.In which one of the following cities was the East India Association founded by Dadabhai Naoroji in 1866?

1Tokyo

2London

3Paris

4New York

Ans:2

Q.In which one of the following Sessions was the Indian National Congress split into Moderates and Extremists?

1Calcutta

2Nagpur

3Surat

4Allahabad

Ans:3

Q.After 1857, who among the following announced, at a Darbar at Allahabad, the assumption of the Government of India by the Sovereign of Great Britain?

1Sir John Lawrence

2Lord Mayo

3Lord Northbrook

4Lord Canning

Ans:1

Q.During whose reign did the Gandharv School of Art develop?

1Chandragupta

2Harsha

3Ashoka

4Kanishka

Ans:3

Q.Which one of the following was the last Buddhist text produced in India?

1Vajrachedika

2Vamsathapakasini

3Divya Vandana

4Dohakosa

Ans:1

Q.Arthasastra was written by -

1Kalhan

2Kautilya

3Pushyamitra

4Barah Mihir

Ans:2

Q.Who translated Ramayana into Persian?

1Isar Das

2Abdul Latif

3Abul Fazl

4Badauni

Ans:3

Q.Which one of the following was the first English ship that came to India?

1Bengal

2Red Dragon

3Mayflower

4Elizabeth

Ans:4

Q.The All India Muslim League was founded by -

1Mohammad Ali Jinnah

2Hakim Ajmal Khan

3Maulana Ahmed Ali

4Agha Khan

Ans:4

Q.Relics of Buddha are preserved in a

1Temple

2Vihara

3Stupa

4Chaitya

Ans:3

Q.The first Muslim invasion of India was led by

1Mohammad bin Kasim

2Mohammad Ghori

3Mahmud Ghazni

4Timura Lame

Ans:1

Q.Sculptures of the Gandhara school reflect the influence of the

1Persians

2Romans

3Chinese

4Greeks

Ans:4

Q.The famous ruler of ancient India, who, towards the end of his life, is said to have converted to Jainism,

1Chandragupta

2Ashoka

3Bindusara

4Samudra Gupta

Ans:1

Q.The Indus Valley people established commercial contacts with the

1Romans

2Egyptians

3Greeks

4Central Americans

Ans:2

Q.Which among the followings was a great centre of trade and commerce in the Gupta period?

1Mathura

2Taxila

3Vatapi

4Tamralipti

Ans:1

Q.Who was the founder of the Khalsa?

1Guru Nanak

2Guru Teg Bahadur

3Guru Gobind Singh

4Harcharan Singh Longowal

Ans:3

Q.Which of the following Movements was started by the Indian National Congress during the course of the Second World War and formed part of our freedom struggle?

1Swadeshi

2Quit India

3Civil Disobedience

4Home Rule

Ans:2

Q.The Governor-General of Fort William became the Governor-General of India under the Charter Act of

11833

21781

31973

41813

Q.Where did Buddha attain Parinirvana?

1Rajgriha

2Kushinagara

3Vaishali

4Bodh Gaya

Ans:2

Q.Madura was the capital of the Kingdom of the

1Pallavas

2Cholas

3Rashtrakutas

4Pandyas

Ans:4

Q.Permanent Settlement of Bengal was introduced by

1Lord Dalhousie

2Lord William Bentinck

3Robert Clive

4Lord Cornwallis

Ans:4

Q.Namdeva hailed from the state of

1Maharashtra

2Andhra Pradesh

3Tamil Nadu

4Karnataka

Ans:1

Q.Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khana lived during the reign of

1Jehangir

2Shahjahan

3Aurangzeb

4Akbar

Ans:4

Q.Who among the British Generals defeated Peshwa Baji Rao II?

1Malcolm

2Kitchener

3Elphinstone

4Outram

Ans:1

Q.Who among the following authored "Hind Swaraj"?

1Bal Gangadhar Tilak

2M.G.Ranade

3Mahatma Gandhi

4Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Ans:3

Q.The Indian national calendar is based on

1Vikram era

2Hijri era

3Saka era

4Christian era

Ans:3

Q.Safdarjung tomb was built by:

1Aurangzeb

2Muhammad bin Tughlaq

3Humayun

4Shauja-ud-Daula

Ans:4

Q.The first ruler responsible for the rise of Magadha was

1Bimbisara

2Bindusara

3Ajatashatru

4Vasudeva

Ans:1

Q.Who among the following was the first sovereign Sultan of Delhi?

1Iltutmish

2Balban

3Alauddin Khalji

4Qutbuddin Aibak

Ans:4

Q.Who amongst the following made it possible for the Indians to enter the Indian Civil Services through an open competitive examination?

1Ripon

2Mayo

3Dalhousie

4William Bentinck

Ans:3

Q.Which one of the following was a journal brought out by Abul Kalam Azad?

1Al-Hilal

2Comrade

3Zamindar

4The Indian Sociologist

Ans:1

Q.Tenth Guru of Sikhs was

1Guru Arjan Dev

2Guru Nanak

3Guru Teg Bahadur

4Guru Govind Singh

Ans:4

Q.Gandhiji organised 'Dandi March' in 1930 to protest against

1Imposition of tax on Salt

2Atrocities on Minority

3Atrocities on the Harijans

4Communal Award

Ans:1

Q.Who was the guru of Kabir?

1Ramanuja

2Ramananda

3Namadeva

4None of these

Ans:2

Q.Who had proposed partyless democracy in India?

1S.A.Dange

2Jayaprakash Narayan

3Mahatma Gandhi

4Vinoba Bhave

Ans:2

Q.The Civil Disobedience Movement was launched by Mahatma Gandhi in

11930

21928

31922

41931

Ans:1

Q.Fa-hien visited India during the reign of

1Kumaragupta

2Ramagupta

3Samudragupta

4Chandragupta II

Ans:4

Q.At which place in Bengal was the East India Company given permission to trade and build a factory by the Mughals in 1651?

1Singur

2Cassim Bazar

3Burdwan

4Calcutta

Ans:2

Q.Which Sikh Guru called himself the 'Sachcha Badshah'?

1Guru Hargovind

2Guru Gobind Singh

3Guru Teg Bahadur

4Guru Arjan Dev

Ans:1

Q.Who gave the slogan "Inquilab Zindabad"?

1Iqbal

2Subhash Chandra Bose

3Bhagat Singh

4Chandrashekhar Azad

Ans:3

Q.The synagogue is generally

1Jewish House of Prayer

2The Parsi temple

3A place

4An epic

Ans:1

Q.Which newspaper was started by Lokmanya Balgangadhar Tilak to serve the cause of India's freedom struggle?

1Kesari

2Gadar

3Free Hindustan

4Swadesh Mitra

Ans:1

Q.The writer of the book 'India's Second Freedom' is -

1Soli Sorabji

2Loknayak Jaiprakash Narain

3Lalkrishna Advani

4Atal Behari Bajpai

Ans:2

Q.Four Mathas established by Adi Shankaracharya are-

1Joshimath, Dwarka, Puri, Sringeri

2Sringeri, Dwarka, Joshimath, Prayag

3Dwarka, Joshimath, Prayag, Kanchi

4Puri, Sringeri, Dwarka, Varanasi

Ans:1

Q.What lis 'KAABA'?

1Hindu Shrine

2Jew's Shrine

3Muslim Shrine

4None of the above

Ans:3

Q.Who is credited with introducing the beans and potatos in Bhagirathi valley?

1Wilson

2Ram Brahmachari

3Henry

4Maharaja Sudarshan Shah

Ans:1

Q.When the Reserve Bank of India was established?

11935

21920

31930

41940

Ans:1

Q.The red coloured human figures engraved on the Lakhuodyar near Almora belongs to -

1Vedic period

2Kushan period

3Stone age

4Chand period

Ans:3

Q.The call for 'Quit India Movement' against Britishers was given in-

11942

21940

31946

41936

Ans:1

Q.Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place in the city-

1Meerut

2Agra

3Amritsar

4Lahore

Ans:3

Q.Which dynasty did not rule over North India?

1Mauryas

2Guptas

3Rajputs

4Chalukyas

Ans:4

Q.The Battle of Haldighati was fought in -

11756 AD

21576 AD

31756 BC

41576 BC

Ans:2

Q.The revolutionary woman who led the revolution of 1857 in Oudh was -

1Lakshmibai

2Ahilyabai

3Aruna Asaf Ali

4Begum Hazrat Mahal

Ans:4

Q.The proof of burying the dog with human body at which of the following places?

1Burjhom

2Koldihava

3Chaupani

4Mando

Ans:1

Q.Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru were sentenced to death in -

1Alipur conspiracy case

2Lahore conspiracy case

3Kakori conspiracy case

4Kanpur conspiracy case

Ans:2

Q.At the time of gaining of Independence, the President of 'Indian National Congress' was -

1J.B. Kriplani

2Jawaharlal Nehru

3Rajendra Prasad

4Sardar Patel

Ans:1

Q.Which extremist leader of the freedom movement was given 6 years jail punishment in 1908?

1Bipin Chandra Pal

2Balgangadhar Tilak

3Lala Lajpat Rai

4Arbind Ghosh

Ans:2

Q.The most famous centre of learning during Maurya period was -

1Taxila

2Ujjain

3Nalanda

4Vallabhi

Ans:1

Q.The famous Buddhist scholar Aswaghosh was a contemporary of -

1Ashoka

2Nagarjuna

3Kanishka

4Harsha

Ans:3

Q.Which Viceroy was assassinated during his tenure?

1Lord Mayo

2Lord Curzon

3Lord Rippon

4Lord Wellesley

Ans:1

Q.Famous Cave temples of Elephanta are ascribed to -

1Chalukyas

2Cholas

3Pallavas

4Rashtrakoots

Ans:4

Q.When was Bengal re-united due to the protests by Indians?

11905

21911

31947

41971

Ans:2

Q.Who is the writer of 'Humayun-Nama'?

1Zebunnisa

2Jahanara

3Gulbadan Begum

4Roshanara

Ans:3

Q.Leelawati, a treatise on Mathematics, was written by-

1Ramanuj

2Kautilya

3Amartya Sen

4Bhaskaracharya

Ans:4

Q.Who was the founder of 'Servants of India Society'?

1Madan Mohan Malviya

2Sarojini Naidu

3Justice Ranade

4Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Ans:4

Q.The Muslim League passed a resolution demanding partition of India in its session held at-

1Lahore

2Karachi

3Allahabad

4Dhaka

Ans:1

Q.Bombay was taken over by the English India Company from-

1The Dutch

2The French

3The Danish

4The Portuguese

Ans:4

Q.The first Political Organization established in India in 1838 was known as -

1British India Society

2Bengal British India Society

3Settlers Association

4Zamindari Association

Ans:4

Q.The battle field of Plassey is situated in -

1Bihar

2Andhra Pradesh

3Orissa

4West Bengal

Ans:4

Q.Which of the following is the oldest Veda?

1Samveda

2Yajurveda

3Rigveda

4Atharvaveda

Ans:3

Q.The famous historian who visited India with Mahmud Ghazni was -

1Ferishta

2Al-Beruni

3Afif

4Ibn Batuta

Ans:2

Q.Who was defeated in the battle of Khanva?

1Rana Pratap

2Hemu

3Rana Sanga

4Allauddin Khilji

Ans:3

Q.Where is Lothal situated?

1Gujarat

2Rajasthan

3Pakistan

4Haryana

Ans:1

Q.From which district of Uttarakhand State 'Chipko Movement' organised?

1Chamoli

2Uttarkashi

3Tehri Garhwal

4Pauri-Garhwal

Ans:1

Q.Indian Broadcasting Service was renamed in 1936 as

1Akashwani

2Nabhowani

3Doorwani

4All India Ratio

Ans:4

Q.Who among the following started the newspaperShome Prakash?

1Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

2Raja Rammohun Roy

3Dayanand Saraswati

4Surendranath Banerjee

Ans:1

Q.Where is the famous Vijaya Vittala temple having its 56 carved pillars emitting notes located?

1Belur

2Srirangam

3Bhadrachalam

4Hampi

Ans:4

Q.Who was the first woman Governor of an Indian State?

1Sushila Nayar

2Sucheta Kriplani

3Sarojini Naidu

4Sulochan Modi

Ans:3

Q.Where are the Dilwara Temples located?

1Shravanabelagola

2Parasnath Hills

3Indore

4Mt. Abu

Ans:4

Q.Who is the first Indian lady to preside over the Congress?

1Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur

2Annie Besant

3Amrita Sher Gill

4Vijayalakshmi Pandit

Ans:2

Q.Who among the following formed a party named as 'Forward Bloc'?

1Subhash Chandra Bose

2Sardar Bhagat Singh

3Chandrashekhar Azad

4Jawaharlal Nehru

Ans:1

Q.Paper currency established in 1949 in India in -

11862

21542

31601

41880

Ans:1

Q.Which of the statements given below about the Champaran Satyagraha is/are correct?1. It was related to Indigo plantations.2. It started because the European planters oppressed the Zamindars.Select the correct answer using the code given below:

1Both 1 and 2

22 only

31 only

4Neither 1 nor 2

Ans:3

Q.Which one among the following statements appropriately defines the term 'drain theory' as propounded by Dadabhai Naoroji in his work 'Poverty and un-British Rule in India'?

1That the resources of India were being utilised in the interest of Britain

2That a part of India's national wealth or total annual product was being exported to Britain for which India got no material returns

3That the British industrialists were being given an opportunity to invest in India under the protection of the imperial power

4That the British goods were being imported to India making the country poorer day by day

Ans:1

Q.Which among the following was the most immediate factor for the spread of Swadeshi and boycott of foreign goods during the first decade of the last century?

1Curzon's plan to curb the growing popularity of the Indian National Congress

2Curzon's design to curtail the sphere of local self-government

3Curzon's attempt to control the Universities

4Curzon's partition of Bengal

Ans:4

Q.Which of the following statements regarding Permanent Settlement is/are correct?1. The Permanent Settlement was introduced in parts of the Madras and Bombay Presidencies.2. The Permanent Settlement created a new class of landlords with hereditary rights on land3. The landlords created by the Permanent Settlement could never be removed under any circumstance.Select the correct answer using the code given below.

12 only

21 only

32 and 3 only

41, 2 and 3

Ans:1

Q.Gandhiji led the Indian nationalist movement from the front and his leadership was motivated by a wider philosophy he nurtured throughout the course of the movement. Which one among the following was a continuous movement based on this philosophy, and not a specific movement?

1Non-cooperation Movement

2Swadeshi Movement

3Quit India Movement

4Civil Disobedience Movement

Ans:1

Q.The Jainas believe that Jainism is the outcome of the teachings of twenty-four Tirthankaras. In the light of this statement, which one among the following is correct of Vardhamana Mahavira?

1He was not one of the twenty four Tirthankaras

2He was the first Tirthankara and the founder of Jainism

3He was the twenty-third Tirthankara, the first twenty-fourth Tirthankaras being considered legendary

4He was the last land and twenty-fourth Tirthankara, who was not considered as the founder of the new faith but as a reformer of the existing religious sect

Ans:4

Q.The earliest Buddhist literature which deal with the stories of the various birth of Buddha are

1Sutta pitakas

2Venaya pitakas

3Jatakas

4Abhidhamma pitakas

Ans:3

Q.Which one among the following is not a characteristic of Rig-Vedic Aryans?

1They were acquainted with the use of copper and the modern ploughshare

2They were acquainted with horses, chariots and the use of bronze

3They were acquainted with the cow, which formed the most important from of wealth

4They were acquainted with the use of iron.

Ans:4

Q.The first effort at drafting a Dominion Status Constitution for India was made in response to the

1Montague-Chelmsford Reforms

2Minto-Morley Reforms

3Simon Commission

4First Round Table Conference

Ans:3

Q.The Constituent Assembly of India was chosen on the basis of the provincial elections of 1941. With the withdrawal of the Muslim League from the Constituent Assembly, it turned out that majority of the Assembly members were also members of the Congress. Under that circumstance, how was the Constituent Assembly given a broader social basis?

1By nominating independent members of different castes, groups and women and also by taking in repres

2By nomination independent members from various minority groups

3By nominating independent members from various caste and religious groups

4By taking in representatives of the princely states and asking for written submission from the public at large

Ans:4

Q.What was the"privy purse"in the context of the history of Modern India?

1A purse given by the government of India to dignitaries for service rendered

2A purse given Privately by one organisation to another

3A grant given by the Government of India to the erstwhile Princes of India

4A gift given by an erstwhile Prince of India to the Government of India

Ans:3

Q.Which one among the following was a reason for which the French could not succeed in India in the 18th Century?

1Dupleix was called back at a crucial time

2They sided with the weak Indian sides such as Chanda Sahib and Muzafar Jang

3They conspired against the Indian powers

4Their trading company was heavily dependent on the French Government

Ans:1

Q.Which one of the following was the result of the First Anglo-Maratha War of 1775-82?

1It helped Hyder Ali to gather strength because the British and Marathas were engaged in a mutual war

2The British won the war

3The Marathas won the war

4There was no victory for either side

Ans:4

Q.Consider the following statements1.'Jana Gana Mana' the country's national anthem was first sung by Sarla Devi Choudhrani, a century ago at the 1911 Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.2. It was penned by famous Bengali author Bankim Chandra Chatarjee on his book 'Ananda Math'.3. Originally written in Bengali and was adopted in its hindi version by the Constituent Assembly as it National Anthem of India on January 24th,19504. The complete song consists of five stanza

11,3 and 4 only

22 and 3 only

3All of them

4None of them

Ans:1

Q.Which one among the following pairs is correctly matched?

1The Battle of Chausa: Defeat of Humayun by Sher Shah

2The Second Battle of Tarain: Defeat of Jaichand of Kanauj by Muhammad of Ghur

3The First Battle of Panipat: Defeat of Sikandar Lodi by babur

4The Battle of Khanwa: Defeat of Rana Pratap by Akbar

Ans:1

Q.Which one of the following statements about the teachings of Kabir is not correct?

1He was not against pilgrimage and idol worship

2He believed in universal love

3He emphasised on one God and the spread of devotionalism

4He did not consider it necessary to abandon the normal life of a householder

Ans:1

Q.Consider the following passage and identify the three tribal principalities referred to therein using the code given below:In the early history of the far south in India, three tribal principalities are mentioned in Ashokan inscriptions of the third century BC and in Kharavela inscription of the first century BC.

1Cholas, Pandyas and Cheras

2Vakatakas, Cholas and Satvahanas

3Ikshvakus, Vakatakas and Pandyas

4Pallavas, Cholas and Pandyas

Ans:1

Q.Consider the following statements and identify with the help of the code given below the person who made the statement:"It would be quite impossible for a few hundred British to administer against the active apposition of the whole of the politically minded of the population".

1Clement Attlee in January 1947 in a private letter addressed to Ernest Bevin

2Jawaharlal Nehru in April 1947 in an address to Congressmen at Lucknow

3Lord Mountbatten in December 1946 in a note given to British Parliament

4Viceroy Wavell in January 1946 in a letter to Secretary of State

Ans:1

Q.Which one among the following was part of Gandhi-Irwin Agreement of 1931?

1Release of political prisoners excepting those guilty of arson and violence

2Stern action against policemen guilty of brutal assault on Satyagrahis

3Nehru to represent Congress at the Round Table Conference of 1931

4Deletion of communal question from the agenda of the Conference

Ans:1

Q.Which one among the following statements regarding the social and religious reform ideas of Raja Rammohun Roy is not correct?

1His Vedantic monism was strengthened after 1815 since an exposure to Christian Unitarianism

2He paid attention exclusively to the problems/issues of the emerging middle class of India

3His efforts led to the formation of Brahmo Samaj in 1828

4He considered different religions as embodiments of universal theism

Ans:1

Q.The interest of the Vijayanagar and Bahmani rulers clashed in three separate and distinct area in Deccan. Which one among the following was not directly associated with this intense conflict?

1Kaveri interior delta

2Tungabhadra doab

3Krishna-Godavari delta/basin

4Marathawada country

Ans:1

Q.Which one among the following was not a reform measure carried out by Mahmud Gawan of Bahmani Kingdom?

1Lands were measured and land taxes were fixed on that basis

2The Kingdom was divided into eight provinces or Tarafs

3Nobles were paid salaries and were asked to maintain contingents of horses

4A tract of land, Khalisa, was set apart for the expenses of the Tarafdar

Ans:1

Q.Which of the following statements about Fourth Anglo-Mysore War are correct?1. The Madras Council suggested a policy of rigorous and intense attack on Mysore.2. Lord Wellesley tried to revive the Triple Alliance.3. Tipu sent emissaries to Arabia, Versailles, Mauritius and Kabul enlisting support against the English.4. The War was of a very short duration though decisive Select the correct answer using the code given below: Code:

12, 3 and 4

21, 3 and 4

32 and 4 only

41 and 3 only

Ans:1

Q.Which of the following statements regarding the American Revolution is/are correct?1. The American Revolution was a conflict between British settlers and native Americans2. The Americans refused to pay taxes imposed by the British Parliament in which the Americans had no representationSelect the correct answer using the code given below: Code:

1Both 1 and 2

2i only

32 only

4Neither 1 nor 2

Ans:1

Q.Which one among the following statements about Ashokan Edicts is correct?

1The subject of inscribed matter on Rock Edicts differs completely with that of the Pillar Edicts

2The Pillar Edicts were located in all parts of the empire

3The Edicts give details of his personal concerns but are silent on events of the empire

4The Greek or Aramaic Edicts are versions or translations of the texts used in other Edicts

Ans:1

Q.Which among the following statements regarding Lord Ripon's plan for local self-government in India is/are correct?1. The district should be the maximum area served by the one Committee or Local Board.2. The Local Boards should consist of a large majority of nominated official members and be presided over by an official member as Chairman.Select the correct answer using the code given below:

1Both 1 and 2

21 only

32 only

4Neither 1 nor 2

Ans:1

Q.Who among the following was associated with Velevt Revolution?

1Vaclav Havel

2Kim Jong-il

3Wangari Mathai

4None of the above

Ans:1

Q.Consider the following statements and identify the author of the statements using the code given below:"I shall work for an India in which the poorest shall feel that it is their country, in whose making they have an effective voice, an India in which there shall be no high class and low class of people, an India in which all communities shall live in perfect harmony."

1Mahatma Gandhi

2Baba Saheb Ambedkar

3Pt.Jawaharlal Nehru

4Gurudev Tagore

Ans:1

Q.The 'Bombay Plan' drafted by G.D. Birla and J.R.D. Tata emphasised:

1that the economy should be left to the dynamic investments by the private sector in heavy industries etc.

2the public sector investment in infrastructure and heavy industries.

3annual planning

4that the private sector should foot the bill for intensive and low return investments in the industr

Ans:2

Q.Consider the following statements:1. The Buddhist in Deccan excavated rock-cut Chaityas and the Vaishnavas, Shaivas and Jainas imitated these in later centuries.2. The Vaishnavas, Shaivas and Jainas excavated temples at sites far distant from rock-cut Chaityas.Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

11 only

22 only

3Both 1 and 2

4Neither 1 nor 2

Ans:1

Q.Consider the following statements:1. The Champaran Satyagraha marked Gandhiji's second appearance in Indian politics as a leader of the masses.2. The Champaran Satyagraha was launched to address the problems faced by Indigo plantation workers.Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

11 only

22 only

3Both 1 and 2

4Neither 1 nor 2

Ans:2

Q.Consider the following statements:1. Charles Wood's Despatch of 1854 laid exclusive emphasis on the development of higher education in India and neglected primary and secondary education.2. The Carlyle Circular issued by R.W.Carlyle sought to check the spread of revolutionary activities in educational institutions.Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

11 only

22 only

3Both 1 and 2

4Neither 1 nor 2

Ans:2

Q.Consider the following statements about Gandhiji's thinking on environment:1. His environmental thinking is rooted in his larger philosophical and moral thinking2. He preferred sustainable environmental practices to nourish the soil and the natural world.3. He laid emphasis on the rigorous ethic of non-injury in our treatment of animals.Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

11 only

21 and 2 only

31, 2 and 3

42 and 3 only

Ans:3

Q.Which one among the following statements is not correct?

1Gandhara School of Act owed its origin to the Indo-Greek rulers but the real patrons of the school were the Kushans, especially Kanishka

2Rich carving, elaborate ornamentations and complex symbolism were not the main features of the Gandhara sculpture

3The Graeco-Roman architectural impact modified the structure of Buddhist Stupas

4The artists of the Amravati School of Arts mainly used white marble

Ans:4

Q.Consider he following declaration and identify the person who made it using the code given below:'The time has come when badges of honour make our shame glaring in their incongruous context of humiliation, and, I, for my part, wish to stand shorn of all special distinction, by the side or my countrymen who, for their so-called insignificance are liable to suffer degradation not fit for human beings'Code:

1Mahatma Gandhi

2Jawaharlal Nehru

3Dadabhai Naoroji

4Rabindranath Tagore

Ans:4

Q.Consider the following statements:'We believe that it is the inalienable right of the Indian people as of any other people, to have freedom and to enjoy the fruits of their toil and have the necessities of life so that they may have full opportunities of growth'.Identify the correct context of this statements from below:

1Pledge of independence to publicly taken all over India on 26 January 1930

2Preamble of the Constitution of India adopted in 1950.

3Congress Working Committee Resolution adopted at the Special Calcutta Congress in 1920

4Part of Speech delivered by Subhash Bose at the launch of Azad Hind Fauj

Ans:1

Q.The Iron Pillar near Qutub Minar draws attention of scientists due to its -

1Rustlessness

2Antiquity

3Glitter

4Hardness

Ans:1

Q.The Kamraj Plan was a plan formulated in 1963 by the then-

1Union Cabinet Minister, whereby a new constitution for the Indian National Congress was proposed

2Chief Minister of Madras, whereby the senior ministers were asked to leave government and work to rejuvenate the party

3Chief Minister of Madras, whereby a new set of principles for accepting donations for the party work was proposed

4Chief Minister of Madras to root out corruption from India

Ans:2

Q.Which one among the following was not a possible reason for the success of Nadir Shah's military campaign in Delhi?

1Weak Mughal Emperor

2Lack of strong defence in the North-West Frontier

3Late preparation for the defence of Delhi

4Use of superior military technology by the invading army

Ans:4

Q.Which one among the following was not true about the Kerala king Martanda Varma?

1He ruled over Travancore

2He subdued the feudatories

3He gave heavy bribes to the European officers to maintain peace

4He organized a strong modern army

Ans:3

Q.Which of the following was/were reason/reasons fir the success of European trading companies in South India during the 17th Century?1. The presence of the Mughals in the South was not as much as in the North2. the Vijaya Nagar kingdom had been overthrown in the late 16th Century3. The South had many small and weak statesSelect the correct answer using the code given below-

11, 2 and 3

21 and 2 only

32 and 3 only

41 only

Ans:1

Q.Which one among the following was a reason for which the French could not succeed in India in the 18th Century?

1They sided with the weak Indian sides such as Chanda Sahib and Muzaffar Jang

2Dupleix was called back at a crucial time

3Their trading company was heavily dependent on the French Government

4They conspired against the Indian powers

Ans:4

Q.Which one among the following was the result of the First Anglo-Maratha War of 1775-82?

1The British won the war

2The Maratha won the war

3There was no victory for either side

4It helped Hyder Ali to gather strength because the British and Marathas were engaged in a mutual war

Ans:3

Q.Which one among the following is correct about the Doctrine of Lapse?

1It did not allow the Indian rulers to adopt any heir

2It did not allow an adopted heir to rule a state after the death of the ruler

3It made the annexation of Indian state compulsory after a death of a ruler

4It made the annexation of India state compulsory if the adoption of heir had not been approved by the British authorities.

Ans:4

Q.In 1856 Awadh would not have been annexed with the British Empire if the Nawab of Awadh had -

1allied with the British

2not refused to introduce reforms as suggested by the British

3fought against the British

4a natural heir

Ans:2

Q.During the freedom struggle, Aruna Asaf Ali was a major woman organiser of underground activity in

1Quit India Movement

2Civil Disobedience Movement

3Non-Cooperation Movement

4Swadeshi Movement

Ans:1

Q.Who among the following Prime Ministers sent Cripps Mission to India?

1Winston Churchill

2James Ramsay McDonald

3Neville Chamberlain

4Stanley Baldwin

Ans:1

Q.The Buddha delivered his first sermon, known as "Turning of the wheel of law' at?

1Sarnath

2Sanchi

3Bodh Gaya

4Sravasti

Ans:1

Q.Which one of the following newspapers had been edited by Gandhiji?

1Maratha

2Gujarat Times

3Navjeevan

4Jan Satta

Ans:3

Q.Coins made of metal first appeared in

1Harappan Civilisation

2Age of the Buddha

3Age of the Mauryas

4Later Vedic age

Ans:4

Q.The Chola kings were ruling over

1Kerala

2Bengal

3Andhra

4Tamil Nadu

Ans:4

Q.The Aryans succeeded in their conflicts with the pre-Aryans because

1they were taller and stronger

2they used elephants on a large scale

3they used chariots driven by horses

4they were from an advanced urban culture.

Ans:3

Q.Which battle did open the Delhi are to Muhammad Ghori?

1First Battle of Tarain

2Battle of Khanwa

3Second Battle of Tarain

4First battle of PAnipat

Ans:3

Q.Who was against the abolition of Sati?

1B.G.Tilak

2B.C.Pal

3Radha Kant Deb

4Ram Mohan Roy

Ans:3

Q.Chand Bibi was the ruler of

1Asirgarh

2Golconda

3Bijapur

4Ahmednagar

Ans:4

Q.Clive laid the foundation of British Empire by winning the battle of

1Jhansi

2Panipat

3Plassey

4None of these

Ans:3

Q.When was the partition of Bengal, effected during the time of Curzon, annnulled?

11913

21911

31914

41912

Ans:2

Q.Prithvi Raj Chauhan was defeated in the year

11626 A.D.

21295 A.D.

31192 A.D.

41561 A.D.

Ans:3

Q.Who among the following was the eldest son of Shahjahan?

1Aurangzeb

2Shuja

3Dara Shikoh

4Murad Baksh

Ans:3

Q.In which battle, Rana Pratap of Mewar was defeated by the Mughal Army?

1Panipat

2Mewar

3Haldighati

4Udaipur

Ans:3

Q.Akbar was the first Muslim ruler to introduce

1Land and revenue reforms

2Judicial reforms

3Social reforms

4Administrative reforms

Ans:2

Q.The rock cut temples known as the Seven Pagodas are at

1Kanchi

2Mahabaleshwar

3Tanjore

4Mahabalipuram

Ans:4

Q.The battle of Kalinga proved to be the deciding point in the life of

1Kautilya

2Ashoka

3Samudragupta

4Alexander

Ans:2

Q.The capital of Harshavardhana was at

1Varanasi

2Pataliputra

3Kannauj

4Nalanda

Ans:3

Q.Both Vardhamana Mahavira and Gautam Buddha preached their doctrines during the reign of

1Udayi

2Nandivardhana

3Bimbisara

4Ajatashatru

Ans:3

Q.In whose reign, Hiuen Tsang, a Chinese pilgrim, visited India?

1Chandragupta Maurya

2Samundragupta

3Harshavardhana

4Kanishka

Ans:3

Objective General Knowledge

Q.The philosophy of Upanishads emphasises on

1Tapa

2Bhakti

3Gyan

4Karma

Ans:3

Q.Who was known as the mother of Indian revolutionaries?

1Madame Cama

2Sister Nivedita

3Annie Besant

4Matangini Hazra

Ans:1

Q.The Battle of Haldighati was fought between Akbar and

1Maharana Pratap

2Hamirdeva

3Rana Sanga

4Malik Amber

Ans:1

Q.Hieun Tsang visited India during the reign of

1Harshavardhan

2Samudragupta

3Chandragupta II

4Kumaragupta I

Ans:1

Q.Who wrote Bande Mataram?

1Rajanikanta Sen

2Bankimchandra Chatterjee

3Rangalal Banerjee

4Rabindranath Tagore

Ans:2

Q.Who introduced the Kabuliyat and Patta system?

1Alauddin Khalji

2Akbar

3Aurangzeb

4Sher Shah

Ans:4

Q.Jayadev, the author of Gita Govinda, was the court poet of

1Lakshmanasena

2Hemantasena

3Vijaysena

4Ballalsena

Ans:1

Q.What was the capital of ancient Magadha?

1Rajagriha

2Girivraja

3Pataliputra

4Sravasti

Ans:1

Q.Which of the following Indian Kings excelled in music?

1Kanishka

2Samudragupta

3Harshavardhana

4Chandragupta Maurya

Ans:2

Q.When Partition of Bengal was effected?

1October 16, 1905

21903

3July 19, 1905

4December 1905

Ans:1

Q.Who was the opponent of Babur in the First Battle of Panipat?

1Medini Raya

2Ibrahim Lodi

3Rana Sanga

4Mahmud Lodi

Ans:2

Q.Who was the best king of the Cholas?

1Rajendra I

2Rajaraja I

3Parantaka II

4Vira Rajendra

Ans:1

Q.The oldest part of the Veda was

1Rig

2Sama

3Yajur

4Atharva

Ans:1

Q.Who among the following Mughal rulers banned music and dancing?

1Humayun

2Jahangir

3Babar

4Aurangzeb

Ans:4

Q.Who is called the Father of Modern India?

1W.C.Banerjee

2Rammohan Roy

3Jawaharlal Nehru

4Mahatma Gandhi

Ans:2

Q.Who wrote the Nasik Prasasti (eulogy)?

1Goutamiputra Satakarni

2Queen Nayanika

3Gautami Balashri

4Simuka

Ans:1

Q.Who discovered Mohenjodaro?

1Dayaram Sahani

2Sir Mortimar Wheeler

3Rakhaldas Banerjee

4Sir John Marshall

Ans:3

Q.Who defended Aurbindo Ghosh in the Alipur Bomb case?

1Chittaranjan Das

2W. C.Banerjee

3Bipin Chandra Pal

4Surendranath Banerjee

Ans:1

Q.When Indian National Congress was founded?

11885 A.D.

21875 A.D.

31858 A.D.

41883 A.D.

Ans:1

Q.The Arab conquest Sindh took place in -

11191 A.D.

2712 A.D.

31027 A.D.

41206 A.D.

Ans:2

Q.Who was the best ruler of the Maurya empire?

1Chandragupta Maurya

2Bindusara

3Dasaratha

4Ashoka

Ans:4

Q.Who was the author of Harshacharit?

1Banabhatta

2Harisena

3Ravikirti

4Davaka

Ans:1

Q.Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place in the year -

11914

21929

31916

41919

Ans:4

Q.Who was the main inspiration of the Young Bengal movement?

1Raja Rammohan Roy

2David Hare

3Debendranath Tagore

4L.V.Derozio

Ans:4

Q.Which Muslim invader conquered Bengal during the time of Lakshmanasen?

1Muhammad Ghori

2Qutbuddin Aibak

3Iltutmish

4Bakhtiyar Khilji

Ans:4

Q.'The Servants of India' Society was founded by -

1H.N.Kunzuru

2B.G.Tilak

3V.D.Savarkar

4M.N.Joshi

Ans:3

Q.The Policy of Subsidiary Alliance was introduced by--

1Canning

2Dalhousie

3Warren Hastings

4Wellesley

Ans:4

Q.Which Sultan of Delhi brought one Asokan Pillar to Delhi?

1Md. Bin Tughlaq

2Firuz Shah Tughlaq

3Alauddin Khilji

4Iltutmish

Ans:2

Q.During whose reign the East India Company established their first factory in India?

1Shahjahan

2Aurangzeb

3Bahadur Shah-I

4Jahangir

Ans:4

Q.Where was Gadar Party formed?

1Tokyo

2San Francisco

3Lahore

4New York

Ans:2

The National Conference in Calcutta was held to raise National Fund in the year -

11884

21885

31905

41883

Ans:2

Q.The slogan 'Inquilab Zindabad' was given by -

1Bhagat Singh

2Lala Lajpat Rai

3Sir Mohammad Iqbal

4Subhas Chandra Bose

Ans:1

Q.The first political society started under British rule in India was -

1Arya Samaj

2Bengal land-holders, society (British Indian Association, 1852)

3Brahma Samaj

4None of the above

Ans:2

Q.Which of the following states was previously know as NEFA?

1Assam

2Manipur

3Nagaland

4Arunachal Pradesh

Ans:4

Q.When did Royal Indian Navy Revolt in Bombay take place?

11946

21945

31944

41942

Ans:1

Q.Gopal was the founder of -

1Pallava dynasty

2Pratihara dynasty

3Chalukya dynasty

4Pala dynasty

Ans:4

Q.Which Indian ruler was made the prisoner of the Revolt of 1857?

1Nana Saheb

2Rani of Jhansi-Lakshmi Bai

3Bahadur Shah Zafar

4Noe of the above

Ans:3

Q.To which place did Murshid Quil Khan transfer his capital from Dacca?

1Gour

2Pandua

3Murshidabad

4Monghyr

Ans:3

Q.When was University of Calcutta founded?

11860

21874

31854

41857

Ans:4

Q.Who caused to build Qutub Minar in Delhi?

1Balban

2Iltutmish

3Qutbuddin Aibak

4Alauddin Khilji

Ans:3

The Bahmani Kingdom and Vijaynagar Empire clashed frequently over the territory of -

1Warangal

2Malabar

3Madurai

4Raichur Doab

Ans:4

Q.Which of the following Indian States that Akbar could not Annex?

1Bihar

2Kashmir

3Bengal

4Assam

Ans:4

Q.During the reign of which ruler Ibn Batuta came to India?

1Alauddin Khilji

2Iltutmish

3Akbar

4Muhammad Bin Tughlaq

Ans:4

Q.Ilbert Bill was introduced in the Imperial Legislative Council in the year -

11883

21885

31880

4None of the above

Ans:1

Q.During the reign of which Sultan, Chinghiz Khan invaded India?

1Alauddin Khilji

2Muhammad Bin Tughlaq

3Ghiyasuddin Balban

4Iltutmish

Ans:4

Q.Who said, "If Congress wishes to accept partition, it would be over my dead body"?

1M.K.Gandhi

2Ballabhbhai Patel

3Dr. Rajendra Prasad

4J.L.Nehru

Ans:1

Q.At which place Gandhiji had the first experience of mass-movement in India?

1Chauri Chaura

2Champaran

3Dandi

4Bardoli

Ans:2

Q.The Lion capital of currency notes was discovered from -

1Sanchi

2Bharut

3Sarnath

4Bodh gaya

Ans:3

Q.Which of the following Delhi Sultans had set up a separate department of Slaves?

1Balban

2Muhammad Bin Tughlaq

3Firuz Shah Tughlaq

4Iltutmish

Ans:3

Q.Who was the last independent Sultan of Bengal?

1Illiyas Shah

2Nusrat Shah

3Husain Shah

4Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah

Ans:4

Q.Who issued the Nasik Prasasti (Inscription)?

1Samundragupta

2Harshavardhan

3Dharmapala

4Gautamiputra Satakarni

Ans:4

Q.Indian Civil Service was introduced during the Governor Generalship of -

1Lord Curzon

2Lord Dalhousie

3Lord Cornwallis

4Lord William Bentinck

Ans:3

Q.Who was known as Amitraghata?

1Kalasoka

2Ashok

3Bimbisara

4Bindusara

Ans:4

Q.Who wrote Tahqiq-i-Hind?

1Sulaiman

2Al Biladari

3Al Masudi

4Alberuni

Ans:4

Q.Who composed the Allahabad Prasasti?

1Nagarjuna

2Harisena

3Vasumitra

4Asvaghosha

Ans:2

Q.Where did Buddha preach his first sermons?

1Kasi

2Sarnath

3Kushinagar

4Bodh Gaya

Ans:2

Q.Which Governer-General of India was assassinated in the Andaman?

1Lord Curzon

2Lord Mayo

3Lord Lytton

4None of the above

Ans:2

Q.When did Munda Revolt take place?

11890

21902

31899-1900

41854-55

Ans:3

Q.Who introduced 'Din-i-llahi?

1Kabir

2Akbar

3Muhammad Bin Tughlaq

4Firuz Shah Tughlaq

Ans:2

Q.Who is called 'The Morningstar' of Indian Renaissance?

1Raja Rammohan Roy

2Rabindranath Tagore

3Swami Vivekananda

4M.K.Gandhi

Ans:1

An important port in the time of Satavahanas was -

1Calicut

2Cochin

3Sopara

4Tamralipta

Ans:3

Q.Who was called the 'Iron Man'?

1Sardar Ballabhbhai Patel

2Mahatma Gandhi

3Subhas Chandra Bose

4J. L. Nehru

Ans:1

Q.'Baburnama' was written by--

1Afif

2Babur

3Abul Fazal

4Firdousi

Ans:2

Q.The first Muslim elected as the President of Indian National Congress was -

1Abul Kalam Azad

2Badruddin Tayabji

3Mohammad Ali

4None of the above

Ans:2

Q.Alexander stayed in India for -

116 months

220 months

324 months

419 months

Ans:4

Q.Who was founder of the All India Trade Union Congress?

1M.N.Joshi

2Lala Lajpat Rai

3Muzaffar Ahmed

4J.L.Nehru

Ans:2