Question: Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha together are known as
1. Triratna
2. Trivargu
3. Trisarga
4. Trimurti
Answer: 1
Question: Which one of the following texts of ancient India allows divorce to a wife deserted by her husband?
1. Kamasutra
2. Manavadharmashastra
3. Sukranitisara
4. Arthashastra
Answer: 4
Question: Mahavira’s first disciple was
1. Bhadrabahu
2. Sthulabhadra
3. Charvaka
4. Jamali
Answer: 4
Question: Who founded the Chalukya dynasty in South India?
1. Harihara
2. Pulakesin
3. Parantaka
4. Bukka
Answer: 2
Question: Who was the first woman ruler of India?
1. Nurjahan
2. Razia Sultan
3. Chandbibi
4. Durgavati
Answer: 2
Question: Who had constructed the Martanda temple of Kashmir?
1. Chandrapida
2. Lalitaditya
3. Avantivarman
4. Didda
Answer: 2
Question: Which one of the following titles Harsha has assumed?
1. Parama-Bhagavata
2. Parama-Saura
3. Parama-Sugata
4. Prama-Mahesvara
Answer: 4
Question: Which one of the following was a mint centre of the Yaudheyas?
1. Bayana
2. Bareilly
3. Mathura
4. Rohtak
Answer: 4
Question: Rulers of which of the following dynasties had diplomatic relations with distant countries like Syria and Egypt?
1. Mauryas
2. Guptas
3. Pallavas
4. Cholas
Answer: 1
Question: Rivers Ganga and Yamuna are mentioned together for the first time in –
1. Rigveda
2. Atharvaveda
3. Satapatha Brahmana
4. Chhandogya Upanishad
Answer: 1
Question: Which of the following sites of Harappan culture are located in Sind?
1.Harappa
2.Mohenjodaro
3.Chanhudaro
4.Surkotda
Indicate the correct answer from the code given below:
1. 1 and 2
2. 2 and 3
3. 3 and 4
4. 1, 2, 3 and 4
Answer: 2
Question: Who refused his knighthood after the Jallianwala Bagh massacre?
1. Rabindranath Tagore
2. Mahatma Gandhi
3. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
4. Subhas Chandra Bose
Answer: 1
Question: Macdonell Commission to suggest the relief measures against famine was appointed by –
1. Lord Lytton
2. Lord Ripon
3. Lord Canning
4. Lord Curzon
Answer: 4
Question: Who among the following was the first Indian Woman President of the Indian National Congress?
1. Aruna Asaf Ali
2. Sarojini Naidu
3. Vijayalakshmi Pandit
4. Annie Besant
Answer: 2
Question: The Sultan who refused to recognise the authority of the Caliph was
1. Alauddin Khalji
2. Ghiyasuddin Tughjuq
3. Muhammad bin Tughluq
4. Qutbuddin Mubarak
Answer: 4
Question: Who sponsored the resolution in the Lahore Session of Indian National Congress, 1929 regarding the condemnation of bomb attack on the Viceroy?
1. M.K. Gandhi
2. Motilal Nehru
3. Jawaharlal Nehru
4. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Answer: 1
Question: The Sanskrit poet called as the Indian Shakespeare?
1. Kalidas
2. Tulsidas
3. Sudraka
4. Kautilya
Answer: 1
Question: Who among the following was instrumental in bringing about the passage of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1891?
1. Behramaji Malabari
2. Dadabhai Naoroji
3. Mahadev Govind Ranade
4. Pherozeshah Mehta
Answer: 1
Question: The Chief Justice of Supreme Court at Calcutta, appointed as per the provisions of Regulating Act, 1773, was –
1. Sir Elijah Impey
2. Lemaster
3. Hyde
4. Barker
Answer: 1
Question: Office of which of the following was created by Rajaram and was supernumerary to the council of eight?
1. Mantri
2. panditrao
3. Pratinidhi
4. Nyayadhish
Answer: 3
Question: Who among the following was the first Mughal ruler to adopt the custom of Tuladan?
1. Humayun
2. Akbar
3. Jahangir
4. Shahjahan
Answer: 1
Question: Who among the following Mughal rulers was a contemporary of Queen Elizabeth I of England?
1. Humayun
2. Akbar
3. Jahangir
4. Shahjahan
Answer: 2
Question: By which of the following Acts the Governor General of Bengal was made the Governor-General of India?
1. Regulating Act, 1773
2. Pitt’s India Act, 1784
3. Charter Act, 1833
4. Indian Councils’ Act, 1861
Answer: 3