Question: The Bahmani Kingdom and Vijaynagar Empire clashed frequently over the territory of –
1. Warangal
2. Malabar
3. Madurai
4. Raichur Doab
Answer: 4
Question: Which of the following Indian States that Akbar could not Annex?
1. Bihar
2. Kashmir
3. Bengal
4. Assam
Answer: 4
Question: During the reign of which ruler Ibn Batuta came to India?
1. Alauddin Khilji
2. Iltutmish
3. Akbar
4. Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
Answer: 4
Question: Ilbert Bill was introduced in the Imperial Legislative Council in the year –
1. 1883
2. 1885
3. 1880
4. None of the above
Answer: 1
Question: During the reign of which Sultan, Chinghiz Khan invaded India?
1. Alauddin Khilji
2. Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
3. Ghiyasuddin Balban
4. Iltutmish
Answer: 4
Question: Who said, “If Congress wishes to accept partition, it would be over my dead body”?
1. M.K.Gandhi
2. Ballabhbhai Patel
3. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
4. J.L.Nehru
Answer: 1
Question: At which place Gandhiji had the first experience of mass-movement in India?
1. Chauri Chaura
2. Champaran
3. Dandi
4. Bardoli
Answer: 2
Question: The Lion capital of currency notes was discovered from –
1. Sanchi
2. Bharut
3. Sarnath
4. Bodh gaya
Answer: 3
Question: Which of the following Delhi Sultans had set up a separate department of Slaves?
1. Balban
2. Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
3. Firuz Shah Tughlaq
4. Iltutmish
Answer: 3
Question: Who was the last independent Sultan of Bengal?
1. Illiyas Shah
2. Nusrat Shah
3. Husain Shah
4. Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah
Answer: 4
Question: Who issued the Nasik Prasasti (Inscription)?
1. Samundragupta
2. Harshavardhan
3. Dharmapala
4. Gautamiputra Satakarni
Answer: 4
Question: Indian Civil Service was introduced during the Governor Generalship of –
1. Lord Curzon
2. Lord Dalhousie
3. Lord Cornwallis
4. Lord William Bentinck
Answer: 3
Question: Who was known as Amitraghata?
1. Kalasoka
2. Ashok
3. Bimbisara
4. Bindusara
Answer: 4
Question: Who wrote Tahqiq-i-Hind?
1. Sulaiman
2. Al Biladari
3. Al Masudi
4. Alberuni
Answer: 4
Question: Who composed the Allahabad Prasasti?
1. Nagarjuna
2. Harisena
3. Vasumitra
4. Asvaghosha
Answer: 2
Question: Where did Buddha preach his first sermons?
1. Kasi
2. Sarnath
3. Kushinagar
4. Bodh Gaya
Answer: 2
Question: Which Governer-General of India was assassinated in the Andaman?
1. Lord Curzon
2. Lord Mayo
3. Lord Lytton
4. None of the above
Answer: 2
Question: When did Munda Revolt take place?
1. 1890
2. 1902
3. 1899-1900
4. 1854-55
Answer: 3
Question: Who introduced ‘Din-i-llahi?
1. Kabir
2. Akbar
3. Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
4. Firuz Shah Tughlaq
Answer: 2
Question: Who is called ‘The Morningstar’ of Indian Renaissance?
1. Raja Rammohan Roy
2. Rabindranath Tagore
3. Swami Vivekananda
4. M.K.Gandhi
Answer: 1
Question: An important port in the time of Satavahanas was –
1. Calicut
2. Cochin
3. Sopara
4. Tamralipta
Answer: 3
Question: Who was called the ‘Iron Man’?
1. Sardar Ballabhbhai Patel
2. Mahatma Gandhi
3. Subhas Chandra Bose
4. J. L. Nehru
Answer: 1
Question: ‘Baburnama’ was written by–
1. Afif
2. Babur
3. Abul Fazal
4. Firdousi
Answer: 2
Question: The first Muslim elected as the President of Indian National Congress was –
1. Abul Kalam Azad
2. Badruddin Tayabji
3. Mohammad Ali
4. None of the above
Answer: 2
Question: Alexander stayed in India for –
1. 16 months
2. 20 months
3. 24 months
4. 19 months
Answer: 4
Question: Who was founder of the All India Trade Union Congress?
1. M.N.Joshi
2. Lala Lajpat Rai
3. Muzaffar Ahmed
4. J.L.Nehru
Answer: 2
Question: Who was the President of Indian National Congress at the time of Indian Independence?
1. J. B. Kripalini
2. Sardar Patel
3. J. L. Nehru
4. Abul Kalam Azad
Answer: 1
Question: Who was the first Indian selected as a member of British Parliament?
1. Dada Bhai Naoroji
2. M.K.Gandhi
3. J.L.Nehru
4. None of the above
Answer: 1
Question: The main Buddhist religious texts are written in–
1. Sanskrit
2. Pali
3. Ardhamagadhi
4. Prakrit
Answer: 2
Question: Who introduced Permanent Settlement?
1. Warren Hastings
2. John Shore
3. Lord Bentinck
4. Lord Cornwallis
Answer: 4
Question: The first metal discovered by man was –
1. Zinc
2. Copper
3. Aluminium
4. Iron
Answer: 2
Question: The ‘Chipko Movement’ is related to –
1. Forest Conversation
2. Wildlife preservation
3. Scientific agriculture
4. Deforestation
Answer: 1
Question: The rules of Vijayanagar promoted
1. Tamil, Telugu and Sanskrit
2. Hindi, Marathi, and Sanskrit
3. Malayalam, Tamil and Sanskrit
4. Telugu, Urdu and Sanskrit
Answer: 1
Question: Which of the following reform movements was the first to be started in the 19th century?
1. Brahmo Samaj
2. Prarthana Samaj
3. Arya Samaj
4. Rama Krishna Mission
Answer: 1
Question: Arabs were defeated in 738 A.D. by
1. Palas
2. Pratiharas
3. Chalukyas
4. Rashtrakutas
Answer: 2
Question: Who was the first woman President of Indian national Congress?
1. Annie Besant
2. Sarojini Naidu
3. Sucheta Kripalani
4. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
Answer: 1
Question: Which one among the following statements regarding the Eighth five year Plan in India is not correct?
1. The Plan was postponed by two years because of political upheavals at the center.
2. It set before itself the two principal objectives of ‘growth with stability’ and ‘growth with justice’
3. It aimed at high growth of both agriculture and manufacturing sectors
4. Its emphasis was on growth in export and import, improvement in trade and current account deficit
Answer: 2