1. Mohanjodaro is situated in the district of :
(a) Montogomari
(b) Lahore
(c) Larkana
(d) Layalpur
2. Which is the earliest text of Vedic literature ?
(a) Rigveda
(b) Upanishada
(c) Sutras
(d) Epics
3. The most powerful deity of Rigvedic period was
(a) Agni
(b) Som
(c) Indra
(d) Varun
4. The theory of divine kingship for the first time is found in
(a) Rigvedic literature
(b) Later Vedic literature
(c) Jain literature
(d) Buddhist literature
5. Hiranya tax was
(a) Service tax
(b) Sales tax
(c) Agricultural tax
(d) Religious tax
6. Varahamihira wrote the famous text
(a) Arthashastra
(b) Mrichchhakatikam
(c) Shukranitisar
(d) Vrihatsamhita
7. Kshatraps were the provincial governors under whom ?
(a) Kushanas
(b) Sakas
(c) Indo-Greeks
(d) Pallavas
8. Which officer was in-charge of religion and morality during the Ashoka’s rule ?
(a) Mahamatra
(b) Dharam Mahamatra
(c) Rajuka
(d) Polish
9. Who wrote ‘Kadambari’ ?
(a) Harshavardhana
(b) Kalidasa
(c) Banbhatt
(d) Sheelbhadra
10. Who was the first Tirthankar of Jainism ?
(a) Mahaveer Swami
(b) Arishtanemi
(c) Rishabha Dev
(d) Parshvanath
11. Who was the chairman of third Buddhistha Mahasabha ?
(a) Ashoka
(b) Kanishka
(c) Moggaliputta Tishya
(d) Ashvaghosha
12-Who wrote ‘Mudrarakshasa’ ?
(a) Kalidasa
(b) Vishakhadutta
(c) Kautilya
(d) Patanjali
13. The ‘Meghavahana lineage’ of the King Kharavela of Kalinga is associated with which dynasty ?
(a) Chedis
(b) Senas
(c) Kadambas
(d) Ahoms
14. According to the ‘Prayaga Prashasti’, what kind of relations did Samudragupta, the Gupta ruler, had with the frontier kings ?
(a) Paying all kinds of taxes
(b) Obeying his orders
(c) Coming to do homage
(d) All of these
15. Who was the great scholar of time of Kanishka ?
(a) Nagarjuna
(b) Ashvaghosa
(c) Vasumitra
(d) Charak
16. ‘Rajtarangini’ is a source of the history of :
(a) Gujarat
(b) Punjab and Bengal
(c) Kashmir
(d) Maharashtra
17. The term ‘Vishti’ in Gupta period was used for :
(a) Land grants
(b) Forced labour
(c) Agricultural labour
(d) Artisans
18. Which important educational centre was liberally assisted and protected by the rulers of Maitraka dynasty ?
(a) Kashi
(b) Jagdalla
(c) Dhara
(d) Vallabhi
19. Which of the following Vakataka rulers performed four Ashwamegha Yajnas and assumed the title of Samrat ?
(a) Pravarsen-I
(b) Rudrasen-II
(c) Narendrasen
(d) Prathvisen-II
20. The ‘Kollam Samvat’ is believed to have been started during the period of reforms of which philosopher ?
(a) Ramanujacharya
(b) Kabir
(c) Vallabhacharya
(d) Shankaracharya
21. Where did the institute named ‘Sabha’ operate under the local self-government and village administration during the Chola period ?
(a) Valnadu
(b) Nadu
(c) Village given to the Brahmins in grant
(d) Ordinary village
22. Which Hoysala ruler patronised the construction of the ancient Hoysaleshwar and Chennakeshava temples ?
(a) Narasimha-I
(b) Veer Ballal
(c) Vishnuvardhana
(d) Narsimha-II
23. In the court of which Pala ruler did the king of Java Shailendra Balaputradev, sent a mission related to students of Java, studying in the Nalanda University ?
(a) Dharmapala
(b) Devpala
(c) Narayanpala
(d) Mahipala-I
24. The Sen ruler, who was the author of “Danasagar” and ‘Adbhut Sagar’ astrology books
(a) Samant Sen
(b) Ballal Sen
(c) Vijay Sen
(d) Lakshman Sen
25. To build pressure on the Gurjar-Pratihara, which dynasty aligned with the Arabs, and permitted them to build mosques and laws along with other mercantile facilities ?
(a) Chalukya of Badami
(b) Palas
(c) Rashtrakutas
(d) Paramaras
26. ‘Padmavati Katha’ was written by
(a) Mulla Daud
(b) Damodar Kavi
(c) Qutuban
(d) Malik Muhammad Jayasi
27. Iqta system was introduced by
(a) Iltutmish
(b) Balban
(c) Qutubuddin Aibak
(d) Nasiruddin Mohammad
28. The Sultan, who declared himself Khalifa, was :
(a) Iltutmish
(b) Qutubuddin Mubarak Shah
(c) Alauddin Khalji
(d) Sikandar Lodi
29. The Sultan, who established the city of Agra, was
(a) Qutubuddin Aibak
(b) Khizra Khan
(c) Firoze Tughlaq
(d) Sikandar Lodi
30. After the capture of Chittor, Alauddin Khalji named it
(a) Khijrabad
(b) Adilabad
(c) Kilogarhi
(d) None of these
31. Which Sultan assumed the title of ‘Sikandar Sani’
(a) Balban
(b) Firoze Tughlaq
(c) Alauddin Khalji
(d) Sikandar Lodi
32. During whose reign Persian traveller Abdurajjak came India ?
(a) Devrai-I
(b) Devrai-II
(c) Harihar-II
(d) Veerupaksh-II
33. Classic age of Telugu literature was during the kingship of which King ?
(a) Ram Rai
(b) Krishna Dev Rai
(c) Sadashiv Rai
(d) Veer Narsimha
34. ‘Sirr-e-Akbar’ is a Persian translation of
(a) The Upanishad
(b) The Ramayana
(c) The Mahabharata
(d) The Veda
35. Who was appointed the executive in-charge of all the imperial mint after monetory reforms introduced by Akbar ?
(a) Khawaja Abdus Samad
(b) Todarmal
(c) Raja Mansingh
(d) Abdur Rahim Khan-e-Khana
36. Which musician was referred by Abul Fazal as “a singer like him has not been in India for the last thousand years” ?
(a) Tansen
(b) Baj Bahadur
(c) Muhammad Hussain
(d) Baiju Baora
37. The Sufi saint, who was popularly known as the ‘Mujadded’ :
(a) Sheikh Bahauddin Zakaria
(b) Sheikh Nasiruddin Chirag-e-Delhi
(c) Sheikh Ahmed Sarhindi
(d) Sheikh Sharfuddin Yahya
38. The region became one of the great mulberry silk producing region of the world, during the 16th and 17th century ?
(a) Bengal
(b) Mysore
(c) Kashmir
(d) Ahmedabad
39. To which department the “Abdar-Khana” was associated ?
(a) Salary department
(b) Horticulture department
(c) Water Supply department
(d) Postal department
40. “Ahadis” in the Mughal military system was :
(a) Light infantary
(b) Manjaniq operating unit
(c) Trained security gaurds
(d) High status Cavalryman
41. William Nurris was an English ambassador in the court of
(a) Akbar
(b) Jahangir
(c) Aurangzeb
(d) Farrukh Siyar
42. The Mughal ruler, who created new office of the “Muhtasib” was
(a) Akbar
(b) Jahangir
(c) Shahjahan
(d) Aurangzeb
43. Mumtaz Mehal, beloved wife of Shahjahan, died at
(a) Agra
(b) Delhi
(c) Burhanpur
(d) Ajmer
44. Razmnama is the Persian translation of
(a) Panchtantra
(b) Ramayana
(c) Mahabharata
(d) None of these
45. When did Sir William Jones found Asiatic Society of Bengal ?
(a) 1775 AD
(b) 1776 AD
(c) 1777 AD
(d) 1784 AD
46. During anti-partition of Bengal movement “Carlyle Cercular” was related to
(a) Transport
(b) Industry
(c) Educational Institution
(d) None of these
47. Who wrote the “Economic History of India” ?
(a) R.C. Majumdar
(b) R.C. Raichoudhary
(c) Vipin Chandra
(d) R.C. Dutta
48. Which Indian was appointed as Deputy Diwan of Bengal for the first time ?
(a) Raja Sitab Roy
(b) Mohammed Raza Khan
(c) Asaf Khan
(d) Durga Das
49. Elphinstone was the Governor of
(a) Bombay
(b) Madras
(c) Hugli (Culcutta)
(d) Awadha
50. In which year Post Office Act was passed ?
(a) 1852 AD
(b) 1853 AD
(c) 1854 AD
(d) 1855 AD
51. Who among the following had started the policy of financial devolution or decentralization ?
(a) Lord Clive
(b) Lord Mayo
(c) Lord Ripon
(d) Lord Amherst
52. In which year the treaty of Salbai was concluded ?
(a) 1779 AD
(b) 1780 AD
(c) 1782 AD
(d) 1783 AD
53-Who among the following was defeated in Porto Novo ?
(a) Nizam
(b) Tipu Sultan
(c) Hyder Ali
(d) Peshwa Baji Rao-I
54. Who among the following started the newspaper, ‘Som Prakash’ ?
(a) Raja Ram Mohan Rai
(b) Ishwar Chandra Vidhyasagar
(c) Dayanand Saraswati
(d) Keshav Chandra Sen
55. Arrange the following organizations chronologically according to the year of their formation, and choose the correct answer from the codes given below :
(i) Prarthana Samaj
(ii) Ram Krishna Mission
(iii) Brahma Samaj
(iv) Arya Samaj
Codes :
(a) (i), (iii), (iv), (ii)
(b) (iii), (ii), (i), (iv)
(c) (iii), (i), (iv), (ii)
(d) (iii), (iv), (ii), (i)
56. ‘Prabuddha Bharat’ an English newspaper was published by :
(a) Arya Samaj
(b) Ram Krishna Mission
(c) Theosophical Society
(d) Brahmo Samaj
57. During the revolt of 1857 AD Veer Kunwar Singh was related to :
(a) Awadh
(b) Bihar
(c) Kanpur
(d) Lucknow
58. What was the original name of Nana Saheb ?
(a) Gangadhar
(b) Damodar
(c) Dhundu Pant
(d) Ram Singh
59. Where was the headquarters of Theosophical Society in India ?
(a) Adiyar
(b) Bangalore
(c) Calcutta
(d) Bombay
60. When the partition of Bengal was revoked ?
(a) 1909 AD
(b) 1910 AD
(c) 1911 AD
(d) 1916 AD
61. When was the first session of All India Hindu Mahasabha held ?
(a) April 1915 AD
(b) August 1915 AD
(c) April 1916 AD
(d) June 1915 AD
62. After which event Ravindranath Tagore denounced Knighthood ?
(a) Partition of Bengal
(b) Declaration of First World War
(c) Jallianwala Bagh massacre
(d) Chauri-Chaura incident
63. Which of the following Viceroy started to confer the title of ‘Rai Bahadur’ and ‘Khan Bahadur’ to Indians ?
(a) Lord Ripon
(b) Lord Lytton
(c) Lord Mayo
(d) Lord Dufferin
64. Which of the following Governor General / Viceroy was a scholar of history and archaeology ?
(a) Lord Ripon
(b) William Bentinck
(c) Lord Curzon
(d) Lord Dufferin
65. Arrange the following events chronologically and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
(i) Declaration of Wavell Plan
(ii) Direct action day of Muslim League
(iii) Declaration of Cabinet Mission Plan
(iv) Arrival of Cripps Mission
Codes :
(a) (ii), (i), (iii), (iv)
(b) (ii), (iii), (iv), (i)
(c) (iv), (iii), (ii), (i)
(d) (iv), (i), (iii), (ii)
66. Where was the revolutionary association ‘Abhinav Bharat’ set-up ?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Bengal
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Orissa
67. From where Subhash Chandra Bose gave the call ‘Chalo Delhi’ ?
(a) Singapore
(b) Burma
(c) Germany
(d) Japan
68. Which name Subhash Chandra Bose gave to Nicobar Island ?
(a) Shaheed
(b) Azad
(c) Vatan
(d) Swaraj
69. Who among the following presided over the session of the Indian National Congress twice ?
(a) George Yule
(b) A. Webb
(c) Sir Henry Cotton
(d) William Wedderburn
70. Who was the founder of revolutionary society ‘India Home Rule Society’ set-up out of India ?
(a) Shyamji Krishna Verma
(b) Lala Hardayal
(c) Bhai Parmanand
(d) Raja Mahendra Pratap
71. When did the Dandi March begin at the initiation of Gandhiji ?
(a) 12th May, 1930 AD
(b) 12th April, 1930 AD
(c) 12th March, 1930 AD
(d) 12th February, 1930 AD
72. Who among the following was not an extremist leader ?
(a) Lala Lajpat Rai
(b) Bipin Chandra Pal
(c) Dada Bhai Naoroji
(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
73. Where was the headquarters of the Gadar Party located ?
(a) New Orleans
(b) San Francisco
(c) Massachusetts
(d) New York
74. Name the two other revolutionaries hanged with Bhagat Singh on 23rd March, 1931 AD ?
(a) Rajguru and Sahdev
(b) Azad and Sukhdev
(c) Rajguru and Sukhdev
(d) Raja and Dev
75. When was Rashtriya Swayam Sewak Sangh founded ?
(a) 1925 AD
(b) 1936 AD
(c) 1933 AD
(d) 1932 AD
76. Who led Bardoli Satyagraha ?
(a) Badruddin Tayyabji
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Vallabhbhai Patel
(d) Vitthalbhai J. Patel
77. Who among the following is called Bismark of India ?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(d) Subhash Chandra Bose
78. The Renaissance Scientist, who explained that the planets revolve around the sun was
(a) Kepler
(b) Gutenberg
(c) Rabelais
(d) Francis Becon
79. The painter of the famous painting ‘Mona Lisa’ was :
(a) Leonardo da Vinci
(b) Alberti
(c) Michael Angelo
(d) Raphael
80. The painting named ‘Last Judgement’ is the creation of which of the following ?
(a) Raphael
(b) Leonardo da Vinci
(c) Michael Angelo
(d) Franz Halls
81. The duration of the thirty years war in Europe was :
(a) 1808-1838 AD
(b) 1608-1638 AD
(c) 1708-1738 AD
(d) 1618-1648 AD
82. In which year ‘Chartist movement’ ended ?
(a) 1848 AD
(b) 1856 AD
(c) 1838 AD
(d) 1865 AD
83. When did Louis XVI called the assembly session of Estates General ?
(a) 17th July, 1789 AD
(b) 14th July, 1789 AD
(c) 23rd June, 1789 AD
(d) 5th May, 1789 AD
84. ‘Reign of Terror’ is associated with
(a) France
(b) Germany
(c) Russia
(d) Spain
85. Who wrote ‘Social Contract’ ?
(a) Quesne
(b) Rousseau
(c) Voltaire
(d) Montesque
86. The ‘War of Sedan’ was fought between
(a) France and Prussia
(b) Austria and France
(c) Prussia and Austria
(d) Russia and Prussia
87. In the context of Napoleon, which of the following pair is not correctly matched ?
(a) Birth – 15th August, 1769
(b) Marriage with Josephine – March 1796
(c) Became Emperor – 13th July, 1802
(d) Battle of Waterloo – 18th June, 1815
88. When did the second Balkan War take place ?
(a) December 1911 AD
(b) January 1913 AD
(c) June 1913 AD
(d) October 1913 AD
89. Who was British Prime Minister during World War-I ?
(a) Lloyd George
(b) Canning
(c) Disraeli
(d) Wellington
90. Which of the following country was not with Central Powers in the First World War ?
(a) Germany
(b) Italy
(c) Bulgaria
(d) Turkey
91. During First World War on which date United Nations of America declared war against Germany ?
(a) 6th April, 1917
(b) 15th June, 1917
(c) 6th July, 1917
(d) 24th October, 1917
92. Which dynasty was dislodged in Russia by the revolution of 1917 AD ?
(a) Romanov
(b) Bourbon
(c) Hapsberg
(d) Hanover
93. ‘Opium Wars’ were faught between which countries ?
(a) Japan – China
(b) China – England
(c) China – Russia
(d) China – America
94. The great economic depression started from 24th October, 1929 AD. What is this date called ?
(a) Black Monday
(b) Black Tuesday
(c) Black Thursday
(d) Black Friday
95. The Second World War started with the invasion of Hitler on Poland. The date of this invasion was :
(a) 1st July, 1939 AD
(b) 28th July, 1939 AD
(c) 1st September, 1939 AD
(d) 3rd September, 1939 AD
96. The name of the atom bomb, dropped by U.S.A. on Hiroshima in Japan during World War-II, was :
(a) Little devil
(b) Little fly
(c) Little girl
(d) Little boy
97. Who was the organiser of Kuomintsang Party ?
(a) Mao-Tse-Tung
(b) San-Yet-Sen
(c) Chyang-Kei-Shek
(d) Yuanshikai
98. When did the fall of Bastille take place ?
(a) 14th June, 1789 AD
(b) 14th July, 1789 AD
(c) 14th August, 1789 AD
(d) 14th September, 1789 AD
99. On which date, did the United State of America come into existence as a Independent Nation ?
(a) 4th July, 1776 AD
(b) 15th July, 1776 AD
(c) 28th July, 1776 AD
(d) 31st July, 1776 AD
100. In which year did the incident of Bostan Tea Party take place ?
(a) 1771 AD
(b) 1772 AD
(c) 1773 AD
(d) 1774 AD