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Test 1 (History)
Full Marks:
200
Time Duration:
120 minutes
Time Remaining:
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Total Questions:
100
(1) Lotahal is situated on the banks of which river?
(A) Bhogwa
(B) Mahi
(C) Narmada
(D) Bhima
(2) Which monk influenced Ashoka to embrace Buddhism?
(A) Vishnu Gupta
(B) Upa Gupta
(C) Brahma Gupta
(D) Brihadratha
(3) Who founded the Gupta Empire?
(A) Sri Gupta
(B) Kumar Gupta I
(C) Chandra Gupta I
(D) None of these
(4) Megasthenes an ambassador to the court of Chandra Gupta Maurya was?
(A) Babylonian
(B) Greek
(C) Persian
(D) Roman
(5) The time period of Harsha verdhana’s reign, from when to how long?
(A) 602 & 665 AD
(B) 600 & 658 AD
(C) 564 & 600 AD
(D) 606 & 647 AD
(6) Which famous lady scholar was found in Rig Vedic period?
(A) Shavitri
(B) Sarasvati
(C) Gargi
(D) Suvadra
(7) Who was Varaha Mihira?
(A) An Astronaut
(B) A space Shuttle
(C) A power station
(D) An Ancient Astronomer
(8) Which of the following was the capital of Vatsa Mahajanapada?
(A) Kausambi
(B) Kashi
(C) Mathura
(D) Indraprastha
(9) ‘Mrichchhakatika’ The great literature, is a work of?
(A) Kalidasa
(B) Sri Harsha
(C) Shudraka
(D) Bhasa
(10) Name the famous ruler of ancient India who is said to have been converted to Jainism towards the end of his life?
(A) Ashoka
(B) Chandra Gupta
(C) Samudra Gupta
(D) Bindusara
(11) During Kanishka’s reign, the centre of political activity shifted from Magadha to which place.
(A) Ayodhya
(B) Kannauj
(C) Purushapura
(D) Delhi
(12) The Indus Valley Civilization was a ?
(A) Bronze Age civilization
(B) Gold Age Civilization
(C) Silver Age Civilization
(D) None of these
(13) Where did the advanced water management system detected on Harappa run to?
(A) Lothal
(B) Alamgirpur
(C) Dholavira
(D) Kalibangan
(14) The carved Ajanta rock caves in Maharashtra are based upon which of the following religion?
(A) Sikhism
(B) Christianity
(C) Hinduism
(D) Buddhism
(15) Which is the first month of the national Almanac based on Shakavanta
(A) Sawan
(B) Phalgun
(C) Chaitra
(D) Karthik
(16) Choose incorrect statement regarding Ashokan inscriptions. 1- Title ‘devanampiya’ or ‘dear to gods’ adopted by Ashoka was also adopted by his ancestor. 2- Ashoka’s name does not occur in any of his inscriptions from north or north-west India.
(A) 1 Only
(B) 2 Only
(C) Both 1 and 2
(D) Neither 1 nor 2
(17) The main crops of Harappan civilization were
(A) Wheat and maize
(B) Wheat and Barley
(C) Maize and Barley
(D) Rice and Wheat
(18) Who built the famous sun temple at Konark?
(A) Prataparudra
(B) Anantavarman
(C) Narasimha - I
(D) Narasimha - II
(19) Who discovered the art of paper making in the second century BCE?
(A) Chinese
(B) Romans
(C) Greeks
(D) Mongols
(20) In 323 BC, Alexander the Great died at?
(A) Taxila
(B) Macedonia
(C) Persia
(D) Babylonian
(21) Who Mahatma Gandhi was arrested who among the following took over the leadership of salt Satyagraha?
(A) Vinoba Bhave
(B) Vallabh Bhai Patel
(C) Maulana Abdul Kalam
(D) Abbas Tyabji
(22) In Which session the demand of ‘POORN SWARAJ’ was Accepted as the aim of the Congress?
(A) Calcutta
(B) Madras
(C) Lahore
(D) Nagpur
(23) Who was the leader of the Bardoli satyagraha?
(A) Rajendra Prasad
(B) J.B. Kripalani
(C) Vallabh Bhai Patel
(D) Jawaharlal Nehru
(24) Which is the correct chronological order of following “ACHARYAS”?
(A) Shankara – Ramanuja – Madhav – Chaitanya
(B) Chaitanya – Ramanuja – Madhav – Shankara
(C) Ramanuja – Shankara – Chaitanya – Madhav
(D) Madhav – Chaitanya – Ramanuja – Shankara
(25) Which area of India was known as Avantika in Ancient times?
(A) AVADH
(B) MALWA
(C) BUNDELKHAND
(D) RUHEL KHAND
(26) Which of the following Vedas provides information about the civilization of the Early Vedic Age?
(A) Rig – Veda
(B) Yajur – Veda
(C) Atharva – Veda
(D) Sama – Veda
(27) The University which becomes famous in the post – Gupta Era was:-
(A) Kanchi
(B) Taxila
(C) Nalanda
(D) Vallabhi
(28) Banbhatta was the court poet of which emperor?
(A) Vikarmaditya
(B) Kumar Gupt
(C) Harshvardhana
(D) Kanishka
(29) The Mughal painting reached its zenith during the reign of :-
(A) Akbar
(B) Aurangzeb
(C) Shah Jahan
(D) Jahangir
(30) Permanent Revenue settlement of Bengal was introduced by :-
(A) Cornwallis
(B) Clive
(C) Hasting
(D) None of these
(31) The father of extremist movement in India was –
(A) Motilal Nehru
(B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(D) Vallabbhai Patel
(32) The great silk – route to the Indians was opened by :-
(A) Ashoka
(B) Harsha
(C) Kanishka
(D) None of these
(33) The capital of the Yadava rulers was :-
(A) Dwarasamudra
(B) Warangal
(C) Kalyani
(D) Devagiri
(34) The rulers of which dynasty started the practice of granting tax-free villages to Brahman’s and Buddhist monks?
(A) Cholas
(B) Guptas
(C) Satavahanas
(D) Mauryas
(35) In Which of the following movements did MAHATMA GANDHI first used Hunger strike as a weapon?
(A) Non – Cooperation Movement
(B) Rowlatt Satyagraha
(C) Ahmedabad strike
(D) Bardoli satygraha
(36) Yavan kala or curtain was introduced in Indian theatre by which of the following?
(A) Shakas
(B) Parthians
(C) Greeks
(D) Kushans
(37) The Bahamani Kingdom was founded by:-
(A) Ahmad Shah – I
(B) Alauddin Hasan
(C) Mahmud Gava
(D) None of these
(38) The Dilwana Temple on Mount Abu in RAJASTHAN was built by the followers of:-
(A) Buddhism
(B) Jainism
(C) Hinduism
(D) Sikhism
(39) Sati was Prohibited by:-
(A) Warren Hastings
(B) Lord Wellesley
(C) Lord Dalhousie
(D) Bentinck
(40) Al-Baruni come to India with:-
(A) Mahamud of Ghazni
(B) Alexander
(C) Babur
(D) Timur
(41) Where did AURANGZEB die?
(A) Ahmed nagar
(B) Aurangabad
(C) Allahabad
(D) Lahore
(42) Which rulers built the Ellora Temples?
(A) Chalukya
(B) Shunga
(C) Rashtrakuta
(D) Pallava
(43) When was the first Train steamed off in India?
(A) 1884
(B) 1853
(C) 1875
(D) 1890
(44) Where did the Traveler IBN-BATUTA come from?
(A) Turkey
(B) Persia
(C) Central Asia
(D) Morocco
(45) Where is Brihaadeshwar Temple situated?
(A) Kanchi
(B) Madurai
(C) Shri Shailan
(D) Tanjore
(46) Where was saint Kabir born?
(A) Delhi
(B) Varanasi
(C) Mathura
(D) Hyderabad
(47) Which of the following languages was in vogue during Mughal period in the courts of India?
(A) French
(B) Portuguese
(C) Persian
(D) Arabic
(48) The writer of Ram Charit Manas, TULSIDAS, was related to which ruler?
(A) Akbar
(B) Harsha
(C) Nawab Vajid Ali
(D) Chandra Gupta Maurya
(49) Who established Mahabali – Puram?
(A) Pallava
(B) Pandya
(C) Chola
(D) Chalukya
(50) When was first Telegraph line started in India?
(A) 1850
(B) 1851
(C) 1852
(D) 1853
(51) The famous historian who visited India with Mahmud Ghazni was –
(A) Ferishta
(B) Al – Beruni
(C) Afiq
(D) Ibn Battuta
(52) The first Muslim who studied Puranas was-
(A) Abul Fazal
(B) Abdul Quadir Badayuni
(C) Al – Beruni
(D) Dara Shikoh
(53) Who among the following issued silver coins with Sanskrit legend on one side :-
(A) Muhammad – Bin – Qasim
(B) Mahmud of Ghazi
(C) Sher Shah
(D) Akbar
(54) Which one of the following king was defeated by Muhammad Ghori in the battle of Handawar?
(A) Prithviraj Chauhan
(B) Jayachandra
(C) Kumarpala
(D) Bhima-II
(55) How did Sultan Qutubuddin Aybak die?
(A) He was treacherously stabbed to death by one of his ambitious nobles.
(B) He was killed in a battle with Taj-ud-din Yilduz, the ruler of Ghazni who entered into a contract with him over the capture of Punjab.
(C) He sustained injuries while besieging the fortress of Kalinjar in Bundelkhand and succumbed to them later.
(D) He died after a fall from his horse while playing Chaugan.
(56) After consolidating his power, Balban assumed the grand title of?
(A) Tuti-e-Hind
(B) Kaiser-e-Hind
(C) Zil-e-Ilahi
(D) Din-e-Ilahi
(57) What was the boundary between the Delhi Sultanat and Mongols during the period of Alauddin Khalji after 1306 A.D.?
(A) Beas
(B) Ravi
(C) Indus
(D) Sutlej
(58) Ghazi Malik was the founder of which dynasty?
(A) Tughluq
(B) Khalji
(C) Sayyid
(D) Lodi
(59) Which Sultan of Delhi had established a separate Agriculture Department and had planned the ‘rotation of crops’?
(A) Iltutmish
(B) Balban
(C) Alauddin Khalji
(D) Muhammad-bin-Tughluq
(60) Agra city was founded by?
(A) Sikandar Lodi
(B) Akbar
(C) Firoz Tughluq
(D) Shahjahan
(61) Ibn Battuta visited India during the reign of
(A) Bahlul Lodi
(B) Firoz Tughluq
(C) Ghiyasuddin Tughluq
(D) Muhammad-bin-Tughluq
(62) The Home Rule League was started by-
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru
(D) Rajendra Prasad
(63) When did the British government start ruling India directly?
(A) After the Battle of Plassy
(B) After the Battle of Panipat
(C) After the war of Mysore
(D) After Sepoy Mutiny
(64) Who according to the Buddhists, is believed to be the next incarnation of Gautam Buddha?
(A) Atreya
(B) Maitreya
(C) Nagarjuna
(D) Kalki
(65) Who was the chairman of the Union Powers Committee of the Constituent Assembly of India?
(A) Vallabh Bhai Patel
(B) B.R. Ambedkar
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru
(D) None of these
(66) Shah Jahan built the Moti Masjid at
(A) Delhi
(B) Jaipur
(C) Amarkot
(D) Agra
(67) The earliest city discovered in India was
(A) Punjab
(B) Harappa
(C) Mohenjo-daro
(D) Sindh
(68) Which British Governor General introduced postage stamp in India?
(A) Lord Dalhousie
(B) Lord Auckland
(C) Lord Canning
(D) Lord William Bentinck
(69) Epigraphy means?
(A) The study of coins
(B) The study of inscriptions
(C) The study of epics
(D) The study of geography
(70) Who was the first Indian to be elected to the British Parliament?
(A) Dada bhai Naoroji
(B) Gopala Krishna Gokhale
(C) Bipin Chandra pal
(D) Lala Lajpat Rai
(71) When was the first passenger train run in India?
(A) January 1853
(B) April 1854
(C) April 1853
(D) May 1853
(72) Which one of the following sultans is known for having abolished the tax on grains?
(A) Alauddin Khilji
(B) Ghiyasuddin Tughluq
(C) Firuz Tughluq
(D) Sikandar Lodi
(73) Identify the first ruler of Vijaynagara who captured Goa from Bahmani’s?
(A) Harisharaa I
(B) Hariharaa II
(C) Bukka I
(D) Devraya II
(74) Sayana the famous commentator of the Vedic texts, was patronized by?
(A) Parmara rulers
(B) Satavahana rulers
(C) Vijayanagara rulers
(D) Vakataka rulers
(75) Where is the famous Vijaya Vithal Temple, having its 56 carved pillars emitting musical notes located?
(A) Belur
(B) Bhadranchalam
(C) Hampi
(D) Sriragam
(76) Most of the rulers (amirs) and sultans of sultanate period belonged to the class of -
(A) Turkish
(B) Mongols
(C) Tatars
(D) Arabs
(77) Zawabits were concerned with?
(A) State laws
(B) Law regulating mansab system
(C) Laws regulating mint house
(D) Agriculture taxes
(78) Who was the last ruler of “Jaunpur” state?
(A) Mohammad Shah
(B) Hussain Shah
(C) Mubarak Shah
(D) Ibrahim Shah
(79) In which session of Indian National Congress the tri colour flag was unfurled for the first time?
(A) Calcutta session, 1920
(B) Annual session of Congress at Nagpur, 1920
(C) Lahore Congress session, 1929
(D) Haripura Congress session, 1938
(80) Who got constructed the “GRAND TRUNK ROAD”?
(A) Akbar
(B) Ashoka
(C) Shershah Suri
(D) Samudra Gupta
(81) Who designed the national flag of independent India?
(A) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
(B) Rabindra Nath Tagore
(C) Mahatma Gandhi
(D) Pingali Venkaiah
(82) Which among the following has not been found during the excavation of Harappan sites?
(A) Drains and well
(B) Fort
(C) Reservoirs
(D) Temple with shikhar
(83) Which amidst the following sites / Monuments in India is not on the UNESCO’s list of World Cultural Heritage sites?
(A) Kashi Viswanath
(B) Qutab Minar
(C) Ellora Caves
(D) None of these
(84) In Shivaji’s council of ministers the prime minister was called :-
(A) Sachiv
(B) Peshwa
(C) Mantri
(D) Samanta
(85) The battle that led to the foundation of Muslim power in India was –
(A) The first war of Tarain
(B) The second war of Tarain
(C) The first war of Panipat
(D) None of these
(86) The “Doctrine of Lapse” was first applied to the princely state of –
(A) Satara
(B) Jhansi
(C) Oudh
(D) Jaunpur
(87) “Do or Die” is the famous slogan given by –
(A) Jawaharlal Nehru
(B) Rajiv Gandhi
(C) Mahatma Gandhi
(D) Vallabh Bhai Patel
(88) The English established their first factory in India at –
(A) Bombay
(B) Sutanati
(C) Madras
(D) Surat
(89) In which of the following year 26th January was celebrated as an Independence Day?
(A) 1939
(B) 1940
(C) 1930
(D) 1931
(90) Who started the first English Newspaper in India?
(A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(B) Ram Mohan Rai
(C) J.A. Hickey
(D) None of these
(91) Who is hailed as the “HOD OF MEDICINE” by the practitioners of Ayurveda?
(A) Susruta
(B) Dhanwantari
(C) Charaka
(D) None of these
(92) Who wrote “Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna Ab Hamare Dil Main Hai”?
(A) Mohammad Iqbal
(B) Ram Prasad Bismil
(C) Firaq Gorakhopuri
(D) None of these
(93) Harshvardhan organised his religious assembly at –
(A) Mathura
(B) Prayag
(C) Varanasi
(D) Delhi
(94) Which among the following is the sacred book of the Buddhists?
(A) Upanishad
(B) Vedas
(C) Tripitaka
(D) Jatkas
(95) The greatest development in the Kushana period was in the field of –
(A) Religious
(B) Art
(C) Literature
(D) Architecture
(96) “KHALSA” was founded by –
(A) Guru Gobind Singh
(B) Guru Ramdas
(C) Guru Nanak
(D) Arjun Dev
(97) Ashoka called the third Buddhist council at –
(A) Pataliputra
(B) Magadha
(C) Kalinga
(D) Kashi
(98) Who propounded the “EIGHT – FOLD PATH” for the end of misery of mankind?
(A) Mahavir
(B) Adi Shankaracharya
(C) Kabir
(D) Gautam Buddha
(99) Who was the greatest Bhakti poet of Maharashtra?
(A) Ramdas
(B) Tukaram
(C) Namdeva
(D) Eknath
(100) Goa was captured by the Portuguese in the year –
(A) 1508
(B) 1509
(C) 1510
(D) 1511
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