HISTORY GK 1 Q. Of the following who had rebelled against the Mughal Emperor Jahangir? 1 Asaf Khan 2 Khurram 3 Mahabat Khan 4 Shahryar Ans: 2 Q. Of the following who had rebelled against the Mughal Emperor Jahangir? 1 Asaf Khan 2 Khurram 3 Mahabat Khan 4 Shahryar Ans: 2 Q. The words Satyameva Jayate, inscribed below the abacus in Devangari script have been adopted from - 1 Mundaka Upanishad 2 Manusmriti 3 Kathopnished 4 Rig Veda Ans: 1 Q. University of Nalanda and Vikramsila were destroyed by - 1 Tajuddin Yalduz 2 Aurangzeb 3 Baktiyar Khalji 4 Qutb-ud-din Aibek Ans: 3 Q. Rashtrakutas patronised - 1 Vanishnavism 2 Buddhism 3 Jaiism 4 Shaivism Ans: 3 Q. The idea of Sulahkul was propagated by - 1 Mughal Emperor Akbar 2 Mughal Emperor Shahjahan 3 Nawab Wazid Ali Shah 4 Shershah Ans: 1 Q. Who among the following has no role in the abolition of Sati System ? 1 Mughal Emperor Akbar 2 Raja Ram Mohan Roy 3 Lord William Bentinck 4 Edwin Samuel Montagu Ans: 4 Q. In the Gupta age, Varahamihira wrote the famous book, Brihat Samhita. It was a treatise on- 1 Astronomy 2 Statecraft 3 Ayurvedic system of medicine 4 Economics Ans: 1 Q. The fortification of Calcutta by the British in 1756 was regarded by the Nawab of Bengal, Sirajud-daulah, as- 1 Growth of large-scale British trade 2 An attack upon his sovereignty 3 Insecurity of the British in Idia 4 British control over Bengal Ans: 2 Q. Ibn Batutas work, Rihla, completed in 1355, is - 1 An autobiography 2 An account of the Delhi Sultan from Aibek to Ghiyas-ud-din Tughluq 3 A religious text 4 An account of trade with Morocco Ans: 1 Q. Several socio-political organizations were formed in the 19th and 20th Centuries in India. Anjuman-e-Khawatin-e-Islam, founded in the year 1914 was - 1 All India Muslim Ladies Conference 2 A radical wing of the All India Muslim League 3 All India Muslim StudentsConference 4 All India Islamic Conference Ans: 1 Q. British colonialism in India saw the emergence of new cities. Calcutta, now Kolkata, was one of the first cities. Which of the following villages were amalgamated to form the city of Calcutta? 1 Midnapur, Chittagong, Burdwan 2 24-Parganas, Kalikata, Thakurgaon 3 Sultanuti, Kalikata, Gobindapur 4 Midnapur, Thakurgaon, Gobindapur Ans: 3 Q. What was Ziyarat in the language of the Sufis? 1 Pilgrimage to the tombs of Sufi saints for seeking barkat (spiritual grace) 2 Reciting divine name 3 Offering free kitchens run on futuh (unasked for charity) 4 Setting up of auqaf (charitable trusts) Ans: 1 Q. The main occupation of Palaeolithic (Old Stone Age ) people was 1 Animal Husbandry 2 Fishing 3 Agriculture 4 Hunting Ans: 4 Q. Saka Era was founded by 1 Pulakesin-II 2 Kanishka 3 Harsha 4 Vikramaditya Ans: 2 Q. Samudraguptas achievements are mentioned in 1 Indica 2 Ashoka Pillar at Allahabad 3 Kalinga edict 4 Hathigumpha inscription Ans: 2 Q. The capital city of the Pallavas was 1 Vatapi 2 Kanchipuram 3 Madurai 4 Mahabalipuram Ans: 2 Q. The Third Battle of Panipat was fought between 1 Marathas and the East India Company. 2 Ahmad Shah Abdali and the Sikhs. 3 Ahmad Shah Abdali and the Marathas. 4 Ahmad Shah Abdali and the Mughals. Ans: 3 Q. The only Muslim woman to sit on the throne of Delhi was 1 Razia Sultana 2 Mumtaz Mahal 3 Hamida Banu Begum 4 Nur Zahan Ans: 1 Q. Fahien visited India during the reign of 1 Ashoka 2 Chandragupta Maurya 3 Harshavardhana 4 Chandragupta-II Ans: 4 Q. The market regulations in India were introduced by 1 Balban 2 Babar 3 Sher Shah Suri 4 Allauddin Khilji Ans: 4 Q. The pioneer of the Bhakti movement in India was 1 Kabir 2 Shankaracharya 3 Ramananda 4 Ramanuja Ans: 4 Q. The llbert Bill Controversy during Lord Lyttons time related to the concepts of 1 Economic justice 2 Revenue allocation 3 Judicial equality 4 Political representation Ans: 3 Q. The court of Alauddin Khilji was graced by the great poet 1 Firdausi 2 Ibn Batuta 3 Amir Khusru 4 Omar Khaiyyam Ans: 3 Q. The boundary line between India and Pakistan on their attaining independence in 1947 is called 1 Maginot Line 2 Durand Line 3 McMohan Line 4 Radcliffe Line Ans: 4 Q. Who composed the famous song Sare Jahan Se Achha? 1 Naqsh Lyallpuri 2 Mohd. Iqbal 3 Shakeel Badayuni 4 Mirza Ghalib Ans: 2 Q. The remains of Vijayanagar Empire can be found in 1 Golcunda 2 Baroda 3 Bijapur 4 Hampi Ans: 4 Q. Madurai was the capital of the 1 Chedis 2 Pandeyas 3 Chalukyas 4 Rashtrakutas Ans: 2 Q. Tulsidas was contemporary of 1 Aurangzeb 2 Shah Jahan 3 Akbar 4 Ibraham Lodhi Ans: 3 Q. Gandhiji went to England in 1931 to attend the 1 Second Round Table Conference 2 First Round Table Conference 3 Third Round Table Conference 4 None of the above Ans: 1 Q. Two Asokan pillars were brought and installed in Delhi by 1 Qutubuddin Aibak 2 Firozeshah Tughlaq 3 Akbar 4 Alauddin Khalji Ans: 2 Q. Who was the first Indian ruler to accept Subsidiary Alliance offered by Lord Wellesley in 1798? 1 Nizam of Hyderabad 2 Ruler of Mysore 3 Nawab of Carnatic 4 Nawab of Oudh Ans: 1 Q. Mahatma Gandhi returned to India, leaving South Africa for ever in 1 1915 2 1919 3 1914 4 1916 Ans: 3 Q. Which of the following craftsmanship was not practised by the Aryans? 1 Blacksmith 2 Jewellery 3 Carpentery 4 Pottery Ans: 1 Q. ‘Dayabhaga’ is authored by — 1 Vijnaneshwara 2 Jimutavahana 3 Yagyavalkya 4 None of the above Ans: 2 Q. Which deity was not worshipped by the Vedic Aryans? 1 Indra 2 Pashupati 3 Varun 4 Marut Ans: 2 Q. The Mahavir belonged to the clan - 1 Lichhivis 2 Kalams 3 Bhaggas 4 Bulis Ans: 1 Q. The Jain text which contains the biographies of the Tirthankaras is known as - 1 Adi Purana 2 Bhagwatisutra 3 Kalpasutra 4 Uvasagadasao Ans: 3 Q. The rules of Buddhist monistic life are laid down, primarily, in - 1 Tripitaka 2 Abhidhammapitaka 3 Suttapitaka 4 Vinayapitaka Ans: 4 Q. The battle between Alexander and Porus took place on the bank of river - 1 Ravi 2 Ganga 3 Sutlej 4 Jhelum Ans: 4 Q. The first Persian ruler who occupied part of Indian Territory was - 1 Cyrus 2 Darius 1 3 Xerxes 4 Cambyses Ans: 2 Q. Alexander remained in India for - 1 19 months 2 29 months 3 39 months 4 10 months Ans: 1 Q. The first translator of Mahabharata into Tamil was - 1 Bharavi 2 Sundaramurthi 3 Perundevanar 4 Kamban Ans: 3 Q. Who of the following was not a patron of Jainism? 1 Chandragupta Maurya 2 Bimbisara 3 Kharvela 4 Kanishka Ans: 2 Q. Who was the ambassador in the Court of Bindusara? 1 Deimachus 2 Machiavelli 3 Megasthenes 4 Antiochus I Ans: 1 Q. To propagate his Dhamma, Asoka used the services of- 1 Yuktas 2 Pradeshikas 3 Rajukas 4 All of these Ans: 4 Q. The last king of Mauryan empire was- 1 Kunala 2 Devavarman 3 Shalishuk 4 Brihadrath Ans: 4 Q. The historian Kalhan was - 1 Brahmin 2 Buddhist 3 Jain 4 None of these Ans: 1 Q. The writer of the ‘Kalpasutra’ was - 1 Bhadrabahu 2 Simuka 3 Panini 4 Patanjali Ans: 1 Q. The writer of the Brihatkatha was - 1 Dattamitra 2 Gudadhya 3 Bhadrabahu 4 Sarvavarman Ans: 2 Q. Which one of the following indicates the correct chronological order of era in India? 1 Vikram-Shaka-Gupta-Harsha 2 Gupta-Harsha-Vikram-Shaka 3 Gupta-Shaka-Vikram-Harsha 4 Vikram-Harsha-Gupta-Shaka Ans: 1 Q. Which of the following law givers of the post-Gupta period declared that Sudras were not slaves by nature? 1 Jimutwahan 2 Narad 3 Medhatithi 4 Vigynaeshwar Ans: 3 Q. Who was the founder of Gahadwala dynasty who made Kannauj the main centre of his power? 1 Chandradev 2 Jaichandra 3 Vijaychandra 4 Govind Ans: 1 Q. Which of the following Rashtrakut kings defeated the Pratihar ruler Nagabhatta I? 1 Indra II 2 Amoghvarsha I 3 Krishna III 4 Govind III Ans: 4 Q. Who among the following rulers patronized Jayadev, the composer of Geetgovinda? 1 Shashank 2 Laxman Sen 3 Kumarpala 4 Kharvel Ans: 2 Q. The Chola rulers undertook extensive land survey to ascertain - 1 Governments share of revenue 2 Right of ownership 3 Production of grains 4 Limit of the sources of irrigation Ans: 1 Q. Which of the following taxes of Chola period was for educational purpose? 1 Sarvamanya 2 Devadana 3 Salabhoga 4 Brahmadeva Ans: 2 Q. Which of the following books were written by Amir Khusro? 1 Tarikh-i-Mubarakshahi, Nuh-i-Siphr, Ashiqa 2 Khazainul Futuh, Tarikh-i-Mubarakshahi, Ashiqa 3 Ashiqa, Qiranussadain, Khazain-ul-Futuh 4 Qiranussadain, Ashiqa, Tarikh-i-Mubarakshahi Ans: 3 Q. Who wrote Qanun-i-Humayuni? 1 Nizamuddin 2 Gulbadan Begum 3 Yahya 4 Khwandmir Ans: 4 Q. Which of the following books was written by Ishwardas Nagar? 1 Ahkam-i-Alamgiri 2 Futuhat-i-Alamgiri 3 Chhatra Prakash 4 Bir Binod Ans: 2 Q. At the time of Muhammad Ghori’s invasion against Prithviraj Chauhan who of the following ruled Kannauj? 1 The Palas 2 The Gahadwalas 3 The Chandellas 4 The Pratihars Ans: 2 Q. Who was appointed as ambassador to china during the time of Mohammad bin Tughlaq? 1 Ibn Batutah 2 Barbosa 3 Barani 4 Abdur Razzak Ans: 1 Q. Bahlul Lodis significant achievement was the successful war against the underwritten kingdom of— 1 Mewat 2 Chandwar 3 Sambhal 4 Jaunpur Ans: 4 Q. Rulers of which kingdom built Atala Masjid and Lal Darwaza Masjid? 1 Malwa 2 Bengal 3 Khandesh 4 Jaunpur Ans: 4 Q. Chaitanya Charitamrita was authored by — 1 Madhav 2 Ramanand 3 Krishnadas Kaviraj 4 Wasweshwara Ans: 3 Q. When was Vijayanagar visited by Abdurrajjak? 1 1433 2 1423 3 1427 4 1443 Ans: 4 Q. Tuluva dynasty was founded by - 1 Vir Narsimha 2 Immadi Narsimha 3 Narasa Nasyaka 4 None of the above Ans: 1 Q. Who founded the independent Bahamani Kingdom in South India? 1 Mujahid Shah 2 Muhammad Shah I 3 Adil Shah 4 Abu Muzaffar Alauddin Bahmanshah Ans: 4 Q. Who founded the independent Muslim Kingdom of Malwa? 1 Hoshangshah 2 Dilawarkhan 3 Nasiruddin 4 Mahmudshah Ans: 2 Q. Babur had three wives. Which one of the following was not his wife? 1 Gulrus 2 Dibar 3 Gulbadan 4 Maham Ans: 3 Q. Who was Mehdi Khwaza? 1 Brother of Babur 2 Prime Minister of Ibrahim Lodi 3 Ruler of Bihar 4 Brother-in-law of Humayun Ans: 4 Q. Which out of the following was not one of the purposes of Sarais built during Sher Shah? 1 Warehouse for arms and ammunition 2 For officers 3 For travelers 4 Post-house Ans: 1 Q. Who was not appointed as Vazir during Akbar’s reign? 1 Nizamuddin Khalifa 2 Bahadurkhan Uzbeg 3 Shamsuddin Atkakhan 4 Todarmal Ans: 2 Q. Who was the author of Nuskha-i-Dilkusha? 1 Bhimsen Burhanpuri 2 Abul Fazl 3 Khafi Khan 4 Murshidkuli Khan Ans: 1 Q. Guru Govind Singh was killed in 1708 at— 1 Nanded 2 Amritsar 3 Keeratpur 4 Anandpur Ans: 1 Q. Who composed ‘Ganga Lahri’? 1 Surdas 2 Tulsidas 3 Panditraj Jagannath 4 Haridasa Ans: 3 Q. From whom Shahji received the jagir of Poona? 1 Adilshah 2 Mughals 3 Portuguese 4 Nizamshahi Ans: 1 Q. Which of the following Peshwas is connected with the treaty of Sagola? 1 Bajirao II 2 Balaji Bajirao 3 Balaji Vishwanath 4 Bajirao I Ans: 2 Q. In which year Ahilyabai Holkar breathed her last? 1 1794 2 1792 3 1793 4 1795 Ans: 4 Q. The French East India Company was formed in — 1 1680 AD 2 1664 AD 3 1660 AD 4 1656 AD Ans: 2 Q. The battle of Wandiwash was fought between — 1 English and Hyderali 2 English and the French 3 English and the Marathas 4 English and the Nawab of Carnatic Ans: 2 Q. At the battle of Biddera the English crushed the power of — 1 Dutch 2 French 3 Danes 4 Portuguese Ans: 1 Q. The Treaty of Surat was concluded by the British with the following Maratha chief — 1 Narayan Rao 2 Nana Phadnvis 3 Madhav Rao 4 Raghoba Ans: 4 Q. The triple alliance against Tipu was formed by Cornwallis consisted of the following — 1 The English, Marathas and Carnatic 2 The English, Nizam and the Marathas 3 The English, Nizam and Awadh 4 The English, Nizam and Carnatic Ans: 2 Q. In the Second Sikh war the decisive battle was fought at— 1 Chilianwala 2 Gujarat 3 Peshawar 4 Multan Ans: 2 Q. In the Third Maratha War, the English defeated Peshwa Bajirao II at — 1 Kirki 2 Mahidpur 3 Sitabuldi 4 Bassein Ans: 4 Q. The treaty of Shrirangpattam took place in — 1 1793 2 1794 3 1791 4 1792 Ans: 2 Q. Which of the following states was not annexed to British Empire by Dalhousie under the doctrine of lapse? 1 Benaras 2 Baghat 3 Nagpur 4 Sambalpur Ans: 1 Q. Which one of the following rebellions is associated with Sidhu and Kanhu? 1 Kole Rebellion 2 Munda Rebellion 3 Bhil Rebellion 4 Santhal Rebellion Ans: 4 Q. The following officer was connected with the suppression Thugee — 1 Hastings 2 Bentinck 3 Sleeman 4 Aukland Ans: 2 Q. Charles Metcalf was the Governor General of India during— 1 1832-33 2 1837-38 3 1835-36 4 1839-40 Ans: 3 Q. Sindh was invaded during the following Governor General’s time — 1 Lord Ellenborough 2 Lord Aukland 3 Lord Hardinge 4 Lord Dalhousie Ans: 2 Q. The Second Burmese War was fought in the year — 1 1852 2 1849 3 1851 4 1850 Ans: 4 Q. Which one of the following Acts abolished the trading rights of the East India Company? 1 Regulating Act of 1773 2 Charter Act of 1813 3 Charter Act of 1833 4 Charter Act of 1853 Ans: 2 Q. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? 1 Permanent Settlement: Bengal 2 Ryotwari Settlement: Madras 3 Talukdari Settlement: Bombay 4 Mahalwari Settlement: North-Western Province Ans: 3 Q. At Lucknow the revolt of 1857 broke out on — 1 June 4, 1857 2 May 30, 1857 3 June 15, 1857 4 May 15, 1857 Ans: 1 Q. The Asiatic Society of Bengal in Calcutta was founded by— 1 Keshabchandra Sen 2 Raja Ram Mohan Roy 3 Warren Hastings 4 Sir Williams Jones Ans: 4 Q. The Theosophical Society allied itself to the – 1 Hindu revival movement 2 Christian revival movement 3 Islamic revival movement 4 All of these Ans: 1 Q. Which of the following statements about the Ramakrishna Mission is wrong? 1 It held the pure Vedantic doctrine as its ideal 2 It prohibited the worship of images 3 It aimed at the development of the highest spirituality in man 4 It recognized in Science and Technology Ans: 2 Q. Fifth session of the Indian National Congress was held in 1889 at — 1 Madras 2 Calcutta 3 Bombay 4 Dacca 3
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