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Panchatantra' was written by ?
(A) Kalidas
(B) Bana Bhatt
(C) Vishnu Sharma
Ans : (C)
Composed between 1200 BCE and 300 BCE

Who could not be captured by the British in 1857 ?
(A) Bahadur Shah-II
(B) Tantia Tope
(C) Nana Saheb
(D) Mangal Pandey
Ans : (C)

In freedom movement of India, 1930 is associated with ?
(A) Dandi March
(B) Jallianwala Bagh Tragedy
(C) Partition of Bengal
Ans. (A

The tomb of which Mughal emperor is not in India?
(A) Babur
(B) Humayun
(C) Jahangir
Ans. (A)
Its in Kabul. Also called "Bagh-e-Babur"

Megasthenes was the ambassador of ?
(A) Alexander
(B) Darius
(C) The Greek
(D) Seleucus
Ans. (D)

Who among the following 1st received Bharat Ratna Award?
(A) Jawaharlal Nehru
(B) C. V. Raman
(C) B. C. Roy
(D) Zakir Husain
Ans. (B)

Who said the words 'Go to Vedas'?
(A) Swami Dayanand
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) Bhagat Singh
(D) Lal Bahadur Shastri
Ans. (A)

Who was the founder of Brahmo Samaj?
(A) Swami Vivekananda
(B). Swami Dayanand Sarsawati
(C) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(D) Ranadey
Ans. (C)

Subhash Chandra Bose inaugurated the government of Free India at ?
(A) Burma
(B) Japan
(C) Germany
(D) Singapore
Ans : (D)

Swaraj Party was formed by ?
(A) C. R. Das
(B) Motilal Nehru
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru
(D) C. R. Das and Motilal Nehru
Ans : (D)

Who was the president of All India Trade Union Congress in 1929 ?
(A) M. N. Roy
(B) N. M. Joshi
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru
Ans : (B)


The moderates and extremists were united in the Congress Session of ?
(A) Lahore
(B) Bombay
(C) Allahabad
(D) Lucknow
Ans : (D)

The Asiatic Society of Bengal in Calcutta was founded by ?
(A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(B) Sir Williams Jones
(C) Warren Hastings
Ans : (B)

Which Act abolished the trading rights of the East India Company ?
(A) Regulating Act of 1773
(B) Charter Act of 1813
Ans : (B)

Sindh was invaded during which Governor General's time?
(A) Lord Aukland
(B) Lord Ellenborough
(C) Lord Hardinge
(D) Lord Dalhousie
Ans:(B)

Which British Officers was not in favour of annexation of Awadh ?
(A) Outram
(B) Napier
(C) Hugh Rose
(D) Sleeman
Ans : (D)

Which rebellion is associated with Sidhu and Kanhu ?
(A) Munda Rebellion
(B) Kole Rebellion
(C) Santhal Rebellion
Ans : (C)

Which state was not annexed to British Empire by Dalhousie under the doctrine of Lapse ?
(A) Baghat
(B) Nagpur
(C) Benaras
Ans : (C)

In the Third Maratha War(1817-1818), the English defeated Peshwa Bajirao II at ?
(A) Mahidpur
(B) Sitabuldi
(C) Kirki
(D) Bassein
Ans : (D)

In the 2nd Sikh War the decisive battle was fought at ?
(A) Chilianwala
(B) Peshawar
(C) Gujarat
Ans : (C)

riple alliance against Tipu Sultanwas formed by Cornwallis consisted?
(A) English, Nizam & Marathas
(B) English, Nizam & Awadh
Ans : (A)

Treaty of Surat was concluded by the British with which Maratha chief ?
(A) Narayan Rao
(B) Madhav Rao
(C) Raghoba (Rahgunathrao)
Ans:(C)

At the battle of Biddera(1759) the English crushed the power of ?
(A) French
(B) Dutch
(C) Portuguese
(D) Danes
Ans : (B)


Who composed 'Ganga Lahri' ?
(A) Tulsidas
(B) Surdas
(C) Panditraj Jagannath
(D) Haridasa
Ans : (C)

Mir Sayyed Ali & Abdusamad were the court painter during ?
(A) Humayun, Akbar
(B) Akbar, Jahangir
(C) Jahangir, Shah Jahan
Ans : (A)

Who was not appointed as Vazir during Akbar's reign ?
(A) Bahadurkhan Uzbeg
(B) Shamsuddin Atkakhan
(C) Todarmal
Ans : (A)

French naval officer "La Bourdonnais" was the Governor of ?
(A) Madras
(B) Pondicherry
(C) Mauritius
Ans : (B)

Who was not alive at the time of Shivaji's Coronation ?
(A)Ganga Bhatt
(B)Tukaram
(C)Ramdas
(D)Dadaji Konddeva
Ans:(D)

From whom Shahji received the jagir of Poona ?
(A) Mughals
(B) Adilshah
(C) Nizamshahi
(D) Portuguese
Ans : (B)

Which revolt had agrarian causes at its root ?
(A) Rajput revolt
(B) Satnami and Jat revolt
(C) Sikh revolt
(D) Maratha revolt
Ans : (B)

Which of the following was not a silver coin during Akbar ?
(A) Jalal
(B) Dam
(C) Darab
(D) Pandau
Ans : (B)

Who abolished Jaziya and Pilgrim taxes ?
(A) Humayun
(B) Jahangir
(C) Akbar
(D) Aurangzeb
Ans : (C)

Who was Mehdi Khwaza ?
(A) Ruler of Bihar
(B) Prime Minister of Ibrahim Lodi
(C) Brother-in-law of Humayun
(D) Brother of Babur
Ans : (C)

Who founded Bahamani kingdom ?
(A) Alauddin Hasan Bahman Shah (Hasan Gangu)
(B) Mujahid Shah
(C) Muhammad Shah
(D) Adil Shah
Ans : (A)

When was Vijayanagar visited by Abdurrajjak ?
(A) 1443
(B) 1433
(C) 1423
(D) 1427
Ans : (A)

Raidas, Sena and Kabir were the followers of ?
(A) Namdeo
(B) Ramanuj
(C) Ramanand
Ans : (C)
They were 3 of the 12 followers of Ramanand

Who succeeded Nizamuddin Aulia ?
(A) Sheikh Farid
(B) Sheikh Nasiruddin Mahmud Chirag-e-Delhi
(C) Sheikh Salim Chishti
Ans : (B)

"Chaitanya Charitamrita" was authored by ?
(A) Wasweshwara
(B) Madhav
(C) Krishnadas Kaviraj
Ans : (C)
Biography of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.

Rulers of which kingdom built Atala Masjid & Lal Darwaza Masjid?
(A)Bengal
(B)Jaunpur
Ans:(B)
Built wid palace of Bibi Raji, Sharqi dynasty

Bahlul Lodi's significant achievement was the successful war against the underwritten kingdom of ?
(A) Mewat
(B) Jaunpur
Ans : (B)

Who was appointed as ambassador to China(Yuan Dynasty) during Mohammad bin Tughlaq ?
(A) Barbosa
(B) Barani
(C) Ibn Batutah
Ans : (C

Who of the following contested with Qutubuddin Aibak for Punjab ?
(A) Ikhtiyaruddin
(B) Tajuddin Yaldauz
(C) Nasiruddin Qubacha
Ans : (B)

At the time of Muhammad Ghori's invasion against Prithviraj Chauhan who ruled Kannauj ?
(A) Palas
(B) Pratihars
(C) Gahadwalas
Ans : (C)

Muhammad Ghori aligned against Khusrau Shah with whom ?
(A) King of Gujarat
(B) King of Multan
(C) King of Jammu
Ans : (C)

Which book was written by Ishwardas Nagar ?
(A) Futuhat-i-Alamgiri
(B) Bir Binod
(C) Chhatra Prakash
(D) Ahkam-i-Alamgiri
Ans : (A)

Who wrote 'Qanun-i-Humayuni' or Humayun Nama?
(A) Gulbadan Begum
(B) Yahya
(C) Khwandmir
(D) Nizamuddin
Ans : (C)

Which work was written by Ziauddin Barani?
(A) Tarikh-i-Firozshahi and Qiranussadain
(B) Tarikh-i-Firozshahi and Fatwa-i-Jahandari
Ans:(B)

The writer of Tabqat-i-Nasiri was ?
(A) Barani
(B) Nizamuddin
(C) Minhaj-us-Siraj-Juzjani
Ans : (C)
It is history of Islam in 23 volumes

Which taxe of Chola period was for educational purpose ?
(A) Devadana
(B) Salabhoga
(C) Brahmadeva
(D) Sarvamanya
Ans : (A)

Which word was used for the royal military troops of the Cholas ?
(A) Kattupaddi
(B) Kaikkolar
(C) Bhrtaka
(D) Kadgham
Ans : (B)

Which ruler patronized Jayadev, the composer of 'Geetgovinda' ?
(A) Laxman Sen
(B) Kharvel
(C) Kumarpala
(D) Shashank
Ans : (A)

Which Rashtrakut king defeated the Pratihar ruler Nagabhatta I ?
(A) Indra II
(B) Krishna III
(C) Amoghvarsha I
(D) Govind III
Ans : (D)

Who was founder of Gahadwala dynasty who made Kannauj main centre of his power ?
(A) Jaichandra
(B) Vijaychandra
(C) Chandradev
Ans : (C)

Which law givers of post-Gupta period declared that Sudras were not slaves by nature?
(A) Medhatithi
(B) Vigynaeshwar
(C) Narad
Ans:(A

During Pre-Gupta period what was Kahapan ?
(A) An office
(B) A luxury item
(C) A coin
(D) A port
Ans : (C)
According to tradition, Kashyapa Matanga introduced Buddhism to ?
(A) China
(B) Kashmir
(C) Ceylon
(D) Gandhar
Ans : (A)
Who wrote 'Brihatkatha' ?
(A) Dattamitra
(B) Gunadhya
(C) Bhadrabahu
(D) Sarvavarman
Ans : (B)
Who wrote 'Kalpasutra' ?
(A) Simuka
(B) Panini
(C) Bhadrabahu
Ans : (C)


Yen-Kao-Chen is generally known as ?
(A) Kadphises I
(B) Kadphises II
(C) Kanishka
Ans : (B)

Who was the founder of Satvahana dynasty ?
(A) Shatkarni I
(B) Simuka
(C) Shatkarni II
(D) Rudradaman I
Ans : (B)

The historian Kalhan was a ?
(A) Buddhist
(B) Brahmin
(C) Jain
(D) None of these
Ans : (B)
The last king of Mauryan empire was ?
(A) Devavarman
(B) Brihadrath
(C) Kunala
(D) Shalishuk
Ans : (B)
Who was ambassador Bindusara's court ?
(A) Machiavelli
(B) Megasthenes
(C) Deimachus
Ans : (C)
Who was not a patron of Jainism ?
(A) Bimbisara
(B) Kharvela
(C) Kanishka
(D) Chandragupta Maurya
Ans : (A)
1st translator of Mahabharata into Tamil was ?
(A) Perundevanar
(B) Kamban
(C) Sundaramurthi
(D) Bharavi
Ans : (A)
Alexander remained in India for ?
(A) 29 months
(B) 39 months
(C) 19 months
(D) 10 months
Ans : (C)

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