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Who was the founder of independent kingdom of Gujarat ?(A) Zafar Khan
(B) Tatar Khan
(C) Shama Khan
(D) Ahmad Shah
Ans : (A)
In Early Medieval India "Dosi Hatt" was ?
(A) Animal Market
(B) Meena Bazar
(C) Kapaas (Cotton) Market
(D) Slave Bazar
Ans : (C)
Who among the following did not act as a tax farmer ?
(A) Village headman
(B) Patwari
(C) Governor
(D) Tributary chief
Ans : (D)
Which officer held highest stature in the central government of the Sultanate ?
(A) Qazi-ul-Mulk
(B) Naib-i-Mulk
(C) Wazir
Ans : (B)
Who were called barids ?
(A) Craftsmen working in state workshops
(B) Bodyguards of the sultan
(C) The spy reporters
Ans : (C)
Which Delhi Sultan styled himself Sikandar-i-sani (the 2nd Alexander) ?
(A) Balban
(B) Alauddin Khalji
(C) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
Ans : (B)
Which sultan of Delhi refused to read "Khutba" in the name of Khalifa for the 1st time ?
(A) Alauddin Khalji
(B) Ibrahim Lodi
Ans : (A)
Which Sultan called himself "Naib-i-Khudai" ?
(A) Iltutmish
(B) Balban
(C) Alauddin Khalji
(D) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
Ans : (B)
Which sultan of Delhi refused to read "Khutba" in the name of Khalifa for the 1st time ?
(A) Alauddin Khalji
(B) Ibrahim Lodi
Ans : (A)
Which Sultan called himself "Naib-i-Khudai" ?
(A) Iltutmish
(B) Balban
(C) Alauddin Khalji
(D) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
Ans : (B)
Where did Kutub ud-Din Aibak lay foundation of "Seven Cities" in medieval Delhi?
(A) Siri
(B) Tughlaqabad
(C) Mehrauli
(D) Hauz Khas
Ans:(B
Which Turkish commander conquered Bihar & Bengal ?
(A) Mohammad of Ghur
(B) Kutub ud-Din Aibak
(C) Bakhtiyar Khalji
Ans : (C)
Which of the following musical instruments is not composite or Indo-Islamic in origin ?
(A) Sitar
(B) Shehnai
(C) Tabla
(D) Sarangi
Ans:(B)
Who said, "God knows man's virtues and inquires not his caste; in the next world there is no caste" ?
(A) Kabir
(B) Guru Nanak
Ans : (A)
Which foreign traveller did not visit Vijayanagar during Krishnadeo Raya ?
(A) Nicolo Conti
(B) Fernao Nuniz
(C) Domingo Paes
Ans : (A)
Name the Arab astronomer who studied Sanskrit and astronomy for a decade at Varanasi?
(A) Alberuni
(B) Amir Khusrau
(C) Al'bidari
Ans : (A)
Which book is not a composition of Amir Khusrau ?
(A) Qiran-u-Sadain
(B) Tahqiq-i-Hind
(C) Miftah-ul-Futuh
(D) Nur-i-Sipihar
Ans : (B)
Which book was authored by Sultan Feroz Shah Tughlaq himself?
(A)Fautuhat-i-Ferozshahi
(B)Fatawa-i-Jahandari
(C)Tarikh-i-Ferozshahi
Ans:(A)
Who is writer of "Kitab-ur-Rehla"?
(A) Maulana Sharafuddin Ali Yazid
(B) Amir Timur
(C) Ibn-i-Batuta
(D) Khwaja Abdullah Malik Isami
Ans:(C
The earliest example of a 'Panchayatana' composition in temple is ?
(A) Dashavatara temple, Deogarh
(B) Temple at Pathari
Ans : (A)
Which one among these is not a work of Kalidasa ?
(A) Ritusamhara
(B) Meghaduta
(C) Dashakumarcharita
(D) Kumarashambhava
Ans : (C)
Office-in-charge of collection of revenue in the Mauryan administration was ?
(A) Sannidhatri
(B) Pradeshta
(C) Yukta
(D) Samahatri
Ans:(D)
Who is credited with the construction of "Pagodas" at Mahabalipuram?
(A) Cholas
(B) Chalukyas of Kalyani
(C) Pallavas
(D) Pandyas
Ans : (C)
Which king is called "Kaviraj" in 1 of his inscriptions?
(A)Pratihara king Mihirbhoja
(B)Paramara king Bhoja
(C)Pala king Dharmapala
Ans:(B)
Who impressed upon Harsha to incline towards Buddhism ?
(A) Bhikshu Mahakashyapa
(B) Hiuen-Tsang
(C) Thera Nagasen
(D) Diwakarmitra
Ans:(D)
Which Kushana king adopted the epithet "Dhrama-Thida"?
(A) Vim Kadaphises
(B) Kuzul Kadaphises
(C) Kanishka the Great
(D) Huvishka
Ans:(B)
Which Gupta emperor has been called "Lichchhavi-dauhitra" ?
(A) Shrigupta
(B) Chandragupta I
(C) Chandragupta II
(D) Samudragupta
Ans : (B)
With what name the Jainism referred to before the coming of Mahavir ?
(A) Jina
(B) Kevalin
(C) Nirgranthas
(D) Tirthankaras
Ans : (D)
Rigvedic king did not maintain administrative machinery bcoz?
(A)Its economy was not suitable to it
(B)kingship was not hereditary
Ans:(A)
At which place, rows of distinctive fire altars with provision of ritual bathing have been found ?
(A) Mohen-jo-daro
(B) Kalibangan
Ans:(B)
In which region the earliest evidence of rice cultivation has come ?
(A) Central Ganga Valley
(B) Belan Valley
(C) Gomal Valley
Ans : (B)
Which among the following excavated sites is related to Malwa culture ?
(A) Navadatoli
(B) Nagda
(C) Eran
(D) Azadnagar
Ans : (A)
Who was 1st to decipher the inscriptions of Ashoka and Brahmi script ?
(A) Alexander Cunningham
(B) James Princep
(C) Max Muller
Ans : (B)
Who among the following has not quoted from the Indica of Megasthenese ?
(A) Pliny
(B) Strabo
(C) Diodorus
(D) Arrian
Ans : (C)
Which one among the following is a Tamil grammatical treatise ? (A) Pattupattu (B) Ettutogai (C) Silappadikaram (D) Tolkappiam Ans : (D)
3rd Battle of Panipat was fought between ?
(A) Hemu and Akbar
(B) Humayun and Sher Shah
(C) Maratha and Ahmad Shah Abdali
Ans : (C)
Which one of the following subjects is related to 'Robot' ?
(A) Kinematics
(B) Cybernatics
(C) Hydraulics
(D) Mechanics
Ans : (D)
Sethusamudram Project connects ?
(A) Palk Bay with Pak Strait
(B) Palk Bay with Bay of Bengal
(C) Gulf of Mannar with Palk Bay
Ans : (C)
Zimbabwe was earlier known as ?
(A) Southern Rhodesia
(B) Gold Coast
(C) Ivory Coast
(D) Belgian Congo
Ans : (A)
Inner-Party Democracy stands for ?
Ans : (Periodical elections within the party to elect the office bearers of the party)
Right of Property has been excluded from the list of Fundamental Rights by?
(A) 42nd Amendment
(B) 44th Amendment
(C) 46th Amendment
Ans:(B)
The Apex Institution in the sphere of Agriculture Credit is ?
(A) State Bank of India
(B) Reserve Bank of India
(C) NABARD
Ans : (C)
"Hydrocarbon Vision-2025" is associated with?
(A) Storage of petroleum products
(B) Euro-I & Euro-II vehicles
(C) Green house effect
Ans:(A)
1st Speaker against whom a motion of non-confidence was moved in Lok Sabha was?
(A) B. R. Jhaked
(B) G. V. Mavlankar
(C) Hukum Singh
Ans:(B)
The view that "Planning in India should, in future, pay more attention to the people than to commodities" was given by ?
Ans : (Amartya Sen)
"Contingency Fund" of the State is operated by?
(A) Governor of the State
(B) Chief Minister of the State
(C) State Finance Minister
Ans:(A)
India is not a member of?
(A)Commonwealth of Nations
(B)SAARC
(C)NAM Organisation
(D)Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Organization
Ans:(D)
1st recipient of Nehru Award for International Understanding in 1965 was ?
(A) Martin Luther King
(B) Mother Teresa
(C) U. Thant
Ans : (C)
1st recipient of Nehru Award for International Underst
An accused of an offence cannot be compelled to be a witness against himself, its defined in which Article?
A)Article 20
B)Article 21
Ans:(A)
Name the author of the book "Sea of Poppies" ?
(A) Arvind Adiga
(B) Amitav Ghosh
(C) Chetan Bhagat
(D) Vikas Swaroop
Ans : (B)
The author of the book "My Country My Life" is?
(A) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
(B) Jaswant Singh
(C) Lalkrishna Advani
(D) Rajmohan Gandhi
Ans:(C
The Upanishads were translated into Persian by Dara Shikoh under the title ?
(A) Al-Fihrist
(B) Kitab-ul-Bayan
(C) Sirr-i-Akbar
Ans : (C)
The Vikramsila' Mahavihara, a great centre of education, was founded by ?
(A) Baladitya
(B) Harsha
(C) Gopala
(D) Dharampala
Ans : (D)
The freedom fighter who died in jail due to hunger strike was ?
(A) Bhagat Singh
(B) Bipin Chandra Pal
(C) Jatin Das
(D) S. C. Bose
Ans:(C)
Which Sultan built the fifth storey of Qutub Minar ?
(A) Qutbuddin Aibek
(B) Iltutmish
(C) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
(D) Sikandar Lodi
Ans : (C
By which Amendment of the Constitution "Service Tribunals" were established?
(A) 39th Amendment
(B) 44th Amendment
(C) 42nd Amendment
Ans:(C
Sarkaria Commission was set in June 1983 up for the review of relations between?
(A) Legislature and Executive
(B) Centre and States
Ans:(B)
Procedure for removal of Supreme Court Judge is given in?
(A) Article 124 (4)
(B) Article 124 (5)
(C) Article 125
(D) Article 126
Ans : (A)
Directive Principles of State Policy in our Constitution is taken from?
(A) Constitution of Ireland
(C) Constitution of Australia
Ans : (A)
Who appoints the Chairman of the State Public Service Commission in India ?
(A) President of India
(B) Governor of the State
Ans : (B)
The Court which has jurisdiction over election disputes under Section 80 of the Representation of People Act, 1951 is ?
Ans : (High Court)
Who is to certify that any bill is a Money Bill ?
(A) Finance Minister
(B) Speaker of Lok Sabha
(C) Prime Minister
Ans : (B)
In India, which institution holds ultimate authority to accept "Five Year Plans"?
(A) National Development Council
(B) Parliament
Ans : (A)
Who was the Chairman of the 6th Pay Commission ?
(A) Justice A. K. Majumdar
(B) Justice B. N. Srikrishna
(D) Justice R. C. Lahoti
Ans : (B)
Joint Meeting of both Houses of Parliament is chaired by ?
(A) President
(B) Chairman of Rajya Sabha
(C) Speaker of Lok Sabha
Ans : (C)
In which year "Advocate's Welfare Fund Act" was enacted by Parliament of India ?
(A) 1999
(B) 2001
(C) 2003
(D) 2008
Ans : (B)
How many languages are there in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India ?
(A) 16
(B) 18
(C) 20
(D) 22
Ans : (D)
Emphysaema is a disease caused by environmental pollution in which the affects ?
(A) Liver
(B) Kidney
(C) Lungs
(D) Brain
Ans : (C)
The branch of study dealing with old age and aging is called ?
(A) Oncology
(B) Gerentology
(C) Teratology
(D) Ornithology
Ans : (B)
Which of the following is the smallest bone in the human body ?
(A) Vomer
(B) Stapes
(C) Malleus
(D) Incus
Ans : (B)
Open market operations of RBI refer to ?
(A)Buying and selling of shares
(B)Fuctioning of foreign exchange
(C)Trading in securities
Ans:(A)
1st Industry to develop in India was?
(A) Cottage industry
(B) Cement industry
(C) Iron and steel industry
(D) Engineering industry
Ans:(A)
The aim of differentiated Interest scheme was to provide concessional loans to ?
(A) Weaker Section of Society
(B) Big Exporters
Ans : (A)
Note issuing department of RBI should always possess minimum gold stock worth?
(A) Rs. 85 crore
(B) Rs. 115 crore
(C) Rs. 200 crore
Ans:(B)
Narsinham Committee related to ?
(A) Higher education reforms
(B) Tax structure reforms
(C) Banking structure reforms
Ans : (C)
Basis of determining dearness allowances to employees of India is ?
(A)National Income
(B)Consumer Price Index
(C)Per Capita Income
Ans:(B)
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