History

1) Who was the court part of Samudra Gupta?

a) Asvaghosha

b) Nagarjuna

c) Harishena

d) Aryabhatta

2) The ruins of the glory of Vijayanagar and a place historical importance for its architectural styal is now found at:

a) Belur

b) Hampi

c) Srirangapatnam

d) Tanjaore

3) The world famous rock cut Kailasa Temple at Ellora was built by the:

a) Mauryas

b) Pallavas

c) Chalukyas

d) Rashtrakutas

4) Which one of the following Silsilas of Sufism was against music:

a) Chishtiya

b) Suhrawardiya

c) Qadiriya

d) Naqshbandiya

5) From the excavations of which ancient site information are gathered regarding brisk trade relations between India and Rome during early centuries of Christian era:

a) Madurai

b) Tamralipti

c) Tondi

d) Arikamedu

6) Greko-Roman Art has found a place in:

a) Ellora     

b) Gandhara

c) Kalinga

d) Buddist Art

7) How many ‘Mandals’ (Books) does the Rig Veda Contain?

a) 7

b) 10

c) 11

d) 21

8) Which one of the following trees is shown in seals of the Indus Valley Civilization in association with a deity?

a) Neem tree

b) Papal tree

c) Banyan tree

d) Mango tree

9) Chinese pilgrim who visited India during Harshavardhan’s period was:

a) Fa-hien

b) I’tsing     

c) Nishka

d) Hiuen Tsang

10) Chalukya King Pulakesin II was defeated by:

a)  Mahendra Varma I

b) Narasimha Varma I

c) Parameshwara Varma I

d) Jatila Parantaka

11) Lumbini, the birth place of Gautam Buddha, is in:

a) Bihar      

b) Sikkim

c) Nepal

d) UP

12) Which one of the following Sufis regarded Krishna among the always:

a) Shah Mohammad Ghaus

b) Shah Waliullah

c) Shah Abdul Azeez

d) Khwaja Mir Dard

13) The Mughals borrowed the celebration of “Nauroz” from:

a) Parsis

b) Jews

c) Mangols

d) Turks

14) The temple built in 1100 AD and dominating all other temples in Bhubanneshwar is:

a) Raja Rani Temple

b) Kandariya Mahadev

c) Tribhuvaneswara Lingaraja

d) Mukhteswara

15) The painting in the Ajanta and Ellora caves are indicative of development of art under the:

a) Rastrakutas

b) Pallavas

c) Pandyas

d) Chalukyas

16) Mughal painting reached its zenith under:

a) Shahjahan

b) Akbar

c) Jahangir

d) Aurangzeb

17) Who among the following Sikh Gurus compiled the ‘Adi Granth’?

a) First Guru

b) Fifth Guru

c) Ninth Guru

d) Tenth and the last Guru

18) ‘Mongols’ intruded into India for the first time during the region of:

a) Firoz Shah Tughlaq

b) Balban

c) Allauddin Khilji

d) Iltutmish

19) Which dynasty was well known for the excellent village administration?

a) Pallavas

b) Cholas

c) Pandyas

d) Chalukyas

20) Who of the following was the biographer of Akbar?

a) Abul Fazl

b) Faizi

c) Abdun Nabi Khan

d) Birbal

21) Who was called the “Second Founder of the Maratha Kingdom”?

a) Raja Ram

b) Balaji Viswanath

c) Baji Rao I

d) Balaji Baji Rao

22) The Mughal emperor who discouraged Sati was:

a) Babur

b) Humayun

c) Akbar

d) Jahangir

23) Which one of the following Saints’ name is associated with Shivaji?

a) Rama Nand

b) Ram das

c) Chaitanya

d) Tukaram

24) Tansen, the greatest musician of Akbar’s court, belonged to:

a) Gwalior

b) Kanauj

c) Delhi

d) Agra

25) The tomb of Sufi saint Sheikh Salim Chishti is at:

a) Jaunpur

b) Sikandara

c) Fatehpur Sikri

d) Ajmer

26) Islam was abolished as the State religion during the rule of:

a) Akbar

b) Balban

c) Ibrahim Lodi

d) Ghias Ud din Tughlaq

27) Who among the following founded the ‘Sunga’ dynasty?

a) Bimbisara

b) Agnimitra

c) Ajatashatru

d) Pushyamitra

28) Who among the following founded the “Brahmo Samaj”?

a) Keshab Chandra Sen

b) Ramakrishna

c) Dayananda Saraswati

d) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

29) Akbar built Ibadatkhana at Fatehpur Sikri to:

a) Conduct mass Prayer

b) Hold darbar

c) Hold religious discussions

d) Hear public grievances

30) Which one of the given Mughal buildings bears the inscription “If on Earth be on Eden of Bliss it is this, it is this none but this”?

a) Diwan I Am

b) Diwan I Khas

c) Taj Mahal

d) Buland Darwaza

31) “Mansabdars” during the Mughal period were:

a) Landlords and zamindars

b) Milita men

c) Officials of the state

d) Revenue Collectors

32) During Aurangzeb’s reign which of the following were not employed by his government?

a) Rajputs

b) Pathans

c) Marathas

d) All of the above

33) The first Europeans who started trade with India were:

a) British

b) Danish

c) Portuguese

d) Dutch

34) The fulsome development of Mughal painting was the achievement of:

a) Humayun

b) Akbar

c) Babur

d) Jahangir

35) Moti Masjid in the Red Fort at Delhi was built by:

a) Akbar     

b) Jehangir

c) Shahjahan

d) Aurangzeb

36) Who among the following Sultans of Delhi has been described by the historians as the “mixture of opposite”?

a) Balban

b) Alauddin Khilji

c) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq

d) Ibrahim Lodi

37) Who was the last ruler of Lodi Dynasty?

a) Bahlul Lodi

b) Ibrahim Lodi

c) Daulat khan Lodi

d) Sikandar Lodi

38) Which of the following Mughal emperors has vividly described Indian flora and fauna, seasons, fruits, etc., in his diary?

a) Akbar

b) Jehangir

c) Babur

d) Auranzeb

39) The greatness of Sheshah lies in his:

a) Victories against Humayun

b) Superior generalship

c) Administrative reforms

d) Religious tolerance

40) Who among the following Mughal emperors wrote his autobiography in Persion?

a) Babur

b) Akbar

c) Jehangir

d) Aurangzeb

41) Taxila was a famous site of:

a) Early Vedic Art

b) Mauryan Art

c) Gandhara Art

d) Gupta Art

42) The gold coins were introduced first in India by:

a) The Kushanas

b) The Greeks

c) The Sakas

d) The Parthians

43) Which of the following dynasties conquered Sri Lanka and South-East Asian countries?

a) The Pandyas

b) The Chalukyas

c) The Cholas

d) The Rashtrakutas

44) “Al Hilal” was a newspaper started for propagating nationalism by:

a) Abul Kalam Azad

b) Mohammed Ali

c) Zafar Ali Khan

d) Dr Syed Mahmud

45) The famous monastery of Vikramsila was founded by the:

a) Guptas

b) Senas

c) Palas

d) Rashtrakutas

46) Fahein, the first Chinese pilgrim, visited India during the reign of:

a) Chandragupta Maurya

b) Chandragupta Vikramaditya

c) Harshavardhana

d) Ashoka the Great

47) Who among the following rulers belonged to the Holkar dynasty?

a) Ahalyabai

b) Shivaji

c) Tukoji

d) Prithviraj

48) Who levied the tax known by the name “Chauth”?

a) Marathas

b) Mughals

c) Cholas

d) Chandellas

49) The most important feature in the economic measure pursued by allauddin Khilji was:

a) Foreign trade

b) Minting of new coins

c) Development of agriculture

d) Market control

50) The era which is counted from 78 AD is the:

a) Kollam Era

b) Vikrama Era

c) Saka Era

d) Salivahana Era

51) Provincial Autonomy was a significant feature of:

a) The Indian Independence Act, 1947

b) The Government of India Act, 1919

c) The Government of India Act, 1909

d) The Government of India Act, 1935

52) The Simon Commission was appointed in:

a) 1928

b) 1929

c) 1930

d) 1926

53) Swarajya was declared as the goal of the Congress at its session in 1906 at:

a) Bombay

b) Calcutta

c) Lucknow

d) Madras

54) Gandhiji started the Dandi march from:

a) Allahabad

b) Dandi

c) Calcutta

d) Ahmedabad

55) The Congress adopted the Quit India Resolution in the year:

a) 1940

b) 1938

c) 1946

d) 1942

56) The art style which combines India and Greek features is called:

a) Sikhara

b) Verma

c) Nagana

d) Gandhara

57) Which battle laid the foundation of Mughal rule in India?

a) Battle of Plassey

b) Battle of Talikota

c) First battle of Panipat

d) Battle of Haldighati

58) The site of Amritsar was bestowed by Mughal emperor Akbar upon:

a) Guru Tegh Bahadur

b) Guru Ram Das

c) Guru Amar Das

d) Guru Hari Kishan

59) Alexander advanced in India up to the river:

a) Ravi

b) Satuj

c) Beas

d) Yamuna

60) The water divided between Indus and Ganga river systems is formed by:

a) Vindhyan Range

b) Dhaula Dhar Range

c) Aravalli Range

d) Satpura Range

61) The partition of Bengal was effected in 1905 by:

a) Lord Minto

b) Lord Lyton

c) Lord Curzon

d) Lord Lawrence

62) Revival of Vedas is associated with:

a) Swami Dayanand Saraswati

b) Swami Vivekananda

c) Acharya Rajneesh

d) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

63) At the time of independence of India in 1947, the Prime Minister of England was:

a) Lord Mountbatten

b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

c) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel

d) Dr B.R. Ambedkar

64) Who is known as the ‘Iron man’ of India?

a) Lala Lajpat Rai

b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

c) Sardar Vallabh Bhai patel

d) Dr B. R Ambedkar

65) Iqtas were organized in India by:

a) Qutubuddin Aibak

b) Balban

c) Allauddin Khilji

d) Illtutmish

66) Literature in the Gupta period was written mostly in:

a) Telugu

b) Tamil

c) Kannada

d) Sanskrit

67) Who among the following was impeached on return to Britain for accepting bribes and committing atrocities on Indian rulers?

a) Warren Hasting

b) Sir John Share

c) Lord Clive

d) Lord Cornwallis

68) Gandhi started ‘Satyagraha’ in 1919 in protest against the:

a) Salt Law

b) Rowlatt Act

c) Act of 1909

d) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

69) The immediate cause for the outbreak of the First World War was:

a) The assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand

b) The imprisonment of Lenin

c) The ambition of America to dominate the world

d) The sudden death of Lloyd George

70) The Opium Wars were fought between:

a) Britain and China

b) Britain and India

c) India and China

d) Britain and Japan

71) Of the following who was not a signatory to the historic Poona Pact of 1932:

a) B.R. Ambedkar

b) Madan Mohan Malviya

c) C. Rajagopalachari

d) M.K Gandhi

72) On the first occasion, the Prime Minister of India was appointed by:

a) The Governor General

b) The British Emperor

c) Mahatma Gandhi

d) The Viceroy

73) The American publicist who was with Mahatma Gandhi during his ‘Quit India’ movement was:

a) Louis Fischer

b) William L. Shiver

c) Web Miller

d) Negley Farson

74) The most decisive battle that led to the establishment of supremacy of the British in India was:

a) The battle of Plassey

b) The battle of Buxar

c) The battle of Wandiwash

d) The third battle of Panipat

75) The person who returned his Token of Honour to Government of India on May 30, 1919 was:

a) Jamnalal Bajaj

b) Tej Bahadur Sapru

c) Mahatma Gandhi

d) Rabindranath Tagore

76) Karamchand Gandhi was a Dewan of:

a) Porbandar

b) Rajkot

c) Wakaner

d) All of the above

77) The Asiatic Society of Bengal (founded in 1784) owes its origin to:

a) Warren Hastings

b) Sir William Jones

c) Sir James Mackintosh

d) James Princep

78) A prominent leader of the Ghadr Party was:

a) P. Mitra

b) Hardayal

c) B.G. Tilak

d) Bipin Chandra Pal

79) Who propounded the theory of ‘Drain of Wealth’ from India to Great Britain?

a) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

b) Dadabhai Naoroji

c) Surendranath Banerjee

d) Lala Lajpat Rai

80) Which one of the following was the first to impose censorship of the Press:

a) Wellesley

b) Hastings

c) John Adams

d) Dalhousie

81) Mac Donald’s Communal Award did not provide separate electrorates and reserved seats in provincial legislatures to:

a) Muslims

b) Sikhs

c) Scheduled Castes

d) Buddhists

82) On November 1, 1858 Queen Victoria Proclamation was read out at Allahabad by:

a) Lord William Bentink

b) Lord canning

c) Ord Burnham

d) Sri Harcourt Butler

83) The first census in India during the British period was held during the tenure of:

a) Lord Dufferin

b) Lord Lyton

c) Lord Mayo

d) Lord Ripon

84) Which one of the following names cannot be associated with revolt of 1857?

a) Begum Hazarat Mahal

b) Maulavi Ahmadullah

c) Peshwa Baji Rao II

d) Bahadur Shah II

85) The call “Dilli Challo” was given by:

a) Lala Lajpat Rai

b) Dr Rajendra Prasad

c) Subhash Chandra Bose

d) Mahatma Gandhi

86) Who among the following attended all the three round Table Conferences?

a) Jawaharlal Nehru

b) Dr. B.R Ambedkar

c) Vallabhbhai Patel

d) Dr Rajendra Prasad

87) The British Viceroy who took a number of measure for preserving ancient buildings and monuments of India was:

a) Lord Ripon

b) Lord Curzon

c) Lord Minto

d) Lord Irwin

88) The first Governor General of the East India Company in India was:

a) Robert Clive

b) Sir John Shore

c) Warren Hastings

d) Marquis of Hastings

89) The Stupa of Scanchi was built by:

a) Kanishka

b) Harsha vardhan

c) Dharmapala

d) Ashoka

90) The prefix ‘Mahatma’ was added with the name of Gandhi:

a) During Champaran Satyagraha

b) During the Satyagraha against Rowlatt Act

c) In the Amrisar Session of the Indian National Congress 1919

d) At the beginning of khilafat movement

91) Which one of the following persons called Irwin and Gandhi as ‘the two Mahatmas’:

a) Mira Behn

b) Sarojini Naidu

c) Madan Mohan Malviya

d) Jawaharlal Nehru

92) Gandhi suspended his first non cooperation movement because:

a) It turned violent suddenly

b) Most of the leaders had been arrested and were in prison

c) His experiment on all India strike had succeeded

d) He saw no chances of success for the movement

93) Indian National Army was headed by:

a) Netaji Subhash Bose

b) General Cariappa

c) Field Marshal Manekshaw

d) Chandra Shekhar Azad

94) ‘Purna Swaraj’ day was first celebrated in India on:

a) 26 January 1930

b) 15 August 1930

c) 15 August 1947

d) 26 January 1950

95) Who was the Viceroy of British India when Attlee’s government decided to grant Independence to India?

a) Lord Mountbatten

b) Lord Linlithgow

c) Lord Wavell

d) Lord Wellington

96) When did the ‘Quit India’ movement begin?

a) March 1930

b) August 1942

c) August 1945

d) August 1947

97) The Mausoleum of Sher Shah Suri is at:

a) Allahbad

b) Agra

c) Jaunpur

d) Sasaram

98) The slogan “Inquilab Zindabad’ was gi8ven by:

a) Chandra Shekhara Azad

b) Mohammed Iqbql

c) Bhagat Singh

d) Gandhi

99) ‘Red Shirts’ movement aimed at:

a) Creation of an independent Pakhtoonistan

b) Ensuring the creating of Pakistan

c) Making India a communist country at the dawn of independence

d) Throwing out the British from India

100) Bhagwad Gita was originally written in the language:

a) Pali

b) Prakrit

c) Sanskrit

d) Hindi

101) Megasthenes was sent by Seleukos Nikator to the court of:

a) Chandragupta Maurya

b) Ashoka

c) Chandragupta I

d) Bimbisar

102) The aim of the Cripps Mission to India was to:

a) Appease the Indian public opinion

b) Decide the future of India immediately

c) Grant independence to India in stages

d) Decentralize power to provinces

103) Which party was in power in the UK when India became independent?

a) Labour

b) Conservative

c) Liberal

d) No party, since a National Government was there

104) Who evolved the national consciousness as a formal concept?

a) B.G Tilak

b) Gandhi

c) Jawaharlal Nehru

d) Surendranath Bannerjee

105) The Swaraj Party was founded by:

a) Motilal Nehru

b) B.G Tilak

c) C. Rajagopalachari

d) Vallabhbhai Patel

106) The aim of the Swaraj Party was to:

a) Boycott the foreign goods

b) Declare independence and establish a provisional Indian government

c) Enter the Legislative Councils through elections in order to wreck the legislature from within

d) Do all the above

107) The cause of the immediate precipitation of the Sepoy mutiny was:

a) The spread of Christianity

b) The Doctrine of Lapse

c) The disparity between the European soldiers and the native Sepoys in service conditions

d) The compulsion on the Sepoys to use cartridges greased with fat

108) When did Vikram era start?

a) 19 BC

b) 58 BC

c) 78 AD

d) 73 AD

109) Which of the following was a consequence of the invasion of Amir Timur?

a) Decline of the Mughal Empire

b) Fall of Lodi Dynasty

c) Decline of Tughlaq Dynasty

d) End of Khilji Dynasty

110) Who was the first governor General of free India?

a) Load Mountbatten

b) C.Rajagopalachari

c) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

d) Babu Rajendra Prasad

111) Jatakas are the sacred books of the:

a) Vaishnavas

b) Jains

c) Buddhists

d) Shaivas

112) The Ajanta paintings belong to the:

a) Harappan period

b) Maurya period

c) Buddhist period

d) Gupta period

113) The famous king of legendary Bhoja, belonged to the dynasty of:

a) The Pratiharas

b) The Chauhans

c) The Paramaras

d) The Chandellas

114) The Gandhara School of Art was influenced most by the :

a) Greeks

b) Kushans

c) Persians

d) Sakas

115) Rock cut temples have been discovered in :

a) Elephant Caves

b) Ajanta Caves

c) Ellora Caves

d) None of the above

116) Sufi Sect developed in the religion:

a) Hinduism

b) Islam

c) Christianity

d) Sikhism

117) The great Indian philosopher Sankara advocated:

a) Dvaita

b) Advaita

c) Vishishtadvaita

d) None of the above

118) The influence of chaitanya was mainly confined to:

a) The Eastern India

b) The Southern India

c) Gujarat

d) North India

119) Which of the following classes participated the least in the Indian National Movement?

a) Capitalists

b) Princes of States

c) Government officials

d) The peasants

120) Who said first ‘Swaraj is my birth right, and I shall have it’?

a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

b) Gopal Kristna Gokhale

c) M.K Gandhi

d) Lala Lajapat Rai

121) The Jallianwala Bagh massacre at Amritsar took place in the year?

a) 1916 A.D

b) 1918 A.D

c) 1919 A.D

d) 1920 A.D

122) The Indus Valley Civilization site of the Mohenjodaro is situated in the following country?

a) Afghanistan

b) Pakistan

c) Uzbekistan

d) India

123) Mahammad bin Tughlaq named his new capital:

a) Siri

b) Tughlaqabad

c) Daulatabad

d) Agra

124) Who among the following founded the new city of Agra in A.D. 1506 and made it his capital?

a) Bahlol Lodi

b) Sikandar Lodi

c) Akbar Lodi

d) Ibrahim Lodi

125) Mahatma Gandhi returned from South Africa in the year

a) 1912 A.D

b) 1916 A.D

c) 1915 A.D

d) 1914 A.D

126) From which country did Ibn Battuta travel to India?

a) Egypt     

b) Italy       

c) Morocco

d) Mongolia

127) “Give me blood, I will give you freedom”. These words are attributed to :

a) Khudiram Bose

b) Bhagat Singh

c) Subhash Chandra Bose

d) VD Savarkar

128) Who among the following was the First British Viceroy of India?

a) Lord Warren Hastings

b) Lord Dalhousie

c) Lord Bentinck

d) Lord Canning

129) Which of the following Vedas deals with sacrifices and rituals?

a) Rig Veda

b) Atharva veda

c) Yajur Veda

d) Sama Veda

130) Who was the Deccan Hindu king who crossed the Bay of Bengal and conquered a number of states in Sumatra, Java and Malaysia?

a) Rajendra Chola

b) Pulakesian

c) Mahipala II

d) Rajendra I

131) Who was the other congress leader who joined with Motilal Nehru to start the Swaraj Party in 1923?

a) B.G. Thilak

b) Chittaranjan Das

c) M.K Gandhi     

d) G.K. Gokhale

132) Who was the Viceroy at the time of Quit India Movement?

a) Lord Mountbatten

b) Lord Wavell

c) Lord Lin Lithgow

d) Lord Irwin

133) Who gave the title of “Mahamana” to Madan Mohan Malviya?

a) Dada Bhai Naurozi

b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

c) Mahatma Gandhi

d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

134) Which among the following movements was not led by Mahatma Gandhi?

a) Quit India Movement

b) Swadeshi Movement

c) Non Coorperation Movement

d) Civil Disobedience Movement

135) The idol worship in India can be traced to:

a) The Pre-Aryan period

b) The later Vedic period

c) The Mauryan period

d) The Kushan period

136) The Harappans were the earliest people to produce:

a) Seals

b) Bronze implements

c) Cotton

d) Barley

137) The Megalithic culture (500 BC - AD 100) brings us to the historical period in South India. The Megaliths used:

a) Weapons made of stone

b) Tools and implements made of stones

c) Graves encircled by big pieces of stones

d) Articles of daily use made of stone

138) Who led the extremists before the arrival of Gandhi on the political scene for India’s freedom struggle?

a) Dadabhai Naoroji

b) Surendranath Bannerjee

c) Gopal Kristna Gokhale

d) B.G Thilak

139) The Home Rule movement was launched by:

a) Annie besant and B.G Tilak together

b) Annie besant and B.G Tilak separate

c) Annie besant and Mahatma Gandhi together

d) The congress when Mrs Besant was its President

140) Which of the following caves has the ‘Trimurti’ statue with the faces of Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh?

a) Kanheri

b) Ajanta

c) Elephanta

d) Ellora

141) The Indus Valley Civilization specialized in

a) Town Planning

b) Architecture

c) Craftsmanship

d) All of these