1. Which river is most described in the Rig-Veda?
a) Ganga River
b) Sindhu River
c) Yamuna River
d) Sarswati River
2. When were the High Courts in Calcutta, Madras and Bombay established?
a) In the year 1865
b) In the year 1893
c) In the year 1931
d) In the year 1862
3. In which year were Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev hanged?
a) In the year 1931
b) In the year 1925
c) In the year 1913
d) In the year 1905
4. The famous resolution on Non-Cooperation was adopted at a special session (September 1920) held at:
a) Lahore
b) Bombay
c) pune
d) Calcutta
5. The first official Language commission as required under Article 344 of the constitution was constituted by the president:
a) In 1955
b) In 1950
c) In 1951
d) In 1960
6. Tipu Sultan was the Sultan (ruler) of Mysore from:
a) 1782 to 1805
b) 1782 to 1799
c) 1772 to 1799
d) 1782 to 1790
7. The Sikh Khalsa was formed to instill a strong martial spirit in the Sikhs by:
a) Guru Arjan
b) Guru Hari Krishan
c) Guru Amar Dase
d) Guru Gobind Singh
8. The Chief of Sukrchakiya Misl (a Sikh confederacy) was :
a) Maharaja Ranjit Singh
b) Maharaja Jagjeet Singh
c) Maharaja Surjeet Singh
d) None of Above
9. Early History of India" in 1904 was written by :
a) Joshi
b) Rakhal Das Bannerjee
c) V. A. Smith
d) None of these
10. edangas (Limbs of Vedas) are :
a) Siksha (phonetics) and Kalpa (rituals)
b) Vyakarna (grammar) and Nirukta (etymology)
c) Chhanda (metrics) and Jyotisha (astronomy)
d) All of these
11. Huin-Tsang the Chinese traveler visited India during the reign of :
a) Chandragupta Maurya
b) Ashoka
c) Harshvaardhan’s reign
d) None of Above
12. The famous book of Huin-Tsang which forms an invaluable source to ancient Indian history is :
a) Si-Yu-Ki
b) Hi-Nu-Si
c) Kitab-e-Hind
d) None of Above
13. The three great Chinese pilgrims who visited India in search of knowledge, manuscripts and relics between the fifth and seventh centuries A. D. are:
a) Meghasthanise, Huin-Tsang, and I-Tsing
b) Fa-Hien, Huin-Tsang, and Meghasthanise
c) Fa-Hien, Huin-Tsang, and I-Tsing
d) Fa-Hien, Meghasthanise, and I-Tsing
14. Katyayanaprakarna is book on grammar of:
a) Sanskrit
b) Pali Language
c) Tamil
d) Telgu
15.The first Carnatic War between the French and the English took place between:
a) 1646 and 1648
b) 1546 and 1548
c) 1446 and 1448
d) 1746 and 1748
16. According to Max Muller, Aryans migrated to India from :
a) South Asia
b) Central Asia
c) North Asia
d) None of Above
17.Vedic literature Comprises literary productions namely
a) The Samhitas of Vedas
b) The Brahamans
c) The Aranyakas
d) All of the above
18. The six famous Smiritis are :
a) Manu Smriti, Yajnvalkya Smriti, Ram Smriti, Parashara Smriti, Brihaspati Smiriti Katyayana Smriti
b) Kapil Smriti, Yajnvalkya Smriti, Narad Smriti, Parashara Smriti, Brihaspati Smiriti Katyayana Smriti
c) Manu Smriti, Yajnvalkya Smriti, Narad Smriti, Parashara Smriti, Brihaspati Smiriti Katyayana Smriti
d) Manu Smriti, Yajnvalkya Smriti, Narayan Smriti, Parashara Smriti, Brihaspati Smiriti Katyayana Smrit
19. The founder of the philosophy of Vedanta/Uttara-Mimansa was:
a) Narayana
b) Badarayana
c) Aryabhat
d) None of Above
20. In Rig Vedic period, the basis of both social and political organization was :
a) The Samaj
b) The Smriti
c) The Sabha
d) The Kula (Family)
21. In 1699, Guru Gobind Singh, one of the prominent gurus and tenth guru of Sikhs established:
a) The Gurudwara
b) The Sangam
c) The Khalsa
d) None of these
22. The Founder of Sunga dynasty was:
a) Pushyamitra Sunga
b) Agnimitra
c) Pulindaka
d) Vajramitra
23.Anektavada is a core a theory and Philosophy of which religion?
a) Budhism
b) Jainism
c) Islam
d) Hinduism
24.During the Indian Freedom Struggle why did Rowlatt Act passed in 1919 arouse popular indignation?
a) To Kill Home Rule Movement
b) To Kill the Punjab the protest movement.
c) It authorized the government to imprison people without trial
d) None of these
25. Who founded the Ahmedabad Textile Labour Association?
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Annie Besant
c) Ajay Kumar Tyagi
d) None of these
26. Who was the revolutionary leader to kill General O. Dyer responsible for Jallianwala Bagh tragedy?
a) Bhagat Singh
b) Raj Guru
c) Udham Singhn
d) Sukhdev
27. In which province of undivided India was a referendum held to ascertain whether it should join Pakistan or not?
a) Ceded and Conquered Provinces
b) North West Frontier province
c) Sind
d) punjab
28. The unit of measurement of land in Maratha domination was:
a) Bigha
b) Kanwa
c) Ropani
d) Kathi
29.Who were called Barids in medieval period?
a) The spy reporters
b) jamidaars
c) Ghudswar
d) Paidal Sainik
30. The single biggest item of import to the Vijaynagar empire was:
a) Gold
b) Rice
c) Horses
d) Wheat
31. In the context of the Indian freedom struggle October 16, 1905 is well known for which event?
a) Home Rule Launched
b) Mahatma Gandhi back to India
c) Formation of Young India
d) Partition of Bengal
32. Where did the Tebhaga peasant Movement occur in 1946?
a) Odisha
b) Bengal
c) Bihar
d) Uttar Pradesh
33. Who was the first editor of the Yugantars?
a) Upendra Nath Bandopadhyay
b) Raja Subodh Mallik
c) Barendra Ghosh
d) Ambika Chakrobarty
34. Which Sultan of Delhi established a separate agriculture department which planned rotation of crops?
a) Mohammad Bin Tuglaq
b) Qutbuddin Aibak
c) Firoz Shah Tuglaq
d) None of these
35.The Dharm Chakra Pravatan mentioned in the Buddihst test is:
a) Nirvana
b) Birth of Buddha
c) The first sermon delivered by Buddha at Sarnath
d) None of these
36. The founder of the Karkota dynasty in Kashmir was:
a) Lalitaditya Muktapida
b) Durlabahaka
c) Durlabhvardhana
d) None of Above
37. Under Harshvardhan in the seventh century A. D. the centre of political gravity in north India shifted from Magadh to:
a) Kashi
b) Vajji
c) Mal
d) Kannauj
38. The Chalukyas or Solankis ruled over Gujrat for almost three and a half centuries between:
a) The year 900-1300 A. D.
b) The year 990-1300 A. D.
c) The year 1000-1300 A. D.
d) The year 950-1300 A. D.
39. During the Sultanate period the highest category of peasants were:
a) The Khots and Muqaddams.
b) Khud-kasht
c) Pahi-kasht
d) Muzarian
40.Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq is credited with the foundation of the third city of Delhi known as:
a) Farukkhabad
b) Firozabad
c) Tughlaqabad
d) None of Above
41. In Rig Vedic period, the type of marriage under which a widow could marry the younger brother of her deceased husband was known as:
a) Niyoga
b) Prajapatya
c) Daiva
d) Arsha
42. OCP (Ochre Coloured Pottery Culture) prevailed :
a) Between1200 B.C.-1000 B.C.
b) Between1300 B.C.-1000 B.C.
c) Between1500 B.C.-1000 B.C.
d) Between1800 B.C.-1000 B.C.
43.The Loyal Mohammadans of India was the newspaper brought out by :
a) Sayyid Ahmad Khan
b) Azim Jah Bahadur
c) Aram Shah
d) Azaam Khan
44.Who founded the Servants of India Society in 1905?
a) J. Joshi
b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
c) Mahtma Gandhi
d) Lala Lazpat Rai
45. The biography of Harshvardhan-Harsh-Charita was written by :
a) Harshvardhan
b) Yogeswar Dutta
c) Abul Fazal
d) Banabhatta
46.Ahar culture, Kayatha culture, Malwa culture, Savalda culture, Jorwa culture, Prabas culture, Rangpur culture are all parts of:
a) Lower Paleolithic Cultures
b) Middle Paleolithic Cultures
c) Upper Paleolithic Cultures
d) Chalcolithic Cultures
47. The relics of Indus Valley (Harappa) civilization were first noticed in:
a) Mohenjodaro
b) Lothal
c) Harappa
d) Kalibagan
48. The author of Tarikh-i-Mubaraks Shahi is :
a) Abu Bakr Shah
b) Mir Muhammad Amin alias Saadat Khan
c) Qutbuddin Aibak
d) Yahya Sirhindi
49. The Vijayanagar Empire in the south came into existence in :
a) A. D. 1236
b) A. D. 1336
c) A. D. 1136
d) A. D. 1390
50. The founder of Sikh religion Guru Nanak Dev was born in:
a) The year 1469
b) The year 1470
c) The year 1480
d) The year 1467
51. The two popular assemblies which seem to have formed an essential feature of the government during the Age of Rig Veda are:
a) Arayans and Kalash
b) Sabha and Samiti
c) Kul and Kalash
d) Arayans and Samiti
52. During the Age of Rig Veda, the grains are collectively called:
a) Yava and Anaaj
b) Anaaj and Dhanya
c) Ann and Anaaj
d) Yava and Dhanya
53. The Second Anglo- Maysore War took place between :
a) 1780-84 A.D.
b) 1680-84 A.D.
c) 1580-84 A.D.
d) 1880-84 A.D.
54. Which period is referred as the Classical Age or Golden Age of Ancient India?
a) Gupta Period
b) Maurya Period
c) Satwahan Period
d) Sakya Period
55.The first Gupta ruler to assume the title of Maharajadhiraja was :
a) Chandragupta I
b) Chandragupta II
c) Samundra Gupta
d) Kumargupta
56. The Asiatic Society of Bengal was set up in 1784 in Calcutta by:
a) Charles Wilkins
b) Sir Robert Chambers
c) Alexander Hamilton
d) Sir William Jones
57. Mughal emperor Akbar the great established Manasab system in the year:
a) AD 1550
b) AD 1555
c) AD 1565
d) AD 1575
58.Who was the in charge of Alauddin Khilji's market control system ?
a) Shahan-e-Sahi
b) Shahan-e-Rajukas
c) Shahan-e-Mandi
d) Diwan-e-Amir-Kohi
59. The department named Diwan-e-Amir-Kohi related to agriculture was established by :
a) Firoz Shah Tughluq
b) Muhammd Bin Tughlaq
c) Akber
d) Allaudin Khilj
60. The Sabha and Samiti have been called two daughters of Prajapati in :
a) The Artharvaveda
b) The Rig Veda
c) The Sama Veda
d) The Yajur Veda
61. Which Governor General is remembered for the annulment of the partition of Bengal?
a) Lord Hardinge
b) Willium Bentick
c) Warren Hastings
d) Lord Curzon
62. Which Delhi Sultan levied the irrigation tax on the farmers for the first time ?
a) Abu Bakr Shah
b) Nasir ud din Muhammad Shah III
c) Sultan Firoz Tuglaq
d) Nusrat Shah
63. The writer of Rajatarangini is :
a) Banbhata
b) Kalhana
c) Abul Fazal
d) Tulsi Das
64. Who first applied the name India to the region watered by the Sindhu ?
a) British
b) Portuguese
c) Dutch
d) Achaemenid Persians
65. The Puranas define the term Bharatavarsha as the country marked by seven main chains of mountains viz.:
a) Mahendra, Malaya, Sabhya, Suktimat, Riksha, Vindhya and Pariyatra
b) Mahendra, Malaya, Nashukha, Suktimat, Riksha, Vindhya and Pariyatra
c) Mahendra, Malaya, Sabhya, Suktimat, Amalya, Vindhya and Pariyatra
d) Mahendra, Haruna, Sabhya, Suktimat, Riksha, Vindhya and Pariyatra
66. The eastern most outpost of Indus Valley Civilization (Akangirpur) was excavated by :
a) J. Joshi
b) B.B lai
c) Y. D. Sharma
d) S.R. Rao
67. Who founded Ramkrishna Mission in 1896?
a) Ram Kisna Paramhans
b) Swami Vivekananda
c) Ravibindra Nath Tagore
d) Devendra Nath Tagore
68. The Ryatwari Settlement was primarily introduced by the British Government in ?
a) Calcutta
b) Jhansi
c) Awadh
d) Madras and Bombay
69. Akbarnama and Ain-e-Akbari have been written by :
a) Abul Fazal
b) Akber
c) Rahim
d) Niggar Khan
70. Dadra and Nagar Haveli was liberated from Portuguese rule in :
a) 1935
b) 1947
c) 1950
d) 1954
71. "Milind Panho" explaining the Buddhist doctrines in the form of a dialogue between Milind and his teacher Nagsena (the great Buddhist philosopher ) is in :
a) Sanskrit
b) Pali Language
c) Hindi
d) Santhali
72. Mahabhasya - an outstanding work in the fields of grammar - is a composition by:
a) Ashwins
b) Ghosa
c) Kakshivat
d) Patanjali
73. In 1724 the state of Hyderabad was founded by :
a) Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf-Jah
b) Azim Jah Bahadur
c) Osman Ali Khan
d) Qamaruddin Khan
74.Annie Besant arrived in India in:
a) 1878
b) 1885
c) 1893
d) 1900
75. Mahatma Gandhi laid down four preconditions for a Satyagrahi (Passive Resistor) to fulfill - namely :
a) Observe perfect Chastity, Adopt Poverty, Follow truth and Cultivated Fearlessness.
b) Observe perfect Chastity, Gain Money, Follow truth and Cultivated Fearlessness.
c) Observe perfect Chastity, Adopt Poverty, Follow truth and Cultivated Power.
d) Observe perfect Chastity, Gain Money, Follow truth and Cultivated Power.
76.Khajuraho temples were built by
a) The Panchalas
b) The Chandellas
c) The Haryanks
d) Nandas
77.The first Muslim ruler to impose the Jaziya on the Brahmins was :
a) Ghiyas ud din Balban
b) Aurangzeb
c) Aram Shah
d) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
78. The rise of two independent states in the South namely The Vijyanagar (A. D. 1336) and Bahamani (A. D. 1347) witnessed by:
a) Firoz Shah Tughluq
b) Qutbuddin Aibak
c) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
d) Raziyat ud din Sultana
79. The major towns namely Fatehabad, Hissar, Firozpur, Jaunpur and Firozabad were founded by :
a) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
b) Raziyat ud din Sultana
c) Qutbuddin Aibak
d) Aram Shah
80.During modern history Martanda Verma emerged as the strong ruler of:
a) Karnataka
b) Kerala
c) Maharashtra
d) Tamil Nadu
81. Dhamma which Ashoka the Great tried to instill as the governing principle and enforced in every sphere of life was :
a) A code for Economic and Judiciary
b) A code for moral and virtuous life
c) A code for religious reforms
d) None of Above
82. Dharmakaya, Nirmanakaya and Sambhogakaya are:
a) Buddhist Concepts
b) Jainism Concept
c) Hinduism Concept
d) Sikhism Concept
83. Ibn-e-Batuta was a traveler from :
a) China
b) japan
c) Morocco
d) Portugal
84. Khan Abdul Ghaffar was the founder of:
a) Samaj Khidmatgar Organisation
b) Khudai Khidmatgar Organisation
c) Dharm Khidmatgar Organisation
d) Islam Khidmatgar Organisation
85. Which Sufi order (Silsila) laid great stress on practicing mystic music ?
a) Maulana Orde
b) sangit Orde
c) Manu Order
d) Chisti Order
86. Akbar the great Mughal Emperor proclaimed a new religion Din-e-Ilahi in:
a) 1565
b) 1575
c) 1581
d) 1583
87.The two Jain Trithankars who find mention in Rig Veda are:
a) Rishabhanath and Mahavira
b) Rishabhanath and Aristhanemia
c) Mahavira and Aristhanemia
d) Ajitnath and Mahavira
88. Who attained Kaivalya (i.e., the supreme knowledge and final deliverance from the bonds of pleasure and pain) at the age of 42 ?
a) Rishabhanath
b) Aristhanemia
c) Parsva Natha
d) Vardhamana Mahavira
89. The fundamental principles of Buddha's teachings are represented by the four Nobel Truths viz. :
a) Dukkha, Dukkha Samuddaya, Dukkha Nirodha and Dukkha Nirodh-Gamini-Pratipada.
b) Sukhkkha, Dukkha Samuddaya, Dukkha Nirodha and Dukkha Nirodh-Gamini-Pratipada.
c) Suukkha, Sukkha Samuddaya, Dukkha Nirodha and Dukkha Nirodh-Gamini-Pratipada.
d) None of Abov
90. The four important dynasties that stand out prominently in the sixth century B.C. are .
a) The Guptas, the Ikshvakus, the Pauravas and the Mauryas.
b) The Haryankas, the Guptas, the Pauravas and Pradyotas
c) The Haryankas, the Ikshvakus, the Pauravas and the Mauryas.
d) The Haryankas, the Ikshvakus, the Pauravas and Pradyotas.
91. Between 1749-1754, an important war fought between the forces of the British and the French is known as :
a) Third battale of panipat
b) The first Carnatic War
c) The second Carnatic War
d) Battle of Baxur
92. The Dutch East India Company was formed by merging several small companies of Holland in :
a) The year 1702
b) The year 1602
c) The year 1802
d) The year 1834
93. The Harappa Civilization was discovered in 1920-21 by the excavations by :
a) R.D. Banerjee and by D.R. Sahni
b) Mortimer Wheeler
c) Sir Alexander Cunningham
d) None of Above
94. The most distinguishing feature of various Chalcolithic Cultures in ancient period is their :
a) Black Polished Ware
b) Seal
c) Painted Grey Ware
d) Painted Pottery
95. Mughal emperor Akbar divided his empire into :
a) Eight Provinces (Subas)
b) Five Provinces (Subas)
c) Twelve Provinces (Subas)
d) Ten Provinces (Subas)
96. Who founded the Haryanka dynasty in Magadha ?
a) Udayabhadra
b) Ajatashatru
c) Bimbisara
d) None of Above
97. The most important republican state during the period of Buddha were :
a) The Panchalas
b) The Vajjis
c) The Kashis
d) The Magadhas
98. Who wrote the play Mudrarakshasa ?
a) Vishakha Dutta
b) Banbhat
c) Tunbhadra
d) None of Above
99. Asoka's inscriptions have been found at Maski, Yerragudi and Chitaldurga, These are in
a) Kerala
b) Karnataka
c) Tamilnadu
d) Maharastra
100. The oldest among the spoken literary languages of South India is:
a) Kannada
b) Malayalam
c) Telugu
d) Tamil Language