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1. Shikh
guru Gobind Singh wrote a letter to Mughal emperor Aurangzeb which is known as-
a. Zafarnama
b. Akbarnama
c. Kesar E Hind
d. Charak
2.
'Do or Die' is the famous slogan given by-
a. Sardar Ballav Bhai Patel
b. Mahatma Gandhi
c. Subhas Ch. Bose
d. Bipin Ch. Paul
3.
Alberuni was a historian during the period of-
a. Alauddin Khilji
b. Humayun
c. Muhmud of Ghazni
d. Vikramaditya
4.
Algebra was invented in India by-
a. Kautilya
b. Manu
c. Aryabhatta
d. Dr. Abdul Kalam Azad
5. The first and the last Muslim woman rular of Mediaval India was-
a. Mamtaz
b. Raziya
c. Jodha
d. Nur Jahan
6. The city of
Agra was made capital in 1504 by-
a. Akbar
b. Mirzafar
c. Ibrahim Lodi
d. Sikandar Lodi
7.
Raja Ramnohan Roy is associated with-
a. Hindu College
b. Brahmo Samaj
c. Ramkrishna Mission
d. Bengal Gazette
8. The strategy
'Divide and Rule' was adopted by-
a. Lord Karjon
b. Lord Mountbatten
c. Lord Irwin
d. Muslim Leage
9.
Humayun-
Nama was written by-
a. Gulbadan
b. Kabir
c. Humayun
d. Sher Shah
10. In 1576 Akbar fought the battle of Haldighat with-
a. Mewae Forces
b. British
c. Jahangir
d. Bairam Khan
11. Hari Jan
Sewak Sangha was organized by -
a. Brahmo Samaj
b. Mahatma Gandhi
c. Dayanand Saraswati
d. Dr Ambedkar
12.
Megasthenis toured India during the reign of -
a. Maharana Pratap
b, Humayun
c, Pulakesin II
d. Sivaji
13.
Mahabharata was written by-
a. Valmiki
b. Vyasa
c. Arjuna
d. Krishna
14. Who among the mentioned below was associated with
Nalanda-
a. Harshavardhana
b. Akbar
c. Kumargupta
d. Bimbisara
15.
Brahmo Samaj was associated with a great person of India. He is -
a. Swami Vivekananda
b. Dadabhai Naororjee
c. Sarat ch. Chattopaddyay
d. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
16.
Md Ghori was the roler of -
a. Afganistan
b. Turkistan
c. Myanmar
d. Arab
17. First Governor General of free India and last Viceroy of British India was -
a. Lord Mountbatten
b. Lord Irwin
c. Robert Clive
d. Lord Rippon
18. The
oldest Veda is Rig Veda. Its salient feature is -
a. Worship of God Shiva
b. Collection of melodies
c. Worship of Nature
d. Worship of Godess Durga
19. Probably the
Aryans came to India from _
a. China
b. Central Asia
c. Europe
d. Barma
20. The fourth
Buddhist council was held during the reign of -
a. Kanishka
b. Ashoka
c. Kumargupta
d.Ajatshatru
21. In 1911, Mahatma Gandhi started his first
Satyagraha in India at -
a. Champaran
b. Delhi
c. Sabarmati Ashram
d. Lucknow
22. Who was the founder of
Mouryan Dynasty?
a. Skandagupta
b. Ashoka
c. Chandragupta Mourya
d. Chanakya
23. Among the nine gems in the court of a King one of the greatest was
Kalidasa. The king was-
a. Chandragupta II
b. Ashoka
c. Skandagupta
d. Samudragupta
24.
Buland Darawaja in Fatehpur Sikri was build by Akbar to comamorate
his conquest of -
a. Delhi
b. Gujrat
c. Agra
d. Haldighat
25.
Tulsidas composed his 'Ram Charit Manash' during the reign of -
a. Akbar
b. Babar
c. Shah Jahan
d.Bahadur Shah
26. 'The Great Bath' of Indus Valley Civilization was found at the site of -
a. Harappa
b. Surkotda
c. Lothal
d. Mohenjodaro
27. Whome did
Shubhas Chandra Bose considered his political Guru?
a. C. R. Das
b. Mahatma Gandhi
c. Jawaharlal Nehru
d. Dr. Rajendra Prashad
28. The author of the famous play
'Mrichchakatika' was-
a. Kalidasa
b. Shudraka
c. Vishnu Sharma
d. Varahmihir
29. Who wrote the Adi Kavya -
Ramayana ?
a. Valmiki
b. Saga Vyasa
c. Kalidasha
d. Kashyapa
30.
Charak was the famous court physician in the court of -
a. Ashoka
b. Kanishka
c. Vikramaditya
d. Bimbisara
31. Who discovered
Harappa in 1921?
a. Dayaram Sahani
b. RD Bannerjee
c. Lord Irwin
d. Lord Canning
32. The first foreign traveller to visit India was -
a. Fahien
b. Huen Tsang
c. Megasthenes
d. Vasco Da Gama
33. English was made the medium of higher education in British India by -
a. Lord William Bantinck
b. Lord Wellesley
c. Robert Clive
d. Lord Lytton
34. Who was called the
'Nepolion of India'?
a. Samudragupta
b. Kanishka
c. Bindushara
d. Udayin
35. Mahayana and Hinyana are the two Scts of -
a. Jainism
b. Buddhism
c. Hinduism
d. Shikhism
35. Matashya Purana is the oldest of ___
Puranas.
a. 18
b. 108
c. 4
d. 3
36. The
'Doctrine of Lapse' was introduce by --
a. Queen Elizabeth
b. Dal housie
c. Lord Canning
d.Shivaji
37. Revolt of 1857 was started at--
a.Kanpur
b.Pune
c.Calcutta
d. Meerut
38. Who was political guru of M.K.Gandhi--
a. Gopal Krisna Gokhle
b. Dr Ambedkar
c. Netaji Shubhas Chandra Bose
d. Nana Shahib
39. In the court of
Ala-
Uddin-
Khilji Who was the courtier mentioned below -
a. Birbal
b. Amir Khushru
c. Ibrahim Lodi
d. Tegh Bahadur
40. The
Pala Dynasty was founded by-
a. Dharmapala
b. Gopala
c. Farukhsiyar
d. Nepala
41.How many
Vedas are there?
a. 108
b. 4
c. 1
d. 18
42. Who was the founder of
Vikramshila University?
a. Shidhunaga
b. Dharmapala
c. Ashoka
d. Kanishka
43.
Adhai-din-ka-jhopra at Ajmer was built by-
a. Qutubuddin Aibak
b. Jahangeer
c. Sikandar Lodi
d.Haidar Ali
44. The
Saka era which is used by Indian Government was started in 78AD by-
a. Kanishka
b. Ashoka
c. Maharana Pratap
d. Samudragupta
45.
Nalanda University was founded by -
a. Dharmapala
b. Kumargupta
c. Gopala
d. Chanakya
46.
Dayanand Saraswati founded the following -
a. Arya Samaj
b. Ramkrishna Mission
c. Devide and rule
d. Brahmo Samaj
47.
Dandi March was started by Gandhiji on 12/03/1930 from Sabamati
Asram with the following number of followers -
a. 101
b. 78
c. 35
d. 302
49. The first
Indian Newspaper Published in India was -
a. The Times of India
b. The Hindustan Times
c. Bengal Gazette
d. News of India
50. The
practice of Sati was declared illegal by -
a. Lord William Bentick
b. Lord Rippon
c. Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar
d. Mahatma Gandhi
51. Which dynasty established the largest domination in southern India?
a. Cholas
b. Marathas
c.Mughals
d.Khiljis
52. The author of the slogan "
Delhi chalo" is--
a. M K Gandhi
b. S.C. Bose
c. Ani Besant
d. GK Gokhle
53. The capital of
Pallava king was -
a.Madraj
b.Kashmir
c.Assam
d. Canjeevaram
54. What was the original name of Valmiki --
a. Ramanuj
b. Ratnakara
c. Kashyap
d.Aghastha
55. Who was founded the
Ramkrisna mission ?
a. Ram Krishna Paramhansh
b. Swami Dayananda
c. Swami Vivekananda
d. Swami Achyutananda
56. Two brothers Mohmud ali and Shaukat ali started -
a. Khilafat Movement
b. Divide and rule
c. Muslim League
d. Partition of Bengal
57. Who is the father of Indian Renaissance--
a.Gandhiji
b. Jawaharlal Nehru
c. Ambedkar
d. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
58. The
Bhakti movement was first organised by --
a. Kabir
b. Ramanujan
c. Chaitanyadev
d. TV Channels
59.
Charak Samhita was written by Charak in the reign of -
a. Kaniska
b.Babar
c.Sudraka
d. Chandragupta Mourya
60. Qutubuddin Aibak laid the foundation of
Qutub Minar after the name of -
a. His grandfather
b. Kkwaja Qutubuddin Bhaktiyar Kaki
c. Himself
d. None of above
61.
Thaneswar was the capital of the kingdom of -
a. Cholas
b. Harsha Vardhana
c. Porus
d.Thaneswar
62. Emperor
Kaniska was belonged to the -
a.Gupta
b.Chola
c. Kushan Dynasty
d.Maurya
63. The first Viceroy of India -
a. Lord Litton
b. Lord Canning
c. Robert Clive
d. Lord Ripon
64. Who founded
Khilji dynasty
a. Jalaluddin Khilji
b. Alauddin Khilji
c. Md Ghori
d. Md Bin Tughloq
65. What is the name of
Budha's father?
a. Soddhodhana
b. Sakyamuni
c. Tathagata
d. Rishava
66. The
coin rupia was first used by -
a. British
b. Md. Bin-Tughlaq
c. Guptas
d. Greeks
67.
Changez khan reached near the bank of river Sindh during the rule of -
a. Akbar
b. Humayun
c. Firoz Shah
d. Iltutmish
68. India became an independent state on -
a. 15th August 1947
b. 15th August 1950
c. 26th November 1950
d. 26th January 1950
69.
Vande Mataram was first sang at the session of Indian Congress in -
a. 1885
b. 1890
c. 1896
d. 1900
70. The leader of the
young Bengal Movement was -
a. B G Tilak
b.Henry Vivian Derozio
c. Subhash Ch Bose
d. Kesab Ch Sen
71. Who was the first Indian to get selected in ICS -
a. M K Gandhi
b. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
c. Swami Vivekananda
d. Surendra Nath Benarjee
72. The
Mount batten plane was announced on -
a. 3 June 1947
b. 26th January 1950
c. 15th August 1947
d. 12th March 1930
73. The construction of
Fatehpur Sikri was initiated by -
a. Iltutmish
b. Akbar
c. Qutubuddin Aibak
d. Jalal-ud-din
74. The first Indian woman President of Indian National Congress -
a. Annie Besant
b. Sarojini Naido
c. Indira Gandhi
d. Kanak Lata
75. The GOD who is most prominent in
Rigveda is -
a. Ganesha
b. Kartika
c. Indra
d. Chandra
76. Who President over the first session of Indian National Congress in 1885 -
a. Dadavai Naoroji
b. WC Bannerjee
c. Motilal Nehru
d. M K Gandhi
77. Who was led
Kisan Satyagrah?
a. Arobinda Ghose
b. Netaji Shubhas
c. B G Tilak
d. Vallabh bhai Patel
78. R.D. Banerjee Discovered
Mohenjodaro in -
a. 1932
b. 1933
c. 1923
d. 1922
79. Bronze imare of the dancing girl has been found in -
a. Mohenjodaro
b. Harappa
c. Lothal
d. Surkotda
80. The
Chalukya dynasty was founded by -
a. Chulik
b. Gopal
c. Kanishka
d. Pushyamitra
81. The last great Hindu king of Northern India was -
a. Chandragupta II
b. Chandragupta Maurya
c. Vasudev Kanav
d. Harshavardhana
82. During whose reign
Tansen Lived -
a. Ibrahim Lodi
b. Babar
c. Akbar
d. Firoz Tughlaq
83. The famous
"Gayatry Mantra" is contained in the Holy Book -
a. Geeta
b. Samveda
c. Rigveda
d. None of above
84. The political organisation of
Rajput was based on -
a. Fuedal System
b. Ryotawari System
c. Democratic System
d. none of above
85.
Haider Ali of Mysore was attacked in 1771 by -
a. Zahangeer
b. Clive
c. The Portuguese
d. Nizamuddin
86. During whose reign did
Kalidas lived?
a. Chandragupta II
b. Ashoka
c. Akbar
d. Pulakeshin
87. what was the full name of
Jahangeer?
a. Nur Hussain
b. Nur-ud-din Muhammad Jahangeer
c. Abul Fazal
d. None
88.
Hampi is situated on the southern bank of the river -
a. Narmada
b. Yamuna
c. Brahmaputra
d. Tungabhadra
89.
Gulbarga was founded in the 13th century by -
a. Mughals
b. Marathas
c. Bahmani
d. Ahom
90.
Char Minar was build in 1591 in Hyderabad by -
a. Quli Qutb Shah
b.Mir Zafar
c. Akbar
d. Shah Jahan
91.
Suryasidhanta was written by the scoler -
a. Barahmihir
b. Aryabhatta
c. Kalidas
d. Fahiyan
92. The capital of
Harshavardhana was -
a. Kannauj
b. Nalanda
c. Allahabad
d. Tanjore
93. Third battle of
Panipat was fought between Ahmed Shah Abdali and -
a. East India Company
b. Bahadur Shah
c. Samudra Gupta
d. Marathas
94. A. Besant and B. G. Tilak launched -
a. Home Rule Movement
b. The Indian National Congress
c. Khilafat Movement
d. Swaraj Party
95. The
last Mughal emperor in India was -
a. Humayun
b. Bahadur Shah Jafar
c. Akbar
d. Aurangzeb
96. The first month of Saka calendar is -
a. Chaitra
b. Aswin
c. Krtika
d. Boishalk
97. Fahien visited the kingdom of -
a. Chandra Gupta
b. Harshavardhana
c. Vikramaditya
d. Kutub-ud-din Aibak
98. Who was the PM of England at the time of Independence of India -
a. Clement Atlee
b. Queen Elizabeth
c. Edward II
d. Lord Hastings
99.
Huen Tsang visited the kingdom of -
a. Mahmud Ghazni
b. Harshavardhana
c. Chandra Gupta
d. Pulakeshin
100. Which of the following is the oldest monument?
a. Ajanta
b. Tajmahal
c. Khajoraho
d. Qutub Minar
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