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History
Sr.	Question	Answer
1.	In the Vedic society, which was the term used to denote a group of families?	Grama
2.	What was the script used in the earliest Tamil inscriptions?	Brahmi
3.	Which ports handled the north Indian trade during the Gupta period?	Broach
4.	Which Tomar ruler is credited to have established Delhi?	Anangpal
5.	Who was the Sultan of Delhi who is reputed to have built the biggest network of canals in India?	Feroze Shan Tughlaq
6.	Which school of paintings developed independently during the Mughal Period?	The Bijapur School
7.	Which ‘Englishmen was fellow of Gandhiji in South Africa?	Polak
8.	Who com merited that Cripps Mission was a postdated cheque on a crashing bank?	Mahatma Gandhi
9.	At which one place did Mahatma Gandhi first start his Satyagraha in India?	Champaran
10.	Bhakt Tukaram was a contemporary of which Mughal emperor?	Jahangir
11.	Who was called Zinda Pir (living saint) in Mughal India?	Aurangzeb
12.	In which nomad man started settling?	Neolithic Age
13.	Rigveda is divided into 10 books. Which books are the oldest?	Second and seventh
14.	Who was the last of the 24th Jain Tirthankaras?	Mahavira
15.	Which site, where Ashokan pillars exist, has the bull capital?	Rampurva
16.	During which reign was Kalidasa lived?	Chandragupta II
17.	Which Rashtrakuta ruler established a victory pillar in Rameshwaram?	Krishna III
18.	Who was the last ruler of the Tughlaq dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate?	Nasir-ud-din-Mahmud
19.	The ruler which was not invited to join the confederacy to fight against Vijaynagar in the battle of Talikota?	Berar
20.	Who was the Afghan ruler of India whose administrative system was emulated by the British?	Sher Shah Suri
21.	Whose tomb is ‘Biwi Ka Maqbara’?	Aurangzeb’s wife
22.	Who organised a Maratha confederacy against the English leading to the Third Anglo Maratha War?	The Peshwa
23.	By whom was Shuddhi movement (conversion of non-Hindus to Hinduism) started?	Swami                    Dayanand Saraswati
24.	“The best and bravest of the military leader of the rebels” about whom was this said by Sir Hugh Rose?	Rani of Jhansi
25.	During India’s Freedom Struggle, which led to the first ‘All India Hartal’?	Protest against Rowlatt Act
26.	In ancient India, at where was the earliest capital of Magadha kingdom?	Rajgir
27.	Which Rajputa king defeated Muhammad Ghori for the first time?	Prithviraj III
28.	Which region of India was ruled by Sultan Zainul Abidin?	Kashmir
29.	Sirajuddaulah was defeated by Lord Clive in which battle?	Plassey
30.	Near the banks of which river excavations have brought to light that Indus Valley Civilization percolated to far south?	Krishna

History
Sr.	Question	Answer
1.	The term nishka, which meant an ornament in the Vedic period, was used in latertirnes, what did it denote?	A coin
2.	Which are Tile earliest Buddhist literature that deal with the stories of the various birth of Buddha?	Jatakas
3.	Which was the most important factor in transforming ancient Indian society into feudal society?	Practice of land grants
4.	By whom was the ‘Shahnama’ written?	Firdausi
5.	The Portuguese traveller, Nuniz visited Vijayanagar during the reign of which rular?	Achyuta Raya
6.	Which Mughal Emperor gave land for the construction of the Golden Temple at Amritsar?	Akbar
7.	Under the leadership of which Guru did the Sikh become a political and military force?	Guru Gobind Singh
8.	Which decisive battle was fought during the Third Carnatic War between the English and the French?	Wandiwash
9.	The ruler of which State was removed from power by the British on the protext of misgovernance?	Awadh
10.	What was the original name of Tansen, the most famous musician at the court of Akbar?	Ramtanu Pande
11.	Which Indian ruler established embassies in foreign countries. on modern lines?	Tipu Sultan
12.	When was the Indus Valley Civilization flourished?	During 2500-1750 B.C
13.	What are the main channels of our knowledge about the Indus Valley Civilization?	A r c h a e o l o g i c a l excavations
14.	What was the rate of land revenue as ‘given in the dharma shastras?	6-Jan
15.	In which country was Buddhism first propogated outside India?	Srilanka
16.	Who was well-known patron of the Mahayana of Buddhism?	Kanishka
17.	Which Gupta king is famous for his courageous stand against the Hunas?	Skanda Gupta
18.	To which work is Devichandraguptam related?	Chandra Gupta II
19.	Who is most famous for” the establishment of an elaborate system of municipal administration?	Chandragupta Maurya
20.	By whom was the city of Agra founded in 1504?	Sikandar Lodi
21.	Why did Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq transfer his capital from Delhi to Daulatabad?	To control South India better
22.	During which reign was the East India Company founded in London?	Akbar
23.	Who was known as ‘Lady with Lamp’?	Florence Nightingale
24.	Which Rajput dynasties did not surrender to Akbar?	Sisodiya
25.	Where was Shivaji crowned as an independent king?	Raigarh
26.	Which saint name is associated with Shivaji?	Ram Das
27.	By whom was Island of Bombay was given to the English Prince Charles II as dowry?	Portuguese
28.	Which first Europeans came to India?	Portuguese
29.	During which movement was ‘Mahatma’ added before Gandhiji’s name?	Champaran satyagraha
30.	Who was impeached in England for his actions in India?	Warren Hastings

History
Sr.	Question	Answer
1.	During which reign did both Vardhaman Mahavira and Gautama Buddha preach their doctrines?	Bimbisara
2.	What is the name by which Ashoka is generally referred to in his inscriptions?	Priyadarsi
3.	Which Gupta ruler was equally great in the art of peace, wars and personal accomplishment?	Chandragupta-II
4.	Who contributed the Chalukya in Western India?	Guptas
5.	The Kalachuri era counted from A.D. 248 what was mostly in currnet?	Andhra
6.	By whom was the first estimate of national income in India made?	Dadabhai Naoroji
7.	Which region of northern India was not included in the empire of Ala-ud-din Khalji?	Kashmir
8.	Who destroyed the group of Forty Nobles?	Balban
9.	Who built Char Minar?	Quli Qutb Shah
10.	On the ruins of which Hindu kingdom was the kingdom of Golconda founded?	Kakatiyas
11.	Where is Buland Darwaza situated?	Fatehpur Sikri
12.	During which reign was the Purana Qila constructed?	Sher Shah
13.	By whom was the Sikh Khalsa founded?	Guru Gobind Singh
14.	On 13th April of which year Guru Gobind Singh established Khalsa?	1699
15.	The Maratha power reached its zenith during which Peshwaship?	Balaji II
16.	Which lake in India has the highest water salinity?	Sambhar
17.	In which year did the Peshwa became the official head of Maratha administration?	1748 A.D.
18.	Bhopal gas tragedy struck in the year 1984 due to the leakage of which gas?	Methyl-iso-cyanate
19.	Which is the first company-managed major port in India?	Ennore
20.	Who was the Viceroy of India at the time of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre?	Lord Chelmsford
21.	What was the first venture of Gandhiji in all-India politics?	Rowlatt Satyagraha
22.	During the reign of which Indian National Congress banned and over 1,20,000 persons were arrested?	Lord Willingdon
23.	Who led the agitation against the Partition of Bengal (1905)?	Surendranath Banerjee
24.	Who among the following had led the Swadeshi Movement in Delhi?	Syed Haider Raza
25.	A Buddhist Council during the reign of Kanishka was held at which place?	Kashmir
26.	Which dynasty was associated with Gandhara school of Art?	Kushans
27.	Which is the first multipurpose river valley project of independent India?	Damodar                          Valley Corporation
28.	Recently reserves of diamond have been reported in Madhya Pradesh from which place?	Devbhog
29.	Who is associated with Tashkent Agreement?	Lal Bahadur Shastri
30.	In India, where did the Dutch establish their earliest factory?	Masulipattanam

History
Sr.	Question	Answer
1.	In Indus Valley, which one indicates the commercial and economic development?	Seals
2.	In which year was the Indus Valley Civilisation discovered?	1921
3.	Purushsukta is a part of which veda?	Rigveda
4.	What are the brothers Umakant and Ramakant Gundecha?	Dhrupad vocalists
5.	Which was common both to the Harappan society and the Rigvedic society?	Horses
6.	Who was the President of the First Buddhist Council held at Rajagriha?	Mahakassapa
7.	By which method is the age of most ancient geological formations estimated?	C4 method
8.	Ban-Ki-Moon the Secretary general of UNO belongs to which country?	South Korea
9.	In which state had Gautama Buddha had attained Mahaparinirvan?	Malia
10.	Who is the Father of local self government in India?	Lord Ripon
11.	Who was the last ruler of Sunga dynasty?	Devabhuti
12.	What was the pen name of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhaye?	Kamla Kant
13.	‘Man-The Maker of His Own Destiny’ book was written by which person?	Swami Vivekananda
14.	Who is considered to be the father of Ayurveda?	Charaka
15.	In ancient India, Nalanda University was a great centre for the study of which religion?	Mahayana Buddhism
16.	By whom was the first Muslim invasion of India lead?	Muharnmad-bin-Oasim
17.	The Arab conquest of Sind took place in which year?	712 A.D.
18.	Which was the medieval ruler who was the first to establish a ministry of agriculture?	Mohammad                              Bin Tughlaq
19.	Why is Sher Shah is well known for his administrative skill,?	Land revenue system
20.	By whom was the Sarak-i-Azam which ran from the Indus to Sonargaon (in Bangladesh) built?	Sher Shah
21.	The Upanishads were translated into Persian by the orders of which rular?	Dara Shikoh
22.	‘Padmavat’ of Malik Muhammad Jaisi, a notable, work in Hindi, was completed during which reign?	Sher Shah
23.	Who commanded the Maratha army in the third battle of Panipat?	Sadashiv Rao Bhau
24.	Tejaswini Sawant is the first Indian woman to be crowned World Champion in which sports?	Shooting
25.	Which forms the western boundary of the Indian sub-continent?	Hindukush
26.	Uplift of the backward classes was the main programme of which family?	Satyashodhak Samaj
27.	By whom was the practice of Sati was declared illegal?	Lord William Bentinck
28.	Who was the leader to have the unique distinction of firing the first shot in the rebellion of 1857?	Mangal Pande
29.	The world famous ‘Khajuraho’ sculptures are located in which State?	Madhya Pradesh
30.	In the Interim Government formed in the year 1946, who held the portfolio of Defence?	Baldev Singh

History
Sr.	Question	Answer
1.	From where did Mahatma Gandhi start his historic Dandi March?	Sabarmati Ashram
2.	Who first voiced the idea of a separate Muslim state in India?	Mohammad Iqbal
3.	Who was responsible for the integration of Indian Princely States?	Sardar Patel
4.	By which was Yavanika (Curtain) introduced in Indian theatre?	Greeks
5.	The religious literature of the Jains at the early stage was written in which language?	Ardhamagadhi
6.	Kula, Kufri, Kajjair and Dalhousie are all tourists place of which state?	Himachal Pradesh
7.	Of which Religion-wise the sculpture were found at Kankali tila in Mathura?	Jaina
8.	By whom was the famous ‘Kirti Stambha’ at Chittor built?	Rana Kumbha
9.	Which of the British Officials defeated Portuguese at Sowlley?	Thomas Best
10.	Which element of Hinduism was practised in the Indus Valley Civilization?	Cult of Shiva
11.	What was the script of Indus Valley Civilization?	Undeciphered
12.	What are Brahmanas?	Texts    on             sacrificial rituals
13.	What is the meaning of ‘Buddha’?	The Enlightened one
14.	Kautilya was the Prime Minister of which Indian ruler?	Chandragupta Maurya
15.	Before ascending the Maurya throne, Ashoka served as–	As a Viceroy of Taxila
16.	What were the two colossal images of the Buddha at Bamiyan?	Works of the Gupta Art
17.	Who has been called the ‘Napoleon of India’?	Samudragupta
18.	During the reign of which Pallava ruler did the Chinese pilgrim Hieun Tsang visit Kanchi?	Narasimhavaram I
19.	What was Sher Shah’s real name?	Farid
20.	Which battle was fought in 1192 A.D.?	Second Battle of Tarain
21.	During whose reign did the Mongols first invaded India?	Iltutmish
22.	Who was contemporary of Namdev?	Sena
23.	Who was the earliest Sufi Saint to have settled at Ajmer?	Sheikh                   Moinuddin Chisti
24.	Under whose reign did Mughal Empire extend up to Tamil territory in the South?	Aurangzeb
25.	Which Rajput mansabdar revolted against Aurangzeb?	Durgadas Rathore
26.	Which was the last governor of Bengal appointed by the Mughal emperor?	Murshid Quli Khan
27.	Which Sikh Guru called himself the ‘Sachcha Badshah’?	Guru Hargovind
28.	Who was the first Indian to get selected in ICS?	Surendranath Banerjee
29.	Who was the first Governor General of Bengal?	Warren Hastings
30.	What was the real name of Tantiya Tope?	R a m c h a n d r a Panduranga

History
Sr.	Question	Answer
1.	From where did Mahatma Gandhi start his historic Dandi March?	Sabarmati Ashram
2.	Who first voiced the idea of a separate Muslim state in India?	Mohammad Iqbal
3.	Who was responsible for the integration of Indian Princely States?	Sardar Patel
4.	By which was Yavanika (Curtain) introduced in Indian theatre?	Greeks
5.	The religious literature of the Jains at the early stage was written in which language?	Ardhamagadhi
6.	Kula, Kufri, Kajjair and Dalhousie are all tourists place of which state?	Himachal Pradesh
7.	Of which Religion-wise the sculpture were found at Kankali tila in Mathura?	Jaina
8.	By whom was the famous ‘Kirti Stambha’ at Chittor built?	Rana Kumbha
9.	Which of the British Officials defeated Portuguese at Sowlley?	Thomas Best
10.	Which element of Hinduism was practised in the Indus Valley Civilization?	Cult of Shiva
11.	What was the script of Indus Valley Civilization?	Undeciphered
12.	What are Brahmanas?	Texts    on             sacrificial rituals
13.	What is the meaning of ‘Buddha’?	The Enlightened one
14.	Kautilya was the Prime Minister of which Indian ruler?	Chandragupta Maurya
15.	Before ascending the Maurya throne, Ashoka served as–	As a Viceroy of Taxila
16.	What were the two colossal images of the Buddha at Bamiyan?	Works of the Gupta Art
17.	Who has been called the ‘Napoleon of India’?	Samudragupta
18.	During the reign of which Pallava ruler did the Chinese pilgrim Hieun Tsang visit Kanchi?	Narasimhavaram I
19.	What was Sher Shah’s real name?	Farid
20.	Which battle was fought in 1192 A.D.?	Second Battle of Tarain
21.	During whose reign did the Mongols first invaded India?	Iltutmish
22.	Who was contemporary of Namdev?	Sena
23.	Who was the earliest Sufi Saint to have settled at Ajmer?	Sheikh                   Moinuddin Chisti
24.	Under whose reign did Mughal Empire extend up to Tamil territory in the South?	Aurangzeb
25.	Which Rajput mansabdar revolted against Aurangzeb?	Durgadas Rathore
26.	Which was the last governor of Bengal appointed by the Mughal emperor?	Murshid Quli Khan
27.	Which Sikh Guru called himself the ‘Sachcha Badshah’?	Guru Hargovind
28.	Who was the first Indian to get selected in ICS?	Surendranath Banerjee
29.	Who was the first Governor General of Bengal?	Warren Hastings
30.	What was the real name of Tantiya Tope?	R a m c h a n d r a Panduranga

History
Sr.	Question	Answer
1.	Who was the British PM at the time of Revolt of 1857?	Pamstern
2.	The Cabinet Mission to India headed by–	Lord Pethick Lawrence
3.	Who advocated the policy of abolishing princely states in free India?	Jawaharlal Nehru
4.	Who also had the name Devanama Piyadasi?	Mauryan King Ashoka
5.	Who was thrice elected President of the Indian National Congress?	Dadabhai Naoroji
6.	Which historical personality of India is also known as Vishnugupta?	Chanakya
7.	The English East India Company founded a permanent factory at Surat in which year?	1613
8.	Which Harappan site had a dock?	Lothal
9.	Which Veda throws light on the beliefs and practices of the non-Aryans?	Atharvaveda
10.	Lathyrism is caused by excessive consumption of which thing?	Khesari Dal
11.	The code of conduct of the Vedic society was laid out in which text?	Smritis
12.	Who was the founder of the Nanda dyansty?	Mahapadma Nanda
13.	Who was a great ruler of Kalinga in ancient times?	Kharavela
14.	What was the language of the Satavahana inscription?	Prakrit
15.	The great grammarian Patanjali of ancient India was contemporary of–	Pushyamitra Sunga
16.	Who deciphered the Brahmi script?	James Princep
17.	Which ruler was adorned with the title of ‘Maharajadhiraja’ (King of Kings)?	Chandragupta I
18.	In ancient peninsular India, who assumed the title ‘Vatapikonda’?	Narasimhavarman
19.	Prithviraj Chauhan belonged to which Rajput dynasty?	Gahadavalas
20.	Under which Sultan, Khalisa land increased considerably?	Alauddin Khilji
21.	By whom was the structure of Qutab Minar was completed?	Iltutmish
22.	When Akbar was young, Who was his guardian?	Bairam Khan
23.	In which year Akbar assumed actual control over the administration of his empire?	1560
24.	By whom was Nishat Garden built?	Jahangir
25.	Which Mughal ruler banned music and dancing?	Aurangzeb
26.	Who succeeded Siraj-ud-Daulah as Nawab of Bengal after the Battle of Plassey?	Mir Jafar
27.	Where did Shahjahan build the Moti Masjid?	Agra
28.	In which year was Vande Mataram first sung at the session of the Indian National Congress?	1896
29.	Which State was first annexed by Lord Dalhousie under the Doctrine of Lapse?	Satara
30.	Which leader of the Revolution of 1857 had the real name of Ram Chandra Pandurang?	Tatiya Tope

History
Sr.	Question	Answer
1.	Which archaeologist initially discovered the Mohenjodaro site of the Indus Valley Civilization?	Rakhal Das Banerji
2.	What was the main characteristic of the Indus Valley Civilization?	Town planning
3.	Which Mauryan emperor abdicated his throne and migrated to the south to live as Jain ascetic?	Chandragupta Maurya
4.	Which Gupta ruler was a poet and a musician and was adorned with the title of Kaviraja or King of poets?	Samudragupta
5.	Who is considered as the first national ruler of India?	Chandragupta Maurya
6.	Which ruler was known as Amitraghata, the ‘destroyer of foes’?	Bindusara
7.	By whom was the largest grant of villages to temples and brahmanas given?	The Guptas
8.	Who was the first and the last woman ruler of Delhi?	Razia Sultan
9.	Which General of Ala-ud-din Khilji, was known as the Rustam of the age and the hero of the time?	Malik Kafur
10.	When Babur invaded India who was the ruler of Vijayanagara empire in South India?	Krishna Deva Raya
11.	Who was a contemporary of Chingiz Khan?	Iltutmish
12.	The number of wives of which Mughal ruler ‘fell short even of the Quranic allowance of four’?	Aurangzeb
13.	During which ruler were Upanishads translated into Persian?	Shah Jahan
14.	In where were Bengal the headquarters of East India Company located?	Fort William
15.	Who set up the Atmiya Sabha in Kolkata in the first half of the nineteenth century?	Ram Mohan Roy
16.	What was the original name of Swami Dayananda Saraswati?	Mula Shankar
17.	Who had started ‘Mitra Mela’ Association?	Vinayak                      Damodar Savarkar
18.	Which was a revolutionary who later turned into a yogi and a philosopher?	Aurobindo Ghosh
19.	With how many volunteers did Gandhiji start on his famous Dandi march on March 12, 1930?	78
20.	Who opposed Mahatma Gandhi’s association with the Khilafat movement?	Mohammed                             Alix Jinnah
21.	Where has the world’s largest monolithic statue of Buddha been installed?	Bamiyan
22.	Who taught the doctrine of Shunyata (Shunyavad)?	Nagarjuna
23.	Who appointed Ibn Batuta as the Chief Qazi of Delhi?	M o h a m m a d - b i n - Tughlaq
24.	Which philosophical system was founded by Vallabhacharya?	Suddhadvaita
25.	Which Europeans, were the last to come to pre-independence India as traders?	French
26.	Who is the longest serving Chief Minister in India?	Jyoti Basu
27.	Which Indus citiy was known for water management?	Mohenjo-daro
28.	The vedic deity Indra was the god of which thing?	Rain and thunder
29.	A radio broadcast from Delhi on Monday at 7.30 p.m. it is heard at New York on which day?	The same day at 7.30 a.m.
30.	Which was the last Buddhist text produced in India?	Vamsathapakasini

History
Sr.	Question	Answer
1.	Buddha died in which Mahajanpada?	Mall
2.	During the Sangam Age, Uraiyur was the capital of which rular?	Cholas
3.	In the Delhi Sultanate, which administrative unit called ‘paragana’ was headed by an official?	Amil
4.	Mughal dynasty was to Bahadur Shah Zafar-as what was Lodi dynasty to?	Ibrahim Lodi
5.	Whose philosophy is called the Advaita?	Shankaracharya
6.	Which Mughal emperor’s tomb is outside India?	Jahangir
7.	When the East India Company came into existence, By whom was England was ruled?	Tudors
8.	Who was the Mughal emperor at the time of Ahmed Shah Abdali’s invasion of India?	Shah Alam II
9.	Jallianwala Bagh massacre occurred on which date?	13-Apr-19
10.	The first major inscription in classical Sanskrit is that of which king?	Rudradaman
11.	Which is considered an encyclopedia of Indian Medicine?	Charaka Samhita
12.	Which part was called Babul Makka (Gate of Makka) during the Mughal Period?	Surat
13.	Who among the following has issued the coin rupee for the first time?	Shershah Suri
14.	Who was the Governor General tomerge Sindh in British India?	Lord Ellenborough
15.	In what commodity the English first conducted trade from India?	Indigo
16.	In which veda is the famous Vedic saying “War begins in the minds of men” stated?	Atharvaveda
17.	Tradition has it that By whom was Ajatasatru instigated to murder his father?	Devadatta
18.	Shishunaga dynasty is credited to have destroyed which mahajanpada?	Avanti
19.	Which Gupta ruler defeated the Huna ruler, Mihirakula?	Yasodharman
20.	In the context of the reign of Guptas and their successors, what is Vishti’?	Forced labour
21.	Which was the first dynasty of the Vijayanagar kingdom?	Sangama
22.	The Kingdom of Vijayanagar came into existence during which reign?	M u h a m m a d - b i n - Tughlaq
23.	Which was the king generally considered to be the greatest ruler of Kashmir in the 15th century?	Zain-ul-Abidin
24.	Which Mughal emperor prohibited the use of tobacco?	Jehangir
25.	Raja Rammohan Roy and David Hare were associated with the foundation of which college?	Hindu College
26.	Who was the founder of the Radha Swami Satsang?	Siva Dayal Saheb
27.	Ancient Monuments Preservation Act was passed during which Viceroyality?	Curzon
28.	What are the birth and death years of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar?	1891, 1956
29.	In which year did the Congress loose its monopoly of power in the States for the first time after the elections?	1967
30.	By whom was General Dyer who was responsible for Jallianwala Bagh massacre was shot dead?	Udham Singh

History
Sr.	Question	Answer
1.	Megasthenes was an envoy of which king?	Seleucus
2.	Who in ancient India assumed the title amitraghata?	Bindusar
3.	Which Mauryan ruler did conquer the Deccan?	Bindusara
4.	In the kingdom of Satavahanas of ancient India, what was a district called?	Ahara
5.	The Bahmanis of the Deccan rose to prominence in which century?	14th century
6.	Which Governor General is associated with Doctrine of Lapse?	Lord Dalhousie
7.	Which Sikh Guru helped the rebel prince Khusro with money and blessings?	Guru Arjun Dev
8.	Which presents the most significant feature of Indus Valley Civilization?	Burnt brick buildings
9.	Of which thing were the Indus Valley houses built?	Bricks
10.	In which reign was the first Buddhist Council held?	Ajatashatru
11.	Which ruler of India who ruled over territories in Central Asia beyond the Pamirs?	Kanishka
12.	By whom was Saka era founded?	Kanishka
13.	The temples built during the medieval period by which dynasty are known as ‘Seven Pagodas’?	Pallavas
14.	Which Sultan added the Alai Darwaza to the Qutab Minar?	Alauddin Khalji
15.	‘Arhai-Din-Ka Jhonpra’ built by Qutbuddin Aibak, where is this located?	Ajmer
16.	By whom was the first estimate of national income in India made?	Dadabhai Naoroji
17.	Akbar founded his own religion known as ‘Din-i-Ilahi’ what was its mean?	Divine faith
18.	In which year did Akbar defeat Rana Pratap in the Battle of Haldighati?	1576
19.	Which territory was outside the boundaries of the Mughal Empire during the reign of Akbar?	Bijapur
20.	When Akbar surrounded Chittor fort, who saved it for four months?	Jaimal
21.	Which was adopted from the Maurya dynasty in the emblem of Government of India?	Four lions
22.	Who is known as the ‘Grand Old Man of India’?	Dadabhai Naoroji
23.	Which upheaval took place in Bengal immediately after the Revolt of 1857?	Indigo Disturbances
24.	Who has directed the film ‘Little Buddha’?	Bernardo Bertolucci
25.	Which is the largest mustard oil growing state?	U.P.
26.	Which revolts was made famous by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in his noval Anand Math?	Sanyasi rebellion
27.	By whom was the Indian Independence League set up?	Ras Behari Bose
28.	Quit India Movement started after the failure of which proposal?	Cripps’ proposal
29.	Which dynasty succeeded Sungas?	Kanvas
30.	The rock-cut temples of Mahabalipuram were built under the patronage of which king?	Pallava kings

History
Sr.	Question	Answer
1.	Which religion was patronised by Rashtrakutas?	Jainism
2.	Tipu Sultan took support of which power to fight the English?	French
3.	Who was the founder of the autonomous kingdom of Avadh?	Saadat Khan Burhan- ul-Mulk
4.	With which had the Indus Valley people trade relations?	Mesopotamia
5.	Which Directive Principle is based on Gandhian ideology?	Promotion of cottage industries
6.	At which Harappan site have traces of a horse been found?	Surkotda
7.	By whom was the Fourth Buddhist-Council held?	Kanishka
8.	Who said ‘At the stroke of midnight, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom’?	Jawaharlal Nehru
9.	Late Raja Ravi Verma, was an eminent figure in which field?	Painting
10.	In whose rule was Islam, as the state religion, abolished?	Akbar
11.	With whom did Alberuni come to India?	Mahmud of Ghazni
12.	Who was teh most famous court-poet (in Hindi literature) of Akbar?	Abdur   Rahim-Khan-i- Khanan
13.	By whom was Agra Fort built?	Akbar
14.	The treaty of Purandhar was signed in 1665 with Shivaji by which soldier statesman?	Raja Jai Singh
15.	Who was the successor of Shivaji?	Sambhaji
16.	Who was the leader of the Young Bengal Movement?	Henry Vivian Derozio
17.	Who composed the National Anthem ‘Jana Gana Mana’?	Rabindranath Tagore
18.	On the death of Gandhiji, who said that “The light has gone out of our lives…..”?	Jawaharlal Nehru
19.	Where was Swarajya declared as the goal of the Congress at its session held in 1906?	Calcutta
20.	During which Gupta king’s reign did the chinese traveller Fahien visit India?	Chandragupta II
21.	Which king of the Gupta Dynasty was called the’ Napolean of India’?	Samudragupta
22.	Which was a renowned Jain scholar who greatly honoured by Akbar?	Harivijaya
23.	Of which site of Harappan is associated with rice cultivation?	Lothal
24.	Who usurped the throne of Magadlia in 322 B. C.?	Chandragupta Maurya
25.	Which ruler of southern India were the contemporaries of kings of the Gupta empire?	Vakatakas
26.	Which was the great Hindu king who combined in himself the qualities of Samudragupta and Ashoka?	Harshavardhana
27.	Who used the phrase ‘Un-British’ to criticize the English colonial control of India?	Dadabhai Naoroji
28.	The writer of Mahabhasya ‘Patanjali’ was a contemporary of which ruler?	Pushyamitra Sunga
29.	Who laid the foundation of the first independent Turkish kingdom in India?	Qutubuddin Aibak
30.	Who first divided his empire into Iqtas during the process of civil administration?	Iltutmish

History
Sr.	Question	Answer
1.	Which lady wrote a historical account during the Mughal Period?	Gulbadan Begam
2.	Between which the Battle of Khanwa was fought?	Babar and Rana Sanga
3.	Which war was ended by the Treaty of Madras?	First Mysore war
4.	To whom the credit of discovering the sea route of India goes?	Portuguese
5.	Which Veda contains an account of magical charms and spells?	Atharva-veda
6.	Which Indian leader was dismissed by British from the Indian Civil Service?	Surendranath Banerji
7.	Who was the first President of the Indian Trade Union Congress in 1920?	Lala Lajpat Rai
8.	Who is known as the Ught of Asia?	Lord Buddha
9.	Which king was an ardent follower of Jainism?	Kharavela
10.	In which century did the famous Chinese pilgrim Fahien visit India?	5th century AD
11.	Which was the official language of Gupta period?	Sanskrit
12.	Vasco da Gama discovered the sea-route to India in which year?	1498
13.	Which was capital of Raja Ranjit Singh of Punjab?	Lahore
14.	Which God with three heads and horns, surrounded by animals, represented on a seal from Mohenjodaro?	Pashupati
15.	Who was the first foreigner to invade India?	Darius I
16.	Who was made the Home Minister when Jawaharlal Nehru formed the Interim Government in 1946?	Sardar Patel
17.	Which Gupta ruler was related to the Licchavis on his mother’s side?	Samudragupta
18.	In which inscription are the achievements of Samudragupta described?	Allahabad                            pillar inscription
19.	Which Sultan of Delhi has been described by the historians as the ‘mixture of opposites’?	Muhammad Tughluq
20.	Nicolo Conti, the traveller, who visited Vijayanagara kingdom in 1420 A.D., belongs to which country?	Italy
21.	In the Delhi Sultanate, the work of ‘Mustauf-i-Mamalik’ was related to which?	Auditing
22.	Where did Akbar build the Panch Mahal, noted for its various types of pillars?	Fatehpur Sikri
23.	Who built the mausoleum of Jahangir and where?	Nur Jahan at Lahore
24.	By whom were India’s famous Peacock Throne and the diamond Koh-e-Noor taken away?	Nadir Shah
25.	With reference to the Revolt of 1857, who laid siege to Jhansi in March 1858?	Sir Hugh Rose
26.	Dhondu Pant is better known as which name?	Nana Saheb
27.	Whose ideas had Influenced Mahatma Gandhi’s thought?	Tolstoy
28.	With reference to Indian freedom struggle which event occurred earliest?	Lucknow Pact
29.	In India, in which sector was the co-operative movement initiated?	Agricultural credit
30.	The ‘Paditrupputtu’ is a collection of poems in the praise of which king?	Chera

History
Sr.	Question	Answer
1.	The silver coins of the Gupta period were known by which name?	Rupyaka
2.	Which structure was constructed by Emperor Akbar in Fatehpur Sikri?	Panch Mahal
3.	Who was the first Indian Hindi scholar of the Mughal period?	Abdur Rahim
4.	Which distinguishes the Harappan from other contemporary civilizations of the world?	Town    planning             and drainage
5.	What was the primary purpose of a seal in the Indus Valley Civilisation?	To signify ownership of property
6.	Who presided over the first Buddhist Council held at Rajgriha?	Maha Kasyapa
7.	In which year, some more commercial banks in addition to the first lot of 141 were nationalised in India?	1980
8.	What was the first discourse of Buddha at Deer Park in Sarnath called?	Dharmachakra pravartan
9.	Which inscription describes the achievements of Kharavela, king of Kalinga?	Hathigunipha inscription
10.	St. Thomas came to India in 1st century A. D. to propogate christianity. During which reign did he come?	Gondophernes
11.	Which Sultan of Delhi had accepted the Suzerainty of the Timurid ruler Mirza Shah Rukh?	Khizr Khan Sayyid
12.	Which part of Delhi where Aibak laid the foundation of the first so called ‘Seven cities’ of medieval Delhi,?	Mehrauli
13.	When Abdur Razzak from Persia visited Hampi, who was the ruler of Vijayanagar in South India?	Devaraya II
14.	From where Alauddin Khalji captured the Delhi throne after securing fabulous wealth?	Devagiri
15.	Who was the first Mughal emperor to allow Britishers to establish trade links with India?	Jahangir
16.	During the decline of the Mughal empire By whom were the Jats were organised into a political force?	Badan Singh
17.	In which year was the Third Battle of Panipat fought?	1761
18.	Who among the following Governor-Generals formed the Triple Alliance against Tipu Sultan?	Lord Cornwallis
19.	Who pioneered Khilafat Movement?	Ali Brothers
20.	Who voted against the partition of India in the A.I.C.C. meeting held on 14 June 1947?	Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
21.	Timur, the Lame invaded India during the reign of which ruler?	Mohammad Shah Tughlaq
22.	Which Peshwas was popularly known as Nana Saheb?	Balaji Baji Rao
23.	Which Maratha Peshwa followed the ideal of Hindu Pada-Padshahi?	Baji Rao I
24.	To which age the Indus Valley Civilization belongs?	Neolithic age
25.	Which sites of Harappan are not in India?	Mohenjodaro and Harappa
26.	Which craftsmanship was not practised by the Aryans?	Blacksmith
27.	What is the number of puranas?	18
28.	On which river did Pulakesin II defeat Harshavardhana?	Narmada
29.	Who was the first Muslim ruler to formulate the theory of Kingship similar to the theory of divine right of King?	Balban
30.	By whom was the agitation against the partition of Bengal led?	Surendranath Banerjee