Indian History
1. The statue of Gomateshwara at Sravanabelagola was built by—
(A) Chandragupta Maurya
(B) Kharvela
(C) Amoghavarsha
(D) Chamundaraya
2. ‘Live well, as long as you live. Live well even by borrowings, for once cremated, there is no return’. The rejection of after life is an aphorism of the—
(A) Kapalika sect
(B) Sunyavada of Nagarjun
(C) Ajivikas
(D) Charvakas
3. Which one of the following usages was a post-Vedic development ?
(A) Dharma-Artha-Kama-Moksha
(B) Brahmana-Kshatriya-Vaishya-Shudra
(C) Brahmacharya-Grihasthashrama-Vanaprastha-Sanyasa
(D) Indra-Surya-Rudra-Marut
4. The capital of the kingdom of Maharaja Ranjit Singh was—
(A) Amritsar
(B) Patiala
(C) Lahore
(D) Kapurthala
5. In the Gandhara sculptures the preaching mudra associated with the Buddha’s First Sermon at Sarnath is—
(A) Abhaya
(B) Dhyana
(C) Dharmachakra
(D) Bhumisparsa
6. The name of the poet Kalidas is mentioned in the—
(A) Allahabad pillar inscription
(B) Aihole inscription
(C) Alapadu grant
(D) Hanumakonda inscription
7. Zero was invented by—
(A) Aryabhatta
(B) Varahamihira
(C) Bhaskara I
(D) An unknown Indian
8. Which one of the following important trade centres of ancient India was on the trade route connecting Kalyana with Vengi?
(A) Tagara
(B) Sripura
(C) Tripuri
(D) Tamralipti
9. The first Indian ruler who joined the subsidiary Alliance was—
(A) The Nawab of Oudh
(B) The Nizam of Hyderabad
(C) Peshwa Baji Rao II
(D) The king of Travancore
10. Vidhushaka, a common character in Sanskrit drama is invariably a—
(A) Brahmana
(B) Kshatriya
(C) Vaishya
(D) Shudra
11. Toramana belonged to the ethnic horde of the—
(A) Scythians
(B) Hunas
(C) Yue-chis
(D) Sakas
12. Who among the following is said to have witnessed the reigns of eight Delhi Sultans ?
(A) Ziauddin Barani
(B) Shams-i-siraj Afif
(C) Minhaj-us-siraj
(D) Amir Khusrau
13. The first Indian ruler to organize Haj pilgrimage at the expense of the state was—
(A) Alauddin Khilji
(B) Feroz Tughlaq
(C) Akbar
(D) Aurangzeb
14. Who among the following ladies wrote a historical account during the Mughal period ?
(A) Gulbadan Begum
(B) Noorjahan Begum
(C) Jahanara Begum
(D) Zebun-nissah Begum
15. The first to start a joint stock company to trade with India were the—
(A) Portuguese
(B) Dutch
(C) French
(D) Danish
16. The caves and rock-cut temples at Ellora are—
(A) Buddhist
(B) Buddhist and Jain
(C) Hindu and Jain
(D) Hindu, Buddhist and Jain
17. The significance of the Bengal Regulation of 1793 lies in the fact that—
(A) It provided for the establishment of the Supreme court
(B) It restricted the application of English law to Englishmen only
(C) It accommodated the personal laws of Hindus and Muslims
(D) It provided for the appointment of the Indian Law Commission
18. The Mansabdari system introduced by Akbar was borrowed from the system followed in—
(A) Afghanistan
(B) Turkey
(C) Mongolia
(D) Persia
19. Which one of the following monuments has a dome which is said to be one of the largest in the world ?
(A) Tomb of Sher Shah, Sasaram
(B) Jama Masjid, Delhi
(C) Tomb of Ghiyas-ud-din Tuglaq, Delhi
(D) Gol Gumbaz, Bijapur
20. Ashtapradhan was a Council of Ministers –
(A) In the Gupta administration
(B) In the Chola administration
(C) In the Vijaynagar administration
(D) In the Maratha administration
21. The concept of Anuvrata was advocated by—
(A) Mahayana Buddhism
(B) Hinayana Buddhism
(C) Jainism
(D) The Lokayata School
22. Which one of the following territories was not affected by the revolt of 1857 ?
(A) Jhansi
(B) Jagdishpur
(C) Lucknow
(D) Chittor
23. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched ?
(A) Battle of Buxar— Mir Jafar Vs Clive
(B) Battle of Wandiwash—French Vs East India Company
(C) Battle of Chelianwala—Dalhousie Vs Marathas
(D) Battle of Kharda—Nizam Vs East India Company
24. The word ‘Hindu’ as reference to the people of Hind (India) was first used by—
(A) The Greeks
(B) The Romans
(C) The Chinese
(D) The Arabs
25. Hughly was used as a base for piracy in the Bay of Bengal by –
(A) The Portuguese
(B) The French
(C) The Danish
(D) The British
26. Which are the first cereals grown by Indians
(A) Race
(B) Sugarcane
(C) Wheat and barley
(D) None of these
27. The name India was derived from the river name
(A) Ganga
(B) Kaveri
(C) Sindhu
(D) Krishna
28. Which is first Indus Site
(A) Mohanjedaro
(B) Harappa
(C) Lothal
(D) Banavali
29. In which year the Harappan Site was excavated
(A) 1921
(B) 1920
(C) 1922
(D) 1923
30. Who is the archeologist, Harappan Site was discovered
(A) R.D Banarjee
(B) D. R Sanhi
(C) T.K Taper
(D) None of these
31. Harappa was located on the river
(A) Sindhu
(B) Ganga
(C) Ravi
(D) None of these
32. Mohanjedaro was excavated in year
(A) 1922
(B) 1923
(C) 1924
(D) 1925
33. Where was Mohanjedaro situated
(A) Lothal
(B) Haryana
(C) Larkhana
(D) Punjab
34. Mohanjedaro was excavated by
(A) R. D Banarjee
(B) D. R Sahni
(C) Dr. Sukarno
(D) None of these
35. The word Mohanjedaro in Sindi Language means
(A) Culture
(B) Knowledge
(C) Excavation
(D) Mount of dead
36. Where is Banwali situated
(A) Harappa
(B) Gujarat
(C) Punjab
(D) Haryana
37. In which year Kalibagab was excavated
(A) 1923
(B) 1924
(C) 1930
(D) 1953
38. Who is the archelogist of Kalibagan
(A) A. Ghosh
(B) T.K Tapper
(C) Y.D Sharma
(D) S.R Roa
39. Which is first manmade port in the world.
(A) Quilon
(B) Lothal
(C) Muzris
(D) None of these
40. Which is known as 18 days of Battle
(A) Battle of Kurukshetra
(B) Battle of Hidaspus
(C) Battle of Paniput
(D) None of these
41. Manusmrithi was translated into English by
(A) Macauely
(B) J.S Mill
(C) William Jones
(D) Max Muller
42. Who used iron for the first time in India
(A) Dravidens
(B) Aryans
(C) Portuguese
(D) None of these
43. Who translated Arthasastra into English
(A) Manu
(B) Symasastri
(C) Max Muller
(D) None of these
44. Who was the founder of Jaimism
(A) Swami Vivekananda
(B) Kirthi Varman
(C) Vardhamana Mahavira
(D) None of these
45. The word ‘Jaina’ was derived from the word
(A) Jeena
(B) Jyna
(C) Jina
(D) Jana
46. The word ‘Jina’
(A) Power
(B) Victory
(C) Wisdom
(D) Conqueror
47. Who was the father of vardhamana Mahavira
(A) Sidhartha
(B) Varthmana varagunan
(C) Kirthivarman
(D) None of these
48. Jain Sacred texts are called
(A) Sungas
(B) Angas
(C) Hymns
(D) None of these
49. How many World Heritage Sites are there today
(A) 930
(B) 934
(C) 935
(D) 936
50. The world Heritage fund was created on
(A) 1972
(B) 1970
(C) 1973
(D) 1974
51. Buddhism originated in
(A) 7th and 8th C.BC
(B) 6th C.BC
(C) 5th C.BC
(D) 3rd C.BC
52. Who was the founder of Buddhism
(A) Chatrapati shivaji
(B) Gautama Buddha
(C) Vikramaditya II
(D) None of these
53. Buddha’s Birth Place now is known as
(A) Nepal
(B) Buttan
(C) Prinla
(D) None of these
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