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1. Muhammad Bin Qasim entered India in

(a) 712 (Correct)
(b) 713
(c) 711
(d) 714

2. Who laid the foundation of the first independent Turkish kingdom in India?
(a) Mohammad bin Qasim
(b) Qutubuddin Aibak (Correct)
(c) Ghiasuddin Balban
(d) None of the above

3. Who was the last ruler of the Tughlaq dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate?
(a) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
(b) Ghiyas-ud-Din Tughlaq Shah-II
(c) Nasir-ud-Din-Mahmud (Correct)
(d) Ghiasuddin Balban

4. Who amongst the following Sultans of the slave Dynasty reign for the longest period?
(a) Qutub-ud-Din Aibak
(b) Ghiyas-ud-din Balban
(c) Nasir-ud-Din Mahmud
(d) Shams-ud-din Iltutmish (Correct)

5. First Islamic state was established in India in

(a) 1206 (Correct)
(b) 1202
(c) 1208
(d) 1209

6. Qatub-u-din Aibek became the first ruler of Islamic state of India in

(a) 1206 (Correct)
(b) 1202
(c) 1208
(d) 1209

7. Syed Ahmad Shaheed was martyred at Balakot

(a) 1843
(b) 1831 (Correct)
(c) 1832

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(d) 1837

8. The first Governor-General of Bengal was:

(a) Lord Conwallis
(b) Lord Clive
(c) Lord Wellesley
(d) Warren Hastings (Correct)

9. On whose request Ahmad Shah Abdali attacked India and defeated Marhattas at Panipat?
(a) Shah Ismail
(b) Haji Shaukat Ullah
(c) Syed Ahmad Shaheed
(d) Shah Wali Ullah (Correct)

10. Second Battle of Panipat was fought between Hemubikal and Akbar in
(a) 1493
(b) 1555
(c) 1556 (Correct)
(d) 1548

11. The Sultan of Delhi who is reputed to have built the biggest network of canals in India was:
(a) Iltutmish
(b) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
(c) Firoz Shah Tughlaq (Correct)
(d) None of these

12. The Delhi Sultanate virtually ended due to the invasion of:
(a) Chengiz Khan
(b) Babar (Correct)
(c) Nadir Shah
(d) None of these

13. The first Muslim invasion of India was led by:

(a) Mahmud of Ghazni
(b) Muhammad Ghori
(c) Muhammad-bin-Qasim (Correct)
(d) None of these

14. First voyage of Vasco da Gama to India (discovery of seas route to India via the Cape of
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(a) 1456
(b) 1476
(c) 1498 (Correct)
(d) 1345

15. Who was the last ruler of Lodi dynasty?

(a) Bahlol Lodi
(b) Daulat Khan Lodi
(c) Ibrahim Lodi (Correct)
(d) Sikandar Lodi

16. The most famous court-poet (in Hindi literature) of Akbar was:
(a) Raskhan
(b) Surdas
(c) Tulsidas
(d) Abdur-Rahim-Khan-i-Khanan (Correct)

17. The Mughal emperor, who died to sudden fall from the staircase, was:
(a) Babar
(b) Humayun (Correct)
(c) Jahangir
(d) Aurangzeb

18. The coin rupia was first issued by:

(a) Sher Shah Suri (Correct)
(b) Alauddin Khilji
(c) Akbar
(d) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq

19. Nadir Shah invaded India in

(a) 1674
(b) 1739 (Correct)
(c) 1666
(d) 1707

20. Battle of Plassey was fought in

(a) 1674
(b) 1757 (Correct)
(c) 1666
(d) 1707

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21. The first census was conducted in India in 1881 at the time of:
(a) Lord Dufferin
(b) Lord Lytton
(c) Lord Mayo
(d) Lord Ripon (Correct)

23. Mujahideen Movement was launched under the leadership of

(a) Haji Shariat Ullah
(b) Syed Ahmad Shaheed (Correct)
(c) Shah Ismail
(d) Shah Wali Ullah

24. What was the real name of Shah Wali Ullah?

(a) Ismail
(b) Mohsin
(c) Ahsan
(d) Ahmad (Correct)

25. Sir Sayyed was born in Delhi on

(a) 17th October 1817 (Correct)
(b) 15th November 1817
(c) 10th October 1818
(d) 25th December 1818

26. Sir Syed Ahmad’s journey to London with his son

(a) 1866
(b) 1864
(c) 1867
(d) 1869 (Correct)

27. Sir Sayyed was given the title of Knight-hood by the British Government in
(a) 1885
(b) 1888 (Correct)
(c) 1887
(d) 1889

28. Where is shrine of Shah Abdul Lateef Bhitai is situated near:

(a) Sibi
(b) Hyderabad
(c) Jacobabad (Correct)

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(d) None

29. What is Malakhra?

(a) A lake
(b) A river
(c) A game (Correct)

30. The founder of the first Afghan dynasty in India was:

(a) Ibrahim Lodi
(b) Bahlol Lodi (Correct)
(c) Sikandar Lodi
(d) None of these

31. Babar laid the foundation of Mughal empire in 1526 by defeating:

(a) Daulat Khan Lodi
(b) Ibrahim Lodi (Correct)(c) Rana Sanga
(d) Alauddin Khilji

32. The first Mughal emperor to issue a firman in favour of the British to open a factory at
Surat was:
(a) Aurangzeb
(b) Jahangir (Correct)
(c) Shahjahan
(d) Akbar

33. The court language of Mughals was:

(a) Arabic
(b) Hindi
(c) Persian (Correct)
(d) Urdu

34. When was the second battle of Panipat fought?

(a) 1191
(b) 1540
(c) 1556 (Correct)
(d) 1757

35. Who built the mausoleum of Jahangir and where?

(a) Nur Jahan at Lahore (Correct)
(b) Shahjahan at Agra

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(c) Shahjahan at Delhi

(d) Nur Jahan at Fatehpur Sikri

36. The Peacock throne was made for:

(a) Jahangir
(b) Akbar
(c) Shahjahan (Correct)
(d) Aurangzeb

37. Third Battle of Panipat was fought in

(a) 1763
(b) 1765
(c) 1761 (Correct)
(d) 1764

38. Battle of Buxar was fought between Britishers and Mir Qasim
(a) 1763
(b) 1765
(c) 1761
(d) 1764 (Correct)

39. Tipu Sultan died in

(a) 1799 (Correct)
(b) 1789
(c) 1800
(d) 1803

40. Fort William College was established at Calcuta

(a) 1799
(b) 1789
(c) 1800 (Correct)
(d) 1803

41. Sher Shah’s real name was:

(a) Hemu
(b) Faizi
(c) Bahadur
(d) Farid (Correct)

42. East India Company established in

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(a) 1578
(b) 1614
(c) 1600 (Correct)
(d) 1609

43. During the Mughal period which one of the following traders first came to India?
(a) Portuguese (Correct)
(b) Dutch
(c) Danish
(d) English

44. Which is the Worlds largest graveyard?

(a) Kirthar Hills
(b) Makli Hill (Correct)
(c) Karachi graveyard
(d) Mohenjo-Daro graveyard

45. Where the French Beach is located?

(a) Karachi (Correct)
(b) Oman
(c) India
(d) Baluchistan

46. Kaleji Lake, Kadiero Lake and Keenjhar Lake are located in
(a) Sindh (Correct)
(b) Balochistan
(c) K.P
(d) Punjab

47. Which place is called little Mecca:

(a) Uch
(b) Bhanbhor
(c) Makli Hill (Correct)
(d) Mansura

48. Where is Shah Jahan Mosque is situated?

(a) Thatta (Correct)
(b) Jacobabad
(c) Sibi
(d) Larkana

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49. The earliest mosque in sub-continent is situated in

(a) Jacobabad
(b) Banbhore (Correct)
(c) Sukkur
(d) Rohri

50. Which of the following pass connects Peshawar with Chitral?

(a) Malakand Pass (Correct)(b) Dargai Pass
(c) Bolan Pass
(d) None of these

51. Which of the following pass connects Dir and Chitral?

(a) Lawari Pass (Correct)
(b) Babusar Pass
(c) Bolan Pass
(d) Daragai Pass

52. When M.A.O. College was established in Aligarh

(a) 1877 (Correct)
(b) 1874
(c) 1875
(d) 1873

53. When did Sir Sayyed set M.A.O. High School in Aligarh?
(a) 1871
(b) 1875 (Correct)
(c) 1873
(d) 1872

54. Who inaugurated M.A.O. College in 1877?

(a) Lord Lytton (Correct)
(b) Lord Curzon
(c) Lord Ankiuleck
(d) Lord Mayo

55. “Two-Nation Theory” for the first time was introduced by

(a) Allama Iqbal
(b) Chaudhary Rehmat Ali
(c) Nawab Viqar ul Mulk
(d) Sir Sayyed Ahmad Khan (Correct)

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56. British East India Company was abolished

(a) 1857
(b) 1858 (Correct)
(c) 1861
(d) 1865

57. Sir Sayyed Ahmad Khan died on

(a) 27th April, 1900
(b) 27th July, 1899
(c) 27th March, 1898 (Correct)
(d) 27th August, 1897

58. The Doctrine of Lapse was introduced by:

(a) Lord Wellesley
(b) Warren Hastings
(c) Lord Canning
(d) Lord Dalhousie (Correct)

59. During the 1857 war Sir Sayyed was working in:
(a) Banaras
(b) Bijnaur (Correct)
(c) Delhi
(d) Lucknow

60. Dar-ul-Uloom-i-Deoband began functioning in a small mosque at Deoband

(a) 1866
(b) 1864
(c) 1867 (Correct)
(d) 1869

61. Hindu-Urdu Controversy began in Banarasin

(a) 1866
(b) 1864
(c) 1867 (Correct)
(d) 1869

62. National Muhammadan Association was founded by Syed Ameer Ali

(a) 1881
(b) 1889
(c) 1877 (Correct)

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(d) 1885

63. Allama Iqbal was born in Sialkot

(a) 9th November 1877 (Correct)
(b) 9th March 1897
(c) 9th November 1875
(d) 9th November 1879

64. Maulana Muhammad Ali Johar was born

(a) 1878 (Correct)
(b) 1877
(c) 1892
(d) 1885

65. In which year the Congress and the Muslim League held a joint session for the first time at
Lucknow?
(a) 1912
(b) 1916 (Correct)
(c) 1915
(d) 1914

66. M.A.O College of Aligarh got the status of University

(a) 1917
(b) 1918
(c) 1919
(d) 1920 (Correct)

67. Allama Iqbal gave his historical Presidential Address at Allahabad

(a) 1931
(b) 1930 (Correct)
(c) 1932
(d) 1933

68. Foundation of Indian National Congress by A.O. Hume

(a) 1877
(b) 1885 (Correct)
(c) 1878
(d) 1892

69. Nadva-Tul-Ulema was established in

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(a) 1889
(b) 1894 (Correct)
(c) 1888
(d) 1885

70. Jallianwala Bagh massacre occurred on:

(a) January 30, 1918
(b) April 13, 1919 (Correct)
(c) August 14, 1920
(d) July 3, 1930

71. The All India Muslim League was formed in 1906 at:
(a) Aligarh
(b) Dakha (Correct)
(c) Lucknow
(d) Lahore

72. Khilafat Movement launched in subcontinent

(a) 1917
(b) 1918
(c) 1919 (Correct)
(d) 1920

73. The Lahore Resolution was supported by Qazi Muhammad Isa from the province of
(a) Balochistan (Correct)
(b) NWFP
(c) Punjab
(d) None of these

74. Name the Sindhi leader who supported Paksitan’s Resolution from the province of Sindh.
(a) Sir Abdullah Haroon (Correct)
(b) G.M. Syed(c) Ayub Khoro
(d) None of these

75. Maulana Zafar Ali Khan from the province of ________ supported the Pakistan’s resolution.
(a) Punjab (Correct)
(b) Sindh
(c) NWFP
(d) None of these

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76. Who presented Lahore Resolution on 23rd March, 1940?

(a) Allama Iqbal
(b) Liaquat Ali Khan
(c) A.K. Fazl-ul-Haq (Correct)
(d) Quaid-e-Azam

77. The Pakistan Resolution was moved on

(a) 23rd March, 1940 (Correct)
(b) 23rd March, 1941
(c) 14 August, 1947
(d) 6 September, 1947

78. Who was the last Viceroy of India?

(a) Lord Mayo
(b) Lord Mounbatten (Correct)
(c) Lord Linlithgow
(d) Lord Hasting

79. The June 3rd plan is also known as

(a) Cabinet plan
(b) Partition plan (Correct)
(c) August offer
(d) Cripps plan

80. Quaid-e-Azam elected as the first President of first Constituent Assembly of Pakistan
(a) 10th August 1947
(b) 11th August 1947 (Correct)
(c) 12th August 1947
(d) 13th August 1947

81. First meeting of constituent assembly of Pakistan

(a) 10th August 1947 (Correct)
(b) 11th August 1947
(c) 12th August 1947
(d) 13th August 1947

82. When was the Pakistan Constituent Assembly constituted?

(a) July 20, 1947 (Correct)
(b) June 20, 1947
(c) August 20, 1947

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(d) August 25, 1947

83. How many members were there in the Constituent Assembly when it was set up?
(a) 59
(b) 69 (Correct)
(c) 79
(d) 80

84. How many members were later added to the Constituent Assembly?
(a) 5
(b) 7
(c) 9
(d) 10 (Correct)

85. Who was the first Prime Minister of Pakistan?

(a) Khawaja Nazim-ud-Din
(b) Liaquat Ali Khan (Correct)
(c) Abdul Rab Nishter
(d) I.I. Chundrigar

86. When the Constituent Assembly passed the Objective Resolution?

(a) February 1949
(b) March 1949 (Correct)
(c) April 1949
(d) March 1948

87. The Cabinet Mission announced their plan on

(a) 8th April 1947
(b) 5th December 1947
(c) 15th January 1947
(d) 16th May 1946 (Correct)

88. Who was the British Prime Minister at the time of Second Round Table Conference?
(a) Ramsay MacDonald (Correct)
(b) Clement Attlee
(c) Neville Chamberlain
(d) None of these

89. Muslims celebrated the “Day of Deliverance on

(a) 22nd December 1939 (Correct)

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(b) 25th December 1939

(c) 24th December 1939
(d) 23rd December 1939

90. Cripps Mission came in

(a) 1942 (Correct)
(b) 1945
(c) 1947
(d) 1944

91. Pirpur Report was published in

(a) 1938 (Correct)
(b) 1939
(c) 1940
(d) 1941

92. Who dissolved the Federal Assembly on 24 October, 1954?

(a) Sikandar Mirza
(b) Ghulam Muhammad (Correct)
(c) Ayub Khan
(d) None of the above

93. Pakistan became Islamic Republic in?

(a) 1953
(b) 1954
(c) 1955
(d) 1956 (Correct)

94. Sikandar Mirza abrogated the 1956 Constitution and dissolved Assemblies
(a) 7th October 1958 (Correct)
(b) 7th October 1959
(c) 7th October 1960
(d) 7th October 1961

95. General Zia-ul-Haq held general elections in

(a) 1982
(b) 1985 (Correct)
(c) 1984
(d) 1983

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96. Pakistan China border treaty was signed in

(a) 1958
(b) 1959
(c) 1964
(d) 1963 (Correct)

97. Tashqand Treaty was signed between Pakistan and India

(a) 10th January 1966 (Correct)
(b) 10th January 1967
(c) 10th January 1968
(d) 10th January 1969

98. Mangla dam’s construction completed in

(a) 1966
(b) 1967 (Correct)
(c) 1968
(d) 1969

99. Swat and Chitral joined Pakistan in

(a) 1966
(b) 1967
(c) 1968
(d) 1969 (Correct)

100. When was the Constitution of 1973 enforced?

(a) 10th April, 1973
(b) 14th August 1973 (Correct)
(c) 10th March 1973
(d) 10th August 1973

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