1) Which Veda depicts the information about

the most ancient Vedic age culture?

RIG VEDA
2) Who was the court poet of Samudragupta?
HARISHEN
BANABHATTA- KING HARSHAVARDHANA
CHAND BARDAI- PRITHVIRAJ CHAUHAN
BHAVABHUTI- YASHOVARNAM
3) Who was the first Tirthankara of the Jains?
RISHABHDEV
Jain Tirthankaras Description

Aristhenemi 22ndTirthankara of Jain.

Parshwnath 23rd Tirthankara of Jain.

4)Kali Ajitnath 2 Tirthankara of Jain.

nd nga's
King Rishabhdev 1 Tirthankara of Jain.
st Kharvela
was
associated with which of the following
dynasty?
MAHAMEGHAVAHANA 
5)What was Lord Mahavira's name prior to
acquiring the knowledge?
VARDHMAN
6) Defeat of which dynasty paved way for the
establishment of Mauryan dynasty?
NANDA DYNASTY
7) Couple burial was found in which of the
following Harappan sites?
LOTHAL
8) The Superintendent for agriculture in the
Mauryan administration was known as?
SITAADHYAAKSHYA
Sulkadhyakshya: In charge of tolls

Lohadhyakshya: In charge of Iron

Pauthavadhyakshya: In charge of weights and measures.

9) The King Gondophernes belonged to which

of the following dynasties?
PARTHIANS
10) Who was the Buddhist monk who helped
Indo-greek ruler Menander to convert to
Buddhism?
NAGASENA(NAGARJUNA)
11) Who among the following was known as
the 'Napoleon of India'?
SAMUDRAGUPTA
12) Megasthenes was a ________ ambassador to
the court of Chandragupta Maurya.
GREEK
13) Rath temples at Mahabalipuram were built
in the reign of which Pallava ruler?
NARASINGHAVARMAN 1
14) Which of the following rulers of the Gupta
Empire is described as ‘Maharajadhiraja’?
CHANDRAGUPTA 1
15) Who erected the Iron Pillar of Delhi?
CHANDRAGUPTA 2
16) The Heliodorus pillar is located at which of
the following places?
VIDISHA
17) Which among the following cities did not
serve as the capital of the Kushan Empire? 
UJJAIN
18) Which one the following places in the
Indus Valley Civilization was known as the
Oasis of Sindh?
MOHENJODARO
19) Which of the following site of Indus Valley
Civilization is not located in India?
HARAPPA
20) The ruins of Mohenjodaro and Harappa
show that these were magnificent and well
planned ________.
MERCHANT CITIES
21) The main occupation of the people of the
Indus Valley Civilization was ________.
AGRICULTURE
22) The eminent Saint Vallabhacharya was
associated with which of the following
branches?
KRISHNASHRAYI
23) Which of the following Vedas is not a part
of Vedatrayi?
ATHARVAVEDA
24) The hymns of which Veda were recited by
Hotri?
RIGVEDA
25) There were 8 types of marriages during the
Vedic Period. Which one of them is a love
marriage?
GANDHARVA VIVAH
26) What is considered the most important
fundamental principle of Jainism?
NON-VIOLENCE
27) During which Buddhist council was
Buddhism split up into Hinayana and
Mahayana sects?
4th
28) The Ajanta Cave Paintings are a testimony
to the golden age of ________ in India.
BUDDHISM

First Buddhist
Rajgirah
Council

Second Buddhist
Vaishali
Council
 Third Buddhist
Patliputra
Council

Fourth Buddhist
Kundalvana, Kashmir
Council

Fifth Buddhist
Burma
Council

Sixth Buddhist
Burma
Council

29) Among the following, which is not one of

the 6 schools of Indian philosophy (Shad-
Darshans)?
APARIGRIHA
 six schools of Indian Philosophy are Sankhya, Yoga, Nyaya, Vaishesika, Purva
Mimansa and Vedanta 

30) Who were the founders of Sangama

Dynasty?
HARIHARA 1 & BUKKA RAYA 1
31) Which among the following was the real
name of Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq?
ULUGH KHAN
32) Lingaraja temple at Bhubaneswar was built
in  ____.
KALINGA STYLE(somavamsi dynasty)

33) Which Rashtrakuta king composed works

like ‘Kavirajamarga’, ‘Ratnamalika’, and
‘Passanotaramalika’?
 Aamoghavarsa 1
(64 years of his reign is one of the longest precisely dated
monarchical reigns on record.)

34) A ruler of which dynasty gave a big part of

Haryana a name, called 'Srikanth' janapada?
NAAG
35) Vijayanagar period is known for the origin
of Carnatic music under ____.
PURANDARA DAS
36) Which Chola ruler had conquered Sri
Lanka?
RAJARAJA 1
37) Which one of the following dynasties built
the Khajuraho temples?
CHANDELLAS
38) Bahmani ruler Tajuddin Firuz married the
daughter of which of the following
Vijayanagara rulers?
DEVARAYA 1

39) Who among the following is known as the

founder of the Tughlaq Dynasty in the Delhi
Sultanate?
GHAZI MALIK(throne name-ghiyasuddin
tughlaq)
40) Which among the following is CORRECT
regarding the coins introduced by Iltutmish in
India?
HE INTRODUCED SILVER & COPPER
COINS NAMED TANKA & JITAL
41) Who among the following is known as the
founder of the Khilji Dynasty?
JALALUDDIN KHILJI
42) Which dynasty came to power in India
after the Tughlaq dynasty?
THE SAYYIDS
43) Which Delhi sultan pursued the policy of
‘blood & iron’?
BALBAN
44) The system of Dagh (branding of horses)
was started by which medieval ruler?
ALAUDDIN KHILJI
45) Who introduced the Token Currency
System in India?
MUHAMMAD-BIN-TUGHLAQ
46) During whose period, the Bahmani
Kingdom came into existence?
MUHAMMAD-BIN-TUGHLAQ
47) Who among the following started the
“Dahsala system” of land revenue collection?
AKBAR
48) Which of the following is the founder of
Mamluk dynasty(SLAVE DYNASTY)?
QUTBUDDIN AIBAK
49) “Muazzama” was the title of which of the
following Mughal Emperors?
BAHADUR SHAH 1
50) Who among of the following constructed
the Panch Mahal at Fatehpur Sikri?
AKBAR
51) The individuals who joined Mughal
Services and held a position or rank were
referred as _____.
MANSABDARS
52) In Which year was Maratha Empire
replaced by the British Empire?
1818
53) Hiravijay was a great scholar who existed in
the Mughal period of India. During the reign of
which king did he thrive?
AKBAR
54) After the decline of the Palas, which
dynasty established its rule in Bengal?
SENA DYNASTY
55) In which of the following years Chatrapati
Shivaji assumed the title of “Haindava
Dharmadharak”?
 1674
56) Murugan was the primary deity of which of
the following period?
SANGAM PERIOD
57) Who among the following Mughal rulers
banned music and dancing?
AURANGZEB
58) Which river is praised in the fifth century
Tamil epic, Silappadikaram?
CAUVERY
59) When was the Gandhi-Irwin Pact signed?
1931
60) Which of the following Governor-
General of Bengal held the post temporarily?
SIR JOHN MACPHERSON
61) Where was the “Satyagraha Ashrama”
founded by Mahatama Gandhi?
KOCHARAB
62) Who led the rebels in Bihar for supporting
the Revolt of 1857?
KUNWAR SINGH
63) The Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 started in
Ambala and Meerut on ___?
10 MAY 1857
(29 march 1857, 1st mutiny in barrackpore)
64) The ________ commercial companies set
up their base in India during the Mughal
Empire at Masulipatnam in 1605.
DUTCH
 Dutch established their bases at various places such as Cochin,
Masulipatnam, Negapatam and Pulicat. 
 The French establishments included Karikal, Mahe, Chandernagore, Pondicherry
etc. 
 The Portuguese establishments included Cochin, Goa etc. 
 The British established bases in Surat, Bombay, Calcutta and Madras initially. 

65) Who among the following extremist

leaders presided over the AITUC Session in
1920?
LALA LAJPAT RAI
66) Who among the following was the founder
of Prarthana Samaj?
ATMARAM PANDURANG
67) Gandhi ji’s famous ‘Quit India Movement’
call to the British was given in __.
1942
68) Who raised the slogan “Swaraj is my birth
right and I shall have it”?
BAL GANGADHAR TILAK
69) Who was the first Muslim President of
Indian National Congress?
BADRUDDIN TAIYABJI
70) Which Indian nationalist movement is also
known as the 'August Movement'?
QUIT INDIA MOVEMENT
71) In 1916 Mahatma Gandhi travelled
to_______ to inspire the peasants to struggle
against the oppressive plantation system.
CHAMPARAN
72) Who was the Viceroy of India during the
Partition of Bengal?
LORD CURZON
73) Which movement was called off due to the
Chauri-Chaura incident?
NON COOPERATION MOVEMENT
74) Which British general defeated Rani
Lakshmibai and Tantia Tope during Revolt of
1857?
HUGH ROSE
75) Mahatma Gandhi had been the President
of the Indian National Congress ___.
ONCE(1924)
76) Mahatma Gandhi served as an editor in
various newspapers in India.NAME THEM?
INDIAN OPINION, HARIJAN, YOUNG
INDIA
77) In which city Mahatma Gandhi did
successfully lead Millworker's strike in 1918
A.D?
AHMEDABAD
78) Who of the following was the last
Governor General of Bengal?
WILLIAM BENTINCK
William Bentinck last Governor General of Bengal

Time period 1828 to 1835

1. He along with Thomas Babington Macaulay introduced

English as the language of instruction in India.
Reforms
2. Abolition of sati and other cruel rites.

79) Who proposed the Vernacular Press Act?

LORD LYTTON
80) Who devised the policy of Doctrine of
Lapse?
LORD DALHOUSIE

81) Who established the “Atmiya Sabha” a

precursor in the socio-religious reforms in
Bengal? 
RAJA RAM MOHAN ROY
82)  Battle of Buxar, fought in 1764 AD
Between?
British and the combined forces of Mir
Qasim, Mughal Emperor Shah Alam
II and Awadh Ruler Shujauddaula. 
83) Agitation against “Cunningham Circular”
was observed in which of the following
province?
 ASSAM
84) Panna National Park is situated on the
bank of which of the following rivers?
KEN(MP)
85) The largest Union Territory of India is ____.
LADAKH
86) Jhum cultivation refers to ____.
SHIFTING AGRICULTURE
87) The study of earthquake is called:
SEISMOLOGY
88) Which among the following is the highest
peak of Western Ghats?
ANAMUDI(KERALA)
89) The Jaldapara National Park is situated in
which of the following Indian State?
WEST BENGAL
90) Netrani Island is situated in which among
the following states in India?
KARNATAKA
91) What is the approximate area of India (in
million km²)?
3.28
92) Where does the EI-Nino current occur?
ON COAST OF PERU
93) Sahastradhara falls is located in which of
the following states of India?
 UTTARAKHAND
94) Umananda Island is situated in the Indian
state of ____.
ASSAM
95) Which river is an east flowing river of the
Indian peninsula?
MAHANADI
96) The Coldest Place in India is ________. 
DRASS
97) Vishnupada Mandir is situated on the bank
of which of the following river?
FALGU
98) What is other name of Uchalli falls located
in the state of Karnataka?
LUSHINGTON FALLS
99) As Per 2011 census, which of the following
tribe has the maximum population in India?
BHILS