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1. The term Fitnah refers to

A) Co-operation
(B) Friendship
(C) Treason
(D) Conspiracy
ANS: C/D
2. The term 'Stridhana' is first mentioned in which of the following texts?
(A) Shatapatha Brahmana
(B) Sutta Pitaka
(C) Kautilya's Arthashastra
(D) Harshacharita
ANS: B
3. Who wrote Scienza Nova (The Science of Humanity)
(A) Vico
(B) Voltaire
(C) Comte
(D) Robinson
ANS: A
4. The Mughal emperor who became a disciple of Swami Narayan Singh was
(A) Jahandar Shah
(B) Farrukh Siyar
(C) Muhammad Shah
(D) Ahmad Shah
ANS: C
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5. Nationalization of Insurance companies took place on-
(A) 20th January, 1956
(B) 19th January, 1956
(C) 15th January, 1956
(D) 24th January, 1956
ANS: B
6. In which of the following ancient Indian texts, reference to nuns has been
made?
(A) Abhidharma Pitaka
(B) Samyutta Nikaya
(C) Sutta Pitaka
(D) Vinay Pitaka
ANS: C
7. The Qila-i Kuhna mosque in Delhi was built by
(A) Sikander Lodi
(B) Babur
(C) Humayun
(D) Sher Shah
ANS: D
8. The four varnas are mentioned for the first time in
(A) Prithvi Sukta
(B) Purusa Sukta
(C) Taittiriya Samhita
(D) Vajasaneyi Samhita
ANS: B
9. The first Bengali to qualify the Indian Civil Service Examination was
(A) Surendranath Banerjee
(B) Anandamohan Bose
(C) Gurudas Banerjee
(D) Satyendranath Tagore
ANS: D
10. Which river acted as a natural boundary between Vijaynagar and Bahmani
states?
(A) Tungabhadra
(B) Krishna
(C) Kaveri
(D) Mahanadi
ANS: B
11. Epigraphy is based on
(A) Inscriptions
(B) Remains of the past
(C) Literary texts
(D) Archival documents
ANS: A
12. What are Calicoes?
(A) Indigo exported from India
(B) Cotton exported from India
(C) Textile exported from India
(D) Precious stones exported from India
ANS: B/C
13 Who was the editor of Sambad rabhakar?
(A) Iswar Chandra Gupta
(B) Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar
(C) Krishna Mohan Banerjee
(D) Rashik Krishna Mallick
ANS: A
14. Who established in 1936 Anti-Imperialist Peoples Front' within the Congress?
(A) R. P. Dutt and Ben Bradley
(B) Subhash Chandra Bose and Jotindra Mohan Sengupt
(C) Motilal Nehru and C. R. Das
(D) Phillip Spratt and A. O. Hume
ANS: A
15. The basic philosophy of the Bhakti movement was
(A) to uphold the importance of the deity.
(B) to preach salvation as the primary goal of life.
(C) spiritual world is subtler than material world.
(D) to show intense love for God.
ANS: D
16. Which Delhi Sultan preferred consolidation over expansion?
(A) Qutbuddin Aibek
(B) Iltutmish
(C) Nasiruddin Muhamud
(D) Ghiyasuddin Balban
ANS: D
17. The Mughal artist Mansur was given a title Nadirul Asr (star of the age) by
(A) Akbar
(B) Jahangir
(C) Shahjahan
(D) Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khana
ANS: B
18. The Maharaja of which of the following states signed the instrument of
accession only after a last minute theatrical show of defiance?
(A) Hyderabad
(B) Bhopal
(C) Jaisalmer
(D) Jodhpur
ANS: D
19. Which Sultan issued a copper token currency?
(A) Jalaluddin Khalji
(B) Muhammad-bin Tughluq
(C) Firuzshah Tughluq
(D) Sikander Lodi
ANS: B
20. Who among the following historians considered autobiography as history?
(A) Trevor Roper
(B) A. J. P. Taylor
(C) Thomas Carlyle
(D) Edward Gibbon
ANS: B
21. Who wrote 'The Idea of History in a Changing World?
(A) Deba Prasad Choudhury
(B) R. G. Collingwood
(C) Romila Thapa
(D) E. H. Carr
ANS: A
22. The important official next to the king during the Vedic age was-
(A) Gramani
(B) Purohita
(C) Kulopati
(D) Senani
ANS: B
23. The Afghan rule in Bengal was established by
(A) Sher Shah
(B) Islam Sha
(C) Daud Khan
(D) Humayun
ANS: A
24. The head of the guild was called
A) Shreni
(B) Chettis
(C) Nagaram
(D) Jethaka
ANS: D
25. The Royal Indian Navy' mutinied on
(A) 18 February, 1946
(B) 20 March, 1946
(C) 7 April, 1946
(D) 4 January, 1946
ANS: A
26. According to Bernier, jagir transfers were necessary
(A) for royal control over the empire.
(B) to save agriculture.
(C) for the growth of towns.
(D) for expansion of rural trade.
ANS: D
27. Who among the following rulers of the 18th century introduced new systems
of calendar, coinage, weights and measures, organized disciplined standing army,
built up modern arsenal and promoted sericulture and trade?
(A) Ranjit Singh
(B) Mir Qasim
(C) Saadat Khan
(D) Tipu Sultan
ANS: D
28. In which year did William Wilberforce Bird become the Governor General of
India?
(A) 1844 June
(B) 1842 February
(C) 1835 March
(D) 1844 July
ANS: A
29. Who among the following rulers assumed the title of 'Vatapikonda' or
conqueror of Vatapi?
(A) Narasimhavarman
(B) Pulakeshin-II
(C) Rajendra Chola
(D) King Bhoj
ANS: A
30. Membership of the Governor Generals' executive council in colonial India
was extended to the law member through the
(A) Councils Act of 1892
(B) Councils Act of 186
(C) Charter Act of 1853
(D) Charter Act of 1833
ANS: D
31. Who attempted to murder Kingsford in Muzaffarpur?
(A) Khudiram Bose
(B) Barindra Ghosh
(C) Narendra Gosain
(D) Bhupendra Dutta
ANS: A
32. The Jaina doctrine Anekantavada refers to
(A) Doctrine of the manifold nature of reality
(B) Doctrine of Advaita Vedanta
(C) Doctrine of manifold reality of nature
(D) Doctrine of Karma
ANS: A/C
33. In which year did the colonial government first introduce income tax in
India?
(A) 1840-
(B) 1850
(C) 1860
(D) 1870
ANS: C
34 Whose trial and death execution was referred to as a 'judicial murder'?
(A) Mohan Prasad
(B) Nand Kumar
(C) Muny Begum
(D) Mangal Pande
ANS: B
35. Who first propagated the idea of progress in history?
(A) Condercet
(B) Turgo
(C) J. B. Bury
(D) E. H. Car
ANS: C
36. The language of the Rig Veda is very close to that of
Zend Avesta
(B) Sangam Texts
(C) Homer's Epics
(D) Hittite inscription
ANS: A
37. During the Second Anglo-Maratha war who said We are now complete
masters of India and nothing can shake our power, if we take proper measures to
confirm it'?
(A) Munro
(B) Lord Wellesley
(C) Lord Castlereagh
(D) Arther Wellesley
ANS: A
38. Who among the following rulers of Pala dynasty was an elected king?
(A) Dharmapala
(B) Mahi pala
(C) Gopal
(D) Dev pala
ANS: C
39. Who among the following has written a commentary on Manusmriti?
(A) Narada
(B) Brihaspati
(C) Katyayana
(D) Medhatithi
ANS: D
40. In which of the following Upanishads various parts of the horses body are
identified with the cosmos?
(A) Chhandogya Upanishad
(B) Mundaka Upanishad
(C) Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
(D) Katho Upanishad
ANS: C
41. The geared water-wheel (Persian Wheel) in India is described for the first
time by
(A) Babur
(B) Abul Faz
(C) Jahangir
(D) Badayuni
ANS: A
42. Which one of the following is not a Harappan site?
(A) Chanhudaro
(B) Kot Diji
(C) Sohgaura
(D) Desalpur
ANS: C
43. When was the first Jute Mill established in India?
(A) 185
(B) 1888
(C) 1855
(D) 1854
ANS: C
44. Which historian considered history and Ilm-i Hadis as twins?
(A) Hasan Nizami
(B) Minhaj-us Siraj
(C) Ziauddin Barani
(D) Shams-i-Siraj Afif
ANS: C
45. Who among the following, stated that the jajmani system was the basis of the
village community?
(A) B. Powell
(B) Henry Maine
(C) Wiser
(D) H. Fukazawa
ANS: C
46. Who was appointed as Subehdar (Governor) of Bengal in 1594 AD?
(A) Man Singh
(B) Sulaiman Khan
(C) Muqarrab Kha
(D) Asaf Khan
ANS: A
47. Which of the following was not a coin of ancient India?
(A) Nishka
(B) Suvarna
(C) Shatamana
(D) Raktika
ANS: D
48. Who questioned the validity of historical knowledge?
(A) Francis Bacon
(B) Rousseau
(C) Rene Decartes
(D) Herder
ANS: A/C
49. Which of the following texts was not composed by Mahmud Gawan?
(A) Raiyat-ul Insha
(B) Manazir-ul Insha
(C) Diwan-i Asr
(D) Munta khab-ul Tawarikh
ANS: D
50. Who followed 'Grahana-moksha- anugraha' policies to establish indirect
control over the Deccan?
(A) Chandra Gupta-II
(B) Skanda Gupt
(C) Samudra Gupta
(D) Srigupta
ANS: C
51. In which year was Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore established?
(A) 1909
(B) 1912
(C) 1911
(D) 1910
ANS: A
52. The conversation between Gargi and Yajnavalkya is mentioned in
(A) Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
(B) Chhandogya Upanishad
(C) Aiterya Upanishad
(D) Katho Upanishad
ANS: A
53. Memorial stones and their inscriptions in the Andhra region refers to
(A) Mathastambha
(B) Chakra Stambha
(C) Chaya Stambha
(D) Chatur Stambha
ANS: C
54. Which of the following doctrines are based on logic and philosophical
knowledge?
(A) Sankhya
(B) Vasistha
(C) Yoga
(D) Mimamsa
ANS: A/C
55. 'Makhfi' was the pen name of
(A) Guna Begum
(B) Zebun Nisa
(C) Khala Begum
(D) Jina Begum
ANS: B
56. Alberuni came to India along with
(A) Mahmud Ghazni
(B) Muhammad-bin Qasim
(C) Muhammad Ghori
(D) Timur
ANS: A
57. The term 'Veer Panchala' in the Vijaynagar empire meant
(A) Ministers
(B) Artisan class
(C) Cavalrymen
(D) Peasants
ANS: B
58. Who among the following archaeologists discovered ancient Taxila?
(A) M. Wheeler
(B) C. W. Hales
(C) Rakhaldas Bandyopadhyay
(D) Alexander Cunningham
ANS: D
59. Which historian claimed to write his book imitating Firdaus?
(A) Minhaj
(B) Barani
(C) Isami
(D) Afif
ANS: B/C
60. Who among the following leaders said that he did not want to preside over
the liquidation of the British Empire?
(A) Stafford Cripps
(B) Clement Atlee
(C) Mountbatten
(D) Winston Churchill
ANS: D
61. The 'Great Firm Theory' has been advocated
(A) J. F. Richards
(B) C. F. Bosworth
(C) W. C. Smith
(D) Karen Leonard
ANS: D
62. Atlantic Charter (August 1941) acknowledges
(A) Right to self determination for all people of the world
(B) Right to self determination for Europeans only
(C) Right to self determination for colonial subjects only
(D) Right to self determination for Africans only
ANS: A
63. Brahmi script evolved in the sixth century CE into
(A) Siddhamatrika or Kutila Script
(B) Vatteluttu Script
(C) Kshatrapa Script
(D) Aramic Script
ANS: A
64. To whom did Asoka dedicate two caves of Barbara Hills?
(A) Buddhist Monks
(B) Jain Monk
(C) Ajivika Monks
(D) Hindu Monks
ANS: C
65. Lex-Loci Act (1850) legitimized
(A) The Christian converts to inherit their ancestral property in India
(B) The Christian converts in Britain to inherit their ancestral property in Britain
(C) The Christian converts to enter India
(D) The Christian converts to return back to their motherland
ANS: A
66. 'Legends' in Numismatics means
(A) Comparative values of different metals of coins
(B) Names of different coins
(C) Weight of different coin
(D) Words inscribed in the coins
ANS: D
67. Erasmus was a
(A) French humanist
(B) German humanis
(C) Dutch humanist
(D) Scottish humanist
ANS: C
68. Who described the Rani of Jhansi as 'The best and bravest military leader of
the rebels'?
(A) Sir Hugh Gough
(B) James Outram
(C) Lord Cromer
(D) Lord Canning
ANS: A
69. According to Ain-i-Akbari, the patwari in Mughal India was
(A) the accountant of the peasants
(B) subordinate employee of the jagirdar
(C) a state official to maintain accounts of collection
(D) an official at the level of pargana
ANS: C
70. The Pala ruler who granted five villages to the Nalanda monastery by
following the instance of Balaputradeva of Sumatra was-
(A) Gopala
(B) Mahi pala
(C) Dharampala
(D) Dev pala
ANS: D
71. Who establish, The Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science in
Calcutta?
(A) J. C. Bose
(B) P. C. Ray
(C) C. V. Raman
(D) Mahendra Lal Sarkar
ANS: D
72. The book A Forgotten Empire is about
(A) Mauryan Empire
(B) Kushana Empire
(C) Bahmani Kingdom
(D) Vijaynagar Empire
ANS: D
73. W. H. Moreland's estimate of the population of northern India during Akbar's
death was
(A) 100 million
(B) 140 million
(C) 125 million
(D) 60 million
ANS: A
74. Shivaji was crowned in
(A) Poona
(B) Konkan
(C) Bijapur
(D) Raigarh
ANS: D
75. Which Delhi Sultan introduced the Persian court etiquettes?
(A) Qutubuddin Aibek
(B) Iltutmish
(C) Nasiruddin Mahmud
(D) Ghiyasuddin Balban
ANS: D
76. The thesis of Asiatic Trade Revolution has been first put forward by
(A) Van Leur
(B) Neil Steensgaard
(C) M. Pearson
(D) C. R. Boxer
ANS: B
77. The last dynasty of Bengal Sultanate was
A) Hussain Shah
(B) Nizam Shahi
(C) Karrani Dynasty
(D) Ilyas Shahi
ANS: C
78. In which year did Alexander cross the Indus river?
(A) 326 BCE
(B) 325 BCE
(C) 327 BCE
(D) 333 BCE
ANS: C
79. Which among the following is not a Bodhisattava?
(A) Padmapani
(B) Arhant
(C) Manjusri
(D) Vajrapati
ANS: D
80 Who among the following was not associated with Lahore resolution adopted
by the Muslim League on 23 March, 1940?
(A) Khizar Hayat Khan
(B) Sikandar Hayat Khan
(C) Fazlul Huq
(D) Khaliquzzaman
ANS: A
81 Ahmedabad Textile Labour Association (ATLA) was founded by
(A) Mridula Sarabhai
(B) N. M. Joshi
(C) V. V. Giri
(D) M. K. Gandhi
ANS: D
82. Who established the Swaraj Party after opposing the Indian National
Congress?
(A) C. R. Das and Motilal Nehru
(B) Jawaharlal Nehru and Rasbehari Bose
(C) Lala Lajpat Rai and S. C. Bose
(D) Manmatha Nath Gupta and Surendranath Banerjee
ANS: A
83. The founder of the Ajivika sect was
(A) Nagarjun
(B) Mallinath
(C) Gosala Maskariputra
(D) Sthulabhadra
ANS: C
84. Who wrote the book 'Imperialism the Highest Stage of Capitalism'?
(A) Stalin
(B) Lenin
(C) Trotosky
(D) Gorbachev
ANS: B
85. The God of the Shudra in the later Vedic period was known as
(A) Rudra
(B) Prajapati
(C) Agni
(D) Pushan
ANS: D
86. Madura Vijayam was composed by
(A) Tirumalamba Devi
(B) Krishna Devaraya
(C) Ganga Devi
(D) Sayana
ANS: C
87. Which legislation of India for the first time used the term 'Scheduled Castes'?
(A) Indian Councils Act of 1909
(B) Government of India Act, 1919
(C) Government of India Act, 1935
(D) Constitution of Indian Republic
ANS: C
88. The Sultan who introduced the branding of horses and descriptive rolls in the
army was
(A) Illatmish
(B) Alauddin Khalji
(C) Muhammad-bin Tughluq
(D) Firuzshah Tughluq
ANS: B
89. Md. Reza Khan was arrested in 1772 because he favoured
(A) British Sovereignty
(B) Indian Sovereignty
(C) Mughal Sovereignty
(D) Indivisible Sovereignty of Bengal
ANS: D
90. Which one of the following books describe the love story of the Shunga
ruler?
(A) Swapnavasavadatta
(B) Malavikagnimitram
(C) Meghadutam
(D) Ratnavali
ANS: B
91. Who described the main motive of the Partition of Bengal as- Bengal united
is a power, Bangal divided will pull in several ways?
(A) Lord Curzon
(B) Lord Morley.
(C) Alexander Mackenzie
(D) H. H. Risley
ANS: D
92. On the basis of his Kshatriya lineage who had claimed a share in the relics of
Buddha?
(A) Prasenjit
(B) Chetaka
(C) Ajatashatru
(D) Bindusara
ANS: C
93. The concept of New Imperialism emerged from the
(A) second half of the 18th century
(B) first half of the 19th century

(C) second half of the 19th century
(D) first half of the 20th century
ANS: C
94. To whom did Bindusara request to send some sweet dried figs and sophist?
(A) Antiochus-I
(B) Seleucus Nikator
(C) Ptolemy-III
(D) Antigonus Ganatus
ANS: A
95. The Imperial Forest Research Institute was opened at Dehra Dun in
(A) 1915
(B) 1906
(C) 1918
(D) 1920
ANS: B
96. Aurangzeb sent Mukarrab Khan against which Maratha ruler?
(A) Shivaji
(B) Sambhaji
(C) Shahuji
(D) Shahji Bhonsle
ANS: B
97. The Sangam text 'Tolakappiyam' is a work on
(A) Grammar
(B) Medicine
(C) Astronomy
(D) Music
ANS: A
98. Kalhana's Rajatarangini was completed in
(A) 1149 CE
(B) 1150 CE
(C) 1151 CE
(D) 1152 CE
ANS: A/B
99. Who came to India pursuing Jalaluddin Mangabarni?
(A) Yalduz
(B) Timur
(C) Chinghez Khan
(D) Shahabuddin Ghori
ANS: C
100. The German traveller Baron Carl Von Hugel visited the court of
(A) Ranjit Singh
(B) Tipu Sultan
(C) Hyder Ali
(D) Baji Rao-II
ANS: A

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