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Q1. Which of the following governor general was responsible for passing the famous Regulation XVII of 1829 which declared sati illegal and punishable by courts.


A  Lord John Adam

B Lord Amherst

C William Bentinck

D Lord Auckland

ANS C

Sol.The Bengal Sati Regulation which banned the Sati practice in all jurisdictions of British India was passed on December 4, 1829 by the then Governor-General Lord William Bentinck

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Q2. The significance of the Battle of Buxar was?

A  Company’s supremacy over Bengal

B  Mir Jafar Became the Nawab

C  Fine on Awadh

D   Mughal empire was Influenced

ANS A

Q3. The English signed the treaty of Rawalpindi with?

A  Amirs of Sindh

B  Jams of Gujrat

C  Amir of Afghanistan

D  Ruler of Gilgit

ANS C

Q4. The executive and Judicial powers of the servants of the British East India company were separated for the first time under?

A Warren Hastings

B Lord Cornwallis

C William Bentinck

D Lord Dalhousie

ANS B

Q5. When was the State of Satara included in British sovereignty by the principle of Doctrine of Lapse?

A  1773

B 1784

C 1848

D  1854

ANS C

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Q6. When was the Pitt’s India act passed?

A 1773

B 1784

C 1796

D 1802

ANS B

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Q7. Who was the 1st to hold the office of the Governor General of India?

A  Robert Clive

B  Warren Hastings

C  Lord William Bentinck

D  Lord Dalhousie

ANS C

Q8. Who wrote the biography of Harshavardhana?

A Aryabhatta

B Kalidasa

C Shaka

D Banabhatta

ANS D

Sol. Ba?abha??a was a 7th-century Sanskrit prose writer and poet of India. He was the Asthana Kavi in the court of King Harsha Vardhana. Banabhata principal works include a biography of Harsha, the Harshacharita and Kadambari.

Q9. Where did Rigvedic Aryans live in India?

A  Northern India

B  All over India

C  Eastern part of India

D  Sapta Sindhu area

ANS D

Sol. The entire region including Afghanistan, Swat Valley, Punjab and Indo-Gangetic watershed has been referred in Rig-Veda once as the Sapta Sindhava or Sapta Sindhu.

Q10. Who was the first editor of the Jugantar?

A Barindra Ghosh

B Bipin Chandra Pal

C Jatindra Nath Mukherjee

D Bhupendranath Dutta

ANS D

Sol. Jugantar was a Bengali revolutionary newspaper founded in 1906 in Calcutta by Barindra Kumar Ghosh, Abhinash Bhattacharya and Bhupendranath Dutt. A political weekly, it was founded in March 1906 and served as the propaganda organ for the nascent revolutionary organisation Anushilan Samiti that was taking shape in Bengal at the time. Bhupendranath Dutt served as the editor of the newspaper till his arrest in 1907.

Q11. When was the Muslim league established?

A  1904

B  1906

C  1910

D  1915

ANS B

Sol. The All-India Muslim League was a political party in British India. It was founded at Dacca (now Dhaka, Bangladesh), in the Bengal Presidency, in 1906. It was a driving force behind the creation of Pakistan as a Muslim state on the Indian subcontinent.

Q12. Which one of the following scholars was given the title of Amir-i-Akhbar by Humayun?

A  Jauhar

B  Mirza Haidar Daughalat

C  Abdul Wahid

D  Khondamir

ANS D

Sol. Khondamir or Hondemir was a Persian Islamic scholar born in Herat, in 880 AH or 1475 CE, a grandson and successor to noted historian Mirkhond. He was given the title of Amir-i-Akhbar by Humayun.

Q13. The famous ‘Jama-Masjid’ of Delhi was built by

A  Humayun

B  Akbar

C  Shahjahan

D  Aurangzeb

ANS C

Sol. The Masjid-i Jahan-Numa , commonly known as the Jama Masjid of Delhi, is one of the largest mosques in India. It was built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan between 1644 and 1656 . The mosque was completed in 1656 AD with three great gates, four towers and two 40 m high minarets constructed of strips of red sandstone and white marble.

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Q14. Megasthenes “Indica” deals with the history of the

A Guptas

B  Satavahanas

C  Cholas

D Mauryas



ANS D



Sol. Indica is an account of Mauryan India by Megasthenes. The original book is now lost, but its fragments have survived in later Greek and Latin works.



Q15. Chand Bibi the famous Muslim ruler was the daughter of?







A  Hussain Nizam Shah I



B  Ali Adil Shah I



C   Ibrahim Adil Shah II



D  None of these







ANS A



Sol. Chand Bibi was the daughter of Hussain Nizam Shah I of Ahmednagar,and the sister of Burhan-ul-Mulk, the Sultan of Ahmednagar.







Q16. Razia Sultan, the first woman to sit on the throne of Delhi, was the ruler of?







A   Mamluk dynasty



B   Khalji dynasty



C  Slave dynasty



D  Sayyid dynasty







ANS C



Sol. Razia Sultan, the daughter of Iltutmish, was the ruler of Slave dynasty. She was first woman to sit on the throne of Delhi.

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Q17. Nadir Shah who invaded Delhi and plundered the Kohinoor Diamond, was one of the most powerful from-







A  Afghanistan



B  Iran



C  Turkey



D  Turkmenistan







ANS B



Sol. Nader Shah Afshar was one of the most powerful Iranian rulers in the history of the nation, ruling as Shah of Iran from 1736 to 1747 when he was assassinated during a rebellion.







Q18. The planetary tables of Zij-i Muhammad Shahi compiled by?







A  Ajit Singh



B  Raja Sawai Jai Singh/



C  Bhara Mal



D  Man Singh







ANS B



Sol. The planetary tables of Zij-i Muhammad Shahi compiled by Sawai Jai singh.







Q19. Who among the following founded the city of Tughluqabad?







A  Firuz Shah Tughlaq



B  Alauddin Khilji



C  Muhammad Bin Tughlaq



D  Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq







ANS  D



Sol. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq founded the city of Tughluqabad.







Q20. The court language of the Mughals was—







A  Urdu



B  Hindi



C  Arabic



D  Persian







ANS D



Sol. Persian enjoyed status of court language and by the Mughal time it was widely spoken by majority of Indians.







Q21. Who was the founder of the Tughluq dynasty in India?







A  Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq



B  Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq



C  Feroz Tughlaq



D  Alauddin Khilzi







ANS A



Sol. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq was the founder of the Tughluq dynasty in India, who reigned over the Sultanate of Delhi from 1320 to 1325.







Q22. The system of tri-metalism which came to characterise Mughal coinage was introduced by-







A  Babur



B  Islam Shah



C  Sher Shah Suri



D  Akbar







Q23. Buland Darwaza was built by Akbar to commemorate his conquest of Khandesh in?







A  Rajasthan



B  Gujrat



C  Madhya Pradesh



D  Bihar







ANS B



Sol. Buland Darwaza was built by Akbar to commemorate his conquest of Khandesh in Gujarat.







Q24. Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj established his capital at?







A  Sinhgad



B  Nagpur



C  Pune



D  Raigad







ANS D



Sol. Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was a Maratha aristocrat of the Bhosale clan who is considered to be the founder of the Maratha empire.He created an independent Maratha kingdom with Raigad as its capitaland successfully fought against the Mughals to defend his kingdom.







Q25. The Arthashastra was written by







A  Chanakya



B  Kalidasa



C  Harsha Vardhana



D  Vatsyayana







ANS A



Sol. The Arthashastra is the title of a handbook for running an empire, written by Kautilya (also known as Chanakya, c. 350-275 BCE) an Indian statesman and philosopher, chief advisor and Prime Minister of the Indian Emperor Chandragupta, the first ruler of the Mauryan Empire.







Q27. Alexander defeated _________ in the battle of Hydaspes.







A Porus



B Chandragupta Maurya



C  Herakles



D  Eudemus







ANS A



Sol. Alexander defeated Porus in the battle of Hydaspes.



Q28. From which monument, Gautama Buddha propagated his divine knowledge of Buddhism to the world?







A   Humayun’s Tomb/??



B  Sarnath Stupa



C  Qutub Minar



D  Red Fort Complex







ANS B



Sol. Gautam Buddha delivered his first sermon to five disciples at Sarnath. Sarnath Stupa monument is built on site where Gautama Buddha propagated his divine knowledge of Buddhism to the world







Q29. Oil paint was first used for Buddhist paintings by Indian and Chinese painters in western _____ sometime between the fifth and tenth centuries.







A  Iraq



B  Afghanistan



C  Pakistan



D  India







ANS B



Sol. Oil paint was first used for Buddhist paintings by Indian and Chinese painters in western Afghanistan sometime between the fifth and tenth centuries



Q30. Chandragupta Maurya was born in _______







A 340 BC



B  563 BC



C  189 BC



D  99 BC







ANS A



Sol. Chandragupta Maurya was born in 340 BC in Pataliputra, in modern-day Bihar. His background is, however, uncertain. Some claim that he was born to a Nanda prince and his maid-servant, Mura, from the Shudra caste, while others state that he belonged to the Moriya tribe of Peacock-tamers.



                           



Q31. Who built the Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram?







A  Chola Kings



B  Pallava Kings



C  Chera Kings



D  Chalukya Kings







ANS B



Sol. Mahabalipuram is the ancient sea port of the famous Pallava kingdom. According to the inscriptions, the monuments of Mahabalipuram was constructed by Pallava kings Mahendravarman I (600 to 630 AD), his son Narasimhavarman I (630 to 668 AD) and their descendants.







Q32. Ajanta Caves in Maharashtra have rock-cut cave monuments of which religion?







A  Sikhism



B  Buddhism



C  Christianity



D  Hinduism







ANS B



Sol. The Ajanta Caves are a series of 29 Buddhist cave temples in Ajanta, India, some of which date from the 2nd century BC. Encompassing both Theravada and Mahayana Buddhist traditions, the Ajanta caves preserve some of the best masterpieces of Buddhist art in India







Q33. The Buddha has been eulogized as an ocean of wisdom and compassion in







A  Buddha-Charita



B  Jataka tales



C  Amarakosha



D  The Light of Aisa







ANS C



Sol. Buddha has been eulogized as an Ocean of Wisdom and Compassion in Amarkosha. The Amarakosha is a thesaurus of Sanskrit written by the ancient Indian scholar Amarasimha.

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Q34. The Digambaras and Shvetambaras differ primarily with regard to their







A  Choice of god



B  Totally different philosophy



C  Dress



D  Rituals







ANS C



Sol. Digambara monks do not wear any clothes. Svetambara “white-clad” is a term describing its ascetics practice of wearing white clothes



Q35. The Name of Ram Prasad Bismil is associated with?







A  Kanpur Conspiracy Case



B  Alipore Conspiracy Case



C  Kakori Conspiracy Case



D  Meerut Conspiracy Case







ANS C







Q36. The Cape of Good Hope was discovered by?







A  Vasco-da-Gama



B  Almeida



C  Albuquerque Diaz



D  Bartolomeu Dias







ANS  D







Q37. Who among the following had constructed the Red Fort in Delhi?







A Akbar



B Jahangir



C ShahJahan



D Aurangzeb







ANS  C







Q38. Which Mughal emperor abolished the old custom of Sizda?







A Akbar



B ShahJahan



C Aurangzeb



D Bahadursha







ANS B







Q39. Krishnadevaraya was a prominent ruler of-







A Chola dynasty



B  Tuluva Dynasty



C  Tuluva Dynasty



D Pandyan Dynast





ANS B











Sol. Krishnadevaraya was a prominent ruler of the Vijayanagara Empire of South India. As the third ruler of the Tuluva Dynasty of the Vijayanagara Empire, he extended the empire to most of South India, which included present-day Karnataka, Northern Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, stretching upwards in the northeast to Cuttack.





Q40. “Quwwat-ul-Islam” Mosque is situated in





A Red Fort complex



B Agra Fort



C Qutub Minar complex



D  None of these





ANS C











Sol. The Quwwat-ul-Islam is located inside Qutub complex, was built by the Mamluk ruler Qutub-ud-din Aibak.



Q41. Who among the following was the successor of guru nanak dev?





A Guru Angad Dev



B Guru Amardas



C Guru Ramdas



D Guru Arjun Dev





ANS A











Sol. Guru Nanak appointed Bhai Lehna as the successor Guru, renaming him as Guru Angad. Guru Nanak died on 22 September 1539 in Kartarpur, at the age of 70.







Q42. The Sikh Guru who wrote “Zafar Namah” in Persian was





A  Guru Tegbahadur



B  Guru Har Krishan



C  Guru Gobind Singh



D  None of these





ANS C



Sol. Guru Gobind Singh was a great military genius and fierce warrior. He was the tenth and last guru (teacher) of the Sikh religion. His letters to Aurangzeb has been collected into a book Zafar Namah in Persian.





Q43. The poetries of Sant Tukaram was devoted to-





A Vishnu



B Shiva



C  Ganesh



D  None of these





ANS  A



Sol. Sant Tukaram was a 17th-century Hindu poet and sant of the Bhakti movement in Maharashtra, India.His poetry was devoted to Vitthala or Vithoba, an avatar of Hindu god Vishnu.





Q44. Who among the following was the first sultan of the Delhi Sultanate?





A  Nasiruddin



B  Iltutmish



C  Qutbuddin Aibak



D  Aram Shah





ANS C



Sol. Qutub ud-Din Aybak, a former Turkic Mamluk slave of Muhammad Ghori, was the first sultan of Delhi, and his Mamluk dynasty conquered large areas of northern India.





Q45. The founder of the Independent Sikh Empire was :







A  Ranjit Singh



B  Guru Govind Singh



C  Dalip Singh



D  Guru Nanak







ANS  A



Sol. Before its conquest by the British, the region around Punjab had been ruled by the confederacy of Sikh Misls founded by Banda Bahadur ruled over the entire Punjab from 1767 to 1799,until their confederacy was unified into the Sikh Empire by Maharajah Ranjit Singh from 1799 to 1849.







Q46. Which of the following language was designated as the ‘Camp Language’ during the Medieval Period?







A Sanskrit



B Pali



C Urdu



D None of these







ANS C



Sol. Urdu was designated the camp language of Medieval India.



Q47. The Bada Imambara is located in?







A Delhi



B Lucknow



C Patna



D Jaipur







ANS B



Sol. Bara Imambara, also known as Asafi Imambara is an imambara complex in Lucknow, India built by Asaf-ud-Daula, Nawab of Awadh in 1784.







Q48. Raja Bhoja was an Indian king from ?







A  Chauhan dynasty



B  Pratihara dynasty



C  Paramara dynasty



D Solanki dynasty







ANS C



Sol. Bhoja was an Indian king from the Paramara dynasty. His kingdom was centered around the Malwa region in central India, where his capital Dhara-nagara (modern Dhar) was located.







Q49. Who is called the ‘Father of the Indian National Congress’?







A  Mahatma Gandhi



B   A. O. Hume



C  Lokmanya Tilak



D  Surendra Nath Banerjee







ANS B



Sol.Allan Octavian Hume, was a member of the Imperial Civil Service (later the Indian Civil Service), a political reformer, ornithologist and botanist who worked in British India. He was one of the founders of the Indian National Congress, a political party that was later to lead in the Indian independence movement.The Indian National Congress conducted its first session in Bombay from 28–31 December 1885 at the initiative of retired Civil service officer Allan Octavian Hume.







Q50. Who was the advocate at the famous INA Trials?







A  Bhulabhai Desai



B  Asaf Ali



C   Subhash Chandra Bose



D  C. Rajagopalachari







ANS  A



Sol.INA soldiers trial. When three captured Indian National Army (INA) officers, Shahnawaz Khan, Prem Kumar Sahgal and Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon were put on trial for treason, the Congress formed a Defence committee composed of 17 advocates including Bhulabhai Desai.The INA Defence Committee, later the INA Defence and Relief Committee, was a committee established by the Indian National Congress in 1945 to defend those officers of the Indian National Army who were to be charged during the INA trials.The committee declared the formation of the Congress’ defence team for the INA and included famous lawyers of the time, including Bhulabhai Desai, Asaf Ali, Jawaharlal Nehru.







Q51. Which among the following regulations made English as a medium of education compulsory in government aided schools and colleges?







A  Macaulay Minute, 1835



B  Educational Despatch, 1854



C  Pitts India Act, 1784



D  Regulating Act, 1773







ANS A



Sol.Macaulay wrote his famous minute on Feb. 2, 1835 in which he vehemently criticized almost everything Indian: astronomy, culture, history, philosophy, religion etc., and praised everything western. On this basis he advocated the national system of education for India which could best serve the interest of the British Empire. His minutes was accepted and Lord William Bentinck issued his proclamation in march 1935 which set at rest all the controversies and led to the formulation of a policy which became the corner stone of all educational programmes during the British period in India.

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Q52. Who started the first English newspaper in India?







A  Bal Gangadhar Tilak



B  Raja Rammohan Roy



C  J. A. Hickey



D  Lord William Bentinck







ANS C



Sol.Hickey’s Bengal Gazette was an English newspaper published from Kolkata (then Calcutta), India. It was the first major newspaper in India, started in 1780. It was published for two years. Founded by James Augustus Hicky, a highly eccentric Irishman who had previously spent two years in Jail for debt.

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Q53. Which of the following Acts gave representation to the Indians for the first time in legislation?







A  Indian Councils Act, 1909



B  Indian Councils Act, 1919



C  Government of India Act, 1919



D  Government of India Act, 1935







ANS A



Sol.The Indian Councils Act 1909 or Morley-Minto Reforms or Minto-Morley Reforms was passed by British Parliament in 1909 in an attempt to widen the scope of legislative councils, placate the demands of moderates in Indian National Congress and to increase the participation of Indians the governance. This act got royal assent on 25 May 1909.







Q54. The Chalukyas established their empire in







A  The Far South



B  Malwa



C  The Deccan



D  Gujarat







ANS C



Sol.The Chalukya Dynasty was a powerful Indian royal dynasty that ruled large parts of southern and central India between the 6th and the 12th century C.E. During this period, they ruled as three related, but individual dynasties.Chalukyas of Badami,Chalukyas of Kalyani(Western Chalukya Empire),Chalukyas of Vengi(Eastern Chalukyas)







Q55. Mahatma Gandhi owed his inspiration for civil disobedience and non-payment of taxes to







A Thoreau



B Leo Tolstoy



C  John Ruskin



D  Gopal Krishna Gokhale







ANS A



Sol.Henry David Thoreau was an American Author, Poet, and Philosopher.His essay civil disobedience impact on Mahatma Gandhi very much.







Q56. Upto where did Chandragupta Maurya’s empire extend in the north-west?







A  Ravi river



B  Indus river



C  Satluj river



D  Hindukush range







ANS D



Sol.The Maurya Empire was one of the largest empires of the world in its time. At its greatest extent, the empire stretched to the north along the natural boundaries of the Himalayas, to the east into Assam, to the west into Balochistan (southwest Pakistan and southeast Iran) and the Hindu Kush mountains of what is now Afghanistan.





Q57. The first Sultan of Delhi, who attempted the conquest of South India was







A  Qutb-ud-din Mubarak



B  Nasir-ud-din Khusrav Shah



C  Ala-ud-din Khilji



D  Jala-ud-din Firoz







ANS C



Sol. Ala-ud-Din Khalji was the second and most powerful ruler of the Khalji dynasty that ruled the Delhi Sultanate in the Indian subcontinent. Alauddin wished to become the second Alexander (Sikander Sani)







Q58. Mahabalipuram was established by ________ during the 7th and 10th centuries?







A  Pallava



B  Pandya



C  Chola



D  Chalukya







ANS A



Sol. Mahabalipuram lies on the Coromandel Coast which faces the Bay of Bengal. This is an elegant place to watch which a well established sea port was during the 7th and 10th centuries of the Pallava dynasty. This was the second capital of the Pallavas who ruled Kanchipuram. Formerly, mahabalipuram was known and called as Mamallapuram.





Q59. The Prajnaparamita Sutras are related to-







A   Shaiva sect



B  Mahayana sect



C  Vaishnava sect



D  None of these







ANS B



Sol. The Prajnaparamita Sutras are among the oldest of the Mahayana Sutras and are the foundation of Mahayana Buddhist philosophy. These venerable texts are found in both the Chinese Canon and Tibetan Canon of Buddhist scriptures.





Q60. Gandhara school of art flourished mainly during the period of







A  Pallava dynasty



B  Chola dynasty



C  Chalukya dynasty



D  Kushan dynasty







ANS  D





Sol. Gandhara art, style of Buddhist visual art that developed in what is now northwestern Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan between the 1st century BCE and the 7th century CE. The style, of Greco-Roman origin, seems to have flourished largely during the Kushan dynasty and was contemporaneous with an important but dissimilar school of Kushan art at Mathura (Uttar Pradesh, India).The Kushan period is considered the Golden Period of Gandhara.



Q61. The famous Kailashnath Temple at Kanchi is dedicated to lord



A  Vishnu

B  Shiva

C  Indra

D  Varuna



ANS B

Sol. The Kanchi Kailasanathar temple is the oldest structure in Kanchipuram.Located in Tamil Nadu, India, it is a Hindu temple in the Dravidian architectural style. It is dedicated to the Lord Shiva, and is known for its historical importance.The temple was built from 685-705CE by a Rajasimha (Narasimhavarman II) ruler of the Pallava Dynasty.



Q62. The famous Kailash temple of Siva at Ellora is built by Krishan-I, who is the ruler of



A  Cholla dynasty

B  Pallava dynasty

C  Rashtrakuta dynasty

D  None of these



ANS C

Sol. The Kailash Temple is the sixteenth cave, and it is one of the 32 cave temples and monasteries forming the magnanimous Ellora Caves. As per the historical records, it was built by the 8th century Rashtrakuta King Krishna I between the year 756 and 773 AD.





Q63. The Virupaksha temples at Pattadakal was built by the-







A Chalukyas



B Pallavas



C Kakatiyas



D Satavahans







ANS A





Sol. Virupaksha Temple was built circa 740 AD by the Queen Lokamahadevi (Trilokyamahadevi) to commemorate the victory of the Chalukyas over the Pallavas.





Q64. The Brihadeshwara Temple at Tanjore was built by?







A Aditya Chola



B Karikala Chola



C Rajendra Chola



D Raja Raj Chola







ANS D





Sol. Brihadishvara Temple, also called Rajarajesvaram or Peruvudaiyar Koyil, is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India. It is one of the largest South Indian temples and an exemplary example of a fully realized Dravidian architecture. It is called as Dhakshina Meru (Meru of south). It was built by Raja Raja Chola I.





Q65. Which inscription mentions about the village administration under the Cholas?







A Junagarh



B Aihole



C Uttaramerur



D None of these







ANS C







Q66. Which of the following art style combines Indian and Greek features?







A Sikhara



B Gandhara



C Nagara



D Verna







AMS B



Sol. Gandhara art, style of Buddhist visual art that developed in what is now northwestern Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan between the 1st century BCE and the 7th century CE. The style, of Greco-Roman origin, seems to have flourished largely during the Kushan dynasty and was contemporaneous with an important but dissimilar school of Kushan art at Mathura (Uttar Pradesh, India).



Q67. Bharhut stupa was initially built by Asoka and was later improvised by?

A  Sungas 

B Satavahans

C Chollas 

D None of these

ANS A

Sol. Bharhut stupa was initially built by Asoka and was later improvised by the Sungas.

Q68. The basic purpose of the formulation Din-i-Ilahi was:

A  universal brotherhood
B  universal faith
C universal harmony
D universal belief

ANS B

Sol. Din-i Ilahi “the religion of God,” was a system of religious beliefs proposed by the Mughal emperor Akbar in 1582 CE. The idea was to combine Islam and Hinduism into one faith, but also to add aspects of Christianity, Zoroastrianism and Jainism — the latter an ancient Indian creed which emphasized non-violence and vegetarianism.

Q69. The Sultan who described himself as ‘The Second Alexander’ (Sikander-i-Sani) was

A  Balban 
B  Alauddin Khilji 
C  Muhammad bin Tughluq
D  Sikander Lodi

ANS B

Sol.Alauddin Khilji was a militarist and imperialist to the core. He was very ambitious. Alauddin, whose original name was Ali Gurshap, assumed the title Sikandar-i-Sani (Alexander the Second) and proclaimed Delhi as Dar-ul-Khilafa (Seat of the Caliphate).

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Q70. Where is Muslim mosque situated where a hair of pagamber Mohammad Saheb has been preserved?



A  Ajmer 

B  Ahmedabad 

C  Srinagar 

D  Mecca 



ANS C 

Sol.The Hazratbal Shrine, is a Muslim shrine in Hazratbal, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir. It contains a relic, the Moi-e-Muqqadas, believed by many Muslims of Kashmir to be a hair of prophet Muhammad.



Q71. The Mughal painting reaches its zenith during the reign of:



A Akbar

B Jahangir 

C Shahjahan 

D Aurangzeb 



ANS B 

Sol.Jahangir had a very discriminating eye and Mughal painting reached its climax of glory during his reign.



Q72. In the Maratha Empire the Prime Minister in the council of ministers was called?



A Peshwa 

B Sachiv 

C Mantri 

D Samanta 



ANS A 

Sol.A Peshwa was the equivalent of a modern Prime Minister in the Maratha Empire.

Q73. The battle that led to the foundation of Muslim power in India was


A The first battle of Tarain

B The second battle of Tarain

C The first battle of Panipat

D The second battle of Panipat



ANS B 

Sol.The Second Battle of Tarian (Taraori) was again fought between Ghurid army of Mohammed Ghori and Rajput army of Prithviraj Chauhan. The battle took place in 1192 A.D near Tarain. In this battle, Prithviraj Chauhan was defeated by Mohammed Ghori.

Q74. The famous Kohinoor diamond was produced from one of the mines in


A Orissa 

B Chhota Nagpur

C Bijapur 

D Golconda 



ANS D

Sol.The famous Koh-i-Noor (“mountain of light” in Persian) diamond weights 105.60 cts and is considered one of the 5 priciest diamonds in the world was mined in Golconda, India.

Q75. Which one of the following Mughal buildings is said to possess the unique feature of being exactly equal in length and breadth?



A  Agra Fort

B  Red Fort

C Taj Mahal

D Buland Darwaza



ANS C

Sol.The Taj Mahal is an ivory-white marble mausoleum on the south bank of the Yamuna river in the Indian city of Agra. It was commissioned in 1632 by the Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan, to house the tomb of his favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal.

Q76. The Khilji Sultans of Delhi were 



A Mongols 

B Afghans

C Turks 

D A Jat tribe



ANS C

Sol.The Khiljis were one of the clans of the Turks. The rule of Khilji Dynasty has reached the power and influence of Delhi Sultanate to its peak. The Khilji’s were marked by wars and internal conflicts.



Q77. The Qutub Minar was completed by the famous ruler



A Qutub-ud-din Aibak

B Iltutmish 

C Babur 

D Alauddin Khilji 



ANS B



Sol.The construction of the Qutub Minar was started by Qitub-ud-Din Aibak, but he only constructed the basement. The construction of the tower was later taken over by his successor Iltutmish who constructed three more stories.





Q78. During the rule of______ Ibn Batuta visited India.



A Iltutmish 

B Ala-ud-din Khalji

C Muhammad bin Tughluq

D Balban 



ANS C

Sol.After his third pilgrimage to Mecca, Ibn Battuta decided to seek employment with the Muslim Sultan of Delhi, Muhammad bin Tughluq. In the autumn of 1330 (or 1332), he set off for the Seljuk controlled territory of Anatolia with the intention of taking an overland route to India.



Q79. Where did Babar die?



A Agra 

B Kabul 

C Lahore 

D Delhi 





ANS A



Q80. Name of the university famous in the post-Gupta Era was:


A Kanchi 

B Taxila 

C Nalanda 

D Vallabhi 


ANS C

Nalanda was a Mahavihara, a large Buddhist monastery, in the ancient kingdom of Magadha (modern-day Bihar) in India. The site is located in southeast of Patna near the town of Bihar Sharif, and was a centre of learning from the fifth century CE to c. 1200 CE.It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.


Q81. Which statements on the Harappan Civilisation is correct?


A Horse sacrifice was known to them. 

B Cow was sacred to them

C ‘Pashupati’ was venerated by them.

D The culture was not generally static.


ANS D

Sol.

The Indus Valley Civilisation, or Harappan Civilisation, was a Bronze Age civilisation mainly in the northwestern regions of South Asia, extending from what today is northeast Afghanistan to Pakistan and northwest India.


Q82. The First Jain Tirthankara


A  Arishtanemi 

B  Parshvanath 

C  Ajitanath 

D Rishabha 


ANS D

The first tirthankara was Rishabhanatha, who is credited for formulating and organising humans to live in a society harmoniously.



Q83. The great silk-route was opened to the Indians by


A Kanishka 

B Ashoka 

C Harsha 

D Fa-Hien 


ANS A


Sol.

Kanishka I was the emperor of the Kushan dynasty in the second century (c. 127–150 CE). He is famous for his military, political, and spiritual achievements. A descendant of Kushan empire founder Kujula Kadphises, Kanishka came to rule an empire in Bactria extending from Turfan in the Tarim Basin to Pataliputra on the Gangetic plain. The main capital of his empire was located at Puruṣapura in Gandhara, with another major capital at Kapisa. His conquests and patronage of Buddhism played an important role in the development of the Silk Road, and the transmission of Mahayana Buddhism from Gandhara across the Karakoram range to China.


Q84. The paintings of Ajanta inspired by?


A Compassionate Buddha

B Radha-Krishan Leela

C Jain Thirthankaras

D  Mahabharata encounters


ANS A

The paintings in the Ajanta caves predominantly narrate the Jataka tales. These are Buddhist legends describing the previous births of the Buddha.


Q85. Who among the following was the first to invade India?


A  Muhammad Ghori 

B  Alexander 

C  Darius-I

D  Seleucus


ANS C

Sol.

Darius embarked on a campaign to Central Asia, Aria and Bactria and then marched into Afghanistan to Taxila in modern-day Pakistan. Darius spent the winter of 516–515 BCE in Gandhara, preparing to conquer the Indus Valley. Darius conquered the lands surrounding the Indus River in 515 BCE.


Q86. The oldest dynasty among the following is?


A  Maurya 

B  Kanva 

C Kushan 

D Gupta 



ANS A

Sol.The Maurya Empire was a geographically extensive Iron Age historical power founded by Chandragupta Maurya which dominated ancient India between 322 BCE and 187 BCE.

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