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WBCS Main Question Paper – 2019
- Which of the following did not form part of the contingents maintained by
the mansabdars ?
(A) Cavalry men
(B) Artillery men
(C) Bow men
(D) Musketeers - Who is known as the ‘Plato of the Jat tribe‘?
(A) Rajaram
(B) Churaman
(C) Badan Singh
(D) Surajmal - The largest standing army of the Sultanate directly paid by the state was created by
(A) Iltutmish
(B) Alauddin Khilji
(C) Muhammad Bin Tughlug
(D) Sikandar Lodi - The Nawab of Awadh who was appointed the Wazir of the Mughal
empire was
(A) Sadat Khan
(B) Safdar Jang
(C) Asaf ud daula
(D) Nasiruddin - The Muslim kingdom of Golconda grew up on the ruins of the old Hindu kingdom of
(A) Devagiri
(B) Dwarsamudra
(C) Warrangal
(D) Kanchi
WBCS Main Question Paper – 2018
- Which Delhi Sultan represented himself as ‘Sikandari-Sani’?
a) Alauddin Khilji
b) Muhammad bin Tughluq
c) Sikandar Lodi
d) Khizr Khan - The foreign traveler named one of the famous Vijayanagara coins as
pagoda. Originally it was
a) Pan
b) Varaha
c) Hun
d) Panam - The famous Uttaramerur inscription belongs to the reign of
a) Parantaka I
b) Parantaka II
c) Rajaraja I
d) Rajaraja II - Nasaq was
- a) a revenue system in which the average produce of different crops as well as average price of 10 years were calculated.
b) revenue payable by the cultivator was based on past experience.
c) revenue system where crop was divided at the threshing floor between cultivator and the government.
d) revenue system in which not the actual crop but the estimated crop was divided between the cultivator and the government. - Who was the author of Siyar-ul-Mutakherin?
a) Gulam Hussein
b) Arif Muhammad
c) Nasir Hussein
d) Shahabuddin - The effects of 1717 farman of Emperor Farukshiyar, granting exemption to the Company’s merchandise from customs duty in lieu of an annual sum of 3000 was
a) with a dastak (hand written pass) Company’s goods could pass without inspection through toll station (chowki).
b) Company’s officials quietly extended this privilege to their own private trade.
c) the ‘chief sufferers’ was the government of the Nawabs who lost out on customs duties and rival Indian traders who faced unequal competition.
d) All of the above
WBCS Main Question Paper – 2017
- Who was popularly known as Nana Saheb ?
(A) Baji Rao I
(B) Balaji Baji Rao
(C) Balaji Biswanath
(D) Sawai Madhav Rao - Which Mughal building is said to possess the unique feature of being
exactly equal in length and breadth ?
(A) Red fort
(B) Agra fort
(C) Taj Mahal
(D) Buland Darwaja - Which Mughal ruler conferred the title of ‘Raja’ on Ram Mohan Roy and requested him to go to England to plead for a hike in the Emperor’s pension?
(A) Saha Alam ll
(B) Akbar II
(C) Bahadur Shah II
(D) None of the above - Which of the following pairs is not matched correctly ?
(Chand Bardai – Prithvirajacharita)
(A) Sandhyakar nandi – Ramacharita
(B) Jaysimha – Kumarapalacharita
(C) Gaudavaho – Vakpati
(D) Bilhana – Prithvirajacharita - An elite body formed by the slave officers of which Delhi Sultan is
popularly known in history as “Crop of Forty” (Chahalgani / Chihalgani) ?
(A) Qutbuddin Aibak
(B) Iltutmish
(C) Raziya
(D) Balban - Which Mughal emperor for the first time divided the empire into
provinces ?
(A) Babur
(B) Humayun
(C) Jahangir
(D) Akbar - The royal ritual of ‘Jharokha Darshan’ was introduced by the Mughal
emperor
(A) Akbar
(B) Shajahan
(C) Aurangzeb
(D) Bahadur Shah - How many Mughal provinces were there under Akbar and Aurangzeb
respectively ?
(A) 15 and 21
(B) 17 and 19
(C) 14 and 20
(D) 16 and 19 - The ‘Jagir’ of the Mughals is equal to which of the following units of
Sultanate period ?
(A) Waqf
(B) Khalisa
(C) Inam
(D) Iqta - Who was known as ‘Lakh Baksh’ ?
(A) Qutbuddin Aibak
(B) Iltutmish
(C) Balban
(D) Raziya - Muhammad bin Tughlaq lived in a camp called ‘Svargadvari’ for 2½ years on the bank of which river was this camp located ?
(A) Sutlej
(B) Indus
(C) Yamuna
(D) Ganges - During the reign of which Delhi sultan was ‘Jizya’ collected even from
Brahmins
(A) Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq
(B) Balban
(C) Muhammad-bin Tughlaq
(D) Firuz Tughlaq - The type of painting which made remarkable progress during the reign of Jahangir was
(A) Fresco painting
(B) Battle scenes
(C) Portrait painting
(D) Miniature painting - Policemen of Vijayanagar were paid out of taxes collected from
(A) Wine shops
(B) Land revenue
(C) Taxes on goods
(D) Prostitutes - Jayadev’s “Gita Govinda” deals with the cult of
(A) Rama
(B) Shiva
(C) Krishna
(D) Shakti - The 96 years old man who was captured and behaded at Talikota
(Bannihatti) in 1565 was
(A) Rama Raya
(B) Krishna Deva Raya
(C) Bukkal
(D) Saluva Narsimha - The term ‘Malaimandalam’ refers to
(A) Coromandal coast
(B) Malabar coast
(C) Pandya coast
(D) Konkan coast - The Iqtadars during the Sultanate period were also known as
(A) maliks
(B) muqtis
(C) mamlatdars
(D) munhias - Which Bahamani ruler shifted the capital from Gulbarga to Bidar ?
(A) Ala-ud-din ll
(B) Ahmad Shah Wali
(C) Muhammad Shah I
(D) Muhammad III - Who among the following was greatly influenced by Islam ?
(A) Namadeva
(B) Chaitanya
(C) Ramananda
(D) Ramanuja - During the reign of which Mughal was tobacco introduced in India ?
(A) Aurangzeb
(B) Jahangir
(C) Akbar
(D) Shahjahan - According to a legend, whom did Sikandar Lodi, the Sultan of Delhi, try to kill by various means ?
(A) Nanak
(B) Mirabai
(C) Kabir
(C) Chaitanya - Which Mughal is credited with prohibiting ‘Sati’ unless the widow herself, on her own free will, persistently desired it ?
(A) Babur
(B) Humayun
(C) Akbar
(D) Aurangzeb - The Delhi Sultan who styled himself “The Second Alexander” (Sikandar-iSani) was
(A) Balban
(B) Alauddin Khilji
(C) Sikandar Lodi
(D) Sikandar Khan
WBCS Main Question Paper – 2016
- “The success of Muizzudin Muhammad Ghori in India was the
consummation of a process which extended over the whole of 12th Century”. By whom this observation has been made ?
(A) A.B.M. Habibullah
(B) Satish Chandra
(C) Irfan Habib
(D) A.K. Nizami - During the reign of which Sultan of Delhi did the Chahalgani or Chalisa come into existence ?
(A) Balban
(B) Raziya
(C) IItutmish
(D) Ala-ud-din Khilji - Which of the following pairs is not matched correctly ?
(A) Firuz Tughluq – Futuhat-i-Firuz-Shahi
(B) Zia-ud-din Barani – Kitab-ul-Rahala
(C) Zia-ud-din-Barani – Tarikh-i-Firuz Shahi
(D) Minhaj-us-Siraj – Tabaqat-i-Nasiri - Three types of the coins of the Delhi Sultanate tanka, shashgani and jital – were made respectively of –
(A) Silver, Silver, Copper
(B) Gold, Silver, Copper
(C) Silver, Bronze, Copper
(D) Gold, Bronze, Copper - Nicolo de Conti, an Italian visitor, came to Vjjaynagar during the reign of –
(A) Harihara I
(B) Bukka I
(C) Deva Raya II
(D) Deva Raya I - Which revenue system among the following is also known as the
‘bandobast’ system ?
(A) Zabti
(B) Dahsala
(C) Nasaq
(D) Kankut
7. During the reign of which Mughal was tobacco introduced in India ?
(A) Akbar
(B) Aurangzeb
(C) Jahangir
(D) Shahjahan - Which Mughal is credited with prohibiting Sati unless the widow herself, of her own free will, persistently desired it ?
(A) Babur
(B) Akbar
(C) Humayan
(D) Jahangir - The only type of Jagir which could not be transferred was the –
(A) Khidmati jagir
(B) Watan Jagir
(C) Milkiyat Jagir
(D) Tan Jagir - According to Abdur Razzaq, the policeman of Vijayanagar were paid out of taxes collected from
(A) Wine shops
(B) Brothels (prostitutes)
(C) Land revenue
(D) Taxes on goods - Who among the following Mughal rulers were half Rajput (born of a
Rajput mother) ?
(A) Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb
(B) Akbar and Jahangir
(C) Jahangir and Shahjahan
(D) Jahangir and Humayan - Who was the first Englishman to visit Jahangir’s court ?
(A) William Edwards
(B) Red Dragon
(C) Thomas Roe
(D) Hawkins - A new technique of painting, known as Siyahi qalam, became
fashionable during the reign of –
(A) Akbar
(B) Aurangzeb
(C) Jahangir
(D) Shahjahan
WBCS Main Question Paper – 2015
- During whose reign did the post of Peshwa not only become powerful
but also hereditary
(A) Rajaram
(B) Shivaji – II
(C) Sambhaji
(D) Shahu - Who among the following got the title of ‘Sena Karte‘ ?
(A) Balaji Biswanath
(B) Balaji Baji Rao
(C) Rajaram
(D) Baji Rao – I - Which one of the following Mughal emperors is credited with the
composition of many Hindi Songs ?
(A) Humayun
(B) Babur
(C) Akbar
(D) Jahangir - Which of the following manuscripts, containing miniature paintings,
reveals a sense of realism and authenticity witnessed or experienced by the painters themselves
(A) Timur Namah
(B) Akbar Namah
(C) Jamiut-Tawarikh
(D) Tarikh-i Alfi - The subject matter of Hamzanamah is
(A) Architecture
(B) Painting
(C) Music
(D) Philosophy - The only type of Jagir which could not be transferred was –
(A) Khidmati Jagir
(B) Watan Jagir
(C) MiIkiyat Jagir
(D) Tan Jagir - During the reign of which great Mughal was tobacco introduced in
India ?
(A) Jahangir
(B) Akbar
(C) Shahjahan
(D) Aurangzeb - Which of the following mosques of the Mughals is also known as the
‘pearl-mosque‘ ?
(A) Jamia Masjid at Delhi
(B) Jamia Masjid at Fatehpur
(C) Moti Masjid at Agra
(D) Aurangzeb’s personal mosque in the Red Fort - Who among the following Mughal Minister was the ‘pay mastergeneral’ as well ?
(A) Diwan
(B) Mir Bakshi
(C) Khan-i-Saman
(D) Vakil - Who among the following nobles of Akbar was killed by the Afgan
rebels in one of the Mughal campaigns to suppress them ?
(A) Man Singh
(B) Todar Mal
(C) Birbal - Which Vijayanagara ruler sent an embassy to China ?
(A) Harihara – I
(B) Krishna Deva Raya
(C) Bukka – I
(D) Saluva Narasimha - ‘Every pearl in the royal crown is but the crystallized drops of blood
fallen from the tearful eyes of the poor peasant’. Who made this statement ?
(A) Amir Khusrau
(B) Barauni
(C) Ibn-Batutah
(D) Al-Beruni - Who introduced the famous Persian festival of Nauroz ?
(A) Alauddin Khalji
(B) Iltutmish
(C) Balban
(D) Firuz Tughlaq - The famous Jaina temples at Dilwara were built by
(A) Paramaras
(B) Chandellas
(C) Solankis
(D) Chauhans - With which one of the following are the later foreign immigrants like
Hunas, who came after the fall of Imperial Guptas, identified ?
(A) Kshatriyas
(B) Fallen Kshatriyas
(C) Rajputs
(D) Mlechchas - Who among the following Rajputs were the first to voluntarily submit
to Akbar ?
(A) Hedas
(B) Sisodias
(C) Rathors
(D) Kachchhawahas - Who was the founder of ‘Gajapati Dynasty’ of Orissa ?
(A) Purushottam
(B) Kapilendra
(C) Prataparudra
(D) Vidyadhara - Who was the founder of Sultanate of Madurai ?
(A) Jalaluddin Ahsan
(B) Hussain Shah
(C) Nusrat Shah
(D) Dilwar Khan - Who among the following Englishmen was given the title ‘Khan’ by
Jahangir ?
(A) Thomas Roe
(B) Ralph Fitch
(C) Hawkins
(D) Newbery - Who built the ‘Gol-Gombuj’ at Bijapur famous for the world’s second
largest dome and the whispering gallery ?
(A) Mahmud Gawan
(B) Yusuf Adil Shah
(C) Ismail Adil Shah
(D) Muhammed Adil Shah - Who wrote Gitawali, Kavitawali and Vinaya Patrika ?
(A) Tulsidas
(B) Surdas
(C) Chaitanya
(D) Namadeva - What is ‘Asthavana’
(A) Land revenue department
(B) A type of rice
(C) One-third of the produce of the land
(D) House-tax - Which Sufi Saint adopted Yogic breathing exercises and was called
Sidh or perfect ?
(A) Nizamuddin Auliya
(B) Farid
(C) Salim Chisti
(D) Muhammed Jilani - City of Nagalapura was built by –
(A) Bukka – II
(B) Deva Raya- I
(C) Krishnadevaraya
(D) Virupaksha - During whose reign did Vijayanagara come into conflict with Orissa
for the first time ?
(A) Bukka – II
(B) Devaraya – I
(C) Devaraya – II
(D) Virupaksha – II
WBCS Main Question Paper – 2014
- Vallabhacharya was the most distinguished preacher of the
(A) Shaiva Cult
(B) Shakti Cult
(C) Balaram Cult
(D) Krishna Cult - Janamsakhi is the biography of
(A) Guru Nanak
(B) Guru Arjundeva
(C) Guru Hargobind Sing
(D) Guru Tegbahadur - Which General of Aurangzeb conquered Ahom kingdom in the East
India ?
(A) Jai Singh
(B) Josowant Singh
(C) Sayesta Khan
(D) Mir Jumla - Which of the following work was not done by Amir Khosrue ?
(A) Dewal Rani Khisly
(B) Nuh Sipih
(C) Qirun us Saadain
(D) Tuzuk-i-Timuri - Which Sultan of Bengal built Madrasas in Mecca & Madina
(A) Shamsuddin Ilius Shah
(B) Shekander Shah
(C) Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah
(D) Rukumuddin Barbak Shah - Who translated Atharvaveda into Persian during the Mughal period ?
(A) Abdul Hamid Lahori
(B) Haji Ibrahim Sarhindi
(C) Khafi Khan
(D) Malik Muhammad Jayasi
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