1>> Who was the founder of the Bahmani dynasty?
- Ala-ud-din Hasan Bahman Shah
- Muhammad Shah I
- Firoz Shah
- Ahmad Shah
2>> Which one of the following newspapers / journals was from Maharashtra?
- Kranti
- Atmasakti
- Sarathi
- Sandhya
3>> In which year the second battle of Panipath was fought?
- 1605 AD
- 1707 AD
- 1757 AD
- 1556 AD
4>> Who organized ‘The Council of Barabhais’?
- Nana Phadnavis
- Madhav Rao Narayan
- Baji Rao II
- Mahadji Scindia
5>> The centre of Portuguese power in India was:
- Cochin
- Calicut
- Bijapur
- Goa
6>> Sufism reached India in the:
- Eleventh century
- Twelfth century
- Fourteenth century
- Thirteenth century
7>> Who is the author of ‘Indica’?
- Herodotus
- Megastenes
- Strabo
- Plutrach
8>> The first National News Agency of India was:
- The Indian Review
- The Free Press of India
- The Hindustan Review
- The Associated Press of India
9>> Where is the tomb of Jahangir situated?
- Agra
- Delhi
- Lahore
- Srinagar
10>> Who was the founder of the ‘Delhi Sultanate’?
- Muhammad Ghori
- Qutubuddin Aibak
- Iltutmish
- Ghiyasuddin Balban
11>> Taxila was the famous site of:
- Early Vedic Age
- Gandhara Art
- Gupta Art
- Mauryan Art
12>> Name the Maratha leader who put forward the ideal of founding Hindu Empire before the Marathas.
- Shivaji
- Balaji Viswanath
- Baji Rao I
- Baji Rao II
13>> The Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan died in:
- 1658 AD
- 1659 AD
- 1662 AD
- 1670 AD
14>> Who was the founder President of the Indian National Congress?
- W. C. Bonnerjee
- S. N. Banerjee
- G. K. Gokhale
- A. O. Hume
15>> Alexander fought against Perus on the banks of the river:
- Indus
- Jhelum
- Ravi
- Iravati
16>> The oldest Veda is:
- Atharvaveda
- Rigveda
- Yajurveda
- Samveda
17>> Who among the following was not a member of the Congress Socialist Party?
- Achyut Patwardhan
- Jawaharlal Nehru
- Jayaprakash Narayan
- Acharya Narendra Dev
18>> The President of the Indian National Congress at the time of independence was:
- Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
- Jawaharlal Nehru
- Dr. Rajendra Prasad
- J. B. Kripalani
19>> In India, the Federal Court was constituted by an act of:
- 1891
- 1909
- 1919
- 1935
20>> Who among the following founded a national paper, a national school, and a national gymnasium in the second half of the nineteenth century?
- Jatindranath Tagore
- Rajnarayan Bose
- Nabagopal Mitra
- Satyendranath Tagore
21>> Which ruler was contemporary of both Buddha and Mahavira?
- Bimbisara
- Chandragupta
- Pradyot
- Ajatasatru
22>> Which was a major port of the Indus Valley?
- Lothal
- Kalibangan
- Chanhudaro
- Mehargarh
23>> Chandragupta Maurya was succeeded by:
- Bindusara
- Ajatasatru
- Ashoka
- Harsha
24>> What was the policy of Samudragupta in the south?
- Conquest
- Dharma vijaya
- Digvijay
- None of the above
25>> Sasanka belonged to the:
- Pal Dynasty
- Sen Dynasty
- Gauda Dynasty
- Kamrup Dynasty
26>> ‘Sulh-i-Kul’ was a policy introduced by:
- Akbar
- Aurangzeb
- Jahandar Shah
- Mohammad Shah
27>> Rana Pratap belonged to the Rajput dynasty of:
- Kachwa
- Sisodiya
- Solanki
- Paramara
28>> ‘Razmnama’ was a Persian translator of:
- Upanishad
- Ramayana
- Geeta
- Mahabharata
29>> The author of ‘Ain-i-Akbari’ was:
- Badayuni
- Abul Fazl
- Shaikh Mubarak
- Faizi
30>> The Sikh Guru executed by the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb was:
- Tegh Bahadur
- Nanak
- Govind Sing
- Arjun Dev
31>> The Satnami rebellion took place during the reign of Mughal Emperor:
- Akbar
- Jahangir
- Shah Jahan
- Aurangzeb
32>> The title ‘Raja’ was conferred on Ram Mohan Roy by the Mughal emperor:
- Jahandar Shah
- Mohammad Shah
- Akbar II
- Bahadur Shah Zafar
33>> The author of ‘Neel Darpan’ was:
- Rabindranath Tagore
- Dinabandhu Mitra
- Girish Chandra Ghosh
- Bepin Chandra Pal
34>> Dewan Velu Thampi’s rebellion against the British took place in the Indian state of:
- Awadh
- Kashmir
- Tranvancore
- Mysore
35>> Who was the founder of the Harijan Sevak Sangh?
- B. G. Tilak
- N. M. Lokhandy
- M. K. Gandhi
- B. R. Ambedkar
36>> The Younghusband Mission to Tibet was sent by which viceroy?
- Ripon
- Lytton
- Mayo
- Curzon
37>> The first session of the Indian National Congress in 1885 was held in the city of:
- Calcutta
- Bombay
- Madras
- Allahabad
37>> The nationalist organization ‘Poona Sarvajanik Sabha’ was established in the year:
- 1870
- 1885
- 1890
- 1900
39>> The custom of ‘Sati’ was banned through legislation in the year:
- 1795
- 1800
- 1829
- 1858
40>> The leader of Munda Rebellion (Ulgulan) was:
- Sidho
- Birsa
- Bapat
- Korra Malya
41>> Which Mughal emperor wrote his own autobiography?
- Babur
- Akbar
- Shah Jahan
- Aurangzeb
42>> Which historian is famous for his research on Mughal History?
- Sumit Sarkar
- Jadunath Sarkar
- Sushobhan Chandra Sarkar
- S. Gopal
43>> The Delhi Sultan who transferred the capital from Delhi to Daulatabad (Devagiri) was:
- Qutbuddin Aibak
- Iltutmish
- Muhammad-bin Tughlaq
- Firoz Shah Tughlaq
44>> The Chinese traveller Hiuen Tsang came to India during the reign of:
- Samudragupta
- Ashoka
- Harsavardhan
- Kulotunga I
45>> The Mauryan ruler who used the name ‘Piyadasi’ in his official declaration was:
- Bimbisara
- Ashoka
- Chandragupta Maurya
- Brihaddrata
46>> The author of ‘Kadambari’ was:
- Kshemendra
- Kalhana
- Bhababhuti
- Banabhatta
47>> The famous physician during Buddha’s time was:
- Kautilya
- Nachiketa
- Charaka
- Jivaka
48>> Which of the following is a Harappan site located in Rajasthan?
- Mohenjo Daro
- Suktagen Dor
- Kalibangan
- Lothal
49>> Which Magadha ruler was known as ‘Seniya’?
- Bimbisara
- Ajatashatru
- Mahapadma Nanda
- Chandragupta Maurya
50>> ‘Ashtadiggajas’ were patronized by:
- Deva Raya I
- Deva Raya II
- Vira Narasimha
- Krishna Deva Raya
51>> The author of Kadambari was—
- Khemendra
- Kalhana
- Bhababhuti
- Banabhatta
52>> Which was the ancient port of Indus Civilization?
- Harappa
- Lothal
- Dholavira
- Surkotada
53>> Who is called a traditional modernizer?
- Iswarchandra Vidyasagar
- Swami Vivekananda
- Rammohan Roy
- B. G. Tilak
54>> Which of the following was a Buddhist genealogical text?
- Suttapitaka
- Vinayapitaka
- Abhidhammapitaka
- Dipavansa
55>> Simon Commission was appointed for—
- Indian Constitutional Reforms
- Administrative Reforms
- Educational Reforms
- Jail Code Reforms
56>> Partition of Bengal was withdrawn in—
- 1905
- 1906
- 1911
- 1909
57>> In which year the capital of India was shifted from Calcutta to Delhi?
- 1905
- 1911
- 1931
- 1947
58>> Which among the following sultans of the Slave dynasty was not a slave?
- Qutb-ud-din Aibak
- Iltutmish
- Raziya
- Balban
59>> During whose rule was the Zabt system of revenue settlement introduced?
- Ala-ud-din Khilji
- Sher Shah
- Akbar
- Shah Jahan
60>> Which English Governor General of India was murdered by a convict in the Andaman Islands?
- Clive
- Ripon
- Mayo
- Northbrook
61>> Identify the Mughal painter not mentioned by Abul Fazl:
- Farooq
- Mushkin
- Mansur
- Mukund
62>> Between whom and when was the Treaty of Bassein signed?
- Peshwa Baji Rao II and the English, 1802
- Tipu Sultan and the English, 1784
- Marathas and Ahmed Shah Abdali, 1761
- Ranjit Singh and the English, 1809
63>> When was the Hindu Widow Remarriage Act passed?
- 1856
- 1817
- 1838
- 1867
64>> Which language was replaced by English as the official language for the Government of India in 1835?
- Arabic
- Persian
- Turkish
- Urdu
65>> Who was known as the Liberator of the Press?
- Bentinck
- Macaulay
- Hastings
- Metcalfe
66>> Who wrote the autobiography “One Life is not Enough”?
- Sanjay Baru
- Arjun Singh
- Brajesh Mishra
- K. Natwar Singh
67>> Who introduced the system of Civil Services?
- Lord Harding
- William Bentinck
- Warren Hastings
- Lord Dalhousie
68>> Who was referred to by Lord Mountbatten as the “one man frontier army”?
- Abdul Ghaffar Khan
- Subhas C. Bose
- Sarat Bose
- M. K. Gandhi
69>> When the Muslim League was established?
- 1901
- 1906
- 1910
- 1915
70>> Who was the defence lawyer of the INA trials of 1946?
- Jawaharlal Nehru
- Bhulabhai Desai
- Tejbahadur Sapru
- All of the above
71>> Name one book written by Swami Vivekananda:
- Kathamrita
- Kathamala
- Baratman Bharat
- A Nation in Making
72>> Who introduced the railway and telegraphs in India?
- Dalhousie
- Canning
- Harding
- Ripon
73>> The First Maratha War took place during the tenure of:
- Warren Hasting
- William Bentinck
- Marquess Cornwallis
- Charles Canning
74>> Who was the founder of Indian Association?
- W. C. Bonerjee
- Surendra Nath Banerjee
- Lala Lajpath Rai
- Dadabhai Naoraji
75>> Tattwabodhini Sabha was founded by:
- Debendranath Tagore
- Svinath Sastri
- Kashab Chandra Sen
- Raja Rammohan Roy