Q. Which of the following was a part of Harappan people’s diet?

(a) Millets

(b) Animal Products

(c) Mango seeds

(d) Both (a) and (b)

Answer:  D Both (a) and (b)

Q. Which one of the following was used most likely for harvesting during Harappan Civilization?

(a) Stone blades

(b) Tractors

(c) Cattle

(d) Agriculture was not practiced during the Harappan civilization

Answer:  A Stone blades

Q. Which of the following items was not found in the Harappan culture?

(a) Stone Blades

(b) Copper mirror

(c) Stone Seals

(d) Beads jewellery

Answer: B Copper mirror

Q. Which of these was a luxury object?

(a) Sickle

(b) Queen stones

(c) Pots of Faience

(d) All of the above.

Answer:  C Pots of Faience

Q. Traces of canals have been found at the Harappan site of ……………

(a) Dholavira in Gujarat

(b) Shortughai in Afghanistan

(c) Kalibangan in Rajasthan

(d) Sind

Answer:  B Shortughai in Afghanistan

Q. Which of these is the characteristic feature of citadel at Lothal?

(a) Low walls

(b) High walls

(c) Built at a height

(d) Away from the river.

Answer:  C  Built at a height

Q. Which among the following is not a notable artefact found in Mohenjo-Daro site?

(a) Dancing Girl

(b) Dockyard

(c) Pashupati-seal

(d) Priest-King

Answer:  B Dockyard

Q. Which of the following Harappan civilisation sites are presently outside India?

(1) Kalibangan (2) Shortugai

(3) Chanhudaro (4) Lothal

(a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 3

(c) 3 and 4 (d) 1 and d

Answer:  B 2 and 3

Q. Chanhudaro was famous for __________

(a) Brick making

(b) Bead making

(c) Ship building

(d) Weapon making

Answer:  B Bead making

Q. The most distinctive features of Harappan cities were __________

(a) The planned drainage system

(b) The broad courtyard

(c) The citadel

(d) The burials

Answer:  A  The planned drainage system

Q. Which among the following is a very soft stone?

(a) Lapis-lazuli

(b) Carnelian

(c) Jasper

(d) Steatite

Answer:  D  Steatite

Q. Which of these sites of Harappan Civilisation belong to Haryana?

(a) Kalibangan

(b) Lothal

(c) Banawali

(d) Shortugai

Answer:  C  Banawali

Q. Which of the following site is called as center of Ganeshwar-Jodhpura culture by the archaeologists?

(a) Mohenjodaro

(b) Nageshwar

(c) Khetri

(d) Dholavira

Answer:  C  Khetri

Q. How was inter-country communication done during Harappan Civilization?

(a) Waterways

(b) Roadways

(c) Railways

(d) All of the above.

Answer:  A Waterways

Q. The best source of lapis lazuli, a blue stone that was apparently very highly valued was found in …………….

(a) Bharuch in Gujarat

(b) Shortughai in Afganisthan

(c) Kalibagan in Rajasthan

(d) Dholavira in Gujarat

Answer:  B Shortughai in Afganisthan

Q. Mesopotamian texts datable to the third millennium BCE refer to copper coming from a region called Magan. Magan was probably the ancient name of ………………

(a) Oman

(b) Kuwait

(c) Qatar

(d) Iran

Answer:  A Oman

Q. Which among the following are possibly the most distinctive artefact of the Harappan civilisation?

(a) Pottery and ornaments.

(b) Copper mirror

(c) Stone Seals

(d) Beads jewellery

Answer:  C   Stone Seals

Q. Which of the following is NOT considered as a possible reason for the end of Harappan?

(a) Floods

(b) Climate changes

(c) Afforestation

(d) All of the above.

Answer:  B Climate changes

Q. In which of the following, the problems of archaeological interpretation most evident?

(a) Architecture

(b) Religious practices

(c) Social structure

(d) Occupational structure

Answer:  B Religious practices

Q. The Director General of ASI who brought a military precision to the practice of archeology was ___________

(a) John Marshal

(b) R.E.M. Wheeler

(c) Alexender Cunningham

(d) Howard Carter

Answer:  B R.E.M. Wheeler

Q. In which of these countries, do sites of Indus civilization exists?

(a) New Zeland

(b) Russia

(c) Africa

(d) Pakistan

Answer:  D Pakistan

Q. ‘The Story of Indian Archaeology’ is written by __________

(a) Rakhal Das Banerji

(b) S.N Roy

(c) John Marshall

(d) Alexander Cunningham

Answer:  B S.N Roy

Q. The bones of which of these animals have been found at Harappan sites?

(a) Lion

(b) Pig

(c) Deer

(d) Both (b) and (c)

Answer:  D Both (b) and (c)

Q. ‘My Archaeological Mission to India and Pakistan’ was written by _________

(a) John Marshal

(b) R.E.M Wheeler

(c) Alexender Cunningham

(d) Howard Carter

Answer:  B R.E.M Wheeler

Q. Which animal has been represented by Harappans in this sculpture?

(A) Donkey

(B) Bull

(C) Ox

(D) Buffalo

Answer: B Bull

Q. At which of these sites have evidence been found that the activity referred to in (B) was done?

(A) Kalibangan

(B) Mohenjodaro

(C) Lothal

(D) Kot Diji

Answer: A Kalibangan

Q. What was it used for?

(A) Irrigation

(B) Ploughing

(C) Sowing

(D) Harvesting

Answer: B  Ploughing

Q. What was used to made this sculpture?

(A) Minor metal arsenic

(D) Red Soil

(C) Copper

(D) Fire baked earthen clay

Answer: D Fire baked earthen clay

Q. Megasthenes mentions a committee with six subcommittees of military, of which the fifth looked after

(a) chariots.

(b) foot-soldiers.

(c) horses.

(d) transport.

Answer:  A) chariots.

Q. _______ were elaborate stone structures in central and south India in first millennium BCE.

(a) Pannai.

(b) Megaliths.

(c) Dhamma.

(d) None of the above.

Answer:  B) Megaliths.

Q. Identify the best reason for considering King Ashoka as ‘Devanampiya’ or ‘Piyadassi’ by his subjects.

(a) Asoka commissioned the edicts himself.

(b) He adopted the title of ‘Devaputra’.

(c) Epigraphists have concluded him as Devanampiya.

(d) He worked for the wellbeing of society through Dhamma.

Answer:  D) He worked for the wellbeing of society through Dhamma.

Q. Which of these archaeological sources occupy a significant place in the reconstruction of the ancient Indian history?

(a) Vedas

(b) Coins

(c) Inscriptions

(d) Both (b) and (c)

Answer:  D Both (b) and (c)

Q. In which of the following languages have the earliest inscriptions been recorded?

(a) English

(b) Prakrit

(c) Pali

(d) Sanskrit

Answer:  B Prakrit

Q. Which one of these became the most powerful Mahajanapada between the sixth and the fourth centuries BCE?

(a) Magadha

(b) Kashi

(c) Chedi

(d) Kuru

Answer:  A Magadha

Q. Which one of the following was the first capital of Magadha?

(a) Rajagaha

(b) Ujjain

(c) Taxila

(d) Gandhara

Answer:  A  Rajagaha

Q. The first gold coin was issued in the first century CE by:

(a) Mauryas

(b) Mughals

(c) Kushanas

(d) Rajputs

Answer:  C  Kushanas

Q. The Prayaga Prashasti was composed in Sanskrit by Harishena. Harishena was the court poet of which of the following kings?

(a) King Samudragupta

(b) King Ashoka

(c) King Chandra Gupta Maurya

(d) King Kanishka

Answer:  A King Samudragupta

Q. Periplus in Greek means:

(a) Act of bread making

(b) Sailing around

(c) Bead Making

(d) Ships

Answer:  B   Sailing around

Q. Who was the first ruler to inscribe his messages to his subjects and officials on stone surfaces – natural rocks as well as polished pillars?

(a) Kanishka

(b) Bimbisara

(c) Chandra Gupta Maurya

(d) Ashoka

Answer:  D Ashoka

Q. Who composed the Prayag Prashasti in praise of Samudragupta?

(a) Prabhavati Gupta

(b) Harisena

(c) Kautilya

(d) Banabhatta

Answer:  B Harisena

Q. The __________ describes the plight of the subjects of a wicked king; these included elderly women and men, cultivators, herders, village boys and even animals.

(a) Gandatindu Jataka

(b) Panchtantara

(c) Jataka

(d) Vayushastra

Answer:  A  Gandatindu Jataka

Q. Which of these was Asoka reign?

(a) c. 268–231 BCE

(b) c. 600–500 BCE

(c) c. 606–647 CE

(d) c. 200–100 BCE

Answer:  A  268–231 BCE

Q. What were the guilds of the merchants and craftsmen called?

(a) Shrenis

(b) Ur

(c) Adimai

(d) Uzhavar

Answer:  A  Shrenis

Q. Ventures of which of the following traders were risky but highly profitable?

(a) Peddlers

(b) Seafarers

(c) Merchants with caravans of bullock carts and pack-animals

(d) All of the above

Answer:  B Seafarers

Q.  ______ was the owner, master, or head of a household.

(a) Pannai.

(b) Mahamatta.

(c) Dhamma.

(d) Gahapati.

Answer:  D  Gahapati.

Q. Which one of the following is the author of Arthashastra?

(a) Kalhana.

(b) Kalidasa.

(c) Kautilya.

(d) Bāṇabhaṭṭa.

Answer:  C Kautilya.

Q. The Prayaga Prashasti was composed in

(a) Sanskrit.

(b) Pali.

(c) Prakrit.

(d) Brahmi.

Answer: A Sanskrit.

Q. Tamil Sangam literature mentions slaves as R

(a) Pannai

(b) Adimai

(c) Uazhavar

(d) Velar

Answer:  B Adimai

Q. Ashoka is mentioned by which titles in his inscriptions?

(a) Ashoka, Piyadassi

(b) Masattuvan, Ashoka

(c) Devanampiya, Piyadassi

(d) Devaputra, Piyadassi

Answer:  C Devanampiya, Piyadassi

Q. The first ever ruler to propagate the principles of Dhamma was

(a) Bimbisara.

(b) Chandragupta II.

(c) Chandragupta Maurya.

(d) Ashoka.

Answer:  D Ashoka.

Q. The first issue of Epigraphia Indica was published in

(a) 1885.

(b) 1886.

(c) 1887.

(d) 1888.

Answer:  D 1888.

Q.  The spectacular gold coins which facilitated long distance transactions were issued by

(a) Kushanas

(b) The Mauryan rulers

(c) The Saka rulers

(d) The Gupta rulers

Answer:  D The Gupta rulers

Q. According to the rock inscription in Sanskrit, composed around second century CE, Sudarshan lake, an artificial reservoir was repaired by

(a) Kushana king Kanishka

(b) Saka king Rudradaman

(c) Kannauj ruler Harsha

(d) Chandragupta II

Answer:  B Saka king Rudradaman

Q. Name the languages in which the Ashokan inscriptions were written.

(a) Pali, Prakrit, and Greek

(b) Pali, Sanskrit, and Aramaic

(c) Prakrit, Aramaic, and Greek

(d) Pali, Sanskrit, and Greek

Answer:  C Prakrit, Aramaic, and Greek

Q. Which of the following problems do the archaeologists face while deciphering the inscriptions?

(a) Damaged letters

(b) Faint letters

(c) Exact meaning of the words used in inscriptions

(d) All of the above

Answer:  D All of the above

Q. James Prinsep was able to decipher Asokan Brahmiin the year

(a) 1835

(b) 1838

(c) 1856

(d) 1738

Answer:  B 1838

Q. King Ashoka sometimes mentioned as ‘Piyadassi’, in the inscription. The meaning of ‘Piyadassi’, is ………………..

(a) Beloved of the gods

(b) Pleasant to behold

(c) Beautiful eyes

(d) Beloved of nature

Answer:  B Pleasant to behold

Q. Which of these archaeological sources occupy a significant place in the reconstruction of the ancient Indian history?

(a) Vedas

(b) Coins

(c) Inscriptions

(d) Both (b) and (c)

Answer:  C Inscriptions

Q. Sangam is a literature of _______ language.

(a) Tamil

(b) Malayalam

(c) Sanskrit

(d) Marathi

Answer:  A Tamil

Q. The early Tamil Sangam literature mentions slaves known as

(a) adimai.

(b) pannai.

(c) vellalar.

(d) uzhavar.

Answer:  A) adimai.

Q. Alexander Cunningham published a set of Asokan inscriptions in

(a) 1874.

(b) 1875.

(c) 1876.

(d) 1877.

Answer:  D 1877.

Q. The Arthashastra was composed by

(a) Banabhatta.

(b) Kautilya.

(c) Ravikirti.

(d) Ashvaghosha.

Answer:  B Kautilya.

Q. According to a rock inscription in Sanskrit, composed around second century CE, the Sudarshana Lake was repaired by a king of the

(a) Indo-Greeks.

(b) Kushanas.

(c) Satavahanas.

(d) Rudradaman I

Answer:  D Rudradaman I

Q. Scholars in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were primarily interested in the histories of:

(a) kings

(b) travellers

(c) inventions

(d) None of the Above

Answer:  A kings

Q. Scholars from the mid-twentieth century onwards, were primarily interested in the histories of ………………..

(a) Kings

(b) Issues such as economic change, different social groups, etc.

(c) Religious beliefs of people

(d) Marginalised groups.

Answer:  B Issues such as economic change, different social groups, etc.

Q. The term ‘Sovanika’ was used in ancient India as reference to

(a) carpenter.

(b) goldsmith.

(c) potter.

(d) sculptor.

Answer:  B goldsmith.

Q. Who were a clan of nomadic people living in China?

(a) Greeks.

(b) Kushanas.

(c) Aztecs.

(d) Maya.

Answer:  B Kushanas.

Q. Where has this sculpture been found?

(A) Agra

(B) Mathura

(C) Varanasi

(D) Chennai

Answer: B Mathura

Q. Which letter is inscribed on the pedestal?

(A) Pali

(B) Sanskrit

(C) Prakrit

(D) Kannada

Answer: C Prakrit

Q. The sculpture was made by the wife of a goldsmith named Dharmaka. What was the name of the lady?

(A) Nagapiya

(B) Xuan Zang

(C) Mahadevi

(D) Dhammi

Answer: A Nagapiya

Q. The city from where this sculpture was found, was serving as centre of …………… in c. 6th century BCE?

(A) Commercial activity

(B) Cultural activity

(C) Political activity

(D) All of these

Answer: D All of these

Q. What does the Sanskrit word ‘Kula’ define?

(a) Neighbours

(b) Families

(c) Deities

(d) None of these

Answer:  B Families

Q. How many verses are there in Mahabharata?

(a) One lakh

(b) 20000

(c) 50000

(d) More than one lakh

Answer:  D More than one lakh

Q. Ekalavya belonged to the category of:

(a) Vanik

(b) Mlechchha

(c) Brahmana

(d) Nishada

Answer:  D Nishada

Q. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

(a) Kouravas–Son of Gandhari

(b) Ekalavya–Chandala

(c) Pandavas–Sons of Pandu

(d) Suvarnakaras–Goldsmith

Answer:  B Ekalavya–Chandala

Q. A forest-dwelling or a hunting community is called

(a) Nishada

(b) Chandala

(c) Suvarnakaras

(d) Shudras

Answer:  A Nishada

Q. Which foreign traveller wrote in his account that“untouchables” had to sound a clapper in the streets so that people could avoid seeing them.”?

(a) Fa-Hien or Fa-Xian R

(b) Hiuen-Tsang

(c) Marco Polo

(d) Megasthenes,

Answer:  A Fa-Hien or Fa-Xian R

Q. Women were allowed to retain the gifts they received on the occasion of their marriage as:

(a) stridhana

(b) manusmriti

(c) biksha

(d) None of These

Answer:  A stridhana

Q. Which of the following was one of the occupations of Kshatriyas?

(a) Perform sacrifices and give gifts

(b) To teach Vedas

(c) Trade

(d) Agriculture

Answer:  A Perform sacrifices and give gifts

Q. Sutta Patika is a text belong to ___________ religion.

(a) Hindu

(b) Buddhist

(c) Jain

(d) None of this.

Answer:  B Buddhist

Q. Puranaruru is one of the anthologies of poems. To which literature does it belong?

(a) Tamil Sangam literature.

(b) Buddhist literature

(c) Sanskrit literature

(d) Bengali literature

Answer:  A Tamil Sangam literature

Q. Marriage within a unit, a kin group, caste or a group living in the same locality, is called

(a) endogamy.

(b) exogamy.

(c) polygyny.

(d) polyandry.

Answer:  A endogamy.

Q. The janapada which was inhabited by the cousins Pandavas and Kauravas was that of

(a) Shurasenas.

(b) Mallas.

(c) Sakyas.

(d) Kurus.

Answer:  D Kurus.

Q. Shakas who came from Central Asia were regarded by the Brahmanas as

(a) Dasas

(b) Untouchables

(c) Mlechchhas

(d) Aryans

Answer:  C ) Mlechchhas

Q. The original story of Mahabharata was probably composed by

(a) Lord Ganesha

(b) Rishi Veda Vyasa

(c) Charioteer-bards known as sutas.

(d) Lord Brahama

Answer:  C Charioteer-bards known as sutas.

Q. The classification of people, in the name of gotras in Hindu religion, was practised from c. 1000 BCE onwards, by the

(a) Brahmanas.

(b) Kshatriyas.

(c) Vaishyas.

(d) Shudras.

Answer:  A  Brahmanas.

Q. Panini’s ‘Ashtadhyayi’ is a work on

(a) Sanskrit grammar.

(b) Sanskrit history.

(c) Sanskrit mantras.

(d) Sanskrit plays.

Answer:  A Sanskrit grammar.

Q. Identify the years span, when an archeologist B.B.Lal excavated at a village named Hastinapura in Meerut (Uttar Pradesh)?

(a) 1951–52

(b) 1962–63

(c) 1970–71

(d) 1950–51

Answer:  A 1951–52

Q. Who wrote the short story, “Kunti O Nishadi”?

(a) Mahadevi Verma

(b) Mahashweta Devi

(c) Krishna Sobti

(d) Ashapurna Devi

Answer:  B  Mahashweta Devi

Q. The Brahmanas considered some people as being outside the system by classifying certain social categories as _______.

(a) Kinfolk

(b) Varnas

(c) Untouchable

(d) Nishada 

Answer:  C  Untouchable

Q. According to the ______, the paternal estate was to be divided equally amongst sons after the death of the parents.

(a) Varnas

(b) Varnas

(c) Manusmriti

(d) Mahabharata

Answer: C Manusmriti

Q. What do you mean by Kutagarshala?

(a) A place where philosophical debated took place

(b) A hut with pointed roof

(c) Both are correct

(d) Both are wrong

Answer: C Both are correct

Q. How many Theerthankaras are recorded in the History of Jainism

(a) 21

(b) 22

(c) 23

(d) 24

Answer: D 24

Q. Which religious script is called Tripitaka

(a) Jainism

(b) Buddhism

(c) Hinduism

(d) Sikhism

Answer: B Buddhism

Q. Hagiography is the biography of_____________

(a) Saints

(b) Kings

(c) Priests

(d) None of the above

Answer: A Saints

Q. In which structure is the term Harmika is associated?

(a) Chaitya

(b) Vihara

(c) Stupa

(d) None of the above

Answer: C Stupa

Q. In which section Buddha’s teaching are included?

(a) Sutta Pitaka

(b) Abhidhamma Pitaka

(c) Vinaya Pitaka

(d) All the above

Answer: A ) Sutta Pitaka

Q. Identify the given image from the following options

(a) Buddhist Manuscript in Pali

(b) Buddhist Manuscript in Kharosthi

(c) Buddhist Manuscript in Sanskrit

(d) Buddhist Manuscript in Tamil

Answer: C Buddhist Manuscript in Sanskrit

Q. Where did Gautam Buddha attain enlightenment?

(a) Buddha Gaya

(b) Saranath

(c) Lumbini

(d) Kapilavatu

Answer: A Buddha Gaya

Q. Identify this structure from the given options

 (a) Chaitya

(b) Stupa

(c) Vihara

(d) Temple

Answer: B Stupa

Q. Who was Mahaprajapati Gautami?

(a) Mother of Buddha

(b) Step Mother of Buddha

(c) Sister of Buddha

(d) Disciple of Buddha

Answer: B Step Mother of Buddha

Q. Which among the following can be identified with the term Mahayana?

(a) Lesser Vehicle

(b) Greater Vehicle

(c) Both A and B

(d) None of the above

Answer: B Greater Vehicle

Q. Buddha’s group desciples are called_____________

(a) Sangha

(b) Dhammamahamatra

(c) Bhikkhus

(d) Bhikkhuni

Answer: A Sangha

Q. Which of these Buddhist texts dealt with philosophical matters?

(a) Vinaya Pitaka

(b) Sutta Pitaka

(c) Abhidhamma Pitaka

(d) Tipitaka

Answer:  C Abhidhamma Pitaka

Q. Which of these is the most wonderful ancient building in the state of Bhopal?

(a) Gohar Mahal

(b) Sanchi Kanakhera

(c) Taj ul Masjid

(d) None of these

Answer:  B Sanchi Kanakhera

Q. In which of the following countries was Dipavamsa witten?

(a) Sri Lanka

(b) China

(c) Nepal

(d) All of the above

Answer:  A Sri Lanka

Q. The Rigveda was compiled between:

(a) c 1500 to 1000 BCE

(b) c 1200 to 1100 BCE

(c) c 1400 to 1200 BCE

(d) c 900 to 1100 BCE

Answer:  A 1500 to 1000 BCE

Q. Which of these principles of Jainism left its mark on Indian thinking as a whole?

(a) Equality

(b) Sovereignty

(c) Respect for teacher/guru

(d) Ahimsa

Answer:  D Ahimsa

Q. Which one of these is a core/foremost teaching of Buddha?

(a) Right Actions

(b) Non-violence

(c) The world is animated

(d) All of the above

Answer:  A Right Actions

Q. Who among the following became the first woman to be ordained as a bhikkhuni?

(a) Prabhavati Gupta

(b) Mahapajapati Gotami

(c) Draupadi

(d) None of these

Answer:  B Mahapajapati Gotami

Q. The paintings at Ajanta caves depict stories from the:

(a) Rig Veda

(b) Sutta Pitaka

(c) Mahabharata

(d) Jatakas

Answer:  D Jatakas

Q. How has Buddha been depicted by many early sculptors?

(a) Human form

(b) Through Symbols

(c) Almighty

(d) Both (b) and (c)

Answer:  B Through Symbols

Q. What human attribute did an ‘elephant’ represent in the sculpture found at Sanchi?

(a) Happiness

(b) Greed

(c) Laziness

(d) Strength and wisdom

Answer:  D Strength and wisdom

Q. Which of these is a temple with a single doorway for the worshipper to enter and offer worship to the image?

(a) Gopuram

(b) Garbhagriha

(c) Mandap

(d) Swagatam

Answer:  B Garbhagriha

Q. In which year was Sanchi declared a World Heritage Site?

(a) 1988

(b) 1889

(c) 1898

(d) 1989

Answer:  D 1989

Q. When did the cave temples become prominent?

(a) 8th century

(b) 6th century

(c) 9th century

(d) 5th century

Answer:  A 8th century

Q. Tirthankaras are those who guide men and women across the river of existence. Mahavira was preceded by

(a) 10 thirtankaras

(b) 20 thirtankaras

(c) 23 thirtankaras

(d) 25 thirtankaras

Answer:  C 23 thirtankaras

Q. Mahavira and Buddha questioned the authority of __________

(a) The Jatakas

(b) The Vedas

(c) The Ganas

(d) The Yajnas

Answer:  B The Vedas

Q. What does the symbol of ‘empty seat’ symbolise?

(a) First Sermon of the Buddha

(b) An event in the life of Buddha

(c) Wisdom of the Buddha

(d) Meditation of the Buddha

Answer:  D Meditation of the Buddha

Q. New tradition of Buddhism was called as:

(a) Shwetambar

(b) Digambar

(c) Hinayana

(d) Mahayana

Answer:  D Mahayana

Q. The most splendid stupa was at __________

(a) Amravati

(b) Sanchi

(c) Bhoomra

(d) Shahjidheri

Answer:  A Amravati

Q. What was the balcony-like structure in a stupa called?

(a) Anda

(b) Harmika

(c) Yashti

(d) Chhatri

Answer:  B Harmika

Q. Vaishnavism is a part of _______ religion.

(a) Hinduism

(b) Jainism

(c) Buddhism

(d) Vaishnav religion.

Answer:  A Hinduism

Q. Which of the following is not correctly match?

(a) Vishnu: The Varaha or boar avatar

(b) Shiva: Linga

(c) Mahabalipuram: Kerala

(d) Vasudeva-Krishna : Mathura

Answer:  C Mahabalipuram: Kerala

Q. The Buddhist monks were called bhikkus. The Buddhist nuns were names as

(A) bhikkis

(B) bhikkunis

(C) bhikununs

(D) bhikks

Answer: B bhikkunis

Q. Where has this sculpture been found?

(A) Sanchi

(B) Amravati

(C) Gandhara

(D) Deogarh

Answer: A Sanchi

Q. According to the historians, the sculpture depicts a scene from

(A) Mahakapi Jataka

(B) Vessantara Jataka

(C) Daddabha Jataka

(D) Jambu-Kahdaka Jataka

Answer: B Vessantara Jataka

Q. This site is particularly sacred for which sect?

(A) Vaishnavas

(B) Jains

(C) Buddhists

(D) Greeks

Answer: C Buddhists

Q. To which king did Francois Bernier dedicate his major writings?

(a) Louis XIII

(b) Louis XIV

(c) Louis XV

(d) Louis XVI

Answer: B Louis XIV

Q. Which of the following travelers was appointed as the Qazi or judge of Delhi by the Muhammad bin Tughlaq?

(a) Al-BIruni

(b) Mahmood of Gaznavi

(c) Both A & B

(d) Ibn-Batuta

Answer: D Ibn-Batuta

Q. Which among the following was the chief barrier faced by Al-Biruni in India?

(a) The language

(b) The religious practice

(c) Both a & b

(d) None of them

Answer: C Both a & b

Q. Who said ‘the subcontinent full of exciting opportunities’

(a) Albiruni

(b) Bernier

(c) Ibn Battuta

(d) None of the above

Answer: C Ibn Battuta

Q. Who wrote Kitab-ul-Hind?

(a) Francois Bernier

(b) Ibn Batuta

(c) Al-Biruni

(d) Sultan Mohammed

Answer: C Al-Biruni

Q. From whose account we do get the existence of efficient postal system?

(a) Al -biruni

(b) Ibn -Battuta

(c) Bernier

(d) Fa-hian

Answer: B Ibn -Battuta

Q. Al-Biruni was born in 973, in ________

(a) Syria

(b) Kabul

(c) Ghazni

(d) Khwarizm

Answer:  D Khwarizm

Q. Which among the following was the book written by Al-Biruni?

(a) Rihla

(b) Kitab-ul-Hind

(c) Discovery of India

(d) Arthashastra

Answer:  B Kitab-ul-Hind

Q.Who founded Delhi as a city full of exciting opportunities?

(a) Ibn-Battuta

(b) Al-Biruni

(c) Francois Bernier

(d) Karl Marx

Answer:  A  Ibn-Battuta

Q. The traveller whose account was compared with that of Marco Polo was

(a) Al-Biruni.

(b) Ibn Battuta.

(c) Ibn Juzayy.

(d) Abdur Razzaq Samarqandi.

 Answer:  B Ibn Battuta.

 Q. Where did Al-Biruni develop an interest in India?

(a) Ghazni

(b) Punjab

(c) China

(d) Syria

Answer:  A Ghazni

Q. Find out from the following pairs which one is correctly matched:

(a) Rihla: Francois Bernier

(b) Travels in the Mughal Empire: Ibn Batuta

(c) Kitab-ul-Hind: Al-Biruni

Answer:  C Kitab-ul-Hind: Al-Biruni

Q. According to Ibn Battuta’s account, the city that rivalled Delhi was:

(a) Multan

(b) Gwalior

(c) Lahore

(d) Daulatabad

Answer:  D Daulatabad

Q. Who among the following belonged to Morocco?

(a) Ibn Battuta

(b) Al-Biruni

(c) Francois Bernier

(d) Abdul Samarandi

Answer:  A Ibn Battuta

Q. Who Wrote ‘Kitab-ul-Hind’?

(a) Callin Mcenzie

(b) Al-Biruni

(c) Abdul Samad Lahori

(d) lbn-Battuta

Answer:  B Al-Biruni

Q. Who wrote the book ‘Kitab-ul-Hind’?

(a) Al-Biruni.

(b) Abdur Razzaq Samarqandi.

(c) Ibn Juzayy.

(d) Ibn Battuta.

Answer:  A Al-Biruni.

Q. Who gave us the most important description of Vijayanagara in the 15th century?

(a) Ibn Battuta

(b) Abdur Razzaq

(c) Francois Bernier

(d) Marco Polo

Answer:  B Abdur Razzaq

Q. Islamic Law is known as

(a) Shariya

(b) Samr

(c) Ulema

(d) All of these

Answer:  A Shariya

Q. Which of these French travellers came to during 17th century?

(a) Al-Biruni

(b) Ibn-Battuta

(c) Abul Fail

(d) Francois Bernier

Answer:  D Francois Bernier

Q. Bernier’s works were published in France in _____.

(a) 1668-69

(b) 1669-70

(c) 1670-71

(d) 1672-74

Answer:  C 1670-71

Q. Who wrote Kitab-ul-Hind?

(a) Ibn Battuta

(b) Al-Biruni

(c) Francois Bernier

(d) Marco Polo

Answer:  B Al-Biruni

Q. What are the subjects on which travellers compiled their accounts?

(a) Affairs of the court

(b) Religious issues

(c) Architecture

(d) All of the above

Answer: D All of the above

Q. The European traveller who visited India and China was

(a) Peter Mundy.

(b) Marco Polo.

(c) Francois Bernier.

(d) Antonio Monserrate.

Answer: B Marco Polo.

Q. The chief of the merchant community, in urban centres, was known as:

(a) Nagarsheth.

(b) Mahajans.

(c) Mullas.

(d) Vaids.

Answer:  A Nagarsheth.

Q. Which of the following travellers was appointed as the qazi or judge of Delhi by the Muhammad bin Tughlaq?

(a) Al-BIruni

(b) Mahmood of Gaznavi

(c) Both A & B

(d) Ibn-Batuta

Answer:  D Ibn-Batuta

Q. “Travels in the Mughal Empire” is an account of which of the following travellers to India?

(a) Albiruni

(b) Abdur Razzaq Samarqandi

(c) Berneir

(d) Ibn Battuta

Answer: C Berneir

Q. Which of the following traveller defined the distance between Sind and Delhi in Days?

(a) Ibn-Batuta

(b) Al-Beruni

(c) Mahmood Of Gaznavi

(d) Both A & B

Answer:  A Ibn-Batuta

Q. Ibn Battuta had set off for India in the year:

(a) 1221-1222 CE.

(b) 1332-1333 CE.

(c) 1347-1348 CE.

(d) 1411-1412 CE.

Answer:  B 1332-1333 CE.

Q. Which of the following travellers came to India during the 17th century?

(a) Marco Polo

(b) Antonio Monserrat

(c) Ibn Battuta

(d) Francois Bernier

Answer:  D Francois Bernier

Q. The eldest son of Shah Jahan was:

(a)  

(b) Aurangzeb.

(c) Shah Shuja.

(d) Murad.

Answer:  A Dara Shukoh.

Q. Which of the following cities, according to Ibn-Battut a, was the largest?

(a) Surat

(b) Delhi

(c) Daulatabad

(d) Agra

Answer:  B Delhi

Q. Who wrote the book, “Travells In The Mughal Empire”?

(a) Francois Bernier

(b) John Marshall

(c) Callin Mcenzie

(d) James Princep

Answer:  A Francois Bernier

Q. Who among the following travellers have mentioned “a strange nation” when he saw the populated port of Calicut (present-day Kozhikode)?

(a) Albiruni

(b) Abdur Razzaq Samarqandi

(c) Berneir

(d) Ibn Battuta

Answer: A Albiruni

Q. Which of the following is a Historians classification of Bhakti Traditions?

(a) Saguna

(b) Nirguna

(c) Khanqahs

(d) Both (i) and (ii)

Answer: D Both (i) and (ii)

Q. Whose followers are called the Vira Shaivites?

(a) Mirabai

(b) Guru Govind

(c) Kabir

(d) Basa Vanna

Answer: D Basa Vanna

Q. Who were generally excluded from Vedic learning?

(a) Brahmans

(b) Women & Shudras

(c) Children & Old people

(d) Vishnu devotees

Answer: C Children & Old people

Q. Which of the following is associated with the worship of specific deities

(a) Saguna Bhakti

(b) Nirguna Bhakti

(c) Both a & b

(d) None of them

Answer: A Saguna Bhakti

Q. In which place is the given image is kept?

 (a) Tanjavur

(b) Mdurai

(c) Puri

(d) Mysore

Answer: C Puri

Q. Which of the following deities were worshipped by Alvars and Nayanars?

(a) Lord Vishnu

(b) Lord Shiva

(c) Both (i) and (ii)

(d) None of the above

Answer: C Both (i) and (ii)

Q. which of the following is not a pillar of Islam:

(a) Hajj

(b) Fasting during Ramzan

(c) Praying five times daily

(d) None of these

Answer: D None of these

Q. Who composed kirtan-ghosha?

(a)  

(b) Sur Das

(c) Kabir Das

(d) Sundar murti

Answer: A Shankar deva

Q. Worship of abstract form of God is called?

(a) Nirguna Bhakthi

(b) Saguna Bhakthi

(c) Shaiva Bhakthi

(d) Janameya Bhakthi

Answer: A Nirguna Bhakthi

Q. “Nalayira Divya Prabandam” is composed by_____________

a) Nayanars

b) Alwars

c) Buddhists

d) Pandyas

Answer: D  Pandyas

Q. The Wandering monks of Karnataka during 12th century is called ______________

(a) Jangama

(b) Lingas

(c) Vira Shivas

(d) Vachanas

Answer: C Vira Shivas

Q. Shaikh Nizamuddin’s hospice comprised several small rooms and a big hall known as

(a) Jama’ at Khana

(b) Jangar

(c) Qalandars

(d) Ziyarat

Answer: A Jama’ at Khana

Q. Which rulers introduced the singing of Tamil Shaiva hymns in temples?

a) The Pandya kings

b) The Chera kings

c) The Chola Kings

d) None of the above

Answer: C The Chola Kings

Q. Karaikal Ammaiyar was devotee of

(a) Krishna

(b) Rama

(c) Shiva

(d) Brahma

Answer: C Shiva

Q. Identify the Bhakti tradition which favoured widow remarriage.

(a) Alvars

(b) Nayanars

(c)  

(d) Siddhas

Answer:  C Lingayats

Q. Who composed the prem-akhyan ‘Padmavat’?

(a) Amir Khusrau

(b) Baba Farid

(c) Malik Muhammad Jayasi

(d) Ratansen

Answer:  C Malik Muhammad Jayasi

Q. During which period was there a striking visibility of wide range of Gods and Goddesses in sculpture and texts?

(a) 6th to 18th century

(b) 18th to 21st century

(c) 8th to 18th century

(d) 7th to 16th century

Answer:  C 8th to 18th century

Q. Where did the early Bhakti movements originate from?

(a) South India

(b) North India

(c) The West

(d) Both (a) and (c)

Answer:  A South India

Q. Identify which of the following aspects is NOT common to both Bhakti movement and Sufi movement?

(a) Personal love for God

(b) Worship of idols

(c) Mysticism

(d) Visit to holy shrines

Answer:  B Worship of idols

Q. Which general term was used to refer to the migrant communities?

(a) Shakas

(b) Yavanas

(c) Turks

(d) Mlechchha

Answer:  D Mlechchha

Q. What is the literal meaning of the term ‘silsila’?

(a) A chain

(b) Disciple

(c) Devotion

(d) Without attributes

Answer:  A A chain

Q. Who among these wrote the biography of Shaikh Muinuddin Chishti, titled as Munis al Arwah?

(a) Shahjahan

(b) Akbar

(c) Mumtaz

(d) Jahanara

Answer:  D Jahanara

Q. Which of these is an imperial order?

(a) Farman

(b) Shari’a

(c) Salat

(d) Hajj

Answer: A Farman

Q. Who is Ulama?

(a) Devotees of Shiva

(b) Devotees of Vishnu

(c) Muslim Sufi saints

(d) Scholars of Islamic studies

Answer:  D Scholars of Islamic studies

Q. What are the devotees of Vishnu called?

(a) Alvars

(b) Nayanars

(c) Lingayats

(d) Chishti

Answer:  A   Alvars

Q. Alvars and Nayanars were the Bhakts of:

(a) Kerala

(b) Karnataka

(c) Tamil Nadu

(d) Andhra Pradesh

Answer:  C Tamil Nadu

Q. Vitthala was the principal deity in Vitthala temple. Vitthala was known as the incarnation of Lord

(a) Brahma

(b) Vishnu

(c) Shiva

(d) Ganesha

Answer:  B Vishnu

Q. The major anthology composed by the Alvars was the

(a) Nalayira Divyaprabandham

(b) Nalayira Purabandham

(c) Nalayira Alvabandham

(d) None of these

Answer:  A Nalayira Divyaprabandham

Q. Lingayats were majorly based in ______.

(a) Maharashtra

(b) Karnataka

(c) Punjab

(d) Uttar Pradesh

Answer:  B Karnataka

Q. ____ means a chain which signifies a continuous link between master and disciple.

(a) Gathjod

(b) Silsila

(c) Saidev

(d) Nirantar

Answer:  B Silsila

Q. Sufism the liberal and mystic movement of Islam reached India in _____ century.

(a) 11th century

(b) 15th century

(c) 12th century

(d) 13th century

Answer:  A  11th century

Q. Earliest Bhakti movements were led by _______.

(a) Alvars and Mayunar

(b) Alvars and Puaravar

(c) Alvars and Nayanars

(d) Lingayats and Nayanars

Answer:  C Alvars and Nayanars

Q. The major anthology composed by the Alvars was the ___________.

(a) Nalayira Divyaprabandham

(b) Nalayira Purabandham

(c) Nalayira Alvabandham

(d) None of the above

Answer:  A Nalayira Divyaprabandham

Q. The ‘Nalayira Divyaprabandham’ of the Alvars was compared with the

(a) Four Vedas.

(b) Manusmiriti.

(c) Mahabharata.

(d) Ramayana.

 Answer:  A Four Vedas.

Q. The ninth Guru, whose compositions were compiled in the Guru Granth Sahib was:

(a) Guru Tegh Bahadur

(b) Baba Guru Nanak

(c) Guru Gobind Singh

(d) Guru Arjan

Answer:  A Guru Tegh Bahadur

Q. In Sufi tradition the word ‘Pir’ means

(a) The Supreme God

(b) The greatest of all Sufi saints

(c) The orthodox teacher who contests the Sufi beliefs

(d) The Guru of the Sufis

Answer: D The Guru of the Sufis

Q. Shaikh Nizamuddin’s hospice comprised several small rooms and a big hall known as

(a) jama’at khana.

(b) langar.

(c) qalandars.

(d) ziyarat.

 Answer:  A jama’at khana.

Q. Baba Guru Nanak was born in

(a) 1459 AD.

(b) 1469 AD.

(c) 1479 AD.

(d) 1489 AD.

Answer:  B 1469 AD.

Q. Which of these was the capital of Akbar?

(a) Lahore

(b) Multan

(c) Delhi

(d) Fatehpur Sikri

Answer:  D Fatehpur Sikri

Q. Vitthala was the principal deity in vitthala temple. Vitthala was known as the incarnation of Lord

(a) Brahma

(b) Vishnu

(c) Shiva

(d) Ganesha

Answer:  B Vishnu

Q. Which Sufi Saint mentioned that devotional music is the one way of moving closer to God?

(a) Muin-ud-din-Chisti

(b) Saiyid Mummed.

(c) Shah Alam Bukhari

(d) Baba Farid

Answer:  D ) Baba Farid

Q. Who among the following was the Guru of Saint Kabir?

(a) Ramanuja

(b) Ramananda

(c) Vallabhacharya

(d) Namadeva

Answer:  B Ramananda

Q. Which Bhakti Saint preached the concept of Vishishtadvita?

(a) Shankara

(b) Ramanuja

(c) Madhava

(d) Nimbarka

Answer:  A Shankara

Q. Who among the followings is the most important saint of Bhakti Movement in Maharasthra was born in Satara and died in Punjab?

(a) Guru Nanak

(b) Kabirdas

(c) Tukarama

(d) Namdeva

Answer:  D Namdeva

Q. Who exhorted to give up selfishness, falsehood and hypocrisy and to lead a life of truth, honesty and kindness?

(a) Guru Nanak

(b) Nambaraka

(c) Kabir

(d) Namdeva

Answer:  A Guru Nanak

Q. Which of the following Bhakti Saints poem is compiled in Sur Sagar, Sahitva Ratna and Sur Sarawali?

(a) Sur Das

(b) Kabirdas

(c) Tulsidas

(d) Kalidasa

Answer:  A Sur Das

Q. Non-Muslim had to pay a religious tax called ______

(a) Zakat

(b) Shukrana

(c) Zajiya

(d) None of these

Answer: C Zajiya

Q. non-Muslim had to pay a religious tax called ______

(a) Zakat

(b) Shukrana

(c) Zajiya

(d) None of these

Answer:  C Zajiya

Q. What is the name of this Buddhist goddess?

(A) Matrubhumi

(B) Kamakhya Devi

(C) Marichi

(D) None of these

Answer: C Marichi

Q. The ……………… sects chanted devotional compositions as mode of worship.

(A) Vaishnava

(B) Islam

(C) Shakti

(D) Sufi

Answer: A Vaishnava

Q. Where was this terracotta sculpture found?

(A) Tamil Nadu

(B) Assam

(C) West Bengal

(D) Bihar

Answer: D Bihar

Q. Buddhism was strictly against the practice of ……………. .

(A) Sati

(B) Caste System

(C) Idol Worship

(D) Simple Living

Answer: B  Caste System

Q. Which historical place is this?

(A) Jama Masjid

(B) Humayun’s Tomb

(C) Atiya Mosque

(D) Shah Hamadan Mosque

Answer: C Atiya Mosque

Q. Which material has been used to build it?

(A) White Marble

(B) Limestone

(C) Red Sandstone

(D) Brick

Answer: D Brick

Q. In which present-day country is it located?

(A) India

(B) Pakistan

(C) Nepal

(D) Bangladesh

Answer: D Bangladesh

Q. In which direction does the main hall of his building face?

(A) Vatican City

(B) Mecca

(C) Akshardham Temple

(D) The Golden Temple

Answer: B Mecca

Q. The first dynasty that ruled over Vijayanagara Empire was ______________

(a) Suluva dynasty

(b) Sangama dynasty

(c) Tuluva dynasty

(d) Aravidu dynasty

Answer: A Suluva dynasty

Q. Which deity was the Local Goddess of Vijayanagara ?

(a) Parvati

(b) Durga

(c) Pampadevi

(d) Laxmi

Answer: C Pampadevi

Q. Which of these rivers was the major source of water for Vijayanagara?

(a) Kaveri

(b) Krishna

(c) Tungabhadra

(d) Mahanadi.

Answer: C Tungabhadra

Q. What is the second name of Vijayanagar city?

(a) Fatehpur Sikri

(b) Hampi

(c) Hastinapur

(d) Nagalparam

Answer: B Hampi

Q. Find out which one of the following is not correctly matched:

(a) Amara-Nayaka System – Vijayanagara Empire

(b) Harihara and Bukka – Founded Vijayanagara

(c) Mahanavami Dibba – King’s palace

(d) Hazara Rama Temple – New Delhi

Answer: D Hazara Rama Temple – New Delhi

Q. Identify the temple from the given image

(a) Brigadishvara Temple

(b) Vithala Temple

(c) Virupaksha Temple

(d) None of the above

Answer: A Brigadishvara Temple

Q. The battle of Talikot.a was fought between organisation of Deccan sultans and ________

(a) Krishna Eleva Raya

(b) Rueca Raya

(c) Sadashiva Raya

(d) Rama Raya

Answer: D Rama Raya

Q. The hazara Rama temple was used by

(a) the soldiers and their chief

(b) the servants of the king

(c) the king and his family

(d) the king and his ministers

Answer: C the king and his family

Q. The military chiefs were called as:

(a) Iqta

(b) Rayas

(c) Nayaks

(d) Chief Minister

Answer: C Nayaks

Q. Find out which one of the following is not correctly matched:

(a) Amara-Nayaka System – Vijayanagara Empire

(b) Harihara and Bukka – Founded Vijayanagara

(e) Mahanavami Dibba – King’s palace

(d) Hazara Rama Temple – New Delhi

Answer:  D Hazara Rama Temple – New Delhi

Q. In 1565 AD, the Vijayanagara army fought the battle of Rakshasi-Tangadi under

(a) Krishnadeva Raya

(b) Rama Raya

(c) Harihara

(d) Bukka

Answer:  B Rama Raya

Q. Till when did Sangama dynasty rule over Vijayanagara?

(a) 1455 CE

(b) 1485 CE

(c) 1495 CE

(d) 1512 CE

Answer:  B 1485 CE

Q. When was the city of Vijayanagara founded?

(a) 1336

(b) 1565

(c) 1800

(d) 1498

Answer: A 1336

Q. Which traveller called the ‘Mahanavami Dibba’ as the ‘House of Victory’?

(a) Duarte Barbosa

(b) Fernao Nuniz

(c) Domingo Paes

(d) Abdur Razzaq

Answer:  C Domingo Paes

Q. When did Krishnadeva Raya die?

(a) 1527 AD

(b) 1529 AD

(c) 1533 AD

(d) 1537 AD

Answer:  B 1529 AD

Q. Which European company arrived in India 1498 A.D?

(a) The Portuguese

(b) The British

(c) The East India Company

(d) None of the Above

Answer:  A The Portuguese

Q. Who among the following was sent by the ruler of Persia to Calicut?

(a) Colin Mackenzie

(b) Alexander Greenlaw

(c) John Marshall

(d) Abdur Razzaq

Answer:  D Abdur Razzaq

Q. Which was the most important tank built in the early years of the fifteenth century?

(a) Hiriya canal

(b) Kamalapuram tank

(c) Tungabhadra Tank

(d) Both (a) and (b)

Answer:  B Kamalapuram tank

Q. Who among the following was the sixteenthcentury Portuguese traveler in Vijayanagara?

(a) Barbosa

(b) Ibn Battuta

(c) Harihara

(d) Abdur Razzaq

Answer:  A Barbosa

Q. Which goddess is called Pampa?

(a) Goddess Parvati.

(b) Goddess Saraswati.

(c) Goddess Lakshmi.

(d) None of the above

Answer:  A Goddess Parvati.

Q. The Battle of Talikota between Vijayanagara and the Deccan sultans took place in which year?

(a) 1550

(b) 1565

(c) 1570

(d) 1575

Answer:  B 1565

Q. The Delhi Sultanate was established in c.

(a) 1155

(b) 1206

(c) 1596

(d) 1655

Answer:  B) 1206

Q. When was Hampi declared a World Heritage Site?

(a) 1986

(b) 1998

(c) 2001

(d) 1899

Answer:  A ) 1986

Q. The halls in the temple were used for:

(a) As venue for a marriage

(b) Political Meetings

(c) Celebrate the marriages of deities

(d) None of these

Answer:  C)Celebrate the marriages of deities

Q. Who founded the Empire of Vijayanagara?

(a) Harihara

(b) Bukka

(c) Colin Mackenzie

(d) Both (a) and (b)

Answer: D ) Both (a) and (b)

Q. Which of the following dynasties ruled Vijayanagara?

(a) Sangam dynasty

(b) Saluva dynasty

(c) Tuluva dynasty

(d) All of these

Answer:  D ) All of these

Q. Which famous ruler found a suburban township of Nagalapuram, near Vijayanagara, after his mother’s name?

(a) Harihara

(b) Bukka

(c) Krishnadeva Raya

(d) Achyuta Deva Raya

Answer:  C ) Krishnadeva Raya

Q. When was Hampi declared as of the place of national importance?

(a) 1976

(b) 1980

(c) 1982

(d) 1986

Answer:  A) 1976

Q. Krishnadeva Raya ascended the throne in the year

(a) 1507 AD.

(b) 1509 AD.

(c) 1503 AD.

(d) 1512 AD.

Answer:  B) 1509 AD.

Q. Who established the Vijayanagara Kingdom?

(a) Hasan Gangu

(b) Prantak I

(c) Harihara and Bukka

(d) Krishadeva Raya

Answer:  C) Harihara and Bukka

Q. The first dynasty that ruled over Vijayanagara Empire was

(a) Suluva dynasty

(b) Sangarna dynasty

(c) Tuluva dynasty

(d) Aravidu dynasty

Answer:  B

Q. Hampi was recognised as a site of national importance in

(a) 1976.

(b) 1969.

(c) 1972.

(d) 1966.

Answer:  A) 1976.

Q. The Portuguese traveller who jointly called the Audience Hall and ‘Mahanavami Dibba’ as ‘the house of victory’ was

(a) Duarte Barbosa

(b) Fernao Nuniz

(c) Afanasi Nikitin

(d) Domingo Paes

Answer: D) Domingo Paes

Q. Which of these rivers are the major source of water for Vijayanagara?

(a) Kaveri

(b) Krishna

(c) Tungabhadra

(d) Mahanadi

Answer:  C) Tungabhadra

Q. On which of the following occasions were ceremonies performed at Mahanavami Dibba?

(a) Worship of the state horse

(b) Marriage of the king

(c) Victory over the enemy

(d) All of the above

Answer:  A) Worship of the state horse

Q. Krishnadeva Raya’s successors were disturbed by the rebellious _____.

(a) Bijapur

(b) Naykas

(c) Cholas

(d) Cheras

Answer:  B) Naykas

Q. The first dynasty that ruled over Vijayanagara Empire was

(a) Suluva dynasty

(b) Sangarna dynasty

(c) Tuluva dynasty

(d) Aravidu dynasty

Answer:  B) Sangarna dynasty

Q. The ruins at Hampi were brought to light in 1800 by

(a) Alexander Greenlaw.

(b) Colonel Colin Mackenzie.

(c) Fernao Nuniz.

(d) J.F. Fleet.

 Answer:  B) Colonel Colin Mackenzie.

Q. Find out which of the following is not correctly matched?

(a) Virupaksha Temple: Lord Shiva/Pampa path

(b) Hazara Rama Temple: Mathura

(c) Vitthala Temple : Lord Vishnu

(d) Mahanavami Dibba: King’s palace

Answer:  B) Hazara Rama Temple: Mathura

Q. The ruins of Hampi were brought to light in 1800 by

(a) Alexander Greenlaw.

(b) Colonel Colin Mackenzie.

(c) Fernao Nuniz.

(d) J.F. Fleet.

Answer: B) Colonel Colin Mackenzie.

Q. Which goddess is called Pampadevi?

(a) Goddess Parvati.

(b) Goddess Saraswati.

(c) Goddess Lakshmi.

(d) Goddess Kali

Answer:  A) Goddess Parvati.

Q. Harihara and Bukka belonged to which dynasty?

(a) Tuluva

(b) Saluvas

(c) Aravidu

(d) Sangam

Answer:  D) Sangam

Q. Krishnadeva Raya composed a work on statecraft known as the Amuktamalyada in

(a) Kannada.

(b) Malayalam.

(c) Tamil.

(d) Telugu.

Answer:  D) Telugu.

Q. Krishnadeva Raya belonged to the …………….. dynasty.

(A) Saluva

(B) Tuluva

(C) Chola

(D) Sangama

Answer: A) Saluva

Q. Which two rivers served as source of water for the Vijayanagara kingdom?

(A) Krishna, Ganga

(B) Tungabhadra, Mahanadi

(C) Ganga, Mahanadi

(D) Krishna, Tungabhadra

Answer: D) Krishna, Tungabhadra

Q. What is the title of the Telugu work on statecraft?

(A) Amuktamalyada

(B) Tutranmalay

(C) Samarqandi

(D) Muktivahini

Answer: A) Amuktamalyada

Q. The term used for Deccan Sultan was

(A) Nayaka

(B) Amar-nayaka

(C) Narapati

(D) Ashvapati

Answer: D) Ashvapati

Q. The mandal was chosen through the consensus of:

a) Officials

b) High caste people

c) The village elders

d) Voting

Answer: C) The village elders

Q. The basic unit of agricultural Society during the Mughal period:

a. Village

b. Block

c . Suba

d . Pargana

Answer: A Village

Q. What do you understand by the term Khud-Kashta?

a. Peasants who were residents of the village

b. Non-resident cultivators

c. Revenue collectors

d. Head of Jati panchayat

Answer: A Peasants who were residents of the village

Q. The term which Indo-Persian sources of the Mughal period most frequently used to denote a peasant was:

a) Do-Fasta

b) Khud-kashta

c) Pahi-Kashta

d) Raiyat

Answer: D) Raiyat

Q. During the Mughal empire what was Jins- I – Kamil?

a. Half crop

b. Perfect crop

c. Rabi crop

d. Kharif crop

Answer: B Perfect crop

Q. What were the constituents of village community during empire?

a) Cultivators

b) The village headmen

c) The panchayat

d) All of the above

Answer: D) All of the above

Q. Do cultivators engage in artisanal production?

a) Yes, always

b) Yes, during lull in agricultural activity

c) No, never

d) They were not interested

Answer: B) Yes, during lull in agricultural activity

Q. In the panchayat each caste had:

a) Sabha panchayat

b) Lower panchayat

c) Jati panchayat

d) None of these

Answer: C) Jati panchayat

Q. Who was the author of Ain-l-Akbari?

a. Al-Biruni

b. Abul Fazl

c Rahim

d Fakir Azian-Din

Answer: B Abul Fazl

Q. Which of these was a major reason for the higher status of zamindars in the Mughal empire?

a) They had a very high income

b) They had extensive personal land

c) Most of the time, they belonged to upper caste

d) All of these

Answer: D ) All of these

Q. The Zamindars had huge lands called _____.

(a) Milkiyat

(b) Zamin

(c) Grih

(d) Bhumi

Answer:  A) Milkiyat

Q. Who wrote Ain-i-Akbari?

(a) Abul Fazal

(b) Al-Biruni

(c) Ibn Battuta

(d) Abdur Razzaq

Answer:  A) Abul Fazal

Q. ______ was an important Jins-i-Kamil of Central India.

(a) Cotton

(b) Sugarcane

(c) Oil Seeds

(d) All of these

Answer:  D) All of these

Q. In 18th century, women zamindars were known in

(a) Bengal.

(b) Rajasthan.

(c) Punjab.

(d) Gujarat.

Answer:  A) Bengal.

Q. Which of the following crops was banned by Jahangir?

(a) Betel leaf

(b) Chillies

(c) Tobacco

(d) Maize

Answer:  C) Tobacco

Q. What was the village headman called?

(a) Muqaddam

(b) Asarrii

(c) Muzarian

(d) Riaya

Answer:  A) Muqaddam

Q. What was the basic unit of agricultural society?

(a) State

(b) City

(c) Town

(d) Village

Answer:  D) Village

Q. Ottoman empire belonged to

(a) China

(b) Iran

(c) Turkey

(d) Iraq

Answer:  C) Turkey

Q. In the third battle of Panipat, the Marathas were defeated by

(a) Ahmad Shah Abdali.

(b) Nadir Shah.

(c) Sher Shah.

(d) Bahadur Shah II.

Answer:  A) Ahmad Shah Abdali.

Q. Akbar’s “auspicious sayings” were included in

(a) First book of Ain.

(b) Second book of Ain.

(c) Third book of Ain.

(d) Fifth book of Ain.

Answer:  D) Fifth book of Ain.

Q. Which of the following crops were considered as jins-i-Kamil?

(a) Cotton and sugarcane

(b) Maize and sugarcane

(c) Rice and wheat

(d) Chillies and potatoes

Answer: A) Cotton and sugarcane

Q. Ahom kings belonged to

(a) Madhya Pradesh

(b) Andhra Pradesh

(c) Orissa

(d) Assam

Answer:  D) Assam

Q. Which of the following is correct meaning of Jins-i-Kamil?

(a) Perfect corps

(b) Perfect crops

(c) Perfect Sepoy

(d) Perfect administrator

Answer:  B) Perfect crops

Q. Who was the author of Ain-I Akbari?

(a) Al-Biruni

(b) Abul Fazl

(c) Rahim

(d) Fakir Aziao-Din

Answer:  B) Abul Fazl

Q. There are _______ daftars (parts) of Ain.

(a) Three

(b) Four

(c) Five

(d) Six

Answer:  C) Five

Q. _____ coins were more prevalent during the Mughal Empire.

(a) Gold

(b) Copper

(c) Tin

(d) Silver

Answer:  D) Silver

Q. What does the third part of Ain, ‘Mulk-Abadi’ deal with?

(a) Social Sicde of the empire

(b) Fiscal side of the empire

(c) Administrative side of the empire

(d) None of the above

Answer:  B) Fiscal side of the empire

Q. During the Mughal Empire, what was Jins-i-Kamil?

(a) Half crop

(b) Perfect crop

(c) Rabi crop

(d) Kharif crop

Answer:  B) Perfect crop

Q. Find out from the following pairs which one is not correctly matched:

(a) Kharif: Autumn

(b) Rabi: Spring

(c) Makka: Maize

(d) Muqaddam: Labourer

Answer:  D Muqaddam: Labourer

Q. The term which Indo-Persian sources of the Mughal period frequently used to denote a peasant was

(a) do-fasla.

(b) khud-kashta.

(c) pahi-kashta.

(d) raiyat.

Answer:  D) raiyat.

Q. Vegetables like tomatoes, potatoes and chillies reached India from the

(a) Continental World.

(b) Middle World.

(c) New World.

(d) Old World.

Answer: C) New World.

Q. Most regions, under the Mughals, produced a minimum of

(a) one crop.

(b) two crops.

(c) three crops.

(d) four crops.

Answer:  B) two crops.

Q. Identify which of the metal was used more often to make coins during the Mughal Empire?

(a) Gold

(b) Silver

(c) Tin

(d) Copper

Answer:  B) Silver

Q. Which of the following Muslim community was considered menial?

(a) Mandal

(b) Halalkhoran

(c) Majur

(d) Jangli

Answer:  B Halalkhoran

Q. _ was the court historian of Akbar.

(a) Al-Biruni

(b) Abul Fazl

(c) Bernier

(d) Ibn-Battuta

Answer:  B) Abul Fazl

Q. Which of the following were the duties performed by state officials in the 16th century?

(a) Collection of land revenue

(b) Measuring the land

(c) Keeping the records

(d) All the above

Answer:  D) All the above

Q. Which of the following crops was introduced into India via Africa and Spain?

(a) Chillies

(b) Maize

(c) Papaya

(d) Tomatoes

Answer:  B) Maize

Q. There are _ daftars (parts) of Ain.

(a) Three

(b) Four

(c) Five

(d) Six

Answer:  C) Five

Q. With which Mughal Emperor can we associate ‘Alamgir Nama’?

(a) Aurangzeb

(b) Shah Jahan

(c) Humanyun

(d) Jahangir

Answer:  A) Aurangzeb

 

Q. Who is said to be the founder of the Mughal Empire?

(a) Nasiruddin Humayun

(b) Timur

(c) Ghenghiz Khan

(d) Zahiruddin Babur

Answer: D) Zahiruddin Babur

Q. What is meant by literal term of Kitabkhana?

(a) Book of Philosophy

(b) Book of Politics

(c) Library

(d) None of the above

Answer:  C) Library

 Q. ________ a pupil of Abul Fazal is known as its author.

(a) Abdul Hamid Khan

(b) Abdul Hamid Indori

(c) Abdul Hamid Jaipuriya

(d) Abdul Hamid Lahori

Answer:  D) Abdul Hamid Lahori

Q. What led to the diminishing of Mughal power?

(a) Death of Aurangzeb in 1706

(b) Shifting of Mughal capital

(c) Death of Aurangzeb in 1707

(d) None of these

Answer: C) Death of Aurangzeb in 1707

Q. Which of these languages flourished under the Mughal rule?

(a) English

(b) Persian

(c) Hindavi

(d) Both (b) and (c)

Answer: B) Persian

Q. ________ is considered the greatest Mughal Emperor.

(a) Shahjehan

(b) Akbar

(c) Jehangir

(d) Aurangzeb

Answer:  B) Akbar

Q. Mother tongue of the Mughals was _______

(a) Persian

(b) Arabian

(c) Turkish

(d) Urdu

Answer:  C) Turkish

Q. When did Akbar build a new capital at Fatehpur Sikri?

(a) 1500s

(b) 1520s

(c) 1570s

(d) 1750s

Answer:  C) 1570s

Q. In Mughal administration, the court writers who recorded all court documents and imperial orders were called:

(a) Qazis.

(b) Wakil.

(c) Mir Bakhshi.

(d) Waqia Nawis.

Answer:  D ) Waqia Nawis.

Q. Shah Jahan’s jewelled throne is described in which Mughal chronicle?

(a) Badshah Nama

(b) Ain-i-Akbari

(c) Akbar Nama

(d) Humayun Nama

Answer:  A) Badshah Nama

Q. Which of the following was introduced by Akbar with the aim of popularly accepting the imperial authority as part of popular faith?

(a) Jharokha Darshan

(b) Aghas

(c) Polygamy

(d) None of these

Answer: A) Jharokha Darshan

Q. Which Mughal ruler commissioned the construction of a white marble tomb for Shaikh Salim Chisti?

(a) Babur

(b) Humayun

(c) Akbar

(d) Jahangir

Answer:  C) Akbar

Q. The mother tongue of Mughal Dynasty was

(a) Persian.

(b) Turkish.

(c) Arabic.

(d) Greek.

Answer:  B) Turkish.

Q. Which of the following was written by Gulbadan Begum?

(a) Badshah Nama

(b) Akbar Nama

(c) Babur Nama

(d) Humayun Nama

Answer:  D) Humayun Nama

Q. The first Jesuit mission left the Mughal court at Fatehpur Sikri around

(a) 1580 AD.

(b) 1581 AD.

(c) 1582 AD.

(d) 1583 AD.

Answer:  C) 1582 AD.

Q. Who was requested by Akbar to write the history of earlier times under Babar and Humayun?

(а) Gulbadan Begum

(b) Abul Fazl

(c) Abdus Samad Lahori

(d) None of these

Answer:  A) Gulbadan Begum

Q. With which of the following responsibilities, Mir Bakshi the officer in Akbar’s reign was entrusted?

(a) Revenue Collection

(b) Payment of Salaries

(c) Head of the military administration

(d) Head of Nobility

Answer:  B) Payment of Salaries

Q. Which of the following religions was Akbar keen to know about?

(a) Islam

(b) Buddhism

(c) Christianity

(d) None of the above

Answer:  C) Christianity

Q. Humayun expanded the frontiers of the empire, but lost it after being defeated in 1540, and was driven into exile. He took refuge after this loss. Where he took the refuge?

(a) Mings of China

(b) Uzbeks of Uzbekistan

(c) Chaghtai’s of Turkey

(d) Safavid’s of Iran

Answer:  D) Safavid’s of Iran

Q. Which of the following Mughal emperors wrote poetry and memoirs in Turkish language?

(a) Akbar

(b) Babur

(c) Humayun

(d) Aurangzeb

Answer: B) Babur

Q. Gulbadan Begum was the aunt of

(a) Babur.

(b) Humayun.

(c) Akbar

(d) Sher Shah.

Answer:  C) Akbar

Q. In which year did Babur come to India?

(a) 1523

(b) 1524

(c) 1525

(d) 1526

Answer:  D) 1526

Q. Which Mughal ruler made Persian the language of the court?

(a) Babur

(b) Humayun

(c) Akbar

(d) Shah Jahan

Answer:  C) Akbar

Q. During whose reign did William Hawkins visit the Mughal court to secure a right to trade in Mughal ports?

(a) Jahangir

(b) Akbar

(c) Shah Jahan

(d) Aurangzeb

Answer:  A) Jahangir

Q. The Mughal School of Painting was interested in portraying:

(a) Mughal court

(b) Domestic subjects

(c) Scenes from the Indian classics

(d) The scenes of their motherland

Answer:  A) Mughal court

Q. Mansabdari System was founded by Akbar. The Mansabdars were

(a) military commanders

(b) provincial governors

(c) high civil and military officers

(d) all of the above

Answer:  D) all of the above

Q. Which of the following was built by Akbar to commemorate his conquest of Khandesh in Gujarat?

(a) Bada Imambara

(b) Buland Darwaza

(c) Jama Masjid

(d) Siddi Bashir

Answer:  B) Buland Darwaza

Q. Akbar’s concept of Sulh-i-kul (or Qul) means:

(a) friendship and goodwill to all

(b) common brotherhood

(c) fraternity and friendship

(d) harmony and peace to all

Answer:  D) harmony and peace to all

Q. What was the name of the Hall of Worship constructed by Akbar?

(a) Diwan-e-khas

(b) Diwan-e-Aam

(c) Ibadat Khana

(d) Buland Darwaza

Answer:  C) Ibadat Khana

Q. Bahadur Shah was the

(a) Last ruler of the Lodis

(b) Successor of Sher Shah Suri

(c) Last Mughal ruler

(d) Successor of the Maratha ruler Shivaji

Answer:  C) Last Mughal ruler

Q. Lije of Paharias of Rajmahal completely dependent upon_______

a) River

b) Permanent Agriculture

c) Forests

d) Trade

Answer: A) River

Q. Who was adhiyars?

a. Sharecroppers

b. Shareholders

c. Slaves

d. High-class men

Answer: B Shareholders

Q. Who was the Raja of Burdwan when the Permanent Settlement was introduced?

a. Maharaja Aftab Chand Mehtab

b. Maharaja Mehtab Chand Bahadur

c. Maharaja Uday Chand Mahtab

d. Maharaja Mehtab Chand (Tejchand)

Answer: D Maharaja Mehtab Chand (Tejchand)

Q. Who were the Paharias?

a. Hunters

b. Shifting Cultivators

c. Charcoal Producers

d. All of the above

Answer: B Shifting Cultivators

Q. To whom with the Permanent Settlement was made?

a. Governor-Generals of Bengal

b. Rajas and Taluqdars of Bengal

c. Working men of Bengal

d. Priests of Bengal

Answer: A Governor-Generals of Bengal

Q. Who was Sidhu Majhi?

a. Leader of Santhal rebellion

b. Leader of Gond Rebellion

c. Leader of Paharia Rebellion

d. Leader of 1857 Rebellion

Answer: A Leader of Santhal rebellion

Q. Who among the following emerged as a threat to Paharis in Rajmahal?

a. Santhal

b. Bhil

c. Gujjars

d. Bekarwal

Answer: A Santhal

Q. “Everywhere he went. He obsessively observed the stones and rocks and the different strata and the layers of soil”- Whom is referred here?

a. Lord Clive

b. Buchanan

c. Alexander Cunningham

d. Lord Dalhousie

Answer: A Lord Clive

Q. What is Mahua?

a. A fruit

b. A medicinal herb

c. A tree

d. A flower

Answer: A A fruit

Q. Identify the economist whose ideas were operated by the British officials in Maharashtra in 1820’s

(a) David Ricardo

(b) Thames Robert

(c) John Stuart Mil

(d) Walter Bagehot

Answer:  A David Ricardo

Q. Who among the following emerged as a danger for Paharis?

(a) Santhal

(b) Bhil

(e) Guj jar

(d) Bekarwal

Answer:  A Santhal

Q. Daniin-i-koh was formed for __

(a) Santhals

(b) Paharias

(c) British

(d) Zamindari

Answer:  A  Santhals

Q. When was Fifth Report introduced in the British Parliament?

(a) 1770

(b) 1858

(c) 1813

(d) 1795

Answer: C) 1813

Q. Professionally, Buchanan was a/an

(a) archaeologist.

(b) physician.

(c) philosopher.

(d) viceroy.

Answer: B) physician.

Q. Which commission was set up to investigate the riots of Deccan’s farmer in 1875?

(a) Deccan riots commission

(b) Hyderabad riots commission

(c) Bengal riots commission

(d) Chota Nagpur Plateau riots commission

Answer:  A) Deccan riots commission

Q. Under the Ryotwari system, the lands were resurveyed

(a) every 10 years.

(b) every 20 years.

(c) every 30 years.

(d) every 40 years.

Answer:  C) every 30 years.

Q. Taluqdar refers to

(a) Government official.

(b) King’s official.

(c) One who holds territorial unit.

(d) poor peasants.

Answer:  C) One who holds territorial unit.

Q. Identify the following image.

(a) Charles Cornwallis

(b) Waren Hesttings

(c) Lord Dalhousie

(d) Lord Clive

Answer:  A) Charles Cornwallis

Q. A physician who came to India and served in the Bengal Medical Service was-

(a) Edward Balfour

(b) Francis Buchanan

(c) Mehtab Chand

(d) William Griffith

Answer:  C) Mehtab Chand

Q. Village headmen in Bengal were known as

(a) Jotedars.

(b) Ryots.

(c) Amins.

(d) Amlahs.

Answer:  A) Jotedars.

Q. Who introduced Zamindari System?

(a) Lord Clive

(b) Lord Wellesley

(c) Lord Cornwallis

(d) Lord William Bentinck

Answer:  C) Lord Cornwallis

Q. Which revenue system was introduced in Bombay Deccan?

(a) Permanent Settlement

(b) Kankut

(c) Batai

(d) Ryotwari

Answer:  D) Ryotwari

Q. Who introduced the Permanent Settlement in Bengal?

(a) Lord Charles Cornwallis

(b) Francis Buchanan

(c) David Ricardo

(d) Thomas Munro

Answer:  A) Lord Charles Cornwallis

Q. Who among the following was the leader of the Santhal Rebellion?

(a) Sidhu Manjhi

(b) Birsa Munda

(c) Kanu Manjhi

(d) Shibu Murmu

Answer:  A) Sidhu Manjhi

Q. The Company established its rule in Bengal in mid

(a) 1770s.

(b) 1760s.

(c) 1750s.

(d) 1740s.

Answer:  B) 1760s.

 Q. Who Introduced Permanent Settlement in Bengal?

(a) Lord Cornwallis

(b) Lord Dalhousie

(c) Lord Curzon

(d) Lord William Bentick

Answer:  A) Lord Cornwallis

Q. Sahukars are the people who refer as

(a) A sahukar was someone who acted as both a moneylender and a trader.

(b) Rich peasants.

(c) Maintaining records for lands and territories.

(d) Shifting cultivators.

Answer:  A) A sahukar was someone who acted as both a moneylender and a trader.

Q. What were the hill folks known as?

(a) Dikus

(b) Ryots

(c) Santhals

(d) Paharias

Answer:  D) Paharias

Q. The group of rich farmers were known as ____.

(a) Zamindars

(b) Grihpatis

(c) Bhoomipatis

(d) Jotedars

Answer:  D) Jotedars

Q. By which name were the jotedars called?

(a) Zamindars

(b) Ryots

(c) Haoldars

(d) Paharias

Answer:  C) Haoldars

 Q. Whom did he support during the Santhal Rebellion?

(A) British

(B) Santhals

(C) Sepoys

(D) Mughals

Answer: A) British

Q. Which estate did he rule upon?

(A) Agra

(B) Burdwan

(C) Deogarh

(D) Meerut

Answer: B) Burdwan

Q. Name his predecessor.

(A) Tavertien

(B) Humayun

(C) Tejchand

(D) Nana Saheb

Answer: C) Tejchand

Q. Who introduced Subsidiary Alliance?

a. Lord Wellesley

b. Lord Hardinge

c. Lord Bentinck

d. d Lord Canning

Answer: A Lord Wellesley

Q. Who led the revolt in Kanpur?

a. Baaji Rao

b. Shah Mal

c. Shivaji

d. Nana Sahib

Answer: D Nana Sahib

Q. Who led the revolt in Delhi?

a. Bahadur shah

b. Birji Qadr

c. Siraj-Ud-Daila

d. Bhukt Khan

Answer: D Bhukt Khan

Q. Who assumed the leadership of uprising in Jhansi?

a. Nawab Wajid Ali Shah

b. Birjis Qadr

c Rani Lakshmi Bai

d Haz Sahib

Answer: C Rani Lakshmi Bai

Q. The sepoys in the cantonment of Meerut broke out in mutiny on?

a. 24th May 1857

b. 13th May 1857

c. 10th May 1857

d. 20th May 1857

Answer: C  10th May 1857

Q. Which Governor General adopted policies aimed of reforming Indian society?

a. William Bentinck

b. Lord Canning

c. Harding

d. Hastings

Answer: A William Bentinck

Q. Which was the immediate cause for the outbreak of the revolt of 1857?

a. Abolition of sati

b. Introduction of greased cartridges

c. Western Education

d. Widow Remarriage

Answer: B  Introduction of greased cartridges

Q. Which kingdom was referred as a cherry that will drop into our mouth one day by the British

a. Bengal

b. Bihar

c. Awadh

d. Panchal

Answer: C  Awadh

Q. In which place was the Revolt broken out first?

a. Lucknow

b. Delhi

c. Meerut

d. Panipat

Answer: C Meerut

Q. Who was popularly called Danka Shah?

a. Shah Mal

b. Maulvi Ahmadullah

c. Bahadur Shah

d. Birjis Qadar

Answer: B  Maulvi Ahmadullah

Q. In which year was the system of Sati abolished?

(a) 1829

(b) 1857

(c) 1856

(d) 1833

Answer: A  1829

Q. Who among the following had initiated the Revolt of 1857?

(a) Money Lenders

(b) Mughal Rulers

(c) Sepoys

(d) Village Panchayats

Answer: C ) Sepoys

Q. Who led the Revolt of 1857 in Kanpur?

(a) Peshwa Baji Rao II

(b) Rani Laxmi Bai

(c) Bahadur Shah Zafar

(d) Nana Sahib

Answer: D) Nana Sahib

Q. With which fruit did Lord Dalhousie compare the kingdom of Awadh with?

(a) Apple

(b) Pineapple

(c) Cherry

(d) Strawberry

Answer: C) Cherry

Q. The Kingdom of Awadh was formally annexed to the British Empire in:

(a) 1846

(b) 1856

(c) 1866

(d) None of the Above

Answer: B) 1856

Q. Who was the prominent leader in Delhi during the Revolt of 1857?

(a) Begum Hazrat Mahal

(b) Rani Laxmi Bai

(c) Kuwar Singh

(d) Bahadur Shah Zafar

Answer: D ) Bahadur Shah Zafar

Q. Birjis Qadr was the younger son of ………………

(a) Nawab Shaukat Ali

(b) Nawab Siraj-ud-daula

(c) Nawab Mir Ali

(d) Nawab Wajid Ali Shah

Answer: D) Nawab Wajid Ali Shah

Q. Awadh and Satara were captured under ……………..

(a) Doctrine of Lapse

(b) Subsidiary Alliance

(c) Issue of Misgovernance

(d) Mahalwari System

Answer: A) Doctrine of Lapse

Q. Who was the prominent leader in Jagdishpur, Bihar during the Revolt of 1857?

(a) Begum Hazrat Mahal

(b) Rani Laxmi Bai

(c) Kuwar Singh

(d) Bahadur Shah Zafar

Answer: C) Kuwar Singh

Q. Who had started the Home Rule Movement in India?

(a) Annie Besant

(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

(c) Subhash Chandra Bose

(d) V. D. Savarkar

Answer: A) Annie Besant

Q. Which of the following is an incorrect match for the Centre of the revolt and their leaders?

(a) Gonoo-Kol tribals

(b) Kanpur-Nana Sahib

(c) Jhansi-Rani Lakshmi Bai

(d) Awadh-Shah Mal

Answer: D) Awadh-Shah Mal

Q. The famous painting ‘Relief of Lucknow’ commemorating the British heroes who repressed the Rebels was painted by ……………..

(a) Henry Lawrence

(b) Thomas Jones Barker

(c) Joseph Patron

(d) Francie Grant

Answer: B) Thomas Jones Barker

Q. “In Memoriam” was dedicated by the artist to the Christian heroism of “British Ladies in India during the Mutiny of 1857. Who was the artist of this famous art?

(a) Henry Lawrence

(b) Thomas Jones Barker

(c) Joseph Noel Paton

(d) Francie Grant

Answer: C) Joseph Noel Paton

Q. Which English lady defended herself bravely against the Indian rebels in Kanpur?

(a) Miss Wheeler

(b) Miss Julliett

(c) Miss Emma

(d) Miss Olivia

Answer:  A) Miss Wheeler

Q. Birjis Qadr was the younger son of

(a) Nawab Shaukat Ali

(b) Nawab Siraj-ud-daula

(c) Nawab Mir Ali

(d) Nawab Wajid Ali Shah

Answer:  D) Nawab Wajid Ali Shah

Q. Which of the following is an incorrect match for the Centre of the revolt and their leaders?

(a) Gonoo-Kol tribals

(b) Kanpur-Nana Sahib

(c) Jhansi-Rani Lakshmi Bai

(d) Awadh-Shah Mai

Answer:  D) Awadh-Shah Mai

Q. Awadh was one of the few Indian kingdoms that was not annexed by the British by the

(a) 1830s.

(b) 1840s.

(c) 1850s.

(d) 1860s.

Answer:  C) 1850s.

Q. The artist of the painting “Relief of Lucknow” was:

(a) Thomas Jones Barker

(b) Henry Lawrance

(c) Henry Havelock

(d) Joseph Noel

 Answer:  A) Thomas Jones Barker

Q. What do you understand by the term ‘Firangi’?

(a) Outcaste

(b) A type of drink

(c) Foreigner

(d) Mirror work

Answer:  C) Foreigner

Q. Delhi was finally captured by the British in

(a) June 1857

(b) July 1857

(c) August 1857

(d) September 1857

Answer:  D) September 1857

Q. Awadh was annexed into the British empire in _________

(a) 1855

(b) 1854

(c) 1856

(d) 1853

Answer:  C) 1856

Q. Awadh and Satara were captured under ________

(a) Doctrine of Lapse

(b) Subsidiary Alliance

(c) Issue of Misgovernance

(d) Mahalwari System

Answer:  A) Doctrine of Lapse

Q. Who was the last Nawab of Awadh?

(a) Muhammad Ali Shah

(b) Muhammad Muqim

(c) Birjis Qadr

(d) Wajid Ali Shah

Answer:  D) Wajid Ali Shah

Q. Wajid Ali Shah was the Nawab of

(a) Awadh

(b) Bengal

(c) Hyderabad

(d) Karnataka

Answer:  A) Awadh

Q. Villages whose headmen and cultivators were mobilised against the British rule by Shah Mal were

(a) Chaurasee Des.

(b) 24 parganas.

(c) Faizabad.

(d) Meerut.

 Answer:  A) Chaurasee Des.

 Q. Who among the following mobilised the villages of Pargana Barout in Uttar Pradesh in the Revolt of 1857?

(a) Maulvi Ahmadullh Shah

(b) Kunwar Singh

(c) Shah Mai

(d) Manvant Singh

Answer:  C) Shah Mai

Q. Lakshmi Bai, the queen of Jhansi who fought against the British, passed away in the year

(a) 1857.

(b) 1855.

(c) 1858.

(d) 1856.

Answer:  C) 1858.

Q. Pasturelands and agricultural fields around the older towns were cleared, and new urban spaces called ______ were set up.

(a) New Lines

(b) Tested Lines

(c) Civil Lines

(d) Real Lines

 Answer:  C) Civil Lines

 Q. Bombay was given to the company in __

(a) 1690

(b) 1661

(c) 1639

(d) 1680

Answer:  B) 1661

Q. Who donated money for the construction of University Hall?

(a) Sir Cowasjee Jehangir Readymoney

(b) Premchand Roychand

(c) Rajabai Roychand

(d) Jamsetji Tata

Answer:  A) Sir Cowasjee Jehangir Readymoney

Q. Lord Wellesley became the Governor-General of colonial India in the year

(a) 1795.

(b) 1796.

(c) 1798

(d) 1780

Answer:  C) 1798

Q. What was the importance of Delhi, Agra, and Lahore during the Mughal period?

(a) Important trade centres

(b) Important religious towns

(c) Important centres of imperial administration

(d) Important port towns

Answer: C) Important centres of imperial administration

Q. What do you understand by the term ‘dubashes’?

(a) Indians  weavers

(b) Indians living in ‘White towns’

(c) Villagers living in cities

(d) Indians who could speak two languages

Answer:  D) Indians who could speak two languages

Q. When did the East India Company settle in Madras?

(a) 1639

(b) 1661

(c) 1690

(d) 1699

Answer:  A) 1639

Q. The Indian town which the King of England got as part of his wife’s dowry from the King of Portugal was

(a) Bombay.

(b) Madras.

(c) Calcutta.

(d) Delhi.

Answer:  A) Bombay.

Q. The lottery committee was made to

(a) To develop Calcutta

(b) To develop Bombay

(c) To develop Madras

(d) To develop Delhi

Answer:  A) To develop Calcutta

Q. When did the East India Company settle in Calcutta?

(a) 1639

(b) 1661

(c) 1690

(d) 1699

Answer: C) 1690

Q. Civil lines were established for the __

(a) Clerks

(b) Kings

(c) Labourers

(d) British

Answer:  D) British

Q. The king of England got Bombay as part of his wife’s dowry from the

(a) King of France.

(b) King of Russia.

(c) King of Prussia.

(d) King of Portugal

Answer:  D) King of Portugal

Q. When did the all-India Census become a regular feature?

(o) 1872

(b) 1881

(c) 1891

(d) 1911

Answer:  B) 1881

Q. Why did paupers from rural areas flock to the cities?

(a) education

(b) entertainment

(c) employment

(d) agriculture

Answer:  C) employment

Q. _____ refers to a small fixed market.

(a) Ganj

(b) Bazar

(c) Rahis

(d) Bahis

Answer:  A) Ganj

Q. Fort St. George of English East India Company was situated at

(a) Bombay.

(b) Madras.

(c) Calcutta.

(d) Delhi.

 Answer:  B Madras.

Q. American Civil war was started in _________

(a) 1867

(b) 1861

(c) 1835

(d) 1776

Answer: B) 1861

Q. Gateway of India was made to welcome _______

(a) Jamshed Ji Tata

(b) Premchand Raichand

(c) George V and his wife

(d) Lord Dalhousie

Answer:  C) George V and his wife

Q. The city walls of Shahjahanabad were demolished after

(a) 1853.

(b) 1850.

(c) 1857.

(d) 1858.

Answer:  C) 1857.

Q. For the development of which of the following cities, Lottery Committee was made is collect funds?

(a) Bombay

(b) Calcutta

(c) Madras

(d) Delhi

Answer:  B) Calcutta

Q. High-pitched roofs, pointed arches and detailed decorations are features of which style of architecture?

(a) Indian style

(b) Neo-classical

(c) Neo-Gothic

(d) Indo-Saracenic style

Answer:  C) Neo-Gothic

Q. ______ became the nucleus of the White Town where most of the Europeans lived.

(a) Mehrangarh Fort

(b) Fort St George

(c) Fort William

(d) Gomsi Fort

Answer:  B) Fort St George

Q. First census survey was held in _________

(a) 1872

(b) 1882

(c) 1892

(d) 1852

Answer: A) 1872

Q. When was the treaty of Allahabad signed?

(a) 1757

(b) 1761

(c) 1764

(d) 1765

Answer:  D) 1765

Q. Where was the Fort St George Fort built by the British?

(a) Pondicherry

(b) Bombay

(c) Madras

(d) Goa

Answer:  C) Madras

Q. Where was the first cotton mill established in India?

(a) Pondicherry

(b) Bombay

(c) Madras

(d) Goa

Answer:  B) Bombay

Q. In whose  welcome the Gateway of India was built?

(a) Dalhousie’s

(b) George pancham

(c) Gandhi’s

(d) of Bhagat Singh

Answer:  B) George pancham

Q. Madras, among the British population, was known as _________

(a) Fort William

(b) Fort Saint George

(c) Fort Augustus

(d) All of these

Answer: B) Fort Saint George

Q. Gandhiji stressed on which of the following ideology in order to make the Indians worthy of freedom

a. Hindu Muslim harmony

b. Self-reliance

c. Elimination of social evils

d. All of the above

Answer: D All of the above

Q. Who among the following gave the command to open fire at the peaceful crowd gathered at Jallianwala Bagh?

a. General Dyer

b. Michael O’ Dwyer

c. Lord Roberts

d. Sir William Slim

Answer: A General Dyer

Q. ———————– allowed certain political leaders to be jailed without trial.

a. Official secrets Act

b. Rowlat Act

c. Indian Independence Act

d. Indian slavery Act

Answer: B Rowlat Act

Q. Where was the first major Public Appearance of Gandhiji in India

a. In Banaras Hindu University

b. In Champarn

c. In Bardoli

d. In Calcutta

Answer: A In Banaras Hindu University

Q. In which session of the Congress took the resolution for Purna Swaraj?

a. Madras

b. Bombay

c. Lahore

d. Karachi

Answer: C Lahore

Q. Which of the event is the part of Civil Disobedience Movement?

a. Champaran Satyagraha

b. Salt Satyagraha

c. Textile workers’ strike in Ahmedabad

d. Rawlat Satyagraha

Answer: B Salt Satyagraha

Q. In which year did the Jallianwala Bagh massacre take place?

a. 1917

b. 1918

c. 1919

d. 1920

Answer: C  1919

Q. What was agenda behind the Quit India Movement?

a. British Must Quit the Indian soil

b. Complete Independence for India

c. Demanding United Independent India

d. All the above

Answer: D All the above

Q. After carefully observing the given image, identify the place in which the gathering under Mahatma Gandhi held.

a. Dandi

b. Sabarmati

c. Champaran

d. None of the above

Answer: B Sabarmati

Q. Where did Mahatma Gandhi originally start the Satyagraha movement?

(a) Champaran

(b) South Africa

(c) Banaras

(d) Gujarat

Answer:  B South Africa

Q. When did the Jallianwala Bagh incident occur?

(a) April 1909

(b) April 1929

(c) April 1939

(d) April 1919

Answer:  D April 1919

Q. Why did Mahatma Gandhi support the Khilafat issue?

(a) To protest against Jallianwala Bagh incident

(b) To protest against Salt law

(c) To unite Hindu-Muslim

(d) None of these

Answer: C To unite Hindu-Muslim

Q. The journal Harijan was published by

(a) Sardar Vallabhai Patel.

(b) Jawaharlal Nehru.

(c) Mahatma Gandhi.

(d) Rajendra Prasad.

 Answer:  C Mahatma Gandhi.

Q. _______ was the moderate leader of Congress

(a) Lala Lajpat Rai

(b) Bipin Chandra Pal

(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

(d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Answer:  D) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Q. Gandhiji took back Non-Cooperation movement in __________

(a) January 1921

(b) February 1922

(c) February 1921

(d) January 1922

Answer:  B) February 1922

Q. The Non-Cooperation Movement was suspended due to the

(a) Chauri Chaura Incident.

(b) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre.

(c) Lahore Conspiracy.

(d) Kakori Conspiracy.

Answer:  A) Chauri Chaura Incident.

Q. Where did Gandhi use Satyagraha for the first time?

(a) India

(b) South Africa

(c) South America

(d) England

Answer:  B) South Africa

Q. Khilafat agitators demanded the restoration of powers of

(a) Mughal emperor.

(b) Ottoman ruler.

(c) British monarch.

(d) German kaiser.

 Answer:  B) Ottoman ruler.

Q. When did Gandhiji started Dandi March from Sabarmati?

(a) July 15, 1942

(b) March 12, 1930

(c) December 13, 1887

(d) January 1, 1912

Answer:  B) March 12, 1930

Q. In 1916, the annual session of Indian National Congress was held at

(a) Lahore.

(b) Lucknow.

(c) Nagpur.

(d) Surat.

 Answer:  B) Lucknow.

 Q. Which of these sources can be used to reconstruct the political career of Gandhiji?

(a) Writings and speeches of Mahatma Gandhi

(b) Government records

(c) Contemporary newspapers

(d) All of the above

Answer:  D) All of the above

Q. Who was Mahatma Gandhi’s political mentor in India?

(a) Rabindranath Tagore

(b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

(c) Sri Aurobindo

(d) Swami Vivekananda

Answer:  B) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Q. A series of non-violence campaigns of the Civil Disobedience Movement was launched by the Indian National Congress under the leadership of …………….

(a) Mohammad Ali Jinnah

(b) Sri Aurabindo

(c) Motilal Nehru

(d) Mahatma Gandhi

Answer:  D) Mahatma Gandhi

Q. An All-India Khilafat Conference was held at _________ on 23 November, 1919, with Gandhi as its president.

(a) Calcutta

(b) Punjab

(c) Gujarat

(d) Delhi

Answer:  D) Delhi

Q. Which country during the First World War, joined the central powers against Britain?

(a) America

(b) Bangladesh

(c) France

(d) Turkey

Answer:  D) Turkey

Q. Dandi March brought forward _______.

(a) Non-Cooperation Movement

(b) Civil Disobedience Movement

(c) Quit India Movement

(d) Rowlatt Satyagraha

Answer:  B) Civil Disobedience Movement

Q. Which incident(s) prompted Gandhiji to call off the non-corporation movements?

(a) Chauri Chaura

(b) Jallianwala Bagh massacre

(c) a labor dispute in Ahmedabad

(d) Peasants’ agitation at Champaran

Answer:  A) Chauri Chaura

Q. According to Gandhi’s service of the poor is the:

(a) service of society

(b) service of humanity

(c) service of God

(d) service of disabled

Answer:  C) service of God

Q. Identify the historical event shown in the picture.

(a) Quit India Movement

(b) Dandi March

(c) KhilafatMovement

(d) Non-Cooperation Movement

Answer:  B) Dandi March

Q. Who wrote Mahatma Gandhi’s biography?

(a) C.R.Das

(b) Krishna Pillai

(c) J.M Sengupta

(d) D.G. Tendulkar

Answer:  D) D.G. Tendulkar

Q. With whom was Mahatma Gandhi compared to his demise?

(a) Abraham Lincoln

(b) Martin Luther King

(c) George Washington

(d) Karl Marx

Answer:  A) Abraham Lincoln

Q. Direct Action Day hartal called by the ______ on August 16, 1946 to get rid of ‘British slavery and contemplated future caste-Hindu domination’.

(a) Muslim League

(b) Congress

(c) CSP

(d) CPI

Answer:  A) Muslim League

Q. Peasant Satyagraha at Bardoli was hold in _

(a) 1928

(b) 1929

(c) 1930

(d) 1931

Answer:  A) 1928

Q. Dandi March brought forward _

(a) Non-Cooperation Movement

(b) Civil Disobedience Movement

(c) Quit India Movement

(d) Rowlatt Satyagraha

Answer:  B) Civil Disobedience Movement

Q. Who called for the ‘Direct Action Day’ hartal?

(a) Mahatma Gandhi

(b) Mohammad Ali Jinnah

(c) Jawaharlal Nehru

(d) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel

Answer:  B) Mohammad Ali Jinnah

Q. In which year was the First Round Table Conference held?

(a) 1928

(b) 1929

(c) 1930

(b) 1931

Answer:  C) 1930

Q. Gandhi returned from South Africa to Inda in

(a) 1900.

(b) 1905.

(c) 1910.

(d) 1915.

Answer:  D) 1915.

Q. When did Mahatma Gandhi make his major public appearance?

(a) 1915

(b) 1916

(c) 1917

(d) 1918

Answer:  B) 1916

 Q. In which year did Mahatma Gandhi give a call for the Quit India movement?

(a) 1930

(b) 1936

(c) 1942

(d) 1945

Answer:  C) 1942

Q. A series of ‘Praja Mandals’ was established to promote nationalist creed in

(a) Middle classes

(b) Princely states

(c) Merchant community

(d) All of the above

Answer:  B) Princely states

Q. Jinnah called for a ______ to press the League’s demand for Pakistan.

(a) Civil Disobedience Day

(b) Quit India Day

(c) Direct Action Day

(d) Rowlatt Day

Answer:  C) Direct Action Day

Q. Who was appointed as the new Viceroy of India immediately after this event?

(a) Lord Cornwallis

(b) Lord Willingdon

(c) Lord Wellesley

(d) Lord Mountbatten

Answer: B) Lord Willingdon

Q. Which event immediately preceded this event?

(a) Quit India Movement

(b) Simon Go Back

(c) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

(d) Gandhi Irwin Pact

Answer: D) Gandhi Irwin Pact

Q. Which of these persons challenged Gandhi as a representative of the whole of India?

(a) Jawaharlal Nehru

(b) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose

(c) B. R. Ambedkar

(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Answer: C) B. R. Ambedkar

Q. On which day the Muslim League announced, ‘Direct Action Day’?

(a) 15th August 1945

(b) 16th August 1945

(c) 15th August 1946

(d) 16th August 1946

Answer:  D) 16th August 1946

Q. A separate Electorate was given to the Muslims in

(a) 1892

(b) 1909

(c) 1919

(d) 1935

Answer:  B) 1909

Q. The policy of ______ encouraged Sir Syed Ahmed Khan to fight for the right of the Muslims.

(a) Divide and Rule

(b) Addition and Rule

(c) Do or Die

(d) None of the above

Answer:  A) Divide and Rule

Q. Lucknow pact was signed in

(a) Dec. 1929

(b) Jan 1915

(c) Dec. 1916

(d) Jan 1917

Answer:  C) Dec. 1916

Q. The Hindu Mahasabha established in ______ also worked on communal lines.

(a) 1914

(b) 1915

(c) 1916

(d) 1917

Answer:  C

Q. Bangladesh was established in

(a) 1948

(b) 1952

(c) 1971

(d) 1975

Answer:  C) 1971

 

Q. Mohammad Iqbal was a poet who wrote in the language of:

(a) Urdu

(b) Arabic

(c) Hindi

(d) English

Answer:  A) Urdu

Q. Unionist Party belonged to

(a) Punjab

(b) Bengal

(c) Madras

(d) All of these

Answer:  A) Punjab

Q. The event that brought the British Raj in India to its knees was

(a) Pakistan Resolution

(b) Quit India Movement

(c) Second World War

(d) Provincial elections

Answer:  B) Quit India Movement

Q. Who is the writer of the song ‘Sare Jahan Se Achha Hindustan Hamara’?

(a) Rabindranath Tagore

(b) Mahatma Gandhi

(c) Sarojini Naidu

(d) Mohammad Iqbal

Answer:  D) Mohammad Iqbal

Q. Direct Action Day was celebrated on

(a) 16 Aug 1943

(b) 26 Jan 1930

(e) 15 Aug 1947

(d) 16 Aug 1946

Answer:  D) 16 Aug 1946

Q. Choudhry Rehmat Ali, who coined the name Pakistan or ‘Pak-stan’, was a student at the

(a) Bristol University.

(b) Cambridge University.

(c) Durham University.

(d) Oxford University.

Answer:  B) Cambridge University.

Q. Muslim league was established in

(a) 1906

(b) 1909

(c) 1911

(d) 1916

Answer:  A) 1906

Q. The Unionist Party, which represented all landlords, was strongest in the province of:

(a) Punjab

(b) Sind

(c) Baluchistan

(d) Bengal

Answer:  A) Punjab

Q. The number of cadres the RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh) had by 1940 was over

(a) 100,000.

(b) 200,000.

(c) 300,000.

(d) 400,000.

Answer:  A) 100,000.

Q. The Lahore session of the Muslim League in 1940 was presided over by

(a) Choudhry Rehmat Ali.

(b) M. A. Jinnah.

(c) Maulana Azad.

(d) Mohammad Iqbal.

Answer:  B) M. A. Jinnah.

Q. When were separate electorates granted to the Muslims by the colonial rulers?

(a) 1905

(b) 1907

(c) 1908

(d) 1909

Answer:  D) 1909

Q. Till 1938, many Congressmen attended the meetings of the

(a) Unionist Party

(b) Muslim League

(c) Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh

(d) Hindu Mahasabha

Answer:  D) Hindu Mahasabha

Q. When was the Lucknow Pact signed?

(a) 1915

(b) 1916

(c) 1919

(d) 1921

Answer:  B) 1916

Q. In which of the following year, elections to the provincial legislatures were held for the first time?

(a) 1906

(b) 1918

(c) 1937

(d) 1947

Answer:  C) 1937

Q. Many members of the Indian National Congress participated in the meetings of the Hindu Mahasabha till

(a) 1938.

(b) 1937.

(c) 1936.

(d) 1935.

Answer:  A) 1938.

Q.  ______ of December 1916 was an understanding between the Congress and the Muslim league.

(a) Bombay Pact

(b) Kolkata Pact

(c) Lucknow Pact

(d) Madras Pact

Answer:  C) Lucknow Pact

Q. Who gave the ‘Two-Nation’ theory?

(a) Jawaharlal Nehru

(b) Mohammad Ali Jinnah

(c) Shaukat Ali

(d) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel

Answer:  B) Mohammad Ali Jinnah

Q. The main cause of arise of Muslim Communalism was:

(a) Wahabi Movement

(b) Communal preaching by Sir Sayyed Ahmed Khan

(c) ‘Divide and rule’ policy of the British

(d) All of the above

Answer:  D) All of the above

Q. How many members were there in the Cabinet Mission (1946)?

(a) 1

(b) 2

(c) 3

(d) 4

Answer:  C) 3

Q. Communalism, in the context of politics, refers to the idea of unifying communities on the basis of:

(a) race

(b) religion

(c) caste

(d) language

Answer:  B) religion

Q. Who was known as Frontier Gandhi?

(a) Maulana Abul Kalam

(b) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan

(c) Sheikh Abdullah

(d) Nawab Salimmullah

Answer:  B) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan

Q. When did the Indian Constitution come into effect?

a. 26 January 1949

b. 26 January 1950

c. 15 August 1947

d. 26 November 1950

Answer: A 26 January 1949

Q. Which political group viewed the Constituent Assembly as a creation of the British?

a. The Indian National Congress

b. The Muslim League

c. The Liberals

d. The Socialists

Answer: D The Socialists

Q. “… as an Adibasi, I am not expected to understand the legal intricacies of the Resolution.” Who said this?

a. Birsa Munda

b. Alluri Seetha Rama Raju

c. Jaipal Singh

d. Tirot Singh

Answer: C Jaipal Singh

Q. Who gave the speech “A Tryst with Destiny” and when?

a. Mahatma Gandhi, 15 August 1947

b. B.R Ambedkar, 26 January 1950

c. Jawaharlal Nehru, 14 August 1947

d. Rajendra Prasad, 15 August 1947

Answer: C Jawaharlal Nehru, 14 August 1947

Q. Which article gave the centre the powers to take over a state administration on the recommendation of the Governor?

a. Article 360

b. Article 350

c. Article 353

d. Article 356

Answer: D Article 356

Q. While welcoming the Objectives Resolution, who urged that the term minorities be interpreted in economic terms?

a. N.G. Ranga

b. Jawaharlal Nehru

c. B.R. Ambedkar

d. Mahatma Gandhi

Answer: A  )N.G. Ranga

Q. Who was appointed as the first law minister of India?

a. Jawaharlal Nehru

b. B.R Ambedkar

c. Rajendra Prasad

d. Sardar Vallabhai Patel

Answer: B) B.R Ambedkar

Q. “We have been suffering, but we are prepared to suffer no more.” Who said this?

a. B.R. Ambedkar

b. J. Nagappa

c. K.J. Khanderkar

d. Subash Chandra Bose

Answer: B) J. Nagappa

Q. Who was the two significant lawyers who served Dr. B.R Ambedkar in the drafting of the Constitution?

a. K.M Munshi and Krishnaswamy

b. S.N Mukherjee and Krishnaswamy

c. B.N Rau and S.N Mukherjee

d. K.M Munshi and B.N Rau

Answer: B) S.N Mukherjee and Krishnaswamy

Q. The idea of a Constituent Assembly was put forward for the first time by:

(a) M.N. Roy

(b) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

(c) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

(d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Answer:  A) M.N. Roy

Q. Which of the following leaders introduced the ‘Objective Resolution’?

(a) DrBRAmbedkar

(b) Vallabh Bhai Patel

(c) Dr Rajendra Prasad

(d) Jawaharlal Nehru

Answer:  D) Jawaharlal Nehru

Q. The constitution of India was framed by the constituent Assembly under:

(a) August Offer of 1940

(b) Cripps proposal of 1942

(c) The Cabinet mission Plan of 1946

(d) The Shimla Conference of 1945

Answer:  C) The Cabinet mission Plan of 1946

Q. The constitution of India came into effect on:

(a) 26th January 1947

(b) 26th January 1950

(c) 26th January 1952

(d) 26th January 1949

Answer:  B) 26th January 1950

Q. The group who initially refused to join the Constituent Assembly because they believed that it was a creation of the British, and therefore incapable of being autonomous were

(a) Muslim League

(b) Tribals

(c) Socialists

(d) Harijans

Answer:  C) Socialists

Q. The number of members of the constitute assembly of Independence India was:

(a) 200

(b) 300

(c) 350

(d) 270

Answer:  B) 300

Q. Which member of the drafting committee among the followings worked behind the scenes playing a significant role in the drafting of several reports and working to reconcile opposing points of view:

(a) Vallabh Bhai Patel

(b) Nehru

(c) Rajendra Prasad

(d) B.R. Ambedkar

Answer:  A) Vallabh Bhai Patel

Q. Which member of the drafting committee among the followings was the Chief Draughtsman, and could put complex proposals in clear legal language?

(a) K.M. Munshi

(b) S. N. Mukherjee

(c) B. N. Rau

(d) Alladi Krishnaswamy Aiyar

Answer:  B) S. N. Mukherjee

Q. Who moved the crucial ‘objectives of the constitution?

(a) J.L. Nehru

(b) Mahatma Gandhi

(c) Vallabh Bhai Patel

(d) Subhas Chandra Bose

Answer:  A) J.L. Nehru

Q. Which leader among the following felt that the Constituent Assembly was made according to the British plans as the British would like it?

(a) Somnath Lahiri

(b) Subhas Chandra Bose

(c) S. N. Mukherjee

(d) B. N. Rau

Answer:  A) Somnath Lahiri

Q. Which leader among the following demanded separate electorates where he mentioned that separate electorates for Muslims would ensure their electorates?

(a) Abul kalam Azad

(b) Mohamad Ali Jinnah

(c) B. Pocker Bahadur

(d) B. N. Rau

Answer:  C) B. Pocker Bahadur

Q. Gandhiji favoured _______ as the national language.

(a) Hindi

(b) Urdu

(c) Hindustani

(d) Persian

Answer: C) Hindustani

Q. Which of the following was the President of the Constituent Assembly?

(a) Dr Rajendra Prasad

(b) DrBRAmbedkar

(c) Vallabh Bhai Patel

(d) Jawaharlal Nehru

Answer:  A) Dr Rajendra Prasad

Q. Who did move the crucial ‘Objectives Resolution’?

(a) Dr. Rajendera Prasad.

(b) Dr. S Radhakrishnan.

(c) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

(d) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru.

Answer:  D) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru.

Q. When did the Indian Constitution come into effect?

(a) 26 January 1948

(b) 26 January 1949

(c) 26 January 1950

(d) 26 January 1951

Answer:  C) 26 January 1950

Q. Who among the followings declared that separate electorate act as a poison that will enter the politics of our country.

(a) Subhas Chandra Bose

(b) Vallabh Bhai Patel

(c) Mahatma Gandhi

(d) S. N. Mukherjee

Answer:  B) Vallabh Bhai Patel

Q. Who among the followings wanted the term ‘minority, to be interpreted as the economic term?

(a) N.G Ranga

(b) Jaipal Singh

(c) B.N Rao

(d) S. N. Mukherjee

Answer:  A) N.G Ranga

Q. Which two civil servants gave vital assistance in preparing the Constitution?

(a) BN Rau and SN Mukherjee

(b) Somnath Lahiri and GB Pant

(c) TA Ramalingam Chettiar and RV Dhulekar

(d) Ms G Durgabai and K Santhanam

Answer:  A) BN Rau and SN Mukherjee

Q. Under which scheme the Constituent Assembly was formed?

(a) Drafting Committee.

(b) Cabinet Mission Scheme.

(c) Objectives Resolution.

(d) All India States People’s Conference

Answer:  B) Cabinet Mission Scheme.

Q. Which of the following languages Gandhiji favoured as the national language:

(a) Hindi

(b) Urdu

(c) Hindustani

(d) Persian

Answer:  C) Hindustani

Q. Which social evil was largely opposed during free India?

(a) Caste System

(b) Sati

(c) Child marriage

(d) Illiteracy

Answer:  C) Child marriage

Q. Mahatma Gandhi wanted to make _______ language as the national language.

(a) Hindustani

(b) Hindi

(c) Tamil

(d) Urdu

Answer:  A) Hindustani

Q. The group that initially refused to join the Constituent Assembly, as it was a British creation, was that of

(a) Socialists.

(b) Tribals.

(c) Depressed Classes.

(d) Muslim League.

Answer:  A) Socialists.

Q. Which group of the following opposed child marriage and demanded that widows be allowed to remarry, they were pleading for social justice?

(a) Social Reformers

(b) Communists

(c) Socialists

(d) Muslim League

Answer:  A) Social Reformers

Q. Which of the following leader felt that the use of Hindi language as the language of Constitution?

(a) R.V. Dhulekar

(b) Mahatma Gandhi

(c) Jaipal Singh

(d) B. Pocker Bahadur

Answer:  A) R.V. Dhulekar

Q. The Congress had accepted that Hindustani ought to be the national language by the

(a) 1920s.

(b) 1930s.

(c) 1940s.

(d) 1950s.

Answer:  B) 1930s.

 Q. The First Law Minister of India was

(a) Dr. Rajendera Prasad.

(b) Dr. B.R.Amedekar.

(c) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.

(d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

Answer:  B) Dr. B.R.Amedekar.

 Q. Who was the President of Constituent Assembly?

(a) Jawahar Lai Nehru

(b) B.R. Ambedkar

(c) Dr. Rajender Prasad

(d) Sardar Patel

Answer:  C) Dr. Rajender Prasad

Q. Article 25-28 refer to ________

(a) Freedom of Speech

(b) Freedom of Religion

(c) Freedom of equality

(d) Rights of Education.

Answer:  B) Freedom of Religion

Q. Who among the followings felt that Hindi should not be pushed aggressively and there should be a mutual adjustment and things should not be forced on people.

(a) T. A. Ramalingam

(b) Shri Shankarrao Deo

(c) Srimati Durgabai

(d) N.G Ranga

Answer:  A) T. A. Ramalingam

Q. Article 29, 30 refer to _______ .

(a) Freedom of Religion

(b) Right to Equality

(c) Cultural and Educational Rights

(d) Freedom of Speech

Answer:  C) Cultural and Educational Rights

Q.  __________ felt that this language could unify the Hindus, the Muslims, and people from North and South.

(a) Gandhiji

(b) Srimati Durgabai

(c) N.G Ranga

(d) T. A. Ramalingam

Answer:  A) Gandhiji

Q. The number of members in the Constituent Assembly of Independent India was

(a) 389

(b) 290

(c) 300

(d) 380

Answer: C) 300

Q. Who was the Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Constitution?

(a) Vallabh Bhai Patel

(b) Jawaharlal Nehru

(c) KM Munshi

(d) Dr BR Ambedkar

Answer:  D) Dr BR Ambedkar

Q. Who among the following made a powerful plea for continuing separate electorates?

(a) B Pocker

(b) BN Rao

(c) SN Mukherjee

(d) Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar

Answer:  A) B Pocker

Q. Who among the followings felt that rights of the states and felt that the reallocation of power is necessary to strengthen the position of States and Centre?

(a) Gandhiji

(b) K. Santhanam

(c) N.G Ranga

(d) T. A. Ramalingam

Answer:  B) K. Santhanam

Q. Hindustani language is a blend of

(a) Hindi-Urdu

(b) Hindi- Persian

(c) Hindi- Arabic

(d) Hindi- Sanskrit

Answer:  A) Hindi-Urdu

Q. According to Patel, whose mischief it was to provide for separate electorates?

(A) British

(B) Princely states

(C) Muslim League

(D) Indian National Congress

Answer:  A) British