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Name
Class
Date
1.
Which among the following Second Buddhist Council was held?
a)
Rajgriha
b)
Vaishali
c)
Patliputra
d)
Kundal Van
e)
NOTA
2.
Who discovered the Lothal _________?
a)
B.B. Lal
b)
Ravindranath Bist
c)
Rangnath Rao
d)
Rakhal das Banarjee
e)
NOTA
3.
The Indian king who opposed Alexander was_____?
a)
Ambhi
b)
Porus
c)
Dhanananda
d)
Chandragupta
e)
NOTA
4.
Who founded Pataliputra_____?
a)
Ashoka
b)
Bimbisar
c)
Ambhi
d)
Udayin
e)
NOTA
5.
In which state was the Nalanda University located in_____?
a)
Orissa
b)
Bengal
c)
Uttar Pradesh
d)
Bihar
e)
NOTA
6.
Who was the author of ‘Buddha Charita’_____?
a)
Asvaghosha
b)
Nagasena
c)
Nagarjuna
d)
Vasumitra
e)
NOTA
7.
Mahavira was born in 6 th century BC at_________?
a)
Vaishali
b)
Sarnath
c)
Magadha
d)
Pavapuri
e)
NOTA
8.
To which dynasty did Ashoka belong_________?
a)
Nanda
b)
Maurya
c)
Gupta
d)
Kushan
e)
NOTA
9.
Who was the writer of ‘Mudrarakshasa’______?
a)
Kautilya
b)
Banabhatta
c)
Kalhana
d)
Vishakhdatta
e)
NOTA
10.
A Bhuddhist council during the reign of Ashoka was held at_________?
a)
Vaishali
b)
Kundalvan
c)
Patliputra
d)
Rajgriha
e)
NOTA
11.
________assumed the title of ‘Vikramaditya’ ?
a)
Chandrgupta –I
b)
Chandrgupta Maurya
c)
Chandragupta-II
d)
Samudragupta
e)
NOTA
12.
Samudragupta has been given the title of ‘Indian Nepolean’ by the historian ?
a)
Ramola Thapar
b)
V.A. Smith
c)
R.C. Mazumdar
d)
R.S. Sharma
e)
NOTA
13.
Who in ancient India assumed the title “Amitraghata” ?
a)
Ajatsatru
b)
Chandragupta Maurya
c)
Bindusar
d)
Ashoka
e)
NOTA
14.
When was the ‘Panchtantra’ written?
a)
Maurya period
b)
Kanishka period
c)
Gupta period
d)
Harsha period
e)
NOTA
15.
Taxila University was situated in ______?
a)
Pakistan
b)
India
c)
Banglades
d)
Burma
e)
NOTA
16.
Whare did the trveller Ibn Baatuta come from?
a)
Morocco
b)
Persia
c)
Turkey
d)
Central Asia
e)
NOTA
17.
The Qutub Minar was completed by the famous ruler________?
a)
Qutubuddin Aibak
b)
Itrutmish
c)
Firoz shah Tughlaq
d)
Alauddin khalji
e)
NOTA
18.
The Lodi dynasty was founded by______?
a)
Ibrahim Lodi
b)
Sikander Lodi
c)
Bahlol Lodi
d)
Khizr Khan
e)
NOTA
19.
Amir khusrau was a famous court poet of _________?
a)
Moh. Bin Tughlaq
b)
Adauddin khilji
c)
Iltutmish
d)
Firozshah Tughlaq
e)
NOTA
20.
Which of the following Sultans had greatest number of slaves in his court?
a)
Balban
b)
Alauddin khalji
c)
Mohammad – bin- Tughlaq
d)
Firoz shah Tughlaq
e)
NOTA
21.
Who was the ruler of Deogiri at the time of Alauddin Khilji’s invasion?
a)
Ramchandra Dev
b)
Prataprudra dev
c)
Malik Kafur
d)
Rana Ratan Singh
e)
NOTA
22.
Mohammad – bin – Tughlaq shifted is capital from Delhi to ____________?
a)
Daulatabad
b)
Kalinjar
c)
Kannauj
d)
Lahore
e)
NOTA
23.
Who has been described by Elliot as the ‘Akbar of the Sultanate’?
a)
Iltutmish
b)
Firoz Tughlaq
c)
Alauddin Khalji
d)
Balban
e)
NOTA
24.
Mughal presence in the Red Fort ceased with the fall of _________?
a)
Aurabgzed
b)
Muhammd shah
c)
Shah Alam
d)
Bahadur shah ‘Zafar’
e)
NOTA
25.
The famous Kohinoor diamond was produced from one of the mines in_________?
a)
Orissa
b)
Chhotanagpur
c)
Bijapur
d)
Golconda
e)
NOTA
26.
Who among the following was an illiterate?
a)
Jahangir
b)
Shahjahan
c)
Akbar
d)
Aurangzeb
e)
NOTA
27.
Which important event took place in the history of India in the year 1526 ?
a)
1 st battle of Panipat
b)
2 nd battle of Panipat
c)
Battle of Ghatoli
d)
Battle of Sarhind
e)
NOTA
28.
Mughal painting flourished during the reign of __________?
a)
Akbar
b)
Jahangir
c)
Shahjahan
d)
Aurangzeb
e)
NOTA
29.
Dara Shikoh finally lost the war of succession to Aurangzeb in the battle of __________?
a)
Dharmat
b)
Samugarh
c)
Deorai
d)
Khanua
e)
NOTA
30.
Tulsidas composed his ‘Ramcharitamanasa’ in the reign of _________?
a)
Babur
b)
Akbar
c)
Aurangzeb
d)
Bahadur shah zafar
e)
NOTA
31.
The original name of Mumtaj Mahal was_________?
a)
Arjumand Bano Beghum
b)
lodli Bghum
c)
Mehrunnisa
d)
Roshan Ara
e)
NOTA
32.
Who was called Zinda Pir (Licing saint ) in Mughal India?
a)
Akbar
b)
Aurangzeb
c)
Shahjahan
d)
Jahangir
e)
NOTA
33.
Jaziya was reimposed during the reign of ______?
a)
Akbar
b)
Aurangzeb
c)
Jahangir
d)
Humayun
e)
NOTA
34.
The Mughal Emperor who appointed maximum number of Hindu Officers was______?
a)
Humayun
b)
Akbar
c)
Shahjahan
d)
Aurangzeb
e)
NOTA
35.
The ruler of Mewar who was defeated in the battle of Khanua by Babur in 1527 was______?
a)
Rana Pratap
b)
Man Singh
c)
Medini Rai
d)
Rana Sanga
e)
NOTA
36.
Match List-I(Emperors) with List-II(Tombs) and select the correct answer from the codes given below the Lists? List-I List-II [A] Babur 1. Lahore [B] Akbar 2. Agra [C] Jahangir 3. Kabul [D]Shahjahan 4. Sikandara
a)
1 2 3 4
b)
4 3 1 2
c)
3 4 1 2
d)
2 1 3 4
e)
NOTA
37.
Arrange the following battles of the Mughal period in Chronological order______? [A] Battle of Ghagra [B] Battle of Chanderi [C] Battle of Chausa [D] Battle of Samugarh
a)
B – A – C – D
b)
A – C – B – D
c)
C – B – A – D
d)
D – A – C – B
e)
NOTA
38.
Revenue system during Akbar’s reign was in the hands of _________?
a)
Bairam Khan
b)
Man Singh
c)
Birbal
d)
Todarmal
e)
NOTA
39.
Who was called the Akbar of Kashmir was______?
a)
Hussain Shah
b)
Sujauddaulla
c)
Zainul Abidin
d)
Mohmmad Shah
e)
NOTA
40.
The Bahmani Kingdom was founded in the year ______?
a)
1336
b)
1347
c)
1527
d)
1646
e)
NOTA
41.
The city of Jaunpur was founded in the memory of_____?
a)
Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
b)
Moh. Bin Tughlaq
c)
Firozshah Tughlaq
d)
Nasiruddin moh. Tughlaq
e)
NOTA
42.
Which one of the following was the capital of Vijaynagar Empire_____?
a)
Gulbarga
b)
Hampi
c)
Bidar
d)
Mysore
e)
NOTA
43.
Who was the Sikh Guru to be slaughtered by Aurangzeb?
a)
Gobind singh
b)
Tag Bahadur
c)
Arjundev
d)
Ramdas
e)
NOTA
44.
Who wrote ‘Humayunnama’_______?
a)
Abul Fazl
b)
Faizi
c)
Mautmid Khan
d)
Gulbadan Baghum
e)
NOTA
45.
In 1540, Sher Shah had defeated at Kannauj___________?
a)
Babur
b)
Akbar
c)
Humayun
d)
Gulbadan Beghuym
e)
NOTA
46.
Akbar held his religious discussion in_____?
a)
Jodhabai’s Palsce
b)
Panch Mahal
c)
Ibadat Khana
d)
Buland Darwaza
e)
NOTA
47.
Who of the following became a member of the ‘Din-i-ilahi’_____?
a)
Tansen
b)
Raja Birbal
c)
Raja Man singh
d)
Todarmal
e)
NOTA
48.
Ashtapradhana was he official council of __________?
a)
Harihar- I
b)
Krishnadeva Raya
c)
Shivaji
d)
Balaji Baji Rao
e)
NOTA
49.
The third Battle of Panipat was fought between _______?
a)
Hemu And Akbar
b)
Humayun and Shershah
c)
Balajibaji Rao and Ahmad Shah Abdali
d)
Nadir Shah and Mughal
e)
NOTA
50.
Who was called “Chanakya of Maratha Politics”_______?
a)
Nana Pharnabis
b)
Balaji Viswanath
c)
Baji Rao -II
d)
Baji Rao –I
e)
NOTA
51.

Who was the first Governor General of Bengal?

a)

Robert Clive

b)

Warren Hastings

c)

William Bentick

d)

Cornwallis

52.

During the Mughal period wich one of the following traders first came to India?

a)

Portuguese

b)

English

c)

Dutch

d)

Danish

53.

Vasco da Gama discovered the sea-route to India which one of the following years?

a)

1498

b)

1492

c)

1494

d)

1453

54.

During whose reign did Sir Thomas Roe have regular attendance at the Mughal court to secure commercial

privilege?

a)

Akbar

b)

Jahangir

c)

Shahjahan

d)

Aurangzeb

55.

In which of the following cities is Charminar situated?

a)

Mysore

b)

Rajkot

c)

Hyderabad

d)

Lucknow

56.

Which Governor General is associated with Doctrine of Lapse?

a)

Lord Ripon

b)

Lord Dalhousie

c)

Lord Bentick

d)

Lord Curzon

57.

In which of the following years, the Battle of Buxar was Fought?

a)

1764

b)

1766

c)

1767

d)

1761

58.

Which one of the following places was famous as capital of Tipu Sultan?

a)

Srirangpattam

b)

Gulbarga

c)

Hampi

d)

Koorg

59.

Who was the first Indian native ruler to accept the system of Subsidiary Alliance?

a)

Scindia of Gwalior

b)

Nizam of Hyderabad

c)

Dalip Singh of Punjab

d)

Gaikwad of Baroda

60.

Who founded independent sultanate of Bengal?

a)

Ilias Shah

b)

Murshid Quli khan

c)

Hussain Shah

d)

Alivardi khan

61.

Who betrayed Siraj-Ud-Daula in the Battle of Plassey in 1757?

a)

Hyder Ali

b)

Mir Qasim

c)

Mir Jafar

d)

Nawab of Oudh

62.

The first railway line in India was opened in the year_______?

a)

1833

b)

1853

c)

1857

d)

1861

63.

Indian Factory Act was promulgated in________?

a)

1861

b)

1871

c)

1891

d)

1881

64.

Under which of the following systems, the British Government collected revenue directly from the farmers?

a)

Zamindari

b)

Ryotwari

c)

Annawari

d)

Dsaiwari

65.

Who authored the book ‘Poverty and the Un-British Rule in India’?

a)

Dadabhai Naoroji

b)

Ramesh Chandra Dutt

c)

Gopal Krishna Gokhle

d)

Amrtya Kumar Sen

66.

The Arya Samaj was founded by________?

a)

Swami Dayanand Saraswati

b)

Swami Vivekanand

c)

Keshav Chandra sen

d)

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

67.

Who was the leader of Champaran Indigo Movement?

a)

Mahatama Gandhi

b)

Birsa Munda

c)

Baba Ramchandra

d)

Ram Singh

68.

Moplah Revolt of 1921 took place in______?

a)

Kasmir

b)

Punjab

c)

Kerala

d)

Assam

69.

Kunwar Singh led the revolt of 1857 in_______?

a)

Punjab

b)

Bengal

c)

Bihar

d)

Maharashtra

70.

Who of the following founded the British East India Association?

a)

C.R. Das

b)

Dadabhai Naoroji

c)

Debendranath Tagore

d)

V.D. Savarkar

71.

Indian National Congress was Founded by_____?

a)

Womesh Chandra Banerjee

b)

Michal Hume

c)

Mahatma Gandhi

d)

Allon Octavian Hume

72.

In which year the Indian National Congress was established ?

a)

1888

b)

1887

c)

1886

d)

1885

73.

Who was the first women president of Indian National Congress ?

a)

Sarojini Naidu

b)

Sucheta Kripalani

c)

Annie Besant

d)

Rajkumari Amrit kaur

74.

Who was the faunder-editor of the famous newspaper Kesari kuring the National struggle?

a)

Mahatma Gandhi

b)

Jawajarlal Nehru

c)

Lokmanya Tilak

d)

Muhammad Iqbal

75.

Name one leader of the Home Rule Movement________?

a)

Annie Besant

b)

Aurobindo Ghosh

c)

Surendra Nath Bannerjee

d)

Bipin Chandra Pal

76.

Who was the last British Viceroy of India?

a)

Lord Lintithgow

b)

Lord Wavell

c)

Clement Atlee

d)

Lord Mountbatten

77.

Who was the author of the book ‘The Life Divine’?

a)

Aurobindo Ghosh

b)

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

c)

M.K. Gandhi

d)

Vinoba Bhave

78.

Moti Lal Nehru and Chitta Ranjan (C.R.) Das were the founder-members of the____?

a)

Communist Party of India

b)

Forward Bloc

c)

Socialist-Swarajist Party

d)

Swarajya Party

79.

Who among the following Mughal Kings had sent Raja Ram Mohan Roy as his envoy to London?

a)

Alamgir II

b)

Shah Alam II

c)

Akbar II

d)

Bahadur Shah II

80.

Lord Macaulay is associated with______?

a)

Reforms in Army

b)

Abolition of Sati System

c)

English Education

d)

Permanent Settlement

81.

Who is known as the ‘Father of Modern India’?

a)

Ram Mohan Roy

b)

Jawahar lal Nehru

c)

Mahatma Gandhi

d)

W.C. Bannerjee

82.

At the second Round Table Conference, the Indian National Congress was represented by__?

a)

Jawahar Lal Nehru

b)

Rajendra Prasad

c)

M K Gandhi

d)

Vallabh bhai Patel

83.

Who among the following was regarded by Mahatma Gandhi as his ‘Political Guru’?

a)

Dadabhai Naoreji

b)

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

c)

Pheroz Shah Mehta

d)

Gopal Krishn Gokhle

84.

Who was the Governor General of India during the launch of Civil Disobedience Movement?

a)

Lord Chelmsford

b)

Lord Irwin

c)

Lord Linlithgow

d)

Lord Wavell

85.

Who among the following has authored the book ‘Hindu Swaraj’?

a)

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

b)

Mahatma Gandhi

c)

Gopal Krishna Gokhle

d)

M.G. Ranade

86.

Which one of the following was not an extremist

a)

B.G. Tilak

b)

Madan lal Dhingra

c)

Udham Singh

d)

Gopal Krishn Gokhle

87.

Where was Azad Hind Fauj set up?

a)

Japan

b)

Burma

c)

Singapur

d)

England

88.

Which incident led Gandhiji to withdraw Non-co-operation Movement?

a)

Kakori episode

b)

Chauri-Chaura episode

c)

Jllianwala Bagh episode

d)

Muzaffarpur episode

89.

Gandhiji launched the Non-Co-operation Movement in________?

a)

1920

b)

1919

c)

1921

d)

1922

90.

Who was called the ‘Iron Man of India’?

a)

Sardar Ballabhbhai Patel

b)

Surendraanath Bannerjee

c)

Bipin Chandra Pal

d)

Lala Lajpat Rai

91.

Which Viceroys of India utilized for the first time local self government as the basis of election?

a)

Lord Bentick

b)

Lord Cornwallis

c)

Lord Ripon

d)

Lord Lansdowne

92.

Who was the responsible for the introduction of the Vernacular Press Act ?

a)

Lord Mayo

b)

Lord Lytton

c)

Lord Ripon

d)

Lord Curzon

93.

Who, among the following, was associated with the newspaper ‘The Common Weal’ ?

a)

John Bright

b)

Shyamji Krishna Verma

c)

Wlliam Wedderburn

d)

Annie Besant

94.

Who is the author of the book ‘Glimpses of World History’?

a)

Abul Kalam Azad

b)

Jawahar Lal Nehru

c)

S. Gopalan

d)

S. Radhakrishnan

95.

Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched ?

a)

Weren Hastings ---- The First Anglo-Maratha War

b)

Lord Wellesley ----- The Permanent Settlement System

c)

Lord Dalhousie ------ The Prohibition of Sati

d)

Lord Lytton ------- Local Self Government

96.

Who, amongst the following Englishmen, first translated ‘Bhagaved Gita’ into English?

a)

Willianm Jones

b)

Charles Wilkins

c)

Alexander Cunningham

d)

John Marshal

97.

British Crown assumed sovereignty over India from the East India Company in the year?

a)

1857

b)

1858

c)

1859

d)

1958

98.

Who is credited with the introduction of Permanent settlement in Bengal ________?

a)

Lord Curzon

b)

Lord Cornwallis

c)

Lord Ripon

d)

Lord Wellesely

99.

Kuka Movement was organized by_______?

a)

Guru Ram Das

b)

Guru Nanak

c)

Guru Ram Singh

d)

Guru Govind Singh

100.

The Revolt of 1857 was witnessed by the poet______?

a)

Mir Taqi

b)

Zauq

c)

Mirza Galib

d)

Iqbal