1. The entry port for trade between the Indus trading centres and Mesopotamia was
Elam
Oman
Behrain
Afganistan
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2. Alam Khan, one of those who invited Babar to invade India was
An Uncle of Ibrahim Lodi and a pretender to the throne of Delhi
A cousine of Ibrahim Lodi who was ill-treated and expelled from the country
The father of Dilawar Khan to whom cruel treatment was meted out by Ibrahim Lodi
A high official in Punjab province who was very much discontented with Ibrahim Lodi's treatment to h
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3. Which language gained most by the patronage given to scholars by Krishna Deva Rai?
Tamil
Sanskrit
Telugu
Kannada
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4. Which one of the following newspaper was launched by Motilal Nehru?
Leader
The Independent
Hindustan Times
National Herald
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5. Who built the temple of Angkor Vat ?
Surya Varman II
Jaya Varman vII
Yaso Varman
Hari Varman
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6. Panini, the first Grammarian of Sanskrit language in India, lived during the:
2nd Century B. C.
6th -5th Century B. C.
2nd Century A. D.
5th-6th Century A. D.
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7. Which of the following was a saint of the Bhakti Movement in Bengal?
Tulshidas
Vivekananda
Chaitanya
Kabir
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8. King Akbar of the Mughal Dynasty was in power in the
18th century
12th century
16th century
14th century
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9. What situation gave an opportunity to Warren Hastings to intervene in Maratha politics?
Weakening Maratha power after the Third Battle of Panipat
Struggle among Deccan Kingdoms
Haider Ali - Maratha Struggle
Vaccum in Poona after Madhawa Rao's death
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10. The contemporary historians, Ziauddin Barni and Sham-i-Siraz Afif gave the same title to which of the following their books?
Tabkat-i-Nasiri
Tarikh-i-Firoz Shahi
Fatwa-i-Jahandari
Tarikh-i-Mubarak Shahi
Ans:2
11. Raja Rammohan Roy and David Hara were associated with the foundation of the
Ripon College
Hindu College
M.A.O College
Sanskrit College
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12. Which of the following was a saint of the Bhakti Movement in Bengal?
Tulshidas
Vivekananda
Chaitanya
Kabir
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13. Who were the signatories of the Treaty of Salbai?
Peshwa and the East India Company
Haider Ali, Peshwa and East India Company
Haider Ali and Peshwa
Mahadaji Sindhia and Warren Hastings
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14. Which ancient scared text influenced the Indian mind most?
Bhagavat Gita
Purans
Epics
Upanishads
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15. The Ministers during the Sultanate period were appointed and dismissed by
Ulema
The Caliph
The sultan
Wazir
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16. The seat of Central Government of British India was shifted from Calcutta to Delhi in the year
1910
1909
1911
1912
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17. Which of the following is associated with Lord Wellesley, the Governor General of India from 1798 to 1805?
Doctrine of Lapse
Subsidiary Alliance
First Mysore War
Conquest of Rajputana
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18. Which Nawab established independent rule in Oudh?
Murshid Kuli Khan
Shujauddaulah
Sadaat Khan
Safdarjang
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19. Who were called the Kings of Wisdom?
The kings of China
The kings of India
Both
Neither
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20. The Colonial system of the Company was formalized by -
Battle of Plassey
Battle of Buxar
Battle of Panipat
Battle of Wandiwash
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21. 'Tipu Sultan' had his capital at
Srirangapatnam
Mysore
Bangalore
Bhagyanagar
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22. Where did Aurangzeb die?
Agra
Asirgarh
Daultabad
Ahmadnagar
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23. Ashoka called the Third Buddhist Council at
Pataliputra
Magadha
Kalinga
Sarnath
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24. Who were the first teacher of the Buddha, after his great renunciation?
Alar and Udarka
Ananda and Ashvaghosh
Sariputra and Maudagalyayana
Alara and Kalam
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25. What was the commercial aim of the Potuguese is India?
Deprive Arabs and Persians from India's maritime trade
Capture pepper and other superior spices trade
Capture textiles and spice trades
Capture territories on the western coast
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26. The main historical source regarding the information about village government under the Cholas is the
Halmidi inscription
Jatwai inscription
Uttaramerur inscription
Chandravallo inscription
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27. To which dynasty did Ashoka belong?
Vardhana
Maurya
Kushan
Gupta
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28. How did Hiuen Tsang undertake journey from and to India?
He came by land route and also returned by land route
He came by land route but returned by sea route
He came by sea route and returned by land route
He came by sea route and also returned by sea route
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29. Who among the following was appointed by Ashoka to administer justice in his empire?
Shramana
Uparika
Rajuka
Kumaramatya
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30. Mention the most important social issue taken up by Ghandhiji for reforms -
Religion
Cast
Women's status
Orthodoxy in Hinduism
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31. Which of the following Shaka king reconstructed the Sudarshana lake?
Rudradaman
Manes
Chastana
Bhumaka
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32. Which ruler, for the first time issued gold coins on a large scale in ancient India?
Ashoka
Kanishka
Samudragupta
Harsha
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33. Who compared the Dandi March to Napoleon's March to Paris on his return from Elba ?
Dadabhai Naoroji
Lala Lajpat Rai
Subhash Chandra Bose
B.G. Tilak
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34. What was the type of marriage in the Vedic period in which, in place of the dowry, there was a token bride price of a cow and a bull -
Asura
Arsa
Gantharva
Rakshsa
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35. The disput of internal trade between which Nawab of Bengal and the East India Company brought about a war like situation?
Alivardi Khan
Mir Qasim
Mir Jafar
Sirajuddaula
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36. What was the commercial aim of the Potuguese is India?
Deprive Arabs and Persians from India's maritime trade
Capture pepper and other superior spices trade
Capture textiles and spice trades
Capture territories on the western coast
Ans:2
37. The father of Asoka was:
Bimbisara
Bindusara
Mahendra
Namda
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38. Who among the following British Governors-General shifted India's capital from Calcutta to Delhi in 1911?
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Warren Hastings
Lord Canning
Lord Hardinge
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39. Who among the following, proved the spherical shape of the earth during his first voyage around the world?
Captain Cook
Ferdinand Magellan
Vasco da Gama
Columbus
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40. Who among the following was directly associated with the French Revolution?
Napolean Bonaparte
Voltaire
Louis XIV
Danton
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