Battle of Hydaspes 326 B.C.—Alexander the Great, defeated Porus, the Paurava king. Impressed by the valour of Porus, ultimately Alexander returned his kingdom to him. 

Battle of Kalinga 261 B.C.—Ashoka defeated the king of Kalinga. Ashoka embraced Buddhism and preached it during the rest of his life after this war. 

First Battle of Tarain or Thaneswar A.D. 1191  Prithvi Raj Chauhan defeated Mohammed Ghori. Second Battle of Tarain A.D. 1192—Mohammed Ghori defeated Prithvi Raj Chauhan. Ghori’s victory paved the way for the establishment of Muslim rule in India. 

First Battle of Panipat 1526—Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodhi. This laid the foundation of the Mughal rule in India. 

Battle of Khanwah 1527— Babar defeated Rana Sanga of Mewar. This battle resulted in the defeat of the powerful Rajput confederacy. 

Second Battle of Panipat 1556—Bairam Khan (Akbar’s General) defeated Hemu (the Hindu General and right-hand man of Mohd. Adil Shah). It also ended the Afghan Rule and Mughal Rule began instead. 

1757 : Battle of Plassey.
1760 : Battle of Wandiwash.
1761 : Third Battle of Panipat: The Marathas defeated by the combined troops of Ahmad Shah Abdali; the Mughals, and other Muslim chiefs of India.
1764 : Battle of Buxar. The English defeat Shah Alam, Shuja-ud-daulah and Mir Qasim.
1765 : Grant of the ‘Diwani’ of Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa to the East India Company by Shah Alam II under Treaty of Allahabad.
: Clive, Company’s Governor in Bengal.
1765-72 : Dual Government of Bengal.
1767-69 : The First Anglo Mysore War.
1770 : The Great Bengal Famine.
1771 : Marathas occupy Delhi and restore Shah Alam who was till then under English protection at Allahabad.

1.When did the Second World War end?
A. 1918
B. 1946
C. 1939
D. 1945
Answer : [D]



2.Saint Simon, Charles Fourier and Robert Owen were
A. Renaissances artists
B. Activities in the American war of independence
C. Portuguese Navigator
D. Early Socialist
Answer : [D]

3.The Boston Tea Party took place in
A. 1776
B. 1773
C. 1774
D. 1770
Answer : [B]

4.Who was the Head of the provincial government of Russia in 1917 ?
A.Nicolas II
B. Vladimir Iiych Lenin
C. Leon Trotsky
D. Kerensky
Answer : [C]

5.Which of the following was the main feature of European Renaissance ?
A. Domination of the Church and religion
B. Spread of Christianity outside Europe
C. Position
D. It brought back the classic ideals in literature, painting and architecture
Answer : [D]

Battle of Hydaspes 326 B.C.—Alexander the Great, defeated Porus, the Paurava king. Impressed by the valour of Porus, ultimately Alexander returned his kingdom to him. 

Battle of Kalinga 261 B.C.—Ashoka defeated the king of Kalinga. Ashoka embraced Buddhism and preached it during the rest of his life after this war. 

First Battle of Tarain or Thaneswar A.D. 1191  Prithvi Raj Chauhan defeated Mohammed Ghori. Second Battle of Tarain A.D. 1192—Mohammed Ghori defeated Prithvi Raj Chauhan. Ghori’s victory paved the way for the establishment of Muslim rule in India. 

First Battle of Panipat 1526—Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodhi. This laid the foundation of the Mughal rule in India. 

Battle of Khanwah 1527— Babar defeated Rana Sanga of Mewar. This battle resulted in the defeat of the powerful Rajput confederacy. 

Second Battle of Panipat 1556—Bairam Khan (Akbar’s General) defeated Hemu (the Hindu General and right-hand man of Mohd. Adil Shah). It also ended the Afghan Rule and Mughal Rule began instead. 

Battle of Talikota 1564- 65—United alliance between Bijapur, Bidar, Ahmednagar and Golkonda under Hussain Nizam Shah defeated Ram Raja of Vijayanagar. It destroyed the Hindu Kingdom of Vijayanagar. 

Battle of Haldighati 1576—Akbar’s forces headed by Raja Man Singh defeated Rana Pratap, the brave Rajput king. Though defeated, Rana Pratap refused to accept Mughal authority and carried on warfare till his death. 

Battle of Plassey 1757— The English under Lord Clive defeated Siraj-ud-Daulah.It brought Muslim Rule in Bengal to an end and laid foundations of the British Rule in India. 

Battle of Wandiwash 1760—The English defeated the French. The battle sealed the fate of the French in India and paved the way for English rule in India. 

Third Battle of Panipat 1761—Ahmed Shah Abdali defeated Marathas. It gave a terrible blow to the Maratha power. It made the field clear for the English. 

Battle of Buxar 1764— Fought in 1764 between the forces of the English and the combined forces of Mir Qasim, Shuja-ud-Daulah (Nawab of Oudh) and the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam. The English victory at Buxar finally riveted the shackles of the Company’s rule upon Bengal. 

First Mysore War (1767- 68)—In 1768, Haider Ali was defeated by the English relinquishing all his rights over Mysore in favour of the English. 

Second Mysore War 1780— A grand alliance between Haider Ali, the Nizam and the Marathas was formed and Haider Ali. He defeated the English and took possession of Arcot and became the undisputed master of the Carnatic. 

Third Mysore War 1790- 92—Fought between the English and Tipu Sultan. Tipu Sultan had to submit and was compelled to sign the Treaty of Seringapattam stripped him of half his territory. 

Fourth Mysore War 1799— The British forces under Arthur Wellesley defeated Tipu Sultan, which brought the end of the Tipu Sultan. Maratha War 1803-05—It weakened the Maratha power. The English annexed Tanjore, Surat and Carnatic. 

Fourth Maratha War 1817- 18—The British forces defeated Marathas and this campaign finally extinguished the Maratha Empire. 

Battle of Cheelianwala 1849—Forces of the East India Company under Lord Hugh Gough defeated the Sikhs under Sher Singh. 

Burmese War 1885—As a result of this War, the whole of Burma was occupied by the English and made a part of India. 

Afghan War III 1919—As a result of this War, Treaty of Rawalpindi was signed by which Afghanistan was recognised as an independent State. 

lndo-Pak War 1965—This was Pakistan’s second attack on India. While India had the upper hand, the fighting was brought to a stop by a call for ceasefire issued by the Security Council. Later on, Tashkent accord was signed between the two nations. lndo-

Pak War Dec 1971— Pakistan started the war attacking India on Dec 3. India defeated Pakistan on all fronts. Pakistani occupation forces, numbering about one lakh, in East Bengal (Bangladesh) surrendered. Bangladesh emerged as an independent nation.

Lord Canning (1856 – 1862):

• The last Governor General and the first Viceroy.
• Mutiny took place in his time.
• On Nov, 1858, the rule passed on to the crown.
• Withdrew Doctrine of Lapse.
• The Universities of Calcutta, Bombay and Madras were established in 1857.
• Indian Councils Act was passed in 1861.

Lord Elgin (1862 – 1863)

Lord Lawrence (1864 – 1869):
• Telegraphic communication was opened with Europe.
• High Courts were established at Calcutta, Bombay and Madras in 1865.
• Expanded canal works and railways.
• Created the Indian Forest department.

Lord Mayo (1869 – 1872):
• Started the process of financial decentralization in India.
• Established the Rajkot college at Kathiarwar and Mayo College at Ajmer for the Indian princes.
• For the first time in Indian history, a census was held in 1871.
• Organised the Statistical Survey of India.
• Was the only Viceroy to be murdered in office by a Pathan convict in the Andamans in 1872.

Lord Northbrook (1872 – 1876):

Lord Lytton (1876 – 1880):
• Known as the Viceroy to reverse characters.
• Organised the Grand ‘Delhi Durbar’ in 1877 to decorate Queen Victoria with the title of ‘Kaiser – I – Hind’.
• Arms Act(1878) made it mandatory for Indians to acquire license for arms.
• Passed the infamous Vernacular Press Act (1878).

Lord Ripon (1880 – 1884):
• Liberal person, who sympathized with Indians.
• Repeated the Vernacular Press Act (1882)
• Passed the local self – government Act (1882)
• Took steps to improve primary & secondary education (on William Hunter Commission’s recommendations).
• The I Factory Act, 1881, aimed at prohibiting child labour.
• Passed the libert Bill (1883) which enabled Indian district magistrates to try European criminals. But this was withdrawn later.

Lord Dufferin (1884 – 1888):
• Indian National Congress was formed during his tenure.

Lord Lansdowne (1888 – 1894):
• II Factory Act (1891) granted a weekly holiday and stipulated working hours for women and children, although it failed to address concerns such as work hours for men.
• Categorization of Civil Services into Imperial, Provincial and Subordinate.
• Indian Council Act of 1892 was passed.
• Appointment of Durand Commission to define the line between British India and Afghanistan.

Lord Elgin II (1894 – 1899):
• Great famine of 1896 – 1897. Lyall Commission was appointed.

Lord Curzon (1899 – 1905):
• Passed the Indian Universities Act (1904) in which official control over the Universities was increased.
• Partitioned Bengal (October 16, 1905) into two provinces 1, Bengal (proper), 2.East Bengal & Assam.
• Appointed a Police Commission under Sir Andrew Frazer to enquire into the police administration of every province.
• The risings of the frontier tribes in 1897 – 98 led him to create the North Western Frontier Province(NWFP).
• Passed the Ancient Monuments Protection Act (1904), to restore India’s cultural heritage. Thus the Archaeological Survey of India was established.
• Passed the Indian Coinage and Paper Currency Act (1899) and put India on a gold standard.
• Extended railways to a great extent.

Lord Minto (1905 – 1910):
• There was great political unrest in India. Various acts were passed to curb the revolutionary activities. Extremists like Lala Laipat Rai and Ajit Singh (in May, 1907) and Bal Gangadhar Tilak (in July, 1908) were sent to Mandalay jail in Burma.
• The Indian Council Act of 1909 or the Morley – Minto Reforms was passed.

Lord Hardinge (1910 – 1916):
• Held a durbar in dec, 1911 to celebrate the coronation of King George V.
• Partition of Bengal was cancelled (1911), capital shifted from Calcutta to Delhi (1911).
• A bomb was thrown at him; but he escaped unhurt (Dec 23, 1912).
• Gandhiji came back to India from S.Africa (1915).
• Annie Besant announced the Home Rule Movement.

Lord Chelmsford (1916 – 1921):
• August Declaration of 1917, whereby control over the Indian government would be gradually transferred to the Indian people.
• The government of India Act in 1919 (Montague – Chelmsford reforms) was passed.
• Rowlatt Act of 1919; Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (April 13, 1919).
• Non – Cooperation Movement.
• An Indian Sir S.P.Sinha was appointed the Governor of Bengal.
• A Women’s university was founded at Poona in 1916.
• Saddler Commission was appointed in 1917 to envisage new educational policy.

Lord Reading (1921 – 1926):
• Rowlatt act was repeated along with the Press act of 1910.
• Suppressed non-cooperation movement.
• Prince of Wales visited India in Nov.1921.
• Moplah rebellion (1921) took place in Kerala.
• Ahmedabad session of 1921.
• Formation of Swaraj Party.
• Vishwabharati University started functioning in 1922.
• Communist part was founded in 1921 by M.N.Roy.
• Kakory Train Robbery on Aug 9, 1925.
• Communal riots of 1923 – 25 in Multan, Amritsar, Delhi, etc.
• Swami Shraddhanand, a great nationalist and a leader of the Arya Samajists, was murdered in communal orgy.

Lord Irwin (1926 – 1931):
• Simon Commission visited India in 1928.
• Congress passed the Indian Resolution in 1929.
• Dandi March (Mar 12, 1930).
• Civil Disobedience Movement (1930).
• First Round Table Conference held in England in 1930.
• Gandhi – Irwin Pact (Mar 5, 1931) was signed and Civil Disobediance Movement was withdrawn.
• Martydorm of Jatin Das after 64 days hunger strike (1929).

Lord Willington (1931 – 1936):
• Second Round Table conference in London in 1931.
• On his return Gandhiji was again arrested and Civil Disobedience Movement was resumed in Jan 1932.
• Communal Awards (Aug 16, 1932) assigned seats to different religious communities. Gandhiji went on a epic fast in protest against this division.
• Third Round Table conference in 1932.
• Poona Pact was signed.
• Government of India Act (1935) was passed.

Lord Linlithgow (1936 – 1944):
• Govt. of India Act enforced in the provinces. Congress ministries formed in 8 out of 11 provinces. They remained in power for about 2 years till Oct 1939, when they gave up offices on the issue of India having been dragged into the II World War. The Muslim League observed the days as ‘Deliverance Say’ (22 December)
• Churchill became the British PM in May, 1940. He declared that the Atlantic Charter (issued jointly by the UK and US, stating to give sovereign rights to those who have been forcibly deprived of them) does not apply to India.
• Outbreak of World War II in 1939.
• Cripps Mission in 1942.
• Quit India Movement (August 8, 1942).

Lord Wavell (1944 – 1947):
• Arranged the Shimla Conference on June 25, 1945 with Indian National Congress and Muslim League; failed.
• Cabinet Mission Plan (May 16, 1946).
• Elections to the constituent assembly were held and an Interim Govt. was appointed under Nehru.
• First meeting of the constituent assembly was held on Dec. 9, 1946.

Lord Mountbatten (Mar.1947 – Aug.1947):
• Last Viceroy of British India and the first Governor General of free India.
• Partition of India decided by the June 3 Plan.
• Indian Independence Act passed by the British parliament on July 4, 1947, by which India became independent on August 15, 1947.
• Retried in June 1948 and was succeeded by C.Rajagopalachari (the first and the last Indian Governor General of free India).

1.       The entry port for trade between the Indus trading centres and Mesopotamia was

Elam

Oman

Behrain

Afganistan

Ans:3

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

Ans:1

3.       Which language gained most by the patronage given to scholars by Krishna Deva Rai?

Tamil

Sanskrit

Telugu

Kannada

Ans:3

4.       Which one of the following newspaper was launched by Motilal Nehru?

Leader

The Independent

Hindustan Times

National Herald

Ans:2

5.       Who built the temple of Angkor Vat ?

Surya Varman II

Jaya Varman vII

Yaso Varman

Hari Varman

Ans:1

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.

Ans:2

7.       Which of the following was a saint of the Bhakti Movement in Bengal?

Tulshidas

Vivekananda

Chaitanya

Kabir

Ans:3

8.       King Akbar of the Mughal Dynasty was in power in the

18th century

12th century

16th century

14th century

Ans:3

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

Ans:4

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

Ans:1

12.   Which of the following was a saint of the Bhakti Movement in Bengal?

Tulshidas

Vivekananda

Chaitanya

Kabir

Ans:3

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

Ans:4

14.   Which ancient scared text influenced the Indian mind most?

Bhagavat Gita

Purans

Epics

Upanishads

Ans:4

15.   The Ministers during the Sultanate period were appointed and dismissed by

Ulema

The Caliph

The sultan

Wazir

Ans:3

16.   The seat of Central Government of British India was shifted from Calcutta to Delhi in the year

1910

1909

1911

1912

Ans:3

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

Ans:2

18.   Which Nawab established independent rule in Oudh?

Murshid Kuli Khan

Shujauddaulah

Sadaat Khan

Safdarjang

Ans:3

19.   Who were called the Kings of Wisdom?

The kings of China

The kings of India

Both

Neither

Ans:2

20.   The Colonial system of the Company was formalized by -

Battle of Plassey

Battle of Buxar

Battle of Panipat

Battle of Wandiwash

Ans:2

21.   'Tipu Sultan' had his capital at

Srirangapatnam

Mysore

Bangalore

Bhagyanagar

Ans:1

22.   Where did Aurangzeb die?

Agra

Asirgarh

Daultabad

Ahmadnagar

Ans:4

23.   Ashoka called the Third Buddhist Council at

Pataliputra

Magadha

Kalinga

Sarnath

Ans:2

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

Ans:1

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

Ans:2

26.   The main historical source regarding the information about village government under the Cholas is the

Halmidi inscription

Jatwai inscription

Uttaramerur inscription

Chandravallo inscription

Ans:3

27.   To which dynasty did Ashoka belong?

Vardhana

Maurya

Kushan

Gupta

Ans:2

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

Ans:1

29.   Who among the following was appointed by Ashoka to administer justice in his empire?

Shramana

Uparika

Rajuka

Kumaramatya

Ans:3

30.   Mention the most important social issue taken up by Ghandhiji for reforms -

Religion

Cast

Women's status

Orthodoxy in Hinduism

Ans:2

31.   Which of the following Shaka king reconstructed the Sudarshana lake?

Rudradaman

Manes

Chastana

Bhumaka

Ans:1

32.   Which ruler, for the first time issued gold coins on a large scale in ancient India?

Ashoka

Kanishka

Samudragupta

Harsha

Ans:2

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

Ans:3

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

Ans:1

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

Ans:2

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

Ans:2

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

                                Ans:3

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

                                Ans:2

                40. Who among the following was directly associated with the French Revolution?

                                Napolean Bonaparte

                                Voltaire

                                Louis XIV

                                Danton

                                Ans:1

1)      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 -
1.                   Asura
2.                   Arsa
3.                   Gantharva
4.                   Rakshsa
Ans:1
2)      In which field of art extraordinary progress was made in the Gupta period?
1                     Architecture
2                     Sculpture
3                     Painting
4                     Coinage
Ans:3
3)      Which one of the following is correctly matched?
1                     Brahmo Samaj - Annie Basant
2                     Arya Samaj - Lala Lajpat Rai
3                     Ram Krishna Mission - Keshab Chandra Sen
4                     Theosophical Society - vivekananda
Ans:2
4)      Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the victories of Babur?
1                     Panipat, Chanderi, Ghaghara and Khanwah
2                     Panipat, Ghaghara, Khanwah and Chanderi
3                     Panipat, Khanwah, Chanderi and Ghaghara
4                     Ghaghara, Panipat, Khanwah and Chanderi
Ans:3
5)      The battle at Waihind in 1008-09 A.D was fought between
1                     Mahmud of Ghazni and Jayapala
2                     Mahmud of Ghazni and Anandapala
3                     Muhammad Ghori and Prithviraj
4                     Muhammad Ghori and Jaichandra
Ans:2
6)      As a prince where was Ashoka sent to suppress the revolt?
1                     Taxila
2                     Kalinga
3                     Ujjain
4                     Deccan
Ans:1
7)      Among the following foreign travellers who was the first to visit India?
1                     Bernier
2                     Ibn Batuta
3                     Abdur Rajjak
4                     Vasco-da-Gama
Ans:2
8)      Against whom Skandagupta had to wage long wars on the North West border?
1                     Shakas
2                     Yavanas
3                     Huns
4                     Greeks
Ans:3
9)      The oldest Veda is
1                     Atharva Veda
2                     Rig Veda
3                     Yajur Veda
4                     Sama Veda
Ans:2
10)   Over Which territory there were frequent clashes between Bahamani Kingdom and Vijaynagar Kingdom?
1                     The Raichur Doab
2                     Warangal
3                     Madurai
4                     Malabar
Ans:1
11)   The Hathigumpha inscription (near Bhubaneshwar, Orissa) relates to the king
1                     Susharma
2                     Hala
3                     Kharavela
4                     Pulamayi
Ans:3
12)   The entry port for trade between the Indus trading centres and Mesopotamia was
1                     Elam
2                     Oman
3                     Behrain
4                     Afganistan
Ans:3
13)   Among the four dynasties listed below, which one minted coins made of lead?
1                     Mauryas
2                     Satvahanas
3                     Western Kshatrapas
4                     Guptas
Ans:2
14)   During whose period Al-Beruni came to India?
1                     Mahmud Ghaznavi
2                     Balban
3                     Firoz Tughluq
4                     Ibrahim Lodhi
Ans:1
15)   Against whom Skandagupta had to wage long wars on the North West border?
1                     Shakas
2                     Yavanas
3                     Huns
4                     Greeks
Ans:3
16)   Where did Aurangzeb die?
1                     Agra
2                     Asirgarh
3                     Daultabad
4                     Ahmadnagar
Ans:4
17)   Ashoka called the Third Buddhist Council at
1                     Pataliputra
2                     Magadha
3                     Kalinga
4                     Sarnath
Ans:2
18)   The main historical source regarding the information about village government under the Cholas is the
1                     Halmidi inscription
2                     Jatwai inscription
3                     Uttaramerur inscription
4                     Chandravallo inscription
Ans:3
19)   What was Sher Shah's precious legacy to the Mughals?
1                     Organization of Army
2                     Land Revenue System
3                     Mansabdari System
4                     Provincial Administration
Ans:2
20)   Who among the following taught the doctrine of 'Shunyata'?
1                     Nagarjuna
2                     Shankaracharya
3                     Harisena
4                     Vallabhacharya
Ans:1
21)   Which factor influenced most to eliminate caste-system in India?
1                     Rationalism
2                     Job Opportunities
3                     Legislations
4                     Liberal Education
Ans:1
22)   The earliest tribal assembly was
1                     Gana
2                     Vidhata
3                     Samiti
4                     Sabha
Ans:2
23)   The foreign traveler who visited India during the rule of the Guptas was
1                     Hiuen Tsang
2                     Beriner
3                     Fa-Hein
4                     Manucci
Ans:3
24)   The entry port for trade between the Indus trading centres and Mesopotamia was
1                     Elam
2                     Oman
3                     Behrain
4                     Afganistan
Ans:3
25)   At the earlier stage backward classes movement means?
1                     Santal movement
2                     Non-Brahmin movement
3                     Harijan movement
4                     Antirulers movement
Ans:2
26)   Which of the following dynasties patronised the famous Kailash temple at Ellora?
1                     Vakataka
2                     Gupta
3                     Early Chalukya
4                     Rastrakuta
Ans:4
27)   Which organization had proposed first to constitute the Constitution Assembly to form the Indian Constitution?
1                     Swaraj Party in 1928
2                     Indian National Congress in 1936
3                     Muslim League in 1942
4                     By all parties convention in 1946
Ans:2
28)   During the Indian freedom Struggle, who of the following founded the Parthana Samaj?
1                     Atmaram Pandurang
2                     Gopal Hari Deshmukh
3                     Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
4                     Keshab Chandra Sen
Ans:1
29)   The main historical source regarding the information about village government under the Cholas is the
1                     Halmidi inscription
2                     Jatwai inscription
3                     Uttaramerur inscription
4                     Chandravallo inscription
Ans:3
30)   Among the following who was in chronological order, the last famous ruler of Vijayanagar?
1                     Harihar-II
2                     Devarai-I
3                     Vir Narsingh
4                     Krishna Deva Rai
Ans:4
31)   'Ratti' used by jewellers is obtained from seed of a -
1                     Gymnospermous plant
2                     Angiospermous plant
3                     Algae
4                     Fungi
Ans:2
32)   During the Civil Disobedience Movement, who led the 'Red Shirts' of North-Western India?
1                     Abdul Kalam Azad
2                     Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
3                     Mohammad Ali Jinnah
4                     Shaukat Ali
Ans:2
33)   During whose tenure as the Viceroy of India were the great martyrs Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru hanged?
1                     Lord Curzon
2                     Lord Irwin
3                     Lord Minto
4                     Lord Chemsford
Ans:2
34)   How did Hiuen Tsang undertake journey from and to India?
1                     He came by land route and also returned by land route
2                     He came by land route but returned by sea route
3                     He came by sea route and returned by land route
4                     He came by sea route and also returned by sea route
Ans:1
35)   Where did Aurangzeb die?
1                     Agra
2                     Asirgarh
3                     Daultabad
4                     Ahmadnagar
Ans:4
36)   Sir Thomas Rose visited the court of
1                     Akbar
2                     Jehangir
3                     Shajahan
4                     Aurangazeeb
Ans:2
37)   Which of the following is wrongly matched
1                     The Pitt's India Act (1784) : Board of Control to guide and control company's affairs
2                     Charter Act of 1813 : Company's monopoly of trade with India ended
3                     Charter Act of 1833 : Company's debt taken over by the government of India
4                     Charter Act of 1853 : To regulate company's affairs
Ans:4
38)   Which one of the following battles was fought between babar and the Rajputs in 1527?
1                     The First Battle of Panipat
2                     The Battle of Khanwa
3                     The Battle of Ghagra
4                     The Battle of Chanderi
Ans:2
39)   Which was the only Indus city without a citadel?
1                     Kalibangan
2                     Harappa
3                     Mohenjodaro
4                     Chanhudraro
Ans:2
40)   Even though India became independent in 1947 but Daman and Diu remained a European colony till 1961. Which country ruled over it ?
1                     France
2                     Britain
3                     Netherlands
4                     Portugal
Ans:4