1. Identify the Harappan site which is NOT located in Gujarat.

(A)Surkotada


Lothal


(C)Sutkagendor


Desalpur


2. Which one of the following was the largest burnt-brick structure of the Indus Valley Civilization

(A)The Great Bath


Granary


(C)Assembly Hall


Lothal Dockyard


3. The First Jain Council was held at

(A)Vaishali


Vallabhi


(C)Pataliputra


Manali


4. The Earliest reference to Vasudeva is found in

(A)Chandogya Upanishad


Yajurveda


(C)Markandya Puranam


Samaveda


5. The Ashokan Inscriptions are found in

(A)Kharoshthi and Brahmi


Kharoshthi, Brahmi and Greek


(C)Kharoshthi, Brahmi and Aramaic



Kharoshthi, Brahmi, Greek and Aramaic


6. How many committees were there in the Municipal Administration of Pataliputra during the Mauryan period

(A)Six


Eight


(C)Four


Two


7. The main feature of the Dravidan style of Temple Architecture is

(A)Sikhara


Vimana


(C)Gopuram


Mandapam


8. The Kushan rulers worshipped

(A)Shiva


The Buddha


(C)Vishnu


All the three


9. Match the following

a. Ashtadhyayi 1. Ashavaghosha
b. Natya Shastra 2. Panini
c. Harsha Charita 3. Bharata Muni
d. Buddha Charitam 4. Bana Bhatta

D-4


D-1


D-2


D-3


10. Who was known as the "Amitragatha"

(A)Bindusara


Bimbisara


(C)Chandragupta Maurya


Ashoka


11. Which of the following translated Mahabharata for the first time into Tamil

(A)Perundevanar


Kamban


(C)Sundaramurthi


Bharavi


12. The Classic Text known as "Jivaka Chintamani" is associated with

(A)Jainism


Buddhism


(C)Hinduism


Sikhism


13. At the time of Bindusar's death, Asoka was stationed as Viceroy at

(A)Ujjain


Taxila


(C)Dhauli


Girnar


14. The Buddhist Order broke into Sthaviravadins and the Mahasanghikas at the

(A)First General Council


Second General Council


(C)Third General Council


Fourth General Council


15. Who propagated Madhyamik Buddhism in China

(A)Bimbasar


Dignag


(C)Kumarjiva


Vasubandhu


16. Who was the author of Vishuddhi magga

(A)Ashvaghosh


Buddhish Ghosh


(C)Vasumitra


Nagarjuna


17. The title of Piyadassi was given to

(A)Asoka


Harsha


(C)Chandragupta-I


Kanishka


18. Who among the following built the famous temple at Gangaikonda Cholapuram

(A)Rajendra Chola I


Rajaraja


(C)Rajaraja Chola II


None of these


19. Which of the following is a Cave Temple

(A)Kailasnath Temple at Kanchi


Shiva Temple at Tanjore


(C)Shiva Temple at Elephanta


Sun Temple at Martand


20. Identify the Delhi Sultan who introduced the practice of Sijja

(A)Iltutmish


Balban


(C)Allauddin Khilji


Firoz Tughlaq


21. An exquisite example of the "Nagra style of architecture" is provided by the

(A)Kailashnath Temple, Kanchipuram


Lingaraj Temple, Bhubaneshwar


(C)Brihadeswara Temple, Thanjavur


Kandariya Mahadeva Temple, Khajuraho


22. In the Battle of Tallikota, Ramaraya was murdered by

(A)Hussain Nizamshah


Ibrahim Qutubshah


(C)Adilshah of Bijapur


Quli Qutubshah


23. Which of the following Traveler visited the court of Sri Krishna Devaraya

(A)Barbosa


Nikitin


(C)Nuniz


Abdul Razak


24. Who shifted his capital from Delhi to Davegiri

(A)Firozshah


Balban


(C)Moh. Tughlaq


Iltutmish


25. The Kakatiya paintings were found at

(A)Ramappa


Warangal


(C)Pillalamarri


Panagal


26. Which of the following persons is said to have remarked that the Indian were of pure moral character

Hien


Itsing


(C)Hiuen Tsang


Pliny


27. Which of the following is wrongly matched

(A)Abul Fazl-Akbar Nama


Gulbadan Begum-Humayan Nama


(C)Faizi-Tarikhi-Rashid


Jahangir-Tuzuki-Jahangiri


28. The entrance Door to the Qutub Minar is called as

(A)Qutub Darwaza


Buland Darwaza


(C)Alai Darwaza


Siri Darwaza


29. Who was the first Peshwa King of the Maratha Empire

(A)Narain Rao


Balaji Vishwanath


(C)Balaji Baji Rao


Nana Phadnavis


30. Match of the following

a. Alberuni 1. Padmavat
b. Malik Mohammad Jaisi 2. Haqaiq-i-Hindi
c. Abdul Wahid Belgrami 3. Kitab-ul-Hind
d. Ziauddin-Barani 4. Tughlaq Nama



D-4


D-2


D-1


D-3


31. The City of Agra was founded by

(A)Sikandar Lodi


Akbar


(C)Bahlul Lodi


Firoz Tughlaq


32. Which one of the following Deccan Sultanates did not join the grand alliance against Rama Raja in the Battle of Talikota in 1565

(A)Bijapur


Berar


(C)Golkonda


Bidar


33. Among the Marathas who helped the Sayyad Brothers in overthrowing Farukh Siyar in 1719

(A)Shivaji II


Sahuji


(C)Balaji Vishwanath


Baji Rao I


34. Diwan I insha is related to

(A)Religious toleration


Road construction


(C)Education


Correspondence


35. Which of the Governor-General declared illegal and punishable by court

(A)William Bentick


Lord Dalhousi


(C)Lord Reading


Lord Ripon


36. The East India company was granted the privilege of trading duty free in Bengal in

(A)1717


1715


(C)1710


1705


37. Which one of the following English Colonel who was taken as a prisoner by Hyder Ali

(A)Eyre Coot


Braithwaithe


(C)Baillie


Malcom


38. In 1890, who among the following started the "Indian Social Reformer"

(A)Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar


K. Viresalingam


(C)K.N. Natarajan


M.G. Ranade


39. To whom did Alauddin Khalji entrust the mission to conquer South

(A)Ulugh Khan


Malik Kafur


(C)Kahijra Khan


Ghazi Malik


40. Which of the following was called as Lokahitawadi

(A)Jyotibha Phule


Gopal Hari Deshmukh


(C)Ranade


Atmaram Panduranga


41. Who was the Last Nawab of Awadh

(A)Sadat Khan


Safdar Jung


(C)Salimulla Khan


Wajid Alishah


42. According to the B.R.Ambedkar which one of the following was most necessary for the uplift of Dalit;

(A)Education


Reservation in Govt. services


(C)Social reform


Political power for dalit


43. The First Muslim President of the Indian National Congress was

(A)Abdul Kalam Azad


Rahimatullah Sayani


(C)Mohd. Ali Jinnah


Badruddin Tyabji


44. Sir Harcourt Butler Committee was appointed to

(A)Investigate the relations between the British Empire and the Indian states


(B)Suggest suitable provisions for protection of minorities


(C)Ensure proportionate representation of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes


(D)Prepare Plan for the Merger of Princely States into Indian Union


45. Rani Gaidiliu a rebel leader against the British was from

(A)Tripura


Assam


(C)Nagaland


Manipur


46. Which one of the following Congress Sessions adopted a resolution on Fundamental Rights and Economic Policy

(A)Belgaum


Calcutta


(C)Lahore


Karachi


47. Who was the Advocate at the famous INS Trials

(A)Bhulabhai Desai


Asaf Ali


(C)Rajinder Prasad


Rajgopalachari


48. Who among the following prepared the First Draft of the Constitution of India

(A)Dr. B.R. Ambedkar


Jawaharlal Nehru


(C)K.M. Munshi


B.N. Rau


49. Which British Prime Minister presided over the First Round Table Conference

(A)Lloyd George


Lord Atlee


(C)Winston Churchill


Ramsay Macdonald


50. Which one of the following is not correctly matched

(A)1887 Indian National Congress session Calcutta


(B)1916 Indian National Congress session Lucknow


(C)1922 Indian National Congress session Gaya


(D)1939 Indian National Congress session Tripura


51. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose organized the Indian National Army in

(A)Tokyo


Singapore


(C)Hong Kong


Kuala Lumpur


52. Which among the following was the reason of handing over Bombay by the Portuguese to the British

(A)The Portuguese surrendered it to the British after their defeat in a naval battle in the Arabian Sea


(B)The Portuguese handed it over to the British after a peace-treaty in Europe


(C)The Portuguese gave it to Britain as dowry when princess Catherine of Braganza was married to Charles II of Britain


(D)None of the above


53. Which of the following nobles of the Deccan Sultanate first trained the Marathas in Guerilla Warfare

(A)Malik Amber of Ahmadnagar


Mir Zumla of Golkonda


(C)Madanna of Golkonda


Afzal Khan of Bijapur


54. Chauth was a tax which Shivaji collected from the neighbouring kingdoms and it was

of annual income of a territory


1/4th of annual income of a territory


of annual income of a territory


1/2nd of annual income of a territory


55. Who was the Mughal Emperor when Nadir Shah attacked Delhi

(A)Bahadur Shah I


Muhammad Shah


(C)Ahmad Shah


Alamgiri II


56. Which among the following was NOT one of the results of the First Karnataka War

(A)The French gained territories at the cost of the English


(B)The superiority of European arms and warfare as against the native rulers became clear


(C)Importance of Navy was clearly exhibited


(D)Political ambitions of Duplex got further encouragement


57. Which among the following was the agenda for the Round Table Conference held in London

discuss the report of the Simon Commission


form a Constitution for Indian


find a solution of the Communal Problem in India


find a solution of the Depressed classes in India


58. Which among the following, was NOT one of the provisions of the 'Communal Award'?

(A)Separate electorates for the Muslims, Europeans and the Sikhs


(B)Members of the Depressed Classes were assigned reserved seats and separate electorates


(C)Distinction was being drawn between Depressed classes and higher caste Hindus


(D)None of the above


59. Which among the following political parties opposed the Quit India Movement of 1942

(A)Muslim League and CPI


Muslim League


(C)Communist Party of India


Forward Block


60. Which among the following was the cause of the failure of Wavell's Plan and the Simla Confer­ence held in 1945 A.D.

(A)Refusal of M.A. Jinnah to participate in the Simla Conference


(B)Insistence of M.A. Jinnah that all Muslim members should be of Muslim League only


(C)Exclusion of the Hindu Mahasabha from the deliberation of the Simla Conference


(D)Soft attitude of the Congress towards M.A. Jinnah


61. The election for the Constituent Assembly of India was held in the year

(A)1946


1947


(C)1948


1949


62. Who among the following first used the word Pakistan for the home-land of the Indian Muslim

(A)Sir Muhammad Iqbal


Sir Agha Khan


(C)M.A. Jinnah


Chaudhary Rahmat Ali


63. Who was the King shown playing the Veena on Ancient coins

(A)Maurya Chandragupta


Vikramaditya


(C)Samudragupta


Ashoka


64. The founder of the Deccan Education Society was

(A)R.G. Bhandarkar


Professor Kelkar


(C)Jotiba Phule


M.G. Ranade


65. Which of the following statements cannot be attributed to Dayananda Sarswathi

(A)Every person had the right of direct access to God


led a revolt against Hindu orthodoxy


favoured the study of western sciences


considered the priests as highly learned and selfless


66. Who founded the Sanskrit College at Benares

(A)William Jones


Jonathan Duncan


(C)Charles Grant


Warren Hastings


67. Who among the following revolutionaries threw a bomb on Lord Hardinge in 1912

(A)Prafulla Chowki


Khudiram Bose


(C)Rash Behari Bose


Madan Lal Dhingra


68. Who was the leader of the Chittagaong Armoury Raid

(A)Surya Sen


Jatin Das


(C)Chandra Shekhar Azad


Sukhdev


69. Who among the following was NOT an Extremist

(A)Aurobindo Ghosh


M.G. Ranade


(C)Bal Gangadhar Tilak


Lala Lajpat Rai


70. Which statement is true

1. Chola first encounter was with Rashtrakut
2. Chola ruled as the Sardars of Tamilnadu
3. Chola called themselves as Suryavanshi

(A)Only 1 and 2


Only 2 and 3


(C)Only 1 and 3


All 2 and 3


71. Sultan Alauddin Khalji imposed land revenue at the rate of

(A)One-fourth of the produce


Two-thirds of the produce


(C)One-half of the produce


Two-fifths of the produce


72. Match List I and List II and select the correct answer

List I (Years) List II (Events)
a. 1296 A.D. 1. The Mongols invaded Delhi
b. 1336 A.D. 2. Harihara founded the Kingdom of Vijayanagara
c. 1398 A.D. 3. Timur's invasion
d. 1504 A.D. 4. The city of Agra founded by Sultan Sikandar Lodi
5. Transfer of the capital from Delhi to Daulatabad Codes

D-1


D-5


D-2


D-4


73. Match List I and List II and select the correct answer

List I List II

a. Lakshmi Bai 1. Deported to Rangoon
b. Tantia Tope 2. Fled to Nepal
c. Nana Saheb 3. Captured and executed
d. Bahadur Shah 4. Killed in a battle


D-4


D-1


D-1


D-1


74. Match List I and List II and select the correct answer

List I (Name of the reform movements) List II (Name of its protagonist)

a. Satya Shodhak Samaj 1. Jotirao Govindrao Phule
b. Self Respect Movement 2. E.V. Ramaswami Naickar
c. Sarva Shodhak Samaj 3. Shahu Maharaj
d. Namdhari 4. Ram Singh



D-4


D-1


D-2


D-3


75. Match List I and List II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below

List I List II

a. Ajanta 1. Temples built by the Chandela rulers
b. Ellora 2. Cave paintings
c. Khajuraho 3. Kailasha temple
d. Elephanta 4. Brahmanical sculptures

Codes

D-4


D-3


D-2


D-4


76. "Both Agra and Fatehpur Sikri are bigger than London." Who said it

(A)Bernier


Ralph Fitch


(C)Hawkins


Manucci


77. Who among the following was NOT a party to the conspiracy of the English against Nawab Sirajuddaula

(A)Amic Chand


Jagat Seth


(C)Mir Zafar


Ghasti Begum


78. Before Quit India movement, the British Govt. made a plan to imprison Gandhi and others leaders. The plan was known as

(A)Operation desert


Operation blue star


(C)Operation seashore


Operation zero hour


79. What was the object of Rowlatt Act

declare all strikes as illegal


declare all services as Emergency Services


the constitutional movement by imprisoning any one and punish him without trial


(D)None of these


80. The first Christian Missionary entered India in the

(A)1st century B.C.


1st century A.D.


(C)2nd century A.D.


3rd century A.D.


81. Which of the following Treaties Yashwant Rao Holkar signed with the British

(A)The Treaty of Bassein


The Treaty of Deogaon


(C)The Treaty of Surji-Arjangaon


The Treaty of Rajpurghat


82. Who was not related to Home Rule Movement

(A)Bal Gangadhar Tilak


Annie Besant


(C)Jinnah


Arundale


83. Which among the following was NOT one of the causes of the market-system introduced by Alauddin Khalji

reduce the cost of all necessary articles in the capital


maintain a large standing army at the centre at lower cost


provide better facilities of life to his subjects at a cheaper cost


stop speculation and black-marketing in the capital by the traders


84. By which act provincial Autonomy was established

(A)Act of 1935


Morley-Minto Reform


(C)Montague Chelmford


Simon Commission Report


85. Rajatarangini of Kalhana was translated into Persian by

(A)Abdul Qadir Badauni


Haji Ibrahim Sarhindi


(C)Mulla Shah Muhammad of Shahabad


Shaikh Sultana of Thaneshwar


86. Which of the following rebellion began in 1816 and continued till 1832

(A)Kol


Khasi


(C)Kutchh


Naikad


87. According to which of the following Treaty, Madras was restored to the English by the French

(A)The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapella (1749)


The Treaty of Pondicherry (1754)


(C)The Treaty of Salbai (1782)


The Treaty of Mangalore (1784)


88. Give the correct descending order

(A)Mandalam, Valanadu, Kurram


Mandalam Nadu, Kottam


(C)Kurram, Nadu, Kottam


Nadu, Kurram Taniyur


89. Who built a great mosque at Devagiri

(A)Malik Kafur


Mohd. bin Tughlaq


(C)Allauddin Khalji


Mubarak Shah


90. With whom Lord Cornwallis conducted the permanent settlement

(A)Peasants


Zamindars


(C)Agricultural Labourers


Contractors


91. The Theosophical Society was first established in India at

(A)Bombay


Thane near Bombay


(C)Adyar near Madras


Calcutta


92. The Anglo-Oriental College, at Aligarh was founded in the year

(A)1875


1876


(C)1877


1888


93. In March, 1784, on the insistence of whom the treaty of Manglore was signed

(A)Warren Hastings


Col. Fultern


(C)Tipu Sultan


Lord Macartne


94. Which of the following is correctly matched

(A)Ram Narain Commander of Sirajuddaula


(B)Mir Madan Diwan of Mir Jafar


(C)Rai Durlabh Subedar of Bihar


(D)Jagat Seth Famous Seth of Bengals


95. Which of the following is not matched

(A)C.R. Reddy-Praja Mitra Mandali


(B)Jyotiba Phule-Satyashodhak Samaj


(C)B.R. Ambedkar-All India Depressed Classes Association


(D)Atma Ram-Prarthna Samaj


96. The First Trade Union Act was passed in

(A)1918


1920


(C)1926


1930


97. Put the following act in chronological order

1. Indian Trade Union Act
2. Indian Factories Act
3. Trade Disputes Act
4. Indian Mines Act

3


2


4


1


98. The Vernacular Press Act passed by Lord Lytton was repealed by

(A)Lord William Bentinck


Lord Canning


(C)Lord Ripon



Lord Dufferin


99. Which of the following was the First President of the 'All India States' Peoples' Conference

(A)Sardar Vallabhai Patel


Acharya Kriplani


(C)Maulana Azad


Jawarhar Lal Nehru


100. Who was the author of the novel, Coolie

(A)Raja Rao


Mulk Raj Anand


(C)R.K. Narayanan


Bhabani Bhattacharya


101. The first to arive in India were

(A)French


Portugues


(C)Dutch


English


102. Which of the following Acts abolished the Monopoly Trade of the East India Company in India

(A)The Charter Act of 1793


The Charter Act of 1813


(C)The Charter Act of 1833


The Charter Act of 1853


103. The First Maratha Chief who accepted the Subsidiary Alliance System of Lord Wellesley was

(A)Peshwa Baji Rao II


Raghuji Bhonsle


(C)Daulat Rao Sindia


Yashwant Rao Holkar


104. Which among the following was not conquered by Ranjit Singh

(A)Kashmir


Multan


(C)Peshawar


Cis-Sutlej-territory


105. What was the main reason of war between Mir Qasim and the British

(A)Reorganization of Army of European


(B)Transfer of capital by Mir Qasim to Moongheyer


(C)Conflict on trade tax and abolition of tax on internal trade


remove the corruption of the revenue department


106. Which historical events of the following occurred last

(A)Jallianwala Tragedy


Quit India Movement


(C)Indian Independence


Pakistan's Independence


107. Who from the following was not a member of cabined mission

(A)Lord Atlee


Lord Pethick Lawrence


(C)Sir STRAFFORD Cripps


A.V.Alexander


108. Humayun fought his decisive battle against Sher Shah at

(A)Chunargarh


Chausa


(C)Bilgram


Delhi


109. Which among the following was not included in the military reform introduced by Sher Shah

(A)Keeping a large army at the center


(B)Cash payment to the soldiers


(C)Introduction of the practices of keeping Huliya of soldiers and of branding horses


(D)Keeping of a swiftly-moving artillery


110. The one Rajput State which persisted in its attempt to regain independence till the death of Aurangazeb was

(A)Marwar


Mewar


(C)Jaipur


Bikaner


111. The Mir Bakhshi of the Mughal emperors was Head of the Department of

(A)Finance


Military organization


(C)Foreign affairs


Intelligence


112. Who among the following wrote Mutkhab-ul-Tawarikh

(A)Abdul Rahim-Khan-i-Khana


Abbas Sarwani


(C)Ahmad Yadagara Mirza


Badayuni


113. Akbar built Buland Darwaza at Fatehpur Sikri to commemorate his conquest of

(A)Malwa


Gujarat


(C)Bengal


Kashmir


114. Who painted the Mughal picture of Syberian Crane

(A)Daswanth


Basawan


(C)Mansur


Abul Hasan


115. One of the most famous works on Hindu Law, the Mitakshara was written by

(A)Vidyaranya


Nayachandra


(C)Gangadhara


Vijnanesvara


116. Who among the following Sultans of Delhi called himself the Khalifa

(A)Balban


Muhammad bin Tughlaq


(C)Mubarak Khalji


Iltutmish


117. Which of the following established the Department of Agriculture in Medieval India

(A)Muhammad bin Tughlaq


Balban


(C)Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq


Firoz Tughlaq


118. When was the treaty of Amritsar signed

(A)1825


1809


(C)1848


1844


119. Who told about Mahatma Gandhi that he was a Fakir

(A)Atlee


Cripps


(C)Churchil


Wavell


120. Which among the following was not conquered by Rajendra Chola I

(A)Pandya and Chera


Sri Lanka


(C)Sailendra Empire


Chalukas of Kalyani