1. Where has the 'Great Bath' structure been found in the Harappan sites

Mohanjodaro Harappa


Lothal Kalibangan


2. What was the shape of standard Harappan seals

Round Rectangular


Square Conical


3. Where is the famous Harrapan site of Kalibangan located

Punjab Rajasthan


Sindh Gujarat


4. The horned deity is the peculiar feature of

The Vedic culture The Sangam culture


The Pre-Harappan culture The Harappan culture


5. Where is the 'Battle of Ten Kings' mentioned in ancient texts

Rig Veda Yajur Veda


Brahamanas Sam Veda


6. Sabha in Vedic times referred to

A general assembly of the entire tribe


A Council of tribal elders


Advisors of the King


A group of influential kulapas


7. Where the King Ajatshatru ruled in Pre-Mauryan period

Vaishali Kaushambi


Magadha Ayodhya


8. Gautam Buddha delivered his sermons in

Sanskrit Prakrit


Pali Tamil


9. What was the basic characteristic of Ajivika sect

Religious freedom Materialism


Vedic rituals Belief in pre-determinism


10. Which of the following match is the correct one

Buddhism The Turning of the Wheel of law


Jainism Belief in rituals and God


Ajivikas Materialism


Charvaks Pre-determinism


11. The Mauryan dynasty succeeded which of the following dynasty

The Shishunaga The Nandas


The Pallavas The Kushanas


12. The inscriptions of King Asoka are mostly in

Kharosthi script Devanagari script


Aramaic script Brahmi script


13. What was described in the Asoka's principles of Dhamma

Principles of Buddhism


A set of Rules and Regulations framed by the State


General guidelines for good social conduct


Religious duties of a man


14. Who were the immediate successors of the Mauryas

The Shishunagas The Shungas


The Kushanas The Guptas


15. Milinda-Panho (The Questions of King Milinda) is a

Buddhist text Jain text


Greek text A text of Ajivikas


16. What is Tolkappiyam

A Jain text


The earliest Tamil grammar


A temple built by the Chola King Karikala


An Epic in Tamil


17. Whom the famous Allahabad inscription refers to

Bindusara Chandragupta-I


Chandragupta-II Samudragupta


18. Which of the following rulers patronized the poet Banabhat

Chandragupta-II Harsavardhana


Samudragupta Chandragupta-I


19. How many castes India had according to the Indika of Megasthenes

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20. What was the basic feature of Maurya rule

A centralized bureaucracy De-centralization


Governance by feudatories Domination of Kings' relative


21. Who were the rajukas

Governors of King Harsavardhana


Feudatories of The Guptas


Judicial officers in rural areas of the Mauryas


Members of Royal family


22. Which part of India was ruled over by the Satavahanas

Eastern Northern-Deccan


Ghandhar Southern


23. Why was the place Arikamedu famous during Chola rule

It was the capital of early Chola Kings


It was the birth place of a Chola King


It was the place where the Chola mint existed


It was a famous trading port on Tamil coast


24. Which type of stone was used by the sculptors of the Mathura School of Art

White marble Red sandstone


Granite None of the above


25. Which one of the following match is correct

Hinyana sect China and Central Asia


Mahayana sect Ceylon


Theravada sect Kaushambi


Sarvastivada sect Nalanda


26. Which one of the following match is correct

Nagarjuna Sunyavad or the Doctrine of Void


Hinayana The Concept of Boddhisatva or the Suffering saviour


Jainism Concept of Bhakti or devotion


Vaishnavism Worship of Lingam or the phallic symbol


27. What were the 'agrahara' land grants

Land grants given to administrative servants


Tax-free land grants given to the Brahmans


Grants to soldiers


Land grants given in lieu of cash salary


28. Who wrote Pancha-siddantika (Five School of Astronomy), a famous work in ancient India

Aryabhatta Varahmihira


Shudraka Brhamgupta


29. Which sect was the famous Vikramshila monastery associated with

Mahayana Hinayana


Sarvastivadin Vajrayana


30. Which one of the following match is correct

Gosala Maskuriputra Ajivikas


Kumarapala Buddhism


Ajita Kesakambalin Jainism


Shankara Dualistic Vedanta


31. Which one of the following match is correct

Sankhya Spiritual salvation


Vedanta Yoga Sutra


Nyaya School Logic and Epistemology


Mimamsa Atheism


32. Painted Gray Ware or PGW is associated with

The Early Vedic Culture The Harappan Culture


The Maurayan Empire The Gupta Empire


33. The 'Alavars' were Bhakti saints of

Shaivites Vaishnavaites


Lingayata Saktas


34. Which one of the following was the holder of the designation under Sultans

A judicial officer The Governor of a province


A village headman The holder of an Iqta


35. Who were the banjaras during the medieval times

The courtiers of kings A community of folk entertainers


Iterant traders Agriculturists


36. Who acted as the village level accountants in the rural society of Deccan

Deshmukhs Patils


Mirasars Kulkarnis


37. Which one of the following match is correct

Mirasi tenure Hereditary proprietary rights in land


Upari Tenure Resident of a village having cultivating rights in lands


Sarkharchi Sheri Rewards for services rendered to the village


Watan tenure Given to soldiers


38. Which one of the following kingdoms developed the 'Ayagar' system to administer rural areas

The Cholas Vijyanagara Empire


The Bahmanis The Satvahanas


39. Who introduced the 'du-aspa sih aspa' system for determining the obligations of the mansabdari

Akbar Shahjahan


Jahangir Aurangzeb


40. What do you mean by in Chola administration

An assembly of the Brahmans of a village


The general assembly of all adult members of a village


The administrative unit of a district


An assembly of members of a guild


41. 'Manigramam' during the Chola period was

Association formed by traders to safeguard their trade


An association of the craftsmen


An association to look after the temple affairs


An assembly of monks


42. Which one of the following match is correct

Hemachandra Rajtarangini


Bilhana Gaudavadaha


Vakpati Vikramaditya Charita


Vishakhadatta Mudrarakshasa


43. Which Chola king took the title of 'Gangai Kondai'

Vijaylaya Rajendra Chola


Prantaka-I Rajaraja-I


44. What was the amount of land revenue charged by the Chola Kings

1/6 of the produce 1/5 of the produce


1/4 of the produce 1/3 of the produce


45. Silappadikaram and Manimekhlai were written during the rule of

The Cholas The Satvahanas


Vijyanagara Empire The Pandyas


46. Which one of the following match is correct

Prantaka-I Pandya


Kanddungori Chola


Maruvarman Avani Sulamani Vijyanagara


Rajaraja-I Chola


47. Who wrote Shahnama during the rule of Mahmud Ghazni

Firdaus Al-beruni


Abul Fazl Ibn Batuta


48. Which Turkish ruler built the Quwaat-ul-Islam mosque near Qutub Minar

Illtutmish Balban


Qutubuddin Aibek Razia Sultan


49. Which ruler of the slave dynasty organized a group of forty nobles known as 'Chalihani'

Balban Qutubuddin Aibek


Razia Sultan Illtutmish


50. Which one of the following match is correct

Diwan-i-Wazarat Military administration


Diwan-i-Insha In charge of correspondence of the State


Diwan-i-Arz Personal services of the Sultan


Chief Barid A Judiciary Functionary of the State


51. Which Tughlaq ruler built the famous Western Yamuna Canal
Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq Feroz Tughlaq Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq Nasiruddin Tughlaq
52. Who wrote Tarikh-i-Ferozshahi
Al-beruni Hasan Azmi Amir Khusro Ziauddin Barani

53. Which Turkish ruler introduced the famous market reforms

Ala-ud-din-Khalji Jala-ud-din Khalji


Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq Balban


54. Who was the Chief Minister of Krishna devaraya of Vijyanagara

Harihar Tenali Ram


Hasan Gangu Mahmud Gawan


55. Zianul Abidin, the famous ruler of Kashmir in the fifteenth century, is remembered for

His religious fanaticism His antagonism with the Mughals


His alliance with the Sikhs His policy of religious tolerance


56. Which one of the following match is correct

Vijyanagara Empire Ashta Diggaj


Mewar Raja Jai Singh


Zaina Lanka Akbar


Battle of Khanua Maharana Pratap


57. When did Akbar rename Sikri as Fatehpur Sikri

After the Conquest of Bengal After the Conquest of Mewar


After the Conquest of Gujarat After the Conquest of Kashmir


58. In which famous battle Sher Shah Suri defeated Humanyun

Battle of Chausa Battle of Khanua


Battle of Agra Battle of Panipat


59. Which Mughal Emperor assumed the title of Alamgir

Jahangir Shahjahan


Bahadur Shah Aurengzeb


60. Which Mughal ruler abolished 'rahdari' (inland duty) and 'pandari' (octroi)

Aurengzeb Jahangir


Akbar Shahjahan


61. Who wrote Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri

Abul Fazl Amir Khusro


Jahangir Gul-badan-Begum


62. Who laid the foundation of the kingdom of Awadh

Saadat Khan Asaf Jah


Alivardi Khan Safdarjung


63. When did the Marathas capture Delhi

1738 1760


1742 1758


64. Shivaji's 'mulk-i-quadim' territory meant

His own Kingdom


The Old Territory


Territories that were still part of the Mughal Empire


Territories given to his Sardars for their services


65. Balaji Vishwanath, under whom the domination of Peshwa began, was the Peshwa of

Shambhaji Tara bai


Shivaji-II Shahu


66. What was the meaning of the Sufi Concept of

Piety Gratitude


Patience Submission to God


67. Which Sikh Guru built the famous Harmander Sahib Gurudwara

Guru Angad Guru Arjan Dev


Guru Ramdas Guru Har Govind


68. Which Sikh holy place is also known as Takht Sri Keshgarh Sahib

Amritsar Anandpur


Gurudwara Shisganj Patna Sahib


69. Which Sufi order (silshila) was the most visible in India

Chisti Naqshbandi


Suhrawardi Qaddiri


70. What was the Sardeshmukhi

Land revenue in Maratha territories


A sort of zamindari claim to about 1/10 of the assessed revenue


A claim to about 1/4 of the revenue


'Rahdari' or inland duty in the Maratha territories


71. Which one of the following match is correct

Kamvishdar An Officer in Maratha district level administration


Muqti Local official in Sultanate Period


Mustajirs Governors of Provinces under Mughals


Tarfdars Sardars of Chola Kings.


72. What was the meaning of term

A religious ceremony


A political mechanism of taking advantage of existing conflicts and making conciliatory moves.


Deployment of coercive measures to deal with the rebels


Defence of a fort


73. Which one of the following match is correct

Fauzdar Pargana administration


Shiqdar Sarkar administration


Barabaluti A system of denoting livelihood shares of a village income


Muttaseddis Local village servants


74. What was under the Sikh rule

Protection of women


Protection of cultivators against outsiders after levying 1/5 of produce


A symbol of brotherhood of different religious communities


Initiation ceremony for the Sikhs


75. Which was the main region for procuring pepper by the Portuguese merchants

Gujarat Tamil Nadu


Andhra Pradesh Kanara


76. The Dutch ascendancy of Indian trade was during

Fifteenth century Sixteenth century


Seventeenth century Eighteenth century


77. To which nationality the chief organizers of Ranjit Singh Fauz-i Khas, Allard and Ventura belonged

French Dutch


Portuguese English


78. What was the chief feature of Indo-European trade before the establishment of the British Empire in India

An outflow of Bullion


An inflow of Bullion


Inflow of Machine produced European goods


An Import Surplus


79. What was the most important item of export of the East India Company from India in the eighteenth century

Sugar Saltpetre


Opium Cotton-textiles


80. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee's novel Anandmath was written in the backdrop of which important rebellion

The revolt of 1857 Santhal Uprising


Sanyasi rebellion Koli Revolt


81. The most affected constituent of East India army in the 'revolt' of 1857 was

The Bengal army The Bombay army


The Madras army The Rajputana Rifles


82. Who led the Santhal hool or uprising of 1855-56

The Dikus Kunwar Singh


Balwant Phadke Sido nad Kanhu


83. Which of the following match is correct

Rampa Revolt 1875 Munda Ulgulan 1899-1900


Bhil Uprising 1880 The Deccan Peasant Uprising 1890


84. Where did the Indigo revolt of 1859-60 take place

Champaran in Bihar North-Deccan


Bengal Malabar


85. The Deccan Peasant Revolt (1875) was a revolt against

Moneylenders Landlords


Dikus British planters


86. Who was the first president of the Indian National Congress

A.O. Hume Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee


William Wederburn Dada Bhai Nauroji


87. Who was the first foreign born president of the Indian National Congress

A.O. Hume William Wedderburn


Annie Besant George Yule


88. Which one of the following is correct match

R.C. Dutt The Economic History of India


Dadabhai Nauroji Prosperous British India


Gopal Krishna Gokhale Hind Swaraj


M.G. Ranade The Poverty and Un-British Rule in India


89. When was the Brahmo Samaj formed

1845 1835


1838 1828


90. Which one of the following match is correct

Virasilingam Rajamundri Social Reform Association


Sri Narayana Guru Ghulam Giri


Dayananda Saraswati Prarthana Samaj


B.R. Ambedkar Satya Shodhak Samaj


91. Who was the main campaigner for the Age of Consent Act of 1891

Bal Gangadhar Tilak Vishnu Krishna Chiplunkar


Mahatama Jyotiba Phule Behramji Malabari


92. Which Subedar attained autonomy for the Bengal Suba

Murshid Kuli Khan Saddat Khan


Asaf Zah Mir Qasim


93. Who established Tattava Bodhini Sabha

Swami Vivekanand Keshub Chandra Sen


Debendra Nath Tagore Raja Ram Mohan Roy


94. Which of the following reformer was also popularly known as Lokhitwadi

Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Gopal Hari Deshmukh


Vishnu Shastri Chiplunkar Ram Krishna Gopal Bhandarkar


95. Who established Abhinav Bharat

Bipin Chandra Pal Aurobindo Ghosh


Ras Bihari Bose V.D. Savarkar


96. Which one of the following match is correct

Tarak Nath Das Free Hindustan Shyamji Krishna Verma Swadesh Sevak


V.D. Savarkar The Ghadar Lala Lajpat Rai New India


97. Which one of the following leader wrote the Indian war of Independence

Madame Cama Lala Har Dayal


V.D. Savarkar Tarak Nath Das


98. Apart from the famous Congress-League Pact, why was the Lucknow session of the Congress important

A proposal was accepted to form a small Working Committee


It endorsed to start an All India Movement


Re-entry of the 'Extremists' in the Congress


For the formation of All India Trade Union Congress


99. Who was the author of "Indian Unrest"

Annie Besant Valentine Chirol


Bal Gangadhar Tilak Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi


100. Which of the following organizations led the famous Kheda Satyagraha

The Gujarat Sabha Servants of India Society


Indian National Congress Home Rule League


101. What was the Tinkathia system in Champaran Indigo growing areas that Gandhi wanted to abolish

A system of vethi (forced labour)


A system of rent levied on the cultivators by the planters


A system of rent levied on the cultivators by the planters


An agreement imposed on the cultivators to grow indigo on 3/20 of their holdings


102. Which was the Sikh Misl of Maharaja Ranjit Singh

Sukarchakia Bhangi


Nakai Phulkian


103. When did Nair Shah invade India

During the reign of Furukshiyar During the reign of Muhammad Shah


During the reign of Jahandar Shah During the reign of Shah Alam-II


104. Who moved the main resolution on Non-cooperation in the Nagpur Session of the Congress

Mahatama Gandhi Motilal Nehru


Vallabhbhai Patel C.R. Das


105. Which one of the following match is correct

Sahajanand Saraswati Awadh Peasant Movement


Baba Ram Chandra Bardoli Satyagraha


Gauri Shankar Mishra UP Kisan Sabha


Indulal Yagnik Servants of India Society


106. When was the All-India Trade Union Congress formed

1920 1921


1922 1923


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107. Who was the president of the first All-India Trade Union Congress

B.P. Wadia Dewan Chaman Lal


Jawaharlal Nehru Lala Lajpat Rai


108. What was the main reason for the emergence of Akali Movement in Punjab

Atrocities of Jalianwala Bagh


Corruption of Mahants in Gurudwaras


Heavy land revenue burden on the Sikh peasantry


Government's attempt to control Gurudwaras


109. The famous temple entry movement in Vaikom took place in

Hyderabad State


Tamil Nadu


Travancore State


Baroda


110. Who led the famous Chittagong Armoury Raid in 1930

Surya Sen Batukeshwar Dutt


Jatin Das Ras Bihari Bose


111. Why was the nationalist opinion against the Simon Commission

Because the constitutional reforms suggested by it were inadequate


Because it envisaged separate electorates for the 'untouchables'


Because of its all-white composition


Because Simon, its chairman belonged to the Conservative Party


112. Who led the march of Satyagrahis at the Dharsana Salt Works
K. Kelappan Vallabhbhai Patel C. Rajagopalachari Sarojini Naidu
113. Who built the First Railways in India The British Government


The British Private Companies on their own


British Private Companies on a guaranteed interest from the Government


The German Private Companies


114. Who were given proprietary rights in land under the Permanent Settlement

The Tenant Cultivators The Zamindars


Revenue farmers The Village Community


115. What was the ideological basis of the Ryotwari land Settlement

The Philosophy of Utilitarianism The laissez faire principle


The Physiocratic economics The Maratha indigenous practice



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116. What, according to Dadabhai Nauroji, constituted the substance of the 'drain of wealth' from India

Taxation of Peasants by the Government


Direct looting and plunder of the Indians by the British


Export-Surplus or excess of exports over imports in return for which India did not receive any goods or services


Government's control and ownership of lands in India


117. When was the Punjab Land Alienation Act passed

1879 1889


1895 1901


118. Where did the Revolt of Royal Indian Navy take place in 1946

Calcutta Bombay


Karachi Madras


119. When was the organization Muslim Conference launched by Sheikh Abdullah

1931 1932


1933 1934


120. Who was the president of the All-India State People's Conference at the time of Indian Independence

Jawaharlal Nehru Vallabhbhai Patel


C. Rajgopalachari Sheikh Abdullah


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