1.

Who was the Sultan to distribute Takabi or Sondhar to peasants for the
development of agriculture ?
(1) Alauddin Khalji
(2) Balban
(3) Feroz Tughlaq
(4) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
Correct Answere: Muhammad bin Tughlaq
2. Who established the city of Jaunpur ?
(1) Feroz Tughlaq
(2) Iltutmish
(3) Mohammed bin Tughlaq
(4) Nasiruddin Mahmud
Correct Answere: Feroz Tughlaq
3. Name the militray system of Mughals ?
(1) Ijardari system
(2) Jagirdari system
(3) Mansabdari system
(4) Tallukdari system
Correct Answere: Mansabdari system
4. Which Sultan of Delhi propounded 'Niyabat-i-Khudai' ?
(1) Alauddin Khalji
(2) Balban
(3) Iltutmish
(4) Mohammad bin Tughlaq
Correct Answere: Balban
5. Whose military officer was Ibrahim Khan Gardi ?
(1) Ahmad Shah Durrani
(2) Hyder Ali
(3) Raja Suraj Mal
(4) Peshwa Balaji Baji Rao
Correct Answere: Peshwa Balaji Baji Rao
6. Who was the sucessor of Shivaji ?
(1) Raja Ram
(2) Shambhaji
(3) Shahu
(4) Shivaji II
Correct Answere: Shambhaji
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7. What is the name of the autobiography of Firoz Tughlaq ?
(1) Futuhat- i - Ferozshahi
(2) Sirat- i - Ferozshahi
(3) Tarikhi- i- Ferozshahi
(4) Tujuk- i - Ferozshahi
Correct Answere: Futuhat- i - Ferozshahi
8. Who was the Delhi Sultan who changed the name of land system and adopted the
Galla Batai system ?
(1) Balban
(2) Gayasuddin Tughlaq
(3) Mohammed bin Tughlaq
(4) Sikandar Lodhi
Correct Answere: Gayasuddin Tughlaq
9. The officer who charged the Road tax in Mauryan age was called ?
(1) Navadhyakhsha
(2) Panyadhyaksha
(3) Pautvadhyaksha
(4) Shulkadhyaksha
Correct Answere: Shulkadhyaksha
10. Tirth is used in Kautilya's Arthshastra for ?
(1) A class of officer
(2) Holy things
(3) Holy places
(4) Jain monks
Correct Answere: A class of officer
11. Who was the founder of Vardhan dynasty of Thaneshwar ?
(1) Harsh Vardhan
(2) Rajya Vardhan
(3) Prabhaker Vardhan
(4) Val Vardhan
Correct Answere: Prabhaker Vardhan
12. During Rigvedic times which system prevailed ?
(1) One Marriage
(2) Two Marriages
(3) Poly gamy
(4) Polyandry
Correct Answere: One Marriage
13. What is the concept of Shiva in early literature ?
(1) Rudra
(2) Pashupati
(3) Maheshwar
(4) Yogi
Correct Answere: Rudra
14. Where was the Chandela Kingdom in Bundelkhand ?
(1) Jhansi
(2) Kalinjar
(3) Khajuraho
(4) Mahoba
Correct Answere: Mahoba
15. 'Jawabit' means ?
(1) Head of Factories
(2) Royal orders
(3) Tax on Plough
(4) Tax on forest produce
Correct Answere: Royal orders
16. Where is Samadhi of Guru Givind Singh built ?
(1) Amritsar
(2) Anandpur Sahib in Patan
(3) Nahan
(4) Nader
Correct Answere: Nader
17. When did Shivaji adopt the title of Chhatrapati after his coronation ?
(1) 1672
(2) 1674
(3) 1678
(4) 1680
Correct Answere: 1674
18. Who first translated the Total Maina Stories in Persian ?
(1) Amir Khusroe
(2) Badayuni
(3) Faizi
(4) Jiya Naqshwi
Correct Answere: Jiya Naqshwi
19. Whi is considered to be the founder of Bhakti movement ?
(1) Madhwacharya
(2) Nimbakacharya
(3) Ramanujacharya
(4) Shankaracharya
Correct Answere: Ramanujacharya
20. In Vijay Nagar state, the Prantpati who did not belong to the royal family
but were appointed on merit were often called ?
(1) Amar Nayak
(2) Dalwaya
(3) Dand Nayak
(4) Up Pradhan
Correct Answere: Dand Nayak
21. The greatest painter of Birds in Jahangir's court was ?
(1) Basawan
(2) Khwaja Abdussmad
(3) Mansur
(4) Saiyyad Ali Tabrezi
Correct Answere: Mansur
22. The traders of which country did not come to India in Mughal age ?
(1) Britain
(2) France
(3) Italy
(4) Portugal
Correct Answere: Italy
23. What is not true about Lingayat sect ?
(1) It does not approve the widom remarriages
(2) It protests against caste and early marriage
(3) It was founded by Basav
(4) It is also called Veer Shaiva sect
Correct Answere: It does not approve the widom remarriages
24. In Vijanagram, the minted currency had the script in ?
(1) Nagri Lipi
(2) Kannar Lipi
(3) Tamil
(4) A and B
Correct Answere: A and B
25. Which States were not conquered by Malik Kafur ?
(1) Deogiri
(2) Dwar Samudra
(3) Gujrat
(4) Warangel
Correct Answere: Gujrat
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26. In 1939, Gandhi for the first time tried out his specific technique of
controlled mass struggle in a native state. He allowed a close adjutant of his
to leas a satyagraha. Who was he ?
(1) Mysore, K. T. Bhashyam
(2) Dhenkanal, Nebakrishna Chaudhri
(3) Jaipur, Jamnalal Bajaj
(4) Rajkot, Vallabhbhai Patel
Correct Answere: Mysore, K. T. Bhashyam
27. The Lacknow seassion of 1916 is noted for ?
(1) Congress acceptance of the League's demand of seprate electrates and
weighted for Muslims
(2) Election of a Muslim leader as Congress president
(3) Merger of the Muslims League into the Congress, temporarily
(4) None of the above
Correct Answere: Congress acceptance of the League's demand of seprate
electrates and weighted for Muslims
28. Who was not a delegate to the round table conference in London ?
(1) C. Vijaraghavachariar
(2) Mukund Rama Rao Jayakar
(3) Tej Bahadur Sapru
(4) V. S. Srinivasa Sastri
Correct Answere: C. Vijaraghavachariar
29. Which pair threw a bomb at a carriage that they belived was occupied by
Kingsford, the unpopular judge at Muzza farpur ?
(1) Jatindra Nath Das, Ashfaqullah Khan (1910)
(2) Khudiram Bose, Prafulla Chaki (1908)
(3) Ramprasad Bismil, Surya Sen (1906)
(4) None of the above
Correct Answere: Khudiram Bose, Prafulla Chaki (1908)
30. He was the most passionate exponent of the extremists point of view and the
programme spelled out by him anticipated the one adopted by Gandhi some years
later. The reference here is to ?
(1) Aurobindo Ghose
(2) BG Tilak
(3) Lala Lajpat Rai
(4) None of the above
Correct Answere: Aurobindo Ghose
31. Sardeshmukhi of the Marathas meant ?
(1) A Tax levied upon Individuals
(2) A Tax levied upon Deshmukhs
(3) A Part of land revenue collected by other officers
(4) The regions of the villages kept apart for Deshmukhs
Correct Answere: A Part of land revenue collected by other officers
32. In 1565 the Vijaynagar empire fell down as a result of the war of ?
(1) Kanchi
(2) Shri Ranga Patnam
(3) Talicota (Rakshasi Tangari)
(4) None of these
Correct Answere: Talicota (Rakshasi Tangari)
33. Who was the Sultan when Mangols did not invade ?
(1) Alauddin Khalji
(2) Balban
(3) Ghayasuddin Tughlaq
(4) Iltutmish
Correct Answere: Ghayasuddin Tughlaq
34. Who is not writer of Padshah Nama ?
(1) Abdul Hamid Lahori
(2) Mohammad Saleh Kambo
(3) Mohammad Amin Qazuvini
(4) Mohammad Waris
Correct Answere: Mohammad Saleh Kambo
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35. On the both sides of 'Arched Main Door', the construction of decorated
minars depicts which style of agriculture ?
(1) Bengal
(2) Gujrat
(3) Jaunpur
(4) South
Correct Answere: Gujrat
36. The movement in India which became popular during the First World War was
the ?
(1) Home- Rule Movement
(2) Separatist Movement
(3) Swarajist Party Movement
(4) Swadeshi and Boycott
Correct Answere: Home- Rule Movement
37. The agitation against the Rowlatt Acts through Satyagraha Sabha was
organised by ?
(1) Dr. Saifuddin Kitchlew
(2) Madan Mohan Malaviya
(3) Mazhar- Haq
(4) Mahatma Gandhi
Correct Answere: Mahatma Gandhi
38. The Montagu- Chelmsford Reform (Government of India Act) of 1919 did not
introduce the arrangement ?
(1) That the legislature had virtually no control over the governor general
(2) That the right to vote was restricted
(3) That under the system of diarchy the Governor held the total control over
finances
(4) That the legislature would not even be allowed to seek information from the

government of its own
Correct Answere: That the legislature would not even be allowed to seek
information from the government of its own
39. The Home Rule Movement stood for ?
(1) Complete independence of India
(2) Introduction of universal adult franchise
(3) Self-government for India
(4) None of the above
Correct Answere: Self-government for India
40. At the residence of which of the following Muslim nationalists did Gandhi go

on a 21 days fast in 1924 to do penance for the communal riots ?
(1) Ajmal Khan
(2) M. A. Ansari
(3) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(4) Mamulana Mohammed Ali
Correct Answere: Mamulana Mohammed Ali
41. Swarajists walked out from the Council in 1930 in respones to ?
(1) First Round Table Conference
(2) Karachi Resolution of the Congress
(3) Lahore Resolution of the Congress
(4) None of the above
Correct Answere: Lahore Resolution of the Congress
42. What was the aim of the Swarajists new policy of Council Entry ?
(1) Expose the "no changers"
(2) Give a trial to the Government of India Act, 1919
(3) Provide effcient and better administration
(4) To break the reforms from within by "uniform, consistent and continuous
obstruction"
Correct Answere: To break the reforms from within by "uniform, consistent and
continuous obstruction"
43. In which of the following sessions of the Round Table Conference was the
Congress participation there ?
(1) First
(2) Second
(3) Third
(4) Both (a) and (c)
Correct Answere: Second
44. The result of the Poona Pact was that the number of seats reserved for the
Depressed classed classes out of general electorate seats were ?
(1) Abolished
(2) Decreased
(3) Increased
(4) Retained at the same level
Correct Answere: Increased
45. The Chief counsel for I. N. A. trials at the Red Fort in Delhi was ?
(1) Bhula Bhai Desai
(2) C. R. Das
(3) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(4) M. C. Setalvad
Correct Answere: Bhula Bhai Desai
46. Who among the following participated in the conspiracy hatched by Clive
against Shirajad- daula, the Nawab of Bengal ?
(1) Mirkashim and Amin Chand
(2) Mirjafar and Amin Chand
(3) Mirjafar and Mirkasim
(4) Mirjafar, Mirkasim and Amir Chand
Correct Answere: Mirjafar and Amin Chand
47. Saddler Commission was associated with ?
(1) Education
(2) Judiciary
(3) Police Administration
(4) Reve Administration
Correct Answere: Education
48. The Whitley commission was concerned with ?
(1) Education
(2) Labour
(3) Public Health
(4) Reorganization of Civil Services
Correct Answere: Labour
49. The first Official Legislature in India was created by ?
(1) Charter Act of 1853
(2) Charter Act of 1813
(3) Indian Councils Act 1861
(4) Regulation Act of 1773
Correct Answere: Charter Act of 1853
50. Which of the following pairs is incorrectly matched ?
(1) Congress Socialist Party - 1934
(2) Forward Block - 1939
(3) Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh - 1935
(4) Swaraj Party - 1922
Correct Answere: Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh - 1935
51. Which one does not match ?
(1) Balban- Tughril Khan
(2) Gayasuddin Tughlaq- Nizamuddin Aulia
(3) Jalaluddin Khalji- Siddi Maula
(4) Sikandar Lodhi- Daulat Khan Lodhi
Correct Answere: Sikandar Lodhi- Daulat Khan Lodhi
52. In which city is the dargah (tomb) of sufi saint Moinuddin Chishti located ?
(1) Delhi
(2) Ghaziabad
(3) Ajmer
(4) Gwalior
Correct Answere: Ajmer