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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Under whose presidency was the Lahore Session of the Indian National Congress held in the year 1929 wherein a resolution was adopted to gain complete independence from the British? |
| A. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| B. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| C. | Gopal Krishna Gokhale |
| D. | Motilal Nehru |
| Answer» B. Bal Gangadhar Tilak | |
| 2. |
The Kalinga was fought in ________________ |
| A. | 261 BC |
| B. | 321 BC |
| C. | 301 BC |
| D. | 241 BC |
| Answer» B. 321 BC | |
| 3. |
Who of the following revolutionaries set up the United India House in the USA? |
| A. | Lala Hardayal and Bhagat Singh |
| B. | Ramnath Puri and Vir Savarkar |
| C. | Taraknath Das and GD Kumar |
| D. | Harman Singh and Bhagwan Singh |
| Answer» D. Harman Singh and Bhagwan Singh | |
| 4. |
Pulkasin II defeated Harshavardhan on the bank of the river |
| A. | Mahanadi |
| B. | Narmada |
| C. | Godavari |
| D. | Tapti |
| Answer» C. Godavari | |
| 5. |
In which of the following regions, the evidence of rock-cut architecture is not found? |
| A. | Maharashtra |
| B. | Karnataka |
| C. | Andhra |
| D. | Odisha |
| Answer» C. Andhra | |
| 6. |
Amongst the following who cooperated with Raja Ram Mohan Roy in the implementation of his educational programmes? |
| A. | William Jones |
| B. | David Hare |
| C. | Dwarkanath Tagore |
| D. | Henri Derozio |
| Answer» C. Dwarkanath Tagore | |
| 7. |
The date of Partition of Bengal, October 16, 1905 was celebrated on the suggestion of Rabindranath Tagore, as ______________ |
| A. | Solidarity Day |
| B. | Rakhi Bandhan Day |
| C. | Black Day |
| D. | Brotherhood Day |
| Answer» C. Black Day | |
| 8. |
Vikramaditya, a king of Ujjain, started the Vikrama samvat in 58 BC in commemoration of his victory over ______________ |
| A. | Parthinas |
| B. | Indo-Greeks |
| C. | Sakas |
| D. | Kushanas |
| Answer» D. Kushanas | |
| 9. |
'Diarchy' was first introduced in India under ______________ |
| A. | Government of India Act, 1935 |
| B. | Morley- Minto Reforms |
| C. | Montford Reforms |
| D. | Simon Commission Plan |
| Answer» C. Montford Reforms | |
| 10. |
An Arab astronomer who all the way went to Varanasi and studied Sanskrit language and astronomy there, for a decade was ______________ |
| A. | Al Mashar |
| B. | Al Beruni |
| C. | Amir Khusrau |
| D. | Al Bidari |
| Answer» B. Al Beruni | |
| 11. |
Which one among the following principles was not propagated in the Theosophical Society? |
| A. | Belief at Karma and Rebirth |
| B. | Belief in Universal Brotherhood and Humanity |
| C. | Belief in Vedantic Philosophy |
| D. | Belief in the Eradication of untouchability |
| Answer» E. | |
| 12. |
According to the Buddha, the cause of all human sorrows is trishna which means ______________ |
| A. | hyperactivity of mind |
| B. | desire for worldly things |
| C. | desire for material enjoments and worldly things |
| D. | worldl attachments |
| Answer» D. worldl attachments | |
| 13. |
Who among the following was nominated by Mahatma Gandhi for the Presidentship of the Congress in 1939 against Subhash Chandra Bose? |
| A. | Govind Ballabh Pant |
| B. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| C. | Pattabhi Sitaramayya |
| D. | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel |
| Answer» D. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel | |
| 14. |
Which of the following was the first Neolithic site to be noticed in India? |
| A. | Koldihwa |
| B. | Lingsuur |
| C. | Chirand |
| D. | Mehgarh |
| Answer» C. Chirand | |
| 15. |
Who among the following rejected the title of knighthood and refused the accept a position in the Council of the Secretary of State for India? |
| A. | BG Tilak |
| B. | Motilal Nehru |
| C. | MG Ranade |
| D. | GK Gokhale |
| Answer» E. | |
| 16. |
The use of spinning wheel (Charkha) became common during the ______________ |
| A. | 12th Century AD |
| B. | 9th Century AD |
| C. | 10th Century AD |
| D. | 14th Century AD |
| Answer» E. | |
| 17. |
English East India Company's firstPresidencyin India was ______________ |
| A. | Hoogly |
| B. | Madras |
| C. | Masulipatnam |
| D. | Surat |
| Answer» E. | |
| 18. |
The famous kailasa temple, cut out of solid rock at Ellora, was built under the patronage of the ______________ |
| A. | Pallavas |
| B. | Cholas |
| C. | Kadambas |
| D. | Rashtrakutas |
| Answer» E. | |
| 19. |
The victories of Karikala are well portrayed in ______________ |
| A. | Pattinappalai |
| B. | Palamoli |
| C. | Aruvanad |
| D. | Padirrupattu |
| Answer» B. Palamoli | |
| 20. |
The foreign traveller whose account does not throw light on the history of the Sultanate is _________________ |
| A. | Abdur Razzaq |
| B. | Ibn Batuta |
| C. | Macro Polo |
| D. | Athanasius Nikitin |
| Answer» C. Macro Polo | |
| 21. |
The term yavanika meant _________________ |
| A. | theatre |
| B. | foreign goods |
| C. | dancer |
| D. | curtain |
| Answer» E. | |
| 22. |
What does Baudhan theorem (Baudha-yan Sulva Sutra) relate to? |
| A. | Lengths of sides of a right-angled triangle |
| B. | Calculation of the value of pi |
| C. | Logarithmic calculations |
| D. | Normal disribution curve |
| Answer» B. Calculation of the value of pi | |
| 23. |
Fahien's mission to India was to ______________ |
| A. | visit the Buddhist institutions and to collect copies of Buddhist manuscripts |
| B. | learn about the administrative system of the Gupta kings |
| C. | understand the social postion of women during the Gupta period |
| D. | get full knowledge about the condition of peasans during the period of Gupta kings |
| Answer» B. learn about the administrative system of the Gupta kings | |
| 24. |
In the Delhi Sultanat, an administrative unit called 'Paragana' was headed by an official known as __________ |
| A. | Amil |
| B. | Shiqdar |
| C. | Barid |
| D. | Ariz |
| Answer» C. Barid | |
| 25. |
Which of the following was considered the ablest writer in Persian during Akbar's period? |
| A. | Faizi |
| B. | Badauni |
| C. | Abul Fazal |
| D. | Afizi Sarhindi |
| Answer» D. Afizi Sarhindi | |
| 26. |
The treaty of Mangalore was signed between ______________ |
| A. | Haidar Ali and the Zamorin of Calicut |
| B. | the English East India Company and Haidar Ali |
| C. | the English East India Company and Tipu Sultan |
| D. | the French East India Company and Tipu Sultan |
| Answer» D. the French East India Company and Tipu Sultan | |
| 27. |
The last major extension of British Indian territory took place during the time of ______________ |
| A. | Lytton |
| B. | Dufferin |
| C. | Dalhousie |
| D. | Curzon |
| Answer» D. Curzon | |
| 28. |
The first major inscription in classical Sanskrit is that of ______________ |
| A. | Chandragupta Vikramadita |
| B. | Kanishka I |
| C. | Rudradaman |
| D. | Samudragupta |
| Answer» D. Samudragupta | |
| 29. |
In which on of the following cities, was the East India Association founded by Dadabhai Naoroji in 1866? |
| A. | New York |
| B. | Paris |
| C. | London |
| D. | Tokyo |
| Answer» D. Tokyo | |
| 30. |
During the Indian Freedom Struggle, who among the following proposed that Swaraj should be denied as complete independence free from all foreign control? |
| A. | Hakim Ajmal Khan |
| B. | Mazharul Haque |
| C. | Maulana Hasrat Mohani |
| D. | Abul Kalam Azad |
| Answer» D. Abul Kalam Azad | |
| 31. |
Who invented the technique of extracting scent from Rose? |
| A. | Mahan Anga |
| B. | Nur Jahan |
| C. | Mumtaz Mahal |
| D. | Roshan Ara |
| Answer» C. Mumtaz Mahal | |
| 32. |
To conquer and annex Peshawar and Punjab, Mahmud of Ghazni defeated ______________ |
| A. | Hindushahis |
| B. | Ghurids |
| C. | Arabs |
| D. | Karkotakas |
| Answer» B. Ghurids | |
| 33. |
Under the Mountbatten Plan of 1947 the people of ______________ were given the right to decide through a plebiscite whether they wished to join Pakistan or India. |
| A. | N.W.F.P and the Sylhet district of Assam |
| B. | Assam |
| C. | Punjab |
| D. | Bengal |
| Answer» B. Assam | |
| 34. |
'A Forgotten Empire', written by the renowned historian Robert Sewell is about which one of the following Empires? |
| A. | Mughal Empire |
| B. | Kushan Empire |
| C. | Mauryan Empire |
| D. | Vijayanagar Empire |
| Answer» E. | |
| 35. |
Kumarasambhava, an epic poem, was composed by ______________ |
| A. | Kalidasa |
| B. | Chand Bardai |
| C. | Banabhatta |
| D. | Harisen |
| Answer» B. Chand Bardai | |
| 36. |
The theory of economic drain of India during British imperialism was propounded by ______________ |
| A. | C.R Dutt |
| B. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| C. | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| D. | M.K. Gandhi |
| Answer» D. M.K. Gandhi | |
| 37. |
Kautilya classified the spies into ______________ |
| A. | Gudha purusha-Secret agents |
| B. | Sansthah-Stationary spies |
| C. | Sancharah-Wandering spies |
| D. | Both 'a' and 'b' |
| Answer» E. | |
| 38. |
The South Indian ruler who introduced sericulture as an agro-industry in his kingdom was ______________ |
| A. | Hyder Ali |
| B. | Krishnadevaraya |
| C. | Rajaraja II |
| D. | Tipu Sultan |
| Answer» E. | |
| 39. |
Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore did not define India as a 'nation' because they were ______________ |
| A. | critical of hegemonic culture |
| B. | appreciative of cultural divisiveness |
| C. | opposed to the idea of homogeneity |
| D. | supportive of 'oneness' |
| Answer» D. supportive of 'oneness' | |
| 40. |
Who was responsible for the enactment of the Hindu Widow's Remarriage Act of 1856? |
| A. | Raja Rammohan Roy |
| B. | Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar |
| C. | Devendranath Tagore |
| D. | Keshab Chandra Sen |
| Answer» C. Devendranath Tagore | |
| 41. |
Krishnadeva Raya's Amuktamalyada is a work on _____________ |
| A. | All of the above |
| B. | his political ideas |
| C. | public administration |
| D. | administration of justice and foreign affairs |
| Answer» B. his political ideas | |
| 42. |
Which one of the following revolts was made famous by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in his novel Anand Math? |
| A. | Bishnupur and Birbhum Rebellion |
| B. | Bhi Uprising |
| C. | Rangpur and Dinapur Uprising |
| D. | Sanyasi Rebellion |
| Answer» E. | |
| 43. |
Under which one of the following systems of assessment, the British Government collected revenue directly from the farmer? |
| A. | Annawari |
| B. | Zamindari |
| C. | Ryotwari |
| D. | Desaiwari |
| Answer» D. Desaiwari | |
| 44. |
Which of the following was not a port town in Harappan Civilization? |
| A. | Rojdi |
| B. | Surkotra |
| C. | Rangpur |
| D. | Allahdino |
| Answer» B. Surkotra | |
| 45. |
Which one of the following persons was not one of the nine jewels of Chandragupta II's court? |
| A. | Varahamihira |
| B. | (A) Virasena Shaba |
| C. | Acharya Dignaga |
| D. | Charaka |
| Answer» E. | |
| 46. |
The Battle of Khanwa in 1527 was fought between _________________ |
| A. | Humayun and Sher Shah |
| B. | Barbar and Rana Sanga |
| C. | Ibrahim Lodi and Rana Sanga |
| D. | Humayun and Nusrat Shah |
| Answer» C. Ibrahim Lodi and Rana Sanga | |
| 47. |
Where is Judicature (High Court) of Rajasthan ? |
| A. | Udaipur |
| B. | Jaipur |
| C. | Jodhpur |
| D. | Jaiselmer |
| Answer» D. Jaiselmer | |
| 48. |
Jharia (Jharkhand) is famous for ____________ |
| A. | sports goods |
| B. | coal mines |
| C. | copper mines |
| D. | gold mines |
| Answer» C. copper mines | |
| 49. |
The Reliance Cup is associated with ____________ |
| A. | cricket |
| B. | badminton |
| C. | world badminton (women) |
| D. | sea plane race (England) |
| Answer» B. badminton | |
| 50. |
The parts of the Mahabharata which include Bhagawad Gita, is ____________ |
| A. | more then 100 years old |
| B. | more then 1500 years old |
| C. | more then 2500 years old |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |