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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. |
In which year Permanent Revenue Settlement was introduced |
| A. | 1793 |
| B. | 1794 |
| C. | 1795 |
| D. | 1796 |
| Answer» B. 1794 | |
| 2. |
In which year, the control of the city of Delhi passed from the Marathas to the British |
| A. | 1791 |
| B. | 1795 |
| C. | 1799 |
| D. | 1803 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3. |
Which Gupta ruler issued silver coin for the first time |
| A. | Samudragupta |
| B. | Chandragupta II |
| C. | Skandagupta |
| D. | Kumaragupta I |
| Answer» C. Skandagupta | |
| 4. |
Who was the author of "Kavyadarsa" |
| A. | Da??in |
| B. | Bharavi |
| C. | Jayadeva |
| D. | Kalidasa |
| Answer» B. Bharavi | |
| 5. |
Which one marathi weekly was published by B.R. Ambedkar in 1930 |
| A. | Agni |
| B. | Samanta |
| C. | Janata |
| D. | Hind-Khabar |
| Answer» D. Hind-Khabar | |
| 6. |
In which year the Asiatic Society was established |
| A. | 1784 |
| B. | 1786 |
| C. | 1890 |
| D. | 1793 |
| Answer» B. 1786 | |
| 7. |
Which one of the following rulers did not contribute towards the expansion of Buddhism |
| A. | Harshavardhan |
| B. | Kanishka |
| C. | Ashoka |
| D. | Pushyamitra Shunga |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8. |
Which of the following rulers constructed the Grand Trunk road connected East Bengal to Peshawar |
| A. | Babur |
| B. | Akbar |
| C. | Jahangir |
| D. | Sher Shah Suri |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9. |
"Sirr-i Akbar" is the Persian translation of the __ by Dara Shukoh |
| A. | Upanishads |
| B. | Manusmriti |
| C. | Rigveda |
| D. | Bhagavad Gita |
| Answer» B. Manusmriti | |
| 10. |
Raja Ram Mohan Roy started Atmiya Sabha in the year |
| A. | 1810 |
| B. | 1813 |
| C. | 1815 |
| D. | 1818 |
| Answer» D. 1818 | |
| 11. |
Who established the Indian Home Rule Society in London |
| A. | Har Dayal |
| B. | Rash Behari Bose |
| C. | Vinayak Damodar Savarkar |
| D. | Shyamji Krishna Varma |
| Answer» E. | |
| 12. |
Who established trading centers at Calicut, Cochin and Cannanore |
| A. | Portuguese |
| B. | French |
| C. | Dutch |
| D. | English |
| Answer» B. French | |
| 13. |
Bahadur Shah Zafar died in Yangon in the year |
| A. | 1858 |
| B. | 1860 |
| C. | 1862 |
| D. | 1865 |
| Answer» D. 1865 | |
| 14. |
Which one is the earliest brick temple in India to survive till now |
| A. | Sarnath temple |
| B. | Laksman temple |
| C. | Mahabodhi temple |
| D. | Bhitargaon temple |
| Answer» E. | |
| 15. |
Who is also known as "Father of communal electorate" |
| A. | Morley |
| B. | Minto |
| C. | Lord Willingdon |
| D. | Lord Linlithgow |
| Answer» C. Lord Willingdon | |
| 16. |
Who is known as the real founder of Turkish rule in India |
| A. | Iltutmish |
| B. | Muhammad of Ghor |
| C. | Qutb-ud-din Aibak |
| D. | Firuz Shah Tughlaq |
| Answer» D. Firuz Shah Tughlaq | |
| 17. |
In Vedic age, cultivated fields were known as |
| A. | nilam |
| B. | kani |
| C. | khilya |
| D. | kohetra |
| Answer» E. | |
| 18. |
The Indus valley people wore the clothes made of |
| A. | silk |
| B. | cotton |
| C. | wool |
| D. | animal skin |
| Answer» C. wool | |
| 19. |
Nana Sahib escaped to which country after the 1857 independence war |
| A. | Bhutan |
| B. | Nepal |
| C. | Afghanistan |
| D. | Sri Lanka |
| Answer» C. Afghanistan | |
| 20. |
The Sanskrit play Nagananda is attributed to |
| A. | King Harsha |
| B. | Kanishka |
| C. | Ashoka |
| D. | Chandragupta Maurya |
| Answer» B. Kanishka | |
| 21. |
Which day is celebrated as "Day of deliverance" by Muslim League |
| A. | 16th August, 1937 |
| B. | 21st January, 1939 |
| C. | 22nd December, 1939 |
| D. | 15th March, 1940 |
| Answer» D. 15th March, 1940 | |
| 22. |
Which Delhi Sultan is also known as 'Lakh Baksh' |
| A. | Qutb al-Din Aibak |
| B. | Ghiyas ud din Balban |
| C. | Jalal-ud-din Khalji |
| D. | Alauddin Khalji |
| Answer» B. Ghiyas ud din Balban | |
| 23. |
Which king patronised Telugu poet Nachana Soma |
| A. | Harihara I |
| B. | Bukka Raya I |
| C. | Harihara Raya II |
| D. | Deva Raya I |
| Answer» C. Harihara Raya II | |
| 24. |
Which Delhi Sultan is also known as 'A slave of a slave' |
| A. | Qutb al-Din Aibak |
| B. | Ghiyas ud din Balban |
| C. | Iltutmish |
| D. | Razia Sultana |
| Answer» D. Razia Sultana | |
| 25. |
Who laid the real foundation of Portuguese power in India |
| A. | Vasco da Gama |
| B. | Thomas Roe |
| C. | Colbert |
| D. | Afonso |
| Answer» E. | |
| 26. |
Which of the following Mughal king's name had the meaning ‘fortunate’ |
| A. | Babar |
| B. | Humayun |
| C. | Jahangir |
| D. | Shah Jahan |
| Answer» C. Jahangir | |
| 27. |
Which freedom fighter is also known as the "Father of Revolutionary Thought in India" |
| A. | Gopal Krishna Gokhale |
| B. | Rash Behari Bose |
| C. | Bipin Chandra Pal |
| D. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| Answer» D. Bal Gangadhar Tilak | |
| 28. |
Who was the author of 'Tarikh-i Sher Shahi' |
| A. | Abbas Sarwani |
| B. | Al-Biruni |
| C. | Ibn Battuta |
| D. | Khwaja Khizr Khan |
| Answer» B. Al-Biruni | |
| 29. |
In 1922 Gandhiji was sentenced for six years for writing his articles in which among the following news paper |
| A. | Harijan |
| B. | Young India |
| C. | India Today |
| D. | Bombay Samachar |
| Answer» C. India Today | |
| 30. |
Who threw the bomb on Kings ford, the unpopular Judge at Mazzafarpur |
| A. | Nadiram Gosh |
| B. | V.D. Savarkar |
| C. | Bhagat singh |
| D. | Khudiram Bose |
| Answer» E. | |
| 31. |
What is the ministry of Diwan-i-Arz in Sher Shah Suri period |
| A. | In charge of Army |
| B. | In charge of revenue and Finance |
| C. | Foreign Minister |
| D. | Minister of communications |
| Answer» B. In charge of revenue and Finance | |
| 32. |
Peshwa's rule started from |
| A. | 1713 AD |
| B. | 1715 AD |
| C. | 1718 AD |
| D. | 1720 AD |
| Answer» B. 1715 AD | |
| 33. |
When was the Bahmani Sultanate founded |
| A. | 1312 |
| B. | 1326 |
| C. | 1347 |
| D. | 1367 |
| Answer» D. 1367 | |
| 34. |
Lord Macaulay was associated with |
| A. | Reforms in the army |
| B. | Codification of laws |
| C. | Abolition of Sati |
| D. | Permanent Revenue Settlement |
| Answer» C. Abolition of Sati | |
| 35. |
Which among the following was a source for the Arab conquest of Sind |
| A. | JawamiuI-Hikayat |
| B. | Taj-ul-Massir |
| C. | Chach Nama |
| D. | Tarikh-i-Daudi |
| Answer» D. Tarikh-i-Daudi | |
| 36. |
Which of the following Buddhist work is songs of the sisters |
| A. | Dastisikkhapadda |
| B. | Patimokka |
| C. | Vinayapitaka |
| D. | Therigatha |
| Answer» E. | |
| 37. |
What was the form of Struggle that Congress adopted against the British in 1940 |
| A. | Non-Cooperation |
| B. | Individual Satyagraha |
| C. | Mass Civil disobedience |
| D. | Armed struggle |
| Answer» C. Mass Civil disobedience | |
| 38. |
Who said "I am an Indian Tom Tom waking up all the sleepers so that they wake and work for their motherland__ This is my task"? |
| A. | Annie Besant |
| B. | Sarojini Naidu |
| C. | Helena Blavatsky |
| D. | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| Answer» B. Sarojini Naidu | |
| 39. |
Who among the following was the first to attempt decentralisation in financial administration |
| A. | Lord Mayo |
| B. | Lord William Bentinck |
| C. | Lord Napier |
| D. | Lord Morley |
| Answer» B. Lord William Bentinck | |
| 40. |
Who was the Chairman of the First Round Table Conference of 1930 |
| A. | Lord Duffrin |
| B. | Ramsay MacDonald |
| C. | Lord Irwin |
| D. | Lord Morley |
| Answer» C. Lord Irwin | |
| 41. |
When Ahmad Shah Abdali invaded India in 1761, who was the Peshwa of Maratha Kingdom |
| A. | Balaji Vishwanath |
| B. | Baji Rao I |
| C. | Balaji Baji Rao |
| D. | Baji Rao II |
| Answer» D. Baji Rao II | |
| 42. |
The largest number of seals of the Harappan Culture are made of |
| A. | Terracotta |
| B. | Bronze |
| C. | Copper |
| D. | Steatite |
| Answer» E. | |
| 43. |
The State of Hyderabad was founded by whom |
| A. | Aurangazeb |
| B. | Mir Zafar |
| C. | Nizam-Sadatullah Khan |
| D. | Nizam-Ul-Mulla AsafJah |
| Answer» E. | |
| 44. |
The title 'India's Bismarck' to Sardar Vallabhai Patel was given by |
| A. | Lord Mountbatten |
| B. | Lord Wavell |
| C. | Lord Curzon |
| D. | Lord Lytton |
| Answer» C. Lord Curzon | |
| 45. |
Who was the founder of Dakshina Bharath Hindi Prachar Sabha (DBHPS) |
| A. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| B. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| C. | Swami Vivekananda |
| D. | Subhas Chandra Bose |
| Answer» B. Jawaharlal Nehru | |
| 46. |
Who encouraged the composition of a great musical work called Man Kautuhal |
| A. | Amir Khusrau |
| B. | Firoz Tughlaq |
| C. | Raja Man Singh |
| D. | Pir Bhodan |
| Answer» D. Pir Bhodan | |
| 47. |
In India plan holiday was implemented after __ five year plan |
| A. | Second |
| B. | Third |
| C. | Fourth |
| D. | Fifth |
| Answer» C. Fourth | |
| 48. |
By which Act the two Indians were appointed to the India council in England |
| A. | Indian Councils Act of 1861 |
| B. | Indian Councils Act of 1892 |
| C. | Minto-Morley Reforms of 1909 |
| D. | Montague-Chelmsford Reforms of 1919 |
| Answer» D. Montague-Chelmsford Reforms of 1919 | |
| 49. |
Shivaji's revenue officials were called |
| A. | Deshmuks |
| B. | Kulkarnis |
| C. | Karkuns |
| D. | Silahdars |
| Answer» D. Silahdars | |
| 50. |
Which invasion gave a severe death blow to the Maratha empire |
| A. | Nadir Shah |
| B. | Muhammed Shah |
| C. | Jats |
| D. | Ahmad shah Abdali |
| Answer» E. | |