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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. |
Which English missionary is also known as the "father of modern missions" in India and as "India's first cultural anthropologist." |
| A. | William Carey |
| B. | Nathan Brown |
| C. | Robert Caldwell |
| D. | Arthur Margoschis |
| Answer» B. Nathan Brown | |
| 2. |
Who built the tomb of Itimad-ud-daulah at Agra |
| A. | Akbar |
| B. | Nurjahan |
| C. | Jahangir |
| D. | Sher Shah Suri |
| Answer» C. Jahangir | |
| 3. |
Who are the following officer, according to Arthasastra was entrusted with the collection of revenue |
| A. | Samaharta |
| B. | Sannidhata |
| C. | Sitadhyaksa |
| D. | Sansthadhyaksa |
| Answer» B. Sannidhata | |
| 4. |
In which year, the English East India company annexes the Sikh Kingdom of Punjab |
| A. | 1835 |
| B. | 1841 |
| C. | 1849 |
| D. | 1855 |
| Answer» D. 1855 | |
| 5. |
Who had composed epic poem "Prithviraj Raso", which is about the life of King Prithviraj Chauhan |
| A. | Somadeva |
| B. | Chand Bardai |
| C. | Jinadattasuri |
| D. | Rudrabhatta |
| Answer» C. Jinadattasuri | |
| 6. |
The battle of Dharmat was fought between |
| A. | Babar and Afghans |
| B. | Aurangazeb and Raja Jaswant Singh |
| C. | Mohammad Ghori and Jai Chander |
| D. | Ashok and Babar |
| Answer» C. Mohammad Ghori and Jai Chander | |
| 7. |
Who coined the slogan "Quit India" |
| A. | Yusuf Meherally |
| B. | Asoka Mehta |
| C. | Achyut Patwardhan |
| D. | Jayaprakash Narayan |
| Answer» B. Asoka Mehta | |
| 8. |
The ancestors of Shungas originated from |
| A. | Magadha |
| B. | Prayag |
| C. | Ujjain |
| D. | Saurashtra |
| Answer» D. Saurashtra | |
| 9. |
Which revolutionary assassinated Michael O'Dwyer to avenge killings of Jallianwala Bagh massacre |
| A. | Bhagat Singh |
| B. | Udham Singh |
| C. | Har Dayal |
| D. | Kartar Singh Sarabha |
| Answer» C. Har Dayal | |
| 10. |
Who stated that "Self Government is the only remedy for India's woes and wrongs" |
| A. | Surendra Nath Banerjee |
| B. | Gopala Krishna Gokhale |
| C. | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| D. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| Answer» D. Bal Gangadhar Tilak | |
| 11. |
Who was the Viceroy of India when Indian National Congress was started |
| A. | Dalhousie |
| B. | Dufferin |
| C. | Ripon |
| D. | Lytton |
| Answer» C. Ripon | |
| 12. |
Which revolutionary assassinated, British Police Officer Saunders |
| A. | Khudiram Bose |
| B. | Prafulla Chanaki |
| C. | Bhagat Singh |
| D. | Chandrasekhar Azad |
| Answer» D. Chandrasekhar Azad | |
| 13. |
Who preached "Vishishtadvaita" |
| A. | Sankaracharya |
| B. | Desikacharya |
| C. | Madhvacharya |
| D. | Ramanujacharya |
| Answer» E. | |
| 14. |
The Malabar rebellion or Malabar uprising was occured in the year |
| A. | 1919 |
| B. | 1921 |
| C. | 1924 |
| D. | 1925 |
| Answer» C. 1924 | |
| 15. |
Which of the following is also known as Mountbatten Plan ? |
| A. | Determination of boundary with Tibet |
| B. | Annexation of Burma |
| C. | Annexation of Princely States into British India |
| D. | Indian Independence Act, 1947 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 16. |
Which Governor general introduced the office of District Collector ? |
| A. | Cornwallis |
| B. | Wellesley |
| C. | Ripon |
| D. | Warren Hastings |
| Answer» E. | |
| 17. |
What was the reason for enactment of Rowlatt Act ? |
| A. | Perceived threat from revolutionary nationalists |
| B. | To control vernacular newspapers |
| C. | To control Indian National Congress |
| D. | For constitutional reforms |
| Answer» B. To control vernacular newspapers | |
| 18. |
Out of the below, who were the first to enter to India for trade ? |
| A. | Dutch |
| B. | Portuguese |
| C. | English |
| D. | French |
| Answer» C. English | |
| 19. |
Who stated the following words, "Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need but not every man's greed" ? |
| A. | Leo Tolstoy |
| B. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| C. | Gautama Buddha |
| D. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Answer» C. Gautama Buddha | |
| 20. |
The shortest stint as Foreign Minister in independent India was for three days. To whom does this dubious honour go to ? |
| A. | V.P. Singh |
| B. | I. K. Gujral |
| C. | Devi Lal |
| D. | V. C. Shukla |
| Answer» B. I. K. Gujral | |
| 21. |
Who was India's first ambassador to the Soviet Union post-independence ? |
| A. | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
| B. | K.P.S. Menon |
| C. | Vijayalakshmi Pandit |
| D. | T.N. Kaul |
| Answer» D. T.N. Kaul | |
| 22. |
Who propounded the 'Drain of Wealth' theory regarding the economic exploitation of India benefiting capitalist expansion of England ? |
| A. | Madame Cama |
| B. | Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata |
| C. | Dadabhai Nauroji |
| D. | Homi Bhabha |
| Answer» D. Homi Bhabha | |
| 23. |
Who was the constitutional advisor of the Viceroy of India Lord Wavell |
| A. | Evan Jenkins |
| B. | V. P. Menon |
| C. | Krishna Menon |
| D. | Jinnah |
| Answer» C. Krishna Menon | |
| 24. |
Which Viceroy of India was attacked by a bomb in Delhi on 23 Decernber 1912 |
| A. | Lord Mayo |
| B. | Lord Hardinge |
| C. | Lord Dalhousie |
| D. | Lord Canning |
| Answer» C. Lord Dalhousie | |
| 25. |
Evolution to modern Indian industry can be dated back to which Charter Act |
| A. | 1833 |
| B. | 1848 |
| C. | 1856 |
| D. | 1859 |
| Answer» B. 1848 | |
| 26. |
Which of the Viceroy was stabbed to death by a convict in Andaman Islands |
| A. | Lord Elgin |
| B. | Lord Lytton |
| C. | Lord Mayo |
| D. | Lord Ripon |
| Answer» D. Lord Ripon | |
| 27. |
Who was elected as the first President of the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) |
| A. | V.V Giri |
| B. | N. M. Joshi |
| C. | C.R. Das |
| D. | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| Answer» E. | |
| 28. |
In 1782, the battle of Sadras was fought by the British against the |
| A. | Dutch |
| B. | Mysore |
| C. | French |
| D. | Portuguese |
| Answer» D. Portuguese | |
| 29. |
Which one is used as the official language in Mughal court |
| A. | Turkish |
| B. | Arabic |
| C. | Persian |
| D. | Urdu |
| Answer» D. Urdu | |
| 30. |
Which Sikh Guru supported prince Khusrau against Jahangir |
| A. | Guru Harkishan |
| B. | Guru Ramdas |
| C. | Guru Arjan |
| D. | Guru Hargobind |
| Answer» D. Guru Hargobind | |
| 31. |
Where was Razia Sultan killed |
| A. | Hisar |
| B. | Kaithal |
| C. | Rewari |
| D. | Kurukshetra |
| Answer» C. Rewari | |
| 32. |
In 1580, Akbar divided his empire into how many subas (provinces) ? |
| A. | 10 |
| B. | 12 |
| C. | 15 |
| D. | 18 |
| Answer» C. 15 | |
| 33. |
Identify the emperors of India and Uzbekistan, who agreed to fix Hindu-Koh or Hindu Kush as the frontier of the empires |
| A. | Akbar and Abdullah Khan Uzbek |
| B. | Jahangir and Abdullah Khan Uzbek |
| C. | Jahangir and Abdul Murnin Uzbek |
| D. | Shahjahan and Imam Quli |
| Answer» B. Jahangir and Abdullah Khan Uzbek | |
| 34. |
Which of the following goddesses is not mentioned in the Rig Veda |
| A. | Prithvi |
| B. | Aditi |
| C. | Savitri |
| D. | Aranyani |
| Answer» D. Aranyani | |
| 35. |
Which of the following is a Lower Palaeolithic site |
| A. | Renugunta |
| B. | Nevasa |
| C. | Bhimbetaka |
| D. | Adamgarh |
| Answer» B. Nevasa | |
| 36. |
Who among the following Pallava ruler was known by the title of Vatapikonda, 'the conqueror of Vatapi' |
| A. | Narasimhavarman I |
| B. | Mahendravarman I |
| C. | Dantivarman |
| D. | Nandivarman II |
| Answer» B. Mahendravarman I | |
| 37. |
Panini, Kautilya and Charak, the famous learned men were associated with which institution |
| A. | Kashi |
| B. | Varanasi |
| C. | Nalanda |
| D. | Takshashila |
| Answer» E. | |
| 38. |
Which Commission used the term "untouchable" for the Scheduled Castes for the first time in India |
| A. | Simon Commission |
| B. | Hunter Commission |
| C. | Campbell Commission |
| D. | Hilton young Commission |
| Answer» B. Hunter Commission | |
| 39. |
"The defeat was more mine than his__" Gandhi said this for |
| A. | C.R. Das |
| B. | Pattabhi Sitaramaya |
| C. | C. Rajagopalacharya |
| D. | Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel |
| Answer» C. C. Rajagopalacharya | |
| 40. |
In which place an Ashokan inscription written in Greek and Aramaic was found |
| A. | Kabul |
| B. | Herat |
| C. | Ghazni |
| D. | Kandahar |
| Answer» E. | |
| 41. |
Which British Viceroy has longest reign as Viceroy of India |
| A. | Lord Curzon |
| B. | Lord Irwin |
| C. | Lord Linlithgow |
| D. | Lord Wavell |
| Answer» D. Lord Wavell | |
| 42. |
Which Viceroy of India passed the "Ancient Monuments Preservation Act" |
| A. | Lord Curzon |
| B. | Lord Mountbatten |
| C. | Lord Rippon |
| D. | Lord Macaulay |
| Answer» B. Lord Mountbatten | |
| 43. |
The "Ring fence policy" is associated with |
| A. | Lord Hastings |
| B. | Warren Hastings |
| C. | Dalhousie |
| D. | Hunter |
| Answer» C. Dalhousie | |
| 44. |
During whose reign the Persian envoy Abdur Razaak came to Vijayanagar Empire |
| A. | Bukka |
| B. | Devaraya I |
| C. | Devaraya II |
| D. | Virupaksha |
| Answer» D. Virupaksha | |
| 45. |
Who among the following wrote the text "Kadambari" |
| A. | Banabhatta |
| B. | Kalidasa |
| C. | Sasanka |
| D. | Harsha |
| Answer» B. Kalidasa | |
| 46. |
Who among the following Chola rulers sent an embassy of merchants to China |
| A. | Rajendra Chola |
| B. | Rajaditya |
| C. | Vira Rajendra |
| D. | Kulottunga |
| Answer» E. | |
| 47. |
Which Arab writer mentioned the practice of Sati during Rajput rule |
| A. | Mansur |
| B. | Murshid |
| C. | Arshad |
| D. | Sulaiman |
| Answer» E. | |
| 48. |
The lady representative from India in the second round table conference was |
| A. | Lakshmi Gosh |
| B. | Sarojini Naidu |
| C. | Annie Besant |
| D. | Vijayalakshmi Pandit |
| Answer» C. Annie Besant | |
| 49. |
Which of the following texts contained rules of the Buddhist Sangha |
| A. | Dipavamsa |
| B. | Abhidhamma Pitaka |
| C. | Vinaya Pitaka |
| D. | Sutta Pitaka |
| Answer» D. Sutta Pitaka | |
| 50. |
Gol Gumbaz of Bijapur is the mausoleum of which of these rulers |
| A. | Sher Shah Suri |
| B. | Alauddin Khilji |
| C. | Adil Shah |
| D. | Nadir Shah Abdali |
| Answer» D. Nadir Shah Abdali | |