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51.

Who was the founder of Banaras Hindu University?

A. Sukumar Dutt
B. Madan Mohan Malvia
C. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
D. Motilal Nehru
Answer» C. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
52.

Who was the first temporary chairman of the Constituent Assembly?

A. B R Ambedkar
B. Jawahar Lal Nehru
C. Rajendra Prasad
D.
Answer» E.
53.

Who was the first ruler of Pala Dynasty?_x005F_x000D_

A. Mahendra Pala
B. Gopala
C. Dharampala
D. No option is correct
Answer» C. Dharampala
54.

Who was the first Musilm invader to enter India?

A. Mohammed Ghauri
B. Mohammed - bin - Qasim
C. Mohammed Ghazni
D. Qutab-ud-din Aibak
Answer» C. Mohammed Ghazni
55.

Who was the first Indian ruler who had territory outside India ?

A. Kanishka
B. Chandra Guptha Maurya
C. Huvishka
D. Ashoka
Answer» B. Chandra Guptha Maurya
56.

Who was the first Mughal Emperor to acquire Koh-i-nur diamond?

A. Humayun
B. Akbar
C. Jahangir
D. Shah Jehan
Answer» B. Akbar
57.

Who was the first leader to preside over the INC?

A. Ananda Charlu
B. S Subramanya lyer
C. WC Banerji
D. Surendranath Bannerjee
Answer» D. Surendranath Bannerjee
58.

Who was the first indian ruler to apply the western methods to his administration?

A. Haider Ali
B. Tipu Sultan
C. Murshid Quil Khan
D. Malhar Rao Holkar
Answer» C. Murshid Quil Khan
59.

Who was the first Indian Governor General of Independent India?

A. Rajendra Prasad
B. C. Rajagopalachari
C. A. Kriplani
D. Lord Mountbatten
Answer» C. A. Kriplani
60.

Who was the first female emperor of India?

A. Noor Jahan
B. Razia Sultana
C. Rani Rudrama Devi
D. Queen Didda
Answer» C. Rani Rudrama Devi
61.

Who was the first Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia University at Aligarh?

A. Abdul Ghaffar Khan
B. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
C. Hakim Ajmal Khan
D. Sir Sayyad Ahmad Khan
Answer» D. Sir Sayyad Ahmad Khan
62.

Who was the first Englishman to appear in the Mughal Court during Jahangir's reign?

A. Paul Canning
B. Captain William Hawkins
C. William Edward
D. Ralph Fitch
Answer» C. William Edward
63.

Who was the first European to designae Aryanas a race

A. William Jones
B. H.H.Wilson
C. Max Muller
D. General cunningham
Answer» D. General cunningham
64.

Who was the first Bengal Governor General of India?

A. Warren Hastings
B. Lord Canning
C. William Bentick
D. Lord Dalhousie
Answer» B. Lord Canning
65.

Who was the famous Deccan Hindu King whose fleet crossed the Bay of Bengal with an army and conquered a number of states in Sumatra, Java and Malaysia?

A. Rajendra Chola
B. Rajaraja I
C. Pulakesin
D. Mahipala II
Answer» B. Rajaraja I
66.

Who was the exponent of Yog Darshana?_x005F_x000D_

A. Kapil_x005F_x000D_
B. Gautam_x005F_x000D_
C. Patanjali
D. Jamini
Answer» D. Jamini
67.

Who was the eldest brother among the Pandavas?

A. Yudhishthira
B. Bhima
C. Sahadeva
D. Nakula
Answer» B. Bhima
68.

Who was the contemporary ruler of Emperor Asoka in Sri Lanka?_x005F_x000D_

A. Mahasen
B. Kasyapa
C. Tissa
D. Vijayabahu I
Answer» D. Vijayabahu I
69.

Who was the author of the Buddha Charita

A. Ashvaghosha
B. Nagasena
C. Nagarjuna
D. Vasumitra
Answer» B. Nagasena
70.

Who was the Chinese pilgrim who visited India during the Gupta period?

A. Hiuen Tsang
B. Fa Hien
C. I ching
D. Li Xiu
Answer» C. I ching
71.

Who was Shivaji’s Guru?

A. Eknath
B. Tukaram
C. Dnyanesh
D. Samartha Ramadas
Answer» E.
72.

Who was responsible for the integration of princely states into the Indian Union after Independence

A. Sri Rajagopalachari
B. Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
C. Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
D. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Answer» D. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
73.

Who was Mihirakula?

A. An Indo-Greek ruler
B. A Huna invader
C. A chinese pilgrim
D. A Saka ruler
Answer» C. A chinese pilgrim
74.

Who was Prithviraj Chauhan's father?

A. Jeet Chauhan
B. Hayat Chauhan
C. Someshwar Chauhan
D. Trilok Chauhan
Answer» D. Trilok Chauhan
75.

Who was sent to foreign countires by Ashoka to preach Buddhism?

A. Sanghamitra
B. Devanampiya
C. Menander
D. None of these
Answer» B. Devanampiya
76.

Who was known as the Second founder of the Maratha Empire?

A. Balaji Bishwanath
B. Balaji Baji Rao
C. Baji Rao I
D. Madhav Rao
Answer» B. Balaji Baji Rao
77.

Who was appointed by Akbar as his Court Musician?

A. Abul Fazal
B. Mian Tansen
C. Raja Birbal
D. Raja Todar Mal
Answer» C. Raja Birbal
78.

Who was given the title of "The Ambassador of Hindu – Muslim Unity" for being the architect and mastermind of the historic Lucknow Pact?

A. Sir Sayyad Ahmad Khan
B. Fazl-ul-Haq
C. Syed Mohammad Sharfuddin Quadri
D. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Answer» E.
79.

Who was in command of the nationalist movement before Gandhi had assumed leadership of the Congress?

A. C.R.Das
B. Motilal Nehru
C. Lala Lajpat Rai
D. Lokmanya Tilak
Answer» E.
80.

Who was Babur's Son?

A. Humayun
B. Shah Jahan
C. Akbar
D. Bahadur Shah
Answer» B. Shah Jahan
81.

Who translated Ramayana into Persian?

A. Abdul Fazi
B. Badauni
C. Isar Das
D. Abdul Latif
Answer» B. Badauni
82.

Who travelled throughout South Asia to teach Jain philosophy?_x005F_x000D_

A. Siddhartha Gautama
B. Mahavira
C. Makkhali Gosala
D. Mahavira
Answer» C. Makkhali Gosala
83.

Who the following told, "Hunuz Dilli dur ast" (Delhi is still far away)?

A. Amir Khusrow
B. Nizamuddin Auliya
C. Yahya Sirhindi
D. Moinuddin Chisti
Answer» C. Yahya Sirhindi
84.

Who wanted economic freedom with political freedom?

A. Swami Sahajanand Saraswati
B. Swami Vivekanand
C. Swami Ramanand
D. Swami Dayanand saraswati
Answer» B. Swami Vivekanand
85.

Who translated Mahabharata into Persian?

A. Jahangir
B. Aurangzeb
C. Akbar
D. Shahjahan
Answer» D. Shahjahan
86.

Who shot dead John Saunders on 17th December 1927?

A. Bhagat Singh
B. Mangal Panday
C. Sukhdev
D. Bipin Chandra Pal Singh
Answer» B. Mangal Panday
87.

Who signed the treaty of Alinagar with the British?_x005F_x000D_

A. Mir Qasim
B. Siraj-ud-Daula
C. Alivardi Khan
D. Mir Jafar
Answer» C. Alivardi Khan
88.

Who started the Saka Era which is still used by the Government of India ?

A. Asoka
B. Samudra Gupta
C. Vikramaditya
D. Kanishka
Answer» E.
89.

Who started construction of Nalanda (Mahavihara) ?

A. Dharampala
B. Ashoka
C. Kumaragupta
D. Harihara
Answer» D. Harihara
90.

Who started Shudhi Movement?

A. Dayananda Saraswathy
B. Sri Aurobindo
C. Swami Vivekananda
D. Yashoda Bhai
Answer» B. Sri Aurobindo
91.

Who propounded 'Deen-E-Llahi'?

A. Jahangir
B. Akbar
C. Shah Jahan
D. Humayun
Answer» C. Shah Jahan
92.

Who presided over the cabinet mission?

A. Strafford Cripps
B. Clement Attlee
C. V Alexander
D. Sir P Lawrence
Answer» E.
93.

Who raised the slogan “Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it”?

A. Mahatma Gandhi
B. Subhash Chandra Bose
C. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D. Lala Lajpat Rai
Answer» D. Lala Lajpat Rai
94.

Who Said 'Go Back To Nature'?

A. Rousseau
B. Dayananda Saraswathi
C. Vivekanandan
D. Martin Luther
Answer» B. Dayananda Saraswathi
95.

Who played an important rule in bringing all the States in the Independent India into the country's unity

A. Sardar Patel
B. Hume
C. Subhas Chandra Bose
D. Dr Rajendra Prasad
Answer» B. Hume
96.

Who pioneered the guerrilla warfare methods?

A. Babur
B. Akbar
C. Shivaji
D. Bajirao Peshwa
Answer» D. Bajirao Peshwa
97.

Who of the following was the personal physician of Kanishka and also the author of a famous treatise on the Indian system of medicine

A. Charaka
B. Susruta
C. Nagarjuna
D. Jevaka
Answer» B. Susruta
98.

Who planted the 'Tree of Liberty' at Srirangapatnam?

A. Tipu Sultan
B. Murshid Quli Khan
C. Hyder Ali
D. Chin Quilich Khan
Answer» B. Murshid Quli Khan
99.

Who of the following Portuguese is regarded as a 'monster in human disguise' and the one who had no bowels of compassion?

A. Vasco da Gama
B. Albuquerque
C. Almeida
D. Joao de Castro
Answer» B. Albuquerque
100.

Who of the following leaders is NOT associated with Champaran Satyagraha?_x005F_x000D_

A. Anugraha Narain Sinha
B. J.B. Kripalani
C. Braj Kishore Prasad
D. Sardar Patel
Answer» E.