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This section includes 69 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your General Knowledge knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
1. |
The treaty of Mangalore was signed between |
A. | the English East India Company and Haidar Ali |
B. | the English East India Company and Tipu Sultan |
C. | Haidar Ali and the Zamorin of Calicut |
D. | the French East India Company and Tipu Sultan |
Answer» C. Haidar Ali and the Zamorin of Calicut | |
2. |
To conquer and annex Peshawar and Punjab, Mahmud of Ghazni defeated |
A. | Ghurids |
B. | Arabs |
C. | Karkotakas |
D. | Hindushahis |
Answer» E. | |
3. |
To which professions earlier leaders who struggled for freedom of India mainly belonged? |
A. | Lawyers |
B. | Teachers |
C. | Journalists |
D. | All of the above |
Answer» E. | |
4. |
The victories of Karikala are well portrayed in |
A. | Palamoli |
B. | Aruvanad |
C. | Pattinappalai |
D. | Padirrupattu |
Answer» D. Padirrupattu | |
5. |
The use of spinning wheel (Charkha) became common during the |
A. | 9th Century AD |
B. | 10th Century AD |
C. | 12th Century AD |
D. | 14th Century AD |
Answer» E. | |
6. |
The language of discourses of Gautama Buddha was |
A. | Bhojpuri |
B. | Magadhi |
C. | Pali |
D. | Sanskrit |
Answer» D. Sanskrit | |
7. |
There were widespread risings against the British in the 1820s. Which one of the following did not revolt in the 1820s? |
A. | Santhals |
B. | Ahoms |
C. | Pagal Panthis |
D. | Ramosi |
Answer» B. Ahoms | |
8. |
The use of Kharoshti in ancient Indian architecture is the result of India's contact with |
A. | Central Asia |
B. | Iran |
C. | Greece |
D. | China |
Answer» D. China | |
9. |
Vaikhanasa the five-fold conception of Vishnu consists of
|
A. | I, II, III, IV and V |
B. | II, III, IV, V and VI |
C. | I, II, IV, V and VI |
D. | I, III, IV, V and VI |
Answer» E. | |
10. |
The troops raised by the emperor but not paid directly the state and place under the charge of mansabadars were know as |
A. | Walashahi |
B. | Barawardi |
C. | JCumaki |
D. | Dakhili |
Answer» E. | |
11. |
Velu Thampi led a revolt against the British in state of |
A. | Travancore |
B. | Baroda |
C. | Hyderabad |
D. | Mysore |
Answer» B. Baroda | |
12. |
The treaty of Srirangapatna was signed between Tipu Sultan and |
A. | Robert Clive |
B. | Cornwallis |
C. | Dalhousie |
D. | Warren Hastings |
Answer» C. Dalhousie | |
13. |
The system of competitive examination for civil service was accepted in principle in the year |
A. | 1833 |
B. | 1853 |
C. | 1858 |
D. | 1882 |
Answer» C. 1858 | |
14. |
Through which one of the following, the king exercised his control over villages in the Vijayanagar Empire? |
A. | Dannayaka |
B. | Sumanta |
C. | Nayaka |
D. | Mahanayakacharya |
Answer» E. | |
15. |
The Vijayanagara ruler, Kirshnadev Raya's work Amuktamalyada, was in |
A. | Telugu |
B. | Sanskrit |
C. | Tamil |
D. | Kannada |
Answer» B. Sanskrit | |
16. |
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. | Assam |
B. | Punjab |
C. | Bengal |
D. | N.W.F.P and the Sylhet district of Assam |
Answer» E. | |
17. |
The title of 'Viceroy' was added to the office of the Governor-General of India for the first time in |
A. | 1848 AD |
B. | 1856 AD |
C. | 1858 AD |
D. | 1862 AD |
Answer» D. 1862 AD | |
18. |
Under an agreement with which of the following countries did Subhas Chandra Bose organize the Indian soldiers, taken as prisoners by the Axis Powers, into the Azad Hind Fauj? |
A. | China |
B. | Germany |
C. | Italy |
D. | Japan |
Answer» E. | |
19. |
The theory of economic drain of India during British imperialism was propounded by |
A. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
B. | Dadabhai Naoroji |
C. | R.C. Dutt |
D. | M.K. Gandhi |
Answer» C. R.C. Dutt | |
20. |
Todar Mal was associated with |
A. | music |
B. | literature |
C. | finance |
D. | law |
Answer» D. law | |
21. |
To which of the following dynasties did King Bhoja, a great patron of literature and art, belong? |
A. | Karkota |
B. | Utpala |
C. | Paramara |
D. | Gurjara Pratihara |
Answer» D. Gurjara Pratihara | |
22. |
Vikramaditya, a king of Ujjain, started the Vikrama samvat in 58 BC in commemoration of his victory over |
A. | Indo-Greeks |
B. | Sakas |
C. | Parthinas |
D. | Kushanas |
Answer» C. Parthinas | |
23. |
Two of the great Mughals wrote their own memories. There were |
A. | Babar and Humayun |
B. | Humayun and Jahangir |
C. | Babar and Jahangir |
D. | Jahangir and Shahjahan |
Answer» D. Jahangir and Shahjahan | |
24. |
The territory of Porus who offered strong resistance to Alexander was situated between the rivers of |
A. | Sutlej and Beas |
B. | Jhelum and Chenab |
C. | Ravi and Chenab |
D. | Ganga and Yamuna |
Answer» C. Ravi and Chenab | |
25. |
The Battle of Plassey was fought in |
A. | 1757 |
B. | 1782 |
C. | 1748 |
D. | 1764 |
Answer» B. 1782 | |
26. |
Under Akbar, the Mir Bakshi was required to look after |
A. | military affairs |
B. | the state treasury |
C. | the royal household |
D. | the land revenue system |
Answer» B. the state treasury | |
27. |
Tripitakas are sacred books of |
A. | Buddhists |
B. | Hindus |
C. | Jains |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» B. Hindus | |
28. |
The trident-shaped symbol of Buddhism does not represent |
A. | Nirvana |
B. | Sangha |
C. | Buddha |
D. | Dhamma |
Answer» B. Sangha | |
29. |
The Venetian traveler who travelled with his wife and reached Vijayanagar around 1420 was |
A. | Athanasius Nikitin |
B. | Nicolo de Conti |
C. | Ibn Batuta |
D. | Ferishta |
Answer» C. Ibn Batuta | |
30. |
The Uprising of 1857 was described as the first Indian war of Independence by |
A. | S.N. Sen |
B. | R.C. Mazumdar |
C. | B.G. Tilak |
D. | V.D. Savakar |
Answer» E. | |
31. |
The Vedic deity Indra was the Goddess of |
A. | wind |
B. | eternity |
C. | rain and thunder |
D. | fire |
Answer» D. fire | |
32. |
Tolkappiyam is associated with the |
A. | first Sangam period |
B. | second Sangam period |
C. | third Sangam period |
D. | post-third Sangam period |
Answer» C. third Sangam period | |
33. |
The year 788 AD was a good one for Hinduism. Why? |
A. | Shankracharya was born that year. |
B. | Harsha Vardhana, the last Buddhist king, died. |
C. | Samudragupta converted to Hinduism. |
D. | All Muslim invaders were defeated. |
Answer» B. Harsha Vardhana, the last Buddhist king, died. | |
34. |
The term Khalisa in Mughal administration signified the |
A. | entire Imperial establishment |
B. | land owned b the emperor himself |
C. | religious land grants |
D. | land from where revenue was collected for the Imperial Treasury |
Answer» C. religious land grants | |
35. |
Tulsidas, the author of Ramcharitmanas, was a contemporary of which of the following rulers? |
A. | Akbar |
B. | Humayun |
C. | Shahjahan |
D. | Sher Shah Suri |
Answer» B. Humayun | |
36. |
Tipu sultan was the ruler of |
A. | Hyderabad |
B. | Madurai |
C. | Mysore |
D. | Vijayanagar |
Answer» D. Vijayanagar | |
37. |
Visakhadatta sketches the event after the death of Samudragupta in his work |
A. | <i class="gk-definition">Mudrarakasam</i> |
B. | <i class="gk-definition">Devi Chand Guptam</i> |
C. | <i class="gk-definition">Mrichekakatika</i> |
D. | <i class="gk-definition">Malavikagnimitra</i> |
Answer» B. <i class="gk-definition">Devi Chand Guptam</i> | |
38. |
To meet the educational needs of the people, the Madarasa-I Nasiri was built in the region of |
A. | Qutub-ud-din Aibak |
B. | Iltutmish |
C. | Ruknuddin Firoz Shah |
D. | Jalal-id-din Khilji |
Answer» C. Ruknuddin Firoz Shah | |
39. |
The title given by the British Government to Mahatma Gandhi which he surrendered during the non-cooperation movement was |
A. | Hind Keasri |
B. | Kaiser-e-Hind |
C. | Rai Bahadur |
D. | Rt. Honorable |
Answer» C. Rai Bahadur | |
40. |
The term yavanika meant |
A. | foreign goods |
B. | dancer |
C. | curtain |
D. | theatre |
Answer» D. theatre | |
41. |
The system of Dual Government during the latter half of the 18th century AD is associated with the name of |
A. | Clive |
B. | Comwallis |
C. | Waren Hastings |
D. | William Bentinck |
Answer» B. Comwallis | |
42. |
'The Vedas contain all the truth was interpreted by |
A. | Swami Vivekananda |
B. | Swami Dayananda |
C. | Raja Rammohan Roy |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» C. Raja Rammohan Roy | |
43. |
The Upanishads are |
A. | a source of Hindu philosophy |
B. | books of ancient Hindu laws |
C. | books on social behavior of man |
D. | prayers to God |
Answer» B. books of ancient Hindu laws | |
44. |
Universities in the Presidency towns in India were established in |
A. | 1857 |
B. | 1858 |
C. | 1900 |
D. | 1909 |
Answer» B. 1858 | |
45. |
The Vijayanagara king who employed skilled archers of the Turkish clan and raised the fighting capacity of his bowmen was |
A. | Bukka I |
B. | Devaraya I |
C. | Krishnadevaraya |
D. | Ramaraya |
Answer» C. Krishnadevaraya | |
46. |
Under the Guptas in eastern India, there was probably an intermediate level of administration between vishayas (districts) and villages. Identify it. |
A. | Bhukit |
B. | Pradesa |
C. | Vithi |
D. | Ahara |
Answer» D. Ahara | |
47. |
The term samanta, meaning a feudatory from the sixth century AD, originally meant a |
A. | slave |
B. | cultivator |
C. | neighbor |
D. | foreigner |
Answer» D. foreigner | |
48. |
Though Ashoka had many sons, the inscriptions mentioned only one who is not mentioned in any other source. He is |
A. | Kunala |
B. | Tivara |
C. | Mahendra |
D. | Jalauka |
Answer» C. Mahendra | |
49. |
The two principles monuments of Alaud-din Khilji's reign - the Jama at Kana Masjid and Alai Darwaza - were constructed at |
A. | Agra |
B. | Delhi |
C. | Dhar |
D. | Gulbarga |
Answer» C. Dhar | |
50. |
The Kalinga was fought in |
A. | 321 BC |
B. | 301 BC |
C. | 261 BC |
D. | 241 BC |
Answer» D. 241 BC | |