2 QUESTION NO: 1

EMPEROR AKBAR, DIED IN THE YEAR (a) 1505 (B) 1605 (C) 1606 (D) 1590

3 QUESTION NO: 2

WHAT WAS THE NAME OF SHAHJAHAN BEFORE HE BECOME EMPEROR? (a) KHUSRAU (B) KHURRAM (C) PARVEZ (D) SHAHERYAR

4 QUESTION NO: 3

PROPHET MOHAMMED WAS BORN IN (a) 570 AD (B) 720 AD (C) 620 AD (D) 510 AD

5 QUESTION NO: 4

WHO DESTROYED THE SOMNATH TEMPLE IN GUJARAT? (a) MOHAMMAD GHOURI (B) MAHMUD GHAZNAVI (C) CHANGHEZ KHAN (D) TAIMUR LANG

6 QUESTION NO: 5

INDIA'S IMPERIAL CAPITAL WAS OFFICIALLY SHIFTED FROM CALCUTTA TO DELHI IN (a) 1911 (B) 1935 (C) 1947 (D) 1872

7 QUESTION NO: 6

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS ARE CORRECT WITH REGARD TO THE INDUS VALLEY CIVILISATION? I. THE PEOPLE OF THIS CIVILISATION WERE THE EARLIEST TO MAKE USE OF COTTON. II. THEY DID NOT CREMATE THEIR DEAD. III. A GRID SYSTEM WAS FOLLOWED IN CITY PLANNING. IV. STONE WAS THE CHIEF BUILDING MATERIAL. (a) I AND II (B) II AND III (C) III AND IV (D) I AND III

8 QUESTION NO: 7

THE FAMOUS QUEEN CHAND BIBI WHO FOUGHT GALLANTLY AGAINST AKBAR BELONGED TO (a) BERAR. (B) AHMADNAGAR. (C) BIJAPUR. (D) GOLCONDA.

9 QUESTION NO: 8

WHO AMONG THE FOLLOWING INDIAN RULERS ESTABLISHED EMBASSIES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES ON MODERN LINES? (a) HAIDER ALI (B) MIR QASIM (C) SHAH ALAM II (D) TIPU SULTAN

10 QUESTION NO: 9

WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING MAY BE CALLED A ‘POLITICAL’ CAUSE OF THE 1857 REVOLT? (a) THE SUBSIDIARY ALLIANCE SYSTEM OF WELLESLEY. (B) THE RELIGIOUS DISABILITIES ACT OF 1856. (C) LOW PAY AND POOR PROSPECTS OF THE SEPOYS. (D) DALHOUSIE’S ANNEXATION POLICY.

11 QUESTION NO: 10

THE ROYAL INDIAN NAVY RATINGS REVOLTED IN FEBRUARY 1946 TO PROTEST AGAINST (a) THE TREATMENT METED OUT TO THEM. (B) THE PUNISHMENT METED OUT TO THE INA OFFICIALS. (C) THE FIRING ON SOME RATINGS OF THE HMIS TALWAR. (D) THE GOVERNMENT’S SUPPRESSION OF CONGRESS ACTIVITIES.

12 QUESTION NO: 11

NAVJIVAN TRUST WAS INSTITUTED WITH THE OBJECTIVES OF PROPAGATING PEACEFUL MEANS OF ATTAINING HIND SWARAJ, BY: (a) MOHAN DAS KARAM CHAND GANDHI (B) LALA LAJPAT RAI (C) BAL GANGADHAR TILAK (D) DR. AMBEDKAR

13 QUESTION NO: 12

THE GRANT OF DIWANI OF BENGAL, BIHAR AND ODISHA IS ASSOCIATED WITH: (a) NAWAB SHUJA-UD-DAULA (B) NAWAB ASIF-UD-DAULA (C) SHAH ALAM I (D) SHAH ALAM II

14 QUESTION NO: 13

THE LAST BRITISH WAS: (a) KING GEORGE I (B) KING GEORGE III (C) KING GEORGE V (D) KING GEORGE VI

15 QUESTION NO: 14

SHER SHAH IS WELL-KNOWN FOR HIS ADMINISTRATIVE SKILL, ESPECIALLY HIS (a) MARKET CONTROL STEPS (B) LAND REVENUE SYSTEM (C) MANSABDARI SYSTEM (D) LAW AND ORDER

16 QUESTION NO: 15

A MONUMENT RESEMBLING TAJ MAHAL WAS CREATED BY AURANGZEB IN (a) AHMEDABAD (B) AURANGABAD (C) HOSHANGABAD (D) DAULATABAD

17 QUESTION NO: 16

THE MOST LEARNED RULER OF THE DELHI SULTANATE WHO WAS WELL VERSED IN VARIOUS BRANCHES OF LEARNING INCLUDING ASTRONOMY, MATHEMATICS AND MEDICINE WAS (a) ILTUTMISH (B) ALAUDDIN KHALJI (C) MUHAMMAD BIN TUGHLAQ (D) SIKANDAR LODHI

18 QUESTION NO: 17

PERMANENT SETTLEMENT WAS INTRODUCED TO (a) HELP THE RYOTS (B) EARN A FIXED AND REGULAR REVENUE (C) HELP THE LANDLORDS (D) IMPROVE THE PROSPECTS OF AGRICULTURE

19 QUESTION NO:18

WHO AMONG THE FOLLOWING, FIRST TRANSLATED THE BHAGWAT GITA INTO ENGLISH? (a) CHARLES WILKINS (B) ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM (C) WILLIAM JONE (D) JAMES PRINSEP

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