SMT.CHANDIBAI HIMATHMAL MANSUKHANI COLLEGE SAMPLE MCQ QUESTIONS FOR SH-2020 EXAMINATION DEPARTMENT___History______________________________ CLASS____TYBA_______________Semester____5______SUBJECT____History_______ Maximum Mark:60 Duration:1 Hour Note:1)All questions are compulsory 2) Each question carries 1.5 marks 3)Choose only one correct option PAPER – IV 1. The Somnath temple is in a. Gujarat b. Rajasthan c. Kashmir d. Panipat 2. Name the last ruler of the Lodi dynasty. a. Bahlol Lodi b. Sikandar Lodhi c. Ibrahim Lodi d. Daulat Lodi 3. Which ruler of the Delhi Sultanate was a great builder? a. Muhammad Bin Tughlaq b. Alauddin Khilji c. Raziya Sultan d. Firuz Shah Tughlaq 4. Name the first dynasty of Vijaynagar Empire. a. Aravidu b. Saluva c. Taluva d. Sangama 5. The Bahamani architecture was inspired by the ____________style. a. Persian b. Greek c. Chinese d. Ethiopian PAPER – V 6. Who was the last ruling Peshwa of the Maratha Empire? a. Balaji Vishwanath b. Balaji I c. Madhavrao d. Bajirao II 7. The educational activities began in India with the___________ a. Sati practice prohibition Act 1829 b. Charter Act, 1813 c. Charter Act of 1833 d. Widow remarriage Act, 1856 8. Under whose leadership Samyukta Maharashtra Samiti was founded a. Uddhavrao Patil b. Narayan Ganesh Gore c. Keshavrao Jedhe d. Shripad Amrit Dange 9. Who collected the statistics of education in Maharashtra and made a report? a. Mahatma Phule b. Dadabhainaoroji c. Jagannath Shankar Sheth d. Dhondo Keshav Karve PAPER – VI 10. _________is the study of Material remains of the past a. Botany b. Chemistry c. Zoology d. Archaeology 11. The great granary is in__________ a. Mohenjo Daro b. Harappa c. Kalibangan d. Lothal 12. Name the study of inscriptions. a. Numismatics b. Epigraphy c. Philately d. Anthropology 13. The coins of Vima Khadphises have the epithet a. Maheshwara b. Maharajadhiraj c. Daskshinapathi d. Samrat PAPER – VII 14. _____________was one of the earliest Portuguese biographers of Chattrapati Shivaji. a. Albuquerque b. Almedia c. Cosma Da Guarda d. Domingo Paes 15. Afzal Khan belonged to the _________empire a. Mughal b. Adilshahi c. Nizamshahi d. Qutub Shahi 16. From whom was Torna Fort conquered by Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj? a. Nizam Shah b. Adil Shah c. Mughal d. Siddhi 17. Who was the Personal Advisor of Sambhaji? a. Rajaram b. Kavi Kalash c. Bajirao d. Chimaji Appa Paper VIII 18. Which country has refused to withdraw her troops from Iran? a. America b. Britain c. Soviet Union d. France 19. Which Soviet leader helped bring an end to the Cold War? a. Nikita Krushchev b. Mikhail Gorbachev c. Leon Trotsky d. Vladimir Lenin 20. Who became the first black President of South Africa? a. Oliver Tambo b. Walter Sisulu c. Nelson Mandela d. Desmond Tutu 21. The headquarters of WTO is in_______ a. Geneva b. Milan c. Paris d. New York Paper IX 22. Who defined History as an “Unending dialogue between the present and the past". a. E.H.Carr b. Ranke c. Gramsci d. Foucault 23. Research involves__________of data. a. Damage b. Collection c. Deletion d. Creation 24 Generalisation is a very important …………. which can weave the fabric of history with warps and woofs of facts. a. Data b. Design c. Logical process d. Industry 25 Name the famous work of Megasthenes. a. Indica b. Memorabilia c. Nostalgia d. Pilgrims Progress *********************************** .