1. Which one of the following Indus Valley Civilization sites 10. During Gupta period, which deity was called Lokarka? gives evidence of a stadium? (a) Sun (b) Ganesha (a) Harappa (b) Kalibangan (c) Kumara (d) Shiva (c) Mohenjodaro (d) Dholavira 11. Which of the following was a strong centre of the Pasupatas 2. Indus Valley Civilization was discovered by: during the time of Chandragupta II? (a) Mathura (b) Kaushambi (a) Dayaram Sahni (b) R. D. Banerji (c) Tripuri (d) Udaigiri (c) Cunningham (d) Wheeler 12. The Chola rulers were generally the worshippers of 3. Who is the most important God in Rigaveda? (a) Shiva (b) Vishnu (a) Agni (b) Indra (c) Sakti (d) Kartikeya (c) Varun (d) Vishnu 13. The Seven Pagodas of Mahabalipuram are a witness to the 4. The expounder of Yoga philosophy was : art patronised by the (a) Patanjali (b) Shankaracharya (a) Pallavas (b) Pandyas (c) Jaimini (d) Gautam (c) Cholas (d) Cheras 5. The river most mentioned in Rigveda is : 14. Who was the first ruler of the Slave dynasty? (a) Sindhu (b) Sutudri (a) Qutubuddin Aibak (b) Iltutmish (c) Saraswati (d) Gandaki (c) Sultan Mahmud (d) Balban 6. The great law given of ancient time was : 15. Who abolished Iqta system? (a) Vatsyayana (b) Ashoka (a) Qutubuddin Aibak (b) Iltutmish (c) Manu (d) Panini (c) Balban (d) Alauddin Khilji 7. Gautam Buddha attained Mahaparinirvana at 16. The Turkish brought with them musical instruments. (a) Kapilvastu (b) Kushinagar (a) Rabab and Sarangi (b) Sitar and Flute (c) Bodhgaya (d) Rajgriha (c) Veena and Tabla (d) Tanpura and Mridanga 8. The most important source for the study of Mauryan his- 17. Amir Khusro wrote his famous masanavi ‘Ashiqa’ on the order of tory is (a) Alauddin Khilji (b) Khizra Khan (a) Mudrarakshasa (b) Natural Historica (c) Rai Karan (d) Rani Kamla Devi (c) Devichandraguptam (d) Arthashastra 18. The Sultan who desecrated the Puri Jagannath temple and 9. Who was the mentor of Chandragupta Maurya? Jwalamukhi temple at Kangra was (a) Vishakhadutta (b) Chanakya (a) Balban (b) Alauddin Khilji (c) Megasthenes (d) Patanjali (c) Firoz Shah Tughlaq (d) Sikandar Lodi 19. The famous poet Amir Khusro was associated with the court 29. Which one of the following was the first English ship that of came to India? (a) Qutubuddin Aibak (b) Alauddin Khilji (a) Elizabeth (b) Titanic (c) Sikandar Lodi (d) Akbar (c) Red Dragon (d) Mayflower 20. Which of the following Sultans of Delhi was known as Lakh 30. Which one of the following factories in Bengal was estab- Bakhsh? lished by Portuguese? (a) Qutubuddin Aibak (b) Balban (a) Kasim Bazar (b) Chinsura (c) Alauddin Khilji (d) Jalaluddin Khilji (c) Hoogly (d) Srirampur 21. In the Sultanate period, the highest rural authority for land revenue was 31. Which one of the following European trading companies adopted the “Blue Water Policy” in India? (a) Rawat (b) Malik (c) Chaudhary (d) Patwari (a) Dutch company 22. Coins of which Muslim ruler have been image of Devi (b) French company Lakshmi? (c) Portuguese company (a) Muhammad Ghori (b) Iltutmish (d) British East India company (c) Alauddin Khilji (d) None of these 32. Where in India, did the Portuguese build their first fortress? 23. Before which of his important battles in India did Babur declare the abolition of Tamgha tax ? (a) Cochin (b) Goa (a) Panipat (b) Khanwa (c) Anjidiv (d) Cannanore (c) Chanderi (d) None of these 33. Where did the British East India Company open its first factory in India? 24. Who among the following had joined Akbar’s Din-i-Ilahi? (a) Birbal (b) Bhagwan Das (a) Masulipatanam (b) Surat (c) Man Singh (d) Surjan Rai (c) Bharuch (d) Mumbai 25. Which one of the following had bestowed the title of Jagat 34. Who among the following introduced Cashewnut, Pineapple Seth to Fatehchand? and Tobacco in India? (a) Alivardi Khan (b) Sirajuddaula (a) Dutch (b) English (c) Mir Zafar (d) Muhammad Shah (c) French (d) Portuguese 26. Who was the author of Humayun-nama? 35. Who was Sir George Oxenden? (a) Humayun (b) Gulbadan Begam (a) First president of Council of Surat (c) Badauni (d) Ahmad Yadgar (b) First governor of Bombay 27. Mansabdari system of the Mughals had its origin in (c) First president of Council of Madras (a) Persia (b) Arabia (d) None of the above (c) Central Asia (d) India 36. The South Indian ruler who introduced sericulture as an 28. The offsprings of which Mughal emperor were born in a agro-industry in his kingdom was Sufi’s Khanqah instead of the Mughal haram? (a) Humayun (b) Akbar (a) Tipu Sultan (b) Hyder Ali (c) Shahjahan (d) Aurangzeb (c) Krishnadeva Raya (d) Rajaraja II 37. The statement, “We have crippled over enemy without mak- 44. In which of the following movements, Vande Mataram was ing our friends too formidable”, is associated with adopted slogan for agitation? (a) Revolt of 1857 (a) Fourth Anglo-Mysore War (b) Partition of Bengal in 1905 (b) Third Anglo-Mysore War (c) Non-cooperation Movement in 1920 (c) Second Angle-Mysore War (d) Quit India Movement in 1942 (d) First Anglo-Mysore War 45. Devi Chaudharani patronised a historic movement of Ben- 38. To overthrow the British rule, Kuka Movement was organised gal. Find out the correct answer among the options given below: in (a) Weavers Movement (a) Punjab (b) Uttar Pradesh (b) Sanyasi Movement (c) Bihar (d) Maharashtra (c) Indigo Growers Movement 39. Who was the first Viceroy of India? (d) Swadeshi Movement (a) Lord Canning 46. In which of the following sessions of Indian National Con- gress, the resolution of Swadeshi was adopted? (b) Warren Hastings (a) Madras Session 1903 (c) Lord William Bentinck (b) Bombay Session 1904 (d) Lord Curzon (c) Banaras Session 1905 40. Which one of the following is known as Mother of Indian (d) Calcutta Session 1906 Revolutionaries? 47. During which of the following movements, Vande Mataram (a) Annie Besant (b) Sarojini Naidu became the theme song of the Indian National Movement? (c) Madam Cama (d) Usha Mehta (a) Champaran Sataygrah 41. The Revolt of 1857 at Lucknow was led by (b) Swadeshi Movement (c) Anti-Rowlatt Act Agitation (a) Begum Hazarat Mahal (d) Non-cooperation Movement (b) Tantiya Tope 48. Who among the following was not associated with the Home (c) Rani Laxmi Bai Rule Movement? (d) Nana Saheb (a) C.R. Das (b) S. Subramaniyam Iyer (c) Annie Besant (d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak 42. Who among the following British persons admitted the Re- volt of 1857 as a national revolt? 49. The Ryotwari settlement of Madras was introduced by (a) Lord Dalhousie (b) Lord Canning (a) Cornwallis (b) Wingate (c) Clive (d) Munro (c) Lord Ellenborough (d) Disraelli 50. Who started the socio-religious organization “Tattvabodhini 43. “ Poverty and the Un-British Rule in India” was written by Sabha” and its appended journal ‘Tattvabodhini’? (a) Dadabhai Naoroji (a) Ram Mohan Roy (b) Ramesh Chandra Dutta (b) Radhakant Dev (c) Gopal Krishna Gokhle (c) Devendranath Tagore (d) Surendranath Banerjee (d) Dwarkanath Tagore 51. Which planet takes the longest time to go around the sun? 62. Thunderstorms are associated with (a) Earth (b) Jupiter (a) Cumulus clouds (b) Cumulonimbus clouds (c) Uranus (d) Neptune (c) Cirrus clouds (d) Stratus clouds 52 The distance of Moon from the Earth is 63. Which one of the following is not related to plate Tectonic (a) 364 thousand kms. (b) 300 thousand kms. Theory? (c) 350 thousand kms. (d) 446 thousand kms. (a) Continental drift (b) Pole wandering 53. The Earth becomes maximum distance from the sun on (c) Transform fault (d) Sea floor spreading th nd (a) January 30 (b) December 22 64. Where is the Blind Valley found? (c) September 22nd (d) July 4th (a) River valley region (b) Arid region 54. Which one of the following planets is the brightest? (c) Karst region (d) Glacier region (a) Mars (b) Mercury 65. The process of water vapour changing to the liquid state (c) Venus (d) Jupiter (water) is called 55. The outermost layer of the sun is called (a) Sublimation (b) Transpiration (a) Chromosphere (b) Photosphere (c) Condensation (d) Dew (c) Lithosphere (d) Corona 66. The Coriollis Effect is produced by 56. Which of the following planets is known as “Red Planet”? (a) pressure gradient (a) Earth (b) Mars (b) earth’s revolution (c) Jupiter (d) Saturn 57. The last stage in the life cycle of a star is (c) earth’s rotation (a) Black Hole (b) Supernova (d) earth’s rotation and revolution (c) Red Giant (d) White Dwarf 67. Which of the following countries is the largest producer of 58. Cycle of sun spots is diamond? (a) 9 years (b) 10 years (a) Australia (b) Venezuela (c) 11 years (d) 12 years (c) Russia (d) Botswana 59. The Indian subcontinent was originally part of a huge mass 68. Which of the following industries should be mainly located called near the raw material areas? (a) Indian (b) Aryavarta (a) Iron steel (b) Cotton textile (c) Angaraland (d) Gondwana land (c) Ship building (d) Engineering 60. The highest salinity is found in which of the following lakes? 69. The ‘Wheat Crescent’ lies in (a) Van Lake (b) Dead sea (a) Australia (b) Argentina (c) Balkash lake (d) Baikal lake (c) Canada (d) U.S.A 61. Ox-bow lake is a feature formed by 70. In the U.S.A the cotton textile industry shifted from North (a) River erosion in youthful stage Eastern states to the south because of (b) Transportation action of the river (a) High labour cost (b) Low demand (c) River erosion in mature stage (c) Hilly terrain (d) Lack of coal (d) Deposition in old stage of a river 71.