When Did the Muslim League join the interim government under the leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru?
1.2 September, 1946
2.14 September,1946
3.24 October , 1946
4.14 November , 1946
Ashoka won the Avanti Mahajanpad and merged in the Mauryan empire during Bindusara rule. What text does it refer to?
1.Samant Pasadika of Buddha Ghosh
2.Arthashastra of Kautilya
3.Ashtadhyayi of Panini
4.Mahabhashya of Patanjali
Consider the following Bhakti Saints - 1. Dadu Dayal 2. Guru Nanak 3. Tyagaraja Who among the above was/ were preaching when the Lodi dynasty fell and Babur took over?
1.1 and 3
2.Only 2
3.2 and 3
4.Only 1
Egyptian King Ptolemy Philadelphos sent an envoy named Dionysius in the Court of Mauryan King?
1.Ashoka
2.Bindusara
3.Chandra Gupta Maurya
4.Chandra Gupta Second
In the context of medieval Sufi tradition, the term wali meant -
1.hermitage
2.order
3.disciple
4.saint
In what context are Panahi and Upanah mentioned in the medieval Indian History?
1.Cloth
2.Jewellery
3.Accommodation
4.Shoes
In which session did the Indian National Congress adopt the resolution for Puma Swaraj?
1.Calcutta
2.Lahore
3.Madras
4.Lucknow
The Kailasanatha Temple (Siva Temple) at Kanchipuram Containing sculptures with paintings in the inner wall, was built by -
1.Narasimhavarman
2.Devavarman
3.Mahendravarman
4.Ravivarman
The maximum number of Mongol invasions took place during the reign of -
1.Firoz Tughluq
2.Balban
3.Muhammad bin Tughluq
4.Alauddin Khilji
The skull of a Homo erectus was found in which of the following pre-historic Indian sites ?
1.Pachmarhi
2.Hathnora
3.Patna
4.Sanganakallu
Under Mauryan administration the Sitadhyaksha was the officer in charge of -
1.royal harem
2.custom
3.mines
4.agriculture
What was the main reason for the split in the Indian National Congress at Surat in 1907?
1. Introduction of communalism into Indian politics by Lord Minto
2.Extremists' lack of faith in the capacity of the moderates to negotiate with the British Government
3.Foundation of Muslim League
4.Aurobindo Ghosh's inability to be elected as the President of the Indian National Congress
Which Indian leader was described as the father of Indian Unrest by Valentine Chirol?
1. Lala Lajpat Rai
2.M K Gandhi
3.Bal Gangadhar Tilak
4.S. C Bose
Which of the following dynasty patronised Vaishnavism?
1.Maurya
2.Maurya
3.Gupta
4.Shishunaga
Which one of the following statements about the Gandhi-Irwin Pact of 1931 is correct?
1.The Government would not release those prisoners who had been non-violent
2.The Government would not release those prisoners who had indulged in the peaceful picketing of liquor and foreign cloth shops
3.The Congress did not agree to the suspension of the Civil Disobedience Movement
4.The Congress agreed to take part in the Second Round Table Conference
Which Veda is divided into two parts - Krishna and Shukla?
1.Yajur Veda
2.Rig Veda
3.Atharva Veda
4.Sama Veda
Who among the following founded the Bill Seva Mandal in 1922?
1.Dayaram Gidumal
2.Gurusaday Dutt
3.Dhondo Keshav Karve
4.Amritlal Vithaldas Thakkar
Who compared Mahatma Gandhi's Dandi March to Lord Rama's historic march to Lanka?
1.Bal Gangadhar Tilak
2.Motilal Nehru
3.M. G. Ranade
4.Acharya Kriplani
Who launched The East India paper?
1.Henry Vivian Derozio
2.Annie Besant
3.Jawaharlal Nehru
4.James Hikki
Who started the Mahad Satyagraha in Maharashtra in 1927?
1.Mahatma Gandhi
2.Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
3.Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
4. Jyotiba Phule
Who was the first nominated Deputy Chairman of the Constituent Assembly?
1.T. T. Krishnamachari
2.V. T. Krishnamachari
3.H. C. Mukherjee
4.Frank Anthony
Who was the original founder of Bhopal State?
1.Dost Mohammad Khan
2.Nawab Hamidullah Khan
3.Nar Mohammad Khan
4.Yasin Mohammad Khan
According to Chachnama, what was the Capital of the Indus Country in the 6th and 7th century?
1.Deval
2.Arod
3.Lodawa
4.Barmer
After Subhas Chandra Bose's resignation as INC President in 1939, who becomes the President of INC?
1.P Sitaramaya
2.Acharya Kriplani
3.Rajendra Prasad
4.Motilal Nehru
Arya Samaj was founded in -
1.1875
2.1880
3.1885
4.1890
As per ancient Indian philosophy, the Purusharthas or the four aims of life do not include -
1. Kama
2.Moksha
3.Artha
4.Yasha
At which age the Stupa of Nagarjun was built?
1.Kushan Age
2.Maurya Age
3.Gupta Age
4.Later Gupta Age
Ayurveda, which deals with indigenous system of medicine, could be traced to :
1.Rigveda
2.Yajurveda
3.Samaveda
4.Atharvaveda
Francois Bernier was physician to -
1.Prince Murad
2.Princess Jahanara
3.Emperor Shah Jahan
4.Prince Dara Shikoh
Ghadar newspaper was published in -
1.Newyork
2.London
3.Paris
4.San Fransisco
In 1911, who among the following introduced a bill in the Imperial Legislative Council for introduction of compulsory and free primary education in India?
1.Dadabhai Naoroji
2.Bal Gangadhar Tilak
3.Sir Harcourt Butler
4.Gopal Krishna Gokhale
In 1943, young leaders in which one of the following districts of Maharashtra set up a parallel Government (prati sarkar) with volunteer corps (seva dais) and village units (tufan dais)?
1.Pune
2.Nasik
3.Nagpur
4.Satara
In which state of India, the oldest Nalanda University was situated at -
1.Uttar Pradesh
2.Bihar
3.Punjab
4.Madhya Pradesh
In which year was the last election of the Indian Legislature under the Government of India Act, 1919 was held?
1.1930
2.1934
3.1945
4.1947
Indian nationalism in the middle of the 19th century was in the Embryonic stage was a historian with regard to the fact -
1.Dr. R. C. Majumdar and Dr. S. N. Sen
2.Sir James Outram and W. Tailor
3.T. R. Homes and L.E.R. Reas
4.Sir John Lawrence and Seale
Lothal is located in -
1.India
2.Pakistan
3.China
4.Nepal
Mahatma Gandhi was against __________ of India.
1.slow industrialization
2.rapid industrialization
3.British mode of industrialization
4.American mode of industrialization
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose started his Azad Hind Radio from which of the following place?
1.Tokyo, Japan
2.Berlin, Germany
3.Singapore
4.Rangoon, Burma
Pushyamitra, the army chief of the last Mauryan ruler Brihadratha, was the founder of the -
1.Kushan dynasty
2.Sunga dynasty
3.Nanda dynasty
4.Pal dynasty
The Aitchison Commission, 1886, was appointed to make recommendation for reforms in the -
1.armed forces
2.Indian judicial system
3.Indian civil services
4.administration of princely states
The Amara-Nayaka system was a major political innovation of which Indian imperial rulers?
1.Cholas
2.Chalukyas
3.Guptas
4.Vijayanagara
The decision to effect the partition of Bengal was announced by the government of British India on ____
1.7 August, 1905
2.19 July, 1905
3.16 October, 1905
4.1 September , 1905
The famous Irwin Declaration on 31 October, 1929 promised -
1.independence of princely states
2.total integration of princely states with the rest of India
3.universal adult franchise in India
4. a dominion status for India
The famous rock-cut temple of Kailash at Ellora was built by?
1.Gupta King Samudra Gupta
2.Rashtrakuta King Krishna First
3. Rashtrakuta King Dhruva Dharavarsha
4. Chalukya King Jayasimha
The Ghadr (Ghadar) was a -
1.revolutionary association of Indians with headquarters at San Francisco.
2.nationalist organization operating from Singapore.
3.militant organisation with headquarters at Berlin
4.Communist movement for India's freedom with headquarters at Tashkent
The Last Supper is a world famous painting by -
1.Paul Gaugin
2.Leonardo da Vinci
3.Raphael
4.Rembrandt
The Mansabdari system was introduced by -
1.Babur
2.Akbar
3.Jahangir
4.Shah Jahan
The poet of King Bhoj who accepted Jainism was -
1.Granthapal
2.Rajpal
3.Mahipal
4.Dhanpal
The Royal Indian Navy revolted in Bombay in -
1.1944
2.1945
3.1946
4.1947
The title of Gangai Kondan was adopted by the following Chola king -
1.Rajaraja I
2.Karikala
3.Rajendra I
4.Vijayalaya
What was the Rigvedic name of the river Jhelum?
1.Vitasta
2.Chandrabhaga
3.Ravi
4.Iravati
When was the monopoly of China trade lost by East India Company?
1.1813
2.1833
3.1838
4.1860
Where was the capital of Koshala Mahajanpada?
1.Kushinara
2.Kaushambi
3.Vaishali
4.Shravasti
Which great Indian leader was called Desh Nayak by Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore?
1.Subhas Chandra Bose
2.C. R. Das
3.M. K. Gandhi
4.Bhagat Singh
Which Indian revolutionary wrote a book titled Why I am an atheist?
1.Aurobindo Ghosh
2.Bhagat Singh
3.D V Savarkar
4.M. K. Gandhi
Which Maratha statesman signed the Treaty of Bassein on December 31, 1802?
1.Baji Rao II
2.Vithuji Holkar
3.Daulat Rao Sindhia
4.Madhava Rao Narayan
Which of the following constructed the Nalanda Boddha Vihar?
1.Chandragupta-II
2.Skandgupta-I
3.Kumargupta-I
4.Buddhgupta
Which of the following did not provide assistance to the British in suppressing the revolt of 1857?
1.Scindia of Gwalior
2.Begum Hazrat Mahal of Awadh
3.Nizam of Hyderabad
4.Sikander Begum Of Bhopal
Which of the following Kingdoms were associated with the life of the Buddha? 1. Avanti 2. Gandhara 3. Kosala 4. Magadha Select the correct answer using the code given below -
1.1, 2 and 3
2. 2 and 4
3.Only 3 and 4
4.1, 3 and 4
Which of the following languages does not belongs to the Indo-Aryan languages family ?
1.Munda
2.Punjabi
3.Dogri
4.Assamese
Which of the following Peasant Movement was directly influenced by the Non-cooperation Movement?
1.Peasant Movement of Kheda
2.Peasant Movement of Champaran
3.Peasant Movement of Rae Bareli and Faizabad
4.Peasant Movement of Bardoloi
Which of the following statements about the Sanyasi and Faqir disturbances / rebellions are correct? 1. Governor-General Warren Hastings faced the persistent Sanyasi aand Faqir distur-bances in Bengal and Bihar. 2. There were a number of Shaivite Naga Sanyasis who formed into armed bands. 3. Manju Shah, who led bands into Bengal from 1771, was their prominent leader. Select the correct answer using the code given below -
1.1 and 2 only
2.1, 2 and 3
3.2 and 3 only
4.1 and 3 only
Which of the following states, as were part of the Union in 1949, were named after cities? Now none of them exists currently - I. Bombay II. Hyderabad III. Mysore IV. Ajmer V. Bhopal, Bilaspur, Cooch- Behar, and Coorg Correct code is -
1.Only V
2.Only I, II and III
3.Only I, II, III and IV
4.I, II, III, IV and V
Which one of the following painters was not associated with Humayun?
1.Mir Sayyid Ali
2.Maulana Dost Musawir
3. Maulana Yusuf
4.Bihzad
Which one of the following scholars of Akbar's court translated Bhaskaracharya's Lilavati into Persian?
1.Abul Fazl
2.Faizi
3.Fathullah Shirazi
4.Ataullah Rashidi
Which one of the following statements about the Act V of 1843 relating to Slavery in India is correct?
1.It gave the masters the right to willfully keep their slaves tied to their estates
2.It denied the masters the use of Courts to assert their claims on slaves
3. The Law Courts and masters worked jointly in resolving the cases of desertion
4.The slaves became the owners of the land
Which one of the following statements about the British Indian Medical Service (IMS) is not correct?
1.IMS began in 1764
2.It recruited health professionals by means of a competitive examination
3.Indians were never admitted to IMS
4.The IMS was at first meant to look after the troops
Who among the following built the Golden Temple at Amritsar?
1.Guru gobind singh
2.Guru nanak
3.Guru teg bahadur
4.Guru Arjan Dev
Who among the following founded the Marathi newspaper Kesari?
1.Lokmanya Tilak
2.Vallabhbhai Patel
3.Lala Lajpat Rai
4.Mahatma Gandhi
Who among the following was the President of Indian National Congress when India got independence?
1.J. B. Kriplani
2.Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
3.Mahatma Gandhi
4.Jawahar Lal Nehru
Who founded the Adi Brahma Samaj?
1.Devendranath Tagore
2.Keshav Chandra Sen
3.Raja Rammohan Roy
4.Dayanand Saraswati
Who founded the Central Hindu School at Benaras which was later developed into Benaras Hindu University?
1.Madan Mohan Malaviya
2.Annie Besant
3.Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
4.Madame H.P. Blavatsky
Who is the creator of the Mughal Text Masir-A-Alamgiri?
1.Saqi Mustaid Khan
2.Hatim Khan
3.Kazim Shiraji
4.Khafi Khan
Who said that Victory of Mandu was the key to Victory of South?
1.Malik Kafur
2.Sheetal Dev
3.Enulmulk Multani
4.Amir Khusro
Who was the first woman Governor of a state in Independent India?
1. Sharda Mukherjee
2.Vijyalakshmi Pandit
3.Margaret Alwa
4. Sarojini Naidu
Who was the Governor-General of India at the time of the Cripps Mission's arrival in India?
1.Lord Linlithgow
2.Lord Ripon
3.Lord Dalhousie
4.Lord Bentinck
Who was the Governor-General of India at the time of the Jallianwala Bagh tragedy?
1.Lord Linlithgow
2.Lord Chelmsford
3.Lord Clive
4.Lord Mountbatten
Who was the last ruler of Shunga dynasty?
1.Pulinda
2.Andhrak
3.Devbhuti
4.Vasumitra
Who was the President of the INC session at Calcutta in 1906 AD?
1.C R Das
2.Dadabhai Naoroji
3.Motilal Nehru
4.Surendranath Bandopadhyae
Who was the President of the Indian National Congress at the historic Lucknow Session in 1916?
1.Achariya Kriplani
2.Jawaharlal
3.C. R. Das
4.Ambica Charan Mazumdar
Who was the President of the Indian National Congress at the time of freedom of India?
1.Jawahar Lal Nehru
2.Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
3.J. B. Kriplani
4.Rajendra Prasad