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(c) Abhinjana Sakuntalam (d) Raghuvamsa
17.Which one of the following is not written by
Kalidas?
(a) Kumarasambhavam. (b) Vikramorvaseeyam
(c) Sakuntalam (d) Kadambari
18.Who wrote ‘Mudrarakshasa’ and
‘Devichandraguptam’?
(a) Amarasimha (b) Kalidas
(c) Visakhadutta (d) Bhasa
19.Who authored ‘Panchatantra’?
(a) Vishnugupta (b) Vishnu Sharma
(c) Kalidas (d) Bhasa
20.Who is called ‘Indian Newton’?
(a) Brahmagupta (b) Varahamihira
(c) Aryabhatta (d) Bhaskara
Answers: 1 (b) 2(a) 3 (a) 4 (b) 5(c) 6(a) 7(b) 8(c)
9(c) 10(c) 11(a) 12(b) 13(c) 14(d) 15(b)16(c)
17(d) 18(c) 19(b) 20(c)
MEDIEVAL INDIA
1. Razmnama was the name given to the Persian
translation of a Sanskrit work, at the court of
Akbar, named:
(a) Ramayana (b) Mahabharata
(c) Gita (d) Veda
2. After the defeat of the battle of Rakshsa Tangadi,
Tirumalaraya, the younger brother of Ramaraya,
along with his puppet ruler, Sadasivaraya fled to ____
(a) Penukonda (b) Madurai
(c) Bidanur (d) Tanjavur
3. Which language was treated as official language
of the Vijayanagar empire?
(a)Tamil (b) Kannada
(c) Telugu (d) Tulu
4. Whose court was known as ‘Bhuvanavijayam’?
(a) Shivaji (b) Pritviraj Chauhan
(c) Harsha (d) Krishna Deva Raya
5. Samarangana Sutradhara is an encyclopedic work
on classical Indian architecture (Vastu Shastra) written
by:
(a)Harsha (b) Bhoja
(c) Banabhatta (d) Vigneswara
6. Who was given the title ‘English Khan’ by
Jehangir?
(a) Ralph Fitch (b) William Hawkins
(c) Thomas Roe (d) Vasco da Gama
7. The first Muslim monarch in India to organise the
land revenue system on a sound basis:
(a) Balban (b) Iltutmish
(c) Akbar (d) Alauddin Khilji
8. ‘Chachnama’ depicts the history of:
(a) Sind (b) Kashmir
(c) Gujarat (d) Bengal
9. Who adorned the court of all Delhi Sultans from
Balban to Ghiassuddin Tughlaq:
(a) Tulsidas (b) Birbal
(c) Abul fazl (d) Amir Khusrau
10.The first Sultan in Indian History to abolish Jizya
or poll tax on non-Muslims was Zainul Abidin. He
was the ruler of :
(a) Bengal (b) Kashmir
(c) Assam (d) Deccan
11. The Portuguese Governer who transferred the
capital form Cochin toGoa:
(a) Nino da Cunha (b) Vasco da Gama
(c) Almeida (d) Albuquerque
12.Where did the Punjabi Ghadrites on board the
Kamagata Maru clash with the British army ?
(a) Bombay (b) Calicut
(c) Budge Budge (d) Calcutta
13.The ruler when Abdur Razzak visited Vijayanagar:
(a) Krishna Deva Raya(b) Deva Raya I
(c) Deva Raya II (d) Achutaraya
14.Muntkhabab-ul Lubab was authored by:
(a) Abul Fazl (b) Abdul Hamid Lahori
(c) Barni (d) Khafi Khan
15.Which dynasty ruled over Ahmednagar?
(a)Nizam Shahi (b) Adil Shahi
(c) Imad Shahi (d) Qutub Shahi
16.The Shah Miri dynasty founded by Shah Mir ruled:
(a) Gujarat (b) Khandesh
(c) Jajnagar (d) Kashmir
17.The University of Vikramshila enjoyed the patronage
of:
(a)Palas (b) senas
(c) Pratiharas (d) Yasovarman of Kannauj
18.Akbar introduced Dahsala system in:
(a) 1580 (b) 1585 (c) 1590 (d) 1591
19.What was the name of the Paramar king, who
wielded the pen with no less dexterity than the
sword?
(a) Siddharaja (b) Bhoja
(c) Vakpati Munja (d) Krishnaraja
20.When did Babur adopt the title ‘Ghazi’?
(a)1526 (b) 1527 (c) 1528 (d) 1529
Answers: 1 (b) 2(a) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5(b)6(b) 7(d) 8(a) 9(d)
10(b) 11(a) 12(c) 13(c) 14(d) 15(a)16(d) 17(a)
18(a) 19(b) 20(b)
MODERN INDIA
1. Jawaharlal Nehru (1889 -1964) was born in
Allahabad in:
(a) Gujarat (b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Maharashtra (d) Haryana
2. Gandhiji (1869-1948) was born in:
(a)Gujarat (b) Rajastan
(c) Uttar Pradesh (d) West Bengal
3. M.G.Ranade was born in:
(a) Maharashtra (b) Karnataka
(c) Gujarat (d) Bengal
4. Bal Gangadhar Tilak was born in:
(a) Gujarat (b) Bengal
(c) Maharashtra (d) Karnataka
5. Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was born at Cuttack in:
(a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Maharashtra
(c) Orissa (d) Gujarat
6. The publication started by Gandhiji in South
Africa:
(a) Indian Opinion (b) Young India
(c) Harijan (d) Nav Jeevan
7. The journals ‘Al Hilal’ and ‘Al Balal’ were launched by:
(a) Muhammad Ali (b) Shoukat Ali
(c) Abul Kalam Azad (d) Jinnah
8. Who launched the journal ‘Pakhtoon’?
(a) Maulana Azad (b) Bhagat Singh
(c) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (d) Muhammad Ali
9. “Comrade’ was launched by:
(a) Jinnah (b) Syed Ahmed Khan
(c) BR Ambedkar (d) Muhammad Ali
10.Who started the newspaper ‘The Hindu’?
(a) G Subramanya Iyer (b) MG Ranade
(c) BG Tilak (d) BR Ambedkar
11. Under whose leadership Hindustan Republican Association
changed its title to Hindustan Socialist
Republican Association?
(a) Chandrasekhar Azad(b) Aurobindo Ghosh
(c) Uddam Singh (d) Khudiram Bose
12.Who killed the Sanders, the police officer whose
blows on Lala Lajpath Rai led to his death?
(a) Chandrasekhar Azad(b) Bhagat Singh
(c) Uddham Singh (d) Prafulla Chakri
13.Who threw a bomb on Central Legislative Assembly
in 1929 to protest against the public safety bill
which would have curtailed civil liberties?
(a) Bhagat Singh (b) Prafulla Chakri
(c) Chandrasekhar Azad (d) Uddham Singh
14.In association with which conspiracy case 31 prominent
trade union and communist leaders were arrested?
(a) Meerut conspiracy case
(b) Lahore conspiracy case
(c) Alipore conspiracy case
(d) Kakori conspiracy case
15.Who organised a raid on Chittagong government
armoury in 1930 April?
(a) Bhagat Singh (b) Uddham Singh
(c) Chandrasekhar Azad (d) Surya Sen
16.The founder of Atmiya Sabha and Brahmasamaj:
(a) Shiv Narayan Agnihotri
(b) Atmaram Pandurang
(c) Iswar Chandra Vidhyasagar
(d) Raja Ram Mohun Roy
17.Who founded Ramakrishna Mission?
(a) Iswar Chandra Vidhyasagar
(b) Ramakrishna Paramhansa
(c) Vivekananda
(d) Shiv Narayan Agnihotri
18.The retired British civil servant who was instrumental
in the formation of Indian National Congress in 1885:
(a) George Yule (b) Dufferin
(c) AO Hume (d) William Wedderbern
19.The founder of Arya Samaj:
(a) Raja Ram Mohun Roy
(b) Vivekananda
(c) Iswar Chandra Vidhyasagar
(d) Dayanand Saraswati
20.Who founded Muslim League in 1906?
(a) Aga Khan (b) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
(c) Nawab Abdul Latif (d) MA Jinnah
Answers: 1 (b) 2(a)3 (a) 4 (c) 5(c)6 (a) 7(c) 8 (c) 9 (d)
10(a)11(a) 12(b) 13(a)14(a) 15(d)16(d) 17(c) 18(c)
19(d) 20(a)
INDIAN POLITY
1. Which of the following states were Union Territories
before becoming states?
(a)Manipur (b) Tripura
(c) Himachal Pradesh (d) All of these
2. Which one of the following is given the status of statehood
first?
(a) Goa (b) Arunachal Pradesh
(c) Mizoram (d) Sikkim
3. Which one of the following is given the status of statehood
first?
(a) Gujarat (b) Nagaland
(c) Sikkim (d) Himachal Pradesh
4. Which of the following was ceded by the French
to India?
(a) Goa (b) Daman (c) Mahe (d) Diu
5. The Constitution of India bestows ..... citizenship on
all of the people of India.
(a) Single (b) Dual (c) Federal (d) All the three
6. Which Article stipulates that there is to be a Council
of Ministers with the prime minister as the head to
aid and assist the President?
(a) 72 (b) 73 (c) 74 (d) 75
7. How many times can the President ask the Council
of Ministers to reconsider its advice?
(a) One (b) Twice
(c) Thrice (d) Cannot ask
8. Who determines the salary of Attorney General?
(a) Prime Minister (b) Finance Minister
(c) President (d) C and AG
9. Appointment, qualifications and nature of duties of
Attorney General are prescribed by the Article:
(a) 75 (b) 76 (c) 77 (d) 78
10.On what basis seats are allotted to the states in Lok
Sabha?
(a) Population (b) Per capita income
(c) Literacy (d) Density of population
11. The Constitution of India describes India as a ...... of
States.
(a) Federation (b) Emirate
(c) Union (d) None of these
12.Name the source of political power in India.
(a) The people (b) Political parties
(c) Politicians (d) Candidates
13.The Constitution originally mentioned about ...... categories
of states and territories.
(a) Three (b) Four (c) Five (d) Six
14.The number of states and union territories at the time
of commencement of the Constitution:
(a) 29 (b) 30 (c) 31 (d) 35
15.What is the Indian name given to our country in Constitution?
(a) Hindustan (b) Indus (c) Bharat (d) Hind
16.The ex-officio chairman of the Rules Committee:
(a) Speaker (b) Prime Minister
(c) Deputy Speaker (d) Leader of Opposition
17.The number of members in the Rules Committee:
(a) 15 (b) 20 (c) 25 (d) 22
18.Who headed the Constitution Review Committee
appointed in 2000?
(a) Ranganath Mishra (b) MN Venkitachelliah
(c) AS Anand (d) JS Varma
19.The number of members in the Public Enterprises
Committee:
(a) 15 (b) 20 (c) 25 (d) 22
20.The normal tenure of Governor of a State is ......
years.
(a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) 4
Answers: 1 (d) 2(d) 3 (a) 4 (c) 5(a) 6(c) 7(a) 8(c) 9(b)
10(a) 11(c) 12(a) 13(b) 14(a) 15(c)16(a) 17(a) 18(b)
19(a) 20(a)
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