1. Which of the following was the birth place of Guru Nanak ?
(a) Anandpur
(b) Amritsar
(c) Talwandi
(d) Nanded
2. During the Indus Valley Civilization period, the dominant number used for weights and measures was ?
(a) 6
(b) 8
(c) 12
(d) 16
3. The Mughal emperor at the time of Ahmed Shah Abduali’s invasion of India was ?
(a)Bahadur Shahl
(b) Shah Alam I
(c)Bahadur Shah II
(d) Shah Alam II
4. Sher Shah died while he was fighting in
(a)Panipat
(b) Kalinga
(c)Kalinjar
(d) None of these
5. Archaeological material relating to the period of Sangam literature has been unearthed at ?
(a) Madurai
(b) Brahmagiri
(c) Thanjavur
(d) Arikkamedu
6. Ramachandradeva, the Yadava King of Deogiri, was a contemporary of ?
(a) Ala uddin Khilji
(b) Feroz Tughlaq
(c) Muhammad Tughlaq
(d) Iltutmish
7. The most famous city for production of cotton cloth during the period of visit of Hiuen Tsang was ?
(a) Ujjain
(b) Pataliputra
(c) Mathura
(d) Banaras
8. In which period were the foreigners absorbed in large number in the Indian society?
(a) The Kushana Period
(b) The Gupta Period
(c) The Mauryan period
(d) The Rajput Period
9. Which General of Maharaja Ranjit Singh who conqeured Ladakh
(a) Dewan Chand
(b) Hari Singh Nalwa
(c) Zorawar Singh
(d) Mohkam Singh
10. William Hawkins visited the Mughal court to secure a right to trade in Mughal ports during the reign of ?
(a)Akbar
(b) Jahangir
(c) Shah Jahan
(d) Aurangzeb
11. The Bahmani Sultan who shifted the capital from Gulbarga to Bindar was ?
(a) Mahmud Shah
(b) Muhammad Shah
(c) Ahmad Shah
(d) None of these
12. Chola Kingdom Comprised of ?
(a) Whole of South India
(b) Today’s Andhra pradesh
(c) Bengal, Andhra and Madras
(d) Madras and parts of Mysore
13. When did Alexander invade India?
(a)336 B.C.
(b) 326 B.C.
(c)320 B.C.
(d) 308 B.C.
14. Who among the following called himself as the ‘Second Alexander’
(a) Alauddin Khilji
(b) Samudragupta
(c) Chandragupta
(d) Kanishka
15. One of the major towns of the Godavari in the Satavahana kingdom was ?
(a)Korkkai
(b)Arikkamedu
(c)Maski
(d) Pratishthana
16. During whose reign Mewar came to conclude peace treaty with Mughals?
(a) Akhar
(b) Jahangir
(c) Shahjehan
(d) Aurangzeb
17. Who laid out the first Mughal garden in India?
(a) Babar
(b) Akbar
(c) Jehangir
(d) Shahjehan
18. Who amongst the following rulers assumed the title of ‘Paramanka?
(a) Ajatashatru
(b) Harshavardhana
(c)Chandragupta
(d) Samudragupta
19. Who was the founder of Qutb Shahi dynasty?
(a) Adil Shah
(b) Ibrahim Adil Shahl l
(c) Ibrahim Qutb Shah
(d) Quli Qutb Shah
20. Who Introduced Decimal system ?
(a) Brahmagupta
(b) Aryabhatta
(c) Bhaskara
(d) None of these
21. A standing army was first introduced in medieval India by ?
(a) Alauddin Khilji
(b) Ba]han
(c) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
(d) Iltumish
22. Indians in ancient time learnt a lot from the Greeks in the field of
(a) Music
(b) Coinage
(c) Sculpture
(d) Painting
23. ‘Ashtapradhan’ adorned the court of ?
(a) Shivaji
(b) Krishnadevaraya
(c) Rajendra I
(d)Vikramaditya II
24. Ashtadiggajas were in the court of ?
(a)Harshavardhana
(b) Chandragupta II
(c) Krishnadeva Raya
(d) Rajaraja
25. Who became first Muslim ruler to conquer South India?
(a) Alauddin Khilji
(b) Muhammad Ghori
(c)Babar
(d) Akbar
26. According to the Dharmasastras, ‘Anuloma’ is a marriage between a ?
(a) higher caste man and a lower caste woman
(b) lower caste man and a higher caste woman
(c) man and a woman of the same caste
(d) man and a woman of the same gotra
27. Which of the following rivers of India is known as Vridh (Old) Ganga?
(a) Mahanadi
(b) Ram Ganga
(c) Cauvery
(d) Godavari
28. Brahmagiri is a place of historical importance because it?
(a) has an inscription of Ashoka
(b) was a Paleolithic site
(c) has an inscription of Vikramaditya VI
(d) was the capital of the Gangas
29. In ancient Indian historical geography, the name ‘Ratnakara’ denoted ?
(a) the Arabian Sea
(b) the Bay of Bengal
(c) the Indian Ocean
(d) the confluence of the Ganga, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati at Prayaga.
30. Who were the first to issue gold coins in India?
(a)Aryans
(b) Kushans
(c)Tatars
(d) Mughals
31. The capital of Kadamba kings was ?
(a) Tanjore
(b) Vanavasi
(c)Kanchi
(d) Badami
32. “Hindustan is a country of few charms. Its people have no good looks”.
Which Mughal king had recorded this in his memoirs?
(a) Akbar
(b) Babar
(c) Humayun
(d) Shahjahan
33. The only Muslim woman to sit on the throne of Delhi was ?
(a) Noorjahan
(b) Razia Sultan
(c)Mumtaz Mahal
(d) Hamidabanu Begam
34. Which among the following is not correctly paired?
(a) Bana- Harshavardhana
(b) Gita Govinda -Tulsidas
(c) Megasthenes -Seleucus
(d) Pushyamitra -Sunga dynasty
35. First ruler of Vijaynagar who captured Goa from the Bahmanides ?
(a) Harihara I
(b) Harihara II
(c) Bukka I
(d) Devaraya II
36. When did the concept of pollution emerge clearly?
(a) In the Rigvedic period
(b) In the post-vedic period
(c) In the post-Gupta age
(d) In the age of Dharma Shastras
37. Who levied the tax known by the name of ‘Chauth’?
(a) Chandellas
(b) Cholas
(c) Mughals
(d) Marathas
38. The first Indian ruler to organise Haj pilgrimage at the expense of the state was ?
(a) Akbar
(b) Feroz Tughlaq
(c)Alauddin Khilji
(d) Aurangzeb
39. Who was the ruler of medieval India who is credited with the building of the Grand Trunk Road?
(a) Babur
(b) Krishnadeva Raya
(c) Jahangir
(d) Sher Shah Suri
40. Who amongst the Muslim rulers first enforced price regulation?
(a) Mohammed Tughlaq
(b) Iltutmish
(c) Alauddin KhiIji
(d) Sher Shah Suri
Answers:
1 c
2 d
3 d
4 c
5 c
6 a
7 c
8 c
9 b
10 b
11 c
12 d
13 b
14 a
15 d
16 b
17 a
18 d
19 d
20 c
21 d
22 c
23 a
24 c
25 a
26 a
27 d
28 a
29 c
30 b
31 b
32 b
33 b
34 b
35 b
36 b
37 d
38 a
39 d
40 c
(a) Anandpur
(b) Amritsar
(c) Talwandi
(d) Nanded
2. During the Indus Valley Civilization period, the dominant number used for weights and measures was ?
(a) 6
(b) 8
(c) 12
(d) 16
3. The Mughal emperor at the time of Ahmed Shah Abduali’s invasion of India was ?
(a)Bahadur Shahl
(b) Shah Alam I
(c)Bahadur Shah II
(d) Shah Alam II
4. Sher Shah died while he was fighting in
(a)Panipat
(b) Kalinga
(c)Kalinjar
(d) None of these
5. Archaeological material relating to the period of Sangam literature has been unearthed at ?
(a) Madurai
(b) Brahmagiri
(c) Thanjavur
(d) Arikkamedu
6. Ramachandradeva, the Yadava King of Deogiri, was a contemporary of ?
(a) Ala uddin Khilji
(b) Feroz Tughlaq
(c) Muhammad Tughlaq
(d) Iltutmish
7. The most famous city for production of cotton cloth during the period of visit of Hiuen Tsang was ?
(a) Ujjain
(b) Pataliputra
(c) Mathura
(d) Banaras
8. In which period were the foreigners absorbed in large number in the Indian society?
(a) The Kushana Period
(b) The Gupta Period
(c) The Mauryan period
(d) The Rajput Period
9. Which General of Maharaja Ranjit Singh who conqeured Ladakh
(a) Dewan Chand
(b) Hari Singh Nalwa
(c) Zorawar Singh
(d) Mohkam Singh
10. William Hawkins visited the Mughal court to secure a right to trade in Mughal ports during the reign of ?
(a)Akbar
(b) Jahangir
(c) Shah Jahan
(d) Aurangzeb
11. The Bahmani Sultan who shifted the capital from Gulbarga to Bindar was ?
(a) Mahmud Shah
(b) Muhammad Shah
(c) Ahmad Shah
(d) None of these
12. Chola Kingdom Comprised of ?
(a) Whole of South India
(b) Today’s Andhra pradesh
(c) Bengal, Andhra and Madras
(d) Madras and parts of Mysore
13. When did Alexander invade India?
(a)336 B.C.
(b) 326 B.C.
(c)320 B.C.
(d) 308 B.C.
14. Who among the following called himself as the ‘Second Alexander’
(a) Alauddin Khilji
(b) Samudragupta
(c) Chandragupta
(d) Kanishka
15. One of the major towns of the Godavari in the Satavahana kingdom was ?
(a)Korkkai
(b)Arikkamedu
(c)Maski
(d) Pratishthana
16. During whose reign Mewar came to conclude peace treaty with Mughals?
(a) Akhar
(b) Jahangir
(c) Shahjehan
(d) Aurangzeb
17. Who laid out the first Mughal garden in India?
(a) Babar
(b) Akbar
(c) Jehangir
(d) Shahjehan
18. Who amongst the following rulers assumed the title of ‘Paramanka?
(a) Ajatashatru
(b) Harshavardhana
(c)Chandragupta
(d) Samudragupta
19. Who was the founder of Qutb Shahi dynasty?
(a) Adil Shah
(b) Ibrahim Adil Shahl l
(c) Ibrahim Qutb Shah
(d) Quli Qutb Shah
20. Who Introduced Decimal system ?
(a) Brahmagupta
(b) Aryabhatta
(c) Bhaskara
(d) None of these
21. A standing army was first introduced in medieval India by ?
(a) Alauddin Khilji
(b) Ba]han
(c) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
(d) Iltumish
22. Indians in ancient time learnt a lot from the Greeks in the field of
(a) Music
(b) Coinage
(c) Sculpture
(d) Painting
23. ‘Ashtapradhan’ adorned the court of ?
(a) Shivaji
(b) Krishnadevaraya
(c) Rajendra I
(d)Vikramaditya II
24. Ashtadiggajas were in the court of ?
(a)Harshavardhana
(b) Chandragupta II
(c) Krishnadeva Raya
(d) Rajaraja
25. Who became first Muslim ruler to conquer South India?
(a) Alauddin Khilji
(b) Muhammad Ghori
(c)Babar
(d) Akbar
26. According to the Dharmasastras, ‘Anuloma’ is a marriage between a ?
(a) higher caste man and a lower caste woman
(b) lower caste man and a higher caste woman
(c) man and a woman of the same caste
(d) man and a woman of the same gotra
27. Which of the following rivers of India is known as Vridh (Old) Ganga?
(a) Mahanadi
(b) Ram Ganga
(c) Cauvery
(d) Godavari
28. Brahmagiri is a place of historical importance because it?
(a) has an inscription of Ashoka
(b) was a Paleolithic site
(c) has an inscription of Vikramaditya VI
(d) was the capital of the Gangas
29. In ancient Indian historical geography, the name ‘Ratnakara’ denoted ?
(a) the Arabian Sea
(b) the Bay of Bengal
(c) the Indian Ocean
(d) the confluence of the Ganga, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati at Prayaga.
30. Who were the first to issue gold coins in India?
(a)Aryans
(b) Kushans
(c)Tatars
(d) Mughals
31. The capital of Kadamba kings was ?
(a) Tanjore
(b) Vanavasi
(c)Kanchi
(d) Badami
32. “Hindustan is a country of few charms. Its people have no good looks”.
Which Mughal king had recorded this in his memoirs?
(a) Akbar
(b) Babar
(c) Humayun
(d) Shahjahan
33. The only Muslim woman to sit on the throne of Delhi was ?
(a) Noorjahan
(b) Razia Sultan
(c)Mumtaz Mahal
(d) Hamidabanu Begam
34. Which among the following is not correctly paired?
(a) Bana- Harshavardhana
(b) Gita Govinda -Tulsidas
(c) Megasthenes -Seleucus
(d) Pushyamitra -Sunga dynasty
35. First ruler of Vijaynagar who captured Goa from the Bahmanides ?
(a) Harihara I
(b) Harihara II
(c) Bukka I
(d) Devaraya II
36. When did the concept of pollution emerge clearly?
(a) In the Rigvedic period
(b) In the post-vedic period
(c) In the post-Gupta age
(d) In the age of Dharma Shastras
37. Who levied the tax known by the name of ‘Chauth’?
(a) Chandellas
(b) Cholas
(c) Mughals
(d) Marathas
38. The first Indian ruler to organise Haj pilgrimage at the expense of the state was ?
(a) Akbar
(b) Feroz Tughlaq
(c)Alauddin Khilji
(d) Aurangzeb
39. Who was the ruler of medieval India who is credited with the building of the Grand Trunk Road?
(a) Babur
(b) Krishnadeva Raya
(c) Jahangir
(d) Sher Shah Suri
40. Who amongst the Muslim rulers first enforced price regulation?
(a) Mohammed Tughlaq
(b) Iltutmish
(c) Alauddin KhiIji
(d) Sher Shah Suri
Answers:
1 c
2 d
3 d
4 c
5 c
6 a
7 c
8 c
9 b
10 b
11 c
12 d
13 b
14 a
15 d
16 b
17 a
18 d
19 d
20 c
21 d
22 c
23 a
24 c
25 a
26 a
27 d
28 a
29 c
30 b
31 b
32 b
33 b
34 b
35 b
36 b
37 d
38 a
39 d
40 c
