GENERAL STUDIES
Q.1. The Saka era began in the year.
(A) 58 B.C. (B) 78 B.C. (C) 58 A.D. (D) 78A.D.
Q.2. Which one of the following Vedas dealt with rituals ?
(A)Rigveda (B) Samaveda (C) Yajurveda (D) Atharveda
Q.3.The second Buddhist Council was summoned by-
(A)Bimbisara (B) Kalasoka (C) Ananda (D) Ashoka
Q.4. Who wrote Jaina kalpasutra?
(A) Bhadrabahu (B) Sthalabahu (C) Mahavira (D) Parsvanath
Q.5. Chandragupta Maurya was
(A) An autocrat (B) A Statesman (C) A liberal ruler (D) An enlightened despot
Q.6. The largest stupa at Sanchi is assignable to the period of the
(A) Mauryas (B) Kushanas (C) Satavahanas (D) Guptas
Q.7. What was the name of South Indian moneylenders?
(A) Seths (B) Chettis (C) Panis (D) Nayars
Q.8. FA-hien visited India during the period of
(A) Chandragupta Maurya (B) Chandragupta I (C) Samudragupta (D) Chandragupta II
Q.9. Who was the author of kumarasambhava?
(A) Bhasya (B) Shudraka (C) kalidas (D) Harisena
Q.10. Who were the first rulers to issue gold coins in India?
(A) Mauryas (B) Indo-Greeks (C) Guptas (D) Kushanas
Q.11. Chola age was most famous for
(A) Village assemblies (B) War with the Rashtrakuta (C) Trade with Ceylon (D) Advancement of Tamilculture
Q.12. The Paramara dynasty was founded by
(A) Upendra (B) Bhoja (C) Sindhuraja (D) Vakpati-Munja
Q.13. In spite of her virtues Razia was not successful because
(A) She married Altuniya (B) She used to behave like a man (C) Of he orthodox –religious belief (D) Nobles disliked the rule of a woman
Q.14. The 'Padmini Episode' is connected with which sultan?
(A) Ala-ud-din khalji (B) Muhammad-bin Tughluq (C) Firozshah Tughluq (D) Sikandar Lodhi
Q.15. Urdu as a new language was evolved for
(A) Official use (B) Mutual intercourse (C) Religious purposes (D) Muslims only
Q.16. 'The kitab-ul-Hind' was written by
(A) Al-Masudi (B) Abu Raihan Alberuni (C) Ibn Batuta (D) Megasthenese
Q.17. The great exponent of 'Nirgun School' was
(A) Tulsidas (B) Surdas (C) Kabir (D) Mirabai
Q.18. Sir Thomas Roe came to India during the reign of
(A) Akbar (B) Jahangir (C) Shahjahan (D) Aurangzeb
Q.19. Sheikh Nizam-ud-din Aulia was a
(A) Courtier (B) Sufi saint (C) Religious preacher (D) Poet
Q.20. Who wrote 'Padmovat'?
(A) Chandbardai (B) Narpati Nalha (C) Gesudraj (D) Jayasi
Q.21. Which chronological order of Babur's bettles in India is correct?
(A) Panipat, Ghaghara, Chanderi, Khanuah
(B) Panipat, Chanderi, Khanuah,Ghaghara
(C) Panipat, Khanuah, chanderi, Ghaghara,
(D) Panipat, Khanuah, Ghaghara, Chanderi
Q.22. Din-i-Ilahi promulgated by Akbar in 1582 was
(A) Islamic doctrine (B) Code of Conduct (C) Hindu law influenced by Islam (D) None of the above
Q.23. A Faujdar was in-charge of a
(A) Pargana (B) Province (C) Sarkar (D) village
Q.24. In British period the peasantry was ground down by the
(A) Zamindar (B) Government (C) Moneylender (D) Merchant/middleman
Q.25. The man who led the Revolt in Bihar was
(A) Amar Singh (B) Bhanwar Singh (C) Nana Sahib (D) None of the Above
Q.26. Which class of Indian was impacted by Western culture?
(A) Hindu aristocracy (B) Muslim aristocracy (C) Educated Hindu middle class (D) Educated Muslim middle class
Q.27. The Yong Bengal Movement was inspired by
(A) Raja Rammohan Roy (B) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (C) David Hare (D) Henry Vivian Derozio
Q.28. Who was the President of Calcutta session of Congress in 1886?
(A) W.C. Bannerjee (B) Dadabhai Naoroji (C) Badrudin Tyabji (D) Naoroji furdoonji
Q.29. Who wrote 'India Wins Freedom'?
(A) Subhas Bose (B) Maulana abul Lalam Azad (C) Jawaharlal Nehru (D) Dr. A.P.J. abdul kalam
Q.30. Who founded the Servants of India Society in 1905?
(A) Dadabhai Naoroji (B) Madan Mohan Malviya (C) Gopal Krishan Gokhale (D) Motilal Nehru
Q.31. Strafford Cripps was a member of the
(A) Conservative party (B) Labour party (C) Liberal party (D) Officia hierarchy
Q.32. Who ha been regarded as the 'heroine of Quit India Movement'?
(A) Kamla Devi Chattopadhyay (B) Sucheta Kriplani (C) Aruna Asaf Ali (D) Sarojini Naidu
Q.33. Who started 'Bengalee', a famous newspaper of Calcutta?
(A) W.C. Bannerjee (B) Surendranath Banerjee (C) R.D. Banerjee (D) B.C. Pal
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