Q1. The staple food of the Vedic Aryan was
(a) Barley and rice
(b) milk and its products
(c) rice and pulses
(d) vegetables and fruits
Q2. Who composed the Gayatri Mantra
(a) Vishvamitra
(b) Vasishtha
(c) Indra
(d) Parikshit
Q3. The title "Sparrow" is given to
(a) Sardar Vallabhai patel
(b) Rajinder Singh
(c) Nelson Mandela
(d) Porus
Q4. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?
(a) Chaturvarnya - Four Ashrams
(b) Shudra - cattle herders
(c) Mahamatra - Lower class Officials
(d) Dharamshastra - Works on religion and philosophy
Q5. A lot of details regarding the village administration under the Cholas is provided in the inscriptions at?
(a) Uttaramerur
(b) Kanchipuram
(c) Thanjavur
(d) Uraiyur
Q6. Who among the following is NOT associated with medicine in ancient India?
(a) Charaka
(b) Susruta
(c) Bhaskaracharya
(d) Dhanvantri
Q7. Who among the following is known as ‘the liberator of the press’ ?
(a) William Jones
(b) Wellesley
(c) Sir Charles Metcalfe
(d) Lord Minto
Q8. Who had given the title of ‘Mahatma’ to Gandhi .
(a) B. G. Tilak
(b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(c) Moti Lal Nehru
(d) Rabindra Nath Tagore
Q9. Who had said on the death of Tilak ‘my strongest bulwark is gone’ .
(a) Shaukat Ali
(b) Muhammad Ali
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai
(d) Mahatma Gandhi
Q10. Rabindra Nath Tagore renounced his knighthood for which reason.
(a) Jallianwalla Bagh Tragedy
(b) Cruel suppression of Civil Disobedience Movement
(c) Bhagat Singh was hanged
(d) Chauri-Chaura incident
Q11.Who among the following invented Zero?
(a) Aryabhatta
(b) Varahamihira
(c) Bhaskara I
(d) An unknown Indian
Q12.Which of the following musical instruments is / are composite or Indo-Islamic in origin ?
1. Sitar
2. Shehnai
3. Tabla
4. Sarangi
Choose the correct option from the codes given below:
(a) 1 & 2 Only
(b) 1, 3 & 4 Only
(c) 1, 2 & 3 Only
(d) 1, 2, 3 & 4
Q13. Which among the following is / are works of Kalidasa?
1. Ritusamhara
2. Meghaduta
3. Dasakumarcharita
4. Kumarashambhava
Choose the correct option from the codes given below:
(a) Only 1 & 2
(b) Only 2, 3 &4
(c) Only 1, 2 & 4
(d) 1, 2, 3 & 4
Q14. Who led the Salt Satyagraha Movement with Mahatma Gandhi?
(a)Annie Besant
(b)Mridula Sarabhai
(c)Muthu Lakshmi
(d)Sarojini Naidu
Q15. Which one of the following writings is NOT related to Mahatma Gandhi?
(a)My Experiments with Truth
(b)Harijan
(c)The Holy Familiy
(d)Hind Swaraj
SOLUTIONS
1 B
2 A
3 B
4 C
5 A
6 C
7 C
8 D
9 D
10 A
11 D
12 B
13 C
14 D
15 A
