Q1.Name the famous ruler of ancient India, who adopted Jain Dharm in his last days.
(a) Chandragupta Maurya
(b) Ashoka
(c) Samudragupta
(d) Bindusara
Q2.Which rock edict of Ashoka provides a description of the horrors of Kalinga war?
(a) Kalinga Edict
(b) 11th Rock Edict
(c) 12th Rock Edict
(d) 13th Rock Edict
Q3.The only ruler of India who ruled over territories in central Asia beyond the Pamirs was
(a) Kanishka
(b) Harsha
(c) Ashoka
(d) Chandragupta Maurya
Q4.Jeevak the royal physician of Rajgrih was the son of the Ganika named as
(a) Shalwati
(b) Ramaniya
(c) Basantsena
(d) Amrapali
Q5.The first Silver Tanka of Delhi Sultanate was issued by
(a) Qutubuddin Aibak
(b) Iltutmish
(c) Razia Sultan
(d) Ghiyasuddin Balban
Q6.Who said, “Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it”?
(a) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(c) Bipin Chandra Pal
(d) Mahatma Gandhi
Q7.The 1909 Indian Council Act is also known as
(a) The Chelmsford Reforms
(b) The Pitts India Act
(c) The August offer
(d) The Minto-Marley Reforms
Q8.The Peshwa who engineered the capture ofSalsette and Bassein from the Portuguese in 1739 was
(a) Balaji Vishwanath
(b) Baji Rao I
(c) Baji Rao II
(d) Madhava Rao
Q9.Who addressed Gandhiji as the “Father of the Nation” for the first time?
(a) Subhash Chandra Bose
(b) Rabindranath Tagore
(c) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(d) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
Q10.Who among the following was nominated by Mahatma Gandhi for the presidentship of the Congress in 1939 against Subhash Chandra Bose?
(a) Pattabhi Sitaramayya
(b) Govind Ballabh Pant
(c) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Q11.Who among the following Englishmen was well versed in the Turkish language, received a Mansab of 400 and the title of ‘English Khan’ or Firangi Khan?
(a) Fitch
(b) Mildenhall
(c) Hawkins
(d) Sir Thomas Roe
Q12.Who among the following painters was appointed Diwan of Multan by Akbar?
(a) Abdul Samad
(b) Abul Hasan
(c) Mir Syed Ali
(d) Daswant
Solutions
1.A
2.D
3.A
4.A
5.B
6.B
7.D
8.B
9.A
10.A
11.C
12.A
