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General Knowledge - Indian History

Exam Duration: 45 Mins Total Questions : 30

1 )

Here are four sites where iron has been found at some early dates. Starting from earliest put them in the correct sequence.

1. Noh 2. Pirak 3. Ahar 4. Hallur

Select the correct answer using the codes given below

(a)
3, 2, 4, 1
(b)
1, 2, 3, 4
(c)
2, 3, 1, 4
(d)
3, 1, 4, 2

2 )

Which of the following are true about Harappan religion ?
1.Image worship was in vogue.
2.Female deities were predominat.
3.Cult of mother goddess.
4.No temple structure unearthed.

Which of the statements given above are correct ?

(a)
1,2 and 3
(b)
2,3 and 4
(c)
1, 3, 4
(d)
All of these

3 )

Match the following

List I	List II
A. Gold	1. Kolar
B. Silver	2. Afghanistan
C. Copper	3. Kheri
D. Tin	4. Bihar

(a)

A B C D

1 4 3 2
(b)

A B C D

4 3 2 1
(c)

A B C D

1 2 3 4
(d)

A B C D

4 2 1 3

4 )

The earliest tax collected was

(a)
Bali : Voluntary offerings
(b)
Bhaga : Spoils of war
(c)
Visti : Forced labour
(d)
Kara : Customary share of grain

5 )

Nyaya Darshan was propagated by

(a)
Gautama
(b)
Kapil
(c)
Kanada
(d)
Jaimini

6 )

Match the following

List I	List II
A. Vrajpati	1. Spy
B. Purpati	2. Commander of Mud forts
C. Kshata	3. Chamberlain
D. Spasa	4. Head of the Pasture land

(a)

A B C D

1 2 3 4
(b)

A B C D

4 3 2 1
(c)

A B C D

4 2 3 1
(d)

A B C D

1 3 4 2

7 )

In ancient Indian Buddhist monasteries, a ceremony called Pavarana used to be held. It was the

(a)
Occasion to elect the Sanghaparinayaka and two speakers one on Dhamma and the other on Vinaya
(b)
Confession by monks of their offences committed during their stay in the monasteries during the rainy season
(c)
Ceremony of initiation of a new person into Buddhist Sangha in which the head is shaved and when yellow robes are offered
(d)
Gathered of Buddhist monks on the next day to the full-moon day of Ashadha when they take up a fixed abode for the next four months of rainy season

8 )

Which of the following aspect hos not been dealt within the Arthashastra?

(a)
Eradication of famine
(b)
Method of cultivation
(c)
Qualities of the ministers
(d)
spy system

9 )

who identified the name sandrocottuse as Cahndraguota Mayura ?

(a)
William Jones
(b)
Va Smith
(c)
RK Mukherji
(d)
DR Bhanadarkar

10 )

St Thomas is said to have come to India to propagate Christianity during the regin of

(a)
Shenguttuvan ( Chera )
(b)
Karikal (Chola )
(c)
Nedujelian ( Pandya )
(d)
Gandapharnese ( Parthian )

11 )

Which foreingner stated thet sursenis of mathura are shavites?

(a)
Deimachus
(b)
Megastheness
(c)
Pliny
(d)
Justin

12 )

Bengal passed from the Palas to the control of a new dynasty, the Senas. Where did the Senas come from?

(a)
Orissa
(b)
Kamrupa
(c)
Central India
(d)
The Deccan

13 )

Which one of the following sources of Islam is associated with the teachings of Prophet Mohammad?

(a)
Quran
(b)
Hidaya
(c)
Fiqah
(d)
Sunah

14 )

Who organized the virasaiva sect?

(a)
Lakulisa
(b)
Basava
(c)
Patanjal
(d)
Allama Prabhu

15 )

Which Sultan described the recognition of the Caliph as the greatest honour he ever had?

(a)
Sikander Lodhi
(b)
Feroz Shah Tughlaq
(c)
Khizr Khan
(d)
Jalaluddin Khalji

16 )

Sheikh Nizamuddin Auliya was the disciple of

(a)
Sheikh Alauddin Saabir
(b)
Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti
(c)
Baba Farid
(d)
Sheikh Ahmed Sirhindi

17 )

Dara Shikoh finally lost the war of succession to Aurangzeb in the battle of

(a)
Dharmat
(b)
Samugarh
(c)
Deorai
(d)
Khanua

18 )

Consider the Following statements and mark the correct option

1. Balaji Vishwanath introduced Saranjami system.

2. baji Rao I campaigned against the Sidis of janjira.

3. Deshmukh were equivalent to Chandilarib of North and Desais of Gujarat.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a)
Only 1
(b)
1 and 2
(c)
Only 3
(d)
All of these

19 )

Which one of the following nations was the first to start sea-trade with India?

(a)
England
(b)
France
(c)
Netherland
(d)
Portugal

20 )

In whose reign, Guru Nanak Dev established Sikhism?

(a)
Firoz Shah Tughlaq
(b)
Sikandar Lodi
(c)
Humayun
(d)
Akbar

21 )

The South Indian ruler who introduced sericulture as an agro-industry in his kingdom was

(a)
Haider Ali
(b)
Krishnadev Raya
(c)
Rajaraja II
(d)
Tipu Sultan

22 )

Consider the following statements and mark the correct option.

1. Lord Warren Hastings introduced the system of subsidiary alliance.

2. Lord Cornwallis introduced Cornwallis code based on principle of separation of powers in 1793.

3. Robert Clive forbade the servants of the company from indulging in private trade and made payments of internal duties obligatory.

(a)
1 and 3
(b)
Only 1
(c)
2 and 3
(d)
All of these

23 )

By virtue of whose efforts Hindu Widow Remarriage Act was passed in 1856?

(a)
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(b)
Raja Ram Mohan Ray
(c)
HV Derozio
(d)
None of the above

24 )

What was Kamagata Maru?

(a)
A Political Party Based in Taiwan
(b)
Peasant Communist leader of china
(c)
A naval ship on voyage to canada
(d)
A chinese Village where MaoTse Tung began his long march

25 )

Which one of the following is not offered by August Offer of 1940?

(a)
Dominion status he unspecified future
(b)
A Post war body to enact the constitution
(c)
Expand the Governor-General's Executive Council
(d)
Complete Independence after one Year

26 )

Consider the following statements The Sawarajist Manifesto for election in oct 1923 includes

1.present the national demand of self-government

2.British in governing India own country was the guiding principal

Which of the statement given above is/are correct?

(a)
1 and 2
(b)
Only 2
(c)
Only 1
(d)
None of these

27 )

In reference to the rise of the Left Wing in the Indian Freedom Movement which one of the following observation in regard to Jawaharlal Nehru is not correct?

(a)
He imparted a socialist vision to the National Movement and to became the symbol of socialist ideas in India after 1929
(b)
He developed an interest in economic questions when he came in touch with Subhash Chandra Bose
(c)
He joined hands with Subhash Chandra Bose to organise the Independence for India League to fight for the complete independence and a socialist revision of the economic structure of society
(d)
He Criticised Gandhiji for refusing to recognise the conflict of classes, for preaching harmony among the exploiters and the exploited

28 )

The Sepoy Mutiny in India, the Boxer Rebellion in China, and the Islamic Revolution in Iran were similar in that they