Indian History Bits

1. As a prince where was Ashoka sent to suppress the revolt?1 Taxila2 Kalinga3 Ujjain4 DeccanAns:1

2. Which one of the following travelers is not associated with the description of the glories of Vijayanagar kingdom?1 Paes2 Abdul Razzaq3 Ibn Batutach4 NunizAns:33. What was Sher Shah’s precious legacy to the Mughals?1 Organization of Army2 Land Revenue System3 Mansabdari System4 Provincial AdministrationAns:23. The main emphasis of Upnishads is on which aspect of philosophy?1 Bhakti2 Gyan3 Karma4 TapaAns:24. Panini, the first Grammarian of Sanskrit language in India, lived during the:1 2nd Century B. C.2 6th -5th Century B. C.3 2nd Century A. D.4 5th-6th Century A. D.Ans:25. With reference to the Indian Freedom Struggle, which one of the following events occurred earliest?1 Surat Split2 Lucknow Pact3 Rowlatt Satyagraha4 Communal AwardAns:16. What was the most important gainto Ahmad Shah Abdali as a result of the Third Battle of Panipat?

1 Control over Delhi2 Enormous wealth3 Control over Punjab4 Opportunity to expand his empire in IndiaAns:27. The scholar who accompanied Mahmud of Ghazni in India was1 Ibn Batuta2 Al-Beruni3 Al-Firdausi4 Al-RaziAns:28. The father of Asoka was:1 Bimbisara2 Bindusara3 Mahendra4 NamdaAns:29. Azad Hind Fauj was founded in 1943 in1 Mandalay2 Singapore3 Midnapore4 Kuala LumpurAns:210. The main emphasis of Upnishads is on which aspect of philosophy?1 Bhakti2 Gyan3 Karma4 TapaAns:211. Who was the founder of Vijaynagar kingdom?1 Harihar and Bukka2 Krishna Dev Roy3 Narsingha4 DevroyAns:112. Among the four dynasties listed below, which one minted coins made of lead?1 Mauryas2 Satvahanas3 Western Kshatrapas4 GuptasAns:213. Which of the following is associated with Lord Wellesley, the Governor General of India from 1798 to 1805?1 Doctrine of Lapse

2 Subsidiary Alliance3 First Mysore War4 Conquest of RajputanaAns:214. With reference to the Indian Freedom Struggle, which one of the following events occurred earliest?1 Surat Split2 Lucknow Pact3 Rowlatt Satyagraha4 Communal AwardAns:115. Which factor influenced Ghandhi’s ideas on Indian Culture most?1 Brief in the fundamentals of ancient culture.2 Influenced by western ideas3 ’Sermon on the Mount’4 Tolstoy’s ideaAns:116. The most important divinity in the Rig Veda is1 Agni2 Marut3 Varuna4 IndraAns:317. Alexander’s general who attacked India and was defeated by Chadragupta Maurya was1 Ptolemy2 Seleucus3 Nearchus4 ArrianAns:218. The foreign traveler who visited India during the rule of the Guptas was1 Hiuen Tsang2 Beriner3 Fa-Hein4 ManucciAns:319. Which of the following factors was most important for the rapid development of trade in pre-Gupta period?1 Needs of the Roman Empire2 Success of the banking system3 Better system of coinage4 Encouragement from the KingsAns:120. In the year 1946, who among the following joined the Viceroy’s Executive Council

with the finance portfolio?1 Mohammad Ali Jinnah2 Liaqat Ali Khan3 Nawab Salimullah4 Shaukat AliAns:221. The battle that was fought between Ahmad Shah Abdali and the Marathas in 1761 was1 2nd battle of Panipat2 1st battle of Panipat3 3rd battle of Panipat4 the battle of TarainAns:322. Which one of the following is correctly matched?1 Second Battle of Panipat - Akbar and Ibrahim Lodi2 Battle of Khanwa - Akbar and Rana Sanga3 Battle of Chausa - Humayun and Sher Shah4 First battle of Tarian - Mahmud Ghaznavi and Prithviraj ChauhanAns:323. Why was the Swaraj Party established?1 To co-operate with Government2 To place obstacles in the functioning of the legislative council3 To form an organization parallel to the Congress4 Because of schism in the CongressAns:224. Identify the famous ruler of the Gupta period1 Kumaradevi2 Rajyashri3 Kuber-Naga4 Prabhavati-GuptaAns:425. ’Tipu Sultan’ had his capital at1 Srirangapatnam2 Mysore3 Bangalore4 BhagyanagarAns:126. Among the following foreign travellers who was the first to visit India?1 Bernier2 Ibn Batuta3 Abdur Rajjak4 Vasco-da-GamaAns:227. In ancient peninsular India, who among the following assumed the title

’Vatapikonda’?1 Mayurasharman2 Narasimhavarman3 Pulakesi II4 Vikramaditya IIAns:228. Chandragupta Maurya built the first great empire in India with the help of1 Mahapadmananda2 Bindusara3 Seleucus4 KautilyaAns:429. Which ruler went to Sri Lanka to spread Buddhism1 Ashoka2 Samudragupta3 Sanghamitra4 ChitraguptaAns:330. The Temples at Khajuraho were build by -1 Chandelas2 Pallavas3 Chalukyas4 QutubuddinAns:131. Which among the following was defeated by Ahmad Shah Abdali in the 3rd battle of Panipat1 Sawai Jai Singh2 Badam Singh3 Suraj Mal4 Guru Govind SinghAns:332. During the Civil Disobedience Movement, who led the ’Red Shirts’ of North-Western India?1 Abdul Kalam Azad2 Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan3 Mohammad Ali Jinnah4 Shaukat AliAns:233. Which among the following dynasties had the strongest navy?1 Chalukya2 Chola3 Gupta4 PallavaAns:2

34. Which one of the following travelers is not associated with the description of the glories of Vijayanagar kingdom?1 Paes2 Abdul Razzaq3 Ibn Batutach4 NunizAns:335. Put in correct chronological sequence, the successors of Shivaji 1.Sahu 2.Shivaji 3.Rajaram 4.Sambhaji 5.Ram Raja1 4, 3, 2, 1, 52 2, 1, 5, 3, 43 5, 4, 2, 1, 34 1, 2, 3, 5, 4Ans:1

1) What was the type of marriage in the Vedic period in which, in place of the dowry, there was a token bride price of a cow and a bull -1. Asura2. Arsa3. Gantharva4. RakshsaAns:12) In which field of art extraordinary progress was made in the Gupta period?1 Architecture2 Sculpture3 Painting4 CoinageAns:33) Which one of the following is correctly matched?1 Brahmo Samaj - Annie Basant2 Arya Samaj - Lala Lajpat Rai3 Ram Krishna Mission - Keshab Chandra Sen4 Theosophical Society - vivekanandaAns:24) Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the victories of Babur?1 Panipat, Chanderi, Ghaghara and Khanwah2 Panipat, Ghaghara, Khanwah and Chanderi3 Panipat, Khanwah, Chanderi and Ghaghara4 Ghaghara, Panipat, Khanwah and ChanderiAns:35) The battle at Waihind in 1008-09 A.D was fought between1 Mahmud of Ghazni and Jayapala2 Mahmud of Ghazni and Anandapala3 Muhammad Ghori and Prithviraj4 Muhammad Ghori and Jaichandra

Ans:26) As a prince where was Ashoka sent to suppress the revolt?1 Taxila2 Kalinga3 Ujjain4 DeccanAns:17) Among the following foreign travellers who was the first to visit India?1 Bernier2 Ibn Batuta3 Abdur Rajjak4 Vasco-da-GamaAns:28) Against whom Skandagupta had to wage long wars on the North West border?1 Shakas2 Yavanas3 Huns4 GreeksAns:39) The oldest Veda is1 Atharva Veda2 Rig Veda3 Yajur Veda4 Sama VedaAns:210) Over Which territory there were frequent clashes between Bahamani Kingdom and Vijaynagar Kingdom?1 The Raichur Doab2 Warangal3 Madurai4 MalabarAns:111) The Hathigumpha inscription (near Bhubaneshwar, Orissa) relates to the king1 Susharma2 Hala3 Kharavela4 PulamayiAns:312) The entry port for trade between the Indus trading centres and Mesopotamia was1 Elam2 Oman3 Behrain4 AfganistanAns:313) Among the four dynasties listed below, which one minted coins made of lead?1 Mauryas2 Satvahanas3 Western Kshatrapas4 GuptasAns:2

14) During whose period Al-Beruni came to India?1 Mahmud Ghaznavi2 Balban3 Firoz Tughluq4 Ibrahim LodhiAns:115) Against whom Skandagupta had to wage long wars on the North West border?1 Shakas2 Yavanas3 Huns4 GreeksAns:316) Where did Aurangzeb die?1 Agra2 Asirgarh3 Daultabad4 AhmadnagarAns:417) Ashoka called the Third Buddhist Council at1 Pataliputra2 Magadha3 Kalinga4 SarnathAns:218) The main historical source regarding the information about village government under the Cholas is the1 Halmidi inscription2 Jatwai inscription3 Uttaramerur inscription4 Chandravallo inscriptionAns:319) What was Sher Shah’s precious legacy to the Mughals?1 Organization of Army2 Land Revenue System3 Mansabdari System4 Provincial AdministrationAns:220) Who among the following taught the doctrine of ’Shunyata’?1 Nagarjuna2 Shankaracharya3 Harisena4 VallabhacharyaAns:121) Which factor influenced most to eliminate caste-system in India?1 Rationalism2 Job Opportunities3 Legislations4 Liberal EducationAns:122) The earliest tribal assembly was

1 Gana2 Vidhata3 Samiti4 SabhaAns:223) The foreign traveler who visited India during the rule of the Guptas was1 Hiuen Tsang2 Beriner3 Fa-Hein4 ManucciAns:324) The entry port for trade between the Indus trading centres and Mesopotamia was1 Elam2 Oman3 Behrain4 AfganistanAns:325) At the earlier stage backward classes movement means?1 Santal movement2 Non-Brahmin movement3 Harijan movement4 Antirulers movementAns:226) Which of the following dynasties patronised the famous Kailash temple at Ellora?1 Vakataka2 Gupta3 Early Chalukya4 RastrakutaAns:427) Which organization had proposed first to constitute the Constitution Assembly to form the Indian Constitution?1 Swaraj Party in 19282 Indian National Congress in 19363 Muslim League in 19424 By all parties convention in 1946Ans:228) During the Indian freedom Struggle, who of the following founded the Parthana Samaj?1 Atmaram Pandurang2 Gopal Hari Deshmukh3 Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar4 Keshab Chandra SenAns:129) The main historical source regarding the information about village government under the Cholas is the1 Halmidi inscription2 Jatwai inscription3 Uttaramerur inscription4 Chandravallo inscriptionAns:330) Among the following who was in chronological order, the last famous ruler of

Vijayanagar?1 Harihar-II2 Devarai-I3 Vir Narsingh4 Krishna Deva RaiAns:431) ’Ratti’ used by jewellers is obtained from seed of a -1 Gymnospermous plant2 Angiospermous plant3 Algae4 FungiAns:232) During the Civil Disobedience Movement, who led the ’Red Shirts’ of North-Western India?1 Abdul Kalam Azad2 Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan3 Mohammad Ali Jinnah4 Shaukat AliAns:233) During whose tenure as the Viceroy of India were the great martyrs Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru hanged?1 Lord Curzon2 Lord Irwin3 Lord Minto4 Lord ChemsfordAns:234) How did Hiuen Tsang undertake journey from and to India?1 He came by land route and also returned by land route2 He came by land route but returned by sea route3 He came by sea route and returned by land route4 He came by sea route and also returned by sea routeAns:135) Where did Aurangzeb die?1 Agra2 Asirgarh3 Daultabad4 AhmadnagarAns:436) Sir Thomas Rose visited the court of1 Akbar2 Jehangir3 Shajahan4 AurangazeebAns:237) Which of the following is wrongly matched1 The Pitt’s India Act (1784) : Board of Control to guide and control company’s affairs2 Charter Act of 1813 : Company’s monopoly of trade with India ended3 Charter Act of 1833 : Company’s debt taken over by the government of India4 Charter Act of 1853 : To regulate company’s affairsAns:4

38) Which one of the following battles was fought between babar and the Rajputs in 1527?1 The First Battle of Panipat2 The Battle of Khanwa3 The Battle of Ghagra4 The Battle of ChanderiAns:239) Which was the only Indus city without a citadel?1 Kalibangan2 Harappa3 Mohenjodaro4 ChanhudraroAns:240) Even though India became independent in 1947 but Daman and Diu remained a European colony till 1961. Which country ruled over it ?1 France2 Britain3 Netherlands4 PortugalAns:4

1. The statue of Gomateshwara at Sravanabelagola was built by—(A) Chandragupta Maurya(B) Kharvela(C) Amoghavarsha(D) ChamundarayaAns : (D)

2. ‘Live well, as long as you live. Live well even by borrowings, for once cremated, there is no return’. The rejection of after life is an aphorism of the—(A) Kapalika sect(B) Sunyavada of Nagarjun(C) Ajivikas(D) CharvakasAns : (D)

3. Which one of the following usages was a post-Vedic development ?(A) Dharma-Artha-Kama-Moksha(B) Brahmana-Kshatriya-Vaishya-Shudra(C) Brahmacharya-Grihasthashrama-Vanaprastha-Sanyasa(D) Indra-Surya-Rudra-MarutAns : (C)

4. The capital of the kingdom of Maharaja Ranjit Singh was—(A) Amritsar (B) Patiala(C) Lahore (D) KapurthalaAns : (C)

5. In the Gandhara sculptures the preaching mudra associated with the Buddha's First Sermon at Sarnath is—(A) Abhaya (B) Dhyana(C) Dharmachakra (D) BhumisparsaAns : (C)

6. The name of the poet Kalidas is mentioned in the—(A) Allahabad pillar inscription(B) Aihole inscription(C) Alapadu grant(D) Hanumakonda inscriptionAns : (B)

7. Zero was invented by—(A) Aryabhatta (B) Varahamihira(C) Bhaskara I (D) An unknown IndianAns : (D)

8. Which one of the following important trade centres of ancient India was on the trade route connecting Kalyana with Vengi ?(A) Tagara (B) Sripura(C) Tripuri (D) TamraliptiAns : (A)

9. The first Indian ruler who joined the subsidiary Alliance was—(A) The Nawab of Oudh(B) The Nizam of Hyderabad(C) Peshwa Baji Rao II(D) The king of TravancoreAns : (B)

10. Vidhushaka, a common character in Sanskrit drama is invariably a—

(A) Brahmana (B) Kshatriya(C) Vaishya (D) ShudraAns : (A)

11. Toramana belonged to the ethnic horde of the—(A) Scythians (B) Hunas(C) Yue-chis (D) SakasAns : (B)

12. Who among the following is said to have witnessed the reigns of eight Delhi Sultans ?(A) Ziauddin Barani(B) Shams-i-siraj Afif(C) Minhaj-us-siraj(D) Amir KhusrauAns : (D)

13. The first Indian ruler to organize Haj pilgrimage at the expense of the state was—(A) Alauddin Khilji (B) Feroz Tughlaq(C) Akbar (D) AurangzebAns : (C)

14. Who among the following ladies wrote a historical account during the Mughal period ?(A) Gulbadan Begum(B) Noorjahan Begum(C) Jahanara Begum(D) Zebun-nissah BegumAns : (A)

15. The first to start a joint stock company to trade with India were the—(A) Portuguese (B) Dutch(C) French (D) DanishAns : (B)

16. The caves and rock-cut temples at Ellora are—(A) Buddhist(B) Buddhist and Jain(C) Hindu and Jain

(D) Hindu, Buddhist and JainAns : (D)

17. The significance of the Bengal Regulation of 1793 lies in the fact that—(A) It provided for the establishment of the Supreme court(B) It restricted the application of English law to Englishmen only(C) It accommodated the personal laws of Hindus and Muslims(D) It provided for the appointment of the Indian Law CommissionAns : (C)

18. The Mansabdari system introduced by Akbar was borrowed from the system followed in—(A) Afghanistan (B) Turkey(C) Mongolia (D) PersiaAns : (C)

19. Which one of the following monuments has a dome which is said to be one of the largest in the world ?(A) Tomb of Sher Shah, Sasaram(B) Jama Masjid, Delhi(C) Tomb of Ghiyas-ud-din Tuglaq, Delhi(D) Gol Gumbaz, BijapurAns : (D)

20. Ashtapradhan was a Council of Ministers—(A) In the Gupta administration(B) In the Chola administration(C) In the Vijaynagar administration(D) In the Maratha administrationAns : (D)

21. The concept of Anuvrata was advocated by—(A) Mahayana Buddhism(B) Hinayana Buddhism(C) Jainism(D) The Lokayata SchoolAns : (C)

22. Which one of the following territories was not affected by the revolt of 1857 ?(A) Jhansi (B) Jagdishpur(C) Lucknow (D) ChittorAns : (D)

23. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched ?(A) Battle of Buxar— Mir Jafar Vs Clive(B) Battle of Wandiwash—French Vs East India Company(C) Battle of Chelianwala—Dalhousie Vs Marathas(D) Battle of Kharda—Nizam Vs East India CompanyAns : (B)

24. The word ‘Hindu’ as reference to the people of Hind (India) was first used by—(A) The Greeks (B) The Romans(C) The Chinese (D) The ArabsAns : (A)

25. Hughly was used as a base for piracy in the Bay of Bengal by—(A) The Portuguese (B) The French(C) The Danish (D) The BritishAns : (A)