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1. The Great Bath of the Indus Valley Civilization was discovered at which site?
- ›› a) Harappa
- ›› b) Mohenjo-daro
- ›› c) Lothal
- ›› d) Kalibangan
2. Who is known as the 'Father of Indian Archaeology'?
- ›› a) Sir John Marshall
- ›› b) R.D. Banerji
- ›› c) Alexander Cunningham
- ›› d) Dayaram Sahni
3. Which Veda is also known as the 'Book of Chants'?
- ›› a) Rigveda
- ›› b) Samaveda
- ›› c) Yajurveda
- ›› d) Atharvaveda
4. The term 'Satyameva Jayate' is taken from which Upanishad?
- ›› a) Mundaka Upanishad
- ›› b) Katha Upanishad
- ›› c) Chandogya Upanishad
- ›› d) Kena Upanishad
5. Gautama Buddha delivered his first sermon at which of the following places?
- ›› a) Bodh Gaya
- ›› b) Sarnath
- ›› c) Kushinagar
- ›› d) Lumbini
6. Who was the founder of the Mauryan Empire?
- ›› a) Ashoka
- ›› b) Bindusara
- ›› c) Chandragupta Maurya
- ›› d) Ajatashatru
7. The famous ancient Indian text, Arthashastra, was written by:
- ›› a) Kautilya (Chanakya)
- ›› b) Megasthenes
- ›› c) Patanjali
- ›› d) Kalidasa
8. Which Gupta ruler is known as the 'Napoleon of India'?
- ›› a) Chandragupta I
- ›› b) Samudragupta
- ›› c) Chandragupta II (Vikramaditya)
- ›› d) Kumaragupta
9. The Kailasa Temple at Ellora was built by a ruler of which dynasty?
- ›› a) Chalukya
- ›› b) Rashtrakuta
- ›› c) Pallava
- ›› d) Chola
10. Who was the court poet of King Harshavardhana?
- ›› a) Harishena
- ›› b) Banabhatta
- ›› c) Kalidasa
- ›› d) Ravikirti
11. The university of Nalanda was a great centre of learning, especially in:
- ›› a) Jainism
- ›› b) Hinduism
- ›› c) Buddhism
- ›› d) Tantra
12. The people of the Indus Valley Civilization worshipped which deity?
- ›› a) Vishnu
- ›› b) Pashupati (Proto-Shiva)
- ›› c) Indra
- ›› d) Brahma
13. The practice of Sati is first mentioned in which inscription?
- ›› a) Allahabad Pillar Inscription
- ›› b) Eran Inscription
- ›› c) Junagadh Inscription
- ›› d) Nasik Inscription
14. In which language were most of the early Buddhist scriptures written?
- ›› a) Sanskrit
- ›› b) Pali
- ›› c) Prakrit
- ›› d) Ardhamagadhi
15. Who was the first Tirthankara of Jainism?
- ›› a) Mahavira
- ›› b) Parshvanatha
- ›› c) Rishabhanatha
- ›› d) Ajitanatha
16. Which of the following was the capital of the Kushan king Kanishka-I?
- ›› a) Pataliputra
- ›› b) Mathura
- ›› c) Taxila
- ›› d) Purushapura (Peshawar)
17. The famous physician of ancient India, Charaka, was a contemporary of:
- ›› a) Ashoka
- ›› b) Kanishka
- ›› c) Chandragupta Maurya
- ›› d) Samudragupta
18. The play 'Malavikagnimitram' by Kalidasa refers to the defeat of Yavanas by:
- ›› a) Pushyamitra Shunga
- ›› b) Vasumitra
- ›› c) Agnimitra
- ›› d) Chandragupta II
19. Which Ashokan rock edict calls for religious tolerance among all sects?
- ›› a) Major Rock Edict VII
- ›› b) Major Rock Edict XII
- ›› c) Major Rock Edict X
- ›› d) Major Rock Edict V
20. The concept of the 'Trinity' (Brahma, Vishnu, Mahesh) became prominent during which period?
- ›› a) Vedic Period
- ›› b) Mauryan Period
- ›› c) Gupta Period
- ›› d) Sangam Period
21. Who founded the city of Pataliputra?
- ›› a) Bimbisara
- ›› b) Ajatashatru
- ›› c) Udayin
- ›› d) Shishunaga
22. Which ancient Indian text is considered the earliest law book for Hindus?
- ›› a) Manusmriti
- ›› b) Arthashastra
- ›› c) Ramayana
- ›› d) Mahabharata
23. The Iron Pillar near Qutub Minar in Delhi is believed to be associated with which Gupta ruler?
- ›› a) Samudragupta
- ›› b) Chandragupta I
- ›› c) Kumaragupta I
- ›› d) Chandragupta II
24. The term 'Bodhisattva' is associated with which religion?
- ›› a) Jainism
- ›› b) Buddhism
- ›› c) Hinduism
- ›› d) Zoroastrianism
25. The Sangam literature was primarily written in which language?
- ›› a) Telugu
- ›› b) Kannada
- ›› c) Tamil
- ›› d) Malayalam
26. Who founded the Delhi Sultanate?
- ›› a) Muhammad Ghori
- ›› b) Mahmud of Ghazni
- ›› c) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
- ›› d) Iltutmish
27. The construction of the Qutub Minar was started by Qutb-ud-din Aibak and completed by:
- ›› a) Razia Sultana
- ›› b) Balban
- ›› c) Iltutmish
- ›› d) Alauddin Khilji
28. Who was the first and last Muslim woman ruler of Medieval India?
- ›› a) Chand Bibi
- ›› b) Noor Jahan
- ›› c) Razia Sultan
- ›› d) Mumtaz Mahal
29. The market control policy was introduced by which Sultan of Delhi?
- ›› a) Balban
- ›› b) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
- ›› c) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
- ›› d) Alauddin Khilji
30. The Moroccan traveler Ibn Battuta visited India during the reign of:
- ›› a) Alauddin Khilji
- ›› b) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
- ›› c) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
- ›› d) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
31. The First Battle of Panipat (1526) was fought between:
- ›› a) Babur and Rana Sanga
- ›› b) Babur and Ibrahim Lodi
- ›› c) Akbar and Hemu
- ›› d) Humayun and Sher Shah Suri
32. Who was the founder of the Mughal Empire in India?
- ›› a) Humayun
- ›› b) Akbar
- ›› c) Babur
- ›› d) Jahangir
33. The Din-i-Ilahi, a new syncretic religion, was propounded by:
- ›› a) Akbar
- ›› b) Jahangir
- ›› c) Shah Jahan
- ›› d) Aurangzeb
34. The 'Mansabdari system' was introduced by which Mughal emperor?
- ›› a) Babur
- ›› b) Humayun
- ›› c) Akbar
- ›› d) Aurangzeb
35. Who built the Red Fort in Delhi?
- ›› a) Akbar
- ›› b) Jahangir
- ›› c) Shah Jahan
- ›› d) Aurangzeb
36. The famous Peacock Throne originally belonged to which Mughal emperor?
- ›› a) Akbar
- ›› b) Shah Jahan
- ›› c) Aurangzeb
- ›› d) Jahangir
37. The Battle of Haldighati was fought between Akbar and:
- ›› a) Rana Sanga
- ›› b) Maharana Pratap
- ›› c) Hemu
- ›› d) Shivaji Maharaj
38. Who founded the city of Agra?
- ›› a) Bahlul Lodi
- ›› b) Sikandar Lodi
- ›› c) Ibrahim Lodi
- ›› d) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
39. The Vijayanagara Empire was founded by:
- ›› a) Krishnadevaraya
- ›› b) Deva Raya I
- ›› c) Harihara and Bukka
- ›› d) Ramaraya
40. The great Bhakti saint Kabir was a disciple of:
- ›› a) Ramanuja
- ›› b) Chaitanya
- ›› c) Ramananda
- ›› d) Vallabhacharya
41. Which Sultan of Delhi transferred his capital from Delhi to Daulatabad?
- ›› a) Iltutmish
- ›› b) Alauddin Khilji
- ›› c) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
- ›› d) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
42. The Bahmani kingdom was founded by:
- ›› a) Alauddin Hasan Bahman Shah
- ›› b) Mahmud Gawan
- ›› c) Firoz Shah Bahmani
- ›› d) Ahmad Shah
43. Who among the Sikh Gurus laid the foundation of Amritsar?
- ›› a) Guru Nanak Dev
- ›› b) Guru Angad Dev
- ›› c) Guru Ram Das
- ›› d) Guru Arjan Dev
44. The Battle of Talikota (1565) led to the downfall of which empire?
- ›› a) Bahmani Kingdom
- ›› b) Vijayanagara Empire
- ›› c) Chola Empire
- ›› d) Kakatiya Kingdom
45. During whose reign did the Mongols under Genghis Khan invade India?
- ›› a) Balban
- ›› b) Alauddin Khilji
- ›› c) Iltutmish
- ›› d) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
46. Who was the founder of the Lodi dynasty?
- ›› a) Sikandar Lodi
- ›› b) Ibrahim Lodi
- ›› c) Daulat Khan Lodi
- ›› d) Bahlul Khan Lodi
47. The tax called 'Jizya' was a tax on:
- ›› a) Land
- ›› b) Trade
- ›› c) Non-Muslims
- ›› d) Pilgrimage
48. The title of 'Sultan' was first used in India by:
- ›› a) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
- ›› b) Iltutmish
- ›› c) Mahmud of Ghazni
- ›› d) Muhammad Ghori
49. The famous monument 'Charminar' is located in:
- ›› a) Delhi
- ›› b) Agra
- ›› c) Hyderabad
- ›› d) Ahmedabad
50. Who wrote the 'Padmavat', an epic poem about Rani Padmini?
- ›› a) Amir Khusrau
- ›› b) Malik Muhammad Jayasi
- ›› c) Abul Fazl
- ›› d) Faizi
51. In what year did Vasco da Gama discover the sea route to India?
- ›› a) 1492
- ›› b) 1498
- ›› c) 1502
- ›› d) 1505
52. The Battle of Plassey (1757) was fought between the British East India Company and:
- ›› a) Mir Jafar
- ›› b) Mir Qasim
- ›› c) Siraj-ud-daulah
- ›› d) Shuja-ud-daulah
53. The Permanent Settlement of Bengal was introduced by:
- ›› a) Lord Cornwallis
- ›› b) Warren Hastings
- ›› c) Lord Wellesley
- ›› d) Lord William Bentinck
54. The Revolt of 1857 started from which city?
- ›› a) Delhi
- ›› b) Lucknow
- ›› c) Meerut
- ›› d) Kanpur
55. Who was the Governor-General of India during the Revolt of 1857?
- ›› a) Lord Dalhousie
- ›› b) Lord Canning
- ›› c) Lord Elgin
- ›› d) Lord Lawrence
56. The Indian National Congress was founded in 1885 by:
- ›› a) W. C. Bonnerjee
- ›› b) Allan Octavian Hume
- ›› c) Dadabhai Naoroji
- ›› d) Surendranath Banerjee
57. Who gave the slogan "Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it"?
- ›› a) Mahatma Gandhi
- ›› b) Jawaharlal Nehru
- ›› c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- ›› d) Subhas Chandra Bose
58. The partition of Bengal in 1905 was done by which Viceroy?
- ›› a) Lord Curzon
- ›› b) Lord Minto
- ›› c) Lord Hardinge
- ›› d) Lord Chelmsford
59. The Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place in which year?
- ›› a) 1917
- ›› b) 1919
- ›› c) 1920
- ›› d) 1922
60. The Dandi March, also known as the Salt Satyagraha, was led by Mahatma Gandhi in:
- ›› a) 1928
- ›› b) 1930
- ›› c) 1931
- ›› d) 1932
61. Who was the first President of the Indian National Congress?
- ›› a) A. O. Hume
- ›› b) W. C. Bonnerjee
- ›› c) Dadabhai Naoroji
- ›› d) Badruddin Tyabji
62. The 'Poorna Swaraj' (Complete Independence) resolution was adopted by the Congress in its session held at:
- ›› a) Karachi
- ›› b) Lahore
- ›› c) Calcutta
- ›› d) Lucknow
63. Who founded the Brahmo Samaj in 1828?
- ›› a) Swami Vivekananda
- ›› b) Dayanand Saraswati
- ›› c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
- ›› d) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
64. The 'Doctrine of Lapse' was a policy introduced by:
- ›› a) Lord Wellesley
- ›› b) Lord Hastings
- ›› c) Lord Dalhousie
- ›› d) Lord Canning
65. Who is known as the 'Iron Man of India'?
- ›› a) Jawaharlal Nehru
- ›› b) Subhas Chandra Bose
- ›› c) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
- ›› d) B. R. Ambedkar
66. The Quit India Movement was launched in which year?
- ›› a) 1940
- ›› b) 1942
- ›› c) 1945
- ›› d) 1946
67. Who was the first Governor-General of independent India?
- ›› a) C. Rajagopalachari
- ›› b) Lord Mountbatten
- ›› c) Rajendra Prasad
- ›› d) Jawaharlal Nehru
68. The Simon Commission was boycotted by Indians because:
- ›› a) It did not include any Indian member
- ›› b) It proposed the partition of India
- ›› c) It was appointed before the scheduled time
- ›› d) It was biased against Muslims
69. The Home Rule League was started by:
- ›› a) Mahatma Gandhi
- ›› b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Annie Besant
- ›› c) Jawaharlal Nehru
- ›› d) Sardar Patel
70. Who wrote the book 'India Wins Freedom'?
- ›› a) Mahatma Gandhi
- ›› b) Jawaharlal Nehru
- ›› c) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
- ›› d) Rajendra Prasad
71. Who led the Revolt of 1857 in Jhansi?
- ›› a) Begum Hazrat Mahal
- ›› b) Rani Lakshmibai
- ›› c) Kunwar Singh
- ›› d) Tantia Tope
72. The Poona Pact was signed between Mahatma Gandhi and:
- ›› a) Lord Irwin
- ›› b) B. R. Ambedkar
- ›› c) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
- ›› d) Subhas Chandra Bose
73. Who was the first Indian woman to become the President of the Indian National Congress?
- ›› a) Annie Besant
- ›› b) Sarojini Naidu
- ›› c) Nellie Sengupta
- ›› d) Indira Gandhi
74. The slogan "Jai Hind" was coined by:
- ›› a) Mahatma Gandhi
- ›› b) Jawaharlal Nehru
- ›› c) Subhas Chandra Bose
- ›› d) Bhagat Singh
75. The first Round Table Conference was held in:
- ›› a) 1929
- ›› b) 1930
- ›› c) 1931
- ›› d) 1932
76. The Renaissance period began in which country?
- ›› a) England
- ›› b) France
- ›› c) Italy
- ›› d) Germany
77. The Industrial Revolution first took place in:
- ›› a) Germany
- ›› b) United States
- ›› c) France
- ›› d) Great Britain
78. World War I began in which year?
- ›› a) 1912
- ›› b) 1914
- ›› c) 1916
- ›› d) 1918
79. The Russian Revolution of 1917 led to the overthrow of the:
- ›› a) Tsar
- ›› b) Mensheviks
- ›› c) Duma
- ›› d) Kulaks
80. The Treaty of Versailles signed in 1919 officially ended which war?
- ›› a) Franco-Prussian War
- ›› b) World War I
- ›› c) Napoleonic Wars
- ›› d) Crimean War
81. Who led Germany during World War II?
- ›› a) Kaiser Wilhelm II
- ›› b) Adolf Hitler
- ›› c) Benito Mussolini
- ›› d) Winston Churchill
82. The attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan took place on:
- ›› a) December 7, 1941
- ›› b) September 1, 1939
- ›› c) June 6, 1944
- ›› d) August 6, 1945
83. The Magna Carta, a key document in the history of democracy, was signed in which country?
- ›› a) France
- ›› b) England
- ›› c) United States
- ›› d) Italy
84. The ancient civilization of Mesopotamia flourished between which two rivers?
- ›› a) Nile and Congo
- ›› b) Indus and Ganges
- ›› c) Tigris and Euphrates
- ›› d) Yangtze and Yellow River
85. Who wrote 'The Republic', a famous work of philosophy?
- ›› a) Socrates
- ›› b) Aristotle
- ›› c) Plato
- ›› d) Homer
86. The Hundred Years' War was fought between which two countries?
- ›› a) England and Spain
- ›› b) England and France
- ›› c) France and Germany
- ›› d) Spain and Portugal
87. The term 'Apartheid' is associated with the former racial segregation policy of which country?
- ›› a) Zimbabwe
- ›› b) Namibia
- ›› c) South Africa
- ›› d) Mozambique
88. Who was the first President of the United States?
- ›› a) Thomas Jefferson
- ›› b) Abraham Lincoln
- ›› c) George Washington
- ›› d) John Adams
89. The Bastille, a symbol of royal tyranny, was stormed during the revolution in which country?
- ›› a) Russia
- ›› b) Germany
- ›› c) England
- ›› d) France
90. In which year was the United Nations founded?
- ›› a) 1919
- ›› b) 1939
- ›› c) 1945
- ›› d) 1950
91. Who is credited with inventing the printing press?
- ›› a) Galileo Galilei
- ›› b) Leonardo da Vinci
- ›› c) Johannes Gutenberg
- ›› d) Isaac Newton
92. The ancient city of Pompeii was destroyed by the eruption of which volcano?
- ›› a) Mount Etna
- ›› b) Mount Fuji
- ›› c) Mount Vesuvius
- ›› d) Stromboli
93. Who was the first ruler of the Mongol Empire?
- ›› a) Kublai Khan
- ›› b) Ogedei Khan
- ›› c) Genghis Khan
- ›› d) Hulagu Khan
94. The slogan 'Liberty, Equality, Fraternity' is associated with which revolution?
- ›› a) American Revolution
- ›› b) Russian Revolution
- ›› c) French Revolution
- ›› d) Glorious Revolution
95. The Cold War was a state of geopolitical tension between which two major powers?
- ›› a) United States and China
- ›› b) United Kingdom and Germany
- ›› c) United States and Soviet Union
- ›› d) France and Soviet Union
96. The Opium Wars were fought between Britain and:
- ›› a) Japan
- ›› b) India
- ›› c) China
- ›› d) Vietnam
97. Who was the leader of the Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution?
- ›› a) Joseph Stalin
- ›› b) Leon Trotsky
- ›› c) Vladimir Lenin
- ›› d) Alexander Kerensky
98. The famous artwork 'Mona Lisa' was painted by:
- ›› a) Michelangelo
- ›› b) Raphael
- ›› c) Donatello
- ›› d) Leonardo da Vinci
99. The city of Constantinople was the capital of which empire?
- ›› a) Roman Empire
- ›› b) Ottoman Empire
- ›› c) Byzantine Empire
- ›› d) Persian Empire
100. In which year did Nelson Mandela become the first black president of South Africa?
- ›› a) 1990
- ›› b) 1992
- ›› c) 1994
- ›› d) 1999
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