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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
The description of Arya-non-Aryan war is found in - |
| A. | in the Vedas |
| B. | in the Upanishads |
| C. | in memory of |
| D. | in Buddhist texts |
| Answer» B. in the Upanishads | |
| 2. |
Who among the following was tried for impeachment in the British Parliament? |
| A. | Warren Hastings |
| B. | lord clive |
| C. | General Dyer |
| D. | Sir John Sour |
| Answer» B. lord clive | |
| 3. |
The French failed to establish a power movement in the Deccan because - |
| A. | Pondicherry was the strategic center of – |
| B. | British army was powerful |
| C. | Dupley was not a capable general |
| D. | Indians did not like French |
| Answer» C. Dupley was not a capable general | |
| 4. |
Who among the following was the first person who started the policy of participating in the fights of Indian kings for the purpose of acquiring land? |
| A. | clive |
| B. | Dupleix |
| C. | Warren Hastings |
| D. | albuquerque |
| Answer» C. Warren Hastings | |
| 5. |
Where did the English East India Company get permission to set up a factory in the year 1613? |
| A. | in bangalore |
| B. | in Surat |
| C. | in Madras |
| D. | in Masulipatnam |
| Answer» C. in Madras | |
| 6. |
Which of the following factories was established by the Dutch in Bengal? |
| A. | Hooghly |
| B. | Chinsura |
| C. | Shrirampur |
| D. | bandel |
| Answer» C. Shrirampur | |
| 7. |
Who among the following is considered to be the founder of the French company in India? |
| A. | colbert |
| B. | mazare |
| C. | franco martin |
| D. | Rishilu |
| Answer» B. mazare | |
| 8. |
The French East India Company was established in |
| A. | during the reign of Louis XV |
| B. | during the reign of Louis XVI |
| C. | during the reign of Louis XIII |
| D. | during the reign of Louis XIV |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9. |
Which British governor of the East India Company was expelled from India by Aurangzeb? |
| A. | Sir John Geer |
| B. | Sir Nicholas Waite |
| C. | Sir John Child |
| D. | Angier |
| Answer» D. Angier | |
| 10. |
The total number of hymns in Rigveda is - |
| A. | 1008 |
| B. | 1018 |
| C. | 1028 |
| D. | 1038 |
| Answer» D. 1038 | |
| 11. |
Which of the following was the immediate cause of the First Carnatic War? |
| A. | The issue of the throne of Karnataka |
| B. | rivalry between the English and the French |
| C. | Battle for the Austrian throne |
| D. | British takeover of French ships |
| Answer» E. | |
| 12. |
Carnatic war was fought between - |
| A. | english and dutch |
| B. | Hyder Ali and Marathe |
| C. | English and Marathas |
| D. | english and french |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13. |
The number of Puranas was |
| A. | 12 |
| B. | 24 |
| C. | 108 |
| D. | 18 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 14. |
Which of the following British officers defeated the Portuguese in place of Swally? |
| A. | Thomas Best |
| B. | josiah child |
| C. | William Hawkins |
| D. | Thomas Roe |
| Answer» B. josiah child | |
| 15. |
From whom did the British East India Company take Bombay? |
| A. | from dutch |
| B. | from the french |
| C. | from the Portuguese |
| D. | from the Denisons |
| Answer» D. from the Denisons | |
| 16. |
Which of the following European trading companies first set up its factory in Surat? |
| A. | the British |
| B. | the Portuguese |
| C. | the dutch |
| D. | the french |
| Answer» B. the Portuguese | |
| 17. |
Which of the following British companies got the first authorization to do business in India? |
| A. | The English Company Trading to the East Indies |
| B. | Levant Company |
| C. | Ostead Company |
| D. | East India Company |
| Answer» C. Ostead Company | |
| 18. |
Who made Hooghly a base for piracy in the Bay of Bengal? |
| A. | the British |
| B. | the French |
| C. | the Portuguese |
| D. | Danish people |
| Answer» D. Danish people | |
| 19. |
Which Europeans first established maritime trading centers in India? |
| A. | Portuguese |
| B. | English |
| C. | French |
| D. | Dutch |
| Answer» B. English | |
| 20. |
Where did the British set up their first factory in India in 1613 AD? |
| A. | face |
| B. | Hooghly in Bengal |
| C. | Goa |
| D. | Arcot |
| Answer» B. Hooghly in Bengal | |
| 21. |
Who settled Calcutta? |
| A. | Warren Hastings |
| B. | job charnock |
| C. | In Vasco da Gama |
| D. | john sarman |
| Answer» C. In Vasco da Gama | |
| 22. |
Who started the first joint capital company for trade with India? |
| A. | French |
| B. | Dutch |
| C. | Danish |
| D. | Portuguese |
| Answer» C. Danish | |
| 23. |
One of the following factories in Bengal which was established by the Portuguese was - |
| A. | Hooghly |
| B. | Chinsura |
| C. | Shrirampur |
| D. | bandel |
| Answer» B. Chinsura | |
| 24. |
During the reign of which Mughal emperor did the English East India Company set up the first factory in India? |
| A. | shahjahan |
| B. | Aurangzeb |
| C. | Akbar |
| D. | Jahangir |
| Answer» E. | |
| 25. |
Tilak considers the original place of Aryans - |
| A. | arctic region |
| B. | steps |
| C. | Himachal Pradesh |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. steps | |
| 26. |
When did Vasco da Gama come to India? |
| A. | 1600 |
| B. | 1497 |
| C. | 1496 |
| D. | 1498 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 27. |
Who was the real founder of Portuguese power in India? |
| A. | George Oxdon |
| B. | Bartholomew Diaz |
| C. | In Vasco da Gama |
| D. | albuquerque |
| Answer» E. | |
| 28. |
In 1773 AD, the author of the book Jij Muhammad Shahi, which deals with the knowledge of constellations, is - |
| A. | Sawai Jai Singh of Jaipur |
| B. | Raja Bharmal of Amer |
| C. | Jodhpur court Jaswant Singh |
| D. | Maharana Amar Singh of Udaipur |
| Answer» B. Raja Bharmal of Amer | |
| 29. |
At which of the following places in India did the Portuguese build the first fort? |
| A. | in Anjidiv |
| B. | in cochin |
| C. | in cannanore |
| D. | in Goa |
| Answer» C. in cannanore | |
| 30. |
The first to establish trade relations with India in the medieval period were - |
| A. | English |
| B. | Dutch |
| C. | Portuguese |
| D. | French |
| Answer» D. French | |
| 31. |
Where did Maharaja Jai Singh II build observatories - 1- Delhi 2- Jaipur 3- Ujjain 4- Varanasi Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II built five observatories across the country on the basis of Hindu astronomy. These observatories were built in Jaipur, Delhi, Ujjain, Banaras and Mathura. In the construction of these observatories, he took the help of eminent astronomers of that time. |
| A. | 1 एवं 2 |
| B. | 1 एवं 3 |
| C. | 2 एवं 3 |
| D. | 1, 2, 3 एवं 4 n1, 2, 3 एवं 4 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 32. |
Name the site from where the evidence of oldest permanent life has been found. |
| A. | Kalibanga |
| B. | Mehrgarh |
| C. | Fort Gul Mohammed |
| D. | dholavira |
| Answer» C. Fort Gul Mohammed | |
| 33. |
Who among the following welcomed Vasco da Gama to Calicut? |
| A. | Zamorin |
| B. | Albuquerque |
| C. | Don Almeida |
| D. | gasper korea |
| Answer» B. Albuquerque | |
| 34. |
The last Mughal emperor was Bahadur Shah. His father's name was |
| A. | shahjahan |
| B. | Akbar Shah II |
| C. | Akbar Shah I |
| D. | Aurangzeb |
| Answer» C. Akbar Shah I | |
| 35. |
Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh of Jaipur did not build the observatory - |
| A. | in Allahabad |
| B. | in Ujjain |
| C. | in Varanasi |
| D. | in mathura |
| Answer» B. in Ujjain | |
| 36. |
Who among the following was the founder of the independent state of Hyderabad? |
| A. | Chinkilich Khan |
| B. | Mohd Amin Khan |
| C. | kamaruddin khan |
| D. | asad khan |
| Answer» B. Mohd Amin Khan | |
| 37. |
Which of the following statements is not true about Bahadur Shah Zafar? |
| A. | Hassan Askari was its spiritual director |
| B. | he was an emperor without an empire |
| C. | He used to receive less than one lakh rupees per month as pension from the East India Company. |
| D. | Ibrahim Jauk and Asad Ullah Khan Ghalib were his poetry teachers. |
| Answer» D. Ibrahim Jauk and Asad Ullah Khan Ghalib were his poetry teachers. | |
| 38. |
Who among the following built the astronomical observatory called Jantar Mantar in Delhi? |
| A. | by Surajmal |
| B. | Akbar did |
| C. | Shah Jahan |
| D. | Jai Singh II |
| Answer» E. | |
| 39. |
The meaning of the word Veda is - |
| A. | knowledge |
| B. | religious code |
| C. | Code of conduct |
| D. | secret of knowledge |
| Answer» B. religious code | |
| 40. |
Which of the following Mughal emperors was not allowed by Wazir Ghaziuddin to enter Delhi? |
| A. | Akbar II |
| B. | Alamgir II |
| C. | Shah Alam II |
| D. | Bahadur Shah II |
| Answer» D. Bahadur Shah II | |
| 41. |
Which of the following is not a determining factor in the foreign policy of a country? |
| A. | cultural conditions |
| B. | warm conditions |
| C. | National interest |
| D. | Interdependence |
| Answer» E. | |
| 42. |
In a democracy, public opinion gets its official form through- |
| A. | influencer group |
| B. | public meetings |
| C. | Newspaper |
| D. | Parliament |
| Answer» E. | |
| 43. |
Under the new electoral reforms, who suggested voter ID cards? |
| A. | RV s. Peri Shastri |
| B. | T. N. Seshan |
| C. | R. K Trivedi |
| D. | sl. Shakdhar |
| Answer» C. R. K Trivedi | |
| 44. |
Where does the Attorney General of India have the right to hear - |
| A. | any court of session |
| B. | any court of law in India |
| C. | Supreme court |
| D. | any high court |
| Answer» C. Supreme court | |
| 45. |
The Mughal ruler at the time of Nadir Shah's invasion was – |
| A. | rafi-ud-darjat |
| B. | Alamgir II |
| C. | Ahmed Shah |
| D. | Muhammad Shah |
| Answer» E. | |
| 46. |
What has been the main proposition of the Upanishads? |
| A. | religious subjects |
| B. | philosophical reasoning |
| C. | analysis of social environment |
| D. | Social and political considerations |
| Answer» C. analysis of social environment | |
| 47. |
All India Trinamool Congress was established in the year |
| A. | 1925 |
| B. | 1955 |
| C. | 1984 |
| D. | 1998 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 48. |
What is the number of parliamentary seats (Lok Sabha) of Haryana - |
| A. | 10 |
| B. | 26 |
| C. | 28 |
| D. | 48 |
| Answer» B. 26 | |
| 49. |
The number of parliamentary seats (Rajya Sabha) of Uttar Pradesh is - |
| A. | 12 |
| B. | 16 |
| C. | 18 |
| D. | 31 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 50. |
The Nationalist Congress Party was founded in ……………. |
| A. | 1925 |
| B. | 1955 |
| C. | 1984 |
| D. | 1999 |
| Answer» E. | |