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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. |
Which is the most common form of marriage among Santhals? |
| A. | Itut |
| B. | Tell me |
| C. | Unobstructed |
| D. | Bupla |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2. |
Which of the following tribe is found in Kerala? |
| A. | Chenchu |
| B. | lepcha |
| C. | duffle |
| D. | daffer |
| Answer» B. lepcha | |
| 3. |
Which of the following is the largest tribe of India? |
| A. | Toda |
| B. | gond |
| C. | Bhil |
| D. | Garo |
| Answer» C. Bhil | |
| 4. |
Seasons travel - |
| A. | Bhutia |
| B. | Bhuksa |
| C. | Jaunsari |
| D. | Tharu |
| Answer» B. Bhuksa | |
| 5. |
Which of the following is the main tribe of Dhauladhar range? |
| A. | abor |
| B. | cushion |
| C. | lepcha |
| D. | Tharu |
| Answer» C. lepcha | |
| 6. |
Which of the following Scheduled Tribes celebrates Deepawali as mourning? |
| A. | Sahariya |
| B. | Baga |
| C. | Pahariya |
| D. | Tharu |
| Answer» E. | |
| 7. |
In which of the following states tribal community has not been identified? |
| A. | Maharashtra |
| B. | Chhattisgarh |
| C. | Haryana |
| D. | Karnataka |
| Answer» D. Karnataka | |
| 8. |
Where is the residence of 'Tharu' people? |
| A. | Arunachal Pradesh |
| B. | Uttar Pradesh |
| C. | Madhya Pradesh |
| D. | A state in Eastern India |
| Answer» C. Madhya Pradesh | |
| 9. |
Which tribe considers Diwali as a festival of mourning? |
| A. | Cough |
| B. | Shaved |
| C. | Bhil |
| D. | Tharu |
| Answer» E. | |
| 10. |
Evidence of fire altars has been found from which of the following places? |
| A. | Amri |
| B. | mohenjodaro |
| C. | Harappa |
| D. | Kalibanga |
| Answer» E. | |
| 11. |
In which of the following states of IndiaTharu tribeis residing - |
| A. | Bihar and Madhya Pradesh |
| B. | Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh |
| C. | Chhattisgarh and Himachal Pradesh |
| D. | Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh |
| Answer» E. | |
| 12. |
Where is the Dravidian race mainly concentrated in the following parts of India? |
| A. | South India |
| B. | North West India |
| C. | North-East India |
| D. | North India |
| Answer» B. North West India | |
| 13. |
Which of the following Hindu festival is celebrated by Tharu people as a mourning festival? |
| A. | Dussehra |
| B. | Diwali |
| C. | Holi |
| D. | nagpanchami |
| Answer» C. Holi | |
| 14. |
The only human spirit found in India is that - |
| A. | hanuman monkey |
| B. | Western Ghats Lion-Puchhi Macaque |
| C. | Manthar Loris of Assam |
| D. | white-browed gibbon of assam |
| Answer» E. | |
| 15. |
Which one of the following species group is found in the hilly and forested areas of North-East India? |
| A. | dinaric |
| B. | Mediterranean |
| C. | Mongoloid |
| D. | proto-australoid |
| Answer» D. proto-australoid | |
| 16. |
Which of the following tribe of India belongs to Proto-Australoid race? |
| A. | irula |
| B. | Cough |
| C. | Santhal |
| D. | Tharu |
| Answer» D. Tharu | |
| 17. |
The region of Puducherry is found divided into – |
| A. | In the states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra |
| B. | in the states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala |
| C. | in the states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh |
| D. | in the states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Goa |
| Answer» D. in the states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Goa | |
| 18. |
“………. These are people of yellow complexion, oblique eyes, raised skull bones, sporadic hair and medium height.” Its reference is – |
| A. | from Nordic Aryans |
| B. | from the Austrians |
| C. | from negrosome |
| D. | from the Mongoloids |
| Answer» E. | |
| 19. |
Which of the following is not a union territory - |
| A. | Tripura |
| B. | Daman and Deep |
| C. | Lakshadweep |
| D. | Puducherry |
| Answer» B. Daman and Deep | |
| 20. |
The seals obtained from the Indus civilization were made of which of the following - |
| A. | Lajward |
| B. | statite |
| C. | Silver |
| D. | bronze |
| Answer» C. Silver | |
| 21. |
The archeological site of Manda, which indicates the northernmost end of the Harappan culture within the border of India, is on which river? |
| A. | Chenab |
| B. | Indus |
| C. | Pravara |
| D. | Ghaggar |
| Answer» B. Indus | |
| 22. |
The ruler of Kashmir who is known as Akbar of Kashmir is |
| A. | Haider Shah |
| B. | Shamsuddin Shah |
| C. | zainul abedin |
| D. | Sikandar Butshikaran |
| Answer» D. Sikandar Butshikaran | |
| 23. |
The largest union state of India is |
| A. | Daman and Diu |
| B. | Puducherry |
| C. | Delhi |
| D. | Chandigarh |
| Answer» D. Chandigarh | |
| 24. |
Which one of the following is not a well planned capital city? |
| A. | Chandigarh |
| B. | Bhubaneswar |
| C. | Bangalore |
| D. | Gandhinagar |
| Answer» D. Gandhinagar | |
| 25. |
Which of the following rulers first abolished the Jizya tax? |
| A. | Hussain Shah Sharqi |
| B. | zain ul-abedin |
| C. | mummad bin tughlaq |
| D. | Akbar |
| Answer» E. | |
| 26. |
Which of the following scholars was not in the court of Kumbha? |
| A. | Natha |
| B. | Tilla |
| C. | Muni Jin Vijay Suri |
| D. | Muni Sundar Suri |
| Answer» D. Muni Sundar Suri | |
| 27. |
In the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, the Indian farmer did not cultivate – |
| A. | of gram |
| B. | of barley |
| C. | of corn |
| D. | of wheat |
| Answer» D. of wheat | |
| 28. |
Who among the following medieval scholarly writers was a follower of Jainism? |
| A. | parthasarathy |
| B. | Sayan |
| C. | Hemchandra Suri |
| D. | Maldhar Basu |
| Answer» D. Maldhar Basu | |
| 29. |
Which of the following places was called Shiraz of India? |
| A. | Agra |
| B. | Allahabad |
| C. | Lucknow |
| D. | jaunpur |
| Answer» E. | |
| 30. |
Which of the following places was called the Shiraz of the East during the reign of the Sharqi Sultans? |
| A. | jaunpur |
| B. | Varanasi |
| C. | Agra |
| D. | Delhi |
| Answer» B. Varanasi | |
| 31. |
Which of the following customs started during the time of Rajputs? |
| A. | Jauhar custom |
| B. | tradition of Sati |
| C. | child marriage |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. tradition of Sati | |
| 32. |
The city of Jaunpur was established in the memory of the following: |
| A. | Firoz Shah |
| B. | Muhammad bin Tughlaq |
| C. | Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq |
| D. | Akbar |
| Answer» C. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq | |
| 33. |
Who founded the city of Jaunpur? |
| A. | Muhammad bin Tughlaq |
| B. | Firoz Shah Tughlaq |
| C. | Ibrahim Shah Sharqi |
| D. | Sikandar Lodi |
| Answer» E. | |
| 34. |
Consider the following events - 1- Reign of Krishna Deva Raya of Vijayanagara 2- Construction of Qutub Minar 3- Portuguese Arrival in India 4- Firoz Tughlaq's death The correct chronology of those events is - |
| A. | 2, 4, 3, 1 |
| B. | 2, 4, 1, 3 |
| C. | 4, 2, 1, 3 |
| D. | 4, 2, 3, 1 |
| Answer» B. 2, 4, 1, 3 | |
| 35. |
Indus civilization is also called Harappan civilization because - |
| A. | Indus civilization was discovered in Harappa |
| B. | Harappa is located in the Indus Valley |
| C. | Harappa was the largest of the Indus cities |
| D. | Indus Civilization started in Harappa |
| Answer» B. Harappa is located in the Indus Valley | |
| 36. |
Who was called Dastar Bandan? |
| A. | Malik |
| B. | ulema |
| C. | Mine |
| D. | sufi saint |
| Answer» C. Mine | |
| 37. |
Arrange the following in chronological order - 1- Sher Shah 2- Akbar 3- Alauddin Khilji 4- Razia Sultan |
| A. | 4, 1, 3, 2 |
| B. | 1, 2, 3, 4 |
| C. | 4, 3, 1, 2 |
| D. | 3, 4, 1, 2 |
| Answer» D. 3, 4, 1, 2 | |
| 38. |
What was the sequence of arrival of the following travelers - 1- Ibn Battuta 2- Travernier 3- Alberuni 4- Manuchi |
| A. | 1, 2, 3, 4 |
| B. | 3, 1, 2, 4 |
| C. | 2, 3, 4, 1 |
| D. | 4, 1, 2, 3 |
| Answer» C. 2, 3, 4, 1 | |
| 39. |
The Sultan of Delhi who wrote his memoirs was- |
| A. | Alauddin Khilji |
| B. | Firoz Tughlaq |
| C. | Iltutmish |
| D. | balban |
| Answer» C. Iltutmish | |
| 40. |
Which of the following Rajput kings is known as the author of a book on music? |
| A. | Rana Kumbha |
| B. | Prithvi Raj Chauhan |
| C. | Jaychandra Gadwal |
| D. | Man Singh |
| Answer» B. Prithvi Raj Chauhan | |
| 41. |
The musical instrument tabla was introduced by - |
| A. | by Tansen |
| B. | by baiju babra |
| C. | by Amir Khusrau |
| D. | by Adil Shah |
| Answer» D. by Adil Shah | |
| 42. |
He was a scholar of both Hindi and Persian languages. |
| A. | Akbar |
| B. | Bairam Khan |
| C. | Amir Khusro |
| D. | tansen |
| Answer» D. tansen | |
| 43. |
Who was the author of Tabqat-e-Nasiri - |
| A. | alberuni |
| B. | Ziauddin Barani |
| C. | sheikh jamaluddin |
| D. | minhaj-us-siraj |
| Answer» E. | |
| 44. |
The idol of a woman dancing related to the Indus civilization has been made - |
| A. | Gold |
| B. | bronze |
| C. | silver |
| D. | stone |
| Answer» C. silver | |
| 45. |
Which of the following languages was patronized by the Delhi Sultans? |
| A. | Turkey |
| B. | Urdu |
| C. | Arabic |
| D. | Persian |
| Answer» E. | |
| 46. |
The word Apabhramsa was used in medieval Sanskrit texts - |
| A. | to point to extra-sanskrit verses |
| B. | To indicate the earliest forms of some modern Indian languages |
| C. | To indicate the renunciation of Vedic rituals |
| D. | to indicate the casteless people of the Rajputs |
| Answer» C. To indicate the renunciation of Vedic rituals | |
| 47. |
The father of the new Persian poetic style Sabak-e-Hindi or Hindustani style was- |
| A. | isami |
| B. | Afiq |
| C. | Amir Khusro |
| D. | Ziauddin Barani |
| Answer» D. Ziauddin Barani | |
| 48. |
Who among the following saw the reign of the seven Sultans of Delhi? |
| A. | Amir Khusro |
| B. | Sheikh Nizamuddin Auliya |
| C. | Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti |
| D. | 1 और 2 दोनों |
| Answer» E. | |
| 49. |
Amir Khusrau was a ………… |
| A. | musician |
| B. | historian |
| C. | Poet |
| D. | these three |
| Answer» E. | |
| 50. |
The famous poet Amir Khusro was related to the court of which of the following emperors? |
| A. | Muhammad Shah Rangeela |
| B. | Qutubuddin Aibak |
| C. | nawab asaf-ud-daula |
| D. | Ghiyasuddin Balban |
| Answer» E. | |