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This section includes 69 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your General Knowledge knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
The treaty of Mangalore was signed between |
| A. | the English East India Company and Haidar Ali |
| B. | the English East India Company and Tipu Sultan |
| C. | Haidar Ali and the Zamorin of Calicut |
| D. | the French East India Company and Tipu Sultan |
| Answer» C. Haidar Ali and the Zamorin of Calicut | |
| 2. |
To conquer and annex Peshawar and Punjab, Mahmud of Ghazni defeated |
| A. | Ghurids |
| B. | Arabs |
| C. | Karkotakas |
| D. | Hindushahis |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3. |
To which professions earlier leaders who struggled for freedom of India mainly belonged? |
| A. | Lawyers |
| B. | Teachers |
| C. | Journalists |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 4. |
The victories of Karikala are well portrayed in |
| A. | Palamoli |
| B. | Aruvanad |
| C. | Pattinappalai |
| D. | Padirrupattu |
| Answer» D. Padirrupattu | |
| 5. |
The use of spinning wheel (Charkha) became common during the |
| A. | 9th Century AD |
| B. | 10th Century AD |
| C. | 12th Century AD |
| D. | 14th Century AD |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
The language of discourses of Gautama Buddha was |
| A. | Bhojpuri |
| B. | Magadhi |
| C. | Pali |
| D. | Sanskrit |
| Answer» D. Sanskrit | |
| 7. |
There were widespread risings against the British in the 1820s. Which one of the following did not revolt in the 1820s? |
| A. | Santhals |
| B. | Ahoms |
| C. | Pagal Panthis |
| D. | Ramosi |
| Answer» B. Ahoms | |
| 8. |
The use of Kharoshti in ancient Indian architecture is the result of India's contact with |
| A. | Central Asia |
| B. | Iran |
| C. | Greece |
| D. | China |
| Answer» D. China | |
| 9. |
Vaikhanasa the five-fold conception of Vishnu consists of brahmanpurushaprakritisatyaachyutaaniruddha |
| A. | I, II, III, IV and V |
| B. | II, III, IV, V and VI |
| C. | I, II, IV, V and VI |
| D. | I, III, IV, V and VI |
| Answer» E. | |
| 10. |
The troops raised by the emperor but not paid directly the state and place under the charge of mansabadars were know as |
| A. | Walashahi |
| B. | Barawardi |
| C. | JCumaki |
| D. | Dakhili |
| Answer» E. | |
| 11. |
Velu Thampi led a revolt against the British in state of |
| A. | Travancore |
| B. | Baroda |
| C. | Hyderabad |
| D. | Mysore |
| Answer» B. Baroda | |
| 12. |
The treaty of Srirangapatna was signed between Tipu Sultan and |
| A. | Robert Clive |
| B. | Cornwallis |
| C. | Dalhousie |
| D. | Warren Hastings |
| Answer» C. Dalhousie | |
| 13. |
The system of competitive examination for civil service was accepted in principle in the year |
| A. | 1833 |
| B. | 1853 |
| C. | 1858 |
| D. | 1882 |
| Answer» C. 1858 | |
| 14. |
Through which one of the following, the king exercised his control over villages in the Vijayanagar Empire? |
| A. | Dannayaka |
| B. | Sumanta |
| C. | Nayaka |
| D. | Mahanayakacharya |
| Answer» E. | |
| 15. |
The Vijayanagara ruler, Kirshnadev Raya's work Amuktamalyada, was in |
| A. | Telugu |
| B. | Sanskrit |
| C. | Tamil |
| D. | Kannada |
| Answer» B. Sanskrit | |
| 16. |
Under the Mountbatten Plan of 1947 the people of ___ were given the right to decide through a plebiscite whether they wished to join Pakistan or India. |
| A. | Assam |
| B. | Punjab |
| C. | Bengal |
| D. | N.W.F.P and the Sylhet district of Assam |
| Answer» E. | |
| 17. |
The title of 'Viceroy' was added to the office of the Governor-General of India for the first time in |
| A. | 1848 AD |
| B. | 1856 AD |
| C. | 1858 AD |
| D. | 1862 AD |
| Answer» D. 1862 AD | |
| 18. |
Under an agreement with which of the following countries did Subhas Chandra Bose organize the Indian soldiers, taken as prisoners by the Axis Powers, into the Azad Hind Fauj? |
| A. | China |
| B. | Germany |
| C. | Italy |
| D. | Japan |
| Answer» E. | |
| 19. |
The theory of economic drain of India during British imperialism was propounded by |
| A. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| B. | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| C. | R.C. Dutt |
| D. | M.K. Gandhi |
| Answer» C. R.C. Dutt | |
| 20. |
Todar Mal was associated with |
| A. | music |
| B. | literature |
| C. | finance |
| D. | law |
| Answer» D. law | |
| 21. |
To which of the following dynasties did King Bhoja, a great patron of literature and art, belong? |
| A. | Karkota |
| B. | Utpala |
| C. | Paramara |
| D. | Gurjara Pratihara |
| Answer» D. Gurjara Pratihara | |
| 22. |
Vikramaditya, a king of Ujjain, started the Vikrama samvat in 58 BC in commemoration of his victory over |
| A. | Indo-Greeks |
| B. | Sakas |
| C. | Parthinas |
| D. | Kushanas |
| Answer» C. Parthinas | |
| 23. |
Two of the great Mughals wrote their own memories. There were |
| A. | Babar and Humayun |
| B. | Humayun and Jahangir |
| C. | Babar and Jahangir |
| D. | Jahangir and Shahjahan |
| Answer» D. Jahangir and Shahjahan | |
| 24. |
The territory of Porus who offered strong resistance to Alexander was situated between the rivers of |
| A. | Sutlej and Beas |
| B. | Jhelum and Chenab |
| C. | Ravi and Chenab |
| D. | Ganga and Yamuna |
| Answer» C. Ravi and Chenab | |
| 25. |
The Battle of Plassey was fought in |
| A. | 1757 |
| B. | 1782 |
| C. | 1748 |
| D. | 1764 |
| Answer» B. 1782 | |
| 26. |
Under Akbar, the Mir Bakshi was required to look after |
| A. | military affairs |
| B. | the state treasury |
| C. | the royal household |
| D. | the land revenue system |
| Answer» B. the state treasury | |
| 27. |
Tripitakas are sacred books of |
| A. | Buddhists |
| B. | Hindus |
| C. | Jains |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Hindus | |
| 28. |
The trident-shaped symbol of Buddhism does not represent |
| A. | Nirvana |
| B. | Sangha |
| C. | Buddha |
| D. | Dhamma |
| Answer» B. Sangha | |
| 29. |
The Venetian traveler who travelled with his wife and reached Vijayanagar around 1420 was |
| A. | Athanasius Nikitin |
| B. | Nicolo de Conti |
| C. | Ibn Batuta |
| D. | Ferishta |
| Answer» C. Ibn Batuta | |
| 30. |
The Uprising of 1857 was described as the first Indian war of Independence by |
| A. | S.N. Sen |
| B. | R.C. Mazumdar |
| C. | B.G. Tilak |
| D. | V.D. Savakar |
| Answer» E. | |
| 31. |
The Vedic deity Indra was the Goddess of |
| A. | wind |
| B. | eternity |
| C. | rain and thunder |
| D. | fire |
| Answer» D. fire | |
| 32. |
Tolkappiyam is associated with the |
| A. | first Sangam period |
| B. | second Sangam period |
| C. | third Sangam period |
| D. | post-third Sangam period |
| Answer» C. third Sangam period | |
| 33. |
The year 788 AD was a good one for Hinduism. Why? |
| A. | Shankracharya was born that year. |
| B. | Harsha Vardhana, the last Buddhist king, died. |
| C. | Samudragupta converted to Hinduism. |
| D. | All Muslim invaders were defeated. |
| Answer» B. Harsha Vardhana, the last Buddhist king, died. | |
| 34. |
The term Khalisa in Mughal administration signified the |
| A. | entire Imperial establishment |
| B. | land owned b the emperor himself |
| C. | religious land grants |
| D. | land from where revenue was collected for the Imperial Treasury |
| Answer» C. religious land grants | |
| 35. |
Tulsidas, the author of Ramcharitmanas, was a contemporary of which of the following rulers? |
| A. | Akbar |
| B. | Humayun |
| C. | Shahjahan |
| D. | Sher Shah Suri |
| Answer» B. Humayun | |
| 36. |
Tipu sultan was the ruler of |
| A. | Hyderabad |
| B. | Madurai |
| C. | Mysore |
| D. | Vijayanagar |
| Answer» D. Vijayanagar | |
| 37. |
Visakhadatta sketches the event after the death of Samudragupta in his work |
| A. | <i class="gk-definition">Mudrarakasam</i> |
| B. | <i class="gk-definition">Devi Chand Guptam</i> |
| C. | <i class="gk-definition">Mrichekakatika</i> |
| D. | <i class="gk-definition">Malavikagnimitra</i> |
| Answer» B. <i class="gk-definition">Devi Chand Guptam</i> | |
| 38. |
To meet the educational needs of the people, the Madarasa-I Nasiri was built in the region of |
| A. | Qutub-ud-din Aibak |
| B. | Iltutmish |
| C. | Ruknuddin Firoz Shah |
| D. | Jalal-id-din Khilji |
| Answer» C. Ruknuddin Firoz Shah | |
| 39. |
The title given by the British Government to Mahatma Gandhi which he surrendered during the non-cooperation movement was |
| A. | Hind Keasri |
| B. | Kaiser-e-Hind |
| C. | Rai Bahadur |
| D. | Rt. Honorable |
| Answer» C. Rai Bahadur | |
| 40. |
The term yavanika meant |
| A. | foreign goods |
| B. | dancer |
| C. | curtain |
| D. | theatre |
| Answer» D. theatre | |
| 41. |
The system of Dual Government during the latter half of the 18th century AD is associated with the name of |
| A. | Clive |
| B. | Comwallis |
| C. | Waren Hastings |
| D. | William Bentinck |
| Answer» B. Comwallis | |
| 42. |
'The Vedas contain all the truth was interpreted by |
| A. | Swami Vivekananda |
| B. | Swami Dayananda |
| C. | Raja Rammohan Roy |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Raja Rammohan Roy | |
| 43. |
The Upanishads are |
| A. | a source of Hindu philosophy |
| B. | books of ancient Hindu laws |
| C. | books on social behavior of man |
| D. | prayers to God |
| Answer» B. books of ancient Hindu laws | |
| 44. |
Universities in the Presidency towns in India were established in |
| A. | 1857 |
| B. | 1858 |
| C. | 1900 |
| D. | 1909 |
| Answer» B. 1858 | |
| 45. |
The Vijayanagara king who employed skilled archers of the Turkish clan and raised the fighting capacity of his bowmen was |
| A. | Bukka I |
| B. | Devaraya I |
| C. | Krishnadevaraya |
| D. | Ramaraya |
| Answer» C. Krishnadevaraya | |
| 46. |
Under the Guptas in eastern India, there was probably an intermediate level of administration between vishayas (districts) and villages. Identify it. |
| A. | Bhukit |
| B. | Pradesa |
| C. | Vithi |
| D. | Ahara |
| Answer» D. Ahara | |
| 47. |
The term samanta, meaning a feudatory from the sixth century AD, originally meant a |
| A. | slave |
| B. | cultivator |
| C. | neighbor |
| D. | foreigner |
| Answer» D. foreigner | |
| 48. |
Though Ashoka had many sons, the inscriptions mentioned only one who is not mentioned in any other source. He is |
| A. | Kunala |
| B. | Tivara |
| C. | Mahendra |
| D. | Jalauka |
| Answer» C. Mahendra | |
| 49. |
The two principles monuments of Alaud-din Khilji's reign - the Jama at Kana Masjid and Alai Darwaza - were constructed at |
| A. | Agra |
| B. | Delhi |
| C. | Dhar |
| D. | Gulbarga |
| Answer» C. Dhar | |
| 50. |
The Kalinga was fought in |
| A. | 321 BC |
| B. | 301 BC |
| C. | 261 BC |
| D. | 241 BC |
| Answer» D. 241 BC | |