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Q1. Nagarjuna sagar dam is situated in which state of India ?
A. Tamil nadu
B. Andhra Pradesh
C. Karnataka
D. Orrisa
Ans: B
Q.2 The Himalayan mountain ranges are not a part of which of the following state ?
A. Uttarakhand
B. UP
C. Sikkim
D. Himachal Pradesh
Ans: C
Q. 3 Which of the following is the general direction of flow of summer mansoon in India ?
A. South to north
B. South-West to South-East
C. South-East to South-West
D. South-West to North-West
Ans: D
Q.4 What is sex ratio as per Census 2011 ?
A. 935
B. 940
C. 945
D. 950
Ans: B
Q.5 Which of the following is First National park of India ?
A. Kanha National Park
B. Dudhwa National Park
C. Rajaji National Park
D. Corbett National Park
Ans: D

Q.6 Alaska is part of which country ?
A. Greenland
B. USA
C. Canada
D. Russia
Ans: B
Q.7 In which of the following continents the Andes Mountain range is located ?
A. Australia
B. Europe
C. South America
D. North America
Ans: C
Q.8 The equator does not pass through which of the Following country ?
A. Kenya
B. Mexico
C. Indonesia
D. Brazil
Ans: B
Q.9 Which of the following city is known as city of canals ?
A. Amsterdam
B. Rome
C. Venice
D. Athens
Ans: C
Q.10 Which one of following state does not share boarder with Bhutan ?
A. Sikkim
B. Meghalaya
C. Arunachal Pradesh
D. West bengal
Ans: B
Q.11 Which among the following is INCORRECT statement about constituent assembly ?
A. It worked with the help of a large number of committees, the most important among them being the drafting committee
B. Minorities comunities were adequately represented in the assembly
C. It was elected on the basis of universal adult franchise
D. Its electoral processw as based on 6th Schedule of the act of 1935 which allowed for a restricted franchise based on tax, property and education qualificaiton.
Ans: C
Q.12 The party system is the part of which larger systems among the following
A. Social system
B. Economic system
C. Political system
D. International System
Ans: C
Q.13 RBI issues currency notes against which of the following
A. Gold
B. Foreign security
C. Govt. of India security
D. All the above
Ans: D
Q.14 The consultative committee of members of parliament for railway zones is constituted by which of the following ?
A. President of India
B. Minstry of railways
C. Ministry of parliament affairs
D. Ministry of transport
Ans: C
Q.15 Which one of the following is the period of 12th Five year plan ?
A. 2007-2012
B. 2012-2017
C. 2010-2015
D. 2006-2011
Ans: B
Q.16 In India, National income is computed by which of the following ?
A. Planning commission
B. Ministry of Finance
C. Central statistical Organization
D. RBI
Ans: C
Q.17 Who among the following is associated with "White Revolution" ?
A. PJ Kurein
B. Veghese Kurein
C. MS Swaminathan
D. MS Raghunathan
Ans: B
Q.18 Which of the following banks is the central bank of India ?
A. State bank of India
B. Bank of India
C. Union bank of India
D. Reserve bank of India
Ans: D
Q.19 Who among the follwing was the speaker of first lok sabha ?
A. GV Mavalankar
B. KM Munshi
C. GB Pant
D. Acharya Kriplani
Ans: A
Q.20 Which of the following is not a Public sector Undertaking (PSU)/ Enterprises ?
A. NTPC
B. SAIL
C. BHEL
D. TISCO
Ans: D
Q.21 Where among the following is the biggest Indoor stadium is situated in ?
A. Gwalior
B. Indore
C. Bhopal
D. Jabalpur
Ans: B
Q.22 Subrato cup is associated with which of the following ?
A. Football
B. Cricket
C. Chess
D. Badminton
Ans: A
Q.23 Which olympic swimmer amongst the following has won 18 gold medals in career ?
A. Michel Phelps
B. Florent Manaudov
C. Cullen Jones
D. Ian thrope
Ans: A
Q.24 Marry Kom is reciepent of ?
A. Bronze medal in Olympics 2012
B. Arjuna Award
C. Padma Shree
D. All of above
Ans: D
Q.25 Who among the following is the chairman of MP Sports council at present ?
A. Kailash Vijay vargiya
B. SHivraj singh chauhan
C. Tukoji rao chauhan
D. Vikram Varma
Ans: C

Q.26 How many players play on the ground from one team in Kho-Kho, Kabaddi, Volleyball and basket ball respectively?
A. 7,9,5,6
B. 5,6,7,9
C. 9,7,6,5
D. 5,7,6,9
Ans: C

Q.27 Which of the following award is given by MP Govt. to a coach for his dedication in sports ?
A. Dronacharya Award
B. Parashuram Award
C. Vikram Award
D. Sandipani Award
Ans: Need discussion, award should be “Vishvamitra Award”

Q.28 What is the name of the goalkeeper of Indian Hockey team which won gold medals in 1956 and 1964 olympic game ?
A. Dhyanchand
B. Ajitpal singh
C. Roop singh
D. Shankar Laxman
Ans: D

Q.29 Which cricket player among the following has been honored by BCCI giving him CK Naidu Lifetime achievement Award ?
A. Sunil gavaskar
B. Anil Kumble
C. Sachin Tedulkar
D. Saurav Ganguly
Ans: A

Q.30 Who among the following won the World Billiard Championship 2012 ?
A. Mike Russel
B. Rupesh Shah
C. Dhruva Sitwala
D. Pankaj Advani
Ans: B,D (Both won in difference category) – Need discussion.

Q.31 Who among the following was awarded the prestigious “Kalidas Saan” of MP Government in November 2012 ?
A. Lata Mangeskar
B. Amir Khan
C. Anupam Kher
D. Pandit Ravishankar
Ans: C

Q.32 Maximum soyabean is produced in which area of MP among the following ?
A. Malwa
B. Bundelkhand
C. Baghelkhand
D. None of above
Ans: A

Q.33 The boundary of which district of MP among following does not touch UP ?
A. Bhind
B. Satana
C. Shivpuri
D. Sheopur
Ans: D

Q.34 Which one of the following is the smallest district of MP by population ?
A. Sheopur
B. Raisen
C. Datia
D. Harda
Ans: D

Q.35 Who among the following was the First CM of MP ?
A. Ravishankar Shukla
B. Kailash Katju
C. Pattabhi Sitarammaiya
D. None of above
Ans: A

Q.36 What is the Number of Jyortirlings in MP out of twelve jyortirlingas of India ?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
Ans: B

Q.37 With whom among the following MANDU is associated ?
A. Jijai Rao
B. Rani Rupmati
C. Allauddin Khan
D. Jhalkari Bai
Ans: B

Q.38 Which one of the following tribes of MP is the Biggest Population ?
A. Saharia
B. Bheel
C. Cole
D. Bharia
Ans: B

Q.39 Where among the following famous place for sculpture “Phadake Studio” is situated ?
A. Gwalior
B. Reva
C. Dhar
D. Bhopal
Ans: C

Q.40 Where is the all India Classical Dance festival organized every year in MP ?
A. Panchmarhi
B. Khajuraho
C. Gwalior
D. Orachha
Ans: B

Q.41 Sometime back, parliament of which country has given extension of Six Months t constitutional assembly to frame new constitution ?
A. Bhutan
B. Nepal
C. China
D. None of above
Ans: B

Q.42 By end of which year America has given call to withdraw 33000 soldiers from afhanistan ?
A. 2012
B. 2013
C. 2014
D. 2015
Ans: C

Q.43 In November 2011, the Pakistan and china held a joint military exercise along which of the following river ?
A. Indus
B. Chenab
C. Jhelam
D. None of above
Ans: C

Q.44 Which of the following contries boycotted the International conference on Syria ?
A. China
B. Russia
C. USA
D. Both A, B
Ans: D

Q.45 First lady other than the queen of bitain who had addressed both houses of british parliament is ?
A. India Gandhi
B. Benazir Bhutto
C. Sonia Gandhi
D. Aung San Suukyi
Ans: D

Q.46 Sir creek dispute is in between which of the following two country ?
A. India-Pakistan
B. Afganistan-Pakistan
C. China-India
D. India-Bangladesh
Ans: A

Q.47 Anna Hazare got what place in the list of 36 demonstrators released by TIME Now ?
A. First
B. 5th
C. 10TH
D. 12th
Ans: B

Q.48 Which one of the following is the National Voters day ?
A. 5th June
B. 1ST November
C. 25th January
D. 8th March
Ans: B

Q.49 Where was the asian shooting championship, 2012 organized ?
A. Kaula lampur
B. Colombo
C. Azerbaijan
D. Doha
Ans: D

Q.50 In which country is Malaya being treated ?
A. Pakistan
B. Britain
C. America
D. Germany
Ans: B

Q. 51 In which district of MP is the Industry of traction alternators of Diesel engines proposed in the rail budget 2012-13 ?
A. Satna
B. Gwalior
C. Vidisha
D. Bhopal
Ans: C

Q.52 In which district of P Mandideep Industrial cluster is situated ?
A. Vidisha
B. Bhopal
C. Sehore
D. Raisen
Ans: D

Q.53 In which district of MP is railway sleeper manufacturing factory situated ?
A. Sehore
B. Bhopal
C. Hoshangabad
D. Betul
Ans: A

Q.54 Who was the first woman CM of MP ?
A. Vimla Sharma
B. Vijaya Raje Scindia
C. Nirmala Yadav
D. Uma Bharti
Ans: D

Q.55 Jaldeep Yojana was initially started by MP Govt. from which reservoir ?
A. Indira Sagar
B. Gandhi Sagar
C. Baan Sagar
D. Yehswant Sagar
Ans: A

Q.56 At present, who is the speaker of MP Assembly ?
A. Ishwardas Rohani
B. Mukund Navalkar
C. Sreenivas Tewari
D. None of above
Ans: A

Q. 57 Who was the of MP on 1-11-2000 at the time of division f state ?
A. Arjun Singh
B. Digvijay Singh
C. Sundarlal Patwa
D. Virendra Kumar Saklecha
Ans: B

Q.58 From where the Reliance industries got the coal bed Methane reserve in MP ?
A. Suhagpur
B. Guna
C. Balaghat
D. Rewa
Ans: A

Q. 59 Where is Dushyant kumar manuscript museum situated ?
A. Bhopal
B. Jabalpur
C. Ujjain
D. Balaghat
Ans: C

Q. 60 Who constructed the Sanchi stupa ?
A. Chandragupta
B. Gautam Budha
C. Mahavira
D. Ashoka
Ans: D

Q. 61 Which of the following protocol may be used for accessing world wide web ?
A. HTTP
B. SMTP
C. SLIP
D. None of above
Ans: A

Q.62 Which of the following is the valid domain name extension ?
A. .com
B. .gov
C. .net
D. All the above
Ans: D

Q. 63 URL Stands for ?
A. Unique resource locator
B. Universal Resource Locator
C. Uniform Resource Locator
D. United Resource Locator
Ans: C

Q.64 E-mail stands for ?
A. Elecrical Mail
B. Electonic Mail
C. Elastic Mail
D. None of above
Ans: D

Q.65 Which of the following is free E-Mail service provider ?
A. Hotmail
B. Rediffmail
C. Yahoo
D. All the above
Ans: D

Q.66 HTML stands for ?
A. Hybrid Text Markup Language
B. Hypertext Markup Language
C. Higher Text Markup Language
D. None of Above
Ans: B

Q.67 A computer virus is ?
A. A computer program that can replicate itself
B. A Virus that affect health of Human Being
C. Both of above
D. None of Above
Ans: A

Q.68 A Computer hacker is ?
A. A person who maintains computer security
B. a person who vilates computer security with malicious intension for personal gain
C. a person responsible for safe operation
D. a person who repairs computer
Ans: B

Q. 69 Video conferencing is ?
A. conduct of vide calls using telecom technology
B. Conduct of telephone calls
C. conduct f video conference using a set of telescope technology
D. None of the above
Ans: A

Q.70 Cyber crime is ?
A. Hacking
B. Stalking
C. Denial of Service attach
D. All of the above
Ans: D

Q. 71 Which of the following musician was selected in 2013 for Lifetime achievement Grammy Award ?
A. Pandit Grijishankar
B. Jakir Hussaen
C. AR Rehman
D. Pandit Ravishankar
Ans: D

Q.72 MP accountant general’s office is situated in which of the following cities ?
A. Bhopal
B. Gwalior
C. Jabalpur
D. Reva
Ans: B

Q.73 In which city is RCVP Naronha administrative academy situated ?
A. Jabalpur
B. MMussoorie
C. Mumbai
D. Bhopal
Ans: A

Q.74 All offences punishable under the protection of Civil Right Act. 1955 are ?
A. Cognizable and Non-Bialable
B. Cognizbale and Non-Compoundable
C. Non-Cognizable and Bialable
D. Non-Cognizable and commoundable
Ans: B

Q.75 An offence arising out of “Untouchability” would not made out where ?
A.The act of accused with regard to the enjoyment f benefit under a charitable trust created for the benefit of any section of the general public
B. The act of accused is with regard to the use of finery
C. As accused is not being copetent to commit an offence
D. The accused and complainant victim belong to the same social group.
Ans: D

Q.76 The protection of Civil right act extends to ?
A. The whole of India
B. The whole of India except the scheduled area
C. The whole of India except the scheduled area
D. The whole of India except the union territories of Goa, Daman and diu
Ans: C

Q.77 The schedule caste and scheduled tribes (prevention of atrocities) act, 1989 came into force on ?
A. 1st July 1980
B. 30th January 1990
C. 30th July 1989
D. 1st January 1990
Ans: B

Q.78 The SC and ST act is a special provision for the advancement of SC and ST which is based on which one of the following doctrines ?
A. Doctrine of severability
B. Doctrine of preferred position
C. Doctrine of protective discrimination
D. Doctrine of Haronious Construction
Ans: C

Q.79 Which of the following powers is NOT provided to specified special court under SC and ST act ?
A. Forfeiture of property of a convict of an offence
B. To authorize a person for extra investigation other than police
C. To remove a person from the area on whom there is a doubt of committing a crime
D. Take measurement and photograph of a person on whom there is a doubt of committing a crime
Ans: C

Q.80 A court of session specified as special court to try the offences under the SC and ST act for the purpose of providing ?
A. Speedy trial
B. Time bound trial
C. Special protection to victims
D. All of above
Ans: D

Q.81 Scientists of NDRI Karnal (Haryana) developed second clone of which one of following animal ?
A. Sheep
B. Buffalo
C. Cow
D. Goat
Ans: B

Q.82 Which snake of the following is Non-poisonous?
A. Cobra
B. Viper
C. Coral-snake
D. Python
Ans: D

Q.83 In which year was the project tiger launched to save Indian tiger ?
A. 1971
B. 1973
C. 1977
D. 1991
Ans: D

Q.84 Which of the following is measured By Anemometer ?
A. Velocity of water flow
B. Depth of water
C. Force of the wind
D. Intensity of light
Ans: C

Q.85 Dengue is a fever caused by transmitted to other human by ?
A. Virus and female aedes mosquito
B. Bacteria and female culex mosquito
C. Fungus and female aedes osquito
D. Protozoa and female anopheles mosquito
Ans: A

Q.86 Carbon monoxide poisoning affects mainly which one of the following ?
A. Digestive activity
B. Liver Functioning
C. Kidney Functioning
D. Oxygen carryin capacity of blood
Ans: D

Q.87 Statics is related to which one of the following ?
A. State of motion
B. State of rest
C. State of mind
D. Study of data
Ans :B

Q.88 According to a new definition adopted by Internationa astronomical Union in 2006, which of the following is not a planet ?
A. Uranus
B. Neptune
C. Pluto
D. Jupitor
Ans: C

Q.89 World AIDS day is celebrated on which date ?
A. 12TH January
B. 1st april
C. 1st may
D. 1st December
Ans: D

Q.90 Which of the following is related with the field of electricity generation ?
A. MMTC
B. MTNL
C. NCL
D. NHPC
Ans: D

Q.91 Ajanta Cave are connected with which of the following ?
A. Ramayana
B. Mahabharata
C. Jakata stories
D. Panchtantra Stories
Ans: C

Q.92 Regarding the Indus valley civilization, consider the following statement
1) During this period cotton was used for manufacturing textiles in India
2) It was predominatly a secular civilization and the religious eleent, through present did not dominate the scene
Which of the statement given above is/are correct ?
A. 1 Only
B. 2 Only
C. Bothe 1 and 2
D. Either 1 nor 2

Q.93 Tripitaka is associated with which of the following ?
A. Jains
B. Buddhists
C. Sikhs
D. Hindus
Ans: B

Q.94 “Rajatarangini” written by kalhan is associated with which of the following ?
A. Chandragupta reign
B. Anthology of lyrics
C. History of Kashmir
D. Reign of Krishna Deva raya
Ans: C

Q.95 Who among the following was the advocate at the famous INA trials ?
A. Subhash Chandra bose
B. C. Rajagopalachari
C. Asaf ali
D. Bhulabhai Desai
Ans: D

Q.96 Who among the following attended all the three round table conferences ?
A. Vallabhbhai patel
B. Madan mohan malviya
C. BR Ambedkar
D. None of above
Ans: C

Q. 97 Who among the following organized the society of revolutionaries “Abhinav Bharat” ?
A. Jatindra Nath Mukherjee
B. Madan lal dhingra
C. Vinayak damodar savarkar
D. Lala hardayal
Ans: C

Q.98 Who among the following has been first person who delivered his speech in Hindi in UNO ?
A. Swami Vivekanand
B. Lal bahadur shashtri
C. Atal bihari vajpeyi
D. None of above
Ans: C

Q.99 Amir Khusro was associated with whose reign among the following ?
A. Allauddin khilzi
B. Muhammad bin tughlaq
C. Ibrahi Lodhi
D. Firoz shah
Ans: A

Q.100 Mohenjo daro is situated in which of the following ?
A. Gujarat, India
B. Punjab, India
C. Sindh, Pakistan
D. Afganistan
Ans: C

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1. Where is the Indus Civilization city Lothal?
(A) Gujarat
(B) Rajasthan
(C) Punjab
(D) Haryana
2. Mohenjo Daro is situated in -
(A) Sindh Province of Pakistan
(B) Gujarat
(C) Punjab
(D) Afghanistan
3. Which deity was not worshipped by the Vedic Aryans?
(A) Indra
(B) Marut
(C) Varun
(D) Pashupati
4. The Vedanga consists of the-
(A) Kale, Shiksha, Nirukta,Vyakaran, Chhanda, Jyotish
(B) Kalp, Shiksha, Brahman,Vyakaran, Chhanda, Jyotish
(C) Kalp Shikshaz Nirukta, Aranyak, Chhanda, Jyotish
(D) Kalp Upanishad, Nirukta,Vyakaran, Chhanda
5. The earliest available work of the Sangam R’amils is-
(A) Pattinappalai
(B) Tirumurugarruppadai
(C) Maduraikanchi
(D) Tolkappiyam
6. The Mahavir belonged to the clan-.
(A) Kalams
(B) Shaggy
(C) Lichhivis
(D) Bulls
7. The Jain text which contains the biographies of the Tirthankaras is known as-
(A) Bhagwatisutra
(B) Uvasagadasao
(C) Adi Purana
(D) Kalpasutra
8. The first Buddhist Sangeeti (conference) was held at-
(A) Vaishali

(B) Pataliputra
(C) Rajgriha
(D) Ujjain
9. The propounder of the Madhyamika Philosophy was-
(A) Bhadrabahu
(B) Parshwanath
(C) Sheelbhadra
(D) Nagarjuna
10. The rules of Buddhist monistic life are laid down, primarily, a-
(A) Tripitaka
(B) Vinayapitaka
(C) Abhidhammapitaka
(D) Suttapitaka
11. The battle between Alexander and Porus took place on the bank of river-
(A) Sutlej
(B) Ravi
(C) Jhelum
(D) Ganga
12. The first Persian ruler who occupied part of Indian Territory alas–
(A) Cyrus
(B) Darius J
(C) Cambyses
(D) Xerxes
13. Alexander remained in India for-
(A) 29 months
(B) 39 months
(C) 19 months
(D) 10 months
14. Gedrosia correspond modern-
(A) Baluchistan
(B) Lahore
(C) Multan
(D) Peshawar
15. Which of the following statements is not true?
(A) Formal accession of Asoka was very probably delayed
(B) The fifth rock edict proves the existence of Harems of Asoka’s brothers
(C) Asoka held tike viceroyalty of Taxila and Ujjain in the reign of Bindusara
(D) Asoka was the younger brother of Bindusara .

16. The nirvasita (excluded) and anirvasita (not excluded) Shudras have been referred to-
(A) in the Nirukta of Yaska
(B) in the Ashtadhyayi of Panini
(C) in the Arthashastra of kautilya
(D) None of the above
17. The first translator of Mahabharata into Tamil was-
(A) Perundevanar
(B) Kamban
(C) Sundramurthi
(D) Bharavi
18 Which one of tbe following inscriptions of Asoka refers to the grant of concession in land
revenue to a village?
(A) Lumbini Pillar edict
(B) Sarnath Pillar edict
(C) Girner Rock edict
(D) Sanchi Pillar edict
19. Who of the following was not a patron of Jainism?
(A) Bimbisara
(B) Kharvela
(C) Kanishka
(D) Chandragupta Maurya
20. Who was the ambassador in the Court of Bindusara?
(A) Machiavelli
(B) Megasthenes
(C) Deimachus
(D) Antiochus I
21. To propagate his Dharma, Asoka used the services of-
(A) Rajukas
(B) Pradeshikas
(C) Yuktas
(D) AII of these
22. The last king of Mauryan Empire was-
(A) Devavarman
(B) Brihadrath
(C) Kunala
(D) Shalishuk
23. The historian Kalhan was-
(A) Buddhist
(B) Brahmin

(C) Jain
(D) None of these
24. Founder of the Satvahana dynasty was-
(A) Shatkarni I
(B) Simuka
(C) Shatkarni II
(D) Rudradaman I
25. Yen-Kao-chen generally known as-
(A) Kadphises I
(B) Kadphises 11
(C) Kanishka
(D) Vasishka
26. The writer of the ‘Kalpasutra’ was-
(A) Simuka
(B) panini
(C) Bhadrabahu
(D) Patanjali
27. The writer of the ‘Brihatkatha’ was-
(A) Dattamitra
(B) Gudadhya
(C) Bhadrabahu
(D) sarvavarman
28. According to tradition Kashyapa Matanga introduced Buddhism to-
(A) China
(B) Kashmir
(C) Ceylon
(D) Gandhar
29. Which one of the following indicates the correct chronological order of era in India?
(A) Gupta-Harsha-vikram-Shaka
(B) Vikram-Harsha-gupta-Shaka
(C) Gupta-shaka-vikram-Harsha
(D) Vikram-shaka–.gupta-Harsha
30. During Pre-Gupta period what was Kahapan?
(A) An office
(B) A luxury item
(C) A coin
(D) A port

31. Which port was known to the author of ”Periplus of the Erithrian sea” as Padouke?
(A) Tamralipti
(B) Arikamedu
(C) Broach
(D) Cochin
32 Chandragupta-ll married daughter Prabhavati to-
(A) Rudrasena-l
(B) Rudrasena-ll
(C) Agnimitra
(D) Nagsena
33. Which of the following law givers of the post-Gupta period declared that Sudras were not
slaves by nature?
(A) Medhatithi
(B) Vigynaeshwar
(C) Narad
(D) iirnueivahan
34. Who was the founder of Gahadwala dynasty who made Kannauj the main centre of his
power?
(A) Jaichandra
(B) Vijaychandra
(C) Chandradev
(D) Govind
35. Which of the following Rashtrakut kings defeated the Pratihar ruler Nagabhatta I?
(A) Indra 11
(B) Krishna I11
(C) Amoghvarsha I
(D) Govind 111
36. Who among the following rulers patronized Jayadev, the composer of ‘Geetgovinda’?
(A) Laxman Sen
(B) Khatvel
(C) Kumarpala
(D) Shashank
37. Who out of the following ousted Jainism from Mysore?
(A) Naynars
(B) Lingayats
(C) Alwars
(D) shankaracharya
38. Which was the word used for the royal military troops of the Cholas?
(A) Kattupaddi

(B) Kaikkolar
(C) Bhrtaka
(D) Kadgham
39. The Chola rulers undertook extensive land survey to ascertain-
(A) Right of ownership
(B) Government’s share of revenue
(C) Production of grains
(D) Limit of the sources of irrigation
40. Which of the following taxes of Chola period was for educational Purpose?
(A) Devadana
(B) Salabhoga
(C) Brahmadeva
(D) Sarvamayna
41. The writer of Tabqat-i-Nasiri wss-
(A)Barani
(B) Nizamuddin
(C) Minhaj-us-siraj
(D) Isami
42. The following works were written by Ziauddin Barani-
(A)Tarikh-i-Firozshahi and Qiranussadain
(B) Fatwa-i-Jahandari and Ashiqa
(C) Tarikh-i-Firozshahi and Fatwa-i-Jahandari
(D) Futuhus-salatin and Tarikhi-Firozshahi
43. Which of the following books were written by Amir khusro?
(A) Ashiqa, Qiranussadain Khazain-ul-Futuh
(B) Qiranussadain, Ashiqa,Tarikh-i-Mubarakshahi
(C) Khazainul Futuh, Tarikh-i-Mubarakushahi,Ashiqa
(D) Tarildt-i-Mubarakshahi,Nuh-i-siphr Ashiqa
44. Who wrote ‘Qanun-i-Humayuni’
(A) Gulbadan Begum
(B) Yahya
(C) Khwandmir
(D) Nizamuddin
45. Which of the following books was written by Ishwardas Nagar?
(A) Futuhat-i-Almagiri
(B) Bir Binod
(C) Chhatra Prakash
(D) Ahkam-i-Alamgiri

46. With whom of the following Muhammad Ghori aligned against Khusrau Shah?
(A) King of Gujarat
(B) King of Multan
(C) King of Peshawar
(D) King of Jammu
47. At the time of Muhammad Ghori’s invasion against Prithviraj Chauhan who of the following
ruled Kannauj?
(A) The Chandellas
(B) The prathihars
(C) The Palas
(D) The Gahadwalas
48. Who of the following contested with Qutubuddin Aibak for Punjab?
(A) Ikhtiyaruddin
(B) Tajuddin Yaldauz
(C) Nasiruddin Qubacha
(D) None of these
49. Who were the Nav Musalmans of the following?
(A) Descendants of Mongols who settled near Delhi and embraced Islam
(B) Hindu converts to islam
(C) Khalji Sultans
(D) llbari sultans
50. Who was appointed as ambassador to China during the time of Mohammad bin Tughlaq?
(A) Barbosa
(B) Barani
(C) Ibn Batutah
(D) Abdur Razzak
51. Bahlul Lodi’s significant achievement was the successful war against tie underwritten
kingdom of -
(A) Mewat
(B) Jaunpur
(C) Chandwar
(D) Sambhal
52. Rulers of which kingdom built Atala Masjid and Lal Darwaza Masjid?
(A) Bengal
(B) Khandesh
(C) Malwa
(D) Jaunpur
53. Rai Bharmal wrote on Muslim Literary traditions in the following language.-
(A)Persian

(B) Sanskrit
(C) Arabic
(D) Turkish
54. ‘Chaitanya Charitramrita’ was authored by-
(A) Wasweshwara
(B) Madhav
(C) Ramanand
(D) Krislmadas Kaviraj
55. Who succeeded Nizamuddin Aulia?
(A) Sheikh Farid
(B) Sheikh Nasiruddin Chiraghi-Delhi
(C) Sheikh Salim Chishti
(D)) None of the above
56. Raidas, Sena and Kabir were the followers of-
(A) Namdeo
(B) Ramanuj
(C) Vallabhacharya
(D) Ramanand
57. When was Wjayanagar visited by Abdurrajjak?
(A) 1443
(B) 1433
(C) 1423
(D) 1427
58. Tuluva dynasty was founded by-
(A) Narasa Nasyaka
(B) Immadi Narsimha
(C) Vir Narsimha
(D) None of these 4
59. Who founded the independent Bahamani kingdom in South India?
(A) Abu Muzaffar Alauddin Bahmanshah
(B) Mujahid Shah
(C) Muhammad Shah I
(D) Adil Shah
60. Who founded the independent Muslim kingdom of Malwa?
(A) Hoshangshah
(B) Mahmudshah
(C) Nasiruddin
(D) Dilawarkhan
61. Babur had three wives. Which one of the following was not his wife?
(A) Maham
(B) Gulrus
(C) Gulbadan
(D) Dilbar
62. Who was Mehdi Khwaza?
(A) Ruler of Bihar
(B) Prime Minister of Ibrahim Lodi
(C) Brother-in-law of Humayun
(D) Brother of Babur
63. Humayun ascended the throne at Agra on-
(A) 7th January 1530
(B) 29th December 1530 ‘
(C) 23rd September 1530
(D) 16th February 1530
64. Which of the following statements is true of the Sher Shah Suri?
(A) He was a fanatic Muslim
(B) He was a staunch Muslim but not a fanatic
(C) He was a staunch Muslim and ill-treated Hindus
(D) He was intolerant towards E of other religions
65. Which out of the following was ‘ not one of the purposes of ‘Sarais’ built during Sher Shah?
(A) Post-house
(B) For travellers
(C) For officers,
(D) Warehouse for arms and ammunition
66. Who was not appointed as Vazir a during Akbar’s reign?
(A) Bhadurkhan Uzbeg
(B) Shamsuddin Atkakhan .
(C) Todarmal
(D) Nizamuddin Khalifa
67. Which of the following pairs is incorrect?
(A) Akbar-Ralph Fich
(B) Darashikoh-manucci
(C) Jahangir-sir Thomas Roe
(D) ShahJahan-Jourdon
68. Which of the following stale- I meats is true of Akbar’s policy towards the I’Iindus?
(A) He abolished the pilgrim tax but not the Jaziya
(B) He abolished the Jaziya, but not the pilgrim tax
(C) He abolished both the Jaziya and the pilgrim tax
(D) He neither abolished the pilgrim tax
69. Who was the author of ‘Nushka-Dilkusha’?
(A) Khafi khan
(B) Murshidkuli Khan
(C) Abul Fazl
(D) Chicken Burhanpuri
70. Guru Govind Singh was killed in 1708 at-
(A) Amritsar
(B) Keeratpur
(C) Nanded
(D) Anandpur
71. Mir Sayyed Ali and Abdusamad were the court painter during the time of-
(A) Humane Akbar
(B) Akbar, Jahangir
(C) Jahangir, Shah Jahan
(D) Shah Jahan, Aurangzeb
72. Which of the following elements was not found in Akbar’s architecture? (A) Use of red
sandstone
(B) Hindu elements
(C) Foliated arches
(D) Charbagh surrounding the tombs
73. Who composed ‘Gangs Lahri’?
(A) Tulsidas
(B) Surdas
(C) Panditraj Jagannath
(D) Haridasa
74. Thicket of the following was not a silver coin during Akbar?
(A) Jalal
(B) Dam
(C) Darab
(D) Pandau
75. Which of the following revolts had agrarian causes at its root?
(A) Rajput revolt
(B) Satnami and Jat revolt
(C) Sikh revolt
(17) Maratha revolt
76. From whom Shahji received the jagir of Poona?
(A) Mughals
(B) Adilshah
(C) Nizamshahi
(D) Portuguese
77. What is ‘Mokasa’?
(A) Jagir
(B) Religious practice
(C) Cavalry
(D) Religious endowment
78. Who was not alive at the time of Shivaji’s Coronation?
(A) Ganga Bhatt
(B) Tttkaram
(C) Ramdas
(D) Dadaji Konddeva
79. Which of the following Peshwas is connected with the treaty of Sagola?
(A) Balaji Bajjrao
(B) Balaji Vishwanath
(C) Bajirao I
(D) Bajirao II
80. In which year Ahilyabai Holkar breathed her last?
(A) 1792
(B) 1793
(C) 1794
(D) 1795
81. The French East India Company was formed in-
(A) 1664 AD
(B) 1660 AD
(C) 1656 AD
(D) 1680 AD
82. La Bourdonnais was the Governor of-
(A) Madras
(B) Pondicherry
(C) Mauritius
(D) None of these
83. Mir Kasim removed his court from Calcutta to-
(A) Patna
(B) Dacca
(C) Monghir
(D) Purnea
84. The battle of Wandiwash was fought between-
(A) English and the French
(B) English and the Marathas
(C) English and the Nawab of Carnatic
(D) English and Hyderali
85. At the battle of Biddera the English crushed the power of-
(A) French
(B) Dutch
(C) Portuguese
(D) Danes
86. The Treaty of Surat was concluded by the British with the following Maratha chief-
(A) Narayan Rao
(B) Madhav Rao
(C) Nana Phadnvis
(D) Raghoba
87. The triple alliance against Tipu was formed by Cornwallis consisted of the following-
(A) The English, Nizam’ and the Marathas
(B) The English, Nizam and Awadh
(C) The English, Nizam and Carnatic
(D) The English, Mrathas and Carnatic
88. In the Second Sikh War the decisive battle was fought at-
(A) Chilianwala
(B) Peshawar
(C) Gujarat
(D) Multan
89. In the Third Maratha War, the English defeated Peshwa Bajirao II at-
(A) Mahidpur
(B) Sitabuldi
(C) Kirki
(D) Bassein
90. The Treaty of Shrirangpattam took place in-
(A) 1791
(B) 1792
(C) 1793
(D) 1794
91. Which of the following states was not annexed to British Empire by Dalhousie under the
doctrine of Lapse?

(A) Baghat
(B) Nagpur
(C) Sambalpur
(D) Benaras
92. Which one of the following rebellions is associated with Sidhu and Kanhu?
(A) Munda Rebellion
(B) Kole Rebellion
(C) Santhal Rebellion
(D) Big Rebellion
93. The following officer was connected with the suppression of ‘I’hugee.
(A) Hastings
(B) Sleeman
(C) Bentinck
(D) Aukland
94. Which of the following British Officers was not in favour of annexation of Awadh?
(A) Outram
(B) Napier
(C) Hugh Rose
(D) Sleeman
95. Charles Metcalf was the Governor General of India during-
(A) 1835-36
(B) 1839-40
(C) 1837-38
(D) 1832-33
96. Sjndh was invaded during the following Governor General’s one-
(A) Lord Aukland
(B) Lord Ellenborough
(C) Lord Hardinge
(D) Lord Dalhousie
97. The Second Burmese War was fought in the year-
(A) 1849
(B) 1850
(C) 1851
(D) 1852
98. Which one of the following Acts abolished the trading rights of the East India Company?
(A) Regulating Act of 1773
(B) Charter Act of 1813
(C) Charter Act of 1833
(D) Garter Act of 1853

99. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(A) Ryotwari Settlement: Madras
(B) Talukdari Settlement: Bombay
(C) Permanent Settlement: Bengal
(D) Mahalwari Settlement: North-Western Province
100. The gradual increase in rural indebtedness in India under the British rule was due to-
1 Fragmentation of Land-holdings
2. Decline of cottage industries
3. Lack of development of h’z.igational facilities
4. Introduction of cash crops wincing of these are correct?
(A) 1, 2 and 3
(B) 2 and 4
(C) 1, 3 and 4
(D) 1 2, 3 and 4
101. At Lucknow the revolt of 1857 broke out on-
(A) May 30, 1857
(B) June 4, 1857
(C) May 15, 1857
(D) June 15, 1857
102. The Asiatic Society of Bengal in Calcutta was founded by-
(A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(B) Sir Williams Jones
(C) Warren Hastings
(D) Keshabchandra Sen
103. The Theosophical Society allied itself to the..-.
(A) Christian revival movement
(B) Islamic revival movement
(C) Hindu revival movement
(D) All of these
104. Which of the following statements about the Ramakrishna Mission is wrong?
(A) It held the pure Vedantic doctrine as its ideal
(B) It aimed at the development of the highest spirituality in man
(C) It prohibited the worship of images
(D) It recognised modern developments in Science and Technology
105. Fifth Session of the Indian National Congress was held in 1889 at-
(A) Calcutta
(B) Madras
(C) Bombay
(D) Dacca

106. The moderates and extremists were united in the Congress
Session of-
(A) Lahore
(B) Bombay
(C) Allahabad
(D) Luclnow
107. Who among the following was not in Khilafat Committee?
(A) Majhar ul Haq
(B) Hasrat Mohani
(C) Maulana Shauqat Ali
(17) Hakim Azmalkhan
108. Who among the following was the president of All India Trade Union Congress in 1929?
(A) M.N. Roy
(B) N. M. Joshi
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru
(D) Jayaprakash Narayan
109. Swaraj Party was formed by-
(A) C. R. Das
(B) Motilal Nehru
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru
(D) C. R. Das and Motilal Nehru
110. ‘Luck-now Pact’ was concluded between-,
(A) Congress and the British Government
(B) Muslim League and the ’1 British Government
(C) Congress and the Muslim in League
(D) Congress, the Muslim League and the British Government
111. An AII Party Conference appointed a sub-committee with Ali Imam, Tejbahadur Sapru and
Subhash Bose. Who was presiding this subcommittee?
(A) Maulana Azad
(B) wallaby Bhai Patel
(C) Madan Mohan Malviya
(D) Motilal Nehru
112. Who among the following particiated in all the three Round Table conferences?
(A) Madan Mohan Malviya
(B) B. R. Ambedkar
(C) Sardar patel
(D) None of these
113. Which of the following pairs is correct?
(A) Ramprasad Bismil: Lahore conspiracy case

(B) Surya Sen : Chatgaon Case
(C) Bhagat singh : Kakori conspiracy Case
(D) Chandrashekhar Azad: Delhi Bomb Case
114. When were the Congress Governments formed in even out of eleven provinces?
(A) July 1935
(B) July 1936
(C) July 1937
(D) July 1938
115. Which of the following pairs is correct?
(A) Chelmsford: Rowlatt Act
(B) Lord Reading: Delhi Darbar
(C) Lord Willington: Arriving of Prince of Wales in india
(D) Lord Hardinge: II Round Table Conference
116. Subhash Chandra Bose inaugurated the government of Free india at..
(A) Burma
(B) Japan
(C) Germany
(D) Singapore
117. In December 1931 two school girl students killed the District Judge in koala by shooting-
(A) Suniti Choudhary and Bina Das
(B) Shanti Ghosh and suniti Choudhry
(C) Bina Das and Kalpana Datta
(D) Kalpana Datta and Shanti Ghosh
118. Which of the following pairs is correct?
(A) Chuar Revolt: Orissa
(B) Sanyasi Revolt; Bihar
(C) Parlakhemundi Revolt: Orissa
(D) Rampa Revolt: Kxarnatsk
119. The following countries under- took the responsibility of organizing the Bandung
Conference-.
(A) Indonesia, Burma, Cambodia (B) India, Burma, Indonesia
(C) Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Cambodia (D) Chinw Japan, Thailand
120. Which of the following Articles of Indian Constitution declares it is a primary duty of the
state to raise the level of nutrition and the standard of leaving of its people and the ”Improvement
of the Public Health’’?
(A) Article 46 (B) Article 47
(C) Article 48 (D) Article 49