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1. Which new currency was struck by Mohammad Tughlaq ?

(1) Dinar
(2) Dokani
(3) Jeetal
(4) Tanka
Correct Answere: Dokani
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2. Which does not match ?

(1) Ahmadnagar - Bahamani
(2) Berar - Imadshahi
(3) Bijapur - Adilshahi
(4) Golkonda - Qutub Shahi
Correct Answere: Ahmadnagar - Bahamani
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3. Who was the famous painter of Kishan Garh style ?

(1) Ali Raza
(2) Nihal Chandra
(3) Sahil Ram
(4) Veerje
Correct Answere: Nihal Chandra
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4. Who was the English General that defacted Court- de Lally in the battle of Wandiwash, fought on 22nd January, 1760 ?

(1) Brigadier General Neill
(2) General Eyrecoot
(3) Major General Haelock
(4) Sir Hugh Rose
Correct Answere: General Eyrecoot
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5. Which Act created the first offical legisture in India ?

(1) Charter Act of 1793
(2) Charter Act of 1813
(3) Charter Act of 1833
(4) Charter Act of 1853
Correct Answere: Charter Act of 1853
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6. Mir Qasim transferred his captial from Murshidabad to ?

(1) Burdwan
(2) Monghyr
(3) Midnapur
(4) Lakhnauti
Correct Answere: Monghyr
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7. The tribal leader who was regarded as 'Dharti Aba' (father of the world) and incarnation of God was ?

(1) Birsa Munda
(2) Chirag Ali Shah
(3) Joria Bhagat
(4) Kanhu
Correct Answere: Birsa Munda
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8. Which Socio-religious reformer from Maharashtra was popularly known as Lokhitawati ?

(1) D. K. Karve
(2) Gopal Hari Deshmukh
(3) Jyotiba Phule
(4) M. G. Ranade
Correct Answere: Gopal Hari Deshmukh
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9. The famous play 'Neel Darpan' portrays the oppression of ?

(1) The artisans
(2) The handloom wavers
(3) The fisherman
(4) The indigo planters
Correct Answere: The indigo planters
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10. The lander of the revolt of 1857, who sent three letters to king Napolean III of France during rebellion was ?

(1) Bahadur Shah
(2) Nana Saheb
(3) Kunwar Singh
(4) Tantia Tope
Correct Answere: Nana Saheb
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11. Who described Bal Gangadhar Tilk as the 'Father of Indian Unrest' ?

(1) Aurobindo Ghose
(2) B. G. Tilak
(3) M. K. Gandhi
(4) Valentine Chirol
Correct Answere: Valentine Chirol
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12. Mahatma Gandhi was the President of India National Congress only once at ?

(1) Allahabad
(2) Belgaum
(3) Guhawati
(4) Kakinada
Correct Answere: Belgaum
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13. Who among the following is known as 'the Liberator of the Press' ?

(1) Lord Minto
(2) Sir Charles Metcalfe
(3) Wellesley
(4) William Jones
Correct Answere: Sir Charles Metcalfe
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14. Where was the Theosophical Society founded in 1857 by Madam H. P. Blavatsky and Col. Olcott ?

(1) England
(2) India
(3) Russia
(4) U. S. A.
Correct Answere: U. S. A.
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15. When did the British pass a law making it an offence to preach nationalism ?

(1) 1892
(2) 1898
(3) 1900
(4) 1904
Correct Answere: 1898
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16. Who is regarded as the most fearless and bold woman leader of the peasant Movement ?

(1) Ambika Chakravarty
(2) Ramabai
(3) Preeti Lata Wadekar
(4) Veera Gunnamma
Correct Answere: Veera Gunnamma
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17. The Red Shirt movement was led by ?

(1) Bismillah Khan
(2) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
(3) Maulana Azad
(4) Shaukat Ali
Correct Answere: Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
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18. Who made the 'Deepavali Declaration' ?

(1) Lord Curzon
(2) Lord Dufferin
(3) Lord Irwin
(4) Mahatma Gandhi
Correct Answere: Lord Irwin
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19. What is the name of the news papers published by the Indian Muslim League ?

(1) Bombay Chronicle
(2) Quam
(3) Inqilab
(4) Star of India
Correct Answere: Star of India
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20. National Development Council was founded in ?

(1) 1952
(2) 1961
(3) 1962
(4) 1976
Correct Answere: 1952
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21. Who was the first to propound the Doctrine of Panchsheel ?

(1) Ashoka the great
(2) G. K. Gokhale
(3) Mahatma Gandhi
(4) Vinoba Bhave
Correct Answere: Ashoka the great
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22. When was the Azad Hind Fauj formed ?

(1) 1st September, 1942
(2) 1st October, 1939
(3) 11th May, 1941
(4) 10th August, 1940
Correct Answere: 1st September, 1942
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23. Who was the ruler of India when Nadir Shah invaded India ?

(1) Ahmad Shah
(2) Bahadur Shah
(3) Muhammad Shah
(4) Shah Alam
Correct Answere: Muhammad Shah
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24. Who was the teacherto initiate Asoka into Buddhism ?

(1) Brahmagupta
(2) Devgupta
(3) Shashigupta
(4) Upagupta
Correct Answere: Upagupta
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25. Who was a saint of Bhakti movement in Bengal ?

(1) Chaitanya
(2) Kabir
(3) Tulsidas
(4) Vivekanand
Correct Answere: Chaitanya
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26. Who arranged the translation of Upnaishads in Persian ?

(1) Dara Shukuh
(2) Khusroe
(3) Murad Baksh
(4) Shahjahan
Correct Answere: Dara Shukuh
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27. When did Mahmud Ghaznavi first invade India ?

(1) 1012 A. D.
(2) 1021 A. D.
(3) 1025 A. D.
(4) 1030 A. D.
Correct Answere: 1025 A. D.
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28. Which Sufi Sect was popular in Bihar ?

(1) Chisti
(2) Firdausi
(3) Kadri
(4) Soharawardi
Correct Answere: Firdausi
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29. Who sought the help of Babur against Ibrahim Lodhi ?

(1) Alam Khan Lodhi
(2) Mahmud Lodhi
(3) Sher Khan
(4) None of these
Correct Answere: Alam Khan Lodhi
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30. Who founded an independent kingdom at Malwa ?

(1) Ahmad Shah
(2) Dilawarkhan Lodhi
(3) Hussain Shah
(4) Jafar Khan
Correct Answere: Dilawarkhan Lodhi
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31. The painting of apabhransh style are not available from ?

(1) Bengal
(2) Gujrat
(3) Jaunpur
(4) Mandu
Correct Answere: Bengal
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32. Who was the famous painter of Kishan Garh style ?

(1) Ali Raza
(2) Nihal Chandra
(3) Sahil Ram
(4) Veerje
Correct Answere: Nihal Chandra
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33. Who said that Indian Music not only enchants humans but also animals ?

(1) Alberuni
(2) Amir Khusroe
(3) Abul Fazal
(4) Ibn Batuta
Correct Answere: Amir Khusroe
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34. Which Sufi Silsia directly adopted (spiritual) Yogic exercise ?

(1) Chishti
(2) Kadari
(3) Kshatari
(4) Saharvardi
Correct Answere: Kshatari
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35. Who was the leader during Mughal-Bundela confict ?

(1) Chhatra Sal
(2) Champat Rai
(3) Jujhar Singh
(4) Madhukar Shah
Correct Answere: Madhukar Shah
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36. Who of the Mughal rulers understood the significance of Rajputs and tried to win them ?

(1) Akbar
(2) Aurangzed
(3) Jahangir
(4) Shahjahan
Correct Answere: Akbar
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37. Varindra Ghosh was associated with ?

(1) Abhinava Bharat
(2) Anushilan Samiti
(3) Sadhana Samaj
(4) Swadesh Bandhav Samiti
Correct Answere: Anushilan Samiti
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38. The 'Mopala Revolt' of 1921 took place in ?

(1) Malabar
(2) Marathwara
(3) Telangana
(4) Vidarbh
Correct Answere: Malabar
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39. The first spilt in Indian National Congress took place in which of its session ?

(1) Bombay
(2) Poona
(3) Nagpur
(4) Surat
Correct Answere: Surat
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40. The Greatest Parsi Social reformer of the 19th century was ?

(1) Behramji M. Mallabari
(2) Navalji Tata
(3) Sir Jamshedji
(4) Sir Rustom Behramji
Correct Answere: Behramji M. Mallabari
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41. In the Interim Government (1946) who held the Railways portfolio ?

(1) Asaf Ali
(2) Abdul Rab Nishtar
(3) Baldev Singh
(4) T. T. Chudrigar
Correct Answere: Asaf Ali
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42. The founder of French East India Company for trade in India was ?

(1) Colbert
(2) De La Haye
(3) Francois Caron
(4) Francois Martin
Correct Answere: Colbert
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43. Which Viceroy had passed the Vernacular Press Act ?

(1) Lord Chelmsford
(2) Lord Ripon
(3) Lord Irwin
(4) Lord Lytton
Correct Answere: Lord Lytton
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44. Bana Bhatta lived in the court of ?

(1) Harshvardhana
(2) Pulakesin II
(3) Samudragupta
(4) Yashovarman
Correct Answere: Harshvardhana
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45. Which of the following developments cannot be ascribed to the later vedic period ?

(1) The cast system with its norms got established
(2) The Brahmins acquired unchal lenged supremacy
(3) The territorial character of kingship had emerged
(4) The transition from pastoral to agricultural economy took place
Correct Answere: The Brahmins acquired unchal lenged supremacy
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46. Kalibangan, located in Rajasthan along the dried-up-bed of river Ghaggar was excavated in the 1960s under the guidance of ?

(1) B. K. Thapar
(2) Romila Thapar
(3) S. R. Rao
(4) Sir John Marshall
Correct Answere: B. K. Thapar
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47. The title 'Vikramaditya' was assumed by ?

(1) Ashoka
(2) Chandragupta II
(3) Kanishka
(4) Samudragupta
Correct Answere: Chandragupta II
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48. Samudragupta's achievements are mentioned in the ?

(1) Allahabad Prasasti
(2) Hathigumpha edict
(3) India
(4) Kaling edict
Correct Answere: Allahabad Prasasti
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49. The division of Mauryan society into seven classes was particularly mentioned in ?

(1) Ashokan edicts
(2) Kautilya's Arthasastra
(3) The Puranas
(4) The Indica of Megasthenes
Correct Answere: The Indica of Megasthenes
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50. Megasthenes visited India during the reign of ?

(1) Ashoka
(2) Chandragupta Maurya
(3) Chandragupta II
(4) Harsha
Correct Answere: Chandragupta Maurya

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