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History/Civics & Polity
1
1. The First Battle of Panipat was fought between [2011-I]
(a) Akbar & Hemu
(b) Babur and Ibrahim Lodhi
(c) Akbar & Rana Sanga
(d) Ahmad Shah Abdali & Marathas
2. Fa-hien visited India during the reign of [2011-I]
(a) Chandra Gupta Maurya (b) Bindusara
(c) Chandra Gupta II (d) Bimbisara
3. Gandhiji’s first experience with Satyagraha came up in
[2011-I]
(a) Dandi (b) Champaran
(c) Bengal (d) Natal
4. During whose tenure as the viceroy of India were the great
Martyrs Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru hanged ?
[2011-I]
(a) Lord Curzon (b) Lord Irwin
(c) Lord Minto (d) Lord Chelmford
5. The boundary between China and India is known as
[2011-I]
(a) Mc Mohan Line (b) Radcliffe Line
(c) Hindenberg Line (d) Line of Control
6. The famous Grand Trunk (GT) Road from Peshawar to
Kolkata was built by [2011-II]
(a) Akbar (b) Ashok
(c) Sher Shah Suri (d) Chandragupta
7. The Ashoka Pillar whose Lion Capitol (Carving) was adopted
by the Government of India as National Emblem is situated
at [2011-II]
(a) Varanasi (b) Puri
(c) Prayag (d) Sarnath
8. The Preamble of the Constitution of India was prepared by
[2011-II]
(a) Member of Constituent Assembly
(b) BR Ambedkar
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Dr. Radhakrishna
9. The two great revolutionaries who threw a bomb in
Legislative Assembly were [2011-II]
(a) Bhagat Singh & BK Dutt
(b) Bhagat Singh & Chandrashekhar Azad
(c) Chandrashekar Azad & Bismil
(d) Bhagat Singh & Ashfak Ullah Khan
10. Which one of the following is the exclusive power of the
Lok Sabha ? [2011-II]
(a) To introduce Money Bill.
(b) To ratify declaration of Emergency.
(c) To impeach the President.
(d) To pass No Confidence Motion against Council of
Ministers.
11. The person who is regarded as the greatest law giver of
ancient India is [2012-I]
(a) Panini (b) Kautilya
(c) Manu (d) Patanjali
12. The immortal fame of Ashoka largely rests upon [2012-I]
(a) his conversion to Buddhism and its propagation.
(b) his policy for the welfare of his subjects.
(c) his work in the sphere of politics and moral teaching.
(d) his extensive conquests.
13. Gandhiji started Dandi March [2012-I]
(a) to demonstrate against the British Empire.
(b) to break the salt law.
(c) to boycott foreign goods.
(d) None of the above.
14. The first war of Indian Independence began on 10 May 1857 at
[2012-I]
(a) Meerut (b) Jhansi
(c) Barrackpore (d) Delhi
15. Who among the following had discovered the Bramhi Script
in 1838 ? [2012-II]
(a) Sir William Jones (b) Dr. Rajendra Lal Mitra
(c) Dr. Bhaw Dagi (d) Jones Prinsep
16. Who was known as father of administration in medieval
India ? [2012-II]
(a) Akbar (b) Sher Shah Suri
(c) Humayun (d) Aurangzeb
17. Brahma Samaj was founded by [2012-II]
(a) Raja Rammohan Roy (b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) W illiam Carey (d) Jonathan Duncan
18. Who discharges the function of the President when va-
cancy occur In the office of President & Vice President si-
multaneously, owing to removal, death, resignation or th
incumbent or otherwise ? [2012-II]
(a) Chief Justice of High Court
(b) Chief Justice of India
(c) Speaker of Lok Sabha
(d) Chairman of Rajya Sabha
19. Who accorded the title ‘Mahatma” to MK Gandhi ?
[2013-I]
(a) Sardar Patel (b) Nehru
(c) Sarojini Naidu (d) Rabindranath Tagore
20. The Non co-operation Movement started in which year ?
[2013-I]
(a) 1900 (b) 1921
(c) 1940 (d) 1935
21. During the Middle Ages education was confined only to
(a) Kshatriyas (b) Brahmins
(c) Peasants (d) Shudras
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History/Civics & Polity
1
1. The First Battle of Panipat was fought between [2011-I]
(a) Akbar & Hemu
(b) Babur and Ibrahim Lodhi
(c) Akbar & Rana Sanga
(d) Ahmad Shah Abdali & Marathas
2. Fa-hien visited India during the reign of [2011-I]
(a) Chandra Gupta Maurya (b) Bindusara
(c) Chandra Gupta II (d) Bimbisara
3. Gandhiji’s first experience with Satyagraha came up in
[2011-I]
(a) Dandi (b) Champaran
(c) Bengal (d) Natal
4. During whose tenure as the viceroy of India were the great
Martyrs Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru hanged ?
[2011-I]
(a) Lord Curzon (b) Lord Irwin
(c) Lord Minto (d) Lord Chelmford
5. The boundary between China and India is known as
[2011-I]
(a) Mc Mohan Line (b) Radcliffe Line
(c) Hindenberg Line (d) Line of Control
6. The famous Grand Trunk (GT) Road from Peshawar to
Kolkata was built by [2011-II]
(a) Akbar (b) Ashok
(c) Sher Shah Suri (d) Chandragupta
7. The Ashoka Pillar whose Lion Capitol (Carving) was adopted
by the Government of India as National Emblem is situated
at [2011-II]
(a) Varanasi (b) Puri
(c) Prayag (d) Sarnath
8. The Preamble of the Constitution of India was prepared by
[2011-II]
(a) Member of Constituent Assembly
(b) BR Ambedkar
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Dr. Radhakrishna
9. The two great revolutionaries who threw a bomb in
Legislative Assembly were [2011-II]
(a) Bhagat Singh & BK Dutt
(b) Bhagat Singh & Chandrashekhar Azad
(c) Chandrashekar Azad & Bismil
(d) Bhagat Singh & Ashfak Ullah Khan
10. Which one of the following is the exclusive power of the
Lok Sabha ? [2011-II]
(a) To introduce Money Bill.
(b) To ratify declaration of Emergency.
(c) To impeach the President.
(d) To pass No Confidence Motion against Council of
Ministers.
11. The person who is regarded as the greatest law giver of
ancient India is [2012-I]
(a) Panini (b) Kautilya
(c) Manu (d) Patanjali
12. The immortal fame of Ashoka largely rests upon [2012-I]
(a) his conversion to Buddhism and its propagation.
(b) his policy for the welfare of his subjects.
(c) his work in the sphere of politics and moral teaching.
(d) his extensive conquests.
13. Gandhiji started Dandi March [2012-I]
(a) to demonstrate against the British Empire.
(b) to break the salt law.
(c) to boycott foreign goods.
(d) None of the above.
14. The first war of Indian Independence began on 10 May 1857 at
[2012-I]
(a) Meerut (b) Jhansi
(c) Barrackpore (d) Delhi
15. Who among the following had discovered the Bramhi Script
in 1838 ? [2012-II]
(a) Sir William Jones (b) Dr. Rajendra Lal Mitra
(c) Dr. Bhaw Dagi (d) Jones Prinsep
16. Who was known as father of administration in medieval
India ? [2012-II]
(a) Akbar (b) Sher Shah Suri
(c) Humayun (d) Aurangzeb
17. Brahma Samaj was founded by [2012-II]
(a) Raja Rammohan Roy (b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) W illiam Carey (d) Jonathan Duncan
18. Who discharges the function of the President when va-
cancy occur In the office of President & Vice President si-
multaneously, owing to removal, death, resignation or th
incumbent or otherwise ? [2012-II]
(a) Chief Justice of High Court
(b) Chief Justice of India
(c) Speaker of Lok Sabha
(d) Chairman of Rajya Sabha
19. Who accorded the title ‘Mahatma” to MK Gandhi ?
[2013-I]
(a) Sardar Patel (b) Nehru
(c) Sarojini Naidu (d) Rabindranath Tagore
20. The Non co-operation Movement started in which year ?
[2013-I]
(a) 1900 (b) 1921
(c) 1940 (d) 1935
21. During the Middle Ages education was confined only to
(a) Kshatriyas (b) Brahmins
(c) Peasants (d) Shudras
History/Civics & Polity
22. Who among the following was responsible for the spread
of Buddhism in Sri Lanka ?                          [2013-I]
(a) Ashoka (b) Mahavira
(c) Parsavanath (d) Chandra Gupta Maurya
23. Who was the Governor-General of India during the
‘Sepoy Mutiny’? [2014-I]
(a) Lord Dalhousie (b) Lord Harding
(c) Lord Canning (d) Lord Lytton.
24. Which of the following statements is incorrect ? [2014-I]
(a) Goa attained full statehood in 1987
(b) Diu is an island in the Gulf of Khambhat
(c) Daman & Diu were separated from Goa by the 56
th
Amendment of the Constitution of India
(d) Dadar & Nagar Haveli were under French colonial
rule till 1954.
25. Who among the following has been called the ‘Napoleon of
India’? [2014-I]
(a) Ashoka (b) Samudragupta
(c) Chandragupta (d) Harshavardhana
26. Who is known as the ‘Grand Old Man of India’? [2014-I]
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji (b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (d) A.O. Hume
27. Which amongst the following has the power to regulate the
right of citizenship in India ? [2014-I]
(a) Union Cabinet (b) Parliament
(c) Supreme Court (d) Law Commission
28. Kalhana’s ‘Rajatarangini’ is a history of [2014-I]
(a) Kashmir (b) Harsha’s reign
(c) Rajasthan (d) Chandragupta’s reign
29. The Constitution of India was promulgated on January 26,
1950 because [2014-I]
(a) This day was being celebrated as the Independence
Day since 1929
(b) This was desired by the farmers of India
(c) The British did not want to leave India earlier than this
date
(d) It was an auspicious day
30. Which of the following rulers had the title 'Kaviraja'
[2014-II]
(a) Kumaragupta (b) Chandragupta
(c) Skandagupta (d) Samudragupta
31. The Viceroy who divided Bengal by following the divide
and rule policy was:- [2014-II]
(a) Lord Curzon (b) Lord Ripon
(c) Lord Lytton (d) Lord Mayo
32. The right to vote in the national elections in India is based
on the principle of [2014-II]
(a) Restricted franchise (b) Hereditary privileges
(c) Property qualifications (d) Universal adult suffrage
33. In which respect have the Centre-State relations been
specifically termed as municipal relations ? [2014-II]
(a) Centre's control of the State in the legislative sphare
(b) Centre's control of the State in Financial matter
(c) Centre's control of the State in the administrative sector
(d) Centre's control of the State in the planning process
34. 'Satyameva Jayate' is borrowed from which of the following ?
[2014-II]
(a) Mundaka Upanishad (b) Mahabharat
(c) Ramayana (d) Arthshashtra
35. The opposition part status is accorded to a political party in
the Lok Sabha only if it captures at least [2015-I]
(a) 5% Seats (b) 10% Seats
(c) 15% Seats (d) 20% Seats
36. How many Vice Presidents are elected at the start of its each
regular session of UN General Assembly? [2015-I]
(a) Nine (b) Fifteen
(c) Two (d) Twenty one
37. Who among the following was the Congress President at
Madras Session of 1927 when it boycotted the Simon
Commission? [2015-I]
(a) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(b) MA Ansari
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai
(d) Subhash Chandra Bose
38. Why did Kalinga prove to be a turning point in the life of
Ashoka? [2015-I]
(a) Ashoka annexed Kalinga
(b) It was the starting point of the expansion of his empire
(c) Ashoka became a zealous Buddhist
(d) It enabled Mauryan Empire to reach its climax.
39. Which of the following wings was not part of the espionage
system described by Kautilya? [2015-I]
(a) Crime Branch (b) Special Branch
(c) Political Branch (d) None of these
40. Alauddin Khilji did not build [2015-I]
(a) Siri Fort (b) Tomb of Jalaluddin
(c) Hauz-i-Alai (d) Jamaat Khana Masjid
41. Which of the following dynasties was ruling over North
India at the time of Alexander's invasion? [2015-I]
(a) Nanda (b) Maurya
(c) Sunga (d) Kanva
42. Todar Mal was associated with ______ in Akbar's durbar.
[2015- II]
(a) Music (b) Literature
(c) Finance (d) Law Reforms
43. Mahatma Gandhi left South Africa to return to India in
[2015- II]
(a) 1911 (b) 1915
(c) 1917 (d) 1919
44. Who was the Viceroy when the Simon Commission visited
India? [2015- II]
(a) Lord Chelmsford (b) Lord Reading
(c) Lord Irwin (d) Lord W ellington
45. Who was the person behind conversion of East India
Company from a trading company into a regional power?
[2016- I]
(a) Lord W arren Hastings
(b) Lord Clive
(c) Lord Dalhousie
(d) Lord Wellesley
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History/Civics & Polity
1
1. The First Battle of Panipat was fought between [2011-I]
(a) Akbar & Hemu
(b) Babur and Ibrahim Lodhi
(c) Akbar & Rana Sanga
(d) Ahmad Shah Abdali & Marathas
2. Fa-hien visited India during the reign of [2011-I]
(a) Chandra Gupta Maurya (b) Bindusara
(c) Chandra Gupta II (d) Bimbisara
3. Gandhiji’s first experience with Satyagraha came up in
[2011-I]
(a) Dandi (b) Champaran
(c) Bengal (d) Natal
4. During whose tenure as the viceroy of India were the great
Martyrs Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru hanged ?
[2011-I]
(a) Lord Curzon (b) Lord Irwin
(c) Lord Minto (d) Lord Chelmford
5. The boundary between China and India is known as
[2011-I]
(a) Mc Mohan Line (b) Radcliffe Line
(c) Hindenberg Line (d) Line of Control
6. The famous Grand Trunk (GT) Road from Peshawar to
Kolkata was built by [2011-II]
(a) Akbar (b) Ashok
(c) Sher Shah Suri (d) Chandragupta
7. The Ashoka Pillar whose Lion Capitol (Carving) was adopted
by the Government of India as National Emblem is situated
at [2011-II]
(a) Varanasi (b) Puri
(c) Prayag (d) Sarnath
8. The Preamble of the Constitution of India was prepared by
[2011-II]
(a) Member of Constituent Assembly
(b) BR Ambedkar
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Dr. Radhakrishna
9. The two great revolutionaries who threw a bomb in
Legislative Assembly were [2011-II]
(a) Bhagat Singh & BK Dutt
(b) Bhagat Singh & Chandrashekhar Azad
(c) Chandrashekar Azad & Bismil
(d) Bhagat Singh & Ashfak Ullah Khan
10. Which one of the following is the exclusive power of the
Lok Sabha ? [2011-II]
(a) To introduce Money Bill.
(b) To ratify declaration of Emergency.
(c) To impeach the President.
(d) To pass No Confidence Motion against Council of
Ministers.
11. The person who is regarded as the greatest law giver of
ancient India is [2012-I]
(a) Panini (b) Kautilya
(c) Manu (d) Patanjali
12. The immortal fame of Ashoka largely rests upon [2012-I]
(a) his conversion to Buddhism and its propagation.
(b) his policy for the welfare of his subjects.
(c) his work in the sphere of politics and moral teaching.
(d) his extensive conquests.
13. Gandhiji started Dandi March [2012-I]
(a) to demonstrate against the British Empire.
(b) to break the salt law.
(c) to boycott foreign goods.
(d) None of the above.
14. The first war of Indian Independence began on 10 May 1857 at
[2012-I]
(a) Meerut (b) Jhansi
(c) Barrackpore (d) Delhi
15. Who among the following had discovered the Bramhi Script
in 1838 ? [2012-II]
(a) Sir William Jones (b) Dr. Rajendra Lal Mitra
(c) Dr. Bhaw Dagi (d) Jones Prinsep
16. Who was known as father of administration in medieval
India ? [2012-II]
(a) Akbar (b) Sher Shah Suri
(c) Humayun (d) Aurangzeb
17. Brahma Samaj was founded by [2012-II]
(a) Raja Rammohan Roy (b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) W illiam Carey (d) Jonathan Duncan
18. Who discharges the function of the President when va-
cancy occur In the office of President & Vice President si-
multaneously, owing to removal, death, resignation or th
incumbent or otherwise ? [2012-II]
(a) Chief Justice of High Court
(b) Chief Justice of India
(c) Speaker of Lok Sabha
(d) Chairman of Rajya Sabha
19. Who accorded the title ‘Mahatma” to MK Gandhi ?
[2013-I]
(a) Sardar Patel (b) Nehru
(c) Sarojini Naidu (d) Rabindranath Tagore
20. The Non co-operation Movement started in which year ?
[2013-I]
(a) 1900 (b) 1921
(c) 1940 (d) 1935
21. During the Middle Ages education was confined only to
(a) Kshatriyas (b) Brahmins
(c) Peasants (d) Shudras
History/Civics & Polity
22. Who among the following was responsible for the spread
of Buddhism in Sri Lanka ?                          [2013-I]
(a) Ashoka (b) Mahavira
(c) Parsavanath (d) Chandra Gupta Maurya
23. Who was the Governor-General of India during the
‘Sepoy Mutiny’? [2014-I]
(a) Lord Dalhousie (b) Lord Harding
(c) Lord Canning (d) Lord Lytton.
24. Which of the following statements is incorrect ? [2014-I]
(a) Goa attained full statehood in 1987
(b) Diu is an island in the Gulf of Khambhat
(c) Daman & Diu were separated from Goa by the 56
th
Amendment of the Constitution of India
(d) Dadar & Nagar Haveli were under French colonial
rule till 1954.
25. Who among the following has been called the ‘Napoleon of
India’? [2014-I]
(a) Ashoka (b) Samudragupta
(c) Chandragupta (d) Harshavardhana
26. Who is known as the ‘Grand Old Man of India’? [2014-I]
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji (b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (d) A.O. Hume
27. Which amongst the following has the power to regulate the
right of citizenship in India ? [2014-I]
(a) Union Cabinet (b) Parliament
(c) Supreme Court (d) Law Commission
28. Kalhana’s ‘Rajatarangini’ is a history of [2014-I]
(a) Kashmir (b) Harsha’s reign
(c) Rajasthan (d) Chandragupta’s reign
29. The Constitution of India was promulgated on January 26,
1950 because [2014-I]
(a) This day was being celebrated as the Independence
Day since 1929
(b) This was desired by the farmers of India
(c) The British did not want to leave India earlier than this
date
(d) It was an auspicious day
30. Which of the following rulers had the title 'Kaviraja'
[2014-II]
(a) Kumaragupta (b) Chandragupta
(c) Skandagupta (d) Samudragupta
31. The Viceroy who divided Bengal by following the divide
and rule policy was:- [2014-II]
(a) Lord Curzon (b) Lord Ripon
(c) Lord Lytton (d) Lord Mayo
32. The right to vote in the national elections in India is based
on the principle of [2014-II]
(a) Restricted franchise (b) Hereditary privileges
(c) Property qualifications (d) Universal adult suffrage
33. In which respect have the Centre-State relations been
specifically termed as municipal relations ? [2014-II]
(a) Centre's control of the State in the legislative sphare
(b) Centre's control of the State in Financial matter
(c) Centre's control of the State in the administrative sector
(d) Centre's control of the State in the planning process
34. 'Satyameva Jayate' is borrowed from which of the following ?
[2014-II]
(a) Mundaka Upanishad (b) Mahabharat
(c) Ramayana (d) Arthshashtra
35. The opposition part status is accorded to a political party in
the Lok Sabha only if it captures at least [2015-I]
(a) 5% Seats (b) 10% Seats
(c) 15% Seats (d) 20% Seats
36. How many Vice Presidents are elected at the start of its each
regular session of UN General Assembly? [2015-I]
(a) Nine (b) Fifteen
(c) Two (d) Twenty one
37. Who among the following was the Congress President at
Madras Session of 1927 when it boycotted the Simon
Commission? [2015-I]
(a) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(b) MA Ansari
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai
(d) Subhash Chandra Bose
38. Why did Kalinga prove to be a turning point in the life of
Ashoka? [2015-I]
(a) Ashoka annexed Kalinga
(b) It was the starting point of the expansion of his empire
(c) Ashoka became a zealous Buddhist
(d) It enabled Mauryan Empire to reach its climax.
39. Which of the following wings was not part of the espionage
system described by Kautilya? [2015-I]
(a) Crime Branch (b) Special Branch
(c) Political Branch (d) None of these
40. Alauddin Khilji did not build [2015-I]
(a) Siri Fort (b) Tomb of Jalaluddin
(c) Hauz-i-Alai (d) Jamaat Khana Masjid
41. Which of the following dynasties was ruling over North
India at the time of Alexander's invasion? [2015-I]
(a) Nanda (b) Maurya
(c) Sunga (d) Kanva
42. Todar Mal was associated with ______ in Akbar's durbar.
[2015- II]
(a) Music (b) Literature
(c) Finance (d) Law Reforms
43. Mahatma Gandhi left South Africa to return to India in
[2015- II]
(a) 1911 (b) 1915
(c) 1917 (d) 1919
44. Who was the Viceroy when the Simon Commission visited
India? [2015- II]
(a) Lord Chelmsford (b) Lord Reading
(c) Lord Irwin (d) Lord W ellington
45. Who was the person behind conversion of East India
Company from a trading company into a regional power?
[2016- I]
(a) Lord W arren Hastings
(b) Lord Clive
(c) Lord Dalhousie
(d) Lord Wellesley
History/Civics & Polity
46. Who was the Viceroy when the Simon Commission visited
India? [2016- I]
(a) Lord Chelmsford (b) Lord Reading
(c) Lord Irwin (d) Lord W ellington
47. Mahatma Gandhi left South Africa to return to India in
 [2016- I]
(a) 1911 (b) 1915
(c) 1917 (d) 1919
48. The Battle of Plassey was fought in [2016- I]
(a) 1757 (b) 1782
(c) 1748 (d) 1764
49. The language of discourses of Gautama Buddha was
[2016- I]
(a) Bhojpuri (b) Magadhi
(c) Pali (d) Sanskrit
50. Bajirao was appointed as Peshwa at the age of 20 yrs under
the reign of [2016 - II]
(a) Sambhaji (b) Chhatrapati Shahu
(c) Rajaram II of Satara (d) Rajaram Chhatrapati
51.     Besides the Qutab Mosque and Qutab Minar, Qutab-ud-din
Aibak is said to have built [2016 - II]
(a) Adhai-din-ka jhopra mosque at Ajmer
(b) Khirki masjid at Jahan-Panath
(c) Mausoleum of Khan-i-Jahan Tilangani
(d) Kila-i-Kuhna mosque at Delhi
52.     Indian Ruler who defeated British in their early stage of rule
in India was. [2016 - II]
(a) Maharaja Ranjit Singh (b) Mahadaji Scindhia
(c) Hy der Ali (d) Tipu Sultan
53. The largest concentration of Harappan sites has been found
along the [2016 - II]
(a) Sutlej (b) Ghaggar- Hakra
(c) Indus (d) Ravi
54.     Resolution of Purna Swaraj was passed on 26 January 1930
at [2016 - II]
(a) Haripur (b) Lahore
(c) Karachi (d) Calcutta
55. Fundamental Rights are enshrined in the Constitution of
India in [2016 - II]
(a) Part I (b) Part III
(c) Part IV (d) Part V
56. What is the old name of USA? [2017 - I]
(a) United Colonies
(b) Turtle Islands
(c) Americas
(d) Gre at Ame rica
57. Which religion was founded by Akbar? [2017 - I]
(a) Bahai (b) Taoism
(c) Shintoism (d) Din-e-Ilahi
58. Who was elected as the Prime Minister of India in the
election held after the death of Rajiv Gandhi? [2017 - I]
(a) V . P . Singh (b) Chandra Shekhar
(c) P . V . Narasimha Rao (d) H. D. Deve Gowda
59. Who was the first Governor General of India after
Independence? [2017 - I]
(a) C. Rajagopalachari
(b) Lord Mountbatten
(c) Viscount Wavell
(d) Marquess of Linlithgow
60. Who was the first tirthankara of Jainism? [2017 - I]
(a) Rishabhanatha (b) Mahavira
(c) Parshvanatha (d) Sambhavanatha
61. Who was the 23rd tirthankara of Jainism? [2017 - I]
(a) Mahavira (b) Neminatha
(c) Sambhavanatha (d) Parshvanatha
62. Who was the first governor general of India? [2017 - I]
(a) Warren Hastings (b) John Macpherson
(c) John Shore (d) Alured Clarke
63. What was the old name of Myanmar? [2017 - I]
(a) Burma (b) Newar
(c) Nippon (d) Sarawak
64. Who was the first NSA of India? [2017 - I]
(a) Brajesh Mishra (b) J N Dixit
(c) M. K. Narayanan (d) Shivshankar Menon
65. Mandal Commission was established by which of the
following Prime Ministers of India? [2017 - I]
(a) Jawahar Lal Nehru (b) Morarji Desai
(c) Rajiv Gandhi (d) VP Singh
66. Where is Lothal, a prominent city of the ancient Indus V alley
Civilization, located? [2017 - II]
(a) Gujarat (b) Rajasthan
(c) Punjab (d) Madhya Pradesh
67. Which of the following places was chosen by Gandhiji to
start his first Satyagrah? [2017 - II]
(a) Ahmedabad (b) Champaran
(c) Gaya (d) Porbandar
68. The first meeting of Indian National Congress was held at
which place? [2017 - II]
(a) Bombay (b) Delhi
(c) Nagpur (d) Ahemdabad
69. When was Indian National Congress founded?
[2018 - I]
(a) 18 December, 1885 (b) 28, December, 1885
(c) 11, September, 1901 (d) 11, September, 1903
70. Who is the author of 'India divided'?     [2018 - I]
(a) Jawahar Lal Nehru (b) Shashi Tharoor
(c) Rajendra Prasad (d) Kapil Sibbal
71. Tashkent agreement was signed by _______.     [2018 - I]
(a) Sardar Patel and John Mathai
(b) Lal Bahadur Shahstri and A yub Khan
(c) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and Rajendra Prasad
(d) Rajendra Prasad and Jawahar Lal Nehru
72. Who has written Panchtantra?     [2018 - I]
(a) V aishnu Sharma
(b) Munshi Prem Chand
(c) Subhadra Kumari Chauhan
(d) Maithali Saran Gupt
73. In which city was the first British factory established in
India.     [2018 - I]
(a) Kedarpuram (b) Machhilipatnam
(c) Agra (d) Panji
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1. The First Battle of Panipat was fought between [2011-I]
(a) Akbar & Hemu
(b) Babur and Ibrahim Lodhi
(c) Akbar & Rana Sanga
(d) Ahmad Shah Abdali & Marathas
2. Fa-hien visited India during the reign of [2011-I]
(a) Chandra Gupta Maurya (b) Bindusara
(c) Chandra Gupta II (d) Bimbisara
3. Gandhiji’s first experience with Satyagraha came up in
[2011-I]
(a) Dandi (b) Champaran
(c) Bengal (d) Natal
4. During whose tenure as the viceroy of India were the great
Martyrs Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru hanged ?
[2011-I]
(a) Lord Curzon (b) Lord Irwin
(c) Lord Minto (d) Lord Chelmford
5. The boundary between China and India is known as
[2011-I]
(a) Mc Mohan Line (b) Radcliffe Line
(c) Hindenberg Line (d) Line of Control
6. The famous Grand Trunk (GT) Road from Peshawar to
Kolkata was built by [2011-II]
(a) Akbar (b) Ashok
(c) Sher Shah Suri (d) Chandragupta
7. The Ashoka Pillar whose Lion Capitol (Carving) was adopted
by the Government of India as National Emblem is situated
at [2011-II]
(a) Varanasi (b) Puri
(c) Prayag (d) Sarnath
8. The Preamble of the Constitution of India was prepared by
[2011-II]
(a) Member of Constituent Assembly
(b) BR Ambedkar
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Dr. Radhakrishna
9. The two great revolutionaries who threw a bomb in
Legislative Assembly were [2011-II]
(a) Bhagat Singh & BK Dutt
(b) Bhagat Singh & Chandrashekhar Azad
(c) Chandrashekar Azad & Bismil
(d) Bhagat Singh & Ashfak Ullah Khan
10. Which one of the following is the exclusive power of the
Lok Sabha ? [2011-II]
(a) To introduce Money Bill.
(b) To ratify declaration of Emergency.
(c) To impeach the President.
(d) To pass No Confidence Motion against Council of
Ministers.
11. The person who is regarded as the greatest law giver of
ancient India is [2012-I]
(a) Panini (b) Kautilya
(c) Manu (d) Patanjali
12. The immortal fame of Ashoka largely rests upon [2012-I]
(a) his conversion to Buddhism and its propagation.
(b) his policy for the welfare of his subjects.
(c) his work in the sphere of politics and moral teaching.
(d) his extensive conquests.
13. Gandhiji started Dandi March [2012-I]
(a) to demonstrate against the British Empire.
(b) to break the salt law.
(c) to boycott foreign goods.
(d) None of the above.
14. The first war of Indian Independence began on 10 May 1857 at
[2012-I]
(a) Meerut (b) Jhansi
(c) Barrackpore (d) Delhi
15. Who among the following had discovered the Bramhi Script
in 1838 ? [2012-II]
(a) Sir William Jones (b) Dr. Rajendra Lal Mitra
(c) Dr. Bhaw Dagi (d) Jones Prinsep
16. Who was known as father of administration in medieval
India ? [2012-II]
(a) Akbar (b) Sher Shah Suri
(c) Humayun (d) Aurangzeb
17. Brahma Samaj was founded by [2012-II]
(a) Raja Rammohan Roy (b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) W illiam Carey (d) Jonathan Duncan
18. Who discharges the function of the President when va-
cancy occur In the office of President & Vice President si-
multaneously, owing to removal, death, resignation or th
incumbent or otherwise ? [2012-II]
(a) Chief Justice of High Court
(b) Chief Justice of India
(c) Speaker of Lok Sabha
(d) Chairman of Rajya Sabha
19. Who accorded the title ‘Mahatma” to MK Gandhi ?
[2013-I]
(a) Sardar Patel (b) Nehru
(c) Sarojini Naidu (d) Rabindranath Tagore
20. The Non co-operation Movement started in which year ?
[2013-I]
(a) 1900 (b) 1921
(c) 1940 (d) 1935
21. During the Middle Ages education was confined only to
(a) Kshatriyas (b) Brahmins
(c) Peasants (d) Shudras
History/Civics & Polity
22. Who among the following was responsible for the spread
of Buddhism in Sri Lanka ?                          [2013-I]
(a) Ashoka (b) Mahavira
(c) Parsavanath (d) Chandra Gupta Maurya
23. Who was the Governor-General of India during the
‘Sepoy Mutiny’? [2014-I]
(a) Lord Dalhousie (b) Lord Harding
(c) Lord Canning (d) Lord Lytton.
24. Which of the following statements is incorrect ? [2014-I]
(a) Goa attained full statehood in 1987
(b) Diu is an island in the Gulf of Khambhat
(c) Daman & Diu were separated from Goa by the 56
th
Amendment of the Constitution of India
(d) Dadar & Nagar Haveli were under French colonial
rule till 1954.
25. Who among the following has been called the ‘Napoleon of
India’? [2014-I]
(a) Ashoka (b) Samudragupta
(c) Chandragupta (d) Harshavardhana
26. Who is known as the ‘Grand Old Man of India’? [2014-I]
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji (b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (d) A.O. Hume
27. Which amongst the following has the power to regulate the
right of citizenship in India ? [2014-I]
(a) Union Cabinet (b) Parliament
(c) Supreme Court (d) Law Commission
28. Kalhana’s ‘Rajatarangini’ is a history of [2014-I]
(a) Kashmir (b) Harsha’s reign
(c) Rajasthan (d) Chandragupta’s reign
29. The Constitution of India was promulgated on January 26,
1950 because [2014-I]
(a) This day was being celebrated as the Independence
Day since 1929
(b) This was desired by the farmers of India
(c) The British did not want to leave India earlier than this
date
(d) It was an auspicious day
30. Which of the following rulers had the title 'Kaviraja'
[2014-II]
(a) Kumaragupta (b) Chandragupta
(c) Skandagupta (d) Samudragupta
31. The Viceroy who divided Bengal by following the divide
and rule policy was:- [2014-II]
(a) Lord Curzon (b) Lord Ripon
(c) Lord Lytton (d) Lord Mayo
32. The right to vote in the national elections in India is based
on the principle of [2014-II]
(a) Restricted franchise (b) Hereditary privileges
(c) Property qualifications (d) Universal adult suffrage
33. In which respect have the Centre-State relations been
specifically termed as municipal relations ? [2014-II]
(a) Centre's control of the State in the legislative sphare
(b) Centre's control of the State in Financial matter
(c) Centre's control of the State in the administrative sector
(d) Centre's control of the State in the planning process
34. 'Satyameva Jayate' is borrowed from which of the following ?
[2014-II]
(a) Mundaka Upanishad (b) Mahabharat
(c) Ramayana (d) Arthshashtra
35. The opposition part status is accorded to a political party in
the Lok Sabha only if it captures at least [2015-I]
(a) 5% Seats (b) 10% Seats
(c) 15% Seats (d) 20% Seats
36. How many Vice Presidents are elected at the start of its each
regular session of UN General Assembly? [2015-I]
(a) Nine (b) Fifteen
(c) Two (d) Twenty one
37. Who among the following was the Congress President at
Madras Session of 1927 when it boycotted the Simon
Commission? [2015-I]
(a) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(b) MA Ansari
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai
(d) Subhash Chandra Bose
38. Why did Kalinga prove to be a turning point in the life of
Ashoka? [2015-I]
(a) Ashoka annexed Kalinga
(b) It was the starting point of the expansion of his empire
(c) Ashoka became a zealous Buddhist
(d) It enabled Mauryan Empire to reach its climax.
39. Which of the following wings was not part of the espionage
system described by Kautilya? [2015-I]
(a) Crime Branch (b) Special Branch
(c) Political Branch (d) None of these
40. Alauddin Khilji did not build [2015-I]
(a) Siri Fort (b) Tomb of Jalaluddin
(c) Hauz-i-Alai (d) Jamaat Khana Masjid
41. Which of the following dynasties was ruling over North
India at the time of Alexander's invasion? [2015-I]
(a) Nanda (b) Maurya
(c) Sunga (d) Kanva
42. Todar Mal was associated with ______ in Akbar's durbar.
[2015- II]
(a) Music (b) Literature
(c) Finance (d) Law Reforms
43. Mahatma Gandhi left South Africa to return to India in
[2015- II]
(a) 1911 (b) 1915
(c) 1917 (d) 1919
44. Who was the Viceroy when the Simon Commission visited
India? [2015- II]
(a) Lord Chelmsford (b) Lord Reading
(c) Lord Irwin (d) Lord W ellington
45. Who was the person behind conversion of East India
Company from a trading company into a regional power?
[2016- I]
(a) Lord W arren Hastings
(b) Lord Clive
(c) Lord Dalhousie
(d) Lord Wellesley
History/Civics & Polity
46. Who was the Viceroy when the Simon Commission visited
India? [2016- I]
(a) Lord Chelmsford (b) Lord Reading
(c) Lord Irwin (d) Lord W ellington
47. Mahatma Gandhi left South Africa to return to India in
 [2016- I]
(a) 1911 (b) 1915
(c) 1917 (d) 1919
48. The Battle of Plassey was fought in [2016- I]
(a) 1757 (b) 1782
(c) 1748 (d) 1764
49. The language of discourses of Gautama Buddha was
[2016- I]
(a) Bhojpuri (b) Magadhi
(c) Pali (d) Sanskrit
50. Bajirao was appointed as Peshwa at the age of 20 yrs under
the reign of [2016 - II]
(a) Sambhaji (b) Chhatrapati Shahu
(c) Rajaram II of Satara (d) Rajaram Chhatrapati
51.     Besides the Qutab Mosque and Qutab Minar, Qutab-ud-din
Aibak is said to have built [2016 - II]
(a) Adhai-din-ka jhopra mosque at Ajmer
(b) Khirki masjid at Jahan-Panath
(c) Mausoleum of Khan-i-Jahan Tilangani
(d) Kila-i-Kuhna mosque at Delhi
52.     Indian Ruler who defeated British in their early stage of rule
in India was. [2016 - II]
(a) Maharaja Ranjit Singh (b) Mahadaji Scindhia
(c) Hy der Ali (d) Tipu Sultan
53. The largest concentration of Harappan sites has been found
along the [2016 - II]
(a) Sutlej (b) Ghaggar- Hakra
(c) Indus (d) Ravi
54.     Resolution of Purna Swaraj was passed on 26 January 1930
at [2016 - II]
(a) Haripur (b) Lahore
(c) Karachi (d) Calcutta
55. Fundamental Rights are enshrined in the Constitution of
India in [2016 - II]
(a) Part I (b) Part III
(c) Part IV (d) Part V
56. What is the old name of USA? [2017 - I]
(a) United Colonies
(b) Turtle Islands
(c) Americas
(d) Gre at Ame rica
57. Which religion was founded by Akbar? [2017 - I]
(a) Bahai (b) Taoism
(c) Shintoism (d) Din-e-Ilahi
58. Who was elected as the Prime Minister of India in the
election held after the death of Rajiv Gandhi? [2017 - I]
(a) V . P . Singh (b) Chandra Shekhar
(c) P . V . Narasimha Rao (d) H. D. Deve Gowda
59. Who was the first Governor General of India after
Independence? [2017 - I]
(a) C. Rajagopalachari
(b) Lord Mountbatten
(c) Viscount Wavell
(d) Marquess of Linlithgow
60. Who was the first tirthankara of Jainism? [2017 - I]
(a) Rishabhanatha (b) Mahavira
(c) Parshvanatha (d) Sambhavanatha
61. Who was the 23rd tirthankara of Jainism? [2017 - I]
(a) Mahavira (b) Neminatha
(c) Sambhavanatha (d) Parshvanatha
62. Who was the first governor general of India? [2017 - I]
(a) Warren Hastings (b) John Macpherson
(c) John Shore (d) Alured Clarke
63. What was the old name of Myanmar? [2017 - I]
(a) Burma (b) Newar
(c) Nippon (d) Sarawak
64. Who was the first NSA of India? [2017 - I]
(a) Brajesh Mishra (b) J N Dixit
(c) M. K. Narayanan (d) Shivshankar Menon
65. Mandal Commission was established by which of the
following Prime Ministers of India? [2017 - I]
(a) Jawahar Lal Nehru (b) Morarji Desai
(c) Rajiv Gandhi (d) VP Singh
66. Where is Lothal, a prominent city of the ancient Indus V alley
Civilization, located? [2017 - II]
(a) Gujarat (b) Rajasthan
(c) Punjab (d) Madhya Pradesh
67. Which of the following places was chosen by Gandhiji to
start his first Satyagrah? [2017 - II]
(a) Ahmedabad (b) Champaran
(c) Gaya (d) Porbandar
68. The first meeting of Indian National Congress was held at
which place? [2017 - II]
(a) Bombay (b) Delhi
(c) Nagpur (d) Ahemdabad
69. When was Indian National Congress founded?
[2018 - I]
(a) 18 December, 1885 (b) 28, December, 1885
(c) 11, September, 1901 (d) 11, September, 1903
70. Who is the author of 'India divided'?     [2018 - I]
(a) Jawahar Lal Nehru (b) Shashi Tharoor
(c) Rajendra Prasad (d) Kapil Sibbal
71. Tashkent agreement was signed by _______.     [2018 - I]
(a) Sardar Patel and John Mathai
(b) Lal Bahadur Shahstri and A yub Khan
(c) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and Rajendra Prasad
(d) Rajendra Prasad and Jawahar Lal Nehru
72. Who has written Panchtantra?     [2018 - I]
(a) V aishnu Sharma
(b) Munshi Prem Chand
(c) Subhadra Kumari Chauhan
(d) Maithali Saran Gupt
73. In which city was the first British factory established in
India.     [2018 - I]
(a) Kedarpuram (b) Machhilipatnam
(c) Agra (d) Panji
History/Civics & Polity
74. Who was the Governor General of India during formation of
Indian National Congress?     [2018 - I]
(a) Lord  Dufferin (b) Lord Mountbattern
(c) Lord Minto (d) Lord W illiam Bentinck
75. Find the odd one out:     [2018 - I]
(a) Plassey (b) Sarnath
(c) Haldighati (d) Panipat
76. In 1954 which French settlements joined to India?[2018 - I]
(a) Pondicherry (b) Dutch
(c) Goa (d) Chennai
77. In which year Goa is taken by India? [2018 - II]
(a) November 1949 (b) December 1961
(c) August 1962 (d) July 1963
78. When did the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre take place?
[2018 - II]
(a) 24 February 1919 (b) 10 March 1919
(c) 13 April 1919 (d) 24 July 1927
79. What was the term used for measurement of land in the
Delhi Sultanate period? [2018 - II]
(a) Kismat-i-Ghalla (b) Ghalla Bakshi
(c) Masahat (d) Ghazi
80. Who was the founder of Brahmo Samaj? [2018 - II]
(a) Debendranath Tagor (b) Rammohan Roy
(c) Keshab Chandra Sen (d) Dayanand Saraswati
81. When did India become a member of Asian Development
Bank? [2018 - II]
(a) 1966 (b) 1972
(c) 1978 (d) 1982
82. Which war was fought between Sher Shah and Humayun in
the year 1540AD?  [2018 - II]
(a) Battle of Chausa (b) Battle of Bhojpur
(c) Battle of Guzargh (d) Battle of Kannauj
83. The language of Ashoka’s Inscription? [2019-I]
(a) Sanskrit (b) T amil
(c) Prakrit (d) Parthian
84. Shuddhi Movement was run by? [2019-I]
(a) Arya Samaj (b) Brahmo Samaj
(c) Prarthana Samaj (d) None of these
85. The founder of Stavahana Dynasty? [2019-I]
(a) Satakarni (b) Simuka
(c) Pulumavi (d) Kanha
86. Who is the chairman of the constitution drafting committee–
[2019-I]
(a) Alladi Krishnaswami A yyar
(b) N. Gopalaswami
(c) B.R. Ambedkar
(d) K.M Munshi
87. UN was established on? [2019-I]
(a) 1944 (b) 1945
(c) 1942 (d) 1946
88. Which dynasty established the Ajanta & Ellora caves?
[2019 - II]
(a) Khilji dynasty (b) Shung dynasty
(c) Hindu satvahan dynasty(d) Tughlaq dynasty
89. Which text of the V edas refers to Medicine?
[2019 - II]
(a) Rigveda (b) Samveda
(c) Y ajurveda (d) Atharvaveda
90. Who was the founder of Mughal Dynasty? [2019 - II]
(a) Akbar (b) Humayun
(c) Babur (d) Aurangzeb
91. What was the Actual name of Ghiyas -ud -Din -Tughlaq?
[2019 - II]
(a) Ghazi Malik (b) S alim
(c) Muhammad bin Tughlaq (d) Khurram
92. The Khilafat Movement was merged with which movement?
[2019 - II]
(a) Non-cooperation movement
(b) Civil disobedience movement
(c) Dandy March
(d) Quit India movement
93. Who rejected the Muslim League’s demand for Pakistan?
[2019 - II]
(a) Muslim league (b) Cabinet mission
(c) INC (d) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
94. Who established the Indian National Congress?
[2019 - II]
(a) Dada Bhai Noroji
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Subhash Chandra Bose
(d) A.O Hume
95. Article 343 is related to which? [2020 - I]
(a) Official languages (b) Election Commission
(c) National Emergency (d) Supreme Court
96. Who among the following introduced preamble in
constituent Assembly? [2020 - I]
(a) Dr. B R Ambedkar
(b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(c) Sardar Ballabh Bhai Patel
(d) Jawahar Lal Nehru
97. Metallic coin first used in India in? [2020 - I]
(a) Bihar and eastern U.P . (b) Southern India
(c) Western India (d) Central India
98. Akbar Buland Darwaza victory over? [2020 - I]
(a) Gujarat (b) Asirgarh fort
(c) Panipat Battle (d) Chittorgarh fort
99. Dravidian Art associated with? [2020 - I]
(a) Sangam period (b) Mughal Period
(c) Gupta Period (d) Maurya Period
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1. The First Battle of Panipat was fought between [2011-I]
(a) Akbar & Hemu
(b) Babur and Ibrahim Lodhi
(c) Akbar & Rana Sanga
(d) Ahmad Shah Abdali & Marathas
2. Fa-hien visited India during the reign of [2011-I]
(a) Chandra Gupta Maurya (b) Bindusara
(c) Chandra Gupta II (d) Bimbisara
3. Gandhiji’s first experience with Satyagraha came up in
[2011-I]
(a) Dandi (b) Champaran
(c) Bengal (d) Natal
4. During whose tenure as the viceroy of India were the great
Martyrs Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru hanged ?
[2011-I]
(a) Lord Curzon (b) Lord Irwin
(c) Lord Minto (d) Lord Chelmford
5. The boundary between China and India is known as
[2011-I]
(a) Mc Mohan Line (b) Radcliffe Line
(c) Hindenberg Line (d) Line of Control
6. The famous Grand Trunk (GT) Road from Peshawar to
Kolkata was built by [2011-II]
(a) Akbar (b) Ashok
(c) Sher Shah Suri (d) Chandragupta
7. The Ashoka Pillar whose Lion Capitol (Carving) was adopted
by the Government of India as National Emblem is situated
at [2011-II]
(a) Varanasi (b) Puri
(c) Prayag (d) Sarnath
8. The Preamble of the Constitution of India was prepared by
[2011-II]
(a) Member of Constituent Assembly
(b) BR Ambedkar
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Dr. Radhakrishna
9. The two great revolutionaries who threw a bomb in
Legislative Assembly were [2011-II]
(a) Bhagat Singh & BK Dutt
(b) Bhagat Singh & Chandrashekhar Azad
(c) Chandrashekar Azad & Bismil
(d) Bhagat Singh & Ashfak Ullah Khan
10. Which one of the following is the exclusive power of the
Lok Sabha ? [2011-II]
(a) To introduce Money Bill.
(b) To ratify declaration of Emergency.
(c) To impeach the President.
(d) To pass No Confidence Motion against Council of
Ministers.
11. The person who is regarded as the greatest law giver of
ancient India is [2012-I]
(a) Panini (b) Kautilya
(c) Manu (d) Patanjali
12. The immortal fame of Ashoka largely rests upon [2012-I]
(a) his conversion to Buddhism and its propagation.
(b) his policy for the welfare of his subjects.
(c) his work in the sphere of politics and moral teaching.
(d) his extensive conquests.
13. Gandhiji started Dandi March [2012-I]
(a) to demonstrate against the British Empire.
(b) to break the salt law.
(c) to boycott foreign goods.
(d) None of the above.
14. The first war of Indian Independence began on 10 May 1857 at
[2012-I]
(a) Meerut (b) Jhansi
(c) Barrackpore (d) Delhi
15. Who among the following had discovered the Bramhi Script
in 1838 ? [2012-II]
(a) Sir William Jones (b) Dr. Rajendra Lal Mitra
(c) Dr. Bhaw Dagi (d) Jones Prinsep
16. Who was known as father of administration in medieval
India ? [2012-II]
(a) Akbar (b) Sher Shah Suri
(c) Humayun (d) Aurangzeb
17. Brahma Samaj was founded by [2012-II]
(a) Raja Rammohan Roy (b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) W illiam Carey (d) Jonathan Duncan
18. Who discharges the function of the President when va-
cancy occur In the office of President & Vice President si-
multaneously, owing to removal, death, resignation or th
incumbent or otherwise ? [2012-II]
(a) Chief Justice of High Court
(b) Chief Justice of India
(c) Speaker of Lok Sabha
(d) Chairman of Rajya Sabha
19. Who accorded the title ‘Mahatma” to MK Gandhi ?
[2013-I]
(a) Sardar Patel (b) Nehru
(c) Sarojini Naidu (d) Rabindranath Tagore
20. The Non co-operation Movement started in which year ?
[2013-I]
(a) 1900 (b) 1921
(c) 1940 (d) 1935
21. During the Middle Ages education was confined only to
(a) Kshatriyas (b) Brahmins
(c) Peasants (d) Shudras
History/Civics & Polity
22. Who among the following was responsible for the spread
of Buddhism in Sri Lanka ?                          [2013-I]
(a) Ashoka (b) Mahavira
(c) Parsavanath (d) Chandra Gupta Maurya
23. Who was the Governor-General of India during the
‘Sepoy Mutiny’? [2014-I]
(a) Lord Dalhousie (b) Lord Harding
(c) Lord Canning (d) Lord Lytton.
24. Which of the following statements is incorrect ? [2014-I]
(a) Goa attained full statehood in 1987
(b) Diu is an island in the Gulf of Khambhat
(c) Daman & Diu were separated from Goa by the 56
th
Amendment of the Constitution of India
(d) Dadar & Nagar Haveli were under French colonial
rule till 1954.
25. Who among the following has been called the ‘Napoleon of
India’? [2014-I]
(a) Ashoka (b) Samudragupta
(c) Chandragupta (d) Harshavardhana
26. Who is known as the ‘Grand Old Man of India’? [2014-I]
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji (b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (d) A.O. Hume
27. Which amongst the following has the power to regulate the
right of citizenship in India ? [2014-I]
(a) Union Cabinet (b) Parliament
(c) Supreme Court (d) Law Commission
28. Kalhana’s ‘Rajatarangini’ is a history of [2014-I]
(a) Kashmir (b) Harsha’s reign
(c) Rajasthan (d) Chandragupta’s reign
29. The Constitution of India was promulgated on January 26,
1950 because [2014-I]
(a) This day was being celebrated as the Independence
Day since 1929
(b) This was desired by the farmers of India
(c) The British did not want to leave India earlier than this
date
(d) It was an auspicious day
30. Which of the following rulers had the title 'Kaviraja'
[2014-II]
(a) Kumaragupta (b) Chandragupta
(c) Skandagupta (d) Samudragupta
31. The Viceroy who divided Bengal by following the divide
and rule policy was:- [2014-II]
(a) Lord Curzon (b) Lord Ripon
(c) Lord Lytton (d) Lord Mayo
32. The right to vote in the national elections in India is based
on the principle of [2014-II]
(a) Restricted franchise (b) Hereditary privileges
(c) Property qualifications (d) Universal adult suffrage
33. In which respect have the Centre-State relations been
specifically termed as municipal relations ? [2014-II]
(a) Centre's control of the State in the legislative sphare
(b) Centre's control of the State in Financial matter
(c) Centre's control of the State in the administrative sector
(d) Centre's control of the State in the planning process
34. 'Satyameva Jayate' is borrowed from which of the following ?
[2014-II]
(a) Mundaka Upanishad (b) Mahabharat
(c) Ramayana (d) Arthshashtra
35. The opposition part status is accorded to a political party in
the Lok Sabha only if it captures at least [2015-I]
(a) 5% Seats (b) 10% Seats
(c) 15% Seats (d) 20% Seats
36. How many Vice Presidents are elected at the start of its each
regular session of UN General Assembly? [2015-I]
(a) Nine (b) Fifteen
(c) Two (d) Twenty one
37. Who among the following was the Congress President at
Madras Session of 1927 when it boycotted the Simon
Commission? [2015-I]
(a) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(b) MA Ansari
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai
(d) Subhash Chandra Bose
38. Why did Kalinga prove to be a turning point in the life of
Ashoka? [2015-I]
(a) Ashoka annexed Kalinga
(b) It was the starting point of the expansion of his empire
(c) Ashoka became a zealous Buddhist
(d) It enabled Mauryan Empire to reach its climax.
39. Which of the following wings was not part of the espionage
system described by Kautilya? [2015-I]
(a) Crime Branch (b) Special Branch
(c) Political Branch (d) None of these
40. Alauddin Khilji did not build [2015-I]
(a) Siri Fort (b) Tomb of Jalaluddin
(c) Hauz-i-Alai (d) Jamaat Khana Masjid
41. Which of the following dynasties was ruling over North
India at the time of Alexander's invasion? [2015-I]
(a) Nanda (b) Maurya
(c) Sunga (d) Kanva
42. Todar Mal was associated with ______ in Akbar's durbar.
[2015- II]
(a) Music (b) Literature
(c) Finance (d) Law Reforms
43. Mahatma Gandhi left South Africa to return to India in
[2015- II]
(a) 1911 (b) 1915
(c) 1917 (d) 1919
44. Who was the Viceroy when the Simon Commission visited
India? [2015- II]
(a) Lord Chelmsford (b) Lord Reading
(c) Lord Irwin (d) Lord W ellington
45. Who was the person behind conversion of East India
Company from a trading company into a regional power?
[2016- I]
(a) Lord W arren Hastings
(b) Lord Clive
(c) Lord Dalhousie
(d) Lord Wellesley
History/Civics & Polity
46. Who was the Viceroy when the Simon Commission visited
India? [2016- I]
(a) Lord Chelmsford (b) Lord Reading
(c) Lord Irwin (d) Lord W ellington
47. Mahatma Gandhi left South Africa to return to India in
 [2016- I]
(a) 1911 (b) 1915
(c) 1917 (d) 1919
48. The Battle of Plassey was fought in [2016- I]
(a) 1757 (b) 1782
(c) 1748 (d) 1764
49. The language of discourses of Gautama Buddha was
[2016- I]
(a) Bhojpuri (b) Magadhi
(c) Pali (d) Sanskrit
50. Bajirao was appointed as Peshwa at the age of 20 yrs under
the reign of [2016 - II]
(a) Sambhaji (b) Chhatrapati Shahu
(c) Rajaram II of Satara (d) Rajaram Chhatrapati
51.     Besides the Qutab Mosque and Qutab Minar, Qutab-ud-din
Aibak is said to have built [2016 - II]
(a) Adhai-din-ka jhopra mosque at Ajmer
(b) Khirki masjid at Jahan-Panath
(c) Mausoleum of Khan-i-Jahan Tilangani
(d) Kila-i-Kuhna mosque at Delhi
52.     Indian Ruler who defeated British in their early stage of rule
in India was. [2016 - II]
(a) Maharaja Ranjit Singh (b) Mahadaji Scindhia
(c) Hy der Ali (d) Tipu Sultan
53. The largest concentration of Harappan sites has been found
along the [2016 - II]
(a) Sutlej (b) Ghaggar- Hakra
(c) Indus (d) Ravi
54.     Resolution of Purna Swaraj was passed on 26 January 1930
at [2016 - II]
(a) Haripur (b) Lahore
(c) Karachi (d) Calcutta
55. Fundamental Rights are enshrined in the Constitution of
India in [2016 - II]
(a) Part I (b) Part III
(c) Part IV (d) Part V
56. What is the old name of USA? [2017 - I]
(a) United Colonies
(b) Turtle Islands
(c) Americas
(d) Gre at Ame rica
57. Which religion was founded by Akbar? [2017 - I]
(a) Bahai (b) Taoism
(c) Shintoism (d) Din-e-Ilahi
58. Who was elected as the Prime Minister of India in the
election held after the death of Rajiv Gandhi? [2017 - I]
(a) V . P . Singh (b) Chandra Shekhar
(c) P . V . Narasimha Rao (d) H. D. Deve Gowda
59. Who was the first Governor General of India after
Independence? [2017 - I]
(a) C. Rajagopalachari
(b) Lord Mountbatten
(c) Viscount Wavell
(d) Marquess of Linlithgow
60. Who was the first tirthankara of Jainism? [2017 - I]
(a) Rishabhanatha (b) Mahavira
(c) Parshvanatha (d) Sambhavanatha
61. Who was the 23rd tirthankara of Jainism? [2017 - I]
(a) Mahavira (b) Neminatha
(c) Sambhavanatha (d) Parshvanatha
62. Who was the first governor general of India? [2017 - I]
(a) Warren Hastings (b) John Macpherson
(c) John Shore (d) Alured Clarke
63. What was the old name of Myanmar? [2017 - I]
(a) Burma (b) Newar
(c) Nippon (d) Sarawak
64. Who was the first NSA of India? [2017 - I]
(a) Brajesh Mishra (b) J N Dixit
(c) M. K. Narayanan (d) Shivshankar Menon
65. Mandal Commission was established by which of the
following Prime Ministers of India? [2017 - I]
(a) Jawahar Lal Nehru (b) Morarji Desai
(c) Rajiv Gandhi (d) VP Singh
66. Where is Lothal, a prominent city of the ancient Indus V alley
Civilization, located? [2017 - II]
(a) Gujarat (b) Rajasthan
(c) Punjab (d) Madhya Pradesh
67. Which of the following places was chosen by Gandhiji to
start his first Satyagrah? [2017 - II]
(a) Ahmedabad (b) Champaran
(c) Gaya (d) Porbandar
68. The first meeting of Indian National Congress was held at
which place? [2017 - II]
(a) Bombay (b) Delhi
(c) Nagpur (d) Ahemdabad
69. When was Indian National Congress founded?
[2018 - I]
(a) 18 December, 1885 (b) 28, December, 1885
(c) 11, September, 1901 (d) 11, September, 1903
70. Who is the author of 'India divided'?     [2018 - I]
(a) Jawahar Lal Nehru (b) Shashi Tharoor
(c) Rajendra Prasad (d) Kapil Sibbal
71. Tashkent agreement was signed by _______.     [2018 - I]
(a) Sardar Patel and John Mathai
(b) Lal Bahadur Shahstri and A yub Khan
(c) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and Rajendra Prasad
(d) Rajendra Prasad and Jawahar Lal Nehru
72. Who has written Panchtantra?     [2018 - I]
(a) V aishnu Sharma
(b) Munshi Prem Chand
(c) Subhadra Kumari Chauhan
(d) Maithali Saran Gupt
73. In which city was the first British factory established in
India.     [2018 - I]
(a) Kedarpuram (b) Machhilipatnam
(c) Agra (d) Panji
History/Civics & Polity
74. Who was the Governor General of India during formation of
Indian National Congress?     [2018 - I]
(a) Lord  Dufferin (b) Lord Mountbattern
(c) Lord Minto (d) Lord W illiam Bentinck
75. Find the odd one out:     [2018 - I]
(a) Plassey (b) Sarnath
(c) Haldighati (d) Panipat
76. In 1954 which French settlements joined to India?[2018 - I]
(a) Pondicherry (b) Dutch
(c) Goa (d) Chennai
77. In which year Goa is taken by India? [2018 - II]
(a) November 1949 (b) December 1961
(c) August 1962 (d) July 1963
78. When did the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre take place?
[2018 - II]
(a) 24 February 1919 (b) 10 March 1919
(c) 13 April 1919 (d) 24 July 1927
79. What was the term used for measurement of land in the
Delhi Sultanate period? [2018 - II]
(a) Kismat-i-Ghalla (b) Ghalla Bakshi
(c) Masahat (d) Ghazi
80. Who was the founder of Brahmo Samaj? [2018 - II]
(a) Debendranath Tagor (b) Rammohan Roy
(c) Keshab Chandra Sen (d) Dayanand Saraswati
81. When did India become a member of Asian Development
Bank? [2018 - II]
(a) 1966 (b) 1972
(c) 1978 (d) 1982
82. Which war was fought between Sher Shah and Humayun in
the year 1540AD?  [2018 - II]
(a) Battle of Chausa (b) Battle of Bhojpur
(c) Battle of Guzargh (d) Battle of Kannauj
83. The language of Ashoka’s Inscription? [2019-I]
(a) Sanskrit (b) T amil
(c) Prakrit (d) Parthian
84. Shuddhi Movement was run by? [2019-I]
(a) Arya Samaj (b) Brahmo Samaj
(c) Prarthana Samaj (d) None of these
85. The founder of Stavahana Dynasty? [2019-I]
(a) Satakarni (b) Simuka
(c) Pulumavi (d) Kanha
86. Who is the chairman of the constitution drafting committee–
[2019-I]
(a) Alladi Krishnaswami A yyar
(b) N. Gopalaswami
(c) B.R. Ambedkar
(d) K.M Munshi
87. UN was established on? [2019-I]
(a) 1944 (b) 1945
(c) 1942 (d) 1946
88. Which dynasty established the Ajanta & Ellora caves?
[2019 - II]
(a) Khilji dynasty (b) Shung dynasty
(c) Hindu satvahan dynasty(d) Tughlaq dynasty
89. Which text of the V edas refers to Medicine?
[2019 - II]
(a) Rigveda (b) Samveda
(c) Y ajurveda (d) Atharvaveda
90. Who was the founder of Mughal Dynasty? [2019 - II]
(a) Akbar (b) Humayun
(c) Babur (d) Aurangzeb
91. What was the Actual name of Ghiyas -ud -Din -Tughlaq?
[2019 - II]
(a) Ghazi Malik (b) S alim
(c) Muhammad bin Tughlaq (d) Khurram
92. The Khilafat Movement was merged with which movement?
[2019 - II]
(a) Non-cooperation movement
(b) Civil disobedience movement
(c) Dandy March
(d) Quit India movement
93. Who rejected the Muslim League’s demand for Pakistan?
[2019 - II]
(a) Muslim league (b) Cabinet mission
(c) INC (d) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
94. Who established the Indian National Congress?
[2019 - II]
(a) Dada Bhai Noroji
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Subhash Chandra Bose
(d) A.O Hume
95. Article 343 is related to which? [2020 - I]
(a) Official languages (b) Election Commission
(c) National Emergency (d) Supreme Court
96. Who among the following introduced preamble in
constituent Assembly? [2020 - I]
(a) Dr. B R Ambedkar
(b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(c) Sardar Ballabh Bhai Patel
(d) Jawahar Lal Nehru
97. Metallic coin first used in India in? [2020 - I]
(a) Bihar and eastern U.P . (b) Southern India
(c) Western India (d) Central India
98. Akbar Buland Darwaza victory over? [2020 - I]
(a) Gujarat (b) Asirgarh fort
(c) Panipat Battle (d) Chittorgarh fort
99. Dravidian Art associated with? [2020 - I]
(a) Sangam period (b) Mughal Period
(c) Gupta Period (d) Maurya Period
History/Civics & Polity
ANSWERS & EXPLANATIONS
1. (b) The First Battle of Panipat, on 21 April 1526, was fought
between the invading forces of Babur and the Lodi
Empire. It took place in north India and marked the
beginning of the Mughal Empire. This was one of the
earliest battles involving gunpowder firearms and field
artillery. Ibrahim Lodi died on the field of battle along
with 15,000 of his troops.
2. (c) Fahien visited India in the early fifth century AD. He is
said to have walked all the way from China across icy
desert and rugged mountain passes. Fahien's visit to
India occurred during the reign of Chandragupta II.
3. (b) The first Satyagraha revolutions inspired by Mahatma
Gandhi in the Indian Independence Movement
occurred in Champaran district of Bihar on 1916.
4. (b)
5. (a) The McMahon Line is a line agreed to by Britain and
Tibet as part of the Simla Accord, a treaty signed in
1914. It is the effective boundary between China and
India, although its legal status is disputed by the
Chinese government. The line is named after Sir Henry
McMahon, foreign secretary of the British-run
Government of India and the chief negotiator of the
convention at Simla. It extends for 550 miles (890 km)
from Bhutan in the west to 160 miles (260 km) east of
the great bend of the Brahmaputra River in the east,
largely along the crest of the Himalayas.
6. (c) The Grand Trunk Road is one of Asia's oldest and
longest major roads. For more than two millennia, it
has linked the eastern and western regions of the Indian
subcontinent, connecting South Asia with Central Asia.
It runs from Chittagong, Bangladesh west to Howrah,
West Bengal in India, across north India into Peshawar,
up to Kabul, Afghanistan. The predecessor of the
modern road was rebuilt by Sher Shah Suri, who
renovated and extended the ancient Mauryan route in
the 16th century.
7. (d) The Lion Capital of Ashoka is a sculpture of four Indian
lions standing back to back, on an elaborate base that
includes other animals. A graphic representation of it
was adopted as the official Emblem of India in 1950. It
was originally placed atop the Ashoka pillar at the
important Buddhist site of Sarnath by the Emperor
Ashoka, in about 250 BCE.
8. (b) The preamble of the Constitution of India was prepared
by B R Ambedkar.
9. (a) Seeking revenge for the death of Lala Lajpat Rai at the
hands of the police, Bhagat Singh was involved in the
murder of British police officer John Saunders. He
eluded efforts by the police to capture him. Soon after,
together with Batukeshwar Dutt, he undertook a
successful effort to throw two bombs and leaflets inside
the Central Legislative Assembly while shouting the
slogan of revolution.
10. (a) Money Bills can be introduced only in Lok Sabha (the
directly elected 'people's house' of the Indian Parliament).
11. (c)
12. (a) Ashoka converted gradually to Buddhism beginning
about 263 BCE at the latest. He was later dedicated to
the propagation of Buddhism across Asia, and estab-
lished monuments marking several significant sites in
the life of Gautama Buddha.
13. (b) The Salt March, also mainly known as the Salt
Satyagraha, began with the Dandi March on 12 March
1930. It was a direct action campaign of tax resistance
and nonviolent protest against the British salt mo-
nopoly in colonial India, and triggered the wider Civil
Disobedience Movement.
14. (a) The Indian Rebellion of 1857 began as a mutiny of
sepoys of the East India Company's army on 10 May
1857, in the cantonment of the town of Meerut, Utar
Pradesh.
15. (d) The script was deciphered in 1837 by Jones Prinsep,
an archaeologist, philologist, and official of the British
East India Company.
16. (a)
17. (a) Brahma Samaj is the societal component of Brahmoism,
a monotheistic reformist and renaissance movement of
Hindu religion. It was started at Calcutta on 20 August
1828 by Raja Ram Mohan Roy and Debendranath
Tagore.
18. (b) When President Zakir Hussain died in office, the Vice
President VV Giri, acted as the President. However,
Mr. Giri resigned as the Vice President. Then the Chief
Justice Hidayatullah became the acting President of
India. The most senior judge of the Supreme Court
became the acting Chief Justice of India. When the
newly elected President took office a month later,
Justice Hidayatullah again became the Chief Justice of
India.
19. (d) Rabindranath Tagore bestowed the title 'mahatma' to
M.K.Gandhi.
20. (b) The Non-cooperation movement was a significant
phase of the Indian struggle for freedom from British
rule. It was led by Mohandas Gandhi and was
supported by the Indian National Congress.
21. (b) In ancient India, during the Vedic period from about
1500 BC to 600 BC, most education was based on the
Veda (hymns, formulas, and incantations, recited or
chanted by priests of a pre-Hindu tradition) and later
Hindu texts and scriptures.Education, at first freely
available in Vedic society, became over time more
discriminatory as the caste system, originally based
on occupation, evolved, with the brahman (priests)
being the most privileged of the castes.
22. (a) Ashoka sent his only daughter Sanghamitra and son
Mahindra to spread Buddhism in Sri Lanka (then known
as Tamraparni).As a Buddhist emperor, Ashoka
believed that Buddhism is beneficial for all human
beings as well as animals and plants, so he built a