WBCS 2023 — History Questions with Answers
All 148 History previous-year questions from WBCS 2023, each with the correct answer and a full explanation. Practise them as a free, timed mock test with instant scoring.
Practice History as a timed test →- Q1.Ancient India
The duration of Tripartite Struggle was
- a)200 years
- b)100 years
- c)400 years
- d)50 years
- Q2.Modern India
Who was associated with the 'Sunset Law'?
- a)Lord Lytton
- b)Lord Ripon
- c)Lord William Bentinck
- d)Lord Cornwallis
- Q3.Medieval India
Treaty of Purandar (1665) was concluded between
- a)Sivaji and Jay Singh.
- b)Tipu Sultan and English East India Company.
- c)English East India Company and Ranjit Singh.
- d)English East India Company and the Marathas.
- Q4.Medieval India
In which year Vasco-da-gama arrived in Kalikat?
- a)1757
- b)1498
- c)1497
- d)1598
- Q5.Ancient India
'Mandalam' and 'Nadu' these two institutions were associated with
- a)the Pallavas
- b)the Cholas
- c)the Pandyas
- d)the Rashtrakutas
- Q6.Modern India
The Ryotwari System was first introduced in
- a)Bengal
- b)Delhi
- c)Madras
- d)Gujarat
- Q7.Medieval India
Who was known as 'Parrot of India'?
- a)Tansen
- b)Surdas
- c)Amir Khusrau
- d)Abul Fazal
- Q8.Medieval India
Which Mughal ruler took the title of Alamgir?
- a)Akbar
- b)Jahangir
- c)Shah Jahan
- d)Aurangzeb
- Q9.Freedom Struggle
Who was the President of Lahor Congress (1929)?
- a)Jawaharlal Nehru
- b)Subhas Chandra Bose
- c)Anandamohan Bose
- d)Ramesh Chunder Dutt
- Q10.Ancient India
'Battle of Ten Kings' was described in
- a)The Rig Veda.
- b)The Sama Veda.
- c)The Jajur Veda.
- d)The Atharva Veda.
- Q11.Modern India
Who was the first Indian ruler to accept the Subsidiary Alliance?
- a)The Nawab of Bengal
- b)The Nizam of Hyderabad
- c)The Nawab of Awadh
- d)Peshwa Balaji Baji Rao
- Q12.Medieval India
Who composed 'Rajatarangini'?
- a)Kalhana
- b)Bilhana
- c)Banabhatta
- d)Ashvaghosha
- Q13.Modern India
Which Mughal ruler granted Diwani Rights of Bengal to the English East India Company?
- a)Farrukhsiyar
- b)Bahadur Shah Zafar
- c)Jahandar Shah
- d)Shah Alam II
- Q14.Medieval India
Jizya was reimposed by
- a)Aurangzeb
- b)Shah Jahan
- c)Jahangir
- d)Bahadur Shah
- Q15.Ancient India
Which dynasty ruled over Magadha before the Mauryan dynasty?
- a)Satavahana
- b)Sunga
- c)Nanda
- d)Kanva
- Q16.Freedom Struggle
When Gandhi-Irwin pact was signed?
- a)1931
- b)1930
- c)1915
- d)1919
- Q17.Freedom Struggle
Who was not the member of the Cabinet mission of 1946?
- a)Sir Henry lawrence
- b)Pethick lawrence
- c)Stafford Cripps
- d)A. V. Alexander
- Q18.Modern India
Fort William College was founded in
- a)1800
- b)1820
- c)1850
- d)1900
- Q19.Ancient India
Who composed 'Nagananda' and 'Ratnabali'?
- a)Harshavardhana
- b)Kanishka
- c)Samudragupta
- d)Chandragupta II
- Q20.Freedom Struggle
The Swaraj Party was founded by
- a)Motilal Nehru and Bal Gangadhar Tilak.
- b)C. R. Das and Motilal Nehru.
- c)C. R. Das and Subhash Chandra Bose.
- d)Motilal Nehru and Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel.
- Q21.Freedom Struggle
Who was associated with the Home Rule Movement in India?
- a)Aurobindo Ghosh
- b)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- c)Madanmohan Malavya
- d)Mahatma Gandhi
- Q22.Medieval India
'Akbarnama' was composed by
- a)Mughal Emperor Akbar.
- b)Abul Fazal.
- c)Faizi.
- d)Bairam Khan.
- Q23.Freedom Struggle
Which Act was described as the 'Black Act' by Gandhiji?
- a)The Arms Act of 1878
- b)The Vernacular Press Act of 1878
- c)Rowlatt Act of 1919
- d)The Government of India Act of 1919
- Q24.Ancient India
During Alexander's invasion who was the then ruler of Magadha?
- a)Dhanananda
- b)Chandragupta Maurya
- c)Puru
- d)Ambhi
- Q25.Modern India
Sati Act was passed in the year
- a)1856
- b)1829
- c)1729
- d)1929
- Q26.Ancient India
Who composed the 'Buddhacharita'?
- a)Asvaghosa
- b)Basumitra
- c)Nagasena
- d)None of the above
- Q27.Freedom Struggle
Who was the founder of the Indian National Congress?
- a)Dadabhai Naoroji
- b)Mohandas Karam Chand Gandhi
- c)Lord Hardinge
- d)A. O. Hume
- Q28.Modern India
When the British Government transferred the capital from Kolkata to Delhi?
- a)1911
- b)1906
- c)1910
- d)1915
- Q29.Freedom Struggle
When Gandhiji gave his famous slogan 'Do or Die'?
- a)On the eve of the non-co-operation movement
- b)On the eve of the Civil Disobedience movement
- c)On the eve of the Rowlatt Satyagraha
- d)On the eve of the Quit India movement
- Q30.Ancient India
Which Gupta ruler took the title of 'Vikramaditya'?
- a)Chandragupta I
- b)Samudragupta
- c)Chandragupta II
- d)Skandagupta
- Q31.Ancient India
The Nasik inscription gives us information about
- a)The Bakatakas
- b)The Rastrakutas
- c)The Satavahanas
- d)The Guptas
- Q32.Modern India
Who started the Brahmo Samaj Movement?
- a)Dayananda Saraswati
- b)Raja Rammohan Roy
- c)Swami Vivekananda
- d)Mahadev Govinda Ranade
- Q33.Bengal History
Indigo Rebellion took place in
- a)Bengal
- b)Andhra Pradesh
- c)Maharashtra
- d)Kerala
- Q34.Modern India
Newspaper the 'Bengalee' was founded by
- a)Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee.
- b)Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay.
- c)Surendranath Bandopadhyay.
- d)Nabagopal Mitra.
- Q35.Bengal History
Who was the leader of the Indigo revolt?
- a)Dudu Miyan
- b)Titumir
- c)Digambar Biswas
- d)Kanhu Murmu
- Q36.Modern India
Who was the first Viceroy of India?
- a)Lord Canning
- b)Lord Mountbatten
- c)Lord Clive
- d)Lord Auckland
- Q37.Modern India
Who was the leader of Santhal Rebellion?
- a)Sindhu Murmu
- b)Jyotiba Phule
- c)Birsa Munda
- d)Visnucharan Biswas
- Q38.Freedom Struggle
The Lucknow Pact (1916) was an agreement between
- a)Indian National Congress and Muslim League.
- b)Indian National Congress and the British Government.
- c)Muslim League and the British Government.
- d)Moderate Congress Extremist leaders and leaders of Indian National Congress.
- Q39.Modern India
The signatories of the Treaty of Basin (1802) were the English East India Company and
- a)the Sikhs.
- b)the Marathas.
- c)Nizam of Hyderabad.
- d)Tipu Sultan.
- Q40.Modern India
Hindu College was established in
- a)1817
- b)1812
- c)1858
- d)1885
- Q41.Medieval India
Who came to Jahangir's Court?
- a)Sir Thomas Roe
- b)Ibn Battuta
- c)Nuniz
- d)Domingo Paes
- Q42.Ancient India
Which God was known as 'Purandar' to the Vedic people?
- a)Lord Siva
- b)Indra
- c)Baruna
- d)Agni
- Q43.Modern India
Who founded the Indian Association?
- a)Aurobindo Ghosh
- b)Surendranath Banerjee
- c)Bipin Chandra Pal
- d)Masterda Surya Sen
- Q44.Modern India
Who was the then Governor General of India at the time of the Great Revolt of 1857?
- a)Lord Canning
- b)Lord Carzon
- c)Lord Cornwallis
- d)Lord Minto
- Q45.Ancient India
From which inscription we get important information about the Saka ruler Rudra Damana?
- a)Junagarh inscription
- b)Aihole inscription
- c)Allahabad Pillar inscription
- d)Bhitari Pillar inscription
- Q46.Ancient India
Which was the Capital City of Magadha during the reign of Chandragupta Maurya?
- a)Amaravati
- b)Pataliputra
- c)Ujjain
- d)Kannauj
- Q47.Freedom Struggle
Who was the first Muslim President of Indian National Congress?
- a)Badruddin Tyabji
- b)M. A. Jinnah
- c)Ajmal Khan
- d)Abul Kalam Azad
- Q48.Freedom Struggle
The Simon Commission visited India in
- a)1946
- b)1928
- c)1942
- d)1930
- Q49.Modern India
Which of the following pair is not correct?
- a)Harishchandra – The Hindoo patriot Mukherjee
- b)Dinabandhu Mitra – Nildarpan
- c)Rabindranath Tagore – Gora
- d)Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay – Ghore Baire
- Q50.Art & Culture
The Kailasanath temple in Kanchipuram was built by the
- a)Cholas
- b)Pallavas
- c)Pandyas
- d)Guptas
- Q51.Medieval India
During the Arab invasion in 712AD the ruler of Sind was defeated by whom?
- a)Sultan Mahmud of Gazni
- b)Muhammad Ghori
- c)Muhammad-bin-Qasim
- d)Tajuddin Yildiz
- Q52.Modern India
Who was associated with the Theosophical Society in India?
- a)Sarojini Naidu
- b)Lakshmi Sahgal
- c)Padmaja Naidu
- d)Annie Besant
- Q53.Freedom Struggle
Who was known as the 'Frontier Gandhi'?
- a)Rashbehari Bose
- b)Mannabendranath Roy
- c)Barin Ghosh
- d)Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
- Q54.Modern India
Which of the following pair is correctly matched?
- a)Jawaharlal Nehru – Ghore Baire
- b)Dadabhai Naoroji – Proverty and UnBritish rule in India
- c)Rabindranath Tagore – Anandamath
- d)Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay – Discovery of India
- Q55.Ancient India
Who invaded South India?
- a)Balban
- b)Iltutmish
- c)Qutb-ud-Din Aibak
- d)Alauddin Khilji
- Q56.Medieval India
Who was the Last ruler of the Delhi Sultanate?
- a)Daulat Khan Lodi
- b)Ibrahim Lodi
- c)Alam Khan Lodi
- d)Jahandar Lodi
- Q57.Freedom Struggle
Who was not the member of the Congress Socialist Party?
- a)Jayaprakash Narayan
- b)Rammonohar Lohiya
- c)Firoz Shah Mehta
- d)Narendra Deva
- Q58.Medieval India
First battle of Panipat took place in
- a)1526
- b)1528
- c)1616
- d)1626
- Q59.Freedom Struggle
Who was the author of the book 'Hind Swaraj'?
- a)Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
- b)Jawaharlal Nehru
- c)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- d)Gandhiji
- Q60.Modern India
The Vernacular Press Act was enacted by
- a)Lord Curzon
- b)Lord Ripon
- c)Lord Lytton
- d)None of the above
- Q61.Freedom Struggle
Who was a moderate nationalist leader?
- a)Lala Lajpat Rai
- b)Dadabhai Naoroji
- c)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- d)Bipin Chandra Pal
- Q62.Freedom Struggle
Surat Split took place in
- a)1900
- b)1907
- c)1911
- d)1919
- Q63.Freedom Struggle
Which one is not true about the Poona Pact?
- a)The Poona Pact was an agreement between Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.
- b)The Poona Pact was made in 1932.
- c)The Poona Pact was signed in Poona.
- d)By this agreement the point of separate electorate for the Hindus and the Muslims was accepted.
- Q64.Ancient India
Who composed the 'Artha Sastra'?
- a)Kautilya
- b)Barahamihira
- c)Aryabhatta
- d)Patanjali
- Q65.Medieval India
Third battle of Panipat took place in
- a)1761
- b)1740
- c)1770
- d)1707
- Q66.Medieval India
Who was the general and successor of Muhammad Ghori?
- a)Muhammad-ibn-Bakhtyar
- b)Qutub-Uddin Aibak
- c)Tajuddin Yaldiz
- d)Nasiruddin
- Q67.Ancient India
Chandragupta Maurya was a follower of
- a)Jainism
- b)Buddhism
- c)Ajivika religion
- d)Saivism
- Q68.Medieval India
Ibadatkhana was founded by
- a)Akbar
- b)Jahangir
- c)Shah Jahan
- d)Aurangzeb
- Q69.Modern India
Which Governor General introduced 'Doctrine of Lapse'?
- a)Lord Cornwallis
- b)Lord Dalhousie
- c)Lord Wellesley
- d)Lord Ripon
- Q70.Ancient India
Which Mahajanapada of 6th century BCE was an aristocratic-oligarchic republic (a confederacy of eight clans governed in accordance with republican principles)?
- a)Magadha
- b)Vajji
- c)Kashi
- d)Koshala
- Q71.Ancient India
Lothal is located at
- a)Rajasthan
- b)Uttar Pradesh
- c)Gujarat
- d)Hariyana
- Q72.Freedom Struggle
Balgangadhar Tilak was the editor of the newspaper—
- a)The Bande Mataram
- b)The Maratha
- c)The Enquirer
- d)The Hindu Patriot
- Q73.Ancient India
Who had Nine Jewels in his royal court?
- a)Chandragupta II
- b)Samudragupta
- c)Chandragupta I
- d)Chandragupta Maurya
- Q74.Freedom Struggle
Who was the first president of Indian National Congress (1885)?
- a)Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee
- b)Baba Saheb Vimrao Ambedkar
- c)Firoz Shah Mehta
- d)Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
- Q75.Freedom Struggle
Who among the following Viceroys ridiculed the Indian National Congress as 'representing only a microscopic minority of people'?
- a)Lord Canning
- b)Lord Elgin
- c)Lord Lawrence
- d)Lord Dufferin
- Q76.Medieval India
Who composed the 'Vikraman-kadevacharita'?
- a)Bilhana
- b)Ravikirti
- c)Banabhatta
- d)Kalhana
- Q77.Medieval India
The Yusufzai revolt took place during the reign of
- a)Shahjahan
- b)Akbar
- c)Aurangzed
- d)Jahangir
- Q78.Bengal History
During which Governor General's reign the partition of Bengal was declared in 1905?
- a)Lord Curzon
- b)Lord Wellesley
- c)Lord Amherst
- d)Lord William Bentinck
- Q79.Freedom Struggle
Montague Chelmsford Reform was introduced in
- a)1909
- b)1929
- c)1919
- d)1900
- Q80.Bengal History
Which was the nerve centre of the Quit India movement in Medinipur of Bengal?
- a)Garbeta
- b)Tamluk
- c)Kanthi
- d)Haldia
- Q81.Medieval India
Who won the first battle of Tarain?
- a)Prithviraj Chauhan
- b)Muhammad Ghori
- c)Muhammad-bin-Qasim
- d)Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni
- Q82.Modern India
In which year the Queen's Proclamation was issued?
- a)1855
- b)1859
- c)1800
- d)1858
- Q83.Medieval India
Who introduced 'Kabuliyat' and 'Patta'?
- a)Shivaji
- b)Ashoka
- c)Sher Shah
- d)Akbar
- Q84.Modern India
Who appointed the Amini Commission?
- a)Lord Cornwallis
- b)Lord Dalhousie
- c)Lord Warren Hestings
- d)Lord Minto
- Q85.Freedom Struggle
Who founded the 'Khudai Khidmatgar'?
- a)Md Ali Jinnah
- b)Salimullah
- c)Saiyad Brothers
- d)Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
- Q86.Ancient India
Who composed the 'Milind Panho'?
- a)Vasumitra
- b)Nagasena
- c)Asvaghosa
- d)Dharmakirti
- Q87.Ancient India
The capital of the Pallava rulers was
- a)Hampi
- b)Dwarka
- c)Kanchipuram
- d)Ujjain
- Q88.Freedom Struggle
The third annual conference of the Indian National Congress was held in
- a)Bombay
- b)Lucknow
- c)Calcutta
- d)Madras
- Q89.Art & Culture
The School of Gandhara Art flourished during the reign of the
- a)Mauryan Dynasty.
- b)Kushan Dynasty.
- c)Satavahana Dynasty.
- d)Gupta Dynasty.
- Q90.Ancient India
Which ancient Indian ruler was the Chief Patron of the fourth Buddhist Council?
- a)Ashoka
- b)Kanishka
- c)Ajatashatru
- d)Samudragupta
- Q91.Ancient India
Which Gupta ruler saved the Gupta Empire from the invasion of the Hunas?
- a)Skandagupta
- b)Budhagupta
- c)Tathagata Gupta
- d)Vishnu Gupta
- Q92.Freedom Struggle
Who was the founder of the 'Servants of India Society'?
- a)Madanmohan Malavya
- b)Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
- c)Subhash Chandra Bose
- d)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
- Q93.Freedom Struggle
What is the meaning of the word 'Gadar'?
- a)Freedom
- b)Rebel
- c)Revolt
- d)Patriot
- Q94.Medieval India
Who composed the book 'Tahqiq-i-Hind'?
- a)Al Beruni
- b)Al Masudi
- c)Khafi Khan
- d)Hasan Nizami
- Q95.Medieval India
Who was the author of the book 'Tantakhab-ul-Tawarikh'?
- a)Nizam-ud-din
- b)Amir Khusrau
- c)Faizi
- d)Badauni
- Q96.Medieval India
Who reformed the revenue system during the rule of Akbar?
- a)Raja Maan Singh
- b)Birbal
- c)Todarmal
- d)Jai Singh
- Q97.Medieval India
Nadir Shah invaded India in
- a)1708
- b)1688
- c)1739
- d)1750
- Q98.Medieval India
Who composed 'Khazain-ul-Futooh'?
- a)Amir Khusrau
- b)Hasan Nizami
- c)Khafi Khan
- d)Abdal-Qadir Badayuni
- Q99.Freedom Struggle
Which one was known as the 'All White Commission'?
- a)The Hunter Commission
- b)The Linlithgo Commission
- c)The Simon Commission
- d)The Fowler Commission
- Q100.Art & Culture
Who was a famous artist of Akbar's Court?
- a)Basawan
- b)Bebadal Khan
- c)Ravi Barma
- d)Minhaj us-Siraj
- Q101.Modern India
Name the first newspaper in India.
- a)Parthenon
- b)Digdarshan
- c)Bengal Gazette / Hicky's Gazette / Hicky's Bengal Gazette
- d)Samachar Darpan
- Q102.Modern India
Who started Faraizi movement in Bengal?
- a)Titumir
- b)Kunwar Singh
- c)Digambar Biswas
- d)Haji Shariyatullah
- Q103.Freedom Struggle
The British Committee of the Indian National Congress was started in 1889 under the chairmanship of:
- a)Dadabhai Naoroji
- b)A. O. Hume
- c)W. Digby
- d)W. Wedderburn
- Q104.Freedom Struggle
The Vaikkom Satyagraha was launched in 1924 for
- a)opening the temples to the low castes Hindus.
- b)fighting against the exploitation by the landlords.
- c)removal of Press restrictions.
- d)democratization of the administration of Travancore state.
- Q105.Modern India
The first cotton textile mill, in India was set up in
- a)1820
- b)1812
- c)1840
- d)1818
- Q106.Ancient India
Which state among the 'Sixteen Mahajanapadas' was successful ultimately in founding an empire?
- a)Koshala
- b)Kashi
- c)Magadha
- d)Panchala
- Q107.Freedom Struggle
The youngest President of the Indian National Congress, who held that office at the age of 35, was
- a)Rash Bihari Ghosh
- b)Subhas Chandra Bose
- c)Abul Kalam Azad
- d)Lala Lajpat Rai
- Q108.Freedom Struggle
The historical importance of the second session of the INC held in Calcutta in 1886 was that—
- a)There was merger between the INC and the National Conference.
- b)It was presided over by Dadabhai Naoroji.
- c)The great scholar Rajendralal Mitra was the President of its local Reception Committee.
- d)All of the above
- Q109.Medieval India
Which Mughal emperor was known as Alamgir I?
- a)Akbar
- b)Jahangir
- c)Aurangzeb
- d)Bahadur Shah II
- Q110.Freedom Struggle
The leader of the Ghadar Party in Bengal and Orissa was
- a)Jatindranath Mukherjee
- b)Jatindranath Das
- c)Barindra Ghosh
- d)M. N. Roy
- Q111.Freedom Struggle
Who was instrumental in founding the National Planning Committee (the forerunner of the Planning Commission) in 1938, for drawing up a plan of economic development on the basis of industrialization?
- a)Subhas Chandra Bose
- b)Jawaharlal Nehru
- c)Mahatma Gandhi
- d)Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
- Q112.Medieval India
Who was the last Sultan of Delhi?
- a)Firuz-Tughluq
- b)Bahlul Khan Lodi
- c)Ibrahim Lodi
- d)Sikandar Lodi
- Q113.Modern India
Which of the following factors caused the greatest racial cleavage in India before the foundation of the Indian National Congress?
- a)The Ilbert Bill Controversy
- b)The reductions of age for entry to the Civil Services
- c)The Arms Act of 1878
- d)The Vernacular Press Act
- Q114.Ancient India
Where was the capital of Kanishka?
- a)Purushpur
- b)Jalandhar
- c)Kashmir
- d)Pataliputra
- Q115.Ancient India
Under the rule of which emperor Nalanda University was founded?
- a)Samudragupta
- b)Chandragupta II
- c)Skandagupta
- d)Kumaragupta I
- Q116.Medieval India
Between whom was the First Battle of Panipat fought in 1526?
- a)Babur and Ibrahim Lodi
- b)Babur and Rana Sanga
- c)Babur and Sher Khan
- d)Akbar and Himu
- Q117.Ancient India
Where was the first Buddhist Council held?
- a)Vaisali
- b)Pataliputra
- c)Rajagriha
- d)Malava
- Q118.Freedom Struggle
Who observed: "The Congress is in reality a civil war without arms"?
- a)Lord Dufferin
- b)M. A. Jinnah
- c)Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
- d)Lord Curzon
- Q119.Freedom Struggle
The Nehru Committee Report got a decent burial at the hands of the Congress at the ______ session of the INC.
- a)Calcutta
- b)Madras
- c)Lahore
- d)Bombay
- Q120.Ancient India
Who wrote 'Kumarasambhavam'?
- a)Vishnusharma
- b)Dandin
- c)Kalidasa
- d)Somedeb
- Q121.Medieval India
Name the Sultan who first organised expeditions to conquer the Deccan.
- a)Alauddin Khalji
- b)Balban
- c)Firuz-Tughluq
- d)Md. Bin-Tughlak
- Q122.Medieval India
Who introduced 'Din-i-Ilahi'?
- a)Babur
- b)Akbar
- c)Jahangir
- d)Shahjahan
- Q123.Freedom Struggle
Bal Gangadhar Tilak was given the epithet of 'Lokmanya' (Universally Respected) during
- a)Swadeshi movement
- b)Revolutionary movement
- c)Home Rule movement
- d)His imprisonment in 1908
- Q124.Medieval India
Who wrote the book 'Amuktamalyada'?
- a)Madhabacharya
- b)Ramanuj
- c)Krishnadevaray
- d)Maladhar Basu
- Q125.Freedom Struggle
Mahatma Gandhi presided over the Annual Session of Congress only once at
- a)Kakinada, 1923
- b)Belgaum, 1925
- c)Kanpur, 1925
- d)Gauhati, 1926
- Q126.Freedom Struggle
After the Surat Split in 1907, the second split in the Congress took place in 1918 on the issue of
- a)Lucknow Pact
- b)Montagu Declaration
- c)Election of Mrs. Annie Besant as President of the INC (1917)
- d)Both (B) and (C) above
- Q127.Ancient India
Where did Chandragupta II establish his second capital?
- a)Bidisha
- b)Malava
- c)Valabhi
- d)Ujjayini
- Q128.Art & Culture
Who is known as the 'Parrot of India'?
- a)Jimutavahana
- b)Al-Beruni
- c)Ibn-Batutah
- d)Amir Khasru
- Q129.Freedom Struggle
Who founded a National Society, a National Paper, a National School and National Gymnasium and made the word 'National' popular in the later half of the 19th century?
- a)Jyotindra Nath Tagore
- b)Rajnarayan Bose
- c)Nabagopal Mitra
- d)Satyendra Nath Tagore
- Q130.Modern India
A Public Service Commission was established in India for the first time by
- a)The Indian Council Act, 1982
- b)The Act of 1909
- c)The Government of India Act, 1919
- d)The Government of India Act, 1935
- Q131.Ancient India
Who was the first historical emperor of India?
- a)Dhananda
- b)Chandragupta Mourya
- c)Bimbisara
- d)Bindusara
- Q132.Ancient India
Name the Chalukya king who defeated Harshavardana.
- a)Pulakeshin I
- b)Pulakeshin II
- c)Mangalesh
- d)Kirtivarmana
- Q133.Medieval India
Who built the Adina Mosque of Pandua?
- a)Firuz-Tughluq
- b)Husain Shah
- c)Sikandar Shah
- d)Jain-ul-Abedin
- Q134.Modern India
Which Mughal emperor granted 'Farman' in 1717 to the British East India Company?
- a)Bahadur Shah II
- b)Shah Alam II
- c)Farrukhshiyar
- d)Muhammad Shah
- Q135.Ancient India
Who was Mihirkula/Mihirgula?
- a)Saka king
- b)Kushana king
- c)Huna king
- d)Pahlava king
- Q136.Medieval India
Name the Chola king who adopted the title of 'Gangoikonda'.
- a)Rajendra Chola I
- b)Rajraj I
- c)Rajadhiraj Chola
- d)Rajendra Chola II
- Q137.Freedom Struggle
The first Satyagrahi selected by Mahatma Gandhi to launch the Individual Satyagraha in October 1940, was
- a)C. Rajagopalachari
- b)Vallabhbhai Patel
- c)Dr. Rajendra Prasad
- d)J. B. Kripalani
- Q138.Freedom Struggle
Madan Lal Dhingra murdered Curzon Wyllie in London in 1909 as a protest against
- a)the indiscriminate arrest of the Ghadarites.
- b)the inhuman transportation and hanging of Indian youth.
- c)the imprisonment of Lal, Bal and Pal.
- d)the Partition of Bengal.
- Q139.Ancient India
Name the king whose achievements were described in Nanaghat inscription.
- a)Satakarni I
- b)Gautamiputra Satakarni
- c)Vashishta Putra Pulamayi
- d)Yajnasri Satakarni
- Q140.Modern India
The word Congress was borrowed from
- a)The Congress (Parliament) of the USA.
- b)North American History, to connote an assembly of people.
- c)The Congress of Trade Unions.
- d)The Congress of World Religions at Chicago.
- Q141.Freedom Struggle
Which of the following are known as the Bombay Triumvirate?
- a)B. G. Tilak, G. K. Gokhale and M. B. Namjoshi
- b)Ferozshah Mehta, K. T. Telang and Badruddin Tyabji
- c)B. G. Tilak, G. G. Agarkar and G. H. Deshmukh
- d)Dadabhai Naoroji, K. T. Telang and R. G. Bhandarkar
- Q142.Modern India
Who founded the Aligarh Anglo-oriental college?
- a)Nawab Salimullah
- b)Liaqat Ali
- c)Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
- d)Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
- Q143.Freedom Struggle
Bal Gangadhar Tilak introduced the Ganapati Festival in 1893. He held the first Shivaji festival in
- a)1884
- b)1885
- c)1896
- d)1897
- Q144.Medieval India
Name the Sultan of Delhi who first introduced the north-west frontier policy.
- a)Iltutmish
- b)Balban
- c)Razia
- d)Alauddin Khalji
- Q145.Medieval India
Who was the Tenth and Last Guru of the Sikhs?
- a)Guru Ram Das
- b)Guru Hargobind
- c)Guru Govind
- d)Guru Tegh Bahadur
- Q146.Modern India
Which of the following British Act envisages the parliamentary system of government in India?
- a)Charter Act of 1793
- b)Charter Act of 1813
- c)Charter Act of 1853
- d)Charter Act of 1833
- Q147.Freedom Struggle
Who gave the title of Rani to the Naga women leader Gaidinliu?
- a)Subhas Bose
- b)Jawaharlal Nehru
- c)Thakkar Bapa
- d)Mahatma Gandhi
- Q148.Freedom Struggle
The brain behind the bomb attack on Viceroy Lord Hardinge at Chandni Chowk, Delhi in December 1912, was
- a)Rasbehari Bose
- b)Bhai Parmanand
- c)Sachindranath Sanyal
- d)Shohan Lal Pathak
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