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1. The early Satavahana kings appeared in which of the following regions?
Andhra
South Maharashtra
North Maharashtra
None of the above
2. Which of the following periods saw the regular use of fire-baked bricks and perforated roof tiles?
Kanvas
Shungas
Satavahanas
Kushans
3. Which of the following tribe originated from the steppes of north Central Asia?
Kanvas
Shungas
Satavahanas
Kushans
4. Under which of the following kings the Kushana empire reached its zenith?
Kadphises I
Kanishka
Vasudeva II
Vima Kadphises
5. During which of the following period, social and economic status of the Shudras improved?
Maurya empire
Gupta Empire
Magadha Empire
Kushana Empire
6. “Gapata Sarah” refers to which of the following?
Waste land
Jungle or forest land
Habitable land
Pasture land
7. The minting of silver coins was first started in the reign of which of the following Gupta kings?
Chandragupta I
Chandragupta II
Kumaragupta I
Skandagupta
8. In which of the following temples, the pyramidal roof can be found?
Bhitargaon temple
Dasavatar Temple
Shiva Temple of Bhumara
Shiva Temple of Koh
9. Which of the following kings along with Chandragupta II defeated the Shaka satraps of Malwa and Kathiawar?
Prithvisena I
Pravarasena II
Rudrasena II
Narendrasena
10. Which of the following kings was the son of Prithvisena I?
Prithvisena II
Rudrasena II
Rudrasena I
Pravarasena II
11. Which of the following rulers ruled the Vakataka Nandivardhana branch after the death of Rudrasena II?
Prabhavatigupta
Pravarasena II
Damodarasena
Divakarasena
12. The largest number of Vakataka inscriptions belongs to which of the following kings?
Prabhavatigupta
Pravarasena II
Divakarasena
Damodarasena
13. Which of the following was the court poet of Harsha?
Kalidasa
Banabhatta
Harishena
Bhasa
14. The famous monastery at Otantapura was built by which of the following Pala ruler?
Gopala
Dharmapala
Devapala
Ramapala
15. Which of the following refers to the royal share of merchandise brought into a town or harbour by merchants?
Shulka
Bhaga
Bhoga
Kara
16. Which of the following kings was defeated by Rashtrakuta king, Dhruva?
Vatsaraja
Harichandra
Nagabhatta II
Nagabhatta I
17. Which of the following were employed for the execution of criminals?
Kshtriyas
Vaishyas
Shudras
Chandalas
18. Which of the following kings founded the Vikramasilavihara?
Gopala
Dharmapala
Devapala
Mahendrapala
19. Kandarya Mahadeva temple was constructed during which of the following period?
6th century AD
7th century AD
9th century AD
10th century AD
20. The temple of Virupaksha was constructed during the reign of which of the following king?
Vikramaditya I
Pulakesin I
Vikramaditya II
Pulakesin II
21. Shivaskandavarman ruled during which of the following periods?
3rd Century A.D.
4th Century A.D.
6th Century A.D.
7th Century A.D.
22. Simhavishnu was succeeded by which of the following kings?
Narasimhavarman I
Mahendravarman I
Shivaskandavarman
Simhavarman
23. Which of the following kings succeeded Nandivarman II?
Nandivarman III
Virakurcha
Dantivarman
Aparajita
24. Which of the following succeeded Dantivarman?
Paramesdhvaraman II
Nandivarman III
Aparajita
None of the above
25. Which of the following Chola king captured Madurai and took the title of Madurantaka and Maduraikonda?
Vijayalaya
Aditya I
Parantaka I
Parantaka II
26. Which of the following Chola King assumed the title of Gangaikondachola?
Rajendra I
Rajadhiraja
Rajendra II
Virarajendra
27. The Venetian traveller Marco Polo visited Kerala in which of the following centuries?
13th century
14th century
15th century
16th century
28. The Chola provinces were further divided into which of the following?
Kottams
Nadu
Nagaram
None of the above
29. Which of the following Pandyan King succeeded Prantaka Viranayana?
Maravarman Rajasimha II
Sundara Pandya
Sundara Pandya II
Varagunavarman II
30. Mohammad Ghori was first defeated by which of the following rulers?
Prithviraja Chauhan
Jayachandra
Vidyadhara Chandella
Bhima II
31. Ibn Batuta was a traveler from which among the following current nations?
Algeria
Morocco
Tunisia
Libya
32. The Sayyid dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate is called so because__?
Its founder and his successors adopted the title Sayyid
Its founder and his successors belonged to the Sayyid tribe of eastern Turkistan
Its founder and his successors were descendant of the prophet Muhammad
Its founder was a scholar of Islamic theology
33. Which of the following rulers of Delhi Sultanate abolished the Iqtas?
Alauddin Khilji
Muhammad Tughlaq
Firozshah Tughlaq
Balban
34. The ambassador of Emperor James I, who reached in the court of Jahangir in 1615 was __:
Sir James Hay
Sir Thomas Roe
Sir Thomas Howard
Sir John Digby
35. Who among the following was the founder of Bijapur state ?
Yusuf Adil Shah
Murad II
Mehmood II
Ibrahim Zubayri
36. Which of the following rulers died in the Kalinjar Fort situated in the Bundelkhand region of central India?
Mahmud of Ghazni
Sher Shah Suri
Humayun
Jahangir
37. Akbarnama was written originally in which among the following languages?
Chagtai Turkic
Persian
Arabic
Urdu
38. Shivaji had formed a council of eight ministers that administered the Maratha empire. The council was named as:
Nyaya Pradhan
Ashta Sena
Ashta Siddhi
Ashta Pradhan
39. Manyakheta (modern Malkhed) on the banks of Kagina River in Gulbarga district, Karnataka state was the capital of ______?
Satvahanas
Rastrakutas
Hoysalas
Kakatiyas
40. 1526 AD is significant in India’s History because of __
Foundation of Mughal empire in North India
Arrival of Ibn batuta
Arrival of Vasco Di Gama
Establishment of East India Company
41. Who among the following built the mosque Quwal-ul-lslam at Delhi?
Alauddin Khilji
Iltutmish
Qutubuddin Aiabak
Babur
42. Which among the following is incorrect regarding Buland darwaja?
It was built by Akbar in 1602
It was built in Fatehpur Sikri
It was built to commemorate Akbar’s victory on Gujarat only
All are correct
43. Which among the following Mughal Emperor was also known as “Ali Gauhar”?
Bahadur Shah Zafar
Shah Aalam II
Muhammad shah
Aurangzeb
44. Mirza Ghalib was a contemporary of which among the following Mughal Emperors?
Alamgir II
Muhammad Shah
Bahadur Shah Zafar
Farrukhsiyar
45. In the name of which among the following Mughal emperors, the East India Company struck the first coins in India?
Jahangir
Farrukhsiyar
Muhammad Shah
Jahandar Shah
46. Which type of coins were issued by the king of Vijayanagar empire, Tirumala Raya ?
Varaha
Garuda
BalaKrishna
Hanuman
47. Gatka is an ancient martial art from which state of India?
Punjab
Maharashtra
Uttar Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
48. Miftah-ul-Futuh also known as “Key to the Victories” was composed by Amir Khusro in honour of _?
Jalaluddin Firuz Khilji
Muhammad bin Tughluq
Ibrahim Lodhi
Iltutmish
49. Which of the following rulers introduced “Rupee” in India?
Akbar
Alauddin Khilji
Shershah Suri
Shah Jahan
50. Which among the following division of a Veda has been said to suit the last (Sanyas) of the four stages in a man’s life?
Mantra Samhita
Brahamana
Aranyaka
Upanishada
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