1. The Place in Kerala where Portugese explorer vasco da Gama landed in 1948, was
Kochi
Kuttanad
Kappad
Kovalam
2. The stories depicted in the Ajanta and Ellora caves are from the...
Ramayana
Mahabharata
Jataka
Panchatantra
3. Mangal Pandey who struck the first blow for freedom heralding the outbreak of the revolt of 1857, belonged to
Mathura
Ghazipur
Delhi
Ludhiana
4. Shivaji defeated Afzal Khan, the commander of the Bijapur sultanate at
Matheran
Pratapgad
Sindhudurg
Raigad
5. Name the Rajput princess whom Akbar married.
Jodhabai
Noor Jahan
Jijabai
Mumtaz Mahal
6. Where did Emperor Ashoka's Son Mahendra breathe his last?
India
Sri Lanka
Burma
Tibet
7. The Pandyas ruled over
North India
South India
East India
West India
8. In which year did the great traveller Fahien visit India?
From 399-411 AD
From 499-511 AD
From 599-611 AD
From 299-311 AD
9. Who was the last Gupta King?
Chandragupta
Madhvagupta
Bhanu Gupta
Narasimha Gupta
10. Hamida Begum was the mother of ...
Akbar
Humayun
Babar
Aurangazeb
1. Which of these foreign rulers were the last to leave the country?
British
Dutch
French
Portugese
2. The Mughal Painting reached its zenith in the days of .
Akbar
Aurangazeb
Jahangir
Shah Jahan
3. In which year did Mahatma Gandhi's historic Salt march take place?
1935
1930
1940
1925
4. Where was the famous battle between Rana Pratap and Akbar's forces fought?
Plassey
Haldighat
Kalinga
Panipat
5. Who was the founder of the Indian National Army?
Bipin Chandra Pal
Vallabhbhai Patel
Bhagat Singh
Subhash Chandra Bose
6. In which year did the British shift India's capital from Calcutta to Delhi?
1911
1942
1916
1946
7. Under whose guidance was the Indian National Congress formed in 1885?
Dr. Annie Besant
Lord Mountbatten
Allen Octavian Hume
Lord Curzon
8. Who coined the popular slogan "Jai Jawan- Jai Kisan"?
Sardar Vallabhai Patel
Lal Bahadur Shastri
C. Rajagopalachari
Lokmanya Tilak
9. Who was the first Deputy Prime Minister of free India?
Sardar Vallabhai Patel
Morarji Desai
Jawaharlal Nehru
Mahatma Gandhi
10. In which year did India become a republic?
1947
1949
1952
1950
1. What is the First War of Indian Independence commonly called by the British?
Quit India Movement
First War
Sepoy Mutiny
None of the Above
2. Which of the following was not a reason for the uprising?
Lower salaries of the Indian Soldiers than that of the British soldiers.
The proclamation of Queen Victoria
Doctrine of Lapse.
Rumour that the cartridges which had to be bitten off before use, were coated with animal fat
3. In the capture of Delhi by the British forces, which Mughal king was captured and exiled to Burma?
Aurangzeb
Shah Jehan
Akbar
Bahadur Shah
4. Who was the Governor - General of India during this period? nbsp;
Lord Dalhousie
Lord Canning
Lord Curzon
Lord Lytton
5. Who first redefined the 'sepoy mutiny' in his book which was banned even before it could be published?
Veer Savarkar
Mahatma Gandhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
Lokmanya Tilak
6. When did the 1857 uprising begin ?
July 10
June 10
May 10
September 10
7. Who fired at a British officer in order to inspire his regiment into an open revolt at the Barrackpore cantonment at Meerut?
Mangal Pandey
Ishwari Prasad
Shaikh Paltu
None of the above
8. Who protested against the British for not being allowed to adopt a successor?
Bahadur Shah Zafar
Lal Hanumant Singh
Raja Kunwar Singh
Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi
9. Who led a revolt in Bundelkhand alongwith Rani of Jhansi?
Pandurang Tope
Tatya Tope
Nana Saheb
Kunwarsingh
10. Which British company's rule ended after this uprising?
West India Company
South India Company
North India Company
East India Company
1. Which temple dedicated to the sun-god is shaped like a chariot?
Sun Temple, Konark
Lotus Temple, New Delhi
Surya Pahar Temple, Assam
Jagannath Temple, Puri
2. This Islamic architecture was built by Shah Jahan as a memorial to his wife. Name it.
Qutub Minar
Red Fort
Taj Mahal
Fatehpur Sikhri
3. Which national park harbours the largest number of one-horned Rhinos?
Periyar National Park
Kanha National Park
Kaziranga National Park
Corbett National Park
4. The Brihadisvara temple at Thanjavur, in Tamil Nadu was built by
Marthanda Varma
Tipu Sultan
Vikramaditya
Rajaraja Chola
5. Which monument was built by the Mughal emperor Akbar?
Qutub Minar
Red Fort
Charminar
Fatehpur Sikhri
6. Which monument was built to commemorate the visit of King George V and Queen Mary to Bombay?
India Gate
Gateway of India
Victoria Terminus
Elephanta Caves
7. What is Jantar Mantar?
An Astronomical Observatory
A Museum
A Fort
A Mughal Garden
8. Where did Buddha attain enlightenment?
Lumbini
Bodhgaya
Sarnath
Kushinagar
9. Which famous monument was built by Mohammed Quli Qutab Shah in 1951 to commemorate the end of Plague?
Charminar
Jama Masjid
Mecca Masjid
Toli Masjid
10. Karla, one of the best preserved Buddhist Caves is in which Indian State?
Madhya Pradesh
Uttaranchal
Uttar Pradesh
Maharashtra
1. On which river taj mahal is it situated?
Ganga
Yamuna river
2. Which Mughal emperor built it and
how many years did it take to complete?
Jehangir - 18 years
Shah Jahan - 22 years
3. In whose memory was it built?
Mumtaz Mahal, his wife
Jahanara, his mother
4. Name the main architect of the Taj Mahal.
Ustad Ahmad Lahori
Faiz Khan
5. What is the style followed in the layout of the gardens called?
The Persian Char Bagh style
German Gothic Style
6. What is this type of building called?
Islamic Mosque
Islamic tomb
7. What kind of trees line the pathway to the Taj?
Cypress
Spruce
8. From whom did the emperor buy land to build the Taj?
Raja Jai Singh
Madho Singh
9. What do the four water-channels in the garden signify?
The four elements
The four rivers of the Islamic paradise
10. What unique government rule applies to the monument?
No aircraft is allowed to fly over the Taj Mahal
No one can smoke in its vicinity
1. Who was the first Muslim invader of India?
Mahmud Ghazni
Mohammed Gori
Kutubuddin Aibak
Mohd. Bin Kasim
2. The Quit India Movement was launched in:
1930
1940
1942
1947
3. In which year were the Indian states reorganised on a linguistic basis?
1947
1951
1956
1966
4. Quit India resolution was passed by the Indian National Congress in its:
Lahore Session
Bombay session
Calcutta session
Lucknow session
5. The first President of India who died while in office was –
Dr. Zakir Hussain
Dr. S. D. Sharma
Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
V. V. Giri
6. 'A Bunch of Old Letters' was written by:
Mohan Rakesh
Rabindaranath Tagore
Jawaharlal Nehru
Mrs. Indira Gandhi
7. Who is regarded as the architect of the Indian Constitution?
Jawaharlal Nehru
Rajendra Prasad
S. Radhakrishnan
B. R. Ambedkar
8. Article 370 of the Indian Constitution is related to —
Jammu & Kashmir
Sikkim
Punjab
Assam
9. The minimum age required for an Indian citizen to become a member of
the Lok Sabha is—
21 years
25 years
30 years
35 years
10. Subsidiary Alliance system was introduced by –
Lord Dalhousie
Lord Wellesley
Lord Cornwallis
Lord Curzon
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