Which of the following was the main function of the Peshwa under Shivaji's administration ?
(a) He advised the king about foreign affairs.
(b) He was incharge of all public finance and accounts of the kingdom
(c) He was to fix dates for religious ceremonies
(d) He was to look after the general intrest and welfare of the state
Answer; He was to look after the general intrest and welfare of the state
When did Vasco Da Gama come to India ?
(a) 1498
(b) 1542
(c) 1492
(d) 1398
Answer: 1498
The Maratha Chief, Sambhaji, was executed during the reign of
(a) Aurangzeb
(b) Mahabat Khan
(c) Jehangir
(d) Shahjahan
Answer: Aurangzeb
What was the capital of Shivaji's kingdom ?
(a) Raigarh
(b) Karwar
(c) Pune
(d) Purandhar
Answer: Raigarh
Goa was captured by the Portuguese in
(a) 1510 A.D.
(b) 1610 A.D.
(c) 1470 A.D.
(d) 1570 A.D.
Answer: 1510 A.D.
The beginning of the British political sway over India can be traced to the battle of
(a) Panipat
(b) Plassey
(c) Buxar
(d) Wandiwash
Answer: Plassey
Who was the ruler of an Indian state who allied himself with the French ?
(a) Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf Jah
(b) Saadat Khan
(c) Alivardi Khan
(d) Tipu Sultan
Answer: Tipu Sultan
The final defeat of the Maratha confederacy came during the time of
(a) Wellesley
(b) Cornwallis
(c) Minto
(d) Hastings
Answer: Hastings
The Finance Minister under Shivaji was
(a) Mantri
(b) Samanta
(c) Pandit Rao
(d) Amatya
Answer: Amatya
The Maratha power reached the zenith of its glory during the reign of
(a) Shivaji
(b) Baji Rao II
(c) Balaji Vishwanath
(d) Balaji Baji Rao
Answer: Balaji Baji Rao
Who among the following rulers belonged to the Holkar dynasty ?
(a) Ahalyabai
(b) Shivaji
(c) Tukoji
(d) Prithviraj
Answer: Tukoji
When the East India Company came into existence, England was ruled by the
(a) Stuarts
(b) Normans
(c) Tudors
(d) Hanovarians
Answer: Stuarts
The Dutch first established their hold in India in 1605 at
(a) Gujrat
(b) Surat
(c) Masulipatnam
(d) Goa
Answer: Masulipatnam
The first Europeans to come to India were
(a) Dutch
(b) French
(c) Portuguese
(d) British
Answer: Portuguese
Who laid the foundation of Portuguese power in India ?
(a) None of these
(b) Affonso De Albuquerque
(c) Vasco da Gama
(d) Bartholomew Dias
Answer: Affonso De Albuquerque
The tax collected by Marathas was known as
(a) Chauth
(b) Pilgrim Tax
(c) Jazia
(d) Sardeshmukhi
Answer: Chauth
Which of the following statements about Hyder Ali is incorrect ?
(a) He was defeated at porto Novo in 1781
(b) He made a coalition with Nizam and Maratha against the English in the Second Anglo Mysore war.
(c) He was a man of great determination
(d) He was a great scholar
Answer: He was a great scholar
Which of the following is not true about Hyder Ali ?
(a) He was a tactful general
(b) He was an able administrator
(c) He was a profound scholar
(d) Mysore under him was a cause of anxiety for British
Answer: He was a profound scholar
Bombay was taken by the English East India Company from
(a) Charles I
(b) The Dutch
(c) Charles II
(d) The Portuguese
Answer: Charles II
The immediate successors of Shivaji's descandents who came to power in the Maratha Kingdom, were in
(a) Bhonsles
(b) Gaekwards
(c) Holkars
(d) Peshwas
Answer: Peshwas
Tipu Sultan was defeated in Third Mysore War in 1790 by
(a) Lord Cornwallis
(b) Sir John Macpherson
(c) John Shore
(d) Warren Hastingts
Answer: Lord Cornwallis
Who among the following is known for his introduction of a new calendar, a new system of coinage and new scales of weight and measures ?
(a) Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf Jah
(b) Saadat Khan Burhan-ul-Mulk
(c) Tipu Sultan
(d) Murshid Quli Khan
Answer: Tipu Sultan
The Maratha Kingdom was founded by Shivaji during the reign of
(a) Shahjehan
(b) Aurangzeb
(c) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
(d) Akbar
Answer: Aurangzeb
The Maratha power reached its zenith during the Peshwaship of
(a) Narayan Rao
(b) Madhav Rao I
(c) Bajirao I
(d) Balaji II
Answer: Balaji II
Which was not one of the regions in which the English first set up trading posts ?
(a) Coromandel Coast
(b) Goa
(c) Bengal
(d) Gujrat
Answer: Goa
Who succeeded Mir Jafar ?
(a) Haider Ali
(b) Tipu Sultan
(c) Chanda Sahib
(d) Mir Kasim
Answer: Mir Kasim
Who among the following Maratha Generals restored Maratha control over the imperial Mughal government in Delhi in 1784 ?
(a) Visaji Krishna
(b) Mahadji Sindhia
(c) Tukoji Holkar
(d) Raghunath Rao
Answer: Mahadji Sindhia
In 1757, Siraj-ud-Daula was defeated by
(a) Cornwallis
(b) Clive
(c) Canning
(d) Hastings
Answer: Clive
The Peshwa become the official head of Maratha administration in the year
(a) 1748A.D
(b) 1742 A.D
(c) 1730 A.D
(d) 1736 A.D
Answer: 1748A.D
Albuquerque captured Goa from the ruler of
(a) Vijaynagar
(b) Bijapur
(c) Golconda
(d) Ahmednagar
Answer: Bijapur
Which of the following Peshwa preached the ideal of Hindu- Padpadshahi ?
(a) Baji Rao I
(b) Madhav Rao II
(c) Balaji Vishwanath
(d) Baji Rao II
Answer: Baji Rao I
Who amongst the British Generals defeated Peshwa Baji Rao II ?
(a) Outram
(b) Kitchener
(c) Elphinstone
(d) Malcolm
Answer: Malcolm
Which Indian King requested Napolean for help to drive the British from India ?
(a) Rani of Jahnsi
(b) Shivaji
(c) Jai Singh
(d) Tipu Sultan
Answer: Tipu Sultan
Which body guard of Shivaji accompained him during his famous escape bid from Afzal Khan ?
(a) Dev Nath
(b) Shambhuji Kavji
(c) Gopi Nath
(d) Sonaji Pant
Answer: Shambhuji Kavji
Who succeded Siraj-ud-Daula as Nawab of Bengal after the Battle of Plassey ?
(a) Aliwardi Khan
(b) Shuja-ud-daulah
(c) Mir Kasim
(d) Mir Jafar
Answer: Mir Jafar
Tipu Sultan Ruled from
(a) Mysore
(b) Belur
(c) Halebid
(d) Srirangapatnam
Answer: Srirangapatnam
Goa was first colonised by
(a) Portuguese
(b) English
(c) French
(d) Dutch
Answer: Portuguese
The East India Company received the zamindary of the 24 parganas from
(a) Mir Jafar
(b) Chanda Sahib
(c) Mir Qasim
(d) Siraj-ud-Daulah
Answer: Chanda Sahib
Which one of the following is not correctly paired ?
(a) Gaekwad-Baroda
(b) Scindhia-Gwalior
(c) Bhonsle-Indore
(d) Peshwa-Poona
Answer: Bhonsle-Indore
Tranquebar on the Tamil Nadu coast was a colonial outpost of the
(a) Portuguese
(b) Danish
(c) Dutch
(d) French
Answer: French
Which of the following countries did not attempt to establish trading centres at India ?
(a) Portuguguese
(b) England
(c) France
(d) Italy
Answer: Italy
In 1498, Vasco da Gama landed at
(a) Bombay
(b) Goa
(c) Cochin
(d) Calicut
Answer: Calicut
Which of the following pairs is correctly matched ?
(a) Battle of Buxar - Mir Jafar vs Clive
(b) Battle of Kharda - Nizam vs East India Company
(c) Battle of Chilianwala - Dalhousie vs Marathas
(d) Battle of Wandiwash - French vs East India Company
Answer: Battle of Wandiwash - French vs East India Company
Shivaji was crowned as an independent king at
(a) Poona
(b) Singhagarh
(c) Surat
(d) Raigarh
Answer: Raigarh
Shivaji was known as a nation-builder and a graet administrator. Yet, who among the following could not understand it and played into the hands of Farrukhsiyar ?
(a) Baji Rao II
(b) Parashram Srinivas
(c) Sambhaji
(d) Shahu
Answer: Shahu
Which of the following rulers died while playing Changan?
(a) Sher Shah
(b) Jalal-ud-din-Khilji
(c) Qutab-ud-din Aibak
(d) Balban
Answer: Qutab-ud-din Aibak
The ancient name of the city of Patna is
(a) Kausambi
(b) Kapilavastu
(c) Kanauj
(d) Pataliputra
Answer: Pataliputra
Who was the ruler of medieval India who is credited with the construction of Grand Trunk Road ?
(a) Babur
(b) Krishnadeva Raya
(c) Jehangir
(d) Sher Shah Suri
Answer: Sher Shah Suri
Which of the following were the contemporaries of Kanishka ?
(a) Kambar, Banabhatt, Asvaghosha
(b) Asvagosha and Kambar
(c) Asvagosha, Kalidas, Nagarjuna
(d) Nagarjuna, Asvaghosha, Vasumitra
Answer: Nagarjuna, Asvaghosha, Vasumitra
Rudradaman was one of the greatest
(a) Maurya rulers
(b) Pallavas rulers
(c) Saka rulers
(d) Kushan rulers
Answer: Pallavas rulers
In whose rule was Islam as the state religion abolished ?
(a) Balban
(b) Ghias-ud-din Tughlaq
(c) Ibrahim Lodi
(d) Akbar
Answer: Akbar
Bernier visited India during the reign of
(a) Jahangir
(b) Shahjahan
(c) Aurangzeb
(d) Akbar
Answer: Aurangzeb
Which is not the name of Kautilya ?
(a) Chanakya
(b) Dramidacharya
(c) Vishnugupta
(d) Devaputra
Answer: Devaputra
Gradual decline of towns was an important feature of the
(a) Gupta period
(b) Rashtrakuta Khilji
(c) Satavahana age
(d) Pratihara age
Answer: Gupta period
Who is regarded as the greatest law giver of ancient India ?
(a) Manu
(b) Patanjali
(c) Kautilya
(d) Panini
Answer: Manu
Which Muslim emperor was attracted by the beauty of Queen Padmini ?
(a) Humayun
(b) Akbar
(c) Alauddin Khilji
(d) Babar
Answer: Alauddin Khilji
Saranjami system was an important feature of
(a) None of these
(b) Maratha revenue system
(c) Taluqdari system
(d) Administration of the Qutub Shahis
Answer: Maratha revenue system
Which of the following is wrongly matched ?
(a) Chandragupta - Kautilya
(b) Harshavardhana - Chaitanya
(c) Vikramaditya - Chaitanya
(d) Akbar - Todar Mal
Answer: Vikramaditya - Chaitanya
The Kalachuri era counted from A.D. 248 was mostly current in
(a) Kashmir
(b) Bengal
(c) Central India
(d) Andhra
Answer: Andhra
The Hijra era is counted from
(a) 1526 A.D.
(b) 622 A.D.
(c) 632 A.D.
(d) 712 A.D.
Answer: 622 A.D.
The ancient name of Bengal was
(a) Vatsa
(b) Kamarupa
(c) Gauda
(d) Matsya
Answer: Gauda
The capital of the ancient Vrijian state was
(a) Ujjain
(b) Vaishali
(c) Pataliputra
(d) Ayodhya
Answer: Vaishali
Who among the following is most famous for building a large number of canals for irrigation ?
(a) Akbar
(b) Shahjahan
(c) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
(d) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
Answer: Firuz Shah Tughlaq
Akbar founded his own religion known as Din-i-Ilahi which means
(a) Divine Faith
(b) None of these
(c) House of Worship
(d) Universal peace
Answer: Divine Faith
The first Indian ruler to organise Haj pilgrimage at the expense of the state was
(a) Aurangzeb
(b) Akbar
(c) Alauddin Khilji
(d) Feroz Tughlaq
Answer: Akbar
Who was the first Sultan of Delhi to introduce the practice of Sijda?
(a) Balban
(b) Muhammad Tughlaq
(c) Firoz Tughlaq
(d) Alauddin Khilji
Answer: Balban
Gujarat was traditionally known as
(a) Telangana
(b) Saurashtra
(c) Konkan
(d) Rann of Kutch
Answer: Saurashtra
Pushyabhuti dynasty ruled over
(a) Thaneshwar
(b) Sakal
(c) Pataliputra
(d) Ujjain
Answer: Thaneshwar
Who amongst the following lost his kingdom in Hindustan but retrieved it after about 15 years in exile ?
(a) Ala-ud-din Khilji
(b) Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq
(c) Humayun
(d) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
Answer: Humayun
Who was the first ruler to annex any part of the Deccan to the Mughal empire ?
(a) Jahangir
(b) Aurangzeb
(c) Humayun
(d) Akbar
Answer: Akbar
Charaka was the court physician of
(a) Ashoka
(b) Harshavardhana
(c) Kanishka
(d) Chandragupta Maurya
Answer: Kanishka
The chief centre of Indo - Roman trade was
(a) Arikamedu
(b) Muziris
(c) Alexander
(d) Madurai
Answer: Alexander
The first metallic coin used in India, (first by Indo-Greeks) was in
(a) Bihar and eastern U.P.
(b) Western India
(c) Central India
(d) South India
Answer: Bihar and eastern U.P.
Sanchi is famous for
(a) Cave paintings
(b) The rock edicts of Ashoka
(c) The largest Buddhist Stupa
(d) Rock- cut temples
Answer: The largest Buddhist Stupa
Before ascending the Maurya throne, Ashoka served as a Viceroy of
(a) Taxila
(b) Kaushambi
(c) Pataliputra
(d) Tosali
Answer: Taxila
The Nagara, the Dravida and the Vesara are
(a) The three main linguistic divisions of India
(b) The three main racial groups of Indian subcontinent
(c) The three main styles of Indian temple architecture
(d) The three main musical gharanas as prevalent in India.
Answer: The three main styles of Indian temple architecture
Ahmad Shah built the capital city of Ahmedabad on the site of the old town of
(a) Idar
(b) Sidhpur
(c) Asawal
(d) Sabarmati
Answer: Asawal
Who was the founder of the Nanda dynasty ?
(a) Ashoka Nanda
(b) None of these
(c) Mahapadma Nanda
(d) Dhana Nanda
Answer: Mahapadma Nanda
Which of the later Guptas assumed the imperial title of Maharajadhiraja and performed the horse sacrifice to show his strenght ?
(a) Kumaragupta III
(b) Kamarupa
(c) Adityasena
(d) Mahasena Gupta
Answer: Adityasena
Lingayat movement owes its origin to
(a) Purandharadasa
(b) Vidyaranya
(c) Appar
(d) Basava
Answer: Basava
After the decline of the Guptas, a large part of North India was reunited by
(a) Harshavardhana
(b) Chalukyas
(c) Rajputs
(d) Saka Satraps
Answer: Chalukyas
During the reign of which of the following emperors was the artillery most perfect and numerous ?
(a) Jahangir
(b) Shahjahan
(c) Akbar
(d) Aurangzeb
Answer: Aurangzeb
Chachnama is a famous work on the history of
(a) Kashmir
(b) Sind
(c) Gujarat
(d) Punjab
Answer: Sind
The Mahajanapada which gained prominence to become an empire was
(a) Kasi
(b) Magadha
(c) Kosala
(d) Avanti
Answer: Magadha
Which of the later Gupta rulers was a contemporary and ally of Harshavardhana ?
(a) Mahasena Gupta
(b) Kamarupa
(c) Madhava Gupta
(d) Damodar Gupta
Answer: Mahasena Gupta
The word Hindu as referrence to the people of Hind (India) was first used by
(a) The Arabs
(b) The Romans
(c) The Chinese
(d) The Greeks
Answer: The Greeks
Which of the following renders a proof of trade with Rome in old times ?
(a) Harappa
(b) Ropar
(c) Mohenjodaro
(d) Lothal
Answer: Lothal
The coin rupia was first issued by
(a) Akbar
(b) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
(c) Sher Shah
(d) Ala-ud-din Khilji
Answer: Akbar
Among the following , whose empire was the largest ?
(a) Aurangzeb
(b) Jehangir
(c) Babar
(d) Akbar
Answer: Aurangzeb
Which of the following varieties of land available during the Mughal times did not yield any land revenue to the state ?
(a) Raiyvati lands
(b) Sayurghal lands
(c) Jagir Lands
(d) Khalisa (Crown) lands
Answer: Sayurghal lands
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