General Knowledge Tests- History 3

101. The pictorial art declined with

a)Akbar b)Jahangir c)Shah Jahan d)Aurangzeb
102.Who was the Peshwa who is said to hae had the
head to plan and the hand to e!ecute"
a)#ala$i #a$i %ao b)#ala$i &ishwanath c)Baji Rao I
d)#a$i %ao ''
10(. What is )eant b* +,ughlai-"
a)&er* rich .ood b)'n.antr* o. the ,ughals c)%o*al
/ousehold d)Mughal territories from which chauth was
claimed.
100.Who was called the 1Prince o. Autobiographers2"
a)/u)a*un b)Akbar c)Aurangzeb d)Baur
103.Who a)ong the .ollowing was Akbar-s teacher"
a)!dul "atif b)Abul 4azal c)#aira) d)5abir
106.4irst Portugese .actor* was established at
a)7oa b),angalore c)#alicut d),ahe
108. Surdas9 the blind poet o. Agra9 is the author o.
a)$ursagar b)Siailasa c)Pre)aatika d)%a)charita
)anasa
10:.'n which o. the .ollowing proinces did the ;ongress
.ail to get absolute )a$orit* on its own in1<(6=(8"
a)>nited Proince b);entral Proince c)Bomay
d),adras
10<.August ?..er91<00 was )ade b* &icero*
a)@*tton b),into c)Wellingdon d)"inlithgow
110.Who coined the word +Pakistan-"
a)Jinnah b),uha))ad 'Abal c)Abul 5ala) Azad
d)Rahmat !li
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111. The ;ripps ,ission isited 'ndia in the BearCCCCC
and was regarded as a post=dated cheAue b*CCCCCC
a)1<06D%a$a$i b)1<03DEehru c)1<00DJinnah
d)%&'()Gandhi
112.As per the +August ?..er 1<00-9the constitution o.
'ndia would be drawn b* the
a)Indians b)Princel* States c)/ouse o. ;o))ons
d)/ouse o. @ords
11(.To which race did the Aho)s belong"
a)/un b)Turk c)Mongol d)A.ghan
110.The re.or)s )ade b* the #ritish 7oern)ent in
1<0< was popularl* known as
a),ontague=;hel)s.ord %e.or)s b)Minto-Morley
Reforms c)Waell Plan d)7oern)ent on 'ndia Act
113.The e..ect o. which one o. Sher Shah-s re.or)s was
.elt .or )an* centuries"
a);entralised s*ste) o. goern)ent b)Annual
assess)ent o. land reenue c)Fagh s*ste) d)$il*er coin
116.Who was the author o. 5itab=ul=/ind"
a)Abu Said b)Abul 4azl c)4iradausi d)!l-Beruni
118.Who is known as the 1slae o. the slae2"
a),uha))ad=bin=Gasi) b),ah)ud o. 7hazni
c)Iltutmish d)Gutb=ud=din Aibak
11:.Ti)ur-s inasion took place during the reign o.
a)Abu #akr TughlaA b)7hi*as=ud=din TughlaA
c),uha))ad=bin=TughlaA d)+asirudin Mahmud Tughla,
11<. Which Sultan o. Felhi died while pla*ing the ga)e
o. chauganHpolo)"
a)-ut-ud-din !ie. b)7hias=ud=din #alban
c)Sa)suddin 'ltut)ish d)Easir=ud=din ,ah)ood
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120.Who aspired to e)ulate Ale!ander9 as a conAueror
o. the world"
a)Akbar b)Sa)udra 7upta c)!la-ud-din Khilji
d);handra 7upta ''
121. Who was the .ounder o. #ah)ani 5ingdo) in the
Feccan"
a),ah)ud 7awan b)Hasan Gangu c)Sikandar Shah
d),alik A)bar
122.The ,ongols appeared .or the .irst ti)e on the
banks o. the 'ndus during the rule o.
a)%azi**a b)#alban c)Iltutmish d)Gutb=ud=din Aibak
12(.&i$a*nagar was .ounded on the southern bank o. the
rier
a)7odaari b)5rishna c)Ear)ada d)Tungahadra
120.What was the capital o. #ah)ani 5ingdo)"
a)Warangal b)Gularga c)Feagiri d)Illichpur
123.%a)ara*a was the )inister o.
a)/arihara b)#ukka c)&ira Earasi)ha d)$adasi*a Raya
126.What was the bone o. contention between
&i$a*nagar and the #ah)ani kingdo)s"
a)5rishna delta b)Raichur doa c)7odaari delta
d)Telingana
128. The patron diet* o. &i$a*nagar was
a)/iru0a.sha b)Earasi)ha c)&ittalasa)*
d)&enugopalasa)*
12:.Who was the #ritish Pri)e ,inister who conened
the 4irst %ound Table ;on.erence in @ondon"
a)#hurchill b)%a)sa* ,acFonald c);ha)berlain
d)Fisraeli
12<.Who a)ong the .ollowing did not attend the 4irst
%ound Table ;on.erence"
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a)M1K1Gandhi b)Sir Te$ bahadur Sapru c)Fr.A)bedkar
d);.&.;hinta)ani
1(0.The historic .ast b* 7andhi ca)e to an end as a
result o. the
a)2oona 2act b)issue o. white paper c)7andhi='rwin
Pact d)arrial o. Si)on ;o))ission
1(1.What was the capital o. the Iarl* ;haluk*as"
a)Badami b)5al*ani c)5anchi d)&engi
1(2.The Aihole inscription re.ers to the e!ploits o.
a)/arshardhana b)%a$endra ' ;hola c)2ula.eshin II
d)%a$ara$a ' ;hola
1((.'n the seenth centur* A.F9 5ash)ir grew into a .irst
rate power under a local d*nast* known as
a)5alakuta b)Solanki c)Kar.ota d),aukhari
1(0.#i)bisara was succeeded b*
a)Asoka b)!jatasatru c)&asudea d);handragupta
,aur*a
1(3.,egasthenes was succeeded as a)bassdor b*
a)Farius b)Fe)etrius c)3eimachos d)Philip
1(6.The ;hedi d*nast* ruled in
a)Kalinga b)#engal c),aharashtra d)%a$asthan
1(8.Which o. the .ollowing was thecharacteristic .eature
o. the religion o. the ancient Ta)ils"
a)Worship o. Eature b)Worship o. ,other 7oddess
c)4orshi0 of Murugan d)Worship o. Sun
1(:.The )ost .a)ous ;hera ruler was
a)>di*an$eral b)Eedun$eraladan c)$enguttu*an
d)Sengannan
1(<.Sudarsana @ake was reconstructed b*
a)Eahapana b);hasthana c)Rudraman I d)/arsha
100.The .irst Sataahana ruler was
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a)$imu.a b)7oinda c)Sri Satkarni d)Eahapana
101.Which one o. the .ollowing works o. 5alidasa gies
in.or)ation about the Andhras"
a)Sakuntala b)Mala*i.agnimitra c),eghaduta
d)5u)arasa)bhaa
102. Sataahana rule was e!tended to the coro)andel
coast b*
a)Ba$nashri Satakarni b)2ulumayi II c)Sri Satakarni
d)5rishna
10(.'n whose court did Asaghosha lie"
a)7auta)iputra Satkatrni b)#i)bisara c)Kanish.a
d)Asoka
100. The Sunga period saw the growth o.
a)Brahmanism b)Jainis) c)#uddhis) d)Tantricis)
103. Which o. the .ollowing was not a characteristic o.
societ* in ,aur*an ti)es"
a)Slaer* b)%igidit* o. caste c)Prostitution d)4idow
remarriage
106. What was the i)portant eent that took place in (03
#.;."
a)#attle o. kalinga b);handragupta-s accession
c)$elu.os5 in*asion d)Ale!ander-s inasion o. 'ndia.
108. Aligarh ,usli) >niersit* was .ounded b*
a)Jinnah b)$yed !hmed Khan c)Abul 5ala) Azad
d)#hutto
10:. 1'ndia .or 'ndians2 was the political )essage o.
a)F.I.Wacha b)&iekananda c)3ayanand d)/u)e
10<. Which one o. the .ollowing was the +newspaper- o.
Annie #esant"
a)The Hindu b)'ndian I!press c)The Ti)es o. 'ndia
d)Eew 'ndia
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130. ?. the .ollowing9 who was not the leader o. the
I!tre)ists"
a)@ok)an*a Tilak b)Aurobinda 7hosh c)@ala @a$pat %ai
d)!161Hume
131.What was the script which the 'ranians scribes
brought into 'ndia"
a)#rah)i b)Feanagari c)Kharoshti d)7rantha
132.Who is described as the heaen=born general"
a)Arthur Wellesel* b);ount de @all* c)Fuplei! d)%obert
;lie
13(.The #alkan plan .or .rag)entation o. 'ndia was the
brain=child o.
a)W.;hurchill b)&.P.,enon c),.A. Jinnah d)"ord
Mountatten
130.What was the State that was ruled b* Ahal*a #ai"
a)Eagpur b)'ndore c)Gwalior d)#aroda
133..%ailwa*s and telegraph s*ste)s were introduced in
'ndia b*
a)@ord #entick b)@ord ;ornwallis c)"ord 3alhousie
d)@ord Wellesle*
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