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Q.51.By Mauryan times the main sea-port of the Ganges basin was ?

1. Sopara
2. Bhragukachchha
3. Patala
4. Tamralipti

Q.52.Which of the following is not an Antyaja ?

1. Chandala
2. Rajaka
3. Nata 
4. Yavana

Q.53.Buddhism was introduced into Tibet from ?

1. The Pala Empire
2. Harsha Vardhana’s State
3. The Kushana State
4. The Mauryan State

Q.54.Which of the following state-ments is not true of Ashoka's Dhamma ?

1. There was a stress on non-violence
2. Capital punishment was discontinued
3. Donation to Brahmans was stressed
4. There was a concern for master-servant relationship

Q.55.Which of the following commo-dities was a major item of export trade in the Kusana period ?

1. Cotton textiles
2. Horse
3. Gold
4. Paper

Q.56.Who among the following is described as a fabulously rich merchant in Buddhist Jatakas ?

1. Vanik
2. Sarthavaha
3. Setthi
4. Apanika

Q.57.Alberuni's account of India is ?

1. Kitab-ul-Hind
2. Chachnama
3. Futuh-us-Salatin
4. Tarikh-i-Yamini

Q.58.Wali under the Sultans of Delhi was ?

1. Provincial Governor
2. Head of Revenue Depart-ment
3. Minister with full powers
4. Head of the State news-agency

Q.59.Amir Khusro describes the mili-tary campaigns of Jalal-ud-din Khalji in his work ?

1. Nuh Sipihar
2. Mifta-ul-Futuh
3. Qiran-us Sadain
4. Khazain-ul-Futuh

Q.60.The most powerful Kings of Northern India in the 9th and 10th Centuries were ?

1. The Palas
2. The Chahmanas
3. The Rashtrakutas
4. The Gurjara Pratiharas

Q.61.Who declared that there were no slaves in India ?

1. Kautilya 
2. Megasthenes
3. Patanjali 
4. Fahien

Q.62.The view that the Rajputs were descendents of the Vedic Aryans is expressed by ?

1. James Tod
2. Dashrath Sharma
3. V.A. Smith
4. C.V. Vaidya

Q.63.Which Sultan replaced the system of measurement of land by crop sharing in the Khalisa areas ?

1. Balban
2. Ala-ud-din Khalji
3. Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq
4. Muhammad Tughlaq

Q.64.Who among the following Vijay-anagara rulers bore the title of Gajabentakara ?

1. Krishna Deva Raya
2. Deva Raya II
3. Deva Raya I
4. Rama Raya

Q.65.Which Vijayanagara ruler sent an embassy to China ?

1. Harihara I
2. Krishna Deva Raya
3. Bukka I
4. Saluva Narasimha

Q.66.The Sultan Ghari was built as the mausoleum of ?

1. Qutab-ud-din Aibak
2. Rukh-ud-din Firoj
3. Nasir-ud-din Mahmud
4. Kaikubad

Q.67.The first Madrasa at Delhi namely Madrasae Muizz  was established by ?

1. Qutub-ud-din Aibak
2. Iltutmish
3. Nasir-ud-din Mahmud
4. Balban

Q.68.Officer in-charge of royal household under the Sultans of Delhi was designated ?

1. Amir-i-hajib
2. Wakil-i-dar
3. Barid-i-mumalik
4. Mustaufi-i-mumalik

Q.69.The Chishti Saint who founded a branch of Chishti Silsilah in Gulbarga was ?

1. Shaikh Nasir-ud-din Chirag-i-Delhi
2. Gesu Daraz
3. Shaikh Hamid-ud-din Nagori
4. Jalal-ud-din Tabrizi

Q.70.Who among the following was not a Nirguni Bhakti Saint ?

1. Shankardev 
2. Raidas
3. Dadu 
4. Dhanna

Q.71.Bhramar Geet were composed by ?

1. Mirabai
2. Nabhadas 
3. Surdas 
4. Haridas

Q.72.Select the correct chronology of dynasties that ruled Vijayana-gara ?

1. Sangama, Tuluva, Saluva, Aravidu
2. Tuluva, Sangama, Saluva, Aravidu
3. Aravidu, Sangama, Tuluva, Saluva
4. Sangama, Saluva, Tuluva, Aravidu

Q.73.The largest administrative divi-sion in Vijayanagara was ?

1. Kottam
2. Rajyam
3. Kurram 
4. Nadu

Q.74.Pushti Marg was founded by ?

1. Chaitanya
2. Vallabhacharya
3. Ramananda
4. Nimbarka

Q.75.Which of the following rulers of Bikaner was deposed by Jahan-gir ?

1. Raja Rai Singh
2. Raja Sur Singh
3. Raja Dalpat Singh
4. Raja Karan Singh

Q.76.Who is the author of Safinat-ul-Aulia ?

1. Shaikh Ahmad Sarhindi
2. Mohsin Fani
3. Dara Shukoh
4. Jahandar Shah

Q.77.Who made the Madad-i-maash grants completely hereditary ?

1. Akbar
2. Shahjahan
3. Aurangzeb
4. Bahadur Shah

Q.78.The Ibadatkhana was closed in the year ?

1. 1579 
2. 1580
3. 1582 
4. 1583

Q.79.Who among the following Mughal Emperors made serious attempt to annex Trans-Oxiana ?

1. Humayun
2. Akbar
3. Jahangir
4. Shahjahan

Q.80.Cultivation of tobacco was intro-duced in India during the reign of ?

1. Akbar
2. Jahangir
3. Shahjahan
4. Aurangzeb

Q.81.In 1585 Akbar shifted his capital to ?

1. Kabul
2. Lahore
3. Fatehpur Sikri
4. Multan

Q.82.Nasaq during the Mughal Period was ?

1. A system of land revenue assessment
2. A unit of measurement of land
3. A Zamindari territory
4. Revenue free land grant

Q.83.Which of the following mosques is entirely made of marble ?

1. Jama Masjid at Sikri
2. Moti Masjid in the Agra Fort
3. Qila-i-Kuhna Masjid in the Purana Qila of Delhi
4. Jama Masjid of Delhi

Q.84.Who among the following is the first comprehensive historian of the Marathas ?

1. M.G. Ranade
2. G.S. Sardesai
3. James Cuningham Grant Duff
4. C.A. Kincaid

Q.85.Who among the following rulers patronized musician Lal Khan Gun Samudra ?

1. Hussain Shah Sharqi
2. Islam Shah Sur
3. Ibrahim Adil Shah II
4. Shahjahan

Q.86.Dastan-i-Amir-i-Hamza was illu-strated during the reign of ?

1. Humayun
2. Akbar
3. Jahangir
4. Shahjahan

Q.87.The English East India Company obtained the lease of Madras in ?

1. 1611
2. 1623
3. 1639 
4. 1646

Q.88.Who among the following was imprisoned by the Mughal Emp-eror Jahangir ?

1. Gosain Jadrup
2. Miyan Mir
3. Guru Ramdas
4. Shaikh Ahmad Sarhindi

Q.89.In 1739 the Portuguese lost their possessions of Salsette and Bas-sein to ?

1. The Dutch
2. The English
3. The Mughals
4. The Marathas

Q.90.Lohgarh Fort was built by ?

1. Guru Hargovind
2. Guru Teg Bahadur
3. Guru Govind Singh
4. Banda Bahadur

Q.91.In 1585-86 the only Rajput who held the mansab of 5000 was ?

1. Raja Bhagwant Das
2. Raja Raisingh of Bikaner
3. Raja Man Singh
4. Rai Surjan Hada

Q.92.Who introduced the Mughal land revenue system in the Deccan ?

1. Mahabat Khan
2. Mirza Raja Jaisingh
3. Diler Khan
4. Murshid Kuli Khan

Q.93.Which one of the following acco-rding to Bernier was the owner of land in India ?

1. The Zamindar
2. The King
3. The Khud Kashta
4. The Village Community

Q.94.Haidar Ali established his autho-rity over the State of Mysore in ?

1. 1755 
2. 1761
3. 1764 
4. 1766

Q.95.In 1751 the Nawab of Bengal ceded Orissa to ?

1. The English East India Company
2. The Nawab of Avadh
3. The Marathas
4. The Afghans

Q.96.Which Peshwa started a long campaign against the sidis of Janjira ?

1. Balaji Vishwanath
2. Baji Rao I
3. Balaji Baji Rao
4. Madhav Rao

Q.97.Who was the founder of the Widow Remarriage Association in the 19th century ?

1. Raja Rammohan Roy
2. Vishnu Shastri Pandit
3. Ramabai
4. Gopal Hari Deshmukh

Q.98.Shahu was granted the Chauth and Sardeshmukhi of the Deccan during the reign of ?

1. Bahadur Shah
2. Jahandar Shah
3. Farrukh Siyar
4. Muhammad Shah

Q.99.Farrukh Siyar was deposed and killed by ?

1. Zulfiqar Khan
2. Jahandar Shah
3. The Sayyed Brothers
4. Saadat Khan

Q.100.The founder of the autonomous kingdom of Avadh was ?

1. Saadat Khan Burhan-ul-Mulk
2. Safdar Jang
3. Murshid Kuli Khan
4. Hussain Kuli Khan

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