Haryana Public Service Commission Preliminary Exam Indian History Questions

Haryana Public Service Commission
Pre Exam held on 25.03.2012
Indian History Solved Questions No-51 To 100

51. In which of the following respects the various Harappan sites a marked uniformity?

• Agricultural Practices
• Crafts
• Town Planning
• None of the above

52.  The entry port for trade between the Indus trading centers and Mesopotamia was:

• Elam
• Oman
• Bahrain
• None of the above

53. The most common crime in Rigveda was:

• Murder
• Kidnapping
• Cattle-lifting
• None of the above

54. The Jana during vedic period refers to:

• District
• Tribe
• Villages
• None of the above

55. What was the normal form of Government in Vedic Period ?

• Monarchy
• Oligarchy
• Republic
• None of the above

56.Who of the following was the earliest known greek follower of Bhagavatism?

• Megasthenes
• Antialkidas
• Heliodorus
• None of the above

57. The earliest exposition of Saiva System was established by:

• Basava
• Lakula
• Sankaracharya
• None of the above

58.  Under the aegis of which of the following kings was the third Buddhist council held?

• Ashoka
• Kanishka
• Menander (Milinda)
• None of the above

59. Which of the following was first great royal patron of Buddhism?

• Ajatashatru
• Udayayan
• Ashoka
• None of the above

60. Jainism has derived its metaphysical thoughts from:

• Buddhism
• Arivakas
• Samkhya Philosophy
• None of the above

61. Jainsim was propagated in South India by:

• Bhadrabahu
• Gautama
• Sudharaman
• None of the above

62. The Asokan inscriptions and their Brahmi Script were first deciphered by:

• Alexander Cunningham
• Max Mullar
• James Princep
• None of the above

63. The key-note of Ashoka's Policy of Dhamma was:

• Toleration and General Behaviour
• Charity
• Moderation
• None of the above

64. In the Mauryan Period tax evasion was punished with:

• Death
• Confiscation of goods
• Imprisonment
• None of the above

65. The famous Queen's Edict (Minor Pillar Edict-IV) inscribed on a pillar at Allahabad was issued by Ashoka's queen:

• Vedisa Mahadevi
• Asandhamitra
• Karuvaki
• None of the above

66. Kautilya's Arthashastra's chapter on Kantak-Shodhana is mostly devoted to:

• Regulation of profits, wages and prices
• Regulation against adulteration of goods
• Strict control of artisans and traders by the state
• None of the above

67. An early ancient Indian city, which was a nodal point for trade routes from east to west and from North to South, was:

• Mathura
• Vidisha
• Ujjain
• None of the above

68. In the Mauryan Government women could be employed as:

• Royal Bodyguards
• Superintendents of weaving establishments
• Intelligence agents & spices
• All the above

69. Which one of the following rulling dynasties of South India was the biggest rival of the Cholas?

• The Pandyas
• The Chalukyas of Kalyani
• The Gangas of Orissa
• None of the above

70. Who of the following Chola kings assumed the title of the Mummadi Chola?

• Vijayalaya
• Rajaraya
• Rajendra I
• None of the above

71. In the Chola kingdom, a very large village administered as a single unit was called:

• Nadu
• Kurram
• Kottram
• All the above

72. The first sultan of Delhi to issue regular currency and declare Delhi as the capital of his empire was:

• Aram Shah
• Iltumish
• Nasiruddin Mahmud
• None of the above

73. From the death of Iltumish till the accession of Balban the actual power was wielded by:

• The army
• The nobility
• The theologians
• None of the above

74. In a formal sense, which of the following correctly describes the nature of the state during sultanate period in India?

• Theocracy
• Democracy
• Autocracy
• None of the above

75. During Sultanate period, the nobility of the sultanate was largely composed of:

• Arabs
• Afghans
• Turks
• None of the above

76. Who were called barids?

• The spy reporters
• The king's bodyguards
• The officers in-charge of accounts and receipts
• None of the above

77. The South India ruler whose kingdom could not be annexed to sultanate of Delhi by the Tughlaq?

• Yadavas of Devagiri
• Kakatiyas of Warangal
• Hoysalas of Dwarasumudra
• None of the above

78. Krishnadeva Raya belonged to the :

• Sangama dynasty
• Saluva dynasty
• Tuluva dynasty
• None of the above

79. Which of the following crops in Vijayanagar empire was widely exported?

• Black Pepper
• Tea
• Tobacco
• None of the above

80. With the construction of which of the following buildings of Mandu is the name of Mahmud Khilji not associated?

• Hindola Mahal
• Jahaz Mahal
• Jama Maszid
• None of the above

81. Which of the following introduced Perso-Arabic melodies (ragas) into Indian Music?

• Firdausi
• Sadi
• Amir Khusrau
• None of the above

82. The sultan of Delhi who did not contribute to the development of composite Hindustani music was :

• Kaiqubad
• Alauddin Khilji
• Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
• None of the above

83. Which one of the following territories was not under the possession of the Afghans at the time of Akbar's accession?

• Malwa
• Bengal
• Mewat
• None of the above     

84. Which one of the following province in north-west proved to be most valuable of acquisition of Akbar?

• Kabul
• Kashmir
• Kandhar
• None of the above

85. The English governor in India who was expelled by Aurangzeb was :

• Aungier
• Sir Jhon Child
• Sir John Gayer
• None of the above

86. Who called the English in Bengal a company of base , quarrelling people and foul dealers?

• Aurangzeb
• Shayista Khan, Mughal Governor of Bengal
• Mir Jumla
• None of the above

87. The chief gain to shivaji from his two raids on surat in 1664 and 1670 was:

• Immense increase in his prestige
• Demoralisation of the Mughal Forces
• A loot of booty
• None of the above

88. The most important achievement of Madhav Rao was that :

• He stored Shah Alam II, the exiled Mughal emperor, to the Delhi throne
• He subdued the Bhonsles of Nagpur
• He improved the moral tone of the Marathon administration
• None of the above

89. The Maratha Chief who did not join the alliance against the English at first and took the field only when it was too late?

• Holkar
• Bhonsle
• Gaekwar
• None of the above

90. The Maratha navy in the Eighteenth century was developed by:

• The Sindhias
• The Gaikwars
• The Angrias
• None of the above

91. The backbone of the armies of the misls was the:

• Infantary
• Cavalary
• Artillery
• None of the above

92. In fourth Anglo Mysore war (1799), Tipu was defeated and killed, who of the following did not get share in tipu's territories?

• The English
• The Marathas
• The Nizam
• None of the above

93. Who of the following Nawab/Governors of Bengal concluded a treaty with the Maratha and agreed to pay them an annual tribute as Chauth and ceded to them the revenues of a part of Orissa?

• Marshid Qulikhan
• Shuja-ud-din
• Alivardi Khan
• None of the above

94. Ahmad shah abdali or durrani was one of the nadir shah's ablest generals. He invaded india several times between 1748-1767. During which one of his campaigns was he defeated and put to flight ?

• First
• Third
• Fifth
• None of the above

95. What was the prime mistake committed by siraj ud daula in his campaign against the English in june 1756?

• He failed to assess the real strength of the English in Bengal.
• He was ignorant of the treachery of men in his court.
• He let the English escape with their ships to Fulta.
• He failed to win the support of his cousin Shakut Jang

96. After Bengal, the English secured the rights of duty free trade in the dominions of :

• Raya of Benaras
• Nawab of Awadh
• The Nizam of Hyderabad
• None of the above

97. In 1775, who reffered to the nawab of Bengal as a Phantom, a man of straw ?

• Warren Hastings
• A member of the court of Directors
• A judge of the supreme court of Calcutta
• None of the above

98. The ryotwari settlement was primarily introduced by British Government in ?

• Bengal & Bihar
• United Provinces
• Madras & Bombay
• None of the above

99. The trade which was virtually monopolised by the European merchants in india, was :

• Import trade
• Textile export
• Export trade in Agriculture produce
• None of the above

100. India's growing poverty under the British rule is confirmed by :

• Increasing frequency and Intensity of Famines
• b) Increasing indebtedness of the Peasantry
• c) Transfer of land from cultivating to non cultivating classes
• d) None of the above

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Haryana Public Service Commission
Pre Exam held on 25.03.2012
Indian History Solved Questions No-01 To 50

1.The tribal leader who was regarded as an incarnation of God and Father of the world (Dharti Aba)
      was:

• Kanhu Santha
• Rupa Naik
• Birsa Munda
• None of the above

2. Which of the following was leader of Waliullahi (Wahabi) movement ?

• Syed Ahmed of Rae Bareily
• Waliulla
• Muhammad Abdul Wahab
• None of the above

3. In which of the following battles with the Sikhs did the Partisans of the holy was suffer a terrible defeat in which Syed Ahmad lost his life ?

• The battle of Amritsar
• The battle of Charsadda
• The battle of Balkot
• None of the above

4.The most fearless and bold woman leader of the Peasant movement,who sacrificed her life to
     protect peasants rights was :

• Ambika Chakraborthy
• Snehlata Wadekar
• Veera Gunamma
• None of the above

5.Which of the following statements about Lokahitwadi is not correct?

• He attributed the social decline and decay of India to the neglect of the Sciences and learning
• He attacked traditional religious beliefs and customs
• He attributed to the poverty of India to the Laziness and decline in the morals of the Indians
• Not any specific list

6.Which of the following theistic philosophy did MG Ranade approve of ?

• Mysticism
• Vedanism
• Bhakticult
• None of the above

7.Which of the following tasks was closest to the heart of Syed Ahmad Khan ?

• Religious reinterpretation
• Social reform
• Promotion of modern education
• None of the above

8.Two greatest Pioneers in the cause of widow's education were :

• D.K. Karve and Pandita Ramabai
• M.G. Ranade and R.G. Bahndrarkar
• Ishwar Chand Vidyasagar and Keshav Chandra Sen
• None of the above

9.After the Surat Split in 1907, the second in the Congress took place in 1918 on the issue of :

• Lucknow Pact
• Montagu declaration
• Election of Mrs. Annie Besant as President of the INC (1917)
• None of the above

10.Which of the following revolutionary and terrorist organizations had a large number of young women revolutionaries?

• Yugantar
• Anushilan Samiti
• Bharat Mata Society
• None of the above

11.Under whose leadership was the Chittagong Armoury Raid organized ?

• Jatin Das
• Surya Sen
• Ganesh Ghosh
• None of the above

12.Proficiency in which of the following games was rewarded and recognized by state of Vijayanagar?

• Chess
• Wrestling
• Gymnastics
• None of the above

13.The first Mughal emperor to organize some sorts of Distress relief during famines was?

• Akbar
• Jahangir
• Shahjahan
• None of the above

14. The only son of Ashoka found mentioned in his inscriptions is :

• Tivara
• Mahendra
• Kunala
• None of the above

15. During the Mauryan times the royal Houses were mostly built of:

• Baked bricks
• Wood
• Mud & Tile
• None of the above

16. The status of which of the following could be said to have somewhat improved during the Mauryan Period ?

• Kshatriyas
• Vaishyas
• Shudras
• None of the above

17. The largest single source of income to the chola state was:

• Land tax
• Toll on trade
• Taxes on professions, mines and forests
• None of the above

18. The theory of economic drain of India during British imperialism was pronounced by:

• J.L. Nehru
• Dadabhai Naoroji
• R.C. Dutt
• None of the above

19. The Vijaynagar King, Krishnadev Raya;s work Amuktamalyada was in :

• Telgu
• Sanskrit
• Tamil
• None of the above

20. The victories of Karikala are well portrayed in :

• Palamoli
• Aruvanad
• Pattinappaalai
• None of the above

21. Todarmal was associated with :

• Music
• Literature
• Land Revenue Reforms
• None of the above

22. Two of the Great Mughals wrote their own memories.They were :

• Babar and Humayun
• Jahangir and Shahjahan
• Babar and Jahangir
• None of the above

23. To which king belongs to the Lion Capital of Sarnath ?

• Chandragupta
• Ashoka
• Kanishka
• None of the above

24. The Zamindari in Mughal India was not :

• Hereditary
• A saleable right
• Morgageable
• None of the above

25. The term Khalisa in Mughal Administration signified the :

• Land owned by emperor himself
• Religion land grants
• Entire imperial establishment
• None of the above

26. Tulsidas the author of Ramcharitmanas was a contemporary of which of the following rulers?

• Shahjahan
• Akbar
• Shershah Suri
• None of the above

27. The text of the document called Mazhar by which Akbar assumed the role of Supreme arbiter in the matter of religion found on :

• Arif Quandahari's Tarikh-i-Alfi
• Abul Fazal's Akbarnama
• Nazamuddin's Tabaqat-i-Akbari
• None of the above

28. Tolkappiyam is associated with the:

• First Sangam Period
• Second Sangam Period
• Third Sangam Period
• None of the above

29. The Vijayanagar king who employed skilled archers of the Turkish clan and raised the fighting capacity of hid bowmen was :

• Bukka I
• Devaraya I
• Ramaraya
• None of the above

30. The uprising of 1857 was described as first Indian war of Independence by:

• V. D. Savarkar
• B. G. Tilak
• R. C. Mazumdar
• None of the above

31. Which independent nawab of Bengal was defeated and killed by forces of East India company?

• Siraj  ud -daula
• Shuja  ud -daula
• Shah Alam II
• None of the above

32. Who introduced the system of permanent settlement also called permanent settlement in Bengal for effective agricultural methods and productivity?

• Lord Wellesley
• Lord Cornwallis
• Warren Hastings
• None of the above

33. Which of the following newspaper was launched by Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya in 1909?

• Free India
• Leader
• Independent
• None of the above

34. Who of the following advised British East India company to seek from the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam, a sanad for the Diwani of Bengal?

• Maharaja Raj Ballabh
• Raja Daulat Ram
• Manik Chand
• None of the above

35. The first India ruler who joined the subsidary alliance was:

• Nawab of Awadh
• King of Trivancore
• Nizam of Hyderabad
• None of the above

36. The first Indian ruler to organize Haj Pilgrimage at the expense of the state was:

• Alauddin Khilji
• Aurangzeb
• Akbar
• None of the above

37. Which of the following territories was not affected by revolt of 1857?

• Jhansi
• Chittor
• Lucknow
• None of the above

38. The head of the committee formed by the Government to enquiry into Jallianwala bagh Massacre was:

• John Simon
• General Dyer
• Hunter
• None of the above

39. Whom did Mahatama Gandhi called The Patriot of the Patriots ?

• Bhagat Singh
• Subhash Chandra Bose
• Sardar Patel
• None of the above

40. The term Dosi Hatt was used in early medieval india for :

• Animal Market
• Slave Bazar
• Kappas (Cotton) Market
• None of the above

41. Which contemporary Mughal historian of the age of Akbar had prepared a list of Charges calling him an enemy of Islam?

• Abbas Khan Sarwani
• Badauni
• Nizamuddin Ahmad
• None of the above

42. To whom did Sher Shah appoint to provide bed and food to Hindu travellers staying at Sarais (rest houses)?

• Muslims
• Low cast hindus
• Brahmans
• None of the above

43. When did Aurangzeb arrive in Deccan finally to quell revolt of Maratha?

• 1681
• 1689
• 1700
• None of the above

44. Which Maratha Saint is most importantly known for social reform, national regeneration and the rise of Maratha power?

• Samartha Ramdas
• Tukaram
• Vaman Pandit
• None of the above

45. On what condition Wellesly agreed to help Peshwas Bajirao II?

• An underhand transaction of Rs. 15 lakh
• His consent to the the subsidary alliance
• His agreeing to the abolition of the office of the Peshwa after his death
• None of the above

46. With whom did Raja Ranjit Singh conclude the treaty of Lahore in 1806 which gave him freedom to expand north of Sutlej ?

• Holkar of Indore
• Scindia of Gwalior
• East India Company
• None of the above

47. What was the grieviest cause of discontent among soldiers before the revolt of 1857?

• Non observation of caste distinctions
• Question of promotion and pay
• Absence of power and equitable procedure for discipline & control
• None of the above

48. Who was the mastermind of bomb attack on Lord Hardinge at Chandni Chowk,Delhi in 1912 ?

• Sachindranath Sanyal
• Rasbehari Bose
• Bhai Parmanand
• None of the above

49. When did Gandhiji go to fast unto death for the first time?

• At the time of riots in Delhi
• At the time of riots in Calcutta
• At the time of Jallianwala Bagh tragedy
• None of the above

50. Sir Thomas Roe was sent as the British Ambassador to the Court of :

• Aurangzeb
• Jahangir
• Shahjahan
• None of the above

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Q.1.Dhronacharya Award was given to A.K. Bansal in July 2010. He is a 

• Cricket Coach 
• Badminton Coach 
• Hockey Coach 
• Kabadi Coach

Q.2.Who is related to Green Revolution in India?

• Meda Padkar  
• Dr. M.S. Swaminathan 
• Anand
• Varghese Kurian

Q.3.Akhaq Khan Shahryar, who won the Jnanpith Award for 2008, is a famous __ poet.

• Urdu 
• Telugu 
• Kashmiri  
• Marati 

Q.4. The headquarters of Kerala Coconut Development Corporation ?

• Alappuzha 
• Mannuthy 
• Thiruvananthapuram 
• Kollam

Q.5. The Country which won the 2006 Johannesburg Test

• India 
• West Indies
• Australia
• Pakistan

Q.6.The Headquarters of the SAARC is in?

• Kathmandu
• New Delhi 
• Dacca
• Islamabad

Q.7.Indian Patent Act was formed in the year ?

• 1970 
• 1975 
• 1977 
• 1980

Q.8. Which is the southernmost part of India?

• Tamil Nadu 
• Great Nicobar
• Kerala
• Andhra Pradesh

Q.9.What is used for Cutting Glass ?

• Gypsum 
• Diamond
• Iron 
• Tin 

Q.10.Name the Indian state having maximum number of members in Rajya Sabha

• Bihar 
• Uttar Pradesh
• Maharashtra
• Tamil Nadu

Q.11.On which riverbank is Goa located?

• Mandovi 
• Ganga
• Gomati 
• Sabarmati

Q.12.The largest freshwater lake in India is ? 

• Dal Lake 
• Powai Lake 
• Wular Lake 
• Chilka Lake

Q.13.Dilli Chalo and Jai Hind were coined by  ?

• Bhagat Singh 
• Subhash Chandra Bose 
• Gandhiji 
• Balagangadhar Tilak

Q.14.First Cyber Police Station established in India at

• Hyderabad 
• Bangalore
• Kolkatta
• Madhya

Q.15.State Bank of India was formed in

• 1955 
• 1949
• 1959
• 1935

Q.16.The first railway line in India was opened in __ year ?

• 1854 
• 1856 
• 1853
• 1857

Q.17.The persons who became the Chief Minister for the longest period in India ?

• E.K. Nayanar 
• Vasantha Sate 
• Jyothi Basu 
• K. Karunakaran

Q.18.The biggest public sector under taking in India is ?

• Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) 
• HMT 
• Indian Railways
• ITI 

Q.19.IMF was formed in ?

• 1942 
• 1944 
• 1945 
• 1946

Q.20.In which place the first Medical college was established in India ?

• Kolkota 
• Agra
• Bangalore 
• Delhi

Q.21.Manikaran Power Plant is in ?

• Arunachal Pradesh 
• Himachal Pradesh 
• Madhya Pradesh 
• Uttar Pradesh

Q.22.First Internal Affairs Minister of independent India ?

• Sardar Vallabhai Patel 
• Lal Bahadur Shastri 
• Jawaharlal Nehru
• V. Krishna Menon

Q.23.The Andolan Express runs between Singur and __

• Kolkata 
• Siliguri 
• Howrah 
• Dhaka

Q.24.Who introduced English education in India ?

• Cornwalis 
• Rippon 
• William Bentinck
• Delhousie 

Q.25.The only medal winner for India in Sydney Olympics 2000 ?

• Leander Paes 
• Karnam Malleswari 
• P.T.Usha
• Mahesh Bhupathi 

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

• Sopara
• Bhragukachchha
• Patala
• Tamralipti

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

• Chandala
• Rajaka
• Nata
• Yavana

Q.53.Buddhism was introduced into Tibet from ?

• The Pala Empire
• Harsha Vardhana’s State
• The Kushana State
• The Mauryan State

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

• There was a stress on non-violence
• Capital punishment was discontinued
• Donation to Brahmans was stressed
• 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 ?

• Cotton textiles
• Horse
• Gold
• Paper

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

• Vanik
• Sarthavaha
• Setthi
• Apanika

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

• Kitab-ul-Hind
• Chachnama
• Futuh-us-Salatin
• Tarikh-i-Yamini

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

• Provincial Governor
• Head of Revenue Depart-ment
• Minister with full powers
• Head of the State news-agency

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

• Nuh Sipihar
• Mifta-ul-Futuh
• Qiran-us Sadain
• Khazain-ul-Futuh

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

• The Palas
• The Chahmanas
• The Rashtrakutas
• The Gurjara Pratiharas

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

• Kautilya
• Megasthenes
• Patanjali
• Fahien

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

• James Tod
• Dashrath Sharma
• V.A. Smith
• C.V. Vaidya

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

• Balban
• Ala-ud-din Khalji
• Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq
• Muhammad Tughlaq

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

• Krishna Deva Raya
• Deva Raya II
• Deva Raya I
• Rama Raya

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

• Harihara I
• Krishna Deva Raya
• Bukka I
• Saluva Narasimha

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

• Qutab-ud-din Aibak
• Rukh-ud-din Firoj
• Nasir-ud-din Mahmud
• Kaikubad

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

• Qutub-ud-din Aibak
• Iltutmish
• Nasir-ud-din Mahmud
• Balban

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

• Amir-i-hajib
• Wakil-i-dar
• Barid-i-mumalik
• Mustaufi-i-mumalik

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

• Shaikh Nasir-ud-din Chirag-i-Delhi
• Gesu Daraz
• Shaikh Hamid-ud-din Nagori
• Jalal-ud-din Tabrizi

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

• Shankardev
• Raidas
• Dadu
• Dhanna

Q.71.Bhramar Geet were composed by ?

• Mirabai
• Nabhadas
• Surdas
• Haridas

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

• Sangama, Tuluva, Saluva, Aravidu
• Tuluva, Sangama, Saluva, Aravidu
• Aravidu, Sangama, Tuluva, Saluva
• Sangama, Saluva, Tuluva, Aravidu

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

• Kottam
• Rajyam
• Kurram
• Nadu

Q.74.Pushti Marg was founded by ?

• Chaitanya
• Vallabhacharya
• Ramananda
• Nimbarka

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

• Raja Rai Singh
• Raja Sur Singh
• Raja Dalpat Singh
• Raja Karan Singh

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

• Shaikh Ahmad Sarhindi
• Mohsin Fani
• Dara Shukoh
• Jahandar Shah

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

• Akbar
• Shahjahan
• Aurangzeb
• Bahadur Shah

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

• 1579
• 1580
• 1582
• 1583

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

• Humayun
• Akbar
• Jahangir
• Shahjahan

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

• Akbar
• Jahangir
• Shahjahan
• Aurangzeb

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

• Kabul
• Lahore
• Fatehpur Sikri
• Multan

Q.82.Nasaq during the Mughal Period was ?

• A system of land revenue assessment
• A unit of measurement of land
• A Zamindari territory
• Revenue free land grant

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

• Jama Masjid at Sikri
• Moti Masjid in the Agra Fort
• Qila-i-Kuhna Masjid in the Purana Qila of Delhi
• Jama Masjid of Delhi

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

• M.G. Ranade
• G.S. Sardesai
• James Cuningham Grant Duff
• C.A. Kincaid

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

• Hussain Shah Sharqi
• Islam Shah Sur
• Ibrahim Adil Shah II
• Shahjahan

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

• Humayun
• Akbar
• Jahangir
• Shahjahan

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

• 1611
• 1623
• 1639
• 1646

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

• Gosain Jadrup
• Miyan Mir
• Guru Ramdas
• Shaikh Ahmad Sarhindi

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

• The Dutch
• The English
• The Mughals
• The Marathas

Q.90.Lohgarh Fort was built by ?

• Guru Hargovind
• Guru Teg Bahadur
• Guru Govind Singh
• Banda Bahadur

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

• Raja Bhagwant Das
• Raja Raisingh of Bikaner
• Raja Man Singh
• Rai Surjan Hada

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

• Mahabat Khan
• Mirza Raja Jaisingh
• Diler Khan
• Murshid Kuli Khan

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

• The Zamindar
• The King
• The Khud Kashta
• The Village Community

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

• 1755
• 1761
• 1764
• 1766

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

• The English East India Company
• The Nawab of Avadh
• The Marathas
• The Afghans

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

• Balaji Vishwanath
• Baji Rao I
• Balaji Baji Rao
• Madhav Rao

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

• Raja Rammohan Roy
• Vishnu Shastri Pandit
• Ramabai
• Gopal Hari Deshmukh

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

• Bahadur Shah
• Jahandar Shah
• Farrukh Siyar
• Muhammad Shah

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

• Zulfiqar Khan
• Jahandar Shah
• The Sayyed Brothers
• Saadat Khan

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

• Saadat Khan Burhan-ul-Mulk
• Safdar Jang
• Murshid Kuli Khan
• Hussain Kuli Khan

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