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Q1. Who from among the following was the founder of Bahmani kingdom in the Deccan?
(a) Mahmud Gawan
(b) Hasan Gangu
(c) Sikandar Shah
(d) Malik Ambar
S1. Ans.(b)
Sol. The founder of the Bahmani kingdom was Alauddin Bahman Shah also known as Hasan Gangu in 1347.
Q2. The Nobility of the Delhi Sultanate was largely composed of
(a) Afghans
(b) Arabs
(c) Turks
(d) Composite elements
S2. Ans.(c)
Sol. Delhi Sultanate nobles were nomadic Turkic peoples from the Central Asian steppes.
Q3. The Mongols appeared for the first time on the banks of the Indus during the rule of
(a) Raziya
(b) Balban
(c) Iltutmish
(d) Qutub-ud-din Aibak
S3.Ans.(c)
Sol. In 1221, the Mongol Empire under Genghis Khan appeared for the first time on the banks of the Indus River during the period of Iltutmish.
Q4. Who among the following founded the city of Ahmedabad?
(a) Muzaffar Shah II
(b) Ahmad Shah
(c) Qutub-ud-din Ahmad Shah
(d) Muhammad I Begarha
S4.Ans.(b)
Sol. Ahmedabad is the largest city in the state of Gujarat. It is located in western India on the banks of the River Sabarmati. The present city was founded on 26 February 1411 and announced as the capital on 4 March 1411 by Ahmed Shah I of Gujarat Sultanate as a new capital.
Q5. Where did Gautam Buddha preach his first Sermon?
(a) Bodh Gaya
(b) Rajgriha
(c) Sarnath
(d) Vaishali
S5.Ans(c)
Sol. The deer park in Sarnath is where Gautama Buddha first taught the Dharma, and where the Buddhist Sangha came into existence. Sarnath is located 13 kilometres northeast of Varanasi near the confluence of the Ganges and the Gomati rivers, in Uttar Pradesh.
Q6. The Governor-General was given power to issue ordinances by the act of
(a) 1858
(b) 1861
(c) 1860
(d) 1871
S6.Ans.(b)
Sol. The Indian Councils Act 1861 was passed by British Parliament in 1861 to make substantial changes in the composition of the Governor General’s council for executive & legislative purposes. The most significant feature of this Act was the association of Indians with the legislation work.
Q7. Who was the first ruler of Pala dynasty?
(a) Gopala
(b) Vivyanathan
(c) Dharmapala
(d) Bhaskaran
S7. Ans.(a)
Sol.Pala dynasty, ruling dynasty in Bihar and Bengal, India, from the 8th to the 12th century. Its founder, Gopala, was a local chieftain who rose to power in the mid-8th century during a period of anarchy.
Q8. Who among the following is known as the father of the Indian Renaissance?
(a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy.
(b) Rabindranath Tagore.
(c) Swami Dayanand Saraswati.
(d) Swami Vivekananda.
S8. (a)
Sol. Raja Ram Mohan Roy was known as the father of the Indian Renaissance.
Q9. Which of the following is one of the causes for the passing of the Act of 1773?
(a) Failure of Double Government
(b) Success of Double Government
(c) Agitation in India
(d) Desire of the Indian Merchants
S9.Ans.(a)
Sol. The key objectives of the Regulating Act of 1773 included addressing the problem of management of company in India address the problem of dual system of governance instituted by Lord Clive to control the company, which had morphed from a business entity to a semi-sovereign political entity.
Q10. Fire temple is the place of worship of
(a) Hindu
(b) Catholic
(c) Jews
(d) Parsis
S10.Ans(d)
Sol. A fire temple is the place of worship for Parsi-Zoroastrians. In the Zoroastrian religion, fire and clean water are agents of ritual purity. Clean, white ash for the purification ceremonies is regarded as the basis of ritual life.
Q11. Pitt’s India Bill was introduced by ________ in 1784.
(a) Prime Minister Pitt
(b) Governor-General of India
(c) Senior Merchants
(d) East India Company
S11.Ans.(a)
Sol. Pitt’s India Act (1784), named for the British prime minister William Pitt the Younger, established the dual system of control by the British government and the East India Company, by which the company retained control of commerce and day-to-day administration.
Q12. What process takes place during the youthful stage of a river?
(a) Valley widening
(b) River rejuvenating
(c) Valley deepening
(d) Meandering
S12. Ans.(c)
Sol. During the youthful stage river cuts vertically and leads to headward erosion because of its high velocity. This leads to valley deepening. Hence, we find many V-shaped valleys at the initial course of river. It has very less or no time for lateral erosion.
Q13. Who was the national leader who wrote history of India on the walls of the Andaman cellular Jail?
(a) Nandalal Bose
(b) Ambedkar.
(c) Vir Savarkar.
(d) Jyotiba Phule.
S13. (C)
Sol. Vir Savarkar was great national leader , he wrote history of India on walls of Andaman cellular Jail.
Q14. Who among the following , has been known as the frontier Gandhi?
(a) Khan Abdul ghaffar Khan.
(b) Khan Saheb.
(c) Chaudhary shaukatullah.
(d) Liaquat Ali Khan.
S14. (a)
Sol. Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan known as the frontier Gandhi.
Q15. The Kalinga war was fought in ______.
(a) 161 BC
(b) 261 BC
(c) 361 BC
(d) 461 BC
S15. Ans (b)
Sol. Kalinga War. The Kalinga War was fought in what is now India between the Maurya Empire under Ashoka and the state of Kalinga, an independent feudal kingdom located on the east coast, in the present-day state of Odisha north of Andhra Pradesh.
