Complementary Course

Social Formations in Pre Modern India

Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who founded the Gupta dynasty?
(a) Samudragupta (b) Kumaragupta
(c) Chandragupta (d) Srigupta
2. During whose time period was the Iron Pillar in Delhi erected?
(a) Chandragupta I (b) Chandragupta II
(c) Kumaragupta I (d) Samudragupta
3. Which one of the following cities did not ever become the capital of the
Guptas?
(a) Varanasi (b) Ujjaini
(c) Ayodhya (d)Prayaga
4. The first Huna invasion was faced by:
(a) Kumaragupta I
(b) Skandagupta
(c) Buddhagupta
(d) Govindagupta
5. Jainsm was propagated in South India by:
(a) Gautama
(b) Indrabhuti
(c) Sudharma
(d) Bhadrabahu
6. Which of the following is the least important as a source material for the
Mauryan history?
(a) Numismatic sources
(b) Literary sources
(c) Epigraphic sources
(d) Foreign sources
7. The Brahmiscript was first deciphered by:
(a) Alexander Cunningham
(b) Max Muller
(c) James Princep
(d) Mortimer Wheeler
8. One of the edicts discovered in 1915, which gave the name of its author as
King Asoka, Priyadarsi:
(a) Girnar Edict
(b) Maneshra Edict
(c) Maski Edict
(d) Saranath Inscription
9. Which of the following regions of south India was not conquered by
Chandragupta Maurya?
(a) Karnataka
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Kalinga
(d) Andhra
10. Which of the following states of India did not form part of the Mauryan
empire?
(a) Bengal
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Madhya Pradesh
 (d) Kashmir
11. A college or assembly of Tamil poets or scholars in ancient period is
called
a. Sangam b. Manram

c.Kapiyam d. Tinai

12. The center of Sangam literature and the patrons of Sangam poets were:
(a) The Cheras of Vanji
(b) The Cholas of Uraiyur
(c) The Pandyas of Madurai
(d) All the above
13. Ahmad Shah Abdali invaded India for the first time during the reign of
which among the following Mughal Emperors?
(a) Muhammad Shah
(b) Ahmad Shah
(c) Shah Alam-II
(d) Akbar-II
14. Who among the following was the religious guru of Shivaji?
(a) Tukaram
(b) Eknath
(c) Jnaneshwar
(d) Ram Das
15. Octagonal’ shape of mausoleums is the distinctive feature of which of
the following dynasties of Medieval India?
(a) Khalji
(b) Tughlaq
(c) Sayyid
(d) Lodi
16. The silver coin which was introduced by Sher Shah and continued by the
Mughals was :
(a) Rupaya
(b) Dinar
(c) Asharfi
(d) Muhar
17. Which among the following Mughal emperors prohibited the use of
tobacco?
(a) Aurangzeb
(b) Jahnagir
(c) Akbar
(d) Babur
18. Battle of Talikota” resulted in the end of which of the following?
(a) Deccan Sultanates
(b) Madurai Sultanate
(c) Pandya Empire
(d) Vijayanagar Empire
19. Who among the following Mughal rulers wrote autobiography
(a) Humayun ( b) Akbar
(C) Jahangir (D) Shahjahan
20. Who among the following was the first writer to use Urdu as a medium
of poetic Expression?
(a) Amir Khusaru
(b) Mirza Ghalib
 (c) Bahadur Shah Zafar
(d) Faiz
21. Ashtapradan was a council of Minister of which among the following ?
(a) Gupta Administration
(b) Chola Administration
(c) Maratha Administration
(d) Rajput administration
22. For which of the following purpose, Alauddin Khilji created “Diwan-i-
Risalat”?
(a) Revenue Collection
(b) Civil court
(c) Tax Control
(d) Market control
23. Which of the following Mughal emperor was known as Prince Khurram?

(a) Jahanagir
(b) Aurangazeb
(c) Shahjahan
(d) Shah Alam
24. During whose reign Changez Khan invaded India?
(a) Balban
(b) Iltutmish
(c)Razia
(d)Alauddin Khilji
25. Which among the following was called as the Central Pillar of the
administrative system of Delhi sultanate?
(a) Izra system
(b) Iqta System
(c) Mansabdari system
(d) Chahalgani
26. The famous Buland Darwaza was built by
(a) Akbar
(b) Shahjahan
(c)Firoz Shah Tughlaq
( d) Iltutmish
27. After the attack of Mahmud of Ghazanavi, who among the following
reconstructed the Somnath Temple?
(a) Bhimraja -I
(b) Bhimdev
(c) Mularaj I
(d) Jay Singh Siddharaaj
28. 28. Who invaded India in 1398 AD during the reign of
Nasiruddin Mahmud of Tughlaq Dynasty?
(a) Chegiz khan
(b) Khijr Khan
(c) Timur
(d) Babur
29. Who among the following founded the principality of Ghazani in AD
962?
 (a) Mahmood Ghazani
(b) Subuktgeen
(c) Alptigin
(d) Shah Mahmoud
30. Who among the following rulers belonged to Mamulak Dynasty?
(a) Alauddin Khilji
(b) Ibrahim Lodhi
(c) Balban
(d) Mohammed Ghori
31. Which of the following Mughal emperor is famous for his golden
chain of justice?
(a) Akbar
(b) Shahjahan
(c) Jahanagir
(d) Babur
32. Which of the following Sultanate Rulers made Delhi as capital in
place of Lahore?
(a) Qutubuddin Aibak
(b) Iltutmish
(c) Razia Sultana
(d) Akbar
33. Who among the following built the mosque Quwal-ul-lslam at Delhi?
(a) Alauddin Khilji
(b) Iltutmish
(c) Qutubuddin Aiabak
(d) Babur
34. Mir Bakshi was the officer in Akbar’s reign with which of the
following responsibilities?
(a) Revenue Administration
(b) Payment of salaries
(c) military administration
(d) Judicial administration

35. Who was the founder of Tuluva dynasty?

(a) Sadasiva Raya
(b) Virupaksha II
(c) Tuluva Narasanayaka
(d) Tirumala Raya
36. When Krishna Devaraya did made alliance with Portuguese?
(a) 1507
(b) 1504
(c) 1502
(d) 1510
37. The eight poets called Ashtadiggajas were in the court of
(a) Sri Krishna Devaraya
(b) Devaraya II
(c) Hari Hara I
(d) Bukka Raya I
38. Who built vittala swami temple In Hampi?
(a) Sadasivaraya
(b) Devaraya II
(c) Alia Ramaraya
 (d) Saluva Narasimha
39. Who wrote Madhura Vijayam?
(a) Ammanga Devi
(b) Parvati Devi
(c) Maha Devi
(d) Ganga Devi
40. What was the title of Sri Krishna devaraya?
(a) Andhra Bhoja
(b) Kannada Bhoja
(c) Andhra Raja
(d) Kannada Raja
41. Who was the Italian Travellar visited Vijayanagaram during the
period ofDevaraya II?
(a) Barbosa
(b) Abdur Razak
(c) Nikolo Conti
(d) Marco Polo
42. Who founded the Vikramashila University?
(a) Devapala
(b) Dharmapala
(c) Dhruva
(d) Gopala
43. Who among the following travelers has recorded his experiences in
“Kitab-i-Rehla” ?
(a) Amir Khusro
(b) Ibn Battuta
(c) Malik Murtaza
(d) Al-Bayhaqi
44. Surdas was a disciple of which among the following?
(a) Ramanujacharya
(b) Ramananda
(c) Vallabhacharya
(d) Gyaneshwar
45. Who among the following was the first to adopt the new religion
propounded by Akbar called Din-i-Ilahi?
(a) Abul Fazal
(b) Faizi
(c) Birbal
(d) Raja Todarmal
46. Which among the following empire was known as “Mulk-e-Khadim”?
(a) Mysore Sultanate
(b) Madurai Sultanate
(c) Maratha Kingdom
(d) Bijapur Kingdom

47. Which of the following sect is emphasised on nirguni Bhakti – devotion to

a divine without Gunas (qualities or form),but it accepts both nirguni and
saguni forms of the divine?
(a) Sikhism
(b) Shaivism
(c) Vaishanvism
(d) All of the above
48. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was an ascetic Hindu monk and social
reformer in 16th century was from:
(a) Bihar
(b) Assam
(c) Orissa
(d) Bengal
49. Hospice, lodge, community centre, or dormitory ran by Sufis
(A) Khanquah
(B) Murid
(C) Huliya
(D)Firdausia
50. Harrappan Civilisation was first excavated by
(a) Masson
(b) M S Vats
(c) R C Majumdar
(d) Daya Ram Sahni
51. Lothal, one of the major Harappan sites is situated in
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Gujarat
(c) Harayana
(d) Pakistan
52. Who among the following regard Central Asia as the original home of
Aryans
(a) Balagangadhar Tilak
(b) James Mill
(c) Max Muller
(d) William Jones
53. First capital of Magadha was
(a) Rajgriha
(b) Pataliputra
(c) Kashi
(d) Kausambi
54. The founder of Nanda Dynasty was
(a) Mahapadmananda
(b) Dhanananda
(c) Bimbisara
(d) Kumarananda
55. Name the important Tamil work on grammar
(A) Lilatilakam
(B) Tolkapiyam
(C) Tirukural
(D)Paripadal
56. Name the play written by Vishakadutta which describe the accession of
the Mauryas
(a) Dipavamsa
(b) Mahavamsa
(c) Mudrarakshasa
(d) Rajatharangini
57. Nalanda University was patronized by
(a) Kanishka
(b) Kumaragupta
(c) Chandragupta Vikramaditya
(d) Gautamiputra Satakarni
58. During the period of Mauryas, Sannidhatta was in charge of
(a) Military Department
(b) Judiciary
 (c) Treasury
(d) Frontier Defence
59. The Allahabad Pillar inscription is associated with which one of the
following
(A) Chandragupta Maurya
(B) Asoka
(C) Samudragupta
(D)Kanishka
60. Which one of the following was considered to be the capital of Cheras in
Sangam Period
(A) Muziris
(B) Karur
(C) Ezhimala
(D)Vizhinjam
61. The famous Tamil epic Manimegalai was written by
(A) Ilango Adikal
(B) Tiruvaluvar
(C) Kovilan
(D)Sattanar
62. Who is considered to be the founder of Satavahana dynasty
(A) Simukha
(B) Satakarni I
(C) Gautamiputra Satakarni
(D)Lambodara
63. Who is being credited for starting the Saka era
(A) Meander
(B) Gondophernes
(C) Chandragupta
(D)Kanishka
64. Iqta system was given an institutionalized form by
(a) Iltutmish
(b) Alauddin Khilji
(c) Muhammed Bun Tughlaq
(d) Firozshah Tughlaq
65. Turkani Chehalgani was formed during the period of
(a) Qutubudin Aibak
(b) Iltutmish
(c) Balban
(d) Alauddin Khilji

66. Which ruler of Sultanate period introduced Dagh and Huliya system?
(a) Balban
(b) Muhammed Bin Tughlaq
(c) Firoz shah Tughalaq
(d) Alauddin Khilji
67. Under Vijayanagara the village affairs were conducted by functionaries
known as
(a) Kaikolas
(b) Ayagars
(c) Nadaprabus
(d) Rachavarus
68. Who among the following is also hailed as Pseudo Buddha
(a) Sankaracharya
(b) Ramanuja
(c) Kabir
(d) Guru Nanak
69. Who among the following was a great Bhakti reformer of Assam
(a) Ekanath
(b) Sankardev
(c) Nimbaraka
(d) Tukaram
70. Ibadat Khana ( House of Worship) was constructed by Akbar in the year
(A) 1572
(B) 1575
(C) 1581
(D)1583
71. The work Prithviraj Raso was written by
(A) Jayanaka
(B) Chandbardai
(C) Bilhana
(D)Vakpatiraja
72. In which language did Babur wrote his autobiography ?
(a) Arabic
(b) Persian
(c) Mongolian
(d) Turkish
73. The political system of Rajputs was mainly based on
(A) Theocracy
(B) Militarism
(C) Feudalism
(D)None of the above
74. Zakat tax was imposed by Delhi Sultanate on
(a) Rajputs
(b) Hindus
(c) Muslims
(d) Foreigners
75. Bernier visited India during the reign of
(a) Shahjahan
(b) Aurangazeb
(c) Akbar
(d) Jahangir

76. Who was the founder of Lodhi dynasty?

(a) Sikander Lodhi
(b) Bahlol Lodhi
(c) Daulat Khan Lodhi
(d) Ibrahim Lodhi
77. The fertile agrarian tract in early Tamilakam is known by the term
a. Mullai
b. Palai
c. Kurunji
d. Marutam
78. Fourth Buddhist Council was held at
a. Vaishali
 b. Pataliputra
c. Kashmir
d. Allahabad
79. Buddhism was divided into Hinayana and Mahayana Buddhism during
the reign of
a. Kanishka
b. Ashoka
c. Harshavardhana
d. Kumaragupta
80. Timur invaded India in the year
a. 1526 A D
b. 1458 A D
c. 1398 A D
d. 1295 A D
81. In which year the first Mongol invasion of India took place?
a. 1221
b. 1241
c. 1292
d. 1296
82. Who was the author of Tarikhi FIroz Shahi?
a. Amir Khusrao
b. Ziauddin Barani
c. Shamsi Afif
d. Ibn Batuta
83. Who was the founder of Sayyid dynasty?
a. Mubarakh Shah
b. Malik Kaffur
c. Khizr Khan
d. Muhammed Shah
84. Who was the author of ‘ A Forgotten Empire’?
a. Sewell
b. Sayana
c. Nuniz
d. Barbosa
85. Who constructed the city of Jahanpanah
a. Alauddin Khilji
b. Muhammed Bin Tughlaq
c. Firoz Shah Tughlaq
d. Humayun
86. Who was known as the Lord of five Indies?
(a) Samundragupta
(b) Ashoka
(c) Chandragupta II
(d) Harshavardana
87. Which one of the following expression has not been used by
historians to characterize the Gupta age?
(a) The Classical Age
(b) The Golden Age
(c) The Feudal Age
(d) The Age of Brahmanical revival
88. In which of the following sects was Bindusara interested?
(a) Buddhism
(b) Jainism
(c) Ajivikas
 (d) Lokayata
89. The exhaustive codification of Islamic laws in the name of ‘Fatwa-i-
Alamgiri’ was done at the behest of which among the following rulers of
Medieval India?

(a) Alauddin Khalji

(b) Sher Shah Suri
(c) Akbar
(d) Aurangzeb
90. Which among the following foreign travelers is not correctly paired with
their respective period of visit in India?
(a) Fa Hien – Gupta Period
(b) Hiuen Tsang – Post Gupta Period
(c) Al Beruni – Early Medieval Period
(d) Ibn Batutta – Mughal Period
91. Silapaddikaram’ and ‘Manimekalai’ are the immortal epic works
belonging to which of the following period?
(a) Pre-Mauryan Age
(b) Sangam Age
(c) Gupta Age
(d) Early Medieval Age

92. Who had the title of Andhra kavita pitamaha?

(a) Nandi Timmana
(b) Pingali Surana
(c) Allasani Peddana
(d) Tenali Rama Krishna
93. Who among the following laid the foundation of Shalimar & Nishaat
Garden in Kashmir?
(a) Akbar
(b) Jahangir
(c) Shahjahan
(d) Nur Jahan

94. Which Sikh Guru was put to death by Aurangazeb in 1675?

a. Guru Nanak
b. Guru Gobind Singh
c. Guru Har Kishen
d. Guru Teg Bahadur
95. Which Mughal rulerabolished the religious tax, Jaziya?
a. Akbar
b. Shahjahan
c. Humayun
d. Aurangazeb
96. Who ruled India between 335 AD and 375 AD?
(a) Kumaragupta I
(b) Ramagupta
(c) Chandragupta I
(d) Samudragupta
97. The Ayagar system existed in the villages of
(a) Delhi Sultanate
(b) Mughal Empire
 (c) Vijayangara kingdom
(d) Chola Kingdom
98. Which Mughal ruler reimposed the religious tax, Jaziya?
a. Akbar
b. Shahjahan
c. Humayun
d. Aurangazeb
99. Which among the following does not belong to the Triratnas of Jainism?
a. Knowledge
b. Belief
c. Conduct
d. Non-Violence
100. Which of the following is not an order of Sufism?
a. Chisti
b. Suhrawardi
c. Kabir Panti
d. Firdausia
101. Who is the author of ‘Indian Feudalism’?
a. Romila Thapar
b. Irfan Habib
c. R S Sharma
d. D N Jha
102. Which of the following is not a Harrapan Settlement?
a. Banwali
b. Arikamedu
c. Lothal
d. Kalibangan
103. Which one of the following said Indians were of pure moral
character?
(a) Hiun Tsang
(b) Fa-hien
(c) Al-beruni
(d) Megasthenese
104. The word Sangam is associated in Tamil history with:
(a) The literature produced during the time
(b) The poem written in praise of Pandya kings
(c) The court poetry of Chola kings
(d) A college or assembly of Tamil scholars
105. The last anthology or group of Sangam literature, known as Ten
Idylls, is:
(a) Tolkappiyam
(b) Kural
(c) Manimekhalai
(d) Pattupattu

106. The author of the work ‘Shah nama’

a. Firdausi
b. Alberuni
c. Shamsi Afif
d. Mubarak Shah
107. Which Sultanate ruler created the department of Revenue, Diwani
Mustakraj?
a. Balban
b. Muhammed Bin Tughlaq
 c. Alauddin Khilji
d. Iltutmish
108. Who was the first sultan of Delhi to emphasise the divinity of
Kingship?
a. Balban
b. Akbar
c. Alauddin Khilji
d. Babur
109. Ibn Batuta came to India during the period of-----------
a. Alauddin Khilji
b. Muhammed Bin Tughlaq
c. Firozshah Tughlaq
d. Iltutmish
110. Who was the first Delhi Sultan to introduce a purely Arabic coin in
India?
a. Balban
b. Iltutmish
c. Qutubuddin Aibak
d. Alauddin Khilji
111. Which is considered as the second capital of Vijayanagara empire?
a. Badami
b. Amaravati
c. Kalinga
d. Penugonda
112. Which one of the sufi orders was at first the most orthodox?
a. Firdausia
b. Suharawardi
c. Naqshbandi
d. Chisthi
113. Who was the founder of Suhrawardi order in India?
(a) Moinuddin Chishti
(b) Abu Ishaq Shami
(c) Nizamuddin Aulia
(d) Sheikh Bahauddin Zakariya

114. Who among the following Sufi Saint was the disciple of Baba Farid and
was responsible for making Delhi an important centre of the Chishti silsilah?
(a) Moinuddin Chishti
(b) Abu Ishaq Shami
(c) Nizamuddin Aulia
(d) Ámir Khusru
115.Who ended the Turkish monopoly of high offices in the Delhi Sultanate?
(a)The Khiljis
(b)Mughals
(c)Lodis
(d)Tughlaqs
116.Under which officer markets of Alauddin functioned?
(a)Shahna
(b)Wazir
(c)Iqtedar
(d) Shiqdar
117. Who wrote the book ‘ Harshacharitha’?
(a) Athula
(b) Banabhatta
 (c) Varahamihara
(d) Jayadeva
118. The practise of giving land grants to priests and officials became common
during the ------------ period
(a) Gupta
(b) Maurya
(c) Kushana
(d) Sultanate
119. --------------- was the first Sultan to bring the nobility firmly under his control
(a) Qutubuddin Aibak
(b) Iltutmish
(c) Balban
(d) Aurangazeb
120. The battle of Talikotta took place in the year
(a) 1455
(b) 1465
(c) 1555
(d) 1565
121. The city of Vijayanagara, the capital of the empire was founded in 1336 on
the banks of the river--------------
(a) Kaveri
(b) Krishna
(c) Thungabhadra
(d) Narmada
122. ‘The Agrarian System of Mughal India’ is written by-----------
(a) Irfan Habib
(b) B D Chattopadhyaya
(c)Satish Chandra
(d) R S Sharma

123. The term used for the tribal unit or clan during the vedic period
(a) Vis (b) Jana
(c) gana (d) kula
124. Magadha came to prominence under the reign of
(a) Vikramaditya (b) Harsha
(c) Bimbisara (d) Kanishka
125. The ______________ware culture is identified by its distinctive pottery.
(a) NBP (b) PGW (c) NPF (d) NRP
126. The Jain tradition regards ----------- as the founder of Jainism
(a) Parswanath (b) Mahavira (c) Rishaba (d) Sidharth
127. In the Sangam period, ----------------region was inhabited by Kuravar and
Kanavar
(a) Palai (b) Kurinji (c) Marutham (d) Mullai
128. In which year of Asoka’s coronation did the Kalinga war take place?

(a) First
(b) Fifth
(c) Eight
(d) Thirteenth

129. “Loom ” was a central technological innovation in which of the following

era?
 (a) Sultanate Era
(b) Rajput Era
(c) Mughal Era
(d) None of the above

130. The Chola inland capital during the Sangam age was------------
(a) Madhurai
(b) Uraiyur
(c) Vanchi
(d) Aihole
131. What did the term ‘Iravu’ stands for in the Sangam period
(a) War Procession
(b) Hero worship
(c ) Custom duties
(d)Forced gifts
132. A dockyard of Harappan civilisation has been found at---------
(a) Kalibangan
(b) Lothal
(c ) Harappa
(d ) somnath
133. The ancient name given to Indus region by Mesopotamians
(a) Meluha
(b) Puhar
(c ) Naga
(d ) Tyndis
134. Who were the earliest people to produce cotton?
(a) Harrappans
(b) Later Vedic Aryans
(c ) Magadhans
(d ) Mauryans

135. Marriage of a higher varna man with lower varna woman was called---------
(a) Prathiloma (b) Anuloma
(c ) Gandharva (d)Paisacha
136. What was the term used by Greeks for cotton
(a) Sindon (b) Ayas (c) Urna (d)Mudga
137. The earliest epigraphical evidence of land grants belong to------------
(a) Mauryas (b) Chalukyas (c) Satavahanas (d) Cheras
138.The term Rashtra which indicate territory first appears in the
(a) Later Vedic Period (b) Mauryan Period
(c) Satavahana Periiod (d) Sunga Period
139. Who was the first to name Indus Valley Civilisation as Harrappan Culture
(a) John Marshall (b) Dayaram Sahni
(c) Masson (d) Alexander Cunningham
140. Which of the following is not a Mahajanapada
(a) Anga (b) Malla (c) Avanti (d) Kalinga
141. Second battle of Panipat was fought between Akbar and-------
(a) Rana Uday Singh (b) Hemu
(c) Shershah Suri (d) Rana Pradap
142. In which Indus site was a terracotta model of a boat found?
(a) Harappa (b) Mohenjodaro (c) Kalibangan(d) Amri
143. Name the historian who held the view that the decline of Harappan culture
was due to Aryan invasion
(a) John Marshall (b) Mortimer Wheeler (c) Cunningham (d) R D Banarjee
144. Name the author of the work ‘ From Lineage to State’?
(a) A L Basham (b) D D Kosambi (c) Romila Thapar (d) R S Sharma
145. Who was the founder of Nyaya school of philosophy?
(a) Kapila (b) Patanjali (c) Kanada (d) Gautama
146. Where did Buddha attain nirvana?
(a) Lumbini (b) Bodh Gaya (c) Saranath (d) Sravasti
147. Who was the first Nanda king?
(a) Dhanananda (b) Ajathashatru (c) Bindhusara (d) Mahapadmananda
148. Who was the founder of lingayat sect?
(a) Basava (b) Lakulisa (c) Mahavira (d) Rishabadeva
149. Who wrote ‘An Introduction to the study of Indian History’?
(a) D N Jha (b) D D Kausambi (c) A L Basham (d) R S Sharma
150. Who divided the Mauryan empire into two part namely eastern and western
province ?
(a) Asoka (b) Bindhusara (c) Chandragupta Maurya (d) Kunala
151.Which one of the following dynasty of the Gupta period never struck coins in
their names?
(a) The Maghas
(b) The Vakatakas
(c) The Nagas
(d) The later Guptas

152. Which one of the following names is not associated with Chandragupta II?

(a) Vishal Chandra

(b) Narendra Chandra
(c) Simha Chandra
(d) Narendra Simha

153. Which was the official law book of Guptas?

(a) Narada Smriti

(b) Yajnavalkya Smriti
(c) Manusmriti
(d) Parasara Smriti

154. Who established his capital at Sakala?

(a) Baladitya
(b) Mihirakula
(c) Toramana
(d) Yasodharman
155. Who made Mihirakula a prisoner?
(a) Baladitya
(b) Chandragupta II
(c) Skandagupta
(d) Yasodharman
156. Which of the following name is not applied to Chandragupta II?
(a) Devendra
(b) Devagupta
(c) Devaraja
(d) Devarshi
157. The Bayana hord of coins have yielded coins of which dynasty:
(a) The Vakatakas
 (b) The Guptas
(c) The Vardhanas
(d) The Yaudheyas
158. Which one of the following persons was not one of the nine jewels of
Chandragupta II’s court?
(a) Virasena
(b) Acharaya Dignaga
(c) Charaka
(d) Varahamihira
159. Which one of the following matching is not correct:
(a) Samundragupta-Kachagupta
(b) Chandragupta I -Ramagupta
(c) Kumaragupta I - Govindagupta
(d) Skandagupta – Buddhagupta
160. Which of the Buddhist source not providing information about Mauryas?
(a) Mahaparibanasudha
(b) Mahavamsa
(c) Deepavamsa
(d) Asokavadana
161. The early life of Chandragupta was described in …………….
(a) Puranas
(b) Buddhist sources
(c) Jain sources
(d) Greek accounts
162. In the light of events which occurred during the reign of Shahjahan,
select the statement which is NOT correct:
(a) The capital of the Mughal empire was shifted from Agra to Delhi.
(b) Monthly scale was introduced in Mansabdari system.
(c) Foreign travelers Bernier, Travernier and Manucci visited the Mughal
court.
(d) Jats and Satnamis raised the banner of rebellion
163. As recorded by Abulfazl, Akbar, the great used to play which among the
following music instruments?
(a) Dholak
(b) Tabla
(c) Nakkara
(d) Mridang
164. Mirza Ghalib was a contemporary of which among the following Mughal
Emperors?
(a) Alamgir II
(b) Muhammad Shah
(c) Bahadur Shah Zafar
(d) Farrukhsiyar
165. Bagh-e Babur” where Babur is buried is located at:
(a) Tashkent
(b) Karachi
(c) Lahore
(d) Kabul

166. In which year Akbar’s reign ended?

(a) 1600
(b) 1605
(c) 1610
 (d) 1615
167. Who among the following introduced Kabuliyat and Patta?
(a) Babur
(b) Shershah
(c) Akbar
(d) Shahjahan
168. Which among the following wars were not fought by Babur?
(a) Battle of Panipat
(b) Battle of Ghagra
( c) Battle of Kanva
( d) Battle of Tarain

169. Tower of Victory ” or Vijay stambh in Rajasthan is located in:

(a) Ajmer

(b) Chittorgarh

(c) Jaipur

(d)Udaipur
170. Who among the following was defeated by Mohammed Ghori in battle of
Chandawar?
(a) Prthviraj Chauhan
(b) Mularaja
(c) Jaichandra
(d) Jaypala
Answer Key

1.Srigupta
2. Chandragupta II
3. Varanasi
4. Kumaragupta I
5. Bhadrabahu
6. Numismatic Sources
7. James Princep
8. Maski Edict
9. Kalinga
10. Madhya Pradesh
11. Sangam
12. The Pandyas of Madhurai
13. Muhammed Shah
14. Ramdas
15. Lodhi
16. Rupayya
17. Jahangir
18. Vijayanagara Empire
19.Jahangir
20. Amir Khusaru
21. Maratha Administration
22. Market Control
23. Shahjahan
24. Iltutmish
25. Iqta System
26. Akbar
27. Bhimdev
28. Timur
29. Alptigin
30. Balban
31. Jahangir
32. Iltutmish
33. Qutubuddin Aibak
34. Military Administration
35. Tuluva Narasanayaka
36. 1510
37. Sri KrishnaDevaraya
38. Devaraya II
39. Gangadevi
40. Andhra Bhoja
41. Nicolo Conti
42. Dharmapala
43. Ibn Batuta
44. Vallabhacharya
45. Birbal
46.Maratha Kingdom
47. Sikhism
48. Bengal
49. Khanquah
50. Daya Ram Sahni
51. Gujarat
52. Max Muller
53. Rajgriha
54. Mahapadmananda
55. Tolkapiyam
56. Mudrarakshasa
57. Kumaragupta
58. Treasury
59. Samudragupta
60. Karur
61. Sattanar
62. Simukha
63. Kanishka
64. Iltutmish
65. Iltutmish
66. Alauddin Khilji
67. Ayagars
68. Sankaracharya
69. Sankaradev
70. 1575
71. Chanbardai
72. Turkish
73. Feudalism
74. Muslims
75. Shahjahan
76.Bahlol Lodhi
77. Marutham
78. Kashmir
79. Kanishka
80. 1398 A D
81. 1221
82. Ziauddin Barani
83. Khizr Khan
84. Sewell
85. Muhammed Bin Tughlaq
86. Harshavardhana
87. The Feudal Age
88. Ajivakas
89. Aurangazeb
90. Ibn Batuta- Mughal Period
91. Sangam Age
92. Allasani Peddana
93. Jahangir
94. Guru Teg Bahadur
95. Akbar
96. Samudragupta
97. Vijayanagara kingdom
98. Aurangazeb
99. Non Violence
1`00. Kabir Panti
101. R S Sharma
102. Arikamedu
103. Hiuan Tsang
104.A College or Assembly of Scholars
105. Pattupattu
106. Firdausi
107. Alauddin Khilji
108. Balban
109. Muhammed Bin Tughlaq
110. Iltutmish
111. Penugonda
112. Naqshbandi
113. Sheikh Bahauddin Zakariya
114. Nizakuddin Auliya
115. The Khiljis
116. Shahna
117. Banabhatta
118. Gupta
119. Balban
120. 1565
121. Thungabhadra
122. Irfan Habib
123. Vis
124. Bimbisara
125. PGW
126. Rishaba
127. Kurinji
128. Eight
129. Sultanate Era
130. Uraiyur
131. Forced Gifts
132. Lothal
133. Meluha
134. Harappans
135.Anuloma
136. Sindhon
137. Satavahanas
138. Later Vedic Period
139. John Marshal
140. Kalinga
141. Hemu
142. Harappa
143. Mortimer Wheeler
144. Romila Thapar
145. Gautama
146. Bodh Gaya
147. Mahapadmananda
148. Basava
149. D D Kausambi
150. Asoka
151. The Vakataka
152. Vishal Chandra
153. Yajnavalkya Smriti
154. Mihirakula
155. Baladitya
156. Devendra
157. The Guptas
158. Charaka
159. Skandagupta-Buddhagupta
160. Asokavadana
161. Buddhist Sources
162. Jats and Satnamis raised the banner of rebellion
163. Nakkara
164. Bahadur Shah Safar
165. Kabul
166. 1605
167. Shershah
168. Battle of Tarain
169.Chittorgarh
170. Jaichandra