Who among the following rulers was the builder of Jahan-Panah, Delhi's fourth city?

Which one of the following kingdoms was annexed by Bahlul Lodi, the Sultan of Delhi in 1484 AD?

Which one of the following terms refers to the confidential spies in Delhi Sultanate?

A detailed account of Vijayanagar Empire is found in 'Manucharita', which is written by

Who among the following was the second Portuguese Governor in India?

With reference to the conquests of Alaudin Khalji, which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

What did the term naddaf in the Sultanate period mean?

Who among the following was appointed as the Controller of the Grain Market by Alauddin Khaliji during the implementation of market control measures?

Which one of the following is the correct chronological sequence?

Whose permission was solicited by Albuquerque, the Portuguese governor, to build a fort at Bhatkal?

The great painter, Khwaja Abdus Samad was flourished at the court of which one of the following?

Who among the following Bhakti saints wrote the commentary on vedantasutra in Sanskrit?

Consider the following statements about the post Aurangzeb Mughal Period -

1. Farrukhsiyar owed his elevation to the throne to Zulfiqur Khan and Imad-ul Mulk.
2. Aurangzeb had left a will to partition Mughal Empire among his three surviving sons after his death.
3. Muhammad Shah was supported by Nizam-ul Mulk of the Deccan. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Who among the following made the first systematic critique of moderate politics in 1893-94, in a series of articles entitled New Lamps for Old?

Who among the following established the Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company?

In which year the treaty between independent India and China, acknowledging China's rights over Tibet was signed?

Who among the following started the newspaper ' Voice of India' ?

Who among the following was the Sarbadhinayaka or the supreme leader of the Tamralipta Jatiya, Sarkar a parallel government set up by the nationalists in Tamluk during the Quit India Movement?

A Portuguese traveller, Nuniz visited Vijayanagar during the reign of which one of the following?

Match the List - I with List - II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists ||| |---|---| | List - I (Ancient Name of River) | List - II (Modern Name of river)| | (a) Vitasta | 1. Chenab | | (b) Askini | 2. Beas | | (c) Parushni | 3. Jhelam | | (d) Vipas | 4. Sutlej | | | 5. Ravi |

Who among the following organised the defence, in the trial of I.N.A. officers Capt. P.K.Sehgal, Capt. Shahnawaz Khan and Capt.G.S.Dhillon?

Who bestowed the office of Peshwa on Balaji Vishwanath?

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. In the year 1962, the Soviet Union and India concluded an agreement permitting India to manufacture MiG aircraft.
2. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru faced the first no-confidence motion of his tenure as the head of the government in the year 1963.

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. By the Gandhi-Irwin Pact, the Congress agreed to suspend the Civil Disobedience Movement.
2. By the Gandhi-Irwin Pact, the Government promised to release all political prisoners not convicted for violence.

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. In India, the legislation passed by the Parliament is subject to judicial review.
2. The Constitution of India lays down the mechanism for the enforcement of Fundamental Rights.

During the time of Lord Cornwallis, as per the Zamindari system,

1. The demand of the government on the revenue collected by the Zamindars was fixed at 70 percent.
2. If a Zamindar failed to pay to the government its demand on the due date, his Zamindari was auctioned. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. Raja Rammohan Roy arranged for the first inter-caste marriage under the Brahmo Samaj.
2. Keshab Chandra Sen enunciated the basic tenets of Brahmo Samaj in his book Brahmodharma.

Who among the following organized the first all-India agitations in 1877-78 on the issue of Civil Services?

When Lord Wellesley fought the war against sultan of Mysore, Tipu in which sultan was died , at that time who commanded the main English Army?

In Shivaji's Ashtapradhan, who among the following officers looked after the foreign affairs?

China's attack on India in the year 1962 ended as a result of

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. Chittaranjan Das was a member of non-official Jalianwala Bagh Enquiry Committee.
2. Subhash Chandra Bose was a member of Motilal Nehru Committee which was appointed by the Congress to draft a Constitution for free India.

Consider the following statements:

1. That the Court of Directors of the Company, hitherto elected every year, would henceforth be elected for a period of three years.
2. That the number of Directors of the Company was fixed at 24, one fourths retiring every three years.
3. For a judiciary emanating directly form the Crown. Which of the statements given above is/ are correct?

Whose works are ascribed to the famous poet Rajasekhara?

Damodarpur Copper Plate inscription, giving details of local administration belongs to whose period?

What is the correct chronological sequence of the following inscriptions?

1. Mehrauli Pillar Inscription.
2. Aphsad Inscription.
3. Allahabad Pillar Inscription.
4. Aihole Inscription.

At which one of the following places, the three Sangam Literary Assemblies were held?

Match the List - I with List - II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the list ||| |---|---| | List - I (Party)| List - II (Leader) | | (a) Praja Party | 1. Fazlul Huq | | (b) Congress | 2. Sahajanand Party Saraswati | | (c) All India Kisan | 3. Sir Sikander Hyat Sabha Khan | | (d) Unionist Party | 4. Minoo Masani |

During Satavahana period, what did Kulika Nigams mean?

What is the principal theme of the Ashtashasrika-Prajnaparamita literature of ancient India?

Match the List - I with List - II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists ||| |---|---| | List - I(Work) | List - II (Author) | | (a) Mrichchha | 1. Kalidasa katika | | (b) Ritusamhara | 2. Sudraka | | (c) Kiratarjuniya | 3. Magha | | (d) Sisupalavadha | 4. Bharavi |

Which of the following pairs is/are correctly matched?

1. Parsva - Nirgrandha
2. Gosala - Aji vika Maskariputra
3. Ajita - Buddhist Kesakambalin

Which Gupta Inscription refers to Arya Uditacarya as the descendent of Bhagavat Kusika?

Which one of the following statements about Mohenjo-daro is correct?

In Nagpur Session of Congress, in the year 1920, who among the following moved the main resolution on Non-Cooperation?

Which one of the following statements about Upanishads is not correct?

Which one of the following pairs does not match correctly?

Who was credited to have excavated Cave XVI at Ajanta?

In ancient India, the life of a Jain monk was governed by how many vows?

Who among the following freedom fighters received capital punishment, on the accusation of throwing a bomb at Lord Hardinge?

1. Amir Chand
2. Avadh Behari
3. Balmukund
4. Basanta Kumar Biswas

Which one of the following terms denotes cotton cloth manufactured during the medieval period in India?

Assertion (A) - Lord Ripon resigned, before the term of his viceroyalty was over. Reason (R) - The British Government was annoyed by the Ilbert bill and forced him to resign.

What are Brahmanas?

Assertion (A) - The earliest paper manuscript of India is dated 1223-24 A. D. and it has been reported from Gujarat. Reason (R) - The traditional manufacture of paper in India was of very poor quality and could only be improved with the assistance of techniques brought by the Turks in the 13th century.

Assertion (A) : In the context of prehistoric India, most of the agricultural sites have reported the presence of a variety of Neolithic tool. Reason (R) : Settled agricultural activity necessitated the development and use of a variety of microliths.

Match the List - I with List - II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the list ||| |---|---| | List - I(Vedic Term) | List - II (Meaning)| | (a) Muni | 1. Guardian of marriage | | (b) Udgatri | 2. Holyman who is silent | | (c) Purusha | 3. One who knows Sama veda | | (d) Aryaman | 4. The primeval man | | | 5. The forest god |

According to Megasthenes, the city of Pataliputra was administered by a committee. This committee was constituted of how many members?

Whose contemporary was the great grammarian, Patanjali, of ancient India?

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. The inhabitants of Harappa grew and used cotton.
2. The inhabitants of Harappa had no knowledge of copper and bronze.
3. The standard Harappan seals were made of clay.

Which of the following statements are correct?1. Gautamiputra Satakarni defeated Nahapana.

1. Vasishthiputra Sri Pulmavi was defeated by Rudradaman.
2. Sri Yajna Satakarni styled himself as Ekabhamana.

Which one of the following rulers began the construction of the famous Kailasa rock-cut temple at Ellora?

Assertion (A) During 800-1200 A.D. period, we noticed the appearance of many histories of comparatively small geographical regions and family histories of lesser dynasties. Reason (R) : The excessive centralization of political authority during this period had resulted in the emergence of reactionary sentiments among regional and local rulers.

Assertion (A) : A notable feature in the Sanskrit plays of Gupta period was that the characters of high social status spoke Sanskrit, whereas those of low social status spoke Prakrit. Reason (R) : Prakrit, as a language was more closely related to the speech of the times than classical Sanskrit.

Which of the following two plays were composed by Kalidasa before Abhijnanasakuntalam?1. Vikramorvasiyam 2. Malavikagnimitra 3. Swapnavasavadatta 4. Kadambari

Match the list-I and the List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists List-I List-II (Harappan Settlement) (River) A. Mohenjo-daro 1. Indus B. Rupar 2. Ghaggar C. Kalibangan 3. Sutlej D. Harappa 4. Ravi

Consider the following administrative units in Chola Kingdom:1. Kottam 2. Uru 3. Valanadu In terms of their size, which is the correct sequence of these units in descending order?

At which one of the following sites, the boar incarnation of Vishnu has been depicted in sculpture?

The Sarvastivadin sect of Buddhism was strong in which region?

Which one of the following is not a scene depicted on the famous site of Mamallapuram?

Which one of the following is not a feature of Gandhara style of Buddha images?

Who were the qalandars in the medieval India?

Kharapallana and Vanasphara were the two satraps, governing under which one of the following?

Who deciphered the Brahmi script?

Who among the following had studied and discovered the Manuscript of Kautilya's Arthashastra for the first time?

The king of Kanishka held a great Buddhist Council under whose presidentship?

Sun Temple is situated at which one of the following places?

Which one of the following techniques was introduced by the Turks in textile sector in India?

Vaipulya Sutras are

The translation of Chintamani Bhatta's 'Suka-saptati' into the Persian title 'Tutinama' was done by which of the following sufi saints?

In the year 1739, Marathas captured Salsette and Bassein from which one of the following powers?

Assertion (A) : During the medieval period in India, guns were manufactured by fusing separate pieces together with the help of hot rings. Reason (R) Cast iron guns were found to be failing with alarming regularity in battle-fields.

Assertion (A) : Amir Khusrau works incorporated Hindi verses. Reason (R) : Amir Khusrau showed respect for Hindi and had little reservation in using it in his works.

Towards the end of Akbar's reign, who dominated his nobility holding ranks of 500 zat and above?

Who have described Alauddin Khalji's measure of slaughtering a large number of 'New Muslims' in one single day?

Which of the following is not a correct chronological sequecce?

Akbar was formally seated on the Mughal throne at which one of the following places, after the accidental death of his father Humayun?

Before taking employment under Aurangzeb, Mir Jumla worked for

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. Shahjahan commanded Fateh Khan to invade Bijapur in 1631.
2. Shahjahan failed in the second Bundela war in 1634 and did not invade the region again.
3. Shahjahan visited Kabul with a military escort of fifty thousand to subdue the Afghan tribes.

When Farrukhsiyar contested the throne, who among the following betrayed Jahandar Shah?

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. Mansab fixed the status of a mansabdar in official hierarchy but not his salary.
2. Mansab did not fix the number of armed retainers, the mansabdar was supposed to maintain.
3. Mansabdari was a single service combining both civil and military responsibilities.
4. All holders of mansab were called amir-I azam.

As per The Press Licensing Regulations of 1823,

Match the List-I and the List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists List-I List-II (Text) (Author) (a) Salvabhyudaya 1. Uddanda Kavi (b) Sarva-Darshan-Sangraha 2. Atreya Ramanuja (c) Kokilasandesha 3. Makhavacharya (d) Nyayakulis's 4. Rajanatha

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. Akbar prohibited sati-the immolation of widow on husband's pyre.
2. Akbar discouraged child marriage and encouraged widow remarriage among the Hindus.

Which one of the following Acts removed the legal recognition of slavery in India?

In the 1907 Session of the Congress, at Surat, whose name was proposed by extremists group as the next President of Congress?

With whom, a settlement for revenue was made under the Mahalwari system?

Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?

The Hindustan Socialist Republican Army was founded at which one of the following places, in September 1928, by Bhagat Singh and a few of his associates?

Who was the first chief justice of the Supreme Court at Calcutta, established under the Regulating Act of 1773?

Haji Maula revolted against which one of the following Sultans?

Who among the following refused to allow the adopted son of Lakshmibai to succeed to the throne, after the death of her husband, and subsequently annexed the state?

Who among the following organized the Radical Democratic Party, in the year 1940?

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. In the First Round Table Conference, held in November, 1930, congress had no representative.
2. Mahatma Gandhi was chosen as the sole representative of the Congress at the Second Round Table Conference held in September-December, 1931.

Assertion (A) : The Constituent Assembly of 1946 was not elected on the basis of universal adult franchise. Reason (R) : Gandhiji had desired that the best talent available in the country must be involved in task of making the Constitution.

During the National Movement, Congress passed a resolution on fundamental rights and economic policy by way of a major concession, to placate the Left Wing at which one of the following sessions?

Which of the following statements with reference to Pitt's India Act is/are correct?1. Pitt's India Act 1784 provided that only covenanted servants were in future to be appointed as members of the Council of the governor-General.

1. The Pitt's India Act 1784 prohibited all aggressive wars in India and all treaties of guarantee with the Indian Princes.

With reference to the Ghadar movement, consider the following statements:

1. The first issue of the newspaper 'Ghadar' was published in the Gurumukhi script.
2. The organizers of the movement asked the sikh soldiers to revolt against the British.
3. 'Sat Sri Akal' was the rallying cry of the Ghadar Movement. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

During Indian struggle for independence, who among the following came forward in defence of prisoners, in the Meerut Conspiracy Case?1. Jawaharlal Nehru (2) Muzaffar Ahamed (3) P.C.Joshi (4) M.C.Chagla

The Preamble of the constitution of India was based on 'Objectives Resolution', introduced in the constituent Assembly in its first session in December, 1946 and was adopted in January, 1947. Who among the following moved the 'Objective Resolution'?

Which of the following statements with reference to the Nehru Report is/are correct?

1. In the Nehru Report, the secular character of the state was listed as a Fundamental Right.
2. The Nehru Report recommended that the redistribution of provinces should take place on a linguistic basis.

Assertion (A) : The Congress Working Committee and the AICC passed a resolution against Mountbatten Plan. Reason (R) Mountbatten Plan was sought to affect an early transfer of power, on the basis of Dominion Status to two successor states, India and Pakistan.

Which one of the following was a reason for the failure of talks, held at the Simla conference in 1945?

At Bombay Session of the Congress, held on May17, 1927, who among the following moved a resolution, calling upon the Congress Working committee to frame the Constitution of India in consultation with the elected members of the Central and Provincial Legislatures and leading political parties?

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. At the time of partition of India, the Partition Council's Chairman was Sir Patrick Spens, the ex-Chief Justice of India.2. At about the same time, an Arbitral Tribunal was set up under the Presidentship of Sir Cyril Radcliffe.

Which one of the following is the correct chronological sequence of the events given below, in the context of India's relations with China? 1. China's war with India2. Dalai lama's departure form Tibet 3. Bandung Conference 4. Panchsheel Agreement

1. India was the first country to recognize the people's Republic of China on 1^st January, 1950.2. India objected to the permanent representation of China in the Security Council of UN. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Match the List-I and the List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.

Who among the following was not a member of the States Reorganisation Commission (SRC), appointed by Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru?

Agricultural land was divided by Akbar into four categories. Polaj land came under which category?

The golikas and halikas of Satavahana period were