Q. Which one of the following princely States did NOT support the Congress during the course of the Civil Disobedience Movement ?
1) Bhavnagar
2) Mysore
3) Junagadh
4) Kathiawar
Q. Which one of the following statement about Fatehpur sikri is NOT correct?
1) It was located on the direct road to Ajmer
2) Akbar commissioned the building of a marble tomb for Sheikh Salim Chisti next to the Friday mosque a fatehpur Sikri
3) The arched gateway or Bulund Darwaza was meant to remind visitors of the Mughal victory in Gujarat
4) In 1585, the capital of the Mughal emperor shifted from Fatehpur sikri to Delhi
Q. Who launched the Bardoli Satyagraha on 4th February, 1928?
1) Mahatma Gandhi
2) Vallabhbhai Patel
3) Rajendra Prasad
4) Kalyanji Mehta
Q. Name the calligrapher in Akbar's court who was honoured with the title Zarrin Kalam or Golden Pen -
1) Abul Fazl
2) Tansen
3) Muhammad Husayn
4) Muhammad Kasim
Q. Which one of the following statements regarding King Krishna Devaraya is NOT correct?
1) He was a great scholar of Telugu and Sanskrit
2) Foreign travellers paes and Nuniz visited his court
3) Barbosa praised him for the great justice and equity prevailing in his empire
4) He wrote his magnum opus Amuktamalyada in Sanskrit
Q. Which one of the following was NOT a cause of the Revolt of 1857?
1) The rumour that the British had mixed the bone dust of cows and pigs into the flour being sold in the market
2) The prophecy that British rule would come to an end o the centenary of the Battle of Plassey on 23rd June, 1857
3) Popular discontent with British rule
4) The prophecy that the end of British rule would lead to the end of the Kali Yuga and the return of Ram Rajya
Q. Which one of the following was NOT a feature of the Subsidiary Alliance of Lord Wellesley?
1) The British were responsible for protecting the ally from any external threats
2) All internal threats were to be handled by the ally alone, with no help from the British
3) The ally was to provide resources for mainataining a British armed contingent stationed in its territory
4) The ally could not enter into any agreement with other rulers without the permission of the British
Q. Which one of the following was a significant feature of the Quit India Movement?
1) Women did not play an important role in the movement
2) Nasik in Maharashtra was an important regional base during the movement
3) It was marked by antizamindar violence
4) It was marked by the emergence of parallel governments in different parts of India
Q. Which one of the following travelogues has given an insight on the reign of Muhammd Bin Tughlaq ?
1) Ibn Battuta's Rihla
2) Francois Bernier's Travels in the Mogul Empire
3) Niccolao Manucci's Storia do Mogor
4) Tavernier's Travels in India
Q. Which one of the following was not a Chishti Sufi saint ?
1) Khwaja Moinuddin
2) Baba Fariduddin Ganj-i-Shakar
3) Nizamuddin Auliya
4) Shaikha Bahauddin Zakariya
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