GATEWAY TO CGL MAINS: HISTORY QUIZ

1. Which of the following is associated with Lord Wellesley, the Governor General of India from 1798 to 1805?

(a) Doctrine of Lapse
(b) Subsidiary Alliance
(c) First Mysore War
(d) Conquest of Rajputana

2.Which of the following kings of ancient India embraced Jainism and became a Sanyasi?

(a) Bimbisara
(b) Chandra Gupta Maurya
(c) Pushyamitra
(d) Harsha

3.Which of the following was the court language during the reign of Akbar?

(a) Hindi
(b) Urdu
(c) Persian
(d) Arabic

4.Which one of the following is correctly matched?

(a) Second Battle of Panipat - Akbar and Ibrahim Lodi
(b) Battle of Khanwa - Akbar and Rana Sanga
(c) Battle of Chausa - Humayun and Sher Shah
(d) First battle of Tarian - Mahmud Ghaznavi and Prithviraj Chauhan

5. Which one of the following is not a feature of North Indian temple Architecture?

(a) Sikhara
(b) Garbha Griba
(c) Gopura
(d) Pradakshina

6. Which one the following kingdoms was founded by Raja Odeyar?

(a) Tanjore
(b) Jinji
(c) Mysore
(d) Madura

7. Which Philosophical system was founded by Vallabhacharya?

(a) Maharashtra Dharma
(b)Shuddhadvaita
(c) Anekantavada
(d) Visistadvaita

8. Which one of the following newspaper was launched by Motilal Nehru?

(a) Leader
(b) The Independent
(c) Hindustan Times
(d) National Herald

9. Who among the following Indian freedom fighters made an attempt to estimate the per capital income of India?

(a) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(b) Feroze Shah Mehta
(c) Surendranath Banerjee
(d) Dadabhai Naorji

10. Who among the following was appointed by Ashoka to administer justice in his empire?

(a) Shramana
(b) Uparika
(c) Rajuka
(d) Kumaramatya

11. Who built the Ibadatkhana at Fatehpur Sikri?

(a) Akbar
(b) Jahangir
(c) Shahjahan
(d) Auranangzeb

12. Who compared the Dandi March to Napoleon's March to Paris on his return from Elba?

(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
(b) Lala Lajpat Rai
(c) Subhash Chandra Bose
(d) B.G. Tilak

13. Who had demarcated the border-line between India and Pakistan?

(a) McMohan
(b) Lord Durand
(c) Redcliffe
(d) None of these

14. Who propounded the Saptanga Theory?

(a) Manu
(b) Charaka
(c) Kautilya
(d) Tulsidas

15. Who put an end to the system of Dual Government in Bengal?

(a) Warren Hastings
(b) Clive
(c) Regulating Act
(d) British Parliament

Answers:-
1. b
2. b
3. c
4. c
5. c
6. c
7. b
8. b
9. d
10. c
11. a
12. c
13. c
14. c
15. a