The Ain-i-Akbari does not give a detailed account of which among the following:

1. Mughal Art and Architecture
2. Organisation of the Mughal Court
3. Mughal Administration
4. Mughal Army

Arrange the major Sufi-teachers of the Chisti-Silsila chronologically:

(A) Khwaja Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki
(B) Shaikh Nasiruddin Chirag-i-Dehli
(C) Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya
(D) Shaikh Fariduddin Ganj-i Shakar

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. (A), (B), (C), (D)
2. (A), (C), (B), (D)
3. (A), (D), (C), (B)
4. (B), (D), (C), (A)

Identify the correct statements for the army of the Mauryan Empire:

(A) Megasthenes mentions a committee with six subcommittees for coordinating military activity.
(B) One committee looked after the navy.
(C) The second committee looked after transport and provisions.
(D) The third committee was responsible for agriculture.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. (A), (B) and (D) only
2. (A), (B) and (C) only
3. (A), (B), (C) and (D)
4. (B), (C) and (D) only

The symbol of the 'wheel' in many Buddhist sculptures stands for which representation?

1. Mahaniravana
2. Buddha's Birth
3. Enlightenment of Buddha
4. First Sermon of Buddha

Identify the principal deities of the 'Vedic' pantheon:

1. Agni, Indra, Soma
2. Rudra, Durga, Soma
3. Shiva, Subhadra, Balarama
4. Indra, Soma, Jagannatha

When did Alexander Greenlaw take the first detailed photographs of archaeological remains at Hampi?

1. 1857
2. 1856
3. 1877
4. 1853

The epic Silappadikaram was written in which language?

1. Tamil
2. Telugu
3. Kannada
4. Bengali

What was the term used for 'the owner, master or head of household, who exercised control over the women, children etc.' in ancient texts?

1. Adimai
2. Vellalar
3. Gahapati
4. Uzhavar

The distinctive Harappan pottery has not been found in which of the following states?

1. Rajasthan
2. Punjab
3. Madhya Pradesh
4. Maharashtra

Who among the following took pride in the title "establisher of the Yavana kingdom":

1. Rama Raya
2. Bukka
3. Harihara
4. Krishnadeva Raya

Identify the correct statements from below:

(A) Verses ascribed to Kabir have been compiled in three distinct but overlapping traditions.

(B) The Kabir Bijak is preserved by the Kabirpanth in Varanasi.

(C) The Kabir Granthawali is associated with the Dadupanth in Maharashtra.

(D) Many of Kabir's compositions are found in the Adi Granth Sahib.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. (A), (B) and (D) only
2. (A), (B) and (C) only
3. (A), (B), (C) and (D)
4. (B), (C) and (D) only

Match List-I with List-II:

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. (A) - (I), (B) - (II), (C) - (III), (D) - (IV)
2. (A) - (II), (B) - (III), (C) - (I), (D) - (IV)
3. (A) - (II), (B) - (I), (C) - (IV), (D) - (III)
4. (A) - (II), (B) - (IV), (C) - (I), (D) - (III)

Which text contains the verses on 'the nature of the self' and 'the true sacrifice' and was composed in 6th-century BCE?

1. Chhandogya Upanishad
2. Rigveda
3. Dipavamsa
4. Tipitaka

Name the temple having "scenes from the Ramayana sculpted on the inner walls of the shrine" in the Vijayanagara empire?

1. Pampadevi Temple
2. Lotus Temple
3. Virupaksha Temple
4. Hazara Rama Temple

Match List-I with List-II:

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. (A) - (III), (B) - (II), (C) - (IV), (D) - (I)
2. (A) - (IV), (B) - (III), (C) - (I), (D) - (II)
3. (A) - (III), (B) - (I), (C) - (IV), (D) - (II)
4. (A) - (I), (B) - (II), (C) - (III), (D) - (IV)

Match List-I with List-II:

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. (A) - (III), (B) - (I), (C) - (II), (D) - (IV)
2. (A) - (IV), (B) - (III), (C) - (II), (D) - (I)
3. (A) - (IV), (B) - (II), (C) - (III), (D) - (I)
4. (A) - (IV), (B) - (III), (C) - (I), (D) - (II)

Gonoo, the tribal cultivator of Singhbhum in Chotanagpur, became a rebel leader of which tribe?

1. Santhal
2. Kol
3. Urao
4. Koeri

Abdur Razzaq, who visited Calicut (present-day Kozhikode) in the fifteenth-century, was:

1. Merchant of Aleppo
2. Traveller from Basra
3. Wrestler from Mysore
4. Ambassador of Persia

Arrange the following events in chronological order:

(A) Gandhi-Irwin Pact

(B) Rowlatt Satyagraha

(C) Civil Disobedience Movement

(D) Quit India Movement

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. (A), (B), (C), (D)
2. (B), (C), (A), (D)
3. (B), (A), (D), (C)
4. (C), (B), (D), (A)

While historians use the term "Vijayanagara empire", contemporaries describe it as:

1. Karnataka Samrajyamu
2. Hampi Samrajyamu
3. Tamil Samrajyamu
4. Virupaksha Samrajyamu

Who composed the Harshacharita in Sanskrit?

1. Harisena
2. Magha
3. Kalidasa
4. Banabhatta

Merchants often had strong community or kin ties and were organised into their own caste-cum-occupational bodies. In western India, these groups were called as:

1. Karkhanadars
2. Sheths
3. Mahajans
4. Mahaprathams

Which leaders are directly related to the Revolt of 1857?

(A) Maulvi Ahmadullah Shah

(B) Rani Laxmi Bai

(C) Nana Sahib

(D) Sidhu Manjhi

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. (A), (B) and (D) only
2. (A), (B) and (C) only
3. (B), (C) and (D) only
4. (A), (B), (C) and (D)

Which text is frequently described as the 'Tamil Veda'?

1. Nalayira Alavaram
2. Nalayira Divyaprabandham
3. Virashaiva Lingayam
4. Bhagavata Purana

Which one of the following is not part of Kuru-Panchala region and its neighbouring areas?

1. Bodh Gaya
2. Indraprastha
3. Virata
4. Hampi

Who made a powerful plea to continue 'separate electorates' on 27th August 1947?

1. Somnath Lahiri
2. B. Pocker Bahadur
3. B.R. Ambedkar
4. Baldev Singh

In the Vijayanagara empire, the amara-nayakas were _____.

1. Tax-Collectors
2. Cultural-Ambassadors
3. Military-Commanders
4. Agriculturists

Which king among the following is not a part of the Satavahana dynasty?

1. Svami-Sakasena
2. Sri-Rudradaman
3. Siri-Satakani
4. Siri-Pulumayi

According to some traditions, who was Mirabai's preceptor?

1. Kabirdas
2. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
3. Raidas
4. Shankaradeva

Identify the correct statements about Baba Guru Nanak from below:

(A) Guru Nanak (1469-1539) was born into a Hindu merchant family in a village called Nankana Sahib.

(B) Guru Nanak was trained to be an accountant and studied Persian.

(C) Guru Nanak advocated a form of saguna bhakti.

(D) Guru Nanak rejected sacrifices, ritual baths, image worship, austerities and the scriptures of both Hindus and Muslims.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. (A), (B) and (D) only
2. (A), (B) and (C) only
3. (A), (C) and (D) only
4. (B), (C) and (D) only

Which source from 1857 published an illustration with the caption, "The news of the terrible massacre at Cawnpore (Kanpur) produced an outburst of fiery indignation and wild desire for revenge throughout the whole of England"?

1. London News
2. Justice, Punch
3. The Times of India
4. London Mirror

The term used by Kabir from Vedantic traditions to define the 'unseen' is:

1. Bani
2. Nirakar
3. Shabada
4. Alakh

Buddha's teachings have been reconstructed from stories, mainly found in the _________.

1. Brahamanas
2. Sutta Pitaka
3. Therigathas
4. Vinaya Pitaka

Arrange the following events chronologically:

(A) Champaran Movement

(B) Mahatma Gandhi's visit to Noakhali

(C) Workers' Movement in Ahmedabad

(D) Peasant Movement in Bardoli

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. (A), (B), (C), (D)
2. (A), (C), (B), (D)
3. (A), (C), (D), (B)
4. (C), (B), (D), (A)

Which one of the following travelers did not travel to India during the 15th and 16th-century?

1. Nicolo de Conti
2. Duarte Barbosa
3. Fernao Nuniz
4. Brandon Sanderson

The 'diwani' of Bengal was transferred to the East India Company in which year?

1. 1757
2. 1739
3. 1765
4. 1764

The Mauryan ruler, Asoka, is mentioned in the inscriptions as:

1. Rajah
2. Maharajadhiraj
3. Ashok Mahan
4. Devanampiya Piyadassi

Which one of the following is not related to agrarian terminology during the Mughal period?

1. Rabi
2. Do-Fasla
3. Halalkhoran
4. Jins-i-Kamil

Identify the 'minor-rock edict' sites among the following:

1. Siddapur, Brahmagiri, Udegolam
2. Rajula Mandagiri, Jatinga Rameshwar, Sopara
3. Girnar, Sanchi, Sannati
4. Gujarra, Rumindei, Meerut

Identify the correct statements regarding the Vijayanagara Empire:

(A) According to tradition and epigraphic evidence, two brothers, Harihara and Harihara II, founded the Vijayanagara Empire in 1336.

(B) Krishnadeva Raya's rule was characterised by expansion and consolidation.

(C) Krishnadeva Raya founded a suburban township near Vijayanagara called Nagalapuram after his mother.

(D) In 1565, Rama Raya, the chief minister of Vijayanagara, led the army into battle at Rakshasi-Tangadi.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. (A), (B) and (D) only
2. (A), (B) and (C) only
3. (A), (B), (C) and (D)
4. (B), (C) and (D) only

Who led the Cripps Mission to India?

1. Charles Stafford
2. Francis Cripps
3. Stafford Cripps
4. Lord Linlithgow

Which movement began in 1942 against British rule?

1. Non-Cooperation Movement
2. Quit India Movement
3. Khilafat Movement
4. Civil-Disobedience Movement

In which district, an 'independent' government proclaimed?

1. Bardoli
2. Satara
3. Lahore
4. Benaras

When was Mahatma Gandhi released from the jail?

1. June 1944
2. August 1942
3. August 1947
4. October 1942

Mahatma Gandhi regularly published in his journal _______.

1. Harijan
2. Bunch of Old Letters
3. Kesari
4. Vividh Vritti

Which book concerns itself with the imperial household and its maintenance?

1. Manzil-Abadi
2. Mulk-Abadi
3. Sipah-Abadi
4. Mulk-Shahi

The Ain is a composition of how many books?

1. Six
2. Three
3. Four
4. Five

Identify the book which covers the military and civil administration?

1. Akbar Nama
2. Mulk-Abadi
3. Manzil-Abadi
4. Sipah-Abadi

Which historical text comprised of three books?

1. Akbar Nama
2. Ain-i Akbari
3. Mulk-Abadi
4. Mansabdari-abadi

What is the completion year of Ain-i Akbari?

1. 1596
2. 1597
3. 1598
4. 1594