Identify the region from which a sculpture depicting Buddha's departure from his palace was discovered and is dated c. 200 CE:

1. Junagarh
2. Mandsor
3. Bodh Gaya
4. Amaravati

Who composed the Fawa'id-al-Fu'ad, a collection of conversations of Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya?

1. Mir Khwurd Kirmani
2. Amir Hasan Sijzi Dehlavi
3. Abdul Haqq Dehlavi
4. Miya Mir

'Erythraean' was the Greek name for:

1. Red Sea
2. Arabian Sea
3. Bay of Bengal
4. Indian Ocean

In 1565, who led the Vijayanagara army into battle at ‘Rakshasi-Tangadi’?

1. Rama Raya
2. Krishnadeva Raya
3. Deva Raya
4. Harihara II

When did the Deccan Riots Commission present a report to the British Parliament?

1. 1871
2. 1889
3. 1878
4. 1874

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

By the 10th century, the compositions of the 12 Alvars were compiled in an anthology known as:

1. Nalapira Prabandham
2. Deviyara Prabandham
3. Alvariya Prabandham
4. Nalayira Divyaprabandham

Identify the correct statements regarding the Harappan seals and sealings:

(A) The Harappan seal is possibly the most distinctive artefact of Harappan or Indus Valley civilization.

(B) Seals and sealing were used to facilitate long-distance communication.

(C) Harappan seals usually have a line of writing, probably containing the name and title of the owner.

(D) The sealing also conveyed the identity of the sender.

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

In some Harappan seals, a figure is shown seated cross-legged in a yogic posture, sometimes surrounded by animals. It has been regarded as a depiction of:

1. Proto Shiva
2. Proto Vishnu
3. Proto Rudra
4. Proto Prithvi

Who is known as the 'best ruler' of the Satavahana dynasty?

1. Gotami-Puta-Siri-Gupta
2. Gotami-Putra-Siri-Kama
3. Gotami-Puta-Siri-Satakarni
4. Gotami-Puta-Siri-Satnami

Which traveller gives a description on 'widespread poverty' of the early decades in the 17th century?

1. Pelsaert
2. Peter Mundy
3. Seydi Ali Reis
4. Mahmud Wali Balkhi

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) – (I), (B) – (III), (C) – (II), (D) – (IV)
3. (A) – (I), (B) – (III), (C) – (IV), (D) – (II)
4. (A) – (III), (B) – (IV), (C) – (I), (D) – (II)

Identify the correct statements about Ibn Battuta and his travels:

(A) Ibn Battuta’s book of travels, called Rihla, was written in Urdu.
(B) It provides rich and interesting details about social-cultural life in the subcontinent of the 14th century.
(C) This Moroccan traveler was born in Tangier.
(D) Travelling overland through Central Asia, Ibn Battuta reached Sind.

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

Which stone inscription records the history of a guild of silk-weavers who originally lived in Gujarat?

1. Mandasor Inscription
2. Parayaga Inscription
3. Allahabad Inscription
4. Vibhuti Inscription

Who declared in one of the sessions of the Constituent Assembly, that he wanted, "a strong and united Centre"?

1. Hansa Mehta
2. B.R. Ambedkar
3. N.G. Ranga
4. Baldev Singh

Who was M.K. Gandhi's political mentor?

1. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
2. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
3. Lala Lajpat Rai
4. Aurobindo Gosh

Nayanars were devotees of _________.

1. Vishnu
2. Lakshmi
3. Narayana
4. Shiva

Which British artist went on a voyage to the Pacific (1772–75) and then came to India?

1. Augustus Cleveland
2. William Hodges
3. Francis Hamilton
4. Charles Cornwallis

Identify the name of the Governor-General who described the kingdom of Awadh as “a cherry that will drop into our mouth one day”:

1. Lord Malcolm
2. Lord Dalhousie
3. Lord Mayo
4. Lord Canning

Identify the correct statements regarding Al-Biruni:

(A) Al-Biruni was well versed in several languages: Persian, Hebrew, Sanskrit etc.
(B) Al-Biruni was born in Syria.
(C) Al-Biruni was familiar with the work of Plato and other Greek philosophers.
(D) Al-Biruni read their work in Arabic translations.

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. (A), (C) and (D) only

Identify the most famous court-historian during Akbar's reign:

1. Mir Samad
2. Mir Hasan
3. Abu'l Fazl
4. Abu'l Nizami

Ibn Batutta returned to his home in ________, about thirty years after he had set out.

1. 1355
2. 1334
3. 1354
4. 1356

Who remarked that South Africa was "the making of the Mahatma":

1. Bipin Chandra Pal
2. Lala Lajpat Rai
3. Louis Fischer
4. Chandran Devanesan

Identify the incorrect statements regarding the travellers in Medieval India:

(A) Jean-Baptiste Tavernier travelled to India atleast seven times.

(B) Manucci, the french doctor, never returned to Europe and settled down in India.

(C) Francois Bernier was closely associated with the Mughal court.

(D) Danishmand Khan, was a syrian noble at the Mughal court.

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 most important idea in ________ is that the entire world is animated.

1. Buddhism
2. Hinduism
3. Jainism
4. Shaivism

Identify the year of Champaran Movement:

1. 1917
2. 1918
3. 1921
4. 1922

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) – (III), (B) – (II), (C) – (I), (D) – (IV)
3. (A) – (II), (B) – (I), (C) – (IV), (D) – (III)
4. (A) – (III), (B) – (IV), (C) – (I), (D) – (II)

Which Mughal chronicle mentions the irrigation devices of Northern India?

1. Akbar Nama
2. Babur Nama
3. Ain-i Akbari
4. Shah Nama

Who introduced the Subsidiary Alliance in Awadh (1801)?

1. Lord Hardinge
2. Lord Hastings
3. Lord Wellesley
4. Lord Cornwallis

Most Ashokan inscriptions were in ______ language.

1. Sanskrit
2. Pali
3. Prakrit
4. Arabic

Identify the region where the Jotedars were most powerful in the 18th-century:

1. East-Bihar
2. United-Provinces
3. West-Punjab
4. North-Bengal

Identify the regions where archaeologists have found the terracotta models of the ‘plough’ and evidence of ploughed field?

1. Cholistan, Banawali and Kalibangan
2. Ganweriwala, Mitathal and Harappa
3. Ameri, Balakot and Siswal
4. Manda, Sutkagendor and Amravati

Who wrote the earliest histories of the uprising (1857), noting that, “the panchayats were a nightly occurrence in the Kanpur Sepoy lines”?

1. James Outram
2. Charles Mason
3. Charles Ball
4. Captain Hearsey

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) – (I), (B) – (III), (C) – (II), (D) – (IV)
3. (A) – (IV), (B) – (I), (C) – (II), (D) – (III)
4. (A) – (III), (B) – (IV), (C) – (I), (D) – (II)

Arrange the following events in a chronological order:

(A) Ryots in Deccan villages rebel
(B) Santhal Rebellion
(C) Permanent Settlement in Bengal
(D) First revenue settlement in the Bombay Deccan

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

Who founded the Mauryan Empire in c. 321 BCE?

1. Asoka
2. Bimbisara
3. Kautilya Maurya
4. Chandragupta Maurya

When was the Constitution of India signed?

1. December 1949
2. January 1949
3. January 1947
4. August 1947

Which Jataka story describes the plight of the subjects of a wicked king: these included elderly women and men, cultivators, herders, village boys, and even animals?

1. Panchatantra Jataka
2. Abhidhamma Jataka
3. Gandantindu Jataka
4. Jivika Jataka

Francis Buchanan was a physician who came to India and served in the Bengal Medical Service from:

1. 1784 to 1905
2. 1794 to 1815
3. 1799 to 1820
4. 1788 to 1910

Who composed the Natyashastra in Sanskrit?

1. Panini
2. Ashvaghosh
3. Charaka
4. Bharata

‘Gopurams’ are important feature of which building during Krishnadeva Raya’s rule?

1. Forts
2. Roads
3. Temples
4. Tanks

Who inflicted severe defeats on the Sultan of Bijapur (1520)?

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

Which was the second dynasty of the Vijayanagara Empire?

1. Sangama Dynasty
2. Tuluvas Dynasty
3. Saluvas Dynasty
4. Aravidu Dynasty

The ‘Raichur-Doab’ is the land between which among the following rivers:

1. Tungabhadra and Kaveri
2. Tungabhadra and Krishna
3. Krishna and Kaveri
4. Tungabhadra and Shipra

Identify the township named after Krishnadeva Raya’s mother during his reign?

1. Vijayanagara
2. Hampi
3. Orissa
4. Nagalapuram

Identify the month and year of 'Jallianwala Bagh Massacre':

1. March 1919
2. April 1919
3. April 1918
4. March 1914

The main institutional feature of the 'Rowlatt Act' introduced by the British was:

1. Reward for Services
2. Censorship of Press
3. Bandh Call
4. Public Welfare

Identify the timeline of the 'First World War':

1. 1912–14
2. 1913–16
3. 1914–18
4. 1914–20

'Detention without Trial' was a feature of which Act?

1. Non-Cooperation Act
2. Interim Government Act
3. Rowlatt Act
4. Reward Act

In which region of West India were the protests about the 'Rowlatt Act' most intense?

1. Punjab
2. Delhi
3. Bengal
4. United Provinces