General Knowledge

History – 1
Number of questions: 100

1. By signing which pact with Gandhiji did 7. The last British Emperor of India was
Ambedkar give up his demand for separate (CLAT 2013)
electorates: (CLAT 2008) (a) King George I (b) King George III
(a) Poona Pact (b) Aligarh Pact (c) King George V (d) King George VI
(c) Deccan Pact (d) Delhi Pact
8. The Chinese traveler Hiuen Tsang visited India
2. Who was the founder of the Rashtrakutas during the reign of
dynasty? (a) Chandragupta I
(a) Pulakesin I (b) Dantidurga (b) Harshavardhana
(c) Krishna I (d) Amoghavarsha (c) Ashoka
(d) Chadragupta II
3. The first war of independence took place
(NLSIUB-2007) 9. The Dilwara temple at Mount Abu is located
(a) in Bengal during 1842 in which of the following states of India?
(b) in Sind during 1844 (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Maharashtra
(c) in Meerut during 1857 (c) Karnataka (d) Rajasthan
(d) All of them
10. The first President of Indian National Congress
4. Britain acknowledged the independence of was (CLAT 2008)
United States of America by which treaty? (a) A.O. Hume
(a) Treaty of Madrid (b) W.C. Banerji
(b) Treaty of Paris (c) Dadabhai Nauroji
(c) Treaty of Geneva (d) Phirozeshah Mehta
(d) reaty of Vienna
11. The Chinese Revolution, in 1911, occurred
5. The first Great Indian Empire was under the leadership of
(CLAT 2008) (a) Yuan Shik-Kai
(a) Magadhan Empire (b) Sun Yat-Sen
(b) Kuru Empire (c) Mao Tse-tung
(c) Pandava Empire (d) Chiang Kai-Shek
(d) Gandhara Empire
12. The ancient Nalanda University was founded
6. The hellenistic king Seleucus I sent
by
Megasthenes as an ambassador to the court
(a) Kumaragupta I
of
(b) Chandragupta II
(a) Bimbisara
(c) Kumaragupta II
(b) Harshavardhana
(d) Dharmapala
(c) Ashoka
(d) Chandragupta Maurya

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13. Doctrine of Lapse was used by _________, 20. Khilafat movement was organized
the Governor General of India, to annex the (CLAT 2008)
territories of Indian rules who died without (a) for getting Muslim Homeland
leaving behind natural heirs. (NLSIUB-2006) (b) as a protest against British suppression
(a) Lord Mountbatten of Turks
(b) Lord Warren Hastings (c) to preserve Turkish Empire with Khilafat
(c) Lord Dalhousie as temporal head
(d) Lord Mayo (d) as a protest against communal politics

14. The Sardeshmukhi, in the Maratha regime, 21. Who among the following built the Khajuraho
was a temples?
(a) name given to the Chhatrapati (a) Rashtrakutas dynasty
(b) designation equivalent to Peshwa (b) Cholas Dynasty
(c) designation lesser to Peshwa (c) Hoyasala dynasty
(d) tax levied on revenue (d) Chandela dynasty

15. The King who gave permission to establish 22. The Treaty of Versailles ended the state of
East India Company in India (CLAT 2008) war between which of the following countries?
(a) Jahangir (b) Aurangzeb (a) Germany and the Allied Powers
(c) Shahjahan (d) Shershah (b) France and the Allied Powers
(c) Germany and the Axis Powers
16. The first Battle of Panipat took place between (d) Japan and the Axis Powers
(a) Babur and Ibrahim Lodi
(b) Akbar and Ibrahim Lodi 23. The phrase `Satyameva Jayate' was taken
(c) Babur and Sikhander Lodi from (NLSIUB-2004)
(d) Humayun and Ibrahim Lodi (a) Mahabharath
(b) Arthasastra
17. Palaeolithic period is also known as (c) Gita
(CLAT 2013) (d) Mundaka Upanishad
(a) Mesolithic Age (b) Late Stone Age
(c) Old Stone Age (d) Neolithic Age 24. From whom did the British take away the
famous diamond Koh-i-noor to send it to
18. The Ajanta caves are located in the western Queen Victoria?
Indian state of (a) Maharaja Ranjit Singh
(a) Gujarat (b) Rajasthan (b) Maharaja Dalip Singh
(c) Maharashtra (d) Madhya Pradesh (c) Nadir Shah
(d) Ahmed Shah Abdali
19. Krishna Deva Raya belonged to which
dynasty? 25. The Indian National Congress was founded
(a) Tuluva dynasty (b) Sangama dynasty by (NLSIUB-2004)
(c) Saluva dynasty (d) Aravidu dynasty (a) Mahatma Gandhiji
(b) B.R. Ambedkar
(c) A.O. Hume
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru

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26. Which Governor-General of India abolished 33. The Arya Samaj was founded by
the sati system? (NLSIUB-2004)
(a) Warren Hastings (a) Swami Vivekananda
(b) Lord Cornwallis (b) Swami Dayanand Saraswathi
(c) Lord Dalhousie (c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(d) Lord William Bentinck (d) Ravindranath Tagore

27. The first Shaka king in India was 34. Who among the following ancient rulers was
(CLAT 2013) called the 'Indian Napoleon'?
(a) Rudradaman (b) Menadar (a) Ajatashatru (b) Samudragupta
(c) Maues (d) Damanrudra (c) Akbar (d) Ashoka

28. Which of the following battles laid the 35. The deity most praised in Rigveda is
foundation for the British rule in India? (AILET 2008)
(a) Battle of Buxar (a) Indra (b) Agni
(b) Battle of Plassey (c) Mitra (d) Varuna
(c) Battle of Talikota
(d) Fourth Mysore War 36. In which of the following places Buddha
attained enlightenment?
29. Whom did Shahuji, the king of the Maratha (a) Kusinagar (b) Lumbini
Kingdom, made the Peshwa in 1713? (c) Bodh Gaya (d) Sarnath
(a) Madhavrao
(b) Bajirao I 37. Sher Shah is well-known for his administrative
(c) Balaji Vishwanath skill, especially his (AILET 2013)
(d) Narayanrao (a) Market control steps
(b) Land revenue system
30. The outstanding achievement of Todar Mal (c) Mansabdari system
was in the field of (AILET 2008) (d) Law and order'
(a) Military Conquests
(b) Revenue Administration 38. Alexander of Macedon came to India through
(c) Religious Reforms which of the following?
(d) Art and Architecture (a) Khyber Mountain
(b) Hindukush passes
31. Who among the following Governor-General (c) Kirthar range
of India has moved the capital from Calcutta (d) Swat valley
to New Delhi in 1912?
(a) Lord Hardinge 39. The first French factory in India was
(b) Lord Chelmsford established at
(c) Lord Mountbatton (a) Surat (b) Calicut
(d) Lord Minto (c) Masulipattinam (d) Mahe

32. Which of the following treaties was executed 40. The Peacock throne of Shahjahan was taken
with Turkey after First World War? away by (AILET 2008)
(a) Treaty of Versailles (a) Changez Khan (b) Timur
(b) Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (c) Nadir Shah (d) Ahmad Shah Abdali
(c) Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye
(d) Treaty of Sèvres

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41. Who was the political agent sent by Lord 48. The chief female deity of the Harappan culture
Hardinge to Punjab to make them break the was
treaty of Amritsar? (a) Mother Goddess
(a) Major Broadfoot (b) Surya
(b) Major Bardsley (c) Indra
(c) Major Lawrence (d) Gayatri
(d) Major Whistler
49. The Battle of Plassey took place in which of
42. The use of copper metal started during which the following years?
of the following period? (a) 1757 (b) 1750
(a) Neolithic Period (c) 1761 (d) 1764
(b) Paleolithic Period
(c) Chalcolithic Period 50. Charak was the court physician of
(d) Mesolithic Period (AILET 2008)
(a) Asoka
43. The Portuguese traveler Vasco da Gama (b) Kanishka
reached the port of Calicut in which of the (c) Chandragupta Maurya
following years? (d) Samudragupta
(a) 1498 (b) 1504
(c) 1598 (d) 1698 51. Shivaji was born in which year?
(a) 1727 (b) 1657
44. By 1885, Vietnam was completely under the (c) 1627 (d) 1527
possession of
(a) French (b) Dutch 52. Which of the following statements are correct
(c) British (d) Portuguese with regard to the Harappan Civilization?
I. The absence of stone buildings are the
45. Shivaji's Council of Ministers was called important characteristics of the Harappan
(AILET 2008) culture.
(a) Nava Patnas (b) Ashta Pradhans II. Wheat and barley were the main crops
(c) Ashta Diggajas (d) Mantri Parishad grown during this Civilization.
III. Trade was of the barter type.
46. The English East India Company was IV. The use of horse was firmly established.
established in 1600 and the Charter was
issued by (a) I and II (b) II and III
(a) Queen Elizabeth I (c) III and IV (d) I, II and III
(b) George IV
(c) Queen Elizabeth II 53. October Revolution or Bolshevik Revolution
(d) George V was related to which country?
(a) Italy (b) Russia
47. A monument resembling Taj Mahal was (c) Germany (d) France
created by Aurangzeb in (AILET 2013)
(a) Ahmedabad (b) Aurangabad 54. The Captain Hawkins arrived at the royal court
(c) Hoshangabad (d) Daulatabad of
(a) Akbar (b) Babar
(c) Jahangir (d) Humayun

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55. Which of the following reasons was mainly 61. In the Deccan, the Satavahanas established
responsible for the unpopularity of their independent rule after the decline of
Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq? (AILET 2008) (a) Guptas (b) Pallavas
(a) Bad luck (c) Kakatiyas (d) Mauryas
(b) Lack of resources
(c) Subordination of the theologians 62. Match List-I with List-II and select the best
(d) Transfer of capital from Delhi to Devagiri option using the code given below the lists:
List-I (Foreign List-II (Country)
56. The Government of India Act of 1919 was Traveler)
passed during the Viceroyalty of I. Ibn Battuta a. Morocco
(a) Lord Chelmsford II. Nicolo de Conti b. Venetia
(b) Lord Montagu III. Abdur Razzak c. Persia
(c) Lord Minto IV. Domingo Paes d. Portuguese
(d) Lord Mayo
(a) (I) (b), (II) (a), (III) (c), (IV) (d)
57. The maximum work in popularising female (b) (I) (a), (II) (b), (III) (c), (IV) (d)
education in the nineteenth century was done (c) (I) (c), (II) (d), (III) (a), (IV) (b)
by (AILET 2013) (d) (I) (d), (II) (c), (III) (b), (IV) (a)
(a) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(b) J.E.D. Bethune 63. Napoleon Bonaparte as a military and political
(c) D.K. Karve leader of which country?
(d) Raja Ram Mohan Roy (a) Britain (b) French
(c) Germany (d) Italy
58. The ideals like Liberty, Equality and Fraternity
propagated by 64. The first Viceroy of India was
(a) American Revolution (a) Lord Canning
(b) French Revolution (b) Lord Dalhousie
(c) Russian Revolution (c) Lord William Bentinck
(d) Germany Revolution (d) Lord Cornwallis

59. The first Indian law member to the Governor 65. The High Courts at Calcutta, Madras and
General's Council was Bombay were established under the
(a) Satyendra Prasanno Sinha (AILET 2008)
(b) Dadabhai Naoroji (a) Indian High Courts Act, 1911
(c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale (b) Government of India Act, 1909
(d) Satyendranath Tagore (c) Indian High Courts Act, 1861
(d) Indian High Courts Act, 1865
60. The empire of the 'Satavahana kings' is known
by which of the following names at present? 66. Bimbisara belonged to which dynasty?
(AILET 2008) (a) Pallava dynasty
(a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Chola dynasty
(b) Punjab (c) Haryanka Dynasty
(c) Gujarat (d) Sangam dynasty
(d) Uttar Pradesh

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67. What is the correct sequence of the following 73. Vijayanagar kingdom was founded in 1336
movements in chronological order? by Harihara and Bukka of
(CLAT 2015) (a) Kakatiya dynasty
1. Civil Disobedience Movement (b) Sangama dynasty
2. Khilafat Movement (c) Hoysala kingdom
3. Home Rule Movement (d) Pallava dynasty
4. Quit India Movement
74. Minto- Morley Reforms officially known as
(a) 1, 2, 3, 4 (b) 4, 3, 2, 1 (a) Indian Councils Act of 1861
(c) 3, 2, 1, 4 (d) 2, 4, 1, 3 (b) Indian Councils Act of 1909
(c) Indian Councils Act of 1892
68. Who among the following musician patronized (d) Indian Councils Act of 1919
by Akbar?
(a) Tansen (b) Abdul Fazl 75. The founder of the Bahmani kingdom was
(c) Abdul Faizi (d) Inayat Khan (a) Alauddin Bahman Shah
(b) Muhammad Shah I
69. Who was made the first Secretary of State (c) Muhammad Shah III
for India? (d) Mahmud Gawan
(a) Thomas Roy
(b) Sir Charles Wood 76. East India Company's rule came to an end
(c) Johnson Charles by which of the following acts of British?
(d) Thomas Morley (a) Indian Councils Act of 1861
(b) Government of India Act of 1858
70. Which of the following rulers was illiterate? (c) Government of India Act of 1935
(AILET 2008) (d) Indian Councils Act of 1919
(a) Ala-ud-din Khilji
(b) Mohammad-Bin-Tuglak 77. Who among the following was the author of
(c) Akbar Rajtarangini, commonly regarded as the first
(d) Aurangzeb genuine history of India written by an Indian?
(CLAT 2015)
71. Which of the following years was considered (a) Banbhatta (b) Ravikirti
as the Declaration of Independence of the (c) Pushpananda (d) Kalhana
French people?
(a) 1789 (b) 1889 78. In India, Local Self Government was
(c) 1779 (d) 1770 introduced by
(a) Lord Warren Hastings
72. Who introduced the Mansabdari system in (b) Lord Ripon
the administration? (c) Lord William Bentinck
(a) Akbar (d) Lord Robert Clive
(b) Asoka
(c) Chandragupta Maurya 79. Akbar Nama was authored by
(d) Krishna Devaraya (a) Tansen (b) Abdul Fazl
(c) Abdul Faizi (d) Inayat Khan

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80. Who was the first Sultan of Delhi to introduce 87. Which of the following Acts formally
the practice of 'Sijda'? (AILET 2009) introduced the principle of elections for the
(a) Balban first time? (CLAT 2015)
(b) Muhammad Tughlaq (a) The Indian Councils Act, 1909
(c) Alauddin Khilji (b) Government of India Act, 1919
(d) Firoz Tughlaq (c) The Government of India Act, 1935
(d) India's Independence Act, 1947
81. Who is known as the "Father of the Indian
Renaissance"? 88. The "Surat Split" in the Indian National
(a) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar Congress took place in which year?
(b) Ramakrishna Paramahamsa (a) 1905 (b) 1907
(c) Swami Dayanand Saraswati (c) 1916 (d) 1919
(d) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
89. The most important event of Asoka's reign
82. The policy of 'blood and iron' was adopted by was his victorious war with Kalinga in 261
(a) IItumish B.C. the effects of the war were described by
(b) Qutubuddin Aibak Asoka himself in the
(c) Akbar (a) Rock edict XIII (b) Rock edict X
(d) Balban (c) Rock edict XI (d) Rock edict IX

83. How many Colonies of America fought against 90. The Theory of Economics Drain from India to
the Britain to get Independence? England was propounded by (AILET 2009)
(a) 10 (b) 13 (a) R. C. Dutt
(c) 19 (d) 30 (b) B. G. Tilak
(c) Dadabhai Naoroji
84. The founder of the Gupta dynasty was (d) L. K. Jha
(a) Sri Gupta
(b) Ghatotkacha 91. The Revolt of 1857 was considered as the
(c) Chandragupta I 'First War of Indian Independence' by whom
(d) Samudragupta among the following?
(a) Nana Saheb (b) R.C. Majumdar
85. Which of the following is rightly regarded as (c) Henry Lawrence (d) Vir Savarkar
a milestone in the field of education in India?
(AILET 2009) 92. Who was the founder of the Tughlaq Dynasty?
(a) Sir Charles Wood's Despatch (a) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
(b) Stanley's Despatch (b) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
(c) Hunter Commission Report (c) Firoz Tughlaq
(d) University Commission (d) Kublai Khan

86. Who was the first conqueror to led an 93. The first woman President of Indian National
expedition and entered into India? Congress was
(a) Cyrus (b) Darius I (a) Suchitra Kripalani
(c) Xerxes (d) Alexander (b) Mrs.Sarojini Naidu
(c) ArunaAsaf Ali
(d) Mrs. Annie Besant

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94. Buland Darwaza or the loft gateway at 98. United States of America officially proclaimed
Fatehpur Sikri was built by the declaration of Independence in which year?
(a) Babar (b) Shajahan (a) 1770 (b) 1776
(c) Akbar (d) Jahangir (c) 1780 (d) 1786

95. The Calcutta session of the Indian National 99. Who was the only female ever to rule the Delhi
Congress held in September 1920, passed a Sultanate?
resolution which led to the (AILET 2009) (a) Sonia Sultana
(a) Non-Cooperation Movement (b) Mallica Sultana
(b) Civil Disobedience Movement (c) Raziya Sultana
(c) Home Rule Movement (d) Begum Sultana
(d) Quit India Movement
100. One of the following statements was not
96. Who founded the 'Servants of India society'? among the Simon Commission's
(a) Gopal Krishna Gokhale recommendations (AILET 2009)
(b) Jyotiba Pule (a) dyarchy to be abolished in the provinces
(c) Mahadev Govind Ranade (b) reconstitution of the Central Legislature
(d) Dadabhai Naoroji (c) establishment of the Provincial Public
Service Commission for all Provinces
97. Who, among the following, first translated the (d) Indian Council is not needed to advice the
Bhagwat Gita into English? (CLAT 2014) secretary of State for India.
(a) Charles Wilkins
(b) Alexander Cunningham
(c) William Jones
(d) James Prinsep

Answer Key
1 a 2 b 3 c 4 b 5 a 6 d 7 d 8 b 9 d 10 b

11 b 12 a 13 c 14 d 15 a 16 a 17 c 18 c 19 a 20 c
21 d 22 a 23 d 24 a 25 c 26 d 27 c 28 b 29 c 30 b

31 a 32 d 33 b 34 b 35 a 36 c 37 b 38 d 39 a 40 c
41 a 42 c 43 a 44 a 45 b 46 a 47 b 48 a 49 a 50 b

51 c 52 d 53 b 54 c 55 d 56 a 57 a 58 b 59 a 60 a

61 d 62 b 63 b 64 a 65 c 66 c 67 c 68 a 69 b 70 c
71 a 72 a 73 b 74 b 75 a 76 b 77 d 78 b 79 b 80 a
81 d 82 d 83 b 84 a 85 c 86 a 87 a 88 b 89 a 90 c

91 d 92 b 93 d 94 c 95 a 96 a 97 a 98 b 99 c 100 d

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