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1. Who issued a firman on 12 August 1765 granting to the English the Diwani of Bengal,
Bihar and Orissa ?
(A) Shah Alam II
(B) Bahadur Shah
(C) Furrukhsiyar
(D) Muhammad Shah
   Shah Alam II

2. The Mangols under Gengis Khan invaded India during the reign of²
(A) Balban
(B) Feroz Tughlaq
(C) Iltutmish
(D) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
   Iltutmish

3. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched ?

(A) Harappan civilization²Painted grey Ware Art
(B) The Kushans²Gandhara School of Art
(C) The Mughals²Ajanta Paintings
(D) The Marathas²Pahari School of Painting
   The Kushans²Gandhara School of Art

4. Guru Nanak preached²

(A) The unity of the Sikhs
(B) Sikh religion
(C) Making Sikhs a militant organisation
(D) Human brotherhood
   Human brotherhood

5. Which of the following pairs is correctly matched ?

(A) Dewan-i-Bandagani²Tughlaq
(B) Dewan-i-Mustakhraj²Balban
(C) Dewan-i-Kohi²Alauddin Khilji
(D) Dewan-i-Arz²Muhammad Tughlaq
   Dewan-i-Bandagani²Tughlaq

6. In which one of the following cities is the Lingaraja Temple located ?

(A) Bhubaneswar
(B) Bijapur
(C) Kolkata
(D) Shreavanabelagola
   Bhubaneswar

7. Which one of the following pairs (of dynasties and their founders) is not correctly matched
?
(A) Slave dynasty ² Balban
(B) Tughlaq dynasty ² Ghiyasuddin
(C) Khalji dynasty ² Jalaluddin
(D) Second Afghan Empire ² Shershah Suri
   Second Afghan Empire ² Shershah Suri

8. Babar came to India originally from²

(A) Farghana
(B) Khiva
(C) Khorasan
(D) Seistan
   Farghana

9. Which one of the following was the result of the third Buddhist council in ancient India ?
(A) Adoption of Vinaya Pitaka
(B) Compilation of Abhidhamma Pitaka
(C) Permanent split of Buddhist Church into Stharviras and Mahasanghikas
(D) Composition of commentaries known as Vibhashas
   Compilation of Abhidhamma Pitaka

10. Who among the following Chola Kings reigned as Kulotting Chola-I ?
(A) Vikramaditya I
(B) Vikramaditya II
(C) Rajaraja Narendra I
(D) Rajendra III
   Rajendra III

11. Which one of the following sources of Islam is associated with the preaching of Prophet
Mohammad ?
(A) Quran
(B) Hidaya
(C) Fiqah
(D) Sunnah
   Sunnah

12. The French East India Company was formed in²

(A) 1600
(B) 1660
(C) 1664
(D) 1668
   1664

13. The Indus Valley people traded with the²

(A) Chinese
(B) Mesopotamians
(C) Parthians
(D) Romans
   Mesopotamians

14. The Indian National song was composed by²

(A) Rabindranath Tagore
(B) Bankim Chandra Chatterji
(C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(D) Sarojini Naidu
   Bankim Chandra Chatterji

15. Nander Gurudwara is sacred to Sikhs because of the tomb of²

(A) Guru Amar Das
(B) Guru Angad
(C) Guru Arjun Dev
(D) Guru Govind Singh
   Guru Govind Singh

16. Harihara and Bukka founded which Indian Kingdom/dynasty ?

(A) Vijayanagar
(B) Bahamani
(C) The Marathas
(D) The Tughlaq
   Vijayanagar

17. Which one of the following places is considered to be a Jain Siddha-Kshetra on account
of its association with Parsvanatha ?
(A) Champa
(B) Pavapuri
(C) Sammeda Shikhara
(D) Urjayanta
   Sammeda Shikhara

18. The Torah is the holy book of which Community ?

(A) Rastafarians
(B) Buddhists
(C) Jews
(D) Jesuits
   Jews

19. The Finance Minister during the Mughal rule was²

(A) Emperor
(B) Sadr
(C) Diwan-i-Ala
(D) Mir-i-Bakshi
   Diwan-i-Ala

20. Ashoka's Dhamma can be best described as

(A) Modified form of Brahmanism
(B) A socio ethical code of conduct
(C) Propagation of Bhakti
(D) Modified form of Dharmasastra
   A socio ethical code of conduct