History Objective Test UPSC, IAS Pre. Exams

History Objective Test UPSC, IAS Pre. Exams

History MCQ Sample Paper

1. ln which region of India was the Firdausi order of Sufism popular?

(a) Sind

(b) In and around Delhi

(c) Deccan

(d) Bihar

 Answer. (d)

2. The Bhakti Movement was first organised by :

(a) Ramanuja

(b) Kabir

(c) Ramananda

(d) Nanak

Answer. (a)

3. Which ofthe following persons is/are wrongly matched with the

language in which they wrote?

I. Sankardeva - Assamese

II. Namadeva - Marathi

III. Vidyapati - Bengali

IV. Chandidas- Maithili

(a) I and ll

(b) Ill and IV

(c) Il and III

(d) land IV

Answer. (b)

4. Which one of the following indicates the correct chronological order

of the Maratha saints of the Bhakti movement ?

(a) Namdev-Tukaram-Eknath- Ramdas

(b) Ramdas-Eknath-Tukaram-Namdev

(c) Namdev-Eknath-Tukaram- Ramdas

(d) Ramdas-Tukaram--Eknath- Namdev

Answer. (c)

5. Which of the following is wrongly matched ?

(a) Khwaja Moin-ud-din Chishti -contemporary of Prithviraj Chauhan

(b) Sankara -Advaita philosophy

(c) Pandharpur movement -shrine of Vithoba

(d) Amir Khusrau -disciple of Shaikh salim Chishti

Answer. (d)

6. Tulsidas wrote Ramacharitamanas during the reign of:

(a) Jahangir

(b) Rama Raya

(c) Akbar

(d) Krishnadeva Raya

Answer. (c)

7. Who said, “Ram and Rahim are the two difrrent name of the same God”?

(a) Kabir

(b) Ramdas

(c) Chaitanya

(d) Ramanuja

Answer. (a)

8. The pioneer in preaching Nirguna Bhakti in medieval India was

(a) Namadeva

(b) Vallabhacharya

(c) Ramananda

(d) Sri Chaitanya

Answer. (c)

9. Who amongst the following was a blind poet who worshipped Krishna

and spread Krishna Bhakti cult?

(a) Kabir

(b) Surdas

(c) Bihari

(d) Raskhan

Answer. (b)

10. Whose philosophy is called the Advaita?

(a) Ramanujacharya

(b) Shankaracharya

(c) Nagarjuna

(d) Vasumitra

Answer. (b)

11. Who among the following Bhakti saints wrote the commentary on

Vedanta sutras in Sanskrit?

(a) Ramananda

(b) Tulsidas

(c) Lalleshwari

(d) Vallabhacharya

Answer. (d)

12. Consider the following statements:

1. Prithviraj Chauhan was a contemporary of Khwaja Muin-ud-Din Chistie.

2. Ghiyas-ud-Din Tughlaq was a contemporary of Sheikh Nizam-ud-Din Auliya.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are scorrect?

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2

(d) Neither 1 nor 2

Answer. (c)

13.Consider the following statement:

The arrival of Babar into the Indian subcontinent led to the:

1. Introduction of gunpowder in the subcontinent

2. Introduction of the arch and dome in the regions architecture

3. Establishment of a Timurid dynasty in the region

Which of these statements is/are correct?

(a) 1 only

(b) 1 and 2

(c) 2 and 3

(d) 3 only

Answer. (a)

14. I. The battle of Khanua was of greater significance than that of Panipat.

II. It destroyed the Afghan resistance to Mughal rule

(a) I and II are wrong

(b) I and II are correct and II explains I

(c) I is correct but Il is incorrect

(d) I is wrong but ll is correct

Answer. (d)

15. During the time of which Mughal Emperor did the English East India

Company establish its first factory in India?

(a) Akbar

(b) Jahangir

(c) Shahjahan

(d) Aufangzeb

Answer. (b)

16. The two great Mughal rulers who wrote their own memoirs are:

(a) Babar and Humayun

(b) Humayun and Akbar

(c) Babar and Jahangir

(d) Jahangir and Shahjahan

Answer. (c)

17. Which one of the following rulers assumed the title of Hazrat-i-Ala?

(a) Balban

(b) Alauddin Khalji

(c) Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq

(d) Sher Shah Suri

Answer. (d)

18. Akbar’s land revenue system was known as:

(a) Bandobast system

(b) Zabti system

(c) Todarrnal’s revenue system

(d) All of these

Answer. (b)

19. Din-i-Ilahi was accepted by:

(a) Birbal

(b) Tansen

(c) Raja Mansingh

(d) Todarmal

Answer. (a)

20. Where did Babar die?

(a) Agra

(b) Kabul

(c) Lahore

(d) Delhi

Answer. (a)

21. Din-e-Ilahi of Akbar was not a success because:

(a) After Akbar, it was not patronised

(b) The Muslims did not accept other religious practices

(c) Though it was a collection of good principles in different religions, it was not

suitably projected to the masses

(d) All of the above

Answer. (c)

22. Who amongst the following Mughals is regarded more as an adventurer than a ruler?

(a) Jahangir

(b) Akbar

(c) Babar

(d) Aurangzeb

Answer. (c)

23. Which of the following was built by Akbar?

(a) Agra Fort

(b) Fort of Daulatabad

(c) Red Fort

(d) Fort of Ahrnednagar

Answer. (a)

24. The medieval Indian writer who refers to the discovery of America is:

(a) Malik Muhammad klayasi

(b) Amir Khusrau

(c) Raskhan

(d) Abul Fazl

Answer. (d)

25. Which of the following are true about the Manasabdari system?

I. It meant the organisation of civil and military services of the state on the basis

of gradation of ranks

II. The word ‘rnansab’ is derived from the Arabic word meaning “fixing the place”

III. Mansab in the Mughal administration fixed the rank, dignity and office of the

public servant

(a) Only III

(b) II and III

(c) I, II and III

(d) Only I

Answer. (c)