Q1 : ‘Who has started the Murtidevi Literature Award?
(A) Ministry of Human Resource Development, Central Government
(B) Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
(C) Bhartiya Jnanpith Trust
(D) Sahitya Academy
Q2 : Who first wrote about the expulsion of wealth from India by the British rule?
(A) Tilak
(B) Dada Bhai Naoroji
(C) Rameshchandra Gupta
(D) Arvind Ghosh
Q3 : Was the Muslim League included in the interim government?
(A) 4
(B) 5
(C) 9
(D) 7
Q4 : The Sharda Act was related to
(A) Indian literature
(B) Indian marriage arrangement
(C) Indian Economy
(D) Indian Administration
Q5 : The Constituent Assembly was founded by
(A) Cripps proposal
(B) Mountbatten Plan
(C) Cabinet Mission Plan
(D) None of these
Q6 : When was the Indian Army formed?
(A) 1747
(B) 1847
(C) 1749
(D) 1748
Q7 : How many quantities are there in all the four feet of a square?
(A) 13
(B) 14
(C) 16
(D) 17
Q8 : Who among the following has written the book “Ain-Akbari” and “Akbar Nama”?
(A) Faizi
(B) Hakim Humam
(C) Abul Fazal
(D) Abdul Rahim
Q9 : When was Delhi’s first newspaper published?
(A) 1836
(B) 1830
(C) 1827
(D) 1825
Q10 : In which place is Delhi in greenery in the country?
(A) First
(B) Second
(C) Third
(D) Fourth
Q11 : In which state is the Rihand Dam?
(A) Punjab
(B) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Maharashtra
(D) Bihar
Q12 : Who is called the “savior of India and the father of local self-government”?
(A) Lord Henstin
(B) Lord Patrick
(C) Lord Ripon
(D) Lord Litton
Q13 : Vallabhacharya is the founder of which community?
(A) Advaita
(B) dualism
(C) Shuddhadwaita
(D) Specialism
Q14 : Which ruler of Gupta dynasty defeated the Huns?
(A) Skandagupta
(B) Ram Gupta
(C) Samudragupta
(D) Chandragupta II
Q15 : Which of the following river passes through Vibransh valley in the following?
(A) Tapti
(B) Vyas
(C) Godavari
(D) Krishna
Q16 : Delhi is situated on the banks of which river?
(A) Sutlej
(B) Yamuna
(C) Mandakini
(D) Diameter
Q17 : Which Mughal ruler built the Red Fort in Delhi?
(A) Aurangzeb
(B) Jahangir
(C) Akbar
(D) Shahjahan
Q18 : Which Gupta king was also known as Vikramaditya?
(A) Samudragupta
(B) Kumaragupta
(C) Chandragupta I
(D) Chandragupta II
Q19 : District information is available?
(A) Mehrauli iron pillar
(B) Buddhist literature
(C) Economics
(D) Monasteries
Q20 : What was Vajji Mahajanapada?
(A) Commercial State
(B) Republic
(C) Military State
(D) None of these
Q21 : Information about which ruler is available in the iron pillar of Mehrauli (Delhi)?
(A) Kumaragupta
(B) Vikramaditya
(C) Chandragupta I
(D) Skandagupta
Q22 : Approximately what percentage of the moon appears at the time of super moon?
(A) 5%
(B) 14%
(C) 50%
(D) 20%
Q23 : Which one of the following planets takes the maximum time for an orbit around the Sun?
(A) Earth
(B) Mars
(C) Jupiter
(D) Venus
Q24 : What was the head of the village of Mahajanapada called?
(A) Head
(B) District Officer
(C) Village Head
(D) None of these
Q25 : What was the caste-system in the district based on?
(A) Religion
(B) On birth
(C) Business
(D) Income
Q26 : In which of these following states the Kanheri caves are located?
(A) Madhya Pradesh
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Bihar
(D) Uttar Pradesh
Q27 : Which of the following is the birthplace of Buddha?
(A) Bodh Gaya
(B) Sarnath
(C) Lumbini
(D) Varanasi
Q28 : Who directed India’s first publicly screened cinema Raja Harishchandra?
(A) Bimal Roy
(B) Dada Saheb Phalke
(C) V G Damle
(D) V Shantaram
Q29 : The greatest painter of birds at Jahangir’s court was _________.
(A) Basawan
(B) Mansur
(C) Khwaja Abdus Samad
(D) Sayyed Ali Tabrizi
Q30 : When did Muhammad bin Qasim invade India?
(A) 711
(B) 712
(C) 713
(D) 714
Q31 : Amoghavarsha was related to which dynasty?
(A) Rashtrakuta
(B) Chola
(C) Cher
(D) Pandya
Q32 : Who was the contemporary of Queen Elizabeth I of Britain?
(A) Akbar
(B) Jahangir
(C) Shah Jahan
(D) Aurangzeb
Q33 : Abdul Qadir Badauni, Nakib Khan and Thaneshwar were in whose court?
(A) Akbar
(B) Jahangir
(C) Shah Jahan
(D) Aurangzeb
Q34 : Where is our national symbol taken from?
(A) From Buddhism located in Gaya
(B) Stupa of Sanchi
(C) From the Ashoka pillar situated in Sarnath
(D) From the remains found in Sindhu ghati
Q35 : Where is the tomb of Akbar located?
(A) Agra
(B) Sikandra
(C) Fatehpur Sikri
(D) Delhi
Q36 : Where was Adil Shah Muhammad Sultan?
(A) Saharanpur
(B) Bijapur
(C) Nagpur
(D) Awadh
Q37 : Who is the lieutenant governor of NCT Delhi?
(A) Naseer Ahmed
(B) Anil Baijal
(C) Narkar Umang
(D) Najib Jung
Q38 : Hassan Nizami and Fakh e Mudabbir were the court poets of
(A) Qutubuddin Aibak
(B) Iltutmish
(C) Balban
(D) Alauddin Khilji
Q39 : When did Muhammad Ghori invade India for the first time?
(A) 1172
(B) 1175
(C) 1178
(D) 1182
Q40 : Whose era is called the golden period of Mughal painting?
(A) Akbar
(B) Jahangir
(C) Shah Jahan
(D) Aurangzeb
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