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Correct answer: (A) Muhammad bin-Tughluq
It was Muhammad bin Tughluq who tried shifting the capital from Delhi to Daulatabad.
Correct answer: (E) None of the above
The most prominent ruler of Vijayanagar was Krishnadevaraya, who is not among the options—so the answer is ‘None of the above’.
Correct answer: (A) Minhaj-us-Siraj
Tabaqat-i-Nasiri was written by Minhaj-us-Siraj.
Correct answer: (C) Khwaja Baqi Billah
Khwaja Baqi Billah belonged to the Naqshbandi order, not the Chishti.
Correct answer: (A) Sahitya Lahari
‘Sahitya Lahari’ is Surdas's work, not Tulsidas's.
Correct answer: (B) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
The ‘Adhai Din Ka Jhonpra’ at Ajmer was built by Qutb-ud-din Aibak.
Correct answer: (C) Delhi
The ‘Alai Darwaza’, built by Ala-ud-din Khilji, stands in the Qutb complex in Delhi.
Correct answer: (E) None of the above
Mughal painting was at its zenith in Jahangir's reign, which is not among the options—so the answer is ‘None of the above’.
Correct answer: (C) Turkish
Babur wrote his memoirs, the Tuzuk-i-Baburi, in Turkish.
Correct answer: (A) Humayun
In the Battle of Chausa in June 1539 AD Sher Shah defeated Humayun.
Correct answer: (E) None of the above
Akbar set up the ‘Ibadat Khana’ in 1575 AD at Fatehpur Sikri, which is not among the options—so the answer is ‘None of the above’.
Correct answer: (C) 1563 AD
Akbar stopped the pilgrimage tax in 1563 AD.
Correct answer: (E) None of the above
The Sikh Guru put to death in Aurangzeb's reign was Guru Tegh Bahadur, who is not among the options—so the answer is ‘None of the above’.
Correct answer: (C) Aurangzeb
Bijapur and Golkonda were annexed to the Mughal Empire in Aurangzeb's reign.
Correct answer: (B) Raigarh
Shivaji's coronation took place in 1674 AD at the fort of Raigarh, where he took the title of Chhatrapati.
Correct answer: (E) None of the above
On capturing Chittor, Ala-ud-din Khilji renamed it ‘Khizrabad’, which is not among the options—so the answer is ‘None of the above’.
Correct answer: (C) Akbar
The tomb at Sikandra near Agra is Akbar's.
Correct answer: (E) None of the above
The Mongol invasions were most numerous in the reign of Ala-ud-din Khilji, who is not among the options—so the answer is ‘None of the above’.
Correct answer: (E) None of the above
The Mansabdari system was started by Akbar, who is not among the options—so the answer is ‘None of the above’.
Correct answer: (A) Satara
Satara was the first state merged under the Doctrine of Lapse.
Correct answer: (C) Calcutta
In 1800 AD Lord Wellesley founded Fort William College at Calcutta to train the civil servants.
Correct answer: (B) 1773 AD
The Regulating Act was passed in 1773 AD, which began parliamentary control over the Company's rule.
Correct answer: (A) First Anglo-Maratha War
The Treaty of Salbai (1782) brought the First Anglo-Maratha War to a close.
Correct answer: (E) None of the above
The Calcutta Medical College was founded in 1835 in Lord William Bentinck's time, who is not among the options—so the answer is ‘None of the above’.
Correct answer: (E) None of the above
The restrictions on Christian missionaries were lifted by the Charter Act of 1813, which is not among the options—so the answer is ‘None of the above’.
Correct answer: (A) Dayananda Saraswati
The slogan “Back to the Vedas” was given by Dayananda Saraswati, who founded the Arya Samaj.
Correct answer: (A) Jyotirao Phule
The ‘Satyashodhak Samaj’ was founded by Jyotirao Phule in 1873.
Correct answer: (A) Lord Ripon
The Ilbert Bill controversy arose during Lord Ripon's viceroyalty.
Correct answer: (C) Dadabhai Naoroji
‘Poverty and Un-British Rule in India’ was written by Dadabhai Naoroji, who set out the drain theory in it.
Correct answer: (B) Madan Lal Dhingra
Curzon Wyllie was assassinated in London in 1909 by Madan Lal Dhingra.
Correct answer: (E) None of the above
The Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place on 13 April 1919, which is not among the options—so the answer is ‘None of the above’.
Correct answer: (E) None of the above
Complete independence was declared the Congress goal at the Lahore session of 1929, which is not among the options—so the answer is ‘None of the above’.
Correct answer: (B) 21 October 1943 AD
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose constituted the Provisional Government of Free India at Singapore on 21 October 1943.
Correct answer: (B) Clement Attlee
The Prime Minister of Britain at the time of Indian independence was Clement Attlee.
Correct answer: (A) Martin Luther
Martin Luther is called the Apostle of the Reformation.
Correct answer: (C) Samuel Adams
The Boston Tea Party was led by Samuel Adams.
Correct answer: (C) The Treaty of Frankfurt
The unification of Germany was completed by the Treaty of Frankfurt (1871).
Correct answer: (C) Clemenceau
France was represented at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919 by Clemenceau.
Correct answer: (A) Japan
Pearl Harbor was attacked in December 1941 by Japan, which brought the United States into the Second World War.
Correct answer: (E) None of the above
The Act of 1918 gave the vote to women over 30 who met the property qualification, which is not among the options—so the answer is ‘None of the above’.
Correct answer: (A) Patricians
The noble class in Rome was called the patricians; the common people were the plebeians.
Correct answer: (C) Italy
Civil society began soon after the Renaissance in Italy, from where the Renaissance spread.
Correct answer: (A) Sino-Japanese War, 1894–95
The Treaty of Shimonoseki followed the Sino-Japanese War of 1894–95.
Correct answer: (C) Rudyard Kipling
That it was the White Man's duty to civilize the uncivilized nations was Rudyard Kipling's sentiment.
Correct answer: (C) Jawaharlal Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru had a great hand in founding the Non-Aligned Movement.
Correct answer: (B) The United Nations Organization
The end of colonialism became possible through the efforts of the United Nations Organization, which pressed the right of self-determination.
Correct answer: (A) Palaeolithic period
The earliest part of the prehistoric period is the Palaeolithic.
Correct answer: (B) Peepal
The Harappans worshipped the peepal most, as their seals show.
Correct answer: (A) V. A. Smith
“Buddhism was a reform movement within Hinduism” was said by V. A. Smith.
Correct answer: (C) Patanjali
The Yoga Sutras are attributed to Patanjali.