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(1) The Batihagarh inscription mentions the construction of a gow math (cow temple) by the order of which Sultan ?
(1) Alauddin Khalji
(2) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
(3) Firoz Tughlaq
(4) Ibrahim Lodi
Answer: Muhammad bin Tughlaq
(2) The Sharqi kingdom of Jaunpur was founded by a eunuch who was in the service of sultan Firoz Tughluq. Identify the eunuch from the following :
(1) Malik Sarwar
(2) Abu Bakr Shah
(3) Muhammad Shah
(4) Mir Hajib Sultani
Answer: Malik Sarwar

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(3) Identify the pair of the emperors in their period tobacco come into use in Northern India and it was banned within twenty years.
(1) Humayun and Akbar
(2) Akbar and Jahangir
(3) Jahangir and Shah Jahan
(4) Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb
Answer: Akbar and Jahangir
(4) From the following, point out the incorrect pair :
(1) Rajatarangini – Sanskrit
(2) Humayunama – Turkish
(3) Baburnama – Turkish
(4) Chachnama – Arabic
Answer: Humayunama – Turkish
(5) Who among the following pursued European fashions construction of their buildings ?
(1) British
(2) Dutch
(3) French
(4) Portuguese
Answer: British
(6) Mughal nobles were honoured in many ways. Which one of the following did not fall into the category of royal honours bestowed upon the nobles ?
(1) Khila’t
(2) Sarpech
(3) Sar-o-pa
(4) Nisar
Answer: Nisar
(7) “As regards myself, my liking for painting and my practice in judging it has arrived at such a point that when any work is brought before me, either of deceased artists or of those of the present day, without the names being told me, I say on the spur of the moment that it is the work of such and such a man.” In the above statement which of the following emperor is applanding his painting skills ?
(1) Babur
(2) Akbar
(3) Jahangir
(4) Shahjahan
Answer: Jahangir
(8) Identify which one of the following does not belong to Serampore missionaries :
(1) William Carey
(2) Joshua Marshman
(3) Charles Grant
(4) William Ward
Answer: Charles Grant
(9) Identify which one of the following statement is wrong :
(1) Orientalists made an attempt to learn about Indian culture through a study of texts in Sanskrit and Persian languages and use that knowledge in matters of governance.
(2) Utilitarians believed in appropriate social engineering and authoritarian reformism.
(3) Evangelists argued about the necessity of government intervention to liberate Indian’s from their religions that were full of superstitions, idolatry and tyranny of the priests.
(4) Free trade thinkers believed that a free Indian economy would ensure a free flow of trade from the shackles of tradition and without government intervention.
Answer: Free trade thinkers believed that a free Indian economy would ensure a free flow of trade from the shackles of tradition and without government intervention.
(10) On whose suggestion Dayananda Saraswati started recording his ideas that formed the content of Satyartha Prakash ?
(1) Swami Vijayananda
(2) Devendranath Tagore
(3) Raja Jai Kishan Das
(4) Lala Hans Raj
Answer: Raja Jai Kishan Das
(11) Which one of the following literary works was not authored by Bankim Chandra Chatterji ?
(1) Meghnadbadh
(2) Durgeshnandini
(3) Kamalakanta
(4) Anandmath
Answer: Meghnadbadh
(12) Who said : “I want to be in my country not as outlander but as master in the same sense that an Englishman is a master in his own country and in the colonies.”
(1) B.G. Tilak
(2) B.C. Pal
(3) M.K. Gandhi
(4) Lala Lajpat Rai
Answer: B.G. Tilak
(13) Who was the moving spirit behind the founding of Indian Social Conference in 1887 ?
(1) Beheramji M. Malabari
(2) Surendra Nath Banerjee
(3) Mahadev Govind Ranade
(4) Narayan Ganesh Chandavarkar
Answer: Mahadev Govind Ranade
(14) Who amongst the following was not an eminent orientalist ?
(1) Dr. Bhau Daji
(2) Dr. R.G. Bhandarkar
(3) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(4) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Answer: Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(15) Who wrote the song ‘Amar Sonar Bangla’ during the Swadeshi Movement, that later inspired liberation struggle of Bangladesh and was adopted as their national anthem ?
(1) Kazi Nazrul Islam
(2) Rajani Kant Sen
(3) Syed Abu Mohammed
(4) Rabindranath Tagore
Answer: Rabindranath Tagore

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