Solved history objective Questions For JPSC exam

Solved history objective Questions For JPSC exam
very useful MCQ for job exams
1. Al Beruni came to India along with:
(a) Mahmud of Ghazni
(b) Muhammad- bin- Qasim
(c) Muhammad Ghuri
(d) Timur
Answer. (a)

2. Who was the founder of Sunga dynasty?
(a) Ajatashatru
(b) Bimbisara
(c) Agnimitra
(d) Pushyamitra
Answer. (d)

3. The last ruler of Sunga dynasty was:
(a) Devabhuti
(b) Bhaga
(c) Vasudeva
(d) Sujyeshtha
Answer. (a)

4. Satavahanas belonged to:
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Andhra region
(c) Konkan region
(d) Kalinga
Answer. (b)

5. The earliest .example of a land grant is provided by an inscription of:
(a) The Guptas
(b) The Mauryas
(c) The Satavahanas
(d) The Mahameghavahanas
Answer. (c)

6. The Prakrit text ‘Gatha Saptasai’ is attributed to the Satvahana king:
(a) Gautamiputra Satkarni
(b) Hala
(c) Yajna Satkarni
(d) Vasishtputra Pulumayi
Answer. (b)

7. Which of the following are not correct about the Satavahanas?
1. The Satavahana dynasty was the major power that rose in the Deccan region
around the first century B.C.
2. The Satavahana minted only gold coins
3. The Satavahanas had a complex administration system
4. Expansion of overland and maritime trade networks was significant feature of
the Satavahana period
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 3 and 4
(d) 1 and 4
Answer. (b)

8. Which Gupta ruler had led a campaign to the south and was an expert ‘Veena’ player?
(a) Chandragupta I
(b) Samudragupta
(c) Chandragupta Vikramaditya
(d) Skandagupta
Answer. (b)

9. Which one of the following Gupta rulers was related to the Licchavis on
his mother‘s side?
(a) Srigupta
(b) Chandragupta-I
(c) Ghatotkachagupta
(d) Samudragupta
Answer. (d)

10. The Panchatantra was written during the:
(a) Later Vedic period
(b) Sultanate period
(c) Maurya period
(d) Gupta period
Answer. (d)

11. The subject matter of Ajanta paintings were:
(a) Buddha’s life and Bodhisatva
(b) Garuda, Yaksha, Gandharva and Apsaras
(c) Animals, birds and flowers
(d) All of the above
Answer. (d)

12. Zero was invented by:
(a) Aryabhatta
(b) Varahmihir
(c) Bhaskar l
(d) An unknown Indian
Answer. (d)

13. The first Muslim invasion of India was led by:
(a) Mahmud Ghazni
(b) Muhammad Ghori
(c) Muhammad-bin-Qasim
(d) Timur
Answer. (c)

14. Alauddin Khalji introduced market reforms:
(a) To administer his subjects well
(b) To easy the peasants living
(c) To maintain a large army economically
(d) To remove mediators
Answer. (c)

15. The term ‘sufi’ is derived from:
(a) A type of poetry
(b) A type of garment
(c) A language
(d) The name of a place
Answer. (b)

16. Who among the following was not an exponent of Bhakti movement?
(a) Rarnananda
(b) Kabir
(c) Shankaracharya
(d) Nanak
Answer. (c)

17. Sher Shah is well known for his administrative skill, especially his:
(a) Market control steps
(b) Land revenue system
(c) Mansabdari system
(d) Law and order
Answer. (b)

18. During the Mughal period which one of the following traders first came to India?
(a) Portuguese
(b) Dutch
(c) Danish
(d) English
Answer. (a)

19. Sher Shah died while fighting in:
(a) Chausa
(b) Kalinga
(c) Kalinjar
(d) None of these
Answer. (c)

20. Tulsidas was a contemporary of:
(a) Babar
(b) Akbar
(c) Jahangir
(d) Shahjahan
Answer. (b)