31) The greatest conqueror among the Gupta rulers was
(a) Samudragupta
(b) Chandragupta II
(c) Kumargupta
(d) Skandagupta
32) The god whose worship had not gained ground in the Rlgvedic period was
(a) Marut
(b) Lord Shiva
(c) Agni
(d) Indra
33) The original Buddhist religious texts had been written in
(a) Brahmi
(b) Sanskrit
(c) Pali
(d) Magadhi
34) The real founder of the Sultanate of Delhi and its first dynasty was
(a) Muhammad Ghuri
(b) Qutub-ud-din-Aibak
(c) Iltutmish
(d) Balban
35) The Sultanate of Delhi reached the height of its power during the reign of
(a) Balban
(b) Alauddin Khalji
(c) Firuz Tughluq
(d) Raziya
36) Which of the following statements correctly describes the real spirit of Din-i-illahi?
(a) It was an attempt towards founding a universal religion
(b) It possessed the excellence of all the existing creeds but defects of none
(c) It was a concept of common citizenship of the people of common faith
(d) It was founded to instil intense loyalty to the emperor
37) Under the Mughal rule the judicial service was formed by
(a) Vakil
(b) Diwan
(c) Kazis
(d) Mansabdars
38) When was the First Round Table Conference held?
(a) 1933
(b) 1931
(c) 1930
(d) 1903
39) The Permanent settlement Introduced by Cornwallis is in Bengal is known as
(a) Roytwari System
(b) Mahalwari System
(c) Zamindari System
(d) Iqtadari System
40) After the ruin of India’s trade, Industries and handicrafts, the burden of taxation in India had to be mainly borne by
(a) Zamindars
(b) Peasantry
(c) Income-tax payers
(d) All the above
41)Buddha lived approximately at the same time as –
a) Confucius
b) Moses
c) Prophet Mohammad
d) Hammurabi
42) Which of the following is the sacred book of the Buddhists ?
a) Upanishad
b) Vedas
c) Tripitaka
d) Agams
43) Who among the following was NOT a contemporary of other there ?
a) Bhimbisara
b) Gautama Buddha
c) Milinda
d) Prasenjit
44) Chandragupta Maurya figures prominently in the book of –
a) Bhasa
b) Sudraka
c) Vishakhdatta
d) Ashvaghosha
45) The description of the administration of Pataliputra is available in –
a) Divyavadan
b) Arthashastra
c) Indica
d) Ashoka’s inscriptions