Q1.Which one of the following was the official language of Gupta period?
(a) Pali,
(b) Magadhi
(c) Prakrit
(d) Sanskrit
Q2.Who was the founder of the Gupta dynasty?
(a) Chandragupta I
(b) Srigupta
(c) Samudragupta
(d) Skandgupta
Q3. Who wrote Abhijana Shakuntalam?
(a) Tulsidasa
(b) Kalidasa
(c) Tansen
(d) Kabir
Q4.The Swaraj Party was organised by
(a) Lala Lajapat Rai and Feroze Shah Mehta
(b) Sarojini Naidu and Annie Besant
(c) CR Das and Motilal Nehru
(d) C Rajagopalachari and CY Chintamani
Q5.The Revolt of 1857 in Awadh and Lucknow was led by
(a) Wajid Ali Shah
(b) Begum Hazrat Mahal
(c) Asaf-ud-daula
(d) Begum Zeenat Mahal
Q6.Which Sultanate ruler assumed the title Zille-Ilahi (Shadow of God) ?
(a)Alauddin Khilji
(b)Ibrahim Lodhi
(c)Firoz Shah Tughlaq
(d)Ghiyasuddin Balban
Q7.The first Portuguese governor of India was—
(a)Alfonso d Albuquerque
(b)Francisco de Almeida
(c)Nino da Cunha
(d)Martin Alfonso de Souza
Q8.Who is the following was a contemporary of Chingez Khan ?
(a) Mahmud Ghazanvi
(b) Iltutmish
(c)Alauddin Khalji
(d)Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq
Q9.The medieval ruler who was the first to establish a ministry of agriculture (Diwan – i – Kohi) was
(a)Alauddin Khalji
(b)Mohammad -bin – Tughlaq
(c)Sher Shah
(d)Akbar
Q10.Alauddin Khalji captured the Delhi throne after securing fabulous wealth from—
(a) Chanderi
(b) Gujarat
(c) Deogiri
(d) Madurai
Solutions
S1. Ans.(d)
S2. Ans.(b)
S3. Ans.(b)
S4. Ans.(c)
S5. Ans.(b)
S6. Ans.(d)
S7. Ans.(b)
S8. Ans.(b)
S9. Ans.(b)
S10. Ans.(c)
