Q. Concept of Watan-Jagir came into existence towards the end of the reign of Emperor -
1) Humayun
2) Akbar
3) Jahangir
4) Aurangzeb
Q. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
1) Surendra Nath Banerjee - A Nation in Making
2) Valentine Chirol - The Legacy of the Lokmanya
3) Subhash Chandra Bose - The Indian Struggle 1935-1942
4) Shahnawaz Khan - My Memories of INA and its Netaji
Q. Which of the following statements are correct?
1. Qasim Khan was chosen to be the superintendent of the building of Agra Fort because of his reputation as a 'military engineer' as well as builder.
2. He was later made governor of Agra Fort.
3. Father Monserrate comments that 'he was raised to that exalted dignity from the humble position of a sapper'.
4. In 15983 Akbar appointed eight people to look after the royal buildings jointly one of whom was Qasim Khan.
Select the correct answer from the options given below -
1) 1, 3 and 4 only
2) 1, 2 and 3 only
3) 2 and 4 only
4) 1 and 4 only
Q. Identify the Sultan who refused to implement Shariat on the advice of a Quazi -
1) Qutubuddin Aibek
2) Alauddin Khalji
3) Muhammad Tughlaq
4) Bahlol Lodi
Q. In the Mauryan administration the reporters were called -
1) Nagaraka
2) Prativedaka
3) Rajuka
4) Yukta
Q. According to Megasthenes Astynomoi in the Maurayan administration was the -
1) Chief Magistrate
2) General of the army
3) In-charge of district administration
4) Revenue official
Q. Who produced before Akbar the memoirs of Firdus Makani (Babur) which he had rendered into Persian from Turki and received great praise?
1) Abdur Rahim Khan i Khana
2) Abul Fazl
3) Badaoni
4) Faizi
Q. Star of India, a non-hereditary order of knighthood for both Europeans and Indians, began to be awarded from which year?
1) 1833
2) 1853
3) 1861
4) 1883
Q. Who wrote the following comments regarding social change in the nineteenth century?
"All progress in social liberation tends to be a change from the law of status to the law of contract, from the restraints of family and caste, customs to the self-imposed restraints of the free will of the individual".
1) Keshub Chandra Sen
2) Swami Vivekanand
3) Sri Narayana Guru
4) Mahadev Govind Ranade
Q. Which Harappan town was destroyed due to recurrent floods?
1) Harappa
2) Kalibangan
3) Kotdiji
4) Mohanjodaro
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