HISTORY(INDIAN) - GENERAL QUESTIONS ASKED IN COMPETITIVE EXAMS

1. Which Muslim king was infatuated by the beauty of Rani Padmini - ALAUDDIN KHILJI
2. Market control was first introduced in Medieval India by - ALAUDDIN KHILJI
3. The Angas constitute the sacred literature of - JAINS
4. The battle of Kurukshetra was fought between - KAURAVAS & PANDAVAS
5. Erotic sculpture in the temples are found at - KHAJURAHO
6. The practice of sati was first abolished by - AKBAR
7. Zeliongrong Movement was organized in - MIZORAM
8. Velu Thampi led a revolt against the British in state of ? - TRIVANCORE
9. The Vijayanagara king who employed skilled archers of the Turkish clan and raised the fighting capacity of his bowmen was ? - DEVARAYA I
10. Who is the first HUNA(hun) king in INDIA - TORAMANA
11. Who is the son of HUNA(hun) king TORAMANA -MIHIRAKULA
12. Who is the SECOND HUNA(hun) king in INDIA - MIHIRAKULA
13. Who is the LAST HUNA(hun) king in INDIA - MIHIRAKULA
14. Mihirakula was a - HUN
15. The book written by Ishwardas Nagar ? - FUTUHAT-I-ALAMGIRI
16. With whom Muhammad Ghori aligned against Khusrau Shah ? - KING OF JAMMU
17. The title of 'Viceroy' was added to the office of the Governor-General of India for the first time in - 1858 A.D.
18. At the time of Muhammad Ghori`s invasion against Prithviraj Chauhan who ruled Kannauj ? - THE GAHADWALAS
19. The Uprising of 1857 was described as the first Indian war of Independence by ? - V.D.SAVAKAR
20. The Turko-Afghan rule in India lasted for about ? - 3 CENTURIES
21. Guidelines for the formation of indian constitution by the constituent assembly is by - THE OBSERVANCE OF DIRECT ACTION DAY BY MUSLIM LEAGUE
22. The"TREATY OF MANGALORE" was signed between ? - TIPU SULTHAN & EAST INDIAN COMPANY
23. Who is responsible for ROWLATT ACT ? - CHELMSFORD
24. The theory of economic drain of India during British imperialism was propounded by ? - DADABHAI NAOROJI
25. Who built the ‘Tower of Victory’ in Chittor ? - RANA KUMBHA
26. Vikramaditya was the king of ? -  UJJAIN 
27. Vikramaditya started ______  58 BC? - VIKRAMA SAMVAT
28. VIKRAMA SAMVAT was started by Vikramaditya for his victory over ? - SAKAS
29. Tulsidas was a contemporary of - AKBAR & JAHANGIR
30. Ramcharitmanas was written by ? - TULSIDAS
31. Ramcharitmanas was a contemporary to which ruler ? - AKBAR
32. When were the Congress Governments formed in seven out of eleven provinces ? - JULY 1937
33. The term KHALISA in Mughal administration signified the ? - THE LAND OWNED BY THE EMPEROR HIMSELF
34. The Gandhara Art flourished in - TAXILA
35. TAXILA is situated in ? - NEAR ISLAMABAD AND RAWALPINDI
36. The Mughal emperor who issued a firman to the English East-India Company in 1717 to trade freely in Bengal was ? - FARRUKH SIYAR
37.  Tipu sultan was the ruler of ? - MYSORE
38. The weekly Commonweal was founded by ? - ANNIE BESANT
39.  The NON South indian Raja to re the banner of revolt against the British? - KING OF TRAVUCORE
40. Great Mughals wrote their own memories were ? - BABAR & JAHANGIR
41. The Venetian traveler who travelled with his wife and reached Vijayanagar around 1420 was ? - NICOLO de CONTI
42. Though Ashoka had many sons, the inscriptions mentioned only one who is not mentioned in any other source. He is ? - TIVARA
43. Mira-Bai the most popular female saint of medieval India believed in the worship of ? - KRISHNA
44. Vrindavan is associated with - KRISHNA
45. The novelty which Kabir added to the Bhakti movement was ? - TO BRING UNITY AMONG HINDUS AND MUSLIMS
46. To which king belongs, the Lion capitol at Sarnath ? - ASHOKA
47. The chief organiser of the Revolt of 1857 in Bihar was ? - KUNWAR SINGH
48. To which of the following dynasties did King Bhoja, a great patron of literature and art, belong ? - PARAMARA
49. The chief feature of the temples constructed by the Cholas was their - VIMANAS or TOWERS
50. The Upanishads are the source of ? - HINDU PHILOSOPHY
51. The use of spinning wheel (Charkha) became common during the ? - 14th CENTURY A.D.
52. Prithviraj Raso was written by ? - CHAND BARDAI
53. In December 1931 two school girl students killed the District Judge in Komilla by shooting ? - SHANTI GOSH & SUNITI CHOUDHARY
54. Subhash Chandra Bose inaugurated the government of Free India at ? - SINGAPORE