NTSE SAT History MCQs Set 01

Question: Which of the following movement is connected with conservation of trees ?

• a) Appico movement
• b) Ganga Action movement
• c) Mukti Andolan
• d) None

Answer: Appico movement

Question: Which language is the mother of Indian languages ?

• a) Parsi
• b) Sanskrit
• c) Urdu
• d) English

Answer: Sanskrit

Question: Which is not a characteristic of Indian culture ?

• a) Unity in diversity
• b) Segregation
• c) Accommodating
• d) Religions

Answer: Segregation

Question: Which is not the part of value system of Indian culture ?

• a) Vasudhev Kutumbakam
• b) Sarva Dharma Sambhav
• c) Violence
• d) Non-Violence

Answer: Violence

Question: Where is the Gujri place situated ?

• a) Mandal garh
• b) Mt Abu
• c) Golkunda
• d) Gwalior

Answer: Gwalior

Question: The Pandya ruled the southern most state through their capital -

• a) Kanchi
• b) Vataapi
• c) Madurai
• d) Ahol

Answer: Madurai

Question: Where is the Jahaj Mahal (palace) situated ?

• a) Bidar
• b) Jaunpur
• c) Gwaliior
• d) Mandu

Answer: Mandu

Question: Who built be palace of Birbal ?

• a) Humanya
• b) Jahangir
• c) Akbar
• d) Shahjahan

Answer: Akbar

Question: The stupa of Satvahan Ear whose remains are kept in museum are found from -

• a) Valley of Godawari
• b) Gandhar
• c) Rampurva
• d) Loria

Answer: Valley of Godawari

Question: To which lineage the king of Chaul and Pallav belonged ?

• a) Gupta
• b) Mourya
• c) Satvahan
• d) Rajput

Answer: Rajput

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Question: Where is the temple known as Black Pagoda situated ?

• a) Bhubhneshwar
• b) Konark
• c) Puri
• d) Mt Abu

Answer: Konark

Question: The coin rupia was first issued by

• a) Sher Shah
• b) Alauddin Khiliji
• c) Akbar
• d) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq

Answer: Sher Shah

Question: The extent of the Delhi Sultanate was the greatest during the reign of -

• a) Balban
• b) Mohammad bin Tughlaq
• c) Alauddin Khilji
• d) Iltutmish

Answer: Alauddin Khilji

Question: Which is the important epic written by Jayasi ?

• a) Mrigawati
• b) Gyaneshwari
• c) Padmawat
• d) Krishna Charit

Answer: Padmawat

Question: Which country called Subhash Chandra Bose as “Netaji”?

• a) Japan
• b) Singapore
• c) Andman
• d) Germany

Answer: Germany

Question: What is the name of collection of Bhakti Music of Alwar Saints ?

• a) Prabandham
• b) Shrinagar Meshdham
• c) Krishan Gatha
• d) None

Answer: Prabandham

Question: Who wrote Vikrama Dev Charit ?

• a) Vilahan
• b) Padam Gupt
• c) Chandar Bardai
• d) Nari Mehta

Answer: Vilahan

Question: What is the name of Rajasthani language ?

• a) Dingal
• b) Sorath
• c) Doha
• d) Chand

Answer: Dingal

Question: For what Jaisalmer is famous ?

• a) Bawri
• b) lake
• c) Haveli
• d) Ponds

Answer: Haveli

Question: When the sun comes in utrayan which festival is celebrated ?

• a) Pongal
• b) Makkar Sankrati
• c) Chamunda
• d) Tejaji

Answer: Makkar Sankrati

Question: With which religion Paryushan parva is related ?

• a) Hinduism
• b) Islam
• c) Sikhism
• d) Jainism

Answer: Jainism

Question: Gandhiji started the Styagraha Movement against the _______ in 1919.

• a) Cripps Mission
• b) Simon Commison
• c) Rowlatt Act
• d) Separate electorate

Answer: Rowlatt Act

Question: 181. Ruins of which culture were found at Kalibangha ?

• a) Sandhav
• b) Egypt
• c) China
• d) None

Answer: Sandhav

Question: To which State Beni Thani painting is related ?

• a) Gujarat
• b) Maharastra
• c) Rajasthan
• d) Bihar

Answer: Rajasthan

Question: Which is famous epic writen by Chandar Vardai ?

• a) Hameer Raso
• b) Prithvi Raj Raso
• c) Veer Vinod
• d) Vansh Bhaskar

Answer: Prithvi Raj Raso

Question: Prime Minister of England sent the_______ to India in March 1946.

• a) Cripps Mission
• b) Cabinet Mission
• c) Simon Commision
• d) None of the above

Answer: Cabinet Mission

Question: Which is the famous idol of Mauryan Era ?

• a) Devmurti
• b) Yaksha murti
• c) Copper
• d) Mrinamurti

Answer: Yaksha murti

Question: A high-ranking government official of China, appointed through competitive examination :

• a) Mandarins
• b) Consuls
• c) Patricians
• d) Satraps

Answer: Mandarins

Question: Which proposals were termed by Gandhiji as “postdated cheque of a drowning bank”?

• a) Siom Commission
• b) Wavell Plan
• c) Cripps Mission
• d) None of the above

Answer: Cripps Mission

Question: During whose regime did the Cripps Mission visit India ?

• a) Lord Mountbatten
• b) Lord Wavell
• c) Lord Linlithgow
• d) Lord Wellington

Answer: Lord Linlithgow

Question: The ancient Chines

• a) Used the decimal system
• b) Made important contribution in seismology
• c) Invented abacus
• d) All of the above

Answer: All of the above

Question: Which of the following is regarded as the Golden Age of China’s history ?

• a) Han period
• b) Chu period
• c) Tsin period
• d) Shang period

Answer: Han period

Question: The Great wall of China was built in -

• a) 214 BC
• b) 600 BC
• c) 315 BC
• d) 230 BC

Answer: 214 BC

Question: The syphnex is related to -

• a) Chinees
• b) Egypt
• c) Indus
• d) Mesopotamia

Answer: Egypt

Question: Which of the following Era is related with Harappa Culture ?

• a) Stone age
• b) Copper age
• c) Bronze age
• d) Iron age

Answer: Bronze age

Question: Which is the main characteristic of Harappa civilazation ?

• a) Holy Baths
• b) Town Planning
• c) Religions palces
• d) Sculpture

Answer: Town Planning

Question: With which civilization the Keilakar script is related ?

• a) Chines civilization
• b) Harappan civilization
• c) Egyptian civilization
• d) Mesopotamian civilization

Answer: Harappan civilization

Question: Who was the main deity of worship of Egypt ?

• a) Sun
• b) Moon
• c) Sea
• d) Mars

Answer: Sun

Question: Which of the following country was not a part of Axis power during the III rd Word War ?

• a) Japan
• b) Italy
• c) Russia
• d) Germany

Answer: Russia

Question: 289. With which revolution Socialism established itself in Russia ?

• a) 1905 Revolution
• b) February Revolution
• c) October Revolution
• d) None of the above

Answer: October Revolution

Question: Which astronomer of ancient India calculated the value of  π ? 

• a) Varahamira
• b) Apastamba
• c) Aryabhata
• d) Panini

Answer: Aryabhata

Question: The Tradition of pilgrimage to tirthas and dargahs serves as =

• a) Carrier of ideas and beliefs
• b) Boost to spirit of adventrue
• c) Catalyst to economic activities
• d) Travelling experience

Answer: Carrier of ideas and beliefs

Question: What is the ultimate goal of Hindu life style ?

• a) Dharma
• b) Artha
• c) Moksha
• d) Kama

Answer: Moksha

Question: With which palce the fair of Gangaur is related ?

• a) Kota
• b) Bundi
• c) Jaipur
• d) None

Answer: Jaipur

Question: What is the name of painting of Shahpura Bhilwara ?

• a) Pichwai
• b) Bani Thani
• c) Phad
• d) None

Answer: Pichwai

Question: Which of the following is not a medicinal plant ?

• a) Tulsi
• b) Gum
• c) Cuscuta
• d) Amla

Answer: Cuscuta

Question: In which year the Second World War broke out ?

• a) 1939
• b) 1940
• c) 1945
• d) 1942

Answer: 1939

Question: In India the first railway was introduced between Bombay to _____

• a) Delhi
• b) Pune
• c) Thane
• d) Ahmednagar

Answer: Delhi

Question: In which year congress got divided ?

• a) 1905
• b) 1907
• c) 1910
• d) 1915

Answer: 1910

Question: Who started the publication of ‘Common will’ magazine ?

• a) Tilak
• b) Gandhi
• c) Nehru
• d) Anibsant

Answer: Gandhi

Question: Which bill is often termed as ‘Black Bill’ ?

• a) Illbert bill
• b) Rowllet Act
• c) Education Bill
• d) None of the above

Answer: None of the above

Question: Name of the founder of ‘Swarajya Party’.

• a) Mahatma Gandhi
• b) Tilak
• c) C.R. Das
• d) Jawahar Lal Nehru

Answer: C.R. Das

Question: In which year the incident of Chauri-chaura tool place ?

• a) 1921
• b) 1922
• c) 1923
• d) 1924

Answer: 1922

Question: The ‘Two nation theory’ was given by-

• a) M.A Jinnah
• b) Khan Abdul Gafar Khan
• c) Abul Kalam Azad
• d) Agah Khan

Answer: M.A Jinnah

Question: Who gave the slogan ‘Jai Jawan’ Jai Kisan”?

• a) Bhagat Singh
• b) Lal Bahadur Shastri
• c) Ras Bihari
• d) Mohan Singh

Answer: Lal Bahadur Shastri

Question: During which session Congress adopted the resolution of complete independence ?

• a) Lahore
• b) Mumbai
• c) Madras
• d) Surat

Answer: Madras

Question: In which year the first Round Table Conference took place ?

• a) 1930
• b) 1931
• c) 1932
• d) 1933

Answer: 1930

Question: Who is known as the ‘Iron man of India’ ?

• a) Gandhi Ji
• b) Pt. Nehru
• c) Sardar Patel
• d) Moulana Azad

Answer: Sardar Patel

Question: Who ordered the firing at Jallianwala Bagh ?

• a) Dayar
• b) Sounders
• c) Rend
• d) None of the above

Answer: Dayar

Question: For which proposal Gandhi used the words a post dated cheque of a drowning bank ?

• a) Cripps proposal
• b) C.R. Praposal
• c) Wavel proposal
• d) Cabinet mission proposal

Answer: Cripps proposal