WBCS Prelims 2014 History of India Question and Solution

HISTORY OF INDIA QUESTION AND SOLUTION(QUIZ) - WBCS PRELIMS 2014

   In West Bengal Civil Service (WBCS) Preliminary Examination 2014, total 17 questions was asked from Indian History.

1. The Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan died in

[A]  1658 AD

[B]  1659 AD

[C]  1662 AD

[D] 1670 AD

Correct Answer

Correct Answer: [D] 1670 AD

2. Which ruler was contemporary of both Buddha and Mahavira ?

[A]  Bimbisara

[B]  Chandragupta 

[C]  Pradyot 

[D] Ajatasatru

Correct Answer

Correct Answer: [A]  Bimbisara

3. Which was a major port of the Indus valley ?

[A]  Lothal  

[B]  Kalibangan 

[C]  Chanhudaro 

[D] Mehargarh

Correct Answer

Correct Answer: [A]  Lothal  

4. Chandragupta Maurya was succeeded by

[A]   Bindusara       

[B]  Ajatasatru   

[C]  Ashoka 

[D] Harsha

Correct Answer

Correct Answer: [A]   Bindusara       

5. What was the policy of Samudragupta in the south?

[A]  Conquest   

[B]  Dharma Vijaya       

[C]  Digvijay     

[D] None of the above

Correct Answer

Correct Answer: [B]  Dharma Vijaya       

6. The oldest Veda is

[A]   Atharvaveda         

[B]   Rigveda        

[C]  Yajurveda  

[D] Samveda

Correct Answer

Correct Answer: [B]   Rigveda        

7. Sasanka belonged to the

[A]  Pal dynasty       

[B]  Sen dynasty       

[C]  Gauda dynasty       

[D] Kamrup dynasty

Correct Answer

Correct Answer: [C]  Gauda dynasty       

8. Who was the founder of the Bahmani dynasty ?

[A]  Ala-ud-din Hasan Bahman Shah     

[B]  Muhammad Shah I      

[C]  Firoz Shah      

[D] Ahmad Shah

Correct Answer

Correct Answer: [A]  Ala-ud-din Hasan Bahman Shah     

9. Who organised “The Council of Barabhais”?

[A]  Nana Phadnavis       

[B]  Madhav Rao Narayan       

[C]  Baji Rao II      

[D] Mahadji Scindia

Correct Answer

Correct Answer: [A]  Nana Phadnavis       

10. Sufism reached India in the

[A]  Eleventh century       

[B]  Twelfth century      

[C]  Fourteenth century      

[D] Thirteen century

Correct Answer

Correct Answer: [B]  Twelfth century      

11. In which year the second battle of Panipat was fought ?

[A]  1605 AD       

[B]  1707 AD      

[C]  1757 AD      

[D] 1556 AD

Correct Answer

Correct Answer: [D] 1556 AD

12. Alexander fought against Perus on the Banks of the river

[A]  Indus

[B]  Jhelum        

[C]  Ravi    

[D] lravati

Correct Answer

Correct Answer: [B]  Jhelum        

13. Who is the author of ‘Indica’ ?

[A]  Herodotus 

[B]  Megastenes 

[B]  Strabo  

[D] Plutarch

Correct Answer

Correct Answer: [B]  Megastenes 

14. Who was the founder of the ‘Delhi Sultanate’ ?

[A]  Muhammad Ghori      

[B]  Qutubuddin Aibak     

[C]  lltutmish   

[D] Ghiyasuddin Balban

Correct Answer

Correct Answer: [B]  Qutubuddin Aibak     

15. Taxila was the famous site of

[A]  Early Vedic Age       

[B]  Gandhara Art       

[C]  Gupta Art       

[D] Mauryan Art

Correct Answer

Correct Answer: [B]  Gandhara Art       

16. Where is the tomb of Jahangir situated ?

[A]  Agra 

[B]  Delhi  

[C]  Lahore 

[D] Srinagar

Correct Answer

Correct Answer: [C]  Lahore 

17. Name the Maratha leader who put forward the ideal of founding Hindu Empire before the Marathas.

[A]  Shivaji 

[B]  Balaji Viswanath       

[C]  Baji Rao l   

[D] Baji Rao ll

Correct Answer

Correct Answer: [A]  Shivaji