1. The first Portuguese merchant to come to India was-

(A) Columbus

(B) Vasco da Gama

(C) William Hawkins

(D) Tomas Row

ANS. (B) Vasco da Gama

2. The ambassador of James I who came to the court of Jahangir-

(A) Barbosa

(B) Father Thomas

(C) Clive

(D) Sir Tomas Row

ANS. (D) Sir Tomas Row

3. Who was the first to set up the 'Home Rule League' in India?

(A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

(B) Anne Besant

(C) George Arundel

(D) None of the above

ANS. (A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

4. When was the separate electoral system or communal electoral system started in India?

(A) 1892 A.D.

(B) 1909 AD

(C) 1919 A.D.

(D) 1932 A.D.

ANS. (B) 1909 AD

5. Who laid the foundation of the city of Calcutta (Kolkata)?

(B) Job Charnak

(D) Lord Wellesley

(A) Robert Clive

(C) Warren Hastings

ANS. (B) Job Charnac

6. Who was the Governor-General of India at the time of the Revolt of 1857 AD?

(A) Lord Dalhousie

(C) Lord Lytton

(B) Lord Canning

(D) None of the above

ANS. (A) Lord Dalhousie

7. Which of the following is the oldest Veda?

(A) Rigveda

(B) Samaveda

(C) Yajurveda

(D) Atharvaveda

ANS. (A) Rigveda

8. Which of the following cities was called 'Shiraje Hind'?

(A) Pataliputra

(B) Kannauj

(C) Jaunpur

(D) Delhi

ANS. (C) Jaunpur

9. Elephanta Cave Temples were built in which time?

(A) Pal

(B) Chalukya

(C) Chola

(D) Rashtrakuta

ANS. (D) Rashtrakuta

10. In relation to the production of which of the following crops, no evidence has been found from the arthropods?

(A) Dal

(C). Paddy

(D) Wheat

(B) Barley

ANS. (A) Lentils