Mock Test-4 (Paper-1) (Question 1-50)

Total Questions: 50

1. Who among the following first issued gold coins on a large scale?

Correct Answer: (c) Vima Kadphises
Solution:With the coming of Indo-Greeks, gold coins were issued for the first time in indian history. Kushanas issued gold coins on the Largest scale upto that period.

2. Which one of the following books is not written by Kalidasa?

Correct Answer: (c) Uttararamacharitam
Solution:Uttara Rama Charitam was authored by Bhavabhuti.

3. Fa-Hien's mission to India was to

Correct Answer: (c) visit the Buddhist institutions and to collect copies of Buddhist manuscripts
Solution:Fa-hien was a Chinese monk who travelled India during the age of Chandra Gupta Vikramaditya. He travelled during C 399-414. Fa-hien wanted to go to India to search for the treatises of the Vinaya Pitaka, the monastic rules of Buddhism.

Travelling through Central Asia and Northwest India, Fa-hien reached northern India and then visited the holy Buddhist sites located in the Ganges valley: Kapilavastu, the birthplace of Buddha; Bodhgaya, the site of Buddha's enlightenment; Sarnath, where Buddha preached his first sermon, and Kushinagara, the place of Buddha's nirvana.

4. Among the precious stones, the most extensive foreign trade during the Gupta age was that of

Correct Answer: (d) sapphire
Solution:Sapphire was the most precious stone in terms of foreign trade in Gupta period.

5. The Turkish brought with them musical instruments

Correct Answer: (a) Rabab and Sarangi
Solution:The turkish brought with them musical instruments Rabab and Sarangi. During this time, the music of North India began to acquire and adapt to the presence of Persian language, music, and musical instruments, such as the setar, from which the sitar got its name; the kemancheh and santur, which became popular in Kashmir; and the rabab [alternately known as rebab and rubab], which preceded the sarod. New instruments were introduced, including the tabla and sitar.

6. Which of the following is / are not depicted in the Rajput paintings?

1. The stories of Krishna

2. Ragas and Raginis

3. The deeds of Hamza

4. The deeds of Babur

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Correct Answer: (c) 3 and 4 only
Solution:'The deeds of Hamza' and 'The deeds of Babur' are not depicted in the Rajput Paintings.

7. Which one among the following pairs is not properly matched?

List-I List-II 
(a) MegasthenesIndia
(b) AshvaghosaBuddhacharita
(c) PaniniMahabhashya
(d) VishakhadattaMudrarakshasa
Correct Answer: (c)
Solution:Ashtadhyayi, (Sanskrit grammar) written in the 6th to 5th century BCE by the Indian grammarian Panini

8. Who was the last ruler of Tuglaq dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate?

Correct Answer: (c) Mahmud Shah Tuglaq
Solution:Nasir-ud-Din Mahmud Shah Tughluq was the last sultan of the Tughlaq dynasty to rule the Islamic Delhi Sultanate. Amir Timur the Chagtai ruler invaded India. Soon after the invasion, the Tughlaq dynasty came to an end.

9. Which of the following is NOT correctly matched?

List-I (Books)List-II (Writers)
(a) Tabaqat-i-NasiriMinhaj-us-Siraj-Juzjani
(b) Tarikh-i-FirozshahiShams-i-Siraj-Afif
(c) TughlaqnamaIbn Battuta
(d) HumayunnamaGulbadan Begam
Correct Answer: (c)
Solution:Tabaqat-i Nasiri, named for Sultan Nasir-ud-Din, is an elaborate history of the Islamic world written in Persian by Minhaj-i-Siraj Juzjani and was completed during 1260.

Tarikh-i-Firozshahi was written by Zia ud Din Barani during the reign of Sultan Firoz Shah Tughlaq, it was completed in 1357 and discuss the details about sultanate period in India.

Tuglaknama was written by Amir Khusro and has details about the rise and reign of Gyasudin Tuglak. Humayunama is the biography of Mughal Emperor Humayun written by his sister Gulbadan Begum.

10. The founder of the Bahmani Kingdom was

Correct Answer: (c) Alauddin Bahaman Shah
Solution:Alauddin Bahaman Shah was the founder of the Bahmani kingdom. The Bahmani kingdom was founded in 1347 by Hasan Gangu who revolted and proclaimed his independence from the Sultanate. He assumed the title of Alauddin Bahmani. Gulbarga was his capital.