WBCS 2017 Questions

WBCS 2017 QUESTIONS PAPERS

26.The author of “Kadambari’ was
(A)Kshemendra
(B)Kalhana
(C)Bhababhuti
(D)Banabhatta 

27.The famous physician during Buddha’s time was 
(A)Kautilya
(B)Nachiketa
(C)Charaka
(D)Jivaka

28.Which of following is a Harappan site located in Rajasthan?
(A)Mohenjo Daro
(B)Suktagen Dor
(C)Kalibangan
(D)lothal

29.Which Magadha ruler was known as “Seniya”?
(A)Bimbisara
(B)Ajatashatru
(C)Mahapadma Nanda
(D)Chandragupta Maurya

30.“Ashtadiggajas “ were patronised by
(A)Deva Raya I
(B)Deva Rays II
(C)Vira narasimha
(D)Krishna Deva Raya

31.The Mauryan ruler who used the name ‘Piyadasi’ in his official declaration was
(A)Bimbasara
(B)Ashoka
(C)Chandragupta Maurya
(D)Brihaddrata

32.The Chinese traveller Hiuen Tsang came to India during the reign of
(A)Samudragupta
(B)Ashoka
(C)Harsavardhan
(D)Kulotunga I

33.‘Sulh-i-kul’ was a policy introduced by
(A)Akbar
(B)Aurangzeb
(C)Jahandar Shah
(D)Mohammad Shah

34.Rana Pratap belonged to the Rajput dynasty of
(A)Kachwa
(B)Sisodiya
(C)Solanki
(D)Paramara

35.‘Razmnama’ was a Persian translation of 
(A)Upanishad
(B)Ramayana
(C)Geeta
(D)Mahabharata

36.The author of ‘Neel Darpan’ was 
(A)Rabindranath Tagore
(B)Dinabandhu Mitra
(C)Girish Chandra Ghosh
(D)Bepin Chandra Pal

37.The leader of the Munda rebellion (Ulgulan) was
(A)Sidho
(B)Birsa
(C)Bapat
(D)Korra Malya

38.The custom of ‘Sati’ was banned through legislation in the year
(A)1795
(B)1800
(C)1829
(D)1858

39.The nationalist organisation ‘Poona Sarvajanik Sabha’ was established in the year
(A)1870
(B)1885
(C)1890
(D)1900

40.The first session of the Indian National Congress in 1885 was held in the city of
(A)Calcutta
(B)Bombay
(C)Madras 
(D)Allahabad 

41.The Younghushand mission to Tibet was sent by which Viceroy?
(A)Ripon
(B)Lytton
(C)Mayo
(D)Curzon

42.Who was the founder of Harijan Sevak Sangh?
(A)B G Tilak
(B)N M Lokhandy
(C)M K Gandhi
(D)B R Ambedkar

43.Dewan Velu Thampi’s rebellion against the British took place in the Indian state of 
(A)Awadh
(B)Kashmir
(C)Travancore
(D)Mysore

44.Which historian is famous for his research on Mughal History?
(A)Sumit Sarkar
(B)Jadunath Sarkar
(C)Sushobhan Chandra Sarkar
(D)S. Gopal

45.Which Mughal emperor wrote his own autobiography?
(A)Babur
(B)Akbar
(C)Shah Jahan
(D)Aurangzeb

46.The Satnami rebellion took place during the region of Mughal emperor
(A)Akbar 
(B)Jahangir
(C)Shah jahan
(D)Aurangzeb

47.The title ‘Raja’ was conferred on Ram mohun Roy by the Mughal emperor
(A)Jahandhar Shah
(B)Mohammad Shah
(C)Akbar II
(D)Bahadur Shah Zafar

48.The Delhi Sultan who transferred the capital from Delhi to Daulatabad (Devagiri) was
(A)Qutbuddin Aibak
(B)Iltutmish
(C)Muhammad-bin-Tighlaq
(D)Firoz Shah Tughlaq

49.The author of ‘Ain-i-Akbari’ was
(A)Badayuni
(B)Abul Fazl
(C)Shaikh Mubarak
(D)Faizi

50.The Sikh Guru executed by the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb was 
(A)Tegh Bahadur
(B)Nanak
(C)Govind Sing

(D)Arjun Dev

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