Most ASked Question in NDA From History
1. Todarmal is associated with the revenue system known as
(a) Kankut
(b) Ghalla Bakshi
(c) Zabti or Zabt
(d) Nasaq
Ans: (c)
2. The original name of Tansen, the greatest musician of the court of Akbar, was?
(a) Makaranda Pandey
(b) Ramatanu Pande
(c) Haridas
(d) Lal Kalawant
Ans: (b)
3. Of the so-called ‘Nine Gems of the Court of Akbar’ the one who was a reputed poet of?
Hindi, was
(a) Abul Fazl
(b) Faizi
(c) Abdur Rahim Khan-I-Khana
(d) Birbal
Ans: (c)
4. The greatest historian of the reign of Akbar, who wrote Akbarnama and Ain-I-Akbari, was?
(a) Nizamuddin Ahmad
(b) Abdur Qadir Badauni
(c) Abul Fazl
(d) Abbas Khan Arwani
Ans: (c)
5. Akbar granted the present site of Amritsar to the Sikh Guru?
(a) Amar Das
(b) Angad
(c) Ram Das
(d) Arjan
Ans: (a)
6. Mansabdari System was founded by Akbar. The Mansabdars were?
(a) military commanders
(b) provincial governors
(c) high civil and military officers
(d) all of the above
Ans: (d)
7. The most important poet at the court of Mahmud of Ghazni, who wrote Shahnama and is regarded as the “Immortal Homer of the East” was?
(a) Utbi
(b) Firdausi
(c) Alberuni
(d) Baihaqi
Ans: (b)
8. During the course of his numerous invasions, Muhammad Ghori (Before his conquest in the Second Battle of Tarain) was defeated by?
(a) Chalukya king Bhima II of Gujarat
(b) Prithvi raja Chauhan III of Ajmer
(c) Both (a) and (b) above
(d) (b) and the Chandela king Para Mardi
Ans: (c)
9. Muhammad Ghori laid the foundation of the Turkish Empire in India by defeating?
(a) Prithviraj Chauhan in Second Battle of Tarain
(b) Jaya Chanda in the Battle of Chanda war
(c) The Chandelas
(d) Both (a) and (b) above
Ans: (d)
10. It is said that Muhammad-bin-Bakhtiyar Khalji, one of the commanders of Muhammad Ghuri, conquered Nadia (one of the capitals of Bengal) with only 18 horsemen. The king of Bengal who then fled barefoot from his palace was?
(a) Samant sena
(b) Hemant sena
(c) Ballal sena
(d) Lakshaman sena
Ans: (d)
11. Which of the following Vedas deals with magic spells and witchcraft?
(a) Rigveda
(b) Samaveda
(c) Yajurveda
(d) Atharvaveda
Ans: (d)
12. The later Vedic Age means the age of the compilation of?
(a) Samhitas
(b) Brahmanas
(c) Aranyakas
(d) All the above
Ans: (d)
13. The Vedic religion, as well as its subsequent (Vedic) advancements, is known as?
(a) Hinduism
(b) Brahmanism
(c) Bhagavatism
(d) Vedic Dharma
Ans: (b)
14. The Vedic Aryans initially arrived in the area that is now known as?
(a) Central India
(b) Gangetic Doab
(c) Saptasindhu
(d) Kashmir and Punjab
Ans: (c)
15. Which of the following contains the famous Gayatri mantra?
(a) Rigveda
(b) Samaveda
(c) Kathopanishad
(d) Aitareya Brahmana
Ans: (a)
16. The famous Gayatri mantra is addressed to?
(a) Indra
(b) Varuna
(c) Pashupati
(d) Savita
Ans: (d)
17. Two highest, gods in the Vedic religion were?
(a) Agni and Savitri
(b) Vishnu and Mitra
(c) Indra and Varuna
(d) Surya and Pushan
Ans: (c)
18. Division of the Vedic society into four classes is clearly mentioned in the?
(a) Yajurveda
(b) Purusa-sukta of Rigveda
(c) Upanishads
(d) Shatapatha Brahmana
Ans: (b)
19. This Vedic God was ‘a breaker of the forts’ and also a ‘war god’?
(a) Indra
(b) Yama
(c) Marut
(d) Varuna
Ans: (a)
20. The Harappan or Indus Valley Civilization flourished during the ____ age?
(a) Megalithic
(b) Paleolithic
(c) Neolithic
(d) Chalcolithic
Ans: (d)
