26. Sheikh Nizamuddin Auliya was the disciple of—
(A) Sheikh Alauddin Sabir
(B) Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti
(C) Baba Farid
(D) Sheikh Ahmad Sirhindi

27. Which one of the following was favoured by Nehru but not favoured by Gandhiji ?
(A) Truth
(B) Non-violence
(C) Untouchability
(D) Heavy industrialization

28. Ashtadhayi was written by—
(A) Vedavyas
(B) Panini
(C) Shukadeva
(D) Balmiki

29. Lord Buddha preached the following four Noble Truths. Put them in correct order using the code given below—
1. There is suffering
2. There is cessation of suffering
3. There is a path leading to cessation of suffering
4. There is cause of suffering
Codes :
(A) 1, 4, 2, 3
(B) 1, 4, 3, 2
(C) 1, 3, 2, 4
(D) 1, 2, 4, 3

30. Consider—
Assertion (A) : Nehru had no regard for the Upanishads.
Reason (R) : His attitude was scientific.
Now select your answer from the following codes—
Codes :
(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(B) Both A and R are true, but R is not correct explanation of A
(C) A is true but R is false
(D) A is false but R is true

31. Adi Shankaracharya established four mathas. These mathas are situated at—
(A) Sringeri, Dwarka, Joshimath, Prayag
(B) Dwarka, Joshimath, Prayag, Kanchi
(C) Dwarka, Puri, Sringeri, Varanasi
(D) Joshimath, Dwarka, Puri, Sringeri

32. The Third Sangam was held at—
(A) Tuticorin
(B) Arrikkamedu
(C) Madurai
(D) Ernakulam

33. Who among the following was the founder of the ‘Satya Shodhak Samaj’ ?
(A) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
(B) Jyotiba Phule
(C) Narayan Guru
(D) Ramaswamy Naicker

34. Consider the following statements—
Assertion (A) : Muhammad Tughlaq's scheme of token currency was a failure.
Reason (R) : Muhammad Tughlaq had no proper control our the issuance of coins.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below—
Codes :
(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(B) Both A and R are true, but R is not correct explanation of A
(C) A is true but R is false
(D) A is false but R is true

35. By which name was Chanakya known in his childhood ?
(A) Ajaya
(B) Chanakya
(C) Vishnugupta
(D) Deogupta

36. Rock cut architecture in Harappan culture context has been found at—
(A) Kalibangan
(B) Dhaulabira
(C) Kotdiji
(D) Amri

37. Where was first Madarsa set up by the British in India ?
(A) Madras (Chennai)
(B) Bombay (Mumbai)
(C) Aligarh
(D) Calcutta (Kolkata)

38. Who among the following Pakistani National was awarded the ‘Bharat Ratna’ by the Indian Government ?
(A) Liaqat Ali Khan
(B) M.A. Jinnah
(C) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
(D) Muhammad Iqbal

39. ‘Bull’ in Buddhism is associated with which event of Buddha's life ?
(A) Birth
(B) Great departure
(C) Enlightenment
(D) Mahaparinirvan

40. Who was the Guru of Shivaji ?
(A) Namdev
(B) Ramdas
(C) Eknath
(D) Tukaram

41. Ibn Batuta, the famous traveller came from—
(A) Portugal
(B) Morocco
(C) China
(D) Tibet

42. Which of the following would be the most accurate description of the Mauryan Monarcy under Ashoka ?
(A) Enlightened despotism
(B) Centralised autocracy
(C) Oriental despotism
(D) Guided democracy

43. Amir Khusrau was a musician and—
(A) Sufi saint
(B) Persian and Hindavi writer, and scholar
(C) Historian
(D) All of the above

44. Lahore was Ranjeet Singh's political capital which city was called his religious capital ?
(A) Amritsar
(B) Anandpur Shahib
(C) Gujranwala
(D) Peshawar

45. ‘Permanent Settlement’ the system of revenue collection was introduced in India by—
(A) Lord Curzon
(B) Lord Dalhousie
(C) Lord Hastings
(D) Lord Cornwallis

46. Herodotus is considered as the father of—
(A) History
(B) Geography
(C) Political Science
(D) Philosophy

47. Who founded the Satyashodhak Samaj in 1873 ?
(A) Shivanath Shastri
(B) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(C) Jyotiba Phule
(D) None of these

48. The Italian traveller who left very praiseworthy account of Vijayangar Empire was—
(A) E Barbosa
(B) Manucci
(C) Marco Polo
(D) Nicolo Conti

49. Chandra Gupta Vikramaditya was the—
(A) Son of Chandra Gupta I
(B) Father of Skanda Gupta
(C) Son of Samudra Gupta
(D) Grand father of Kumar Gupta I

50. Chhattrapati Shivajee died in the year—
(A) 1680 A.D.
(B) 1666 A.D.
(C) 1687 A.D.
(D) 1689 A.D.