Kerala PSC Expected Questions for Secretariat Assistant History - 2

QNo. 1 - The Ain-i-Akbari was written by
[A] Abdul Fazi	[B] Firishta
[C] Ibn Batuta	[D] Birbal

QNo. 2 - The finest Mughal architecture in Marble
[A] Pearl Mosque	[B] Peacock Throne
[C] Taj Mahal	[D] Bibi-Ki-Makbara

QNo. 3 - Famous court poet of Akbar
[A] Birbal	[B] Tansen
[C] Bairam Khan	[D] Tulsidas

QNo. 4 - Queen Chand Bibi of Ahmednagar kingdom fought against
[A] Babur	[B] Akbar
[C] Humayun	[D] Aurangazeb

QNo. 5 - 'Bijak' the work of
[A] Kabirdas	[B] Tulasidas
[C] Surdas	[D] Ravidas

QNo. 6 - Precursor of the Taj Mahal
[A] Moti Masjid	[B] Humayun's tomb
[C] Bibi ka Makbara	[D] None of these

QNo. 7 - Krishna Devaraya was a contemporary of
[A] Akbar	[B] Firoz Tuglaq
[C] Babar	[D] Shahjahan

QNo. 8 - The Jama' at Khanaha Masjid and Alai Darwaza at Delhi were constructed by
[A] Ala-ud-din Khilji	[B] Iltumish
[C] Akbar	[D] Shshjahan

QNo. 9 - Who laid the foundation of Portuguese power in Kerala?
[A] Vasco da Gama	[B] Almedia
[C] Albuquerque	[D] Francis Drake

QNo. 10 - The Governor General of India during the first war of Indian Independance (1857)
[A] Lord Dalhausie	[B] Lord Canning
[C] Lord Curzon	[D] Lord Lawrence

QNo. 11 - The Indian Civil Service was introduced by
[A] Lord Cornwallis	[B] Lord Dalhousie
[C] Lord Curzon	[D] Lord William Bentick

QNo. 12 - English Education was introduced in India by
[A] Lord Curzon	[B] Nehru
[C] Lord Macaulay	[D] Lord Dalhousie

QNo. 13 - The Last Nawab of Awadh
[A] Nasiruddin	[B] Nisiuddaulah
[C] Mohammed Ali Shah	[D] Wajid Ali Shah

QNo. 14 - The dialect of Hindi and Urdu
[A] Khari Boli	[B] Kannada
[C] Tamil	[D] Gujarati

QNo. 15 - The author of 'Kuyil Pattu'
[A] Rabindranath Tagore	[B] Bhai Vir Singh
[C] Sarojini Naidu	[D] Subramanya Bharati

QNo. 16 - A Protuguese traveller who visited Vijayanagar during the reign of Krishnadevaraya
[A] Barbosa	[B] Nicolo Conti
[C] Fernao Nuniz	[D] Abdur Razzaq

QNo. 17 - The prevention of Prostitution Act was passed in
[A] 1923	[B] 1924
[C] 1925	[D] 1926

QNo. 18 - The Child Marriage Restraint Act was passed in
[A] 1921	[B] 1922
[C] 1923	[D] 1924

QNo. 19 - Hunter Commission appointed to probe into the
[A] Bardoli Satyagraha	[B] Salt Satyagraha
[C] Jallianwala Bagh tragedy	[D] Chauri Chaura incident

QNo. 20 - The first use of hunger strike by Mahatma Gandhi
[A] Non Co-operation Movement, 1920-22	[B] Rowlatt Satyagraha, 1919
[C] Ahmedabad strike, 1918	[D] Bardoli Satyagraha