14 Conquer the Sky AFCAT

MODEL PRACTICE
AFCAT QUESTIONS
Ancient History 14. Ploughed field were discovered at
(a) Kalibangan
1. Which was the first Indus Valley site to be discovered? (b) Lothal
(a) Harappa (b) Mohenjodaro (c) Mohenjodoro
(c) Lothal (d) Kalibangan (d) Surkotada
2. The Indus Valley civilisation is identified with which age? 15. Dasarajan war was fought on the bank of which river?
(a) Iron Age (b) Copper Age (a) Parushni (b) Vitasta (c) Ashikni (d) Vipas
(c) Bronze Age (d) Rigvedic Age
16. Who was the most important God of Rigvedic period?
3. What is the Northernmost extent of Indus Valley (a) Soma (b) Agni (c) Varuna (d) Indra
Civilisation?
(a) Daimabad (b) Manda 17. Vitasta was the rigvedic name of which river?
(c) Sutkagendor (d) Alamgirpur (a) Jhelum (b) Ravi (c) Beas (d) Saraswati

4. Cotton for textile was first cultivated in 18. Which among the following Vedas is the oldest Veda?
(a) Egypt (b) Mesopotamia (a) Rigveda (b) Samaveda
(c) Yajurveda (d) Atharvaveda
(c) Central America (d) India
5. The seals were mainly made up of which among the 19. Gayatri Mantra is dedicated to which God?
(a) Sun God (b) Fire God
following?
(c) God of Rain (d) Soma
(a) Copper (b) Steatite (c) Iron (d) Wood
20. The Rigvedic God Varuna was
6. Which among the following animals was not known to
(a) Harbinger of peace
Indus Valley people?
(b) Destroyer of foes
(a) Bull (b) Rhino (c) Elephant (d) Lion
(c) Guardian of the cosmic order
7. Among the following metals which one was not known to (d) God of prosperity
Indus Valley people? 21. Name the Veda which contains charms and spells?
(a) Gold (b) Silver (a) Rigveda (b) Yajurveda
(c) Iron (d) Bronze (c) Samaveda (d) Atharvaveda
8. The Indus site Mohenjodaro was located on the bank of 22. Who was the first European to designate Aryan as a race?
which river? (a) William Jones (b) HH Wilson
(a) Indus (b) Ghaggar (c) Ravi (d) Luni (c) Max Muller (d) General Cunningham
9. Fire altar has been discovered at which Indus site? 23. The word Aryan means
(a) Dholavira (b) Kalibangan (a) a noble one (b) cultivator
(c) Banawali (d) Harappa (c) pastoral society (d) brahmachari
10. Which among the following is the largest Indus Valley site 24. Who among the following wrote Sanskrit Grammar?
in India? (a) Kalidasa (b) Charaka (c) Panini (d) Aryabhata
(a) Harappa (b) Mohenjodaro
(c) Rakhigarhi (d) Banawali 25. Purushasukta is founded in the
(a) Rigveda (b) Manusmriti
11. Lothal is famous for the discovery of which among the (c) Atharvaveda (d) Bhagavad Gita
following?
(a) Bronze dancing girl (b) Dockyard 26. Upanishads are books on
(c) Mother goddess (d) Pashupati seal (a) Religion (b) Yoga (c) Law (d) Philosophy

12. ‘The Great Bath’ and ‘Bronze Dancing Girl’ belongs to 27. Which was the first capital of Magadha?
which site? (a) Pataliputra (b) Vaishali
(a) Lothal (b) Dholavira (c) Rajagriha (d) Champa
(c) Banawali (d) Mohenjodaro 28. Name the clan, Buddha belonged to
13. The local name of Mohenjodaro is (a) Gnathrika (b) Maurya (c) Sakya (d) Kuru
(a) Mound of the Living 29. Buddha attained enlightenment (nirvana) on the bank of
(b) Mound of the Great which river?
(c) Mound of the Dead
(a) Sabarmati (b) Niranjana
(d) Mound of the Survivor
(c) Penner (d) Ganga
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30. ‘Dharmachakrapravartan’ is associated with which event of 47. Who was the first Gupta ruler to assume the title of
Buddha’s life? ‘Maharajadhiraja’?
(a) Birth (b) Death (a) Chandragupta I
(c) First sermon (d) Nirvana (b) Samudragupta
(c) Chandragupta II
31. The first Buddhist Council was held at which place?
(d) Kumaragupta
(a) Rajagriha (b) Vaishali
(c) Pataliputra (d) Kundalvana 48. Which Gupta ruler is popularly known as ‘Napolean of
India’?
32. Who was the patron of third Buddhist Council?
(a) Kumaragupta (b) Samudragupta
(a) Ajatashatru (b) Ashoka (c) Kanishka (d) Kalashoka
(c) Chandragupta (d) Skandagupta
33. Which among the following is not the part of Triratnas of
49. Kalidasa was the court poet of which ruler?
Buddhism?
(a) Chandragupta II (b) Skandagupta
(a) Buddha (b) Sangha (c) Dhamma (d) Karma
(c) Ramagupta (d) Kumaragupta
34. Name the last Trithankara. 50. Kumaragupta I founded which Mahavihara (University)?
(a) Parsvanatha (b) Mahavira
(a) Taxila (b) Vikramashila
(c) Siddhartha (d) Subharma
(c) Nalanda (d) Ujjain
35. Mahavira breathed his last at 51. The Chinese pilgrim Hiuen Tsang visited the court of
(a) Rajagriha (b) Pavanuti which ruler?
(c) Pavapuri (d) Pataliputra
(a) Harshavardhana (b) Pushyabhuti
36. The first Jain Council was held at which place? (c) Skandagupta (d) Varahamihira
(a) Rajagriha (b) Vaishali 52. The details about the rule of Samudragupta are contained
(c) Pataliputra (d) Lumbini in which inscription?
37. Ujjain was the capital of which Mahajanapada? (a) Iron pillar inscription
(a) Kuru (b) Panchala (c) Kashi (d) Avanti (b) Allahabad pillar inscription
(c) Nasik pillar inscription
38. Mahajanapada situated on the bank of river Godavari was (d) Mandsaur copper plate
(a) Avanti (b) Vatsa (c) Assaka (d) Kamboja
53. ‘Navaratna’ adorned the court of which Gupta ruler?
39. Which foreign ruler invaded India in 326 BC? (a) Kumaragupta I (b) Chandragupta I
(a) Alexander (b) Darius I (c) Samudragupta (d) Chandragupta II
(c) Seleucus Nicator (d) Timur
54. The decimal numeral system, including the concept of
40. The Indian king who opposed Alexander was? ‘Zero’ was invented during the period of
(a) Ambhi (b) Porus (a) Sakas (b) Guptas
(c) Dhanananda (d) Chandragupta (c) Palas (d) Cholas
41. Who was the author of the book ‘Arthashastra’?
(a) Megasthenes (b) Chandragupta Maurya Medieval History
(c) Kautilya (d) Samudragupta 55. Who was the first Muslim to invade India in AD 712?
42. Which Greek ambassador visited the court of (a) Mahmud Ghaznavi
Chandragupta Maurya? (b) Qutubuddin Aibak
(a) Megasthenes (b) Dionysius (c) Mohammad Bin Qasim
(c) Philadelphus (d) Phraotes (d) Kaiqubad

43. Which Mauryan ruler fought the Kalinga war? 56. Name the Turkish invader, who invaded India 17 times and
(a) Bimbisara (b) Bindusara destroyed Somnath temple.
(c) Chandragupta Maurya (d) Ashoka (a) Iltutmish (b) Alauddin Khilji
(c) Malik Kafur (d) Mahmud Ghaznavi
44. Name the stupa that was built by Ashoka.
(a) Borobudur (b) Sanchi 57. Which of the following muslim scholar accompanied
(c) Amravati (d) Nagarjunakonda Muhammed of Ghazni ?
(a) Ibn Batuta (b) Al Beruni
45. The ‘Kalinga War’ is mentioned in which among the (c) Amir Khusrau (d) Farishta
following rock edicts?
(a) 11th (b) 13th 58. Which ruler of the Slave dynasty was given the title of
(c) 1st (d) 3rd ‘Lakh Baksh’ (giver of lakhs)?
(a) Qutubuddin Aibak
46. Who was the last Maurya ruler? (b) Razia Sultan
(a) Chandragupta II (b) Kalashoka (c) Iltutmish
(c) Bimbisara (d) Brihadratha (d) Rukunuddin Firoz
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59. Which ruler of Slave dynasty started the construction of 73. Who defeated Humayun in the battle of Chausa and
Qutub Minar? Kannauj?
(a) Qutubuddin Aibak (b) Iltutmish (a) Sher Shah Suri (b) Muhammad Lodhi
(c) Razia Sultan (d) Balban (c) Medini Rai (d) Alam Khan
60. Qutubuddin Aibak constructed a mosque named 74. Humayun founded his second capital ‘Din Panah’ at which
Quwat-ul-Islam at which place? place?
(a) Delhi (b) Agra (a) Ajmer (b) Agra
(c) Ajmer (d) Lahore (c) Delhi (d) Fatehpur Sikri
61. What was the name of the copper coin introduced by 75. Biography of Humayun named ‘Humayunama’ was
Iltutmish? written by whom?
(a) Rupiya (b) Tanka (a) Gulbadan Begum (b) Faizi
(c) Jittal (d) None of these (c) Abul Fazal (d) Akbar
62. Which ruler of Slave dynasty set up Chalisa? 76. Which among the following rulers conferred the title of
(a) Razia Sultan (b) Kaiqubad ‘Sher Khan’ to ‘Sher Shah Suri’?
(c) Iltutmish (d) Qutubuddin Aibak (a) Sikandar Lodhi (b) Humayun
(c) Babur
63. Who was the first woman ruler of India?
(d) Bahar Khan Lohani
(a) Gulbadan Begum (b) Razia Sultan
(c) Rani Laxmi Bai (d) Begum Hazarat Mehal 77. Sher Shah’s real name was
(a) Hemu (b) Faizi
64. The power of Chalisa was broken by which Sultan of
(c) Bahadur (d) Farid
Delhi?
(a) Jalaluddin Khilji (b) Ghiyasuddin Balban 78. Which among the following is not related to Sher Shah
(c) Kaiqubad (d) Iltutmish Suri?
(a) Rupiah (b) Grand Trunk Road
65. Which Muslim ruler of Delhi introduced token currency?
(c) Patta (d) Tanka
(a) Khizr Khan
(b) Kaiqubad 79. Which ruler of Mughal dynasty shifted his capital from
(c) Mohammad Bin Tughlaq Agra to Fatehpur Sikri?
(d) Firoz Shah Tughlaq (a) Akbar (b) Babur
66. What was ‘Dar-ul-Shifa’ established by Firoz Shah Tughlaq? (c) Humayun (d) Sher Shah
(a) Water tax (b) Hospital 80. Which of the following was the court language during the
(c) Market (d) Granary regime of Akbar?
67. Who was the founder of Lodhi dynasty? (a) Hindi (b) Urdu (c) Persian (d) Arabic
(a) Bahlol Lodhi (b) Sikandar Lodhi 81. Which among the following was not the part of Akbar’s
(c) Ibrahim Lodhi (d) Daulat Khan Lodhi Navaratna?
68. ‘Gaz-i-Sikandari’ was introduced by which ruler? (a) Tansen (b) Abul Fazal
(a) Sikandar Lodhi (b) Bahlol Lodhi (c) Todarmal (d) Amarsimha
(c) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq (d) Ibrahim Lodhi 82. When did the second battle of Panipat fought?
69. Which Mughal emperor wrote Tuzuk-i-Baburi? (a) 1556 (b) 1576
(a) Humayun (c) 1520 (d) 1528
(b) Babur 83. Who among the following established the system of Justice
(c) Abul Fazal called ‘Zanzir-i-adal’?
(d) Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khana (a) Shah Jahan (b) Tansen
70. Which of the following battle took place between Babur (c) Jahangir (d) Abul Fazal
and Rana Sanga? 84. During the reign of which Mughal emperor, the French
(a) Battle of Khanwa (b) Battle of Ghaghra travellers like Bernier, Travernier visited India?
(c) Battle of Chanderi (d) Battle of Plassey (a) Humayun (b) Jahangir
71. In the first Battle of Panipat, Ibrahim Lodhi was defeated by (c) Babur (d) Shah Jahan
whom? 85. Name the architecture built by Shah Jahan?
(a) Babur (b) Rana Sanga (a) Qutub Minar (b) Alai Darwaza
(c) Muhammad Lodhi (d) Akbar (c) Agra Fort (d) Taj Mahal
72. Babur defeated Muhammad Lodhi at which battle? 86. What title was given to Mughal emperor Aurangzeb?
(a) Battle of Khanwa (b) Battle of Chanderi (a) Zil-i-Ilahi (b)Hazar Dinari
(c) Battle of Ghaghra (d) Battle of Panipat (c) Alamgir (d) Badshah Salamat
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87. ‘Chauth’ and ‘Sardeshmukhi’ were introduced by which 101. Dutch East India Company was defeated at which battle?
ruler? (a) Khanwa (b) Waterloo
(a) Shivaji (b) Sambhaji (c) Bedera (d) Chanderi
(c) Baji Rao I (d) Baji Rao II
102. During India’s freedom struggle, the Sepoy Mutiny started
88. Who got the title of ‘Sena Karte’? from which one of the following places?
(a) Balaji Vishwanath (b) Baji Rao I (a) Agra (b) Gwalior
(c) Balaji Baji Rao (d) Shivaji (c) Jhansi (d) Meerut
89. Who emerged victorious in the third battle of Panipat? 103. Mangal Pandey fired the first shot of the Revolt of 1857 at
(a) Aurangzeb (b) Ahmad Shah Abdali (a) Barrackpore (b) Meerut
(c) Rana Pratap (d) Babur (c) Kanpur (d) Jhansi
90. Who was the founder of the Sikh religion? 104. Kunwar Singh led the revolt of 1857 in
(a) Guru Gobind Singh (b) Guru Angad (a) Punjab (b) Bengal
(c) Guru Nanak (d) Guru Ramdas (c) Bihar (d) Maharashtra
91. Which among the following can be contributed to Guru 105. Rani Jhansi was related to
Arjan? (a) Congress
(a) Gurumukhi Script (b) Akal Takht (b) Revolt of 1857
(c) Golden Temple (d) Amritsar (c) Champaran
(d) Civil disobedience Movement
92. Khalsa Pant was discovered by which Sikh Guru?
(a) Guru Nanak (b) Guru Angad 106. The first session of Indian National Congress was held at
(c) Guru Har Rai (d) Guru Gobind Singh which place?
(a) Lucknow
93. Which Mughal ruler executed Guru Tegh Bahadur?
(b) Calcutta
(a) Babur (b) Humayun (c) Bombay
(c) Akbar (d) Aurangzeb (d) Madras

Modern India 107. Which Governor-General of British India announced the

partition of Bengal in 1905?
94. In which year, Vasco da Gama visited India? (a) Lord Curzon (b) William Bentinck
(a) 1512 (b) 1498 (c) 1478 (d) 1598 (c) Lord Ripon (d) Lord Canning
95. Which Hindu ruler received Vasco da Gama, when he 108. Who was the leader of the Swadeshi and Boycott
reached Calicut? movement in Punjab?
(a) Zamorin (b) Kanishka (a) Ajit Singh
(c) Chandragupta (d) Dharmapala (b) Lala Lajpat Rai
96. Which Portuguse Governor introduced the policy of ‘Blue (c) Dada Bhai Naoroji
water’? (d) Madan Mohan Malviya
(a) Minto (b) Alfonso d’ Albuquerque 109. Who was the founder of Muslim League?
(c) Almeida (d) Munro (a) Nawab Salimullah
97. The first trading centre of Dutch East India Company was (b) Mohammad Ali Jinnah
established at which place? (c) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(d) Shaukat Ali
(a) Goa (b) Surat
(c) Daman and Diu (d) Masulipatanam 110. Who was the founder of Brahmo Samaj?
98. The English East India Company opened their first factory (a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(b) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
in 1613 at which place?
(c) Keshab Chandra Sen
(a) Surat (b) Bombay
(d) Swami Dayananda
(c) Calcutta (d) Madras
111. Which socio-religious organisation emerged to counter
99. Captain William Hawkins obtained farman from which
Brahmo Samaj?
Mughal ruler?
(a) Tattvabodhini Sabha (b) Dharma Sabha
(a) Akbar (b) Jahangir
(c) Arya Samaj (d) Seva Sadan
(c) Aurangzeb (d) Babur
112. Who gave the slogan of ‘Go back to the Vedas’?
100. English East India Company established fort William at
(a) Swami Dayananda
which place?
(b) Annie Basant
(a) Madras (b) Calcutta (c) Atmaram Pandurang
(c) Bengal (d) Bombay (d) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
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113. In India, the headquarters of Theosophical Society was set 125. Ali brothers organised which movement in 1920?
up at which place? (a) Non-cooperation (b) Khilafat
(a) Adyar (b) Pune (c) Civil Disobedience (d) Swadeshi
(c) Belur (d) Bombay
126. The Chauri-Chaura incidence of 1922 was held at which
114. The Surat session of INC took place in which year? place?
(a) 1907 (b) 1921 (a) Kolkata (b) Madras
(c) 1905 (d) 1916 (c) Gorakhpur (d) Bombay
115. The Congress got divided into two wings during which 127. Which movement was called off by Gandhiji as a result of
session? Chauri-Chaura incidence?
(a) Haripur (b) Calcutta (a) Civil Disobedience Movement
(c) Bombay (d) Surat (b) Non-cooperation Movement
(c) Swadeshi and Boycott Movement
116. In which year, Gandhiji established Sabarmati Ashram? (d) Quit India Movement
(a) 1915 (b) 1914 (c) 1916 (d)1917
128. Swaraj Party was formed by Motilal Nehru, NC Kelkar and
117. During Champaran Satyagraha, Gandhiji fought for the which other leader?
cause of which among the following groups?
(a) CR Das
(a) Indigo Cultivators (b) Tea Planters (b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Trade Union (d) Peasants (c) Dadabhai Naoroji
118. Which was the first non-cooperation movement led by (d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Gandhiji? 129. Name the leaders who designed the Nehru Report.
(a) Kheda Satyagraha (a) Tej Bahadur Sapru (b) Motilal Nehru
(b) Ahmedabad Satyagraha (c) Jawaharlal Nehru (d) Both (a) and (b)
(c) Champaran Satyagraha
(d) Bardoli Satyagraha 130. At which INC session, ‘Swaraj’ was adopted as the ultimate
goal?
119. Who among the following started the Home Rule (a) Lahore (b) Calcutta
Movement first? (c) Bombay (d) Madras
(a) Annie Besant
(b) BG Tilak 131. Which leader died as a result of the brutal Lathi Charge?
(c) Firoz Shah Mehta (a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (b) Bipin Chandra Pal
(d) Subramaniyam Swami (c) Lala Lajpat Rai (d) Motilal Nehru

120. The Lucknow Session of the Congress was presided over 132. First independence day was celebrated on which date?
by which among the following? (a) 26th November, 1930 (b) 26th January, 1930
(a) Ambika Charan Mazumdar (c) 15th August, 1947 (d) 26th January, 1950
(b) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad 133. Gandhiji started ‘Dandi March’ to launch which
(c) Shaukat Usmani
movement?
(d) Dadabhai Naoroji
(a) Civil Disobedience Movement
121. ‘Dyarchy’ was introduced in 1919 through which initiative (b) Non-cooperation Movement
of the British Government? (c) Swadeshi Movement
(a) Morley Minto Reform (d) Quit India Movement
(b) Montague Chelmsford Reforms 134. Who among the following did not participate in First
(c) Government of India Act, 1935
Round Table Conference?
(d) Government of India Act, 1858
(a) Muslim League (b) INC
122. Rowlatt Act of 1919 was passed during the viceroyalty of (c) BR Ambedkar (d) Hindu Mahasabha
which Governor-General?
135. The demand for Pakistan was put forward during which
(a) Lord Chelmsford
session of Muslim League?
(b) Lord Canning
(a) Surat (b) Lahore
(c) Lord Dalhousie
(c) Bombay (d) Calcutta
(d) William Bentinck
136. The objective of Cripps Mission; headed by Sir Stafford
123. The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place at Amritsar in
Cripps was
which year?
(a) to prevent Quit India Movement
(a) 1919 (b) 1920 (c) 1921 (d)1930
(b) to secure the Indian Cooperation in World War II
124. Which British official opens fired at a peaceful crowd (c) to set up a Constitution making body
gathered at Jallianwala Bagh? (d) to convince the INC to attend to Second Round Table
(a) Lord Ripon (b) Lord Lytton Conference
(c) General O’ Dyer (d) Lord Curzon
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137. Who was the Congress President when India became free? 151. The famous slogan ‘Delhi Chalo’ was given by
(a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Jawaharlal Nehru (a) Subhash Chandra Bose
(c) JB Kriplani (d) Sardar Patel (b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
138. Which session of Indian National Congress witnessed Bose
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru
and Sitaramaya conflict in 1939?
(a) Tripuri Session (b) Haripur Session 152. Who was captured during Chittagong Armory case?
(c) Banaras Session (d) Calcutta Session (a) Surya Sen (b) Bhagat Singh
(c) BK Dutt (d) Chandra Shekhar Azad
139. Congress failed to form ministries in which of the following
provinces during 1937 provincial elections?
Art and Culture
(a) Bengal (b) Bombay
(c) Madras (d) Bihar 153. Which among the following is not a classical dance form of
India?
140. Name the female fighting brigade of INA?
(a) Kalaripayattu (b) Mohiniattam
(a) Rani of Jhansi (b) Sarojini
(c) Bharatanatyam (d) Kathakali
(c) Aruna (d) Indira
154. Padma Subramaniam is an exponent of which of the
141. Who was the first individual Satyagrahi? following classical dance form?
(a) Sarojini Naidu (b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(a) Kuchipudi (b) Odissi
(c) Vallabhbhai Patel (d) Vinoba Bhave
(c) Bharatanatyam (d) Manipuri
142. Which plan is also known as 3rd June Plan? 155. Which among the following dance form incorporates an
(a) Shimla Plan (b) Wavell Plan important elements namely ‘Tribhanga’?
(c) Mountbatten Plan (d) All of these (a) Odissi (b) Manipuri
143. Who was the head of interim Government of India? (c) Sattriya (d) Mohiniattam
(a) CR Das (b) Jawaharlal Nehru 156. Which of the following pairs is wrongly matched?
(c) BR Ambedkar (d) Gandhiji (a) Mrinali Sarabhai : Bharatanatyam
144. Who was the first Muslim President of INC? (b) Kalamandalam Gopi : Kathakali
(a) Badrudin Tyabji (c) Sonal Mansingh : Odissi
(b) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (d) Singhajit Singh : Kathak
(c) Muhammad Ali (d) None of these 157. Lavani is one of the most popular forms of dance and
145. Mahatma Gandhi presided which session of Congress? music that is practised in which state?
(a) Calcutta (b) Belgaum (a) Maharashtra (b) Bihar
(c) Surat (d) Haripur (c) Gujarat (d) Andhra Pradesh

146. The plan to transfer of power to the Indians and Partition of 158. Dance forms like Chodiya, Jagaus, Jhora, Pandav Nritya
the country was laid down in the deals with which of the following state?
(a) Cabinet Mission Plan (b) Cripps Mission (a) Mizoram (b) Uttarakhand
(c) Simon Commission (d) Mountbatten Plan (c) Meghalaya (d) Bihar

147. Which among the following state was the last one to be the 159. Match the following.
part of India? List I List II
(a) Goa (b) Hyderabad
A. Maharashtra 1. Hultari
(c) Puducherry (d) Junagarh
B. Karnataka 2. Garba
148. Which slogan was raised by Mahatma Gandhi during the
Quit India Movement of 1942? C. Gujarat 3. Tamasha
(a) Do or Die (b) Dilli Chalo D. Assam 4. Tahal Chongli
(c) Inqalab Zindabad (d) Jai Hind Codes
149. Who is the author of the ‘Anandamath’? A B C D
(a) Aurobindo Ghosh (a) 3 1 2 4
(b) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (b) 4 3 1 2
(c) MK Gandhi (c) 1 2 3 4
(d) Rabindranath Tagore (d) 3 4 2 1

150. Name the first newspaper of British India. 160. Which among the following pairs is rightly matched?
(a) Al-Hilal (a) Asad Ali Khan : Rudra Veena
(b) National Herald (b) Shiv Kumar Sharma : Sarod
(c) Bengal Gazette (c) Sajjad Hussain : Surb Ahar
(d) Rast Goftar (d) TN Krishnan : Violin
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161. Which festival of Karnataka is celebrated in veneration of 163. Name the fair which is also known as the ‘Livestock Fair’
the statue of Siddha Bahubali? and is held in the state of Rajasthan.
(a) Mahamastakabhisheka (a) Nagaur Fair (b) Pushkar Fair
(b) Brahmotsav (c) Baneshwar Fair (d) Kolayat Fair
(c) Ugadi
164. Pongal festival is related to
(d) Onam
(a) Tamil Nadu (b) North India
162. Which fair takes place twice a year during the Navaratri of (c) Assam (d) None of these
Chaitra and Assiy?
165. Onam is the festival of
(a) Christian Mela
(a) Kerala (b) Assam
(b) Pushkar Fair
(c) Tamil Nadu (d) Punjab
(c) Jwalamukhi Mela
(d) All of the above

PREVIOUS YEARS’
AFCAT QUESTIONS
2019 II 10. The Gateway of India was formed in which style?
(a) Indo-Saracenic (b) Neo-Classical
1. Who was the first Governor-General of Independent India? (c) Indo-Islamic (d) Nagara Style
(a) C Rajagopalachari (b) Lord Mountbatten
(c) Lord Wellington (d) Lord Wavell 11. Which of the following is the oldest religious text?
(a) Bhagavata Purana (b) Ramayana
2. Who is considered the father of Indian revolutionary ideas? (c) Yajnavalkya Smriti (d) Rig Veda
(a) Raja Rammohan Roy
(b) Aurobindo Ghosh 12. Which of the following is the central theme of
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak Upanishadas?
(d) MG Ranade (a) Atman (Soul, Self) (b) Dharma (Laws)
(c) Karma (Action) (d) Moksha (Salvation)
3. ‘Satyamev Jayate’ is taken from which Upanishad?
(a) Rig Veda (b) Satpath Brahmana 13. What was the nick name of Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq?
(c) Ramayana (d) Mundaka Upanishad (a) Kaiqubad (b) Jauna Khan
(c) Ghazi (d) Sikandar
4. Which of the following is the oldest Veda?
(a) Rig Veda (b) Yajur Veda 14. The Kailasa Temple in Ellora caves was built by which
(c) Sama Veda (d) Atharva Veda dynasty?
5. Who was the founder of INA? (a) Satvahana (b) Rashtrakuta
(c) Pallavas (d) Chalukyas
(a) Mohan Singh (b) Subhash Chandra Bose
(c) Rash Bihari Bose (d) CR Das 15. Who was the founder of Mughal Dynasty?
6. The first Battle of Panipat was held in (a) Babur (b) Timur
(c) Humayun (d) Changez Khan
(a) 1539 (b) 1527
(c) 1526 (d) 1556 16. Which of the following Vedas refers to Medicine?
7. Who was the first nationalist to demand Pakistan? (a) Rig Veda (b) Yajur Veda
(c) Atharva Veda (d) Sama Veda
(a) Mohammad Ali Jinnah
(b) Chaudhary Rahmat Ali 17. The Khilafat Movement was merged with which
(c) Shaukat Usmani movement?
(d) Syed Ahmed Khan (a) Quit-India Movement
8. Who was known as the ‘Great Old Man of India’? (b) Non-Cooperation Movement
(c) Civil Disobedience Movement
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
(d) Swadeshi Movement
(b) MG Ranade
(c) CR Das 18. Who rejected the Muslim League’s demand for Pakistan?
(d) Madan Mohan Malviya (a) Cabinet Mission
9. Who was the chief architect of Taj Mahal? (b) Cripps Mission
(c) Wavell Plan
(a) Abdul Ghafoor Shah (b) Wazir Khan
(d) Simon Commission
(c) Mubarak Shah (d) Ustad Ahmad Lahori
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2019 I 33. Which of the following is the oldest Veda?

19. Who was founder of Satvahana dynasty? (a) Sama Veda (b) Atharva Veda
(c) Rig Veda (d) Yajur Veda
(a) Dharampala (b) Kanha
(c) Simuka (d) Satakarni I 34. Which act is known as the Black Act?
20. Which of the following state has celebrated the Hornbill (a) Rowlatt Act
festival? (b) Regulating Act of 1773
(c) Morley-Minto Act 1909
(a) Arunachal Pradesh (b) Manipur
(d) Government of India Act, 1935
(c) Mizoram (d) Nagaland
35. Sher Shah Suri defeated Humayun in the year AD 1540 at
21. Who was the founder of Swatantra Party?
which battle?
(a) Motilal Nehru (b) C Rajagopalachari
(a) Battle of Plassey (b) Battle of Chanderi
(c) MG Ranade (d) Dadabhai Naoroji
(c) Battle of Khanwa (d) Battle of Kannauj
22. The handbook ‘Arthashashtra’ was written by
36. Jallianwala Bagh massacre happened due to which act?
(a) Megasthenes (b) Aryabhatta
(a) Montague-Chelmsford Act 1919
(c) Kalidasa (d) Kautilya
(b) Government of India Act, 1935
23. Which of the following city fall under doctrine of lapse in (c) Rowlatt Act 1919
1848? (d) Morley Minto Reform
(a) Satara (b) Awadh
37. In the Rigveda, the maruts are known as
(c) Jhansi (d) Surat
(a) Storm Gods (b) Fire God
24. Who was the founder of Pallava dynasty? (c) Archer God (d) Sun
(a) Simha Vishnu (b) Krishna II 2018 I
(c) Mahendra Varman (d) Narasimha Varman I
38. The book titled ‘The Indian War of Independence’ was
25. Who started Shuddhi Movement? written by
(a) Ram Mohan Roy (b) Keshav Chandra Sen (a) Krishna Verma (b) Madame Cama
(c) Dayanand Saraswati (d) Swami Vivekanand (c) BG Tilak (d) VD Savarkar
26. Which of the following dynasty ruled Magadha during 39. Who shot dead John Saunders on
Alexander’s invasion? 17th December, 1927?
(a) Haryanka dynasty (b) Mauryan dynasty (a) Bhagat Singh (b) Mangal Pandey
(c) Gupta dynasty (d) Shishunaga dynasty (c) Sukhdev (d) Bipin Chandra Pal Singh
27. Who was the founder of Tuluva dynasty? 40. Who built the Vijay Stambha Tower of victory in
(a) Tuluva Narasa Nayaka (b) Narsimha Raya II Chittorgarh?
(c) Virupaksha Raya II (d) Vira Narsimha (a) Maharana Pratap (b) Rana Kumbha
28. Who was the first Nawab of Awadh? (c) Rana Sanga (d) Kunwar Durjan Singh
(a) Wazir Ali Khan (b) Muhammad Ali Shah 41. Who raised the slogan ‘Swaraj is my birthright and I shall
(c) Shiraj-ud-daulah (d) Saadat Khan have it’?
29. Which language was used in most of the Ashoka’s (a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Subhash Chandra Bose
inscriptions? (c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (d) Lala Lajpat Rai
(a) Aramaic (b) Sanskrit 42. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was the leader of ………
(c) Greek (d) Prakrit (a) Bhoodan Movement (b) Rowlatt Satyagraha
30. The famous Battle of Haldighati was fought between (c) Bardoli Satyagraha (d) Swadeshi Movement
Maharana Pratap and Akbar’s forces led by 2017 II
(a) Man Singh I (b) Amar Singh I
43. Who is rightly called the ‘Father of Local Self Government’
(c) Udai Singh (d) Jai Singh I
in India?
2018 II (a) Lord Mayo (b) Lord Ripon
31. What was the term used for measurement of land in the (c) Lord Curzon (d) Lord Clive
Delhi Sultanate period? 44. Razia Sultan belonged to which of the following dynasty?
(a) Yakut (b) Masahat (a) Slave dynasty (b) Maurya dynasty
(c) Paibos (d) Visayas (c) Khilji dynasty (d) Koravi dynasty
32. Who was the founder of Brahmo Samaj? 45. Hiuen Tsang visited India during the reign of
(a) Raja Rammohan Roy (b) Swami Vivekananda (a) Chandra Gupta I (b) Chandra Gupta II
(c) Dayanand Saraswati (d) Atmaram Pandurang (c) Harshavardhana (d) Rudradaman
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2017 I 58. Who was the person behind conversion of East India from
46. The call of ‘Back to the Vedas’ was given by a trading company into a regional power?
(a) Swami Vivekananda (a) Lord Warren Hasting (b) Lord Clive
(b) Swami Dayanand Saraswati (c) Lord Dalhousie (d) Lord Wellesley
(c) Aurobindo Ghosh 59. Who was the viceroy when the Cripps Mission sent to
(d) Raja Rammohan Roy India?
47. Which one of the following was the official language of (a) Lord Chelmsford (b) Lord Reading
Gupta period? (c) Lord Linlithgow (d) Lord Wellington
(a) Pali (b) Magadhi (c) Prakrit (d) Sanskrit 60. Mahatma Gandhi left South Africa to return to India in
48. Who abolished Iqta system? (a) 1911 (b) 1915
(a) Babur (b) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq (c) 1917 (d) 1919
(c) Iltutmish (d) Alauddin Khilji 2015 II
49. During the colonial rule in India, the permanent settlement 61. The Battle of Plassey was fought in
was introduced by (a) 1757 (b) 1782
(a) Lord Bentinck (b) Lord Cornwallis (c) 1748 (d) 1764
(c) Lord Curzon (d) Lord Wellesley
62. The language of discourses of Gautama Buddha was
50. What was the first cotton mill in India established? (a) Bhojpuri (b) Magadhi
(a) Surat (b) Mumbai (c) Pali (d) Sanskrit
(c) Ahmedabad (d) Coimbatore
63. Who was the Viceroy when the Simon Commission visited
51. Who initiated regeneration of Indian Muslims in the 19th India?
century? (a) Lord Chelmsford (b) Lord Reading
(a) Syed Ahmed Khan (b) Nawab Salimullah (c) Lord Irwin (d) Lord Wellington
(c) Badshah Khan (d) Abul Kalam Azad
64. Todar Mal was associated with …… in Akbar’s durbar.
2016 II (a) music (b) literature
52. Who is known as ‘Iron man of India’? (c) finance (d) law Reforms
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru (b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak 2015 I
(c) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (d) Mahatma Gandhi
65. Who among the following was the Congress President at
53. Bajirao was appointed as Peshwa at the age of 20 yrs under Madras Session of 1927 when it boycotted the Simon
the reign of Commission?
(a) Sambhaji (b) Chhatrapati Shahu (a) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (b) MA Ansari
(c) Rajaram II of Satara (d) Rajaram Chhatrapati (c) Lala Lajpat Rai (d) Subhash Chandra Bose
54. Besides the Qutb Mosque and Qutub Minar, Qutub-ud-din 66. Why did Kalinga prove to be a turning point in the life of
Aibak is said to have built Ashoka?
(a) Adhai-din ka Jhopra mosque at Ajmer (a) Ashoka annexed Kalinga
(b) Khirki masjid at Jahan-Panah (b) It was the starting point of the expansion of his empire
(c) Mausoleum of Khan-i-Jahan Tilangani (c) Ashoka became a zealous Buddhist
(d) Kila-i-Kuhna mosque at Delhi (d) It enabled Mauryan Empire to reach its climax
55. Indian Ruler who defeated British in their early stage of 67. Which of the following wings was not part of the espionage
rule in India was system described by Kautilya?
(a) Maharaja Ranjit Singh (b) Mahadaji Scindhia (a) Crime Branch (b) Special Branch
(c) Hyder Ali (d) Tipu Sultan (c) Political Branch (d) None of these
56. The largest concentration of Harappan sites has been found 68. Alauddin Khalji did not build
along the (a) Siri Fort
(a) Sutlej (b) Ghaggar-Hakra (b) Tomb of Jalaluddin
(c) Indus (d) Ravi (c) Hauz-i Alai
(d) Jamaat Khana Masjid
2016 I
57. Resolution of Purna Swaraj was passed on 26th January, 69. Which of the following dynasties was ruling over North
1930 at India at the time of Alexander’s invasion?
(a) Nanda (b) Maurya
(a) Haripur (b) Lahore
(c) Sunga (d) Kanva
(c) Karachi (d) Calcutta
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Answers
AFCAT Model Practice Question
1 (a) 2 (c) 3 (b) 4 (d) 5 (b) 6 (d) 7 (c) 8 (a) 9 (b) 10 (c)
11 (b) 12 (d) 13 (c) 14 (a) 15 (a) 16 (d) 17 (a) 18 (a) 19 (d) 20 (c)
21 (d) 22 (c) 23 (a) 24 (c) 25 (a) 26 (d) 27 (c) 28 (c) 29 (b) 30 (c)
31 (a) 32 (b) 33 (d) 34 (b) 35 (c) 36 (c) 37 (d) 38 (c) 39 (a) 40 (b)
41 (c) 42 (a) 43 (d) 44 (b) 45 (b) 46 (d) 47 (a) 48 (b) 49 (a) 50 (c)
51 (a) 52 (b) 53 (d) 54 (b) 55 (c) 56 (d) 57 (b) 58 (a) 59 (a) 60 (a)
61 (c) 62 (c) 63 (b) 64 (b) 65 (c) 66 (b) 67 (a) 68 (a) 69 (b) 70 (a)
71 (a) 72 (c) 73 (a) 74 (c) 75 (a) 76 (d) 77 (d) 78 (d) 79 (a) 80 (c)
81 (d) 82 (a) 83 (c) 84 (d) 85 (d) 86 (c) 87 (a) 88 (a) 89 (b) 90 (c)
91 (c) 92 (d) 93 (d) 94 (b) 95 (a) 96 (c) 97 (d) 98 (a) 99 (b) 100 (b)
101 (c) 102 (d) 103 (a) 104 (c) 105 (b) 106 (c) 107 (a) 108 (b) 109 (a) 110 (a)
111 (b) 112 (a) 113 (a) 114 (a) 115 (d) 116 (c) 117 (a) 118 (c) 119 (b) 120 (a)
121 (b) 122 (a) 123 (a) 124 (c) 125 (b) 126 (c) 127 (b) 128 (a) 129 (d) 130 (a)
131 (c) 132 (a) 133 (a) 134 (b) 135 (b) 136 (b) 137 (c) 138 (a) 139 (a) 140 (a)
141 (d) 142 (c) 143 (b) 144 (a) 145 (b) 146 (d) 147 (a) 148 (a) 149 (b) 150 (c)
151 (a) 152 (a) 153 (a) 154 (c) 155 (a) 156 (d) 157 (a) 158 (b) 159 (a) 160 (b)
161 (a) 162 (c) 163 (b) 164 (a) 165 (a)

AFCAT Previous Years’ Questions

1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4 (a) 5 (a) 6 (c) 7 (b) 8 (a) 9 (d) 10 (a)
11 (d) 12 (a) 13 (c) 14 (b) 15 (a) 16 (c) 17 (b) 18 (a) 19 (c) 20 (d)
21 (b) 22 (d) 23 (a) 24 (a) 25 (c) 26 (b) 27 (d) 28 (d) 29 (d) 30 (a)
31 (b) 32 (a) 33 (c) 34 (a) 35 (d) 36 (c) 37 (a) 38 (d) 39 (a) 40 (b)
41 (c) 42 (c) 43 (b) 44 (a) 45 (c) 46 (b) 47 (d) 48 (d) 49 (b) 50 (a)
51 (a) 52 (c) 53 (b) 54 (a) 55 (c) 56 (c) 57 (b) 58 (b) 59 (c) 60 (b)
61 (a) 62 (c) 63 (c) 64 (c) 65 (b) 66 (c) 67 (b) 68 (b) 69 (a)