WBCS Preliminary Question Paper – 2022
1. Which Chola king was known as Arumolivarman before his coronation?
(A) Vira Rajendra
(B) Rajaraja I
(C) Kulottunga I
(D) None of them
(B) Rajaraja I
2. Who among the following was the contemporary ruler of Bengal during Chaitanyadeva’s time?
(A) Nusrat Shah
(B) Fatheh Shah
(C) Husein Shah Sharqi
(D) Alauddin Hussein Shah
(D) Alauddin Hussein Shah
3. Which of the following dynasties was designated as ‘Balhar’ by the Arab travellers ?
(A) Chalukya
(B) Chola
(C) Rashtrakuta
(D) Pandya
(C) Rashtrakuta
4. Who among the Mughal Emperors/ Courtiers made arrangement for translation of Upanisadas into Farsi?
(A) Babur
(B) Akbar
(C) Shah Jahan
(D) Dara Sukoh
(D) Dara Sukoh
5. 174. Who among the following Sultans organized Iqta, army, currency and other most important organs of Delhi Sultanate?
(A) Shamsuddin Iltutmish
(B) Giyasuddin Balban
(C) Muhammad bin Tughluq
(D) Alauddin Khilji
(A) Shamsuddin Iltutmish
6. Chand Bibi ruled over which of the Deccan Sultanates?
(A) Bijapur
(B) Berar
(C) Ahmednagar
(D) Golkonda
(C) Ahmednagar
7. Who used ‘Tulghumah’ as a military tactic for the first time in India?
(21 April 1526, Haryana)
(A) Alauddin Khilji
(B) Muhammad bin Tughluq
(C) Babur
(D) Akbar
(C) Babur
8. Who wrote Humayunnamah?
(A) Gulbadan Begum
(B) Humayun
(C) Birbal
(D) Abul Fazl
(A) Gulbadan Begum
9. Which of the following pair do not match?
(A) Jaunpur – Atala Masjid
(B) Malwa – Jahaz Mahal
(C) Ajmer – Kubbatul Islam
(D) Gaur – Bara Sona Masjid
(C) Ajmer – Kubbatul Islam
10. Which among the Mughal princes assassinated Abul Fazl?
(A) Khasru
(B) Selim
(C) Azimushhan
(D) Khurram
(B) Selim
11. Choose the correct chronological order of the following dynasties of Delhi Sultanate:
(A) Lodi, Ilbari Turks, Tughluq, Khilji
(B) Ilbari Turks, Khilji, Tughluq, Lodi
(C) Tughluq, Khilji, Lodi, Ilbari Turks
(D) Khilji, Lodi, Tughluq, Ilbari Turks
(B) Ilbari Turks, Khilji, Tughluq, Lodi
12. Who built Buland Darwaza?
(A) Humayun
(B) Akbar
(C) Shah Jahan
(D) Aurangzeb
(B) Akbar
WBCS Preliminary Question Paper – 2021
13. Ibn Batuta came to India during which rulers’ reign ?
(A) Akbar
(B) Sher Shah
(C) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
(D) Alauddin Khilji
(C) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
14. Which Sultan was not a slave before he ascended the throne ?
(A) Qutub-ud-din Aibak
(B) Iltutmish
(C) Alauddin Khilji
(D) Balban
(C) Alauddin Khilji
15. Mansab means
(A) A rank or office
(B) A military general
(C) A grant of revenue free land
(D) A religious text
(A) A rank or office
16. Which Turkish Sultan introduced the Iqta system ?
(A) Alauddin Khilji
(B) Balban
(C) Iltutmish
(D) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
(C) Iltutmish
17. Which Muslim general conquered Bengal in the thirteenth century ?
(1203)
(A) Timur
(B) Iqtiaruddin Bin Baktiar Khilji
(C) Chenges Khan
(D) Abdur Rahim Khan i Khanan
(B) Iqtiaruddin Bin Baktiar Khilji
18. Who wrote Ramcharitmanas ?
(16th-century)
(A) Harisena
(B) Harshavardhana
(C) Tulsidas
(D) Joydev
(C) Tulsidas
19. Khutba was
(A) a sermon read in the name of the ruler at Friday prayers.
(B) a royal order.
(C) a religious decree.
(D) a tax.
(A) a sermon read in the name of the ruler at Friday prayers.
20. Khajuraho,’the City of the Gods’ a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the name of which was first referred in the 11th century CE by
(A) Ibn Battuta
(B) Ibn Sina
(C) Abu Rihan Alberuni
(D) Omar Khayyam
(C) Abu Rihan Alberuni
21. Which Medieval ruler introduced Ain-i-Dahsala ?
(1580)
(A) Balban
(B) Feroz Tughlaq
(C) Sher Shah
(D) Akbar
(D) Akbar
22. Sandhyakar Nandi was the court poet of the
(1084-1155, Ramacharitam)
(A) Mauryas
(B) Senas
(C) Hussain Shahis
(D) Palas
(D) Palas
23. Vikramsila Bihara was founded by
(A) Devapala
(B) Dharmapala
(C) Rampala
(D) Sasanka
(B) Dharmapala
24. Who wrote Amuktamalyada ?
(Telugu language)
(A) Rajaraja Chola
(B) Harshavardhana
(C) Deva Raya
(D) Krishnadeva Raya
(D) Krishnadeva Raya
25. The Nayankara system is associated with
(military feudalism)
(A) The Bahmani Kingdom
(B) The Chola Empire
(C) The Maratha Kingdom
(D) The Vijayanagara Empire
(D) The Vijayanagara Empire
