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Question 1Single Answer
The Turkish Commander who conquered Bihar and Bengal was :
  1. A
    Mohammad of Ghur        
  2. B
    Qutb - ud - din Aibak
  3. C
    Ikhtiyar - ud - din  Muhammad 
  4. D
    Bakhtiyar Khalji      
Question 2Single Answer
Bengal passed from the Palas to the control of a new dynasty, the Senas. Where did the Senas come from?
  1. A
    Orissa        
  2. B
    Central India
  3. C
    Kamrupa   
  4. D
    The Deccan.               
Question 3Single Answer
A Pala king who has been immortalised in popular Bengali traditions, folk songs and ballads , is :
  1. A
    Dharmapala       
  2. B
    Devapala
  3. C
    Gopala         
  4. D
    Mahipala 
Question 4Single Answer
Bengal was frequently independent of the control of Delhi. Which of the following was not one of the reasons for this ?
  1. A
    Its distance from Delhi
  2. B
    The composition of  its population
  3. C
    Its communications depended upon waterways with which the Turkish rulers were unfamiliar
  4. D
    Its profuse wealth tempted its governors to rebel against the central authority       
Question 5Single Answer
The Sultan of Delhi who twice made unsuccessful efforts to recover Bengal during the reign of Ilyas Shah and his son Sikander Shah was :
  1. A
    Ghiyasuddin Balban    
  2. B
    Ghiyasudin Khalji
  3. C
    Alauddin Khalji       
  4. D
    Firuz Tughluq            
Question 6Single Answer
The Ilyas Shahi Sultan who exchanged embassies with the Chinese emperor of the Ming dynasty was :
  1. A
    Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah   
  2. B
    Sikander Shah
  3. C
    Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah    
  4. D
    Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah      
Question 7Single Answer
Slaves belonging to which of the following nationalities played an important role in the politics of Bengal in the last quarter of the fifteenth Century ?
  1. A
    Turk    
  2. B
    Afghan
  3. C
    Abyssinia           
  4. D
    Arab       
Question 8Single Answer
During the region of which of the following kings of Hussain Shahi dynasty did Sikander Lodi attack Bengal ?
  1. A
    Alauddin Hussain Shah    
  2. B
    Nasiruddin Nusrat Shah
  3. C
    Alauddin Firuz Shah       
  4. D
    Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah            
Question 9Single Answer
Which of the following was not one of the contributions of Alauddin Hussain Shah of Bengal?
  1. A
    The creative genius of the people of medival Bengal reached its zenith
  2. B
    The  Bengali literature made a tremendous advance
  3. C
    He liberally conferred high posts upon the Hindu subjects
  4. D
    He was a great poet of Bengali language         
Question 10Single Answer
Bengal had a number of popular rulers who promoted communal harmony and worked for the prosperity of the State. Which of the following was not one of them ?
  1. A
    Iliyas Shah      
  2. B
    Shamsuddin Ahmad
  3. C
    Raja Ganesh       
  4. D
    Alauddin Hussain Shah.           
Question 11Single Answer
The Sultans of Bengal issued a rich variety of coins. The coins issued by which of the following Sultans are said to carry a "refreshing air of refinement" and are regarded as "Veritable gems of the art of coin-striking" ?
  1. A
    Fakhruddin Mubarak Shah      
  2. B
    Shamsuddin Iliyas Shah
  3. C
    Sikander Shah     
  4. D
    Alauddin Husain Shah            
Question 12Single Answer
The Sultans of Bengal issued a rich variety of coins. The coins issued by which of the following Sultans are said to carry a "refreshing air of refinement" and are regarded as "Veritable gems of the art of coin-striking" ?
  1. A
    Fakhruddin Mubarak Shah     
  2. B
    Shamsuddin Iliyas Shah
  3. C
    Sikander Shah         
  4. D
    Alauddin Husain Shah            
Question 13Single Answer
Who finally annexed Bengal and brought about the decline and fall of the dynasty of Ilyas khan ?
  1. A
    Babur      
  2. B
    Humayun
  3. C
    Sher Shah Suri            
  4. D
    Akbar      
Question 14Single Answer
Which of the following was not one of the warring kingdoms of Assam and East Bengal at the time ?
  1. A
    Kamata      
  2. B
    Ahom
  3. C
    Kamarupa   
  4. D
    Vanga              
Question 15Single Answer
The ruler of Bengal who annexed Kamata with the support of Ahoms Was :
  1. A
    Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah      
  2. B
    Raja Ganesh
  3. C
    Husain Shah   
  4. D
    Nasiruddin Nusrat Shah    
Question 16Single Answer
The imported style mingled with rhe contemporary Indian Schools of painting which were flourishing in various parts of the country . Which of the following was not an important centre of Indian painting in the early Mughal period ?
  1. A
    Gujarat   
  2. B
    Bengal
  3. C
    Rajputana    
  4. D
    Kashmir       
Question 17Single Answer
The portuguese established a number of settlements in India. Which of the following was not one of them?
  1. A
    Salsette    
  2. B
    Bassein
  3. C
    Masulipatam   
  4. D
    Bombay       
Question 18Single Answer
The port of Bengal which was called by the Portuguese the porto grande or grand port was :
  1. A
    Satgaon      
  2. B
    Chittagong
  3. C
    Hughli     
  4. D
    Chandradwip         
Question 19Single Answer
The credit for founding Calcutta in 1690 goes to :                                                      
  1. A
    Captain William Heath      
  2. B
    William Hedges
  3. C
    Job Charnock        
  4. D
    Robert Clive         
Question 20Single Answer
From 1685 to 1690 "the English in Bengal were in a state of Flux" because of :
  1. A
    Their repeated defeats and expulsion out of Hughli by the Mughals
  2. B
    Attacks on the English settlements by the Portuguese pirates
  3. C
    Attacks on the English settlements by the Dutch fleet
  4. D
    All of the above                 
Question 21Single Answer
From Bengal, the English largely exported :
  1. A
    Sugar           
  2. B
    Saltpetre
  3. C
    Silks   
  4. D
    All of the above
Question 22Single Answer
Who called the English in Bengal "a company of base, quarrelling people and foul dealers" ?
  1. A
    Aurangzed   
  2. B
    Shayista Khan, Mughal governor of Bengal
  3. C
    Mir Jumla   
  4. D
    Murshid Quli Khan                
Question 23Single Answer
Job Charnock founded Calcutta at the site of :
  1. A
    Sultanauti     
  2. B
    Kalikata
  3. C
    Govindpur     
  4. D
    All of the above
Question 24Single Answer
Who edited a Bengali weekly the Jugantar and the Basumati, the oldest Bengali daily paper .
  1. A
    Barindra Ghosh        
  2. B
    Aurbindo Ghosh
  3. C
    Ganesh Ghosh          
  4. D
    Anand Mohan Bose                  
Question 25Single Answer
After the partition of Bengal, the two new provinces which came into existence were :
  1. A
    East Bengal and Bengal      
  2. B
    East Bengal and west Bengal
  3. C
    East Bengal and Assam  
  4. D
    East Bengal and North Bengal
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