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Unit& 02
History, Culture and Literature of Madhya Pradesh

Table of Contents

S.No. Topics Page No.

1. Ancient history of Madhya Pradesh and important 2 - 11
events.

2. Major dynasties and princely states of Madhya 12 - 47

Pradesh.

3. Freedom struggle of 1857 in Madhya Pradesh. 48 - 55

4. Modern history of Madhya Pradesh. 56 - 63

5. Arts of Madhya Pradesh (folk theatre, drama, 64 - 99

singing, painting, crafts etc.), architecture and related
personalities.

6. Historical tourist places of Madhya Pradesh. 100 - 108

7. Religious tourist place of Madhya Pradesh 109 - 115

8. World Heritage Sites of Madhya Pradesh. 116 - 118

9. Archaeological sites of Madhya Pradesh. 119 -122

10. Major festivals of Madhya Pradesh. 123 - 125

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Important events in the history of Madhya Pradesh, major dynasties

1. Viratpuri is the ancient name of which • Evidence from Hathnora site 1982
city? Discovered by Arun Son -Kiya in 1910.
(a) Indore (b) Rewa • Narmada Valley - Discovery - BK
(c) Sohagpur (d) Satna Sankalia
(c) Sohagpur 4. In which district is the Ghoramara Upper
• Ancient names of other cities - Paleolithic site located?
• Mahishmati Maheshwar (a) Dindori (b) Gwalior
• Indrapur Indore (c) Jabalpur (d) Balaghat
• Bhatha,Tyothar Rewa (a) Dindori
• Unchahara Uchchakalpa • Upper Paleolithic site (blade-burin)
(Satna) • Tools - Blade-burin
2. Dasharna is the ancient name of which • Site - Ghagharia - Balaghat (424 tools in
city? 1970)
(a) Gwalior (b) Shivpuri 5. Which of the following is not a Neolithic
(c) Damoh (d) Vidisha site?
(d) Vidisha (a) Ghoramada
Other- (b) Manuabhan Tekri
• Tundiker - Damoh (c) Bhedaghat
• Nalpur - Shivpuri (Narwar) (d) Sangram Valley, Eran
• Padmavati - Gwalior (a) Ghoramada
• Tripuri - Jabalpur • Other Neolithic sites are as follows -
Ancient names of other important cities • Manuabhan Tekri, Shyamala Hills,
• Nizamat-e-Mashreek – Sehore Balukasam-Bhopal
• Erikina - Eran • Bhedaghat, Lamheta Ghat, Tilbara
• Jejak Bhukti - Bundelkhand Ghat - Jabalpur
• Khajur Vahak - Khajuraho • Sangram Valley - Damoh
• Kuntalpur - Korea • Eran - Sagar
• Dashpur - Mandsaur 6. In which district are the Copper Age sites
• Mandavgarh/Shadiabad - Mandu of Kayatha and Nagda located?
• Anupadesh - Nimar (a) Ujjain (b) Mandsaur
• Dharanagari - Dhar (c) Vidisha (d) Damoh
• Kakanad - Sanchi (a) Ujjain
• Buddha Nivasini - Budhni • District Site
• Panchalgarh - Pachmarhi • Ujjain Kayatha , Nagda
• Mudwara - Katni • Mandsaur Awara
3. Evidence of the lower Palaeolithic period • Besnagar Vidisha
has been found from which valley?
• Hata Damoh
(a) Son-Narmada Valley
7. From where among the following was
(b) Chambal Valley
evidence of Iron Age culture not found?
(c) Betwa Valley
(a) Bhind (b) Morena
(d) Sangram Valley
(c) Gwalior (d) Sagar
(a) Son-Narmada Valley

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(d) Sagar (a) Sanchi - Raisen

Evidence:- Iron Age evidence has been (b) Satdhara - Raisen
found from Bhind, Morena, Gwalior. (c) Sonari - Raisen
8. In which area of Madhya Pradesh, Karush (d) Bharhut - Raisen
dynasty ruled? (d) Bharhut - Raisen
(a) Malwa (b) Nimar Other Stupas
(c) Bundelkhand (d) Baghelkhand Stupa District
(d) Baghelkhand • Vaishya Tekri - Ujjain
• Karush dynasty - Baghelkhand • Deurkothar - Rewa
• Named after Karusha, one of the 10 sons
• Tumain - Ashoknagar
of Manu Vaivaswat.
• Kasrawad - Khargone
9. In which area Chandravansh ruled in
Madhya Pradesh.? • Sodhang Cave - Ujjain
(a) Malwa (b) Nimar 13. When did Alexander Cunningham
(c) Bundelkhand (d) Baghelkhand discover the Bharhut Stupa?
(c) Bundelkhand (a) 1973 (b) 1873
• Chandravansh (Ail Empire) (c) 1954 (d) 1883
• Manu Vaivaswat's daughter Ila was (b) 1873
married to Som (Chandra) whose Bharhut Stupa
progenitor Purarva founded this • Situated in Uchehra of Satna district.
dynasty. • Discovery - 1873
10. From which district of Madhya Pradesh • Torana gates were constructed here in
Coins of Mahapadmananda obtained? the Shunga period.
(a) Gwalior (b) Jabalpur 14. Coins of Menander were found from
(c) Barwani (d) Mandsaur which district of Madhya Pradesh ?
(c) Barwani (a) Balaghat (b) Vidisha
• Mahapadmanand annexed Avanti to the (c) Sehore (d) Raisen
Magadha Empire. (a) Balaghat
• Coins of Mahapadmananda have been • Menander: Indo-Greek ruler
found from Barwani in Madhya • His coins were found from Balaghat.
Pradesh. • Apart from this, coins of Roman rulers
11. In which district of M.P., Rupnath Minor were also found. from Mandsaur
inscription located? district.
(a) Bhopal (b) Seoni • Some stamps of Demetrius were found
(c) Balaghat (d) Katni from Vidisha in excavation.
(d) Katni 15. From which district of M.P. were the coins
• Ashoka's minor rock inscriptions - of Kanishka found?
(a) Shahdol (b) Umaria
• Rupnath - Katni
(c) Anuppur (d) Balaghat
• Gurjara - Datia
(a) Shahdol
• Panagudaria - Sehore • Kanishka's coins have been found from
• Saro Maro - Shahdol Shahdol.
12. Identify the mismatch among the stupas of 16. Kujula Kadphises coins were found from
Mauryan period . which district of M.P.?

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(a) Vidisha (b) Bhopal 21. Which of the following is not matched?
(c) Jabalpur (d) Balaghat Present Name Ancient Name
(a) Vidisha (a) Burhanpur Khandesh
17. In which district is the Indragarh (b) Eran Swabhog Nagar
archaeological site located? (c) Shivpuri Tundiker
(a) Mandsaur (b) Datia (d) Katni Mudwara
(c) Chambal (d) Rewa (c) Shivpuri - Tundiker
(a) Mandsaur 22. Whose ancient name is Mudwara?
Other major archaeological sites (a) Jabalpur (b) Katni
Place District place (c) Rewa (d) Mandla
• Indragarh - Mandsaur (b) Katni
23. Who discovered Bhima Betka?
• Eran- Sagar
(a) Dr.H.D.Sankalia
• Nagda - Ujjain
(b) Dr. Shyam Sundar Nigam
• Kaytha - Ujjain (c) Dr.Vishnudhar Wakankar
• Navdatoli – On the banks of river (d) Dr. Rajbali Pandey
Narmada (Khargone) (c) Dr.Vishnudhar Wakankar
• Awara – On the banks of Shivna • Bhim Bethka
River (Mandsaur) • Discoveror: Dr. Vishnu Shridhar
18. The ancient name of the world famous tourist Wakankar
destination Sanchi was also - • Year: 1957
(a) Kakanam (b) Vetravati 24. In which year was Bhima Bethka
(c) Besnagari (d) Daspur discovered?
(a) Kakanam (a) 1947 (b) 1952
19. Consider the following pairs: (c) 1957 (d) 1967
Ancient Name Present Name (c) 1957
1. Shadiabad Morena 25. The archaeologist of Narmada valley
2. Mayuravan Mandu region is-
3. Dilipnagar Datia (a) HD Sankalia
4. Bhelsanagar Vidisha (b) RB Joshi
Which of the above pairs is/are Matched (c) Both of the above
correctly ? (d) Vishnu Wakankar
(a) Only 1 (b) 1 and 2 (c) Both of the above
(c) Only 3 (d) 3 and 4 Narmada valley Chambal Valley
(d) 3 and 4 • HD Sankalia • Vishnudhar
• Mayurvan - Morena • A.C Supekar Wakankar
• Sadiabad - Mandu • Mac Crown • A.P. Khatri
20. What is the old name of Mandu? • R. B. Joshi • S.K. Srivastava
(a) Anup (b) Mayurvan • A.P. Khatri
(c) Shadiabad (d) Analpur Betwa Valley Sonar Valley
(c) Shadiabad • Rameshwar • R.B. Joshi
Singh
• A.P. Khatri

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Son Valley (d) Adamgarh

• G. R. Sharma Mesolithic sites in mp -
• Desmond Clark • Dogargaon and Choli
26. Pick out the following archaeologists not • Pipariya (Hoshangabad)
related to Chambal valley- • Amarkantak
(a) A.P. Khatri • Mandsaur and Nahargarh
(b) Vishnudhar Wakankar • Adamgarh -
(c) S.K. Shrivastava ✓ The microlithic industry site found
(d) G.R. Sharma from the excavation of Adamgarh is
(d) G.R. Sharma considered to be of 5500 BC.
27. In which river valley were the excavations 32. Which city of M.P. has been mentioned by
done in Bagor, Ghagharia, Nakjhar and the Chinese traveller Hiuen Tsang in his
Sohawal areas of Sidhi district? book by the name of 'U-She-Yen-Na'?
(a) Son River valley (a) Mandsaur (b) Gwalior
(b) Betwa river valley (c) Ujjain (d) Chanderi
(c) Chambal river valley (c) Ujjain
(d) Narmada river valley 33. From which place in M.P. have the
(a) Son river valley evidences of Copper-Stone Age been
28. The following discoverers and the found?
respective sites are unrelated- 1. Kayatha
(a) Vishnu Wakankar - Bhim Betaka 2. Eran
(b) R.B. Joshi - Sanchi 3. Dangwala
(c) H.D. Sankalia - Son Valley Choose the correct statement -
(d) H.V. Trivedi - Awara (a) 1, 3
(b) R.B. Joshi - Sanchi (b) 1, 2
29. Who discovered Navdatoli, a Copper Age (c) 2, 3
site located in Khargone district? (d) All of the above
(a) R.B. Joshi (d) All of the above
(b) H.D. Sankalia 34. Who said, "The victory of Mandu was the key
(c) H.V. Triveni to the victory of the South"?
(d) Vishnudhar Wakankar (a) Malik Kafur (b) Seetal Dev
(b) H.D. Sankalia (c) Ainulmulk Multan (d) Amir Khusro
30. Recently ancient rock paintings have been (d) Amir Khusro
found on the banks of which river? 35. The Gupta period temples located in M.P. -
(a) Shakkar River (Narsinghpur district) 1. Nachna Kuthar Temple (Gunnaur)
(b) Narmada River (Narsinghpur district) 2. Vishnu Temple (Eran)
(c) Malhan River (Narsinghpur district) 3. Shiv Temple (Bhumra)
(d) Doodhi River (Narsinghpur district) 4. Vishnu Temple (Tigwa)
(a) Shakkar River (Narsinghpur district) Select the correct option -
31. From where have the evidences of animal (a) 1, 2
domestication related to the Mesolithic (b) 1, 2, 3
Age been found? (c) 2, 3, 4
(a) Bhimbetka (b) Udayagiri (d) All of the above
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Gupta period temple located in Madhya (b) 1989

Pradesh 41. Who discovered Sanchi Stupa?
• Vishnu Temple of Tigwa - Jabalpur (a) Alexander Cunningham
• Shiv Temple of Bhumra - Nagaud (b) General Taylor
• Nachna Kuthar of Ajaygarh – Panna (c) L.V. Joshi
• Shiva Temple of Kho - Nagaud (d) None of these
• Buddhist Temple of Sanchi – Raisen (b) General Taylor
36. Where was the evidence of Sati practiced 42. Which river has Megasthenes referred to
in M.P. obtained? as Prinas river in his book 'Indica'?
(a) Eran (b) Kasrawad (a) Narmada (b) Son
(c) Kaytha (d) Tripuri (c) Chambal (d) Tamsa/Tons
(a) Eran (d) Tamsa/Tons
• Eran - Bina tehsil of Sagar district 43. From which inscription we get
• Discovery - T.S. Burt information about 'class of silk weavers'?
• The first evidence of the prevalence of (a) Dashpur inscription
Sati Pratha was obtained from the (b) Prayag Prashasti
Bhanugupta inscription located in Eran. (c) Eran inscription
37. Which of the following is not related to the (d) Hathi Gumpha inscription
Tumain inscription- (a) Dashpur inscription
(a) It is located in Ashoknagar district. 44. Information about which dynasty is found
(b) This inscription gives information about in Kalidasa's composition
the rule of Kumar Gupta. ‘Malavikagnimitram’?
(c) This inscription comes under the silk (a) Shunga dynasty
weaver category. (b) Gupta dynasty
(d) In this inscription, the king has been (c) Maurya dynasty
described as 'autumnal sun'. (d) Satvahana dynasty
(c) (c) This inscription comes under the (a) Shunga dynasty
silk weaver category. 45. The 'Battle of Rewa' was fought between
• This inscription calls King Kumar Gupta whom in M.P.?
as the autumnal sun. (a) Mughals and Marathas
38. From where have the Supiya inscriptions (b) Harsha and Pulakeshin II
of the Gupta period been found in M.P.? (c) Nizam and Marathas
(a) Ashoknagar (b) Rewa (d) Raja Bhoj and Raja Kan
(c) Jabalpur (d) Seoni (b) Harsha and Pulakeshin II
(b) Rewa Battle of Rewa
39. In fourth century, Ashoka was the • It took place in 618 AD.
governor of which place ? • Pulakeshin II defeated Harshvardhan.
(a) Tripuri (b) Bhelsa Nagar • After this war, Narmada was considered
(c) Avanti (d) Pataliputra the border.
(c) Avanti 46. During the rule of which ruler did the
40. When was Sanchi Stupa included in the Arab traveller Suleiman visit M.P.?
World Heritage List? (a) Nagabhatta (b) Mihir Bhoj
(a) 2003 (b) 1989 (c) Rambhadra (d) Vatsaraja
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47. Which ruler built the Karna temple of ✓ Khajura, Shiv and Kirat Sagar, Rahil
Amarkantak? Sagar
(a) Devraj I (b) Lakshmikarna Military architecture
(c) Gangeya Dev (d) Shankar Dev ✓ Ajaygarh Fort,
(b) Lakshmikarna ✓ Madfa Fort
48. Who among these was a part of Raja ✓ Kalpi Fort
Bhoj's court? ✓ Mahoba Fort
1. Dhanpal ✓ Garha Fort Maniagarh
2. Bhaskar Bhatt ✓ Kalinjar Fort
3. Damodar Mishra 51. Which fact about Raja Bhoj is not correct?
(a) 1, 3 (a) Raja Bhoj built the Tribhuvan temple in
(b) 1, 2 Chittorgarh.
(c) 2, 3 (b) Raja Bhoj defeated Gangeya Dev of the
(d) All of the above Kalchuri dynasty.
(d) All of the above (c) Raja Bhoj has mentioned the construction
• Dhanpal, Bhaskar Bhatt, Damodar of ships and aircraft in his texts.
Mishra (d) Raja Bhoj was a contemporary of
49. Which poet/courtier of Raja Bhoj Alauddin Khilji.
composed the 'Tilkamanjari Granth'? (d) Raja Bhoj was a contemporary of
(a) Granthapal (b) Rajpal Alauddin Khilji.
(c) Mahipal (d) Dhanpal 52. Who was the founder of the Chandela
(d) Dhanpal dynasty?
• Tilkamanjari Granth was composed by (a) Nannuk (b) Jai Shakti
Dhanpal. (c) Vidyadhar (d) Yashovarman
50. Who built the 'Kandariya Mahadev (a) Nannuk
Temple'? Explanation
(a) Vidyadhar (b) Parmardidev • He was a vassal of the Pratiharas.
(c) Rajadhang (d) Hamir Varman • Native place Maniyagarh of Chhatarpur
(a) Vidyadhar • Founder - Nannuk
Other architecture of Chandelas Nannaku  Yashovarman  Dhangdev 
✓ Khajuraho Ganddev  Vidyadhar  Parmardidev 
Religious architecture Trailokyavarman  Veervarman 
✓ Kandariya Mahadev Bhogvarman  Hammirvarman
✓ Mahadev Temple 53. Whose commander were ‘Alha-Udal’?
✓ Vishwanath Temple (a) Parmar ruler
✓ Mrityunjay Temple (b) Chandel ruler
✓ Jagdambi Temple (c) Pratihara ruler
✓ Chaturbhuj Temple (d) Rashtrakuta ruler
✓ Chausath Yogini Temple (b) Chandel ruler
Civil architecture • Alha - udal was the commander of
✓ Mahoba Rajprasad Chandel king Parmardidev.
✓ Jabalpur Madan Mahal • He fought against Prithviraj Chauhan in
✓ Chandela Jai Stambh Mahoba and defeated him.

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54. Dhangdev was the ruler of which dynasty? • At this time, the rulers of the Magh dynasty
(a) Chandelas of Jejakabhukti ruled over the Baghelkhand region.
(b) Parmars of Malwa • The first ruler of this dynasty was
(c) Kalachuris of Mahishmati Bhimsen.
(d) Kalachuris of Tripuri • Other kings - Bhadra Magh and Shiva
(a) Chandelas of Jejakabhukti Magh
55. During whose reign did Greek 59. In which district of M.P. have evidences of
ambassador Heliodorus come to M.P.? the rule of the Bodhi dynasty been found?
(a) Pushyamitra Shunga (a) Mandla (b) Jabalpur
(b) Agnimitra Shunga (c) Balaghat (d) Sehore
(c) Devbhooti (b) Jabalpur
(d) Bhagmitra 60. Who was the most glorious king of the
(d) Bhagmitra/Bhagbhadra Parmar dynasty?
• During the reign of Bhagvat (Kashiputra (a) Mahalakdev (b) Raja Bhoj
Bhagbhadra), the eighth ruler of Shunga (c) Mihir Bhoj (d) Krishnaraj
dynasty, ambassador Heliodorus of Greek (b) Raja Bhoj
king Antiochus came from Vidisha and got 61. Raja Bhoj's Bhoj shala was the center of?
the Garuda pillar dedicated to Vishnu (a) Yoga practice
constructed here. (b) Medicine
• It is known as Khambaba. (c) Archery
56. Evidence of which religion is found in the (d) Sanskrit studies
Garuda pillar of Vidisha? (d) Sanskrit studies
(a) Jainism (b) Buddhism 62. Who is the author of
(c) Bhagwat religion (d) Sikhism Navasahasankacharita?
(c) Bhagwat religion (a) Raja Bhoj (b) Keshavdas
57. Chand Pradyota was the king of which (c) Panini (d) Parimal
ancient republic? (d) Parimal
(a) Kashi (b) Anga • Navasahasankacharita –
(c) Avanti (d) Vajji Parimal/Padmgupta
(c) Avanti 63. Who established Mahishmati city?
• In Anguttara Nikaya, there is also (a) Shatruvati
mention of Gopalmata, a Mahishi of (b) Haihaya kings
Chand Pradyota, and her son Gopal. (c) Ahilyabai
• From Jain literature - Shiva, one of the (d) Kirtivirya Arjun
five daughters of Licchavi king Chetak, (b) Haihaya kings
was married to Chand Pradyota. 64. Where was Emperor Ashoka's wife born?
58. Which region of M.P. was dominated by the (a) Dhar (b) Singrauli
rulers of the Magh dynasty? (c) Chhindwara (d) Vidisha
(a) Baghelkhand (b) Bundelkhand
(d) Vidisha
(c) Malwa (d) Nimar
65. Which of the following works is related to
(a)Baghelkhand Raja Bhoj?
Magh Dynasty (a) Vidya Vinod
• Jabalpur was ruled by Bodhi rulers in the (b) Saraswatikantha Bharana
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(d) All of the above 70. Vrishnag of Nagavanshi dynasty was the
(d) All of the above ruler of which region of Madhya Pradesh-
• Vidya Vinod, Saraswatikantha Bharana, (a) Kathi (Nimad)
Yuktikalpataru (b) Malwa
66. The famous temples of Khajuraho built by (c) Dashpur (Mandsaur)
the Chandela kings belong to which (d) Besnagar (Vidisha)
religion? (a) Kathi (Nimad)
(a) Shaiva • In the Vedic period, Nimaad (Kathi) ) The
(b) Jain region was ruled by the Nagavanshi ruler
(c) Vaishnava Vrishnag. Whose daughter was Reva. Later,
(d) All of the above the Nagavanshi Vrishnag had a conflict with
(d) All of the above the Mouneya Gandharvas. King Mandhata
• Shaiva, Jain, Vaishnava of the Ikshwaku dynasty sent his son
67. In which district is the Bateshwar group of Purukutsa to help Vrishnag.
temples located? 71. With whom did Nagavanshi ruler
(a) Ujjain (b) Morena Vrishnag fight?
(c) Khajuraho (d) Ratlam (a) Yakshas
(b) Morena (b) Mouneya Gandharvas
(c) Chandravanshis
68. What is not true about the Mahajanapada
(d) Suryavanshis
of Avanti?
(a) Anup, Vatsa and Analpur were its main (b) Mouneya Gandharvas
Janapadas. 72. Who helped Nagavanshi Vrishnag when
(b) During the reign of Bindusara, Ashoka he fought with Mouneya Gandharvas?
conquered Avanti and annexed it to the (a) Purukutsa (b) Parashuram
Maurya Empire . (c) Amavasu (d) Sahastrajit
(c) Information about the Maurya Empire in (a) Purukutsa
Avanti is available from Buddhaghosa's 73. King Mahishmat of Haihaya branch of
book Samanta Pasadika. Chandravansh defeated whom and
(d) Most of the Avanti rulers are named after established his rule in Mahishmati
their mothers. (Maheshwar)-
(d) Most of the Avanti rulers are named after (a) Purukutsa (b) Muchukunda
their mothers. (c) Ambadiva (d) Vrishnag
69. King Mandhata's son Purukutsa married (b) Muchukunda
a Nagavanshi girl whose name was- • Muchukunda was defeated by King
(a) Bindumati (b) Kaveri Mahishmat.
(c) Reva (d) Ila 74. Who was the most glorious ruler of
(c) Reva Haihaya dynasty, who defeated Lankan
• Purukutsa ruled in Nimar region And King Ravana and made him a prisoner?
defeated the Gandharvas, due to which (a) Mahishmat
Vrishnaag was happy and got his daughter (b) Kartavirya Sahastrarjun
Reva married to Purukuts. (c) Jaydhwaj
• Purukuts changed the name of Reva to (d) Laljangh
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• The most glorious king of Haihaya dynasty • Situated on the banks of the Mandakini in
was Sahastrarjun. Satna district.
• The one with 1000 arms who defeated • Lord Shri Ram spent 11 years of exile here.
Lanka King Ravana and kept him in his 79. Which cities are mentioned in Jeevak's
captivity. travelogue?
75. According to tradition, Damyanti, wife of (a) Vidisha
King Nala of Nalpur (Narwar), was the (b) Ujjain
princess of which kingdom? (c) Mahishmati
(a) King Kaushik of Chedi Janapada (d) All of the above
(b) King Bhimrath of Vidarbha Desh (d) All of the above
(c) King Taljangh of Mahishmati 80. The capital of Chedi Mahajanapada
(d) King Dandak of South Kaushal was…………..
(d) King Dandak of South Kaushal (a) Vidisha (b) Shuktimati
• The love story of King Nala and Damyantri (c) Ujjain (d) Khargone
is related to Nalpur. (b) Shuktimati
76. Shatrughna, the younger brother of King • Avanti Mahajanapada
Shri Ram of Ayodhya, ruled which region → Northern Avanti – Capital – Ujjain
of Madhya Pradesh? → Southern Avanti – Capital – Mahishmati
(a) Amarkantak (b) Orchha (Khargone)
(c) Chitrakoot (d) Vidisha • Chedi Mahajanapada
(a) Amarkantak → Capital – Shuktimati – Present Bundelkhand
77. According to the traditional history, 81. Who sent Jeevak to the court of Avanti
Avanti, the ruler of Malwa, was the son of king Chandpradyota for treatment?
which king, after whom the Avanti (a) Mahishmat
Mahajanapada was named ? (b) Avanti
(a) Jaidhwaj (c) Bimbisara
(b) Taljandh (d) Mahapadmananda
(c) Kartavirya Sahastrarjuna (c) Bimbisara
(d) Vitihotra • Bimbisara is considered to be the founder of
(b) Taljandh the Haryak dynasty.
• Ujjayini was the oldest and mythological • He sent Rajvaidya Jeevak to the court of
city of Madhya Pradesh. According to Avanti Naresh Chand Pradyot for his
mythological texts, Avanti, the great treatment.
grandson of Kartavirya Sahastrarjuna, the • At this time Chandpradyot was suffering
mighty ruler of the Haihaya dynasty of from jaundice (Pandu).
Mahishmati and son of Taljandh, established
82. Who was the governor of Vidisha?
the 'Avanti State'.
(a) Ashoka (b) Agnimitra
78. Where did Lord Shri Ram spend most of (c) Bibinsar (d) None of these
his 14 years of exile during the Ramayana
(b) Agnimitra
period?
• Pushyamitra Shunga was originally a
(a) Amarkant (b) Chitrakoot
Brahmin from Ujjain.
(c) Dandakaranya (d) Panchmarhi
• He made Vidisha his capital.
(b) Chitrakoot
• Pushyamitra Shunga made his son
Agnimitra the governor of Vidisha.

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83. Who is called Khambaba?

(a) Garuda Pillar of Besnagar
(b) Iron Pillar, Mehrauli
(c) Buddhist Pillar, Sanchi
(d) All
(a) Garuda Pillar of Besnaga
• Ambassador of Yavana King Antialkits of
Takshila during the reign of Bhagbhadra
(Bhagwat) of Shunga dynasty Heliodorus
appeared in his court in Vidisha.
• It is said that he had adopted the Bhagavat
religion and worshipped Vishnu by
establishing the Garuda pillar in Besnagar
near Vidisha.
• This pillar is known by the local people as
Khambaba. .
84. Where is Gautamiputra Satakarni
mentioned?
(a) Gurjara Minor Rock Inscription
(b) Hathi Gumpha Inscription
(c) Nasik Rock Inscription
(d) None of the above
(c) Nasik Rock Inscription
85. Where are the coins of Vasishthiputra
Pulumavi found?
(a) Bhelsa and Dewas
(b) Sanchi and Raisen
(c) Ujjain and Maheshwar
(d) None of these
(a) Bhelsa and Dewas
• Coins of Vashishthi, son of Pulumavai, ruler
of the Satavahana dynasty, are found in
Bhelsa and Dewas.

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Major dynasties/princely states of Madhya Pradesh.

1. Minander belongs to which dynasty? • (a) Ucchakalpa dynasty
(a) Satavahana (b) Maurya • Ucchakalpa dynasty
(c) Haryak (d) Demetrius • State area - Satna (Unchehra)
(d) Demetrius • They were feudatories of the Guptas.
• Menander was an Indo-Greek ruler. • They were influenced by the rulers of the
• Coins of Menander have been found from Gupta dynasty.
Balaghat in Madhya Pradesh. 5. What information is obtained from the
• Coins of contemporary Roman rulers have Navagram copper inscription?
been found from Awara (Mandsaur). (a) The king should protect the land.
2. Who came to India after the Greek (b) Grant of a village to Brahmins of Parashar
rulers? gotra and Madhyandina branch.
(a) Huns (b) Shakas (c) Grant of villages for the worship of
(c) Dutch (d) Yavana Goddess Pishtapurika
(b) Shakas (d) Grant of a village to Chodugomika.
• They came from western China. • (b) Grant of a village to Brahmins of
• They established their kingdom in Nasik, Parashar gotra and Madhyandina branch.
Ujjain, Punjab. • Grant of one village to Brahmins of Parashar
• In the context of Madhya Pradesh, Shakas of gotra and Madhyandina branch
Nasik and Ujjain are considered important. • King should protect the land - Khoh copper
• They established their kingdom in plate
Kshaharata and Ruled in the name of • Grant of villages for the worship of Goddess
Kardamak dynasty. Pushtapurika - Khoh copper plate
3. Hastin was succeeded by ...... • Grant of one village to Chhodugomika -
(a) Maharaja Devadhya Khoh copper plate
(b) Maharaja Sankshob 6. Maharaja Devadhya and Prabhanjan are
(c) Hastin the rulers of which dynasty?
(d) All of the above (a) Parivrajak (b) Chandela
• (b) Maharaja Sankshob (c) Gardabhilla (d) Parmar
• Reign - 518 - 528 A.D. • (a)
• According to the copper plates obtained • Parivrajak
from Khoh, he ruled over the Dahal region. • Maharaja Devadhya, Prabhanjan, Damodar
• He probably received some part of the Atvik are mentioned in the inscriptions of Hastin.
region from Samudragupta. • It is believed that they were the ancestors of
• The last ruler of this dynasty was Maharaja Hastin.
Sankshob. 7. Which ruler is said to be the knower of
• In the Khoh inscription, he has been called a 'fourteen branches of truth and science'.
Vishnu devotee. (a) Susarman (b) Narvarman
4. Kari Talai copper plate inscription (c) Devadhya (d) Hastin
belongs to which dynasty? • (a)
(a) Ucchakalpa dynasty • Susarman
(b) Chandela dynasty • The first known ruler of the Parivrajak
(c) Bodhi dynasty
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• He is said to be an ascetic of Bharadwaj • In his kingdom, the ruler of Uchchakalpa,

gotra in the Khoh inscription of Samkobha. Pravnaam got a Yoga-Bhoomi.
8. Who is considered to be the real founder of 12. From which district have the coins of the
the Parivrajak dynasty. Kshaharata dynasty been found?
(a) Maharaj Hastin (a) Gwalior (b) Shivpuri
(b) Devadhya Maharaja (c) Sanchi (d) Ujjain
(c) Narvarman (b) Shivpuri
(d) All of the above • Bhumaka and Nahapana were the main
• (b) rulers of this dynasty.
• Devadhya Maharaja • The coins of Nahapana were found from
• He is said to be the first ruler of this dynasty. Shivpuri which were reprinted by Satkarni.
• He is considered to be the real founder. • The kingdom of Nahapana extended to some
9. Parivrajaka means any of the following - areas of eastern Madhya Pradesh.
(a) Traveling ascetic 13. Chashtan is the founder of which
(b) Brahmins of Bhardwaj gotra dynasty?
(c) Brahmin of Sandilya Gotra (a) Kardamka (b) Kshaharata
(d) none of these (c) Kushana (d) Hun
Code: (a) Kardamka
(I) a and b are correct. • The Kardamka dynasty was founded by
(II) a,b,c are correct. Chashtan. Chashtan assumed the title of
(III) a and b are not correct. Mahakshatrapa.
(IV) a,b,c are wrong. • The glorious king of this dynasty was
• (I) Rudradaman.
• a and b are correct. 14. Which Shaka ruler made Ujjain his
10. Which Samvat did the Maharajas of capital?
Uchchakalpa and Parivrajaka dynasty use (a) Rudradaman (b) Chashtan
in their inscriptions? (c) Bhumaka (d) Nahapana
(a) Krita Samvat (a) Rudradaman
(b) Malwa Samvat • Rudradaman was the most glorious king of
(c) Gupta Samvat this dynasty.
(d) All of the above • Rudradaman made Ujjain his capital.
• (c) • Rudradaman first issued dated silver coins in
• Gupta Samvat Madhya Pradesh.
• There was influence of Guptas on them. • He got Girnar lake rebuilt.
• They called themselves ‘Gupta-Nip-Rajya 15. Kanishka was the ruler of which
Bhuktau’. dynasty?
11. Hastin was the ruler of which dynasty? (a) Shaka (b) Kushan
(a) Uchchakalpa (b) Parivrajaka (c) Hun (d) None of these
(c) Gupta (d) Gardabhilla (b) Kushan
• (b) • Kanishka's coins are found in Shahdol
• Parivrajaka district.
• Greatest ruler of Parivrajaka dynasty • A coin of Kushan ruler Vima Kadphises was
found from Vidisha.

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16. What objects of Kushan period were According to Nashik inscription -

found from Bhedaghat? • Founder – Ishwar Sen
(a) Two sculptures • Hegemony area – Anupadesh and Malwa
(b) Buddhist statues 21. The reign of Bodhi dynasty was -
(c) Both a and b (a) 2nd-3rd century
(d) None of these (b) 5th-6th century
• (c) Both a and b (c) 7-8th century
17. In what form has the Malava caste been (d) None of these
mentioned in Panini's book Ashtadhyayi. (a) 2nd-3 rd century
(a) Ayudhajivi (b) Sahjivi 22. Where were the coins of Shribodhi,
(c) A and B (d) None of these Chandrabodhi and Shilabodhi obtained?
(a) Ayudhajivi (a) Jabalpur (b) Satna
• Malav caste – This caste came to light due (c) Sidhi (d) Singrauli
to the invasion of Alexander. (a) Jabalpur
18. In which district was the Nagvansh 23. Magh dynasty is related to -
established? (a) Bundelkhand (b) Baghelkhand
(a) Vidisha (b) Ujjain (c) Nimar (d) Malwa
(c) Raisen (d) Bhopal (b) Baghelkhand
(a) Vidisha • Contemporary with the Bodhi dynasty, the
• After the Kushans, the rulers of the Naga Magh rulers had dominance in the
dynasty rose to prominence. Baghelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh.
• The branches of Nagvansh here were • Bhimsen is considered to be the founder of
established in Padmavati (Gwalior) and this dynasty.
Mathura. • Coins of Magh rulers are obtained from
• Copper coins of Nagvansh rulers are found Bandhavgarh.
from Besnagar and coins of Nagvansh rulers 24. Who is the founder of Vakataka
Ganapati and Bhima are found from dynasty?
Padmavati. (a) Bhimsen (b) Vindhyashakti
19. Who was the founder of Abhir dynasty? (c) Pravarsen I (d) Rudrasen
(a) Ishwarsen (b) Rudradaman (b) Vindhyashakti
(c) Simuk (d) None of these • original place of Vaktak dynasty was
(a) Ishwar Sen Bundelkhand.
Information obtained from Nashik • This dynasty was established by Vindhya
inscription Shakti.
• Ishwar Sen (Founder) • He has been called the ruler of Vidisha.
• This empire was established in Khandesh. 25. Rudrasen belongs to which lineage?
20. Abhiras conquered …………… and (a) Madya (b) Bodhi
…………… and annexed them to their (c) Abhir (d) Vakataka
territory. (d) Vakataka
(a) Vindhya and Satpura • The capital of Rudrasena I was Nagpur.
(b) Anupadesh and Malwa • Rudrasen was married to Prabhavati,
(c) A and B daughter of Chandragupta II.
(d) None of these
26. To whom was Chandragupta II's
(b) Anupadesh and Malwa daughter Prabhavati married?

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(a) Shivbodh of Bodhi dynasty • Chandragupta II Vikramaditya ruled Ujjaini.

(b) Rudrasena II of Vakataka dynasty • He made Ujjaini his second capital.
(c) Bhimsen of Magha dynasty 32. In whose court were the Navratnas
(d) none of these included?
(b) Rudrasena II of Vakataka dynasty (a) Samudragupta (b) Shrigupta
27. The inscriptions of Pravarasena II have (c) Chandragupta II (d) None of these
been found from…………..? (c) Chandragupta II
A. Balaghat, Seoni, Chhindwara 33. Where have the coins called Kanch been
B. Rewa, Satna, Sidhi found?
C. Mandla, Balaghat, Singrauli (a) Vidisha (b) Sakor
D. Sidhi, Singrauli (c) Both a and b (d) None of these
(a) Only A (b) Only C (c) Both a and b
(c) Only D (d) A,B,C • These coins mainly mention Samudragupta,
(a) Only A Chandragupta and Skandagupta.
28. Who is known as Napoleon of India? 34. Who was the successor of Chandragupta
(a) Ashoka (b) Alexander II?
(c) Mahapadmananda (d) Samudragupta (a) Shrigupta (b) Kumaragupta
(d) Samudragupta (c) Samudragupta (d) None of these
• During his conquest he entered Sagar and (b) Kumaragupta
reached Damoh, Jabalpur, Mandla and • The invasions of the Huns took place during
reached the south. his reign.
29. Which Gupta ruler built a monument in • This is mentioned in the Mandsaur
Eran of Sagar? Prashasti.
(a) Samudragupta (b) Kumaragupta • According to this Prashasti, Kumaragupta's
(c) Chandragupta (d) Shrigupta feudatory Bandhuvarma had donated the
(a) Samudragupta Sun Temple.
• Samudragupta Accepted Eran as 35. The first recorded proof of Sati practice
Swabhognagar. is obtained from which inscription.
• Information obtained from Durjan (a) Eran inscription
inscription of Vidisha. (b) Tumain inscription
• Copper coins of Ramgupta are obtained (c) Nasik inscription
from Eran and Bhelsa. (d) Hathigumpha inscription
30. In whose court was the military officer (a) Eran inscription
Sanakanik Maharaj? • This is the inscription of Bhanugupta.
(a) Chandragupta II • It mentions that the wife of a commander
(b) Skandagupta named Goparaj committed Sati after his
(c) Shrigupta death.
(d) All of the above 36. Udayagiri inscription belongs to which
(a) Chandragupta II dynasty?
(a) Haryak (b) Maurya
31. Whose minister was Veersen Sahab? (c) Gupta (d) Bodhi
(a) Chandragupta II (b) Vishnugupta (c) Gupta
(c) Shrigupta (d) Samudragupta • It is located in Vidisha district.
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• The idol of Parshvanath was installed at this 42. Who was the founder of Gardabhilla
place by a person named Shankar. dynasty?
37. In which inscription is it mentioned that (a) Vikramaditya
Hariswamini gave donation to Arya (b) Gandharvasena
Sangha? (c) Kirtivarma
(a) Udayagiri inscription (d) Bhatrihari
(b) Tumen inscription (b) Gandharvasena
(c) Supiya inscription 43. Which was the original area of
(d) Mandsaur inscription Gardabhilla dynasty?
(a) Udayagiri inscription (a) Mandsaur (b) Vidisha
38. In which region did the Aulikar dynasty (c) Ujjain (d) Gwalior
rule? (c) Ujjain
(a) Malwa (b) Nimar 44. Risthal inscription is located -
(c) Vindhya (d) Bundelkhand (a) Mandsaur (b) Satna
(a) Malwa (c) Rewa (d) Ujjain
39. Jaivarma, Singhvarma, Narvarma, (a) Mandsaur
Prakashvarma are the rulers of which • Source of information about Aulikar
dynasty? dynasty.
(a) Aulikar (b) Maukhari 45. The first known ruler of Parivrajaka
(c) Pandu of Maikal (d) Maitraka dynasty -
(a) Aulikar (a) Sankhobha (b) Hastin
• It is known from the Dashpur (Mandsaur) (c) Prabhanjan (d) Susarman
inscription that the most glorious ruler of the (d) Susarman
Aulikar dynasty was Yashodharman who • First known ruler – Susarman
ruled in Dashpur. • Information - Sankshob's kho Inscription
40. Jaibal, Bharatbal, Vatsaraja are the • First notable ruler – Hastin
rulers of which dynasty? • Last Ruler – Sanksobha
(a) Pandu of Maikal 46. Who has been called the Mandalika of
(b) Aulikar dynasty Vaktak Nripati?
(c) Maukhari dynasty (a) Oghdev (b) Vyaghradev
(d) Maitraka dynasty (c) Jayanath (d) Sarvanath
(a) Pandu of Maikal (b) Vyaghradev
• The modern Amarkantak region is called 47. What is the meaning of the word
ancient Maikal. Gardbhill?
• Its initial rulers were Jayabal, Bharatbal and (a) One who performs Gardhabhi Yagya
Vatsaraja of the Pandava dynasty, Which is (b) Gyaapta who knows Gardhabhi Vidya
Feudal of the Gupta Empire. (c) One who performs Gardh Yagya
41. Who was the founder of the Maukhari (d) gives knowledge of Gardhabhi
dynasty? (b) Gyaapta who knows Gardhabhi Vidya
(a) Simuka (b) Harivarma 48. Bhatrihari was the ruler of which
(c) Pravasaren - II (d) Singhvarma dynasty?
(b) Harivarma (a) Gardabhilla (b) Parivrajaka
• The Maukhari dynasty established its rule in (c) Madya (d) Ujjakalp
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• He was the son of Gandharvasena (founder). 53. Who were the astrologers in the court of
• He was a great poet of Sanskrit literature. Vikramaditya?
• His works are known as Shatakatraya. (a) Ghatkharpar (b) Shanku
Which includes Nitishatak, (c) Vararuchi (d) Dhanvantari
Shringaarshataka, Vairagyashatak. (b) Shanku (astrologer)
• There are 100 verses in each Shatak. 9 gems of Vikramaditya
49. Bhatrihari's wife's name was ............... • Dhanvantari – Doctor
A. Padmakshi • Kshapanak - jurist philosopher
B. Anangasena • Amarsingh - litterateur
C. Sushila Devi • Shanku - Astrologer
D. All of these • Betal Bhatt - Advisor
(a) a and b (b) b and c • Ghatkharpar - Poet
(c) Only b (d) None of these • Kalidas - great poet
(a) a and b • Varahamihir - Astronomer
• based on legends the wifes, were Padmakshi • Varuchi - grammarian
(daughter of Magadharaj Singhsen) and 54. Whose composition is Theravali?
Anangasena. (a) Somdev (b) Meruttunga
50. Whom did Vikramaditya defeat in the (c) Bhatrihari (d) Vikramaditya
battle of Kahrur? (b) Meeruttung
(a) Hun 55. Who was called 'Father of the fatherless',
(b) Shaka 'Brother of the brotherless', 'Nath of the
(c) Kushan orphans' in Kathasaritsagar?
(d) All of the above (a) Vikramaditya (b) Ghatkharpar
(a) Hun (c) Somdev (d) Bhatrihari
• Battle of Kahrur (644 BC) (a) Vikramaditya
• In this the Huns were defeated by • The author of Kathasaritsagaar is Somdev.
Vikramaditya. • Somdev Bhatt has called Vikramaditya the
51. What was Bhatrihari's relationship with lord of orphans.
Vikramaditya? 56. Who was Vararuchi?
(a) father (b) brother (a) Grammarian (b) Ruler
(c) uncle (d) grandfather (c) a and b (d) None of these
(b) brother (a) grammarian
• Gandharvasena had two sons • He was a grammarian.
✓ Bhatrihari • Text – Patrakaumudi, Vidyasundar
✓ Vikramaditya
57. Who is the author of
52. Who was the real successor of
Shatranujayamahatmya?
Gandharvasena? (a) Dhaneshwar Suri (b) Vikramaditya
(a) Bhatrihari (b) Vikramaditya (c) Somdev (d) Bhatrihari
(c) Somdev Bhatt (d) None of these
(a) Dhaneshwar Suri
(b) Vikramaditya
58. Who is the author of Gathasaptashati?
• Vikramaditya in 57 BC. Vikram Samvat
(a) Dhaneshwar Suri (b) Bhatruhari
started by defeating Shaka.
(c) Hall (d) Vetalbhatt Rao
• This is called Krit Samvat or Malav Samvat.
(c) Hall
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59. Who wrote Betaal Pachisi? (b) Padmavati

(a) Dhaneshwar (b) Bhatruhari Padmavati -
(c) Hall (d) Vetalbhatt Rao • Capital of Nagvanshi Bharshivas
(d) Vetalbhatt Rao • Present Gwalior area
• Collection of stories • Higher education center
• Writer- Vetalbhatta Rao 66. Who is considered to be the real founder
60. Who was the founder of the Naga of Gurjar Pratihar dynasty?
dynasty? (a) Nagabhata I (b) Vatsaraja
(a) Bhavanag (b) Vrishnaag (c) Devaraja (d) Nagabhata II
(c) Devnaag (d) Ganapatinaag (a) Nagabhata I
(b) Vrishnaag 67. Who was the greatest Pratihara king?
• He was the founder of the Naga dynasty. (a) Dharampal (b) Harsh
• Vrishnaag's coins were found from (c) Mihirbhoj (d) Mahendrapal
Vidisha, which are preserved in the (c) Mihirbhoj
Gwalior Museum. • Reign: 836-885 AD.
61. Where were the coins of Bhavanag found • State expansion -
from? • North of Narmada
(a) Pavaaya (b) Vetravati • To the foothills of the Himalayas
(c) Kakanadanam (d) Karush • Till the border of Bengal in the east
(a) Pavaaya 68. Where is the Mahadev Temple of Amrol
62. Who was the last ruler of the Naga located?
dynasty? (a) Gwalior (b) Shivpuri
(a) Bhimnaag (b) Vrishnaag (c) Sagar (d) Morena
(c) Bhavanag (d) Ganapatinaag (a) Gwalior
(d) Ganapatinaag • Main Deity – Lord Shiva
• He became the ruler after Devnaag. • Special - The entrance is divided into
• He is mentioned in Prayag Prashasti. three branches.
63. Which Naga ruler is mentioned in 69. Chaturbhuj Temple of Gwalior was built
Harshacharita written by Banbhatta? by………….
(a) Bhavanag (b) Nagasen (a) Kottpal Alla (b) Mahipal
(c) Bhimnag (d) Vrishnag (c) Mahendrapal (d) None of these
(b) Nagasen (a) Kottpal Alla
64. Where were the coins of Naga rulers • It was built during the reign of
obtained? Mihirbhoj.
(a) Kuntwar, Morena (b) Pawaya • Location - Gwalior Fort
(c) Both a and b (d) None of these 70. What was the largest administrative unit
(a) Kuntwar, Morena during the Gurjar Pratihara period?
• 1859 A huge hoard of coins has been (a) Bhukti (b) Bhunath
recovered from Kuntwar, Morena. (c) Vyavaharin (d) Bhogik
65. What was the main center of higher (a) Bhukti
education during the reign of 71. What was the original place of the
Nagavansh? Pratihara dynasty of Kannauj?
(a) Ujjaini (b) Padmavati (a) Avanti (b) Mahipal
(c) Bhatha (d) Besnagar

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(c) Kannauj (d) Pataliputra (c) Nagabhatta I (d) Mahipala

(a) Avanti (d) Mahipal
72. Which of the statements regarding King 75. Who composed Chandakaushikam?
Mihirbhoj is/are not correct? (a) Poet Rajashekhar (b) Jayanak
1. He was the son of Nagabhatta II. (c) Kshemeshwar (d) None of these
2. The capital of his empire was (c) Kshemeshwar
Kannauj. 76. From which record is the mention of the
3. The Arab traveller Al Masoodi gave post of President in the administration of
him the name of Rajabaura. Pratihar period?
Codes: (a) Bilhari inscription
(a) 1 and 2 (b) Only 1 (b) Mata ki Saal inscription
(c) 2 and 3 (d) Only 3 (c) Pehwa inscription
(b) Only 1 (d) Haddal inscription
• Statement (1) is not correct regarding (d) Haddal inscription
King Mihir Bhoj, because King Mihir • President post - This is the post of the
Bhoj was the son of Rajbhadra and not head of the province.
Nagabhatta II. • Appointment - King
• Statements 2 and 3 are correct. • Mention of this post is found in Haddal
73. Arrange the names of the following inscription.
historical persons in chronological order 77. The original place of the rulers of the
and select the correct answer from the Kalachuri dynasty was?
code given below. (a) Mahishmati
1. Nagabhatta II (b) Tripuri
2. Mahipal (c) Dashpur
3. Mahendrapala I (d) Vindhyakshetra
4. Vatsaraj (a) Mahishmati
(a) 4, 1, 3, 2 (b) 1, 2, 3, 4
78. Who defeated the Kalachuri ruler of
(c) 4, 3, 2, 1 (d) 1, 2, 4, 3
Mahismati, Buddharaj, and forced him
(a) 4, 1, 3, 2 to flee from Mahismati?
• Chronology of Gurjar Pratihar Dynasty (a) Chalukya ruler Mangalesha
• Nagabhatta I – (730-750) (b) Chalukya ruler Bhima I
• Kakurth/Kakkuk (c) Chalukya ruler Pulakeshin
• Devraj (Dev Shakti) (d) Chalukya ruler Mularaja
• Vatsaraja - (780-800 AD) (a) Chalukya ruler Mangalesha
• Nagabhatta II – (800-833 AD) • Buddharaj was the last known ruler of
• Rambhadra - (833-836 AD) the Kalachuris of Mahismati.
• Mihirbhoj I - (836-885 AD) • Who defeated the Badami king,
• Mahendrapal I - (885-910 AD) Chalukya ruler Mangalesha, and forced
• Bhoja II - (910-912 AD) him to flee from Mahismati.
• Mahipal I - (912-945 AD) 79. Who was the founder of the Kalachuri
• Mahendrapal II dynasty of Tripuri?
74. Whom has the poet Rajashekhar called (a) Kokall (b) Yuvraj
the Maharajadhiraja of Aryavata? (c) Gangadev (d) Karnadev
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• Founder of Kalchuri dynasty Tripuri • Bhagmitra and Gollak were two

branch ministers.
• Near Jabalpur in the 9th century • Built temples and monasteries at Gurgi
80. The Kalachuri rulers of Tripuri assumed (Rewa), Chandreh Bildari.
the title? 84. The ruler of the Kalchuri dynasty who
(a) Parambhattarak was defeated by Bhoj Parmar, the ruler
(b) Maharajadhiraja of Malwa?
(c) Parmeshwar (a) Yuvrajdev (b) Gangeydev
(d) All of the above (c) Karnadev (d) Yashkarna
(d) All of the above (b) Gangeydev
• Kalchuri rulers assumed the titles of • Became king in 1015 A.D.
Parambhattarak, Maharajadhiraja and • Formed a state union with Bhoj and
Parameshwara. Rajendra Chola.
81. Which ruler of Kalachuri dynasty is • Attacked Jai Singh II from all three
called 'Ujjaini Bhujang'? sides. The attack was unsuccessful.
(a) Yuvrajdev (b) Shankargan I • There was a war with King Bhoj and
(c) Gangadev (d) Karnadev Gangeydev was defeated.
(a) Yuvrajdev • In a Chandel inscription found from
• The first glorious ruler of the Kalachuri Mahoba, Gangeydev has been referred to
dynasty was Yuvrajdev. as Vishwajit.
• He attacked Ujjain repeatedly to capture 85. Which great ruler of Indian history is
the Malwa region. also called the 'Napoleon of Hindus'?
• That is why he is called Ujjaini Bhujang. (a) Samudragupta (b) Kanishka
• Rajashekhar, the author of (c) Pushyamitra Shunga (d) Karnadev
Kavyamimansa, Vindh shaal Bhanjika (d) Karnadev
lived in his court. • Defeated Raja Bhoj in 1060 AD.
82. Who built the famous temple of • He was called the Napoleon of India.
Gaurishankar Mahadev in Bhedaghat? • Made a treaty to defeat Raja Bhoj.
(a) Chandela (b) Parmar • Built a twelve pillared temple called
(c) Kalachuri (d) Chola Karnameru in Banaras.
(c) Kalachuri 86. Who was included in the Triguta Sangha
83. The famous Sanskrit poet and dramatist formed in the 11th century to defeat Raja
Rajashekhar received patronage from Bhoj, the ruler of Malwa?
which Kalachuri ruler? (a) Kalchuri ruler Karnadev
(a) Kokall (b) Shankargan II (b) Chalukya ruler Bhima I
(c) Yuvrajdev (d) Gangeydev (c) Chalukya ruler of Kalyani Someshwar
(c) Yuvrajdev Lat
• 915-945 AD (d) All of the above
• Great patron of literature (d) All of the above
• Rajashekhar, the author of Bal Ramayan, 87. Who was the last ruler of Kalachuri
Bal Bharat, Karpurmanjari Kavya dynasty of Tripuri?
Mimansa lived in his court. (a) Yashashkarna (b) Gayakarna
• Construction of Golki Math in (c) Vijaydev (d) Vikramdev
Bhedaghat (Chausath Yogini Temple) (c) Vijaydev

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• Other prominent rulers of Kalachuri • Music - Geet Prakash

dynasty • Darshan -
Tripuri Branch ✓ Nyayavartik – Tatvaprakash
• Vamraj Dev - Shankargan - Lakshman ✓ Siddhant Sangrah
Raj I - Kokkall I ✓ Siddhant Saar Padhati
• Mugdhatunga - Balharsha - Yuvraj Dev I ✓ Rajmartand
- Lakshman Raj - Yuvraj Dev II ✓ ogasutravritti
• Kokall II - Gangaideva - Karnadev ✓ Shivatattvartamkaliva
Lakshmikarna-Yashkarna-Gayakarna- • Architecture – Samrangan Sutradhar
Narasimha- Jaisimha- Vijay Singh • Question Knowledge Collection -
88. Which of the following temples was not Vidujjanvallabh
built by the Kalachuri rulers? • Astrology - Rammartand, Aditya Pratap
(a) Virateshwar Temple (Sohagpur) Siddhant, Bhujvan Nibandh
(b) Gaurishankar Temple (Jabalpur) 91. Raja Munj and Raja Bhoj was the
(c) Badrinarayan Temple (Amarkantak) mighty king of the which dynasty?
(d) Maheshwar Temple (Maheshwar) (a) Holkar (b) Parmar
(d) Maheshwar Temple (Maheshwar) (c) Chola (d) Chandela
89. Prominent source of information about (b) Parmar
Parmar dynasty of Malwa? • Raja Bhoj and Raja Munj were mighty
(a) Udaipur Prashasti Record kings of the Parmar dynasty.
(b) Dashpur Inscription • Another name of Raja Munj was Utpal.
(c) Eran Inscription 92. Who among the following was the
(d) Dhar Inscription founder of Parmar dynasty?
(a) Udaipur Prashasti Record (a) Bhoj
• Origin - Agnikund Theory (b) Munj
• Other Prashastis in which this theory is (c) Krishnaraj (Upendra)
given - Nagarpur Prashasti (d) Siyak (Shriharsha)
• Inscription - (c) Krishnaraj (Upendra)
✓ Patnarayan inscription • Parmars are feudatories of Rashtrakutas.
✓ Jainad inscription • Founder - Krishna Upendra Raj
✓ Basantgarh inscription 93. Which ruler of the Parmar dynasty of
90. Which ruler of Madhya Pradesh who Malwa adopted a son as his successor?
was a great scholar, writer, constructor (a) Siyaka I
and warrior? (b) Siyaka II (Harsha)
(a) Mansingh (b) Bazbahadur (c) Vakpati I
(c) Raja Bhoj (d) Surajsen (d) Upendra
(c) Raja Bhoj (b) Siyaka II ( Harsh)
• Book written by Rajabhoj - • His other name was Singh Dutt Bhatt.
• Literature - Champuramayana, • He was the first independent ruler of this
Shringarmanjari, Avnikurmastak, dynasty.
Kodandakavya, Subhashitprabandh, 94. Munj, the ruler of Parmar dynasty,
Vidyavinod, Shalikatha, Mahakalivijay, assumed the title?
Vagdevistuti. (a) Amogha Varsha
• Grammar - Saraswatikanthabharan (b) Prithvivallabh

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(c) Shrivallabh (c) Munj

(d) Both b & c • The first great ruler of Parmaras
(d) Both b & c • He defeated Kalchuri King Yuvraj II.
• Its other name was Utpal. 100. The most glorious ruler of Parmar
• Title - Prithivallabh, Shrivallabh dynasty and a great scholar of Sanskrit
95. Who among the following was not the was?
ruler of the Parmar dynasty? (a) Munj (b) Harsha
(a) Upendra (b) Munj (c) Siyaka (d) Bhoj
(c) Gangyadev (d) Udayaditya (d) Bhoj
(c) Gangyadev 101. The ruler of Parmar dynasty who was
96. Which inscription gives information famous as ‘Kaviraj’?
about the attack on Dhar City? (a) Raja Bhoj (b) Raja Munj
(a) Depalpur (c) Vakyapati I (d) Siyaka II
(b) Mangai inscription (a) Raja Bhoj
(c) Udaipur Prashasti • Raja Bhoj wrote many compositions.
(d) Betma • Raja Bhoj is known as a great scholar in
(b) Mangai inscription literature and a patron of poets and
• Mangai inscription (1058) scholars.
• Information about the war between Raja • Creations -
Bhoj and Someshwar I. ✓ Shringar Satak
• Raja Bhoj was defeated. ✓ Bhoj Champu
97. Who built the Saraswati temple in Dhar? ✓ Sabdhanusashan
(a) Raja Bhoj (b) Jagatdev ✓ Shringar Manjari
(c) Yashovarman (d) Jayavarman
(a) Raja Bhoj 102. Which of the following books written by
• Bhoj's architecture Kaviraj Raja Bhoj is not his?
• Bhojeshwar temple of Bhojpur (a) Samaranganasutra Dhar (Vastu Shastra)
• Construction of Bhoj sagar lake (b) Siddhant Sangrah
• Tribhuvan Narayan temple of Chittor (c) Tatva Prakash (Shaiva scripture)
(d) Malvikagnimitram
98. Which of the following is not correctly
matched- (d) Malvikagnimitram
Rulers of Parmar dynasty Surname • Malavikagnimitram is the composition
(a) Siyak II - Krishnaraj of Kalidas.
(b) Munj - Vakpatiraj 103. The Sanskrit book written by Raja-Bhoj
(c) Harsha - Siyak II is?
(d) Mihir Bhoj - Kaviraj (a) Saraswati Kanthabharan
(a) Siyak II - Krishnaraj (b) Samaranganasutradhar
• Krishnaraj surname is of the ruler of (c) Yutikalpataru
Parmar dynasty Upendra Krishnaraj (d) All of the above
(founder). (d) All of the above
99. Which ruler of Parmar dynasty defeated 104. Which Sanskrit text written by Raja
the Kalachuri ruler Yuvraj II of Tripuri? Bhoj contains a detailed description of
(a) Siyaka I (b) Kalchuri I architecture?
(c) Munj (d) Raja Bhoj (a) Saraswati Kanthabharana

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(b) Samaranganasutra Dhar 110. Who built Tribhuvan Narayan Temple in

(c) Yuktikalpataru Chittorgarh?
(d) Siddhant Vigraha (a) Maharaja Pratap (b) Raja Bhoj
(b) Samaranganasutra Dhar (c) Yashodharman (d) Sindhuraj
105. Which inscription gives information (b) Raja Bhoj
about the attack on Dhar city? • Got a pond constructed near Chittor.
(a) Depalpur • Tribhuvan Narayan Temple.
(b) Mangai inscription • Samadheshwar Temple.
(c) Udaipur Prashasti • Kapteshwar Temple in Kashmir
(d) Betma • Pasudhaan Kund
(b) Mangai inscription • Panchayat Manhari of Mahakal Temple
106. The ruler of the Parmar dynasty who (Ujjain) was constructed.
shifted the capital of his kingdom from 111. The temple of Madhya Pradesh which is
Ujjaini to Dharanagari? called Somnath of Madhya Pradesh?
(a) Raja Bhoj (b) Raja Munj (a) Bhojeshwar Temple (Bhojeshwar)
(c) Raja Upendra (d) Raja Sindhuraj (b) Virateshwar Temple (Shahdol)
(a) Raja Bhoj (c) Maheshwar Temple (Maheshwar)
• Raja Bhoj shifted the capital of the (d) Pashupatinath Temple (Mandsaur)
kingdom to Dharanagari. (a) Bhojeshwar Temple (Bhojeshwar)
107. The most famous 'Saraswati' temple • Construction of Raja Bhoj.
built by Raja Bhoj is situated at which • It is compared with Brihadeshwar
place? Temple of Thanjavur.
(a) Mandu (b) Dhar 112. Which of the following statements is
(c) Indore (d) Ratlam false?
(b) Dhar (a) Raja Bhoj Parmar ruled from 1000 A.D.
• Saraswati Temple to 1055 A.D.
• A place of discussion and debate of (b) The empire of Raja Bhoj Parmar
scholars and writers situated in Dhar. extended to Malwa, Chittorgarh,
• Dedicated to Vagdevi Saraswati. Khandesh, Konkan and Godavari valley.
108. After the death of which famous ruler, (c) Raja Bhoj shifted his capital from Ujjaini
this proverb is famous for him that - due to Dharanagari.
to his death both knowledge and scholars (d) Raja Bhoj defeated the Kalchuri ruler
became destitute. Karnadev.
(a) Jaisingh (b) Munj (d) Raja Bhoj defeated the Kalchuri ruler
(c) Bhoj (d) Shriharsh Karnadev.
(c) Bhoj • Reign - 1000 A.D. - 1055 A.D.
• After the death of Raja Bhoj, knowledge • Raja Bhoj shifted his capital from
and scholars became defenseless. Ujjaini to Dhara.
109. Built Kalika Temple and Saraswati • Hence option 4 is wrong.
Sadan in Dhar? 113. The temple built by Raja Bhoj is still
(a) King Sindhuraj (b) King Manuj considered incomplete from the
(c) Raja Vakpati (d) Raja Bhoj architectural point of view.
(d) Raja Bhoj (a) Bhojeshwar Temple
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(c) Kalika Temple (c) Shursen (d) Kannauj

(d) Tribhuvan Narayan Temple (b) Jejak Bhukti
(a) Bhojeshwar Temple • Vakpati's son was Jaishakti (805-882
• Situated in Bhojpur of Raisen district. AD).
• Built by Raja Bhoj in the latter half of • He was called Jejaj or Jeja.
the 11th century. • In whose name the region of Chandelas
114. The ruler of Malwa on whose death it is was called Jejak Mukti (present)
said that 'Dhaar became Niradhar'? Bundelkhand.
(a) Munj (b) Siyak 119. From where did Cunningham get the
(c) Bhoj (d) Vakpati I coins of Dharmapala?
(c) Bhoj (a) Avanti (b) Eran
115. Who was a Moroccan traveller who (c) Maheshwar (d) Satna
mentioned the Khajuraho temple in his (b) Eran
writings? 120. The area ruled by the Chandela rulers
(a) Al Beruni (b) Fahiyan was?
(c) Ibn Batuta (d) Sher Shah Suri (a) Vindhya Pradesh (b) Bundelkhand
(c) Ibn Batuta (c) Malwa (d) Mahakoshal
• Ibn Batuta has mentioned the Khajuraho (b) Bundelkhand
temples. 121. ‘Alha Udal’, described in folk sayings,
• It is written in 'Sajeev Pokhar Vivaran' in was the commander of?
1355. (a) Parmar ruler
• A huge pond of one mile long is situated (b) Chandela ruler
in Kajri Khajuraho, near which there is a (c) Pratihara ruler
temple. Which has idols. (d) Rashtrakuta ruler
116. Who merged the Malwa region of (b) Chandela ruler
Madhya Pradesh into the Delhi Sultanate 122. Who built the Laxman temple in
for the first time? Khajuraho?
(a) Mahmud Ghaznavi (a) Dhangdev (b) Ganddev
(b) Mohammad Gauri (c) Vijaydev (d) Yashovarman
(c) Aibak (d) Yashovarman
(d) Alauddin Khilji • Built the Laxman temple and,
(d) Alauddin Khilji • Built the Chaturbhuj temple.
117. The founder of the Chandela dynasty of 123. The most important victory of the
Khajuraho was? Chandela ruler Yashovarman was?
(a) Nannuk (b) Jaijak (a) Kalinjar Vijay
(c) Yashovarman (d) Jaishakti (b) Mithila Vijay
(a) Nannuk (c) Gwalior Vijay
• Chandelas are feudatories of Pratiharas. (d) Kalchuri Vijay
• Historically, the founder of Chandela (a) Kalinjar Vijay
dynasty was Nannuk. 124. The ruler of the Chandela dynasty who
118. By which name was Bundelkhand region established his supremacy over Gopadi
known during the reign of Chandela (Gwalior) during his reign?
dynasty? (a) Yashorvaman (b) Dhangdev
(a) Kharjurvahak (b) Jejak Bhukti (c) Vidyadhar (d) Parmardidev

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(b) Dhangdev (d) Bhojvarman

• According to the Khajuraho inscription (c) Parmardidev Chandel
of 954 AD, • Peaceful rule in the first 16 years till
• He expanded his empire from Kalinjar to 1182 AD
the Malwa River (Betwa), from the • Defeat by Prithviraj Chauhan in 1182
Malwa River to the Kalindi River AD.
(Yamuna), from Kalindi to the borders 129. That ruler of Chandela dynasty who
of the Chedi state and the Gopadri surrendered before Qutubuddin Aibak in
mountain. 1202 AD and accepted his
• Dhang's greatest achievement was the subordination?
Gwalior Vijay. (a) Prithvivarman
125. Who built the Vishwanath temple and (b) Mardanvarman
Parshvanath temple in Khajuraho? (c) Trailokyavarman
(a) Dhangdev (b) Ganddev (d) Parmardidev
(c) Vidyadhar (d) Vijaypal (d) Parmardidev
(a) Dhangdev 130. Parmardidev was that brave feudal
• Dhang patronised fine arts and scholars warrior of Chandel who is said to have
and during his reign built the two best been blessed with immortality by
temples of Khajuraho, Parshvanath and Maihar's mother Sharda?
Vishwanath temples. (a) Alha (b) Udal
126. Who built the Kandariya Mahadev (c) Malkhan (d) Shiyanand
temple in Khajuraho? (a) Alha
(a) Yashovarman (b) Dhangdev 131. Baz Bahadur, the ruler of Mandu was a
(c) Vidyadhar (d) Devarman contemporary of which ruler?
(c) Vidyadhar (a) Jahangir (b) Babar
• Kandariya Mahadev temple of (c) Akbar (d) Aurangzeb
Khajuraho was built by? (c) Akbar
• Reign period: 1019-1027 • Baz Bahadur is considered to be a
• King Rajpal of Kannauj was murdered contemporary of Akbar.
by his own vassal Arjun. 132. The original place of Kachchhapaghat
127. Yashovarman was the mighty ruler of dynasty in Madhya Pradesh was?
which dynasty? (a) Gopadri (Gwalior)
(a) Chola (b) Chalukya (b) Nalpur (Narwar)
(c) Chandela (d) Kalachuri (c) Dilippur (Datia)
(c) Chandela (d) Aisah (Morena)
• Yashovarman was the ruler of Chandela (a) Gopadri (Gwalior)
dynasty. • The main areas of this dynasty were
• Construction of Chaturbhuj Temple around Gopadri.
Khajuraho. • This dynasty has three separate
128. The ruler of Chandela dynasty, who was branches.
defeated by Prithviraj Chauhan- • Kachhapghat of Gwalior - Sihoniya
(a) Kirat Singh Chandel • Kachhapghat of Narwar (Nalpur)
(b) Hammiravarman • Kachhapghat of Dubkund
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133. The name of the daughter of Bhimrath, (c) Mahipal (d) Raja Bhoj
the mighty ruler of Vidarbha, who was (c) Mahipal
married to King Nal of Nalpur, was? 139. Where is the pillar inscription of Sati
(a) Kalavati (b) Ravasanti tradition related to Kachhapghat found?
(c) Damyanti (d) Vidyottama (a) Kulavar (Guna)
(c) Damyanti (b) Narwar (Shivpuri)
• Raja Nal - The ancient name of Narwar (c) Pawaya (Gwalior)
was Nalpur, Which was founded by Raja (d) Singhonia (Morena)
Nal. (a) Kulavar (Guna)
134. The founder of the Gwalior branch of the 140. Where is the Sas-Bahu Ka Talab built?
Kachhapghat dynasty was? (a) Karaira (Shivpuri)
(a) Mahipal (b) Padmapal (b) Narwar (Shivpuri)
(c) Vajradaman (d) Raja Nal (c) Aisah (Morena)
(c) Vajradaman (d) Kuntawar (Morena)
• Kachchhapghat (Vajradaman) (a) Karaira (Shivpuri)
• King Vajradaman founded the Gwalior 141. The ruler of Kachhapghat dynasty of
branch of Kachchhapghats. Dubkund who assumed the title of
• After capturing the Gwalior fort, he 'Kachhapghat Kulbhushan'?
made Gwalior his capital. (a) Vijaypal (b) Yuvraj
135. According to historian Cunningham, the (c) Arjun (d) Abhimanyu
first ruler of Kachhapaghata dynasty (b) Yuvraj
was? • It belongs to the Kachchhapaghat
(a) Raja Nal dynasty of Dubkund.
(b) Raja Vajradaman 142. Kakanmath temple located in Sihoniya is
(c) Raja Surajsen related to which religion?
(d) Raja Mahipal (a) Shaivism
(c) Raja Surajsen (b) Vaishnavism
136. Gwalior fort was built by? (c) Shakta Dharma
(a) Raja Surajsen (d) Bhagwat Dharma
(b) Vajradaman (a) Shaivism
(c) Raja Mansingh Tomar • Kamanmath temple in Sihoniya is
(d) Jayajirao Scindia related to Shaivism.
(a) Raja Surajsen 143. Yajvapal dynasty ruled in Madhya
• Gwalior fort was built by Raja Surajsen. Pradesh?
• It was built in 525 AD in consultation (a) Gwalior (b) Narwar
with Gwalp Rishi. (c) Morena (d) Datia
137. Who built the Kakanmath temples in (b) Narwar
Sihoniya? 144. Who was the founder of Yajvapal
(a) Mahipal (b) Padampal dynasty?
(c) Surajsen (d) Vajradaman (a) Chahaddev
(a) Mahipal (b) Nrivarman (Narvarman)
138. Who built the Sas-Bahu temple in (c) Asalldev
Gwalior? (d) Ganapatidev
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145. Where was the original place of Yajvapal • Architecture of Kalachuri dynasty
dynasty? • Maghendra Nath Shiva temple,
(a) Junagadh (Gujarat) Amarkantak
(b) Kannauj (Uttar Pradesh) • Pataleshwar temple, Amarkantak
(c) Ratnagiri (Maharashtra) • Karna temple, Amarkantak
(d) Pataliputra (Bihar) • Chausath Yogini temple, Bhedaghat
(c) Ratnagiri (Maharashtra) 151. Who was the Raj guru of Vijay Singh,
146. Mandsaur fort was built by which ruler? the last ruler of Kalachuri dynasty?
(a) Surajsen (a) Rajshiv (b) Vimalshiv
(b) Mohammad bin Tughlaq (c) Rajshekhar (d) Vimal Shekhar
(c) Alauddin Khilji (b) Vimalshiv
(d) Jahangir • According to Umaria inscription, Raj
(c) Alauddin Khilji guru - Vimalshiv
147. the empire of Yajvapal dynasty was 152. Which Kalachuri king was defeated by
spread in - Parmar king Lakshmidev?
(a) Narwar Survaya (a) Shyamkarna (b) Lakshmikarna
(b) Ashok Nagar (c) Raikarna (d) None of these
(c) Chanderi (a) Shyamkarna
(d) All of the above
• 1073-1123 AD Reign
(d) All of the above • Took over the rule after Karna
148. Which of the following rulers does not • Governance from Varanasi to Kannauj
belong to the Yajvapal dynasty? • Faced defeat at the hands of Chandela
(a) Chahaddev (b) Narvarmandev king Sulakshanvarma and Chalukya king
(c) Asalaldev (d) Karnadev Vikramaditya.
(d) Karnadev • He was a devotee of Shiva.
149. Rajashekhar's grandfather, Surananda, 153. Who was the founding ruler of Tomar
took which title during the reign of dynasty of Gwalior?
Shankaragana II (890-910)? (a) Veersingh Tomar (b) Udvarashdev
(a) Rasavigraha (c) Mansingh Tomar (d) Kalyanmal
(b) Ranavigraha
(a) Veersingh Tomar
(c) Kalachuriraja
• He was the founder and first independent
(d) Maharajadhiraja
ruler of the Tomar dynasty.
(b) Ranavigraha
• He composed the books named
• Rajashekhar was a poet who was under Veersimhavaloka and Durgabhakti
the patronage of Yuvraj Deva I. Tarangini.
• Rajashekhar's great-grandfather, • During his reign, Sangeetcharya
Akalajada was probably the court poet of Damodar Bhatt wrote a book named
Kokalla I (850-890), the ruler of Tripuri. Sangeet Darpan.
150. Keshav Narayan Temple, Amarkantak
154. Before establishing the Tomar dynasty in
was built during the reign of which Gwalior, what was the original place of
dynasty? Tomar rulers?
(a) Kalachuri (b) Gardabhilla (a) Aisah (Morena)
(c) Chandela (d) Rashtrakuta (b) Dubkund (Sheopur)
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(d) Chanderi (Ashok Nagar) (a) Raja Mansingh (b) Raja Ashoka
(a) Aisah (Morena) (c) Raja Bhoj (d) Surajsen
155. Who was the successor of Veer Singh (a) Raja Mansingh
Tomar? • Raja Mansingh was the patron of
(a) Uddharan Dev (b) Vikramdev Dhrupad music.
(c) Dugarendra Singh (d) Kalyanmal 160. Which ruler of the Tomar dynasty of
(a) Uddharan Dev Gwalior composed the major book on
• Reign: 1400-1402 music 'Mankautuhal'?
• Information about the destruction of (a) Raja Vikramaditya Tomar
Shakas from Gangolatal inscription. (b) Raja Mansingh Tomar
156. The Tomar ruler of Gwalior who was a (c) Raja Kirtisingh Tomar
great scholar of Sanskrit And was a (d) Raja Veersingh Dev Tomar
knower of Ayurveda? (b) Raja Mansingh Tomar
(a) Veersingh Tomar • He composed Mankautuhal.
(b) Kalyanmal • Theghnath translated the Gita during his
(c) Vikramdev reign.
(d) Dugarendra Singh 161. Who is the author of Hammir
(a) Veersingh Tomar Mahakavya?
157. Which of the following statements is (a) Nayachandra Suri
false? (b) Padmanatha Kayastha
(a) Tomar ruler Dugarsingh in Gwalior (c) Amritchandra
During his reign, Delhi Sultan Mubarak (d) Amarkirti
Shah attacked Gwalior twice (from 1427 (a) Naychandra Suri
to 1429). • Works of Veeramdev's reign and their
(b) During the reign of Raja Dugar Singh, authors
Malwa ruler Hushang Shah attacked • Nayachandra Suri – Hammira
Gwalior twice (in 1437). Mahakavya
(c) Raja Dugarsingh had friendly relations • Padmanath Kayastha - Yashodhar Charit
with the ruler of Mewar, Raja Kumbha • Amritchandra - Tatvadeepika
and the ruler of Kashmir, Zainul Abedin. • Amarkirti - Shatkarmopadesh
(d) Raja Dugarsingh was the son of • Naychandra - Rambhamanjari
Kirtisingh Tomar. 162. Who wrote Gopachal Akhayan?
(d) Raja Dugarsingh was the son of (a) Veersingh Dev (b) Amritchandra
Kirtisingh Tomar. (c) Khadgaraya (d) Nayachandra
• He was the successor of Ganapatidev. (c) Khadgaraya
158. Raja Mansingh Tomar had friendly 163. From which sage did the Tomar dynasty
relations with which Bundela ruler? originate?
(a) Rudrapratap Bundela (a) Rishi Atri (b) Rishi Gautam
(b) Madhukarshah (c) Rishi Gwalav (d) Rishi Kathav
(c) Bharatichand Bundela
(a) Rishi Atri
(d) Veersingh Judev Bundela
• In the Gopalchal Akhayan, the origin of
(a) Rudrapratap Bundela the Tomar dynasty is said to be from the
159. Which of the following kings was a great sage Atri.
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Bundela Empire (a) Rudrapratap Bundela

1. Who was the founder of Bundela Empire • Orchha city was established by
in Bundelkhand? Rudrapratap Bundela.
(a) Veersinghjudev Bundela • See the answer to question number 1.
(b) Bharatichand Bundela 7. What was the old name of Orchha city?
(c) Madhukarshah Bundela (a) Yamunapuri (b) Gangapuri
(d) Rudrapratap Bundela (c) Rampuri (d) Indrapuri
(d) Rudrapratap Bundela (b) Gangapuri
• Malkhan Singh's successor Rudra Pratap 8. Which place is called ‘Ayodhya of
Singh Bundela established Orcha as the Bundelkhand’?
new capital of Bundelas on 3 April 1531. (a) Datia (b) Orchha
2. Who was the mighty ruler of (c) Mahoba (d) Sonagiri
Bundelkhand? (b) Orchha
(a) Chhatrasal (b) Bazbahadur
• Bundelkhand’s Ayodhya – Orchha
(c) Hoshangshah (d) Raja Bhoj
9. Which present day region had the ancient
(a) Chhatrasal
name ‘Jejak Bhukti’?
• Chhatrasal established the Panna state in (a) Malwa (b) Bundelkhand
Bundelkhand. (c) Vindhya Pradesh (d) Satpura region
• He is known as Mahabali Bundel Kesari. (b) Bundelkhand
3. Who does the Bundela dynasty consider • Jejak Bhukti
its ancestor?
• Vakpati’s son was Jaishakti (865-882
(a) Shri Ram (b) Shri Krishna
A.D.).
(c) Lav (d) Kush
• He was called Jejak or Jeja.
(c) Lav
• After whose name the region of
• Lav - They are believed to have Chandelas was called Jejak Bhukti
originated from the lineage of Lav, the (present) Bundelkhand.
eldest son of King Ramchandra of
10. The city of Madhya Pradesh which is
Ayodhya.
known by the nickname Vrindavan of
4. Which of the following rulers made Madhya Pradesh?
Orchha the capital of Bundelkhand? (a) Sonagiri (b) Unnao Balaji
(a) Bundela (b) Chandela (c) Datia (d) Chanderi
(c) Mughal (d) Scindia
(c) Datia
(a) Bundela
• Vrindavan of Madhya Pradesh – Datia
5. The initial capital of Bundela state was?
11. Bundela ruler Rudrapratap Bundela had
(a) Garhkundar (b) Orchha
friendly relations with which Tomar ruler
(c) Mahoba (d) Panna
of Gwalior?
(a) Garhkundar (a) Mansingh Tomar (b) Kirtisingh
• This was the initial capital of Orchha (c) Kalyanmal (d) Vikramjitsingh
state. (a) Mansingh Tomar
6. Who founded 'Orchha City'? 12. The queen of Orchha who brought the
(a) Rudrapratap Bundela idol of Shri Ramlala from Ayodhya to
(b) Madhukarshah Orchha?
(c) Veersingh Judev Bundela (a) Kunwari Ganesh (b) Lalkunwari
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(a) Kunwari Ganesh request, Veer Singhdev, while going

13. Bundela ruler Madhukar Shah attacked from south to Agra, killed Akbar's
which areas under Mughal rule to expand special minister Abul Fazal at Sarai
the Bundela state. Baraar between Narwar-Antri on 9
(a) Gwalior August 1602 AD.
(b) Narwar 18. Who built the Sheesh Mahal in Orchha?
(c) Sironj (a) Madhukar Shah (b) Udyot Singh
(d) All of the above (c) Veer Singh Judev (d) Jujhar Singh
(d) All of the above (b) Udyot Singh
14. Where was Veersinghjudev Bundela • This palace is located near the Jahangir
appointed as Jagirdar before becoming Mahal.
the ruler of Orchha? • It was built by Maharaja Udyot Singh in
(a) Narwar (Shivpuri) 1676 AD.
(b) Seondha (Datia) • At present, it has been converted into a
(c) Barauni (Datia) heritage hotel.
(d) Lighora (Tikamgarh) 19. Which Bundela ruler is related to the 'Rai
(c) Barauni (Datia) Praveen Mahal' in Orchha?
• Veersingh Dev got the Jagir of Barauni, (a) Sujan Singh (b) Pahar Singh
presently situated in Datia district. (c) Indrajit Bundela (d) Govind Singh
15. Orchha ruler Veersinghjudev Bundela (c) Indrajit Bundela
had friendly relations with which Mughal • Raja Indramani/Indrajit Bundela
ruler? 20. The ruler of Orchha who attacked the
(a) Akbar Godwana kingdom and killed its ruler?
(b) Jahangir (Salim) (a) Veersingh Judev (b) Jujharsingh
(c) Shahjahan (c) Paharsingh (d) Govindsingh
(d) Aurangzeb (b) Jujharsingh
(b) Jahangir (Salim) 21. Whose brother was Kunwar Hardaul of
16. Jahangir Mahal was built in Orchha by? Orchha?
(a) Jahangir (a) Veersingh Judev (b) Jujharsingh
(b) Veersingh Judev Bundela (c) Paharsingh (d) Sujansingh
(c) Jujharsingh Bundela (b) Jujharsingh
(d) Champatrai • Kunwar Hardaul of Orchha was the
(b) Veersingh Judev Bundela brother of Raja Jujharsingh.
17. Where did Veersingh Judev kill Abul 22. The Bundela ruler of Orchha who shifted
Fazal on the orders of Mughal ruler the capital from Orchha to Tikamgarh
Jahangir? during his reign?
(a) On Datia-Jhansi road (a) Yashwantsingh Bundela
(b) On Jhansi-Orchha road (b) Indramani Bundela
(c) On Karaira-Narwar road (c) Vikramaditya Bundela
(d) On Antari-Narwar road (d) None of these
(d) On Antari-Narwar road (c) Vikramaditya Bundela
• Veer Singh Dev contacted Akbar's • 1776-1817 AD Reign
rebellious son Shahzada Salim and won • Constructed the fort of Baldevgarh.
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• In 1783 AD, shifted his capital from • Mahabali

Orchha to Tehar (Tikamgarh). 28. The name of the spiritual guru of King
23. The ruler of Datia who supported Chhatrasal was?
Aurangzeb in the war of Mughal (a) Samarth Ramdas
succession and attained martyrdom? (b) Swami Prannath Pranami
(a) Prithviraj Bundela (c) Swami Gyaneshwar
(b) Shubhkaran Bundela (d) Swami Haridas
(c) Bhagwan Rao Bundela (b) Swami Prannath Pranami
(d) Bhagwan Singh Bundela • In 1687, Maharaja Chhatrasal was
(a) Prithviraj Bundela crowned and given the title of
24. The Bundela rulers ruled in? Chhatradhari Maharaj.
(a) Orchha 29. Mastani, the lover of Peshwa Bajirao I,
(b) Barauni, Datia the hero of Maratha power, was whose
(c) Seondha child?
(d) All of the above (a) Raja Chhatrasal
(d) All of the above (b) Champatrai
25. The Bundela ruler who used to write (c) Sawai Jai Singh
poems in the name of ‘Rasnidhi’? (d) Bahadur Shah I
(a) Durjan Singh Bundela (a) Raja Chhatrasal
(b) Udyaut Singh Bundela 30. Raja Chhatrasal was helped by -
(c) Prithvi Singh Bundela (a) Sawai Jai Singh
(d) Jai Singh Bundela (b) Peshwa Bajirao I
(c) Prithvi Singh Bundela (c) Indrajit Singh Bundela
• He used to write poems in the name of (d) None of these
Rasnidhi. (b) Peshwa Bajirao I
26. The name of the father of Chhatrasal • Against Chhatrasal, the Pathan Subedar
Bundela, the ruler of Panna was? of Allahabad, Sardar Mohammad Khan
(a) Udyot Singh Bundela Bangas, attacked Bundelkhand in 1728
(b) Champat Rai Bundela AD.
(c) Dalpat Rai Bundela • Peshwa Bajirao I helped.
(d) Madhukar Shah Bundela • Chhatrasal considered Bajirao as his
(b) Champat Rai Bundela adopted son.
• Chhatrasal was born on 4 May 1649 31. Raja Chhatrasal's Bundelkhand kingdom
• Father - Champat Rai was Spread in -
• Guru - Swami Prananath (a) Panna, Agar, Chhatarpur
27. The ruler who assumed the title of (b) Dhamauni, Damoh
'Bundelkhand Kesari' and 'Maharaja'- (c) Rath, Mahoba
(a) Rudrapratap Bundela (d) All of the above
(b) Veersinghjudev Bundela (d) All of the above
(c) Chhatrasal Bundela • Main princely states of Panna
(d) Madhukarshah Bundela • Samyathar, Chhatarpur, Jaitpur,
(c) Chhatrasal Bundela Ajaygarh, Charkhari, Chirgaon, Maudha,
• Nickname Garauli,
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• Panna State - extended to Panna, Agar, (b) Veerbhan Singh

Chhatarpur, Ghamauni, Damoh, Rath, (c) Vikramaditya
Mahoba areas. (d) Kirat Singh
32. Where is the Satkhanda Palace built by (a) King Ramchandra
Bundela rulers located? • See details of question no. 36.
(a) Datia (b) Orchha 38. The Baghel ruler who shifted the capital
(c) Chanderi (d) Panna of Baghel state from Bandhavgarh to
(a) Datia Rewa.
• Satkhanda Palace is located in Datia. (a) Raja Ramchandra
• It is called Veersingh Palace or (b) Raja Veer Bhan Singh
Birsinghdev Palace. (c) Raja Vikramaditya
33. Where are Karansagar, Tarn Tal, (d) Raja Brajnath Singh
Sitasagar and Lala Ka Tal located? (c) Raja Vikramaditya
(a) Orchha (b) Panna • In 1617, he built a fort at a place called
(c) Chhatarpur (d) Datia Ran Bahadur Ganj and shifted the capital
(d) Datia to Rewa (Ran Bahadur Ganj).
• Karan Sagar, Tarn Tal, Sita Sagar and 39. Rani Talab was constructed in Rewa by -
Lala Tal are situated in Datia. (a) Martand Singh
34. On the banks of which river is the (b) Venkataraman Singh
Prannath temple located at Panna? (c) Brajnath Singh
(a) Ken River (b) Gangau River (d) Bhav Singh
(c) Kilkila River (d) Bhander River (d) Bhav Singh
(c) Kilkila River • On the advice of his wife Ajab Kunwari,
• Prannath Temple is dedicated to Swami he got a huge pond dug in Rewa state.
Prannath (spiritual guru) of the Pranami • Its name is Rani Talab.
sect. • Raja Bhav Singh himself composed a
35. King Ramchandra of Baghel dynasty was book called Dautra Kalpadrum.
a contemporary of which Mughal ruler? • He had 19 queens.
(a) Humayun (b) Akbar 40. Who wrote the first Hindi play
(c) Jahangir (d) Shahjahan Anandraghunandan ?
(b) Akbar (a) Gulab Singh (b) Vikramaditya
• He was a contemporary of Akbar. (c) Vishwanath (d) Martand Singh
• Emperor Akbar sent Sardar Jalal Khan (c) Vishwanath
Kurchi to Bandhav King Ramchandra • Anandraghunandan is considered to be
and asked for the famous singer Tansen. the first Hindi play.
36. Which ambassador of England followed • It was written by Shri Vishwanath Singh
Jahangir to Mandu in India? Judev.
(a) Clive (b) Thomas Roe 41. At the time of the revolution of 1857, the
(c) Lord Astor (d) None of these ruler of Rewa was -
(b) Thomas Roe (a) Bhav Singh (b) Amar Singh
37. Music emperor Tansen received (c) Raghuraj Pratap Singh (d) Gulab Singh
patronage in the court of which ruler of (c) Raghuraj Pratap Singh
Baghel dynasty? • He ascended the throne in 1854 AD.
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• He originated the game of Dashghara • Father – Joth Singh Patel.

chess. 46. The ruler of Gond Empire who assumed
• He wrote Jagdish Shatak. the title of Bawangaradhipati -
• He established the city of Govindgarh. (a) Arjundas (b) Sangramshah
• Baghelkhand Agency was formed in (c) Dalpatshah (d) Chandrashah
1871 AD. (b) Sangramshah
42. The ruler of Rewa who caught the white • Sangramshah (Amhan Das) (Sangram
tiger for the first time from Govindgarh Shah)
area of Rewa was - 47. The real name of Sangram Shah, the
(a) Gulab Singh ruler of Gondwana Empire was -
(b) Martand Singh (a) Amhandas (b) Arjundas
(c) Venkataraman Singh (c) Salvahan (d) Jogidas
(d) Avadhesh Pratap Singh (a) Amhandas
(b) Martand Singh • The title of Sangramshah was given by
• Caught it from Bagri forest of Sidhi on Sultan Bahadur Shah.
27 May 1951. • Sangramshah had two sons.
43. The last ruler of Baghel dynasty of Rewa Chandrashah and Dalpatshah.
was - 48. Who wrote the Sanskrit poetry book
(a) Martand Singh Rasaratna Mala-
(b) Gulab Singh (a) Yadavrai (b) Sangram Shah
(c) Avadhesh Pratap Singh (c) Hriday Shah (d) Narendra Shah
(d) Brajnath Singh (b) Sangram Shah
(a) Martand Singh • Sangram Shah wrote the Sanskrit poetry
• He was the last ruler of Rewa princely book Rasaratna Mala.
state. • Sangram Shah's contemporary was
44. The main source of information about the Damodar Thakur.
Godwana Empire and the God dynasty is • Who wrote two essays named
- Sangramshahi Vivek Deepika and Divya
(a) Ramnagar inscription Nirnay.
(b) Singorgarh inscription 49. Dalpat Shah, son of Gondwana ruler
(c) Chauragarh inscription Sangram Shah, was married to which
(d) Udaipur prashasti lekh princess?
(a) Ramnagar inscription (a) Durgavati (b) Kamalapati
• Information about the Gond dynasty (c) Padmavati (d) Sundarmohini
• The genealogy and names of the kings (a) Durgavati
are mentioned. • Dalpat Shah (son of Sangram Shah) was
45. The founding ruler of Godwana Empire married to Rani Durgavati. (1542 AD)
was – • After ascending the throne, he shifted his
(a) Yadavaraya (b) Chandrashah capital to Singorgarh fort situated on
(c) Sangramshah (d) Hridayashah Vindhyachal mountain.
(a) Yadavaraya • Dalpat Shah had cordial relations with
• Yadavrao (1328-1440) Baghelraja Ramchandra.
• The founder of Gond dynasty was 50. Which general of Akbar fought with Rani
Yadavaraya. Durgavati and defeated her?

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(a) Asaf Khan (b) Sumer Singh 55. Which of the following places has not
(c) Baz Bahadur (d) None been the capital of the Gondwana
(a) Asaf Khan Empire?
• Asaf Khan was appointed the (a) Singorgarh (b) Chauragarh
administrator of Manikpur in 1562. (c) Ramnagar (d) Tripuri
• He started the war with Rani Durgavati (d) Tripuri
from Singorgarh fort. This war between 56. The Gond ruler who was very proficient
Rani Durgavati and Asaf Khan is known in music -
as the Battle of Narai (1564 AD). (a) Prem Shah (b) Hriday Shah
51. Gondwana ruler Rani Durgavati was the (c) Madan Shah (d) Chhatra Shah
princess of which Chandel ruler? (b) Hriday Shah
(a) Vijaypal (b) Devvarman • Hriday Shah was proficient in music.
(c) Yashovarman (d) Kirat Singh 57. Where is Madan Mahal, the architecture
(d) Kirat Singh of the Gondwana Empire, located?
52. The ruler of Malwa during the time of (a) Jabalpur (b) Narsinghpur
Rani Durgavati who attacked the (c) Mandla (d) Damoh
Gondwana Empire - (a) Jabalpur
(a) Baz Bahadur (b) Hushangshah • Madan Mahal is located in Jabalpur.
(c) Dilwar Khan (d) Shujaat Khan • Constructed by King Madan Singh (11th
(a) Baz Bahadur century)
• Durgavati was attacked by Shujaat 58. Who built the fort of Singorgarh?
Khan's son (ruler of Malwa) Baz (a) Sangram Shah (b) Dalpat Shah
Bahadur in 1556 AD on Garha State. (c) Rani Durgavati (d) Narendra Shah
• Uncle Fateh Khan died. (a) Sangram Shah
• After the failure of the second attack, he Architectural contribution -
abandoned the idea of attacking. • Narsinghgarh Fort was built and
53. Chauragarh Fort is located in which Sangrampur was settled in Damoh
district of Madhya Pradesh? district.
(a) Damoh (b) Jabalpur • A building called Madan Mahal was
(c) Mandla (d) Narsinghpur constructed near the fort.
(d) Narsinghpur 59. Where is the Chauragarh Fort located?
54. The Gond ruler who served for some time (a) Damoh (b) Jabalpur
in the royal court of Mughal ruler (c) Narsinghpur (d) Betul
Jahangir - (c) Narsinghpur
(a) Chandrashah (b) Madhukarshah • It is situated on the banks of Narmada.
(c) Premshah (d) Madanshah • It remained as the capital till 1635 AD.
(c) Premshah • Reva Kund and ancient Piramith Temple
• Premshah ascended the throne of Garha are located near Chauragarh.
in 1586-87 AD. 60. The Gond ruler who built 'Baghelin
• During the reign of Premshah, Jujhar Mahal' was?
Singh, son of King Veersingh Bundela (a) Madan Shah (b) Sangram Shah
of Orchha, attacked Chauragarh in 1634 (c) Narendra Shah (d) Shankar Shah
AD. (c) Narendra Shah

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• Narendra Shah got Baghelin Mahal (c) Mahmood Khilji

constructed. 66. At which place did the Sultans of Malwa
61. Which of the following palaces is not build Hindola Mahal, Jahaz Mahal and
located in Ramnagar (District-Mandla) - Rani Roopmati Mahal -
(a) Motimahal (a) Indore (b) Dhar
(b) Bhagwat Rai's Palace (c) Mandu (d) Ujjain
(c) Begum Mahal and Dalbadal Ka Mahal (c) Mandu
(d) Madanmahal • Hindola and Rani Roopmati Mahal are
(d) Madanmahal located in Mandu.
• Madanmahal is located in Jabalpur. 67. The ruler of Gujarat who conquered
62. Gond dynasty's Kherla state is presently Kherla and renamed it as Mahmudabad?
in which district of Madhya Pradesh? (a) Mahmud Begada
(a) Narsinghpur (b) Chhindwara (b) Mahmud Khilji
(c) Seoni (d) Betul (c) Mubarak Khan
(d) Betul (d) Siraj
• Kherla was one of the ancient Gond (b) Mahmud Khilji
kingdoms. • Mahmud Khilji renamed Kherla after its
• Kherla fort is today near the city in Betul conquest as Mahmudabad.
district of Madhya Pradesh. 68. The Devgarh fort built by the Gond
• Narsinhrai ruled Kherla in the 14th and rulers is located in which district of
15th centuries. Madhya Pradesh?
• In 1420, Hushangshah (ruler of Malwa) (a) Hoshangabad (b) Chhindwara
attacked Kherla state. (c) Seoni (d) Balaghat
• In 1433, the attack on Kherla was (b) Chhindwara
successful. • Devgarh State
• Narasimhrai was killed and • The Gond rulers here used to call
Hoshangshah took over the Sultanate. themselves the ruling class among the
• His son Salrai accepted the suzerainty of Gonds instead of calling themselves
Hoshangshah. Rajgonds.
63. The most glorious ruler of Kherla Gond • Devgarh emerged in 1564 AD as a result
dynasty was - of the demise of the Garha state.
(a) Narsinghrai (b) Mukundraj • Its first ruler was Tuloba.
(c) Jaitpal (d) Rajshah 69. The Gond ruler during whose reign the
(a) Narsinghrai Devgarh state made great progress -
64. When did Hoshangshah, the ruler of (a) Bakhtbuland (b) Chand Sultan
Malwa, attack the Kherla state? (c) Kokshah (d) Kesarishah
(a) In 1420 (b) In 1450 (a) Bakhtbuland
(c) In 1470 (d) In 1490 • He ruled between (1686-1709).
(a) In 1420 • He died in 1709.
65. Which ruler built the 'Vijay Stambh' in • He declared himself independent.
Mandu to commemorate the victory over • He conquered Kherla after the death of
Chittor - Aurangzeb.
(a) Hoshangabad (b) Baz Bahadur
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70. The ruler of Devgarh who changed his (d) Miran Adil Khan
name by accepting Islam in greed of (b) Dilawar Khan
getting the throne- • Dilawar Khan belongs to the Ghauri
(a) Kokshah (b) Mahipatshah dynasty.
(c) Dalshah (d) Gumanshah 76. Nasir Khan, the ruler of the Farooqui
(b) Mahipatshah dynasty, was married to the daughter of
• He ascended the throne with the name which ruler?
Bakhtbuland. (a) Dilawar Khan (b) Hushangshah
• He accepted Islam. (c) Baz Bahadur (d) Asaf Khan
71. The region of Madhya Pradesh where the (a) Dilawar Khan
Farooqi dynasty has ruled? • In 1398 AD, Malik Raza declared
(a) Nimar (b) Malwa himself independent from the Delhi
(c) Bundelkhand (d) Baghelkhand Sultanate and married his son Nasir to
(a) Nimar the daughter of Dilawar Khan, the first
• Its foundation was laid by Malik Ahmed Ghauri ruler of Malwa.
Raza Farooqi. 77. The ruler of the Farukhi dynasty who
72. The founder ruler of the Farooqi dynasty founded the city of Burhanpur?
was- (a) Nasir Khan
(a) Malik Raza (b) Nasir Khan (b) Miran Adil Khan
(c) Ambar Khan (d) Dilawar Khan (c) Miran Mubarak Khan
(a) Malik Raza (d) Mir Muhammad Khan
73. The place in Nimar region which is called (a) Nasir Khan
the gateway of the south is - • Nasir Khan founded the city of
(a) Burhanpur Pass Burhanpur.
(b) Akhrani Range • On the advice of his religious guru Saint
(c) Asirgarh Fort Zainuddin, he founded the cities of
(d) Gwaligarh Hills Zainabad and Burhanpur on both banks
(c) Asirgarh Fort of the Tapti river.
• It is located in Burhanpur. 78. The ruler of the Farooqui dynasty who
• Malik Nasir made it his headquarters. assumed the title of 'Shah-e-Jharkhand' -
74. Asirgarh Fort was built by - (a) Miran Adil Khan
(a) Ahir Raja Asa (b) Malik Raza (b) Miran Mubarak Khan
(c) Dilawar Khan (d) Sarvavarman (c) Adil Khan II
(a) Ahir Raja Asa (d) Mubarak Khan II
• Raja Asa Ahir built it in the 15th (c) Adil Khan II
century. • Shah-e-Jharkhand
• It is one of the most important routes • He was the son of Miran Mubarak Khan.
from North India to the Deccan. • He ruled from 1457-1503 A.D.
• It is known as the key to the Deccan. 79. Who got the Jama Masjid constructed in
75. Which of the following rulers does not the fort of Asirgarh?
belong to the Farooqui dynasty - (a) Bahadur Khan (b) Raza Ali Khan
(a) Malik Raza (c) Ghazni Khan (d) Dawood Khan
(b) Dilawar Khan (b) Raza Ali Khan
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80. The ruler of the Farukhi dynasty who • In 1305, Khilji sent Ain-ul-Mulk to
married his daughter to Shahzada attack Malwa.
Murad, son of Mughal ruler Akbar - • After the conquest of Malwa, Alauddin
(a) Bahadur Khan (b) Nasir Khan Khilji appointed Ainul-Mulk-Multani as
(c) Mir Adil Khan (d) Raza Ali Khan the representative of Malwa.
(d) Raza Ali Khan 84. Which ruler of Malwa was defeated by
81. The ruler of the Farooqui dynasty, Raza Alauddin Khilji?
Ali Khan, married the sister of which (a) Mahalak Dev
Mughal courtier, who was one of the nine (b) Vikram Dev
gems of Mughal ruler Akbar? (c) Udayaditya
(a) Todarmal (d) None of the above
(b) Abul Fazal (a) Mahalak Dev
(c) Abdurrahim Khan-e-Khana • Jalaluddin Khilji (1290-1296 AD), the
(d) Faizi founder of Khilji dynasty, looted Mandu.
(b) Abul Fazal • Alauddin Khilji, as the Hakim of
• Ascended the throne in 1576 AD. Manikpur, looted the temples of Ujjain
• He married his daughter to Shahzada and Vidisha.
Murad, son of Akbar. • The ruler of Malwa, Mahalak Dev, was
• He himself married the sister of Abul defeated by his general Ain-ul-Mulk.
Fazal. 85. The contemporary historian who wrote
• Raza Ali Khan built Jama Masjid in about Alauddin Khilji, “The victory of
1588 AD and three cannons in 1589 AD Malwa is the key to the victory of the
in Asirgarh Fort. South”?
82. Who was the last ruler of Farooqui (a) Abul Hasan (b) Amir Khusro
dynasty? (c) Ziauddin Barani (d) Badayuni
(a) Miran Bahadur Khan (b) Amir Khusro
(b) Raza Ali Khan • Amir Khusro - The victory of Malwa is
(c) Adil Khan III the key to the victory of the South.
(d) Mubarak Khan II 86. The ruler of Delhi Sultanate who came to
(a) Miran Bahadur Khan Malwa during the invasion of Timur
• He is considered to be the last ruler of Lang in India?
Farukhi dynasty. (a) Nasiruddin Mahmud Tughlaq
• Raza Ali Khan died in 1596. (b) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
• And Miran Bahadur Khan or Khizr Khan (c) Nasiruddin Muhammad Tughlaq
became the successor and declared (d) Khusrabshah
himself independent. (a) Nasiruddin Mahmud Tughlaq
• In 1601, Akbar attacked Burhanpur and 87. The ruler of Tughlaq dynasty of Delhi
won Asirgarh Fort. who built the fort of Dhar?
83. After conquering Malwa, whom did (a) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
Alauddin Khilji make the representative (b) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
of Malwa? (c) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
(a) Ainul-Mulk-Multani (b) Dilawar Khan (d) Nasiruddin Mahmud Tughlaq
(c) Alap Khan (d) Manas Khan (b) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
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• The fort was built in the year 1344 by 92. Who is considered to be the founder of
Sultan Muhammad bin Tughlaq while Hoshangabad city?
returning from the south to Delhi. (a) Krishnaraj
88. Who established an independent Muslim (b) Nannuk
state in Malwa? (c) Hoshang Shah
(a) Nasiruddin II (b) Hushangshah (d) Vakyapati Munj
(c) Dilawar Khan (d) Ghazni Khan (c) Hoshang Shah
(c) Dilawar Khan • Hoshang Shah established this city.
• The independent Sultanate of Malwa 93. Who became the next ruler of Malwa
was established (1401 A.D.) by Husain after the death of Hoshang Shah, the
Khan Gauri, who was given the title of ruler of Malwa?
Dilawar Khan as Amir by Firoz (a) Mahmud Khilji
Tughlaq. (b) Mohammad Shah Gauri
89. The founder of the Ghauri dynasty in (c) Mahmud Khan
Malwa region was (d) Ghyasuddin Khilji
(a) Dilawar Khan (a) Mahmud Khilji
(b) Ahmad Shah Bahmani 94. Where is the famous medieval water
(c) Mahmud Khan management structure Khooni Bhandara
(d) Alap Khan located?
(a) Dilawar Khan (a) Burhanpur (b) Barwani
• The founder of the independent Muslim (c) Khandwa (d) Khargone
Sultanate was Dilawar Khan. (a) Burhanpur
• Real name: Hussain • Khooni Bhandara - Burhanpur
• In 1401, Dilawar Khan established an • This is a water supply system located in
independent Muslim state in Malwa. the fort in Burhanpur.
• On the insistence of his son Alap Khan, • It was built by Abdul Rahim Khan-e-
he assumed the title of Sultan Adim Khana.
Shah Dawood Dilawar Khan Gauri and • This is a water supply system based on
made Dhar his capital. the Persian Kanat system.
90. The ruler of Malwa who shifted the • It is known as Kundi Bhandara.
capital of Malwa to Mandu during his • Due to the high amount of ferric oxide in
reign was? the water, it appears red. That is why it
(a) Dilawar Khan (b) Ghazni Khan is called Khooni Bhandara.
(c) Hoshang Shah (d) Mahmud Khan 95. Who built 'Khooni Bhandaara'?
(c) Hoshang Shah (a) Abul Fazal
• Hushang Shah shifted his capital to (b) Abdul Rahim Khan-e-Khana
Mandu. (c) Birbal
91. The ruler of Mandu, Baz Bahadur, was a (d) Todarmal
contemporary of? (b) Abdul Rahim Khan-e-Khana
(a) Jahangir (b) Babar 96. Where did Mughal ruler Shahjahan's
(c) Akbar (d) Aurangzeb Begum Mumtaz die?
(c) Akbar (a) Burhanpur (b) Dahod
• Bajbahadur was a contemporary of (c) Chanderi (d) Agra
Akbar. (a) Burhanpur

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• Shahjahan Begum died in Burhanpur. (c) Sarangpur

97. Which region of Madhya Pradesh was 103. The ruler of Malwa who was particularly
subjugated by Sher Shah Suri during the fond of music?
expansion of his empire? (a) Hushangshah (b) Puranmal
(a) Mandu-Dhar (c) Dilawar Khan (d) Baz Bahadur
(b) Sarangpur-Shujalpur (d) Baz Bahadur
(c) Ujjain-Chanderi 104. Lanji fort in Balaghat belongs to which
(d) All of the above dynasty?
(d) All of the above (a) Gond (b) Maurya
98. Whom did Sher Shah Suri appoint as the (c) Chandel (d) Kalchuri
governor of Malwa? (a) Gond
(a) Raj Puranmal (b) Qadir Khan 105. After conquering Malwa (1561), Mughal
(c) Shujaat Khan (d) Mallu Khan ruler Akbar first came to which city of
(c) Shujaat Khan Madhya Pradesh?
• Sher Shah Suri made Shujaat Khan the (a) Ujjain (b) Mandu
governor of Malwa. (c) Sarangpur (d) Burhanpur
• In 1554-55, Shujaat Khan became (c) Sarangpur
independent in Malwa. 106. The Mughal ruler who praised Malwa in
99. Shujalpur town was established in Malwa his travelogue?
region by? (a) Akbar (b) Jahangir
(a) Shujaat Khan (b) Shujal Khan (c) Shahjahan (d) Aurangzeb
(c) Baz Bahadur (d) Qadir Khan (b) Jahangir
(a) Shujaat Khan 107. The person from Malwa who revolted
100. The real name of Baz Bahadur, the ruler against the anti-Hindu policy of Mughal
of Malwa was? ruler Aurangzeb.
(a) Shujaat Khan (b) Bayazid Khan (a) Gangaram
(c) Alam Khan (d) Adil Khan (b) Gopal Singh
(b) Bayazid Khan (c) Raja Mohan Singh
• Baz Bahadur (1556-61) (d) All of the above
• After the death of Shujaat Khan, (d) All of the above
Bayazid Khan became the Sultan of 108. Who built Rani Mahal and Chaman
Malwa with the title of Baz Bahadur. Mahal in Islam Nagar?
• Baz Bahadur was attacked under the (a) Sultan Muhammad Khan
leadership of Azam Khan. (b) Nizam Shah
101. What was the name of the beloved queen (c) Dost Mohammad Khan
of Baz Bahadur, the ruler of Malwa? (d) Yar Mohammad Khan
(a) Mriganayani (b) Roopmati (c) Dost Mohammad Khan
(c) Padmavati (d) Kamlapati 109. At which place in Madhya Pradesh did
(b) Roopmati Peshwa Bajirao of Pune die?
102. Where did the ruler of Malwa, Baz (a) Raverkhedi (Khargone)
Bahadur, shift the capital of Malwa from (b) Chanderi (Ashoknagar)
Mandu during his reign? (c) Islamnagar (Bhopal)
(a) Ujjain (b) Shujalpur (d) Pune
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Holkar (b) Khanderao Holkar

1. Chhatri of Holkar ruler Malharrao (c) Malerao Holkar
Holkar is located in? (d) Devi Ahilyabai
(a) Maheshwar (b) Indore (a) Malharrao Holkar
(c) Alampur (d) Pune • Founder - The founder of the Holkar
(c) Alampur dynasty was Malharrao Holkar.
• Chhatri of Malharrao Holkar - Alampur • He laid the foundation of the Rajwada
Chhatris related to Holkar dynasty:- Palace.
▪ Located in Indore Chhatri Bagh - • The work of the Rajwada Palace was
Khanderao Holkar, Gautamabai, Harirao completed by Ahilyabai.
Holkar 6. Who became the next ruler of the Holkar
▪ Bhanpura - Chhatri of Yashwantrao state of Malwa after the death of
Holkar. Malharrao Holkar?
2. In which region did Bhonsle establish his (a) Khanderao Holkar
independent state? (b) Malerao
(a) Indore (b) Gwalior (c) Tukojirao Holkar
(c) Nagpur (d) Bhopal (d) Yashwant Rao Holkar
(c) Nagpur (b) Malerao
• Bhonsle established his independent state • Ahilyabai declared Malerao as her
in Nagpur region. successor.
3. Ahilya Bai was associated with which of • Malerao died on 5 April 1767.
the following dynasties? 7. The period of Devi Ahilyabai's reign was?
(a) Holkar (b) Bhopal (a) 1767-1795 (b) 1765-1792
(c) Scindia (d) Tripuri (c) 1769-1799 (d) 1786-1803
(a) Holkar (a) 1767-1795
• Ahilyabai belongs to Holkar dynasty. • See the explanation of question number 3.
• Birth – 31 May 1725 8. When did Devi Ahilyabai shift the capital
• Married – Khanderao Holkar. of the Holkar state from Indore to
• Son: Malerao Holkar Maheshwar?
• Daughter: Muktabai (a) 1769 (b) 1774
• Reign period - 1767 -1795 (c) 1779 (d) 1784
4. Holkar is originally from? (a) 1769
(a) Maratha (b) Rajput • The capital was shifted from Indore to
(c) Maurya (d) Scindia Maheshwar.
(a) Maratha 9. Which construction work was done by
• Three dynasties in Madhya Pradesh are Devi Ahilyabai?
related to the Maratha empire and (a) Peshwa Ghat (Maheshwar)
dynasty. (b) Ahilya Ghat (Maheshwar)
• Holkar (c) Raj Rajeshwari Temple (Maheshwar)
• Scindia (d) All of the above
• Pawar (d) All of the above
5. Who laid the foundation of Rajwada 10. After the death of Devi Ahilyabai, Holkar
situated in Indore? became the ruler?
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(b) Tukojirao Holkar rebellion against the British, but Tulsa

(c) Yashwant Rai Holkar Bai's treacherous soldiers beheaded her
(d) Harirao Holkar and threw her head in the Kshipra.
(b) Tukojirao Holkar 15. The state administrator of the Holkar state
• Tukojirao Holkar took over the rule of who was publicly hanged by the British
India in 1795. Tukojirao Holkar was and her body was thrown in the Kshipra
defeated by Mahadji Scindia in the Battle river?
of Lakheti in 1793. (a) Krishna Bai (b) Tulsa Bai
• Tukojirao Holkar had four sons. (c) Parvati Bai (d) Kesari Bai
• Kashirao (b) Tulsa Bai
• Malharrao II 16. Who built the Lal Bagh Palace in Indore?
• Vittathuji (a) Yashwant Rao Holkar
• Yashwantrao (b) Shivaji Rao Holkar
11. Who revolted during the reign of Devi (c) Hari Rao Holkar
Ahilyabai? (d) Tukoji Rao Holkar
(a) Chandrawat (b) Shivaji Rao Holkar
(b) Raghoba • Established a tax free market in Indore.
(c) Chandrachud • He issued silver coins.
(d) All of the above 17. Who was the last ruler of the Holkar
(d) All of the above dynasty of Malwa?
12. The ruler of the Holkar state who is (a) Tukoji Rao Holkar III
considered like a goddess due to her love (b) Yashwant Rao Holkar II
for justice? (c) Shivaji Rao Holkar II
(a) Tulsabai (b) Krishnabai (d) Malhar Rao Holkar III
(c) Ahilyabai (d) Tarabai (b) Yashwant Rao Holkar II
(c) Ahilyabai • Last ruler of the Holkar dynasty
• She is known as Lokmata. • Maker of modern Indore
13. The Holkar ruler who defeated Daulatrao • He was born in Lal Kothi. After this, Lal
Scindia in Ujjain? Kothi was named Yashwant Niwas
(a) Tukojirao Holkar Kothi.
(b) Kashirao Holkar 18. Raj Rajeshwari temple situated in
(c) Yashwant Rao Holkar Maheshwar was constructed by?
(d) Malhar Rao Holkar II (a) Devi Ahilyabai
(c) Yashwant Rao Holkar (b) Tukojirao Holkar
14. The ruler of the Holkar dynasty whose (c) Yashwant Rao Holkar
state was governed by Tulsa Bai? (d) Kashirao Holkar
(a) Yashwant Rao Holkar (a) Devi Ahilyabai
(b) Malhar Rao Holkar II • Architecture of Devi Ahilyabai
(c) Hari Rao Holkar • Construction of Rajwada Palace was
(d) Kashi Rao Holkar completed.
(b) Malhar Rao Holkar II • Construction of Maheshwar Ghat.
• During the Third Anglo Maratha War, • Construction of Maheshwar Fort.
Malhar Rao Holkar II's protector and • Ahilyawada (Maheshwar)
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• Construction of Ashtapadi Temple in • He belonged to the Patil family of

Vihar Kanherkheda.
19. Where did Holkar ruler Yashwant Rao • In the battle of Amjhera in 1729, Ranoji
Holkar die? was given equal participation as Holkar
(a) Bhanpura (Mandsaur) and other chieftains.
(b) Tajpur (Ujjain) • In which he got areas like Ujjain,
(c) Maheshwar (Khargone) Shajapur, and Shujalpur.
(d) Mandu (Dhar)
(a) Bhanpura (Mandsaur) 2. The initial capital of the Scindia dynasty
20. Chhatri of Holkar ruler Devi Ahilyabai was?
Holkar is situated? (a) Ujjain (b) Gwalior
(a) Indore (c) Shujalpur (d) Guna
(b) Maheshwar (a) Ujjain
(c) Poona • Ranoji Scindia made Ujjain his initial
(d) Chaudi Gaon (Maharashtra) capital. Ujjain remained the capital of the
(d) Chaudi village (Maharashtra) Scindia dynasty from 1750-1810.
21. Krishnabai Holkar's Chhatriyas are 3. Ranoji Scindia was related to?
located? (a) Peshwa family (b) Panwar family
(a) Indore (b) Bhanpura (c) Patil family (d) Holkar family
(c) Satara (d) Alampura (c) Patil family
(a) Indore • He belonged to the Patil family of
22. The Holkar ruler who established a gun Kanherkheda.
factory at Bhanpura (Mandsaur)? 4. When did Ranoji Scindia die?
(a) Bhalerao (b) Yashwantrao (a) 1745 (b) 1761
(c) Khanderao (d) Harirao (c) 1755 (d) 1766
(b) Yashwantrao (a) 1745
• Died in Bhanpura. • Ranoji Scindia died in 1745/1743 AD.
• He established artillery. • He had 5 children.
23. That Holkar ruler who established a tax • Jayappaji
free trade market in Indore? • Dattaji
(a) Shivajirao (b) Yashwantrao • Jyotiba
(c) Tukojirao II (d) Harirao • Tukoji
(a)Shivajirao • Mahadji
5. Which Scindia ruler participated in the
Scindia Dynasty Third Battle of Panipat?
1. The founder ruler of the Scindia dynasty (a) Ranoji Scindia
was? (b) Mahadji Scindia
(a) Ranoji Scindia (c) Jankojirao Scindia
(b) Mahadji Scindia (d) Daulatrao Scindia
(c) Daulatrao Scindia (b) Mahadji Scindia
(d) Jankojirao Scindia • Actual Founder (Scindia Dynasty)
(a) Ranoji Scindia • Important role in 1761 (Third Battle of
• Founder - Ranoji Shinde Panipat).

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• Released Shah Alam II from the captivity • Marriage - Baijabai in 1798.

of Ghulam Qadir. • Capital - In 1810, the capital was shifted
• Wars from Ujjain to Gwalior.
• First Anglo Maratha War • War - Battle of Kuderla (defeated
• Battle of Lakheri Hyderabad Nizam)
• Treaty of Salbai - got the title of Maharaj. • Treaty - Surji Arjangaon
• During the Third Battle, Lokendra Singh • Bassein I in 1802 led to the Anglo-
Jat took over Gwalior. Maratha War in which Daulat Rao was
• Death - Died in 1749 in Vanwadi. defeated and Daulatrao had to sign the
• Shah Alam appointed Mahadji Scindia as Treaty of Surji Arjangaon in 1803.
his lawyer and advisor. • Gwalior Sindh
6. Who took over the Gwalior Fort during • In 1817 Warren Hastas made a treaty with
the Battle of Panipat (1761)? Daulatrao Scindia for the suppression of
(a) Dungarprasingh (b) Mansingh Pindaris.
(c) Lokendrasingh (d) Chahaddev 10. Where is the cultural theater ‘Baijatal’
(c) Lokendrasingh located?
7. Delhi ruler Shah Alam II appointed (a) Gwalior (b) Shivpuri
Mahadji Scindia to which post in his royal (c) Ujjain (d) Guna
court? (a) Gwalior
(a) Lawyer • It is situated in Baijatal Gwalior.
(b) Advisor • Construction year 1850
(c) Lawyer and Advisor 11. Who was Scindia ruler of Gwalior at the
(d) Subedar and Commander time of the revolution of 1857?
(c) Lawyer and Advisor (a) Madhavrao Scindia I
8. The Scindia ruler of Gwalior who first (b) Daulatrao Scindia
arranged to organize his army in the (c) Jankojirao Scindia
European style? (d) Jayajirao Scindia
(a) Mahadji Scindia (d) Jayajirao Scindia
(b) Daulatrao Scindia • Scindia ruler during the rebellion of 1857
(c) Janko Rao Scindia 12. Who built 'Jai Vilas' Palace in Gwalior?
(d) Jayajirao Scindia (a) Jivajirao Scindia
(a) Mahadji Scindia (b) Madhavrao Scindia I
• He organized his army in the European (c) Jayajirao Scindia
style. (d) Daulatrao Scindia
9. In the court of which Scindia ruler did poet (c) Jayajirao Scindia
Padmakar compose 'Alijah Prakash'? • Built Jaivilas Palace.
(a) Jankojirao I • The architect of Jai Vilas Palace was
(b) Daulatrao Scindia Michael Filose.
(c) Jayajirao Scindia 13. The architect of Jai Vilas Palace in
(d) Madhavrao Scindia I Gwalior was?
(b) Daulatrao Scindia (a) Michael Filose (b) Charles Correa
• He recognised Daulatrao, son of (c) Edwin Lutyens (d) George Cubier
Anandrao, son of Tukoji, brother of (a) Michael Filose
Mahadji, as the adopted son of Mahadji.

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14. Which Scindia ruler started the Gwalior (a) January, 1948 to October, 1952
trade fair? (b) May 1948 to October, 1956
(a) Jiwajirao Scindia (c) January 1949 to October, 1954
(b) Madhavrao Scindia I (d) None of the above
(c) Jayajirao Scindia (b) May 1948 to October, 1956
(d) Daulatrao Scindia 20. Identify the areas of the state of Holkar
(b) Madhavrao Scindia I and Scindia?
• In 1925, Madhavrao Scindia started the (a) Holkar established his state in Gwalior
Gwalior Trade Fair. Started Victoria and Scindia established his state in Indore
College. (b) Holkar established his state in Gwalior
15. Which of the following was known as the and Scindia established his state in
summer capital of Scindia rulers? Nagpur
(a) Ranikhet (b) Shivpuri (c) Holkar established his state in Indore and
(c) Jabalpur (d) Chitrakoot Scindia established his state in Nagpur
(b) Shivpuri (d) Holkar established his state in Indore and
• Summer capital of Scindia rulers. Scindia established his state in Gwalior.
16. When did Tansen Music Festival start in (d) Holkar established his state in Indore
Gwalior? and Scindia established his state in
(a) 1921 (b) 1924 Gwalior.
(c) 1998 (d) 1956
(b) 1924 Bhopal Dynasty
• Tansen Music Festival - 1924 1. Who was the founder of Nawabi rule in
17. Who was the last Scindia ruler of Gwalior? Bhopal?
(a) Jiwajirao Scindia (a) Yar Muhammad Khan
(b) Madhavrao Scindia I (b) Faiz Muhammad Khan
(c) Madhavrao Scindia II (c) Dost Muhammad Khan
(d) Daulatrao Scindia (d) Nazar Muhammad Khan
(a) Jiwajirao Scindia (c) Dost Muhammad Khan
• He was the last ruler. • Bhopal is the capital of the present
Madhya Pradesh state.
• 23 January 1948. Signed the merger letter
for merging into the Indian Union. • The word Bhopal is believed to be
derived from ‘Bhojpal’.
• Madhya Bharat state was inaugurated by
Pt. Jawaharlal on 28 May 1948. • This city was established by King Bhoj of
the Parmar dynasty.
• Jiwajirao Palace was constructed in
Gwalior. 2. General Dost Muhammad Khan belonged
• Jiwaji Rao University was established in to?
his name. (a) Afghan (b) Arab
(c) Mongol (d) Iranian
18. When did Jiwajirao Scindia merge
Gwalior state into the Indian Union? (a) Afghan
(a) 23 January 1948 (b) 1 June 1949 • Dost Mohammad Khan was born to
(c) 12 March 1948 (d) 2 October 1947 Sardar Noor Mohammad Khan in the
Tirah region of Khyber province of
(a) 23 January 1948
Afghanistan.
19. Jiwajirao Scindia served as Rajpramukh
in Madhya Bharat (Part B State).

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• He initially settled in Muzaffarnagar. • It is called the Treaty of Daurasarai.

After which he went to Shahjahanabad. • Bhopal war concluded in 1737 AD.
Thereafter he joined Aurangzeb’s army. 8. When did Dost Muhammad Khan capture
3. With whose help was the Bhopal state the Ginnaurgarh fort?
established? (a) 1716 (b) 1719
(a) Rani Kamlapati (b) Rani Durgavati (c) 1723 (d) 1728
(c) Devi Ahilyabai (d) Ladai Sarkar (c) 1723
(a) Rani Kamlapati • Dost Muhammad Khan captured the
• After the death of Nizam Shah, his widow Ginnaurgarh fort in 1723.
Rani Kamlapati entered into an
agreement with an Afghan chieftain Dost 9. Who became the ruler of Bhopal after the
Mohammad Khan for the administrative death of Nawab Dost Muhammad Khan of
management of the state. Bhopal?
4. Where was the initial capital of Bhopal (a) Yar Muhammad Khan
State? (b) Faiz Muhammad Khan
(a) Fatehabad (b) Bairagarh (c) Nazar Muhammad Khan
(c) Islamnagar (d) Sehore (d) Hamidullah Khan
(c) Islamnagar (a) Yar Muhammad Khan
5. Dost Mohammad Khan served as an • 1728-42
Afghan soldier in the army of which • The Bhopal war took place during his
Mughal ruler? time.
(a) Jahangir 10. The first Anglo-Bhopal Treaty (Treaty of
(b) Shahjahan Raisen) of Bhopal was signed between
(c) Aurangzeb whom?
(d) Muhammad Shah (a) Between Yar Muhammad Khan and
Madoc
(c) Aurangzeb
(b) Between Faiz Muhammad Khan and
• Dost Mohammad Khan was in Dalhousie
Aurangzeb's army. (c) Between Dost Muhammad Khan and
• In 1704, Tarzi Beg revolted, then Wellesley
Aurangzeb ordered Dost Mohammad (d) Between Nazar Muhammad Khan and
Khan to capture Tarzi Beg dead or alive. Stewart
(d) Between Nazar Muhammad Khan and
Dost Mohammad Khan killed Kashiko
Stewart
Khan, the commander of Tarjibeg.
• Treaty of Raisen
6. Which Mughal ruler honoured the Nawab • First Anglo-Bhopal Treaty
of Bhopal Dost Mohammad Khan with the • Nazar Mohammad Khan was married to
title of ‘Khan’? the daughter of Gaus Mohammad Khan.
(a) Bahadur Shah I (b) Farukhsiyar 11. The name of the first Begum (ruler) of
(c) Rafi Uddaraj (d) Jahangir Shah Bhopal State was?
(b) Farukhsiyar (a) Kudsia Begum
(b) Sikandar Jahan Begum
7. When was the Treaty of Durai signed? (c) Shah Jahan Begum
(a) 1738 (b) 1740 (d) Sultan Jahan Begum
(c) 1735 (d) 1730 (a) Kudsia Begum
(a) 1738
• Treaty of Durai: 1738

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• Nazar Mohammad Khan's Begum, real 17. When did the Marathas first attack
name was Gauhar who became the ruler Bhopal State?
by the name of Kudsia Begum. (a) In 1776 (b) In 1812
• She abandoned the purdah system. (c) In 1857 (d) In 1886
12. The Begum of Bhopal who was also known (b) In 1812
as Gauhar Begum? 18. What was the previous (old) name of
(a) Shahjahan Begum Islamnagar, the initial capital of Bhopal
(b) Shaukat Sultan State?
(c) Kudsia Begum (a) Bairasia (b) Bairagarh
(d) K. Khusro Begum (c) Jagdishpur (d) Govindpura
(c) Kudsia Begum (c) Jagdishpur
13. Which of the following buildings of Bhopal • The previous name of Islamnagar is
is not correctly matched? Jagdishpur.
Building Builder 19. The Begum of Bhopal who became the first
(a) Jama Masjid Kudsia Begum woman Chancellor of Aligarh University.
(b) Moti Masjid Sikandar Jahan (a) Sikandar Jahan Begum
Begum (b) Sultan Jahan Begum
(c) Tajul Masjid Shahjahan Begum (c) Begum Shajida Sultan
(d) Dhai Seedi Nazar Muhammad (d) Abida Begum
Masjid Khan (b) Sultan Jahan Begum
(d) Dhai Seedi Masjid - Nazar Muhammad • Kaikhsro Begum/Amma Sarkar (1901-
Khan 1926)
• It was constructed by Dost Mohammad • Last female ruler (Bhopal)
Khan. • Got Noor-Us Saba Mahal constructed.
• 1720 • Construction of Sadar Manzil Mahal
14. The first mosque of Bhopal is? • Construction of Hamidia Library
(a) Tajul Masjid • Establishment of Madrasas
(b) Jama Masjid • Became the first Chancellor of Aligarh
(c) Moti Masjid Muslim University
(d) Dhai Seedi Masjid • Established 44 courts for justice.
(d) Dhai Seedi Masjid 20. Whose palace was Shaukat Mahal in
15. Who built the Fatehgarh Fort situated in Bhopal?
Bhopal district? (a) Sikandar Jahan Begum
(a) Faiz Muhammad Khan (b) Sultan Jahan Begum
(b) Yaar Muhammad Khan (c) Qudsia Begum
(c) Dost Muhammad Khan (d) Gauhar Begum
(d) Hayat Muhammad Khan (b) Sultan Jahan Begum
(c) Dost Muhammad Khan • Shaukat Mahal - Sultan Jahan Begum
• Fatehgarh Fort was built 21. Who ruled the Bhopal state at the time of
• Other architecture the Revolution of 1857?
• Fatehgarh Fort (a) Hamidullah Khan
• Dhai Seedi Masjid (b) Sikandar Jahan Begum
• A palace in Mussoorie (c) Sultan Shah Jahan Begum
16. Who was Manji Mamola in Bhopal State? (d) Qudsia Begum
(a) Wife of Nawab Yar Muhammad Khan (b) Sikandar Jahan Begum
(b) Daughter of Nawab Hayat Muhammad • Established an intellectual elite called
Khan Majlish-e-Shura.
(c) Lover of Dost Muhammad Khan • Started the postal system.
(d) None of the above • Constructed Moti Mahal and Moti
(a) Wife of Nawab Yar Muhammad Khan Masjid.

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• Implemented a new tax system.

22. Who formed the Sepoy Government as an
alternative government in Bhopal at the
time of the Revolution of 1857?
(a) Valishah
(b) Mahavir
(c) Arif Shah
(d) All of the above
(d) All of the above
23. Which British officer was sheltered by the
ruler of Bhopal State during the revolution
of 1857?
(a) Colonel Durand
(b) Colonel Stockto Trebon
(c) Captain Ludo and Cobb
(d) All of the above
(d) All of the above
• Formed in Sehore Cantonment.
• Major revolutionaries
• Valishah
• Arik Shah
• Mahavir
24. The first Nawab of Bhopal State who died
as a childless ruler was?
(a) Faiz Muhammad Khan
(b) Hayat Muhammad Khan
(c) Yar Muhammad Khan
(d) Nazar Muhammad Khan
(a) Faiz Muhammad Khan
25. Who was the last Begum ruler of Bhopal
State?
(a) Sikandar Jahan Begum
(b) Shah Jahan Begum
(c) Sultan Jahan Begum
(d) Gauhar Begum
(c) Sultan Jahan Begum
26. The last ruler of Bhopal State was?
(a) Muhammad Hamidullah Khan
(b) Muhammad Barkatullah Khan
(c) Muhammad Hayat Khan
(d) Gaus Muhammad Khan
(a) Muhammad Hamidullah Khan
27. Thakur Daulat Singh, who fought in the
1857 revolt against the British, belonged to
which district?
(a) Dewas (b) Umaria
(c) Seoni (d) Sheopur
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Contribution of Madhya Pradesh in the freedom movement

1. Where did the first rebellion take place in (d) The memorial of Kunwar Chainsingh is
Madhya Pradesh? in Bairasia (Bhopal).
(a) Malwa (b) Mahakoshal (d) The memorial of Kunwar Chainsingh
(c) Bundelkhand (d) Gwalior is in Bairasia (Bhopal).
(b) Mahakoshal 5. The great revolutionary of Madhya
• First rebellion - took place in Mahakoshal Pradesh who is given Guard of Honour by
region in 1818. the Madhya Pradesh Government?
• Reason - The British had to force Nagpur (a) Pandit Chandrashekhar Azad
ruler Appaji Bhosale to leave the areas of (b) Thakur Ranmat Singh
Mandla, Betul, Seoni, Chhindwara and (c) Kunwar Chainsingh
Narmada basin. (d) Raja Bakhtawar Singh
2. Kunwar Chainsingh was the prince of (c) Kunwar Chainsingh
which princely state of Madhya Pradesh? 6. When did the British East India Company
(a) Amjhera (b) Khilchipur take over the region of Madhya Bharat?
(c) Ambapani (d) Narsinghgarh (a) 1818 (b) 1824
(d) Narsinghgarh (c) 1842 (d) 1836
• Kunwar Chainsingh was the prince of (a) In 1818
Narsinghgarh princely state. 7. When did the Bundela rebellion take place
3. The freedom fighter of Madhya Pradesh in the Madhya Bharat region during the
who is known as Mangal Pandey of British period?
Madhya Pradesh? (a) 1824 (b) 1842
(a) Kunwar Chainsingh (c) 1856 (d) 1886
(b) Bodhan Dowa (b) 1842
(c) Saadat Khan • Bundela Rebellion - Sagar Narmada Area
(d) Raja Bakhtawar Singh • Year - 1842
(a) Kunwar Chainsingh • Shahgarh's Raja Bakhtwali and Banpur's
• Martyr Kunwar Chainsingh is called Raja Mardan Singh supported the British.
Mangal Pandey of M.P. 8. Which of the following rebel leaders was
4. Which is the false statement about the first not involved in the Bundela Rebellion?
martyr of Madhya Pradesh, Kunwar (a) Raja Parikshit (Jaitpur)
Chainsingh? (b) Bakhtawati (Shahgarh)
(a) Kunwar Chainsingh was the prince of (c) Hridayshshah (Hirapur)
Narsinghgarh who killed two traitors of (d) Saadat Khan (Indore)
his court, Rupram Bohra and Anandram (d) Saadat Khan (Indore)
Bakshi. • Leadership - Indore
(b) Kunwar Chainsingh reached Sehore to • Leaded on 1 July 1857.
meet British officer Madoc along with his
9. The ruler of Charkhari (Bundelkhand)
companions Himmat Khan and Bahadur
due to whom the Bundela Rebellion (1842)
Khan.
failed?
(c) Kunwar Chainsingh made a deadly attack
(a) Ratan Singh (b) Pratap Singh
on Madoc due to which he was martyred
(c) Himmat Singh (d) Rudraraj Singh
in Sehore.
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• He was the landlord of Charkhari state. fort of Neemuch and Nimbahera and
10. Which British officer suppressed the ended that revolt.
Bundela Rebellion (1842)? 14. Where is the chhatri situated as a
(a) Lt. Fulton memorial of Shaheed Chainsingh?
(b) Brigadier Tombs (a) Narsinghpur (b) Sehore
(c) Colonel Watson (c) Bhopal (d) Ashta
(d) All of the above (b) Sehore
(d) All of the above • Shaheed Chainsingh Smarak is situated in
11. Before the Bundela Rebellion (1842), Sehore.
which ruler had organized ‘Budhwa 15. Which British officer suppressed the
Mangal’ against the British government? revolt in Neemuch cantonment during the
(a) Raja Parikshit of Jaitpur revolution of 1857?
(b) Shahgarh ruler Bakhtwali (a) Colonel Durand
(c) Banpur ruler Mardan Singh (b) Colonel C.B. Sobers
(d) Hirapur ruler Hirdayesh Shah (c) Captain Hutchinson
(a) Jaitpur king Parikshit (d) General Hughrose
• It was organized in 1835. (b) Colonel C.B. Sobers
• Budhwa Mangal was organized by Raja 16. What is the correct order of rebellion
Parikshit in 1836. during the 1857 revolution in Madhya
• In 1841, the battle of Bilgaon (Uttar Pradesh?
Pradesh) took place between Raja (a) Neemuch, Mhow, Indore, Gwalior,
Parikshit and the British. Shivpuri
12. In which region of Madhya Pradesh before (b) Sagar, Gwalior, Mhow, Indore, Shivpuri
the revolution of 1857, information is (c) Neemuch, Murar, (Gwalior) Shivpuri,
found about the distribution of 'Roti and Mhow, Indore
Kamal' to inspire the general public (d) Mandsaur, Neemuch, Indore, Shivpuri,
against the British government? Gwalior
(a) Sagar-Narmada region (c) Neemuch, Murar, (Gwalior) Shivpuri,
(b) Baghelkhand region Mhow, Indore
(c) Malwa region 17. What was the name of the British
(d) Nimar region commander posted in Mhow at the time of
(a) Sagar-Narmada region the rebellion in the Mhow cantonment
• Roti and Kamal symbol during the revolt of 1857?
13. Where did the revolt of 1857 first start in (a) Major Harris
Madhya Pradesh? (b) Commander Hungerford
(a) Neemuch (b) Sagar (c) Adjutant Famer
(c) Indore (d) Gwalior (d) R.E. Holmes
(a) Neemuch (b) Commander Hungerford
• It was started on 3 June 1857 by infantry • Administrator of Mhow Cantonment
and cavalry soldiers from Neemuch during the 1857 revolution.
cantonment. 18. During the 1857 revolt, the rebel who
• But Colonel CB Sobers, with the help of inspired the rebels, “Get ready, move
Rajput soldiers of Udaipur, captured the ahead, kill the Sahibs, this is the order of
the Maharaja” was-

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(a) Chimanram Vyas (b) Saadat Khan 23. From where did the British police arrest
(c) Sujat Khan (d) Boghan Dowa the rebel ruler of Amjhera, Rana
(b) Saadat Khan Bakhtawar Singh?
• This is the statement of Saadat Khan (a) From the forests of Amjhera
19. The rebel who rebelled in Indore of Malwa (b) From the forests of Mandu
during the revolt of 1857 was not- (c) From the forests of Lalgarh Valley
(a) Saadat Khan (d) In the forests of Satpura
(b) Bhagirath Silawat (c) From the forests of Lalgarh Valley
(c) Vansh Gopal • Other facts -
(d) Chimanram Vyas • Raja Bakhtawar Singh
(d) Chimanram Vyas • He was arrested near Betma in
• Saadat Khan, Bhagirath Silawat, Vansh November. On 10 February 1857, he was
Gopal are revolutionaries related to hanged at 9:00 am on a neem tree in the
Indore. premises of Maharaj Yashwantrao
20. From where was the British police Hospital of Indore.
arrested Saadat Khan, the main rebel of • He was the ruler of Amjhera town of Dhar
Malwa (Indore)? district.
(a) From the forests of Lalgarh 24. Where did the British hang Raja
(b) From the forests of Jhalawar Bakhtawar Singh, the ruler of Amjhera?
(c) From the forests of Bharatpur (a) Amjhera (b) Dhar
(d) From the forests of Agra (c) Mhow (d) Indore
(b) From the forests of Jhalawar (d) Indore
• Saadat Khan worked under the name of 25. Who led the 1857 revolt in Hoshangabad,
Akbar Khan for 13 years. In January Madhya Pradesh?
1874, he was arrested from the forests of (a) Mardan Singh (b) Dhillon Singh
Banswara (Jhalawar). (c) Daulat Singh (d) Himmad Singh
• On 7 September 1874, he was sentenced (c) Daulat Singh
to death. • He was the ruler of a small princely state
• He was hanged in Agra on 1 October (22 villages) named Raghogarh in
1874. Nemawar Pargana of Malwa.
21. Where was the rebel Saadat Khan of • He led the revolution in the Nemawar
Malwa (Indore) hanged? region of the Narmada basin.
(a) Indore (b) Gwalior • Captain J.C. Pudh was the Deputy
(c) Agra (d) Jaipur Commissioner in Hoshangabad.
(c) Agra • He was captured with the help of
22. Who played a major role in the rebellion Rukmangad Rai.
in Amjhera during the revolution of 1857? • Raja Daulat Singh gave up his life by
(a) Chimanram Vyas consuming poison.
(b) Gulabrai 26. During the revolt of 1857, which fort of
(c) Mohanlal Sagar district proved to be a 'defense
(d) All of the above shield' for the British?
(d) All of the above (a) Rahatgarh Fort (b) Ambapani Fort
• Revolutionaries of the rebellion in (c) Shahgarh Fort (d) Sagar Fort
Amjhera. (d) Sagar Fort

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• 370 British did not come out of the fort 32. The main leader during the revolt of 1857
for 222 days. in Damoh district of Madhya Pradesh
• This fort proved to be a defense shield for was?
the British. (a) Kishor Singh (b) Jawahar Singh
27. Who led the rebels in Sagar during the (c) Dhillan Singh (d) Vijay Singh
revolt of 1857? (a) Kishor Singh
(a) Sheikh Ramzan • Related to Hindoria, Damoh
(b) Bakhtwali and Bodhan Doua • A reward of Rs. 1000 was announced.
(c) Mardan Singh • He ignited the revolution of 1857.
(d) All of the above 33. During the revolution of 1857, the main
(d) All of the above rebel leader of Vijayradhaugarh under
• The rebels in Sagar region were led by Maihar state was?
Sheikh Ramzan, Bakhtwali Bodhan Doua (a) Sarjuprasad
and Mardan Singh. (b) Thakur Ranmat Singh
28. Which British officer was posted in Sagar (c) Thakur Vijay Singh
during the revolt of 1857? (d) Thakur Garul Singh
(a) Major Gossan (b) Major Weston (a) Sarjuprasad
(c) Brigadier Seje (d) Major Clark • On 24 October 1857, a war was fought in
(c) Brigadier Seje Kaimor and Bhander region under his
29. Bodhan Doua, the commander of leadership.
Shahgarh's ruler Bakhtwali, defeated the 34. The rebel leader of Bundelkhand who
British and took control of which area? created a dangerous triangle against the
(a) Ambapani (b) Rahatgarh British which worsened the condition of
(c) Garha Kota (d) Begum Gaj the British in the revolt of 1857 was?
(c) Garha Kota (a) Rani Laxmibai of Jhansi
• Bodhan Doua (b) Bakhtwali, the ruler of Shahgarh
• The commander of Shahgarh's king (c) Raja Mardan Singh of Banpur
Bakhtwali. (d) All of the above
• Bakhtwali's ancestor was Raja Mardan (d) All of the above
Singh of Banpur and Raja Scindia of • Rani Laxmibai of Jhansi challenged the
Gwalior. British from Jhansi and Raja Bakhtwali
30. The British officer posted at Garha Kota from Shahgarh and Raja Mardan Singh of
during the revolt of 1857 was? Banpur challenged the British from three
(a) Major Gossan (b) Major Lawson regions.
(c) Colonel Daniel (d) Colonel Milton 35. The British officer who acknowledged the
(b) Major Lawson importance of the Rahatgarh fort during
31. Which British officer defeated Bodhan the revolt of 1857 and called it the 'key to
Doua, the commander of Shahgarh? Bundelkhand'?
(a) General Hughrose (b) Colonel Stuart (a) General Hughrose
(c) Major Hungerford (d) Major Keating (b) Brigadier Stuart
(c) Major Hungerford
(a) General Hughrose
(d) Colonel Durand
• Bodhan Doua was defeated by General
(a) General Hughrose
Hughrose.

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• General Hughrose called the Rahatgarh British when he lost his way while going to
fort the key to Bundelkhand. Kalpi?
36. Those rebels who rebelled against the (a) Baldev Singh (b) Dulaju
British during the 1857 revolution on the (c) Vijay Singh (d) Bhav Singh
land of Madhya Pradesh? (a) Baldev Singh
(a) Bodhan Doua 40. The ruler of Madhya Pradesh who helped
(b) Laxman Singh Doua Jhansi ki Rani Laxmibai during the 1857
(c) Khalak Singh Doua revolution?
(d) All of the above (a) Raja Bakhtwali (Shahgarh)
(d) All of the above (b) Daulat Singh (Damoh)
• Bodhan Doua - Shahgarh (Sagar) (c) Despant Bundela (Sagar)
• Khalak Singh Doua - Fort Commander of (d) None of these
Sevda (a) Raja Bakhtwali (Shahgarh)
37. Who was not included in the dangerous • Raja Bakhtwali supported Rani Laxmibai
rebel triangle against the British during in the 1857 revolution.
the 1857 revolt in Garh Mandla of Madhya 41. At whose place did Rani Laxmibai of
Pradesh? Jhansi rest while coming from Kalpi to
(a) Rani Avantibai (Ramgarh) Gwalior?
(b) Lodhi Thakur Vijay Singh (Shahpura) (a) Khalak Singh Doua (Seondha)
(c) Baghel Thakur Garul Singh (Sohagpur) (b) Daulat Singh (Datia)
(d) Baghel King Raghuraj Pratap Singh (c) Dhiraj Singh (Dabra)
(Rewa) (d) Man Singh (Narwar)
(d) Baghel King Raghuraj Pratap Singh (a) Khalak Singh Doua (Seondha)
(Rewa) 42. Where did the Scindia ruler of Gwalior
• The triangle in Garh Mandla was formed flee during the 1857 revolution?
by - (a) Narwar (b) Shivpuri
• Rani Avantibai (c) Seondha (d) Agra
• Garul Singh (d) Agra
• Vijay Singh. 43. When and where did Rani Laxmibai of
38. The ruler of Madhya Pradesh who Jhansi die?
supported the British government during (a) 28 May 1858 (Kalpi)
the 1857 revolt? (b) 1 June, 1858 (Kanpur)
(a) Jayajirao Scindia (Gwalior) (c) 18 June, 1858 (Gwalior)
(b) Sikandar Jahan Begum (Bhopal) (d) 30 November, 1858 (Jhansi)
(c) Raghuraj Pratap Singh (Rewa) (c) 18 June, 1858 (Gwalior)
(d) All of the above • On 16-17 June 1858, a fierce battle took
(d) All of the above place between Rani Laxmibai and the
• Jayajirao Scindia, Sikandar Jahan Begum British army and on 17 June 1858, while
and Raghuraj Pratap Singh Judev fighting against the Royal Irish cavalry,
supported the British government directly Rani Laxmibai along with her bodyguard
and indirectly during the 1857 revolution. Jhalkari Bai attained martyrdom near
39. The courtier of Datia state who arrested Gwalior. And Rani Laxmibai was
Jhansi ki Rani Laxmibai's father Courtier cremated in Baba Ganga Das ki Bagiya.
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44. During the revolt of 1857, which ruler Bahadur Shah I, declare himself as
revolutionary and freedom fighter in the king?
Gwalior disguised himself and inspired the (a) Neemuch (b) Mandsaur
soldiers of Gwalior to revolt? (c) Mandleshwar (d) Maheshwar
(a) Nana Saheb (b) Tatya Tope (b) Mandsaur
(c) Mardan Singh (d) Bankhatwali • During the Revolution of 1857, Firoz
(b) Tatya Tope Shah, a descendant of Delhi ruler
45. The real name of Tatya Tope, the hero of Bahadur Shah I, declared himself as the
the revolt of 1857 was? king in Mandsaur.
(a) Ramchandra Pandurang 50. During the Revolution of 1857, who was
(b) Atmaram Pandurang the tribal leader who rebelled against the
(c) Ghoghupant Gokhale British rule in Nimar, the western region
(d) Moropant Yewalkar of Madhya Pradesh?
(a) Ramchandra Pandurang (a) Tantya Bhil
• Tatya Tope - Hero of the 1857 revolution (b) Bhima Nayak
• Real name 'Ramchandra Pandurang (c) Khajya Nayak
Yewalkar (d) All of the above
• Father - Pandurang Rao Bhatt (Head of (d) All of the above
the Religious Department of Peshwa • Tantya Bhil - East Nimar, related to the
Bajirao II) revolution of 1857
• Arrested on 7 April 1859. • Khajya Nayak - Barwani (associated with
• Sentenced to death on 18 April 1859. the revolution of 1857)
46. Who helped the British police in arresting • Bhima Nayak - Leader of the revolution
Tatya Tope? of 1857 related to Barwani district
(a) Mansingh (b) Dilawar Singh 51. Under whose leadership did the tribals
(c) Nanne Khan (d) Baldev Singh revolt against the British government in
(a) Mansingh Sendhwa?
• King Mansingh of Narwar informed (a) Bhima Nayak (b) Kondu
about resting in the camp. (c) Gajraiyabai (d) Kirjana Bhai
47. When and where was Tatya Tope hanged? (a) Bhima Nayak
(a) 11 April, 1859 Gwalior • Struggle in Malwa - Nimar region
(b) 14 April, 1859 Narwar • Was sentenced to life imprisonment.
(c) 18 April, 1859 Shivpuri Stayed in Andaman jail.
(d) 29 April, 1859 Kanpur 52. During the revolution of 1857, the main
(c) 18 April, 1859 Shivpuri rebel leader who agitated against the
48. Which Major of the British Army hanged British rule in Baghelkhand region was?
Tatya Tope in Shivpuri on 18 April 1859? (a) Thakur Ranmat Singh
(a) Major Maddock (b) Major Stewart (b) Sarjuprasad
(c) Major Meade (d) Major Warden (c) Thakur Garul Singh
(c) Major Meade (d) All of the above
• He was hanged in Shivpuri on 18 April (d) All of the above
1859. • Dr. Ranmat Singh - Rebellion in
49. During the Revolution of 1857, where did Baghelkhand
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• Dr. Garul Singh - Rebellion in Sohagpur (a) By the warden's bullet

Shahdol (b) By British soldiers
• Sarju Prasad - Rebellion in (c) By stabbing her bodyguard's dagger in
Vijayraghogarh State her chest
53. Thakur Ranmat Singh had the status in (d) Due to betrayal by her bodyguard
the royal court of Rewa? Girdharibai
(a) Subedar (b) Sardar (c) By stabbing her bodyguard's dagger in
(c) Senapati (d) Kiledar her chest
(b) Sardar 59. During the revolution of 1857, brave ruler
• Ranmat Singh was the son of Mahipat Rani Avantibai defeated which British
Singh officer and re-established her rule in
• Ranmat Singh was the captain of Ramgarh?
Naugaon cantonment. He was the trusted (a) Warden
friend of the Rewa King. (b) Arsikan
54. With whose help did the British police (c) Oswan
deceitfully arrest Thakur Ranmat Singh? (d) Robert Hamilton
(a) Heera Singh (a) Warden
(b) Dheer Singh • Avantibai defeated Warden and re-
(c) Raghavendra Singh established power.
(d) Vijay Shankar Nag 60. The ruler of Rewa who gave military help
(a) Heera Singh to the British to capture Ramgarh state?
55. Where was Thakur Ranmat Singh (a) Gulab Singh
hanged? (b) Amar Singh
(a) Satna (b) Rewa (c) Raghuraj Pratap Singh
(c) Nagaud (d) Banda (d) Venkataraman Singh
(d) Banda (c) Raghuraj Pratap Singh
• Thakur Ranmat Singh was hanged in • Rewa Maharaja Raghuraj Pratap Singh
Banda. sent military help against Rani Avantibai
56. Rani Avantibai, famous as 'Jhansi ki Rani' to capture Ramgarh state.
and 'Lakshmibai of Madhya Pradesh', was 61. Which of the following rebel leaders is not
the ruler of which region? matched during the revolution of 1857?
(a) Garh Mandla (b) Ramgarh (Rebel leader) (Related area)
(c) Garh Katanga (d) Garha Kota (a) Dhillan Shah Madanpur
(b) Ramgarh (Narsinghpur)
• Rani Avantibai is related to Ramgarh (b) Mardan Singh Banpur (Lalitpur)
Mandla. (c) Thakur Daulat Nemawar
57. On what basis did British Governor Singh (Hoshangabad)
General Dalhousie merge Ramgarh State (d) Meharban Singh Hirapur
with British rule? (d) Meharban Singh - Hirapur
(a) Bad governance (b) Childless king 62. In which district of Madhya Pradesh did
(c) Incompetent king (d) None of these Shujaat Khan revolt against the British
(a) Bad governance rule during the Revolution of 1857?
58. How was Veerangana Avantibai (a) Indore (b) Sehore
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(b) Sehore (a) Rahatgarh (b) Ambapani

• Shujaat Khan belongs to Sehore. (c) Bhopal (d) Sehore
63. Who were the leaders involved in the (a) Rahatgarh
rebellion in Mahidpur (Ujjain) during the • Fazil Mohammad Khan was hanged in
Revolution of 1857? Rahatgarh.
(a) Shahzada Ferozshah 67. Which British officer raided the palace of
(b) Aerosingh Shankar Shah and Raghunath,
(c) Baba Apatiya and Sheikh Rahmatullah descendants of the Gondwana Empire,
(d) All of the above and obtained written material against the
(d) All of the above British from there?
• Leaders involved in the Mahidpur (a) Captain Clark
rebellion (b) Major Arsikan
• Shahzada Ferozshah (c) Captain Osborne
• Aikhesingh (d) Major Hamilton
• Baba Apatiya (a) Captain Clark
• Sheikh Rahmatullah 68. Who revolted in Balaghat district of
64. Which revolutionary of 1857 looted British Madhya Pradesh during the revolution of
headquarters Mandleshwar? 1857?
(a) Saadat Khan (a) Shivdin Patel (b) Ramdin Patel
(b) Tantya Bhil (c) Chimna Patel (d) Maikoolal
(c) Bhima Nayak (c) Chimna Patel
(d) All of the above
(c) Bhima Nayak
• Bhima Nayak looted the British
headquarters.
• Related to Barwani district, related to the
revolution of 1857.
65. Who ruled the Bhopal state during the
time of rebel leaders Fazil Muhammad
Khan and Adil Muhammad Khan?
(a) Shahjahan Begum
(b) Sikandar Jahan Begum
(c) Navibi Nazar Muhammad Khan
(d) Nawab Hamidullah Khan
(b) Sikandar Jahan Begum
• Sikander Jahan Begum ruled the Bhopal
state during the time of rebel leaders Adil
and Fazil Mohammad Khan.
• Attacked Sehore cantonment.
• Forced political agent Richards to leave
Sehore.
• They also captured Garh Ambapani.
66. Where did the British government hang
the rebel leader Fazil Muhammad?

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Modern History of Madhya Pradesh

1. Swami Dayanand Saraswati, the social 4. When was the "Krantikari Dal"
reformer of India and founder of Arya established in Jabalpur?
Samaj, first came to which city of Madhya (a) 1905 (b) 1906
Pradesh and when? (c) 1907 (d) 1908
(a) 1884 (Jabalpur) (b) 1885 (Indore) (c) 1907
(c) 1886 (Khandwa) (d) 1887 (Bhopal) • The Krantikari Dal was established in
(a) 1884 (Jabalpur) Jabalpur in 1907.
• Dayanand Saraswati came to Jabalpur in 5. Indian freedom fighter Chandrashekhar
1884. Azad was born in "Bhabara village"
2. Where was the seventh session of the which is in which district of the state?
Congress held in Central India? (a) Sidhi (b) Mandla
(a) Bhopal (b) Jabalpur (c) Alirajpur (d) Betul
(c) Nagpur (d) Gwalior (c) Alirajpur
(c) Nagpur • Bhabara village is situated here.
• The Nagpur session of the Congress was • It is known as Chandrashekhar Azad
held in the year 1920. Nagar.
• In this session, the program of creating 6. After the Kankori conspiracy, freedom
linguistic provinces was approved and as fighter Pandit Chandrashekhar Azad built
a result it was divided into three a hut on the bank of which river near
committees. Orchha to live in disguise?
• Which was later called Vidarbha (a) Betwa River (b) Pahuj River
Provincial Committee. (c) Satar River (d) Sindh River
• Hindi Central Province which was later (c) Satar River
called Mahakoshal Provincial Committee 7. Where was the revolutionary party
and Marathi Central Province which was formed during the national independence
later called Nagpur Provincial movement?
Committee. (a) Sagar (b) Bhopal
3. Who strongly opposed English education (c) Gwalior (d) Jabalpur
in 1904? (a) Sagar
(a) Seth Govinddas 8. During the freedom struggle, a provincial
(b) H.V. Kamath union of the Home Rule Movement was
(c) Pandit Dwarika Prasad Mishra also formed in Madhya Pradesh in 1916,
(d) Dr. Harisingh Gour whose president was?
(d) Dr. Harisingh Gour (a) Dr. Harisingh Gour (b) Dr. B.P. Munje
• Founder of Sagar University (c) Baburao Kinkhede (d) Rasbihari Bose
• Born in Sagar (a) Dr. Harisingh Gour
• Was a member of the Constitution 9. Which city of Madhya Pradesh did Bal
Council and Indian Parliamentary Gangadhar Tilak first visit for the
Committee. President of the Central promotion of Home Rule Movement?
Province Association (Home Rule (a) Jabalpur (b) Sagar
League). (1916) (c) Chhindwara (d) Gwalior
• Autobiography - Seven Lives (English) (a) Jabalpur
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• First arrival - 2 October 1916 • Master Lal Singh laid the foundation of
• Second - 6 October 1917 Bhopal Rajya Hindu Sabha along with Pt.
• 3 and 4 June 1920 Chatur Narayan Malviya, Dr. Jamuna
10. Where was the "Hindi Sahitya Prasad Mukharayya, Lakshmi Narayan
Sammelan" organized in Madhya Singhal, Pt. Uddhav Das Mehta etc.
Pradesh? 14. When and where did the flag/Jhanda
(a) Bhopal (b) Gwalior satyagraha incident take place in Madhya
(c) Jabalpur (d) Indore Pradesh during the national independence
(d) Indore movement?
• Gandhiji came to Indore for the 8th Hindi (a) Jabalpur (1923) (b) Sagar (1927)
Sahitya Sammelan. (c) Betul (1930) (d) Bhopal (1932)
• Hindi Sahitya Samiti was formed in 1910. (a) Jabalpur (1923)
11. Under what name was Makhanlal • On 18 March 1923, a procession was
Chaturvedi's paper published for the taken out under the leadership of Pt.
promotion of nationalism? Sundarlal.
(a) Subodh Sindhu (b) Karmveer • Subhadra Kumari Chauhan, Makhanlal
(c) Karmabhoomi (d) Jabalpur Times Chaturvedi, Chhigane Lal etc. were
(b) Karmveer included in this procession.
• Makhanlal Chaturvedi was a freedom • Premchand Jain, a young man from
fighter, journalist and litterateur. Damoh, hoisted the flag on the town hall.
• Born - 4 April 1839 (Hoshangabad, • Thus, Jabalpur became the first place in
Madhya Pradesh) the country where the national flag was
• Edited nationalist magazines like hoisted.
Karmveer, Prabha, Pratap • Later, on 18 June, Flag Day was
• Writings like Him Kiritini, Himtarangini, celebrated in Nagpur.
Yug Charan and Sahitya Devta. 15. Before the Flag Satyagraha, on the arrival
• Publication of Karmveer started from of which senior Congress leader in
Jabalpur in January 1920. Jabalpur, a strategy was made to hoist the
tricolor flag on the Town Hall, the
12. Where did Pandit Makhanlal Chaturvedi
headquarters of the Municipal
first publish his newspaper during the
Corporation of Jabalpur?
national independence movement?
(a) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(a) Jabalpur (b) Khandwa
(b) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(c) Hoshangabad (d) Bilaspur
(c) Hakim Ajmal Khan
(a) Jabalpur
(d) Sarojini Naidu
• Pandit Makhanlal Chaturvedi's own
(c) Hakim Ajmal Khan
newspaper was published from Jabalpur.
16. Who directed the Flag Satyagraha?
13. Who laid the foundation of 'Bhopal Rajya
(a) Devdas Gandhi
Hindu Sabha'?
(b) Durgashankar Mehta
(a) Nawab Hamidullah Khan
(c) Govind Das
(b) Master Lal Singh
(d) Dwarka Prasad Mishra
(c) Veer Narayan Singh
(d) Dinesh Chandra Pandey (c) Govind Das
• The Flag Satyagraha was directed by Seth
(b) Master Lal Singh
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17. Who first thought of the idea of the Flag (b) Premchand Jain
Satyagraha in Jabalpur? (c) Pt. Sundarlal and Premchand Jain (both)
(a) Premchand Jain (d) Pt. Makhanlal Chaturvedi
(b) Pandit Sundarlal (c) Pt. Sundarlal and Premchand Jain
(c) Kanchhedilal (both)
(d) Neethuram Modi 22. Which prominent leader of the country
(b) Pandit Sundarlal participated in the Flag Satyagraha of
18. From which city did the Salt Satyagraha Jabalpur?
start under the leadership of Govinddas (a) Sarojini Naidu
and Pandit Dwarka Prasad Mishra? (b) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(a) Satna (b) Jabalpur (c) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(c) Sagar (d) Damoh (d) All of the above
(b) Jabalpur (d) All of the above
• To implement the Civil Disobedience • Sarojini Naidu, Sardar Patel, Maulana
Movement (by breaking the Salt Law) in Azad were among the prominent leaders
Madhya Pradesh, on 7 April 1930, Seth of the Flag Satyagraha.
Govinddas and Pandit Dwarka Prasad 23. Who was not included in the board of
Mishra started a protest at a place 21 km directors of the Flag Satyagraha of
from Jabalpur. A procession was taken Jabalpur?
out from Barela to the Samadhi Sthal of (a) Devdas Gandhi
Rani Durgavati at a distance of 10 km. (b) Rajagopalachari
• On 8 April 1930, such processions were (c) Vinoba Bhave
organised for the Civil Disobedience (d) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Movement in Sehore, Katni, Mandla, (a) Devdas Gandhi
Seoni etc. districts. 24. Which newspaper played a major role
19. Who chaired the Jabalpur Municipal through its articles in making the Jabalpur
Corporation for the strategy made for Flag Satyagraha more effective across the
hoisting the flag in Jabalpur? country?
(a) Kanchhedi Lal (a) Karmaveer
(b) Pt. Makhanlal Chaturvedi (b) Shri Sharda and Hitavada
(c) Balmukund Tripathi (c) Swarajya and Prabha
(d) Subhadra Kumari Chauhan (d) All of the above
(a) Kanchhedi Lal (d) All of the above
20. The first city of India, where the national 25. The newspaper which published the Flag
flag Tricolour was hoisted publicly during Special Issue based on the Flag Satyagraha
the British rule? (1923)?
(a) Jabalpur (b) Calcutta (a) Karmaveer (b) Prabha
(c) Nagpur (d) Delhi (c) Swarajya (d) Hitavada
(a) Jabalpur (b) Prabha
21. Who was sentenced to six months • Prabha's editor was Makhanlal
imprisonment by the British Government Chaturvedi.
for hoisting the Tricolour flag at the Town • Prabha's Flag Satyagraha based special
Hall of Jabalpur? issue was published.
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26. Apart from Jabalpur city, in which other • On 6 April 1921, Mahatma Gandhi came
city of the country did the Flag Satyagraha to Chhindwara with the Ali brothers,
(1923) take place? where he gave a speech in a gathering of
(a) Nagpur (b) Calcutta women. And women donated a large
(c) Lucknow (d) Bombay amount of money and jewellery to the
(a) Nagpur Tilak Swaraj Fund.
• In the month of May 1923, leaders like 31. Where was the 'Kisan Sabha' established
Nagpur Congress Committee Secretary in Madhya Pradesh during the freedom
Jamnalal Bajaj, Chakravarti movement with the efforts of Congress
Rajagopalachari, Rajendra Prasad, Socialists?
Vinoba Bhave participated. (a) Jabalpur (b) Narsinghpur
27. Who provided leadership to give a wider (c) Dewas (d) Sagar
form to the Flag Satyagraha? (a) Jabalpur
(a) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad 32. In which region of Madhya Pradesh was
(b) Jamnalal Bajaj the Swarajya Party formed during the
(c) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel freedom movement?
(d) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (a) Bundelkhand (b) Baghelkhand
(b) Jamnalal Bajaj (c) Malwa (d) Mahakoshal
• They participated extensively in the (d) Mahakoshal
Flag/Jhanda Satyagraha. 33. In which session of Congress, Dr.
28. Seeing the widespread impact of the Harisingh Gaur of Madhya Pradesh
Flag/Jhanda Satyagraha (1923), under raised the demand for separation of
whose leadership did the British Justice Department and Administration
government grant permission to take out a Department?
protest procession of 100 people? (a) Lahore (b) Tripuri
(a) Pt. Makhanlal Chaturvedi (c) Lucknow (d) Delhi
(b) Jamunalal Bajaj (a) Lahore
(c) Vitthalbhai Patel 34. In Madhya Pradesh, the “Salt
(d) Pt. Sundarlal Satyagraha” was started from which
(a) Pt. Makhanlal Chaturvedi district under the leadership of Seth
29. The Muslim leader who was a freedom Govinddas?
fighter and inspired the Muslim (a) Gwalior (b) Mandsaur
community to join the Flag Satyagraha? (c) Jabalpur (d) Bhopal
(a) Azad Subhan (c) Jabalpur
(b) Muhammad Ali Jinnah • The Satyagraha was started from
(c) Shaukat Ali Jabalpur.
(d) Rehman Ali 35. Who did the Salt Satyagraha in Jabalpur
(a) Azad Subhan during the Civil Disobedience Movement?
30. Which city of Madhya Pradesh did (a) Seth Govinddas
Mahatma Gandhi first visit during the (b) Pt. Dwarika Prasad Mishra
Non-Cooperation Movement? (c) Satyendra Prasad
(a) Chhindwara (b) Betul (d) All of the above
(c) Balaghat (d) Narsinghpur (d) All of the above
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• Seth Govinddas, Pt. Dwarika Prasad (b) Pt. Satyendranath Mishra

Mishra, Satyendra Prasad are all (c) Pt. Dwarika Prasad Mishra
Satyagrahis of Jabalpur. (d) Seth Govinddas
36. Who was the author of the book titled (b) Pt. Satyendranath Mishra
“Bharat Mein Angrezi Raj” during the 41. Where did the first Jungle Satyagraha
freedom movement? take place in Madhya Pradesh?
(a) Pt. Makhanlal Chaturvedi (a) Ghoda Dongri (Betul)
(b) Pt. Sundarlal (b) Turia (Seoni)
(c) Seth Govinddas (c) Barela (Jabalpur)
(d) Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi (d) Pandhurna (Chhindwara)
(b) Pt. Sundarlal (a) Ghoda Dongri (Betul)
• The author of “Bharat Mein Angrezi Raj” • The first Jungle Satyagraha took place in
is Pt. Sundarlal. the jungles of Turia in Seoni district of
37. Who was the president of the women Madhya Pradesh under the leadership of
society in Jabalpur during the national Durgashankar Mehta.
freedom movement? 42. Who was the leader of the Jungle
(a) Subhadra Kumari Chauhan Satyagraha of Ghoda Dongri (Betul)?
(b) Mrs. Govinddas (a) Ganjan Singh Korku
(c) Sucheta Kriplani (b) Durgashankar Mehta
(d) Aruna Asaf Ali (c) Bhima Nayak
(b) Mrs. Govinddas (d) Tantya Bhil
38. Who led the women of Jabalpur (a) Ganjan Singh Korku
Provincial War Committee during the • The movement took place in the jungles
Civil Disobedience Movement? of Ghoradogri in Betul district under the
(a) Sarojini Naidu leadership of tribal leader Ganjan Singh
(b) Subhadra Kumari Chauhan Korku.
(c) Usha Mehta 43. Under whose leadership did the Jungle
(d) Rajkumari Amrit Kaur Satyagraha take place in Seoni district?
(b) Subhadra Kumari Chauhan (a) Durgashankar Mehta
39. During the Civil Disobedience Movement, (b) Pt. Dwarika Prasad Mishra
which were the cities of Madhya Pradesh (c) Pt. Sundarlal
where Vanar Senas, Bal Sabhas and (d) Lalaram Bajpai
Durga Senas were formed? (b) Durgashankar Mehta
(a) Sagar, Hoshangabad 44. Durgashankar Mehta is known for
(b) Jabalpur, Katni strongly implementing which movement
(c) Betul, Chhindwara in Seoni?
(d) All of the above (a) Non-cooperation movement
(d) All of the above (b) Salt Satyagraha
40. The freedom fighter of Madhya Pradesh (c) Quit India movement
who filled the tricolor flag with red color (d) Bardoli Satyagraha
of blood and hoisted it by singing the song (b) Salt Satyagraha
'Vijayi Vishv Tiranga Jhanda Uncha • Durgashankar Mehta is associated with
Rahe Hamara'? Jungle Satyagraha (Seoni).
(a) Pt. Sundarlal

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45. Who gave the order to open fire during 51. When did the Sohawal massacre take
the Jungle Satyagraha in Seoni (Turia)? place during the freedom movement in
(a) Seaman (b) Clark Madhya Pradesh?
(c) Andrews (d) Wellington (a) 20 July, 1931
(a) Seaman (b) 29 January, 1939
• The order to open fire in Turia was given (c) 19 July, 1938
by an English officer named Seaman. (d) 28 January, 1937
46. Which incident of Madhya Pradesh (c) 19 July, 1938
during the freedom movement is known • Date: 19 July 1938
as 'Jallianwala Bagh massacre of Madhya • Place - Village Majan
Pradesh'? • Revolutionary - Lal Buddha Pratap Singh
(a) Charan Paduka massacre • Mandhir Pandey
(b) Sohawal massacre • Ramashraay Gautam
(c) Boras Ghat incident • Other names - Sohawal massacre
(d) Punjab Mail massacre • Majan firing incident
(a) Charan Paduka massacre 52. When was 'Bhopal Praja Mandal'
• It is called the Jallianwala Bagh of established?
Madhya Pradesh. (a) 1938 (b) 1940
47. Where did the Charan Paduka firing (c) 1942 (d) 1946
incident take place? (a) 1938
(a) Hoshangabad • Bhopal Praja Mandal was established in
(b) Chhatarpur January, 1938. The main leaders of this
(c) Dhar movement were
(d) Rewa • Master Lal Singh Thakur
(b) Near Chhatarpur • Adhwadas Mehta
48. The main revolutionary involved in the • Pt. Shankardayal Sharma
Punjab Mail massacre was? • Balmukund
(a) Devnarayan Tiwari 53. From which place in Madhya Pradesh did
(b) Yashwant Singh Bundela Mahatma Gandhi launch the Individual
(c) Dalpat Rao Satyagraha in the year 1940?
(d) All of the above (a) Indore (b) Jabalpur
(d) All of the above (c) Sagar (d) Ratlam
49. Where were the accused of Punjab Mail (b) Jabalpur
massacre hanged? • Jabalpur was the first place in Madhya
(a) Khandwa (b) Jabalpur Pradesh where Individual Satyagraha was
(c) Indore (d) Bhopal organized by Seth Govinddas.
(b) Jabalpur • Pratibha was the first woman of Madhya
50. When were the Punjab Mail Pradesh who did Individual Satyagraha.
revolutionaries hanged? 54. In which city of Madhya Pradesh did
(a) 11 December, 1931 workers get martyred during the freedom
(b) 1 January, 1932 movement?
(c) 25 December, 1930 (a) Indore (b) Jabalpur
(d) None of these (c) Sagar (d) Gwalior
(a) 11 December, 1931 (a) Indore

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55. Where did the Quit India Movement of (b) 6 September, 1942
1942 start in Madhya Pradesh? (c) 12 October, 1942
(a) Vidisha (b) Sagar (d) 15 December, 1942
(c) Neemuch (d) Jabalpur (b) 6 September, 1942
(a) Vidisha • Indore Sarafa incident
• The Quit India Movement started from • Maganalal Oswal was shot in the firing.
Vidisha in Madhya Pradesh. 61. In which city of Madhya Pradesh, during
56. At which place in Madhya Pradesh, the the Quit India Movement, the country's
uniforms of the policemen removed prominent leaders conducted the
during the 1942 movement? movement by staying underground?
(a) Khandwa (b) Khargone (a) Neemuch (b) Mandsaur
(c) Burhanpur (d) Betul (c) Ratlam (d) Dhar
(d) Betul (c) Ratlam
57. At which place in Madhya Pradesh, the • Ratlam's leaders conducted the
British police uniforms removed and they movement underground.
were given Khadi clothes during the 62. During the Quit India Movement (1942),
freedom movement? the freedom fighters freed themselves
(a) Balaghat (b) Raisen from the British captivity by breaking the
(c) Betul (d) Bhopal main door of which fort in Madhya
(b) Raisen Pradesh?
58. Who was called the Lion of Rewa during (a) Mandsaur Fort
the freedom movement? (b) Gwalior Fort
(a) Thakur Ranmat Singh (c) Mandleshwar Fort
(b) Lal Padmadhar Singh (d) Maheshwar Fort
(c) Thakur Gulab Singh (c) Mandleshwar Fort
(d) Raja Martand Singh • The prisoners lodged in Mandleshwar
(b) Lal Padmadhar Singh sub-jail broke the jail by taking violent
• Born in Rewa, Madhya Pradesh (1921) action. Chaturbhuj and Ramprasad Azad
• Student of Allahabad University played an important role in this incident.
• Led the protesting students in Allahabad 63. In which place of Madhya Pradesh did the
(Prayagraj) on 12 August 1942. Rice Movement take place during
• Died due to bullet injury. February 1947?
• He is called 'Lion of Rewa' (a) Rewa (b) Satna
59. Which of the following freedom fighters of (c) Sagar (d) Jabalpur
Madhya Pradesh was martyred during (a) Rewa
the Quit India Movement? • 28 February 1947
(a) Gulab Singh • In protest against forced levy, Tribhuvan
(b) Veersa Gond Tiwari and Bhairav Prasad Urmaliya
(c) Narmada Prasad and Babulal were shot dead by the soldiers of Rewa
(d) All of the above State.
(d) All of the above • This is an example of the courage and
60. When did the Indore Sarafa incident take unity of Indian farmers.
place during the Quit India Movement?
(a) 9 August, 1942

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64. The incident of Boras Valley in which the 67. Bhopal University is named after which
agitators did not let the tricolour flag fall freedom fighter?
down, took place on? (a) Seth Govinddas (b) Barkatullah
(a) 28 February, 1947 (c) Harisingh God (d) Rani Durgavati
(b) 6 January, 1947 (b) Barkatullah
(c) 14 January, 1949 • Born - 7 July 1854
(d) 10 March, 1948 • Place - Bhopal
(c) 14 January, 1949 • Hindi professor at Tokyo University
• Organization of a meeting on the • Started a magazine called Islamic
Narmada bank of village Boras of Biradari.
Udaipur tehsil of Raisen district • Started the Indian Independence Council.
regarding merger. • Declaration of independence of India on
• Bhopal State's Thanedaar Jafar opened 2 October 1915
fire. • Death - 20 September 1927
• Six agitators were martyred. • In 1988, Bhopal University was renamed
65. In which jail of Madhya Pradesh were as Barkatullah University in his honour.
freedom fighters like Subhash Chandra 68. In which jail did Pandit Makhanlal
Bose, Sharadchandra Bose, Acharya Chaturvedi write the poem Pushp ki
Vinoba Bhave, Pt. Dwarika Prasad Abhilasha during his prison life?
Mishra and H.V. Kamath lodged? (a) Khandwa Jail
(a) Bhopal Jail (b) Jabalpur Jail (b) Jabalpur Jail
(c) Gwalior Jail (d) Seoni Jail (c) Bilaspur Jail
(d) Seoni Jail (d) Hoshangabad Jail
• During the freedom movement, freedom (c) Bilaspur Jail
fighters like Subhash Chandra Bose, • Written in Bilaspur Central Jail of
Sharadchandra Bose, Acharya Vinoba Chhattisgarh.
Bhave, Pt. Dwarika Prasad Mishra and • Written on 28 February 1922 in Barrack
H.V. Kamath were lodged in this jail. No. 9 of the jail
66. From where was the newspaper named • Makhnalala Chaturvedi (National Poet)
'Subodh Sindhu', which was for the was kept in this jail from 5 July 1921 to 1
promotion of national sentiment, March 1922.
published?
69. What was the capital of Madhya Pradesh
(a) Bhopal (b) Gwalior at the time of India's independence?
(c) Jabalpur (d) Khandwa (a) Nagpur (b) Indore
(d) Khandwa (c) Gwalior (d) Jabalpur
• Subodh Sindhu was published from (a) Nagpur
Khandwa.
• Aagaal Kal was also published from
Khandwa.

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Arts and architecture of Madhya Pradesh

1. Masanya folk singing is related to which (b) Masanya
field? (c) Nirguniya
(a) Nimar (b) Malwa (d) All of the above
(c) Bundelkhand (d) Baghelkhand (c) Nirguniya
(a) Nimar • Other facts -
• Other singing (Nimar region) • Nirguniya singing
• Kalgi Turra singing • Sadhu or beggar on any occasion
• Nirguniya Gayan/Nardeya Gayan Bhikshuk
• Masanya/Kayakhoj • Kabir, Raidas, Surdas - Theme
• Garba/Garbi • Musical instruments – Iktara, Khartal
• Saint Singaji • Person- Prahlad Singh Tipania (2011
• Nathpanthi Padmashree)
• Faggayan 5. The songs which are mainly related to
2. Chang is a……. Krishnaleela.
(a) Musical instrument (a) Garba – Garbi
(b) Dance art (b) Kalgi - Turra
(c) Singing art (c) Masanya
(d) All of the above (d) None of the above
(a) musical instrument (a) Garba - Garbi
• Kalgi Turra singing is sung in • Garba is a feminine ritualistic folk song.
competitive singing style (question and • Garbi - These are masculine folk songs.
answer). • Gavalan - Male oriented folk singing.
• Musical instrument - Chang 6. The following are included in the folk
• Occasion - On any festival dramas of Nimad -
3. Dagar Ghazal, Jeevanta Khede are the (a) Khamras
troupes of which style. (b) Pati Swang
(a) Sant - Singhaji (c) Khamba Swang
(b) Kalgi - Turra (d) All of the above
(c) Nirguniya (d) All of the above
(d) Nathpanthi Gayan • The following are included in the main
(a) Sant Singhaji Gayan folk dramas of Nimad -
• Other facts - → Khamb Swang/Khamras
• Sant Singhaji Gayan → Gammat
• Occasion - On any auspicious occasion → Thothya
• Style - Individual or group → Pati Swang
• Musical instruments - Mridang and → Panwadi Swang
Jhanz, Ektara 7. What is the subject matter of Thothya
• Subject matter - Guihastya life, animal folk drama?
husbandry (a) It contains plays related to Krishna.
4. Singers of some Gayan wear clothes like (b) Women imitate men.
Narad Rishi . (c) Social Evil practices are satirized.
(a) Kalgi Turra (d) None of these.

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(b) Women imitate men. (c) From Navratri of Kawar to Dev

8. On which occasion is Paati Swang Prabodhini Ekadashi.
performed - (d) none of these
(a) On Holi festival (c) From Navaratri of Kawar to Dev
(b) On Dussehra festival Prabodhini Ekadashi.
(c) On the occasion of marriage • Khamba Swang
(d) On Gan Gaur festival • Occasion - From Navratri of Kawar to
(d) On Gan Gaur festival Dev Prabodhini Ekadashi.
• Other facts • Special - By burying a pillar in the middle
• Occasion - Gangaur On the festival of the village in which Meghnad puja is
• Subject matter - Based on the story of performed.
Shiva-Parvati • Subject matter – Folktale
• Special - In this girls are given the form • Musical instruments – cymbals and
of Shiva-Parvati. mridangam
9. Which of the following are folk dances of 12. On what occasion is Thothya done?
Nimar region ? (a) On the occasion of birth
(A) Fefariya (b) On the occasion of marriage
(B) Mandalay (c) On the occasion of death
(C) Donda dance (d) None of the above
(D) Aada-Khada dance (b) On the occasion of marriage
(a) Only A and B (b) Only C and D • By women after the marriage procession
(c) All of the above (d) none of these leaves The style of acting is Swaang.
(c) All of the above 13. Jirauti is the folk painting of which
• Folk dances of Nimar region.
→ Gangaur (a) Malwa (b) Bundelkhand
→ Kathi (c) Baghelkhand (d) Nimar
→ Fefariya (d) Nimar
→ Mandalay • Jirauti
→ Dandanach • Occasion - Hariyali Amavasya of the
→ Aada-Khada dance month of Savan
10. What is the clown of Gammat called? • Special - Picture of Jirauti Mata is made.
(a) Kuthaggaria (b) Vidushak 14. Thapa painting is related to this.
(c) Padiyar (d) Bhumka (a) Malwa (b) Nimar
(a) Kuthaggaria (c) Bundelkhand (d) Baghelkhand
• Other facts of Gammat (b) Nimar
• Occasion: Navratri, Holi, Gangaur • Other facts: Thapa
festival • Occasion - On Seli Saptami/Dussehra
• Subject: Satire on contemporary, social, • Special - Thapa of turmeric, ochre and
political, economic evils cow dung etc.
11. On which occasion is Khamb Swang 15. Navrat Painting is done on which the
performed? occasion ?
(a) In the month of Phalgun (a) On Navratri
(b) In occasions like marriage etc. (b) Hariyali Amavasya
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(d) None of the above • Style - Male dominated dance

(a) On Navratri 19. Bans geet is sung by people of which
• Navrat caste?
• Occasion: On Navratri (a) Saor (b) Raut
• Special: Pictures of Nav Durga are carved (c) Rotia (d) Sahariya
using clay, ochre and turmeric by a virgin (b) Raut
girl. • These are women centric songs.
16. What is the worshipper of Kathi Mata • Subject matter - The story of Mordhwaj
called? and Karna.
(a) Kungariya (b) Rajulla 20. What is Ghotul Pata ?
(c) Dhank (d) None of these (a) A death song
(b) Rajulla (b) A birth song
• Other facts about Kathi dance - (c) A wedding song
• Occasion - From Dev Pravodhini (d) A wedding song
Ekadashi to Mahashivratri (a) A Death song
• Dance style - By tying the Dhank • These are mainly death Songs.
instrument on the waist, First the Kathi • By Gond and Mudiya tribes
dancers go from house to house and • These are the kings who sing the story of
dance while telling stories. the evening.
• Musical instrument - Dhaank 21. Hingol is the folk theater of which region?
17. On which occasion is the Fefaria dance (a) Baghelkhand (b) Bundelkhand
performed? (c) Nimar (d) Malwa
(a) On the occasion of birth (a) Baghelkhand
(b) On the occasion of marriage • Folk theater in Baghelkhand
(c) On the occasion of death • Chhahur
(d) None of these • Mansukha
(b) On the occasion of marriage • Lakadbagha
• Occasion - On the occasion of marriage • Hingol
• Musical instrument - Fefaria is a type of • Jindwa (Bahlol)
flute. It is like a shehnai. 22. The folk songs of Baghelkhand are not
• Dance style - Male and female pairs form among the following.
a circle Dance in a circle. (a) Birha Gayan
18. On which occasion is Danda/Antya dance (b) Videsiya Gayan
performed. (c) Basdev
(a) On Gangaur festival (d) Faag Gayan
(b) On Dussehra festival (e) Bans geet (f) Ghotul Pata
(c) On the occasion of a dispute (g) Pandavani (h) Sidhe
(d) On the occasion of birth (a) They are not a,b,c,
(a) On the occasion of marriage (b) They are not a, b, c, d
• Occasion - In the months of Chaitra and (c) None of these
Vaishakh, especially on the occasion of (d) All of the above
Gangaur festival (c) None of these
• Musical instrument - On the rhythm of 23. The folk song which is sung in high pitch
Dholak by keeping hand/fingers in ears is.

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(a) Birha (b) Pandavani → Bahu Utaraay dance

(c) Ghotul Para (d) Bans geet → Diriya/Naurta dance
(a) Birha → Cheekat dance
• It is sung without musical instruments. → Baba dance
24. Basdeva singing is sung by which → Laakaur dance
community ? 27. Kalash dance is performed by which caste
(a) Harbole of Bundelkhand ?
(b) Kabir Panthi (a) Ahir (b) Dhobi
(c) Nath Panthi (c) Nat (d) None of these
(d) All of the above (c) Nat
(a) Harbole 28. Doj - Putliya painting is related to which
• Other facts: region ?
• They keep the idol of Krishna on their (a) Nimar (b) Bundelkhand
head. (c) Malwa (d) Baghelkhand
• They wear yellow clothes. (b) Bundelkhand
• Subject - Ramayana story along with the 29. On which occasion are Surati paintings
tale of Shravan Kumar. made ?
• Musical instruments - Chutki, Paijan, (a) Dussehra (b) Deepawali
Sarangi (c) Holi (d) None of these
25. Suata folk dance is from which region? (b) Deepawali
(a) Bundelkhand (b) Baghelkhand • Occasion - Deepawali
(c) Nimar (d) Malwa • Special - On the occasion of Deepawali,
(a) Bundelkhand pictures of Goddess Lakshmi are drawn.
• Other facts - Suaata 30. Mamulia/Bambulia are folk paintings
• Occasion - Navratri of Kwar/Ashwin made on which occasion ?
month (a) Navratri (b) Deepawali
• Subject - Picture of Suaata is made from (c) Holi (d) Dussehra
cow dung/mud. (a) Navratri
26. Cheekat dance is related to which region. • Occasion - Navratri
(a) Bundelkhand (b) Baghelkhand • Special - A thorny branch of plum or
(c) Nimar (d) Malwa acacia is taken and it is kept in a place that
(a) Bundelkhand has been cleaned and sanctified after
• Cheekat dance is a dance performed in being plastered.
Bundelkhand. 31. Doj Putliya is related to which festival.
• This dance is performed on the occasion (a) Diwali (b) Govardhan
of marriage. (c) Bhaidooj (d) Navratri
• Other dances of Bundelkhand - (c) Bhaidooj
→ Baredi dance • Occasion – Bhaidooj
→ Rawla dance • Special - Pupils are made from cow dung
→ Raas dance on both sides of the main door.
→ Rach Bandhaya 32. On which occasion is Chhahur folk
→ Dei - Devta drama performed?
→ Katikriya dance (a) On Govardhan

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(b) From Diwali to Gopa Ashtami • By Ahir caste

(c) Radhashtami • Dances of Baghelkhand -
(d) None of the above → Bichi dance
(b) From Diwali to Gopa Ashtami → Rai dance
33. On which occasion is Mansukha folk → Kalasa dance
drama based ? → Dadar dance
(a) On the occasion of Gopasthami → Gudumbaja dance
(b) On the occasion of Seli Saptami → Sua dance
(c) On the occasion of Amla Navami → Kehra dance
(d) On the occasion of Janmashtami
→ Kemali dance
(d) On the occasion of Janmashtami
37. Kohbar painting is related.
• Other facts: Mansukha
(a) Baghelkhand (b) Bundelkhand
• Occasion - On the occasion of (c) Nimar (d) Malwa
Janmashtami
(a) Baghelkhand
• Subject matter - Argument between jester
• Other facts:
(Mansukha) and gopis
• Baghelkhand's paintings
• Special - Mansukha is the Bagheli
→ Tilanga
adaptation of Raas.
→ Mor - Muraila
34. Mangarohan / Angarohan / Dahegar /
→ Chhathi Chitra
Barayan are paintings of which region.
→ Neura Name
(a) Baghelkhand (b) Bundelkhand
(c) Nimar (d) Malwa 38. In which region is Alha singing popular.
(a) Bundelkhand (b) Baghelkhand
(a) Baghelkhand
(c) Nimar (d) Malwa
• Painting made on the occasion of
(a) Bundelkhand
marriage
• Occasion: During rainy season
• Painting on pillars and vases of pavilion
• Content - Description of 52 battles of
35. Other names of Sajan-Sajni dance in
Alha-Udal, commander of Chandela ruler
Baghelkhand region are -
Paramardidev.
(a) Gudumbacha dance (b) Kemali dance
• Community - Alhet
(c) Sua dance (d) Kehra dance
• Singing style – solo and group
(b) Kemali dance
• Musical instruments – Nagadiya and
• It is also called Sajan-Sajni dance.
Dholak
• Men and women perform group dance
• Prominent personalities – Lallu
while singing in question-answer style.
Vajpayee, Gaya Pandey
36. Which is a male dominated dance by Ahir
39. Which songs are related to the singing of
caste ?
Malwa ?
(a) Bichi dance
(a) Sanja Gayan
(b) Gudumbaja dance
(b) Barsaati Barata
(c) Kali dance
(c) Bhope Gayan
(d) Rai
(d) All of the above
(a) Bichi dance
(d) All of the above
• Other facts
• Other Facts: Songs of Malwa -
• In Baghelkhand region
→ Bharthari Gayan
• Male dominated dance

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→ Turra Kalangi (a) Nimar (b) Malwa

→ Heed Gayan (c) Baghelkhand (d) Bundelkhand
→ Relo Gayan (b) Malwa
→ Nirguni Bhajan Gayan • Railo song
→ Sanja Gayan → Singing of Bhil and Korku tribes
→ Bhope Gayan → Sung by young men and women.
40. Suruj Bai Khande is related to which type 44. What is performed by Bhope caste.
of singing ? (a) Bhope singing
(a) Bharthari Gayan (b) Rai dance
(b) Nirguni Bhajan (c) Relo singing
(c) Relo Gayan (d) None of the above
(d) Turra Kalgi (a) Bhope singing
(a) Bharthari Gayan • Bhope singing
• Suruj Bai Khande • Story of Pabuji's Pad and Dev Narayan's
• She is related to Chhattisgarh state. Pad.
• She is honoured with Ahilya Bai 45. Mansaram and Sumer Singh Suman are
Samman. related to which singing style ?
41. Prahlad Singh Tipaniya, Kaluram (a) Turra - Kalangi (b) Heed Gayan
Bamniya and Shabnam Birmani are (c) Sanja Gayan (d) None of these
related to which song tradition ? (a) Turra - Kalangi
(a) Turra - Kalangi • Other facts: Turra - Kalangi
(b) Nirguni Bhajan Gayan • Occasion - Festivals, rituals, worship of
(c) Birha Shiva and Shakti.
(d) None of these • Subject matter – Story of Mahabharata,
(b) Nirguni Bhajan Gayan mythological story.
• Other facts: Nirguni Bhajan Gayan • musical instrument - chang
• Occasion - Any occasion • Style - Do Akhara, Kalgi (Shakti), Duri
• Subject matter - Kabir's couplets and (Shiva)
influenced by Kabir's spirituality 46. Which singing is called the environmental
• Style – Collective festival of Malwa?
42. Bharthari Gayan is related to which field (a) Heed Gayan
? (b) Turra - Kalangi
(a) Malwa (b) Nimar (c) Nirguniya
(c) Bundelkhand (d) Baghelkhand (d) Sanja Gayan
(a) Malwa (d) Sanja Gayan
• Other facts: • Other facts: Sanja Gayan
• Occasion - Morning time by Nathpanthi • Occasion - On the occasion of Sanja
community festival in Pitru Paksha by teenage girls
• Subject matter - Story of Bhartruhari, • Subject matter - Making beautiful figures
Gorakh Vani, Kabir Vani, Meera's of Sanja Mata with cow dung and flower
Bhajans, Story of Gopichandra. leaves and singing her song in the
43. Railo singing is mainly popular in which evening
region. • Musical instrument - None

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• Note - It is called the environmental • Musical instrument - Dhol

festival of Malwa. 51. Phulpati dance is associated with ...........
• Singing style - Collective festival.
47. In which drama the stories of Dhola (a) Holi
Maru, Naladayanti, Raja Harishchandra, (b) Rang Panchami
Veer Tejaji are performed in the first (c) Dashain
part of the night ? (d) None of these
(a) Ram Dangal (b) Maach (c) Dashain
(c) Puppet (d) Gavari Natya 52. Gair dance belong to which dynasty?
(b) Maach (a) Rajput (b) Holkar
• Other facts: Maach (c) Scindia (d) Tomar
• Occasion - In the first quarter of the night (b) Holkar
• Note - Basically by men 53. Which of the following is not a Malwa
• Musical instruments - Dholak and painting ?
Sarangi (a) Chitravan (b) Mandana
• Prominent persons - Val Mukund, Gopal (c) Divas (d) Kohbar
ji. (d) Kohbar
48. Ram Dangal is mainly a folk drama of • Kohbar painting is not from Malwa but
which region ? from Baghelkhand.
(a) Nimar (b) Malwa 54. On which occasion is Chitravan painting
(c) Baghelkhand (d) Bundelkhand made ?
(b) Malwa (a) Birth (b) Death
• Ram Dangal is performed on the lines of (c) Marriage (d) None of these
Kalgi Turra. (c) Marriage
• In this, two teams converse in a standing • Chitravan is a Malwa painting.
and graceful style. • It is carved on the occasion of marriage.
49. In which folk drama is the story of Shiv • Painters draw figures on walls.
and Bhasmasur staged? 55. When are snake mural paintings made.
(a) Dhola Maru (b) Ramdangal (a) Rangpanchami (b) Deepawali
(c) Mach (d) Gavari (c) Nagpanchami (d) None of these
(d) Gavari (c) Nagpanchami
• Other facts: 56. In which mills of Madhya Pradesh has
→ It starts from the second day of stone sculpture been widely promoted?
Rakshabandhan and continues for (a) Mandsaur (b) Ratlam
about 40 days. (c) Both a and b (d) Jabalpur
→ The story of Shiva and Bhasmasur is (c) Both a and b
staged 57. The items made under Bhili craft are-
→ The Bhil tribe knows it as Merunatya. (a) Purse (b) Pearl Necklace
50. Matki is mainly a ........... dominated (c) Bags (d) All Of These
dance. (d) All of these
(a) Male (b) Female 58. By whom was the first Hindi play ‘Anand
(c) Both of these (d) None of these Raghunandan’ composed?
(b) Female (a) Rewa Naresh Vishwanath Singh
• Occasion - Marriage

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(b) Baba D.K. • Tamasha folk theater - Baghelkhand

(c) Rahul Barpute • Other folk dramas: Jindaba, Chahur,
(d) Vishnu Chinchalkar Manusukha, Hingol.
(a) Rewa King Vishwanath Singh 65. What is the birthplace of the state folk
59. What is the originator of Gammat folk theater maach of Madhya Pradesh?
drama called? (a) Ujjain (b) Bhopal
(a) Dhumarmal (b) Thothya (c) Gwalior (d) Jabalpur
(c) Kudgaraya (d) Khamras (a)
(c) Kudagriya • Ujjain
60. Which of the following folk dances are • State folk drama: Mach
popular on the occasion of Diwali in the • Region: Malwanchal
regional areas of Sagar? • Style: Doha style
(a) Mouni Dance • Origin region: Ujjain
(b) Mandala Dance • Artist: Siddheshwar Sen, Om Prakash
(c) Fefaria Dance Sharma
(d) Danda Dance • Subject matter: Based on folk life
(a) Mouni Dance • Musical instruments: Dholak and Sarangi
61. The clay-made ‘Nohdora’ decoration on • Voice for taking the refrain - Jhela
the wall is the specialty of which tribe? 66. In the main folk drama of Malwanchal,
(a) Bhil (b) Korku Mach, the acting style is basically
(c) Sahariya (d) Gond dependent on the beats of the Dholak
(d) Gond musical instrument and what is the
62. Which of the following statements is not collective voice of the people taking the
correct for the famous ‘Dhokra Art’? refrain sitting with the singing artists
(a) This art is related to the Bhareva tribal called?
community of Betul. (a) Sohbat (b) Bhrunkas
(b) This is a non-ferrous metal casting art. (c) Jhela (d) Gurugadi
(c) This is a decorative textile art associated (c)
with marriage ceremonies. • Jhela
(d) All the above statements are correct. • State folk drama: Mach
(c) This is a decorative textile art • Region: Malvanchal
associated with marriage ceremonies. • Style: Doha style
63. Which of the following temples is not in • Origin region: Ujjain
Khajuraho? • Artist: Siddheshwar Sen, Om Prakash
(a) Kandariya Mahadev Sharma
(b) Chausath Yogini
• Subject matter: Based on folk life
(c) Dashavatar
• Musical instruments: Dholak and Sarangi
(d) Chitragupta
• Voice of refrain - Jhela
(c) Dashavatar
67. Dhara-Dhari, a special form of Swang
64. Tamasha folk theater is related to which
folk drama, has been prevalent in the
region of Madhya Pradesh?
north-western region of Madhya Pradesh
(a) Nimar (b) Malwa
and Malvanchal, in which whose
(c) Baghelkhand (d) Bundelkhand
character is specially portrayed?
(c) (a) Shri Ram (b) Shri Krishna

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(c) Shri Ganesh (d) Lord Shiva • Subject matter: Folk satire, based on
(b) Krishna Leela
• Shri Krishna 72. Which tribal folk drama is performed by
• Folk dramas of Malwa region - the Gond tribe in the Baghelkhand region
→ Dhola Maru - Mach of Madhya Pradesh?
→ Gavari - Dhara-Dhari (a) Nacha (b) Hingala
→ Ramdangal - Nakal (c) Chhahur (d) Nautanki
68. Which is the traditional folk drama of (b)
Nimar region of Madhya Pradesh? • Folk drama of Gond tribe - Hingala folk
(a) Gammat (b) Ramdangal drama
(c) Char-Bait (d) Mach 73. When was the Rang Mandal of Bharat
(a) Bhavan established as the first Rang
• Gammat Mandal in Hindi speaking states in India?
• Folk dramas of Nimar - Gammat, (a) 13 February, 1982
Thothya, Swang, Rasmandal, Khamras. (b) 23 August, 1982
69. Kathi of Nimar region of Madhya (c) 9 September, 1981
Pradesh is a powerful folk drama, what is (d) 18 May, 1982
its main form? (a)
(a) Music oriented • 13 February, 1982
(b) Instrumental oriented • Bharat Bhawan
(c) Dance oriented • Establishment: 13 February, 1982
(d) Comedy oriented • Place: Bhopal
(c) 74. When was the Directorate of Swaraj
• Kathi folk drama - Dance oriented Sansthan established in Bhopal, Madhya
70. Which is the completely women Pradesh with the objective of spreading
dominated folk drama in Nimar region of the spirit of national unity and making
Madhya Pradesh? the public aware of the sacrifices of the
(a) Thothya (b) Futiya martyrs?
(c) Pati Swang (d) Khamras (a) 1 June, 1998 (b) 1 March, 1998
(a) (c) 1 May, 1998 (d) 1 April, 1998
• Thothya: Nimar region (c)
• Occasion: At the time of marriage • Swaraj Sansthan Directorate -
• Special: Women dominated comedy Established 1 May, 1998
drama 75. With the aim of promoting cultural
71. The main folk drama based on Krishna programs in Madhya Pradesh, when was
Leela in Baghelkhand region of Madhya Kalidas Samaroh started with the efforts
Pradesh is? of late Padma Bhushan Pandit
(a) Nautanki (b) Jindwa Suryanarayan?
(c) Hingala (d) Mansukha (a) 1948 (b) 1958
(c) 1968 (d) 1978
(d)
• Mansukha (b)
• Region: Baghelkhand • Year 1958
• Occasion: Diwali or all occasions • Kalidas Samaroh
• Establishment: Year 1958

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• Effort: Pandit Suryanarayan (a) Kahera dance (b) Kalsa dance

76. After the reorganization of Madhya (c) Kemali dance (d) Dadar dance
Pradesh, which film was first shot in the (c)
state in the year 1957? • Kemali dance
(a) Bhopal Express (b) Surma Bhopali • Baghelkhand
(c) Dacoit (d) Naya Daur • On the arrival of the wedding procession
(d) 81. Which dance is performed by unmarried
• Naya Daur girls in the Baghelkhand region of
77. Which folk drama is performed on the Madhya Pradesh with the aim of inviting
auspicious occasion of birth of a child in rain at the end of summer and the
Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh? beginning of the rainy season?
(a) Badhai Nritya (a) Daugra dance (b) Kemali dance
(b) Rai Nritya (c) Kalsa dance (d) Dadar dance
(c) Kanada Nritya (a)
(d) Dhimariai Nritya • Daugra dance
(a) • Region - Baghelkhand
• Bundelkhand region - Badhai Nritya • Occasion - When there is less rainfall
• Occasion: Birth • Special - Dance by unmarried girls to
78. Kanada dance performed by Dhobi tribe please Lord Krishna
on marriage occasions in Bundelkhand 82. In which month is the male dominated
region is related to which God? Lehangi dance performed in the Gwalior
(a) Shri Hardol (b) Shri Krishna region of Madhya Pradesh?
(c) Shri Ram (d) Shri Vishnu (a) Shravan month (b) Kartik month
(b) (c) Magh month (d) Phalgun month
• Kanada Dance - Shri Krishna (a)
• Region - Bundelkhand • Lehangi dance - Shravan month
• Occasion - By women on Navratri • Sahariya tribe dance
• Subject matter - Raasleela (Krishnaleela) • Dance during Bhujaria, the day after
79. In Bundelkhand region of Madhya Raksha Bandhan
Pradesh, which dance is performed by 83. In which month is Gangaur dance
unmarried girls on the occasion of performed in Nimar region of Madhya
Navratri festival to pray for a suitable Pradesh?
groom? (a) Ashad month (b) Chaitra month
(a) Naurata Dance (b) Baredi Dance (c) Kunwar month (d) Paush month
(c) Lakaur Dance (d) Rawala Dance (b)
(a) • Gangaur dance - Chaitra month
• Naurata Dance • Region - Nimar
• Region - Bundelkhand • Occasion - Chaitra month
• Occasion - Bundelkhand • Dance style - Group dance style
• Dance style - By unmarried women • One dance is called Jhalriya and the other
80. In Baghelkhand region of Madhya is called Jhela folk dance.
Pradesh, Sajan-Sajanai dance is • In Jhalriya folk dance, Ranubai is
performed on the occasion of marriage, installed in the chariot.
which is known by what other name?

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84. In the Nimar region of Madhya Pradesh, • Gond and Korku

Kathi dance is performed to • Autumn season
commemorate the worship of Goddess 88. Which dance is performed by the Bhil
Parvati. What is the person who worships tribe on the occasion of Bhagoria festival
Kathi Mata called? in the Bhagoria Haats?
(a) Khordar (b) Bhagat (a) Phag dance (b) Saila dance
(c) Mandola (d) Rajulla (c) Bhadauni dance (d) Dohiya dance
(d) (d)
• Kathi dance - Rajulla • Dohiya dance
• Region - Nimar • During Bhagoria Haat
• Occasion - From Devprabodhini • Bhil tribe
Ekadashi to Shivratri • Western tribal region
• Dance style - Group dance 89. Which dance is performed by the Gond
• The person who dances is called Bhagat tribe on the occasion of harvesting of
• Worship of Kathi Mata Rajulla paddy in the south-eastern part of
85. The folk dance of the Nimar region of Madhya Pradesh i.e. Gondwaanchal
Madhya Pradesh which is named on the region on the songs addressed to the
basis of the musical instrument Fefarya parrot?
which is similar to Shehnai? (a) Sua dance (b) Birha dance
(a) Fefarya (b) Antaya (c) Sajani dance (d) Saila dance
(c) Mandalay (d) Gangaur (a)
(a) • Sua dance
• Fefarya • Baghelkhand
• Nimar-On the occasion of marriage • When Kharif is ripe
• group dance • by placing the Kalash on the head
86. Which is the most favorite folk dance 90. The most favorite folk dance of Kol tribe
performed by the Korku tribe living in in Madhya Pradesh is?
Madhya Pradesh during Chautra- (a) Sua dance
Vaishakh? (b) Sajni dance
(a) Mandalay dance (c) Bilma dance
(b) Fefraya dance (d) Koldahka dance
(c) Garba dance (d)
(d) Dhandhal dance • Koldahka dance
(d) • Kol tribe
• Dhandhal Dance – Korku • Baghelkhand
• Collective: Dance • sculpture
• Betul, Hoshangabad
87. Which of the following dances is 91. Who is the sculptor of Ram Darbar statue
performed by the Baiga tribe living in sold in America?
Madhya Pradesh? (a) Vinod Tiwari
(a) Thathya (b) Chachari (b) Mithilesh Shukla
(c) Garba dance (d) Saila dance (c) Mukesh Yadav
(d) (d) Dinesh Sharma
• Saila dance (d)

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• Dinesh Sharma - Sculptor of Ramdarbar (d)

92. The painting of which caves shows the • Sanja Geet
picture of ‘woman lying in love and • In Malwa region
separation’? • In the evening during Pitru Paksha
(a) Udayagiri Caves (b) Mara Caves • By making Sanja on the wall with cow
(c) Bagh Caves (d) Pandava Caves dung and flower leaves
(c) • Female dominated group singing style
• Woman in love and separation - Bagh 97. In which month is the tradition of Heed
Caves Gayan organized in Malwa region?
93. The picture of Bodhisatva Padmapani is (a) Shravan (b) Phalgun
the specialty of which caves? (c) Bhadrapad (d) None of these
(a) Pandava Caves (a)
(b) Mara Caves • Heed Gayan - Shravan
(c) Bagh Caves • Popular in Malwa region
(d) Bhedaghat Caves • In the month of Shravan
(c) • In detail description of the story of
• Bagh Caves - Statues of Bodhisatva and Gyaras Mata and agricultural culture
Padmapani • Solo and group singing
94. Bharthari is the folk song of which region 98. Which of the following folk songs is sung
in Madhya Pradesh? in both prose and poetry styles?
(a) Nimar (b) Baghelkhand (a) Barsaati-Barta (b) Folk song
(c) Malwa (d) Bundelkhand (c) Garba (d) Birha singer
(c) (a)
• Bharthari folk song - Malwa • Barsaati-Barta - Folk singing in prose and
• Morning poetry style.
• Rava Bharthari and Rani 99. In which of the following folk singing
• Description of separation of Pingla there are Akhada?
• Solo and group singing (a) Nathpanthi Gayan
95. Shri Prahlad Singh is famous for which (b) Sant Singhaji Bhajan
folk song? (c) Kalgi-Turra
(a) Barsaati Barata (d) Garba-Garbi
(b) Nathpanthi singing (c)
(c) Phaag singing • Kalgi Turra
(d) Nirguni singing • Area - Entire Nimar region
(d) • Occasion - Sung during night time
• Prahlad Singh Tipaniya - Nirguni singing • Subject matter - Based on events
• Folk singer • Ustad - Sumer Singh and Mansaram
• Bharthari folk singing 100. The folk song sung at high level with
96. Which of the following folk songs is Mridang and Jhanj is-
related to Malwa region? (a) Alha Gayan
(a) Alha Gayan (b) Birha Gayan
(b) Basdeva Gayan (c) Sanja Geet
(c) Garba-Garbi (d) Sant Singhaji Bhajan
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(a) (c)
• Alha Gayan • Stories of Mahabharat - Bairayta Gayan
• World's longest song 106. The subject matter of which of the
• Moodang and Jhanj following folk songs is based on the love
• Veer Ras Pradhan affair of Radha Krishna?
• Bachcha Singh - Main singer (a) Dewari Gayan
101. Which of the following folk songs is (b) Bairayat Gayan
related to Nimar region? (c) Birha Gayan
(a) Basdeva (b) Birha (d) Basdeva Gayan
(c) Nathpanthi (d) Sanja (a)
(c) • Dewari Gayan - based on Radha Krishna
• Nathpanthi love
102. Garba-Garbi folk singing is popular in 107. Which one of the following is a
which region? Bundelkhandi folk song?
(a) Baghelkhand (b) Bundelkhand (a) Pandavani
(c) Malwa (d) Nimar (b) Bamboo Geet
(d) (c) Barsaati Barata
• Garba-Garbi - Nimar region (d) Jagdev Ka Puwara
103. The main musical instrument of Alha (d)
singing is? • Jagdev Ka Puwara - popular in
(a) Sitar-Tabla Bundelkhand region
(b) Bans-Chikara 108. In which region is Faag song popular?
(c) Dholak-Nagada (a) Baghelkhand
(d) All of the above (b) Nimar
(c) (c) Bundelkhand
• Dholak-Nagada (d) All of the above
• Alha singing (d)
• Musical instrument - Dholak-Nagada • All of the above
104. By which other name is the 109. In which region is Hardaul Ki Manauti
Bundelkhandi folk song ‘Lamtera’ folk song popular?
known? (a) Bundelkhand
(a) Bhola Geet (b) Baghelkhand
(b) Bambulia (c) Malwa
(c) Birha (d) (a) and (b) both
(d) (a) and (b) both (d)
(a) • (a) and (b) both
• Lamtera - Bhola Geet • Mainly in Bundelkhand
105. In which of the following folk songs are • Hardaul ki Manauti - Bundelkhand and
the stories of Mahabharat sung? Baghelkhand
(a) Jagdev Gayan 110. Birha singing is related to which region
(b) Dewari Gayan in Madhya Pradesh?
(c) Bairayat Gayan (a) Bundelkhand (b) Baghelkhand
(d) Basdeva Gayan (c) Nimar (d) Malwa
(b)

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• Birha singing - Region: Baghelkhand • - Death

region. 117. Aada-Khada and Rajwadi are folk
111. Who has the main participation in the dances of which region of Madhya
popular Faag singing in Baghelkhand? Pradesh?
(a) Female (b) Male (a) Bundelkhand (b) Baghelkhand
(c) Group (d) None of these (c) Malwa (d) Nimari
(b) (c)
• Male • Aada Khada and Rajwadi - Malwa
• Male has the main participation in Faag • Nimar region/Malwa
singing. • Marriage, birth, tonsure
112. Which of the following is a song sung by • Female dominated group dance
the tribes in Baghelkhand? 118. Matki dance is the folk dance of which
(a) Faag (b) Sidev region of Madhya Pradesh?
(c) Birha (d) Railo (a) Bundelkhand (b) Baghelkhand
(d) (c) Nimar (d) Malwa
• Railo song - tribal song (d)
113. Which of the following folk songs is • Matki dance - Malwa
related to Baghelkhand region? • Region - Malwa
(a) Barsati-Barta (b) Bairayat • Occasion - Marriage occasion
(c) Pandavani (d) Bharthari • Dance - Female dominated and group
(c) dance
• Pandavani song - Gond tribe 119. Jhela and Jhalriya are the styles of which
• Region – Baghelkhand folk dance of Madhya Pradesh?
114. Famous folk singer Teejan Bai is related (a) Matki (b) Gangaur
to which folk song? (c) Dadar (d) Kalasa
(a) Alha Gayan (b) Birha Gayan (b)
(c) Pandavani (d) Ghotul Pata • Jhela-Jhalaria – Gangaur
(c) 120. Dhak instrument is used in which folk
• Teejan Bai - Pandavani song singer dance of Madhya Pradesh?
115. Which of the following folk singers is (a) Madlya (b) Gangaur
related to Pandavani folk song? (c) Saddle (d) Fefaria
(a) Shanti Bai Chelakne (c)
(b) Usha Bai Barle • Wind instrument - Kathi dance
(c) Puniya Bai • Area – Nimar
(d) All of the above • Occasion - Devprabodhini Ekadashi
(d) • group dance
• All of the above. 121. Mandalya is the folk dance of which
116. Vedmati style folk song is related to region of Madhya Pradesh?
which folk song? (a) Bundelkhand (b) Malwa
(a) Alha Gayan (b) Nirguni Gayan (c) Baghelkhand (d) Nimar
(c) Pandavani (d) Ghotul Pata (d)
(c) • Mandalay - Nimar region
• Vedmati style folk song - Pandavani song

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122. Rai is a famous folk dance of which (c) Kehra (d) Kanada
region of Madhya Pradesh? (c)
(a) Malwa (b) Bundelkhand • A special posture of Kehra dance is
(c) Baghelkhand (d) Nimar Furhari.
(b) 128. The folk dance performed in
• Rai Dance - Bundelkhand Baghelkhand region to welcome the
• State dance of Madhya Pradesh wedding procession is-
• Weddings and festivals (a) Dadar (b) Birha
• Mentioned in Padmavat (c) Matki (d) Kalsa
• Mention of Rai in Hitai Charita (d)
• Mridang instrument • Kalsa dance
123. Saira dance popular in Bundelkhand • On arrival of the wedding procession in
region of Madhya Pradesh is- Baghelkhand region.
(a) Female dominated • By keeping a Kalash on the head.
(b) Male dominated 129. Which dance of Madhya Pradesh is also
(c) Group known as Ahirai dance?
(d) None of these (a) Birha (b) Dadar
(b) (c) Matki (d) Kalsa
• Saira dance – male dominated (a)
124. Movement similar to Kathak is the • Ahirai Dance - Birha
specialty of which folk dance of Madhya • Region: Baghelkhand
Pradesh? • Occasion - Marriage and auspicious
(a) Rai dance occasions
(b) Gangaur dance • Style - Dance in fast rhythm
(c) Dhimrai dance 130. Which dance of Madhya Pradesh is also
(d) Paradhouni dance called Sajan-Sajni dance?
(c) (a) Dadar Dance (b) Kalsa Dance
• Dhimrai dance - copy of Kathak (c) Kemali Dance (d) Birha Dance
125. Paradhouni dance is performed by (c)
people of which caste- • Kemali Dance - Sajan-Sajni Dance
(a) Mudiya (b) Baiga 131. Who is called the 'King of folk dances'?
(c) Gond (d) Bhil (a) Birha (b) Karma
(b) (c) Reena (d) Garbi
• Paradhouni dance - Baiga tribe (b)
126. Which of the following folk dances is • King of folk dances - Karma
performed in Baghelkhand region? • Baghelkhand and South-Eastern Madhya
(a) Badhai (b) Matki Pradesh
(c) Dadar (d) Saira • Gond and Baigad tribes
(a) • Women and men
• Dadar - Baghelkhand region • Lagada, Thaada, Lehki, Dogas are the
• On the occasion of marriage styles of Karma dance.
127. Which of the following dances has a 132. Which of the following is a style of
special posture 'Furhari'? Karma dance -
(a) Kalsa (b) Dadar

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(a) Ragini 138. Doha dance, which is popular among the

(b) Jhoomar tribes of Madhya Pradesh, is performed
(c) Langada by?
(d) All of the above (a) Men
(d) (b) Women
• Karma dance styles - Lagada, Thaada, (c) By a group of men and women
Lehki, Dogas (d) None of these
133. Which is the first folk dance of Madhya (b)
Pradesh to be included in the Guinness • Doha dance - by women
Book? 139. Which is the popular dance of Bharia
(a) Pooja dance (b) Karma dance tribe of Madhya Pradesh?
(c) Reena dance (d) Bhadam dance (a) Saila (b) Reena
(b) (c) Karma (d) Bhadam
• Guinness Book of World Records – (d)
Karma Dance • Bharia tribe - Bhadam dance
134. Reena dance is the traditional dance of 140. Which one of the following is a folk
which tribe? dance of Oraon tribe-
(a) Bhil (b) Panika (a) Garbi dance
(c) Korku (d) Gond (b) Karma dance
(d) (c) Dhudia dance
• Reena dance - Gond tribe (d) Kaharwa dance
135. In which folk dance is the 'Tikora' (c)
musical instrument used? • Oraon tribe - Dhudia dance
(a) Saila (b) Kaharwa 141. Which statement about folk dance is
(c) Doha dance (d) Garbi dance false?
(b) (a) Dhandal dance is popular in Korku tribe
• In Kaharwa folk dance - Tikora musical (b) Gendi dance is the dance of Muria tribe
instrument is used. (c) Ganwar dance is the dance of Madia
136. Which of the following folk dances is a tribe
male dominated folk dance? (d) All the above statements are true
(a) Raasleela (b) Saila (d)
(c) Reena (d) Mandalya • All the above statements are true.
(b) 142. Who is called the originator of folk
• Saila - is a male dominated dance. drama Mach of Madhya Pradesh?
137. Which of the following folk dances is (a) Sukhram Yeti
performed on the occasion of nature (b) Mukundaram Seth
worship? (c) Balmukund ji
(a) Puja dance (b) Saila dance (d) Shivramji
(c) Reena dance (d) Garbi dance (c)
(b) • Founder of Maach folk theater –
• Saila dance - Gond tribe Balmukundji
• Region - Chhindwara, Balaghat 143. What is Bhavai in the folk arts of
• Occasion - Nature worship Madhya Pradesh?
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(c) Folk singing (d) Painting • highlights the feudal system.

(a) • During Diwali
• Bhavai is a folk dance. • Collective couplet singing
144. Gammat folk drama is popular in which 150. What is the main character called in
region of Madhya Pradesh? Nautanki Nayak folk drama?
(a) Malwa (b) Nimar (a) Vidushak (b) Ranga
(c) Bundelkhand (d) Baghelkhand (c) Ganga (d) Mansukha
(b) (b)
• Nimar • Main character in the folk drama called
• Gammat folk drama is popular in Nimar Nautanki- Ranga
region of M.P. 151. Hathrasi style is related to which folk
145. Bhuri Bhains, Dawood, Marghat ke drama?
Masaan are related to which folk drama? (a) Lakadbagha (b) Nautanki
(a) Akhada (b) Swang (c) Mansukha (d) Hingola
(c) Raasleela (d) Mansukha (b)
(b) • Hathrasi style - Nautanki
• Swang • Nautanki - region Bundelkhand,
146. In which folk drama of Madhya Pradesh auspicious occasion, satire on married
physical activities are displayed? life.
(a) Jindaba (b) Akhada 152. Kaliya Nag episode is performed in
(c) Mansukha (d) Raas which folk drama?
(b) (a) Hingola (b) Raas
• Akhada - Display of physical activities (c) Swang (d) Gammat
147. Khamb Swang is a folk drama of which (b)
tribe? • Raas - Kaliya Nag episode
(a) Bhil (b) Sahariya • Relation with Krishna Leela
(c) Korku (d) Gond 153. Sanja painting is related to which
(c) region?
• Khamb Swang - Korku tribe (a) Nimar (b) Bundelkhand
148. Swang is a folk drama of which region of (c) Baghelkhand (d) Malwa
Madhya Pradesh? (d)
(a) Malwa (b) Nimar • Sanja Painting - Festival of Malwa
(c) Vindhya (d) Bundelkhand • From the full moon of Bhadra month to
(d) the new moon of Ashwin month
• Swang - Bundelkhand • The addition of Jalebi is a type depicted
• Hyena - Baghelkhand in the painting.
149. The main theme of which folk drama in 154. ‘Jalebi ki Jod’ is related to which
Madhya Pradesh is to highlight the painting of Madhya Pradesh?
feudal system? (a) Divasa (b) Mandana
(a) Nautanki (b) Hingola (c) Sanja (d) Paglya
(c) Raas (d) Chhahur (c)
(d) • Sanja painting - Festival of Malwa
• Chhahur folk drama

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• From the full moon of Bhadra month to • Pagalya - Nimar region

the new moon of Ashwin month • Footprints of the child are made when the
• Jalebi ki Jod is a type of painting depicted child is born.
in it. 160. In which famous painting of Nimar
155. Which of the following paintings aims to region, figures of moon, sun and swastika
prevent obstacles and troubles coming to are made?
the house? (a) Mordhan (b) Kanchali
(a) Paglya (b) Savanahi (c) Jiroti (d) Thapa
(c) Mordhan (d) Suraiti (c)
(b) • Jiroti - Nimar region
• Savanahi - Malwa • Wall painting is made on Hariyali
• To protect from Tantra Mantra using cow Amavasya of Sawan month.
dung during Shravan month 161. Which of the following paintings is
156. In which painting are the depictions of related to Nimar region?
triangle, quadrilateral and circle shapes (a) Irat
found? (b) Mordhan
(a) Divasa (b) Mandana (c) Kanchali Bharna
(c) Savanahi (d) Chitravan (d) All of the above
(b) (d)
• Mandana - Malwa region • All of the above
• During Diwali, a house is built in the • Nimar painting - Irat, Mordhan, Kanchali
courtyard with the help of ocher and clay Bharna.
mixed with different colors on the 162. Which of the following is a folk painting?
ground. (a) Akhada (b) Thapa
157. Which of the following is a wall painting (c) Komb (d) Matki
of Madhya Pradesh? (b)
(a) Thapa (b) Mordhan • Thapa - Painting of Nimar region
(c) Divasa (d) Tilanga • Hand-drawn paintings on walls with the
(c) help of ochre
• Divasa - Mural painting 163. Which of the following is a folk painting
158. Chitravan painting is related to which of Bundelkhand in Madhya Pradesh-
region of Madhya Pradesh? (a) Thapa (b) Divasa
(a) Malwa (b) Baghelkhand (c) Surati (d) Tilanga
(c) Nimar (d) Bundelkhand (c)
(a) • Painting of Bundelkhand - Surati
• Chitravan – Malwa region • Other painting arts of Bundelkhand -
• At the time of marriage, a picture is made → Naurta, Morte, Mor Muraila, Surauti
on the wall of the house with the help of 164. Naurta is the folk painting of which
ocher and turmeric. region of Madhya Pradesh?
159. Pagalya is the folk art of which region of (a) Nimar (b) A and B
Madhya Pradesh? (c) Bundelkhand (d) Baghelkhand
(a) Bundelkhand (b) Nimar (b)
(c) Malwa (d) Baghelkhand • A and B
(b)

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165. The Godhan-Govardhan related 170. Madhya Pradesh has a rich tradition of
Bundelkhand region's motif is related to wood craft?
which festival? (a) Mandla
(a) Holi (b) Betul
(b) Dussehra (c) Hoshangabad
(c) Deepawali (d) All of the above
(d) Rakshabandhan (d)
(c) • All of the above
• Godhan: Govardhan - After Deepawali • Wood Crafts - Khair, Kharai, Safeda,
festival Sheesham
166. What is 'Mamulia' in relation to the art • Budhni, Sheopur and Rewa
of Madhya Pradesh? 171. The famous utensils called Batlohi are
(a) Folk drama (b) Folk dance made of which metal?
(c) Folk painting (d) Sculpture (a) Silver (b) Copper
(c) (c) Bronze (d) Brass
• Mamulia - Folk painting (c)
167. Which of the following options • Batlohi - Bronze Utensils (Unchehra of
represents the painting of Baghelkhand Satna)
region? • Datia and Tikamgarh are famous for bell
(a) Kohbar (b) Surati metal idols.
(c) Thapa (d) Divasa 172. In Madhya Pradesh, Terracotta Crafts
(a) are famous for -
• Kohbar - Wall painting (a) Rewa (b) Satna
• On the occasion of marriage (c) Jabalpur (d) Mandla
168. Which of the following is related to (d)
Baghelkhand painting? • Terracotta Crafts - Mandla
(a) Chhathi Chitra 173. In Madhya Pradesh, Lac Crafts are
(b) Tilanga Chitra famous for?
(c) Neura Name (a) Ratlam
(d) All of the above (b) Mandsaur
(d) (c) Maheshwar
• Baghelkhand painting - All of the above (d) All of the above
→ Kohbar, Chhathi Chitra, Tilanga, (d)
Neura Name. • Lacquer Crafts - All of the above
169. In which districts of Madhya Pradesh are → Ratlam, Maheshwar, Mandsaur
clay crafts made? 174. Chanderi in Madhya Pradesh is famous
(a) Dhar for ?
(b) Jhabua (a) Jewellery (b) Utensils
(c) Shahdol (c) Sarees (d) Doors
(d) All of the above (c)
(d) • Chanderi in M.P. - famous for sarees
• All of the above 175. Budhni Ghat in Madhya Pradesh is
• Clay craft - Jhabua, Mandla, Betul. famous for which art ?
(a) Chhipa craft (b) Handicraft

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(c) Lathe craft (d) Bamboo craft • Metal craft - Uchehra (Satna)
(c) 180. Which district of Madhya Pradesh is
• Budhni Ghat - Lathe craft famous for Bharewa craft?
176. Which city in Madhya Pradesh is famous (a) Hoshangabad (b) Narsinghpur
for doll craft ? (c) Khandwa (d) Betul
(a) Sagar (b) Gwalior (d)
(c) Chhatarpur (d) Panna • Betul
(b) • Bharewa - other name Thokara craft
• Gwalior • Ancient times - use of wax in artefacts
• Doll craft - • Example - Ghungroo, utensils, birds
→ Gwalior Jhabua 181. Which tribe in Madhya Pradesh is
→ Proposed for GI tag considered to be the inventor of comb
→ Batto Bai is the main Bheli doll artist. art?
177. What is the Chhipa craft of Ujjain (a) Mudia (b) Bhil
actually called ? (c) Banjara (d) Korku
(a) Artwork made with turmeric on paper (c)
(b) Artwork made on cloth by hand • Banjara - custom of Ardaas in marriages
(c) Various types of nature-related art on • Transfer - called Balad.
saree 182. Which is mainly the festival of farmers in
(d) Artistic objects made from brass and Madhya Pradesh?
copper (a) Deepawali (b) Dussehra
(b) (c) Hareli (d) Gangadashmi
• Chhipa craft - Artwork made on cloth by (c)
hand.
• Hareli - New moon day of Sawan month
178. Who is credited with establishing
• Worship of farming related tools.
Maheshwari saree in Madhya Pradesh?
183. Which of the following festivals is
(a) Tarabai (b) Kanna Bai
celebrated by unmarried girls?
(c) Kutobai (d) Ahilya Bai
(a) Marriage celebration
(d)
(b) Sanja and Mamulia
• Ahilyabai Holkar (c) Navratri
• Tenure - 1767 to 1795 (d) Larukaaj
• Capital - Maheshwar (b)
• Established Rehwa Society in
• Sanja and Mamulia
Maheshwar.
• Lasts for 16 days in Ashwin month.
179. Select the craft and its famous centre in
• (Sanja) Imitation on walls with cow dung.
Madhya Pradesh -
• Mamulia - In Bundelkhand region, lemon
(a) Brass craft Narsinghpur
palanquin is decorated, immersed in
(b) Metal craft-Satna
water body.
(c) Betel nut craft-Rewa
184. In which festival do the young men and
(d) All of the above
women of Bhil tribe choose their life
(d)
partners?
• All of the above
(a) Meghnath
• Brass craft - Chichli (Narsinghpur)
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(c) Bhagoria • Korku - tradition of erecting pillars in the

(d) All of the above festival
(c) 189. When is Govardhan Puja performed in
• Bhagoria Madhya Pradesh ?
• Main program - 7 days long Gulalia, (a) 1 day before Diwali
Bhagoria, Ujadiya. (b) On the day of Diwali
185. Which festival is celebrated when the (c) 2 days before Diwali
new crop ripens? (d) On the second day of Diwali
(a) Norta (b) Hareli (d)
(c) Navanna (d) Gangaur • Govardhan Puja - on the second day of
(c) Diwali
• Mention of Krishna lifting Govardhan
• Navanna
mountain in Bhagavat Purana.
• Meaning - New food
190. Which deity is worshipped on Gangaur
• First of all - offering of naivedya to the
festival?
fire god.
(a) Brahma and Saraswati
• Bengali word - Quoted from
(b) Vishnu and Lakshmi
Nabbana/Naubanna
(c) Shiva and Parvati
186. Sanja (Mamulia) is a festival of
(d) Krishna and Radha
unmarried girls, for how many days does
(c)
this festival last?
(a) 9 days (b) 11 days • Gangaur - of Shiva and Parvati
(c) 13 days (d) 16 days • Gana (Group – related to Shiva)
(d) • Gauri (Gauri – Parvati)
• Hindu calendar first year till 16 days of
• 16 days
Chaitra
• It lasts for 16 days in the month of
Ashwin • Festival of marital fidelity, procreation.
191. Which of the following pairs is not
• (Sanja) Replica on walls with cow dung.
matched?
• Mamulia - In Bundelkhand region, lemon
(a) Ghaulya - unmarried youth
palanquin is decorated and immersed in a
(b) Ghadlya - unmarried girls
water body.
(c) Neerja - men and women
187. Shabri Kumbh festival is organised in
(d) Akha Teej - unmarried girls
which state?
(c)
(a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Chhattisgarh
(c) Gujarat (d) Maharashtra • Neerja - men and women
(c) • Neerja - nine day festival - before
Dussehra girls also celebrate Ghadlya.
• Narmada
• Pictures of moon.
• It is organised in Dang district of Gujarat
192. Ranouta is a festival celebrated by which
188. Which tribal group in Madhya Pradesh
tribe?
celebrates Meghnad festival?
(a) Bhil (b) Gond
(a) Gond tribal (b) Bhil tribal
(c) Baiga (d) Korku
(c) Bega tribal (d) Korku tribal
(c) Baiga
(a)
• Baiga
• Gond tribal
• Ranouta - Rasnava

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• Popular among the Baigas of Mandla (d) Mada Rock Paintings

• Related to the popular Naga Baiga story • (b) Bhimbetka Caves
193. Which festival of Gond tribe celebrated • India's oldest prehistoric rock paintings
in honour of Narayan Dev is considered a have been found in the caves of
symbol of the marriage of a pig? Bhimbetka.
(a) Akha Teej (b) Sanja 197. How many types of painting styles
(c) Larukaaj (d) Suara developed in Madhya Pradesh during the
(c) medieval period?
• Larukaaj - Laaru-groom, Kaaj-marriage (a) 1 (b) 2
• Sacrifice of pig, symbol of prosperity, (c) 3 (d) 4
health of the family • (d) 4
194. Where is the fair of Nagaji held in • 4 types of painting styles developed
Madhya Pradesh? during the medieval period.
(a) Guna (b) Bhind 198. Which type of influence is mainly seen in
(c) Morena (d) Shivpuri the painting style of Malwa?
(c) (a) Natural
• Bagaji - Morena (Porsa) (b) Religious
• Saint Nagaji of Akbar's time (c) Historical
• Upto 1 month (November-December) (d) Archaeological
• Pets are bought. • (b) Religious
195. Which state of India is called the 'Home • Mainly religious influence is seen in
of Arts'? Malwa painting.
(a) Madhya Pradesh 199. Which ruler of Malwa encouraged and
(b) Rajasthan patronized the painting of Malwa in the
(c) Uttarakhand 15-16th century?
(d) Himachal Pradesh (a) Hushangshah (b) Baz Bahadur
• (a) Madhya Pradesh (c) Malharrao Holkar (d) None of these
• Nicknames of Madhya Pradesh • (b) Baz Bahadur
• Home of Arts 200. Where is the main training center of
• Motherland of Rivers painting in the twentieth century in
Madhya Pradesh, 'Devlalikar Kala
• Heartland
Vithika' located?
• Mini India
(a) Indore (b) Dhar
• Manganese City
(c) Ujjain (d) Mandu
• Tiger State
• (a) Indore
• Leopard State
• History of Devlalikar Kala Vithika Art
• Soya State
Gallery which was earlier an art college,
• Kohinoor State
in which Indore artist Vishnu Chichalkar
• Amazing MP
taught.
196. Where are the oldest prehistoric rock
• Established in Indore in 1927
paintings of India found?
• Vishnu Chichalkar
(a) Adamgarh
→ Born 1917 (Aalor village)
(b) Bhimbetka Caves
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201. Who developed and encouraged painting 205. Who is considered to be the father and
in Bundelkhand in the medieval period? protector of the 'Bagheli Kalam' style of
(a) Bundela rulers painting in Baghelkhand?
(b) Chandela rulers (a) Vishwanath Singh
(c) Tomar rulers (b) Birsingh Judev Bundela
(d) Other rulers (c) Shugjit Singh Bundela
• (a) Bundela rulers (d) Raja Chhatrasal
• Among the Bundela rulers, Chhatrasal • (a) Vishwanath Singh
Bundela mainly encouraged • Raja Vishwanath Singh is considered to
Bundelkhand painting. be the protector of the Bagheli Kalam
202. Which Bundela ruler developed the style.
'Bundeli Kalam style' in Bundelkhand? 206. Which statement is not correct regarding
(a) Madhukar Shah the Bagheli painting style?
(b) Birsingh Judev Bundela (a) Influence of Bagheli folk culture
(c) Shugjit Singh Bundela (b) Use of dark bright colours
(d) Raja Chhatrasal (c) Use of light and artificial colours
• (c) Shugjit Singh Bundela (d) Religious influence
• Bundeli Kalam style is a style of painting. • (c) Use of light and artificial colours
• It was started by Bundeli ruler Shugjit • The influence of Baghel culture and
Singh Bundela. religious influence are important in the
• It was popular among the people of Gosai Bagheli painting style.
community of Bundelkhand. • Dark bright colours are used in it.
203. Which fort of Bundelkhand region has 207. Who first provided protection and
couplets of poet Bihari's composition encouragement to the Gwalior style of
'Bihari Satsai' painted on it? painting?
(a) Orchha Fort (b) Datia Fort (a) Gurjar-Pratihara rulers
(c) Jhansi Fort (d) Narwar Fort (b) Kachchhapghat rulers
• (b) Datia Fort (c) Tomar rulers
• It is a seven storey palace. (d) Scindia rulers
• Raja Bir Singh Dev built it completely • (c) Tomar rulers
with stone/brick in 1614. • The Gwalior style was nurtured by the
• Datia's name is derived from the Tomar rulers.
mythological demon Dantavakra. • The Gwalior style prominently depicts
• Couplets of Bihari Satsai are painted in natural scenes, mythological stories,
this fort. pictures of kings and queens and religious
204. Which Bundela ruler got Acharya subjects.
Keshavdas' composition 'Rasik Priya' 208. Who patronised and encouraged the
painted in the palace of Orchha, the 'Patna style' of painting in Madhya
capital of the Bundela rulers? Pradesh?
(a) Madhukar Shah (b) Indrajit Singh (a) Scindia ruler (Gwalior)
(c) Birsingh Judev (d) Jujhar Singh (b) Pawar ruler (Dewas)
• (b) Indrajit Singh (c) Holkar ruler (Indore)
• Rao Indrajit Singh Bundela got Rasik (d) Parmar ruler (Malwa)
Priya painted in the palace of Orchha. • (a) Scindia ruler (Gwalior)

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• The Patna style was patronised by the → Padma Shri in 1981

Scindia ruler. → Padma Bhushan in 2007
209. The Scindia ruler of Gwalior state who → Padma Bhushan in 2013
built 'Chitera Oli' in Gwalior to provide → Kalidas Samman in 1992
state patronage to painters? 213. The French painter whom Madhya
(a) Mahadji Scindia Pradesh's painter Syed Haider Raza
(b) Daulatrao Scindia married?
(c) Madhavrao Scindia I (a) Johnny Menjila (b) Sofia
(d) Jayajirao Scindia (c) Harris (d) Frida Kahlo
• (d) Jayajirao Scindia • (a) Johnny Menjila
• A street in Madhavganj of Gwalior was • Wife - Syed Haider Raza
named Chitera Oli. 214. Which of the following statements is not
• Jayajirao Scindia provided patronage to correct about painter Syed Haider Raza?
painters by giving them state grants. (a) Awarded Padma Shri in 1981
210. What is the main feature of Gwalior style (b) Awarded Kalidas Samman in 1981
of painting of Madhya Pradesh? (c) Syed Haider Raza died in Mumbai in
(a) Costumes of hero and heroine, dupatta, 2016
pallu (d) Awarded Padma Bhushan in 2007
(b) Imaginary form of religious paintings of • (c) Syed Haider Raza died in Mumbai
Ramayana in 2016
(c) Imaginary form of religious paintings of 215. Which of the following painters was born
Mahabharata in Indore?
(d) All of the above (a) Vishnu Chinchalkar
• (d) All of the above (b) Manjusha Ganguly
• Features of Gwalior style (c) Narayan Shridhar Bendre
211. Which of the following paintings is not of (d) M.F. Hussain
Syed Haider Raza? • (c) Narayan Shridhar Bendre
(a) Infinity of the constant void • Born: Indore (1910)
(b) Unheard voice • Awarded Padma Shri in 1969.
(c) Tapovan
• Kalidas Samman by Madhya Pradesh
(d) Monalisa
government.
• (d) Monalisa 216. Gandhi paintings in ‘Prarthana Sabha’
• Names of paintings of Syed Haider Raza belong to which painter?
• Infinity of the constant void (a) Narayan Shridhar Bendre
• Tapovan (b) Manjusha Ganguly
• Saurashtra (c) Basant Agashe
212. The famous Indian painter who received (d) Syed Haider Raza
the highest award of French painting? • (a) Narayan Shridhar Bendre
(a) Shridhar Narayan Bendre • Gandhi paintings in ‘Prathana Sabha’
(b) Syed Haider Raza belong to Narayan Shridhar Bendre.
(c) Vishnu Chinchalkar 217. When did the famous Indian painter
(d) Maqbool Fida Hussain Narayan Shridhar Bendre get the Padma
• (b) Syed Haider Raza Shri award by the Government of India?
• Awards (a) 1969 (b) 1974

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(c) 1992 (d) 1981 223. Where did Painter M.F.Hussain

• (a) 1969 originally belong to?
218. Which painter painted ‘Monalisa in (a) Alot (Dewas)
slippers’? (b) Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh)
(a) Leonardo da Vinci (c) Pandharpur (Sholapur, Maharashtra)
(b) Michael Angelo (d) Raipur (Chhattisgarh)
(c) Vishnu Chinchalkar • (c) Pandharpur (Sholapur,
(d) Amritlal Vegad Maharashtra)
• (c) Vishnu Chinchalkar • M F Hussain (Maqbool Fida Hussain)
• Birth: 5 September 1917 (Dhar) • Birth: Pandharpur, (17 September 1915)
• Book: Khulte Akshar Khilte Ank • Death: 9 June 2010 New York, America
• Paintings: Monalisa (In rubber slippers) 224. Which of the following statements is false
219. Which of the following statements is true about the famous painter M.F. Hussain?
about the painter Vishnu Chinchalkar? (a) The film 'Pandharpur Ka Ladka' is based
(a) Vishnu Chinchalkar was a skilled painter on the autobiography of M.F. Hussain
in landscape portraiture. (b) M.F. Hussain acquired the citizenship of
(b) He created a group of painters called Qatar in the year 2009
Good Friday in the year 1960. (c) M.F. Hussain was awarded Padma Shri
(c) Vishnu Chinchalkar created artistic in 1966 and Padma Bhushan in 1973
objects from leaves, bamboo pieces and (d) M.F. Hussain died in New York (USA)
mango seeds in his initial painting. in 2010
(d) All of the above • (d) M.F. Hussain died in New York
• (d) All of the above (USA) in 2010
220. Indore's famous painting training guru 225. Madhya Pradesh's famous painter
Shri D.D. Devlalikar was originally from Devyani Jaishankar Krishna is related
which district? to?
(a) Indore (b) Ujjain (a) Babai (Hoshangabad)
(c) Dhar (d) Dewas (b) Maheshwar (Khargone)
• (c) Dhar (c) Omkareshwar (Khandwa)
221. To whom among the following did Shri (d) Kasrawad (Khargone)
D.D. Devlalikar impart painting training • (b) Maheshwar (Khargone)
in Indore? • Devyani Jaishankar Jaishankar Krishna
(a) Syed Haider Raza was related to Maheshwar (Khargone).
(b) Narayan Shridhar Bendre 226. Which of the following paintings is not of
(c) Vishnu Chinchalkar Devyani Jaishankar Krishna?
(d) All of the above (a) Bride buying bangles
• (d) All of the above (b) Weekly market
222. With which film actress did painter M.F. (c) Gangaur festival
Hussain make the film Gaja Gamini? (d) Jesus Christ in vest
(a) Sridevi • (d) Jesus Christ in vest
(b) Vyjayanthimala • Jesus Christ in vest is the work of Vishnu
(c) Madhuri Dixit Chinchalkar.
(d) Hema Malini 227. The famous painting 'Varsha Aagaman'
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(a) Laxmishankar Rajput 231. In which region of Madhya Pradesh is

(b) Dr. Manjusha Ganguly the maximum influence of folk painting
(c) Rajaram visible?
(d) Ramesh Pataria (a) Malwa (b) Nimar
• (a) Laxmishankar Rajput (c) Bundelkhand (d) Baghelkhand
• Varsha Aagaman is the work of • (c) Bundelkhand
Laxmishankar Rajput. • The extensive influence of folk painting
• He was born on 6 October 1919 in a is visible in Bundelkhand.
Rajput family of Indore. 232. Which of the following folk paintings is
• He studied art from Shri Devlalikar in not popular in Malwa region?
Indore and then passed the diploma (a) Chitravan (b) Rangoli
examination from J.J. School of Art (c) Mandana (d) Suata
Bombay in 1935. • (d) Suata
228. The famous painting ‘Tibetan Mask’ • This is a festival. Which is displayed
belongs to which painter? through games in Bundelkhand.
(a) S.K. Jamindar 233. When is the folk painting Chitravan of
(b) Devyani Krishna Malwa carved (made)?
(c) Shrenik Jain (a) On birth anniversary
(d) G.K. Pandit (b) On Mundan Sanskar
• (b) Devyani Krishna (c) At the time of marriage
• Devyani Krishna is a painter. (d) On the occasion of Holi
• He was born in Indore. • (c) At the time of marriage
229. Which of the following painters is not • Chtravan is carved at the time of
correctly matched? marriage.
(Painter) (Originally related 234. The famous folk painting artist of Malwa
place) region ‘Dhoolji Maharaj’ is related to
(a) Dr. Manjusha Gwalior whom?
Ganguly (a) Chitravan (b) Rangoli
(b) Madan Gwalior (c) Mandana (d) Sanja Phooli
Bhatnagar • (d) Sanja Phooli
(c) Amritlal Vegad Jabalpur 235. What is the painting of Nimar region
(d) Sachida Nagdev Sagar ‘Paglya’?
• (d) Sachida Nagdev - Sagar (a) Sketch on the birth of first child
230. Which of the following painters of (b) Picture of Mundan Sanskar
Madhya Pradesh is known as 'Narmada (c) Haldi thaapa
Putra'? (d) Picture of Kuldevi
(a) Amritlal Vegad • (a) Sketch on the birth of first child
(b) Ramesh Pataria • Sketch on the birth of first child
(c) Yusuf • Paglya is the painting of Nimar.
(d) Akhilesh 236. When is the picture of ‘Irat’ carved in
• (a) Amritlal Begad Nimar region?
• Born: 1928 (Jabalpur) (a) At the time of marriage
• Book: Narmada, the river of beauty, on (b) On Diwali
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(d) On birthday • Suara and Mamulia were real siblings.

• (a) At the time of marriage Mamulia sacrificed himself to end his
• Irat is a painting made at the time of brother’s habit of kidnapping. And in his
marriage. last moments, he took a vow not to
• It is popular in Nimar region. kidnap. Suara promised to get himself
• It is the picture of Kuldevi. worshipped for nine days.
237. When is the picture of ‘Kohva’ (Ko 241. ‘Naag Chitra’ and ‘Khopdi Poojan’ folk
Habar) carved? art is popular in which region of Madhya
(a) On the occasion of marriage Pradesh?
(b) On the occasion of birth (a) Malwa (b) Nimar
(c) On the occasion of Mundan Sanskar (c) Bundelkhand (d) Baghelkhand
(d) On the occasion of Yajnopaveet • (b) Nimar
• (a) On the occasion of marriage • Snake painting and skull worship.
• Kohbar is a painting of Baghelkhand. • Occasion: Nag Panchami.
• It is a wall painting. • Snake is drawn in the middle of the
238. The most popular painting of entire painting, along with the snake, milk cup,
Madhya Pradesh including Bundelkhand black belia, scorpion etc. are also painted.
is? 242. Baghelkhand's folk painting 'Tilanga' is
(a) Chowk Poorna made from what?
(b) Naurata (a) Turmeric-Kumkum
(c) Mamulia (b) Akshat (rice) and flour
(d) Gobar Govardhan (c) Ochre and Chalk
• (a) Chowk Poorna (d) Coal and sesame oil
• Chowk Poorna is the most popular • (d) Coal and sesame oil
painting of Madhya Pradesh. • In coal and sesame oil
• It is popular on auspicious occasions. • Tilanga
239. Where is the first evidence of ‘Swastik’ • Making wall painting with coal and
as a painting by humans found? sesame oil.
(a) From Indus Valley Civilization • This is a totemic concept.
(b) From Vedic Civilization 243. Which is the main center of clay craft in
(c) From Late Vedic Civilization Madhya Pradesh?
(d) From Maurya period (a) Dhar, Jhabua
• (a) From Indus Valley Civilization (b) Rewa, Shahdol
• Evidence of Swastika is first found in (c) Betul, Mandla
Indus Civilization. (d) All of the above
240. Who has a tradition of making and • (d) All of the above
worshipping ‘Suata ka Chitra’ in • Clay sculpture Rewa, Shahdol, Jhabua,
Bundelkhand? Mandla, Betul have a special place in clay
(a) By unmarried girls sculpture.
(b) By women • The Poonia and Arhariya tribes residing
(c) By men in Mandla district do terracuta sculpture.
(d) All of the above • The idols of Badi Devi, Phulwari Devi are
• (a) By unmarried girls famous in this.
• Suara Festival 244. Tribe proficient in Pithora sculpture?

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(a) Bhil (b) Korku • Main centres of Kharad Kala - Kharad

(c) Kol (d) Gond craftwork is at a rich level in tribal areas
• (a) Bhil of Madhya Pradesh like Mandla, Betul,
• Pithora painting belongs to the Bhil tribe. Narmadapuram, Dhar and Jhabua.
• This is a painting made on religious basis. 249. The place in Madhya Pradesh which is
• In this, Ravana is made with 12 faces famous all over the country for betel nut
instead of 10 and pictorial idols of Ram- toys?
Lakshman are made. (a) Gadarwara (Narsinghpur)
• Among the Bhils, a person recognized as (b) Patalkot (Chhindwara)
a priest makes Pithora. He observes a fast. (c) Govindgarh (Rewa)
• It is called Likhandra. (d) Bandhavgarh (Umaria)
245. The craftsman of which art of Madhya • (c) Govindgarh (Rewa)
Pradesh is called 'Likhandra'? • Betel nut toys are made in the regional
(a) Pithora Craftsmanship areas of Rewa.
(b) Wood Craftsmanship 250. The main centre for making artistic
(c) Lathe Craftsmanship objects from brass and copper in
(d) All of the above Madhya Pradesh is?
• (a) Pithora Craftsmanship (a) Chichli (Narsinghpur)
• The person who makes Pithora is called (b) Pipariya (Hoshangabad)
Likhandra. (c) Multai (Betul)
246. Which animal is drawn the most in (d) Pandhurna (Chhindwara)
Pithora Craftsmanship? • (a) Chichli (Narsinghpur)
(a) Elephant (b) Camel • Artistic objects from brass and copper are
(c) Horse (d) Tiger made in Chichli (Narsinghpur).
• (c) Horse 251. Which is the main center of bamboo
• The horse is drawn the most in Pithora craftsmanship in Madhya Pradesh?
Painting. (a) Hoshangabad (b) Mandla
247. The famous craftsman of Madhya (c) Seoni (d) Shahdol
Pradesh 'Pema Phalya' is famous in the • (a) Hoshangabad
country and abroad for which art? • Bamboo Craftsmanship - Hoshangabad
(a) Pithora Craftsmanship • Mandla, Jhabua, Balaghat, Hoshangabad
(b) Comb Craftsmanship are the main centers.
(c) Wood Craftsmanship 252. Where in Madhya Pradesh are statues
(d) Sculpture Craftsmanship and temples made from marble stone?
• (a) Pithora Craftsmanship (a) Jabalpur and Gwalior
• Pema Phalya is a famous Lakhindra. (b) Mandsaur
• Bhuri Bai is also a famous Lakhindra. (c) Tikamgarh
248. The main centre of ‘Kharad Kala’ in (d) All of the above
Madhya Pradesh is? • (d) All of the above
(a) Budhni Ghat (Sehore) • Sculptures and temples made of marble
(b) Sheopur Kalan stone in Madhya Pradesh Jabalpur
(c) Rewa Gwalior, Mandsaur, Tikamgarh
(d) All of the above 253. The tribe which first weaved cloth on
• (d) All of the above earth?

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(a) Kol (b) Panika 257. The stupas of Sanchi are examples of
(c) Gond (d) Baiga architecture related to which religion?
• (b) Panika (a) Hinduism (b) Buddhism
254. Which of the following craftsmanship (c) Jainism (d) Vaishnavism
centres in Madhya Pradesh is not • (b) Buddhism
correctly matched? • The Sanchi stupa is related to Buddhism.
(Craftsmanship) (Major centres) 258. The reign of which dynasty in the
(a) Chhipa craft Kukshi (Dhar) country is called the 'Golden Age of
(b) Bagh print Dhar Architecture'?
(c) Bhairavgarh print Ujjain (a) Gupta period (b) Maurya period
(d) Zari print Ratlam (c) Shunga period (d) Parmar period
• (d) Zari print - Ratlam • (a) Gupta period
255. In which period is the real form of the 259. On which occasion is the painting of
sequential history of architecture found Aathe Kanhaiya done.
in Madhya Pradesh? (a) Shivaratri (b) Ramnavami
(a) Mauryan period (b) Gupta period (c) Krishna Janmashtami (d) Navratri
(c) Shung period (d) Parmar period • (c) Krishna Janmashtami
• (a) Mauryan period 260. On which occasion is the Mordhan
256. The royal palace found in the Garhkalika painting done.
area of Ujjain was built during the reign (a) Deepawali
of which dynasty? (b) Holi
(a) Mauryan period (b) Gupta period (c) Krishna Janmashtami
(c) Parmar period (d) Shung period (d) Rakshabandhan
• (a) Mauryan period • (a) Deepawali
• The royal palace of Garhkalika area of
Ujjain was built during the Mauryan
period.

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Theatre artist in M.P.

1. In which state was the famous theatre • He is the founder member of Kala
artist Habin Tanvir born? Academy in Ujjain.
(a) Chhattisgarh • Work - Satoriya (It was staged in Vikram
(b) Himachal Pradesh Kirti Mandir Ujjain in 1981)
(c) Karnataka 5. Banshi Kaul was born in which place
(d) Maharashtra (state) ?
• (a) Chhattisgarh (a) Srinagar
• He established Hindustani Theatre in (b) Madhya Pradesh
1954. (c) Himachal
• Famous dramatic works - (d) Punjab
→ Shatranj ki Mohre • (a) Srinagar
→ Agra Bazaar • Birth - 23 August 1949
→ Mitti ki Gaadi • Place - Srinagar, Kashmir
→ Gaon ka naam Sasaras Mor naam • Established Rang Vidushak in Bhopal.
Damad • He was awarded Padma Shri in 2014 and
→ Charandas Chor Kalidas Samman in 2016.
→ Donkeys (Balnaak) • Death - 6 February 2021
2. Which group was established by Mrs. 6. Where was Baba Dike born?
Gulvardhan? (a) Mandsaur (b) Neemuch
(a) Little Ballet Troupe (b) Prayog Group (c) Ashoknagar (d) Harda
(c) Natraj Troupe (d) All of the Above • (b) Neemuch
• (a) Little Ballet Troupe • Birth: 7 June 1919
• Established - 20 January 1952 (Mumbai) • Place: Neemuch
• In 1964 - 65, another branch of it was • He established Balodwar Mandal, Natya
established in Gwalior. Bharati and Little Theatre in Indore.
• In 2001, he was given Shikhar Samman • In 1974, he was honored as the best
by the M.P. Government. theater artist and actor of Madhya
3. Krishnanath Shivnath Mehta was born in Pradesh by the Madhya Pradesh Arts
which district of M.P.? Council.
(a) Chhindwara (b) Jabalpur 7. Where was the Madhya Pradesh Natya
(c) Indore (d) Bhopal Vidyalaya established?
• (b) Jabalpur (a) Bhopal (b) Indore
• Birth - 1925 (c) Satna (d) Maihar
• Place - Jabalpur • (a) Bhopal
• Works - Aakhri Sawaal, Das Patra, • Established - 17 June 2021
Dularibai, Ashaadh Ka Ek Din 8. When was the MP film shooting policy
4. Prabhat Kumar Bhattacharya belongs to made?
which place? (a) 2017 (b) 2020
(a) Sanchi (b) Ujjain (c) 2015 (d) 2014
(c) Satna (d) Rewa • (b) 2020
• (b) Ujjain 9. Where was the organization named
Sampresan established?
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(c) Bhopal (d) Indore (b) Damoh

• (a) Katni (c) Sagar
10. Pandit Amarnath, Ustad Amir Khan, (d) None of the above
Amarjeet Gaur Sankarlal Mishra belong • (a) 1954
to which gharana? 17. When was Begum Asgari Bai born?
(a) Gwalior gharana (a) 25 August 1981
(b) Banaras gharana (b) 15 August 1980
(c) Indore gharana (c) 14 August 2013
(d) Maihar gharana (d) 12 August 1917
• (c) Indore gharana • (a) 25 August 1981
11. Who established the Maihar Band? • Chhatarpur
(a) Ustad Amir Khan • 1987 - Sangeet Natak Academy Award
(b) Ustad Aliuddin Khan • 1985 - Tansen Samman
(c) Ustad Amarjit
(d) All of the above
• (b) Ustad Aliuddin Khan
12. Singers of Khayal and Firat style are-
(a) Hassu Khan
(b) Haddu Khan
(c) Natthu Khan
(d) All of the above
• (d) All of the above
13. When was Raja Mansingh Tomar Music
and Arts University established?
(a) 2002 (b) 2004
(c) 2006 (d) 2008
• (d) 2008
• Establishment - 19 August 2008
• Place - Gwalior
14. When and who established Government
Music College, Maihar?
(a) 1954, D. D. Devlalikar
(b) 1956, Ustad Alauddin Khan
(c) 1818, Shrimant Madhavrao Scindia
(d) None of the above
• (b) 1956 Ustad Alauddin Khan
15. When was the Government Lalit Kala
Vidyalaya, Gwalior established.
(a) 1954 (b) 1945
(c) 1926 (d) 1936
• (a) 1954
16. Where was the music emperor Tansen
born?
(a) Behar

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Major festivals, fairs and celebrations of (d) Rahas Fair

Madhya Pradesh • (b) Mahamrityunjay Fair
1. Where is Kalika fair held? • Mahamrityunjay Fair is held in Rewa.
(a) Dhar (b) Indore • Other Fairs of Sagar Division
(c) Bhopal (d) Maihar Name Place
Chamba Shashthi Deori (Sagar)
• (a) Dhar Fair
• This is the biggest fair of the Dhar Dhamoni Urs Dhamoni (Sagar)
district. Chandi Fair Damoh
2. Where is Barman Ghat fair held? Choumukhanath Nachna (Panna)
(a) Khargone (b) Narsinghpur Fair
(c) Rewa (d) Satna 6. Which is not fair of Rewa Division.
(a) Kajaliya Fair, Devtalab
• (b) Narsinghpur (b) Basant Panchami Fair, Devtalab
• It is held on the banks of river Narmada. (c) Chitrakoot Fair
• 15 days fairs. (d) Sitarapatan Fair
3. Which are not matched - • (d) Sitarapatan Fair
1. Gwalior Trade Fair - Gwalior • Sitarapatan Fair is held in Mandla. Other
2. Gwalior Cattle Fair - Gwalior fairs of Rewa division
• Name Place
3. Gopeshwar Fair - Gwalior
• Sarbhanga Fair Satna
4. Tejaji Fair - Gwalior
• Sidhbaba Fair Satna
(a) Only - 2 (b) Only - 3 • Dharkundi Fair Satna
(c) Only - 4 (d) Only - 1 • Chitrakoot Fair Chitrakoot, Satna
• (c) Only - 4 7. Mandwara festival is celebrated by ........
4. Where is Ramji Baba Fair held? (a) Gond (b) Baiga
(a) Sagar (c) Bhariya (d) Sahariya
(b) Narmadapuram • (a) Gond
(c) Sodalpur 8. Where is the fair of Jalbihari organized?
(a) Chhatarpur (b) Sidhi
(d) Morena (c) Hoshangabad (d) Seoni
• (b) Narmadapuram • (a) Chhatarpur
• Ramji Baba fair is held in 9. Where is the fair of Kanha Baba held in
Narmadapuram. Madhya Pradesh?
• Other important fairs: (a) Hoshangabad (b) Shodalpur
(c) Barwani (d) Rewa
→ Tejaji Fair - Guna
• (b) Shodalpur
→ Sant Singaji Fair - Khandwa
10. Where is the Nimar festival organized
→ Swami Prannath Fair - Chhatarpur every year in Madhya Pradesh?
→ Kaluji Fair - Khargone (a) Khajuraho (b) Maheshwar
→ Baba Garibnath Fair - Shajapur (c) Omkareshwar (d) Mandu
→ Peer Budhan Fair - Shivpuri • (b) Maheshwar
→ Kanha Budhan Fair - Shivpuri
→ Kanha Baba Fair - Harda
→ Naga Ji Fair - Morena
5. Which is not fair of Sagar division ?
(a) Kundalpur Jain Fair
(b) Mahamrityunjay Fair
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Note : See Unit 10 questions for fairs, 7. Where is the All India Classical Dance
celebrations and festivals. Festival organized every year in Madhya
Pradesh?
Music, Musicians, Painters and Theatre in (a) Pachmarhi (b) Khajuraho
Madhya Pradesh (c) Gwalior (d) Orchha
1. Match List I with List II.
• (b) Khajuraho
List I List II
8. What was the real name of Kumar
(Folk Songs) (Related Region)
Gandharva?
A. Railo Songs 1. Malwa Region
(a) Shiva (b) Bhushan
B. Garba Songs 2. Nimar Region (c) Shivputra (d) Ganesha
C. Deori Songs 3. Bundelkhand
• (c) Shivputra
Songs
• Kumar Gandharva was born in 1924 in
D. Ghotul Pata 4. Baghelkhand
Belgaum.
Song Singing
Code: • His real name was 'Shivputra'.
A B C D • A monk in a monastery gave him the title
(a) 2 3 1 4 of 'Kumar Gandharva'.
(b) 4 3 2 1 9. ‘Gandhi Raga’ is a famous raga of which
(c) 3 2 1 4 musician?
(d) 1 2 3 4 (a) Tansen (b) Amir Ali
(c) Shankar Rao (d) Kumar Gandharva
• (d) 1 2 3 4
2. Shankar Rao Pandit was related to which • (d) Kumar Gandharva
subject? • Kumar Gandharva did a unique
(a) Sitar playing (b) Mridang playing experiment in classical music.
(c) Khayal singing (d) Kathak dance • His most famous raga is 'Gandhi Raga',
• (c) Khayal singing while the name of his book is 'Anup
Raga'.
3. Which of the following is related to the
Maach singing style? • Gandhi Raga is played in peaceful tones.
(a) Kaluram Bamnia 10. Why is Amjad Ali Khan famous?
(b) Satyendra Singh Lohia (a) Singing (b) Sarod playing
(c) Bhagwatilal Rajpurohit (c) Sarangi playing (d) Tabla playing
(d) Om Pramar Sharma • (b)
• (d) Om Prakash Sharma • Amjad Ali Khan is famous for Sarod
4. Birha is the popular folk song of women of playing. Ravi Shankar is famous for Sitar,
which tribal community? Zakir Hussain is famous for Tabla
(a) Gond (b) Kol playing.
(c) Bhil (d) Sahariya 11. Who among the following is not a theatre
artist?
• (a) Gond
(a) Bansikol (b) Narhari
5. Saint Singhaji was a resident of which
(c) Vibha Mishra (d) Jagdish
region of Madhya Pradesh?
Swaminathan
(a) Bundelkhand (b) Baghelkhand
(c) Malwa (d) Nimar • (d)
• (d) Nimar • Jagadish Swaminathan is an excellent
painter of Madhya Pradesh and not a
6. The original name of Tansen was?
theatre artist. While Bansikol, Narhari
(a) Makarchandra Pandey
Patel and Vibha Mishra are famous
(b) Ramtanu Pandey
theatre artists of the state.
(c) Lala Klavant
(d) Bazbahadur 12. Ustad Allauddin Khan was associated with
which place?
• (b) Ramtanu Pandey (a) Dewas (b) Burhanpur
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• (d) Maihar • Amjad Ali Khan is a famous Indian

• Ustad Allauddin Khan was primarily a classical musician, who is a sarod player.
Bengali Indian Sarod player, who was a • Ustad Amjad Ali Khan was born on 9
resident of Shivpurgaon (Bangladesh) of October 1945 in Gwalior, Madhya
Brahmin Bania. Pradesh.
• Later he started living as a court musician • He gave his first sarod recital at the age
in the court of Brijnath Singh Maharaj of of just 6 years.
Maihar district of Madhya Pradesh. 17. Who among the following artists from
• He established the Maihar Gharana music Madhya Pradesh is known for his art with
in the 19th century. nails?
13. Famous musician Ustad Allauddin Khan (a) Mushtaq Ali
was a resident of which place? (c) Shahmeer Khan
(a) Katni (b) Satna (b) Mohammad Bilal Khatri
(c) Maihar (d) Rewa (d) Wajid Khan
• Answer-(c) • Answer (d)
• The famous Sarod player Ustad Alauddin • Wajid Khan was born on 10 March 1981
Khan was born in a village named in Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh.
Shivpur in Tripura district and lived in • He is an internationally renowned iron
many places for teaching and training, but nail artist, painter and inventor.
Ustad started living with his family in • He is known for his art with nails.
Maihar city of Madhya Pradesh. 18. It is believed that his family, which is from
14. In which reign did the 'Gwalior Music Gwalior, invented the sarod.
Gharana' rise? (a) Maharaja of Gwalior
(a) Chandragupta Maurya (b) Raja Bhoj (b) Ustad Bhim Singh Joshi
(c) Ashoka (d) Akbar (c) Amjad Ali Khan
• Answer-(d) Akbar (d) Madhav Holkar
• The 'Gwalior Music Gharana' rose during • Answer (c)
the reign of Emperor Akbar. • Famous sarod player Amjad Ali Khan
• One of the nine jewels of Akbar was the was born on 9 October 1945 in Gwalior,
music emperor Tansen, who gave new M.P. Amjad Ali, born in the sixth
heights to the Gwalior Gharana of music. generation of the 'Seniya Bangash' family
15. Who was Shri Vishnu Chinchalkar of Gwalior, inherited music.
(Guruji)? • His father Ustad Hafiz Ali Khan was a
(a) Musician (b) Writer renowned musician in the Gwalior royal
(c) Poet (d) Painter court.
19. Gulab Hussain Khan is associated with-
• Answer-(d)
(a) Sitar playing (b) Tabla playing
• Shri Vishnu Chinchalkar (Guruji) was a (c) Flute playing (d) Classical dance
famous painter of Madhya Pradesh.
• Answer-(a)
• He was born in 1917 in a village near
Dewas. • Gulab Hussain Khan is associated with
playing sitar.
• He studied painting and drawing from
20. Who is known as 'Kabir of the music
Indore School of Arts. world'?
• He was awarded Shikhar Samman by the (a) Tansen
Madhya Pradesh government. (b) Kumar Gandharva
16. Amjad Ali Khan, an Indian classical (c) Ustad Alauddin Khan
musician who plays the sarod, was born in (d) None of these is correct
which city? • Answer-(b)
(a) Indore (c) Vidisha
• Pandit Kumar Gandharva is also called
(b) Gwalior (d) Khandwa
'Kabir of the music world' for his fearless
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• He was a music scholar who took risks in (a) Ujjain (b) Khandwa
music just like Mahatma Kabir in the (c) Indore (d) Gwalior
world of spirituality. • Answer-(d)
• Kumar Gandharva's birthplace is • Famous musicians Tansen and Baiju
Karnataka but his main workplace was Bawra were born near Gwalior city of
Dewas in Madhya Pradesh. Madhya Pradesh.
21. The most popular form of music in the • According to the accepted opinion,
Nath community of Malwa region is its Tansen was born around 1563 in Gwalior
recitation? or in the nearby village Behat.
(a) Bharthri Lok Gatha (b) Nirguni Geet 26. Abdul Latif Khan of Bhopal is a famous -
(c) Faag Lok Gatha (d) Garba Geet (a) Urdu poet (b) Writer
• Answer-(a) (c) Classical singer (d) Sarangi player
• The folk tale of Bhartrihari, the king of • Answer-(d)
Ujjain and a Sanskrit poet, is popular in • Abdul Latif Khan of Bhopal is a famous
the Malwa region of M.P. The Nath classical musician and Sarangi player.
community sings this tale. The most • He was born in a family of musicians in
popular form of music in this folk tale is Gwalior of the state.
its vocal recitation.
• He performed in many music festivals
22. Baijnath Mishra (Baiju Bawra) was a
musician. like Bhopal Sarangi Mela.
(a) Dhrupad (b) Khayal • He was awarded Padma Shri in the year
(c) Tappa (d) Ghazal 2002.
27. Famous sitar players who received music
• Answer-(a) education from Satna's musician Maihar:
• Music emperor Baiju Bawra was a (a) Pandit Raghuram Mishra
Dhrupad singer of India. He is also (b) Pandit Jasraj
known as Baijnath Prasad and Baijnath (c) Pandit Ravi Shankar
Mishra. He was the court singer of Raja (d) Amjad Ali Khan
Mansingh of Gwalior and a contemporary
• Answer-(c)
of Tansen, the great singer of Akbar's
• Pandit Ravi Shankar was a sitar player
court.
23. Famous Sarod players born in Gwalior and musician. He received Indian
were classical music education from Ustad
(a) Amjad Ali Khan Allauddin Khan (Maihar of Satna).
(b) Pandit Ravi Shankar • He has also received Ramon Magsaysay
(c) Pandit Jasraj Award, Padma Bhushan, Padma
(d) Ravi Shankar Shukla Vibhushan and India's highest honor
• Answer-(a) Bharat Ratna.
28. Artist known for nail painting who was
• Ustad Amjad Ali Khan was born in honored three times by A.P.J. Abdul
Gwalior (MP). Kalam?
• He is a famous Sarod player of India. (a) Sumitra Mahajan (b) Aditya Joshi
24. Naseer Aminuddin Dagar was a famous (c) Wajid Khan (d) Meera Kumar
(a) Urdu poet (b) Painter
• Answer-(c)
(c) Qawwali singer (d) Dhrupad singer
• Wajid Khan was honored by artist A.P.J.
• Answer-(d) Abdul Kalam for nail painting.
• Ustad Naseer Aminuddin Dagar is an • Wajid Khan is an internationally
Indian Dhrupad singer (style-Dagar vani) renowned iron nail artist, painter, patent
who was born in Indore in 1923. He was holder and inventor.
the younger brother of Ustad Naseer • In the year 2003, he invented a light
Moinuddin Dagar. sensor and gear lock. Wajid Khan is
25. Famous musicians Tansen and Baiju
credited with 280 inventions.
Bawra were born near which city?
29. Where is Kala Vithika located?

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(a) Indore (c) Bhopal • Ustad Hafiz Ali Khan was a renowned
(b) Gwalior (d) Jabalpur Sarod player in the Gwalior royal court.
• Answer-(b) • The musicians of this gharana modified
• Kala Vithika Museum is in Gwalior the Iranian folk instrument 'Shabab'
(MP). Musical instruments and personal according to Indian music and named it
belongings of many great musicians of 'Sarodash'.
India are kept safe here. • In the sixth generation of the 'Senia
30. In which field of work has Battobai from Bangash' gharana of music in Gwalior,
Gwalior achieved international fame? Hafiz Ali was known for the creative
(a) Weaving of clothes (b) Folk painting beauty of his music and clear voice.
(c) Stone carving (d) Doll craft 34. Where is Madhya Pradesh Handicrafts
• Answer-(d) Corporation located?
• Battobai of Gwalior has gained (a) Bhopal (b) Indore
international fame for making dolls made (c) Gwalior (d) Sagar
of small cloth. Gwalior, Bhopal and • Answer-(a)
Jhabua are also famous for this type of • The head office of Madhya Pradesh
art. Battobai's (a craftswoman from Handicrafts Corporation is located in
Gwalior) dolls are known all over the Bhopal.
world and are exported in large numbers. • It was established in 1972.
31. Who among the following is a famous 35. Great musicians like Tansen and ………
painter and was awarded the Shikhar received their musical education in
Samman in 1981? Sangeet Vidyapeeth Gwalior established
(a) D.J. Joshi (b) Vishnu Bhatnagar by Raja Mansingh Tomar?
(c) Syed Haider Raza (d) V.S. Wakankar (a) Alladiya Khan (b) Asgari Bai
• Answer-(a) (c) Jagannath (d) Baiju Bawra
• D.J. Joshi is a famous painter, who was • Answer-(d)
awarded the Shikhar Samman in 1981. • Great musicians like Tansen and Baiju
His full name is Devkrishna Jatashankar Bawra received their music education at
Joshi. He is considered as a master painter Sangeet Vidyapeeth Gwalior, established
and sculptor, a prolific artist of by Raja Mansingh Tomar.
impressionism. 36. Great musicians like Tansen and Baiju
• He was born on 7 July 1911 in a Brahmin Bawra received their music education at
family. Sangeet Vidyapeeth Gwalior, which was
established by ....
• He was educated at Indore School of Art (a) Kirtisimha Tomar (b) Biram Dev
and Learned. (c) Birsingh Tomar (d) Raja Mansingh
32. Krishna Rao Shankar Pandit was a
famous musician from Madhya Pradesh. Tomar
(a) Journalist (b) Writer • Answer-(d)
(c) Singer (d) None of these • The first music school of the country was
• Answer-(d) established by Raja Mansingh of
• Krishna Rao Shankar Pandit was a Gwalior.
musician of India, who is considered to be • Tansen received his initial education in it,
the leading singer of the Gwalior after Gwalior, Tansen received music
Gharana. He founded Shankar Gandharva education from Swami Haridas.
Mahavidyalaya. • The foundation of the music college was
33. Ustad Hafiz Ali Khan is associated with laid during the reign of Raja Man Singh
which instrument- Tomar (1486 AD). Baiju Bawra, Haridas,
(a) Sarod (b) Pakhavaj Tansen etc. practiced music here. Sarod
(c) Tabla (d) Sarangi maestro Amjad Ali Khan also hails from
• Answer-(a) the royal city of Gwalior.

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Historical, archaeological, religious, natural tourist sites and world heritage sites of
Madhya Pradesh
1. At which place in Madhya Pradesh is Assi 5. Who built the fort of Gohad located in
Khamba Bawdi located? Bhind district?
(a) Gwalior (b) Maihar (a) Jat ruler Mahasingh
(c) Orchha (d) Narwar (b) Jat ruler Lokendrasingh
• (a) Gwalior (c) Jat ruler Surajmal
• This Bawdi is built on the historical fort (d) Jat ruler Paharsingh
of Gwalior. • (a) Jat ruler Mahasingh
• This Bawdi was built by Raja Man Singh • Features - Circular fort, 11 gates, symbol
Tomar. of bravery of Jat rulers.
2. The place in Madhya Pradesh where the • This fort is a unique blend of Indian
tomb of Abul Fazal, one of the nine gems culture, architecture and carving.
of the Mughal ruler, is located? 6. Which of the following is not correctly
(a) Chanderi (Ashoknagar) matched in Madhya Pradesh?
(b) Narwar (Shivpuri) (Fort) (Builder)
(c) Antari (Gwalior) (a) Raghogarh Fort Raja Lalsingh
(d) Sonagiri (Datia) (b) Sabalgarh Fort Gopalsingh (King
• (c) Antari (Gwalior) of Karauli)
• Abul Fazal died on 22 August 1602 in (c) Maihar Fort Baghel King
Antari near Gwalior. Ramchandra
• Ain-e-Akbari is written by Abul Fazal. (d) Sagar Fort Raja Udanshah
3. On which river in the north-west region (Udanshah)
of Madhya Pradesh is the historic • (c) Maihar Fort - Baghel King
Noorabad bridge built? Ramchandra
(a) Shank River (b) Sindh River 7. The fort in Madhya Pradesh in which
(c) Asan River (d) Kuno River Shershah Suri built Idgah?
• (a) Shank River (a) Sabalgarh Fort
• This bridge is located between Morena (b) Sheopur Fort
and Gwalior on the Agra-Mumbai (c) Rewa Fort
Highway. (d) Bandhavgarh Fort
• The Mughal emperor Jahangir built this • (b) Sheopur Fort
bridge in the name of his wife Noor 8. The tunnels of Madan Mahal in Jabalpur
Jahan. connect to which place?
4. In which district of Madhya Pradesh is (a) Moti Mahal
the tomb of Ganna Begum located? (b) Baghelin Palace
(a) Bhind (b) Morena (c) Chausath Yogini Temple
(c) Sheopur (d) Ashoknagar (d) Vajna Math
• (b) Morena • (c) Chausath Yogini Temple
• The tomb of Ganna Begum is in • Madan Mahal Fort of Jabalpur was built
Noorabad village of Morena district of by Raja Mahal Singh in the 11th century.
Madhya Pradesh. • Chausath Yogini Temple was built during
• This tomb is about 12 kilometers away the reign of Kachchhapghat dynasty.
from Morena.

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9. In which district is Singorgarh Fort 14. Where is 'Kamlapati Mahal' located in

located? Madhya Pradesh?
(a) Mandla (b) Narsinghpur (a) Bhopal (b) Sehore
(c) Damoh (d) Dindori (c) Gwalior (d) Vidisha
• (c) Damoh • (a) Bhopal
• This fort was a part of the Gondwana • This palace was built in the name of
Empire. Queen Kamlapati. Rani Kamlapati was
• This fort was attacked by the Mughal the wife of Gond King Nizam Shah. This
army in June 1564, at that time, the ruler palace was built in the 18th century and
of Gondwana was Rani Durgavati. was completed in 1722.
10. In which district is the fort of Vijay 15. Which of the following palaces is not
Raghogarh located? located in M.P.?
(a) Guna (b) Ashoknagar (a) Jahangir Mahal
(c) Katni (d) Satna (b) Shahjahan Mahal
• (c) Katni (c) Sher Shah Suri Mahal
• This fort is located in Katni on the banks (d) Mumtaz Mahal
of Mahanadi. • (c) Sher Shah Suri Mahal
• This fort was built in 1826. • The tomb of Sher Shah Suri is located in
11. Which fort of Madhya Pradesh is called Sasaram city of Bihar.
the 'Gateway of the South'? • Qila-e-Kuhna Mosque was built by Sher
(a) Asirgarh Fort Shah Suri.
(b) Lanji Fort 16. Who built the Taj Mahal in Bhopal?
(c) Shahi Fort (a) Dost Muhammad Khan
(d) Burhanpur Fort (b) Hamidullah Khan
• (a) Asirgarh Fort (c) Sultan Shah Jahan Begum
• This fort is a historical fort located in (d) Sultan Sikandar Jahan Begum
Burhanpur district. • (c) Sultan Shah Jahan Begum
• This fort is known as "Bab-e-Deccan" • This palace shows the mixed influence of
(South Gate). British, French, Mughal, and Hindu
12. Where is the tomb of Mughal ruler architecture. It was built between 1871
Shahjahan's Begum Mumtaz located? and 1884.
(a) Dahod (Ujjain) 17. The fort of Madhya Pradesh which has
(b) Asirgarh (Burhanpur) been related to the love stories of King
(c) Sarangpur (Rajgarh) Nal and Damyanti of Mahabharata
(d) Mandu (Dhar) period
• (b) Asirgarh (Burhanpur) (a) Narwar Fort
• First, Mumtaz Mahal's tomb was buried (b) Chanderi Fort
in Asirgarh Fort in Burhanpur. (c) Orchha Fort
• Now her tomb is inside the Taj Mahal (d) Bajranggarh Fort
which was built by Shahjahan. • (a) Narwar Fort
13. Where is Topchi Ki Haveli located? • Related to the love story of Nal and
(a) Orchha (b) Datia Damyanti.
(c) Sonagiri (d) Bajranggarh • There is a legend that King Nal built it for
• (a) Orchha his girlfriend.

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• Built by Kachwaha Rajputs → Deori Fort

• Captured by Scindias in the 19th century. → Dhamoni Fort
• Narwar was the capital of King Nal. 21. Which of the following options is not
18. The fort of Madhya Pradesh which has correctly matched?
been related to Baz Bahadur and Rani (Historical site) (Related district)
Roopmati in the 16th century. (a) Hindupat Palace Panna
(a) Fort of Mandu (b) Palki Mahal Orchha (Niwari)
(b) Fort of Dhar (c) Talkothi Mahal Niwari
(c) Fort of Maheshwar (d) Badal Mahal Raisen
(d) Fort of Mandsaur • (c) Talkothi Mahal Niwari
• (a) Fort of Mandu • It is situated in Tikamgarh.
• It was built by Hoshang Shah/Hussain 22. Which of the following palaces is not
Shah. situated in Mandu?
• It is located in Dhar district. (a) Neelkanth Palace
• It is a symbol of the love of Rani (b) Nagariya Palace
Roopmati and Baz Bahadur. (c) Hathi Mahal
19. In which district of Madhya Pradesh are (d) Shaukat Mahal
Surwaya Garhi and Kachhua Garhi • (d) Shaukat Mahal
located? • Shaukat Mahal is situated in Bhopal.
(a) Shivpuri (b) Guna 23. Which palace of Mandu is built as a
(c) Ashoknagar (d) Datia replica of Warangal Fort of South India
• (a) Shivpuri (a) Jahaz Mahal (b) Hindola Mahal
• The fort of Surwaya (c) Ashrafi Mahal (d) Dai Ka Mahal
• The ancient name of Surwaya is • (b) Hindola Palace
Saraswati Pattan and Shankhmanika. • Construction: During the reign of
• This is a medieval fort. Due to its fort-like Hoshang Shah
structure, it came to be called a fort. • The wall is inclined at an angle of 770.
• It was constructed by the first Acharya • It is a deep copy of Warangal Fort of
named Shankhmathikadhipati of the Deccan.
Shaiv sect. 24. Where is the 'Rupayan Museum' located
• Kachhua Garhi in Madhya Pradesh?
• This is a fort located in Shivpuri. (a) Mandu (b) Orchha
20. Which of the following forts is not located (c) Sarangpur (d) Ginnaurgarh
in Sagar district? • (a) Mandu
(a) Garha Kota Fort • This is an art museum.
(b) Khimlasa Fort 25. Which of the following sites is not located
(c) Gaurjhamar Fort in Mandu?
(d) Jatashankar Fort (a) Malik Mughis Mosque
• (d) Jatashankar Fort (b) Hoshangshah's Tomb
• Major forts of Sagar - (c) Baz Bahadur's Tomb
→ Khimlasa Fort (d) Dariyakhan's Mazar
→ Rahatgarh Fort • (c) Baz Bahadur's Tomb
→ Garhpahara Fort • Hushangshah's Tomb
→ Gaurjhamar Fort

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• First marble tomb • It is surrounded by 32 hills.

• Built in the 15th century • It is located in Umaria district.
26. The first marble building in Madhya • According to religious beliefs, Nala and
Pradesh is- Neel Vanars of Ramayana period had
(a) Lat Masjid (Burhanpur) built it.
(b) Tajul Masjid (Bhopal) • The Charan Ganga river flows here.
(c) Hoshangshah's Tomb • Ksheer Sagar is situated here.
(d) Tansen's Tomb (Gwalior) • Vishnu's Sheikh Shaiya is established
• (c) Hoshangshah's Tomb here.
• First marble tomb 31. Who built the Chauragarh Fort in
• Built in the 15th century Madhya Pradesh?
27. Jahaaz Mahal in Mandu was built by (a) Sangram Shah (b) Dalpat Shah
(a) Mahmud Khilji (c) Hriday Shah (d) Narendra Shah
(b) Ghiyauddin (Ghyasuddin) Khilji • (a) Sangram Shah
(c) Hushangshah • Chauragarh Fort
(d) Baz Bahadur • It is located in Narsinghpur district.
• (b) Ghiyauddin (Ghyasuddin) Khilji • This fort was built by King Sangram Shah
• It is built between two lakes, Kapur Talab of the Garha Empire of Gondwana.
and Munj Talab. 32. In which district is the Madhavgarh Fort
• This palace was built in the 15th century. located in Madhya Pradesh?
• It was built for his 15000 queens. (a) Shivpuri (b) Gwalior
28. Who built the Ashrafi Mahal in Mandu? (c) Satna (d) Umaria
(a) Mahmud Khilji • (c) Satna
(b) Ghyasuddin Khilji • Madhavgarh Fort is located in Satna.
(c) Mubarak Khilji • It is on the banks of the Tamsa River.
(d) Alauddin Khilji • The construction work was done by Raja
• (b) Ghyasuddin Khilji Vishwanath Singh's younger brother
• The Ashrafi Mahal was built by Rawendra Laxman Singh.
Ghyasuddin Khilji. 33. In which district is the Kajligarh Fort
29. Which historical fort of Madhya Pradesh located in Madhya Pradesh?
is surrounded by the Narmada river on (a) Indore (b) Jhabua
three sides? (c) Dhar (d) Khandwa
(a) Maheshwar Fort • (a) Indore
(b) Mandu Fort • Kajligarh Fort is located near Indore. It
(c) Mandla Fort was built by Shivaji Rao Holkar.
(d) Chauragarh Fort • It was the hunting ground of the kings of
• (c) Mandla Fort the Holkar dynasty.
• It is surrounded by Narmada on three 34. Where is 'Rao Ratan's Palace' located in
sides. Madhya Pradesh?
30. The fort of Madhya Pradesh which is (a) Dhar (b) Jhabua
surrounded by 32 hills? (c) Burhanpur (d) Ratlam
(a) Bandhavgarh Fort (b) Makdai Fort • (c) Burhanpur
(c) Kajligarh Fort (d) Amdgarh Fort • Built by King Rao Ratan in the 16th
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• Other palaces in Madhya Pradesh (c) Shivpuri (d) Shahdol

• Palki Mahal - Niwari • (a) Satna
• Kalkothi - Tikamgarh 41. Which fort of Madhya Pradesh is known
• Supari Sau Ka Mahal - Niwari as Bagh Raja Ka Which fort is called a
• Raiman Dau Ki Kothi - Niwari fort?
35. Who built the George Castle building (a) Bagda Fort (b) Mahidpur Fort
situated in the middle of Madhav (c) Rani Durgavati Fort (d) Adegaon Fort
National Park in Shivpuri district? • (b) Mahidpur Fort
(a) Madhavrao Scindia I • It is also called Bagh Raja Fort.
(b) Jiwajirao Scindia • It is situated on the banks of Kshipra
(c) Daulatrao Scindia River.
(d) Jayajirao Scindia • The ancient Talakunchi stepwell is also
• (a) Madhavrao Scindia I situated in this fort.
• George Castle building was built for 42. Where is the fort of Gondwana ruler Rani
George V. Durgavati situated?
36. Who built the Kajligarh fort situated in (a) Jabalpur (b) Mandla
Indore district? (c) Damoh (d) Narsinghpur
(a) Raja Bhoj Parmar • (a) Jabalpur
(b) Baj Bahadur 43. Who built the Maheshwar Fort?
(c) Hushangshah (a) Malharrao Holkar
(d) Shivajirao Holkar (b) Devi Ahilyabai Holkar
• (d) Shivajirao Holkar (c) Raja Mahishmat
37. Where is the chhatri of Malharao Holkar (d) Raja Sahastrarjun Kirtarjun
situated? • (b) Devi Ahilyabai Holkar
(a) Alampur (Bhind) • Maheshwar Fort was built by Ahilyabai.
(b) Bhanpura (Mandsaur) 44. Where is the Adegaon Fort located in
(c) Maheshwar (Khargone) Madhya Pradesh?
(d) Mhow (Indore) (a) Seoni (Lakhanadon)
• (a) Alampur (Bhind) (b) Pipariya (Hoshangabad)
38. In which district is the Makdai fort (c) Makdai (Harda)
situated? (d) Ghoradongri (Betul)
(a) Harda (b) Hoshangabad • (a) Seoni (Lakhanadon)
(c) Betul (d) Chhindwara 45. In which district of Madhya Pradesh is
• (a) Harda the Garhkundhar Fort located?
• Makdai fort is situated in Harda (a) Niwari (b) Tikamgarh
39. In which district is the fort of (c) Chhatarpur (d) Agar
Vijayraghogarh situated? • (a) Niwari
(a) Guna (b) Katni • Garhkundhar Fort - Niwari
(c) Ashoknagar (d) Satna 46. In which district of Madhya Pradesh is
• (b) Katni the Lanji Fort located?
• The fort of Vijayraghogarh is situated in (a) Betul (b) Chhindwara
Katni. (c) Balaghat (d) Seoni
40. Where is the fort of Madhavgarh situated? • (c) Balaghat
(a) Satna (b) Rewa • Lanji Fort is located in Balaghat.

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• 12th century fort. (c) Chappan Mahal

• Constructed by Gond kings. (d) Masjid Mahal
47. Who built Moti Mahal situated in Mandla • (d) Masjid Mahal
district? • The palace located in Dhar is-
(a) Raja Hridayshah → Adham Mahal
(b) Raja Narendrashah → Kharbuja Mahal
(c) Raja Sangramshah → Chappan Mahal
(d) Raja Dalpatshah 52. Shimla Kothi is situated in the city?
• (a) Raja Hridayshah (a) Bhopal (b) Jabalpur
• Moti Mahal: Moti Mahal is situated in (c) Gwalior (d) Indore
Gwalior, Bhopal and Mandla in Madhya • (a) Bhopal
Pradesh. • Shimla Kothi is situated in Bhopal
• King/Ruler City - 53. Where is ‘Narayan Kuti’ situated in
• Raja Hridayshah Mandla Madhya Pradesh?
• Raja Jayajirao Gwalior (a) Chitrakoot (b) Amarkantak
• Sikander Begum Bhopal (c) Omkareshwar (d) Dewas
48. Who built Moti Mahal situated in • (d) Dewas
Gwalior? • Narayan Kuti is situated in Dewas in
(a) Madhavrao Scindia I Madhya Pradesh.
(b) Jiwajirao Scindia 54. Hoshang Shah’s tomb is famous for which
(c) Daulatrao Scindia of the following?
(d) Jankojirao Scindia (a) For being built in a special style
• (b) Jiwajirao Scindia (b) For being the first building made of
49. Which of the following is not correctly marble
matched? (c) For its grandeur
Royal Palace/Fortress Place/District (d) None of these
(a) Crown Palace Ratlam • (b) For being the first building made of
(b) Sheeshmahal Orchha marble
(c) Chandrawat Ki Garhi Neemuch • This is the first building made of marble.
(d) Gurh Ki Garhi Rewa • It is octagonal.
• (c) Chandrawat Ki Garhi - Neemuch 55. The fort of Madhya Pradesh which is
50. Which of the following is not correctly called Bav-e-Deccan and Kalod-e-Deccan
matched? (a) Khadela Fort (b) Shergarh Fort
Palace Place (District) (c) Asirgarh Fort (d) Mandsaur Fort
(a) Hradayshah's Chhatarpur • (c) Asirgarh Fort
Palace • It was built by Ahir King Asa Ahir.
(b) Palki Palace Orchha • It is called Bav-e-Deccan or Fort/Kalodh-
(c) Talkothi Palace Tikamgarh e-Deccan.
(d) Tarabai Palace Rajgarh 56. In which district of Madhya Pradesh is
• (d) Tarabai Palace - Rajgarh Maharaja Narsingh Mahal situated
51. Which of the following palaces is not (a) Morena (b) Bhind
located in Dhar? (c) Sheopur (d) Guna
(a) Andha Mahal • (c) Sheopur
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57. Sheopur Fort is situated on the bank of (c) Shajapur (d) Mandu
which river • (a) Gwalior
(a) Chambal River 64. Where is Kushalgarh Fort situated in
(b) Kunwari River Madhya Pradesh?
(c) Kuno River (a) Indore (b) Dewas
(d) At the confluence of Seep and Kalwal (c) Mandsaur (d) Ratlam
River • (a) Indore
• (d) At the confluence of Seep and 65. Who built the tourist spot Lalbagh Palace
Kalwal River in Indore.
58. Who built the Bhind Fort (a) Tukoji Rao Holkar
(a) Raja Gopal Singh Bhadoria (b) Yashwant Rao Holkar
(b) Raja Maha Singh (c) Shivaji Rao Holkar
(c) Raja Bakhat Singh (d) Malhar Rao Holkar
(d) Mahadji Scindia • (a) Tukoji Rao Holkar
• (a) Raja Gopal Singh Bhadoria • Lalbagh Palace was built by Tukoji Rao
59. Who built the Singorgarh Fort situated in Holkar.
Damoh district 66. The fort in Madhya Pradesh in which the
(a) Sangram Shah head of a hippo bird is hanging.
(b) Nizam Shah (a) Orchha Fort (b) Datia Fort
(c) Hriday Shah (c) Seondha Fort (d) Narwar Fort
(d) Narendra Singh
• (b) Datia Fort
• (a) Sangram Shah 67. In which architectural style is the fort of
60. Which of the following forts is situated in Dhar in Madhya Pradesh built?
Damoh district Which is not situated in? (a) Hindu style
(a) Mudiyadon Fort (b) Muslim style
(b) Jatashankar Fort (c) Afghan style
(c) Rajnagar Fort (d) All of the above
(d) Khimlasa Fort
• (d) All of the above
• (d) Khimlasa Fort 68. In which district of Madhya Pradesh is
• It is situated in Sagar district. the fort of Narsinghgarh located?
61. Who laid the foundation of Sabalgarh (a) Agar Malwa (b) Shajapur
Fort. (c) Narsinghpur (d) Rajgarh
(a) Nawalsingh (b) Sabla Gurjar • (d) Rajgarh
(c) Gopisingh (d) Bakhatsingh
• It is located in the Rajgarh Fort.
• (b) Sabla Gurjar • It is dedicated to Lord Narsingh, the
62. Who built Makdaai Fort. incarnation of Lord Vishnu.
(a) Makrandshah 69. Which of the following options is not
(b) Rani Durgavati correctly matched
(c) Nizamshah Palace/Gadhi Place
(d) Dalpatshah (a) Govind Mahal Datia
• (a) Makrandshah (b) Kaliadah Mahal Ujjain
63. Where is Shahjahan Mahal situated in (c) Kachoua Garhi Gwalior
Madhya Pradesh? (d) Hridyashah Ki Garhi Mandla
(a) Gwalior (b) Orchha
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• It is located in Shivpuri. 75. Who built the beautiful palace located in

70. Where is Chaman Mahal located in Orchha
Madhya Pradesh (a) Madhukar Shah (b) Indrajit Singh
(a) Bhopal (b) Burhanpur (c) Dhurbhajan Singh (d) Jujhar Singh
(c) Dhar (d) Raisen • (c) Dhurbhajan Singh
• (a) Bhopal • Sundar Mahal was built by Dhurbhajan
• It was built by Afghan commander Dost Singh.
Mohammad Khan. • It is also called the Palace of Love.
• He was the ruler of Islamnagar in 1715. • It is a symbol of deep love between a
71. Who built the Sheesh Mahal in Orchha. Hindu prince and his Muslim lover.
(a) Veersingh Judev Bundela 76. Where is Naukhanda Mahal situated in
(b) Udautsingh Madhya Pradesh
(c) Madhukarshah (a) Datia (b) Chanderi
(d) Jujharsingh Bundela (c) Orchha (d) Mandu
• (b) Udautsingh • (b) Chanderi
• Sheeshmahal - Orchha • Built by Bundela ruler Durjan Singh, this
72. Where is Rai Praveen Mahal and Sundar palace has a central courtyard, a fountain
Mahal situated in Madhya Pradesh and a tank.
(a) Orchha (b) Mandu • This is a 16th century architecture.
(c) Chitrakoot (d) Datia 77. Who built Badal Mahal situated in the
• (a) Orchha fort complex of Raisen.
• This is situated in Orchha:- (a) King-Rajvasanti
→ Jahangir Mahal (b) King-Aman Singh
→ Rai Praveen Mahal (c) Mahmud Shah Khilji
→ Sundar Mahal (d) King Nizam Shah
73. Where is Koshak Mahal situated in • (c) Mahmud Shah Khilji
Madhya Pradesh • Badal Mahal was built by Mahmud Shah
(a) Raisen (b) Ajaygarh Khilji
(c) Chanderi (d) Mandu 78. Who built Hindola Mahal situated in
• (c) Chanderi Mandu?
(a) Mahmud Shah Khilji
• Koshak Mahal is situated in Chanderi.
(b) Baz Bahadur
• Mahmud Khilji got it constructed in 1445
(c) Hushang Shah
AD.
(d) Ghyasuddin Khilji
74. Where is Rajgarh Palace located in
Madhya Pradesh • (c) Hoshang Shah
(a) Datia (b) Orchha • Hindola Mahal was built by Hoshang
(c) Mandu (d) Chanderi Shah in 1425.
• (a) Datia • It was a replica of Warangal Fort.
79. What is the total number of temples in the
• This Rajgarh Palace built near Pitambara
world famous Khajuraho?
Peeth was built by King Shatrujit
Bundela. (a) 20 (b) 20
(c) 21 (d) 28
• It is built in Bundeli palace style.
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• The total number of temples in Khajuraho • Dhar fort was rebuilt by Muhammad
is approximately 20. Tughlaq. (1325-40)
80. Where is Sawan Bhadau pillar located? • Vakpati Munj, the glorious ruler of
(a) Khajuraho (b) Orchha Parmar dynasty, made Dhar the capital of
Parmar state and got a fort (Dhar) built
(c) Mandu (d) Amarkantak here.
• (b) Orchha 86. Who built the fort of Raisen?
• Sawan Bhadau pillar is located in Orchha. (a) Rajvasanti (b) Ahir
• It was built by King Madhukar Shah in (c) Asha Devi (d) Ajay
the 16th century. • (a) Rajvasanti
81. Which is called the necklace of Indian • This fort has 9 gates.
• The main palaces in Raisen fort are Badal
forts?
Mahal, Raja Rohini Mahal, Hawa Mahal,
(a) Ajaygarh (b) Narwar Fort Jahangir Mahal, Dhobi Mahal, Kachehri
(c) Gwalior Fort (d) Orchha Fort Mahal, Raja Rohit Mahal.
• (c) Gwalior Fort 87. Who built the fort of Gwalior?
82. Chanderi Fort is in which district? (a) Veer Singh (b) Jumer Singh
(a) Gwalior (b) Ashoknagar (c) Suraj Sen (d) Chandra Sen
(c) Bhopal (d) Rajgarh • (c) Suraj Sen
• This fort was built in 545 BC by Raja
• (b) Ashoknagar Suraj Sen with the inspiration of Gwalb
• Chanderi Fort Rishi.
• Constructed in the 11th century by 88. Who built the Saas-Bahu temple in
Pratihara King Kirtipal. Gwalior fort?
• Kaati Ghati, Khooni Darwaza are other (a) Mahipal (b) Surajpal
(c) Jaipal (d) Chandrapal
places worth seeing.
• (a) Mahipal
• Jauhar Smarak is situated here.
• King Mahipal built the Saas-Bahu temple
83. Which king built the Ajaygarh Fort?
in Gwalior fort.
(a) Ajay Singh (b) Arjun Singh
89. In which district are the caves of
(c) Ajaypal (d) Ajinkya Dev
Bhartrihari?
• (c) Ajaypal (a) Bhopal (b) Dhar
• Ajaygarh Fort was built by King Ajaypal. (c) Ujjain (d) Gwalior
• Amar Mahal is situated in this fort. • (c) Ujjain
84. Which dynasty's glory story is in Orchha • The caves of Bhartrihari are in Ujjain.
fort? 90. Where is the Samadhi of Rani Durgavati?
(a) Pal dynasty (a) Barela (Jabalpur)
(b) Chandela dynasty (b) Amarkantak (Jabalpur)
(c) Parmar dynasty (c) Panagar (Jabalpur)
(d) Bundel dynasty (d) Patan (Jabalpur)
• (d) Bundel dynasty • (a) Barela (Jabalpur)
• Orchha fort has been related to Bundela • The Samadhi of Rani Durgavati is located
Rajput rulers. in Barela (Jabalpur.)
85. Which Muslim ruler got the fort of Dhar
rebuilt?
(a) Akbar
(b) Alauddin Khilji
(c) Muhammad Tughlaq
(d) Muhammad Shah
• (c) Muhammad Tughlaq

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Major religious and tourist places of Madhya Pradesh

1. The religious and natural tourist place of 6. The religious place of Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh which is called where the Suraj-Chand Temple is
'Sarvatirthanayakam' in the Puranas? located?
(a) Panchmarhi (b) Amarkantak (a) Ujjain (b) Omkareshwar
(c) Chitrakoot (d) Ujjaini (c) Maheshwar (d) Chitrakoot
• (b) Amarkantak • (b) Omkareshwar
• It is located in Pushparajagadh tehsil of • The Suraj-Chand Temple is located in
Anuppur district. Omkareshwar.
• Amarkantak is called Tirtha Ratna. 7. The religious place of Madhya Pradesh
• There are more than 30 temples here. which is called 'Ayodhya of
• It is called Sarvatirthnath Nayakam in the Bundelkhand'?
Puranas. (a) Orchha (b) Datia
• Temples: Pataleshwar Temple, Vishnu (c) Chitrakoot (d) Sonagiri
Temple, Johila Temple, Narmada • (a) Orchha
Temple, Narmada Kund. • Orchha - Ayodhya of Bundelkhand.
2. The mountain peak of Madhya Pradesh • This Orchha festival was celebrated in
which is called 'Harivatskoot'? 2024.
(a) Janapav Peak 8. Chitrakoot, the natural and religious
(b) Siddhababa Peak place of Madhya Pradesh is situated on
(c) Dhoopgarh Peak the banks of which river?
(d) Amarkantak Peak (a) Tamsa River
• (c) Dhoopgarh Peak (b) Mandakini River
• Dhoopgarh Peak is known as (c) Alaknanda River
Harvatskoot. (d) Bihad River
3. Who built Kalidah Palace in Ujjain? • (b) Mandakini River
(a) Raja Bhoj • Chitrakoot is a holy place located in Satna
(b) Daulatrao Scindia district.
(c) Madhavrao Scindia • The Mandakini River flows on its banks.
(d) Baz Bahadur 9. Which tourist place is called ‘Vrindavan
• (c) Madhavrao Scindia of Madhya Pradesh’?
• Kaliadeh Palace – It was rebuilt by (a) Ujjain (b) Datia
Madhavrao Scindia in 1920. (c) Salkanpur (d) Panchmarhi
4. Who is considered the founder of the • (b) Datia
religious and historical city Ujjaini? • Vrindavan of Madhya Pradesh – Datia
(a) Achyutagami 10. On which mountain is the temple of Maa
(b) Vedapriya Brahmin Sharda situated in Maihar?
(c) King Vikramaditya (a) Trikuta Mountain
(d) King Chandpradyota (b) Ramgiri Mountain
• (c) King Vikramaditya (c) Vindhya Mountain
• Vikramaditya is considered to be the (d) Swarngiri Mountain
founder of Ujjaini. • (a) Trikuta Mountain
5. Where is Charanodak Kund located in 11. Which is the oldest temple among the
Madhya Pradesh? temples of Khajuraho?
(a) Chitrakoot (b) Ujjain (a) Laxman Temple
(c) Amarkantak (d) Panchmarhi (b) Kandariya Mahadev Temple
• (c) Amarkantak (c) Chausath Yogini Temple
• Charanodak Kund is situated in (d) Vishwanath Temple
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12. Who built the Laxman Temple in built by King Devpal of Kachhapaghata
Khajuraho? dynasty.
(a) Yashovarman (b) Vidyadhar 17. Where is Dhumavati Temple located in
(c) Dhangdev (d) Nannuk Madhya Pradesh?
• (a) Yashovarman (a) Orchha (b) Datia
• The Lakshmana temple is located in (c) Salkanpur (d) Dewas
Khajuraho. • (b) Datia
• It was built by Yashovarman. 18. The former name of Sanchi, a Buddhist
13. Who built the Kandariya Mahadev religious place located in Raisen district
temple in Khajuraho? of Madhya Pradesh was?
(a) Dhangdev (b) Ganddev (a) Kakanaya
(c) Yashovarman (d) Vidyadhar (b) Kakanadabot
• (d) Vidyadhar (c) Shriparvat
• The Kandariya Mahadev temple is the (d) All of the above
largest temple in the Khajuraho temple • (d) All of the above
group. 19. Among the caves of Udayagiri located in
• It was built by Vidyadhar Chandel, the Vidisha district, cave number 5 is related
ruler of the Chandel dynasty. to which incarnation of Lord Vishnu?
14. Where is the Ramayana Museum located (a) Varaha (b) Kurma
in Madhya Pradesh? (c) Matsya (d) Narasimha
(a) Orchha (b) Chitrakoot • (a) Varaha
(c) Amarkantak (d) Maihar • Udayagiri caves
• (a) Orchha • Located in Vidisha. Related to 4th-5th
• The Ramayana Museum is located in century.
Orchha. • There are 20 cave groups here. It is
15. The religious place in Madhya Pradesh related to Jain and Hindu religion.
where the 'Surya Yantra' of Lord Surya • Cave 1 and 20 are related to Jainism.
Narayana is installed by Adi • Number 5 has a huge statue of Vishnu Ji
Shankaracharya? in Varaha avatar.
(a) Nalkheda (Agar Malwa) 20. Which cave of Madhya Pradesh has
(b) Omkareshwar artistic murals like the Ajanta caves?
(c) Unav Balaji (Datia) (a) Bagh caves
(d) Gwalior (b) Bhartrihari caves
• (c) Unav Balaji (Datia) (c) Udayagiri caves
16. The Chausath Yogini temple of Madhya (d) None of these
Pradesh on the basis of whose • (a) Bagh caves
architecture the Parliament House of • The Bagh caves are artistically rich like
India is built? the Ajanta caves
(a) Mitawali (Morena) 21. The Bagh caves are known by which
(b) Bhedaghat (Jabalpur) palace?
(c) Khajuraho (Chhatarpur) (a) Hawa Mahal (b) Rang Mahal
(d) All of the above (c) Itrdar Mahal (d) Badal Mahal
• (a) Mitawali (Morena) • (b) Rang Mahal
• Chausath Yogini Temple - Morena 22. In which district is the Indragarhpura site
• It is also called Ekhasso Mahadev located?
Mandiri. (a) Mandsaur (b) Ujjain
• This is a circular temple. (c) Vidisha (d) Dhar
• According to an inscription of 1323 AD • (a) Mandsaur
(Vikram Samvat 1383) the temple was 23. Hanuman Dhara, Bharta Koop,
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Sphatik Shila are religious places of (b) Navgrah Temple, Dewas

which place? (c) Navgrah Temple, Morena
(a) Chitrakoot (b) Orchha (d) Navgrah Temple, Ujjain
(c) Maihar (d) Amarkantak • (d) Navgrah Temple, Ujjain
• (a) Chitrakoot 29. Mai ki Bagiya is situated in?
• All these places are in Chitrakoot. (a) Amarkantak (b) Chitrakoot
• Other religious places in Chitrakoot - (c) Ujjain (d) Datia
→ Janaki Kund • (a) Amarkantak
→ Lakshman Hill • Other famous places in Amarkantak
→ Gupt Godavari → Sarvodaya Digambar Jain Temple
→ Tulsi Peeth → Sonamuda - Origin of Son River
→ Valmiki Ashram → Jwaleshwar Temple - Origin of Johila
→ Ram Ghat River
24. Sutikshan Muni Ashram, Sarbhanga → Rangmahal
Ashram is related to which deity? → Bhrigukulmandal
(a) Shri Ram (b) Shri Krishna → Erandi Sangam
(c) Shri Narasimha (d) Shri Ganesh → Bahgattnala
• (a) Shri Ram 30. Which city is considered the Greenwich of
• It comes under Ramvan Pathagaman India?
area. (a) Ujjain (b) Sagar
• It is believed that Shri Ram came to these (c) Mirzapur (d) Rewa
ashrams during his exile. • (a) Ujjain
• It is located in Satna district. 31. In which ashram did Shri Krishna and
25. The correct match is not given. his brother Balram receive education?
(a) Kabir Chabutara - Amarkantak (a) Sutishran Ashram (b) Sarbhanga Ashram
(b) Yantra Mahageru Temple - Amarkantak (c) Sati Anusuya (d) Sandipani Ashram
(c) Karna Temple - Amarkantak • (d) Sandipani Ashram
(d) Tulsi Peeth - Amarkantak • Shri Krishna and Balram received
• Tulsi Peeth is located in Chitrakoot. education in Sandipani Ashram. Gomti
• Swami Shri Ram Bhadracharya is the Kund is situated near this ashram.
Peethadheeshwar of Tulsi Peeth. 32. Which place is called Omkar Mandhata
26. The meeting place of Sikh Guru Nanak Temple?
and Saint Kabir is .....................? (a) Omkareshwar (b) Ujjain
(a) Bharat Milap (c) Mahakal Temple (d) Trayambakeshwar
(b) Kabir Chabutra • (a) Omkareshwar
(c) Kabir Griha • It is one of the 12 Jyotirlingas.
(d) Ganesh Bagh • There is an island shaped like Om here.
• (b) Kabir Chabutra 33. Where has Ekatma Dham been
• It is situated in Amarkantak. established?
• It is dedicated to Saint Kabir. (a) Ujjain (b) Omkareshwar
• It is believed to be the meeting place of (c) Chitrakoot (d) Maihar
Sikh Guru Nanak and Saint Kabir. • (b) Omkareshwar
27. Sonamuda is the origin of which river? • Unveiled by Prime Minister Shri
(a) Son (b) Ken Narendra Modi on 18 September 2023.
(c) Gomti (d) Mandakini 34. Where is Alha-Udal Talaiya located?
• (a) Son (a) Maihar (b) Chitrakoot
28. The temple dedicated to the nine planets (c) Ujjain (d) Panna
at the Triveni Ghat on the Kshipra river • (a) Maihar
is................? • Other places located in Maihar
(a) Navgrah Temple, Amarkantak

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→ Badi Mai Temple (d) Bandhavgarh caves

→ Art of Ichhaul • (a) Dhamnar caves
→ Golmath Temple • Recently these caves have been included
→ Oila Temple in the tentative list of UNESCO.
→ Bada Akhara Temple 41. Kundalpur is a Jain pilgrimage site
→ Patiyanandei located in which district?
35. Where is Dharamrajeshwar Temple (a) Damoh (b) Dewas
located? (c) Sagar (d) Ujjain
(a) Mandsaur (b) Satna • (a) Damoh
(c) Bhind (d) Morena • It is known as Bade Baba.
• (a) Mandsaur • 63 big temples are located here.
• It is located in Garoth tehsil of Mandsaur. 42. The correct match is not there.
• 5th and 6th century temple (a) Bavanagaja - Barwani
• The entrance is in the west direction. (b) Pushpgiri - Sonkachchh
36. In which district is Bhim Bazar cave (c) Muktagiri - Ujjain
located? (d) Songiri - Datia
(a) Mandsaur (b) Vidisha • (c) Muktagiri - Ujjain
(c) Ujjain (d) Amarkantak • Muktagiri is situated in Betul.
• (a) Mandsaur 43. Match the correct pair -
• This is a Buddhist cave. i. Khandagiri 1. Dhar
• These are caves of the 5th-6th century. ii. Mohankheda 2. Tikamgarh
• The largest cave here is called Bhim iii. Bandhaji 3. Chanderi
Bazar Cave. iv. Sarvodaya Jain 4. Amarkantak
37. Where are Dhamnar caves located? Temple
(a) Mandsaur (b) Rewa A B C D
(c) Sagar (d) Burhanpur (a) 3 1 2 4
• (a) Mandsaur (b) 3 2 1 4
• These caves are mentioned by three (c) 1 2 3 4
different explorers (d) 1 2 4 3
→ James Todd (1821) • (a) 3 1 2 4
→ James Ferguson (1845) 44. Where is Shri Kamitapuran Shwetambar
→ Alexander Cunningham (1864) Jain Tirth situated.
38. ‘Rani Ka Makaan’ is - (a) Ujjain (b) Dhar
(a) A palace (b) A cave (c) Chanderi (d) Vidisha
(c) A fort (d) A house • (a) Ujjain
• (b) A cave • It was first constructed in the 10th
• This is cave no. 10 of the Dhamnar caves. century.
• It is known as Rani Ka Makaan or • King Janmejaya got the snake sacrifice
Kamaniya Mahal. done.
39. Hathi Ka Shesh, Rani Ka Makan, Bhim • He is known as Chintamani Parshvanath
Bazar caves are- Bhagwan.
(a) Dhamnar caves(b) Udayagiri caves 45. In which district was the Shwetambar
(c) Ujjain caves (d) Bandhavgarh caves Jain pilgrimage area established by King
Samprati?
• (a) Dhamnar caves
(a) Mandsaur (b) Ujjain
40. UNESCO compared the caves named
(c) Vidisha (d) Neemuch
Yugang of China, Rangiri Dabula of Sri
Lanka- • (a) Mandsaur
(a) Dhamnar caves • Srivahin Parshvanath Shwetambar Jain
(b) Bandhavgarh caves pilgrimage.
(c) Udayagiri caves • More than 1100 years old.

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46. Where is Kukdeshwar Nath Parshvanath • Temples of Western Group -

Shwetambar Jain pilgrimage area → Kandariya Mahadev Temple
located? → Chausath Yogini Temple
(a) Ujjain (b) Vidisha → Chitragupt Temple
(c) Neemuch (d) Mandsaur → Vishwanath Temple
• (c) Neemuch → Matangeswara Temple
• It was constructed by Datta Brahmin. → Parvati Temple
• This is a 1040 years old temple. → Nandi Temple
47. Siddhavarkut is located? 52. In which style is Jawari Temple built?
(a) Khandwa (b) Khargone (a) Nirandhar style (b) Panchayatan
(c) Chhatarpur (d) Datia (c) Both (d) None of these
• (a) Khandwa • (a) Nirandhar style
48. Select the correct match of the following • This temple is built in Nirandhar style.
extreme regions - • This temple has an idol of Vishnu.
A. Pushpavati - Katni 53. Which of the following is not a Jain
B. Pushpagiri – Dewas temple?
C. Lakhnadauna - Seoni (a) Ghantai Temple
D. Tigodaji - Sagar (b) Adinath Temple
(a) A and B (b) B and C (c) Parshvanath Temple
(c) B and D (d) All (d) Dulhadev Temple
• (d) All • (d) Dulhadev Temple
49. Where is Samasgarh situated? • Dulhadev Temple is a temple of the
(a) Vidisha (b) Raisen southern group.
(c) Sehore (d) Bhopal • It is also called Kunwarmath.
• (d) Bhopal • This is a temple of Nirandhar style.
• This is a Jain site. 54. The literal meaning of stupa is -
• It is a historical temple of 11th and 12th (a) Heap (b) Structure
century. (c) Temple (d) Peak
50. Who discovered the Khajuraho temples? • (a) Heap
(a) Cunningham (b) Taylor
• Stupa means Bhup, Thuha and heap.
(c) Franklin (d) M.R. Sahni
55. When was Sanchi Stupa included in the
• (c) Franklin World Heritage Site?
• Khajuraho - Discovery: Franklin (1818) (a) 1986 (b) 1989
• In 1838, T.S. Burt brought them to light. (c) 2003 (d) 2005
• They were constructed between 950 A.D. • (b) 1989
and 1050 A.D. • Sanchi Stupa - 1989
• They have been divided into three • Khajuraho - 1986
groups- • Bhimbetka - 2003
1. Western 2. Eastern Group
56. The sites not included in UNESCO's
3. Southern Group
tentative list are -
51. Which of the following is not included in (a) Chambal Valley
the temples of Southern Group:- (b) Gond Memorial of Mandla
A. Dulhadev Temple B. Chaturbhuj Temple (c) Khooni Bhandara
C. Jagdambi D. Chitragupt (d) Caves of Bandhavgarh
Options:-
(a) A and B (b) C and D • (d) Caves of Bandhavgarh
(c) A,B and C (d) B and D • The sites of Madhya Pradesh included in
UNESCO's tentative list are -
• (b) C and D
• Natural sites -
• Jagadambi and Chitragupt Temple are the
→ Satpura, Bhedaghat
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• Cultural sites - • (a) Gwalior Fort

→ Bhojeshwar Mahadev • Comparison of Gwalior Fort
• Chambal Valley - • Bekal Fort of Kerala
→ Gond Memorial of Mandla • Fortified City of Chandragiri
→ Historical cave group of Dhamnar (Vijayanagara)
→ Khooni Bhandara • Chitradurga and Gingee Forts
57. Where are Ambher and Murelkhurd 63. Which is called the Grand Canyon of
located? India?
(a) Sanchi Buddhist Circuit (a) Satpura (b) Bhedaghat
(b) Krishna Circuit (c) Orchha (d) Mandu
(c) Ramvanpathagaman • (b) Bhedaghat
(d) None of these 64. UNESCO compared the Brihadeshwara
• (a) Sanchi Buddhist Circuit Temple of Thanjavur with
• Amber, Murelkhurd, Sonari, Satdhara, (a) Mahakal Temple
Saro-Maro are the areas of Buddhist (b) Bhojeshwar Temple
Circuit. (c) Omkareshwar Temple
58. Where is Bhimbetka located? (d) Krishna Temple
(a) Raisen (b) Bhopal • (b) Bhojeshwar Temple
(c) Vidisha (d) Ujjain • It was constructed during the 11th
• (a) Raisen century.
• The cave of Bhimbetka is located 45 km • The architecture of the temple follows the
south east of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh Bhumija style.
and 9 km from Obedullaganj city in 65. Which is not included in the rock shelters
of Chambal Valley?
Raisen district of Madhya Pradesh.
A. Baba Chhaj B. Dakan ka Sathiya
• There are seven hills in Bhimbetka Sadur- C. Imlia D. Rani Chhajja Hill
1. Vinayaka 2. Bhoravani (a) A and B (b) A, B and C
3. Bhimbetka 4. Lakha Juar (c) A, B and D (d) All
5. Jhondra 6.Muni Baba's hill
• (d) All
59. When was Bhimbetka declared a world
heritage site? • Baba Chhaj site is in Gwalior.
(a) 1989 (b) 2001 • Dakan ka Sathiya is in Mandsaur.
(c) 2003 (d) 2005 • Imlia is situated in Shivpuri.
• (c) 2003 • Rani Chhajja Hill is situated in Rajgarh.
60. Where is the Auditorium/Sabhagar cave - 66. With what has UNESCO compared the
rock art of Gobustan?
(a) Bhimbetka (b) Dhamnar
(a) Gond monuments of Mandla
(c) Sanchi (d) Mandsaur
(b) Paintings of Gwalior
• (a) Bhimbetka (c) Rock shelters of Chambal valley
• This is the biggest ashram of Bhimbetka. (d) None of these
• In archaeological literature it is called • (c) Rock shelters of Chambal valley
Chief Rock or King's Rock. 67. Rock shelters of Chambal valley are not
61. When was Gwalior included in found at which places-
UNESCO's tentative list? (a) Gwalior, Mandsaur
(a) 2011 (b) 2014 (b) Morena, Rajgarh
(c) 2015 (d) 2017 (c) Shivpuri
• (c) 2015 (d) Burhanpur
62. Who compared the forts of Chitradurga
• (d) Burhanpur
and Gingee for UNESCO?
68. When were the Gond monuments of
(a) Gwalior Fort Mandla included in the tentative list of
(b) Dhar Fort UNESCO?
(c) Sagar Fort (a) 2024 (b) 2023
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(c) 2022 (d) 2021 → Priyadarshini Bindu

• (a) 2024 → Pachmarhi Lake Subhashasag
• 6 new sites of Madhya Pradesh included 73. Where is Manjushree Waterfall located?
in UNESCO's tentative list - (a) Pachmarhi (b) Satna
→ Gwalior Fort (c) Rewa (d) Balaghat
→ Historic Group of Dhamnar • (a) Pachmarhi
→ Bhojeshwar Mahadev Temple • Falls and waterfalls of Pachmarhi -
→ Rock Art Sites of Chambal Valley → Duchess waterfall
→ Khooni Bhandara → Rajat waterfall
→ Gond Memorial of Ramnagar, Mandla → Pawas waterfall
69. Where is Khooni Bhandara located? • Waters -
(a) Burhanpur (b) Vidisha → Ramyakund waterfall
(c) Rewa (d) Sagar → Sundarkand waterfall
• (a) Burhanpur → Phansi waterfall
• There is a water management system → Nagan Khad waterfall
called Khooni Bhandara. → Amjharna
• It was inspired by the Persian Qanat 74. Where is the Jageshwar Nath temple of
system. Damoh district?
• Due to the excess amount of minerals, its (a) Bandakpur
color became red, hence it is called (b) Kundalpur
Khooni Bhandara. (c) Almora
70. When was the first tourism policy of (d) Kalubhar village
Madhya Pradesh announced? • (a) Bandakpur
(a) 1996 (b) 1991 75. Where is the Sun Temple of Rehli -
(c) 1995 (d) 1952 (a) Seoni (b) Sagar
• (c) 1995 (c) Jabalpur (d) Ujjain
71. Which is the oldest temple among the • (b) Sagar
temples of Khajuraho? Which is it? 76. What are the examples of the temple of
(a) Chausath Yogini Temple Ujjain?
(b) Ghantai Temple (a) Mathura School of Art
(c) Vishwanath Temple (b) Gandhara School of Art
(d) Dulhadev Temple (c) Chandela Art
• (a) Chausath Yogini Temple (d) The Bundela Art
72. If you are looking at Duchess Fall, • (a) Mathura School of Art
Mahadev Hill, Apsara Vihar and 77. Where is the Sun Temple of Morena
Pandava Caves, then you are...............? district located?
(a) Ujjain (b) Shahdol (a) Aiti (b) Lahari
(c) Mandu (d) Pachmarhi (c) Jaura (d) Nurpur
• (d) Pachmarhi • (a) Aiti
• Other tourist places in Pachmarhi - 78. Where is the Laat Mosque located?
→ Jata Shankar (a) Bhopal (b) Dhar
→ Chauragarh Mahadev (c) Anuppur (d) Morena
→ Pandava Caves • (b) Dhar
→ Bada Mahadev 79. Which is a South Indian style temple?
→ Chota Mahadev (a) Bhairav Temple (b) Teli Temple
→ Handi Khoh (c) Kali (d) Khajuraho Temple
→ Gupt Mahadev • (b) Teli Temple
→ Nagdwari
→ Dhoopgarh

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Archaeological sites of Madhya Pradesh

(Archaeological sites, rock paintings, caves etc.)
1. Which of the following archaeological • Navdatoli is located in Khargone.
sites is not correctly matched? • Evidence of a settlement of the Copper
(Archaeological site) (Related place) Age has been found here.
(a) Adamgarh Hoshangabad 6. The archaeological site of Madhya
(b) Dangwala Ujjain Pradesh which is the birthplace of the
(c) Awara Mandsaur famous astronomer and astrologer of
(d) Bilawali Indore ancient India, Varahamihir?
• (d) Bilawali - Indore (a) Dangwala (b) Kaytha
• Bilawali is a reservoir. Which is located (c) Navdatoli (d) Ujjain
in Indore. • (b) Kaytha
2. Which of the following archaeological • Kayatha is the birthplace of Varahamihir.
sites is not located in Mandsaur district? 7. In which district of Madhya Pradesh is
(a) Awara and Indragarh the archaeological site Gyaraspur
(b) Manoai and Modi located?
(c) Paseva (a) Gwalior (b) Shivpuri
(d) Pipariya (c) Mandsaur (d) Hoshangabad
• (d) Pipariya • (a) Gwalior
• Pipariya is located in Hoshangabad. • Main monuments located in Gyaraspur
3. Who first excavated the archaeological → Athkhamba
site Besnagar in Madhya Pradesh? → Vajra Math
(a) Dr. V.S. Wakankar → Maladevi Temple
(b) John Marshall → Buddhist Stupa
(c) Shri H. H. Lake → Mansarovar Lake
(d) Alexander Cunningham → Hindola Taran
• (c) Shri H. H. Lake 8. When was the Edward Archaeological
• Besnagar was first excavated by Shri H. Museum established in Madhya Pradesh?
H. Lake. (a) 1887 (b) 1931
4. The archaeological site Pawaya in (c) 1964 (d) 1922
Gwalior district is situated on the bank of • (a) 1887
which river? • Edward Archaeological Museum was
(a) Sindh River established in 1887.
(b) Shankh River • It is located in Bhopal.
(c) Par Vati River Museum in Madhya Pradesh
(d) At the confluence of Sindh River and Museum Year Place
Parvati River (Establishment
• (d) At the confluence of Sindh River )
and Parvati River Madhya 2013 Bhopal
5. In which district of Madhya Pradesh is Pradesh
the archaeological site Navdatoli located? Tribal
(a) Hoshangabad (b) Mandsaur Museum
(c) Khargone (d) Barwani
• (c) Khargone

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Shri Badal 1954 Chhindwara Devi Ahilyabai Holkar 1974 Maheshwar

Bhoi (Khargone)
Museum Maharaja Chhatrasal 1955 Chhatarpur
Madhya 1909 Bhopal Yashodharman Museum 1982 Mandsaur
Pradesh 11. Which of the following caves is not
State
correctly matched?
Museum
(Caves) (Place District)
Indira 1977 Bhopal
Gandhi (a) Likhi Chhaj Caves Morena (Karsa)
National (b) Likhi Dant Caves Chanderi
Museum of (c) Lakhwariya Caves Shahdol
Human (d) Siddhababa Caves Chhatarpur
Central 1929 Indore • (d) Siddhababa Caves
Archaeologi
Name Location
cal Museum
Bhimbetka Caves Raisen
Directorate 1956 Bhopal
of Adamgarh Caves Hoshangabad
Archeology Mrigendranath Caves Raisen
9. Which of the following options is not Kabra Caves Rajgarh
correctly matched? Likhi Dant Caves Chanderi
(Archaeological (Establishment) Jhinjri Caves Katni
Museum) 12. Which caves among the caves of
(a) Government 1955-56 Udayagiri located in Vidisha are not
Museum Dhubela correctly matched?
(Naugaon (Cave number) Relation (Name)
Chhatarpur) (a) First cave Suraj Cave
(b) Central 1931 (c) Fourth cave Been ki Cave
Archaeological (c) Fifth cave Varaha statue
Museum Indore (d) Thirteenth cave Graha Cave
(c) State Museum 1909 • (d) Thirteenth cave
Bhopal Thirteenth Cave Graha cave
(d) Central Museum 1990 First Cave Suraj cave
Gujri Mahal
Fourth Cave Been cave
Gwalior
Fifth Cave Varaha statue
• (d) Central Museum Gujri Mahal Thirteenth Cave conch shell script
Gwalior - 1990 engraved
10. When was Tulsi Museum Ramvan 13. When were the Bagh caves located in
(Satna) established in Madhya Pradesh? Dhar district declared a national
(a) 1968 (b) 1977 monument?
(c) 1988 (d) 1998 (a) 1951 (b) 1961
• (b) 1977 (c) 1971 (d) 1981
Gujari Mahal 1913 Gwalior • (a) 1951
Rani Durgavati 1975 Jabalpur • They were declared national monuments
Tulsi Museum 1936 Ramvan in 1951.
(Satna)
14. Which cave number is not matched in the
Bagh caves of Madhya Pradesh?

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(Cave No.) Related (Name) 19. Which of the following tourist places is
(a) First Cave - Graha Cave not in Amarkantak.
(b) Second Cave - Pandav Cave (a) Kabir Chabutara
(c) Third Cave - Haathikhana (b) Mai ki Bagiya
(d) Fourth Cave - Pathshala (c) Kapildhara
• (d) Fourth Cave - Pathshala (d) Rishi Atri Ashram
• The fourth cave among the Bagh caves is • (d) Rishi Atri Ashram
known as Rangmahal. • Rishi Atri Muni Ashram is situated in
15. Which of the following pairs of caves of Satna district.
Madhya Pradesh is not correctly 20. The natural tourist place of M.P. where
matched? sage Bhringu did penance?
(Caves) (Place) (a) Amarkantak (b) Chitrakoot
(a) Adamgarh Caves Hoshangabad (c) Bhedaghat (d) Janapav
(b) Pandav Caves Panchmarhi • (a) Amarkantak
(c) Adi Shankaracharya Omkareshwar 21. The famous natural and religious tourist
Caves place of Madhya Pradesh, Chitrakoot is
(d) Kajal Rani Caves Barwani situated on the bank of which river.
• (d) Kajal Rani Caves - Barwani (a) Godavari (b) Mandakini
• Other Caves - (c) Tamsa (d) Ken
• Dharmarajeshwar Caves Mandsaur • (b) Mandakini
• Sat Kothari Caves Dhar 22. Which tourist place of Madhya Pradesh
• Ghoda Mada Caves Dindori was discovered by Warden Forsyth?
16. In which district is the famous natural (a) Pachmarhi (b) Amarkantak
and religious place of M.P., Salkanpur (c) Sanchi (d) Bhimbetka
located? • (a) Pachmarhi
(a) Bhopal (b) Sehore 23. Where is the Battish Bavdi water source
(c) Vidisha (d) Raisen located?
• (b) Sehore (a) Chanchoda Guna
• Salkanpur is situated in Sehore. (b) Chanderi Ashoknagar
17. The tourist place of M.P. where Draupadi (c) Besnagar Vidisha
Kuti is situated. (d) Narwar Shivpuri
(a) Panchmarhi (b) Chitrakoot • (b) Chanderi Ashoknagar
(c) Amarkantak (d) Orchha 24. In which district are Lilahi, Anhoni and
• (a) Panchmarhi Kukrikhapa waterfalls located.
• Draupadi Kuti is situated in Panchmarhi. (a) Balaghat (b) Chhindwara
18. In which tourist place of Madhya Pradesh (c) Hoshangabad (d) Betul
is the ashram of Kapil Muni situated? • (b) Chhindwara
(a) Janapav (b) Chitrakoot 25. Where was Mukundpur White Tiger
(c) Bhedaghat (d) Amarkantak Safari situated in Madhya Pradesh?
• (d) Amarkantak (a) Satna (b) Maihar
• Kapil Muni's ashram is situated in (c) Panna (d) Shahdol
Amarkantak. • (b) Maihar
• Kapildhara waterfall is situated in • Mukund White Tiger Safari is located in
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26. What was the ancient name of tourist thousand rupees. This temple is situated
place Udaygiri of Vidisha district. on the banks of Banganga.
(a) Panchalgarh (b) Nichaugiri • Its construction work started in 1528 and
(c) Swarngiri (d) Bhojgiri was completed in 1536.
• (b) Nichaugiri 32. Where is the Rangir temple of Maa
27. In which district of Madhya Pradesh is Harsiddhi situated?
the natural and historical tourist place (a) Betwa River (b) Dehar River
Bandhavgarh, surrounded by 32 hills, (c) Tons River (d) None of these
located? • (b) Dehar River
(a) Shahdol (b) Umaria • It is believed that the thigh of the mother
(c) Rewa (d) Dindori fell at this place. Hence this place was
• (b) Umaria named Rangir.
28. Which of the following waterfalls is not in • In 1732, Rangir Pargana of Sagar
Shivpuri district? Madhya Pradesh was the capital of the
(a) Bhurakoh waterfall Marathas.
(b) Sultangarh waterfall 33. Which of the following waterfalls is not in
(c) Pawa waterfall Indore district?
(d) Sankua waterfall (a) Sheetla Mata
• (b) Sultangarh waterfall (b) Patalpani Waterfall
29. Where is Bijamandal/Vijay Mandir (c) Jhadidha Waterfall
located? (d) Maldhar Waterfall
(a) Vidisha (b) Sanchi • (d) Maldhar Waterfall
(c) Chhindwara (d) Gwalior • waterfalls in Indore -
• (a) Vidisha → Sheetla Mata Waterfall
• This Vijay Mandir built by Parmar kings → Patalpani Waterfall
was dedicated to Goddess Charchika. → Jhadidaha Waterfall
• Aurangzeb blew up this temple with → Tincha Waterfal
cannons and built a mosque on it.
• By naming this mosque as Alamgiri
Masjid, Vidisha was also renamed as
Alamgiri.
30. On which river bank was the Shri Ram
Janaki marriage ceremony held?
(a) Betwa River (b) Ken River
(c) Tons (d) Shipra
• (a) Betwa River
• This Ramraja Sarkar was held in Orchha.
31. In which district is the Baijnath Mahadev
Temple located?
(a) Mandsaur (b) Rewa
(c) Satna (d) Agar-Malwa
• (d) Agar-Malwa
• The renovation was done by Colonel
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Major festivals of Madhya Pradesh

1. In which district is Kalidas Samaroh (a) Auditorium (b) Museum
organized? (c) Library (d) None of these
(a) Gwalior (b) Bhopal • (a) Auditorium
(c) Chhatarpur (d) Ujjain • Year of construction - 1962
• (d) Ujjain
• Kalidas Samaroh 6. Which council organizes most of the
• Started in 1958. festivals in M.P.?
• Organized every year by Kalidas (a) M.P. Arts Council
Academy Ujjain. (b) M.P. Sahitya Parishad
• 7 day program (c) Bharat Bhavan
(d) Kalidas Academy
2. In which district is Ustad Amir Khan • (a) M.P. Arts Council
Music Festival organized? • Madhya Pradesh Arts Council organizes
(a) Indore (b) Dewas cultural programs in Madhya Pradesh.
(c) Sagar (d) Bhopal
• (a) Indore 7. Where is India's famous dance festival
• Ustad Amir Khan Festival. held?
• Organized by Madhya Pradesh Culture (a) Khajuraho (b) Ujjain
Council in Indore. (c) Sanchi (d) Bhopal
• Venue - Ravindra Natya Griha. • (a) Khajuraho
• In the memory of Ustad Amir Khan.
8. Where is Ustad Alauddin Khan Music
3. Where is Durlabh Vaad-Vinod Samaroh Festival held every year?
organized in M.P.? (a) Bhopal (b) Indore
(a) Indore (b) Bhopal (c) Gwalior (d) Maihar
(c) Ujjain (d) Gwalior • (d) Maihar
• (b) Bhopal • Ustad Alauddin Khan Festival.
• Durlabh Vaad-Vinod Samaroh • Held every year in Maihar since 1976.
• It is organized in Bhopal. • Its main attraction is the Maihar Band.
• Playing of all musical instruments
4. When was Khajuraho Dance Festival 9. Where is Bharat Bhavan located?
started? (a) Delhi (b) Indore
(a) 1973 (b) 1975 (c) Jabalpur (d) Bhopal
(c) 1979 (d) 1983 • (d) Bhopal
• (b) 1975 • Bharat Bhavan
• Khajuraho Dance Festival • Year of establishment - 13 February 1982
• Place: Chhatarpur
• This is the biggest dance festival of the 10. Tansen Music Festival is organized in
state. which district.
(a) Bhopal (b) Indore
5. What is Ravindra Bhavan located in (c) Ranchi (d) Gwalior
Bhopal, the capital of M.P.? • (d) Gwalior

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• Tansen Music Festival (c) Vidisha (d) Rajgarh

• Year of establishment - 1980 • (c) Vidisha
• Organized every year by Madhya Pradesh • Betwa Festival - It is organized in
Sanskriti Parishad Vidisha.

11. Dhrupad Festival is organized in? 16. In which month is Khajuraho Dance
(a) Pachmarhi (b) Gwalior Festival organized?
(c) Ujjain (d) Bhopal (a) December (b) June
• (d) Bhopal (c) February (d) September
• Dhrupad Festival • (c) February
• Year of establishment: 1981 • Khajuraho Dance Festival is organized in
• Place: Bhopal Chhatarpur (Khajuraho) in the month of
February.
12. Keshav Jayanti Festival is organized in
which district? 17. Where is the annual dance festival
(a) Bhopal (b) Dhar ‘Lokranjan’ organized?
(c) Niwari (d) Bhind (a) Sanchi (b) Bhopal
• (c) Niwari (c) Ujjain (d) Khajuraho
• Keshav Jayanti Festival • (d) Khajuraho
• Year of starting: 1987 • Organized every year by Madhya Pradesh
• Place: Orchha on the occasion of Tourism Department
Ramnavami. • Place – Khajuraho.

13. Where is the headquarters of M.P. 18. In which city is Kumar Gandharva
Sahitya Parishad located? Festival organized?
(a) Indore (b) Bhopal (a) Gwalior (b) Indore
(c) Rewa (d) Sagar (c) Dewas (d) Bhopal
• (b) Bhopal • (c) Dewas
• Madhya Pradesh Sahitya Parishad is • Kumar Gandharva Festival is organized
located in Bhopal. by Ustad Alauddin Khan Music Academy
• Madhya Bharat Hindi Sahitya Sabha is (Culture Department, Madhya Pradesh)
located in Indore. and District Administration Dewas.
• It is organized every year on 8 April
14. In which month is Tansen Festival (Kumar Gandharva Jayanti) since 1992-
organized in M.P. 93.
(a) March (b) December
(c) July (d) September 19. Which of the following organisations
• (b) December works for the protection and promotion
• Tansen Festival is celebrated in Madhya of Hindi literature in Madhya Pradesh?
Pradesh in the month of December. (a) Kalidas Academy (b) Kala Parishad
(c) Bharat Bhavan (d) Sahitya Parishad
15. In which district is Betwa Festival • (d) Sahitya Parishad
organized. • Establishment - 1954
(a) Jabalpur (b) Shivpuri

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20. When was the Kala Parishad established

in Madhya Pradesh?
(a) 1951 (b) 1953
(c) 1952 (d) 1950
• (c) 1952
• Madhya Pradesh Kala Parishad
• Madhya Bharat Kala Parishad was
established in Gwalior in 1952.

21. How many sections are there in Bharat

Bhavan?
(a) 6 (b) 4
(c) 5 (d) 7
• (a) 6
• Bharat Bhavan has 6 sections.

22. Simhastha depends on the activities of

which planet?
(a) Mercury (b) Jupiter
(c) Neptune (d) Mars
• (b) Jupiter

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