Practice Questions
HISTORY
World History
1. Match the following
Renaissance writers
Works
A. Dante
1. Pantagruel
B. Machiavelli
2. Don Quixote
C. Rebelais
3. The Prince
D. Cervantes
4. Divine Comedy
ABCD
ABCD
(a) 2 3 1 4
(b) 3 4 2 1
(c) 4 1 2 3
(d) 4 3 1 2
2. Renaissance started first in
(a) France
(b) Russia
(c) Italy
(d) England
3. During the period of the Renaissance, new styles of
architecture first developed in
(a) Italy
(b) France
(c) England
(d) Germany
4. The Renaissance scientist who explained how
planets moved around the sun was
(a) Rebelais
(b) Francis Bacorr
(c) Gutenberg
(d) Kepler
5. Which of the following is not true of the European
renaissance?
(a) It developed interest in science and fostered a
spirit of adventure
(b) It aimed at organizing anti-Church movements
(c) It was a intellectual movement
(d) It Found expression in the revival of the study
of ancient Greco-Roman classics.
6. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?
Renaissance artists
Paintings
1. Leonardo da Vinci
Monalisa
2. Michaelangel
The last Judgment
3. Raphael
Madonna
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 3
(d) 1, 2 and 3
7. who among the following was a poet of Italian
Renaissance?
(a) Dante
(b) Virgil
(c) Homer
(d) Rossetti
8. The European Renaissance of the fifteenth century is
noted for great advances in
(a) Engineering
(b) Art & architecture
(c) Mathematics
(d) Medicine
9. The European Renaissance of the fifteenth century is
noted for great advances in
(a) Medicine
(b) Mathematics
(c) Engineering
(d) Art and architecture
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10. The ‘Last Supper’, a famous renaissance painting,
was a master piece of
(a) Michael Angelo
(b) Titian
(c) Leonardo da Vinci (d) Raphael
11. The discovery of sea-route from Europe to India was
made by
(a) Marco Polo
(b) Magellan
(c) Vasco-da-Gama
(d) Columbus
12. The author of the ‘New Deal’ was
(a) President John Kennedy
(b) President Woodrow Wilson
(c) President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
(d) President Theodore Roosevelt
13. The Industrial Revolution first took place in
(a) England
(b) America
(c) France
(d) Germany
14. ‘Equality and Fraternity’ one associated with?
(a) Olympic games
(b) Industrial revolution
(c) Russian revolution (d) French revolution
15. The author of the American Declaration of
Independence was
(a) Thomas Paine
(b) Jefferson
(c) Lafayette
(d) George Washington
16. ‘Guernica’, the world famous painting was painted by
(a) Leonardo-da-Vinci (b) Van Gogh
(c) Picasso
(d) Michelangelo
17. Who raised the slogan ‘No taxation without
representation’?
(a) People of Russia
(b) American colonies
(c) Industrial workers of France
(d) Peasants and workers of France
18. Among the four political parties listed below, which
one was the last to be formed?
(a) The Conservative Party in Britain
(b) The Democratic Party in the U.S.A.
(c) The Republican Party in the U.S.A.
(d) The Indian National Congress
19. Which year is associated with the outbreak of World
War II?
(a) 1935
(b) 1937
(c) 1938
(d) 1939
20. Which of the following was the main feature of
European Renaissance?
(a) Domination of the church and religion
(b) Spread of Christianity outside Europe
(c) It brought back the classic ideals in literature,
painting and architecture.
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When did the Second World War end?
(a) 1918
(b) 1939
(c) 1945
(d) 1946
Which of the following are among the permanent
members of the Security Council of the United
Nations Organisation?
1. Germany
2. Russia
3. Japan
4. China
(a) 1 & 2
(b) 2 & 3
(c) 3 & 4
(d) 2 & 4
Who was the head of the Provisional government of
Russia in 1917?
(a) Leon Trotesky
(b) Kerensky
(c) Nicolas II
(d) Vladimir Ilych Lenin
Saint Simon, Charles Fourier and Robert Owen were
(a) Renaissance artists
(b) Portuguese navigators
(c) Early Socialists
(d) Activists in the American war of independence
Which style of painting was used by early
renaissance artists?
(a) Gothic
(b) Catholic Art
(c) Graeco-Roman
(d) None of these
Who among the following commanded the American
forces during American war of independence?
(a) George Washington (b) Hamilton
(c) Theadore Roosevelt (d) Thomas Jefferson
The Industrial Revolution in the last quarter of the
eighteenth century in England first affected the
(a) Shipping industry
(b) Coal mining industry
(c) Cotton textiles industry
(d) Iron and steel industry
Which of the following events symbolized the fall of
autocracy during the course of French Revolution?
(a) Mass execution by the guillotione in 1792.
(b) The meeting of the States General on 17th
June, 1789.
(c) Execution of the King and the Queen
(d) The fall of Bastille on 14th July 1789
What is the correct sequence or the following events
occurred during the war of American independence?
1. Boston Tea party
2. Battle of Bunker Hill
3. Declaration of American Independence
4. George Washington named chief of the
continental forces
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30. ‘The Boston Tea Party’ took place in
(a) 1774
(b) 1773
(c) 1770
(d) 1776
31. What was the name of the atom bomb dropped by
USA on Hiroshima in Japan during the Second
World War?
(a) Little Boy
(b) Little Fly
(c) Little Devil
(d) None of these
32. The first successful socialist revolution in history
was
(a) American Revolution (b) French Revolution
(c) Russian Revolution (d) None of these
33. Which of the following pairs is/are correctly
matched?
1. Richard Arkwright-Spinning Jenney
2. Samuel Cromption – Mule
3. Eli whitney – Cotton gin
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 3 alone
(d) 1, 2 and 3
34. The first written republican constitution ever formed
in history was that of the
(a) Americans
(b) British
(c) French
(d) Indians
35. In the year 1815, the Battle of Waterloo was fought
between
(a) Britain and France (b) Japan and China
(c) Austria and Russia (d) Britain and Germany
36. Where was Napoleon sent in exile after the battle of
Waterloo?
(a) Capri
(b) Corsica
(c) St. Helen
(d) Elba
37. The slogan ‘No taxation without representation’ was
first raised during the American Revolution in
(a) Massachussets Assembly
(b) Philadelphia Congress
(c) Boston Tea Party
(d) None of these
38. The Fall of Bastille is associated with the
(a) Russian Revolution of Nov, 1917.
(b) Greek War of Independence
(c) French Revolution of 1789
(d) American war of Independence
39. Das Capital and Communist Manifesto were written
by
(a) Trotsky
(b) Lenin
(c) Karl Marx
(d) Stolin
40. Which was the first city destroyed by the atom bomb
in Second World War?
(a) Baghdad
(b) Hiroshima
(c) Tokyo
(d) Nagasaki
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41. German attack on Poland was the immediate cause
of
(a) First World War
(b) West Asian Crisis
(c) Second World War (d) Cold War
42. Who defined Democracy as the ‘Government of the
people, by the people and for the people?
(a) Abraham Lincoln (b) Winston Churchill
(c) George Washington
(d) John Stuart Mill
43. Match the following:
Exploration
Explorers
A. Sea route of India 1. Columbus
B. Voyage round the 2. Vasco da Gama
world (First)
C. Discovery of
3. Captain Cook
America
D. Discovery of Brazil 4. Pedro Alvares Cabral
5. Magellan
ABCD
ABCD
(a) 2 5 1 4
(b) 3 4 2 1
(c) 4 3 5 2
(d) 5 1 3 4
44. Choose the correct chronological order of the
following events:
1. French Revolution 2. Glorious Revolution
3. American war of
4. Russian Revolution
Independence
(a) 2, 3, 1, 4
(b) 3, 2, 1, 4
(c) 2, 3, 4, 1
(d) 3, 4, 2, 1
45. Under which of the following treaties did the British
recognize the independence of 13 American
Colonies?
(a) Treaty of Versailles
(b) Treaty of Paris
(c) Maastricht Treaty
(d) None of these
46. Match the following
A. 1668
1. French Revolution
B. 1776
2. Glorious Revolution
C. 1789
3. American War of Independence
D. 1917
4. Chinese Revolution
5. Bolshevik Revolution
ABCD
ABCD
(a) 1 2 3 4
(b) 2 3 1 4
(c) 2 4 1 3
(d) 2 3 1 5
47. The year 1992 is celebrated as the 500th anniversary
of Columbus first Voyage to the New World. In 1492
Columbus reached
(a) South America & Cuba
(b) Bahamas & Canada
(c) Central America & West Indies
(d) Bahamas, Cuba & West Indies
48. Who was the author of the ‘Republic’, a famous
classic?
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(a) Herodotus
(b) Plato
(c) Alexander
(d) Aristotle
49. 1917 is known for
(a) Battle of Trafalgar (b) Battle of Jutland
(c) End of the World (d) The Russian
War I
Revolution
50 Who among the following was directly associated
with the French Revolution?
(a) Danton
(b) Voltaire
(c) Louis XIV
(d) Napolean Bonaparte
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Ancient Indian History
1. Microliths are typical of
(a) Palaeolithic Age (b) Mesolithic Age
(c) Neolithic Age
(d) Chalcolithic Age
2. Pot-making, a technique of great significance in
human history, appeared first at least in a few areas
during
(a) Early Stone Age
(b) Middle Stone Age
(c) Upper Stone Age (d) Late Stone Age
3. The earliest evidence of man in India is found in:
(a) Nilgiris
(b) Nallamala Hills
(c) Siwalik Hills
(d) Narmada Valley
4. The earliest evidence yet available for settled
agriculture in the subcontinent comes from:
(a) Kalibangan
(b) Amri
(c) Mehrgarh
(d) Inamgarh
5. Excellent cave paintings of Mesolithic Age are
found at
(a) Bhimbetka
(b) Atranjikhera
(c) Mahisadal
(d) Barudih
6. Megaliths of south India are mainly associated with
(a) Mesolithic Age
(b) Neolithic Age
(c) Chalcolithic Age (d) Iron Age
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7. Which of the following sites does not have a granary
or warehouse?
(a) Mohenjodaro
(b) Harappa
(c) Chanhudaro
(d) Lothal
8. Which one of the following metals made its earliest
appearance in India before any other place in the
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(a) Copper
(b) Gold
(c) Tin
(d) Silver
9. How are Harappan seals manufactured?
(a) Pinching
(b) Moulding
(c) Cutting
(d) Casting
10. Which Harappan city is marked by the conspicuous
absence of the terracotta figurines of the Mother
Goddess?
(a) Kalibangan
(b) Mohenjodaro
(c) Harappa
(d) Lothal
11. In the cultivation of which of the following crops are
the Harappans considered as pioneers in the world?
(a) Wheat
(b) Barley
(c) Rice
(d) Cotton
12. The battle of Ten Kings (Dasarajna) was fought on
the banks of river:
(a) Askini
(b) Sindhu
(c) Parushni
(d) Satadru
13. Who among the following women was not a scholar,
according to Rig Veda?
(a) Apala
(b) Ghosha
(c) Devayani
(d) Vishwavara
14. Match the following:
(A) Gandharva
(i) Love marriage
(B) Asura
(ii) Marriage by purchase
(C) Rakshasa
(iii) Marriage by capture
(D) Paisacha
(iv) Marriage by
abduction
ABCD
(a) iii i iv ii
(b) ii iv i iii
(c) iv iii ii i
(d) i ii iii iv
15. Yajnopavita meant
(a) A sacred ritual
(b) Initiation to education
(c) An Aryan weapon (d) The sacred thread
16. Which one of the following narrates the
Aryanization of eastern India by a king named
Videgha Madhava?
(a) Aitareya Brahmana
(b) Tandyamaha Brahmana
(c) Jaiminiya Brahmana
(d) Satapatha Brahmana
17. Who was Jivaka of the 6th century BC?
(a) Minister of Ajatasatru
(b) Bimbisara’s personal physician
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(c) Ruler of Anga
(d) Prime Minister of Dhana Nanda
Who was the first Persian emperor to conquer a part
of India, which became his twentieth satrapy?
(a) Darius I
(b) Cyrus
(c) Darius II
(d) Xerxes
Arrange the following universities of the ancient
period in the chronological sequence:
(i) Nalanda University
(ii) Vikramsila University
(iii) Taxila University
(iv) Valabhi University
(v) Nagarjuna University
Choose the correct answer from the codes given
below:
(a) iii, v, i, iv & ii
(b) iv, ii, v, i & iii
(c) ii, iii, iv, v & i
(d) i, iv, iii, ii & v
The largest number of copper coins were issued by
the
(a) Kushanas
(b) Satavahanas
(c) Guptas
(d) Sakas
The earliest epigraphic reference to ‘Visti’ or forced
labour is found in the:
(a) Nanaghat inscription of Naganika
(b) Hathigumpha inscription of Kharavela
(c) Junagarh inscription of Asoka
(d) Junagarh inscription of Rudradaman I
Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly
matched?
(a) Suvarnabhumi – Malay Peninsula
(b) Suvarnadvipa – Indian Archipelago
(c) Kambuja – Vietnam
(d) Champa – Annam
Agnimitra, the second Sunga ruler, was the hero of a
book written by:
(a) Kalidasa
(b) Patanjali
(c) Asvaghosa
(d) Bana
What is the correct chronological order of the
following lawmakers of ancient India?
(i) Manu
(ii) Narada
(iii) Medhatithi
(iv) Yajnavalkya
Choose the answer from the codes given below:
(a) i, ii, iv and iii
(b) iii, iv, i and ii
(c) i, iv, ii and iii
(d) iv, i, ii and iii
To which period does the earliest epigraphic
evidence, yet available, of land grant belong and to
whom was it made?
(a) 2nd century bc—Buddhists
(b) 1st century bc—Brahmins
(c) 1st century ad—Jainas
(d) 2nd century ad—Ajivikas
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26. Harsha was the author of
(i) Harshacharita
(ii) Ratnavali
(iii) Nagananda
(iv) Priyadarsika
(v) Kadambari
Select the answer from the codes given below:
(a) i, ii and iii
(b) ii, iii and iv
(c) iii, iv and v
(d) ii, iv and v
27. Who is considered as the greatest Pallava because of
his military conquests and cultural contribution?
(a) Mahendravarman I
(b) Paramesvaravarman II
(c) Mahendravarman I
(d) Narasimhavarman I
28. The term apad-dharma of the Smriti literature meant
(a) violation of social laws
(b) special duties prescribed for the varnasamkara
(c) duties permitted to different varnas at times of
distress
(d) dangerous practices to be avoided by people
29. What is the correct order in which the four varnas
appear in the Buddhist Pali texts?
(a) Sudda, khattiya, bahamanna and vessa
(b) Vessa, bahamanna, sudda and khattiya
(c) Bahamanna, khattiya, vessa and sudda
(d) Khattiya, bahamanna, vessa and sudda
30. Which Veda, according to Apasthamba, can be made
accessible to women and Sudras?
(a) Rig Veda
(b) Sama Veda
(c) Yajur Veda
(d) Atharva Veda
31. Which one of the following pairs is not properly
matched?
(a) Burzahom Culture – Jhelum Valley
(b) Ganeshwar Culture – N. E. Rajasthan
(c) Jorwe Culture – Maharashtra
(d) Ahar Culture – Madhya Pradesh
32. Which Chalcolithic site of eastern India has revealed
the most impressive evidence of crops?
(a) Senuar
(b) Chirand
(c) Taradih
(d) Pandu Rajar Dhibi
33. Which one of the following sites does not have
evidence of pit-dwellings?
(a) Burzahom
(b) Sarai Khola
(c) Jalilpur
(d) Gufkral
34. Teri sites, associated with dunes of reddened sand,
are found in
(a) Assam
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Andhra Pradesh
35. The Ochre Coloured Pottery is closely connected
with
(a) Aryans
(b) Early Harappans
(c) Late Harappans
(d) Mature Harappans
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36. Which site does not have evidence of rice
cultivation?
(a) Huals
(b) Lothal
(c) Rangpur
(d) Rojdi
37. In which city was the citadel and lower town joined
together by a stone rubble fortification?
(a) Lothal
(b) Surkotada
(c) Kalibangan
(d) Banawali
38. Where did the archaeologists discover a middle
town, as distinct from the citadel and the lower
town?
(a) Surkotada
(b) Daimabad
(c) Dholavira
(d) Lothal
39. Which Vedic God was the upholder of the moral
order?
(a) Indra
(b) Agni
(c) Varuna
(d) Mitra
40. The earliest clear reference to the four ashramas of
an individual’s life is in
(a) Jabala Upanishad (b) Aitareya Brahmana
(c) Katha Upanishad (d) Satapata Brahmana
41. Tathagat in Buddhism meant:
(a) one who renounced worldly life
(b) one who overcame desires
(c) one who followed the Middle Path
(d) one who attained the Truth
42. The Mauryan empire under Asoka was divided into
how many provinces?
(a) Four
(b) Five
(c) Six
(d) Eight
43. Whose coins were restruck by Gautamiputra
Satakarni in commemoration of his victory?
(a) Rudradaman I
(b) Ushavadata
(c) Nahapana
(d) Moga
44. Which one of the following pairs is wrong?
(a) Simantonnayana – Parting the hair
(b) Chudakarana – Tonsure
(c) Samvartana – Graduation
(e) Antyesti – Natal rites
45. Match List I with List II and select the answer using
the codes given below.
List I
List II
(i) Sudraka
(A) Devichandraguptam
(ii) Vajjika
(B) Harivamsa Purana
(iii) Visakhadatta
(C) Mrichchhakatika
(iv) Jinasena Suri
(D) Tilsya Pannati
(v) Yati Vrishaha
(E) Kaumudi Mahotsava
(a) i-C, ii-E, iii-A, iv-B, v-D
(b) i-C, ii-D, iii-A, iv-E, v-B
(c) i-A, ii-B, iii-C, iv-D, v-E
(d) i-B, ii-C, iii-D, iv-E, v-A
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46. Mandasor Pillar Inscription of the early sixth century
AD belongs to
(a) Anantavarman
(b) Yasodharman
(c) Mihirakula
(d) Toramana
47. During whose time did Hiuen Tsang visit
Kanchipuram, the capital of the Pallavas?
6 (a) Narasimhavarman I
(b) Narasimhavarman II
(c) Mahendravarman I
(d) Mahendravarman II
48. What is the animal that is found in most of the pillars
of the Pallavas, representing the founder of Pallava
dynasty?
(a) Tiger
(b) Lion
(c) Elephant
(d) Bull
49. Which of the following texts relegates women along
with Vaishyas and Sudras to a low position, though
all of them are assured of equal treatment by it in the
next world?
(a) Arthasastra
(b) Bhagavad Gita
(c) Ramayana
(d) Manu Smriti
50. Dissolution of marriage, according to the
Dharmasastras, can take place when:
(i) a person loses his varna status
(ii) a husband fails to return from journey in time
as promised
(iii) a husband takes a second wife
(iv) person fails to support his family
Choose the answer from the codes given below:
(a) i, ii and iii
(b) ii, iii and iv
(c) ii and iii
(d) i and ii
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Medieval Indian History
1. Which of the following dynasties did not take part in
the triangular conflict for the control of Kanuaj?
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(a) Palas
(b) Prathiharas (c)
Senas
(d) Rashtrakutas
Who was the founder of the Seana dynasty?
(a) Vijaya Sena
(b) Lakshmana Sena
(c) Ballala Sena
(d) Vinaya Sena
Whose kingdom was visited by Al-Masudi, an Arab
traveller of the early 10th century A.D.?
(a) Dharmapala
(b) Indra III
(c) Mihira Bhoja
(d) Lakshmana Sena
Sulaiman, an Arab merchant of the 9th century,
visited whose kingdom?
(a) Pala kingdom of Gopala
(b) Sena kingdom of Vijayasena
(c) Prathihara kingdom of Mihira Bhoja
(d) Rashtrakuta kingdom of Dantidurga
Which Chola ruler was defeated by the Rashtrakuta
king, Krishna III, in the famous battle of Takkolam?
(a) Aditya
(b) Kulottunga I
(c) Rajadhiraja
(d) Parantaka I
Who among the following Cholas is credited with
conquering the Sri Vijaya empire of the Sailendra
rulers by sending a naval expedition?
(a) Vijayalaja
(b) Rajaraja I
(c) Rajendra I
(d) Parantaka I
Which of the following Rajput dynasties claimed the
Agnikula status?
(i) Pariharas
(ii) Chandellas
(iii) Paramaras
(iv) Tomars
(v) Solankins
(vi) Chauhans
Select the correct answer from the codes given
below:
(a) All of them
(b) i, iii, v & vi
(c) ii, iii, v, vi
(d) i, ii, iv, v
Match the following:
List - I
List - II
I. Palas
A. Ellora and later Malkhed
II. Prathiharas
B. Vijayapura
III. Rashtrakutas
C. Pataliputra
IV. Cholas
D. Kanauj
V. Senas
E. Tanjore
Codes : I II III IV V
(a) C D A E B
(b) C A D B E
(c) D C A B E
(d) B A E C D
What was the name of the Hindu ruler of Sind who
was defeated and deposed by the Arab invaders?
(a) Jaisingha
(b) Jaichandra
(c) Dahar
(d) Bhima
Who was the court poet of Mahmud of Ghazni and
author of Shah Namah?
(a) Alberuni
(b) Ibn Batutah
(c) Maulana Khwajagi (d) Firdausi
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11. Who was the first Indian ruler to defeat Muhammad
of Ghur?
(a) Prithviraj, Chauhan ruler of Ajmer
(b) Jaichandra, Gahadwala ruler of Kanauj
(c) Lakshmana, the Sean ruler of Bengal
(d) Bhima II, the Solanki ruler of Gujarat
12. Which commander of Muhammad of Ghur was
responsible for defeating the Senas and establishing
Muslim rule in Eastern India
(a) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
(b) Iltutmish
(c) Bakhtiyar Khalji
(d) Muhammad-bin-Qasim
13. Pick out the Sultan who died while playing
“Chaugan” from among the following?
(a) Iltutmish
(b) Alauddin Khalji
(c) Muhammad-bin-Tughluq
(d) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
14. During whose reign did Cehngiz Khan, the famous
Mongol, attack India’s borders in pursuit of
Jalaluddin, the fugitive Khwarizmi prince?
(a) Alauddin Khalji
(b) Balban
(c) Muhammad-bin-Tughluq
(d) Iltutmish
15. Who was the founder of the city of Agra?
(a) Alauddin Khalji
(b) Muhammad-bin-Tughluq
(c) Firuz Tughluq
(d) Sikander Lodi
16. Which one of the following is correctly matched?
(a) Battle of Waihind—Defeat of Hindushahi ruler
by Muhammad of Ghur
(b) Battle of Tarain I—Defeat of Prithviraj
Chauhan by Muhammad of Ghur
(c) Battle of Tarain II—Defeat of Muhammad of
Ghur by Prithviraj Chauhan
(d) Battle of Chandwar—Defeat of Jayachandra of
Kanauj by Muhammad of Ghur
17. What were ‘Varahas’?
(a) Boars kept as pets by the Vijayanaraga rulers
(b) Elephant Crops of the Vijayanagara armed
forces
(c) Lands granted to officials in liue of salaries
(d) Gold coins of the Vijayanagara rulers
18. At whose initiative did the Sangama brothers return
to the fold of Hinduism from Islam?
(a) Sayana
(b) Madhavacharya
(c) Vallabhacharya
(d) Vidhyaranya
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19. Who was the Portuguese Governor in India to
conclude a friendship treaty with Krishnadeva Raya
around 1511 A.D.?
(a) Vasco da Gama
(b) Albuquerque
(c) D. Almeida
(d) Nino da Cunha
20. Mahmud Gawan was the Vakil as well as the Wazir
of which of the following Bahmani Sultans?
(a) Alauddin Hasan
(b) Tajuddin Firuzshah
(c) Muhammad Shah II (d) Ahmad Shah Wali
21. Who built the famous ‘Kirtistambha’ at Chittor?
(a) Rana Ratan Singh (b) Rana Hamir
(c) Rana Kumba
(d) Rana Sangram Singh
22. Who among the following founded the city of
Ahmedabad, which came to replace Anhilwara as the
capital of Gujarat?
(a) Muzaffar Shah I
(b) Muzaffar Shah II
(c) Bahadur Shah
(d) Ahmed Shah I
23. The rulers of Golconda were called?
(a) Qutubshahis
(b) Nizamshahis
(c) Adilshahis
(d) Imadshahis
24. “Uttaramerur Inscription” gives us information
about:
(a) Origin of the Cholas
(b) Military achievements of Rajaraja I
(c) Diplomatic relations between the Cholas and
the Sailendras
(d) Autonomous village administration of the
Cholas
25. Mahmud of Ghazni is said to have made several
plundering raid into India. What is the total number
of those raids and what is the target of the last raid?
(a) 10 – Vishnu temple at Mathura
(b) 15 – Temples at Khajuraho
(c) 16 – Capital of the Buddhist Hindushahi ruler
(d) 17 – Somnath temple
26. Who was the only Hindu convert to Islam to sit on
the throne of Delhi Sultanate?
(a) Abu Bakr
(b) Masud Shah
(c) Nasiruddin Muhammad
(d) Nasiruddin Khusrau
27. Hemu, the Hindu general who led the Afghan forces
against the Mughals in the Second Battle of Panipat,
was the general of which of the following Sur rulers?
(a) Islam Shah
(b) Muhammad Adil Shah
(c) Sikandar Shah
(d) Sher Shah
28. Who among the following Rajputs were the first to
voluntarily submit to Akbar?
(a) Hadas
(b) Sisodias
(c) Rathors
(d) Kachchawas
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29. What was the original name of Nurjahan?
(a) Jabunnisa
(b) Fatima Begum
(c) Mihrunnisa
(d) Jahannara
30. Who among the following great Mughals is said to
have “tumbled in life and tumbled out of it” while
coming down the steps of a library?
(b) Jahangir
8 (a) Shahjahan
(c) Babur
(d) Humayun
31. Which Great Mughal is credited with prohibiting
‘Sati’ unless the widow herself, of her own free will,
persistently desired it?
(a) Akbar
(b) Babur
(c) Humayun
(d) Jahangir
32. ‘Jagir’ of the Mughals is equal to which one of the
Delhi Sultans?
(a) Khalisa
(b) Inam
(c) Waqf
(d) Iqta
33. Which of the following is correctly matched?
(a) Kachchawas – Mewar
(b) Ranas – Marwar
(c) Hadas – Ranthambhor
(d) Rathors – Amber
34. Which code gives the correct matching of the
following lists?
Mughals
Places of their tombs
I. Babur
A. Kabul
II. Humayun
B. Delhi
III. Akbar
C. Sikandra
IV. Jahangir
D. Lahore
V. Shahjahan
E. Agra
VI. Aurangazeb
F. Aurangabad
Codes : I II III IV V VI
(a) A C B E F D
(b) A B C D E F
(c) B C D E F A
(d) B D C A E F
35. What was the capital of the Portuguese in India?
(a) Goa
(b) Cochin
(c) Calicut
(d) Cannanore
36. Who obtained the site of Madras and from whom?
(a) Captain Hawkins from the Nawab of Carnatic
(b) Sir Thomos Roe from the Nizam of Hyderabad
(c) Sir Charles Eyre fromthe Raja of Valikondapuram
(d) Francis Day from the Raja of Chandragiri
37. Identify Fort St.George and Fort William with their
respective settlements?
(a) Bombay and Madras
(b) Bombay and Calcutta
(c) Madras and Calcutta
(d) Calcutta and Madras
38. Which region in India provided the best quality saltpetre and opium to the Europeans?
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39.
40.
41.
42.
43.
44.
45.
46.
47.
(a) Coromandel
(b) Gujarat
(c) Bihar
(d) Malabar
With whom did Shivaji sign the Treaty of Purandhar
and when?
(a) 1645-Shaista Khan
(b) 1650-Afzal Khan
(c) 1660-Raja Jaswant Singh
(d) 1665-Raja Jai Singh
To whom is Shivaji greatly indebted in the field of
administrative reforms?
(a) Shershah Sur
(b) Muhammad Gawan of Bahmani Kingdom
(c) Malik Amber of Ahmadnagar
(d) Akbar, the Great
Who among the following is generally considered as
the greatest exponent of guerilla tactics of warfare
after Shivaji?
(a) Tarabai
(b) Balaji Viswanath
(c) Rajaram
(d) Baji Rao I
During whose Peshwaship did the system of Maratha
confederacy begin and certain Maratha chiefs got
themselves entrenched in different parts of India?
(a) Balaji Baji Rao
(b) Sawai Madhav Rao
(c) Baji Rao I
(d) Baji Rao II
Who is popularly known as the “Nana Saheb”?
(a) Baji Rao I
(b) Balaji Baji Rao
(c) Balaji Vishwanath (d) Sawai Madhav Rao
Match List I with List II and select the answer from
the codes given below:
LIST-I
LIST-II
I. Peshwa
A. Indore
II. Bhonsle
B. Gwalior
III. Holkar
C. Poona
IV. Gaekward
D. Nagpur
V. Scindhia
E. Baroda
Codes : I II III IV V
(a) C A D E B
(b) C D A B E
(c) C D A E B
(d) C A E B D
Which one of the following battles resulted in the
expulsion of Humayun from India by Sher Shah?
(a) Battle of Bilgram (b) Battle of Khanwa
(c) Battle of Chause (d) Battle of Ghagara
Rani Durgawati, who put up stiff resistance to Akbar
in 1563, was the ruler of:
(a) Malwa
(b) Gondwana
(c) Garh-Katanga
(d) Orissa
With which Rana of Mewar did Jahangir establish
final peace in 1615?
(a) Rana Amar Singh (b) Rana Pratap Singh
(c) Rana Udai Singh (d) Rana Ajit Singh
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48. Which was the first port in India that was visited by
Vasco da Gama?
(a) Cochin
(b) Calicut
(c) Goa
(d) Surat
49. The Mansab system of the Great Mughals had its
origin in the administration of:
(a) Turks
(b) Mongols
(c) Persians
(d) Arabs
50. Who among the following Sultans had assumed the
title of Zilillah (Shadow of God on the Earth)?
(a) Qutbuddin Aibak (b) Iltutmish
(c) Balban
(d) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
7.
8.
9.
ANSWERS
1.
6.
11.
16.
21.
26.
31.
36.
41.
46.
(c)
(c)
(d)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(a)
(d)
(d)
(c)
2.
7.
12.
17.
22.
27.
32.
37.
42.
47.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(d)
(b)
(d)
(c)
(c)
(a)
3.
8.
13.
18.
23.
28.
33.
38.
43.
48.
(b)
(a)
(d)
(d)
(a)
(d)
(c)
(c)
(b)
(b)
4.
9.
14.
19.
24.
29.
34.
39.
44.
49.
(c)
(c)
(d)
(b)
(d)
(c)
(b)
(d)
(c)
(b)
5.
10.
15.
20.
25.
30.
35.
40.
45.
50.
(d)
(d)
(d)
(c)
(d)
(d)
(a)
(c)
(a)
(c)
Modern Indian History
1. What was the original name of Nizam-ul-Mulk?
(a) Fateh Khan
(b) Chinqilich Khan
(c) Jahandar Khan
(d) Abdullah Khan
2. What was the name of the dynasty of the Nizams of
Hyderabad?
(a) Nizam Shahis
(b) Qutb Shahis
(c) Adil Shahis
(d) Asaf Jahis
3. Who was the Nizam who signed a subsidiary treaty
with Lord Wellesley?
(a) Salabat Jung
(b) Nizam Ali
(c) Muzaffar Jung
(d) Sikandar Jah
4. Who was the founder of Awadh?
(a) Shuja-ud-daula
(b) Saadat Khan Burhan-ul-Mulk
(c) Asaf-ud-daula
(d) Safdar Jung
5. Who was the last Nawab of Awadh?
(a) Wazid Ali Khan
(b) Wazir Ali
(c) Saadat Ali
(d) Saadat Khan
6. Who was the English general who defeated Count de
Lally in the battle of Wandiwash in 1760?
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10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
(a) General Forde
(b) General Hamilton
(c) General Harris
(d) General Eyre Coote
All the information concerning the so-called ‘Black
Hole Episode’ is found in a single-sided account of
it by an Englishman. What is the name of this
Englishman?
(a) William Hamilton (b) John Surman
(c) Holwell
(d) Stephenson
Where did the so-called ‘Black Hole Episode’ take
place?
(a) Murshidabad
(b) Dacca
(c) Monghyr
(d) Calcutta
Who was the leader of the English embassy sent to
the Mughal court in 1715 which succeeded in getting
the ‘farman’ of 1717 from the Mughal emperor,
Farukh Siyar?
(a) Thomas Pitt
(b) William Hamilton
(c) Edward Stephenson (d) John Surman
Which British officer defeated Mir Qasim in a series
of battles in 1763?
(a) Major Hector Munro (b) Major Adams
(c) Colonel Malleson
(d) Colonel Holwell
Who among the following Governors General
created the Covenanted Civil Service of India, which
came to be known as the Indian Civil Service from
1861 onwards?
(a) William Bentinck (b) Wellesley
(c) Cornwallis
(d) Warren Hastings
During whose viceroyship did the High Courts come
into existence at the three presidential cities of
Calcutta, Madras and Bombay?
(a) Warren Hastings (b) John Lawrence
(c) Dalhousie
(d) Canning
Who passed the Widow Remarriage Act?
(a) Canning
(b) Dalhousie
(c) Auckland
(d) William Bentinck
Sir Charles Wood, who drafted the Educational
Dispatch of 1854, was the then:
(a) Secretary of State for India
(b) President of the Court of Directors
(c) President of the Board of Control
(d) Prime Minister of England
Who was the President of the Indian Education
Commission of 1882?
(a) Thomas Raleigh
(b) W.W. Hunter
(c) Macaulay
(d) Sadler
Who is generally acknowledged as the pioneer of
local self-government in modern India?
(a) Ripon
(b) Mayo
(c) Lytton
(d) Curzon
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17. When did the practice of holding I.C.S.
examinations simultaneously in England as well as
in India begin?
(a) 1912
(b) 1922
(c) 1932
(d) 1935
18. Who introduced Permanent Settlement in Bengal
10 and Bihar?
(a) Cornwallis
(b) Warren Hastings
(c) Wellesley
(d) Dalhousie
19. Who was mainly responsible for the introduction of
the Ryotwari System in Madras?
(a) Elphinstone
(b) Thomas Munro
(c) Macartney
(d) John Lawrence
20. Who was the founder of the ‘Drain Theory’ which,
among others, exposed the constant drain of wealth
from India to England?
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
(b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(c) R.C. Dutt
(d) S.N. Banerji
21. The first telegraph line introduced by Lord
Dalhousie in 1853 ran between:
(a) Bombay and Thana (b) Calcutta and Madras
(c) Bombay and Agra (d) Calcutta and Agra
22. Which one of the following is correctly matched?
(a) Wood’s Dispatch — Primary Education
(b) Hunter Commission — Secondary Education
(c) Raleigh Commission — University Education
(d) Sadler Commission -- Rejection of Filtration
Theory
23. Match list I with list II and select the correct answer
using the codes given below the lists:
List I
List II
I. First Governor
A. Lord Macaulay
General of Fort William
II. First Chief Justice B. Lord Canning
of Supreme Court
III. First Law Member C. Warren Hastings
of the Governor General’s Council
IV. First Viceroy as
D. Sir Elijah Impey
well as Governor General
Codes:
I II III IV
I II III IV
(a) C A D B
(b) C D B A
(c) B D A C
(d) C D A B
24. At Delhi the Mughal emperor’s wife is said to have
sabotaged the work of the rebels by acting as the
informer to the British. What is her name?
(a) Hazrat Mahal
(b) Zinnat Mahal
(c) Mumtaz Mahal
(d) Fatima Begum
25. When was the new Enfield Rifle with greased
cartridges introduced in the British Indian Army?
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26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
32.
33.
34.
(a) November 1856
(b) December 1856
(c) January 1857
(d) February 1857
Consider list I and list II:
List I
List II
1. Nana Saheb
Kanpur
2. Hazrat Mahal
Lucknow
3. Rani Laxmibai
Jhansi
4. Khan Bahadur Khan
Arrah
5. Kunwar Singh
Bareilly
Which of the above are correctly matched? Choose
the answer from the codes below:
(a) All of them
(b) 1, 2 & 3
(c) 2, 3 & 4
(d) 3, 4 & 5
Who was the famous Urdu poet who witnessed the
massacre of male civilians of Delhi by the British
soldiers?
(a) Firaq Gorakhpuri (b) Josh Malihabadi
(c) Mirza Ghalib
(d) Mir Babar Ali Anis
Who was the author of the book, The Indian War of
Independence, 1857?
(a) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan (b) V.D. Savarkar
(c) S.R. Sharma
(d) R.C. Majumdar
Who was the last Mughal emperor to sit on the
peacock throne?
(a) Ahmad Shah
(b) Jahandar Shah
(c) Muhammad Shah (d) Farukh Siyar
Which Governor General is credited with
suppressing ‘thuggee’ in central India?
(a) Lord Minto I
(b) Lord William Bentinck
(c) Lord Hastings (d) Lord Auckland
Mangal Pandey, who single-handedly revolted
against the British on 29th March, 1857, belonged to
which unit of the British Indian Army?
(a) 19th Native Infantry stationed at Berhampur
(b) 34th Native Infantry stationed at Barrackpur
(c) 11th Native Infantry stationed at Meerut
(d) 24th Native Infantry stationed at Shahjahanpur
The first railway line introduced in India during the
time of Lord Dalhousie ran between:
(a) Madras & Bombay (b) Delhi & Calcutta
(c) Bombay & Thana (d) Calcutta & Agra
Who among the following is popularly known as
‘Periyar’?
(a) C.V. Raman Pillai
(b) C.N. Mudalair
(c) E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker
(d) K. Ramakrishna Pillai
When and by whom was the book Ghulamgiri
written?
(a) 1925 — B.R. Ambedkar
(b) 1872 — Jyotiba Phule
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35.
36.
37.
38.
39.
40.
41.
42.
43.
(c) 1900 — Gopal Hari Deshmukh
(d) 1895 — M.G. Ranade
Match the following:
Movements
Regions
A. Self-Respect Movement 1. Maharashtra
B. Nair Movement
2. Tamil Nadu
C. Mahar Movement
3. Karnataka
D. Mahishya Movement
4. Travancore State
5. Bengal
Codes:
(a) A-1, B-4, C-2, D-3 (b) A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1
(c) A-2, B-4, C-1, D-5 (d) A-4, B-5, C-3, D-2
When and where was the All-India Kisan Sabha
formed?
(a) 1938 — Bombay (b) 1942 — Kanpur
(c) 1938 — Calcutta (d) 1936 — Lucknow
Who presided over the first session of the All-India
Kisan Sabha?
(a) Swami Sahajanand (b) N.G. Ranga
(c) Indulal Yajnik
(d) P.C. Joshi
What is the historical order of the following
movements?
1. Moplah Rebellion
2. Bardoli Movement
3. Champaran Movement
4. Khaira Satyagraha
Choose the answer from the codes below:
(a) 2, 3, 1, 4
(b) 1, 3, 4, 2
(c) 4, 2, 1, 3
(d) 3, 4, 1, 2
Who was responsible for the organisation of the first
conference of workers in Bombay?
(a) N.M. Joshi
(b) B.P. Wadia
(c) Aruna Asaf Ali
(d) Lokhande
Which was the first modern trade union in India and
when did it come into existence?
(a) Bombay Trade Union — 1910
(b) Calcutta Labour Union — 1914
(c) Madras Labour Union — 1918
(d) Ahmedabad Trade Union — 1919
Who was the Secretary of State for India at the time
of the foundation of Indian National Congress?
(a) Lord Morley
(b) Lord Elgin
(c) Lord Hamilton
(d) Lord Cross
Who among the following Viceroys became a victim
of one of the convicts during his visit to the
Andamans?
(a) Lytton
(b) Ripon
(c) Mayo
(d) Curzon
Who was the first woman President of the India
National Congress?
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44.
45.
46.
47.
48.
49.
50.
(a) Sarojini Naidu
(b) Sucheta Kripalani
(c) Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
(d) Annie Besant
Who was the first Muslim President of the Indian
National Congress?
(a) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
(b) Badruddin Tyabji
(c) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
(d) Abul Kalam Azad
Who described Bal Gangadhar Tilak as the ‘Father
of Indian Unrest’?
(a) Valentine Chirol (b) Disraeli
(c) Minto II
(d) Chelmsford
When did Tilak declare: “Swaraj is my birth right,
and I will have it.”?
(a) 1905
(b) 1907
(c) 1914
(d) 1916
Who among the following capitalists served as an
AICC treasurer for many years and went to jail in
1930?
(a) G.D. Birla
(b) Jamnalal Bajaj
(c) J.R.D. Tata
(d) Walchand Hirachand
Who made the ‘Deepavali Declaration’ and when?
(a) Lord Irwin in 1929
(b) Lord Linlithgow in 1940
(c) Gandhi in 1930
(d) Subhas Bose in 1941
Which one of the following documents was the first
to contain a catalogue of fundamental rights?
(a) Nehru Report of 1928
(b) Simon Commission Report of 1929
(c) Karachi Resolution of 1931
(d) Gandhi-Irwin Pact of 1931
In 1947 all but three of the 532 princely states
voluntarily acceded to the Indian Union. Which one
of the following was not one of those three?
(a) Bhavnagar
(b) Hyderabad
(c) Junagarh
(d) Kashmir
ANSWERS
1.
6.
11.
16.
21.
26.
31.
36.
(b)
(d)
(c)
(a)
(d)
(b)
(b)
(d)
2.
7.
12.
17.
22.
27.
32.
37.
(d)
(c)
(b)
(b)
(c)
(c)
(c)
(a)
3.
8.
13.
18.
23.
28.
33.
38.
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(d)
(b)
(a)
(d)
(b)
(c)
(d)
4.
9.
14.
19.
24.
29.
34.
39.
(b)
(d)
(c)
(b)
(b)
(c)
(b)
(d)
5.
10.
15.
20.
25.
30.
35.
40.
(a)
(b)
(b)
(a)
(c)
(b)
(c)
(c)
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41. (d)
46. (d)
42. (c)
47. (b)
43. (d)
48. (a)
44. (b)
49. (a)
45. (a)
50. (a)
Nationalist Movement
1.
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
Who among the following said “Do or Die”?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Vallabhbhai Patel (d) None of these
The most important cause for the outbreak of the
Ghadar revolution was the
(a) arrest of Lala Har Dyal
(b) outbreak of World War I
(c) hanging of Kartar Singh Sarabha
(d) Kamagata Maru incident
Which one of the following was a revolutionary who
later turned into a yogi and a philosopher?
(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak(b) Aurobindo Ghosh
(c) Lala Lajpath Rai (d) Agarkar
The most important feature of the Government of
India Act of 1919 was the introduction of
(a) Dyarchy
(b) Provincial autonomy
(c) Separate electorates (d) Adult franchise
The champaran satyagraha was started by Mahatma
Gandhi in the year
(a) 1915
(b) 1917
(c) 1919
(d) 1930
The slogan ‘Inquilab Zindabad’ was first raised by
(a) Lokmanya Tilak
(b) Veer Savarkar
(c) Chandrashekar Azad (d) Bhagat Singh
Who is the author of the concept of Antyodaya?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Vinoba Bhave
(c) Sri Aurobindo
(d) Jayaprakash Narayan
Minto Morley Reforms aimed at
(a) Grant of Dominion status to Indians
(b) Separate electorates for the Muslims
(c) Special powers to the Government to deal with
anti-Government elements.
(d) Full development of education.
Gandhiji lanched the struggle in Ahmedabad in
1917-1918 which involved the
(a) peasants
(b) industrial workers
(c) masses
(d) labourers
For the eradication of the evil of untouchability the
Anti-untouchability League was set up by
(a) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
(b) Jagjivan Ram
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) K Kelappan
The Muslim League started demanding a separate
nation for the Muslims from the year.
(a) 1919
(b) 1925
(c) 1929
(d) 1940
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12. Vande Mataram was first sung at the session of the
Indian National Congress in
(a) 1886
(b) 1892
(c) 1896
(d) 1904
13. The leader of the Young Bengal Movement was
(a) Dwarkanath Tagore
(b) Chandrashekar Deb
(c) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(d) Henry Vivian Derozio
14. Who among the following is known as the ‘Heroine
of 1942 Quit India Movement’?
(a) Dr. Annie Besant (b) Suchitra Kriplani
(c) Aruna Asaf Ali
(d) Sarojini Naidu
15. Who is known as the ‘Grand Old Man of India’?
(a) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
(b) C. Rajagopalachari
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai
(d) Dadabhai Naoroji
16. Who amongst the following was involved in the
Alipore Bomb case?
(a) S.N. Banerjee
(b) Bipin Chandra Pal
(c) Jatin Das
(d) Aurobindo Ghosh
17. Which one of the following was not founded by Dr.
B.R.Ambedkar?
(a) Deccan Education Society
(b) Samaj Samata Sangh
(c) Peoples Education Society
(d) Depressed Classes Institute
18. The little ‘Punjab Kesari’ was conferred on
(a) Ranjit Singh
(b) Bhagat Singh
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai
(d) Sardar Baldev Singh
19. Who among the following was called as ‘Father of
Indian Renaissance’?
(a) B.G. Tilak
(b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai
(d) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
20. ‘Theosophist, educationist and Indian national
leader’. The description fits
(a) Madan Mohan Malviya
(b) Srinivasa Shastri
(c) Annie Besant
(d) Shyama Prasad Mookherji
21. When Subhash Chandra Bose resigned as the
President of INC, who was appointed in his place?
(a) Rajendra Prasad
(b) Abdul Kalam Azad
(c) C. Rajagopalachari (d) Pattabhi Sitaramiah
22. The Indians celebrated the Independence Day for the
first time on
(a) January 1, 1930
(b) January 30, 1930
(c) August 15, 1947 (d) January 26, 1950
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23. When was the Cooperative Societies Act first passed
in India?
(a) 1900
(b) 1902
(c) 1904
(d) 1906
24. The Forward Block was formed by
(a) P.C. Joshi
(b) Acharya Narendra Dev
(c) B.R. Ambedkar (d) Subhas Chandra Bose
25. Ancient Monuments Preservation Act was passed
during the Viceroyalty of
(a) Ripon
(b) Curzon
(c) Minto
(d) Lansdowne
26. Why did Robindranath Tagore renounce his
knighthood?
(a) He wanted to join the Congress Party and
become its President
(b) He was not satisfied with the constitutional
reforms introduced by the Govt. of India Act,
1919.
(c) His heart lay torn with anguish over the
atrocities of the British Government in Punjab
especially the massacre of innocent people by
Dyer at Jallianwal Bagh massacre.
(d) He wished to participate in the Satyagraha
movement started by Mahatma Gandhi.
27. The first women president of the Indian National
Congress was
(a) Kasturba Gandhi (b) Annie Besant
(c) Sarojini Naidu
(d) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
28. The first session of the Indian National Congress
was held under the President ship of
(a) A.O. Hume
(b) B. Malabari
(c) Badruddin Tyabji (d) W.C. Bannerjee
29. The founder of Boy Scouts and Civil Guides
Movement in India was
(a) Charles Andrews (b) Baden Powell
(c) Richard Temple
(d) Robert Montgomery
30. The English weekly edited by Mahatma Gandhi was
(a) Kesari
(b) Comrade
(c) Bomaby Chronicle (d) Young India
31. The Act which imparted provincial autonomy is
(a) Indian Council Act 1909
(b) Government of India Act, 1919
(c) Government of India Act, 1935
(d) Indian Independence Act, 1947
32. From where did Mahatma Gandhi start his historic
Dandi March?
(a) Camparan
(b) Sabarmati Ashram
(c) Chauri Chaura
(d) Dandi
33. The Vernacular Press Act of 1878 was repealed by
(a) Lord Ripon
(b) Lord Minto
(c) Lord Curzon
(d) Lord Lytton
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34. The first national leader to attack the Salt Tax in
Indian Legislature was
(a) G.K Gokhale
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Dadabhai Naoroji (d) Pherozeshah Mehta
35. Which of the following was an émigré Communist
journal of M.N. Roy
(a) Anushilan
(b) Kishan Sabha
(c) Vanguard
(d) The Worker
36. The Indian National Congress adopted the resolution
of Poorna Swaraj (complete independence) at it
session held at
(a) Calcutta
(b) Karachi
(c) Allahabad
(d) Lahore
37. Who among the following strted Bhudan Movement?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Jayaprakash Narayan
(c) Vinoba Bhave
(d) Acharya Kripalani
38. Which of the following was written by Raja Rammohan Roy?
(a) Mother India
(b) Brahma Samhita
(c) Kiratarjuniya
(d) Tuhfatul Muwahiddin
39. The famous song ‘Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram’ was
sung during Dandi march by the renowned musician
(a) Mallikarjun Mansur
(b) Krishna Rao Shankar Pandit
(c) Onkar Nath Thakur
(d) Digamber Vishnu Paluskar
40. The capital of India was shifted to Delhi during the
reign of
(a) Minto
(b) Chelmsford
(c) Curzon
(d) Hardinge
41. Lala Lajpat Rai was assaulted by the British during
(a) the Salt Satyagraha
(b) the Civil Disobedience Movement
(c) the First war of Indian Independence
(d) Indian Independence Act, 1947
42. Mahatma Gandhi gave the call ‘Do or Die’ during
the
(a) Khilafat Movement
(b) Non-Cooperation Movement
(c) Civil Disobedience Movement
(d) Quit India Movement
43. Among the following revolutionaries.
1. Ramprasad Bismil 2. Manmatu Gupta
3. Rajendranath Lahiri 4. Ashfaquallah
the three revolutionaries who were hanged on charge
of Kakori case include
(a) 1,2 and 3
(b) 2,3 and 4
(c) 1,2 and 4
(d) 1,3 and 4
44. Who among the following was the leader of a
number of anti-British revolts in Sambalpur?
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46.
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47.
48.
49.
(a) Utirat Singh
(b) Surendra Sai
(c) Kattabomman (d) Sayyid Ahmad Barelvi
The system of budget was introduced in India during
the viceroyalty of
(a) Dalhousie
(b) Canning
(c) Elgin
(d) Ripon
The first Indian to be elected to the leadership of
Communist International was
(a) M.N. Roy
(b) P.C. Joshi
(c) S.A. Dange
(d) Sohan Singh Josh
Who among the following was a prominent officer
of the Azad Hind Fauj?
(a) Aruna Asaf Ali
(b) Shah Nawaz Khan
(c) Dr. M.A. Ansari
(d) Khan Abdul Ghaffar
Khan
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place in the city of
(a) Amritsar
(b) Bombay
(c) Lahore
(d) Hyderabad
In 1921, the session of the Indian National Congress
was held when its President was in prison and with
some other leader acting as president. Who was the
Congress President in prison?
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(a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Mohammad Ali
(c) C.R. Das
(d) Abul Kalam Azad
50. Who among the following were popularly known as
Red Shirts?
(a) Congress Socialists
(b) Khudai Khidmatgars
(c) Members of the Azad Hind Fauj
(d) People led by Rani Gaidinliu
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16.
21.
26.
31.
36.
41.
46.
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(d)
(d)
(c)
(a)
(c)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(a)
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17.
22.
27.
32.
37.
42.
47.
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(b)
(c)
(c)
(b)
(b)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(b)
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8.
13.
18.
23.
28.
33.
38.
43.
48.
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(b)
(d)
(d)
(c)
(d)
(a)
(d)
(d)
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9.
14.
19.
24.
29.
34.
39.
44.
49.
(b)
(a)
(c)
(d)
(d)
(b)
(a)
(d)
(b)
(c)
5.
10.
15.
20.
25.
30.
35.
40.
45.
50.
(b)
(c)
(d)
(c)
(b)
(d)
(c)
(d)
(b)
(b)