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INDIAN HISTORY - PAGE 10

1. Babar assumed the title of Khaqan in :
1) 1520
2) 1522
3) 1526
4) 1529

Answer: 3

2. Ghulbadan is :
1) A technique of dyeing
2) A silver coin issued by Humayun
3) Name of a Mughal mint
4) Name of a painting by Abul Hasan

Answer: 1

3. Which of the following texts refers to the abolition of various license fees imposed on artisans by Aurangzeb ?
1) Futuhat­i­Alamgiri
2) Nuskha­i­Dilkusha
3) Khulasat­ut­Twarikh
4) Mirat­i­Ahmadi

Answer: 4

4. Centres of ship­-building industry during the Mughal period were situated in: A. Bengal B. Allahabad C. Kashmir D. Lahore
1) A & D
2) B , C & D
3) A , B , C & D
4) A , B & C

Answer: 3

5. Who wrote "The Tamil Country Under Vijayanagar" ?
1) A. Krishnaswamy
2) K.A. Nilkantha Shastri
3) N. Karshima
4) T.V. Mahalingam

Answer: 1

6. Raghavananda , the guru of Ramanand , belonged to :
1) Rudra Sect
2) Sanakadi Sect
3) Shri Sect
4) Brahma Sect

Answer: 3

7. What was the Original name of Amir Khusroe ?
1) Farid
2) Juna Khan
3) Muhammad Hassan
4) Nizamuddin Hassan

Answer: 3

8. 
When did Akbar go for his first pilgrimage to the dargah of Moinuddin Chisti ?
1) 1560
2) 1570
3) 1562
4) 1573

Answer: 3

9. Who among the following is not a disciple of Bhakti saint Chaitanya ?
1) Gopal Bhatta
2) Ishvarpuri
3) Jiva Goswami
4) Sanatana Goswami

Answer: 2

10. The dargah of which saint did babur visit after defeating Ibrahim Lodhi in the Battle of Panipat to express his gratitude ?
1) Nizamuddin Aulia

2) Bahauddin Zakaria
3) Fariduddin Shakargunj
4) Kutubuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki

Answer: 4

11. Who built the Palace of "Hazar Situn" ?
1) Alauddin Khilji
2) Iltutmish
3) Balban
4) Jalaluddin Khilji

Answer: 1

12. Which one of the following rulers introduced the silver coin "Rupaiya" ?
1) Akbar
2) Shershah
3) Alauddin Khilji
4) Iltutmish

Answer: 2

13. In which emperor's reign did the women painters , Saifabano and Nadirabano lived ?
1) Akbar
2) Jahangir
3) Shahjahan
4) Aurangzeb

Answer: 2

14. To the court of which Sultan of Delhi an embassy was sent by Changez Khan ?
1) Qutubuddin Aibak
2) Iltutmish
3) Balban
4) Alauddin Khilji

Answer: 2

15. Which of the following Sultans took the title of Khalifa ?
1) Sikandar Lodhi
2) Allauddin Khalji
3) Kutubuddin Mubarak Khalji
4) Firoz Tughluq

Answer: 3

16. During the Mughal Period , which item formed the major portion of India's export ?
1) Cotton Textiles
2) Sugar
3) Gold
4) Copper

Answer:  1

17. Which of the following historians propounded the theory of urban revolution in India in the 13th and the 14th century ?
1) I.H. Qureshi
2) M.A. Ansari
3) Irfan Habib
4) Muhammad Habib

Answer: 4

18. In whose reign was principle of mashrut was introduced in Manasdari system ?
1) Muhammadshah
2) Farrukhsiyar
3) Aurangzeb
4) Shahjahan

Answer: 3

19. Who among the following Sultans of Delhi established Diwan­e­Amirkohi to improve the condition of agriculture ?
1) Iltutmish
2) Balban
3) Muhammad Tughlaq
4) Firoz Tughluq

Answer: 3

20.  Who wrote "The 'Great Firm' Theory of the Decline of the Mughal Empire"?
1) Keran Leonard
2) K A Nizami
3) P E Roberts
4) S A A Rizvi

Answer: 1

21. Who instituted the system of jagirs named al-­tamgha ?
1) Aurangzeb
2) Shahjahan
3) Jahangir
4) Akbar

Answer: 3

22. Choose the correct chronological order of the following events :
A. The first skirmish of Shivaji with the Mughals
B. Karnataka campaign of Shivaji
C. The raid on Shayista Khan at night
D. Murder of Afzal Khan by Shivaji
1) C , D , B , A
2) B , A , C , D
3) A , D , C , B
4) A , B , C , D
Answer: 3

23. Shivaji's revenue policy was influenced by :
1) Malik Ambar
2) Mahmud Ganwa
3) Mir Jumala
4) Mirza Raja Jaisingh

Answer: 1

24. 
The Three types of Batai System at the time of Sher Shah were ­
1) Lank Batai , Ras Batai , Zabti
2) Khet Batai , Gallabakshi , Nasq
3) Lank Batai , Khet Batai , Zabti
4) Khet Batai , Lank Batai , Ras Batai

Answer: 4

25. Choose the correct chronological order of the following events :
A. Battle of Dadrah
B. Battle of Kannauj
C. Battle of Chausa
D. Shershah's conquest of Malwa
1) A , B , C , D
2) A , C , B , D
3) A , C , D , B
4) A , D , C , B
Answer: 2
26. Given below are two statements; one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R) : 
Assertion (A) : Because of marriage with Nurjahan, Jahangir became indifferent towards administration. 
Reason (R) : Nurjahan formed  a ‘Junta’ between 1611-22 and wielded considerable power.   In the context of the above two statements, which of the following is correct ? 
(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). 
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). 
(3) (A) is true, but (R) is false.  
(4) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer: Option 4
 
27. Which of the following city looked down upon by Jahangir as Gardabad (city of dust) and Jahannamabad (city of hell) ? 
(1) Ahmedabad 
(2) Mandu 
(3) Jaunpur 
(4) Gaur
Answer: Option 1
 
28. Mughal emperors used to confer various types of standards upon nobles. Which of the following was added in the list of standards by Shahjahan ? 
(1) Alam 
(2) Chatrtoq 
(3) Tumantoq 
(4) Mahi-Maratib
Answer: Option 4
 
29. Chronologically arrange the following treaties signed by the British with Native States and select the correct answer code : (a) The Treaty of Salbai
(b) The Treaty of Bassien (Vasai)
(c) The Treaty of Srirangapattanam
(d) The Treaty of Allahabad and Kara 
Codes : 
(1) (d), (a), (c), (b) 
(2) (b), (d), (a), (c) 
(3) (a), (c), (d), (b) 
(4) (c), (b), (a), (d)
Answer: Option 1
  
30. Choose the correct answer from the code given below :  The University of Calcutta was incorporated by an Act, passed on the _____; the University of Bombay by an Act passed on the ______; and the University of Madras by an Act passed on the ______. 
(1) 24 January 1857, 5 September 1857 and 18 July 1857 
(2) 18 July 1857, 24 January 1857 and 5 September 1857 
(3) 24 January 1857, 18 July 1857 and 5 September 1857 
(4) 5 September 1857, 18 July 1857 and 24 January 1857 
Answer: Option 3
 
31. Who said the following words ?  “So long as millions live in hunger and ignorance I hold every man a traitor who, while educated at their expense, pays not the least heed to them.” 
(1) Keshav Chandra Sen 
(2) Arobindo Ghosh 
(3) Swami Vivekanand 
(4) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Answer: Option 3
 
32. In which year was founded the All India Trade Union Congress ? 
(1) 1918 
(2) 1920 
(3) 1924 
(4) 1926
Answer: Option 2
 
33. Chronologically arrange the following legislations regarding Indian press : 
a. Official Secrets Act 
b. The Indian Press Act  
c. Registration of the Press – Act XI  
d. The Indian Press (Emergency Powers) Act 
Select the correct answer from the code given below :  
Code : 
(1) a, c, d, b 
(2) b, d, c, a 
(3) d, c, a, b 
(4) c, a, b, d
Answer: Option 4
 
34. Who among the following Viceroys made the ‘August Offer’ to secure Indian Cooperation in the war effort ? 
(1) Lord Wavell 
(2) Lord Hardinge 
(3) Lord Linlithgow  
(4) Lord Mountbatten 
Answer: Option 3

35. From which nation India adopted the Green Revolution technology for agricutlural development ? 
(1) GDR 
(2) USSR 
(3) UK 
(4) USA
Answer: Option 1
 
36. The doctrine ‘The sons of the soil’ is related to 
(1) Nationalism 
(2) Regionalism 
(3) Tourism 
(4) Industrialism
Answer: Option 3
37:-Swach Bharat Project was launched on
 A:-1st March 2014
 B:-1st January 2015
 C:-1st February 2015
 D:-2nd October 2014
Ans: D

38:-At which of the following central jail, Bhagat Singh was hanged to death?
 A:-Alipur
 B:-Lahore
 C:-Amritsar
 D:-Thihar
Ans: B

39:-The Scheme ''Project Arrow'' is related to
 A:-Rural Department
 B:-Telephone Department
 C:-Postal Department
 D:-Forest Department
Ans: C

40:-Kailash Satyarthi, the Nobel laureate belongs to which State?
 A:-Andhra Pradesh
 B:-Bihar
 C:-Madhya Pradesh
 D:-Assam
Ans: C

41:-Who among the following organized the Ganapathi and Shivaji festivals to awaken mass consciousness?
 A:-Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
 B:-Swami Vivekananda
 C:-Bal Gangadhar Tilak
 D:-Surendranath Banerjee
Ans: C

42:-Who is known as ''India's Unofficial Ambassador to England''?
 A:-Dadabhai Naoroji
 B:-Surendranath Banerjee
 C:-W.C. Banerjee
 D:-Gopalakrishna Gokhale
Ans: A

43:-The Women Unit of Indian National Army (INA) was
 A:-Rani of Lakshmi
 B:-Rash Bihari Bose
 C:-Aruna Asaf Ali
 D:-Rani of Jhansi
Ans: D

44:-The partition of Bengal was in the year
 A:-1905
 B:-1911
 C:-1885
 D:-1909
Ans: A
45:-Who was the first sultan to set up a permanent standing army of Delhi Sultanate?
 A:-Muhammad Tughlaq
 B:-Iltutmish
 C:-Balban
 D:-Alauddin Khilji
Ans: D

46:-Who was the First Women President of INC?
 A:-Sarojini Naidu
 B:-Indira Gandhi
 C:-Annie Beasant
 D:-Sonia Gandhi
Ans: C

47:-Who called 1857 as the First War of Indian Independence?
 A:-V.D. Savarkar
 B:-B.K. Dutt
 C:-Gopala Krishna Gokhale
 D:-Dadabai Naoroji
Ans: A

48:-Who is considered as the father of India' foreign policy?
 A:-M.K. Gandhi
 B:-Jawaharlal Nehru
 C:-Subash Chandra Bose
 D:-B.R. Ambedkar
Ans: B

49:-Who is known as "Father of Indian Renaissance"?
 A:-Lala Lajpat Rai
 B:-Shaheed Bhaghat Singh
 C:-Raja Ram Mohan Roy
 D:-B.G. Tilak
Ans: C

50:-Which five year plan is also known as "Gadgil Yojana"?
 A:-Second Five Year Plan
 B:-Fourth Five Year Plan
 C:-Fifth Five Year Plan
 D:-Third Five Year Plan
Ans: D
51. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the code given below :
List – I List – II
a. Grid system of excavation i. Pitt Rivers
b. Principle of stratigraphy ii. R.E.M. Wheeler
c. Radiocarbon method of dating iii. Thomas Jefferson
d. Three dimensional method of recording iv. F.W. Libby
Codes :
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) ii iii iv i
(C) iii i ii iv
(D) ii iv iii i
Ans: B

52. In which area the neolithic man lived in underground pits ?
(A) Karnataka
(B) Assam
(C) Kashmir
(D) Madhya Pradesh
Ans: C

53. Match List – I (items found in Harappan sites) with List – II (possible sources) and select the correct answer from the codes given
below :
List – I List – II
a. Copper i. Deccan
b. Shell ii. Rajasthan
c. Lapis Lazuli iii. Kutch
d. Gold iv. Afghanistan
 Codes :
a b c d
(A) iii iv i ii
(B) i iii ii iv
(C) ii iii i iv
(D) ii iii iv i
Ans: D

54. Which among the following weapons of war have not been found in the remains of the Harappan culture ?
(i) Bows and Arrows
(ii) Swords
(iii) Shields
(iv) Helmets
Select the correct answer with the help of the code given below :
(A) (i) only
(B) (i) and (ii)
(C) (ii) and (iii)
(D) (ii), (iii) and (iv)
Ans: D

55. Who among the following priests had the duty to supervise the performance of a sacrifice ?
(A) Hota
(B) Brahma
(C) Udgata
(D) Adhvaryu
Ans: B

56. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
List – I List – II
a. Srautasutra i. Measuring of fire – altars
b. Grihyasutra ii. Rules relating to sacrifices
c. Dharmasutra iii. Domestic Rights
d. Sulvasutra iv. Dharma or Law
Codes :
a b c d
(A) ii iii iv i
(B) i ii iii iv
(C) iii iv ii i
(D) iv i ii iii
Ans: A

57. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the code given below :
List – I List – II
a. Surya Siddhanta i. Romans
b. Pudgala ii. Greeks
c. Horashastra iii.
ryabhatta
d. Arretine Ware iv. Jainism

 Codes :
a b c d
(A) iii iv ii i
(B) iii ii i iv
(C) ii iii iv i
(D) i ii iv iii

Ans: A

58. Match List – I (Officials) with List – II (Departments) and select the correct answer with the help of the codes given below :
List – I (Officials)
List – II (Departments)

a. Lakshanadhyaksha i. Superintendent of Mints
b. Sitadhyaksha ii. Superintendent of Commerce
c. Pautavadhyaksha iii. Superintendent of Agriculture
d. Panyadhyaksha iv. Superintendent of Weights and Measures

Codes :
a b c d
(A) iv i ii iii
(B) i iii iv ii
(C) iii ii i iv
(D) i iii ii iv

Ans: B

59. Which inscription of Ashoka gives an account of Kalinga War ?
(A) Jaugada Rock Inscription
(B) Dhauli Rock Inscription
(C) Rummindei Pillar Inscription
(D) Shahbajgarhi Rock Edict

Ans: D

60. Who among the following rulers is the last ruler of the Satavahana dynasty ?
(A) Siri Yajna
(B) Siri Satakarni
(C) Pulumavi IV
(D) Siva Siri Pulumavi

Ans: C

61. Who was the first Mathematician to calculate the correct value of pi (π) ?
(A) A
ryabhatta I
(B) A
ryabhatta II
(C) Vara
hmihira
(D) Brahmagupta 

Ans: A

62. Which one of the following territories was not ruled by King Chandragupta – I ?
(A) Prayaga
(B) Saketa
(C) Vaishali
(D) Magadha

Ans: C

63. St. Thomas came to India for the propagation of Christianity during the reign of
(A) Akbar
(B) Gondophernes
(C) Kadphises
(D) Jahangir

Ans: B

64. What is the correct chronological sequence of the following Buddhist sites ?
(A) Nalanda, Nagarjunikonda, Amravati, Sanchi
(B) Nagarjunikonda, Sanchi, Amravati, Nalanda
(C) Sanchi, Amravati, Nagarjunikonda, Nalanda
(D) Sanchi, Nagarjunikonda, Amravati, Nalanda 

Ans: C

65. Who among the following officers was not a functionary under the Mauryan Administration ?
(A) Pradesikas
(B) Rajukas
(C) Yuktas
(D) Nayakas

​Ans: D
66. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R) :
 Assertion (A) : With the establishment of Turkish rule, the art of history writing was firmly established in India.
Reason (R) : The Sultanate period  witnessed development of paper industry in India.
In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct ? Select the correct answer from the codes given below :

Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

Ans: B

67. Who proclaimed that the mason and stone cutters of Delhi were superior to their fellow craftmen in the whole Muslim World ?
(A) Amir Khusro
(B) Minhaj-us-Siraj
(C) Ibn Batuta
(D) Isami

Ans: A

68. Who among the following used to look after the army during the Sultanate period ?
(A) Naib
(B) Wazir
(C) Qazi
(D) Ariz-i Mamaliq 

Ans: D

69. The country is for the most part well cultivated, very fertile, the troops amount in number to eleven lakhs. Who made the above statement in respect of Vijayanagara State ? 
(A) Nuniz
(B) Abdur Razzak
(C) Nicolo Conti
(D) D. Barbosa

Ans: B

70. Who among the following opined that ‘A woman cannot acquit herself well as a ruler for she is essentially deficient in intellect’ ?
(A) Minhaj-us-Siraj
(B) Ziyauddin Barni
(C) Isami
(D) Yahya Bin Ahmad

Ans: C

71. Consider the following statements about Sher Shah Suri :
1. Sher Shah established an empire extending from Afghanistan to Orissa.
2. His use of Hindavi language in administration was a measure of his practical sense.
3. He enforced law and order with heavy hand. 
4. He withdrew the circulation of gold coins.
Which of the above statements are correct ? Select the correct answer from the codes given below :

Codes :
(A) 1, 3
(B) 2, 3
(C) 1, 4
(D) 2, 4

Ans: B

72. Arrange the following in correct chronological order and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
(i) Battle of Khanwa
(ii) Battle of Palkhed
(iii) Battle of Chausa
(iv) Battle of Dhrmat

Codes :
(A) (i), (iii), (iv), (ii)
(B) (iii), (i), (ii), (iv)
(C) (ii), (i), (iv), (iii)
(D) (iv), (ii), (iii), (i)

Ans: A

73. Which of the following historical accounts was not written during the reign of Akbar ?
(A) Tarikh-i Firishta
(B) Humayunnama
(C) Tarikh-i Shershahi
(D) Tabaqat-i Akbari

​Ans: A
74. Which of the following historians writes that Nur Jahan’s “relations and connections were exalted by favours of all kind” ?
(A) Mutamad Khan
(B) Inayat Khan
(C) Khwaja Kamgar Khan
(D) Abdul Hamid Lahori

Ans: A

75. Which of the following statements is true ?
(A) Like Europe, the nobility in Mughal India was a legal category.
(B) The Mughal nobles were not involved in the task of administration at higher level.
(C) The social distinctions between the Iranis, Turanis and the Shaikhzada nobles disappeared.
(D) The nobles whose ancestors had been in the Mughal Imperial service for more than a generation were called Khanazads.

Ans: D

76. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
List – I List – II
a. Francois Bernier i. A Dutch traveller who visited India during the reign of Jahangir.
b. Tavernier ii. A French traveller who was a jeweller by profession and who was in India during the reigns of Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb.
c. Pelsaert iii. An Englishman who visited India during the reign of Akbar. 
d. Ralph Fitch iv. A French physician who visited India during the reign of Aurangzeb and believed that King was the owner of all land in India.

Codes :
a b c d
(A) iv ii i iii
(B) iv ii iii i
(C) ii iv i iii
(D) ii iv iii i

Ans: B

77. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
List – I List – II
a. Ijara i. A method of land revenue assessment and collection under the Mughals 
b.
Hasil ii. The system of revenue farming 
c.
Ghalla bakhshi iii. Area under crop failure
d.
Nabud iv. Actually realised revenue under the Mughals
Codes :
a b c d
(A) iv ii i iii
(B) ii iv i iii
(C) ii i iv iii
(D) iii i iv ii

Ans: B

78. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other labelled as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A) : In military terms Aurangzeb’s reign was undistinguished.
Reason (R) : He could not subjugate the Marathas. 
In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct ?

Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

Ans: D

79. ‘The reality of Mughal centralized power is one matter, whether it was ‘good or bad’ quite another.’ Who made the above statement ?
(A) J.F. Richards
(B) Irfan Habib
(C) Satish Chandra
(D) Jadunath Sarkar

Ans: A
80. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
List – I (Name of the Department of the Central Government under Shivaji)
List – II (Title of the Head of the Department)

a. Department of Royal Household and Court Affairs i. Amatya 
b. Department of Foreign Affairs ii. Mantri
c. Department of Royal Correspondence iii. Sumant
d. Finance Department iv. Sachiv 

 Codes :
a b c d
(A) ii iii i iv
(B) ii iii iv i
(C) iii ii iv i
(D) iii ii i iv

Ans: B
 
81. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A) : Weak statesmen and incompetent commanders were responsible for the rapid disintegration of the Mughal Empire in the first half of the Eighteenth century.
Reason (R) : The Mughal statesmen and nobles of this period were preoccupied with their own interest and had little concern for the fate of the Empire.
In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct ? Select the correct answer from the codes given below :

Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

Ans: D

82. The only major industry in the hands of Indian capitalists during the late nineteenth century was
(A) Cotton textile
(B) Jute
(C) Iron and steel
(D) None of the above

Ans: A

83. A young Maharashtrian who joined the revolutionary movement in Punjab was :
(A) Sukhdev
(B) Rajguru
(C) Namdev
(D) Vasudev

Ans: B

84. Who stated that the object of the political dacoities must be to secure money belonging to the Government ?
(A) Ramprasad Bismil
(B) Surya Sen
(C) Pritilata Waddedar
(D) Sukhdev

Ans: A
 
85. Arrange the following in correct chronological order and select the correct answer with the help of the code given below :
(i) Minto
(ii) John Shore
(iii) Cornwallis
(iv) Warren Hastings

Codes :
(A) (iv), (ii), (i), (iii)
(B) (iii), (ii), (iv), (i)
(C) (i), (ii),(iii), (iv)
(D) (iv), (iii), (ii), (i)

​Ans: D
86. Who commented ‘Oriental learning, is inferior to European learning ?”
(A) Charles Wood
(B) William Carrey
(C) Lord Macaulay
(D) William Hunter

Ans: C

87. Who were called ‘Neo Nationalists’ ?
(A) Moderators
(B) Swarajists
(C) Extremists
(D) Revolutionaries 

Ans: C

88. Who set up the Agricultural Research Institute at Pusa ?
(A) Lytton
(B) Rippon
(C) Curzon
(D) Minto

Ans: C

89. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer with the help of the codes given below :
List – I (Commission)
List – II (Chairman)

a. Famine Commission 1899 i. Thomas Robertson
b. Railway Commission 1901 ii. Thomas Raleigh
c. Irrigation Commission 1901 iii. Anthony MacDonnell
d. Universities Commission 1902 iv. Sir Colin Scott Moncrieff

 Codes :
a b c d
(A) iii i iv ii
(B) i iv ii iii
(C) iv ii iii i
(D) i iii ii iv

Ans: A

90. Who of the following poets wrote in praise of Russian Revolution of 1917 ?
(A) Subramanya Bharati
(B) Muhammad Iqbal
(C) Sarojini Naidu
(D) Rabindranath Tagore

Ans: A

91. In which year Dacca Anushilan Samiti was founded ?
(A) 1902
(B) 1903
(C) 1904
(D) 1905

Ans: D

92. Who among the following said, “For me every tiniest activity is governed by what I consider to be my religion” ?
(A) Swami Vivekanand
(B) V.D. Savarkar
(C) Mahatma Gandhi
(D) Subhash Chandra Bose

Ans: C

93. The All India Women’s Conference was started in 1927 to 
(A) promote women’s education
(B) increase women’s share in the legislatures
(C) enhance women’s employment
(D) campaign for women’s voting rights

Ans: A
94. Who of the following led a delegation to London to demand Female Franchise ?
(A) Annie Besant
(B) Sucheta Kripalani
(C) Sarla Devi
(D) Sarojini Naidu

Ans: D

95. Which of the following is not true of the Cabinet Mission plan ?
(A) It rejected the creation of a separate State of Pakistan.
(B) It recognized India’s right to secede from the Commonwealth.
(C) All members of the Indian Cabinet are to be Indians.
(D) It gave scope to the communal representation.

Ans: D

96. The Nehru-Liaqat Pact between India and Pakistan was signed in 1950 to resolve the issue of
(A) Protection of Minorities
(B) The accession of the Princely States

(C) The Border disputes
(D) Foreign Relations

Ans: A

97. Where was Panchayat Raj first introduced ?
(A) Tamil Nadu
(B) Rajasthan
(C) Maharashtra
(D) Andhra Pradesh

Ans: B

98. Which one of the following statements is not correct about Black Death ?
(A) The blood sucking fleas, that lived on black rats were responsible for the spread of Black Death.
(B) Plague was called Black Death because of the deadly black swellings it caused.
(C) The terrible disease was transmitted from Asia to Europe in the fifteenth century.
(D) People thought that God had sent the Black Death as a punishment for their sins.

Ans: C

99. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other one labelled as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A) : Civilization in all its varied aspects constitutes the subject-matter of history.
Reason (R) : Such a cultural approach to history would make it a biography of civilization.
In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following codes is correct ?

Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). 
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false but (R) is true.

Ans: A

100. Who amongst the following medieval historiographers pronounced that :
“Prejudice and partisanship obscure the critical faculty and preclude critical investigation” ?
(A) Al beruni
(B) Minhaj-us Siraj
(C) Ibn Khaldoun
(D) Ziyauddin Barni

Ans: C
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