INDIAN HISTORY - PAGE 27
1. The names of the three successors of Khizr Khan, the founder of the Saiyyid dynasty, are given below:
(i) Mabarak Shah
(ii) Alauddin Alam Shah
(iii) Muhammad Shah
Which of the following sequences represents the correct chronological order?
(A) (i), (ii), (iii)
(B) (i), (iii), (ii)
(C) (iii), (ii), (i)
(D) (ii), (iii), (i)
Ans: B
2. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(Sufi terminology) (Meaning)
(a) Futuh (i) Sufi musical gathering
(b) Sama (ii) Conversations of Sufi saints
(c) Barkat (iii) Unasked for charity
(d) Malfuz (iv) Spiritual grace acquired by a Sufi
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
(B) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)
(C) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
(D) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
Ans: B
3. Who calls the political economy of the Vijayanagara regime of the sixteenth century as feudal?
(A) N. Karashima
(B) Burton Stein
(C) K.V. Ramesh
(D) N. Venkataramanyya
Ans: A
4. Consider the following statements:
(i) Guru Nanak was interested in all the major forms of contemporary religious beliefs and practices whether “Hindu” or “Muslim”.
(ii) Guru Nanak was soft on the Jain monks.
(iii) He considered ritual reading of scriptures as waste of time.
(iv) During the last fifteen years of his life Guru Nanak settled at Kiratpur.
Which of the above statements are not correct? Select your answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) (i) and (ii)
(B) (i) and (iv)
(C) (ii) and (iii)
(D) (ii) and (iv)
Ans: D
5. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): Like his father and Surs, Humayan was not willing to recognize any power politically superior to him.
Reason (R): He himself assumed the title of Khalifa.
In the context of the above statements, which one of the followings 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: C
6. Who stated that the ‘best place for a woman is the purdah or the grave?
(A) Amir Khusrau
(B) Isami
(C) Badauni
(D) Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi
Ans: C
7. Who justified Mughal attack on Malwa by saying that Baz Bahadur occupied himself with “unlawful and vicious practices”?
(A) Nizamuddin Ahmad
(B) Abdul Qadir Badauni
(C) Arif Qandhari
(D) Abul Fazl
Ans: A
8. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): The art of painting reached its highest watermark during Jahanagir’s reign.
Reason (R): He was not interested in other forms of art.
In the context of the above 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: C
9. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): The advent of the European trading companies in India adversely affected India’s export trade during the seventeenth century.
Reason (R): Large quantities of silver found its way into India due to the trading activities of the English East India Company in the seventeenth century.
In the context of the above 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
10. Which of the following officers was not associated with the administration of cities in the Mughal Empire?
(A) Nazim
(B) Qazi
(C) Mir-i-adl
(D) Kotwal
Ans: A
11. Consider the following statements:
(i) Shah Jahan discontinued Jharokhadarshan and tuladana.
(ii) Shah Jahan refused to grant land to Shanti Das, the leading Jain Jeweller and banker of Ahmedabad to build a resting place for Jain saints.
(iii) Shah Jahan banned mixed marriages between Hindus and Muslims in Kashmir.
(iv) Shah Jahan exempted the theologians from offering Sijda.
Which of the above statements are not correct? Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) (i) and (ii)
(B) (ii) and (iii)
(C) (ii) and (iv)
(D) (i) and (iv)
Ans: A
12. Which Mughal Court Chronicle given an account of the Ahom Kingdom of Assam?
(A) Padshahnama
(B) Alamgirnama
(C) Futuhat-i-Alamgiri
(D) Maasir-i-Alamgiri
Ans: B
13. Which historian has spoken of tripartite relationship between zamindars, jagirdars and peasants as the reason for the crisis of the Mughal Empire and its decline?
(A) Stephan P. Blake
(B) M. Athar Ali
(C) Satish Chandra
(D) C.A. Bayly
Ans: C
14. Consider the following statements:
(i)Shivaji could check the Deccan power from intruding into his swaraj territory.
(ii) He could plunder Surat in 1664.
(iii) He could withstand the attacks of Shaista Khan and MirzaRaja Jai Singh.
(iv) Bijapur and Golconda were annexed by the Mughals to undermine the position of Shivaji.
Which of the above statements are not correct? Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) (i) and (iii)
(B) (i) and (iv)
(C) (ii) and (iii)
(D) (iii) and (iv)
Ans: D
15. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(A) Ahdi Gentleman trooper
(B) Ashraf A person of noble birth
(C) Jama-i-Kamil Assessment of revenue at normal rate
(D) SiwanahNigar News reporter
Ans: C
16. Which of the following statements is not correct?
(A) Horses constituted a very large item of India’s overland import.
(B) VirjiVohra was one of the prominent merchants of Suratduring the 17thcentury.
(C) The Portuguese dominated India’s maritime trade during the 17thcentury.
(D) Many Mughal nobles participated in trade and commerce during the 17thcentury.
Ans: C
17. Which of the following statements is not correct?
(A) Monetary system of the Mughals was largely based on silver rupaiya.
(B) The Mughal rulers from Babur to Shah Jahan continued to harbour territorial ambitions in Central Asia.
(C) There was no middle class in Mughal India.
(D) The period 1605-1658 witnessed significant changes in the Mansab and Jagir systems.
Ans: C
18. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): With the acquisition of Diwani of Bengal the Company directly organized the ‘drain of wealth’.
Reason (R): The Company began to send to England the revenue of Bengal through what were called “Investment”.
In the context of the above statements, which one of the following is correct?
(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
19. The biggest British capital investment in India was made in
(A) The Jute Mills
(B) The Railways, Banking, Insurance and Shipping.
(C) The Tea and Coffee Plantations.
(D) The Indigo Plantations.
Ans: B
20. Who said: ‘The misery hardly finds a parallel in the history of commerce. The bones of the cotton weavers are bleaching the plains of India.”?
(A) William Bentinck
(B) G.M. Trevelyan
(C) C. Metcalfe
(D) Lord. Auckland
Ans: A
21. Where did the institute named ‘Sabha’ operate under the local self-government and village administration during the Chola period ? (a) Valnadu (b) Nadu (c) Village given to the Brahmins in grant (d) Ordinary village
Ans: C
22. Which Hoysala ruler patronised the construction of the ancient Hoysaleshwar and Chennakeshava temples ?
(a) Narasimha-I (b) Veer Ballal (c) Vishnuvardhana (d) Narsimha-II
Ans: C
23. In the court of which Pala ruler did the king of Java Shailendra Balaputradev, sent a mission related to students of Java, studying in the Nalanda University ?
(a) Dharmapala (b) Devpala (c) Narayanpala (d) Mahipala-I
Ans: B
24. The Sen ruler, who was the author of “Danasagar” and ‘Adbhut Sagar’ astrology books
(a) Samant Sen (b) Ballal Sen (c) Vijay Sen (d) Lakshman Sen
Ans: B
25. To build pressure on the Gurjar-Pratihara, which dynasty aligned with the Arabs, and permitted them to build mosques and laws along with other mercantile facilities ?
(a) Chalukya of Badami (b) Palas (c) Rashtrakutas (d) Paramaras
Ans: C
26. ‘Padmavati Katha’ was written by
(a) Mulla Daud (b) Damodar Kavi (c) Qutuban (d) Malik Muhammad Jayasi
Ans: B
27. Iqta system was introduced by
(a) Iltutmish (b) Balban (c) Qutubuddin Aibak (d) Nasiruddin Mohammad
Ans: A
28. The Sultan, who declared himself Khalifa, was :
(a) Iltutmish (b) Qutubuddin Mubarak Shah (c) Alauddin Khalji (d) Sikandar Lodi
Ans: B
29. The Sultan, who established the city of Agra, was
(a) Qutubuddin Aibak (b) Khizra Khan (c) Firoze Tughlaq (d) Sikandar Lodi
Ans: D
30. After the capture of Chittor, Alauddin Khalji named it
(a) Khijrabad (b) Adilabad (c) Kilogarhi (d) None of these
Ans: A
31. Which Sultan assumed the title of ‘Sikandar Sani’ ?
(a) Balban (b) Firoze Tughlaq (c) Alauddin Khalji (d) Sikandar Lodi
Ans: C
32. During whose reign Persian traveller Abdurajjak came India ?
(a) Devrai-I (b) Devrai-II (c) Harihar-II (d) Veerupaksh-II
Ans: B
33. Classic age of Telugu literature was during the kingship of which King ?
(a) Ram Rai (b) Krishna Dev Rai (c) Sadashiv Rai (d) Veer Narsimha
Ans: B
34. ‘Sirr-e-Akbar’ is a Persian translation of
(a) The Upanishad (b) The Ramayana (c) The Mahabharata (d) The Veda
Ans: A
35. Who was appointed the executive in-charge of all the imperial mint after monetory reforms introduced by Akbar ?
(a) Khawaja Abdus Samad (b) Todarmal (c) Raja Mansingh (d) Abdur Rahim Khan-e-Khana
Ans: A
36. Which musician was referred by Abul Fazal as “a singer like him has not been in India for the last thousand years” ?
(a) Tansen (b) Baj Bahadur (c) Muhammad Hussain (d) Baiju Baora
Ans: A
37. The Sufi saint, who was popularly known as the ‘Mujadded’ :
(a) Sheikh Bahauddin Zakaria (b) Sheikh Nasiruddin Chirag-e-Delhi (c) Sheikh Ahmed Sarhindi (d) Sheikh Sharfuddin Yahya
Ans: C
38. The region became one of the great mulberry silk producing region of the world, during the 16th and 17th century ?
(a) Bengal (b) Mysore (c) Kashmir (d) Ahmedabad
Ans: A
39. To which department the “Abdar-Khana” was associated ?
(a) Salary department (b) Horticulture department (c) Water Supply department (d) Postal department
Ans: C
40. “Ahadis” in the Mughal military system was :
(a) Light infantary (b) Manjaniq operating unit (c) Trained security gaurds (d) High status Cavalryman
Ans: D
41. William Nurris was an English ambassador in the court of :
(a) Akbar (b) Jahangir (c) Aurangzeb (d) Farrukh Siyar
Ans: C
42. The Mughal ruler, who created new office of the “Muhtasib” was
(a) Akbar (b) Jahangir (c) Shahjahan (d) Aurangzeb
Ans: D
43. Mumtaz Mehal, beloved wife of Shahjahan, died at
(a) Agra (b) Delhi (c) Burhanpur (d) Ajmer
Ans: C
44. Razmnama is the Persian translation of
(a) Panchtantra (b) Ramayana (c) Mahabharata (d) None of these
Ans: C
45. When did Sir William Jones found Asiatic Society of Bengal ?
(a) 1775 AD (b) 1776 AD (c) 1777 AD (d) 1784 AD
Ans: D
46. During anti-partition of Bengal movement “Carlyle Cercular” was related to
(a) Transport (b) Industry (c) Educational Institution (d) None of these
Ans: C
47. Who wrote the “Economic History of India” ?
(a) R.C. Majumdar (b) R.C. Raichoudhary (c) Vipin Chandra (d) R.C. Dutta
Ans: D
48. Which Indian was appointed as Deputy Diwan of Bengal for the first time ?
(a) Raja Sitab Roy (b) Mohammed Raza Khan (c) Asaf Khan (d) Durga Das
Ans: B
49. Elphinstone was the Governor of
(a) Bombay (b) Madras (c) Hugli (Culcutta) (d) Awadha
Ans: A
50. In which year Post Office Act was passed ?
(a) 1852 AD (b) 1853 AD (c) 1854 AD (d) 1855 AD
Ans: C
(i) Mabarak Shah
(ii) Alauddin Alam Shah
(iii) Muhammad Shah
Which of the following sequences represents the correct chronological order?
(A) (i), (ii), (iii)
(B) (i), (iii), (ii)
(C) (iii), (ii), (i)
(D) (ii), (iii), (i)
Ans: B
2. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(Sufi terminology) (Meaning)
(a) Futuh (i) Sufi musical gathering
(b) Sama (ii) Conversations of Sufi saints
(c) Barkat (iii) Unasked for charity
(d) Malfuz (iv) Spiritual grace acquired by a Sufi
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
(B) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)
(C) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
(D) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
Ans: B
3. Who calls the political economy of the Vijayanagara regime of the sixteenth century as feudal?
(A) N. Karashima
(B) Burton Stein
(C) K.V. Ramesh
(D) N. Venkataramanyya
Ans: A
4. Consider the following statements:
(i) Guru Nanak was interested in all the major forms of contemporary religious beliefs and practices whether “Hindu” or “Muslim”.
(ii) Guru Nanak was soft on the Jain monks.
(iii) He considered ritual reading of scriptures as waste of time.
(iv) During the last fifteen years of his life Guru Nanak settled at Kiratpur.
Which of the above statements are not correct? Select your answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) (i) and (ii)
(B) (i) and (iv)
(C) (ii) and (iii)
(D) (ii) and (iv)
Ans: D
5. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): Like his father and Surs, Humayan was not willing to recognize any power politically superior to him.
Reason (R): He himself assumed the title of Khalifa.
In the context of the above statements, which one of the followings 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: C
6. Who stated that the ‘best place for a woman is the purdah or the grave?
(A) Amir Khusrau
(B) Isami
(C) Badauni
(D) Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi
Ans: C
7. Who justified Mughal attack on Malwa by saying that Baz Bahadur occupied himself with “unlawful and vicious practices”?
(A) Nizamuddin Ahmad
(B) Abdul Qadir Badauni
(C) Arif Qandhari
(D) Abul Fazl
Ans: A
8. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): The art of painting reached its highest watermark during Jahanagir’s reign.
Reason (R): He was not interested in other forms of art.
In the context of the above 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: C
9. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): The advent of the European trading companies in India adversely affected India’s export trade during the seventeenth century.
Reason (R): Large quantities of silver found its way into India due to the trading activities of the English East India Company in the seventeenth century.
In the context of the above 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
10. Which of the following officers was not associated with the administration of cities in the Mughal Empire?
(A) Nazim
(B) Qazi
(C) Mir-i-adl
(D) Kotwal
Ans: A
11. Consider the following statements:
(i) Shah Jahan discontinued Jharokhadarshan and tuladana.
(ii) Shah Jahan refused to grant land to Shanti Das, the leading Jain Jeweller and banker of Ahmedabad to build a resting place for Jain saints.
(iii) Shah Jahan banned mixed marriages between Hindus and Muslims in Kashmir.
(iv) Shah Jahan exempted the theologians from offering Sijda.
Which of the above statements are not correct? Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) (i) and (ii)
(B) (ii) and (iii)
(C) (ii) and (iv)
(D) (i) and (iv)
Ans: A
12. Which Mughal Court Chronicle given an account of the Ahom Kingdom of Assam?
(A) Padshahnama
(B) Alamgirnama
(C) Futuhat-i-Alamgiri
(D) Maasir-i-Alamgiri
Ans: B
13. Which historian has spoken of tripartite relationship between zamindars, jagirdars and peasants as the reason for the crisis of the Mughal Empire and its decline?
(A) Stephan P. Blake
(B) M. Athar Ali
(C) Satish Chandra
(D) C.A. Bayly
Ans: C
14. Consider the following statements:
(i)Shivaji could check the Deccan power from intruding into his swaraj territory.
(ii) He could plunder Surat in 1664.
(iii) He could withstand the attacks of Shaista Khan and MirzaRaja Jai Singh.
(iv) Bijapur and Golconda were annexed by the Mughals to undermine the position of Shivaji.
Which of the above statements are not correct? Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) (i) and (iii)
(B) (i) and (iv)
(C) (ii) and (iii)
(D) (iii) and (iv)
Ans: D
15. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(A) Ahdi Gentleman trooper
(B) Ashraf A person of noble birth
(C) Jama-i-Kamil Assessment of revenue at normal rate
(D) SiwanahNigar News reporter
Ans: C
16. Which of the following statements is not correct?
(A) Horses constituted a very large item of India’s overland import.
(B) VirjiVohra was one of the prominent merchants of Suratduring the 17thcentury.
(C) The Portuguese dominated India’s maritime trade during the 17thcentury.
(D) Many Mughal nobles participated in trade and commerce during the 17thcentury.
Ans: C
17. Which of the following statements is not correct?
(A) Monetary system of the Mughals was largely based on silver rupaiya.
(B) The Mughal rulers from Babur to Shah Jahan continued to harbour territorial ambitions in Central Asia.
(C) There was no middle class in Mughal India.
(D) The period 1605-1658 witnessed significant changes in the Mansab and Jagir systems.
Ans: C
18. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): With the acquisition of Diwani of Bengal the Company directly organized the ‘drain of wealth’.
Reason (R): The Company began to send to England the revenue of Bengal through what were called “Investment”.
In the context of the above statements, which one of the following is correct?
(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
19. The biggest British capital investment in India was made in
(A) The Jute Mills
(B) The Railways, Banking, Insurance and Shipping.
(C) The Tea and Coffee Plantations.
(D) The Indigo Plantations.
Ans: B
20. Who said: ‘The misery hardly finds a parallel in the history of commerce. The bones of the cotton weavers are bleaching the plains of India.”?
(A) William Bentinck
(B) G.M. Trevelyan
(C) C. Metcalfe
(D) Lord. Auckland
Ans: A
21. Where did the institute named ‘Sabha’ operate under the local self-government and village administration during the Chola period ? (a) Valnadu (b) Nadu (c) Village given to the Brahmins in grant (d) Ordinary village
Ans: C
22. Which Hoysala ruler patronised the construction of the ancient Hoysaleshwar and Chennakeshava temples ?
(a) Narasimha-I (b) Veer Ballal (c) Vishnuvardhana (d) Narsimha-II
Ans: C
23. In the court of which Pala ruler did the king of Java Shailendra Balaputradev, sent a mission related to students of Java, studying in the Nalanda University ?
(a) Dharmapala (b) Devpala (c) Narayanpala (d) Mahipala-I
Ans: B
24. The Sen ruler, who was the author of “Danasagar” and ‘Adbhut Sagar’ astrology books
(a) Samant Sen (b) Ballal Sen (c) Vijay Sen (d) Lakshman Sen
Ans: B
25. To build pressure on the Gurjar-Pratihara, which dynasty aligned with the Arabs, and permitted them to build mosques and laws along with other mercantile facilities ?
(a) Chalukya of Badami (b) Palas (c) Rashtrakutas (d) Paramaras
Ans: C
26. ‘Padmavati Katha’ was written by
(a) Mulla Daud (b) Damodar Kavi (c) Qutuban (d) Malik Muhammad Jayasi
Ans: B
27. Iqta system was introduced by
(a) Iltutmish (b) Balban (c) Qutubuddin Aibak (d) Nasiruddin Mohammad
Ans: A
28. The Sultan, who declared himself Khalifa, was :
(a) Iltutmish (b) Qutubuddin Mubarak Shah (c) Alauddin Khalji (d) Sikandar Lodi
Ans: B
29. The Sultan, who established the city of Agra, was
(a) Qutubuddin Aibak (b) Khizra Khan (c) Firoze Tughlaq (d) Sikandar Lodi
Ans: D
30. After the capture of Chittor, Alauddin Khalji named it
(a) Khijrabad (b) Adilabad (c) Kilogarhi (d) None of these
Ans: A
31. Which Sultan assumed the title of ‘Sikandar Sani’ ?
(a) Balban (b) Firoze Tughlaq (c) Alauddin Khalji (d) Sikandar Lodi
Ans: C
32. During whose reign Persian traveller Abdurajjak came India ?
(a) Devrai-I (b) Devrai-II (c) Harihar-II (d) Veerupaksh-II
Ans: B
33. Classic age of Telugu literature was during the kingship of which King ?
(a) Ram Rai (b) Krishna Dev Rai (c) Sadashiv Rai (d) Veer Narsimha
Ans: B
34. ‘Sirr-e-Akbar’ is a Persian translation of
(a) The Upanishad (b) The Ramayana (c) The Mahabharata (d) The Veda
Ans: A
35. Who was appointed the executive in-charge of all the imperial mint after monetory reforms introduced by Akbar ?
(a) Khawaja Abdus Samad (b) Todarmal (c) Raja Mansingh (d) Abdur Rahim Khan-e-Khana
Ans: A
36. Which musician was referred by Abul Fazal as “a singer like him has not been in India for the last thousand years” ?
(a) Tansen (b) Baj Bahadur (c) Muhammad Hussain (d) Baiju Baora
Ans: A
37. The Sufi saint, who was popularly known as the ‘Mujadded’ :
(a) Sheikh Bahauddin Zakaria (b) Sheikh Nasiruddin Chirag-e-Delhi (c) Sheikh Ahmed Sarhindi (d) Sheikh Sharfuddin Yahya
Ans: C
38. The region became one of the great mulberry silk producing region of the world, during the 16th and 17th century ?
(a) Bengal (b) Mysore (c) Kashmir (d) Ahmedabad
Ans: A
39. To which department the “Abdar-Khana” was associated ?
(a) Salary department (b) Horticulture department (c) Water Supply department (d) Postal department
Ans: C
40. “Ahadis” in the Mughal military system was :
(a) Light infantary (b) Manjaniq operating unit (c) Trained security gaurds (d) High status Cavalryman
Ans: D
41. William Nurris was an English ambassador in the court of :
(a) Akbar (b) Jahangir (c) Aurangzeb (d) Farrukh Siyar
Ans: C
42. The Mughal ruler, who created new office of the “Muhtasib” was
(a) Akbar (b) Jahangir (c) Shahjahan (d) Aurangzeb
Ans: D
43. Mumtaz Mehal, beloved wife of Shahjahan, died at
(a) Agra (b) Delhi (c) Burhanpur (d) Ajmer
Ans: C
44. Razmnama is the Persian translation of
(a) Panchtantra (b) Ramayana (c) Mahabharata (d) None of these
Ans: C
45. When did Sir William Jones found Asiatic Society of Bengal ?
(a) 1775 AD (b) 1776 AD (c) 1777 AD (d) 1784 AD
Ans: D
46. During anti-partition of Bengal movement “Carlyle Cercular” was related to
(a) Transport (b) Industry (c) Educational Institution (d) None of these
Ans: C
47. Who wrote the “Economic History of India” ?
(a) R.C. Majumdar (b) R.C. Raichoudhary (c) Vipin Chandra (d) R.C. Dutta
Ans: D
48. Which Indian was appointed as Deputy Diwan of Bengal for the first time ?
(a) Raja Sitab Roy (b) Mohammed Raza Khan (c) Asaf Khan (d) Durga Das
Ans: B
49. Elphinstone was the Governor of
(a) Bombay (b) Madras (c) Hugli (Culcutta) (d) Awadha
Ans: A
50. In which year Post Office Act was passed ?
(a) 1852 AD (b) 1853 AD (c) 1854 AD (d) 1855 AD
Ans: C
51. Who among the following had started the policy of financial devolution or decentralization ?
(a) Lord Clive (b) Lord Mayo (c) Lord Ripon (d) Lord Amherst
Ans: B
52. In which year the treaty of Salbai was concluded ?
(a) 1779 AD (b) 1780 AD (c) 1782 AD (d) 1783 AD
Ans: C
53. Who among the following was defeated in Porto Novo ?
(a) Nizam (b) Tipu Sultan (c) Hyder Ali (d) Peshwa Baji Rao-I
Ans: C
54. Who among the following started the newspaper, ‘Som Prakash’ ?
(a) Raja Ram Mohan Rai (b) Ishwar Chandra Vidhyasagar (c) Dayanand Saraswati (d) Keshav Chandra Sen
Ans: B
55. Arrange the following organizations chronologically according to the year of their formation, and choose the correct answer from the codes given below :
(i) Prarthana Samaj
(ii) Ram Krishna Mission
(iii) Brahma Samaj
(iv) Arya Samaj
Codes :
(a) (i), (iii), (iv), (ii)
(b) (iii), (ii), (i), (iv)
(c) (iii), (i), (iv), (ii)
(d) (iii), (iv), (ii), (i)
Ans: C
56. ‘Prabuddha Bharat’ an English newspaper was published by :
(a) Arya Samaj (b) Ram Krishna Mission (c) Theosophical Society (d) Brahmo Samaj
Ans: B
57. During the revolt of 1857 AD Veer Kunwar Singh was related to :
(a) Awadh (b) Bihar (c) Kanpur (d) Lucknow
Ans: B
58. What was the original name of Nana Saheb ?
(a) Gangadhar (b) Damodar (c) Dhundu Pant (d) Ram Singh
Ans: C
59. Where was the headquarters of Theosophical Society in India ?
(a) Adiyar (b) Bangalore (c) Calcutta (d) Bombay
Ans: A
60. When the partition of Bengal was revoked ?
(a) 1909 AD (b) 1910 AD (c) 1911 AD (d) 1916 AD
Ans: C
61. When was the first session of All India Hindu Mahasabha held ?
(a) April 1915 AD (b) August 1915 AD (c) April 1916 AD (d) June 1915 AD
Ans: A
62. After which event Ravindranath Tagore denounced Knighthood ?
(a) Partition of Bengal (b) Declaration of First World War (c) Jallianwala Bagh massacre (d) Chauri-Chaura incident
Ans: C
63. Which of the following Viceroy started to confer the title of ‘Rai Bahadur’ and ‘Khan Bahadur’ to Indians ?
(a) Lord Ripon (b) Lord Lytton (c) Lord Mayo (d) Lord Dufferin
Ans: C
64. Which of the following Governor General / Viceroy was a scholar of history and archaeology ?
(a) Lord Ripon (b) William Bentinck (c) Lord Curzon (d) Lord Dufferin
Ans: C
65. Arrange the following events chronologically and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
(i) Declaration of Wavell Plan
(ii) Direct action day of Muslim League
(iii) Declaration of Cabinet Mission Plan
(iv) Arrival of Cripps Mission
Codes :
(a) (ii), (i), (iii), (iv)
(b) (ii), (iii), (iv), (i)
(c) (iv), (iii), (ii), (i)
(d) (iv), (i), (iii), (ii)
Ans: D
66. Where was the revolutionary association ‘Abhinav Bharat’ set-up ?
(a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Bengal (c) Maharashtra (d) Orissa
Ans: C
67. From where Subhash Chandra Bose gave the call ‘Chalo Delhi’ ?
(a) Singapore (b) Burma (c) Germany (d) Japan
Ans: A
68. Which name Subhash Chandra Bose gave to Nicobar Island ?
(a) Shaheed (b) Azad (c) Vatan (d) Swaraj
Ans: D
69. Who among the following presided over the session of the Indian National Congress twice ?
(a) George Yule (b) A. Webb (c) Sir Henry Cotton (d) William Wedderburn
Ans: D
70. Who was the founder of revolutionary society ‘India Home Rule Society’ set-up out of India ?
(a) Shyamji Krishna Varma (b) Lala Hardayal (c) Bhai Parmanand (d) Raja Mahendra Pratap
Ans: A
71. When did the Dandi March begin at the initiation of Gandhiji ?
(a) 12th May, 1930 AD (b) 12th April, 1930 AD (c) 12th March, 1930 AD (d) 12th February, 1930 AD
Ans: C
72. Who among the following was not an extremist leader ?
(a) Lala Lajpat Rai (b) Bipin Chandra Pal (c) Dada Bhai Naoroji (d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Ans: C
73. Where was the headquarters of the Gadar Party located ?
(a) New Orleans (b) San Francisco (c) Massachusetts (d) New York
Ans: B
74. Name the two other revolutionaries hanged with Bhagat Singh on 23rd March, 1931 AD ?
(a) Rajguru and Sahdev (b) Azad and Sukhdev (c) Rajguru and Sukhdev (d) Raja and Dev
Ans: C
75. When was Rashtriya Swayam Sewak Sangh founded ?
(a) 1925 AD (b) 1936 AD (c) 1933 AD (d) 1932 AD
Ans: A
76. Who led Bardoli Satyagraha ?
(a) Badruddin Tayyabji (b) Mahatma Gandhi (c) Vallabhbhai Patel (d) Vitthalbhai J. Patel
Ans: C
77. Who among the following is called Bismark of India ?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Jawaharlal Nehru (c) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (d) Subhash Chandra Bose
Ans: C
78. The Renaissance Scientist, who explained that the planets revolve around the sun was
(a) Kepler (b) Gutenberg (c) Rabelais (d) Francis Becon
Ans: A
79. The painter of the famous painting ‘Mona Lisa’ was :
(a) Leonardo da Vinci (b) Alberti (c) Michael Angelo (d) Raphael
Ans: A
80. The painting named ‘Last Judgement’ is the creation of which of the following ?
(a) Raphael (b) Leonardo da Vinci (c) Michael Angelo (d) Franz Halls
Ans: C
81. The duration of the thirty years war in Europe was :
(a) 1808-1838 AD (b) 1608-1638 AD (c) 1708-1738 AD (d) 1618-1648 AD
Ans: D
82. In which year ‘Chartist movement’ ended ?
(a) 1848 AD (b) 1856 AD (c) 1838 AD (d) 1865 AD
Ans: A
83. When did Louis XVI called the assembly session of Estates General ?
(a) 17th July, 1789 AD (b) 14th July, 1789 AD (c) 23rd June, 1789 AD (d) 5th May, 1789 AD
Ans: D
84. ‘Reign of Terror’ is associated with
(a) France (b) Germany (c) Russia (d) Spain
Ans: A
85. Who wrote ‘Social Contract’ ?
(a) Quesne (b) Rousseau (c) Voltaire (d) Montesque
Ans: B
86. The ‘War of Sedan’ was fought between
(a) France and Prussia (b) Austria and France (c) Prussia and Austria (d) Russia and Prussia
Ans: A
87. In the context of Napoleon, which of the following pair is not correctly matched ?
(a) Birth – 15th August, 1769 (b) Marriage with Josephine – March 1796
(c) Became Emperor – 13th July, 1802 (d) Battle of Waterloo – 18th June, 1815
Ans: C
88. When did the second Balkan War take place ?
(a) December 1911 AD (b) January 1913 AD (c) June 1913 AD (d) October 1913 AD
Ans: C
89. Who was British Prime Minister during World War-I ?
(a) David Lloyd George (b) Canning (c) Disraeli (d) Wellington
Ans: A
90. Which of the following country was not with Central Powers in the First World War ?
(a) Germany (b) Italy (c) Bulgaria (d) Turkey
Ans: B
91. During First World War on which date United Nations of America declared war against Germany ?
(a) 6th April, 1917 (b) 15th June, 1917 (c) 6th July, 1917 (d) 24th October, 1917
Ans: A
92. Which dynasty was dislodged in Russia by the revolution of 1917 AD ?
(a) Romanov (b) Bourbon (c) Hapsberg (d) Hanover
Ans: A
93. ‘Opium Wars’ were faught between which countries ?
(a) Japan – China (b) China – England (c) China – Russia (d) China – America
Ans: B
94. The great economic depression started from 24th October, 1929 AD. What is this date called ?
(a) Black Monday (b) Black Tuesday (c) Black Thursday (d) Black Friday
Ans: C
95. The Second World War started with the invasion of Hitler on Poland. The date of this invasion was :
(a) 1st July, 1939 AD (b) 28th July, 1939 AD (c) 1st September, 1939 AD (d) 3rd September, 1939 AD
Ans: C
96. The name of the atom bomb, dropped by U.S.A. on Hiroshima in Japan during World War-II, was :
(a) Little devil (b) Little fly (c) Little girl (d) Little boy
Ans: D
97. Who was the organiser of Kuomintsang Party ?
(a) Mao-Tse-Tung (b) San-Yet-Sen (c) Chyang-Kei-Shek (d) Yuanshikai
Ans: B
98. When did the fall of Bastille take place ?
(a) 14th June, 1789 AD (b) 14th July, 1789 AD (c) 14th August, 1789 AD (d) 14th September, 1789 AD
Ans: B
99. On which date, did the United State of America come into existence as a Independent Nation ?
(a) 4th July, 1776 AD (b) 15th July, 1776 AD (c) 28th July, 1776 AD (d) 31st July, 1776 AD
Ans: A
100. In which year did the incident of Bostan Tea Party take place ?
(a) 1771 AD (b) 1772 AD (c) 1773 AD (d) 1774 AD
Ans: C
(a) Lord Clive (b) Lord Mayo (c) Lord Ripon (d) Lord Amherst
Ans: B
52. In which year the treaty of Salbai was concluded ?
(a) 1779 AD (b) 1780 AD (c) 1782 AD (d) 1783 AD
Ans: C
53. Who among the following was defeated in Porto Novo ?
(a) Nizam (b) Tipu Sultan (c) Hyder Ali (d) Peshwa Baji Rao-I
Ans: C
54. Who among the following started the newspaper, ‘Som Prakash’ ?
(a) Raja Ram Mohan Rai (b) Ishwar Chandra Vidhyasagar (c) Dayanand Saraswati (d) Keshav Chandra Sen
Ans: B
55. Arrange the following organizations chronologically according to the year of their formation, and choose the correct answer from the codes given below :
(i) Prarthana Samaj
(ii) Ram Krishna Mission
(iii) Brahma Samaj
(iv) Arya Samaj
Codes :
(a) (i), (iii), (iv), (ii)
(b) (iii), (ii), (i), (iv)
(c) (iii), (i), (iv), (ii)
(d) (iii), (iv), (ii), (i)
Ans: C
56. ‘Prabuddha Bharat’ an English newspaper was published by :
(a) Arya Samaj (b) Ram Krishna Mission (c) Theosophical Society (d) Brahmo Samaj
Ans: B
57. During the revolt of 1857 AD Veer Kunwar Singh was related to :
(a) Awadh (b) Bihar (c) Kanpur (d) Lucknow
Ans: B
58. What was the original name of Nana Saheb ?
(a) Gangadhar (b) Damodar (c) Dhundu Pant (d) Ram Singh
Ans: C
59. Where was the headquarters of Theosophical Society in India ?
(a) Adiyar (b) Bangalore (c) Calcutta (d) Bombay
Ans: A
60. When the partition of Bengal was revoked ?
(a) 1909 AD (b) 1910 AD (c) 1911 AD (d) 1916 AD
Ans: C
61. When was the first session of All India Hindu Mahasabha held ?
(a) April 1915 AD (b) August 1915 AD (c) April 1916 AD (d) June 1915 AD
Ans: A
62. After which event Ravindranath Tagore denounced Knighthood ?
(a) Partition of Bengal (b) Declaration of First World War (c) Jallianwala Bagh massacre (d) Chauri-Chaura incident
Ans: C
63. Which of the following Viceroy started to confer the title of ‘Rai Bahadur’ and ‘Khan Bahadur’ to Indians ?
(a) Lord Ripon (b) Lord Lytton (c) Lord Mayo (d) Lord Dufferin
Ans: C
64. Which of the following Governor General / Viceroy was a scholar of history and archaeology ?
(a) Lord Ripon (b) William Bentinck (c) Lord Curzon (d) Lord Dufferin
Ans: C
65. Arrange the following events chronologically and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
(i) Declaration of Wavell Plan
(ii) Direct action day of Muslim League
(iii) Declaration of Cabinet Mission Plan
(iv) Arrival of Cripps Mission
Codes :
(a) (ii), (i), (iii), (iv)
(b) (ii), (iii), (iv), (i)
(c) (iv), (iii), (ii), (i)
(d) (iv), (i), (iii), (ii)
Ans: D
66. Where was the revolutionary association ‘Abhinav Bharat’ set-up ?
(a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Bengal (c) Maharashtra (d) Orissa
Ans: C
67. From where Subhash Chandra Bose gave the call ‘Chalo Delhi’ ?
(a) Singapore (b) Burma (c) Germany (d) Japan
Ans: A
68. Which name Subhash Chandra Bose gave to Nicobar Island ?
(a) Shaheed (b) Azad (c) Vatan (d) Swaraj
Ans: D
69. Who among the following presided over the session of the Indian National Congress twice ?
(a) George Yule (b) A. Webb (c) Sir Henry Cotton (d) William Wedderburn
Ans: D
70. Who was the founder of revolutionary society ‘India Home Rule Society’ set-up out of India ?
(a) Shyamji Krishna Varma (b) Lala Hardayal (c) Bhai Parmanand (d) Raja Mahendra Pratap
Ans: A
71. When did the Dandi March begin at the initiation of Gandhiji ?
(a) 12th May, 1930 AD (b) 12th April, 1930 AD (c) 12th March, 1930 AD (d) 12th February, 1930 AD
Ans: C
72. Who among the following was not an extremist leader ?
(a) Lala Lajpat Rai (b) Bipin Chandra Pal (c) Dada Bhai Naoroji (d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Ans: C
73. Where was the headquarters of the Gadar Party located ?
(a) New Orleans (b) San Francisco (c) Massachusetts (d) New York
Ans: B
74. Name the two other revolutionaries hanged with Bhagat Singh on 23rd March, 1931 AD ?
(a) Rajguru and Sahdev (b) Azad and Sukhdev (c) Rajguru and Sukhdev (d) Raja and Dev
Ans: C
75. When was Rashtriya Swayam Sewak Sangh founded ?
(a) 1925 AD (b) 1936 AD (c) 1933 AD (d) 1932 AD
Ans: A
76. Who led Bardoli Satyagraha ?
(a) Badruddin Tayyabji (b) Mahatma Gandhi (c) Vallabhbhai Patel (d) Vitthalbhai J. Patel
Ans: C
77. Who among the following is called Bismark of India ?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Jawaharlal Nehru (c) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (d) Subhash Chandra Bose
Ans: C
78. The Renaissance Scientist, who explained that the planets revolve around the sun was
(a) Kepler (b) Gutenberg (c) Rabelais (d) Francis Becon
Ans: A
79. The painter of the famous painting ‘Mona Lisa’ was :
(a) Leonardo da Vinci (b) Alberti (c) Michael Angelo (d) Raphael
Ans: A
80. The painting named ‘Last Judgement’ is the creation of which of the following ?
(a) Raphael (b) Leonardo da Vinci (c) Michael Angelo (d) Franz Halls
Ans: C
81. The duration of the thirty years war in Europe was :
(a) 1808-1838 AD (b) 1608-1638 AD (c) 1708-1738 AD (d) 1618-1648 AD
Ans: D
82. In which year ‘Chartist movement’ ended ?
(a) 1848 AD (b) 1856 AD (c) 1838 AD (d) 1865 AD
Ans: A
83. When did Louis XVI called the assembly session of Estates General ?
(a) 17th July, 1789 AD (b) 14th July, 1789 AD (c) 23rd June, 1789 AD (d) 5th May, 1789 AD
Ans: D
84. ‘Reign of Terror’ is associated with
(a) France (b) Germany (c) Russia (d) Spain
Ans: A
85. Who wrote ‘Social Contract’ ?
(a) Quesne (b) Rousseau (c) Voltaire (d) Montesque
Ans: B
86. The ‘War of Sedan’ was fought between
(a) France and Prussia (b) Austria and France (c) Prussia and Austria (d) Russia and Prussia
Ans: A
87. In the context of Napoleon, which of the following pair is not correctly matched ?
(a) Birth – 15th August, 1769 (b) Marriage with Josephine – March 1796
(c) Became Emperor – 13th July, 1802 (d) Battle of Waterloo – 18th June, 1815
Ans: C
88. When did the second Balkan War take place ?
(a) December 1911 AD (b) January 1913 AD (c) June 1913 AD (d) October 1913 AD
Ans: C
89. Who was British Prime Minister during World War-I ?
(a) David Lloyd George (b) Canning (c) Disraeli (d) Wellington
Ans: A
90. Which of the following country was not with Central Powers in the First World War ?
(a) Germany (b) Italy (c) Bulgaria (d) Turkey
Ans: B
91. During First World War on which date United Nations of America declared war against Germany ?
(a) 6th April, 1917 (b) 15th June, 1917 (c) 6th July, 1917 (d) 24th October, 1917
Ans: A
92. Which dynasty was dislodged in Russia by the revolution of 1917 AD ?
(a) Romanov (b) Bourbon (c) Hapsberg (d) Hanover
Ans: A
93. ‘Opium Wars’ were faught between which countries ?
(a) Japan – China (b) China – England (c) China – Russia (d) China – America
Ans: B
94. The great economic depression started from 24th October, 1929 AD. What is this date called ?
(a) Black Monday (b) Black Tuesday (c) Black Thursday (d) Black Friday
Ans: C
95. The Second World War started with the invasion of Hitler on Poland. The date of this invasion was :
(a) 1st July, 1939 AD (b) 28th July, 1939 AD (c) 1st September, 1939 AD (d) 3rd September, 1939 AD
Ans: C
96. The name of the atom bomb, dropped by U.S.A. on Hiroshima in Japan during World War-II, was :
(a) Little devil (b) Little fly (c) Little girl (d) Little boy
Ans: D
97. Who was the organiser of Kuomintsang Party ?
(a) Mao-Tse-Tung (b) San-Yet-Sen (c) Chyang-Kei-Shek (d) Yuanshikai
Ans: B
98. When did the fall of Bastille take place ?
(a) 14th June, 1789 AD (b) 14th July, 1789 AD (c) 14th August, 1789 AD (d) 14th September, 1789 AD
Ans: B
99. On which date, did the United State of America come into existence as a Independent Nation ?
(a) 4th July, 1776 AD (b) 15th July, 1776 AD (c) 28th July, 1776 AD (d) 31st July, 1776 AD
Ans: A
100. In which year did the incident of Bostan Tea Party take place ?
(a) 1771 AD (b) 1772 AD (c) 1773 AD (d) 1774 AD
Ans: C
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