1.

Harappan/ Indus Civilization (2500

BC- 1750 BC

1) The Harappan Civilization was discovered in the year:

a)1901 b) 1921 c) 1935 d) 1942
2) Lothal is a site where dockyards of which of the following civilization were
found
Indus Valley
3) The people of the Indus valley civilization usually built their houses of –
a) Pucca bricks b) Stone c) Wood d) All of these
4) The Indus Valley people traded with the-
Chinese
5) The Indus Valley Civilization was Non-Aryan because –
It was urban b) It has a pictographic script c) It had an
agricultural economy d) It extended up the Narmada valley
6) All the following statements regarding the Indus Valley civilization are
correct except -
The Indus Valley civilization was an advanced urban civilization.
b) Iron was not known to the people c) It is difficult to say to which
race the people belonged d) The people knew nothing about
agriculture
The local name Mohenjodaro is –
Mound of the Living
Dead d) Mound of the Survivor
8) The Indus Valley Civilization specialised in –
a) town planning b) architecture c) craftsmanship d) All of these
9) The famous figure of a dancing girl found in the excavation of
Mohenjodaro was made up
of

Terracotta
10) Which of the following animals was not known to the Indus Valley?
Civilization?
Bull
11) Out of the following remains excavated in Indus Valley, which one
indicates the commercial
and economic development?
Pottery
The earliest city discovered in India was –
Harappa
13) Which one of the following Indus Civilization site gives evidence of a
dockyard
a) Harappa b) Lothal c) Mohenjodaro d) Rakhigarhi
14) Which one of the following statements regarding Harappan Civilization
Is it correct?
a) The standard Harappan seals were made of clay b) The
inhabitants of Harappa had
 Neither knowledge of copper nor bronze c) The Harappan
Civilization was rural-based d) The inhabitants of Harappa grew
and used cotton
15) An advanced water management system of Harappan times has been
unearthed at –
a) Dholavira b) Lothal c) Kalibangan d) Alamgirpur

16) From which one of the following places have remains of wells been found in
houses
belonging to the developed stage of the Indus Valley Civilization?
a)Harappa b) Kalibangan c) Lothal d) Mohenjodaro
The archaeological finds from Alamgirpur in Ghaziabad district reflected the –
Harappa Culture
Culture
18) Cotton for textile was first cultivated in –
Egypt
19) Rock-cut architecture in the context of Harappan culture has been found at -
a) Kalibangan b) Dholavira c) Kotdiji d) Amri
20) Consider the following statements and select the correct answer from the
codes given below –
i) Mohenjodaro, Harappa, Ropar and Kalibangan are important places of
Indus Civilization.
ii) Harappan people developed planned cities with a network of streets and
drainage system.
iii) Harappan people did not know the use of metals.
Codes :
a) 1 and 2 are correct
b) 1 and 3 are correct
c) 2 and 3 are correct
d) 1, 2, and 3 are correct
21) Which one of the following was not known to the Harappans?
a) Construction of Wells b) Construction of Pillars c) Construction of
Drains d) Construction of Arches
22) A copper chariot of Harappa times was discovered at –
a) Kuntal b) Rakhigarchi c) Daimabad d) Banawali
23) One of the following sites from where the famous Bull-seal of Indus Valley
Civilization was
found
a) Harappa b) Chanhudaro c) Lothal d) Mohenjodaro
24) Who discovered the Indus Valley Civilization?
a) Sir Leonard Wooley b)V.S. Agrawal c) Dayaram Sahni d) A.L. Basham
25) Which one of the following animals was not represented on the seals and
terracotta art of the Harappan culture?
Cow
26) Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given
below the Lists :
List –I List – II
A) Lothal Ploughed field
B) Kalibangan Dockyard
C) Dholavira Terracotta replica of a Plough
 D) Banawali 4) An inscription comprising ten large sized signs
of the Harappan Script
Codes : A B C D
a) 1 2 3 4
b) 2 1 4 3
c) 1 2 4 3
d) 2 1 3 4

Answer
b 8-a d
b
25-a 26-b

2. Vedic Culture (1500 BC- 600 BC)

1) Who was the first European to designate Aryan as a race?
William Jones
The staple food of the Vedic Aryan was -
Barley and Rice b) Milk and its products c) Rice and Pulses d)
Vegetables and Fruits
The battle of Mahabharata is believed to have been fought at Kurukshetra for
–
a)14 days b) 16 days c)18 days d) 20 days
4) Which one of the following stages of the life of man in Aryan Society in
Is ascending order of age correct?
a) Celibacy - Householder - Hermit - Renunciation
a) Householder - Celibate - Hermit - Renunciation
b) Celibacy - Hermit - Renouncer - Householder
c) Householder renunciation - Hermit - Celibate
Who among the following wrote Sanskrit grammar?
Kalidasa
Which river has no mention in the Rigveda?
Sindhu
7) Assertion (A): The development of a high stage of abstract thinking is a
marked feature of early Vedic Literature.
Reason (R) : Cosmic mystery of creation and records of philosophic doubts
about it are a part of the many Vedic hymns.
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 a correct explanation of A
c) A is true but R is false
d) A is false but R is true
8) Which of the following is the major impact of Vedic Culture on Indian History?
Progress of Philosophy
caste system
Perception of a new world
In which language was the 'Shrimad Bhagavad Gita' originally written?
Sanskrit
10) Purushasukta is founded in the -
Bhagavad Gita
11) The hymns of 'Rigveda' are the work of -
 One author

12) The Government of India has decided to declare which of the following rivers
as
National River?
a) Ganga b)Yamuma c) Kaveri d) Brahmaputra e) None of these
Patanjali is well-known for the compilation of –
Yoga Sutra
14) The God who is the most prominent in 'Rigveda' is -
Indra
15) The Rigvedic God Varuna was –
Harbinger of peace
order
d) God of prosperity

Nivi, Paridhan and Adhivasa were the -

Different types of garments of the Aryans
the Aryan Kings
c) Tribal people of Ancient Indians d) Musical instrument of Ancient
Indians
17) Panini, the first Grammarian of Sanskrit language in India, lived during the –
a) 2ndCentury BC b) 6th-5thCentury BC c) 2ndCentury AD d) 5th-6th
Century AD
The words satyameva Jayate in the state Emblem of India have been adopted
from which one
of the following?
a) Mundak Upanishad b) Brahma Upanishad c) Mudgala Upanishad d)
Maitreyi Upanishad
19) Upanishads are books on -
Religion
20) The expounder of Yoga philosophy was –
Patanjali
21) The great law giver of ancient times was –
Manu
22) The word Gotra occurs for the first time in –
Rigveda
23) Which one of the following is the distinctive feature between a nastika and
Astika system in
India?
Belief in the existence of God
c) Belief in the authenticity of the Vedas d) Belief in the existence of
heaven and hell
Nyaya Darshan was propagated by -
Gautama
25) 'Ashtadhyayi' was written by -
Ved Vyas
The literal meaning of the word Arya is -
Superior
27) The 'Manu Smriti' mainly deals with –
Social order
28) Purushmedha i.e. Male sacrifice is referred to in –
 Krishna Yajurveda
Panchvisha Brahman
Who composed the Gayatri Mantra?
Vishwamitra
30) The author of 'Nayaya Sutra' was –
a) Gautam b) Kanad c) Kapil d) Badrayan
31) The word Aryan means –
Of good family
32) Which one of the following four Vedas contains an account of magical charms?
and spells?
Rigveda

33) The religion of early Vedic Aryans was primarily of -

a) Bhakti b) image worship andYajnas c) worship of nature andYajnas
d) worship of nature and devotion
Answer
1-c 2-b 3-c 4-a 5-c 6-d 7-a 8-c a
a
b

3.I. Mahajanapada Period (600 BC-

325 BC
The Indian king who opposed Alexander was –
a)Ambhi b) Porus c) Dhanananda d) Chandragupta
The ancient name of North Bihar was -
a)Vajji b) Vatsa c) Surasena d) Avanti
3) In ancient India, the earliest capital of the Magadha kingdom was at -
a)Pataliputra b) Rajgir c) Vaishali d) Varanasi
When Alexander invaded India, who were the rulers of Magadha?
Haryankas
5) Which one of the following rulers of Magadha was the contemporary of
Alexander, the
great ?
Mahapadmananda
Where was the seat of the first Republic of the world in 6thcentury BC?
Vaishali
7) By which ruler was Pataliputra chosen as a capital for the first time?
Ajatasatru
8) The list of sixteen Mahajanapadas is available in -
Mahabharata b) Anguttara Nikaya c) Chhandogya Upanishad d)
Connected Discourses
Which was the first capital of Magadha?
Pataliputra
Who founded Pataliputra?
a)Udayin b) Ashoka c) Bimbisar d) Mahapadmananda
By whom was the first republic of the world established in Vaishali?
a)Maurya b) Nand c) Gupta d) Lichhavi
12) Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the given codes:
List-I (King) List-II (Kingdoms)
A. Pradyota Magadha
B. Udayana 2. Vatsa
 C. Prasenjita 3. Forward
D. Ajatsatru Kosala

Codes:A B C D
a) 1 4 2 3
b) 2 3 1 4
c) 3 2 4 1
d) 4 1 3 2
Which early ruler of Magadha murdered his father to ascend the throne and, in
turn, was murdered by his own son?
a)Bimbisar b) Ajatasatru c) Udayan d) Nagadashak
2) Arrange the following Magadhan dynasties in chronological order –
i) Nandas ii) Sungas
ii) Mauryas Haryanks
Choose the answer from the following codes -
2-1-4-3 b) 4-1-3-2
b) 3-2-1-4 d) 1-3-4-2
3) The Mahajanapada situated on the bank of the Godavari river was -
Avanti
4) Who was the founder of the Nanda dynasty?
a)Bimbisara b)Mahapadmananda c) Ajatasatru d) Dhanananda
5) Which one of the following dynasties was ruling over North India at the time of
Alexander's invasion?
a)Nanda b) Maurya c) Sunga d) Kanva
Who among the following was NOT a contemporary of the others?
a)Bimbisara b) Gautama Buddha c) Milinda d) Prasenjit
7) Between which of the following was the ancient town of Takshasila located?
a)Indus and Jhelum b) Jhelum and Chenab c) Chenab and Ravi d) Ravi
and Beas

Answer
b 5-b 6-a 7-c 8-b 10-a 11-d
c

3.II. Religious Movements (600 BC-

400 BC

Where did Lord Buddha breathe his last (Mahaparinirvana)?

a)Rajgir b) Bodh Gaya c) Sarnath d) Kushinagar
Where has the world’s largest monolithic statue of Buddha been installed?
a)Bamiyan b) Hyderabad c) Kandy d) Lhasa
Which among the following is the sacred book of the Buddhists?
Upanishad
Buddha means -
The enlightened one
powerful
Name the clan Buddha belonged to –
Gnathrika
In which state was the Nalanda University located in India?
Bengal
7) Mahavira was born in 6thcentury BC at -
 a)Vaishali b) Magadha c) Sarnath d) None of these
8) The religious literature of the Jains at the early stage was written in –
a)Ardhamagadhi b) Pali c) Sanskrit d) None of these
9) Which of the following places is associated with Jainism?
a)Kapilvastu b) Pava c) Prayag d) Shravasti
10) Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given
below the Lists :
List –I List - II
(Term) (Meaning/Explanation)
A. Abhidhamma Pitak Matters of doctrine and ethics
B. Sutta Pitaka 2. Rules of Monk order
C. Vinaya Pitaka Members of great community
D. Great Compilation 4. Matters of psychology and metaphysics
Codes : A B C D
a) 2 4 1 3
b) 3 1 4 2
c) 2 1 4 3
d) 4 1 2 3
11) Who was the author of 'Buddha Charita'?
a)Asvaghosha b) Nagasena c) Nagarjuna d) Vasmitra
Who is also known as Nigantha Nataputra?
a) Vardhamana Mahavira b) Gautama Buddha c) Nagarjuna d)
Shankaracharya
13) The principal that distinguishes Jainism from Buddhism is the –
a) Practice of the eight-fold path
b) Rejection of the infallibility of the vedas
Attribution of a soul to all beings and things
d) Belief in rebirth
14) Buddha lived approximately at the same time as –
Confucius
15) Buddha's preachings were mainly related to -
Belief in one God
d) Idol worship
The third vehicle in Buddhism was known as –
a)Mahasanghika b) Zen c) Vajrayana d) None of these
Which state is called the 'Cradle of Buddhism'?
a)Sikkim b) Bihar c) Uttar Pradesh d) Madhya Pradesh
Who of the following was a contemporary of Gautama Buddha?
a)Bhadrabahu b) Chandragupta Maurya c) Prasvanath d) Vardhaman
Mahavira
19) The Gandhara school of art came into existence in -
Hinayana sect
20) Consider the following places:
1. Lumbini 2. Bodh Gaya 3. Sarnath 4. Kushinagar
In the context of the life of Buddha, the correct chronological sequence of
these places is –
1-2-3-4 b) 1-2-4-3 c) 2-1-3-4 d) 2-1-4-3
21) With reference to Indian literary works, what is Digha Nikaya?
a) An important Buddhist text in Pali
b) Miscellaneous work in prose and verse associated with Mudrarakshasha
c) Collection of long sermons ascribed to Mahavira
d) Collection of short stories ascribed to Kautilya
22) Consider the following statements -
 Jainism in ancient India condemned the varna system.
2. Jain religious literature was written in Ardhamagadhi.
3. Mahavira admitted women into the order of his followers.
Which of these statements is / are correct?
a) 1, 2 and 3 b) 1 and 2 c) 3 only d) 2 and 3
23) Which one of the following is NOT included in the eightfold path of
Buddhism?
Right speech
Where did Gautam Buddha deliver his first sermon, known as Dharma?
Chakra Initiation
Turning of the Wheel of the Law
a) sanchi b) Sarnath c) Sravasti d) Bodh Gaya
25) Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given
below the Lists :
List –I List –II
Events related to Buddha (Places)
A. Birth of Buddha Bodh Gaya
B. Enlightenment 2. Lumbini
C. First sermon 3. Kushinagar (Kasia)
D. Death of Buddha Sarnath
5. Rajgriha
Codes : A B C D
a) 2 1 3 4
b) 1 3 4 5
c) 2 1 4 3
d) 4 2 5 3
26) Assertion (A): The merchants called setthi made handsome gifts to
Mahavira and his disciples.
Reason (R) Mahavira and his disciples preached non-violence.
put an end to wars and
promote trade and commerce.
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
27) Consider the following-
Pitakas 2) Angas 3) Jataka
Which of the above is/are branches of Buddhist literature?
a) 1 y 3 solamente b) 2 and 3 only c) 1, 2 and 3 d) 1 only
28) Who among the following taught the doctrine of Shunyata (Shunyavad)?
Nagarjuna Shankaracharya
29) Who of the following kings was an ardent follower of Jainism?
Bimbisara b) Mahapadmananda c) Kharavela d)
Pulkeshin II
30) Among the following, who is credited with carrying Jainism to South India?
?
a) Sudharmana b) Indrabhuti c) Bhadrabahu Sthulabhadra
31) In Buddhism, what does Patimokkha stand for?
a) A description of Mahayana Buddhism b) A description of Hinayana
Buddhism c) the rules of the Sangha d) The questions of the king
Menander
32) Which one of the following is NOT common in Buddhism and Jainism ?
 Non-violence (Ahimsa)
d) Rejection of rituals
33) The first Buddhist Council was held in which of the following cities?
a) Nalanda b) Gaya c) Rajgriha d) Bodh Gaya
Mahavira Jaina breathed his last at-
Rajgir Ranchi c) Pawapuri d) Samastipur
35) Gautama Buddha was elevated to the position of God by the time of
Ashoka b) Kanishka c) Chandragupta Vikramaditrya d) Harsha
The Mahabodhi Temple has been built at Bodh Gaya where-
Gautama Buddha was born b) Gautama Buddha attained
enlightenment c) Gautama Buddha delivered his d) first sermon
Gautama Buddha passed away
37) Chinese traveler Hiuen-Tsang studied at the university of –
Taxila Vikramshila c) Magadh d) Nalanda
38) Where was the third Buddhist Council held?
a) Vatsa Pataliputra c) Kosambi d) Kashmir
39) Where was Mahavir Swami born?
Kundagram b) Pataliputra c) Magadh d) Vaishali
40) Which of the following places is considered a Jain Siddha Kshetra on account of
of its association with Parsvanatha?
Champa c) Sammed Sidhar d) Urjayanta
Buddha was born at-
Vaishali Lumbini Pataliputra
42) Consider the following statements and select the difference between a
Chaitya and a Vihara:
a) Chaitya is a place of worship whereas Vihara is a living place for
Buddhist saints
b) Vihara is a place of worship whereas Chaitya is a living place for
Buddhist saints
c) chaitya and Vihara both can be used as a living place
d) There is not much difference between the two
43) Consider the following statements and select the correct answer from the
codes given below:
Assertion (A): Kushinagar was the capital of the Malla Republic.
Reason (R) Mahatma Buddha attained Mahaparinirvana in Kushinagar.
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 a correct explanation of A
c) A is true but R is false
d) A is false but R is true
The doctrine of three jewels -Right belief, Right conduct and Right
knowledge – is the crowning glory of –
a) Buddhism b) Christianity c) Jainism d) None of these
45) The Vikramshila Mahavihara, a great center of education, was founded by-
Baladitya c) Gopala Dharmapala
46) The Lumbini was the birthplace of Buddha is attested by an inscription of:
Ashoka Pushyamitra sung Kanishka
Sarnath is in the State of-
Kerala b) Great Maharashtra c) Gujarat d) Uttar Pradesh
Vikramshila Mahavihara was established by the ruler of-
Pushyabhuti Dynasty c) Sen Dynasty d)
Pala Dynasty
49) Buddha attained mahaparinirvana in the republic of the-
 a) Meshes Lichhavis Palace
50) Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given.
below the lists:
List-I(Symbols) List-II(Meaning)
Bodhi tree Birth
B) Wheel of Dharma 2. First Sermon
C) Horse 3. Enlightenment
D) Lotus 4. Renunciation
Codes : A B C D
a) 3 2 4 1
b) 2 3 4 1
c) 1 2 3 4
d) 2 1 3 4
51) Consider according to Buddhism :
Assertion (A): There is no rebirth.
Reason (R) There is no soul.
Now select your answer from the following codes:
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 the correct explanation of A
c) A is true but R is false
d) A is false but R is true
52) Which one of the following propounded that ‘destiny determines everything?
Is man powerless?
a) Jains b) Buddhists c) Ajivakas d) Mimansakas
53) Lord Buddha preached the following four noble truths. Put them in correct order.
order using the codes given below :
There is suffering.
There is cessation of suffering.
There is a path leading to the cessation of suffering.
There is a cause of suffering.
Codes :
1 – 4 – 2 – 3 c) 1 – 3 – 2 – 4 d) 1 – 2 – 4 – 3
54) Who amongst the following is known as the Light of Asia?
a) Jesus Christ b) Lord Buddha c) Prophet Mohammad
Zarathustra
55) Syadvad (the theory of ‘may be’) is a doctrine of –
a) Lokayatism Saivism d) Vaishnavism
The stupa site which is not connected with any incident of Lord Buddha’s life
is
a) Sarnath b) Sanchi c) Bodh Gaya d) Kushinagar

57) Prabhasgiri is a pilgrim spot of-

a) Buddhists b) Jains c) Saivites d) Vaishnavites
58) Who is said to have become the chief of the Jain Sangh after the death of
Mahavira?
Jambu b) Bhadrabahu Sthulbhadra d) Sudharma
59) Jivaka, the royal physician of Rajgrih, was the son of the courtesan named as-
Salavati BasantSena d) Amrapali
60) The Fourth Buddhist Council was convened during the regime of king-
a) Ashoka b) Ajatasatru c) Kanishka d) Mahapadmananda
61) The 'Tripitaka' was written in-
Brahmi b) Kharosthi c) Pali d) Sanskrit
Name the last Tirthankara.
Parshvanath b) Mahavira c) Siddhartha d) Subhadra
63) Assertion (A): The emphasis of Jainism on non-violence (Ahimsa)
prevented agriculturist from
Embracing Jainism.
Reason (R) Cultivation involved killing of insects and pests.
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 a correct explanation of A
c) A is true but R is false
d) A is false but R is true
64) who among the following presided over the Buddhist Council held during the
reign of Kanishka at
Kashmir?
a) Side b) Nagarjuna c) Sudraka d) Vasumitra
65) In ancient Indian Buddhist monasteries, a ceremony called Pavarana used to
be held. It was the-
a) Occasion to elect the Sanghparinayaka and two speakers one on
Dhamma and the other
on Vinaya
b) Confession by monks of their offenses committed during their stay in the
monasteries during the rainy season
c) Ceremony of initiation of new person into the Buddhist Sangha in which
the head is shoved and when yellow robes are offered
d) Gathering of Buddhist monks on the next days to the full moon day of
Asadha when they take up a fixed abode for the next four months of rainy
season
66) Consider the following statements-
Vardhamana Mahavira's mother was the daughter of the Lichchavi Chief.
Chetaka
Gautama Buddha’s mother was a princess from the Koliya dynasty.
3. Parshvanatha, the twenty-third Tirthankara, belonged to Banaras.
Which of these statements is/are correct?
a) Only 1 b) Only 2 c) Only 2 and 3 d) Only 1, 2 and 3
67) With reference to ancient Jainism, which one of the following statements is
correct ?
a) Jainism was spread in South India under the leadership of Sthalabahu
b) The Jains who remained under the leadership of Bhadrabahu were
called Shvetambaras
after the council held at Pataliputra.
Jainism enjoyed the patronage of the Kalinga King Kharavela in the first
century BC
d) In the initial stage of Jainism, the Jains worshipped images unlike
Buddhist.
68) Consider the following statements-
The Ikshvaku rulers of southern India were antagonistic towards Buddhism.
The Pala rulers of Eastern India were patrons of Buddhism.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
a) 1 Only b) 2 Only c) Both 1 and 2 d) Neither 1 nor 2
69) Anekantavada is a core theory and philosophy of which one of the following?
a) Buddhism b) Jainism Sikhism
 Jainism in ancient India condemned the varna system.
2. Jain religious literature was written in Ardhamagadhi.
3. Mahavira admitted women into the order of his followers.
Which of these statements is / are correct?
a) 1, 2 and 3 b) 1 and 2 c) 3 only d) 2 and 3
23) Which one of the following is NOT included in the eightfold path of
Buddhism?
Right speech
Where did Gautam Buddha deliver his first sermon, known as Dharma?
Chakra Initiation
Turning of the Wheel of the Law
a) sanchi b) Sarnath c) Sravasti d) Bodh Gaya
25) Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given
below the Lists :
List –I List –II
Events related to Buddha (Places)
A. Birth of Buddha Bodh Gaya
B. Enlightenment 2. Lumbini
C. First sermon 3. Kushinagar (Kasia)
D. Death of Buddha Sarnath
5. Rajgriha
Codes : A B C D
a) 2 1 3 4
b) 1 3 4 5
c) 2 1 4 3
d) 4 2 5 3
26) Assertion (A): The merchants called setthi made handsome gifts to
Mahavira and his disciples.
Reason (R) Mahavira and his disciples preached non-violence.
put an end to wars and
promote trade and commerce.
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
27) Consider the following-
Pitakas 2) Angas 3) Jataka
Which of the above is/are branches of Buddhist literature?
a) 1 y 3 solamente b) 2 and 3 only c) 1, 2 and 3 d) 1 only
28) Who among the following taught the doctrine of Shunyata (Shunyavad)?
Nagarjuna Shankaracharya
29) Who of the following kings was an ardent follower of Jainism?
Bimbisara b) Mahapadmananda c) Kharavela d)
Pulkeshin II
30) Among the following, who is credited with carrying Jainism to South India?
?
a) Sudharmana b) Indrabhuti c) Bhadrabahu Sthulabhadra
31) In Buddhism, what does Patimokkha stand for?
a) A description of Mahayana Buddhism b) A description of Hinayana
Buddhism c) the rules of the Sangha d) The questions of the king
Menander
32) Which one of the following is NOT common in Buddhism and Jainism ?
 Vishnu Gupta b) Upa Gupta c) Brahma Gupta d) Brihadrath
6) Which one of the following does not appear on the abacus of the Sarnath Lion
capital of Ashoka's?
Bull b) Dear c) Elephant d) Horse
7) Who among the following historical personalities of India is also known as
Vishnugupta
Bilhana Kalidasa
8) Megasthenes was an envoy of which of the following Kings?
Seleucus c) Darius d) Antiochus
9) Which of the following was the oldest dynasty of India?
a) Maurya Gupta Kushana
The division of Mauryan society into seven classes was particularly
mentioned in-
Kautilya's 'Arthashastra' b) Ashokan c) The Purans d) The
'Indica' of
Megasthenes
11) Kautilya’s ‘Arthashastra’ is a book on-
a) economic relations b) principle and practices of statecraft c) foreign
policy
d) Duties of the king
12) The valleys of Sindhu, Ganga, and Jamuna were brought together for the first time.
time under one political authority by-
a) Chandragupta Maury b) Ashoka Chandragupta II
Chauhan
13) Which one of the following places has no Ashokan edicts?
Girnar b) Kandhar c) Pataliputra d) Soil
14) Who among the following was appointed by Ashoka to administer justice in
his empire ?
a) Sharmana b) Officer c) Rajuka d) Kumar amatya
15) Consider the following with reference to the disintegration and decline of the
Mauryan Empire
Brahmanical revolt 2. King Ashoka’s pacifist policies 3.
Invasions from outside 4. Weakness of Ashoka’s successors
Which of the above reasons led to the disintegration and decline of the
Mauryan Empire
a) 1, 2 and 4 b) 2 and 4 c) 1 and 3 d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
16) Qui parmi les suivants était un contemporain d'Alexandre le Grand ?
Bimbisara b) Chandragupta Maury c) Ashoka Pushyamitra
sunga
17) The notion of Saptanga that was introduced in 'Arthashastra' includes-
a) Kings, territory, administration and treasury b) Music, dance, ragas
and wrestling
c) Ministers, civil servants, subalterns and those involved in espionage
d) Aristocrats, acharyas, traders and monks
18) Assertion (A): Ashoka says in his Rock Edict XIII that he turned to dhamma.
Reason (R) He witnessed much misery at the Kalinga war.
Codes :
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false d) a is false but R is true
To which dynasty did Ashoka belong?
Vardhana c) Kushan d) Gupta
20) Which Rock Edict of Ashoka provides a description of the horrors of Kalinga?
war
13thRock Edict b) Kalinga Edict at Dhauli c) The Edict at Jaugadha
d) 10thRock Edict
21) The head of a district (Ahara), the principal co-ordinator of the revenue and
the officer in charge of general and military functions in his jurisdiction during
Mauryan Empire was known as-
a) Krori b) Rajuka c) Faujdar d) Chirastadar
22) A Buddhist council during the reign of Ashoka was held at-
Magadha c) Samastipur Rajgriha
23) Kautilya's 'Arthashastra' deals with the aspects of-
a) Economic life Political Policies d) Social life
24) Chandragupta Maurya figures prominently in the book of-
language Sudraka d) Ashvaghosha
25) The description of the administration of Pataliputra is available in-
Divyavadan b) Arthashastra c) Indicates d) Ashoka's
inscriptions
26) Who among the following Mauryan rulers conquered the Deccan?
Ashoka b) Chandragupta c) Bindusara
The language used in the inscriptions of Ashoka is-
Sanskrit c) Apabhramsa d) Hindi
28) In how many categories did Megasthenes divide the Indian Society
Four Five Six
Which dynasty ruled over Magadha after the Nanda dynasty?
Maurya b) Sunga c) Gupta d) Kushana
30) The most famous educational centre during the period of Mauryan age was –
a) Vaishali b) Nalanda c)Taxila d) Ujjain
31) Who was the writer of 'Mudrarakshasa'?
a) Vishakhdatta b) Kautilya c) Bana d) Kalhana
What is the name of Megasthenes’s book?
a) Arthashastra Rigveda d) Indicates
33) How many sections is Kautilya's 'Arthashastra' divided into?
a)11 b) 12 c) 14 d) 15
34) Who identified the name Sandrocottus as Chandragupta Maurya?
a) William Jones b)V.A. Smith c) R. K. Mookerji d) D. R.
Bhandarkar
35) Who deciphered the Brahmi inscription of Ashoka for the first time?
a) James Princep H.D. Sankaliya V.N. Mishra
The last Mauryan emperor was –
a) Jalok b) Avanti Varma c) Nandi Vardhana d) Brihadratha
37) Kautilya was the prime Minister of –
a)Chandragupta Vikramaditya b) Ashoka c) Chandragupta Maurya d)
King
Janak
38) Match List-I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given.
below the lists :
List-I List-II
A. Chandragupta Piyadassi
B. Bindusara 2. Sandrocottus
C. Ashoka Amitraghata
D. Chanakya 4. Vishnugupta
Codes A B C D
a) 2 3 4 1
 b) 1 3 2 4
c) 2 3 1 4
d) 3 4 2 1
39) Which of the following South Indian Kingdom is not mentioned in the
Ashokan inscription
Chola b) Pandya c) Satiyaputa d) Satavahana
By which name was Chanakya known in his childhood?
Ajaya Deogupta
41) An Ashokan edict is located in Uttaranchal at -
Dev Prayag b) Kalsi c) Kedarnath Rishikesh
Who constructed the Sanchi Stupa?
Chandragupta b) Kautilya c) Gautam Guddha d) Ashok
43) Which Indian king defeated Seleucus, the administrator of Sindh and
Afghanistan appointed by
Alexander?
a) Samudragupta b) Ashok c) Kedarnath d) Chandragupta
44) In which of the following inscriptions is the name of Ashoka mentioned?
mentioned?
a) Bhabru Edict Rock Edict XIII c) Rummendei pallir Inscription d)
Minor Rock Edict
of Maski
45) Who in ancient India assumed the title amitraghata?
Ajatshatru b) Chandragupta Muarya c) Bindusar d) Ashoka
Chandragupta Maurya defeated
a) Porus b) Alexander c) Seleucus d) Ambhi

Answers
a
c
c
37-c 38-c 39-d 40-c 41-b 42-d 43-d 44-d 45-c 46-c

5.I. Post-Maurya/Pre/Gupta Period (185

BC-319 AD
1) Who introduced Yavanika (Curtain) in Indian theatre?
Sakas b) Parthians c) Greeks d) Kushans
2) Who started the Saka Era which is still used by the Government of India?
a) Kanishka b) Vikramaditya Samudragupta
3) Who were the first kings to issue gold coins in India?
Mauryas c) Guptas Kushans
4) Who among the following were contemporaries of Kanishka?
a) Nagarjuna, Ashvaghosha, Vasumitra b) Kamban, Banabhatta
Ashvaghosha
c) Ashvaghosha, Kalidasa, Banabhatta d) Kalidasa, Kamban, Vasumitra
5) The greatest development in the Kushana period was in the field of-
Religion
What was the capital of Kanishka?
Purushapura b) Mathura c)Taxila d) Pataliputra
St. Thomas is said to have come to India to propagate Christianity during the
reign of -
 a) Shenguttavan (Chera) b) Karikal (Chola) c) Nendujelian (Pandya)
d) Gondapharnese (Parthian)
8) Who started the Saka Era and when?
a) Kadphises in 58 BC Vikramaditya in 58 BC
AD
d) Kanishka in 78 AD
Charak was the famous court physician of -
a) Harsha b) Chandragupta Maurya c) Ashoka d) Kanishka
10) In the kingdom of Satavahanas of ancient India, a district was called-
food b) kataka nation monastery
11) At which of the following places was the headless statue of Kanishka found?
Allahabad b) Mathura c) Sanchi Takshshila
12) Whose reign is the Gandhara school of Art associated with?
a) Kanishaka b) Chandragupta Vikramaditya c) Harsha d) Ashoka
13) Which one of the following dynasties was associated with the Gandhara school?
of Art?
Chalukyas b) Guptas Kushans
The destruction of the Mauryan Empire was followed by a series of invasions.
and first to invade
India were the -
Indo-Bactrians c) Indo-Parthians d) Kushans
15) Consider the following statements-
the Gandhara art of the Peshawar valley is known for some of the finest
sculptures made in
dark grey schist.
The Kushans were the first Indian kings to have portraits of themselves.
made in their shrines.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
1 Only c) Both 1 and 2 d) neither 1 nor 2
16) Which of the following dynasties succeeded the Sungas?
a) Satavahanas Kushans d) Guptas
A Buddhist Council during the reign of Kanishka was held at –
Magadha Kashmir
18) Which Chinese general defected to Kanishka?
a) Pen Chao b) PanYang c) Chi Huang Ti d) Ho Ti
19) Who of the following did not adorn the court of Kanishka 1?
Ashwaghosha Parshva d) Vishakhdatta
20) The capital of the Satavahanas was located at-
Amaravati b) paithan naldurg Durg
21) Who among the following rulers has been mentioned as protector of Varna?
System?
Pushyamitra Sunga b) Kharvela c) Gautamiputra Satakarni d)
Vasudeva
The art style which combines Indian and Greek features is called –
a) Sikhar b) Vesar c) Gandhar d) Nagar
Who was called by Vindhya Adhipati?
a) Simuka b) Gautamiputra Satakarni c) Ashoka d) Chandragupta
Maurya
In which year was Sakabda / Saka Samvata started?
78 A.D. 58 B.C. c) 273 B.C. d) 420 A.D.
25) When did the Mathura school of Art flourish?
Sunga Period
26) The practice of military governorship was first introduced in India by the –
 Greeks b) Sakas Parthians
27) Who among the following presided over the Buddhist Council held during the
reign of Kanishka in Kashmir?
a) Side b) Nagarjuna c) Sudraka Vasumitra
29) With reference to the invaders in ancient India, which one of the following is
the correct chronological order ?
a) Greeks – Sakas – Kushanas
Greeks – Kushanas – Sakas
c) Sakas - Greeks - Kushanas
d) Sakas - Kushanas - Greeks
30) With reference to the guilds (Shreni) of ancient India that played a very
important role in the country's economy, which of the following statements is /
are correct?
1. Every guild was registered with the central authority of the state and
the king was the chief administrative authority over them.
2. The wages, rules of work standards and prices were fixed by the guild.
The guild had judicial powers over its own members.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
a) 1 and 2 only b) 3 only c) 2 and 3 only d) 1,2 and 3

Answer
1-c 2-a 3-b 4-a 5-d 6-a 7-d 8-d 9-d 10-a 11-b 12-a
c
d

5.II. The Sangam Period (1st- 3rdcentury

AD)
1. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes
given below the lists :
List-I(State) List-II(Emblem)
A. Chera Bow
B. Chola 2. Tiger
C. Pandya 3. Fish
Codes : A B c
a) 1 2 3
b) 3 2 1
c) 3 1 2
d) 2 1 3
2. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes
given below the lists :
List-I List-II
A.Tolkappiyam 1. Translator
B. Silppadikaram 2. IIango Adigal
C. Manimekalai 3. Sittalai Sattanar
D. Sivaga Sindamani 4. Tiruttakrdevas
Codes : A B C D
a) 1 2 3 4
b) 4 3 2 1
c) 2 1 3 4
d) 1 2 4 3
3) Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes
given below the lists :
List-I (Region) List-II(Meaning)
A. Kurinji 1. Hilly back woods or montane
B. Palai 2. Parched or arid zone
C. Mullai Pastoral tract
D. Marutam Wetland
E. Neithal 5. Littoral/Coastal
Codes : A B C D E
a) 1 2 3 4 5
b) 5 4 3 2 1
c) 2 1 3 4 5
d) 1 2 5 4 3
4) Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes
given below the lists :
List-I (State) List-II (Ruler)
A. Chera Senguttuvan
B. Chola 2. Karikala
C. Pandya 3. Nendujeliyan
Codes : A B C
a) 1 2 3
b) 3 2 1
2 1 3
1 3 2
The capital of Kadamba kings was:
Tanjore b) Vanavasi c) Kanchi Badami
The third Sangam was held at –
a) Madurai b) Arrrikkamedu c) Ernakulam Tuticorin
7) The ‘Paditrupputtu’ is a collection of poems in praise of which of the
following kings?
a) Chera b) Chola c) Pandya d) None of these

8) Which one of the following is correctly matched?

a) Kural ... Kamban b) Ahananuru ... paranar c) Purananuru …
Mamalanar d) Silappadikaram ... IIango Adigal
"Tolakappiyam" is related to -
Administration c) Grammar d) None of these
10) The author of 'Kural' or 'Muppal', a treatise on polity, ethics and
social norms, was-
Tolakapiyyar b) Tiruvalluvar Ilango Adigal d) Sittalai
Sattanar
Which of the following is called 'the Bible of Tamil Land'?
a) Rule b) Tolkappiyam c) Silappadikaram d) Manimekalai
12) Who was the founder of the Pattini cult related to the worship of the goddess?
chastity – Kannagi ?
a) The one who brought b) Karikala c) Nendujeliyan d) None of these
13) Who was the founder of Puhar (Kaveripattanam)?
Karikala c) Nendujeliyan d) None of these
14) About which of the following, it is said that: 'the space in which an '
Could an elephant lie down and produce enough to feed seven people?
Kaveri delta Sundarbans delta c) Raichur doab d) None
of these
 15) Which of the following were the patrons of Sangam, an assembly of
Tamilpoets?
a) Chera Chola c) Pandya Kadamb
Answers
a 10-b 11-a 12-a
13-a 14-a 15-c

6. Gupta Period (319 AD –

540 AD
1) Who was the first known Gupta ruler?
a) Srigupt b) Chandragupta I c) Chatotakacha d) Kumargupt I
The silver coins of the Gupta period were known as-
Dinar d) Karsharpana
During which Gupta king’s reign did the Chinese traveler Fahien visit India?
Chandragupta I b) Chandragupta II c) Samudragupta d) Kumaragupta
4) Which king of the Gupta Dynasty was called the ‘Napoleon of India’?
Samudragupta b) Chandragupta Vikramaditya c) Srigupta d)
Chandragupta I
5) Who among the following organized the Ashwamedha Yajna?
Ajatashatru b) Ashoka c) Samudragupta d) Chandragupta
6) Consider the following literary works:
1. Kumar Sambhavam II. Mudrarakshasa III. Raghuvamsa IV. Collection of Rituals
Which of these were the works of Kalidasa?
a) I, II and III b) II, III and I c) I, III and IV d) I, II and IV
7) Which one of the following literary works did not belong to the Gupta period?
The Recognition of Sakuntala b) amarakosa c) Charaka Samhita d)
The Little Clay Kart
8) During the reign of which of the following dynasties did Kalidasa flourish?
a) Mauryas b) Sungas c) Guptas d) Vardhanas
9) Which one of the periods marks the beginning of the Indian temple?
architecture ?
Nanda b) Maurya c) Sunga d) Gupta
10) ………….assumed the title of ‘Vikramaditya’.
a) Ashoka b) Chandragupta Kanishka
11) In which century did the famous Chinese pilgrim Fahien visit India?
a) 4th century AD b) 5th century AD c) 6thcentury AD d) 7thcentury
AD
The six district school of Indian philosophy – Sankhya, Yoga, Nyaya,
Vaisheshika, Mimamsa Vedanta - became fully articulated during the -
Vedic Age c) Kushana Age d) Maurya Age
'Mrichhakatika' was written by -
Vikramaditya b) Sudraka c) Kalhana d) Banabhatta
14) Which one of the following was the official language of the Gupta period?
Pali d) Sanskrit
15) Who of the following Gupta kings granted permission to Meghverma, the
ruler of Sri Lanka to
Build a Buddhist temple at Gaya?
Chandragupta I b) Samudragupta c)Chandragupta II d) Skandagupta
16) To which age do Aryabhatta and Varahmihira belong?
Guptas b) Cholas Mauryas
 17) The decimal numeral system, including the concept of zero was
invented in India during which one of the following dynasty?
a) Saka b) Gupta c) Shovel Chola
18) ‘Kumarasambhavam’, an epic, was composed by –
Banabhatta b) Chandbardai c) harisen d) Kalidasa
19) In the courtyard of the Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque value of Delhi
stands the famous iron pillar in the memory of –
Ashoka Anangpal
20) Read the following statements carefully -
Gupta Emperors claimed divine right for themselves. 2. Their
administration was highly centralized. 3. They elaborated the
tradition of land – grants.
Answer the basics of the following codes:
a) 1, 2 and 3 are true b) 1 and 2 are true c) 1 and 3 are true d) 2 and
3 are true
21) Sudraka’s ‘Mrichhakatikam’ is a-
a) Drama novel c) poem d) short story
22) Samudragupta has been given the title of 'Indian Napolean' by the
historian
Romila Thapar c) R. C. Mazumdar d) R. S. Sharma
23) Who was the founder of the Gupta dynasty?
a) Chandragupta b) Srigupta c) Samudragupta d) Skandgupta
24) Who was the court poet of Smudragupta?
Asvaghosha b) Nagarjuna c) Aryabhata Harisena
25) The Prayag Prasasti/Allahabad Pillar Inscription is associated with
Which one of the following?
Great Lotus Nanda Chandragupta Maurya
Samudragupta
26) There are only two known examples of cave paintings of the Gupta.
period in ancient India. One of these is the paintings of Ajanta caves. Where is
the other surviving example of Gupta paintings?
Bagh Caves Ellora caves c) Lomesh Rishi Caves d) Nasik
Caves
Answers
a 6-c 7-c 8-c d
b
25-d 26-a
7. Post - Gupta Period/Vardhana Dynasty (550 AD -
647 AD
Harshavardhana was defeated by –
a) Prabhakaravardhana Pulkeshin II c) Narasimhavarmana d)
Sasanka
2) Which of the following was NOT composed by Harshavardhana?
Harshacharita b) Ratnavali c) Priyadarshika Nagananda
In whose court was a Chinese embassy sent by T'ang emperor?
Rajraja I b) Rajendra I c) Harshavardhana d) Prantaka I
4) Which of the following rulers checked Harshavardhana’s expedition in the South?
India ?
Pulkeshin I c) Vikramaditya I d) Vikramaditya II
The rock-cut temples of Mahabalipuram were built under the patronage of
the
 Chola kings c) Pallava kings d) Satavahan kings
6) Which one of the following inscriptions mentions Pulakesin II’s military?
Allahabad Pillar Inscription b) Aihole Inscription c) Damodarput
Copper – plate Inscription d) Bilsad Inscription
Who wrote the 'Harshacharita'?
a) Kalidasa b) Banabhatta c) Vishnugupta d) parimalgupta
Two great religious conferences were held by king Harshavardhana at –
a) Kannauj and Prayag Prayag and Thaneshwar c) Thaneshwar
and Vallabhi
d) Vallabhi and Prayag
9) Who sent Hieun-Tsang as an envoy to Harsha's court?
TaiTsung b) Tung – Kuan c) KuYen - Wu d) None of these
10) Where was the capital of Sasanka?
a) Samatata b)Tamralipta Karna Suvarna
Assertion (A): Harshavardhana convened the Prayag Assembly.
Reason (R) He wanted to popularize only the Mahayana form of
Buddhism.
Codes :
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of Ab) Both A
and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A c) A is true but
R is false d) A is false but R is true.
Emperor Harsha’s southward march was stopped on the Narmada river by –
Pulkesin I c) Vikramaditya I d) Vikramditya II
Answers
b 4-b 5-c b
8. Miscellaneous (Ancient India)
1) Which among the following is the oldest dynasty?
Maurya b) Glupta Kushan d) Canvas
2) What do the paintings of Ajanta depict?
Ramayana b) Mahabharata Jatakas d) Panchatantra
What does the subject matter of Ajanta depict?
a) Jainism b) Buddhism c) Vaishnavism d) Shavism
4) Where did the game of Chess originate?
India c) Arabia d) Europe

5) The caves and rock-cut temples at Ellora are –

Hindu and Buddhist b) Buddhist and Jain c) Hindu and Jain d)
Hindu, Buddhist
and Jain
When was the 'Panchtantra' written?
a) Maurya period Kanishka period d) Harsha
period
7) Which one of the following sources of Islam is associated with the teachings
of Prophet
Mohammad?
Quran c) Jurisprudence d) Sunnah
8) Match List-I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given
below the lists :
List I List II
(Placement of park/monument) (State)
A. Kazhugumalai Gujarat
B. Mandu 2. Madhya Pradesh
 C. Palitana 3. Tamil Nadu
D. Ranakpur 4. Karnataka
5. Rajasthan
Codes : A B C D
a) 3 1 2 5
b) 4 2 1 3
c) 3 2 1 5
d) 4 1 2 3
Taxila University was situated in -
Pakistan b) India c) Bangladesh Burm
10) Bhagavatism centred around the worship of
Siva c) Skanda d) Vishnu
Fahien and Huen-Tsang visited the kingdom of -
a) Chandragupta Maurya and Harsha respectively b) Harsha and
Chandragupta Vikramaditya
respectively c) Chandragupta Vikramaditya and Krishnadeva respectively
d)
Chandragupta Vikramaditya and Harsha respectively
12) The decimal system was first known in India at the beginning of –
a) 2ndcentury AD b) 3rdcentury AD c) 4thcentury AD d) 5thcentury
AD
13) Which one of the following is considered an encyclopedia of India Medicine?
a) Charaka Samhita b) Surya Siddhanta c) Brihat Samhita d)
Lokayata
14) Which one of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched?
Kautilya - Arthashastra Banbhatta –
Acts of the Buddha
Kalidasa - The Recognition of Shakuntala
15) Consider the following foreign visitors to India :
Alberuni Fahien Hiuen Tsang 4. Megasthenes
The correct chronological order in classical Sanskrit is that of –
4 - 3 - 1 - c)2 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 d) 1 – 2 – 4 – 3
The first major inscription in classical Sanskrit is that of –
Chandragupta Vikramaditya b) Kanishka I c) Rudradaman d)
Samudragupta
17) Which one of the following is NOT correctly matched?
Ruler Dynasty
Bimbisara Magadha
b) Bindusara Maurya
c) Agnimitra Sunga
d) Sasanka Canvas
18) What is the correct chronological order in which the following kings ruled in
India?
Bimbisara 3. Kanishka I 4. Skandagupta
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
Codes :
1 – 2 – 3 – 4 c) 2 – 3 – 4 – 1 d) 3 – 1 – 4 – 2
19) 'Use of white marble, long legs and slender frames, human being as central
characters and prominence of kings, princess and places' – were the
characteristic features of which one of the following ancient art forms of India?
Amaravati School of Art c) Mathura
School of Act d)
Pahari School of Art
 1) Which one of the following was known as the Chalco-lithic Age?
Paleolithic Age c) Copper – Stone Age d) Iron
Age
21) Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given.
below the Lists :
List I List II
(Finding/Invention/Calculation) (Indian Scholar)
A. Time taken by the earth to orbit Aryabhata
The sum
B. Calculation of the value of pi 2. Bhaskaracharya
C. Invention of the digit zero 3. Bodhayana
D. The game of snakes and ladders 4. Gyandev
Codes : A B C D
a) 2 4 1 3
b) 1 3 2 4
c) 2 3 1 4
d) 1 4 2 3
22) The cultivation of cereals first started in -
a) Neolithic Age Mesolithic Age d) None of
these
Carbon dating is used to determine the age of
a) Fossils b) Plants c) Rocks d) None of these
24) With reference to the scientific progress of ancient India, which of the
statements given below
Are correct?
Different kinds of specialized surgical instruments were in common use by
1stcentury AD.
Transport of internal organs in the human body had begun by the
beginning of 3rdcentury AD.
3. El concepto de seno de un ángulo se conocía en 5thcentury AD.
4. The concept of cyclic quadrilaterals was known in 7thcentury AD.
Answers
a 3-b 7-a 8-c 9-a 10-d 11-d 12-d
a

9. Early Medieval Period

(650 – 1206)
I. North India (Rajputa
period )
Who built the Khajuraho temples?
Holkars b) Scindias c) Bundela d) Chandela
2) Arabs were defeated in 738 AD by ?
Pratiharas b) Rashtrakutas c) Palace Chalukyas
3) Who among the following Rajput kings defeated Muhammad Ghori for the
first time ?
Prithviraj III c) Jaichanda d) Kumarpal
4) Who constructed the world famous Jagannath Temple at Puri?
 Krishnavarman Anantvarman Devavarman d) None of
these
5) The Dilwara Temple is located at –
Bhubaneswar b) Aurangabad c) Khajuraho Mount Abu
6) Assertion (A): The success of the Turks against the Indian rulers at the end of
the 12thcentury
was an event that exposed the weakness of the Indian
armies.
Reason (R) Large scale conversions to Islam had depleted the numerical
strength of the Indian
armies.
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 a correct explanation of A
c) A is true but R is false d) A is false but R is true
7) Alberuni lived during the period of which one of the following?
Mahmud of Ghazni c) Aluddin Khalji d)
Firuz Shah Tughlaq
Jaideva, the famous author of 'Gita Gobinda', was the court poet of –
Harsha b) Prithviraj Chauhan c) Lakhmanasena d) None of
these
9) Who founded four mathas in the four corners of India?
a) Shankaracharya b) Ramanujacharya c) Bhaskaracharya d)
Madhvacharya
10) The Lingaraja Temple built during the medieval period is at ?
Bhubaneswar b) Khajuraho c) Madurai Mount Abu
Who fought the battle of Waihind (1009 AD)?
a) Anandapala and Mahmud Ghaznavi
b) Jayapala and Muhammad Ghori
c) Prithviraj Chauhan and Muhammad Ghori
d) Jaichandra and Bakhtiyar Khalji
12) The temple of Somnath which was destroyed by Mahmud of Ghazni.
Ghazanavi was dedicated to Lord –
Siva b) Vishnu c) Sun d) Ganapati
13) Assertion (A) :- Alberuni, who visited India at the time of Mahmud of
Ghazni, criticized the
Hindus for their exclusiveness which kept them away from the
rest of the world.
R He believed that the caste system was responsible for
this.
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 a correct explanation of A
c) A is true but R is false
d) A is false but R is true

14) In India, the first to put forward the theory that the earth revolves around the
sum was -
a) Aryabhatta Brahmagupta c) To me d) Kalhana
The Sun Temple of Konark was built by Narasimhadeva I. To which dynasty did he belong?
belong to ?
Somvansi dynasty
dynasty
16) Which one of the following is NOT a feature of North Indian temple
architecture ?
spire Gateway Tower
17) Who among the following is well known for his contribution in the field of
Algebra ?
a) Aryabhatta b) Brahmagupta c) Bhaskara d) Lalla
The presiding deity of Bhojshala temple is –
Goddess Durga d)
Goddess Parvati
Vikramsila Mahavihara was established by the ruler of –
Pushyabhuti dynasty Barman dynasty c) Sen dynasty d) Pal
dynasty
20) 'Daskumar Charitam' was composed by -
a) Surdas Dandin c) Tulsidas d) Kalidas
21) The Laxman Era was started (in 1119 AD) by which of the following dynasty?
a) Pratiharas b) Palas c) Chauhans d) Meaning
22) SumTemple is situated at –
Puri Khajuraho Gaya
23) ……. Was one of the famous philosophers and scholars of the Pala period.
Atish Dipankar c) Ravikriti d) Aryabhatta
24) Who wrote 'Ramcharita'?
Banabhatta b) Kalidas c) Sandhyakar Nandi d)
Tulsidas
25) The Vikramsila Vihara was founded by –
Mahipala I c) Surapala
Protector of the Dharma

Answers
d 9th 10th 11th 12th
a
25-d

Early –Medieval Period

(650 – 1206)
II. South India (Cholas and
Others
1) Which of the following was NOT one of the titles assumed by the Chola king
Rajendra?
a)Tyagasamudra b) Gangikonda Mudikonda d) Scholar
2) Rath temples at Mahabalipuram were built in the reign of which Pallava ruler?
Mahendravarman b) Narasinghvarman I c)
Parameshwarvarman d) Nandivarman
Which one of the following Chola kings conquered Ceylon (Sinhal) first?
a) Aditya I b) Rajaraja I c) Rajendra d) Vijayalaya
The seven pagodas of Mahabalipuram are a witness to the art patronized by
the - ?
Pallavas d) Cheras
5) At which of the following places is the famous Kailasha Temple located?
Ajanta Badami c) Chittor d) Ellora
6) The Chola period is best known for which of the following?
Gram Sabhas (Village Assemblies) c)
Trade with Ceylon
Mahabalipuram was established by the ?
Pallavas d) Chalukyas
8) The famous Idol of Gomteshwar and the famous Jain temple are situated at –
a) Hampi b) Srirangapattam c) Sravanbelgola Mysore
'Ramayan', the Tamil version of the great epic Ramayana was made by -
Kamban d) None of these
10) The two kingdoms established by the Indians in Indo-China included –
a) Champa and Kamboja b) Champa and Srivijaya c) Srivijaya and
Cambodia
Svarnbhumi and Champa
11) The famous Kailasha Temple, cut out of solid rock at Ellora, was built under
the patronage of the-
Cholas b) Kadambas c) Pallavas d) Rashtrakutas
12) Who destroyed the Empire of Chalukyas of Badami?
Cholas b) Pallavas c) Pandyas d) Rashtrakutas
13) Which one among the following religions was patronized by Rashtrakutas?
a) Jainism b) Buddhism c) Saivism d) Vaishnavism
14) The famous battle of Takkolam of South India was fought between –
a) Cholas and North Chalukyas b) Cholas and Rashtrakutas c) Cholas
and Hoyasals
d) Cholas and Pandyas
15) The South Indian state which was famous for its naval power was -
a) Chalukyas Cholas c) Hoyasals d) pandyas
16) Adi Shankaracharya established four monasteries. These monasteries are located at -
a) Badrinath, Dwarka, Puri, Sringeri b) Sringeri, Dwarka, Badrinath,
Prayag
c) Dwarka, Badrinath, Prayag, Sringeri d) Puri, Sringeri, Dwarka, Varnasi
17) Who among the following Chola rulers converted the Bay of Bengal into a
Chola lake
Rajraja I d) Kulottung
18) Who was the Chola king to have conquered Bengal?
Rajraja b) Rajendra I c) Rajendra II King of Kings
19) Which one of the Chola kings conquered Ceylon?
a) Aditya I King of Kings c) Rajendra I Vijayalaya
20) Consider the following statements:
The Cholas defeated Pandya and Chera rulers and established their
domination over peninsular India in the early medieval times.
The Cholas sent an expedition against the Sailendra empire of South East.
Asia and conquered some of the areas.
Which of these statements is/are correct?
Only 1 b) Only 2 c) Both 1 and 2 d) Neither 1 nor 2
21) Who among the following laid the foundation of the Rashtrakuta Empire?
Dantidurga b) Amoghavarsha I c) Dhruva d) Krishna I
:-Answers:-
a 9
a
 10. Sultanate Period (1206 –
1526
I. The Delhi Sultanate
1) Where did the traveler Ibn Batuta come from?
Morocco Turkey d) Central Asia
Mohammad bin Tughlaq was proficient in -
Art c) Calligraphy d) Philosophy
3) Who were the Khalji Sultans of Delhi?
Mongols d) A Jat tribe
4) The Sultan who described himself as Sikandar – i – Sani (The Second
Alexander) was -
a) Balban b) Alauddin Khalji c) Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq d)
Sikandar Lodi
5) The largest standing army of the Sultanate, directly paid by the state was
created by -
Iltutmish d)
Sikandar Lodi
6) Ibn Batuta visited India during the reign of -
Iltutmish d) Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq
The Qutub Minar was completed by the famous ruler –
Qutubuddin Aibak b) Iltutmish c) Firoz ShahTughlaq d)
Alauddin Khalji
8) Which of the following are correctly matched?
Persons Events
Sultan Mahmud Sack of Somnath
2. Mohammad Ghori Conquest of South Sindh
3. Alauddin Khilji Revolt in Bengal
4. Mohammad Ghori Chinggis Khan's invasion
a) 1 and 2 b) 2 Only c) 1 Only d) 2 and 4
9) The Lodi dynasty was founded by –
a) Ibrahim Lodi b) Sikandar Lodi c) Bahlol Lodi d) Khizr Khan
Yahya bin Ahmed Sirhindi, the author of 'Tarikh - i - Mubaraqshahi' lived in
the period of -
a) Khalji Tughlaq c) Sayyid d) Lodi
11) Mohammad bin Tughlaq changed his capital from Delhi to Deogiri because
he wanted to -
improve trade in the Deccan
the people of Delhi d) escape from the Mongol invasion
12) The contemporary chronicle of the Sayyid period is -
a) Date - I - Mubaraqshahi b) Events of Mushtaqi c) Futuh - us -
Salatin Paths of the Eyes
13) Amir Khusrau was a famous court poet of –
Akbar Alauddin Khalji d) None of
these
Alauddin Khalji captured the Delhi throne after securing fabulous wealth from
–
Chanderi c) Deogiri Madurai
15) Who among the following was a contemporary of Genghis Khan?
 a) Mahmud Ghaznavi b) Iltutmish c) Alauddin Khalji d) Mohammad –
bin –Tughlaq
16) With reference to Sultan Alauddin Khalji, consider the following statements -
Alauddin Khalji fixed the prices of food-grains.
Alauddin Khalji was the first Sultan who paid his soldiers in cash.
3. During Alauddin Khalji’s rule, the share of the land revenue to be paid
The peasant was raised to half of the produce.
Which of these statements are correct?
a) 1 and 2 b) 1 and 3 c) 2 and 3 d) 1, 2 and 3
17) Who among the following Delhi Sultans is known for introducing market
control mechanism?
Iltutmish c) Alauddin Khalji d) FirozshahTughlaq
18) Who was the Delhi Sultan when the threat of invasion by Mongols under
Did Chingiz Khan loom over India?
Iltutmish c) Jalaluddin Khalji d) Alauddin Khalji
19) During the reign of Alauddin Khalji, who were amil?
a) Government agents to collect land revenue b) Local landlords at
village level Khurasani and Multani traders of food-grains from village
to towns
20) Who among the following was the author of 'Tarikh – bin – Alai', which
contains the details of the first few years of Sultan Alauddin Khalji?
a) Ziauddin Barani b) Shams Siraj Afif c) Amir Khusrau Yahiya - son of -
Ahmed
21) Who among the following was the first Muslim Military Commander who
annexed Bihar and Bengal by overthrowing the Sena dynasty?
Mahmud Gawan
22) Who among the following sultans was advised by Qazi Mughisuddin to act
according to the laws of Shariat, but the sultan rejected his advice?
Alauddin Khalji d)
Firoz Tughlaq
23) Consider the following statements:
Assistance – i – grant funds were awarded to –
Men of learning 2. Religious devotees 3. Persons of noble lineage
Destitute persons incapable of earning a livelihood
Which of these statements are correct?
a) 1, 2 and 3 b) 2, 3 and 4 c) 1 and 4 d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
24) Assertion (A): Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq shifted his capital from Delhi to
Deogiri (Daulatabad).
Reason (R) There were repeated Mongol invasions on Delhi during his reign.
reign.
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 a correct explanation of A
A is true but R is false
The medieval ruler who was the first to establish a ministry of agriculture
(Diwan – i – Kohi) was-
Alauddin Khalji Mohammad bin Tughlaq c) Sher Shah d)
Akbar
26) In the Delhi Sultanate, an administrative unit called paragana was headed by
an official known as ?
a) Shiqdar b) Barid c) Ariz d) Amil
27) Who among the following Sultans of Delhi had accepted the Suzerainty of the
Timurid ruler Mirza Shah Rukh?
Firoz Tughlaq Mohammad ibn Tughlaq c) Khizr Khan Sayyid
d) Sikandar Lodi
28) Who among the following appointed Ibn Batuta as the Chief Qazi of Delhi?
a) Ghiyasuddin Balban Alauddin Khalji
Mohammad bin Tulghaq
29) Who among the following was NOT a noble under Alauddin Khalji?
Ainulmulk Multani b) Zafar Khan c) Nusrat Khan d) Munim
Khan
Malik Kafur was whose General?
mighty b) Alauddin Khalji c) Mohammad – bin –Tulghlaq d) Firoz
Shah Tughlaq
31) In medieval India, what did the term Jital refer to?
Weight b) Diet c) Coin d) Game
32) With reference to the Delhi Sultanate, who was the founder of the Sayyid Dynasty?
a) Khizr b) Mubaraq c) Muhammad Shah d) Alauddin
Alam Shah
33) Which of the following Sultans founded a town where now stands Agra?
Muhammad bin Tughlaq b) Firoz Tughlaq c) Bahlol Lodi d)
Sikandar Lodi
34) Which one of the following Sultans of Delhi introduced measures for
improving the quality of fruits?
Muhammad bin Tughlaq b) Firoz Tughlaq c) Sikandar Lodi d)
Sher Shah Suri
35) Which one of the following dynasties ruled over India after the invasion of
Timur?
Lodi dynasty b) Sayyid dynasty c)Tughlaq dynasty d) Khalji
dynasty
36) Which of the following Sultans had the greatest number of slaves in his court?
Balban Alauddin Khalji d) Firoz
Tughlaq
37) Which of the following Sultans provided employment to the unemployed?
Alauddin Khalji Firoz Tughlaq d)
Sher Shah Suri
When he attained kingship, he was quite independent of rules and orders of
Shariat. For which Sultan did Barani make this statement?
Iltutmish c) Alauddin Khalji d) Mohammad – bin –
Tughlaq
39) During the Sultanate period, the highest rural authority for land revenue was -
Chowdhary b) Treatment c) Malik d) revenue officer
Who was the first ruler of the slave dynasty?
Qutubuddin Aibak Iltutmish d) Balban
Who was the ruler of Deogiri at the time of Alauddin Khalji’s invasion?
Ramchandra Dev Prataprudra Dev c) Malik Kafur
Rana Ratan Singh
42) Which of the following Sultans of Delhi was known as Lakh Bakhsh (giver of
Lakhs) ?
Iltutmish c) Mohammad - bin - Tughlaq Qutubuddin
Aibak
Mohammad bin Tughlaq shifted his capital from Delhi to...
 Daulatabad Kalinjar Kalinjar c) Kannauj d) Lahore
Timur, the Lame invaded India during the reign of -
Alauddin Khalji c) Firoz Tughlaq d)
Muhammad Shah Tughlaq
Who was the first Muslim ruler of Delhi?
a) Qutubuddin Aibak Iltutmish d) Balban
46) Who amongst the following Sultans built the fifth storey of Qutub Minar?
Qutubuddin Aibak b) Iltutmish c) Firoz ShahTughlaq d)
Sikandar Lodi
47) Which one of the following rulers from Central Asia conquered North India in
1192?
Jalaluddin Mangbarni c) Shihabuddin
Muhammad Gori
d) Genghis Khan
48) Who among the following was the first woman ruler of medieval India?
Razia Sultan b) Chand Bibi c) Durgavati d) Noorjahan
The city of Jaunpur was founded in the memory of –
Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq Mohammad bin Tughlaq c) Firoz
Shah Tughlaq d) Akbar
50) Who among the following witnessed the reign of seven Sultans of Delhi?
Amir Khusrau Khwaja MOinuddin
None of these
51) Amir Khusrau, the 'Parrot of India', was born at -
Patiali b) Patti c) Thin d) Patiala
52) Consider the following statements –
Assertion (A): Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq's scheme of token currency was a
failure.
Reason (R) Mohammad bin Tughlaq had no proper control over the
issuance of coins.
Select the correct answer using the code 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 a correct explanation of A
A is true but R is false
53) The Delhi Sultan who wrote his memoir was –
a) Iltutmish b) Balban Alauddin Khalji
54) The famous poet Amir Khusrau was associated with the court of –
a) Nawab Asafuddaula b) Alauddin Khalji c) Muhammad Shah Rangila
d) Qutubuddin Aibak
Coins of which Muslim ruler feature the image of Devi Lakshmi?
Muhammad Gori Alauddin Khalji None of
these
Who established the Diwan - i - Mustakharaj (Department of Arrears)?
Qutubuddin Aibak b) Razia c) Balban d) Alauddin Khalji
57) Which one of the following statements is NOT true about Balban?
a) He propounded the theory of Niyabat – I – Khudai he introduced
the Iqtadari system He eliminated the power of Turkan – I – Chahalgani
He quelled the revolt of Bengal.
58) Who abolished the Iqta system?
a) Babur Muhammad bin Tughlaq c) Iltutmish d) Alauddin
Khalji
59) Who was the Muslim general who conquered Bengal in 13?thcentury AD ?
 a) Afzal Khan b) Ikhtiaruddin - son of - Bakhtiar Khalji c) Genghis
Khan d) Temuchin
60) Who has been described by Elliot as the ‘Akbar of the Sultanate’?
Iltutmish Alauddin Khalji
61) Who was the first real king of the Sultanate?
Qutubuddin Aibak Iltutmish d) Alauddin Khalji

62) Name one famous poet of the Delhi sultanate, who was adorned with the title
The parrot of India
Ziauddin Barani Alberuni
The battle of Tarain (1191 AD) was fought between Muhammad Gori and -
Rana Sanga b) Ran Pratap c) Prithviraj Chauhan d) Frog
Hammirdeva
Who introduced the Iqta system?
Muhammad Gori b) Qutubuddin Aibak c) Iltutmish d)
Ghiyasuddin Balban
65) Name the Sultan who introduced the Rationing system in India –
a) Ghiyasuddin Balgban b) Alauddin Khlaji c) Mohammad – bin –
Tughlaq
Firoz Tughlaq
66) When did Ikhtiyaruddin – bin – Bakhtiyar Khalji invade Bengal?
a) 1194 AD b) 1199 AD c) 1202 AD d) 1206 AD
67) Assertion (R): Muhammad bin Tughlaq left Delhi and dived for two years.
in a camp called Awarga-Dwari.
Reason (A) At that time, Delhi was ravaged by a form of plague and
many people died.
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 a correct explanation of A
C) A is true but R is false
68) How did Sultan Qutubuddin Aibak die?
he died after a fall from his horse while playing Chaugan (Pola)
He was treacherously slabbed to death by one of his ambitious nobles.
c) He was killed in a battle with Tajuddin Yildiz, the ruler of Ghazni who
entered into a contest with him over the capture of Punjab
d) he sustained injuries while besieging the fortress of Kalinjar in
Bundelkhand and succumbed to them later
69) Who was the last ruler of the Tughlaq dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate?
Firoz Shah Tughlaq b) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq II c) Mahmud Shah
Tughlaq d) Nasarat Shah
Answers
a 3-c 4-b 5-c d c
b
b
c
c
d

10. Sultanate Period (1206-

1526
 II. Vijayanagar & Other
Kingdoms
1) Who built the monumental Rayagopurams in front of the temples at Hampi?
Tiruvannamalai, Chidambaram, Sri Rangam, Tirupati etc constructed?
Vidyaranya b) Krishnadeva Raya c) Harihara d) Rajaraja

The rulers of Vijayanagar promoted –

a) Hindi, Marathi and Sanskrit b) Malayalam,Tamil and Sanskrit
Tamil d) Telugu, Urdu and Sanskrit
Who among the following Bahmani rulers built the famous Gol Gumbaj at
Bijapur?
Muhammd Adil Shah b) Mahmud Gawan c)Yusuf Adil Shah d) Ismail
Adil Shah
Bijapur is known for its –
Heavy rainfall c) Gol Gumbaz d)
State of Gomateshwara
5) The Bahmanis of the Deccan rose to prominence in which of the following
centuries?
a) 13thcentury b) 14thcentury c) 15thcentury
d) 16thcentury
The most important cause of the downfall of the Vijayanagar empire was -
a) Rivalries within the empire b) Unity among the Muslim rulers of
Bijapur, Golconda and Ahmednagar c) Rebellion of the Hindu feudatories d)
Weak successors of Krishnadeva Raya
7) Taraf in the Bahmani kingdom signified –
Province Transit Tax d) Gold Coin
When Babur invaded India, who was the ruler of the Vijayanagara empire in the south?
India ?
Saluva Narasimha b) Devaraya II c) Krishnadeva Raya d)
Sadashiva Raya
9) Which one of the following regions was NOT the bone of contention between
the Vijayanagar rulers and the Bahmani sultans?
Krishna – Godavari delta b) Marathwada region Tungabhadra
Warangal
10) Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given
below the lists :
List I (Kingdom) List II (Rulers associated)
A. Ahmednagar 1. Sangram Singh Soni
B. Vijayanagar 2. Hammira
C. Malwa 3. Narasimha
D. Jaunpur 5. Malik Saravar
Codes : A B C D
a) 4 3 1 5
b) 4 2 3 5
c) 1 2 4 3
d) 2 3 5 1
11) The Nayakas in the Vijayanagar empire were –
a) Central Ministers b) Military Chiefs controlling particular territories
Cavalry soldiers
12) When Harihar and Bukka established a principality in South India, which later
became Vijayanagar Empire, who was the Delhi Sultan?
Jalaluddin Khalji d)
Firoz Shah Tughlaq
The first dynasty of the Vijayanagar kingdom was –
Sangama c) Saluva d) Hoyasal
14) Consider the following statements:
a) Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq was the Delhi Sultan when Vijayanagar
Empire was founded. b) Krishnadeva Ray was the ruler of Vijayanagar when
Babur took over from Ibrahim Lodi. Rama Raya was defeated at Talikota
when Jahangir was the Emperor at Delhi.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
a) 1 and 2 b) 2 and 3 c) 1 and 3 d) 1, 2 and 3
15) Which one of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched?
Hoysals Dwarasamudra
b) Pallavan Vatapi
Pandyas Madurai
Yadavas Devagiri
16) Which region of India was ruled by Sultan Zainul Abidin?
Assam b) Delhi Kashmir
17) Which one of the following was the capital of Hoyasals?
a) Malkhed b) Dwarasamudra c) Somnathpur d) Badami
‘A Forgotten Empire’, written by the renowned historian Robert Sewell is
about which one of the following Empires?
a) Mauryan Empire Kushan Empire d)
Mughal Empire
What is the meaning of Athavana?
Revenue department d) Trade Tax
20) Who were the ashta-diggaja in the court of Krishnadeva Raya?
Eight ministers c) Eight great generals d)
Eight advisors
Match List I (Dynasty) with List II (Capital) and select the correct answer
from the codes given below :
List I List II
A. Adil Shahi Ahmednagar
B. Qutub Shahi 2. Bijapur
C. Nizam Shahi 3. Golconda
D. Imad Shahi 4. Berar
Codes : A B C D
a) 1 2 3 4
b) 2 3 4 1
c) 3 4 1 2
d) 2 3 1 4
22) The city of Jaunpur was founded in memory of –
Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq Muhammad bin Tughlaq c) Firoz
Tughlaq d) Akbar
23) The Bahmani kingdom was founded in the year -
1336 b) 1338 1347 1361
24) The kingdom of Vijayanagar was founded by –
Vijaya Raja b) Harihar II c) Harihar and Bukka Bukka II
25) Sufi Kalam, a type of devotional music, is the characteristic of –
Gujarat Rajasthan c) kashmir d) None of these
26) Which ruler of Vijayanagar sent his embassy to the emperor of China?
 a) Harihar I b) Bukka I c) Krishnadeva Raya d) Saluva Narsimha
27) Who was given the title of Andhra – Kavita –Pitamaha ?
Sayan b) Madhav c) Srinath d) Peddana
28) Who was called the Akbar of Kashmir?
Zainul Abidin Hussain Shah c) Balban Sujauddaulla
29) The founder of the Bahmani kingdom was –
Alauddin Mujahid Shah b) Ahmed Shah c) Alauddin Bahaman
Shah d) Tajuddin Firoz Shah
30) Name the Bengali poet who was conferred with the title Gunarj Khan in the
Sultanate period?
Jnanadas c) Maladhar Basu d) Chandi Das
31) Which one of the following Muslim rulers was hailed as the Jagadguru by his
Muslim subjects because of his belief in secularism?
Husain Shah b) Zainul Abidin Ibrahim Adil Shah II d)
Mahmud II
Hoysala horse found in –
Hampi and Hospet b) Halebid and Belur c) Mysore and
Bangalore d) Sringari and Dharwar
33) Assertion (A): Saluva Narasimha put an end to the old dynasty and
assumed the royal title.
Reason (R) He wanted to save the kingdom from further degeneration
and disintegration.
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 a correct explanation of A
c) A is true but R is falsed) a is false but R is true
34) How did the dynasty of Nizam Shahis of Ahmednagar come to an end?
a) Ahmednagar was annexed into the Mughal empire and Husain Shah was
consigned to life imprisonment. b) Mughal troops destroyed Daulatabad fort and
killed Nizam-ul-Mulk of Ahmednagar. C) Fateh Khan usurped the throne
from Nizam-ul-Mulk. D) Malik Ambar was defeated in a battle with
Mughals in 1631 and the entire royal family was killed by the Mughal troops.
35) Consider the following statements:
Narasimha Saluva ended the Sangama dynasty and seized the throne
for himself and started Saluva dynasty.
Vira Narasimha deposed the last Saluva ruler and seized the throne for
himself.
3. Vira Narasimh was succeeded by his younger brother, Krishnadeva.
Raya.
4. Krishnadeva Rajya was succeeded by his half brother, Achyuta Raya.
Which of the statements given above are correct:
a) 1, 2 and 3 b) 2, 3 and 4 c) 1 and 4 d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
36) When Raja Wodeyar founded the kingdom of Mysore, who was the ruler of
the Vijayanagar Empire?
Sadasiva
Where is the famous Vijaya Vithala Temple, having its 56 carved pillars?
emitting musical notes located ?
Belur Bhadrachalam Srirangam
38) Where is the famous Virupaksha Temple located?
a) Bhadrachalam b) Chidambaram c) Hampi Srikalahasti
-:Answers:-
b 3-a 4-c b d
a
c
37-c 38-c

11. Religious Movements in 15th–

16thCenturies
I. Bhakti Movement
1) Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given
below the Lists :
List I (Saint) List II (Cult)
A. Shankardeva Mahanubhava Path
B. Jagjivan 2. Alakhnami
C. Lalgir or Lalbeg 3. Satnami
D. Gobinda Prabhu 4. One - Surrender Dharma
Codes : A B C D
4 3 2 1
b) 4 2 1 3
c) 1 4 3 2
d) 1 2 4 3
'Gita Gobinda', the famous poem was written by -
Jayachandra b) Jayadeva c) Jayasimha d) Jayant
3) Kabir was the disciple of –
Nanak b) Ramanuj c) Shankaracharya d) Ramananda
4) Who founded the four mathas (i.e., monasteries) in the four corners of India?
Shankaracharya c) Bhaskaracharya d)
Madhvacharya
5) Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given.
below the Lists :
List I(Saint) List II (Region)
A. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Malabar
B. Guru Nanak 2. Maharashtra
C.Tukaram 3. Punjab
D. Shankaracharya 4. Bengal
Codes : A B C D
a) 4 3 2 1
b) 1 3 2 4
c) 3 4 2 1
d) 2 4 3 1
6) Match the following:
Saint – Poets Language of their compilation
A. Mirabai Bengali
B.Tyagaraja 2. Hindi
C. Chandidas 3. Telugu
D. Purandardas 4. Kannada
Codes : A B C D
a) 2 3 4 1
b) 1 3 2 4
c) 2 1 3 4
d) 1 2 3 4
7) Consider the following Bhakti Saints –
Kabir Namdeva Nanak
The correct chronological order of their appearance in the Bhakti Movement is -
2 - 3 - 1 - c) 4 3–2–1–43–2–4–1
Which philosophical system was founded by Vallabhacharya?
Maharashtra Religion b) Pure Non-Dualism c) Anekantavada d)
Non-dualism of dual aspects
9) Which philosophy is called the Advaita?
Shankaracharya c) Nagarjuna d)
Vasumitra
10) A common feature to all Bhakri Saints was that they –
a) composed their verses in the languages understood by their followers
b) rejected the authority of the priestly class
encouraged women to go to the temples
11) The Bhakti movement was started by –
Alwar saints Sufi saints c) Surdas Tulsidas
12) Who among the following was the saint of the Varkari Sect?
Namadeva b) Nimbarka c) Chakradhara Ramdasa
13) Arrange the following Saints in their Chronological order :
1. Kabir Namdev 4. Nayak
Codes :
2 – 1 – 3 – 4 b) 4 – 3 – 2 – 1 c) 1 – 4 – 2 – 3 d) 4 - 1 - 3 - 2
14) Which one of the following is correctly matched?
a) Advaita Ramanujacharya
b) Visistadvaita Sankaracharya
c) Dualism Madhvacharya
d) Dual non-dualism Vallabhacharya
15) Which one of the following gives equal importance to Knowledge, Action and
Bhakti as a means of liberation?
a) Advaita Vedanta b) Visistadvaita Vedanta c) Bhagavad Gita d)
Minansa
16) The mystic poet Mira Bai was –
a Rajput noble woman who never married
family married to a Rajput the daughter of a priest from Madhya Pradesh
one of the wives of a Rajput ruler
17) Who was the Hindu saint to have as disciple both Hindus and Muslims?
a) Sri Chaitanya b) Ramanuja c) Ravidas Namdev
18) Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given.
below the Lists :
List I (Bhakti Saint) II(Profession)
A. Namdev Barber
B. Kabir Weaver
C. Ravidas 3. Tailor
D. Sena 4. Cobbler
Codes : A B C D
a) 3 2 4 1
b) 2 3 1 4
c) 2 3 4 1
d) 3 2 4 1

19) Who among the following was the first Bhakti saint to use Hindi for the
propagation of his message
Dadu b) Kabir Ramananda d) Tulsidas
20) Which one of the following sequences indicates the correct chronological order?
order?
a) Sankaracharya - Ramanuja - Chaitanya Ramanuja –
Sankaracharya - Chaitanya
c) Ramanuja – Chaitanya – Sankaracharya d) Sankaracharya – Chaitanya –
Ramanuja
21) Bhakt Tukaram was a contemporary of which Mughal emperor?
a) Babur b) Akbar Jahangir
22) Among the following, who was NOT a proponent of Bhakti cult?
a) Nagarjuna Vallabhacharya
Answers
a
a

11. Religious Movements in 15th–

16thCenturies
II. Sufi Movement
The Shrine of Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya is situated at ?
Aligarh b) Roorkee c) Delhi Ajmer
2) Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given
below the Lists :
List of Sufi Saints List II (Chains)
A. Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya 1. Qadiri
B. Bahauddin Zakariya 2. Suhrawardi
C. Mian Mir 3. Clear
D. Ahmed Sirhindi 4. Naqshbandi
Codes : A B C D
a) 3 2 1 4
b) 3 4 2 1
c) 2 1 3 4
d) 1 2 3 4
3) Various Sufi orders (Silsilas) were introduced in India at different points of
time. Which one of the following represents the correct chronological sequence
of the introduction of these orders?
a) The Chistis - The Suhrawardis - The Qadiris - The Naqshbandis
b) The Chistis – The Suhrawardis – The Naqshbandis – The Qadiris
c) The Suhrawardis – The Chistis – The Qadiris – The Naqshbandis
d) The Suhrawardis – The Chistis – The Naqshbandis – The Qadiris
4) Who was the founder of the Sufi order in India?
a) Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti b) Khwaja Qutubuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki c)
Saint Nizamuddin Auliya d) Shaikh Nasiruddin Mahmud
5) Which one of the following term was used by the Sufis for the successor
nominated by the teacher of a particular order or silsila?
Saint Caliph
Which Sufi Saint's shrine is in Ajmer?
a) Khwaja Nizamuddin Auliya b) Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti c) Khwaja
Salim Chisti d) Khwaja Qutubuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki
7) Consider the following statements about Amir Khusrau:
He was a disciple of Nizamuddin Auliya.
He was the founder of both Hindustani classical music and Qawwali.
Which of the statements given above is / are correct?
 a) 1 Only b) 2 Only c) Both 1 and 2 d) neither 1 nor 2
8) What were the Khanquah in the Medieval India?
Sufi Shrine State granary c) provincial treasury d)
Wayside resting place for traders
9) Which one of the following Sultans of Delhi was refused an audience by
Nizamuddin Auliya?
Jalaluddin Firoz Khalji
Mohammad bin Tughlaq
10) The Chishti Sufi Order was established in India by -
a) Khwaja Badruddin Khwaja Moinuddin c) Sheikh ahmed
Sirhindi d) Shaikh Bahauddin Zakariya
11) Amir Khusrau played a pioneer role in the development of -
Khari Boli Bhojpuri
Amir Khusrau was born at:
Patti b) Patiala c) Patiali Slim
13) Sheikh Nizamuddin Auliya was the disciple of –
a) Sheikh alauddin Sabir b) Sheikh Ahmed sirhindi c) BabaFarid d)
Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti
14) The Sufi Saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti came to Rajasthan during the reign of
–
Maharama Pratap Rana Sanga c) Rana Kumbha
Prithviraj Chauhan
Who was known as Tuti – e – Hindustan (the parrot of India)?
a) Amir Khusrau b) Roy Vanmal c) Malik Mohammad Jayasi d)
Purandar Khan
16) With reference to Sufism in Indian history, consider the following
statements
Shaikh Ahmed Sirhindi was a contemporary of Ibrahim Lodi.
2. Shaikh Nasiruddin Chirage – I – Dehlavi was a disciple of Shaikh
Nizamuddin Auliya.
Aurangzeb was a contemporary of Shaikh Salim Chisti.
4. The Qadiri order of Sufis was first introduced in India by ShaiShaikh.
Naimtullah and Makhdum Muhammad Jailani.
Which of these statements are correct?
a) 1 and 2 b) 1 and 3 c) 2 and 3 d) 2 and 4
17) Consider the following statements:
a) 'Kitab – I – Nauras', a collection of songs in praise of Hindu deities and
Muslim saints, was written by Ibrahim Adil Shah II.
Amir Khusrau was the originator in India of the early form of the musical
style known as Qawwali.
Which of these statements is/are correct?
a) Only 1 b) Only 2 c) Both 1 and 2 d) Neither 1 nor 2
18) With reference to the religious history of medieval India, the Sufi mystics were
known to pursue which of the following practices?
1. Meditation and control of breath 2. Severs ascetic exercises in a
lonely place
3. Recitation of holy songs to arouse a state of ecstasy in their audience
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
a) 1 and 2 only b) 2 and 3 only c) 3 only d) 1, 2 and 3
Answers
1-c 2-a 6-b a
c
 12. Mughal period (1526 –
1857
1) Who is believed to have created the raga Miyan Ki Malhar?
Tansen Baiju Bawara c) Amir Khusrau d) Swami Haridasa
Mughal presence in the Red Fort ceased with the fall of –
Aurangzeb Shah Alam d) Brave
Shah 'Zafar'
3) The world famous Thakht – I –Taus (the Peacock Throne) was kept in which of
the following Mughal Buildings?
a) The Diwan – I – Khas at Fatehpur Sikri b) Agra Fort c) the range
Palace at the Red Fort in Delhi d) The Diwan-i-Am at the Red Fort in Delhi
The famous Kohinoor diamond was produced from one of the mines in –
a) Odisha Chhotanagpur c) Bijapur Golconda
A renowned Jain scholar who was greatly honoured by Akbar was –
a) Hemchandra b) Harivijaya c) Vastupala d) Bhadrabahu
6) Which one is NOT situated at Fatehpur Sikri?
a) The Panch Mahal b) Pearl Mosque c) tomb of Salim Chisti
the Marian Palace
The original name of Tansen, the most famous musician at the court of Akbar
was
a) Lal Kalawant b) Banda Bahadur c) Ramtanu Pande d) Markandey
Pandemic
8) Where did Babur die?
Agra b) Kabul c) Lahore d) Delhi
9) Which of the following statements about the Taj Mahal is NOT correct?
a) It is a magnificent mausoleum b) It was built by Shahjahan c)
It is situated outside Agra Fort d) the names of artisans who built it are
engraved on it
10) Between which two rulers was the First Battle of Panipat fought?
a) Akbar and Bahlol Lodi b) Babur and Ibrahim Lodi c) Bairam Khan
and Sikandra Lodi d) Shah Jahan and Daulat Khan Lodi
11) Who is the author of 'Ain – I – Akbar'?
AbulFazl c) Bairam Khan RajaTodarmal
12) The Din-e Ilahi of Akbar was not a success because -
a) After Akbar, it was not patronized b) the Muslims did not accept other
d) All the above
Bahadur Shah was -
last ruler of the Lodis successor of
Shershah successor of the Maratha ruler Shivaji
14) Who among the following was illiterate?
Jahangir c) Akbar d) Aurangzeb
15) The first Indian Hindi scholar of the Mughal period was -
a) Malik Muhammad Jayasi b) Abdur Rahim c) Mulla Wajhi d)
Chandbardai

16) Which one of the following terms is Not associated with the Mughals?
Dam Jagir c) Jital d) Rank
17) Who among the following was defeated by Babur in the first Battle of Panipat?
?
 a) Bahlol Lodi b) Daulat Khan Lodi c) Ibrahim Lodi d)
Sikandar Lodi
18) Which important event took place in the history of India in the year 1526?
a) The first battle of Panipat The second battle of Panipat
of Humayun at the hands of Shershah Suri d) None of these
Mughal painting flourished during the reign of –
a) Akbar Jahangir d) Aurangzeb
20) Revenue system during Akbar’s reign was in the hands of -
Bairam Khan b) Man Singh c) Birbal Todarmal
21) Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given
below :
List I (Event) List II (Year)
A. Conquest of Malwa 1561
B. Closure of the Ibadat Khana 2. 1582
C. Introduction of Illahi era 3. 1584
D. Conquest of Orissa 1592
Codes : A B C D
a) 1 2 3 4
b) 1 4 2 3
c) 2 1 4 3
d) 1 3 2 4
22) Which of the following Mughal painters was considered excellent by Abul Fazl?
in drawing of features?
a) Abdus Samad b) Behjad c) Mir Salyad Ali Basawan
23) Dara Shikoh finally lost the war of succession to Aurangzeb in the battle of –
a) Dharmat b) Samugarh c) Deorai d) Khanua
24) Who among the following Indian rulers was a contemporary of Akbar?
Rani Durgawati c) Martanda Varma Sawai
Jai Singh
25) Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given
below the Lists :
List I(Authors) List II(Works)
A. Abul Fazal Selected History
B. Badauni 2. Tuzuk - I - Jahangiri
C. Nizamuddin 3. Ain – I – Akbari
D. Jahangir 4. Classification – I – Akbari
Codes : A B C D
a) 3 4 1 2
2 1 4 3
c) 3 1 4 2
d) 2 4 1 3
26) During the reign of Akbar, the role of an official called amalguzar was –
to be in charge of law and order b) To make an assessment and
collection of land revenue c) To be in - change of imperial household d)
To maintain the royal treasury
27) The Moti Masjid in Agra was built during the reign of –
Humayun c) Aurangzeb Shal Alam II

28) Which one of the following territories was outside the boundaries of the
Mughal Empire during the reign of Akbar?
29) Which of the following Mughal emperors spent a greater part of his reign to
overthrow the Deccan Kingdoms?
a) Akbar b) Jahangir c) Shahjahan d) Aurangzeb
30) Between whom was the battle of Chausa fought?
a) Bahadur Shah of Gujrat and Humayun b) Humayun and Sher Khan
c) Akbar and Rana Pratap d) Jehangir and Rana Amar Singh
31) Consider the following statements:
In the reign of Jehangir, Kandhar could not be recaptured due to -
Inefficiency of Mughal army 2. Refusal of Khurram to Proceed to that
place
Difficulties in organizing an expedition
Which of these statements are correct?
a) 1, 2 and 3 b) 2, 3 and 4 c) 1 and 4 d) 1, 2, 3, and 4
32) Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given.
below the Lists :
List I(Name) List II(Work)
A. Abdul Hamid Lahori Akbarnama
B. Abul Fazl Selected History
C. Badauni 3. Classes – I – Akbari
D. Nizamuddin Ahmed The Book of the King
Codes : A B C D
4 1 3 2
1 4 2 3
c) 1 4 3 2
d) 4 1 2 3
Tulsidas composed his 'Ramcharitamanasa' in the reign of –
a) Babur b) Akbar c) Aurangzeb Bahadur Shah 'Zafar'
34) At the time when Nadir Shah attacked Delhi, the Mughal emperor was –
Ahmad Shah b) Bahadur Shah Muhammad Shah Shah
Environment II

35) Assertion (A) : Aurangzeb gave land-grants for the maintenance of temples
at Vrindavan.
Reason (R) The trustees of those temples were his favourite courtiers.
Code :
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
A is true but R is false
36) Consider the following statements -
The arrival of Babur into the Indian subcontinent led to the –
1. Introduction of gunpowder in the subcontinent
2. Introduction of the arch and dome in the region’s architecture
3. Establishment of a Timurid dynasty in the region
Which of these statements is/are correct?
a) 1 Only b) 1 and 2 c) 2 and 3 d) 3 Only
37) The Mughal dynasty was to Bahadur Shah 'Zafar' as the Lodi dynasty was to -
Bahlol Lodi b) Daulat Khan Lodi c) Ibrahim Lodi d)
Sikandar Lodi

38) The Battle of Khanwa in 1527 was fought between –

a) Babur and Rana Sanga b) Ibrahim Lidi and Rana Sanga c)
Humayun and Sher Shah d) Humayun and Nusrat Shah
39) Which one of the following structures was constructed by Emperor Akbar in
Fatehpur Sikri?
Moti Mahal Rana Mahal c) Panch Mahal Hira
Mahal
Daulatabad fortress was besieged by the Mughal forces in
the year 1631 and it had to be surrendered to them.
Reason (R) Malik Ambar betrayed his Sultan during the siege of
Daulatabad fortress by Mughal forces.
Code :
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 a correct explanation of A
c) A is false but R is false d) A is false but R is true
41) Who among the following Mughal Emperors had the longest reign?
Bahadur Shah Jahandar Shah Muhammad
Shah
42) The Mughal Empire extended up to Tamil territory during its longest reign?
a) Akbar b) Aurangzeb c) Jahangir d) Shahjahan
43) Which one of the following statements is correct?
a) Kashmir was annexed to the Mughal Empire by Humayun
b) Gujarat was annexed to the Mughal Empire by Akbar
Malwa was annexed to the Mughal Empire by Jahangir
Khandesh was annexed to the Mughal Empire by Shah Jahan.
44) During the Mughal Empire, which province was lost in 1622 and recovered in
1638 and finally lost in 1649?
Ajmer Kashmir d) Kandahar
45) Who is the author of the book 'The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty,'
Delhi, 1857?
a) John Kirkland b) Willian Dalrymple Thomas Wilson
Digby
46) Who built the Ibadatkhana at Fatehpur Sikri?
a) Akbar b) Jahangir c) Sahjahan d) Aurangzeb
What were the Ahdis of Akbar’s time?
a) Village live money - lend b) Village guards c) Cashiers working in
Diwani d) Foot-soldiers in the army
48) Who among the following issued the rupee coin for the first time?
Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq b) Alauddin Khalji c) Sher Shah Suri d)
Akbar
49) Which one of the following rulers at first assumed the title of 'Hazrat – I – Ala'?
and afterwards 'Sultan'?
a) Bahlol Lodi Sikandar Lodi c) Sher Shah Suri d) Islam Shah
Suri
50) In the Mughal administration, Madad-I-Mash indicates -
a) Toll tax b) Revenue free land given to learned persons c)
Pension to army personnel d) Cultivation tax
51) Who illustrated 'Dastan-i-Amir Hamza'?
a) Abdus Samad b) Mansur c) Mir Sayyed d) Abul Hasan
In the Mughal administration, the Muhatsib was -
Military Officer
public morals d) Office of Correspondence Department
53) When did Humayun first attack Chunar fort?
1531 A. D. b) 1532 A. D. c) 1533 A. D. 1536 A.D.
54) Akbar merged Bengal and Bihar in his empire in –
1590 A.D. 1575 A.D. c) 1576 A.D. 1572 A.D.
Itimad-ud-Daula's tomb at Agra was built by -
a) Akbar b) Jahangir c) Noor Jahan d) Shah Jahan
The original name of Mumtaj Mahal was -
 Arjumand Bano Begum Ladli Begum c) Mehrunnisa d) Rosshan
Ara
The first English person who visited the court of Akbar was –
Ralph Fitch
58) Who was called Zinda Pir (living saint) in Mughal India?
a) Akbar b) Aurangzeb c) Shahjahan d) Jahangir
59) Which building built by Akbar was designed on the principles of Buddhism?
Monastery?
Panch Mahal
60) Among the following, which Mughal Emperor introduced the policy of Sulah-i-
Cool?
Akbar
61) Who among the following deserves the credit for the construction of Lal Quila?
a) Sikandar Lodi b) Akbar c) Jahangir d) Shahjahan
62) Jaziya was reimposed during the reign of –
a) Akbar b) Aurangzeb c) Jahangir d) Humayun
63) Where is the mausoleum of Shershah?
Sasaram
The first matrimonial alliance with the Rajputs was established by Akbar with
the house of
a) Bundelas b) Kachhwahas c) Rathors d) Sisodiyas
65) Two of the following States which Aurangzeb had conquered in Deccan, were
–
a) Ahmednagar and Bijapur b) Bidar and Bijapur c) Bijapur and Golconda
d) Golconda and Ahmednagar
66) The Upanishads were translated into Persian by Dara Shikh under the title –
a) The Book of Lists The Book of Explanation c) Collection of the Two Seas d) Secret – I –
Akbar
67) The Mughal Emperor who appointed the maximum number of Hindu officers was
–
Humayun d) Aurangzeb
68) Who among the following built the tomb of her Emperor husband?
Shah Beghum b) Haji Beghum Mumtaz Mahal Begum d)
Noorjahan Begum
The ruler of Mewar who was defeated in the battle of Khanua by Babur in
1527 was -
a) Ran pratap b) Man Singh c) Sawai uday Singh d) Rana Sanga

70) Match List I (Emperors) with List II (Tombs) and select the correct answer
from the codes given below the Lists :
List I List II
A. Bahur Lahore
B. Akbar 2. Agra
C. Jahangir 3. Kabul
D. Shah Jahan 4. Sikandara

Codes :- A B C D
a) 1 2 3 4
4 3 1 2
c) 3 4 1 2
d) 2 1 3 4
71) Who among the following was the daughter of Emperor Aurangzeb?
a) Jahan Ara b) Roshan Ara c) Gauhar Ara Zebunnisa
The Mughal Emperor who prohibited the use of tobacco was -
Akbar b) Babur c) Jahangir d) Aurangzeb
73) Who wrote 'Akbarnama'?
a) Abdur Rahim Khanekhana b) Faizi c) Abdul Qadir Badauni
AbulFazl
74) During the Mughal rule, the copper coin was known as –
rupee dam c) tanka d) solar
75) What was the district known as during the Mughal administration?
Ahar Topic d) Government
The historian AbulFazl was killed by -
Hemu b) Bairam c) Uday Singh d) A Singh Deo Bundela
77) Arrange the following battles of the Mughal period in chronological order –
Battle of Ghagara Battle of Khanwa 3. Battle of Chausa 4.
Battle of Samugarh
Select the answer from the following codes –
a) 2 – 1 – 3 – 4 b) 1 – 3 – 2 – 4 c) 3 – 2 – 1 – 4 d) 2 – 3 – 1 – 4
78) Assertion (A): The Mansabdari system was existing during the Mughal period.
Reason (R) Mansabdars were selected on the basis of qualification.
Code :
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
Both A and R are true, but R is not a correct explanation of A.
A is true but R is false
79) Match List I with List II on the basis of codes –
List I (Mughal) List II (Place of Tomb)
A. Babur Kabul
B. Humayun 2. Delhi
C. Akbar 3. Sikandara
D. Jahangir 4. Lahore
Codes : A B C D
a) 1 2 3 4
b) 2 1 4 3
c) 3 4 1 2
d) 4 3 2 1
Which historical monument in Delhi is a synthesis of Persian and Indian styles?
of architectures?
Qutub Minar Lodi’s Tomb Humayun's Tomb d) Red
Fort
Aurangzeb defeated Jaswant Singh, the ruler of Jodhpur in the war of
Dhanrmat of 1658 A.D. In which state is Dharmat situated?
Rajasthan Madhua Pradesh c) Gujarat d) Uttar Pradesh

82) Who was conferred the title of 'Gunraj Khan'?

Bipradas Pipilai Sri Chaitanya
83) Who was the Sikh Guru to be slaughtered by Aurangzeb?
Ramdas c) Jrjundev d) Gobind Singh
Who was the Mughal Emperor to have lifted the Jaziya on Hindus?
a) Babur b) Akbar c) Jahangir d) Shajahan
85) Kabuliyat and Patta was introduced by –
Sher Shah b) Shivaji Jahangir
Who wrote 'Humayunnama'?
Abul Fazl c) Badauni d) Gulbadan Beghum
Who was defeated at Kannauj by Sher Shah in 1540?
a) Babur b) Akbar c) Humayun d) Jahangir
88) Which among the following parts was called Babul Makka (Gate of Makka)
during the Mughal period?
Calicut b) Broach c) Cambay d) Surat
89) Assertion (A): The Battle of Khanua was certainly more decisive and
more significant than the first Battle of Panipat.
Reason (R) Rana Sanga, the Rajput hero, was certainly a more
more formidable adversary than Ibrahim Lodi.
Codes :
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
Both A and R are true, but R is not a correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is falsed) A is false but R is true
90) Alam Khan, uno de los que invitó a Babur a invadir India fue -
an uncle of Ibrahim Lodi who was ill-treated and expelled from the
country
the father of Dilawar Khan to whom cruel treatment was meted out by
Ibrahim Lodi
c) a cousin of Ibrahim Lodi who was ill-treated and expelled from the
country
d) a high official in Punjab province who was very much discontented with
Ibrahim Lodi's treatment of his tribe
91) The Battle of Dharmat was fought between –
a) Muhammad Ghori and Jaichand b) Porridge and Afghans c)
Aurangzeb and Dara Shikoh d) Ahmed Shah Durrani and the Maratha
92) In India's history, who was Abdul Hamid Lahori?
a) an important military commander during Akbar's reign b) an official
historian of the reign of Shah Jahan c) an important noble and confidant of
Aurangzeb d) a chronicler and poet during the reign of Muhammad Shah
Answers
a a
b
c
c
c
d
d
a

Maratha State (1674 –

1720) &
Maratha Confederacy (1720
– 1818)
In Shivaji’s council of Ministers the prime Minister was called –
Peshwa b) Secretary c) Minister d) Sumanta
2) Match List I with List II and select the correct answer by using the codes
given below the Lists –
List I(Kingdom) List II (Territory)
 A. Peshwas Nagpur
B. Gaekwads 2. Pune
C. Bhonsles 3. Indore
D. Holkars 4. Baroda
Codes : A B C D
a) 2 4 1 3
b) 1 3 2 4
c) 2 4 3 1
d) 4 3 2 1
Shivaji was crowned in the year –
1664 b) 1666 c) 1670 1674
Shivaji died in the year –
1676 1677 1678 1680
Aurangzeb failed to defeat Shivaji because the
Mughal army grew unmanageable
warfare
Mughals had no navy
Who among the following Peshwas was popularly known as Nana Saheb?
a) Balaji Vishwanth Baji Rao Madhav Rao I
7) Ashtapradhana was the official council of –
a) Harihar I b) Krishnadeva Raya c) Shivaji d) Balaji Raji Rao
Assertion (A): Shivaji aimed to establish Maratha rule in Delhi.
Reason (R) Shivaji took the leadership of the Maratha resistance against
the Mughals.
Code:
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 a correct explanation of A
A is true but R is false
9) In medieval India, during the reign of Shivaji, the role of the official called
Chitnis was to -
a) be in charge of King’s personal security guard b) be the in -
charge of intelligence /espionage activity c) be the matter of ceremonies in
the royal court d) assisting the king with his correspondence
Assertion (A): The British defeated the Marathas in 1818
Reason (R) The confederate nature of the Maratha State made the
Maratha leaders almost autonomous.
Code :
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
Both A and R are true, but R is not a correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is falsed) A is false but R is true
11) The treaty of Bassein (1802) was signed with the British by the peshwa -
a) Madhav Rao b) Balaji Baji Rao c) Baji Rao I d) Baji Rao II
Between whom was the treaty of Purandhar in 1776 made?
a) English and Nizam of Hyderabad b) Marahas and Portuguese c)
Marathas and English d) English and Sultan of Mysore
13) Who among the following finally removed the Maratha Peshwa from his position?
position, captured his territories and sent him off to a distant place?
Wellesley c) Dalhousie d) Hastings
14) The third Battle of Panipat was fought between –
Hemu and Akbar b) Hmayun and Shershah c) Maratha and Ahmed
Shah Abdali d) Nadir Shah and Mughals
15) Arrange the following in the correct chronological order –
Chhatrapati Sahuji Rajaram 4. Shivaji II
 Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes :
3 – 2 – 1 – 4 b) 3 – 2 – 4 – 1 c) 2 – 3 – 1 – 4 d) 1 – 3 – 2 – 4
16) Shivaji defeated the Mughals in the battle of -
Purandhar Raigarh c) Salhar Shivner
17) Who among the following Maratha women led struggles against the Mughals?
Empire from 1700 AD onwards?
Ahalya Bai b) Mukta Bai c) Tara Bai d) Rukmini Bai's
Who was called 'Chanakya of Maratha Politics'?
Baji Rao II b) Balaji Viswanath c) Nana Pharnabis d)
Mahadji Scindia
19) Who among the Maratha Peshwa followed the ideal of Hindu Pada-Padshahi?
a) Baji Rao I b) Balaji Viswanath c) Narayana Rao Madhav Rao
20) Who among the following streamlined the Maratha administration after
Shambhaji?
Raja Ram Ganga Bai d) Grandfather
Deshmukh
21) Assertion (A): The Marathas emerged as the strongest native power in India.
after the decline of the Mughal empire.
Reasor (R) Marathas were the first to have a clear concept of united
nation.
Code :
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
Both A and R are true, but R is not a correct explanation of A.
A is true but R is false
22) What was the immediate cause for Ahmed Shah Abdali to invade and fight
the Third Battle of Panipat ?
a) He wanted to avenge the expulsion by the Marathas of his viceroy Timur.
Shah from Lahore
b) The frustrated governor of Jullundhar Adina Beg Khan invited him to
invade Punjab.
c) he wanted to punish the Mughal administration for non-payment of the
revenues of the Chahar Mahal (Gujarat Aurangabad, Sialkot and Pasrur).
d) He wanted to annex all the fertile plains of Punjab up to the borders of
Delhi to his kingdom.

Answers
a 7-c d
d

14. The Advent of the

Europeans
1) Which one of the following was NOT a French settlement in India?
Puducherry b) Mahe c) Goa Chandranagar
Where are the traces of Portuguese culture found in India?
Goa Calicut Cannanore d) Cochin
3) Who was the first Governor General of Bengal?
a) Robert Clive b) Warren Hastings c) William Bentick d)
Cornwallis
4) Who were the first Europeans to reach India for trade?
 a) Portuguese b) British c) Dutch d) French
5) The French East India Company was formed in –
1600 b) 1660 c) 1664 d) 1668
6) The English East India Company founded a permanent factory at Surat in the
year
1611 b) 1613 c) 1621 c) 1626
7) The administration of the English East India Company in India came to an end
of
1857 b) 1858 1862 1892
8) The battle of Wandiwash (1760) was fought between –
a) Marathas and the Portuguese b) The English and the French c)
The English and the Portuguese d) Marathas and the English
Bombay was acquired by the English from the Portuguese in the year -
1661 b) 1612 1600 1595
10) During the Mughal period, which one of the following traders first came to
India?
a) Portuguese b) Nasir Jung c) Dutch d) Danish
Who granted the permission to establish the Rench factory at Masulipattam?
a) Abdulla Kutub Shah b) Nasir Jung Muzaffar Jung d)
Salabat Jung
12) Vasco da Gama discovered the sea-route to India in which one of the
following years?
1498 1492 c) 1494 1453
13) Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given.
below the Lists –
List I (Company) List II (Factory)
A. French Calicut
B. Fnglish Masulipatam
C. Dutch 3. Pondicherry
D. Portuguese 4. Hoogly
Codes : A B C D
a) 3 4 1 2
b) 3 4 2 1
c) 4 3 1 2
d) 4 3 2 1
14) Assertion (A): the French were defeated by the British in the Third Carnatic
War at the battle of Wandiwash.
R The Indian rulers did not support the French.
Code:
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 a correct explanation of A
A is true but R is false
15) With reference to the colonial period of India, the trade monopoly of the East
India Company was ended by –
a) The Regulating Act of 1773 b) Pitt’s India Act of 1784 c) The Charter
Act of 1813 d) The Charter Act of 1833
16) In 1717, who among the following Mughal emperors had issued the royal
edict to allow the business privilege to Britain’s East India Company –
Shah Alam II Bahadur Shah c) Jahandar Shah Farrukhsiyar
17) Why did the Dutch East India Company fail to maintain its influence in India?
a) Portuguese did not allow them to trade in India b) There was a
growing interference of Dutch Government in the company’s internal affairs
Dutch indulged in forcible religious conversion of the people and thus were
expelled by local kings The English forces made them leave India
18) Who granted the permission to establish the first British factory at Hoogli in
Bengal?
Shah Shuja b) Murshid Quli Khan c) Shujauddin d)
Alivardi Khan
The first definite step to provide parliamentary control over East India
Company was taken by -
a) The Regulating Act of 1773 b) The Pitt's India Act of 1784 c) The
Charter Act of 1793 d) the Charter Act of 1813
20) Consider the following statements –
a) Dutch opened a factory at Pulicat in 1609 b) English built a factory at
Masulipatnam in 1611.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
1 Only c) Both 1 and 2 d) Neither 1 nor 2
21) During whose reign did Sir Thomas Roe have regular attendance at the
Mughal court to secure commercial privilege?
a) Akbar Jahangir d) Aurangzeb
Who was Francisco de Almeida?
Portuguese Viceroy in India b) English Viceroy in India c) Dutch
Viceroy in India French Viceroy in India
23) Which of the British Officials defeated the Portuguese at Sowlley?
a) William Hawkins b) Thomas Best c) Thomas Roe d) Josiah
child
24) Which one of the following was the immediate cause of the First Carnatic War
?
a) Anglo-French Rivalry Austrian War of Succession c) Issues of
Carnatic Succession d) Capture of French ships by the British
25) Which one of the following Mughal Emperors issued an important Farman to
the English for facilitating their trade in India?
Bahadur Shah I Shah Alam II d) Brave
Shah II
26) Who was the first Portuguese Viceroy in India?
a) Diaz b) Vasco da Gama c) Francisco de Almeida d) Albuquerque
27) One of the following rulers, who had granted Diwani to the East India
Company, was -
Farrukhsiyar Shah Alam I Shah Alam II Shujauddaula
28) Among the following factories in Bengal, the one established by the
Portuguese was -
Kasim Bazar b) Chinsura c) Hoogly d) Srirampur
29) Who were the first Europeans to set up sea trade centres in India?
a) The English b) The French c) the Portuguese d) The Dutch
30) Which English Governor of the East India Company in India was expelled by
Aurangzeb?
Aungier b) Sir John Child c) Sir John Gayer d) Sir Nicholas Waite
31) With reference to the entry of European powers into India, which one of the
Which of the following statements is NOT correct?
The Portuguese captured Goa in 1499. b) the English opened their
first factory in South India at Masulipattam c) In English India, the English
Company opened its first factory in Orissa in 1633 d) Under the leadership of
Dupleix, the French occupied Madras in 1746.
32) In India, among the following Locations, the Dutch established their earliest.
factory at –
a) Masulipattanam b) Pulicat Chochin
33) In the year 1611, where was the English East India company given
permission to set up a factory (Trading Post)?
Bangalore b) Madras Masulipatnam d) Letter
34) Which one of the following was the first fort constructed by the British in
India?
Fort St. George c) Fort St. William d) Fort St.
Angelo
35) Who among the following Europeans were the last to come to pre -
independence India as traders?
a) Dutch b) English c) French d) Portuguese
36) During the time of which Mughal Emperor did the English East India Company operate?
Did the company establish its first factory in India?
Akbar b) Jahangir c) Shahjahan d) Aurangzeb
37) With reference to Pondicherry (now Puducherry), consider the following
statements
The first European power to occupy Pondicherry were the French.
2. The second European power to occupy Pondicherry were the
portuguese.
The English never occupied Pondicherry
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
a) 1 Only b) Only 2 and 3 c) 3 Only d) 1, 2 and 3
-:Answers:-
1-c a
b
b
37-a

15. Miscellaneous
Medieval India
The Vijay Satambha (Tower of Victory) at Chittor was built by –
Rana Pratap Rana Kumbha c) Rana Sanga d) Bappa Raval
2) Who is considered the father of Sahtara (Sitar) ?
MianTansen Baiju Bawara c) Khurshro Khan d) Bade Ghulam
Ali Khan
3) Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the
codes given below the Lists -
List I (Place) List II (Associated with)
A.Tughlaqabad Alauddin Khilji
B. Red Fort, Delhi 2. Shah Jahan
C. Hauj Khas 3. Firoz Shah Tughlaq
D. The City of Siri 4. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
Codes : A B C D
a) 1 2 3 4
b) 4 2 3 1
c) 4 3 2 1
d) 3 1 4 2
4) In which of the following cities is Charminar situated?
 Mysore b) Rajkot Hyderabad Lucknow
5) Match the following –
Temple / Heritage Site State
A. Brihadeswara Temple Orissa
B. Dilwara Temple 2. Tamil Nadu
C. Lingaraja temple 3. Karnataka
D. Hampi Group of Monuments 4. Rajasthan
5. Kerala
Codes : A B C D
a) 1 3 5 4
2 4 1 3
c) 2 3 1 4
d) 1 4 5 3
6) Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given.
below the Lists :
List I List II
A. Iltutmish Mausoleum at Sasaram
B. Quli Qutub Shah 2. Agra Fort
C. Sher Shah 3. Charminar
D. Akbar 4. Qutub Minar
Code : A B C D
a) 3 4 2 1
4 3 1 2
c) 4 3 2 1
d) 3 4 1 2
Which one of the following pairs of historical landmarks and the associated person
is NOT correctly Matched
a) Slave Dynasty Qutubuddin Aibak
Tughlaq Dynasty Ghiyasuddin
c) Second Anglo-Mysore War Hyder Ali
d) Battle of Buxar Sirajuddaulah
8) Match List I (Events) with List II (Years) and select the correct answer using
the codes given below the Lists –
List I List II
A. Alauddin Bahman Shah proclaimed king 1298
of Deccan
B. Governor of Malwa made himself 2. 1336
Independent of Delhi Sultanate
C. Alauddin Khilji conquered 3. 1347
Gujarat
D. Foundation of Vijaynagar on the 4. 1401
Banks of Tungabhadra
Codes : A B C D
a) 3 4 1 2
b) 4 3 2 1
c) 3 4 2 1
d) 4 3 1 2
The Dhrupad Dhamar style of singing was started by –
a) Amir Khusrau Raja Man Singh Tomar d) Vishnu
Digambar Paluskar
10) Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given
below the List –
List I List II
 A. House of Worship Qutubuddin Aibak
B. Jama Masjid, Delhi 2. Rana Kumbha
C. The Hut of Two and a Half Days 3. Shah Jahan
D. Vijay Pillar, Chittor 4. Mehmud Begada
5. Akbar
Codes: A B C D
a) 5 3 1 2
b) 5 3 4 2
c) 2 4 5 1
d) 3 5 1 4
11) Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given.
below the Lists –
List I(Dynasty) List II (State)
A. Kadamba Odisha
B. Kharvela 2. Karnataka
C. Chalukya 3. Bengal
D. Pala 4. Gujarat
Codes : A B C D
a) 1 2 4 3
b) 1 2 3 4
c) 2 1 3 4
d) 2 1 4 3
12) Consider the following statements:
Mirabai was a contemporary of Guru Nanak
Ramdas was a contemporary of Shivaji
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
1 Only c) Both 1 and 2 d) Neither 1 nor 2
13) Consider the following statements:
Muhammad Shah (1719 - 48) was the first Mughal ruler to patronize
Urdu.
Malik Muhammad Jayasi wrote the famous epic 'Padmavat' in Hindi.
Which of the statements given above is / are correct?
1 only c) Both 1 and 2 d) Neither 1 nor 2
14) Who among the following built the temple of the sun God at Konark?
Anantvarman Narasimha I c) From the heart d)
Supreme Being
15) Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given.
below the Lists :
List I(Author) List II(Book)
A. Abul Fazl 1. The Akbari Classes
B. Nizamuddin Ahmed 2. Akbarnama
C. Krishnadeva Raya 3. River of Kings
D. Kalhana Amuktamalyada
Codes : A B C D
a) 2 4 1 3
b) 3 1 4 2
c) 2 1 4 3
d) 3 4 1 2
16) Which one of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched?
Sheish Shihabuddin Suhrawardi Sufi Saint
b) Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Bhakti Saint
c) My – us – Siraj Founder of Sufi Order
d) Lalleshwari Devotional Saint
17) The meaning of the word Bantai during the medieval period was?
Religion Tax b) System of calculating revenue Wealth Tax
Property Tax
18) Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given.
below:
List I(Place) List II (Monument)
A. Elephanta Stupa
B. Shravanbelgola 2.Temple
C. Khajuraho 3. Cave
D. Sanchi 4. Statue
Codes : A B C D
a) 2 4 3 1
b) 3 4 2 1
c) 2 4 1 3
d) 3 2 4 1
19) Arrange the following in chronological order and find the correct answer with
the help of the codes given below :
Ahalya Bai Durgawati Padmini
Codes:
a) 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 b) 3 – 2 – 4 – 1 c) 3 - 4 - 1 - 2 d) 2 – 1 – 3 – 4
20) The poet king who wrote verses in praise of Krishna under the name of
Nagari Das was:
King Ummed Singh Raja Ram Singh King
Savant Singh
21) Match the following –
1192 Third Battle of Panipat
b) 1707 Second Battle of Tarain
c) 1761 3. Death of Akbar
1605 4. Death of Aurangzeb
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

Codes : A B C D
a) 1 2 3 4
b) 4 3 2 1
c) 2 4 1 3
d) 2 4 3 1
22) Match List I with List II on the basis of codes –
List I(Dynasty)
A. Pratihara Tanjore
B. Chola Anhilwada
C. Parmara 3. Flow
D. Solanki 4. Kannauj
Codes : A B C D
a) 4 1 2 3
b) 4 3 2 1
c) 2 4 1 3
d) 4 1 3 2
23) The clan of Rajputs who ruled the princely state of Jaipur was –
a) Sisodiyas b) Kachhjawahas c) Rathors d) Hadas
To which school of painting was Bani Thani related?
Bundi School Kishangarh School c) Chawand School d)
Jaipur School
25) consider the following events :
 1. Reign of Krishnadeva Raya of Vijayanagar
2. construction of Qutub Minar
3. Arrival of Portuguese in India
4. Death of Firoz Tughlaq
The correct chronological sequence of these events is:
a) 2 – 4 – 3 - 1 b) 2 – 4 - 1 – 3 c) 4 - 2 - 1 - 3
d) 4 – 2 – 3 – 1
26) Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given
below the Lists : -
List I List II
A. Iqta Marathas
B. Jagir Delhi Sultans
C. Amaram 3. Mughals
D. Mokasa Vijayanagar
Codes: A B C D
3 2 1 4
b) 2 3 4 1
c) 2 3 1 4
d) 3 2 4 1

27) The initial design and construction of which massive temple took place
during the reign of Surya Varman II?
Sri Mariamman Temple
Kamakhya Temple

28) The Nagara, the Dravida, and the Vesara are the
a) Three main racial groups of the Indian subcontinent
b) Three main linguistic divisions into which the languages of India can be
classified
c) Three main styles of Indian temple architecture
d) Three main musical Gharanas prevalent in India
-
b 3-b b
c
a

16. Expansion of British

Power
(In the context of Bengal, Mysore,
Punjab etc.
1) Khalsa was founded by –
Guru Gobind Singh b) Guru Ramdas c) Guru Nanak d) Guru Arjun
Dev
Which was the birthplace of Guru Nanak?
 a) Gurdaspur b) Amritsar c) Lahore d)Talwandi
Which Governor General had entertained Ranjit Singh with great honour at
Ropar?
Minto
Which Governor General is associated with the Doctrine of Lapse?
Lord Ripon
Tipu Sultan took support of which one of the following powers to fight the
English?
a) Portuguese b) French c) Spanish d) Dutch
6) In which of the following years was the Battle of Buxar fought?
1764 b) 1766 c) 1767 1761
Which one of the following places was famous as the capital of Tipu Sultan?
a) Srirangpattam b) Gulbarga c) Hampi d) None of these
Tipu Sultan died fighting the English forces under -
Lord Cornwallis
9) When did the British Government start ruling India directly?
a) After the Battle of Plassey b) After the Battle of Panipat c) After
the War of Mysore
d) After Sepoy Mutiny
10) Consider the following statements –
a) The Sikh leader Banda Bahadur was captured and killed during the
reign of Emperor Farrukhsiyar.
b) The Marathas fought with Ahmed Shah Abdali at Panipat during the
reign of Emperor Shah Alam II.
Which of the above statements is / are correct?
a) 1 only b) 2 only c) Both 1 and 2 d) Neither 1 nor 2
11) Assertion (A): The state of Hyderabad was founded by Nizam-ul-Mulk, a
Wazir of Mughal Emperor.
Reasor(R) The Mughal Emperor frustrated all the attempts of Nizam-ul-
Mulk at reforming the administration of the empire.
Code :
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 a correct explanation of A
c) A is true but R is falsed) A is false but R is true
12) Who issued the Firman granting Diwani of Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa to the English?
?
a) Ahmed Shah Bahadur Shah Farrukhsiyar d) Shah Alam II
13) Who was the first Indian native ruler to accept the system of Subsidiary?
Alliance?
Scindia of Gwalior Nizam of Hyderabad c) Dalip Singh of
Punjab d) Gaikwad of Baroda
14) The state of Jhansi was made a part of the British empire in India through –
a) The Policy of Doctrine of Lapse b) The policy of Subsidiary Alliance
c) mayo’s Provincial settlement d) War against gangadhar Roa
15) With reference to the colonial rule of India, which one of the following was
NOT the feature of Subsidiary Alliance System?
a) A subsidiary British army was to be maintained in the Indian State
b) the determination of expenses incurred on the subsidiary British army
was the duty of Indian State
The Indian State had to keep a British resident in her capital.
d) Indian soldiers could be used by the company commanders
16) The founder of the autonomous kingdom of Avadh was –
 Shujauddaula Saadat Khan Burhan-ul-Mulk c) Safdarjang
d) Sher Shah
17) Who of the following joined Mir Qasim and Shujauddaula in declaring war
upon the English East India Company and was later defeated by the British at the
Battle of Buxar
Jahandar Shah c) Muhammad Shah d) King
Alam II
18) The main cause of the conflict between Nawab Sirajuddaula and the East
India Company was that –
a) The British opposed the succession of Sirajuddaula the British
misused the Dustaq (free duty passes) The British attacked the French.
settlement of Chandranagar in Bengal d) The incident of black hole hod
occurred
19) Consider the following statements -
The Treaty of Lahore was concluded between Sikhs and the English Company.
during the tenure of Lord Ellenborough.
2. Lord Dalhousie made the annexation of Punjab to the British Dominion.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct:
a) 1 only b) 2 only c) Both 1 and 2 d) Neither 1 nor 2
20) Who among the following was the first Governor General of Bengal?
a) Robert Clive William Bentinck d) Goods
Hastings
21) By which one of the following Acts did the Governor General of Bengal
became the Governor General of India?
a) The Regulating Act b) The Pitt's India Act c) The Charter Act of
The Charter Act of 1833
22) With reference to the treaties made by the English with native rulers of India
in the 18thcentury, which one of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched?
Treaty of Allahabad Shujauddaulah
b) Treaty of Purandar Marathas
c) Treaty of Mangalore Anwaruddin
Treaty of Seringapattam Tipu Sultan
23) What was the reason for the British Empire to annex Sambalpur?
1850?
a) Lack of proper governance Death of its ruler without an heir c)
Subsidiary Alliance d) Its involvement in a conspiracy against British Rule
24) Who among the following was NOT a party to the league that was defeated?
by the British in the Battle of Buxar?
Shujauddaulah c) Mir Jafar d) Mir Kasim
The Dual Government recommended by Lord Clive provided that the -
a) Criminal justice would be left to the Nawabi officials, while civil and fiscal
matters would be controlled by the company
b) Company will look after fiscal matters and all the rest would be dealt by
the Indian rulers Indian rulers will deal with all the matters of administration.
under the supervision of a company official
d) Indian rulers will only be titular heads and all the powers shall be directly.
dealt by the Company.
26) Which of the following Indians was appointed as Deputy Diwan of Bihar by
Robert Clive?
a) Omi Chand b) Manik Chand c) Rai Durlabh King Shitab
Rai
27) Who was appointed Deputy Diwan of Murshidabad (Bengal) by Robert Clive?
after the Allahabad Treaty?
a) Mohd, Reza Khan b) Raja Shitab Rai c) Rai Durlabh d) Syed
Ghulam Hussain
28) Emperor Shah Alam II gave the diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa to East
India Company on ?
12 August, 1765 18 August, 1765 29 August, 1765
21 August, 1765
29) Who defeated Hyder Ali at Porto Novo?
a) Captain Pophem Sir Eyrecoot c) Captain Hector Munro d)
General Gedard
30) The successor of Maharaja Ranjit Singh was –
a) Kharaq Singh b) Harihar Singh Nalwa c) Sher Singh d)
Naunihal Singh
Which Sikh Guru helped the rebel prince Khusro with money and blessings?
a) Guru Hargovind b) Guru Govind Singh c) Guru Arjun Dev d) Guru
Tegh Bahadur
32) A group of eunuchs and ladies dominated in the Government under:
a) Muhammad Shah (1719 - 48) b) Ahmed Shah (1748 - 54) c)
Alamgir II (1754 -59) Shah Alam II (1759 - 1806)
33) Sirajuddaulah was defeated by Lord Clive in the battle of:
Plassey Buxar c) Munger d) Wandiwash
In whose reign did Guru Nanak Deva establish Sikhism?
Firoz Shah Tughlaq b) Sikandar Lodi Humayun
35) Who among the following compiled 'Adigranth' or 'Guru Granth Sahib'?
Guru Nanak Dev Guru Teg Bahadur c) Guru Gobind Singh
d) Guru Arjun Dev
36) The first Governor General of India was appointed in –
1774 b) 1833 c) 1858 d) 1911
37) Which of the following was the capital of Raja Ranjit Singh of Punjab?
Amritsar c) Rawalpindi d) Peshawar
38) When was the Battle of Plassey fought?
a) 1757 b) 1789 c) 1848 1857
39) First decisive military success of English East India Company in India is
marked by –
Battle of Buxar c) Battle of Panipat d)
Battle of Haldi Ghati
40) The book 'Jiz Muhammad Shahi' related to knowledge of Astrology produced
in 1733 is written by –
a) Jaswant Singh of Jodhpur b) Raja Bharmall of Amber c) Sawai
Jai Singh of Jaipur d) Maharana Amar Singh of Udaipur
Who converted Sikhs into a martial race?
Arjun Dev b) Gobind Singh c) Hargobind d) Teg Bahadur
42) Who founded the independent sultanate of Bengal?
Ilias Shah c) Hussain Shah d) Alivardi Khan
Who founded Sikhism?
Gobind Singh Ramdas d) Hargobind
Which Sikh Guru assumed the title 'True Emperor'?
a) Guru Nanak Guru Teg Bahadur c) Guru Hargovind d) Jaggery
Gobind Singh
The first Governor General of India was –
 a) Lord Clive Lord Canning c) Lord William Bentinck d) Lord
Lytton
46) Who among the following was not involved in the conspiracy against
Sirajuddaullah
Manikchand Omichand c) Mohanlal d) Clive
The East India Company secured the Diwani from –
a) Sujauddaulah b) Aurangzeb c) Bahadur Shah Shah Alam II
48) The Gurumukhi script was introduced by –
Guru Amardas c) Guru Angad d) Guru Nanak
49) Who was the Governor General when the first Anglo-Burmese War started?
George Barlow c) Lord Minto d) Lord Amherst
Who was the last independent Nawab of Bengal?
Sirajuddaulah b) Mir Jafar c) Mir Kasim d) Najmuddaulah
51) The last major extension of British Indian territory took place during the time
of
a) Dufferin b)Lytton Curzon Minto I
52) Who among the following Indian rulers established embassies in foreign countries?
countries on modern lines?
a) Haider Ali b) Mir Qasim Shah Alam II Tipu Sultan
53) Which one of the following statements is NOT correct?
Ali Mardan Khan introduced the system of revenue farming in Bengal.
Maharaja Ranjit Singh set up modern foundries to manufacture cannons
in Lahore
c) Sawai Jai Singh of Amber had Euclid’s ‘Elements of Geometry’

d) Sultan Tipu of Mysore gave money for the construction of the idol of
Goddess Sharda in Sringeri temple
54) How did the Mughal Emperor Jahandar Shah’s reign come to an early end?
a) He was deposed by his minister. b) he died due to a slip while
climbing down steps c) he was defeated by his nephew in a battle d) He
died of sickness due to too much consumption of wine
Assertion (A): Shah Alam II spent the initial years as an emperor far away
from his capital
Reason (R) There was always a lurking danger of foreign invasion from
the north-west frontier.
a) Both A and R are true, and A is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R are true but A is not a correct explanation of R
c) A is true but R is falsed) A is false but R is true
56) Consider the following princely States of the British rule in India:
Jhansi 2. Sambalpur 3. Satara
The correct chronological order in which they were annexed by the British
is :
a) 1 – 2 – 3 1 – 3 – 2
57) Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?
List I (Period) List II (War)
1767 – 69 First Anglo-Maratha War
2. 1790 – 92 Third Anglo-Mysore War
1824 - 1826 First Anglo-Burmese War
4. 1845 – 46 Second Anglo-Sikh War
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
a) 2 and 4 b) 3 and 4 c) 1 and 2 d) 2 and 3
58) Consider the following statements about Sikh Gurus:
 Banda Bahadur was appointed as a military leader of the Sikhs by Guru
Teg Bahadur
Guru Arjun Dev became the Sikh Guru after Guru Ram Das
3. Guru Angad / Anga Dev gave the Sikhs their own script Gurumukhi.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
a) 1 only b) 2 and 3 c) 1 and 3 d) 1 and 2
59) Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the battles
fought in India in the 18thcentury ?
a) Battle of Ambur – Battle of Plassey – Battle of Wandiwash – Battle of
Buxar
b) Battle of Wandiwash – Battle of Buxar – Battle of Ambur – Battle of
Plassey
c) Battle of Wandiwash – Battle of Plassey – Battle of Ambur – Battle of
Buxar
d) Battle of Ambur – Battle of Buxar – Battle of Wandiwash – Battle of
Plassey
60) Consider the following statements :
Robert Clive was the first Governor General of Bengal.
William Bentick was the first Governor General of India.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
a) 1 only b) 2 only c) Both 1 and 2 d) Neither 1 nor 2
61) The ruler of which one of the following States was removed from power by
the British on the pretext of misgovernance?
Awadh b) Jhansi c) Nagpur d) Satara
Answers
a
b
25-a 26-d 27-a 28-a 29-b 30-a 31-c 32-b 33-a 34-b 35-d 36-b
b
d
61-a

17. Economic Impact of British

Rule
1) What was the first cotton mill established in India?
a) Surat b) Mumbai c) Ahmedabad d) Coimbatore
2) Which is the oldest trade union organization in India?
a) Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC)
b) Centre of Indian Trade Union (CITU)
c) All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC)
Indian Workers Union (BMS)
Where was the first iron and steel industry of India established?
a) Bhadravati b) Burnpur c) Jamshedpur d) Bhilai
4) The British introduced the railways in India in order to –
a) Promote heavy industries in India
Facilitate British commerce and administrative control
c) Move foodstuff in case of famine
d) Enable Indians to move freely within the country
5) During the colonial rule in India, the Permanent Settlement was introduced by
–
Lord Bentick
The first railway line in India was opened in the year –
1833 b) 1853 c) 1857 d) 1861
Gandhi’s intervention in the Ahmedabad Mill Strike in 1918 resulted in the
enhancement of wages for the workers by -
10% 15% c) 25% d) 35%
The main grievance of the participants in the Champaran Satyagraha (1917) was
regarding the -
a) Abwabs on illegal taxes b) Oppression of the landlords c) Land
revenue demands
Tinkathiya systems
The Indian Factory Act was promulgated in –
1861 1881 1887 d) 1898
10) Assertion (A): Within half a century of the battle of Plassey, the phenomenal
prosperity of
Bengal suffered a serious set-back.
Reason (R) The manufacture of cotton goods is the most important item of
export from India
Enormously increased in other parts of India, while it declined in
Bengal.
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 a correct explanation of A
c) A is true but R is false
d) A is false but R is true

11) Who among the following Indian freedom fighters made an attempt to
Estimate the per capita income of India?
Gopal Krishna Gokhle
d) Dadabhai Naoroji
12) Under which one of the following systems of Assessment, the British
Did the government collect revenue directly from the farmers?
a) Landlord system b) Ryotwari c) Annawari d) Desaiwari
13) Who among the following has started the Public Works Department in India?
1848 ?
a) Lord William Bentick b) Lord Dalhousie c) Lord Wellesley d) Lord
Cornwallis
14) In which of the following years was the first railway line between Bombay
and then laid?
1853 1854 d) 1858
15) The cause of decline of textile industries in 18thcentury in Bengal was –
a) decline in quality of production b) non-availability of raw material
high tariff rates on exports to Britain d) non-availability of
craftsmen
16) The first railway line was laid down in India under which British Governor?
Lord Dalhousie c) Lord Wellesley d) Lord Lytton
17) Who is the exponent of the theory of economic drain of India during the
British rule?
Dadabhai Naoroji b) M. N. Roy c) Jai Prakash Narayan d) Ram
Manohar Lohiya
18) The English introduced Ryotwari settlement in -
 Bengal Presidency Madras presidency c) Bombay Presidency
d) Madras and Bombay Presidency
Who authored the book ‘Poverty and the Un-British Rule in India’?
Dadabhai Naoroji Ramesh Chandra Dutt Krishna
Gokhle d) Amrtya Kumar sen
20) Who is credited with the introduction of Permanent settlement in Bengal
and Bihar -
a) Lord Curzon b) Lord Cornwallis c) Lord Ripon d) Lord Willesely
21) Who was associated with the Ryotwari settlement of Madras?
a) Malcom b) Metcalfe c) Munro Elphinstone
Permanent settlement was a feature of -
a) Zamindari System b) Ryotwari System Mahalwari system
d) None of these
23) Name of the journalist who whole-heartedly championed the cause of Indigo
Movement was –
a) Sisir Kumar Ghosh b) Barindra Ghosh c) harish Chandra Mukherjee
d) Bipin Chandra Pal
24) Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given
below the Lists :
List II List II
A. Land allotted to big feudal landlords Jagirdari System
B. Land allotted to revenue farmers or rent collectors 2. Ryotwari System
C. Land allotted to each peasant with the right to
Sublet, mortgage transfer, gift or sell Mahalwari System
D. Revenue settlement at village level 4. Zamindari System
Codes: A B C D
a) 1 3 2 4
b) 1 4 2 3
c) 3 4 1 2
d) 2 1 3 4
25) Under the permanent Settlement, 1793, the Zamindars were required to
issue Pattas to farmers which were not issued by many of the Zamindars.
reason was -
a) the Zamindars were trusted by the farmers b) There was no
official check upon the Zmindars c) It was the responsibility of the
British Government the farmers were not interested in getting
stick
26) In India, the first bank of limited liability managed by Indians and founded in
1881 was -
a)Hindustan Commercial Bank b) Punjab and Sind Band c) Punjab
National Bank Oudh (Awadh) Commercial Bank
27) Who among the following used the phrase ‘Un-British’ to criticize the English
colonial control of India?
a) Anand Mohan Bose Badruddin Tyabji c) Dadabhai Naoroji
d) Pherozeshah Mehta
28) With reference to Ryatwari settlement, consider the following statements:
The rent was paid directly by the peasants to the Government.
The Government gave land deeds to farmers.
The lands were surveyed and assessed before being taxed.
a) 1 only b) 1 and 2 only c) 1, 2 and 3 d) None
29) Consider the following statements:
 The most effective contribution made by Dadabhai Naoroji to the cause of
Indian National Movement was that he
Exposed the economic exploitation of India by the British
Interpreted the ancient Indian texts and restored the self-confidence of
Indians
Stressed the need for eradication of all the social evils before anything.
else
Which of the statements given above is / are correct?
a) 1 only b) 2 and 3 only c) 1 and 3 only d) 1, 2 and 3
Answers
b 3-c b
b
b

18.I. Socio-Religious Movements

in 19th-20thCenturies
1) The Mohemmmadan Anglo-Oriental College of Aligarh was founded by -
Md. Ali Jinnah b) Mohammad Ali c) Shaukat Ali d) Sir Syed
Ahmed Khan
The Arya Samaj was founded by -
Swami Dayananda Saraswati c) Keshav
Chandra Sen d) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
3) Which of the following reform movements was the first to be started in the
19thcentury
a) Prayer Society b) Brahmo Samaj c) Arya Samaj d) Ram
Krishna Mission
4) Who was the founder of the Aligarh Movement?
Sir Agha Khan b) Maulana Altaf Hussain Hali c) Maulana Shibli
Numani d) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
When was the All India Women’s Conference founded?
a) 1924 b) 1925 c) 1926 1927
Which religious reformer of Western India was known as
Lokhitwadi
Gopal Hari Deshmukh c) Mahadev Govind
Ranade d) B. B. Tilak
7) Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given.
below the Lists –
List I (Institution) List II (Associated person)
A. Atmiya Sabha 1. God Chandra
Vidyasagar
B. Sanskrit college 2. Aurobindo Ghosh
C. National Council of Education 3. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
D. AdiBrahmo Society 4. Devendra Nath Tagore
Codes : A B C D
2 4 3 1
b) 3 1 2 4
c) 2 1 3 4
d) 3 4 2 1
Who founded the Bethune College in Calcutta?
a) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy c) rabindranath
Tagore d
 d) Surendranath Banerji
The original name of Swami Dayanand Saraswati was –
Mula Shankar b) Abhi Shankar c) Gauri Shankar d) Compassion
Shankar
10) The 19thcentury reawakening in India was confined to the -
priestly class b) upper middle class c) rich peasantry d) urban
landlords
11) Consider the following statements related to Raja Ram Mohan Roy:
He advocated widow remarriage He strongly advocated for the
abolition of the Sati system He advocated for the Promotion of
English Education
a) 1 only b) 1 and 2 c) 2 and 3 d) 1, 2 and 3
12) Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given.
below the Lists –
List I(Society) List II (Founder)
A. Theosophical society Dadabhai Naoroji
B. London Indian Society 2. Lala Lajpat Rai
C. Servants of India Society 3. Annie Besant
D. Servants of people society Gopal Krishna Gokhle
Codes : A B C D
a) 1 3 4 2
b) 3 1 2 4
c) 3 1 4 2
d) 1 3 2 4
13) Who among the following established the Atmiya Sabha in Calcutta in the first half
of the nineteenth century?
a) Radhakant Dev b) Ram Mohan Roy c) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar d)
Debendranath Tagore
14) During the colonial period of India, the Asiatic Society of Bengal was founded.
a) For carrying on research into the past history and antiquities of India
To examine the policy of colonial discrimination against the Indians
For developing English education in India
For carrying out social reforms
15) Who founded the Brahmo Samaj?
Debendranath Tagore c) Raja Ram Mohan
Roy d) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
16) Select the correct chronological sequence of the formation of the given
organizations –
a) Brahama Sabha-Arya Samaj-Madras Mahajan Sabha
b) Brahma Sabha-Madras Mahajan Sabha-Arya Samaj
c) Madras Mahajan Sabha-Brahma Sabha-Arya Samaj
d) Madras Mahajan Sabha-Arya Samaj- Brahma Sabha
17) Who among the following was the founder of the Servants of India Society?
a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak b) Dadabhai Noroji c) Gopal Krishna Gokhle d)
Lala Lajpat Rai
18) Who founded Fort William College in Calcutta?
Lord Cornwallis c) Lord Macaulay d) Lord
Wellesley
Sati was declared illegal and punishable by the Regulation XVII during the
Governor Generalship of -
a) Lord William Bentick b) Lord Canning c) Lord Ripon d) Lord
Dalhousie
20) Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes below
the Lists –
List I(Movement) List II (Personality)
A. Truth Seeking Organization 1. Bal Shastri Javekar
B. Human Religion Assembly 2. Jyotiba Phule
C. Darpan 3. Henry Vivian Derozio
D. Young Bengal Movement 4. Mehtaji Durgaram Mancharam
Codes : A B C D
a) 1 2 3 4
b) 2 4 1 3
c) 4 2 1 3
d) 2 1 3 4
21) Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given.
below the Lists :
List I(Year) List II(Event)
A. 1764 Wood's Despatch
B. 1829 2. Widow Remarriage Act
C. 1854 Abolition of Sati
D. 1856 4. Battle of Buxar
5. Assumption of Diwani
Codes: A B C D
4 1 2 5
b) 5 4 1 2
c) 4 3 1 2
d) 1 3 2 5
22) Who among the following founded the Theosophical Society in India in 1879?
a) Madam Blavatsky and H.S. Olcott b) Madam Blavatsky and Annie
Besant
b) H. S. Olcott and Annie Besant d) A. O. Hume and Annie Besant
23) Assertion (A): The Vernacular Press Act was repealed in 1882 by Lord
Ripon.
Reason(R) the act did not discriminate between English Press and the
Vernacular Press.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is falsed) A is false but R is true
24) During the period of the Indian freedom struggle, who among the following
Who started the Central Hindu School?
Annie Besant b) Bhikaji Cama c) M. G. Ranade d)
Madam Hohan Malviya
25) Amongst the following, who co-operated with Raja Ram Mohan Roy in the
implementation of his educational programmes?
Dwarkanath Tagore b) David Hare c) Henri Vivian Derozio
William Jones
26) After the death of Raja Ram Mohan Roy, the Brahmo Samaj split into two
sections; the Brahmo Samaj of India and the Adi Brahmo Samaj. Who were the
leaders of the two sections respectively?
a) Keshab Chandra Sen and Debendranath Togare
b) Radhakanta Deb and Debendranath Togare
c) Keshab Chandra Sen and Radhakanta Deb
d) Debendranath Togare and Radhakanta Deb
27) Kuka Movement was organized by –
 Guru Ram Das c) Guru Ram Singh d) Guru Gobind
Singh
28) Who was Shardamani?
Wife of Raja Rammohan Roy
Mother of Vivekanand d) Daughter of Deshab Chandra Sen
29) Raja Ram Mohan Roy established Brahmo Samaj in –
1816 A. D. 1820 A. D. c) 1828 A. D. d) 1830 A. D.
30) 'Satyartha Prakash' was written by -
Raja Ram Mohan Roy c) Swami Vivekananda
d) Swami Dyanand Saraswati
31) Who was the founder of the Radha Swami Satsang?
Haridas Swami Siva Narayan Agnihotri
Swami Sraddhamanda
32) Who among the following was the founder of Dev Samaj?
a) Vallabhbhai Patel b) Dadabhai Naoroji c) Siva Narayan
Agnihotri d) Ram Krishna Paramahansa
33) Who was the founder of Ram Krishna Mission?
Swami Vivekananda b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy c) Swami Dayanand
Saraswati d) Ram Krishna Paramahansa
34) The leading light of the renaissance movement in India was:
Debendranath Togare c) God
Chandra Vidyasagar
d) Ram Hohan Roy
35) Who among the following had vigorously advocated for religious education in
the Indian Universities?
a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak b) Swami Vivekananda c) Mahatma Gandhi
Madan Mohan Malviya
Who among the following is known as 'Martin Luther of India'?
Swami Dayanand Saraswati Swami
Vivekananda
d) Swami Sraddhanand

37) Where was the first Madarasa set up by the British in India?
Madras c) Aligarh d) Calcutta
38) Lord Macaulay is associated with –
a) Reforms in Army b) Abolition of Sati System c) English
Education d) Permanent Settlement
39) Which Governor General abolished slavery?
Sir John Shore b) Lord William Bentinck c) Lord Ellenborough d)
Lord Cornwallis
40) Who of the following said ‘Good Government is no substitute for self-
Government?
Lokmanya Tilak c) Swami Dayanand d)
Rabindranath Tagore
41) Who among the following pioneered the social and religious movement of
the 19thCentury in India?
Ram Mohan Roy c) Vivekanand d)
Aurobindo Ghosh
From which area did the social and religious reform movement start?
Bihar b) Bengal c) Odisha Madras
43) In which year did Swami Vivekananda participate in the World Parliament?
Religions in Chicago?
 a) 1893 1895 c) 1897 1899
The Scientific Society was founded by -
a) Wilton company b) Lord Cornwallis c) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan d) None
of these
45) Who among the following Mughal Kings had sent Raja Ram Mohan Roy as his
envoy to London?
Alamgir II c) Akbar II d) Bahadur Shah II
46) Read the following statement carefully -
Brahmo Samaj supported Monotheism
Ary Samaj contributed to the development of education.
3. Swami Vivekananda founded the Ramakrishna Mission.
Answer on the basis of the following codes -
a) 1, 2 and 3 are true b) 1 and 2 are true c) 1 and 3 are true d) 2 and
3 are true
47) What was common among Brahmo Samaj, Ram Krishna Mission and Arya
Understand?
a) None of these three had a political mission, but they helped to
develop a spirit of patriotism b) all three originated from Bengal c)
Founders of all three were educated in England.
three took active part in politics
Who was the founder of Prarthana Samaj?
Raja Ram Mohan Roy Atmaram
Pandurang d) Dayanand Saraswati
49) When did the Akali Movement start?
1901 b) 1911 c) 1921 d) 1931
50) Who was the inspirator behind the Young Bengal Movement?
a) Madhusudan Dutt b) Henry Vivian Derozio Krishna Mohan
Banerjee d) Ram Gopal Ghosh
Who is known as the 'Father of Modern India'?
Ram Mohan Roy c) Mahatma Gandhi d)
W.C. Bannerjee
The Academic Association was founded by -
Ram Mohan Roy God Chandra
Vidyasagar d) Ishwar Chandra Gupta

53) Who initiated the regeneration of Indian Muslims in the 19thCentury?

a) Syed Ahmed Khan b) Nawab Salimullah c) Badhah Khan
Abul Kalam Azad
54) Who was Titu Mir?
Leader of Wahabi Movement c) Leader
of Sepoy Mutiny d) Leader of the Indigo Revolt
55) Who among the following was a proponent of Fabianism as a movement?
Annie Besant A. O. Hume c) Michael Madhusudan Dutt d)
R. Palme Dutt
56) Consider the following statement:
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar founded the Bethune School at Calcutta.
with the main aim of encouraging education for women.
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya was the first graduate of the Calcutta
university.
Keshav Chandra Sen's campaign against Sati led to the enactment of a
law to ban Sati by the then Governor General.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
 a) 1 only b) 1 and 2 c) 2 and 3 d) 1, 2 and 3
57) Who, among the following, started the newspaper Shome Prakash?
Dayanand Saraswati b) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar c) Raja Ram
Mohan Roy d) Surendranath Banerjee
58) Who, among the following, wrote the book ‘Bahuvivah’?
Raja Ram Mohan Roy c) God Candra
Vidyasagar d) Rabindranath Tagore
59) In collaboration with David Hare and Alexander Duff, who of the following
established Hindu College at Calcutta?
Henry Louis Vivian Derozio b) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar c) keshav
Chandra Sen d) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
60) During the Indian freedom struggle, the National Social Conference was formed.
What was the reason for its formation?
Different social reform groups or organizations of the Bengal region united
to form a single body to discuss the issues of larger interest and to prepare
appropriate petitions / representations to the government
b) The Indian National Congress did not want to include social reforms in its
deliberations and decided to form a separate body for such a purpose
c) Behramji Malabari and M. G. Ranade decided to bring together all the
social reform groups of the country under one organization
d) None of the statements 'a', 'b' and 'c' given above is correct in this
context
61) Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding Brahmo Samaj?
It opposed indolatry. It denied the need for a priestly class
for interpreting the religious texts. 3. It popularized the doctrine that
Vedas are infallible.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
a) 1 only b) 1 and 2 only c) 3 only d) 1, 2 and 3
-
d 5-d
b
b
d
c
61-b

18.II. Caste, Tribal, Peasant

andTrade
union Movements
1) The Kuka Movement started in mid-nineteenth century in –
Western Punjab c) Bengal d) Middle
India
2) Match List I and List II and select the correct answer using the codes given
below the Lists :
List I (Reformers) List II (Region they belonged)
to)
A. Viresalingam Maharashtra
B. Banda Bahadur 2. Jammu and Kashmir
 C. Narayan Guru 3. Kerala
D. B.R. Ambedkar 4. Andhra Pradesh
Codes : A B C D
4 3 1 2
b) 3 4 1 2
c) 2 4 3 1
d) 4 2 3 1
The Indian Factory Act was promulgated in –
1861 b) 1881 c) 1887 d) 1898
4) During the Indian freedom struggle, a general strike jointly called by the Girni.
Labor union and the Railway Workers' meeting in March 1929 in Bombay, This
was actually in protest against -
a) the Congress acceptance of Dominion Status to India as a desirable
interim goal
b) the visit to India of the Whiteley Commission on Labour
c) the Government’s insistence on passing the Trade Disputes Bill
through the Central Legislative Assembly
d) the dismissal of workers who had taken part in the 1928 strikes
5) The first All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) was founded in 1920 by –
a) N.M. Joshi b) Purushotttamdas Thakurdas c)V.V.Giri d)
Shyama Prasad Mukherji
6) Who among the following were the leaders of the Indigo Revolt?
a) Digambar Biswas and Bishnu Biswas b) Budhu Bhagat and jhindari
Manki c) Dinbandhu Mitra and Madhusudan Dutt d) Birsa Munda
and Gaya Munda
7) Who were the leaders associated with the Santhal Rebellion of 1855-56?
a) Siddu and Kanhu b) Siddhu and Chakara c) Chakara and Bogra
d) Dora and Chakara
Who wrote the famous drama 'Neel Darpan', which depicted the agony of the
indigo cultivators and brutality of the planters?
a) Harish Chandra Mukherji b) Dinbandhu Mitra c) Sisir Dumar
Ghosh d) Ram Gopal Ghosh
9) In which of the following years was the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) founded?
formed in Bombay?
a) 1918 b) 1919 c) 1920 d) 1921

Birsa Munda was in favour of -

Jhardhand b) Uttarakhand c) Chhattisgarh Munda Raj
Who organized the Kuka Movement?
a) Guru Ram Das b) Guru Nanak c) Guru Ram Singh d) Guru Gobind
Singh
12) Mundas rose revolt in -
1885 b) 1888 c) 1890 1899
The first president of All India Trade Union Congress was –
V.V. Giri b) S.A. Dange c) Pt Nehru d) Lala Lajpat Rai
14) Who was the leader of the revolt of the Mundas in 1899-1900?
Siddhu b) Buddhu Bhagat c) Birsa Munda d) Shambhudan
Which British Commander was defeated by the Santhals in 1855?
Captain nek Feville b) Lt. Bastain c) Major Burrough d)
Colonel White
Who presided over the first session of All India Kisan Sabha?
 Swami Sahajanand b) indulaYajnik c) N.N. Ranga d) P.C.
Joshi
17) The militant phase of the trade union movement in India was –
1939-45
18) Who was the leader of the Champaran Indigo Movement?
Mahatma Gandhi b) Birsa Munda c) Baba Ramchandra d)
Ram Singh
19) What was the working area of Birsa Munda?
Champaran b) Ranchi c) Balia d) Alipur
20) The Moplah revolt of 1921 took place in -
Kashmir Kerala d) Assam
21) Where was the first all India Kisan Sabha formed?
Calcutta c) Lucknow d) Patna
22) The Kol Revolt of 1831 – 32 was led by -
Buddhu Bhagat c) Singrai Jatra Bhagat
The Santhal Revolt (1855-56) was led by -
Siddhu-Kanhu Chand- Bhairav
24) Who, among the following, was the founder of the Satya?
B.R. Ambedkar b) Jyotiba Phule c) Narayan Guru Rama Swami
naiker
25) Where had Baba Ramchandra organized the farmers?
Awadh b) Bihar c) Bengal Andhra
26) Bhil revolts against the British in –
a) M.P.and Maharashtra b) M.P.and Bihar c) Bihar and Bengal d)
Bengal and Maharashtra
27) Which one of the following may be regarded as the first labor association in
India?
The Bombay Jillhand’s Association
the Indian Worker’s Association d) The Printer’s Union,
Calcutta
28) The All India Kisan Sabha was formed in –
1926 1936 d) 1956
29) Gandhiji's Champaran Movement was for -
a) the security of rights of Harijans b) Civil Disobedience Movement c)
Maintaining the unity of Hindu Society d) Solving the problem of Indigo
workers
30) Who founded all India Harijan Sevak Sangh?
B.R. Ambedkar b) Mahatm Gandhi c) Jay Prakash Narayan d) Raj
Narayan
31) The first Indian Factory Act (1881) was passed by –
a) Lord Curzon b) Lord Wellesley c) Lord Cornwallis d) Lor Ripon
Where did the Tebhaga Movement occur in 1946?
Bihar b) Punjab c) Gujarat d) Bengal
33) Siddhu was associated with –
a) Santhal Rebellion Munda Rebellion c) Kol Rebellion d)
Sanyasi Rebellion
34) The leader of the Bardoli Satyagraha (1928) was –
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel b) Mahatma Gandhi c) Vitthalbhai
Patel d) Mahadev Desai
35) Who, among the following, was not associated with the formation of U.P.
Kisan Sabha in February, 1918?
 Indra Narayan Dwivedi
Madan Mohan Malviya
36) Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?
Movement / Satyagraha Person actively Associated with
Champaran Rajendra Prasad
2. Ahmedabad Mill Workers Morarji Desai
3. Kheda Vallabhbhai Patel
Codes :
a) 1 and 2 b) 2 and 3 c) 1 and 3 d) 1, 2, and 3
37) Which one of the following revolts was made famous by Bankim Chandra?
Chatterjee in his novel 'Anand Math'?
Bhil uprising b) Rangpur and Dinajpur uprising Bishnupur
and Birbhum rebellion d) Sanyasi rebellion
38) Who of the following founded the Ahmedabad Textile Labour Association?
Mahatma Gandhi b) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel c) N.M. Joshi d)
J.B. Kriplani
39) Consider the following statements:
Dr. Rajendra Prasad persuaded Mahatma Gandhi to come to Champaran.
to investigate the problem of peasants.
Achary J. B. Kripalani was one of Mahatma Gandhi's colleagues in his
Champaran Satyagraha.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
a) 1 only b) 2 only c) Both 1 and 2 d) Neither 1 nor 2
Answers
a d
d
25-a 26-a 27-a 28-b 29-d 30-b 31-d 32-d 33-a 34-a 35-d 36-c
d

19. Freedom Struggle

I. The Revolt of 1857
The First Governor General and Viceroy of British India was –
Lord Dalhousie
2) The administrative consequence of the Revolt of 1857 was the transfer of power.
from –
a) East India Company to the British Grown b) British Crown to the East
India company c) India Company to the Governor General British
Crown to the Board of Directors
Mangal Pandey fired the first shot of the Revolt of 1857 at -
Barrackpore Meerut c) Kanpur Jhansi
4) Who, among the following, was NOT associated with the Revolt of 1857?
Maharaja Ranjit Singh c) Begum Hazrat Mahal d)
Khan Bahadur
One of India's first freedom fighters against the British is -
a) Mahatma Gandhi Kittur Queen Chennamma Queen Laxmi
Bai d) none of these
6) The sepoy Mutiny took place in the year –
1757 1761 c) 1836 d) 1857
7) Consider the following native rulers –
Kunwar Singh 2. Nana Sahib 3. Scindhia of Gwalior 4. Nizam
of Hyderabad
Who among these native rulers did NOT participate in the Revolt of 1857?
a) 1, 2 and 4 b) 2 and 3 c) 3 and 4 d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
8) Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given
below the Lists :
List I (Leaders) List II (area under their)
Maulavi Ahmed Shah Barrackpore
b) Mangal Pandey 2. Faizabad
c) Bakht Khan 3. Kanpur
Nana Sahib 4. Delhi
Codes : A B C D
a) 2 4 1 3
b) 3 4 1 2
c) 2 1 4 3
d) 3 1 4 2
9) During India’s freedom struggle, the Sepoy Mutiny started from which one of
the following places?
Agra b) Gwalior Jhansi Meerut
10) Who is the author of the book 'The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty, Delhi,
1857?
a) John Kirkland b) William Dalrymple c) Thomas Wilson d) Simon
Digby
Kunwar Singh led the revolt of 1857 in -
Punjab b) Bengal c) Bihar Maharashtra
12) The Revolt of 1857 was witnessed by the poet –
a) MirTaqi Mir Taste c) Ghalib d) Iqbal
13) Who of the following was the bitterest enemy of the British during the Revolt
of 1857?
Maulavi Ahmdullah Shah b) Maulavi Imadulah c) Maulana Fazi-
i-Haq Khairabadi
d) Nawab Liaquat Ali
14) Which one of the following commissions is associated with the Army Re-
organization after the suppression of the Revolt of 1857?
a) Public Service Commission b) Peal commission c) hunter
Commission d) Simon Commission
15) After the Revolt of 1857 the British recruited the soldiers from the -
Brahmins of UP and Bihar Bengalis and Orrias from the East c)
Gurkhas, Sikhs and Punjabis in the North d) Madras Presidency and
Marathas
16) When did Queen Victoria declare the takeover of Indian administration?
under British Crown?
1 November, 1858 31 December, 1857 6 January, 1958
17 November, 1859
17) The revolt of 1857 at Lucknow was led by –
a) Begum Hazarat Mahal b)TantiaTope c) Rani Laxmi Bai d) Nana
Master
18) 'India's War of Independence 1857' is written by -
S.N. Sen d) S. B. Chaudhari
The birth place of Maharani Laxmi Bai, the heroine of the 1857 freedom
What is struggle?
a) Agra b) Jhansi c) Varanasi d) Vrindaban
20) The modern historian who called the revolt of 1857 as the 'first war of
independence' was -
 R.C. Majumdar
21) 'In this instance we could not play off the Mohammedans against the
Hindus. To which one of the following events did this remark of Aitchison refer?
relate?
Revolt of 1857 c) Khilafat and
Non-cooperation Movement d) August Movement of 1942
22) Which one of the following territories was not affected by the Revolt of 1857?
?
a) Jhansi b) Chittor c) Jagdishpur Lucknow
23) With reference to the ‘revolt of the year 1857’, who of the following was
betrayed by a friend captured and put to death by the British?
Nana Sahib b) Kunwar Singh c) Khan Bahadur Khan Tantiya
Top
24) Who was the Governor General of India during the sepoy Mutiny?
a) Lord Canning Lord Dalhousie d) Lord Lytton
Answers
d 6-d 7-c 8-c d
a

II. Moderate Phase (1885-

1905)
According to Dadabhai Naoroji, Swaraj meant-
a) Complete independence Self Government c) Economic
independence d) Political independence
Which book was written by Dadabhai Naoroji on Indian poverty and economy?
under British rule?
a) Indian Economy under British Rule b) British Rule and Economic Drain
of India Poverty and Un-British Rule in India
poverty of India
3) The partition of Bengal (1905) was annulled by the -
a) Indian Councils Act of 1909 b) Chelmsford-Montague Report, 1919 c)
Proclamation of Delhi Durban in 1911 d) Government of India Act, 1935
4) Who among the following founded the East India Association?
C.R. Das c) Debendranath Tagore d) V.D.
Savarkar
5) Consider the following statements:
The Indian National Congress was founded during the viceroyalty of Lord
Duffer.
The first president of Indian National Congress was W.C. Banerji.
The first session of the Indian National Congress was held in Calcutta.
4. In the first session of the Indian National Congress some government
Officials were also present.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
a) 1,2 and 3 only b) 1, 2 and 4 only c) 3 and 4 only d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
6) At which congress session did Dadabhai Naoroji announce that Swaraj was the
What is the goal of India’s political efforts?
1886 Calcutta session c) 1905 Benaras
Session d) 1906 Calcutta session
7) The first session of the Indian National Congress was shifted from Poona to
Bombay almost at the eleventh hour because –
 a) The leaders of the Bombay Presidency Association were against holding
the first meeting of the congress at Poona.
b) The Bombay governor agreed to A.O. Hume’s proposal to act as First
President of the Congress.
c) Bombay as the capital of the presidency would help the conference
attract more attention if it was held there.
An outbreak of cholera in Poona forced the organizers of the Congress to
shift its venue from Pune to Mumbai
8) With reference to Indian freedom struggle, who among the following was
labelled as ‘Moderate’ leader in the Congress?
Gopal Krishna Gokhle c) Lala Lajpat Rai d)
Aurobindo Ghosh
9) Who among the following was thrice elected president of the Indian National Congress?
Congress?
Dadabhai Naoroji Surendranath Banerji Gopal Krishna
Gokhle d) Shankaran Nair
10) Consider the following statements and identify the person –
During his stay in England, he endeavored to educate the British people.
about their responsibilities as rulers of India. He delivered speeches and
published articles to support his opposition to the unjust and oppressive regime
of the British Raj. In 1867, he helped to establish the East India Association of
which he became the Honorary Secretary.
Pheroze Shah Mehta d)
Anand Mohan Bose
11) Where was the first session of Indian National Congress held?
Calcutta Allahabad
12) Indian National Congress was founded by –
Womesh Chandra Banerjee b) Michal Hume c) Allon Octavian
Hume d) Mahatma Gandhi
Who was the founder of the Indian Association?
Dadabhai Agarkar b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak c) A.O. Hume d)
Surendranath Banerjee
14) The second session of Indian National Congress was presided over by –
Ganesh Agakar c) Dadabhai Naoroji
Pheroz Shah Mehat
15) The partition of Bengal came into effect on -
15thAugust, 1905 b) 15thSeptember, 1905thOctober, 1905
d) 15 November, 1905
th

16) Who among the following was NOT known as a moderate in the National
movement?
a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak b) Dadabhai Naoroji c) M.G. Ranade
d) Gopal Krishna Gokhle
17) Which of the following papers was essentially the mouthpiece of the policies
of liberals?
New India b) Leader Young India Free Press Journal
18) What was the method of moderate leaders of the Congress?
Non Co-operation b) Constitutional Legislation c) Passive
Resistance d) Civil Disobedience
19) The most important organization of the pre-congress nationalist
What was the organizations?
 a) Bengal British India Society b) East India Association c)Young Bengal
d) Indian Association of Calcutta
20) The correct chronological order of the following organizations is -
Bombay association Madras Mahajan 4.
Indian League
1-2-3-4 b) 2-3-1-4 c) 3-4-2-1 d) 1-4-2-3
21) Who said, 'The Congress is tottering to its fall and one of my greatest
ambition while in India is to assist it to a peaceful demise?
George Hamilton b) Lord Curzon c) Lord Dufferin d) Lord
Minto
22) Who of the following was the first Muslim president of Indian National?
Congress?
Badaruddin Tayabji b) Abul Kalam Azad c) Rafi Ahmed Kidwai
d) M.A. Ansari
23) Who is the exponent of the theory of ‘economic drain’ of India during the
British rule?
a) Dadabhai Naoroji b) M.N. Roy c) Jai Prakash Narayan d) Ram
Manohar Lohiya
24) The first Indian to contest an election to the British House of Commons was –
Dadabhai Naoroji b) Gopal Krishna Gokhle c) Pheroz Shah Mehta
d)W.C Bannerjee
25) Given below a list of persons who became presidents of Indian National
Congress. Arrange them in chronological order. Select your answer using the
codes given below the list:
Mahatma Gandhi 2. Jawaharlal Nehru 3. Vallabhbhai Patel
Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
Codes :
a) 1-2-3-4 b) 1-3-2-4 c) 1-4-2-3 d) 4-3-1-2
26) The president of the India National Congress in 1885 was:
George Yule b) Dadabhai Naoroji c) W.C. Bannerji d) W.
Wedderburn
27) Who, among the following, was NOT present in the founding session of Indian
National Congress?
Dadabhai Naoroji G. Subramaniya Iyer c) Justice Ranade d)
Surendranath Bannerjee
28) Who was the first Indian to become a member of the British Parliament?
Badruddin Tyabji b)W.C. Bannerjee c) D.N. Wacha d)
Dadabhai Naoroji
29) In which year was the Indian National Congress established?
1888 1887 c) 1886 1885
30) Who was the Viceroy of India at the time of the formation of the Indian
National Congress?
Curzon b) Canning c) Lworence d) Dufferin
31) Who wanted the Indian National Congress to be a 'Safety Valve'?
A. O. Hume b) Lord Lytton c) W.C. Bannerjee d) Surendranath
Bannerjee

32) Who among the following was NOT a moderate?

Bipin Chandra Pal b) Feroz Shah Mehta c) Surendranath
Bannerjee d) Gopal Krishn Gokhle
When was the Indian Association founded?
 a) 1876 b) 1884 c) 1887 d) 1890
Who was called 'Grand Old Man of India'?
Dadabhai Naoroji b) JamshedjiTata c) Surendranath Bannerjee
d) C. Rajagopalachari
35) Assertion (A): the basic weakness of the early nationalist movement lay in
its narrow social base.
R It fought for the narrow interests of the social groups with
joined it.
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 a correct explanation of A
A is true but R is false
36) Consider the following statements about Mdam Bhikaji Cama :
Madam Cama unfurled the National Flag at the International Socialist.
Conference in Paris in the year of 1907.
Madam Cama served as private secretary to Dadabhai Naoroji.
Madam Cama was born to Parsi.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
a) 1, 2 and 3 only b) 2 and 3 onlyc) 1 and 2 only d) 3 only
37) Who among the following rejected the title of 'Knighthood' and refused to
accept a position in the council of the Secretary of State for India?
a) Motilal Nehru b) M.G. Ranade c) G.K. Gokhle B.G. Tilak
Answers
1-b 3-c b
d
c
37-c

III. Extremist Phase

(1905-17)
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad started an Urdu weekly, the Al-Hilal in 1912, but on
it is being banned by the Government, he founded the Al-Balagh in -
1913 b) 1914 c) 1915 1916
Who was the first woman president of the Indian National Congress?
a) Sarojini Naidu b) Sucheta Kripalani c) Princess Amrit Kaur d)
Annie Besant
3) In which session of the Indian National Congress did the historic union of
Where do Congress and the Muslim League take place?
a) Letter b) Bombay c) Calcutta d) Lucknow
4) Who was the founder-editor of the famous newspaper Keasari during the
National struggle?
a) Mahatma Gandhi b) Jawaharlal Nehru c) Lokmanya Tilak
d) Muhammad Iqbal
5) The split between the Extremists and Moderates came up in the open at the
Surat Congress session in the year -
1905 b) 1906 c) 1907 d) 1910
All India Muslim League was formed at -
Lahore b) Aligarh c) Lucknow d) Dhaka
7) With reference to the colonial rule in India, consider the following events:
I. Morley-Minto Reforms Act II.Transfer of the capital from Calcutta to
Delhi III. First World War IV. Lucknow Pact
 What is the correct chronological order of these events?
II-I-III-IV c) II-I-IV-III d) I-II-IV-III
8) Consider the following statements regarding the Freedom Movement:
The Congress was split into two factions at its Surat Session in 1907.
2. Bal Gangadhar Tilak revived the festivals of Ganpati and Shivaji in
Maharashtra to inspire a new spirit among the youth of the country.
3. Aurobindo Ghosh was arrested in connection with the Alipore bomb case.
Which of these statements is/are correct?
a) 1 only b) 1 and 2 c) 2 and 2 d) 1, 2 and 3
9) Consider the following nationalists-
1. Bal Gangadhar Tilak 2. Gopal Krishna Gokhle 3. Bipin Chandra Pal
4. Lala Lajpat Rai
Who among these were referred to as militant nationalists of the freedom?
movements?
a) 1, 2 and 3 b) 2 and 4 c) 1, 3 and 4 d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
10) Who of the following was a founder of the Bharat Naujawan Sabha in 1926?
Lala Lajpat Rai Lala Hardayal d) Sohan
Singh Bhakhna
11) With reference to the Indian freedom struggle, which one of the following is
the correct chronological order of the given events?
a) Partition of Bengal – Surat Split of Congress – Lucknow Pact
b) Partition of Bengal – Lucknow Pact – Surat Split of Congress
c) Surat Split of Congress – Partition of Bengal – Lucknow Pact
d) Surat Split of Congress – Lucknow Pact – Partition of Bengal
12) Other than Annie Besant, who among the following also launched home Rule
movement in India?
Aurobindo Ghosh b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak c) Gopal Krishna
Gokhle d) Moti Lal Nehru
13) Assertion (A): Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt threw bombs in the
Legislative Assembly in 1929.
Reason (R) They wanted to kill some members of the Legislative
Assembly as a revenge for the Death of Lala Lajpat Rai.
a) A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
A is true but R is false
14) Consider the following statements:
1. prior to the establishment of Home Rule League by Annie Besant, it was
Lokmanya Tilak, who had set up a Home Rule League in Poona.
2. the Congress in its Bombay Session in 1915, passed a resolution
demanding home Rule for India.
Which of the statements given above is / are correct?
a) 1 only b) 2 only c) Both 1 and 2 d) Neither 1 nor 2
15) Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
a) Partition of Bengal 1905
b) Foundation 1906
c) Split Letter -1907
Transfer of India’s Capital from Calcutta to Delhi -1909
16) Who among the following leaders dominated the Lucknow pact in December?
1916 ?
Jawaharlal Nehru b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak c) Moti Lal Nehru d)
Madan Mohan Malviya
17) Who among the following revolutionaries established the United India House in the USA?
?
a) Ramnath Puri and Vir Savarkar b) Taraknath Das and G.D. Kumar
c) Lala Hardayal and Bhagat Singh d) Harnam Singh and
God Singh
18) Consider the following paragraph –
He was seriously injured in a police baton charge in Lahore during
demonstrations against Simon Commison for which he subsequently died
in November 1928. Later on the British Officer, who was responsible for
The lathi charge on him was shot dead by Bhagat Singh and Rajguru.
The revolutionary referred to in the above paragraph is –
Pandit Gobind Ballabh Pand c) Moti Lal Nehru d)
Lala Lajpat Rai
19) Which of the following leaders presided over the Congress Session at
Calcutta in 1906?
a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak Gopal Krishna Gokhle
d) Dadabhai Naoroji
20) Which one of the following was not an extremist?
a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak b) Madan Lal Dhingra c) Udham Singh d)
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
21) Who gave the ‘Inquilab Zindabad’ slogan?
Iqbal M.K. Gandhi c) Bhagat Singh d) S.C. Bose
22) Which one of the following leaders belonged to the extremist wing of the
Congress?
Aurobindo Ghosh b) Dadabhai Naoroji c) G.K. Gokhle d)
S.N. Banerjee
23) Who said, 'Swaraj is my birthright and I will have it'?
Mahatma Gandhi b) Bipin Chandra Pal c) Gopal Krishna
Gokhle d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
24) The Muslim deputation (Under the leadership of Aga Khan) meets Lord Minto
in 1906 at Shimla and pleaded for -
a) separate electorate for Muslims a composite electorate c)
higher representation to the Hindus d) special representation to Muslim
by nomination
The Anushilan Samita was –
a) dedicated to the upliftment of women promoting widow
remarriage c) I Interested in labour welfare d) a revolutionary
organization
26) Who said that 'the Congress Movement was neither inspired by the people nor
devised or planned by them?
a) Lord Dufferin Sir Syed Ahmed Khan d) Lala
Lajpat Rai
27) When was the attempt on Kingsford's life made in Muzaffarpur?
a) 1908 b) 1909 c) 1907 1911
In which year did Lord Hardinge cancel the partition of Bengal?
1911 1904 c) 1906 d) 1907
29) Barindra Kumar Ghosh was a member of which revolutionary organization?
Bengal?
a) Anushilan Samiti b) Swadesh Bandhav Samiti c) Advisory Committee
Shadhana Society
30) In which of the following movements was Bande Mataram adopted as a slogan?
agitation?
a) Revolt of 1857 b) Partition of Bengal in 1905 c) Non-Cooperation
Movement in 1922 d) Quit India Movement in 1942
31) Of the following who was called the 'father of Indian unrest'?
a) A.O. Home b) Dadabhai Naoroji c) Lokmanya Tilak d)
Mahatma Gandhi
Two Home Rule League were started in 1915-16 under the leadership of –
a) Tilak and Annie Besant b) Tilak and Aurobindo Ghosh c) Tilak
and Lala Lajpat Rai d) Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal
33) The Ghadar Movement was founded by –
a) Ajit Singh b) Lala Hansraj c) Lala Hardayal d) Sohan Singh
to roar
34) Given below is a list of organizations. Select those engaged in revolutionary
activities, using the code given below the list :
New India 3. New Nationalist Party 4.
Indian Patriot Association
a) 1, 2 and 3 b) 2, 3 and 4 c) 1 and 2 d) 1, 2 and 4
35) Who among the following was the chief architect of reconciliation between
the Extremists and the Moderates?
Annie Besant b) M.A. Jinnah c) Madam Cama d) Pheroz Shah
Mehta
36) Who of the following had called Mohammad Ali Jinnah as 'Ambassador of
Hindu-Muslim Unity?
Annie Besant b) Sarojini Naidu c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak d)
None of these
Shyamji Krishna Verma established the Indian Home Rule Society in –
London b) Paris c) Berlin d) San Francisco
38) Who was the founder of all India Muslim League?
a) Syed Ahmed Khan b) Mohammad Iqbal Agha Khan d)
Nawab Salimullah Khan
39) Sri Aurobindo Ashram is situated in -
Tamil Nadu b) Karnataka c) Rameshwaram d) Pondicherry
40) Who among the following established a Republican Government abroad?
Raja Mahendra Pratap Ras Behari
Bose d) None of these
Who had founded the Anushilan Samiti?
a) Pramath Nath Mitra Varindra Ghosh d)
Narendra Gosain
42) When did the partition of Bengal take place?
1904 b) 1905 c) 1906 d) 1911
43) Which one of the following nationalist leaders has been described as being
Radical in politics but conservative on social issues?
a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak b) Gopal Krishna Gokhle c) Lala Lajpat Rai d)
Madan Mohan Malviya
The newspaper brought out by Bal Gangadhar Tilak to promote nationalism
was
era change c) Saffron revolution
Who called Bal Gangadhar Tilak the ‘Father of Indian unrest’?
a) Lord Curzon b) Vincent Smith Valentile Chirol
46) Who founded Anushilan Samiti at Dhaka (Decca)?
 Pulin Bihari Das c) Swani Shradhanand d)
Barinda Kumar Ghosh
47) Which two revolutionaries were involved in the Muzaffarpur Murder (1908) ?
a) Binoy Bose, Badal Gupta b) Surya Sen, Loknath Bal c)
Damodar and Balkrishna Chapekar d) Prafull Chaki, Khadinam Bose
'I am giving you a Muslim Province' – who said?
Fazl-ul-Haque b) Lord Curzon c) Stafford Cripps d) Lord
Mountbatten
49) The first indication of the revolutionary movement in India was seen in –
Maharashtra b) Bengal c) Punjab d) Rajasthan
Who founded Swadesh Bandhaw Samiti?
a) Ashwin Kumar Dutta Pulin Das d) Barindra
Ghosh
Who defended Aurobindo Ghosh in the Alipore Bomb Case?
W.C. Bannerjee c) Bipin Chandra Pal
d) Chitta Ranjan Das
52) Who tried to organize a revolt by Indian Sepoys and revolutionaries around
1913 ?
Bagha Jatin b) Aurobindo Ghosh c) Ras Behari Base d)
Sachindra Nath Sanyal
53) Who was the first editor of the Yogantar?
Barindra Ghosh c) Jatindra Nath Mukherjee
d) Ullaskar Dutta
54) Who led the attack on the European Club at Pahartali in Chittagong?
a) Pritilata Waddedar b) Surya Sen c) Anant Singh d)
Loknath Bal
When was the Muslim League established?
1904 1906 c) 1910 1915
56) Name one leader of the Home Rule Movement?
Annie Besant b) Surendra Nath Bannerjee c) Aurobindo Ghosh
d) Bipin Chandra Pal
57) Where and when was the Ghadar Party founded?
America, 1913 Scotland
1925
58) The Silk Letter Conspiracy (1916) was organized by –
a) Maulana Obeidullah Sindhi and Maulana Barakatullah b) Maulana
Abdul Bari and Maulana Muhammad Ali c) Maulana Abul Kalam and
Maulana Mahmud Hasan d) Raja Mahendra Pratap and Jon Henting
59) What was Kamagata Maru?
a) A political Party based in Taiwan b) Peasant Communist leader of
China c) a naval ship on voyage to Canada A Chinese Village where
Mao Tse Tung began his long march
60) Where were the Ghadar revolutionaries, who became during the outbreak of
the world war I based ?
North America
61) Who among the following provided a systematic critique of moderate politics?
of Indian Congress in a series of articles entitled 'New Lamps for Old?'
Aurobindo Ghosh b) R.C. Dutta c) Syed Ahmed Khan d)
Vira Raghavachari
62) In the context of the Indian freedom struggle 16thOctober, 1905 is well-
known for which one of the following reasons?
 a) Partition of Bengal took place b) The formal proclamation of
The Swadeshi Movement was held in Calcutta Town Hall. c) Dadabhai
Naoroji declared that the goal of the Indian National Congress was Swaraja. d)
Lokmanya Tilak started the Swadeshi Movement in Poona
63) Four resolutions were passed at the famous Calcutta session of Indian
National Congress in 1906. The question of either retention OR of rejection of
these four resolutions become the cause of a split in Congress at the next
Congress session held in Surat in 1907. Which one of the following was NOT one
of those resolutions?
Annulment of Partitions of Bengal b) Boycott c) National Education
d) Indigenous
64) What was the immediate cause for the launch of the Swadeshi Movement?
a) The partition of Bengal done by Lord Curzon b) A sentence of 18
months rigorous imprisonment imposed on Lokmanya Tilak c) the arrest
and deportation of Lala Lajpat Rai and Ajit Singh; and passing of the Punjab
Colonization Bill. D) Death sentence pronounced on the Chapkar brothers
Answers
a 5-c d 10-b 11-a 12-b
c
d
a
a
61-a 62-a 63-c 64-a

19. IV. The Gandhian Era

(1917-47)
1) Who led the salt Satyagraha Movement with Mahatma?
Annie Besant Mridula Sarabhai c) Muthu Lakshmi d)
Sarojini Naidu
2) In which of the following movements did Mahatma Gandhi make the first use
of Hunger Strike as a weapon?
a) Ahmedabad Strike, 1918 b) Rowlatt Satyagraha, 1919 c) Non-
Co-operation Movement, 1920-22 d) Bardoli Satyagraha, 1928
From where did Acharya Vinoba Bhave start the individual Satyagraha?
1940?
Nadiad in Gujarat b) Paunar in Maharashtra c) Adyar inTamil Nadu
d) Guntur in Andhra Pradesh
4) Which one of the following writings is NOT related to Mahatma Gandhi?
a) My Experiments with Truth Harijan c) The Holy Family d) Hind
Self-rule
5) The book 'Unto This Last' which influenced Gandhi was authored by -
Boris Yeltsin b) John Ruskin c) Pushkin d) Ruskin Bond
Moti Lal Nehru and Chitta Ranjan (C. R.) Das were the founder members of the
–
a) Communist Party of India b) Forward Bloc c) Socialist-Swarajist
Swarajya Party
7) Gandhi considered Khadi as a symbol of –
Industrialization c) Economic Growth
d) Moral Purity
8) 'India wins Freedom' is the autobiography of -
Abul Kalam Azad b) Muhammad Ali c) Zakir Hussain d) Syed Ahmed
Khan
9) The Round Table Conference in London convened to make a decision regarding -
A future constitution of India c)
Gandhi’s demands for calling off the Civil Disobedience Movement d)
Congress claims to be the sole representative of Indians
10) Sarvodaya stands for-
Total revolution c) Upliftment of all d) Non-
Violence
In which city of South Africa was Mahatma Gandhi beaten up and thrown off?
the pavement by the white people ?
Cape Town b) Durban Johannesburn d) Pretoria
12) Who attended the Congress of Oppressed Nationalists in Brussels in 1927?
on behalf of the National Congress?
Jawahar Lal Nehru b) Mahatma Gandhi c) Dr. Ansari d) Moti
Lal Nehru
13) Which of the following are the most important teachings of Gandhiji?
Truth 2. Non-Violence Religion
Select the correct code :
a) 1 and 3 only b) 2 and 4 only c) 1 and 2 only d) 1, 2 and 3
only
14) Gandhiji was the staunch supporter of –
big industries b) cottage industries c) both ‘a’ and ‘b’ d) None
of these
15) Who was the last British Viceroy of India?
a) Lord Lintithgow b) Lord Wavell c) Clement Attlee d) Lord
Mountbatten
The Swarajya party was formed following the failure of -
Non-Cooperation Movement c)
Quit India Movement d) Champaran Satyagraha
17) Who was the President of Indian National Congress when Mountbatten was in office?
Was the plan accepted?
Jawahar Lal Nehru b) Sardar Patel Maulana Azad d) J.B.
Kripalani
18) Who developed the idea that 'the ends justify the means'?
Kautilya c) Dayanand Saraswati d)
Mahatma Gandhi
Provincial autonomy was one of the important features of the act of -
1935 b) 1919 c) 1909 1858
20) Who declared as his ultimate aim the 'wiping of every tear from every eye'?
Jawahar Lal Nehru b) Gandhiji c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak Sardar
Patel
21) In the relationship between ends and means, Gandhiji believed –
a) Means determine the ends b) Means become good if they serve the
ends c) Ends is everything no matter what or how the means d) are
Ends and means are watertight compartments
Bhulabhai Desai’s most memorable achievement was his defence of the
Indian National Army (INA) personnel at the Red Fort Trial towards the ends of –
1943 b) 1944 c) 1945 d) 1946
23) Mahatma Gandhi’s remark, ‘A post-dated check ue on a crumbling bank' is
regarding the proposals of -
a) Simon Commission b) Cripps Mission c) Cabinet Mission d) Wavel
Plan

24) Under whose leadership was the Congress Socialist Party founded in 1934?
a) Jawaharlal Nehru and Mahatma Gandhi b) Acharya Narendra Dev
and Jai Prakash Narayan c) Subhas Chandra Bose and P.C. Joshi d)
Saifuddin Kitchlew and Rajendra Prasad
25) The issue on which the Civil Disobedience Movement of 1930 was launched
was
Equal employment opportunities for Indians b) The proposed
execution of Bhagat Singh c) Salt monopoly exercised by the British
d) Complete freedom
26) Who among the following were members of the Swaraj Party?
1. Motilal Nehru 2. Sardar Patel 3. Gopal Krishna Gokhle
a) 1 only b) 1 and 2 c) 2 and 3 d) 1, 2 and 3
27) Who was the author of the book ‘My Experiments with Truth’?
Aurobindo Ghosh b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak c) M.K. Gandhi d)
Vinoba Ghave
28) Gandhiji's movement of boycotting foreign goods aimed at -
a) Promotion of welfare state b) creating anti-British sentiment c)
Promotion of cottage industry d) full independence
29) After the Chauri-Chaura incident, Gandhiji suspended the -
a) Civil Disobedience Movement b) Khilafat Movement c) Non-
Co-operation Movement
30) India attained ‘Dominion States’ on –
a) 15thJanuary, 1947 b) 15thAugust, 1947 c) 15thAugust, 1950
d) 15thOctober, 1947
31) Who called Gandhiji 'half naked beggar'?
Mountbatten Hastings Jinnah
32) Consider the following events with reference to India’s Freedom Movement:
First Round Table Conference 3. Simon Commission
4. Gandhi-Irwin Pact
a) 1-3-2-4 b) 3-1-2-4 c) 1-3-4-2 d) 3-1-4-2
Assertion (A): During the Indian Freedom struggle, the Non-Co-operation
Movement was called off by the Congress Working committee in its meeting at
Bardoli.
Reasor (R) Mob violence occurred at Chauri-Chaura in 1922.
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 a correct explanation of A
A is true but R is false
The final arrangements for India’s independence were worked out by the
–
Cabinet Mission c) Gandhi-Irwin Pact d)
Cripps Mission
Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given.
below the Lists :
List I(Event) List II (year)
A. Khilafat Movement 1. 1930
 B. Chauri-Chaura Incident 2. 1917
C. Champaran Movement 1920
D. First RoundTable Conference 4. 1922
Codes : A B C D
a) 2 3 4 1
b) 4 1 2 3
c) 2 1 4 3
d) 3 4 2 1
Assertion (A): Rabindranath Tagore relinquished the Knighthood.
Reason (R) The Jallianwala Bagh massacre caused deep anguish in
the heart of Rabindra Nath Tagore and that prompted him to relinquish the
Krighthood.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
Both A and R are true, but R is not a correct explanation of A.
A is true but R is false
37) With which of the following newspapers was Jawahar Lal Nehru associated?
a) The Leader Amrit Bazaar Patrika c) TheTribune d)
National Herald
38) Which of the following days was declared as the ‘International Day of Non-
violence' by the UNO?
August 15 October, 2 November 12 October, 26
'Dyarchy' in the provincial Government was established by the -
Act of 1892 d) Act of 1935
40) During India’s freedom struggle, which one of the following led to the first
All India Strike
a) Protest against Rowlatt Act b) protest against Jallianwala Bagh
Massacre c) Trial of Mahatma Gandhi d) Arrival of Simon Commission
41) On which one of the following dates did Jawahar Lal Nehru unfurl the tricolor?
national flag on the banks of the Ravi as the clock struck midnight?
3rd December, 1929thJanuary, 1930 c) 3rd December,
26 January, 1933
42) The famous INA trials took place in the Red Fort, Delhi in –
1945 d) 1947
43) Who among the following had headed the group of advocates to argue the
case on behalf of the Indian National Army in 1946 in the Red Fort trials?
a) Bhulabhai Desai b) Kailash Nath Katju Tej Bahadur Sapru d)
Jawahar Lal Nehru
44) During which one of the following movements did Mahatma Gandhi write:
‘Personally I am so sick of slavery that I am even prepared to take the rise of
anarchy?
Home Rule movement Civil
Disobedience movement d) Quit India movement
45) Consider the following statements -
1. La sesión de Lahore del Congreso en 1929 adoptó la resolución sobre
Complete Independence
2. The Karachi Session of the Congress in 1931 passed the resolution on
the Fundamental Rights.
3. The Congress Session of Lucknow in 1936 was held under the
presidentship of Subhash Chandra Bose.
4. The August, 1942 resolution of the Congress Party adopted the slogan
Do or Die
Which of these statements is/are correct?
 a) 1 and 3 b) Only 4 c) 2 and 3 d) 1, 2 and 4
46) Consider the following events?
Swadeshi Movement 2. Gurudwara Guru-Ka-Bagh Agitation 3.
Chittagong q Armoury Raid 4. Guruvayur Temple Satyagraha
The correct chronological order of these events is:
1-2-3-4 c) 4-3-2-1 d) 3-2-4-1
47) Who among the following was associated with the Kakori Conspiracy Case?
Abul Kalam Azad b) Shahnawaz Khan c) Khan Abdul Ghaffar
Khan d) Asfaqulla
48) Who among the following wrote the book 'A nation in the making'?
a) Dinbandhu Mitra b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak c) Surendranath
Banerjee d) Subhash Chandra Bose
49) At the second round table conference, the Indian National Congress was
represented by –
a) Jawahar Lal Nehru b) Rajendra Prasad c) Mohandas
Karamchand Gandhi d) Vallabh Bai Patel
Indian National Congress Opposed the Simon Commission
and did not cooperate with it.
Reason (R) The Simon Commission had no Indian representative.
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 a correct explanation of A
A is true but R is false
51) With reference to the Indian freedom struggle, consider the following statements.
–
C.R. Das and Moti Lal Nehru formed the Congress-Khilafat Swaraj party.
In 1919, Gandhiji was elected President of the Khilafat conference.
The Communist Party of India was banned by the Government in 1934.
Which of the statement is / are correct?
a) 1 and 2 2 only d) 1, 2 and 3
52) Consider the following events –
Gandhi-Irwin pact First round table conference 3. Simon
Commission 4. Poona Pact
The correct chronological order of these events is -
a) 1-4-3-2 b) 2-1-3-4 3-2-1-4 d) 2-3-1-4
53) Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
full sovereignty resolution : 1929
b) Martyrdom of Sardar Bhagat Singh 1931
c) Formation of Congress Socialist Party 1938
Simla Conference : 1945
54) Who among the following was regarded by Mahatma Gandhi as his 'Political
Guru?
Dadabhai Naoroji b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak c) Pheroz Shah Mehta
d) Gopal Krishna Gokhle
55) Which one of the following chronological orders of the given events is
correct?
a) The Civil Disobedience Movement - The Cripps Mission - The Cabinet
Mission's Plan
b) The Cripps Mission – The Civil Disobedience Movement – The Cabinet
Mission's Plan
c) The Cripps Mission - The Cabinet Mission's Plan - The Civil Disobedience
Movement
 d) The Civil Disobedience Movement – The Cabinet Mission’s Plan – The
Cripps Mission
56) For which one of the following movements did Mahatma Gandhi give the
slogan 'Do or Die'?
a) Kheda Satyagraha b) Non-Cooperation Movement c) Civil
Disobedience Movement
57) Where was the first peasant movement launched by Mahatma Gandhi?
Bardoli c) Champaran d) Wardha
58) Who among the following was a founder of the Swaraj party?
a) Vallabh Bhai Patel b) Rajendra Prasad c) C. R. Das d)
Narendera Dev
59) Who among the following National leaders did not choose to defend the case
Dealing with the trial of the soldiers of the Indian National Army in 1945?
Tej Bahadur Sapru Bhulabhai Desai d)
Jawahar Lal Nehru
60) During the freedom struggle, Aruna Asaf Ali was a major woman organizer of
the underground activities in -
a) Bardoli Satyagraha Quit India Movement
d) Khilafat Movement
61) Who was the Governor General of India during the launch of Civil
Disobedience Movement?
a) Lord Chelmsford b) Lord Reading c) Lord Irwin d) Lord Wavell
62) Which one of the following movements started from the Dandi March?
a) Swadeshi Movement Quit India Movement
Movement d) Non-Co-operation Movement
63) Who prescribed the separate electorates for India on the basis of the
Communal award in August 1932?
a) Lord Irwin b) Ramsay MacDonald c) Lord Linlithgow d)
Winston Churchill
64) Which one of the following slogans is attributed to Subhash Chandra Bose?
Hail the soldier, Hail the farmer b) Bande Mataram c) Jai Hind d) Revolution
Long live
65) Who among the following has authored the book 'Hind Swaraj'?
a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak b) Mahatma Gandhi c) Gopal Krishna
Gokhle d) M.G. Ranade
66) Which one of the following with regard to the Poona Pact, 1932 is NOT correct
?
a) Adequate representation of depressed sections in Government Jobs
b) Reservation of seats for the depressed classes in the provincial
legislature
c) Acceptance of joint electorate system d) Reservation of seats for
the depressed classes in the central legislature
67) Which one of the following statements with regard to Direct Action Day is
correct?
Hasan Suhrawardy presided over the Direct Action Day
Day took Place in Delhi c) Direct Action Day led to the Bihar riot d)
Direct Action Day was endorsed by the Congress party.
The Haripura Congress (1938) remains a milestone in Indian freedom
struggle, because they are –
it was declared on the British Empire b) it anointed Jawahar Lal
Nehru as the future Prime Minister of India c) of the introduction of the
 idea of a planning commission d) of the acceptance of the Government
of India act, 1935 by the Congress
69) In 'Hindu Swaraj', Mahatma Gandhi was critical of railways, because they
are
carriers of plague germs 2. instruments for frequency of famines
responsible for creating class division in the society 4.
accident – prone
Select the correct answer using the codes given below –
Codes :
a) 1, 2 and 3 b) 1 and 2 only c) 2 and 3 only d) 1 and 4 only
70) Assertion (A) : The Indian National Congress boycotted the Simon Commission.
Reason (R) It was opposed to the composition of the commission.
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
71) Assertion (A): The Khilafat Movement started in India after the Second World War.
War.
Reason (R) Gandhiji had been one of the presidents of the all India
Khilafat Conference.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
Both A and R are true, but R is not a correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false d) A is false but R is true
72) Consider the following incidents with reference to the Civil Disobedience
Movement during Indian freedom struggle –
Chittagong armoury raid 2. Refusal of a platoon of Garhwal
Regiment to open fire on a batch of Khudal Khidmatgars 4. Increase the
number of Muslim participants in it all provinces
Which of these incidents caused alarm among the British rulers?
a) 1, 2 and 3 b) 2, 3 and 4 c) 1 and 4 d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
73) During the Indian freedom struggle, which one among the following formed
earliest?
a) Congress Socialist party b) Communist Party of India c)
Hindustan Republican Socialist Association d) all IIndia States of India
Independence Act
74) Two independent states of India and Pakistan were created by –
a) The Simala Conference b) The Cripps proposal The Cabinet
Mission Plan d) The Indian Independence Act
75) The lady Congress leader who went underground during the Quit India movement.
Movement was –
a) Sucheta Kripalani b) Vijay Laxmi Pandit c) Aruna Asaf Ali
d) Sarojini Naidu
76) After the elections in 1937, the Congress ministers tendered their
resignations because –
a) The British Government declared India a party to World War II without
consulting them
b) Of undue interference in their working by the Government
c) Of the scarcity of financial resources which hampered all development
works
d) Of their inexperience to run the administration
77) Who was the first woman president of Indian National Congress?
 a) Annie Besant b) Aruna Asaf Ali c) Sarojini Naidu d) Vijayalaxmi
Priest
78) Ramsay McDonald's Communal award gave -
a) Privy purse to native princes b) Communal representation to Muslims
c) Reservations to Sikhs in elections d) Separate electorates for
depressed chasses
79) Who among the following was known as Deshbandhu?
Aurobindo Chosh Chitta Ranjan Das c) Dadabhai
Naoroji d) Jyotiba Phule
80) Which one of the following is the correct chronological order?
a) First Round Table Conference – Poona Pact – Simon Commission –
Gandhi – Irwin Pact
b) Simon Commission – First Round Table Conference – Gandhi – Irwin Pact
Poona Pact
c) Gandhi – Irwin Pact – Simon Commission – First Round Table Conference –
Poona Pact
d) Poona Pact – Simmissin – First Round – Table conference – Gandhi – Irwin
Pcat
81) Assertion (A) : During India’s freedom struggle, C.R. Das formed Congress
Khilafat Swaraj Party within the Congress which was later known as the
Swarajist Party.
Reason (R) At the special Calcutta Session of 1920, C.R. Das opposed
Gandhi.
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 a correct explanation of A
A is true but R is false
82) Consider the following statements:
Both Congress and Muslim League refused the offer of the Cripps
Mission.
2. The interim government formed in 1946 had nominees of the Congress
only and not those of the Muslim League.
Which of the statement is / are correct?
1 only c) Both 1 and 2 d) Neither 1 nor 2
83) In the year 1946, who among the following joined the Viceroy’s Executive
Council with finance portfolio?
a) Mohammad Ali Jinnah b) Liaqat Ali Khan c) Nawab Salimullah d)
Shaukat Ali
84) During whose tenure as the Viceroy of India were the great martyrs Bhagat
Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev hanged?
Lord Curzon c) Lord Minto d) Lord Chelmsford
85) During the India freedom struggle, which one of the following happened
earliest?
a) Simon Commission b) Gaya Session of Congress Tripuri
Session of Congress d) Gandhi-Irwin pact
The Rani Jhansi Regiment, the women’s regiment of the Azad Hind Fauj, was
under whose command?
a) Usha Mehta b) Anne Marecarence c) Annie Besant d)
Lakshmi Sehgal
87) Who among the following was elected as the President of All – India Khilafat
Conference met at Delhi in November, 1919?
 a) Motilal Nehru b) Mahatma Gandhi c) M.A. Jinnah
Shaukat Ali
88) Who among the following was NOT a member of the Cabinet Mission?
a) Sir Stafford Cripps b) A.V.Alexander c) Redcliff d0 pethwick
Lawrence
89) Who among the following Urdu poets was invited to the Second and third
RoundTable conference?
Faiz Ahmed Faiz d) Firq
Gorakhpuri
90) What is the correct sequence of the following events?
Bardoli Satyagraha 2. Rajkot Satyagraha 3. Champaran
Satyagraha 4. Nagpur Satyagraha
Select the correct answer using the codes given below –
1-2-4-3 c) 3-1-4-2 d) 3-4-1-2
91) When Lord Mountbatten became the first Governor General of free India, who
Who among the following became the Governor General for Pakistan?
Lord Mountbatten b) M.A. Jinnah c) Liaquat Ali Khan d)
Shaukat Ali
92) Which one of the following Commissions / Committees was appointed by the
British Government to investigate the massacre in Jallianwala Bagh?
a) Welby commission b) Hunter Commission c) Simon Commission
d) Butler Committees
October 26, 1947 is an important date in Indian history because of -
Maharaja Hari Singh’s singing of Instrument of Accession b)
Ceasefire with Pakistan c) Merger of Sind d) Declaration of War over India by
Pakistan
94) The Cabinet Mission was presided over by -
Lord Attlee Stafford Cripps Pathic
Lawrence
Which party did Jai Prakash Narayan belong to?
Congress Socialist
Who of the following shot dead General Dyer responsible for Jallianwala Bagh
Massacre?
Khudiram c) Madan Lal Dhingra d) Udham Singh
97) The Quit India Movement was led by –
B.R. Ambedkar c) Mahatma Gandhi d)
None of them
98) The mantra 'Do or Die' was given by –
P.C. Roy d) Mahatma Gandhi
99) Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev were hanged on –
a) March 23, 1931 b) March 23, 1932 c) March 23, 1933 d) March 23,
1934
100) Where was the Azad Hind Fauj established?
Japan Burma c) Singapur d) England
Who is known as 'Lok Nayak'?
Mahatma Gandhi b) Subhash Chandra Bose c) Jai Prakash
Narayan d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
102) At the time of transfer of Power (1947), one of the following states
possessed a well developed Congress Party Organisation, which was –
Hyderabad Mysore Junagadh
The Congress in Travencore launched a Civil Disobedience Movement.
against the autocratic Government of the Dewan of Travancore State, Who was –
C.P. Ramaswami Aiyar b) J, Krishna Swamy P.K. Warrier
d) Bhaskaran Nair
104) Which incident led Gandhiji to withdraw the Non-Cooperation Movement?
Kakori episode c) Jallianwala d)
Muzaffarpur episode
The Poona Pact aimed –
at Hindu-Muslim Unity c) at privileges
to princes to
review the Dyarchy
106) The object of the Butler Committee of 1927 was to -
a) modernize the Indian army b) modernize the Indian agriculture c)
impose censorship on National Press d) improve the relationship
between India and Indian Princely States
The massacre of the crowd at Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar took place on –
June 1, 1918 b) 13thApril, 1919 c) 14thApril, 1920 d) 6thJuly, 1921
108) The Second Round Table Conference at London was held in the backdrop of
the
a) Emerson – Gandhi Pact b) Hailey - Gandhi Pact c) Gandhi –
Irwin d) Gandhi – Simon Pact
Mahatma Gandhi’s close English compatriot during the freedom movement
was
Thomas Moore c) Charlie Freer (C.F.) Andrews d)
William Wavell
110) The first and last Indian to hold office as governor General of Independent
India was?
Jamanalal Bajaj c) Rajendra Prasad d) M.A.
Ansari
111) The Chairman of Joint Parliamentary Committee of the 1935 Bill that led to
the framing of the Government of India Act of 1935 was -
Lord Linlithgow Winston Churchill d)
Clement Attlee
112) The Prime Minister of England at the time of Quit India Movement was –
a) Chamberlain b) Churchill c) Clement Attlee d) Mac Donald
113) Which Congress President negotiated with both the Cripps Mission and Lord?
Wavell?
a) Abul Kalam Azad Jawaharlal Nehru c) J.B. Kripalani d)
C. Rajagopalachan

114) How many seats were given to depressed classes under the Communal Award?
and Poona Pact?
a) 74 and 79 respectively b) 71 and 147 respectively c) 78 and
80 respectively d) 78 and
69 respectively
115) Which among the following capitalists served as AICCTreasurer for a long?
time and went to jail in 1930?
a) G.D. Birla b) Jamanalal Bajaj c) J. R. D.Tata d) Balchand Hirachand
116) At which place in Bihar was the session of Indian National Congress of 1922?
held?
Haripura c) Gaya Ramgarh
117) Who played an important role in the signing of the Gandhi – Irwin Pact?
a) Motilal Nehru b) Madan Mohan Malviya c)Tej Bahadur Sapru
Chintamani
118) Why did Mahatma Gandhi support the Khilafat Movement?
a) Gandhiji wanted to win the support of the Indian Muslims against the
British
The Khalifa had given shelter to Indian revolutionaries.
c) The Khalifa supports the Indian struggle for freedom
d) The dhalifa was a personal friend of Gandhiji
119) Why did people gather to demonstrate at Jallianwala Bagh?
To protest against the arrest of Gandhiji and Lajpat Rai
against the arrest of Kitchlu and Satyapal c) Toofer prayers on the
Baisakhi Day to protest against the arbitrarily of inhuman acts of
the Punjab Government
120) In which place of Bihar did Gandhiji start the Satyagraha movement for the first time?
time in India?
a) Patna b) Goya Madhubani d) Champaran
121) When was the Rowlatt Act passed?
1919 1920 c) 1921 1922
122) Gandhiji launched the Non-Cooperation Movement in -
1920 b) 1919 c) 1921 1922
123) The Quit India Movement began on –
9thAugust, 1942 b) 10thAugust, 1942 c) 15thAugust, 1942 d)
16thAugust, 1942
124) The correct chronological order of the following events is -
1. C.R. Formula Cabinet Mission 4.
Wavel Plan
4-3-2-1 b) 1-2-3-4 c) 1-3-2-4 d) 1-3-4-2
125) Who of the following took the burning of the foreign clothes during the Non-
Co-operation Movement as 'insensate waste'?
a) Rabindranath Tagore b) Mohammad Ali c) Lord Reading d)
Motilal Nehru
126) Find out the correct sequence of the following from the code given below :
C. Rajagopalachari Plan b) Wavell Plan c) Mountbatten Plan d)
Cabinet Mission Plan

a) 1-2-3-4 b) 2-3-4-1 c) 1-2-4-3 d) 2-1-3-4

127) The name of the periodical among the following published by Mahatma
Gandhi during his stay in South Africa –
Navjivan Africaner
128) In which of the following did Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel play a leading role?
a) Bijolia Movement b) Dandi March c) Bardoli Satyagraha d)
Textile Mill Workers strike at Ahmedabad
A large crowd gathered in the Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar on April 13, 1919.
to protest against the arrest of -
a) Swami Shradhanand and Mazharul Haq b) Madam Mohar Malviya and
Mohammad Ali Jinnah c) Mahatma Gandhi and Abul Kalam Azad d)
Dr. Saifuddin Kitchhu and Dr. Satyapal
130) The date April 6, 1930 is known in Indian History for –
a) Dandi March by Mahatma Gandhi b) First Round Table Conference c)
Gandhi – Irwin pact d) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
131) Which of the following struggles of Mahatma Gandhi was related to
industrial workers ?
Champaran Satyagraha Ahmedabad Struggle c) Kheda
Struggle d) None of these
132) Consider the following statements and select the correct answer from the
code given here under :
Assertion (A) : In the wake of the Quit India Movement, the British and the
Muslims in their common hatred for the Congress are brought closer to each other.
Reasor (R) Jinnah acted as a staunch ally of the British Government
and told Muslims to keep away from the Congress movement of 1942.
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 a correct explanation of A
c) A is true but R is falsed) A is false but R is true
133) Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the code given
below :
List I List II
A) August Declaration Lord Linlithrow
B) August offer 2. Montague
C) August Resolution 3. M.A. Jinnah
D) Direct action 4. Gandhi
Codes : A B C D
a) 2 1 4 3
b) 1 2 4 3
c) 1 2 3 4
d) 4 1 2 3
134) Which of the following movements was Gandhiji NOT associated with?
a) Khilafat Movement b) Individual Satyagraha Movement c) Quit
India Movement d) Domestic
Movement
The main reason for the boycott of the Simon Commission in India was -
a) Appointment before time b) All the members were Englishmen c)
Chairman was a member of the British Liberal Party d) Gandhi's
Non-Cooperation Movement
Dyarchy was first introduced in India under -
Government of India Act, 1935 b) Morley – Minto Reforms c)
Mont – Ford Reforms d) Simon Commission Plan

The Poona Pact was signed between -

a) Gandhiji and Lord Irwin b) Gandhiji and Jinnah c) Gandhiji and
S. C. Bose d) Gandhiji and Ambedkar
138) Find the correct chronological order of the following events from the code
given below –
Civil Disobedience Movement 2. Individual Satyagraha 3. Quit
India Movement 4. Cripps Mission
Codes :
a) 1-2-4-3 b) 1-2-3-4 c) 2-1-3-4 d) 2-3-1-4
The freedom fighter who died in jail due to hunger strike was –
a) Bhagat Singh b) Bipin Chandra Pal c) Jatin Das d) subhash
Chadra Bose
140) Who of the following said, 'Mahatma Gandhi, like a fleeting phantom, raises
dust but not the level?
B.R. Ambedkar c)V.D. Savarkar d) None of
these
The province where the Indian National Congress could not get absolute
majority during the general election of 1937?
Bombay c) Orissa d) Bihar
142) In which chronological order did the following events take place?
1. Chauri – Chaura Episode 2. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre 3.
Rowlatt Satyagraha 4. Champaran Satyagraha
Codes :
a) 1-2-3-4 b) 2-3-4-1 c) 4-3-2-1 d) 3-2-4-1
143) The historic Dandi March is associated with –
Boycott of elections b) Violation of salt law Hindu Muslim unity
d) Abolition of untouchability
144) Who among the following decided to launch the Independent party on 16th
December, 1922?
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Lala Hardayal 2. Madan Mohan Malviya c) Mohammad Ali Jinnah 4.
Moti Lal Nehru
Codes :
a) 1 and 2 2 and 3 c) 3 and 4 d) 2 and 4
145) Which of the following statements are true about the Simon Commission?
Select the correct answer from the codes given below the statements:
It was appointed to enquire into the working of the 1919 Act
2. It was headed by Sir John Simon It recommended a Federal form
of Government. 4. It was
Opposed by the Indian leaders
Codes:
a) 1 and 2 only b) 1, 2 and 3 only c) 2, 3 and 4 d) All the above
146) Select the correct chronological order of the following events from the
codes given below :
Poona Pact 2. Quit India Movement 3
Conference
Codes:
a) 1-2-43 b) 4-3-2-1 3-4-1-2 d) 2-3-4-1
147) Which of the following institutions were founded during the Non-Co-
operation Movement (1920-22)?
Kashi Vidyapeeth Gujrat University 3. Jamila Milia 4.
Kashi Hindu University
Select the correct answer from the codes given below?
a) 1 y 2 solamente b) 2 and 3 only c) 1, 2 and 3 only d) All the above
148) Which one of the following was favoured by Nehru but not favoured by
Gandhi?
a) Truth b) Non-violence c) Untouchability d) Heavy
industrialization
149) Consider :
Assertion (A): Nehru had no regard for Upanishads
Reasor (R) His attitude was scientific.
Codes :
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A.
 c) A is true but R is false d) A is false but R is true
150) Who among the following Pakistani National was awarded ‘Bharat Ratna’ by
the Indian Government?
a) Liaquat Ali Khan b) M.A. Jinnah c) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan d)
Muhammad Iqbal
151) In the Delhi Congress Session on June 14, 1947, the resolution for India’s
The partition was passed. The session was presided over by:
Rajendra Prasad c) Acharya J.B.
Krikplan d) Jawahar Lal Nehru
152) Who declared, 'Every blow that is hurled on my back will be a nail in the
coffin of the British Empire ?
Lala Lajpat Rai c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak d)
Chandra Sekhar Azad
153) Who were directly related to the Poona Pact of 1932?
a) Indian Women b) Indian Labour Class Indian Farmers d)
Indian Depressed Classes
154) Who is the author of the autobiography 'The Indian Struggle'?
a) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad b) Jawahar Lal Nehru Lala Lajpat
Rai d) Subhas Chandra Bose
There is going to be a revolution here (in India) and we must get out quick.
Who is it?
Stafford Cripps c) Lord Wavell d)
A.V.Alexander
156) Who was nominated President of the Indian National Congress after the
resignation of Subhash Chandra Bose?
a) Abul Kalam Azad b) Rajendra Prasad c) Pattabhi
Sitaramaiyya d) Vallabhbhai Patel
157) Who was the Nationalist Leader to be elected as Speaker of Central
Legislative Assembly in 1925?
Moti Lal Nehru c) Vallabhbhai Patel d)
C.R. Das
The first mass movement started by Mahatma Gandhi was -
Non-Cooperation Movement Quit India
Indigo Movement
Who had founded the Independent League?
a) Motilal Nehru b) Mahatma Gandhi c) Ras Behari Bose d) Red
Lajpat Rai
During India’s struggle for independence, who was the first to start?
Truth-force
Sardar Patel b) Jawahar Lal Nehru c) Vinoba Bhave d)
Mahatma Gandhi
Sabarmati Ashram, established by Mahatma Gandhi during the course of
India’s independence movement is located on the outskirt of -
Gandhinagar b) Ahmedabad c) Rajkot d)
Wardha
162) Who of the following suggested the winding up of the Indian National
Congress after India attained freedom?
a) C. Rajagopalachari b) Achary J.B. Kripalani c) Mahatma Gandhi
d) Jai Prakash Narayan
Gandhiji took up the Dandi March as a Civil Disobedience Movement on -
 31stDecember, 1929 b) 26thJanuary, 1930 c) 12thMarch,
1930 d) 6thApril, 1930
Who was the first person to observe Individual Satyagraha?
vinboba Bhave c) Vallabh Bhai Patel d)
Govind Ballabh Pant
165) Which of the following Acts was described by Jawahar Lal Nehru as ‘New
Charter of Slavery?
Government of India Act, 1919 b) Government of India Act, 1935
c) Regulating Act of 1773 d) Pitt's India Act of 1784
Who wrote 'Unhappy India'?
a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak Lala Lajpat Rai
d) Dadabhai Naoroji
167) Give the correct chronological order of the following events –
Formation of Muslim League 2. Formation of All India
Untouchability League
3. formation of All India Trade Union Congress 4. Formation of Indian
National Congress
a) 2-4-1-3 3-4-1-2 c) 4-3-1-2 d) 4-1-3-2
168) The Indian National Congress observed 'Independence Day' for the first
time on 26thJanuary in –
1920 b) 1925 c) 1930 d) 1947
When did the Cabinet Mission arrive in India?
1942 b) 1945 c) 1946 1947
170) Who among the following was NOT a signatory to the historic Poona Pact of
1932 ?
B.R. Ambedkar Madam Mohan Malviya C. Rajagopalachari
d) M.K. Gandhi
Who was the first Governor General of Independent India?
C. Rajagopalachari b) Warren Hastings c) Lord Dalhousie d) Lord
Mountbatten
172) When was the Non-Cooperation Movement suspended?
1940 b) 1932 1922 1920
173) Assertion (A): A protest, led by Lala Lajpat Rai, was organized in Lahore in
1928 against Simon Commission
Reasor (R) The Simon Commission did not have a single Indian member.
in it.
a) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
Both A and R are true, but R is not a correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false b) A is false but R is true
Jammu and Kashmir became an integral part of India on -
a) 26thOctober, 1947 b) 26thOctober, 1948 c) 26th November,
1948 d) None of these

175) Who was the Commander-in-Chief of INA before Subhash Chandra Bose?
Giani Pritam Singh b) Capt. Mohan Singh c) Major Fuzihara d)
Capt. Suraj Mal
176) Arrange the following events in chronological order -
Dandi March Simla Pact 3. Death of Tilak 4.
Champaran Satyagraha
Select the answer from the following codes –
1-3-4-2 c) 3-4-2-1 d) 4-3-1-2
The whole dispute between Subhash Chandra Bose and the right wing, after the
The Tripuri Session of Congress centered around the question of –
formation of Congress Working committee
States c) attitude towards Central Government d) Double
membership of Congress Socialist Party members
178) Gandhiji's Champaran Movement was for -
a) The security of rights of Harijans b) Civil Disobedience Movement
Maintaining the unity of Hindu Society d) Solving the
problem of Indigo Workers
The goal of the Lahore Congress (1929) was -
a) Self government for India b) Federal government for India c)
Complete Independence for India d) Local Self-government for
India
The Muslim League first gave the call for a separate state of Pakistan in –
1939 b) 1940 c) 1941 1942
Who was the first Indian woman to preside over the Indian National Congress?
Congress?
a) Sarojini Naidu b) Padmaja Naidu c) Annie Besant d)
Pritilata Waddekar
182) Montague-Chelmsford reforms provided for -
diarchy b) provincial autonomy c) partial independence d)
separate communal electorate
183) Who founded the All India Harijan Sangh?
a) B. R. Ambedkar b) Mahatma Gandhi Jai Prakash Narayan d)
Raj Narayan
The aim of the Swarajya Party was to -
a) Agitate for total freedom b) Boycott the congress move c) Enter
the legislature and wreck the government from within d) Resort to
extremism
185) Who gave the slogan 'Jai Hind'?
M.K. Gandhi b) J.L. Nehru c) S.C. Bose d) B.G. Tilak
When was the Non-Cooperation Movement called off?
12thFebruary, 1922 20thFebruary, 1922 c) 19thFebruary, 1922
d) 28thFebruary, 1922
187) Who was the first person to establish an independent Indian Army outside
India?
M.N. Roy c) Ras Bihari Bose d) Subhash Chandra
Bose
188) Who accompanied Bhagat Singh to bomb at the Central Legislature
Assembly in Delhi?
Chandra Sekhar Azad c) Batukeswar Dutta d)
Paramanand
The Rowlatta Act was passed in the year –
a) 1916 b) 1918 c) 1919 d) 1921
Where did the Tebhaga Movement occur in 1946?
Bihar b) Punjab c) Gujrat d) Bengal
Who handed over the charge of the Indian National Army to Netaji Subhash?
Chandra Bose?
Ras Bihari Bose c) Hardayal d) Mahedra Pratap
192) In which year was the Swarajya Party established?
1923 b) 1925 c) 1930 1941
193) Who was known as the Frontier Gandhi (Simanta Gandhi) ?
a) Abdul Ghaffar Khan b0 Mahatma Gandhi c) Shaukat Ali d)
Mohammad Ali Jinnah
194) When was the Azad Hind Fauj formed?
a) 1stOctober, 1939 10 August, 1940 c) 11thMay, 1941
1stSeptember, 1942
195) Who was called the 'Iron Man of India'?
a) Sardar Ballabhbhai Patel b) Surendranath Bennerjee c) Bipin
Chandra Pal d) Lala Rajpat Rai
196) Which one of the following is NOT a feature of the Government of India Act
of 1935?
a) Diarchy at the centre as well as in the provinces b) A bicameral
legislature c) Provincial autonomy An All India Federation
The Indian National Army (INA) came into existence in 1943 in ?
Japan b) then Burma c) Singapore d) then Malaya
198) After returning from South Africa, Gandhiji launched his first successful
Satyagraha in -
Chauri-Chaura c) Camparan d) Bardoli
199) Assertion (A): Lord Linlithgow described the August Movement of 1942 as
the most serious revolt after the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857.
Reasor (R) Peasants joined the movement in large numbers in some
places
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
Both A and R are true, but R is not a correct explanation of A.
A is true but R is false
200) At the time of the partition of India, which one of the following provinces of
British India came forward with a plan for a united and independent existence.
Punjab b) Assam Bengal d) Bihar
The Balkan Plan for fragmentation of India was the brain-child of –
a)W.Churchil M.A. Jinnah c) Lord Mountbatten ..P
V)d
Menon
Who among the following leaders proposed to adopt Complete
Independence as the goal of the congress in the Ahmedabad Session of 1920?
Abul Kalam Azad Hasarat Mohani d)
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Who among the following organized the famous Chittagong armoury raid?
Laxmi Sehgal b) Surya Sen c) Batukeshwar Dattu d) J.M.
Sengupta
204) During the Indian freedom struggle, the Khudai Khidmatgars, also known as
Red Shirts (Lal Kurtis), called for –
a) the Pathan nationalist unity and a struggle against colonialism
b) the union of Pashtun tribal areas in the north-west with Afghanistan
c) the adoption of terrorist tactics and methods for terrorizing and finally
ousting the colonial rulers
the adoption of communist revolutionary ideology for political and social
reform
205) Assertion (A): The effect of labor participation in the Indian nationalist
The upsurge of the early 1930s was weak.
Reasor (R) The labour leaders considered the ideology of Indian
National Congress as bourgeois and reactionary.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
 Both A and R are true, but R is not a correct explanation of A.
A is true but R is false
The last opportunity to avoid the partition of India was lost with the
rejection of –
Cripps Mission c) Cabinet Mission
Wavel Plan
The real intention of the British to include the Princely states in the Federal
Union proposed by the India Act of 1935 was to -
a) exercise more and direct political and administrative control over the
princely States
b) involve the princes actively in the administration of the colony
c) finally effect the complete political and administrative take-over of all
the princely states by the British
d) use the princes to counter-balance the anti-imperialist doctrines of the
nationalist leaders
The President of Indian National Congress at the time of partition of India
was
C. Rajagopalachari j. B. Kripalani c) Jawaharlal Nehru d)
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
209) When Congress leaders condemned the Montague-Chelmsford Report,
many moderates left the party to form the -
Indian Liberal Federation b) Swarj Party c) Indian Freedom Party
d) Independence Federation of India
210) With reference to the Indian freedom struggle, which one of the following
Which statements are NOT correct?
a) The Rowlatt Act aroused a wave of popular indignation and led to the
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
Subhash Chandra Bose formed the Forward Bloc
c) Bhagat Singh was one of the founders of Hindustan Republican Socialist
Association
In 1931, the Congress Session at Karachi opposed the Gandhi-Irwin Pact.
211) Who was the head of the Interim Cabinet formed in 1946?
Rajendra Prasad c) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Rajagopalachari
212) The leader of the Bardoli Satyagraha (1928) was –
a) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel b) Mahatma Gandhi c) Vitthalbhai J.
Patel d) Mahadev Desai
213) The Montague – Chelmford Report formed the basis of :
the India Councils Act, 1909
the Government of India Act, 1935 the India Independence Act.
1947
214) During the Indian freedom struggle, who among the following proposed
that Swaraj should be defined as complete independence free from all foreign
control?
Mazharul Haque c) Hakim Ajmal Khan
d) Abul Kalam Azad
215) The name of the famous person of India who returned the knighthood
conferred on him by the British Government as a token of protest against the
atrocities in Punjab in 1919 was -
Tej Bahadur Sapru b) Ashutosh Mukherjee c) Rabindra Nath
Tagore d) Syeed Ahmed Khan
216) Consider the following events during India’s freedom struggle?
Chauri-Chaura Outrage 2. Morley – Minto Reforms 3. Dandi
March 4. Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms
Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the events
above?
1-3-2-4 c) 1-4-2-3 d) 2-3-1-4
217) Consider the following statements:
1. asked the government servants to regign 2. Asked the soldiers to leave
their posts 3. Asked the princes of the Princely States to accept the sovereignty
of their own people
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
a) 1 and 2 only b) 2 and 3 only c) 3 only d) 1, 2 and 3
218) In which one of the following provinces was a congress ministry not formed?
under the Act of 1935?
Bihar b) Madras c) Odisha d) Punjab
219) A which Congress Session Working Committee authorised the launch a
program of Civil Disobedience?
Bombay c) Lucknow d)Tripuri
In October, 1920, who among the following led a group of Indians gathered
in Tashkent to set up a Communist Party of India?
a) H.K. Sarkar b)P.C. Joshi c) M.C. Chagla M.N. Roy
221) Who among the following drafted the resolution on Fundamental rights and
Economic Programme for the Karachi Session of Congress in 1931?
a) B.R. Ambedkar b) Pandit Jawahr Lal Nehru c) Rajendra Prasad d)
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
222) Consider the following statements:
Lord Mountbatten was the Viceroy when the Simla conference took place.
2. Indian Navy Revolt, 1946 took place when the Indian Navy at Bombay
and Karachi rose against the Government.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
a) 1 only b) 2 only c) Both 1 and 2 only d) Neither 1 nor 2
223) Consider the following statements.
1. In the first round table Conference, Dr. Ambedkar demanded separate
electorates for the depressed classes
2. In the Poona Pact, special provisions for representation of the
depressed people in the local bodies and civil services were made.
3. The Indian National Congress did not take part in the third Round Table.
Conference
Which of the statements given above is / are correct ?
1 and 2 c) 1 and 3 d) 1, 2 and 3
Which party was founded by Subhash Chandra Bose in the year 1939 after
Did he break away from the Congress?
Indian Freedom Party d)
Forward Bloc
225) Consider the following statements:
The Government of India Act, 1935 provided for:
The provincial autonomy 2. The establishment of Federal Court 3.
All Indian Federation at the Centre
Which of the statements given above are correct?
1 and 2 c) 1 and 3 d) 1, 2 and 3
226) Under whose presidency was the Lahore Session of the resolution held?
adopted to gain Complete Independence from the British?
 a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak b) Gopal Krishna Gokhle c) Jawahar Lal Nehru
Moti Lal Nehru
227) Which portfolio was held by Dr. Rajendra Prasad in the Interim government
formed in the year 1946?
Defence c) Food
and Agriculture d) None of these
228) Which one of the following aroused a wave of popular indignation that led
to the massation that led to the massacre by the British at Jallianwala Bagh?
a) The Arms Act b) The Public Safety Act c) The Rowlatt Act d)
The Vernacular Press Act
229) Who wrote the book ‘The story of the Integration of the Indian States’?
B.N. Rao c) Krishn Menon d)V.P.Menon
230) Assertion (A): According to the Wavel Plan, the number of Hindus and
Muslim members in the Executive Council were equal.
Reason (R) Wavel thought that this arrangement would have
avoided the partition of India.
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 a correct explanation of A
A is true but R is false
Who was the Viceroy of India when the Rowlatt Act was passed?
a) Lord Irwin b) Lord Reading Lord Chelmsford
232) Which one of the following suggested the reconstitution of the Viceroy’s
Executive Council in which all the portfolios including that of War members were
to be held by the Indian leaders?
a) Simon Commission Simla Conference c) Crippe Proposal d)
Cabinet Mission
233) During the Indian freedom struggle, who of the following raised an army
called 'Free Indian Legion'?
a) Lala Hardayal b) Ras Behari Bose c) Subhash Chandra Bose d)
V.D. Savarkar
234) Assertion (A): The Congress Ministries in all provinces resigned in the
year 1939.
Reason (R) The Congress did not accept the decision of the viceroy.
to declare war against Germany in the context of the Second World War.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A.
A is true but R is false
Who among the following Gandhian followers was a teacher by profession?
A.N. Sinha Braj Kishore Prasad c) J.B. Kripalani
Rajendra Prasad
236) Which one of the following was a journal brought out by Abul Kalam Azad?
Al-Hilal Comrade d) Landlord
237) Consider the following statements:
1. The discussion in the third round table conference eventually led to the
passing of the Government of India act of 1935.
2. the Government of India Act of 1935 provided for the establishment of
an all India Federation to be based on a union of the Provinces of British
India and the Princely States.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
a) 1 only b) 2 only c) Both 1 and 2 d) Neither 1 nor 2
238) Who of the following Prime Ministers sent the Cripps Mission to India?
 a) Ramsay MacDonald b) Stamely Baldwin c) Neville
Chamberlain d) Winston Churchill
239) During the Indian freedom struggle, why did the Rowlatt Act arouse popular unrest?
indignation?
It curtailed the freedom of religion It suppressed the Indian
traditional education c) It authorized the government to imprison
people without trial d) It curbed the Trade-Union activities
240) In the individual Satyagraha, Vinoba Bhave was chosen as the first.
Satyagrahi. Who was the second person without trial?
a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad b) Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru c) C.
Rajagopalachari d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
241) Consider the following statements :
The Cripss Proposal includes the provision for:
Full independence for India 2. Creation of constitution-making
body
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
a) 1 only b) 2 only 3. Both 1 and 2 d) Neither 1 nor 2
242) With reference to Commission’s recommendations,
Which one of the following statements is correct?
a) It recommended the replacement of diarchy with responsible
government in the province
b) It proposed the setting up of an interprovincial council under the Home
Department
It suggested the abolition of bicameral legislature at the centre
d) It recommended the creation of Indian Police Service with a provision for
increased pay and allowances for British recruits as compared to Indian
recruits
243) After the Quit India Movement, C. Rajagopalachari issued a pamphlet entitled
'The Way Out'. Which one of the following was a proposal in this document?
a) The establishment of a ‘War Advisory Council’ composed of
representatives of British India and the Princely States.
b) Reconstitution of the Central Executive in such a way that all its
members, except the governor leaders
c) Fresh elections to the Central and Provincial Legislatures to be held at
the end of 1945 and the constitution – making body to be convened as
as soon as possible
d) A solution for the constitutional deadlock
244) Who, among the following, were official Congress negotiators with Cripps?
Mission?
a) Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Patel b) Acharya J.B. Kripalani and C.
Rajagopalachari c) Pandit Nehru and Maulana Abul Kalam Azad d)
Dr. Rajendra Prasad and Rafi Ahmed Kidwai
The Congress ministries resigned in the seven provinces in 1939, because
a) the Congress could not form ministries in the other four provinces
b) the emergence of a 'Left wing' in the Congress made the working of the
ministries impossible
there were widespread communal disturbances in their provinces
d) None of the statements 'a', 'b', and 'c' given above is correct.
246) Which of the following parties were established by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar?
The Peasants and Workers Party of India All India Scheduled Castes
Federation 3. The Independent Labour Party
 Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
a) 1 and 2 only b) 2 and 3 only c) 1 and 3 only d) 1, 2 and 3
Mahatma Gandhi undertook a fast unto death in 1932, mainly because
a) RoundTable Conference failed to satisfy Indian Political aspirations
b) Congress and Muslim League had differences of opinion
c) Ramsay MacDonald announced the Communal Award
d) None of the statements ‘a’, ‘b’, and ‘c’ given above is correct in this
context
The Rowlatta Act aimed at
a) compulsory economic support to waste efforts imprisonment with
out trial and summary procedures for trial c) imposition of restrictions
on freedom of the press d) suppression of the Khilafat Movement
The Lahore Session of the Indian National Congress (1929) is very important
in history, because
the Congress passed a resolution demanding complete independence
2. the rift between the extremists and moderates was resolved in that
session
A resolution was passed rejecting the two-nation theory in that session.
Which of the statements given above is / are correct?
a) only 1 b) 2 only c) 1 and 3 d) None of the above
Answers
d 5-b 6-d 7-b 8-a 9-a 10-c 11-c 12-a
c
d
d
c
c
b
b
c
109-c 110-b 111-a 112-b 113-a 114-b 115-b 116-c 117-c 118-a 119-b 120-d
121-a122-a123-a124-d125-a126-c127-d128-c129-d130-a131-b132-a
133-a134-d135-b136-c137-d138-a139-c140-a141-b142-c143-b144-d
145-d146-a147-c148-d149-d150-c151-a152-a153-d154-d155-c156-b
157-b158-a159-a160-d161-b162-c163-c164-a165-b166-b167-d168-c
169-c170-c171-d172-c173-a174-a175-b176-d177-a178-d 179-c
180-b
181-a182-a183-b184-c185-c186-a187-c188-c189-c190-d191-a192-a
193-a194-d195-a196-a197-c198-c199-b200-a201-c202-b203-b204-a
205-a 206-c 207-d 208-b 209-a 210-d 211-b 212-a 213-b 214-b 215-c 216-b
217-d218-d219-b220-d221-b222-b223-c224-d225-d226-c227-c228-c
229-d230-c231-c232-b233-c234-a235-c236-a237-c238-d239-c240-b
241-b242-a243-d244-c245-d246-b247-c248-b249-a

20. Miscellaneous (Modern

india
In which field of Art did Jamini Roy make his name?
Sculpture Painting
2) Which, among the following, is NOT a work of Rabindranath Tagore?
a) Chitra The Ship of Kundala c) The Court Dencer d) Chitrangada
3) Who was the architect of North and South Blocks of the Central Secretariat in
Delhi?
a) Sir Edward Lutyens Herbert Backers d)
Antonin Raymond
4) Who from the following leaders was NOT assassinated?
a) Mahatma Gandhi b) Liaqat Ali Khan c) Muhammad Ali Jinnah d)
Lord Mountbatten
5) Match the following:
List I List II
A. Lord Clive 1. Subsidiary Alliance
B. Lord Wellesley 2. Indian Universities Act
C. Lord Dalhousie 3. Doctrine of Lapse
D. Lord Curzon 4. Dual government in Bengal
Codes : A B C D
a) 2 3 4 1
b) 4 1 3 2
c) 4 3 2 1
d) 1 4 2 3
6) Who painted the masterpiece 'Hamsa Damyanti'?
a) Ajolie Ela Menon b) AbanindranathTagore c) Amrita Shergil d)
King Ravi Varma
7) The immortal national song Bande Mataram has been written by –
Rabindranath Tagore b) Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyaya c)
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya Surendranath Bandopadhyaya
8) Who among the following made it possible for the Indians to enter the Indian
Civil Services (ICS) through an open competitive examination?
William Bentick c) May Ripon
9) High Courts were established in Calcutta, Bombay and Madras.
1935 1919 c) 1892 1865
10) When did the British make English the medium of instruction (education) in
India?
1813 1833 c) 1835 1844
11) During whose Viceroyship did the High Court come into existence at the three
presidential cities of Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay?
Warren Hastings d) Lord Dalhousie
12) Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given
below the Lists :
List I (Person) List II (Associated with the
party)
A. Sarojini Naidu Muslim League
B. M.A. Jinnah Indian National Congress
C.Tej Bahadur 3. Hindu Mahasabha
D.V.D. Savarkar 4. Liberal Party
Codes : A B C D
2 1 4 3
b) 2 1 3 4
c) 2 4 1 3
d) 4 1 3 2
13) Who gave the concept of Total Revolution?
Jai Prakash Narayan b) Mahatma Gandhi Karl Marx
14) Who is the author of the novel 'Devdas'?
 Rabindranath Tagore Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya c)
Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyaya d) Munshi Premchand
15) Which one among the following is regarded as the Magna Carta of India?
Education?
a) Wood's Despatch b) Hunter Commission c) Sadler
Commission d) Wardha Scheme
16) Give the correct chronological order of the following events:
Formation of Muslim League
League 3. Formation of All India Trade Union Congress 4.
Formation of Indian National Congress
a) 2-4-1-3 3-4-1-2 c) 4-3-1-2 4-1-3-2
Who is known as 'Nightingale of India'?
Vijaya Laxmi Pandit b) Lata Mangeshkar c) Sarojini Naidu d)
Noor Jahan
18) Which one of the following Viceroys of India utilized local for the first time?
Self-government as the basis of election?
a) Lord Bentick b) Lord Cornwallis c) Lord Ripon Lord
Lansdowne
19) Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
Anand Math – Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Surendra Nath Bannerjee c) Poverty and Un-British Rule in India –
Dadabhai Naoroji d) Unhappy India – Lala Lajpat Rai
20) The constitution of India was adopted by the constituent Assembly on -
August 15, 1947 January 30, 1948 November 26, 1949 January 26, 1950
21) Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given.
below the lists :
List I (Acts) List II (Purpose)
A. Government of India Act, 1919 Provincial autonomy
B. Government of India Act, 1935 Separate electorates
C. Morley-Minto Reforms 3. Partition of India
D. Mountbatten Plan 4. Dyarchy
Codes : A B C D
a) 2 1 4 3
b) 4 3 2 1
c) 2 3 4 1
d) 4 1 2 3
22) Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given
below lists :
List I (Publication) ListII (Person)
A. Vande Mataram Annie Besant
B. Common Weal 2. Bhupendra Nath Pal
C. The Pupil 3. Bipin Chandra Pal
D.Yugantar 4. Lala Lajpat Rai
Codes : A B C D
a) 2 4 1 3
b) 3 1 4 2
c) 2 1 4 3
d) 3 4 1 2
23) The Universities of Calcutta, Madras and Bombay were founded in the year -
1845 b) 1854 c) 1857 d) 1961
24) Who amongst the following is the author of the famous classical book ‘A
Passage to India
 Mark Twain b) Nayantara Sehgal c) Nirad C. Choudhuri d)
E.M. Forster
Teachers’ Day is celebrated on the British day of –
Jawahar Lal Nehru b) S. Radha Krishnan c) Rajendra Prasad d)
Indira Gandhi
e) Mahatma Gandhi
26) The National Calendar, which is based on the Sake Era, was introduced in the
year
a) 1957 b) 1951 1949 1947
27) Match List I with List II and select the correct answer:
List I (Person) List II (Books)
A. Chaudhary Khaliquzzaman India Wins Freedom
B. Jawahar Lal Nehru 2. Pathway to Pakistan
C. Abul Kalam Azad 3. India Divided
D. Rajendra Prasad 4. Discovery of India
Codes : A B C D
a) 4 2 1 3
b) 3 1 4 2
c) 1 3 4 2
d) 2 4 1 3
28) With reference to the Indian Freedom struggle, which one among the following
Which events occurred earliest?
Gandhi – Irwin pact b) Lucknow Pact c) Cripps Mission Proposals
d) August offer
29) Who among the following started the newspaper ‘Bande Mataram’?
Barindra Kumar Ghosh c) Devendra Nath
Tagore d) Surendra Nath Bannerjee
30) The author of 'Nil Darpan' was -
a) Dinbandhu Mitra b) Sivnath Shastri c) Devendra NathTagore
d) Harishchandra Mukherjee
31) Who was responsible for the introduction of the Vernacular Press Act?
Lord Mayo Lord Lytton c) Lord Ripon d) Lord Curzon
32) Who is the author of the book ‘Glimpses of World History’?
Abul Kalam Azad b) Jawahar Lal Nehru c) S. Gopalan d)
S. Radhakrishnan
33) To date, who is the only Indian to have been awarded the Nobel Prize for
literature?
Ramdhari Singh Dinkar b) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee c)
Rabindranath Tagore d) R.K. Narayan
Who was the prime minister of England when India got independence ?
Attlee b) Churchill c) Thatcher d) Wilson
35) Who was the first Indian to get selected in ICS?
a) Satyendra Nath Tagore b) Sarojini Naidu c) Lala Lajpat Rai d)
C.R. Das
36) Who headed the Cabinet Mission?
a) Stafford Cripps b) A.V.Alexander c) Lord Pathic Lawrence d) None
of these
37) Which British Governor General introduced Postage Stamp in India?
Lord Dalhousie c) Lord Canning d) Lord
William Bentick
38) Consider the following statements :
 1. Lord Mountbatten was sent to India in place of Lord Wavell as the
Governor General of Indian in March 1947.
2. In July 1947, the British Government passed the Act containing the main
provisions of the Mountbatten Plan. This is known as the Indian
Independence Act.
Which of these statements is/are correct?
a) 1 only b) 2 only c) Both 1 and 2 d) Neither 1 nor 2
39) Consider the following statements:
Bengal was separated into two provinces during the term of Lord Minto.
as the Viceroy of India.
The Simon Commission came to India while Lord Irwin was the viceroy.
India.
3. The Government of India Act of 1919 is also known as Montagu-
Chelmsford Reforms.
Which of these statements are correct:
a) 1, 2 and 3 b) 1 and 2 c) 1 and 3 d) 2 and 3
40) Who, among the following, was associated with the newspaper ‘The Common
Weal?
a) Jonh Bright b) Shyamji Verma c) William Wedderburn d) Annie
Besant
41) With reference to the Indian freedom struggle, consider the following events?
Champaran Satyagraha Jallianwala Bagh
Tragedy 4. Partition of Bengal
a) 1-4-3-2 b) 4-1-2-3 c) 1-4-2-3 d) 4-1-3-2
42) Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given
below the lists :
List I(Events) List II (Person)
A. Dandi March Surya Sen
B. Home Rule Movement 2. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C. Chittgong Armoury 3. Muzaffar Ahmed
D. Kaepur Conspiracy Case Gahdhijee
Codes : A B C D
a) 3 2 1 4
b) 3 1 2 4
c) 4 2 1 3
d) 4 1 2 3
43) Which one of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched?
Lord Wellesley Subsidiary Alliance
b) Lord Dalhousie Doctrine of Lapse
c) Lord Rippon Vernacular Press Act
d) Lord Curzon Partition of Bengal
44) Which one of these following pairs is correctly matched?
Mahatma Gandhi Home Rule Movement
b) Annie Besant Non-cooperation Movement
c) Jawahar Lal Nehru Khilafat Movement
d) Lala Hardayal Hindustan Ghadar Party
Which one, among the following newspapers, was published first?
a) The Madras Mail b) The Inisan Social Reformer c) The Bengali
Gazette d) The Times of India
46) Bande Mataram, the nationalist song, was part of –
Durgesh Nandini b) Saraswati Chandra c) House d)
Anand Math
47) consider the following statement and identify with the help of the code given
below the Viceroy who made the statement and when – 'In maybilief, congress is
tottering to its fall and one of my great ambitions while in India is to assist to a
peaceful?
Codes :
a) Lord Curzon, in a letter to the Secretary of State in 1900
b) Lord Curzon, while announcing the partition of Bengal
c) Lord Dufferin, during the farewell speech at Calcutta
d) Lord Minto, while addressing the Muslim delegation which met him at
Shimla in 1906
48) Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given.
below lists :
List I List II
A.W.C. Bannerjee Home Rule Movement
B. Annie Besant Indian revolutionary
C. Madanlal Dhingra 3. Swaraj Party
D. Moti Lal Nehru 4. First President of INC
Codes : A B C D
a) 1 4 3 2
b) 1 4 2 3
c) 4 1 3 2
d) 4 1 2 3
49) Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
a) Surendra Nath Bennerjee Home Rule Movement
b) Lala Hardayal Organized an army in Europe for India’s
freedom
c) Raja Radhakant Deb Opposed the abolition of the
practice of Sati
Sayed Ahmed Khan Founder of the Muslim League in
1906
50) Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
Warren Hastings The Battle of Plassey
b) Lord Cornwallis The Permanent Settlement of Bengal
c) Lord Wellesley The Prohibition of Sati
d) Lord Dalhousie Local self Government
51) The introduction of local self-government in the modern period of India is
associated with the administration of
a) Lord Ripon b) Lord Irwin c) Lord Dufferin d) Lord Canning
52) Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given.
below the Lists :
List I (Period) List II(Event)
A. 1757 AD 1. Battle of Plassey
1764 AD Treaty of Salbai
C. 1776 AD 3. Battle of Buxar
D. 1782 AD Treaty of Purandhar
Codes : A B C D
a) 2 3 4 1
b) 1 3 4 2
c) 2 4 3 1
d) 1 4 3 2
53) Consider the following statements:
 The first Governor General of India under the British Rule was Warren.
Hastings.
The first Governor General of free India was Dr. Rajendra Prasad.
Which of these statements is/ are correct?
a) 1 only b) 2 only c) Both 1 and 2 both d) Neither 1 nor 2
54) Consider the following statements:
The queen of England was declared as the empress of India in 1858.
Emperor George V and Empress Mary had organised the Royal Court in
Delhi in 1911.
Which of these statements is / are correct?
a) 1 only b) only 2 c) 1 and 2 both d) Neither 1 nor 2
55) Consider the following statements:
The first session of the Indian National Congress was held in Calcutta.
2. The second session of the Indian National Congress was held under the
Presidency of Dadabhai Naoraji.
3. Both the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League held their session at
Lucknow in 1916 and concluded the Lucknow Pact.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
1 and 2 c) 1 and 3 d) 1, 2 and 3
56) Consider the following statements about the National Anthem?
1. It was first sung on 27 Dec., 1911 at the Calcutta Session of the Indian
National Congress.
It was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on January 26, 1950.
3. Playing time of the full version of the National Anthem in approximately
52 seconds.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
a) 1 only b) 1 and 2 c) 1 and 3 d) 2 and 3
57) Consider the following statements :
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya was the first graduate of the Calcutta
University.
Satyendranath Tagore was the first Indian to qualify for the Indian Civil Service.
service (ICS).
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
a) 1 only b) 2 only c) Both 1 and 2 d) Neither 1 nor 2
58) Who is the author of the book 'Mother India'?
Annie Besant Katherine Frank Sister
Nivedita
59) Consider the following statement:
1. At the time of independence, the Government of India followed the
based on Saka era.
The National Calendar commenced on Chaitra 1, Saka 1879
corresponding to 22 March, 1957 AD.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
a) 1 only b) 2 only c) Both 1 and 2 d) Neither 1 nor 2
60) What is the correct sequence of the following events?
1. Rowlatt Act 2. Gandhi – Irwin pact 3. Morley – Minto Reforms
4. Ilbert Bill
Select the correct answer using the codes given below –
Codes :
1-2-4-3 c) 4-1-3-2 3-4-1-2
61) Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given
below the lists :
 List I (Person) List II (Associated
information
A. Gopal Krishna Gokhle Servants of India Society
B. Madan Mohan Malviya 2. Benaras Hindu University
C. C. Rajagopalachari 3. Free India Society
D.V.D. Savarkar 4. Freedom Party
Codes : A B C D
a) 1 2 4 3
b) 3 4 2 1
4 1 3 2
d) 3 2 4 1
62) What is the painting school of Bihar?
Madhubani Srirangam c) Pichhawai Mughal
63) Who has written 'Flag Song'?
Rabindranath Tagore
Gupta
Shyamlar Gupta

1833 1853 c) 1858 d) 1882

65) Who founded the 'Amrit Bazar Patrika'?
Girish Chandra Ghosh c) Surendranath
Banerjee d) Sisir Kumar Ghosh
66) When did the British Government appoint Sadler University Commission for
reforms in education ?
1919 b) 1917 c) 1921 1896
67) Match Correctly –
A. Bardoli Maharashtra
B. Chauri Chaura 2. Gujarat
C.Yarvada 3. West Bengal
D. Noakhali 4. Uttar Pradesh
Codes : A B D C
a) 1 2 3 4
b) 2 1 4 3
c) 2 4 1 3
d) 4 1 3 2
68) Who, among the following, was called ‘Tagore of Punjab’ ?
Puran Singh b) Mohan Singh Kartar Singh Duggal
Pritam
69) Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the options given.
below :
List I List II
A. Socialist Party C.R. Das
B. Communist 2. Ram Manohar Lohiya
C. Swaraj party 3. Lala Hardayal
D. Ghadar Party 4.P.C. Joshi
Codes : A B C D
a) 2 4 1 3
b) 3 4 1 2
c) 2 1 3 4
d) 4 3 2 1
70) Which one of the following is NOT correctly matched?
 a) Lord Cornwallis – Permanent Settlement b) Lord Wellesley –
Subsidiary Alliance system c) Lord Hastings – Second Anglo – Maratha war
d) Lord William Bentick – Regulation XVII of 1829
71) In the Hunter Commission report, special emphasis was laid on the
development of –
Giris' education c) primary education d)
Technical education
72) Which of the following were the two newspapers published by Annie Besant?
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Common Weal New Hindu 4. The
Aryans
Codes :
a) 1 and 2 b) 1 and 3 c) 2 and 4 d) 3 and 4
73) The Marathi fortnightly, ‘Bahishkrit Bharat’ was started by –
a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak b) B.R. Ambedkar c) B.D. Savarkar d) G.P.K.
Gokhle
The song Bande Mataram, which served as a great inspiration to the patriotic
sons of India in their freedom struggle, is in the book -
The Garden of Bliss b) Durgesha Nandini c) Meghnath's Death
Kavya d) Virangana Kavya
75) Who wrote the famous song Sare Jahan Se Achchha Hindustan Hamara?
Sahir Ludhiyanvi b) Syed Ahmed Khan c) Muhammad Iqbal
d) Bahadur Shah 'Zafar'
76) The Ancient Monument Protection Act was enacted during the Governor-
Generalship of-
Lord Minto Lord Linlithgow d) Lord
Canning
77) Which one of the following books is associated with the rise of national
movement in India?
Song Offerings Satyartha Prakash d) Gita
Mystery
The main reason for the British Government to spread modern education in
India during the pre-independence period was -
a) the need for educated Indians in minor administrative posts
to promote Indian culture
c) to modernize the Indian people so that they could share their political
responsibilities
d) None of these
79) Who established Shanti Niketan?
Jawahar Lal Nehru b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak c) Rabindranath
Tagore d) Mahandas Karamchand Gandhi
80) Who wrote 'Discovery of India' ?
Jawahar Lal Nehru b) Lala Lajpat Rai c) Dadabhai Naoroji d)
Moti Lal Nehru
81) Which of the following books was known as the ‘Bible of Bengali Patriotism’?
a) Geetanjali Anand Math Devdas Mountain
82) Who wrote the book 'Life Divine'?
Mulk Raj Anand c) Aurobindo Ghosh d)
Jawahar Lal Nehru
83) Which one of the following is NOT correctly matched?
 Gopal Krishna Gokhle – Servants of India Society
Mohammad Anglo Oriental Defense Association c) Moti Lal Nehru -
Nehru Report d) Mohammad Ali Jinnah - Khalifat Movement
What is Redcliff Line?
Indo-Pakistan boundary line
America- Canada boundary line d) Russia – Finland boundary line
85) Arrange the following in chronological order and select the correct answer from
the codes given below -
Dandi March 2. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre 3. Quit India
4. Swadeshi Movement
Codes :
2-4-1-3 b) 4-2-1-3 c) 2-1-4-3 4-2-3-1
86) Match the following and select the correct answer from the codes given
below :
Editor newspaper
A. Bipin Ch. Pal New India
B. Aurobindo Ghosh 2. Comrade
C. Brahmobandhab Upadhyay 3. Mother, I bow to thee
D. Muhammad Ali 4. Evening
87) Match the following and select the correct answer from the codes given
below :
Event Person
A. Doctrine of Lapse Curzon
B. Partition of Bengal 2. Clive
C. Dual Government in Bengal 3. Dalhousie
D. Social Reforms 4. Bentick
Codes : A B C D
a) 2 3 1 4
b) 3 1 4 2
c) 3 1 2 4
d) 2 3 4 1
88) Consider the following statements and select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
Subhash Chandra Bose formed the forward bloc
one of the founders of Hindustan Republican Socialist Association (HRSA)
Codes :
a) Only 1 is correct b) Only 2 is correct c) Both 1 and 2 are
d) None of these
89) In whose Viceroyalty did the white Mutiny (1883) take place?
a) Lord Curzon b) Lord Minto c) Lord Ripon d) Lord
Hardinge
90) To which part of India did the poet Iqbal, who wrote 'Sare jahan Se Achchha'?
Hindustan is ours, belong?
a) Delhi b) U.P. c) Punjab Hyderabad
91) Which one of the following was an émigré communist journal of M. N. Roy?
Farmers' Union b) The Worker Vanguard
92) Who founded the Asiatic Society of Bengal?
William Jones b) Drink water Bethune c) David Hane d)
Lord Ripon
93) The Civil services was brought into existence in India by –
a) Warren Hasting b) Cornwallis Dalhousie
94) In which year was the Vernacular Press Act passed?
 1870 1875 c) 1878 d) 1880
95) Who was the founder of Hindu Mela?
a) Nabagopal Mirtra b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak c) Akshay Kumar Dutt
d) Surendranth Bannerjee
96) Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given.
below the lists :
List I List II
A. Chittagong Armoury Raid 1. Kalpana Dutt
B. Abhinav Bharat 2. Guru Ram Singh
C. Anushilan Samiti 3.V.D. Savarkar
D. Kuka Movement 4. Aurobindo Ghosh
Codes : A B C D
a) 1 3 4 2
b) 1 3 2 4
c) 3 1 2 4
d) 3 1 4 2
97) Who, amongst the following Englishmen, first translated 'Bhagavad Gita'?
into English?
William Jones b) Charles Wilkins c) Alexander Cunningham d)
John Marshal
98) Match List I (Acts) with List II (Provisions) and select the correct answer
using the codes given below the lists :
List I List II
A. Charter Act, 1813 1. Set up a Board of Control in British to fully
regulate the
East India Company to the British Crown
B. Regulating Act, 1773 2. Company’s trade monopoly in India
was ended
C. Act of 1858 3. The power to govern was transferred from the
East India
Company to the British Crown
D. Pitt's India Act, 1784 The company's directors were asked to
present to the
British government all correspondence
administration of the
Company
Codes : A B C D
a) 2 4 3 1
b) 3 2 4 1
c) 2 3 4 1
d) 1 4 3 2
99) Which one of the following Acts of British India strengthened the Viceroy’s
authority over his executive council by substituting 'portfolio' or departmental
system for corporate functioning?
a) Indian Councils Act, 1861 b) Government of India Act, 1858 c)
Indian Council Act, 1892 d) Indian Council Act, 1909
100) Match List I (Person) with List II (Event) and select the correct answer
using the codes given below the lists :
List I List II
A. Macdonald Doctrine of Lapse
B. Linlithgow 2. Communal Award
C. Dalhousie August 3 offer
 D. Chelmsford 4. Dyarchy
Codes : A B C D
a) 3 2 1 4
b) 3 2 4 1
c) 2 3 1 4
d) 2 3 4 1
101) With reference to colonial rule in India, what was sought by the Ilbert Bill in
1883?
To bring India and Europeans on par as far as the criminal jurisdiction of
courts were concerned
b) To impose severe restrictions on the freedom of the native press as it
was perceived to be hostile to colonial rulers
To encourage the native Indians to appear for civil service examination
by conducting them in India
To allow native Indians to possess arms by amending the Arms Act
102) Which one of the following statements is NOT correct?
a) The National song Vande Mataram was composed by Bankim Chandra
Chatterjee originally in Bengali
b) The National Calendar of India based on the Saka era has its 1st Chaitra on
22nd March normally and 21stMarch in a leap year
c) The design of the National Flag of India adopted by the Constituent
Assembly on 22ndJuly, 1947
The song 'jana-gana-mana' composed originally in Bengali by
Rabindra Nath Tagore was adopted in its Hindi version by the constituent
assembly on 24thJanuary, 1950 as the National Anthem of India
103) The aim of education as stated by the Wood's dispatch of 1858 was -
a) The creation of employment opportunities for native Indians
b) The spread of Western Education in India
c) The promotion of literacy among the people using English medium of
language
d) The introduction of scientific research and rationalism in the traditional
Indian education
104) Which one of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched?
a) Pitt's India Act - Warren Hastings b) Doctrine of Lapse - Dalhousie c)
Vernacular Press Act - Curzon d) Ilbert Bill – Ripon
105) Consider the following Viceroy of India during the British Rule:
Lord Curzon Lord Chelmsford 4. Lord
Irwin
Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of their tenure
?
a) 1-3-2-4 b) 2-4-1-3 c) 1-4-2-3 d) 2-3-1-4
106) Consider the following statements:
In the Third Battle of Panipat, Ahmad Shah Durrani defeated Ibrahim Lodi
Tipu Sultan was killed in the Third Anglo – Mysore War.
Mir Jafar entered into a conspiracy with the English for the defeat of the Nawab.
Sirajudaulah in the Battle of Plassey.
Which of the statements given above is / are correct?
a) 1, 2 and 3 b) 3 only c) 2 and 3 d) None of these
107) Who, among the following, repealed the Vernacular Press Act.
Lord Dufferin b) Lord Ripon c) Lord Curzon d) Lord
Hardinge
108) Consider the following statements:
 Warren Hastings was the first Governor-General who established a
regular police force in India on the British Pattern
A Supreme Court was established at Calcutta by the Regulation Act.
1773
3. The Indian Penal Code came into effect in the year 1860.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
a) 1 and 2 b) 2 and 3 c) 1 and 3 d) 1, 2 and 3
109) Consider the following statements:
1. The Charter Act, 1853 abolished East India Company monopoly of
Indian trade
2. Under the Government of India Act, 1858 the British Parliament
abolished the East India Company altogether and undertook the responsibility of
ruling India directly
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
a) 1 and only b) 2 only c) Both 1 and 2 d) Neither 1 nor
2
110) Which one of the following places was associated with Acharya Vinoba
Bhave's Bhoodan Movement at the beginning of the movement?
a) Udaygiri b) Raipur c) Pochampalli Venkatgiri
111) Match List I (Author) with List II (Work) and select the correct answer using
the codes given below the lists :
List I List II
A. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee The Chess Players
B. Dinbandhu Mitra Debi Chaudharani
C. Premchand Nil Darpan
Chandrakanta
Codes : A B C
a) 2 4 1
b) 3 4 2
c) 2 3 1
d) 3 1 4
112) Who, among the following, wrote the poem 'Subah-i-Azadi'?
a) Sahir Ludhiyanvi Faiz Ahmed Faiz d)
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
113) Who among the following is the author of a collection of poems called 'Golden'
Threshold?
Aruna Asaf Ali b) Annie Besant c) Sarojini Naidu d)
Vijayalaxmi Pandit
114) Who, among the following governors general, created the Covenanted Civil Service?
Service of India which later came to be known as India Civil Service (ICS)
Warren Hastings Wellesley Willian
Bentick

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