1. Who was the Hindu king shown playing veena on the
ancient-coins ?
(A) Shivajee
(B) Vikramaditya
(C) Samudra Gupta
(D) Ashoka
2. What was unique to Harappan civilization in
comparision to Egyptian and mesopotamian civilization
?
(A) Pictographic script
(B) Temples
(C) Rectangular town planning
(D) Drainage system
3. The Ryotwari settlement was introduced by British
in—
(A) Bengal presidency only
(B) Bombay presidencey only
(C) Madras presidency only
(D) Bombay and Madras presidency
4. Where did Mahatma Gandhi first try the weapon of
'Satyagraha' ?
(A) Champaran
(B) Ahemdabad mill strike
(C) Dandi
(D) South Africa
5. Which pair threw a bomb at carriage that they
believed was occupied by kingsford, the unpopular
judge at Muzaffarpur ?
(A) Ram Prasad Bismil, Surya Sen (1906)
(B) Khudi Ram Bose, Prafulla Chaki (1908)
(C) Jatindra Nath Das, Ashfaqullah (1910)
(D) None of these
6. Which one of the following was not a president of
Indian National Congress ?
(A) Sir William Wedderburn
(B) Lal Bahadur Shastri
(C) Purushottam Das Tondon
(D) None of these
7. Which of the following movements was launched along
with Khilafat Movement ?
(A) Non-cooperation Movement
(B) Civil Disobedience Movement
(C) Home Rule Movement
(D) Swadeshi Movement
8. Match the method of protest against the British
with its propounder—
List-I
(a) Method of direct action
(b) Non-cooperation means
(c) Method of petitions and resolutions
(d) Acts of courage to rouse the mass revolt by masses
List-II
1. Gokhale
2. Bhagat Singh
3. Tilak
4. Gandhijee
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 3 4 1 2
(B) 2 4 1 3
(C) 4 2 3 1
(D) 3 4 2 1
9. 'Kesari' was—
(A) An organisation for social reforms started by
Tilak
(B) An english language paper owned by S.N. Banerjee
(C) A Marathi Newspaper
(D) None of these
10. The main weakness of revolt of 1857 was lack of—
(A) External help
(B) Discipline among rebel soldiers
(C) Modern weapons
(D) United and coordinate efforts by rebels
11. Of the following who is credited for the
unification of India after independence ?
(A) Vallabh Bhai Patel
(B) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(C) C. Rajgopalachari
(D) Mahatma Gandhi
12. 'Rajtarangini' has been written by—
(A) Jayadev
(B) Vidhyapati
(C) Kalhan
(D) Chandarbardai
13. When India get independence the Prime Minister of
England was ?
(A) Winston Churchill
(B) Clement R. Atlee
(C) Neville Chamberlain
(D) None of these
14. Alexander invaded India in—
(A) 298 B.C.
(B) 202 B.C.
(C) 303 B.C.
(D) 327 B.C.
15. Who was the founder of Pala dynasty ?
(A) Gopal
(B) Devapal
(C) Dharmapal
(D) None of these
16. Who did not participate in the revolt of 1857 ?
(A) Tantiya Tope
(B) Bhagat Singh
(C) Nana Sahib
(D) Rani Lakshmibai
17. Gandhiji first experiment with Satyagraha came up
in—
(A) Dundee
(B) Champaran
(C) Barisal
(D) Natal
18. Fa-hien visited India during the reign of—
(A) Chandra Gupta Maurya
(B) Bindusara
(C) Chandra Gupta II
(D) Bimbisara
19. The third battle of Panipat took place in—
(A) 1760
(B) 1761
(C) 1762
(D) 1763
20. In which century was the Bahmani kingdom founded ?
(A) 15th
(B) 14th
(C) 13th
(D) 16th
21. When was the battle of Buxar fought ?
(A) 1764
(B) 1766
(C) 1767
(D) 1761
22. Chola-period is mostly known for which of the
following ?
(A) Gramsabha
(B) Battle against Rashrakut
(C) Trade with Ceylon
(D) Development of Tamil culture
23. Megasasthenes was the ambassador of the following—
(A) Seleukos
(B) Alexander
(C) Darius
(D) Greek
24. Which of the following is the oldest dynasty ?
(A) Maurya
(B) Gupta
(C) Kushan
(D) Kanva
25. What was the main effect of vedic culture an
Indian history ?
(A) Progress of Metaphysics
(B) Development of Sanskrit
(C) Solidification of race
(D) None of these
26. Title of Vikramaditya was adopted by—
(A) Ashok
(B) Chandra Gupta II
(C) Kanishka
(D) Samudra Gupta
27. Which important event took place in the history of
India in the year 1526 ?
(A) The first battle of Panipat
(B) The second battle of Panipat
(C) Defeat of Humayun at the hands of Sher Shah Suri
(D) None of these
28. The Rigveda contains—
(A) Rituals to be adopted by people
(B) Hymns in honour of the Gods
(C) Yognas to be performed
(D) History of the Vedic period
29. In which language was the Shrimad Bhagavad Gita
originally written ?
(A) Sanskrit
(B) Apabhramsa
(C) Prakrit
(D) Pali
30. The principle that distinguishes Jainism from
Buddism is the—
(A) Practice of the eight-fold path
(B) Rejection of the infallibility of the Vedas
(C) Attribution of a soul to all beings and things
(D) Belief in rebirth
31. With whose reign is the Gandhara School of art
associated ?
(A) Kanishka
(B) Chandra Gupta Vikramaditya
(C) Harsha
(D) Ashoka
32. Shivaji died in the year—
(A) 1676
(B) 1677
(C) 1678
(D) 1680
33. In which century did the famous Chinese pilgrim
Fhien visit India ?
(A) 4th century A.D.
(B) 5th century A.D.
(C) 6th century A.D.
(D) 7th century A.D.
34. Buddha lived approximately at the same time as—
(A) Confucius
(B) Moses
(C) Prophet Mohammad
(D) Hammurabi
35. The division of Mauryan Society into seven classes
was particularly mentioned in—
(A) Kautilya’s Arthasastra
(B) Ashokan edicts
(C) The Puranas
(D) The Indica of Megasthenes
36. The first railway line in India was opened in the
year—
(A) 1833
(B) 1853
(C) 1857
(D) 1861
37. The Indus Valley civilization was Non-Aryan
because—
(A) It was urban
(B) It had a pictographic script
(C) It had an agricultural economy
(D) It extended up to the Narmada Valley
38. All the following statements regarding the Indus
Valley civilization are correct, except—
(A) 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
39. Which of the following statements is not true
about Nagara style of architecture ?
(A) Early Gupta style
(B) Couciform plan and the Rekha
(C) Shikhara (Tower)
(D) Buddist influence
40. The local name of Mohanjodaro is—
(A) Mound of the living
(B) Mound of the Great
(C) Mound of the Dead
(D) Mound of the Survivor
41. Tripitakas are the Sacred books of the—
(A) Jains
(B) Hindus
(C) Muslims
(D) Buddhists
42. Which book was written by Dadabhai Naoroji an
Indian poverty and economy under British rule ?
(A) Indian Economy under British Raj
(B) British Rule and Economic drain of India
(C) Poverty and Un-British rule in India
(D) Economic drain and poverty of India
43. The universities of Calcutta, Madras and Bombay
were founded in the year—
(A) 1845
(B) 1854
(C) 1857
(D) 1861
44. In whose court was a Chinese embassy sent by T’ang
Emperor ?
(A) Rajaraja I
(B) Rajendra I
(C) Harsha
(D) Parantaka I
45. The Paintings of Ajanta depict stories of the—
(A) Ramayana
(B) Mahabharata
(C) Jatakas
(D) Panchatantra
46. Who were the contemporaries of Kanishka ?
(A) Kamban, Banbhatta, Asvagosha
(B) Nagarjuna, Asvagosha, Vasumitra
(C) Asvagosha, Kalidasa, Nagarjuna
(D) Asvagosha, Kamban
47. Buddha’s preachings were mainly related to—
(A) Belief in one god
(B) Practice of rituals
(C) Purity of thought and conduct
(D) Idol worship
48. The most important cause of the downfall of the
Vijay Nagar empire was—
(A) Rivalries within the empire
(B) Unity among the Muslim rulers of Bijapur, Golconda
and Ahmadnagar
(C) Rebellion of the Hindu Feudatories
(D) Weak successors of Krishna devaraya
49. Mahabalipuram was established by the—
(A) Pallavas
(B) Pandyas
(C) Cholas
(D) Chalukyas
50. Jaideva, the famous author of Gita Govinda was the
Court Poet of—
(A) Harsha (7th century A.D.)
(B) Prithviraj Chauhan (12th century A.D.)
(C) Lakshmanasena of Bengal (12th-13th century A.D.)
(D) None of these
Answers
1. (C) 2. (D) 3. (C) 4. (D) 5. (B) 6. (B) 7. (A) 8.
(B) 9. (C) 10. (D)
11. (A) 12. (C) 13. (B) 14. (D) 15. (A) 16. (B) 17. (B) 18. (C) 19. (B) 20. (B)
21. (A) 22. (A) 23. (A) 24. (A) 25. (B) 26. (B) 27. (A) 28. (B) 29. (A) 30. (A)
31. (A) 32. (D) 33. (B) 34. (A) 35. (D) 36. (B) 37. (A) 38. (D) 39. (D) 40. (C)
41. (D) 42. (C) 43. (C) 44. (C) 45. (C) 46. (B) 47. (C) 48. (A) 49. (A) 50. (C) |
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