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1. The Sikh Kingdom of Punjab was
annexed by the English East India Company in—
(A) 1836
(B) 1839
(C) 1849
(D) 1852
2. The Kol Uprising of 1831 started in—
(A) Gujarat
(B) Bengal
(C) Rajputana
(D) Chota Nagpur
3. Who led the Revolt of the Bareilly troops in 1857 ?
(A) Kunwar Singh
(B) Bakht Khan
(C) Azimullah
(D) Maulvi Ahmadullah
4. Who among the following leaders of the Revolt of
1857 declared himself to be the Governor of Bahadur
Shah ?
(A) Nana Sahib
(B) Tantia Tope
(C) Kunwar Singh
(D) Bakht Khan
5. The first Indian Factories’ Act was passed in—
(A) 1881
(B) 1885
(C) 1891
(D) 1894
6. Which of the following was not a consequence of the
British Land Revenue Policy in India ?
(A) Increasing impoverishment of the peasants
(B) Growing peasant indebtedness
(C) The spread of landlordism
(D) The ruin of artisan industries
7. The Archaeological Survey of India was set up
during the Viceroyalty of—
(A) Lord Lytton
(B) Lord Ripon
(C) Lord Dufferin
(D) Lord Curzon
8. Who was known as ‘The Grand Old Man of India’ ?
(A) B.G. Tilak
(B) G.K. Gokhale
(C) Mahatma Gandhi
(D) Dadabhai Naoroji
9. The most important Pre-Congress Nationalist
Organisation was—
(A) The Indian Association of Calcutta
(B) Poona Sarvajanik Sabha
(C) Bombay Presidency Association
(D) The Madras Mahajan Sabha
10. Who among the following was a leader of Prarthana
Samaj ?
(A) Gopal Hari Deshmukh
(B) Vasudeo Balwant Phadke
(C) R.G. Bhandarkar
(D) G.K. Gokhale
11. All India Women’s Conference was founded in—
(A) 1922
(B) 1927
(C) 1929
(D) 1932
12. Who among the following opposed the Age of Consent
Bill of 1891 ?
(A) Swami Dayanand
(B) Rabindranath Tagore
(C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(D) Surendranath Sen
13. The worst famine in India under the British rule
occurred in—
(A) 1860–61
(B) 1876–78
(C) 1896–97
(D) 1899–1900
14. The first textile mill was started in Bombay in
the year—
(A) 1853
(B) 1855
(C) 1866
(D) 1879
15. Abhinava Bharat organised in 1904 was—
(A) a secret society of revolutionary activists
(B) a newspaper advocating revolutionary activities
(C) a cultural organisation
(D) a trade union movement
16. A newspaper Al Hilal was brought out in 1912 by—
(A) Dr. M.A. Ansari
(B) Hakim Ajmal Khan
(C) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(D) Maulana Muhammad Ali
17. The cancellation of the partition of Bengal was
announced in—
(A) 1909
(B) 1911
(C) 1913
(D) 1916
18. Who criticised Indians for having lost touch with
the rest of the World ?
(A) Raja Rammohan Roy
(B) Sayyed Ahmad Khan
(C) Vivekananda
(D) Swami Dayanand
19. All India Harijan Sangh was founded by—
(A) B.R. Ambedkar
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) Jotiba Phule
(D) B.M. Malabari
20. Who among the following was not a leader of
militant nationalism ?
(A) Rajnarain Bose
(B) V.S. Chiplunkar
(C) Arbindo Ghosh
(D) Sasipada Bannerjee
21. Who among the following was the leader of Bihar
Kisan Sabha ?
(A) Sahajanand Saraswati
(B) Baba Ramchandra
(C) Vijay Singh Pathik
(D) Shraddhanand
22. Who became the Vice-President of the Viceroy’s
Council in the Interim Government of 1946-47 ?
(A) C. Rajagopalachari
(B) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(C) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(D) M.A. Jinnah
23. Who among the following woman social reformers was
called ‘Pandita’ ?
(A) Gangabai
(B) Ramabai
(C) Sister Subbalaksmi
(D) Annie Besant
24. Who was the leader of No Tax Campaign of the
peasants organised in 1928 ?
(A) S.A. Dange
(B) Baba Ramchandra
(C) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(D) Subhash Chandra Bose
25. The Second Civil Disobedience Movement was started
by Mahatma Gandhi in—
(A) 1928
(B) 1930
(C) 1932
(D) 1934
26. An All India Strike by Postal and Telegraph
Workers started in—
(A) November, 1945
(B) February, 1946
(C) July, 1946
(D) August, 1946
27. Samhita is—
(A) Collection of hymns
(B) Text on grammar
(C) Text on Ayurveda
(D) Forest treatises
28. Which of the following statements is not true
about Rigvedic Aryans ?
(A) They lived in villages.
(B) They did not know gambling.
(C) They practised polygamy.
(D) Family was the unit of social life.
29. Early Vedic society was organised in—
(A) Janas
(B) Jati
(C) Rajanya
(D) Sabha
30. Who was the author of Astadhyayi ?
(A) Patanjali
(B) Panini
(C) Magha
(D) Visakhadatta
31. Which of the following metal was not used by the
people of the Indus Civilization ?
(A) Iron
(B) Bronze
(C) Gold
(D) Silver
32. Which of the following Harappan sites is located
in Gujarat ?
(A) Banawali
(B) Sanghol
(C) Mudiala Kalan
(D) Surkotada
33. The hallmark of Vedic religion and culture was—
(A) Dhyana
(B) Brahmacharya
(C) Puja
(D) Yajna
34. Under whose patronage was the Sangam literature
composed ?
(A) Cholas
(B) Cheras
(C) Pandyas
(D) Chalukyas
35. What is the language of the Sangam literature ?
(A) Tamil
(B) Pali
(C) Prakrit
(D) Sanskrit
36. Which of the following ideas is not associated
with Buddhism ?
(A) Sila
(B) Prajna
(C) Pitru
(D) Dhyana
37. The highest goal in Buddhism is—
(A) Nirvana
(B) Madhyama Marga
(C) Vinaya
(D) Atmavad
38. The Third Buddhist Council was convened at—
(A) Takshasila
(B) Sarnath
(C) Bodhgaya
(D) Pataliputra
39. Who among the following scholars wrote ‘History of
Dharam Sastra’ ?
(A) D.P. Chattopadhyay
(B) P.V. Kane
(C) A.S. Altekar
(D) D.C. Sarkar
40. Who among the following argued that the Aryans
came from Central Asia ?
(A) B.G. Tilak
(B) Brandenstein
(C) William Jones
(D) V.A. Smith
41. According to tradition, how many Sangam were held
?
(A) Two
(B) Three
(C) Four
(D) Five
42. Which of the following terms denotes a market
centre ?
(A) Prasada
(B) Nigama
(C) Grama
(D) Nadi
43. Which of the following denotes a land revenue term
?
(A) Vivita
(B) Bhaga
(C) Sulka
(D) Kara
44. Which of the following officers according to
Arthasastra was entrusted with the collection of
revenue ?
(A) Sitadhyaksa
(B) Sansthadhyaksa
(C) Samahartta
(D) Sannidhata
45. Megasthenes divided Indian society into—
(A) Four groups
(B) Seven groups
(C) Eight groups
(D) Twelve groups
46. The Mauryan King Bindusara faced the rebellion of
the people of—
(A) Kosala
(B) Nalanda
(C) Kalinga
(D) Takshasila
47. Which sect was initially called Nirgrantha ?
(A) Buddhist
(B) Jaina
(C) Ajivika
(D) Pashupata
48. Which of the following is regarded as the early
Jaina Text ?
(A) Sutra Kritang
(B) Tripatika
(C) Mahavastu-Avdana
(D) Avdana Kalpalata
49. Which of the following is a Harappan port ?
(A) Alexandria
(B) Lothal
(C) Mahasthangarh
(D) Nagapattanam
50. The commonest term for peasantry in early medieval
North India is—
(A) Kutumbin
(B) Bhogin
(C) Baddhahalika
(D) Swami
51. By Mauryan times the main seaport of the Ganges
basin was—
(A) Sopara
(B) Bhragukachchha
(C) Patala
(D) Tamralipti
52. Which of the following is not an Antyaja ?
(A) Chandala
(B) Rajaka
(C) Nata
(D) Yavana
53. Buddhism was introduced into Tibet from—
(A) The Pala Empire
(B) Harsha Vardhana’s State
(C) The Kushana State
(D) The Mauryan State
54. Which of the following statements is not true of
Ashoka’s Dhamma ?
(A) There was a stress on nonviolence
(B) Capital punishment was discontinued
(C) Donation to Brahmans was stressed
(D) There was a concern for master-servant
relationship
55. Which of the following commodities was a major
item of export trade in the Kusana period ?
(A) Cotton textiles
(B) Horse
(C) Gold
(D) Paper
56. Who among the following is described as a
fabulously rich merchant in Buddhist Jatakas ?
(A) Vanik
(B) Sarthavaha
(C) Setthi
(D) Apanika
57. Alberuni’s account of India is—
(A) Kitab-ul-Hind
(B) Chachnama
(C) Futuh-us-Salatin
(D) Tarikh-i-Yamini
58. Wali under the Sultans of Delhi was—
(A) Provincial Governor
(B) Head of Revenue Department
(C) Minister with full powers
(D) Head of the State newsagency
59. Amir Khusro describes the military campaigns of
Jalal-ud-din Khalji in his work—
(A) Nuh Sipihar
(B) Mifta-ul-Futuh
(C) Qiran-us Sadain
(D) Khazain-ul-Futuh
60. The most powerful Kings of Northern India in the
9th and 10th Centuries were—
(A) The Palas
(B) The Chahmanas
(C) The Rashtrakutas
(D) The Gurjara Pratiharas
61. Who declared that there were no slaves in India ?
(A) Kautilya
(B) Megasthenes
(C) Patanjali
(D) Fahien
62. The view that the Rajputs were descendents of the
Vedic Aryans is expressed by—
(A) James Tod
(B) Dashrath Sharma
(C) V.A. Smith
(D) C.V. Vaidya
63. Which Sultan replaced the system of measurement of
land by crop sharing in the Khalisa areas ?
(A) Balban
(B) Ala-ud-din Khalji
(C) Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq
(D) Muhammad Tughlaq
64. Who among the following Vijayanagara rulers bore
the title of Gajabentakara ?
(A) Krishna Deva Raya
(B) Deva Raya II
(C) Deva Raya I
(D) Rama Raya
65. Which Vijayanagara ruler sent an embassy to China
?
(A) Harihara I
(B) Krishna Deva Raya
(C) Bukka I
(D) Saluva Narasimha
66. The Sultan Ghari was built as the mausoleum of—
(A) Qutab-ud-din Aibak
(B) Rukh-ud-din Firoj
(C) Nasir-ud-din Mahmud
(D) Kaikubad
67. The first Madrasa at Delhi namely “Madrasae Muizz”
was established by—
(A) Qutub-ud-din Aibak
(B) Iltutmish
(C) Nasir-ud-din Mahmud
(D) Balban
68. Officer in-charge of royal household under the
Sultans of Delhi was designated—
(A) Amir-i-hajib
(B) Wakil-i-dar
(C) Barid-i-mumalik
(D) Mustaufi-i-mumalik
69. The Chishti Saint who founded a branch of Chishti
Silsilah in Gulbarga was—
(A) Shaikh Nasir-ud-din Chiragi-Delhi
(B) Gesu Daraz
(C) Shaikh Hamid-ud-din Nagori
(D) Jalal-ud-din Tabrizi
70. Who among the following was not a Nirguni Bhakti
Saint ?
(A) Shankardev
(B) Raidas
(C) Dadu
(D) Dhanna
71. Bhramar Geet were composed by—
(A) Mirabai
(B) Nabhadas
(C) Surdas
(D) Haridas
72. Select the correct chronology of dynasties that
ruled Vijayanagara ?
(A) Sangama, Tuluva, Saluva, Aravidu
(B) Tuluva, Sangama, Saluva, Aravidu
(C) Aravidu, Sangama, Tuluva, Saluva
(D) Sangama, Saluva, Tuluva, Aravidu
73. The largest administrative division in
Vijayanagara was—
(A) Kottam
(B) Rajyam
(C) Kurram
(D) Nadu
74. Pushti Marg was founded by—
(A) Chaitanya
(B) Vallabhacharya
(C) Ramananda
(D) Nimbarka
75. Which of the following rulers of Bikaner was
deposed by Jahangir ?
(A) Raja Rai Singh
(B) Raja Sur Singh
(C) Raja Dalpat Singh
(D) Raja Karan Singh
76. Who is the author of Safinat-ul-Aulia ?
(A) Shaikh Ahmad Sarhindi
(B) Mohsin Fani
(C) Dara Shukoh
(D) Jahandar Shah
77. Who made the Madad-i-maash grants completely
hereditary ?
(A) Akbar
(B) Shahjahan
(C) Aurangzeb
(D) Bahadur Shah
78. The Ibadatkhana was closed in the year—
(A) 1579
(B) 1580
(C) 1582
(D) 1583
79. Who among the following Mughal Emperors made
serious attempt to annex Trans-Oxiana ?
(A) Humayun
(B) Akbar
(C) Jahangir
(D) Shahjahan
80. Cultivation of tobacco was introduced in India
during the reign of—
(A) Akbar
(B) Jahangir
(C) Shahjahan
(D) Aurangzeb
81. In 1585 Akbar shifted his capital to—
(A) Kabul
(B) Lahore
(C) Fatehpur Sikri
(D) Multan
82. Nasaq during the Mughal Period was—
(A) A system of land revenue assessment
(B) A unit of measurement of land
(C) A Zamindari territory
(D) Revenue free land grant
83. Which of the following mosques is entirely made of
marble ?
(A) Jama Masjid at Sikri
(B) Moti Masjid in the Agra Fort
(C) Qila-i-Kuhna Masjid in the Purana Qila of Delhi
(D) Jama Masjid of Delhi
84. Who among the following is the first comprehensive
historian of the Marathas ?
(A) M.G. Ranade
(B) G.S. Sardesai
(C) James Cuningham Grant Duff
(D) C.A. Kincaid
85. Who among the following rulers patronized musician
Lal Khan Gun Samudra ?
(A) Hussain Shah Sharqi
(B) Islam Shah Sur
(C) Ibrahim Adil Shah II
(D) Shahjahan
86. Dastan-i-Amir-i-Hamza was illustrated during the
reign of—
(A) Humayun
(B) Akbar
(C) Jahangir
(D) Shahjahan
87. The English East India Company obtained the lease
of Madras in—
(A) 1611
(B) 1623
(C) 1639
(D) 1646
88. Who among the following was imprisoned by the
Mughal Emperor Jahangir ?
(A) Gosain Jadrup
(B) Miyan Mir
(C) Guru Ramdas
(D) Shaikh Ahmad Sarhindi
89. In 1739 the Portuguese lost their possessions of
Salsette and Bassein to—
(A) The Dutch
(B) The English
(C) The Mughals
(D) The Marathas
90. Lohgarh Fort was built by—
(A) Guru Hargovind
(B) Guru Teg Bahadur
(C) Guru Govind Singh
(D) Banda Bahadur
91. In 1585-86 the only Rajput who held the mansab of
5000 was—
(A) Raja Bhagwant Das
(B) Raja Raisingh of Bikaner
(C) Raja Man Singh
(D) Rai Surjan Hada
92. Who introduced the Mughal land revenue system in
the Deccan ?
(A) Mahabat Khan
(B) Mirza Raja Jaisingh
(C) Diler Khan
(D) Murshid Kuli Khan
93. Which one of the following according to Bernier
was the owner of land in India ?
(A) The Zamindar
(B) The King
(C) The Khud Kashta
(D) The Village Community
94. Haidar Ali established his authority over the
State of Mysore in—
(A) 1755
(B) 1761
(C) 1764
(D) 1766
95. In 1751 the Nawab of Bengal ceded Orissa to—
(A) The English East India Company
(B) The Nawab of Avadh
(C) The Marathas
(D) The Afghans
96. Which Peshwa started a long campaign against the
sidis of Janjira ?
(A) Balaji Vishwanath
(B) Baji Rao I
(C) Balaji Baji Rao
(D) Madhav Rao
97. Who was the founder of the Widow Remarriage
Association in the 19th century ?
(A) Raja Rammohan Roy
(B) Vishnu Shastri Pandit
(C) Ramabai
(D) Gopal Hari Deshmukh
98. Shahu was granted the Chauth and Sardeshmukhi of
the Deccan during the reign of—
(A) Bahadur Shah
(B) Jahandar Shah
(C) Farrukh Siyar
(D) Muhammad Shah
99. Farrukh Siyar was deposed and killed by—
(A) Zulfiqar Khan
(B) Jahandar Shah
(C) The Sayyed Brothers
(D) Saadat Khan
100. The founder of the autonomous kingdom of Avadh
was—
(A) Saadat Khan Burhan-ul-Mulk
(B) Safdar Jang
(C) Murshid Kuli Khan
(D) Hussain Kuli Khan
Answers
1. (C) 2. (D) 3. (All the four options of the
question are not correct.) Khan Bahadur Khan, the
successor of the former ruler (Nawab) of Rohilkhand,
led the Revolt of the Bareilly troops in 1857.
4. (All the four options of the question are not
correct.) Khan Bahadur Khan of Bareilly, declared
himself to be the Governor (Nazim) of Bahadur Shah.
Nana Sahib declared himself as eshwa, Kunwar Singh was
a Zamindar of Bihar, Tantia Tope was the army-chief of
Nana Sahib and Bakht Khan was the army-chief of
Bahadur Shah.
5. (A) 6. (D) 7. (D) 8. (D) 9. (A) 10. (C)
11. (B) 12. (C) 13. (B) 14. (A) 15. (A) 16. (C) 17.
(B) 18. (C) 19. (B) 20. (A)
21. (A) 22. (C) 23. (B) 24. (C) 25. (C) 26. (B) 27.
(A) 28. (B) 29. (A) 30. (B)
31. (A) 32. (D) 33. (D) 34. (C) 35. (A) 36. (C) 37.
(A) 38. (D) 39. (B) 40. (B)
41. (D) 42. (B) 43. (B) 44. (C) 45. (B) 46. (D) 47.
(B) 48. (A) 49. (B) 50. (A)
51. (D) 52. (D) 53. (A) 54. (B) 55. (A) 56. (C) 57.
(A) 58. (A) 59. (B) 60. (D)
61. (B) 62. (D) 63. (C) 64. (B) 65. (C) 66. (C) 67.
(B) 68. (B) 69. (B) 70. (A)
71. (C) 72. (D) 73. (B) 74. (B) 75. (A) 76. (C) 77.
(D) 78. (C) 79. (D) 80. (B)
81. (B) 82. (A) 83. (B) 84. (C) 85. (D) 86. (B) 87.
(C) 88. (D) 89. (D) 90. (C)
91. (C) 92. (D) 93. (B) 94. (B) 95. (C) 96. (B) 97.
(B) 98. (C) 99. (C) 100. (A) |
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