1. Arrange the following sepoy multinies in the historical order: 1

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Date: 20/03/2015
History Test - 5
Total Question: 100
1. Arrange the following sepoy multinies in
the historical order:
1) Vellore mutiny
2) First mutiny of the sepoys in Bengal
3) Mutiny of the 19th Native Infantry at
Berhampur
4) Mutiny of the 47th Regiment at
Barrack pure
Select the answer from the codes given below:
a) 1, 2, 4 and 3
b) 2, 3, 1 and 4
c) 2, 1, 4 and 3
d) 3, 2, 1 and 4
2) He led the revolt of the sepoys at
Meerut and brought them to Delhi
3) He was the de facto leader of the
sepoys at Delhi, the nominal leader
being the Mughal emperor
4) After the recapture of Delhi by the
Gritish, he went to Awadh and died
fighting the British in May 1859.
a) 1 and 2
b) 3 and 4
c) 1, 3 and 4
d) 2, 3 and 4
2. Which of the following were the
grievances of the sepoys?
1) Discrimination in payment and
promotions
2) Mistreatment of the sepoys by the
British officials
3) Refusal of the British to pay batta
while fighting in remote regions
4) British Government’s order requiring
the sepoys to serve overseas when
required
5) Encouragement given to Christian
missionaries by British army officers
a) 1 , 2 and 5
b) 1, 3 and 4
c) 2, 3, and 5
d) All of them
5. Which of the following statements about
Self- respect movement are true:
1) It was a populist movement against
Brahmin domination
2) It was founded by E V Ramaswami
Naicker in 1925
3) It was a radical alternative to ‘Justice
Elitism’.
4) EVR founded an English journal to
propagate his ideas.
a) 1, 2 and 3
b) 2,3, and 4
c) 1, 2 and 4
d) All of them
3. Consider the following pairs:
1) Nana Saheb – Kanpur
2) Begam Hazart Mahal – Lucknow
3) Rani Laxmibai – Jhansi
4) Khan Bahadur Khan – Arrah
5) Kunwar Singh- Bareilly
Which of the above are correctly mat5ched?
a) All of them
b) 1, 2 and 3
c) 2, 3 and 4
d) 3, 4 and 5
Bakht Khan are true?
1) He was an ordinary subedar in the
British army
the Champaran Satyagarha are true?
1) The main cause of this movement was
the oppression of the peasants of
Champaran by the European indigo
planters
2) Gandhi was invited by the peasants of
Champaran to come and help them.
3) Gandhi finally succeeded in forcing
the government to appoint an enquiry
committee with himself as one of its
members
4) The government accepted the
commendations of the committee and
redressed the grievances of the
peasants of Champaran.
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a) 2, 3 and 4
b) 1, 3, and 4
c) 1, 2 and 4
d) All of them
7. What is the historical order of the
following movements?
1) Moplah rebellion
2) Bardoli movement
3) Champaran movement
4) Khaira satyagraha
a) 2, 3, 1 and 4
b) 1, 3, 4 and 2
c) 4, 2, 1 and 3
d) 3, 4, 1 and 2
8. Which of the following was not an
objective of the Indian National Congress
when it was funded?
a) Attainment of complete independence
from the British
b) Promotion of cordial relations among
the nationalist workers from different
parts of the country
c) Development and consolidation of the
feeling of national unity
d) Formulation of the popular demands
and their presentation before the
British Government
the regime of Lord Lytton (1876 – 80) is /
are incorrect?
1) The reactionary regime of Lord Lytton
gave a visible form to the Indian
nationalism
2) The second Afghan war during his
period improved the economic
position of India
3) He arranged the Delhi Durbar to
declare Queen Victoria as the empress
of India.
4) His Arms Act permitted Indians to
keep arms
a) 2 and 4
b) Only 2
c) Only 3
d) 1 and 3
Total Question: 100
10. Arrange the following organizations in
chronological order
1) East India Association in London
2) Landholders’ Society at Calcutta
3) Madras Native Association
4) Bengal British Indian Society
5) British Indian Association
a) 2, 3, 1, 4 and 5 d) 1, 4, 3, 5 and 2
c) 3, 5, 4, 1 and 2 d) 2, 4, 5, 3 and 1
11. Match the following:
List I
List II
i. Rabindranath Tagore A) Nil Darpan
ii. Dadabhai Naoroji
B) India
iii. Dinabandhu Mitra C) Gora
iv. R C Dutt
D) Poverty and the
British rule in India
a)
b)
c)
d)
i –C, ii –D, iii –B, iv –A
i –C, ii –B, iii –D, iv –A
i –C, ii –B, iii –A, iv –D
i –C, ii –D, iii –A, iv –B
12. Which of the following novels was/ were
written by Bankimchandra Chatterji?
1) Sitaram
2) Debi Chaudhurani
3) Anandmath
4) Ghare Baire
a) Only 3 b) 1, 2 and 3
c) 3 and 4 d) Only 5
13. Gandhi attracted the masses also by his
socio – economic programmes. Which of
the following was not one of those
programmes?
1) Programme of Khadi
2) Programme of industrialization
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3) Programme of village reconstruction
4) Programme of Hindu – Muslim unity
5) Programme of Harijan welfare
a) Only 5 b) Only 4
c) Only 2
d) Only 1
the Jallianwalla Bagh Massacre is / are
true?
1) The crowd had gathered in the garden
at Amritsar to protest against the
arrest and deportation of their
popular leaders, Dr Satyapai and Dr
Kitchlu
2) General Dyer was lieutenant –
governor of the Punjab at that time
3) Micheal O’ Dwyer was the person
who ordered police firing on the
unarmed crowd.
4) Rabindranath Tagore renounced this
knighthood in protest against the
massacre
5) Gandhi returned the Kaiser – i –
Medal in protest against the massacre
a) 1, 2 and 4
b) 1, 4 and 5
c) 1, 3 and 4
d) 1 and 4
15. Which of the following was / were not
included in the positive programmes of
the Non – Cooperation Movement?
1) Establishment of national schools,
colleges and private arbitration courts
2) Popularization of swadeshi and
revival of Khadi
3) Development of harmony between
Hindus and Christians
4) Removal of untouchability for Harijan
welfare
5) Emancipation and upliftment of
women
Total Question: 100
a) Only 5
b) 3 and 5
c) Only 3
d) 2 and 4
16. Which of the following social groups and
classes did not participate in the Non –
Cooperation Movement?
1) Students and teachers
2) Peasants and labourers
3) Landlords
4) Merchants
5) Big Capitalists and industrialists
a) 3, 4 and 5
b) 3 and 5
c) 2 , 3 and 5
d) 2 and 4
17. Who among the following played an
important role in the signing of the
Gandhi – Irwin pact?
1) Motilal NehruTej Bahadur Sapru
2) Madanmohan Malaviya
3) Jayakar
4) Chintamani
a) 1 and 2
b) 2 and 4
c) 2 and 3
d) 4 and 5
18. Which of the following clauses was /
were not included in the Gandhi – Irwin
Pact?
1) Withdrawing all ordinances and
ending prosecutions
2) Release of all kinds of political
prisoners
3) Restoration of the confiscated
property of the satyagrahis
4) Permitting peaceful picketing of
liquor, opium and foreign cloth shops
5) Permitting all the Indians to collect or
Manufacture salt, free of duty.
a) Only 2
b) 1 and 2
c) 2 and 5
d) Only 1
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19. All the established political parties and
groups, except two, boycotted the Simon
commission. Which were those two?
1) Hindu Mahasabha
2) Justice party
3) Muslim League
4) Punjab Unionists
a) Only 2
b) Only 3
c) 2 and 4
d) 3 and 4
20. Who made the ‘Deepavali Declaration’
and when?
a) Lord Irwin in 1929
b) Lord Linlithgow in 1940
c) Gandhi in 1930
d) Subhas Bose in 1941
21. What is the name of the newspaper
published by the Indian Muslim League?
a) Quam
b) Inquilab
c) Star of India
d) Bombay Chronicle
22. Match the following:
List I
List II
i. Appointment of the
A) Lord Reading
simon commission
ii. Government of
B) Lord Irwin
India Act of 1935
iii. Repeal of the
C)Lord Wellingdon
Rowlatt Act
iv. Cripps Mission
a)
b)
c)
d)
D) Lord Lintlithgow
i –B, ii –C, iii –A, iv –D
i –A, ii –C, iii –B, iv –D
i –C, ii –A, iii –D, iv –B
i –B, ii –D, iii –C, iv –A
Total Question: 100
23. Which of the following is correctly
matched?
a) Formation of the All India Kisan
Sabha – 1935
b) Foundation of the Congress Socialist
party – 1934
c) Foundation of the Forward Block –
1936
d) Foundation of the Communist Party
of India – 1939
24. Arrange the following in Chronological
order:
1) Second session of Round Table
Conference
2) Gandhi – Irwin Pact
3) Communal Award third session of
Round Table conference
4) Third session of Round Table
conference
5) Poona Pact
a) 2, 1, 4, 5 and 3 b) 2, 1, 4, 3 and 5
c) 2, 3, 1, 4 and 5
d) 2, 1, 4, 3 and 5
25. Arrange the following in historical
sequence:
1) Escape of Subhas Chandra Bose form
India
2) Celebration of the “Deliverance Day”
by the Muslim League
3) Resignation
of
the
Congress
Ministries
4) Lahore resolution of the League
demanding Separate state for Muslims
5) “Quit India” Resolution by the
Congress
a) 3, 4, 2, 1 and 5 b) 3, 1, 2, 4 and 5
c) 3, 2, 4, 1 and 5
d) 3, 4, 1, 2 and 5
26. Which is the correct chronological order
of the following events?
1) Simla Conference
2) Formation of the Azad Hind Fauz
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3) Gandhi – Jinnah Talks
4) ‘Naval Mutiny’
5) INA Trials
a) 1, 3, 2, 4 and 5 b) 2, 3, 1, 5 and 4
c) 2, 1, 4, 3 and 5 d) 1, 3, 2, 5 and 4
27. Which is the correct sequence of the
following events?
1) Formation of the Interim Government
by the Congress
2) Cabinet Mission
3) Direct Action Day by the Muslim
League
4) Recall of Lord Wavell and
appointment of Lord Mountbatten as
the viceroy
5) Joining of the Muslim League in the
Interim Government
a) 2, 3, 1, 5 and 4 b) 2, 1, 3, 4 and 5
c) 2, 3, 1, 4 and 5
d) 2, 1, 3, 5 and 4
28. Arrange the following viceroys in
chronological order:
1) Lord Linlithgow
2) Lord Irwin
3) Lord Wellington
4) Lord Wavell
5) Lord Reading
a) 2, 3, 4, 1 and 4 b) 5, 3, 2, 1 and 4
c) 5, 2, 3, 1 and 4 d) 2, 5, 3, 1 and 4
29. Which of the following events before the
Revolt of 1857 gave jolts to the British
armed Strength?
1) First Afghan war
2) Anglo – Sikh Wars
3) Fists Anglo – Burmese war
4) Crimean War
5) Santhal Uprising
6) Third Anglo – Maratha War
Total Question: 100
a) 1, 2, 3 and 4
b) 2, 3, 5 and 4
c) 3, 4, 5 and 4
d) 1, 2, 4 and 5
Mangal pandey are not Correct?
1) He was a sepoy in the 19th Native
Infantry Stationed at Berhampur
2) In March 1857, he single – handedly
revolted and killed two English
officers
3) He made a futile attempt to commit
suicide when he realized the
hopelessness of the situation
4) He was executed by the British
a) 1 and 2
b) 2 and 3
c) 1 and 4
d) 1 and 3
31. Match the following with the help of the
codes given below:
List I
List II
(Places)
(Britishers who recaptured
them)
i.Delhi
A) Sir Colin Campbell
ii. Kanpur
B) Sir Hugh Rose
iii. Lucknow
C) Major General Hevelock
iv. Jhansi
D) General John Nicholson
v. Allahabad
E) Brigadier General Neill
a)
b)
c)
d)
i – C, ii –E, iii – D, iv –A, v – B
i –D, ii –C, iii –A, iv –B, v –E
i –B, ii –E, iii –D, iv –C, v –A
i –A, ii –D, iii –B, iv –E, v –C
32. Match List I with List II and select the
answer using the codes given below
List I
List II
i. kunwar Singh A) Died fighting the British
at Gwalior
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ii. Nana sahib
B) Died in his ancestral
home due to injuries
iii. Bakht khan
C) Murdered by Raja of
Puwain
iv. Maulavi
Ahmadullah
D)
v.Rani
Laxmibai
E) Died fighting the British
in Awadh
a)
b)
c)
d)
Escaped
to
Nepal
i –D , ii –E, iii –A , iv –C, v – B
i –A , ii –C, iii –D , iv –B, v – E
i – B, ii –D, iii –E , iv –C, v – A
i –C , ii –D, iii –B , iv –A, v – E
Tantia Tope are true?
1) He was the brother of Nana Saheb
2) After the fall of Kanpur to the British,
he joined Rani Laxmibai against the
British.
3) After losing Gwalior, he escaped to
central India and carried on guerrilla
war for 10 months
4) He was betrayed and handed over to
the British by Man Singh, a feudatory
of Sindhia.
5) He was transported for life by the
British in April 1859
a) 1, 2 and 5
b) 2, 3 and 4
c) 2, 3 and 5
d) 2, 4 and 5
34. Which of the following regions /
presidencies did not participate in the
Revolt of 1857?
1) Bengal
2) Madras
3) Bombay
4) Central India
4) Western Punjab 6) Rajputana
a) 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 b) 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6
c) 2, 3, 5 and 6
d) 2, 4, 5 and 6
35. Which of the following were the causes
for the failure of the rebels in 1857 – 58?
1) Disorganization
2) Indiscipline
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3) Participation of the masses
4) Common interests
5) Decentralized leadership
6) Use of traditional weapons
a) 1, 2, 3 and 5
b) 2, 4, 5 and 6
c) 1, 2, 5 and 6
d) 2, 3, 4, and 6
36. Arrange the following events in
chronological order
1) Champaran Satyagraha
2) Launching of the Khilafat Movement
3) Reunion of the congress
4) Nagpur Session of the Congress
a) 3, 1, 2 and 4
b) 3, 1, 4 and 2
c) 1, 3, 4 and 2
d) 1, 4, 3 and 2
37. What is the chronological sequence of the
following happenings>
1) August Declaration
2) Lucknow Pact
3) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
4) Khaira Satyagraha
a) 4, 2, 3 and 1
b) 3, 1, 2 and 4
c) 2, 4, 1 and 3
d) 2, 1, 4 and 3
Tilak are incorrect?
1) Believed that political freedom should
precede social reform
2) Favored initiative by the Congress in
the matter of Social reform
3) Opposed
British
Government
Initiative in the matter of social
reforms
4) Did not consider social and political
reforms to be interlinked
5) Separated religion form politics
a) Only 5
b) 2 and 5
c) 2, 4 and 5
d) Only 4
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39. Which act provided for the election of
labour representatives through labour
constituencies for the first time?
a) Indian councils Act of 1909
b) Government of India Act of 1919
c) Government of India Act of 1935
d) Industrial Disputes Act of 1947
40. By which of the following statements
about factory commissions and acts are
true?
1) The first Factory Commission was
appointed in 1875
2) On the basis of the recommendation
of the first commission, the first
Factory Act was passed in 1876
3) The second Factory Commission as
appointed in 1886
4) The second Factory Act, based on the
report of the second commission, was
passed in 1891
Choose the answer from the codes given
below:
a) 1 and 4 only
b) 2 and 3 only
c) 1, 2 and 3
d) All of them
Jyotiba Phule are true?
1) He came from the lowly caste of
‘Mahar’ in Maharashtra, but was well
educated
2) He
founded
the
Satyashodak
movement in 1870’s
3) He proclaimed the need to save the
lower castes form the hypocritical
Brahmin and their opportunistic
scriptures.
4) He founded a newspaper, New India
in 1880
a) 1 and 2
b) 3 and 4
c) 2 and 3
d) 1 and 4
Total Question: 100
42. Who was the founder of the secret
society. Abhinava Bharat?
a) Naren Bhattacharji
b) Jatin Mukherji
c) Ganesh Savarker
d) Damodar chepekar
43. Who was the revolutionaly terrorist who
ended his days as a Ramakrishan Mission
Swami?
a) Aurobindo Ghosh
b) Hemachandra Kanungo
c) Ajit Singh
d) Jatindranath Bandopadhyay
44. Which of the following are correctly
paired?
List I
List II
i. Separation of Burma Lord Reading
from India
ii. Appointment of
Indian States
commission
Lord Irwin
iii. Holding of
examination for the
ICS in England and
India simultaneously
Lord Wellington
iv. August Offer
Lord Linlithgow
a) 1 and 2
c) 2 and 4
b) 2 and 3
d) 3 and 4
45. Find out the correct pairing of the
following lists form the codes given
below the lists:
List I
i. First session of
Round Table
conference
List II
A) Lord Reading
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ii. Beginning of
Indianisation of the
officer cadre in the
Indian Army
B) Lord Irwin
iii. Cabinet Mission
Plan
C) Lord Linlithgow
iv. Formation of
Congress Ministers
in the provinces
D) Lord Wavell
a)
b)
c)
d)
List II
i. Comrade
A) Mrs Annie Besant
ii. Al – Hilal
B) Muhammad Ali
iii. Zamindar
C) Abul Kalam Ajad
iv. Common wealth
D) Zafar Ali Khan
i – A, ii –B , iii – D, iv –C
i – C, ii –B , iii – D, iv –A
i –B , ii –C , iii – C, iv –A
i –A , ii – C, iii – D, iv –B
answers from the codes given below the
lists:
List I
List II
i. Mitra Mela(1899)
A) Har Dayani
ii.Anuishilan Samiti
B) Rashbehari Bose
of Dacca(1902)
iii. Ghadar Party
a)
b)
c)
d)
i – C, ii – D, iii – A, iv – B
i – B, ii – C, iii – D, iv – A
i – C, ii – D, iii – B, iv – A
i – B, ii – A, iii – C, iv – D
48. Match the following
46. Find out the correct pairing of the
following lists with the help of the codes
given below the lists.
a)
b)
c)
d)
iv. Indian Independence D) Pulin Das
Leauge(1942)
i –B , ii –A, iii –D , iv –C
i –A , ii –B , iii –D , iv –C
i –B , ii –A , iii –C , iv –D
i –C , ii –D , iii –A , iv –B
List I
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C) Savarker Brother
List I
List II
i. Yugantar
A) Santokh singh
ii. Sandhya
B) Barindra Kumar Ghosh
iii. Kirti
C) Sachin Sanyal
iv. Bandi Jivan
D)Brahmo Bandhab
Upadhyay
a)
b)
c)
d)
i –B , ii –D , iii –A , iv –C
i – C, ii – A, iii – B, iv –D
i – B, ii –A , iii – D, iv –C
i – D, ii – B, iii – A, iv –C
49. Arrange the following events in the
correct chronological order
1) Repeal of the vernacular Press Act
2) Appointment of the first famine
Commission
3) Passing of the libert Bill
4) Passing of he first Indian Factory Act
a) 2, 4, 1, and 3
c) 4, 2, 1 and 3
b) 2, 1, 3, and 4
d) 4, 2, 3 and 1
50. Consider List I and List II:
List I
List II
i. Hindu Patriot(1853) Girishchandra
Ghosh
ii.Rast Goftar(1851)
Dadabhai Naoroji
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iii. Akhbar-o-saudagar Dabadhi Kavasji
(1852)
iv. Indian Mirror(1862) Devendranath
Tagore
Which of the above are correctly matched?
a) All of them
c) 2, 3 and 4
b) 1, 2, and 3
d) 1, 3 and 4
51. During whose viceroy ship did the high
courts come into existence at the three
Presidential cities of Calcutta, Madras
and Bombay?
a) Warren Hastings
b) John Lawrence
c) Dalhousie
d) William Bentinck
52. Who among the following gave official
sanction to the education of girls in India?
a) Dalhousie
b) William Bentinck
c) Hardinge I
d) Ellenborough
53. Who was the president of the Indian
Education Commission of 1882?
a) Thomas Raleigh b) W W Hunter
c) Macaulay
d) Sadler
Mir Jafar is / are true?
1) He was the diwan of Siraj – ud –
daula, befor the Battle of Plassey
2) After he was made the Bawab byh the
British, he granted them the right to
free trade in Bengal, Bihar and Orissa
and also the zamindari of the 24
Paraganas.
3) His efforts to replace the British by
the Dutch ended in failure with the
defeat of the latter by the former at
Bedera.
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4) He voluntarily abdicated the throne in
favour of his son – in – law, Mir
Qasim.
a) 1 and 4
c) 4 only
b) 2 only
d) 3 and 4
Alivardi Khan are true?
1) He paid rupees two crore to the
Mughal Emperor and received a
farman in 1740 confirming his position
as the governor of Bengal, Bihar and
Orissa
2) He refused to pay any tribute to the
Mughal Emperor when the latter
demanded it in 1748 through a farman
3) He favoured and chose Shaukat Jung,
one of his sons, as his successor.
4) He prohibited the English and the
French from fortifying their factories
at Calcutta and Chandranagore
a) 1, 2 and 3
b) 2 and 3
c) 1, 3 and 4
d) 1, 2 and 4
56. The Charter Act of 1813 did not
1) Terminate charter of the company
2) Disturb the company’s monopoly of
trade in tea and trade with China
3) End the company’s servants to
undergo some prior training in
England
a) 1 and 2 only
b) 2 and 3 only
c) 1 only
d) 4 only
57. Match the following
List I
List II
i. Removal of official
A) Indian council
majority in the provinAct, 1861
cial legislative councils
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ii. Introduction of bicameralism at the
centre
B) Morley Minto
Reforms
iii. Extension of the
principle of separate
electorates to other
communities, besides
C) Montford
Reforms
iv. Introduction of
D)Govt. of Indian
indirect elections for
Act, 1935 the nonofficial members of the
legislative councils
a)
b)
c)
d)
i –A , ii –D , iii –B , iv –C
i –B , ii –C , iii –D , iv –A
i –B , ii –C , iii –D , iv –A
58. Which code gives the correct pairing of
the following lists?
List I
List II
i. Establishment of the A) Charter Act of
Imperial Legislative
1853
council and the provincial legislative councils
ii. Introduction of the B) Govt. of India Act,
system of direct
1858
recruitment to the ICS
through a competitive
examination
iii. Appointment of a
secretary of state for
India
C) Indian Councils
Act, 1861
iv. Introduction of
separate electorates
for the Muslims
D)Indian Councils
Act, 1909
a)
b)
c)
d)
i –C , ii –A , iii –B , iv –D
i –B , ii –A , iii –C , iv –D
i –A , ii –C, iii –B , iv –D
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59. ‘Reserved Subjects’ under Dyarchy in the
provinces were administered by the
governor and his executive council.
Which of the following were included in
them?
1) Law and order 2) Land revenue
3) Agriculture
4) Irrigation
5) Industries
a) 1, 2 and 3
b) 1, 2 and 4
c) 1, 2 and 5
d) 1, 4 and 5
60. The ‘Transferred Subjects’ were to be
looked after by the governor and his
council of ministers, which of the
following was / were not included in
them?
1) Education
2) Forests
3) Local self – government
4) Jails
5) Public health and sanitation
a) 2 only
b) 2 and 3
c) 4 only
d) 2 and 4
61. In
1935 the principle of separate
electorates were extended to
1) Sikhs
2) Untouchables
3) Europeans
4) Indian Christians
5) Anglo – Indians
a) 1, 2, 3 and 5
b) 1, 3 and 5
c) 1, 3, 4 and 5
d) 3, 4, and 5
following social and humanitarian events
of the British period?
1) Prohibition of human sacrifice
2) Prohibition of sati
3) Prohibition of female infanticide
4) Passage of Native Marriage Act
5) Passage of Widow Remarriage Act
History Test - 5
Date: 20/03/2015
Total Question: 100
a) 2, 4, 1, 3 and 5 b) 3, 1, 2, 4 and 5
c) 1, 2, 3, 5 and 4 d) 2, 3, 1, 5 and 4
iii. William
Bentinck
C) Separation of judicial
administration from
revenue administration
63. What is the chronological order of the
following developments in the field of
education in India?
1) Establishment of the first three
Universities in India
2) Establishment
of
the
Indian
Education Service
3) Establishment of provincial education
departments
4) Sadler Commission
5) Hunter Commission
6) Raleigh Commission
a) 1, 2, 3, 6, 4,5
b) 3, 1, 5, 2, 6,4
c) 2, 1, 4, 3, 5, 6
d) 5, 2, 1, 3, 6, 4
iv. Dalhousie
D)Abolition of the
provincial courts of appeal
and circuit
64. Which one of the following is correctly
matched?
a) Wood’s
Despatch
–
primary
education
b) Hunter Commission – Secondary
education
c) Raleigh Commission – University
education
d) Sadler Commission – Rejection of
filtration theory
answer using the codes given below:
List I
List II
i. Cornwallis
A) Subsidiary Alliance
system
ii. Wellesley
B) Doctrine of Lapse
a)
b)
c)
d)
i –A , ii –C , iii –D , iv –B
i –C , ii –A , iii –D , iv –B
i –C , ii –A , iii –B , iv –D
i –A , ii –C , iii –B , iv –D
66. Consider List I and List II
List I
List II
i. Mayo
Beginning of the system of
the state railways
ii. Northbrook
Visit of prince of Wales to
India
iii. Lytton
Holding of the Delhi Durbar
iv. Ripon
D)First census taken in
India
a) All of them
b) 1, 2 and 3
c) 2, 3 and 4
d) 1, 2 and 4
67. What is the historical sequence of the
foundation of the following associations?
1) Arya Samaj
2) Tattvabhini Sabha
3) Prarthana Samaj
4) Ramakrishna Mission
5) Deccan Education society
6) Indian National Social Conference
a) 3, 4, 2, 1, 5, 6
b) 2, 5, 4, 6, 1, 3
c) 5, 4, 2, 1, 3, 6
d) 2, 3, 1, 5, 6, 4
Date: 20/03/2015
History Test - 5
the religious ideas of Rammohun Roy are
true?
1) He believed in monotheism, the
doctrine of the unity of godhead.
2) He considered the Vedas to be eternal
and infallible
3) He laid emphasis on human reason and
rationality in all religious matters
4) He opposed idol worship
a) 1, 2 and 3
b) 1, 3 and 4
c) 2, 3 and 4
d) 1, 2 and 4
Total Question: 100
a) 1, 2 and 3
b) 2, 3 and 4
c) 1, 2 and 4
d) All of them
71. Which of the following persons were the
illustrious members of the ‘Servants of
India Society’?
1) Gopal Ganesh Agarkar
2) N M Joshi
3) H N Kunzru
4) Shri Ram Bajpai
5) Jyotiba Phule
a) 1, 2 and 3
b) 2, 3 and 4
c) 3, 4 and 5
d) 1, 3 and 5
Gopala Krishan Gokhale are true?
1) He was a famous moderate nationalist
leader as well as a renowned social
worker
2) He was an active member of the
Deccan Education Society
3) He left the Deccan Education Society
due to serious differences with M G
Ranade
4) He founded a new organization with
the aim of training Indians in different
fields for the service of their
motherland.
a) 1, 2 and 3
b) 1, 2 and 4
c) 1, 3 and 4
d) All of them
the Ahrar Movement are true?
1) It was founded in the first quarter of
the 20th century
2) One of its founders was Maulana
Muhammad Ali
3) It was begun in opposition to the
loyalist politics of the Aligarh
movement
4) Its members, moved by modern ideas of
self – government, advocated active
participation in the Nationalist
Movement
a) 1, 2 and 3
b) 2, 3 and 4
c) 1, 2 and 4
d) All of them
Vireshalingam Pantulu are true?
1) He was the most prominent, social
reformer of south India in the second
half of the 19th century
2) He founded the Rajahmundri Social
Reform Association in Andhra Pradesh
3) Its principal objective was education of
women
4) Its principal objective was promotion
of widow remarriages
73. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
1) Fought against medieval obscurantism
and advocated a rational approach
towards religion
2) Asked for a reinterpretation of the
Quran in the light of reason to suit the
new trends of the time
3) Founded a modern school, at Aligarh in
1875, which became the Muhammadan
Anglo – Oriental college in 1877 and
later a full – fledged university
4) Founded the Muhammadan
Educational Conference in 1886 as a
History Test - 5
Date: 20/03/2015
general forum for spreading liberal
ideas among the Muslims
a) 1, 2 and 3
b) 2, 3 and 4
c) 1, 2 and 4
d) All of them
74. Which of the following are correct to
describe the character of the Aligarh
movement?
1) Anti – British
2) Pro – British
3) Anti – Congress 4)Pro – Congress
5) Anti – Hindu
6) Pro – Hindu
a) 1, 2 and 3
b) 2, 3 and 4
c) 2, 3 and 5
d) 1, 3 and 5
75. Which code gives the correct paring of the
following lists?
List I
List II
i. Poona Seva Sadan
A) H N Kunzru
ii. Social Service League B) Shri Ram Bajpai
iii. Seva Samiti
C) N M Joshi
iv. Seva Samiti Boy
Scouts Association
D) G K Gokhale
v. Servants of India
Society
E) Mrs Ramabai
Ranade
a)
b)
c)
d)
i –C , ii –D , iii –B , iv –E, iv –A
i –E , ii –C , iii –A , iv –B, iv –D
i –A , ii –E , iii –D , iv –C , iv –B
i –B , ii –A , iii –C , iv –D , iv –E
76. which of the following rulers of Indian
states cooperated with the British in
suppressing the Revolt of 1857
1) Nizam of Hyderabad
2) Sindhia of Gwalior
3) Holkar of Indore
4) Ex – Nawab of Rohilkhand
5) Gulab Singh of Kashmir
6) Raja of Jodhpur
Total Question: 100
a) 1, 2, 4 , 5 and 6 b) 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6
c) 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6
d) 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6
77. Which of the following were the main
factories for the success of the British in
suppressing the Revolt of 1857?
1) Immense resources
2) Superior military weapons and
techniques
3) Able leadership
4) Assistance of some of the Indian rulers
5) End of Crimean War which enabled
them to concentrate most of their
troops in India
a) 1, 2 and 4
b) 2, 3 and 5
c) 1, 3 and 4
d) All of them
the Santhal Revolt are true?
1) The Santhals of Rajmahal hils revolted
against the British in 1855p their own
government
2) They set up their own government
and defeated a British force under
Colonel White
3) The British suppressed the revolt by
transferring the disturbed area to the
military in 1856
4) The British crated a separate district
of Santhal Paraganas to prevent
santhals form revolting again in future
a) 1, 2 and 3
b) 1, 3 and 4
c) 2, 3 and 4
d) 1, 2 and 4
the play Nil Darpan are true?
1) It was written in 1860
2) Its author is Premchand
3) Its author is Dina Bandhu Mitra
4) It portrayed the exploitation of
Deccan peasants by Moneylenders
Date: 20/03/2015
History Test - 5
5) It portrayed the oppression of Bengal
peasants by the European indigo
planters
a) 1, 2 and 4
b) 1, 3 and 5
c) 1, 2 and 5
d) 1, 3 and 4
the Moplah Rebellion are true?
1) The Muslim Moplah peasants
resented their exploitation by the
Hindu zamindars and the British
government
2) The immediate cause of the rebellion
was the police raid on Tirurangadi
mosque in search of arms in August
3) The Moplahs established their total
control over some areas for a while
and also set up their ‘republics’ in
some places
4) The rebellion resulted in the death of
the more than 2,399 Moplahs
a) 1, 2 and 3
b) 1, 2 and 4
c) 2, 3 and 4
d) All of them
81. Which of the following persons were the
leaders of the Moplah rebellion?
1) Kunhammad Haji
2) Kalathingal Mammad
3) Ali Musaliar
4) Sithi Koya Thangal
5) Yakub Hasan
a) 1, 2, 3 and 4
b) 2, 3, 4 and 5
c) 3, 4, 5 and 1
d) 1, 3, 4 and 5
82. Which of the following statements is/are
true about the Vernacular Press Act, 1878?
1) It was passed by Lord Mayo
2) It came to known as the ‘ Gagging Act’
3) It liberated the Indian press from
restrictions
Total Question: 100
4) It was replaced by the Lord Rip on in
1882
a) 1 and 2
2 and 4
c) 1 and 4
3 and 4
83. Who are known as the ‘Liberators of the
Indian press’?
1) Sir Charles
2) Lord Minto Metcafe
3) Sir Thomas Munro
4) Lord Macaulay
5) Lord Wellesley
a) 1 and 3
b) 2, 4 and 5
c) 1 and 4
d) 3 and 4
84. Which of the following was/were not
responsible for the failure of the
revolutionary terrorists?
1) Class and caste limitations
2) Lack of central leadership and a
common plan
3) Secular beliefs of the terrorists
4) Lack of communication facilities
5) Ruthless and repressive policy of the
British
a) Only 2
b) only 3
c) 1 and 3
d) 3 and 4
85. Which of the following persons was/ were
not involved with the foundation of the
Anushilan Samiti of Calcutta in 1902?
1) Promotha Mitter
2) Abani Mukherji
3) Barindrakumar Ghosh
4) Jatindranath Banerji
5) Pulin Das
a) 2 and 4
b) 3 and 5
c) 2 and 5
d) 3 and 4
Date: 20/03/2015
History Test - 5
the revolutionary terrorists are true?
1) They came mainly from the lower
classes
2) Most of them belonged to upper
classes
3) Most of them came from rural areas
4) They neglected the real demands of
the peasants and workers
a) 1, 2 and 3
b) 2 and 4
c) 2, 3 and 4
d) 1 and 3
87. Bahadur Shah was responsible for:
1) Executing Guru Gobind Singh, the
tenth guru of the Sikhs
2) Taking Chatrasal, the Bundela Chief,
into this service
3) Releasing Shahu, the son of Shambaji
4) Defeating and killing Churaman, the
Jat Chief
a) 1 and 2
b) 2 and 3
c) 3 and 4
d) 2 and 4
Jahandar Shah is /are not true?
1) He succeeded in the war of succession
after the death of Bahadur Shah due to
the support given to him by Zulfiqar
Khan
2) He was the grandson of Bahadur Shah
3) His reign lasted between 1713 and 1719
4) The practice of Mughal nobles acting
as king – Markers began with his
reign?
5) He was defeated and killed by his
nephew, Farukh Siyar
a) 1 and 2
b) Only 2
c) 3 only
d) 2 and 3
the Sayyid brother are correct?
1) They played a decisive role in the
succession of Farukh Siyar as the
emperor
Total Question: 100
2) They are known in India history as
king makers
3) Abdullah Khan, the elder of the two
brothers, was made the Mir Bakhsi by
Farukh Siyar
4) They murdered Farukh Siyar in 1719
and made two young princes the
Emperors in quick succession
5) They were murdered in 1720 by their
opponents
a) 1, 2, 4 and 4
b) 2, 3, and 4
c) 1, 2, 3 and 5
d) 2, 4 and 5
90. Which is the correct chronological
sequence of the following events?
1) Ahmad Shah Abdali’s first invasion of
India
2) Revolt of the Sikhs under Banda
Bahadur
3) Nadir shah’s invasion of India
4) Capture of Delhi by the British
a) 3, 1, 2 and 4
b) 2, 3, 1 and 4
c) 3, 2, 1 and 4
d) 2, 3, 4 and 1
the third Anglo – Mysore war are true?
1) The immediate cause of this war was
Tipu’s occupation of a part of the
territory of Travancore, whose Raja
was an ally of the British
2) It started in 1786 and ended in 1788
3) The British forged an alliance with the
Nizam and the Marathas against Tipu
4) Lord Cornwallis, the then governor –
general, assumed personal command
of the British forces in the middle of
the war
a) 1, 3 and 4
b) 2, 3 and 4
c) 1, 2 and 3
d) 1, 2 and 4
Date: 20/03/2015
History Test - 5
92. From which of the following countries did
Tipu seek help to expel the British from
India?
1) France
2) Arabia
3) Afghanistan
4) Russia
5) Turkey
a) 1, 2 and 4
b) 2, 3 and 5
c) 1, 2, 3 and 4
d) 1, 2, 3 and 5
93. Which of the following stat ements about
the State of Mysore are not true?
1) After the Fourth Anglo-Mysore war, a
major part of Mysore was annexed by
the British
2) A small portion of it was restored to a
minor son of Tipu Sultan
3) A subsidiary treaty was signed by the
British with the new ruler of Mysore
4) In 1849, Lord Dalhousie took over the
administration of Mysore because of
misgovernment by its ruler
5) In 1881, Lord Ripon restored Mysore to
its ruler
a) 1 and 3
b) 2 and 4
c) 2 and 3
d) 3 and 5
Saadat Khan Burhan – ul – Mulk are true?
1) He founded the state of Awadh
2) He suppressed the rebellious
Zamindars in Awadh, and established
law and order there
3) He discriminated against Hindus in
the matter of employment
4) He made Awadh economically and
militarily strong by carrying out
revenue and military reforms
a) 1, 2 and 3
b) 1, 2 and 4
c) 1, 3 and 4
d) 2, 3 and 4
95. Shuja – ud – daula:
Total Question: 100
1) Succeeded to the Nawabship of
Awadh as well as the Wazirship of
the Mughal Empire in 1764
2) Was defeated by the Rohillas in 1774
3) Signed a subsidiary treaty and paid a
huge war indemnity to the British due
to his defeat in the Battle of Plassey
4) Purchased Kara and Allahabad from
the British in 1773
a) 1, 2 and 3
b) 1, 3 and 4
c) 2 and 3
d) 1 and 4
following Viceroys?
1) Northbrook
2) Dufferin
2) Lytton
4) Mayo
3) Ripon
a) 2, 5, 3, 1 and 4 b) 5, 1, 3, 4, and 2
c) 3, 2, 4, 1 and 5 c) 4, 1, 3, 5 and 2
97. By which act did education officially come
under Indian control for the first time?
a) Indian Councils Act of 1892
b) Indian Councils Act of 1909
c) Government of India Act of 1919
d) Government of India Act of 1935
98. When was the ‘Double Government’
consisting of created at the Home
Government level?
a) 1784
b) 1813
c) 1833
d) 1853
99. Which act was responsible for the ultimate
death of the Presidency System?
a) Regulating Act of 1773
b) Pitt’s India Act of 1784
c) Charter Act of 1813
d) Charter Act of 1833
100. When did the British make English the
medium of instruction in India?
a) 1813
b) 1833
c) 1835
d) 1844

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