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UPSC PRELIMINARY TEST BATCH – 1
History Test - 7
Date: 03/04/2015
1. Which one of the following pairs is not
properly matched?
a) Burzahom Culture – Jhelum Valley
b) Ganeshwar Culture – N.E. Rajasthan
c) Jorwe Culture – Maharashtra
d) Ahar Culture – Madhya Pradesh
2. Which one of the following Chalcolithic
sites of the Malwa Culture has yielded
evidence of fire – altars, bull worship and
phallus worship?
a) Eran
b) Dangwada
c) Kayatha
d) Navdatoli
3. Which one of the following sites does not
have evidence of pit – dwellings?
a) Burzahom
b) Sarai Khola
c) Jalilpur
d) Gufkral
4. In the upper Ganga valley iron is first
found associated with:
a) Black – and – Red Ware
b) Ochre Colored Ware
c) Painted Grey Ware
d) Northern Black Polished Ware
5. The maximum concentration of Harappan
sites is in the
a) Uplands of Baluchistan
b) Marshy lands of the Rann of Kutch
c) Plains of the Indus and its tributaries
d) Foothills of the Himalayas
6. Match List I with List II and select the
correct answer using the codes given
below the lists
List I
(Harappan sites)
List II
(Burial customs)
i. Harappa
A) Brick chamber or cist
ii. Lothal
B) Coffin burial
iii. Kalibangan
C) Pot burial
iv. Surkotada
D) Double burial
Total Question: 100
Codes:
a)
b)
c)
d)
i – B, ii – D, iii – C, iv – A
i – D, ii – B, iii – A, iv – C
i – B, ii – D, iii – A, iv – C
i – A, ii – C, iii – B, iv – D
7. Granaries or warehouses have been
excavated at
1) Mohenjodaro
2) Harappan
3) Chanhudaro
4) Kalibangan
5) Lothal
6) Banawali
Select the answer form the codes given below:
a) All of them
b) 1, 2, 3 and 4
c) 1, 2 and 5
d) 1, 2, and 4
8. Majority of the Indus terracotta figurines
were
a) Hand – modeled
b) Made in single moulds
c) Cut with a saw
d) Sculptured with a chisel
9. The religious iconography of Indus people
consists of
1) Seals and Sealings
2) Images and Statues
3) Terracotta figurines
4) Amulets and Tablets
Choose the answer form the codes given below
a) 1 and 2
b) 1, 2 and 3
c) 1, 3 and 4
d) All of them
10. The majority of the Harappan pottery was
a) Polychrome pottery
b) Black–painted pottery
c) Red – painted pottery
d) Plain pottery
11. Which of the following were the most
standardized products of the Harrapans?
a) Pottery
b) Terracottas
c) Bricks
d) Statues
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12. The whole area of Harappan culture
represents a
a) Circular area
b) Square area
c) Zigzag formation d) Triangle area
13. The most common materials used for the
Harappan stone sculptures are
a) Hard sandstone b) Soft limestone
c) White marble
d) Steatite
14. Which of the following were the features
of the Harappan houses?
1) Rectangular houses
2) Widespread use of wood
3) Brick – dried bathrooms and wells
4) Outside stair cases
5) Entrances at the centre of the houses
a) 1, 2, 5
b) 1, 2, 3
c) 1, 3, 4
d) 2, 3, 4
15. The cemeteries of the Harappan cities
were generally located
a) Around the perimeter of the settlements
b) Within the citadels
c) At the heart of the cities
d) Near the residences
16. The practice of placing domestic dogs in
graves along with their masters, which
was foreign to the Indian tradition, has
been found to be in use at
a) Mehrgarh
b) Burzahom
c) Lothal
d) Kalibangan
17. The most beautiful brick – work of the
Harappans is found in the
a) Fire altars
b) Dockyard
c) Temple – like structure
d) Great bath
Total Question: 100
18. Indus civilization belongs to which of the
following periods?
a) Historical period
b) Pre – historical period
c) Post – Historical period
d) Proto – Historical period
19. Pick out the earliest tax from the
following:
a) Bhaga or spoils of war
b) Bali or voluntary offerings
c) Visti or forced labour
d) Kara or customary share of grain
20. Which of the following mention the royal
sacrifices of rajasuya, asvamedha and
vajapeya for the first time?
a) Samhitas
b) Brahmanas
c) Aranyakas
d) Upanishads
21. Which of the following were used by the
later Vedic people as media of exchange in
trade and commerce though they did not
represent coins as such?
1) Nishka
2) Krishnala
3) Satamana
4) Gana
5) Sreni
a) 1, 2 and 3
b) 2, 3 and 4
c) 1, 2, 4 and 5
d) All of them
22. Arrange the following units of political
organization of Vedic period in the
descending order:
1) Vis
2) Gana
3) Grama
4) Rashtra
5) Kula
Select the answer from the codes given below
a) 4, 2, 1, 3 and 5
b) 2, 3, 1, 5 and 4
c) 5, 2, 1, 3 and 4
d) 3, 2, 4, 1 and 5
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23. Who were the five monks who listened to
the first sermon of the Buddha in the Deer
park at Sarnath?
1) Upali
2) Kondana
3) Vappa
4) Bhadiya
5) Mahanama
6) Assaji
Select the answer from the codes below:
a) 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
c) 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6
b) 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6
d) 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6
24. In the Mauryan period, pariharaka meant
villages that
a) Were exempted from taxation
b) Supplied soldiers
c) Paid their taxes in kind
d) Supplied services and dairy produce in
lieu of taxes
25. The digging of wells at every eight kos
(which is a distance of about nine miles) is
stated by Asoka in the
a) Major Rock Edict II
b) Major Rock Edict VI
c) Kalinga Edicts
d) Major Pillar Edicts VII
26. In which edict or inscription, Asoka
declared his faith in Buddha, Dhamma and
Sangha and called the Buddha a Bhagavat?
a) Kalinga Edicts
b) Rummindei Minor pillar Edict
c) Maski Minor Rock Edict I
d) Bhabra Minor Rock Edict
27. Who among the following started the
general use of stone for monuments?
a) Chandragupta Maurya
b) Bimbisara
c) Bindusara
d) Asoka
Total Question: 100
28. The early Gupta emperors modeled their
coinage after the fold coins of which of the
following dynasties?
a) Mauryas
b) Satavahanas
c) Indo – Greeks
d) Kushanas
29. Which inscription of Skandagupta
mentions the Hunas and Pushyamitras as
his most serious enemies?
a) Allahabad Pillar Inscription
b) Junagarh Rock Inscription
c) Indore Pillar Inscription
d) Supia Pillar Inscription
30. Kalidasa’s works include
1) Abhigyana Sakuntalam
2) Meghadootam
3) Raghuvamsa
4) Malavikagnimitram
5) Ritusamhara
6) Kumarasambhava
a) All of them
b) 1, 2, 3 and 4
c) 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6
d) 1, 3, 4 and 5
31. Which of the following statements are
true about Guptan administration?
1) The Gupta Empire consisted of directly
administered areas and areas ruled
autonomously by feudal chiefs and
tributary kings
2) The directly administered areas were
divided into provinces, called desa or
bhukti
3) The provinces were further subdivided
into districts, called pradesa or vishaya
4) The Guptan administration was a
highly centralized administration with
a large bureaucracy
Select the answer form the codes given below:
a) All of them
b) 1, 2 and 3
c) 2, 3 and 4
d) 1, 3 and 4
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Total Question: 100
32. Who informs us that the soldiers acting as
body – guards burnt themselves in the
funeral pyre of the monarch when he died?
a) Nicolo de Conti b) Marco Polo
c) Al – Beruni
d) Hiuen Tsang
3) Ranthambhor
4) Gujarat
5) Warangal
6) Deogirj
a) 3, 4, 5, 1, 2 and 6 b) 5, 2, 3, 1, 6 and 4
c) 2, 1, 4, 3, 6 and 5 d) 4, 3, 2, 1, 6 and 5
33. Who were the munhias during the reign of
Ala – ud – din Khalji?
a) They were the revenue officers
b) These were special officers who used to
give reports about the rates and
working of markets
c) They were the heads of the market
control organization
d) They were the bodyguards of the king
38. Who among the following is said to have
witnessed the reign of eight Delhi
Sulthans?
a) Zia – ud – din Barani
b) Shams – I – Shiraj Afif
c) Minhaj – us – Siraj
d) Amir Khusrau
34. Which commander of Muhammad of
Ghur was responsible for defeating the
Senas and establishing Muslim rule in
eastern India?
a) Qutub–ud–din Aibak
b) Iltutmish
c) Bakhtiyar Khaliji
d) Muhammad bin Qasim
35. During the reign of which Delhi Sultan
was the power of the chahalgani
destroyed?
a) Iltutmish
b) Balban
c) Nasir – ud – din Mahmud
d) Raziya
36. Pick out the Sultan who died while
playing chaugan form among the following
a) Iltutmish
b) Ala – ud – din Khalji
c) Muhammad Tughluq
d) Qutub–ud–din Aibak
37. What is the historical sequence of the
following conquests of Ala – ud – din
Khalji?
1) Malwa
2) Chittor
39. What is the correct sequence of the
following experiments of Muhammad
Tughluq?
1) Enhancement of land revenue to 50
percent in the Doab
2) Establishment of a separate department
of agriculture
3) Introduction of token currency
4) Transfer of capital form Delhi to
Daulatabad
5) Appointment of a new set of revenue
officers
Select the answer from the codes given below:
a) 5, 2, 1, 4 and 3
b) 3, 2, 5, 4 and 1
c) 4, 3, 1, 2, and 5
d) 4, 1, 5, 2 and 3
40. Which one of the following is correctly
matched?
a) Battle of Waihind – Defeat of the Hindu
Shahi ruler by Muhammad of Ghur
b) Battle of Tarain I – Defeat of Prithviraja
Chauhan by Muhammad of Ghur
c) Battle of Tarain II – Defeat of
Muhammad of Ghur by Prithviraja
Chauhan
d) Battle of Chandwar – Defeat of
Jayachandra of Kanauj by Muhammad
of Ghur
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41. Match List I with List II and
List I
List II
i. Ilbaris
A) Abu Bakr
ii. Khaljis
B) Nizam Khan
iii. Tughluqs
C) Aram Baksh
iv. Sayyids
D) Qutub–ud–din Mubarak
v. Lodhis
E) Shah Alam
a)
b)
c)
d)
i – A, ii – C, iii – D, iv – E, v – B
i – B, ii – A, iii – E, iv – C, v – D
i – C, ii – D, iii – A, iv – E, v – B
i – C, ii – A, iii – D, iv – E, v – B
42. Which of the following is correctly paired?
a) Diwan – i – Mustakhraj – Balban
b) Diwan – i – Kohi – Ala – ud – din Khaji
c) Diwan – i – Arz – Muhammad Tughluq
d) Diwan – i – Bandagani – Firoz Tughluq
answer using the codes given below the
lists.
List I
List II
i. Diwan–i–Risalat
A) Department of
Ecclesiastical Affairs
ii. Diwan–i–Insha
B) Military
Department
iii. Diwan–i–Wazarat
C) Finance
Department
iv. Diwan–i–Arz
D) Agricultural
Department
v. Diwan–i–Kohi
E) Department of
Slaves
vi. Diwan–i–Bandagani F) Department of
Records and
correspondence
Total Question: 100
Codes:
a)
b)
c)
d)
i – F, ii – C, iii – A, iv – E, v – B, vi – D
i – A, ii – F, iii – C, iv – B, v – D, vi – E
i – A, ii – F, iii – C, iv – D, v – E, vi – B
i – B, ii – A, iii – D, iv – F, v – C, vi – E
44. Who was the Delhi Sultan to impose jizya
even on the Brahmins?
a) Balban
b) Ala–ud–din Khalji
c) Firoz Tughluq
d) Muhammad Tughluq
45. Which of the following was not a defect in
Firoz Shah’s administration?
a) Extension of the farming – out system
b) Allowing hereditary claims to posts as
well as iqtas
c) Extension of the scope and rigour of
collection of the jizya
d) Abolition of a number of duties on trade
and commerce
46. Which Sultan wanted to found a new
religion, but was advised against it by the
ulema?
a) Balban
b) Ala – ud – din Khalji
c) Muhammad Tughluq
d) Iltutmish
47. Which of the following statements is not
correct about the iqta system?
a) The iqtas of the Delhi sultanate were
similar to the amarams of the
Vijayanagar period
b) The iqta holders had to maintain a
prescribed number of troops for sending
to the Sultan whenever required
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c) The iqtas were hereditary, but
transferable.
d) Iqtas were given not only to Muslims
but also to Hindus
Total Question: 100
52. Match the following
List I
List II
i. Kabir
A) Jat farmer
48. What was the largest administrative
division in Vijayanagar?
a) Kottam
b) Nadu
c) Kurram
d) Mandalam
ii. Raidasa
B) Rajput
iii. Dhanna
C) Weaver
iv. Sena
D) Cobbler
49. Who established the Chisti order in India?
a) Nizam – ud – din Auliya
b) Salim Chisti
c) Shaikh Moin – ud – in Chisti
d) Hamid – ud – din Nagauri
v. Pipa
E) Barber
50. Sangama brothers, who founded
Vijayanagar, were originally in the service
of
a) Kampili kingdom
b) Hoyasala kingdom
c) Kakatiya kingdom
d) Yadava kingdom
51. Consider List I and List II:
List I
List II
i. Nizam Shahis
Ahmadnagar
ii. Adil Shahis
Bijapur
iii. Imad Shahis
Berar
iv. Qutub Shahis
Bidar
v. Barid Shahis
Golconda
Which of the above are correctly matched?
Choose the answer from the codes below:
a) 1, 2 and 3
c) 3, 4 and 5
b) 2, 3 and 4
d) 1, 3 and 5
a)
b)
c)
d)
i – C, ii – A, iii – D, iv – E, v – B
i – C, ii – D, iii – A, iv – E, v – B
i – D, ii –C, iii –A, iv – B, v – E
i – D, ii –E, iii – B, iv – C, v – A
53. Consider List I and List II:
List I
List II
i. Tulsidas
Sur Sagara
ii. Surdas
Padmavat
iii. Jayasi
Ramcharitmanas
iv. Nur Muhammad
Indravati
v. Uttaman
Chitravali
Which of the above are incorrectly matched?
a) 1, 2 and 3
c) 1, 3 and 4
b) 3, 4 and 5
d) 2, 4 and 5
54. Arrange the Great Mughals in historical
order.
1) Akbar
2) Shah Jahan
3) Babur
4) Aurangzeb
5) Humayun
6) Jahangir
Select the answer from the codes below
a) 3, 5, 1, 6, 2, 4
b) 3, 5, 1, 2,6, 4
c) 1, 2, 3,5,6, 4
d) 3, 4, 2, 1, 5, 6
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55. Which of the following revenue system
were Akbar’s own innovations?
1) Batai
2) Kankut
3) Nasaq
4) Zabti
5) Dahsala
a) 1 and 4
b) 2 and 5
c) 3 and 4
d) 4 and 5
56. What were the various measures taken by
Sher Shah to improve trade and
commerce?
1) Building several new roads and
restoration of all old ones
2) Construction of rest houses along the
roads for the convenience of the
travelers and traders
3) Issue of fine coins of gold, silver and
copper of uniform standard
4) Collection of custom duties and tolls at
several places all through the empire
5) Making the local headmen and
zamindars responsible for the loss of
the goods of merchants in transit
a) 1, 2, 3 and 4
b) 1, 2, 3 and 5
c) 2, 3, 4 and 5
d) All of them
57. Which one of the following was not a
chief feature of the dahsala system of land
revenue?
a) Survey and measurement of land
b) Classification of land
c) Fixation of rates
d) Biennial assessment
58. During the reign of which great Mughal
was tobacco introduced in India?
a) Jahangir
b) Akbar
c) Shah Jahan
d) Aurangzeb
Total Question: 100
59. Aurangzeb got some temples destroyed
which one of the following was not one of
them?
a) Somanatha temple in Gujarat
b) Visvanatha temple at Banaras
c) Kesava Rai temple at Banaras
d) Jagannatha temple at Puri
60. Which of the following statements about
Alfonso de Albuquerque are incorrect?
1) He became the Portuguese governor in
India in 1509
2) He captured Goa from the ruler of
Ahmednagar in 1511
3) He persecuted Muslims and prohibited
his countrymen form taking Indian
women as wives
4) He conquered the island of Ormuz in
the Persian Gulf in 1515
5) He died in 1520 leaving the Portuguese
as the strongest naval power in the
Indian Ocean
Choose the answer from the codes below:
a) 1, 2 and 4
b) 2 and 3
c) 3 and 4
d) 2, 3 and 5
answer using the codes given below
List I
List II
i. Alfonso de
Albuquerque
A) First Portuguese
governor in India
ii. Nino da Cunha B)Second Portuguese
governor in India
iii. Martin Alfonso C)Portuguese governor
who transferred
headquarters in India form
Cochin to Goa
iv. Francisco de
Almeida
D) Portuguese governor
who was accompanied by Je
suit saint Francisco Xavier
to India
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a)
b)
c)
d)
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i – A, ii – D, iii – B, iv – C
i – B, ii – C, iii – D, iv – A
i – A, ii – B, iii – D, iv – C
i –B, ii – A, iii – C, iv – D
62. Which were the Portuguese settlements
that were captured by the Marathas in
1739?
1) Salsette
2) Bassein
3) Bombay
4) Chaul
Select the answer form the codes below:
a) 1 and 2
b) 2 and 3
c) 3 and 4
d) 4 and 5
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 action as
king – makers 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 brothers are correct?
1) They played a decisive role in the
succession of Farukh Siyar as the
emperor
2) They are known in Indian history as
king – makers
3) Abdullah Khan, the elder of the two
brothers, was made the Mir Bakhsi by
Farukh Siyar
Total Question: 100
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
Choose the answer from the codes given below
a) 1, 2, 4 and 5
b ) 2, 3 and 4
c) 1, 2, 3 and 5
d ) 2, 4, and 5
65. Who was the governor – general during
the Second Anglo – Mysore war?
a) Warren Hastings
b) Lord Cornwallis
c) Sir John Shore
d) Lord Wellesley
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
67. Siraj – ud – daula
1) Ordered the British to demolish
additional fortifications at Calcutta
2) Conceded almost all the demands of the
British by concluding a treaty with
them
3) Protested against the British conquest
of Chandranagore
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4) Refused to offer protection to the
French after their defeat by the English
a) 1, 2 and 4
b) 1, 2 and 3
c) 3 and 4
d) 2 and 3
68. Which of the following stat3ements about
Mir Jafar is / are not true?
1) He was the diwan of Siraj – ud – daula,
before the Battle of Plassey
2) After he was made the Nawab by 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
4) He voluntarily abdicated the throne in
favour of his son – in – law, Mir Qasim
a) 1 and 4
b) 2 Only
c) 4 Only
d) 3 and 4
69. Which of the following statements is/ are
not true about the Regulating Act of 1773?
1) It made changes in the constitution of
the Court of directors and subjected
their actions to the British Government
2) It appointed the first governor – general
of India and his council of three
members
3) The governor – general – in – council
was given the power to superintend and
control the Bombay and Madras
Presidencies in certain matters
4) It established a supreme court at
Calcutta
5) It gave permission to the servants of the
Company to receive presents, but not
bribes
a) 2 and 3
b) 3 and 4
c) 2 and 5
d) Only 5
Total Question: 100
70. Which of the following statements are
true about the Pitt’s India Act of 1784?
1) It established a Board of Control,
Consisting of six members
2) It increased the number of members of
the council of the governor – general
3) It gave the court of Directors the right
to appoint and recall officials in India
4) It laid down that the Supreme Court at
Calcutta was to have no jurisdiction
over the governor – general and his
council in discharge of their public
duties
5) It clearly subordinated the Bombay and
Madras Presidencies to the governor
general – in – council in certain matters
Select the answer form the codes given below
a) 1, 2 and 4
b) 2, 3 and 4
c) 1, 4 and 5
d) 1, 3 and 4
71. The Charter Act of 1793
1) Renewed the Charter of the Company
for 20 more years
2) Regulated the finances of the Company
3) Laid down that the salaries of the Board
of control and its staff were to be paid
from the British revenues
4) Prohibited the commander – in – chief
from being a member of the governor –
general’s Council
a) 1, 2 and 3
b) 1, 2 and 4
c) 1 and 2
d) 2 and 3
72. In which of the following provinces was
bicameralism introduced for the first time
in 1935?
1) Bengal
2) Punjab
3) Uttar Pradesh
4) Bihar
5) Central Provinces 6) Assam
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a) 1, 2, 3 and 5
c) 1, 2, 4 and 5
b) 1, 3, 4 and 6
d) 1, 4, 5 and 6
73. 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
74. Who among the following gave official
sanction to the education of girls in India?
a) Dalhousie
b) William Bentinck
c) Hardinge I
d) Ellenborough
75. Sir Charles Wood, who drafted the
Education Despatch of 1854, was the then
a) Secretary of state for India
b) President of the Court of Directors
c) President of the Board of Control
d) Prime minister of England
Total Question: 100
a) 1, 2 and 3
c) 1, 3 and 4
b) 2, 3 and 4
d) All of them
78. Which of the following persons
accompanied Gandhi to Champaran?
1) Rajendra Prasad 2) Jawaharlal Nehru
3) J B Kripalani
4) Vallabhbhai Patel
5) Mazhar–ul–Haq 6) Mahadev Desal
a) 1, 2, 4 and 6
b) 1, 3, 5 and 6
c) 2, 3, 4 and 6
d) 1, 2, 4 and 5
79. Which of the following were the targets of
attack of the rebel Moplahs?
1) Police stations
2) Public offices and communications
3) Christian houses and churches
4) Houses of oppressive Hindu Landlords
5) Temples and priests
a) 1, 3 and 4
b) 2, 4 and 5
c) 1, 2 and 4
d) 3, 4 and 5
76. Who was the president of the Indian l
Education Commission of 1882?
a) Thomas Raleigh
b) W W Hunter
c) Macaulay
d) Sadler
80. Consider List I and List II
i. Indigo agitation
Bengal
77. Consider List I and List II
ii. Khaira satyagraha
Gujarat
iii. Anti – Razakar movement
Bihar
iv. Champaran satyagraha
Telengana
List I
List II
i. Satyashodak movement
Maharashtra
ii. Ezhava movement
Kerala
iii. Nadar movement
Southern
Tamil Nadu
iv. Palli movement
Northern
Tamil Nadu
List I
List II
a) 1 and 2
c) 3 and 4
b) 2 and 3
d) 1 and 4
History Test - 7
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81. Who founded the Amrita Bazar Patrika?
a) Sisirkumar Ghosh
b) Girishchandra Ghosh
c) Harishchandra Mukherji
d) S. N. Banerji
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) His Arms Act permitted Indians to keep
arms
a) 2 and 3
b) Only 2
c) Only 3
d) 1 and 3
the libert Bill is/ are not true?
1) The controversy around the libert bill
helped Indian Nationalism to take up
an organized form
2) According to the original bill, Indian
judge could try European also
3) It was passed without any amendment
despite the vehement opposition of the
British residents in India
4) The Indians did not organize any
campaign in favour of the bill
a) 1 and 4
b) 2 and 3
c) 3 and 4
d) 4 Only
84. Which code gives the correct matching of
the following lists?
List I
List II
i. Second session of the
Congress(Calcutta)
A) Phorozeshah
Mehta
Total Question: 100
ii. Third Session
(Madras)
B) Dadabhai Naoroji
iii. Fourth Session
(Allahabad)
C) Sir William
Wedderburn
iv. Fifth Session
(Bombay)
D) Badruddin Tyabji
v. Sixth Session
(Calcutta)
E) George Yule
a)
b)
c)
d)
i – B, ii – D, iii – E, iv – C, v – A
i – B, ii – A, iii – C, iv – D, v – E
i – C, ii – B, iii – A, iv – D, v – E
i – A, ii – E, iii – C, iv – B, v – D
85. Match List I with List II and choose the
answer form the codes given below the
lists
List I
List II
i. Hindu Mahasabha
A) 1906
ii. Indian Liberal Federation
B) 1915
iii. Muslim League
C) 1916
iv. Home rule Leagues
D) 1918
a)
b)
c)
d)
i – B, ii – D, iii – A, iv – C
i – B, ii – A, iii – D, iv – C
i –C, ii – B, iii – D, iv – A
i – D, ii – A, iii – C, iv – B
86. Match the following
List I
i. Foundation of
Women’s University
List II
A) Lord Lansdowne
ii. Creation of govern– B) Lord Curzon
orship of Bengal
iii. Ancient Monuments C)Lord Hardinge II
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History Test - 7
iv. Indian Councils Act D) Lord Chemisford
of 1891
a)
b)
c)
d)
i – B, ii – A, iii – C, iv – D
i – D, ii – C, iii – A, iv – B
i – C, ii – D, iii – B, iv – A
i – D, ii – C, iii – B, iv – A
87. 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
88. The Civil Disobediences Movement was
an advance over the Non – Cooperative
Movement in many respects, except a few.
Which are those exceptions?
1) Stated objective
2) Methods adopted
3) Participation of women and teenagers
4) Hindu – Muslim unity
5) Response form business groups
6) Participation of labourers
a) 3, 4 and 6
b) 4 and 6
c) 4 and 5
d) 3 and 5
Total Question: 100
1) The popular mood of August 1942,
caused by the rout of the British by an
Asian power (Japan) in South – East
Asia
2) The condemnable behavior of most of
the foreign troops stationed in India
3) Shooting up of prices and shortages of
certain essential commodities like rice
and salt
4) Calculations by the Congress leaders
with an allied defeat very much on the
cards in 1942
5) British provocation before the passage
of the Quit India resolution and their
policy of wholesale repression after its
passage
Codes:
a) 1, 2, 3 and 5
b) 1, 2 and 5
c) 1, 3 and 5
d) All of them
answers form the codes given below the
lists
List I
List II
i. Mitra Mela(1899)
A) Har Dayal
ii. Anuishilan Samiti
of Dacca (1902)
B) Rashbehari Bose
iii. Ghadar Party(1931) C) Savarker Brothers
iv. Indian Independe D) Pulin Das
nce League (1942)
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
89. Which of the following were the causes
for the Quit India Movement or the Revolt
of 1942?
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91. Which one of the following is correctly
matched?
a) Chapekar brother – Day
b) Madanlal Dhingra – Rand and Lt
Ayerst
c) Gopinath Saha – Curzon Wyllie
d) Bhagat Singh – Saunders
92. Who was the founder of the secret society,
Abhinava Bharat?
a) Naren Bhattacharji
b) Jatin Mukherji
c) Ganesh Savarker
d) Damodar Chapekar
93. Who was the revolutionary terrorist who
ended his days as a Ramakrishna Mission
Swami?
a) Aurobindo Ghosh
b) Hemachandra Kanungo
c) Ajit Singh
d) Jatindranath Bandopadhyay
94. 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
Total Question: 100
96. Which one of the following areas was not
a bone of contention between the
Bahmanis and the Vijayanagar rules?
a) Kaveri delta
b) Krishna – Godavari delta
c) Konkan
d) Tungabhadra Doab
97. Who among the following was the author
of Jambavati Kalyanam in Sanskrit?
a) Krishna Deva Raya
b) Allasani Peddana
c) Tenali Ramalinga
d) Nandi Timmana
98. Who built the Gol Gumbaj at Bijapur,
famous for the world’s second largest
dome and the ‘whispering gallery’?
a) Mahmud Gawan
b) Yusuf Adil Shah
c) Ismail Adil Shah
d) Muhammad Adil Shah
99. Who built the famous ‘Kirtistambha’ at
Chittor?
a) Ratan Singh
b) Rana Hammir
c) Rana Kumbha
d) Sangram Singh
100. Which Sikh guru started the Gurumukhi
script?
a) Nanak
b) Angad
c) Arjun
d) Gobind Singh
95. Which one of the following inscriptions
gives us the genealogy of the five Sangama
brothers?
a) Srirangam copper plate
b) Bagapellsi copper plate
c) Bitragunta grant
d) Devulapalli copper plate

1. Which one of the following pairs is not properly matched? a

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