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1. Which Act may be regarded as the beginning of representative system in modern India?
The Indian councils Act 1861
Government of India Act 1918
Government of India Act 1925
Government of India Act 1935
2. By which Act may be the British parliament did Queen Victoria assume the title of ‘the Empress of India’ to emphasize British sovereignty over the whole of British provinces in India and Indian states?
The Royal Titles Act 1866
The Royal Titles Act 1870
The Royal Titles Act 1876
The Royal Titles Act 1886
3. The Vernacular press Act as a safety valve against vernacular newspapers was passed by Lord Lytton on
April 14 1878
March 14 1878
March 14 1876
March 14 1870
4. Who was the first to call the revolt of 1857 as an organized war for national Independence?
Ashok Mehta
Dr. S Gopal
Syed Hasan Imam
Savarkar
5. Who was the first to call the revolt of 1857 as an organized war for national Independence?
Ashok Mehta
Dr. S Gopal
Syed Hasan Imam
Savarkar
6. The first Round Table conference was held on:
December 12 1930
August 12 1930
April 12 1930
November 12 1930
7. The first Round Table conference was held on:
December 12 1930
August 12 1930
April 12 1930
November 12 1930
8. The Gandhi-Irvin pact under which Mahatma Gandhi agreed to suspend the civil Disobedience Movement was signed on
March 5 1931
April 8 1931
May 8 1931
August 8 1931
9. With the objective of raising the moral and material status of the untouchables Dr. B.R. Ambedkar organized:
The Harijan Hitkari sabha
The Bahishkrit Hitkari sabha
The Harijan Uthan sabha
The Bahishkrit Utthan sabha
10. Which report became the basis for enacting the Government of India Act 1935?
Reading’s report
Montague Chelmsford Declaration
Morley Minto Reforms
Simon Commission’s report
11. The committee headed by Motilal Nehru constituted to draw up a blue print for the future constitution of India published
Nehru Report
Constitution report
Government of India Report
None of these
12. In order to study the position of education Indian constitutional commission was constituted in 1929 under the chairmanship of
Phillip Uartog
Phillip Reading
Uartog Reading
None of these
13. Who said – “patriotism is religion and religion is love for India?”
Bhagat Singh
Bipin Chandra Pal
Ashok Mehta
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
14. The congress policy of prayer and petition ultimately came to an end under the guidance of
B G Tilak
Lala Lajpat Rai
Bipin Chandra Pal
None of these
15. 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 relate?
Bang Bhang
Santhal Movement
Kishan Andolan
Revolt of 1857
16. While delivering the presidential address’ The Congress president who advocated the introduction of Roman Script for Hindi language was
Surendranath Banerjee
Dadabhai Naoroji
Subhash Chandra Bose
Sankaran Nair
17. Who founded Atmiya Sabha in 1815?
Brahma Datt B. i C.
Dayanand Saraswati
Raja Rammohan Roy
None of these
18. Who wrote in 1900 to the Secretary of state for India-‘It is my firm belief that the congress is staggering towards its downfall and it is my great desire that during my stay in India I should help in its peaceful demise?
Lord Curzon
Lord Hardinge
Lord Chelmsford
Lord Minto
19. Bal Gangadhar Tilak popularly known as Lokamanya Tilak was born in 1856 at
Ratnagiri
Pune
Mumbai
None of these
20. An English weekly called ‘New India’ was started by;
K M Pannikar
Devendra Nath Tagore
Annie Besant
Mahatma Gandhi
21. Bang Darshan was the main newspaper of
Sisir Kumar Ghosh
Birendra Nath Chatterjee
Pini Chandra Pal
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
22. Montague – Chelmsford report was prepared on the basis of
The Government of India act 1913
The Government of India act 1919
The Government of India act 1935
None of these
23. he Governor General who came to be known as father of communal electorate in India was
Lord Chelmsford
Lord Hardinge
Lord Lainthgo
Lord Minto
24. In order to restrict the freedom of the press, the British government passed “The Indian official secrets Act” in
1907
1904
1903
1896
25. The Governor General who came to be known as father of communal electorate in India was
Lord Chelmsford
Lord Hardinge
Lord Lainthgo
Lord Minto
26. In order to restrict the freedom of the press, the British government passed “The Indian official secrets Act” in
1907
1904
1903
1896
27. The most outstanding representative of Militant Nationalist School of thought was
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Bhagat Singh
Bismil
Lala Lajpat Rai
28. About the formation of which organization A.O. Hume said “A safety valve for the escape of great and growing forces generated by our own action urgently needed.”
Bhinav Bharat
Young Indian Organization
Young India
Indian National Congress
29. The demand for Swarajya or self- government within the British empire was made from the Congress platform by
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Dadabhai Naoroji
Both Gopal Krishna Gokhale and Dadabhai Naoroji
None of these
30. Mahatma Gandhi’s first great experiment in Satyagrah came in 1917 in
Ahemdabad
Champaran
Kheda
Dandi
31. Rehnumai Mazdayasan Sabha started in 1851 by Naoroji Furdonji, Dadabahi Naroji, S.S. Bengalee and other was a
Parsi Economical Reform Association
Parsi education Reform Association
Parsi culture Reform Association
Parsi religious Reform Association
32. Mahatma Gandhi gave the title of Sardar to Vallabhbhai Patel for his great organizational skill in:
Kheda Satyagraha
Champaran Satyagraha
The Bardoli Satyagraha
None of these
33. The pioneer of Indian communism was
M.N. Roy
G.N Ganguly
P.C Chandra
None of these
34. Whom did B.G.Tilak call the “Diamond of India”?
Mahatma Gandhi
Rabindranath Tagore
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Bhagat Singh
35. The Battle of Plassey was fought in
1757
1782
1748
1764
36. The territory of Porus who offered strong resistance to Alexander was situated between the rivers of
Sutlej and Beas
Jhelum and Chenab
Ravi and Chenab
Ganga and Yamuna
37. Under Akbar, the Mir Bakshi was required to look after
military affairs
the state treasury
the royal household
he land revenue system
38. are sacred books of
Buddhists
Hindus
Jains
None of the above
39. The trident-shaped symbol of Buddhism does not represent
Nirvana
Sangha
Buddha
Dhamma
40. The theory of economic drain of India during British imperialism was propounded by
Jawaharlal Nehru
Dadabhai Naoroji
R
M.K. Gandhi
41. The treaty of Srirangapatna was signed between Tipu Sultan and
Robert Clive
Cornwallis
Dalhousie
Warren Hastings
42. The system of competitive examination for civil service was accepted in principle in the year
1833
1853
1858
1882
43. Through which one of the following, the king exercised his control over villages in the Vijayanagar Empire?
Dannayaka
Sumanta
Nayaka
Mahanayakacharya
44. The Vijayanagara ruler, Kirshnadev Raya’s work ,, was in
Telugu
Sanskrit
Tamil
Kannada
45. Under an agreement with which of the following countries did Subhas Chandra Bose organize the Indian soldiers, taken as prisoners by the Axis Powers, into the Azad Hind Fauj?
China
Germany
Italy
Japan
46. We hear of two envoys being sent to the Roman kings, one in 27-28 AD to the court of Augustus and the other in 110-20 AD to the court of
Cartius
Trajan
Nero
Brutus
47. The use of , in ancient Indian architecture is the result of India’s contact with
Central Asia
Iran .
Greece
China
48. the five-fold conception of Vishnu consists of
I II III IV and V
II III IV V and VI
I II IV V and VI
I III IV V and VI
49. The treaty of Mangalore was signed between
the English East India Company and Haidar Ali
he English East India Company and Tipu Sultan
Haidar Ali and the Zamorin of Calicut
the French East India Company and Tipu Sultan
50. To conquer and annex Peshawar and Punjab, Mahmud of Ghazni defeated
Ghurids
Arabs
Karkotakas
Hindushahis
51. To which professions earlier leaders who struggled for freedom of India mainly belonged?
Lawyers
Teachers
Journalists
All of the above
52. The victories of Karikala are well portrayed in
Palamoli
Aruvanad
Pattinappalai
Padirrupattu
53. Todar Mal was associated with
music
literature
land revenue reforms
law
54. The title of ‘Viceroy’ was added to the office of the Governor-General of India for the first time in
1848 AD
1856 AD
1858 AD
1862 AD
55. To which of the following dynasties did King Bhoja, a great patron of literature and art, belong?
Karkota
Utpala
Paramara
Gurjara Pratihara
56. Vikramaditya, a king of Ujjain, started the Vikrama samvat in 58 BC in commemoration of his victory over
Indo-Greeks
Sakas
Parthinas
Kushanas
57. Two of the great Mughals wrote their own memories. They were
Babar and Humayun
Humayun and Jahangir
Babar and Jahangir
Jahangir and Shahjahan
58. Two of the great Mughals wrote their own memories. They were
Babar and Humayun
Babar and Jahangir
Humayun and Jahangir
Jahangir and Shahjahan
59. To which king belongs the Lion capital at Sarnath?
Chandragupta
Ashoka
Kanishka
Harshavardhan
60. The use of spinning wheel (,) became common during the
9th Century AD
10th Century AD
12th Century AD
14th Century AD
61. The language of discourses of Gautama Buddha was
Bhojpuri
Magadhi
Pali
Sanskrit
62. There were widespread risings against the British in the 1820s. Which one of the following did not revolt in the 1820s?
Santhals
Ahoms
Pagal Panthis
Ramosi
63. Velu Thampi led a revolt against the British in state of
Travancore
Baroda
Hyderabad
Mysore
64. Under the Mountbatten Plan of 1947 the people of ___ were given the right to decide through a plebiscite whether they wished to join Pakistan or India.
Assam
Punjab
Bengal
N.W.F.P and the Sylhet district of Assam
65. Three major powers that emerged in southern India in the 7th century AD were
I II V
II III IV
III IV V
I II IV
66. The term ‘Yavanapriya’ mentioned in ancient Sanskrit texts denoted
Ivory
Pepper
A fine variety of Indian muslin
Damsels sent to the Greek court for dance performance
67. The Timariots Governors and the Revenue Contractors, on their part reason in this manner: “Why should the neglected state of this land create uneasiness in our minds and why should we expend our money and time to render it fruitful? We may be deprived of it in a single moment, and our exertions would benefit neither ourselves nor our children.” This statement was made by
Monserrate
Tavernier
Manrique
Bernier
68. The ultimate ownership of land during the post-Gupta period lay with
The cultivator
The village community
The king
The joint family
69. To which of the republic of Buddha belong?
Licchavis
Sakyas
Mallas
None of these
70. There was a sharp class division at Harappa and Mohenjodaro. This is clear from the
Indus seals excavated
Religious beliefs of the Harappans
Tools and implements used by the Harappans
Different types of dwellings excavated
71. The title given by the British Government to Mahatma Gandhi which he surrendered during the non-cooperation movement was
Hind Keasri
Kaiser-e-Hind
Rai Bahadur
Rt. Honorable
72. Tipu sultan was the ruler of
Hyderabad
Madurai
Mysore
Vijayanagar
73. The term , meant
Foreign goods
Dancer
Curtain
Theatre
74. The term Khalisa in Mughal administration signified the A.
entire Imperial establishment
land owned by the emperor himself
religious land grants
land from where revenue was collected for the Imperial Treasury
75. Visakhadatta sketches the event after the death of Samudragupta in his work
Mudrarakasam
Devi Chand Guptam
Mrichekakatika
Malavikagnimitra
76. The system of Dual Government during the latter half of the 18th century AD is associated with the name of
Clive
Cornwallis
Waren Hastings
William Bentinck
77. was interpreted by
Swami Vivekananda
Swami Dayananda
Raja Rammohan Roy
None of the above
78. The term ,, meaning a feudatory from the sixth century AD, originally meant a
slave
cultivator
neighbour
foreigner
79. To evolve a peaceful settlement of the conflict between India and China, which of the following non-aligned Afro-Asian nations participated in a conference held in December 1962?
Burma (now Myanmar) Combodia Indonesia and UAR
Burma Sri Lanka Combodia and Indonesia
Burma Indonesia Ghana and Sri Lanka
All of the above
80. The text of the document called ,, by which Akbar assumed the role of supreme arbiter in the matters of religion is found in
Nizamuddin’s Tabaqat-I-Akbari
Arif Quandahari’s Tarikh-I-Alfi
Abul Fazl’s Akbarnama
Badauni’s Muntakahab-ut-Tawarikh
81. Tulsidas, the author of ,, was a contemporary of which of the following rulers?
Akbar
Humayun
Shahjahan
Sher Shah Suri
82. To meet the educational needs of the people, the Madarasa-I-Nasiri was built in the reign of
Qutub-ud-din Aibak
Iltutmish
Ruknuddin Firoz Shah
Jalal-id-din Khilji
83. The weekly , was founded by
Annie Besant
Bipan Chandra Pal
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Sarojini Naidu
84. Ustad Mansur was a famous painter in the reign of
Shajahan
Akbar
Humayun
Jahangir
85. The Vedic deity Indra was the Goddess of
Wind
Eternity
Rain and thunder
Fire
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