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Q1. Among the following what was not the aim of Servant's of India Society launched by Gohale in 1905?
Correct answer : 2
Q2. Who among the following is credited with bringing sanskritic culture true to the South?
Correct answer : 2
Q3. Pick out the place where regional militant nationalism was not based?
Correct answer : 1
Q4. Of the following Acts enacted by the British, which one was a short lived?
Correct answer : 2
Q5. What was the service undertaken by the Jyotiba Phule's Satyashodak Samaj during the later 19th century?
Correct answer : 4
Q6. Under the leadership of Dr.Ambedkar, the untouchable "Mahars" launched an autonomous movement with certain demands. Which of the following was not one of them?
Correct answer : 2
Q7. Which of the following quote is correctly matched? A)Give me blood, I will give you freedom - Nehruji B)Karenge ya marenge - Nethaji C)Swaraj is birthright and I shall have it - Tilak D)A new star rises, the star of freedom in the East - Gandhiji
Correct answer : 1
Q8. British appointed the Hunter Commission to probe into......
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Q9. Arrange the following events in the correct chronological order: a)Permanent Settlement b)doctrine of lapse c)partition of Bengal d)subsidiary alliance
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Q10. What was the main reason for the partition of Bengal?
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Q11. Among the following who gave the maximum resistance to the British?
Correct answer : 2
Q12. For what reason the 'Din ilahi' of Akbar met with failure?
Correct answer : 2
Q13. Which of the following is not directly related with the growth of cave art?
Correct answer : 2
Q14. Mark the Kushan dynasty ruler from the following?
Correct answer : 4
Q15. Mark the unrelated feature of the Mauryan Dynasty? A)wide spread education b)largest empire of its time c)use of gold, silver and copper coins d)provincial administration
Correct answer : 2
Q16. In which year the Quit India Movement was organised?
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Q17. Which of the following gave the permission for the Britishers to establish their company in India?
Correct answer : 3
Q18. Who introduced the Indian Civil Service?
Correct answer : 3
Q19. What was the aim of the Red Shirt movement?
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Q20. The earnings of medieval period kings was mostly from....
Correct answer : 3
Q21. What was "Mansabdari" during the Mughal period?
Correct answer : 3
Q22. What was the main motive of Ghazni Mohammad's frequent attack on India?
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Q23. Arrange the following rulers of Delhi in the chronological order: a) Razia b)Balban c)Iltumish d)Nasiruddin
Correct answer : 2
Q24. Civil Disobedience movement followed which of the following events?
Correct answer : 1
Q25. Accession to the Sultan period throne was generally through .......
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Q26. Which political party was in power in United Kingdom when India became independent?
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Q27. Which factor contributed most to the success of the British against other European traders in India?
Correct answer : 4
Q28. Arrange the following political events in Gandhiji's life in the chronological order: a) Vykom Satyagraha b) Champaran Satyagraha c) Loin Cloth Adoption d) Bardoli Satyagraha
Correct answer : 1
Q29. Who of the following Liberal who played an important part in drafting Congress constitutional documents such as the Lucknow Pact of 1916, and the Nehru Report 1927, and continued this role in drawing up independent India's constitution as well.
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Q30. Among the following nationalists who spoke of self government for India as the fulfillment of the ancient life of India under modern conditions andl the final fulfillment of the Vedantic ideal in politics.
Correct answer : 1
Q31. Till the beginning of the Gupta period, the Chakravarti ideal was connec ted with the performance of vedic sacrifices but now it was raised to be the political ideal of the age. What is the pointer?
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Q32. The most important development during the Gupta period with regard to the land grants during Ancient India was.......
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Q33. The law givers of Gupta period mention in detail the privileged position of the guilds.Point out which one of the following is not pertinent?
Correct answer : 2
Q34. Asthakuladhikarana' was the rural board under the Guptas, and it was constituted by which of the following?
Correct answer : 3
Q35. Adhisthan Adhi Karana' was the municipa board during Gupta period and it constituted four members. Of the following which was not one of them?
Correct answer : 4
Q36. Among the following features of Buddhism which one is NOT correct
Correct answer : 3
Q37. Orthodox Hindus believe that there are six "astika" systems of Hindu philosophy and of them the oldest is........
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Q38. Brahma's chief wife is the goddess of wisdom, speech, music, the deviser of Sanskrit and the Minerwa of Hinduism. To which goddess in Hinduism these attributes are related?
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Q39. Of all the birds, the one that carries the three greatest secrets: Secret of immortality - which has earned it the name of "Chiranjiva"- long lived; secret of the origin of things for it was the one bird present at creation; and it has the secret of hell since it dwelt for many aeons in the infernal reals. The reference is for which of the following?
Correct answer : 2
Q40. What characterizes the Iron age burials in the South?
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Q41. Vedic philosophy as presented in the Vedas has many facets. Pick which one of the following is not true?
Correct answer : 2
Q42. Which of the following refers to the portion of the revenue allotted to Zamindars for their services?
Correct answer : 3
Q43. "He abolished all the taxes that are not sanctioned by the Shariat. He was the first to collect "jaziya" from non-muslims apart from land revenue. He ordered the removal of human carricatures from the paintings in his palace. His concept of development was modern." Whom are we referring to by these lines?
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Q44. Buddhism holds that the welfare of the people should be promoted by all means possible by the Government. This ideal is embodied in the figure of the Chakravarti-raja or Dharmaraja, as described in.....
Correct answer : 3
Q45. Pick the odd one out of the following Harappan civilisation sites....
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Q46. The term "Dravidian"refers to a stratum of population who can be classified as......
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Q47. Arrange the following organisations chronologically in their order of foundation? a)Tatvabodhini Sabha b)Arya Samaj c)Indian National Social Conference d)Rama Krishna Mission
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Q48. "Raziya was endowed with all qualities befitting a King but was not born of the right sex". Whose quote is this?
Correct answer : 3
Q49. Arrange the following social legislations in the chronological order? a)Human sacrifice practice was outlawed b)Act to declare slavery as illegal in India c)The Caste Disabilities Removal Act d)The Act that gave legal status to widow remarriage
Correct answer : 1
Q50. Who was that French Physician attached to the Court of Shah Jehan and also a witness to the war of succession between Dara Shikoh and Aurangazeb?