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Q1. Match the following: A. 1883 B. Ilbert Bill C. 1877 D. 1905 ...... 1.Codification of the Indian System of law and procedure.2.Imperial Darbar at Delhi 3. Partition of Bengal 4. Gave Indian Magistrates the right to try Europeans.
Correct answer : 2
Q2. Match the following: A.Justice Party B.Self Respect Movement C.Satya Shodhak Movement D.Satya Shodhak Samaj ............ 1.Jyotirao Phule 2.Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj 3.E.V.Ramasami Naicker 4.TN Nair, RT Chetti, CN Mudaliar
Correct answer : 4
Q3. Match the following: Many of Gandhiji's associates joined him in political career during the course of several activities undertaken by him. A.Champaran Indigo Cultivators B.Ahmedabad Textile Workers C.Kheda Peasants D.South Africa ........... 1.Anasuya Behn 2.Vallabh Bhai Patel & Indulal Yagnik 3.Rajendra Prasad,Braj Kishore Prasad & J.B.Kripalani 4.Gokhale
Correct answer : 2
Q4. Match the authors and their works: A.Bankim Chandra Chatterjee B.Goverdhanram M.Tripathi C.Bhartendu Harishchandra 1.Bharat Dhurdasha 2.Nibandhanmala 3.Bangadarshan D.Vishnu Krishna Chiplunkar 4.Saraswati Chandra
Correct answer : 2
Q5. Read the following statements and pick the wrong one: a)there was a pro-Hindu bias in Bankim Chandra's historical book b)"Godan" was concerned only with the question of independence c)"Premashrama" was inspired by the example of the Russian Revolution d) Although Saratchandra Chattopadhyay admired Gandhi, yet at times idolised those who believed in revolutionary violence.
Correct answer : 3
Q6. Which of the following Buddhist Council was held during the reign of Kanishka?
Correct answer : 2
Q7. Which of the following pair is wrong? A. I Battle of Panipat -- Babur and Ibrahim Lodi B.II Battle of Panipat -- Akbar and Sher Shah C.III Battle of Panipat -- Ahmed Shah Abdali and Marathas D.Battle of Plassey -- Siraj Ud Daulah and Lord Clive
Correct answer : 4
Q8. Match the following: A.Chaman Atha Guntha 1.Sarat Chandra Chatterjee B.Karambhumi Bandhopadhyay 2.Tarashankar C.Bipradas 3.Fakirmohan Senapathi D.Ganadevata 4.Premchand
Correct answer : 2
Q9. Pick the true statement about the Indus Valley people?
Correct answer : 3
Q10. Occurrences below to be arranged in the chronological order: A. Dandi March B. Lahore Congress C.Gandhi's participation in the II Round Table Conference D. Gandhi Irwin Pact
Correct answer : 4
Q11. Match the leaders and their movements: A. Chakra Bisoi 1.Pabna Uprising B. Sido and Kanhu 2. Khonds of Gumsar C. Radhakrishna Dandasena 3. Savara Rebellion D. Kesab Chandra Roy 4. Santhal Rebellion
Correct answer : 3
Q12. Match the leaders with the moments they were associated with: A.Tomma Dora 1.Savara Rebellion B.Shambunath Pal 2.Munda Revolt C.Birsa Munda 3. Koya Rebellion D.Radhakrishna Danda Sena 4.Pabna Uprising.
Correct answer : 3
Q13. Who among the following led the Rajputs in the Battle of Khanwa?
Correct answer : 1
Q14. "Black Hole" incident occurred in which of the following forts?
Correct answer : 1
Q15. In which year the East India Company was brought under the British crown?
Correct answer : 2
Q16. Match the associations and the years of establishment: A.Madras Native Association 1.1843 B.British India Association 2.1948 C.Bombay Association 3.1851 D.Bengal British Indian Society 4.1852
Correct answer : 1
Q17. Match the Viceroys with the events during their tenure: A.Lord Wavell 1.First demand for Pakistan B.Lord Reading 2.Moplah Rebellion C.Lord Willingdon 3.Simla Conference D.Lord Linlithgow 4.Communal Award
Correct answer : 2
Q18. Match the following Governor Generals with their achievements: A. William Bentick 1.Public Works Department B. Charles Metcalfe 2. Annexation of Sind C. Ellenborough 3. Abolition of Persian as the Court Language D. Dalhousie 4. Treaty with Ranjit Singh the Punjab/Lahore ruler.
Correct answer : 1
Q19. The Satavahanas hailed from..............
Correct answer : 3
Q20. Which dynasty succeeded the Slave Dynasty?
Correct answer : 3
Q21. The most famous Chalukya King was ...............
Correct answer : 4
Q22. Match the following agitations with the organizations they were associated with: A.Worlis Tribal Peasant Agitation 1.Bengal Proncial Kisan Sabha B.Bakasht Peasant Agitation 2.The Communists C.Travancore Agitation 3. Maharashtra Kisan Sabha D.Tebhaga Movement 4. The Bihar Kisan Sabha
Correct answer : 3
Q23. Which of the following dynasties was the oldest?
Correct answer : 4
Q24. Pick the correct order of Slave Dynasty rulers......
Correct answer : 3
Q25. Porus was the one King who gave strong resistance to Alexander invasion. The territory ruled by Porus was located between...................rivers.
Correct answer : 1
Q26. Arrange the following rulers in the correct order of their periods: A.Skandagupta B.Rajendra Chola C.Chandragupta I D.Harshavardhana
Correct answer : 3
Q27. Match the following leaders and the events: A. Mahatma Gandhi 1.Dandi March B. Jawaharlal Nehru 2. Red Shirts Movement C. Abdul Ghaffar Khan 3.Bardoli Andolan D. Sardar Patel 4.Poorna Swaraj Resolution at Lahore Session of INC
Correct answer : 1
Q28. Match the following leaders of independence movement who disappeared from the movement by the mode of exit: A.Balagangadhara Tilak 1. Went abroad B.Aurobindo Ghosh 2. temporary retirement from politics C.BC Pal 3. Revolutionary Conspiracy Case D.Lajpat Rai 4. Jailed in Mandalay
Correct answer : 2
Q29. Who founded the Slave Dynasty?
Correct answer : 1
Q30. Who among the following was the first Sultan of the Tughlaq Dynasty?
Correct answer : 1
Q31. Who was the Rana of Mewar during Akbar's raid of Chittor Fort?
Correct answer : 4
Q32. Who among the following granted permission to the British for the establishment of a trading centre at Surat?
Correct answer : 4
Q33. Match the Viceroys and the events that occurred during their tenure: A. Hardinge II 1.Coronation Durbar at Delhi B. Chelmsford 2.Visit of Prince of Wales C.Reading 3. Rowlatt Act D.Willingdon 4.II Round Table Conference
Correct answer : 2
Q34. During whose rule, Jainism spread across India?
Correct answer : 4
Q35. .................was the guardian of Akbar when he ascended the throne at the young age of 13.
Correct answer : 4
Q36. British Viceroys were appointed from ................to manage the affairs of India.
Correct answer : 2
Q37. Match the years with the laws enacted during pre-independence period: A.1881 1.Abolition of import duty on cotton goods B.1883 2.The Factories Act C.1878 3.The Statutory Civil Service D.1879 4.The Famine Code
Correct answer : 3
Q38. Match the following revolutionaries with the sort of end they met: A.Jatin Das 1.Life Sentence B.Chandrasekhar Azad 2.Died of Hunger Strike C.Bhagat Singh 3.Killed in an encounter D.Kalpana Dutt 4.Hanged
Correct answer : 2
Q39. Which of the following slave dynasty rulers was not purchased as a slave, in their early life?
Correct answer : 3
Q40. The Treaty of Srirangapattinam was signed between Tipu Sultan and ................
Correct answer : 1
Q41. ....................introduced the 'Mansabdari" system.
Correct answer : 3`
Q42. In which year the Kalinga war was fought?
Correct answer : 2
Q43. Who conceived the "Zabti" system?
Correct answer : 2
Q44. Whose rule, among the following, was considered as the "Golden Period" of Mughal Rule in India?
Correct answer : 2
Q45. Who was the Rajput princess whom Akbar married?
Correct answer : 3
Q46. Sikh Rule in India was founded by ..................
Correct answer : 2
Q47. Name the Buddhist monk who converted Asoka into Buddhism after the Kalinga War?
Correct answer : 4
Q48. Who among the following was the first Portuguese Viceroy of India?
Correct answer : 4
Q49. Which of the following places was the capital of the Ancient Avanti Kingdom?
Correct answer : 3
Q50. Match the following enactments and their effects: A.Rowlatt Act 1.Indian Magistrates allowed to try British subjects B.Montford Reforms 2.Judges were allowed to try political cases without juries C.Ilbert Bill 3.Divided the functions of Central and provincial governments D.India Councils Act 1892 4.Indirect election was granted in practice.