HISTORY OPTI0NAL PAPER- Model Test -1
Time: 2 hours Marks: 300
1) Which of the following popular amusements of the common people was known as kolattam in the Vijayanagar empire?
a) Puppet show b) Dramatic performance c) Stick play d) Dance by devdasis
Ans : c
2) The maintenance and upkeep of ______ was the greatest drain on the resources of the empire of Vijayanagar
a) Infantry b) Cavalry c) Elephants d) Artillery
3) The measure which was not adopted by Shivaji to ameliorate the condition of the peasants was
a) A fixed amount of revenue was to be paid by the peasants
b) The peasants were given the choice of payment either in cash or in kind
c) He was not very strict in the matter of realization of land revenue
d) Loans were advanced to the ryots for the purchase of seed and cattle, to be repaid in each annual installments
4) ______ was the most powerful noble during the reign of Bahadur Shah and Jahandar Shah.
a) Asad Khan b) Kukultash Khan c) Zulfiqar Khan d) Saiyid Abdullah Khan
5) Who wrote the well-known work Tabaqat-i-Akbari?
a) Khwaja Nizamuddin Ahmad b) Badauni c) Abul Fazl d) Khwand Mir
6) The depiction of ____ is not characteristic of the paintings of the Mughal period
a) Religious scenes
a) All imperial orders having her name attached
b) Forcing Mahabat Khan to revolt
c) Driving Prince Khurram to revolt
d) Her relatives holding low official posts
8) With whose efforts the reconciliation between Akbar and Salim was achieved?
a) Khan Azam
Ans : c
9) Aurangzeb’s “height of political unwisdom” was
a) Execution of Guru Tegh Bahadur, the ninth Guru of the Sikhs
b) Waging useless and ruinous wars in the North-west frontier
c) Attempt to incorporate marwar in the Mughal empire
d) Imprisonment of Shivaji at Agra
10) Which of the following is correct about Zainul Abidin’s reign in Kashmir?
a) He abolished jizyah and cow slaughter
b) He withdrew the ban on sati
c) The Hindus occupied many high offices in his government
d) All of the above
11) Who imposed Jaziya on the Hindus in Gujarat which had never been imposed on them earlier?
a) Ahmad Shah I
12) During Ala-ud-din’s reign, a tanka was made of
a) 50 Jitals b) 49 Jitals c) 48 Jitals d) 47 Jitals
13) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq died of fever in 1357 while pursuing rebels in
a) Multan b) Sind c) Punjab d) Khurasan
14) The Tanjore inscription belongs to
a) Rajendra I b) Rajaraja c) Rajendra II d) Parantaka I
15) Who among the following rulers had built the Dilwara temple at Mt.Abu?
a) The Chalukya rulers
c) The Ganga rulers
16) Which one of the following was not a matha established by Shankaracharya?
a) Badrinath b) Puri c) Dvarka d) Prayag
17) Kamban is believed to have lived at the court of a
a) Pallava King b) Chola king c) Chalukya king d) Hoysala king
18) Who among the following was the ruler of Anhilwara when Mahmud invaded Somnath?
a) Gonda b) Bhima Deo c) Rajyapala d) Mulraj
19) Which one of the following is wrongly matched?
a) Amar Singh – Amarakosha
c) Dandin – Dasakumarcharita
20) Which one of the following texts has rightly been called an Encyclopaedia?
a) Buddhacharita
c) Sutralankar
21) Who among the following provided money for the marriages of orphan Muslim girls?
a) Raziya
22) Match the column
List I List II
A) Abolition of Jizya a) 1581
B) Construction of Ibadat-Khana b) 1579
C) Infallibility Decree c) 1575
D) Din-i-Ilahi d) 1564
A B C D
a) 1 2 3 4
b) 2 3 4 1
c) 3 4 1 2
d) 4 3 2 1
Ans : d
23) The earliest record of the Pallavas inscriptions are in
a) Prakrit b) Sanskrit c) Tamil d) Telegu
24) According to I-tsing the number of villages given to the monastery at Nalanda was
a) 100 b) 200 c) 300 d) 350
25) Which of the following poets are regarded as the three gems of Kannada poetry?
a) Tikkana, Pampa and Ponna
c) Pampa, Ponna and Ranna
26) Temple architecture in the south attained its climax under the
a) Cholas b) Pallavas c) Hoysalas d) Pandyas
27) Which one of the following forts commanded the land and the river route between Agra and the east, and was known as the gateway of eastern India?
a) Chunar fort b) Chittor fort c) Fatehpur Sikri fort d) Agra fort
28) Who among the following assumed the crown himself at Agra while Humayun was engaged in the invasion of Bengal?
a) Hindal b) Askari c) Kamran d) Akbar
29) Rani Karnavati sought the help of Humayun because her state was attacked by
a) Sher Shah b) Bahadur Shah c) Mahmud Shah d) Kamran
30) During whose rule, was Bengal forced to conclude a treaty with the Marathas by which he agreed to pay Rs. 12 lacs per annum as Chauth to the Marathas?
a) Murshid Quli Khan
c) Sarfaraz Khan
31) Who among the following fought as an ally of Ahmad Shah Abdali in the third battle of Panipat and was appointed wazir of the Mughal emperor, Ali Gauhar?
a) Siraj-ud-daulah
32) Vakpati’s Gaudavadha, a biography of Yashovarman of Kanuaj, was the last major work in the older tradition of
a) Sanskrit literature
33) Shaikh Nizam-ud-din Auliya came to Delhi in 1258 AD and became a disciple of
a) Kutubuddin Kaki
c) Khwaja Abdul Chishti
34) The Deccan style in sculpture shows a close affinity to the
a) Pre-Maurya period
35) Who among the following Hindu generals commanded the Ghaznavid armies in which Hindu soldiers were also recruited?
a) Vinoba b) Rampala c) Tilak d) Rana
36) Al-Masudi, a native of Baghdad visited
a) Punjab b) Gujarat c) Sindh d) Kashmir
37) The expedition in the reign of Rajendra I (a march across the Ganga to Bengal), took place in 1022 and followed the same route which the great conqueror _______ had followed.
a) Chandragupta I
38) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq launched a scheme to extend and improve cultivation in the Doab. He set up a separate department called
a) Diwan-i-amir-i-kohi
Ans : a
39) In 1602, Prince Salim offended his father, Akbar by bringing the death of
a) Abul Fazl b) Faizi c) Bhagwan Das d) Raja Todar Mal
40) Who among the following later Mughal ruler was completely under the influence of a favorite lady named Lal Kumari?
a) Bahadur Shah b) Jahandar Shah c) Ahamd Shah d) Bahadur Shah II
41) In 1686, Aurangzeb imprisoned prince Muazzam on a charge of intriguing with the ruler of
a) Bijapur b) Golconda c) Bengal d) Bihar
42) Burhan-ul-Mulk Saadat Khan founded an independent Muslim kingdom in
a) Bengal b) Bihar c) Avadh d) Orissa
43) Under Akbar’s reign, the standard rate of land revenue was _____ of the average produce
a) Half b) One-third c) One-forth d) One-eighth
44) Whose works were translated into Sanskrit during the reign of Raja Sawai Jai Singh?
a) Euclid b) Napier c) Aristotle d) Both (a) & (b)
45) When Akbar’s army attacked Rana Pratap’s territory, then its capital was at
a) Chittor b) Haldighati c) Kumbhalgarh d) Ajmer
46) Which of the following statement is wrong about Aryabhatta?
a) He established that eclipses are caused by the shadow of the moon and the earth
b) He wrote the famous book Aryabhattiyam
c) He proved that the sun lies in the centre of the solar system
d) He proved that the earth is round and rotates on its axis
47) Pulikeshin II faced the army of Harsha on the banks of the
a) Ravi b) Tapti c) Narmada d) Krishna
48) Who among the following founded the Vikramasila University?
a) Devapala b) Dharmapala c) Gopala d) Gopala II
49) Kailashanatha at Kanchi was built by
a) Narsimha Verman I
c) Parameshwara Varman
50) The conflict between Muizzuddin Muhammad and Prithviraja started with the rival claims for
a) Kanauj
51) The nobles at Lahore proclaimed Aram Shah as their chief after the death of
a) Aibak b) Iltutmish c) Balban d) Alauddin Khilji
52) During Sultanate period, gold coins called _____ were used largely for commercial purpose or on special occasions
a) Jital b) Tanka c) Mohur d) Chattaka
53) The eunuch Malik Sarvar, founded the independent kingdom of
a) Hyderabad b) Jaunpur c) Gwalior d) Kalpi
54) Hindola Mahal is at
a) Mandu b) Pandua c) Ahmadabad d) Dhar
55) The tomb of Hushang is the first great tomb in India wholly of
a) White marble b) Red Marble c) Black Marble d) Both (a) & (b)
56) The railings of the which stupa have the earliest known representations of the “Jataka”, stories of the Buddha in the previous lives.
a) Sanchi b) Nalanda c) Bharhut d) Sarnath
a) Bhaje b) Bamiyan c) Bharhut d) Barabar
Ans : d
a) Lumbini b) Rajgruha c) Sarnath d) Nalanda
Ans : c
59) Which of the following is the earliest known treatise on art?
a) Chitrasutra b) Kamsutra c) Natyashastra d) Atharva Veda
Ans : a
60) The Harappan culture died a natural death and was succeeded by a post-Harappa culture at the site of
a) Lothal b) Rangpur c) Kalibanga d) Banawali
Ans : b
61) Which game was known to the people of Indus Valley?
a) Chariot racing b) Game of dice c) Polo d) Horse riding
Ans : b
62) In which of the following periods of Indian History, we get the largest number of coins?
a) Gupta Period b) Post-Gupta Period
c) Mauryan Period d) Post-Mauryan Period
Ans : d
63) Match the column
List I List II
A) Piklihal 1) Tamil Nadu
B) Bhimbetka 2) Andhra Pradesh
C) Bagor 3) Rajasthan
D) Paiyampalli 4) Madhya Pradesh
A B C D
a) 1 2 3 4
b) 4 3 2 1
c) 3 2 1 4
d) 2 4 3 1
Ans : d
64) Of the 200 Jorwe sites discovered so far, the largest is _____ in the Godavari valley.
a) Faizabad b) Navdatoli c) Chirand d) Daimabad
Ans : d
65) The Upanishads believe in the
a) Unity of god
b) Worship of nature
c) Transmigration of souls
d) Human supremacy in the world
Ans : c
66) Appearance of man in India has been dated around 1.4 million years ago by the artifacts found from
a) Mirzapur b) Kurnool c) Bori d) Patna
Ans : c
67) The country Bharatvarsha was eventually named after the tribe Bharata, which appears first in the
a) Rig Veda b) Sama Veda c) Yajur Veda d) Atharva Veda
Ans : a
68) Which of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
a) Kulapas – Head of families
b) Samiti – popular assembly
c) Patti – Incharge of forts
d) Sabha – Council of elders
Ans : c
69) In no other period of ancient history, do we hear of so many officers as in
a) Maurya times
b) Gupta times
c) Harsha times
d) Satavahana times
Ans :a
a) Gold b) Silver c) Copper d) Both (b) & (c)
Ans : b
71) Match the column
Councils Headed by
A) 1st Buddhist Council 1. Asvaghosha and Vasumitra
B) 2nd Buddhist Council 2. Moggaliputta Tissa
C) 3rd Buddhist Council 3. Division of Buddhist church as Sthaviras & Mahasamghikas
D) 4th Buddhist Council 4. Mahakassapasapa
A B C D
a) 1 2 3 4
b) 4 3 2 1
c) 2 4 1 3
d) 4 2 3 1
Ans :b
72) Three ambassadors were sent by the Greek sovereigns to Pataliputra. Their names were Megasthenes, Deimachus and
a) Seleucus b) Plolemy c) Patrocles d) Dionysios
Ans : d
73) Which one is wrongly matched?
a) Marco Polo - Portuguese
b) Nicolo, de’Conti - Venetian
c) Ibn Batuta - Persian
d) Taranath - Tibetan
Ans : c
a) 567 years b) 5476 years c) 5576 years d) 5568 years
Ans : d
75) It seems that in the Rig Vedic period the king’s post
a) Had become hereditary
b) Was given to the ablest head of the tribe
c) Was ascended by the man of king’s choice
d) Was chosen by both sabha and samiti
Ans : a
76) According to the Svetambara Jainas, the original text of doctrine taught by Mahavira was
a) Angas b) Mula c) Sutra d) Purvas
Ans : d
a) Sisunaga b) Udayin c) Mahapadma Nanda d) Pradyota
Ans : a
78) Pali, Magadhi, Sauransevi were different forms of _____ spoken in different regions
a) Apabhrancha b) Prakrits c) Sanskrit d) Telgu
Ans : b
79) The most famous Indo-Greek ruler was Menander. He had his capital at
a) Peshawar b) Sakala c) Kandhar d) Kashmir
Ans : b
a) For the supervision of foreign affairs
b) For the supervision of revenue collections
c) For the supervision of petty disputes at the local level
d) All of the above
Ans : a
81) In Tamil, the world pallava, is a synonym of
a) King b) Feudatory c) Robber d) Brahmans
Ans : c
82) The whole region in which the Aryans first settled in India is called
a) The land of Seven Hills
b) The land of seven rivers
c) The land of seven gods
d) The land of Manu
Ans : b
83) Which one of the following assemblies completely disappeared during the later Vedic times?
a) Sabha b) Samiti c) Vidatha d) Both (a) and (b)
Ans : c
a) Jnatrika tribe b) Mallas tribe c) Lichchhavi tribe d) Shakyas tribe
Ans : a
85) The financial year in Chandragupta Maurya’s period ran from
a) March-April b) May – June c) July-August d) August-September
Ans : c
a) Gold coins – The Kushanas
b) Lead coins – The Satavahanas
c) Silver coins – The Shakas
d) All of the above
Ans : d
87) Who among the following not only defeated Mihirkula and stopped the advance of the Hunas, but also destroyed the Gupta empire?
a) Rudravarman
b) Yasodharman
c) Nagasena
d) Narshimhavarman
Ans : b
a) Pulakeshin I
b) Pulakeshin II
c) Vikramaditya I
d) Vikramaditya II
Ans : b
89) An important meeting place for Indians and Romans was
a) Bactria b) Alexandria c) Palmyra d) Petra
Ans : b
90) Which of the following is correct about the code of conduct prescribed for Buddist monks?
a) The cannot accept gold and silver and they cannot take to sale and purchase
b) The debtors were permitted to be members of the sangha
c) The slaves could join the Sangha
d) Shudras were not allowed to be member of Sangha
Ans : a
91) Which one of the following confederacies was confederacy of independent tribes with equal status, where the identity of each was maintained despite their having joined the confederacy?
a) Yadavas b) Vriji c) Lichchhavis d) Moriyas
Ans : b
92) Bimbisara has three wives. His second wife Chellana was from
a) Kashi b) Vaishali c) Kosala d) Avanti
Ans : b
93) Match the column
(Designations) (Regions)
A) Samrat 1) West
B) Bhoja 2) North
C) Svarat 3) South
D) Virat 4) East
A B C D
a) 1 2 3 4
b) 4 3 1 2
c) 2 4 3 1
d) 4 1 3 2
Ans : b
94) In the later Vedic period, visha matta was described as the
a) God of the vish
b) Protector of the vish
c) Head of the vish
d) Eater of the vish
Ans : d
95) Amri pottery is quite distinctive. In fact, it was this feature which enabled the first discoverer, over 40 years ago, to postulate the existence of a separate
a) Neolithic culture
b) Chalcolithic culture
c) Post Harrappan culture
d) Pre-Harrappan culture
Ans : d
96) Who among the following writers wrote in his account called Natural History that Rome was being drained of gold on account of her trade with India?
a) Ptolemy b) Pliny c) Strabo d) Megasthenes
Ans : b
a) Bridegrooms of higher caste with brides of lower castes
b) Bridegroom of lower caste with brides of higher castes
c) Bridegroom of Brahmin caste with brides of Kshatriya
d) Bride of Vaishya and bridegroom of Shudra
Ans : a
98) Who among the following foreign travelers came to India by the land route and went back by the sea route?
a) Fa-Hsien b) Hiuen Tsang c) Megasthenes d) Both (a) & (b)
Ans : a
99) Which of the following is not true about Chinese aggression in 1962?
a) China has secured the Soviet Union’s prior approval to the attack on India on October 20.
b) Five months before the war India has started a Forward Policy.
c) China called this war ‘self-defensive counterattack war’
d) After India’s tough resistance in the east, on Nov 20, China declared a ceasefire and withdrew on certain terms.
Ans : d
100) On the Chinese aggression a book ‘The Untold Story’ is written by
a) B.M.Kaul b) John Dalvi c) P.N.Thapar d) Jagannath Thorat
Ans : a
101) In the wake of the extremist movement, an attempt was made on the life of the Viceroy namely
a) Lord Curzon b) Lord Hardinge c) Lord Chelmsford d) Lord Minto
Ans : b
102) In November 1939 the ‘Day of Deliverance’ was observed by the Muslim League
a) Over its success in provincial elections
b) As a mark of relief over resignation of Congress ministries
c) Over rejection by the Government of the demand of Congress for independence
d) As the celebrations of Britons entry into war.
Ans : b
103) The Cripps proposals were
a) Accepted by the Congress
b) Rejected by the League
c) Accepted by both the League and the Congress
d) Rejected by both the League and the Congress
Ans : d
a) Jawaharlal Nehru
b) Subhash Chandra Bose
c) C. Rajagopalachari
d) Pattabhi Sitaramayya
Ans : c
a) Monopolization of higher judicial posts of Europeans
b) Exclusion of Indians from Viceroy’s Council
c) Their exemption from the jurisdiction of Indian judges and magistrates
d) Continuing to use arms in civil life
Ans : c
106) The disciple of Dayanand Saraswati who set up the Dayananda Anglo-Vedic college at Lahore was
a) Pandit Guru Dutt
b) Lala Lajpat Rai
c) Swami Shraddhananda
d) Lala Hansraj
Ans : d
a) Naoroji Furdonji
b) Dadabhai Naoroji
c) S.S.Bangalee
d) Shibli Numani
Ans : d
108) At which place the Theosophical Society was founded?
a) Madras b) London c) New York d) Mumbai
Ans : c
a) 1900-14 b) 1918-26 c) 1926-39 d) 1939-45
Ans : c
110) It is stated that a few sepoys had denounced the greased cartridges to their comrades before Mangal Pandey did so. _____ was court-martialled and dismissed
a) Sheikh Karim Baksh
b) Saligram Singh
c) Ishwari Pande
d) Sheikh Palta
Ans : b
111) Which popular movement of the nineteenth century was much better planned, organized and well-knit than the Revolt of 1857?
a) The Munda rebellion
b) The Deccan riots
c) The Sanyasi rebellion
d) The Wahabi movement
Ans : d
112) By which act the East India Company was divested of its commercial functions?
a) The Charter Act of 1833
b) Pitts India Act of 1784
c) Indian Council Act of 1858
d) Better Government of India Act of 1858
Ans : a
a) Interest on public debt
b) Charges for civil administration
c) Guaranteed interest on the railways
d) Payment of dividends to the shareholders
Ans : d
114) The greatest drawback of the system of dual government introduced in Bengal in 1765 was
a) The servants of the Company amassed great wealth by abusing the system
b) The drain of wealth through abuse of the system impoverished the people
c) It separated power from responsibility; the British had all the power while the nawab and his officials had the responsibility
d) With the British entrusting the exercise of their authority with an Indian nominee, the possibility of achieving fair government was lost
Ans :c
a) 70000 rupees
b) 3000 rupees
c) One crore rupees
d) Fifty lakhs of rupees
Ans : b
a) That he practiced fraud on Amin Chand
b) That he forged the signature of Watson
c) That he used his authority as a means to acquire vast sums of money
d) That he misbehaved with the Nawab of Bengal
Ans : d
a) Mahadaji Sindhia
b) Najib Khan
c) Shuja-ud-daula
d) English
Ans : a
118) Who appointed Ranjit Singh as governor of Lahore at the age of nineteen?
a) Ahmad Shah Abdali
b) His father Maha Singh
c) Governor-General of the East India Company
d) Zaman Shah, the ruler of Kabul
Ans : d
119) In the forth Anglo-Mysore War (1799), Tipu was defeated and killed. Who of the following did not get a share in Tipu’s territories?
a) The English
b) The Marathas
c) The Nizam
d) The old Hindu reigning dynasty of Mysore
Ans : b
120) In February 1739 the battle between the armies of the Mughal emperor and Nadir Shah took place at
a) Delhi b) Karnal c) Lahore d) Panipat
Ans : b
a) 1800 b) 1809 c) 1843 d) 1849
Ans : c
a) Aurangzeb b) Bahadur Shah c) Jahandar Shah d) Farrukhsiyar
Ans : d
123) Who was the leader of the Revolt of 1857 in Assam?
a) Diwan Maniram Datta
b) Kandarpesvar Singh
c) Purandar Singh
d) Piali Barua
Ans : a
124) Which one of the following is not the prominent newspapers of the period to advocate revolutionary terrorism
a) Hitavadi b) Sandhya c) Yugantar d) Kal
Ans : a
125) Choose the incorrect statement about the Jallianwala Bagh Tragedy of 1919 at Amritsar
a) As a protest against the unpopular Rowlatt Act, serious riots broke out in several places especially in the Punjab
b) Prior to the Jallianwala Bagh tragedy, there was an incident in which the mob assaulted the Europeans, burnt the buildings and looted the godowns when a procession to demand the release of arrested leaders was manhandled by the police
c) Subsequently a crowd assembled for a public meeting in Jallianwala Bagh in spite of the wide publicity given to the proclamation issued by General Dyer that no meetings or gatherings of the people were to be held.
d) When the meeting started, General Dyer entered the Jallianwala Bagh with armoured cars and troops and without giving any warning to the people to disperse, ordered the troops to fire and he continued to do so till the whole of the ammunition at his disposal was exhausted.
Ans : c
126) Sadar Vallabhbhai Patel was compared to
a) Mazzini b) Birsmarck c) Lenin d) Leo Tolstoy
Ans : b
127) Permanent Settlement of land in Bengal was made in
a) 1764 b) 1793 c) 1788 d) 1757
Ans : b
128) Who is known as the ‘Plato of the Jats’?
a) Rajaram b) Churaman c) Surajmal d) Badan Singh
Ans : c
129) The final battle of the first Anglo Sikh war was fought at
a) Mudki b) Firozpur c) Aliwal d) Sobraon
Ans : d
130) Who remarked in 1834 that “the bones of the cotton weavers are bleaching the plains of India”
a) Raja Rammohan Roy
b) William Bentinck
c) Dadabhai Naoroji
d) R.C.Dutt
Ans : b
131) Who founded the ‘Bhil Seva Mandal’ in 1922 to elevate the condition of the Bhils and other aboriginals in India?
a) C.F.Andrews
b) Amritlal Vithaldas Thakkar
c) Gurusaday Datta
d) Krishnaji Keshav Damle
Ans : b
a) Workmen’s compensation
b) Health and safety to the industrial workers
c) Minimum wages
d) Union activities
Ans : b
133) Who said that, “In my belief Congress is tottering to its fall and one of my great ambitious while in India is to assist it to a peaceful demise”.
a) Lord Dufferin
b) Lord Curzon
c) Lord Minto
d) Lord Elgin II
Ans : b
a) To fix the maximum ceiling of agricultural land
b) To restrict the sale or transfer of agriculture land
c) To save the land of cultivators from passing into the hands of money-lenders
d) To protect the cultivators from forced eviction
Ans : c
135) The point on which the negotiations between Sir Stafford and the Congress leaders broke down was
a) Refusal to set up a constitution making body immediately
b) Refusal to accept the Congress demand for the immediate transfer of effective power to Indians
c) Broken promises of the past
d) The proposal of Sir Stafford regarding the partitioning of India
Ans : b
136) India owes the beginning of English education in the country of the Christian missionaries. In this regard the name of ______ stands foremost.
a) William Carey b) David Hare c) Alexander Duff d) R. Heber
Ans : a
137) The magna carta of western education system in India was
a) The report of the Committee of Public Instruction, 1823
b) The Charter Act of 1833
c) Dispatch of Sir Charles Wood, Secretary of State, 1854
d) Report of the Hunter Commission, 1862
Ans : c
138) Which of the following was not one of the political associations to be set up during the pre-Congress phase, before the Revolt of 1857?
a) The British India Association
b) The Indian Association
c) Madras Native Association
d) The Bombay Association
Ans : b
139) The first Indian ruler to accept the Subsidiary Alliance of Lord Wellesely was:
a) Tipu Sultan
b) The Nizam of Hyderabad
c) The Nawab of Oudh
d) The Nawab of Bengal
Ans : b
140) What was the outcome of the First Anglo-Mysore War (1767-69)?
a) The English comprehensively defeated Hyder Ali
b) Hyder Ali was subjugated but not crushed
c) Hyder Ali virtually dictated the terms of peace
d) Hyder Ali comprehensively defeated the English, the Marathas and the Nizam
Ans : c
141) Which of the following important states of Kerala rose into prominence under King Martanda Verma, one of the leading statesmen of the eighteenth century?
a) Calicut b) Cochin c) Travancore d) Chirakkal
Ans : c
a) The common Mughal danger
b) The common Sikh danger
c) The common Maratha danger
d) The coercion exercised by the English company
Ans : c
143) Province after province slipped out of Mughal imperial control. ______ set up an independent state in the North Gangetic plain
a) Jats b) Sikhs c) Nawab of Oudh d) Rohillas
Ans : d
a) Hafiz Rahamat Khan
b) Ghulam Kadir
c) Najib-ud-daula
d) Ahmad Khan Bangesh
Ans : b
145) The attitude of the bulk of Muslims in India towards the Civil Disobedience Movement was
a) They criticized it
b) The supported it
c) They had little sympathy for it
d) They enthusiastically participated into it
Ans : c
146) During whose regime the Cripps Mission visited India?
a) Lord Mountbatten
b) Lord Wavell
c) Lord Linlithgow
d) Lord Wellington
Ans : c
147) The Muslim League demanded separate Pakistan for the first time in
a) 1939 b) 1940 c) 1937 d) 1942
Ans : b
148) In 1934 Acharya Narendra Dev and Jai Prakash Narayan formed the Congress Socialist Party. What was its object?
a) To press for adoption of socialist principles by the Congress
b) To organize such young persons into a separate organization who believed in socialism
c) To popularize the socialist principles among the masses
d) To protest against the capitalist policies of the Congress
Ans : a
149) Choose the incorrect statement about the activities of Radhakanta Deb
a) He complied in Sanskrit an encyclopedic lexicon which he named Shabda Kalpadruma
b) He translated the Kena, Isa, Katha, Manduka and Mundaka Upanishads
c) In 1823, he founded the Gandiya Samaj to promote education and propagate knowledge
d) In 1830, he established the Dharma Sabha to organize a campaign against the abolition of the sati custom
Ans : b
a) Disagreement on the issue of membership
b) Divergence of views about seeking government assistance for the labour movement
c) Attempts of the Communists to capture the Trade Union Congress
d) Personality problems
Ans : c
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