Indian History
Exam Duration: 45 Mins Total Questions : 30
Sarnath is in the state of
- (a)
Kerala
- (b)
Maharashtra
- (c)
Gujarat
- (d)
Utter Pradesh
Who among the following were the members in the court of Kanishka?
1. Asvagosha
2. Nagarjuna
3. Parsva
4. Vasumitra
Select the correct answer using the codes given below
- (a)
Only 1
- (b)
Only 4
- (c)
2 and 3
- (d)
All of these
The first translator of Mahabharata into Tamil was
- (a)
Permuduanar
- (b)
Kamban
- (c)
Hala
- (d)
Bharavi
What is prasasti ?
- (a)
It is an eulogy of a king
- (b)
Royal Charter
- (c)
Royal endowment
- (d)
None of the above
Which of the following is correctly matched?
1. Kshetra : | Cultivated land |
2. Khil : | Wast land |
3. Aprahata : | Forest land |
4. Vasti : | Pasture land |
- (a)
1, 2 and 4
- (b)
1, 2 and 3
- (c)
1, 2, 3 and 4
- (d)
2, 3 and 4
match the following
List I | List II |
A. Kachhavaha | 1. Rana Kumbha |
B. Rastrakuta | 2. Bhoja |
C. Parmar | 3. Man Singh |
D. Sisodia | 4. Krishna I |
- (a)
A B C D 1 2 3 4 - (b)
A B C D 2 1 3 4 - (c)
A B C D 3 4 1 2 - (d)
A B C D 4 3 1 2
Which of these 'epics' is also known as Satasahsri Samhita?
- (a)
Licta
- (b)
Ramayana
- (c)
Mahabharata
- (d)
Rig Veda
During the regin of Alauddin khilji, who were amils?
- (a)
Local landlords at village level
- (b)
Government agents to collect land revenue
- (c)
Khurasani and Multani traders of foodgrains
- (d)
Banjaras, who carried the food grains from villages to towns
Who among the following apponted ibn Batuta as the Cheif Qazi of Delhi?
- (a)
Ghiyasuddin Balban
- (b)
Alauddin Khalji
- (c)
Ghiyasuddin Tuglaq
- (d)
Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq
The Sikh guru who suppressed the organisation of 'Masnads' who collected of offerings of Skih devotees was
- (a)
Guru Hargovind
- (b)
Guru Tegh Bahadur
- (c)
Guru Arjun Dev
- (d)
Guru Govind Singh
Who did illustrate 'Dastan-i-Amir Hamza'?
- (a)
Abdus Samad
- (b)
Mansur
- (c)
Mir Sayyed Ali
- (d)
Abul Hassan
Consider the following statements
1. In 1286 Simhadeva established his dynastic rule in Kashmir.
2. He was followed by Suhadeva who ruled over kashmir till AD 1320.
3. he was thrown by a Tibetan Rinchan
4. Rinchan was succedded by Udayandev.
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below
- (a)
1 and 4
- (b)
1 and 3
- (c)
1, 2 and 3
- (d)
all of these
Consider the following statements
1.The Battle of Wandiwash was won by the English against the French under the Command of Hector Munro.
2.Major Kilpatrick played an important role in second Anglo-French War.
Which fo the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
- (a)
Only 1
- (b)
1 and 2
- (c)
Only 2
- (d)
None of these
Who of the following laid the first rail-road in India?
- (a)
Lord Ripon
- (b)
Lord Wavell
- (c)
Lord Curzon
- (d)
Lord Dalhousie
Which of the following statements regarding the British administration in India is/are correct?
1. The Policy of Ring Fence referred to the setting up of a ring of buffer states.
2. The Subsidiary Alliance Policy was nothing but the diplomatic tactics of the British to extend the British supremacy in India.
- (a)
Only 1
- (b)
Only 2
- (c)
Both 1 and 2
- (d)
Neither 1 nor 2
Azimullah was loyal follower of
- (a)
Rani Jhansi
- (b)
Tantiya Tope
- (c)
Nana Saheb
- (d)
None of these
Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the List
List I ( Reformer ) |
List II ( Region they Belonged to ) |
A. Viresalingam | 1. Maharashtra |
B. Banda Bahadur | 2. Jammu and Kashmir |
C. Narayan Guru | 3. Kerala |
D. BR Ambedkar | 4. Andhra Pradesh |
- (a)
A B C D 4 3 1 2 - (b)
A B C D 3 4 1 2 - (c)
A B C D 2 4 3 1 - (d)
A B C D 4 2 3 1
Consider the following statements:
1. Though all Indian National Congress took up social reform issues from the very beginning but it was Gandhi Ji who gave top priority to the removal of untouchability.
2. Bal Gangadhar Tilak denounced untouchability and resolved to remove it.
Which of the statements given above are correct
- (a)
Only 1
- (b)
Only 2
- (c)
Both 1 and 2
- (d)
Neither 1 nor 2
Two Home Rule League were started in 1915 -16 under the leadership of
- (a)
Tilak and Annie Besant
- (b)
Tilak and Aurobindo Ghosh
- (c)
Tilak and Lala Lajpat rai
- (d)
Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal
Arrange the following according to their chronological order.
1.Partition of Bengal
2.Surat split of congress
3.Separation of Assam and creation of a new state with Assam and sytthat.
4.Separation of Bihar and Orissa.
- (a)
1,2,3,4
- (b)
4,2,3,1
- (c)
3,4,1,2
- (d)
2,3,4,1
Consider the following statements and select the correct answer from the codes given below
A. The Poorna swaraj resolution was passed in Lahore session of the Congress held in December 199.
B. The Congress Working Committee, which met on January 2, 1930, decided that January 23, 1930, should be observed as the Poorna Swaraj Day.
- (a)
Both A and B
- (b)
Only A
- (c)
Only B
- (d)
Neither A nor B
Consider the following passage.
If urged people to resign from government offices, shun the British law-courts,withdraw from schools and colleges and boycott the elections.On the other hand ,there was a campaign for using indigenous goods, especially Khadi or Homespun cloth.
Which movement does the above passage relate to?
- (a)
Swadeshi
- (b)
Non-cooperation
- (c)
Civil Disobedience
- (d)
Quit India
During India's freedom struggle, which one of the following led to the first All India Hartal?
- (a)
Protest against Rowlatt Act
- (b)
Protest against Jalianwala Bagh incident
- (c)
Arrest and trial of Mahatma Gandhi's
- (d)
Arrival of Simon Commission
Consider the following statements
1.In the First Round Table Conference Dr Br Ambedkar demanded separated electorates for the depressed classes.
2.In the Poona Act, special provisions for representation of the depressed people in the local bodies and civil services were made.
3.The indian Congrass did not Third Round Table Conference
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- (a)
1 and 2
- (b)
2 and 3
- (c)
1 and 3
- (d)
All of the above
What is the correct sequence of the following events?
1.Bardoli Satyagraha
2.Rajkot Satyagraha
3.Champaran Satyagraha
4.Nagpur Satyagraha
Select the correct answer using the codes below
- (a)
1,2,4,3
- (b)
4,3,1,2
- (c)
3,1,4,2
- (d)
3,4,1,2
Who was the advocate of famous INA trials?
- (a)
C Rajagopalachari
- (b)
Sardar Patel
- (c)
Asaf Ali
- (d)
Bhula Bhai Desai
The Third Decade of the 20th Century is a watershed in modern India history in more than one ways, why?
- (a)
Entry of Indian masses into the national movement.
- (b)
Crystalisation of the main Political currents on the National Scence.
- (c)
The international influence on India political thinkers.
- (d)
All the above are Correct in the context.
The Barrah dacoity was the first major venture of the revolutionary terrorists of the freedom movement in
- (a)
Mumbai-karnataka
- (b)
Punjab
- (c)
East Bengal
- (d)
The Madras Presidency
Consider the following statements regarding Aurobindo Ghosh
1. He was arrested by the British in 1908 due to his involvement in the Kennedy murders.
2. He started Paridarshak (a weekly) and later became the assistant editor of Bengal Public Opinion and the Tribune.
3. He became the principal of the Bengal National College started in Calcutta in 1906.
4. He wrote the books like Savitri and the Life Divine.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- (a)
1, 2 and 3
- (b)
2, 3 and 4
- (c)
1 and 3
- (d)
1, 3 and 4
Who among the following established Somapura Mahavidnara, a good educational centre of time?
- (a)
Dharmpala
- (b)
Mahipala
- (c)
Nayapala
- (d)
Rajyapala