Indian History
Exam Duration: 45 Mins Total Questions : 30
Consider the following statements
1.The first man-made port was found in Harappa.
2.The main crops of Indus Valley Civilisation were wheat and barley.
3.The largest Harappan settlements in India is Rakhigarhi in Haryana.
4.The largest number of settlements are in Ghaggar-Haka village.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
- (a)
1 and 2
- (b)
2,3 and 4
- (c)
All of these
- (d)
None of these
Consider the following statements about the Harppan culture
1.The predominance of Mother Goddess devotees people's faith in fertility culture.
2.Mainley offensive weapons were found in Harappa.
3.Six types of pottery have been discovered from Kalibangan.
4.Paintings on a jar resembling the story of the cunning fox the Panchtantra has been found from Lothal.
Which of the statement(s) given below is/are correct?
- (a)
1 and 4
- (b)
Only 3
- (c)
None of these
- (d)
All of these
Which of the following characterises/characterise the people of Indus Civilisation ?
1.They possed great palaces and temples.
2.They worshippes, both male and female deities.
3.they employed horse-drawn chariots in warfare.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below
- (a)
1 and 2
- (b)
Only 2
- (c)
All of these
- (d)
None of the above
The Doctrine of Trimurti is found in
- (a)
Chandogaya Upanishada
- (b)
Mundaka Upanishada
- (c)
Svetasvatara Upanishada
- (d)
Maitrayani Upanishada
Which one of the following is incorrectly matched ?
- (a)
Griha Surtras : Domestic ceremonies
- (b)
Salva sutras : Geometry
- (c)
Srauta Sutras : Royal sacrifices
- (d)
Dharma sutras : Manners and customs
Match the Following
List I ( Tirthankanas) |
List II ( Symbol ) | |
A | Rishabha | 1. Bull |
B | Ajitnath | 2. Elephant |
C | Sambhunath | 3. Horse |
D | Neminath | 4. Blue Lotus |
- (a)
A B C D 3 4 1 2 - (b)
A B C D 1 2 3 4 - (c)
A B C D 2 1 3 4 - (d)
A B C D 1 2 3 4
Who among the following is not a Saka king of Taxila?
1. Mauses
2. Azes I
3. Aziles
4. Bhumak
Select the correct answer using the codes given below
- (a)
1 and 2
- (b)
1 and 4
- (c)
Only 1
- (d)
Only 4
Which chinese general defected Kanishka ?
- (a)
Pen chao
- (b)
Pan Yang
- (c)
Chi Huang Ti
- (d)
Ho-Ti
Which of the following trem was used for Supreme court in the Sangam Age ?
- (a)
Puhar
- (b)
sangam
- (c)
Maharum
- (d)
Korai
Kalidhas's work include
1.abhijinana Shakuntalam 2. Meghadootam 3. Raghuvamsa 4. Malavikagnimitram 5. Ritusamhara 6. Kumarssambhave
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
- (a)
1 and 2
- (b)
1 and 4
- (c)
1, 2, 3 and 4
- (d)
All the above
Assertion (A) Harshavardhana convened the Prayag Assembly.
Reason (R) He wanted to popularize only the Mahayana form of Buddhism.
- (a)
Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
- (b)
Both A and R are true, but R is not a correct explanation of A
- (c)
A is true, but R is false
- (d)
A is false, but R is true
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
Consider the Following statements about Bahmani Kingdom
1. Bahman Shah or Alauddin Hassan selected Gulbarga as its capital and renamed it Ahsanabad.
2. Ahmad Shah, the Bahmani Sultan, shifted the capital from Gulbarga to Bidar.
3. The afaqis in the Bahmani kingdom were the Muslim immigrants from Iraq, Iran, Turkey, Arabia etc.
4. Athanasius Nikitin was a foreign traveller who visited the Bahmani kingdom during the reign of Muhammad Shah III and observed that a lot of the common people were miserable while the nobles lived in luxury.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
- (a)
2 and 3
- (b)
1, 2 amd 3
- (c)
1, 3 and 4
- (d)
All of these
Match List I (Province won by Akbar) and List II (From which ruler).
List I | List II |
1. Merata | A. Jaimal |
2. Gondwana | B. Rani Durgawati |
3. Ranthambor | C. Ranchandra |
4. Kalinjar | D. Surjan Hada |
- (a)
A B C D 1 2 4 3 - (b)
A B C D 1 3 2 4 - (c)
A B C D 4 1 2 3 - (d)
A B C D 3 1 2 4
Maratha tactics of guerilla warfare were borrowed from
- (a)
Malik Amber
- (b)
Abdur Razzak
- (c)
Ibrahim Adil Shah
- (d)
Rumi Khan
The Vaishnavite reformer responsible Hinduisation of Ahoms was
- (a)
Chaitanya
- (b)
Shankardeva
- (c)
Raghunanda
- (d)
Narsing Mehta
Consider the following statements about English East India Company
1. In 1667, the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb issued firman in favour of Company to trade in Bengal.
2. William Hawkins succeeded to get permission from Jahangir to setup a factory at surat.
3. The company constantly increased its power by taking the advantages of the corrupt nobles of the later Mughal Empire.
Which of the above is/are not correct?
- (a)
1 and 3
- (b)
Only 2
- (c)
1 and 2
- (d)
1,2 and 3
Consider the following statements about Sikhs Gurus
1.Banda Bahadur was appointed as a military leader of the Sikhs by Guru Teg Bahadur.
2.Guru Arjun Dev became the Sikh Guru after Guru Ram Das.
3.Guru Angad gave the Sikhs their own script Gurumukhi.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
- (a)
Only 1
- (b)
2 and 3
- (c)
1 and 3
- (d)
1,2 and 3
consider the following statements
1. Wellesley converted East India Company into British Empire by encouraging subsidiary alliance system.
2. Wellesley continued permanent settlement in Bengal.
3. Fort William College was opened for private training to both aspirants and serving civil servants about India.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?
- (a)
Only 2
- (b)
Only 3
- (c)
Both 2 and 3
- (d)
All of the above
The per capital income in India was € 20 in 1867-68, was ascertained for the first time by
- (a)
Mg Ranade
- (b)
Sir W Hunter
- (c)
RC Dutta
- (d)
Dadabhai naoroji
Kol Revolt of 1831-32 was led by
- (a)
Buddhu Bhagat
- (b)
Surga
- (c)
Singrai
- (d)
Jatra Bhagat
The main aim of Wahabism was
- (a)
to get rid of Muslim Society of dogmatism
- (b)
to overthrow British
- (c)
to counter Hinduism
- (d)
to rejuvenate Muslim power in India
In which language Raja Ram Mohan Roy was proficient?
- (a)
Sanskrit, Arabic, English
- (b)
Persian, French, Latin
- (c)
Greek and Hebrew
- (d)
All of the above
Which one of the following places was associated with Acharya Vinoba Bhave's Bhoodan Movement at the beginning of the movement?
- (a)
Udaygirl
- (b)
Rapur
- (c)
Pochampalli
- (d)
Vekatagiru
The Silk Letter Conspiracy (1916) was organised by
- (a)
Maulana Obeidullah Sindhi and Maulana Barakatullah.
- (b)
Maulana Abdul Ban and Maulana Muhammad Ali.
- (c)
Maulana Abul Kalam and Maulana Mahmud Hasan.
- (d)
Raja Mahendra Pratap and John Henting.
Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below:
List I | List II |
A. WC Banerjee | 1. Home Rule Movement |
B. Annie Besant | 2. Indian Revolutionary |
C. Madanlal Dhingra | 3. Swaraj Party |
D. Motilal Nehru | 4. First President of INC |
- (a)
A B C D 1 4 3 2 - (b)
A B C D 1 4 2 3 - (c)
A B C D 4 1 3 2 - (d)
A B C D 4 1 2 3
Who among the following annulled the Partition of Bengal?
- (a)
Lord Chelmsford
- (b)
Lord Curzon
- (c)
Lord Minto
- (d)
Lord Hardinge II
Which of the following founded a National Society, a National Paper, a National school and National Gymnasium and made the word 'National' popular in the later half of the 19th century?
- (a)
Jyotindranath Tagore
- (b)
Raj Narayan Bose
- (c)
Nabagopal Mitra
- (d)
Satyendranath Tagore
Consider the following statements relating Gandhian strategy of Satyagraha
1. Under the Gandhian strategy, which may be described as Struggle Truce Struggle (STS) phase of a vigorous extra-legal mass movement and confrontation with colonial authority alternate with phases, during which direct confrontation is withdrawn.
2. The entire political process of STS was upward spiraling one, which also assumed that the freedom struggle would pass through several stages, ending with the transfer of power by the colonial regime itself.
Which of the statement given above is/are correct?
- (a)
Only 1
- (b)
Only 2
- (c)
Both 1 and 2
- (d)
Neither 1 nor 2
Which one of the statements regarding the role of women in the Freedom Struggle of India is incorrect?
- (a)
Women participation in the nationalist movement against the partition of Bengal , was very less
- (b)
Several women participated as candidates in the elections of provincial assemblies in 1937 and also assumed offices in the Congress ministries
- (c)
The women participated at forefront in trade union movements and kisan movements which arose in India, in the 1920s
- (d)
The All India Women's Conference was founded in 1927