DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, ROHINI

JSTSE ASSIGNMENT -II

CLASS – IX

21. Which of the following is not an ancient Indian Scripture?

a) Rigveda b) Varaha Purana
c) Ramcharit Manas d) Badshahnamah
22. The ruler of Kashmir who was called “Akbar of Kashmir” was
a) Haider Ali b) Haider Shah
c) Hari Singh d) Zainul Abidin
23. Which of these states was not annexed by the British under the “Doctrine of Lapse”
a) Oudh b) Nagpur
c) Satara d) Jhansi
24. Ancient Aryans worshipped all of these except
a) Fire b) Sun
c) Planets d) Stone Idols
25. After capturing Constantinople, who discovered a sea route to India
a) Huns b) Vikings
c) Arabs d) Turks
26. The lady who gave Kheer to Buddha & helped him come out of his agonies
a) Vaishali b) Jahanuvi
c) Sujata d) Bhairavi
27. Who did Ahmad Shah Abdali join hands with to defeat the Marathas in the last battle of
Panipat
a) Wazir Khan b) Najib
c) Sirajuddaula d) None of these
28. Who wrote Zafarnama and sent it to Aurangzeb
a) Bahadur Shah Zafar b) Shah Alam
c) Shivaji d) Guru Gobind Singh
29. Who was a famous ruler of the Kushanas
a) Bindusar b) Kanishka
c) Rajendra d) Pulakeshin – II
30. Mahavira died in the year
a) 502 BC b) 570 BC
c) 621 BC d) 567 BC
31. Which of the following books describes the caste system
a) Hitopadesh b) Manu Smriti
c) Panch Tantra d) Mundaka Upanishad
32. Why did India support the British in World War II
a) For attaining freedom in return b) For expansion of trade
c) To oppose socialist powers d) Both a & c
33. The pioneer of Indian Renaissance was
a) D N Nauroji b) R Rammohun Roy
c) Swami Vivekanand d) None of these
34. Why did the Mughal empire decline in India
a) Aurangzeb’s anti-hindu policies b) Aurangzeb’s Deccan
campaigns
c) Weakness of Bahadurshah Zafar d) Both a & c
35. The first battle of Tarain was fought in
a) 1190 AD b) 1192 AD
c) 1191 AD d) 1193 AD
36. The last Indian ruler who performed the Ashwamedha sacrifice was
a) Samudragupta b) Skandagupta
c) Harsha d) Vikramaditya
37. The Vernacular Press Act was enacted in the year
a) 1877 b) 1879
c) 1878 d) 1880
38. Under whom did the Jats revolt against Aurangzeb
a) Surajmal b) Churaman
c) Gokul d) Both b & c
39. Anandamath was written by
a) Iqbal b) Bankimchandra Chatterjee
c) Rabindranath Tagore d) Motilal Nehru
40. Panchatantra was written by
a) Vishnu Sharma b) Jayadeva
c) Banabhatta d) Bhasa