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300+ SSC PREVIOUS YEAR HISTORY QUESTIONS
Q1. The earliest city discovered in India Q5. The organic relationship between
was the ancient culture of the Indus Valley
and Hinduism of today is proved by the
(a) Harappa
worship of
(b) Punjab
(a) Pashupati Indra and the Mother
(c) Mohenjo Daro Goddess
(d) Sindh (b) Stones trees and animals
Q2. Epigraphy means (c)Vishnu and Lakshmi
(a)The study of coins (d)Siva and Sakti
(b)The study of inscriptions Q6. Which was the only Indus sitewith
an artificial brick dockyard?
(c)The study of epics
(a) Lothal
(d)The study of geography
(b) Kalibangan
Q3. Which among the following has not
been found in the excavation of Harappa (c) Harappa
sites ?
(d) Mohenjo Daro
(a)Drains and well
Q7. Which of the following
(b)Fort domesticated animals was absent in the
terracottas of the Indus civilisation?
(c)Reservoirs
(a) Buffalo
(d)Temple with Shikhar
(b) Sheep
Q4. The Harappan Civilisation was
discovered in the year (c) Cow
(a) 1935 (d) Pig
(b)1942 Q8. The language used to write source

materials in ancient time was
(c) 1901
(a) Sanskrit
(d) 1922
(b) Pali
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(c) Brahmi (b)Cunningham
(d) Kharosthi (c)M. Wheeler
Q9. Lothal is a site where dockyards of (d)M.S.Vats

which of the following civilization were
Q13. The Megalithic culture (500B.C.
found ?
A.D. 100) brings us to the historical
(a)Indus Valley period in South India. The Megaliths
used
(b) Mesoptamian
(a)weapons made of stone
(c)Egyptian
(b)tools & implements made of stone
(d)Persian
(c)graves encircled by big piec es of
Q10. The first metal used by man was
stones
(a) Alumunium
(d) articles of daily use made of stone
(b) Copper
Q14. Which ruler murdered his father
(c) iron Bimbisara to ascend the throne ?
(d) Silver (a) Ashoka
Q11. Off the following scholars who was (b) Ajatasatru

the first to discovr the tracesof the
(c) Kanishka
Harappan Civilisation?
(d) Simukha
(a)Sir John Marshall
Q15. Who amidst the following was a
(b)R. D. Banerji
wife of emperor Ashoka who in fluenced
(c)A Cunningham him?
(d)Daya Ram Sahani (a) Chandalika
Q12. Who amongst the following is as (b) Charulata

sociated with the study of theHarappan
(c) Gautami
Civilisation?
(d) Karuwaki
(a)Charles Mason
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Q16. Tripitaka is the religious book of Q20. Prince of Pilgrims was the name
attributed to
(a)Jains
(a) Fahien
(b)Buddhists
(b) Itsing
(c) Sikhs
(c) Eiuen Tsang
(d) Hindus
(d) Megasthenes
Q17.
Q21.
Charak was the famous court physician
of Kalinga war took place in the year
(a) Harsha (a)261 BC
(b) Chandra Gupta Maurya (b)263 BC
(c) Ashoka (c) 232 BC
(d) Kanishka (d)240 BC
Q18. The Greeks were driven out of Q22. The famous poet Kalidasa lived in
India by the court of
(a)Chandra gupta Murya (a)Chandra Gupta
(b)Chandra gupta Vikramditya (b)Samudra Gupta
(c)Ashoka (c)Kumara Gupta
(d)Bindusara (d)Chandra Gupta
Q19. Who is the mother of mahavir ? Q23. From which modem State did the
Alwar saints originate?
(a) Yashoda
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Trishala
(b) Kerala
(c) Jameli
(c) Karnataka
(d) Mahamaya
(d) Maharashtra
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Q24. Pancha siddharitham of Varaha Q28. Who among the following Mughal
mihira deals with rulers has been called the Prince of
Builders?
(a) Astrology
(a) Akbar
(b) Astronomy
(b) Jahangir
(c) Medicine
(c) ShahJahan
(d) Anatomy
(d) Babur
Q25. Varahamihira was
Q29. The Kirti Stambha (Tower of
(a)An Astronaut
Victory) at Chittor was built by
(b)A Space Shuttle
(a) Rana Pratap
(c) A Power Station
(b) Rana Kumbha
(d) An ancient astronomer
(c) Rana Sanga
Q26. The original founder of the
(d) Bappa Raval
Manuscripts and Editor of Kautilyas
Athashastra was Q30. Which of the following languages
was in vogue during Mughal period in
(a) Srikanta Shastri
the courts of India ?
(b) Srinivasa Iyangar
(a) French
(c)R. Shamashastri
(b) Persian
(d)William Jones
(c) Portugese
Q27. From which among the following
(d) Arabic
rulers has the Government of India
borrowed and adopted its symbols? Q31. The Assam State derives its name
from that of a tribe that conquered the
(a)Ashoka
region. Where did the tribesmen come
(b)Krishnadevaraya from ?
(c)Pulakesin (a) Tibet
(d)Kanishka (b) Mongolia
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(c) Burma (now Myanmar) (a) a Mughal palace
(d)Siam (now Thailand) (b)a Rajput fort
Q32. What do you mean by Mughal (c)capital of the Khalji’s

Zagir?
(d)Pilgrimase center of buddisht
(a)providing rent free land
Q36. Lakh Baksh was a title given to the
(b)zamindars property ruler
(c)giving officer a right to revenue (a) Iltutmish
(d)giving cash salary to Man sabdar (b) Balban
Q33. Select the correct order (c) Raziya
(a)Nizamuddin Auliya Kabir Mirabai (d)Qutubuddin Aibak

Tulsidas
Q37. The foreign traveller who visited
(b)Mirabai Kabir Nizamuddin Auliya India during the Mughal period and who
Tulsidas left us an experts dscription of the
Peacock Throne was
(c)Kabir Nizamuddin Auliya Tulsidas
Mirabai (a)Geronimo Verroneo
(d)Tulsidas Mirabai Kabir Nizamuddin (b)Omrah Danishmand Khan

Auliya
(c)Travemier
Q34. Which of the following powers did
(d)Austin of Bordeaux
not fight for the Tungabhadra Doab ?
Q38. Amir Khusrau was a musician and
(a) Pallavas and Chalukyas
(a) Sufi saint
(b) Cholas and later Chalukyas of
Kalyana (b) Persian and Hindi writer and scholar
(c)Golconda and Ahmadnagar Sultanates (c)historian
(d)Vijayanagar and Bahmani kingdoms (d)All of the above
Q35. Ranthambhor was
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Q39. The world famous Peacock Throne Q42. The Qutub Minar was completed
was kept In which of the following by the famous ruler
Mughal buildings ?
(a) Qutubuddin Aibak
(a) Diwanr Khasa Fatehpur Sikri
(b) Iltutmish
(b) New Agra Fort
(c) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
(c) The Rang Mahal of the Red Fort at
(d) Alauddin Khilji
Delhi
Q43. Coronation of Shivaji took place in
(d) The Diwani Ain of the Red Fort at
Delhi (a)1627 A.D.
Q40. The famous Kohinoor diamond was (b) 1674 A.D.

produced from one of the mines in
(c)1680 A.D.
(a) Orissa
(d)1670 A.D.
(b) Chhota Nagpur
Q44. The Muslim adventurer who
(c) Bijapur dstroyed the Nalanda University was
(d) Golconda (a)Allauddin Khilji
Q41. Which of the following was not (b)Muhammadbin Tughlak

ordered by Alauddin Khalji to control
(c)Muhammad bin Bhaktiyar
blackmarketing and hoarding?
(d)Muhammad bin kashim
(a)Land revenue should be collected in
kind Q45. The first muslim women who ruled
Northern India was
(b)Cultivators should sell the harvested
crops on the field only (a)Razia Sultana
(c)Merchants should sell all commodities (b)Mumtaz
in the open
(c)Nurjahan
(d)More privileges should be given to
Khuts and Muqadd ams (d)None of the above
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Q46. Which Battle laid the foundation of Q50. In which of the following towns is
Mughal rule in India ? Moti Masjid situated
(a)Battle of Plassey (a) Agra
(b)Battle of Talikota (b) Jaipur
(c)First Battle of Panipat (c) Lahore
(d)Battle of Haldighati (d) Ahmedabad
Q47. The court language of the Mughals Q51. Which of the following pairs is
was incorrect ?
(a) Urdu (a)Babar vs. Sangram Singh
(b) Hindi (b)Sher Shah vs. Humayun
(c) Arabic (c)Chengiz Khan vs. Alauddin Khilji
(d) Persian (d)Akbar vs. Hemu
Q48. Name the language that was Q52.

designated as the Camp Language
Which one of the following battles led to
during the Medieval Period
the foundation of the Mughal rule at
(a) Sanskrit Delhi ?
(b) Pali (a)Third Battle of Panipat
(c) Hindi (b)Second Battle of Panipat
(d) Urdu (c)Battle pf Haldighati
Q49. Khalsa Panth was created by (d)First Battle of Panipat

GuruGobind Singh in which year ?
Q53. Who among the following attacked
(a)1599 the Somnath temple?
(b)1707 (a)Mahmud of Ghazni
(c) 1699 (b)Muhammad Ghori
(d) 1657 (c)Iltutmish
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(d)Qulbuddin Aibak (d) 1406 A.D
Q54. Prithviraj Chauhan was defeated by Q58. Tulsidas wrote Ram charit manas in
Mohd. Ghori in the battle of the reign of
(a)Tarain in 1191 A.D. (a) Babur
(b)Tarain in 1192 A. D. (b) Akbar
(c)Chandawar in 1193 A.D. (c)aurangzeb
(d)Ranthambhor in 1195A.D. (d)jahagir
Q55. Famous Battle of Talikota was Q59. TheTajMahal was built by

fought in
(a) Jahangir
(a)1565 A.D.
(b) Shahjahan
(b) 1575 A.D.
(c) Sher Shah
(c) 1585 A.D.
(d) Nadir Shah
(d) 1570 A.D.
Q60. Who of the following became a
Q56. Sher Shah defeated Humayun and member of the Din-a- ilahi?
captured Gaur in the battle of
(a)Todarmal
(a)Ghaghra in 1529 A.D
(b)Raja Birbal
(b)Chausa in 1539 A.D.
(c)Raja Man Singh
(c)Panipat in 1526 A.D.
(d)Tansen
(d)Khanwa in 1527 A. D.
Q61. Mahatma Gandhi was firat
Q57. When the rule of the Delhi Sultan arrested during Satyagrah in the year
began?
(a) 1906
(a)1106 A.D
(b) 1908
(b) 1206 A.D
(c) 1913
(c) 1306 A.D
(d) 1917
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Q62. The system of communal (c) 1884

electorate in India was first introduced
(d)1900
by
Q66. The first telegraph line
(a) Indian Council Act of 1892
betweenCalcutta and Agra was opened
(b) Minto Morey reforms of 1909 in
(c) Mantagu Cheknsford reforms of 1919 (a)1852
(d) Indian Council Act of 1935 (b) 1853
Q63. The first attempt to introduce a (c) 1854

representative and popular element in
(d) 1855
the governance of India was made
through Q67. When was the first passenger train
run in India ?
(a)Indian Council Act 1861
(a) January 1848
(b)Indian Council Act 1892
(b) April 1853
(c)Indian Council Act 1909
(c) May 1857
(d)Indian Council Act 1919
(d) April 1852
Q64. When was the first train steamed
off in India ? Q68. In which session of Indian National
Congress the tricolour flag was unfurled
(a) 1848
for the first time ?
(b) 1853
(a)Calcutta Session 1920
(c) 1875
(b) Annual Session of Congress at
(d) 1880 Nagpur 1920
Q65. When was first telegraph line (c) Lahore Congress 1929
started in India ?
(d) Haripura Congress Conference 1938
(a)1853
Q69. Which among the following
(b) 1875 regulations made English as a medium of
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education compulsory in government (c)Government of India Act 1919

aided schools and colleges ?
(d)Government of India Act 1935
(a) Pitts India Act 1784
Q73. Which year did Bankini Chandra
(b) Educational Despatch 1854 Chatopadhyay write Anand math?
(c) Macaulay Minute 1835 (a)1858
(d) Regulating Act 1773 (b) 1892
Q70. Which of the following events (c)1882

made the English East India Company
(d) None of these
the legitimate masters of the Bengal
Suba ? Q74. In which year Salt Satyagraha took
place ?
(a)Battle of Buxar 1764
(a)1929
(b)Battle of Plassey 1757
(b) 1930
(c)Farrukh Siyars Farman 1717
(c) 1931
(d)Ibrahim khan ka farmaan 1690
(d) 1932
Q71. In which of the following years
26th January was celebrated as an Q75. Cabinet Mission came to India in
independence day ? the year
(a)1930 (a)1946
(b)1929 (b)1945
(c) 1942 (c)1942
(d)1946 (d)1940
Q72. Which of the following Acts gave Q76. Muslim League Was founded in the
representation to the Indians for the year
first time in legislation ?
(a)1900
(a)Indian Councils Act 1909
(b)1905
(b)Indian Councils Act 1919
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(c)1906 Q80. In which year Lala Lajpat Rai was

deported to Mandalay for organising the
(d)1902
agrarian movement in Punjab?
Q77. Pooma Swaraj (Complete
(a) 1905
Indpendence) was declared to be the
goal of the Indian National Congress in (b) 1907
its Session of
(c) 1909
(a) Lucknow 1916
(d) 1911
(b) Lahore 1929
Q81. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad started
(c) Tripura 1939 an Urdu Weekly The Al-Hilal in 1912 but
on its being banned by the Government
(d) Lahore 1940
he founded at Al-Balaghin
Q78. Which day was declared as the
(a)1913
Direct Action Day by the Muslim League
? (b)1914
(a) 3rd September 1946 (c)1915
(b) 6th August 1946 (d)1916
(c) 6th May 1946 Q82. The Cabinet Mission came to India
in
(d) 4th December 1946
(a)1943
Q79. When was Mahatma Gandhi
arrested during the Quit India (b) 1944
Movement of 1942 ?
(c) 1945
(a) 7th August 1942
(d) 1946
(b) 0th April 1942
Q83. The split between the Extremists
(c) 9th August 1942 and Moderates came up in the open at
the Surat Congress Session in the year
(d) 5th July 1942
(a)1905
(b)1906
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(c)1907 (b) 1935
(d)1910 (c)1906
Q84. Bhulabhai Desais mostmemorable (d) 1909

achievement was his defence of the
Q88. In which year did Gandhiji start
Indian National Army (I.N.A.) personnel
Satyagraha Movement ?
at the Red Fort Trial towards the end of
(a)1919
(a)1943
(b) 1927
(b)1944
(c) 1934
(c)1945
(d) 1942
(d)1946
Q89. When was the Dandi March un
Q85. When was the All India Womens
dertaken?
Conference founded
(a) 1st December 1929
(a)1924
(b) 2th March 1930
(b) 1925
(c) 5th April 1930
(c) 1926
(d) 5th May 1930
(d) 1927
Q90. When and which Governor General
Q86. When did the British make English
decided to make English the medium of
the medium of instruction in India ?
instruction in India?
(a)1813
(a)1805 Lord Wellesley
(b) 1833
(b)1845 Lord Hardinge
(c) 1835
(c)1835 Lord William Bentick
(d) 1844
(d)1850 Lord Dalhousie
Q87. The communal electorate was
Q91. The Portuguese built their first fort
introduced for the first time in India in
on Indian soil in the territory of the Raja
(a)1919 of
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(a)1911 (d) 1942
(b)1914 Q95. The Azad Hind Fauj was formed in
(c)1917 (a) 1937
(d)1919 (b)1942
Q92. The Indian tricolour was unfurled (c) 1943

for the first time by Jawaharlal Nehru
(d)1945
(a) at the ramparts of the RedFort in
Q96. In which year Gandhiji established
1947
Sabarmati Ashram in Gujarat ?
(b)on the banks of Ravi at Lahore in
(a)1916
1929
(b)1917
(c)when India became a democratic
republic in 1950 (c) 1918
(d)when The Government of India Act (d)1929

was passed in 1935
Q97. The Non-Cooperation Movement
Q93. In which year did Gandhiji started in
undertake the famous Dandi March ?
(a)1870
(a)1920
(b) 1920
(b) 1930
(c) 1921
(c) 1925
(d) 1942
(d) 1935
Q98. In which session of the Indian
Q94. The Congress adopted the Quit National Congress was the Pooma
India Resolution in the year Swaraj resolution adopted?
(a)1940 (a)Lucknow Session in 1916
(b) 1938 (b)Belgium Session In 1924
(c) 1946 (c)Lahore Session in 1929
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(d) Karachi Session in 1931 (d) Mithila
Q99. In which year did the Indian Q103. The Social System of the
National Congress split between Harappan’s was
moderates and extremists ?
(a) Fairly egalitarian
(a) 1907
(b) Slave Labour based
(b) 1908
(c)Colour (Varna) based
(c) 1909
(d)Caste based
(d) 1910
Q104. Which of the following Vedas
Q100. Gandhi Irwin Pact was signed on provides information about the
civilisation of the Early Vedic Age?
(a) March 10 1930
(a)Rigveda
(b) March 20 1931
(b) Yajurveda
(c) March 12 1930
(c) Atharvaveda
(d) March 5 1931
(d) Samaveda
Q101. Which among the following
chronology is correct regarding four Q105. The university which became
samvatas ? famous in the post Gupta Era was
(a)Gupta Gregorian Hizri Saka (a) Kanchi
(b)Gregorian Saka Hizri Gupta (b) Taxlla
(c)Saka Gregorian Hizri Gupta (c) Nalanda
(d)Hizri Gupta Gregorian Saka (d) ValJabhi
Q102. The home of Gargi and Kapila was Q106. Banabhatta was the court poet of
at which emperor ?
(a) Vidisha (a)Vikramaditya
(b) Ujjain (b)Kumaragupta
(c) Pataliputra (c)Harshavardhan
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(d)Kanishka (c)Samudra Gupta
Q107. The first Indian ruler who (d)Asoka

established the supremacy of Indian
Q111. What Inspired the paintings of
Navy In the Arabian Sea was
Ajanta ?
(a) Raja rajal
(a)Compassionate Buddha
(b) Raja Rajendra
(b)Radha Krishan Leela
(c) Raja dhiraj
(c)Jain Thirthankaras
(d) Kulottungal
(d)Mahabharata encounters
Q108. Which statement on the
Q112. Who among the following was the
Harappan Civilisation is correct?
first to invade India ?
(a)Horse sacrifice was known to them
(a) Xerxes
(b)Cow was sacred to them
(b) Alexander
(c)Pashupatiwas venerated by them
(c) Darius
(d)The culture was not generally static
(d) Seleucus
Q109. Yavanika or curtain was
Q113. Which among the following is the
introduced in Indian theatre by which of
oldest dynasty ?
the following?
(a) Maurya
(a) Shekas
(b) Gupta
(b) Parthians
(c) Kushan
(c) Greeks
(d) Kanva
(d) Kushans
Q114. With which of the following is the
Q110. Who started the Saka Era which is
classic Jivaka Chintamani in Tamil
still used by the Government of India?
associated ?
(a)Kanishka
(a) Jainism
(b)Vikramaditya
(b) Buddhism
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(c) Hinduism (b) Pandya
(d) Christianity (c) Chola
Q115. Where did Lord Buddha breathe (d) Chalukya

his last?
Q119. The Saka era commencing from
(a) Rajgir A.D. 78 was founded by
(b) Bodh Gaya (a) Kanishka
(c) Samath (b) Asoka
(d) Kushinagar (c)Chandragupta
Q116. (d)Vikramaditya
Who were the first kings to issue gold Q120. Ganhadra school of art came into
coins iii India? existence in
(a) Mauryas (a)Hinayanasect
(b) Indo Greeks (b)Mahayanasect
(c) Guptas (c)Vaishnavasect
(d) Kushans (d)Shaivasect
Q117. In Tamil literature the glorious Q121. Who amongst the following also
books Shilppadikaram and had the name Devanama Piya dassi?
Manimekhalai are related to
(a) MauiyanKing Ashoka
(a) Jainism
(b) Mauryan King Chandragupta Maurya
(b) Buddhism
(c) Gautam Buddha
(c) Hinduism
(d) Bhagwan Mahavira
(d) Christianity
Q122. Whose achievements are
Q118. Who established Mahabalipuram? recorded in the Allahabad Pillar
inscription ?
(a) Pallava
(a)Chandra Gupta Maurya
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(b)Samudra Gupta (d) Copper
(c)Vikramaditya Q127. Arabs were defeated in 738 A.D.

by
(d)Skand Gupta
(a) Pratiharas
Q123. The essential feature of the Indus
Valley Civilisation was (b) Rashtrakutas
(a)worship of forces of nature (c) Palas
(b)organised city life (d) Chalukyas
(c)pastoral farming Q128. In Mauryan dynasty Kalinga war

took place in the year
(d)caste society
(a) 260 BC
Q124. Name the capital of the Pallavas
(b) 1BC
(a)Kanchi
(c) 126 BC
(b)Vatapi
(d) 232 BC
(c)Trichnapalli
Q129. The Seven Pagodas of
(d)Mahabalipuram
Mahabalipuram are a witness to the art
Q125. The word Veda means patronised by the
(a )knowledge (a)Pallavas
(b) wisdom (b)Pandyas
(c)skill (c)Cholas
(d) power (d)Cheras
Q126. Which metal was first used by the Q130. Name the dan Buddha belonged
Vedic people ? to
(a) Silver (a)Gnathrika
(b) Gold (b)Maurya
(c) Iron (c)Sakya
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(d)Kuru (c)Wood
Q131. Who was the author of the (d)All of the above

Kadambari a great romantic play ?
Q135. Who started the Saka Era and
(a)Banabhatta when ?
(b)Harshavardhana (a)Kadphises in 58 BC
(c)Baskaravardhana (b)Rudradaman in AD 78
(d)Bindusara (c)Vikramaditya in 58 BC
Q132. During which Gupta Kings reign (d)Kanish kain AD 78

did the Chinese traveller Fahien visit
Q136. In which state was the Nalanda
India ?
University located in India?
(a)Chandra Gupta I
(a) Bengal
(b)Samudra Gupta
(b) Bihar
(c)Chandra Gupta II
(c) Orissa
(d)Kumara Gupta
(d) Uttar Pradesh
Q133. St. Thomas is said to have come
Q137. Which event brought about a
to India to propagate Christianity during
profound change in Ashoka’s
the reign of the
administrative policy?
(a) Cheras
(a) The third Buddhist Council
(b) Parthians
(b) The Kalinga War
(c) Pandyas
(c) His embracing of Buddhism
(d) Cholas
(d) His sending of missionary to Ceylon
Q134. The people of the Indus Valley
Q138. The monk who influenced Ashoka
Civilization usually built their houses of
to embrace Buddhism was
(a)Pucca bricks
(a) Vishnu Gupta
(b)Stone
(b) Upa gupta
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(c) Brahma Gupta (d)Justin
(d) Badrinath Q143. HavenTsang visited India during

the reign of
Q139. Harshvardhan was defeated by
(a)Chandragupta
(a)Prabhakaravardhana
(b)Chandragupta II
(b)Pulakesin II
(c)Harshavardhan
(c) Narasimha svanna Pallava
(d)Rudradaman
(d) Sasanka
Q144. Which one of the following was
Q140. Which of the following was NOT
the last Buddhist text produced In India
composed by Harshvardhana?
?
(a)Harshacharita
(a)Divya Vandana
(b)Ratnavali
(b)Dohakosa
(c)Priyadarshika
(c)Vajrachedika
(d)Nagananda
(d)Vamsathapakasini
Q141. Fahien visited India during the
Q145. Worship of Mother Goddess was
reign of
associated with
(a)Chandragupta II
(a)Aryan Civilization
(b)Samudragupta
(b)Mediterranean Civilization
(c)Ramagupta
(c)Indus Valley Civilization
(d)Kumaragupta
(d)Later Vedic Civilization
Q142. The Greek ambassador sent to
Q146. Alexander and Porus fought a
Chandragupta Mauryas Court was
battle at
(a)Kautilya
(a) Hydaspes
(b)Seleucus Nicator
(b) Jhelum
(c)Megasthenes
(c) Panipat
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(d) Tarain Q151. The early Buddhist scriptures

were composed in
Q147. Identify the Buddhist Literature
from the following (a)Prakrit texts
(a) Tripitakas (b)Pali texts
(b) Upanishads (c)Sanskrit texts
(c) Angas (d)Pictographically texts
(d) Aranyakas Q152. In Mohanjadaro the largest

building is
Q148. Seleucus Nicator was defeated by
(a)the great bath
(a)Asoka
(b)a granary
(b)Chandragupta Maurya
(c)the Pillared Hall
(c)Bindu Sara
(d)a two storeyed house
(d)Brihad ratha
Q153. The caste system of India was
Q149. The striking feature of the Indus
created for
Valley Civilization was
(a)immobility of labour
(a)Urban Civilization
(b)recognition of the dignity of labour
(b)Agrarian Civilization
(c)economic uplift
(c)Mesolithic Civilization
(d)occupational division of labour
(d)Paleolithic Civilization
Q154. Monolithic Rathas of the Pallavas
Q150. After Alexanders death the
are found at
Eastern part of his empire came under
(a)Kanchipuram
(a)Seleucus Nicator
(b)Puri
(b)Menander
(c)Mahabalipuram
(c)Rudradaman
(d)Agra
(d)Kanishka
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Q155. Poet Kalidasa lived in the court of Q159. Who was the town planner of
Chandigarh?
(a)Chandragupta Maurya
(a)Edward Lutyens
(b)Samudragupta
(b)Charles Correa
(c)Chandragupta vikramaditya
(c)Le Corbusier
(d)Harsha
(d)Christopher Waren
Q156. Who is called as the Second
Ashoka? Q160. The film Mangal Pandey released
in August 2005 deals with
(a)Samudra Gupta
(a) Jallian wala Bagh tragedy
(b)Chandra Gupta Maurya
(b) Netaji Subash Boses fight against
(c)Kanishka
British occupation of India
(d)Harshavardhana
(c)the first war of Indian Independence
Q157. The famous Kailasnath Temple at in 1857
Kanchi was built by
(d)the partition of India and Pakistan
(a)Mahendra varman
Q161. The first Defence Minister of India
(b)Narasimha varman was
(c)Nandi varnan (a)K. M. Cariappa
(d)Danti varman (b)Gopala swami iyer
Q158. Where was tancho brocade (c)Baldev Singh

developed ?
(d)Sardar Patel
(a) Varanasi
Q162. The first woman to become a
(b) Dhaka Chief Minister of any State in India was
(c) Surat (a)Nandini Satpathy
(d) Tanjavur (b)Dr. J. Jayalalith a
(c)Sucheta Kripalani
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(d)Ms. Mayawati (d)Persuasion and propaganda
Q163. First Indian Commander in Chief Q167. What is the name of the era on
was which the National Calendar of India is
based?
(a)Gen. K. S. Thimayya
(a) Vikram era
(b)Gen. K.M. Kariappa
(b) Kali era
(c)S.H.F.J. Manekshaw
(c)Sak era
(d)None of the above
(d)None of above
Q164. Who gave the concept of Total
Revolution? Q168. Who is the creator of the piece
titled Portrait of Francoise ?
(a)Jayaprakash Narayan
(a) Leonardo da Vinci
(b)Mahatma Gandhi
(b)Paul Cezanne
(c)Karl Marx
(c)Pablo Picasso
(d)Lenin
(d)H. Rembrandt
Q165. How many spokes are there in the
Dharma Chakra of the National Flag? Q169. Which country offered its good
office to resolve Indo- Pak conflict
(a) 22
peacefully in the year 1966?
(b) 24
(a)U.S.A
(c) 18
(b) Britain
(d) 14
(c) U.S.S.R
Q166. The methods of democratic
(d) Japan
socialism are
Q170. After Independence Hyderabad
(a)Revolution
the State of Nizam was taken over by
(b)General strike the Indian Government through
(c)Sabotage (a)police action
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(b)military action (b)Amundsen
(c)persuasion (c)Christopher Columbus
(d)negotiations (d)John Cabot
Q171. In Afghanistan two towering Q175. In which of the following

Buddha statues were destroyed at countries were Buddhas idols disfigured
and removed recently?
(a)Kandahar
(a) Pakistan
(b)Yakaolong
(b) Turkey
(c) Bamiyan
(c) Afghanistan
(d) Mazari Sharif
(d) Iran
Q172. Identify the UNESCO approved
World Heritage site from the following. Q176. The first woman Governor of a
State in free India was
(a)Somnath Temple
(a) Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
(b)Salaijung Museum
(b) Mrs. Such eta Kriplani
(c)Khajuraho group of temples
(c) Mrs. Indira Gandhi
(d)Chaar Bagh Railway station
(d) Mrs Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
Q173. Which of the following Gods are
worshipped in the sanctum of Badrinath Q177. Name the Pakistan Prime Minister
and Kedarnath temples respectively ? who signed the Simla Agreement in
1972 ?
(a)Vishnu and Shiva
(a) Ayub Khan
(b)Shiva and Vishnu
(b)Yahya Khan
(c)Shiva and Parvati
(c)Z. A. Bhutto
(d)Vishnu and Brahma
(d)Benazir Bhutto
Q174. Who discovered sea route to India
via the Cape of Good Hope?
(a)Vasco di Gama
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Q178. Which one of the following Q181. The Dandi March of Gandhi is an
statements is not true in respect of A.O. example of
Hume ?
(a) Direct Action
(a) He was an ornithologist.
(b) Boycott
(b) He was a member of the Indian Civil
(c) Civil Disobedience
Service.
(d) Noncooperation
(c)He founded the Indian National
Congress Q182. Which one of the following cities
and the personalities associated with
(d)He presided over the Congress
their establishment is wrongly matched
Annual Sessions twice.
?
Q179. Which of the following
(a)Pondicherry Francis Martin
movements saw the biggest peasant
guerilla war on the eve of (b)Ahmadabad Ahmad Shah I
independence?
(c)Madras Francis Day
(a)Noakhali Movement
(d)Calcutta Robert Clive
(b)Tebhaga Movement
Q183. For the annexation of which
(c)Punnapra Vayalar Movement Indian Kingdom the Doctrine of Lapse
was not followed ?
(d)Telangana Movement
(a) Satara
Q180. Gandhis concept of Trusteeship
(b) Nagpur
(a)Recognizes right of private ownership
of property (c) Jhansi
(b)Transforms the capitalistic society (d) Punjab

into an egalitarian one
Q184. Which was the earliest settlement
(c) Excludes legislative regulation of the of the Dutch in India ?
ownership and use of wealth
(a)Masulipatnam
(d) Does not fix minimum or maximum
(b)Pulicat
income
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(c)Surat Q188. When the East India Company

was formed the Mughal emperor in
(d)Ahmadabad
India was
Q185. During British rule who was
(a) Jehangir
instrumental for the introduction of the
Ryotwari system in the Madras (b) Humayun
Presidency ?
(c) Aurangzeb
(a) Macartney
(d) Akbar
(b)Elphinstone
Q189. Which one of the following events
(c)Thomas Munro did not take place during the Viceroyalty
of Lord Curzon?
(d)John Lawrence
(a)Establishment of the Department of
Q186. Which one of the following novels
Archaeology
was a source of inspiration for the
freedom fighters in India? (b)Second Delhi Durbar
(a)Pariksha Guru (c) Founder of Indian National Congress
(b) Anandmath (d) Partition of Bengal
(c)Rangbhoomi Q190. Who among the following

organized the All India Depressed
(d)Padmarag
Classes Association in colonial India?
Q187. Name three important forms of
(a) M.K.Gandhi
Satyagraha.
(b) Jyotiba Phule
(a)Noncooperation civil disobedience
and boycott (c) Pandita Ramabai
(b)Boycott civil disobedience and (d)B.R. Ambedkar

rebellion
Q191. The sepoy mutiny of 1857
(c)Noncooperation revolution and occurred during the Governor
referendum Generalship of
(d)Revolution plebiscite and boycott (a) Lord Dalhousie
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(b) Lord Lyttori (c)the middle classes
(c) Lord William Bentick (d)the workers
(d) Lord Canning Q196. Who among the following is the

founder of the Azad Hind FauJ ?
Q192. Who coined the term Satyagraha?
(a)Lala Har Dayal
(a) Gandhi
(b)Subash Chandra Bose
(b) Sri Aurobindo Ghosh
(c)Vir Savarkar
(c)Rabindranath Tagore
(d)Chandrashekhar Azad
(d)Ram Mohan Roy
Q197. Who is known as the Father of
Q193. India became independent during
Indian Unrest ?
the viceroyalty of
(a)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(a) William Bentick
(b)Lala lajpat Rai
(b) Wellesley
(c)Aurobindo Ghosh
(c)Wavell
(d)Bipin Chandrapal
(d)Mountbatten
Q198. The first meeting of the Indian
Q194. The Ramakrishna Mission was
National Congress held in 1885 was
founded by
presided by
(a) Dayanand Saraswati
(a) Shri P.M. Mehta
(b) Keshab Chandra
(b) Shri Womesh Chandra Ban neijee
(c) Ram Mohari Roy
(c)D.E.Wacha
(d) Vivekananda
(d)S.N. Bannerjee
Q195. Socialism is essentially a
Q199. The Gandhi’s Dandi March was a
movement of
part of
(a)intellectuals
(a)Noncooperation Movement
(b)the poor people
(b)Home Rule League
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(c) Civil Disobedience Movement (b)sarojini Naidu
(d) Quit India Movement (c)Annie Besant
Q200. Find the incorrect match among (d)Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

the
Q204. Who among the following was
(a) Sir Syed Murtza Khan Aligarh Muslim responsible for the revival of Hinduism
University in 19th century?
(b) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University (a) Swami Dayanand
(c) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru University (b)Swami Vivekanand
(d) Madan Mohan Malviya Ba naras (c)Guru Shankaracharya

Hindu University
(d)Raja Ram Mohan Roy K64
Q201. The first country which
Q205. Who was the French Governor of
discovered sea route to India was
Pondicherry Who tried to make the
(a) Portugal French Company as a powerful company
?
(b) Dutch
(a)Thomas Arthur Comte de Laky
(c) French
(b) Godeheu
(d) Britain
(c) La Bourdonnais
Q202. There are no politics devoid of
religion is stated by (d) Joseph Francois Dupleix
(a)Nehru Q206. The first Mysore War fought

between the British and Hyder Ali in
(b)Gandhi
1767-69 A.D. came to an end by the
(c)Vinoba Bhave
(a)Treaty of Pondicherry
(d)Jaya Prakash Narayan
(b)Treaty of Madras
Q203. The first woman President of
(c)Treaty of Mysore
Indian National congress was
(d)Treaty of Aix la Chapelle
(a)Kamala Devi Chatto padhyaya
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Q207. The British Government (c)Gopal Baba Wala

intervened in the affairs of the Company
(d)Jyothiba Phule
and passed an Act in 1773A.D. known as
the Q211. Cripps Mission came to India in
(a)Regulating Act (a)1946
(b)Pitts India Act (b) 1945
(c)Charter Act (c) 1942
(d)Company Act (d) 1940
Q208. Which rebellion in Bengal was Q212. Who was the governor-general
highlighted by Bankim Chandra during the Second Anglo Mysore War?
Chatterjee in his novel Anand Math?
(a)Lord Wellesley
(a)Chaur Uprising
(b)Lord Cornwallis
(b)Sanyasi Rebellion
(c)Sir John Shore
(c)Kol Uprising
(d) Warren Hastings
(d)Santhal Uprising
Q213. The founder of the Arya Samaj
Q209. Who founded The Gadar Party in was
San francisco in the USA?
(a)Annie Besant
(a)Lala Hardayal
(b)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(b)Lala Lazpat Rai
(c)Dayanand Saraswati
(c)Azad Singh
(d) Vivekananda
(d)Bipin Chandra Paul
Q214. Who among the following
Q210. Who was the founder of Satya introduced Ryotwari system in Madras ?
Shodak Sabha in Maharashtra ?
(a)Lord Hastings
(a)Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar
(b)Lord Wellesley
(b)Dr. Atmaram Pandurang
(c)Sir Thomas Munro
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(d)Lord Cannemara (a)Pattabhi Sitharamayya
Q215. Who was the ruler of Delhi when (b)Jawaharlal Nehru

Ahmad Shah Abdali defeated the
(c)Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Marathas in the third Battle of Panipat
in 1761 ? (d) VB Patel
(a)Alamgiri Q219. Jalianwala incident took place at
(b)Muhammad Shah (a) Allahabad
(c) Jahandar Shah (b) Lucknow
(d) Shah Alam II (c) Surat
Q216. Under whose leadership was the (d) Amritsar

Chittagong Armory Raid organised ?
Q220. Who founded the Indian National
(a) Sukhdev Party In Berlin during 1914?
(b) Bhagat Singh (a)Subhash Chandra Bose
(c) Surya Sen (b)W.C. Banerjee
(d) Rajguru (c)Surendra nath Baneijee
Q217. Who was the ruler of Delhi when (d)Champakaraman Pillai

Ahmad Shah Abdali defeated the
Marathas in the third Battle of Panipat Q221. During Quit India Movement
Parallel Government was constituted at
in 1761?
(a) Varanasi
(a) Alamgiri
(b) Allahabad
(b) Muhammad Shah
(c) Lucknow
(c)Jahandar Shah
(d) Balla
(d)Shah Alam II
Q222. The Poona Pact (1932) was an
Q218. In 1939 Subhash Chandra Bose
agreement between
was elected as President of the Congress
Party defeating (a)Nehru and Ambedkar
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(b)Gandhi and Ambedkar (c) Aligarh Muslim University
(c)Malaviya and Ambedkar (d) University of Allahabad
(d)Gandhi and Nehru Q227. Who gave the title of Mahamana

to Madan Mohan Mahrirya?
Q223. What Satyagraha was held at
Nagpur in 1923? (a) Dada Bhai Naurozi
(a) Salt Satyagraha (b)Individual (b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Satyagraha
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(c)Ryots Satyagraha
(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d)Flag Satyagraha
Q228. Who was the Viceroy at the time
Q224. Who was the viceroy when Delhi of Quit India Movement ?
became the capital of British India?
(a) Lord Mount baten
(a)Load Curzon
(b) Lord Waveli
(b)Lord Minto
(c)Lord Lin Uthgow
(c)Lord Hardinge
(d)Lord Irwin
(d)Lord Waveli
Q229. Who was the other Congress
Q225. Who established the Indian Civil leader who Joined with Motilal Nehru to
Liberties Union in 1936 ? start the Swaraj Party In 1923 ?
(a) Subhash Chandra Bose (a)B.G. Tilak
(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (b)Chittaranjan Das
(c)Jawahar Lal Nehru (c)M.K. Gandhi
(d)Rajendra Prasad (d)G.K. Gokhale
Q226. Which of the following was Q230. Who is known for establishing the
established first ? Anand Van ?
(a) Banaras Hindu University (a)Jubilant Buddha
(b) University of Bombay (b)H. N. Bahuguna
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(c)Baba Amte (c) Santhal
(d)Motilal Nehru (d) Kondadora
Q231. Rowlatt Act 1919 was enacted Q235. Who founded the Naujawan
during the period of Bharat Sabha ?
(a)Lord Chelmsford (a)B.C.Pal
(b)Lord William (b)G. Subramania Iyer
(c)Lord Minto (c) Sardar Bagat Singh
(d)Lord Bentick (d) Rukmani Lakshttiipath
Q232. Constituent Assembly of India was Q236. The Narendra Mandal or Chamber
formulated on the recommendation of of Princes was inaugurated in 1921 by
(a)Wave Plan (a)Lord Curzon
(b)Cripps Mission (b)Lord Wellesley
(c)August Offer (c)Duke of Cannaught
(d)Cabinet Mission (d)Duke of Wellingdon
Q233. Who said Truth is the ultimate Q237. Who Is commonly known as the
reality and it is God ? Iron Man?
(a)Swamy Vivekananda (a) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
(b)Rabindra Nath Tagore (b) Vittal Bhai Patel
(c)M.KGandhi (c)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d)Radhakrishnan (d)Bipin Chandra Pal
Q234. Which of the following tribes is Q238. Gandhiji withdraw the Non
associated with the Tana Bhagat Cooperation Movement due to
movement ?
(a)Chauri Chaura Incident
(a) Uraon
(b)Champaran Movement
(b) Munda
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(c)Kakori Conspiracy (b) Dadabhai Nauroji
(d)Bardoli Movement (c)Gokhale
Q239. In 1 an educational conference (d)Govinda Ranade

endorsing Gandhi’s proposals for basic
Q243. Bal Pal and Lal were the most
education through the vernacular
prominent leaders of the
medium was held at
(a)Swaraj Party
(a) Surat
(b)Militant National Party
(b) Bombay
(c)Gadar Party
(c) Ahmadabad
(d)Congress Party
(d) Wardha
Q244. The Governor General of India
Q240. Gandhi’s Salt Satyagraha was a
impeached by the House of Commons in
part of
England was
(a)Champaran Satyagraha
(a)Waaren Hastings
(b)Quit India Movement
(b)Cornwallis
(c)Non Cooperation Movement
(c)Wellesley
(d)Civil Disobedience Movement
(d) William Bentick
Q241. The Peshwarship was abolished
Q245. What is the name of the Fort built
by the British at the time of Peshwa
by the English in Calcutta ?
(a)Raghunath Rao
(a)Fort St. David
(b)Narayan Rao
(b)Fort St. Andrew
(c)Madhav Rao II
(c)Fort William
(d)Baji Rao
(d)Fort Victoria
Q242. Who expounded The Theory of
Q246. C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru
Drain
formed the Swaraj Party after
(a) Tilak
(a) Swadeshi Movement
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(b) Non Cooperation Movement town. In which State Union Territory is

that town now ?
(c)Civil Disobedience Movement
(a) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
(d)Quit India Movement
(b) Tripura
Q247. What was Lala Lajpat Rai
demonstrating against when he (c)Manipur
succumbed to police brutality ?
(d)Mizoram
(a) Rowlatt Act
Q251. Name the Political Guru of
(b) Minto Morley Reforms Mahatma Gandhi.
(c)Simon Commission (a)Gopala krishna Gokhale
(d)Pitts India Act (b)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Q248. The last Governor General of the (c)Aurobindo Ghosh

East India Company and the first Viceroy
(d)Lala Lajpat Rai
under the crown was
Q252. Who said that India’s soul lives in
(a) Lord Elgin
villages?
(b) Lord Canning
(a)Vinoba Bhave
(c) Lord Warren Hastings
(b)Jayaprakash Narayan
(d) Lord Dalhousie
(c)Jawahar Lal Nehru
Q249. The first Governor General of
(d)Mahatma Gandhi
Bengal was
Q253. What was the name of the
(a) Lord Clive
Newspaper edited by Gandhiji till 1933?
(b) Lord Warren Hastings
(a)Sarvodaya
(c)Lord John Shore
(b)Aiya
(d)Lord Cornwallis
(c)Times of India
Q250. On April 12 1944 Subhash
(d)Young India
Chandra Bose hoisted the INA Flag in a
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Q254. Who among the following (d)Raja Ram Mohan Roy

revolutionaries was executed by the
Q258. The Pooma Swaraj resolution was
British?
adopted In the annual session of the
(a) Jatin Das Indian National Congress held at
(b) Chandra shekhar Azad (a) Bombay
(c) Rajguru (b) Lahore
(d)Kalpana Dutt (c) Calcutta
Q255. Who among the following was the (d) Madras

first Viceroy of India ?
Q259. Whom did Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(a) Lord Cornwallis refer to as his Political Guru ?
(b) Pitt (a)Swami Vivekananda
(c) Lord Canning (b)Ram Mohan Roy
(d) Robert Clive (c)Sisir Kumar Ghosh
Q256. Mahatma Gandhi launched the (d)Dadabhai Naoroji

Civil Disobedience Movement in 1930
Q260. Who introduced doctrine of lapse
from
(a) Lord Wellesley
(a)Sabarmati Ashram
(b) Lord Curzon
(b)Ahmadabad
(c)Lord Dalhousie
(c)Porbandar
(d)Lord Lytton
(d)Dandi
Q261. The Lahore Conspiracy Case was
Q257. Kesari the Newspaper was started
registered against whom?
by
(a)V.D. Savarkar
(a)G.K. Gokhale
(b) Bhagat Singh
(b)B. G. Tilak
(c) Chandrashekhar Azad
(c)Sardar Patel
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(d) Aurobindo Ghosh (c)Bhagat Singh
Q262. Who among the following was the (d)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
founder of the Dravida Kazhagam?
Q266. Which Party was established by
(a) Periyar E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker Subhash Chandra Bose after he came
out of Indian National Congress ?
(b) Aehaiya Vinoba Bhave
(a)Indian National Army
(c)C. Raja gopalachari
(b)Republican Party
(d)Mahatma Gandhi
(c)Forward Block
Q263. Aurobindo was arrested in
connection with (d)Socialist Party
(a)Allpore Bomb Case Q267. The Rama Krishna Mission was

established by
(b)Kolhapur Bomb Case
(a)Vivekananda
(c)Lahore Conspiracy Case
(b)Rama Krishna
(d)Kakori Case
(c)M.G. Ranade
Q264. The National Anthem was first
sung in the year 1911 at the Annual (d) Keshab Chandra Sen
session of the Indian National Congress
Q268. Which was the main cause far
held at
starting of the Quit India Movement in
(a) Pune 1942?
(b) Mumbai (a)Severe unrest among the people
(c) Kolkata (b)Report of Simon Commission
(d) Lucknow (c)Failure of the Cripps Mission
Q265. Who Is known as the Indian (d)British involved in the World War ll
Bismarck ?
Q269. In which session of the Indian
(a)Vallabhai Patel National Congress was Puma Swaraj
adopted as its goal?
(b)Subh ash Chandra Bose
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(a) Bombay (a)The Turkish Caliph
(b) Lucknow (b)Aga Khan
(c) Calcutta (c)Muhammad Ali Jinnah
(d) Lahore (d)Abul Kalam Azad
Q270. Give me blood I will give you Q274. Who among the following
freedom. These words are attributed to founded the All India Muslim League?
(a)Subhash Chandra Bose (a) Syed Ahmed Khan
(b)Khudiram Bose (b) Muhammad Ali
(c)Bhagat Singh (c) Aga Khan
(d)Veer Savarkar (d) Hamid Ali Khan
Q271. Who was the first Indian governer Q275. The first Satyagraha of Gandhiji
General after Lord Mountbatten? for the cause of indigo farmers was
observed at
(a)Jawaharlal Nehru
(a) Champaran
(b)C. Rajagopalachari
(b)Chaura Chauri
(c)Rajendra Prasad
(c)Bardoli
(d)Pattabi Sitaramayya
(d)Sabarmati
Q272. India was granted freedom during
the British Prime Minister Q276. According to Gandhi the scope for
class struggle and love for property can
(a)Clement Attlee
be reduced by
(b)Winston Churchill
(a)Decentralisation
(c)Ramsay MacDonald
(b) Participatory democracy
(d)William Pitt
(c) Separation of Judiciary from
Q273. The Khilafath Movement was V Executive
launched to protest against the
(d) Trusteeship
humiliation of
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Q277. The battle of Plassey was fought Q281. Who among the following
between Viceroys became a victim of one of the
convicts during his visit to the And
(a)East India Company and Shah Alam
amans ?
(b)East India Company and Shujauddaula
(a) Curzon
(c)East India Company and Sirajuddaula
(b) Mayo
(d)East India Company and An waruddin
(c) Ripon
Q278. The Noncooperation Movement
(d) Lytton
started in
Q282. The Third Battle of Panipat was
(a)1870
fought between
(b) 1920
(a)the Marathas and the Afghans
(c) 1921
(b)the Marathas and the Mughal’s
(d) 1942
(c)the Mughal’s and the Afghans
Q279. Who was the Nawab when
(d) the Marathas and the Rajput’s
Dalhousie annexed Awadh in 1856?
Q283. Who termed Cripps proposals as a
(a)Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah
post dated cheque in a crashing bank ?
(b)Wajid All Shah
(a) Ambedkar
(c)Shujaud Daula
(b) Annie Besant
(d)Alivardi Khan
(c) Patel
Q280. In the integration of Princely
(d) Gandhi ji
States the following played a major role.
Q284. The State Jhansi was made a part
(a) Pannikar and Kunzru
of the British Empire in India through
(b)S.K. Dhar and Fazal Ali
(a) Doctrine of Lapse
(c) Vallabhbhai Patel and V.P. Menon
(b) Policy of Subsidiary Alliance
(d) Vallabhbhai Patel and Jawa har Lal
(c)War against Rani Lakshmi Bai
Nehru
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(d)None of the above (d)Lord Warren Hastings
Q285. Mahatma Gandhi started his Q289. Who gave the title of Sardar to
Dandi March from Vallabhbhai Patel?
(a) Dandi (a) Rajaji
(b)Porbandar (b) Gandhiji
(c)Ahmadabad (c) Nehru
(d)Sabarmati Ashram (d) M.A. Jinnah
Q286. Gandhi’s Gandhi March is Q290. Who was regarded by Gandhiji as

associated with his political Guru ?
(a) Khilafat Movement (a)Lala Lajpat Rai
(b) Civil Disobedience Movement (b)Bipin Chandra Pal
(c) Noncooperation Movement (c)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d) Quit India Movement (d)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Q287. Who among the following is not a Q291. Which among the following
moderate? movements was not led by Mahatma
Gandhi?
(a) Pherozeshah Mehta
(a)Quit India Movement
(b) Surendra nath Baneijee
(b)Swadeshi Movement
(c) Womesh Chandra Bannerjee
(c)Non Cooperation Movement
(d) Bal Ganga dhar Tilak
(d)Civil Disobedience Movement
Q288. Permanent Settlement of Bengal
was done by British Governor General Q292. Who among the following is
known as the Father of the Indian
(a)Lord Cornwallis
Renaissance ?
(b)LordMinto
(a)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(c)Lord Wellesley
(b)Rabindra Nath Tagore
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(c)Swami Dayanand Saraswati 46 c 47 d 48 d 49 c 50 a
(d)Swami Vivekanand 51 c 52 d 53 a 54 b 55 a
Q293. Who wrote the song Sare Jahan 56 b 57 b 58 b 59 b 60 b

Se Accha Hindoostan Hamara ?
61 b 62 b 63 c 64 b 65 a
(a)Ashaf aqullah Khan
66 b 67 b 68 c 69 c 70 a
(b)Sahir Ludhianvi
71 a 72 a 73 c 74 b 75 a
(c)Mohammad Iqbal
76 c 77 b 78 b 79 c 80 b
(d)Ramprasad Bismil
81 c 82 d 83 c 84 c 85 d
Q294. Who was called the Father of
86 c 87 d 88 a 89 b 90 c
Local Self government in India?
91 b 92 b 93 b 94 d 95 b
(a)Lord Ripon
96 b 97 b 98 c 99 a 100 d
(b)Lord Hardinge
101 a 102 d 103 a 104 a 105 c
(c)Lord Dalhousie
106 c 107 a 108 d 109 c 110 a
(d)Lord Lytton
111 a 112 c 113 a 114 a 115 d
ANSWERS :
116 b 117 b 118 a 119 a 120 b
1a2b3d4d5b
121 a 122 b 123 b 124 a 125 a
6 a 7 c 8 b 9 a 10 b
126 d 127 d 128 b 129 a 130 c
11 c 12 d 13 c 14 b 15 d
131 a 132 c 133 b 134 a 135 d
16 b 17 d 18 a 19 b 20 b
136 b 137 b 138 b 139 b 140 a
21 a 22 d 23 a 24 b 5 d
141 a 142 c 143 c 144 d 145 c
26 c 27 a 28 c 29 b 30 b
146 a 147 a 148 b 149 a 150 a
31 d 32 c 33 a 34 c 35 b
151 b 152 b 153 d 154 c 155 c
36 d 37 c 38 d 39 d 40 d
156 c 157 b 158 a 159 c 160 b
41 d 42 b 43 b 44 c 45 a
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161 c 162 c 163 b 164 a 165 b 276 d 277 c 278 b 279 b 280 c
166 d 167 c 168 c 169 c 170 b 281 b 282 a 283 d 284 a 285 d
171 c 172 c 173 a 174 a 175 c 286 b 287 d 288 a 289 b 290 d
176 a 177 c 178 d 179 d 180 b 291 b 292 a 293 c 294 a
181 a 182 d 183 d 184 b 185 c
186 b 187 a 188 d 189 c 190 d
191 d 192 a 193 d 194 d 195 d
196 b 197 a 198 b 199 c 200 a
201 a 202 b 203 c 204 b 205 d
206 b 207 a 208 b 209 a 210 d
211 c 212 d 213 c 214 c 215 d
216 c 217 d 218 a 219 d 220 d
221 d 222 b 223 d 224 c 225 c
226 b 227 c 228 c 229 b 230 c
231 a 232 d 233 c 234 a 235 c
236 c 237 a 238 a 239 d 240 d
241 d 242 b 243 d 244 a 245 c
246 b 247 c 248 b 249 b 250 c
251 a 252 d 253 d 254 c 255 c
256 a 257 b 258 b 259 a 260 c
261 b 262 a 263 a 264 c 265 a
266 c 267 a 268 c 269 d 270 a
271 b 272 a 273 a 274 c 275 a

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(b)Battle of Talikota (b) Jaipur

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(b) Hindi (b)Sher Shah vs. Humayun

(c) Arabic (c)Chengiz Khan vs. Alauddin Khilji

(d) Persian (d)Akbar vs. Hemu

Q48. Name the language that was Q52.

(b) Pali (a)Third Battle of Panipat

(c) Hindi (b)Second Battle of Panipat

(d) Urdu (c)Battle pf Haldighati

Q49. Khalsa Panth was created by (d)First Battle of Panipat

(b)1707 (a)Mahmud of Ghazni

(c) 1699 (b)Muhammad Ghori

(d) 1657 (c)Iltutmish

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(c)Chandawar in 1193 A.D. (c)aurangzeb

(d)Ranthambhor in 1195A.D. (d)jahagir

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