Rigi - File - De6EVGOuENGC HISTORY (ENG)

Ancient History of India
- Sangan Kallu (Bellari, Karnataka)

Stone Age ¾ Bhimbetka is famous for - Rock Paintings
¾ Most rock-shelter pictures in India have been
¾ Robert Bruce Foote was an found at - Bhimbetka
- Geologist and Archaeologist ¾ Out of the given places namely:- Ajanta,
¾ Father of Indian pre-history is known as Bhimbetka, Bagh and Amravati which is famous
- Robert Bruce Foote for pre-historic paintings - Bhimbetka
¾ The three-age system, divided into stone, bronze ¾ The caves of Bhimbetka are situated at
and iron from the collection of Copenhagen - Abdullahganj- Raisen (M.P)
Museum was coined by - Thomson ¾ The Indian Archaeologists who first visited
¾ The first evidence of the domestication of animals 'Bhimbetka Caves' and discovered prehistoric
is found in - Mesolithic Period significance of its rock paintings is - V.S.
¾ In Mesolithic context, evidence of animal Wakankar
domestication has been found at - Adamgarh ¾ The Ochre-coloured Pottery (O.C.P) was
(Narmadapuram, M.P.) & Bagor (Bhilwara, christened at - Hastinapur
Rajasthan) ¾ In the Chalcolithic period people of Maharashtra
¾Bone ornaments in the Mesolithic context in India buried their dead under the floor of their houses
have been obtained from in - North to South Orientation
- Sarai Nahar Rai and Mahadaha ¾ Out of the given sites namely: Brahmagiri,
¾Arrangement of Mesolithic sites geographically Burzahom, Chirand and Maski that has yielded
from west to east is skeleton of the dog buried along with human
- Mahadaha, Lekhahia, Paisra, Birbhanpur skeleton is
¾ Three human skeletons in a single grave were - Burzahom (J&K)
recovered at - Damdama (Pratapgarh, UP) ¾ The evidence of pit dwelling has been obtained
¾ The cultivation of cereals first started in from - Burzahom (J&K)
- Neolithic Age ¾ The rock shelter of Vindhyas where a maximum
¾ The earliest evidence of man in India is found in number of human skeletons have been found at
- Narmada Valley - Lekhahia
¾ The first cereal used by man was - Barley ¾ Out of the given departments/ministries namely
¾ The earliest evidence of agriculture in the Indian : Culture, Tourism, Science and Technology,
subcontinent comes from - Lahuradeva Human Resource and Development that deals with
¾ Out of the given options namely:- Old Stone Age, the Archaeological Survey of India as an accessory
Neolithic Age, Copper Age, Iron Age which is office is - Ministry of Culture
known as Chalcolithic Age - Copper Age ¾ The father of Indian archaeology and first Director-
¾ The cultural remains from Stone Age to Harappan General of Archaeological Survey in 1871 is
Civilization have been obtained from which given
- Alexander Cunningham
sites of Amri, Mehrgarh, Kotdiji, Kalibangan
¾ National Museum of Mankind which was renamed
- Mehargarh
as Indira Gandhi National Human Museum is
¾ Navdatoli was excavated by - H.D. Sankalia
situated at - Bhopal
¾ Navdatoli is located at - Madhya Pradesh
¾ Megaliths have been identified as - Burial sites Indus Valley Civilization
¾ Out of the given sites: Budihal, Sangana Kallu,
Koldihwa, Brahmagiri which ash mound is ¾ Human Society is unique because it depends
associated with the Neolithic site mainly on - Economy
G.S. Pointer (3) Indian History

¾ Harappa Civilization is also known as ¾ The Harappan Civilization site mandi is situated in
- Indus Valley Civilization - Uttar Pradesh
¾ Indus Civilization existed in - Proto-historic age ¾ The correctly matched pairs are
¾ Indus Valley Civilization was Non-Aryan because Ancient Site - Archaeological finding
- It was an urban civilization
Lothal - Dockyard
¾ According to Chachnama, the capital of the Indus
Kalibangan - Ploughed field
Country in the 6th and 7th centuries was - Arod
Dholavira - An inscription comprising
¾ The important reason to keep Indus-Valley
ten large sized signs of the
Civilization before Aryan civilization is
Harappan script
- Potteries
Banawali - Terracotta replica of a
¾ The Indus Valley civilization was different from plough
the Vedic civilization because
¾ The correctly matched pairs are :
- It had the amenities of developed city life.
Harappa - Cemetry R-37
- It has pictographic script.
Lothal - Dockyard
- It lacked knowledge of iron
Kalibangan - Furrowed land
¾ The source of knowledge about the Harappan
Mohenjo-Daro - Dancing Girl Statue
Civilization - Archaeological excavations
Harappa - Ravi river
Indus Valley Civilization - Urban
Hastinapur - Ganga river
Later Vedic Society - Agrarian
Nagarjuna Konda - Krishna river
Rigvedic Society - Pastoral
Paithan - Godavari river
Medieval Period - Land Lordism
Kalibangan - Ghaggar
¾ The main source of knowledge about the
inhabitants of the Indus Valley Civilization is the Lothal - Bhogava
discovery of - Seals Ropar - Sutlej
¾ The correct match regarding the origin of Harappan ¾ Historical Place Well-known for
civilization is - Burzahom Neolithic site
E.J.H. Mackay - Migration of people Chandraketugarh Terracotta craft
from Sumer
Ganeshwar Copper manufacturing culture
Mortimer Wheeler - Migration of idea of
civilization ¾Shape of this tree is found in the seals from the
Amalananda Ghosh- Pre-Harappan culture Indus civilisation - Pipal
matured to make ¾ The Great Bath was found at the archaeological
Harappan civilization site of - Mohenjodaro
¾ The earliest evidence of silver in India is found in ¾ The other name of the Indus Valley Civilization
the - Harappan civilization
is - Bronze-Age-Civilization
¾ The colour which was commonly used in the
¾ The correct statement about the Indus civilization
Harappan pottery - Red
is - They were unknown to iron
¾ The beginning of idol worship is to be considered
¾ Indus Valley civilization is known for
in - Pre-Aryan age
- (1) Its town planning
¾ Out of the given animals namely - Cow, Elephant,
(2) Mohenjodaro and Harappa
Rhinoceros, Tiger which was not represented
on the seals and terracotta art of the Harappan (3) Their agricultural work
civilization - Cow (4) its industrialization

¾ The correctly matched pairs are : ¾ The largest site of the Harappan civilization in
Alamgirpur - Uttar Pradesh India is - Rakhigarhi
Lothal - Gujarat ¾ The Harappan site 'Desalpur' is located in
Ropar - Punjab - Kutch region of Gujarat
Banawali - Haryana ¾ Among, Sindhu, Jhelum, Chenab and Ganga, rivers
Daimabad - Maharashtra that are associated with Indus Valley Civilisation
Rakhigarhi - Haryana - Jhelum, Chenab, Sindhu
Manda - Jammu and Kashmir
¾ The people of Indus Valley believed in
Balu - Haryana
- Mother Goddess
Padri - Gujarat
¾ The Indus Valley people worshipped
Hulas - Uttar Pradesh
- Pashupati Shiva, Mother
¾ The sites of Harappan culture which are located in
Goddess, Linga, worship of plants, trees and
Sindh - Mohenjodaro, Chanhudaro, Amri,
snakes (nagas), worship of 'Linga and yoni'.
Kotdiji, Ali Murad
¾ The director of the archaeological excavation that
¾ Excavation at Chanhudaro was directed by led to the discovery of Harappa and Mohenjodaro
- E.J.H. Mackay - Sir John Marshall
¾ Out of the given sites namely - Kalibangan, ¾ Two Indians who were associated with the
Harappa, Lothal, Alamgirpur which is now in discovery of the Indus Valley Civilization, are
Pakistan - Harappa - Rakhal Das Banerjee (Mohenjodaro),
¾ Rangpur, where the contemporary of Harappan Dayaram Sahni (Harappa)
civilization was found, is located in ¾ The correctly matched pairs are :
- Saurashtra (Gujarat) Harappa - Dayaram Sahni
¾ Dadheri (Kotla Dadheri) is a later Harappan site Hastinapur - B.B. Lal
in - Punjab Takshashila - John Marshall
¾ The terracotta of 'plough' was found from Kaushambi - N.G Majumdar
- Harappan site 'Banawali'
Lothal - S.R Rao
¾Figures or modals of boats are found in these
Surkotada - J.P Joshi
archaeological sites of Indus Valley
¾ Dholavira was excavated by - R.S. Bisht
- Mohenjodaro and Lothal
¾ The first archaeologist who excavated Harappa,
¾ Out of the given sites namely: Harappa,
but could not recognize its significance, was
Mohenjodaro and Lothal which is located in India
- A. Cunningham
- Lothal (Gujarat)
¾ The Harappan city represented by the ¾ Out of the given names viz. R.D Banerjee, K.N.
archaeological site of Lothal was situated on the Dikshit, M.S. Vats, V.A. Smith who was not
river - Bhogva associated with the excavation of Harappa and
¾ The port city of Indus valley civilization is
- Lothal Mohenjodaro - V.A Smith
¾ The most significant feature of the Indus valley ¾ The correct chronological order is (in terms of
civilization is - Burnt brick buildings appearance in India)
¾ Out of the given cities namely: Kalibangan, Ropar, - Urban culture, Iron plough, Punch-marked
Pataliputra, Lothal which is not a site of Indus silver coins, Gold coins
Valley civilization - Pataliputra ¾ The first metal used by man was - Copper
¾ Out of the given sites namely: Chanhudaro, ¾ An ivory scale in Harappan context was found at
Kotdiji, Sohgaura, Desalpur which is not a - Lothal
Harappan site ¾ The metal that has so far not been discovered in
- Sohgaura (Uttar Pradesh) Harappan sites - Iron
¾ Out of the given sites namely : Alamgirpur, Lothal, ¾ A horned deity engraved on a terracotta cake has
Mohenjodaro, Banawali which is located in the been recovered from - Kalibangan
valley of Ghaggar and its associate rivers ¾ The civilization which flourished on the bank of
- Banawali River Nile - Egyptian Civilization
¾ The correct statements are ¾ The correct North-South sequence of the
- Mohenjodaro, Harappa, Ropar and Kalibangan civilizations is - Aztec-Maya-Mochica-Inca
are the main sites of Indus Valley civilization. ¾ The first ancient civilization to develop the art of
- People of Harappa developed the road, writing in a proper system was - Sumerian
proper housing and drainage system ¾ According to the report of IIT Kharagpur study
¾ The correct statements are- group, continuous low rainfall for how many
- Mohenjodaro and Harappa cities are dead years was the cause of fall of the Indus Valley
now. civilization - 900 years
- They were discovered during excavations. ¾ With reference to the Ahar civilization, the correct
statements are
¾ Dholavira is located in the state of - Gujarat
-The natives of Ahar knew copper smelting.
¾ The place where the evidence of rock-cut
architecture was found, with reference to Harappa - Rice was known to them.
civilization - Dholavira - Metal work was one of the means of economy
¾ A highly advanced water management system of of the Ahar.
Harappan times has been unearthed at- Dholavira - Mostly black-red coloured pottery decorated
¾ Out of the given sites namely:- Kuntasi, Dholavira, with white geometric designs have been found
Lothal, Kalibangan which has yielded evidence of in the Ahar civilizaiton.
a double burial - Lothal and Kalibangan
¾ Recently, from excavations of Harappan site Vedic Age
Sinauli what was found - Human burials ¾ The term 'Aryan' denotes - A superior race
¾ For clothing, cotton was first introduced in - India ¾ Meaning of the term 'Arya' in classical Sanskrit is
¾ The correct statements regarding the Indus Valley - A Nobleman
Civilization are ¾ The oldest Veda is - Rig Veda
- It was predominantly a secular civilization ¾ 'Trayi' is a name for - Three Vedas
and the religious element, though present did
¾ The Vedic text in which the term 'Varna' is found
not dominate the scene.
referred for the first time, that is - Rig-Veda
- During this period, cotton was used for
¾ The 'Purush Sukta' related to Varna System was
manufacturing textiles in India.
originally found in - Rig Veda
¾ The correct statement regarding the people of
¾ The correctly matched are -
Indus Civilization is
Atharvaveda - Medicine
- They worshipped both male and female deities.
Rig Veda - God's Grace
¾ Out of the given sites namely: Harappa,
Yajurveda - Sacrifice process
Chanhudaro, Lothal and Mohenjodaro from where
the famous bull-seal of Indus Valley civilization Samaveda - Music
was found - Mohenjodaro ¾ The correctly matched are :
¾ The animals which are depicted on the Harappan Rig Veda - Hymns and prayers
seals - Bull, Elephant, Sheep Yajurveda - Hymns and rituals
¾ Remains of which animal has not been discovered Samaveda - Musical hymns
in the Indus Valley civilization - Lion Atharvaveda - Charms and spells

¾ In Rig Veda, number of hymns are Vipasha and Shutudri which river indicate the
- 1028 (10552 verses) relations of Aryans with Afghanistan
- Kubha, Kramu
¾ The Rig Veda is the - Collection of hymns
¾ Vedic Rivers Modern Name
¾ In Rig Veda, Mandals are - 10
Kubha - Kabul
¾ The correctly matched are :
Parushni - Ravi
Rig Veda - Aitareya
Sadaneera - Gandak
Samaveda - Panchvisha
Shutudri - Sutlej
Yajurveda - Shatpatha ¾ In the period of Mahabharata, the name of
Atharaveda - Gopath Mahanadi was - Chitrotpala
¾ In Rig Veda, verses are - 10552 ¾ The 'Dharma' and 'Rita' depict a central idea of
¾ Out of the given options namely: Vajasaneyi, ancient Vedic civilization of India. In this context,
Maitrayani, Taittiriya, Kathak, which is a Samhita the correct statements are
of Shukla Yajurveda - Vajasneyi 1. 'Dharma' was conception of obligations and
the discharge of one's duties to oneself and to
¾ The Mandala of Rig Veda which is completely
others.
dedicated to 'Soma' is - Ninth Mandala
2. 'Rita' was the fundamental moral law
¾ The ninth mandala of the Rig Veda is devoted governing the functioning of the universe and
wholly to - 'Soma' the god who is named after all it contained.
the drink ¾ Out of the given Vedic deities namely: Agni,
¾ Rights and rituals related to Yajnas are mentioned Brihaspati, Dyaus, Indra which was believed to be
in - Yajurveda their priest - Brihaspati
¾ The shortest among all the four Vedas is ¾ During the post-Vedic Period, the prevalent system
- Samaveda 'Chatushtaya' :
¾ The earliest evidence of the use of iron in India has Four Purushartha - Dharma, Artha, Kama and
been discovered from - Ataranjikhera Moksha
Four Ashramas - Brahmacharya, Grihastha
¾The correctly matched list is
ashramas, Vanaprastha
Vrihi - Rice and Sanyasa
Mudga - Mung bean ¾ During the Rig Vedic period, Nishka was an
Yava - Millet ornament of - Neck
Ikshu - Sugarcane ¾ 'Nishka' in ancient India was
- Gold Ornament
¾ The main theme of Upanishads is - Philosophy
¾ During Rigvedic Period word 'Nishka' was used
¾ Out of the given Vedic literature namely: Rig for Jewellery but in later periods it was used for
Veda, Later Samhitas, Brahmins and Upanishads the meaning of - Coin
which talk about salvation - Upanishads ¾ Boghaz-Koi inscription of 14th century is important
because
¾ The famous dialogue between Nachiketa and
Yama is mentioned in - Kathopanishad - The names of Vedic Gods and Goddesses are
mentioned
¾ King Asvapati of the Upanishadic period, was the
ruler of - Kekaya ¾ That inscription which tells about the movement
of Aryan from Iran to India
¾ The river mentioned most in early Vedic Literature
- Boghaz-Koi
is - Sindhu
¾ Vedic river Askini is identified with the river ¾ Out of the given names: Sankaracharya, Annie
- Chenab Besant, Vivekanand, Bal Gangadhar Tilak who
wrote on the original homeland of the Aryans
¾ Out of the given rivers mentioned in the Rig-Veda
namely : Askini and Parushni, Kubha and Kramu, - Bal Gangadhar Tilak

¾ The priest associated with king Videgha Madhava ¾ The War-God in the Rig Veda is regarded - Indra
referred in Shatapatha Brahmana was ¾ The correct statements about the Vedic God Indra
- Rishi Gautama Raghugana are - 1. He was the God of thunder.
¾ In the post-Vedic Period, Mahajanpad which was 2. He was the God of rain.
considered the axis of Aryan Culture, was
¾ 800 B.C. to 600 B.C. is related to the era
- Kuru, Panchala - Brahmin era
¾ The word Gotra occurs for the first time in
¾ Gayatri Mantra is found in the book
- Rig-Veda
- Rig-Veda
¾ In the Rigvedic period, people believed mainly in
¾ 'Gayatri Mantra' was composed by - Vishwamitra
- Sacrifice (Yajna) and rituals
¾ Sarga, Pratisarga, Vansa, Manvantara and
¾ Famous battle of 'Ten Kings' was fought on the
Vanshanucharita are the indicators of - Puranas
bank of the river - Purushni (Ravi)
¾ The number of Puranas are - 18
¾ The religion of early Vedic Aryanas was primarily
of - Worship of nature and Yajnas ¾ 'Shrimad Bhagvad Gita' was originally written in
- Sanskrit
¾ Out of the given tribes namely: Yadu, Puru,
Turvasa, Kikat which is not related to the ¾ Originally the Mahabharata was known as
'Panchjana' of the Rig Veda Aryanas - Kikat - Jayasamhita
¾ Out of the given rivers viz; Sindhu, Saraswati, ¾ The Shatasahasrai-Samhita that is known as the
Vitasta, Yamuna, which is referred as 'Matetama', nickname of - Mahabharata
'Devitama' and 'Naditama' in the Rig Veda ¾ According to Hindu mythology, the serpent which
- Saraswati offered himself as a rope for churning the ocean
¾ The 'Panchjana' of the Rig Vedic Aryanas' were is - Vasuki
- Yadu, Puru, Turvasa, Anu, Druahya ¾ The concept of untouchability was put clearly in
¾ In the ancient period main livelihood of the - Dharmashastra phase
Aryanas was - Agriculture ¾ The word 'Satyameva Jayate' has been taken from
¾ The word 'Yava' mentioned in Rig Veda is used for - Mundakopanishad
'agriculture product' - Barley
¾ 'Satyamev Jayate' that is taken from
¾ The Rigvedic 'Pani' that belong to class of citizens, 'Mundakopanishad' is engraved on
is - Traders
- Indian Emblem
¾ The System of Governance prevalent in the Vedic
¾ The statement 'Tamsoma Jyotirgamaya was
era was - Descended Monarchy
originally mentioned in
¾ 'Sabha' of Vedic era was - Council of Ministers
- Brihadaranyaka Upanishada
¾ Sabha and Samiti are called two daughters of
Prajapati in the Vedas, that is - Atharvaveda ¾ That Upanishads which has the literal meaning of
¾ The Rigvedic tribal assembly associated with white horse is - Shvetashvatara Upanishad
judicial functions was - Sabha ¾ Fundamental or basic script of the Rig Veda' was
¾ 'Ayurveda' that is 'Science of Life' appeared first - Brahmi
in - Atharvaveda ¾ In the Vedic rituals 'HOTA' is associated with the
¾ Rig vedic religion was - Polytheistic - Rig Veda
¾ The largest number of Rigvedic hymns are devoted ¾ There is a similarity between Avesta and the Rig
to - Indra Veda. Avesta is related to the region of - Iran
¾ The second largest number of the Hymns in Rig ¾ During the Vedic period, the word Aghanya' is
Veda belongs to - Agni mentioned for - Cow
¾ The most popular God of the early Vedic Aryanas ¾ The correctly matched are:
was - Indra Indus Valley Civilization - Urban

Later Vedic Society - Agrarian ¾ Out of the given kingdoms namely: Avanti,
Rig-Vedic Society - Pastoral Gandhara, Kosala and Magadha which were
Medieval Era - Landlordship associated with the life of the Buddha
(Zamindari) - Kosala and Magadha
¾ In the early Rigvedic period, what was considered ¾ The last person to get enlightenment from Gautam
to be the most valuable property is - Cow Buddha was - Subhadda
¾ Total number of Sanskaras are - 16 ¾ The ruler of Suvarnabhumi who founded a
¾ Out of the given terms namely: Kula, Vansha, Buddhist monastery at Nalanda and requested
Kosa, Gotra which does not belong to the category Devapala through his ambassador to grant, five
of the other three is - Kosa villages for its maintenance was - Balaputradeva
¾ In the context of Indian culture, 'Rit' means ¾ Buddha resided during the last rainy season of his
- Natural law life in - Vaishali
¾ The teacher who taught 'Ved-Vedanga' for ¾ The last person converted by the Buddha was
livelihood was called - Upadhyaya
- Subhadda
Buddhism ¾ In Buddhism, the concept of Nirvana is best

described as - The extinction of the flame of
¾ Gautama Buddha was born on - 563 B.C. desire
¾ The event of Buddha's life which is known as ¾ Alara Kalama was - A teacher of Buddha
Mahabhinishkramana ¾ Mahatma Buddha gave his first
- His departure from home 'Dhammachakkapavathana' in - Sarnath
¾ The clan which was related to Gautam Buddha's ¾ Gautam Buddha gave the maximum sermons at
mother was - Koliya clan - Shravasti
¾ Gautam Buddha was born at - Lumbini ¾ Buddha had visited Kaushambi during the reign
¾ The childhood name of Gautam Buddha was of - Udayana
- Siddhartha ¾ First Buddhist conference after the death of
Buddha was presided over by - Mahakashyapa
¾ The inscriptions of the given dynasties viz
Mauryan, Shung, Satvahana, Kushan which tells ¾President of the first Buddhist Council was
Lumbini was the Buddha's birthplace, is - Mahakashyapa
- Mauryan ¾ During the reign of Kanishka in Kashmir, the
¾ Out of the given inscriptions of Ashoka viz; Basarh Buddhist council was held under the presidency of
Pillar Inscription, Nigali Sagar Pillar Inscription, - Vasumitra
Rampurwa Pillar Inscription, Rummindei Pillar ¾ The fourth Buddhist Council was held at
Inscription that confirms the tradition that Gautam - Kundalvana (Kashmir)
Budha was born in Lumbini is
¾ Out of the given options viz:- Buddhism, Nyaya
- Rummindei Pillar Inscription
philosophy, Yoga philosophy and Jainism which
¾ Out of the given king's inscriptions namely : accepts Triratna is - Buddhism
Ashoka, Kanishka, Harsha and Dharmapal which
¾ 'Mahayana' sect of Buddhism emerged during the
gives information that Sakyamuni Buddha was
reign of - Kanishka
born in Lumbini - Mauryan king Ashok
¾ The correct chronological order of holding the
¾ Mahatma Buddha's 'Mahaparinirvana' took place first, second, third, fourth Buddhist council is
in - Kushinagar (Capital of Republic of Malla)
- Rajgriha, Vaishali, Patliputra, Kundalvana
¾ Gautam Buddha attained 'Mahaparinirvan' in the
¾ The first Buddhist council was held during the
kingdom of
reign of - Ajatshatru
- The capital of Malla Republic, Kushinagar
¾ Mahaparinirvana Temple is located at ¾ Second Buddhist council was organised by
- Kushinagar - Kalashoka

¾ Four important events of Buddha's life and thereby ¾ After the Mahaparnirvana of Lord Buddha, the
related four places are mentioned below :- first Buddhist council was held at
Events - Places - Rajgriha (Rajgir)
Birth - Lumbini ¾ The concept of Eight fold path forms the theme
of - Dharma Chakra Pravartana Sutta
Enlightenment - Bodh gaya
¾ The true statements about Gautam Buddha are :
First Preaching - Sarnath 1. He believes in "Karma".
Death - Kushinagar 2. He believes in rebirth.
¾ The event of Buddha's life that is represented by 3. Attaining Nirvana.
the wheel with deer in Indian Art is ¾ The entry of women as a "Bhikshuni" into the
- First Preaching Buddhist Sangha was allowed by Gautam Buddha
¾ The correctly matched list is as follows- at - Vaishali
Sign - Meaning ¾ 'Adi Shankaracharya' is called
Birth - Lotus
- Crypto-Buddhist
First Sermon - Dharma Chakra
¾ "Tripitaka" is
Enlightenment - Bodhi Tree
- Collection of the preachings of Buddha
Great-Departure - Horse
¾Author of 'Visuddhimagga' is
¾ Karmapa Lama belongs to this sect of Tibetan
Buddhism - Kangyupa - Buddhaghosa
¾ The correct statements about Lord Buddha are ¾ Out of the given religions namely : Vedic religion,
1. He was born in Kapilvastu. Buddhism, Jainism and Shaivism; Tripitaka text is
2. He attained enlightenment at Bodh Gaya. related to
- Buddhism
3. He discarded the Vedic Religion.
¾ The Buddhist text that contains the rules of
4. He preached noble truths.
Monastic life, is - Vinaya Pitaka
¾ Mahabodhi Temple has been built at Bodh Gaya
¾ The Buddhist literature that contains the Buddha's
where
sermons on matters of ethics and doctrine, is
- Gautam Buddha attained enlightenment
- Sutta Pitaka
¾ The 'Bodhi Vriksha' situated in Bodh Gaya is
¾ "Yamaka" belongs to this Buddhist "Pitaka"
- The fifth generation of its family
- Abhidhamma
¾ Out of the Buddhist sacred places namely:
¾ In ancient Indian Buddhist monasteries, a
Bodhgaya, Kushinagar, Lumbini and Rishipattan ceremony that used to be held where confession
that is situated on the Bank of River Niranjana is by monks of their offences committed during
- Bodhgaya their stay in the monasteries in the rainy season, is
¾ The teachings of Buddha are related to called
- Purity and holiness of conduct - Pavarana ceremony
¾ In Bodhgaya, 'Bodhi Vriksh' was destroyed by ¾ Ashokaram monastery was situated at

- Pataliputra
- Shashank
¾ The highest in the world 'Vishwa Shanti Stupa' is
¾ The person who wanted to become the leader of
located at
the Sangha even during the lifetime of Budha is
- Rajgir (Bihar)
- Devadatta
¾ The Giant Buddha statue of 80 feet at Bodhgaya
¾ The person whom Gautam Buddha nominated for
the leadership of Buddhist Sangha after his death was constructed by
is - None - Japanese

¾ The word 'Stupa' has been used for the first time in ¾ The capital of Malla Republic was
- Rigveda - In Pava and Kushinara
¾ Out of the given Stupa sites namely: Sarnath, ¾ Out of the given emperors namely: Ashok,
Sanchi, Bodhgaya and Kusinara that is not Kanishka, Harshvardhan, Pushyamitra Shung;
connected with any incident of Lord Buddha's life, is who contributed to the expansion of Buddhism
- Sanchi - Ashok, Kanishka and Harshvardhan
¾ 'Neo-Buddhism' is advocated by - Ambedkar ¾ The correctly matched pairs are -
¾ 'World is unstable and transient' that is related to Lothal - Ancient dockyard
- Buddhism Sarnath - First sermon of Buddha
¾ Also known as 'Light of Asia' Nalanda - Great seat of Buddhist learning
- Gautam Buddha ¾ In the Mahayan Buddhism, the Bodhisattva
¾ Sir Edwin Arnold's book 'The Light of Asia' is Avalokitesvara was also known as
based on - Padampani
- Lalitvistar ¾ The correct statements are -
¾ The fundamental difference between Hinayana 1. Lokottaravadin sect was an offshoot of
and Mahayana sects of Buddhism is Mahasanghika sect of Buddhism.
- Worship of lord Buddha as a God 2. The deification of Buddha by Mahasanghikas
¾ Gautam Buddha was elevated to the position of fostered the Mahayana Buddhism.
God during the period of ¾Historical Person Known as
- Kanishka Aryadeva Buddhist Philosopher
¾ The first human statue worshipped in India was of Dignaga Buddhist Scholar
- Buddha Nathmuni Vaishnava Scholar
¾ The oldest sculpture of Buddha is made in ¾ The features of Mahayana Buddhism are -
- Gandhara Style 1. Deification of the Buddha
¾ The religion that laid the foundation of idol 2. Treading the path of Bodhisattvas
worship in the country is 3. Image worship and rituals
- Mahayan Buddhism ¾ With reference to the religious history of India, the
¾ The 'Mudra' which is represented by the Gandhara following are correct-
Buddha image of Sarnath's first sermon, is 1. Bodhisattva is a compassionate one on his
- Dharm Chakra
way to enlightenment.
¾ The standing statue of Gautam Buddha was built
2. Bodhisattva delays achieving his salvation to
in - Kushan Period
help all sentient beings on their path to it.
¾ Lord Buddha's image is sometimes shown with the
¾ The largest and the most evolved rock-cut Chaitya
hand gesture called 'Bhumisparsha Mudra', which hall of the Hinayana phase is situated at
symbolizes
- Karle
- Buddha's calling of the Earth to witness his purity
¾ The Indian Buddhist monk who had been sent to
and chastity despite the temptations of Mara China in the first century AD, was
¾ Sarnath Buddha image of Bhumisparsha Mudra - Nagarjuna
belongs to - Gupta period
¾ Buddhist Centre of Learning is
¾ The correctly matched pairs are -
- Vikramshila
Parivrajaka - Renunciant and wanderer ¾ The Doctrine of void (Shunyata) was propounded
Shramana - Monk by the Buddhist philosopher
Upasaka - Lay follower of Buddhism - Nagarjuna

¾ Nagarjuna belongs to the Buddhist School of 2. The cause of suffering
- Madhyamika 3. A cessation of suffering
¾ Odantipur Education Centre was situated in 4. A path leading to the cessation of suffering
- Bihar
¾ Both Jainism and Buddhism believed that
¾ Vallabhi University was situated in - Philosophy of Karma and transmigration of
- Gujarat soul.
¾ Nalanda University was founded during the ¾ The correct statements about Buddhism are
dynasty of - Gupta Dynasty
1. It did not reject caste and class.
¾ The founder of Nalanda University was 2. It challenged the highest social ranked
- Kumargupta Brahmins.
¾ The reasons included in the expansion of Buddhism
are
1. The simplicity of religion
Jain Religion
2. Special appeal towards Dalits
¾ The originator of the Jain Religion was
3. Missionary concept of religion
- Rishabh Dev
4. Regional language
¾ Buddhism started declining in India in the early ¾ The first Tirthankara of the Jain Religion was
medieval times, as - Buddha was by that time - Rishabh Dev
considered as one of the incarnations of Vishnu ¾ Parshvanath, the Jain 'Thirthankara' was associated
and thus became a part of Vaishnavism. with - Varanasi
¾ Some Buddhist rock-cut caves are called chaityas, ¾ The correct chronological order of Jain
while others are called Viharas. The difference 'Tirthankara' is
between both is
- Abhinandan (4th), Padamprabhu (6th), Vimal
- Chaitya is a place of worship while Vihar is a Nath (13th), Munishubratha Nath (20th)
dwelling place.
¾ Mahavira Swami was born at
¾ The prominent form of Buddhism during the
Sultanate period was - Vajrayana - Kundagram (Kundalpur)
¾ The future Buddha who is yet to come to save the ¾ Mahavira Jain breathed his last at - Pavapuri
world will be - Maitreya ¾ The word 'Tirthankara' is related to - Jains
¾ The early chaityagrihas and viharas of Guntuphalli ¾ The last one, in order of Jain Tirthankaras was
which are rock-cut in nature are located at - Mahavira
- Guntupalli Village in Andhra Pradesh
¾ Mahavira Swami attained enlightenment on the
¾ Nalanda University was famous in the world bank of - Rijupalika river
because of
¾ The salvation place of Mahavirji, the originator of
- Buddhist Religious Philosophy
Jain religion is located at
¾ 'Nav Nalanda Mahavihar' is famous for
- Pali Research Centre - Pavapuri (near Rajgir, Bihar)
¾ The common feature between Buddhism and ¾ Tirthankar Nirvan place

Jainism was Rishabhanath Ashtapad
- Ahimsa, Indifference to Vedas, Rejection of Vasupujya Champapuri, Bihar
Rituals Neminath Urjayanta
¾ The doctrine of momentariness has been Mahavira Pavapuri
propounded by
¾ Tirthankara Cognition
- Buddha
Parshvanath Snake
¾ The four noble truths of Buddhism in chronological
order are Adinath Bull
1. Suffering Tirthankara Mahavir Lion

¾ Place Related Tirthankar ¾ The doctrine of three jewels-Right faith, Right
Shravasti Sambhavnath action and Right knowledge is related to
Kakandi Suvidhanath - Jainism
¾ The theory of Anuvrata was advocated by
Ayodhya Rishabhnath
- Jainism
Pabhosa Padmaprabhu
¾ Syadvad is a doctrine of - Jainism
¾ Out of the given religions namely: Buddhism,
¾ The Jain philosophy holds that the world is created
Jainism, Hinduism, Islam that does not trust in the and maintained by - Universal law
concept of 'final annihilation of the world' is ¾ Out of the given scriptures viz: Therigatha,
- Jainism Acarangasutra, Sutrakritanga and Brihatkalpasutra
¾ The basic point of Jainism is - Non-violence which is not a part of early Jain literature
¾ Yapaniya was the sect of - Jainism - Therigatha
¾ With reference to the religious practices in India, ¾ The founder of the Shwetambar creed during the
the "Sthanakvasi" sect belongs to first partition of the Jain creed was - Sthulabhadra
¾ The first disciple of Lord Mahavir was
- Jainism
- Jamali
¾ Out of the given options viz: Twelve Angas,
¾ Svetambara Agama was finally edited at which
Twelve Upangas, Fourteen Purvas, Fourteen
Jain Council - Patliputra
Uppurvas which is the earliest book of Jain
¾ First Jain Council was held at
- Fourteen Purvas
- Patliputra
¾ The earliest Jain Literature was compiled in the
¾ The correct statements are :
language of
- 1. The Shvetambara canon included the 12
- Ardh-Magadhi Angas.
¾ Out of the given places namely: Champa, Pava, 2. According to Shvetambara tradition, the
Sammed Shikhar, Urjyant that is known as a Angas were compiled at a council held at
place of pilgrimages because of being related to Patiliputra
Parshvanath, ¾ The correct statements are :
- Sammed Sikhar 1. Gautam Buddha's mother was a princess
¾ Out of the given name Chandraprabhu, Nathamuni, from the Koliyan dynasty.
Nemi, Sambhav who was not a Jain Tirthankara 2. Parshvanatha, the twenty-third Tirthankara,
- Nathamuni belonged to Banaras.
¾ Prabhasgiri is a pilgrim spot of ¾ According to Jain doctrine, these statements are
correct :
- Jains
1. The surest way of annihilating Karma is to
¾ In the Jain religion, the word that is used for
practice penance
'Complete Intellect' is
2. Every object, even the smallest particle has a
- Kaivalya
soul.
¾ The Doctrines associated with Jainism are
3. Karma is the bone of the soul and must be
- Anekantavada and Syadvada ended.
¾ These are correctly matched : ¾ "Samadhi Maran" (Sallekhana) is related to the
Tirthankaras Cognizance philosophy, that is - Jain philosophy
Adinath - Bull ¾ 'Ajivaka' sect was founded by
Mallinath - Water Jar - Makkhali Gosala
Parshvanath - Snake ¾ The sect which believed in abiding nature of
Sambhavanath - Horse destiny is - Ajivakas

¾ Out of the given options namely : Jains, Buddhists, ¾ Ardhanarishwar, a figure of half Shiva and half
Aajivakas, Mimansakas which rendered that "Fate Parkrati represent
assigns everything, human is incapable - Union of God with his Shakti
- Aajivakas ¾ 'Nayanars were' - Shaiva
¾ The correctly matched list is as follows : ¾ Out of the given persons namely : Poigai, Tirugyan,
Acharya Doctrine Pudam, Thirumangai who was not an Alwar saint
Lakulisa - Pasupat - Tirugyan
Nagarjuna - Sunyavad ¾ Most contribution given in the development of
Bhadrabahu - Jain Bhagavata sect is by
Gosala - Ajivaka - The kings of Gupta Dynasty.
¾ Those who used the caves of Barabar as their ¾ The originator of Bhagavata Religion was
shelter-house, are - Ajivakas - Krishna
¾ The true statements related to Barabar hill caves ¾ The epic which has primarily mentioned Krishna
are as son of Devaki is
1. These are four caves on the Barabar hill - Chhandogya Upanishad
2. Inscriptions of Ashoka are found on the walls ¾ The first to worship Vasudeva Krishna was
of three caves - Bhagavatas
3. These inscriptions inform us about the ¾ The diety which is represented in art as holding
dedication of these caves to the Ajivakas the plough is - Balarama
¾ The famous pilgrimage of Buddhists as well as of ¾ The number of forms of Bhakti in the Bhagwata
Jains in Uttar-Pradesh is at cult is -9
- Kaushambi ¾ The Besanagar inscription of Heliodorous is
¾ The "Gommateshwara" statue at Sravanbelagola associated with - Vasudev
was built by ¾ The earliest archival evidence related to Bhagavat
- Chamundraya Religion is
¾ The Hoyseleswara temple is dedicated to - Besnagar inscription of Heliodorous
- Lord Shiva ¾ The earliest known epigraphic evidence of
¾ India's largest Buddhist monastery is in Bhagavatism is - Garuda Pillar at Besanagar
- Arunachal Pradesh ¾ Heliodorous of Besanagar inscription was a
¾ The Khajuraho temples were built under resident of - Takshila (Taxila)
- Chandela Kings ¾ The incarnation of Vishnu that is depicted as
¾ Mahamastakabhisheka, a great religious event, is saving the Earth from the sea is - Varaha
associated with- Bahubali ¾ With respect to 6 B.C; the distinctive features of a
¾ Bahubali is regarded as the son of nastika and astika system in India is
- First Tirthankar Rishabh Dev - Belief in the authenticity of Vedas
¾ As a means of liberation that gives equal
Shaiva, Bhagavata importance to Gyan,Karma, and Bhakti is
- Bhagavad Gita
Religion ¾ The main education of Gita is
- Niskama Karma yoga
¾ According to ancient Indian cosmogenic ideas,
¾ The doctrine of Apurva is related to - Mimamsa
the sequential order of the cycle of four epochs
(yugas) are - Krita, Treta, Dvapara, Kali ¾ The correctly matched list is as follows:-
¾ Out of the given sects namely: Ajivika, Ashtadhyayi - Panini
Mattamayura, Mayamata, Isanasiva gurudeva Mahabhasaya - Patanjali
Paddhati which was a Shiva sect Nirukta - Yaska
- Mattamayura Varttika - Katyayan

¾ The correctly matched list is as follows :- ¾ King Capital
Ballabhacharya - Pusti marg Ang Champa
Ramanuj - Vishistadwait Kosal Saket, Shravasti
Madhvacharya - Dwaitvad Vats Kaushambi
Shankar - Adwaitvad Matsya Viratnagar
¾ Lokayata Darshan is called ¾ The name of the ruler of Kosala in Samudragupta's
- Charvaka Philosophy 'Prayag Prashasti' is - Mahendra
¾ 'In Prasthantrayi' which included ¾ The epigraphical evidence reveals that under the
- Upanishad, Brahma Sutra, Bhagvad Gita instructions of a Nanda king, a canal was dug in
¾ The ancient place where the narration of entire - Kalinga
Mahabharata was read in the conference of 60,000
hermits - Naimisharanya ¾ The ancient name of Ujjain was - Avantika
¾ Kalika Purana is associated with - Shaktism ¾ Matsya Mahajanapada of 6 th
century B.C was
¾ The Kand of Ramayana which describes the first located in - Rajasthan
meeting of Rama and Hanuman ¾ The ancient cities mentioned in the Mahabharata
- Kishkindha Kand and Mahabhashya both are
¾ Correct match is as follows – - Madhyamika and Viratnagar
God Symbol ¾ Pataliputra was founded by - Ajatshatru
Shiva Trident ¾ Out of the given rulers namely: Chandragupta
Vishnu Chakra Maurya, Ashok, Chandragupta Vikramaditya,
Ganesh Rope or noose Kanishka who had made Patliputra the capital of
Saraswati Veena his empire first time - Chandragupta Maurya
¾ The Rathyatra at Puri is celebrated in honour of ¾ The legend of Udayan - Vasavadatta is related to
- Lord Jagannath (Hindu deity)
- Ujjain
¾ Kumbh Mela at Nasik is held on
¾ The first Magadhan empire rose in
- The bank of Godavari River
¾ Out of the given names viz: Shiva, Krishna, Kama, - Sixth century B.C
Laxman who is called Ananga in context of Indian ¾ The first republic of the world which was
culture, is - Kama established in Vaishali -Lichchhavi
¾ The correctly matched pairs are given :- ¾ The first republican system of the world during 6th
Religion - Holy place century B.C. was located at - Vaishali
Jainism - Pavapuri ¾ Out of the given Buddhist texts namely: Digha
Hinduism - Varanasi Nikaya, Tripitaka, Deepavansh, Anguttar Nikaya
Which has described 16 Mahajanapads of 6th
Islam - Madina
century B.C - Anguttara Nikaya
Christianity - Vatican
¾ 16 Janapadas of the age of Mahajanapada have
Sixth Century B.C.E.- often been mentioned in the Buddhist literature.
Out of the given Janapadas namely: Magadh,
Political Condition Ashmak, Kamboj, Chedi, Vatsa which have been
mentioned by Panini in his Ashtadhyayi
¾ The earliest extant coins of India were of - Magadh, Ashmak, Kamboj
- Silver ¾ Out of 16 Mahajanapadas, 8 were present in
Modern Uttar Pradesh. These are
¾ King State
- Kuru (Meerut, Delhi and Thaneshwar),
Pradyot Avanti Panchala (Bareily, Badauh), Shurosena
Udyan Vatsa (Brajmandal area), Vatsa (Prayagraj and
Banda), Koshal (Awadh Area), Malla
Prasenjit Kosala
(Kushinagar, Deoria area), Kashi (Varanasi)
Ajatashatru Magadha and Chedi (Eastern Bundelkhand area)

¾ Ashoka won the Avanti Mahajanpad and merged ¾ The founder of Nanda Dynasty in Magadha was
it into the Mauryan empire during Bindusara rule. - Mahapadmananda
This is written by Buddha Ghosh in the text of ¾ The reason for the rise of Buddhism are:-
- Samant Pasadika - The sixth century B.C was a period of great
¾ According to Mahabharata the capital of North religious upheaval in all parts of the world
Panchal was - Ahichhatra -The Vedic religion had become very complex
¾ Champa was the capital of - Anga ¾ Jivaka, the famous physician of the time of
¾ Kushinagar and Pawa were the twin capital of Mahatma Buddha was associated with the court of
- Malla - Bimbisara
¾ Suktimati / Sotthivati was the capital of - Chedi ¾ The town of Kalpi is situated on the bank of the
river - Yamuna
¾ During the period of 16 Mahajanapadas, Mathura
¾ Ancient places of U.P Capital
was the capital of - Surasena
Kuru Indraprastha
¾ The capital of Magadha was - Rajgriha Panchal Ahichhatra
¾ Mahajanapada which was situated on the bank of Kosala Saket
river Godavari was - Asmaka Vatsa Kaushambi
¾ The initial capital of Magadh was - Girivraja ¾ The correctly matched are :-
¾ The town configuration of ancient Shravasti is Mahajanpadas Capitals
- Crescentic Matsya Virat Nagar
Kuru Indraprastha
¾ Out of the given cities namely : Girivraja, Rajgriha,
Sursena Mathura
Pataliputra, Kaushambi which was not a capital of
Asmak Potan
Magadhan Empire - Kaushambi
Kosala Saket/Shravasti
¾ The initial ruler of Magadha who killed his father
¾ Out of the given texts namely : Anguttara Nikaya,
for enthroning and also was killed by his son for
Bhagvati Sutra, Arthashastra, Digha Nikaya
the same reason - Aajatshatru which lists the sixteen-great states (Shodasa
¾ The name of the dynasty of Ajatshatru was Mahajanpadas) of ancient India
- Haryanka - Anguttara Nikaya and Bhagavati Sutra
¾ The founder of the Karnata dynasty was
¾ The Prince who was responsible for the death of
- Nanyadeva
his father was - Ajatshatru, Udayin
¾ The last king of the Karnata dynasty was
¾ Power of Magadha was extended over the Malwa - Harisimha Dev
region during the reign of - Shishunaga ¾ Aahat coins or Punch Marked coins were made up
¾ The dynasty which ruled over Magadha after of - Silver
Nanda Dynasty - Maurya ¾ The capital of the Karnata dynasty was - Simraon
¾ The true Statements about Shreni in ancient India
¾ The inscription which is the evidence of Nanda
are :-
rulers - Hathigumpha inscription of Kharvel
- The Shrenis were an organisation of merchants
¾ The correct chronological order of Magadhan and artisans
dynasties is - The quality of produced goods and their
price were determined by the Shrenis
- Haryankas, Shishunaga, Nandas, Mauryas,
- The Shrenis also controlled the conduct of its
Shungas
members,
¾ The king of Magadha who is also known as - The prevalence of Shrenis is mentioned in
Aparoparashurama - Mahapadmananda north as well as south India.
¾ Out of the given names: Pliny, Justin, Strabto,
Greek Invasion Megasthenese who mentions the meeting of

Sandrokottos (Chandragupta Maurya) with
Alexander, the Great - Justin
¾ The dynasty ruling over North India at the time of
Alexander's invasion was - Nanda Dynasty ¾ Kautilya was prime-minister of
¾ The ruler of Magadha who was contemporary of - Chandragupta Maurya
Alexander, the Great - Dhanananda ¾ Chanakya was known in his childhood as
¾ Alexander was in India for - Nearly two years, - Vishnugupta
Alexander, the Great, left India in 325 B.C.
¾ The Arthashastra of Kautilya is a
¾ The women of Indian republic or kingdom, that
- Book on Principles of Government
have taken up arms against Alexander after a large
number of its soldiers had been killed or wounded ¾ According to Kautilya's Arthashastra, following is
in the battlefield, was - Massaga correct
¾ The reasons of Alexander's success in India were : - A person could be a slave as a result of a judicial
1. There was no central power in India at that punishment
time. - If a female slave bore her master a son, she was
2. He had a superior army. legally free
3. He was helped by the traitorous Indian ¾ Out of the given options namely : Janapada, Durga,
rulers.
Mitra, Kosha which is the seventh part of the State
¾ The brave Indian king whom Alexander defeated
according to Saptang Theory of State - Mitra
on the bank of river Jhelum was - Porus
¾ The correctly matched list is: ¾ Kautilya's Arthashastra deals with the aspects of
King Dynasty - Political policies
Demetrius - Indo-Greek ¾ Text that can be compared to 'The Prince' of
Rudradaman - Shakas Machiavelli - Kautilya's Arthashastra
Vima Kadphises - Kushana ¾ Deimachus came to India during the reign of
Gandophernes - Pallava - Bindusara
¾ Out of the given options namely : Nearchus, ¾ Chandragupta's palace situated at Pataliputra is
Onesicritus, Deimachus, Aristobulus who had not mainly made up of - Woods
come to India with Alexander - Deimachus ¾ The remains of ancient city which have been found
at the Kumrahar site - Pataliputra
Maurya Empire ¾ Bulandibagh was an ancient site of
- Pataliputra
¾ First Indian Empire was established by ¾ Out of the given rulers namely: Ashoka, Chandra
- Chandragupta Maurya Gupta, Bindusara and Kunala who conquered the
¾ Out of the given dynasties namely : Gupta, Maurya, Deccan - Chandragupta
Vardhana and Kushana which is India's oldest ¾ Out of the given kings namely: Harsh, Skand
Gupta, Vikramaditya, Chandra Gupta Maurya who
dynasty - Maurya
was the first king to conquer Malwa, Gujarat and
¾ Chandragupta Maurya figures prominently in the Maharashtra - Chandragupta Maurya
book of
¾ The inscription which proves Chandragupta's
- Vishakhadatta (Mudraraksasa) sway over western India is
¾ Out of the given names: William Jones, V.Smith - Junagarh Rock Inscription of Rudradaman
R.K. Mukherjee, D.R. Bhandarkar who recognized ¾ That Gujarat was included in the kingdom of
Sandrokottos as Chandragupta Maurya Chandra Gupta Maurya is proved by
- William Jones - Junagarh Rock Inscription of Rudradaman

¾ The Indian king who defeated Seleucus (the ¾ Out of the given options namely : Amravati,
administrator of Sindh and Afghanistan appointed Bharhut, Sanchi, Sarnath which is considered the
by Alexander) is - Chandragupta best Stupa - Sanchi
¾ Chandragupta Maurya defeated Seleucus in the ¾ 'Sanchi Stupa' was constructed by - Ashoka
year - 305 B.C. ¾ The correctly matched list are :-
¾ The correctly matched list is- (Place) (Monuments/Ruins)
(Samudra Gupta's (Their kingdoms) Kaushambi Ghositarama Monastery
Contemporary Kings) Kushinagar Ramabhar Stupa
Dhanajaya - Kushalpura Sarnath Dhamek Stupa
Nilaraja - Avamukta Shravasti Sahet- Mahet
Ugrasena - Palaka
¾ In the course of pilgrimage, Emperor Ashoka
Vishnugopa - Kanchi visited the places and followed the route
¾ The king who established 'Rajadharma' on triplex - Lumbini, Kapilvastu, Bodhgaya, Sarnath,
bases of longanimity, liberty and compassion is
Kushingar, Shravasti,
- Ashoka
¾ Language used in the inscription of Ashoka is
¾ Out of the given territories namely: Afghanistan
- Prakrit
Bihar, Srilanka and Kalinga which was not a part
of Ashoka's empire - Srilanka ¾ Out of the given Ashokan inscriptions viz :
Khalsi Girnar, Shahbazgarhi, Meerut which is in
¾ Out of the given inscriptions of Ashoka namely :
'Kharosthi script' - Shahbazgarhi
Third Major Rock Edict, Second Major Rock Edict,
Ninth Major Rock Edict, First Pillar Inscription ¾ The earliest insription on stone was in the language
which mention the description of South Indian of - Prakrit
kingdom - Second Major Rock Edict ¾ Out of the given scripts of India namely: Brahmi,
Sharada, Kharosthi, Nandanagari which was
¾ India's first hospital and herbal gardens were built
written from right to left - Kharosthi
by - Ashoka
¾ The Brahmi script was first deciphered by letters
¾ ''In spite of being Buddhist, Ashoka did not leave inscribed on - Stone Tablets
belief in Hinduism'' validation of this fact is ¾ The first scholar who read Ashokan edicts was
- Epithet of ''Devanampriya'' - James Prinsep
¾ The sources that mention the occurrence of the ¾ Pre-Askoan Brahmi script was found at
third Buddhist council during the reign of Ashoka - Anuradhapura
¾ The name by which Ashoka is referred to in his
are - Dipavamsa, Mahavamsa
inscriptions is - Priyadarsi
¾ A Buddhist Council during the reign of Ashoka ¾ Out of the given kings namely: Chandragupta
was held at - Pataliputra Maurya, Ashoka, Samudragupta, Harshavardhana
¾ The Mauryan rulers who were the followers of who has been mentioned as 'Piyadassi', and
Buddhism - Ashoka, Dasaratha 'Devanampriya' in inscriptions - Ashoka
¾ The true statements regarding Ashokan stone
¾ Rajjukas were
pillars are - These are highly polished.
- Officers in the Mauryan administration - These are monolithic.
¾ 'Sarthvaha' was - Convoy of Merchants - The shaft of pillars is
¾ Out of the given officials namely: Agraharika, tapering in shape.
Yukta, Pradeshika, Rajjuka which was not a part ¾ Out of the given edicts namely : Kalsi, Rummindei,
of the Mauryan Kingdom - Agraharika Special Kalinga Edict, Maski which mentions the
¾ Sarnath Pillar was built by - Ashoka personal name of Ashoka - Maski

¾ Out of the given inscriptions namely: Gujarra, ¾ The central point in Ashoka's Dhamma is
Ahraura, Brahmagiri and Sarnath which contain - Policy of peace, non-violence and religious
the name of Ashoka - Gujarra inscription toleration
¾ The Rummindei Pillar of Ashoka was put up, to ¾ The Ashokan major rock edict which tells us about
mark - Birth of Buddha the Sangam Kingdom includes rock edicts
¾ Mandsore Inscription is related to - II and XIII Rock Edict
- Kumargupta-I ¾ Site of Ashoka's Location (State)
¾ Takshila copper plate Inscription is related to major rock edicts
- Shaka ruler Patika Dhauli – Odisha
¾ Eran Inscription is related to - Samudragupta Erragudi – Andhra Pradesh
¾ The Gujjara minor rock edict in which the name of Jaugada – Odisha
Ashoka is mentioned is located at Kalsi – Uttarakhand
- Datia district of Madhya Pradesh ¾ Out of the given South Indian Kingdoms namely
: Chola, Pandya, Satiyaputta and Satvahana which
¾ The only pillar on which Ashoka declares himself
is not mentioned in the Ashokan inscription
as the emperor of Magadha - Bhabru pillar
- Satavahana
¾ Kalsi is famous for - Rock edicts of Ashoka
¾ Out of the given inscriptions of Ashoka namely:
¾ The place in Uttarakhand where a copy of Emperor
Rock Edict I, Pillar Edict V, Rock Edict IX, Rock
Ashoka's Rock edicts have been discovered, is
Edict XI, which bans animal sacrifice on certain
- Kalsi Dehradun District festive gatherings, that probably included a ban on
¾ Out of the given relief sculpture inscriptions animal killing as well - Pillar Edict V
namely : Kanganahalli, Sanchi, Shahbazgarhi, ¾ Ptolemy Philadelphus who had diplomatic
Sohgaura in which 'Ranyo Ashoka' (King Ashoka) relations with Ashoka was king of - Egypt
is mentioned along with the stone portrait of ¾ Turamaya, a contemporary of Ashoka was the
Ashoka ruler of - Egypt
- Kanganahalli ¾ Ruler of the given dynasties namely : Chola,
¾ Ashokan Rock Edict that describes the victory and Gupta, Maurya and Pallavas which had diplomatic
releation with distant countries like Syria and
injuries of Kalinga war - Rock Edict XIII
Egypt - Maurya
¾The accounts of the Kalinga war is known to us by
¾ The ancient Indian records that is the earliest royal
the - Rock Edict-XIII
order to preserve food-grains to be utilised during
¾ The Ashokan inscription that is devoted to the the crisis in the country
principle of religious tolerance completely
- Sohgaura Copper plate inscription
- Rock Edict XII
¾ The correct statements are
¾ Ashoka speaks of religious synthesis in his Rock
- Ashoka annexed Kalinga to the Mauryan
Edict
Empire, Kalinga controlled the land and sea
- Rock Edict-XII
routes to South India
¾ Out of the given rulers namely: Ashoka,
¾ The true statement is
Samudragupta Harshvardhan and Krishnadeva
- The Mauryan kings did not bestow land-
Raya, who advised his subjects through this
grants on religious basis
following inscription "Who so ever praises his
¾ Kalinga's victory is mentioned in
religious sect or blames other sect out of the
excessive devotion to his own sect with the view - Rock Edict XIII
of glorifying his own sect, he rather injures the ¾ In Mauryan period, tax evasion was punished
own very severely " - Ashoka with - Death

¾ Famous Greek ambassador Megasthenes come to ¾ Out of the given Mauryan officers viz :
the court of - Chandragupta Maurya Pautavadhyaksha, Panyadhyaksha, Sitadyaksha,
¾ Megasthenes was the ambassador of - Seleucus Sunadhyaksha which was in charge of weights and
¾ Megasthenes divided the Indian society in measures - Pautavadhyaksha
- Seven Categories ¾ 'Pankodakasannirodhe' was the penalty in Mauryan
¾ The sources that state that there was no slavery in administration charged for - Slushing the road
ancient India - Megasthenes's Indica ¾ Officer Duty
¾ The division of Mauryan 'Society into seven Talar Officer of night guards
classes' is particularly mentioned in Pattakola Village tax collector
- Megasthene's Indica Sahsadhipti Officer of case of dacoity
¾ The description of the administration of Baladhip Guard of octroi
Patalipurtra is available in - Indica
¾ The most famous centre of learning during
¾ The source that gives a detailed account of city Mauryan period was - Taxila
administration of the Mauryas
¾ According to the 'Artha Shastra' of Kautilya, the
- Megasthenes's 'Indica'
courts existed in the judicial system of Mauryan
¾ The name of Megasthenes book is - Indica Age - Dharmasthiya and Kantakshodhana
¾ 'Indica' was originally written by - Megasthenes
¾ The aspect of municipal administration of today is
¾ The true statement regarding Pataliputra the continuing since the period of Mauryans
capital of the Magadha Kingdom is
- Registration of birth and death certificate
- Pataliputra was surrounded by the rivers
¾ With reference to the cultural history of India, the
Ganges in the North and by the river Sone in
memorizing of Chronicles, dynasties histories and
the west
epic tales was the profession of
- Maagadha & Sutas
- Harisena was the famous poet of Samudra
Gupta's Court. ¾ The system governing villages through
autonomous elected Panchayats was evolved by
-He was also the author of 'Prayagprashasthi'.
- Dravid (Cholas)
¾ The correct statement about Mauryan kings is
¾ Out of the given texts namely: Kamasutra,
- They developed culture, art and literature,
Manavadharmashastra, Sukra Nitisara and
provincial division, Kingship to Hindukush.
Arthashatra which allows divorce to a wife
¾ 'Bhaga' and 'Bali' were - Sources of Revenue deserted by her husband - Arthashastra
¾ Land revenue which was the chief source of ¾ Out of the given options namely: Jataka,
income during the Mauryan period was collected Manusmiriti, Yagyavalkya and Arthshastra which
by the officer - Sitadhyaksha prohibits remarriage - Manusmiriti
¾ The official 'Agronomai' during Mauryan age was ¾ The social status assigned to the foreigners in
related to the field Indian society by Manu was of the
- Construction of roads - Fallen Kalshatriyas
¾ 'Sita' in Mauryan period means ¾ The correct chronological order of the foreign
- Revenue from Crown land visitors who came to India
- Megasthanes, Fa-Hien, Hiuen-Tsang, I-Tsing
¾ In Mauryan period 'Pranayam' was
¾ The correctly matched pairs are :-
- Emergency tax
Chandragupta - Sandrocottus
¾ Out of the given options namely: Samaharta,
Vyabharika, Antapala, Pradeshtha which was Bindusara - Amitraghat
associated with the collection of revenue in Ashoka - Piyadarshi
Mauryan Mantriparishad - Samaharta Chanakya - Vishnugupta

¾ The last Mauryan emperor was - Brihadratha ¾ Both Sankarashana and Vasudeva are depicted on
¾ The correctly matched are :- the coins of - Agathocles
- The last Mauryan ruler, Brihadratha ¾ Out of the given rulers namely: Bimbisara,
was assassinated by his commander-in-chief, Gautama Buddha, Milinda and Prasenjit who was
Pushyamitra Shunga. not a contemporary of other three - Milinda
- The last Shung King, Devabhuti, was ¾ The earliest specimen of 'Kavya' style is found in
assassinated by his Brahmin minister, Vasudev the inscription of - Rudradaman of Kathiawar
Kanva who usurped the throne. ¾ Out of the given inscriptions & viz - Junagarh
- The last ruler of the Kanva dynasty was Bhitari, Nasik, Sanchi which tells about the
deposed by the Andhras. various achievements of Rudradaman-I
¾ Out of the given rulers namely: Mahapadma - Junagarh Inscription
Nanda, Ashoka, Chandragupta Maurya and ¾ Sudarshan lake was renovated without using
Rudradaman who paid attention to water resource forced labour by - Rudradaman-I
management in Girnar region some centuries ¾ Out of the given sites namely : Bairat, Nagari,
before the Christian era Rairh, Nagar where sixteen coins of King
- Ashoka, Chandragupta Maurya Menander have been found from - Bairat
¾ The ''Sudarshan'' lake located in Girnar was ¾ The largest number of copper coins in northern
renovated/repaired by and northwestern India were issued by - Kushan
- Ashok, Rudradaman, Skandagupta ¾ Out of the given dynasty viz: Saatvahana, Saka,
¾ The correctly matched pairs are:- Kushan, Parthian who issued gold coins regularly
Lothal - Ancient Dockyard in ancient India - Kushan
Sarnath - First sermon of ¾ Buddha is depicted on the coins of - Kanishka
Buddha ¾ Out of the given kings namely: Kujula Kadphises,
Nalanda - Great Seat of Buddhist Vima Kadphises, Kanishka and Huvishka who is
Learning credited to have issued gold coins for the first time
¾ The chronological order of dynasty of rulers was - Vima Kadphises
- Satvahanas (2nd cuntury BCE),
¾ Out of the given rulers namely: Vima Kadphises,
Vakatakas (250 AD), Chalukyas (543 AD)
Kujul Kadphises Kanishka, Hermneus who
¾ Among Mauryan idols, the idol inscribed with the
introduced gold coin for regular use in India
name Manibhadra (Yaksha) was found from
- Vima Kadphises
- Parkham
¾ Ashokan inscriptions in north-western part of the ¾ Out of the given kings namely: Pushyamitra
Mauryan Empire near Peshawar were in Shunga, Menander, Vima Kadphises, and
- Kharoshthi script Gautamiputra Satakarni who first issued gold
coins on a large scale - Vima Kadphises
Post Mauryan Period ¾ The God who is found depicted on Yaudheya coins
- Kartikeya
¾ Out of the given Indo-Greek rulers namely: Strato- II, ¾ The date of Sarnath Buddhist image inscription of
Strato I, Demetrius and Menander who issued lead
Kanishka is - 81A.D.
coins - Strato II
¾ The coronation for Kushan king Kanishka was
¾ The correctly matched list is :-
Rulers Dynasty held in the year - 78 A.D.
Demetrius - Indo-Greek ¾ Saka Samvata was initiated in - 78 A.D.
Rudradaman - Scythian ¾ The year difference between the Saka Samvat and
Gondophernes - Parthian Vikram Samvat is - 135 Years
Vima Kadphises - Kushana ¾ Vikram Samvat was started in the year - 57 B.C.

¾ Out of the given names viz-Ashvaghosha ¾ The features of a platform with 'Aryak-Pillars' are
Vasumitra, Kalidas, Kamban what are the names found in the Stupa of
of contemporaries of Kanishka - Amaravati Stupa
- Ashvaghosa, Vasumitra ¾ The correctly matched pairs are:-
¾ Out of the given names viz Ashvaghosha, Charaka, Dynasties Coin metals
Nagarjuna, Patanjali who is not associated with Kushanas - Gold and Copper
the court of Kanishika - Patanjali Guptas - Gold and Silver
¾ Out of the given cities namely: Shravasti Kalachuris - Gold, Silver and Copper Coins
Kaushambi, Pataliputra and Champa which is Satvahanas - Lead, Copper, Bronze and Silver Coins
not mentioned in the Rabatak inscription of ¾ The correctly matched pairs are :-
Kanishaka - Shravasti
Nasik inscription - Gautamiputra Satkarni
¾ Out of the given Ayurvedacharyas namely :
Hathigumpha inscription - Kharavela
Sushruta, Veagbhatta, Charaka and Jivaka who
Girnar inscription - Rudradaman-I
was educated at Taxila University
Bhitari inscription - Skandagupta
- Charaka and Jivaka
¾ Bamiyan of Afghanistan is famous for
¾ The ancestors of Shungas originated from
- Buddha Statue
- Ujjain
¾ The art style which combines Indian and Greek
¾ The dynasty which ruled over India after Shunga features is called - Gandhara
dynasty - Kanva
¾ Out of the given sculptures namely: Mauryan
¾ Out of the given rulers namely: Pushyamitra Sunga, Sculptures, Mathura Sculptures, Bharhut
Kharvela, Gautamiputra, Satkarni, Vasudev who is Sculptures and Gandhara Sculptures which
stated as protector of Varna system invariably used green schist as the medium
- Gautamiputra Satkarni - Gandhara Sculptures.
¾ Out of the given dynasties namely : Satvahana, ¾ With reference to the invaders in ancient India the
Pallava, Chola, Chalukya who was most powerful correct chronological order is
after Maurya in Southern India - Satvahana
- Greeks-Sakas-Kushanas
¾ Simuka founded the dynasty - Satvahana
¾ The ratio of Gold-Silver Coins in the Shaka-
¾ The correctly matched list is :-
Kshtrapa period
Shunga - Pataliputra
- 1:35
Satvahana - Paithan/Pratisthan
¾ First Persian ruler who captured some part of the
Kadamb - Banvasi
Indian territory was - Darius-I
Chandel - Mahoba
¾ Out of the given dynasty namely: Chalukya,
¾ Chinese General who had defeated Kanishka
Pallava, Rashtrakut and Satvahana, which one was
- Pan Chao (Ban Chao)
the earliest dynasty - Satvahana
¾ Out of the given dynasties namely : Gupta dynasty,
¾ Out of the given Puranas namely ; Vayu Purana
Maurya dynasty, Kushan dynasty which dynasty
was expanded even outside of India Vishnu Purana and Matsya Purana which one
- Kushan dynasty, Maurya dynasty consist the longest list of Andhra Satavahanas
¾ The institution of child marriage started in kings - Matsya Purana
- Kushan Period ¾ Following statements are true

¾ Gandhara School of Art belongs to - After weakening of power of Satvahana dynasty,
- Kushan Dynasty Vakataka dynasty established its kingdom
¾ Gandhara style of art flourished during the reign - Vindhyashakti was founder of Vakataka dynasty
of - Kushan Dynasty - Pravar Sen was son of Vindhyashakti

¾ The correct statements are ¾ The Gupta ruler who had another name Devagupta
- In Satvahana period, Sanskrit along with was - Chandragupta-II
Prakrit and other folk languages were ¾ Among Shri Gupta, Samudragupta, Chandragupta-
developed. II and Skandgupta, he who assumed the throne
The Satvahana Kings promoted the use of after killing his elder brother
Sanskrit and other folk languages for literary
- Chandragupta-II
writings.
¾ The capital of the Satvahanas was located at ¾ The first Gupta ruler to assume the title of "Param
Bhagavata" was - Samudragupta
- Amaravati or Dharanikota (believed to be
initial capital), Pratishthana or Paithan (actual ¾ The Allahabad Pillar inscription is associated
capital) with - Ashoka, Samudragupta
¾ Out of the given rulers namely: Pushyamitra ¾ Prayag Prashashti tells about the military campaign
Shunga, Kharvela, Gautami Putra Satakarni, of - Samudragupta
Susarman, for whom the word 'Eka-Brahmana'
¾ Out of the given options namely: Jahangir
had been used - Gautamiputra Satakarni
Shahjahan, Aurangzeb, Dara Shikoh who is found
¾ The correct statement is
on the pillar containing Prayag Prashashti of
- Kushanas traded through Gulf of Persian and
Samudragupta - Jahangir
Red Sea.
¾ Out of the given inscriptions namely : Dashpur
¾ Out of the given inscriptions namely : Saranath
inscription, Besnagar inscription, Ayodhya Inscription, Eran Inscription, Hathigumpha
inscription, Hathigumpha inscription which one Inscription which reveals information about Silk
gives the information about the two Ashwamedha Weavers Guild - Dashpur Inscription
Yajnas performed by the king Pushyamitra shunga ¾ 'Prithivyah Pratham Veer' was the title of
- Ayodhya inscription - Samudragupta
¾ Among the given kings namely : Ashoka, Harsha, ¾ The iron pillar located in the courtyard of Delhi's
Pulakeshin-II, and Kharavela, who was the patron
Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque has an inscription
of Jainism - Kharavela
which mentions king
¾ With reference of Udayagiri and Khandagiri caves,
- Chandra (Chandragupta II)
following is correct
¾ Out of the given dynasties namely: Maurya,
- It has both natural and artificial caves
Kushan, Gupta and Shunga who was distracted the
- Udayagiri has 18 and Khandagiri has 15 caves
most by the Hunas invasion - Gupta Dynasty
¾ The king of Kalinga, Kharavela was related to
¾ The Hunas invaded India during the reign of
- Chedi dynasty
- Skandagupta
¾ Out of the given dynasties namely: Vakataka
Ikshvaku, Saka, Chedi which have been called as ¾ The inscription which mentions that Skandagupta
"Shriparvatiya' in Puranas - Ikshvakus defeated Hunas - Bhitari Pillar Inscription
¾ The Eastern Roman ruler Justinian mostly ¾ There were different causes for the downfall of the
contributed to the field of - Law Gupta Empire
These were
Gupta and Post - Hunas Invasion, Feudal set up of
Gupta Period administration, Acceptance of Buddhism by
later Guptas, Ineligible successor.
¾ The Gupta dynasty ruled during - 319-500 A.D.
¾ From the decline of Guptas until the rise of
¾ The ruler who performed four Ahwamedhas Harshavardhana in the early seventh century, the
- Pravarasena I kingdoms that were holding power in Northern
¾ 'The Napoleon of India' is - Samudragupta India

- The Guptas of Magadh, The Pushyabhutis - Different kinds of specialized surgical
of Thaneswar, The Maukharis of Kanauj, The instruments were in common use by the first
Maitrakas of Valabhi Century AD.
¾ The ruler who is known as the 'Saka Conqueror' -The concept of the sine of an angle was known
- Chandragupta-II in fifth century AD.
¾ The first Gupta ruler who issued silver coins -The concept of cyclic quadrilaterals was
- Chandragupta-II known in seventh century AD.
¾ With reference to Chandragupta-II, followings are ¾ The person who was associated with Astrology
correct among the Nine Gems of Chandragupta
- The strongest evidence in the context of Shaka's - Kshapanaka

victory is the silver coins of this king ¾ Kalidas was in the ruling period of
- The weight of these coins used to be about 33 - Chandragupta-II
grains ¾ Gupta's gold coins were called - Dinara
¾ From the third century AD when the Hunas ¾ The silver coins issued by the Guptas were called
invasion ended the Roman Empire, the Indian - Rupaka
merchants relied more and more on the
¾ The first Gupta ruler who issued coins
- South-East Asian Trade
- Chandragupta-I
¾ During Gupta period, the port that was in use for
¾ In Sanskrit plays written during the Gupta period,
the North Indian trade - Port of Tamralipti
women and Sudras speak the language, that is
¾ India maintained its early cultural contacts and
- Prakrit
trade links with South-East Asia across the Bay
¾ The main teaching of the Gita is
of Bengal. For this pre-eminence of the early
maritime history of Bay of Bengal, the most - Nishkama Karma Yoga
convincing explanation is ¾ The first inscriptional evidence of the Satipratha
- Monsoon winds across the Bay of Bengal has been found from - Eran
facilitated the Sea Voyages. ¾ Gupta Samvat was established by
¾ With reference to the guilds (Shreni) of ancient - Chandragupta-I
India that played a very important role in the ¾ (Emperor) (Titles)
country's economy. Ashoka - Priyadarsina
The correct statements regarding the above are- Samudragupta - Parakramank
- The wages, rules of work, standards and Chandragupta-II - Vikramaditya
prices were fixed by the guilds. Skandgupta - Kramaditya
- The guilds had judicial power over their ¾ (Kings) (Queens)
members. Chandragupta-I - Kumaradevi
¾ Centers located in Gujarat, Bengal, Deccan and Samudragupta - Dauttadevi
Tamil country during the Gupta period were Chandragupta-II - Kuberanaga
associated with - Textile manufacture Kumargupta-I - Anantadevi
¾ Out of the given names namely- Dhanvantari, ¾ Inscription known as the first advertisement of the
Bhaskaracharya, Charaka, Susruta who is not world
associated with medicine in ancient India - Dashpur inscription
- Bhaskaracharya ¾ Mandsaur-Prashasti presents the details of the
¾ With reference to the scientific progress of ancient achievement of this ruler
India, the correct statements are - Kumargupta-I

¾ The gradual decline of towns was an important ¾ With reference to the period of Gupta dynasty in
feature of - Gupta Period ancient India, the towns Ghantasala, Kadura and
¾ The ruling dynasty that donated maximum villages Chaul were well known as
to temples and Brahmins - Gupta dynasty - Ports handling foreign trade.
¾ In ancient India, the dynasty's rule which is ¾ The game of 'Chess' is said to be originated in
considered the Golden Age - Gupta - India
¾ The land revenue rate in Gupta age was ¾ Following are correctly matched
- Sixth part of the production Sarvaverman – Copper seal inscription, Asirgarh
¾ According to Hindu law, a valid tax is Ishwarverman – Jaunpur stone inscription
- One-sixth of the yields
Ishanverman – Harha stone inscription
¾ The Gupta Empire granted tax-free agrarian land
Jivit Gupta second – Deva Barnark inscription
to - Temples and Brahmins
¾ 'Mrichchhakatika' an ancient Indian book written
¾ With reference to forced labour (Vishti) in India
by Shudraka deals with
during the Gupta period, the correct statement is
- The love affair of a rich merchant with the
- It was considered as a source of income for the
daughter of a courtesan
state, as a sort of tax paid by the people
¾ The system of philosophy propounded by Kapila
¾ The type of land which was called 'Aprahat'
Muni is - Sankhya Philosophy
- Uncultivated forest land
¾ With reference to the history of philosophical
¾ With reference to the history of India, the terms
thought in India, the correct statement is
'Kulyavapa' and 'Drona-vapa' denote
- Sankhya holds that it is the self-knowledge
- Measurement of land
that leads to liberation and not any exterior
¾ In ancient India, the irrigation tax was called influence or agent.
- Bidakabhagam ¾ The correct statements are :
¾ In 3 Century AD, Warangal was famous for
rd
- Kapil is the earliest exponent of Sankhya
- Iron implements system.
¾ Toramana was from the racial group of - Huna - Kapil teaches that a man's life is shaped by the
¾ Out of the given rulers namely : Budhagupta, forces of nature and not by any divine agency.
Yashodharman, Shashanka, Prabhakaravardhana ¾ The inventor of Yoga was - Patanjali
who had defeated Huna ruler Mihirakula ¾ Under Astanga Yoga, the eight spiritual practices
- Yashodharman are
¾ Chinese traveller 'Sungyun' came to India in - Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayama,
- 518 AD Pratyahara, Dharana, Dhyana, Samadhi
¾ The ancient Indian play 'Mudrarakshasa of ¾ With reference to Hath Yoga, the correct
Vishakhadatta' has its subject on
Statements are-
- The court intrigues at the time of Chandragupta
Maurya - Hath Yoga was practised by Nathapanthis
¾ In ancient period, the Varna which was also called - Hath Yoga techniques were also adopted by
'Sarthavaha' - Vaishya the Sufis.
¾ The correct statements are :- ¾ The writer of Mahabhahya, 'Patanjali' was
- Gupta Emperors claimed divine rights for contemporary of - Pushyamitra Shunga
themselves ¾ The founder of school of Navya-Nyaya were
- They extended the tradition of land grants - Gangesha and Udayanacharya

¾ 'Live well, as long as you live. Live well even by ¾ Gandhaiya was a - Coin
borrowing, for once cremated, there is no return.' ¾ The Badami rock inscription of Pulakeshin I is
This rejection of afterlife is an aphorism of the dated in the Saka Era 465. If the same were to be
- Charvakas dated in Vikrama Samvat, the year would be
¾ According to Charvaka the highest value is - 601
- Kama ¾ A Chalukya inscription is dated in the year 556 of
¾ The Nyaya Philosophical system was propagated the Saka Era. It is equivalent to - 634 A.D.
by - Gautama ¾ According to Puranas the prime place of
¾ The correctly matched are : Chandravansh's ruler was - Pratishthanpur
Philosophy Methods to achieve Salvation ¾ The capital of Maukhari was - Kannauj
Nyaya Darshan - Logical thinking ¾ Founder of Vardhana dynasty is
Mimamasa Darshan - Performing vedic rituals - Pushyabhuti
Sankhya Darshan - Acquisition of real ¾ Information regarding time of Harsha is contained
knowledge in the books of - Kalhana
Vedanta Darshan - Knowledge of self ¾ Harshacharita has been written by - Banabhatts
¾ Mimansa was initiated by - Jaimini ¾ The capital of Harsha's empire was - Kannauj
¾ The theory of Karma is related with - Mimansa ¾ Emperor Harsha had shifted his capital from
¾ Out of the given philosophy namely : Sankhya, Thanesnwar to - Kannauj
Vaisheshika Mimansa, Nyaya, Yoga which is of
¾ Harshavardhana organised two great religious
the opinion that Vedas contain the eternal truth
conventions in - Kannauj and Prayaga
- Mimansa
¾ Emperor Harsha's Southward march was stopped
¾ Out of the given pairs namely : Mimansa and on the Narmada river by - Pulakeshin-II
Vedanta, Nyaya and Vaisheshika, Lokayata and
¾ Out of the given rulers namely : Kirtivarman-II,
Kapalika, Sankhya and Yoga which does not form
Vikramaditya-II, Pulakeshin I, Pulakeshin II who
part of the six systems of Indian philosophy
had defeated Harshavardhana - Pulakeshin-II
- Lokayata and Kapalika
¾ Poet Bana was inhabitant of
¾ The founder of Advait philosophy is
- Village Prithikuta (Aurangabad)
- Shankaracharya
(Present Bihar)
¾ According to Advaita Vedanta, Mukti can be
¾ Chinese traveller Hiuen-Tsang visited India
obtained from given options namely Gyana, Karm,
Bhakti and Yoga. - Gyana - In the reign of Harsha
¾ Out of the given names namely : Shankaracharya, ¾ The Chinese traveller Yuan Chwang (Hiuen
Abhinav Gupta, Ramanuja, Madhava who is not Tsang) who visited India recorded the general
related to the philosophy of Vedanta conditions and culture of India at that time. The
- Abhinav Gupta correct statements are
¾ The founder of Indian Atomism is - As regarding punishments for offences, ordeals
- Maharshi Kanada by fire, water and poison were the instruments
¾ Malaw Samvat was also known as for determining the innocence or guilt of a
- Krit Samvat person
¾Eras - Reckoned From - The tradesmen had to pay duties at ferries
Gupta Era - 319-20 B.C. and barrier stations.
Vikrama Era - 57/58 B.C. ¾ During Hiuen Tsang tour in India the most famous
Saka Era - 78 A.D. city for the production of cotton clothes was
Kali Era - 3102 B.C. - Mathura

¾ The term 'Kausheya' has been used for - Silk ¾ The four monasteries established by Adi
¾ Chinese traveller Hiuen Tsang studied at the Shankaracharya are situated at
University of - Nalanda - Joshimath, Dwarka, Puri, Sringeri
¾ The major reason behind remembering Hiuen-
¾ Out of the given places namely: Puri, Dwaraka
Tsang is - Composition of Sie-Yu-Kei
Mansarovar, Rameshwaram which is not included
¾ The Chinese traveller who visited Bhinmal was
in Chardham - Mansarovar
- Hieun Tsang
¾ The famous Travelogue 'Si-Yu-Ki' is linked with ¾ Courtier Poet King
- Hiuen Tsang Amir Khusro Alauddin Khalji

¾ Chinese writers mention India by the name of Kalidas Chandragupta-II
- Yin-tu Ravi Kirti Pulakeshin-II
¾ Nalanda University was destroyed by Bhavabhuti Yasovarman of Kannauj
- Bakhtiyar Khilji
Dandi Narasimha Varman
¾ The most ancient monastery in India is
- Nalanda
Bhoj - Dhar
¾ Nalanda is located in - Bihar
¾ During post-Gupta period, main business centre Durgawati - Gondwana
was - Kannauj Samudragupta - Vidisha
¾ The correct statements are- Ashoka - Ujjain
- The main feature of the agrarian structure in
¾ With reference to the history of India, the correctly
the Pre-Gupta period was the development of
matched pairs are:-
feudalism.
- Land owner, middle class and a dependent Famous Place Present State
peasant class came into existence in this period. Bhilsa Madhya Pradesh
¾ With reference to Indian history, the essential Girnar Gujarat
elements of the feudal system are Dwarasamudra Karnataka
- Emergence of administrative structure based on Sthaneshvara Haryana
control and possession of land
- Creation of lord-vassal relationship between the Architecture in
feudal lord and his overlord. Ancient India
¾ In travel through India, Fa-Hien has mentioned a
¾ The associates of Khajuraho Temple Architecture
hospital, it was located at - Pataliputra
were - Chandela rulers
¾ The true statements about Shankaracharya, a saint
¾ The temple of Kandariya Mahadev at Khajuraho
of the 8th century are
was built by - Chandela rulers
- He established four religious centres in
¾ The temples of Khajuraho are related with
different part of India.
- Hinduism and Jainism
- He countered the spread of Buddhism and
¾ Matangeshvara Temple at Khajuraho is dedicated
Jainism. to - Shiva
-He propagated Vedanta. ¾ Out of the given temples viz- Kandariya Mahadev,
¾ Adi Shankar who later bacame Shankaracharya Chausath Yogini, Dashavatara, which is not
was born in - Kerala located at Khajuraho - Dashavatara

¾ Out of the given sites namely : Khajuraho Temples, ¾ The Rashtrakuta ruler that built the famous Shiva
Bhimbetka rock shelters, Sanchi Stupa, Mandu temple of Ellora is - Krishna I
fort which is not a world heritage site ¾ Rashtrakuta ruler who built the Kailas temple of
- Mandu Fort Ellora
¾ Out of the given options namely: Bhitargaon - Krishna-I
Temple, Teli Temple of Gwalior, Kandariya ¾ Out of the given religions namely: Buddhism,
Mahadev Temple and Oriya Temple which one is Jainism, Shaivism and Shaktism which one had
built in Dravida style - Teli Temple of Gwalior Rashtrakuta protection - Jainism
¾ Caves of Ajanta and Ellora are located at
¾ Out of the given options namely: Ajanta caves,
Kanheri caves and Rajgrih which consists of more - Aurangabad
than 100 Buddha caves - Kanheri ¾ The caves of Ajanta and Ellora are in this state of
India - Maharashtra
¾ Jain Temple of Abu is made up of - Marble
¾ Palitana temple is located near - Bhavnagar
Gupta Temples - Location
¾ The Elephanta caves which were mainly sculptured
Brick-built Temple - Bhitargaon
for the devotees - Shaiva
Dashavatara Temple - Deogarh
¾ The ancient monuments of Elephanta are mostly
Shiva Temple - Bhumara
devoted to - Buddhist and Shaivite
Vishnu Temple - Eran
¾ Famous cave temples of Elephanta that are
¾ The art of Ajanta, was mainly patronized by the
ascribed to - Rashtrakutas
- Vakatakas and Guptas
¾ Ellora cave temples are related to
¾ Ajanta caves are linked with - Jataka stories
- Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism
¾ The painting of Bodhisattva Padmapani is one of
¾ Out of the given temples namely: Shore the most famous and often-illustrated paintings at
Temple, Mamallapuram; Rajarajeshwara Temple, - Ajanta
Thanjavur; Kailasa Temple, Ellora and Jagannatha ¾ Out of the historical places namely : Ajanta caves,
Temple, Puri; which is an example of rock-cut Lepakshi Temple, Sanchi Stupa which one is/are
architecture - Kailasa temple, Ellora known for mural paintings
¾ The rock-cut caves in western India are located in - Ajanta caves, Lepakshi temple
- Nashik, Ellora and Ajanta ¾ The common to two historical places known as
¾ Out of the given places namely: Elephanta, Ajanta and Mahabalipuram is
Nalanda, Ajanta, Khajuraho which one is famous - Both have rock-cut monuments
for Buddhist cave temples - Ajanta ¾ The correctly matched pairs are-
Hampi - Karnataka
¾ Ellora caves were built by - Rashtrakutas
Nagarjunakonda - Andhra Pradesh
¾ Out of the given temples viz: Brihadeeswara
Sisupalgarh - Odisha
Temple, Thanjavur; Lingaraja Temple Bhubaneswar;
Arikamedu - Puducherry
Kailasa Temple, Ellora; Kandariya Mahadev
¾ The Konark Sun Temple is built-by
Temple, Khajuraho which one is considered as a
- Narasimhadeva Varman I
wonder of rock-cut architecture
¾ Black Pagoda (Konark Sun Temple) is located at
- Kailasa Temple, Ellora - Konark (Odisha)
¾ The Kailasa Temple of Ellora was built by ¾ The Sun Temple of Modhera lies in the state of
- Rashtrakutas - Gujarat

¾ The correct statements are ¾ The correctly matched pairs are :
1. The Sun Temple of Multan is mentioned Historical sites - States
by Hiuen Tsang, Abuzaiyid, Al-Masudi and Bhimbetka - Madhya Pradesh
Alberuni. Shore Temple - Tamil Nadu
2. The pilgrimage of Sambalpur was associated Hampi - Karnataka
with Sun worship.
Manas - Assam
¾ Lingaraj Temple is located at - Bhubanesvara
¾ Out of the given temples namely: Brahmesvara
Ellora Caves - Rashtrakutas
Temple, Jagannath Temple, Lingaraj Temple and
Rajarani Temple which one is the largest and the Meenakshi Temple - Pandyas
tallest surviving temple of Odisha Khajuraho Temple - Chandelas
- Lingaraja Temple Mahabalipuram Temple - Pallavas
¾ Jagannath Temple is located in the state of ¾ The correctly matched pairs are :-
- Odisha Baijnath Dham - Shiva temple
¾ The Temple of Bhubaneswar and Puri was built Sarnath - First sermon place of Buddha
in - Nagara style Dilwara - Jain temple
¾ The idols of Lord Jagannath, Subhadra and Badrinath - Vishnu temple
Balabhadra in sanctum sanctorum at Jagannath ¾ The correctly matched pairs are :-
Puri Temple are made up of - Wood Sun Temple - Konark (Odisha)
¾ Angkor Wat Vishnu Temple is located at Lingaraja Temple - Bhubaneswar
- Siem Reap (Northern Cambodia) Hawa Mahal - Jaipur
¾ Borobudur Stupa is situated at - Java, Indonesia Statue of Gomateshwara - Karnataka
¾ The initial design and construction of which ¾ The correctly matched pairs are :-
massive temple took place during the reign of
Nalanda - University
Suryavarman-II - Angkor Wat Temple
Sarnath - Pillar of Ashoka
¾ 'Gopuram' in the temples of Dravidian style stands
Sanchi - Stupa
for
- Ornamental and multi-storied structures on the
Painting - Baghcaves (M.P)
gateways
Headless statue of Kanishka- Mathura (U.P.)
¾ Rock-cut temples of Mahabalipuram were built
Dashavatara Temple - Deogarh (U.P.)
by - Pallava Rulers
¾ The ancient town of Taxila is located between the
¾ The Ratha cave temples at Mahabalipuram were rivers - Indus and Jhelum Rivers
built by - Pallava Rulers
¾ Sonagiri, the highest among 103 Jain temples, lies
¾ The Seven Ratha Temple of Mahabalipuram was in the proximity of
built by - Narasimha Varman-I - Datia District (M.P)
¾ Out of the given Ratha Temples namely : Draupadi ¾ Dilwara Jain Temple is situated at - Mount Abu
Rath, Bhima Rath, Arjun Rath and Dharmaraj ¾ Virupaksha Temple is located at - Hampi
Ratha which one is the smallest - Draupadi Rath ¾ The Nagara, the Dravida, and the Vesara are
¾ The correctly matched pairs are : - The three main styles of Indian temple
Place - Monument architecture
Elephanta - Cave term 'Panchayatana' refers to
Shravanabelagola - Statue - A style of temple construction
Khajuraho - Temple ¾ Naimisharanya, the famous pilgrimage is located
Sanchi - Stupa in the district of - Sitapur (U.P)

¾ With reference to the Indian history of art and ¾ The temple complex that has a massive statue of
culture, the correct pairs are :- Nandi, considered to be the biggest in India, is
- Brihadeeshwara Temple
Famous work of - Site
¾ Brihadeeshwara Temple of Thanjavur, was built
Sculpture
during the reign of the Chola emperor
A grand image of Buddha's - Ajanta
- Rajaraja I
Mahaparinirvana with
¾ The Chola empire was expanded to
numerous celestial musicians
- Coromandel coast and some regions of Deccan
above and the sorrowful
¾ The founder of the Chola dynasty
figures of his followers
- Vijayalaya
below
¾ The special feature of Chola administration was
'Arjuna's Penance/Descent - Mamallapuram
- Autonomy of village administration
of Ganges' Sculpted on the
¾ Out of the given options namely : Kaveripattinam,
surface of huge boulders
Mahabalipuram, Kanchi, Tanjore which was the
A huge image of Varah - Udayagiri cave
capital of Cholas - Tanjore
Avatar (boar incarnation)
¾ The dynasty which was famous for efficient rural
of Vishnu, as he rescues
administration was - Cholas
Goddess Earth from the
¾ Development of village autonomy was a unique
deep and chaotic waters,
feature of administrative system of - Chola
sculpted on rock
¾ A lot of details regarding the village administration
¾ The correctly matched pairs are :- under the Cholas are provided by the inscription
Gandhara Art - Kushanas - Uttaramerur Inscription
Janagarh Rock inscription - Rudradaman I ¾ During the rule of the Chola kings who looked
after garden administration - Thotta Variyam
Milindapanha - Menander
¾ The correct statements regarding Cholas are
Taxila Inscription - Patika
- The Cholas defeated Pandya and Chera
¾ Out of the given options namely : Lingaraja temple rulers and established their domination over
at Bhubaneswar, Rock-cut Elephant at Dhauli, peninsular India in the early medieval times.
Rock-cut Monuments at Mahabalipuram, Varaha - The Cholas sent an expedition against
Image at Udayagiri which one was made earliest Shailendra empire of South East Asia and
with reference to the art and archaeological history conquered some of the areas.
of India - Rock-cut Elephant at Dhauli ¾ Bronze icons of Nataraja cast during the Chola
period invariably show the deity with how many
¾ Ajanta caves are in the rocky northern wall of the hands - Four hands
V-shaped gorge of the river named
¾ Most famous sculptures of Cholas age were
- The Waghora River
- Bronze sculpture of Nataraja Shiva
South India (Chola, ¾ The 'Dakshinamurthy' idol of Shiva depicts him in

the form of - Teacher
Chalukya, Pallava and ¾ With reference to the statue of 'Nataraja the Lord
of Dance', following statements are correct
Sangam Period) - The image represents dancing Shiva having
four hands
¾ In the IXth century A.D. the foundation of the - In his right ear, he wears a man's earring, a
Chola empire was laid by - Vijayalaya woman's in the left

¾ 72 traders who were sent to China during the ¾ The greatest king of Chalukya dynasty was
tenure of - Kolottunga- I - Pulakeshin-II
¾ Out of the South Indian states namely: Chola, ¾ The information about the king which is found in
Chera, Pallava, Rashtrakuta who was famous for the Kurushpal Inscription is - Someshwar-I
its naval power - Chola
¾ Out of the given dynasties namely: Chola,
¾ The Chola ruler who converted the Bay of Bengal Chalukya, Pala and Sena which assigned to the
into a 'Chola Lake' - Rajendra-I ladies high ranking positions in administration
¾ The founder of 'Gangaikonda Cholapuram' is - Chalukya
- Rajendra-I ¾ The capital of Chalukyas was located at - Vatapi
¾ Chola ruler who is credited to have built a huge ¾ Out of the given institutions namely: Sreni,
artificial lake known as Chola Gangam Nagaram, Nanadesis, Manigram and which
- Rajendra belonged to foreign trade
¾ The temples are chronologically arranged - Nanadesis and Manigrama
- Sapta Pagoda, Shore Temple at Mahabalipuram; ¾ The name of poet Kalidasa is mentioned in the
Brihadeeshwara Temple, Gangaikonda Cholapuram -Aihole Inscription of Pulkeshin-II
Temple
¾ The term 'Yavanapriya' mentioned in ancient
¾ The Chola King who started Naval Army Sanskrit text denoted - Pepper
- Rajaraja-I
¾ The Sangam literature 'Tolkappiyam' is a text of
¾ The Chola king who conquered the Northern part
- Tamil grammar
of Srilanka - Rajaraja-I
¾ The author of the Silapadikaram was
¾ A Chola king who conquered Ceylon - Rajendra-I
- Ilango Adigal
¾ The correct statements regarding Chola are :
¾ Epic Subject
- We have much more information about Cholas
Thirukural - Philosophy
than their predecessors, The Chola rulers
Tollkappiyam - Grammar
adopted the practice of having inscriptions
written on the walls of temples giving a Silapadikaram - Love Story
historical narrative of their victories. Manimekalai - Merchant Story
¾ The Chola monarch who gave complete freedom ¾ From the excavations of ancient sites given
to Srilanka and got his daughter married to the namely : Madurai, Tamralipti, Tondi, Arikamedu,
Sinhala prince - Kulottunga-I from which the information has been gathered
¾ Udiyanjiral belongs to regarding brisk trade relations between India and
- Chola dynasty Rome, during the early centuries of Christian era
¾ Term Description - Arikamedu
Eripatti - Land, revenue from which was set ¾ Amphora Jar is a - Tall double handle Jar
apart for the maintenance of village ¾ Out of the given dynasties namely : Kadamb,
tank Chera, Chola, Pandya which is not mentioned in
Ghatikas - Colleges generally attached to the Sangam literature - Kadamb
temples ¾ Out of the given ruling dynasties namely : Chera
Taniyurs - A very large village would be Chola,Pallav, Pandya which was not a ruling
administered as a single unit called dynasty of the Tamil country during the Sangam
Taniyurs. age - Pallava
¾ Out of the given trade centres of ancient India ¾ Following statement is correct about Sangama
namely : Tagara, Sripur, Tripuri and Tamralipti literature in ancient South India
which was on the trade route connecting Kalyana - The social classification of Varna was known
with Vengi - Tagara to Sangam poets

¾ Religious anthology 'Kural' composed in the ¾ The sage who is said to have Aryanised South
language of - Tamil India was - Agastya
¾ The author of the Tamil 'Ramavataram' is ¾ The correctly matched are :-
- Kamban State Capital
¾ With reference to the cultural history of medieval Chalukyas Badami
India the true statements are
Pallava Kanchipuram
- 1. Siddhas (Sittars) of Tamil region were
Harsha Kannauj
monotheistic and condemned idolatry.
Pandya Madurai
- 2. Lingayats of Kannada region questioned
the theory of rebirth and rejected the caste ¾ The correct chronological order of Pallav rulers
hierarchy according to their reign is
¾ The correctly matched pairs are:- - Mahendravarman I (600-630 A.D.)
Gupta Deogarh Narsinghvarman I (630-668 A.D.)
Chandela Khajuraho Parmeshvaravarman I (Approx 670-700 A.D.)
Chalukya Badami Nandivarman-II (731-795 A.D.)
Pallava Panamalai ¾ Out of the given Chinese travellers namely : Fa-
¾ Ruling dynasties Capitals Hien, Hiuen-Tsang, It-Sing, Matwalin who has
Pallava Kanchi given an account of the relationship of China with
Pandya Madurai India during to reign of Chalukyas is.
Yadava Devagiri - Matwalin
Kaktiya Warangal ¾ Out of the given dynasties namely: Chalukyas,
¾ The correct chronological order of the events is Rajputas, Gupta, and Mauryas who did not rule
- Establishment of Pallava power under over North India - Chalukyas
Mahandravaraman-I, Pala dynasty founded ¾ The capital of Kadamba Kings was - Vanavasi
by Gopala, Rise of Pratihara under king ¾ Meenakshi Mandir is located at - Madurai
Bhoja, Establishment of Chola power under
¾ The dynasty of the South Indian king who sent
Parantaka-I
an ambassador to the kingdom of Rome in 26 BC
¾ The famous south Indian 'The Battle of Takkolam' belongs to - Pandya
was fought between
¾ The following list is correctly matched :-
- Chola and Rashtrakutas
Meenakshi Mandir - Madurai (Balaji
¾ Out of Kushanas, Cheras, Western Shakas and Vishwanath)
Vakatakas, who established trade relations with
Roman empire Venkateswara Mandir - Tirumala (Andhra
Pradesh)
- Cheras
Mahakal Mandir - Ujjain
¾ Out of the given option namely :
Chaturvedimangalam, Parishad, Ashtadiggaja, Vellore Matha - Howrah (West
Manigramam which was a corporation of Bengal)
¾
merchants in ancient India - Manigramam
The river that has the lifeline of Pandya state
Ancient Literature
- Vengi and Litterateur
¾ The Sangam parts that were situated on the western
¾ The title 'Father of History' rightly belongs to
coast - Tondi, Mushiri, Naura, Nelcynda
¾ According to the Sangam texts, the terms - Kon, - Herodotus
Ko, Mannan were attributed to - King ¾ The writer of Mudrarakshasa was
¾ Third Sangam was held at - Madurai - Vishakhadatta

¾ The classical works of literature which were ¾ The correctely matched pairs are :-
written during the Gupta Era Scholars Related Fields
- Amarakosh, Kamasutra, Meghaduta, Vishakhadatta - Drama
Mudrarakshasa
Varahamihira - Astronomy
¾ 'Bible Book' of North Indian classical music is
- Natyashastra Charaka - Medicine
¾ The correctly matched list is Brahmagupta - Mathematics
Text Author ¾ Out of the given options namely : Jaina, Charvaka,
Ragamala Pundrik Vitthal Buddha, Samkhya which accepts only perception
Rasa Kaumudi Sri Kantha - Samkhya
Raga Vibodh Somanath ¾ The propounder of Nyaya philosophy is
Chaturdandi Prakashika Venkatraman - Gautam
¾ Daskumar Charitam was composed by - Dandin ¾ The Panchasiddhantika of Varahmihira is based
¾ 'Kumarasambhava' an epic poem was composed upon - Greek Astronomy
by - Kalidas ¾ The correctly matched pairs are :-
Kalidasa - Raghuvansa
¾ The ancient name of world famous tourist
Bhasa - Svapna Vasavaedattam
destination of Sanchi was -Kaknam
Banabhatta - Kadambari
¾ Out of the given options namely : Malvikagni Harsha - Ratnavali
mitram, Abhigyan Shakuntalam, Kumarsambavm, ¾ 'Milindapanha' is a - Pali text
Janaki harranama which was not written by
¾ Out of Nettipakarna, Parishishta parvan, Avandana-
Kalidas - Janaki Haranam shataka and Trishashtilakshana Mahapurana, Jaina
¾ The correctly matched pairs are :- texts are
Book Writer/Composer - Parishishtaparvan and Trishashtilakshana
Panini - Asthadhyayi Mahapurana
Vatsyayana - Kamasutra ¾ Out of the given rulers namely: Diodorus-II,
Demetrius, Menander, and Strato I which throws
Chanakya - Arthashastra
light on Indo-Greek ruler - Menander
Kalhana - Rajtarangini ¾ Minlindapanha is in the form of a dialogue between
¾ 'Rajtarangini' written by Kalhan is associated with King Menander and Buddhist monk - Nagasena
- History of Kashmir ¾ Out of the given sources viz: Sangam Sahitya,
Milindpanho, Jataka tales, which source is silent
¾ 'Asthadhyayi' was written by - Panini
about the trade routes for ancient India
¾ The correctly matched pairs are:- - Sangam Sahitya
Bharavi - Kiratarjuniyam ¾ King Court Poet
Harsha - Nagananda, Ratnawali Chandra Gupta- II - Kalidas
Kalidas - Malavikagnimitra, Samudra Gupta - Harisena
Harshavardhana - Banabhatta
Raghuvamsha
Allauddin Khalji - Amir Khusrau
Rajasekhara - Karpuramanjari ¾ The Tarangas that are in Rajtarangini of Kalhan
¾ Out of the given Sanskrit works namely : Nai- - Eight
shadhiyacharita, Kiratarjuniyam, Sishupalavadhs, ¾ Out of the given options such as: Bilhana and
Merutunga, Bilhana and Mammata, Jonaraja and
Dasakumaracharita which has taken up their theme
Merutunga, Jonaraja and Srivara those continued
from the Mahabharata - Naishdhiyacharita, the Rajatarangini of Kalhana
Kiratarjuniyam, Sishupalavadha - Jonaraja and Srivara

¾ Saundarananda was the composition of ¾ The correctly matched pairs are :-
- Ashvaghosa Ashtanga Samgraha - Medical
¾ 'Nagananda', Ratnavali and 'Priyadarshika' were
Das rupaka - Play
written by - Harshavardhana
Lilavati - Maths
¾ Among Harshcharita, Kadambari, Devi
Mahabhasya - Grammar
chandraguptam and Priyadarshika, which play
was written by Harshvaradhan - Priyadarshika ¾ Thy right is to work only, but never with its fruits.
This is stated in the book of - Geeta
¾ Out of the given works namely; Priyadarshika,
Nagananda, Harshacharita, and Ratnavali which ¾ The epic in which it was told what is here is also
were authored by Harsha found elsewhere, but if not here is found nowhere
else, is - Mahabharata
- Priyadarshika, Naganand, Ratnavali
¾ Out of the given ancient books namely :
¾ Out of the given works namley: Amarakosha,
Hitopadesha, Panchatantra, Katha Saritsagar,
Siddhantasiromani, Brihat Samhita, and Asthanga-
Shakuntala which has been translated into 15
hidayam which is encyclopedic in nature
(fifteen) Indian and forty (40) foreign languages is
- Brihat Samhita
- Panchatantra
¾ 'Panchatantra' was originally written by
Mrichchhakatikam - Sudark
- Vishnu Sharma
Mudrarakshasa - Vishakhadatta
¾ The author of Vinaya-Patrika is - Tulsidas
Harshachartia - Banabhatta
¾ The correctly matched pairs are
Buddhacharita - Ashvaghosha
Sarvavarma - Katantra
Sudraka - Mrichchhakatikam
Varahamihira - Brihat Samhita
Vigyaneshwara - Mitakshara
Vishakhadatta - Devi-Chandraguptam
Kalhans - Rajtarangini
Bilhana - Vikramankadev charita
¾ Out of the given options namely: Aryabhatta,
Merutunaga - Prabandha Chintamani
Brahmagupta, Bhaskar, and Lall, who is especially
¾ Karpuramanjari was written by - Rajashekhara known for his contribution to the field of Algebra
¾ 'Shakuntalam' was written by - Kalidasa - Bhaskar
¾ Out of the given literary masterpieces namely ¾ Author of 'Lilavati' Bhaskar-II was
: Mrichchhakatikam, Meghduta, Ritu Sanghar,
- Mathematician
Vikramorvasiyam which is not a masterpiece of
¾ The religious text which explains the eight
Kalidasa - Mrichhakatikam
different phases of agriculture works
¾ The protagonist of the Play 'Malvikagnimitra'
written by Kalidas is - Agnimitra - Milindapanho
¾ Out of the given books of ancient India viz: ¾ Aryabhatta was

Swapnavasavadatta, Malavikagnimitra, Meghaduta, - Indian Mathematician and Astronomer
Ratnavali which has the love story of the son of the ¾ Out of the given Indian methematicians namely:
founder of Sunga dynasty - Malavikagnimitra Bhaskar, Varahmihira, Brahmagupta, and Aryabhatta
¾ The author of 'Swapnavasavdatta' is - Bhasa who invented decimal place value - Aryabhatta
¾ The author of 'Geet Govind' is - Jayadeva ¾ The author of 'Matta Vilasa Prahasana' was
¾ The court of which king was embellished by - Mehendra Varman
Javadev ¾ The ancient name 'Nilotpala' for Mahanadi was
- Lakshmana Sen stated in - Vayu Purana

¾ 'Manusmriti' is mainly related to - Social system ¾ The correctly matched pairs are :-
¾ The great lawgiver of ancient times was - Manu Writer/composer Piece of writing
¾ 'Zero' was discovered by Sharangdev - Hammir Raso
Chand Bardai - Prithvi Raj Raso
- An anonymous Indian
Jagnik - Alha-Khand
Narpati Nalh - Visal Dev Raso
Life of Hiuen Tsang - Hui-li ¾ Out of the given dynasties namely : Parmara
The Natural History - Pliny dynasty, Solanki dynasty, Tomar dynasty, Chauhan
dynasty, who founded the city of Dhillika (Delhi)
Historical Philippicae - Pompeius Trogus
in the eighth century- - Tomar Dynasty
The Histories - Herodotus ¾ Jejakabhukti was the ancient name of
¾ The most ancient musical instrument of the given - Bundelkhand
options viz: Sitar, Veena, Sarod Tabla, is - Veena
¾ Pundravardhan Bhukti was located in
¾ A historical work "Gaudavaho" like Kalhana's
- North Bengal
'Rajatarangini' was written by -Vakpati
¾ The founder of Pala dynasty was - Gopala
¾ With reference to the history of ancient India. the
¾ Out of the given rulers namely : Kumargupta- I,
correct statement is
Harsha, Dharmapal, who had built the Sompura
- In the Mitakshara system, the sons could Mahavihar - Dharmapala
claim right to the property during the lifetime
¾ Out of the given rulers of Bengal namely: Dharm
of the father whereas in the Dayabhaga system,
pal, Gopal, Devpala Mahipala I who founded the
it is only after the death of the father that the ancient university called 'Vikramshila'
sons can claim right to the property.
- Dharmapala
¾ With reference to Chausath Yogini Temple situated
¾ Vikramshila University was established by the
near Morena, the correct statements are
ruler of - Pala Dynasty
- It is a circular temple built during the reign of
¾ The University of Vikramshila was located at
Kachchhapaghata Dynasty.
- Modern state of Bihar
- Its design has given rise to a popular belief
¾ Out of the given places viz : Nalanda, Vikramshila,
that it was the inspiration behind the Indian
Taxila, Odantapuri which was not the centre of
Parliament building.
learning during early medieval period - Taxila
¾ With reference to the history of ancient India,
¾ The foundation of Rashtrakuta Empire was laid
Bhavabhuti, Hastimalla and Kshemeshvara were
by - Dantidurga
famous - Playwrights
¾ Out of the given rulers namely : Mayura Sharman,
Pre-Medieval Period Harish Chandra, Danti Durga, Harsha who performed

a ritual called 'Hiranya-Garbha' - Dantidurga
¾ Out of the given options namely : Amoghavarsha
¾ The one who is famous as 'Prithvi Raj Chauhan' Rashtrakuta, Bhoja Parmara, Dharmapala,
Nagabhata-II Pratihara who was born in a military
- Prithviraja-III
camp in the course of his father's campaign
¾ Epigraphic records (inscriptions) suggest that in
- Amoghavarsha (Rashtrakuta)
ancient India the rulers of Bihar had contact with
- Java, Sumatra ¾ Rashtrakuta King who defeated Pratihara ruler
Nagabhatta-II - Govind-III
¾ Kumaradevi a queen of Govinda Chandra
(Gahadavala, Dynasty) constructed Dharma- ¾ The historical personalities in correct chronological
Chakra-jaina Vihar at - Sarnath order are :- - Vatsaraja (775-800 A.D.)
Nagabhatta-II (800-833 A.D.)
¾ According to Hammir Mahakavya, the Chauhanas
were - Suryavanshis Mahendrapala-I (885-910 A.D.)
Mahipala (912-944 A.D.)
¾ Aalha-Udal were related to - Mahoba
¾ The greatest Pratihara king was - Mihir Bhoja
¾ The author of 'Prithviraj Raso' is - Chand Bardai ¾ The great Jain Scholar Hemachandra adorned the
¾ The author of 'Prithvi-Raja Vijaya' is - Jayanaka court of - Kumarapala

¾ 'Laxman Era' was started by ¾ Foreign Travellers Years of Tour to India
- Lakshmana Sena (Sen dynasty) Fa-Hien 402-412 A.D.
¾ Out of the given rulers namely: Dharmapala Hiuen- Tsang 629-645 A.D.
Devapala, Vijayasena, and Lakshmansena who is I-Tsing 671-695 A.D.
credited for initiating a new samvat Al-Masudi 915-16 A.D.
- Lakshman Sena ¾ The founder of Parmara dynasty was
¾ Among the given Jurists namely: Vigyanesvara - Upendra/Krishnaraj
Hemadri, Raj-shekhara, Jimutavahana, who was/
¾ The author/composer of 'Gaudavaho was'
were famous jurists of Medieval India
- Vakpati
- Vigyaneshvar, Hemadri, Jimutavahana
¾ Ruler State
¾ The great Sanskrit poet and dramatist, Rajshekhara
was in the court of Rana Hamir Mewar
- Mahipal and Mahendrapala-I Rana Chunda Marwar
¾ The correctly matched pairs are :- Malik Raja Farooqi Khandesh
Dynasty Capital Malik Sarwar Khwaja Jahan Jaunpur
Pratihara - Kannauj ¾ The founder of Karnata dynasty - Nanyadeva
Chola - Thanjavur ¾ The sultan who was called the 'Akbar of Kashmir'
Parmara - Dhar Mandu - Zain-ul-Abidin
Solanki - Anahilavada ¾ The real name of the emperor of Kashmir, Zain-ul-
¾ King Dynasty Abidin was - Shahi-Khan
Nannuka Chandela ¾ The last ruler of Karnat dynasty was - Harisimha
Jayashakti Chandela ¾ King Bhoja ruled over - Dhar
Nagabhata II Gurgar-Pratihara ¾ Out of the given rulers namely : Bhoja, Govindraja,
Bhoja Parmar Chandravarmana and Mahipala who wrote a book
¾ Out of the given sea ports namely: Kakinada on artificial scientific equipments - Bhoja
Motupalli, Machilipatnam, and Nelluru, which was ¾ The presiding deity of Bhojshala temple is
a very important seaport in the Kakatiya kingdom - Goddess Saraswati
- Motupalli ¾ Out of the given kings namely : Upendra,
¾ The Gurjar - Pratihara dynasty was founded by Udayaditya, Gangayadev, who was not a king of
- Nagabhatta-I the Parmar dynasty - Gangeyadev
¾ Out of the given rulers namely: Nagabhatta I, ¾ The correctly matched pairs are :-
Mahendrapala-I, Devapala I, Bharatrabhatta I, Famous place Region
who does not belong to Gurjara-Pratihar dynasty
Bodhgaya - Gaya
- Bharatrabhatta-I
Khajuraho - Bundelkhand
¾ 'Aadi Varaha' was the title of
Shirdi - Ahmednagar (Maharashtra)
- Mihir Bhoja (Gurjar Pratihara Ruler)
¾ Out of the given options namely: Pratiharas, Palas, Nasik (Nashik) - Maharashtra
Rashtrakutas, and Cholas, which was not a part of Tirupati - Rayalaseema (Andhra Pradesh)
tripartite struggle - Cholas ¾ With reference to the economic history of Medieval
¾ Mahodaya Nagar is an old name of - Kannauj India the term 'Araghatta' refers to
¾ Out of the given places namely: Mahoba, - Water wheel used for the irrigation of land
Kampilya, Mathura, and Kannauj which was
known as 'Nagar Mahoday Shri' - Kannauj ¾ Raja Ranjit Singh setup the Adalat-i-Ala at
¾ Out of the given kings namely: Chamundaraya - Lahore
Jayasimha Siddharaj, Kumarapala, Mahipaladeva ¾ Gopala of Pala Dynasty of Bengal and
who granted financial aid for the restoration of a Nandivarman II (Pallavamalla) of Pallava dynasty
demolished mosque in Khambhat in South India were Kings chosen directly by
- Jayasimha Siddharaja - Public

Medieval History of India
¾ The court historian of Mahmud of Ghazni was
Muslim Invasion of - Utbi
India ¾ The Chandela king who faced Mahmud Ghaznavi

was - Vidyadhar
¾ Hazrat Muhammad, the Prophet was born in the ¾ The ruler who reconstructed Somnath Temple
year - 570 A.D. after the invasion of Mahmud Ghaznavi
¾ Muhammad Saheb died in the year - 632 A.D.
- Bhimdev-I
¾ Mecca is located in - Saudi Arabia
¾ The author of Shah-nama, Firdausi was associated
¾ The word 'Hindu' as a reference to the people of
Hind (India) was first used by - The Arabs -With the Court of Mahmud Ghazanavi
¾ First successful Muslim attack on India occurred ¾ The famous historian who visited India with
in the year Mahmud of Ghazni was - Al-Beruni
- 712 A.D.
¾ Al-Beruni came to India in - 11th Century A.D.
¾ Muhammad - Bin - Qasim conquered Sindh in
¾ The true statements about Alberuni are:-
- 712 A.D.
- (1) His writing was influenced by India.
¾ Out of the given invaders namely : The Ghaznavids,
- (2) He was a Sanskrit Scholar.
The Ghurids, the Arabs, who were the first Muslim
invader - The Arabs - (3) He was an expert of trigonometry.
¾ Out of the given invader namely : Qutbuddin ¾ The first Muslim who studied Puranas was
Aybak, Muhammad Ghazni, Muhammad-Bin- - Al-Beruni
Qasim and Muhammad Ghori who was the first ¾ The ruler who issued silver coins with Sanskrit
Muslim invader in India legend on one side - Mahmud Ghazni
- Muhammad Bin Qasim ¾ The ruler from Central Asia who conquered North
¾ Muhammad-Bin-Qasim was a - Arab India in 1192 is
¾ The founder of Ghaznavid dynasty was - Shihabuddin Muhammad Ghori
- Alptigin ¾ Muhammad Ghori was defeated for the first time
¾ The Chandela King who was not defeated by by - Mularaja-II
Mahmud Ghaznavi - Vidhyadhar ¾ Muhammad Ghori defeated Jayachandra in
¾ Mahmud Ghazni invaded India - Battle of Chandawar (1194 A.D.)
- Seventeen Times ¾ Battle that laid the foundation of Muslim
¾ Prime Minister recently inaugurated the new domination in India was
Circuit House near Somnath temple at Veraval. - Second Battle of Tarain
Following statements are correct regarding
¾ The correct arrangement of invader's names who
Somnath temple
invaded India in chronological order
- Somnath temple is one of the Jyotirlinga
- Muhammad Ghaznavi, Muhammad Ghori,
shrines
Genghis Khan, Taimur
- A description of Somnath temple was given by
¾ The Muslim ruler who issued coins that bore an
Al-Biruni
image of Devi Lakshmi - Muhammad Ghori
- Pran Pratishtha of Somnath temple (installation
of the present day temple) was done by ¾ Muhammad Ghori granted first Iqta in India to
President Dr. Rajendra Prasad - Qutbuddin Aibak

¾ Bakhtiyar Khalji who conquered Bengal and Bihar ¾ 'A slave of slave' was - Iltutmish
was - The slave of Muhammad Ghori ¾ Among Tajuddin Yeldoz, Nasiruddin Kubacha, Ali
¾ 'Nalanda Vihar' was destroyed by Mardan and Malik Altunia, the person who was
- Bakhtiyar Khalji not the rival of Iltutmish - Malik Altunia
¾ Real founder of Turk rule in Bihar was ¾ The first woman ruler of medieval India was
- Ibn Bakhtiyar Khilji - Razia Sultan
¾ The true statement regarding Turkish invasion of ¾ Mongol invader Genghis Khan came through the
India is North-West Frontier of India
- Turkish invasion of India was successful because - During the reign of Iltutmish
there was no political unity in North India. ¾ Mongols were seen on the bank of Indus river for
¾ The inscription that reveals information about silk the first time - During the reign of Iltutmish
weavers guild - Dashpur Inscription ¾ The original name of Changez (Genghis) Khan
¾ 'Panahi' and 'Upanah' were mentioned in the was - Temuchin (Temujin)
medieval time in context of - Shoes ¾ Iltutmish appointed his first Subedar in Bihar to
- Malik-Jani
Delhi Sultanate : ¾ The nobles behind the dethroning of Raziya

Begum were - Turkish
Slave Dynasty ¾ The full name of Sultan of Delhi, Balban was
- Ghiyasuddin Balban
¾ The founder of slave dynasty was ¾ The Sultan of Delhi who is said to have followed
- Qutbuddin Aybak the policy of 'blood and iron' - Balban
¾ The Sultan of Delhi Sultanate (Although has not ¾ The first Muslim ruler who formulated the theory
adopted of Title of Sultan) who is known as 'Lakh of kingship 'similar to the theory' of divine right of
Baksh' - Qutbuddin Aybak the kings - Balban
¾ The contribution to the construction of famous ¾ The true statements regarding Balban are:-
'Qutb-Minar' was given by
- Balban made his government firm, stable and
-Qutbuddin Aybak, Iltutmish, Firuz Shah
centralized all authority in his hands.
Thughluq
¾ The Qutub Minar was completed by - He wanted to protect North-West frontier
against Mongol invasions.
- Iltutmish
¾ Qutbuddin Aybak had built 'Adhai Din ka ¾ After consolidating his power, Balban assumed
Jhonpara'. It is situated in - Ajmer (Rajasthan) the grand title of - Zil-e-Ilahi
¾ The capital of Qutbuddin Aybak was - Lahore ¾ In India the famous Persian Festival 'Navroz' was
¾ Sultan Qutbuddin Aybak died introduced by - Balban
- After a fall from his horse while playing
¾ The true statements about Balban are:-
Chaugan
¾ The ruler who established Delhi as the capital of -He introduced the theory of Niyabat-e-Khudai.
Sultanate - Iltutmish -He eliminated the power of Turkan-e-Chahalgani.
¾ The first sultan of Delhi who introduced regular
-He quelled down the revolt of Bengal.
coins and declared Delhi the capital of his empire
- Iltutmish Note - The title of 'Ulugh Khan' was given by
¾ The first Muslim ruler of Delhi was - Iltutmish Nasiruddin Mahmud
¾ The Muslim ruler among Balban, Razia, Iltutmish ¾ The Sultan who has called himself the 'Helper
and Nasir-ud-Din, whose empire was regarded as of a Caliph' in his inscription on the walls of the
a part of Dar-ul-Islam was - Iltutmish mosque at Garhmukteshwar - Balban
¾ The Sulan who created the department of Diwan- ¾ Khalisa land developed on a large scale during the
i-Arz in Delhi Sultanate - Balban regime of sultan - Alauddin Khalji
¾ The Mughal Text 'Masir-A- Alamgiri' was written ¾ The Sultan who is said to have raised the land
by - Saqi Mustad Khan revenue to one-half of the produce was
¾ Tughril Khan raised a standard of revolt during the - Alauddin Khalji, Muhammad-Bin-Tughluq
reign of - Balban ¾ The sultan who introduced "Market Reforms" was
- Alauddin Khalji
Khalji Dynasty ¾ The attempt of Alauddin Khalji to control the
market prices was -Highly successful
¾ When he attained Kingship, he was fully ¾ The true statements connected with Alauddin
independent from rules and orders of Shariat. Khalji are - He collected revenue by
Sultan Barani made this statement about measuring the cultivated land.
- Alauddin Khalji - He abolished the powers of
¾ The sultan who wanted to launch a new religion provincial Governors.
but Ulemas opposed the move - Alauddin Khalji ¾ The king of the medieval India who began the
¾ The sultan of Delhi who assumed the title of 'Public Distribution System' - Alauddin Khalji
Alexander the Second - Alauddin Khalji ¾ The correctly matched are :-
¾ The dynasty of Delhi sultanate which ruled for the Princely State Rulers
shortest period - Khalji Devagiri Ramchandra dev /Shankar Dev
¾ The famous army-commander of Alauddin Khalji Warangal Prataprudradev-II
who died fighting against Mongols - Zafar khan Hoyasala Veer Ballal
Madurai Veer Pandaya
¾ Padmini is associated with Ala-ud-Din's conquest
¾ The ruler of Delhi Sultanate who declared himself
of Chittor. Her husband's name is
as 'Khalifa' - Mubarak Khalji
- Rana Ratan Singh
¾ Price control was introduced in Delhi by
¾ He was known as Hazar-Dinari - Malik Kafur - Alauddin Khalji
¾ The purpose of Alauddin's Deccan expeditions was ¾ The sultan of Delhi who was the first to charge
- Financial Ventures 'Ghari or House Tax' - Alauddin Khalji
¾ Chronological order of conquest of Alauddin ¾ Chehra system was introduced by
Khilji (among Ranthambore, Gujarat, Warangal - Alauddin Khalji
and Chittor) - Gujarat (1299 A.D., ¾ Chehra system was related to
Ranthambaor, (1301 A.D.), Chittor (1303 A.D.) -Identity card system for every soldier
and Warangal (1310 A.D.) ¾ The Dagh system to brand horses selected for war,
¾ The ruler of Devagiri at the time of Alauddin was started by
Khalji's invasion was - Ramachandra Dev - Alauddin Khalji
¾ The following are correctly matched:- ¾ The boundary between the Delhi Sultan and
Ranthambore - Hamirdev Mangoles during the period of Alauddin Khalji
Chittor - Rana Ratan Singh after 1306 A.D. was - Ravi River
Devgiri - Raja Ramchandra ¾ With reference to Indian history, following is
Gujarat - Karn Dev correct
¾ The army that was defeated by the army of Kakatiya - During the reign of Ala-ud-din Khalji, one
rulers in 1303 at Warangal was associated with Mongol assault (Kutlug Khwaja) marched
- Alauddin Khalji upto Delhi and besieged the city

¾ Out of the given Sultans namely: Iltutmish ¾ Ibn-Battuta, the Moorish traveller, visited India
Nasiruddin Mahmud, Balban, and Alauddin during the reign of
Khalji who appointed a special army to protect the - Muhamamd-Bin-Tughluq
boundaries of the empire - Alauddin Khalji ¾ The person who has given a detailed description of
the postal system prevailing during the Sultanate
Tughluq Dynasty ¾
period, is - Ibn-Battuta
The first Sultan of Delhi who participated in the
public celebration of Holi
¾ The General of Alauddin Khalji who ultimately
- Muhammad-Bin-Tughluq
became the first Sutlan of Tughluq dynasty
¾ 'The king, was freed from his people and they from
- Ghazi Malik (Ghiyasuddin Tuqhluq)
their king. On whose death Badayuni commented
¾ Ghazi Malik was the founder of this - Muhammad-Bin-Tughluq
- Tughluq Dynasty ¾ The Sultan of Delhi who established an
'Employment Exchange' to help the unemployed
¾ Out of the given dynasties namely : Khalji Dynasty
- Firuz Shah Tughluq
Lodi Dynasty, Slave Dynasty, Tughluq Dynasty
which ruled the country for the longest period ¾ The Sultan of Delhi who was very concerned about
charity and alms and established a department
- Tughluq Dynasty called 'Diwan-i-Khairat' for it, was
¾ The most learned ruler of the Delhi sultanate who - Firuz Shah Tughluq
was well versed in various branches of learning ¾ The sultan who had most number of slaves in his
including Astronomy, Mathematics and Medicine court -Firuz Tughluq
- Muhammad-Bin-Tughluq ¾ The true statement with reference to medieval
Indian rulers is
¾ The sultan who introduced the new Department
'Diwan-i-Aamir Kohi' - Firuz Tughluq set up a separate
- Muhammad-Bin-Tughluq department of slaves (Diwan-I-Bandagan)

¾ Public Works Department was primarily
¾ The sultan of Delhi who had established a separate
established by - Firuz Shah Tughluq
Agriculture department and had planned the
¾ The Sultan of Delhi who is reputed to have built
'rotation of crops' - Muhammad-Bin-Tughluq
the biggest network of canals in India was
¾ Muhammad-Bin-Tughluq had transferred his - Firuz Shah Tughluq
capital from Delhi to - Daultabad ¾ With reference to digging canals for enriching
¾ For the first time the token currency was introduced agriculture, the credit of being the first ruler of 14th
in India by - Muhammad-Bin-Tughluq century is given to - Ghiyasuddin Tughluq
¾ The true Statement is :- ¾ The first Sultan of Delhi who was said to have
- Muhammad-Bin-Tughluq issued a new levied 'Haqq-i-Sharb' or irrigation tax
gold coin which was called - Firuz Tughluq
Dinar by Ibn-Battuta ¾ The Sultan of Delhi who had levied 'Jizya' on

¾ The correct statements are- Brahmins - Firuz Tughluq
¾ The Sultan of Delhi who introduced measures for
-1. The scheme of the token currency of
improving the quality of fruits - Firuz Tughluq
Muhammad Tughluq proved unsuccessful.
¾ The two Ashoka pillars, were brought to Delhi
- 2. Muhammad Tughluq did not have the proper from Topra and Meerut
control over minting of coins - Firuz Shah Tughluq

¾ The Sultan of Delhi who established a 'Translation ¾ The Sultan who is known for having abolished the
Department' to help both community understand tax on grains - Sikandar Lodi
each other's ideas better, was ¾ The correct chronological order of dynasties ruling
- Firuz Shah Tughluq over Delhi is
¾ The first Indian ruler who organised Haj Pilgrimage - Slave Dynasty, Khalji Dynasty, Tughluq
from the State Exchequer was Dynasty, Sayyid Dynasty, Lodi Dynasty
- Firuz Shah Tughluq ¾ Out of the given rulers namely : Balban, Iltutmish,
¾ 'Dar-ul-Shafa' established by Firuz Tughluq was Qutbuddin Aybak, Ibrahim Lodi who was not from
the slave dynasty -Ibrahim Lodi
- A free hospital
¾ The last ruler of the Tughluq dynasty of the Delhi
¾
Sultanate was - Nasiruddin Mahmud
Timur Lung attacked India in the year - 1398 A.D
Vijayanagara Empire
¾ Timur invaded India during the reign of ¾ The 'Vijayanagara' kingdom was founded by
- Nasiruddin Mahmud - Harihara and Bukka
¾ The dynasty that rule over India after the invasion ¾ The ruler who founded a new city on the south
of Timur was - Sayyid Dynasty bank of a tributary to river Krishna and undertook
¾ The chronological order of the rulers are to rule his new kingdom as the agent of a deity to
- Rukn-ud-din (1236 AD) whom all the land south of the river Krishna was
supposed to belong - Harihara-I
- Mubarak Khan (1316-1320 AD)
¾ The lady poet who described the victorious
- Firuz Shah Tughluq (1351-1388 AD)
expeditions of her husband in her work 'Madhura-
- Alam Shah (1445-1451 AD) Vijayam' was - Ganga Devi
¾ Out of the given rulers namely : Alauddin Khalji, ¾ The Bhoramdev Temple was constructed by
Muhammad-Bin-Tughluq, Firuz Tughluq, Iltutmish,
under whom Ain-ul-Mulk Multani did not serve - Shri Laxmanadeva Raya
- Iltutmish ¾ The first ruler of Vijayanagar who captured Goa
from Bahamanis was - Harihara-II
Lodi Dynasty ¾ The important statements are:-
¾ Out of the given Sultanate rulers namely: - Narasimha Saluva ended the Sangama
Khalji,Tughluq, Sayyid and Lodi, which was of dynasty and seized the throne for himself and
Afghan origin - Lodi started the Saluva dynasty.
¾ The correct chrologocial order of the Afghan -Vira Narasimha deposed the last Saluva ruler
rulers to the throne of Delhi is and seized the throne for himself.
- Bahlul Khan Lodi (1451-1489 A.D.) -Vira Narasimha was succeeded by his younger
- Sikandar Lodi (1489-1517 A.D.) brother, Krishnadeva Raya.
- Krishnadeva Raya was succeeded by his half
- Ibrahim Lodi (1517-1526 A.D.)
brother, Achyuta Raya.
¾ Maharana Sanga defeated Ibrahim Lodi
¾ The king of Vijayanagara, Krishnadeva Raya
- In the Battle of Khatoli (1518 A.D.) fought the battle of Golconda with
¾ The medieval Sultan who has the credit of - Quli Qutb Shah
founding the city of Agra and making it the capital ¾ The 'Asthadiggajas' in the court of Krishnadeva
of the Sultanate -Sikandar Lodi Raya were - Eight Telugu Poets
¾ The ruler who composed poems with the pen- ¾ The ruler who is known as 'Andhra Bhoj'
name 'Gulrukhi' - Sikandar Lodi - Krishnadeva Raya
¾ The ruling period of Krishnadeva Raya was the - Allasani Peddana was one of the Ashtadiggaj
golden age of - Telugu Literature of Krishnadevraya court and was famous
¾ Krishnadeva Raya founded the city that is poet of Telugu literature
- Nagalapura ¾ The ruler of Vijaynagara who had sent his
¾ The Famous Hazara Rama temple of Vijaynagara ambassador to the emperor of China - Bukka-I
was built during the reign of - Krishnadeva Raya
¾ The famous Telugu poet 'Srinath' was associated
¾ Abdur Razzaq visited Vijaynagara during the reign
with court of - Dev Raya II
of - Devaraya-II
¾ Abdur Razzak was - Persian traveller ¾ The South Indian dance tradition which first
¾ Nicolo Conti was developed during the time of Vijaynagar is
- An Italian traveller who visited the - Yakshagaan

Vijayanagara Empire. ¾ 'Building Kalyaana Mandapas' was a notable
¾ Out of the given names viz : Kamban, Kuttan, feature in the temple construction in the kingdom
Nannaya, Tikkana who was/were famous for
of - Vijayanagara
Telugu translation - Nannaya and Tikkana
¾ The famous Vijaya Vitthal Temple which is having
¾ Sayana, the famous commentator of the Vedic
texts was patronized by - Vijayanagara rulers its 56 carved pillars emitting musical notes located
¾ The famous battle held in 1565 is in - Hampi
- Battle of Talikota ¾ Mysore Kingdom emerged as a powerful state

¾ The Battle of Talikota was fought between under the Wodeyar dynasty, which initially served
-Vijayanagara and combined forces of Bijapur, as a vassal of - The Vijaynagar Empire
Ahmadnagar and Golconda ¾ According to Portuguese writer Fernao Nuniz, the
¾ When Raja Wodeyar founded the kingdom of women in Vijayanagara Empire were experts in
Mysore, the ruler of the Vijayanagara Empire was - Wrestling, Astrology, Accounting, Soothsaying
-Venkata-II
¾ The chief characteristic of the financial system of
Delhi Sultanate :
Vijayanagar empire was -Land revenue Administration
¾ Regarding the taxation system of Krishna Deva,
¾ The historian Biruni refused to consider the state
the ruler of Vijayanagara, the correct statements
in India under Delhi Sultans as truly Islamic
are- - The tax rate on land was because-
fixed depending on the quality of the land. - The majority population did not follow Islam.
- Private owners of workshops ¾ Most of the rulers (Amirs) and sultans of Sultanate
period belonged to the -Turkish class
paid an industries tax.
¾ The correct statements with respect to Delhi
¾ The place which represents the old capital of Sultanate are
Vijayanagara -Hampi - In the revenue administration of Delhi
¾ The correct statements are Sultanate, the in-charge of revenue collection
was known as 'Amil'.
- Krishnadevaraya, ruler of Vijaynagar empire
- The Iqta system of Sultans of Delhi was an
wrote the treatise Amuktamalyada
Arab's fundamental system.
- Krishnadevaraya is also known by the name - In Sultanate period, the department of
of Andhra Bhoj Diwan-i-Arz dealt with military department.
¾ The characteristics of 'Iqta system' were ¾ Coins-Tanka, Shashgani and Jital of Sultanate
- Iqta was a revenue collection system. period were made of respective metals
- Siyasatnama was the source of information - (Tanka and Shashgani) Silver, (Jital) Copper
for Iqta system. ¾ The name of the last Caliph of Baghdad appeared
- Muqti was supported to maintain troops out for the first time on
of the revenue collected from Iqta. - The coins of Alauddin Masud Shah
¾ Department Established by rulers
Diwan-i-Bandagan - Firuzshah Tughluq Delhi Sultanate : Art
Diwan-i-Arz -
Diwan-i-Mustakhraj -
Balban
Alauddin Khalji
and Architecture
(Revenue Department) ¾ The use of Paper was initiated in India in
Diwan-i-Amir Kohi - Muhammad Bin Tughluq - 12th Century
(Agriculture Department) ¾ 'Alai Darwaza' was built by - Alauddin Khalji

Diwan-i-Khairat - Firuz Shah Tughluq ¾ The Horse-Shoe arch was first introduced in
(Department of Charity) - Alai Darwaza

¾ The Sultan who built the fifth storey of Qutub
Diwan-i-Riyasat - Alauddin Khalji
Minar - Firuz Shah Tughluq
(Market Control Department)
¾ India's first tomb constructed in the Indo-Islamic
¾ Department Works style was - Balban's Tomb
Dewan-i-Arz - Dealt with Military department ¾ The first true arch in the Sultanate memorial could
Dewan-i-Risalat - Dealt with religious issues/ be seen in - Tomb of Balban
related to foreign matter ¾ Out of the given rulers namely : Qutbuddin Aybak,
Dewan-i-Insha - Dealt with State correspondence Iltutmish, Alauddin Khalji, Firuz Shah Tughluq
Dewan-i-Wizarat - Dealt with financial matters who did not contribute to the construction of Qutb
Minar - Alauddin Khalji
¾ The dynasty which saw the heyday of the Wizarat
¾ The correct chronological order of the constructed
-Tughluq
building is-
¾ The taxes levied on the land product were - Qutb-Minar, Tughluqabad, Lodi Garden,
- Kharaj, Ushr, Muktai Fatehpur Sikri
¾ The medieval king of India who introduced the ¾ Building Builders
'Iqta System' - Iltutmish Sultan garhi Iltutmish
¾ Supreme rural official of land revenue in Sultanate Red Palace Balban
period was - Chaudhary Jamat Khana Masjid Khizra Khan

Dhai Din ka Jhopra Qutbuddin Aibak
¾ 'Sharb' was a tax levied on - Irrigation
¾ The composer of 'Kirti-Stambha' Prashast was
¾ Zawabits were concerned with - State laws
- Atri and Mahesh
¾ Hadis is - Islamic law ¾ 'Kirti Stambha' of Chittor was constructed.
¾ Fawazil in the Sultanate period meant - During the rule of Rana Kumbha
- Excess amount paid to the exchequer by the ¾ Site Architecture
Iqtadars Delhi Quwwat-ul-Islam
¾ The two main currencies of the Sultanate period Jaunpur Atala Masjid
are - Jital and Tanka Malwa Jahaz Mahal
¾ 'Tanka' silver coin was started by - Iltutmish Gulberga Jama Masjid

¾ Architectural Style Associated Dynasty ¾ The correct chronological order of the text is
'Lotus bud' fringe on - Kitab-ul-Hind, Prithviraja
the under side of the arch Khaljis Raso, Tabaqat-i-Nasiri,
Emergence of octagonal tomb Tughluqs Fatawa-i-Jahandari
Use of Bodegoi in the Pillar Vijayanagara ¾ The language which was patronized by Sultans of
Delhi - Persian
Massive entrance gate with
¾ The term 'Apabhramsa' which was used in
inclined walls Sharquis medieval Sanskrit text to denote
- Early forms of some of the modern Indian
languages.
Delhi Sultanate : ¾ The writer of Khazain-ul-Futuh is
Literature - Amir Khusrau
¾ Writer Works/Books
¾ The famous author of 'Kitab-ul-Hind' was
Ziyauddin Barani - Tarikh-i-Firuzshahi
- Al-Biruni
Hasan Nizami - Taj-ul-Massir
¾ Amir Khusrau, the "Parrot of India" was born in
Minhaj-us-Siraj - Tabaqat-i-Nasiri
- Patiyali in district Etah (now in Kasganj)
Yahia-bin-Ahmad - Tarikh-i-Mubarakshahi
¾ Amir Khusrau played a pioneering role Ziaud-din Barni - Fatawa-ye-Jahandari
- In the development of Khari Boli ¾ Books Author
¾ The person who witnessed the reign of seven Tarikh-i-Firuz Shahi - Sams-i-Siraj-Afif
Sultans of Delhi
Tughluq-Nama - Amir Khusrau
- Amir Khusrau and Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya
Humayu-nama - Gulbadan Begum
¾ The famous poet Amir Khusrau was associated
¾ Books Author
with the court of
Tarikh-i-Hind/Kitab-ul-Hind Al-Biruni
- Nasiruddin Mahmud, Balban, Kaiqubad,
Jalaluddin Khalji, Alauddin Khalji, Mubarak Tarikh-i-Delhi Khusrau
Shah, Ghiyasuddin Tughlug, Muhammad-Bin- Rihla Ibn Battuta
Tughluq Tabaqat-i-Nasiri Minhaj-us-
¾ Amir Khusrau was a Siraj
-A Poet, Historian, Musician ¾ Writer Works
¾ The father of new Persian poetry style Sabak-e- Haqaik-i-Hindi - Abdul-Wahid Bilgrami
Hind or Hindustani style was - Amir Khusrau Tandhibul Akhlaq - Ibn Miskawayh
¾ The scholar of both languages "Hindi and Persian" Kunzal Tijar - Bailaq-al-qabayaki
was - Amir Khusrau Jawamiul-Hiqayat - Sadruddin Muhammad 'Aufi'
¾ The correct statements are :- ¾ Out of the given musical instruments namely:
- Kitab-i-Nauras, a collection of songs in praise Veena, Dholak, Sarangi, and Sitar which is the
of Hindu deities and Muslim saints was written finest example of Hindu-Muslim harmony in
by Ibrahim Adil Shah-II. musical instruments - Sitar
- Amir Khusrau was the originator in India of ¾ Writers Works
an early form of the musical style known as Qawwali. Mulla Daud - Chandayan
¾ The author of Tabaqat-i-Nasiri was Damodar Kavi - Padmavati Katha
- Minhaz-us-Siraj Somnath - Raga Vibodha
¾ The earliest description of Bakhtiyar Khalji's Amir Khusrau - Aashiq
invasion of Bihar is in - Tabaqat-i-Nasiri ¾ The translation of Chintamani Bhatt's Sanskrit
¾ The first Persian poet depicted Indian environment Text 'Suka Saptai' in Persian with name 'Tutinama'
in his poetry - Amir Khusrau was done by - Khwaza Ziya-uddin Nakhshabi

¾ 'Tabla' was introduced by - Amir Khusrau ¾ The correctly matched pairs are:-
¾ Out of the given Delhi Sultans namely : Iltutmish, Firuz Tughluq Construction of Canals
Balban, Alauddin Khalji, Firuz Tughlug who Balban Nauroz
wrote his memories - Firuz Tughluq Alauddin Diwan-i-Riyasat
¾ Name Text (Music) Jahangir Sir Thomas Roe
¾ The sultan who demanded half the crop on land
Rana Kumbha Sangeetraja
after measurement as revenue
Pundrik Vitala Raagmala - Alauddin Khalji
Ustad Chand Khan Khyal Gayaki ka ¾ The correct chronological order of the rulers who
Delhi Gharana ruled in India at different periods of time is
Pandit Bhavbhatta Anup Sangeet - Raziyya Sultan (1236-1240 AD),
Ratnakar Alauddin Khalji (1296-1316 AD),
Sher Shah (1540-1545 AD),
Kashinath Shastri Appa Tulsi - Raag Chandrika
Akbar (1556-1605 AD),
Krishnanand Vyas - Raag Kalpdrum
¾ The events and their chronological order are:-
Nand Das - Ras Panchadhyayi -Second Battle of Tarain, Murder of Jalal-ud-
Din Khalji, Afghanpur Conspiracy,
Vrindavan Das - Chaitanya Bhagvat
Transfer of Capital by Mohd. Tughluq.
Jayananda - Chaitanya Mangal ¾ The correctly matched pairs are :-
Narhari Chakravarti - Bhakti Ratnakara Ranthambore - Hamirdeva
Chittor - Rana Ratan Singh
Delhi Sultanate : Devgiri

Gujarat
-
-
Raja Ramchandra
Karandeva
Miscellaneous ¾ The earliest reference of the use of magnetic
compass in the Indian seas was by
¾ The game of Polo was introduced in India by - Sadruddin Muhammad 'Aufi'
- Turks ¾ "In the course of a career on the road spanning
almost thirty years, he crossed the breadth of the
¾ 'Ulema' were called - Dastar-Bandan eastern hemisphere, visited territories equivalent
¾ With reference to Indian history, among Arab to about 44 modern countries and put behind him
merchants, Qalandars, Persian calligraphists and a total distance of approximately 73,000 miles.
Sayyids, "Kulah-Daran" were - Sayyids The world's greatest traveller of premodern times
to whom the given passage refers to is
¾ The correctly matched are:-
-Ibn Battuta
Traveller Country ¾ The correct chronological sequence of the events
Marco Polo Italy is
Abdur Razaaq Iran - Construction of Qutb Minar, Death of Firuz
Nuniz Portugal Tughluq, Arrival of Portuguese in India, Reign
¾ Sultan State of Krishna Deva of Vijaynagara
¾ Out of the given rulers namely: Bahlul Lodi,
Bahadur Shah Gujarat
Sikandar Shah, Sher Shah, and Islam Shah who
Chand Bibi Bijapur
divided his troops into units of two hundred, two
Razia Sultan Delhi hundred fifty and five hundred - Islam Shah
Baz Bahadur Malwa ¾ Writers Works
¾ The sequence of arrival of the travellers in India is Krishnadeva Raya Amuktamalyada
- Al-Biruni,Ibn Battuta, Tavernier, Manucci Mahendravarman Mattavilasaprahasana
¾ In medieval India, the term Fanam referred to Bhojadeva Samaranganasutradhar
- Coins Somesvara Manasollasa

¾ Out of the given practices namely : Sati Practice ¾ The place which was known as 'Shiraz of East'
Child Marriage, Jauhar Practice which was started during the regime of Sharqi rulers - Jaunpur
during the Rajput Period - Jauhar Practice ¾ The last ruler of Jaunpur state was
¾ In pre-medieval kingdoms of Rajasthan, the - Hussain Shah
designation 'Naimittika' was used for
¾ The ruler of Kashmir who was also known as
-State Astrologer
"Akbar of Kashmir" is - Zain-ul-Abidin
¾ The medieval scholar/writer who belonged to the
¾ The real name of Zain-ul-Abidin, the ruler of
Jain Religion - Hemchandra Suri
Kashmir was - Shahi Khan
¾ War Period
¾ Out of the given rulers namely : Zain-ul-Abidin,
Battle of Plassey 1757 A.D.
Muhammad-Bin-Tughluq, Hussain Shah who
Battle of Kalinga 261 B.C.
abolished Jizya first time - Zain-ul-Abdin
Battle of Haldighati 1576 A.D.
¾ The striking feature of the Jama Masjid in Kashmir
Battle of Tarain-II 1192 A.D.
completed by Zain-ul-Abidin include
¾ The correctly matched list is:-
- Turret, Similarity with
Books Writers
Buddhist pagodas, Persian style
Haqaiq-i-Hindi Abdul Wahid Bilgrami
¾ Out of the given scholars namely: Muni Sunder
Tahdhibul Akhlaq Ibn Miskhawayh
Suri, Natha, Tilla Bhatt, and Muni Jin Vijay Suri
Kunzal Tijar Bailaq-al-Qabayaski
who was not in the court of Kumbha
Jawamiul Hikayat Muhammad 'Aufi'
- Muni Jin Vijay Suri
¾ Rulers Important Works
¾ Medieval Indian State Present Region
Akbar Ain-i-Dahsala
Champaka Chamba (Himachal Pradesh)
Muhammad Tughluq Token Currency
Durgara Jammu
Iltutmish Chahalghani nobles
Kuluta Kallu (Himachal Pradesh)
Sher Shah Sadak-i-Azam
¾ Bahmani state was established by
¾ During the 13th and 14th centuries AD, the Indian
- Alauddin Hasan
peasants did not cultivate - Maize
¾ The Bahmani Kingdom was founded in the year
¾ During the reign of sultan of Delhi, Hindu gods
-1347 A.D.
and goddesses were worshipped in royal palaces
of ¾ The first capital of the Bahamani Kingdom was
- Nasiruddin Khusro Shah - Gulbarga
¾ The correct statement is ¾ Out of the given rulers namely: Malik Ambar,
It was during the reign of Iltutmish that Hassan Gangu, Muhammad Diwan, and Sikandar
Shah who was founder of the Bahamani kingdom
Chengiz Khan reached the Indus in pursuit of
the fugitive Khwarezm prince. in Deccan - Hasan Gangu
¾ Monument Builder
Provincial Dynasty of Atala Devi Masjid Ibrahim Shah Sharqi
Chhota Sona Masjid Wali Muhammad
North India and Qadam Rasul Nusrat Shah
Deccan Province Adina Masjid, Pandua Sikandar Shah
¾ Dynasty Related City
¾ The city of Jaunpur was founded in the memory of Adil Shahi Bijapur
- Muhammad-Bin-Tughluq Qutb Shahi Golconda
¾ Jaunpur city was established by Nizam Shahi Ahmednagar
- Firuz Shah Tughluq Sharqi Shahi Jaunpur

¾ The Polygars of South India were
- Territorial Administrator Bhakti and Sufi
and Military Governors.
Movement
¾ The Muslim ruler who was hailed as the 'Jagadguru'
by his Muslim subject because of his belief in ¾ The Bhakti movement was started by
secularism - Ibrahim Adil Shah - Alwar Saints
¾ Shankara's philosophy is called as
¾ The dynasty of Nizam Shahi of Ahmadnagar came
- Non-dualism
to an end because of
¾ The Bhakti culture was reborn in India during
- Ahmadnagar was annexed to the Mughal empire - 15th-16th Century A.D.
and Hussain Shah was consigned ¾ The common belief of life of both Buddha and
to life imprisonment. Mirabai was - The world is full of sorrow.
¾ 'Let no man ask a man's sect or caste'. This
¾ Ruler Founder
statement is of - Ramananda
Baz Bahadur Malwa ¾ A common feature of all Bhakti Saints was that
Qutb Shah Golconda they
Sultan Muzaffar Shah Gujarat - Composed their verses in the language
understood by their followers
Yusuf Adil Shah Bijapur
¾ With reference to the religious history of medieval
¾ Dynasty/State Capital India, the Sufi mystics were known to pursue the
Kakatiya Warangal practices that are
- Meditation and control of breath.
Hoysala Dwarasamudra
- Severe ascetic exercises in a lonely place.
Yadava Devgiri Recitation of holy songs to arouse a state of
Pandya Korkai, then after Madurai ecstasy in their audience.
¾ Among dynasty of Eastern Ganga, Hoyasala, ¾ Vaishnavism in Kamarupa was popularised by
Kakatiya, Western Chalukya, the dynasty - Shankardeva
¾ In Assam and Cooch Behar, Vaishnavism was
associated with female king Rudrma Devi is
introduced by - Shankardeva
- Kakatiya ¾ Ramanujacharya is related to - Vishistadvaita
¾ Golconda is called at present - Hyderabad ¾ Famous medieval saint Shakaradeva belonged to
¾ Hoysala monuments are found in - Vaishnava cult
- Halebid and Belur ¾ "Shuddha Advaitvad" was propounded by
- Vallabhacharya
¾ The modern name of Hoysaleshvara's ancient
¾ The birth place of "Mahaprabhu Vallabhacharya"
capital of Dwarasamudra is - Halebid
is - Champaranya (Chattisgarh)
¾ Out of the given monuments namely: Tomb of ¾ Philosophy Founder
Sher Shah, Sasaram; Jama Masjid, Delhi; Gol Advaitavada Shankaracharya
Gumbad, Bijapur; which is said to be one of the Vishistadvaitvada Ramanujacharya
largest in the world - Gol Gumbaz, Bijapur Dvaitvada Madhavacharya
¾ Gujari Mahal was built by - Man Singh Dvaitadvaitvada Nimbarkacharya
¾ Before Akbar, Tansen was patronized by Suddhadvait Vallabhacharya
- The king of Bhata (Rewa, M.P.), ¾ The composition of teachings of saint 'Kabir' is
Ramchandra Singh - Bijak

¾ Out of the given names namely :- Dadu, Kabir, ¾ The Bhakti Saint who was preaching when the
Ramananda, Tulsidas who was the first Bhakti Lodi Dynasty fell and Babur took over
Saint to use Hindi for the propagation of his - Guru Nanak
message - Ramananda
¾ Bhakti Saint Profession
¾ Kabir was disciple of - Ramananda
Namdev Tailor
¾ A collection of dialogues between Kabir and
Dharamdas is titled - Amarmul Kabir Weaver
¾ Out of the given saints of medieval age viz- Raidas (Ravidas) Cobbler
Kumbhandas, Ramanand, Raidas, Tulsidas, person Sena Barbar
who was born in Prayag - Ramanand ¾ Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is related to the sect of
¾ Malukdas was a saint poet of - Kada - Vaishnava
¾ The name of saint Ghasidas's father was
¾ Tulsidas was the contemporary of
- Mahangu
- Akbar and Jahangir
¾ The correct chronological order is
¾ The book, 'Ramcharitmanas' was written by
- Shankaracharya-Ramanuja-Chaitanya
- Tulsidas
¾ The correct chronological order of the Bhakti
saints is - Kabir (1398-1518) ¾ Out of the given composition namely : Gitavali,
Guru Nanak (1469-1539) Kavitavali, Vinay Patrika, Sahitya Ratna which is
not a composition of Saint Tulsidas
Chaitanya (1486-1533)
Mirabai (1498-1546) - Sahitya Ratna
¾ Jyotirlingas that are devoted to Lord Shiva are ¾ The main seat (Peeth) of Varkari sect is situated at
- 12 Jyotirlingas - Pandharpur (Maharashtra)
¾ The followers of Ramanuja are known as ¾ The saint of the Varkari sect was - Namdev
- Vaishnava ¾ Bhakt Tukaram was a contemporary of Mughal
¾ The birthplace of Guru Nanak was - Nankana Emperor, that is - Jahangir,
¾ Guru Nanak founded the Sikh Religion ¾ Among the given proponents namely : Nagarjuna,
- During the period of Sikandar Lodi Tukaram, Tyagaraja, Vallabhacharya who was not
¾ 'God knows man's virtues and enquires not his a proponent of Bhakti cult - Nagarjuna
caste; in the next world there is no caste!' This was ¾ The "Chishtia Sufi Order' in India was established
the theory of - Nanak by - Khwaja Muinuddin
¾ Mirabai was contemporary of ¾ The first Sufi Saint of Chishtia Sect in India was
- Tulsidas, Guru Nanak, Chaitanya - Shaikh Muinuddin Chishti
¾ The name of the husband of famous devotee poet ¾ Among the Sufi Saints namely : Shaikh Muinuddin
Mirabai - Rajkumar Bhojraj
Chishti, Shaikh Qutubuddin Bhakhtiyar Kaki,
¾ 'Rag-Govind' was written by - Mirabai Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya, Shaikh Salim Chishti
¾ Person Compostion who was earliest Sufi saint to have settled at Ajmer
Dhruvadas Bhagat Namawali - Shaikh Muinuddin Chishti
Nabhadas Bhaktamal
¾ The founder of Chishtia Branch of Sufism was
Keshavdas Rasik Priya
- Khwaja Abu-Abdal
Usman Chitrawali
¾ Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti was disciple of
¾ The given saints are in their chronological order
- Khwaja Usman Haruni
- Namdev, Kabir, Guru Nanak, Mirabai
¾ The Maratha Chieftain who was the first to offer
¾ Out of the given leaders of Bhakti Movement
namely : Chaitanya, Mirabai, Namdev and nazar (gift) at the Dargah of Khwaja Muinuddin
Vallabhacharya who was influenced by Islam Chishti of Ajmer
- Namdev - Raja Sahu, the grandson of Shivaji

¾ Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya was the disciple of ¾ Shaikh Nasiruddin Chirag-I-Dehlavi was a disciple
- Baba Farid of - Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya
¾ Dargah of Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya is situated ¾ The Qadiri order of Sufis was first introduced in
in - Delhi India by
¾ The Sufi saint who maintained that devotional - Shaikh Niamatullah and Makhdum
music was one way of coming close to God, was Muhammad Jilani
- Muinuddin Chishti ¾ The most orthodox Sufi order was - Naqshbandi
¾ Out of the given options namely: Khwaja ¾ The order of Sufisim which was against music
Qutubuddin Bakhtiar Kaki, Shaikh Abdul Jilani,
- Naqshbandiya
Shaikh Moinuddin Chishti, Nizamuddin Auliya,
who does not belong to the Chisthi order ¾ Sects Associated Places
- Shaikh Abdul Jilani Chishti Delhi and Doab
¾ The person who is called the 'Sadi of India' Suhrawardi Sindh
- Amir Hasan Auliya Delhi
¾ Out of the given Sultans of Delhi namely: Firdausi Bihar
Jalaluddin Khalji, Alauddin Khalji, Ghiyasuddin ¾ Out of the given Sufis namely- Shah Muhammad
Tughluq, Muhammad-Bin-Tughluq, who was Ghaus, Shah Abdul Aziz, Shah Waliullah, Khwaja
refused an audience by Nizamuddin Auliya Mir Dard, who regarded Krishna among the
- Alauddin Khalji Auliyas - Shah Muhammad Ghaus
¾ The Sufi Saint who was called 'Mehboob-e-Ilahi' ¾ The correct statements are-
- Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya - 1. Many Sanskrit works on music were
¾ The most reputed disciple of Shaikh Farid who translated into Persian during the medieval
had seen the reign of as many as seven Sultans of period.
Delhi was - Nizamuddin Auliya
2. The early Chishti Sufis were fond of musical
¾ Saint Mousoleum
assemblies called, 'Sama'.
Shaikh Muinuddin Chisthi Ajmer
¾ Out of the given options namely : Ulema, Khanqah,
Shaikh Burhanuddin Gharib Daultabad Shaikh, and Sama which is not related to Sufism
Shaikh Mohammad Hussaini Gulbarga
- Ulema
Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya Delhi
¾ Prem Vatika, Poems on the life of Krishna, was
¾ The thought of the given Sufi Saints namely : composed by - Raskhan
Shaikh Muinuddin Chishti, Qutubuddin Bhaktiyar
¾ Out of the given options viz- Vallabhacharya,
Kaki, Fariduddin-Ganj-i-Shakar, Shaikh Nizamuddin
Auliya, that has been incorporated in the religious Chaitanya, Guru Nanak, Amir Khusrau, who is not
book 'Adi Granth' of the Sikh associated with the Bhakti Movement
- Fariduddin Ganj-i-Shankar - Amir Khusrau
¾ The famous saint Shaikh Salim Chishti lived in ¾ 'Barahmasa' is composed by
- Fatehpur Sikri - Malik Muhammad Jayasi
¾ The title of 'Shaikh-ul-Hindi' was given to ¾ Every year a fair is held at the tomb of famous Sufi
- Shaikh Salim Chishti Saint Haji Waris Ali Shah at - Dewa Sharif
¾ Saints/Poets Sect ¾ The birthplace of Christ is in - Bethlehem
Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti Chishtiya ¾ The spirit of Christians behind the festival of
Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi Naqshbandiya Easter is - The day of Resurrection of Christ
Dara Shikoh Qadiriya ¾ The Christian Saint who is famous for the love of
Shaikh Shahabuddin Suhrawardiya animals and birds - Saint Francis of Assisi
¾ Shaikh Bahauddin Zakaria belonged to the sect of ¾ Good Friday of Christians is celebrated because of
- Suhrawardi order - The Martyr's Day of Jesus Christ

¾ The ruler of Mewar who was defeated in the Battle
Mughal Dynasty: Babur of Khanwa by Babur in 1527 was - Rana Sanga
¾ After becoming the Mughal Ruler in India
¾ Alam Khan, one of those who invited Babur to Zahiruddin Muhammad adopted the name
invade India was - Babur
- An uncle of Ibrahim Lodi and a pretender to ¾ Babur adopted the title of 'Padshah' for the first
the throne of Delhi. time at - Kabul
¾ During the annexation of Afghanistan, he invited
¾ The empire of Babur included-
Babar to invade India - Daulat Khan
- 1. The area of Kabul
¾ The Mughal rulers of medieval India were
2. The area of Punjab
- Chagatai Turk
3. The area of Modern Uttar Pradesh
¾ Out of the given names namely: Abdullah Khan
¾ Name the Mughal emperor who succeeded in life
Uzbeg, Shaibani Khan, Ubaydullah Khan, and
Jani Begh who defeated Babur in the battle of Sar- due to his patience and resolution which is a lesson
e-Pul - Shaibani Khan for everyone - Zahiruddin Muhammad Babur
¾ The first battle of Panipat was fought between ¾ The Hindu State which has been mentioned by
Babur in his Babur Nama -Mewar
- Babur and Ibrahim Lodi
¾ Babur wrote his memoirs 'Tuzuk-i-Baburi' in the
¾ The main reason for Babur's victory in the battle of
language - Turki
Panipat was - His skilled warfare
¾ Babri Mosque was established in Ayodhya by
¾ Out of the given battles namely: First battle of
Panipat, Battle of Khanwa, Battle of Plassey, and - Mir Baqi
Third Battle of Panipat, where was artillery used ¾ Out of the given rulers viz- Akbar, Babur,
for the first time by one of two armies Humayun who circulated the silver coin called
- First Battle of Panipat 'Shahrukh' - Babur
¾ The reason for Babur's victory over Ibrahim Lodi
was - Artillery Humayun and
¾ Babar defeated in the first battle of Panipat
Sher Shah
- Ibrahim Lodi
¾ Babur defeated Sultan Ibrahim Lodi at the battle of ¾ Out of the given names viz- Karmran, Usman,
Askari and Hindal who was not the brother of
Panipat in the year - 1526 A.D.
Humayun - Usman
¾ Important battles of Babur Year
¾ The correct order of battles fought by Humayun
First Battle of Panipat 1526 is - Devara, Chausa, Kannauj, Sirhind
Battle of Khanwa 1527 ¾ The two rulers who fought the battle near Kannauj
Battle of Ghaghara 1529 on 17th May 1540 - Shershah and Humayun
Battle of Chanderi 1528 ¾ Fareed who later on became Sher Shah Suri, got
his education from - Jaunpur
¾ The arrival of Babur in India led to the
¾ Out of the given medieval era rulers namely:
- Establishment of Timurid dynasty in the Balban, Alauddin Khalji, Ibrahim Lodi, and Sher
region Shah who was highly educated - Sher Shah
¾ The battle in which Babur declared 'Jehad' was ¾ The Sultan who at first assumed the title of 'Hazrat-
- Battle of Khanwa e-Ala' and afterwards Sultan - Sher Shah Suri
¾ Out of the given battles namely : Battle of Panipat, ¾ Out of the given rulers namely: Akbar, Jahangir
Battle of Khanwa, Battle of Chanderi, Battle of Islam Shah and Sher-Shah who constructed a road
Ghaghara in which Rana Sanga fought against from East Bengal to Peshawar called Sadak-e-
Babur - Battle of Khanwa Azam - Sher Shah

¾ The improvements done by Sher Shah Suri were ¾ 'I would have lost the empire just for a handful
of millet.' This statement is associated with the
- 1. Revenue Reforms
medieval ruler - Sher Shah
2. Administrative Reforms
¾ With respect to Sher Shah Suri, following
3. Military Reforms statement is correct - He was the architect of a
4. Currency System Reforms brilliant administrative system
¾ Jayata and Kumpa who impressed Shershah with
their valour were associated with region of Akbar
- Marwar
¾ The place where Akbar was enthroned on getting
¾ After the downfall of the Delhi Sultanate, the first the information of Humayun's death was
ruler who issued gold coin was - Humayun - Kalanaur
¾ Humayun invaded Chunar fort for first time in the ¾ The main aim of Akbar in fighting the Battle of
year - 1532 A.D. Haldighati was - To subdue Rana Pratap
¾ The Battle of Haldighati was fought in
¾ Out of the given names viz-Shah Begum, Haji
- 1576 A.D.
Begum, Mumtaz Mahal Begum, Nur-un-Nissa
¾ The commander of Rana Pratap's army in the
Begum who has constructed a mausoleum for her
Battle of Haldighati was - Hakim Khan Sur
emperor husband (Humayun) - Haji Begum
¾ The first matrimonial alliance with the Rajputs
¾ The Pure Silver "Rupiya" was issued by was established by Akbar with the house of
- Sher Shah - Kachhwahas
¾ The exchange rate of pure silver's Rupiya and ¾ The Mausoleum of Chishti Saint that was visited
Copper's Daam issued under Sher Shah was by Akbar most - Muinuddin Chishti
- 64:1 ¾ Out of the given names viz- Adham Khan, Bairam

Khan, Baz Bahadur, Pir Muhammad Khan, who
¾ Death of Sher Shah Suri occurred in - Kalinjar
was personally killed by Akbar - Adham Khan
¾ Last expedition of Sher Shah Suri was against ¾ The state of Rajputana who did not accept the
- Kalinjar supremacy of Akbar willingly - Mewar
¾ The Mausoleum of Sher Shah is in - Sasaram ¾ The Rajput ruler who continued his struggle
for independence against Mughals and did not
¾ A monument constructed by Shershah was
surrender
- Qila-i-kuhna at Delhi - Rao Chandrasena of Marwar, Rana Pratap of
¾ He built the mosque "Qila-i-Kuhna" inside Purana Mewar
Qila of Delhi - Sher Shah ¾ Durgavati who fought against Akbar, was the
queen of - Mandla
¾ Building of 'Purana Qila' was constructed in Delhi
by - Sher Shah, Humayun ¾ Yousuf Shah Chak, the last Muslim ruler of
Kashmir valley who was exiled to Bihar by the
¾ The medieval ruler who introduced the system of
Mughal emperor Akbar, was buried in - Nalanda
'Patta and Qabuliyat' to help the peasants was
¾ Abul Fazl's death was caused by - Prince Salim
- Sher Shah
¾ The factors which are conducive to establishing
¾ The successor of Sher Shah was - Islam Shah Akbar as a nationalist
¾ The ruler who divided his troops into units of two - 1. Administrative unity and unity in law
hundred, two hundred fifty and five hundred was 2. Akbar's effort at cultural unity
- Islam Shah 3. Akbar's religious policy

¾ Causes of Akbar's popularity were- ¾ The historian who said that "Din-i-Ilahi" is a
- Mansabdari System, Religious Policy, Land religion - Mohsin Fani
Revenue System, Social Reforms. ¾ "Ibadat Khana" was constructed by - Akbar
¾ The Muslim ruler who abolished the pilgrimage ¾ Ibadat Khana at Fatehpur Sikri was
tax - Akbar - The room in which the noble belonging to
¾ Out of the given emperors namely- Babur, different religions gathered to discuss religious
Humayun, Akbar, and Aurangzeb who may be affairs.
called 'an enlightened despot' - Akbar ¾ Out of the given places/fort namely : Golden
¾ The ruler who had ordered that a man should Palace, Panch Mahal, Jodha Bai Palace, Akbari
marry only one wife and could marry another only Mahal, which is not at Fatehpur Sikri
when the first wife was barren - Akbar - Akbari Mahal
¾ The correct statements about Akbar were- ¾ The historical monument that is situated in Delhi,
-1. Akbar tried to fix the age of marriage for is a synthesis of Persian and Indian styles of
boys and girls architecture - Humayun's-Tomb
2. Akbar gave freedom to girls to marry at their ¾ The theory of 'Sulh-i-Kul' was promulgated by
own will and not under parental pressure. - Akbar
¾ Correct order of sequence is - ¾ The concept of 'Sulh-i-Kul' (universal peace and
fraternity) adopted by Akbar was the result of
- Mughal invasion of Malwa, Akbar marries
Princes of Amber, Karrani's conquest of - Political generosity, Religious tolerance,
Orissa, Battle of Tukaroi Liberal cultural attitude
¾ 'Fatwa' was issued from Janupur against this
¾ Reign of Akbar is known for
Mughal Emperor - Akbar
- Annexation of regions, Provincial
¾ Out of the given Mughal Emperors namely:
administrative system, Judicial administration
Jahangir, Shah Jahan, Humayun, Akbar who
¾ The head of the military department under the
introduced educational reforms - Akbar
recognized central machinery of administration
¾ The finest monuments constructed by Akbar are
during Akbar's reign was - Mir Bakshi
found in - Fatehpur Sikri
¾ Military system in the reign of Akbar was based on
¾ The monument which is built by Akbar and
- Mansabdari system
architected like Buddhist monastery is - Panch
¾ The first person to be given proper status of the Mahal
Diwan by Akbar was
¾ Jahangir Mahal is located at - Agra
- Muzaffar Khan Turbati
¾ Out of the given forts namely : Red fort of Delhi,
¾ The Mansabdari system introduced by Akbar was Agra Fort, Allahabad Fort and Lahore Fort, which
borrowed from the system followed in
was not constructed in the reign of Akbar
- Mongolia
- Red Fort of Delhi
¾ During the time of Akbar, for every ten cavalrymen, ¾ Emperors Tombs
the Mansabdars had to maintain - Twenty horses Babur (1526-30) Kabul
¾ Out of the given options namely : Zabti, Dahsala, Akbar (1556-1605) Sikandara
Nasq, Kankut which is also known as the Bando- Jahangir (1605-1627) Lahore
bast system - Dahsala System Shah Jahan (1627-1658) Agra
¾ During Akbar period, land revenue system or 'Ain- Aurangzeb (1658-1707) Khuldabad
i-Dahsala' was developed by - Todarmal
¾ The translation of the Mahabharat into Persian in
¾ Akbar launched "Din-i-Ilahi' in the year the time of Akbar was carried under
-1582 A.D. - Jointly by Faizi, Badauni, Naqib Khan etc

¾ Out of the given persons namely : Abdul Qadir ¾ The true statements about the Mughal Mansabdari
Badauni, Abul Fazl, Nizamuddin Ahmad, Shaikh system are
Mubarak who translated the Mahabharata into - 'Zat' and 'Savar' ranks were granted.
Persian - Abdul Qadir Badauni There were three categories of Mansabdars.
¾ The Persian translation of the Mahabharat is titled ¾ The reign of the emperor in which the 'Treaty of
- Razmnama
Chittor' was signed between Mughal and the Rana
¾ The person who translated the Ramayana into the of Mewar - Jahangir
Persian language in accordance with the wishes of
¾ The person who was sent first by East India
Akbar - Abdul Qadir Badauni
Company in the court of Jahangir
¾ Tabaqat-i-Akbari' was written by
- William Hawkins
- Nizamuddin Ahmed
¾ The first ambassador sent by British king James-I
¾ Out of the given persons namely: -Muhammad to the court of Jahangir was - Sir Thomas Roe
Hussain, Muqammal Khan, Abdussamad, and Mir
¾ During the time of this Mughal emperor Sir
Sayyid Ali who was awarded the honour of "Zari
Thomas Roe came to India
qalam" by king Akbar
- Jahangir
- Muhammad Hussain
¾ Mughal Emperor Jahangir gave the title 'English
¾ The Jain monk who stayed for a few years in the Khan' to - William Hawkins
court of Akbar and was honoured with the title of
¾ Sir Thomas Roe, an ambassador of Jame I of
Jagadguru was - Hari Vijay Suri England came to India in year - 1615A.D.
¾ Out of the given painters namely: Abul Hasan, ¾ Thomas Roe was received in audience by Jahangir
Daswant, Kisan Das and Ustad Mansoor who was at - Ajmer
the famous painter of Mughal Emperor Akbar ¾ The British ambassador who came behind Jahangir
- Daswant from Ajmer to Mandu - Sir Thomas Roe
¾ European paintings were introduced for the first ¾ A Dutch traveller who has given a very valuable
time in the court of - Akbar account of reign of Jahangir was
¾ Name the ruler of India when the English East - Francisco Pelsaert
India company was formed - Akbar ¾ The Mughal emperors who have no mausoleum in
India
¾ The medieval Indian writer who refers to the
discovery of America is - Abul Fazl - Jahangir, Babur and Bahadur Shah Zafar
¾ The emperor Jahangir was buried in - Lahore
¾ First Englishman who visited Akbar's court was
¾ Mughal Painting reached its zenith under
- Ralph Fitch
- Jahangir
¾ The correct arrangement of the events during
¾ The painter who was given the title of 'Nadir-ul-
Akbar's regime in their chronological order is Zaman' by Jahangir, is -Abul Hassan
-Abolition of Jizya, Construction of Ibadat ¾ The painter of Jahangir's reign who was conferred
Khana, Singing of Mahzar, Foundation of Din- the title of 'Nadir-ul-Asra,' was - Mansoor
i-Ilahi ¾ The Mughal emperor who wrote his autobiography
¾ Akbar merged Bengal and Bihar in his empire in in Persian language
the year - 1576A.D. - Jahangir (Tujuk-i-Jahangiri)
¾ The killer of Abul Fazl was rewarded by
Jahangir - Jahangir
¾ Those who had rebelled against the Mughal
¾ 'Do-aspa and Sih-aspa' system was introduced by Emperor Jahangir
- Jahangir - Khurram, Mahabat Khan, Khusrau

¾ Khusrau was the son of the Mughal emperor ¾ Out of the given options namely : Taj Mahal, Red
- Jahangir Fort, Panch Mahal, Tomb of Shershah; which can
¾ The member of 'Noorjahan's Junta consisted of be seen as the coordination of Hindu and Iranian
- Itmad-ud-Daula or Mirza Ghiyas Beg (Noor architecture - Taj Mahal
Jahan's father), Asmat Begum (Mother of
¾ The famous 'Jama Masjid of Delhi' was built by
Noor Jahan), Asaf khan (Brother of Noor
Jahan), Prince Khurram (Son-in-law of her - Shah Jahan
brother Asaf Khan) & Noor Jahan herself ¾ The Mughal emperor who shifted the capital of the
¾ Among Jahangir, Ghiyas Beg, Asaf Khan and empire from Agra to Delhi - Shah Jahan
Khurram, who was not part of Noorjahan's Junta ¾ Monuments Builders
- Jahangir Alai Darwaza, Delhi Alauddin Khalji
¾ Itmad-ud-Daula's tomb at Agra was built by
Buland Darwaza, Fatehpur Sikri Akbar
- Nur Jahan
Moti Masjid, Agra Shah Jahan
¾ Builder Monument
Babur Jama Masjid (Sambhal) Moti Masjid, Delhi Aurangzeb
Humayun Din Panah (Delhi) ¾ The Red fort in Delhi was built by -Shah Jahan
Jahangir Completion of Akbar's Mausoleum ¾ 'Upanishads' were translated into Persian during
Akbar Jahangiri Mahal the reign of - Shah Jahan
¾ Govind Palace, an excellent specimen of Hindu ¾ The Upanishads were translated into Persian by
architecture is located at -Datia
Dara Shikoh under the title of - Sirr-i-Akbar
Shah Jahan ¾ Shah Jahan gave the title of 'Shah Buland Ikbal' to
- Dara Shikoh
¾ The root of the dispute between the Shah of Iran
¾ The original creation of Dara Shikoh is
and Mughal rulers was - Qandahar
- Majma-ul-Bahrain
¾ The loss of this region that was strategically
stronghold of the Mughal Empire became a big ¾ Out of the given names viz- Amir Khusrau, Dara
blow to the Mughal empire Shikoh, Amir Hasan, Shuja who was the first
- Qandahar Muslim to study Hindu scriptures -Dara Shikoh

¾ Out of the given historians viz-V.A. Smith, J.N.
¾ The motive behind Shah Jahan's Balkh campaign
Sarkar, A.L Srivastava who declared the regime of
was to - Secure a friendly ruler in Balkh and
Shah Jahan to be the Golden Era of the Mughal
Badakshan which bordered Kabul
Period - A.L.Srivastava
¾ The person who had led a deputation of Banaras
¾ The famous diamond 'Kohinoor' was presented to
pandits before the Mughal Emperor to seek the
Shah Jahan by - Mir Jumla
abolition of pilgrim tax on Banaras and Allahabad
¾ The Mughal Emperor who abolished the Persian
(Prayagraj) - Kavindracharya
Court Custom of 'Sijda' which was begun by
¾ Mughal ruler who patronaged Kavindracharya
Balban - Shah Jahan
Saraswati of Banaras, a great scholar of Sanskrit
¾ Out of the given names viz-Dara Shikoh, Murad
and Hindi was - Shahjahan
Baksh, Shah Shuja, Aurangzeb who was the
¾ The poet who was the 'Poet-Laureate' of Shah
governor of Deccan for the major part of Shah
Jahan's reign - Kaleem (Abu Jalih) Jahan's reign - Aurangzeb
¾ The actual name of Mumtaz Mahal was ¾ Peter Mundy 'British Traveller' came to India in
- Arjumand Bano Begum the reign of - Shahjahan

¾ The meaning of 'Jihad' Carried on by Aurangzeb is
Aurangzeb - Dar-ul-Islam
¾ The emperor who succeeded Shah Jahan to the ¾ The reign of the emperor in which ' Jizya' was re-
Mughal throne - Aurangzeb imposed - Aurangzeb
¾ The Mughal Emperor who was coronated twice ¾ The creator of 'Bibi ka Maqbara/Tomb of Bibi"
- Aurangzeb was - Aurangzeb
¾ The correct chronological order of battles ¾ The tomb which is called the 'Second Taj Mahal'
- Battle of Bilgram (1540 A.D), Battle of Sarnal - Tomb of Rabia-ud-Daurani (Bibi ka
(1572 A.D.), Battle of Dharmat (1658 A.D), Maqbara)
Battle of Jajau (1707 A.D) ¾ Out of the given options namely-Jahan Ara,
¾ The correct chronological order of battles is Roshan Ara, Gauhar Ara, Mehrunnisa who was the
- Defeat of Shuja near Banaras (February, 1658) daughter of Emperor Aurangzeb - Mehrunnisa
- Victory of Dharmat (15 April, 1658) ¾ Aurangzeb bestowed the title of 'Sahibat-uz-
- Battle of Smugarh (29 May, 1658) Zamani' to - Jahan Ara
- Battle of Deorai (1659 AD) ¾ Moti Masjid in the Red fort at Delhi was built by
¾ The battle of Dharmat was fought between - Aurangzeb
-Aurangzeb and Dara Shikoh ¾ Saint Ramdas is associated with the period of rule
¾ Aurangzeb defeated Jaswant Singh, the king of of - Aurangzeb
Jodhpur in the battle of Dharmat in 1658. Dharmat
was situated in the state of - Madhya Pradesh Mughal Administration
¾ Dara Shikoh was buried in - Delhi
¾ During the Mughal administration, the 'district'
¾ Mughal Prince who took refuge in Srinagar was known as - Sarkar
Garhwal - Prince Sulaiman Shikoh ¾ The head of the army in Mughal period was
¾ The son of Aurangzeb who revolted against his - Mir Bakshi
father weakening his father's position against the ¾ In Mughal era, duty of Mir Bakshi was
Rajputs - Akbar
- Supervisions of land revenue officials
¾ The Mughal General who signed the treaty of ¾ Ahadis were those troopers who
Purandar in 1665 with Shivaji - Jai Singh
- Offered their services singly, Did not attach
¾ The Mughal Emperor who was known as 'Zinda themselves to any chief, Attached themselves to
Peer' - Aurangzeb Mirzas
¾ First Mughal ruler who fought against the British ¾ In the Mughal administration 'Muhtasib' was
was - Aurangzeb - An Officer-in- charge of public morals
¾ Aurangzeb got the victory over Bijapur in the year ¾ Out of the given options namely : Bernier, Coreri,
- 1686 AD Manucci, Tavernier who was appointed as a
physician in the Mughal service - Manucci
¾ Two states that were conquered by Aurangzeb in
¾ In medieval India, Mansabdari system was
Deccan were - Bijapur and Golconda
introduced mainly to
¾ The ruler of Golkonda when Aurangzeb seized the - Provide a clean and better administration
fort of Golkonda in 1687
¾ The main characteristics of the Mansabdari system
- Abul Hasan Qutb Shah were
¾ The Mughal Emperor who had the highest number - 'Zat' and 'Mansab' designations were granted.
of Hindu Generals in the Mughal Army The Mansabdars were not hereditary officials.
- Aurangzeb There were three classes of Mansabdars.

- There were 33 categories of the Mansabdari. ¾ The meaning of word 'Bantai' during medieval
Mansabdari system was the official nobility of period was - System of Calculating revenue
the state , started by Akbar. ¾The canal in Mughal period which was constructed
- A Mansabdar could be asked to perform any by restoring the Rajabwah of Firuz Shah,
civil or military service, in addition to meeting - Shahab Nahar
his personal expenses, the Mansabdar had to
¾ Assertion (A) : The Mughal Empire was originally
maintain out of his salary a stipulated quota of a military State.
horses, elephants, camels, mules and carts.
Reason (R): The vitality of the development of
- Mansabdar got conditional on Mashut rank. the central Government System depended on its
¾The principal source of state income in Mughal military power.
India was - Land Revenue - Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct
¾ The Mughal Emperor who prohibited the use of explanation of (A)
tobacco was - Jahangir ¾ With reference to medieval India, the correct
¾ Madad-i-Mash' indicates in Mughal administration sequence in descending order in terms of size is
- Revenue free land granted to learned person - Subah (Province), Sarkar (districts) and
¾ The term 'chakla' has been used in Medieval Indian Paraganas (Mahals)
History sources. This was
- Territorial unit between Subah and Paragnah, Mughal Music and
but not identical to Sarkar
¾ Officers Assigned duty Paintings
Diwan-i-Tan - Look after the Jagir and ¾ The true statements about the Mughal paintings
Salaries are
Mustarfi - Examine the income - Battle scene, Animal birds and natural scene,
expenditure of state Courtier depicting
Mushrif - Look after the office ¾ The foundation of the Mughal Painting was laid by
Vakianvis - Maintained a proper list of - Humayun
main events and firmans ¾ The Mughal School of Painting formed the spinal
¾ Emperor Diwan cord of the various schools of Indian miniature art.
Akbar Muzaffar Khan ¾Out of the given painting styles namely: Pahari,
Rajasthani, Kangra, and Kalighata which was not
Jahangir Ghiyas Beg Itmadud-Daulah
affected by Mughal Painting - Kalighata
Shah Jahan Sadullah Khan ¾ 'Dastan-e-Amir Hamza' was illustrated by
Aurangzeb Asad Khan - Abdus Samad and Mir Sayyid Ali
¾ The correct statements are ¾ The famous Jahangiri painters were
- Abul Hasan, Ustad Mansur, Farrukh Begh,
- Akbar like Shershah, tried to regulate the
Bishan Das, Aqa Riza, Muhammad Nadir,
currency of the state.
Muhammad Murad, Manohar, Govardhan.
- As in Shershahi's currency, the chief copper ¾ Mughal painting reached its zenith under
coin of Akbar's time was the Dam. - Jahangir
¾ The ruler who issued some coins with figures of ¾ Out of the given Mughal Emperors namely:
Rama and Sita and Devanagari legend 'Rama- Humayun, Akbar, Jahangir and Shah Jahan, who
Siya' - Akbar shifted emphasis from illustrated manuscripts to
¾ During the Mughal rule, the copper coin was album and individual portraits - Jahangir
known as - Daam ¾ 'Kishan Garh' School is famous for - Painting

¾ Out of the given Mughal rulers namely : Humayun ¾ The woman who wrote historical records in the
Akbar, Jahangir, Shah Jahan, who established Mughal Period - Gulbadan Begum
Karkhanas for painting - Akbar ¾ 'Humayun Nama' was written by
¾ The "Pahari School", "Rajput School', Mughal - Gulbadan Begum
School' and ' Kangra School' represent different
¾ Delhi's education centre which was known as
styles in the art of - Painting
'Madarasa-e-Begum' was established by
¾ The musical instrument which was mastered by
- Maham Anaga
Aurangzeb -Veena
¾ 'Hitopadesha' was translated into Persian by
¾ Out of the given ragas namely :-Todi, Bhopali,
Darbari, Bhimpalasi which is sung early in the -Taj ul-Din-Mufti-al- Maliki
morning - Todi ¾ Author Book
¾ Musicians like Tansen, Baiju Bawra and Gopal Hasan Nizami - Tajul Maasir
Nayak had received training from the master Khwandamir - Humayun Nama
Swami Haridas. The followers of Swami Haridas
Muhammad Qazim - Alamgir Nama
have set up how many musical centres
Bhim Sen - Nushkha -i-Dilkhusha
- 5 Musical Centers
¾ Author Book
¾ The Dhrupad singers included in the reign of
Akbar were - Tansen and Haridas Bhimsen Kayestha - Tarikh-i-Dilkusha
¾ With reference to Mian Tansen, the correct Chandra bhan Brahman - Chahar Chaman
statements are - Tansen invented many Ragas. Ishwardas Nagar - Fatuhat-i-Alamgiri
Tansen composed songs on his patrons. Sujanrai Bhandari - Khulasat-ut-Tawarikh
Tansen composed Dhrupads on Hindu gods ¾ Out of the given books namely : Tabaqat-i Nasiri,
and goddesses. Kitab-ul-Hind, Tahqiq-i-Hind, Mazma-ul-Bahrain,
¾ The title of 'Tansen' was given by Sir-i-Akbar which is authored by Darashikohs
- Raja Vikramjit Singh (Gwalior) - Mazma-ul Bahrain
¾ The title of 'Miyan' was given to Tansen by ¾ Alamgir Nama Munshi Mohd. Qazim
- Mughal Emperor Akbar Tabaqat-i-Akbari Nizamuddin Ahmed
¾ The original name of Tansen was Iqbal Nama Jahangiri Muitamad Khan
- Ramtanu Pandey ¾ Out of the given Muslim scholars namely Abul
¾ The king who had given patronage to Tansen Fazl, Faizi, Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khana, and
before Akbar was
Abdul Qadir Badauni who has given the most
- Raja Ramchandra Singh of Rewa (Bhata
significant contribution to Hindi literature
region)
-Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khana
¾ Among the following, was not a great entity in the
field of Hindustani music: Raja Mansingh Tomar, ¾ The correctly matched pairs are as follows :
Tansen, Sadrang - Adarang, Mal Gurjari List-I List-II
- Mal Gurjari Mulla Daud - Chandayan
¾ The Mughal ruler who had learnt Hindu music Damodar Kavi - Padmavati Katha
from Lala Kalavant - Akbar
Somnath - Rag Vibodh
Mughal Literature ¾
Amir Khusrau -
In Indian history, Abdul Hamid Lahori was
Ashiqa
¾ 'Baburnama' was translated into English by - An official historian of the reign of Shah Jahan
- Leyden and Erskine ¾ The author of Shahjahannama is -Inayat Khan
¾ Gulbadan Begum was the daughter of - Babur ¾ 'Anwar-e-Suhaili' is a translation of- Panchtantra

¾ "Yogavasistha" was translated into Persian by ¾ Battle Year
Nizamuddin Panipati during the reign of Third Battle of Panipat 1761 A.D.
- Akbar Second Battle of Tarain 1192 A.D.
¾ Akbar Nama was completed by Abul Fazl in Death of Akbar 1605 A.D.
- Seven Years Death of Aurangzeb 1707 A.D.
¾ Ain-I-Akbar was written by ¾ Battle Year
- Abul Fazl Battle of Haldighati 1576 A.D.
¾ The court language of Mughals was -Persian Battle of Bilgram 1540 A.D.
¾ Nastaliq was
Battle of Khanwa 1527 A.D.
- A Persian script used in medieval India
¾ The four foreign invasions are in chronological
¾ The poet heart king, who wrote praising verses for order
Lord Krishna under the name of Nagri Das was
-Genghis khan, Timur, Nadir Shah, Ahmed
- Raja Sawant Singh Shah Abdali
¾ The famous works 'Ram Chandrika' and 'Rasik
¾ Events Year
Priya' was composed by - Keshavdas
Death of Shivaji 1680 A.D.
¾ The book 'Fawaidul Fawad' is the record of the
conversations of Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya, it Grant of Charter to
was compiled by - Amir Hassan Sizzi East India Company 1600 A.D.
Nadir Shah's capture of Delhi 1739 A.D.
Mughal Period : Accession of Akbar 1556 A.D.

¾ Battle Year
Miscellaneous Battle of Chandawar 1194 A.D.
Invasion of Taimur 1398 A.D.
¾ Rulers Foreign Travellers
Battle of Talikota 1565 A.D.
Jahangir William Hawkins
Battle of Ghaghra 1529 A.D.
Akbar Anthony Monserate
¾ Battle Year
Shan Jahan Tavernier
Battle of Sarnal 1572 A.D.
Aurangzeb Manucci
Battle of Dharmat 1658 A.D.
¾ Foreign Travellers Visiting Year
Battle of Jajau 1707 A.D.
Hawkins 1608-1611
Battle of Asirgah 1601 A.D.
Thomas Roe 1615-1619
¾ Ata Ali Khan was the name of
Manucci 1653-1708
- Tansen (After conversion into Islam)
Ralph Fitch 1583-1586
¾ Mughals adopted 'Navroj' festival from
¾ The foreign traveller who elaborately discussed
- Zoroastrians
about diamonds and diamonds mines of India
¾ Hem Chandra Vikramaditya is famous in Indian
- Jean-Baptist Tavernier
history as - Hemu
¾ The correct chronological order of the Muslim
ruler/invader is ¾ The last sun of Indian glory has been used for
- Jahangir, Muhammad Shah, Ahmad Shah -Prithviraj
Abdali, Bahadur Shah II ¾ Dara Sikoh was buried in -Delhi
¾ Battle Year ¾ Rulers Buildings
Battle of Chanderi 1528 A.D. Babur Jama Masjid (Sambhal)
Battle of Chausa 1539 A.D. Humayun Din Panah
Battle of Talikota 1565 A.D. Akbar Jahangiri Mahal
Battle of Kannauj 1540 A.D. Jahangir Itmad-ud-Dula's Mausoleum

¾ Buildings Rulers ¾ The last Subedar of Bengal, who was appointed by
Qutb Minar Iltutmish Mughal Emperor - Murshid Quli Khan
Gol Gumbad Muhammad Adil shah ¾ During the Mughal period "Muallim" was
Buland Darwaza Akbar - A navigator who was an employee on Indian

Merchant ships
Moti Masjid (Delhi) Aurangzeb
¾ The mosque Khayr-ul-manzil opposite to the
¾ The building which is known as 'Shah-i-Fatehpur'
Purana Qila in Delhi was constituted by
- Jama Masjid
- Maham Anaga
¾ Battle Year
¾ The chronological order of the monuments is
Battle of Haldighati Akbar (Against Rana
- Atala Mosque (Jaunpur), Sher Shah Suri's
Pratrap)
Tomb (Sasaram), Humayun' Tomb (Delhi),
Battle of Bilgram Humayun (Against Sher
Rabia Daurani's Tomb (Aurangabad)
Shah)
¾ During the Mughal period, the Madarsa
Revolt of Khusrau Jahangir
which specialized in the teaching of Muslim
Battle of Khanwa Babur (Against Rana Jurisprudence was located in - Lucknow
Sanga)
¾ The tomb of Aurangzeb is situated at
Battle of Balkh Shah Jahan
- Khuldabad (Aurangabad)
¾ The Sultan who was reputed to be ' Akbar of ¾ Out of the given ports namely: Calicut, Bharuch,
Kashmir' - Sultan Zainul Abidin Cambay, and Surat which was called Babul Mecca
¾ Word Related Dynasty (Gate of Mecca) during the Mughal Period
Iqta Delhi Sultans - Surat
Jagir Mughal ¾ Banjaras during the medieval period of Indian
Amaram Vijayanagara history were generally - Traders
Mokasa Maratha ¾ Mughal Period/Mughal Glossary Meaning/Work
¾ The correct chronological order is Dam Copper Coin
- Padmini, Durgawati, Tara Bai, Ahilya Bai Desai Revenue officer
¾ Buildings of Muhgal Period Places Diwan Revenue chief of a province
Sher Shah Suri's Tomb Sasaram Jarib Unit of land Measurement
Humayun 's Tomb Delhi ¾ Government of medieval period was a composite

Jahangiri Mahal Agra structure. It was a fusion of
- Perso-Arabic, Turko-Mongol-Indian Elements
Buland Darwaza Fatehpur Sikri
¾ In the times of Mughals the region of Jharkhand
Bibi Ka Maqbara Aurangabad
was known as - Kukra
correct statements are Sikh Sect
- Buland Darwazah is constructed using red ¾ Guru Nanak had appointed him as his successor
sand stone along with white marble to decorate it - Guru Angad
- White marble was used in making Salim Chisti's ¾ The progenitor of 'Gurumukhi script' was
tomb and not in his Khankah - Guru Angad
- Bricks and lime were used in making Bara ¾ The city of Amritsar in Punjab was established by
Imambara and Rumi Darwaza - Guru Ramdas

¾ The Sikh Guru to whom Akbar donated 500 bighas ¾ Shivaji defeated the Mughals in the battle of
of land - Salher (1672 A.D.)
-Ramdas (donation to his wife Bibi Bhani) ¾ Shivaji was born in - 1627 or 1630 AD
¾ The Sikh Guru who helped rebel prince Khusrau
¾ The commander who was sent by Sultan of Bijapur
with shelter and wealth - Guru Arjun Dev
for repression of Shivaji in 1659, is
¾ 'Adi Granth or Guru Granth Saheb' was compiled
- Afzal Khan
by - Guru Arjun Dev
¾ The Sikh Gurus who were penalized with death by ¾ The city in which Shivaji was in captivity when he
the rulers of the time escaped from the custody of the Mughals - Agra
- Guru Arjun Dev and Guru Tegh Bahadur ¾ The capital of Shivaji was - Raigarh
¾ Aurangzeb is responsible for the Sikh prophet's ¾ Shivaji was formally crowned as Chhatrapati in
death. The sikh prophet was - Raigarh
- Guru Tegh Bahadhur ¾ The name of Shivaji's Guru was - Ramdas
¾ Out of the given places namely : Roop Kund, Hem ¾ The events related to Chhatrapati Shivaji in
Kund, Tara Kund, Brahm kund, where is a famous chronological order are
Sikh Gurudwara located in - Hem Kund
- (1) The episode of Afzal Khan (1659)
¾ The Sikh Guru who was born in Patna
(2) Start of clash with Mughals (1657)
- Guru Gobind Singh
(3) Victory on the fort of Chakan (July-August
¾ Nanded is considered sacred by Sikhs due to the
mausoleum of - Guru Gobind Singh 1660)
¾ Guru Gobind Singh's greatness lies in the fact that (4)Attack and sack of Surat (1664)
- He formed the military order of Sikhs ¾ 'Ashta Pradhan' was established by - Shivaji
¾ The Sikh Guru who instituted the Khalsa Panth in ¾ Ashtapradhan was a council of ministers in
the year 1699 - Guru Gobind Singh - The Maratha administration
¾ The last prophet of Sikhs was ¾ The officers in the 'Ashtapradhan' of Shivaji were
- Guru Gobind Singh - Peshwa, Amatya/ Mazumdar, Wakianavis,
¾ The original name of Banda Bahadur was Surnavis/Sachiv, Sumant/Dabir, Senapati/Sar-
- Lachhman Dev i-Naubat, Pandit Rao, Nyayadhish
¾ The correctly matched list is- ¾ At the time of Shivaji, the post of 'Sarnobat' was
List-I List-II related with - Military Administration
Guru Arjun Dev Guru Granth Saheb ¾ The member of Shivaji's Ashtapradhan who
Guru Amardas Manji System looked after foreign affairs was -Sumant
Guru Gobind Singh Khalsa Panth ¾ The person who streamlined the Maratha
administration after Shambhaji
(Military sect)
- Balaji Viswanath
¾ Dal khalsa was established by - Kapur Singh
¾ The correct chronological order of Peshwas' rule is
¾ The last king of the Sikh kingdom was
- Daleep Singh - Balaji Viswanath, Bajirao, Balaji Bajirao,
Madhavrao
Maratha State and ¾ The correct chronological order is

- Sambhaji, Rajaram, Shivaji II, Chhatrapati
Confederacy Shahuji
¾ The Maratha kingdom had become a confederacy
¾ The correct reasons for Maratha's rise is presided over by the Peshwa - By 1750 A.D.
- Religious consciousness, Geographical Security, ¾ The successors of Shahu were dependent on the
Political Awakening, High quality of leadership -Will of the Peshwa

¾ After the decline of Mughal empire, the strongest ¾ The person who succeeded Aurangzeb after his
native power in India was - Maratha death in 1707 AD, was - Bahadur Shah I
¾ The Maratha king became a non entity and the ¾ Mughal Emperor Jahandar Shah's reign came to an
Peshwa, the virtual ruler from the time of early end. The reason was
- He was defeated by his nephew in a battle
- Balaji Bajirao
¾ Out of the given Mughal Emperors namely :
¾ At the time of Aurangzeb's death, the Maratha
Akbar, Jahangir, Bahadur Shah,Farrukhsiyar who
leadership was in the hands of -Tarabai
granted duty-free trading facilities to the English
¾ Saranzami system was related to in Bengal - Farrukhsiyar
- Land revenue system of Maratha ¾ The last Mughal Emperor to sit on Mayur
¾ The Maratha claim of revenue for protection is Singhasan was - Mahammad Shah
known by the name of - Chauth ¾ The Mughal Emperor at the time of Nadir Shah's
attack was - Muhammad Shah
¾ A historian who witnessed the third battle of
Panipat was - Kashiraj Pandit ¾ A group of eunuchs and ladies dominated in the
government under - Muhammad Shah (1719-48)
¾ The immediate reason for Ahmad Shah Abdali to
¾ The correct chronological order of Mughal rulers are
invade India and fight the third Battle of Panipat
- Jahandar Shah (1712-1713), Muhammad
was
Shah (1719-1748), Ahmad Shah (1748-54) And
-He wanted to avenge the expulsion of his Aalamgir II (1754-1759)
Viceroy Timur Shah from Lahore by Marathas. ¾ The Mughal emperor who was not allowed to
¾ In the third Battle of Panipat, Marathas were enter Delhi by Wazir Ghaziuddin
defeated by - Afghans - Shah Alam II
¾ The 3 Battle of Panipat was fought between
rd
¾ The last Mughal emperor of India was
-Marathas and Ahmad Shah Abdali - Bahadur Shah Zafar
¾ The Rohilla cheifs who was the confidant of ¾ The father's name of Bahadur Shah Zafar was
Ahmad Shah Abdali is - Najib Khan - Akbar Shah II
¾ The pairs are correctly matched - ¾ The correct statements about Bahadur Shah Zafar
are -He was emperor without an empire.
Takoli - Annual tribute from the Zamindars
Ibrahim Zauq and Asad Ullah khan Ghalib
Sair - Tax on the sales of goods
were his poetry teachers.
Pandari - Tax collected from non-
Hasan Askari was his spiritual guide.
agriculturists
¾ The first Nawab of Oudh was - Saadat Khan
Sewai - Amount of pecuniary tax or ¾ The founder of independent kingdom of
penalty Hyderabad was - Chin Qilich Khan
¾ The 'Modi Script' was employed in the documents ¾ Name the person who had constructed an
of the - Marathas astronomical observatory popularly known as
Jantar-Mantar at Delhi - Jai Singh-II
Disintegration of the ¾ Manharaja Jai Singh -II constructed observatories

at - Delhi, Jaipur, Ujjain, Varanasi
Mughal Empire ¾ The book 'Jiz Muhammad Shahi' related to
¾ During the Mughal period, the kingmakers were knowledge of Astrology produced in 1773 is
- Hussain Ali and Abdullah written by - Swai Jai Singh of Jaipur

Modern History of India
- Under the leadership of Dupleix the French
¾ The book 'Jiz Muhammad Shahi' related to
Advent of European
knowledge of Astrology produced in 1773 is
¾
occupied Madras in 1746.
The first to start a joint Stock company to trade
written by -Swai Jai Singh of Jaipur
Companies with India were - Dutch
¾ Dutch established their trading centre in India, the
¾ 'Blue water Policy' is associated with places were
- Francisco de Almeida - Nagappaattinam, Chinsura, Machilipatnam,
¾ Vaco-da-Gama arrived at Calicut in the year Surat, Bharuch, Agra, Cochin, Ahmedabad,
- 1498 A.D. Patna
¾ Vaso-da-Gama was welcomed at Calicut by ¾ Dutch East India Company established its factory
- Zamorin at Patna in the year - 1632 A.D.
¾ The first Portuguese Viceroy in India was ¾ The correct statements are
- Francisco da Almeida - The Dutch defeated the Portuguese and built
Williams Fort in the modern Kochi.
¾ The correctly matched are
¾ With reference to Indian history correct statements
(Voyagers) (Countries)
are :
Vasco-da-Gama Portugal
- Alfonso de Albuquerque captured Goa from
Christopher Columbus Spain the Bijapur Sultanate
Captain Cook Great Britain - The English East India company established a
Tasman Holland factory at Madras on a plot of land leased
¾ The real founder of Portuguese power in India is from a representative of the Vijayanagara
- Albuquerque empire
¾ Portuguese built their first fortress in India at ¾ The secret of success of East India Company in
- Cochin India was - Absence of Nationalism in India
¾ The first Europeans to come to India for trade were - The company army received western training
- Portuguese and they had modern arms.
¾ The first Europeans to set up sea trade centres in - Indian soldiers lacked fidelity consequently
India were - The Portuguese the one who paid them sufficient could have
¾ Out of the following factories namely:- Bandel, them on his service.
Chinsurah, Hooghly, and Shrirampur, which were ¾ The British companies which got the first charter
established by the Portuguese permitting them to trade in India, was
- Hooghly and Chinsurah - Levant Company
¾ With reference to Pondicherry, the correct ¾ When the British East India Company was formed
statements are
in London, the then Mughal Emperor of India
- The first European power to occupy
was -Akbar
Pondicherry were the portuguese
¾ Hoogly was used as a base for piracy in the Bay of ¾ The English East India Company established its
Bengal by - Portuguese first temporary factory in India during the reign of
¾ With reference to the entry of European powers Mughal Emperor - Jahangir
into India, the correct statements are- ¾ Out of the given options namely: Pune, Goa,
- The English opened their first factory in south Pondicherry, Surat, the first factory of the East
India at Masuli-Patnam. India Company was established at - Surat
- In Eastern India, the English company opened ¾ The British official who defeated Portuguese at
its first factory in Odisha in 1633. Sowlley was -Thomas Best

¾ The European trading company which established ¾ The sequence of the arrival of European powers in
its first factory at Surat -The English India is
¾ In the year 1613, the place where the English East - The Portuguese,The Dutch,The English,The French
India Company was given permission to set up a ¾ The correctly matched list is
factory (trading post) - Surat Pondicherry - French
¾ Bombay was taken over by the English East India Goa - Portuguese
Company from - The Portuguese Tranquebar - Danish (Dane)
¾ The English Governor of East India Company in Sadras - Dutch
India who was expelled by Aurangzeb ¾ The region from where Europeans got best shora
- Sir John Child (Saltpetre) and opium - Bihar
¾ The immediate cause of the First Carnatic War was ¾ The last to come to pre-independence India as
- Capture of French ships by the British traders among Europeans is - French
¾ Carnatic War was fought between ¾ With reference to "the causes of the success of
- English and French British and failure of the French in India" the
correct statements are:
¾ The correctly matched list is as follows:
1. Getting huge wealth and manpower from
List- I List- II Conquest of Bengal by British.
First Carnatic War - Ended by Treaty of Aix 2. Naval superiority of the British.
La Chapelle ¾ The establishment of Factories by East India
Third Carnatic War - Ended by Treaty of Paris Company in first quarter of 17th century
Second Carnatic War - Inconclusive War - Agra, Ahmedabad, Baroda and Broach by
First Mysore War - Britishers lost 1619, Masulipatnam (1611) and Armagaon in
¾ Battle Year (1626), Hariharpur and Balasore (1633) and
First battle of Karnatak - 1746-48 Hugli (1651)
Second battle of Karnatak - 1749-54
Third battle of Karnatak - 1758-63 East India Company
¾ With reference to the Treaty of "Aix-la-
Chapelle-1748"
and Nawab of Bengal
- The correct statements are :- ¾ The last Governor of Bengal appointed by the
1. The first Carnatic War was ended. Mughal Emperor was - Murshid Quli Khan
2. The English got back Madras. ¾ The war which began the consolidation of British
¾ The first European to initiate the policy of taking supremacy over India - Battle of Plassey
part in the quarrels of Indian Princess with a view ¾ Sirajuddaula was defeated by Lord Clive in the
to acquiring territories was - Dupleix battle of - Plassey
¾ In India the French established their earliest ¾ The founder of the British Empire in India was
factory at - Surat
- Lord Robert Clive
¾ French East India Company was constituted
¾ Out of the given names viz : Albuquerque,Robert
during the reign of - Louis XIV Clive,Francois Dupleix,Lord Cornwallis who has
¾ The founder of French Company in India is been called as a “Heaven Born General”
considered - Colbert - Robert Clive
¾ The factories of Bengal that were established by the ¾ The battlefield of Plassey is situated in
Dutch - Chinsurah and Hooghly - West Bengal
¾ The French failed to establish power in the Deccan ¾ The Battle of Plassey was fought in the year
because - The English had a strong army. - 1757
¾ The nawab of Bengal who shifted his capital from ¾ The correctly matched is
Murshidabad to Munger - Mir Qasim Battle of Buxar - Mir Qasim Against East
¾ The most decisive battle that led to the India Company
establishment of supremacy of the British in India Battle of Wandhiwash - French Against East
was -The Battle of Buxar India Company
¾ The ruler of Delhi at the time of the battle of Battle of Chillianwala - Dalhousie Against
Buxar - Shah Alam II Sikhs
¾ When the Battle of Buxar was fought , the Nawab Battle of Kharda - Nizam Against Maratha.
of Bengal was - Mir Jafar
¾ The most decisive battle fought by the English Regional States :
¾
East India Company was - Battle of Buxar
The ruler who had granted Diwani to the East
Punjab and Mysore
India Company - Shah Alam- II ¾ Out of the given places namely : Delhi, Kabul,
¾ With reference to the Hindu Nayab Wazirs of Makrana, Srinagar which was included in the
Oudh Sultanate, the correct statements are : kingdom of Ranjit Singh - Srinagar
1. Raja Tikait Rai was 'Artha Mantri' of Nawab ¾ Ranjeet Singh belonged to - Sukerchakia misl
Aasafudaullah. ¾ The capital of kingdom of Maharaja Ranjit Singh
2. Usually there were certain Hindu castes who was - Lahore
were placed at the high positions in the State of ¾ Ranjeet Singh got famous Kohinoor diamond
Nawabs of Oudh. from - Shah Shuja
¾ The Diwani rights of Bengal, Bihar and Odisha ¾ ‘God intended me to look upon all religions with
was granted to East India Company by Emperor one eye, that is why he took away the light from
Shah Alam in the tenure of governor general the other’.This statement was said by
- Maharaja Ranjit Singh
- Lord Clive
¾ The successor of Maharaja Ranjit Singh was
¾ The emperor Shah Alam- II gave the Diwani of
Bengal, Bihar and Orissa to East India Company - Khadag Singh
in - August, 1765 ¾ The last King of Sikh empire was
¾ The deputy Diwan of Murshidabad who was -Maharaja Duleep Singh
appointed by Robert Clive after the Allahabad ¾ Out of the given statements namely : Former King
Treaty - Mohd. Raza Khan of Punjab, Maharaja Duleep Singh died in Paris on
23 October, 1893; was cremated at Nasik; never
¾ The mountain tribe who first came into contact
renounced the Sikh faith,had never visited Russia
with British after the grant of Diwani in the year ,the correct statement is/are
1765 - Khasi - Former King of Punjab, Maharaja Duleep
¾ Name the French Commander who was defeated Singh died in Paris (France) on 23 October,
in the battle of Wandiwash in 1760 - Count Lally 1893.
¾ In the Battle of Wandhiwash (1760) ¾ To administer the State of Punjab after its
- British defeated French annexation,who was /were a member of ‘Board of
Three’
¾ The correct chronological order of the battles
- Sir Henry Lawrence(President)and Charles
fought in India in the 18th Century is
Grenville Mansel, John Lawrence
- Battle of Ambur-Battle of Plassey-Battle of ¾ The ruler who emerged victorious in the first
Wandiwash-Battle of Buxar Anglo-Mysore War (1767-69) - Haider Ali
¾ In India the rulers who opposed Britishers ¾ A modern armoury in Dindigul, Mysore was
vigorously - Maratha established in 1755 by - Haider Ali

¾ British general who defeated/beat Haider Ali in
War of Porto Novo - Sir Eyer Coote Governor/Governor
¾ Tipu Sultan set up his capital at
- Srirangapatnam General/Viceroy
¾ The Indian ruler who established embassies in ¾ First Governor-General of India was
foreign countries on modern lines - Tipu Sultan - William Bentinck
¾ Tipu Sultan defeated the British Army in 1780 at ¾ Warren Hastings was appointed as the first
- Pollilur Governor General of - Bengal
¾ The Englishmen made the Treaty of Srirangpatnam ¾ The correct sequence of events is as follows :
with - Tipu Sultan Events Year
¾ Tipu Sultan died at war with the British in - 1799 Battle of Buxar - 22 October, 1764
¾ The correctly matched are as follows Clive's re-arrival in India - 3 May, 1765
First Anglo-Mysore - Hyder Ali won the Treaty of Allahabad - August, 1765
War war ¾ The founder of British Empire in India is
Second Anglo-Mysore - Indecisive - Lord Clive
War
Third Anglo-Mysore - Tipu Sultan was
The foundation of the system of civil
War defeated in the
administration was firmly laid down by Warren
battle and gave his Hastings on which the superstructure was
territory to British. raised by Cornwallis.
Fourth Anglo-Mysore - Tipu was defeated Clive was responsible for reforming the East
War and was killed in the India Company’s Civil and Military Services.
thick of battle. Lord Dalhousie added rich lemitones to the
¾The correct match are British Empire on the basis of the Doctrine of
Treaty Year Lapse.
Treaty of Allahabad - 1765 A.D ¾ At the time of the establishment of Asiatic Society
Treaty of Mangalore - 1784 A.D in Calcutta, the Governor-General of Bengal was
Treaty of Salbai - 1782 A.D - Lord Warren Hastings
Treaty of Madras - 1769 A.D ¾ The policy of ‘Security cell’ is related with
¾ Begum Samru constructed most eminent church at - Warren Hastings
- Sardhana ¾ ‘Ring Fence’ policy is associated with
¾ The correct statements are - Warren Hastings
- Maharaja Ranjit Singh set up modern ¾ The dual system of governance in Bengal was
foundries to manufacture cannons at Lahore. enforced by -Robert Clive
- Sawai Jai Singh of Amber had Euclid’s ¾ ‘Dual Government’ system in Bengal was
‘Elements of Geometry’ translated into abolished by - Warren Hastings
Sanskrit. ¾ The governor general who was prosecuted for
- Sultan Tipu of Mysore gave money for the impeachment by the British Parliament
construction of the idol of Goddess Sharda is - Warren Hastings
the Shringeri temple. ¾ The judicial organization was established in India
¾ The correct statement is Mir Jafar entered into by - Lord Cornwallis
conspiracy with the English for the defeat of ¾ The Governor-General who created the
Nawab Siraj-ud-daulah in the Battle of Plassey. Covenanted Civil Service of India which later
¾ The Nizam who did not rebel against the control of came to be known as the Indian Civil Service
British East India Company - Hyderabad Nizam - Cornwallis
¾ The enforcement of the Public Service was done in ¾ The Treaty of Sagauli took place in the year
- the tenure of Cornwallis -1815 A.D.
¾The Tomb of Lord Cornwallis is situated at ¾ The correctly matched pairs are
- Ghazipur Hector Munro - Battle of Buxar
¾ The ‘Treaty of Bassein' was signed in 1802 Lord Hastings - Anglo-Nepal War
between - English and Bajirao- II
Lord Wellesley - Fourth Anglo-Mysore War
¾ The first Maratha Sardar to accept the subsidiary
Lord Cornwallis - Third Anglo-Mysore War
alliance of Lord Wellesley was
¾ Third Anglo-Maratha war is related to
- Peshwa Bajirao - II
- Lord Hastings
¾ Subsidiary Alliance was implemented during the
reign of - Lord Wellesley ¾ Sir Thomas Munro was Governor of Madras
¾ The statements apply to the system of Subsidiary during years - 1820-1827 A.D.
Alliance introduced by Lord Wellesley are ¾ On the basis of alleged maladministration ,the
To maintain a large standing army at others’ Governor-General who had taken the administra-
expense. tion of Mysore state - Lord William Bentinck
To keep India safe from Napoleonic danger. ¾ The Governor General of Bengal who was
To establish British paramountcy over the associated with Third Anglo-Mysore War
Indian States. - Lord Cornwallis
¾ The first Indian ruler who joined the Subsidiary ¾ The suppression of thugi was associated with
Alliance was - The Nawab of Oudh Captain Sleeman
¾ The first Indian native ruler to accept the system of ¾ Sati system was abolished by
the subsidiary alliance is - Nizam of Hyderabad
-Lord William Bentinck
Note : If it is asked which was the first state to ¾ Social reforms that were introduced by William
accept the subsidiary alliance of Wellesley in a Bentinck
question, the answer will be Hyderabad. - Abolition of Sati
¾ Out of the given option namely: Hyderabad, - Abolition of Slavery
Mysore, Oudh, Sindhia concluded the subsidiary - Suppression of the organised bands of Thugs
alliances with Lord Wellesley, the correct ¾ The Sati System was abolished by William
chronological order of their treaties are Bentinck in the year - 1829 A.D.
- Hyderabad,Mysore,Oudh,Sindhia ¾ ‘Hill Assembly Plan’ was set up for the
¾ The main aim of East India Company to make a development of Adivasi by - Cleveland
subsidiary alliance in Rajput states was ¾ The export of slaves from Bengal was banned in
-To establish the sovereignty of the British year - 1789
¾ Awadh was annexed to British Empire in India by
¾ The person who negotiated Subordinate Alliances
- By declaring the State as maladministered
of 1817-18 with the Princely States of Rajputana
¾ Oudh was amalgamated into the British dominion
- Charles Metcalf
in the year - 1856
¾ At a time when empires in Europe were crumbling ¾ Under 'Doctrine of Lapse', the annexation of states
before the might of Napoleon, the Governor in chronological order is
General who kept the British flag flying high in - Satara, Baghat, Udaipur, Jhansi
India - Lord Wellesley ¾ The first state to be merged under Dalhousi's
¾ The revolt of Vellore occur during the regime of "Doctrine of lapse" - Satara
Governor named - Sir George Barlow ¾ James Andrew Ramsay was the real name of
¾ Anglo-Nepal War took place during the reign of - Lord Dalhousie (the Governor-General of
-Lord Hastings India)

¾ The correctly matched pairs are ¾ Widow Remarriage Act was implemented under
1849 A.D. - Merger of Punjab the rule of - Lord Canning
1848 A.D. - Merger of Satara ¾ Queen Victoria’s manifesto was read out in
Allahabad (Prayagraj) on November 1, 1858 by
1856 A.D. - Merger of Awadh
- Lord Canning
1855 A.D. - Merger of Karauli
¾ The first Viceroy of India was - Lord Canning
(Place) (Year of Annexation by the British)
¾ Queen Victoria’s Proclamation was read out by
Sambalpur - 1849 AD
Lord Canning on 1st November, 1858 at
Satara - 1848 AD
- Allahabad
Awadh - 1856 AD ¾ The right to adopt an heir in place of own son was
Jhansi - 1854 AD re-established by
¾ The governor general who formulated and - Queen’s announcement of 1858
implemented the ‘Doctrine of Lapse’ - Dalhousie ¾ Queen Victoria was appointed the Empress of
¾ The ruler of this state was removed from power by India in - 1877 A.D.
the British on the pretext of misgovernance ¾ The Governor General who had abolished slavery
- Awadh - Lord Ellenborough
¾ The correct chronological order in which Jhansi, ¾ The correctly matched pairs are :-
Sambalpur,Satara were annexed by the British is Lord Cornwallis - Permanent Settlement
- Satara, Sambalpur, Jhansi Lord Wellesley - Subsidiary Alliance
¾ The first victim of Lord Dalhousie’s ‘policy of Lord Dalhousie - Doctrine of Lapse
doctrine of lapse’ among Jhansi, Satara, Karauli, Lord Canning - 1857 Revolt
Sambhalpur, is - State of Satara in 1848 A.D.
¾ ‘Permanent Settlement’ was introduced during the
¾ The conquest of Sindh by British was completed tenure of - Lord Cornwallis
during the period of - Lord Ellenborough ¾ The correctly matched pairs are
¾ Sindh was annexed by the British in - 1843A.D. Lord William Bentick- Seventeenth
¾ Sindh was conquered and annexed by - Napier Regulation of 1829
¾ The princely state of Baghat was annexed to the Lord Hastings - Third Anglo-
British in - 1850A.D. Maratha War
¾ Princely States namely :Sind, Gwalior, Awadh, (1817-18)
Satara that was /were not annexed by the British Lord Wellesley - Second Anglo-
- Gwalior Maratha War
¾ The officer who was the British residence in ( 1803 to 1805)
Awadh at the time of its annexation into British ¾ Peshwaship was abolished in the year - 1818
Dominion - James Outram ¾ The correctly matched pairs are
¾ The first railway in India was laid down during the Lord Dalhousie - Annexation of Awadh
period of - Lord Dalhousie
Lord Dufferin - Establishment of
¾ The first railway line was opened in India in
Indian National
-1853
Congress
¾ The company which started the First Railway
Service in India Lord William Bentinck- Passing of the Charter
- Great Indian Peninsula Railway Act, 1833
¾ The last major extension of British Indian territory ¾ The second Anglo-Afghan war (1878-80) was
took place during the time of - Lord Dufferin fought during the tenure of - Lord Lytton
¾ Public Works Department was organized in 1845- ¾ The Viceroy who followed aggressive policy
1855 by - Lord Dalhousie towards Afghanistan was - Lord Lytton

¾ The policy of ‘Masterly Inactivity’ was associated Bentinck - Prohibition of sati
with - John Lawrence Lord Ellenborough - Annexation of Sindh
¾ The 1st census in India during the British period ¾ The Archaeological Survey of India was
was held during the tenure of - Lord Mayo established in the period of - Lord Curzon
¾ The Viceroy of India who was murdered by a ¾ The ‘Father of Indian Archaeology' was
convict in Andaman and Nicobar Island while he - Alexander Cunningham
was on tour - Lord Mayo ¾ The ‘Ancient Monuments Preservation Act’ passed
¾ The Governor-General who followed a spirited during the tenure of
“Forward” policy towards Afghanistan was - Lord Curzon (Governor General)
- Lytton ¾ An important event of Lord Dufferin’s tenure as
¾ The longest tenure as the Viceroy of India was Viceroy was
- Lord Linlithgow, Lord Curzon (Second -Establishment of Indian National Congress
longest tenure) ¾ The person who compared Curzon’s administration
¾ In 1902, Lord Curzon appointed the University in India to that of Aurangzeb - G.K. Gokhale
Commission including two Indian members. The ¾ “In my belief, Congress is tottering to its fall and
two Indian members were one of my great ambitions while in India is to
- Syed Hussain Bilgrami & Justice Gurudas assist it to a peaceful demise.” It was written by
Banerjee -Lord Curzon
¾ The governor general who established Imperial ¾ The chronological order of tenure is
Cadet Corps - Lord Curzon Lord Curzon - 1899-1905 A.D.
¾ Local Self-Government institutions in India were Lord Hardinge - 1910-1916 A.D.
strengthened in 1882 by - Lord Rippon Lord Chelmsford - 1916-1921 A.D.
¾ The Ilbert Bill controversy was related to the Lord Irwin - 1926-1931 A.D.
- Removal of disqualifications imposed on ¾ The strategy of ‘Divide and Rule’ was adopted by
the Indian Magistrates about the trial of the - Lord Curzon and Lord Minto
Europeans ¾ “The Muslims, if contented and satisfied, would
¾ The first Factory Act for restricting the working become the greatest bulwark of British power in
hours of women and children and authorizing local India.'' It was written by -W.W. Hunter
government to make necessary rules was adopted ¾ The Governor-General who used the system of
during the time of - Lord Ripon separate electoral college to conquer Muslims and
¾ The correct statement is make them against Congress - Lord Minto
- N.M. Lokhande was a pioneer in organizing ¾ The only Jewish Viceroy of India was
the labour movement in British India. -Lord Reading
¾ The father of ‘Local Self-Government’ in India is ¾ The correctly matched pairs are
considered - Lord Ripon Pitt’s India Act - Warren Hastings
¾ The correctly matched pairs are Doctrine of Lapse - Dalhousie
Lord Dalhousie - Annexation of Awadh Vernacular Press Act - Lord Lytton
Lord Dalhousie - Doctrine of Lapse Ilbert Bill - Lord Ripon
Lord Rippon - Local self ¾ The Vernacular Press Act or Indian Language
Government Newspaper Act was passed in 1878 during the
Lord Curzon - Division of Bengal period of Lord Lytton. It is also known as
¾ The correctly matched pairs are - Gagging Act
Lord Clive - Dual Govt. in Bengal ¾ The transfer of the capital of British India from
Charles Metcalf - Removal of press Calcutta to Delhi was affected during the period of
restriction - Lord Harding

¾ The correct matches are – ¾ There was no independent development of
Doctrine of Laps - Dalhousie industries in India during British rule because of
the - Preference of the rich to invest in land
Partition of Bengal - Lord Curzon
¾ Economically, one of the results of the British rule
Dual Government in Bengal - Clive
in India in the 19th century was the
Social Reforms - Bentinck
- Commercialization of Indian agriculture
¾ The statement which correctly explains the impact
Governor-General of Presidency of Fort William of Industrial Revolution on India during the first
in Bengal (Under Regulating Act, 1773) half of the nineteenth century
- Charles Cornwallis 2nd Earl and first - Indian handicrafts were ruined
Marquess of Cornwallis ¾ The person who introduced Ist-e-Marari settlement
Governor-General of India (Under Charter Act, - Lord Cornwallis
1833) ¾ Assertion : The British Government introduced
- James Andrew Broun-Ramsay, Earl and different land revenue systems in different parts of
Marquess of Dalhousie India.
Governor-General and Viceroy of India (Under Reason : It led to creation of different classes in
Indian Councils Act, 1858) Indian peasantry.
- Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmond, Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct
Earl of Minto explanation of (A)
Governor-General and Crown Representative ¾ The Permanent Settlement was introduced by
(Under Government of India Act, 1935) - Lord Cornwallis
- Archibald Percival Wavell, Viscount and Earl ¾ Permanent Settlement was made with
Wavell - Landlords/Zamindars
¾ The viceroy’s period in which the title of ‘Rai ¾ The Governor-General who introduced the
permanent land revenue system in India
Bahadur’ and ‘Khan Bahadur’ began to confer to
Indians -During the tenure of Canning - Lord Cornwallis
¾ Permanent Settlement of Lord Cornwallis was
Economic Impact of introduced in the year -1793 A.D.
¾ Under the Permanent Settlement, 1793, the
British Rule on India Zamindars were required to issue pattas to the
farmer which were not issued by many of the
¾ With reference to the period of colonial rule in
Zamindars. The reason was
India ‘Home Charges’ formed an important part
- there was no officials check upon the
of the drain of wealth from India. The funds Zamindars
constituted ‘Home Charges’are ¾ The correct reason for the introduction of the
1. Funds used to support the Indian Office in permanent settlement in Bihar
London. - Land revenue was constitutionalised, so to
2. Funds used to pay salaries and pensions of decide on the land revenue.
British personnel engaged in India. ¾ The rights of the tenants on land in Bengal and
Bihar were given by the Bengal Tenancy Act in the
¾ The staple commodities of export by the English
year - 1885 A.D.
East India Company from Bengal in the middle of
¾ Among Lord Cornwallis, Alexander Read and
the 18th century were
Thomas Munro, persons who were associated with
- Cotton, silk ,salt petre and opium the introduction of Ryotwari Settlement in India
¾ The term “imperial preference” was applied to the during British rule are
- Special privileges on British imports in India - Alexander Read and Thomas Munro

¾ Sir Thomas Munro is associated with the land ¾ With reference to ‘deindustrialisation, these
revenue settlement - Ryotwari Settlement statements are correct
¾ The person who was associated with the Ryotwari 1.This process started in 1813.
Settlement of Madras - Munro
2.Abolition of monopoly trade rights of East
¾ The Ryotwari settlement was introduced by the India Company aggravated the process.
British in the - Madras, Eastern Bengal, Assam,
¾ The ‘Drain Theory’was propounded by
Coorgh and some areas of Bombay
- Dadabhai Naoroji
¾ The English introduced the Ryotwari System for
the first time in - Madras Presidency ¾ The mentioned personalities who were economic
¾ In British System Ryotwari land revenue collection critics of colonialism in India
was prevalent in - West India and South India 1. Dadabhai Naoroji
¾ With reference to Ryotwari Settlement, the correct 2. G. Subramania Iyer
statements are 3. R. C. Dutt
1. The rent was paid directly by the peasants to
¾ The book 'Poverty and the Unbritish Rule in India'
the Government.
is authored by - Dadabhai Naoroji
2.The Government gave Pattas to the Ryots.
¾ A book describing the theory of economic drain of
3.The lands were surveyed and assessed before
India during British rule is by - Dadabhai Naoroji
being taxed.
¾ The most effective contribution made by Dadabhai
¾ With reference to the history of India, the correct
statements are Aurang-Persian term for a Naoroji to the cause of Indian National Movement
warehouse - a place where goods are collected was that he
before being sold. Exposed the economic exploitation of India by
Banian - Indian agent of the East India the British.
Company ¾ Assertion (A): Generally, India had a favourable
Mirasidar - Designated revenue payer to the balance of trade during the British rule.
State
Reason (R): The drain of wealth took the form of
unrequired exports.
System Related State
Jajmani - North India Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct
Mirasi - Tamil Nadu explanation of (A).
Adade - Karnataka ¾ ‘‘British Economic Policy is disgusting in India”.
Bhara Balute - Maharashtra is considered by - Karl Marx
¾ The first tea company in Assam was established in ¾ The forerunner of irrigation works in south India
the year - 1839 A.D. is considered - Sir Arthur Cotton
¾ The statement defines the term ‘Drain Theory’ as
propounded by Dadabhai Naoroji correctly
Revolt of 1857
- That a part of India's national wealth or total ¾ The new Enfield Rifle with greased cartridges was
annual product was being exported to Britain introduced in the British Indian Army in
for which India got no material returns. - December, 1856 A.D.
¾ 'Financial Decentralisation' in India was introduced ¾ The immediate cause of India’s first war of
by - Lord Mayo independence was
¾ The Punjab Land Alienation Act was enacted in - Suspicion about British interference in religion
the year - 1900A.D. ¾ Mangal Pandey incident took place at
¾ The exponent of the Theory of “Economic Drain” - Barrackpore
of India during the British Rule is ¾ Mangal Pandey was the sepoy of
- Dadabhai Naoroji - 34th Bengal Native Infantry

¾ Out of the given names namely-Azimullah Birjis ¾ Out of the given places namely:Bihar,Madhya
Qadr,Bakht Khan,Hasan Khan person who was Pradesh,Rajasthan,Uttar Pradesh which belong to
bestowed with the title of Saheb-e-Alam Bahadur Kunwar Singh, a prominent leader of the Revolt of
by Bahadur Shah during the uprising of 1857 1857 - Bihar
- Bakht Khan ¾ The 1857 Revolt in Bihar was spearheaded by
¾ The main cause of 1857 revolt was - Kunwar Singh
- Policy of the British Empire ¾ Kunwar Singh joined the Rebellion of 1857
¾ The first War of Independence (1857) started from against the British from - Arrah
- Meerut ¾ The Mutiny of 1857 at Patna was led by a dynamic
¾ The first event relating to the War of Independence old person known as - Rajput Kunwar Singh
of 1857 was ¾ The leader of the revolution of 1857 in Assam was
- Marching of Sepoys to Delhi’s Red Fort - Diwan Maniram Dutta
¾ The symbol of 1857 independence struggle was ¾ The centre of 1857 revolt in Bihar from 15th July,
- Lotus and Chapatis 1857 to 20th January, 1858 was - Jagdisphur
¾ Out of the given places namely: Jhansi, Meerut, ¾ The king of Jagdishpur was - Kunwar Singh
Delhi and Kanpur, which centre of the uprising of ¾ The person who defeated the joint army of British
1857 was recaptured by the English - Delhi and Jodhpur during the revolt of 1857
¾ The birthplace of Maharani Laxmi Bai, the heroine - Thakur Kushal Singh of Auwa
of the 1857 freedom struggle, is - Varanasi
¾ Out of the given options namely:Chandrasekhar
¾ The leader of the revolt of 1857 at Bareilly was Azad,Ramprasad Bilsmil -Saadat Khan, Makhan
- Khan Bahadur Lal Chaturvedi,who had struggled against
¾ Samadhi of Maharani Laxmibai is situated at Britishers in 1857 - Saadat Khan
- Gwalior ¾ A brave from Bhopal led the main movement
¾ Maharani Laxmibai had combated in her last and sacrificed his life during the first struggle for
battle - Hugh Rose Independence in 1857 - Fazil Mohammad Khan
¾ Jhansi Ki Rani Laxmibai died at - Gwalior ¾ The Revolt of 1857 was witnessed by the poet
¾ The revolt of 1857 at Lucknow was led by -Mirza Ghalib
- Begum of Oudh ¾ The original residence of Eminent Urdu Poet
¾ The leader of 1857 struggle for freedom in Mirza Ghalib was - Agra
Lucknow was - Hazrat Mahal ¾ Out of the given options namely Tatya Tope, Rani
Laxmibai,Bahadurshah Jafar, and Bhagat Singh
¾ The leader of the 1857 uprising at Allahabad was
who was not associated with the revolt of 1857
- Maulvi Liyaqat Ali
- Bhagat Singh
¾ The largest number of soldiers who participated in ¾ Out of the given names viz: Begum Hazrat Mahal,
the struggle of 1857 came from – Oudh Kunwar Singh, Uddham Singh, and Maulavi
¾ The ‘commander-in-chief’ of Nana saheb was Ahmadullah who was not related to the Revolt of
1857 -Uddham Singh
-Tatya Tope
¾ The dynasty which supported British maximum
¾ Azimullah Khan was an advisor to - Nana Saheb during the 1857 Freedom Movement
¾ With reference to the ‘revolt of 1857’, he was - Scindias of Gwalior
betrayed by ‘friend’, captured and put to death by ¾ The educated middle class in India
the British - Tatya Tope -Remained neutral to the revolt of 1857
¾ Whose real name was ‘Ram Chandra Pandurang’ ¾ The groups who did not participate in the revolt of
among leaders of 1857 -Tatya Tope 1857 are - Sahukar and Landlords

¾ Out of the given options namely: Raja of Generally, Native Kings supported British.
Vijayanagar, Nizam of Hyderabad, Polygar British soldiers were better equipped and
of Tamil Nadu, and Dewan Velu Thampi of organised rather than Indians.
Travancore who did not rebel against the British ¾ The British were able to suppress the uprising of
East India Company’s control over them 1857 in Rajput state because
-Nizam of Hyderabad - The local Rajput rulers did not support
¾ Out of the given places namely : Jhansi, Chittor revolutionaries.
Jagdishpur, and Lucknow which territories was/ ¾ Out of the given names of Britishers viz : Major
were not affected by the Revolt of 1857 - Chittoor Havelock, Sir Henry Lawrence, General John
¾ The correctly matched are Nicolson and General Neil, those who lost their
Bakht Khan - Delhi lives at Lucknow are
Maulvi Ahmadulla - Awadh/Faizabad - General Neil, Major Havelock, Sir Henry Lawrence
Kunwar Singh - Arrah ¾ Assertion (A) : The first war of Independence in
Nanasahab - Kanpur 1857 failed to secure freedom from the British
Government.
Begum Zeenat Mahal - Delhi
Reason (R) : The leadership of Bahadur Shah
Zafar did not have popular support and most of the
Jhansi Rani Laxmibai Indian rulers of important States shied away from
Lucknow Begum Hazrat Mahal the struggle.
Kanpur Azimullah Khan Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct
Faizabad Maulvi Ahmadulla Shah explanation of (A).
¾(Name of Revolutionaries) (Places) ¾ The revolt of 1857 was called a conspiracy by
Nana Saheb - Kanpur - Sir James Outram and W. Taylor
Nawab Hamid Ali Khan - Delhi ¾ Modern Historian who called the revolt of 1857
Moulvi Ahmed Ullah - Lucknow the first Independence War was - V. D. Savarkar
Mani Ram Diwan - Assam ¾ The uprising of 1857 was described as the 'First
¾ The correctly matched are Indian War of Independence' by - V.D. Savarkar
Place Leadership ¾ The official historian of Indian Freedom struggle
Sambhalpur Surender Sahi was - S. N. Sen
Ganjam Radhakrishna Dandsena ¾ The first Indian to write in Indian language on the
Kashmir Gulab Singh causes of the uprising of 1857 was
Allahabad Liyaqat Ali - Syed Ahmed Khan
¾ The Governor-General of India during the revolt ¾ The statement ''the so-called first national war of
of 1857 was - Lord Canning independence was neither first, nor national, nor a
¾ At the time of 1857 Revolt,the British Commanding war of independence'' is associated with
Officer at Barrackpore was - R.C. Majumdar
- Sir John Bennet Hearsey ¾ The conception which is true about the Revolt of
¾ He who made Allahabad the emergency 1857 is
headquarters in 1857 - Lord Canning - It gave a death blow to the system of East
¾ The British Prime minister during the revolt of India Company’s rule in India
1857 was -Viscount Palmerston ¾ Queen Victoria declared the taking over of Indian
¾ The main cause of the failure of the revolt of 1857 Administration under British crown on
was
- 1 November 1858
- Lack of common strategy and central organization
¾ Indians were assured of many things in the
¾ The first freedom struggle of 1857 failed because declaration by Queen Victoria in 1858. The
- There was lack of the unity of purpose in assurance fulfilled by the British Government that
Indian sepoys. - Policy of annexation will be abandoned
¾ The objectives of Queen Victoria’s Proclamation ¾ The leader of the Faraizi rebellion was
(1858) were - Dadu Miyan
- To disclaim any intention to annex the Indian ¾ The Faraizis were
States.
- Followers of Haji Shariatullah
- To place the Indian administration under the
British Crown. ¾ The Faraizis movement was started by
¾ The commission which is associated with the - Haji Shariatullah
Army Reorganization after the suppression of the ¾ Velu Thampi led a rebellion against the British in
Revolt of 1857. - Peel Commission - Kerala
¾ After the revolt of 1857, the British recruited the ¾ Ramosi Krishak Jatha in Maharashtra was founded
Soldiers from
by - Vasudeo Balwant Phadke
- The Gurkhas, Sikhs, and Punjabis
¾ The correct geographical location for the Ramosi
Uprising was - Western Ghats
Other Civil Uprisings ¾ The centre of the Gadakari rebellion was
- Kolhapur
¾The upheavals that took place in Bengal ¾ Trace the tribe that rebelled against Britishers
immediately after Revolt of 1857 - Indigo revolt because human sacrifice system was banned
¾ The Indigo Rebellion was about - Khond
- The peasant not wanting to grow indigo ¾ Kol Revolt (1831-32) was led by
but being forced to grow at a price that was
- Budhu Bhagat
unacceptable.
¾ Kol Mutiny of 1831 under Buddho Bhagat took
¾ The 'Banaras Rebellion' against the Britishers was
place in - Singhbhum
led by - Raja Chet Singh
¾ The Waghera Uprising happened in - Baroda
¾ The author of ‘Neel Darpan’ a book written on the
miserable condition of indigo farmers is ¾ Uprisings against the British colonial power in
India prior to 1857 in the various parts of the
- Dinbandhu Mitra
country in the correct chronological order is
¾ The composer of the song 'Vande Mataram' was
- Sepoy Mutiny at Vellore (1806 A.D)
- Bankimchandra Chatterjee
- Kutch Rebellion (1819-31 A.D.)
¾ The theme of the novel Anandmath is based on:
- Kol Uprising (1831-1832 A.D)
- Sanyasi Revolt
- Santhal Revolt (1855 - 56 A.D)
¾ The purpose of Barhiyataal resistance in Munger
¾ After the Santhal Uprising subsided, these
was - Demand of Bakast land restoration
measures were taken by the colonial government
¾ Chief centre of Wahabi Movement during 19th
-The territories called ‘Santhal Paraganas’
century was - Patna were created.
¾ Kuka Movement was organized by - It became illegal for a Santhal to transfer land
- Guru Ram Singh to a non-Santhal.
¾ Kuka Movement was founded in -Punjab ¾ Correct statements are
¾ The Pagalpanthi rebellion was indeed a rebellion - Ganjam Revolt occurred from 1800 A.D. to
of - Garos 1805 A.D.
¾ The ‘Pagal Panth’was founded by - Karam Shah - Ganjam Revolt was led by Dhananjay
¾ With reference to “Santhal Hool” of 1855, the - Revolt of Gumsur was led by Shrikar Bhanja
statement/s is/are correct: ¾ The correctly matched pairs are
- Major Baroz lost the battle with Santhals Rebellion Year
near Bhagalpur. Santhal 1855
- Gokko was an important leader of Godda. Kol 1831
- Mahajan Deen Dayal Rai is also an important Khasi 1829
name in this context. Ahom 1828

¾ Revolt of Santhals (1855-56 A.D) was led by ¾
The correct match is
- Siddhu-Kanhu and Bhairav Chand Moplah revolt Kerala
¾ The Santhal Pargana region was called in ancient Pabna revolt Bengal
times - Narikhand Eka Movement Oudh
¾ British Commander who was defeated by the Birsa Munda revolt Bihar
Santhals in 1855 - Major Burrough ¾ The Moplah Rebellion broke out in the year
¾ The correctly matched pairs are - 1921
(Tribes) (State) ¾ The correctly matched list is
Santhals Jharkhand (Movement) (Year)
Toda Tamil Nadu Pabna Rebellion - 1873-85 A.D.
Jarawas Andaman and Nicobar Eka Movement - 1921-1922 A.D.
¾ The ‘Lasodia Movement’ for social reforms Santhal Rebellion - 1855-56 A.D.
amongst the Bhils of Mewar, Bagar and nearby Tana Bhagat Movement - 1914 A.D.
regions was launched by - Govind Giri
Note : Peasant were given rights on land in 1885
¾ Mundas rose in revolt in -1899 A.D.
through Bengal Tenancy Act which was major
¾ Ulgulan Revolt was related to -Birsa Munda
¾ With reference to the history of India, "Ulgulan" demand of Pabna Rebellion. The movement was
or the Great Tumult is the description of this event at peak during 1873-1876 A.D. After that it was
- Birsa Munda's Revolt of - 1899-1900 A.D. just a legal dispute.
¾ The correctly matched list is ¾ The correctly matched list is
(Rebellion) (Year A.D.) (Movement) (Year)
Ahom 1828 Rampa Rebellion 1879-80 A.D.
Kol 1831-32 Pabna Peasant Revolt 1873-76 A.D.
Koli 1784-85
Bengal Indigo Revolt 1859-60 A.D.
Chuar 1768
Jaintia Rebellion 1860-63 A.D.
¾Tribal leader who is known as ‘Dharti Aaba’
¾ The immediate causes of the Deccan Riots of 1875
(Father of World) - Birsa Munda
¾ The working area of Birsa Munda was expanded were -The shadow of a famine
- From Ranchi to Bhagalpur - High interest rates charged by Mahajans
¾ The word Adivasi was used for the first time to ¾ Moplah revolt of 1921 took place in - Kerala
refer to the tribal people by - Thakkar Bappa ¾ With reference to revolts in British India, people
¾ The common factor for a tribal insurrection in known as ‘Kallar’ belonged to this region among
India in the 19th century was Kolhapur, Midnapore, Madurai & Rangpur
- The complete disruption of the old agrarian - Madurai
order of the tribal communities
¾ The correctly matched list is
¾ The Hoz revolt/Ho revolt took place during
- 1820 - 21 A.D. Events Period
¾ Khairwar Tribal movement occurred in Barrackpur Mutiny - November 1824
-1874 A.D. Berhampur Revolt - February 1857
¾ The leader of some anti-British revolts in Santhal Revolt - 1855-56
Sambhalpur was - Surendra Sai Vellore Mutiny - July 1806
¾ The correct chronological sequence of events
- Santhal Rebellion, Mutiny of the Sepoys,
Indigo Revolt, Deccan Riot Revolt Year
¾
The correct match is Sanyasi revolt - 1763-1800 A.D

(Revolt/Movement) (Year) Kol uprising - 1831-32 A.D
Bengal Indigo Revolt 1859-60
Pabna Peasant Revolt 1873-76 Indigo Revolt - 1859-60 A.D
Mopla Rebellion 1921 Deccan Agriculturists Riots - 1875 A.D
Tebhaga Movement 1946-47 Birsa Munda Uprising - 1899-1900 A.D

¾ Bhils revolted against the British in ¾ Following led to the introduction of English
- M.P. and Maharashtra Education in India - Charter Act of 1813
¾ The correctly matched is - General Committee of Public Instruction,
Revolt Associated Person 1823
Munda - Birsa - Orientalist and Anglicist Controversy
Santhal - Kanhu ¾ The Act of British Government that granted Rs.
Ahom - Gomdhar Kunwar One lakh for education in India for the first time
Tana Bhagat - Jatra Bhagat and Turia Bhagat - Charter Act, 1813
¾ Jatra Oraon started Tana Bhagat Movement in the ¾ Charles Wood’s Despatch was related with
year - 1914 A.D
- Education
¾ Regarding Wood’s Dispatch, the true statements
Kuki revolt (1917-19) - Manipur and Tripura
are - Grants-in-Aid system was introduced.
Kuka revolt (1840-72) - Punjab
- Establishment of universities was recommended.
Pabna revolt (1873-76) - Bengal
Birsa Munda (1899-1900) - Bihar (now Jharkhand) ¾ In the Hunter Commission report, special emphasis
was laid on the development of
Chuar Revalt (1768) - West Bengal
¾ The first tribal leader who was inspired by - Primary education
Mahatma Gandhi and his ideology was ¾ The National Council of Education was established
on - 15th August, 1906
- Jodanang
¾ Sadler Commission was related to - Education
Development of ¾ British Government appointed Sadler University
Commission for reforms in education in the year
Education in Modern India - 1917
¾ The first Madarsa was set up by British in India at ¾ Lord Macaulay was related to - English education
- Calcutta ¾ During India’s colonial period, the theory of
downward filtration was related to - Education
¾ The Asiatic Society of Bengal was founded by
¾ The propounder of “Filtration Theory” in India’s
- Sir William Jones
education policy was - Macaulay
¾ The First Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya was founded at
¾ The foundation of the modern educational system
Varanasi by - Jonathan Duncan
in India was laid by
¾ Wellesley established the Fort William College at
- Macaulay’s Minutes of 1835
Calcutta because :
¾ English Education was introduced in India in the
- He wanted to train British civilians for
reign of - Lord William Cavendish Bentinck
administrative purpose in India
¾ The first three universities in India (Calcutta,
¾ Out of the given options namely: Dadabhai
Madras, and Bombay) were established in the
Naoroji, Michael Madhusudan Dutta, Raja
year - 1857 A.D
Rammohan Roy, Vivekanand who was/were
¾ The establishment of the first Women’s University
offered membership of the Royal Asiatic Society
of Paris - Michael Madhusudan Dutta in Mumbai was the result of the effort of
¾ The Englishman who first translated Bhagavad- - D.K. Karve
Gita into English - Charles Wilkins ¾ The person who was associated with the formation
¾ The first to translate Kalidasa’s famous work of the Deccan Educational Society - B.G. Tilak
‘Shakuntala’ into English is - Sir William Jones ¾ College Established Year
¾ The main reason for the British Government to Hindu College, Calcutta 1817 A.D
spread modern education in India during the pre- Delhi College 1824 A.D
independence period was Mayo College 1875 A.D
- The need for educated Indians in minor ¾ Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College, Aligarh
administrative posts was founded in the year - 1875 A.D
¾ In collaboration with David Hare and Alexander ¾ The journal ‘Ghadar’ of Ghadar Party was a
Duff, Hindu College at Calcutta was established - Weekly Journal
by - Raja Ram Mohan Roy
¾ The ‘Amrit Bazar Patrika’ was founded by
¾ Out of the given names viz: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- Shishir Kumar Ghose
Swami Vivekanad, Mahatma Gandhi and Madan
Mohan Malviya who had vigorously advocated for ¾ The newspaper was started by Lokmanya Bal
religious education in the Indian Universities Gangadhar Tilak to serve the cause of India’s
- Madan Mohan Malviya freedom struggle - Kesari and Mahratta
¾ He who laid the foundation stone of Banaras ¾ The newspapers that advocated revolutionary
Hindu University - Lord Hardinge terrorism during the period of Indian freedom
¾ Out of the given universities namely: Aligarh struggle,were - Sandhya, Yugantar, Kaal
Muslim University; Aligarh, Dr. Bhimrao ¾ Out of the given Newspaper/Magazine namely:
Ambedkar University; Lucknow, Banaras Hindu Indian Opinion, Young India, Nav Jeevan, and
University; Varanasi, University of Allahabad Yugantar which was/were associated with Mahatma
which was the first to be declared as Central Gandhi - Indian Opinion, Young India, Nav
University - Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
Jeevan, Yugantar
¾ The first secretary of Hindu Female school which
¾ The newspaper ‘Som Prakash’ was started by
later came to be known as Bethune female school
- Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
was - Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
¾ Out of the given papers namely: New
India,Leader,Young India and Free Press Journal
Development of Press in which was essentially the mouthpiece of the
Modern India policies of liberals - Leader
¾ ‘Indian Opinion’ paper was published in the
¾ The first newspaper in India was
language
- Bengal Gazette
- Gujarati, Hindi, Tamil and English language.
¾ Out of the given options namely Wellesley,
¾ The first editor of the journal ‘Indian Opinion’ was
Hastings, John Adam, and Dalhousie who had
primarily implemented the Press Censorship - Mansukhal Nazar
- Wellesley ¾ The ‘Young India’ was started as a weekly by
¾ Out of the given names viz:Lord Ripon,Lord - The Home Rule Party
Lytton,Lord Curzon,Lord Minto who repealed the ¾ The first Newspaper published by the Indians in
Vernacular Press Act of 1878 - Lord Ripon
the English language was - Hindu Patriot
¾ The Vernacular Press Act was introduced by
¾ The editor of the ‘Hindu Patriot’ who strongly
- Lord Lytton
supported the Indigo Movement was
¾ The first Indian to go to jail in performance of his
duty as a journalist was - Bal Gangadhar Tilak - Harish Chandra Mukherjee
¾ The person in America who started to issue ¾ The person who affiliated himself with the English
newspaper ‘Free India’ - Tarak Nath Das
Journal 'Vande Matram' - Arbind Ghosh
¾Persian Weekly ‘Miratul Akhbar’ was Published
by - Raja Ram Mohan Roy ¾ Out of the given newspapers namely :Indian Nation,
Punjab Kesari, Prabhakar, and Dawn which used to
¾ The first Hindi Newspaper ‘Udatt Martand’ (30th
May, 1826) was published from - Kolkata be published from Patna - Indian Nation
¾ The place where the ‘Indian Mirror’ newspaper ¾ The ‘Swadesh Vahini’ was edited by
was published in 1880 - Calcutta - K. Ram Krishna Pillai
¾ The language in which the first issue of the Journal ¾ The English Newspaper ‘Independent’ was
Ghadar was published - Urdu associated to - Motilal Nehru

¾ The correctly matched pairs are ¾ (Newspapers) (Editors)
News Paper Language Kal - Shivrama Madhav
Bharat Mitra - Hindi Paranjape
Somaprakash - Dwarkanath Vidyabhusan
Rastra Mata - Marathi
¾ (Newspapers) Person who started it
Prajamitra - Gujarati
Bombay Chronicle Feroz Shah Mehta
Nayak - Bengali Common Weal Annie Besant
¾ The correctly matched pairs are Leader Madan Mohan Malviya
(Newspaper) (Founder) Search Light Sachchidanand Sinha
Dainik Aaj - Shiv Prasad Gupta ¾(Newspapers) (Publishers)
The Leader - Madan Mohan Malviya
Independent - Motilal Nehru
The National Herald - Jawahar Lal Nehru
Justice - T.M. Nair
The Pioneer - George Allen
¾ Correct match is ¾The correctly matched lists are
Newspaper/Magazine - Place of Publication Abul Kalam Azad - Al-Hilal
Swadesh - Gorakhpur Feroz Shah Mehta - Bombay Chronicle
Bharat Bandhu - Hathras Raja Ram Mohan Roy - Samvad Kaumudi
Satyawadi - Agra ¾ ‘The Pioneer’ newspaper was started in Allahabad
Shakti - Almora by George Allen in the year
¾ Through which newspaper published from Kanpur, -1865 A.D
Vijay Singh Pathik made the Bizaliya movement ¾ Tahzeeb-ul-Akhlaq was a journal published by
the subject of discussion in India - Pratap - Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
¾Maulana Azad - Al-Hilal
¾ ‘Harijan’ was started by - Mahatma Gandhiji
Lokmanya Tilak - Kesari
¾ The first issue of a weekly paper ‘Harijan’ started
Jawaharlal Nehru - National Herald
by Gandhiji was published on February 11, 1933 ¾ ‘Qaumi Awaz’ newspaper was started by
from the city - Poona (now Pune) (from - Jawaharlal Nehru and Rafi Ahmed Kidwai
Yarwada Central Jail) ¾The correctly matched are
¾ The Marathi fortnightly ‘Bahishkrit Bharat’ was Navjiwan – M.K. Gandhi
started by - B.R. Ambedkar Swarajya – T. Prakasham
¾ Out of the given journals namely:Al-Hilal, Prabhat – N.C. Kelkar
Comrade, The Indian Sociologist, Zamindar which ¾The correctly matched are
journal brought out by Abul Kalam Azad Commonweal - Annie Besant
- Al-Hilal Young India - Mahatma Gandhi
Kesari - Bal Gangadhar Tilak
¾ Out of the given namely: Vande Mataram,
Mook Nayak - B.R. Ambedkar
People, Tribune, Vir Arjun which Urdu newspaper
¾ ‘Rast Goftar’ was related to - Dadabhai Nauroji
was started by Lajpat Rai from Lahore in 1920
- Vande Mataram ¾ ‘Commonweal’ and ‘New India’ were the
¾ (Newspapers) (Editors) newspapers published by - Annie Besant
The Hindu G.Subramaniya Iyer ¾ The correctly matched list is
Sudharak Gopal Krishna Gokhale Bipin Chandra Pal - New India
Voice of India Dadabhai Nauroji Arvind Ghosh - Vande Mataram
Bengalee Surendra Nath Banerjee Brahmobandhab Upadhyay - Sandhya
¾ (Newspapers) (Editors) Muhammad Ali - Comrade
Kesari Bal Gangadhar Tilak ¾ The correctly matched list is as follows
Hindustani Ganga Prasad Verma S.A. Dange - The Socialist
¾ (Newspapers) (Editors) Muzaffar Ahmad - Navyug
Bengalee - Surendra Nath Banerjee Gulam Hussain - Inqilab
Bangwasi - Jogendra Nath Bose M. Singarvelu - Labour Kisan Gazette
Vande Matram - Arvind Ghosh ¾ The 'Dash Raja' Periodical was started by
Amrit Bazar Patrika- Motilal Ghosh - Abdul Ghaffar Khan

¾ Ram Mohan Roy was given the title of 'Raja' by
Socio-Religious Movements - Akbar-II
¾ The category of population that was primarily ¾ The Samadhi of Raja Rammohan Roy is in
attracted by Religious reform movements of the - Bristol, England
nineteenth century ¾ Keshav Chandra Sen is associated with
- Intellectuals, Urban upper castes, Liberal - The establishment of Tabernacle of New
princes
Dispensation and Indian Reform Association
¾ Assertion (A)
¾ The founder of ‘Brahmo Samaj of India’/Bhartiya
: Socio-religious movements of the 19th century
Bhramo Samaj was
resulted in the modernization of India.
- Keshav Chandra Sen
Reason (R)
¾ Raja Ram Mohan Roy is regarded as
: Rationalism, scientific temper and other such
ideas which are the basis of modernization were at - The father of Indian Nationalism
the core of the socio-religious movements. ¾The Brahmo Samaj is based on the principle of
Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct - Monotheism
explanation of (A) ¾ Out of the given options namely : Child
¾ In the context of Indian History, the correct marriage,Sati system,Western education,Idolatry
statements regarding Vaikom Satyagraha are which was/were not protested by Raja Ram Mohan
- It was a satyagraha against untouchability Roy - Western education
and caste discrimination. ¾ The principles of Brahmo Samaj were
- Mahatma Gandhi participated in Vaikom - Belief in Monotheism and to free Hinduism
Satyagraha from evils.
- Opposing idolatry and the dominance of
¾ The Rajamundri Social Reform Association to
priests.
encourage widow re-marriage was founded in
- Improving the situation of women.
1871 by - Veeresalingam
¾ The social reformer who strongly opposed 'Jury
¾ Out of the given classes viz:Noble landlords,New
Act of 1826' - Raja Ram Mohan Roy
rich merchants, Educated Hindu middle class,
¾ The best representative of Neo-Hindustan in the
Educated Muslims that has been influenced by
second half of the nineteenth century was
Western civilization firstly
- Swami Vivekanand
- Educated Hindu middle class
¾ Swami Vivekanand attended the ‘Parliament of
¾ The father of ‘Indian Renaissance’ World’s Religions’ held at Chicago in - 1893 A.D
- Raja Ram Mohan Roy ¾ The famous reformer who wrote the books Gyana
¾ The Prophet of Nationalism is Yoga, Karma Yoga, and Raja Yoga
- Raja Ram Mohan Roy - Swami Vivekananda
¾ He was called the first ‘Modern Man’ of India ¾ The founder of Ram Krishna Mission was
- Raja Ram Mohan Roy - Swami Vivekananda
¾ Swami Vivekanand established Ramakrishna
¾ The First Society founded by Raja Ram Mohan
Mission in the year - 1897 A.D.
Roy was - Atmiya Sabha
¾ Sharadamani was wife of
¾ Brahmo Samaj was founded in the year of
- Ramakrishna Paramahansa
- 1828 A.D ¾ Dayanand Saraswati founded - Arya Samaj
¾ Raja Rammohan Roy established Brahma Samaj ¾ The Arya Samaj was founded in the year
in - 1828A.D - 1875 A.D.
¾ The founder of Brahmo Samaj was ¾ The person who is responsible for the revival of
- Raja Ram Mohan Roy Vedas - Swami Dayanand Saraswati
¾ ‘Let’s go back to the Vedas’. It was said by ¾ The chief director of Prarthana Samaj in
- Dayanand Saraswati Maharashtra was - M.G. Ranade
¾ Swami Dayanand Saraswati is known as ¾ The Adi Brahmasamaj was founded by
- ‘Martin Luther King of India’ - Devendranath Tagore
¾ ‘Satyarth Prakash’ was written by ¾ The founder of ‘Dev Samaj’was
– Swami Dayanand Saraswati - Shiv Narayan Agnihotri
¾ ‘Satyarth Prakash’ is a sacred book of ¾ Satya Shodhak Samaj was founded in the year
– Arya Samaj - 1873 A.D
¾ Shuddhi Movement was started by - Arya Samaj ¾ ‘Satya Sodhak Samaj’was established by
¾ Assertion (A) : The Arya Samaj Movement gave - Jyotiba Phule
self-confidence and self-reliance to the Hindus. ¾ The author of ‘Gulamgiri’ was - Jyotiba Phule
Reason (R) : The Arya Samaj Movement ¾ Satya Shodhak Movement was launched by
undermined the belief in superiority of White - Jyotiba Phule
Race. ¾ The main aim was to uplift the backward classes.
Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the It is related to - Satyashodhak Samaj
correct explanation of (A) ¾ Satya Shodhak Samaj organized for
¾ ‘Good Government is no substitute for self- - An anti-caste movement in Maharashtra
Government’. It is said by
¾ The Bengali leader who opposed socio-religious
- Swami Dayanand Saraswati reforms and supported orthodoxy was
¾ The person who first used the word ‘Swaraj’ and - Radhakant Deb (Dharma Sabha)
accepted Hindi as the national language ¾ Out of the given options namely : Digdarshan,
- Swami Dayanand Saraswati Samachar Chandrika, Samvad Kaumudi, Bengal
¾ The chronological order is Gazette which was/were started in opposition to
Tulsidas (16th century AD) the religious/social ideas of Ram Mohan Roy
Raja Ram Mohan Roy (1772-1833 AD) - Samachar Chandrika
¾ The founder of Radha Swami Satsang was
Dayanand Saraswati (1824-1883 AD)
- Shivdyal Sahab
Vivekanand (1863-1902 AD)
¾ The reformer of Maharashtra who is also known
¾ The founder of ‘Prarthana Samaj' was as ‘Lokahitvadi’ - Gopal Hari Deshmukh
- Atmaram Pandurang ¾ The campaign for widow remarriage in
¾ Correct match is Maharashtra was led by
Person - Associated works/ Posts - Vishnu Parashuram Pandit
¾ The Greatest Parsi Social reformer of the 19th
D.K. Karve - Secretary, Widow
century was - Behramji M. Mallabari
Remarriage Association
¾ ‘The Age of Consent Act’ was passed in the year
J.E.D. Bethune - Establishment of Girls - 1891 A.D
School in Calcutta ¾ His principal forte was social and religious reform.
Ishwar Chandra - Principal of Sanskrit He relied upon legislation to do away with social
Vidyasagar College in Calcutta ills and worked unceasingly for the eradication of
child marriage, the purdah system. To encourage
B.M. Malabari - Starting a crusade against
consideration of social problems on a national
child marriage scale, he inaugurated the Indian National Social
¾ Prarthana Samaj ––––Atmaram Pandurang Conference, which for many years met for its
Young India –––––– Mahatma Gandhi annual sessions alongside the Indian National
Lokhitvadi ––––––– Gopal Hari Deshmukh Congress.
Satya Shodhak Samaj –––– Jyotiba Phule The reference in this passage is for
Rehnumai Mazdayasan –– Naoroji Furdonji - Mahadev Govind Ranade

¾ During the Indian Freedom Struggle, the National ¾ Born in 1853 he was a Parsi from Western India.
Social Conference was formed. The reason for its He was the editor of “Indian Spectator” and “Voice
formation was of India.” He was a social reformer and was the
- Indian National Congress did not want to chief crusader for the Age of Consent Act 1891.It
include social reforms in its deliberations and is being described for - B. M. Malabari
decided to form a separate body for such a ¾ The minimum marriageable age fixed under
Sharda Act for boys and girls was
purpose.
- 18 and 14 respectively
¾ Sharda Act is related to
- Under Keshab Chandra Sen, the Brahmo - Prevention of child marriage
Samaj campaigned for women’s education ¾ The ‘Theosophical Society’ was founded by
- Vinoba Bhave founded the Sarvodaya Samaj - Madame H.P. Blavatsky
to work among refugees ¾ The success of the Theosophical Society in India
¾ “The Hindu Widow Remarriage Act’ was passed was mainly due to - Annie Besant
in the year - 1856 A.D ¾ The correctly matched are
¾ The name of D.K. Karve of Western India figures Organisation - Person
in the context of Young Bengal - Henry Vivian Derozeo
- Women's Education, Widow Remarriage Movement
¾ He who prominently fought for and got widow Bahishkrit Hitkarini - Babasaheb Bhimrao
remarriage legalized Sabha Ambedkar
- Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar Theosophical Society - Colonel Olcott
¾ "I have no time to think about God because a lot of United Indian Patriotic - Syed Ahmad Khan
work has to be done on this earth" The statement Association
is related to ¾ Tulsi Ram was related to - Radhaswami Satsang
- Ishwarchandra Vidhyasagar
Brahmo Samaj - Mumbai
Manav Dharma Sabha - Surat
- In 1829, William Bentinck declared Sati
Arya Samaj - Mumbai
System an offence by law.
Nadwah-ul-Ulama - Lucknow
- The Government had passed an Act in 1856 ¾ Tatvabodhini Samaj was founded by
under which Hindu widows could remarry. - Devendra Nath Tagore in the year 1839
- Swami Dayanand Saraswati founded Arya ¾ M.C. Setalvad, B.N. Rao, and Alladi Krishnaswamy
Samaj in 1875. Iyer were distinguished members of the
¾ 'Sati' was declared illegal' by - William Bentinck - Servants of India Society
¾ ‘Servants of India Society’ was founded in 1905
¾ The Act V of 1843 made illegal - Slavery by
¾ He who played an important role in passing the - Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Native Marriage Act of 1872 ¾ The founder of Bahujan Samaj was
- Keshav Chandra Sen - Mukund Rao Patil
¾ The ‘Native Marriage Act’ was passed in the year ¾ Those who demanded the right to enter temples
that caused a terrible riot in Tirunelvali in 1899
- 1872 A.D
- Nadars
¾ The Civil Marriage Act of 1872 had sought to
curb the practice of child marriage by placing the ¾ “If God were to tolerate untouchability, I would
minimum age of marriage for girls at not recognize him as God at all.”It is said by
- 14 years (18 years for boys) - Bal Gangadhar Tilak

¾ The correct matches are ¾ The correctly matched are
Raja Ram Mohan Roy - Purest form of Movement/Organisation Leader
Hinduism is contained All India Anti- Untouchability League - Mahatma Gandhi
in Upanishads All India kisan Sabha - Swami Sahajanand Saraswati
Self - Respect Movement - E.V Ramaswamy Nayakar
Keshav Chandra Sen - That Brahmovad should
¾ The exponent of New Buddhism is
be made the religion of
- Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar
the world
¾ The Faraizi Movement was started by
Dayanand Saraswati - Identified Hinduism
- Haji Shariatullah
with religion instituted ¾ The Tarkeshwar Movement of 1924 in Bengal was
in Vedas against - Corruption in temples
Ramakrishna - Emphasized that there ¾ ‘Hali System’ was concerned with
Paramhansa are several ways to -Bonded labour
reach God
¾ Correct match is Political Organisations
Bharat Dharma Mahamandal - Haridwar
Deva Samaj - Lahore
Established Before Congress
Radhaswami Satsang - Agra ¾ The first Political Organization established in
Sanatan Dharma Rakshini India in 1838 was known as
Sabha - Calcutta - Zamindari Association
¾ The correct statements are ¾ The association or Sabha which submitted in 1875
- Brahmo Samaj supported monotheism a petition to the House of Commons demanding
- Arya Samaj contributed to the development India’s direct representation in the British
of education. Parliament -The Poona Sarvajanik Sabha
- Swami Vivekanand founded Ramakrishna ¾ The founder of the Indian Association was
Mission. - Surendranath Banerjee
¾ The women’s movement in India started largely ¾ The most important of the pre-Congress Nationalist
under the inspiration of - Jyotiba Phule Organisation was
¾ Founder of 'Satyashodhak Samaj' which had its - Indian Association of Calcutta
primary emphasis on seeking the truth ¾ The Indian leader who was dismissed by the
- Jyotiba Phule British from the Indian Civil Service
¾ Jyotiba Phule was associated with - Surendranath Banerji
- Anti caste movement ¾ Indian Association was established in 1875 AD by
¾ The common among Brahma Samaj, Ram Krishna - Surendranath Banerjee
Mission, and Arya Samaj is - None of these
¾ Surendra Nath Bannerjee was dismissed from
three had a political mission but they helped to
Indian Civil Services in the year - 1874 AD
develop a spirit of patriotism.
¾ Name the organization formed by Surendranath
¾ The correct statements are - Annie Besant was a
Banerjee which merged with the Indian National
Theosophist.
Congress in 1886 - Indian National Conference
- The International headquarter of Theosophical
¾ The first Indian who persisted for the political
society is in Madras.
reforms - Raja Ram Mohan Roy
- Swami Dayanand founded Arya Samaj
¾ Poona Sarvajanik Sabha was founded in
¾ ‘Dar-ul-Ulum was established by
- 1870 by Mahadev Govind Ranade
- Maulana Shibli Numani
¾ The Deoband Movement in U.P. (United Province) ¾ The Madras Mahajan Sabha was established in the
started in the year - 1866 A.D. year - 1884 A.D

¾ Bombay Presidency Association in 1885 was United India Patriotic - Sir Syyad Ahmad
founded by - Feroz Shah Mehta Association Khan
¾ The correctly matched list is Indian Association - Surendra Nath Benerji
British Indian Society - London Poona Sarvjanik Sabha - Mahadev Govind
East India Association - London Ranade
National India Association - London Bombay Presidency - Pherozshah Mehta
Indian Association - Kolkata Association
¾ Institution Founder Madras Mahajan Sabha - Anand Charlu
Servants of India Society - G.K Gokhale ¾ The Correctly matched are
Social Service League - N.M. Joshi
Seva Samiti - H. N. Kunzru British Indian - Radha Kant Dev
Association
¾ The correct chronological order of founding of
organizations are
Bombay Presidency - K.T. Telang
Association
- Bangabhasha Prakasika Sabha, Landholders
Society, Bengal British India Society, Indian
Central Mohammadan - Sayyid Amir Ali
National Association
League
¾ Assertion (A) : Dadabhai Naoroji organised Servants of India Society - Gopal Krishna
Gokhale
the East India Association in 1866 in London to
discuss on Indian questions.
Asiatic Society of Bengal - William Jones
Reason (R) : He wanted to influence the British ¾ Bombay Presidency Association was established
Public Opinion by -K.Telang & Tyabji
- Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct
explanation of (A). Indian National Congress
¾ The entire area of present Uttar Pradesh was
¾ Indian National Congress was established by
separated from Bengal Presidency and placed - Allan Octavian Hume (A.O. Hume)
under Agra Presidency in year - 1834 A.D. ¾ Indian National Congress was founded in the year.
¾ The correctly matched are - 1885 A.D.
Organization - Founder ¾ The precursor of Indian National Congress was
Land Holders’ Society - Dwarkanath Tagore - Indian National Union
British India Society - William Adams ¾ The founder of the Indian National Congress was a
Indian Society - Anand Mohan Bose - Civil Servant
Indian Association - S.N. Banerji ¾ The representatives who took part in the First
Session of the Indian National Congress ,were in
number - 72
Asiatic Society of Bengal - 1784 A.D.
¾ Number of Muslim delegates who participated
Asiatic Society of Bombay - 1804 A.D. in the Second Convention of the Indian National
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain - 1823 A.D. Congress were - 33
¾ Landholder’s Society at Calcutta - 1838 ¾ The first conference of Indian National Congress
¾ The first president of 'British Indian Association' was held in - Mumbai (Bombay)
¾ The first President of the Indian National Congress
was - Radha Kant Dev
was - W.C. Banerjee
¾ The President of the Indian National Congress in
Indian League - Shishir Kumar Ghosh 1885 was - W.C. Bannerji
Indian Association - Anand Mohan Bose ¾ The full name of the first President of Indian
Indian National - Surendra Nath National Congress was
Conference Bannerjee -Wyomesh Chandra Bannerjee

¾ The General Secretary of the Indian National ¾ The youngest person to become the President of
Congress in the year 1885 was - A.O. Hume the Indian National Congress was
¾ The Indian National Congress was established - Abul Kalam Azad
during the viceroyalty of - Lord Dufferin ¾ The correct statements are
¾ He who ridiculed Congress as representing only a - The Second Session of the Indian National
short-sighted minority of the people Congress was held under the presidentship of
- Lord Dufferin Dadabhai Naoroji
¾ Out of the given names namely : Dadabhai - Both Indian National Congress and Muslim
League held their sessions at Lucknow in 1916
Naoroji, G. Subramaniya Iyer, Justice Ranade,
and concluded the Lucknow Pact
Surendranath Bannerjee who was /were not
present at the founding session of the Indian ¾ The 27th Session of the Indian National Congress
National Congress was held in - Bankipur
¾ “Swaraj is my birthright and I will have it.” This
- Surendranath Bannerjee
statement is concerned with
¾ The second session of the Indian National
- Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Congress was presided over by
¾ The Session of the Indian National Congress in
- Dadabhai Naoroji
which Bal Gangadhar Tilak had expressed,"Swaraj
¾ In 1889, a committee was set up in Britain to gain is my birthright, I shall have it."
support for the Congress, who was its President - Lucknow Session, 1916
- Sir W. Wedderburn ¾ The correct statements are
¾ First Muslim President of Indian National - C.R. Das was in prison when he functioned as
Congress was - Badruddin Tyyabji the President of the Congress, Alfred Webb was
¾ The Second Muslim President of the Indian the President of the Congress in 1894.
National Congress was ¾ “Congress Movement was neither inspired by the
- Rahimtulla Muhammed Sayani people, nor devised or planned by them.” It was
¾ The first European to be elected as President of the said by - Lala Lajpat Rai
¾ “The Congress is faltering to its fall and one of my
Indian National Congress was - George Yule
great ambitions while in India is to assist it to a
¾ Out of the given names namely : Firozshah Mehta peaceful demise.” This declaration was made by
Hakim Ajmal Khan,Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan - Lord Curzon
and Sir Syed Ahmad who was never concerned ¾ Congress conference was called "Annual National
with the Indian National Congress Festival of Educated Indians" by
- Sir Syed Ahmad - Lala Lajpat Rai
¾ Out of the given names namely:Lala Lajpat ¾ While delivering the presidential address, the
Rai,Annie Besant, Moti Lal Nehru, Bal Gangadhar, Congress President who advocated the introduction
person who was never elected as a President of the of Roman script for the Hindi language was
'Indian National Congress' - Subhash Chandra Bose
- Bal Gangadhar Tilak ¾ The person who suggested the winding up of the
Indian National Congress after India attained
¾ Among the trio-Lal, Bal and Pal who became
president of the Indian National Congress independence - Mahatma Gandhi
¾ These were elected to collaborate with Mahatma
- Lala Lajpat Rai
Gandhi who was to author the new Constitution
¾ The first woman President of the Indian National of the Congress as the per resolution of Indian
Congress was - Mrs. Annie Besant National Congress at Amritsar Session, 1919
¾ The session in which the Congress elected its first - N.C. Kelkar, I.B. Sen
women President - Calcutta Session, 1917 ¾ One Governor-General took part in one of the
¾ The first Indian Woman President of the Congress Congress Sessions.
was - Sarojini Naidu - Lord Wellington (Bombay, 1915)

Note : He was not the Governor-General at the ¾ The last session of Indian National Congress
time of session. His tenure was from 1931 to 36 as attended by Bal Gangadhar Tilak was
Governor-General and Viceroy - Amritsar Session, 1919
¾ The Indian National Congress session which was
presided over by C. Vijay Raghav Chariar
- Nagpur Session (1920)
Moderates and
¾ The President of Gaya Session of the Indian Extremists in Congress
National Congress held in 1922 was
¾ The protest method of moderate leaders of the
- Chittaranjan Das
Congress was - Constitutional agitation
¾ A list of persons who became Presidents of
Indian National Congress in chronological order ¾ Out of the given movements namely: Swadeshi
- Mahatma Gandhi, Smt. Sarojini Naidu, Movement,Quit India Movement,Non-cooperation
Jawaharlal Nehru, Vallabh Bhai Patel Movement and Civil Disobedience Movement
¾ Mahatma Gandhi presided over only in one which movement/s has/have contributed to a split
session of the Indian National Congress in 1924. in the Indian National Congress resulting in the
The session was held in - Belgaon emergence of ‘moderates’ and ‘extremists’
¾ The only session of the Indian National Congress - Swadeshi Movement
presided over by Mahatma Gandhi was in the year ¾ Most of the moderate leaders hailed from
- 1924 - Urban areas
¾ The correctly matched list is ¾ Out of the given names namely:S. N. Banerjee
President of INC Place of the session of INC Aurobindo Ghosh, Pheroz Shah Mehta and
Motilal Nehru Amritsar, 1919 Dadabhai Naoroji who continuously from 1904
Sarojini Naidu Kanpur, 1925 onwards emphasized on the grant of ‘self-rule’ to
Dr. Rajendra Prasad Bombay, 1934 India
Abul Kalam Azad Ramgarh, 1940 - Dadabhai Naoroji
¾ The session of Indian National Congress, in which ¾ Out of the given names namely : Bal Gangadhar
Jawaharlal Nehru spoke of socialism as the key to Tilak, Madan Lal, Udham Singh, G.K. Gokhale
the solution of India’s problems , was who was not an extremist - G.K. Gokhale
-Lucknow Session (26 December 1936) ¾ Out of the given names namely:Gopal Krishna
¾ The Haripura Session of Indian National Congress, Gokhale,Bipin Chandra Pal,Lokmanya Tilak,Lala
1938 was presided over by Lajpat Rai who was/were not an outstanding
- Subhash Chandra Bose leader of extreme Nationalism
¾ The correctly matched list are - Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Dr. M.A. Ansari Madras
¾ The 'Servants of India Society' was established by
Purushottam Das Tandon Nasik
- Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Sarojini Naidu Kanpur
¾ He who accused Indian National Congress of
Subhash Chandra Bose Haripura
practising ‘politics of prayer, petition and protest’
¾ Out of the given names viz:Jawaharlal Nehru, Abul
Kalam Azad, G. K. Gokhale, Dadabhai Naoroji
¾ The Congress policy of prayer and petition
who became the President of Indian National
Congress continuously for six years ultimately came to an end under the guidance of
- Abul Kalam Azad - Bal Gangadhar Tilak
¾ President of Indian National Congress at the time ¾ The Indian National Congress was called a
of Independence was - J.B. Kriplani “Begging Institute” by - B.C. Pal
¾ ‘Jana-Gana Mana,’ was first sung on the occasion ¾ Indian National Movement came to be dominated
of - 1911 Session of INC by the extremists after - 1906

¾ Out of the given leaders namely: Aurobindo ¾ Assertion (A) : Bal Gangadhar Tilak was a
Ghosh, Dadabhai Naoroji, G.K. Gokhale, and S.N. communalist.
Bannerjee who belonged to the Extremist wing of Reason (R) : He used the religion as a political
the Congress - Aurobindo Ghosh weapon.
¾ Out of the given names: Bal Gangadhar Tilak, - A is wrong, but R is correct.
Dadabhai Naoroji, M.G. Ranade, and Gopal ¾ Correct statements are
Krishna who was not known as a moderate in the - In 1907, Congress's Annual Session was
National Movement presided by Rash Behari Ghosh
- Bal Gangadhar Tilak - In this session, Congress got divided into two
¾ He who is popularly known as ‘Sher-e-Punjab’ groups (Moderates and Extremists)
- Lala Lajpat Rai ¾ Bal Gangadhar Tilak came to be known as
¾ Out of the given names namely:Pherozshah 'Lokmanya Tilak' when –
Mehta,Dadabhai Naoroji,Gopal Krishna Gokhale - The government accused him in the Rand
Lala Lajpat Rai who was not associated with the Murder Case
Moderates in Indian National Congress
¾ Bal Gangadhar Tilak was given the epithet of
- Lala Lajpat Rai
Lokmanya during : - Revolutionary Movement
¾ The persons who are known as the "Bombay
¾ Ganpati festival in Maharashtra was started by
Triumvirate" - Mehta, Telang, Tyabji
- B.G.Tilak
¾ He who was considered by Lala Lajpat Rai as his
¾ He who transformed the traditional Ganapati
political guru - Mazzini
festival of Maharashtra into a national festival and
¾ Out of the given options namely: Gopal Krishna
gave it a political character
Gokhale, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, A.O.Hume, and
Madan Mohan Malviya who was not a moderate
¾ Along with Mahatma Gandhi , the muslim who
lifted the bier of Bal Gangadhar Tilak,
¾ Out of the given leaders namely: Aurobindo
Ghosh, Pheroz Shah Mehta, Dadabhai Naoroji, - Shaukat Ali, Dr. Saifuddin Kichalu
Subhash Chandra Bose, Aurobindo Ghosh, who
was a supporter of ‘Swadeshi’ Revolutionary
- Aurobindo Ghosh
¾ He who has been called the ‘Father of Indian
Movement in India
Unrest’ - B.G. Tilak ¾ ‘Abhinava Bharat’, a secret society of
¾ “Tilak is the Father of Indian Unrest” is called by revolutionaries was organised by - V.D. Savarkar
- Valentine Chirol ¾ The revolutionary organisation 'Abhinav Bharat'
¾ After the sentence of B.G. Tilak, the one who was set up in 1905 in - Maharashtra
pleaded for mercy and said: “My interest in Tilak ¾ The ‘Mitra Mela’ union was started by
is that of a Sanskrit scholar” - Max Muller
- Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
¾ The extremist leader of the freedom movement
¾ The statements are true about V.D. Savarkar
who was given 6 years of jail punishment in 1908
- He founded Abhinav Bharat - A revolutionary
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
¾ It defines extremist ideology during the early organization.
phase of Indian freedom movement - In order to inspire indian nationalist, he wrote
- Obtaining self-Government by aggressive the biography of Mazzini.
means in place of petitions and constitutional - He also authored “The Indian War of
ways. Independence - 1857” which provides a
¾ The Indian Muslims, in general, were not attracted nationalist view of the revolt of 1857.
to the extremist movement because of the - He jumped into the sea from the sailing ship in
- extremists policy of harping on Hindu part order to escape British captivity.

¾ The Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh was founded ¾ Out of the given names : Rajguru, Ashfaqualla
by - Keshav Baliram Hedgewar ,Ramprasad Bismil,Bhagat Singh, the
¾ The Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh was founded revolutionary refused to drink the given milk on
in the year - 1925 A.D. the eve of his execution and said Now, I shall take
¾ Yugantar Party was led by my mothers milk only - Ramprasad Bismil
- Jatindranath Mukherjee ¾ The person who penned the lines Sarfaroshi ki

tamanna ab hamare dil me hai Dekhna hai zor
¾ The ‘Anushilan Samiti’was founded by
kitna baju-e-qatil me hai. - Bismil Azimabadi
- P. Mitra (Calcutta, 1902)
¾ The revolutionaries were hanged in the 'Kakori
¾ A branch of Anushilan Samiti at Patna in 1913 was
Train Robbery Case' (Kakori Train Action Day)
established by - Sachindra Nath Sanyal
by the English Government are
¾ Activities of Barindra Ghosh had given birth of
- Ram Prasad Bismil and Ashfaqualla, Rosan
secret revolutionary organization named as
Lal, Rajendra Lahiri
- Anushilan Samiti
¾ Kakori Conspiracy Case (Kakori Train Action
¾ The ‘Anushilan Samiti’ was
Day) took place in the year
- A revolutionary organization
- 1925 A.D.
¾ The Barrah dacoity was the first major venture
¾ Out of the given names namely : Ram Prasad
of the revolutionary terrorists of the freedom
Bismil, Surya Sen, Rajendra Lahiri, Ashfaq Ullah
movement in - East Bengal
who was not associated with the Kakori incident
¾ The attempt to murder Kingsford was made at
- Surya Sen
Mujaffarpur in the year - 1908 A.D.
¾ Out of the given names namely : Schindra Nath
¾ Muzaffarpur Bombing Case (1908) is associated
Bakshi, Mukundi Lal, Chandra Shekhar Azad ,
with - Prafulla Chaki, Khudiram Bose
Mamathnath Gupta who escaped from the Kakori
¾ He who was given life punishment for the murder
case (Kakori Train Action Day)
of Colonel Wyllie - Madan Lal Dhingra
- Chandra Shekhar Azad
¾ Out of the given revolutionaries viz:Master Amir
¾ The person who was Government advocate in
Chand, Bhagwati Charan Vohara,Bhai Balmukund
Kakori Conspiracy Case (Kakori Train Action
,Avadh Bihari who was not involved in Hardinge
Bomb incident - Bhagwati Charan Vohara Day) - Jagat Narain Mulla
¾ Aurobindo Ghosh was brilliantly defended in the ¾ Daro-deewar pe hasrat ki nazar karte hain, khush
Alipore Conspiracy Case by - Chittaranjan Das raho ahle-vatan ham to safar karte hain was said
by - Wazid Ali Shah
¾ The true statement about the active revolutionary
movement in India during the years of World War ¾ Hindustan Socialist Republican Association was
is formed by - Chandra Shekhar Azad
- Bhagat Singh was the founder of Naujawan ¾ 'Hindustan Socialist Republican Army' was
Bharat Sabha founded in the year - 1928 A.D.
¾ Hindustan Republican Association was set up in
¾ Those who threw a bomb in the Central Legislative
the year - 1924 A.D.
Assembly on April 8, 1929, to make the deaf
¾ The Hindustan Republican Association was
British Government hear ,are
founded at - Kanpur
- Batukeshwar Dutt and Bhagat Singh
¾ Out of the given names namely : Bhagat Singh,
Chandra Shekhar Azad, Ram Prasad Bismil,Shiv ¾ How old was Bhagat Singh when he threw a bomb
Verma who was not the member of the Hindustan in the assembly in protest against the government
Republican Association (HRA) - Shiv Verma - A little more than 21 years

¾ Out of the given names namely : B.R. Ambedkar, Victoria Conspiracy Case - 1914
Bhagat Singh, Subhash Chandra Bose, Jai Prakash Lahore Conspiracy Case - 1916 and 1930
Narayan who was the founder leader of Hindustan Kakori Conspiracy Case - 1925
Socialist Republican Army - Bhagat Singh (Kakori Train Action Day)
¾ Muzaffar Ahmad, S.A. Dange, Shaukat Usmani
¾ The name of Hindustan Republic Association
(established by Sachindra Nath Sanyal) was and Nalini Gupta were jailed for conspiracy in the
changed to Hindustan Socialist Republican case - Kanpur Bolshevik conspiracy case
Association by ¾ The Chittagong Armoury Raid had been planned
- Chandrasekhar Azad by - Surya Sen
¾ Martyr of least age in the war of Independence
¾ In the year 1928, Hindustan Socialist Republican
was - Khudiram Bose
Association was established in - Delhi
¾ Khudiram Bose tried to kill Kingsford at
¾ The revolutionary Chandrasekhar Azad was killed
- Muzaffarpur
by the Britishers - By bullets in the encounter
¾ The correct matched pairs are
¾ He who gave the Inquilab Zindabad slogan
Abhinav Bharat Society - V.D. Savarkar
- Bhagat Singh
Anushilan Samiti - Sri Aurobindo
¾ The slogan 'Long Live Revolution' is associated
Ghosh
with Sardar Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, and Sukhdev
were executed on - 23 March, 1931 Gadar Party - Lala Hardayal
¾ Bhagat Singh's memorial is situated at Swaraj Party - C.R. Das
- Ferozpur ¾ Revolutionaries - End of Life
¾ Out of the given names namely:Batukeshwar Jatin Das - Hunger Strike
Dutt,Sukhdev,Sardar Bhagat Singh, Rajguru who Chandrashekhar Azad - During Encounter
was not hanged for Lahore Conspiracy Bhagat Singh - Hanged
- Batukeshwar Dutt Kalpana Datt - During Life
¾ Lahore conspiracy case resulted in the hanging of Imprisonment
- Bhagat Singh,Sukhdev,Rajguru ¾ The correctly matched pairs are
¾ Name the first recorded Muslim who was hanged (Organizations) (Founders)
for Indian freedom - Ashfaq Ullah Khan Abhinava Bharat - V.D. Savarkar
¾ The correct chronological order of cases are Mitra Mela - Vinayak Savarkar
- Lahore case, Kanpur case, Kakori case, Indian Republican Army - Surya Sen
Meerut case Hindustan Republic Association - S.N. Sanyal
¾ The correctly matched pairs are ¾ On what charge was Jatin Das arrested
Delhi Conspiracy Case - Amirchand, Rasbihari - Lahore Conspiracy
Bose ¾ The freedom fighter who died in jail due to hunger
Kakori Conspiracy Case - Ashfaqualla strike was - Jatin Das
Lahore Conspiracy Case - Jatin Das ¾ The correct matched pairs are
¾ The Nasik Conspiracy Case is related to Chittagong Armoury Raid - Kalpana Dutt
- Aanannt Lakshman Kanhare Kuka Movement - Guru Ram Singh
¾ The trials which attracted worldwide publicity and ¾ Under whose chairmanship, a committee was
drew sympathetic comments from Albert Einstein. formed to defend the accused in Kakori Case
H.G. Wells, Harold Laski and Roosevelt in favour (Kakori Train Action Day)
of the convicts - Meerut conspiracy case - Govind Ballabh Pant
¾ The correctly matched pairs are ¾ He who propounded the doctrine of Passive
Howrah Conspiracy Case - 1910 Resistance - Aurobindo Ghosh

¾ The correct statements are ¾ The Ghadar revolutionaries who became active
- Subhash Chandra Bose formed the Forward during the outbreak of World War I were based in
Block - West America
¾ Ghadar Party was founded in
- Bhagat Singh was one of the founders of
- United States of America
Hindustan Socialist Republican Association.
¾ The Ghadr (Ghadar) was a
¾ The revolutionary was hanged in the Gorakhpur - Revolutionary association of Indians.
Jail - Ram Prasad Bismil ¾ The headquarters of the Ghadar Party was in
¾ Out of the given revolutionary leaders namely - San Francisco
: Sachindra Shanyal, Rajendra Lahiri, Chandra ¾ The cause of outbreak of Ghadar Revolution was
Shekhar Azad and Gopinath Saha who attempted - Beginning of first World War
to assassinate Charles Tegart the hated Police ¾ He who established a Republican Government
Commissioner of Calcutta was - Gopinath Saha abroad - Mahendra Pratap
¾ The prison in which Pt. Ram Prasad Bismil was ¾ A provisional Government of India with Raja
hanged - Gorakhpur Mahendra Pratap as its President was established
during the first World War in - Afghanistan
¾ Out of the given options namely ; Pheroz Shah
¾ Interim government under the leadership of Raja
Mehta,Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Bipin Chandra Pal
Mahendra Pratap Singh was founded in Kabul
who was an extremist - Bipin Chandra Pal
with the support of Germany during the
¾ The female revolutionary fired at the English - Gadar Movement
Governor (Chancellor) while receiving her degree ¾ He who is regarded as the Mother of Indian
at the convocation - Bina Das Revolution - Bhikaji Rustam Cama
¾ Criticism and independent thought are the two ¾ The correct statements about Madam Bhikaji
characteristics of a revolutionary is said by Cama are
- Bhagat Singh - Madam Cama served as private secretary to
Dadabhai Naoroji.
¾ He who founded the "Lathi Club" - Madam Cama was born to Parsi.
- Bal Gangadhar Tilak ¾ Out of the given women namely : Aruna Asaf
Revolutionary Activities Ali, Bhikaji Cama, Durga Bhabhi, Kamala Devi

Chattopadhyay who was first to unfurl Indian
Outside India Tricolour - Bhikaji Cama
¾ Madam Cama hoisted the first tricolour flag in
¾ The Indian Home Rule Society in London was 1907 in - Stuttgart
started by - Shyamji Krishna Verma ¾ He who got sentenced to be hanged for
¾ The Indian Home Rule Society was founded in assassination of the British officers in England
year - 1905 A.D. - Madan Lal Dhingra and Udham Singh
¾ India House in London was established by ¾ The common among Madam Bhikaji Cama, M.
- Shyamji Krishna Verma Barkahtulla, V.V.S Iyer and M.N. Roy
¾ He who organized the Ghadar Party - All of them were among the prominent
- Lala Hardayal
revolutionaries outside India operating in
¾ Ghadar Party was established in the year
- 1913 A.D. different countries during the freedom movement.
¾ The Ghadar Movement was founded by ¾ Kamagatamaru was
- Sohan Singh Bhakhna - A naval ship of Voyage to Canada.
¾ The first Chairman of the Ghadar Party was ¾ Out of the given names namely : Sardar Ajit Singh,
- Sohan Singh Bhakna Baba Gurdip Singh, V.D.Savarkar, Sardar Bhagat
¾ Among Barindra Kumar Ghosh, Jogesh Chandra Singh, who was associated with Kamagatamaru
Chatterjee and Rash Behari Bose, the person who episode - Baba Gurdit Singh
was actively involved with Ghadar party ¾ He who had established India Independence
- Rash Behari Bose League - Rashbihari Bose
¾ The movement was started as a reaction to the
Partition of Bengal and Partition of Bengal - Swadeshi Movement
Swadeshi Movement ¾ With reference to Swadeshi Movement, correct

statements are
¾ Out of the given events: Annexation Policy,
- It contributed to the revival of the indigenous
Partition of Bengal, Permanent Settlement, and
artisan crafts and industries.
Subsidiary Alliance which occurred last
- The National Council of Education was
- Partition of Bengal (16 October, 1905)
established as a part of Swadeshi Movement.
¾ With reference to the Civil Administration in 1905,
the correct statements are ¾ The Swadeshi and Boycott were adopted as
methods of struggle for the first time during the
Lord Curzon decided to rearrange the
provincial boundaries. - Agitation against the Partition of Bengal
A new province was constituted, called East ¾ The immediate cause for the launch of the
Bengal and Assam. Swadeshi Movement was
¾ Anti partition movement of Bengal was initiated - The partition of Bengal done by Lord Curzon
on - 7th August, 1905 ¾ Bengal was partitioned in 1905, but due to
¾ The Declaration of Partition of Bengal was done opposition it was again reorganised in - 1911 A.D.
on - 20th July, 1905 ¾ Partition of Bengal made by Lord Curzon was
¾ In the context of the Indian Freedom Struggle, cancelled in the year - 1911 A.D.
16th October, 1905 is well-known for ¾ Bengal was reunited due to the protests by Indians
- Partition of Bengal coming into effect - 1911 A.D.
¾ Out of the given options namely:Civil ¾ The Partition of Bengal made by Lord Curzon in
Disobedience,Swadeshi Movement,Quit India 1905 lasted until
Movement,Non-Cooperation Movement which
- King George V abrogated Curzons Act at the
movement started after the Partition of Bengal
Royal Durbar in Delhi in 1911
- Swadeshi Movement
¾ About Bengal Partition, who said that "The
¾ The Swadeshi Movement took place in India partition announcement fell like a bomb shell"
during - The anti-Bengal partition agitation
- Surendranath Bannerjee
¾ Name the Viceroy of India concerned with Bengal
¾ The leader of the Swadeshi Movement in Madras
partition - Lord Curzon
was - Chidambaram Pillai
¾ The Lieutenant Governor of Bengal at the time of
Partition of Bengal was - Sir Andrew Fraser ¾ Swadeshi Movement in Delhi was led by
¾ Out of the given critics viz : W.C. Banerjee, S.N. - Syed Haidar Raja
Banerjee, R.N. Tagore and B.G. Tialk who was the ¾ The classes that were mainly unaffected by
critic of Swadeshi' movement and pleaded for a Swadeshi Movement of 1905
better understanding between the East and West - Farmers and Muslim
- Rabindra Nath Tagore ¾ Vande Mataram became the theme song of the
¾ Who suggested the boycott of British goods in Indian National Movement during
Bengal for first time - Krishna Kumar Mitra - Swadeshi Movement
¾ Boycott of British goods was adopted as a national ¾ With reference to the period of extremist nationalist
policy in - 1905 movement in India with its spirit of Swadeshi,the
¾ Partition of Bengal was done mainly incorrect statement is
-To weaken the growth of Nationalism in Bengal - Liyakat Hussain led the Muslim peasants of
¾ The programmes that were launched by the Barisal in their agitations
nationalist against the partition of Bengal ¾ The British journalist H.W. Nevinson was
- Boycott, Swadeshi, National Education associated with - Swadeshi Movement

¾ He who had founded the 'Indian Society of ¾ The President of the Surat Session of Indian
Oriental Art' to revive ancient art traditions of National Congress (1907) was - R.B. Ghosh
India ¾ Four resolutions were passed at the famous
- Abanindranath Tagore
Calcutta Session of Indian National Congress in
Congress: Banaras, 1906. The question of either retention or rejection
of these four resolutions became the cause of a
Calcutta, and Surat Session split in Congress at the next Congress Session held
¾ A graduate at 18, professor and associate editor in Surat in 1907.
of the Sudharak at 20, Secretary of the Sarvajanik -These four resolution were Swadeshi, Boycott,
Sabha and of the Provincial Conference at 25, National Education and Self Rule
Secretary of the National Congress at 29, leading ¾ The process of a split in the Congress in the early
witness before an important Royal Commission at years of the twentieth century began over
31, Provincial legislator at 34, Imperial legislator - Strategies of the Congress Movement,
at 36, President of the Indian National Congress Objectives of the Congress, Participation of the
at 39. a patriot whom Mahatma Gandhi himself people in the Congress Movement.
regarded as his master. ¾ The first partition of Indian National Congress was
This is how a biographer describes held in - 1907
- Gopal Krishna Gokhale ¾ Surat split was led by - Bal Gangadhar Tilak
¾ Gopal Krishna Gokhale presided over the session ¾ The main reason for the split in the Indian National
of Congress in - 1905 Congress at Surat in 1907 was
- Extremists lack of faith in the capacity of
¾ He who presided over the Banaras Session of the
the moderates to negotiate with the British
Indian National Congress in 1905
Government
- Gopal Krishna Gokhale.
¾ Gopal Krishna Gokhale founded 'Servants of India Formation of Muslim
Society, in the year - 1905
¾ In the year 1906 A.D., the Calcutta congress League (1906)
session was presided over by ¾ Out of the given names namely
- Dadabhai Naoroji : Sir Saiyed Ahmad Khan, Sir Mohammad Iqbal,
¾ Swaraj as a national demand was first made by: Agha khan, Nawab Salimullah Khan
- Dadabhai Naoroji who was the founder of All India Muslim League
¾ In this session of Indian National Congress, the - Nawab Salimullah Khan
word 'Swaraj' was uttered for the first time ¾ The founder of the Muslim League was
- Nawab Salimullah
- Calcutta Session, 1906
¾ In 1906 Muslim League was founded at - Dhaka
¾ The first leader to use the word Swaraj was
¾ All India Muslim Leauge was founded in the year
- Dayanand Saraswati
-1906
¾ Dadabhai Naoroji was formerly known as ¾ The first President of the Muslim League was
- Grand Old Man of India -Agha Khan
¾ First Indian elected to the British House of ¾ The annual session of the Muslim League in the
Commons was Dadabhai Naoroji who contested year 1907 was held at - Karachi
on the ticket of - Liberal Party ¾ Statement (A): League refused to accept the
¾ The first Indian to be elected to the British Congress's push for Muslim people's rights
Parliament is - Dadabhai Naoroji together with the aim being to achieve.
¾ At which session was Indian National Congress ¾ Reason (R) : Only the Muslim League has the
(INC) divided into two groups –Naram Dal and right of such type.
Garam Dal - Surat Session, 1907 - (A) is correct, but (R) is wrong.

¾ With reference to the Indian freedom struggle, The ¾ The Lucknow Session of Indian National Congress
Incorrect statements are that took place in 1916 was presided over by
The All-India Muslim League which was formed - A.C. Majumdar
in 1906 vehemently opposed the partition of
Bengal and separate electorates ¾ The famous Lucknow Pact was signed between
¾ The Muslim deputation met Minto in 1906 at the Congress and Muslim League in - 1916
Shimla and pleaded for ¾ Out of the given names namely: Annie Besant,
- Separate electorate for Muslims M.A. Jinnah,Madam Cama, Pheroz Shah Mehta
¾ A London branch of the All India Muslim League who was the chief architect of reconciliation
was established in 1908 under the presidency of between the Extremists and the Moderates
- Ameer Ali - Annie Besant and Tilak
¾ The agreement between Muslim League and
Morley-Minto Reforms Congress in 1916 was made by
- B. G. Tilak and M.A. Jinnah
¾ Morley-Minto Reform Bill was passed in - 1909
¾ The implication that was taken-in Lucknow
¾ The Indian Council Act of 1909 was provided for
session of Congress in 1916
- Communal representation
Separate electorate demand of Muslim League
¾ Seeds of discord were sown in which event during
National Movement and which eventually divided was accepted.
the country, was ¾ The period of unanimity between Indian National
- Reservation of seats and separate electorates Congress and Muslim league was -1916-1922
for Muslims in legislative assemblies. ¾ The correct statements about the Congress Session
¾ Rajendra Prasad considered the father of Pakistan of Lucknow, 1916 are
- Lord Minto
- In this session, the reunion between the liberal
Delhi Durbar and Change and the extremist was established.
of Capital - Mahatma Gandhi was apprised of the

problems of the peasants of Champaran for
¾ Capital of India before Delhi under British period
the first time.
was - Calcutta
¾ The transfer of capital of British India from Home Rule League
Calcutta to Delhi was affected during the period
of - Lord Hardinge Movement
¾ Delhi became the capital of India in - 1911 ¾ The one who launched the first Home Rule League
¾ Capital of India was transferred from Calcutta to Movement - Tilak (April, 1916), Annie Besant
Delhi in year - 1911 (September 1916)
¾ A bomb was thrown on the occasion of his state ¾ Two Home Rule Leagues were started in 1915-16
entry into Delhi - Lord Hardinge under the leadership of
¾ Bihar became a separate state during the British - Tilak and Annie Besant
rule in the year - 1912 ¾ Annie Besant is mostly associated with
- Home Rule Movement
Lucknow Session of ¾ The movement in India which became popular
during the first World War was the
Congress (Lucknow pact) - Home Rule Movement
¾ Out of the given names namely : Bal Gangadhar
¾ In December, 1916 both Indian National Congress
Tilak;Annie Besant, S. Subrahmanyam Ayer and
and Indian Muslim League held their session at T.S. Alcott who did not contribute to Home Rule
- Lucknow League - T.S. Alcott

¾ Out of the given options namely : C.R.Das ¾ Phoenix Farm was situated at
S.Subramaniam Iyer, Annie Besant, B.G. Tilak - Durban ( South Africa)
who is not associated with the Home Rule
¾ M.K. Gandhi was a supporter of
Movement - C.R.Das
- Philosophical anarchism
¾ The conference in which Home-Rule supporters
could demonstrate their political power ¾ The twin principles of Mahatma Gandhi's Ram
successfully Rajya were - Truth and non-violence
- Lucknow Conference of Congress in 1916 ¾ According to Gandhiji Non-Violence is
¾ Home Rule Movement was symbol of starting a - A way to attain truth
new phase of freedom movement in India because: ¾ The true statement regarding Gandhi is
- It put a perfect project for the self-Government - An Individualist among Socialist and a
before the nation Marxist among Socialist
¾ The correct statements about the Home Rule ¾ The last step in the Gandhian strategy of Satyagraha
League are was - Strike
- The plan was first presented in 1914-15 by ¾ The true statements as per Gandhian Principle are
Annie Beasant.
-The weapon of Satyagraha is Ahimsa and
- The Home Rule League of Tilak was confined
Satyagrahi should be firm in his belief.
to Maharashtra (except Bombay), Karnataka,
Satyagrahi should have no ill feelings towards
Central Provinces and Berar.
his enemies.
- The Home Rule League founded by Tilak was
¾ According to Gandhiji, the cruellest form of
much stronger.
violence is - Persistence of poverty
¾ The Home Rule Leagues of Tilak and Annie ¾ The idea that is given by Gandhiji for family
Besant were merged into one in - 1916 A.D. planning - Self-control
¾ She was a proponent of Fabianism as a movement ¾ Gandhi returned from South Africa in the year
- Annie Besant
- 1915 A.D.
¾ Annie Besant was
¾ Gandhiji lived in South Africa for - 21 years
- She was responsible for starting the Home
¾ Mahatma Gandhi was thrown off the train at this
Rule Movement.
railway station in South Africa
- She was once the President of the Indian
National Congress. - Pietermaritzburg
¾ With reference to the British colonial rule in
Gandhi and his Early India,the correct statements are
Movements - Mahatma Gandhi was instrumental in the
¾ Karamchand Gandhi was Diwan of abolition of the system of 'indentured labour'.
- Porbandar, Rajkot, Bikaner - Consequent upon the breaking of Salt Law by
¾ Gandhiji had studied at Indian people, the Indian National Congress
was declared illegal by the colonial rulers.
- Samaldas College, Bhavnagar
¾ The session of Indian National Congress that
¾ The international events that influenced the
M.K. Gandhi attended for the first time
course of the national movement in India before
the advent of Mahatma Gandhi - Calcutta Session, 1901
- Italian-Abyssinian War, 1898 Boxer Movement ¾ Sabarmati Ashram, established by Mahatma
in China, Revolutionary Movement in Ireland, Gandhi during India's Independence movement, is
Victory of Japan in the Russo-Japanese War located on the outskirts of - Ahmedabad
¾ Name of the magazine published by Mahatma ¾ Mahatma Gandhi set up an Ashram on the banks
Gandhi during his stay in South Africa, was of Sabarmati near Ahmedabad is known as
- Indian Opinion - Satyagraha Ashram

¾ Out of the given options namely: Sabarmati, ¾ Out of the given options namely : Ahmedabad,
Phoenix, Wardha, and Sadaqat Ashrams which are Bardoli, Champaran, which was the first
related to Mahatma Gandhi, is the oldest ashram Satyagraha of Mahatma Gandhi in India
- Champaran
- Phoenix
¾ Indigo cultivation in India declined by the
¾ Gandhiji adopted Seva Dharma in - South Africa
beginning of the 20th century because of
¾ The Political Guru of Mahatma Gandhi was - Its unprofitability in the world market because
- G. K. Gokhale of new inventions.
¾ As per Mahatma Gandhi, politics meant – ¾ The correct chronological orders are
- Activity for public welfare - Champaran Satyagraha, Ahmedabad Mill
Strike, Kheda Peasant struggle, Satyagrah
¾ Out of the given options namely: Ethics, Religion,
against the Rowlatt Act
Humanity, Authority, which is not a feature of
¾ The very significant aspect of the Champaran
politics of the Gandhian model - Authority Satyagraha is
¾ The word Satyagraha was coined by - Joining of peasant unrest to India's National
- Mahatma Gandhi Movement
¾ Out of the given names: Sardar Patel, Jawahar Lal ¾ The true statements about Mahatma Gandhi are
Nehru,Vinoba Bhave, and Mahatma Gandhi who - He received his early education in Rajkot.
was the first to start Satyagraha during the India's - He married Kasturba at the age of 13.
struggle for Independence - He studied law at the Inner Temple, London.
- Mahatma Gandhi - He was most influenced by Ruskin's book
'Unto the Last'.
¾ Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is best known for
¾ Mahatma Gandhi said that some of his deepest
use of passive resistance to achieve Indian convictions were reflected in a book titled, Unto
Independence. The Last and the book transformed his life. The
¾ Destruction is the best method of dealing with the message from the book that transformed Mahatma
foreign clothes .It was told by Gandhi was
- Mahatma Gandhi - The good of individual is contained in the
¾ Gandhi's boycott of British-made products was good of all
effective because the British considered India, a
¾ Works of people that influenced the Gandhian
major - Market for manufactured goods
concept - Ruskin,Thoreau,Tolstoy
¾ The correct chronological sequence of the events
in the political life of Mahatma Gandhi are ¾ The correct statements regarding Gandhiji are
- Champaran Satyagrah Fought hard to improve the status of casteless
- Ahmedabad Mill strike untouchables
- Kheda Satyagrah - Launched the Non-Cooperation Movement
- Non-cooperation Movement Began the Civil Disobedience Movement
¾ Among J.B. Kripalani, Raj Kumar Shukla, ¾ The first person who called Mahatma Gandhi,
Rajendra Prasad and Ram Manohar Lohia, the Father of Nation - Subhash Chandra Bose
person not associated with champaran Satyagrah ¾ The prefix Mahatma was added with the name of
is - Ram Manohar Lohia Gandhi - During Champaran Satyagraha
¾ Out of the given names namely : F.G. Slay, D.J. ¾ Gandhiji was called Mahatma for the first time by
Reid, Anugrah Narayan, Mahatma Gandhi, who - Rabindra Nath Tagore
was not the member of Champaran Agrarian ¾ The secretary of Mahatma Gandhi during Noakhali
Enquiry Committee - Anugrah Narayan was - Pyare Lal

¾ Out of the given options namely:Khera Satyagrah, who was a strong supporter of the principle which
Vaikom Satyagraha,Non-cooperation movement is morally wrong can never be politically right
in which Gandhiji did not participate directly -M. K. Gandhi
- Vaikom Satyagraha ¾ Gandhiji started his first Satyagraha against
¾ Mahatma Gandhi came to Chhattisgarh first on - Payment of low wages to workers
- 20 December,1920 ¾ The movement in which Mahatma Gandhi first
¾ Out of the given Gandhian followers namely : A. used the hunger strike as a weapon
N. Sinha, Braj Kishore Prasad, J. B. Kripalani, - Ahmedabad Strike
Rajendra Prasad who was a teacher by profession ¾ Mahatma Gandhi delivered his first public speech
- J. B. Kripalani in India at - Varanasi
¾ The capitalist who served as an AICC treasurer for ¾ They participated in Satyagraha started by
many years and went to jail in 1930 Gandhiji at Ahmedabad in 1917-18
- Jamnalal Bajaj - Industrial workers
¾ Indian cotton merchant, banker ; Congressman ¾ Ahmedabad Satyagraha was launched for
and a close associate of Mahatma Gandhi The
- Cotton Mill Workers
description fits with: - Jamnalal Bajaj
¾ The correct statements that are true about
¾ Mahatma Gandhi's close English compatriot
Gandhian economy
during the freedom movement was
- He laid emphasis on the economy based on
- Charles Andrews
non-violence.
¾ Out of the given muslim leaders namely: Maulana
- Centralisation lead to exploitation and
Muhammad Ali, Maulana Shauqat Ali, Maulana
inequality, hence centralisation is opponent of
Azad, Maulana Rahmat Ali who accompanied
formation of non-violent society
Mahatma Gandhi on his arrival in Chhattisgarh in
1920 - Maulana Shauqat Ali - He was not in favour of mechanisation in
India.
¾ The jail which was named Mandir by Gandhiji
¾ According to M.K. Gandhi socio-economic
- Yarvada
improvement of untouchables can be brought
¾ At the time of India's Independence, Mahatma
about
Gandhi was - Not a member of the Congress
- By establishing cottage industry for them
¾ On the death of Mahatma Gandhi who said, the
light has gone out of our lives ¾ Gandhian Innovation means
- Jawaharlal Nehru To produce more from less input for more people
¾ The person who addressed Gandhiji as one-man ¾ The time period of events are
boundary force,was - Mountbatten - Kheda Satyagraha 1918
¾ He who had commanded Mahatma Gandhi to - Civil Disobedience Movement 1930
spend the first year in India with his ears open but - Non-Cooperation Movement 1920
his mouth shut - Gopal Krishna Gokhale
- Champaran Satyagraha 1917
¾ The person who had advised Gandhiji to be an
¾ The person who drew Gandhiji's attention to the
observer and student in the country for one year
before entering Indian Politics plight of indigo peasants in Champaran
- Gopal Krishna Gokhale - Raj Kumar Shukla
¾ The person who used to say wrong means never ¾ The Champaran Movement was basically against
take us to right ends - M.K. Gandhi - Cash crops
¾ Out of the given options namely Jawaharlal Nehru, ¾ Gandhiji started Satyagraha movement for the first
Sardar Patel, M. K. Gandhi, C. Rajagopalachari time in India at the place of Bihar - Champaran

¾ Gandhiji's Champaran Movement was for ¾ Out of the given options namely: Indra Narain
- Solving the problems of Indigo worker Dwivedi, Gauri Shankar Misra, Jawaharlal Nehru,
¾ Champaran Satyagraha was related to - Tinkathia Madan Mohan Malviya who was not associated
with the formation of U.P. Kisan Sabha in
¾ The system of Tinkathia in the district of
February, 1918 - Jawaharlal Nehru
Champaran meant
¾ Nai-Dhobi Band was a form of Social boycott in
- Cultivation of Indigo by the peasant on 3/20
1919 which was started by
part of the land
- The farmers of Pratapgarh
¾ The correct statement is
¾ Baba Ramchandra organized the farmers at the
- Acharya J.B. Kripalani was one of the
place - Awadh
Mahatma Gandhi's colleagues in his Champaran
¾ The Sarabandi Campaign of 1922 was led by
investigation.
- Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
¾ The person who drew Mahatma Gandhi's attention
towards the exploitation of the peasants by the ¾ The person who was elected as General Secretary
European Indigo planters - Raj Kumar Shukla of 'All India Kisan Congress' - N.G. Ranga
¾ Gandhiji was invited to Champaran by ¾ Swami Sahajananda was related to
- Raj Kumar Shukla - Peasant Movement in Bihar
¾ Those who joined Mahatma Gandhi during the ¾ The aim of Eka Movement in Oudh was
Champaran Satyagraha included - Transformation of rent into cash.
- Rajendra Prasad and Anugraha Narain Sinha ¾ EKA - Movement was started by
¾ The persons who were connected with Champaran - Peasants of Hardoi, Barabanki and other
movement places of U.P.
- Rajendra Prasad, Anugrah Narain Sinha, J.B. ¾ The first session of All India Kishan Sabha was
Kripalani presided by - Swami Sahajananda
¾ After returning from South Africa, Gandhiji ¾ Swami Sahajanand Saraswati published a journal
named - Hunkar
launched his first successful Satyagraha in
¾ Akhil Bhartiya Kisan Congress was founded in:
- Champaran
- 1936 A.D.
¾ The National Leader of Champaran Indigo
¾ The first All India Kisan Maha Sabha was formed
movement was - Mahatma Gandhi in - Lucknow
¾ Out of the given options namely : Rabindranath ¾ The founder President of All India Kisan Sabha
Tagore, N.G Ranga, Rajkumar Shukla, Rajendra was - Swami Sahajanand Saraswati
Prasad who had opposed the Champaran ¾ Bihar Provincial Kisan Sabha was formed by
Satyagraha of Mahatma Gandhi - N.G Ranga - Swami Sahajanand Saraswati
¾ The reason for Mahatma Gandhi to organize a ¾ The Tebhaga Movement was started in 1946 from
Satyagraha on behalf of the peasants of Kheda is Bengal under the leadership of
- The Administration did not suspend the land - Kampram Singh and Bhavan Singh
revenue collection in spite of a drought. ¾ Swami Sahajananda Saraswati formed the All
India United Kisan Sabha with the demand for the
Peasant Movement and nationalization of land and waterways
- Just before his death
Kisan Sabha ¾ Out of the given options namely : Rajendra Prasad,
¾ Out of the given peasants movements: Champaran, C.R. Das, Motilal Nehru, Bhagat Singh who was
Bardoli,Begu,Bijolia which was the first peasant associated with Kisan Movement in Bihar
movement of India - Bijolia Movement - Rajendra Prasad

¾ The correctly matched list is ¾ All India Trade Union Congress was established in
Bardoli Satyagraha - Sardar Vallabhbhai Bombay in the year - 1920
Patel ¾ He who had presided over the All India Trade
Bhartiya Kisan Vidyalaya - N.G. Ranga Union Congress held at Nagpur in 1929
- Jawaharlal Nehru
Bengal Praja Party - Fazlul Haq
¾ The Trade Disputes Act of 1929 provided for
Bakashat Agitation - Swami Shraddhananda
Saraswati - a system of tribunals and a ban on strikes
¾ The first Indian to be the member of Communist
¾ The leader of the Bardoli Satyagraha (1928) was
International is - M.N. Roy
¾ In October, 1920, he who headed a group of Indians
¾ Mahatma Gandhi gave the title of Sardar to gathered at Tashkent to set up a Communist Party
Vallabhbhai Patel for his great organizational of India - M.N. Roy
skills in - The Bardoli Satyagraha ¾ Kanpur conspiracy case was against the leaders of
¾ The demand for the Tebhaga Peasant Movement in - Communist Movement
Bengal was for ¾ The Revolutionary phase of the trade union
- The reduction of the share of the landlords movement in India was - 1926-39
from one-half of the crop to one-third ¾ He who formed the Radical Democratic Party in
¾ The related place which was associated with 1940 - M.N. Roy
Acharya Vinoba Bhave's Bhoodan Movement ¾ The name of the party which was founded by
from the beginning - Pochampalli Saumyendra Nath Tagore
¾ Bhoodan movement was started by - Revolutionary Communist Party of India
- Vinoba Bhave (RCPI)
¾ The Bhoodan Movement made its beginning in the
State of - Andhra Pradesh Rowlatt Act and
Trade Union and Jallianwala
Communist Party Bagh Massacre (1919)
¾ The first Trade Union was founded in India in the ¾ During the Indian Freedom Struggle, the reason
year 1918 by - B.P. Wadia for the arousal of popular indignation against
¾ Out of the given options namely: B.P. Wadia,N.M. Rowlatt Act was
- It authorized the Government to imprison
Joshi,C.F. Andrews, and Joseph Baptista who
people without trial
was sent as representative of labourers by Indian
¾ The Rowlatt Act was passed to
Government in the Washington Summit of I.L.O.
- Curtail the National and Revolutionary
in the year 1919 - N.M. Joshi
Activities
¾ Ahmedabad Textile Labour Association was
¾ The Rowlatt Act was passed in the year
founded by - Mahatma Gandhi
- 1919 A.D.
¾ Among B.P. Walia,Lala Lajpat Rai, N.M. ¾ The Rowlatt Act aimed at
Lokhand,N.G. Ranga who was first leader to - Imprisonment without trial and summary
organize organised labour movement in India procedures for trial
- N.M. Lokhande ¾ With reference to Rowlatt Satyagraha, the correct
¾ The first President of All India Trade Union statements are
Congress was - Lala Lajpat Rai - The Rowlatt Act was based on the
¾ The person who presided over the inaugural recommendations of the Sedition Committee.
session of the 'All India Trade Union Congress' - In Rowlatt Satyagraha, Gandhiji tried to
held in 1920 - Lala Lajpat Rai utilize the Home Rule League.

¾ The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre happened in the ¾ General Dwyer name is associated with
context of Gandhian Satyagraha that is - Mainly in Indian history with Jallianwala Bagh
- Rowlatt Satyagraha ¾ Udham Singh killed him in London for jallanwal
¾ The Rowlatt Act was passed in Viceroyalty of Bagh Massacre - Sir Michael O' Dwyer
- Lord Chelmsford ¾ Sir Michael O'Dwyer was shot dead on 13th
¾ Indian National Congress opposed the Rowlatt Act March, 1940 in London by: - Udham Singh
because it aimed ¾ The task of drafting Congress Inquiry Committee
- To limit the individual liberty report on Jallianwala Bagh Massacre was entrusted
¾ The first venture of Gandhi in all-India politics to - Mahatma Gandhi
was the - Rowlatt Satyagraha ¾ The Viceroy of India at the time of Jallianwala
¾ The person who suggested launching no tax Bagh Massacre in 1919 was - Lord Chelmsford
campaign as a protest against Rowlatt Act
¾ The Prime Minister of England when the
- Swami Shraddhanand Montague-Chelmsford Act was passed in 1919
¾ The Anarchical and Revolutionary Crime Act - Lloyd George
(1919) was popularly known as - Rowlatt Act
¾ The event which was characterized by Montague
¾ The massacre of the crowd at Jallianwala Bag at
as Preventive Murder
Amritsar took place on - April 13, 1919
- Massacre of Jallianwala Bagh
¾ Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place in the city
of - Amritsar ¾ The last election of Indian Legislature under the
Government of India Act, 1919 was held in
¾ During the Indian freedom struggle, a large
unarmed crowd gathered in the Jallianwala Bagh - 1945 A.D.
at Amritsar on April 13, 1919 to protest against the
arrest of Khilafat Movement
- Dr. Saifuddin Kitchlu and Dr. Satyapal ¾ The prominent leaders of the Khilafat Movement
¾ The person who returned his honour to the Indian were
Government on May 30, 1919 was - Maulana Mohammad Ali and Shaukat Ali
- Rabindranath Tagore ¾ The main objectives of the Khilafat Movement
were
¾ Rabindranath Tagore was awarded Nobel Prize in
- To rouse anti-British feelings among the
the year - 1913
Muslim of India.
¾ The name of the famous person of India who To save the Ottoman empire and preserve the
returned the Knighthood conferred on him by the Khilafat
British Government as a token of protest against ¾ The person who was elected as President of the
the atrocities in Punjab in1919 was All India Khilafat Conference in 1919
- Rabindra Nath Tagore - Mahatma Gandhi
¾ The person who resigned from the membership of ¾ Mahatma Gandhi supported the Khilafat
Movement because
Viceroys Executive Council as a protest against
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre- Shankaran Nair - Gandhiji wanted to win the support of the
Indian Muslims against the British.
¾ The correct sequence of the events are
- Protection from Ottoman Empire, Protection
- Dr. Satyapals incarceration
of Khilafat.
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
¾ The personality who viewed the Khilafat
Amritsar Congress Session, 1919 Movement as an opportunity for integrating
¾ The Hunter Committee was appointed after Hindus and Muslims which will not appear again
- Jalianwalla Bagh massacre within coming hundred years - Mahatma Gandhi

¾ He who had renounced the title of Haziq-ul-Mulk ¾ The correct statements regarding Non-Cooperation
during Khilafat agitation - Hakim Ajmal Khan Movement which led to
¾ He who warned Gandhiji not to encourage - Congress becoming a mass Movement for the
fanaticism of Muslim religious leaders and their first time
followers - Mohammad Ali Jinnah Growth of Hindu-Muslims unity
¾ The person who on April 4, 1919, delivered a Removal of fear of the British might from the
speech on Hindu-Muslim unity from the pulpit of minds of the people
Jama Masjid in Delhi was ¾ The title given by the British Government to
- Swami Shraddhanand Mahatma Gandhi which he surrendered during the
¾ The Congress supported the Khilafat Movement Non-Cooperation Movement was
mainly for - Kaiser-i-Hind
- Reinstatement of Caliph, Getting the sympathy ¾ The Chauri-Chaura episode took place on
of the Muslims - 4th February, 1922
¾ The city where the conference of Khilafat ¾ Chauri Chaura was situated in the district of
Committee in 1920 was held and requested - Gorakhpur
Gandhiji to assume the leadership of Non-co- ¾ State in which 'Chauri Chaura' is situated where in
operation Movement - Allahabad (Prayagraj) February 1922 AD a police station was set on fire
¾ "In this instance, we could not play off the - Uttar Pradesh
Mohammedans against the Hindus". ¾ Mahatma Gandhi suspended the Non-Cooperation
Movement because of
This remark of Aitchison is related to
- The violent incident at Chauri- Chaura.
- Khilafat and Non-Cooperation Movement
¾ Mahatma Gandhi had called Non-cooperation
(1919-22)
Movement as his Himalayan Blunder after the
¾ Moplah Rebellion in 1921 was an offshoot of
incident of - Satyagrah in
- Khilafat Movement Nadiyad during Marshal law after Jalianwala
Bagh Massacre on 14 April 1919
Non-Cooperation ¾ When Chauri-Chaura episode took place Mahatma
Movement Gandhi was in - Bardoli
¾ The Non-Cooperation Movement was started in ¾ The Non-Cooperation Movement was launched in
- 1920 1920. It ended in - 1922
¾ The first Mass Movement launched by Mahatma ¾ The person who tabled a vote of censure against
Gandhiji for calling off the Non-Cooperation
Gandhi - Non-Cooperation Movement
Movement at the meeting of All India Congress
¾ Gandhiji gave the slogan of 'Swaraj in one year'
Committee held on February 24, 1922, at Delhi
- During Non-Cooperation Movement - Dr. Moonje
¾ To attain Swaraj in a year was the aim of : ¾ The true sequence of events concerning the
- Non-Cooperation Movement postponement of Non-Cooperation Movement are
¾ The correct statements about Non-Cooperation - Police firing in Chauri-Chaura
Movement are Police station set fired by violent crowd
Postponement of Movement by Gandhiji
- The period of the Movement was from 1920 to
1922. Arrest of Gandhiji
Attainment of Swaraj within a year was its ¾ The correct sequence of the events are
motto. - Chauri-Chaura incident, Bardoli Resolution,
It comprised the programme of the boycott. Suspension of Non-Cooperation Movement
¾ During 1923-28, the repetition of revolutionary - At first he was not in favour of the policy of
activities in Indian politics was due to Non-cooperation but later he joined in favour
- Postponement of non-cooperation movement of Gandhi.
by Gandhiji - Lala Lajpat Rai also participated in formation
¾ The main outcome of 1921-22 Non-Cooperation of Swaraj Party.
Movement was - Hindu-Muslim unity ¾ The first Indian Speaker in the Central Legislative
Assembly was - Vithal Bhai Patel
¾ The National Leader who was elected President
December, 1929 - Lahore Session of Indian
(Speaker) of the Central Legislative Assembly in
National Congress
1925 was - Vitthalbhai Patel
23 March, 1931 - Execution of Bhagat Singh,
¾ Mahatma Gandhi presided over the Session of the
Sukhdev and Rajguru
Indian National Congress in the year - 1924
1 August, 1920 - Commencement of Non-
Cooperation Movement
April, 1919 - Rowlatt Satyagrah Simon Commission (1927)
¾ Assertion (A) : Mahatma Gandhi postponed the ¾ Simon Commission visited India in the year
Non-cooperation Movement in 1922. - 1928
Reason (R) : The postponement was opposed by ¾ The people of India agitated against the arrival of
C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru. Simon Commission because
Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the - There was no Indian member in the Simon
correct explanation of (A). Commission
¾ Simon Commission was appointed in - 1927 A.D.
Formation of Swaraj ¾ Simon Commission in 1928 came to India with the
Party (1923) purpose
¾ The reasons, Swaraj party was founded in India - To consider Administrative reform
are ¾ The chronological order of the events during the
Indian Independence movement is
- Withdraw of non-cooperation movement by
- Constitution of Simon Commission (1927),
Mahatma Gandhi.
Nehru Report (1928), Sharda Act (1929),
- Entering in the council and resection the Dandi March (1930)
Government of Indias Act of 1919 by dont let ¾ On whose suggestions the Indians were kept out
them work. of the Simon Commission - Lord Irwin
¾ Swaraj Party was established in 1923 by ¾ Assertion (A) : The Congress boycotted the Simon
Commission.
- C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru
Reason (R) : The Simon Commission did not have
¾ Swaraj Dal in Bihar was established by a single Indian member.
- Shri Krishna Singh Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct
¾ The personality who is known as Deshbandhu explanation of (A).
¾ The true statements about the Simon Commission
- Chitranjan Das
are
¾ The famous slogan Swaraj should be for common - It was appointed to enquire into the working
people not only for classes was given by- of the 1919 Act.
- C.R. Das - It was headed by Sir John Simon.
¾ With reference to Lala Lajpat Rai the correct - It recommended a Federal Form of
statements are Government.
- It was opposed by the Indian leaders ¾ Congress passed the proposal of independence of
- It recommended the replacement of diarchy India for the first time in - 1929A.D.
with responsible Government in the provinces. ¾ This day was declared as 'Purna Swaraj Day' by
¾ Lala Lajpat Rai was injured the Indian National Congress - 26-01-1930
- In lathi charge in protest to Simon Commission ¾ The one who declared the aim of Congress as
¾ The title of Punjab Kesari was conferred to Purna Swarajya in the Lahore Session of Congress
- Lala Lajpat Rai 1929 - Jawaharlal Nehru
¾ Assertion (A) : Protest, led by Lala Lajpat Rai, ¾ The one who was the President of the Indian
was organized in Lahore in 1928 against Simon National Congress when the resolution of Purna
Commission. Swaraj was passed - Jawaharlal Nehru
Reason (R) : Simon Commission did not have a ¾ The one who hoisted the Indian flag at midnight of
single Indian member in it. December 31, 1929 - Jawaharlal Nehru
Both (A) and (R) are individually true and (R) ¾ The session of Indian National Congress that was
is the correct explanation of (A). presided over by Jawaharlal Nehru for the first
¾ Nehru Report was prepared by - M.L. Nehru time - Lahore Session 1929
¾ With reference to the period of Indian freedom ¾ The Lahore Session of the Indian National
struggle, the recommendation of the Nehru Report Congress (1929) is very important in history,
were because
- Joint electorates with reservation of seats for - The Congress passed a resolution demanding
minorities. complete independence.
Provision of fundamental rights for the people ¾ The 1929 Session of Indian National Congress
of India in the Constitution. is of significance in the history of the Freedom
¾ The Nehru Report was drafted by a Committee Movement because of the
headed by Motilal Nehru and the subject was
- Attainment of Poorna Swaraj was adopted
- Constitutional arrangements in India
as the goal of the Congress
¾ M.A.Jinnah put forth his 14 point proposal in the
- Declaration of Indian foreign policy
year - 1929 A.D.
¾ The President of 'All Parties' Conference held in - Preparation of launching of the Civil
February 1928 was - Dr. M.A. Ansari Disobedience Movement
¾ The Poorna Swaraj Resolution adopted at the
Lahore Session of Congress, Lahore Session of the Indian National Congress
Proposal of Complete was moved by - J.L. Nehru
Independence (1929) Civil Disobedience

¾ During the Indian Freedom Struggle,the one
Movement
who proposed that Swaraj should be defined as ¾ Dandi March was undertaken in - 1930
Complete Independence free from all foreign ¾ Gandhiji started Dandi March from - Sabarmati
control - Maulana Hasrat Mohani
¾ The province that had the highest number of
¾ The leader who proposed to adopt Complete
Satyagrahis in Mahatma Gandhi's Dandi March
Independence as the goal of the Congress in the
Ahmedabad session of 1921 - Hasrat Mohani - Gujarat
¾ The proposal of Purna-Swaraj was passed in ¾ In 1930, Mahatma Gandhi started Civil
Lahore session of Congress in the year Disobedience Movement from - Dandi
- 1929 A. D. ¾ Dandi March lasted for - 24 days

¾ With reference to the Civil Disobedience ¾ The soldiers of Garhwal Regiment refused to fire
Movement,the true statements are on the revolutionaries in
- Madan Mohan Malviya, Devadas Gandhi and - Civil Disobedience Movement
K.M. Munsi were punished for violating the ¾ At the time of National Movement,the person who
salt law. started 'Dash Roja' periodical
¾ Events Date - Abdul Gaffar Khan
Dandi March - March 12, 1930 (start) ¾ Jiatrang Movement started in - Manipur
Quit India Movement - August 9, 1942 ¾ Agitation against Chaukidari Tax in Begusarai was
Arrival of Simon Commission- February 3, 1928 a part of - Civil disobedience movement
Gandhi-Irwin Pact - March 5, 1931 ¾ Salt Satyagraha in Bhagalpur was led by
¾ The date April 6, 1930 is known in Indian History - Mahadev Lal Sarraf
for - Dandi March of M.Gandhi. ¾ After the failure of the Civil Disobedience
¾ Assertion (A) : The salt agitation was launched movement, Gandhiji gave importance to
by Mahatma Gandhi in 1930. - Constructive programmes
Reason (R) : Mahatma Gandhi's object was to ¾ Dr. Radhabai was arrested while leading procession
make salt available free to the poor. in the Second Civil Disobedience Movement on
(A) is true, but (R) is false. - 13 June, 1932
¾ The statement: "I want world sympathy in this ¾ Prabhavati Devi was the freedom fighter of
battle of Right against Might," is associated with - Patna
- Gandhi's Dandi March
¾ The correct statements about Mahatma Gandhi's
Gandhi-Irwin Pact
Dandi March are ¾ The main purpose of Gandhi-Irwin Pact was to
It was an altogether a pedestrian march. - To make the participation of Congress easier
It started from Sabarmati Ashram and ended in round table conference
at Dandi. ¾ The Gandhi-Irwin Pact included
The entire march from Sabarmati was covered - Invitation to Congress to participate in the
in 24 days Round Table Conference
¾ After, the arrest of Gandhiji during salt Satyagraha, - Withdrawal of Ordinances promulgated
the person who took his place as the leader of the in connection with the Civil Disobedience
movement - Abbas Taiyabji Movement
¾ Acharya Vinoba Bhave was arrested for the first - Release of only those prisoners who were not
time for taking part in charged with violence
- Civil Disobedience Movement ¾ Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed in
¾ Gandhiji stayed with a foreign journalist in his - 5 March 1931
Sabarmati Ashram during Dandi March. He was – ¾ The Second Round Table Conference in London
was held in the backdrop of the
- Web Miller
- Irwin-Gandhi Pact
¾ During the Indian freedom struggle, the Khudai ¾ The role of mediator in Gandhi-Irwin Pact was
Khidmatgars, also known as Red Shirts called for: played by
The Pathan regional nationalist unity and a - Tej Bahadur Sapru
struggle against colonialism ¾ She called Irwin and Gandhi 'The two Mahatmas'
¾ Red Shirt organization was founded to- - Sarojini Naidu
- Throw out the Britishers ¾ He took Mahatma Gandhi's gain in the Gandhi-
¾ The leader of Lal Kurti Movement was – Irwin Pact as "Consolation Prizes"
- Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan - Alan Campbell Johnson

¾ He represented Congress in Second Round Table
Karachi Session of Conference - Mahatma Gandhi
Congress (1931) & Round ¾ Assertion (A): J.L. Nehru represented the Indian
National Congress in the second Round Table
Table Conference Conference (1932).
¾ The correct chronological order of the following Reason (R): It was implicit in the Gandhi-Irwin
events connected with India's struggle for Pact (1931) that the INC will participate in the
Second Round Table Conference (1931)
independence
- (A) is false, but (R) is true
- Gandhi-Irwin Pact, Execution of Bhagat
¾ Gandhi attended this Round Table Conference
Singh, Karachi session of Indian National
- Only Second
Congress, Second Round Table Conference ¾ Mahatma Gandhi stayed at this place in London
¾ Correct chronological sequence is - during second Round Table Conference
- Gandhi-Irwin Pact, Execution of Rajguru, - Kingsley Hall
Karachi session of INC, Poona Pact ¾ Gandhi left Bombay for London for second Round
Table Conference aboard ship
¾ Among Maulana Mohammad Ali, Maulana Abul
- S.S. Rajputana
Kalam Azad, Mahatma Gandhi and J.L. Nehru,
¾ Congress representative participated in Round
which Indian leader attended the first Round Table
Table Conference for first time in
Conference
- Second Round Table Conference
- Maulana Mohammad Ali ¾ Mahatma Gandhi returned to India in December,
¾ Correct statements about first round table
1931 empty-handed from - London
conference are ¾ Second Round Table Conference failed on the
- It was held in 1930 issue of
- It was to discuss the report of the Simon - Communal Delegations
Commission ¾ Indian who participated in all three Round Table
- It was held in London Conference
¾ Christians were represented in first Round Table - B.R. Ambedkar
Conference by ¾ It would be incorrect to refer meeting of Indian and
- K.T. Paul British political leaders during 1930-32 in London
¾ First Round Table Conference of Indian leaders as first, second and third Round Table Conference
was summoned in London by the British because
Government in - 1930 - It was an instance of a conference held in
¾ Among Mahatma Gandhi, Sarojini Naidu, three sessions and not that of three separate,
Madan Mohan Malviya and Maulana Azad, who conference
participated in 2 Round Table Conference
nd
¾ Round Table Conference that was held in 1932
- Gandhi, Malviya & Azad - Third
¾ He did not participate in 2nd Round Table ¾ Indian National Congress did not take part in
Conference - J.L. Nehru - First and third Round Table Conference
¾ Among M.K. Gandhi, Sarojini Naidu, Pt. Madan ¾ Following are correct statements
Mohan Malviya and Dr. Rajendra Prasad, who - In the First Round Table Conference, Dr.
did not participate in the Second Round Table Ambedkar demanded separate electorates for
Conference - Dr. Rajendra Prasad the depressed classes

- In the Poona Pact, special provisions for Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct
representation of the depressed people in the explanation of (A).
local bodies and civil services were made ¾ Dr.Ambedkar and Gandhiji had a Pact called
- The Indian National Congress did not take part Poona Pact
in the Third Round Table Conference
¾ Assertion (A) : In August, 1932, the British
Government announced the Communal Award.
Communal Award and Reason (R) : Under this, certain seats were
Poona Pact (1932) reserved for each minority community in the
legislatures, for which the members were elected
¾ The one who issued the Communal Award
from separate electorates.
- Ramsay Macdonald
- (A) and (R) both are correct and (R) is the
¾ A separate electoral group was made by the
correct explanation of (A)
communal Tribunal of Ramsay MacDonald first
¾ Poona Pact was signed
time in August, 1932 - For Untouchables
- After Gandhiji's fast unto death against
¾ Assertion (A) : The British Government
communal award, the Poona Pact was signed on
announced the Communal Award in August 1932.
September 24, 1932, this agreement was signed
Reason (R) : It allowed to each minority a number
by Gandhiji's supporters and Ambedkar,
of seats in the legislature to be elected on the basis
Gandhiji did not sign it.
of a separate electorate.
Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct ¾ After Poona Pact of 1932, Harijan Sewak Sangh
explanation of (A). was established. Its President was
¾ The separate electorate and reserved seats by - Ghanshyam Das Birla

Communal Award of MacDonald are allocated to ¾ The first President of All India Anti-Untouchability
- Muslims, depressed class, Sikhs League (later changed to HarijanSevakSamaj) was
¾ Mahatma Gandhi started first fast unto death at the - G. D. Birla
time of - Communal Award ¾ All India Depressed Classes League was
¾ Mahatma Gandhi undertook fast unto death in established by
1932, mainly because - Babu Jagjiwan Ram
- Ramsay MacDonald announced the ¾ The former name of Harijan Sevak Sangh was
Communal Award - All India Anti-Untouchability League
¾ The seats that were given to depressed classes
¾ Harijan Sewak Sangh was organized by
under Communal Award and Poona Pact
- Mahatma Gandhi
- 71 and 147 respectively
¾ All India Scheduled Caste Federation was founded
¾ The Poona Pact was concerned with
by - B.R. Ambedkar in 1942
- Depressed classes
¾ The purpose of Poona Pact was ¾ Out of the given options namely : B. R. Ambedkar,
To provide representation of untouchables Madan Mohan Malviya, C. Rajagopalachari, M.
¾ Assertion (A) : The Poona Pact defeated the K. Gandhi who did not sign on Poona Pact
purpose of Communal Award. - Mahatma Gandhi
Reason (R) : It paved the way for reservation of ¾ The one who said, Mahatma Gandhi like a fleeting
seats in the Parliament and the State Assemblies phantom raises dust but not the level
for the SC and ST people. - Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

¾ The provinces where Indian National Congress
Congress Socialist did not form its ministry after general elections of
1937 were - Bengal and Punjab
Party(1934) ¾ The Tenure of the Congress ministries formed in
¾ The first meeting of the Congress Socialist Party the elections of 1937 after the Act of 1935 was:
was held in - 1934 A.D. - 28 Months
¾ Out of the given names namely: M.N. Roy, Ganesh ¾ After the formation of ministries in the province in
Shankar Vidyarthi, Pattam Thanu Pillai, Acharya 1937, Congress rule lasted for: - 28 months
Narendra Dev who was a prominent leader of the ¾ Muslim League celebrated the Day of Deliverance
Congress Socialist Party in - 1939
- Acharya Narendra Dev ¾ Name the working Committee in which the
¾ The Congress Socialist Party was founded in 1934 Congress adopt the policy of abolishing land
by ownership - Working Committee, 1937
- Acharya Narendra Dev and Jay Prakash Narayan ¾ The person who was entrusted with finance
¾ The Convenor of All India Congress Socialist portfolio in the ministry formed in U.P. after the
Party at Patna in 1934 was election of 1937 - Rafi Ahmad Kidwai
- Jaya Prakash Narayan ¾ The chronological order of reports that are
¾ Jayprakash Narayan was associated with the Party connected with Muslim grievances in the Congress
- Congress Socialist Party administered provinces
- Pirpur Report, Shareef Report, Muslim sufferings
¾ Bihar Socialist Party was founded by
under Congress rule.
- J.P. Narayan
¾ The one who is known as Loknayak Tripuri Crisis of
- Jayprakash Narayan
¾ Jay Prakash diwas was celebrated in
Congress (1939)
- April, 1946 ¾ The elected President of Indian National Congress
¾ Shri Narsingh Narayan was - Socialist in 1938 was - Subhash Chandra Bose
¾ The correct statements are ¾ The person who presided over the Haripura session
- The Bombay Manifesto signed in 1936 openly of the Indian National Congress was
opposed the preaching of socialist ideals. - S.C. Bose
- It evoked support from a large section of the ¾ Haripura where annual session of Indian National
business community from all across India. Congress was held under the Presidentship of
Subhash Chandra Bose in 1938 is situated in the
Provincial Election and State of - Gujarat
Formation of Cabinet ¾ Subhash Chandra Bose was chosen President of
(1937) Congress in Tripuri Session of Indian National

Congress in the year 1939. Tripuri is in
¾ The Provincial Governments were constituted
under the Act of - 1935 - Jabalpur
¾ The province Central Province, Bihar, Punjab ¾ Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose became the second
and Madras, where the Indian National Congress time President of Indian National Congress by
could not get absolute majority during the general defeating leader named - P. Sitaramaiya
election of 1937 was - Punjab ¾ Subhash Chandra Bose defeated Pattabhi
¾ In 1937 elections, Congress secured a clear Sitaramaiya and became President of Indian
majority in - Five States National Congress at: - Tripuri Session, 1939

¾ The person who became the President of the Reason (R) : Because they were expecting to
Indian National Congress after the resignation of complete independence.
Subhash Chandra Bose was - Rajendra Prasad Both (S) and (R) are false.
¾ The whole dispute between Subhash Chandra ¾ Assertion (A) :The Congress Ministries in all the
provinces resigned in the year 1939.
Bose and right-wing, after the Tripuri session of
Congress, centred around the question of Reason (R) : The Congress did not accept the
decision of the Viceroy to declare war against
- Formation of Congress Working Committee Germany in the context of the Second World War.
¾ Indian nationalist leader who looked upon a (A) and (R) are individually true, and (R) is the
war between Germany and Britain as a godsent correct explanation of (A).
opportunity that enabled Indians to exploit the ¾ The IInd World War ended in
situation to their advantage
- 1945 A.D
- Subhash Chandra Bose
¾ During the Second World War,The Prime Minister
Indian Princely States of Britain was - Winston Churchill
¾ The purpose of the Butler Committee, 1927 Demand for Pakistan

- Improvement of relationships between Indian
Provinces and the Crown. ¾ The idea of a separate Nation for Muslims was
¾ All India State Peoples Conference was set up given by - Sir Mohammad Iqbal
- In 1927 ¾ The person who used primarily the word Pakistan
¾ Most of the integration of princely states in the for separate State for Indian Muslims
Union of India had taken place in the year - Chaudhary Rehmat Ali and his friends
- 1947 A.D.
¾ The "Pakistan Resolution" was drafted by
¾ Integration of States was done under the leadership
- Sikandar Hayat Khan
of - Sardar Patel
¾ Jammu and Kashmir became an integral part of ¾ Mohammad Ali Jinnah was called as Ambassador
India on - 26th October, 1947 of Hindu-Muslim Unity by - Sarojini Naidu
¾ These three Indian states delayed accession to ¾ The remark Nehru is a patriot, while Jinnah is a
India politician was made by - Sir Mohammad Iqbal
- Junagarh, Hyderabad, Jammu and Kashmir ¾ A separate homeland for Muslims found for the
¾ President of All India States People Conference in first time a definite expression :
1939 was - J.L. Nehru - In the Presidential Speech of Iqbal at the
¾ Among Punjab, Assam, Bengal and Bihar, which Allahabad Session of Muslim League (1930).
province came forward with a plan for a United ¾ The resolution demanding the formation of
and Independent existence at the time of partition Pakistan was passed by Muslim league in the year
of India - Punjab
of - 1940
¾ State party to 'stand-still' agreement - Hyderabad
¾ The Pakistan Resolution was adopted by the
Second World War Muslim League in - March, 1940
¾ The personality who has moved a resolution for
¾ The policy of Indian National Congress during
the creation of Pakistan in the Muslim League
IInd World War was
Session of 1940,was - Khaliquzzaman
- Cooperation of Britain in the case of assurance
of Complete Independence ¾ The Muslim League Annual Session which gave
effect to Jinnah's Two Nation Theory was held in
¾ Statement (S) : Indian National Congress had
collaborated/assisted British in IInd World War. - Lahore

¾ Muslim League had put their proposal of the ¾ The true statements about the Cripps Mission are
division of India in the session of : - Dominion status at the end of the war.
- Lahore session - Acceptance of the Constitution framed by
¾ Muslim League celebrated the Pakistan Day on Constituent Assembly.
- The formation of new executive Council with
- 23rd March, 1943
equal representation for both Hindus and
¾ Lahore Session (1940) of Muslim League was
chaired by - Mohd. Ali Jinnah Muslims.
- Any province could remain outside the Indian
Individual Satyagraha Union.
(1940) ¾ The plan of Sir Stafford Cripps envisaged that
¾ The first Satyagrahi of the Individual Satyagraha after the Second World War
Movement was - Vinoba Bhave - India should be given Dominion status
¾ In the Individual Satyagraha, Vinoba Bhave was ¾ Cripps proposal as a 'post-dated cheque upon a
chosen as the first Satyagrahi.The second was crashing bank' was viewed by
- Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru - Mahatma Gandhi
¾ Third Satyagrahi was - Brahm Dutt ¾ The Prime Minister of Britain who sent Cripps
¾ The correctly matched list is Mission to India - Winston Churchill
Acharya Vinoba Bhave - Pawnar ¾ Official Congress negotiators with Cripps Mission
Yati Yatan Lal Jain - Raipur were
Ramgopal Tiwari - Bilaspur - Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Maulana Azad.
Ratnakar Jha - Durg ¾ The person who called the Movements of Gandhiji
as Political Blackmail - Lord Linlithgow
¾ The word Sarvodaya was primarily used by
- Mahatma Gandhi
Quit India Movement
Cripps Mission (1942) ¾ On 6th July, 1942, at the Working Committee of
the Congress, Mahatma Gandhi discussed for the
¾ The Cripps Mission came to India in the year first time his Quit India Policy. The President of
- 1942 the Committee was
¾ Sir Stafford Cripps came to India with a draft - Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
declaration of proposals of British Government ¾ The Congress Working Committee met to pass the
Quit India Resolution of 14th July, 1942 in
which included that
- Wardha
- India should be given a dominion status.
¾ During the Quit India Movement, a girl named
- All provinces and States must be merged to Kanaklata Barua led a public procession and
make the Indian Union defying the police, tried to enter the police station
- Any province or the State can take the decision but was shot dead. This incident took place at
to live outside of the Indian Union. - Gohpur sub division of Assam
¾ The Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army
- Indian Constitution must be constituted by
during Quit India Movement was - Lord Wavell
the people of India ¾ Quit India movement began on
¾ An important aspect of the Cripps Mission of 1942 - 9th August, 1942
was ¾ The proposal was passed for Quit India Movement
- The creation of an Indian Union with at the ground of
Dominion status after the Second World War - Gowalia Tank, Bombay

¾ Quit India Movement was primarily launched at ¾ All India Azad Dasta at Bakri Ka Tapu was
- Bombay organised during the Quit India Movement by
¾ On the eve of launch of Quit India Movement, - Jayprakash Narayan
Mahatma Gandhi ¾ The Prime Minister of England during Quit India
- Asked the Princes of the Princely states to Movement was - Churchill
accept the sovereignty of their people. ¾ The American publicist who was with Mahatma
Gandhi during his Quit India movement was
¾ The statement, We shall either free India or die in
the attempt is associated with - Louis Fischer
- Quit India Movement ¾ Louis Fischer was the biographer of Mahatma

Gandhi, he was - An American journalist.
¾ The slogan 'Do or Die' was given by
¾ Assertion (A) : Lord Linlithgow described the
- Mahatma Gandhi
August Movement of 1942 as the most serious
¾ 'Do or Die' is related to - Quit India Movement rebellion since Sepoy Mutiny.
¾ Baldev Sahai resigned from the post of Advocate Reason (R) : There was a massive upsurge of the
General in the year - 1942 peasantry in certain areas.
¾ Quit India Movement was launched in response to Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct
- Cripps Proposals explanation of (A).
¾ The party that didn't support Quit India Movement ¾ Dr. Rajendra Prasad was arrested on 9th August,
1942 and was sent to - Bankipur Jail
- The Hindu Mahasabha, Communist Party of
India, Unionist Party of Punjab and Muslim ¾ Mahatma Gandhi was arrested in connection with
League Quit India Movement in - Bombay
¾ Quit India resolution was moved in the Bombay ¾ After passing the resolution of Quit India
Movement Gandhiji was arrested and kept at
Session of the Congress in the year 1942 by
- Aga Khan Palace
- Jawaharlal Nehru (supported by Sardar Patel)
¾ With the news of Gandhi and other Congress
¾ The draft of the Quit India resolution was prepared
leaders' arrest in 1942, a riot in Bihar took place,
by - Mahatma Gandhi
leading to a total breakdown in the rail services.
¾ Name the President of the Indian National The most affected area among Munger, Gaya,
Congress when Quit India resolution was passed Patna, Shahabad, was - Munger
- Maulana Abul Kalam Azad ¾ Jai Prakash Narayan got the recognition of national
¾ The person who has been the president of Indian leader in the context of - Quit India Movement
National Congress for consecutive six years ¾ The wife of Mr. Jagat Narayan Lal was
- Mrs. Rampyari
- Abul Kalam Azad
¾ In 1942 AD, Jayaprakash Narayan escaped from
¾ Quit India Movement was reaction of Hazaribagh Jail on this festival - Deepawali
- The disappointment of Indians against Cripps ¾ He secretly escaped from Jail and organised
underground activities during Quit India
Mission.
Movement - Jai Prakash Narayan
The threat of Japanese attack on India. ¾ Gangaram and Kheemdev were martyred during
Due to passing the proposal of August, 1942 by - Quit India Movement
AICC. ¾ Assertion (A): Quit India Movement succeeded in
awakening and encouraging people.
¾ With reference to the Indian freedom struggle,
Reason (R): People have assimilated the slogan of
Usha Mehta is well known for 'Do or Die'.
- Running the Secret Congress Radio in the - (A) and (R) are individually true, and (R) is
wake of Quit India Movement the correct explanation of (A)

¾ Assertion (A): Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh ¾ Subhash Chandra Bose established the Forward
(RSS) was separate from Quit India Movement, Block in the year - 1939
1942. ¾ The INA was the brainchild of
Reason (R): It thought that the freedom of India - Giani Pritam Singh and Major Fujiwara
will be delayed due to this movement.
¾ The first Indian National Army (I.N.A.) was
- (A) is true, but (R) is false
established in the year - 1942
¾ As a result of Quit India Movement, British and
¾ The first commander of Azad Hind Fauj was
Muslims came closer to each other due to similar
- Mohan Singh
hatred against congress.
- Jinnah had worked as staunch ally of the ¾ Organization of Azad Hind Fauz was declared on
British Government and asked the Muslims to - 21 October , 1943
stay away from Congress's Movement of 1942. ¾ Subhash Chandra Bose announced the
¾ Aruna Asaf Ali was a major women organiser of establishment of Provisional Government of Free
underground activities during India on - 21st October, 1943
- Quit India Movement ¾ Azad Hind Fauz was set up in 1943 at - Malaya
¾ Parallel governments were established during Quit ¾ Country in which the honorific 'Netaji' was applied
India Movement at to the name of Subhas Chandra Bose
- Ballia, Tamluk (Midnapore) and Satara - Germany
(Maharashtra) ¾ Indian revolutionary who helped Subhash Chandra
¾ Operation Rubicon was code word proposed to Bose in the establishment of Azad Hind Fauz
be adopted by British Government in India with - Ras Bihari Bose
reference to - Gandhi's fast unto death in Jail ¾ The head office of Azad Hind Fauj was situated at
¾ Parallel government was established in Uttar - Rangoon
Pradesh during Quit India Movement
¾ He who said, Tum Mujhe Khoon Do, Mai Tumhe
- at Ballia district
Azadi Dunga - Subhash Chandra Bose
¾ Jatiya Sarkar was formed in Midnapur district of
Bengal in - 1942 A.D. ¾ The person who joined Subhash Chandra Bose to
establish the All India Forward Bloc and actively
¾ Assertion (A): The Quit India Movement marked
associated with the I.N.A. movement
the culmination of Indian National Movement.
Reason (R): After the Quit India Movement it was - Sheelbhadra Yazi
a need of time to find a suitable mechanism for ¾ During the Indian Freedom Struggle,the one who
transfer of power. raised an army called Free Indian Legion
- (A) and(R) are individually true, and (R) is - Subhash Chandra Bose
correct explanation of (A)
¾ Rani Laxmibai Regiment was established by
¾ After Quit India Movement, C. Rajagopalachari
issued a pamphlet entitled "The Way Out". It - Subhash Chandra Bose
contained a proposal for ¾ The one who called Subhash Chandra Bose as
- A solution to the constitutional deadlock Desh Nayak - Rabindranath Tagore
¾ The one who gave the slogan Jai Hind
Subhash Chandra Bose - S.C. Bose
¾ The Azad Hind Fauj Day was observed on
and Azad Hind Fauj - 12 November, 1945
¾ Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose was born in the city ¾ The soldier of Azad Hind Fauj who was sentenced
of - Cuttack to seven years imprisonment - Rashid Ali

¾ Out of the given officers of Azad Hind Fauj ¾ Among Sir Stafford Cripps, Ramsay Macdonald,
namely: Gurbaksh Singh, Prem Sehgal, Mohan A.V. Alexander and Lord Pathick Lawrence, he
Singh, Shahnawaz who did not face famous Red was not a member of Cabinet Mission sent to India
Fort trials - Mohan Singh in 1946 A.D.
¾ He who had headed the group of advocates to - Ramsay MacDonald
argue the case on behalf of The Indian National ¾ It made its proposals in May. It still wanted a
Army in 1945 in the Red Fort trials united India. There was to be the Federal Union
composed of British provinces.
- Bhulabhai Desai
- The above quotation is related to: Cabinet
¾ The trial of the Officers of the I.N.A. was held at
Mission
- Red Fort, Delhi
¾ Out of the given options namely : Provincial
¾ Out of the given options namely : C.R. Das, Grouping, Interim Cabinet of Indians, Acceptance
Motilal Nehru, M.A. Jinnah, Sir T.B. Sapru who of Pakistan, Constitution Framing Right which is /
has pleaded on the side of the Indian National are not correct about the Cabinet Mission Plan
Army officers in their Red Fort trial - Acceptance of Pakistan
- Sir T.B. Sapru ¾ That which suggested the reconstitution of the
¾ At the Congress Working Committee meeting at Viceroy's Executive Council in which all the
Allahabad (April-May, 1947), the member who portfolios including that of War Members were to
was able to secure a majority for his plan of a be held by the Indian leaders
Guerilla War against the Japanese due to India's - Cabinet Mission, 1946
unequivocal stand against Nazism, Fascism and ¾ With reference to the Cabinet Mission,the correct
imperialism - Jawaharlal Nehru statement is
¾ Out of the given names namely: Rashid Ali, - It recommended a federal Government
Shahnawaz, P.K. Sahgal, B.C. Dutta who is NOT ¾ Assertion (A) : In 1946, the Muslim League
associated with Indian National Army (I.N.A.) withdrew its acceptance of the Cabinet Mission
Plan.
- B. C Dutta
Reason (R) : The Muslim League joined the
¾ Subhas Chandra Bose renamed Nicobar Island as interim government formed in 1946.
- Swaraj Island Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the
¾ The major events of the year 1945 were correct explanation of (A)
¾ Out of the given names Mahatma Gandhi,
- Wavell plan, Simla conference, Azad Hind Fauj
Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Patel, Maulana Abul
Kalam Azad who was totally in favour of Cabinet
Cabinet Mission Plan Mission Plan - Mahatma Gandhi
(1946) ¾ The Congress President who negotiated with both
Cripps Mission and Lord Wavell
¾ Cabinet Mission was presided over by - Abul Kalam Azad
- Sir P. Lawrence ¾ The President of Indian National Congress during
the visit of Cabinet Mission to India was
¾ The one who arrived in India, in 1946 after Second
- Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
World War - Cabinet Mission
¾ The one who had proposed a three-tire polity for
India - Cabinet Mission
Constituent
¾ Cabinet Mission, 1946 comprised of three cabinet Assembly (1946)
ministers. Out of the given names namely : Lord
Pethick Lawrence, A.V. Alexander, Sir Stafford ¾ The year in which the idea of a Constituent
Cripps, and Lord Emery, who was /were not Assembly was first mooted to frame a Constitution
members of this cabinet - Lord Emery for India - 1936 (by Congress party)

¾ The Constituent Assembly that framed India's ¾ In the province where Muslim League formed
constitution was set up their Government after 1946 elections - Bengal
- Under the Cabinet Mission Plan ¾ Out of the given names namely : Jawaharlal
¾ Under the Cabinet Mission Plan, the total Nehru, Liyaqat Ali Khan, Abul Kalam Azad,
number of seats allotted to each province in the Dr.Rajendra Prasad who were not minister in
Constituent Assembly was roughly in the ratio of
interim Government formed on 2nd September,
one representative to the population of
1946
- 10 lakh persons
- Liyaqat Ali Khan, Abul Kalam Azad
¾ The first session of the Constituent Assembly was
held on - 9th December, 1946 ¾ Muslim League observed the Direct Action Day
on - 16 August, 1946
¾ The President of the Indian Constituent Assembly
was - Dr. Rajendra Prasad
¾ The first President of the Sovereign Constituent
Assembly for the Dominion of India was Partition of India and
- Rajendra Prasad
¾ Sachchidananda Sinha was associated with Independence
- Quit India Movement ¾ The party that was in power in the U.K. when
¾ The correct statement is India got independence - Labour Party
- The Constituent Assembly of India was elected ¾ The Prime Minister of England when India
by the Provincial Assemblies in the year 1946. attained independence was - Clement Attlee
¾ The British Government decided and declared to
Formation of Interim leave India by June, 1948 in - February, 1947
¾ The British Monarch at the time of Indian
Government (1946) Independence was - George VI
¾ Lord Mountbatten came to India as a Viceroy
¾ The Interim Cabinet formed in the year 1946 and
along with specific instructions to
was headed by - Jawaharlal Nehru
- Keep India United if possible
¾ In the leadership of Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru interim
¾ The plan which became the platform of Indian
Government formed in - September 1946
Independence - Mountbatten Plan
¾ The portfolio that was held by Dr.Rajendra Prasad
¾ The Mountbatten Plan became the basis for
in the Interim Government formed in the year
- Partition of the country
1946, was - Food and Agriculture
-Transfer of Power
¾ Princly portfolio in the National Provisional
¾ The British Parliament passed the Indian
government was given to
Independence Act in - July ,1947
¾ The Indian Independence Act, 1947 came into
¾ In the interim Government (1946) the one who
force on - July 18, 1947
held the Railways Portfolio - Asaf Ali
¾ Mountbatten Plan regarding the partition of India
¾ When the Indian Muslim League was inducted
was officially declared on - June 03, 1947
into the Interim Government in 1946, Liyaqat Ali
¾ Assertion (A): Britain made India free in 1947.
Khan was assigned the Portfolio of - Finance
Reason (R): Britain had become weak during
¾ He was alloted the portfolio of the labour
the second World War.
department in the interim Government's Cabinet
Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct
of 1946 AD
explanation of (A).
- Jagjivan Ram ¾ Assertion (A) : The British sovereignty continued
¾ Out of the given names : Jawaharlal Nehru, Baldev to exist in free India.
Singh, Ali Zaher, B. R. Ambedkar who was not a Reason (R) : The British sovereign appointed the
member of interim Cabinet last Governor - General of free India.
- B. R. Ambedkar A is false, but R is true.
¾ The Indian Independence Bill received the Royal ¾ The one who sang Hindustan Hamara of Iqbal and
Assent on - July 18th, 1947 Jan-Gan-Man in the Central Assembly at midnight
¾ The Balkan Plan for fragmentation of India was of 14/15 August, 1947 - Sucheta Kriplani
the brainchild of - Lord Mountbatten ¾ That who appointed the first Prime Minister of
India - Governor-General
¾ The Indian National Congress agreed in 1947 to
¾ The first Governor-General of Independent India
the partition of the country mainly because
was - Lord Mountbatten
- They wanted to avoid large-scale communal riots.
¾ The last Governor-General of Independent India
¾ Assertion (A) : The Indian National Congress was - C. Rajagopalachari
accepted the Mountbatten plan.
¾ The first Indian to hold office as Governor-General
Reason (R) : It believed in two-nation theory. of independent India was - Rajagopalachari
(A) is true, but (R) is false. ¾ The first and the last Indian Governor-General of
¾ As an alternative to the partition of India, Gandhiji India was - C. Rajagopalachari
suggested to Mountbatten that he ¾ The last Viceroy of India was
- Invite Jinnah to form the Government - Lord Mountbatten
¾ The Radcliffe Committee was appointed to ¾ The first Law Minister of India was
- Demarcate the boundaries between India and - Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
Pakistan. ¾ The correct sequence of persons who occupied
the office of the President of India right from the
¾ He who headed the Boundary Commission
beginning, are
appointed in 1947 in the context of India's partition
- Rajendra Prasad, S. Radhakrishnan, Zakir
- Radcliffe
Hussain, V. V. Giri
¾ The last opportunity to avoid the partition of India
¾ The one who represented the Indian National
was lost with the rejection of - Cabinet Mission
Congress in the Partition Council headed by Lord
¾ Name the Chairman of the Congress Session of Mountbatten - Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Patel
Delhi wherein resolution of divided India was
¾ The President of Indian National Congress at the
passed on June 15, 1947 - J.B. Kriplani
time of partition of India was - J.B. Kriplani
¾ Out of the given names namely : Acharya
¾ January 26,1950 was chosen for the enforcement
J.B.Kriplani, Govind Ballabh Pant, Sardar
Vallabhbhai Patel, Abul Kalam Azad who had of the Constitution because
seconded the resolution on the partition in the - Congress had celebrated 26 January, 1930 as
meeting of All India Congress Committee held in the first Independence Day
New Delhi in 1947 - Abul Kalam Azad ¾ Mountbatten Plan (June, 1947) recommended for
¾ The one who took the passing of a resolution referendum in provinces of
on the partition in the meeting of the Congress - Sindh, Balochistan, North-West Frontier
Committee (1947) as a surrender of Nationalism Province
in favour of Communalism ¾ The one who presided over the 1946 Session of the
- Dr. Kitchlew Indian National Congress held at Meerut
¾ The one who presided over the Delhi Session of - J.B. Kripalani
Indian National Congress in 1947 ¾ In August 1947, leaders who did not participate
- J. B. Kripalani anywhere in Independence Day celebrations
¾ In the meeting of All India Committee on June 14- - Mahatma Gandhi
15, 1947;the one who voted against the partition of ¾ Indian Nationalism was the child of the British
India - Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan Rule. He who made this statement - R. Coupland
¾ The one which assumed sovereign power at ¾ He said that the most notable achievement of the
midnight of 14/15 August, 1947 provisionally British Rule was the unification of India
- Constituent Assembly - K.M. Panikkar
¾ Out of the given names : Rajendra Prasad, ¾ It is one of the reasons for considering the Charter
Jawaharlal Nehru, J.B. Kripalani, Sardar Patel who Act of 1813 important for India,
was the President of the India National Congress - It made a financial allocation for the education
on 15th August, 1947 - J.B. Kripalani
of Indian people.
¾ The king of Britain at the time of Indian
¾ Out of the given options namely: The trading
independence was - George VI
activities of the East India Company were to
be abolished,The designation of the supreme
Constitutional authority was to be changed as the Governor
Development of India General of India-in-Council,All law-making

powers to be conferred on Governor-General-in-
¾ The Regulating Act was passed in - 1773 A.D. council,An Indian was to be appointed as a Law
¾ The Act which made the provision for the first Member of the Governor-Generals Council,
time for the post of Governor-General of Bengal which provisions was not made in the Charter
- Regulating Act, 1773 Act of 1833
¾ The Supreme Court was set up for the first time in - An Indian was to be appointed as a Law
India under the - Regulating Act, 1773 Member of the Governor-Generals Council.
¾ The first Chief Justice of Supreme Court ¾ That which had recommended to hold the Indian
established by the East India Company was Civil Service Examination simultaneously in India
- Elijah Impey & England - Montagu-Chelmsford Report
¾ The Act which gave the right to reject the decision ¾ The Act which provisioned competitive exam
of the committee to Governor-General system for Civil Services
- Act of 1786 - The Charter Act, 1853
¾ The Act which empowered Lord Cornwallis to ¾ The Acts which for the first time created a
overrule the decision of his Council functioning Legislature Council in India
- Act of 1786 - Charter Act of 1853
¾ By a Regulation in 1793, the District Collector ¾ The year in which the British Government finally
was deprived of his judicial powers and made agreed to hold the Indian Civil Services (I.C.S.)
the collecting agent only.The reason for such examination simultaneously in India and England
regulation was - 1922 A. D.
- Lord Cornwallis was alarmed at the extent of ¾ The correctly matched list is
power concentrated in the District Collector Establishment of - Pitt's India Act,
and felt that such absolute power was Board of Control 1784
undesirable in one person. Establishment of Supreme - Regulating Act,
¾ The monopoly of the East India Company in Court 1773
India's trade was abolished in - 1813 A.D. Permission of appointment - Charter Act, 1813
of Christian missionaries
¾ The correct statements regarding 'The Charter Act
in India
of 1813' are
Law Member in Governor - Charter Act, 1833
- It ended the trade monopoly of the East India General Council
Company in India except for trade in tea and
trade with China.
- It asserted the sovereignty of the British (Acts of Colonial - (Provisions)
Crown over the Indian territories held by the Government of
Company. India)

Regulating Act, - The Company directors ¾ To control the media in India, Acts were passed in
1773 were asked to present to - 1835, 1867, 1878, 1908
the British Government ¾ The High Courts were established in Bombay,
all correspondence and
Madras and Calcutta in the year - 1862 A.D.
documents pertaining to
the administration of the ¾ The most short-lived of all of Britain's
company constitutional experiments in India among The
Charter Act, 1813 - Company's trade monopoly in Indian Council Act of 1861, Indian Council Act of
India was ended 1892, Indian Council Act of 1909, Government of
Act of 1858 - The power to govern was India Act of 1919 was
transferred from the East - Indian Council Act of 1909
India Company to the British
¾ The declaration of reforms on August 20, 1917 is
Crown
known as - Montagu Declaration
Pitts India Act, - Set up a Board of Control in
1784 Britain to fully regulate the ¾ The Montagu-Chelmsford Report formed the basis
East India of - The Government of India Act, 1919
¾ By which Act, the British Parliament had abolished ¾ The post of the Indian High Commission was
the monopoly of East India Company's trade in created by which Act
India except for Tea and China trade - The Government of India Act, 1919
- Charter Act of 1813 ¾ The principle of Dyarchy was introduced by the
¾ Under which Act, Board of control was established Act of - 1919
- Pitts India Act, 1784 ¾ The one who is considered the father of Dyarchy
¾ British East India Company lost the monopoly of - Sir Leonil Curtis
Tea trade by - The Charter Act of 1813 ¾ The real intention of the British to include the
¾ The Act which transferred the Government of Princely States in the Federal Union proposed by
India from East India Company to the Crown the India Act of 1935 was to
- The Government of India Act, 1858 - Use the princes to counter-balance the anti-
¾ The correct statement is imperialist doctrines of the nationalist leaders.
- Under the Government of India Act, 1858 ¾ The Government of India Act, 1935 provided for
the British Parliament abolished the East
- The provincial autonomy
India Company altogether and undertook the
responsibility of ruling India directly. - The establishment of Federal Court
¾ The Act which empowered the Governor- General - All India Federation at the Centre
of India to issue Ordinances ¾ Assertion (A) : Dyarchy means division of
- Indian Councils Act of 1861 administrative affairs in two sections.
¾ The Act of British India which strengthened the Reason ( R) : It was introduced for enforcement
Viceroys authority over his executive council by
of responsible governance in Provinces.
substituting portfolio or departmental system for
corporate functioning Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is the correct
- Indian Councils Act, 1861 explanation of (A).
¾ The Act which empowered Indian legislative ¾ The true statements are
assembly to make discussions on a budget After the Nagpur Session (1920) of Congress,
- Indian Councils Act, 1892 the Provincial Congress Committees were
¾ The Act by which the British for the first time constituted on linguistic basis.
introduced the system of indirect elections in India - In 1948, Congress rejected the demand for
- 1892A.D. formation of provinces on linguistic basis.

¾ This was included in prime elements of the ¾ The session in which Indian National Congress
Government of India Act, 1935 had rejected the Government of India Act, 1935
- Provision of Federation, Provincial Autonomy - Lucknow Session, 1936
¾ The Government of India Act, 1935 is important ¾ In the provisions of the Government of India Act,
because 1935, residuary powers were given to the
- It is a main source of the Indian Constitution - Governor General
¾ Out of the given options namely: Dyarchy at the ¾ Government of India Act, 1935 abolished
Centre as well as in the Provinces, A bicameral - Provincial dyarchy
Legislature, Provincial Autonomy, An All- ¾ The Council of India was abolished by
India Federation which is not a feature of the - The Government of India Act 1935
Government of India Act of 1935
- Dyarchy at the Centre as well as in the Provinces
Modern History :
¾ The Government of India Act, 1935 was based on Miscellaneous
the - Simon Commission Report ¾ The fear of expansion of Russia towards India in
¾ The one who said about the Act of 1935 a car the 19th century was
which has a brake but no engine - The base of Anglo-Afghan relations
- Jawaharlal Nehru ¾ The correctly matched are-
¾ He who had called the Government of India Act, Event Year
1935 as the Charter of Slavery First Anglo-Burmese War - 1824 A.D.-
- Jawaharlal Nehru 1826 A.D.
First Anglo-Afghan War - 1838A.D.-
¾ The act that introduced the principle of
1842 A.D.
'constitutional autocracy'
First Anglo-Maratha War - 1775 A.D.-
- Government of India Act 1935
1782 A.D.
¾ The Instrumentation of Instructions contained Second Anglo-Mysore War - 1780A.D.-
in the Government of India Act, 1935 have been 1784 A.D.
incorporated in the Constitution of India in the
¾The correctly matched list is
year 1950 as
Second Anglo - Mysore war - 1780-84 A.D.
- Directive Principles of State Policy
Second Anglo-French war - 1750-54A.D./
¾ The one who has said it: I have not to beg pardon
in connection with the allegation that in the draft of 1749-54 A.D.
the Constitution, a major part of the Government Second Anglo-Maratha war - 1803-05 A.D.
of India Act, 1935, has again been reproduced. Second Anglo-Alghar war - 1878-80 A.D.
- Dr. B.R. Ambedkar ¾ The correctly matched are
¾ The correctly matched list is Treaty of Allahabad - 1765
Treaty of Aixla Chapple - 1748
Regulating Act, 1773 - Establishment of
Supreme Court. La Bourdannais Capture of Madras - 1746
Indian Council Act, 1909 - Introduction Dupleix’s dismissal - 1754
of Communal ¾ The Reimplementation of Jizya - Farrukhsiyar
Electorate Rule over Masulipatnam - Ford
Government of India - Introduction of Sati Prevention Act - Lord William
Act, 1919 Dyarchy Bentinck
Government of India Act, - Provision for End of Slavery - William Bentinck
1935 Autonomy of ¾ In Indian context, the attitude of Paternalism in
Provinces Governance is associated with - Thomas Munro

¾ Out of the given options namely:Bihar Famine of Famine in Madras, Mysore, Hyderabad -1876-78
1873, Rajputana Famine of 1868-69, Famine in Bengal -1943
Madras Presidency Famine of 1866-67, ¾ The following advertisement
Orissa Famine of 1866-67, which has been de- THE MARVEL OF THE CENTURY
scribed as Sea of Calamity of the 19th century in THE WONDER OF THE WORLD
India - Orissa Famine of 1866-67 LIVING PHOTOGRAPHIC PICTURES
¾ The Indian Famine Code, 1883 was prepared by IN
–Strachey Commission LIFE-SIZED REPRODUCTIONS
¾ The correctly matched list is CINEMATOGRAPHY
Andrew Frazer Police Commission A FEW EXHIBITIONS WILL BE GIVEN
(1902-03) AT
Antony MacDonell Famine Commission WATSONS HOTEL
(1901) TONIGHT
Colin Scott Moncrieff Irrigation Commission Appeared in the Times of India dated 7th July in
(1901) the year -1896
Thomas Robertson Railway Commission ¾ He wrote biographies of Mazzini, Garibaldi, Shi-
(1901) vaji and Shrikrishna; stayed in America for some
¾ The correctly matched list is time: and was also elected to the Central Assem-
Year Event bly. He was - Lala Lajpat Rai
1775 A.D.- 82 First Anglo-Maratha War ¾ The British Government is not responsible for the
1790 A.D.- 92 Third Anglo-Mysore War partition of India. This statement is attributed to
1824 A.D.- 26 First Anglo-Burmese War - Lord Attlee
1848 A.D.- 49 Second Anglo-Sikh War ¾ “So always with the assent and often to the dictates
¾ Correct chronological order is of the Chamber of Commerce, the Government of
- Battle of Shakarkheda (1724 A.D.) India is carried on and this is the ‘White Man’s
- Battle of Bedara (1759 A.D.) Burden.”It is said by - Sachchidananda Sinha
- Battle of Porto Novo (1781 A.D.) ¾ The correct statements are
- Battle of Mudki (1845 A.D.) - St. Francis Xavier was one of the founding
¾ The chronological orders are members of the Jesuit order.
- The Dramatic Performance Act 1876, - St. Francis Xavier died on December 3, 1552
on a Chinese Island.
Vernacular Press Act 1878, Bengal Tenancy Act
-The Feast of St. Francis Xavier is celebrated
1885, North-Western Provinces and Oudh Act,
every year on 3rd December in Goa.
1890.
¾ In the context of colonial India, Shah Nawaz Khan,
¾ The correct match is
Prem Kumar Sehgal and Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon
Ban on Sati - 1829
are remembered as
Woods Despatch - 1854
- Officers of the Indian National Army
Vernacular Press Act - 1878 ¾ "Can you show me one free country where there
Rowlatt Act - 1919 are separate electorates... The British element is
¾ The correctly matched list is gone, but they have left mischief behind ". The
Child marriage - M.G. Ranade mentioned statement in the constituent Assembly
Suppression of thuggee - Colonel Sleimen debates was said by - Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
Widows Remarriage - Ishwarchand Vidyasagar ¾ Ambika Chakravarti was not an early member of
Suppression of Pindaris - Lord Hastings the - 'Naujawan-Sabha (formed in 1926 A.D.)'
¾ The correctly matched pairs are ¾ In the second half of 18th century, he who was
Famine in Western U.P. -1860-61 often called the local representative of "Aura and
Famine in Orissa, Bengal, Bihar -1865-66 Authority of Company Bahadur" - Daroga

¾ Assertion (A) : Rabindranath Tagore renounced He considered Shivaji and Guru Govind Singh
Knighthood. as nation builders.
Reason (R): He wanted to participate in the Non- ¾ He who gave the Slogan Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan
Cooperation Movement. - Lal Bahadur Sashtri
-(A) is true but (R) is false ¾ Freedom is almost within reach, we have to seize
it.It is said by - Mahatma Gandhi
¾ The leader of Bhumij Revolt was
¾ He who coined the slogan 'Quit India'
- Ganga Narain
- Yousuf Meher Ali
¾ “So long as this third power, i.e. England is here,
¾ He who had written, that India's salvation will
our communal differences would keep on trou-
not be achieved under the leadership of Mahatma
bling us”. It is said by
Gandhi - Subhash Chandra Bose
- Mahatma Gandhi to Louis Fisher
¾ Everything else can wait, but not agriculture. This
¾ He remarked about the East India Company that
statement is attributed to - Jawahar Lal Nehru
“The Company is an anomaly but it is part of a
¾ The first cloth mill was established in Bombay in
system where everything is an anomaly”
the year - 1854
- G.B. Macaulay
¾ “Kings are made for Public; Public is not made
¾ Political Freedom is the life-breath of a nation. It is
for the King.” This statement was made during the
said by - Aurobindo Ghosh
National Movement by - Dadabhai Naoroji
¾ He who had proposed 'Party Less Democracy' in
India - Mahatma Gandhi ¾ He who advocated ‘Practical Vedanta’
Jay Prakash Narayan - Vivekananda
¾ Rajani Palme Dutt said, “They both fought and ¾ “The British empire is rotten to the core, corrupt
collaborated with imperialism.” He was referring in every direction and tyrannical and mean.” This
to the political grouping that is statement was made by - Sister Nivedita
- The Indian National Congress ¾ The leader who said, “I am an Indian Tom-Tom,
¾ 'New Lamps for Old' was a series of articles (1893- whose work is waking up all the sleepers so that
94) that criticized the Congress for being out of they may wake and work for their motherland”
touch with the proletariat -Aurobindo Ghose - Annie Besant
¾ Out of the given leaders' names viz:Gandhi, Tilak, ¾ The founder of Boy Scouts and Civil Guides
Jawaharlal Nehru, Subhash Chandra Bose movement in India was - Baden-Powell
Bipin Chandra Pal, Arvind Ghosh, ¾ In the context of Indian history, the Rakhmabai
Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Motilal Nehru who visit- case of 1884 revolved around
ed India and served for social regeneration - 1. Age of consent
- Gandhi, Tilak 2. Restitution of conjugal rights
¾ The first Speaker to discard the official wig and ¾ With reference to Indian freedom struggle, the
presided over the house wearing the Gandhi cap statements are correct
was - G.V. Mavlankar - The Rowlatt Act aroused a wave of popular
¾ The date when the maker of the constitution of indignation and led to the Jallianwala Bagh
India Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar died
massacre.
- December 6, 1956
- Subhash Chandra Bose formed the Forward
¾ The Indian who is known as Gurudev
Bloc.
- Rabindra Nath Tagore
- Bhagat Singh was one of the founders of
¾ Rabindranath Tagore died in the year - 1941
¾ He who called Rabindra Nath Tagore as the Great Hindustan Socialist Republican Association.
Sentinel - Mahatma Gandhi ¾ The statement "I am a socialist and a republican
¾ The correct statements about Rabindranath Tagore and am no believer in Kings and Princes" is asso-
are ciated with - Jawahar Lal Nehru
- He sang the glories of ancient India and its ¾ He who had been described as the high priest of
culture. Communism in India - Jawaharlal Nehru

¾ The biographer of Jawahar Lal Nehru is him by a benign British Government because
- Frank Moraes his services were necessary to embarrass the
¾ Boycott word is derived from the name of Nationalist leaders - Dr. B. S. Moonje
- Captain Charles C. Boycott (1832–97) ¾ The native State of Tripura became involved in the
¾ The correct statements are Freedom movement early in the 20th century be-
The Arya Samaj was founded in 1875. cause
Al Hilal was published by Maulana Abul Kalam - The Bengal revolutionaries took shelter in
Azad. Tripura.
The famous Presidency College (former Hindu ¾ Rajendra Prasad belonged to - Bihar
College) of Calcutta was established by Raja ¾ The great poet Rabindranath Tagore emerged as a
Ram Mohan Roy. great painter, when he was – Seventy Years old
¾ The correct chronological order of the events is ¾ Jagat Narayan Lal was sent to - Hazaribagh Jail
Champaran Movement - 1917 AD ¾ The Samadhis of Kasturba and Mahadev Desai are
Non-Co-operation Movement - 1920 AD situated in the premises of
Dandi March - 1930 AD - Agha Khan Palace, Poona
Quit India Movement - 1942 AD ¾ The author of the official history of Congress was
¾ The correct chronological order of the events are - Pattabhi Sitaramayya
Lucknow Pact - December 1916 ¾ During the colonial period in India, the purpose of
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre - 13 April 1919 the Whitley Commission was
Death of Bal Gangadhar Tilak - 1 August 1920. - To report on existing conditions of labour and
Formation of Swaraj Party - 1923 to make recommendations
¾ The lady who contributed the largest to the Indian ¾ The correct match of list-I and list-II is
Politics after 1947 - Aruna Asaf Ali (Commission) (Chairman)
¾ ''It will be our blunder if we leave people of Bihar Railway Commission(1901) Thomas
and their Government unsafe before the violence Robertson
and uncivilized attacks of league leaders''. In the Famine Commission (1899) Anthony
year 1946 ,it was told by - Sardar Patel Mac
¾ He who raised the demand for Complete Indepen- Donnel
dence for the first time in 1921 Irrigation Commission (1901) Colin Scott
- Maulana Hasrat Mohani Moncrieff
¾ He who has hailed Mohd. Ali Jinnah most respon- Police Reform Commission (1902) Andrew
sible for the partition of India Frazer
- Lord Mountbatten ¾ The common relationship between Katherine
¾ He who presided over the All Parties Muslim Mayo, Aldous Huxley, Charles Andrews and
Conference held at Delhi on 31st December, 1928 William Digby was
- Aga Khan - They wrote commentaries on the condition of
¾ The Banaras Session of August, 1923 of the Hindu India during the British rule.
Mahasabha was presided over by ¾ The year of Bengal Famine in which millions of
- Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya people died is - 1943
¾ Identify the year which is closest to the founding ¾ To establish global peace and cooperation among
of the Communist Party of India and the RSS
the people, the concept that was introduced by the
respectively - 1925
Jawaharlal Nehru - Non-alignment
¾ The real name of the Frontier Gandhi is
¾ The part of India which remained under Portuguese
- Abdul Ghaffar Khan
¾ The name of the movement started by Khan Abdul control after 15th August, 1947 - Goa
Gaffar Khan against British was - Red Shirt ¾ The colonial power which was against freedom
¾ He who attacked on Dr. B.R. Ambedkar by saying: struggle had to be continued in India even after 15
Ambedkar has had his leadership thrust upon August, 1947 - Portuguese

¾ The true statements for Jawaharlal Nehru are ¾ Women Saint Daya Bai was a disciple of
- He was influenced by Socialism. – Saint Charandas
He was influenced by British liberalism. ¾ Out of the given options namely:Truth,Non-
He was influenced by Mahatma Gandhi. violence,Untouchability,Heavy-industrialization
¾ Out of the given options namely: that was favoured by Nehru but not favoured by
Bhumihar,Rajput ,Kayastha ,Kurmi who was not a Gandhi - Heavy-industrialization
dominant caste in Bihar during the pre-independent ¾ The session of the Indian National Congress,
period - Kurmi Gandhi said, 'Gandhi may die, but Gandhism will
¾ The statements that are correct remain forever' - Karachi Session,1931
Indian Navy Revolt, 1946 took place when ¾ The correctly matched order is
the Indian sailors in the Royal Indian Navy Gandhiji took to - The Civil
at Bombay and Karachi rose against the Yerwada Disobedience
Government. Prison Movement
¾ The correct statements are He undertook fast - Against Communal
- Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar founded the unto death Award
Bethune School at Calcutta with the main aim He was confronted with - For endorsing
of encouraging education for women. black flags on the way Delhi Pact
- Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay was one of to Karachi
the first two graduates of the Calcutta University. He called the defeat - Congress Crisis of
¾ The first Indian to contest election to the British more 1939
House of Commons was mine than theirs
- Dada Bhai Naoroji ¾ The correct chronological order of the above
¾ The first Indian selected as a member of the British events is :
Non-cooperation Movement (1920-22), Simon
Parliament was - Dadabhai Naoroji
Commission (1927), Nehru report (1928),Quit In-
¾ Name the Deoband scholar who played a significant
dia Movement (1942).
role in the freedom movement
¾ The correct chronological order of events is
- Abul Kalam Azad
- Simon Commission, Dandi March, Gandhi-
¾ He is also known as 'Frontier Gandhi'
Irwin pact, Poona Pact
- Abdul Ghaffar Khan ¾ The chronological order is
¾ The statements regarding Dr.B.R. Ambedkar are
Dandi Yatra, Gandhi-Irwin Pact, Communal
correct
Award, Puna Pact
He founded Siddharth College.
¾ The correct chronological order of the events is
He started his journal Mook Nayak in 1920. - Nehru Report, Gandhi-Irwin Pact, Second
He founded Depressed Class Institute in 1924. Round Table Conference, Communal Award
¾ The correct chronological order of the events is : ¾ The correct chronological order of events is
The Special Session of Indian National Congress,
- Communal Award, Poona Pact, Third Round
Calcutta - September 4-9, 1920
Table Conference, August Offer
Demise of Bal Gangadhar Tilak - 1August, 1920
- Quit India movement launched, Mutiny in
Announcement of Peace Terms - 14 May, 1920
Royal Indian Navy
¾ The first Industrial Policy of independent India
¾ The correct chronological orders of the events is
was announced in the year of - 1948
Formation of an interim - September 2, 1946
¾ The founders of the “Hind Mazdoor Sabha”
Government
established in 1948 were
- Ashok Mehta, T.S. Ramanujam and G.G. Me- The arrival of the - March 24, 1946
Cabinet Mission
hta
¾ The first communist Government of India was Muslim League launches - August 16, 1946
established in the province of: - Kerala Direct Action
¾ The first Communist State Government in Kerala Jinnahs wrecking of the - July 14, 1945
was formed in - 1957 A.D. Shimla Conference

¾ The correct order of the events is ¾ The correctly matched order of the pairs is :
Surat Split, Simon Commission, Civil Vinoba Bhave - Individual Satyagraha
Disobedience movement, Khudai Khidmatgar B.G. Tilak - Home Rule Movement
¾ ‘Khudai Khidmatgar’ was organised in the year Aruna Asaf Ali - Quit India Movement
- 1929 A.D. Sarojini Naidu - Dharsana Raid
¾ C.R. Das was popularly called - Deshbandhu
¾ (Movement) (Person)
Howrah Conspiracy case - Jatindranath Home Rule Movement Annie Besant
Mukherjee Bardoli Satyagraha Vallabhbhai Patel
Lahore Conspiracy case - Raj Guru Non-Cooperation M.K Gandhi
Delhi Conspiracy case - Master Ami Chand Establishment of Swaraj C.R. Das
¾ The correctly matched order is
Alipore Conspiracy case - Arvind Ghosh
Mahatma Gandhi - Dandi March
¾ The correctly matched order is :
Jawaharlal Nehru - Demand for complete
Azad Muslim Conference - Allah Buksh
Independence in Lucknow
Allam
Session
Khaksar Party - Allama Mashriqui
Khan Abdul Gaffar - Red Shirt Movement
Khudai Khidmatgar - Abdul Gaffar Khan Khan
Krishak Praja Party - Fazlul Haq Vallabhbhai Patel - Bardoli Satyagraha
¾ The correctly matched order is : ¾ The correctly matched pairs are :
Lal Kurti Movement - Gaffar Khan Regulating Act - 1773
Bardoli Satyagraha - Sardar Vallabhbhai Partition of Bengal - 1905
Patel Establishment of Muslim League - 1906
Champaran Satyagraha - Gandhi ji Surat split - 1907
Kuka Movement - Ram Singh ¾ The correct order of National Movements in India
¾ The correct statement is is
P.C. Ghosh and T. Prakasam were associated Champaran Satyagraha,
Non- Cooperation Movement,
with Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
Dandi March,
¾ The correct pairs are
Quit India Movement,
Movements/Organizations - Leaders ¾ Correct chronological order is -
Lal Kurti Movement Home Rule Movement,
- Gaffar Khan
Rowlatt Act,
All India Anti - Mahatama Gandhi Simon Commission,
Untouchability League
Gandhi-Irwin Pact,
All India Kisan Sabha - Swami Sahajanand ¾The correct statements are
Saraswati
Asaf Ali looked after the work of Railway
Self-Respect Movement - E. V. Ramaswami Ministry in the interim Government (1946).
Naicker
'Ancient Monuments Preservation Act' was
¾ The correctly matched order is passed when Lord Curzon was Governor-
Khilafat Movement - Ali Brothers General.
Home Rule Movement - Bal Gangadhar Swami Shraddhanand suggested no-tax
campaign as a protest against the Rowlatt Act.
Tilak
¾ The correctly matched pairs are -
Civil Disobedience Movement- Khan Brothers
Female Rulers Related States/Capitals
¾ The correct pairs are
Rani Durgavati - Gara Mandal
Motilal Nehru - Nehru Report Maharani Ahilya Bai - Holkar State
M. K. Gandhi - Champaran Movement Maharani Lakshmi Bai - Jhansi
S.C. Bose - Forward Block Begum Razia Sultan - Delhi

¾ The correct sequence of the events is ¾ The correct chronological order is
The Partition of Bengal, The Lucknow Pact, The Formation of Swaraj Party - 1923
Rowlatt Act,The Introduction of Dyarchy Formation of Naujwan Bharat Sabha - March,
¾ The events in their chronological order 1926
- Wood’s Despatch, Hunter Commission, Sadlar The Dandi March - 12 March - 5 April, 1930
Commission, Sargeant Plan ¾ The correct statements are
Jamnalal Bajaj - Satyagraha Ashram at Wardha
¾ The correct sequence of the events is
Dadabhai Naoroji - Bombay Association
Lucknow Pact, Champaran Satyagraha,
Lala Lajpat Rai - National School at Lahore
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, Khilafat Movement
Jyotiba Phule - Satyasodhak Samaj
¾ The events of History of Modern India in ¾ The correctly matched pairs are
chronological order are 1883 First session of National Con-
- Swadeshi movement (1905), Foundation of All ference at Kolkata
India Muslim League (1906), Morley-Minto 1906 Foundation of Muslim League
reforms (1909) and Lucknow pact (1916) at Dhaka
1927 Formation of the All India
¾The events in chronological order are
State People Conference
- Publication of Hicky's 'Bengal Gazette' (1780) 1932 Announcement of Communal
- Establishment of 'Bengal Asiatic Society' by Sir Award from Whitehall
William Jones (1784). ¾ Punjab Land Alienation Act was passed in the year
- Establishment of 'Servants of India Society' by - 1900
Gopal Krishna Gokhale (1905) ¾ The correctly matched list is
-Establishmentof'Gadar party' by Lala Hardayal Morley-Minto Reform - Communal Electorates
(1913) Simon Commission - Nation Wide Movement
¾ 'Ghumkuria' means - Youth dormitory Chauri-Chaura incident - Withdrawal of Non-
¾ 'Ghumkuria' is system of Oraon tribes of cooperation Movement
Dandi March - Illegal manufacturing
-Jharkhand
of Salt
¾ The British entered into Jharkhand for the first
time from the side of
- Palamu in 1769 (won it in 1771) The first Newspaper - The Bengal Gazette
published from India
¾ The total percentage of central revenue spent on
military force in British India was - 40%
Founder of All India - Mahatma Gandhi
Harijan Sangh
¾ The correct chronological order of events is
Active participants of - Hardayal, Baba
Events Chronology Gadar Movement Harnam Singh &
Passing of Rowlatt Bill as an Act-March 18, 1919 Tundilat
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre - April 13, 1919
Amritsar Session of Indian- December 26-30,
Lahore proposal – Fazl-ul-Haq
National Congress 1919
Demise of B.G. Tilak - August 1, 1920 Pirpur Report – Raj Mohammad Mehdi
¾ The chronological order of events is People’s Plan – MN Roy
- Mahatma Gandhi's Dandi March, Gandhi Ir- Gandhian Plan – S.N. Agrawala
win Pact, Poona Pact, Communal Award. ¾ The Department of State was established under the
¾ The correct order of the events is headship of - Sardar Patel
Events Chronology ¾ The correctly matched pairs are
Home Rule Movement – 1916 August Declaration Montagu
Champaran Satyagraha – 1917 August Offer Lord Linlithgow
Rowlatt Act – April 6, 1919 August Resolution Mahatma Gandhi
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre – April 13,1919 Direct Action Day Mohammad Ali Jinnah

¾ The correctly matched list is ¾ Correct chronological order is
Government of India Act - 1935 - The foundation of Gadar Party (1913)
Cripps Proposal - 1942 - Set up of the 'Indian Independence Committee'
August Offer - 1940 (during world war-I)
Wavell Plan - 1945 - Chittagaon Armoury Raid (18 April 1930)
¾ The correct order of events is - Central Assembly Bomb Case (1929)
August offer, Cripps proposal, C.R. Formula, ¾ The correctly matched order is
Wavell Plan Simon Commission - 1927
¾ The Deepavali Declaration issued in the year 1929 Quit India Movement - 1942
was related to the : - Dominion status
Formation of Indian National Congress - 1885
¾ Butler Committee Report - Relationship
Morley Minto Reforms - 1909
between the Indian State and Paramount Power
¾ Following are correct sequence of events
Hartog Committee Report - The growth of edu-
Declaration of complete National Independence
cation in British India
and potentialities of its - 31 December, 1929
further progress Civil Disobedience Campaign - 6 April, 1930
Gandhi-Irwin agreement - 5 March, 1931
Hunter Inquiry - Jallianwala Bagh Poona Pact -24 September, 1932
Committee Report massacre
¾ The pairs are correctly matched
Muddiman - Working of Dyarchy Theodore Beck - Mohammadan Anglo-Oriental
Committee Report as laid down in the College, Aligarh
Montague
Chelmsford Reforms Ilbert Bill - Ripon
Pherozshah Mehta - Indian National Congress
¾ The events in the history of the independence
- Mahatma Gandhi's autobiography was
movement of India & correct chronological order
originally written in the Gujarati Language.
is
- Saddler Commission is associated with
Education. - Swadeshi Movement, Home Rule Movement,
- Hindu College, Calcutta is the first institution Non-cooperation Movement, Civil Disobedience
to help in spreading English Education in India. Movement
¾ The correctly matched list is ¾ Movements led few women out from the seclusion
Surat Split - 1907 of home
Communal Award - 1932 - Swadeshi Movement, Home Rule Movement,
All Party Convention - 1928 Non-cooperation Movement, Civil Disobedience
Poorna Swaraj Resolution - 1929
Movement
¾ The correct sequence of the events are
- Kamagatamaru Incident, Mahatma Gandhi's
Home Rule League Lokmanya Tilak
arrival in India, Tilak's Home Rule League
Nationalist Party Madan Mohan
¾ The correct chronological order of the events is
- August Offer Malviya
Quit India Movement - 1942 National Liberation Federation Tej Bahadur Sapru
INA (Indian National Army) trial - 1945 Swaraj Party Chittranjan Das
The Royal Indian Naval Ratings Revolt - 1946 ¾ Person Position held
¾ The correct chronological order of the events is Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru : President, All India Liberal
Home Rule Movement - 1916 Federation
Non-cooperation Movement - 1920-22 K.C. Neogy : Member, The Constituent Assembly
Civil Disobedience Movement - 1930 P.C. Joshi : General Secretary, Communist
Quit India Movement - 1942 Party of India

¾ The correctly matched pairs are ¾ The correctly matched pairs are
Commencement of Separate electorate 1909 Annie Besant - Home Rule
Congress League Agreement 1916 Movement
Communal Award 1932 Dr. Rajendra Prasad - Champaran
Deliverance Day 1935 Satyagraha
¾ The correctly matched pairs are Jawaharlal Nehru - Lahore Session
Battle of Buxar - 1764 of Indian National
Subsidiary Alliances - 1798 Congress, 1929
Monopoly of East India Ambika Charan Majumdar - Lucknow Session
Company in India ended - 1833 of Indian National
Opening of Trades for Congress, 1916
British Civilians and Companies in India - 1813
¾ The correct sequence of the Plans is
Madan Mohan Malviya - Founder of Banaras
Cripps Plan - 1942
Hindu University.
Wavell Plan - 1945
Motilal Nehru - Founder of Swaraj
Cabinet Mission Plan - 1946
Party with other
Mountbatten Plan - 1947
¾ The correctly matched pairs are People
The August Offer - 1940 Mrs. Annie Besant - Founder of Home rule
The Cabinet Mission Plan - 1946 League
Liyakat Ali - Bhulabhai Desai Pact - 1945 Gopal Krishna Gokhale - Established Servants
¾ Among Quit India Resolution, Arrival of the of India Society
Cripps Mission, Arrival of Lord Wavell as the ¾ The correct chronology is
Governor General and Arrival of the Cabinet Mis- - Minto-Morley Reforms, Montagu-Chelmsford
sion, the event which happened first is Reforms, Chauri-Chaura Outrage, Dandi
- Arrival of Cripps Mission March.
¾ The chronological order of events is ¾ The correctly matched pairs are
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre - April 13, 1919 Indian Council Act, 1909 - Lord Minto
Chauri-Chaura Incident - February 4, 1922 Government of India - ProvincialAutonomy
Champaran Movement - 1917 Act, 1935
Moplah Movement - 1921 Lucknow Pact - 1916
¾ The correct matched pairs are The Government of India - Begining of
C. Rajagopalachari Formula - 1944 Act, 1919 Dyarchy System
Wavell Plan - 1945 ¾ The events in their chronological order are -
Mountbatten Plan - 1947 Decision for partition of Bengal.
Cabinet Mission Plan - 1946 Formal declaration of Swadeshi Movement.
¾ The Wavell Plan was presented by Acceptance of Swaraj as the goal of Congress.
- 1945 A.D Surat Split.
¾ The correctly matched list is ¾ He who said Imperialism is dead as Dodo
Macdonald - Communal Award - Clement Attlee
Linlithgow - August Offer ¾ He who said 'Here is a revolution taking place and
Dalhousie - Doctrine of Lapse we should move quickly' - Sir Stafford Cripps
Chelmsford - Dyarchy ¾ The first atomic bomb exploded in
¾ Complete Independence Resolution of Congress - Hiroshima (Japan)
- December 1929 ¾ The French revolution started in - 1789
Purna Swaraj Day - 26 January, 1930 ¾ Events related to the Indian Independence
Dandi March - 12 March, 1930 Movement are arranged in chronological order
Second Round Table Conference - 7 September to - Champaran Movement, Amritsar Case,
1st December, 1931 Moplah Revolt, Chouri Chaura Movement

¾ The correct statements are ¾ He who is considered as the creator of Modern
- Jawaharlal Nehru was in his fourth term as Bihar - Sachchidananda Sinha
the Prime Minister of India at the time of his
death.
- The first non-Congress Prime Minister of Meerut session of INC - 1946
India assumed the office in the year 1977. Kanpur session of INC - 1925
¾ The events in correct chronological order Lucknow session of INC - 1916
- Lucknow Pact, Gandhi-Irwin Pact, Poona
Banaras Session of INC - 1905
Pact, Final Withdrawal of Civil Disobedience
Movement ¾ The first Indian to win the Nobel Prize was
¾ The correctly matched pairs are - Rabindranath Tagore
Bardoli Gujarat ¾ The Political Guru of Subhash Chandra Bose was
Chauri-Chaura Uttar Pradesh - C.R. Das
Yarwada Maharashtra ¾ Correct chronological order of events connected
Noakhali West Bengal with Indian National movement is
¾ The correct statements are Martyrdom of Chandra Shekhar Azad
- The National Calendar of India based on
- 27 February, 1931
Saka era has its 1st Chaitra on 22nd March
Gandhi- Irwin Pact - 5 March, 1931
Normally & 21st March in a leap year.
Execution of Bhagat Singh - 23 March, 1931
- The design of the National Flag of India
was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on Karachi Session of Indian - 29 to 31 March,
22nd July 1947. National Congress 1931
- The song Jana-Gana-Mana, composed ¾ The events connected with Indian National Con-
originally in Bengali by Rabindranath Tagore gress are in chronological order
was adopted in its Hindi version by the Constit- - Lahore Session of Indian National Congress
uent Assembly on 24 January, 1950 as the na- (1929)
tional anthem. Gandhi-Irwin Pact
¾ The first Indian Education Commission was
Execution of Rajguru
appointed by - Lord Ripon in 1882
Karachi Session of Indian National Congress
¾ Before 1947, 26th January was called as
- Poorna Swaraj Day
Shubhas Chandra Bose - Haripura Session
¾ The printing press in India was introduced by
of Indian National
- Portuguese
Congress.
¾ The post-independence events in chronological
Vallabhbhai Patel - Operation Polo
order are -
Iqbal - Allahabad Session of
- India visit of Khrushchev and Bulganin - Dalai
Muslim League 1930
Lama fled to India - Chou-en-Lai visited India
-Liberation of Goa Batukeswar Dutt - Throwing of Bomb in
¾ Shimla agreement between India and Pakistan was Central Assembly
signed in - 1972 ¾ The chairperson of first All India Socialist Youth
¾ Operation Vijay was conducted against Congress was - Jawahar Lal Nehru
- Pakistan ¾ The revolutionary who made this statement
¾ Kisan Diwas is celebrated on “Avenge the blood of Indian Martyrs. Use your
- 23rd December sword to liberate your motherland. Stand up
¾ The correctly matched pairs are against the entire Anglo-American enemy”
Rabindranath Tagore Literature - Ras Behari Bose
Amartya Sen Economics ¾ Alipore Central Jail is situated at - Kolkata
Chandra Shekhar Astrophysics ¾ Operation Polo is associated/connected with
Vinoo Mankad Cricket - Military Action in Hyderabad State

¾ Out of the given options namely: Lala Lajpat Rai, ¾ The Author of the book 'Sanskriti Ke Char Adhyay'
Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Gopal Krishna Gokhale, is - Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
Subhash Chandra Bose who never presided a ¾ Religious Organisation established by Mother
session of Indian National Congress Teresa is called - Missionaries of Charity
-Bal Gangadhar Tilak ¾ The correctly matched list is
¾ The chronological order of the foreign travellers Legal Services Day - 9 November
arrival in India is World Tourism Day - 27 September
- Ralph Fitch, Willian Hawkins, Nicholsa World Theatre Day - 27 March
Dawnton, Sir Thomas Roe International Literacy Day - 8 September
¾ With reference to land reforms in independent ¾ The compiler of the “Imperial Gazetteer” was
India, the correct statement is - William Wilson Hunter
- The major aim of Land reforms was providing ¾ The correctly matched list is
agricultural land to all the landless. 11 July - World Population Day
¾ The Secretariat Building of the State which is 12 August - International Youth Day
known as “Writers Building” - West Bengal 29 August - National Sports Day
¾ The biggest museum of the country depicting the 8 September - World Literacy Day
story of the development of human civilization and ¾ Civil Service Day is celebrated on - 21st April
also known as Indira Gandhi Manav Sangrahalaya ¾ The correctly matched pairs are
is situated in - Bhopal Fateh Singh Rathore - Tiger Man
¾ The special rights and privy purse enjoyed by the Suresh Tendulkar - Economist
Indian Pricely States were abolished in the year
Mani Kanal - Film Maker
- 1971 A.D.
¾ The active participant of the Bundela rebellion of
1842, Hirdeshah was Zamindar of - Hirapur Yellow stone park - United States of America
¾ In India, Teachers Day is celebrated on Eiffel Tower - France
- 5th September Pagoda - Myanmar
¾ ''National Press Day'' is celebrated on Pyramids - Egypt
- 16 November ¾ The first lady Prime Minister in the world, was
¾ The Bharatiya Kisan Union was established in
- Sirmao Bhandarnaike
- 1987
¾ Karl Marx explained the process of class struggle ¾ The official residence name of the British Prime
with the help of the theory of Minister is - 10 Downing Street
- Dialectical materialism ¾ China occupied Tibet in the year - 1959 A.D.
¾ Valentine's Day is celebrated every year on ¾ Bangladesh was established as an independent na-
- 14 February tion after the Indo-Pakistan War of
¾ The design of the Indian National Flag was - December, 1971
adopted by Constituent Assembly on ¾ The USSR became Russia in the year
- July 22, 1947 - 1991 A.D.
¾ The present day calendar is based on ¾ The unification of Germany occurred in
- Gregorian Calendar
- 3 October, 1990
¾ Falun Gong is becoming a popular movement in
¾ The main cause of participation of the USA in 2nd
- China
World War, 1941 was
¾ The true statements about Mother Teresa are
- She was born in Albania - Invasion of Pearl Harbour
- She became a nun at the age of 18 years. ¾ First President of United States of America was
- She was once a teacher in Calcutta. - George Washington

¾ The President of United States of America who ¾ Gita Rahasya was written by
have resigned from the post of President - Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- Richard Nixon ¾ Srimad Bhagavat Gita Rahasya was written by :
¾ The country which is concerned to Bishop
¾ Aurobindo Ghosh wrote - The Life Divine
Desmond Tutu - South Africa
¾ The first historian who wrote about Feudalism in
¾ He who is credited with making of real paper in
Rajasthan during the 19th Century
China - Tsai-Lun - Col. James Tod
¾ The famous Greek philosopher Plato was ¾ The book 'Poverty and Un-Britrish Rule in India'
- A disciple of Socrates is written by - Dadabhai Naoroji
¾ The main cause of Italian Renaissance was ¾ The poet, who wrote the popular poem 'Firangiya'
- Freedom to express ideas in Bhojpuri against 'British Colonialism' was
¾ Apartheiv is – - Manoranjan
- Hindi translation of ‘Unearthly’. ¾ The Vital-Vidhvansak, the first monthly journal to
¾ The first month of Indian National Calendar is have the untouchable people as its target audience
- Chaitra
was published by - Gopal Baba Walangkar
¾ The famous building of New Delhi which has been
converted into Prime Minister Museum is
- Teen Murti Bhavan Durgesh Nandini - Bankim Chandra
Chatterjee
Magazines, Books and India Wins Freedom - Abul Kalam Azad
Their Authors Poverty and Un-British - Dadabhai Naoroji
¾ The correctly matched are Rule in India
Abul Kalam Azad - India Wins Freedom ¾ The correctly matched pairs are
Annie Besant - New India
Larry Collins and - Freedom at Midnight
Bal Gangadhar Tilak - Kesari Dominique Lapierre
Mahatma Gandhi - Hind Swaraj
Durga Das - India from Curzon to
¾ The language in which Raja Rammohan Roy wrote
Nehru and After
his famous work 'Gift to Monotheists' is
Rafiq Zakaria - The Man Who Divided
- Raja Rammohan Roy wrote Tuhfat-ul- India
Muwahhiddin in Persian language which
was translated into 'Gift to Monotheists' by ¾ The correctly matched pairs are
Obaidullah Al Obaidi India Wins Freedom - Abul Kalam Azad
¾ The memoir entitled Bapu: My Mother was Runs and Ruins - Sunil Gavaskar
written by - Manubehn Young India - Mahatma Gandhi
¾ The Author of the book 'Sanskriti Ke Char Adhyay' New India - Annie Besant
is - Ramdhari Singh Dinkar ¾ The correctly match pairs are
(Book) (Writer)
¾ 'Jhini Jhini Bin Chandariya' is a famous novel
written by- - Abdul Bismillah The Story of My - Lala Lajpat Rai
Deportation
¾ Rabindranath Tagore translated the National
Anthem from Bengali to English as 'Morning song Gita Rahasya - Bal Gangadhar Tilak
of India' in February, 1919 during his brief stay at A Nation in Making - Surendranath
Banerjee
- Madanapalle of Andhra Pradesh
India Wins Freedom - Maulana Abul
¾ 'Songs from Prison' is a book of translation from Kalam Azad
Sanskrit hymns and lyrics in English is associated ¾ 'Unhappy India' was written by
with - Mohandas Karmachand Gandhi - Lala Lajpat Rai

¾ The correctly matched pairs are ¾ The book Guilty Man of India's Partition was au-
Samachar Darpan J.C. Marshman thored by: - Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia
Mirat-ul-Akhbar Raja Ram Mohan Roy ¾ (Authors) (Works)
Kesari B.G. Tilak Bankim Chandra Chatterjee Anand Math
Young India Mahatma Gandhi
Michael Madhusudan Dutt Captive Lady
¾ The name of the newspaper published by Mahat-
ma Gandhi in South Africa is Rabindranath Tagore Gora
- The Indian Opinion Sarojini Naidu The Broken Wing
¾ Writer Books ¾ The English edition of Gitanjali was published in
Valentine Chirol - Indian Unrest the year - 1912
Subhash Chandra Bose - Indian Struggle ¾ The correctly matched list is
V.D. Savarkar - Indian war of Independence : 1857 (Authors) (Works)
Mahatma Gandhi - Hind Swaraj
Surendra Nath Banerjee - A Nation in the
Ram Manohar Lohia - The Wheel of
Making
M. K. Gandhi - Hind Swaraj History
Subhas Chandra Bose - The Indian Struggle Dr. Rajendra Prasad - India Divided
Lala Lajpat Rai - Autobiographical Abul Kalam Azad - India Wins
Writings Freedom
¾ (Books) (Authors) ¾ The book in which Mahatma Gandhi called
History of the Freedom - Tara Chand British Parliament as sterile and prostitute
Movement in India - Hind Swaraj
History of the Freedom - K.K. Dutta ¾ He who wrote the book Gokhale - my political
Movement in Bihar guru - M.K. Gandhi
Anand Math - Bankim Chandra ¾ In 1929, at which place Mahatma Gandhi complet-
Precepts of Jesus - Raja Rammohan ed his translation of Anasakti Yoga
Roy - Kausani (Uttarakhand)
Our Indian Musalmans - W.W Hunter ¾ He who wrote the book, India for Indians
- C. R. Das
¾ The correspondent of the Newspaper 'Times'
V. D. Savarkar - The Indian War of
published from London in 1857 wrote that
Independence : 1857
"Nobody in the North India looks of white man's
R. C. Majumdar - The Sepoy Mutiny and car with friendly view" by - W.H. Russel
Revolt of 1857
¾ 'Indian Nationalism in the middle of the 19th
Rudrangshu - Awadh in Revolt century was in Embryonic stage'. This thought was
Mukharjee (1857-1858) associated with
S.B. Chaudhuri - Civil Rebellions in the - Dr. R.C. Majumdar and Dr. S.N. Sen
Indian Mutinies,
¾ In February 2021, Prime Minister Narender Modi
1857-1859
inaugurated Centenary Celebration of
¾ Tahzib-ul-Akhlaq is written by
-'Chauri Chaura'
- Sir Syed Ahmad
¾ The correctly matched list is as follows-
¾ The book Springing Tiger is the biography of (Authors) (Works)
- Subhas Chandra Bose Rajendra Prasad - India Divided
¾ The book Springing Tiger was written by Dilip Mukherjee - Terrorist
- Hugh Toye S.N. Banerjee - Nation in Making
¾ He who is the author of Annihilation of Caste ¾ The famous book 'Foundation of Indian Culture' is
- Dr. B. R. Ambedkar authored by - Shri Aurobindo
¾ Jawaharlal Nehru - A Biography is written by ¾ He who wrote the book Bahubivah
- Frank Moraes - Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

¾ (Author) (Work) ¾ The book, Desher Katha is written by
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee Debi Chaudhrani - Sakharam Ganesh Deuskar
Dinabandhu Mitra Nil Darpan ¾ M.K. Gandhi wrote Hind Swaraj in the year
Prem Chand Shatranj Ke Khilari - 1909
¾ The author of the novel Chandrakanta is ¾ The famous work of Bharatendu Harishchandra is
- Devkinandan Khatri - Bharat Durdasha
¾ The correctly matched list is ¾ He who wrote the play Andher Nagari
Author Book - Bhartendu Harishchandra
Amritlal Nagar - Vish aur Amrit ¾ Subramaniam Bharati was a poet in the language
Sumitra Nandan Pant - Chidambara of - Tamil
Sharat Chandra Chatterjee - Devdas ¾ The author of Bharat Bharati is
Jaidev - Geet Govind
- Maithili Sharan Gupta
¾ He who assumed title Rashtrakavi for emphati-
Indu Prakash - M.G. Ranade
cal cooperation in Indian independence struggle
Native Opinion - V.N. Mandlik
through his literary creations
Bombay Chronicle - Sir Pherozshah
- Maithili Sharan Gupta
Mehta
Indian Mirror - Devendranath
- Neel Darpan was a play based on the
Tagore
¾ The famous book, “Das Capital” was written by exploitation of the indigo farmers
- Karl Marx - The author of the play Ghashiram Kotwal is
¾ An emigre Communist journal of M.N. Roy is Vijay Tendulkar
written by - Vanguard - Urdu theatre used to depend heavily on Parsi
¾ The novel Durgesha Nandini is written by theatre
- Bankim Chandra Chatterjee ¾ The author of the book Towards Struggle was
¾ The author of ‘Rajaniti Ratnakara’ is - Jai Prakash Narayan
- Chandesvara ¾ He who wrote the book Prison Diary
¾ "Kissa Radha Kanhaiya" is authored by - Jai Prakash Narayan
- Nawab Wajid Ali Shah ¾ He who wrote the book A Passage to India
¾ The book which was known as Bible of Bengali - E.M. Forster
Patriotism - Anand Math ¾ The book Indias Struggle for Independence was
¾ The song of Vande Mataram which served as a
authored by - Bipan Chandra
great inspiration to the patriotic song of India in
their freedom struggle is in book ¾ The writer of Indian National Movement: The
- Anand Math Long-Term Dynamics is - Bipan Chandra
¾ With reference to the book “Desher Katha” writ- ¾ He is the author of the book Out of Print: Newspa-
ten by Sakharam Ganesh Deuskar during the free- pers, Journalism and the Business of News in the
dom struggle, the correct statements are Digital Age
It warned against the Colonial State’s hypnotic - Professor George Brock
conquest of the mind. ¾ The book Mother India was written by
It inspired the performance of Swadeshi street
- Catherine Mayo
plays and folk songs.
¾ The author of revolutionary creation Chetavani Ra ¾ The correctly matched list is
Chungatya is - Kesari Singh Barahath Anand Math - Bankim Chandra
¾ Mahatma Gandhi wrote his autobiography Chatterjee
originally in - Gujarati Life Divine - Sri Aurobindo
¾ Hind Swaraj was written by Mahatma Gandhi in Sadhana - Rabindranath
- Gujarati Tagore

¾ He wrote Jhanda Geet - Shyamlal Parshad ¾ The correctly matched names of the authors with
¾ The Nationalist song Aie Mere Watan Ke Logo their books is
had been written by poet - Pradeep Romesh Chandra - The Economic History
¾ Poet Iqbal, who wrote Sare Jahan Se Achcha was Dutt of India Under British
related to State of - Punjab Rule
¾ He who wrote the famous song Saare Jahan Se J.R. Mclane - Indian Nationalism and
the Early Congress
Achcha Hindustan Hamara
Birendra Nath - Indian Economic
- Sir Muhammad Iqbal Ganguli Thought
¾ Mazhab Nahi Sikhata Aapas Mein Bair Rakhna 19th Century Perspec-
who wrote these lines in his works tives
- Muhammad Iqbal Bipin Chandra - The Rise and Growth of
Economic Nationalism
¾ The pamphlet entitled Why I Am an Atheist? was
in India
written by : - Bhagat Singh
¾ The song Amar Sonar Bangla written during ¾ “The Rise and Growth of Economic Nationalism
the Swadeshi Movement of India inspired the in India” was written by - Bipin Chandra
liberation struggle of Bangladesh and was adopted ¾ He who authored the book, Planned Economy for
as the National Anthem of Bangladesh. This song India - M. Visvesvaraya
was written by - Rabindranath Tagore ¾ 'The Roots of Ancient India' was written by
¾ Jana Gana Mana was composed by - W. A. Fairservis
- Rabindranath Tagore ¾ The writer of the book 'India's Second Freedom' is
¾ He who is the author of a collection of a poem
- M. G. Devasahayam
called Golden Threshold - Sarojini Naidu
¾ The author of the book, Landmarks in Indian Con-
Priya Pravas - Ayodhya Prasad
stitutional and National Development is
Gaban - Prem Chand
- Gurmukh Nihal Singh
¾ The Editor of ''Congress Presidential Addresses'', Eternal India - Indira Gandhi
was - G.A. Natesan Shah Nama - Firdausi
¾ The correctly matched list is ¾ The correct matched pairs are
Lady Catherine Mayo - Mother India Autobiography of an - Nirad C. Chaudhari
Larry Collins and Dominique - Freedom at Mid Unknown India Indian
Lapierre night India : A Wounded - V.S. Naipaul
Ram Manohar Lohia - Guilty Men of Civilization
India's Partition Confession of a Lover - Mulk Raj Anand
Jawaharlal Nehru - Discovery of India The English Teacher - R.K. Narayan
(Bharat Ek Khoj) ¾ The author of the book entitled Planning and the
¾ The book 'Bandi Jivan' was written by Poor is - B.S. Minhas
- Sachindranath Sanyal ¾ The author of the book The Problems of the Far
¾ The book 'Mountbatten and the Partition of India' East is - Curzon
was written by ¾ The Untold Story is written by - General Kaul
- Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre ¾ The Famous book The Alphabet was written by
¾ The report 'Journey through the Kingdom of Oudh' - David Diringer
in the year 1849-50 was written by ¾ The book The Proudest Day was authored by
- W.H. Sleeman - Anthony Read and David Fisher

Books Authors ¾ The author of The Golden Gate is
My Music My Life - Pt. Ravi Shankar - Vikram Seth
Adha Gaon - Rahi Masoom Raza ¾ Journalist Vinod Mehta has written his
Shri Radha - Sri Ramakant Rath autobiography entitled - The Lucknow Boy
The Pilferer - Laxman Gaikwad ¾ Silent Spring was written by - Rachel Carson
¾ Baki Itihas - Badal Sirkar ¾ He who wrote The Satanic Verses
Sita Swayamvar - Vishnu Das Bhave - Salman Rushdie
Yayati - Vishnu Sakharam ¾ Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights
Khandeka is a book written by -Salman Rushdie
Giddha - Jabbar Patel ¾ The author of the book Namesake is
¾ The correctly matched pairs are - - Jhumpa Lahiri
Shashi Tharoor - Show Business ¾ The author of the book The Road Ahead is
Amitav Ghosh - Circle of Reason - Bill Gates
Anita Desai - Clear Light of Day ¾ The author of Manas ke Hans is
Vikram Chandra - Love and Longing - Amritlal Nagar
in Bombay ¾ Sumitra Nandan Pant has been known as
¾ The author of Love and Longing in Bombay is - Chhayavadi poet
- Vikram Chandra ¾ Cornelius Fudge in the novel Harry Potter is
¾ The correct matched pairs are - The Minister of Magic
(Book) (Author) ¾The author of Dyna : A Tribute is - Julia Delano
Ghar Aur Adalat - Leila Seth ¾ The poems of Late Harivanshrai Bachchan in
Jhopari Se Rashtrapati - Mahendra chronological order is
Bhawan Tak Kulshrestha - Madhushala (1935), Madhubala (1936) and
Imagining India - Nandan Nilekani Madhukalash (1937).
Journey through ¾ The book Bullet for Bullet: My Life as a Police
Babudom and Netaland - T.S.R. Subramanian Officer is authored by - Julius Rebeiro
¾ Correct match is ¾ The book entitled Romancing with Life: An Auto-
Harishankar Parsai - Haste Hai Rote Hai, biography was written by the famous film actor
Rani Nagfani ki Kahani
- Devanand
Gajanan Madhav - Chand Ka Muh Terra Hai
¾ The correct matched pairs are
Muktibodh Kath Ka Sapna
Books Authors
Keshavdas - Rasikpriya, Kavipriya
The Struggle is My Life - Nelson Mandela
¾ Godan and Gaban are the works of the same
The Struggle and the Triumph- Lech Walesa
author. His name is - Munshi Premchand
Friends and Foes - Sheikh Mujibur
¾ The author of Nirmala is - Munshi Premchand
Rehman
¾ Out of the given books namely : Meghadutam, Ku-
Rebirth - Leonid Brezhnev
marasambhavam, Uttararamacharita, Ritusamhara
India 2020 - A.P.J. Abdul
which is not written by Kalidas
Kalam
- Uttararamacharitam
Pathology of Corruption - S.S. Gill
¾ Soj-e-Vatan is the book written by
Ulysses - James Joyce
- Premchand
¾ The correctly matched books and their respective
¾ The author of Malgudi Days is - R.K. Narayan
authors is
¾ Hans Christian Andersen has authored
Author Book
- Story of fairies
¾ The Path to Power was written by W.C. Smith - Modern Islam in India
- Margaret Thatcher Khalid Bin Sayeed - Pakistan: the Formative
¾ Manishankar Aiyar authored Phase (1857-1948)
- The Pakistan Papers Peter Hardy - The Muslims of British
¾ The author of the book ‘A Gallery of Rascals’ is India
- Ruskin Bond Moin Shakir - Khilafat to Partition

¾ (Authors) (Books) ¾ Kamayani is an epic written by the well-known
Atul Kohli - The Success of India's Hindi poet - Jaishankar Prasad
Democracy ¾ Among Ranglal, Nabin Chandra Sen, Hem Chan-
Granville Austin - Working a Democratic dra Banerjee and Shiv Kumar Batalvi, the poet
Constitution who is not a nationalist poet is
Alan Gledhill - The Republic of India : - Shiv Kumar Batalvi
Development of its Laws ¾ The author of Geographical Factors in Indian
and Constitution History was - K. M. Panikkar
¾ The one who has written the book 'Heart of India' ¾ He who wrote the book named Baiga
- Mark Tully - Verrier Elwin
¾ The author of the book 'LAJJA' is ¾ Rangbhumi is a masterpiece of
- Taslima Nasrin
- Munshi Premchand
¾ The Book 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' is written by
¾ The name of Khushwant Singh's autobiography is
- George Orwell
¾ She wrote the fiction 'The God of Small Things' in - Truth Love and a Little Malice
English - Arundhati Roy ¾ The author of the book New Dimensions of India's
¾ Mrignayani is a novel written by Foreign Policy is - A.B. Vajpayee
-Vrindavan Lal Verma ¾ The author of Ignited Minds is
Book Writer Year - A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Indravati Noor Mohammad - 1744 A.D. ¾ The author of the book named The Post-American
Madhumalati Manjhan - 1545 A.D.
World is - Fareed Zakaria
Padmavat Malik Muhamad Jayasi - 1540 A.D.
Mrigavati Kutuban - 1503 A.D. ¾ The book-The Story of The Integration of the
¾ 'India from Curzon to Nehru' is the book of Indian States is written by - V.P. Menon
- Durgadas ¾ The person who translated the autobiography of
¾ 'An Equal Music' has been written by Madam Curie in Hindi - Lal Bahadur Shastri
- Vikram Seth ¾ The Pakistani Urdu poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz wrote
¾ The writer of Bikhre Moti is the poem - Subh-e-Azadi
- Subhadra Kumari Chauhan ¾ Elizabeth Hawley was well-known for her writ-
¾ The writer of Naukar ki Kameez is ings relating to - Himalayan expeditions
- Vinod Kumar Shukla ¾ The correctly matched list is
¾ The writer of the novel David Copperfield In Custody - Anita Desai
published in 1849-50 is - Charles Dickens
Sea of Poppie - Amitav Ghosh
¾ The story of the book named 'The Proudest Day' is
The Argumentative Indian - Amartya Sen
related to - The independence of India
Unaccustomed Earth - Jhumpa Lahiri
Half a Life - V.S. Naipaul
Worshipping False Gods - Arun Shourie Tabaqat-i-Akbari - Nizamuddin
Agni Ki Udaan - A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Tabaqat-i-Nasiri - Minhaj-ud-din bin
Jeet Apki - Shiv Khera Siraj-ud-din
¾ The correctly matched list is Tarikh-i-Firozshahi - Zia-ud-din Barani
Gandhian Constitution - Sriman Narayan Tarikh-i-Yamini - Al Utbi
of India ¾ The author of 'The Audacity of Hope' is
The Republic of India - A. Gledhill - Barack Obama
The White Umbrella - D. Mackenzie ¾ The book 'Politics in India' is authored by
Brown - Rajni Kothari
The Politics of India - Paul R. Brass ¾ The ghost writer of Parvez Musharraf 's biography
since Independence In the Line of Fire is - Humayun Gohar

¾ The correctly matched list is ¾ Chaliha Sahib festival is a forty day long festival
Munshi Insha Alla Khan - Udaibhan Charit celebrated by
Babu Devki Nandan Khatri - Kajar ki Kothri - Sindhi community annually in the months of
Pt. Pratap Narain Mishra - Hathi Hamir July-August.
Jai Shankar Prasad - Kankal ¾ The famous 'Gangasagar Mela' is held in this state
¾ 'Andha Yug' is a poetic drama written by - West Bengal
- Dharm Veer Bharti ¾ Onam is the festival of - Kerala
¾ Author of the book One-day Wonders is ¾ Bihu is the folk dance of - Assam
¾ Pongal is the festival of - Tamilnadu
- Sunil Gavaskar
¾ South Indian Festival of Onam is associated with
¾ The book 'Living History' is a masterpiece of
- Mahabali
- Hillary Clinton
¾ Athapoo is associated with - Onam
Arts and Culture ¾ Tamasha is the famous folk form of musical
theatre in - Maharashtra
¾ Amarnath, Kedarnath and Vishwanath are related
Madhubani, a traditional - Bihar
to - Lord Shiva
painting
¾ Four Mathas established by Adi Shankaracharya
Singhey Khababs - Ladakh are - Joshimath, Dwarka, Puri, Sringeri
Sindhu Darshan festival ¾ In India, many pilgrims travel to Srisailam, that is
Gatka, a martial art - Punjab one of the twelve Jyotirlingas, is located in-
¾ Madhubani painting is related to the state of - In Andhra Pradesh near Kurnool
- Bihar ¾ Buddhist site Tabo Monastery is located in the
¾ The well-known painting "Bani Thani" belongs to state of - Himachal Pradesh
the - Kishangarh school ¾ Losoong is a festival which is celebrated in
¾ In the context of the cultural history of India, a pose - Sikkim
in dance and dramatics called Tribhanga has been ¾ "Wangla Festival" is celebrated in the
a favourite of Indian artists from ancient times till - State of Meghalaya
today. The statement which best describes this ¾ Chapchar Kut is a festival celebrated in the State
pose of - Mizoram
- One leg is bent and the body is slightly but ¾ Ijtima Festival (Mela) is celebrated in - Bhopal
oppositely curved at waist and neck ¾ Vichitravirya was - The grandfather of Arjun
¾ Assertion (A) : For education and culture a Centre ¾ Kaaba is a cuboid-shaped building located in
- Mecca of Saudi Arabia
for Cultural Resources and Training (CCRT) was
set up in 1979. ¾ Kathak in its present form has influence of
Reason (R) : The objective of CCRT was to link - Mughal tradition
education with culture. ¾ Maluti which is a heritage village in Dumka
Both A and R are true and R is the correct district of Jharkhand is known as
explanation of A - Village of temples
¾ Out of the given options namely :Nashik,Haridwar, ¾ "Where....was born, the earth sank two and half
Prayag, Varanasi where Kumbh Mela is not held hands ". This statement/flok saying is related to
- Varanasi - Alha of Mohoba
¾ Purna Kumbh takes place at- Every twelfth year ¾ Folk song Occasion of Singing
¾ Kumbh Mela is held every twelfth year in Chaiti - Seasonal Geet
- Prayag - Haridwar - Ujjain - Nashik Kajari - Vivah and Seasonal geet
¾ Pietra dura is related to decorating the walls with Rasia - Braj Lok geet
floral designs made of - Semi-precious stones Sohar - Sanskar geet

¾ The 'Tamaria' Tribes are found in - Jharkhand ¾ The correctly matched pairs are
¾ "Bhand-Pather" is popular folk theatre of Madhumita Raut Odissi dancer
Indira Chakravarty Nutritional scientist
- Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory
Meera Bhatia Jurist
¾ Both Hindu and Muslims come in the historical Sadhvi Sadhana Jain Saint
melas/Fairs of ¾ (Person) (Known As)
- Nauchandi Mela (Uttar Pradesh) Bhajan Sopori Exponent of Santoor
¾ Historical Melas Place/Region Birju Maharaj Kathak dancer
Priyadarshini Govind Bharatnatyam dancer
of Uttar Pradesh
T.V. Gopala Krishnan Mridangam maestro
Jal Vihar Mela - Bundelkhand ¾ Alla Rakha, the famous instrumentalist, is related
Bateshwar Mela - Western Region with - Tabla
Shukratal Mela - Muzaffar Nagar ¾ The correctly matched pairs are
Debu Chaudhuri - Sitar
¾ The Jewish place of worship is known as
Amjad Ali Khan - Sarod
- Synagogue
Panna Lal Ghosh - Flute
¾ The first Sanskrit University Chair was estab-
Yehudi Menuhin - Violin
lished in - France (1814) ¾ Vikramarjuna Vijaya composed by Pampa is the
¾ The earliest reference of Magnetic Compass is Kannada version of - Mahabharata
found in - Jawamiul Hikayat ¾ The first writer to use Urdu as the medium of
¾ Temple State poetic expression was
Vidyashankar temple - Karnataka - Amir Khusrau
Rajarani temple - Odisha ¾ Radha Govind Sangeet Sar the renowned classical
Kandariya Mahadeo temple - Madhya Pradesh music composition is the creation of
Bhimeswara temple - Andhra Pradesh - Sawai Pratap Singh
¾ The mighty gateways found at the temples of ¾ With reference to Dhrupad, one of the major
South India are called - Gopurams traditions of India that has been kept alive for
¾ The temple which is also known as Khajuraho of centuries, correct statements are -
Vidarbha - Markandeshwar temple - Dhrupad is primarily a devotional and
spiritual music
¾ Alchi temple complex is located in - Ladakh
- Dhrupad Alap uses Sanskrit syllables from
¾ The Chitragupta Swami Temple considered to be Mantras
the only temple of Chitragupta is situated in ¾ The brothers Umakant and Ramakant Gundecha
- Kanchi are - Dhrupad vocalists
¾ "Tribhuvan Narayan Temple" of Chittour is built ¾ The author of the Raga Kallpadrum is
by - Parmar Raja Bhoj - Krishnanand Vyas
¾ The Raga which is sung early in the morning is
¾ Name the place where the Thyagaraja festival is - Todi
regularly celebrated in the honour of composer ¾ The statements regarding the Chakiarkoothu form
Sri. Thyagaraja - Thanjavur of dance - It is performed by Chakiar caste
¾ Sufi Kalam, a type of devotional music, is - Mizhavu is the accompanying instrument
characteristic of - Kashmir - Its theatre form is called Koothambalam
¾ According to Mimamsa system of philosophy ¾ With reference to Manipuri Sankirtana, consider
liberation is possible by means of - Karma the correct statements are -
¾ Jagar is a form of God worship ritual prevalent in - It is a song and dance performance.
- Uttarakhand - It is performed to narrate the life and deeds of
Lord Krishna.
¾ Bodo, Dogri, Maithili and Santhali, all were added
to Eighth Schedule of Constitution in the year
Jajmani North India
- 2004 (After 92nd Amendment Act, 2003)
Bara Balute Maharashtra
¾ The festival of Rath Yatra is held in Mirasi Tamil Nadu
- Jagannathpuri of Odisha Adade Karnataka
¾ Pandit Bhimsen Joshi is related to - Music ¾ Girija Devi, famous singer of Thumri belongs to
¾ The famous classical singer, Bhimsen Joshi, is - Banaras Gharana
related to - Kirana Gharana ¾ In the given musical instruments namely:Sitar,
¾ (Dancer) (Dance) Tabla,Sarangi,Shehnai which is not of Indo-Islam-
Kalamandalam Kshemavathy Mohiniattam ic origin - Sarangi
Kottakkal Sivaraman Kathakali ¾ Gangubai Hangal, was - Classical singer
Lakshmi Viswanathan Bharatanatyam
¾ Tera Tali is the folk dance of - Rajasthan
N. Madhabi Devi Manipuri
¾ The correctly matched states with their popular
Bharatnatyam - Tamil Nadu dance styles is
Kathak - Uttar Pradesh State Dance Style
Kuchipudi - Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh - Burra
Mohiniattam - Kerala Assam - Bihu
¾ Correct matched list is Himachal Pradesh - Nati
Rajasthan - Ghoomar
Embroidery Arts States
Phulkari - Punjab
States Dances
Dharaniya - Gujarat Assam - Ojapali
Kasuti - Karnataka Himachal Pradesh - Luddi
Karchobi - Rajasthan West Bengal - Jatra
¾ Odissi dance belongs to - Odisha Bihar - Jata- Jatin
¾ With reference to the famous Sattriya dance, the ¾ Karagam a religious folk dance is Associated with
true statements are - Tamil Nadu
- Sattriya is a combination of music, dance and ¾ The correctly matched list is
drama.
Shahnai - Bismillah Khan
- It is a centuries-old living tradition of
Sarod - Amjad Ali Khan
Vaishnavites of Assam.
¾ The true statements about Temple Architecture are Painter - Maqbool Fida Husain
- The freestanding (mortar & stone) temples Tabla - Alla Rakha Khan
are supposed to have originated in the Gupta Sitar - Ravishankar
period. ¾ The correctly matched pairs are -
- Ladkhan which is one of the earliest temple Vilayat Khan - Sitar
belongs to Chalukya of Badami. Alla Rakha - Tabla
- In Khajuraho temples, all the compartments Hari Prasad Chaurasia - Flute
of the temple are connected internally and Amjad Ali Khan - Saroj
externally.
¾ Sri. V.G. Jog is famous for instrumental music that
¾ In the given dances namely : Bharatanatyam, is - Violin
Kuchipudi, Mohiniattam, Odissi, dances which ¾ The correctly matched list is
involves solo performance - Mohiniattam Shiv Kumar Sharma - Santoor
¾ Garba is a form of dance originated in the State of Hari Prasad Chaurasia - Flute
- Gujarat
Asad Ali Khan - Rudra Veena
¾ The difference between Kuchipudi and
Pramod Gaekwad - Sundari
Bharatanatyam dances is ¾ The correctly matched list is
- Dancers occasionally speaking dialogues Khayal - Suraj Khan
is found in Kuchipudi dance but not in Pakhawaj - Pt. Ayodhya Prasad
Bharatanatyam Veena Vadan - Sadiq Ali Khan
¾ The correctly matched list is Tabla - Veeru Mishra
Hiren Bhattacharya - Puppetry ¾ Akum and Todi is a musical instrument of type
Malini Rajurkar - Hindustani vocal music - Wind instrument
Pratibha Prahlad - Bharatnatyam dance ¾ The correctly matched list is
Vampati Chinna Satyam - Kuchipudi dance Pt. Shiv Kumar Sharma- Santoor Player
¾ In the given dance styles namely : Kathakali, Pt. Mallikarjun Mansur- Hindustani Music
Kuchipudi, Bharatanatyam, Manipuri which V.G. Jog - Violin Player
originates from eastern India - Manipuri Ali Akbar Khan - Sarod Player

¾ The correctly matched list is ¾ The correctly matched pairs are
Ravi Shankar - Sitar Kavalam Narayana Panikkar - Theatre
Hari Prasad Chaurasia - Flute Sharmila Tagore - Cinema
Omkar Nath Thakur - Violin Balamurali Krishna - Carnatic Vocal
Bismillah Khan - Shehnai Sonal Man Singh - Bharatnatyam
¾ Birju Maharaj is an excellent dancer of - Kathak Dance
¾ Paper came to be used in India in ¾ The correctly matched list is
Pandit Durga Lal - Dance
- Around the Mid-7th century
Lalgudi Jayaraman - Instrumental music
¾ With reference to India's culture and tradition,
Balamurali Krishna - Vocal music
Kalaripayattu is
Amrita Shergil - Painting
- It is an ancient martial art and a living
tradition in some parts of South India Mandakini Amte - Social Service and
¾ The true statements about Shreni System of Community leadership
Ancient India are Neelam Mansingh - Theatre direction
- Shreni was the organisation of traders and Chowdhry
artisans. Romila Thaper - History writing
- Quality and the price of the produced good Vanashree Rao - Dance
was determined by the concerned Shreni. ¾ The correctly matched names of persons with his/
- Shreni used to control the conduct of its her respective works is
members. Persons Works
¾ The folk culture signifies Amrita Shergil - Painter
- Cultural practices of common people Bhimsen Joshi - Singer
¾ Kalamkari painting refers to Rukmini Devi Arundale - Dancer
- A hand-painted cotton textile in South India Suryakant Tripathi Nirala - Poet
¾ The Academy which is responsible for fostering
¾ The true statements related to the folk paintings
the development of dance, drama and music in
of India are
India - Sangeet Academy
- The themes of Pattachitra paintings are
¾ Out of the given options : Debu Chaudhuri,
inspired from Jagannath and Vaishnav Cults. Madhup Mudgal, Ronu Majumdar, Shafat Ahmad
- Manjusha paintings are executed on boxes of who is a flute player - Ronu Majumdar
jute and paper. ¾ The correctly matched pairs are
- Pithora paintings are made by some tribal Taslima Nasrin - Lajja
communities of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. Salman Rushdie - Satanic Verses
¾ With reference to cultural history of India, true M.F. Hussain - Painter
statements are Tyagaraja created several new ra- Rukmini Arundale - Dance
gas. Annamacharya kirtanas are devotional songs ¾ Musical instrument sitar is the combination of
in praise of - Lord Venkateshwara - Veena and Tambura
¾ The correctly matched list is ¾ The folk dance of Meghalaya is - Loho
Rukmani Devi - Bharatnatyam dance ¾ In Indian architecture, Surkhi was introduced by
Kumar Gandharva - Classical singing - Kushans
Birju Maharaj - Kathak dance ¾ Out of the given options namely: Religion,
Rakesh Sharma - Astronaut Politics, Law, and Tradition which is not the factor
¾ Folk songs has paramount importance of Cultural Lag - Politics
- For preserving traditions ¾ The dance that is performed only by male
- Kathakali
¾ In the given options namely: Kathak, Kuchipudi,
¾ Mask dance is associated with the dance styles of
Odissi, Garba, dance which is not classical
- Kathakali
- Garba ¾ The correctly matched pairs are
Balamurali Krishna - Carnatic Vocal Pandit Vishnu - Introduced the
Mita Pandit - Hindustani Vocal Digambar Paluskar scheme of Raga
Kanyakumari - Violin classification of
Nikhil Banerjee - Sitar Indian music

Venkatamahi - Wrote the music ¾ The book 'Venushipla' by Chitracharya Upendra
for the song Maharathi relates to the form of arts
Vande Mataram - Bamboo art
¾ Britney Spears is famous for - Singing
Shyama Shastri - Proponent of
Carnatic music ¾ The one who is considered as Tagore of Punjabi
language - Puran Singh
Amir Khusrau - Proponent of the ¾ The famous painting Satyam Shivam Sundaram
Khayal form of
was prepared by - Shivnandan Nautiyal
Hindustani music
¾ Raas and Garba are the traditional folk dance Hindi Literature - Ras Khan
forms of - Gujarat, India Urdu - Gyan Chanda Jain
¾ India's first technicolour film - Jhansi Ki Rani Music and Dance - Savita Devi
¾ India's first 3-D film - My Dear Kuttichathan Painting - Satish Chandra
¾ India's first insured film - Taal ¾ (Person) (Distinguished as)
¾ The lead character in the film The Bandit Queen Santosh Yadav Mountaineer
has been played by - Seema Biswas Oprah Winfrey T.V. Host
¾ The writer and producer of the famous T.V. serial Oscar Wilde Dramatist and Author
P. Sainath Journalist
Ramayan was - Ramanand Sagar
¾ The First Indian lady to climb on Everest top is
¾ The film The Making of the Mahatma has been
- Bachendri Pal
directed by - Shyam Benegal
¾ He who played the role of Gandhi in the movie Saraswati Mahal library - Thanjavur
Gandhi - Ben Kingsley Library of Tibetan Work and - Dharamsala
¾ Richard Attenborough is Archives
- Producer and director Raza Library - Rampur
¾ The first feature film (talkie) to be produced in Khuda Baksh Oriental Public - Patna
India was - Alam Ara library
¾ The famous Indian actress Devika Rani married to ¾ Correctly matched list is
- Painter Svetoslav Roerich Organisation - Establishment
¾ He who was the producer of the serial Mahabharat Lalit Kala Academy - 1954
- B.R. Chopra Sangeet Natak Academy - 1952
¾ Vidushaka, a common character in Sanskrit drama National School of Drama - 1959
Centre for Cultural
is invariably - Brahmana
Resource and Training - 1979
¾ K. Shankar Pillai was a - Cartoonist
¾ A traditional list of dresses of women along with
¾ Raghu Rai is well known for - Photography
States are
¾ (Eminent) (Known As) Boku - Sikkim
Bhanu Bharti Theatre director Mekhala - Assam
Mike Pandey Wildlife film maker Mundu - Kerala
Mohd. Zahur Khayyam Music composer Pheran - Kashmir
Vinda Karandikar Poet and Litterateur ¾ Shanti Niketan is located in district of West Bengal
¾ The paintings of Abanindranath Tagore have been - Birbhum
classified as - Revivalistic ¾ The correctly matched list is
¾ Vishnu Chinchalkar was - Chitrakar Gateway of India - Mumbai
¾ Indian Society of Oriental Art was founded by Victoria Memorial - Kolkata
- Abanindranath Tagore Indian Gate - New Delhi
Char Minar - Hyderabad
¾ Mona Lisa is the famous painting of
- Leonardo Da Vinci Sriharikota - Andhra Pradesh
¾ Raja Ravi Verma, a famous painter of the Modern Sanchi Stupa - Raisen
Age, was born in the year - 1848 Gujari Mahal - Gwalior
¾ Mera piya ghar aaya has been sung by Taj-ul-Masjid - Bhopal
- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan ¾ Koil was ancient name of - Aligarh
¾ Jamini Roy was - Painter ¾ Mohotsav Nagar was ancient name of - Mahoba

¾ A Pakistani National who was awarded the Bharat
Award Ratna by the Indian Government
¾ Kalidas Samman is given for the contribution in - Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
the field of - Art ¾ Out of the given options namely: Nelson Mandela,
Mikhail Gorbachov, Abdul Gaffar, and Yasir
¾ Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award is given for the
Arafat who was awarded Bharat Ratna in 1990
contribution to - Science and Technology
- Nelson Mandela
¾ The first Indian to receive the Magsaysay award
¾ Pandit Ravi Shankar was awarded Bharat Ratna in
was - Vinoba Bhave the year - 1999 A.D.
¾ Dronacharya Award is given in recognition of ¾ Bharat Ratana is the highest Civilian Award of
- Best coaching in sports India which was first given in the year and to the
¾ Out of the given awards namely: Jamnalal Bajaj person - The year 1954 ; Dr. Radhakrishnan
Award, Arjuna Award, Tagore Award, and Moor- ¾ Out of the given options namely: Govind Ballabh
tidevi Award which award is given for excellence Pant, S. Radhakrishnan, Rajendra Prasad, and
in sports - Arjuna Award Jawaharlal Nehru who was the first to receive
¾ The amount that goes with Arjun Award Bharat Ratna Award - S. Radhakrishnan
- Rs. 15 Lakh ¾ Out of the given options namely: A. P. J. Abdul
¾ Out of the given options namely : C. V. Raman, H. Kalam, Lata Mangeshkar, Atal Bihari Vajpayee,
J. Bhabha, R. N. Tagore, and Mother Teresa who and Satyajit Ray who is the recipient of Bharat
is not awarded the Nobel Prize Ratna - All of them
- H. J. Bhabha ¾ Out of the given options namely: J.R.D. Tata,
¾ The correctly matched list is Acharya Narendra Dev, Satyajeet Ray, and
Bhatnagar Award - Science C. Subramaniam, who has not been awarded
B.C. Roy Award - Medicine Bharat Ratna - J.R.D. Tata
¾ The first recipient woman of Vyas Samman was
Dada Saheb Phalke Award - Film
- Chitra Mudgal
Gandharva Award - Classical Art
¾ The field in which the Swarna Kamal award is
¾ In the given options namely : Archbishop
given - Cinema
Desmond Tutu, Lech Walesa, Shimon Peres, and
¾ He who is the first person of Indian origin to win
Yasser Arafat who won the Nobel Peace Prize
the Booker Prize - V. S. Naipaul
- Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Lech Walesa, ¾ Nobel Prizes are given by - Swedish Academy
Shimon Peres, Yasser Arafat ¾ The Chakradhar Fellowship is given in the field
¾ The agricultural scientist who was awarded with of - Classical music
Nobel Prize for Peace - Norman Borlaug ¾ The Maharana Pratap Award is given for
¾ Stree Shakti Puraskar is given to women for excellence in the field of - Sports
- Their courage and enterprise for betterment ¾ Satyajit Ray was honoured with a Special Oscar
of women and their contribution to the nation Award in 1992 for
and the people - His outstanding contribution in films.
¾ She is the first Indian actress to receive the Padma ¾ Out of the given names: Mahesh Bhatt, Mina Nair,
Shri Award - Nargis Dutt Satyajit Ray, and O.P. Sippy, who was honoured
¾ Out of the given options namely: Ustad Bismillah by a Special Oscar Award
Khan,Satyajit Ray Lata Mangeshkar, Raj Kapoor - Satyajit Ray
who is not the recipient of the Bharat Ratna Award ¾ Out of the given options namely: Bhagawat Rawat,
- Raj Kapoor Firaq Gorakhpuri, Makhanlal Chaturvedi, and Cyan
¾ Out of the given options namely: Lata Mangeshkar, Ranjan who is Bhartiya Gyanpeeth Award winner
Pandit Jasraj, Pandit Ravishankar, and Ustad - Firaq Gorakhpuri
Bismillah Khan, who is not awarded with Bharat ¾ Out of the given journalists namely: Khushwant
Ratna - Pandit Jasraj Singh, Arun Shourie, Dharamvir Bharati, and
¾ The first lady to receive Gyanpeeth Award is Kamleshwar who is the recipient of Magsaysay
- Ashapurna Devi Award - Arun Shourie

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Ancient History of India

- Sangan Kallu (Bellari, Karnataka)

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Buddhism ¾ In Buddhism, the concept of Nirvana is best

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¾ The common feature between Buddhism and ¾ Tirthankar Nirvan place

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Greek Invasion Megasthenese who mentions the meeting of

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- Kushan Period ¾ Following statements are true

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- The strongest evidence in the context of Shaka's - Kshapanaka

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- Hiuen Tsang Amir Khusro Alauddin Khalji

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South India (Chola, ¾ The 'Dakshinamurthy' idol of Shiva depicts him in

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¾ Out of the given books of ancient India viz: ¾ Aryabhatta was

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Pre-Medieval Period Harish Chandra, Danti Durga, Harsha who performed

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India ¾ The Chandela king who faced Mahmud Ghaznavi

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Delhi Sultanate : ¾ The nobles behind the dethroning of Raziya

¾ The ﬁrst Muslim ruler of Delhi was - Iltutmish Nasiruddin Mahmud

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- Muhammad-Bin-Tughluq department of slaves (Diwan-I-Bandagan)

Dinar by Ibn-Battuta ¾ The Sultan of Delhi who had levied 'Jizya' on

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¾ Nicolo Conti was developed during the time of Vijaynagar is

- An Italian traveller who visited the - Yakshagaan

¾ The famous battle held in 1565 is in - Hampi

- Battle of Talikota ¾ Mysore Kingdom emerged as a powerful state

Diwan-i-Amir Kohi - Muhammad Bin Tughluq - 12th Century