Sadaket Malik: Ancient Indian History

HISTORY OF MODERN INDIA QUESTION PAPER

HISTORY OF MODERN INDIA QUESTION PAPER

Q. for the Karachi session of Indian National Congress in 1931, presided over by Sardar Patel,

who drafted the Resolution on Fundamental Rights and Economic Programme?

(a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

(c) Dr. Rajendra Prasad (d) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

Q. Who among the following were official Congress negotiators with Cripps Mission?

(a) Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Patel

(b) Acharya J. B. Kripalani and C. Rajagopalachari

(c) Pandit Nehru and Maulana Azad

(d) Dr. Rajendra Prasad and Rafi Ahmed Kidwai

Q. Consider the following statements:

1. The “Bombay Manifesto” signed in 1936 openly opposed the preaching of socialist ideals.

2. It evoked support from a large section of business community from all across India.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only (b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2

Q. Who among the following Governor General created the Covenanted Civil Service of India

which later came to be known as the Indian Civil Service?

(a) Warren Hastings (b) Wellesley

(c) Cornwallis (d) William Bentinck

Q. What was the immediate cause for the launch of the Swadeshi movement?

(a) The partition of Bengal done by Lord Curzon.

(b) A sentence of 18 months rigorous imprisonment imposed on Lokmanya Tilak.

(c) The arrest and deportation of Lala Lajput Rai and Ajit Singh, and passing of the Punjab

Colonization Bill.

(d) Death sentence pronounced on the Chapekar brothers.

Q. Consider the following statements:

1. Dr. Rajendra Prasad persuaded Mahatma Gandhi to come in Champaran to investigate the

problem of peasants.

2. Acharya J. B. Kriplani was one of the Mahatma Gandhi’s colleagues in his Champaran

investigation.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only (b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2

Q. By a regulation in 1793, the District Collector was deprived of his judicial powers and made the

collecting agent only. What was the reason for such regulation?

(a) Lord Cornwallis felt that the District Collector’s efficiency of revenue collection would

enormously increase without the burden of other work.

(b) Lord Cornwallis felt that Judicial power should compulsorily be in the hands of Europeans

while Indians can be given the job of revenue collection in the districts.

(c) Lord Cornwallis was alarmed at the extent of power concentrated in the District Collector and

felt that such absolute power was undesirable in one person.

(d) The judicial work demanded a deep knowledge of India and a good training in law and Lord

Cornwallis felt that District Collector should be only a revenue collector?

Q. After Quit India Movement, C. Rajagopalachari issued a pamphlet entitled “The Way Out”.

Which one of the following was a proposal in this pamphlet?

(a) The establishment of a “War Advisory Council” composed of representatives of British India

and the Indian States.

(b) Reconstitution of the Central Executive Council in such a way that all its members, except the

Governor General and the Commander – in – Chief should be Indian leaders.

(c) Fresh elections to the Central and Provincial Legislatures to be held at the end of 1945 and the

Constitution making body to be convened as soon as possible.

(d) A solution for the constitutional deadlock.

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Q. Consider the following statements:

1. The discussions in the Third Round Table Conference eventually led to the passing of the

Government of India Act of 1935.

2. The Government of India Act of 1935 provided for the establishment of an All India Federation

to be based on a Union of the provinces of British India and the Princely States.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

(a) 1 only (b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2

Q. In collaboration with David Hare and Alexander Duff, who of the following established

Hindu College at Calcutta?

(a) Henry Louis Vivian Derozio (b) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

(c) Keshab Chandra Sen (d) Raja Rammohan Roy]

Q. Who of the following Prime Ministers sent Cripps Mission to India?

(a) James Ramsay MacDonald (b) Stanley Baldwin

(c) Neville Chamberlain (d) Winston Churchill

Q. During the Indian Freedom Struggle, why did Rowlatt Act rouse popular indignation?

(a) It curtained the freedom of religion

(b) It suppressed the Indian traditional education

(c) It authorized the government to imprison people without trial

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Q. Which one of the following began with the Dandi March?

(a) Home Rule Movement (b) Non-Cooperation Movement

(c) Civil Disobedience Movement (d) Quit IndiaMovement

Q. With which one of the following movements is the slogan “Do or Die” associated?

(a) Swadeshi Movement (b) Non-Cooperation Movement

(c) Civil Disobedience Movement (d) Quit IndiaMovement

Q. Who of the following founded the Ahmedabad Textile Labour Association?

(a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

(c) N.M. Joshi (d) J.B. Kripalani

Q. In the context of the Indian freedom struggle 16

October 1905 is well known for which one

of the following reasons?

(a) The formal proclamation of Swadeshi Movement was made in Calcutta town hall

(b) Partition of Bengal took effect

(c) Dadabhai Naoroji declared that the goal of Indian National Congress was Swaraj

(d) Lokmanya Tilak started Swadeshi Movement inPoona

Q. In the “Individual Satyagraha”, Vinoba Bhave was chosen as the first Satyagrahi. Who was

the second?

(a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad (b) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

(c) C. Rajagopalachari (d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Q. Consider the following statements:

The Cripps Proposals include the provision for

1. Full independence for India

2. Creation of Constitution making body

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only (b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2

Q. During the freedom struggle. Aruna Asaf Ali was a major woman organizer underground

activity in:

(a) Civil Disobedience Movement (b) Non-Cooperation Movement

(c) Quit India Movement (d) Swadeshi Movement

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Q. Who among the following rejected the title of Knighthood and refused to accept a position in

the Council of the Secretary of State for India?

(a) Motilal Nehru (b) M.G. Ranade

(c) G.K. Gokhale (d) B.G. Tilak

Q. During the Indian Freedom Struggle, who of the following raised an army called ‘Free

Indian Legion’?

(a) Lala Hardayal (b) Rashbehari Bose

(c) Subhash Chandra Bose (d) V.D. Savarkar

Q. Which one of the following suggested the reconstitution of the Viceroy’s Executive Council in

which all the portfolios including that of War Members were to be held by the Indian

leaders?

(a) Simon Commission (b) Simla Conference

(c) Cripps Proposal (d) Cabinet Mission

Q. Who among the following used the phrase ‘Un-British’ to criticize the English colonial

control of India?

(a) Anandmohan Bose (b) Badruddin Tyabji

(c) Dadabhai Tyabji (d) Pherozeshah Mehta

Q. Who was the Viceroy of India when the Rowlatt Act was passed?

(a) Lord Irwin (b) Lord Reading

(c) Lord Chelmsford (d) Lord Wavell

Q. Who among the following Gandhian followers was a teacher by profession?

(a) A.N. Sinha (b) Braj Kishore Prasad

(c) J.B. Kripalani (d) Rajendra Prasad

Q. Where was the First Session of the Indian National Congress held in December 1885?

(a) Ahmedabad (b) Bombay

(c) Calcutta (d) Delhi

Q. Assertion (A): The Congress Ministries in all the provinces resigned in the year 1939.

Reason (R): The Congress did not accept the decision of the Viceroy to declare war

against Germany in the context of the Second World War.

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Q. The song ‘Amar Sonar Bangla’ written during the Swadeshi Movement of India inspired the

liberation struggle of Bangladesh and was adopted as the National Anthem of Bangladesh.

Who wrote this song?

(a) Rajni Kanta Sen (b) Dwijendralal Ray

(c) Mukunda Das (d) Rabindranath Tagore

Q. The First Factory Act restricting the working hours of women and children, and authorizing

local governments to make necessary rules was adopted during whose time?

(a) Lord Lytton (b) Lord Bentinck

(c) Lord Ripon (d) Lord Canning

Q. Who among the following wrote the book Babuvivah?

(a) Raja Rammohan Roy (b) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

(c) Pandita Rambai (d) Rabindranath Tagore

Q. Who wrote the book – ‘The Story of the Integration of the India States’?

(a) B.N. Rao (b) C. Rajagopalachari

(c) Krishna Mohan (d) V.P. Menon

Q. Which one of the following aroused a wave of popular indignation that led to the massacre

by the British at Jallianwala Bagh?

(a) The Arms Act (b) The Public Safety Act

(c) The Rowlatt Act (d) The Vernacular Press Act

Q. At which one of the following placed did Mahatma Gandhi first start his Satyagraha in

India?

(a) Ahmedabad (b) Bardoli

(c) Champaran (d) Kheda

Q. Who among the following started the newspaper Shome Prakash?

(a) Dayanand Saraswati (b) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

(c) Raja Rammohan Roy (d) Surendranath Banerjee

Q. The ruler of which one of the following States was removed from power by the British on the

pretext of misgovernance?

(a) Awadh (b) Jhansi

(c) Nagpur (d) Satara

Q. Who among the following Europeans were last to come to preindependence India as traders?

(a) Dutch (b) English

(c) French (d) Portuguese

Q. Consider the following statements:

1. Robert Clive was the first Governor-General of Bengal.

2. William Bentinck was the first Governor-General of India.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only (b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2

Q. Which one of the following was the first fort constructed by the British in India?

(a) Fort William (b) Fort St. George

(c) Fort St. David (d) Fort St. Angelo

Q. Which one of the following places was associates with Acharya Vinoba Bhave’s Bhoodan

Movement at the beginning of the movement?

(a) Udaygiri (b) Rapur

(c) Pochampalli (d) Venkatagiri

Q. Assertion (A): According to the Wavell Plan, the number of Hindu and Muslim members

in the Executive Council were to be equal.

Reason (R): Wavell thought that this arrangement would have avoided the partition of

Q. Who was the Governor-General of India during the Sepoy Mutiny?

(a) Lord Canning (b) Lord Dalhousie

(c) Lord Hardinge (d) Lord Lytton

Q. Consider the following statements about Madam Bhikaji Cama:

1. Madam Cama unfurled the National Flag at the International Socialist Conference in Paris in the

year 1907.

2. Madam Cama served as private secretary to Dabadhai Naoroji.

3. Madam Cama was born to Parsi parents.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 2 and 3, only

(c) 1 and 2, only (d) 3 only

Q. Consider the following statements:

1. The Charter Act 1853 abolished East India Company’s monopoly of Indian trade.

2. Under the Government of India Act, 1858, the British Parliament abolished the East India

Company altogether and undertook the responsibility of ruling India directly.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only (b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2

Q. Which one of the following revolts was made famous by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in his

noval Anand Math?

(a) Bhil uprising (b) Rangpur and Dinapur uprising

(c) Bishnupur and Birbhum rebellion (d) Sanyasi rebellion

Q. In the year 1613, where was the English East India Company given permission to set up a

factor (trading post)?

(a) Bangalore (b) Madras

(c) Masulipattam (d) Surat

Q. With reference to the revolt of the year 1857, who of the following was betrayed by a friend;

captured and put to death by the British?

(a) Nana Sahib (b) Kunwar Singh

(c) Khan Bahadur Khan (d) Tantia Tope

Q. Under whose presidency was the Lahore Session of the Indian National Congress held in the

year 1929 wherein a resolution was adopted to gain complete independence from the British?

(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

(c) Jawaharlal Nehru (d) Motilal Nehru

Q. “Lecturer from Colombo to Almora” is based on the experience of which one of the

following?

(a) Veer Savarkar (b) Annie Besant

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2005

Q. Which party was founded by Subhash Chandra Bose in the year 1939 after the broke away

from the Congress?

(a) Indian Freedom Party (b) Azad Hind Fauz

(c) Revolutionary Front (d) Forward Block

Q. Consider the following statements:

The Government of India Act, 1935 provided for

1. the provincial autonomy.

2. the establishment of Federal Court.

3. All India Federation at the Centre.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

(a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 3

(c) 1 and 3 (d) 1, 2 and 3

Q. Consider the following statements:

1. Warren Hastings was the first Governor General who established a regular police in India on the

British pattern.

2. A Supreme Court was established at Calcutta by the Regulating Act, 1773.

3. The Indian Penal Code came into effect in the year 1860.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

(a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 3

(c) 1 and 3 (d) 1, 2 and 3

Q. Which one of the following is the correct chronologist order of the battle fought in the India

in the 18

Century?

(a) Battle of Wandiwash – Battle of Buxar – Battle of Ambur – Battle of Plassey

(b) Battle of Ambur – Battle of Plassey – Battle of Wandiwash – Battle of Buxar

(c) Battle of Wandiwash – Battle of Plassey – Battleof Ambur – Battle of Buxar

(d) Battle of Ambur – Battle of Buxar – Battle of Wandiwash – Battle of Plassey

Q. Which one of the following is the correct statements?

(a) The modern Kochi was a Dutch colony till India’sIndependence

(b) The Dutch defeated the Portuguese and builtFort Williams in the modern Kochi

(c) The modern Kochi was first a Dutch colony before the Portuguese took over from them

(d) The modern Kochi never became a part of the British colony

Q. Consider the following statements:

1. Lord Mountbatten was the Viceroy when Simla Conference took place.

2. Indian Navy Revolt, 1946 took place when the Indian sailors in the Royal Indian Navy at

Bombay and Karachi rose against the Government.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only (b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2

Q. Which one of the following territories was not affected by the Revolt of 1857?

(a) Jhansi (b) Chittor

(c) Jagdishpur (d) Lucknow

Q. Which one of the following places did Kunwar Singh, a prominent leader of the Revolt of

1857 belong to?

(a) Bihar (b) Madhya Pradesh

(c) Rajasthan (d) Uttar Pradesh

Q. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?

Movement/Satyagraha Person Actively Associated With

1. Champaran : Rajendra Prasad

2. Ahmedabad Mill Workers : Morarji Desai

3. Kheda : Vallabhbhai Patel

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

(a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 3

(c) 1 and 3 (d) 1, 2 and 3

Q. Who among the following was not associated with the formation of U.P. Kisan Sabha in

February 1918?

(a) Indra Narain Dwivedi (b) Gauri Shankar Mishra

(c) Jawaharlal Nehru (d) Madan Mohan Malviya

Q. Who among the following drafted the resolution on fundamental rights for the Karachi

Session of Congress in 1931?

(a) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar (b) Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru

(c) Dr. Rajendra Prasad (d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Q. In October 1920, who of the following headed a group of Indians gathered at Tashkent to set

up a Communist Party of India?

(a) H.K. Sarkar (b) P.C. Joshi

(c) M.C. Chagla (d) M.N. Roy

Q. At which Congress Session was the Working Committee of authorised to launch a

programme of Civil Disobedience?

(a) Bombay (b) Lahore

(c) Lucknow (d) Tripuri

Q. In which one of the following provinces was a Congress ministry not formed under the Act of

1935?

(a) Bihar (b) Madras

(c) Orissa (d) Punjab

Q. Consider the following statements: On the eve of the launch of Quit India Movement,

Mahatma Gandhi

1. asked the government servants to resign.

2. asked the soldiers to leave their posts.

3. asked the Princes of the Princely States to accept the sovereignty of their own people.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 3

(c) 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3

Q. Consider the following statements:

1. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar founded the BethuneSchool at Calcutta with the main aim of

encouraging education for women.

2. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay was the first graduate of the Calcutta University.

3. Keshav Chandra Sen’s campaign against Sati led to the enactment of a law to ban Sati by the

then Governor General.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only (b) 1 and 2

(c) 2 and 3 (d) 1, 2 and 3

Q. Consider the following statements:

1. In the First Round Table Conference Dr. Ambedkar demanded separate electorates for the

depressed classes.

2. In the Poona Act, special provisions for representation of the depressed people in the local

bodies and civil services were made.

3. The Indian National Congress did not take part in the Third Round Table Conference.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 3

(c) 1 and 3 (d) 1, 2 and 3

Q. Who among the following was a proponent of Fabianism as a movement?

(a) Annie Besant (b) Michael Madhusudan Dutt

(c) A.O. Hume (d) R. Palme Dutt

Q. What was Komagata Maru?

(a) A political party based in Taiwan.

(b) Peasant communist leader of China.

(c) A naval ship on voyage to Canada.

(d) A Chinese village where Mao Tre Lung began his long march.

Q. Where were the Gadhar revolutionaries, who became active during the outbreak of the

World War I based?

(a) Central America (b) North America

(c) West America (d) South America

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Q. Consider the following statements:

Some of the main features of the Government of India Act, 1935 were the

1. abolition of diarchy in the Governor’s provinces

2. power of the Governors to veto legislative action and to legislate on their own

3. abolition of the principle of communal representation

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only (b) 1 and 2

(c) 2 and 3 (d) 1, 2 and 3

Q. Consider the following statements:

1. The First Session of the Indian National Congress was held in Calcutta.

2. The Second Session of the Indian National Congress was held under the presidentship of

Dadabhai Naoroji.

3. Both Indian National Congress and Muslim League held their sessions at Lucknow in 1916 and

concluded the Lucknow Pact.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 only

(c) 2 and 3 (d) 3 only

Q. Which one of the following statements is correct?

(a) The Constituent Assembly of India was elected by the Provincial Assemblies in the year 1946

(b) Jawaharlal Nehru, M.A. Jinnah and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel were members of the Constituent

Assembly of India

(c) The First Session of the Constituent Assembly of India was held in January, 1947

(d) The Constitution of India was adopted on 26

January, 1950

Q. The Montague-Chelmsford Report formed the basis of

(a) the Indian Councils Act, 1909 (b) the Government of India Act, 1919

(c) the Government of India Act, 1935 (d) the IndianIndependence Act, 1947

Q. During the Indian Freedom Struggle, who among the following proposed that Swaraj should

be defined as complete independence free from all foreign control?

(a) Mazharul Haque (b) Maulana Hasrat Mohani

(c) Hakim Ajmal Khan (d) Abul Kalam Azad

Q. Consider the following princely States of the British rule in India:

1. Jhansi 2. Sambalpur 3. Satara

The correct chronological order in which they were annexed by the British is

(a) 1, 2, 3 (b) 1, 3, 2

(c) 3, 2, 1 (d) 3, 1, 2

Q. The name of the famous person of India who returned the Knighthood conferred on him by

the British Government as a token of protest against the atrocities in Punjab in 1919 was

(a) Tej Bahadur Sapru (b) Ashutosh Mukherjee

(c) Rabindra Nath Tagore (d) Syed Ahmad Khan

Q. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?

List I (Period) List II (Wars)

1. AD 1767-69 : First Anglo-Maratha War

2. AD 1790-92 : Third Mysore War

3. AD 1824-26 : First Anglo-Burmese War

4. AD 1845-46 : Second Sikh War

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

(a) 2 and 4 (b) 3 and 4

(c) 1 and 2 (d) 2 and 3

Q. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

(a) Pitt’s India Act : Warren Hastings

(b) Doctrine of Lapse : Dalhousie

(c) Vernacular Press Act : Curzon

(d) Ilbert Bill : Ripon

Q. Consider the following Viceroys of India during the British rule:

1. Lord Curzon 2. Lord Chelmsford

3. Lord Hardinge 4. Lord Irwin

Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of their tenure?

(a) 1 – 3 – 2 – 4 (b) 2 – 4 – 1 – 3

(c) 1 – 4 – 2 – 3 (d) 2 – 3 – 1 – 4

Q. Consider the following events during India’s freedom struggle?

1. Chauri – Chaura Outrage 2. Minto – Morley Reforms

3. Dandi March 4. Montague – ChelmsfordReforms

Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the events above?

(a) 1 – 3 – 2 – 4 (b) 2 – 4 – 1 – 3

(c) 1 – 4 – 2 – 3 (d) 2 – 3 – 1 – 4

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Q. The leader of the Bardoli Satyagraha (1928) was

(a) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (b) Mahatma Gandhi

(c) Vithalbhai J. Patel (d) Mahadev Desai

Q. During the colonial period in India, what was the purpose of the Witley Commission?

(a) To review the fitness of India for further political reforms

(b) To report on existing conditions of labour and to make recommendations

(c) To draw up a plan for financial reforms for India

(d) To develop a comprehensive scheme for Civil Services in India

Q. Assertion (A): In 1916, Maulana Mohammad Ali and Abul Kalam Azad resigned from

the Legislative Council.

Reason (R) : The Rowlatt Act was passed by the Government in spite of being opposed

by all Indian members of the Legislative Council.

Q. With reference to the entry of European powers into India, which one of the following

statements is NOT correct?

(a) The Portuguese captured Goa in 1499

(b) The English opened their first factory in South India at Masulipatam

(c) In Eastern India, the English Company opened its first factory in Orissa in 1633

(d) Under the leadership of Dupleix, the French occupied Madras in 1746

Q. With reference to Indian freedom struggle, which one of the following statements is NOT

correct?

(a) The Rowlatt Act aroused a wave of popular indignation and led to the Jallianwala Bagh

massacre

(b) Subhas Chandra Bose formed the Forward Bloc

(c) Bhagat Singh was one of the founders of Hindustan Republican Socialist Association

(d) In 1931, the Congress Session at Karachiopposed Gandhi-Irwin Pact

Q. In India, among the following locations, the Dutch established their earliest factory at

(a) Surat (b) Pulicat

(c) Cochin (d) Cassimbazar

Q. Which one of the following statements is NOT correct?

(a) The National Song Vande Mataram was composed by Bankimchandra Chatterji originally in

Bengali

(b) The National Calendar of India based on Saka era has its 1

Chaitra on 22

March normally

and 21

March in a leap year

(c) The design of the National Flag of India was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 22

July, 1947

(d) The song ‘Jana-gana-mana’, composed originally in Bengali by Rabindra Nath Tagore was

adopted in its Hindi version by the Constituent Assembly on 24

January, 1950 as the National

Anthem of India.

Q. The aim of education as stated by the Wood’s dispatch of 1854 was

(a) the creation of employment opportunities for native Indians

(b) the spread of western culture in India

(c) the promotion of literacy among the people using English medium of language

(d) the introduction of scientific research and rationalism in the traditional Indian education

Q. Which one of the following statements is NOT correct?

(a) Ali Mardan Khan introduced the system of revenue farming in Bengal

(b) Maharaja Ranjit Singh set up modern foundries to manufacture cannons at Lahore

(c) Sawai Jai Singh of Amber had Euclid’s Elements of Geometry’ translated into Sanskrit

(d) Sultan Tipu of Mysore gave money for the construction of the idol of Goddess Sarda in the

Shringeri temple

Q. Which one of the following provisions was NOT made in the Charter Act of 1833?

(a) The trading activities of the East India Company were to be abolished

(b) The designation of the supreme authority was to be changed as the Governor-General of India

in Council

(c) All law-making powers to be conferred on Governor-General in Council

(d) An Indian was to be appointed as a Law Member in Governor-General’s Councils.

Q. With reference to colonial rule in India, what was sought by the Ilbert Bill in 1883?

(a) To bring Indians and Europeans on par as far as the criminal jurisdiction of courts was

concerned

(b) To impose severe restrictions on the freedom of the native press as it was perceived to be

hostile to colonial rulers.

(c) The encourage the native Indians to appear for civil service examinations by conducing them in

India

(d) To allow native Indians to possess arms by amending the Arms Act

Q. An important aspect of the Cripps Mission of 1942 as

(a) that all Indian States should join the Indian Union as a condition to consider any degree of

autonomy for India

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(c) the active participation and cooperation of the Indian people, communities and political parties

in the British war effort as a condition for granting independence with full sovereign status to India

after war

(d) the framing of a constitution for the entire Indian Union, with no separate constitution for any

province, and a Union Constitution to be accepted by all provinces

Q. When Congress leaders condemned the Montague-Chelmsford Report, many moderates left

the party to form the

(a) Swarajya Party (b) Indian Freedom Party

(c) Independence Federation of India (d) Indian Liberal Federation

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Q. During the Indian freedom struggle, the Khudai Khidmatgars, also known as Red Shirts,

called for

(a) the Union of Pashtun tribal areas in north-west with the Afghanistan

(b) the adoption of terrorist tactics and methods for terrorizing and finally ousting the colonial

rulers

(c) the adoption of communist revolutionary ideology for political and social reform

(d) the Pathan regional nationalist unity and a struggle against colonialism

Q. Assertion (A): The effect of labour participation in the Indian nationalist upsurge of the

early 1930s was weak.

Reason (R): The labour leaders considered the ideology of India National Congress as

bourgeois and reactionary.

Q. The last opportunity to avoid the partition of Indiawas lost with the rejection of

(a) Cripps Mission (b) Rajagopalachari Formula

(c) Cabinet Mission (d) Wavell Plan

Q. The members of the Constituent Assembly which drafted the Constitution of India were

(a) nominated by the British Parliament

(b) nominated by the Governor General

(c) elected by the Legislative Assemblies of various provinces

(d) elected by the India National Congress and Muslim League

Q. With which one of the following mountain tribes did the British first come into contact with

after the grant of Diwani in the year 1765?

(a) Garos (b) Khasis

(c) Kukis (d) Tipperahs

Q. With reference to the period of extremist nationalist movement in India with its spirit of

Swadeshi, which one of the following statements is not correct?

(a) Liakat Hussain led the Muslim peasants of Barisalin their agitations

(b) In 1898, the scheme of national education was formulated by Satish Chandra Mukherjee

(c) The Bengal National College was founded in 1906 with Aurobindo as the Principal

(d) Tagore preached the cult of Atmasakti, the main plank of which was social and economic

regeneration of the villages

Q. With reference to the Indian freedom struggle, which one of the following statements is not

correct?

(a) Hakim Ajmal Khan was one of the leaders to start a nationalist and militant Ahrar movement

(b) When the Indian National Congress was formed, Sayyid Ahmad Khan opposed it

(c) The All-India Muslim League which was formed in 1906 vehemently opposed the partition of

Bengal and separate electorates

(d) Maulana Barkatullah and Maulana Obeidullah Sindhi were among those who formed a

Provisional Government of India in Kabul

Q. Which one of the following submitted in 1875 a petition to the House of Commons

demanding India’s direct representation in the British Parliament?

(a) The Deccan Association (b) The Indian Association

(c) The Madras Mahajan Sabha (d) The PoonaSarvajanik Sabha

Q. The real intention of the British to include the princely states in the Federal Union proposed

by the India Act of 1935 was to:

(a) exercise more and direct political and administrative control over the princely states

(b) involve the princes actively in the administration of the colony

(c) finally effect the complete political and administrative take-over of all the princely states by the

British

(d) use the princes to counter-balance the anti-imperialist doctrines of the nationalist leaders

Q. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given the lists:

List I (Acts of Colonial List II (Provisions)

Government of India)

A. Charter Act, 1813 1. Set up Board of Control inBritain to fully

regulate the East India Company’s affairs

in India

B. Regulating Act 2. Company’s trade monopoly inIndia was

ended

C. Act of 1858 3. The power to govern was transferred from

the East India Company to the British

Crown.

D. Pitt’s India Act 4. The Company’s directors were asked to

Present to the British government all

correspondence and documents

pertaining to the administration of the

company

A B C D

(a) 2 4 3 1

(b) 1 3 4 2

(c) 2 3 4 1

(d) 1 4 3 2

Q. Which one of the following Acts of British India strengthened the Viceroy’s authority over

his executive council by substituting “portfolio” or departmental system for corporate

functioning?

(a) Indian Councils Act, 1861 (b) Government ofIndia Act, 1858

Q. The President of Indian National Congress at the time of partition of India was

(a) C. Rajagopalachari (b) J.B. Kripalani

(c) Jawaharlal Nehru (d) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

Q. With reference to colonial period of Indian history, Match List I with List II and select the

correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

List I (Person) List II (Event)

A. Macdonald 1. Doctrine of Lapse

B. Linlithgow 2. Communal Award

C. Dalhousie 3. August Offer

D. Chelmsford 4. Dyarchy

A B C D

(a) 3 2 1 4

(b) 3 2 4 1

(c) 2 3 1 4

(d) 2 3 4 1

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Q. Who among the following Indian rulers established embassies in foreign countries on

modern lines?

(a) Haider Ali (b) Mir Qasim

(c) Shah Alam II (d) Tipu Sultan

Q. The Hunter Commission was appointed after the

(a) Black-hole incident (b) Jallianwala bagh massacre

(c) Uprising of 1857 (d) Partition of Bengal

Q. Under the Permanent Settlement, 1793, the Zamindars were required to issue pattas to the

farmers which were not issued by many of the Zamindars. The reason was

(a) The Zamindars were trusted by the farmers

(b) There was no official check upon the Zamindars

(c) It was the responsibility of the British government

(d) The farmers were not interested in getting pattas

Q. Consider the following statements:

1. Arya Samaj was founded in 1835.

2. Lala Lajpat Rai opposed the appeal of Arya Samaj to the authority of Vedas in support of its

social reform programmes

3. Under Keshab Chandra Sen, the Brahmo Samaj campaigned for women’s education.

4. Vinoba Bhave founded the Sarvodaya Samaj to work among refugees.

Which of these statements are correct?

(a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 3

(c) 2 and 4 (d) 3 and 4

Q. Who among the following leaders proposed to adopt Complete Independence as the goal of

the Congress in the Ahmedabad session of 1920?

(a) Abdul Kalam Azad (b) Hasrat Mohani

Q. Who among the following organized the famousChittagong armoury raid?

(a) Laxmi Sehgal (b) Surya Sen

(c) Batukeshwar Datta (d) J.M. Sengupta

Q. A London branch of the All India Muslim League was established in 1908 under the

presidency of

(a) Aga Khan (b) Ameer Ali

(c) Liaquat Ali Khan (d) M.A. Jinnah

Q. Who among the following, was the President of the All-India States People’s Conference in

1939?

(a) Jaya Prakash Narayan (b) Jawahar Lal Nehru

(c) Sheikh Abdullah (d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Q. Who amongst the following Englishmen, first translated Bhagvad-Gita into English?

(a) William Jones (b) Charles Wilkins

(c) Alexander Cunningham (d) John Marshall

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Q. “In the instance we could not play off the Mohammedans against the Hindus.” To which one

of the following events did this remark of Aitchison relate?

(a) Revolt of 1857

(b) Champaran Satyagraha (1917)

(c) Khilafat & Non-Cooperation Movement (1919-22)

(d) August Movement of 1942

Q. The Indian National Army (I.N.A.) came into existence in 1943 in

(a) Japan (b) then Burma

(c) Singapore (d) then Malaya

Q. The last major extension of British Indian territory took place during the time of

(a) Dufferin (b) Dalhousie

(c) Lytton (d) Curzon

Q. As an alternative to the partition of India, Gandhiji suggested to Mountbatten that he

(a) postpone granting of independence

(b) invite Jinnah to form the government

(c) invite Nehru and Jinnah to form the government together

(d) invite the army to take over for some time

Q. The native state of Tripura became involved in the Freedom movement early in the 20

century because

(a) the kings of Tripura were always anti-British

(b) the Bengal revolutionaries took shelter in Tripura

(c) the tribes of the state were fiercely freedom loving

(d) there were already some groups fighting against the kingship and its protector, the British

Q. That the per capital income in India was Rs. 20/- in 1867-68, was ascertained for the first

time by

(a) M.G. Ranade (b) Sir. W. Hunter

(c) R.C. Dutta (d) Dadabhai Naoroji

Q. After returning from South Africa, Gandhiji launched his first successful Satyagraha in

(a) Chauri-Chaura (b) Dandi

(c) Champaran (d) Bardoli

Q. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

List I List II

A. Chittagong Armoury Raid 1. Kalpana Dutt

B. Abhinav Bharat 2. Guru Ram Singh

C. Anushilan Samiti 3. Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

D. Kuka Movement 4. Aurobindo Ghosh

A B C D

(a) 1 3 4 2

(b) 1 3 2 4

(c) 3 1 2 4

(a) 3 1 4 2

Q. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

List I List II

A. Land allotted to big feudal landlords 1. Jagirdari System

B. Land allotted to revenue farmers of rent collectors 2. Ryotwari System

C. Land allotted to each peasant with the right to 3. Mahalwari

Sublet, mortgage, gift or sell

D. Revenue settlements made at village level 4. Zamindari System

A B C D

(a) 1 3 2 4

(b) 1 4 2 3

(c) 3 4 1 2

(d) 2 1 3 4

Q. Assertion (A): Lord Linlithgow described the August Movement of 1942 as the most

serious revolt after the Sepoy mutiny.

Reason (R): Peasants joined the movement in large number in some places.

Q. Assertion (A):The basic weakness of the early nationalist movement lay in its narrow

social base.

Reason (R): It fought for the narrow interests of the social groups which joined it.

Q. While delivering the presidential address, the Congress President who advocated the

introduction of Roman script for Hindi language was

(a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Jawaharlal Nehru

(c) Abul Kalam Azad (d) Subhash Chandra Bose

Q. At the time of partition of India, which one of the following provinces of British India came

forward with a plan for a united and independent existence?

(a) Punjab (b) Assam

(c) Bengal (d) Bihar

Q. The Balkan Plan for fragmentation of India was the brain-child of

(a) W. Churchill (b) M.A. Jinnah

(c) Lord Mountbatten (d) V.P. Menon

Q. Consider the following statements about the Indian National Congress

1. Sarojini Naidu was the first woman to be the President of the Congress

2. C.R. Das was in prison when he functioned as the President of the Congress

3. The first Britisher to become the President of the Congress was Alan Octavian Hume

4. Alfred Webb was the President of the Congress in 1894

Which of these statements are correct?

(a) 1 and 3 (b) 2 and 4

(c) 2, 3 and 4 (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4

Q. Which one of the following is NOT a feature of the Government of India Act of 1935?

(a) Diarchy at the Centre as well as in the provinces

(b) A bicameral legislature

(c) Provincial autonomy

(d) An All-India Federation

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Q. The first venture of Gandhi in all-India politics was the:

(a) Non-Cooperation Movement (b) Rowlatt Satyagraha

(c) Champaran Movement (d) Dandi March

Q. The Congress policy of pray and petition ultimately came to an end under the guidance of

(a) Aurobindo Ghosh (b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

(c) Lala Lajpat Rai (d) Mahatma Gandhi

Q. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

List I (Persons) List II (Journals)

A. Shyamji Krishna Varma 1. Bande Mataram

B. Madam Bhikaji Cama 2. Indian Sociologist

C. Annie Besant 3. The Talwar

D. Aurobindo Ghosh 4. Commonwealth

A B C D

(a) 2 3 4 1

(b) 3 2 1 4

(c) 2 3 1 4

(c) 3 2 4 1

Q. There was no independent development of industries in India during British rule because of

the

(a) absence of heavy industries (b) scarcity of foreign capital

Q. ‘Abhinava Bharat’ a secret society of revolutionaries was organised by

(a) Khudiram Bose (b) V.D. Savarkar

(c) Prafulla Chaki (d) Bhagat Singh

Q. The Most short-lived of all of Britain’s constitutional experiments in India was the

(a) Indian Councils Act of 1861 (b) Indian Councils Act of 1892

(c) Indian Councils Act of 1909 (d) Government ofIndia Act of 1919

Q. “It made its proposals in may. It still wanted a united India. There was to be a Federal Union

composed of British provinces.”

The above quotation is related to

(a) Simon Commission (b) Gandhi-Irwin Pact

(c) Cripps Mission (d) Cabinet Mission

Q. The Governor-General who followed a spirited “Forward” policy towards Afghanistan was

(a) Minto (b) Dufferin

(c) Elgin (d) Lytton

Q. At a time when empires in Europe were crumbling the might of Napoleon which one of the

following Governors-General kept the British flag flying high in India?

(a) Warren Hastings (b) Lord Cornwallis

(c) Lord Wallesley (d) Lord Hastings

Q. Which Indian nationalist leader looked upon a war between Germany and Britain as a god

sent opportunity which would enable Indians to exploit the situation to their advantage?

(a) C. Rajagopalachari (b) M.A. Jinnah

(c) Subhash Chandra Bose (d) Jawaharlal Nehru

Q. Which one of the following leaders of the Congress was totally in favour of Cabinet Mission

plan?

(a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Jawaharlal Nehru

(c) Sardar Patel (d) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

Q. Which one of the following Indian leaders was dismissed by the British from the Indian Civil

Service?

(a) Satyendranath Tagore (b) Surendranath Banerji

(c) R.C. Dutt (d) S.C. Bose

Q. Consider the following events:

1. Indigo Revolt 2. Santhal Rebellion

3. Deccan Riot 4. Mutiny of the Sepoys

The correct chronological sequence of these events is

(a) 4, 2, 1, 3 (b) 4, 2, 3, 1

(c) 2, 4, 3, 1 (d) 2, 4, 1, 3

Q. Assertion (A): Lord Linlithgow described the August Movement of 1942 as the most

serious rebellion since Sepoy Mutiny.

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Q. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

List I (Years) List II (Events)

A. 1775 1. First Anglo-Burmese War

B. 1780 2. First Anglo-Afghan War

C. 1824 3. First Anglo-Maratha War

D. 1838 4. Second Anglo-Mysore War

A B C D

(a) 4 3 2 1

(b) 4 3 1 2

(c) 3 4 1 2

(d) 3 4 2 1

Q. The term “imperial preference” was applied to the

(a) special privileges on British imports in India

(b) racial discrimination by the Britishers

(c) subordination of Indian interest to that of the British

(d) preference given to British political agents over Indian Princes

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Q. The educated middle class in India

(a) opposed the revolt of 1857 (b) supported the revolt of 1857

(c) remained neutral to the revolt of 1857 (d) fought against native rulers

Q. Lord Mountbatten came to India as Viceroy along with specific instruction to

(a) balkanize the Indian sub-continent (b) keep Indiaunited if possible

(c) accept Jinnah’s demand for Pakistan (d) persuade the Congress to accept partition

Q. Assertion (A): The Khilafat movement did bring the urban Muslims into the fold of the

National Movement.

Reason (R): There was a predominant elements of anti-imperialism in both the National

and Khilafat Movement.

Q. Assertion (A): Partition of Bengal in 1905 brought to an end the Moderates role in the

Indian freedom movement.

Reason (R): The Surat session of Indian National Congress separated the Extremists

from the Moderates.

Q. Assertion (A): The first ever Bill to make primary education compulsory in India was

rejected in 1911.

Reason (R): Discontent would have increased if every cultivator could read.

Q. Assertion (A): The Congress rejected the Cripps proposals.

Reason (R): The Cripps Mission consisted solely of whites.

Q. Assertion (A): Gandhi stopped the Non-Cooperation Movement in 1922.

Reason (R): Violence at Chauri Chaura led him to stop the movement.

Q. When the Indian Muslim League was inducted into the interim government in 1946, Liyaqat

Ali Khan was assigned the portfolio of:

(a) Foreign affairs (b) Home

(c) Finance (d) Defence

Q. The Indian National Congress agreed in 1947 to the partition of the country mainly because

(a) the principle of two-Nation theory was then acceptable to them

(b) it was imposed by the British Government and the Congress was helpless in this regard

(c) they wanted to avoid large-scale communal riots

(d) India would have otherwise lost opportunity to attain freedom

Q. At the time of India’s Independence, Mahatma Gandhi was:

(a) a member of Congress Working Committee

(b) not a member of the Congress

(c) the President of the Congress

(d) the General Secretary of the Congress

Q. What is the correct sequence of the following events?

1. Tilak’s Home Rule League.

2. Komagatamaru Incident

3. Mahatma Gandhi’s arrival in India.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

(a) 1, 2, 3 (b) 3, 2, 1

(c) 2, 1, 3 (d) 2, 3, 1

Q. Simon Commission of 1927 was boycotted because

(a) there was no Indian Member in the Commission

(b) it supported the Muslim League

(c) Congress felt that the people of India are entitled to Swaraj

(d) there were differences among the members

Q. The Indian Muslims, in general, were not attracted to the Extremist movement because of

the

(a) influence of the Sir Sayyid Ahmed Khan

(b) anti-Muslim attitude of Extremist leaders

(c) indifference shown to Muslim aspirations

(d) Extremist policy of harping on Hindu past

Q. Which one of the following events, was characterised by Montague as ‘Preventive Murder’?

(a) Killing of INA activists (b) Massacre of Jallianwala Bagh

(c) Shooting of the Mahatma (d) Shooting of Curzon-Wythe

Q. What is the correct sequence of the following events?

1. The August offer. 2. The I.N.A. trial.

3. The Quit India Movement 4. The Royal Indian Naval Ratings Revolt.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

(a) 1, 3, 2, 4 (b) 3, 1, 2, 4

Q. Which one of the following defines extremist ideology during the early phase of Indian

freedom movement?

(a) Stimulating the production of indigenous articles by giving them preference over imported

commodities

(b) Obtaining self-government by aggressive means in place of petitions and constitutional ways

(c) Providing national education according to the requirements of the country

(d) Organising coups against the British empirethrough military revolt

Q. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?

1. Theodore Beck : Mohammedan Anglo-OrientalCollege,

Aligarh

2. Ilbert Bill : Ripon

3. Pherozeshah Mehta : Indian National Congress

4. Badruddin Tyabji : Muslim League

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

(a) 1, 2, 3 and 4 (b) 2 and 4

(c) 1, 3 and 4 (d) 1, 2 and 3

Q. “The Congress is tottering to its fall and one of may great ambitions while in India, is to

assist it to a peaceful demise.” This statement is attributed to

(a) Lord Dufferin (b) Lord Curzon

(c) Lord Lytton (d) None of the above

Q. Who was the leader of the Ghadar Party?

(a) Bhagat Singh (b) Lala Hardayal

(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (d) V.D. Savarkar

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Q. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

List I List II

A. Butler Committed Report 1. Jallianwala Bagh massacre

B. Hartog Committed Report 2. Relationship between the Indian States

And Paramount Power

C. Hunter Inquiry Committee Report 3. Working of Dyarchy as laid down in the

Montague-Chelmsford Reforms

E. Muddiman Committee Report 4. The growth of education in British India

& potentialities of its further progress

A B C D

(a) 3 2 1 4

(b) 1 4 2 3

(c) 2 1 3 4

(d) 2 4 1 3

Q. “A graduate at 18, professor and associate editor of the Sudharak at 20, Secretary of the

Sarvajanik Sabha and of the Provincial Conference at 25, Secretary of the National Congress at

29, leading witness before an important Royal Commission at 31, Provincial legislator at 34,

Imperial legislator at 36, President of the Indian National Congress at 39 ……a patriot whom

Mahatma Gandhi himself regarded as his master.” This is how a biographer describes

(a) Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya (b) Mahadev Govind Ranade

(c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale (d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Q. Who among the following was associated with suppression of Thugs?

(a) General Henry Prendergast (b) Captain Sleeman

(c) Alexander Burnes (d) Captain Robert Pemberton

Q. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

List I (Events) List II (Results)

A. Morley Minto Reforms 1. Country-wise agitation

B. Simon Commission 2. Withdrawal of a movement

C. The Chauri-Chaura incident 3. Communal Electorates

D. The Dandi March 4. Communal outbreaks

5. Illegal manufacture of salt

A B C D

(a) 3 4 5 2

(b) 4 1 2 3

(c) 2 3 4 5

(d) 3 1 2 5

Q. The Poona Pact which was signed between the British Government and Mahatma Gandhi in

1934 provided for

(a) the creation of dominion status for India

(b) separate electorates for the Muslims

(c) separate electorates for the Harijans

(d) joint electorate with reservation of Harijans

Q. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

List I List II

A. Surat Split 1. 1929

B. Communal Award 2. 1928

C. All Party Convention 3. 1932

D. Poorna Swaraj Resolution 4. 1907

5. 1905

A B C D

(a) 4 3 1 5

(b) 4 3 2 1

(c) 2 5 4 1

(d) 1 4 2 3

Q. M.C. Setalwad, B.N. Rao and Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer were distinguished members of the

(a) Swaraj Party (b) All India National Liberal Federation

Q. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

List I List II

A. Chittagong Armoury raid 1. Lala Hardayal

B. Kakori Conspiracy 2. Jatin Das

C. Lahore Conspiracy 3. Surya Sen

D. Ghadar Party 4. Ram Prasad Bismil

5. Vasudeo Phadke

A B C D

(a) 3 4 1 5

(b) 4 3 2 5

(c) 3 4 2 1

(d) 2 4 3 1

Q. What is the correct chronological sequence of the following?

1. Wood’s Education Despatch 2. Macaulay’s minute on education

3. The Sargent Education Report 4. Indian Education (Hunter Commission)

(a) 2, 1, 4, 3 (b) 2, 1, 3, 4

(c) 1, 2, 4, 3 (d) 4, 3, 1, 2

Q. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

List I List II

A. Moplah revolt 1. Kerala

B. Pabna revolt 2. Bihar

C. Eka movement 3. Bengal

D. Birsa Munda revolt 4. Awadh

A B C D

(a) 1 3 4 2

(b) 2 3 4 1

(c) 1 2 3 4

(d) 3 4 1 2

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Q. The Sarabandi (no tax) campaign of 1922 was led by

(a) Bhagat Singh (b) Chittaranjan Das

(c) Rajaguru (d) Vallabhbhai Patel

Q. His ‘principal forte was social and religious reform. He relied upon legislation to do away with

social ills and worked unceasingly for the eradication of child marriage, the purdah system ………

To encourage consideration of social problems on a national scale, he inaugurated the Indian

National Social Conference, which for many years met for its annual sessions alongside the Indian

National Congress.

The reference in this passage is to

(a) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (b) Behramji Merwanji Malabari

Q. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

List I

A. Governor General of Presidency of Fort William inBengal (Under Regulating Act, 1773)

B. Governor General of India (Under Charter Act, 1833)

C. Governor General and Viceroy of India (Under Indian Councils Act, 1858)

D. Governor General and Crown Representative (Under Government of India Act, 1935)

List II

1. Archilabald Percival Wavell, Viscount and Earl Wavell

2. James Andrew Broun-Ramsay, Earl and Marquess of Dalhousie

3. Charles Cornwallis 2

Earl and First Marquess of Cornwallis

4. Gibert John Elliot-Murray=Kynynmond, Earl of Minto

5. Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma

A B C D

(a) 3 2 4 1

(b) 3 4 1 5

(c) 2 3 4 5

(d) 4 2 3 1

Q. Which one of the following first mooted the idea of a constituent assembly to frame a

constitution for India?

(a) Swaraj Party in 1934 (b) Congress Party in 1936

(c) Muslim League in 1942 (d) All Parties Conference in 1946

Q. Assertion (A): The British sovereignty continued to exist in free India

Reason (R): The British sovereign appointed the last Governor General of Free India.

Q. Who among the following leaders did not believe in the drain theory of Dadabhai Naoroji?

(a) B.G. Tilak (b) R.C. Dutt

(c) M.G. Ranade (d) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan

Q. B.R. Ambedkar was elected to the Constituent Assembly from

(a) West Bengal (b) the Bombay Presidency

(c) the then Madhya Bharat (d) Punjab

Q. The Anarchical and Revolutionary Crime Act (1919) was popularly known as the

(a) Rowlatt Act (b) Pitt’s India Act

(c) Indian Arms Act (d) Ilbert Bill

Q. Who among the following was the first European to initiate the policy of taking part in the

quarrels of Indian princes with a view to acquire territories?

(a) Clive (b) Dupleix

(c) Albuquerque (d) Warren Hastings

Q. Who among he following was a prominent leader of the Congress Socialist Party?

(a) M.N. Roy (b) Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi

(c) Pattam Thanu Pillai (d) Acharya Narendra Dev

Q. The meeting of Indian and British political leaders during 1930-32 in London has often been

referred to as the First, Second and Third Round Table Conferences. It would be incorrect to

refer to them as such because

(a) the Indian National Congress did not take part in two of them

(b) Indian parties other than the Indian National Congress participating in the Conference

represented sectional interests and not the whole ofIndia

(c) the British Labour Party had withdrawn from the Conference thereby making the proceeding of

the Conference partisan

(d) it was instance of a Conference held in three session and not that of three separate conferences

Q. Consider the following landmarks in Indian education:

1. Hindu College, Calcutta 2. University of Calcutta

3. Adam’s Report 4. Wood’s despatch

The correct chronological order of these landmarks is:

(a) 1, 3, 4, 2 (b) 1, 4, 3, 2

(c) 3, 1, 4, 2 (d) 3, 2, 4, 1

Q. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

List I List II

A. Surendranath Bannerjee 1. Hind Swaraj

B. M.K. Gandhi 2. The Indian Struggle

C. Subhash Chandra Bose 3. Autobiographical Writings

D. Lajpat Rai 4. A Nation in Making

A B C D

(a) 4 1 3 2

(b) 1 4 3 2

(c) 4 1 2 3

(d) 1 4 2 3

Q. Consider the following statements about Jawaharlal Nehru:

1. He was the president of the Congress Party in 1947.

2. He presided over the Constituent Assembly.

3. He formed the first Congress Ministry in UnitedProvince before India’s Independence

of these statements:

(a) 1, 2 and 3 are correct (b) 1 and 3 are correct

(c) 1 and 2 are correct (d) none is correct

Q. Which one of the following is not correct about the Cabinet Mission Plan?

(a) Provincial grouping (b) Interim Cabinet of Indians

(c) Acceptance of Pakistan (d) Constitution framing right

Q. Who among the following suggested the winding up of the Indian National Congress after

India attained independence?

(a) C. Rajagopalachari (b) Acharya Kripalani

(c) Mahatma Gandhi (d) Jayaprakash Narayan

Q. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

List I List II

A. Abhinav Bharat Society 1. Sri Aurobindo Ghosh

B. Anushilan Samiti 2. Lala Hardayal

C. Ghadar Party 3. C.R. Das

D. Swaraj Party 4. V.D. Savarkar

A B C D

(a) 4 1 3 2

(b) 1 4 3 2

(c) 1 4 2 3

(d) 4 1 2 3

Q. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

List I (Period) List II (Event)

A. 1883 1. Announcement of Communal Award from Whitehall

B. 1906 2. Formation of the All India State People’s Conference

C. 1927 3. Foundation of Muslim League at Dacca

D. 1932 4. First session of National Conference atCalcutta

A B C D

(a) 4 3 1 2

(b) 3 4 1 2

(c) 4 3 2 1

(d) 3 4 2 1

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Q. The radical wing of the Congress Party with Jawaharlal Nehru as one of its main leaders,

founded the ‘independence for India League’ in opposition to

(a) the Gandhi-Irwin Pact (b) the Home Rule Movement

(c) the Nehru report (d) the Mont-ford reforms

Q. Which one of the following was an emigree Communist journal of M.N. Roy?

(a) Kisan Sabha (b) The worker

(c) Vanguard (d) Anushilan

Q. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?

(a) Battle of Buxar : Mir Jafar vs. Clive

(b) Battle of Wandiwash : French vs. East India Company

(c) Battle of Chilianwala : Dalhousie vs. Marathas

(d) Battle of Kharda : Nizam vs. East India Company

Q. What is the correct sequence of the following events?

1. The Lucknow Pact 2. The Introduction of Dyarchy

3. The Rowlatt Act 4. The partition of Bengal

(a) 1, 3, 2, 4 (b) 4, 1, 3, 2

(c) 1, 2, 3, 4 (d) 4, 3, 2, 1

Q. The word Adivasi was used for the first time to refer to the tribal people by:

(a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Thakkar Bappa

Q. The Barrah dacoity was the first major venture of the revolutionary terrorists of the freedom

movement in

(a) Bombay-Karnataka (b) Punjab

(c) East Bengal (d) The Madras Presidency

Q. Which of the following political parties is/are national political parties?

1. Muslim League 2. Revolutionary Socialist Party

3. All India Forward Block 4. Peasants and Workers Party of India

Codes:

(a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 2 and 4

(c) 3 only (d) None

Q. In 1930, Mahatma Gandhi started Civil Disobedience Movement from

(a) Sevagram (b) Dandi

(c) Sabarmati (d) Wardha

Q. Which one of the following pairs are not correctly matched?

(a) Jamnalal Bajaj : Satyagraha Ashram at Wardha

(b) Dadabhai Naoroji : Bombay Association

(c) Lala Lajpat Rai : National School at Lahore

(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak : Satya Shodhak Sabha

Q. Hughly was used as a base for piracy in the Bay of Bengal by

(a) the Portuguese (b) the French

(c) the Danish (d) the British .

QUESTION AND ANSWERES -INDIAN HISTORY

33) Who of the following rulers was the contemporary of the Great Vaishnava saint Chaitanya in Bengal?
a) Shamsuddin IIya Shah
b) Sikandar Shah-II
c) Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah
d) Alauddin Hussain Shah

Ans: Alauddin Husain Shah:
d
Alauddin Husain Shah was the founder of Husain Shahi Dynasty in Bengal. He was elected to the post of the Sultan by the leading nobles of Bengal in 1494. Highly romantacised stories about the earlier life of Alauddin Hussain Shah had been narrated by Joao-de-Barros, Krishandasa Kaviraj, Fariya Y Souza and Francis Buchanan Hamilton. However, a more accepted source on Haussain Shahi Dynasty is Riyaz-us-Salatin. He was an Arab from Macca. On his coins he had been named as Sultan Husain Shah bin Sayyid Ashraf-ul-Hasaini. He ruled upto 1519. His rule had been identified for having restored the law and order in Bengal. His administration was also known to have employed non-Muslims to the important posts in the administration. He was also famous for having patronized Shri Chaitnya.

Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah (1389-1409) was ruler of Illyas Shahi dynasty which ruled over Gaud (Bengal). Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah tried to invade Assam but did not succeed. On the other hand, Alauddin Hassain Shah was able to annex a part of Assam and extend the territories of Bengal.

Chaitanya Mahaprabhu or Sri Chaitanaya was Great Vaishnava Saint of eastern India in the 16th century and contemporary of Guru Nanak. He was a social reformer and Bhakti saint. He was regarded as an incarnation of Lord Krishana. His followers are called Gaudiya Vaishnavas (taking the name from Gaud, the tradition name of Bengal). He authored Sikhsasatkam which is in Sanskrit. The title means the Eight verses of Instructions. Krishnadass Kaviraja Goswami, a known poet of Alauddin Husain Shah period wrote Chaitanya Charitamrita a biography of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. The Chaitnaya Charitamrita is written in Bangla.

Shamsuddin IIiyas Shah: Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah was the founder of Ilyas dynasty which ruled over Bengal in 14th century. Shamsuddin ruled from Pandua. He ruled from 1342 to 1358. He was succeeded by his son Sikandar Shah. During his reign, Firoze Shah Tughlaq ruled over the Delhi Sultanate.
Sikandar Shah II ruled as the 10 Ilyas ruler but only for two month. He was an obscure Sultan of this dynasty because there are a few sources about him achievements.

34) Consider the following
1. Kamind
2. Mahin
3. Kirpas
4. Shirinbaft
5. Salahati
Which of the above were kinds of cloth manufactured during the Sultanate period in India?
a) 2,4 and 5 only
b) 1,2 and 3only
c) 2,3 and 4 only
d) 1,2,3,4, and 5
Ans: 1,2,3,4 and 5.
Kamina: A coarse kind of cloth worn by the poor and dervishes. The main place of manufacturing was Awadh. According to Nizami it was the cheapest form of cloth in Ala-ud-din Khilji's cloth market at Delhi.
Mahin: It was a finer form of cloth worn byTurks and Soldiers.

Karipa was another fine form of cloth which was costlier than Mahin. It was rather finer calico. The rate of Karipa was double than Kamina. Hence, Kamind, Mahin and Kirpas were calico or white cotton cloth of different varieties.

Shirinbaft and Salahati were muslin cloth. It was so fine and costly that only nobles and rich man wore ite.

All the above form of textiles are given in a single paragraph in The Cambridge Economic History of India c. 1200 to c. 1750 edited By Dharam Kumar page 79, Part I, Chapter 3, Non-Agricultural Production and Urban Economy by Irfan Habib.

35) During medieval times, the term ‘pinjana’ referred to
a) Weaver’s loom
b) Cotton carder’s bow
c) Spinning wheel
d) None of the above
Ans: Cotton Carder's bow: b

pinjana is the name of Cotton carder's bow which probably reached India with Ghorian invasion.

Kargah is the weaver's loom.

Spinning wheel is called Charkah.

36) Abdur Razzak was sent as an ambassador to the court of Deva Raya II by
a) Sultan Alauddin of Iraq
b) Sultan Bahaman of Egypt
c) Sultan Shah Rukh of Khurasan
d) Sultan Bahzad of Turkey
Ans: Sultan Shah Rukh of Khurasan

Deva Raya II (1424-1446) was the emperor of Vijayanagar Empire from Sangam dynasty. He is considered as the greatest of the emperor of the Sangam dynasty. He was son of Veera Vijaya Bukka Raya. The writings of Abdur Razzak forms an important contemporary source on the achievements of Deva Raya II. Apart from Abdur Niccolo de Conti-a Venetian merchant, also visited India during his reign.

37) Harihara II, in one of this inscriptions gives a detailed account of the military achievements of Bukka I.
Which one the following is that inscription?
a) Channaraya pattana inscription
b) Bitragunta grant
c) Penugonda inscription
d) Kondavidu grant
Ans: Channaraya pattan inscription: a

Channaraya pattana is town situated on Bangalore Hassan Road. The earlier name of the town was Kolatur. In 1600, Lakshmappa Nayak bestowed Kolatur as a jagir on his son named Channa Raya. Channa Raya was named after Channarayaswami, a name of Vishnu. Since then, the place is known as Channaraya pattana. Channaraya pattana is the second biggest taluk in Hassan district.

Bitragunta grant was issued by Sangama, son of Harihar I. It was grant of land to a Brahmin in Nellore district.

Penugonda inscription is displayed in the temple of Nagareshvaraswami. It is attributed to one Kothalinga of Komati tribe of Penugonda. Penugonda is described as one of the twelve towns built by Lord Vishkarma and present by Lord Shiva to Komatis.
Kondavidu grant belongs to Vijayanagar Empire. It is a temple grant specifying the items on which the tolls were to be given to the temple.

38) Which one of the following books provides information on Humayun’s reign?
a) Tarikh-i-Rashidi
b) Tabaqat-i-Nasiri
c) Futuhus Salatin
d) None of the above
Ans: Tarikh-i-Rashidi: a,

Tarikh-i-Rashidi was written by Mirza Haider. In it, Mirza Haider had given an eye witness account of Battle of Kanauj. He was commander of one of the contingent in that battle. He was quite near Humanyun. Mirza Haider remained with Humanyun even when he lost his kingdom to Sher Shah Suri. His work is appreciated by modern scholars for its literary quality. The English translation of this title is 'A History of Moguls of Central Asia' by Elias and Rose.
Tabaqat-i-Nasiri : Tabaqat-i-Nasiri is the Autobiography of Muhammad bin Tughlaq (Ulugh Khan). Tabaqat means biographical notes. The book consists of twenty Three such biographical notes. Muhammad bin Tughlaq was known as a scholar also. (Regardless of the term used and made famous by Lanepole.) The books has imprint of his scholarship.

Futuhus Salatin : It was historic masanavi(a poetic form of writing) written by Khwaja Abdullah Malik Isami in 1350. The contents trace the history of Turkish rule in India from Ghaznavi to Muhammad Tughlaq. The book also discuss the establishment of Bahmani Kingdom. It was based on theory of divine intervention concept of writing therefore, suffers many shortcomings.

39) Consider the following ancient tribes:
1. Anga
2. Gandhari
3. Vratya
Which of the above tribe/tribes existed during Vedic period
a) 1and 2
b) 2 only
c) 1 and 3 only
d) 1,2 and 3
Ans: Anga, Gandhari, Vratya:
Anga first appear in Atharveda. They are mentioned with Gadharis and Mujavatas.

In Jain inscriptions, they belonged to the first group of the Aryan people.

In Anguttra Nikkaya, the Buddhist Tripitakas, Angas and Vratyas were among the sixteen Mahajanapadas.

40) Who among the following was the famous Persian Master painter who came to India with Humayun?
a) Sayyid Ali Hamdani
b) Sayyid Ali Tabrezi
c) Mir Mohammad Hamadani
d) Muhammud Murad
Ans: Sayyid Ali Tabrezi: b

Mir Sayyid Ali Tabrezi and Khawaja Adbus Samad Shirazi were two miniature painters who met Humanyun when he had taken refuge at the court of Shah Tahmasp after forced to leave in India 1540 by Sher Shah Suri. When, Humanyun regained his control over Kabul, he called both of them from Iran. Humanyun is also famous for his liking for the paintings. It was his grandson, Jahangir who is more remembered for his appreciation of the art of painting.

Sayyid Ali Hamdani was a sufi saint who spread Islam in Kashmir. He came to Kashmir during the rule of Sultan Qutb-ud-din. Islam had already established its place in Kashmir by that time.

Mir Mohammad Hamadani was son of Sayyid Ali Hamdani.

41) In the context of disintegration of Mughal Empire, who of the following was deposed by Wazir Ghazi-ud–din Imad-ul- mulk?
a) Muhammad Shah
b) Ahmad Shah
c) Alamgir-II
d) Akbar-II
Ans: Ahmad Shah: b

Special Notes: Later Mughals continue to find place in the Prelims questions. Visit the suggested link and try to remember the chronological order of Mughals kings from Bahadur Shah I to Bahadur Shah II. Also try to reflect on the issues that what events were taking place in case of each of the king. No doubt, all such events were related to decline of the Mughal Empire and the rise the Company Empire.

42) Among the following what was the name of the lowest unit of shershah’s administration?
a) Jagir
b) Pargana
c) Mahal
d) Sarkar
Ans: c: Mahal

43) The capital city of Ahmedabad was built by Ahmad Shah on the old side of
a) Sarkhej
b) Sidhpur
c) Idar
d) Asawal
Ans: Asawal: d

Ahmedabad was founded in 1411 as a capital of Gujarat Sultanate under the Muzaffarid dynasty headed by Ahmad Shah. Asawal is also called Ashaval and has remained under habitation since the 11th century. Asawal was ruled by Bhil King who was thrown out by Karndeva I, the Solanki ruler of Anhilwara and established Karnavati. A village Aslali, changed form of Asawal still exist near Ahmedabad. It is on the banks of the river Sabarmati.

Sarkhej: Sarkhej in another town near Ahmedabad. It more popular for the tomb of Sheikh Ahmed Kattu. Shah Ahmed Shah of Muzaffarid was an ardent follower of Sheikh Ahmed Kattu and regarded him as his spiritual guide. Sheikh Ahmed was famous by his other name as Ganj Bakhsh which means one who bestows wealth. It is also on the banks of river Sabarmati.
Sarkhej had also been popular for the produce of Indigo. It is recorded in Ain that indigo was exported to Turkey from Sarkhej through Surat. Later, when indigo was in demand by the European traders who had reached the shores of India, they also had recorded the importance of this place for the produce of Indigo.

Sidhpur: Sidhpur is also known as Sri-Sthal. It was also known as Vindusara as per the Bhabvat Purana. It is on the banks of river banks of river Sarasvati. It is mentioned in Rigveda as Dashu village. It is associated with Rishi Vyashya. Presently, it falls in Patan District.
The city reached it zenith of importance during the reign of Solanki kings. It was made a capital by Sidhraj Jai Singh (1019-1043). It was destroyed by Ghazni during his 25 raid when he looted Somnath. It again rose to prominence under the rule of Akbar. It is also a subject of study by Nainasi, the Medieval period historian.

44) Who was the ruler of Malwa, when it was invaded by Adham Khan and Pir muhmmad Khan in 1561?
a) Dilawar Khan
b) Shujaat Khan
c) Mahmud Khilji
d) Baz Bahadur
Ans: Baz Bahadur: d
Baz Bahadur: Baz Bahadur was musician-king of Malwa. Akbar had sent Adham Khan as the main commander against Baz Bahadur in 1560. Adham Khan was assisted by Mulla Pir Muhammad Khan, as second in command. Baz Bahadur was defeated at Sarangpur. His wife, Rupamati, known for her beauty and artistic accomplishment committed suicide by taking poison on the defeat of Baz Bahadur.

Dilawar Khan: (It is presumed that the name referred here is from Mughal Period): Dilawar Khan was son of Daulat Khan Lodhi. Daulat Khan had invited Babur to invade Delhi and worked against Ibrahim Lodhi. Daulat Khan had sent Dilawar Khan to Babur to plan an invasion on Delhi. Ghazi Khan was brother of Dilawar Khan. Dilawar Khan and Ghazi Khan did not accept the strategies of their father.

Shujaat Khan: Shujaat Khan was father of Baz Bahadur. He was governor of Malwa during Sur dynasty under Muhammad Adil Shah Sur.
Mahmud Khilji:

45) Consider the following statements:
1) Aurangzeb banned sijda.
2) Aurangzeb promoted the practice of inscribing kalmia on coins
Which of the statements given above is/are correct
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: 1 only, Aurangzeb banned Sijda: a

Sijda: It is form of respect paid to Emperor or high authority or Divine persona. The person doing sijda performs it by touching the ground with the forehead as act of adoration or worship to God.
In the court of Akbar, there were three major forms of slautation namely Kornish, Taslim and Sijda. All were considered un-islamic practices by Sunni Ulemas. Hence, Aurangzeb discontinued the Sijda which was more criticized by Sunni Ulemas. It was a practice more popular with Sufis. Even Akbar had banned this practice. Another word for Sijda is Zaminbos.

Kalimah or Kalima, in Arabic literary means a word. In Islam Kalima generally spoken as la ilaha illallah muhammadur-rasulullah. The English tranlsation of Kalima is that there is no god but God and Muhammad is the messenger of God.
Reading of Kalimah is one of the five main pillars of Islam following. These five faiths are Shahadah i.e. complete faith, Salat i.e. prayers, Sawm i.e. fasting, Zakat (giving alms) and Hajj. Kalima is the core of Shahadah.

46) Which one of the following Kingdoms was annexed to the Mughal empire during the reign of Shahjahan?
a) Golkonda
b) Bijapur
c) Ahmednagar
d) Khandesh
Ans: Ahmednagar: c

Bijapur and Golkonda were conquered by Aurganzeb.
Khandesh was the only Deccan conquest of Akbar. (Remember this statement. It may fetch a question next year or any future examination. It was the only conquest in Deccan states by Akbar. Akbar had spent a major part of his reign in executing his North West frontier policy. On the other hand Aurangzeb spent half of his reign (since 1678) in South. The examiners keep on testing this fundamental Mughal Policy in the region.

47) Among the following kingdoms of medieval India, which one was founded earliest?
a) Bahamani
b) Golkonda
c) Jaunpur
d) Khandesh
Ans: Bahamani: a

Bahamani kingdom, the Shiite Kingdom in South India was founded by Ala-ud-din Hassan Bahman Shah during the regin of Muhammad bin Tughlaq.

Golkonda was established in 1518 on the disintegration of Bahamani Kingdom. Golkonda was one of the five kingdoms which were formed out of Bahamani Kingdom. The other four kingdoms were Bidar, Berar, Ahmadnagar, and Bijapur. They are collectively called as Deccan Sultanates.

Khandesh was established by in 1388. It was conquered by Akbar in 1601 and made a province of Mughal empire. (Refer to my note to question no 46 within in this section.)

Jaunpur Dynasty was established in 1394. It was ruled over by Sharqi dynasty. Sharq means the east. Its founder Malik Sarwar was given the title Malik us Sharq which means the owner of east. From there, the dynasty was known s Sharqi dynasty. However, the rule of the dynasty was ended by Sikander Lodhi in 1479.

48) In the context of medieval India, which one of the following terms indicates the land measurement?
a) Taqavi
b) Mauza
c) Jarib
d) Abwab
Ans: Jarib:c
Jarib: It is an Arabic word. It means a measure of land area. In Persian the similar term is garib or gari. It generally refers to measured arable land/
Jarib also means measuring chain or rope.

Mauza: It can be simply called a village. It is the term used for a village which had been recorded in the revenue record. Hence, it means that the village which has it measured land entered in the revenue record.

Taqavi consists of loans given for assisting agricultural operations. Or Simply an Agricultural Loan. This meaning is still valid.

Abwab: Depending on the nature and time of the collection, Abwab means a tax or fees. Irfan Habin writes that it was exaction of officials in addition to the jama.
49) With reference to Mughal period, the term ‘hasil’ refers to
a) Revenue assessed on the basis of type of soil climate and economic conditions of the area
b) Revenue assessed on the basis of crop cultivated
c) Revenue actually collected or realized from the land
d) particular unit of land measurement
Ans: Revenue actually collected or realized from the land was recorded as Hasil. The actual assessed revenue was called mal and the tax of making the assessment or mal was called mal-o-jihat.

50) Virji Vohra, Malaya Chetti Abdul Ghafoor Bohra were some of the
a) Important officials under the Delhi Sultans
b) Important poets of royal court of Bijapur
c) Important writers of Hyderabad kingdom
d) Richest merchants during the Mughal period
Ans: Richest Merchants during the Mughal period. d

Virji Vohra was a leading saraf based at Surat. It is important to remember that the expedition of the Aurganzeb against Dara Shikoh was mainly financed by financers like Virji Vohra. Secondly, the services of sarafs like Virji Vohra were also used to transfer funds through hundis to the army fighting away from Delhi.

Malaya Chetti: Malaya Chetti was the richest Merchant who had direct dealing with Dutch company. He started dealing with the Dutch company in 1608. He was based in Pulicat. He is one of such person whose life has been well documented by the historians.

Abdul Ghafoor Bohra: He based in Surat and was merchant of hardwares. He was one of leading financier during the reign of Aurangzeb.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Mughal Rule)

POWER POINT FROM MUGHAL PERIOD

Q. Who was Durgavati?
Ans. She was the ruler of Gondwana and was defeated by Akbar in 1564.
Q. Who was Maham Anga?
Ans. She was the foster mother of Akbar the Great.
Q. Who was Himu?
Ans. A Hindu commander of Adil Shah Suri.
Q. Who was Gulbaden Begum?
Ans. She was the author of “Hamayun Nama” and sister of Mughal King Hamayun.
Q. What was infallibility Decree?
Ans. It was a document signed by Akbar in 1597, which authorized him to act as the supreme arbiter in civil and religious affairs.
Q. What is “Ain-e-Akbari”?
Ans. It is the renowned work of Abul Fazal about the government of Akbar the Great.
Q. What is Sadr-us-Sadr?
Ans. It is an officer of Mughal Administration. He served as a liaison officer between the emperor and the people.
Q. What was the “Fatwa-e-Jahangiri”?
Ans. This is Zia-ud-Din Barni’s book on statecraft.
Q. Who was Shams Siraj Afif?
Ans. He was the author of “Tarikh-e-Firuz Shahi”.
Q. Who was Mirza Haider Dughtat?
Ans. He was a cousin of Babur and author of “Tarikh-e-Rashidi”.
Q. Who was Nadir-ul-Asr Mansur?
Ans. This was a title that Emperor Jahamgir conferred upon his court painter Mansur.
Q. Who was Muhammad Masum Nami?
Ans. He was the governor of Qandhar. He wrote “Tarikh-e-Sindh”.
Q. What is Madrassa Rahimia?
Ans. This Madrassa was established by Shah Abdur Rahim at Delhi.
Q. Why Nagar Kot is famous?
Ans. It is a sacred Hindu town located in Kangra district.
Q. What was Din-e-Elahi?
Ans. This was a new religion invented by Akbar to create tolerance and love among the people of India.
Q. Who was Bairam Khan?
Ans. He was a tutor of Hamayun and Akbar. He was chiefly instrumental in the victory of Mughals over Hamu in 1556.
Q. Who was Noor Jahan?
Ans. She was beloved Queen of Jahangir. She was an accomplished lady and assisted her husband in the affairs of state.
Q. Who was Abul al Fazl?
Ans. He was a son of Sheikh Mubarak. He was one of the Nau Ratans of Akbar the Great. He wrote “Akbar-Nama”.
Q. What is Fatwa-e-Alamgiri?
Ans. This is a famous work of Islamic Jurisprudence compiled by a board of Ulema, during the reign of Aurangzeb.
Q. Who was Sheikh Saleem Chishti?
Ans. He was a Muslim Saint of Fatehpur Sikri, who was contemporary of Akbar the Great.
Q. Who was Francis Bernier?
Ans. He was a European traveler, who visited India during Shah Jahan’s period.
Q. Who wrote “Muntakhbat Tawarikh”?
Ans. Abdul Qadir Badayuni.
Q. Who is Khan-e-Saman?
Ans. He was incharge of emperor’s department of manufactures and good for military and democratic purposes.
Q. Who was Baqi Billah Bairang?
Ans. He was a renowned Saint of Naqshbandia order and was the spiritual guide of Hazrat Mujaddad Alfsani.
Q. Who wrote “Kitab-ul-Hind”?
Ans. It was written by Al-Baruni. This is an authentic source about Indian culture and social l
Q. The follies that Hamayun had committed during the conduct of two military campaigns, on account of which he lost his empire to Sher Shah Suri, were against:
Ans. Gujrat and Bengal.
Q. Battle of Chausa was fought in:
Ans. 1539 A.D.
Q. After recapturing Delhi and his second coronation in Delhi, Hamayun could only rule for:
Ans. Six months.
Q. At the time of his coronation at Kalanaur the age of Akbar was:
Ans. Thirteen and a half.
Q. Akbar’s marriage with the princess of Amber was unique because:
Ans. This was a voluntary alliance different from the forced marriages of Muslim rulers with the Rajput princesses.
Q. Within two years of his marriage with the Amber Princess (1562) the liberal measures taken by Akbar were:
a. Prohibition on the enslavement of prisoners of war and their forcible conversion to Islam (1562).
b. Withdrawal of pilgrim taxes throughout the Mughal Empire (1564).
c. Total withdrawal of Jeziah from the Hindus (1564)
Ans. All of the above.
Q. Akbar wanted to establish friendship with the Rajputs because:
a. Friendship with the Rajputs was politically immensely fruitful.
b. With the Mughal links with Central Asia having been completely snapped, Akbar had to made friendly alliances in India.
c. He wanted to make peaceful Rajputana a stepping-stone for his Gujrat andDeccan conquests.
Ans. All of the above.
Q. The main elements of Akbar’s Rajput policy were:
a. Establishment of matrimonial alliances with the Rajputs.
b. Grant of full autonomy and protection to the Rajput states.
c. Appointment of Rajput chiefs as Mansabdars and governors.
Ans. All of the above.
Q. Mewar refused to accept the friendship of the Mughals because:
a. Mewar had hostility with the Mughals since the days of Rana Sanga.
b. There were hostile relations between Mewar and Amber, which had entered into matrimonial alliance with the Mughals.
c. Mewar considered it dishonorable to accept friendship of the Mughals.
Ans. All of the above.
Q. The Mughal troops captured Chittor in 1568 after defeating:
Ans. Rana Uday Singh.
Q. According to Abul Fazl the decisive battle between Rana Partab was foght at:
Ans. Haldighat.
Q. The most valuable acquisition of Akbar in the Northwest frontier was:
Ans. Qandhar.
Q. Akbar was hostile to the Portuguese because:
a. They were cruel and aggressive pirates.
b. They interfered with Hajj pilgrimages.
c. They had formed political alliances with the rulers of the Deccan states.
Ans. All of the above.
Q. After the conquest of Asirgarh in 1601, Akbar renamed Khandesh as:
Ans. Danadesh.
Q. The Jesuit missionary who held personal discussions with Akbar and has written interesting account of him was:
Ans. Antony Monserrate.
Q. A contemporary Mughal historian who prepared a list of charges against Akbar and called him the enemy of Islam, was:
Ans. Badayuni.
Q. The well know work “Tabaqat-e-Akbari” was written by:
Ans. Khawaja Nizam-ud-Din Ahmad
Q. Which of the following was considered the head of the nobility in Mughal administration?
Ans. Mir Bakshi.
Q. Which of the following officers were guardian of Islamic Law and spokesman of the Ulema?
Ans. Sadr-us-Sudur.
Q. Which of the following officers was the Auditor General?
Ans. Mustaufi.
Q. Which of the following officer in charge of petitions presented to the emperor?
Ans. Mir Arz.
Q. Which of the following was the Superintendent of the Imperial Workshop?
Ans. Nazir-e-Bayutat.
Q. Which of the following has given the correct description of the subdivisions of the Mughal Empire in the proper descending order?
Ans. Subah, sarkar, pagana.
Q. Who divided the Mughal Empire into provinces for the first time?
Ans. Akbar.
Q. Manuehi was a European traveler who came to the court of:
Ans. Jahangir.
Q. The European travelers who visited Indian during the reign of Jahangir and left valuable account of his reign was/were:
a. William Finch
b. William Hawkins.
c. Francisco Palsaert.
Ans. All of the above.
Q. The Marathas came to be admitted to the nobility during the reign of:
Ans. Jahangir.
Q. A Mansab was allotted to:
Ans. All officers of the state.
Q. The range of the Mansabs as organized by Akbar was:
Ans. 10 to 10,000.
Q. Who after raising a successful rebellion, made Jahangir captive in his own camp?
Ans. Mahabat Khan.
Q. Each grade in Mansabdari system had two aspects to it: (i). Zat (personal) and (ii). Sawar (cavalryman). Which of the following statements correctly describes their significance?
Ans. Zat fixed the personal status of a person and his salary, while Sawar rank indicated the number of cavalryman he was required to maintain.
Q. A Mughal Queen whose name was written to all the Mughal Farmans and inscribed on the coins, was:
Ans. Noor Jahan.
Q. The clique of four persons who ruled the Mughal Empire from 1611 to 1621 comprised:
Ans. Noor Jahan, Asaf Khan, Itmad-du-daulah and Asaf Khan.
Q. Which of the following was incharge of law and order in the villages?
Ans. Muqaddam.
Q. The Mughal Emperor who allowed a chain with bells to be hung outside his place to enable petitioners to bring their grievances to the notice of the emperor was:
Ans. Jahangir.
Q. Under the Zabti system the most fertile land was classified as:
Ans. Polaj.
Q. What portion of actual produce was fixed as the demand of the state under the Zabti system?
Ans. One-third.
Q. Akbar founded the city of Fatehpur Sikri to commemorate:
Ans. Victory of Gujrat.

Q. The Buland Darwaza or the gateway to the Jamia Masjid in Fatehpur Sikri was built by Akbar to commemorate his victory of:
Ans. Gujrat.
Q. Which of the following building was not constructed by Akbar at Fatehpur Sikri?
a. Jodha Bai’s palace.
b. Moti Masjid.
c. Turkish Sultana’s palace.
d. Panch Mahal.
Ans. Moti Masjid.
Q. Prince Dara Shikoh was one of the greatest scholars that Mughal India produced. Which of the following was not one of the Sanskrit works to be translated into Persian under the patronage of Dara Shikoh?
Ans. Bhagavata Purana.
Q. Why did Khafi Khan’s “Muntakhab-ul-Lubab” have to be written in secrecy during Aurangzeb’s period?
Ans. Aurangzeb was opposed to the writing of histories of his reign.
Q. Which of the following is not a historical work of Aurangzeb’s period?
Ans. Amal-e-Saleh by Muhammad Salih Kazim.
Q. Monserrate and Aquaviva were sent to Akbar’s court by the:
Ans. Portuguese.
Q. Which of the following foreigners present in India during Jahangir’s time was the chief of the Dutch factory of Agra?
Ans. Francisco Pelsaert.
Q. Mughal Garden was constructed by:
Ans. Shah Jahan.
Q. Petticot Government was headed by:
Ans. Maham Angha.
Q. Sir Thomas Roe was sent as the British Ambassador to the court of:
Ans. Jahangir.
Q. The third battle of Panipat was fought in:
Ans. 1760 A.D.
Q. One of the foreign travelers who was an eye witness to the public disgrace in Delhi of Dara Shikoh after his defeat by Aurangzeb in the was of succession was:
Ans. Munucci.
Q. Under the Mughals, capital of the lower Sindh was:
Ans. Thatta.
Q. A foreign that visited India during Aurangzeb’s time and described the letters regulation issued to promote general morality was:
Ans. Niccolao Munucci.
Q. Murshid Kauli Khan was a genius revenue officer of:
Ans. Aurangzeb Alamgir.
Q. Kashmir was included into the Mughal Empire of Delhi in:
Ans. October 1586 A.D.
Q. Dara Shikoh finally lost the war of succession of Aurangzeb in the battle of:
Ans. Samugarh.
Q. Hajjat-ul-Baligha was written by:
Ans. Shah Waliullah.
Q. Jahangir was imprisoned by:
Ans. Muhabbat Khan.
Q. Hamayun left for Persia to get support of Shah in:
Ans. 1543 A.D.

Q. The follies that Hamayun had committed during the conduct of two military campaigns, on account of which he lost his empire to Sher Shah Suri, were against:
Ans. Gujrat and Bengal.
Q. Battle of Chausa was fought in:
Ans. 1539 A.D.
Q. After recapturing Delhi and his second coronation in Delhi, Hamayun could only rule for:
Ans. Six months.
Q. At the time of his coronation at Kalanaur the age of Akbar was:
Ans. Thirteen and a half.
Q. Akbar’s marriage with the princess of Amber was unique because:
Ans. This was a voluntary alliance different from the forced marriages of Muslim rulers with the Rajput princesses.
Q. Within two years of his marriage with the Amber Princess (1562) the liberal measures taken by Akbar were:
a. Prohibition on the enslavement of prisoners of war and their forcible conversion to Islam (1562).
b. Withdrawal of pilgrim taxes throughout the Mughal Empire (1564).
c. Total withdrawal of Jeziah from the Hindus (1564)
Ans. All of the above.
Q. Akbar wanted to establish friendship with the Rajputs because:
a. Friendship with the Rajputs was politically immensely fruitful.
b. With the Mughal links with Central Asia having been completely snapped, Akbar had to made friendly alliances in India.
c. He wanted to make peaceful Rajputana a stepping-stone for his Gujrat andDeccan conquests.
Ans. All of the above.
Q. The main elements of Akbar’s Rajput policy were:
a. Establishment of matrimonial alliances with the Rajputs.
b. Grant of full autonomy and protection to the Rajput states.
c. Appointment of Rajput chiefs as Mansabdars and governors.
Ans. All of the above.
Q. Mewar refused to accept the friendship of the Mughals because:
a. Mewar had hostility with the Mughals since the days of Rana Sanga.
b. There were hostile relations between Mewar and Amber, which had entered into matrimonial alliance with the Mughals.
c. Mewar considered it dishonorable to accept friendship of the Mughals.
Ans. All of the above.
Q. The Mughal troops captured Chittor in 1568 after defeating:
Ans. Rana Uday Singh.
Q. According to Abul Fazl the decisive battle between Rana Partab was foght at:
Ans. Haldighat.
Q. The most valuable acquisition of Akbar in the Northwest frontier was:
Ans. Qandhar.
Q. Akbar was hostile to the Portuguese because:
a. They were cruel and aggressive pirates.
b. They interfered with Hajj pilgrimages.
c. They had formed political alliances with the rulers of the Deccan states.
Ans. All of the above.
Q. After the conquest of Asirgarh in 1601, Akbar renamed Khandesh as:
Ans. Danadesh.
Q. The Jesuit missionary who held personal discussions with Akbar and has written interesting account of him was:
Ans. Antony Monserrate.
Q. A contemporary Mughal historian who prepared a list of charges against Akbar and called him the enemy of Islam, was:
Ans. Badayuni.
Q. The well know work “Tabaqat-e-Akbari” was written by:
Ans. Khawaja Nizam-ud-Din Ahmad
Q. Which of the following was considered the head of the nobility in Mughal administration?
Ans. Mir Bakshi.
Q. Which of the following officers were guardian of Islamic Law and spokesman of the Ulema?
Ans. Sadr-us-Sudur.
Q. Which of the following officers was the Auditor General?
Ans. Mustaufi.
Q. Which of the following officer in charge of petitions presented to the emperor?
Ans. Mir Arz.
Q. Which of the following was the Superintendent of the Imperial Workshop?
Ans. Nazir-e-Bayutat.
Q. Which of the following has given the correct description of the subdivisions of the Mughal Empire in the proper descending order?
Ans. Subah, sarkar, pagana.
Q. Who divided the Mughal Empire into provinces for the first time?
Ans. Akbar.
Q. Manuehi was a European traveler who came to the court of:
Ans. Jahangir.
Q. The European travelers who visited Indian during the reign of Jahangir and left valuable account of his reign was/were:
a. William Finch
b. William Hawkins.
c. Francisco Palsaert.
Ans. All of the above.
Q. The Marathas came to be admitted to the nobility during the reign of:
Ans. Jahangir.
Q. A Mansab was allotted to:
Ans. All officers of the state.
Q. The range of the Mansabs as organized by Akbar was:
Ans. 10 to 10,000.
Q. Who after raising a successful rebellion, made Jahangir captive in his own camp?
Ans. Mahabat Khan.
Q. Each grade in Mansabdari system had two aspects to it: (i). Zat (personal) and (ii). Sawar (cavalryman). Which of the following statements correctly describes their significance?
Ans. Zat fixed the personal status of a person and his salary, while Sawar rank indicated the number of cavalryman he was required to maintain.
Q. A Mughal Queen whose name was written to all the Mughal Farmans and inscribed on the coins, was:
Ans. Noor Jahan.
Q. The clique of four persons who ruled the Mughal Empire from 1611 to 1621 comprised:
Ans. Noor Jahan, Asaf Khan, Itmad-du-daulah and Asaf Khan.
Q. Which of the following was incharge of law and order in the villages?
Ans. Muqaddam.
Q. The Mughal Emperor who allowed a chain with bells to be hung outside his place to enable petitioners to bring their grievances to the notice of the emperor was:
Ans. Jahangir.
Q. Under the Zabti system the most fertile land was classified as:
Ans. Polaj.
Q. What portion of actual produce was fixed as the demand of the state under the Zabti system?
Ans. One-third.
Q. Akbar founded the city of Fatehpur Sikri to commemorate:
Ans. Victory of Gujrat.
Q. The Buland Darwaza or the gateway to the Jamia Masjid in Fatehpur Sikri was built by Akbar to commemorate his victory of:
Ans. Gujrat.
Q. Which of the following building was not constructed by Akbar at Fatehpur Sikri?
a. Jodha Bai’s palace.
b. Moti Masjid.
c. Turkish Sultana’s palace.
d. Panch Mahal.
Ans. Moti Masjid.
Q. Prince Dara Shikoh was one of the greatest scholars that Mughal India produced. Which of the following was not one of the Sanskrit works to be translated into Persian under the patronage of Dara Shikoh?
Ans. Bhagavata Purana.
Q. Why did Khafi Khan’s “Muntakhab-ul-Lubab” have to be written in secrecy during Aurangzeb’s period?
Ans. Aurangzeb was opposed to the writing of histories of his reign.
Q. Which of the following is not a historical work of Aurangzeb’s period?
Ans. Amal-e-Saleh by Muhammad Salih Kazim.
Q. Monserrate and Aquaviva were sent to Akbar’s court by the:
Ans. Portuguese.
Q. Which of the following foreigners present in India during Jahangir’s time was the chief of the Dutch factory of Agra?
Ans. Francisco Pelsaert.
Q. Mughal Garden was constructed by:
Ans. Shah Jahan.
Q. Petticot Government was headed by:
Ans. Maham Angha.
Q. Sir Thomas Roe was sent as the British Ambassador to the court of:
Ans. Jahangir.
Q. The third battle of Panipat was fought in:
Ans. 1760 A.D.
Q. One of the foreign travelers who was an eye witness to the public disgrace in Delhi of Dara Shikoh after his defeat by Aurangzeb in the was of succession was:
Ans. Munucci.
Q. Under the Mughals, capital of the lower Sindh was:
Ans. Thatta.
Q. A foreign that visited India during Aurangzeb’s time and described the letters regulation issued to promote general morality was:
Ans. Niccolao Munucci.
Q. Murshid Kauli Khan was a genius revenue officer of:
Ans. Aurangzeb Alamgir.
Q. Kashmir was included into the Mughal Empire of Delhi in:
Ans. October 1586 A.D.
Q. Dara Shikoh finally lost the war of succession of Aurangzeb in the battle of:
Ans. Samugarh.
Q. Hajjat-ul-Baligha was written by:
Ans. Shah Waliullah.
Q. Jahangir was imprisoned by:
Ans. Muhabbat Khan.
Q. Hamayun left for Persia to get support of Shah in:
Ans. 1543 A.D.