Indian History

Indian National Movement Questions and Answers

1. Which of the following was not included in the Nehru Committee Report ?
(A) Rejection of the separate electorate for Muslims
(B) Proposed a Federal structure for India
(C) Demanded Dominionstatus for India
(D) Declaration of fundamental rights
Ans : (B)

2. Which among the following supported the Congress on the boycott of the Simon Commission ?
(A) The Muslim League
(B) The Hindu Mahasabha
(C) The Justice Party
(D) The All India Achhut Federation
Ans : (B)

3. Why did the British Government sent the Cripps Mission to India?
(A) To negotiate with Gandhi to stop the mass struggle till the Second World War ends
(B) To offer independence to India after the war
(C) To seek the support of Indians in the war effort
(D) The change in government in Britain created a willingness to negotiate with the Indians
Ans : (C)

4. The first gathering of the leaders of the princely states, leading to the formation of the All India States
people’s Conference place in—
(A) 1923
(B) 1927
(C) 1931
(D) 1935
Ans : (B)

5. ‘‘It was a post dated cheque on a crashing bank’’. This statement about the Cripp’s proposal was made by—
(A) Abdul Kalam Azad
(B) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(C) M.A. Jinnah
(D) M.K. Gandhi
Ans : (D)

6. Which of the following Congress leaders was fully in favour of Cabinet Mission Plan ?
(A) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(B) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(C) Mahatma Gandhi
(D) Sardar Patel
Ans : (A)

7. Which Viceroy convened the ‘Simla Conference’ in 1945 ?

(A) Lord Willingdon
(B) Lord Linlithgow
(C) Lord Wavell
(D) Lord Mountbatten
Ans : (C)

8. The Wavell plan failed mainly because of—

(A) Lack of support from the British Government
(B) The League’s stand over getting Pakistan
(C) Non-agreement between Muslim League and Congress
(D) None of the above
Ans : (C)

9. Which of the following statements is not correct about the Cabinet Mission Plan ?
(A) Sir Stafford Cripps was one of its members
(B) The Mission had a session with Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(C) Mohammed Ali Jinnah was interviewed by the Mission
(D) It conceded the demand for complete independence of India
Ans : (D)

10. Who among the following was not a member of the Cabinet Mission ?
(A) A.V. Alexander
(B) Pethick Lawrence
(C) Stafford Cripps
(D) Lord Birkenhead
Ans : (D)

11. The Cabinet Mission came to India in—

(A) 1944
(B) 1945
(C) 1946
(D) 1947
Ans : (C)

12. Which among the following was Mountbatten’s declaration on the freedom of India and its partitions ?
(A) June 3rd Plan
(B) August Offer
(C) Viceroy’s Plan
(D) Independence Plan
Ans : (A)

13. Gandhi finally accepted the partition of India because—

(A) The Congress had already accepted it
(B) It seemed unavoidable in the circumstances
(C) Nehru and Patel persuaded him to do so
(D) He had come to realize that Hindus and Muslims could not live together amicably
Ans : (B)

14. The suggestion of transfer two Central Governments, India and Pakistan, on the basis of the grant of
Dominion States was given by—
(A) Jawahar Lal Nehru and Sardar Patel
(B) Mahatma Gandhi and Jawahar Lal Nehru
(C) Lord Mountbatten and Jawahar Lal Nehru
(D) V. P. Menon and Sardar Patel
Ans : (D)
15. The Constituent Assembly of India held its first session on—
(A) 15th August, 1947
(B) 6th December, 1946
(C) 26th November, 1949
(D) 26th January, 1950
Ans : (B)

16. The only member of the Constituent Assembly who could not speak English was—
(A) Hasrat Mohani
(B) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
(C) Maulana Azad
(D) Shibban Lal Saxena
Ans : (A)

17. Which of the following was the most controversial proposal of Lord Mountbatten ?
(A) The proposal of partitioning Punjab and Bengal
(B) A referendum was to be held in the North-West Frontier province
(C) The date of transfer of power was brought forward from June 1948 to August 15, 1947
(D) None of the above
Ans : (C)

18. Large scale communal riots took place in August 1946 in Calcutta because—
(A) The Viceroy called upon Nehru to form the interim government
(B) The Viceroy refused to permit a coalition government of the Congress and the Muslim League
(C) The Muslim League observed Direct Action Day on August 16, 1946
(D) Of the Cabinet Mission’s mischievous plan of balkanising the country
Ans : (C)

19. Who is known as the main architect of Indian Constitution ?

(A) Abul Kalam Azad
(B) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
(C) Lala Lajpat Rai
(D) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Ans : (B)

20. When did India become Republic ?

(A) 15th August, 1947
(B) 26th October, 1947
(C) 30th January, 1948
(D) 26th January, 1950
Ans : (D)

Indian National Movement Questions with Answers

1. Which one of the following left the Congress to form the Indian Liberal Federation and give the 1919 Act a
chance ?
(A) C.R. Das
(B) S.N. Bannerjee
(C) Anil Baran Roy
(D) None of these
Ans : (A)
2. In which of the following movements ‘Bande Matram’ was adopted slogan for agitation ?
(A) Revolt of 1857
(B) Partition of Bengal in 1905
(C) Non-cooperation Movement in 1922
(D) Quit India Movement in 1942
Ans : (B)

3. The Act of 1909 is also popular as—

(A) Montageau–Chelmsford Reform
(B) Morley–Minto Reform
(C) Balkan plan
(D) None of these
Ans : (B)

4. Which one of the following Acts empowered the Governor General of India to issue ordinances—
(A) Charter Act of 1833
(B) Indian Council Act of 1861
(C) Indian Council Act of 1892
(D) Indian Council Act of 1909
Ans : (A)

5. 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
Ans : (B)

6. Which of the following gave an impetus to the growth of militant nationalism on a widespread scale ?
(A) Partition of Bengal
(B) Lytton’s oppressive rule
(C) Vernacular Press Act
(D) Ilbert Bill agitation
Ans : (A)

7. The public safety bill on which the Government was defeated in the Legislature in 1928 related to—
(A) Compulsory recruitment to the armed forces
(B) Health measures which offended Indian religious sentiments
(C) Arming the Government with power to deport ‘undesirable’ and ‘subversive foreigners’
(D) Curbing industrial strikes
Ans : (C)

8. The ‘no-changers’ did not include—

(A) N.C. Kelkar
(B) Bithalbai Patel
(C) C. R. Das
(D) Ballabhbhai Patel
Ans : (D)
9. The Act of 1935 was—
(A) Welcomed by all sections of Indian opinion except the Congress
(B) Accepted by the Congress with reservations
(C) Was unanimously rejected by the Congress
(D) Responsible to Gandhi’s resignation from the Congress
Ans : (C)

10. The Act of 1935 provided for—

(A) A unicameral legislature
(B) Diarchy at Central and Provincial Level
(C) Universal adult franchise
(D) A disproportionate representation to princely states in the legislature
Ans : (D)

11. Why was the Simon Commission appointed before the passage of the stipulated ten years after the 1919
reforms ?
(A) The nationalist pressure became too heavy for the British government
(B) The conservative Government of Britain did not want to leave the constitutional issue to the labour
government in case of their defeat in the impending election
(C) The British Government capitulated to nationalists demand in the wake of excessive revolutionary activities

(D) All of the above

Ans : (B)

12. Lord Birkenhead, the conservative secretary of State, justified the exclusion of Indians from the Simon
Commission on the ground that—
(A) Indians were not yet prepared to be included on such a commission
(B) Due to the revolutionary activities being carried on by the Indians
(C) Indians could not be legally included
(D) There were vital differences among the various Indian political groups
Ans : (D)

13. Which of the following was not a recommendation for the Simon Commission Report ?
(A) Reservation of seats for depressed classes
(B) Establishment of a Responsible Government at the centre
(C) Scrapping of Dyarchy in the provinces
(D) Grant of Federal structure to India
Ans : (B)

14. It was decided to boycott the Simon Commission by the Indian National Congress and—
(A) Jinnah led Muslim League
(B) Hindu Mahasabha
(C) Liberal Federation
(D) All of the above
Ans : (D)

15. The Cripps Mission mainly failed because—

(A) It offered a clear programme for partitioning India
(B) It said nothing about a constitution making body for India
(C) The Congress demand for effective transfer of power to Indians was not met
(D) The Congress was no longer willing to trust the British
Ans : (C)

16. Nehru Report is related to—

(A) Motilal Nehru
(B) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(C) B.K. Nehru
(D) R.K. Nehru
Ans : (A)

17. The ‘fourteen points’ put forward in 1929 came from—

(A) Gandhi
(B) Moti Lal Nehru
(C) Ballabhbhai Patel
(D) Mohammed Ali Jinnah
Ans : (D)

18. Bhoodan Movement was started by—

(A) Acharya Vinoba Bhave
(B) Jaya Prakash Narain
(C) M.K. Gandhi
(D) Gautam Buddha
Ans : (A)

19. Under the provisions of the Act of 1919, elections were held in—
(A) 1926
(B) 1923
(C) 1920
(D) All of the above
Ans : (D)

20. The Congress rejected the Government of India Act, 1935 on the ground that—
(A) The provincial Autonomy armoured with safeguards was violative of democratic rights
(B) The Indian people were not consulted in formulating it
(C) The Act opposed the establishment of a Responsible Government so as to perpetuate the British rule
and exploit India
(D) All of the above
Ans : (D)

2nd Part

1. The Monotheism and soical reform preached by the Kherwar or Sapha Har Movement (1870) turned into a—
(A) Violent movement against the Zamindars
(B) Peasant movement demanding reduction in rent
(C) Campaign against revenue settlement
(D) Movement for a separate State
Ans : (C)

2. The Kheda peasants grievance was against—

(A) European planters
(B) Moneylenders
(C) The Government
(D) All of the above
Ans : (C)

3. The tinkathia system practiced in Champaran and which hurt the peasants, demanded that—
(A) The peasants cultivate indigo on 3/20 th of their holdings
(B) The peasants give up their share of revenue on growing indigo to the extent of 3/20 to the planters
(C) The peasants pay a large revenue to the planters for being allowed to cultivate indigo
(D) The peasants give to the state one-third of the indigo they cultivated
Ans : (A)

4. The Kheda Satyagraha was withdrawn—

(A) Because the Government agreed to meet the demands of the peasants
(B) Because the peasants fell out with Gandhi over the efficiency of the Satyagraha in the face of government
repression
(C) By Gandhi when he got to know that the Government had issued secret instructions not to collect revenue
for the year
(D) By Gandhi when he got to know that instructions had been issued in private that revenue be recovered only
from those peasants who could afford it
Ans : (D)

5. The general reasons for tribal unrest in the period of British rule did not include—
1. Authorities curbing shifting cultivation
2. Setting up of reserved forests
3. Attempt to bring in a uniform Civil Code
4. Harassment of money landers who were helpful towards tribals
(A) 3 and 4
(B) 2 and 4
(C) 2 and 3
(D) 1 and 2
Ans : (A)

6. Which of the following factors were responsible in the growth of modern nationalism ?
1. Political, administrative and economic unification of the country
2. Western thought and education
3. Role of press and literature
4. Rise of middle class intelligntia
(A) 1, 2 and 3
(B) 2 and 3
(C) 2 and 4
(D) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Ans : (D)

7. The British contributed to the rise of nationalism in India by—

1. Introducing English language which provided Indians with a ‘lingua franca’
2. Introducing modern means of transport and communication
3. Excluding Indians from responsible posts and thus creating bitter feelings
4. Encouraging a free press
(A) 1, 2 and 3
(B) 1, 2 and 4
(C) 1, 3 and 4
(D) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Ans : (A)

8. Which one of the following was the common factor for all the tribal uprisings ?
(A) The influx of the Christian missionaries into the tribal areas
(B) Efforts of the colonial administration to end the relative isolation of the tribals and bring them within the
ambit of colonialism
(C) Restrictions placed by the colonial administration on access to forest products for the tribals
(D) The complete destruction of the old agrarian order of the tribal communities by the colonial administration
Ans : (D)

9. In the second half of the 19th century, the Indian intellectual class started opposing the different colonial
policies. which of the following was not the part of their opposition ?
(A) To write articles and books on this issue
(B) To publish newspapers in order to clarify their thoughts
(C) To form committees, institutions and organisation in order to complain
(D) Shelter of armed resistance
Ans : (D)

10. Dadabhai Naoroji did for the first time explain the drain of Indian wealth to England in his article—
(A) England’s debt to India
(B) The wants and means of India
(C) On the commerce of India
(D) None of the above
Ans : (C)

11. Which among the following factors caused greatest racial cleavage in India before 1885 ?
(A) The Arms Act of 1878
(B) The Vernacular Press Act
(C) The Ilbert Bill controversy
(D) Reduction of age for entry to the civil service
Ans : (C)

12. The Vernacular Press Act of 1878, adopted by Lord Lytton, intended to—
(A) Promote freedom of the press
(B) Help English newspapers
(C) Curb freedom of the press in general
(D) Restrain newspapers published in Indian languages
Ans : (D)

13. The most important aspect in Queen Victoria’s proclamation was—

(A) The Governor of Bengal came to be called as Governor General
(B) Provincial autonomy was accorded
(C) Property qualifications were prescribed for franchise
(D) The administration in India was taken over by the crown
Ans : (D)

14. Who among the following wrote ‘Unhappy India’ ?

(A) Lala Lajpat Rai
(B) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(C) Annie Besant
(D) Mahatma Gandhi
Ans : (A)
15. Which one of the following factors did ‘not’ help in the growth of Indian nationalism in the 19th century ?
(A) Western education
(B) Russophobia
(C) Racial arrogance of the British
(D) Pro-Muslim attitude of the British
Ans : (B)

16. The offence for which Tilak and others were imprisoned in 1897 was—
(A) Spreading disaffection against the British rule through speeches and writings
(B) Breaking the salt laws
(C) Violating the Arms Act
(D) Refusal to appear before the court
Ans : (A)

17. By which Act the Viceroy was empowered to raise the strength of his Executive Council ?
(A) 1858
(B) 1861
(C) 1892
(D) 1909
Ans : (B)

18. Which of the following Acts introduced the principle of the ‘constitutional autocracy’ ?
(A) The Indian Council Act of 1909
(B) Government of India Act of 1919
(C) The Act of 1935
(D) Indian Independence Act of 1947
Ans : (C)

19. Re-marriage of widows was legalized in—

(A) 1859
(B) 1856
(C) 1872
(D) 1869
Ans : (B)

20. The Morley-Minto reforms mainly aimed at—

(A) Delegating more powers to the Indians
(B) Wooing the Moderates in the Indian National Congress
(C) Expansion of the legislature
(D) None of the above
Ans : (C)

3rd part
1. Mahatma Gandhi gave the title of Sardar to Vallabhbhai Patel for his great organisational skill in—
(A) The Salt Satyagraha
(B) The Bardoli Satyagraha
(C) The Kheda Satyagraha
(D) The Indiviual Satyagraha
Ans : (B)

2. The first tribal leader who was inspired by Mahatma Gandhi and his ideology, was—
(A) Thakkar Bapa
(B) Alluri Sitaram Raju
(C) Rani Gaidinliu
(D) Jadonang
Ans : (D)

3. Which of the following national movements was supported by the Indian capitalist class ?
(A) Non-cooperation Movement
(B) Civil Disobedience Movement
(C) Quit India Movement
(D) None of these
Ans : (B)

4. A Congress leader, who held that the Quit India Movement was misguided and detrimental to India’s long
term interests, was—
(A) J.B. Kripalani
(B) Tej Bahadur Sapru
(C) Jaya Prakash Narayan
(D) C. Rajagopalachari
Ans : (D)

5. Which Ashram was founded by Mahatma Gandhi on the banks of the river Sabarmati near Ahmedabad in
1915 ?
(A) Harijan Ashram
(B) Satyagraha Ashram
(C) Sabarmati Ashram
(D) Swaraj Ashram
Ans : (B)

6. Which of the following parties supported the Quit India Movement ?

(A) The communist party of India
(B) The Hindu Mahasabha
(C) The Unionist party in the Punjab
(D) None of the above
Ans : (D)

7. The twin principles of Mahatma Gandhi’s Ram Rajya were—

(A) Truth and Non-violence
(B) Right means and Right ends
(C) Khadi and Ahimsa
(D) Satyagraha and Non-violence
Ans : (B)

8. A popular movement of the nineteenth century, which was much better planned than the revolt of 1857, was
—
(A) The Sanyasi rebellion
(B) The Munda rebellion
(C) The Kuka revolt
(D) The Wahabi Movement
Ans : (D)
9. Which among the following is popularly known as Gadkari Movement ?
(A) The revolt organized by Dadaji Daulat Rao Ghorpade in the interests of Kolhapur
(B) The rising of the Sawantwadi under the leadership of phoned sawant
(C) The rising of Narsappa for the restoration of the deposed Raja Pratap Singh of Satara
(D) The rising of the hereditary servants by Daji Krishna pandit, Minister of Kolhapur
Ans : (B)

10. Which of the following tribals rebelled because their villages were transferred from their headmen to Sikh
and Muslim revenue collectors ?
(A) Santhals of Raj Mahal hills
(B) Kots of Chhota Nagpur
(C) Bhumij of Manbhum
(D) Chuars of Jungle Mahals
Ans : (C)

11. Which of the following leaders and their areas of tribal unrest is wrongly matched ?
(A) Rani Gaidinliu—Assam
(B) Alluri Sitaramaraju—Rampa region
(C) Roop Singh—Panch Mahal
(D) Birsa Munda—Chhota Nagpur
Ans : (B)

12. Yelu thampi, the Dewan of Travancore revolted in—

(A) 1800
(B) 1805
(C) 1809
(D) 1811
Ans : (C)

13. Which one of the following was a precursor of the 1857 revolt ?
(A) Sanyasi revolt
(B) Indigo revolt
(C) Veluthampi revolt
(D) Pabna uprising
Ans : (A)

14. What was the new role of Awadh Talluqdars after the revolt of 1857 ?
(A) They lost all interests in politics
(B) They organized themselves to fight against the British
(C) They became supporters of the Congress
(D) They became strong allies of the British
Ans : (D)

15. The tribal leader who was regarded as an incarnation of God and father of the world was—
(A) Jogia Bhagat
(B) Nanak Bhil
(C) Birsa Munda
(D) Siddhu Santhal
Ans : (C)

16. Which one of the following revolts is related with ‘Siddhu’ and ‘Kanhu’ ?
(A) Santhal rebellion, 1855
(B) Kol uprising, 1820–37
(C) Munda revolt, 1899-1900
(D) Revolt of Zamindars of Orissa, 1804–1817
Ans : (A)

17. The rebellion of the ‘Moplah’ peasants during 1836 to 1854 were directed against the oppression of—
(A) Landlords
(B) Moneylenders
(C) Foreign planters
(D) Revenue officials of the British Government
Ans : (A)

18. The play ‘Nil Darpan’ portrays the oppression of—

(A) The artisans
(B) The indigo planters
(C) The handloom wearers
(D) The cotton planters
Ans : (B)

19. The Kuka Movement to overthrow the British rule was organised in—
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Bihar
(C) Punjab
(D) Bombay
Ans : (C)

20. Which of the following was the leader of the ‘Pagal panthi’, the sect that defied authority and set the tenants
against the Zamindars ?
(A) Haji Shariatullah
(B) Dadu Mian
(C) Tipu
(D) Karamshah
Ans : (C)
Uttar Pradesh P.C.S. (Pre.) Exam., 2009
(Held on 13-12-2009)
Indian History : Solved Paper
1. Who wrote the Book entitled ‘Ghulamgiri’ ?
(A) B. R. Ambedkar
(B) Narayan Guru
(C) Jyotiba Phule
(D) M. P. Pillai
Ans : (C)

2. Which one of the following had supported Mahatma Gandhi on the Non-cooperation resolution at the Special
Calcutta Session, 1920 ?
(A) C. R. Das
(B) B. C. Pal
(C) Annie Besant
(D) Motilal Nehru
Ans : (D)
3. Which one of the following books is the official History of Revolt of 1857 ?
(A) Eighteen Fifty Seven
(B) Theories of Indian Mutiny
(C) The Sepoy Mutiny and the Revolt of 1857
(D) None of the above
Ans : (A)

4. Which one of the following had for the first time accepted that British victory at Plassey was the victory of
breach of faith ?
(A) Lord Clive
(B) Vansittort
(C) Hector Munro
(D) None of the above
Ans : (D)

5. Which one of the following Bengali drama was directed against Polygamy ?
(A) Bhanumati Chittavikas
(B) Kulin Kulasarvasva
(C) Vidhva Vivaha
(D) Nava Natak
Ans : (B)

6. The statement, “on bended knees I asked for bread and received stone instead” is associated with—
(A) Khilafat Movement
(B) Non-Cooperation Movement
(C) Dandi March
(D) Quit India Movement
Ans : (C)

7. Which operation was started by the British Government to arrest the leaders of Quit India Movement ?
(A) Operation Reander Paste
(B) Operation Zero Hour
(C) Operation Thunderbolt
(D) Operation Blue Star
Ans : (C)

8. Which one of the following had drafted the fundamental rights resolution at the Karachi Session, 1931 ?
(A) Jawaharlal Nehru
(B) Acharya Narendra Deo
(C) Subhash Chandra Bose
(D) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Ans : (A)

9. Which one of the following Bengali writers was the first to suggest the adoption of Hindi as India’s National
Language ?
(A) Bhudeva Mukherjee
(B) Dinbandhu Mitra
(C) Madhusudan Datta
(D) Kali Prasanna Sinha
Ans : (A)

10. Which one of the following is known as Mother of Indian Revolutionaries ?

(A) Annie Besant
(B) Sarojini Naidu
(C) Madame Cama
(D) Usha Mehta
Ans : (C)

11. Which one of the following had drafted the ‘Quit India Resolution’ ?
(A) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(B) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(C) Mahatma Gandhi
(D) Acharya Narendra Deo
Ans : (B)

12. In which of the following places Hindu Mahasabha was for the first time organised in 1915 ?
(A) Haridwar
(B) Allahabad
(C) Varanasi
(D) None of the above
Ans : (A)

13. Who among the following had read the English version of Presidential address in the Tripuri Session of
Indian National Congress, 1939 ?
(A) Acharya Narendra Deo
(B) Sarat Chandra Bose
(C) Subhash Chandra Bose
(D) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Ans : (C)

14. The party which observed the ‘Black Day’ on July 3, 1947 against Partition of India was—
(A) Indian National Congress
(B) Forward Bloc
(C) Hindu Mahasabha
(D) Communist Party of India
Ans : (C)

15. The First President of Muslim League was—

(A) Nawab Viqar-ul-Mulk Mustaq Hussain
(B) Mian Abdul Aziz
(C) Hidayat Hussain Khan
(D) Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Ans : (A)

16. Who said, “Like summer gale revolt of Meerut was unprecedented and short-lived” ?
(A) S. N. Sen
(B) R. C. Majumdar
(C) S. B. Chaudhuri
(D) V. D. Savarkar
Ans : (A)

17. Which one of the following had drafted the Hindu Widows Remarriage Act ?
(A) Lord Canning
(B) Lord Dalhousie
(C) Lord Hardinge
(D) None of the above
Ans : (B)

18. When was the Treaty of Alinagar signed ?

(A) February 1756
(B) September 1756
(C) February 1757
(D) April 1757
Ans : (C)

19. In which of the following Sessions of Muslim League Two—

Nation Theory was propounded ?
(A) Lahore Session, 1940
(B) Bombay Session, 1915
(C) Delhi Session, 1918
(D) Calcutta Session, 1917
Ans : (A)

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

Author —Drama
(A) Girish Chandra Ghose —Mir Kasim
(B) D. L. Roy —Chhatrapati Shivaji
(C) Kshirod Prasad Vidyavinod —Nand Kumar
(D) Nikhil Nath Roy —Pratapaditya
Ans : (B)

21. Who was the biographer of A.O. Hume ?

(A) W. Wederbirn
(B) Lord Dufferin
(C) J. Charles
(D) None of the above
Ans : (A)

22. Which young woman leader was symbol of defiance and resistance during Quit India Movement ?
(A) Sarojini Naidu
(B) Kalpana Dutt Joshi
(C) Sucheta Kriplani
(D) Aruna Asaf Ali
Ans : (D)

23. Who hailed Gandhi’s call for ‘Quit India’ as an ‘Epic Movement’ ?
(A) Ram Manohar Lohia
(B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(C) Subhash Chandra Bose
(D) Jai Prakash Narayan
Ans : (B)

24. In which year English was made the medium of instruction in India ?
(A) 1844 A.D.
(B) 1835 A.D.
(C) 1833 A.D.
(D) 1813 A.D.
Ans : (B)

25. Who is known as the “Father of Muslim Renaissance in Bengal” ?

(A) Abdul Latif
(B) Mirza Ghulam Ahmed
(C) Muhammad Qasim
(D) Rashid Ahmed Gangohi
Ans : (A)

26. Which one of the following leaders was not a part of Noncooperation movement ?
(A) M. A. Ansari
(B) M. A. Zinnah
(C) Abul Kalam Azad
(D) Hakim Ajmal Khan
Ans : (B)

27. Between which stations was the first railway line opened in India ?
(A) Calcutta to Raniganj
(B) Bombay to Pune
(C) Calcutta to Jamshedpur
(D) Bombay to Thane
Ans : (D)

28. Who was the President of the ‘Flag Committee’ ?

(A) B. R. Ambedkar
(B) J. B. Kriplani
(C) K. M. Munshi
(D) D. P. Khetan
Ans : (B)

29. Who said over the radio on 30th January 1948 “The Father of Nation is no more” ?
(A) Sardar Patel
(B) Jawaharlal Nehru
(C) Rajendra Prasad
(D) Rajgopalachari
Ans : (B)

30. In which year was the National Development Council set up ?

(A) 1949 A.D.
(B) 1950 A.D.
(C) 1951 A.D.
(D) 1952 A.D.
Ans : (D)

31. Which one of the following books is associated with rise of National Movement in India ?
(A) Gitanjali
(B) Anand Math
(C) Satyagrah Prakash
(D) Gita Rahasya
Ans : (B)
32. Bijauliya Movement was related to—
(A) Kerala
(B) Assam
(C) Rajasthan
(D) Orissa
Ans : (C)

33. Which was the first State to be created on linguistic basis ?

(A) Madras
(B) Andhra Pradesh
(C) Bombay
(D) Gujarat
Ans : (B)

34. Indo-Pak border is known as—

(A) Durand Line
(B) Mc Mohan Line
(C) Redcliffe Line
(D) Line of Control
Ans : (C)

35. The excavation at Chanhu Daro was directed by—

(A) John Marshall
(B) J. H. Mackay
(C) R. E. M. Wheeler
(D) Aurel Stein
Ans : (B)

36. Which of the following Harappan towns is divided into three parts ?
(A) Kalibanga
(B) Lothal
(C) Chanhudaro
(D) Dholavira
Ans : (D)

37. Which of the following is the most common motif of the Indus Seals ?
(A) Unicorn
(B) Bull
(C) Rhinoceros
(D) Elephant
Ans : (A)

38. Robert Bruce Foote, who discovered first Palaeolithic tool in India, was originally a—
(A) Palaeobotanist
(B) Geologist
(C) Archaeologist
(D) Historian
Ans : (B)

39. The earliest evidence of agriculture in Indian Subcontinent has been obtained from—
(A) Brahmagiri
(B) Chirand
(C) Mehrgarh
(D) Burzahom
Ans : (C)

40. Which of the following was not worshipped by the Harappans ?

(A) Shiva
(B) Mother Goddess
(C) Peepal
(D) Vishnu
Ans : (D)

41. Satapatha Brahmana is related to—

(A) Rigveda
(B) Yajurveda
(C) Samaveda
(D) Atharvaveda
Ans : (B)

42. King Ashvapati of the Upanishadic Age was the ruler of—
(A) Kekaya
(B) Matsya
(C) Panchala
(D) Sursena
Ans : (A)

43. Who of the following propounded the theory of the Arctic region as the home land of the Aryan speaking
people ?
(A) Max Muller
(B) Edward Meyer
(C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(D) Herzefeld
Ans : (C)

44. Who was the priest of the Bharatas in the battle of Ten Kings ?
(A) Visvamitra
(B) Vasishtha
(C) Atri
(D) Bhrigu
Ans : (B)

45. To which Sakha does the published Rigveda Samhita belong ?

(A) Saunaka
(B) Ashvalayan
(C) Shakala
(D) Sankhayana
Ans : (C)

46. Who among the following teachers were visited by Siddhartha Gautama in the quest of knowledge before
his enlightenment ?
1. Alara Kalama
2. Udraka Ramaputra
3. Makkhali Gosala
4. Nigantha Nataputta
Indicate your answer from the codes given below—
(A) 1 and 4
(B) 4 and 2
(C) 2 and 3
(D) 1 and 2
Ans : (D)

47. Which of the following Upnishads is written in prose ?

(A) Isa
(B) Katha
(C) Brihadaranyaka
(D) Svetasvatara
Ans : (C)

48. The twenty thrid Jain Tirthankar was associated with—

(A) Vaishali
(B) Kausambi
(C) Varanasi
(D) Sravasti
Ans : (C)

49. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists—
List-I (Jain Tirthankaras)
(a) Santinatha
(b) Mallinatha
(c) Parsvanatha
(d) Mahavira
List-II (Cognizance)
1. Antelope
2. Lion
3. Serpent
4. Water jar
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 2 4 3
(B) 4 1 3 2
(C) 2 3 1 4
(D) 1 4 3 2
Ans : (D)

50. Who among the following laid down punishment for a person becoming mendicant without making
adequate provision for dependent wife and children ?
(A) Manu
(B) Yajnavalkya
(C) Kautilya
(D) Narada
Ans : (C)

51. Consider the following statements and select the correct answer from the codes given below—
Assertion (A) : In the maximum number of Varsavasas Gautama Buddha stayed at Sravasti.
Reason (R) : Prasenjit, the ruler of Sravasti was of the same age as Gautama Buddha.
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true
Ans : (B)

52. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?

(A) Sakyas —Kapilvastu
(B) Koliyas —Ramagrama
(C) Kalamas —Allakappa
(D) Mallas —Kusinagara
Ans : (C)

53. Where did the Mahasamghika School arise ?

(A) Bodha Gaya
(B) Rajagriha
(C) Sravasti
(D) Vaisali
Ans : (D)

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

(A) Charsada —Pushkalavati
(B) Sirkap —Takshasila
(C) Nagarjundakonda —Dhanyakataka
(D) Tamluk —Tamralipti
Ans : (C)

55. Rulers of which of the following dynasties bore the title Devaputra ?
(A) Maurya
(B) Sunga
(C) Kushana
(D) Saka-Kshatrapa
Ans : (C)

56. Rulers of which of the following dynasties maintained diplomatic relations with distant countries like Syria
in the West ?
(A) Maurya
(B) Gupta
(C) Pallava
(D) Chola
Ans : (A)

57. Who identified ‘Sandra Kottus’ of the Greco-Roman literature with Chandragupta Maurya ?
(A) D. R. Bhandarkar
(B) Alexander Cunningham
(C) R. P. Chanda
(D) William Jones
Ans : (D)

58. Who were the beneficiaries of Asoka’s donations in the region of Barabar Hill ?
(A) Buddhists
(B) Ajivikas
(C) Svetambar Jains
(D) Digambar Jains
Ans : (B)

59. In which of the following inscriptions Ashoka made his famous declaration, ‘All men are my children’ ?
(A) Minor Rock Edict (Ahraura)
(B) Pillar Edict VII
(C) Lumbini Pillar Edict
(D) Separate Kaling Rock Edict I
Ans : (D)

60. Who among the following is credited to have performed four Asvamedha sacrifices ?
(A) Pushyamitra Sunga
(B) Pravarasena I
(C) Samudragupta
(D) Nandivarman Pallavamalla
Ans : (B)

61. Who among the following was the ruler of Kanchi during the time of Samudragupta ?
(A) Hastivarman
(B) Mantaraja
(C) Nilaraja
(D) Vishnugopa
Ans : (D)

62. Which one of the following places was a mint centre of the Yaudheyas ?
(A) Bayana
(B) Rohtak
(C) Bareilly
(D) Mathura
Ans : (B)

63. Which of the following parts were situated on the west coast of South India ?
1. Kaveripattanam
2. Korkai
3. Musiri
4. Tondi
Indicate the correct answer from the codes given below—
(A) 1, 2
(B) 2, 3
(C) 3, 4
(D) 2, 3, 4
Ans : (C)

64. Who among the following was the first Satavahana King to introduce the ruler’s head on the coins ?
(A) Satakarni I
(B) Gautamiputra Satakarni
(C) Vasishthiputra Pulumavi
(D) Yajna Satakarni
Ans : (A)
65. The largest of the Pallava Rathas is—
(A) Arjuna
(B) Bhima
(C) Dharmaraja
(D) Draupadi
Ans : (C)

66. Who of the following adopted ‘Garuda’ as dynastic emblem after the imperial Guptas ?
(A) Rashtrakutas
(B) Western Chalukyas
(C) Shilaharas
(D) Chedis
Ans : (A)

67. Who among the following had the title ‘Parama-Saugata’ ?

(A) Bhaskar Varman
(B) Shashanka
(C) Rajya Vardhana
(D) Harsha
Ans : (D)

68. Who had appointed Parnadatta as the Provincial Governor of Saurashtra ?

(A) Chandragupta Maurya
(B) Rudradaman
(C) Chandragupta II
(D) Skandagupta
Ans : (D)

69. Who among the following was a lady Alvar Saint ?

(A) Andal
(B) Madhura Kavi
(C) Perumal
(D) Tirupan
Ans : (A)

70. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?

(A) Nagananda —Harsha
(B) Mudrarakshasa—Visakhadatta
(C) Mrichchhakatika —Sudraka
(D) Ratnavali —Rajasekhara
Ans : (D)

71. Who among the following called themselves ‘Brahma-Kshatriay’ ?

(A) Palas
(B) Senas
(C) Pratiharas
(D) Chahamanas
Ans : (B)

72. The North Indian Dynasties that confronted the Rashtrakutas were—
(A) The Pratiharas and the Paramaras
(B) The Palas and the Chandelas
(C) The Pratiharas and the Palas
(D) The Chalukyas and the Chahamanas
Ans : (C)

73. ‘Niralamba Saraswati (Saraswati is now without support)’ thus lamented a poet at the demise of—
(A) Chahmana Visaladeva
(B) Chandela Kirtivarma
(C) Mihira Bhoja
(D) Bhoja Paramara
Ans : (D)

74. The custom ‘Santhara’ is related to which of the following sects ?

(A) Jain
(B) Saiva
(C) Sakta
(D) Vaishnava
Ans : (A)

75. Who is supposed to be the future Buddha in Mahayana Buddhism ?

(A) Krakuchanda
(B) Amitabha
(C) Maitreya
(D) Kanak Muni
Ans : (C)

76. Which of the following incarnations of Vishnu is represented in art as raising the Earth from the
Ocean ?
(A) Kurma
(B) Varaha
(C) Matsya
(D) Nrisingha
Ans : (B)

77. The Srivijaya ruler, who completed the construction of the Buddhist Vihara started by his father at
Nagapattana during the reign of Rajaraja I, was—
(A) Samaragravira
(B) Balaputradeva
(C) Maravijayottunga Varman
(D) Trailokyaraja
Ans : (C)

78. Gangaikondacholapuram became the capital of the Chola empire from the time of—
(A) Parantaka I
(B) Rajendra I
(C) Kulottunga I
(D) Vikrama Chola
Ans : (B)

79. Who are the four Rajput clans described in Prithviraja-Raso of Chanda Bardai, who are said to have
emerged from fire-pit of Mount Abu ?
(A) Pratiharas, Chahamanas, Gahadavalas, Kalachuris
(B) Paramaras, Chandelas, Chahamanas, Chalukyas
(C) Chahamanas, Kalachuris, Chandelas, Pratiharas
(D) Pratiharas, Chahamanas, Chalukyas, Parmaras
Ans : (D)

80. The Vikramshila Mahavihara, the renowned educational centre of Pala period was at—
(A) Antichak
(B) Aphasad
(C) Basarh
(D) Chandimau
Ans : (A)

81. Which one of the following temples does not belong to the Cholas ?
(A) Brihadishwara
(B) Koranganatha
(C) Kailashanatha
(D) Airavateshwar
Ans : (C)

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

(A) Baz Bahadur —Malwa
(B) Sultan Muzaffar Shah—Gujarat
(C) Yusuf Adil Shah—Ahmednagar
(D) Qutub Shah —Golkunda
Ans : (C)

83. During the time of Alauddin’s invasion Warangal was ruled by—
(A) Chalukya Dynasty
(B) Chola Dynasty
(C) Kakatiya Dynasty
(D) Yadava Dynasty
Ans : (C)

84. Who of the following Rajput rulers gave donation for the reconstruction of a mosque ?
(A) Mihir Bhoja
(B) Bhoja Parmar
(C) Prithviraj III
(D) Jai Singh Siddharaj
Ans : (D)

85. Arrange the followig rulers of Kashmir in a chronological order—

1. Avantivarman
2. Didda
3. Harsha
4. Jaya Singh
Indicate your answer from the codes below—
(A) 1, 2, 3, 4
(B) 2, 3, 4, 1
(C) 3, 4, 1, 2
(D) 4, 1, 2, 3
Ans : (A)
86. Which one of the following was not constructed by Qutubuddin Aibak ?
(A) Kubbat-ul-Islam mosque
(B) Qutub Minar
(C) Adhai din Ka Jhopada
(D) Alai Darwaja
Ans : (D)

87. Vijayanagar empire was founded during the reign period of—
(A) Firoz Tughlaq
(B) Sikandar Lodi
(C) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
(D) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
Ans : (D)

88. The historian Sewell has written a book entitled ‘A Forgotten Empire’. What was the name of empire ?
(A) Mughal Empire
(B) Vijayanagar Empire
(C) Maratha Empire
(D) Mauryan Empire
Ans : (B)

89. Who among the following had joined Akbar’s Din-i-Ilahi ?

(A) Birbal
(B) Bhagwan Das
(C) Man Singh
(D) Surjan Rai
Ans : (A)

90. Jonaraja in his Rajatarangini, continued the narration of Kalhana upto—

(A) Jaya Singh
(B) Sultan Sikandar
(C) Sultan Zainul Abidin
(D) Muhammad Shah
Ans : (C)

91. Which new department was started by Muhammad-bin- Tughlaq for the development of agriculture ?
(A) Diwan-i-Risalat
(B) Diwan-i-Ashraf
(C) Diwan-i-Kohi
(D) Diwan-i-Mustkharaz
Ans : (C)

92. Who among the following constituted Turkan-e-Chihalgani ?

(A) Qutubuddin Aibak
(B) Iltutmish
(C) Balban
(D) None of these
Ans : (B)

93. Who was Qazi Fazilat during the reign of Sher Shah ?
(A) The Qazi of Bengal
(B) The Chief Qazi of the Afghan Empire
(C) The Governor of Bengal
(D) None of the above
Ans : (C)

94. Which one of the following officers was the superintendent of port under the Mughals ?
(A) Mutsaddi
(B) Mir-i-Bahar
(C) Tahvildar
(D) Mushrif
Ans : (B)

95. Which one of the following was not a reason for Balban abandoning the policy of conquest and adopting the
policy of consolidation ?
(A) Threat of external invasion
(B) Internal revolts
(C) Indian Kings willing to throw off the Turkish rule
(D) His weak nature
Ans : (D)

96. Which one of the following Sultans, was not an off spring of Iltutmish, but was the last successor of his
dynasty ?
(A) Rukn-ud-din Firoz
(B) Razia
(C) Muizuddin Bahram Shah
(D) Nasiruddin Mahmud
Ans : (D)

97. Which one of the following sons of Alauddin Khalji was born of his wife Jhatyapali, the daughter of Raja
Ramchandra Dev of Devagiri ?
(A) Shihabuddin Umar
(B) Khizr Khan
(C) Qutbuddin Mubarak
(D) Sadi Khan
Ans : (A)

98. What was Khanqah ?

(A) Works of Poet Amir Khusro
(B) Court of Sikandar Lodi
(C) Birth place of Khwaja Muinud-din Chisti
(D) The place where Sufi Mystics lived
Ans : (D)

99. On whom Emperor Akbar conferred the title of ‘Jagat Guru’ ?

(A) Purushottam
(B) Dastur Meherji Rana
(C) Hira Vijay Suri
(D) Devi
Ans : (C)

100. Which Queen of Jahangir had committed suicide by consuming poison ?

(A) Harkhabai
(B) Manmati
(C) Jodhpuri Begam
(D) Zeb-un-nisa
Ans : (B)

101. Who among the foreign travellers describes how the ‘Ganges water’ was carried in copper vessels for
Mughal Emperors to drink ?
(A) Thomas Coryat
(B) Edward Terry
(C) Ralph Fitch
(D) Sir Thomas Roe
Ans : (B)

102. Who was the member of Ulema, who issued the ‘Fatwa’ against Akbar from Jaunpur ?
(A) Mullayazdi
(B) Mirza Hakim
(C) Abdun Nabi
(D) Abdullah Sultanpuri
Ans : (C)

103. Who wrote Futuhat-i-Ferozshahi ?

(A) Alberuni
(B) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
(C) Utbi
(D) Ibn Batuta
Ans : (B)

104. Who among the following was the lowest in rank in the Maratha infantry ?
(A) Nayak
(B) Hawaldar
(C) Zumladar
(D) Hazari
Ans : (B)

105. In the third battle of Panipat Marathas were defeated by—

(A) Mughals
(B) Rohillas
(C) Britishers
(D) Afghans
Ans : (D)

106. Roshan Akhtar was of another name of—

(A) Ahmed Shah
(B) Muhammad Shah
(C) Jahandar Shah
(D) Shah Alam
Ans : (B)

107. What was the original name of Afzal Khan ?

(A) Abdullah Bhatari
(B) Samsuddin
(C) Sabar
(D) Muhammad Khan
Ans : (A)

108. Who among the following were Saints of Varkari sect ?

1. Chakradhar
2. Jnanesvar
3. Namadev
4. Ramdas
Indicate the correct answer form the codes given below—
(A) 1, 2
(B) 2, 3
(C) 3, 4
(D) 1, 2, 3, 4
Ans : (D)

109. What was Bargir in Maratha army ?

(A) Infantry
(B) Front liner
(C) Cavalry
(D) Water carrier
Ans : (C)

110. Who among the following was a Jahangiri Painter ?

(A) Abul Hasan
(B) Abdus Samad
(C) Daswant
(D) Mir Sayyid Ali
Ans : (A)

111. Where in India, did the Protuguese build their first fortress ?
(A) Cochin
(B) Goa
(C) Anjidiv
(D) Cannanore
Ans : (A)

112. Which Maratha State was the last to accept the Subsidiary Alliance of the British ?
(A) Gaikwad
(B) Sindhia
(C) Holkar
(D) Bhonsle
Ans : (B)

113. During the Mughal period, what was ‘Narnal’ or light artillery ?
(A) One carried on elephantback
(B) One carried on camel-back
(C) One carried by man
(D) None of the above
Ans : (C)

114. What do the terms ‘Elchi’ or ‘Safir’ denote in the sixteenth century Mughal administrative vocabulary ?
(A) Ambassadors
(B) Rebels
(C) Spies
(D) Governors
Ans : (A)

115. Which year of Akbar’s reign has been regarded by the historian, Vincent A. Smith as ‘the most critical
time’ ?
(A) 1556 A.D.
(B) 1561 A.D.
(C) 1571 A.D.
(D) 1581 A.D.
Ans : (D)

116. Who of the following was the first Indian to write English verse ?
(A) Kashi Prasad Ghosh
(B) Ramchandra Vidyavagish
(C) Krishna Mohan Banerjee
(D) Hariharanand
Ans : (A)

117. Which one of the following statements is not correct about Bahadur Shah Zafar ?
(A) He was an emperor without empire
(B) He was a warrior without any war experience
(C) Hassan Askari was his spiritual guide
(D) He succeeded to the throne in 1845 A.D.
Ans : (D)

118. During whose tenure did the incident of ‘Black Hole’ take place ?
(A) Mir Zafar
(B) Mir Qasim
(C) Alivardi Khan
(D) Sirajuddaula
Ans : (D)

119. Which one of the following had bestowed the title of ‘Jagat Seth’ to Fatehchand ?
(A) Alivardi Khan
(B) Sirajuddaula
(C) Mir Zafar
(D) Muhammad Shah
Ans : (D)

120. In which of the following languages the book entitled ‘Hind Swaraj’ was written ?
(A) Hindi
(B) Urdu
(C) Gujarati
(D) English
Ans : (C)

Modern India Questions

1. Bombay emerged as a leading port on the western coast on acc-ount of its—
(A) Immunity from Maratha invasions
(B) Natural harbour
(C) Improved administration
(D) All of the above

2. Name the state which granted the ‘Golden Farman’ to Holland to trade freely on payment of 500
‘PAGODAS’ a year as duty was—
(A) Golcunda
(B) Bijapur
(C) Berar
(D) Ahmadnagar

3. Which of the following was not the Dutch factory on the Coromondel coast—
(A) Porto Novo
(B) Sadraspatam
(C) Ngalwanche
(D) Masulipatam

4. Which Portuguese Governor decisively defeated the Bijapur forces which advanced againt Goa ?
(A) Albuquerque
(B) Almeida
(C) Cabral
(D) Joa de Castro

5. Name the son of the great Protuguese Governor, who supp-lemented the letters of his father—
(A) Bras de Albuquerque
(B) Bras de Almeida
(C) Bras de Cabral
(D) Bras de Lapo soares

6. Which Mughal emperor conqu-ered Golcunda to mark the decline of the Dutch Coromandel Government—
(A) Jahangir
(B) Shahjahan
(C) Aurangzeb
(D) Farrukhsiyar

7. The Dutch Christened the fact-ory at Pulicat as St. Geldria, in honour of—
(A) Van Berchem, the director general of the Coromandel factories
(B) Daniel Havart, the author of the account of Dutch factories on the Coromondel coast
(C) Van Reede, the in charge of the Coromandel Governm-ent
(D) Van Coen, the Governor General of Batavia

8. The immediate aim of the English East India Company est-ablished in 1600 was—
(A) To exploit the Indian coasts
(B) The acquisition of the spices and pepper of the Eastern archipelago
(C) To trade in Muslin and textiles
(D) None of them

9. Name of Governor of Bombay who is regarded as the true founder of Bombay’s greatness ?
(A) Ropt
(B) Sir John Child
(C) Gerald Aungier
(D) Job Charnock
10. The Bengal presidency was constituted in 1700; who became its first President—
(A) Job Charnock
(B) Sir charles Eyre
(C) Captain William Heath
(D) Major Hector Munroe

11. Who among the following Englishmen tried to obtain from Akbar a ‘Firman’ for trade in Gujarat—
(A) Ralph Fitch
(B) John Middenhall
(C) Sir Thomas Roe
(D) Thomas Stephens (R.C.S. 2000)

12. Which one of the following Mughal emperors gave per-mission to East India Company to build a factory at
Surat—
(A) Jahangir
(B) Shahjahan
(C) Farrukhsiyar
(D) Bahadur Shah II

13. Who among the following issued the founding Charter of the English East India Company—
(A) Henry VIII
(B) Elizabeth I
(C) James I
(D) Charles I (I.A.S. 99)

14. The first Danish Trade pact was signed at Tranquebar in the year—
(A) 1620
(B) 1630
(C) 1660
(D) 1616

15. Match the following—

List I
(a) Hawkins
(b) Thomas Roe
(c) Manucci
(d) Ralph Fitch
List II
1. 1615
2. 1608
3. 1585
4. 1658
Code—
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 2 1 4 3
(B) 1 2 4 3
(C) 2 1 3 4
(D) 1 2 3 4 (I.A.S. 2001)

16. Which of the following statem-ents is not correct about William Hawkins—
(A) He could not speak Turkish Language
(B) He reached Agra in the Court of Jahangir with a letter written by king James I to emperor Akbar
(C) The name of his vessel was Hector
(D) He had a considerable expe-rience in the Levant (U.P.P.C.S. Sub. 2001)

17. Intially the name of British East India Company was—

(A) A British company to trade with India
(B) A company of merchants of London
(C) A company of Private merchants of London
(D) The Governor and company of merchants of London Trading into the East Indies
(U.P.P.C.S. Sub. 2001)

18. Who was the first Indian ruler to welcome Vasco da Gama ?
(A) Daulat Rao Scindia
(B) Chanda Saheb
(C) Zamorin
(D) Muzaffar Jung (R.A.S./R.T.S. 1999)

19. Name the Mughal emperor who issued firman, permitting East India company to trade with India ?
(A) Babar
(B) Humayun
(C) Akbar
(D) Jahangir (R.A.S./R.T.S. 1999)

20. The first English factory was estabished in India at—

(A) Surat
(B) Hughli
(C) Bombay
(D) Madras (M.P.P.S.C. 1999)

21. Among European traders the Portugese remained unsuccessful in India because—
(A) They had no sea port
(B) Their Naval power was weak
(C) Ruler of Kochin strongly resisted them
(D) Due to their religious fanatism the Indian rulers became their enemies (M.P.P.S.C. 2000)

22. The East India company secured the ‘Golden firman’ from which ruler ?
(A) Jahangir
(B) Sultan of Golcunda
(C) Ruler of Chandragiri
(D) Mughal emperor Farukh-siyar (M.P.P.S.C. 2000)

23. Who was the first representative of English company to reach the court of Jahangir ?
(A) Sir Thomas Roe
(B) Sir Henry Middleton
(C) Captain Hawkins
(D) Captain Best (M.P.P.S.C. 2000)

24. Where was the first ever fort erected by any European power in India ?
(A) Cochin
(B) Calicut
(C) Maosaulipattam
(D) Goa (M.P.P.S.C. 2000)
25. The commercial objective of the Portuguese in India was to—
(A) Capture territories on the western coast
(B) Capture trade of textiles and spices
(C) Oust Arabs and the Persians from India’s maritime trade
(D) Capture trade of pepper and other superior spices (I.A.S. 2003)

Answers :
1. (D) 2. (A) 3. (D) 4. (D) 5. (A) 6. (C) 7. (A) 8. (B) 9. (C) 10. (B)
11. (B) 12. (A) 13. (B) 14. (A) 15. (A) 16. (A) 17. (D) 18. (C) 19. (D) 20. (A)
21. (D) 22. (B) 23. (C) 24. (A) 25. (D)
2nd Part
1. Which of the following is regar-ded as the real founder of portugese power in India ?
(A) Pedro Cabral
(B) Almeida
(C) Vasco da Gama
(D) Alfonso de Albuquerque

2. Of the various Europeans who came to India, Whose missio-nary activities were more impor-tant than
commerce ?
(A) Dutch
(B) Portuguese
(C) Danes
(D) English

3. The battle of ‘Swali Hole’ was fought between which of the following countries ?
I. Portugal
II. Nettherland
III. France
IV. Britain
(A) I and II
(B) II and III
(C) I and IV
(D) III and IV

4. Who was the founder of the French East India Company ?

(A) Colbert
(B) De La Haye
(C) Duplex
(D) Dumas

5. The Danes sold all their settle-ments in India to—

(A) The portugese
(B) The Dutch
(C) The English
(D) The French

6. ‘Calicoes’ stood for Indian—

(A) Indigo
(B) Textiles
(C) Cotton
(D) Spices
7. The portuguese established a number of factories in India. Which of the following was not one of them ?
(A) Bombay
(B) Masulipatam
(C) Bassein
(D) Salsette

8. On which occassion did the Port-uguese handed over Bombay to English ?

(A) Marriage of Charles II with the portugese princess Catherine of Braganza
(B) By the treaty of Ax la chap-elle
(C) As a result of Portugal’s independence from the con-trol of Spain
(D) The defeat of Spanish Armada by the British (U.P.P.C.S. 2001, I.A.S. 98)

9. Match the following—

(a) Pondicherry
(b) Goa
(c) Tranquebar
(d) Nagapattinam
1. French
2. Portuguese
3. Donish
4. Dutch
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 4 3 2 2
(B) 2 4 1 3
(C) 3 2 1 4
(D) 1 2 3 4

10. The term ‘Interpolers’ was used by the—

(A) Danish
(B) French
(C) English
(D) Dutch

11. From whom was Goa acquired by Albu querque ?

(A) Bijapur
(B) Golcunda
(C) Berar
(D) Bidar

12. Arrange the following in proper chronological order—

I. Formation of Dutch East India Company
II. Formation of French East India Company
III. Formation of the Swedish East India Company
IV. Formation of the English East India Company
(A) I, II, IV, III
(B) IV, I, II, III
(C) II, I, IV, III
(D) III, II, I, IV

13. The Dutch who discovered commercial possibilities in India and whose book caused sensa-tion in the
western world is—
(A) Jan Pietyoovan Coen
(B) Huyghen van Linschoten
(C) William Barents
(D) Houtman

14. Where did the English open their first factory in the South in 1611 ?
(A) Madras
(B) Trichonapally
(C) Masulipatam
(D) Pulicat

15. Who said about the English company in Bengal that it is “A company of base, quarelling people and foul
dealers ?”
(A) Mir Jumla
(B) Shaista Khan
(C) Murshi Quli Khan
(D) Aliwardi Khan

16. The nickname of English East India Company was—

(A) Bob Company
(B) Sam Company
(C) Tom Company
(D) John Company

17. Which of the following state-ment is false with regard to the Dutch interest and activities in India ?
I. They treated the local inhabi- tants cruelly and exploited them
II. They did not get involved in the politics
III. They became the carrier of trade between India and the Islands of the Far East
IV. Many attempts were made by them to monopolise the channels of trade between India and the west.
(A) I, II, III
(B) II, III, IV
(C) I, III, IV
(D) I, II, IV

18. Which of the following state-ment is false ?

(A) The lease of Madras in 1639 was obtained by the English from the ruler of Chandr-agiri
(B) Colbert founded the French East India Company
(C) The ‘Blue Water Policy’ associated with Albuquer-que
(D) The Portuguese power was not organised on commer-cial lines

19. Who founded Calcutta in 1690 ?

(A) Almeida
(B) Albuquerque
(C) Job Charnock
(D) Lins Choten

20. The Dutch fort called Geldria was to eated at—

(A) Golcunda
(B) Goa
(C) Pune
(D) Pulicat
21. What was the reason of Mughal wrath towards the English com-pany—
(A) Unreasonable demands of the Mughal official
(B) The French pirates
(C) Interlopers
(D) Arrongant attitude of the company’s officials

22. Tick the greatest failure of Aurangzeb in contributing the rise of the European powers in India ?
I. He failed to understand the political and military implic- ations of the fortified facto-ries
II. He could not stop the exercise of administrative authority by the Europeans in their settlements
III. He permitted the Dutch and English to use their military power against portuguese
IV. He thought that the Euro-pean companies were only commercial in nature
(A) I, II
(B) II, III, IV
(C) I, III, IV
(D) I, IV

23. Which European power called the port of Chittagong as the ‘Porto grande’ or the grand port was—
(A) French
(B) Portuguese
(C) English
(D) Danes

24. The English Governor who was expelled by Aurangzeb was—

(A) De la Haye
(B) Sir John Child
(C) Dumas
(D) Aungier

25. Name of state which granted the ‘Golden Farman’ to the Dutch to trade freely on payment of only 500
‘Pagodas’ per annum as duty was—
(A) Gingee
(B) Ikkeri
(C) Chandragiri
(D) Golcunda

Answers :
1. (D) 2. (C) 3. (D) 4. (A) 5. (C) 6. (B) 7. (B) 8. (A) 9. (D) 10. (C)
11. (A) 12. (B) 13. (B) 14. (C) 15. (B) 16. (D) 17. (A) 18. (C) 19. (C) 20. (D)
21. (C) 22. (A) 23. (B) 24. (B) 25. (D)