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HISTORY

LEVEL 1
1. The Sangam text Tolkappiyam is a work on 9. Evidence of mixed cropping is seen from which site of
(a) Astronomy (b) Grammar Indus Civilization?
(c) Music (d) Medicine (a) Lothal (b) Dholavira
2. The earliest evidence of Silk in India comes from the (c) Chanhudaro (d) Kalibangan
archaeological site of 10. Indus Valley Civilization was discovered by:
(a) Bhagwanpura (b) Nevasa (a) J. Fleet
(c) Rangpur (d) Ropar (b) R.D. Banerji, Dayaram Sahanz
3. The Third Tamil Sangam was held at (c) Cunningham (d) Wheeler
(a) Tanjore (b) Madurai 11. Which of the following is concerned with origin of Indian
(c) Kanjeevaram (d) Mahabalipuram medicine?
4. The first metal to be used by man was (a) Rigveda (b) Samveda
(a) bronze (b) iron (c) Yajurveda (d) Atharveda
(c) copper (d) stone 12. The words “Satyameva Jayate” in the state emblem of
5. Which of the following is not a feature of Neolithic India have been adopted from which one of the following?
cultures? (a) Mundaka Upanishad (b) Katha Upanishad
(a) Cultivation of Plants (c) Mandukya Upanishad (d) Chhandogya Upanishad
(b) Domestication of animals 13. Which one among the following is not a characteristic of
(c) Use of Iron for agriculture Rig-Vedic Aryans?
(d) Sedentary farming (a) They were acquainted with horses, chariots and the
6. The first cereals that early men grown were use of bronze
(a) wheat and rice (b) wheat and barley (b) They were acquainted with the use of iron
(c) barley and maize (d) barley and rice (c) They were acquainted with the cow, which formed the
7. Which one of the following sites of the Indus Valley most important form of wealth
Civilization had an ancient dockyard? (d) They were acquainted with the use of copper and the
(a) Kalibangan (b) Lothal modern ploughshare
(c) Rangpur (d) Harappa 14. Which one of the following Janapadas was republican state
8. The primary purpose of a seal in the Indus Valley in sixth century BC?
Civilization was probably (a) Kosala (b) Anga
(a) to signify royally (c) Mayadha (d) Vajji
(b) as a medium of exchange in trade 15. Which of the features given below was not an aspect of
(c) to signify ownership of property Buddhism?
(d) to indicate social status (a) Divine intervention was necessary in the process of
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obtaining salvation. Administration?
(b) It challenged the superiority of the Brahmanas. (a) To Collect Revenue
(c) It denied the predominance assigned to vedic texts (b) To Work as a Judge
(d) It was practical and simple (c) Leadership of Army
16. Which one of the following characteristics of Buddhism (d) Delivering Justice
distinguishes it from Jainism? 23. Which of the following is known as the Turning of the
(a) Belief in efficacy of action Wheel of Law (Dharma- Chakrapravartana)?
(b) Non acceptance of the authority of the Vedas (a) The first sermon preached by the Buddha at the Deer
(c) Attitude of non-injury towards all beings Park at Sarnath
(d) Rejection of both extreme pleasure and self- (b) The practice of setting the wheel in motion everyday
mortification in the morning in the sanghas
17. The Doctrine of Karma in Buddhism means: (c) The extinction of karma leading to the achievement of
(a) predestination nirvana
(b) the justification for social and economic inequalities (d) The continuous existence of human beings like the
in life wheel of causes and effects
(c) the deeds of a person determine the state of his life 24. Which one of the following is the correct chronological
(d) doing one’s duty without bothering about the result order of the given rulers of ancient India?
18. Which of the following statements correctly describe the (a) Ashoka—Kanishka—Milinda
difference between a Chaitya and a Stupa? (b) Milinda—Ashoka—Kanishka
(a) Chaitya is a religious term, while Stupa is an (c) Ashoka—Milinda—Kanishka
architectural term for a mound containing a relic of (d) Milinda—Kanishka—Ashoka
the Buddha and later on of leading Buddhist Saints 25. Which of the following metals were mostly used for
(b) Chaitya is a place of prayers/worship while Stupa is a minting coins during the Mauryan period?
funeral monument (a) Bronze and gold (b) Gold and lead
(c) Chaitya were constructed by the monasteries while (c) Silver and copper (d) Lead and silver
Stupas were constructed by the kings and the rich 26. The governor under Chandragupta Maurya who constructed
merchants the Sudarshana Lake is?
(d) Chaityas represent Mahayanism and Stupas (a) Parnadatta (b) Tusaspa
Hinayanism (c) Pushagupta (d) Chakrapalita
19. Which of the following was not one of the points of 27. Which of the following dynasties had a role in the
religious difference between Buddhism and Jainism? construction and maintenance of the Sanchi Stupa?
(a) Compared to Jainism, Buddhism was modereate in its (a) Mauryas (b) Sungas
stress on the doctrine of ahimsa (c) Kanvas (d) Satavahanas
(b) Whereas Jainism believed in rigorous asceticism, 28. Which of the following statements about the officers
Buddhism considered rigid penance to be useless designated as mahamattas in Mauryan adminstration is
(c) Unlike Buddhism, Jainism did not altogether dispense correct?
with the worship of the old deities or the servies of the (a) These officers were charged with the responsibility of
propagating Buddhism
Brahmins
(b) They were appointed as viceroys of various provinces
(d) While Buddhism acknowledges a permanent entity or
(c) The term was used for any senior official irrespective
an immortal soul, Jainism does not
of the duties assigned to him
20. Some Buddhist rock-cut caves are called Chaityas, while
(d) It is a Prakrit expression for the Sanskrit word amatya
the others are called Viharas. What is the difference between 29. In which of the following Major Rock Edicts does Ashoka
the two? introduce the institution of dhamma-mahamatta for the
(a) Vihara is a place of worship, while Chaitya is the first time?
dwelling place of the monks (a) Rock Edict II (b) Rock Edict III
(b) Chaitya is a place of worship, while Vihara is the (c) Rock Edict IV (d) Rock Edict V
dwelling place of the monks 30. Which one among the following statements is not correct?
(c) Chaitya is the stupa at the far end of the cave, while (a) Gandhara School of Arts owed its origin to the Indo-
Vihara is the hall axial to it Greek rulers but the real patrons of the school were
(d) There is no material difference between the two the Kushans, especially Kanishka
21. Which one of the following describes best the concept of (b) Rich carving, elaborate ornamentations and complex
Nirvana in Buddhism? symbolism were not the main features of the Gandhara
(a) The extinction of the flame of desire sculpture
(b) The complete annihilation of self (c) The Graeco-Roman architectural impact modified the
(c) A state of bliss and rest structure of the Buddhist Stupas
(d) A mental stage beyond all comprehension. (d) The artists of the Amravati School of Arts mainly
22. What was the function of Samaharta in Mauryan used white marble
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31. Which Gupta ruler repaired the Sudarshana lake constructed (b) Abolition of slavery
by Chandragupta Maurya? (c) Removal of disabilities due to change of religion
(a) Kumaragupta I (b) Samudragupta (d) Suppression of the organized bands of thugs
(c) Bhangupta (d) Skandagupta 41. In which book did, Dadabhai Nauroji presents his ‘Drain
32. Which Gupta emperor is said to have founded Nalanda of wealth theory’?
University? (a) Poverty and Un-British Rule in India
(a) Skandagupta (b) Buddhagupta
(b) Economic problems of India ‘
(c) Purugupta (d) Kumaragupta I
(c) British Rule and its consequences
33. The officer responsible for the safe custody of land records
during the Gupta period was known as (d) None of these
(a) Dhruvadhikarana (b) Karanika 42. The demand for the Tebhaga Peasant Movement in Bengal
(c) Samaharta (d) Shaulkika was for
34. The travel account of Fa-hien is known as (a) the reduction of the share of the landlords from one-
(a) Si-yu-ki (b) Yen-tu half of the crop to one-third
(c) Fo-kwo-ki (d) Fa-chien (b) the grant of ownership of land to peasants as they
35. Who has complimented Samudragupta as the ‘Indian were the actual cultivators of the land
Napoleon’ ? (c) the uprooting of Zamindari system and the end of
(a) Radhakumud Mukherji serfdom
(b) V.A. Smith (d) writing off all peasant debts
(c) R.N. Dandekar 43. The Ilbert Bill controversy was related to the
(d) R.C. Majumdar
(a) imposition of certain restrictions to carry arms by the
36. The notion of saptanga that was introduced in Arthashastra
Indians
includes
(a) kings, territory, administration and treasury (b) imposition of restrictions on newspapers and
(b) music, dance, ragas and wrestling magazines published in Indian languages
(c) ministers, civil servants, subalterns and those involved (c) removal of disqualifications imposed on the Indian
in espionage magistrates with regard to the trial of the Europeans
(d) aristocrats, acharyas, traders and monks . (d) removal of duty on imported cotton cloth
37. Rath Temples at Mahabalipuram were built in the reign of 44. In which of the following movements, did Mahatma
which Pallava ruler? Gandhi make the first use of hunger strike as a weapon?
(a) Mahendravarman (a) Non-cooperation Movement
(b) Narasimhavarman I (b) Rowlatt Satyagraha
(c) Parameshwarvarman (c) Ahmedabad Strike
(d) Nandivarman I (d) Bardoli Satyagraha
38. In the context of cultural history of India, a pose in dance 45. The Swadeshi Movement was started because
and dramatics called ‘Tribhanga’ has been a favourite of (a) the British massacred innocent people at Jallianwala
Indian artists from ancient times till today. Which one of Bagh
the following statements best describes this pose? (b) the British government did not grant responsible
(a) One leg is bent and the body is slightly but oppositely government in India
curved at waist and neck (c) Lord Curzon divided Bengal
(b) Facial expressions, hand gestures and make-up (d) of de-industrialisation in India
are combined to symbolize certain epic or historic 46. The Morley-Minto Reforms which were passed in 1909.
characters (a) Established a constitution-making body
(c) Movements of body, face and hands are used to (b) Enlarged the central and the provincial legislative
express oneself or to tell a story councils
(d) A little smile, slightly curved waist and certain hand (c) Made the Executive Council of the Governor-General
gestures are emphasized to express the feelings of purely English in composition
love or eroticism. (d) Decreased the number of the provincial and central
39. Who among the following Sultans of Delhi was the first to legislative members
have paid to his soldiers in cash ? 47. Which among the following are the five principles of
(a) Iltutmish peaceful co-existence of Panchsheel as outlined by
(b) Alauddin Khilji Jawaharlal Nehru?
(c) Muhammad bin Tughlaq (a) Mutual respect, military collaboration, economic
(d) Feroz Tughlaq collaboration, de-colonisation and territorial integrity
40. Which of the following was not one of the social reform (b) Mutual respect for each other territorial integrity
measures introduced by William Bentinck? and sovereignty, non-aggression, non-interference,
(a) Abolition of sati equality and mutual benefit and peaceful co-existence
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(c) Peaceful co-existence, economic collaboration cultural (d) put Second World War criminals on trial
interaction, territorial integrity and decolonisation 55. Which one among the following is common to the Treaty
(d) Disarmament, peaceful co-existence, economic of Yandaboo (1826) the Treaty of Salbai (1782) and the
collaboration, cultural interaction and territorial Treaty of Gandamak (1879)?
integrity (a) With these treaties, various Indian powers formed
48. Which one among the following is correct about the alliances to defeat the British
Doctrine of Lapse? (b) These treaties enabled the British to control the South
(a) It did not allow the Indian rulers to adopt any heir Asian powers
(b) It did not allow an adopted heir to rule a state after the (c) These treaties expedited the spread of Indian culture
death of the ruler abroad
(c) It made the annexation of Indian State compulsory (d) These treaties gave an essential boost to enhanced
after the death of a ruler trade in South Asia.
(d) It made the annexation of Indian State compulsory 56. Which one among the following was the major demand
if the adoption of heir had not been approved by the of the Bardauli Satyagraha (1928) organised under the
British authorities leadership of Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel?
49. Which one among the following statements about Civil (a) Land to the Tiller
Disobedience Movement is correct? (b) Increase in the rates of labour wage
(a) It started with Gandhiji’s march to Champaran (c) Rollback of newly enhanced revenue rate
(b) Under Gandhi–lrwin agreement Congress agreed to (d) Supply of agricultural inputs to the farmers at
give up Civil Disobedience Movement subsidised rate
(c) The British Government was quite soft towards the 57. Tipu Sultan’s major interest in building ships was to
movement from the beginning (a) fight the English at sea
(d) There was no violence during the movement (b) promote trade and commerce
50. The social ideals of Mahatma Gandhi were first put forth in (c) maintain diplomatic relations with Muscat (Oman)
(a) Hind Swaraj (d) establish an overseas settlement at port Basra (Iraq),
(b) An Authobiography–The Story of My Experiments which would be under his control, on lines of the
with Truth European companies
(c) History of the Satyagraha in South Africa 58. Neel Darpan is a play based on the story of Indigo
(d) The Bhagavad Geeta According to Gandhi Rebellion of Bengal of 1860 – 61. Who authored it?
51. Which one among the following is not the characteristic (a) Dinabandhu Mitra
feature of the Harappan settlement? (b) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya
(a) Doorways and windows generally faced the side lanes (c) Sisir Kumar Ghosh and Motilal Ghosh jointly
and rarely opened onto the main streets
(d) Madhusudan Dutta
(b) Houses generally had separate bathing areas and
59. The First Anglo- Burmese War was concluded by a treaty.
toilets
Which one among the following is that?
(c) The citadel was walled but the lower town was not
(a) Treaty of Bharma (b) Treaty of Tamu
walled
(d) Drains and water chutes from the second storey were (c) Treaty of Bhamo (d) Treaty of Yandaboo
often built inside the wall 60. Which one among the following was not one of the
52. Which one among the following is not true with regard to causes of the Third Anglo-Maratha War?
Rig Veda Samhita? (a) The Maratha Chiefs, particularly the Peshwa desired
(a) There are about 300 non-Indo-European words in Rig to throw off the restrictions imposed on them by the
Veda treaties with the English
(b) There is a reference to dasarajna (battle of ten kings) (b) The determination of the English to give a finishing
in the Rig Veda blow to the Maratha power
(c) It is mentioned in the Rig Veda that the Bharata chief (c) The Pindari designs to seek support from the Marathas
Sudas fought against a confederacy of ten tribes to drive the English away from India
(d) Purus sided with Bharata in the battle of ten kings (d) The attack of Peshwa Baji Rao on the residency at
53. The terra-cotta plough of the Harappan civilization was Khirki
found at 61. Which one among the following works of Mahatma
(a) Mohenjo-daro (b) Banawali Gandhi provides a critique of modern machine-oriented
(c) Kalibangan (d) Lothal civilization?
54. The Rowlatt Act was passed to (a) The Story of My Experiments with Truth
(a) bring about agrarian reforms (b) Hind Swaraj
(b) curtail the nationalist and revolutionary activities (c) Constructive Programme
(c) have a favourable balance of trade (d) Anasakti Yoga (Commentary on ‘Gita’)
62. Which one among the following statements regarding the
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Government of India Act, 1935 is not correct? (a) Punjab Army (b) Madras Regiment
(a) Provincial Autonomy came into existence (c) Bengal Army (d) Awadh Regiment
(b) Bicameral legislatures were provided in six provinces 69. The first Prime Minister of India in 1947 was appointed by
(c) The principles of communal electorates and (a) the Governar General
weightages were further extended (b) the President of India
(d) The States were compelled to enter the Federation (c) Mahatma Gandhi
63. Gandhiji’s call for breaking Salt Laws was in response to (d) a committee headed by Dr. Rajendra Prasad
the 70. Which one among the following statements is not true
(a) Non-Cooperation Movement about Bahadur Shah Jafar II?
(b) Civil Disobedience Movement (a) The rebels of 1857 proclaimed their loyalty to him
(c) Khilafat Movement (b) He was killed by Lt. Hodson a cavalry officer in Delhi
(d) Quit India Movement (c) He was reluctant to lead the Revolt of 1857 in the
64. Which one among the following statements relating to the beginning
Home Rule movement is not correct ? (d) He was a poet
(a) The movement, instead of going forward after its 71. Which one among the following statements is true about
great advance in 1917, gradually declined in 1918 Lord Curzon?
(b) Annie Besant, the leader of the movement did not (a) He had full sympathy for the Congress
oppose the entry of Extremists (b) He introduced the Subsidiary Alliance
(c) The movement became weaker and weaker because (c) He succeeded Lord Canning as the Viceroy of India
of the continuous differences of opinion among the (d) He separated the divisions of Dacca, Chittagong and
nationalist leaders Rajshahi from the province of Bengal and annexed
(d) The movement was again revived by Mahatma them to Assam.
Gandhi 72. Which one among the following statements about Civil
65. Which one among the following was the fundamental Disobedience Movement is correct?
cause of the first Carnatic War between the British and the (a) It started with Gandhiji’s march to champaran
(b) Under Gandhi-lrwin agreement the Congress agreed
French?
to give up Civil Disobedience Movement
(a) Participation of the English and the French in the
(c) The British Government was quite soft towards the
native politics of Karnataka
movement from the beginning
(b) The ambition of Dupleix to drive out the English from
(d) There were no violent incidents during the movement
the South
73. Consider the following statement
(c) The trade rivalry between the English and the French
No Indian could have started the Indian National congress.
(d) The war of Austrian succession because of which
If the founder of the congress had not been a great
Britain and France became each others enemy in
Englishman and a distinguished ex-official, such was
every part of the world the distrust of political agitation in those days that the
66. The Jury Act of 1827 was opposed by many Indians. One authority would have at once found some way or the other
of the grounds for opposing it was that it denied both to to suppress the movement.
the Hindus and Mohammedans the honour of a seat on the Who among the following gave the statement on the
Grand Jury. Which among the following was known for his establishment of Indian National Congress?
opposition to the Jury Act ? (a) W. Wedderburn (b) G.K. Gokhale
(a) Gopal Krishna Gokhale (b) Lord Sinha (c) R. Palme Dutt (d) Allan Octavian Hume
(c) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan (d) Raja Rammohan Roy 74. The international body which was formed in Europe (in
67. Plan Balkan was 1889) to coordinate the efforts of socialists all over Europe
(a) A plan devised by Mountbatten to transfer power to was called
separate provinces or confederation of provinces, (a) Social Democratic Party (b) Commune
with the Bengal and Punjab Assemblies being given (c) Second International (d) Labour Party
the options to vote for partition of their provinces 75. Which one among the following countries is not touched
(b) The plan devised by Pethick Lawrence to give by the Stilwell Road constructed during the World War II?
autonomy to Indian princes and provinces (a) Myanmar (b) Thailand
(c) A plan devised by the Muslim League and the (c) China (d) India
Congress to provide autonomy to Indian provinces to 76. Which one of the following is the common element among
form confederations Rajagriha, Vaishali and Pataliputra ?
(d) A plan devised by Mountbatten to allow Indian (a) Pali canon of the Sthaviravadins was compiled there
princes the freedom to either be independent or to join (b) Ashokan Major Rock Edicts were found there
either India or Pakistan (c) Places where Buddhist Councils were held
68. Which one among the following prominently rose in revolt (d) Places associated with the compilation of Buddhist
against the British in 1857 ? canons of the Mahasanghikas
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77. Which one among the following sects was associated with Hindustan Socialist Republican Association? (CDS)
Gosala Maskariputra ? (a) Subhash Chandra Bose
(a) Vajrayana (b) Ajivikas (b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Sthaviravadins (d) Mahasanghikas (c) Bhagat Singh
78. While opposing the Public Safety Bill, 1928 who among (d) Laxmi Sehgal
the following said that it was ‘a direct attack on Indian 88. Which of the following books was written by B. R.
nationalism, on the Indian National Congress’ and as ‘the Ambedkar? (CDS)
(a) The Discovery of India
Slavery of India, Bill No. 1’ ?
(b) My Life
(a) Motilal Nehru (b) Lala Lajpat Rai
(c) Buddha or Karl Marx
(c) T Prakasam (d) Diwan Chaman Lal (d) Hind Swaraj
79. Soon after the formation of Indian National Congress, the 89. Which one among the following is not true about Bal
British became suspicious of nationalists. Who among the Gangadhar Tilak? (CDS)
following called Congress representing only the elite — ‘a (a) He started the New English School in Poona
microscopic minority’ ? (b) He founded the Shri Shivaji Fund Committee for
(a) Lord Napier (b) Lord Dufferin celebration of Shiv Jayanti
(c) Lord Ripon (d) Lord Lytton (c) He preached the cult of self-reliance
80. What is the common element among Ram Prasad Bismil, (d) He transformed the household worshipping of
Roshan Singh and Rajendra Lahiri ? Ganesha into a public event
(a) They threw a bomb in the Central Legislative 90. Who among the following was associated with the
Assembly on 8 April, 1929 formulation of the basic ideas of the Mahayana Buddhism?
(b) They were the founder members of Swaraj Party (CDS)
(c) They were the founders of Hindustan Republican (a) Nagarjuna (b) Kashyapa Matanga
Association (c) Menander (d) Kanishka
(d) They were associated with Kakori Conspiracy case 91. Megasthenes was a (CDS)
81. Mahatma Gandhi’s Hindu Swaraj is essentially (a) Greek ambassador to the court of Chandragupta
Maurya
(a) a critique of Western modernity
(b) Greek trader during Ashoka’s time
(b) an outline of his philosophy of Satyagraha
(c) Greek trader in the Gupta period
(c) an invocation to Indians to free themselves from the British (d) Chinese pilgrim during Harsha’s time
(d) a blueprint of Gram Swaraj 92. Who among the following did not bring trading ships to the
82. Who among the following was not associated with the port of Surat in pre-British times? (CDS)
Sarvodaya movement ? (a) Portuguese and English
(a) Jaya Prakash Narayan (b) Acharya Vinoba Bhave (b) Russian and German
(c) Dhirendra Mazumdar (d) G V Apparao (c) English and Arab
83. The Swadeshi Movement evoked serious responses in (d) French and Arab
(a) Madras and Hyderabad 93. The Factory Act of 1891 in India was enacted to (CDS)
(b) Bengal and Maharashtra (a) improve the condition of labour in India
(c) Bihar and Orissa (b) ensure greater governmental control over industry in
(d) The Princely States India.
84. Who among the following was associated with the Gudem- (c) provide a level playing field for English manufacturers
Rampa Rebellion? (d) enable greater political control over Indian industry
(a) Birsa Munda (b) Kushal Konwar 94. The Bolshevik Revolution started in Russia during the reign
(c) Alluri Sitarama Raju (d) Mangal Pandey of (CDS)
85. The ‘Doctrine of Lapse’ was a policy that aimed to (a) Czar Alexander I (b) Czar Alexander II
(a) control the rebellions in the Princely States (c) Czar Alexander III (d) Czar Nicholas II
(b) extend the military strength of the British 95. “... it has reduced us politically to serfdom. It has sapped the
foundations of our culture ... it has degraded us spiritually.’
(c) regulate the landlords
This was Mahatma Gandhi complaining of the ill-effect on
(d) extend the territorial boundaries of the English East
Indians of which action/policy of the colonial government?
India Company
(CDS)
86. The Permanent Settlement of 1793 introduced
(a) Salt tax (b) Inadequate franchise
(a) peasant rights
(c) Press Act (d) Rowlatt Act
(b) bourgeois property rights in land to Zamindars
(c) shipping rights for the English East India Company
(d) rights for women to have property rights
87. Who among the following was associated with the
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LEVEL 2
1. Which of the following were common features of both Codes:
Harappan and Mohenjodaro ? A B C D
1. Citadel mounds with a retaining wall (a) 1 2 3 4
2. Public Baths (b) 2 1 3 4
3. Rows of granaries (c) 4 3 2 1
4. Rows of circular blocks for pounding grains. (d) 3 4 2 1
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below : 6. Which of the following are true of Jainism?
(a) 1, 2 and 4 (b) 1, 2, 3 and 4 1. It has affinity with the Sankhya system of philosophy.
(c) 1 and 2 (d) 2 and 3 2. It completely rejected the concept of the soul.
2. List-I List-II 3. It has affinity with the Vedanta system of philosophy.
A Lothal 1. Ploughed field 4. According to it the world consists of two eternal
categories, viz., conscious Jiva and unconscious (Ajiva).
B Kalibangan 2. Dockyard
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below.
C Dholavira 3. Terracotta replica of a (a) 2 and 3 (b) 1 and 3
plough (c) 3 and 4 (d) 2 and 4
D Banawali 4. An inscription comprising 7. Consider the following statements regarding Ashoka’s
ten large siged signs of the Dhamma is not correct ?
Harappan script. 1. Major Rock Edict XIII is of paramount importance in
(a) A - 1, B - 2, C - 3, D - 4 understanding the Ashokan policy of Dhamma.
(b) A - 2, B - 1, C - 4, D - 3 2. The Policy of Dhamma was an attempt at founding a
(c) A - 1, B - 2, C - 4, D - 3 new religion.
(d) A - 2, B - 1, C - 3, D - 4 3. Major Rock Edict III relates to social welfare measures
3. List-I List-II like medical centres for animals as well as men, road
(Place) (Excavators) construction and planting of medicinal herbs.
A Harappa 1. Rakhal Das Banerjee 4. Pillar Edict I states that through the king’s care and
love of Dhamma it had grown and that it was the
B Chanhudaro 2. Daya Ram Sahni king’s principle to administer affairs.
C Kalibangan 3. N.G. Majumdar (a) 1 and 4 (b) 2 and 3
D Mohenjodaro 4. B.B. Lal and Kamlanand (c) 2 and 4 (d) None of these
Ghose 8. What were the impacts of Kautilya’s Arthashastra in
(a) A - 3, B - 1, C - 2, D - 4 Mauryan empire ?
(b) A - 1, B - 4, C - 3, D - 2 1. The Arthashastra provided the state management of
(c) A - 2, B - 3, C - 4, D - 1 large scale trade and industry and exercise of effective
(d) A - 4, B - 3, C - 1, D - 2 control over every occupation.
4. List-I List-II 2. It laid emphasis on education and moral training to
(Harappan settlement) (River) the future king.
3. The Arthashastra maintained the state council to
A. Lothal 1. Indus
formulate the policy of the state
B. Kalibangan 2. Satlej
Which of the above statements is/are correct.
C. Ropar 3. Ravi
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only
D. Harappa 4. Ghaggar
(c) 3 only (d) All of them
E. Mohenjodaro 5. Bhogao
9. Consider the follwing pairs:
Codes: 1. Forty Turkish slaves: Successors of Iltutmish
A B C D E 2. Khot: Village headman
(a) 5 4 2 3 1 3. Amiran-i-sada: Muhammad Tughlaq
(b) 2 5 1 4 3 Which of the above pairs are correctly matched?
(c) 4 5 2 3 1 (a) 1 and 2 (b) 1, 2 and 3
(d) 5 4 3 2 1 (c) 2 and 3 (d) 1 and 3
5. List-I List-II 10. In which order did the following dynasties rule Delhi?
(Mahajanpada) (Capital) 1. Lodi dynasty 2. Tughlaq dynasty
A. Matsya 1. Potana 3. Khilji dynasty 4. Syed dynasty
B. Asmaka 2. Virat 5. Slave dynasty
C. Anga 3. Champa (a) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (b) 5, 3, 2, 4, 1
D. Chedi 4. Shuktimati (c) 4, 3, 2, 1, 5 (d) 1, 3, 2, 5, 4
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11. List-I List-II 16. Consider the following statements with regard to Champaran
A. Alauddin Khilji 1. Agra Satyagraha (1917)
B. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq 2. Siri Fort 1. The Champaran Satyagraha marked Mahatma
C. Feroz Shah Tughlaq 3. Tughlaqabad Gandhi’s first appearance in Indian politics as a leader
D. Sikander Lodi 4. Hissar of the masses.
Codes: 2. Young nationalists like Rajendra Prasad and J.B.
A B C D Kriplani and worked with Mahatma Gandhi at
(a) 1 2 3 4 Champaran.
(b) 2 1 3 4 3. It was during this movement that Mahatma Gandhi
(c) 2 3 4 1 formulated his philosophy of Satyagraha.
(d) 2 4 3 1
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
12. List-I List-II
(a) 3 only (b) 1 and 2
(Officials of Delhi (Duties/Job)
(c) 2 and 3 (d) 1 and 3
Sultanate)
17. Consider the following statements in regards to the Gandhi-
A. Barid-i Mumalik 1. Dealing with royal correspondence
B. Dabir-i-Khas 2. Commanding Sultan’s bodyguards Irwin Pact:
C. Sar-i-Jandar 3. Heading the State news and 1. According to the Pact, British Government accepted
information agency to release all the political prisoners.
D. Wakil-i Dar 4. Controlling and supervising the 2. Irwin agreed on giving the right to peaceful and non-
royal house hold aggressive picketing of liquor and foreign cloth shops.
Codes: 3. British government allowed making of salt for
A B C D personal consumption in coastal regions.
(a) 2 4 3 1 Which of the statements given above are correct?
(b) 3 1 2 4 (a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 2 1 3 4 (c) 1 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3
(d) 3 4 2 1 18. List-I List-II
13. Which of the following statements about the revenue A. Abul Kalam Azad 1. Bombay Chronicle
system of the Mughals is incorrect? B. Feroz Shah Mehta 2. Al-Hilal
1. Land revenue was collected as a fixed share varying C. Annie Besant 3. Young India
from 1/3rd to 1/2 of the total produce. D. Mahatma Gandhi 4. New India
2. Ryots were evicted from their holding for default of Codes:
payment. A B C D
3. Akbar followed Sher Shah’s land revenue system. (a) 2 1 4 3
4. Patta system was started to control the cheatings of (b) 1 2 3 4
taxes by peasants. (c) 2 1 3 4
Which of the above is/are not correct? (d) 3 2 1 4
(a) 1, 3 and 4 (b) 2 and 3
19. Match the following
(c) 2 only (d) 4 only
List-I List-II
14. List-I List-II
(Event) (Year)
(Foreign Travellers) (Year of Visit)
A. Non-Cooperation Movement 1. 1942
A. Hawkins 1. 1615
B. Civil Disobedience Movement 2. 1937
B. Thomas Roe 2. 1608
C. Formation of Congress Ministries 3. 1930
C. Manucci 3. 1585
D. Quit India Movement 4. 1920
D. Ralph Fitch 4. 1658
Codes:
Codes:
A B C D A B C D
(a) 2 1 4 3 (a) 1 2 3 4
(b) 1 2 4 3 (b) 4 3 2 1
(c) 2 1 3 2 (c) 2 1 4 3
(d) 1 2 3 4 (d) 3 4 1 2
15. Find out the wrongly matched one/ones 20. Match the following
1. Lytton-Lee Commission List-I List-II
2. Mayo-Scholarship scheme (Congress presidents) (Venues of session)
3. Ripon-Repeal of Vernacular Press Act A. Dr. M. A. Ansari 1. Haripura
4. Canning-Queen Victoria’s Proclamation B. Purushottam Das Tandon 2. Kanpur
(a) 2, 3, 4 (b) 1 and 2 C. Sarojini Naidu 3. Madras
(c) 2 and 4 (d) 4 only D. Subhash Chandra Bose 4. Nasik
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Codes: 25. Consider the following statements relating to Jain literature:
A B C D 1. The sacred books of the Jainas are known as Siddhanta
(a) 1 2 4 3 or Agama.
(b) 2 3 1 4 2. The language of the earliest Jain texts is eastern
(c) 3 4 2 1 dialect of Pali known as Ardha Magadhi.
(d) 4 1 3 2 Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
21. Match the following (a) 1 only (b) 2 only
List-I List-II (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
(Newspapers/Journals/ (Founder/Founder Editors) 26. Consider the following statements about Cripps Proposals
Periodicals) of 1942 :
A. Sambad Kaumundi 1. Keshav Chandra Sen 1. Provision was to be made for participation of Indian
B. Indian Mirror 2. Raja Ram Mohan Roy States in the Constitution-making body.
C. Amrit Bazar Patrika 3. G.S. Aiyar & 2. British Government undertook to accept and implement
Viraraghavachari the Constitution.
D. Hindu 4. Sisir Kumar Ghosh 3. All provinces of British India were to give an
Codes: undertaking about the acceptance of the Constitution.
A B C D 4. In the ongoing World War, no resources of British
(a) 1 3 4 2 India would be used.
(b) 2 3 4 1 Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(c) 3 2 4 1 (a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2 only
(d) 2 1 4 3 (c) 1, 2 and 4 (d) 1, 3 and 4
22. Match the following 27. Consider the following statements relating to planning in
List-I List-II India:
(Session of Indian (Venue) 1. In the year 1938, the National Planning Committee
National Congress) was set up in India under the chairmanship of
Jawaharlal Nehru.
A. 1st session 1. Allahabad
2. The Bombay Plan was prepared by the Indian
B. 2nd session 2. Madras
industrialists.
C. 3rd session 3. Calcutta
3. Acharya Kripalini prepared the Gandhian Plan.
D. 4th session 4. Bombay
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Codes:
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only
A B C D A B C D
(c) 1 and 2 only (d) 1, 2 and 3
(a) 4 3 2 1 (b) 1 3 2 4
28. Which among the following about Mahatma Gandhi’s
(c) 4 2 3 1 (d) 1 2 3 4
Non-Cooperation Movement are correct?
23. Match the following
1. Refusal to attend Government Durbars and official
List-I List-II
functions
(Person) (Associated in Formation of)
2. Participation in elections
A. GK Gokhale 1. Servants of 3. Participation in rallies for the boycott of foreign goods
Indian Society 4. Surrender of titles
B. MM Malaviya 2. Banaras Select the correct answer using the code given below :
Hindu University Code :
C. C Rajagopalachari 3. Free India Society (a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 1, 3 and 4
D. VD Savarkar 4. Swatantra Party (c) 2, 3 and 4 (d) 1 and 4 only
Codes: 29. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer
A B C D using the code given below the lists :
(a) 1 2 4 3 List-I List-II
(b) 3 4 2 1 (Peasant Movement) (Region)
(c) 1 4 2 3 A. Mappila outbreak 1. Maharashtra
(d) 3 2 4 1 B. Ramosi peasant force 2. Bengal
24. The themes of the murals of the Ajanta Caves are C. Kuka revolt 3. Malabar
1. Decorative designs which include a variety of animals, D. Pabna revolt 4. Punjab
trees and flowers. Code :
2. Portraits of various Buddhas and Bodhiysattvas. A B C D
3. Narrative scenes portraying Jataka stories. (a) 3 1 4 2
Select the correct answer using the code given below: (b) 3 4 1 2
(a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 2 and 3 only (c) 2 4 1 3
(c) 1 and 3 only (d) 1 and 2 only (d) 2 1 4 3
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30. Consider the following statements about Periyar E.V. (a) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct
Ramaswamy: explanation of A
1. He was a politician, social activist and an important (b) Both A and R are individually true but R is NOT the correct
figure in the dravidian movement in South India. explanation of A
2. He championed the cause of caste upliftment, (c) A is true but R is false
nationalism and the rights of women. (d) A is false but R is true
3. He was contemporay of the Maharashtran anti-caste 34. Assertion (A): The Government of India Act of 1858
reformer, Jyotiba Phule. transferred the governance of India from the East India
Which of the statements given above is/are correct? Company to the Crown.
(a) 1 only (b) 3 only Reason (R): The East India Company was unwilling to
administer India any more.
(c) 1 and 3 (d) 1 and 2
35. Assertion (A): Shah Alam II joined hands with Shuja-ud-
31. Consider the following statements:
daulah to fight against the English.
(1) Gandhiji’s Salt Satyagraha in 1930 was against the
Reason (R): Marathas joined the English forces to invade
State monopoly of the manufacture and sale of salt.
(2) The American news magazine Time’ covered the the territories of Shuja-ud-daulah.
36. Assertion (A): There was a country-wide agitation against
progress of Gandhiji’s walk to Dandi on the Salt
the Simon Commission.
Satyagraha.
Reason (R): The members of the Simon Commission
(3) The Vicerory of India at the time of the Salt Satyagraha
discontinued their work in face of the country-wide
was Lord Ripon.
agitation.
(4) Gandhiji did not complete the Dandi March due to DIRECTIONS (Qs. 37-42) : The following six items consist of
ill-health. two statements, Statement I and Statement II. You are to examine
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ? these two statements carefully and select the answers to these
(a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 4 items using the code given below:
(c) 2 only (d) 1 and 2 only Code:
32. Consider the following statements: (a) Both the statements are individually true and Statement
(1) Gandhiji’s launched the Rowlatt Satyagraha in 1919 II is the correct explanation of Statement I.
because of the British measures to impose censorship (b) Both the statements are individually true but Statement
on the Press. II is not the correct explanation of Statement I.
(2) Gandhiji launched The Rowlatt Satyagraha bacause (c) Statement I is true but Statement II is false.
of the British policy of permitted detention without (d) Statement I is false but Statement II is true.
trial. 37. Statement I: In order to create linguistic provinces in India,
(3) The Rowlatt Act was restricted to Bombay and the Congress Party constituted Motilal Nehru Committee
Madras presidency. in 1928.
(4) The agitation against the Rowlatt Act reached climax Statement II: The Motilal Nehru Committee suggested
with the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre in Amritsar. creation of linguistic provinces in India.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ? 38. Statement I : Mahatma Gandhi launched the Rowlatt
(a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 2 and 3 only Satyagraha as an all- India mass protest.
(c) 1, 2 and 4 (d) 1 and 4 only Statement II : Rowlatt Act was passed by the British
33. Consider the following statements about the Indo-Saracenic Government in 1919 to authorize the government to
imprison any person without trial.
architecture:
39. Statement I : The private trade of the East India Company’s
1. It combined the Indian with the European style, of
officials in the 18th century had flowered with the indirect
architecture in the beginning of the 20th century.
patronage of the authorities of the Company.
2. The Gateway of India in Mumbai is the most famous
Statement II : The extra- legal power enjoyed by the
example of this style. foreign merchants and the duty-free nature of their private
3. There are many famous examples of this style in the trade virtually edged the indigenous merchants out of
colonial cities of Bombay (Mumbai) and Madras competition.
(Chennai). 40. Statement I : In the year 1946, the Council of the Muslim
4. It takes its imputation from ancient Greece. League accepted the Cabinet Mission Plan.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct? Statement II : The Muslim League proposed to join the
(a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 2 and 3 only Interim Government.
(c) 1 and 2 only (d) 4 Only 41. Statement I : Indigo formed the basis of a flourishing
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 34-36): The following questions consist sector of commercial agriculture by the beginning of the
of two statements, one labelled as the Assertion (A) and the 19th century.
other as ‘Reason (R), You are to examine these two statements Statement II : The Indigo Commission was set up to
carefully and select the answers to these items using the codes enquire into the grievances of the indigo cultivators in
given below: 1860.
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42. Statement I : Intellectual criteria which informed 47. Which of the following statement(s) is/are true for Olympe
the reform movements were rationalism and religious de Gouges ?
universalism. 1. She was one of the most important politically active
Statement II : Social relevance was not judged by a woman in revolutionary France.
rationalist critique. 2. She was one of the members of the Committee that
43. Which among the following is/are the impact/ impacts of drafted the Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen.
industrial revolution in England? 3. She wrote the Declaration of the Right of Woman and
1. Cottage industry was replaced by the factory system Citizen.
of production using machines. Select the correct answer using the code given below :
2. It led to the overpopulation of villages. (a) 1 only (b) 3 only
3. It led to the emergence of working class movements. (c) 1 and 2 (d) 1 and 3
Select the correct answer using the code given below: 48. E. V. Ramaswami Naicker was associated with
(a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 1 and 3 only 1. reforming Brahminism
(c) 1 only (d) 2 and 3 only 2. the Self-Respect Movement
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 44): The following questions consist of two 3. the Low Caste Movement
statements, one labelled as the Assertion (A) and the other as 4. the Communist Movement
‘Reason (R), You are to examine these two statements carefully Select the correct answer using the code given below.
and select the answers to these items using the codes given (a) 1, 2, 3 and 4 (b) 1 and 3 only
below: (c) 1 and 4 only (d) 2 and 3 only
(a) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct 49. Gandhiji’s ‘Harijan Campaign’ sought to
explanation of A 1. attack caste system as a whole
(b) Both A and R are individually true but R is NOT the correct 2. open wells, road, temples, etc to Harijans
explanation of A 3. encourage social work among Harijans
(c) A is true but R is false Select the correct answer using the code given below.
(d) A is false but R is true (a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 3
44. Assertion (A): The Americans refused to pay taxes (c) 1 and 3 (d) 3 only
imposed by the British Parliament during the American 50. The Salt Satyagraha called by Mahatma Gandhi saw the
War of Independence. 1. violation of salt laws along coastal India
Reason (R): The Americans has no representation in the 2. participation of women
British Parliament. 3. upward swing when it came to the working class
DIRECTIONS: (Qs. 45): The following items consist of two joining in
statements, Statement I and Statement II. You are to examine Select the correct answer using the code given below.
these two statements carefully and select the answers to these (a) 1 and 3 only (b) 2 only
items using the code given below: (c) 1 and 2 only (d) 1, 2 and 3
45. Statement I : The Russian Revolution of 1917 inspired the 51. During the Civil Disobedience Movement, tribals in Chota
Indian working class movement. Nagpur
Statement II : The Non-Cooperation Movement (1921-22) 1. gave up opium consumption
saw the involvement of the Indian working class. 2. wore Khadi
(a) Both the statements are individually true and 3. gave up drinking liquor and eating meat.
Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I Select the correct answer using the code given below.
(b) Both the statements are individually true but Statement (a) 1 and 3 only (b) 1 only
II is not the correct explanation of Statement I (c) 1, 2 and 3 (d) 2 and 3 only
(c) Statement I is true but Statement II is false 52. Which of the following was/were the new feature/features
(d) Statement I is false but Statement II is true visible in the Quit India Movement (1942)?
46. Consider the following statements about Ashokan rock 1. Large-scale movements in some of the industrial
edicts : areas.
1. Major Rock Edict XIII records Ashoka’s remorse at 2. Large-scale mass involvement in some of the Princely
the sufferings caused by his Kalinga campaign. States
2. Major Rock Edict X records Ashoka’s visit to 3. Increase in the activities of the Kisan Sabha
Lumbini. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
3. Major Rock Edict XII refers to Dhamma Mahamattas (a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 1 only
as a new category of officers instituted by Ashoka. (c) 1 and 3 only (d) 3 only
4. Major Rock Edict XII speaks about showing tolerance 53. Consider the following statements about Harappan Culture:
towards all sects. 1. The Harappan Culture matured in Sind and Punjab.
Which of the statements given above are correct ? 2. It spread from there to Southwards and Eastwards
(a) 1 and 4 only (b) 2 and 3 3. The area, where it spread, was bigger than Egypt and
(c) 3 and 4 only (d) 1, 3 and 4 Mesopotamia.
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Which of the statements given above is/are correct? 3. It was a completely non-violent movement.
(a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2 and 3 only Select the correct answer using the code given below:
(c) 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3 (a) 1 only (b) 1 and 2
54. Which of the following statements is/are correct about the (c) 2 only (d) 1 and 3
working of the Permanent Settlement in Bengal? 60. Consider the following statements:
1. The traditional Zamindars lost their lands. 1. Annie Besant was the first woman President of the
2. The reason for the Zamindars’ inability to pay up land Indian National Congress.
revenues was that the Ryots defaulted on payment of 2. The historic Lucknow session of the Congress in 1916
revenue. was presided by Madan Mohan Malviya.
3. A new group of farmers – the Jotedars – became 3. Mahatma Gandhi presided over the annual session of
influential. Congress only once at Belgaum in 1924.
4. The Collector replaced the Zamindars as the alternative Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
focus of authority (a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 2 and 3 only
Select the correct answer using the code given below. (c) 1 and 3 only (d) 1 only
(a) 1 only (b) 1 and 4 only 61. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using
(c) 2 and 3 only (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4 the code given below the Lists:
55. Consider the following statements about Salt Satyagraha: List-I List-II
1. It was a form of Civil Disobedience. (Book/Journal) (Author/Editor)
2. It was the first nationalist activity in which women A. Bande Mataram 1. Aurobindo Ghosh
participated in large numbers. B. New India 2. Mahatma Gandhi
3. Gandhiji first experimented with Salt Satyagraha in C. India Today 3. Bipin Chandra Pal
South Africa. D. Young India 4. R. P Dutt
Which of the statements given above is/are correct? Code:
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only A B C D
(c) 1 and 2 only (d) 1, 2 and 3 (a) 1 4 3 2
56. Which of the following statements about Ryotwari system (b) 1 3 4 2
is/are correct? (c) 2 3 4 1
1. The government collected the revenue directly from (d) 2 4 3 1
the individual cultivators. 62. For Mahatma Gandhi, Satyagraha is
2. The cultivators were not recognized in law as the 1. a political force
owners of the land. 2. a philosophy of life
Select the correct answer using the code given below: 3. an ideology of action
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only Select the correct answer using the code given below:
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 (a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2 and 3 only
57. Which of the following statements about Russia is/are
(c) 1 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3
correct?
63. What was the common element among the following three
1. Russia emerged as the first socialist state in the world.
newspapers?
2. Socialist state in Russia was established by Bolsheviks
(i) The Servant of India
in 1917.
(ii) Dnyan Prakash
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
(iii) Hitawad
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only
(a) They were newspaper brought out by the Indian
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
58. Consider the following statements: National Congress
1. Dadabhai Naoroji first put forward ‘the theory of drain (b) They were newspapers under the influence of
of wealth’. socialism
2. The Indian National Congress adopted a resolution to (c) They were newspapers of moderate views brought out
criticize the drain of wealth in its annual session at by the Servants of India Society
Calcutta in 1896. (d) They represented the Trade Union Movement in India
Which of the statements given above is/are correct? 64. Arrange the following events of Indian freedom movement
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only in correct sequence beginning from the earliest:
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 1. Second Round Table Conference
59. Which of the following statements about Quit India 2. Communal Award
Movement of 1942 is/are correct? 3. Poona Pact
1. The movement was massive in character. 4. Simon Commission
2. One of the unique features of the movement was the Select the correct answer using the code given below:
participation of the communists at the local level (a) 1-2-3-4 (b) 4-3-2-1
defying the official stand of the Communist Party. (c) 4-1-2-3 (d) 3-2-1-4
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65. Consider the following statements: 71. The “Dharma” and “Rita” depict a central Idea of ancient
1. Morley-Minto reforms ended the official majority in Vedic civilization of India. In this context, consider the
state legislative assemblies. following statements :
2. Despite the Government of India Act, 1909 the non- 1. Dharma was a conception of obligations and of the
officials were elected to local bodies indirectly. discharge of one’s duties to oneself and to others.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct? 2. Rita was the fundamental moral law governing the
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only functioning of the universe and all it contained.
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
66. Which of the following were common to both Buddhism (a) 1 only (b) 2 only
and Jainism? (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
1. Avoidance of extremities of penance and enjoyment 72. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer
2. Indifference to the authority of the Vedas using the codes given below the list:
3. Denial of efficacy of rituals List-I List-II
A. Land allotted to 1. Jagirdari System
4. Non-injury to animal life
big feudal landlords
Select the answer using the codes given below:
B. Land allotted to 2. Ryotwari System
Codes:
revenue farmers of
(a) 1, 2, 3 and 4 (b) 2, 3 and 4
rent collectors
(c) 1, 3, and 4 (d) 1 and 2 C. Land allotted to each 3. Mahalwari
67. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer: peasant with the right System
List-I List-II to sublet, mortgage
A. Vishakhadatta 1. Medicine transfer, gift or sell
B. Varahamihira 2. Drama D. Revenue settlements 4. Zamindari System
C. Charaka 3. Astronomy made at village level
D. Brahmagupta 4. Mathematics Codes:
Codes: (a) A – 1; B – 3; C – 2; D – 4
(a) A – 1; B – 3; C – 4; D – 2 (b) A – 1; B – 4; C – 2; D – 3
(b) A – 2; B – 1; C – 3; D – 4 (c) A – 3; B – 4; C – 1; D – 2
(c) A – 2; B – 3; C – 1; D – 4 (d) A – 2; B – 1; C – 3; D – 4
(d) A – 3; B – 4; C – 1; D – 2 73. With reference to Dhrupad, one of the major traditions of
68. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer India that has been kept alive for centuries, which of the
using the codes given below the lists: following statements are correct?
List-I List-II 1. Dhrupad originated and developed in the Rajput
A. Gupta 1. Badami kingdoms during the Mughal period.
B. Chandella 2. Panamalai 2. Dhrupad is primarily a devotional and spiritual music.
C. Chalukya 3. Khajuraho 3. Dhrupad Alap uses Sanskrit syllables from Mantras.
D. Pallava 4. Deogarh Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
(a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2 and 3 only
Codes:
(c) 1, 2 and 3 (d) None of the above is correct
(a) A – 4; B – 3; C – 1; D – 2
74. With reference to the religious history of medieval India,
(b) A – 4; B – 2; C – 3; D – 1
the Sufi mystics were known to pursue which of the
(c) A – 2; B – 3; C – 4; D – 1
following practices?
(d) A – 3; B – 4; C – 1; D – 2 1. Meditation and control of breath
69. The following persons came to India at one time or another: 2. Severe ascetic exercises in a lonely place
1. Fa-Hien 2. I-Tsing 3. Recitation of holy songs to arouse a state of ecstasy in
3. Megasthanese 4. Hieun-Tsang their audience
The correct chronological sequence of their visits is: Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
(a) 3, 1, 2, 4 (b) 3, 1, 4, 2 (a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1, 3, 2, 4 (d) 1, 3, 4, 2 (c) 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3
70. Assertion (A): Harshavardhana convened the Prayag 75. With reference to the history of philosophical thought in
Assembly. India, consider the following statements regarding Sankhya
Reason (R): He wanted to popularize only the Mahayana school:
form of Buddhism. 1. Sankhya does not accept the theory of rebirth or
(a) Both A and R are true but R is the correct explanation transmigration of soul.
of A 2. Sankhya holds that it is the self-knowledge that leads
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation to liberation and not any exterior influence or agent.
of A Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(c) A is true but R is false (a) 1 only (b) 2 only
(d) A is false but R is true (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
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76. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer 80. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer:
using the codes given below the lists: List-I List-II
List-I List-II A. Surendranath Banerjee 1. Hind Swaraj
A. Moplah revolt 1. Kerala B. M.K. Gandhi 2. The Indian Struggle
B. Pabna revolt 2. Bihar C. Subhash Chandra Bose 3. Autobiographical
C. Eka movement 3. Bengal D. Lajpat Rai 4. A Nation in Making
D. Birsa Munda revolt 4. Awadh Codes:
Codes: (a) A – 4; B – 1; C – 3; D – 2
(a) A – 1; B – 3; C – 4; D – 2 (b) A – 1; B – 4; C – 3; D – 2
(b) A – 2; B – 3; C – 4; D – 1 (c) A – 4; B – 1; C – 2; D – 3
(c) A – 1; B – 2; C – 3; D – 4 (d) A – 1; B – 4; C – 2; D – 3
(d) A – 3; B – 4; C – 1; D – 2 81. Consider the following statements:
77. Match List-I (Acts of Colonial Government of India) with The Non-Cooperation Movement led to :
1. Congress becoming a mass movement for the first
List-II (Provisions) and select the correct answer using the
time
codes given below the lists:
2. Growth of Hindu-Muslims unity
List-I List-II
3. Removal of fear of the British from the minds of the
(Acts of Colonial (Provisions) people
Government of India) 4. British government’s willingness to grant political
A. Charter Act, 1813 1. Set up a Board of Control i n concessions to Indians
Britain to fully regulate Of these statements:
the East India (a) 1, 2, 3 and 4 are correct
B. Regulating Act 2. Company’s trade monopoly in (b) 2 and 3 are correct
India was ended (c) 1 and 3 are correct
C. Act of 1858 3. The power to govern was (d) 3 and 4 are correct
transferred from the East 82. Consider the following statements:
India Company to the British The Cripps Proposals include the provision for
Crown 1. Full independence for India.
D. Pitt’s India Act 4. The Company’s directors 2. Creation of constitution-making body.
were asked to present to Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
the British government (a) 1 only (b) 2 only
all correspondence and (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
documents pertaining to 83. What was the reason for Mahatma Gandhi to organize a
the administration of the satyagraha on behalf of the peasants off Kheda?
company 1. The administration did not suspend the land revenue
Codes: collection in spite of a drought
(a) A – 2; B – 4; C – 3; D – 1 2. The administration proposed to introduce permanent
(b) A – 1; B – 3; C – 4; D – 2 settlement in Gujarat
(c) A – 2; B – 3; C – 4; D – 1 Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only
(d) A – 1; B – 4; C – 3; D – 2
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
78. Which of the following is/are the principal feature(s) of the 84. Which of the following parties were established by Dr. B.
Government of India Act, 1919 ? R. Ambedkar?
1. Introduction of dyarchy in the executive government 1. The Peasants and Workers Party of India
of the provinces 2. All India Scheduled Castes Federation
2. Introduction of separate communal electorates for 3. The Independent Labour Party
Muslims Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
3. Devolution of legislative authority by the centre to the (a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2 and 3 only
provinces (c) 1 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3
Select the correct answer using the codes given below: 85. The Lahore Session of the Indian National Congress
(a) 1 only (b) 2 and 3 only (1929) is very important in history, because
(c) 1 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3 1. the Congress passed a resolution demanding complete
79. What is the correct sequence of the following events? independence
1. The Lucknow Pact 2. the rift between the extremists and moderates was
2. The Introduction on Dyarchy resolved in that Session
3. The Rowlatt Act 3. a resolution was passed rejecting the two-nation
4. The Partition of Bengal theory in that Session
Codes: Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1, 3, 2, 4 (b) 4, 1, 3, 2 (a) 1 only (b) 2 and 3
(c) 1, 2, 3, 4 (d) 4, 3, 2, 1 (c) 1 and 3 (d) None of the above
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86. Consider the following statements: Select the correct answer using the codes given below
1. Lord Mountbatten was the Viceroy when the Shimla (a) 2, 3 and 4 (b) 1, 3 and 4
conference took place. (c) 2 and 4 (d) 1 and 3
2. Indian Navy Revolt, 1946 took place when the Indian 92. Which of the statements given below about Vivekananda
sailors in the Royal Indian Navy at Bombay and are correct?
Karachi rose against the Government. 1. He believed that Vedanta was fully rational.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct? 2. He criticised his contrymen for having lost touch with
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only the outside world.
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 3. He condemned the caste system.
87. Consider the following statements: 4. He considered the Veda to be infallible.
Some of the main features of the Government of India Act, Select the correct answer using the codes given below
1935 were the : (a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 2, 3 and 4
1. abolition of diarchy in the Governor’s provinces (c) 1, 3 and 4 (d) 1 and 2
2. power of the Governors to veto legislative action and 93. Which of the following was/were reason/reasons for the
to legislate on their own success of European trading companies in South India,
3. abolition of the principle of communal representation. during the 17th century?
Which of the statements given above is/are correct? 1. The presence of the Mughals in the South was not as
(a) 1 only (b) 1 and 2 much as in the North.
(c) 2 and 3 (d) 1, 2 and 3 2. The Vijayanagara kingdom had been over­thrown in
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 88-89): The following questions consists of the late 16th century.
two Statements, Statement I and Statement II. You are to examine 3. The South had many small and weak states.
these two statements carefully and select the answers to these Select the correct answer using the codes given below
items using the codes given below (a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 1 and 2
Codes: (c) 2 and 3 (d) Only 1
(a) Both the statements are true and Statement II is the correct 94. Which of the following statements regarding Permanent
explanation of Statement I Settlement is/are correct?
(b) Both the statements are true, but Statement II is not the 1. The Permanent Settlement was introduced in parts of
correct explanation of Statement I. the Madras and Bombay Presidencies.
(c) Statement I is true, but Statement II is false. 2. The Permanent Settlement created a new class of
(d) Statement I is false, but Statement II is true. landlords with hereditary rights on land.
88. Statement I: In North-Western India, the Civil Disobedience 3. The landlords created by the Permanent Settlement
Movement took a mass character under the leadership of could never be removed under any circumstance.
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan. Select the correct answer using the codes given below
Statement II : The Nehru Report (1928) had argued that (a) Only 1 (b) Only 2
the ‘next immediate step’ for India must be dominion (c) 2 and 3 (d) 1, 2 and 3
status. 95. Consider the following statements about the Ahmedabad
89. Statement I : Gandhiji failed to realise that the Khilafat Mill Strike of 1918
was an extra-territorial issue. 1. It was related to a dispute between the workers and
Statement II : The cause of Khilafat was discredited by
the European mill owners regarding hours of work.
1923, as Mustafa Kamal Pasha set-up a secular republican
2. Gandhiji advised the workers to go on strike.
Government in Turkey.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
90. Industrial Revolution in Europe mainly emerged due to
(a) Only 1 (b) Only 2
1. locating the production process in the countryside.
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
2. declining of the guilds because of non-farming
96. Which of the statements given below about the Champaran
production coming under a single roof (the factory).
Satyagraha is/are correct?
3. growing role of merchant capitalists in the production
1. It was related to Indigo plantations.
process.
2. It started because the European planters oppressed the
Select the correct answer using the codes given below
(a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 2 and 3 Zamindars.
(c) 1 and 3 (d) Only 2 Select the correct answer using the codes given below
91. Which of the following statements about Fourth Anglo- (a) Only 1 (b) Only 2
Mysore War are correct? (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
1. The Madras Council suggested a policy of rigorous 97. The Viceregal Lodge at Shimla is a well-known ancient
and intense attack on Mysore. monument. Which of the following statements about the
2. Lord Wellesley tried to revive the triple alliance. monument are correct?
3. Tipu sent emissaries to Arabia, Versailles, Mauritius 1. The Lodge was built by 17th Viceroy, Earl Dufferin.
and Kabul enlisting support against the English. 2. The present shape of the building was given by Earl
4. The war was of a very short duration though decisive. of Marquis of Lansdowne.
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3. It is famous for holding three meetings before 102. Statement I: The social institutions of caste in India
Independence of India including the Cabinet Mission. underwent major changes in the colonial period.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below Statement II: Caste, in contemporary society is more a
(a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 2 and 3 product of ancient Indian tradition than of colonialism.
(c) 1 and 3 (d) 1 and 2 103. Statement I: The Russian Revolution of 1917 inspired the
98. Match the following Indian Working Class Movement.
List-I List-II Statement II: The Non-Cooperation Movement (1921-22)
A. lyothere Thass 1. Satyashodhak Samaj saw the involvement of the Indian Working Class.
B. Jyotiba Phule 2. Dravida Kazhagam 104. Statement I: In India tribal movements of 19th century
C. John Rathinam 3. Self Respect Movement resulted out of the process of land displacements and the
D. E V Ramaswami 4. Dravida Mahajana Sabha introduction of forest laws.
Naickar Statement II: The Indian national movement resolved the
Codes : problems faced by the tribals.
A B C D A B C D 105. Statement I: The economy of India in the 19th century
(a) 4 2 1 3 (b) 3 1 2 4 came to a state of ruin under English East India Company.
(c) 4 1 2 3 (d) 3 2 1 4 Statement II: English East India Company’s acquisition
99. Consider the following statements about the European of Diwani right led to the miseries of the peasants and
travellers to India those associated with the traditional handicrafts industry
1. Sir Thomas Roe, the Representative of the East India of India.
Company, was granted the permission by Jahangir to 106. Which of the following statements is/are not correct about
open a factory at Surat. Bhakti tradition in South India?
2. Captain Hawkins was driven out from Agra by the 1. Earliest Bhakti Movements in India were led by Alvar
Mughals at the instigation of Portuguese. and Nayanar saints.
3. Father Monserrate travelled with Akbar on his journey 2. Nalayira Divyaprabandham, frequently described as
to Kashmir. Tamil Veda is an anthology of compositions by the
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct? Alvars.
(a) 2 and 3 (b) Only 2 3. Karaikkal Ammaiyar, women Alvar saints, supported
(c) 1 and 2 (d) 1 and 3 patriarchal norms.
100. Consider the following statements about Shivaji’s military Select the correct answer using the codes given below
acumen (a) 1 and 2 (b) Only 3
1. He was a master in guerrilla tactics and swift cavalry (c) Only 2 (d) All of these
warfare. 107. Consider the following statements about Sher Shah’s
2. He had built a series of fortified strongholds on the administration
table mountains of the Western Deccan. 1. He divided his empire into Sarkars, which were
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct? further subdivided into Parganas.
(a) Only 1 (b) Only 2 2. The Sarkars and the Parganas were directly administered
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 by Sher Shah without the help of any other officials.
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 101-105): The following questions consists Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
of two Statements, Statement I and Statement II. You are to (a) Only 1 (b) Only 2
examine these two statements carefully and select the answers to (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
these items using the codes given below 108. Consider the following statements regarding Indian
Codes: Feudalism in the early medieval period
(a) Both the statements are true and Statement II is the correct 1. The revenue assignments were called Bhoga.
explanation of Statement I 2. The hereditary chiefs neither collected revenues nor
(b) Both the statements are true, but Statement II is not the assumed administrative powers.
correct explanation of Statement I. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(c) Statement I is true, but Statement II is false. (a) Only 1 (b) Only 2
(d) Statement I is false, but Statement II is true. (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
101. Statement I: Kali age reflects the presence of deep social 109. Consider the following statements
crisis characterised by varnasankara i. e., intermixture of 1. Battle of Buxar provided the key to the English to
varnas or social orders. establish their rule in India.
Statement II: The Vaisyas and Sudras (peasants, artisans 2. The Treaty of Allahabad, concluded in 1765, enabled
and labourers) either refused to perform producing functions the British to establish their rule in Bengal.
or pay taxes or supply necessary labour for economic Which of the stattements given above is/are correct?
production resulting in weakening of Brahminical social (a) Only 1 (b) Only 2
order and social tension. (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
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110. Which of the following statements about the musical culture 2. The roads cut across one another almost at right
in 18th and 19th century South India is/are correct ?[CDS] angles.
1. Musical developments were spearheaded by the Arcot 3. Water flowed from the houses to the streets, which
court. had drains, sometimes covered with bricks and stone
2. Tanjavur replaced Madras as the cultural capital of slabs.
classical music in the second half of the nineteenth 4. Burnt bricks were not used in Harappan cities.
century. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
3. Three great composers, Tyagaraja, Diksitar and Syama (a) Only 1 (b) 2 and 3
Sastri experimented with the kriti form to set the (c) 3 and 4 (d) All of these
foundations for modern Carnatic music. 116. Consider the following statements regarding Rigveda
Select the correct answer using the code given below : 1. We know about the Aryans in India from Rigveda.
(a) 1 and 3 only (b) 2 only 2. Rigveda is the earliest text of Indo-European
(c) 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3 languages.
111. Which of the following was/were connected primarily to
3. It is a collection of prayers offered to Agni, Indra,
the communist ideology ? [CDS]
Rudra, Varuna and other dieties.
1. Kirti Kisan Party
4. It consists of 10 mandalas or books, of which first
2. Labour Swaraj Party
eight parts from its earliest portions.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only Which of the statements given above are correct?
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 (a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 2, 3 and 4
112. Which of the following statements about visual culture in (c) 1, 3 and 4 (d) All of the above
18th and early 19th century North India is/are correct ? 117. Consider the correct statements regarding the first Buddhist

[CDS] Council
1. Painters from Patna and Murshidabad flocked to 1. Anand and Upali laid down the Sutta Pitaka and
Calcutta and produced water colours in the English Vinaya Pitaka respectively.
mode. 2. Its proceedings were conducted in Sanskrit.
2. Landscape and portraiture became extremely important 3. It was held during the lifetime of Buddha.
at this time. 4. Its main purpose was to maintain the purity of
3. The artists Zayan-al-Din, Bhawani Das and Ram Das Buddha’s teachings.
were adopted by the English East India Company to Which of the statements given above are correct?
produce albums of Indian birds and animals. (a) 1 and 4 (b) 2, 3 and 4
4. While Indians were influenced by European artistic (c) 1 and 2 (d) All of these
styles, European artists did not visit regional courts. 118. Assertion (A) Kushinagar was the capital of Malla Republic.
Select the correct answer using the code given below : Reason (R) Mahatama Buddha got Mahaparinirvana at
(a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 2 and 3 only Kushinagar.
(c) 1, 3 and 4 (d) 4 only (a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation
113. Consider the following statements about the Harappan of A
culture (b) Both A and R are true, but R is not a correct explanation
1. The predominance of Mother Goddess devotees of A
people’s faith in fertility culture. (c) A is true, but R is false
2. Mainly offensive weapons were found in Harapan. (d) A is false, but R is true
3. Six types of pottery have been discovered from 119. According to Buddhism
Kalibangan. Assertion (A) There is no rebirth.
4. Paintings on a jar resembling the story of the cunning
Reason (R) There is no soul.
fox the Panchtantra has been found from Lothal.
Codes:
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation
(a) 1 and 4 (b) Only 3
of A
(b) None of these (d) All of these
114. The Harappan people worshipped the (b) Both A and R are true, but R is not a correct explanation
1. Pipal tree 2. Humped bull of A
3. Prototype of Shiva 4. Other Goddess (c) A is true, bur R is false
Which of the statements given above are correct? (d) A is false, but R is true
(a) 1, 2 and 4 (b) 2, 3 and 4 120. Consider the following statements about the tripartite
(c) 1, 3 and 4 (d) All of these struggle of the AD 8th century
115. Consider the following statements about the town planning 1. It was struggle between Palas in the East, Gurjar -
during Harappan Civilisation Pratihara in the North and Rashtrakutas in the Deccan.
1. The towns of Harappa and Mohenjodaro were divided 2. The main cause for this struggle was the desire to
in two parts citadel for ruling class and lower town for possess the city of Kannauj (UP) which was a symbol
common people. of sovereignty at that time.
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Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct? 2. It wanted to establish the dictatorship of proletariat.
(a) Only 1 (b) Only 2 3. It advocated separate electorate for minorities and
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 oppressed classes.
121. Consider the following statements about the Indian Which of the statements given above is / are correct?
National Congress: (a) 1 and 2 only (b) 3 only
1. Sarojini Naidu was the first woman to be the President (e) 1, 2 and 3 (d) None
of the Congress 125. With reference to Ryotwari Settlement, consider the
2. C.R. Das was in prison when he functioned as the following statements : [CDS]
President of the Congress 1. The rent was paid directly by the peasants to the
3. The first Britisher to become the President of the Government.
Congress was Alan Octavian Hume 2. The Government gave Pattas to the Ryots.
4. Alfred Webb was the President of the Congress in 3. The lands were surveyed and assessed before being
1894. Which of these statements are correct? taxed.
(a) 1 and 3 (b) 2 and 4 Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(c) 2, 3 and 4 (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4 (a) 1 only (b) 1 and 2 only
122. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer: (c) 1, 2 and 3 (d) None
List-I List-II 126. Which amongst the following provided a common factor
A. Chittagaon 1. Lala Hardayal for tribal insurrection in India in the 19th century? [CDS]
Armoury raid (a) Introduction of a new system of land revenue and
B. Kakori Conspiracy 2. Jatin Das taxation of tribal products
C. Lahore Conspiracy 3. Surya Sen (b) Influence of foreign religious missionaries in tribal
D. Ghadar Party 4. Ram Prasad Bismil areas
5. Vasudeo Phadke (c) Rise of a large number of money lenders, traders and
Codes: revenue farmers as middlemen in tribal areas
(a) A – 3; B – 4; C – 1; D – 5 (d) The complete disruption of the old agrarian order of
(b) A – 4; B – 3; C – 2; D – 5 the tribal communities
(c) A – 3; B – 4; C – 2; D – 1 127. With reference to the period of colonial rule in India, “Home
(d) A – 2; B – 4; C – 3; D – 1 Charges” formed an important part of drain of wealth from
123. Consider the following statements: India. Which of the following funds constituted “Home
1. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar founded the Bethune Charges’’ ? [CDS]
School at Calcutta with the main aim of encouraging 1. Funds used to support the India office in London.
education for women. 2. Funds used to pay salaries and pensions of British
2. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay was the first graduate personnel engaged in India.
of the Calcutta University. 3. Funds used for waging wars outside India by the
3. Keshav Chandra Sen’s campaign against Sati led to British.
the enactment of a law to ban Sati by the Governor (a) 1 only (b) 1 and 2 only
General. (c) 2 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3
Which of the statements given above is/are correct? 128. Which of the following is/are not depicted in the Rajput
(a) 1 only (b) 1 and 2 paintings? [CDS]
(c) 2 and 3 (d) 1, 2 and 3 1. The stories of Krishna 2. Ragas and Raginis
124. With reference to Congress Socialist Party, consider the 3. The deeds of Hamza 4. The deeds of Babur
following statements: [CDS] Select the correct answer using the code given below:
1. It advocated the boycott of British goods and evasion (a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 2, 3 and 4
of taxes. (c) 3 and 4 only (d) 4 only
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Level-1 He does not repent the past nor does he brood over
1. (b) The Tolkappiyam is a work on the grammar of the the future. He lives fully in present. He appreciates
Tamil language and the earliest extant work of Tamil and enjoys things in life in the purest sense without
literature written by Tholkappiyar. self projections. He is free from the thirst of becoming
2. (b) There is evidence of silk from a bead thread at Nevasa and the illusion of self. Buddism explain Nivrana as a
in Peninsular India C 1500 BC. state of bliss or peace.
3. (b) The third Tamil Sangam was held in the present-day 22. (a) The Samaharta had control over the expenditure of
city of Madurai. the revenue.
4. (c) Copper was used ten thousand years ago. 23. (a) 24. (c)
5. (c) 6. (b) 25. (c) The currency of the Maurya Empire included silver
7. (b) Lothal, a site in Gujarat of Indus valley civilization and copper coins.
26. (c) 27. (c) 28. (c) 29. (d) 30. (c)
had an ancient dockyard. The large dockyard reflects
31. (d) It was repaired index Skandgupta’s reign.
a high degree of sea trade in this period.
32. (d)
8. (c) Many Indus seals have been found in ancient
33. (b) The officer responsible for the safe custody of
Mesopatamian.
land records during the Gupta period was known
9. (d) as Karanika. This is the Dhruvadhi-Karanika
10. (b) Harappan civilization was discovered in 1921–22 (otherwise called Dhruvasthanadhikaranika) the
when two of its most important sites were excavated. officer in-charge of the Dhruvas,’ the last term being
The first was excavated by Dayaram Sahni and the applied till recent times in Kathiawar and Cutch to
second by R.D. Banerji. denote persons who superintended the collection of
11. (d) Atharvaveda concerned with the origin of Indian land-revenue by the farmers on the king’s behalf.
medicine. It also consists mainly of magical spells 34. (c) The travel account of Fa-hien is known as
and charms. Fo-kwo-ki. Fa-hien or Faxian (AD 399 – 413):
12. (a) ‘Satyameva Jayate’ is a mantra from the ancient Indian Fa-hien was the first Chinese monk to travel to India
scripture Mundaka Upanishad. Upon independence of in search of great Buddhist scriptures. At the age of
India, it was adopted as the national motto of India. sixty-five, he travelled, mostly on foot, from Central
13. (b) Rig Vedic Aryans were not acquainted to the use of China taking the southern route through Shenshen,
Iron. Dunhuang, Khotan, and then over the Himalayas, to
14. (d) Vajji Janapada was republican state in sixth century Gandhara and Peshawar.
BC. Its capital was Vaishali. The Vajji republic was 35. (b) V.A. Smith complimented Samudragupta as the Indian
ruled by a confederation of eight clans (Atthakula) of Napoleon. Samudragupta embarked upon a policy of
conquest. In fact, Digvijay became the ultimate call
whom the Vrijis, the Lichchavis, the Jnatrikass and
of his life. For his military achievements, he has been
the Videhas were the most important.
aptly complemented by the historian V.A. Smith as
15. (a) 16. (d) 17. (c) 18. (a)
the Indian Napoleon. He has described Samudragupta
19. (d) The fact is just the reverse of it.
as the Hero of Hundred Battles.
20. (b) Chaityas refer to the halls enclosing the stupas. 36. (a) Kautilya wrote Arthashastra in which the notion of
Chaityas were probably constructed to hold large saptanga is mentioned including kings, territory,
numbers of devotees for prayer. Viharas on the other administration and treasury.
hand are constructions built in ancient India in order 37. (b) Rath temples of Mahabalipuram were built in the
to provide resting places for the wandering Buddhist reign of Narasimhavarman I. There are about nine
monks. monolithic temples at Mahabalipuram. They are the
21. (c) The concept of Nirvana was originally explained unique contribution of the Pallavas to Indian art.
by Lord Buddha (566-486 BC). The word ‘Nirvana’ The monolithic temples are called locally as Ratha
comes from the root meaning ‘to blow out’ and refers (chariot) as they resemble the processional chariots
to the extinguishing of the fires of greed, hatred, and of a temple. The five Rathas, are the best of all
delusion. When these emotional and psychological monolithic temples.
defilements are destroyed by wisdom, the mind 38. (a) The pose ‘Tribhanga’ is the favourite posture of Lord
becomes free, radiant, and joyful and he who has Krishna. We have often seen Lord Krishna standing
realized the Truth (Nirvana) is the happiest being in the in tribhanga posture before his cow ‘Kamdhenu’ or
world. He is free from all complexes and obsessions. whenever he is playing his flute.
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39. (b) He was the first ruler of Delhi Sultanate who My Experience with Truth is the Autobiography of
established permanent Army. He is famous for his Gandhiji.
market reforms. He deployed satyagraha in the Indian independence
40. (b) This was undertaken in 1843 during the term of Lord movement and also during his earlier struggles in
Ellenborough. South Africa for Indian rights and social Justice.
41. (a) Bhagavad Gita- Spiritual Lives of Common people.
42. (a) The Tebhaga movement is a peasant movement in the 51. (b) Harrapa is an archaeological site in Punjab, Pakistan.
history of Bengal and India. It was a movement of It had 23,500 inhabitates which was very large. This
the peasants who demanded two-third share of their civilization had common toilets and bathing areas of
produce for themselves and one-third share to the its inhabitants.
landlord. 52. (a) Rigveda Samhita is an ancient Indian sacred
43. (c) Ilbert bill exempted British subjects from trial by
collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns. It is among the
Indian magistrates and in cases involving death or
world’s oldest religions texts. The question of non-
transportation they could only be tried by a high
Indo Europe’an world being included in the original
court. This proposal provoked furious protests by the
text does not arise.
Indians.
53. (a) The Ajanta Caves in Aurangabad district of
44. (c) In the Ahmedabad strike, Mahatma Gandhi made
his first use of hunger strike as a weapon. In 1918, Maharashtra, India are about 30 rock-cut Buddhist
Mahatma Gandhi intervened in a dispute between the cave monuments which date from the 2nd century
workers and mill-owners of Ahmedabad. He advised BCE to about 480 or 650 CE.
the workers to go on strike and to demand a 35 per cent 54. (b) Rowlatt act was a law passed by the British in
increase in wages. But he insisted that the workers colonial Indian in March, 1919. This act authorized
should not use violence against the employers during the government to imprison person for two years on
the strike. the grow of suspected terrorism, without trial. The
45. (c) 46. (b) Rowlatt Act came into force in March 1919.
47. (b). The Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence are a set 55. (b)
of principles to govern relations between states. The 56. (c) The Bardoli Satyagraha (1928) was a major event
agreement was signed between India and China on 29 of Civil Disobedience was presided by Sardar Patel.
April 1954. The five principles of the panchsheel are : This was against the raised land revenue.
• Mutual respect for each other’s territorial integrity 57. (a) Tipu Sultan wanted to defeat the East India Company
and sovereignty. by all available means. As British had a strong navy,
• Mutual non-aggression. Tipu had to have an equally strong feet. In 1796, he
• Mutual non-interference in each other’s internal had ordered building of 40 worships and maintained a
affairs. naval force of 10,000 individuals.
• Equality and cooperation for mutual benefit. 58. (a) Neel Darpan also called the mirror of Indigo was
• Peaceful co-existence. written by Dinabandhu Mitra about the Indigo Revolt
48. (d) Doctrine of lapse, in Indian history, formula devised of 1859.
by Lord Dalhousie, governor-general of India (1848-
59. (d) British and the Burmese empire fought 3 wars for
56), to deal with questions of succession to Hindu
possession of north-eastern India. The treaty to end
Indian states.
the first Anglo-Burmese war was called treaty of
According to ‘Doctrine of Lapse’, if any ruler of a
Yandaboo. Which was signed on 24th Feb, 1826.
protected state died without a natural heir, the states’
60. (c) The Pindaris were dispersed throughout the Maratha
authority will pass to the English East India Company.
Annexation in the absence of a natural or adopted heir states and were countenanced and protected by the
was enforced in the cases of Satara (1848), Jaitpur Maratha chiefs to whom they acted as agents for
and Sambalpur (1849), Baghat (1850), Chota Udaipur supplying all the commissariat required by their
(1852), Jhansi (1853), and Nagpur (1854). armies. They were composed of different tribes who
49. (b) The Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed by Mahatma congregated solely for purposes of plunder. They
Gandhi and Lord Irwin on 5 March 1931 before the came into existence during the 18th century when
second Round Table Conference in London. One of the Mughal Empire was breaking up. The Pindaris
the proposed conditions is Discontinuation of the were loosely organized under self-chosen leaders,
civil disobedience movement by the Indian National and each group was usually attached to one or other
Congress. of the Maratha leaders. Their main characteristic was
50. (c) Hind Swaraj Provides Gandhi Ji’s views on Indian that they received no pay, but rather purchased the
Home Rule. privilege of plundering on their own account.
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61. (b) Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule is a book written by 68. (c) Bengal Army infantry and cavalry regiments rebelled
Mohandas K. Gandhi in 1909. It is a book in which he using 1857 rebellion.
expresses his views on Swaraj, Modern Civilization, 69. (d) a committee headed by Dr. Rajendra Prasad.
Mechanisation etc. Mohandas Gandhi wrote this book 70. (b) Mirza Abu Zafar Sirajuddin Muhammad Bahadur
in his native language, Gujarati, while traveling from Shah Zafar, better known as Bahadur Shah Zafar,
London to South Africa onboard SS Kildonan Castle (1775 –1862) was the last Mughal emperor and
between November 13 and November 22, 1909. In a member of the Timurid Dynasty. Zafar was the
the book Gandhi gives a diagnosis for the problems son of Mirza Akbar Shah II and Lalbai, who was a
of humanity in modern times, the causes, and his Hindu Rajput, and became Mughal Emperor when
remedy. his father died on 28 September, 1837. Bahadur Shah
62. (d) The Government of India Act 1935 was originally Zafar presided over a Mughal empire that barely
passed in August 1935, and is said to have been the extended beyond Delhi’s Red Fort. The East India
longest (British) Act of Parliament ever enacted by Company was the dominant political and military
that time. power in mid-nineteenth century India. Outside
63. (b) Civil disobedience is the active, professed refusal Company controlled India, hundreds of kingdoms and
to obey certain laws, demands, and commands of a principalities, from the large to the small, fragmented
government, or of an occupying international power. the land. The emperor in Delhi was paid some respect
Civil disobedience is commonly, though not always, by the Company and allowed a pension, the authority
defined as being nonviolent resistance. It is one form to collect some taxes, and to maintain a small military
of civil resistance. In one view (in India, known force in Delhi, but he posed no threat to any power in
as ahimsa or Satyagraha) it could be said that it is India.
compassion in the form of respectful disagreement. 71. (d) The decision to effect the Partition of Bengal was
64. (d) Between 1916 and 1918, when the world war I was announced in July 1905 by the Viceroy of India, Lord
closing, prominent Indians like Joseph Baptista, Bal Curzon. The partition took effect in October 1905 and
Gangadhar Tilak, G. S. Khaparde, Sir S. Subramania separated the largely Muslim eastern areas from the
Iyer and the leader of the Theosophical Society, largely Hindu western areas.
Annie Besant decided to organize a national alliance
72. (c)
of leagues across India, specifically to demand Home
73. (b) On the issue of why indians were not visibly at the
Rule, or self-government within the British Empire for
forefront of the campaign to start the Congress in
all of India. Tilak founded the first League in the city
the 1880s. This was the remove of Gopal Krishna
of Pune, Maharashtra. With its national headquarters
Gokhale in 1913.
in Delhi, the main cities of activity were Bombay,
74. (c) Second International (1889-1916) was the original
Calcutta and Madras.
socialist international. It was an organisation of labour
65. (d) The First Carnatic War (1746-1748) was the Indian
and socialist parties which was formed in Paris in
theatre of the War of the Austrian Succession and
1889.
the first of a series of Carnatic Wars that established
75. (c) The Ledo Road (from Ledo, Assam, India to Kunming,
early British dominance on the east coast of the Indian
Yunnan, China) was built during World War II so that
subcontinent. In this conflict the British and French
East India Companies vied with each other on land the Western Allies could supply the Chinese as an
for control of their respective trading posts at Madras, alternative to the Burma Road which had been cut
Pondicherry, and Cuddalore, while naval forces of by the Japanese in 1942. It was renamed the Stilwell
France and Britain engaged each other off the coast. Road (named after General Joseph Stilwell of the
66. (d) Raja Ram Mohan Roy was born in a famous family U.S. Army) in early 1945 at the suggestion of Chiang
of Bengal in 1772 A.D. He was a great scholar of Kai-shek. It passes through the Burmese towns of
Sanskrit, Persian, and English and knew Arabic, Latin Shingbwiyang, Myitkyina and Bhamo in Kachin
and Greek. He fought for the freedom. state.
67. (d) Upon arriving in India to negotiate terms for an 76. (c) The First Buddhist council immediately following the
independent India, Mountbatten soon concluded death of the Buddha and the Second Buddhist council
that transfer of power to one central representative in the reign of Ashoka occurred in Patliputra and
constituency assembly for India would be impossible Rajagriha. The Second Buddhist Council occurred in
to achieve as neither the Indian National Congress Vaisali.
nor the Muslim League could agree terms, and he 77. (b) Makkhali Gosala (Pali; Sanskrit Gosala Maskariputra,
accordingly came up with ‘Plan Balkan’, separate c. 484 BCE) was the founder of the Ajivika sect; other
dominions for Pakistan, the Princely states and sources state that Gosala was only a leader of a large
the rest of British India with certain key areas of Ajivika congregation of ascetics, but not the founder
administration run by a central Government. of the movement himself.
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78. (a) Motilal Nehru narrated his experiences in the Soviet Tagore preached the cult of self reliance or atmashakti.
Union and condemned anti-soviet propaganda. He The cult of atmashaki included assertion of national
described the Public Safety Bill as’ a direct attack on dignity, honour, confidence and working towards
the Indian nationalism, on Indian National Congress’ social and economic regeneration of Indian villages.
and as ‘Slavery of India, Bill No.1”. 90. (a) Nagarjuna was a Buddhist philosopher who is
79. (b) Lord Dufferin initially called Congress as representative considered to be the founder of the Madhyamaka
of “microscopic minority of India” but later in the (Madhyamika) school of Mahayana Buddhism.
fourth session of Allahabad, the Government servants 91. (a) Megasthenes was a Greek ambassador to the court of
were disallowed to take part in the proceedings of the Chandragupta Maurya. He was also the author of the
Congress. book Indica.
80. (d) Kakori Revolution was a train robbery plan executed 92. (b) Russian and German did not bring trading ships to the
by Ram Prasad Bismil, Ashfaqulla Khan, Rajendra port of Surat in pre-British times.
Lahiri, Chandrashekhar Azad, Sachindra Bakshi, 93. (a) The factory Act of 1891 in India was enacted to
Keshab Chakravarty, Manmathnath Gupta,Murari improve the condition of labour in India. It provided
Sharma (fake name of Murari Lal Gupta) Mukundi Lal some specific rules and regulations including-the age
(Mukundi Lal Gupta) and Banwari Lal. Roshan Singh of child labour to be established from nine to twelve,
had not taken part in the Kakori conspiracy, yet he was child labour could work maximum of six hours,
arrested and confined to capital punishment of death women were given half an hour break etc.
sentence by the then British Government. 94. (d) The Bolshevik Revolution started in Russia during
81. (a) Hindu Swaraj or Indian Home Rule is a book written the reign of Czar Nicholas ll (1894–1917). Nicholas II
by Mohandas K. Gandhi in 1909. In the book Gandhi was the last Emperor and the last Czar of Russia. He
gives a diagnosis for the problems of humanity in was executed along with his family by the Bolsheviks.
modern times, the causes, and his remedy. 95. (a)
82. (d) Acharya Vinoba Bhave, Jaya Prakash Narayan, Dada Level-2
Dharmadhikari, Dhirendra Mazumdaar, Shankarrao 1. (a) 2. (b) 3. (c)
Deo, K. G. Mashruwala were active members of the 4. (a) The correct matching pairs are – Lothal and Bhogao,
Sarvodaya movement. Kalibangan and Ghaggar, Ropar and Satluj, Harappa
83. (b) The Swadeshi movement was started to oppose and Ravi, Mohenjodaro and Indus.
the British decision to partition Bengal. During the 5. (b) Correctly matched pairs are:
Matsya — Virat
movement, people of Bengal had boycotted the British
Asmaka — Potana
products and advocated the Swadeshi products.
Anga — Champa
84. (c) Alluri Sitarama Raju was associated with the Gudem-
Chedi — Suktimati
Rampa Rebellion.
6. (d) 7. (b) 8. (d) 9. (b) 10. (b)
85. (d) The Doctrine of Lapse was devised by Lord Dalhousie
11. (c) Alauddin Khilji built the Siri Fort. Ghiyasuddin
and that aimed to extend the territorial boundaries of
Tughlaq established Tughlaqa-bad. Feroz Shah
the English East India Company.
Tughlaq established Hiaar. Sikander Lodi established
86. (b) The Permanent Settlement was introduced by Lord
the Agra city. Siri Fort, in the city of New Delhi, was
Cornwallis. It was an agreement between the British
built during the rule of Ala-ud-Din Khalji of the Delhi
East India Company and the Landlords of Bengal to
Sultanate to defend the city from the onslaught of the
settle the Land Revenue to be raised. The landlords
Mongols. Tughlaqabad Fort is a ruined fort in Delhi,
were given the right to transfer or sell their lands if stretching across 6.5 km, built by Ghiyas-ud-din
they liked. Tughlaq, the founder of Tughlaq dynasty, of the Delhi
87. (c) Hindustan Socialist Republican Association was a Sultanate of India in 1321, as he established the fifth
revolutionary organization. It was established in 1928. historic city of Delhi, which was later abandoned in
Bhagat Singh, Chandrasekhar Azad, Sukhdev were 1327.
associated with it. 12. (b) 13. (c) 14. (a) 15. (b)
88. (c) Buddha or Karl Marx was written by B. R Ambedkar. 16. (b) Mahatma Gandhi started Satyagraha (Revolt against
89. (c) Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, in 1895, founded the British) at Champaran district of Bihar followed by
Shri Shivaji Fund Committee for celebration of ‘Shiv the young nationalists like Dr. Rajendra Prasad and
Punya Tithi’ and for the reconstruction of the Samadhi J.B. Kriplani.
of Shivaji Maharaj. In 1894, Tilak transformed 17. (b) The Gandhi–Irwin Pact was a political agreement
household worshipping of Ganesha into Sarvajanik signed by Mahatma Gandhi and the then Viceroy of
Ganeshotsav. New English School was founded by India, Lord Irwin on 5 March 1931 before the second
Shri Vishnushastri Chiplunkar along with Lokmanya Round Table Conference in London. The British
Bal Gangadhar Tilak, in year 1880. Ravindranath Government agreed to
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l Withdraw all ordinances and end prosecutions 26. (a) The Cripps mission was an attempt in late March
l Release all political prisoners, except those guilty of 1942 by the British government to secure Indian
violence cooperation and support for their efforts in World
l Permit peaceful picketing of liquor and foreign cloth War II, after facing some initial military setbacks in
shops the War, when the Japanese became involved and
l Restore confiscated properties of the satyagrahis headed towards South Asia. The mission was headed
l Permit free collection or manufacture of salt by by Sir Stafford Cripps, a senior left-wing politician
persons near the sea-coast and government minister in the War Cabinet of Prime
l Lift the ban over the congress. Minister Winston Churchill. Cripps discussed matters
18. (a) Abul Kalam Azad – Al-Hilal with the Indian leaders and published his proposals on
Feroz Shah Mehta – Bombay Chronicle March 30, 1942. Both the major parties, the Congress
Annie Besant – New India and the League rejected his proposals and the mission
Mahatma Gandhi – Young India proved a failure.
19. (b) Non-Cooperation Movement started in 1920. Civil 27. (c) In October 1938, at a conference of Ministers of
Disobedience Movement started in 1930. The Industries held under the Chairmanship of Shri
formation of Congress ministries took place in 1937. Subhash Chander Bose, the then President of the
The Quit India Movement began in 1942. Indian National Congress, a resolution was passed
20. (c) Dr. M.A. Ansari became the President in Madras
which stated “the problems such as of poverty
session. Purushottam Das Tandon became the
and unemployment, of national Defense and of
President in Nasik session. Sarojini Naidu became the
economic regeneration in general cannot be solved
President in Kanpur session. Subhash Chandra Bose
without industrialization. As a step towards such
became the President in Haripura session.
industrialization, a comprehensive scheme of National
21. (d)
Planning should be formulated.” This was followed
22. (a) 1st Session Bombay Dec. 28-30, 1885 Womesh
by the formulation of “National Planning Committee”
Chandra
under the Chairmanship of Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru.
Bonnerjee
2nd Session Calcutta Dec. 27-30, 1886 Dadabhai The committee consisted of 15 members.
Naoroji 28. (b) The Non-Cooperation Movement was a significant
3rd Session Madras Dec. 27-30, 1887 phase of the Indian struggle for freedom from British
Badruddin rule. It was led by Mahatma Gandhi and was supported
Tyabji by the Indian National Congress. After Jallianwala
23. (a) • G.K. Gokhale established The Servants of India Bagh incident Gandhi started Non-Cooperation
Society in Pune, Maharashtra, on June 12, 1905. movement. It aimed to resist British occupation in
• Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya founded Banaras India through non-violent means. Protestors would
Hindu University (BHU) at Varanasi in 1916. refuse to buy British goods, adopt the use of local
• The Swatantra Party was founded by C. Rajagopalachari, handicrafts, picket liquor shops, and try to uphold
was Indian conservative political party that existed the Indian values of honour and integrity. The ideals
from 1959 to 1974. of Ahimsa or non-violence, and his ability to rally
• Vinayak Damodar Savarkar founded Free India hundreds of thousands of common citizens towards
Society(student society). the cause of Indian independence, were first seen on
24. (a) Ajanta caves are 29 rock cut cave monuments which a large scale in this movement. Through the summer
date from 2nd century B.C. They have Buddhist 1920, they feared that the movement might lead to
religions art and depict Jataka tales. In 1819, John popular violence.
Smith a British army officer rediscovered the cave 29. (a) Mappila outbreak – Malabar, Ramosi peasant force-
while on a hunting expedition. Paintings cover every Maharashtra, Kuka revolt-Punjab, Pabna revolt-
surface except the floor. Bengal.
25. (a) Agam Literature-This consists of original scriptures Mappila outbreak – Mappila Riots or Mappila
complied by Gandharas and Srut-kevalis. They are Outbreaks refers to a series of riots by the Mappila
written in the Prakrit language. Non-agam Literature- (Moplah) Muslims of Malabar, South India in the
This consists of commentary and explanation of 19th century and the early 20th century (c.1836-1921)
Agam literature and independent works, complied against native Hindus and the state.
by elder monks, nuns, and scholars. They are written Ramosi peasant force – Vasudev Balwant Phadke,
in many languages such as Prakrit, Sanskrit, Old an educated clerk, raised a Ramosi peasant force of
Marathi, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannad, Tamil, German, about 50 in Maharashtra during 1879, and organized
and English. social banditry on a significant scale.
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Kuka revolt – The Kuka Revolt in Punjab was led architectural styles; the arch is of Muslim style while
by Baba Ram Singh and had elements of a messianic the decorations are of Hindu style. The gateway is
movement. It was crushed when 49 of the rebels were built from yellow basalt and reinforced concrete. The
blown up by cannon in 1872. stone was locally obtained, and the perforated screens
Pabna revolt – In May 1873, an agrarian league or were brought from Gwalior. The gateway faces out to
combination was formed in Yusufshahi Parganah in Mumbai Harbour from the tip of Apollo Bunder.
Pabna district to resist the demands of the zamindars. 34. (c)
The league organized mass meetings of peasants. 35. (c) Shah Alam II, Shuja-ud-daulah and Mir Kasim were
Large crowds of peasants would gather and march united against British in the battle of Buxor in 1764
through villages frightening the zamindars and but they were defeated by British Army.
appealing to other peasants to join them. 36. (c) The slogan “Go back, Simon” was raised and Indians
30. (d) Erode Venkata Ramasamy (17 September 1879 – agitated against it countrywide.
24 December 1973), affectionately called by his 37. (d) The Nehru Report (1928) is based on the committee
followers as Periyar, Thanthai Periyar or E. V. R., headed by Motilal Nehru. It has recommended the
was a businessman, politician, Indian independence formation of new state on the basis of language.
and social activist, who started the Self-Respect 38. (a) Rowlatt Act was an extension of Defence of India.
Movement or the Dravidian Movement and proposed Regulation Act. An individual under the act could be
the creation of an independent state called Dravida detained without trial for 2 years. In 1922 the act was
Nadu, comprising the states of South India. repeated by the British. In April the congress party
31. (d) The Salt March, also mainly known as the Salt organised a ‘hartal’ against the act.
Satyagraha, began with the Dandi March on March
39. (a) Officials of the East India Company carried out
12, 1930, and was an important part of the Indian
private trade together with trading of the company.
independence movement. It was a direct action
They paid no taxes and pushed the native traders out
campaign of tax resistance and nonviolent protest
of the market. Rulers of Bengal suffered and fought
against the British salt monopoly in colonial India, and
many wars with the East India Company.
triggered the wider Civil Disobedience Movement.
40. (b) The Cabinet Mission Plan in 1946 held talks with
This was the most significant organized challenge to
the representatives of the Indian National Congress
British authority since the Non-cooperation movement
and the All-India Muslim League, the two largest
of 1920-22, and directly followed the Purna Swaraj
declaration of independence by the Indian National political parties in the Constituent Assembly of India.
Congress on January 26, 1930. Mahatma Gandhi led The two parties planned to determine a power-sharing
the Dandi march from his base, Sabarmati Ashram arrangement between Hindus and Muslims to prevent
near Ahmadabad, to the sea coast near the village a communal dispute and to determine whether British
of Dandi. As he continued on this 24 day, 240 mile India would be better-off unified or divided. The
(390 km) march to produce salt without paying the interim government of India, formed on 2 September
tax, growing numbers of Indians joined him along 1946 from the newly elected Constituent Assembly of
the way. When Gandhi broke the salt laws at 6:30 am India, had the task of assisting the transition of India
on April 6, 1930, it sparked large scale acts of civil and Pakistan from British rule to independence. It
disobedience against the British Raj salt laws by remained in place until 15 August, 1947, the date of
millions of Indians. The campaign had a significant the independence of the two new nations of India and
effect on changing world and British attitude towards Pakistan.
Indian independence and caused large numbers of 41. (b) Indigo was the colour used as a dye in textile industry
Indians to join the fight for the first time. by the Britishers.
32. (c) 42. (d)
33. (b) The Indo-Saracenic Revival (also known as Indo- 43. (a) Industrial revolution was use of steam and machinery
Gothic, Mughal-Gothic, Neo-Mughal, Hindoo or to produce goods and services. Earlier manual
Hindu-Gothic) was an architectural style movement labour and draft based animals were being used for
by British architects in the late 19th century in British production.
India. It drew elements from native Indo-Islamic and 44. (a) During the American war of independence, people of
Indian architecture, and combined it with the Gothic America refused to pay taxes which was imposed by
revival and Neo-Classical styles favoured in Victorian British parliament as they have no representation in
Britain. The architect George Wittet combined the the British parliament.
elements of the Roman triumphal arch and the 16th 45. (b)
century architecture of Gujarat in the Gateway of 46. (a) The statements 1 and 4 are correct.
India. Its design is a combination of Hindu and Muslim 47. (d) The statements (1) and (3) are correct.
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48. (d) E. V. Ramaswami Naicker was a social activist 61. (b)
who started the Self-Respect Movement or the 62. (d) Satyagraha (or ‘truth force’) is a particularly
Dravidian Movement. He was anti-Brahmin activist philosophy and practice within the broader overall
and supported low caste Movement. He was born category generally, known as non-violent resistance
in Erode, Madras Presidency to a wealthy family of or civil resistance. The term Satyagraha was coined
Balijas. and developed by Mahatma Gandhi.
49. (b) Gandhiji never attacked caste system. 63. (c)
50. (d) 64. (c) Simon Commission – November, 1927
51. (c) During the Civil Disobedience Movement, tribals Second Round Table Conference – September, 1931
in Chota Nagpur wore Khadi gave up opium Communal Award – August, 1932
consumption, drinking liquor and eating meat. Poona Pact - September, 1932
52. (a) On 8 August 1942 at the All-India Congress Committee 65. (b)
session in Bombay, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi 66. (b) Both denied the authority of the Vedas and the
launched the ‘Quit India’ movement. It was a civil
necessity of performing sacrifices and rituals. Both of
disobedience movement.
them were opposed to animal sacrifices.
53. (d) Harappan culture developed and matured in to man
67. (c) Vishakhadatta wrote a drama named “Mudra
urban civilization that developed in Sind and Punjab.
Rakshasa”.
From there it spread southwards Southwards and
68. (a) Badami was also known as Vatapi in Bijapur district
estwards. Its area was 1,299,600 sq km, which is a
larger area than that of Pakistan and certainly larger of Karnataka. Panamalai or Kanchi in Tamil Nadu
than Egypt and Mesopotamia. was the capital of Pallavas.
54. (d) 69. (b) Fa-Hien–405–411 CE; I-Tsing–671–695 CE;
55. (c) Under the leadership of Gandhiji the Civil Megasthanese–302–298 BC; Hieun–Tsang–630–645 CE
Disobedience Movement was launched in AD 70. (b) To popularize the Mahayana form of Buddhism.
1930. It began with the Dandi March on 12 March, Harshavardhana convened an assembly at Kannauj.
1930. Gandhiji with some of his followers left the The Prayag assembly was convened to popularize
Sabarmati Ashram at Ahmedabad and made their way himself.
towards Dandi, the group reached Dandi on 6 April, 71. (c) ‘Rita’ refers to regulation order by nature and was
1930. Here Gandhiji protested against the salt Law by related to the conduct of the Vedic Gods and Humans,
making salt sail himself and throwing up a challenge somewhere related to the moral and physical law.
to the British government. The Dandi March signified Statement 2 is correct. ‘Rita’ was later replaced
the start of the Civil Disobedience Movement. by ‘Dharma’ and was a more sophisticated form of
56. (a) Ryotwari System was a way of collecting tax revenues principles of law. As per Chanakya, ‘Dharma’ was the
(in British-controlled areas in India) directly from promotion of one’s own security, happiness as well as
cultivators of farmland. the social order.
57. (c) The Russian Revolution is the collective term for 72. (b) Under the Mahalwari system, revenue, settlement was
a series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which to be made by village or estates with the landlords.
dismantled the Tsarist autocracy and led to the In the Ryotwari system, a direct settlement was made
creation of Russian SFSR (Soviet Federative Socialist between the government and the ryot (cultivator).
Republic. In the Zamindari system, land is allotted to revenue
58. (a) Dadabhai Naoroji was the first man to say that farmers of Zamindars (rent collectors).
internal factors were not the reasons of poverty in 73. (b) Dhrupad is primarily a spiritual and devotional music
India, but poverty was caused by the colonial rule and it uses Sanskrit syllables from mantras.
that was draining the wealth and prosperity of India. 74. (d) All statements are correct, hence the option (d) is
In 1867, Dadabhai Naoroji put forward the ‘Drain of
correct.
wealth’ theory in which he stated that the British was
75. (c) Sankhya yoga believes that self –knowledge leads to
completely draining India. He mentioned this theory
liberation. Almost all the rest of philosophies of India
in his book Poverty and Un-British Rule in India.
adopted Sankhya as its main base. Sankhya yoga also
59. (b) The Quit India Movement or the August Movement
believes in rebirth. According to Sankhya darshan
was a Civil Disobedience Movement launched in
each purusha experiences bhoga, apavarga and takes
August, 1942 in response to Mahatma Gandhi’s call
for Satyagraha (Independence). birth repeatedly until kaivalya.(moksa).
60. (c) Ambika Charan Majumdar presided over the 76. (a) Moplah revolt in Malabar in Kerala in 1921; Pabna
Congress Session of Lucknow in 1916. This session revolt in East Bengal (now in Bangladesh) in 1873;
was important for two reasons Eka movement in 1921-22 in districts of UP; Birsa
(i) The extremists rejoined Congress. Munda revolt in 1899 in Ranchi, Bihar (But now part
(ii) Congress and Muslim League formed a pact. of Jharkhand).
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77.  (a) Regulating Act was passed in 1773. Pitts India Act 89. (a) The Government created commissions and
was passed in 1784. commissions on one another with an undeclared
78. (c) 1st and 3rd are correct. motive of creating mutual apprehensions and mistrusts.
79. (b) Lucknow Pact - 1916; Introduction of Diarchy under It was the time when the top leaders including Gandhi
Montford Reforms (GIA 1919) - July 1918; Rowlatt were failed to understand the political implications
Act - March 1919; Partition of Bengal - 1905. Answer of his extensions of support to the cause of Khilafat.
could be 4123. But here best option is b. Practically, the leaders of Khilafat needed support of
80. (d) Gandhiji only for a defined particular purpose.
81. (b) Non Cooperation Movement and Khilafat Movement 90. (a) Causes of the Revolution
were launched in 1920. The two movements emerged • The end of medieval structures changed economic
from separate issues, but they adopted a common relationships and allowed for change.
programme of action that of non-violent and non- • A higher population because of less disease
cooperation. There was increasing Hindu-Muslim and lower infant mortality allows for a larger
unity against the British. industrial workforce.
82. (b) The Cripps proposals did not include the provision • The Agricultural Revolution frees people from
for full independence for India but offered an Indian the soil, allowing - or driving - them into cities
union with a dominion status. The Congress objected and manufacturing.
• Proportionally large amounts of spare capital
to the provision of dominion status instead of complete
were available for investment.
independence. After the war, a constituent assembly
• Inventions and the scientific revolution allowed
would be convened to frame a new constitution.
for new technology to increase and cheapen
83. (a) A famine had struck the district and a large part
production.
of Gujarat, and virtually destroyed the agrarian
• Colonial trade networks allowed the import of
economy. The poor peasants had barely enough to
materials and the export of manufactured goods.
feed themselves, but the British government of the
• The presence of all the required resources closed
Bombay Presidency insisted that the farmers not only
together, such as coal near iron.
pay full taxes, but also pay the 23% increase stated to • Culture of hard work, risk taking and the
take effect that year. development of ideas.
84. (b) The parties established by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar were • Demand for goods.
- All India Scheduled Castes Federation and the 91. (a) The Fourth Anglo-Mysore War (1798-1799) was a
Independent Labour Party. war in South India between the Kingdom of Mysore
85. (a) Only 1st statement is correct. and the British East India Company under the Earl of
86. (b) Statement 1 is incorrect as Lord Wavell was the Mornington. In the battle, Tipu Sultan was shot and
Viceroy when Simla Conference took place in June, killed.
1945. 92. (a) Swami Vivekananda, known in his pre-monastic life
87. (b) Provincial autonomy replaced diarchy. The Governor as Narendranath Datta, was born in an affluent family
could refuse assent to bill, promulgate ordinances, in Kolkata on 12 January 1863. He was a major force
and enact governor’s acts. Statement 3 is incorrect as in the revival of Hinduism in India, and contributed
separate electorates based on communal representation to the concept of nationalism in colonial India. His
persisted in the GIA, 1935. vast knowledge of Eastern and Western culture as
88. (b) The Civil Disobedience Movement was formed in well as his deep spiritual insight, fervid eloquence,
the year 1930 and was one of the most important brilliant conversation, broad human sympathy,
phases in the Indian National Movement. The main colourful personality, and handsome figure made an
ideology behind the Civil Disobedience Movement irresistible appeal to many types of Americans who
was to defy the laws made by the British. The British came in contact with him. Vivekananda founded the
government was pressurized by the Indian National Ramakrishna Math and the Ramakrishna Mission. He
Congress to accept the Nehru Report (1928) as it is. later travelled to the United States, representing India
The Calcutta Session of the INC held in 1928 warned at the 1893 Parliament of the World Religions.
the British government that it would start a Civil 93. (a) All statements are true.
Disobedience Movement if India was not granted the 94. (b) As per the Permanent Settlement system, the Zamindars
dominion status. 2nd March, 1930 is remembered who formerly collected revenues were “recognized” as
as one of the important days in Indian history as the Landlords and the ownership of the Land was made
Civil Disobedience Movement was launched on that hereditary. This means that now onwards there would
day. The launch triggered off with a Dandi Salt March be no auctioning. The son of Zamindar would be a
where the British Salt was broken. Zamindar.
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95. (b) In February March 1918, there was a situation of 104. (c) The Indian national movement was against the British
conflict between the Gujarat Mill owners and workers rule in India. It resulted in our Independence from the
on the question of Plague Bonus of 1917. The Mill Britishers but it did not resolve the tribal issues.
Owners wanted to withdraw the bonus while the 105. (a) Both statements are true and statement ll is correct
workers demanded a 50% wage hike. The Mill explanation of statement I Britain ruined India’s
Owners were willing to give only 20% wage hike. In previous economy and industries as a result of Britain
March 1918, under the leadership of Gandhi, there forcing them to import their goods from Britain and
was a strike in the cotton mills. In this strike Gandhi not buy their own goods from India. Industries such
used the weapon of Hunger strike. The result was that as the handmade cloth industry, clock-making, metal,
the strike was successful and the workers got a 35% and carpentry industries, fell because cloth was made
wage increase. of better quality for cheaper in Britain because of
96. (c) The Champaran Satyagraha of 1917 was Mahatma mass production.
Gandhi’s first Satyagraha. The peasants (bhumihars) 106. (b) Karaikal Ammaiyar was one of the three women
of the Champaran and other areas of North Bihar amongst the sixty three Nayanmars, and was one of
were growing the Indigo under the tinakathia system. the greatest figures of early Tamil literature.
Under the tinakathia system the peasants were bound 107. (a) Sher Shah divided the entire Kingdom in 47 divisions
to plant 3 out of 20 parts of his land with indigo for his and called them “Sarkars”. These Sarkars were
landlord. One local peasant leader Rajkumar Shukla divided into Parganas. Every Pargana was under a
had invited Mahatma Gandhi to visit Champaran. The Shikqdar, who looked into the law and order of his
very important outcome of the movement was the Pargana.
enactment of Champaran Agrarian Act assented by 108. (a) Bhoga included taxes of fruits, wood, foodgrains etc
Governor General of India on 1st May, 1918. to the king. They were collected by hereditary chiefs.
97. (c) The Viceregal Lodge, also known as Rashtrapati 109. (c) The Battle of Buxar was fought between British East
Niwas, is located on the Observatory Hills of Shimla, India Company and the combined forces of Mir
Himachal Pradesh. It was built during the regime of Qasim, the Nawab of Bengal, Shuja-ud-Daulah, the
Lord Dufferin. Its construction started in 1880 and Nawab of Awadh and Shah Alam II, the Mughal
was completed in 1888.
Emperor on 23rd October, 1764. Shah Alam II,
The cabinet Mission 1946 was held in the The
signed the Treaty of Allahabad that secured Diwani
Viceregal Lodge.
Rights for the Company to collect and manage the
98. (c)
revenues of almost 100,000,000 acres (400,000 km2)
99. (d) Sir Thomas Roe was sent by James I in 1615. He
of real estate, which helped establish the English rule.
reached Surat in September 1615 and proceeded to
110. (a) Nawab Mohammed Abdul Ail(Prince of Arcot) is
Ajmer where Jahangir was. He remained at the court
a patron of music, art and literature. The musical
of Jahangir from 1615 to 1618.
trinity consists of Dikshitar, Tyagaraja and Syama
Father Monserrate travelled with Akbar on his journey
Sastri although, unlike the Telugu compositions of
to Kashmir.
the others, his compositions are predominantly in
100. (c) Shivaji innovated military tactics, pioneering the
Sanskrit. He also had composed some of his Kritis in
guerrilla warfare methods (Shiva sutra or ganimi kava),
which leveraged strategic factors like geography, Manipravalam.
speed, and surprise and focused pinpoint attacks to 111. (c) After Russian Revolution many left groups and
defeat his larger and more powerful enemies. trade unions were formed in India on the ideologies
Shivaji himself constructed about 15-20 new forts of Marxism or communism. Labour Swaraj Party,
(including key sea forts like Sindhudurg), but he Congress Labour Party, KirtiKisan Party, Labour
also rebuilt or repaired many strategically placed Kisan Party of Hindustan were based on communism
forts to create a chain of 300 or more, stretched over ideology. By 1928, all these provincial parties were
a thousand kilometres across the rugged crest of the knitted into an all India organization named Workers
Western Ghats. and Peasants Party (WPP).
101. (d) Statement ll is correct because vaisyas and shudras 112. (a) 113. (b) 114. (d) 115. (d) 116. (d)
refused to perform producing functions or pay taxes 117. (a) 118. (b) 119. (d) 120. (c)
which resulted in the weakening of Brahminical 121. (b) Sarojini Naidu was the second woman to be the
social order. President of the Congress (1925, Kanpur) first being
102. (b) Annie Beasant (1917, Calcutta). A.O. Hume was
103. (a) Both the statements are true and statement ll is correct the founder of INC in 1885. Alfred Webb was the
explanation of statement l. The Russian revolution President of the Congress in 1894 at Madras. C.R.
inspired the involvement of Indian working class in Das acted as the President in 1921 in Ahmedabad
the Non Cooperation movement. session.
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122. (c) The Chittagong Armoury Raid was led by Surya Sen. 126. (d) The first option is rejected because it used the term
The Kakori Revolution was a train robbery that took “tribal products”. The second option is rejected
place between Kakori and Alamnagar, near Lucknow, because NOT in all areas, the impact of foreign
on 9 August 1925. The robbery was conceived by Ram missionaries was seen. The third option is also NOT
Prasad Bismil and Ashfaqullah Khan who belonged to correct, because not in all areas saw the rise of money
the Hindustan Republican Association (HRA). lenders. The fourth option is correct and it includes
The death of Lala Lajpat Rai led the HSRA (Hindustan everything what happened in that era. The most
Socialist Republican Association) again take the path common thing was the foreign interference in the
of assassination of the British. To avenge the killing of indigenous world of their own which dismantled the
Lal Lajpat Rai, Bhagat Singh, Raj guru, Jai Gopal and structure that existed since centuries.
Sukh Dev conspired to kill the police chief, Scott. But 127. (d) It is clear from Economic History of India by RC
they shot on the DSP - J. P. Saunders, who was killed Datt:
on the spot. On 14 June 1929 Jatin Das was arrested “The Indian Tribute whether weighted in the scales
for revolutionary activities and was imprisoned of justice or viewed in the light of our interest, will
in Lahore jail to be tried under the supplementary be found to be at variance with humanity, with the
Lahore Conspiracy Case. common sense and with the received maxims of
The founding president of Ghadar Party was Sohan economical science. It would be true wisdom then to
Singh Bhakna and Lala Hardayal was the co-founder
provide for the future payment of such of the Home
of this party.
Charges of the Indian Government as really from
123. (b) Statement 3 is incorrect as Raja Ram Mohan
the tribute out of Indian Exchequer. These charges
Roy’s campaign against Sati led to the enactment
would be probably found to be the dividends on East
of Bengal Regulation Act of 1829 to ban Sati by
India Stock, interest in Home debt, the salaries of the
Governor-General William Bentick. Bankim Chandra
officers, establishments of the and building connected
Chattopadhyay and Gattunath Bose were the first
with the Home Department of Indian Government,
graduates of the Calcutta University on Jan 30,
furlough and retired pay to members of the Indian
1858. JED Bethune founded the Bethune School in
Calcutta in 1849. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was Military and Civil Services when at Home, Charges
also associated with this. That’s why the best possible of all descriptions paid in this country connected with
answer here is option (b). the British troops serving in India and portion of the
124. (d) All statements are wrong. cost of transporting the British troops to and from
125. (b) Ryotwari settlement, the rent was paid directly by the India”.
peasants to the Government and the Government gave 128. (c) ‘The deeds of Hamza” and ‘The deeds of Babar’ are
pattas to the Ryots. not depicted in the Rajput Paintings.