ANCIENT HISTORY

1
Historical Sources and
Pre-Historic Period
1. With reference to naming of India, 6. Most of important salient features of 11. Match the following.
‘Bharatvarsha’ has been mentioned in inscription are
List I List II
which of the following book? (a) they are free from interpolation.
(a) Ashtadhyayi (b) Arthashastra (b) found at every place. A. Allahabad 1. Depicts of
Inscription Samudragupta’s victory
(c) Arjabhattiyam (d) Acharanga Sutra (c) early to study them.
over Hunas.
(d) All of the above
2. India is named as ‘Aryavarta’, due to B. Aihole 2. Belongs to the period
inhabitant of which of the following? 7. Which of the following fall in the Inscription of Chandragupta
(a) Bharat (b) Dravida category of commercial inscription? Vikramaditya
(c) Aryan (d) Dushyant (a) Junagarh C. Bhitari 3. Describes about
Inscription Samudragupta’s
(b) Aihole
3. Consider the following statements : Conquests
(c) Gwalior
I. The naming of India has been done, D. Udaigiri 4. Depicts the name
(d) Seal of Indus Valley
after the name of one of the major Inscription Kalidasa
Jana ‘Bharat’ of Rigvedic period. 8. ……… was an early example of an Codes
II. India is said to be one of the part of inscription written in Sanskrit. A B C D A B C D
Jambu Dweepa. (a) Uttar Merur (b) Gwalior (a) 3 1 4 2 (b) 3 4 1 2
Select the correct answer using the (c) Aihole (d) Junagarh Rock (c) 1 2 3 4 (d) 2 4 1 3
code below.
Codes 9. The Lumbini pillar inscription of Ashoka 12. Kharosthi script was widely used in
is a which region?
(a) Only I
(a) royal commemorative inscription (a) North-Western (Pakistan)
(b) Only II
(b) donative inscription
(c) Both I and II (b) Eastern India
(c) dedicative inscription
(d) Neither I nor II (c) Southern India
(d) votive inscription
(d) Central India
4. Who is called the ‘Father of Indian 10. Which of the following is not correctly
Archaeology’? [MPPSC 2017]
matched?
13. Which one of the following scripts of
(a) Alexander Cunningham ancient India was written from right to
Inscription Ruler
(b) John Marshall left? [IAS (Pre) 1997]
(a) Hathigumpha – Kharavela
(c) Mortimer Wheeler (a) Brahmi (b) Nandnagari
Inscription
(d) James Prinsep (c) Sharada (d) Kharosthi
(b) Devpada – Yashodharman
5. Epigraphy is [SSC CPO 2003] Inscription 14. Who deciphered the Brahmi and
(a) the study of inscriptions. (c) Prayaga Prashasti – Samudragupta Kharosthi scripts? [CDS 2018]
(b) a graphical map. Inscription (a) Piyadassi (b) Colin Mackenzie
(c) the detection of epics. (d) Nasik Inscription – Gautamiputra (c) Alexander Conningham
(d) the study of epics. Shatkarni (d) James Prinsep

1. (a) 2. (c) 3. (c) 4. (a) 5. (a) 6. (d) 7. (d) 8. (d) 9. (a) 10. (b) 11. (b) 12. (a) 13. (d) 14. (d)
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15. The Brahmi script was first deciphered 26. The Principles of classical music has Codes
by letters inscribed on been deliberated in A B C D A B C D
[UPPSC (Mains) 2008] (a) Rigveda (b) Atharvaveda (a) 3 1 2 4 (b) 1 2 3 4
(a) Stone tablets (b) Seal (c) Yajurveda (d) Samaveda (c) 2 3 4 1 (d) 3 4 1 2
(c) Pillars (d) Coins 36. Match List I with List II and choose your
27. Which Veda deal with the details of the
16. The first scholar who read Ashokan performance of rituals? answer from the codes given below.
edicts was [UPPSC 2010] (a) Rigveda (b) Yajurveda List I List II
(a) Bunler (b) Robert Sebal (c) Atharvaveda (d) Samaveda (Vedas) (Associated
(c) James Prinsep (d) Cordriguttan Brahmanas Era)
28. Which of the following is a Samhita of
17. Pre-Ashokan Brahmi script was found Shukla Yajurveda? [UPPSC 2018] A. Rigveda 1. Gopatha
at [UPPSC 2008] (a) Vajasaneyi (b) Maitrayani B. Samaveda 2. Shatpatha
(a) Nagarjunakonda (b) Anuradhapura (c) Taittiriya (d) Kathak C. Atharvaveda 3. Aitariya
(c) Brahmagiri (d) Maski D. Yajurveda 4. Panchvisha
29. In which of the Vedas, Sabha and
18. Consider the following statements. Samiti are called as two daughters of Codes
I. Kharosthti script was written from left Prajapati? [UPPSC (Mains) 2009] A B C D A B C D
to right. (a) Rigveda (b) Samaveda (a) 4 2 3 1 (b) 2 4 3 1
II. Devanagari script is written from left (c) Yajurveda (d) Atharvaveda (c) 3 4 1 2 (d) 1 2 4 3
to right. 37. 800 BC to 600 BC is related to which
30. ‘Ayurveda’ that is ‘Science of Life’
Select the correct answer using the era?
appeared first in [UPPSC 1994]
codes given below. (a) Brahman Era (b) Sutra Era
(a) Aranyaka (b) Sunyaveda
(a) Only I (b) Only II (c) Ramayana Era (d) Mahabharata Era
(c) Yajurveda (d) Atharvaveda
(c) I and II (d) Neither I nor II
31. Which one of the following four Vedas 38. The name of scripture in which
19. The study and analysis of coin is known contains an account of magical charms ‘Purusha Megha’ was mentioned is
as [UPPSC (Pre) 2008]
and spells? [JPSC (Pre) 2011]
(a) Epigraphy (b) Numismatics (a) Krishna Yajurveda
(a) Rigveda (b) Yajurveda
(c) Coinology (d) Ethonography (b) Shukla Yajurveda
(c) Atharvaveda (d) Samaveda
20. Which of the following is not correctly (c) Shatpath Brahmin
32. ‘Trayi’ is a name for [UPPSC 2010] (d) Panchvish Brahmin
match?
(a) Three Vedas
Coins Period 39. The priest associated with King
(b) Dharma Sangha and Buddha
(a) Punched mark – 6th Century BCE Videgha Madhava referred in
(c) Three Gods in Hindu Pantheon
(b) Inscribed coin – 2nd Century BCE Shatapatha Brahmin was
(d) Three seasons
(c) Dinar – 4th Century CE [UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2015]
(d) Jital – 16th Century CE 33. Consider the following statements. (a) Rishi Bharadwaj
I. Samaveda is the oldest book on (b) Rishi Vashishtha
21. The Rigveda is the Indian classical music.
[UP RO/ARO (Pre) 2016] (c) Rishi Vishwamitra
II. Samaveda has 1549 versus. (d) Rishi Gautama Rahugana
(a) collection of hymns.
Which of the above statement/s is/are
(b) collection of stories. 40. The teacher who taught ‘Veda
correct?
(c) collection of words. Vedanga’ for livelihood was called
(d) text of war. Codes
[UP UDA/LDA (Mains) 2007]
(a) Only I (b) Only II
22. Which one of the following is oldest (c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II (a) Acharya (b) Adhvaryu
Veda? [UPPSC (Pre) 2010] (c) Upadhyaya (d) Purohita
(a) Yajurveda (b) Rigveda 34. Consider the following statements.
I. There are total 40 ‘Mandalas’ in 41. Upanishads are book on
(c) Samaveda (d) Atharvaveda [UPPSC (Mains) 2004]
Yajurveda.
23. In which vedic text the term ‘Varna’ is II. ‘Vajsaneyi Samhita’ is related to (a) Religion (b) Yoga
found referred for the first time? ‘Shukla Yajurveda’. (c) Law (d) Philosophy
[UPPSC (Pre) 2012] Which of the above statement/s is/are 42. Which one of the following Vedic
(a) Rigveda (b) Atharvaveda correct? literature talks about salvation?
(c) Samaveda (d) Yajurveda Codes [UPPSC (Mains) 2003]
24. The ‘Purush sutra’ related to Varna (a) Only I (b) Only II (a) Rigveda (b) Lata Samhitas
system is originally found in (c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II (c) Brahmins (d) Upanishads
[CGPSC (Pre) 2014] 35. Match the following. 43. The famous dialogue between
(a) Atharvaveda (b) Samaveda Nachiketa and Yama is mentioned in
(c) Rigveda (d) Manusmriti List I List II
the [IAS (Pre) 1997]
A. Atharvaveda 1. God Grace
25. The compilation of which of the (a) Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
following Vedas have been based on B. Rigveda 2. Sacrifice process (b) Chhandogyopanishad
Rigveda? [UPPSC (Pre) 1997] C. Yajurveda 3. Medicine (c) Kathopanishad
(a) Yajurveda (b) Samaveda D. Samaveda 4. Music (d) Kenopanishad
(c) Atharvaveda (d) None of these
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44. ‘Nachiketa’ legend finds mention in III. Sundara Kanda is biggest among all 63. Which of the following Buddhist texts
[UPPSC (Mains) 2006] Kandas in Ramayana. contains the rules of monastic life?
(a) Atharvaveda Select the correct answer using the (a) Digha-Nikaya [UPPSC (Pre) 1996]
(b) Satapatha Brahmin codes given below. (b) Vinaya Pitaka
(c) Kathopanishad Codes (c) Abhidhamma Pitaka
(d) Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (a) I and II (b) I and III (d) Vibhasha Shastra
(c) I, II and III (d) II and III
45. King Aswapati of the Upanishadic period 64. ‘Rajatarangini’ written by Kalhana is
was the ruler of [UPPSC (Pre) 1999] 54. The number of Puranas is [UPPSC 2010] associated with which of the following?
(a) Kashi (b) Kekaya (a) 16 (b) 18 (c) 19 (d) 21 [MPPSC (Pre) 2012]
(c) Panchala (d) Videha (a) Chandragupta’s reign
55. Sarga, Pratisarga, Vansa, Manvantara
46. From where the word ‘Satyameva and Vanshanucharita are the indicators (b) Anthology of lyrics
Jayate’ taken? [IAS (Pre) 2004] of [UPPSC (Pre) 2015] (c) History of Kashmir
(a) Manusmriti (b) Bhagavad Gita (a) Vedas (b) Puranas (d) Reign of Krishna Deva Raya
(c) Rigveda (d) Mundkopanishad (c) Upanishads (d) Sutras 65. Which of the following is/are not
56. Which of the following is the oldest historical biography/biographies?
47. The legend of ‘Satyakama Jabala’,
which challenges the stigma of being Purana? I. Dipavamsa
an unmarried mother, is mentioned in (a) Matsya Purana II. Harshacharita
[RAS/RTS (Pre) 2016] (b) Vayu Puranas III. Vikramankadevacharita
(c) Markandeya Purana IV. Prithviraja Vijaya
(a) Jabala Upanishad
(b) Prashnopanishad (d) None of the above Select the correct answer from the
(c) Chandogya Upanishad codes given below. [NDA 2018]
57. Kalika Purana is associated with which (a) Only I (b) II and III Only
(d) Kathopanishad
of the following religion? [MPPSC 2018] (c) II, III and IV Only (d) I, II, III and IV
48. Which of the following is the correct (a) Vaishnav (b) Shaktism
order of the Vedic literature? (c) Buddhism (d) Jainism 66. Which of the following books is/are
[UPPSC (Mains) 2014] written by Fa-Hien?
(a) Vedic Samhitas, Brahmins,
58. Which of the following is the earliest (a) Fo-Kyo-Ki (b) Si-Yu-Ki
Holy book of Jain? [BPSC (Pre) 1995] (c) A record of the Buddhist Countries
Aranyakas, Upanishads
(b) Vedic Samhitas, Upanishads, (a) Twelve Angas (d) Both (a) and (c)
Aranyakas, Brahmins (b) Twelve Upangas
(c) Fourteen Purvas 67. Who wrote Periplus of the Erythraean
(c) Vedic Samhitas, Aranyakas, Sea? [BPSC 2018]
(d) Fourteen Uppurva
Brahmins, Upanishads
(a) Ctesias (b) Pliny
(d) Vedic Samhitas, Vedangas, 59. In which one of the following languages (c) Ptolemy
Aranyakas, Smritis was the earliest Jain literature (d) None of the above/More than one of
compiled? [UPPSC (Mains) 2006]
the above
49. The ‘Manusmriti’ mainly deals with
[UPPSC 2007]
(a) Ardh-Magadhi (b) Pali
(c) Prakrit (d) Sanskrit 68. Which one of the following is not
(a) social order (b) laws correctly matched?
(c) economics (d) state-craft 60. Which one of the following is not a part of
early Jain Literature? [IAS (Pre) 1996] Foreign Writer Book
50. Who was the first law maker? [RRB 2005] (a) Herodotus – Historica
(a) Therigatha (b) Acarangasutra
(a) Manu (b) Chanakya
(c) Sutrakritanga (d) Brihatkalpasutra (b) Pliny – Natural Historica
(c) Chandragupta (d) Seleucus
(c) Megasthenes – Indica
51. In which language was the ‘Shrimad 61. Consider the following statements.
I. Jatakas are the folklore literature of (d) Ptolmey – Periplus of the
Bhagavad Gita’ originally written? Erythrean sea
[UK UDA/LDA (Pre) 2007] Jainism.
(a) Sanskrit (b) Urdu II. Agams are Jain texts based on 69. Consider the following statement.
(c) Pali (d) Hindi discourses of Tirthankara. I. Hiuen-Tsang wrote ‘Si-Yu-Ki’ or ‘The
Select the correct answer using the Records of Western World’.
52. Originally the Mahabharata was known code below. II. Al-Biruni wrote ‘Tahqiq-i-Hind’.
as [UPRO/ARO (Pre) 2014] Codes Select the correct answer from the code
(a) Brihatkatha (b) Brahmins (a) Only I (b) Only II below.
(c) Brihatsamhita (d) Jayasamhita (c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II (a) Only I (b) Only II
53. Consider the following statements. 62. Which of the following is not included in (c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II
I. Ramayana considered as oldest epic ‘Tripitaka’? 70. The earliest evidence of man in India is
(Adi Kavya) was written by Valmiki. (a) Vinaya Pitaka found in [UKPSC (Pre) 2006]
II. It is divided into 7 Kandas viz-Bala, (b) Sutta Pitaka
Ayodhya, Aranya, Kishkindha, (a) Nilgiri Hills (b) Shiwalik Hills
(c) Abhidhamma Pitaka
Sundara, Yuddha and Uttara. (c) Nallamala Hills (d) Narmada Valley
(d) Buddhapitaka

15. (a) 16. (c) 17. (b) 18. (b) 19. (b) 20. (d) 21. (a) 22. (b) 23. (a) 24. (c) 25. (b) 26. (d) 27. (b) 28. (a) 29. (d)
30. (d) 31. (c) 32. (a) 33. (c) 34. (c) 35. (a) 36. (c) 37. (a) 38. (c) 39. (d) 40. (c) 41. (d) 42. (d) 43. (c) 44. (c)
45. (b) 46. (d) 47. (c) 48. (a) 49. (b) 50. (a) 51. (a) 52. (d) 53. (b) 54. (b) 55. (b) 56. (a) 57. (b) 58. (c) 59. (a)
60. (a) 61. (b) 62. (d) 63. (b) 64. (c) 65. (a) 66. (d) 67. (d) 68. (d) 69. (c) 70. (d)
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71. The biggest museum of the country 79. Assertion (A) Buddha Pushkar lake Which at the statement given above
depicting the story of the development was an ideal region for middle is/are correct?
of human civilisation and also known as paleolithic people. (a) Only I (b) Only II
Indira Gandhi Manav Sangrahalaya is Reason (R) Good stone was found in (c) Both I and II (d) None of these
situated in [MPPSC 2020] close proximity to a permanent sweet
88. Which site provides the earliest evidence
(a) Bhopal (b) New Delhi water source.
of the domestication of animals?
(c) Mumbai (d) Ahmedabad Codes
I. Sohan river valley of Punjab.
(a) Both A and R are true, and R is the
72. The three-age system was divided into II. Bagor in Rajasthan.
correct explanation of A
stone, bronze and iron from the III. Belar Valley in Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh)
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the
collection of Copenhagen museum IV. Adamgarh in Madhya Pradesh.
correct explanation of A
were coined by [UPPSC 2010] (a) I, II and III (b) II and IV
(c) A is true, but R is false
(a) Thomsen (b) Lubbock (c) II, III and IV (d) All of these
(d) A is false, but R is true
(c) Taylor (d) Childe
89. The cultivation of cereals first started in
80. In mesolithic context, evidence of
73. The period in which the events occured animal domestication has been found (a) Neolithic Age [UPPSC (Mains) 2005]
before the existence of written records at [UPPSC 2008] (b) Mesolithic Age
is called (c) Paleolithic Age
(a) Langhnaj (b) Birbhanpur
(a) historical period (d) Proto-Historic Age
(c) Adamgarh (d) Chopani Mando
(b) pre-historic period
(c) vedic period 81. From which one of the following sites 90. Which of the following sites has yielded
(d) None of the above bone implements have been found? skeleton of the dog along with human
[UPPSC (Mains) 2010] skeleton in burial? [UP Lower 2008]
74. Which one of the following places is (a) Chopani-Mando (b) Kakoria (a) Brahmagiri (b) Burzahom
famous for pre-historic paintings? (c) Chirand (d) Maski
(c) Mahadaha (d) Sarai Nahar Rai
[UPPSC (Mains) 2011]
(a) Ajanta (b) Bhimbetka 82. Three human skeletons in a single 91. The evidence of ‘pit dwelling’ has been
(c) Bagh (d) Amravati grave were recovered at [UPPSC 2016] obtained from [UPPSC (Mains) 2011]
(a) Sarai Nahar Rai (b) Damdama (a) Burzahom (b) Koldihwa
75. Which of the following Indian (c) Brahmagiri (d) Sanganakallu
(c) Mahadaha (d) Langhnaj
archaeologists first visited ‘Bhimbetka
Caves’ and discovered prehistoric 83. Which among the following sites 92. From which rock shelter of Vindhyas, a
significance of its rock paintings? provides evidence of domestication of maximum number of human skeletons
[UPPSC 2020] animals in the mesolithic period? have been found? [UPPSC 2016]
(a) Madho Swaroop Vatsa [UPPSC 2018] (a) Morahana Pahar (b) Ghagharia
(b) HD Sankalia (a) Odai (b) Bori (c) Bashani khor (d) Lekhania
(c) VS Wakankar (c) Bagor (d) Lakhnia 93. The burying pet dogs in the graves of
(d) VN Mishra the masters did not seem to be a
84. Which among the following places has
76. The first Paleolithic tool in India was given the earliest evidence of agriculture practice with Neolithic people in any
discovered by in Indian sub-continent? [WBCS 2020] part of India except
(a) Robert Bruce Foote (a) Pratapgarh (b) Mehargarh (a) Assam (b) Southern India
(b) Alexander cunningham (c) Quetta (d) Kalat (c) Kashmir (d) Meghalaya
(c) Gordan Childe 94. Ash Mound is associated with the
(d) RM Wheeler 85. According to the excavated evidence,
the domestication of animal began in Neolithic site at [UPPSC (Mains) 2009]
77. At which of the following place, [UPPSC (Mains) 2006] (a) Budihal (b) Sangana Kullu
evidence of concrete upper paleolithic (a) Lower Paleolithic Period (c) Koldihwa (d) Brahmagiri
art objects has/have been found? (b) Middle Paleolithic Period 95. Which of the Neolithic age site is not
I. Patue II. Lohanada Nola (c) Upper Paleolithic Period correctly matched?
III. Paisra IV. Nevasa (d) Mesolithic Period Site State
Codes (a) Gufkral – Kashmir
(a) I and II (b) Only I 86. From which one of the following
Mesolithic sites charred and carbonised (b) Chirand – Uttar Pradesh
(c) Only II (d) I and IV (c) Paiyampalli – Tamil Nadu
grains of wild rice embedded in the
78. Assertion (A) The microlith industry is burnt clay remains of wattle and daub (d) Mehrgarh – Baluchistan
rooted in the upper paleolithic industries. walls of huts, has been discovered? 96. Consider the following statements
Reason (R) The archaeological (a) Chopani Mando (b) Mahadaha about the Neolithic people.
findings/evidences continued from the (c) Bharukachchha (d) Langhanaj I. Neolithic people never ventured far
upper paleolithic into the mesolithic. from the hills.
Codes 87. Consider the following statements.
I. Bagor in Rajasthan is the largest II. They produced that was just enough
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the for base subsistence.
Mesolithic site in India.
correct explanation of A Which of the statements given above
II. Mehrgarh in Baluchistan (Pakistan) is
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the is/are correct?
the oldest Neolithic site in India
correct explanation of A (a) Only I (b) Only II
Sub-continent.
(c) A is true, but R is false (c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II
(d) A is false, but R is true
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97. Match the following. (b) They mostly used stone and copper (b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the
objects and occasionally low grade correct explanation of A
List I List II bronze. (c) A is true, but R is false
(Neolithic Site) (State)
(c) A large number of them appeared (d) A is false, but R is true
A. Pynthor Langtein 1. West Bengal after the end of the bronze Harappan
B. Sarutaru 2. Manipur culture. 111. Match the following Chalcolithic age
C. Kuchai 3. Assam (d) They were restricted to the site using the given codes.
D. Napchik 4. Meghalaya
Ganga-Yamuna doab and foothills of List I List II
E. Pandu Rajan Dhibi 5. Odisha
the Himalayas. (Site) (State)
Codes
A B C D E A B C D E
107. Consider the following statements in the A. Banas 1. Madhya Pradesh
context of Neolithic Chalcolithic culture. B. Kayatha 2. Maharashtra
(a) 1 2 3 4 5 (b) 3 2 1 4 5
I. The people of Neolithic Chalcolithic C. Nevasa 3. Rajasthan
(c) 4 3 5 2 1 (d) 4 3 1 5 2
culture used stone implements. Codes
98. Which one of the following periods is II. The post Harappan sites representing A B C A B C
also known as Chalcolithic age? Neolithic-Chalcolithic culture, out (a) 1 2 3 (b) 3 1 2
[BPSC (Pre) 2000] number those of pre-Harappan.
(c) 2 1 3 (d) 3 2 1
(a) Old stone age (b) New stone age III. Some important sites representing this
(c) Copper age (d) Iron age culture are Ahar, Gilund and Balathal. 112. Match the following.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are
99. In the Chalcolithic period people of correct? List I List II
Maharashtra buried their dead under (a) I, II and III (b) II and III A. Fractional Burial 1. Maharashtra
the floor of their houses in the following (c) Only III (d) None of these Chalcolithic
orientation [UPPSC 1997] B. Complete 2. South Indian
(a) North to South position 108. Which of the following statements Extended Burial Chalcolithic
(b) South to North position regarding Stone-Copper Age are true? C. Dead body in 3. West Indian
(c) South to North position I. Stone-Copper culture had an East-West Portion Chalcolithic
(d) West to East position essentially urban background. D. Dead body in 4. East Indian
II. Inspite of food producing economy, the North-South Portion Chalcolithic
100. Navdatoli was excavated by rate of infant morality was very high.
(a) KD Bajpai (b) V.S. Wakankar III. People were not aware of the art of Codes
(c) HD Sankalia (d) Mortimer Wheeler mixing tin with copper and thus A B C D A B C D
forging the much stronger and useful (a) 4 1 3 2 (b) 2 1 4 3
101. In which State, the Navdatoli is (c) 3 4 1 2 (d) 4 3 2 1
metal called bronze.
located? [UPPSC (Mains) 2009]
IV. People of this age were familiar with 113. Megaliths have been identified as
(a) Gujarat (b) Maharashtra
the art of writing and they used to live [UPPSC (Mains) 2005]
(c) Chhattisgarh (d) Madhya Pradesh
in the cities as people of bronze age.
(a) caves for hermits (b) burial sites
102. The ochre-coloured pottery was (a) I, III and IV (b) I and IV
(c) temple sites (d) None of these
christened in [UPPSC (Mains) 2006] (c) II and III (d) All of these
(a) Hastinapur (b) Ahichatra 114. In July 2019, experts visited for the first
109. Consider the following statements and documentation of a Megalithic site of
(c) Nuh (d) Red Fort
find out which one is/are correct?
Bihar in which of the following district?
103. Ganeshwar, the Pre-Harappan I. In Deccan, the first Iron object [BPSC 2019]
Chalcolithic site which supplied copper appears after the late Jorwe
(a) Patna (b) Kaimur
objects to Harappan sites is in Chalcolithic phase (900 BC-800 BC).
(c) Madhubani (d) Banica
(a) Swat Valley (b) Kashmir II. The sites in Deccan such as Nevasa,
(c) Rajasthan (d) Uttar Pradesh Chandoli, Inamgaon, Prakash shown 115. Consider the following statements
continuity between the iron phase about Stone Age in India. [CDS 2019]
104. Which among the following cultures were and the Chalcolithic phase.
the first to paint their pottery? [CDS 2012] (i) Different periods are identified on the
(a) Only I (b) Only II basis of the type and technology of
(a) Mesolithic (b) Chalcolithic (c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor III stone tools.
(c) Neolithic (d) Iron age
(ii) There are no regional variations in the
110. Assertion (A) The internal pattern of
105. Which of the following Chalcolithic sites settlements and the burial practices
type and technology of tools in
does not fall in the Godavari Pravara different periods.
suggest the beginning of social
system? inequalities in the Chalcolithic society. (iii) Stone Age cultures of different
(a) Nevasa (b) Daimabad periods evolved uniformly in a neat
Reason (R) The chiefs living in
(c) Navdatoli (d) Jorwe unilinear fashion all over the
rectangular houses and his kinsmen
subcontinent.
106. Which one of the following statements used to dominate others who lived in
round huts. Which of the statements given above
is not true about the Chalcolithic
is/are correct?
cultures of India? Codes
(a) Only I (b) I and II
(a) They were primarily communities in (a) Both A and R are true and R is the
(c) Only III (d) 1, II and III
the hilly and riverine areas. correct explanation of A

71. (a) 72. (a) 73. (b) 74. (b) 75. (c) 76. (a) 77. (a) 78. (d) 79. (a) 80. (c) 81. (c) 82. (b) 83. (c) 84. (b) 85. (d)
86. (a) 87. (c) 88. (b) 89. (a) 90. (b) 91. (a) 92. (d) 93. (c) 94. (b) 95. (b) 96. (c) 97. (c) 98. (c) 99. (a) 100. (c)
101. (d) 102. (a) 103. (c) 104. (b) 105. (c) 106. (d) 107. (a) 108. (c) 109. (c) 110. (a) 111. (b) 112. (d) 113. (b) 114. (b) 115. (a)
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2
Indus Valley (Harappan)
Civilisation
1. The source of knowledge about Harappan 8. Which of the following statements II. During this period, cotton was used
culture is [UPPSC (Pre) 1996, 1994] about the Indus Civilisation is not for manufacturing textiles in India.
(a) rock edicts true? [UPPSC (Pre) 1992] Which of the statements given above
(b) writing in terracotta seals (a) Accurate drainage system in cities. is/are correct? [MPPSC (Pre) 2012]
(c) archaeological excavations (b) Trade and commerce were in an (a) Only I
(d) All of the above advanced stage. (b) Only II
(c) Worshipping of Mother Goddess. (c) Both I and II
2. The site of Harappa is located on the (d) People knew about iron. (d) Neither I nor II
bank of river [CDS 2012]
(a) Saraswati (b) Indus 9. Which one of the following is not the 12. The Harappan Civilisation covered an
(c) Beas (d) Ravi characteristic feature of the Harappan expensive area of present South Asia.
settlement? [NDA 2012] The geographic area covered by this
3. The discovery of Harappan Civilisation (a) Doorways and windows generally civilisation included
was in ....... [SSC 2004] faced the side lanes and rarely (a) Kashmir, Punjab, Sindh and North-
(a) 1942 (b) 1921 (c) 1901 (d) 1935 opened into the main streets. Eastern Frontier
4. Two Indians who were associated with (b) Houses generally had separate (b) Punjab, Sindh, North-Western Frontier
discovery of Indus Valley Civilisation, bathing areas and toilets. and Kashmir
are [CGPSC (Pre) 2003] (c) The citadel was walled but the lower (c) Punjab, Sindh and a part of
(a) Rakhaldas Banerjee and Dayaram towns was not walled. North-Western Frontier
Sahni (d) Drains and water chutes from the (d) Punjab, Sindh, a part of North-
(b) John Marshall and Ishwari Prasad second storey were often built Western Frontier, Kathiawar and a
(c) Ashirwadi Lal Srivastava and inside the wall. part of Ganga-Yamuna Doab
Rangnath Rao 10. The following sentence describe one of 13. Shortugai is located in which country?
(d) Madhosarup Vats and VB Rao the sites of the Harappan Civilisation. [SSC CPO 2017]
5. Which of the following is related to ‘‘The settlement is divided into two (a) Bharat (b) Pakistan
Harappa civilisation? [MPPSC (Pre) 1990] sections, one smaller but higher and the (c) Tibet (d) Afghanistan
other much larger but lower.
(a) Sumerian Civilisation
Archaeologists, designate these as the 14. Which of the following match is not
(b) Indus Valley Civilisation correct regarding the origin of Harappan
citadel and the lower town respectively.
(c) Vedic Civilisation Both were walled. Several buildings civilisation? [RAS/RTS (Pre) 2013]
(d) Mesopotamian Civilisation were built on platforms, which served (a) M. Rafique – Harappan
6. Indus Civilisation existed in ..... as foundations.’’ Mughal civilisation was
[UPPSC (Pre) 1996, BPSC (Pre) 1994] Which of the following sites does it inspired by
(a) Pre-historical age refer to? Mesopotamian
(b) Early historical age (a) Harappa (b) Mohenjodaro civilisation
(c) Historical age (c) Lothal (d) Kalibangan (b) EJH Mackay – Migration of people
(d) Later Historical age from Sumer
11. Regarding the Indus Valley
Civilisation, consider the following (c) Mortimer – Migration of ‘Idea of
7. In the Mesopotamian records, which one civilisation’
of the following terms was used for the statements.
I. It was predominantly a secular (d) Amalananda – Pre-Harappan
Indus Valley Civilisation? [NDA 2017]
civilisation and the religious Ghosh culture matured to
(a) Dilmum (b) Meluha make Harappan
element, though present, did not
(c) Magan (d) Failaka civilisation
dominate the scene.
INDIAN HISTORY 7

15. Which of the following is a correct 20. A Harappan site being surrounded by 29. A highly advanced water management
statement about Indus Valley flood barriers in order to protect it with system of Harappan times has been
Civilisation? [WBCS 2020] the aid of UNESCO funds is unearthed at [UPPSC (Pre) 2006]
(a) Both Harappa and Mohenjodaro are (a) Mohenjodaro (b) Dholavira (a) Alamgirpur
located on the banks of river Ravi (c) Lothal (d) Rakhigarhi (b) Dholavira
(Irabati). (c) Kalibangan
(b) Both Chanhudaro and Kalibangan
21. Which of the following sites of
(d) Lothal
Harappan culture are located in Sindh?
were located within the boundaries
of present day Rajasthan. [UPPSC 2010] 30. From where the evidence of rock-cut
(c) Both Surkotada and Dholavira are I. Harappa II. Mohenjodaro architecture were found, with reference
located in the Kutch region of III. Chanhudaro IV. Surkotada to Harappa civilisation?
Gujarat. Indicate the correct answer from the [UPPSC (Pre) 2006]
(d) Lothal site was located on the bank codes given below. (a) Kalibangan (b) Dholavira
of Narmada river. (a) I and II (b) II and III (c) Kot Diji (d) Amri
(c) II, III and IV (d) I, IV, III and IV
16. Many sites of Indus Valley Civilisation 31. In which of the following site remnant of
was placed on the bank of rivers. 22. Assertion (A) Mohenjodaro and three townships have been revealed?
Identify the rivers associated with this Harappa cities are dead now. [CG PSC (Pre) 2015]
civilisation. [UPPSC (Pre) 2009] Reason (R) They were discovered (a) Mohenjodaro (b) Sanghol
I. Sindhu II. Chenab during excavations. (c) Kalibangan (d) Dholavira
III. Jhelum IV. Ganga In the context of the above, which one of
the following is correct? 32. Which city of Indus Valley Civilisation
Choose the correct answer from the was divided into three parts?
[UPPSC (Pre) 2009]
codes given below. [UPRO/ARO 2013]
(a) I and II (b) I, II and III Codes
(a) Lothal (b) Kalibangan
(c) II, III and IV (d) All of these (a) Both A and R are true and R is the
(c) Dholavira (d) Suskotda
correct explanation of A
17. With reference to the difference between (b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the 33. From where the copper chariot of
the culture of Rigvedic Aryans and correct explanation of A Harappan times was found?
Indus valley people, which of the (c) A is true, but R is false [CGPSC 2013]
following statement is/are correct? (d) A is false, but R is true (a) Kunal (b) Rakhigarhi
(i) Rigvedic Aryans used the coat of mail (c) Daimabad (d) Banawali
and helmet in warfare, whereas the 23. Which of the following is a Harappan site
people of Indus valley civilisation did located in Rajasthan? [WBCS 2017] 34. Which among the following Harappan
not leave any evidence of using them. (a) Mohenjo-Daro (b) Suktagen Dor sites is not located in Gujarat?
(ii) Rigvedic Aryans knew gold, silver (c) Kalibangan (d) Lothal [WBCS 2018]
and copper, whereas Indus valley (a) Surkotada (b) Lothal
24. A ploughed field was discovered at
people knew only copper and iron. (c) Dholavira (d) Banawali
[UPPSC (Mains) 2005]
(iii) Rigvedic Aryans had domesticated
(a) Mohenjodaro (b) Kalibangan 35. Which among the following Harappan
the horse, whereas there is no
(c) Harappa (d) Lothal site terracotta of ‘plough’ was found?
evidence of Indus valley people
(a) Dholavira (b) Banawali
having been aware of this animal. 25. A horned deity engraved on a
(c) Kalibangan (d) Lothal
Select the correct answer using the terracotta cake has been recovered
codes given below. [IAS (Pre) 2017] from [UP Lower (Pre) 2008] 36. Which one among the following sites is
(a) Only I (b) II and III (a) Banawali (b) Kalibangan located in the valley of Ghaggar and its
(c) I and III only (d) I, II and III (c) Lothal (d) Surkotada associated rivers? [RAS/RTS (Pre) 2010]
(a) Alamgirpur
18. Mohenjodaro is situated in which of the 26. Which one among the following Indus
(b) Lothal
following? [MPPSC (Pre) 2012] cities was known for water
management? [CDS 2012]
(c) Mohenjodaro
(a) Gujarat state of India
(d) Banawali
(b) Punjab state of India (a) Lothal (b) Mohenjodaro
(c) Sindh Province in Pakistan (c) Harappa (d) Dholavira 37. Which among the following place is not
(d) Afghanistan related to Indus Valley Civilisation?
27. Which Harappan city is divided into three
[MPPSC 2014]
19. From which one of the following places, parts? [UPRO/ARO (Mains) 2013]
(a) Kalibangan (b) Ropad
remains of wells have been found in (a) Lothal (b) Kalibangan
(c) Patliputra (d) Lothal
houses belonging to the developed (c) Dholavira (d) Sukotada
stage of the Indus Valley Civilisation? 38. The copper chariot of Indus Valley
[UPPSC (Pre) 2004]
28. Dholavira is located in the state of
civilisation was found in which of the
[UPPSC (Mains) 2010]
(a) Harappa (b) Kalibangan following place? [CGPSC 2013]
(a) Gujarat (b) Haryana
(c) Lothal (d) Mohenjodaro (a) Kunal (b) Rakhigarhi
(c) Punjab (d) Rajasthan
(c) Diamabad (d) Banawali

1. (c) 2. (d) 3. (b) 4. (a) 5. (b) 6. (c) 7. (b) 8. (d) 9. (d) 10. (c) 11. (c) 12. (d) 13. (d) 14. (a) 15. (c)
16. (b) 17. (c) 18. (c) 19. (d) 20. (a) 21. (b) 22. (b) 23. (c) 24. (b) 25. (b) 26. (d) 27. (c) 28. (a) 29. (b) 30. (b)
31. (d) 32. (c) 33. (c) 34. (d) 35. (b) 36. (d) 37. (c) 38. (c)
8 Objective GENERAL STUDIES 14000+Q

39. Which among the following pairs is not 50. What is the most significant feature of the 60. One of the following sites from where
correctly matched? [UP UDA/LDA 2006] Indus Valley Civilisation? [BPSC 2018] the famous Bull-seal of Indus Valley
(a) Alamgipur – Uttar Pradesh (a) Burnt brick buildings Civilisation was found [BPSC 2008]
(b) Banawali – Haryana (b) First true arches (a) Harappa (b) Chanhudaro
(c) Daimabad – Maharashtra (c) Buildings of worship (c) Lothal (d) Mohenjodaro
(d) Rakhigarhi – Rajasthan (d) Art and architecture
61. Which one of the following animals was
40. Which place of Harappan civilisation is 51. From which one of the following factory not represented on the seals and
located in Maharashtra? [UPPSC 2010] sites were limestone and chert blades terracotta art of the Harappan culture?
I. Harappan mass produced and sent to various [SSC 2005]
II. Mohenjodaro Harappan settlement in Sindh? (a) Cow (b) Elephant
III. Diamabad [CDS 2020] (c) Rhinoceros (d) Tiger
IV. Surkotda (a) Sukkur and Rohri Hills
62. Human Society is unique because it
Select the correct answer using codes (b) Khetri in Rajasthan depends mainly on
given below. (c) Chagai Hills [UPPSC (Mains) 2004]
(a) I and II (b) Only III (d) Hills of Baluchistan (a) culture (b) economy
(c) II, III and IV (d) All of these (c) religion (d) science
52. How were the street of cities of Indus
41. The Harappan city represented by the Valley Civilisation? [SSC 2012]
63. Harappan people had a common burial
archaeological site of Lothal was (a) Broad and straight system which is proved by [HPPSC 2012]
situated on the river (b) Narrow and zig-zag (a) the Earth burial, head of the dead
[UPPSC (Mains) 2012] (c) Slippery normally laid towards the North.
(a) Narmada (b) Mahi (d) Narrow and dirty (b) the burial of commonly used item
(c) Bhogava (d) Bhima with the dead.
53. Which among the following is not
42. An ivory scale in Harappan context was related to Indus Valley Civilisation? (c) Both ‘a’ and ‘b’.
found at [UPRO/ARO (Mains) 2014] [MPPSC 2019] (d) the burial of the dead body in the
sitting posture.
(a) Kalibangan (b) Lothal (a) Constructions of streets
(c) Dholavira (d) Banawali (b) Constructions of pillars 64. What was the main business of IVC’s
(c) Constructions of wells people? [SSC 2001]
43. The largest Harappan site of India is
(d) Constructions of bows (a) Business (b) Animal Husbandry
(a) Harappan (b) Kalibangan
(c) Hunting (d) Agriculture
(c) Rakhigarhi (d) Mohenjodaro 54. The ‘Great Bath’ was found at the
archaeological site of [UPPSC 2010] 65. Which among the following is a port city
44. Which of the following is a Harappan (a) Ropar (b) Harappa of Harappa? [BPSC 2011]
port? [BPSC (Pre) 2011]
(c) Mohenjodaro (d) Kalibangan (a) Sikdariya (b) Lothal
(a) Alexandria
(c) Maharathanagash
(b) Lothal 55. Where was the Granary of the Indus (d) Nagpattneus
(c) Mahasthangarh Valley Civilisation located?
(d) Nagapattinam (a) Lothal 66. Harappan people were first in which
(b) Kaliba ngan production? [SSC 2001]
45. Which site of Indus Valley Civilisation is (c) Rakhigarhi (a) Coins (b) Cotton
located in India? [UPPSC 1995]
(c) Copper tools (d) Wheat
(d) None of these
(a) Harappa (b) Mohenjodaro
(c) Lothal (d) None of these 56. In which direction was the gate of 67. Which among the following has not been
Assembly Hall? found from Harappan places?
46. Lothal is located in [UKPSC (Pre) 2010]
(a) North (b) South [CGPSC 2011]
(a) Gujarat (b) Punjab (c) East (d) West (a) Copper (b) Gold
(c) Rajasthan (d) Sindh (c) Silver (d) Iron
57. Which among the following pairs is not
47. Surkotada was discovered by correct? 68. The first metal used by man was
(a) Yagude Sharma (a) Labour Residence – Harappa [RAS/RTS (Pre) 2012]
(b) Rangnath Rao (b) Granary – Mohenjodaro (a) Gold (b) Silver
(c) JP Joshi (c) Assembly Hall – Kalibangan (c) Copper (d) Iron
(d) RS Bisht (d) Copper axe – Ropad
69. For clothing, cotton cultivation was first
48. Surkotda is an archaeological site 58. Remains of which animal have not introduced in [UPPSC (Pre) 2006]
located in been discovered in the Indus Valley (a) Egypt (b) Mesopotamia
(a) Gujarat (b) Rajasthan Civilisation? [CG PSC (Pre) 2011] (c) Central America (d) India
(c) Haryana (d) Uttar Pradesh (a) Lion (b) Horse
(c) Cow (d) Elephant 70. The earliest evidence of silver in India
49. Indus Valley Civilisation was is found in the [IAS (Pre) 1994]
non-Aryan because [UPPSC 2010] 59. Which one of the following animals is (a) Harappan culture
(a) it was an Urban Civilisation. not depicted on the Harappan seal? (b) Chalcolithic cultures of Western India
(b) it has its own script. [UPPSC (Mains) 2009] (c) Vedic texts
(c) it has an agricultural economy. (a) Bull (b) Elephant (d) Silver Punch-marked coins
(d) it extended up to the Narmada valley. (c) Horse (d) Sheep
INDIAN HISTORY 9
71. The main source of knowledge about the 79. Which one of the following was not known (c) The Harappan Civilisation was rural
inhabitants of Indus Valley Civilisations to the Harappans? [MPPSC 2009] based.
is the discovery os (a) Construction of Wells (d) The inhabitants of Harappa grew and
(a) seals [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1996] (b) Construction of Pillars used cotton.
(b) utensils, jewellery, weapons and tools (c) Construction of Drains 87. Consider the following statements
(c) temple (d) Construction of Arches about Harappan Culture: [NDA 2014]
(d) scripts I. The Harappan Culture matured in
80. The important reason to keep
72. From which one of the following factory Indus-Valley civilisation before Aryan Sind and Punjab.
sites were limestone and chert blades Civilisation is [UPPSC (Pre) 1990] I. It spread from there to Southwards
mass produced and sent to various (a) Script (b) Town Planning and eastwards.
Harappan settlements in Sindh? (c) Copper (d) Potteries III. The area, where it spread, was bigger
(a) Sukkur and Rohri Hills than Egypt and Mesopotamia
(b) Khetri in Rajasthan 81. Which colour was commonly used in the Which of the statement given above is/
(c) Chagai Hills Harappan Pottery? [BPSC (Pre) 1995] are correct?
(d) Hills of Baluchistan (a) Red (b) Blue-grey (a) I and II (b) II and III
(c) Yellow (d) Blue (c) Only III (d) I, II and III
73. The Indus Valley people traded with the
(a) Chinese (b) Mesopotamians 82. Which of the following throw light on 88. Which of the following statements about
Harappan culture? [UPPSC (Pre) 1993] Harappa Civilisation is/are correct?
(c) Parthians (d) Romans
(a) Inscription I. There is the extraordinary uniformity
74. Match List I with List II and select the (b) Archaeological excavations in artefacts as evident in pottery
correct answer using the codes given (c) Handwriting seals on the utensils seals, bricks and weights.
below the lists. [UPPSC 2020] (d) Religious books II. The late Harappa sites also
List I List II maintained the same construction
83. The first ancient Civilisation to develop techniques as were used in mature
A. Indus Valley 1. Pastoral the art of writing in a proper system was
Civilisation Harappa sites.
[RAS/RTS (Pre) 1992]
B. Later Vedic 2. Landlordism Select the correct answer using the
(a) Indus (b) Egypt codes given below. [Astt. Comm. 2018]
Society
(c) Sumerian (d) China (a) Only I
C. Rigvedic Society 3. Agrarian
D. Medieval Period 4. Urban 84. Which one of the following statements (b) Only II
about the Harappan Culture is not (c) Both I and II
Codes (d) Neither I nor II
correct ? [CDS 2017]
A B C D A B C D
(a) 4 2 3 1 (b) 2 1 4 3 (a) It witnessed the first cities in the 89. Which of the following is not
(c) 3 4 1 2 (d) 4 3 1 2 subcontinent. responsible for the decline of Indus
(b) It marks the first use of script, written Valley Civilisation?
75. The people of Indus valley believed in from right to left. (a) Ecological changes
[RAS/RTS (Pre) 1993] (c) It marks the earliest known use of iron (b) Earthquake
(a) Spirit and Brahma as a medium for the art of sculpting. (c) Water Conversion
(b) Ritual (d) It marks the earliest known use of stone (d) Aryan Invades
(c) Sacrificial system as a medium for the art of sculpting.
(d) Mother Goddess 90. According to the report of IIT
85. Harappan craft display an amazing Kharagpur study group continuous low
76. The Indus valley people worshipped degree of standardisation according to rainfall for how many years was the
[UKPSC (Mains) 2006] Kenoyer, what was the possible reason cause of fall of the Indus Valley
(a) Shiva (b) Indra and Varun for such an achievement? [NDA 2015] Civilisation? [BPSC 2018]
(c) Brahma (d) Vishnu (a) Availability of raw materials at local (a) 600 years (b) 700 years
level (c) 800 years (d) 900 years
77. The Harappan people worshipped the (b) Centralised market for craft
I. Pipal tree II. Humped bull (c) Specialised training centres for 91. Match List I with List II and select the
III. Prototype of Shiva IV. Other Goddess craftmen correct answer using the codes given
Which of the statements given above (d) State control below the lists.
is/are correct? List I List II
(a) I, II and IV (b) II, III and IV 86. Which one of the following statements
regarding Harappan Civilisation is A. MR Saleni 1. Innundation
(c) I, III and IV (d) All of these B. KVR Kennedy 2. Epidemic
correct? [CDS 2010]
78. Worship of Devi Mata was related to C. Raikes 3. Tactics disturbances
(a) The standard Harappan seals were
(a) Indus Valley Civilisation [SSC 2012] made of clay. Codes
(b) Egyptian Civilisation (b) The inhabitants of Harappa had neither A B C A B C
(c) Roman Civilisation knowledge of copper nor bronze. (a) 1 2 3 (b) 3 2 1
(d) Post Vedic Culture (c) 2 3 1 (d) 2 3 2

39. (d) 40. (b) 41. (c) 42. (b) 43. (c) 44. (b) 45. (c) 46. (a) 47. (c) 48. (a) 49. (a) 50. (a) 51. (a) 52. (a) 53. (b)
54. (c) 55. (a) 56. (a) 57. (c) 58. (a) 59. (c) 60. (a) 61. (a) 62. (a) 63. (c) 64. (d) 65. (b) 66. (b) 67. (d) 68. (c)
69. (d) 70. (a) 71. (b) 72. (a) 73. (b) 74. (d) 75. (d) 76. (a) 77. (d) 78. (a) 79. (b) 80. (d) 81. (a) 82. (b) 83. (c)
84. (c) 85. (a) 86. (d) 87. (d) 88. (c) 89. (c) 90. (d) 91. (a)
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92. Recently, from excavations of 101. Which site of Indus Valley is now in 111. The Indus Valley culture was different
Harappan site Sanauli what was Pakistan? [UPPSC (Pre) 1994] from the Vedic Civilisation because
found? [UP Lower sub (Pre) 2004] (a) Kalibangan (b) Harappa [UPPSC (Mains) 2004]
(a) Human burials (c) Lothal (d) Alamgirpur (a) It had the amenities of a developed
(b) Animal burials city life.
(c) Residential building
102. Which one of the following is not a (b) it has a pictographic script.
Harappan site? [IAS (Pre) 2019]
(d) Protecting wall (c) it had a lack of knowledge of Iron and
(a) Chanhudaro defensive arrow.
93. The first archaeologist who excavated (b) Kot Diji
(d) All of the above
Harappa, but could not recognize its (c) Sohgaura
significance, was [UPPSC (Mains) 2006] (d) Desalpur 112. Which one among the following
(a) A Cunningham statements regarding Jorwe Culture is
(b) Sir John Marshall 103. Which of the following is not an Indus not correct? [CDS 2012]
(c) Mortimer Wheeler Valley Civilisation site?
(a) Pravara-Godavari Valley was the
[MPPSC (Pre) 2013]
(d) George F. Dales nuclear zone of Jorwe Culture.
(a) Kalibangan (b) Ropar (b) The main sites of Jorwe Culture are
94. Who was the director of the (c) Patliputra (d) Lothal Daimabad, Inamgaon, Jorwe and
archaeological excavation that led to
104. The largest site of Harappan in India is Nevasa.
the discovery of Harappa and
[UPPSC (Mains) 2004] (c) At Daimabad, one gets archaeo-
Mohenjodaro? [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1997]
(a) Alamgirpur (b) Kalibangan logical evidence of symbolic burial.
(a) Lord Machaulay (d) Practically all Jorwe settlements in
(b) Sir John Marshall (c) Lothal (d) Rakhigarhi
the Northern Deccan were suddenly
(c) Clive 105. Dadheri is a late Harappan site of deserted.
(d) Colonel Tad [UPPSC (Mains) 2014]
113. Which one of the following is not correctly
95. Who among the following was not (a) Jammu (b) Punjab matched? [UPPSC (Mains) 2006]
associated with the excavation of (c) Haryana (d) Uttar Pradesh
(a) Harappa – Daya Ram Sahni
Harappa and Mohenjodaro? [BPSC 2015] (b) Lothal – SR Rao
106. For the Harappan Cultural sites and its
(a) RD Banerjee (b) KN Dikshit position, which one of the following is (c) Surkotada – JP Joshi
(c) MS Vats (d) VA Smith not correctly matched? (d) Dholavira – BK Thapar
96. The excavation at Chanhudaro was [UPUDA/LDA (Pre) 2006]
114. Consider the following statements and
directed by [UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2015] (a) Alamgirpur – Uttar Pradesh
select the correct answer from the
(a) JH Mackay (b) Banawali – Haryana given codes. [MPPSC (Pre) 2008]
(b) Sir John Marshall (c) Daimabad – Maharashtra
I. Mohenjodaro, Harappa, Ropar and
(c) REM Wheeler (d) Rakhigarhi – Rajasthan Kalibangan are the main sites of
(d) Sir Aurel Stein 107. Which of the following is not correctly Indus Valley Civilisation.
97. Out of the following remains excavated matched? [UPPSC (Pre) 1999] II. People of Harappa developed the road,
in Indus Valley, which one indicates the (a) Alamgirpur – Uttar Pradesh proper housing and drainage system.
commercial and economic (b) Lothal – Gujarat III. People of Harappa were unknown
development? [SSC CPO 2002] (c) Kalibangan – Haryana about the use of metals.
(a) Pottery (b) Seals (d) Ropar – Punjab (a) I and II are correct
(c) Boats (d) Houses (b) I and III are correct
108. What is the correct North-South (c) II and III are correct
98. The archaeological finds from sequence of the following civilisations? (d) I, II and III are correct
Alamgirpur in Meerut district reflected [UPRO/ARO (Pre) 2016]
the [UPPSC 2005] (a) Maya-Aztec-Muisca-Inca 115. Indus Valley Civilisation is known
(b) Maya-Muisca-Inca-Aztec I. for its town planning
(a) Harappa Culture
(c) Axtec-Muisca-Maya-Inca II. for Mohenjodaro and Harappan
(b) Vedic Culture
III. for their agricultural work
(c) Mauryan Culture (d) Aztec-Maya-Muisca-Inca
IV. for its industrialisation.
(d) Gupta Period Culture
109. Rangpur, where the contemporary of Codes [UK UDA/LDA (Pre) 2003]
99. Who among the following Harappan civilisation found, is in (a) I and II (b) I, II and III
archaeologists was the first to identify [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1999] (c) II, III and IV (d) All of these
similarities between a pre-Harappan (a) Punjab
culture and the mature Harappan (b) Eastern Uttar Pradesh
116. What is the correct chronological order in
culture? [BPSC 2019] which the following appeared in India?
(c) Saurashtra
(a) Amalananda Ghosh I. Gold coins
(d) Rajasthan
(b) Rakhaldas Banerji II. Punch-marked silver coins
(c) Daya Ram Sahni 110. Which of the following Civilisations III. Iron plough
(d) Sir John Marshall flourished on the bank of River Nile? IV. Urban culture
(a) Roman Civilisation [UPPSC 2004] Select the correct answer using the
100. The beginning of idol worship is to be (b) Indus Valley Civilisation codes given below. [IAS (Pre) 1998]
considered in [UPPSC (Pre) 1992]
(c) Greak Civilisation (a) III, IV, I and II (b) III, IV, II and I
(a) Pre-Aryan (b) Vedic Period (d) Egyptian Civilisation (c) IV, III, I and II (d) IV, III, II and I
(c) Mauryan Period (d) Kushan Period
INDIAN HISTORY 11

117. With reference to the difference between List I List II Codes

the culture of Rigvedic Aryans and Indus A. Lothal 1. Ploughed field A B C D A B C D
valley people, which of the following (a) 1 2 3 4 (b) 2 3 4 1
B. Kalibangan 2. Dockyard
statements is/are correct? (c) 4 3 2 1 (d) 3 4 1 2
C. Dholavira 3. Terracotta replica of a
I. Rigvedic Aryans used the coat of mail
plough 122. Match List I with List II and select the
and helmet in warfare whereas the
D. Banawali 4. An inscription correct answer using the codes given
people of Indus Valley Civilisation did
comprising ten large below the lists.
not leave any evidence of using them.
sized sign of the [UPUDA/LDA (Mains) 2010]
II. Rigvedic Aryans knew gold, silver
Harappan script List I List II
and copper whereas Indus valley
people knew only copper and iron. Codes (Harappan (River on which
III. Rigvedic Aryans had domesticated A B C D A B C D Settlement) located)
the horse whereas there is no (a) 1 2 3 4 (b) 2 1 4 3 A. Harappan 1. Bhogava
evidence of Indus valley people (c) 1 2 4 3 (d) 2 1 3 4 B. Kalibangan 2. Ghaggar
having been aware of this animal.
120. Match the following. C. Lothal 3. Ravi
Select the correct answer using the
codes given below. [IAS (Pre) 2017] [UPPSC (Mains) 2017] D. Ropar 4. Sutlej
(a) Only I List I List II Codes
(b) II and III A. Harappa 1. Cemetry R-37
A B C D A B C D
(c) I and III (a) 3 2 1 4 (b) 3 4 1 2
B. Lothal 2. Dockyard
(d) I, II and III (c) 4 2 3 1 (d) 1 3 2 4
C. Kalibangan 3. Dancing girl
118. Match List I with List II and select the statue 123. Match List I with List II and select the
correct answer using the codes given D. Mohenjodaro 4. Furrowed land correct answer using the codes given
below the lists. below the lists. [UPPSC 2020]
Codes
List I List II A B C D List I List II
(Harappan site) (Modern name) (Harappan (UT/State of
(a) 1 2 3 4 (b) 2 1 4 3
A. Dholavira 1. Saurashtra (c) 3 4 1 2 (d) 1 2 4 3 site) India)
B. Rakhigarhi 2. Hisar A. Balu 1. Uttar Pradesh
121. Match List I with List II and select the B. Manda 2. Jammu and
C. Bhirrana 3. Kadir island
correct answer by using the codes Kashmir
D. Bhogavo 4. Haryana given below the lists.
[UPPSC (Mains) 2008]
C. Padri 3. Haryana
Codes
D. Hulas 4. Gujarat
A B C D List I List II
(a) 1 4 2 3 (b) 1 2 4 3 A. Harappa 1. Godavari Codes
(c) 3 2 4 1 (d) 3 4 2 1 A B C D
B. Hastinapur 2. Ravi
(a) 3 2 1 4 (b) 2 3 4 1
119. Match List I with List II and select the C. Nagarjuna Konda 3. Ganga
(c) 2 4 3 1 (d) 3 2 4 1
correct answer using the codes given D. Paithan 4. Krishna
below the lists. [IAS (Pre) 2002]

92. (a) 93. (a) 94. (b) 95. (d) 96. (a) 97. (b) 98. (a) 99. (a) 100. (a) 101. (b) 102. (c) 103. (c) 104. (d) 105. (b) 106. (d)
107. (c) 108. (d) 109. (c) 110. (d) 111. (d) 112. (d) 113. (d) 114. (a) 115. (d) 116. (d) 117. (c) 118. (c) 119. (d) 120. (d) 121. (b)
122. (a) 123. (d)
 Objective GENERAL STUDIES 14000+Q

3
The Vedic Era and
Mahajanapadas
1. The earliest evidence of the use of iron 8. Which of the following inscriptions tells 14. Which of the following rivers was
in India has been discovered from about the Aryan’s movement of Aryan known as Purushni in the Vedic
[UPPSC (Pre) 1998] from Iran to India? Period? [SSC CGL 2019]
(a) Taxila (b) Atranjikhera [UPPSC (Mains) 2009] (a) Ravi (b) Sutlej
(c) Kaushambi (d) Hastinapur (a) Mansehra (b) Shahbajgarhi (c) Beas (d) Chenab
(c) Boghaz-Koi (d) Junagarh
2. In the ancient period chief-livelihood of 15. The Vedic river Kubha was located in
the Aryans was [UPPSC (Pre) 1993] 9. Who among the following wrote on the [UPPSC (Pre) 1999]
(a) Agriculture (b) Hunting original homeland of the Aryans? (a) Afghanistan
(c) Artcraft (d) Business (a) Sankaracharya [UPPSC (Pre) 1996] (b) Chinese Turkistan
(b) Annie Besant (c) Kashmir
3. Nivi, Paridhan and Adhivasa were the
(c) Vivekanand (d) Punjab
[CDS 2005]
(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(a) different types of garments of the 16. The river most mentioned in early
Aryans. 10. Which one among the following is not a Vedic literature is [IAS (Pre) 1996]
(b) government officials of the Aryan kings. characteristic of Rigvedic Aryans? (a) Sindhu (b) Sutudri
(c) tribal people of ancient Indians. [CDS 2011] (c) Sarasvati (d) Ganga
(d) musical instrument of ancient Indians. (a) They were acquainted with horses,
chariots and the use of bronze. 17. Vedic river Askini is identified with
4. Who was the first European to which one of the following rivers?
(b) They were acquainted with the use of
designate Aryan as a race? [SSC 2006] [UPPSC 2010]
iron.
(a)William Jones (c) They were acquainted with the cow, (a) Beas (b) Ravi
(b) HH Wilson which formed the most important (c) Chenab (d) Jhelum
(c) Max Muller form of wealth.
(d) General Cunningham
18. Which one of the following rivers was
(d) They were acquainted with the use of earlier known as ‘Vitasta’? [NDA 2019]
5. Give the name of the tribe which is not copper and the modern ploughshare. (a) Tista
related to the ‘Panchajana’ of the 11. Which of the following Vedas is not a (b) Jhelum
Rigveda Aryans. [UPPSC (Mains) 2009] part of Vedatrayi? [SSC 2017] (c) Tungabhadra
(a) Yadu (b) Puru (a) Rigveda (b) Yajurveda (d) Bharatpuzha
(c) Turvasa (d) Kikat (c) Samaveda (d) Atharvaveda 19. Who among the following was a
6. The term ‘Aryan’ denotes 12. ‘Trayi’ is a name for [UPPSC 2010] Brahmavadini who composed some
(a) an ethnic group [IAS (Pre) 1999] (a) Three Vedas hymns of the Vedas? [IAS (Pre) 1995]
(b) a nomadic people (b) Dharma, Sangha and Buddha (a) Lopamudra (b) Gargi
(c) a speech group (c) Three Gods in Hindu Pantheon (c) Leelavati (d) Savitri
(d) a superior race (d) Three seasons 20. Which hymns of the Rigveda are
7. Meaning of the term ‘Arya’ in classical 13. In the Vedic period, the people called considered to contain the rudiments of
Sanskrit is [UP Lower (Pre) 1998] Panis, were [HPSC 2012]
the Indian drama? [IAS (Pre) 2006]
(a) believer of the God (a) those, who controlled trades (a) Vivaha-sukta
(b) a hereditary cast (b) cattle breeders (b) Apri-sukta
(c) a believer in particular religion (c) cowheads (c) Samaveda-sukta
(d) a Noble man (d) ploughmen (d) Purusha-sukta
INDIAN HISTORY 13

21. Which one of the following Brahmana 31. The word Gotra occurs for the first (c) The Gods were supposed to
texts belongs to the Rigveda? time in [UPPSC (Mains) 2005] partake of the offerings as they
[MPPSC 2017] (a) Atharvaveda (b) Rigveda were consumed by the fire.
(a) Aitareya Brahmana (c) Samaveda (d) Yajurveda (d) The sacrifices were performed in
(b) Gopatha Brahmana the temples.
(c) Shatapatha Brahmana
32. The largest number of the Mantras in
Rigveda belongs to 40. Which one of the following statements
(d) Taittiriya Brahmana is correct? [IAS (Pre) 2005]
[UPPSC (Mains) 2010]
22. Rigveda consist of ritual .………hymns. (a) Agni (b) Varuna (a) The grama of the Rigvedic Aryans
[CGPSC 2012] (c) Vishnu (d) Yama usually refers to a group of kinsfold
(a) 1028 (b) 1017 and not a village.
(c) 1128 (d) 1020
33. Which of the following rivers mentioned (b) The Aryans of early vedic times
in the Rigveda gives the due to relations tamed elephants and used them in
23. ‘Rigveda’ was originally composed in of Aryans with the Afghanistan? war.
which one of the following languages? [UPPSC (Pre) 2010] (c) Rigveda mentions swayambara
[UPPSC 2018] (a) Askini (b) Parushni and marriage of widows.
(a) Pali (b) Sanskrit (c) Kubha, Kramu (d) Vipasha, Shutudri (d) The Rigveda mentions Vindhyas
(c) Prakrit (d) Brahmi and Satpura mountains and the
34. In the early Rigvedic period, what was Narmada river.
24. Which one of the following is oldest considered to be the most valuable
Veda? [UK UDA/LDA (Pre) 2007] property? [UPPSC 2015] 41. Rights and Rituals related to Yajnas
(a) Yajurveda (b) Rigveda (a) Land (b) Cow are mentioned in
(c) Samaveda (d) Atharvaveda (c) Women (d) Water [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1999]
(a) Rigveda
25. ‘Gopatha Brahmana’ is associated with 35. The name ‘Aghanya’ mentioned in many (b) Samaveda
[UPRO/ARO (Pre) 2014] passages of the Rigveda refers to (c) Brahmin Granth
(a) Yajurveda (b) Samaveda [UPPSC 2017]
(d) Yajurveda
(c) Atharvaveda (d) Rigveda (a) priests (b) women
(c) cows (d) brahmans 42. ‘Nachiketa’ Legend finds mention in
26. The ninth mandala of the Rigveda [UPPSC (Mains) 2006]
Samhita is devoted wholly to 36. In the Vedic rituals HOTA is associated (a) Atharvaveda
[BPSC (Pre) 1995] with the [UPRO/ARO (Mains) 2013]
(b) Satapatha Brahmin
(a) Indra and his elephant (a) Rigveda (b) Yajurveda (c) Kathopanishad
(b) Urvashi and the Heaven (c) Samaveda (d) Atharvaveda (d) Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
(c) Gods related to plants and drugs
37. Fundamental or basic script of the 43. The famous dialogue between
(d) ‘Soma’ and the God who is named
‘Rigveda’ was [UPPSC (Pre) 2004]
Nachiketa and Yama is mentioned in
after the drink
(a) Devanagari (b) Kharosthi the [UKPSC (Pre) 2005]
27. In the Rigvedic period, people believed (c) Pali (d) Brahmi (a) Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
mainly in [UPPSC (Pre) 1993]
(b) Chhandogyopanishad
38. Which one among the following is not
(a) Idol worship (c) Kathopanishad
true with regard to Rigveda Samhita?
(b) One God Belief (d) Kenopanishd
[NDA 2012]
(c) Goddess worship
(a) There is about 300 non-Indo- 44. ‘Satyamev Jayate’ which is engraved
(d) Sacrifice and rituals
European words in Rigveda. on the Indian Emblem has been taken
28. Gayatri Mantra is found in which book? (b) There is a reference to Dasarajna from [UPPSC 2014]
[BPSC (Pre) 1994] (battle of ten kings) in the Rigveda.
(a) Rigveda
(a) Upanishad (b) Bhagavad Gita (c) It is mentioned in the Rigveda that the
(b) Bhagavad Gita
(c) Rigveda (d) Yajurveda Bharata Chief Sudas fought against a
(c) Mundakopanishad
confederacy of ten tribes.
29. Who composed the Gayatri Mantra? (d) Matsya Purana
(d) Purus sides with Bharata in the battle
[UKPSC (Pre) 2006] of ten kings. 45. The legend of Satyakam Jabal, which
(a) Vasishtha (b) Vishwamitra challenges the stigma of being an
(c) Indra (d) Parikshit 39. Which one of the following statements
unmarried mother, is mentioned in
about Rigveda is not correct? [CDS 2014]
[RAS/RTS (Pre) 2016]
30. The ‘Mantra’ famous with the name of (a) Deities were worshipped through
‘Gayatri Mantra’ found in which of the (a) Jabal Upanishad
prayer and sacrificial rituals.
following scriptures? (b) Prashnophishad
(b) The Gods are presented as powerful,
[UPPSC (Pre) 2013] (c) Chhandogya Upanishad
who could be made to intervene in the
(a) Bhagavad Gita (b) Atharvaveda world of men via the performance of (d) Kathopanishad
(c) Rigveda (d) Manusmriti sacrifices.

1. (b) 2. (b) 3. (a) 4. (c) 5. (d) 6. (d) 7. (d) 8. (c) 9. (d) 10. (b) 11. (d) 12. (a) 13. (a) 14. (a) 15. (a)
16. (a) 17. (c) 18. (b) 19. (a) 20. (c) 21. (a) 22. (a) 23. (b) 24. (b) 25. (c) 26. (d) 27. (d) 28. (c) 29. (b) 30. (c)
31. (b) 32. (a) 33. (c) 34. (b) 35. (c) 36. (a) 37. (d) 38. (d) 39. (d) 40. (c) 41. (a) 42. (c) 43. (c) 44. (c) 45. (c)
14 Objective GENERAL STUDIES 14000+Q

46. Panini, the first Grammarian of Sanskrit 52. Match List I with List II and select the 58. The battle of Mahabharata is believed
language in India, lived during the correct answer using the codes given to have been fought at Kurukshetra for
[CDS 2006] below the lists. [RAS/RTS (Pre) 2013] [SSC 2009]
(a) 2nd century BC (a) 14 days (b) 16 days
List I List II
(b) 6th-5th century BC (c) 18 days (d) 20 days
A. Rigveda 1. Gopatha
(c) 2nd century AD
B. Samaveda 2. Shatpatha 59. Sabha of Vedic-era
(d) 5th-6th century AD
[RAS/RTS (Pre) 1994]
C. Atharvaveda 3. Aitareya
47. Ashtadhyayi was written by (a) was an institution of mercantile
D. Yajurveda 4. Panchvisha
[RAS/RTS 2008] people of the villages
(a) Ved Vyas (b) Panini Codes (b) was a royal court
(c) Shukadeva (d) Valmiki A B C D A B C D (c) was a council of ministers
(a) 4 2 3 1 (b) 2 4 3 1 (d) form National Assembly of all the
48. The priest associated with King (c) 3 4 1 2 (d) 1 2 4 3 people of the state.
Videgha Madhava referred in
Shatapatha Brahmin was 53. Match List I with List II and select the 60. What were the two assemblies during
[UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2015] correct answer using the codes given the Early Vedic period? [WBCS 2020]
(a) Rishi Bharadwaj below the lists. [UPPSC (Pre) 2003] (a) Samiti
(b) Rishi Vashistha List I List II (b) Sabha
(c) Rishi-Vishwamitra (c) Samiti and Sangam
A. Rigveda 1. Musical hymns
(d) Rishi Gautama Rahugana (d) Both (a) and (b)
B. Yajurveda 2. Hymns and rituals
49. Which of the following is the correct C. Samaveda 3. Charms and spells
61. The Rigvedic tribal assembly associated
order of the Vedic literature? with Judicial function was [JPSC 2016]
D. Atharvaveda 4. Hymns and prayers
[UPPSC (Mains) 2014] (a) sabha (b) samiti
(a) Vedic Samhitas, Brahmins, Codes (c) vidatha (d) All of these
Aranyakas and Upanishads A B C D A B C D
(b) Vedic Samhitas, Upanishads,
62. The word ‘Gotra’ occurs for the first
(a) 4 2 1 3 (b) 3 2 4 1
Aranyakas and Brahmins time in [UPPSC 2005]
(c) 4 1 2 3 (d) 2 3 1 4
(c) Vedic Samhitas, Aranyakas, (a) Rigveda (b) Samaveda
Brahmins and Upanishads 54. Match List I with List II and select the (c) Yajurveda (d) Atharvaveda
(d) Vedic Samhitas, Vedangas, correct answer using the codes given
below the lists. 63. The staple food of the Vedic Aryan was
Aranyakas and Smritis (a) barley and rice [SSC 2008]
List I List II (b) milk and its products
50. The ‘Dharma’ and ‘Rita’ depict a central (Vedic Rivers) (Modern Name)
idea of ancient Vedic civilisation of (c) rice and pulses
India. In this context, consider the A. Kubha 1. Gandak (d) vegetables and fruits
following statements. B. Parushni 2. Kabul
64. Who among the following wrote
I. ‘Dharma’ was a conception of C. Sadaneera 3. Ravi Sanskrit Grammar? [SSC 2010]
obligation and of the discharge of D. Shutudri 4. Sutlej (a) Kalidas (b) Charak
one’s duties to oneself and to others.
Codes (c) Panini (d) Aryabhatt
II. ‘Rita’ was the fundamental moral law
governing the functioning of the A B C D A B C D 65. The ‘Manusmriti’ mainly deals with
universe and all it contained. (a) 1 2 4 3 (b) 2 3 1 4 [UPPSC 2007]
Which of the statement(s) given above (c) 3 4 2 1 (d) 4 1 3 2 (a) social order (b) laws
is/are correct? [IAS (Pre) 2011]
55. The tribal assembly normally involved (c) economics (d) state-craft
(a) Only I in the election of the king was
(b) Only II
66. The Purushasukta, which refers to the
(a) Sabha (b) Samiti origin of caste, is found in the
(c) Both I and II (c) Gana (d) Vidhata [GPSC 2014, CDS 2003]
(d) Neither I nor II
56. The famous battle of ‘Ten Kings’ as (a) Atharvaveda (b) Rigveda
51. Match List I with List II and select the described in the Rigveda was fought on (c) Samaveda (d) Yajurveda
correct answer using the codes given the bank of [UPPSC (Mains) 2008]
below the lists.
67. The teacher who taught ‘Ved-Vedanga’
(a) Parushni for livelihood, was called
List I List II (b) Sarasvati [UK UDA/LDA (Mains) 2007]
A. Atharvaveda 1. God Grace (c) Vipasa (a) Acharya (b) Adhvaryu
B. Rigveda 2. Sacrifice Process (d) Asikni (c) Upadhyaya (d) Purohita
C. Yajurveda 3. Medicine 57. The System of Governance prevalent 68. During the Rigvedic Period word
D. Samaveda 4. Music in the Vedic era was ‘Nishka’ was used for a Jewellery but in
(a) Autocratic [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1993] later period it was used for the meaning
Codes
A B C D A B C D (b) Democratic of [IAS (Pre) 1993]
(a) 3 1 2 4 (b) 1 2 3 4 (c) Republic (a) Arms (b) Farming equipment
(c) 2 3 4 1 (d) 3 4 1 2 (d) Descended monarchy (c) Script (d) Coin
INDIAN HISTORY 15

69. The name of scripture in which 78. Which metal was used by people of Rig 89. An inscription of 14th century BC,
‘Purusha Megha’ was mentioned in vedic age? [SSC 2007] which describes the Vedic Gods has
[UPPSC (Pre) 2008] (a) Silver (b) Gold been found in [UPPSC (Mains) 2016]
(a) Krishna Yajurveda (c) Iron (d) Copper (a) Ecbatana (b) Boghaz-Koi
(b) Shukla Yajurveda (c) Babylon (d) Bisotun
(c) Shatpath Brahmin
79. The religion of early Vedic Aryans was
primarily of [IAS (Pre) 2012] 90. Boghaz-Koi is important because
(d) Panchvish Brahmin
(a) bhakti [WBPCS 2020]
70. During the Rig Vedic period Nishka (b) image worship and yajnas (a) It was an important trading centre
was an ornament of (c) worship of nature and yajnas between Central Asia and Tibet.
[UPPSC (Mains) 2007] (d) worship of nature and bhakti (b) Inscriptions were found which
(a) ear (b) neck mentioned the names of Vedic Gods
(c) arm (d) wrist 80. The God who is the most prominent in and Goddesses.
‘Rigveda’ is [CDS 2001] (c) Original Texts of the Vedas were
71. ‘Nishka’ in ancient India was known as (a) Indra (b) Agni composed here.
[UPPSC (Pre) 2005] (c) Pasupati (d) Vishnu (d) None of the above
(a) Gold ornament (b) Cows
(c) Copper Coins (d) Silver Coins 81. The Rigvedic God Varuna was 91. Originally the Mahabharata was known
(a) harbinger of peace [CDS 2002] as [UPRO/ARO (Pre) 2014]
72. In which Vedic text the term ‘Varna’ is (b) destroyer of foes (a) Brihatkatha
found referred for the first time? (c) guardian of the cosmic order (b) Brahmins
[UKPSC (Pre) 2012] (d) God of prosperity
(a) Rigveda (b) Atharvaveda (c) Brihatsamhita
(c) Samaveda (d) Yajurveda 82. Which one of the following Vedic (d) Jayasamhita
God/Goddess depicts an association 92. Match the following. [CGPSC 2013]
73. In which phase, the concept of
with the Sun? [CDS 2007]
untouchability was put clearly? List I List II
[BPSC (Pre) 1994]
(a) Ashvin (b) Pusan
(c) Indra (d) Aranyani A. Nandi 1. Divine white
(a) Rigvedic phase elephant
(b) Later Vedic phase 83. Which Mandala of Rigveda is B. Kalpvriksha 2. Holy cow
(c) Later Gupta phase completely dedicated to ‘Soma’?
C. Airawat 3. Shiva’s bull
(d) Dharmashastra phase [BPSC (Pre) 1997]
D. Kamdhenu 4. Divine tree
(a) Seventh Mandala (b) Eight Mandala
74. In the 10th Mandala of the Rigveda,
(c) Ninth Mandala (d) Tenth Mandala Codes
which one of the following hymns
reflects upon the marriage A B C D A B C D
84. Who among the following Vedic deities
ceremonies? [CDS 2018] was believed to be their priest? (a) 3 4 1 2 (b) 1 2 3 4
(a) Surya Sukta (b) Purusha Sukta [UPPSC (Mains) 2013] (c) 4 3 2 1 (d) 3 1 4 2
(c) Dana Sutra (d) Uma Sutra (a) Agni (b) Brihaspati 93. The period of Post Rigvedic period is
(c) Dyaus (d) Indra [SSC 2004]
75. Which of the following statements
regarding Rigvedic women is not 85. Rigvedic religion was (a) 15000 BC-1000 BC
correct? [CDS 2014] [UPPSC (Mains) 2014] (b) 1000 BC-600 BC
(a) They could attend assemblies and (a) Polytheistic (b) Monotheistic (c) 600BC-600AD
offer sacrifices along with their (c) Monistic (d) Libertarian (d) None of the above
husband. 94. Which among the following is
(b) Some unmarried women offered 86. Who among the following is regarded
as War-God in the Rigveda? considered as the centre of Aryan
sacrifices on their own. civilisation during post-Vedic Period?
(c) Women could occupy the highest [UPPSC (Mains) 2011]
[UPPSC 2007]
positions of authority. (a) Agni (b) Indra
(a) Anga, Magadha
(d) Women often choose their partners. (c) Surya (d) Varuna
(b) Kosal, Videh
76. The word ‘Yava’ mentioned in Rigveda 87. The largest number of Rigvedic hymns (c) Kuru, Panchal
is used for which agricultural product? are devoted to [UPPSC (Mains) 2002] (d) Matsya, Surasena
[UPPSC (Mains) 2008] (a) Agni (b) Indra
(c) Rudra (d) Vishnu
95. ‘Gotra’ System came into existance
(a) Barley (b) Gram since [SSC 2008]
(c) Rice (d) Wheat 88. Who among the following was the most (a) Rigvedic Period
77. The Rigvedic ‘Pani’ belong to which popular God of the early Vedic Aryans? (b) Post Vedic Period
class of citizens? [MPPSC 2020, 19] [UPPSC (Mains) 2008] (c) Mahakavya Period
(a) Priests (b) Ironsmiths (a) Varuna (b) Vishnu (d) None of the above
(c) Goldsmiths (d) Traders (c) Rudra (d) Indra

46. (b) 47. (b) 48. (d) 49. (a) 50. (b) 51. (a) 52. (c) 53. (a) 54. (b) 55. (b) 56. (a) 57. (d) 58. (c) 59. (c) 60. (d)
61. (a) 62. (a) 63. (a) 64. (c) 65. (b) 66. (b) 67. (c) 68. (d) 69. (c) 70. (b) 71. (a) 72. (a) 73. (b) 74. (b) 75. (d)
76. (a) 77. (d) 78. (d) 79. (c) 80. (a) 81. (c) 82. (a) 83. (c) 84. (b) 85. (a) 86. (b) 87. (b) 88. (d) 89. (b) 90. (b)
91. (d) 92. (a) 93. (b) 94. (b) 95. (b)
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96. Which of the following custom emerged 104. With reference to the history of 114. During the period of 16 Mahajanapadas,
during the post-Vedic period? philosophical thought in India, consider Mathura was the capital of [JPSC 2013]
[IAS (Pre) 1994] the following statements regarding (a) Vajji (b) Vatsa
(a) Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha Samkhya School. [IAS (Pre) 2013] (c) Kasi (d) Surasena
(b) Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya and I. Samkhya does not accept the theory
Shudra of rebirth or transmigration of soul. 115. The capital of North Panchal,
according to Mahabharata was located
(c) Brahmacharya, Grihastha ashrama, II. Samkhya holds that it is the self-
at [UPPSC (Mains) 2006]
Vanaprastha and Sannyasa knowledge that leads to liberation and
not any exterior influence or agent. (a) Hastinapur (b) Indraprastha
(d) Indra, Surya, Rudra and Maruta
Which of the statements given above (c) Ahichatra (d) Mathura
97. Which one of the following is not a is/are correct?
types of marriage?
116. In the sixth century BC Suktimati was
(a) Only I (b) Only II the capital of [UPPSC (Mains) 2011]
I. Praja-patya (c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II (a) Panchala (b) Kuru
II. Arsh
105. Where was the seat of the first (c) Chedi (d) Avanti
III. Daiva
IV. Durgam Republic of the world in 6th century 117. Which of the following is not correctly
Codes BC? [BPSC 2004] matched? [UPRO/ARO (Mains) 2017]
(a) I and II (b) Only IV (a) Vaishali (b) Athens (a) Anga – Champa
(c) II and III (d) All of these (c) Sparta (d) Patliputra (b) Kosala – Ahichatra
106. By whom the first republic of the world (c) Vatsa – Kaushambi
98. Match the following.
was established in Vaishali? (d) Matsya – Viratnagar
List I List II
[BPSC 2008] 118. 16 Janapadas of the age of
(Aashram) (Age)
(a) Maurya (b) Nand Mahajanapada have often been
A. Brahmacharya 1. Birth-25 years (c) Gupta (d) Licchavi mentioned in the Buddhist literature.
B. Family Life 2. 25-50 years Which of the following Janapadas have
107. By which ruler Pataliputra was chosen
C. Vana Prastha 3. 50-75 years been mentioned by Panini in his
for the first time as a capital?
D. Sanyasa 4. 75-100 years Ashtadhyayi? [RAS/RTS 2013]
[BPSC 2004]
I. Magadh II. Asmaka
Codes (a) Ajatashatru (b) Kalashoka
III. Kamboj IV. Chedi
A B C D A B C D (c) Udayin (d) Kanishka
V. Vatsa
(a) 1 2 3 4 (b) 3 4 2 1
108. Which kingdom covered the modern Codes
(c) 1 3 2 4 (d) 4 3 2 1
Patna and Gaya districts of Bihar? (a) I, II and III (b) IV and V
99. The post-Vedic period tax was [WBCS 2018] (c) III, IV and V (d) I, III, IV and V
collected by king from people was (a) Anga (b) Kosala
called [SSC 2008] (c) Magadha (d) Avanti
119. Match List I with List II and select the
correct answer from the codes given
(a) Bali (b) Varman
109. In the context of ancient Indian society below the lists. [UPPSC (Pre) 2008]
(c) Vidath (d) Tax
which one of the following terms does List I (Ancient List II
100. Which words has been used in business not belong to the category of the other places of UP) (Capital)
system during post-Vedic period? three? [IAS (Pre) 1996]
A. Kuru 1. Saket
(a) Great (a) Kula (b) Vamsha
B. Panchal 2. Kaushambi
(b) Kusid (c) Kosa (d) Gotra
(c) Both (a) and (b) C. Kosala 3. Ahichatra
110. King Asvapati of the Upanishadic period D. Vatsa 4. Indraprastha
(d) None of the above was the ruler of [UPPSC (Pre) 1999]
101. Which of the following handicrafts was (a) Kashi (b) Kekaya Codes
not in used by Aryans? [SSC 2003] (c) Panchala (d) Videha A B C D
(a) 1 2 3 4 (b) 4 3 1 2
(a) Pottery 111. Chand Pradyot was ruler of which
(b) Jewellary (c) 3 4 2 1 (d) 4 2 3 1
ancient republic?
(c) Carpenter [MPPSC 2020, UPPSC 2019] 120. Match List I with List II and select the
(d) Blacksmith correct answer using the codes given
(a) Kasi (b) Anga
below the lists [UPPSC 2020]
102. Judgement was advertised by (c) Avanti (d) Vajji
[RAS/RTS 2009] List I List II
112. Mahajanapada situated on the bank of (Mahajanapadas) (Capitals)
(a) Chusvak (b) Gautam river Godavari was [RPSC 2008]
(c) Kapil (d) Jamini A. Matsya 1. Mathura
(a) Avanti (b) Vatsa
B. Kuru 2. Potan
103. Combination of three Vedas has been (c) Asmaka (d) Kamboja
called ‘Vedatrayi’ [SSC 2017] C. Sursena 3. Viratnagar
113. The list of sixteen Mahajanapadas is D. Asmak 4. Indraprastha
(a) Rigveda, Yajurveda available in [BPSC 2004]
(b) Rigveda, Samaveda and Atharvaveda Codes
(a) Mahabharat
(c) Rigveda, Samaveda and Yajurveda A B C D A B C D
(b) Anguttar Nikaya
(d) Yajurveda, Samaveda and (a) 4 2 1 3 (b) 3 1 4 2
(c) Chhandogya Upanishad
Atharvaveda (c) 3 4 1 2 (d) 2 3 4 1
(d) Samyukta Nikaya
INDIAN HISTORY 17

121. Which was the first capital of 128. Which Magadha ruler was known as 134. Alexander invaded India in ……
Magadha? [BPSC 2004] ‘Seniya’? [WBCS 2017] [UPPSC 2006]
(a) Pataliputra (b) Vaishali (a) Bimbisara (a) 326 BC (b) 326 BC
(c) Girivarja (Rajgriha) (d) Champa (b) Ajatashatru (c) 232 BC (d) 323 AD
(c) Mahapadma Nanda
122. Who founded Pataliputra? [BPSC 2008] 135. Which one of the following did not
(d) Chandragupta Maurya
(a) Udayin come to India with Alexander?
(b) Ashoka 129. Jivaka, the famous physician of the [UPPSC 2015]
(c) Bimbisara time of Mahatma Buddha, was (a) Nearchcy (b) Diamcus
(d) Mahapadmananda associated with the court of (c) Onesicritus (d) Assistobulus
(a) Bimbisara (b) Chanda Pradyota
123. In ancient India, the earliest capital of (c) Prasenjit (d) Udyana
136. Alexander the Great died in 323 BC in
Magadha kingdom was at [NDA 2001] …… [SSC 2002]
(a) Pataliputra (b) Rajgir 130. The expansion of Magadha on Malwa (a) Pharus (b) Babylon
(c) Vaishali (d) Varanasi Plateau was under the reign of (c) Macedonia (d) Taxshila
[UP Lower 2008]
124. Which one of the following rulers of (a) Bimbisar (b) Ajatashatru
137. Name the brave Indian King whom
Magadha was the contemporary of Alexander defeated on the bank of river
(c) Shisunaga (d) Virabhadra
Alexander the great? [BPSC 2001] Jhelum? [UPRO/ARO (Mains) 2013]
(a) Mahapadma Nanda 131. Who was the founder of Nanda dynasty (a) Ambhi
(b) Dhana Nanda in Magadha? [UKPSC 2016] (b) Porus
(c) Sukalp (a) Mahapadma Nanda (c) Chandragupta
(d) Chandragupta Maurya (b) Dhana Nanda (d) Mahapadma Nanda
(c) Nandi Vardhan
125. First ruler of Magadha from the (d) Mahanandin
138. Alexander’s success in India was due
Haryanka Dynasty was [SSC
……… CGL 2019] to the following?
(a) Ashoka (b) Prasenajit 132. Which emperor of Magadha is known as I. There was no Central power in India
(c) Bimbisara (d) Ajatashatru ‘Aparoparashurama’? at that time.
(a) Bindusar [UPUDA/LDA 2010] II. He had a superior army.
126. What was the name of the dynasty of (b) Ajatashatru III. He was helped by the traitorus Indian
Ajatashatru? [BPSC (Pre) 2011] rulers.
(c) Kalashoka
(a) Maurya (b) Haryanka IV. He was a good administrator.
(d) Mahapadma Nanda
(c) Nanda (d) Gupta Select the correct answer from the
133. The last emperor of Nanda Dynasty following codes.
127. Which early ruler of Magadha was [RRB 2001]
murdered his father to ascend the (a) I and II
(a) Mahapadma Nanda (b) I, II and III
throne and , in turn, was murdered by
(b) Dhana Nanda (c) II, III and IV
his own son? [UPPSC 2007]
(c) Kalashoka (d) All of the above
(a) Bimbisara (b) Ajatashatru
(d) None of the above
(c) Udayan (d) Nagadashak

96. (c) 97. (b) 98. (a) 99. (a) 100. (b) 101. (d) 102. (b) 103. (c) 104. (b) 105. (a) 106. (d) 107. (c) 108. (c) 109. (c) 110. (b)
111. (c) 112. (c) 113. (b) 114. (d) 115. (c) 116. (c) 117. (b) 118. (a) 119. (b) 120. (c) 121. (c) 122. (a) 123. (b) 124. (b) 125. (c)
126. (b) 127. (b) 128. (a) 129. (a) 130. (c) 131. (a) 132. (d) 133. (b) 134. (a) 135. (b) 136. (b) 137. (b) 138. (b)
 Objective GENERAL STUDIES 14000+Q

4
Religious Movements
of 6th Century BCE
1. The originator of the Jain religion is 9. To which religion is the term ‘Anuvrata’ 14. Which of the following statements
…… [UPPSC (Mains) 2010] related? [CGPSC 2013] is/are applicable to Jaina Doctrine?
(a) Arya Sudharma (a) Mahayana Buddhism I. The surest way of annihilating Karma
(b) Mahavira Swami (b) Hinayana Buddhism is to practice penance.
(c) Parshvanatha (c) Jainism II. Every object, even the smallest
(d) Rishabhdev (d) Lokayata School particle has a soul.
III. Karma is the bane of the soul and
2. In Jain religion, which word is used for 10. Which of the following religions does must be ended.
‘Complete Intellect’? [IAS (Pre) 1993] not trust in the concept of ‘Final
Select the correct answer using the
(a) Jin (b) Ratna annihilation of the world’?
codes given below. [IAS (Pre) 2013]
(c) Kaivalya (d) Nirvana [UPPSC (Mains) 2014]
(a) Only I (b) II and III
(a) Buddhism
3. Syadvad is a doctrine of (c) I and II (d) I, II and III
(b) Jainism
[UKPSC (Pre) 2005] (c) Hinduism 15. Which of the following statements
(a) Lokayatism (b) Saivism (d) Islam about Jainism is/are correct?
(c) Jainism (d) Vaishnavism I. The most important idea in Jainism is
11. The concept of Anuvrata was
4. The doctrine of three jewels; right belief, that the entire world is animated, even
advocated by [IAS (Pre) 1995]
right conduct and right knowledge, is the stones, rocks and water have life.
(a) Mahayana Buddhism
crownings glory of [UPPSC 2004] II. Asceticism and penance are required
(b) Hinayana Buddhism to free oneself from the cycle of Karma.
(a) Buddhism (b) Christianity (c) Jainism
(c) Jainism (d) None of these Select the correct answer using the
(d) The Lokayata school codes given below. [Astt. Comm. 2018]
5. Which of the following is not the ‘Tri 12. The basic point of Jainism is ………… (a) Only I (b) Only II
Ratna’ of Jainism? [SSC 2011] (c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II
(a) Act [UPPSC (Pre) 1993]
(a) Right faith (b) Right knowledge
(b) Loyalty 16. Assertion (A) The emphasis of
(c) Right view (d) Right conduct
(c) Non-violence Jainism on non-violence (Ahimsa)
6. Who of the following kings was an (d) Disfavour prevented agriculturist from embracing
ardent follower of Jainism? [CDS 2006] Jainism.
13. With reference to ancient Jainism,
(a) Bimbisara which one of the following statements Reason (R) Cultivation involved killing
(b) Mahapadma Nanda is correct? [IAS (Pre) 2004] of insects and pests. [IAS (Pre) 2000]
(c) Kharavela (a) Jainism was spread in South India Codes
(d) Pulakeshin-II under the leadership of Sthulabahu. (a) Both A and R are true and R is the
7. Among the following who is given the (b) The Jainas who remained under the correct explanation of A
credit of carrying Jainism in South India? leadership of Bhadrabahu were (b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the
[CDS 2008] called Svetambaras after the Council correct explanation of A
held at Pataliputra. (c) A is true, but R is false
(a) Sudharmana (b) Indrabhuti
(c) Jainism enjoyed the patronage of the (d) A is false, but R is true
(c) Bhadrabahu (d) Sthulabhadra
Kalinga king Kharavela in the first
8. Which of the following places is 17. The word Tirthankar is related to
century BC.
[UPPSC (Pre) 1993]
associated with Jainism? (d) In the initial stage of Jainism, the
(a) Kapilvastu (b) Pava (a) Buddhists (b) Christians
Jainas worshipped images unlike
(c) Prayag (d) Shravasti Buddhists. (c) Hindus (d) Jains
INDIAN HISTORY 19

18. Who was the first Tirthankara of Jain 25. Match List I with List II and select the 33. Which philosophy is recognised as ‘Tri
religion? [SSC 2018, CGPSC (Pre) 2013] correct answer using the codes given Ratna’? [CGPSC 2017]
(a) Parsvanath (b) Rishabhanatha below the lists. [UPPSC 2017] (a) Vedic Philosophy
(c) Mahavira (d) Chetaka List I List II (b) Nayaya Philosophy
(Tirthankaras) (Cognizance) (c) Yoga Philosophy
19. Parshvanatha, the Jain ‘Tirthankara’
A. Adinatha 1. Bull (d) Jain Philosophy
was associated mainly with which of
the following places? B. Mallinatha 2. Horse 34. ‘Samadhi Marana’ is related to which
[UPPSC (Mains) 2016] C. Parshvanatha 3. Snake Philosophy? [CGPSC (Pre) 2015]
(a) Varanasi (b) Kaushambi D. Sambhavanatha 4. Water Jar (a) Buddhist Philosophy
(c) Girivraj (d) Champa (b) Jain Philosophy
Codes
(c) Yoga Philosophy
20. Which of the following places is A B C D A B C D
considered a Jain Siddha Kshetra on (d) Lokayata Philosophy
(a) 1 4 3 2 (b) 1 3 2 4
account of its association with (c) 2 4 3 1 (d) 3 1 4 2 35. The sacred books of Jains are called
Parshvanatha? [UPPSC 2002] [HPSC 2012]
(a) Champa (b) Pava 26. Where was Mahavira Swami born? (a) Agama Sidhanta
(c) Sammed Sikhar (d) Urjayanta [BPSC (Pre) 2011] (b) Angas
(a) Kundagrama (b) Pataliputra (c) Parvas
21. Which one of the following was not a Jain (c) Magadha (d) Vaishali (d) Upangas
Tirthankara? [UPPSC (Mains) 2004]
(a) Chandraprabha 27. Who is also known as Nigantha 36. The Jain philosophy holds that the
(b) Nathamuni Nataputra? world is created and maintained by
(a) Vardhamana Mahavira [IAS (Pre) 2011]
(c) Nemi
(d) Sambhaanatha (b) Gautama Buddha (a) Universal Law (b) Universal Truth
(c) Nagarjuna (c) Universal Faith (d) Universal Soul
22. Name the last Tirthankara. (d) Shankaracharya
[WBPCS 2008, IAS (Pre) 1993] 37. Which one of the following is not a part
(a) Parshvanatha (b) Mahavira 28. On the bank of which river did Mahavira of early Jain literature?[IAS (Pre) 1996]
(c) Siddhartha (d) Subhadra Swami attain enlightenment? (a) Therigatha (b) Acarangasutra
[UPRO/ARO (Mains) 2017] (c) Sutrakritanga (d) Brihatkalpasutra
23. The Jainas believe that Jainism is the (a) Swarnasikta (b) Palashini
outcome of the teachings of twenty four (c) Ganga (d) Rijupalika
38. Which of the following is the earliest
Tirthankaras. In the light of this holybook of Jain? [BPSC (Pre) 1995]
statement, which one among the 29. Mahavira’s first disciple was [SSC 2013] (a) Twelve Angas
following is correct of Vardhamana (a) Bhadrabahu (b) Sthulabhadra (b) Twelve Upangas
Mahavira? [CDS 2011] (c) Charvaka (d) Jamali (c) Fourteen Purvas
(a) He was the first Tirthankara and the (d) Fourteen Uppurva
30. Mahavira Jaina breathed his last at
founder of Jainism. [BPSC 2002] 39. In which one of the following languages
(b) He was the twenty third Tirthankara, was the earliest Jain literature
(a) Rajgir (b) Ranchi
the first twenty two Tirthankaras complied? [UPPSC (Mains) 2006]
(c) Pawapuri (d) Samastipur
being considerd legendary.
(a) Ardhamagadhi (b) Paali
(c) He was the last and twenty fourth 31. Consider the following statements. (c) Prakrit (d) Sanskrit
Tirthankara, who was not considered I. Vardhaman Mahavira’s mother was
as the founder of the new faith but a the daughter of Lichchhavi king 40. Who is said to have become the chief of
reformer of the existing religious sect. Chetaka. the Jain Sangh after the death of
(d) He was not one of the twenty four II. Gautama Buddha’s mother was a Mahavira? [MPPSC 2009]
Tirthankaras. princess from the Koliyan dynasty. (a) Jambu (b) Bhadrabahu
24. Which one of the following statements III. Parshvanatha, the twenty-third (c) Sthulbhadra (d) Sudharma
is not correct? [IAS (Pre) 2002]
Tirthankara, belonged to Banaras.
Which of the statements given above
41. With reference to the religious
(a) The statue of Gommateshwara at practices in India, the Sthanakvasi sect
is/are correct? [IAS (Pre) 2003]
Shravanbela Gola represents the last belongs to [IAS (Pre) 2018]
Tirthankara of Jains. (a) Only I (b) Only II
(a) Buddhism (b) Jainism
(b) India’s largest Buddhist monastery is (c) II and III (d) I, II and III
(c) Vaishnavism (d) Shaivism
in Arunachal Pradesh. 32. Anekantavada is a core theory and
(c) The Khajuraho temples were built philosophy of which one of the following?
42. Yapaniya was the sect of
under Chandela Kings. [UPPSC (Pre) 2010]
[JPSC (Pre) 2011, IAS (Pre) 2009]
(d) The Hoysaleswara temple is (a) Buddhist (b) Jainism
(a) Buddhism (b) Jainism
dedicated to Shiva. (c) Shaivists (d) Vaishnavists
(c) Sikhism (d) Vaishnavism

1. (d) 2. (c) 3. (c) 4. (c) 5. (c) 6. (c) 7. (c) 8. (b) 9. (c) 10. (b) 11. (c) 12. (c) 13. (b) 14. (d) 15. (c)
16. (a) 17. (d) 18. (b) 19. (a) 20. (c) 21. (b) 22. (b) 23. (c) 24. (a) 25. (a) 26. (a) 27. (a) 28. (d) 29. (d) 30. (c)
31. (c) 32. (b) 33. (d) 34. (b) 35. (b) 36. (a) 37. (a) 38. (c) 39. (a) 40. (a) 41. (b) 42. (b)
20 Objective GENERAL STUDIES 14000+Q

43. Who was the first founder of Svetambara 53. Who amongst the following is known as 63. Where did Gautama Buddha attain
creed during the first partition of Jain the ‘Light of Asia’? [UKPSC (Pre) 2005] Nirvana (enlightenment)?
creed? [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1999] (a) Jesus Christ [WBCS 2019]
(a) Sthulabhadra (b) Lord Buddha (a) Lumbini (b) Sarnath
(b) Bhadrabahu (c) Paigamber Mohammad (c) Kushinagar (d) Bodh Gaya
(c) Kalakacharya (d) Zarathustra
64. Where did Buddha reside during the
(d) Deverdhi Kshama Sharaman
54. Gautama Buddha was elevated to the last rainy season of his life?
44. With reference to the religious history of position of God by the time of [UPPSC (Mains) 2015]
India, consider the following statements. [UPPSC 2010, BPSC 2002] (a) Shravasti (b) Vaishali
(a) Ashoka
I. Sautrantika and Sammitiya were the (c) Kushinagar (d) Sarnath
(b) Kanishka
sects of Jainism.
II. Sarvastivadin held that the constituents (c) Chandragupta Vikramaditya 65. Which of the following sacred Buddhist
of phenomena were not wholly (d) Harsha place was situated on the river
momentary, but existed forever in a Niranjana? [UPPSC 2012]
55. Gautama Buddha attained
latent form. (a) Bodh Gaya (b) Kushinagar
“Mahaparinirvana” in kingdom of
Which of the statements given above [UPPSC (Pre) 2011]
(c) Lumbini (d) Rishipattana
is/are correct? (a) Aung (b) Magadha 66. Sarnath is in the state of [UPPSC 2004]
(a) Only I (b) Only II (c) Malla (d) Vatsa (a) Kerala (b) Maharashtra
(c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II
56. Gautama Buddha’s mother was from (c) Gujarat (d) Uttar Pradesh
45. Which of the following statements which clan? [UPPSC (Pre) 2008] 67. ‘Dharmachakrapravartana’ was
about Bhadrabahu is/are correct?
(a) Shakya clan (b) Maya clan performed at
I. He was a Jain saint.
(c) Licchavis clan (d) Koliyan clan [UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2015]
II. He was spiritual teacher of
(a) Sanchi (b) Shravasti
Chandragupta Maurya. 57. Who among the following was Buddha’s
foster mother? [Astt. Comm. 2018]
(c) Sarnath (d) Vaishali
Select the correct answer using the
codes given below. (a) Purna 68. Mahaparinirvana Temple is located at
(a) Only I (b) Only II (b) Gajalakshmi [UP Lower Sub. (Mains) 2015]
(c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II (c) Maya (a) Kushinagar (b) Sarnath
(d) Mahapajapati Gotami (c) Bodh Gaya (d) Shravasti
46. Svetambara Agama was finally edited at
the Jain Council of 58. From which inscriptions of the following 69. Buddha attained Mahaparinirvana in
[UPPSC (Mains) 2008] dynasty Lumbini was known as the Republic of the
(a) Vaishali (b) Vallabhi Buddha’s birthplace? [UPPSC (Mains) 2005]
(c) Pawa (d) Pataliputra [UPUDA/LDA 2006] (a) Mallas (b) Lichchavi
(a) Mauryan (b) Shung (c) Sakyas (d) Palas
47. The first Jain Council was held in
(c) Satavahana (d) Kushan
[UPPCS 2004] 70. Which of the following laid the
(a) Pataliputra (b) Vallabhi 59. Who was Alara Kalama? [UPPSC 2010] foundation of idol worship in the
(c) Aabu (d) Pava (a) A disciple of Buddha. country? [UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2008]
48. Where was the second Council of Jain (b) A distinguished Buddhist monk. (a) Jainism (b) Buddhism
held? (c) A king of Buddha’s time. (c) Ajivikas (d) Vedic religion
(d) A teacher of Buddha.
(a) Varanasi (b) Pavapuri 71. Buddha had visited Kaushambi during
(c) Vallabhi (d) Pataliputra 60. Where did Gautama Buddha deliver his the reign of [UP UDA/LDA 2010]
49. Who is the founder of Buddhism? first sermon? (a) Satanika (b) Udayana
[WBCS 2018, BPSC (Pre) 2015] (c) Bodhi (d) Nicakshu
(a) Lord Mahavira
(b) Gautama Buddha (a) Bodh Gaya (b) Shravasti
(c) Sarnath (d) Vaishali
72. Eight-fold Path of the Buddha is known
(c) Rishabhdev as the ‘Middle Path’ because it
(d) Alara Kalama 61. Mahabodhi Temple has been built at [APSC 2017]
50. When was Gautama Buddha born? Bodh Gaya where [BPSC 2002] (a) does not attach too much importance
[MPPSC (Pre) 2004] (a) Gautama Buddha was born. to knowledge and conduct.
(a) 563 BC (b) 561 BC (b) Gautama Buddha received (b) attaches equal important to
(c) 558 BC (d) 544 BC enlightenment. knowledge and conduct.
(c) Gautama Buddha gave his 1st sermon. (c) avoid self-indulgence as well as
51. Gautama Buddha was born at (d) Gautama Buddha passed away. self-immolation.
[UPPSC (Pre), 2002, MPPSC (Pre) 1992] (d) is open to the clergy and the laity.
(a) Vaishali (b) Lumbini 62. Which form of Buddhism was
(c) Kapilvastu (d) Pataliputra prominent during the Sultanate period? 73. Where did Lord Buddha breathe his
[JKPSC (Pre) 2013] last (Mahaparinirvan)? [NDA 2009]
52. Which of these is another name of (a) Theravada (a) Rajgir
Buddha? [CGPSC (Pre) 2014] (b) Hinayana (b) Bodh Gaya
(a) Parth (b) Prachhanna (c) Vajrayana (c) Sarnath
(c) Mihir (d) None of these (d) Tantrayana (d) Kushinagar
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74. Who amongst the following was the last 83. The inscription of which one of the Select the correct answer using the
person converted by the Buddha? following kings gives the information codes given below.
[UPRO/ARO (Pre) 2016] that Sakyamuni Buddha was born in (a) II and III (b) I and III
(a) Anand (b) Vasumitra Lumbini? (c) I, II and III (d) I, II, III and IV
(c) Goshal (d) Subhadda [UPPSC (Mains) 2011, 2007, 2004]
89. Which of the following was/were not
(a) Ashoka (b) Kanishka related to Buddha’s life? [CDS 2013]
75. Which of the events of Budhha’s life is (c) Harsha (d) Dharmapala
known as ‘Mahabhinishkramana’? I. Kanthaka
[UPPSC (Mains) 2014] 84. In Buddhist principle, the performer of II. Alara Kalama
(a) His death Sila and the achievement of Samadhi III. Channa
(b) His birth and Prajna lead to Nirvana. What does IV. Goshala Maskariputra
(c) His departure from home this Sila stand for? Select the correct answer using the
(d) His attainment of enlightenment (a) Mental control codes given below.
76. The Stupa site which is not connected (b) Physical control (a) Only I (b) Only IV
with any incident of Lord Buddha’s life, (c) Development of insight (c) I and II (d) III and IV
is [UPPSC (Mains) 2011] (d) Strict penance
90. Which of the following kingdoms were
(a) Sarnath (b) Sanchi 85. Which one of the following inscriptions associated with the life of the Buddha?
(c) Bodh Gaya (d) Kushinagar of Ashoka confirms the tradition that I. Avanti II. Gandhara
77. Which event of Buddha’s life is Gautama Buddha was born in III. Kosala IV. Magadha
represented by the wheel with deer, in Lumbini? [UP UDA/LDA (Mains) 2010] Select the correct answer using the codes
Indian Art? [UPPSC (Mains) 2002] (a) Basarh Pillar Inscription given below. [IAS (Pre) 2015, 2014]
(a) Great departure (b) Enlightenment (b) Nigali Sagar Pillar Inscription (a) I, II and III (b) II and III
(c) First preaching (d) Nirvana (c) Rampurwa Pillar Inscription (c) I, III and IV (d) III and IV
(d) Rummindei Pillar Inscription
78. Name the ‘Mudra’ which is represented 91. Which of the following is/are true about
by the Gandharan Buddha image of 86. Which one of the following describes Gautama Buddha? [UPPSC (Pre) 1992]
Sarnath first Sermon. [IAS 1998] best the concept of Nirvana in I. He believes in ‘Karma’.
Buddhism? [IAS (Pre) 2013] II. He believes in rebirth.
(a) Abhaya
(b) Dhyana (a) The extinction of the flame of desire. III. Attaining Nirvana.
(c) Dharmachakra (b) The complete annihilation of self. IV. Belief in the power of God.
(d) Bhumisparsha (c) A state of bliss and rest. Codes
(d) A mental stage beyond all (a) I, II and III (b) I and II
79. The concept of eightfold path forms the comprehension. (c) Only I (d) All of these
theme of [IAS 1998]
(a) Dipavamsa
87. Lord Buddha’s image is sometimes 92. Lord Buddha preached the following
shown with the hand gesture called four noble truths. Put them in correct
(b) Divyavadana
‘Bhumisparsha Mudra’. It symbolises chronological order. [UPPSC 2006]
(c) Mahaparinibban
[IAS (Pre) 2012] I. There is suffering.
(d) Dharmachakrapravartana Sutta
(a) Buddha’s calling of the Earth to II. There is cessation of suffering.
80. ‘World is unstable and transient’ is watch over Mara and to prevent Mara III. There is a path leading to the
related to which of the following? from disturbing his meditation. cessation of suffering.
[UPPSC (Pre) 1992] (b) Buddha’s calling of the Earth to IV. There is cause of suffering.
(a) Buddhism (b) Jainism witness his purity and chastity
Select the correct answer using the
(c) Gita (d) Vedanta despite the temptations of Mara.
codes given below.
(c) Buddha’s reminder to his followers
81. What is the first sermon of Buddha (a) I, IV, II and III (b) 1, IV, III and II
that they all arise from the Earth and
called as? [SSC 2013] (c) I, III, II and IV (d) I, II, IV and III
finally dissolve into the Earth and
(a) Brahmajalasutta thus this life is transistory. 93. The reason included in the expansion
(b) Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta (d) Both the statements ‘a’ and ‘b’ are of Buddhism are [UPPSC (Pre) 2009]
(c) Kachchayanagottasutta correct in this context. I. The simplicity of religion.
(d) Mahaparinirvansutta II. Special appeal towards Dalits.
88. Which of the following statements
82. Who of the following was a is/are correct about Lord Buddha? III. Missionary concept of religion.
contemporary of Gautama Buddha? [UPPSC 2010] IV. Regional language.
(a) Bhadrabahu [NDA 2009] I. He was born in Kapilvastu. V. The soundness of vedic spirit by
II. He attained enlightenment at Bodh philosophers.
(b) Chandragupta Maurya
Gaya. Codes
(c) Parshvanatha
III. He discarded the Vedic religion. (a) I, II and III (b) II, III and IV
(d) Vardhamana Mahavira
IV. He preached noble truths. (c) I, II, III and IV (d) II, III, IV and V

43. (a) 44. (b) 45. (c) 46. (d) 47. (a) 48. (c) 49. (b) 50. (a) 51. (b) 52. (d) 53. (b) 54. (b) 55. (c) 56. (d) 57. (d)
58. (a) 59. (d) 60. (c) 61. (b) 62. (c) 63. (d) 64. (b) 65. (a) 66. (d) 67. (c) 68. (a) 69. (a) 70. (b) 71. (b) 72. (c)
73. (d) 74. (d) 75. (c) 76. (b) 77. (c) 78. (c) 79. (d) 80. (a) 81. (b) 82. (d) 83. (a) 84. (a) 85. (d) 86. (a) 87. (b)
88. (d) 89. (b) 90. (d) 91. (a) 92. (a) 93. (c)
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94. Which of the following statement(s) (a) The earliest Dharmashastra texts III. Dipavamsa speaks of Samudra, the
is/are correct about Buddhism? written in aphoristic (sutra) style. 12 year old son of a merchant, as the
I. It did not reject caste and class. (b) Philosophical schools that did not key figure in Ashoka’s coming under
II. It challenged highest social ranked accept the authority of Vedas. the influence of Buddhist dhamma.
Brahmins. (c) Perfections whose attainment led to Which of the statements given above
III. It pointed certain crafts as low. the Bodhisattva path. is/are correct? [CDS 2019]
Choose the correct answer from the (d) Powerful merchant guilds of early (a) Only I (b) Only II
codes given below. [UPPSC (Pre) 1998] medieval South India. (c) I and II (d) I and III
(a) I and II (b) II and III 101. Whom of the following did Gautama 108. Who was the author of ‘Buddha
(c) I, II and III (d) None of these Buddha nominate for the leadership of Charita’? [WBCS 2008]
Buddhist Sangh after his death? (a) Asvaghosa (b) Nagasena
95. Assertion (A) Kushinagar was the
[UKPSC (Pre) 2002] (c) Nagarjuna (d) Vasumitra
capital of Malla Republic.
(a) Ananada (b) Mahakasyapa
Reason (R) Lord Buddha’s 109. What is ‘Tripitaka’?
(c) Upali (d) None of these
Mahaparinirvana took place in [UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2004, 2003]
Kushinagar. 102. The entry of women as a ‘Bhiksuni’ into (a) Three monkeys of Gandhiji
Select the correct answer using the the Buddhist Sangha was allowed by (b) Brahma, Vishnu, Mahesh
codes given below. [UPPSC 2004] Gautama Buddha in (c) Triratnas of Mahavira
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the [UPPSC (Pre) 2010] (d) Collection of the preachings of
correct explanation of A (a) Shravasti (b) Vaishali Buddha
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the (c) Rajgriha (d) Kushinagar
correct explanation of A 110. ‘Tripitaka’ texts are related to which
(c) A is true, but R is false 103. Who among the following wanted to religion? [RAS/RTS (Pre) 2012]
become the leader of the Sangha even (a) Vedic religion (b) Buddhism
(d) A is false, but R is true
during the lifetime of Buddha (c) Jainism (d) Shaivism
96. Match the following. [CDS 2011] [UPPSC (Pre) 1999]
(a) Devadatta (b) Mahakassapa 111. ‘Tripitaka’ is associated with which of
List I List II the following? [MPPSC (Pre) 2012]
(c) Upali (d) Ananda
(Event Related to (Place) (a) Jains (b) Buddhists
Buddha ) 104. Why was Nalanda-University famous in (c) Sikhs (d) Hindus
A. Birth of Buddha 1. Bodh Gaya the world? [BPSC (Pre) 1997]
(a) Medical Science 112. The ‘Tripitaka’ was written in
B. Enlightenment 2. Lumbini
(b) Philosophy [WBCS 2008]
C. First Sermon 3. Kushinagar (a) Brahmi (b) Kharosthi
(c) Buddhist Religious Philosophy
(Kasia)
(d) Chemical Science (c) Pali (d) Sanskrit
D. Death of Buddha 4. Sarnath
5. Rajgriha 105. With reference to Indian history, who 113. Which language was mostly used for
among the following is a future Buddha, the propagation of Buddhism?
Codes yet to come to save the world? [SSC (10 + 2) 2017]
A B C D A B C D [IAS (Pre) 2018] (a) Sanskrit (b) Prakrit
(a) 2 1 3 4 (b) 1 3 4 5 (a) Avalokiteshvara (b) Lokesvara (c) Pali (d) Sauraseni
(c) 2 1 4 3 (d) 4 2 5 3 (c) Maitreya (d) Padmapani
114. Which one of the following was the last
97. The teachings of Buddha are related to 106. With reference to the cultural history of Buddhist text produced in India?
[UPPSC (Pre) 1991] [SSC 2011]
India, consider the following pairs.
(a) Spirit disputes (a) Divya Vandana
I. Parivrajaka – Renuciant and
(b) Celibacy (b) Dohakosa
Wanderer
(c) Religious rituals (c) Vajrachedika
II. Shramana – Priest with a high
(d) Purity and holiness of conduct (d) Vamsathapakasini
status
98. What is the meaning of ‘Triratna’ in III. Upasaka – Lay follower of 115. In Buddhist text, ‘Dharmachakraparva-
Buddhism? [UPRO/ARO 2017] Buddhism rtana’ is known as
(a) Tripitaka Which of the pairs given above are [UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2004]
(b) Buddha, Dharma, Sangha correctly matched? (a) His (Buddha) sight
(c) Sheel, Samadhi, Sangha (a) I and II (b) I and III (b) First Sermon at Sarnath
(d) Satya, Ahimsa and Karuna (c) II and III (d) I, II and III (c) His religious norms
99. Buddha, Dharma and Sangha together (d) Buddha rituals
107. Consider the following statements:
are known as [SSC 2013]
I. According to Mahavamsa, Ashoka 116. Sir Edwin Arnold book ‘The Light of the
(a) Triratna (b) Trivarga turned to the Buddha’s dhamma Asia’ is based on
(c) Trisarga (d) Trimurti when his nephew Nigrodha preached [UPPSC (Mains) 2014]
the doctrine to him. (a) Divavadana
100. With reference to the cultural history of
India, which one of the following is the II. Divyavadana ascribes Ashoka being (b) Lalitvistar
correct description of the term drawn to the Buddha’s teaching to the (c) Suttapitaka
‘paramitas’? [IAS (Pre) 2020] influence of Samudra, a merchant- (d) Abhidhamma Pitaka
turned monk.
INDIAN HISTORY 23

117. Which of the following Buddhist texts Codes 133. First Buddhist Conference after the
contains the rules of monastic life? A B C D A B C D death of Buddha was presided over
(a) Digha-Nikaya [UPPSC 1996] (a) 2 4 1 3 (b) 3 1 4 2 by [UPPSC (Pre) 2000]
(b) Vinaya Pitaka (c) 2 1 4 3 (d) 4 1 2 3 (a) Mahakashyapa
(c) Abhindhamma Pitaka 124. After the Mahaparinirvana of Lord (b) Dharmasen
(d) Vibhasha Shustra Buddha, the first Buddhist council was (c) Ajatashatru
held at [BPSC 2018] (d) Nagasen
118. Which of the following Buddhist literature
contains the Buddha’s sermons on (a) Rajgriha (Rajgir) 134. Which one of the following is the
matters of ethics and doctrine? (b) Gaya common element among Rajagriha,
[MPPSC (Pre) 2014] (c) Pataliputra Vaishali and Pataliputra?
(a) Vinaya Pitaka (b) Jataka Stories (d) Vaishali [NDA 2015]
(c) Abhidhamma Pitaka (d) Sutta Pitaka (a) Pali connon at Sthaviravadins was
125. The first Buddhist Council was held
complied there.
119. In Buddhism, what does Patimokkha during the reign of
(b) Ashokan major rock edicts were
stand for? [CDS 2009] [UPPSC (Mains) 2010]
found there.
(a) A description of Mahayana Buddhism. (a) Aniruddha (b) Ajatshatru
(c) Places where Buddhist councils
(b) A description of Hinayana Buddhism. (c) Bimbisara (d) Udayabhadra
were held.
(c) The rules of the Sangha. 126. Who among the following conducted (d) Place associated with the
(d) The questions of king Menander. the first Buddhist Council? compilation at Buddhist canons of
120. Consider the following. [UPUDA/LDA (Mains) 2010] the Mahasanghikas.
I. Pitakas II. Angas III. Jataka (a) Ananda 135. Who believes in the original teaching
Which of the above is/are branches of (b) Mahakassapa of Buddha?
Buddhist literature? [CDS 2006] (c) Moggaliputta Tissa (a) Hinayana
(a) I and III (b) II and III (d) Upali (b) Mahayana
(c) I, II and III (d) Only I 127. Second Buddhist Council was held at (c) Vajrayana
which place? (d) All of the above
121. With reference to Indian literary works,
[UPRO/ARO (Mains) 2014]
what is Digha Nikaya? [NDA 2002] 136. In the Mahayana Buddhism, the
(a) An important Buddhist text in Pali. (a) Rajgriha (b) Vaishali Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara was
(b) Miscellaneous work in prose and verse (c) Pataliputra (d) Kashi also known as [IAS (Pre) 1997]
associated with Mudrarakshasha. (Varanasi) (a) Vajrapani (b) Manjusri
(c) Collection of long sermons ascribed to 128. Where was the third Buddhist Council (c) Padmapani (d) Maitreya
Mahavira. held? [BPSC (Pre) 2011]
(d) Collection of short stories ascribed to
137. ‘Mahayana’ sect and Buddhism
(a) Taxila (b) Sarnath emerged during the reign of
Kautilya. (c) Bodhgaya (d) Pataliputra [IAS (Pre) 1993]
122. Which of the following statements is/are 129. The Fourth Buddhist Council was held (a) Ajatshatru (b) Ashoka
correct? [NDA 2014] during the reign of [UPPSC (Pre) 2011] (c) Dharmapala (d) Kanishka
I. Early buddhist literature is generally (a) Kanishka (b) Ashoka
composed of the cononical text.
138. Consider the following.
(c) Harshvardhana (d) Menander I. Deification of the Buddha.
II. The Buddhist school classify their
cononical literatures as only the Pitakas. 130. A Buddhist Council during the reign of II. Treading the path of Bodhisattvas.
Codes Kanishka was held at III. Image worship and rituals.
(a) Only I (b) Only II [BPSC (Pre) 2005] Which of the above is/are the feature/
(c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor I (a) Magadha (b) Pataliputra features of Mahayana Buddhism?
(c) Kashmir (d) Rajgriha (a) Only I [IAS (Pre) 2019]
123. Match the following. (b) I and II
131. Who among the following presided
List I List II (c) II and III
over the Buddhist Council held during
(Term) (Meaning/Explanation) (d) I, II and III
the reign of Kanishka at Kashmir?
A. Abhidhamma 1. Matters of doctrine [IAS (Pre) 2001] 139. What is the fundamental difference
Pitaka and ethics (a) Parsva (b) Nagarjuna between Hinayana and Mahayana
B. Sutta Pitaka 2. Rules of Monk order (c) Sudraka (d) Vasumitra sects of Buddhism?
C. Vinaya Pitaka 3. Members of great [UPPSC (Pre) 1996]
132. Gautama Buddha gave the maximum
community (a) Belief in Non-violence
sermons at which place?
D. Mahasanghika 4. Matters of (b) Caste free society
[UPPSC (Pre) 2011]
psychology and (c) Worship of God and Goddess
(a) Vaishali (b) Shravasti
metaphysics (d) Worship of stupas
(c) Kaushambi (d) Rajgriha

94. (c) 95. (b) 96. (c) 97. (d) 98. (b) 99. (a) 100. (c) 101. (d) 102. (a) 103. (a) 104. (c) 105. (c) 106. (b) 107. (c) 108. (a)
109. (d) 110. (b) 111. (b) 112. (c) 113. (c) 114. (d) 115. (b) 116. (b) 117. (b) 118. (d) 119. (c) 120. (a) 121. (a) 122. (d) 123. (d)
124. (a) 125. (b) 126. (b) 127. (b) 128. (d) 129. (a) 130. (c) 131. (d) 132. (b) 133. (a) 134. (c) 135. (a) 136. (c) 137. (d) 138. (d)
139. (c)
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140. With reference to the religious history of (a) occasion to elect the changes in material life and reacted
India, consider the following statements. Sanghparinayaka and two speakers against orthodoxy, neither of these
I. Sthaviravadins belong to Mahayana one on Dhamma and the other of sought to abolish the caste system.
Buddhism. Vinaya. III. The first female disciple of Mahavira
II. Lokottaravadin sect was an offshoot of (b) confession by monks of their offences is said to have been a captured slave
Mahasanghika sect of Buddhism. committed during their stay in the woman.
III. The deification of Buddha by monasteries during the rainy season. IV. Buddha held that nuns could attain
Mahasanghikas fostered the (c) ceremony of initiation of new person spiritual liberation just like a monk and
Mahayana Buddhism. into the Buddhist Sangha in which granted them an equal status in the
the head is shaved and yellow robes mendicant order.
Which of the statements given above
are offered. Select the correct answer using the
is/are correct? [IAS (Pre) 2020]
(d) gathering of Buddhist monks on the codes given below.
(a) I and II (b) II and III
next day to the full-moon day of (a) I, II, III, and IV (b) I, II and III
(c) Only III (d) I, II and III Ashadha, when they take up a fixed (c) I, II and IV (d) III and IV
141. Who among the following taught the abode for the next four months of
doctrine of Shunyata (Shunyavad)? rainy season. 155. Jivaka, the royal physician of Rajgriha,
was the son of the Ganika named as
[CDS 2006]
150. Which one of the following is not [MPPSC 2009]
(a) Nagarjuna (b) Shankaracharya common in Buddhism and Jainism? (a) Salavati (b) Ramaniya
(c) Harisena (d) Vallabhacharya (a) Non-violence (Ahimsa) [BPSC 2001] (c) Basantsena (d) Amrapali
142. Who among the following was (b) Indifference to Vedas
associated with the formulation of the (c) Self-mortification 156. How many Jyotirlingas are devoted to
(d) Rejection of rituals Lord Shiva? [CGPSC 2012]
basic Ideas of Mahatma Buddhism?
[NDA 2014] (a) 6 (b) 12
(a) Nagarjuna 151. The famous pilgrimage of Buddhists as (c) 24 (d) 18
(b) Kashyapa Matanga well as of Jains in Uttar Pradesh is at
(c) Menander [UPUDA/LDA (Mains) 2010, 157. Who founded the Lingayat Movement?
(d) Kanishka RAS/RTS (Pre) 2007] (a) Basava [HPSC 2012]
(a) Sarnath (b) Kaushambi (b) Ramanuja
143. To which Buddhist School did Nagarjuna
(c) Devipatan (d) Kushinagar (c) Shankaracharya
belong? [UK UDA/LDA (Mains) 2007]
(d) Kambar
(a) Sautrantika (b) Vaibhasika 152. Both Jainism and Buddhism believe
(c) Madhyamika (d) Yogachara that [UPPSC (Pre) 1999] 158. Which incarnation of Vishnu is
(a) Philosophy of Karma and depicted as saving the Earth from the
144. Chinese traveller Hiuen-Tsang studied Sea? [UPUDA/LDA (Pre) 2010]
at the University of [BPSC 2002] transmigration of soul were correct.
(b) Salvation could be possible only (a) Kachhapa (b) Matsya
(a) Taxila (b) Vikramshila
after death. (c) Varaha (d) Narsingh
(c) Magadh (d) Nalanda
(c) Both men and women could attain 159. The originator of Bhagavata Religion
145. Who was the founder of Nalanda salvation. was [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1993]
University? [BPSC (Pre) 2015] (d) Middle course of life was the best
(a) Janak (b) Krishna
(a) Chandragupta Vikramaditya one.
(c) Yajnavalkya (d) Surdas
(b) Kumargupta
153. With reference to the history of ancient
(c) Dharmapal 160. The number of forms of bhakti in the
India, which of the following was/were
(d) Phushyagupta Bhagavata cult is
common to both Buddhism and
[UPUDA/LDA (Pre) 2010]
146. Buddhist centre of learning is Jainism? [IAS (Pre) 2012]
(a) 7 (b) 8
[MPPSC (Pre) 2004] I. Avoidance of extremities of penance
(c) 9 (d) 10
(a) Vikramshila (b) Varanasi and enjoyment.
(c) Gimar (d) Ujjain II. Indifference to the authority of the 161. Who contributes the most in the
Vedas. development of Bhagavata sect?
147. Vallabhi University was situated in III. Denial of efficiency of rituals. [BPSC (Pre) 1994]
[UPRO/ARO (Pre) 2014]
Codes (a) Persian
(a) Bihar (b) Uttar Pradesh (a) Only I (b) II and III (b) Indo-Greek people
(c) Bengal (d) Gujarat (c) I and III (d) All of these (c) Kushan
148. ‘Nava Nalanda Mahavihara’ is famous 154. Which of the following statements with (d) Gupta
for [BPSC (Pre) 2008] regard to the heterodox sect between 162. The earliest archival evidence related
(a) Hsuan-Tsang memorial sixth and fourth century BC are to Bhagavata Religion is
(b) Birthplace of Mahavir correct? [CDS 2017] [UPPSC (Mains) 2008]
(c) Pali Research Centre I. The Jain ideals were already being (a) Allahabad’s inscription of
(d) Museum circulated in the seventh century BC Samudragupta
149. In ancient Indian Buddhist monasteries, by Parshava. (b) Besnagar’s inscription of Heliodorus
a ceremony called Pavarana used to be II. Although Buddhism, and to a lesser (c) Bhitri’s inscription of Skandagupta
held. It was the [IAS (Pre) 2002] extent Jainism, took account of the (d) Mehrauli’s pillar inscription
INDIAN HISTORY 25

163. The earliest known epigraphic evidence 172. Who were Nayanars? 182. Which Kand of Ramayana describes
of Bhagavatism is [UKPSC (Pre) 2012] [UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2006] the first meeting of Rama and
(a) Prayag Prashasti of Samudra Gupta (a) Shaiva (b) Shakta Hanuman? [UPPSC (Mains) 2004]
(b) Nasik inscription of Gautami Balashri (c) Vaishnava (d) Suryopasaka (a) Kishkindha Kand
(c) Garuda column at Besnagar (b) Sunder Kand
(d) Ayodhya inscription of Dhanadeva
173. The ancient place where the narration (c) Bal Kand
of entire Mahabharata was read in the
(d) None of the above
164. Which one of the following is not conference of 60,000 hermits
included in ‘Prasthana trayi’? [UPPSC (Pre) 2006] 183. Kumbh Mela at Nasik is held on which
[UPPSC (Pre) 1997] (a) Ahichatra (b) Hastinapur of the following river banks?
(a) Bhagavata (b) Bhagavad Gita (c) Kampilya (d) Naimisharanya [UPPSC (Mains) 2004]
(c) Brahma Sutra (d) Upanishad (a) Tapti River (b) Narmada River
174. Mahamastakabhisheka, a great
(c) Koyna RIver (d) Godavari River
165. Who were the first to worship Vasudeva religious event, is associated with and
Krishna? [UPPSC (Pre) 1997] done for whom of the following? 184. According to ancient Indian
(a) Bhagavatas (b) Vedic Aryans [IAS (Pre) 2009] cosmogonic ideas, the sequential order
(c) Tamilians (d) Abhirs (a) Bahubali (b) Buddha of the cycle of four epochs (yugas) is
(c) Mahavirji (d) Nataraja [IAS (Pre) 1996]
166. Who among these rendered that “Fate (a) Dvapara, Krita, Treta, and Kali
assigns every thing, human is 175. Which of the following epic has
(b) Krita, Dvapara, Treta and Kali
incapable”? [UPPSC (Pre) 2006] primarily mentioned Krishna, son of
(c) Krita, Treta, Dvapara and Kali
(a) Jains (b) Buddhists Devaki? [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1999]
(d) Treta, Dvapara, Kali and Krita
(c) Ajivikas (d) Mimansakas (a) Mahabharata
(b) Chandogya Upainshad 185. Who built ‘Gommateshwara” statue at
167. Which one among the following sects (c) Ashtadhyayi Shravanabela Gola?
was associated with Gosala (d) Bhagavata Purana [UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2009, IAS 1994]
Maskariputra? [NDA 2015]
(a) Chamundaraya
(a) Vajrayan 176. Which one of the following propounded
(b) Krishan-I
(b) Ajivikas that ‘destiny determines everything,
(c) Kumarpala
(c) Sthaviravadins man is powerless’? [UPPSC 2006]
(d) Tejpala
(d) Mahasamghika (a) Jains (b) Buddhists
(c) Ajivikas (d) Mimansakas 186. Prabhasgiri is a pilgrim spot of
168. The Rathyatra at Puri is celebrated in [UPPSC (Pre) 2008]
honour of which Hindu deity? 177. Who used the caves of Barabar as their
(a) Buddhists (b) Jains
[UK UDA/LDA (Pre) 2007] shelter-house? [BPSC (Pre) 1995]
(c) Saivites (d) Vaishnavites
(a) Lord Rama (a) Ajivikas (b) Tharus
(b) Lord Vishnu (c) Jains (d) Tantrikas 187. Sarnath Buddha image of Bhumi
(c) Lord Jagannath Sparsha Mudra belongs to
178. The sect which believed in abiding [UPUDA/LDA (Pre) 2010]
(d) Lord Shiva
nature of destiny was
(a) Kushan period
169. Ardhanarishvara, a figure of half Shiva [RAS/RTS (Pre) 2013]
(b) Gupta period
and half Parvati, represents (a) Jainism (b) Ajivikas
(c) Vardhana period
[UPPSC (Pre) 1997] (c) Charvaka (d) Buddhism
(d) Rajput period
(a) Union of male and female
179. ‘Ajivika’ sect was founded by
(b) Union of God and Goddess 188. The first human statue worshipped in
(a) Anand [UPPSC 1996]
(c) Union of God with his Shakti India where those of
(b) Raghulabhadra [RAS/RTS (Pre) 2010]
(d) None of the above
(c) Makkhali Gosala (a) Brahma (b) Vishnu
170. Which one of the following gives equal (d) Upali (c) Buddha (d) Shiva
importance to Janma, Karma and
Bhakti as a means of liberation? 180. Which one of the following was a 189. Ashokaram monastery was situated at
[UPPSC (Mains) 2005]
Shaiva sect in ancient India? [UPPSC (Mains) 2015]
[IAS (Pre) 1996]
(a) Advaita Vedanta (a) Vaishali (b) Pataliputra
(a) Ajivika (b) Mattamayura
(b) Vishishtadvaita Vedanta (c) Kausambi (d) Shravasti
(c) Mayamata (d) Isanasivagurudeva
(c) Bhagavad Gita
190. Which of the following Buddhist sacred
(d) Mimamsa 181. Karmapa Lama belongs to which of the place is situated on the bank of River
following sects of Tibetan Buddhism?
171. Who among the following was not an Niranjana? [UPPSC (Pre) 2012]
[UPPSC (Pre) 2000]
‘Alvar Saint’? [UPPSC (Pre) 2013] (a) Bodhgaya (b) Kushinagar
(a) Gelugpa (b) Kangyupa
(a) Poigai (b) Tirugyan (c) Lumbini (d) Rishipatan
(c) Sakyapa (d) Lingamapa
(c) Pudam (d) Thirumangai

140. (b) 141. (a) 142. (a) 143. (c) 144. (d) 145. (b) 146 (a) 147. (d) 148. (c) 149. (b) 150. (c) 151. (b) 152. (a) 153. (b) 154. (c)
155. (b) 156. (b) 157. (a) 158. (c) 159. (b) 160. (c) 161. (d) 162. (b) 163. (c) 164. (a) 165. (a) 166. (c) 167. (b) 168. (c) 169. (c)
170. (c) 171. (b) 172. (a) 173. (d) 174. (a) 175. (b) 176. (c) 177. (a) 178. (b) 179. (c) 180. (b) 181. (b) 182. (a) 183. (d) 184. (c)
185. (a) 186. (b) 187. (b) 188. (c) 189. (b) 190. (a)
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191. The Giant Buddha statue of 80 feet at 199. Which one of the following statements Select the correct answer using the
Bodhgaya was constructed by is not correct? [IASC (Pre) 2002] codes given below. [Astt. Comm. 2018]
[RAS/RTS (Pre) 1993] (a) The statue of Gommateshwara at (a) Only I (b) Only II
(a) Japanese Shravanbela gola represents the last (c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II
(b) People of Thailand (Thai) Tirthankara of Jains. 204. Consider the following statements.
(c) Srilankan (b) India’s largest Buddhist monastery
I. The Buddhists in Deccan excavated
(d) Bhutanese is in Arunachal Pradesh.
rock-cut Chaityas and the
(c) The Khajuraho temples were built Vaishnavas, Shaivas and Jainas
192. The standing statue of Gautama under Chandela kings.
Buddha was built in which period? imitated these in later centuries.
(d) The Hoysaleswara temple is II. The Vaishnavas, Shaivas and Jainas
[UPPSC (Pre) 1992]
dedicated to Shiva. excavated temples at sites far distant
(a) Gupta period
(b) Kushana Period 200. Which one of the following statements from rock-cut Chaityas.
(c) Maurya Period about Buddhist Stupas in India is not Which of the statement(s) given
(d) Guptottar Period correct? [CDS 2018] above is/are correct? [NDA 2011]
(a) Ashoka played an important role in (a) Only I (b) Only II
193. Where the word ‘Stupa’ has been used popularising the Stupa cult. (c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II
for the first time? [CGPSC (Pre) 2015] (b) They were repositories of relics of
(a) Rigveda (b) Jataka Katha 205. Which of the following pairs are
Buddha and other monks.
(c) Arthashastra (d) Ashtadhyayi correctly matched?
(c) They were located in rural areas.
I. Lothal – Ancient dockyard
194. Where is the highest in the world (d) They were located close to trade
II. Sarnath – First Sermon of Buddha
‘Vishwa Shanti Stupa’ located in Bihar? routes.
II. Rajgir – Lion capital of Ashoka
[BPSC (Pre) 2008] 201. Some Buddhist rock-cut caves are IV. Nalanda – Great seat of Buddhist
(a) Vaishali (b) Nalanda called Chaityas, while the others are learning
(c) Rajgir (d) Patna called Viharas. What is the difference Select the correct answer using the
between the two? [IAS (Pre) 2013] codes given below. [IAS (Pre) 1998]
195. ‘Saptaparni Cave’ is situated in
[UPRO/ARO (Pre) 2014]
(a) Viharas is a place of worship, while (a) I, II, III and IV (b) III and IV
Chaitya is the dwelling place of the (c) I, II and IV (d) I and II
(a) Sanchi (b) Nalanda
monks
(c) Rajgriha (d) Pawapuri 206. Consider the following statements.
(b) Chaitya is a place of worship, while
196. Heliodorus of ‘Besnagar inscription’ Vihara is the dwelling place of the I. Confecious of China was
was a resident of monks contemporary of Gautam Buddha.
[UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2010] (c) Chaitya is the stupa at the far end of the II. Zarthosti religion was originated in
(a) Pushkalavati cave, while Vihara is the hall axial to it Iran.
(b) Takshila (Taxila) (d) There is no material difference Select the correct option.
(c) Sakala between the two. (a) Only I
(d) Mathura (b) Only II
202. Consider the following statements. (c) Both I and II
197. Who among the following deities is I. The Ikshvaku rulers of Southern India (d) None of these
represented in art as holding the were antagonistic towards Buddhism.
plough? [UPPSC (Mains) 2007] II. The Pala rulers of Eastern India were 207. Match List I with List II and select the
(a) Krishna patrons of Buddhism. correct answer from the codes given
(b) Balarama Which of the statement(s) given above below.
(c) Kartikeya is/are correct? [IAS (Pre) 2006] List I List II
(d) Maitreya (a) Only I (b) Only II A. Jainism 1. Medina
(c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II B. Hinduism 2. Vatican
198. In which of the following rock cut caves
Eleven-Headed Bodhisattva image is 203. Which of the following statements C. Islam 3. Pavapuri
depicted? [UPPSC 2017] about Bodhisattva is/are correct? D. Christianity 4. Varanasi
(a) Ajanta I. They were perceived as deeply Codes
(b) Ellora compassionate beings who A B C D A B C D
(c) Kanheri accumulated merit through their efforts.
(a) 3 1 4 2 (b) 1 2 4 3
(d) Karle II. They made attempt to attain Nirvana.
(c) 3 4 1 2 (d) 2 3 1 4

191. (a) 192. (b) 193. (a) 194. (c) 195. (c) 196. (b) 197. (b) 198. (c) 199. (a) 200. (d) 201. (b) 202. (b) 203. (c) 204. (a) 205. (c)
206. (c) 207. (c)
5
Mauryan and
Post-Mauryan Period
1. Which dynasty did rule over Magadha 8. Bulandibagh was an ancient site of 14. The Greek ambassador Megasthenese
after Nanda dynasty? [BPSC 2005] [UPPSC (Mains) 2008] was in the court of which of the
(a) Maurya (b) Sunga (a) Kapilavastu (b) Pataliputra following rulers? [SSC 2018 ]
(c) Gupta (d) Kushana (c) Vaishali (d) Varanasi (a) Ashoka (b) Chandragupta
(c) Bindusara (d) Chanakya
2. Which among the following is India's 9. That Gujarat was included in the Kingdom
oldest dynasty? of Chandragupta Maurya is proved by 15. In how many categories did
[UK Lower Sub (Pre) 2010] [UP UDA/LDA (Mains) 2010] Megasthenes divide the Indian
(a) Gupta (b) Maurya (a) Greek accounts Society? [BPSC 2003]
(c) Vardhana (d) Kushana (b) Junagarh Rock Inscription of (a) Four (b) Five
Rudradaman (c) Six (d) Seven
3. First Indian Empire was established by
(c) Jain tradition
(a) Kanishka [UP Lower 2012] 16. Who was referred to as ‘Sandrocottus’
(d) Pillar Edict II of Ashoka in the writings of the Greeks?
(b) Harsha
(c) Chandragupta Maurya 10. In which year Chandragupta Maurya (a) Ashoka [WBCS 2018]
(d) Samudragupta had defeated Seleucus? (b) Bindusara
[UPRO/ARO (Mains) 2014] (c) Chandragupta Maurya
4. Chandragupta Maurya figures (a) 317 BC (d) Dhanananda
prominently in the book of
(b) 315 BC
[BPSC (Pre) 2004] 17. Who recognised Sandrocottus as
(c) 305 BC
(a) Bhasa (b) Sudraka Chandragupta Maurya?
(d) 300 BC
(c) Vishakhadatta (d) Ashvaghosha [BPSC (Pre) 2008]
11. Realising the need of water, the first (a) William Jones (b) V Smith
5. Chandragupta’s palace situated at ruler who got a lake constructed in the (c) RK Mukherjee (d) DR Bhandarkar
Pataliputra is mainly made up of Girnar area, was
[BPSC (Pre) 1996] [UPPSC (Mains) 2007, 2002]
18. The ancient Indian play
(a) bricks (b) stones ‘Mudrarakshasa’ of Vishakhadatta has
(a) Chandragupta Maurya
(c) woods (d) clays its subject on [IAS (Pre) 2002]
(b) Ashoka
(a) conflict between Gods and Demons
6. Who amongst the following Mauryan (c) Rudradaman
of ancient Hindu.
rulers did conquer the Deccan? (d) Skandagupta
(b) a romantic story of an Aryan Prince
[BPSC (Pre) 2004] 12. Who came to India during the time of and a tribal woman.
(a) Ashoka (b) Chandragupta Chandragupta Maurya? [WBCS 2018] (c) the story of the power struggle
(c) Bindusara (d) Kunala (a) Faxian (Fa-Hien) between two Aryan tribes.
7. Who was the first king to conquer (b) Xuanzang (Hiuen Tsang) (d) the court intrigues at the time of
Malwa, Gujarat and Maharashtra? (c) Megasthenes Chandragupta Maurya.
[UPPSC (Pre) 1991] (d) Strabo 19. Who was the son of Chandragupta?
(a) Harsha (b) Skandagupta 13. Megasthenes was the ambassador of [SSC 2017]
(c) Vikramaditya (a) Seleucus (b) Alexander (a) Bindusara (b) Chandragupta II
(d) Chandragupta Maurya (c) Darius (d) Greek (c) Ashoka (d) Bimbasara

1. (a) 2. (b) 3. (c) 4. (c) 5. (c) 6. (b) 7. (d) 8. (b) 9. (b) 10. (c) 11. (a) 12. (c) 13. (a) 14. (b) 15. (d)
16. (c) 17. (a) 18. (d) 19. (a)
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20. Which of the following Mauryan ruler is 31. A Buddhist Council during the reign of 39. Consider the following statements.
known as ‘Amitraghat’? [UP Lower 2015] Ashoka was held at [BPSC 2002] Assertion (A) Ashoka annexed Kalinga
(a) Chandragupta (b) Samudragupta (a) Magadha to the Mauryan Empire.
(c) Ashoka (d) Bindusara (b) Pataliputra Reason (R) Kalinga controlled the land
(c) Samastipur and sea routes to South India.
21. Deimachus came to India during the Select the correct answer using the
(d) Rajgriha
reign of [UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2015]
codes given below.
(a) Chandragupta Maurya 32. Which one of the following inscriptions [UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2002]
(b) Bindusara contains the name of Ashoka?
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the
(c) Ashoka [UPPSC (Pre) 2015]
correct explanation of A
(d) Kanishka (a) Gujarra (b) Ahraura
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the
(c) Brahmagiri (d) Sarnath correct explanation of A
22. To which dynasty did Ashoka belong?
[CDS 2006] 33. Which one territory of the following was (c) A is true, but R is false
(a) Vardhana (b) Maurya not a part of Ashoka’ empire? (d) A is false, but R is true
(c) Kushan (d) Gupta [BPSC (Pre) 1997]
40. Which one of the following is
(a) Afghanistan (b) Bihar considered the best Stupa?
23. Before his coronation, Ashoka served (c) Sri Lanka (d) Kalinga
as the Governor of [UPPSC (Mains) 2008]
(a) Taxila 34. The ‘Dhamma’, propagated by Ashoka (a) Amravati (b) Bharhut
(b) Ujjain was [CDS 2012] (c) Sanchi (d) Sarnath
(c) Both (a) and (b) (a) the tenets of Buddhism. 41. Which of the following South Kingdoms
(d) Dakshin Pradesh (b) a mixture of the philosophies of
is not mentioned in the Ashokan
Ajivikas and Charvakas.
24. The name by which Ashoka is referred inscriptions? [UPPSC (Mains) 2005]
(c a system of morals consistent with the
to his inscriptions is [BPSC 2019] (a) Chola
tenets of most of the sects of the time.
(a) Chakravarti (b) Dharmadeva (d) the religious policy of the state. (b) Pandya
(c) Dharmakirti (d) Priyadarshi (c) Satiyaputta
35. Turamaya, a contemporary of Ashoka (d) Satavahana
25. Which of the king has been mentioned was the ruler of [UPPSC (Pre) 2012]
as ‘Piyadassi’ and Devanampiya’ in 42. Ashokan inscriptions were first
(a) Egypt (b) Corinth
inscriptions? [MPPSC (Pre) 2015] deciphered by [UPPSC 2014]
(c) Macedonia (d) Syria
(a) Chandragupta Maurya (a) James Prinsep
(b) Ashoka 36. Ptolemy, Philadelphus whose had (b) George Buhler
(c) Samudragupta diplomatic relation with Ashoka, was (c) Vincent Smith
(d) Harshavardhana king of [UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2006] (d) Ahmad Hasan Dani
(a) Cyron (b) Egypt
26. Pre-Ashokan Brahmi Script was found (c) Macedonia (d) Syria 43. Which of the following information is
at [UPPSC (Pre) 2008] found in Ashoka’s inscriptions?
(a) Nagarjunakonda 37. Which of the following sources mention (a) Life story [SSC (10+2) 2018]
(b) Anuradhapura the occurrence of the third Buddhist (b) Internal policy
(c) Brahmagiri Council during the reign of Ashoka?
(c) Foreign policy
(d) Maski [UPPSC (Pre) 1999]
(d) All option are correct.
I. Inscriptions of Ashoka
27. Sarnath Pillar was built by II. Dipavamsa 44. Which Buddhist text contains an
[UP Lower Sub 2008] III. Mahavamsa account of the Mauryan emperor
(a) Harshavardhana (b) Ashoka IV. Divyavadana Ashoka? [CDS 2018]
(c) Gautam Buddha (d) Kanishka Select the correct answer using the (a) Vinaya Pitaka
28. Who constructed the ‘Sanchi Stupa’? codes given below. (b) Sutta Pitaka
[MPPSC 2012, 2006] (a) I and II (c) Abhidhamma Pitaka
(a) Chandragupta (b) Kautilya (b) II and III (d) Mahavamsa
(c) Gautam Buddha (d) Ashoka (c) III and IV 45. The name Dharmashoka was found in
(d) I and IV the [CDS 2003]
29. “In spite of being Buddhist, Ashoka did
not leave belief in Hinduism” validation 38. In the course of pilgrimage, Emperor (a) Maski Edict
of this fact is [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1999] Ashoka visited the following places. (b) Junagarh Inscription
(a) Pilgrims Which route did he follow? (c) Sarnath Inscription
(b) Belief in Moksha [UPPSC (Pre) 1999] (d) Allahabad Pillar Inscription
(c) Epithet of “Devanampriya” I. Gaya II. Kapilavastu
46. In which of the following inscriptions
(d) Establishment of veterinary hospitals III. Kushinagar IV. Lumbini
the name of ‘Ashoka’ has been
V. Sarnath VI. Shravasti
mentioned? [RAS/RTS(Pre) 2007]
30. Who established ‘Rajdharma’ on triplex Codes
bases of longanimity, liberty and (a) Bhabru Edict
(a) I,II, III, IV, V and VI
compassion? [UPPSC (Pre) 1993] (b) Rock Edict XIII
(b) I, III, IV, II, V and VI
(a) Ashoka (b) Akbar (c) Rummindei Pillar Inscription
(c) IV, V, VI III, II and I
(c) Ranjit Singh (d) Shivaji (d) Minor Rock Edict of Maski
(d) IV, II, I,V, VI and III
INDIAN HISTORY 29

47. Language used in the inscriptions of 54. The Rummindei Pillar of Ashoka was 62. Which one of the following edicts
Ashoka is [BPSC 2004] put up to mark [UPPSC (Mains) 2008] mentions the personal name of Ashoka?
(a) Sanskrit (b) Prakrit (a) birth of Buddha (a) Kalsi [IAS (Pre) 1997]
(c) Apabhramsa (d) Hindi (b) enlightenment of Buddha (b) Rummindei
(c) first Sermon of Buddha (c) Special Kalinga Edict
48. Which one of the following Ashokan
(d) demise of Buddha (d) Maski
inscription is in “Kharosthi” script?
(a) Khalsi [CGPSC (Pre) 2011] 55. In which of the following relief sculpture 63. In which of the following inscriptions of
(b)Girnar inscriptions is ‘Ranyo Ashoka’ (King Ashoka, mention has been made of
(c) Shahbazgarhi Ashoka) mentioned along with the stone South Indian kingdoms?
(d) Meerut portrait of Ashoka? [IAS (Pre) 2019] [UPPSC (Mains) 2016]
(a) Kanganahalli (b) Sanchi (a) Third Major Rock Edict
49. Which of the following inscriptions of (c) Shahbazgarhi (d) Sohgaura (b) Second Major Rock Edict
Ashoka bans animal sacrifice on
(c) Ninth Major Rock Edict
certain festive gathering, that probably 56. Who among the following rulers advised
his subjects through this inscription? (d) First Pillar Inscription
included a ban on animal killing as
well? [RAS/RTS(Pre) 2013] “Whosoever praises his religious sect or 64. Who of the following had first deciphered
(a) Rock Edict I blames other sects out of excessive the edicts of Emperor Ashoka?
(b) Pillar Edict V devotion to his own sect, with the view of [IAS (Pre) 2016]
(c) Rock Edict IX glorifying his own sect, he rather injures (a) Georg Buhler (b) James Prinsep
(d) Rock Edict XI his own sect very severely.” (c) Max Muller (d) William Jones
(a) Ashoka [IAS (Pre) 2020]
50. In which of the following inscriptions, (b) Samudragupta 65. The first scholar who read Ashokan
Ashoka’s edicts are also found? edicts was
(c) Harshavardhana
[UPPSC (Mains) 2016] [UPPSC 2010, 2006, IAS (Pre) 1993]
(d) Krishnadeva Raya
(a) Junagadh Inscription of (a) Buhler (b) Robert Sebel
Mahakshatrapa Rudradaman. 57. An Ashokan Edict is located in (c) James Prinsep (d) Cordriguttan
(b) Nashik Prashasti regarding Uttarakhand at [UKPSC 2005]
Gautamiputra Satakarni (a) Dev Prayag (b) Kalsi 66. The Gujarra minor Rock edict, in which
(c) Hathigumpha Inscription of (c) Kedarnath (d) Rishikesh the name of Ashoka is mentioned, is
Kharavela located in [UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2008]
58. Ashoka’s connection with Buddhism is (a) Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh
(d) None of the above
evident from which one of the following (b) Datia district of Madhya Pradesh
51. Which of the following Ashokan edicts? [NDA 2017] (c) Jaipur district of Rajasthan
inscriptions is devoted to the principle (a) Major Rock Edict 13 (d) Champaran district of Bihar
of religious tolerance completely? (b) Rock Edict 6
[UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2008] (c) Minor Rock Edict 1 67. The Ashokan major rock edicts which
(a) Rock edict XIII (d) Pillar Edict 4 tell us about the Sangam Kingdom
(b) Rock edict XII include Rock edicts [IAS (Pre) 1998]
59. Where in Uttarakhand, was a copy of (a) I and X (b) I and XI
(c) Pillar inscription VII
Emperor Ashoka’s Rock Edicts (c) II and XIII (d) II and XIV
(d) Bhabru minor rock edict
discovered?
52. In which of the following inscription [UK UDA/ LDA (Mains) 2007] 68. Which Ashokan Rock Edict describes
mentioned Chandragupta and Ashoka (a) Nainital the victory and injuries of Kalinga war?
both? [UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2004] (b) Pauri [IAS (Pre) 1998]
(a) Nasik inscription of Gautami putra (c) Tehri (a) Rock edict I (b) Rock edict II
Shatkarni. (d) Kalsi (Dehradun District) (c) Rock edict XII (d) Rock edict XIII
(b) Junagarh inscription of Mahasatrap 69. Which one among the following
Rudradaman.
60. The accounts of Kalinga War is known
to us by the [UPPSC (Pre ) 2016] statements about Ashokan Edicts is
(c) Girnar inscription of Ashoka. correct? [CDS 2011]
(a) Rock Edict-XIII
(d) Junagarh inscription of Skandagupta. (a) The Pillar Edicts were located in all
(b) Rummindei Pillar Inscription
53. Which one of the following statements (c) Accounts of Hiuen Tsang parts of the empire.
regarding Ashokan stone pillars is (d) Minor Rock Edict-I (b) The Edicts give details of his
incorrect? [IAS (Pre) 1997] personal concerns but are silent on
(a) These are highly polished. 61. Kalsi is famous for events of the empire.
(b) These are monolithic. [UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2008] (c) The subject of inscribed matter on
(c) The shaft of pillars is tapering in (a) Buddhist Chaityas Rock Edicts differs completely with
shape. (b) Persian coins that of the Pillar Edicts.
(d) These are parts of architectural structures. (c) Rock Edicts of Ashoka (d) The Greek and Aramaic Edicts are
(d) Temples of Gupta period versions of translations of the texts
used in other Edicts.

20. (d) 21. (b) 22. (b) 23. (c) 24. (d) 25. (b) 26. (b) 27. (b) 28. (d) 29. (c) 30. (a) 31. (b) 32. (a) 33. (c) 34. (a)
35. (a) 36. (b) 37. (b) 38. (b) 39. (a) 40. (c) 41. (d) 42. (a) 43. (d) 44. (c) 45. (d) 46. (d) 47. (b) 48. (c) 49. (a)
50. (a) 51. (b) 52. (b) 53. (d) 54. (a) 55. (a) 56. (a) 57. (b) 58. (a) 59. (d) 60. (a) 61. (c) 62. (d) 63. (b) 64. (b)
65. (c) 66. (b) 67. (c) 68. (d) 69. (b)
30 Objective GENERAL STUDIES 14000+Q

70. Which event brought about a profound 79. Which of the following Mauryan officers 88. Which among the following material
change in Ashoka’s administrative was in-charge of weights and measures? was used for minting coins during
policy? [SSC 2009] [UPPSC (Mains) 2012] Mauryan Empire? [CDS 2012]
(a) The Third Buddhist Council (a) Pautavadhyaksha (a) Gold and silver
(b) The Kalinga War (b) Panyadhyaksha (b) Silver and copper
(c) His embracing of Buddhism (c) Sitadhyaksha (c) Copper and bronze
(d) His sending of missionary to Ceylon (d) Sunadhyaksha (d) Gold and copper
71. The notion of Saptanga that was 80. ‘Pankodakasannirodhe’ was the 89. The head of a district (Ahara), the
introduced in ‘Arthashastra’ includes penalty in Mauryan administration, principal coordinator of the revenue and
[NDA 2010] charged for [RAS/RTS (Pre) 2013] the officer in charge of general and
(a) kings, territory, administration and (a) filthy drinking water military functions in his jurisdiction during
treasury. (b) slushing the road Mauryan Empire was known as
(b) music, dance, ragas and wrestling. (c) throwing garbage [CDS 2009]
(c) ministers, civil servants, subalterns (d) stenching temples (a) Krori (b) Rajuka
and those involved in espionage. (c) Faujdar (d) Chirastadar
81. The most famous centre of learning
(d) aristocrats, acharyas, traders and during Maurya period was 90. India’s first hospital and herbal gardens
monks. [UKPSC (Pre) 2010, BPSC (Pre) 2005] were built by
72. The description of the administration of (a) Vaishali (b) Nalanda [UP Lower Sub (Mains) 2015]
Patliputra is available in [BPSC 2004] (c) Taxila (d) Ujjain (a) Ashoka
(a) Divyavandana (b) Chandragupta Maurya
82. The system governing villages through
(b) Arthashastra (c) Lord Mahavir
autonomous elected Panchayats was
(c) Indica evolved by [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1997]
(d) Dhanvantari
(d) Ashoka’s inscriptions (a) Kushans (b) Dravids 91. Which of the following sources states
73. Kautilya was Prime Minister of (c) Aryans (d) Mauryans that there was no slavery in ancient
[UPPSC (Pre) 2002] India? [UPRO/ARO 2013]
83. Which aspect of municipal
(a) Chandragupta Vikramaditya (a) Arthashastra
administration of today is continuing
(b) Ashoka since the period of Mauryans? (b) Mudrarakshasa
(c) Chandragupta Maurya [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1992]
(c) Megasthenes Indica
(d) King Janak (d) Vayupuran
(a) Inspection of weight and measure
74. The another name of Chanakya was reamer. 92. In how many categories did
(a) Bhattswami [IAS (Pre) 1993] (b) Determination of prices of goods. Megasthenes divide the Indian
(b) Vishnugupta (c) Registration of birth and death Society? [BPSC (Pre) 2003]
(c) Rajshekhar certificate. (a) Four (b) Five
(d) Vishakhadatta (d) Protection of artisans. (c) Six (d) Seven

75. Rajjuka’s were [UPPSC (Pre) 1996]

84. The official ‘Agronomai’ during 93. Which one of the following texts of
Mauryan age was related with which of ancient India allows divorce to a wife
(a) traders in the Chola Kingdom.
the following field? [UPPSC 2020] deserted by her husband?
(b) officers in the Mauryan administration.
(a) Weight and measurement (a) Kamasutra [IAS (Pre) 1996]
(c) feudal Lords in the Gupta empire.
(b) Administrative management (b) Manavadharmashastra
(d) soldiers in the Saka army.
(c) Construction of roads (c) Sukra Nitisara
76. What were “Sarthwah”? (d) Revenue management (d) Arthashastra
[UPPSC (Mains) 2008]
85. During Mauryan Period ‘Pin tax’ was a 94. Which among the following prohibits
(a) Brokers
[IAS (Pre) 2009] remarriage? [UPPSC (Pre) 2003,
(b) Convoy of Merchants
(c) Moneylender (a) tax given for labour UPUDA/LDA (Pre) 2002]
(d) Pilgrims (b) irrigation tax (a) Jataka (b) Manusmiriti
(c) tax on non-agricultural product (c) Yagyavalkya (d) Arthashastra
77. Which one of the following officials was (d) tax collected by a village
not a part of the Mauryan administration? 95. Which among the following were the
[RAS/RTS (Pre) 2013] 86. In the Mauryan period, tax evasion was followers of Buddhism? [CGPSC 2013]
(a) Agraharika (b) Yukta punished with [JKPSC (Pre) 2013] I. Chandragupta II. Ashoka
(c) Pradeshika (d) Rajjuka (a) Death III. Bindusara IV. Dashrath
(b) Confiscation of goods Codes
78. Who of the following was associated (c) Imprisonment (a) I and II (b) II and III
with the collection of revenue in (d) None of the above (c) II and IV (d) III and IV
Mauryan Mantriparishad?
[UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2008] 87. ‘Sita’ in Maurya period means 96. Kautilya’s Arthashastra deals with the
(a) Samaharta (a) a Goddess [UPPSC (Pre) 2013] aspects of [SSC 2015, BPSC (Pre) 2001]
(b) Vyabharika (b) a religious sect (a) economic life (b) political policies
(c) Antapala (c) revenue from crown land (c) religious life (d) social life
(d) Pradeshtha (d) barren land
INDIAN HISTORY 31

97. Kautilya’s Arthashastra is a book on 106. Which of the following can be 115. Who among the following rulers paid
[BPSC 2019] compared to ‘Prince’ of Machiavelli? attention to the resource management in
(a) economic relations [UPPSC (Pre) 1994] Girnar region some centuries before the
(b) principles and practice of statecraft (a) Kalidasa’s ‘Malavikagnimitram’ Christian era? [UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2006]
(c) foreign policy (b) Kautilya’s ‘Arthashastra’ I. Mahapadma Nanda
(d) wealth accumulation (c) Vatsyayana’s ‘Kamasutra’ II. Ashoka
(d) Thiruvalluvar’s ‘Thirukkural’ III. Chandragupta Maurya
98. The remains of which ancient city have IV. Rudradaman
been found at the Kumrahar site? 107. Rulers of which of the following had
diplomatic relations with distant countries Select the correct answer using the
[UPPSC (Mains) 2011]
like Syria and Egypt? [UPPSC 2010]
codes given below.
(a) Vaishali (b) Pataliputra
(a) Chola (b) Gupta (a) I and II (b) II and III
(c) Kapilavastu (d) Shravasti
(c) Maurya (d) Pallavas (c) III and IV (d) II, III and IV
99. In the 4th century BCE, the capital of 116. Which of the following pairs are correctly
Magadha was shifted to ………… 108. Who among the following was not a
contemporary of the other three? matched? [UPPSC (Mains) 2004]
(a) Mathura (b) Varanasi
[IAS (Pre) 2005] I. Lothal – Ancient Dockyard
(c) Panipat (d) Pataliputra
(a) Bimbisara (b) Gautama Buddha II. Sarnath – First Sermon of Buddha
100. Which one of the following ancient Indian (c) Milinda (d) Prasenjit III. Rajgir – Lion Capital of Ashoka
records is the earliest royal order to IV. Nalanda – Great Seat of Buddhist
preserve food-grains to be utilised 109. Which one of the following scripts of learning
during the crises in the country? ancient India was written from right to Select the correct answer using the
[IAS (Pre) 1998] left? [BPSC 2019] codes given below.
(a) Sohagaura copper-plate (a) Brahmi (b) Sharada (a) I, II, III and IV (b) III and IV
(b) Rummindei Pillar-Edict of Ashoka (c) Kharosthi (d) Nandinagari (c) I, II and IV (d) I and II
(c) Prayaga-Prasasti
110. The ……… lake in Gujarat was an 117. The following persons came to India at
(d) Mehrauli Pillar inscription of Chandra
artificial reservoir built during the rule of one time or another. [IAS (Pre) 1999]
101. Which one of the following is the the Mauryas. [SSC CGL 2019] I. Fa-Hien II. I-Tsing
seventh part of the State according to (a) Lonar (b) Loktak III. Megasthenes IV. Hieun-Tsang
Saptang Theory of State? (c) Sudarshan (d) Pushkar The correct chronological sequence of
[UPPSC (Pre) 2015] their visits are
111. Which of the following inscriptions gives
(a) Janapada (b) Durga (a) III, I, II and IV (b) III, I, IV, II
the information about two Ashwamedha
(c) Mitra (d) Kosha (c) I, III, II and IV (d) I, III, IV and II
Yajanas performed by the King
102. The earliest inscription on stone was in Pushyamitra Shung? [UPPSC 2018] 118. Consider the following statements.
which language? [UPPSC (Pre) 2009] (a) Saranath inscription Assertion (A) After campaigning for
(a) Pali (b) Besnagar inscription nearly two years, Alexander, the Great,
(b) Sanskrit (c) Ayodhya inscription left India in 325 BC.
(c) Prakrit (d) Hathigupha inscription Reason (R) He was defeated by
(d) Brahmi Chandragupta Maurya.
112. The last Mauryan emperor was
103. What is the name of Megasthenes’s [BPSC 2008] Codes [UPPSC (Pre) 1998]
book? [BPSC (Pre) 2005] (a) Jaloka (b) Avanti Verma (a) Both A and R are true and R is the
(a) Economics (b) Rig Veda (c) Nandivardhana (d) Brihadratha correct explanation of A
(c) Purana (d) Indica (b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the
113. Which of the following was not adopted correct explanation of A
104. Who was the author of ‘Indica’? from the Maurya Dynasty in the (c) A is true, but R is false
[MPPSC (Pre) 2015] emblem of Government of India? (d) A is false, but R is true
(a) Plutarch (a) Satyamev Jayate (b) Bull
(b) Justin (c) Horse (d) Four Lions 119. Assertion (A) The Mauryan kings did
(c) Herodotus not bestow land grants on religious
(d) Megasthenes 114. Which of the following statements are basis.
correct about Mauryan Kings? They Reason (R) The peasants revolted
105. With reference to the cultural history of developed [UPPSC (Pre) 1990] against land grants.
India, the memorising of chronicles, I. Culture, Art and Literature Codes [UPPSC (Mains) 2004]
dynastic histories and epic tales was II. Gold coins (a) Both A and R are true and R is the
the profession of who of the following? III. Provincial Division correct explanation of A
(a) Shramana [IAS (Pre) 2016] IV. Kingship to Hindukush (b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the
(b) Parivraaj Codes correct explanation of A
(c) Agrahaarika (a) Only I (b) Only II (c) A is true, but R is false
(d) Magadha (c) I, II and III (d) I, III, and IV (d) A is false, but R is true

70. (a) 71. (a) 72. (b) 73. (c) 74. (b) 75. (b) 76. (b) 77. (a) 78. (a) 79. (a) 80. (b) 81. (c) 82. (d) 83. (c) 84. (c)
85. (d) 86. (a) 87. (c) 88. (b) 89. (b) 90. (a) 91. (c) 92. (d) 93. (d) 94. (b) 95. (d) 96. (a) 97. (b) 98. (b) 99. (d)
100. (a) 101. (c) 102. (c) 103. (d) 104. (d) 105. (d) 106. (b) 107. (c) 108. (c) 109. (c) 110. (c) 111. (c) 112. (d) 113. (a) 114. (d)
115. (b) 116. (c) 117. (b) 118. (c) 119. (c)
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120. Match List I with List II and select the 127. Who started the Shaka era and when? 138. The largest number of copper coins in
correct answer by using the codes (a) Kadphises in 58 BC [WBCS 2008] Northern and North-Western India
given below the lists. (b) Vikramaditya in 58 BC were issued by [UPPCS (Pre) 2005]
[UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2001] (c) Rudradaman I in AD 78 (a) Indo-Greeks (b) Kushans
List I List II (d) Kanishka in AD 78 (c) Sakas (d) Pratiharas
A. Chandragupta 1. Priyadarshi 128. Which inscription tells about the various 139. Which of the following dynasty empire
B. Bindusara 2. Sandrocottus achievements of Rudradaman-I? was expanded even outside of India?
C. Ashoka 3. Amitraghat [BPSC (Pre) 2011] [UK UDA/LDA (Mains) 2006]
D. Chanakya 4. Vishnugupta (a) Junagadh (b) Bhitari (a) Gupta dynasty (b) Maurya dynasty
(c) Nasik (d) Sanchi (c) Kushan dynasty (d) None of these
Codes
A B C D A B C D 129. Who renovated Sudarshan lake without 140. Art of Ganghara style flourished during
(a) 2 3 4 1 (b) 1 3 2 4 using forced labour? the reign of [BPSC (Pre) 1992]
(c) 2 3 1 4 (d) 3 4 2 1 [UPPSC (Pre) 2014] (a) Kushans (b) Guptas
(a) Chandragupta Maurya (c) Akbar (d) Mauryas
121. Match List I with List II and select the (b) Bindusar
correct answer using the codes given 141. Who among the following was the ruler
(c) Ashoka
below the lists: [Astt. Comm. 2017] of Kushan dynasty? [SSC 2016]
(d) Rudradaman-I
(a) Vikramaditya (b) Danti Durga
List I List II
130. The earliest specimen of ‘Kavya’ style (c) Khadphises I (d) Pushyamitra
(Official) (Office held) is found in the inscription of
A. Samahartri 1. Chief of the [UPPSC (Pre) 1997]
142. Who among the following introduced
Palace Guards
gold coins for regular use in India?
(a) Rudradaman of Kathiawar
[UPPSC (Pre) 2015]
B. Samnidhatri 2. Chief collector (b) Ashoka
(c) Rajendra I (a) Vima Kadphises
of revenue
(d) None of the above (b) Kujula Kadphises
C. Sansthadhyaksha 3. Treasurer (c) Kanishka
D. Antarvamshika 4. Superintendent 131. How much is the year difference (d) Hermwes
of market between the Shaka Samvat and Vikram
Samvat? [UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2006] 143. The greatest development in the Kushan
Codes period was in the field of [SSC 2005]
A B C D A B C D (a) 57 years (b) 78 years
(c) 135 years (d) 320 years (a) religion (b) art
(a) 2 4 3 1 (b) 2 3 4 1 (c) literature (d) architecture
(c) 1 3 4 1 (d) 1 4 3 2 132. Which one of the following will be the
year of Shaka Samvat in December, 144. In which year, the coronation Kushan
122. Which one of the following Indo-Greek king Kanishka was held?
2009 ? [UPPSC (Mains) 2007]
rulers issued lead coins? [UPPSC (Pre) 1991]
(a) 1931 (b) 1952
[UPPSC 2014] (a) 178 BC (b) 101 AD
(c) 2066 (d) 2087
(a) Strato-II (b) Strato-I (c) 58 BC (d) 78 AD
(c) Demetrius (d) Menander 133. When was Shaka Samvat initiated?
[UPRO/ARO (Mains) 2013] 145. Which one of the following is not
123. Who of the following mentions about associated with the Court of Kanishka ?
(a) 58 AD (b) 78 AD
the meeting of Sandrocottus [UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2008]
(c) 320 AD (d) 606 AD
(Chandragupta Maurya) with Alexander, (a) Ashvaghosha (b) Charaka
the Great? [UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2008] 134. Chaitra 1 of the national calendar (c) Nagarjuna (d) Patanjali
(a) Pliny (b) Justin based on the Shaka Era corresponds
(c) Strabo (d) Megasthenes to which one of the following dates of 146. Who of the following did not adorn the
the Gregorian calendar in a normal court of KanishkaI?
124. Who one of the following had not come year of 365 days? [IAS (Pre) 2014] [UPPSC (Mains) 2005]
to India with Alexander? (a) Ashvaghosha (b) Parshva
(a) 22nd March (or 21st March)
[UPPSC (Pre) 2015]
(b) 15th May (or 16th May) (c) Vasumitra (d) Vishakhadatta
(a) Nearchus (b) Onesicritus
(c) 31st March (of 30th March)
(c) Deimachus (d) Aristobulus 147. Who among the following was the court
(d) 21st April (or 20th April) physician of Kanishka? [SSC CGL 2016]
125. The practice of military governorship 135. The period of Parthian Empire was (a) Vasumitra (b) Nagarjuna
was first introduced in India by the (c) Charaka (d) Patanjali
(a) 247 BC-224 AD (b) 247 BC-224 BC
[IAS (Pre) 2000]
(c) 224 BC-247 AD (d) 224 BC-147 AD
(a) Greeks (b) Sakas 148. What is the date of Sarnath Buddhist
(c) Parthians (d) Mughals 136. What language did Parthians speak? image inscription of Kanishka?
(a) Prakit (b) Iranian (a) 78 AD (b) 81 AD
126. The women of which Indian tribe or (c) Greek (d) None of these (c) 98 AD (d) 121 AD
kingdom had taken up arms against
Alexander, after a large number of its 137. Who amongst the following issued gold 149. Ashvaghosha was contemporary of
soldiers had been killed or wounded in coins regularly in ancient India? (a) Ashoka [UKPSC (Pre) 2010]
the battlefield? [UPPSC (Mains) 2013] [UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2004] (b) Chandragupta-II
(a) Abhisara (b) Glausai (a) Satavahana (b) Saka (c) Kanishka
(c) Katha (d) Massaga (c) Kushan (d) Parthian (d) Harshvardhan
INDIAN HISTORY 33

150. Buddha is depicted on the coins of 158. The ancestors of Shungas originated 167. The capital of the Satavahanas was
[UPPSC (Pre) 2010] from [MPPSC 2018] located at [UPPSC (Mains) 2005]
(a) Vima Kadphises (a) Magadha (b) Prayag (a) Amravati (b) Nanded
(b) Kanishka (c) Ujjain (d) Saurashtra (c) Naldurg (d) Durg
(c) Nahpaad
159. The stylistic compositions of Sungas 168. Which of the following places was the
(d) Budhagupta
terracottas are typically capital of Satvahanas?
151. Which of the following cities is not (a) handmade [UP Lower (Pre) 2008]
mentioned in the Rabatak inscription of (b) single-mould impressed (a) Pratisthan
Kanishka? [UPRO/ARO (Mains) 2014] (c) double-mould impressed (b) Nagarjuna Konda
(a) Shravasti (b) Kaushambi (d) wheel-turned (c) Shakal or Sialkot
(c) Pataliputra (d) Champa (d) Pataliputra
160. Which of the following inscription gives
152. Which Chinese general had defeated the information about two Ashvamedha 169. Which of the following rulers were
Kanishka? [UKPSC (Pre) 2003] Yajnas performed by the King identified through matronymics (names
(a) Pan Chao (b) Ban Yong Pushyamitra Shunga? [UPPSC 2018] derived from that of the mother).
(c) She Huang Ti (d) Ho-Ti (a) Sarnath inscription [CDS 2020]
(b) Besnagar inscription (a) Mallas of Pava (b) Videhas of Mithila
153. Buddhism was divided into Mahayana (c) Ayodhya inscription (c) Yaudheyas (d) Satavahanas
and Hinayana during the reign of which
(d) Hathigumpha inscription
of the following rulers? [SSC 2018] 170. For which of the following rulers
(a) Kanishka (b) Chandragupta II 161. Which dynasty ruled over India after “Ekabrahmana” has been used?
(c) Ashoka (d) None of these Shunga dynasty? [BPSC (Pre) 2000] [UPRO/ARO(Pre) 2016]
(a) Satvahana (b) Kushana (a) Pushyamitra Shunga
154. The Gandhara School of art is the (c) Kanva (d) Gupta (b) Kharavela
synthesis of [UPPSC (Pre) 1996]
(c) Gautamiputra Satakarni
(a) Indian and Persian Art 162. Who was the founder of Kanva
(d) Susharma
(b) Indian and Chinese Art Dynasty?
(c) Indian and Turk-Afghan Art (a) Vasudeva Kanva 171. Which Purana consist of the longest list
(d) Indian and Greek Art (b) Devabhuti of Andra Satavahana kings?
(c) Simuka [UK UDA/LDA (Mains) 2006]
155. Which one of the following sculptures (d) Kharavela (a) Vayu Purana
invariably used greenschist as the
(b) Vishnu Purana
medium? [IAS (Pre) 1996] 163. Simuka was the founder of which of the
(c) Matsya Purana
(a) Mauryan sculptures following dynasties?
[UPPSC (Mains) 2008]
(d) None of the above
(b) Mathura sculptures
(c) Bharhut sculptures (a) Chera (b) Chola 172. Which one among the following
(d) Gandhara sculptures (c) Pandya (d) Satavahana statements regarding Satavahanas is
not correct?
156. Which one of the following pairs is 164. Who among the following rulers is
(a) The Satavahanas are identified with
correctly matched? stated as protector of ‘Varna system’?
the Andhras of the Puranas.
[CGPSC (Pre) 2008, IAS (Pre) 2001] [CGPSC (Pre) 2013]
(b) The Satavahanas claimed Brahmana
(a) Harappan Civilisation – Painted Grey (a) Pushyamitra Shunga
descent and followed Brahminical
Ware (b) Kharavela Vedic tradition.
(b) The Kushans – Gandhara School of (c) Gautamiputra Satakarni (c) Satavahanas and Sakas were
Art (d) Vasudeo involved in prolonged conflict.
(c) The Mughals – Ajanta Paintings (d) Vashishtiputra Satakarni defeated
165. Which among the following was the
(d) The Marathas – Pahari School of Saka ruler Rudradaman.
earliest dynasty?
Painting
[UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2001] 173. Consider the following statements
157. Consider the following name of (a) Chalukya pertaining to the Satavahanas.
contemporaries of Kanishka and select (b) Pallava I. Satavahana rulers were identified
the correct answer from codes given (c) Rashtrakuta through metronymics.
below: [UPPSC (Pre) 1994] (d) Satavahana II. Satavahana succession to the throne
I. Ashvaghosha II. Vasumitra was generally patrilineal.
III. Kalidas IV. Kamban 166. Which dynasty was most powerful after
Maurya in Southern India? Which of the statements given above
Codes is/are correct?
[UPPSC (Pre) 1993]
(a) I and IV (b) II and III (a) Only I (b) Only II
(c) I and II (d) All of these (a) Satvahana (b) Pallava
(c) Chola (d) Chalukya (c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II

120. (c) 121. (b) 122. (a) 123. (b) 124. (c) 125. (a) 126. (d) 127. (d) 128. (a) 129. (d) 130. (a) 131. (c) 132. (a) 133. (b) 134. (a)
135. (a) 136. (b) 137. (c) 138. (b) 139. (c) 140. (a) 141. (c) 142. (a) 143. (a) 144. (d) 145. (d) 146. (d) 147. (c) 148. (b) 149. (c)
150. (b) 151. (a) 152. (a) 153. (a) 154. (d) 155. (d) 156. (b) 157. (c) 158. (c) 159. (c) 160. (c) 161. (c) 162. (a) 163. (d) 164. (c)
165. (d) 166. (a) 167. (a) 168. (a) 169. (d) 170. (c) 171. (c) 172. (d) 173. (c)
34 Objective GENERAL STUDIES 14000+Q

174. The King of Kalinga Kharavela was 181. Which God is found depicted on 186. With reference to the invaders in ancient
related to which of the following Yaudheya coins? [UPPSC (Mains) 2008] India, which one of the following is the
dynasty? [UPPSC (Mains) 2015] (a) Vasudeva correct chronological order?
(a) Chedi (b) Kadamba (b) Shiva [IAS (Pre) 2006]
(c) Kalinga (d) Haryanka (c) Indra (a) Greeks, Shakas and Kushans
(d) Kartikeya (b) Greeks, Kushans and Shakas
175. Which of the following kings was a (c) Shakas, Greeks and Kushans
patron of Jainism? [UPPSC 2014] 182. Bamiyan of Afghanistan was famous (d) Shakas, Kushans and Greeks
(a) Ashoka (b) Harsha for [UPPSC (Mains ) 2008]
(c) Pulakeshin II (d) Kharavela (a) Hindu temple 187. Which one of the following is the
(b) Work of elephant teeth correct chronological order of the given
176. Who among the following kings had rulers of ancient India? [NDA 2007]
(c) Gold coin of coinage
heavily leaned to wards Jainism? (a) Ashoka, Kanishka and Milinda
(d) Buddha statue
[BPSC (Pre) 2008]
(b) Milinda, Ashoka and Kanishka
(a) Dashratha (b) Brihadratha 183. First Persian ruler who captured some (c) Ashoka, Milinda and Kanishka
(c) Kharavela (d) Huvishka part of India was [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1994] (d) Milinda, Kanishka and Ashoka
(a) Cyrus
177. King Kharavela is related to 188. Which of the following is not correctly
(b) Cambyses
[BPSC (Pre) 1999] matched? [UPRO/ARO(Pre) 2016]
(c) Darius-I
(a) Piller inscription of Girnar
(d) Shaharsh Dynasties Coins
(b) Piller inscription of Junagarh
(c) Hathigumpha inscription 184. The art style which combines Indian (a) Kushanas – Gold and copper
(d) Sarnath inscription and Greek feature is called (b) Gupta – Gold and silver
[RAS/RTS (Pre) 2008, 1993] (c) Satavahanas – Gold
178. The inscription of Hathigumpha is the
(a) Sikhar (d) Kalachuris – Gold, silver and copper
source of information about which king?
[UPPSC 2018]
(b) Vera
(c) Gandhara 189. Consider the following statements.
(a) Kharavela (b) Ashoka
(d) Nagara I. The last Mauryan ruler, Brihadaratha
(c) Harshavardhan (d) Kanishka
was assassinated by his commander-
179. The social status assigned to the 185. Many of the Greeks, Kushans and in-chief, Pushyamitra Sunga.
Shakas embraced Buddhism rather II. The last Shunga King, Devahuti, was
foreigners in Indian society by Manu
than Hinduism because assassinated by his Brahmana
was the [UPPSC 2014]
[IAS (Pre) 1998] minister Vasudeva Kanva who
(a) Kshatriyas
(a) Buddhism was in the ascendant at usurped the throne.
(b) Fallen Kshatriyas
that time III. The last ruler of the Kanva dynasty
(c) Vaishyas
(b) they had renounced the policy of war was deposed by the Andhras.
(d) Sudras
and violence Which of these statements is/are
180. When was Vikram Samvat started? (c) caste-ridden Hinduism did not correct?
[SSC CGL 2020] attract them (a) I and II (b) Only II
(a) 78 AD (b) 57 BC (d) Buddhism provided easier access to (c) Only III (d) I, II and III
(c) 72 BC (d) 56 BC Indian society

174. (a) 175. (d) 176. (c) 177. (c) 178. (a) 179. (b) 180. (b) 181. (d) 182. (d) 183. (c) 184. (c) 185. (d) 186. (d) 187. (c) 188. (c)
189. (d)
6
The Gupta and
the Post-Gupta Period
1. Who founded Gupta Dynasty? 8. The coins of which of the following
[SSC CGL 2015] reveal their love for music? [SSC 2011]
13. Consider the following statements.
(a) Chandragupta-II (a) Mauryas
(i) Gupta rulers were the vassals of
(b) Chandragupta-I (b) Nandas
Kushans.
(c) Samudragupta (c) Guptas
(ii) The original kingdom of the Guptas
(d) Srigupta (d) Cholas
comprised Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
2. Gupta were the vassals of 9. Which (among these) are Gupta’s gold Select the correct answer using the
(a) Mauryans (b) Kushans coins? [UPPSC (Pre) 1992] codes given below.
(c) Satavahanas (d) None of these (a) Kaudi (a) Only I (b) Only II
(b) Dinara (c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II
3. Gupta dynasty ruled during (c) Nishka
[CGPSC 2003] 14. The Gupta Samuat was founded by
(d) Pan [SSC 2006]
(a) 319-500 AD (b) 319-324 AD
(c) 325-375 AD (d) 566-597 AD 10. Ajanta caves were built during period of (a) Chandragupta-I
[SSC 2014] (b) Chandragupta-II
4. Who constructed the rust free iron pillar (a) Gupta (b) Kushana (c) Samudragupta
at Mehrauli? [SSC 2012] (d) Kumaragupta
(c) Maurya (d) Chalukya
(a) Gupta (b) Satavahana
(c) Maurya (d) Kushan 11. In Ancient India, which dynasty’s rule is 15. Who was the first Gupta ruler to attain the
considered as the golden age? title of ‘Maharaja Dhiraja’? [SSC 2018]
5. The iron column, located in the [UPPSC (Pre) 2004] (a) Chandragupta-I
courtyard of Delhi’s Quwwat-ul-Islam (a) Mauryan (b) Shunga (b) Samudragupta
Mosque is a retention of (c) Kumargupta
(c) Gupta (d) Magadha
[UPPSC (Pre) 2002]
(d) Skandagupta
(a) Ashoka (b) Chandra 12. Which one of the following statements
(c) Harsha (d) Anangpal about the Gupta period is not correct? 16. Who of the following was the first Gupta
[Astt. Comm. 2017] ruler to issue coins?
6. Gupta dynasty was famous for (a) Forced labour (Vishti) became more [UPPSC (Mains) 2010]
[SSC 2001] (a) Chandragupta-I
(a) art and architecture common than before in this period.
(b) imperialism (b) A passage in the Vishnu Purana (b) Ghatotkacha
(c) revenue and land reform refers to the Guptas enjoying all the (c) Samudragupta
(d) None of the above territories along the Ganga up to (d) Srigupta
Prayaga.
7. In the Gupta period, the largest number (c) The Mehrauli inscription suggests
17. Who established Gupta Samvat?
of coins were issued in [MPPSC (Pre) 1991]
that Chandragupta fought against a
[SSC 2008] confederacy of enemies in Bengal (a) Chandragupta-I
(a) gold (b) silver and also led a campaign into Punjab. (b) Srigupta
(c) copper (d) iron (d) Saurashtra was not a part of the (c) Chandragupta-II
Gupta empire. (d) Ghatotkacha

1. (d) 2. (b) 3. (a) 4. (a) 5. (b) 6. (a) 7. (a) 8. (c) 9. (b) 10. (a) 11. (c) 12. (d) 13. (c) 14. (a) 15. (a)
16. (a) 17. (a)
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18. Consider the following statements. 26. Which one of the following statements 34. Kalidas was in ruling period of
(i) The wife of Chandragupta-I was a about Allahabad Prashasti is correct? [MPPSC (Pre) 1990]
Licchavi Princess. [Astt. Comm. 2017] (a) Samudragupta (b) Ashoka
(ii) He was the second Gupta ruler to (a) It clearly present the Gupta empire (c) Chandragupta-I (d) Chandragupta-II
attain the title of ‘Maharajadhiraja’. as the epicentre of a complex web of
Choose the correct answer using the varied political relationship. 35. The second capital of the Gupta ruler,
(b) Line 15 of lit refers to the capturing a Chandragupta-II was [RPSC 2008]
codes given below.
(a) Only I (b) Only II king of the Kota family. (a) Ujjain (b) Malwa
(c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II (c) Line 23 refers to Samudragupta (c) Saurastra (d) Mehrauli
violently exterminating a number of 36. Aryabhatta and Kalidasa were in the
19. Who is called the Napoleon of Ancient kings of Aryavarta.
India? [BPSC 2015]
court of which Gupta ruler?
(d) Line 20 refers to rulers offering tribute, [SSC CGL 2016]
(a) Chandragupta Maurya obeying the orders of the Gupta king. (a) Kumaragupta-I (b) Chandragupta-II
(b) Pushyamitra
27. Match List I with List II and select the (c) Samudragupta (d) Skandagupta
(c) Kanishka
(d) Samudragupta correct answer from the codes given 37. During which Gupta king’s reign did the
below. Chinese traveller Fa-hien visit India?
20. ‘Prithivyah Pratham Veer’ was the List I List II
title of [UPPSC (Pre) 2016]
(a) Chandragupta-I [SSC CPO 2008]
(Samundragupta’s (Their (b) Samudragupta
(a) Samudragupta Contemporary Kings Kingdoms)
(b) Rajendra-I (c) Chandragupta-II
of South India)
(c) Amoghavarsha (d) Kumaragupta
A. Dhananjaya 1. Avamukta
(d) Gautamiputra Shatkarni 38. Fa-hien’s mission to India was to
B. Nilaraja 2. Kanchi
21. Which of the following the pillar [CDS 2009]
C. Ugrasena 3. Kusthalpura
inscriptions has recorded the (a) learn about the administrative system
D. Vishnugopa 4. Palakka of the Gupta kings.
achievements of Samudragupta, who
was known as the ‘Napoleon of India’ Codes (b) understand the social position of
for his conquests? [SSC CGL 2019] A B C D A B C D women during the Gupta period.
(a) Iron Pillar (a) 1 2 3 4 (b) 2 1 4 3 (c) visit the Buddhist institutions and to
(b) Sun Pillar (c) 3 1 4 2 (d) 4 3 2 1 collect copies of Buddhist
manuscripts.
(c) Vijaya Stambha 28. Who among the following Gupta kings (d) get full knowledge about the
(d) Allahabad Pillar had another name Devagupta? condition of peasants during the
[UPPSC (Mains) 2007]
22. An inscription by which of the following period of Gupta kings.
is found on the pillar containing Prayag (a) Samudragupta (b) Chandragupta-II
Prashasti of Samudragupta? (c) Kumaragupta (d) None of these 39. Read the following statements.
I. Chandragupta-II was the father of
[UPRO/ARO (Pre) 2016] 29. What was Chandragupta-II also known Samudragupta.
(a) Jahangir (b) Shah Jahan as? [SSC 2010] II. He had assumed the title of ‘Param
(c) Aurangzeb (d) Dara Shikoh (a) Samudragupta (b) Skandagupta Bhagwat’.
23. The Allahabad pillar inscription is (c) Vikramaditya (d) Ranna Gupta III. In Supiya stone pillar inscription he
associated with which one of the 30. The first Gupta ruler to assume the title was called as ‘Vikramaditya’.
following? [IAS (Pre) 2006] of ‘Param Bhagavata’ was IV. Chandragupta-II’s coins refer to him
(a) Mahapadma Nanda [UPPSC (Pre) 2009] as ‘Chandra’.
(b) Chandragupta Maurya (a) Chandragupta-I (b) Samudragupta Select the correct answer using the
(c) Ashoka (c) Chandragupta-II (d) Srigupta codes given below.
(d) Samudragupta (a) I, II, and III (b) II, III and IV
31. Who was the first Gupta ruler to issue (c) I and II (d) II and IV
24. Who of the following Gupta kings silver coins?
granted permission to Meghverma,the [UP UDA/LDA (Mains) 2010] 40. Match the following.
ruler of Sri Lanka to build a Buddhist
(a) Chandragupta-I (b) Samudragupta Navratna Related Field
temple at Gaya? [CDS 2003]
(c) Chandragupta-II (d) Kumaragupta A. Kalidas 1. Physician
(a) Chandragupta I
32. Who is known as ‘Saka conqueror’? B. Sanku 2. Architecture
(b) Samudragupta
(c) Chandragupta II [UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2010] C. Vararuchi 3. Literature
(d) Skandagupta (a) Chandragupta-I (b) Samudragupta D. Dhanvantri 4. Grammarian
(c) Chandragupta-II (d) Kumaragupta Codes
25. Prayag Prashashti tells about the
military campaign of A B C D A B C D
33. Who of the following among the nine
[UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2004] (a) 4 3 2 1 (b) 3 2 4 1
gems of Chandragupta was associated
(a) Chandragupta-I with astrology? (c) 2 1 3 4 (d) 1 3 2 4
(b) Samudragupta [UP lower Sub (Pre) 2008] 41. Who had killed Ramagupta?
(c) Chandragupta-II (a) Vararuchi (b) Sanku (a) Samudragupta (b) Chandragupta-I
(d) Kumaragupta (c) Kshapanaka (d) Amar Singh (c) Chandragupta-II (d) None of these
INDIAN HISTORY 37

42. In which of the following play, it was 49. The Gupta Emperor who defeated the 57. Consider the following statement.
mentioned that, Ramagupta was the ‘Hunas’ was [BPSC (Pre) 2011] I. Mihirakula was the Saka ruler.
ruler of Gupta dynasty? (a) Samudragupta II. He was the great patron of Shaivism.
(a) Shakuntalam (b) Chandragupta-II Select the correct answer using the
(b) Malvikagnimitram (c) Skandagupta codes given below.
(c) Mrichchakatikam (d) Ramagupta (a) Only I (b) Only II
(d) Devichandraguptam (c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II
50. From which inscription it is known that
43. Assertion (A) Ramagupta had issued Skandagupta defeated Hunas? 58. Consider the following statements
the copper coins. [UPRO/ARO (Pre) 2014] about Gupta Empire.
Reason (R) Copper coins have been (a) Bhitari Pillar Inscription I. Harisena was the court poet of
found at Vidisha and Udaigiri. (b) Allahabad Pillar Inscription Samudragupta and wrote an account
Codes (c) Mandsaur Inscription of his conquests in the same pillar at
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the (d) Udayagiri Inscription Allahabad, which carries the
correct explanation of A inscription of the peace loving Ashoka.
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the
51. Tormad was from the racial group of II. Chandragupta-II adopted the title of
[IAS (Pre) 1995] Vikramaditya as a mark of victory
correct explanation of A
(a) Sithian (b) Huna over the Shaka Kshatrapas of
(c) A is true, but R is false
(c) Yaochi (d) Saka Western India.
(d) A is false, but R is true
52. Who among the following had defeated III. The successive invasions of the
44. Maximum number of inscriptions have Hunas was the main factor behind the
Huna ruler Mihirakula?
been found in the reign of which Gupta fall of the Gupta empire.
[UPPSC (Pre) 2016]
ruler? Which of the statements given above
(a) Samudragupta (b) Chandragupta (a) Budhagupta
is/are correct?
(c) Ramagupta (d) Kumaragupta (b) Yashodharman
(a) Only II (b) Only III
(c) Shashanka
45. Who was founder of Nalanda University? (c) I and III (d) All of these
(d) Prabhakar Vardhana
[BPSC 2015] 59. Consider the following foreign visitors
(a) Chandragupta Vikramaditya 53. Which of the following inscriptions state
to India.
that Skandagupta became the ‘ruler of
(b) Kumaragupta I. Al-Biruni II. Fa-Hien
the Earth’ by his own powers?
(c) Dharampal III. Hiuen Tsang IV. Megasthenese
(a) Bhitari Pillar Inscription
(d) Pushyagupta The correct chronological order in which
(b) Junagarh Pillar Inscription
46. Which Gupta ruler had issued the (c) Udayagiri Pillar Inscription these persons visited India is
largest varieties of coins? (d) Allahabad Pillar Inscription (a) IV, III, I, II (b) II, IV, III, I
(a) Chandragupta I (b) Kumaragupta (c) IV, II, III, I (d) I, II, IV, III
(c) Chandragupta II (d) Samudragupta
54. The last recognised king of the Gupta
line was ……… . [SSC CGL 2019] 60. What was the court language of Gupta
47. Consider the following statements. rulers? [SSC 2000]
(a) Samudragupta
I. According to Epigraphic Shaivism, (b) Bimbisara (a) Pali (b) Sanskrit
Vaishnavism, Buddhism and Jainism, (c) Ashoka (c) Hindi (d) Prakrit
flourished during Kumaragupta’s (d) Vishnugupta 61. What type of Governance system was
reign. during Gupta period? [CDS 2008]
II. Kumaragupta’s silver coins describe 55. Which of the following is correctly
matched? (a) Kingship
him as a devotee of Vishnu. (b) Republican
III. Chandragupta-II was the son of Huna Ruler Chronology (c) Democratic
Kumaragupta. (a) Mihirakula – 552 AD (d) None of these
IV. Kumaragupta assumed himself the
(b) Khushnawaz – 150 AD
title of ‘Mahendraditya’. 62. What was the the main source of
(c) Tormad – 250 AD income during the Gupta period?
Select the correct answer using the
codes given below. (d) Yashovarman – 300 AD (a) Land revenue
(a) I, II and III (b) II, III and IV (b) Sales tax
56. Which of the following are latter Gupta
(c) I, II and IV (d) All of these (c) Import-export tax
rulers?
(d) None of the above
48. Which one of the following Gupta kings (i) Purvagupta (ii) Buddhagupta
had to face the first Huna invasion? (iii) Narsimnagupta (iv) Brahmagupta 63. The empire in Gupta period was known
[APSC 2017] Codes by which of the following names?
(a) Skandagupta (b) Buddhagupta (a) I, II and IV (b) I, II and III (a) Rajya (b) Rashtra
(c) Purugupta (d) Kumaragupta I (c) Only IV (d) All of these (c) Desh (d) All of these

18. (a) 19. (d) 20. (a) 21. (d) 22. (a) 23. (d) 24. (b) 25. (b) 26. (c) 27. (c) 28. (b) 29. (c) 30. (c) 31. (c) 32. (c)
33. (c) 34. (d) 35. (a) 36. (b) 37. (c) 38. (c) 39. (b) 40. (b) 41. (c) 42. (d) 43. (a) 44. (d) 45. (b) 46. (b) 47. (c)
48. (a) 49. (c) 50. (a) 51. (b) 52. (b) 53. (b) 54. (d) 55. (a) 56. (b) 57. (b) 58. (d) 59. (c) 60. (b) 61. (a) 62. (a)
63. (d)
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64. Which of the following were the 69. There are only two known examples of 77. Which of the following drama was not
administrators of ‘Vishayas’? cave paintings of the Gupta period in written by Kalidas? [MPPSC (Pre) 2005]
(a) Sarthavaha ancient India. One of these is the paintings (a) Malvikagnimitram
(b) Prathama-kulika of Ajanta Caves. Where is the other (b) Abhigyan Shakuntalam
(c) Prathama Kayastha surviving example of Gupta paintings? (c) Kumarasambhavam
(d) All of the above [APSC 2017] (d) Janaki Haranam
(a) Ellora Caves
65. With reference to the history of India, (b) Bagh Caves 78. The protagonist of the play
the terms ‘Kulyavapa‘ and ‘Dronavapa‘ (c) Lomas Rishi Caves ‘Malvikagnimitra' written by Kalidasa is
denote [IAS (Pre) 2020] [UPPSC (Pre) 1998]
(d) Nasik Caves
(a) measurement of land (a) Pushyamitra Shunga
(b) coins of different monetary value 70. Which one of the periods marks the (b) Gautamiputra Satakarni
(c) classification of urban land beginning of the Indian temple (c) Agnimitra
(d) religious rituals architecture? (d) Chandragupta-II
(a) Nanda (b) Maurya
66. Which among the following statements (c) Sunga (d) Gupta 79. Which one of the following books of
regarding the Gupta dynasty is/are ancient India has the love story of the
correct? [CDS 2012] 71. The most ancient monastery in India is son of the founder of Sunga dynasty?
I. The Kumaramatyas were the most [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1992] (a) Swapnavasavadatta [IAS (Pre) 2016]
important officers and they were (a) Nalanda (b) Udantpuri (b) Malvikagnimitra
appointed directly by the king in home (c) Vikramshila (d) Bhaja (c) Meghaduta
provinces. (d) Ratnavali
II. The village headman lost importance
72. Which one of the following statements
about the famous text of Panchatantra 80. Which of the following is not correctly
and the land transaction began to be
is correct? [CDS 2020] matched? [UPPSC (Mains) 2006]
effected without their consent.
(a) It is a philosophical text reflecting the (a) Kalidasa – Raghuvamsa
Select the correct answer using the
debates of the time and refuting rival (b) Bhasa – Swapnavasavadatta
code below.
positions. (c) Subandhu – Kadambari
Code
(b) It is a text ushering in linguistic as a (d) Harsha – Ratnavali
(a) Only I (b) Only II
formal science.
(c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II 81. Which one of the following literary works
(c) It is a text discussing developments
67. Read the following statements in various spheres of natural did not belong to the Gupta period?
carefully. sciences. (a) Abhijnana shakuntalam
I. Gupta Emperors claimed divine right (d) It is a text showing through (b) Amarakosha
for themselves. illustration, what should and should (c) Charaka Samhita
II. Their administration was highly not be done. (d) Mrichakatika
centralised.
73. During the reign of which of the 82. With reference to the scholars/
III. They elaborated the tradition of land following dynasties did Kalidasa litterateurs of ancient India, consider
grants. flourish? the following statements:
Answer on the basis of the following. (a) Mauryas (b) Sungas I. Panini is associated with Pushyamitra
Codes (c) Guptas (d) Vardhanas Shunga.
(a) I, II and III are true II. Amarasimha is associated with
(b) I and II are true 74. The ancient Indian Play Mudrarakshasa Harshavardhana.
(c) I and III are true of Vishakhadatta has its subject on
III. Kalidasa is associated with Chandra
(d) II and III are true [IAS (Pre) 2002]
Gupta-II
(a) a conflict between Gods and
68. With reference to Indian history, which Which of the statements given above
Demons of ancient Hindu lore.
of the following is/are the essential is/are correct? [IAS (Pre) 2019]
(b) a romantic story of an aryan prince
element/elements of the Feudal (a) I and II only
and a tribal woman.
System? (b) II and III only
(c) the story of the power struggle
I. A very strong centralised political (c) Only III
between two Aryan tribes.
authority and a very weak provincial (d) I, II and III
(d) the court intrigues at the time of
or local political authority. Chandragupta Maurya. 83. Which of the following architecture are
II. Emergence of administrative structure
of Gupta period?
based on control and possession of 75. Who of the following was the writer of
Mudrarakshasa? I. Dashavatara Temple
Land. [BPSC (Pre) 2005]
II. Trimurti at Elephanta Caves
III. Creation of Lord-vassal relationship (a) Ashwaghosha
III. Nalanda University
between the feudal lord and his (b) Vishakhadatta
overload. IV. Sanchi Stupa
(c) Kalidasa
Select the correct answer using the V. Bitargaon Temple
(d) Bhas
codes given below. [IAS (Pre) 2015] Codes
(a) I and II
76. ‘Kumarasambhava’, an epic poem was (a) I, II, III, IV
composed by [BPSC (Pre) 2001] (b) II, III, IV, V
(b) II and III
(a) Banabhatta (b) Chand Bardai (c) III, IV, V
(c) Only II
(c) Harishena (d) Kalidasa (d) I, II, III, V
(d) I, II and III
INDIAN HISTORY 39

84. Which of the following classical works 89. Aryabhatta was 96. Match List I and List II and select the
of literature were written during the [UK UDA/LDA (Pre) 2007] correct answer using the codes given
Gupta era? (a) Indian Politician below the lists. [IAS (Pre) 2006]
I. Amarkosh (b) Indian Mathematician and Astronomer List I List II
II. Kamasutra (c) Indian Sanskrit Scholar and Poet (Finding/Invention/ (Ancient
III. Meghadutta (d) None of the above Calculation) Indian
IV. Madrarakshasa Scholar)
Select the correct answer from the codes
90. Which one of the following Indian
Mathematician invented decimal place A. Time taken by the 1. Aryabhatta
given below. [UPPSC (Mains) 2009] Earth to orbit the Sun
value? [UPPSC (Pre) 2014]
(a) I and II only B. Calculation of the 2. Bhaskarach
(a) Bhaskar
(b) II and III only value of π(pie) arya
(b) Varahamihira
(c) I, II and III only C. Invention of the 3. Budhayana
(c) Brahmagupta
(d) I, II, III and IV digit zero
(d) Aryabhatta
D. The game of 4. Gyandev
85. With reference to the cultural history of
India, consider the following pairs.
91. Who among the following was the first to snakes and ladders
explain that the rotation of the earth on Codes
I. Parivrajaka – Renuncient and
its own axis account for daily rising and A B C D A B C D
Wanderer
setting of the sun? [BPSC (Pre) 2018] (a) 2 4 1 3 (b) 1 3 2 4
II. Shramana – Priest with a high
(a) Aryabhatta (b) Bhaskara (c) 2 3 1 4 (d) 1 4 2 3
status
(c) Brahmagupta (d) Varahamihira
III. Upasaka – Lay follower of 97. Match List I with List II and select the
Buddhism 92. The ‘Panchasiddhantika’ of correct answer using the codes given
Which of the pairs given above is/are Varahamihira is based on below the lists. [IAS (Pre) 1996]
correctly matched? [IAS (Pre) 2020] [UPPSC (Pre) 2014]
(a) Persian Astronomy List I List II
(a) I and II only (b) I and III only
(c) II and III only (d) I, II and III (b) Greek Astronomy A. Visakhadatta 1. Medicine
(c) Iranian Astronomy B. Varahamihira 2. Drama
86. Statement I The Greek influence on the (d) Mesopotamian Astronomy C. Charaka 3. Astronomy
Indian art manifested itself in the form of D. Brahmagupta 4. Mathematics
Gandhara School of Art and moved 93. Among the four works mentioned below
from Taxila to Mathura and Sarnath. which one is encyclopedic in nature? Codes
Statement II During Gupta period, art (a) Amarakosha [IAS (Pre) 1993] A B C D A B C D
became entirely and truly in India. (b) Siddhanta Shiromani (a) 1 3 4 2 (b) 2 1 3 4
Codes (c) Brihat Samhita (c) 2 3 1 4 (d) 3 4 1 2
(a) Both the statements are true and (d) Ashtanga Hridayam 98. In Sanskrit plays written during the
statement II is the correct Gupta period women and Surdas
explanation of statement I 94. In travel through India Fa-hien has
mentioned a hospital, it was located at speak [IAS (Pre) 1995]
(b) Both the statement are true but (a) Sanskrit (b) Prakrit
[CGPCS 2020]
statement II is not correct explanation (c) Pali (d) Suraseni
of statement I (a) Ujjain (b) Kaushambi
(c) Statement I is true but statement II is (c) Tamralipta (d) Pataliputra 99. During which age did women enjoy
false 95. Match List I with List II and select the equality with men? [UPPSC (Pre) 1994]
(d) Statement I is false but statement II is correct answer using the codes given (a) Gupta age (b) Mauryan age
true below the lists. (c) Cholas (d) None of these
[UP lower Sub (Pre) 2002] 100. The first inscriptional evidence of the
87. Who among the following is known for
his work on medicine during the Gupta List I List II ‘Satipratha’ has been found from
period? [IAS (Pre) 1996] (Compositions) (Subject) [UPPSC (Mains) 2010]
(a) Saumilla (b) Sudraka A. Ashtanga-Samgraha 1. Play (a) Eran (b) Junagarh
(c) Shaunaka (d) Sushruta B. Das Rupak 2. Grammar (c) Mandsaur (d) Sanchi
88. Who among the following is not C. Lilavati 3. Maths 101. Which of the following clearly define
associated with medicine in ancient D. Mahabhashya 4. Medical ‘Mitaksara"? [WBCS 2019]
India? [IAS (Pre) 1993] Codes (a) A work on astronomy.
(a) Dhanvantri A B C D (b) A treatise on ancient Hindu law of
(b) Bhaskaracharya (a) 3 2 1 4 inheritance.
(c) Charaka (b) 4 1 3 2 (c) A text on agriculture.
(d) Susruta (c) 2 3 4 1 (d) A compendium of medicine.
(d) 1 4 2 3

64. (d) 65. (a) 66. (c) 67. (c) 68. (b) 69. (b) 70. (d) 71. (a) 72. (d) 73. (c) 74. (d) 75. (b) 76. (d) 77. (d) 78. (c)
79. (b) 80. (c) 81. (c) 82. (c) 83. (d) 84. (d) 85. (b) 86. (c) 87. (d) 88. (b) 89. (b) 90. (d) 91. (a) 92. (b) 93. (d)
94. (d) 95. (b) 96. (c) 97. (c) 98. (b) 99. (d) 100. (a) 101. (b)
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102. The Gupta empire granted tax free 108. Which type of land was called 116. With reference to the guilds (Shreni) of
agrarian land to which of the following? ‘Aprahat’? [BPSC 2017] ancient India that played a very
[MPPSC (Pre) 2014] (a) Without cultivated forest land important role in the country’s economy
(a) Military officials (b) Civil officials (b) Irrigated land which of the following statement is/are
(c) Brahmins (d) Courts scholars (c) Dense forest land correct? [IAS (Pre) 2012]
(d) Cultivated land I. Every guild was registered with the
103. Which one of the following statements central authority of the state, and the
about the Gupta period in Indian history 109. The silver coins issued by the Guptas King was the chief administrative
is not correct? [CDS 2017] were called [IAS (Pre) 1996] authority on them.
(a) Sanskrit language and literature, (a) Karshapana II. The wages, rules of work, standard
after centuries of evolution, reached (b) Dinara and prices were fixed by guild.
what has been described as a level (c) Rupaka III. The guild had judicial powers over its
of classical excellence through royal (d) Nisc members.
patronage.
110. Centres located in Gujarat, Bengal, Select the correct answer using the
(b) The status of women was redefined. code given below
They were entitled to formal Deccan and Tamil country during the
Gupta period were associated with (a) I and II only (b) Only III
education and hence there were
which of the following? (c) II and III only (d) I, II and III
women teachers, philosophers and
doctors. Early marriage was [RAS/RTS (Pre) 2010] 117. Assertion (A) The main feature of the
prohibited by law and they were given (a) Textile manufacture agrarian structure in the Pre-Gupta
the right to property. (b) Gems and precious stones period was the development of
(c) Decentralisation of administrative (c) Handicrafts feudalism.
authority was impacted by increased (d) Opium cultivation Reason (R) Land owner middle class
grants of land and villages with fiscal and a dependent peasant class came
and administrative immunities to
111. Which of the following ports handled
the North Indian trade during the Gupta into existence in this period.
priests and temples. Select the correct answer using the code
period? [IAS (Pre) 1999]
(d) Land grants paved the way for feudal given below. [UPPSC (Mains) 2004]
developments and emergence of (a) Tamralipti
(b) Broach Codes
selfdom in India, resulting in the (a) Both A and R are true and R is the
depression of the peasantry. (c) Kalyan
(d) Cambay correct explanation of A
104. What was the land revenue rate in (b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the
Gupta age? [BPSC (Pre) 1997] 112. With reference to the period of Gupta correct explanation of A
(a) Fourth part of the production dynasty in ancient India, the towns (c) A is true, but R is false
(b) Sixth part of the production Ghantasala, Kadura and Chaul were (d) A is false, but R is true
well known as [IAS (Pre) 2020]
(c) Eighth part of the production 118. Match List I with List II and select the
(d) Half part of the production (a) ports handling foreign trade.
(b) capitals of powerful kingdoms. correct answer using the code given
105. The Gupta rulers imposed a fine called below the Lists. [CDS 2017]
(c) places of exquisite stone art and
…... which was a plough tax paid by architecture. List I List II
every cultivator owning a plough. (d) important Buddhist pilgrimage centres. (Type of Land) (Meaning)
[SSC CGL 2019] A. Urvara 1. Land watered
(a) Hiranya (b) Sulka 113. In 3rd AD, Warangal was famous for by a river
[UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2001]
(c) Halivakara (d) Kara B. Maru 2. Fertile land
(a) copper pots
106. In ancient India, the irrigation tax was (b) gold Jewelleries C. Nadimatrika 3. Land watered
called [UPPSC (Mains) 2009] by rain
(c) iron implements
(a) Bidakabhagam (b) Hiranya (d) elephant-teeth work D. Devamatrika 4. Desert land
(c) Udranga (d) Uparnika Codes
114. Which of the following inscriptions
107. With reference to forced labour (Vishti) reveals information about silk weavers A B C D A B C D
in India during the Gupta period, which guild? [MPPSC 2020] (a) 2 1 4 3 (b) 3 4 1 2
one of the following statements is (a) Dashpur Inscription (c) 3 1 4 2 (d) 2 4 1 3
correct? [IAS (Pre) 2019] (b) Prayag Prashasti 119. Which one of the following is the
(a) It was considered a source of (c) Eran Inscription highest value according to Charvaka?
income for the state, a sort of tax (d) Hathigumpha Inscription [CGPSC (Pre) 2017]
paid by the people. (a) Dharma (b) Artha
(b) It was totally absent in the Madhya 115. In Gupta Age, guilds formed the major
institutions in (c) Karma (d) Moksha
Pradesh and Kathiawar regions of
the Gupta Empire. (a) the religions matters. 120. Which is called Lokayata Darshan?
(c) The forced labourer was entitled to (b) the land revenue matters. [MPPSC 2020]
weekly wages. (c) the social structure. (a) Jain (b) Buddh
(d) The eldest son of the labourer was (d) the manufacture of goods and in (c) Charvaka (d) Samkhya
sent as the forced labourer. commercial entreprises.
INDIAN HISTORY 41

121. Samkaras philosophy is called as Codes 137. Information regarding time to Harsha is
[CGPSC 2020] A B C D A B C D contained in the books of
(a) Monism (b) Integral Monism (a) 1 2 3 4 (b) 3 2 1 4 [UPPSC (Pre) 1995]
(c) Dualism (d) Non-dualism (c) 2 1 4 3 (d) 4 3 2 1 (a) Harisena (b) Kalhan
130. Match List I with List II and select the (c) Kalidasa (d) None of these
122. The Doctrine of ‘Apurva’ is related to
[CGPSC (Pre) 2018] correct answer from the code given 138. Emperor Harsha’s southward march
(a) Charvaka (b) Jama below. [IAS (Pre) 1995] was stopped on the Narmada river by
(c) Buddha (d) Mimansa List I List II [IAS (Pre) 2003]
(Eras) (Reckoned from) (a) Pulakeshin-I (b) Pulakeshin-II
123. Who accepts only perception? (c) Vikramaditya-I (d) Vikramaditya-II
[CGPSC (Pre) 2018] A. Vikrama Era 1. 3102 BC
(a) Jaina (b) Charvaka B. Saka Era 2. 320 AD 139. Which one of the following inscriptions
(c) Buddha (d) Samkhya C. Gupta Era 3. 78 AD mentions Pulakeshin-II military
D. Kali Era 4. 58 BC success against Harshavardhana?
124. Which is called ‘Lokayat Darshan’? [CDS 2010]
[CGPSC (Pre) 2018] Codes (a) Allahabad Pillar Inscription
(a) Jain (b) Buddha A B C D A B C D (b) Aihole Inscription
(c) Charvaka (d) Samkhya (a) 2 4 5 1 (b) 1 3 2 4 (c) Damodarpur Copper-Plate Inscription
(c) 4 5 2 3 (d) 4 3 2 1 (d) Bilsad Inscription
125. Who is called ‘Crypto Buddhist’?
[CGPSC (Pre) 2019] 131. The gradual decline of towns was a 140. Which of the following university was
(a) Shankara (b) Kapil important feature of which period? patronised by Harsha?
(c) Ramanuja (d) Patanjali [BPSC (Pre) 1995]
(a) Takshila (b) Vikramshila
(a) Gupta period (b) Pratihara era (c) Nalanda (d) Magadh
126. Which of the following was not a type of (c) Rashtrakuta (d) Satavahana era
sacrifice performed by kings in ancient 141. Who oriented Harsha towards
India to establish their position? 132. There was different causes for the Buddhism?
[SSC CGL 2019] downfall of the Gupta Empire. Which one (a) Mahakashyap (b) Hiuen-Tsang
(a) Vajapeya (b) Rajasuya was not the cause among the statements
(c) Nagasena (d) Diwakar Mitra
(c) Ashvamedha (d) Muvendavelan given below? [UKPSC 2012]
(a) Huna invasion 142. Which ruler of Bengal was the
127. The six distinct school of Indian (b) Feudal set-up of administration contemporary of Harsha? [RRB 2005]
philosophy–Samkhya, Yoga, Nyaya, (a) Shashank (b) Dhruvsen
(c) Acceptance of Buddhism by the later
Vaishasika, Mimamsa, Vedanta (c) Pulakeshin-II (d) Bhaskar Verma
Guptas
became fully articulated during the
(d) Arab invasion
[SSC CPO 2003] 143. King Harshavardhana ascended the
(a) Vedic Age (b) Gupta Age 133. Who founded Vardhan dynasty throne of Thaneshwar and Kannauj on
(c) Kushana Age (d) Maurya Age (Pushyabhuti dynasty) in Thaneshwar? the death of this brother ……………
(a) Rajyavardhan [SSC CGL 2019]
128. Consider the following statements and (b) Adityavardhan (a) Indravardhana
select the correct answer from the code (b) Suryavardhana
(c) Pushyabhutivardhan
given below. [UPPSC (Pre) 2011]
(d) Naravardhan (c) Rajyavardhana
I. Vikram Samvat began in 58 BC. (d) Chandravardhana
II. Saka Samvat began in 78 AD. 134. Emperor Harsha had shifted his capital
III. Gupta era began in 319 AD from Thaneshwar to [UPPSC (Pre) 1992] 144. Which of the following is not the work of
IV. The era of Muslim rule in India began (a) Prayag (b) Delhi Harsha?
in 1192 AD. (c) Kannauj (d) Rajagriha (a) Ratnavali (b) Nagananda
Codes (c) Harshacharit (d) Priyadarshika
(a) I and II (b) III and IV
135. Harshavardhana organised two great
religious conventions in 145. Assertion (A) Harshavardhana
(c) I, II and III (d) I, II, III and IV convened the Prayag Assembly.
[UPUDA/LDA (Pre) 2001]
129. Match List I with List I and select the (a) Kannauj and Prayag Reason (R) He wanted to popularise
correct answer from the code given (b) Prayag and Thaneshwar only the Mahayana form of Buddhism.
below. [UPPSC (Pre) 2015] (c) Thaneshwar and Vallabhi Codes
List I List II (d) Vallabhi and Prayag (a) Both A and R are true and R is the
(Emperor) (Titles) correct explanation of A
136. The place in Uttar Pradesh where (b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the
A. Ashoka 1. Parakramank Harshavardhana organised the correct explanation of A
B. Samudragupta 2. Priyadarshi Buddha mega convention
(c) A is true, but R is false
C. Chandragupta-II 3. Karamaditya [UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2004]
(d) A is false, but R is true
D. Skandgupta 4. Vikramaditya (a) Kashi (b) Prayag
(c) Ayodhya (d) Sarnath

102. (c) 103. (b) 104. (b) 105. (c) 106. (a) 107. (a) 108. (a) 109. (c) 110. (a) 111. (a) 112. (a) 113. (c) 114. (a) 115. (d) 116. (c)
117. (a) 118. (d) 119. (c) 120. (c) 121. (d) 122. (a) 123. (b) 124. (c) 125. (a) 126. (d) 127. (b) 128. (d) 129. (c) 130. (d) 131. (a)
132. (d) 133. (c) 134. (c) 135. (a) 136. (b) 137. (b) 138. (b) 139. (b) 140. (c) 141. (b) 142. (a) 143. (c) 144. (c) 145. (c)
42 Objective GENERAL STUDIES 14000+Q

146. In whose reign-period the Chinese Which of the statements given above 162. Consider the following statements.
traveller Hiuen-Tsang visited India? is/are correct? [IAS (Pre) 2004] I. Maukhari were the vassals of Pala
[UPPSC 2012] (a) Only I dynasty.
(a) Chandragupta-II (b) Only II II. Maukhari dynasty ruled over much of
(b) Harsha (c) Both I and II Uttar Pradesh and Magadh.
(c) Chandragupta Maurya (d) Neither I nor II Choose the correct answer using the
(d) Chandragupta-I codes given below.
155. The Chinese traveller Yuan Chwang
(Hiuen Tsang), who visited India (a) Only I
147. Chinese traveller Hieun-Tsang studied (b) Only II
at the University of [BPSC (Pre) 2003, recorded the general conditions and
culture of India at that time. In this (c) Both I and II
UPPSC (Pre) 1995]
context, which of the following statements (d) Neither I nor II
(a) Taxila (b) Vikramshila
(c) Magadh (d) Nalanda is/are correct? [IAS (Pre) 2013] 163. Who founded Maitraka dynasty?
I. The roads and river-routes were (a) Bhataraka
148. Who sent Hiuen-Tsang as an emissary completely immune from robbery. (b) Siladitya
in the court of Harsha? II. As regards punishment for offences (c) Dantidurga
[UPPSC (Pre) 2007] ordeals by fire, water and poison (d) None of the above
(a) Taai-Sunga were the instruments for determining
(b) Tung-Kuaan the innocence or guilt of a person. 164. Which of the following was the most
(c) Ku-Yen-Vu III. The tradesmen had to pay duties at powerful ruler of Maitraka dynasty?
(d) None of the above ferries and barrier stations. (a) Dhruvsen-I
Select the correct answer using the codes (b) Dhruvsen-II
149. The Chinese traveller who visited given below. (c) Vigrahapal
Bhinmal was [RAS/RTS (Pre) 2007]
(a) Only I (b) II and III (d) Yashodharman
(a) Fahien
(c) II and III (d) All of these
(b) Sangyun 165. Where was the capital of Gauda
(c) Hiuen-Tsang 156. Poet Bana was inhabitant of kingdom?
(d) I-Tsing [BPSC (Pre) 1996] (a) Pataliputra (b) Vaishali
(a) Pataliputra (c) Vallabhi (d) Karnasubarna
150. The major reason behind remembering (b) Thaneshwar
Hiuen-Tsang is [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1992] 166. Which of the following Gauda ruler had
(c) Bhojpur
(a) respect for Harsha cut the Bodhi tree, where the Buddha
(d) None of the above
(b) study in Nalanda found enlightenment?
(c) trust in Buddhas 157. Who has written the ‘Harsacharit’? (a) Vijaysen (b) Shashank
(d) composition of Sei-Yu-Kei [BPSC (Pre) 2005] (c) Grahverma (d) Krishna Gupta
(a) Aryabhatta
151. During Hiuen-Tsang tour in India most 167. In post Gupta period administration,
(b) Banabhatta Provinces were called as
famous city for the production of cotton
(c) Vishnugupta (a) Bhakti (b) Rajya
clothes was [BPSC (Pre) 1996]
(d) Parimalgupta (c) Pargana (d) Kshetra
(a) Varanasi
(b) Mathura 158. Banabhatta was the court poet of? 168. Which of the following is not correctly
(c) Pataliputra [SSC 1997]
matched?
(d) Kanchi (a) Vikramaditya
(b) Kumaragupta Officers Department
152. Hiuen-Tsang, hailed as the prince of (c) Harshavardhana (a) Sandhivigrahika – Minister of War
pilgrims, visited India during the reign and Peace
(d) Kanishka
of king ……… . [SSC CGL 2019] (b) Mahabaladhikrita – Commander-in-
(a) Ashoka 159. Who has written the autobiography of Chief
(b) Vishnugupta Harsha? (c) Dandapashika – Chief Justice
(c) Samudragupta (a) Firdausi (d) Mahapratihar – Maintenance of
(d) Harsha (b) Banabhatta Royal Palace
(c) Varahamihira
153. Chinese writers mention India by the (d) None of the above 169. Generally, which one of the following,
name of [UPPSC (Pre) 2013]
had the first right over ‘stridhan’, in
(a) Fo-Kwo-Ki 160. Who founded the Maukhari dynasty? case of succession?
(b) Yin-tu (a) Hariverma (a) Husband
(c) Si-Yu-Ki (b) Sarvaverma (b) Son
(d) Sikia-Pono (c) Ishanverma (c) Daughters
(d) Avantiverma (d) Daughter-in-law
154. Consider the following statements.
I. The Chinese pilgrim Fa-Hien attended 161. Where was the capital of Maukhari 170. Which one of the following were not the
the fourth Great Buddhist Council rulers? [CGPSC (Pre) 2011] ‘Antyaj’ or ‘untouchables’?
held by Kanishka. (a) Thaneshwar (a) Chandal
II. The Chinese pilgrim Hiuen-Tsang (b) Kannauj (b) Rajak
met Harsha and found him to be (c) Purushpur (c) Nat
antagonistic to Buddhism. (d) None of the above (d) Yavan
INDIAN HISTORY 43

171. Which of the following is correctly 175. The term ‘Kausheya’ has been used for 178. Human sacrifice was prevalent in which
matched? [UPPSC (Pre) 2008] of the following sect?
(a) Chandal – Untouchables (a) Cotton (b) Flax (a) Pasupat (b) Kapalik
(c) Silk (d) Wool (c) Aghori (d) Lingayat
(b) Kayastha – Traditional Caste
(c) Magadh – Vaishya Caste 176. Which of the following phrases defines 179. Shaiva saints were called
(d) Charan – Kshatriya Caste the nature of the ‘Hundi’ generally (a) Alvars (b) Nayanars
referred to in the sources of the (c) Bhagwats (d) None of these
172. Which of the following lawgivers of the post-Harsha period? [IAS (Pre) 2020]
post Gupta period declared that Sudras 180. The rulers of which of the following
(a) An advisory issued by the king to his
were not slave by nature? dynasty have been called as
subordinates.
[MPPSC 2010]
‘Shriparvatiya’ in Puranas?
(b) A diary to be maintained for daily
[UPPSC 2020]
(a) Medhatithi (b) Vigyaneshwar accounts.
(a) Vakatakas (b) Ikshvakus
(c) Narad (d) Jimutwahan (c) A bill of exchange
(c) Shakas (d) Kharavelas
(d) An order from the feudal lord to his
173. During post Gupta period, main
business centre was
subordinates. 181. Consider the following statements.
I. During post-Gupta period, Hinduism
[RAS/RTS (Pre) 1993] 177. Consider the following statements
became the most dominant religion of
(a) Kannauj I. The trade with South East Asia during
India.
(b) Ujjain post Gupta age registered a
II. In post Gupta period, Tantricism had
(c) Dhar significant increase.
a great hold on Mahayana form of
(d) Devgiri II. Saurastra (Gujarat) was famous for its
Buddhism.
bell metal industry during this period.
174. During Hiuen-Tsang tour in India, most Select the correct answer using the
Select the correct answer using the
famous city for the production of cotton code below.
code below.
clothes was [BPSC (Pre) 1996] (a) Only I
(a) Only I
(a) Varanasi (b) Only II
(b) Only II
(b) Mathura (c) Both I and II
(c) Both I and II
(c) Pataliputra (d) Neither I nor II
(d) Neither I nor II
(d) Kanchi

146. (b) 147. (d) 148. (a) 149. (c) 150. (d) 151. (b) 152. (d) 153. (b) 154. (d) 155. (c) 156. (d) 157. (b) 158. (c) 159. (b) 160. (a)
161. (b) 162. (b) 163. (a) 164. (b) 165. (d) 166. (b) 167. (a) 168. (c) 169. (c) 170. (b) 171. (a) 172. (a) 173. (a) 174. (b) 175. (c)
176. (c) 177. (c) 178. (b) 179. (b) 180. (b) 181. (c)
44 Objective GENERAL STUDIES 14000+Q

7
Early Medieval Period
(800-1200 CE)
1. Who founded Gurjar-Pratihara dynasty? 10. Which one of the following had started Codes
(a) Nagabhatta I (b) Vatsraj and ended the tripartite struggle? (a) Both A and R are true and R is the
(c) Harshavardhana (d) Mihirbhoja (a) Pratiharas (b) Palas correct explanation of A
(c) Rashtrakutas (d) Cholas (b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the
2. Who was the real founder of Pratihara correct explanation of A
Empire? 11. Tripartite struggle was started by whom?
(c) A is true, but R is false
(a) Vatsraja (b) Mahendrapala I (a) Vatsraja (b) Dharmapala
(d) A is false, but R is true
(c) Mahendrapala II (d) Mahipala (c) Rambhoj (d) Nagabhatta II
16. Who was the founder of Gahadavala
3. Which of the following was the greatest 12. Tripartite struggle between Pratihara, Dynasty?
Pratihara king? Rashtrakuta and Pala were to take
(a) Govind Chandra (b) Chandradev
(a) Dharmapala (b) Harsha control over
(c) Jaichand (d) Nagabhatta I
(c) Mihirbhoja (d) Mahendrapala (a) Pataliputra (b) Kannauj
(c) Delhi (d) None of these 17. Which of the following was the greatest
4. ‘Aadi Varaha’ was the title of which Gurjar ruler of Gahadavala dynasty?
Pratihara ruler? [UPRO/ARO 2018] 13. Which of the following is not correctly
(a) Mahendrapal
(a) Vatsaraja (b) Nagabhatta II matched?
(b) Govindachandra
(c) Mihira Bhoja (d) Nagbhatta I Gurjar Pratihara Reign
(c) Chandradev
Ruler
5. Which Pratihara ruler’s achievement (a) Nagabhatt I – 7300-756 CE
(d) None of the above
are known from Gwalior inscriptions?
(b) Vatsraja – 775-800 CE 18. Rani Kumardevi, the queen of
(a) Vatsaraja (b) Nagabhatta I
(c) Nagabhatt II – 800-833 CE Govindachandra Gahadavala, had built
(c) Mihirabhoja (d) Mahendrapal I the ‘Dharmachakra-Jain Vihar’ at which
(d) Mihirabhoja – 950-1000 CE
6. Which one of the following ruler is not place? [UPPSC (Mains) 2007]
14. Consider the following statements. (a) Bodh Gaya (b) Rajgriha
related to Gurjar-Pratihara dynasty?
I. Mihirbhoja was the greatest ruler of
[RAS/RTS 2018] (c) Kushinagar (d) Sarnath
Pratihara Dynasty.
(a) Nagabhatta I (b) Mahendrapala I
II. Cavalry of Pratiharas was considered 19. Consider the following statements.
(c) Devpala (d) Bharatrabhatta I to be the best in India during their time. I. The capital of Gahadavala Dynasty
7. The great Sanskrit poet and dramatist, III. Rajyapala was one of the last was ‘Varanasi’.
Raj Shekhara was in the court of Pratihara rulers, who surrendered II. Jaichand was defeated by Ghurids.
[RAS/RTS (Pre) 2013] before Mahmud Ghazni and was III. Govindacharya founded Gahadavala
(a) Raja Bhoj (b) Mahipala finally defeated and killed by the Dynasty.
(c) Mahendrapala I (d) Irdra III Chandela king Vidyadhar. IV. Chandrawati inscriptions is
Which of the statement(s) given above associated with Chandradev.
8. Al-Masudi, an Arabian traveller, came is/are correct? Select the correct answer using the
to India, in the reign of which of the (a) I and II (b) Only II codes given below.
following ruler? (c) II and III (d) All of these (a) I, II and III (b) I, II and IV
(a) Nagabhatta III (b) Gopal
(c) I, II and IV (d) I, III and IV
(c) Amoghvarsh (d) Mahipala I 15. Assertion (A) Arab writers say that the
Pratiharas had the best cavalry in India. 20. According to Hammir Mahakavya the
9. Who among the following was not a part Reason (R) Pratiharas controlled the Chauhans were [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1999]
of tripartite struggle? [UPPSC (Pre) 2015] Western sea ports using which they (a) Chandravanshi (b) Brahmins
(a) Pratiharas (b) Palas could import quality horses from Arabia (c) Yaduvanshis (d) Suryavanshis
(c) Rashtrakutas (d) Cholas and Central Asia.
INDIAN HISTORY 45

21. Who among the following rulers is 29. Jejakabhukti was the ancient name of Select the correct answer using the
famous as ‘Prithviraj Chauhan’? [UPPSC (Mains) 2008] codes given below.
[UPPSC (Pre) 2010] (a) Baghelkhand (b) Bundelkhand (a) I and II (b) II and III
(a) Prithviraj I (b) Prithviraj II (c) Malwa (d) Vidarbha (c) I, II and III (d) I and III
(c) Prithviraj III (d) None of these 39. Match the following :
30. Which of the following Rajput clans was
22. The author of ‘Prithviraj Raso’ is not one of the so called Agnikula origin? List I List II
[BPSC (Pre) 1999] (a) Chandelas (Ruler) (Reign)
(a) Kalhana (b) Bilhana (b) Pratiharas
A. Nannuka 1. 845-845 CE
(c) Jayanaka (d) Chand Bardai (c) Chahamans
B. Vakpati 2. 831-845 CE
(d) Chalukyas or Solankis
23. Who among the following Rajput Kings C. Yasho-Varman 3. 950-999 CE
defeated Muhammad Ghori for the first 31. Who founded Chandela Dynasty? D. Dhanga-Deva 4. 925-925 CE
time? [SSC 2008] (a) Nannuka (b) Vasudev
(a) Prithviraj III (b) Baghel Bhim (c) Upendra (d) Kirtiverman Codes
(c) Jaichand (d) Kumarapala A B C D A B C D
32. Chandelas were the vassals of (a) 1 2 3 4 (b) 2 1 4 3
24. Who is the author of ‘Prithviraja (a) Chahmanas (b) Parmaras (c) 1 4 3 2 (d) 4 3 1 2
Vijaya’? [RAS/RTS 2012] (c) Pratiharas (d) Chalukyas
(a) Chand Bardai 40. Who founded Paramara Dynasty?
(b) Prithviraj Chauhan
33. Aalha-Udal were related to (a) Bhoj
[MPPSC (Pre) 2010]
(c) Jayanaka (b) Siyaka/Sriharsha
(a) Chanderi (b) Vidisha (c) Yashovarman
(d) Nayachand Suri
(c) Mahoba (d) Panna (d) Amoghvarsha
25. Which one of the following had
established the Ajmer? 34. Dhangdev was the ruler of which 41. Raja Bhoja had shifted his capital from
dynasty? [MPPSC 2017]
Ujjain to
(a) Ajayraj (b) Bisaldev
(c) Prithviraj I (d) Prithviraj III (a) Chandelas of Jejakabhukti (a) Chittor (b) Bhopal
(b) Parmar of Malwa (c) Varanasi (d) Dhar
26. Consider the following statements. (c) Kalchuri of Mahishmati
I. The capital of Chahamanas Dynasty (d) Kalchuri of Tripuri 42. Who has constructed the Tribhuvan
was Shakambhari. Narayan temple of Chittor?
II. They territory ruled by them was 35. Who built the Khajuraho temples? (a) Rana Pratap [MPPSC 2020]
known as Sapadalaksha. [SSC 2008]
(b) Raja Dhang
Select the correct answer using the (a) Holkars (b) Scindias (c) Paramara Raja Bhoja
codes given below. (c) Bundela (d) Chandelas (d) Prithiviraj Chauhan
(a) Only I (b) Only II 36. The features of the temples built by
(c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II
43. King Bhoja ruled over
Chandelas in Bundelkhand are [MPPSC (Pre) 2010]
27. Read the following statements. (a) built in Nagara style with use of red (a) Bastar (b) Dhar
I. Chahamanas of Shakambhari were sand stone.
(c) Mahakaushal (d) Ujjain
the Chandravanshi Rajputs. (b) great shikaras and mandaps.
II. They had ruled as Pratihara Vassals. (c) temples also known for Sculpture 44. Who amongst the following wrote a
(d) All of the above book on artificial scientific equipments?
III. Prithviraj Raso was written by Jayanaka.
[UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2013]
IV. Vigraharaja IV was its greatest ruler. 37. Gold coins became extinct during the (a) Bhoja (b) Govindraj
Select the correct answer using the post-Gupta times. Which of the
(c) Chandraverman (d) Mahipala
codes given below. following dynasties revived them in the
(a) I, II and III (b) I, III and IV early medieval period? 45. Which ruler has been called as
(c) I and II (d) I, II and IV (a) The Chahamanas ‘Kaviraja’ in one of his inscription?
(b) The Chalukyas (a) Pratihara Ruler Mihirbhoj
28. Consider the following text and arrange
(c) The Chandelas (b) Paramara Ruler Bhoj
them in chronological order.
(d) The Gahadavalas (c) Pala Ruler Dharmpal
I. Fatwa-I – Jahandari
(d) Chalukya Ruler Kumarpal
II. Prithviraj – Raso 38. Consider the following statements :
III. Kitab-ul-hind I. The original capital of Chandelas was 46. Who among the following was not a
IV. Tabaqat-i-Nasiri Khajuraho. king of the Paramara Dynasty?
Select the correct answer from the II. Khajuraho temples were constructed [MPPSC 2017]
codes given below. [UPPSC 2020] by Chandelas. (a) Upendra (b) Munj
(a) II, III, IV, I (b) III, I, II, IV III. Initially Chandelas were the (c) Gangeyadeva (d) Udayaditya
(c) IV, III, I. II (d) III, II, IV, I feudatories of Paramaras.

1. (a) 2. (a) 3. (c) 4. (c) 5. (c) 6. (d) 7. (c) 8. (d) 9. (d) 10. (a) 11. (a) 12. (b) 13. (d) 14. (d) 15. (a)
16. (b) 17. (b) 18. (d) 19. (c) 20. (d) 21. (c) 22. (d) 23. (a) 24. (c) 25. (a) 26. (c) 27. (d) 28. (d) 29. (b) 30. (a)
31. (a) 32. (c) 33. (c) 34. (a) 35. (d) 36. (d) 37. (c) 38. (a) 39. (b) 40. (b) 41. (d) 42. (c) 43. (b) 44. (a) 45. (b)
46. (c)
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47. Which among the following source 56. Who had established Odantipuri 66. Consider the following statements.
throw light on the history of Paramara Buddhist Mahavihara? I. Dharmapala founded the famous
Dynasty? [MPPSC 2019] (a) Gopala I (b) Dharmapal Vikramshila University for the
(a) Nava-Sahasanka-Charita of (c) Devapala (d) Mahipala Buddhists.
Padmagupta II. The city of Dhillika (Delhi) was
(b) Prabandha Chintamuani of
57. Who among the following had build the founded by the Tomars.
Sompura Mahavihara?
Merutunga Select the correct answer using the
[UPPSC (Pre) 1999]
(c) Udaipur Prashasti codes given below.
(a) Kumaragupta I (b) Harsha
(d) All of the above (a) Only I (b) Only II
(c) Dharmapala (d) Vijaysena
(c) Both I and II (d) None of these
48. The presiding deity of Bhojshala
Temple is [UPPSC 2003]
58. Which one of the following rulers 67. Who founded the Sena Dynasty?
established Vikramshila university?
(a) Goddess Durga (a) Samanta Sena (b) Lakshman Sena
[UPRO/ARO (Mains) 2018]
(b) Goddess Laxmi (c) Vijay Sena (d) Ballala Sena
(a) Gopala (b) Devapal
(c) Goddess Saraswati
(c) Mahipala I (d) Dharmapala 68. Who among the following is credited
(d) Goddess Parvati
with initiating a new samvat?
49. Consider the following statements. 59. Which Arab traveller calls the Pala [UPPSC (Pre) 1999]
kingdom as Ruhma?
I. aramaras were the vassals of (a) Dharmapala (b) Devapala
(a) Al-Masudi (b) Al-masher
Chandelas. (c) Vijaya Sena (d) Lakshman Sena
(c) Sulaiman (d) Al-Beruni
II. Bhojeshwar temple was built by
Paramara ruler, Bhoja.
69. The Lakshman Era was started (in AD
60. Which Turkish general destroyed the 1119) by which of the following
Which of the above mentioned universities of Nalanda and Vikramshila? dynasty? [UPPSC 2005]
statements is/are correct? (a) Qutubuddin Aibek
(a) Pratiharas (b) Palas
(a) Only I (b) Only II (b) Bakhtiyar Khilji
(c) Chauhans (d) Sena
(c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II (c) Ali Mardan Khilji
(d) Tajuddin Yaldur 70. Which of the following is correctly
50. Assertion (A) ‘Samaranga Sutradhara’ matched ?
was written by Munj. 61. In which among the following states, Sena Ruler Reign
Reason (R) This book is based on Odantipur Education Centre was
(a) Vijay Sena – 1055-1158 CE
artificial scientific equipment. situated? [BPSC 2018]
(b) Ballala Sena – 1158-1178 CE
Codes (a) Bengal (b) Bihar
(c) Lakshman Sena – 1179-1205 CE
(a) A and R are true and R is the correct (c) Gujarat (d) Tamil Nadu
(d) Samanta Sena – 955-960 CE
explanation of A
(b) A and R are true, but R is not the 62. In which modern day’s state, the 71. Who wrote ‘Rajatarangini’?
correct explanation of A University of Vikramshila was located?
[WBPSC 2020]
(c) A is true, but R is false [JPSC (Pre) 2013]
(a) Megasthenes (b) Kalhana
(d) A is false, but R is true (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Odisha
(c) Al-biruni (d) Herodotus
(c) Bihar (d) Jharkhand
51. Who was the founder of Chalukya 72. ‘Rajatarangini’ written by Kalhana is
Dynasty? 63. Which of the following religion was associated with which of the following?
(a) Jai Singh Siddharaj (b) Mularaja patronised by Pala rulers?
[MPPSC (Pre) 2012]
(c) Bhim I (d) Kumarpal (a) Hinduism (b) Buddhism
(a) Chandragupta’s reign
(c) Sikhism (d) Jainism
52. Where was the capital of Chalukyas? (b) Anthology of Lyrics
(a) Kannauj (b) Khajuraho 64. The ruler of Suvarnabhumi, who (c) History of Kashmir
(c) Anahilavada (d) Dhar founded a Buddhist Monastry at (d) Reign of Krishna Deva Raya
Nalanda and requested Devapala
53. The great Jain scholar Hemchandra through his ambassador to grant five 73. The contemporary of ruler Kalhana, the
adorned the court of [UPPSC (Pre) 2010] villages for its maintenance, was author of Rajatarangini was
(a) Amoghavarsha [UPPSC 2010]
[BPSC (Pre) 2018]
(b) Kumarapala (a) Jaisingh (b) Harsha
(a) Dharanindra
(c) Jaysimha Siddharaja (c) Govindacharya (d) Jaichand
(b) Sengramadhananijaya
(d) Vidhyadhara
(c) Balaputradeva 74. How many Tarangas are in
54. Which of the following is not correctly (d) Chudamani Varmana Rajatarangini of Kalhana?
matched? [UPPSC (Mains) 2015]
Chalukya Ruler Reign
65. Consider the following statements.
(a) Eight (b) Nine
(a) Bhim-I – 1022-1064 CE I. The lkshvaku rulers of Southern
(c) Ten (d) Eleven
(b) Jaishmha Siddharaja – 1094-1143 CE India were antagonistic towards
(c) Kumarapala – 1256-1272 CE Buddhism. 75. Who among the following continued
(d) Ajaypal – 1172-1176 CE II. The Pala rulers of Eastern India were the Rajatarangini of Kalhana?
patrons of Buddhism. [UPPSC (Pre) 2000]
55. Who was the founder of Pala Dynasty? Which of the statement(s) given above (a) Bilhana and Merutunga
[UPPSC (Mains) 2015] is/are correct? (b) Bilhana and Mammata
(a) Dharmapala (b) Deopala (a) Only I (b) Only II (c) Jonaraja and Merutunga
(c) Gopala (d) Ramapala (c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II (d) Jonaraja and Srivara
INDIAN HISTORY 47

76. One consistent feature found in the 84. The famous Kailasha temple, cut out of 91. Which of the following ruler had
history of Southern India was the solid rock at Ellora, was built under the performed four Asvamedhas?
growth of small regional kingdoms patronage of the [CDS 2007] (a) Pushyamitra Shunga
rather than large empires because of (a) Cholas (b) Kadambas (b) Pravarasena
[IAS (Pre) 1999] (c) Pallavas (d) Rashtrakutas (c) Amoghvarsha
(a) the absence of minerals like iron. (d) Pulkeshin-II
(b) too many divisions in the social 85. At which of the following places is the
structure. famous Kailasha temple located? 92. Consider the following statements.
(c) the absence of vast areas of fertile (a) Ajanta (b) Badami I. The Vakataka Dynasty was a
land. (c) Chittor (d) Ellora Brahmin Dynasty.
(d) the scarcity of manpower. II. The capital of Vakataka was
86. The famous Battle of Takkolam of Vatsagulma.
77. Who among the following laid the South India was fought between
Choose the correct answer using the
foundation of Rashtrakuta Empire? [UPPSC 2003]
codes given below.
[IAS (Pre) 2006] (a) Cholas and North Chalukyas
(a) Only I (b) Only II
(a) Dantidurga (b) Amoghavarsha I (b) Cholas and Rashtrakutas
(c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II
(c) Dhruva (d) Krishna I (c) Cholars and Hoyasals
(d) Cholas and Pandyas 93. Where was the capital of Chalukya?
78. Who out of the following performed a [UPPSC 1991]
ritual called ‘Hiranya-Garbha’? 87. Who were Axad-gavundas and (a) Vatapi (b) Sravasti
[UPPSC (Pre) 2015] Des-gramakutas in the Rashtrakuta
(c) Kanchi (d) Kannauj
(a) Mayurasharma kingdom?
(b) Harishchandra (a) Revenue Officers 94. Who was the founder of ‘Chalukyas of
(c) Dantidurga (b) Religious Officers Badami’?
(d) Harsha (c) Military Commanders (a) Someshwar II (b) Pulkeshin I
(d) Spies (c) Vikramaditya II (d) Pulkeshin II
79. A ruler of one of the ruling dynasties of
the South who was called by the Arab 88. Consider the following statements 95. Pulkeshin II was the greatest ruler of
traveller Sulaiman as ‘among the four about the Rashtrakuta Empire. [SSC 2013, UPPSC 1991]
great sovereigns (powers) of the world I. It was founded by Dantidurga by (a) Chalukyas of Kalyani
equal to the Caliph of Baghdad and overthrowing the Chalukyas of Vatapi (b) Pallavas of Kanchi
Emperors of China and Turkey’ was (Badami) and the capital was fixed at (c) Cholas of Tamil Nadu
(a) Amoghavarsha, Rashtrakuta Manyakheta. (d) Chalukyas of Vatapi
(b) Nandivarman, Pallava II. The Rashtrakuta kings, Dhruva,
Govinda III and Indra III invaded 96. The Sanskrit poet and dramatist
(c) Rajendra I, Chola Kalidasa finds a mention in
(d) Vira and Sundara, Pandya North India.
III. The king Amoghvarsha, wrote [UPPSC (Mains) 2013]
80. Which one among the following religions ‘Kavirajamaraga’, the earliest (a) Aihole inscription of Pulkeshin II.
was partronised by Rashtrakutas? Kannada book on poetics. (b) Gwalior inscription of Mihir Bhoja.
[CDS 2007] IV. The king Krishna I, built the Kailash (c) Karmadanda Sivalinga inscription of
(a) Jainism (b) Buddhism (Shiva) temple at Ellora. Kumaragupta I.
(c) Saivism (d) Vaishnavism Which of the statement(s) given above (d) Mathura Pillar inscription of
is/are correct? Chandragupta II
81. Which Rashtrakuta king composed the
(a) Only I (b) II and III 97. The Badami rock inscription of
works ‘Kavirajamarga’, ‘Ratnamalika’
(c) I and IV (d) All of these Pulkeshin I is dated in the Saka year
and ‘Prasanotaramalika’?
(a) Amoghavarsha (b) Krishna I 89. Assertion (A) The Rashtrakutas 465. If the same were to be dated to
(c) Indra III (d) Krishna III patronished Jainism. Vikrama Samvat, the year would be
[IAS (Pre) 1997]
82. Which Rashtrakuta king defeated the Reason (R) The Rashtrakutals persecuted
Hindus and Buddhists. (a) 601 (b) 300 (c) 330 (d) 407
Chola ruler Parantaka I in AD 972 and
built a temple at Rameswaram? Codes 98. A Chalukya inscription is dated in the
(a) Indra III (b) Krishna III (a) Both A and R are true and R is the year 556 of the Saka era. It is
(c) Dhruva IV (d) Govind III correct explanation of A equivalent to [UPPSC (Mains) 2012]
(b) Both A and R both are true, but R is (a) 478 AD (b) 499 AD
83. Who among the following gave asylum not the correct explanation of A (c) 613 AD (d) 634 AD
to Zoroastrians who fled by sea and by (c) A is true, but R is false
the coastal route from Persia to Western (d) A is false, but R is true 99. Emperor Harsha’s Southward march
India in the early 8th century? was stopped on the Narmada river by
[CDS 2009] 90. Who founded Vakataka Dynasty? [IAS (Pre) 2003]
(a) Chalukyas (b) Cholas (a) Pravarasena (b) Vindhyashakti (a) Pulkeshin I (b) Pulkeshin II
(c) Hoysalas (d) Rashtrakutas (c) Harisena (d) Rudrasena (c) Vikramaditya I (d) Vikramaditya II

47. (d) 48. (c) 49. (b) 50. (d) 51. (b) 52. (c) 53. (b) 54. (c) 55. (c) 56. (a) 57. (c) 58. (d) 59. (c) 60. (b) 61. (b)
62. (c) 63. (b) 64. (c) 65. (b) 66. (c) 67. (a) 68. (d) 69. (d) 70. (d) 71. (b) 72. (c) 73. (a) 74. (a) 75. (d) 76. (b)
77. (a) 78. (c) 79. (a) 80. (c) 81. (a) 82. (b) 83. (d) 84. (d) 85. (d) 86. (b) 87. (a) 88. (d) 89. (c) 90. (b) 91. (b)
92. (c) 93. (a) 94. (b) 95. (d) 96. (a) 97. (a) 98. (d) 99. (b)
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100. Who was the founder of Chalukyas of 111. In which region, the Chola Empire was 122. Who was the Chola Monarch, who
Vengi? [UPPSC (Pre) 2003] expanded? [UPPSC (Pre) 1991] gave complete freedom to Sri Lanka
(a) Bhanuvardhan (a) Vijayanagara Area and got his daughter married to the
(b) Vishnuvardhan (b) Malabar Coast Sinhala prince?
(c) Vijayaditya I (c) Hoysala (a) Kulottungal I (b) Rajendra I
(d) Pulkeshin IV (d) Coromandel Coast and some region (c) Adhirajendra (d) Rajadhiraja I
of Deccan
101. Which Rashtrakuta ruler had defeated 123. What is true regarding the practice of
Vishnuvardhan IV? 112. The capital of Cholas was women in the Chola period?
(a) Krishna I (b) Rajendra I [UP lower Sub (Pre) 2009] (a) Queens were called Devis and
(c) Prabhakar I (d) Dantidurga (a) Kaveripattinam (b) Mahabalipuram respected.
(c) Kanchi (d) Tanjore (b) Devadasi system prervailed.
102. Which of the follownig was the last ruler (c) Gaurikas (Prostitutes) existed in the
of Chalukya Dynasty of Vengi? 113. The Chola Era was famous for society.
(a) Diwakar II (b) Harshavardhan [RAS/RTS 1992] (d) All of the above
(c) Dhruv (d) Vijayaditya II (a) religious development
(b) village assemblies 124. Who among the following Chola kings
103. Who founded Chalukyas of Kalyani? reigned as Kulottung Chola? [CDS 2001]
(c) warfare with Rashtrakutas
(a) Someshvara IV (b) Taippa II (a) Vikramaditya I
(d) trade from Sri Lanka
(c) Vishnuvardhana (d) Krishna II (b) Vikramaditya II
104. Which of the following is not correctly 114. A lot of details regarding the village (c) Rajaraja Narendra I
administration under the Cholas is (d) Rajendra II
matched?
provided by the inscription at
Ruler Reign 125. Who built the Korangnatha temple
[IAS (Pre) 1993]
(a) Satyashray – 997-1008 CE (a) Thanjavur (b) Uraiyur Srinivasanallur?
(b) Jaisingh II – 1015-1043 CE (c) Kanchipuram (d) Uthiramerur (a) Parantaka I (b) Vijayalaya
(c) Someshwar I – 1043-1068 CE (c) Rajendra (d) Rajaraja
(d) Someshwar III – 1336-1340 CE 115. During the rule of Chola kings which of
the following Wariyams looked after 126. An enormous Nandi; the second
105. Who founded Pallava Dynasty? garden administration? largest in India is a feature of which
(a) Simhavishnu [UPRO/ARO (Mains) 2013] Chola temple?
(b) Mahendravarman I (a) Pan Wariyam (a) Natarajan temple at Chitambaram
(c) Narsimhavarman I (b) Airi Wariyam (b) Gangaikonda Cholapuram temple
(d) Tailap II (c) Tott Wariyam (c) Lepakshi temple
106. Which dynasty built the Pancha Rathas (d) Samvatsara Wariyam (d) Raja Rajeswara temple at Tanjore
of Mahabalipuram? [SSC CGL 2020] 116. Which Chola ruler was the first to send 127. Bronze icons of Nataraja cast during
(a) Chera (b) Chola an Embassy to China? the Chola period invariably show the
(c) Pallava (d) Satavahana (a) Vijayalya I (b) Aditya I deity with [IAS (Pre) 1995]

107. In the reign of which Pallava Ruler, a (c) Raja Raja I (d) Rajendra I (a) eight hands
protracted struggle between Pallavas (b) six hands
117. Who assumed the title of (c) four hands
and Chalukyas had been started? ‘Gangaikondachola’? [WBCS 2018]
(a) Mahendravarman I (d) two hands
(a) Rajendra I (b) Rajaraja I
(b) Simhavishnu (c) Rajadhiraja I (d) Kulotunga I 128. Which one of the following statements
(c) Narsimhavarman I about Brihadeswara Temple at
(d) Mahendravarman II 118. Who was the Chola king to have Tanjavur is not correct? [CDS 2009]
conquered Bengal? [WBCS 2007] (a) The temple is a splendid example of
108. The Thirukadalmalla temple built by (a) Rajraja (b) Rajendra I
Pallavas at Mahabalipuram is dedicate Chola architecture.
(c) Rajendra I (d) Rajadhiraj (b) It was built by Emperor Rajaraja I.
to
(a) Lord Shiva (b) Lord Vishnu 119. Which one of the Chola kings (c) The temple is constructed of granite.
(c) Lord Murugan (d) Lord Venkatesha conquered Ceylon? [IAS (Pre) 2001] (d) The temple is a monument
(a) Aditya I (b) Rajadhiraj dedicated to Lord Vishnu.
109. Rath temples at Mahabalipuram were (c) Rajendra I (d) Vijayalaya
built in the reign of which Pallava ruler? 129. What was the occasion for the building
(a) Mahendravarman [SSC 2008] 120. Who among the following Chola rulers of a new capital near the mouth of the
converted the Bay of Bengal into a Cauveri called Gangaikonda
(b) Narsimhavarman I
‘Chola lake’? [UPPSC 2008] Cholapuram by Rajendra I ?
(c) Parameshwarvarman
(a) His victory over the Western Gangas.
(d) Nandivarman I (a) Rajraja I (b) Rajendra I
(b) Successful conclusion of his
(c) Adhiraj (d) Koluttung
110. Who among the following laid the campaign against the Eastern
foundation of the Chola Empire in the 121. Which of the following was not one of Gangas of Odisha.
IXth century AD? the titles assumed by the Chola king (c) The performance of an Ashvamedha
[RAS/RTS (Pre) 2016] Rajendra? [SSC 2006] yajna after his all round victories.
(a) Krishna I (b) Rajaraja Chola (a) Tyagasamudra (b) Gangaikonda (d) The successful campaign of his
(c) Vijayalaya (d) Parantaka (c) Mudikonda (d) Pandita Chola armies in North India.
INDIAN HISTORY 49

130. The most important feature of Chola 137. What was the administrative III. In the field of agrarian and fiscal
administration was innovation introduced by Rajaraja? administration, he introduced the
(a) absolute despotism of the monarch. (a) He abolished tolls, control and system of auditing of the accounts of
(b) mandala mudalis at the provincial local taxes on merchandise. the village assemblies and other local
level. (b) He made it a practice to send only bodies.
(c) autonomous assembly in a district. the members of the royal household Which of the statements given above
(d) autonomous village assemblies in as viceroys of the provinces. is/are correct?
agraharas. (c) He introduced the system of (a) I and II
associating the yuvaraja with the (b) II and III
131. Which one of the following is a special (c) I and III
administration of the country.
feature of the Chola Polity? [CDS 2000]
(d) He abolished the Council of (d) All of these
(a) Autonomous village panchayats.
Ministers and replaced it with a
(b) Division of kingdom into the mandalas. 141. Given below are two statements, one is
body consisting of representatives
(c) Monarchical system. labelled as Assertion A and the other
of village assemblies.
(d) Enlightened Council of Ministers. as Reason R.
132. Who was the ‘Mandala Mudali’ in the 138. Consider the following statements Assertion (A) We have much more
about Chola kings. information about Cholas than their
Chola administration set-up?
I. King Adhirajendra was murdered by predecessors.
(a) Provincial Governor
the rebellious mobs. Reason (R) The Chola rulers adopted
(b) District Head
(c) Head of Judiciary II. King Kulottunga II, completely freed the practice of having inscriptions
(d) Intelligence Head Sri Lanka and married his daughter written on the walls of temples giving a
with the Sinhalese prince. historical narrative of their victories.
133. The South Indian state which was famous III. King Rajaraja assumed the title of Select the correct answer from the
for it naval power was [UPPSC 2004] Mummadi Chola. codes given below. [UPPSC 2020]
(a) Chalukyas (b) Cholas Which of the statements given above (a) Both A and R are true and R is the
(c) Hoyasals (d) Pandyas are correct? correct explanation of A
(a) I and II (b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the
134. What is the correct ascending order of
the following units of administration in the (b) II and III correct explanation of A
Chola period? (c) I and III (c) A is true, but R is false
(a) Valanadas, Nadas, Mandalams, (d) All of the above (d) A is false, but R is true
Kurrams 139. Consider the following statements. 142. The Pala, Pratiharas and the
(b) Nadas, Mandalas, Kurrams, Valanadas I. The Cholas defeated Pandya and Rashtrakutas fought for control over
(c) Kurrams, Nadas, Valanadas, Chera rulers and established their which city?
Mandalams domination over Penisular India in (a) Ujjain
(d) Mandalams, Valanadas, Nadas the early medieval times. (b) Patliputra
Kurrams II. The Cholas sent an expedition (c) Kannauj
135. The king was virtually a deity in the Chola against Sailendra Empire of South (d) Kaushambi
administration. Which of the following East Asia and conquered some of
the areas. 143. Tripartite struggle lasted for how many
was not one of the ways in which the
Which of these statements is/are years?
cult of the God-King (Devaraja) was
correct? (a) 100 years (b) 200 years
encouraged?
(a) Only I (c) 300 years (d) 400 years
(a) The chief icon installed by the king in
the temple was called after him. (b) Only II 144. Consider the following statements
(b) Images of the deceased rulers were (c) Both I and II about the Tripartite struggle of the AD
worshispped. (d) Neither I nor II 8th century.
(c) Temples were also built as I. It was struggle between Palas in
monuments of dead kings.
140. Consider the following statements
the East, Gurjar-Pratihara in the
about Rajaraja.
(d) Sometimes images of living kings were North and Rashtrakutas in the
I. The economic motive behind his
also installed in temples alongside Deccan.
conquest of Cheras, Pandyas and
other deities. II. The main cause for this struggle was
Sri Lanka was to bring the trade
the desire to possess the city of
136. ‘Uttaramerur Inscription’ gives us with South-East Asian countries
Kannauj (UP) which was a symbol of
information about under his control and open the sea
sovereignty at that time.
(a) diplomatic relations between the routes to China.
II. His greatest historical contribution Which of the statement(s) given above
Cholas and the Sailendra.
is/are correct?
(b) autonomous village administration of was that he introduced the tradition
of beginning the Chola epigraphs (a) Only I (b) Only II
the Cholas.
with historical introductions. (c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II
(c) origin of the Cholas.
(d) military achievements of Rajaraja I.

100. (b) 101. (a) 102. (d) 103. (b) 104. (d) 105. (a) 106. (c) 107. (a) 108. (b) 109. (b) 110. (c) 111. (d) 112. (d) 113. (b) 114. (d)
115. (c) 116. (d) 117. (a) 118. (b) 119. (c) 120. (b) 121. (a) 122. (a) 123. (d) 124. (d) 125. (a) 126. (d) 127. (c) 128. (d) 129. (d)
130. (d) 131. (a) 132. (a) 133. (b) 134. (c) 135. (d) 136. (b) 137. (c) 138. (d) 139. (c) 140. (d) 141. (a) 142. (c) 143. (b) 144. (c)
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145. During the Rajput period, the (b) it rendered all other people 155. With reference to the history of India,
expression ‘Vinay-Stithi-Sthapak’ was psychologically unfit for military consider the following pairs.
used in administration for [OPSC 2018] service. [IAS (Pre) 2020]
(a) Chief of the Army (c) it killed the national will to put a Famous Place Present State
(b) Chief of the Treasury common front against the Turks. I. Bhilsa – Madhya Pradesh
(c) Manager of the Palace (d) All of the above II. Dwarasamudra – Maharashtra
(d) Chief of the Court 151. Which one of the following is not true III. Girinagar – Gujarat
about the Varna/Caste situation during IV. Sthaneshwar – Uttar Pradesh
146. Which of the following was not one of
the feudal obligations of the feudatories the early medieval India? Which of the pairs given above is/are
to the overlord? (a) The number of castes increased correctly matched?
(a) Attendance at court and payment of manifold. (a) I and III only (b) I and IV only
tribute to the overlord. (b) The guilds of artisans were (c) II and III only (d) II and IV only
(b) For smaller feudatories, permission gradually hardened into castes for
156. With reference to the economic history
from the king for any changes in the lack of mobility post Gupta times.
of medieval India, the term ‘Araghatta’
administration of their property. (c) The absorption of the tribal people
refers to [IAS (Pre) 2016]
(c) Maintenance of a specified number added to the variety of the Shudras
(a) bonded labour
of troops and payment of tribute of and so called mixed castes.
(b) land grants made to military officers.
the king. (d) The distance between the Vaishyas
and Shudras increased during this (c) waterwheel used for the irrigation of
(d) Permission of the king for land.
matrimonial alliances. period.
(d) wasteland converted to cultivated
147. Which of the following was not one of 152. Which one of the following was a land.
the effects of the growth of a feudal corporation of Merchants in ancient
India? [IAS (Pre) 1997] 157. Consider the following statements about
society in India? merchant guilds of South India.
(a) It weakened the position of the ruler. (a) Chaturvedimangalam
(b) Parishad I. Ayyavole merchant guild was
(b) The law and order situation uniformly originally established in Aihole.
deteriorated. (c) Astadiggajas
II. Manigraman merchant guild was
(c) The growing social gaps between (d) Manigramam
sub-ordinated to the Anjuvannam
the upper and the lower social 153. With an increase in the number of merchnat guild in the 13th century.
structure. intermediaries, the peasants were Which of the statement(s) given above
(d) Growing rigidity regarding marriage, forced to pay taxes in addition to the is/are correct? [NDA 2018]
touch taboos and food taboos. basic land tax. Which of the following (a) Only I
148. Which of the following is not correctly was not one of these additional levies? (b) Only II
matched? (a) Separate taxes levied by the feudal (c) Both I and II
tenants for the maintenance of (d) Neither I nor II
Officers Function public works.
(a) Bhandagarika – Treasurer (b) Taxes on goods produced by the 158. Match the following.
(b) Mahadandanay – Commander-in- craftsmen. List I List II
aka Chief (c) The levies imposed by the temples. (Types of Tax) (Description of
(c) Vishyapati – Head of Bhuktis (d) The tax levied by the Caste Tax)
(d) Kumaramatyas – Minister panchayats. A. Hiranya 1. King’s share of
154. Which of the following was not one of produce
149. Consider the following statements :
the reasons for general decline in B. Bhaga 2. Tax on special
I. Bhukti was one of the administrative produce taken in
trade and commerce during the 8th to
unit during early medieval period. cash
10th centuries?
II. Vishyas were the topmost
(a) The disturbed conditions in the West C. Pratya 3. Toll tax
administrative unit in hierarchy.
created by expansion of the Arabs D. Uparnik 4. Tax taken from
Select the correct answer using the and the growing danger of sea border areas
codes given below. piracy.
(a) Only I Codes
(b) The tendency among the Indian
(b) Only II A B C D A B C D
merchants and traders to acquire
(c) Both I and II landed property and join the ranks (a) 1 2 3 4 (b) 2 1 3 4
(d) Neither I nor II of the ruling aristocracy. (c) 1 3 2 4 (d) 4 3 2 1
150. It is said that the “real cause for the (c) The revision of social values, 159. Chief exponent of Tantrism in North
defeat of the Rajputs against the Turks including prohibition on undertaking India in the early medieval period was
lay in the prevalent social system”, of sea voyage. (a) Gorakhnath
because (d) Increase in the internal trade tariff (b) Ramanada
(a) in the caste-ridden society the and custom duties and restrictions (c) Shankaracharya
defence of the country was the sole placed on the movement of trade (d) Basava
concern of the Rajputs. caravans.
INDIAN HISTORY 51

160. Which of the following did not form a 166. Which one of the following sequences List I List II
part of the donations made to the indicates the correct chronological A. Govardhana 1. Totakacharya
temple? [CDS 2008] order? [IAS (Pre) 2004] B. Sringeri 2. Padmapada
(a) Money (a) Shankaracharya, Ramanuja, C. Sharda 3. Hastamalaka
(b) Slaves Chaitanya D. Badari 4. Vishvarupa
(c) Livestock (b) Ramanuja, Shankaracharya, (Sureshvara)
(d) Hand Chaitanya
Codes
(c) Ramanuja, Chaitanya,
161. In the 11th century, which famous A B C D A B C D
Shankaracharya
scholar tried to assimilate ‘Bhakti’ to (d) Shankaracharya, Chaitanya, (a) 4 1 2 3 (b) 2 3 1 4
the tradition of the Vedas and argued Ramanuja (c) 2 3 4 1 (d) 3 2 1 4
that the grace of God was more 172. Where is the famous Virupakasha
important knowledge about him in 167. Adi Shankaracharya established tour
Mathas. These Mathas are situated at temple located? [IAS (Pre) 2009]
order to attain salvation? (a) Bhadrachalam (b) Chidambaram
[UPPSC 2006]
(a) Shankaracharya (c) Hampi (d) Srikalahasi
(b) Ramanuja (a) Badrinath, Dwarka, Puri, Sringeri
(c) Madhavacharya (b) Sringeri, Dwarka, Badrinath, 173. At which place in China do we have
Prayag reference to the presence of Hindu
(d) Nimbakacharya
(c) Dwarka, Badrinath, Prayag, temples in which Brahamanas lived in
162. ‘Ramacharita’ written by Sandhyakara Sringeri the early medieval period?
Nandi in the AD 12th century was the (d) Puri, Sringeri, Dwarka, Varanasi (a) Macau (b) Cantor
[CDS 2003] (c) Peking (d) Hong Kong
(a) story of Lord Rama in a popular
168. In which region was the Sarvastivadin
sect of Buddhism strong? 174. In which country is the Angkorvat temple
poetic style in Oriya language.
(a) Tibet and Napal complex located? [CGPSC 2012]
(b) first translation of Valmiki’s Ramayana
into Telugu language. (b) Mathura and Kashmir (a) Indonesia (b) Myanmar
(c) story of a love affair between a rich (c) Burma and Thailand (c) Sri Lanka (d) Kampuchea
merchant at Patliputra and a (d) Bihar and Bengal
175. The tallest among all early medieval
beautiful Courtesan. 169. Consider the following statements and temple of India is
(d) story of the conflict between the mark the correct answer from the (a) Nataraja temple at Chidambaram.
Kaivartha peasants and a Pala prince. codes. (b) Brihadeswara temple at Tanjore.
163. Which of the following statements is I. Shankaracharya’s metaphysical (c) Vithalswamy temple at Hampi.
true in the early medieval period? system is influenced by Buddhism. (d) The great temple at Sriangam.
(a) There was expansion of Buddhism. II. Vaishnavas were opposed to
(b) There was a revival and expansion of Shankaracharya. 176. Which one of the following temple
Which of the statement(s) given above complex of India does not represent the
Hinduism.
is/are correct? typical Nagara style?
(c) Islam made major inroads.
(a) Only I (b) Only II (a) Tigawa, Madhya Pradesh
(d) Jainism disappeared completely.
(c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II (b) Nachana, Rajasthan
164. Which of the followng statements about (c) Deogarh, Uttar Pradesh
Nayanars (worshippers of Shiva) and 170. Assertion (A) Jainism in early (d) Mammalapuram, Tamil Nadu
Alvars (worshippers of Vishva) of South medieval India received a setback.
India is not correct? Reason (R) The decline of internal 177. Sun temple is situated at [UPPSC 2007]
(a) They believed in austerities. trade in early medieval India hit the (a) Puri (b) Khajuraho
(b) They looked upon religion as a living trading community hard. (c) Konark (d) Gaya
bond based on the love between the Codes
178. Consider the following events in the
God and the worshipper. (a) A and R both are true and R is the
history of India. [IAS (Pre) 2020]
(c) They spoke and wrote the language correct explanation of A
I. Rise of Pratiharas under king Bhoja.
which everyone could understand. (b) A and R are true, but R is not the
correct explanation of A II. Establishment of Pallava power under
(d) They disregarded the inequalities of Mahendravarman I.
caste. (c) A is true, but R is false
III. Establishment of Chola power by
(d) A is false, but R is true
165. Which one of the following is not a Parantaka Chola I.
biography of Shankaracharya? 171. Shankaracharya sent his four IV. Pala Dynasty founded by Gopala.
(a) The Shankaradigvijaya by Madhava disciples to the Mathas in four What is the correct chronological order of
(b) The Shankaradigvijaya by Ananta quarters list I consists of the four the above events, starting from the
Anandagiri principle Mathas and list II that of their earliest time?
(c) The Shankaradigvijaya by Vyasachala heads. Match them and choose the (a) II, I, IV, III (b) III, I, IV, II
(d) Shrishankar Abhyudaya Mahakavya correct answer from the codes given (c) II, IV, I, III (d) III, IV, I, II
by Tirumala Dikshita below.

145. (b) 146. (d) 147. (b) 148. (c) 149. (a) 150. (d) 151. (d) 152. (d) 153. (d) 154. (d) 155. (a) 156. (c) 157. (a) 158. (b) 159. (a)
160. (b) 161. (c) 162. (d) 163. (b) 164. (a) 165. (c) 166. (a) 167. (a) 168. (b) 169. (c) 170. (b) 171. (c) 172. (c) 173. (b) 174. (d)
175. (b) 176. (d) 177. (c) 178. (c)
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179. Which of the following temples 181. Which of the following clans are 183. Match the following.
represents presitigious Nagara temple included in the Agnikula Rajputs? List I List II
architecture? I. Pratiharas [NDA 2008]
A. Gahadavalas 1. Bundelkhand
I. Khajuraho Temple II. Chalukyas
II. Parsvanatha Temple III. Paramaras B. Chauhanas 2. Gujarat
III. Kandariya Mahadev Temple IV. Chahamanas C. Chalukyas 3. Kannauj
IV. Visvanatha Temple Select the correct answer from the D. Chandelas 4. Ajmer
Select the correct answer usign the codes given below. Codes
codes given below. (a) I and III only A B C D A B C D
(a) Only I (b) I, III and IV only (a) 1 2 3 4 (b) 3 2 4 1
(b) I and III (c) I, II, III and IV (c) 1 3 2 4 (d) 3 4 2 1
(c) I, III and IV (d) II and IV only
(d) All of the above 184. Match the following.
182. Consider the following pairs.
180. Who among the following were famous List I List II
Medieval Present Region
jurists of medieval India? A. Mahabalipuram 1. Vithaldeo temple
Indian State
I. Vijnanesvara B. Halebidu 2. Brihadeswara
I. Champaka Central India
II. Hemadri Temple
III. Rajhasekhara II. Durgara Jammu
C. Tanjore 3. Hoyasala
IV. Jimutavahana III. Kuluta Malabar Temple
Select the correct answer from the Which of the above pairs is/are correctly D. Hampi 4. Shore Temple
codes given below. [IAS (Pre) 1995] matched? [IAS (Pre) 2015]
Codes
(a) I, II and III (a) I and II A B C D A B C D
(b) II, III and IV (b) Only II (a) 4 3 2 1 (b) 3 4 2 1
(c) I, II and IV (c) I and III (c) 4 3 1 2 (d) 3 4 1 2
(d) I and IV (d) Only III

179. (d) 180. (c) 181. (c) 182. (b) 183. (d) 184. (a)
8
Sangam Period
1. The word ‘Sangam’ is associated in 8. In the context of South India, Cave 15. Who among the following was the author of
Tamil history with script means the Tamil Ramayanam or Ramavataram?
(a) the literature produced during the (a) undeciphered graffiti marks [UP UDA/LDA (Mains) 2010]
reign of the great Pallava Dynasty of (b) Tamil Brahmi (a) Kamban
Kanchi. (c) Tamil Grantha (b) Kuttan
(b) the poems written in praise of the (d) Pallava Grantha (c) Nannaya
Pandyan kings of the early Christian (d) Tikkana
Era. 9. The Sangams flourished at different
(c) the court poetry of China kings who places, which of the following places 16. Which of the following poets of the
were famous for patronising artists. were associated with the three Sangam age has referred to a Mauryan
(d) a college or Assembly (literary sangams? [IAS (Pre) 2004 expedition against a Tamil chieftain?
academy) of Tamil scholar held under (a) Madurai and Kapatapuram [IAS (Pre) 2001]
the royal patronage of Pandyan king (b) Madurai, Kapatapuram and (a) Paramar
at Madurai. Kaveripattanam (b) Avvaiyar
(c) Madurai, Uraiyur and Cholamandalam (c) IIango Adigal
2. How many sangam took place? (d) Puhar and Madurai (d) Mamulanar
(a) One (b) Two
(c) Three (d) Four 10. Which of the following is called ‘The 17. The early Tamil poet who makes a
Bible of Tamil land’? reference to the Nandas and Mauryas
3. Which of the following dynasty is not (a) Kural in his work is [IAS (Pre) 1996]
mentioned in Sangam Literature? (b) Tolkappiyam (a) Sattanar (b) IIango Adigal
[BPSC (Pre) 1996] (c) Silappadikaram (c) Kapilar (d) Mamulanar
(a) Kadamb (b) Chera (d) Manimekalai
(c) Chola (d) Pandya 18. In Sangam literature ‘Tolkapiyyam’ is a
11. The first translator of Mahabharata into text of [UPPSC (Mains) 2014]
4. The most popular God of the Tamil Tamil was [IAS (Pre) 1999] (a) Tamil Poetry
during the Sangam age was (a) Perunduanar (b) Kamban (b) Tamil Grammar
(a) Indra (b) Murugan (c) Hala (d) Bharavi (c) Tamil Architecture
(c) Varuna (d) Tirumal (d) Tamil Polity
12. ‘Tirukural’ forms part of
5. Which of the following was not a ruling (a) Pattupattu (b) Kilkanakku 19. Puram in Sangam literature is a
dynasty of the Tamil country during the (c) Melkanakku (d) Ettutogal (a) spiritual poetry (b) erotic poetry
Sangam Age?
(c) war poetry (d) None of these
[UPUDA/LDA (Mains) 2010] 13. Religious anthology ‘Kural’ composed
(a) Chera (b) Chola in which language? 20. Who among the following are known for
(c) Pallava (d) Pandya [MPPSC (Pre) 1997] their Telugu translation of the
(a) Greek (b) Tamil Mahabharata? [UPPSC 2012]
6. The sage who is said to have (c) Telugu (d) Pali I. Kamban
Aryanised South India was
II. Kuttan
[JPSC (Pre) 2012] 14. Which of the following Tamil text has
III. Nannayya
(a) Vishwamitra (b) Agastya been called ‘Laghuveda’?
[UPRO/ARO (Mains) 2013]
IV. Tikkana
(c) Vashistha (d) Sambhara
(a) Nandhikalambagam Select the correct answer using the
7. Third Sangam was held at? codes given below.
(b) Kalingattuparani
[UPPSC (Pre) 2016] (a) I and II (b) II and III
(c) Periyarpuranam
(a) Arikamedu (b) Ernakulum (c) III and IV (d) IV and I
(d) Kural
(c) Madurai (d) Tuticorin

1. (d) 2. (c) 3. (a) 4. (b) 5. (c) 6. (b) 7. (c) 8. (b) 9. (a) 10. (a) 11. (a) 12. (b) 13. (b) 14. (d) 15. (a)
16. (d) 17. (d) 18. (b) 19. (a) 20. (c)
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21. Which of the following were epics in the 30. Assertion (A) Sangam texts are 37. “In a space in which an elephant could
early Tamil Literature? [UPPSC 2005] different from the Vedic texts lie, one can produce enough grain to
(a) Tolkappiyam and Thirukural particulary from Rigvedic texts. feed seven”. This was stated in
(b) Ahananuru and Purananuru Reason (R) They do not constitute Sangam poems for which of the
(c) Padirupattur and Maduraikanchi religious literature and they are secular following Kingdom?
(d) Silappadikaram and Manimekalai in nature. (a) Chola (b) Chera
Codes (c) Pandyas (d) Rashtrakutas
22. Which river is praised in the fifth (a) Both A and R are true and R is the
century Tamil epic, Silappadikaram? 38. Consider the following statements with
correct explanation of A reference to early Chola.
[CDSC 2017]
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not I. The culture of early Chola is an
(a) Cauvery (b) Godavari correct explanation of A
(c) Saraswati (d) Ganges amalgam of Dravidian and Aryan.
(c) A is true, but R is false II. The stories of Mahabharata and
23. The author of the Silappadikaram was (d) A is false, but R is true Ramayana were well known to early
[UPPSC (Mains) 2002] Chola people.
31. Match item of list I with those of list II and
(a) Ilango (b) Parmara select your correct answer from the code III. There is evidence that, there were
(c) Karaikala (d) Vishnu Swami given below in the lists. [UPPSC 2014] trade relations between Early Chola
and Roman empire.
24. The epic, ‘Silappadikaram’ refers to List I List II
[CDS 2016] Select the correct answer using the
A. Thirukural 1. Love Story codes given below.
(a) story of Rama.
B. Tolkappiyam 2. Philosophy (a) Only I (b) II and III only
(b) Jaina elements in storyline.
C. Silappadikaram 3. Merchant Story (c) I and III only (d) All of these
(c) culture of Sri Lankan buddhists.
(d) cult of shakti worship. D. Manimekalai 4. Grammar 39. Consider the following statements.
Codes I. The Cholas defeated Pandyas and
25. Who is the author of Manimekalai?
A B C D A B C D Chora rulers and established their
[CDS 2018]
(a) 1 2 3 4 (b) 2 3 4 1 domination over peninsular India in
(a) Kovalan (b) Sathanar the early medieval times.
(c) Ilango Adigal (d) Tirutakkatevar (c) 4 2 3 1 (d) 2 4 1 3
II. The Cholas sent an expedition
26. ‘Manimekalai’ epic is related to 32. Where was the capital of Sangam against Shailendra Empire of
(a) Buddhism (b) Jainism period Chola located? South-East Asia and conquered
(c) Shaivism (d) Vaishnavism (a) Kaveripattinam some of the areas.
(b) Madurai Which of these statements is/are
27. The story of the transformation of a (c) Uraiyur correct? [IAS (Pre) 2003]
dancing girl into a Buddisht nun is (d) Cochin (a) Only I (b) Only II
narrated in [IAS (Pre) 2002]
(c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II
(a) Silappadikaram 33. In the Battle of Venni, whom did the
(b) Manimekalai Chola king, Karikala defeat? 40. Where was the capital of Chera
(c) Tolkappiyam (a) Pandyas and Cheras Kingdom?
(d) Maduraikanchi (b) Satvahanas and Sakas (a) Puhar (b) Kaveripattinam
(c) Pallavas and Cheras (c) Karaikal (d) Vanjji
28. Which of the following are the (d) Pandyas and Bactrians
characters of the epic ‘Manimekalai’? 41. Who is the earliest known ‘Chera’ king?
I. Udayakumara 34. Which of the following source/s gives (a) Vayavuluram (b) Vasistha
II. Sudhamati information about the early cholas? (c) Udiyangeral (d) Senguttuvan
III. Kural (a) Sangam Literature
(b) Periplus of Erythraean sea 42. Which of the following Chera ruler is
IV. Adikal known by the name ‘Red Chera’?
Codes (c) Mahavamsa
(a) Nedum Cheralathan
(a) I and II only (d) All of the above
(b) Senguttuvan
(b) II and III only 35. The protracted Civil War between two (c) Vayavuluram
(c) II, III and IV Chola chieftains Nalankili and Nedunkilli, (d) Udiyangeral
(d) I, III and IV were mentioned by which poet?
(a) Kamban 43. The ‘Pattuppattu’ is a collection of
29. Which of the following is/are not the poems in the praise of which of the
epic/s of Sangam period? (b) Kuttan
following kings?
I. Silappadikaram (c) Nannay
(a) Chera (b) Chola
II. Manimekalai (d) Kovur Kilar
(c) Pandya (d) None of these
III. Amuktamalyada 36. Which one of the following is not a
IV. Valayapathi Chola revenue term? 44. ‘Paripadal’ mentions a Chera king as a
V. Civaka Cintamani renowned musician. He was
(a) Kadamai
Codes (a) Cheraman urmporai
(b) Adimai
(a) I, II, III and V (b) II, III and V (b) Killivalavn
(c) Kudimai
(c) I, III and V (d) I, II, IV and V (c) Udiyangeral
(d) Alkkasu
(d) Attanatti
INDIAN HISTORY 55

45. Which of the following were parts of the 52. According to Sangam texts, the terms 58. Match the following.
Chera kingdom? [IAS (Pre) 1996] Kon, Ko and Mannan were attributed to
List I List II
I. Korkkai II. Musiri which of the following?
(Physiographic (Inhabitant)
III. Puhar IV. Saliyur [RAS/RTS (Pre) 2010]
Division)
V. Tondi (a) Prime Minister
A. Kurinji 1. Kurvar
Select the correct answer using the (b) Revenue Minister
codes given below. (c) Commander of the Army B. Palal 2. Maravar
(a) I, II and IV (b) II and V (d) King C. Mullai 3. Ayar
(c) II, III and IV (d) III, IV and V D. Marutam 4. Vlavar
53. Which of the following term was used
46. Consider the following statements. for Supreme Court in the Sangam Age? E. Neytal 5. Valayar
I. Senguttuvan, the son of (a) Puhar (b) Sangam Codes
Imayavaramban was the (c) Maharum (d) Korai A B C D E A B C D E
contemporary of Yajna Sri Satkarni. (a) 1 2 3 4 5 (b) 4 3 1 2 5
54. Consider the following statements.
II. The Silappadikaram gives a detailed (c) 5 1 2 3 4 (d) 4 3 5 2 1
I. The largest source of revenue during
account of the exploits of Senguttuvan.
Sangam period was land tax called 59. Who were ‘Umanar’ in the Sangam
Which of the statement(s) given above ‘Karai’.
is/are correct? Age?
II. The kingdom was divided into (a) The retailers in salt
(a) Only I Mandalam, Nadu, Ur, Sirur and Perur.
(b) Only II (b) Military commanders
Choose the correct answer using the (c) Shopkeepers
(c) Both I and II codes given below.
(d) Neither I nor II (d) Agriculturists
(a) Only I (b) Only II
47. Which of the following were the patrons (c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II 60. Which site supposely yielded a dock?
of Sangam, and assembly of Tamil (a) Kiliyeer
55. Match the following. (b) Kanchipuram
poets?
(a) Chera List I List II (c) Arikamedu
(b) Chola (Officer) (Function) (d) Nattamedu
(c) Pandya A. Amaichhar 1. Purohits
61. Pratisthana an important trading centre
(d) Kadamb B. Anthanar 2. Ministers was on the river
48. Where was the capital of Pandya C. Senaptiyar 3. Spies (a) Cauvery
Dynasty? D. Orar 4. Senapati (b) Krishna
(a) Uraiyur (b) Madurai Codes (c) Godavari
(c) Puhar (d) Kadamb A B C D A B C D (d) Narmada

49. In which of the following battles, the (a) 1 2 3 4 (b) 2 1 4 3 62. Which one of the following document
greatest Pandya ruler Nedunjeliyan (c) 4 3 2 1 (d) 1 2 3 4 gives evidence of a temple of Augustus
defeated combined armies of Cholas at Muziris in South India?
56. Which of the following customs were [IAS (Pre) 2002]
and Cheras? prevalent in the Sangam period social
(a) Battle of Talikota (a) Periplus of the Erythraean Sea
system?
(b) Battle of Madurai (b) Nearchus
(a) Window Remarriage
(c) Battle of Talaiyalanganam (c) Genealogical tables
(b) Sati
(d) None of the above (d) Sangam literature
(c) Remarriage
50. Ginger and cinnamon were produced (d) All of the above 63. The early Tamil anthologies mention
in large quantities in the Pandya terms such as ‘Pahri’, ‘Otam’, ‘Tamil’
57. Which of the following characterised
country is mentioned by and ‘Patagu’. These were used for
the Tamil society of Sangam Age?
(a) Megasthenes (b) Ptolemy (a) boats
I. Complex caste system.
(c) Ibn Saud (d) Marco Polo (b) types of market
II. Prohibition of intermarriage between
(c) merchandise exported
51. Consider the following statements. the kings and the velalas.
(d) merchandise imported
I. Nedunjeliyan, a Pandyan king, III. Vegetarianism among the Brahmins.
patronised Buddhism. IV. Gradual Aryanisation. 64. The term ‘Yavanpriya’ mentioned in
II. He was also the king of the epic Select the correct answer using the ancient Sanskrit text denoted
Silappadikaram, authored by Ilango codes given below [IAS (Pre) 1998] [IAS (Pre) 1995]
Adigal. (a) Only I (a) a fine variety of Indian Muslim
Select the correct answer using the (b) I and II (b) irory
codes given below. (c) II and III (c) Damsels sent to the Greek Court for
(a) Only I (b) Only II (d) Only IV dance performance
(c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II (d) pepper

21. (d) 22. (a) 23. (a) 24. (b) 25. (b) 26. (a) 27. (b) 28. (d) 29. (d) 30. (a) 31. (d) 32. (a) 33. (b) 34. (d) 35. (d)
36. (b) 37. (a) 38. (d) 39. (c) 40. (d) 41. (c) 42. (b) 43. (a) 44. (c) 45. (b) 46. (a) 47. (c) 48. (b) 49. (c) 50. (d)
51. (b) 52. (d) 53. (d) 54. (c) 55. (b) 56. (d) 57. (d) 58. (a) 59. (a) 60. (c) 61. (c) 62. (a) 63. (a) 64. (d)
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65. From the excavations of which ancient 68. Amphora jar is a [UPPSC 2014] Reason (R) Some parts of South India
site, information has been gathered (a) perforated jar were under Roman occupation during
regarding brisk trade relations between (b) tall double handle jar this period. [IAS (Pre) 1997]
India and Rome, during the early (c) painted grey jar Codes
centuries of Christian era. (d) black and red ware jar (a) Both A and R are true and R is the
[UPPSC (Pre) 2003] correct explanation of A
(a) Madurai 69. Which one of the following objects of (b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the
(b) Tamralipti Roman manufacture has been most correct explanation of A
abundantly found in India? (c) A is true, but R is false
(c) Tondi
[IAS (Pre) 1999] (d) A is false, but R is true
(d) Arikamedu
(a) Pot sherds (b) Bronze icons
66. The Roman settlement has been found (c) Lamps (d) Coins 72. Match the following. [IAS (Pre) 2000]
in [UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2009] List I List II
(a) Kalibangan
70. Consider the following statements.
(Port) (Location)
I. In the Sangam age, the exchange
(b) Arikamedu A. Barygaza 1. Malabar Coast
was based on a kind of barter system.
(c) Rangpur B. Muziris 2. Present Day
II. There were certain fixed points of
(d) Satara Mumbai Coast
exchange called ‘avanam’.
67. Which one of the following ports was Which of the above given statements C. Sopara 3. The Eastern
known as Poduke to the author of the is/are correct? Coast of India
‘Periplus of the Erythraean Sea.’ (a) Only I (b) Both I and II D. Suvarnabhumi 4. At the North of
[UPPSC (Pre) 1997] (c) Only II (d) Neither I nor II the Narmada
(a) Arikamedu River
(b) Taniralipti
71. Assertion (A) Many Roman gold and
silver coins belonging to the first and Codes
(c) Korkai A B C D A B C D
second countries have been
(d) Barbaricum (a) 4 2 1 3 (b) 1 3 4 2
discovered in South India.
(c) 3 1 4 2 (d) 4 1 2 3

65. (d) 66. (b) 67. (a) 68. (b) 69. (d) 70. (a) 71. (c) 72. (d)
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9
Arab and Turkish Invasion
1. Who was Muhammad bin Qasim? 7. Who among the following was the Arab 13. Who among the following was the court
[UPPSC 1992] commander who successfully historian of Mahmud Ghaznavi?
(a) Turk (b) Mongol conquered Sindh? [SSC 2013] [UPPSC 1991]
(c) Arab (d) Turk-Afghani (a) Al-Hazaz (a) Hasan Nizami
(b) Qutbuddin Aibak (b) Utbi
2. Which among the following were first (c) Alauddin Khalji (c) Firdausi
Muslim Invader in India?
(d) Muhammad-bin-Qasim (d) Chand Bardai
[UP Lower 2015]
(a) Persians (b) Ghurid 8. Arabs were defeated in AD 738 by 14. During Mahmud expedition of invasion
(c) Arabs (d) All of them [SSC 2007] in 1001 CE., which among the following
(a) Pratiharas (b) Rashtrakutas rulers was defeated in Peshawar?
3. Who was the Hindu King at the time of
(c) Palas (d) Chalukyas (a) Rajyapala (b) Jaipala
invasion of Muhammad-bin-Qasim on
(c) Surajpala (d) Anandpala
Sindh? [SSC 2016] 9. Who among the following is considered
(a) Dahir (b) Hala as Founded of Ghaznavid dynasty? 15. In which year did Mahmud Ghaznavi
(c) Ananda Raja (d) Mula Raja [UP Lower 2015] attacked the Somnath temple?
(a) Subuktigin (b) Mahmud [CGPSC 2006]
4. Which among the following give stiff
(c) Ismail (d) Alp Tigin (a) 1001 CE (b) 1016 CE
resistance to Arabs?
(a) Gurjara Pratiharas (c) 1013 CE (d) 1025 CE
10. The coins commissioned by which
(b) Chandelas Turkish invader had inscription in 16. The temple of Somnath which was
(c) Solankies Sanskrit? [UPPSC 2000] destroyed by Mahmud of Ghazni
(d) Gahadualas (a) Mohammad-bin-Tughluq (Mahmud Ghazanavi) was dedicated to
5. When did the first contact of India with (b) Mahmud Ghaznavi Lord [CDS 2000]
Islam established? [RRB 2012] (c) Akbar (a) Shiva (b) Vishnu
(a) After the arrival of Sufi Saints (d) Sher Shah (c) Surya (d) Ganapati
(b) In the 11th century after 11. Who had given Mahmud an investiture 17. Who was the ruler of Gujarat when
establishment of Turkish rule in India. to rule as an independent ruler? Mahmud invaded the Somnath temple?
(c) In the 7th century after conquest of (a) Ottoman Turk (a) Sukhpal (b) Rajyapal
sindh by Muhammad-bin-Qasim. (b) Caliph of Baghdad named Qadirbillah (c) Mula Raja (d) Bhimdev 1
(d) Arrival of Arab traders on the (c) Subuktgin
Malabar Coast. 18. Which invasion of Mahmud was
(d) Caliph of Arab named Al-hitmatdai
appreciated by Caliph and he called
6. Which among the following is the oldest 12. The author of Shahnama associated Mahmud as Star of Islamic World?
chronicle of the Arab Conquest of Sindh? with the court of Mahmud Ghaznavi (a) Invasion of Thaneshwar
(a) Chach Nama was? [UPRO/ARO 2013] (b) Invasion on Kalinjar
(b) Kitab-ul-Hind
(a) Subuktgin (b) Firdausi (c) Invasion on Mathura and Kannauj
(c) Taj-ul-masir
(c) Mahmud Ghori (d) Alp Tigin (d) Invasion on Somnath
(d) Nuskha-i-Dilkusha

1. (c) 2. (c) 3. (a) 4. (a) 5. (d) 6. (a) 7. (d) 8. (a) 9. (a) 10. (b) 11. (b) 12. (b) 13. (b) 14. (b) 15. (d)
16. (a) 17. (d) 18. (d)
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19. Who among the following re-constructed 26. Al-Biruni came with Mahmud Ghaznavi Codes
the Somnath temple after the invasion of in? [UP UDA/LDA 2010] (a) Both A and R are true and R is the
Mahmud? [JPSC 2016] (a) In the ninth century AD correct explanation of A
(a) Bhimraj first (b) Bhimdev (b) In the tenth century AD (b) Both A and R are true, but R is not
(c) Mulraj (d) Jai Singh Siddhi Raj (c) In the eleventh century AD the correct explanation of A
(d) In the twelfth century AD (c) A is true, but R is false
20. Which among the following Indian ruler (d) A is false, but R is true
was not defeated by Mahmud Ghaznavi? 27. Al-biruni lived during the period of which
[UPPSC 1991] one of the following? 34. Muhammad Ghori was the ruler of
(a) Dhang (b) Vidhyadhar (a) Mahmud Ghaznavi which dynasty?
(c) Jai shakti (d) Dang (b) Muhammad Ghori (a) Shansabani (Ghorid) dynasty
(c) Alauddin Khalji (b) Khwarazamian dynasty
21. Who fought the Battle of Waihind (AD (c) Mongol dynasty
1009)? [NDA 2006]
(d) Ferozshah Tughlaq
(d) Sasainaad dynasty
(a) Anandpala and Mahmud Ghaznavi. 28. First Muslim to study Purana was?
(b) Jayapala and Muhammad Ghori. [UP lower 2002] 35. Between which two Kingdoms Gour
(c) Prithviraj Chauhan and Muhammad (a) Abul Fazal state was situated?
Ghori. (a) Sindh and Afghanistan
(b) Abdul Qadir Badayun
(d) Jaichandra and Bakhtiyar Kilji. (b) Ghaznavi and Seljuk
(c) Al-Biruni
(c) Peshawar and Hindu-Kush
22. What was the main motive of Mahmud (d) Dara Sikoh
(d) Kannauj and Etawa
Ghaznavi in context of invasion of 29. The famous historian who came India
India? [IAS (Pre) 2005] along with Mahmud Ghaznavi? 36. What was the name used for
(a) Plunder the wealth of India. [UKPSC 2010]
Muhammad Ghori in the coins struk
(b) To establish his permanent rule. and issued in India after his
(a) Farista (b) Ibn Battuta
(c) To make the country its colony. victories?
(c) Al-Biruni (d) Afif
(d) None of the above (a) Sri Ibn Sam
30. Who among the following has wrote (b) Sri Mizuddin Mohamad
23. Assertion (A) Mahmud Ghaznavi Kitab-ul-Hind or Tahkik-e-Hind? (c) Sri Muhammad Sam
invaded India 17 times. [RAS/RTS 2010] (d) Sri Mohammad Muizuddin
Reason (R) He wanted to establish a (a) Hasan nizami (b) Minhaj-us-Siraj
permanent Muslim rule in India. 37. Which among the following Muslim
(c) Al-Biruni (d) Shams-e-Siraj Afif
Codes [UP Lower 2004]
rulers had stamped the figure of
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the
31. Which one of the following statements is Goddess Lakshmi on his coins?
not correct? [CDS 2018] (a) Muhammad Ghori
correct explanation of A
(a) Al-Biruni identifies the sufi doctrine of (b) Alauddhin Khilji
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the
correct explanation of A divine love as self-annihilation with (c) Akbar
parallel passages from Bhagawad (d) None of the above
(c) A is true, but R is false
Gita.
(d) A is false, but R is true 38. Who was handed over the
(b) According to Al-Biruni, Sufi theories of
conquered territories of Muhammad
24. Arrange the correct chronology of soul were similar to those in Patanjali’s
Ghori in India? [BPSC 1994]
Mahmud invasion? Yoga Sutra.
I. Invasion on Somnath (c) The Hatha Yogic treatise Amrita Kunda (a) Tajuddin Yaldauz
II. Invasion on Kalinjar had lasting impact on Sufism. (b) Qutubudin Aibak
III. Invasion on Mathura and Kannauj (d) Hujwiri’s conversation with the yogis (c) Shamsuddin Iltutmish
IV. Invasion of Thaneshwar shows that he was impressed with their (d) Nasiruddin Kubacha
V. Battle with Anandpal theory of the division of the human 39. Which among the following was the
Codes body. objective of invasion of Muhammad
(a) IV, V, III, I, II (b) I, II, III, IV, V 32. Which among the following statement in Ghori on India?
(c) V, IV, III, II, I (d) IV, II, III, V, I the context of Al-Biruni is not correct? (a) To expand the Ghurid Empire.
25. Match the following. [UPPSC 2014] (b) To spread Islam by forceful
(a) He was secular writer. conversion.
(Events) (Date) (b) His compositions were influenced by (c) To punish Rajputs who attacked
A. Invasion on Somnath 1. 1025 AD India of that time. his dominions.
B. Invasion on Kalinjar 2. 1021 AD (c) He was well versed in Sanskrit. (d) Loot and Plunder wealth of India.
C. Invasion on Mathura 3. 1018-19
(d) He was specialist in trigonometry.
40. In his initial attacks on India from
and Kannauj AD 33. Assertion (A) Al-biruni, who visited northern frontiers, Muhammad Ghori
D. Inavsion of 4. 1014 AD India at the time of Mahmud of Ghazni, chose which of the following
Thaneshwar critisised the Hindus for their passes?
E. Battle with Anandpal 5. 1008 AD exclusiveness which kept them away (a) Khyber pass
Codes from the rest of the world. (b) Hajigak pass
A B C D E Reason (R) He believed that the caste (c) Gomal pass
(a) 1 2 3 4 5 (b) 5 4 3 2 1 system was responsible for this. (d) Bolan pass
[CDS 2000]
(c) 1 2 3 5 4 (d) 3 4 2 5 1
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41. Which of the following was the first 48. The battle from which Muslim rule in 55. The earliest description of Bakhtiyar
target of Muhammad Ghori in Indian India established? [UPPSC 1995] Khalji invasion of Bihar is in
subcontinent? (a) First battle of Tarain. (a) Tarikh-i-Hind [BPSC 2018]
(a) Kashmir (b) Punjab (b) Second battle of Tarain. (b) Tabaqat-i Nasiri
(c) Malwa (d) Multan (c) First battle of Panipat. (c) Taj-ul Maasir
(d) Second battle of Panipat. (d) Tarikh-i Mubarak Shahi
42. Muhammad Ghori suffered his first
defeat at the hands of which ruler? 49. Which Rajput ruler invited Ghori to fight 56. Nalanda Vihar was destroyed by
[RRB 2008, UPPSC 1990] against Prithviraj Chauhan? (a) Bakhtiyar Khalji
(a) Bhima II (a) Bhim deva II (b) Qutbuddin Aibak
(b) Prithviraj Chauhan (b) Mularaja (c) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
(c) Jaichand (c) Jaichand (d) Alauddin Khalji
(d) Prithviraj II (d) Hemu Vikramaditya
57. Who among the following Mongol
43. The last expedition of Muhammad 50. Whom had Muhammad Ghori defeated leaders/commanders did not cross
Ghori was launched in 1206 against the in 1194 in the Battle of Chandawar? Indus to attack India? [CDS 2020]
(a) Khokhars (b) Gujarat [MPPSC 2017] (a) Chenghiz Khan
(c) Jats (d) Multan (a) Kumarapala (b) Jaichand (b) Tair Bahadur
(c) Govindraj (d) Bhim II (c) Abdullah
44. In which battle did Prithviraj Chauhan
defeated Muhammad Ghori? (d) Qutlugh Khwaja
51. Jaichand, the ruler of Kannauj
[SSC 2013] belonged to which among the following 58. Which Arab traveller calls the Pratihara
(a) First battle of Tarain, 1191 AD dynasty? kingdom as Al-jurr and the king as
(b) Second battle of Tarain, 1192 AD (a) Gahadavala dynasty Baura?
(c) Battle of Chandawar, 1194 AD (b) Pushyabhuti dynasty (a) Al - Mashar (b) Al-masudi
(d) Battle of Ranthambore, 1195 AD (c) Parmar dynasty (c) Sulaiman (d) Al-Beruni
(d) Chauhan dynasty
45. When was the first battle of Tarain 59. Which dynasty had the best cavalry in
fought? [WBCS 2020] 52. Chandawar is situated in which Indian India, according to the Arab traveller
(a) 1175 AD (b) 1191 AD state? Sulaiman?
(c) 1192 AD (d) 1206 AD (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Rajasthan (a) Palas (b) Pratiharas
(c) Haryana (d) Punjab (c) Rashtrakutas (d) Senas
46. The second battle of Tarain was fought
between? [SSC 2017] 53. The slave of Muhammad Ghori who 60. Given below are two statements, one is
(a) Alexander and Porous. conquered Bengal and Bihar was? labelled as Assertion (A) and the other
(b) Jaichand and Muhammad Ghori [UPPSC 1991] as Reason (R). [UPPSC 2018]
(c) Akbar and Hemu (a) Qutbuddin Aibak Assertion (A) Turkish invasions on
(d) Muhammad Ghori and Prithviraj (b) Iltutmish India were successful.
Chauhan (c) Bakhtiyar Khalji Reason (R) There was no political unity
(d) Yaldauz in North India.
47. Which among the following was the
Codes
central Asian ruler who conquered 54. Who was the first Muslim conqueror of
North India in 1192 AD? [UPPSC 2004] (a) Both A and R are true and R is the
Bihar?
correct explanation of A
(a) Jalaluddin Mingburnu (a) Malik Ibrahim
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the
(b) Mahmud of Ghaznavi (b) Iltutmish
correct explanation of A
(c) Shibuddin Muhammad Ghori (c) Bakhtiyar Khalji
(c) A is true, but R is false
(d) Chengeiz Khan (d) Ali Mardan Khalji
(d) A is false, but R is true

19. (b) 20. (c) 21. (a) 22. (a) 23. (c) 24. (c) 25. (a) 26. (c) 27. (a) 28. (c) 29. (c) 30. (c) 31. (d) 32. (a) 33. (a)
34. (a) 35. (b) 36. (c) 37. (a) 38. (b) 39. (a) 40. (c) 41. (d) 42. (a) 43. (a) 44. (a) 45. (b) 46. (d) 47. (c) 48. (b)
49. (c) 50. (b) 51. (a) 52. (a) 53. (c) 54. (c) 55. (c) 56. (a) 57. (a) 58. (b) 59. (b) 60. (a)
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10
Delhi Sultanate
1. When did the rule of Delhi Sultanate 9. Qutbuddin Aibak was also known from 15. Who among the following was the first
begun in India? [SSC 2014] nick name of [JPSC 2003] ruler of Delhi sultanate to regularise
(a) 1106 CE (b) 1206 CE I. Lakh Baksha currency circulation and established
(c) 1306 CE (d) 1406 CE II. Kuran Khan Delhi as the cipital of the slave dynasty?
III. Qulandar (a) Qutbuddin Aibak [SSC 2015]
2. Which among the following dynasties (b) Aram Shah
IV. Zille Elahi
had not ruled over Delhi? [SSC 2017]
Codes (c) Balban
(a) Slave dynasty (b) Sayyid dynasty
(a) I and II (b) II and III (d) Iltutmish
(c) Khilji dynasty (d) Ghori dynasty
(c) I and III (d) I and IV 16. On whose coins, the name of last
3. The term ‘Mamluk’ refers to caliph of Baghdad was inscribed for the
(a) Turk Soldiers
10. Which of the following statements about
Qutbuddin Aibak is/are incorrect? first time? [UPPSC 2012]
(b) Slave born of free parents (a) Qutbuddin Aibak
I. He may be regarded as the first
(c) Army Chief (b) Iltutmish
Sultan of Delhi.
(d) A type of Tax (c) Alauddin Khilji
II. He laid the foundation of Qutub Minar
4. Who was founder of the Slave in Delhi. (d) Alauddin Masud Shah
dynasty? [BPSC 2011, RRB 2006] III. He was given the title of ‘Lakh Baksh’.
17. Name the group established by
(a) Iltutmish IV. He made Delhi his capital.
Iltutmish? [UPPSC 2009]
(b) Qutbuddin Aibak Codes
(a) Adab-e-Turkani
(b) Razia (a) I and IV (b) I, II and III
(b) Turkan-i-Chahalgani
(d) Balban (c) Only IV (d) All of these
(c) Dal Khalsa
5. The capital of slave dynasty under 11. Who is considered as the real founder (d) Dal Pachasa
Qutbuddin Aibak was at [BPSC 1996] of the Delhi Sultanate? [SSC 2014]
18. Who among the sultans is credited with
(a) Lahore (b) Delhi (a) Iltutmish (b) Aibak having introduced a purely Arabic
(c) Ajmer (d) Lakhnauti (c) Balban (d) Aram Shah currency of gold and silver?
6. Qutbuddin Aibak’s death in 1210 CE 12. Which city was chosen by Iltutmish as (a) Iltutmish
happened during playing of which sport? capital of Delhi Sultanate? (b) Balban
[IAS (Pre) 2003] [UPPSC 2016] (c) Muhammad bin Tughluq
(a) Chaugan (Polo) (b) Wrestling (a) Lahore (b) Delhi (d) Alauddin Khilji
(c) Malkham (d) Football (c) Dipalpur (d) Multan 19. The statement “India is not Arabia, it is
7. Which of the following Sultans of Delhi 13. The first sovereign ruler of Delhi, not practically feasible to convert it into
was known as Lakh Baksha (giver of Iltutmish was also known as Dur-al-islam”. is associated with
Lakhs)? (a) Slave of Slaves [UPPSC 2016] (a) Iltutmish
(a) Iltutmish (b) King of Kings (b) Balban
(b) Balban (c) Messiah of Farmers (c) Alauddin Khilji
(c) Muhammad bin Tughluq (c) Prince of Pilgrims (d) Muhammad-bin-Tughluq
(d) Qutbuddin Aibak 20. Ain-ul-Mulk Multani did not serve under
14. Whom the Caliph of Baghdad
8. Who among the following rulers recognised as the ruler of the Muslim which of the following rulers?
succeeded Qutbuddin Aibak? Kingdom of India? [MPPSC 2017]
(a) Aram Shah (a) Qutbuddin Aibak (a) Alauddin Khilji
(b) Shamsuddin Iltutmish (b) Balban (b) Muhammad bin Tughluq
(c) Razia (c) Iltutmish (c) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
(d) Muizuddin Bahram Shah (d) Aram Shah (d) Iltutmish
INDIAN HISTORY 61

21. Who completed the Qutub Minar? 30. Who among the following was the 38. Which ruler of slave dynasty started the
[WBCS 2018] leader of group consisting of Indian tradition of Sijdah and Paiboos?
(a) Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki Muslim during the reign of Nasiruddin (a) Iltutmish
(b) Nasiruddin Mahmud? [MPPSC 2002] (b) Qutbuddin Aibak
(c) Iltutmish (a) Imamuddin Rehan (b) Altunia (c) Razia Sultan
(d) Qutbuddin Aibak (c) Jalaluddin Yakut (d) Kubacha (d) Balban
22. The first subedar to be appointed by 31. About the territorial extent of the 39. Who started the celebration of Persian
Iltutmish in Bihar was? [BPSC 2008] Sultanate of Delhi under which sultan, it festival in India? [SSC 2006]
(a) Aiwaz (b) Nasiruddin Mahmud was said that “The rule of the Lord of (a) Alauddin Khilji
(c) Ali Mardan (d) Malik Jani the world extends from Delhi to Palam” (b) QutbuddinAibak
(about 9 miles). (c) Iltutmish
23. Who among the following attacked (a) Abu Bakr (d) Balban
India during the reign of Iltutmish? (b) Khizr Khan
[CGPSC 2013] (c) Ghiyasuddin II 40. Who among the following sultans
(a) Genghis Khan (b) Ulugh Khan (d) Nasiruddin Mahmud received the title of ‘Syed-us-salatin’
(c) Nusrat Khan (d) Jalal Khan from the Caliph?
32. What was the full name of Balban? (a) Iltutmish
24. Which among the following were [CGPSC 2004] (b) Balban
coin(s) introduced by Iltutmish? (a) Jalaluddin Balban (c) Alauddin Khilji
I. Jeetal in copper II. Tanka in silver (b) Ghiyasuddin Balban (d) Firuz Shah Tughluq
III. Rupaiyah IV. Ada (c) Shamsuddin Balban
Codes (d) Ghazuddin Balban 41. Who among the following Amirs was
(a) I and II (b) II and III the one publicly flogged by the orders
(c) I, II and III (d) All of the above 33. Who broke the power of ‘Chahalgani of Sultan Balban? [UPPSC 2011]
nobles’ ? [WBCS 2018] (a) Haibat Khan (b) Imaduddin Raihan
25. Which of the following statements (a) Ghiyasuddin Balban (c) Sher Khan (d) Malik Baqbaq
is/are correct? (b) Iltutmish
I. Iltutmish was the first Turkish ruler of (c) Alauddin Khilji
42. After consolidating his power, Balban
Delhi who organised the army of the asumed the grand title of
(d) Muhammad bin Tughluq
sultanate as the king army. [IAS (Pre) 1997]
II. Iltutmish issued the Tanka and Jital 34. Who among the following sultans (a) Tute-Hind (b) Kaisr-i-Hind
coins for the first time. succeeded in finally breaking and (c) Zil-i-Ilahi (d) Din-i-Ilahi
III. Iltutmish organised the Iqta system. destroying the power of Turkan-i-
Chihalgani? [CDS 2020] 43. Who was the last ruler of slave
(a) I and III (b) Only III
dynasty?
(c) I, II and III (d) I and II (a) Iltutmish
(a) Muizuddin Qaiqabad
(b) Balban
26. Which among the following was the first (c) Alauddin Khilji
(b) Imaduddin Raihan
woman ruler of India? (c) Balban
(d) Muhammad bin Tughluq
[SSC 2017, UPPSC 2010] (d) Aram Shah
(a) Razia Sultan (b) Chand Bibi 35. Who was the first Muslim ruler to
formulate the ‘theory of kingship’ similar 44. Consider the following statements
(c) Durgawati (d) Nur Jahan
to the ‘theory of divine right of the kings’? about Balban.
27. Razia sultan was daughter of which (a) Aibak (b) Iltutmish I. He called himself Naib-i-Khudai or
ruler? [SSC 2011] Deputy of God.
(c) Balban (d) Alauddin
(a) Iltutmish (b) Qutbuddin Aibak II. He created Diwan-i-Arz or
(c) Nasiruddin (d) Balban 36. Which Mongol leader’s ambassadors department of military affairs.
were respected and honoured by III. He propounded the theory of
28. Who among the following was Balban during the reign of Nasiruddin Kingship and restored peace in the
responsible for terminating Razia Sultan Mohammad Shah? Doab.
from the throne of Delhi Sultanate? (a) Tair (b) Halaku IV. He liquidated the Turkish nobility
[UP Lower 2004] (c) Qutlugh Khwaja (d) Sald Chalisa or the group of forty.
(a) Afghan (b) Mongol Which statements given above is/are
(c) Turks (d) Arabs 37. Which sultan in order to forestall
correct?
conspiracies banned banquests and
29. Nasiruddin Mahmud gave the title of (a) I, II and III (b) I, III and IV
assemblies and prepared the country
Ulughu Khan to which among the with his spies? (c) II, III and IV (d) All of these
following? [IAS (Pre) 2006] (a) Balban 45. Which dynasty of Delhi Sultanate ruled
(a) Iltutmish (b) Alauddin Khalji for the shortest period? [MPPSC 2017]
(b) Balban (c) Muhammad bin Tughluq (a) Khilji (b) Tughlaq
(c) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq (d) Iltutmish (c) Sayyid (d) Lodi
(d) Razia

1. (b) 2. (d) 3. (b) 4. (b) 5. (a) 6. (a) 7. (d) 8. (a) 9. (a) 10. (d) 11. (a) 12. (b) 13. (a) 14. (c) 15. (c)
16. (b) 17. (b) 18. (c) 19. (a) 20. (d) 21. (c) 22. (d) 23. (a) 24. (a) 25. (c) 26. (a) 27. (a) 28. (c) 29. (b) 30. (a)
31. (d) 32. (b) 33. (a) 34. (b) 35. (c) 36. (b) 37. (a) 38. (d) 39. (d) 40. (b) 41. (d) 42. (c) 43. (a) 44. (d) 45. (a)
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46. The Khilji Sultan of Delhi were 56. Which Sultan had forbidden the 64. Who among the following was not a
(a) Mongol (b) Afghan [SSC 2007] nobles to hold banquets and noble under Alauddin Khilji? [CDS 2007]
(c) Turk (d) Jat festivities, and make marriage alliance (a) Ain-ul-Mulk Multani
without his permission? [SSC 2013] (b) Zafar Khan
47. Who was the founder of Khilji dynasty? (a) Iltutmish (c) Nusrat Khan
(a) Jalaluddin Khilji (b) Alauddin Khilji (d) Munim Khan
(b) Alauddin Khilji (c) Balban
(c) Mubarak Shah Khilji (d) Firuz Shah Tughlaq 65. When he attained kingship, he was fully
(d) Masud Shab independent from rules and order of
57. Which of the following rulers of Delhi Shariat”. For which sultan Barani made
48. Which Sufi Saint was put to death by Sultanate abolished the Iqtas? this statement?
Jalaluddin Khilji for attempting a rebellion? (a) Alauddin Khilji (a) Iltutmish
(a) Ubaidullah Ahrar (b) Muhammad bin Tughluq (b) Balban
(b) Baba Farid (c) Balban (c) Alauddin Khilji
(c) Sidi Maulah (d) Firuz Shah Tughlaq (d) Muhammad bin Tughluq
(d) Hamiduddin Nagori
58. Malik Kafur was General of 66. In 1306 CE which river served as
49. Which among the following Sultan ruled [WBCS 2019, CDS 2008] boundary between Mongol and Delhi
from Kilokhri to avoid confrontations (a) Firuz Shah Tughlaq Sultanate? [UPPSC 2014]
with the old Turkish nobles of the (a) Beas (b) Ravi
(b) Chandragupta Maurya
imperial capital Delhi?
(c) Bimbisara (c) Sindhu (d) Satluj
(a) Alauddin Khilji
(d) Alauddin Khilji
(b) Jalaluddin Khilji 67. Which one of the following statements
(c) Mubarak Shah Khilji 59. Who among the following sultans of is not correct? [Astt. Comm. 2017]
(c) Juna Mohammad Khilji Delhi was the first to have paid to his (a) Sharaf Qai was a minister of
soldiers in cash? [RRB 2003] Allauddin Khilji.
50. Which Sultan was the first to proclaim that (a) Ibrahim Lodhi (b) Under Giyasuddin Tughluq Muqtis
the state in India of the Delhi Sultanate were warned not to ill-treat any of
(b) Iltutmish
cannot be a truly Islamic State? their officials for small amounts taken
(c) Alauddin Khilji
(a) Behram Shah over and above their salaries.
(d) Balban
(b) Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah (c) The Arabic work Masalik-i-Absar
(c) Jalaluddin Khilji 60. Who Introduced the system of Dagh given description of the functings of
(d) Alauddin Khilji (the branding of horse) and chehra Iqta system under Muhammad bin
descriptive role of sodiers? Tughluq.
51. Who among the following sultans of Delhi (a) Muhammad bin Tughluq
assumed the title Sikandar-i-Sani? (d) Marco Polo has not mentioned about
(b) Alauddin Khilji Pearl Fishery of Tuticorin in South
[UP Lower 2008]
(c) Balban India.
(a) Muhammad bin Tughluq (d) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
(b) Sikandar Lodi 68. Which of the following pairs is not
(c) Alauddin Khilji 61. In the third Mongol invasion, which correctly matched? [UPPSC 2018]
(d) Balban among the following army general was
States Rulers
killed? [BPSC 1996]
52. Which sultan demanded half the crops (a) Nusrat Khan (b) Ulughu Khan (a) Devgiri – Ramchandra
on land after measurement as revenue? (c) Jafar Khan (d) Akat Khan (b) Warangal – Shankar Dev
(a) Iltutmish (c) Hoysala – Veer Ballal
(b) Balban 62. The Commander of Alauddin Khilji’s
forces during his Deccan campaigns (d) Madurai – Veer Pandya
(c) Alauddin Khilji
(d) Muhammad bin Tughluq was [WBCS 2020]
69. Between 1309 and 1311, Malik Kafur
(a) Ainul Mulk Multani led two campaigns in South India. The
53. Who introduced market control policy? (b) Nusrat Khan significance of the expeditions lies in it
(a) Firuz Shah Tughlaq [WBCS 2018] (c) Malik Kafur that [CDS 2013]
(b) Muhammad bin Tughluq (d) Ulugh Khan I. they reflected a high degree of
(c) Alauddin Khilji
63. With reference to medieval Indian boldness and spirit of adventure on
(c) Sikandar Lodi
rulers, which one of the following the part of the Delhi rulers.
54. For whom did Alauddin Khilji introduced statements is correct? [UPSC 2002] II. the invaders returned to Delhi with
price control policy? [RRB 2002] (a) Alauddin Khilji first set up a untold wealth.
(a) Soldiers (b) Traders separate Ariz’s department. III. they provided fresh geographical
(c) Farmers (d) General public (b) Balban introduced the branding knowledge.
system of horses in his military. IV. Alauddin promoted Malik Kafur to the
55. Which of the following rulers of Delhi rank of Malik-naib or Vice-Regent of
Sultanate faced maximum number of (c) Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq was
succeeded by his uncle to the Delhi the Empire.
Mongol Attacks? Select the correct answer using the
(a) Alauddin Khilji throne.
(d) Firuz Shah Tughlaq set up a codes given below.
(b) Muhammad bin Tughluq (a) I and III (b) I, II and IV
separate department of slaves.
(c) Firuz Shah Tughlaq (c) II and IV (d) I, II, III and IV
(d) Bahlul Lodi
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70. With reference to Sultan Alauddin 76. Who amongst the following General of Astronomy, Mathematics and Medicine
Khilji, consider the following statements. Alauddin Khilji, ultimately became the was [UPPSC 2012]
[NDA 2002] first Sultan of Tughlaq Dynasty? (a) Iltutmish
I. Alauddin Khilji fixed the prices of [UPPSC 1999] (b) Alauddin Khilji
foodgrains. (a) Ghazi Malik (b) Malik Kafur (c) Muhammad bin Tughluq
II. Alauddin Khilji was the first Sultan, (c) Zafar Khan (d) Mahmud Khan (d) Sikandar Lodi
who paid his soldiers in cash.
77. Ghazi Malik was the founder of which 84. The Delhi Sultan who transferred the
III. During Alauddin Khilji’s rule, the
dynasty? [MPPSC 2017] capital from Delhi to Daulatabad
share of the land revenue to be paid
(a) Tughlaq (b) Khilji (Devagiri) was [WBCS 2017]
by the peasant was raised to half of
(c) Sayyid (d) Lodi (a) Qutbuddin Aibak
the produce.
(b) Iltutmish
Which of these statements are correct? 78. Which Sultan had a dispute with sufi (c) Muhammad bin Tughluq
(a) I and II (b) I and III Saint Nazamuddin Auliya?
(d) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
(c) II and III (d) I, II and III (a) Jalaluddin Khilji
(b) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq 85. Who amongst the following established
71. Consider the following statements. ‘Diwan-e-amirkothi’ during Delhi
[CDS 2005]
(c) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
(d) Muhammad bin Tughluq Sultanate? [OPSC 2018]
I. Alauddin Khilji held religious
(a) Alauddin Khilji
discourse with Acharya Mahasena. 79. Which Sultan of Delhi made a rule that, (b) Firoz Tughlaq
II. Alauddin Khilji and Muhammad bin in any given year, the land revenue can
(c) Muhammad bin Tughluq
Tughluq demanded one-sixth of the be increased only nominally, viz
agricultural produce as revenue from (d) Iltutmish
one-tenth or one-eleventh of the fixed
the peasants. revenue? [UPPSC 2011] 86. Which Sultan of Delhi had established
Which of the statements(s) given above (a) Balban a separate agriculture department and
is/are correct? (b) Alauddin Khilji had planned the ‘rotation of crops’?
(a) Only I (b) Only II (c) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq [UP Lower 2008]
(c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II (d) Firuz Shah Tughlaq (a) Iltutmish
(b) Balban
72. Match List I with List II and select the 80. Which technique was used in times of
correct answer using the codes given (c) Alauddin Khilji
Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq for measurement
below the list. [UPRO/ARO Pre 2017] (d) Muhammad bin Tughluq
of Khalisa land? [RPSC 2008]
List I List II (a) Batai System 87. For the first time the token currency
A. Ranthambore 1. Karna Dev (b) Nask System was introduced in India by
(c) Galla system [UP Lower 2004]
B. Chittor 2. Raja Rai Ramchandra (a) Akbar
(d) Kankut System
C. Devgiri 3. Hammir Dev (b) Alauddin Khilji
D. Gujarat 4. Rana Ratan Singh 81. Which one of the following agrarian (c) Bahlol Lodhi
measures was not adopted by (d) Muhammad bin Tughluq
Codes Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq?
A B C D A B C D (a) He discarded measurement in 88. Who was the first Sultan of Delhi to
(a) 4 3 2 1 (b) 1 4 3 2 favour of sharing. participate in the public celebration of
(c) 2 4 1 3 (d) 3 4 2 1 Holi? [UPPSC 2004]
(b) The Chiefs and headmen of villages
were given back their perquistites. (a) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
73. Which among the following had (b) Muhammad bin Tughluq
declared himself khalifa? (c) The basis of the demand by the
government was to be Hukm-i-hasil (c) Sikandar Lodi
(a) Iltutmish
(in accordance with yield) with (d) Ibrahim Lodi
(b) Alauddin Khilji
(c) Mahmud Ghazni enough provision for crop failure. 89. What was the name of Jain Saint with
(d) Mubarakshah Khilji (d) He made a large reduction in the whom Muhammad bin Tughluq held
scale of revenue fixed by Alauddin discussions?
74. Which historian had written that Mubarak and brought it down to one-sixth of (a) Rishabadeva (b) Hemchandra
Shah sometimes used to come in naked the gross produce. (c) Jinasena Suri (d) Jinaprabha Suri
position at the royal court?
(a) Ibn-battuta (b) Barani
82. Muhammad bin Tughluq was also 90. Ibn Battuta, the Moorish traveller,
known as visited India during the reign of
(c) Isami (d) Niccolode Conti
(a) Ulugh Khan (b) Jauna Khan [CGPSC 2013]
75. The sultans of which dynasty ruled the (c) Jafar Khan (d) Shahista Khan (a) Muhammad bin Tughluq
country for the longest period?
83. The most learned ruler of the Delhi (b) Babar
[UP Lower 2008]
Sultanate who was well versed in (c) Akbar
(a) Khilji dynasty (b) Lodhi dynasty
various branches of learning including (d) Mahmud Ghazni
(c) Slave dynasty (d) Tughlaq dynasty

46. (c) 47. (a) 48. (c) 49. (b) 50. (c) 51. (c) 52. (c) 53. (c) 54. (a) 55. (a) 56. (b) 57. (a) 58. (d) 59. (c) 60. (b)
61. (c) 62. (c) 63. (d) 64. (d) 65. (c) 66. (c) 67. (c) 68. (b) 69. (c) 70. (d) 71. (a) 72. (d) 73. (d) 74. (b) 75. (d)
76. (a) 77. (a) 78. (b) 79. (c) 80. (d) 81. (d) 82. (b) 83. (c) 84. (c) 85. (c) 86. (d) 87. (d) 88. (b) 89. (d) 90. (a)
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91. Who of the following has given a 98. Fatehabad district derives its name (a) Iltutmish
detailed description of the postal from the anonymous headquarters (b) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
system during the Sultanate period? town founded by ……… in the 14th (c) Ghiyasuddin Shah
(a) Amir Khusrau [UPPSC 2000] century, who named it after his son (d) Bahlol Lodi
(b) Ibn Battuta Fateh Khan. [SSC 2019]
107. Which of the following sultan had most
(b) Sultan Firuz Shah (a) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
number of slaves in his court?
(d) Ziyauddin Barani (b) Alauddin Khilji
(a) Balban
(c) Humayun
92. ‘The king was freed from his people (b) Alauddin Khilji
(d) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
and they from their king.’ On whose (c) Muhammad bin Tughluq
death did Badayuni commented? 99. Which Delhi sultan built maximum (d) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
(a) Alauddin Khilji [IAS (Pre) 1999] number of canals? [BPSC 2015]
108. Which of the following Mughal period
(b) Balban (a) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
canals, was constructed by restoring
(c) Iltutmish (b) Iltutmish the Rajabwah of Firuz Shah?
(d) Muhammad bin Tughluq (c) Balban (a) Shekhnu-Ni (b) Shahab Nahr
(d) Sikandar Lodi (c) Nahr-i-Bihisht (d) Nahr-i-Agra
93. Arrange the following programmes of
Muhammad bin Tughluq in their 100. Which one of the following sultans of 109. With reference to medieval Indian
chronological orders. Delhi introduced measures for rulers, which one of the following
I. Transfer of Capital. improving the quality of fruits? statement is correct? [IAS (Pre) 2002]
II. Increase in Taxation in Doab. (a) Muhammad bin Tughluq
(a) Alauddin Khilji first set up a separate
III. Promulgation of Token currency. (b) Firuz Shah Tughlaq Ariz’s department.
IV. Khurasan Expedition. (c) Sikandar Lodi (b) Balban introduced the branding
Select the correct answer from the (d) Sher Shah Suri system of horses for this military.
codes given below. 101. Who brought two Ashoka Pillars to (c) Muhammad-bin-Tughluq was
(a) I, II, III and IV (b) II, III, I and IV Delhi from Topra and Meerut? succeeded by his uncle to the
(c) II, I III and IV (d) III, II, I and IV (a) Alauddin Khilji military
94. Assertion (A) Muhammad bin Tughluq (b) Firuz Shah Tughlaq (d) Firuz Shah Tughlaq set up a
(c) Muhammad Ghori separate department of slaves.
issued a new gold coin which was
called Dinar by Ibn Battuta. (d) Sikandar Lodi 110. In which year did Timur Lang attack
Reason (R) Muhammad bin Tughluq 102. Which Sultan of Delhi had levied ‘Jizya’ India? [MPPSC 2005]
wanted to issue token currency in gold on Brahmins? [UPPSC 2011] (a) 1210 AD (b) 1398 AD
coins to promote trade with West Asian (c) 1492 AD (d) 1526 AD
(a) Balban
and North African Countries. [IAS 2006]
(b) Firuz Shah Tughlaq 111. Who was Sultan of Delhi when Timur
Codes
(c) Alaudddin Khilji Lang invaded India?
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the
(d) Muhammad-bin-Tughluq (a) Nasiruddin Tughluq
correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the 103. Which Sultan of Delhi established a (b) Alauddin Sikander Shah
correct explanation of A ‘Translation Department to help both (c) Muhammad Shah Tughluq
(c) A is true, but R is false communities to understand each (d) Abu Bakr Shah
(d) A is false, but R is true others ideas better? [UPPSC 2004] 112. Who was the last ruler from Tughlaq
(a) Alauddin Khilji dynasty to rule over Delhi Sultanate?
95. Public works department was for the (b) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
first time established by [UPPSC 2000] (a) Firuz Tughlaq [IAS (Pre) 2004]
(c) Iltutmish (b) Ghiyasuddin Tuqhluq I
(a) Iltutmish
(d) Sikandar Lodi (c) Nasiruddin Mahmud
(b) Balban
(c) Alauddin Khilji 104. The first Indian ruler to organise Haj (d) Nusrat Shah
(d) Firuz Shah Tughlaq Pilgrimage from the state exchequer 113. Which one of the following dynasties
was [UPPSC 1998]
ruled over India after the invasion of
96. The Sultan of Delhi who is reputed to (a) Alauddin Khilji
have built the biggest network of canals Timur?
(b) Firuz Shah Tughlaq (a) Lodi dynasty (b) Sayyid dynasty
in India was [IAS (Pre) 1998]
(c) Akbar (c) Tughlaq dynasty (d) Khilji dynasty
(a) Iltutmish
(d) Aurangzeb
(b) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq 114. Who was founder of Sayyid Dynasty?
(c) Firuz Shah Tughlaq 105. What was ‘Dar-ul-Shafa’ established by (a) Khizr Khan (b) Mubarak Khan
(d) Sikandar Lodi Firuz Shah Tughlaq? [UPPSC 2013] (c) Muhammad Shah (d) Nusrat Shah
(a) An almhouse
97. Who was the first Sultan of Delhi to (b) A free hospital 115. Who among the following Sultans of
have levied ‘Haqh-i-sharab’ or irrigation Delhi had accepted the suzerainty of
(c) A library
tax? the Timurid ruler, Mirza Shah Rukh?
(d) A guest house for pilgrims
(a) Alauddin Khilji [UPPSC 2010] (a) Firuz Shah Tughlaq [CDS 2004]
(b) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq 106. The Sultan of Delhi who was very (b) Muhammad bin Tughluq
(c) Muhammad bin Tughluq concerned about charity and alms and (c) Khizr Khan Sayyid
(d) Firuz Shah Tughlaq established a department called ‘Diwan- (d) Sikandar Lodhi
i-Khairat for it, was [IAS (Pre) 1999]
INDIAN HISTORY 65

116. Consider the following statement(s) 123. Which medieval sultan has the credit of 131. Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodi in which
related with Sayyid dynasty. founding the city of Agra and making it battle?
I. The last ruler of the sayyid dynasty, the capital of the Sultanate? (a) First Battle of Panipat
Alauddin Alam Shah was defeated by [ CGPSC 2019, UPPSC 2011] (b) First Battle of Terrain
Bahlol Lodi, who started the Lodi (a) Iltutmish (c) Battle of Khanva
dynasty. (b) Muhammad bin Tughluq (d) Battle of Bilgram
II. Timur had appointed Khizr Khan as (c) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
governor of Multan and Lahore. (d) Sikandar Lodi
132. Alam Khan, one of those who invited
Select correct statement(s) given below. Babur to invade India was
(a) Only I (b) Only II 124. Who among the following composed [IAS (Pre) 2003]
poems with the pen name ‘Gulrukhi’? (a) an uncle of Ibrahim Lodhi and a
(c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II
(a) Firuz Shah Tughlaq [UPPSC 2015] pretender to the throne of Delhi.
117. Who among the following was the (b) Bahlol Lodi (b) a cousin of Ibrahim Lodhi, who was
founder of Lodi dynasty? (c) Sikandar Lodi ill-treated and expelled from the
(a) Bahlul Lodi (b) Ibrahim Lodi (d) Ibrahim Lodi country.
(c) Sikandar Lodi (d) Malik Lodi (c) the father of Dilawar Khan to whom
125. Agra city was founded by cruel treatment was meted out by
118. Which one of the following is the [CGPSC 2018, UPPSC 2011] Ibrahim Lodhi.
correct chronological order of the (a) Balban (d) a high official in Punjab province, who
Afghan rulers to the throne of Delhi? (b) Bahlul Lodi was very much discontented
[IAS (Pre) 2006] (c) Sikandar Lodi with Ibrahim Lodhi’s treatment to his
(a) Sikandar Shah, Ibrahim Lodi, Bahlul (d) Firuz Shah Tughlaq tribe.
Khan Lodi
(b) Sikandar Shah, Bahlul Khan Lodi, 126. Which one of the following sultans is 133. Which was the official language in the
Ibrahim Lodi known for having abolished the tax on Delhi Sultanate? [RPSC 2000]
(c) Bahlul Khan Lodi, Sikandar Shah, grains? [UP UDA/LDA 2010] (a) Arabi (b) Persian
Ibrahim Lodi (a) Alauddin Kilji (c) Turkese (d) Urdu
(d) Bahlul Khan Lodi, Ibrahim Lodi, (b) Ghiyasuddin Tughluq
Sikandar Shah Lodi (c) Firuz Shah Tughlaq 134. The most rulers (amirs) and sultans of
Sultanate period belonged to class
(d) Sikandar Lodi
119. Consider the following statements [UPPSC 1991]
I. Bahlul Lodi was the founder of the 127. Which of the following Sultan (a) Turkish (b) Mongols
Lodi dynasty. introduced ‘Gaj-e-Sikandri’ for (c) Tatars (d) Arabs
II. Sikandar Lodi transferred his capital measurement of land which was later
from Delhi to Agra. used by Sher Shah and Akbar? 135. Which among the following medieval
(a) Alauddin Khilji ruler of India introduced lqta system?
III. Sikander Lodi introduced Gaz-i-
[UPPSC 2010]
Sikandari of 32 inch for the (b) Sikandar Lodi
measurement of agricultural land. (c) Firuz Shah Tughlaq (a) Iltutmish
IV. Ibrahim Lodhi was the first sultan of (d) Balban (b) Balban
Delhi who was killed in battle ground. (c) Alauddin Khilji
128. Which sultan of Delhi Sultanate broke (d) None of the above
Which of the statements given above
the sacred images of the Jwalamukhi
are correct? 136. The historian Barani refused to
temple at Naga Kot and ordered the
(a) I and III (b) I, II and III consider the state in India under Delhi
temples of Mathura to be destroyed?
(c) I and II (d) All of these Sultans as truly Islamic because
(a) Sikandar Lodi
(b) Alauddin Khilji [IAS (Pre) 2002]
120. The main achievement of Bahlul Lodi
was victory over which among the (c) Firuz Shah Tughlaq (a) majority of the population did not
following regions? [MPPSC 2010] (d) Nusrat Shah follow Islam.
(a) Mewat (b) Jaunpur (b) the Muslim theologist were often
129. Who was last ruler of Lodi dynsty? disregarded.
(c) Chandawar (d) Sambhal
[SSC 2001] (c) the Sultan supplemented the Muslim
121. Who among the following Sultanate ruler (a) Bahlul Lodi (b) Ibrahim Lodi law by framing his regulations.
were of Afghan origin? [UPPSC 2016] (c) Sikandar Lodi (d) Mahmud Lodi (d) the religious freedom was accorded
(a) Khilji (b) Tughlaq to non-muslims.
130. In which battle did Maharana Sanga
(c) Sayyid (d) Lodi
defeat Ibrahim Lodi? [RAS/RTS 2012] 137. In the Delhi Sultanate an administrative
122. Which of the following annexed (a) Battle of Khatoli unit called ‘Paragana’ was headed by
Sharqui dynasty? (b) Battle of Sarangpur an official known as [CDS 2002]
(a) Bahlul Lodi (b) Sikandar Lodi (c) Battle of Siwana (a) Shiqdar (b) Barid
(c) Abrahim Lodi (d) Daulat Khan Lodi (d) Battle of Khanva (c) Ariz (d) Amil

91. (b) 92. (d) 93. (c) 94. (c) 95. (d) 96. (c) 97. (d) 98. (a) 99. (a) 100. (b) 101. (b) 102. (b) 103. (b) 104. (b) 105. (b)
106. (b) 107. (d) 108. (b) 109. (d) 110. (b) 111. (a) 112. (c) 113. (b) 114. (a) 115. (c) 116. (b) 117. (a) 118. (c) 119. (d) 120. (b)
121. (d) 122. (a) 123. (d) 124. (c) 125. (c) 126. (d) 127. (b) 128. (a) 129. (c) 130. (a) 131. (a) 132. (a) 133. (b) 134. (a) 135. (a)
136. (a) 137. (a)
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138. What was Abwab? [HPPSC 2012] 147. Which one of the following is not the 152. Which of the following pairs is not
(a) Toll tax. characteristic of ‘Iqta System’? correctly matched? [UPPSC 2019]
(b) Religion tax such as Zakat. [UPPSC 2019] (a) Dam – Copper coin
(c) Tax on merchandise and custom (a) Iqta was a revenue collection system. (b) Desai – Revenue Collector
duties. (b) Siya Satnama was the source of (c) Diwan– Revenue Chief of a
(d) Miscellaneous kinds of taxes like the information for Iqta system. province
house tax, grazing tax, irrigation tax etc. (c) Revenue from Iqta was directly (d) Jarib – A type of tax
deposited in Sultan’s account.
139. The term used for measurement of land (d) Muqti was supported to maintain 153. Which of the following pairs is correctly
in the Delhi Sultanate Period was troops out of the revenue collected matched? [IAS (Pre) 2001]
[HPPSC 2012]
from Iqta. (a) Dewan-i-Bandagan – Tughluq
(a) Kismat-i-Ghalla (b) Ghalla-Bakshi (b) Dewan-i-Mustakhraj – Balban
(c) Masahat (d) Ghazi 148. The term ‘Chakla’ has been used in (c) Dewan-i-kohi – Alauddin Khilji
Medieval Indian History sources. This (d) Dewan-i-Arz – Muhammad-
140. ‘Diwan-i-Arz’ department was was [UPPSC 2018] bin-Tughluq
associated with (a) identical to Paragana
(a) royal correspondence (b) identical to Sarkar 154. Which of the following pairs is not
(b) foreign (c) territorial unit between Subah and correctly matched?
(c) defence paraganah, but not identical to Sarkar (a) Ariz-i-Mumalik – Head of State
(d) finance (d) None of the above News Agency
141. Who among the following had (b) Amir-i-Akhur – Officer commanding
149. Which of the following was not one of royal horse
established the Diwan-i-Arz department the revenue and agrarian measures of
under Delhi Sultanate? [RAS/RTS 2018] (c) Sahna-i-Pil – Superintendent of
Firuz Shah Tughlaq? royal elephant
(a) Balban (a) He retained only four kinds of taxes (d) Amir-i-Bahr – Officer incharge of
(b) Illtutmish sanctioned by the Quran (kharaj, police and transport
(c) Alauddin Khilji zakat, Jaziya, and khums). naval port
(d) Firuz Shah Tughlaq (b) He undertook revaluation of land to
certain its assessment. 155. Find out the two main currencies of the
142. The largest standing army of the Sultanate period from the code given
(c) Religious endowments which had
Sultanate, directly paid by the state below. [UPPSC 2001]
reverted to the state under previous
was created by [SSC 2008]
rulers were returned to the earlier I. Dam II. Jital
(a) Iltutmish III. Rupiya IV. Tanka
holders or their descendants.
(b) Alauddin Khilji
(d) He was generous in granting land to Codes
(c) Muhammad bin Tughluq civil and military officers and in farming (a) I and II (b) I and III
(d) Sikandar Lodi out land. (c) II and III (d) II and IV
143. Coins Tanka, Shashgani and Jital of 150. Which of the following statements is/are 156. Consider the following statements.
sultanate period was made of which of correct about sultan Muhammad bin I. In the revenue administration of Delhi
the following metals? Tughluq? Sultanate, the in-charge of revenue
(a) Silver, Silver, Copper (a) He was the first sultan to formulate collection was known as ‘Amil’.
(b) Gold, Silver, Copper the ‘Famine code’ to provide relief to II. The Iqta system of Sultans of Delhi
(c) Silver, Bronze, Copper famine affected people. was an ancient indigenous institution.
(d) Gold, Bronze, Copper (b) He was the most learned Muslim III. The office of ‘Mir Bakshi’ came into
144. Supreme rural officials of land revenue ruler who was well versed in various existence during the reign of Khalji
in Sultanate period were known as branches of learning-including Sultans of Delhi.
[IAS (Pre) 2004] astronomy, mathematics and Which of the statements given above
(a) Chaudhary (b) Ravat medicine. is/are correct? [IAS (Pre) 2019]
(c) Malik (d) Patwari (c) He granted Sondhar loan to the poor (a) Only I
for promoting agriculture. (b) I and II
145. Zawabits were concerned with (d) All of the above (c) Only III
(a) State laws [UPPSC 1997] (d) I, II and III
151. Which of the following was the greatest
(b) Law regulating mansab system
contribution of Alauddin Khilji in the 157. Which of the following indicates taxes
(c) Laws regulating mint house field of agrarian administration?
(d) Agricultural taxes levied on the land product?
(a) He brought the peasant in direct I. Kharaj II. Khums
146. Fawazil in the Sultanate period meant relation with the state.
III. Ushr IV. Muktai
[IAS (Pre) 1998] (b) He tried to curb and check the
intermediaries. Select your answer from the following
(a) extra payment to the nobles. codes.
(c) He was the first to introduce the
(b) revenue assigned in lieu of salary. (a) Only I
system of measurement of land for
(c) excess amount paid to the the assessment of revenue. (b) II and III
exchequer by the lqtadars. (d) The records of the village accountant (c) I, II and III
(d) illegal exaction extracted from the were audited. (d) I, III and IV
peasant.
INDIAN HISTORY 67
158. Match List I and List II and choose your 164. India’s first tomb constructed in the 172. What is Adhai Din Ka Jhopra?
answer from the codes given below. Indo-Islamic style was [UPPSC 2004] (a) Mosque (b) Temple
[RAS/RTS 2013] (a) Humayun’s tomb (c) Monk’s residence (d) Minar
List I List II (b) Balban’s tomb
173. Which among the following is
A. Diwan-i-Arz 1. Dealt with (c) Aibak’s tomb
‘Octagonal tomb’? [UPPSC 2007]
religious matters. (d) Alauddin’s tomb
(a) Tomb of Sikandar Lodi
B. Diwan-i-Risalat 2. Dealt with state’s 165. The earliest example in India of a (b) Tomb of Balban
correspondence
mosque built wholly in accordance (c) Tomb of Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
C. Diwan-i-Insha 3. Dealt with
with Muslim ideas was (d) Tomb of Firuz Shah Tughlaq
Finance Dept
(a) Moth Ki Masjid
D. Diwan-i-Wizarat 4. Dealt with 174. Which of the following is not correctly
Military Dept. (b) Atala Devi Masjid
matched? [UPPSC 2011]
(c) Jamaat Khana Masjid
Codes (d) Chhota Sona Masjid (a) Ajmer – Quwwat-ut-Islam
A B C D A B C D (b) Jaunpur – Atala Masjid
(a) 1 3 4 2 (b) 2 4 1 3 166. The composer of Kirti-Stambh (c) Malwa – Jahaz Mahal
(c) 3 2 1 4 (d) 4 1 2 3 Prashasti was : [RAS/RTS 1999]
(d) Gulberga – Jama Masjid
(a) Somdev (b) Jaita
159. Match List I with List II and select the (c) Napa (d) Abhi Kavi 175. Consider the following
correct answer using the codes given
I. Tughluqabad II. Lodi Garden
below the lists. [UPPSC 2020] 167. ‘Kirti Sambha’ of Chittor was
constructed during the rule of III. Qutub Minar IV. Fatehpur Sikri
List I List II The correct chronological order in which
(Officer) (Assign Duty)
(a) Rana Kumbha
(b) Rana Hammir they were built is [IAS (Pre) 1998]
A. Diwan-i-Tan 1. Look after the office (a) III, I, IV, II (b) III, I, II, IV
(c) Rana Ratan Singh
B. Mustarfi 2. Maintained a proper (d) Rana Sangram Singh (c) I, III, II, IV (d) I, III, IV, II
list of main events
and farmans. 168. The city of Jaunpur was founded in 176. Match the following. [IAS (Pre) 2005]

C. Mushrif 3. Look after the Jagir the memory of [UPPSC 2004] List I List II
and salaries (a) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq (Monuments) (Builder)
D. Vakianvis 4. Examine the income (b) Muhammad bin Tughluq (Jauna A. Quwwat-ul-Islam 1. Alauddin Khilji
expenditure of state Khan) B. Hauz Khas in 2. Iltutmish
(c) Firuz Shah Tughlaq Delhi
Codes
(d) Akbar C. Adilabad Fort 3. Muhammad
A B C D A B C D
bin Tughluq
(a) 2 4 1 3 (b) 3 4 1 2 169. Who among the following ruler
(c) 1 3 2 4 (d) 4 1 2 3 constructed ‘Jahapanah’, the fourth D. Jama Masjid in 4. Qutbuddin Aibak
medieval city of Delhi? Budayau
160. Which sultan built Alai Darwaza? (a) Iltutmish [IAS (Pre) 2007] Codes
[WBCS 2020]
(b) Alauddin Khilji A B C D A B C D
(a) Iltutmish (b) Balban (a) 4 2 3 1 (b) 3 1 4 2
(c) Muhammad bin Tughluq
(c) Alauddin Khilji (d) Firuz Shah Tughlaq (c) 4 1 3 2 (d) 3 2 4 1
(d) Sikandar Lodi
161. Which Sultan of Delhi Sultanate built 170. The part of Delhi where Qutbuddin 177. Match the following. [RAS/RTS 2013]
Hauz Khas, a pleasure resort and also
Aibak laid the foundation of the first so List I List II
built the Kotla Fort?
called ‘Seven cities’ of medieval Delhi (Architectural Style) (Associated
(a) Qutbuddin Aibak was
(b) Firuz Shah Tughlaq Dynasty)
(a) Siri (b) Tughlaqabad
(c) Alauddin Khilji A. ‘Lotus bud’ fringe 1. Sharquis
(c) Mehrauli (d) Hauz Khas on the underside of
(d) Balban
171. The earliest and most interesting the arch.
162. Who amongst the following sultans built example of Islamic architecture in B. Emergence of 2. Vijayanagara
the fifth storey of Qutub Minar? India was the Quwwat-ul-Islam octagonal tomb
[UP Lower 2008] Mosque. What was the original C. Use of Bodegoi in 3. Khiljis
(a) Qutbuddin Aibak (b) Iltutmish construction at the site of this the pillar
(c) Firuz Shah Tughlaq (d) Sikander Lodi mosque? D. Massive entrance 4. Tughluqs
gate with inclined
163. Who among the following did not contribute (a) A Jain temple.
walls
to the construction of Qutub Minar (b) A tenth century Chauhan temple
dedicated to Vishnu. Codes
(a) Qutbuddin Aibak [UPPSC 2003]
(c) A Hindu temple dedicated to A B C D A B C D
(b) Iltutmish
Shiva. (a) 3 4 2 1 (b) 3 1 4 2
(c) Alauddin Khilji
(d) None of the above (c) 2 1 4 3 (d) 1 2 4 2
(d) Firuz Shah Tughlaq

138. (d) 139. (c) 140. (c) 141. (a) 142. (b) 143. (a) 144. (a) 145. (a) 146 (c) 147. (c) 148. (c) 149. (a) 150. (d) 151. (a) 152. (d)
153. (a) 154. (c) 155. (d) 156. (a) 157. (d) 158. (d) 159. (b) 160. (c) 161. (b) 162. (c) 163. (c) 164. (b) 165. (c) 166. (d) 167. (a)
168. (b) 169. (c) 170. (c) 171. (a) 172. (a) 173. (a) 174. (a) 175. (b) 176. (c) 177. (a)
68 Objective GENERAL STUDIES 14000+Q

178. Amir Khusrau was born in [UPPSC 2003] 189. Consider the following statements. 197. Who among the following Rajput
(a) Agra (b) Barabanki I. Amir Khusrau created a new literary rulers is known to have written a
(c) Etah (d) Etawah style in Persian, which came to be book on music? [UPPSC 2007]
known as Sabaq-i-Hind. (a) Jayachandra Gahadavala.
179. Amir Khusrau, the ‘Parrot of India’, was II. Amir Khusrau was disciple of (b) Prithviraj Chauhan.
born at [UPPSC 2005] Nizammudin Auliya. (c) Rana Kumbha.
(a) Patiali (UP) (b) Patti III. He introduced the Perso-Arabic ragas etc. (d) Man Singh.
(c) Patli (d) Patiala Select the correct answer using the
codes given below. 198. The term ‘Apabhramsa’ was used in
180. Who among the following called himself medieval Sanskrit text to denote
the ‘parrot of India’? (a) Only III (b) I and II
[IAS (Pre) 1996]
[UPPSC 2013] (c) All of these (d) None of these
(a) out caste among the Rajputs.
(a) Qutban (b) Usman 190. Who was the famous author of (b) deviation from vedic rituals.
(c) Amir Khusrau (d) Amir Hasan Kitab ul-Hind? [RAS/RTS 2010] (c) early forms of some of the modern
181. Amir Khusrau played a pioneer role in the (a) Hasan Nizami Indian language.
development of [UPPSC 2008] (b) Minhaj-us-Siraj (d) non-Sanskrit verse metres.
(a) Braj Bhasha (b) Awadhi (c) Al-Biruni
199. Who among the following composed
(c) Khari Boli (d) Bhojpuri (d) Shams-e-Siraj Afif
Tajul-Masir? [UPPSC 1997]
182. Father of new Persian poetry style 191. Al-Biruni came to India with (a) Isamai
“Sabaq-i-Hind’ or Hindustani style was (a) Mahmud Ghazni (b) Hasan Nizami
[RAS/RTS 1999] (b) Muhammad Ghori (c) Sirhindi
(a) Ziyauddin Barani (c) Qutubuddin Aibak (d) Yahiya-bin-Ahmed
(b) Afiq (d) Mohammad-Bin-Kasim
200. Which of the following pairs is
(c) Isami 192. Who is the author of ‘Tarikh-i-Firoz correctly matched? [RAS/RTS 2016]
(d) Amir Khusrau Shahi’? [MPPSC 2020]
Name Sangeetraj
183. Amir Khusrau was court poet of (a) Shams-i-Siraj Afif
(a) Pandit Bhavbhatt – Sangeetraj
[SSC 2012] (b) Ziauddin Barani
(b) Ustad Chand – Rasa Chandrika
(a) Alauddin Khilji (c) Khwaja Abdul Samad Isami
Khan
(b) Muhammad bin Tughluq (d) Sirajuddin Ali Yazdi
(c) Pundrik Vitala – Raagmala
(c) Ibrahim Lodi 193. Who was the author of Tabaqat-i- Nasiri?
(d) Firuz Shah Tughlaq (d) Kumbha – Ragakalpadrum
(a) Shaikh Jamaluddin
184. Which among the following is (b) Al-Biruni 201. Consider the following statement
composition of Amir Khusrau? (c) Minhaj-us-Siraj about Ziauddin Barani.
(a) Miftah-ul-Futuh (b) Khazin-ul-Futub (d) Ziauddin Barani [IAS (Pre) 2010]
(c) Tughluq Nama (d) All of these I. He was born in Golconda.
194. Ibn Batuta’s work, Rihla, completed in II. He was contemporary of
185. Amir Khusrau gives the first graphic 1355, is [CDS 2013]
Muhammad bin Tughluq.
description of Jauhar of Rajput women, (a) an autobiography. III. He wrote Tarikh-i-Firoz Shahi.
after victory of Alauddin Khilji over which (b) an account of the Delhi Sultans from
Which of the statements given above
Rajput state? Aibek to Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq. is/are correct?
(a) Ranthambhore (b) Chittor (c) a religious text. (a) I, II and III
(c) Jalor (d) Sevana (d) an account of trade with Morocco. (b) I and II
186. Who among the following was the author 195. Which one of the following travelogues (c) II and III
of Tarikh-i-Alai, which contains the has given an insight on the reign of (d) I and III
details of the first few years of Sultan Muhammad bin Tughluq? [NDA 2017]
Alauddin Khilji? [NDA 2009]
202. Consider the following statements.
(a) Ibn Battuta’s Rihla [IAS (Pre) 2003]
(a) Ziauddin Barani (b) Francois Bernier’s Travels in the I. Kitab-i-Nauras, a collection of
(b) Shams Siraj Afif Mogul Empire songs in praise of Hindu deities
(c) Amir Khusrau (c) Niccolao Manucci’s Storia do Mogor and Muslim Saints, was written by
(d) Yahiya-bin-Ahmed (d) Tavernier’s Travels in India Ibrabim Adil Shah II.
187. “Every pearl in the Royal crown is the 196. The Rihla was written in [CDS 2015]
II. Amir Khusrau was the originator in
crystallised drops of blood fallen from the India of early form the musial style
(a) Arabic in the fourteenth century by Ibn known as Qawwali.
tearful eyes of the poor peasants” … Battuta
Who made this statement? [APSC 2017] Which of these statements is/are
(b) Persian in the fifteenth century by
correct?
(a) Ibn Battuta (b) Al-Beruni Abdur Razzaq
(a) Only I
(c) Amir Khusrau (d) Badauni (c) Persian in the thirteenth century by Ibn
(b) Only II
Battuta
188. Tabla was introduced by [UPPSC 2009]
(d) Italian in the thirteenth century by (c) Both I and II
(a) Adil Shah (b) Amir Khusrau Marco Polo (d) Neither I nor II
(c) Tansen (d) Baiju Bawara
INDIAN HISTORY 69

203. Match List I with List II and select the (a) Astrolab 215. What is the sequence of arrival of
correct answer from the codes given (b) Telescope these travellers? [UPPSC 1997]
below. [UPPSC 1997] (c) Sun Clock I. Ibn Battuta II. Tavernier
(d) The time-stick III. Al-Biruni IV. Manucci
List I List II
A. Ziauddin Barani 1. Tarikh-i- 209. Who among the following appointed Codes
Mubarakshahi Ibn Battuta as the Chief Qazi of Delhi? (a) I, II, III, IV (b) III, I, II, IV
B. Hasan Nizami 2. Tabaqat-i-Nasiri [CDS 2005] (c) II, III, IV, I (d) IV, I, II, III
C. Minhajal-Siraj 3. Tarikh-i- (a) Ghiyasuddin Balban 216. The correct chronological order of the
Firuzshahi (b) Alauddin Khilji formation of following kingdom is
D. Yahia-bin-Ahmadi 4. Taj-ul-Maasir (c) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq I. Khilji II. Lodi
(d) Muhammad-bin-Tughluq III. Sayyid IV. Slave [UPPSC 2012]
5. Tabagat-i-Akbari
210. Who were called ‘Dastar-Bandan’? Codes
Code
[UPPSC 2014] (a) I, II, IV, III (b) I, II, III, IV
A B C D A B C D
(a) Sufi-Saint (b) Khan (c) II, III, IV, I (d) IV, I, III, II
(a) 1 2 3 4 (b) 3 4 5 1
(c) 5 3 4 1 (d) 3 4 2 1 (c) Malik (d) Ulema 217. Match List I with List II and select the
211. The Iron pillar, near Qutub Minar draws correct answer from the codes given
204. Who among the following witnessed the below. [UPPSC 1997]
reign of seven sultans of Delhi? attention of scientists due to its
[IAS (Pre) 1994] [CDS 2011] List I List II
(a) Amir Khusrau (a) antiquity (b) glitter A. Firuz Shah 1. Diwan-i-Riyasat
(b) Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya (c) hardness (d) rustlessness Tughlaq
(c) Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti 212. Who among the following Mongol B. Balban 2. Nauroz
(d) Both (a) and (b) leaders/commanders did not cross C. Alauddin 3. Construction of
Indus to attack India? [CDS 2020] canals
205. In 13th and 14th Century, Indian farmer
did not cultivated ..... [UPPSC 2008] (a) Chenghiz Khan D. Jahangir 4. Sir Thomas Roe
(a) wheat (b) barley (b) Tair Bahadur
Codes
(c) gram (d) maize (c) Abdullah
A B C D
(d) Qutlugh Khwaja
(a) 1 2 3 4 (b) 3 2 1 4
206. Ain-i-Mulk-Multani had not served
under which among the following 213. Which one of the following pairs is not (c) 4 1 2 3 (d) 4 3 2 1
rulers? [MPPSC 2017] correctly matched? [RAS/RTS 2016]
218. Match List I with List II and select the
(a) Alauddin Khilji (a) Bahadur Shah – Gujarat
correct answer using the codes given
(b) Muhammad bin Tughluq (b) Chand Bibi – Awadh below the lists. [CDS 2015]
(c) Firuz Shah Tughlaq (c) Raziya Sultan – Delhi
(d) Baz Bahadur – Malwa List I List II
(d) Iltutmish (Term) (Meaning)
207. The game of Polo was introduced in 214. Which one of the following pairs (of A. Mihrab 1. Stepped pulpit
India by [UPPSC 2001] dynasties and their founders) is not
B. Mimbar 2. Direction towards the
correctly matched? [CDS 2001]
(a) Unani (b) Britishers Kaba for prayer
(c) Turks d) Mughah Dynasty Founder C. Khutba 3. Arch
(a) Slave Dynasty – Balban D. Kibla 4. Sermon
208. In Indian astronomy, which Muslim
tradition of instrument technology (b) Tughlaq Dynasty – Ghiyasuddin
Codes
survived in India until the middle of the (c) Khilji Dynasty – Jalaluddin A B C D A B C D
18th century, and was even adopted by (d) Second Afghan – Sher Shah (a) 2 1 4 3 (b) 2 4 1 3
Raja Sawai Jai Singh II of Jaipur in the Empire Suri (c) 3 1 4 2 (d) 3 4 1 2
construction of his observatories?

178. (c) 179. (a) 180. (c) 181. (c) 182. (d) 183. (a) 184. (d) 185. (a) 186. (c) 187. (c) 188. (b) 189. (c) 190. (c) 191. (a) 192. (b)
193. (c) 194. (d) 195. (a) 196. (a) 197. (c) 198. (c) 199. (b) 200. (c) 201. (c) 202. (c) 203. (d) 204. (d) 205. (d) 206. (d) 207. (c)
208. (a) 209. (d) 210. (d) 211. (d) 212. (a) 213. (b) 214. (a) 215. (b) 216. (d) 217. (b) 218. (c)
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11
Vijaynagara and Bahmani
Kingdoms
1. Vijaynagara Empire was founded in the 8. Which among the following 15. Which among the following
year [RPSC 2010] Vijayanagara ruler collected tax from Vijayanagara ruler patronised the
(a) 1326 (b) 1336 king of Sri Lanka? [IAS (Pre) 2003] Madhwa saint Sripadaraya and
(c) 1332 (d) 1346 (a) Harihara II (b) Harihara I Kannada poet Kavi Linga?
(c) Bukka II (d) Deva Raya II (a) Saluva Narasimha
2. The kingdom of Vijayanagara was (b) Immadi Narasimha
founded by [UKPSC 2004] 9. Which one of the following ruler (c) Deva Raya II
(a) Vijaya Raja (b) Harihara-II married his daughter to the Bahmani
(d) Krishnadeva Raya
(c) Harihara and Bukka (d) Bukka-II Sultan Taj ud-Din Firuz Shah
(a) Deva Raya II 16. Who was the last ruler of Saluva
3. Which among the following was the first (b) V rupaksha Raya I dynasty of Vijayanagara Empire?
dynasty of Vijayanagara? [UKPSC 2011] (c) Deva Raya I (a) Praudha Raya
(a) Hoysala dynasty (d) Harihara I (b) Saluva Narasimha
(b) Sangama dynasty (c) Thimma Bhupala
(c) Suluva dynasty 10. Nicolo de Conti the famous Italian (d) Immadi Narasimha
(d) Tuluva dynasty traveller visited India during the time of
(a) Deva Raya I (b) Krishnadeva Raya 17. Who was the founder of Tuluva
4. The ruins of the ancient city of Hampi- (c) Harihara (d) Bukka dynasty?
capital of Vijayanagara is located in which
(a) Narasu Nayak [MPPSC 2010]
present day Indian state? [SSC 2019] 11. Which among the following title was
(b) Immadi Narasimha
(a) Haryana (b) Bihar adopted by Deva Raya-II? [RPSC 2010]
(c) Vira Narasimha
(c) Karnataka (d) Telangana (a) Gajabetegara (b) Andhara Bhoja
(d) None of the above
(c) Dakshinapati (d) Abhinav Bhoja
5. Who among the following Saints inspired
Harihara and Bukka to laid the 12. Which among the following 18. Who among these known as ‘Andhra
Bhoj’? [JPSC 2013]
foundation of Vijayanagara Empire? Vijayanagara ruler wrote, ‘Sobagina
(a) Saint Vidyaranya Sone’ and ‘Amaruka’? (a) Krishnadeva Raya
(b) Saint Sayana (a) Deva Raya II (b) Rajendera Chok
(c) Saint Ramananda (b) Deva Raya I (c) Harihara
(d) Both (a) and (b) (c) Harihara (d) Bukka

6. Which ruler of Vijaynagar had sent his (d) Krishnadeva Raya 19. With whom the king of Viyayanagara,
embassy to the emperor of China? Krishnadeva Raya fought the battle of
13. The famous Telugu poet ‘Srinatha’
(a) Harihara I [CGPSC 2008] Golconda? [BPSC 1999]
adorned the court of which ruler of
(b) Bukka I Vijayanagara? [CGPCS 2020] (a) Quli Qutub Shah
(c) Krishnadeva Raya (a) Harihara II (b) Deva Raya I (b) Qutbuddin Aibak
(d) Saluva Narasimha (c) Deva Raya II (d) Krishnadeva II (c) Ismail-Adil Shah
(d) Gajapati
7. Identify the first ruler of Vijaynagar who 14. Who was the founder of Saluva dynasty?
captured Goa from the Bahamani (a) Saluva Narasimha [SSC 2005]
20. Which city was founded by
Kingdom? [BPSC 1995] Krishnadeva Raya? [UPPSC 2016]
(b) Immadi Narasimha
(a) Harihara I (b) Harihara II (a) Warangal (b) Nagalapur
(c) Vira Narasimha
(c) Bukka II (d) Devaraya II (c) Udayagiri (d) Khandragiri
(d) Krishnadeva Raya
INDIAN HISTORY 71

21. The famous Hazara temple of 29. Krishnadeva raya’s Amuktamalyada is 37. The Sultanates of the Deccan
Vijayanagara was built during the reign a work on combined in 1565, to inflict a crushing
of (a) his political ideas. defeat on the ruler of Vijayanagar. The
(a) Krishnadeva Raya (b) public administration. king of Vijayanagar at the time of this
(b) Deva Raya-I (c) administration of justice and foreign so-called battle of Talikota was
(c) Deva Raya-II affairs. (a) Rama Raya (b) Tirumala
(d) Harihara-I (d) All of the above (c) Venkata I (d) Sadashiva Raya

22. Who got the monumental Rayagopurams 30. Which member of the astadiggajas 38. The Battle of Talikota was fought
in front of the temples at Hampi, wrote ‘Pandurangamahatyam’? between [UPPSC 2014]
Tiruvannamalai, Chidambaram, Sri (a) Tenali Ramakrishna (a) Akbar and Sultan of Malwa.
Rangam, Tirupati etc constructed? (b) Nandi Timmava (b) Vijayanagara and the Bahmani Kingdom
(a) Vidyaranya [SSC 2001] (c) Madayya (c) Vijayanagara and combined forces of
(b) Krishnadeva Raya (d) Dhurajati Bijapur, Ahmadnagar and Golconda.
(c) Harihara (d) Sher Shah and Humayun.
31. Who was given the title of Andhra-
(d) Rajaraja 39. After defeat at the battle of Talikota, the
Kavita-Pitamaha? [WBCS 2007]
23. Krishnadeva Raya had friendly relation (a) Sayan (b) Madhav capital of Vijayanagara Empire was
with whom among the given options? (c) Srinath (d) Peddana shifted to
[SSC 2002] (a) Penu konda (b) Chandragiri
(a) French (b) British
32. Which one of the following statements (c) Hampi (d) Nagalapura
regarding King Krishnadeva Raya is not
(c) Portuguese (d) Dutch 40. Who laid the foundation of Aravidu
correct? [NDA 2017]
24. Who among the ruler of Vijayanagar (a) He was great scholar of Telugu and dynasty?
maintained friendly relations with Sanskrit. (a) Tirumala (b) Venkata I
Albuquerque, the Portuguese Governor (b) Foreign travellers Paes and Nuniz (c) Rama Raya (d) Ali Adilshah
and granted him permission to build visited his court.
41. Who among the following was the last
fort at Bhatkal? [IAS (Pre) 2007] (c) Barbosa praised him for the great dynasty of Vijayanagara Empire?
(a) Achyuta Raya justice and equity prevailing in his
(a) Saluva dynasty
(b) Krishnadeva Raya empire.
(b) Tuluva dynasty
(c) Saluva Narasimha (d) He wrote his magnum opus (c) Aravidu dynasty
(d) Vira Narasimha Amuktamalyada in Sanskrit. (d) Sangama dynasty
25. Who among the ruler of Vijayanagar 33. Which of the following are true about 42. Who was Nicolo Conti? [MPPSC 2016]
empire after successful campaign Krishnadeva Raya?
(a) A famous painter
against Bahmani kingdom adopted the (a) He was known as Andhra Bhoja.
(b) An Italian traveller who visited
title “establisher of the Yavana (b) He authored ‘Amuktamalyada’ book Vijayanagara Empire
Kingdom”? on polity in Telugu and also a Sanskrit (c) A Portuguese traveller
(a) Krishnadeva Raya drama called ‘Jambavati Kalyanam’. (d) A Persian traveller
(b) Saluva Narasimha (c) His court has adorned by eight
(c) Deva Raya II celebrated poets called ‘ashtadiggajas’ 43. Which among the following King’s reign
(d) Achyuta Raya (d) All of the above Persian traveller ‘Abdul Razzaq’ came
to India? [BPSC 2018]
26. The ruling period of Krishnadeva Raya 34. After the demise of Krishnadeva Raya (a) Deva Raya I (b) Krishna Deva Raya I
was the golden age of which literature? who succeeded at the throne of
(c) Deva Raya II (d) Krishna Raya II
[UP UDA/LDA 2006] Vijayanagara in 1529?
(a) Konkani (b) Malayalam (a) Achyuta Deva Raya 44. Who gave this statement about
(c) Tamil (d) Telugu (b) Sadasiva Raya Vijaynagar Empire during first half of
(c) Rama Raya the 15th century “the circumference of
27. Who were the ‘Ashtadiggajas’ in the (d) Praudha Raya the city is sixty miles, its walls seen to
court of Krishnadeva Raya? be touching to mountains and enclose
[UP UDA/LDA 2001] 35. The Tiruvengalanatha temple was built to valley at their feet”?
(a) Eight Ministers at Vijayanagara during the reign of (a) Abdul Razzaq (b) Nuniz
(b) Eight Telugu Poets (a) Achyuta Deva Raya (c) Ferishta (d) Nicolo de-Conti
(c) Eight great warriors (b) Vira Narasimha Raya
(c) Krishna Deva Raya 45. Who among the following travellers
(d) Eight advisors
(d) Deva Raya II was from Italy and visited Vijayanagar
28. ‘Ashtadiggajas’ were patronised by Kingdom in the fifteenth century?
(a) Deva Raya I [WBCS 2017] 36. The Vijayanagara Empire received its [NDA 2018]
(b) Deva Raya II death blow at the battle of [NDA 2015] (a) Nikitin (b) Fa-Hien
(c) Vira Narasimha (a) Talikota in 1565 (b) Panipat in 1661 (c) Bernier (d) Nicolo Conti
(d) Krishna Deva Raya (c) Talikota in 1665 (d) Raichur in 1510

1. (b) 2. (c) 3. (b) 4. (c) 5. (d) 6. (b) 7. (b) 8. (a) 9. (c) 10. (a) 11. (a) 12. (a) 13. (c) 14. (a) 15. (a)
16. (d) 17. (c) 18. (a) 19. (a) 20. (b) 21. (a) 22. (b) 23. (c) 24. (b) 25. (a) 26. (d) 27. (b) 28. (d) 29. (d) 30. (a)
31. (d) 32. (d) 33. (d) 34. (a) 35. (a) 36. (a) 37. (d) 38. (c) 39. (a) 40. (a) 41. (c) 42. (b) 43. (c) 44. (d) 45. (d)
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46. Name the foreign traveller who visited 54. ‘A Forgotten Empire’, written by the 63. When Raja Wodeyar founded the
Vijayanagara Empire after the battle of renowned historian Robert Sewell is about kingdom of Mysore, who was the ruler
Talikota? [UPPSC 2005] which one of the following Empires? of Vijayanagara Empire?
(a) Abdur Razzaq (b) Ceasar Frederick (a) Mauryan Empire [CDS 2009] [IAS (Pre) 2006]
(c) Nicolo Conti (d) Nuniz (b) Kushan Empire (a) Sadasiva (b) Tirumala
(c) Vijaynagar Empire (c) Ranga-II (d) Venkata-II
47. Which one of the following pairs of
(d) Mughal Empire 64. What was the chief characteristics
travellers and their nationality is not
correctly matched? [NDA 2019] 55. Where is the famous Virupaksha of financial system of Vijayanagara
(a) Ibn Battuta – Moroccan Temple located? [IAS (Pre) 2009] Empire?
(b) Duarte Barbosa – Protuguese (a) Bhadrachalam (b) Chidambaram (a) Surplus rent [BPSC 1999]
(c) Jean Baptiste Tavernier – Dutch (c) Hampi (d) Srikalahasti (b) Land Revenue
(d) Niccolao Manucci – Venetian (c) Income from Seaports
56. The rulers of Vijaynagar promoted (d) Monetary System
48. Match the following. [SSC 2007]
(a) Hindi, Marathi and Sanskrit
65. The bone of contention between the
List I (Traveller) List II (King)
Bahmani Sultanate and Vijayanagar
A. Abdur Razzaq 1. Devaraya-I (b) Malayalam, Tamil and Sanskrit
kingdom was [MPPSC 2008]
(c) Tamil, Telugu and Sanskrit
B. Nuniz 2. Devaraya-II (a) Krishna – Tungabhadra doab
(d) Telugu, Urdu and Sanskrit
C. Nicolo-de-Conti 3. Krishnadeva (b) Cauvery delta
Raya 57. Which one of the following dynasties (c) Malabar parts
D. Barbosa 4. Achyuta Raya ruled under the suzerainty of Kingdom (d) Berar
of Vijayanagar? [Astt. Comm. 2017]
Codes 66. Vijayanagara city was situated on the
(a) Sangamas, Saluvas, Tuluvas and bank of river [UPPSC 2011]
A B CD A B C D
Aravidus
(a) 2 1 3 4 (b) 1 4 3 2 (a) Wainganga (b) Cauvery
(b) Sangamas, Hoysalas, Aravidus and (c) Tungabhadra (d) Krishna
(c) 1 2 3 4 (d) 2 4 1 3 Tuluvas
49. Which of the following pairs are (c) Hoysalas, Saluvas, Poligars and 67. Building ‘Kalyana Mandala’ was a
correctly matched? Sangamas notable feature in the temple
(d) Yadavas of Devagiri, Hoysalas, construction in the kingdom of
Traveller Country from
Saluvas and Aravidus [IAS (Pre) 2019]
A. Marco Polo 1. Italy (a) Chalukya (b) Chandela
B. Ibn Battuta 2. Morocco 58. The Nayakas in the Vijayanagar empire (c) Rashtrakuta (d) Vijayanagara
C. Nikitin 3. Russia were [CDS 2001]
(a) Central ministers 68. Which of the following temples is an
D. Seydi Ali Reis 4. Turkey
(b) Military chiefs controlling particular example of wall inscription on which
Select the correct answer using the territories. stories of Ramayana and Mahabharat
codes given below. (c) Cavalry soldiers. are inscribed?
(a) 1, 2 and 3 only (b) 2 and 3 only (d) Priests of large and powerful templess. (a) Tadapatri (b) Varadraja
(c) 1, 2, 3 and 4 (d) 1 and 4 only (c) Parvati (d) Vithalswami
59. Name the platform used for ritual
50. The remains of Vijayanagara Empire purposes by the kings of the 69. The biggest administrative unit in the
can found in [BPSC 2018] Vijayanagara Empire. Vijayanagara Empire was
(a) Bijapur (b) Golconda [RPSC 2012]
(a) Mahanavami Dibba (b) Lotus Mahal
(c) Hampi (d) Baroda (c) Hazara Rama (d) Virupaksha (a) Kotayyam (b) Nadu
(c) Mandalam (d) Kurram
51. The ruins of Vijayanagara (Hampi) 60. Where is the famous Vijaya Vithala
were brought to public light in the year Temple, having its 56 carved pillars 70. With reference to the cultural history of
1800 by the following surveyor and emitting musical notes located? India, the term ‘Panchayatan’ refers to
engineer. [NDA 2019] [IAS (Pre) 2007] [IAS (Pre) 2014]
(a) James Prinsep (a) Belur (b) Bhadrachalam (a) an assembly of village elders.
(b) Colin Mackenzie (c) Hampi (d) Srirangam (b) a religious sect.
(c) James Rennell (c) a style of temple construction.
(d) Charles Metcalf 61. The lady poet who described the (d) an administrative functionary.
victorious expeditions of her husband in
52. Which among the following was the her work ‘Madhura-Vijayam’ was 71. Who was the Governor of the Mandalam
single biggest item of import to the [UPPSC 2000]
during the rule of Vijayanagar Empire?
Vijayanagara Empire? [WBCS 2020] (a) Nayak (b) Rayas
(a) Bharati (b) Ganga Devi
(a) Pearl (b) Precious stones (c) Amaram (d) None of these
(c) Varadambika (d) Vijjika
(c) Horses (d) Silk 72. Who among the following wrote
62. Sayana, the famous commentator of the ‘Manucharitam’ which throws light on
53. Identify the Vijaynagar coin which were vedic texts, patronised by [UPPSC 2008]
in the circulation and were the most the history of Vijayanagar Empire?
(a) Paramara rulers (a) Nand Timanna [IAS (Pre) 2007]
widely recognised currency. (b) Satavahana rulers
[HPSC 2012] (b) Krishnadeva Raya
(c) Vijayanagara rulers (c) Bhattumuti
(a) Dinar (b) Huna (d) Vakataka rulers (d) Allasani Peddana
(c) Panam (d) Pagoda
INDIAN HISTORY 73

73. The term ‘Amaram’ in the Vijayanagar Codes 87. Which one among the following was not a
Empire stood for A B C D A B C D reform measure carried out by Mahmud
(a) Grants given to the Brahamanas (a) 1 3 2 4 (b) 1 4 2 3 Gawan of Bahmani Kingdom? [CDS 2011]
(b) Military grants (c) 1 4 3 2 (d) 1 2 3 4 (a) The Kingdom was divided into eight
(c) Grants given to scholar and poets provinces or Tarafs.
78. Who was the founder of Bahmani
(d) Grants given to the widows and the (b) Nobles were paid salaries and were
Kingdom? [BPSC 2018, WBCS 2008]
poor asked to maintain contingents of
(a) Alauddin Hasan (b) Firoz Shah
horses.
74. The kings of Vijayanagara, ruled on (c) Mahmud Gaonwa (d) Asaf Khan
(c) A tract of land, Khalisa, was set apart
the behalf of which among the for the expenses of the Tarafdar.
79. The Bahmani Kingdom was founded
following deity? [RPSC 2012] (d) Lands were measured and land taxes
in the year [UPPSC 2005]
(a) Natraj (b) Murugan were fixed on that basis.
(a) 1336 (b) 1338 (c) 1347 (d)
(c) Venkatesh (d) Virupaksha 1361
88. The famous Gol Gumbaz of Bijapur was
75. Consider the following statements. 80. Which of the following was the first built by which among the following
I. Narasimha Saluva ended the capital of the Bahmani Kingdom? Deccan Sultan? [SSC 2008]
Sangama dynasty and seized the [CGPSC 2014] (a) Mohammad Adil Shah
throne for himself and started Saluva
(a) Bidar (b) Gulbarga (b) Mahmud Gawan
dynasty.
(c) Daultabad (d) Hussainabad (c) Yusuf Adil Shah
II. Vira Narasimha deposed the last
Saluva ruler and seized the throne (d) Ismail Adil Shah
81. The Bahmani kingdom disintegrated
for himself. into five independent kingdoms in 89. The world famous Koh-i-Noor diamond was
III. Vira Narasimha was succeeded by (a) 1536 AD (b) 1542 AD excavated from the mines of [SSC 2006]
his younger brother, Krishnadeva (c) 1526 AD (d) 1527 AD (a) Odisha (b) Chota nagpur
Raya.
(c) Bijapur (d) Golconda
IV. Krishnadeva Raya was succeeded 82. Alaudin Hasan, who founded
by his half brother, Achyuta Raya. Bahmani kingdom was noble of 90. Who among the following rulers of Qutub
Which of the statements given above which ruler of Delhi Sultanate? Shahi dynasty built the famous Char
are correct? [IAS (Pre) 2004] (a) Mohammad bin Tughluq Minar?
(a) I, II and III (b) II, III and IV (b) Firuz Shah Tughlaq (a) Mohammad Quti Qutub Shah
(c) I and IV (d) All of these (c) Alauddin Khilji (b) Sultan Quti Qutub Shah
(d) Ibrahim Lodi (c) Sultan Muhammad Qutub Shah
76. Consider the following statements (d) Abdullah Qutub Shah
about Vijayanagar Empire. 83. In how many provinces did Bahmani
I. Vijaynagar was noted for its markets kingdom under Alaudin Hasan was 91. Who among the following was the author of
dealing in spices, textiles and divided? the book ‘Kitab-i-Nauras’? [UPPSC 2020]
precious stones. (a) Four (b) Five (c) Eight (d) Two (a) Ibrahim Adil Shah II
II. Krishnadeva Raya’s rule was (b) Ali Adil Shah
characterised by the strain within the 84. Which among the following rulers of
Bahmani kingdom was called as (c) Quli Qutab Shah
imperial structure. (d) Akbar II
III. The amara-nayakas were military ‘Nero of Deccan’?
commanders who were given (a) Mahmud Gawan 92. The Bahmani architecture in the Deccan is
territories to be governed by the (b) Ibrahim Adil Shah marked by its distinct originality and
Rayas. (c) Humayun independent style. Which of the following
Which of the statement(s) given above (d) Hasan Gangu statements about Bahmani architecture
is/are correct? [CDS 2010] are correct?
85. Who among the following Prime
(a) Only III (b) I and II I. It derived its elements from the
Minister of Bahmani ruler established
(c) I and III (d) All of these architectural styles of the Delhi
famous Madrasa at Bidar?
Sultanate and that of distant Persia.
77. Match the following important revenue (a) Mahmud Gawan
II. The forts built by the Bahmanis were
terms. (b) Hasan Gangu
undoubtedly the greatest monuments
(c) Humayun
List I List II far exceeding any of the same period in
(d) Ibrahim Adil Shah Europe.
A. Mahsul 1. Collected
revenue 86. Who was the ruler of Golconda when III. Bahmani architecture did reflect
Aurangzeb seized the fort of harmonious blend of both Hindi and
B. Devadana 2. The crown
village Golconda in 1687? [UPSC 2020] Islamic styles.
(a) Abul Hasan Qutb Shah Select the correct answer using the codes
C. Mashahat 3. Measurement
system (b) Sikandar Adil Shah given below
(c) Ali Adil Shah II (a) I, II and III (b) II and III
D. Bhandaravada 4. Land granted to
Temple (d) Shayasta Khan (c) I and III (d) I and II

46. (b) 47. (c) 48. (d) 49. (c) 50. (c) 51. (b) 52. (c) 53. (d) 54. (c) 55. (c) 56. (d) 57. (a) 58. (b) 59. (a) 60. (c)
61. (b) 62. (c) 63. (d) 64. (b) 65. (a) 66. (c) 67. (d) 68. (d) 69. (c) 70. (c) 71. (a) 72. (d) 73. (b) 74. (d) 75. (d)
76. (c) 77. (c) 78. (a) 79. (c) 80. (b) 81. (d) 82. (a) 83. (b) 84. (c) 85. (a) 86. (a) 87. (c) 88. (a) 89. (d) 90. (a)
91. (a) 92. (c)
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12
Emergence of Provincial
Kingdoms (North and South India)
1. At which place did Sikandar Shah 7. Which among the following ruler 13. Zain-ul-Abidin wrote poems in
constructed Adina Mosque? of Bengal was contemporary of Persian with the pen name of
(a) Pandua (Bengal) Vaishnava Saint ‘Chaitanya’? (a) Qutb
(b) Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh) [IAS (Pre) 2009] (b) Gulrakhi
(c) Sasaram (Bihar) (a) Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah (c) Mumbayan
(d) Bhubaneshwar (Odisha) (b) Sikander Shah II (d) Shamsi
2. Who among the following is founder of (c) Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah
14. Famous for his price control policies,
the Ilyas Shahi dynasty of Bengal? (d) Alauddin Husain Shah Zain-ul-Abidin was also known as
(a) Sikander Shah 8. Which Sultan was reputed to be ‘Akbar (a) Akbar of Kashmir
(b) Azam Shah of Kashmir’? [BPSC 2019, RAS/RTS 1993] (b) Alauddin Khilji of Kashmir
(c) Hamza Shah (a) Sultan Shamsuddin Shah (c) Balban of Kashmir
(d) Ilyas-Shah (d) Illutmish of Kashmir
(b) Sultan Qutbuddin
3. Which among the following Bengal ruler (c) Sultan Sikander 15. Zain-ul-Abidin ordered translation of
had established friendly relationship (d) Sultan Zain-ul-Abidin Mahabharat and Rajatarangini in
with the Ming Empire of China?
9. Which among the following ruler (a) Urdu [IAS (Pre) 2002]
(a) Jalal ud Din Ahmad Shah
abolished jizya first time? (b) Persian
(b) Shams-ud-Din Ahmad Shah
[UK UDA/LDA 2006] (c) Pashto
(c) Mahmud Shah
(d) Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah (a) Zain-ul-Abidin (d) Arabi
(b) Muhammad bin Tughluq 16. On whose order the famous Sun
4. Which among the following Bengal (c) Hussain Shah Sharaqi
ruler had given protection to writer of temple at Martand was destroyed?
(d) Akbar (a) Zain-ul-Abidin
‘Sri Krishna Vijaya’, Maladhar Basu?
(a) Sikandar Shah 10. Zain-ul-Abidin who prohibited cow (b) Sikandar Butshikan
(b) Barbak Shah slaughter was ruler of [UPPSC 2008] (c) Ali shah
(c) Alauddin Husain Shah (a) Bengal (b) Malwa (d) Habib Shah
(d) Nusrat Shah (c) Kashmir (d) Gujarat 17. Kalhana’s Rajatarangini was written
5. Who among the following translated 11. The first thirty five years rule of Zain-ul- in
Ramayana into Bengali during the Abidin has been described in the (a) 11th century AD [UP Lower 2004]
reign of Barbak Shah? Rajatarangini Dvitiya. It was written by (b) 12th century AD
(a) Krittibas (a) Kalhan (b) Srivara (c) 13th century AD
(b) Maladhar Basu (c) Jonaraja (d) Haider Shah (d) 10th century AD
(c) Kuladhar
(d) Rarimukta Brihaspati Mishra 12. Sultan Zain-ul-Abidin belonged to which 18. Which among the following ruler of
dynasty of Kashmir? Kashmir ordered the construction of
6. Who among the following was founder (a) Shah Mir dynasty Martand Sun temple?
of Hussain Shahi dynasty of Bengal? (b) Karkota dynasty (a) Tarapid
(a) Shamsuddin Muzaffar Shah (c) Hussain Shahi dynasty (b) Lalitaditya Muktapida
(b) Nasiruddin Nusrat Shah (c) Avanti Varman
(d) Sharqi dynasty
(c) Alauddin Husain Shah (d) Didda
(d) Mahmud Shah
INDIAN HISTORY 75

19. Consider the following statements. 28. The ‘Jahaj-Mahal’ of Mandu was built 36. Which among the following Sultan of
The striking feature of the Jama Masjid by whom? [MPPSC 2020, 2017] Gujarat was killed by the Portuguese
in Kashmir completed by Zain-ul-Abidin (a) Ghiyasuddin Khilji on board the ship when making a deal
include(s) [IAS (Pre) 1999] (b) Sultan Sirajuddin II with them? [IAS (Pre) 2005]
I. Turret (c) Ahmad Shah I (a) Mahmud Begada
II. Similarity with Buddhist Pagodas (d) Sikander Shah (b) Mohammad Shah
III. Persian style (c) Bahadur Shah
29. Which among the following Mewar ruler (d) Hussain Shah
Which of the above statements is/are
was contemporary of Mahmud Shah of
correct?
Malwa? 37. Match the following. [IAS (Pre) 2006]
(a) I alone (b) I, II and III
(a) Maharana Pratap
(c) II and III (d) I and III List I List II
(b) Rana Kumbha (Coins) (Region)
20. Who among the following established (c) Mahendra Pratap
Sharqi dynasty at Jaunpur? (d) Ran Vikramjit Singh A. Pagoda 1. Gujarat
(a) Malik Sarwar B. Mahmudi 2. Vijayanagar
30. The last ruler of Malwa, Baz Bhahadur C. Muzaffari 3. North India
(b) Ibrahim Shah Sharqi
was defeated by Mughal forces in
(c) Hussain Shah Sharqi D. Sikandri 4. Malwa
(a) Battle of Sarangpur
(d) Ahmed Shah Sharqi Codes
(b) Battle of Kambalgarh
21. The capital of Sharqi dynasty during (c) Battle of Gagron A B CD A B C D
15th-16th century AD was? (d) Battle of Mandavgad (a) 4 3 2 1 (b) 2 1 4 3
(a) Jaffrabad [UPPSC 2011] (c) 4 1 2 3 (d) 2 3 4 1
31. Consider the following statements.
(b) Kadha-Manikpur
I. Mandu is in Dhar district. 38. Who among the following laid the
(c) Benaras foundation of Sisodiya clan of Mewar?
II. Hindola Mahal is in Mandu.
(d) Jaunpur (a) Hammir Singh
Select the correct answer on the basis
22. Which one of the following places was of above statements. [MPPSC 2020] (b) Maharana Pratap
known as ‘Shiraz of East’ during the (a) Only I is true (b) Only II is true (c) Rana Kumbha
regime of Sharqi rulers? [UPPSC 2001] (c) Both are false (d) Both are true (d) Mokal
(a) Agra (b) Delhi
32. Which among the following ruler had 39. The ruler of Mewar who defeated
(c) Jaunpur (d) Varanasi Mahmud Khilji of Malwa was
established an Independent Gujarat
23. Who among the following ordered the Sultanate? (a) Rana Kumbha (b) Rana Sanga
construction of Atala mosque in (a) Muzaffar Shah (c) Amar Singh (d) Maharana Pratap
Jaunpur? [MPPSC 2010] (b) Ahmad Shah I 40. Which among the following ruler of
(a) Ibrahim Shah Sharqi (c) Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah Mewar was well versed in music and
(b) Khwaja Shah (d) Bahadur Shah wrote treatise on music called Sangeet
(c) Islam Shah raj, Sangeet mimansa, Sangeet
(d) Hussain Shah
33. The greatest ruler of Gujarat Sultanate
who captured Pavagadh and Junagadh ratnakar?
24. Who among the following was the last was (a) Rana Kumbha
ruler of Sharqi dynasty? [UPPSC 2017] (a) Mahmud Begada (b) Rana Sanga
(a) Muhammad Shah (b) Hussain Shah (b) Ahmad Shah I (c) Rana Ratan Singh
(c) Islam Shah (d) Khwaja Shah (c) Daud Shah (d) Maharana Pratap
(d) Bahadur Shah 41. Which among the following ruler
25. Who among the following established
independent Muslim rule in Malwa? 34. Who among the following ordered the constructed Vijay Stumbha in 1448 CE
[MPPSC 2010] construction of Bash-e-Firdaus? to commemorate his victory over the
(a) Mahmud Begada combined armies of Malwa and Gujarat
(a) Hoshang Shah (b) Mahmud Shah
(b) Daud Shah led by Mahmud khilji?
(c) Nasiruddin (d) Dilawar Khan
(c) Bahadur Shah (a) Rana Kumbha
26. Who among the following laid the (d) Ahmad Shah I (b) Rana Sanga
foundation of Khilji dynasty in Malwa? (c) Rana Ratan Singh
(a) Mahmud Shah I (b) Hoshang Shah 35. Who among the following established (d) Maharana Pratap
(c) Mahmud II (d) Sultan Mirza Ahmedabad as capital city of Gujarat
Sultanate? 42. Who amongst the following scholars
27. Who among the following Sultan of (a) Sultan Ahmad Shah was not in the court of Kumbha?
Malwa shifted his capital from Dhar to (b) Mahmud Begada (a) Muni Sunder Suri [RAS/RTS 2016]
Mandu? (c) Daud Shah (b) Natha
(a) Hoshang Shah (b) Mahmud Shah I (d) Bahadur Shah (c) Tilla Bhatt
(c) Baz Bahadur (d) Dilawar Khan (d) Muni Jin Vijay Suri

1. (a) 2. (d) 3. (d) 4. (b) 5. (a) 6. (c) 7. (d) 8. (d) 9. (a) 10. (c) 11. (c) 12. (a) 13. (a) 14. (b) 15. (b)
16. (b) 17. (b) 18. (b) 19. (b) 20. (a) 21. (d) 22. (c) 23. (a) 24. (b) 25. (d) 26. (a) 27. (d) 28. (a) 29. (b) 30. (a)
31. (d) 32. (a) 33. (a) 34. (a) 35. (a) 36. (c) 37. (b) 38. (a) 39. (a) 40. (a) 41. (a) 42. (d)
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43. Rana Sanga defeated Ibrahim Lodhi in 54. Gujari Mahal was built by Which of the statement(s) given above
(a) Battle of Khatoli [MPPSC 2018] is/are correct?
(b) Battle of Saragaon (a) Akbar (b) Shah Jahan (a) Only I
(c) Battle of Khanwa (c) Man Singh (d) None of these (b) Only II
(d) Battle of Chittor (c) Both I and II
55. Which among the following ruler had (d) None of the above
44. Marwar was ruled by established Immad Shahi dynasty of
(a) Sisodiyan dynasty Berar? 63. Consider the following statements
(b) Rathod dynasty (a) Fathullah Imad-ul-Mulk regarding Adil Shahi dynasty of
(c) Gaikawad dynasty (b) Yusuf Adil Shah Bijapur.
(d) Scindia dynasty (c) Qutub Shah I. It was bounded on the West by the
(d) Malik Ahmad Portuguese state of Goa and on the
45. Who among the following founded the East by the Sultanate of Golconda
city of Jodhpur? 56. What was the capital of Immad Shahi ruled by Qutub Shahi dynasty.
(a) Rao Jodha dynasty of Berar? II. It was gradually weakened by the
(b) Udai Singh (a) Ellichpur (b) Paratwada rise Marathas under the Shivaji.
(c) Chandrasen Rathore (c) Deogiri (d) Bijapur III. It was annexed by the Mughal forces
(d) Maharaja Jaswant Singh under Aurangzeb in 1686 AD.
57. Who among the following established
Adil Shahi dynasty of Bijapur? Which of the statement given above
46. Who was the greatest ruler of Marwar? is/are correct?
(a) Mal Dev (b) Udai Singh (a) Yusuf Adil Shah
(b) Ibrahim Adil Shah (a) I and II
(c) Chandrasen Rathore (d) Rao Ganga
(c) Qutub Shah (b) II and III
47. Kachwaha rulers belonged to which (d) Malik Ahmad (c) I and III
among the following dynasties of (d) All of the above
India? [RRB 2013] 58. The Deccani Muslim state which
(a) Mewar (b) Marawar declared Hindaivi or ‘Dakhini Urdu’ as 64. Who among the following established
the official language of the state instead Nizam Shahi dynasty of Ahmadnagar?
(c) Amber (d) Rashtrakuta
of Persian was (a) Hussain Nizam Shah I
48. The Kachwaha dynasty was founded in (a) Bijapur (b) Ahmednagar (b) Murtaza Nizam Shah
[MPPSC 2016] (c) Malik Ahmad
(c) Golconda (d) Berar
(a) Ninth century AD (d) Chand bibi
(b) Tenth century AD 59. Which one of the following Muslim rulers
(c) Eleventh century AD were hailed as the jagadguru by his 65. Who among the following is regarded
(d) Twelfth century AD Muslim subjects, because of his belief in as pioneer in Guerilla warfare?
secularism. [IAS (Pre) 2000] (a) Malik Ambar, Prime Minister of
49. Anantavarman Chodaganga belonged (a) Hussain Shah (b) Zainul Abidin Ahmadnagar Sultanate.
to which of the following provincial (b) Shivaji, founder of Maratha Empire.
(c) Ibrahim Adil Shah II (d) Mahmud
kingdom? [SSC CPO 2018] (c) Prithviraj Chauhan of Chauhan
(a) Assam (b) Bengal 60. Who among the following rulers of Adil dynasty.
(c) Orrisa (d) Kamrup Shahi dynasty was famous as ‘Abla baba’ (d) Babur, founder of Mughal dynasty.
and established a town Nauraspur
50. Which among the following ruler exclusively devoted to the music? 66. Chand bibi was related with which
ordered the construction of Sun temple (a) Yusuf Adil Shah among the following Deccan kingdom?
at Orrisa? [SSC 2018] [CG Patwari 2019]
(b) Ismail Adil Shah
(a) Narsingh I (b) Narsingh II (c) Sikander Adil Shah (a) Bijapur
(c) Pulakeshin I (d) Pulakeshin II (d) Ibrahim Adil Shah II (b) Golconda
51. The Suryavamsi ruler of Orrisa adopted (c) Ahmadnagar
61. Who among the following had ordered (d) Berar
the title of [UPPSC 2016]
the construction of Gol Gumbaz?
(a) Suryapati (b) Gajapati (a) Mahmud Khan [UPPSC 2010] 67. How did the dynasty of Nizam Shahis
(c) Singh pati (d) Surya Vansiya (b) Yusuf Adil Shah of Ahmadnagar come to an end?
52. The provincial kingdom of Gwalior was (c) Ismail Adil Shah [IAS (Pre) 2004]
ruled by (d) Mohammad Adil Shah (a) Ahmadnagar was annexed into
(a) Tomar (b) Kachwahas Mughal empire and Hussain Shah
62. Consider the following statements was consigned to life imprisonment.
(c) Sisodiya (d) Rathod regarding the interest of the rulers of (b) Mughal troops destroyed
53. Which among the following musician Bijapur in Architecture. Daulatabad fort and killed
had served at the court of Man Singh I. The Gol Gumbaz, mausoleum of Nizam-ul-Mulk of Ahmadnagar.
Tomar at Gwalior and Bahadur Shah of Sultan Ibrahim Adil Shah I is among (c) Fateh Khan usurped the throne
Gujarat? [Astt. Comm. 2019] the biggest Single Chamber Structure from Nizam-ul-Mulk.
(a) Baiju Bawara in the world. (d) Malik Ambar was defeated in a
(b) Tansen II. Ibrahim Rauza, the mausoleum of battle with Mughals in 1631, and the
(c) Lala Kalwant Sultan Ibrahim Adil Shah II was entire royal family was killed by the
(d) Rang Khan Kalwant inspired by the architecture of Taj Mughal troops.
Mahal.
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68. Who among the following was the (c) It was annexed into Mughal Empire 80. Consider the following statements
founder of Qutb Shahi Dynasty of by Aurangzeb and Tana Shah was I. Berar was founded by Fateilah Imad
Golconda? imprisoned in the Daultabad fort. Shah.
(a) Quli Qutb-ul-Mulk (d) It ended after popular revolt of II. Gokonda was founded by Quli Qutub
(b) Subhan Quli Qutb Shah peasants led by two brothers Shah.
Madanna and Akkanna.
(c) Abdullah Qutb Shah III. Bijapur was founded by Yusuf Adil
(d) Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah 74. ‘Dwara Samundra’ was the capital of Shah.
which dynastic power? IV. Ahmadnagar was founded by Malik
69. What is Golconda called at present? Ahmad in the year 1490.
[UPRO/ARO 2014]
[MPPSC 1990]
(a) Ganga (b) Kakatiya Choose the correct answer from the
(a) Hyderabad (c) Hoysala (d) Kadamba codes given below.
(b) Karnataka (a) I, II and IV (b) I, II and III
(c) Bijapur 75. Hoysala monuments are found in (c) II, III and IV (d) All of these
(d) Banglore (a) Hampi and Hospet[IAS (Pre) 2001]
(b) Halebid and Belur 81. Match the following. [IAS (Pre) 2008]
70. At which among the following places did (c) Mysore and Bangalore
Quli Qutb Shah ordered the construction List I List II
(d) Sringeri and Dharwad (Dynasty) (Sultanate formed
of Charminar?
(a) Sikandrabad 76. What is the modern name of after disintegrahon
(b) Hyderabad Hoysaleshvara is ancient capital of of Deccan Sultanate)
(c) Ahmednagar Dwarasamudra? [UPPSC 2003] A. Adil Shahi 1. Ahmadnagar
(d) Bijapur (a) Sringeri (b) Belur B. Barid Shahi 2. Berar
(c) Halebid (d) Somnathpur C. Imad Shahi 3. Bidar
71. Which among the following dynasties of
South India started the sacred tradition 77. Who were polygars of South India? D. Nizam Shahi 4. Bijapur
of sending pearls to the Bhadrachalam (a) Ordinary Zamindars [UPPSC 2015] E. Qutub Shahi 5. Golkonda
temple of Rama on Rama Navami? (b) Mahajans
Codes
(a) Qutb Shahi dynasty (c) Territorial Administrative and
Military Governors A B CD E A B C D E
(b) Imad Shahi dynasty
(d) Newly enriched traders (a) 3 2 4 1 5 (b) 4 3 2 5 1
(c) Nizam Shahi dynasty
(c) 3 2 4 5 1 (d) 4 3 2 1 5
(d) Adil Shahi dynasty 78. Choose the pair which is not correctly
matched. [UPPSC 2004] 82. Match the following. [UPPSC 2019]
72. Madanna and Akkanna rose to
prominence during the rule of (a) Baz Bahadur – Malwa List I List II
(a) Abul Hasan Qutb Shah (b) Qutb Shah – Golconda (Kingdom) (Capital)
(b) Subhan Quli Qutb Shah (c) Sultan Muzaffar Shah – Gujarat A. Pallava 1. Warangal
(c) Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah (d) Yusuf Adil Shah – Ahmadnagar
B. Pandaya 2. Kanchi
(d) Abdullah Qutb Shah 79. Choose the pair which is not correctly C. Yadava 3. Madurai
73. How did the dynasty of Qutb Shahi of matched. [UPPSC 2018] D. Kakatiya 4. Devgiri
Golconda came to an end? (a) Adina Masjid – Mandu
Codes
(a) It was annexed by Nizam Shahi under (b) Lal darwaza Masjid – Jaunpur
A B CD A B C D
the rule of Malik Amber. (c) Dakhil darwaza – Gonda
(b) It was annexed by the Marathas, (a) 2 1 4 3 (b) 2 3 4 1
(d) Teen darwaza – Ahmedabad
under the leadership of Shivaji. (c) 1 2 3 4 (d) 2 4 3 1

43. (a) 44. (b) 45. (a) 46. (a) 47. (c) 48. (b) 49. (c) 50. (b) 51. (b) 52. (a) 53. (a) 54. (c) 55. (a) 56. (a) 57. (a)
58. (a) 59. (c) 60. (d) 61. (d) 62. (c) 63. (d) 64. (c) 65. (a) 66. (c) 67. (a) 68. (a) 69. (a) 70. (b) 71. (a) 72. (a)
73. (c) 74. (c) 75. (b) 76. (c) 77. (c) 78. (d) 79. (a) 80. (d) 81. (d) 82. (b)
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13
Religious Movements of
15th and 16th Century CE
1. The Bhakti culture reborn in India during 8. Who among the following according to 13. Which of the following is not correctly
(a) Vedic age [UPPSC 1993] thinkers is referred as hidden Buddha? matched?
(b) 10th Century AD (a) Ramanujacharya [UPPSC 2006]
Philosophy Founder
(c) 12th Century AD (b) Shankaracharya (a) Vishishtadvaita – Ramanujacharya
(d) 15th-16th Century AD (c) Kumarila Bhatta (b) Dvaitadvaita – Nimbark
(d) Chaitanya
2. The Bhakti Movement was started by Acharya
[UP UDA/LDA 2001] 9. Which of the following statements (c) Dvaita – Madhvacharya
(a) Alvar Saints (b) Sufi Saints is/are true about Shankaracharya ? (d) Shuddhadvaita – Ramananda
(c) Surdas (d) Tulsidas I. Shankaracharya have founded four
Mathas at Badrinath, Puri, Sringeri 14. Which among the following places is
3. Who was/were the 10th century
and Dwarka. birth place of founder of Pushtimarg
composers of the Nalayira Divya Saint Vallabhacharya? [CGPSC 2015]
II. He travelled across the Indian
Prabandham? [CDS 2018]
Sub-continent to propagate his (a) Shivrinarayan
(a) Alvars (b) Nayanars philosophy through discovers and (b) Bilaspur
(c) Appar (d) Sambandar debates with other thinkers. (c) Ratanpur
4. The earlier Vaishnava Bhakti Saints III. He introduced the concept of Dvaita - (d) Champaranya
from the South were [HPSC 2012] advaita.
Select the correct answer using the
15. Who among the following propounded
(a) Alvars (b) Nayanars the philosophy of Shuddh advaita?
(c) Bhagavatas (d) Virashaivites codes given below.
[UP UDA/LDA 2005]
(a) I and III
5. Shankaracharya was born in (a) Madavacharya (b) Vallabhacharya
(b) I and II
(a) Kaladi (Kerala) (c) Srikantacharya (d) Ramanuj
(c) I, II and III
(b) Surat (Gujarat) (d) None of the above 16. Name the Indian Telugu philosopher
(c) Aurangabad (Maharashtra) who founded the Krishna centered
(d) Eran (Madhya Pradesh) 10. Name the philosophy propounded by Pushti sect of Vaishnavism in the Braj
Ramanujacharya. [UPPSC 1991]
6. Which among the following sect was region of India?
(a) Vishishtadvaita (a) Madavacharya
propounded by Shankaracharya? (b) Shuddha Advaita
(a) Visistadvaitva Vedana (b) Ramananda
(c) Dvaita (c) Vallabhacharya
(b) Advaita Vedanta (d) Monotheism
(c) Vishishtadvaita (d) Nimbarkacharya
(d) Pushtimarg 11. The follower of Ramanujana are called 17. Nimbarkacharya is associated with
as [UPPSC 1999]
which of the following sect?
7. Adi Shankaracharya established four (a) Shavaite (b) Vaishnavite
Mathas. These Mathas are situated at (a) Dvaitadvaita (b) Vishishtadvaita
(c) Advaitins (d) Awadhut (c) Dvaita (d) Shuddhadvaita
[UPPSC 2006]
(a) Sringeri, Dwarka, Joshimath and 12. The famous sect propounded by 18. Who among the following propounded
Prayag Madhvacharya was Sankadi Sampradaya?
(b) Dwarka, Joshimath, Prayag and (a) Dvaita [UP UDA/LDA 2001] (a) Ramanuja
Kanchi (b) Pushtimarg (b) Vallabhacharya
(c) Joshimath, Dwarka, Puri and Sringeri (c) Materialism (c) Madhavacharya
(d) Puri, Sringeri, Dwarka and Varanasi (d) Fatalism (d) Nimbarkacharya
INDIAN HISTORY 79

19. The famous medieval Saint Ramananda 30. Which one of the following statements 39. Who among the following is considered
was born at [UPPSC 2010] about the teachings of Kabir is not as Guru of Mirabai?
(a) Lucknow (b) Prayag correct? [CDS 2011] (a) Ramanuja (b) Kabir
(c) Varanasi (d) Kanpur (a) He was not against pilgrimage and (c) Dadu Dayal (d) Ravidas
idol worship.
20. Who among the following are saints of the (b) He believed in universal love. 40. The famous Bhakti Saint Chaitanya
medieval age of India? [UPPSC 2010] Mahaprabhu was born at
(c) He emphasised on one God and
(a) Kumbhandas (b) Ramananda the spread of devotionalism. (a) Nadia/Nabadwip (b) Talwandi
(c) Raidas (d) Tulsidas (d) He did not consider it necessary to (c) Nimbapur (d) Maghar
21. Who among the following was the first abandon the normal life of a 41. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was related
Bhakti Saint to use Hindi for the householder. with among the following sect?
propagation of his message? 31. Verses ascribed to poet-saint Kabir [UPPSC 1990]
[IAS (Pre) 2002] have been compiled in which of the (a) Vaishnava (b) Shalva
(a) Dadu (b) Kabir following traditions? [CDS 2018] (c) Buddhist (d) Sufi
(c) Ramananda (d) Tulsidas I. Bijak in Varanasi 42. Who was the Hindu saint to have a
22. Ramananda was disciple of II. Kabir Granthavali in Rajasthan disciple in both Hindus and Muslims?
(a) Ramanuj (b) Shankaracharya III. Adi Granth Sahib [WBPSC 2007]
(c) Kabir (d) Vallabhacharya Select the correct answer using the (a) Sri Chaitanya (b) Ramanuja
codes given below. (c) Ravidas (d) Namdev
23. Kabir was disciple of [UP Lower 2002] (a) I and II (b) II and III
(a) Chaitanya (b) Ramananda (c) Only III (d) All of these 43. Which among the following Bhakti
(c) Ramanuja (d) Tukaram Saints popularised Vaishnavism in
32. The famous Nirguna Bhakti Saint, Bengal through his kirtans?
24. ‘Let no man ask a man’s sect or caste’ Dadu Dayal was born at (a) Shankardeva
whose dictum was this? [UPPSC 2009] (a) Ahmedabad (b) Prayag (b) Tukaram
(a) Kabir (b) Ramananda (c) Bhopal (d) Varanasi (c) Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
(c) Ramanuja (d) Chaitanya (d) Surdas
33. Who among the following Nirguna
25. Consider the following statements in Bhakti Saint had met Akbar in 1575 44. Vaishnavism in Kamrupa was
context of famous Bhakti Saint and influenced him by his views? popularised by [UPPSC 2002]
Ramananda? (a) Dadu Dayal (b) Ramanuja (a) Chaitanya (b) Nimbarka
I. He is credited with bringing Shaivite (c) Kabir (d) Guru Nanak (c) Ramananda (d) Sankardev
tradition from South to North India.
II. He laid emphasis on worship of Rama. 34. Mirabai was not contemporary of 45. Famous medieval Saint Sankaradev
III. He had twenty disciples. (a) Tulsidas belonged to [UPPSC 2015]
Which of the statement(s) given above (b) Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (a) Shaiva cult
is/are correct? (c) Guru Nanak (b) Vaishnava cult
(a) I and II (b) II and III (d) Ramakrishna Paramahans (c) Advaita cult
(c) Only II (d) I, II and III 35. Mirabai emphasised on worship of (d) Dvaita-Advaita cult
26. Kabir was contemporary of which of the following diety? 46. Who among the following founded the
(a) Sikandar Lodi (b) Babar (a) Krishna (b) Vishnu Ekasarana sect?
(c) Alauddin Khilji (d) Akbar (c) Shiv (d) Ganpati (a) Sankardev (b) Chaitanya
36. The common goal of life of both (c) Madhva (d) Vallabhacharya
27. ‘Bijak’ was composed by which among the
following Bhakti Saints? [MPPSC 2002] Buddha and Mirabai was 47. Consider the following statements
(a) Surdas (b) Kabir (a) Following Ahimsa [RAS/RTS 1992] regarding Sankardev.
(c) Ravidas (d) Pipajee (b) Austerity of Nirvana I. He is responsible for introduction of
(c) The World is Full of Sorrow Bhakti Movement in Assam.
28. A collection of dialogues between Kabir (d) Truth II. He popularised the Assamese culture
and Dharamdas is titled [UPPSC 2003] through promotion of Ankia Naat,
(a) Sahad (b) Amarmul 37. The name of the husband of famous
Sattriya dance and Brajavali.
(c) Sakhi (d) Ramaini devotee poet Mirabai [RAS/RTS 1997]
III. He established many Vaishnavite
(a) Rana Ratan Singh
29. What is Sant Bhasha? monasteries satras.
(b) Rajkumar Bhojraj
[Astt. Comm. 2019] Which among the statement(s) given
(c) Rana Uday Singh
(a) Language of the Nirguna mystics. above is/are correct?
(d) Rana Sanga
(b) Language of the Ulatbansi mystics. (a) I and II
(c) Language of the Nirakar mystics. 38. Who wrote ‘Rag-Govind’?[CGPSC 2014] (b) II and III
(d) Language of the Saguna mystics. (a) Mirabai (b) Narhari (c) I and III
(c) Surdas (d) Raskhan (d) All of the above

1. (d) 2. (a) 3. (a) 4. (a) 5. (a) 6. (b) 7. (c) 8. (b) 9. (b) 10. (a) 11. (b) 12. (a) 13. (d) 14. (d) 15. (b)
16. (c) 17. (a) 18. (d) 19. (b) 20. (b) 21. (c) 22. (a) 23. (b) 24. (b) 25. (c) 26. (a) 27. (b) 28. (b) 29. (b) 30. (a)
31. (d) 32. (a) 33. (a) 34. (d) 35. (a) 36. (c) 37. (b) 38. (a) 39. (d) 40. (a) 41. (a) 42. (a) 43. (c) 44. (d) 45. (b)
46. (a) 47. (d)
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48. Tulsidas was contemporary of 60. The literature composed by Ramdas 71. Which Sikh Guru was born at Patna?
(a) Akbar and Jahangir [UPPSC 2004] was [MPPSC 2013] [BPSC 2015]
(b) Shah Jahan (a) Dasbodh (b) Bijak (a) Nanak (b) Tegh Bahadur
(c) Aurangzeb (c) Vinay Patrika (d) Sahitya lahiri (c) Hargobind (d) Gobind Singh
(d) Babar and Humayun
61. Which among the following sect was 72. Guru Gobind Singh greatness lies in
49. The book ‘Ramcharitmanas’ was initiated by Ramdas to revive spirituality the fact that [RAS/RTS 1993]
written by [UK UDA/LDA 2007] in the society? (a) he formed the military order of Sikh.
(a) Tulsidas (b) Valmiki (a) Sakha (b) Satnami (b) he was the founder of Sikh state.
(c) Surdas (d) Ved Vyas (c) Samarth (d) Warkari (c) he made Sikhs peaceful.
(d) he defeated Aurangzeb.
50. Which of the following is not a 62. Who among the following composed
composition of Saint Tulsidas? Dnyaneshwari and Amrutanubhav, 73. Which among the following Sikh Gurus
[MPPSC 2014] considered as oldest surviving literary instituted the Khalsa Panth?
(a) Gitavali (b) Kavitavali works in Marathi language? [MPPSC 2014]
(c) Vinay Patrika (d) Sahitya ratna (a) Dnyaneshwar (b) Eknath (a) Guru Gobind Singh
(c) Tukaram (d) Namdev (b) Guru Tegh Bahadur
51. Who among the following has composed (c) Guru Arjan Dev
Vinay Patrika? [CGPSC 2018] 63. Which among the following Bhakti
(d) Guru Nanak Dev
(a) Tulsidas (b) Surdas Saint composed Abhangas?
(c) Kabir (d) Keshavdas (a) Kabir (b) Ramdas 74. Nanded is considered sacred by Sikhs
(c) Chaitanya (d) Tukaram due to whose Mausoleum?
52. The religious sect popularised by (a) Guru Amardas [UPPSC 2002]
Surdas was 64. Which of the following was the birth
place of Guru Nanak? [UPPSC 2007] (b) Guru Angad
(a) Vaishnavism (b) Shaktism (c) Guru Arjan Dev
(c) Shaivism (d) Tantricism (a) Amritsar (b) Nabha
(d) Guru Gobind Singh
(c) Nankana (d) Nanded
53. The ‘Sur Sagar’ is [CDS 2015] 75. Which of the following Sikh Gurus were
(a) a medieval treatise on music 65. Guru Nanak Dev established Sikh religion
penalised with death by the Rulers of
composed by Tansen. during the reign of [UPPSC 2008]
the time? [UP UDA/LDA 2002]
(b) a poetic work of Surdas. (a) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
I. Guru Angad
(c) memories of Bahadur Shah Zafar. (b) Sikandar Lodi
II. Guru Arjan Dev
(d) None of the above (c) Humayun
III. Guru Har Gobind
(d) Akbar
54. Whose work raised the status of Braj IV. Guru Tegh Bahadur
Bhasha from a crude language to that 66. God knows man’s virtues and enquires Select the correct answer from the
of a literary one? not his caste, in the next world there is codes given below.
(a) Surdas (b) Tulsidas no caste. This was the theory of which (a) II and IV (b) II and III
(c) Chaitanya (d) Ravidas Bhakti Saint? [RAS/RTS 2010] (c) I and III (d) I and II
(a) Ramanand (b) Badu
55. Which of the following is not a (c) Nanak (d) Ramanuja 76. Malukdas was a saint poet of
composition of Saint Surdas? [UPPSC 2008]
(a) Sahitya Lahiri (b) Sur Sagar 67. The city of Amritsar in Punjab was (a) Agra (b) Ayodhya
(c) Sur Saravali (d) Gitavali established by [UPPSC 1996] (c) Kashi (d) Kada
(a) Guru Nanak
56. Who among the following was the saint (b) Guru Gobind Singh 77. Who among the following is founder of
of the Varkari sect? [UPPSC 2004] Satnami sect? [CGPSC 2011]
(c) Guru Tegh Bahadur
(a) Namdev (b) Nimbarka (d) Guru Ramdas (a) Ghasidas (b) Ravidas
(c) Chakradhara (d) Ramdasa (c) Ramdas (d) Tukaram
68. To which Sikh Guru, Akbar donated 500
57. Which one of the following leaders of Bighas of land? [UK UDA/LDA 2007] 78. What was the name of Saint Ghasidas’
the Bhakti Movement was influenced (a) Arjun Dev (b) Ramdas father? [CGPSC 2005]
by Islam? [UP UDA/LDA 2010] (c) Har Rai (d) Tegh Bahadur (a) Sukalu (b) Chaituram
(a) Chaitanya (b) Mirabai (c) Vishu (d) Mahangu
(c) Namdev (d) Vallabhacharya 69. Who of the following compiled Adi
Granth or Guru Granth Sahib? 79. Prem Vatika, poems on the life of
58. Bhakt Tukaram was a contemporary of (a) Guru Nanak Dev [UKPSC 2005] Krishna, was composed by
which Mughal Emperor? [IAS (Pre) 1996]
(b) Guru Arjan Dev
[IAS (Pre) 2006] (a) Bihari (b) Surdas
(c) Guru Tegh Bahadur
(a) Babur (b) Akbar (c) Raskhan (d) Kabir
(d) Guru Gobind Singh
(c) Jahangir (d) Aurangzeb
70. The Sikh Guru executed by the Mughal 80. Who among the following laid the
59. Who among the following advised emperor Aurangzeb was [WBCS 2017]
foundation of Mahanubhava
Shivaji, to adorn his body not with Sampradaya? [IAS (Pre) 2010]
(a) Tegh Bahadur
clothes and ornaments but with (a) Eknath
(b) Nanak
shrewdness and wisdom? (b) Chakradhar
(c) Gobind Singh
(a) Ramdas (b) Dnyaneshwar (c) Dhyaneshwar
(d) Arjun Dev
(c) Tukaram (d) Namdev (d) Tukaram
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81. A common feature to all Bhakti Saints 89. Select the correct chronological order The correct chronological order of their
was that they [BPSC 2005] of the Bhakti Saints from the following. appearance in Bhakti Movement is
(a) composed their verses in the [UPPSC 2014] Codes [NDA 2001]
languages understood by their (a) Kabir, Guru Nanak, Chaitanya and (a) II, III, I, IV (b) II, III, IV, I
followers. Mirabai (c) III, II, I, IV (d) III, II, IV, I
(b) rejected the authority of the priestly (b) Kabir, Chaitanya, Guru Nanak and
96. With reference of Hath Yog, which of
class. Mirabai
the following statements is/are correct?
(c) encouraged women to go to the (c) Kabir, Mirabai, Chaitanya and Guru
I. Hath Yog was practiced by
temples. Nanak
Nathpanthis.
(d) encouraged idol worship. (d) Guru Nanak, Chaitanya, Mirabai and
II. Hath Yog technique was also
Kabir
82. Where is the seat of Warkari tradition adopted by the Sufis.
located? [RAS/RTS 2008] 90. Which one of the following pairs is Select the correct answer using the
(a) Sringeri correctly matched? [NDA 2018] codes given below. [UPPSC 2019]
(b) Pandharpur Bhakti Saint Philosophy (a) Only I
(c) Nadiad (b) Only II
(a) Shankara – Avadhuta
(d) Varanasi (c) Both I and II
(b) Ramananda – Kevaladvaita
(d) Neither I nor II
83. The followers of Gorakhnath were (c) Ramanuja – Vishishtadvaita
called [CDS 2016]
(d) Chaitanya – Advaita 97. Consider the following statements
(a) Jogis (b) Nath-Panthis related to the Virashaiva tradition in
(c) Tantriks (d) Sanyasis 91. Which of the following Bhakti saints is Karnataka. [NDA 2019]
not matched correctly with the state to I. The Virashaiva movement was led by
84. How many Jyotirlinga are there which he belonged? a Brahmana named Basavanna, a
devoted to Lord Shiva? [CGPSC 2011] Minister in the court of the ‘Kalachuri
(a) 6 (b) 12 (a) Shankaradeva – Assam
ruler in the twelfth century.
(c) 24 (d) 18 (b) Kabir – Uttar Pradesh
II. The Virashaivas encouraged
(c) Narsi Mehta – Gujarat practices, approved by the
85. Which among the following female
Bhakti Saint wrote commentaries on (d) Tukaram – Bengal Dharmashastras, like post-puberty
Vedantasutra in Sanskrit? marriage and remarriage of widows.
92. Which one of the following is correctly Which of the statement(s) given above
[IAS (Pre) 2007]
matched? [UPPSC 2005] is/are correct?
(a) Lalleshwari (b) Tulsidas
(c) Ramananda (d) Vallabhacharya (a) Advaitvad – Ramanujacharya (a) Only I
(b) Vishishtadvaitva – Sankaracharya (b) Only II
86. Among the following, who was not a (c) Both I and II
(c) Dvaitvad – Madhvacharya
proponent of Bhakti cult? (d) Neither I nor II
[IAS (Pre) 2010] (d) Dvaitadvaitvad – Vallabhacharya
(a) Nagarjuna (b) Tukaram 98. Consider the following statements.
93. Which among the following given pairs I. Mirabai was a contemporary of Guru
(c)Tyagaraja (d) Vallabhacharya is not correctly matched?[UPPSC 2018] Nanak.
87. Which one of the following gives equal (a) Dhurvdas Bhagat Nagvali II. Ramdas was a contemporary of
importance to Jnana, Karma and (b) Nabhadas Yaktmal Shivaji.
Bhakti as a means of liberation? Which of the statement(s) given above
(c) Raskhan Rasikpriya
(a) Advait Vedant [UPPSC 2005] is/are correct? [CDS 2005]
(b) Visistadvaitva Vedanta (d) Usman Chitravali
(a) Only I (b) Only II
(c) Bhagvad Gita 94. Arrange the following Saints in their (c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II
(d) Mimansa chronological order. [UPPCS 2004]
99. Consider the following statements.
88. Which one of the following sequences I. Kabir II. Namdev
I. Saint Nibarka was a contemporary of
indicates the correct chronological III. Mirabai IV. Nanak Akbar.
order? [IAS (Pre) 2004] Codes II. Saint Kabir was greatly influenced by
(a) Shankaracharya, Ramanuja, (a) II, I, III, IV (b) IV, III, II, I Sheikh Ahmad Sirhindi.
Chaitanya (c) I, IV, II, III (d) IV, I, III, II Which of the statements given above
(b) Ramanuja, Shankaracharya, is/are correct? [IAS (Pre) 2019]
95. Consider the following Bhakti saints.
Chaitanya (a) Only I
I. Kabir
(c) Ramanuja, Chaitanya, (b) Only II
II. Namdev
Shankaracharya
III. Ramananda (c) Both II and II
(d) Shankaracharya, Chaitanya,
IV. Nanak (d) Neither I nor II
Ramanuja

48. (a) 49. (a) 50. (d) 51. (a) 52. (a) 53. (b) 54. (a) 55. (d) 56. (a) 57. (c) 58. (c) 59. (a) 60. (a) 61. (c) 62. (a)
63. (d) 64. (c) 65. (b) 66. (c) 67. (d) 68. (b) 69. (b) 70. (a) 71. (d) 72. (a) 73. (a) 74. (d) 75. (a) 76. (d) 77. (a)
78. (d) 79. (c) 80. (b) 81. (a) 82. (b) 83. (a) 84. (b) 85. (a) 86. (a) 87. (b) 88. (a) 89. (a) 90. (c) 91. (d) 92. (b)
93. (c) 94. (a) 95. (c) 96. (c) 97. (a) 98. (c) 99. (d)
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100. Match List-I with List-II and select the (c) Sheikh Ahmed Sirhindi 116. Which Sufi saint was called
correct answer using the codes given (d) Sheikh Bahauddin Zakariya ‘Mehboob-E-llahi’? [UPPSC 2014]
below the lists. [IAS (Pre) 2001]
108. The Sufi Saint Khwaja Moinuddin (a) Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti
List I List II Chishti came to Rajasthan during the (b) Baba Farid
reign of [RAS/RTS 2003] (c) Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki
(Bhakti Saints) (Profession)
(a) Maharana Pratap (d) Sheikh Nizamuddin Auliya
A. Namdev 1. Barber
(b) Rana Sanga 117. The thoughts of which of the following
B. Kabir 2. Weaver (c) Rana Kumbha Sufi Saint have been incorporated in
C. Ravidas 3. Tailor (d) Prithviraj Chauhan the ‘Adi Granth’ of the Sikh?
D. Sena 4. Cobbler [UPPSC 1994]
109. Whose disciple was Khwaja Moinuddin
Codes Chishti? [UPPSC 2014] (a) Sheikh Moinuddin Chisti
A B C D (a) Khwaja Abdal Chishti (b) Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki
(a) 2 3 1 4 (b) 3 2 4 1 (b) Shah Wali Ullah (c) Fariduddin-Ganj-i-Shakar
(c) 3 2 1 4 (d) 2 3 4 1 (c) Mir Dard (d) Sheikh Nizamuddin Auliya
(d) Khwaja Usman Harooni
101. Match the following. [SSC CPO 2003] 118. The shrine of Hazrat Nizamuddin
110. The Sufi saint who maintained that Auliya is situated at [SSC 2005]
List I List II
devotional music was one way of coming (a) Aligarh
(Saint-poet) (Language of
close to God was [IAS (Pre) 1996] (b) Roorkee
their compilation)
(a) Moinuddin Chishti (c) Delhi
A. Mirabai 1. Bengali (b) Baba Farid (d) Ajmer
B. Tyagaraja 2. Hindi (c) Sayyid Muhammed Gesu Daraz
119. The famous Saint Sheikh Salim Chishti
C. Chandidas 3. Telugu (d) Shah Alam Bukhari
lived in [RAS/RTS 1999]
D. Purandaras 4. Kannad 111. Who among the following was the (a) Delhi
Codes earliest sufi saint to have settled at (b) Ajmer
A B C D A B C D Ajmer? [UPPSC 2011] (c) Fatehpur sikri
(a) 2 3 4 1 (b) 1 2 3 4 (a) Sheikh Moinuddin Chisti (d) Lahore
(c) 2 1 3 4 (d) 1 2 4 3 (b) Sheikh Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki
(c) Sheikh Nizamuddin Auliya 120. Who among the following was given
102. In Sufism, the correct meaning of word (d) Sheikh Salim Chisti the title of Sheikh-ul-Hind?
‘pir’ is [SSC 2011] [UP Lower 2008]
(a) highest god. 112. Which Sufi Saint’s dargah is at Ajmer? (a) Baba Fariduddin
(b) teacher of Sufis. (a) Khwaja Nizamuddin Auliya [CDS 2003] (b) Khwaja Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki
(c) best among all the sufi saints. (b) Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti (c) Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti
(d) traditional leader of Sufi who fought (c) Khwaja Salim Chishti (d) Sheikh Salim Chishti
for meir principles. (d) Khwaja Qutubuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki
121. Who among the following does not
103. Sufi Movement originally started from 113. Who among the following Maratha belong to the Chishti order?
(a) Delhi (b) Lahore [SSC 2013] Chieftains was the first to offer nazr(gift) [RAS/RTS 2016]
(c) Kabul (d) Persia at the Dargah of Khwaja Moinuddin (a) Khwaja Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki
Chishti of Ajmer? [RAS/RIS 2013] (b) Sheikh Abdul Jilani
104. The spiritual genealogy among sufi (a) Nawab Ali Bahadur, grandson of (c) Sheikh Moinuddin
saints is also known as [SSC 2014] Peshwa Balaji Rao-I (from his (d) Sheikh Nizamuddin Aulia
(a) Chishti (b) Auliya mistress Mastani)
(c) Silsila (d) Subrawadi (b) Raja Sahu, the grandson of Shivaji 122. Which one of the following was not a
(c) Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath Chishti Sufi Saint? [NDA 2017]
105. Which one of the following term was (d) Reshwa Balaji Rao (a) Khwaja Moinuddin
used by the Sufis for the successor (b) Baba Fariduddin Gani-i-Shakar
nominated by the teacher of a 114. The most reputed disciple of Sheikh Farid (c) Nizamuddin Auliya
particular order or silsila? [CDS 2003] who had seen the reign of as many as (d) Sheikh Bahauddin Zakariya
(a) Pir (b) Murid seven sultan of Delhi was [UPPSC 2014]
(c) Khalifah (caliph) (d) Khanqah (a) Nizamuddin Auliya 123. Which among the following Sufi Saint
(b) Sheikh Nasiruddin Chirag was called as Chirag-e-Delhi?
106. Who was the founder of Chishti Branch (c) Sheikh Salim Chisti [UPRO/ARO 2017]
of Sufism? [UPPSC 2014] (a) Moinuddin (b) Fariduddin
(d) None of the above
(a) Sheikh Mohiuddin (c) Nizamuddin (d) Nasiruddin
(b) Sheikh Jiauddin Abuljiva 115. Which one of the following sultans of
(c) Khwaja Abu-Abdal Delhi was refused an audience by 124. Which Sufi tradition has adopted yogic
(d) Khwaja Bahauddin Nizamuddin Auliya? [BPSC 2001] practise? [UPPSC 2010]
(a) Jalaluddin Firuz Khilji (a) Qadri
107. The Chistiya Sufi Order was (b) Alauddin Khilji (b) Sattari
established in India by [MPPSC 2002] (c) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq (c) Chishti
(a) Khwaja Badruddin (d) Mohammad bin Tughlaq (d) None of the above
(b) Khwaja Moinuddin
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125. Assertion (A) The sponsor and the 133. Which among the following Sufi 142. From the given pairs identify the incorrect
most prominent figure of the Chishti Saint is also called as Mujaddid pair. [JKPSC 2011]
order of Sufis in India is Khwaja Alf-e-Shani? [UPPSC 1998] (a) Chishti – Delhi and Doab
Moinuddin Chishti. (a) Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti (b) Suhrawardi – Sindh
Reason (R) The Chisti order takes its (b) Bahauddin Zakariya (c) Auliya – Madhya Pradesh
name from a village Chishti in Ajmer. (c) Jalauddin Tabrej (d) Firdausi – Bihar
Codes [IAS (Pre) 1997] (d) Sheik Ahmad Sirhindi
143. Around twelfth century, Sufi Silsilas
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the
134. Who was the founder of Firdausi began to crystallise in different parts of
correct explanation of A
order in Sufism? the Islamic world to signify
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the
(a) Sheikh Badruddin I. continuous link between the master and
correct explanation of A
(b) Khwaja Baqi Billan disciple.
(c) A is true, but R is false
(c) Sheikh Nasiruddin Mahmud II. unbroken spiritual genealogy to the
(d) A is false, but R is true
(d) Bulleshah Prophet Muhammad.
126. Who among the following was the III. the transmission of spiritual power and
founder of Suhrawardiyya order in
135. Bihar was the centre of which
among the following Sufi order? blessings to devotees
Sufism?
[BPSC 2003] Select the correct answer using the codes
(a) Shihabuddin Suhrawardi
(a) Qadiri (b) Naqshbandi given below.
(b) Bahauddin Zakariya
(c) Firdausi (d) Suhrawardi (a) I and II (b) Only II
(c) Mohammad Ghaus
(c) I and II (d) All of these
(d) Khwaja Baqi Billah 136. The Sufi work Kashf-al-Mahjub was
written by [Astt. Comm. 2019] 144. With reference to Sufism in Indian
127. Hamiduddin Nagori belonged to which history, consider the following
sect of sufism? (a) Abul Hasan Hujwiri
(b) Moinuddin Chishti statements.
(a) Firdausi (b) Oudiri I. Sheikh Ahmed Sirhindi was a
(c) Naqsbandi (d) Suhrawardi (c) Sheikh Nizamuddin Auliya
(d) Amir Khusrau contemporary of Ibrahim Lodhi.
128. Sheikh Bahauddin Zakariya belonged II. Sheikh Nasiruddin Chirag-i-Dehlavi was
to which sect? [BPSC 2018] 137. The Shrine of Sufi Saint is known as a disciple of Sheikh Nizamuddin Auliya.
(a) Suhrawardi Silsila (a) Dargah III. Aurangzeb was a contemporary of
(b) Rishi Silsila (b) Khanqah Sheikh Salim Chisti.
(c) Chishti Silsila (c) Idgah IV. The Qadiri order of Sufis was first
(d) Firdausi Silsila (d) Gul Karosha introduced in India by Sheikh Naimtullah
and Makhdum Muhammad Jilani.
129. The idea of ‘Farr-i-Izadi’, on which the 138. Which of the following Sufis regarded Which of the statements given above are
Mughal kingship was based, was first Krishna among the auliyas?
correct? [IAS (Pre) 2002]
developed by which one of the [UPPSC 2012]
(a) I and II (b) I and II
following Sufi saints? [CDS 2018] (a) Shah Muhammad Ghaus
(c) II and III (d) II and IV
(a) Shihabuddin Suhrawardi (b) Shah Abdul Aziz
(b) Nizamuddin Auliya (c) Shah Waliullah 145. Consider the following statements about
(c) Ibn al-Arabi (d) Khwaja Mir Dard Bulle Shah.
(d) Bayazid Bistami I. He quoted “Universe is the Veda, the
139. Which of the following is not related Creation is the Quran”.
130. Who among the following is considered with Sufism? [UPPSC 2014]
II. He was a bitter critic of the Quran and
as founder of Naqshbandi Silsila? (a) Ulema (b) Khanqah all other scriptures.
(a) Shihabuddin Suhrawardi (c) Sheikh (d) Sama
Which of the statement(s) given above
(b) Bahauddin Naqshband 140. The philosophy of Sufism is similar to is/are correct?
(c) Mohammad Ghaus the Hindu philosophy of [CDS 2003] (a) Only I (b) Only II
(d) Sheikh Bahauddin Zakariya (a) Karma (action) (c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II
131. Which of the following Silsilas of Sufism (b) Bhakti (devotion) 146. Consider the following statements about
was against music? [UPPSC 2013] (c) Kalpa (imagination) sufism in India.
(a) Chishtiya (b) Suhrawardiya (d) Gyana (knowledge) I. Pilgrimage called ziyarat to tombs of
(c) Qadiriya (d) Naqshbandiya 141. Every year a fair is held at the tomb sufi saints is an important feature.
of famous Sufi Saint Haji Waris Ali II. The most influential group of sufis in
132. The Sufi saint of Naqshbandiya order,
Shah at [UPPSC 2008] India were the Chishtis.
Ubaidullah Ahrar was followed by
which among the following Mughal (a) Fatehpur Sikri Which of the statements given above
Emperor? [CDS 2019] (b) Kaliyar is/are correct?
(c) Dewa Sharif (a) Only I (b) Only II
(a) Babur (b) Humayun
(d) Garhmukteshwar (c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II
(c) Akbar (d) Jahangir

100. (b) 101. (a) 102. (b) 103. (d) 104. (c) 105. (b) 106. (a) 107. (b) 108. (d) 109. (d) 110. (a) 111. (a) 112. (b) 113. (b) 114. (a)
115. (a) 116. (d) 117. (d) 118. (c) 119. (c) 120. (d) 121. (b) 122. (d) 123. (d) 124. (c) 125. (c) 126. (a) 127. (d) 128. (a) 129. (a)
130. (b) 131. (b) 132. (a) 133. (d) 134. (a) 135. (c) 136. (a) 137. (a) 138. (a) 139. (a) 140. (b) 141. (c) 142. (c) 143. (d) 144. (d)
145. (d) 146. (c)
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147. Given below are two statements, one is 149. Match the following Sufi saints with the 151. Match List I with List II and select the
labelled as Assertion (A) and the other actual titles given to them by their correct answer using the codes given
as Reason (R). followers and select the correct answer below the lists. [CDS 2000]
Assertion (A) Many Sanskrit works on using the codes given below. List I List II
music were translated into Persian List I List II A. Pir 1. Successor of the
during the Medieval period.
A. Sheikh Nizamuddin 1. Chirag-i-Delhi Sufi Saint
Reason (R) The early Chisti Sufis were Auliya B. Murid 2. Sufi Teacher
fond of musical assemblies called,
B. Sheikh Nasiruddin 2. Mahboob-i- C. Wali 3. Sufi Hermitage
‘sama’. [UPPSC 2018]
Mahmud Ilahi
Codes D. Khanquah 4. Disciple
C. Sayyid Mohammed 3. Mujaddid
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the Codes
Gesu Daraz
correct explanation of A A B C D A B C D
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the D. Sheikh Ahmad 4. Bandanawaz
Sirhindi (a) 3 1 4 2 (b) 4 2 3 1
correct explanation of A (c) 2 4 1 3 (d) 4 1 3 2
(c) A is true, but R is false Codes
(d) A is false, but R is true A B C D A B C D 152. Match List I with List II and select the
(a) 3 4 2 1 (b) 2 1 4 3 correct answer using the codes given
148. Which of the following is not correctly (c) 4 2 3 1 (d) 3 2 4 1 below the lists [SSC 2006]
matched? [UPPSC 2020]
List I List II
(a) Sheikh – Ajmer 150. Match the following. [UPPSC 2009]
(Sufi Saints) (Silsilas)
Moinuddin List I List II A. Sheikh Nizamuddin 1. Qadiri
Chishti A. Pir/Sheikh 1. Student Auliya
(b) Sheikh – Daulatabad B. Murid 2. Teacher or Path bearer B. Bahauddin Zakariya 2. Suharawardi
Nasiruddin
Mahmud C. Khalifa 3. Hospice of Sufi Saint C. Mian Mir 3. Chisti
(c) Sayyid – Gulbarga D. Khanqah 4. Follower of Sufism D. Ahmad Sirhindi 4. Naqshbandi
Mohammed Codes Codes
Gesu Daraz A B C D A B C D A B C D A B C D
(d) Sheikh Ahmad – Multan (a) 2 1 4 3 (b) 1 2 3 4 (a) 3 2 1 4 (b) 3 4 2 1
Sirhindi (c) 1 4 3 2 (d) 3 4 2 1 (c) 2 1 3 4 (d) 1 2 3 4

147. (b) 148. (d) 149. (b) 150. (a) 151. (c) 152. (a)
14
Mughal Empire
1. Who was the founder of Mughal rule in 9. The reason of Babur’s victory over Which of the statement(s) given above
India? [SSC 2017] Ibrahim Lodi was [UPPSC 1990] is/are correct? [IAS (Pre) 2015]
(a) Babur (b) Humayun (a) bravery of Babur (a) I and II (b) Only III
(c) Shah Jahan (d) Akbar (b) artillery (c) I and III (d) I, II and III
(c) weakness of Ibrahim
2. After becoming the Mughal Ruler in 15. From the following names identify the
(d) skilled commandant
India, Zahiruddin Muhammad assumed one who was not the brother of
the name [CGPSC 2003] 10. In which one of the following battles, Humayun. [UP Lower 2008]
(a) Babur (b) Humayun Rana Sanga fought against Babur (a) Kamran (b) Usman
(c) Jahangir (d) Bahadur Shah (a) Battle of Panipat (c) Askari (d) Hindal
(b) Battle of Khanwa
3. Babur assumed the title of ‘Padshah’ 16. After the downfall of the Delhi Sultanate,
(c) Battle of Chanderi
first at [UPPSC 2015] who was the first ruler to issue the
(d) Battle of Ghaghara gold coin? [UKPSC 2012]
(a) Ferghana (b) Kabul
(c) Delhi (d) Samarqand 11. During which one of the following (a) Akbar (b) Humayun
battles, did Babur declare ‘Jehad’? (c) Shah Jahan (d) Sher Shah
4. Babur came to India originally from
(a) Battle of Panipat [UPPSC 2009]
17. Which among the following was the first
[CDS 2001]
(b) Battle of Khanwa Mughal Emperor to laid military
(a) Ferghana (b) Khiva
(c) Battle of Chanderi campaign against Bengal?
(c) Khorasan (d) Seistan
(d) None of the above [IAS (Pre) 2003]
5. Babur attacked India in the year 12. Where did Babur die? (a) Babur (b) Humayun
[SSC 2009]
[SSC 2017] (c) Jahangir (d) Shah Jahan
(a) Agra
(a) 1527 CE (b) 1520 CE
(b) Kabul 18. When did Humayun first attacked
(c) 1526 CE (d) 1550 CE
(c) Lahore Chunar Fort? [BPSC 2008]
6. Whom did Babur defeat in the First (d) Delhi (a) AD 1531 (b) AD 1532
Battle of Panipat? [MPPSC 2005] (c) AD 1533 (d) AD 1536
13. The empire of Babur included
(a) Rana Sanga
I. the area of Kabul. [UKPSC 2003] 19. Arrange properly as per dates of four
(b) Ibrahim Lodi
II. the area of Punjab. important battles fought by Humayun
(c) Sikandar Lodi
III. the area of modern Uttar Pradesh. from the names of battles given below.
(d) Sher Shah Suri
IV. the area of modern Rajasthan. [BPSC 1996]
7. In which year, did Babur defeat Sultan Which of these statements are correct? (a) Chausa, Dauhariya, Kannauj, Sirhind
Ibrahim Lodi at the Battle of Panipat? (a) I and II (b) II and III (b) Dauhariya, Kannauj, Chausa, Sirhind
[UPPSC 2016] (c) I, II and III (d) II, III, IV (c) Sirhind, Dauhariya, Chausa, Kannauj
(a) 1527 CE (b) 1526 CE (d) Dauhariya, Chausa, Kannauj, Sirhind
(c) 1525 CE (d) 1524 CE 14. Consider the following.
The arrival of Babur into India led to the 20. Which among the following historian
8. The main reason of Babur’s victory in I. introduction of gun powder in the commented on death of Humayun, “He
the Battle of Panipat was [BPSC 1994] sub-continent. tumbled through his life and tumbled
(a) his horse riding force. II. introduction of the arch and dome in out of it”?
(b) his skilled warfare. the region’s architecture. (a) Stanley Lane Poole
(c) tulghuma system. III. establishment of Timurid dynasty in (b) Badayun
(d) internal disputes among Afghans. the region. (c) William Jones
(d) Edward S Holden

1. (a) 2. (a) 3. (b) 4. (a) 5. (c) 6. (b) 7. (b) 8. (b) 9. (b) 10. (b) 11. (b) 12. (a) 13. (c) 14. (b) 15. (b)
16. (b) 17. (b) 18. (b) 19. (d) 20. (a)
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21. Consider the following events and 30. Kabuliyat and Patta was introduced by 39. Which among the following titles were
arrange them chronologically. [WBCS 2008] assumed by the Sher Shah Suri?
[UP RO/ARO 2017] (a) Sher Shah (b) Shivaji I. Hazrat-e-Alam
I. Battle of Dauhariya (c) Jahangir (d) Aurangzeb II. Sultan
II. Battle of Kannauj III. Zille-e-Ilahi
III. Battle of Samugarh
31. With which medieval ruler following
IV. Raiyat-e-Ala [BPSC 2000]
statement is associated “I would have
IV. Battle of Chausa Codes
lost the empire just for a handful of
Codes (a) I and II (b) I, II and IV
millet’? [UPPSC 2007]
A B C D A B C D (c) I and III (d) I, II, III and IV
(a) Alauddin Khilji
(a) 2 3 1 4 (b) 1 4 2 3
(b) Muhammad-bin-Tughulq 40. Consider the following statements
(c) 1 2 4 3 (d) 2 1 4 3
(c) Sher Shah regarding administration during Sher
22. Who among the following is considered (d) Aurangzeb Shah Suri? [CDS 2014]
as founder of Second Afghan rule in I. He divided his empire into Sarkars,
32. Which one of the following monument
India? which in turn was divided into
was constructed by Sher Shah?
(a) Sher Shah Suri Pargana.
[IAS (Pre) 1993]
(b) Hasan Khan II. He administered Sarkar and
(a) Qila-i-Kuhna at Delhi
(c) Islam Shah Paragana directly without using any
(b) Atala Masjid at Jaunpur
(d) Bahram Shah other officials.
(c) Bara Sona Masjid at Gaur
Which among the following statement(s)
23. From where did Sher Shah Suri got his (d) Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque at Delhi is/are correct?
education?
33. Building of ‘Purana Qila’ in Delhi was (a) Only I (b) Only II
(a) Sasaram (b) Patna
constructed by [UP lower 2009] (c) I and II (d) Neither I nor II
(c) Jaunpur (d) Lahore
(a) Firuz Shah Tughlaq 41. Consider the following statements
24. Which one of the following medieval (b) Ibrahim Lodi relating to Sher Shah. [CDS 2009]
era rulers mentioned below was highly (c) Sher Shah I. During Sher Shah’s reign, the village
educated? (d) Babur Panchayat and Zamindars were not
(a) Balban (b) Alauddin Khilji
34. Which among the following medieval allowed to deal with civil and criminal
(c) Ibrahim Lodi (d) Sher Shah cases at the local level.
ruler ordered construction of royal road
25. Which of the following rulers at first from East Bengal to Peshwar also called II. Sher Shah set up army cantonment in
assumed the title of ‘Hazrat-e-Ala’ and as Sadak-e-Azam? [CGPSC 2018] different parts of the Empire and a
afterwards ‘Sultan’? [BPSC 2001] (a) Akbar (b) Jahangir strong garrison was posted in each of
(a) Bahlul Lodi (b) Sikandar Lodi (c) Islam Shah (d) Sher Shah them.
(c) Sher Shah Suri (d) Islam Shah Suri Which of the statements given above
35. Who among the following ordered the is/are correct?
26. Sher Shah Suri became Emperor of construction of cantonment town and (a) Only I (b) Only II
India after defeating Humayun in which organised the postal system of Indian (a) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II
of the following battles? subcontinent?
(a) Battle of Chausa (a) Sher Shah 42. Akbar was born at the fort of which
(b) Battle of Surajgarh (b) Akbar Rajput ruler?
(c) Battle of Kannauj (Bilgram) (c) Babur (a) Raja Virsal (b) Amar Singh
(d) Battle of Dewair (d) Firuz Shah Tughlaq (c) Ratan Singh (d) Rana Sanga

27. Who was defeated at Kannauj in the 36. Where is the mausoleum of Sher 43. In which of the following place Akbar
hands of Sher Shah in 1540? Shah? [UPPSC 2002] was enthroned on getting the information
[WBCS 2008] (a) Sasaram (b) Delhi of Humayun’s death? [CGPSC 2015]
(c) Kalinjar (d) Sonargaon (a) Kabul (b) Lahore
(a) Babur (b) Akbar
(c) Sirhind (d) Kalanaur
(c) Humayun (d) Jahangir 37. Who among the following was successor
28. Between whom was the Battle of of Sher Shah? [MPPSC 2018] 44. Akbar ruled under the protection of
(a) Sujhat Khan Bairam Khan from [JPSC 2010]
Chausa fought? [NDA 2007]
(b) Islam Shah (a) 1555-1558 CE
(a) Bahadur Shah of Gujarat and
Humayun (c) Firuz Shah (b) 1556-1560 CE
(b) Humayun and Sher Khan (d) Muhammad Ali Shah (c) 1560-1564 CE
(c) Akbar and Rana Pratap (d) 1560-1570 CE
38. Which improvement among these done
(d) Jahangir and Rana Amar Singh by Sher Shah Suri? 45. Who among the following initiated
29. Who among the following has issued I. Revenue reforms ‘Din-i-Ilahi? [SSC 2019]
the coin ‘rupee’ for the first time? II. Administrative reforms (a) Akbar (b) Babur
[CDS 2009] III. Military reforms (c) Jahangir (d) Humayun
(a) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq IV. Currency system reforms
46. Akbar launched Din-i-Ilahi in the year
(b) Alauddin Khilji Select the correct answer by using
[CGPSC 2011]
(c) Sher Shah Suri codes given below. [UKPSC 2003]
(a) 1570 (b) 1578
(d) Akbar (a) I and II (b) I, II and III
(c) 1581 (d) 1582
(c) II, III and IV (d) All of these
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47. Which historian said ‘Din-i-Ilahi’ is a 56. Who among the following was killed by 64. Who among the following was the
religion? [UPPSC 2000] Akbar? [UPPSC 2010] connecting link between Sher Shah and
(a) Abdul Fazl (a) Adham Khan Akbar in land revenue administrative
(b) Abdul Qadir Badayuni (b) Bairam Khan measures? [UPPSC 2007]
(c) Nizamuddin (c) Baz Bahadur (a) Birbal (b) Todarmal
(d) None of the above (d) Pir Muhammad Khan (c) Bhagwandas (d) Bharmal
48. ‘Din-i-Ilahi’ of Akbar was not a success 57. Which of the following Rajputana state 65. Zabti system was introduced by
because [SSC 2009] did not accept the supremacy of Akbar (a) Ghiyasuddin Tuqhlaq [BPSC 1994]
(a) after Akbar, it was not patronised. willingly? [UP Lower 2004] (b) Sikander Lodi
(b) the Muslims did not accept other (a) Amber (b) Mewar (c) Sher Shah
religious practices. (c) Marwar (d) Bikaner (d) Akbar
(c) it was not suitably projected to the
masses.
58. Which amongst the following families 66. Which of the following Mughal
was the first to have a matrimonial Emperors introduced educational
(d) All of the above
alliance with Akbar? [UPRO/ARO 2016] reforms? [MPPSC 2014]
49. Which one of the following was the (a) Rathod (a) Jahangir (b) Shah Jahan
Emperor of India when British East (b) Sisodiya (c) Humayun (d) Akbar
India Company was formed in London? (c) Kachwaha
[UPPSC 2012] 67. Who among the following had ordered
(d) Chauhan
that a man should marry only one wife
(a) Akbar (b) Jahangir
(c) Shahjahan (d) Aurangzeb 59. Among the following which Mughal and could marry another only when the
Emperor introduced the policy of first wife was barren? [UPPCS 2002]
50. The Mahzar or an attested statement Sulh-i-Kul? [JPSC 2003] (a) Alauddin Khilji
signed by the seven leading Ulemas (a) Akbar (b) Sher Shah
was issued by [CDS 2001] (b) Nizamuddin Auliya (c) Akbar
(a) Akbar (b) Aurangzeb (c) Jainul Abidin (d) None of the above
(c) Humayun (d) Shah Jahan (d) Nasiruddin Chiragh
68. Who among the following Muslim rulers
51. Which one of the following territories 60. The concept of Sulh-i-Kul (universal abolished the pilgrimage tax?
was outside the boundaries of the peace and fraternity) adopted by Akbar [BPSC 2011]
Mughal Empire during the reign of was the result of [UPPSC 1995] (a) Bahlul Lodi (b) Sher Shah
Akbar? [NDA 2004] (a) political generosity (c) Humayun (d) Akbar
(a) Khandesh (b) Kabul (b) religious tolerance
(c) Bijapur (d) Kashmir 69. ‘Sati’ of Hindu women was prohibited
(c) liberal cultural attitude
during the reign of which Mughal
52. The Battle of Haldighati was fought in (d) All of the above Emperor? [WBCS 2018]
[UKPSC 2010] 61. Who was the renowned Jain Acharya, (a) Jahangir (b) Shah Jahan
(a) 1765 AD (b) 1576 AD to be greatly honoured by Akbar? (c) Akbar (d) Aurangzeb
(c) 1756 AD (d) 1576 BC (a) Chandraprabha Suri [UPPSC 2012]
70. Who among the following was
53. The main aim of Akbar in fighting the (b) Hiravijaya Suri contemporary of English Queen
Battle of Haldighati was (c) Pushpadanta Elizabeth? [UPPSC 2002]
[RAS/RTS 1992] (d) Yasobhadra (a) Akbar
(a) to subdue Rana Pratap. 62. Yousuf Shah Chak, the last Muslim (b) Shah Jahan
(b) to polarise Rajputs. ruler of Kashmir valley, who was exiled (c) Aurangzeb
(c) to satisfy sentiments of Man Singh. to Bihar by the Mughal Emperor Akbar, (d) Bahadur Shah
(d) imperial policy. was buried in [BPSC 2019]
71. The head of the military department
(a) Patliputra
54. Who among the following was illiterate? under the recognised central
(b) Rajgir machinery of administration during
[SSC 2010]
(c) Munger Akbar’s reign was [IAS (Pre) 1997]
(a) Jahangir
(d) Nalanda (a) Diwan (b) Mir Bakshi
(b) Shah Jahan
(c) Akbar 63. During Akbar period, land revenue (c) Mir Suman (d) Bakshi
(d) Aurangzeb system ‘Ain-i-Dahsala’ was developed
72. The first person to be given proper
by [RAS/RTS 2010]
55. Akbar merged Bengal and Bihar in his status of the Diwan by Akbar was
(a) Shahnawaz Khan (a) Asaf Khan
empire in [BPSC 2001]
(b) Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khanan (b) Munim Khan
(a) AD 1590 (b) AD 1575
(c) Todarmal (c) Muzaffar Khan Turbati
(c) AD 1576 (d) AD 1572
(d) Mulla Do Piyaza (d) Raja Todar Mal

21. (b) 22. (a) 23. (c) 24. (d) 25. (c) 26. (c) 27. (c) 28. (b) 29. (c) 30. (a) 31. (c) 32. (a) 33. (c) 34. (d) 35. (a)
36. (a) 37. (b) 38. (d) 39. (a) 40. (c) 41. (b) 42. (a) 43. (d) 44. (b) 45. (a) 46. (d) 47. (d) 48. (d) 49. (a) 50. (a)
51. (c) 52. (b) 53. (a) 54. (c) 55. (c) 56. (a) 57. (b) 58. (c) 59. (a) 60. (d) 61. (b) 62. (d) 63. (c) 64. (b) 65. (d)
66. (d) 67. (c) 68. (d) 69. (c) 70. (a) 71. (b) 72. (c)
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73. Which among the following was the Select the correct answer from the 89. In whose reign was the ‘Treaty of
contemporary historian of Akbar who codes given below. [IAS (Pre) 2003] Chittor’ signed between Mughal and
called him as enemy of Islam? (a) Both A and R are true and R is the the Rana of Mewar? [UPPSC 2008]
(a) Badayun [MPPSC 2009] correct explanation of A (a) Akbar
(b) Niyamatullah (b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the (b) Jahangir
(c) Abbas Khan Sherwani correct explanation of A (c) Shah Jahan
(d) Nizamuddin Ahmad (c) A is true, but R is false (d) Aurangzeb
(d) A is false, but R is true
74. Name the English trader who tried to 90. The killer of Abul Fazl was rewarded by
obtain a Firman from Akbar to trade in 80. Who among the following is the envoy [UPPSC 2003]
Gujarat? of British King James-I sent to (a) Akbar (b) Jahangir
(a) Ralph Fitch Jahangir’s Court? [UPPSC 2013] (c) Man Singh (d) None of these
(b) John Mildenhall (a) William Hawkins
(c) Sir Thomas Roe (b) William Finch 91. Who among the following has been
(c) Pietro Della Valle imprisoned by Jahangir? [IAS (Pre) 1998]
(d) Thomas Stephenson
(d) Edward Terry (a) Sheikh Ahmad Sirhindi
75. Where is the Tomb of Akbar located? (b) Ismai
(a) Sikandara [UPPSC 1992] 81. Whom of the following Englishman was (c) Badayun
(b) Agra given the title of English Khan by (d) Abhas Khan Sherwani
Jahangir? [BPSC 1995]
(c) Aurangabad
(a) Hawkins (b) Sir Thomas Roe 92. Jahangir took shelter at which of the
(d) Fatehpur Sikri
(c) Edward Terry (d) None of these following fort? [IAS (Pre) 1998]
76. Causes of Akbar’s popularity were (a) Orchha (b) Gwalior
82. Sir Thomas Roe, an Ambassador of (c) Dhar (d) Narwas
I. Mansabdari customs
James I of England came to India in
II. Religious policy
year [RAS/RTS 1997] 93. Who among the following wives of
III. Land revenue system Jahangir committed suicide?
(a) 1616 (b) 1615 (c) 1516 (d) 1614
IV. Social reforms [UPPSC 2008]
Select the correct answer by using 83. Thomas Roe was given audience by (a) Nur-un-Nissa Begum
codes given below. [UPPSC 1990] Jahangir at [UPPSC 2007]
(b) Shah Begum (Manbhawati Bai)
(a) I and II (b) Only II (a) Agra (b) Ajmer (c) Karamsi
(c) Only III (d) All of these (c) Delhi (d) Fatehpur Sikri (d) Malika-e-Jahan
77. Reign of Akbar is known for 84. With whose permission did the English 94. Khusrau was the son of which Mughal
I. Annexation of regions set up their first factory at Surat? Emperor? [MPPSC 2015]
II. Provincial administrative system [IAS (Pre) 2009] (a) Akbar
III. Judicial administration (a) Akbar (b) Jahangir (b) Jahangir
IV. His religious intolerance (c) Shah Jahan (d) Aurangzeb (c) Shah Jahan
Select the correct answer by using 85. Which among the following foreign (d) Bahadur Shah
codes given below. travellers visited India during the reign 95. Which of the following Mughal Emperor
(a) I and II of Jahangir? [UPPSC 2017] wrote his autobiography in Persian?
(b) I, II and III (a) Father Anthony Monserrate [UPPSC 2001]
(c) II, III and IV (b) Francisco Pelsaert (a) Babur (b) Akbar
(d) All of the above (c) Niccolao Manucci (c) Jahangir (d) Aurangzeb
78. Which of the following statements (d) Peter Mundy
96. Which of the following is an incorrect
is/are correct? 86. A Dutch traveller, who has given a very sequence of Mughal rulers?
I. Akbar tried to fix the age of marriage valuable account of the reign of [SSC CGL 2020]
for boys and girls. Jahangir was [UP UDA/LDA 2010] (a) Babur, Humayun, Akbar
II. Akbar gave freedom to girls to marry (a) Francisco Pelsaert (b) Jahangir, Shah Jahan, Aurangzeb
at their own will and not under (b) Hawkins (c) Akbar, Jahangir, Shah Jahan
parental pressure. (c) Niccolao Manucci (d) Akbar, Shah Jahan, Jahangir
Select the correct answer using the (d) Peter Mundy
codes given below. [UPPSC 2020] 97. Of the following who had rebelled
(a) Only I 87. The Mughal Emperor who prohibited the against the Mughal Emperor Jahangir?
(b) Only II use of tobacco was [IAS (Pre) 2005] I. Asif Khan
(c) Both I and II (a) Akbar (b) Babur II. Khurram
(d) Neither I nor II (c) Jahangir (d) Aurangzeb III. Mahabat Khan
88. Who introduced ‘Do-aspa and IV. Khusrau [UPPSC 2013]
79. Assertion (A) Emperor Akbar marched
towards Afghanistan in 1581 with a Sih-aspa’ system? [BPSC 2004] Codes
huge army. (a) Akbar (a) I and II only
Reason (R) He was on his way to (b) Jahangir (b) II and III only
reclaim his ancestral country of (c) Shah Jahan (c) II and IV only
Ferghana in Central Asia. (d) Aurangzeb (d) II, III and IV only
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98. Match the following. 107. Name the new form of salutation 114. The Upanishads were translated into
List-I List-II
started by Shah Jahan after abolishing Persian by Dara Shikoh Under the title of
(Foreign Traveller) (Year) Persian Court custom of Sijda initiated (a) Al-Fihrist [UPPSC 2000]
by Balban. (b) Kitab-al-Bayan
A. Hawkins 1. 1615 AD
B. Thomas Roe 2. 1608 AD
(a) Paibos (c) Majma-ul-Bahrain
C. Manucci 3. 1585 AD (b) Chahar-Taslim (d) Sirr-i-Akbar
D. Ralph Fitch 4. 1658 AD (c) Kornish
(d) Tilakotsav 115. Which among the following is
Codes composition of Dara Shikoh?
A B C D A B C D 108. In which of the following year, Shah (a) Majma-ul-Bahrain
(a) 2 1 4 3 (b) 1 2 4 3 Jahan attacked the Deccan kingdom of (b) Tahkik-e-Hind
(c) 2 1 3 4 (d) 1 2 3 4 Ahmednagar? (c) Tabakate Nasiri
(a) 1630 AD (b) 1632 AD (d) Kitab-ul-Hind
99. Mehrunnisa who was known as Nur (c) 1633 AD (d) 1635 AD
Jahan was the wife of [SSC CGL 2020] 116. The first Muslim to study Hindu
(a) Jahangir (b) Shah Jahan 109. Which Mughal Emperor Started Hijri scriptures was [UPPSC 2003]
(c) Akbar (d) Aurangzeb Samvat in India by replacing Illahi (a) Amir Khusrau (b) Dara Shikoh
samvat? [MPPSC 2016] (c) Amir Hasan (d) Shuja
100. Who of the following was not a member (a) Jahangir (b) Shah Jahan
of Nur Jahan’s Junta? [UPPSC 2013] (c) Aurangzeb (d) Akbar 117. Name the title given by Shah Jahan to
(a) Jahangir (b) Ghiyas Beg Dara Shikoh? [UPRO/ARO 2014]
(c) Asaf Khan (d) Khurram 110. ……… was imprisoned for lifetime by (a) Shahzada-e-Buland Iqbal
Aurangzeb. [SSC 2017] (b) Jahapanah Muquddas
101. Itmad-ud-Daula’s tomb at Agra was (a) Akbar (b) Shah Jahan
built by [BPSC 2008] (c) Illahi-e-Alamgir
(c) Jahangir (d) Babur (d) Akbar-e-Jahan
(a) Akbar (b) Jahangir
(c) Nur Jahan (d) Shah Jahan 111. The actual name of Mumtaz Mahal was 118. Dara Shikoh was buried at?
(a) Arjumand Banu Begum [JPSC 2003] [UPPSC 2013]
102. Who among the following shifted the
(b) Ladli Begum (a) Delhi (b) Agra
capital of the Empire from Agra to
(c) Mehrunnisa (c) Aurangabad (d) Lahore
Delhi? [UPPSC 2008]
(d) Roshan Ara
(a) Akbar (b) Jahangir 119. Who of the following Mughal Emperor
(c) Shah Jahan (d) Aurangzeb 112. The motive behind Shah Jahan’s Balkh was coronated twice? [UPPSC 2009]
campaign was to [IAS (Pre) 2002] (a) Akbar (b) Jahangir
103. Which among the following foreign
traveller had given detailed description (a) secure a friendly ruler in Balkh and (c) Shah Jahan (d) Aurangzeb
of diamonds and its mines in India? Badakhan which bordered Kabul.
(b) conquer Samarqand and Ferghana, 120. The Battle of Dharmat was fought
(a) Francois Bernier [IAS (Pre) 2018] between [IAS (Pre) 2003]
the Mughal homelands.
(b) Jean Baptiste Tavernier (a) Muhammad Ghori and Jai Chand
(c) fix the Mughal frontier on the
(c) Jean de Thevenot (b) Babur and Afghans
‘Scientific line’ near Amu Daria.
(d) Abbe Barthelemy Carre (c) Aurangzeb and Dara Shikoh
(d) expand the Mughal Empire beyond
104. The loss of Kandahar was a big blow to the sub-continent. (d) Ahmad Shah Durrani and the
the Mughal Empire from the view point Marathas
of [IAS (Pre) 1998]
113. Match the following.
121. Aurangzeb defeated Jaswant Singh,
(a) natural resources List-I List-II the King of Jodhpur in the Battle of
(b) buffer territory (Years) (Events) Dharmat in 1658. Dharmat situated in
(c) communication A. 1645 AD 1. Aurangzeb was which state? [RAS/RTS 2007]
(d) strategic stronghold selected as Victory of (a) Rajasthan
Deccan
105. Who was the ‘Poet-Laureate’ of Shah (b) Madhya Pradesh
Jahan’s reign? [UPPSC 2015] B. 1637 AD 2. Famine in Gujarat (c) Gujarat
(a) Kalim (b) Kashi C. 1630 AD 3. Transfer of Capital to (d) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Qudsi (d) Munir Shahjahanbad
122. Who among the following witnessed
D. 1666 AD 4. Death of Shah Jahan
106. Who among the following had presented the insult and humiliations faced by
the famous ‘Kohinoor’ diamond to Shah 5. Capture of Kangra Fort Dara Shikoh after loosing Battle of
Jahan? [UPPSC 2015] Codes succession with Aurangzeb?
(a) Aurangzeb A B C D A B C D (a) William Hawkins [UKPSC 2003]
(b) Murad (a) 3 1 5 4 (b) 3 1 2 4 (b) Terry
(c) Abdul Hasan Qutubshah (c) 4 2 1 3 (d) 1 3 2 5 (c) Francis Bernier
(d) Mir Jumla (d) Manucchi

73. (a) 74. (b) 75. (a) 76. (d) 77. (b) 78. (c) 79. (c) 80. (a) 81. (a) 82. (b) 83. (b) 84. (b) 85. (b) 86. (a) 87. (c)
88. (b) 89. (b) 90. (b) 91. (a) 92. (a) 93. (b) 94. (b) 95. (c) 96. (d) 97. (d) 98. (a) 99. (a) 100. (d) 101. (c) 102. (c)
103. (b) 104. (d) 105. (a) 106. (d) 107. (b) 108. (c) 109. (b) 110. (b) 111. (a) 112. (a) 113. (b) 114. (d) 115. (a) 116. (b) 117. (a)
118. (a) 119. (d) 120. (c) 121. (b) 122. (c)
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123. Who among the following was the 134. To whom Aurangzeb bestowed upon Codes
Governor of Deccan for the major part the title of ‘Sahibat-uz-Zamani’? (a) Both A and R are true and R is the
of Shah Jahan’s reign? [UPPSC 2014] correct explanation of A
(a) Dara Shikoh (b) Murad Baksh (a) Shaista Khan (b) Amin Khan (b) Both A and R are true, but R is not a
(c) Shah Shuja (d) Aurangzeb (c) Jahan Ara (d) Roshna Ara correct explanation of A
(c) A is true, but R is false
124. Which Mughal Emperor was known as 135. Who among the following was the (d) A is false, but R is true
‘Zinda Peer’? [JPSC 2003] daughter of Emperor Aurangzeb?
(a) Akbar (b) Aurangzeb (a) Jahan Ara [UPPSC 2005] 143. What was the district called during the
(c) Shah Jahan (d) Jahangir (b) Roshan Ara Mughal period?
(c) Gauhar Ara (a) lqta (b) Sarkar
125. Who re-imposed Jizya? [UPPSC 2002] (c) Tarf (d) Suba
(d) Mehrunnisa
(a) Akbar (b) Aurangzeb
(c) Jahangir (d) Humayun 136. When Aurangzeb got the victory of 144. The systematic organisation of Mughal
Bijapur? [UPPSC 1991] empire into ‘Subas’ was first done by
126. Which of the following Mughal (a) Babur (b) Humayun
(a) 1685 (b) 1686
Emperors spent a greater part of his (c) Akbar (d) Jahangir
(c) 1987 (d) 1684
reign to overthrow the Deccan
Kingdoms? [NDA 2006] 137. Which son of Aurangzeb revolted 145. The Head of Army during Mughal
(a) Akbar (b) Jahangir against his father, weakening the latter’ period was
(c) Shah Jahan (d) Aurangzeb position against the Rajputs? (a) Shane-e-peel (b) Mir Bakshi
[UPPSC 2007] (c) Sawahenigar (d) Wazir
127. The Mughal Empire extended up to
(a) Azam (b) Akbar II 146. In Mughal era duty of Mir Bakshi was
Tamil territory in the South under the
(c) Muazzam (d) Kam Baksh [UPPSC 2004]
reign of [CDS 2004]
(a) Akbar (b) Aurangzeb 138. Who was the Sikh Guru to be (a) charged tax from farmers
(c) Jahangir (d) Shah Jahan slaughtered by Aurangzeb? (b) Maintaining account of income and
[WBCS 2007] expansion
128. Two of the following states which (c) justice
(a) Ram Das (b) Tegh Bahadur
Aurangzeb had conquered in Deccan (d) supervision of land revenue officials
(c) Arjun Dev (d) Gobind Singh
were [UPPSC 2004]
(a) Ahmednagar and Bijapur 139. Who among the following changed the 147. In medieval India, the desiginations
(b) Bidar and Bijapur Rajput policy of the Mughals?[SSC 2019] ‘Mahattara’ and ‘Pattakila’ was used for
(c) Bijapur and Golconda (a) Khurram (b) Aurangzeb (a) military officers [IAS (Pre) 2014]
(d) Golconda and Ahmednagar (c) Shah Jahan (d) Dara Sikoh (b) village headman
(c) specialists in Vedic rituals
129. The Satnami rebellion took place 140. Arrange the following Battles in the (d) chiefs at craft guilds
during the reign of Mughal emperor chronological order by choosing the
[WBCS 2017] correct answer from the options given 148. During Aurangzeb’s reign, whose duty
(a) Akbar (b) Jahangir below. [UPPSC 2019] was to see that people lived their lives
(c) Shah Jahan (d) Aurangzeb I. Battle of Sarnal in accordance with the ‘shariat’?
II. Battle of Bilgram [NDA 2007]
130. The root of which among the following (a) Ahadis (b) Mansabdars
III. Battle of Dharmat
revolt lies in the problem faced by the
IV. Battle of Jajau (c) Muhtasibs (d) Walashuhis
farmers? [MPPSC 2010]
Codes 149. Mir-i-Arz was concerned with
(a) Rajput revolt
(a) 2 1 3 4 (b) 2 3 4 1
(b) Satnami and Jat revolt (a) revenue collection
(c) 3 2 1 4 (d) 3 1 2 4
(c) Sikh revolt (b) petitions
(d) Maratha revolt 141. Assertion (A) Aurangzeb succeeded (c) navy
Shah Jahan to the Mughal throne. (d) correspondence
131. The meaning of ‘Jihad’ carried on by
Aurangzeb is [BPSC 1999]
Reason (R) The law of primogeniture 150. Which among the following set of
was followed. officers, were not employed in
(a) Darul Harb (b) Dar-ul-Islam
Select the correct answer from the provincial administration under the
(c) Holy War (d) Jizya
codes given below. Mughal rule?
132. Which of the following Mughal (a) Both A and R are true and R is the (a) Subedar, Fauzdar, Muqaddam
Emperors had the highest number of correct explanation of A (b) Fauzdar, Diwan, Bakshi
Hindu Generals in the Mughal army? (b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the (c) Muhtasibs, Wazir, Amil
[UPPSC 2000] correct explanation of A (d) Wazir, Mir Bakshi, Mir Saman
(a) Humayun (b) Akbar (c) A is true, but R is false
(c) Nizamuddin (d) Aurangzeb (d) A is false, but R is true 151. What was the principal source of state
income in Mughal India? [UPPSC 1995]
133. Mughal Empire under Aurangzeb was 142. Assertion (A) Aurangzeb gave
(a) Booty
divided into how many provinces? land-grants for the maintenance of
(b) Escheat
(a) 12 (b) 15 temples at Vrindavan.
(c) Land revenue
(c) 18 (d) 21 Reason (R) The trustees of those
(d) Tax
temples were his favourite courtiers.
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152. Which revenue system among the 160. Which one among the following depicts 168. The troops raised by the Emperor but
following was also known as the the correct meaning of the term not paid directly by the state and placed
Bandobast system? [JPSC 2013] Jins-i-Kamil concerning crops in Mughal under the charge of Mansabadars were
(a) Zabti India? known as [IAS (Pre) 2003]
(b) Dahsala (a) Paddy crop (a) Balashahi (b) Barwardi
(c) Nasa (b) Cash crop (c) Kumki (d) Dakhili
(d) Kankut (c) Coarse crop
169. Which one of the following pairs of
(d) Crop grown in the arid zone
153. Which among the following systems of term and meaning is not correctly
levying land revenue in Deccan was 161. In the Mughal period, certain Mansabdars matched? [Astt. Comm. 2017]
prevalent during the reign of Akbar? were paid in cash. They were called (a) Khalisa – Villages whose income
(a) Kankut (a) Naqdis (b) Jagirdar went directly to the state treasury.
(b) Number of ploughs (c) Amirs (d) None of these (b) Mauza – Rebellious territory
(c) Zabt (c) Inam – Land allotted to learned and
162. During the reign of Akbar, the role of an religious man
(d) Ghallabakshi
official called Amalguzar was [NDA 2002] (d) Jagir – Territorial assignment given
154. With reference to Mughal period’s (a) to be in-charge of law and order. to Mansabdars in lieu of salary.
revenue collection system, ‘Zabti’ (b) to make an assessment and collection
means [WBCS 2020] of land revenue. 170. Which of the following statements about
(a) Estimate (c) to be in-charge of imperial household. ‘Mughal Mansab’ system are correct?
(b) Yield per unit area (d) to maintain the royal treasury. I. ‘Zat’ rank was an indicator of a
(c) Base on yield of crops Mansabdar’s position in the imperial
163. Which one of the following is not true about hierarchy and the salary of the
(d) 1/3rd of total yield
the Mughal Mansabdari system? Mansabdar.
155. Kabuliyat and Patta as instruments of (a) There were 33 divisions. II. ‘Sawar’ rank indicated the number of
settlement were introduced by (b) They got conditional or Mashut rank. horsemen the Mansabdar was
(a) Sher Shah [WBCS 2020] (c) Their ‘Sawar’ rank could exceed required to maintain.
(b) Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah the‘zat’ rank. III. In the seventeenth century,
(c) Bahlul Khan Lodi (d) All civil and military officers were given Mansabdars holding 1000 or above
(d) Humayun Mansabs. ‘Sawar’ rank were designated as
164. What is the name of the award given to nobles (Umara). [CDS 2020]
156. In the Mughal administration ‘Madad- Codes
i-Mash’ indicates [BPSC 2005] meritorious men in the Mughal Court in
the form of a Robe of Honour that was (a) I and II (b) I and III
(a) toil tax (c) II and III (d) I, II and III
(b) revenue free land given to learned once worn by the Emperor?
persons (a) Sarapa [NDA 2018] 171. With reference to Mansabdari system,
(c) pension to army persons (b) Patka which of the statements is/are correct?
(d) cultivation tax (c) Padma murassa I. Mansabdari system was the official
(d) Khilat nobility of the state, started by Akbar.
157. The meaning of word ‘Bantai’ during II. A Mansabdari was hereditary.
medieval period was [BPSC 2008] 165. Which one of the following statements is
not true about Ijarah system? [NDA 2019] Select the correct answer using the
(a) religious tax codes given below. [UPPSC 2019]
(b) system of calculating revenue (a) It was a system of revenue farming.
(b) It encouraged the role of middlemen (a) Only I (b) Both I and II
(c) wealth tax
(c) under this system, land revenue was (c) Only II (d) Neither I nor II
(d) property tax
fixed for the peasant. 172. Consider the following observations
158. The Mansabdari system introduced by (d) The ijaradar paid a fixed amount to the relating to the reign of the Mughal
Akbar was borrowed from the system state treasury. Emperor Akbar [CDS 2009]
followed in [IAS (Pre) 1994]
166. During the Mughal rule, copper coin was I. Akbar strengthened his control on
(a) Afghanistan the nobility and the army by
(b) Turkey known as [UPPSC 2008]
introducing the Mansabdari system.
(c) Mongolia (a) Rupee (b) Dam
II. Under the Mansabdari system, every
(d) Persia (c) Tanka (d) Shamsi
officer was assigned a rank
159. In Medieval India, why was 167. During the reign of Akbar, biggest gold (Mansab).
Mansabdari system introduced? coin was known as [RAS/RTS 2008] III. The ranks were divided into Zat,
(a) For revenue collection (a) Illahi Sawar and Chehra.
(b) Facilitating recruitment to the army (b) Jalali Which of the statement(s) given above
(c) To establish religious harmony (c) Dam is/are correct?
(d) Ensuring clean administration (d) Sihinsah (a) Only I (b) Only II
(c) I and II (d) I and III

123. (d) 124. (b) 125. (b) 126. (d) 127. (b) 128. (c) 129. (d) 130. (b) 131. (b) 132. (d) 133. (d) 134. (c) 135. (d) 136. (b) 137. (b)
138. (b) 139. (b) 140. (a) 141. (c) 142. (a) 143. (b) 144. (c) 145. (b) 146. (d) 147. (b) 148. (c) 149. (b) 150. (d) 151. (c) 152. (b)
153. (c) 154. (d) 155. (a) 156. (b) 157. (b) 158. (c) 159. (d) 160. (b) 161. (a) 162. (b) 163. (c) 164. (d) 165. (c) 166. (b) 167. (d)
168. (d) 169. (d) 170. (d) 171. (a) 172. (c)
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173. Consider the following statements. 178. Who among the following kings had 187. The foundation of the Mughal painting
Ahadis were those troopers who given patronage to Tansen before was laid by [UPPSC 2012]
I. offered their services singly. Akbar? [UPPSC 2019] (a) Akbar (b) Humayun
II. did not attach themselves to any (a) Raja Ramchandra Singh of Bhata (c) Jahangir (d) Shah Jahan
chief. (b) Rajbahadur of Malwa
III. had the emperor as their immediate (c) Uday Singh of Mewar
188. European paintings were introduced in
the court of [BPSC 2019]
colonel. (d) Muzaffar Shah of Gujarat
IV. attached themselves to Mirzas. (a) Humayun (b) Akbar
[IAS (Pre) 1998]
179. Which Mughal ruler of the following has (c) Jahangir (d) Shah Jahan
learnt Hindu music from Lala Kalavant?
(a) I, III and IV are correct 189. Which one of the following books was
[UPPSC 2016]
(b) I, II and III are correct not illustrated with paintings in Akbar’s
(a) Humayun (b) Jahangir
(c) II are III are correct Court? [CDS 2016]
(c) Akbar (d) Shah Jahan
(d) I and IV are correct (a) Hamzanama (b) Razmnama
174. Assertion (A) The Mansabdari system 180. Who is believed to have created the (c) Baburnama (d) Tarikh-i-Alfi
raga Miyan Ki Malhar? [SSC 2004]
was existing during Mughal period. 190. Who among the following was not
(a) Tansen
Reason (R) Mansabdars were selected painter at Akbar’s Court? [CDS 2019]
(b) Baiju Bawara
on the basis of qualification. (a) Daswanth
(c) Amir Khusrau
Codes [CGPSC 2008] (b) Abdus Samad
(d) Swami Haridasa
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the (c) Kalyan Das
correct explanation of A 181. The original name of Tansen was (d) Basawan
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the (a) Makarchand Pandey [MPPSC 2013]
correct explanation of A 191. Mir Sayyid Ali and Abdus Sammad was
(b) Ramtanu Pandey
(c) A is true, but R is false the court poet of which among the
(c) Lala Kalawant
(d) A is false, but R is true following rulers? [MPPSC 2010]
(d) Baz Bahadur
(a) Humayun, Akbar
175. Given below are two statements, one 182. Musicians like Tansen, Baiju Bawra (b) Akbar, Jahangir
labelled as Assertion (A) and the other and Gopal Nayak had received training (c) Jahangir, Shah Jahan
as Reason (R). [UPPSC 2019] from the Master Swami Haridas. How (d) Shah Jahan, Aurangzeb
Assertion (A) Akbar, like Sher Shah, many music worship centres has been
tried to regulate the currency of the set up by the followers of Swami 192. Who did illustrate ‘Dastan-e-Amir
state. Haridas? [UPPSC 2009] Hamza’? [BPSC 2004]
Reason (R) As in Sher Shah’s currency, (a) 5 (b) 4 (a) Abdus Samad (b) Mansur
the chief copper coin of Akbar’s time (c) 3 (d) 2 (c) Mir Sayyid Ali (d) Abul Hasan
was the Dam.
183. Where is Tansen’s is tomb located? 193. Who among the following Mughal
Codes
[MPPSC 2010] Emperors shifted emphasis from
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the illustrated manuscripts to album and
correct explanation of A (a) Agra (b) Gwalior
(c) Jhansi (d) Jaipur individual portrait? [IAS (Pre) 2019]
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not a
(a) Humayun (b) Akbar
correct explanation of A 184. With reference to Mian Tansen, which (c) Jahangir (d) Shah Jahan
(c) A is true, but R is false one of the following statement is not
(d) A is false, but R is true correct? [IAS (Pre) 2019] 194. Which among the following was the
(a) Tansen was the title given to him by famous paintings of birds, animals and
176. Assertion (A) During the time of Akbar, flowers in Mughal School of Painting?
for every ten cavalrymen, the Emperor Akbar.
[IAS (Pre) 2000]
Mansabdars had to maintain twenty (b) Tansen composed Dhrupads on
Hindu gods and gooddesses. (a) Bisan Das (b) Miskin
horses.
(c) Tansen composed songs on his (c) Abdur Samad (d) Mansur
Reason (R) Horses had to be rested
while on march and replacements were patrons. 195. Which among the following Mughal
necessary in times of war. (d) Tansen invented many ragas. painter was sent by Jahangir to Persia?
Codes [IAS (Pre) 1999] 185. Which one of the following musical [IAS (Pre) 1997]
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the instruments was mastered by (a) Mansur (b) Vichitra
correct explanation of A Aurangzeb? [UPPSC 2010] (c) Bisan Das (d) Basavaan
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the (a) Sitar (b) Pakhawaj
correct explanation of A 196. Abdul Hasan was one of the most
(c) Veena (d) None of these eminent painters of Jahangir’s reign.
(c) A is true, but R is false
186. The Dhrupad Singers included in the He painted the well-known Mughal
(d) A is false, but R is true
reign of Akbar was/were Darbar scene describing
177. Which one of the following musical I. Tansen II. Haridas (a) Jahangir’s accession to the throne.
instruments was mastered by Akbar? III. Surdas IV. Vilas Khan (b) the arrival of Tansen.
(a) Nagara (c) Jahangir’s interaction with the
Select the correct answer from the
(b) Veena people.
codes given below. [UPPSC 2010]
(c) Tabla (d) the arrival to the Mughal Court
(a) I and II (b) II and III
(d) Pakhawaj historians.
(c) I, II and III (d) All the four
INDIAN HISTORY 93

197. The famous Mughal painting, depicting 204. Who among the following built the tomb 214. Where is the tomb of Akbar located?
Jahangir embracing the Safavid king of her Emperor husband? (a) Sikandara
Shah Abbas, was painted by which one [UPPSC 2004] (b) Agra
of the following Mughal painters? (a) Shah Begum (c) Aurangabad
[CDS 2020] (b) Haji Begum (d) Fatehpur Sikri
(a) Abd al-Samd (b) Abul Hasan (c) Mumtaj Mahal Begum
(c) Dasavant (d) Bishandas (d) Noorjahan Begum
215. Who stated that five thousand to twenty
thousand men worked for forty years to
198. Jahangir mainly patronised which of 205. Where is mausoleum of Sher Shah? build the palace of forty pillars at
the following arts? [UPPSC 2016] [MPPSC 2016] Allahabad in Akbar’s time?
(a) Painting (b) Architecture (a) Sasaram (b) Delhi (a) Manucci
(c) Sculpture (d) Music (c) Kalinjar (d) Sonargaon (b) Tavernier
(c) William Finch
199. Who among the following were Jahangiri 206. Which historical monument in Delhi is a (d) Abdul Hamid Lahori
painters? synthesis of Persian and Indian styles
I. Abdus Samad II. Abul Hasan of Architecture? 216. The first tomb of India built entirely of
III. Aqa Riza IV. Mir Sayyad Ali (a) Qutub Minar (b) Lodi’s Tomb marble is
Select the correct answer using the (c) Humayun’s Tomb (d) Red Fort (a) Humayun’s Tomb
codes given below. [UPPSC 2012] (b) Akbar’s Tomb
(a) I and II (b) II and III
207. Who was the chief architect of (c) It mad-ud-Daula’s tomb
Humayun’s tomb? (d) Taj Mahal
(c) III and IV (d) IV and I
(a) Abdar Samad (b) Mirak Mirza Ghiyas
200. Which of the following statements (c) Bega Begum (d) Abul Fazl
217. Itmad-ud-Daula’s tomb at Agra was
regarding the Mughal paintings is/are built by [BPSC 2008]
correct? [NDA 2012] 208. In which of the following years Akbar (a) Akbar (b) Jahangir
built Ibadatkhana? [WBCS 2020] (c) Nur Jahan (d) Shah Jahan
I. The paintings of Akbar’s time were
mostly confined to book illustrations (a) 1575 AD (b) 1568 AD 218. The coordination of Hindu and Iranian
are portraits. (c) 1571 AD (d) 1562 AD
architecture can be seen in
II. Mir Sayyad Ali of Herat and Khwaja 209. Ibadat Khana at Fatehpur Sikri was (a) Taj Mahal [RAS/RTS 1992]
Abdus Samad formed the nucleus of [IAS 2014] (b) Red Fort
the Mughal school of painting which (c) Panch Mahal
(a) the mosque for use of royal family.
fused together the non-Islamic and (d) Tomb of Sher Shah
(b) Akbar’s private chamber prayer.
Islamic elements.
Select the correct answer using the (c) the hall in which Akbar held discussion 219. Who among the following Mughal
codes given below. with scholars at various religions. Emperors constructed Jama Mosque of
(a) Only I (b) Only II (d) the room in which the nobles Delhi? [RAS/RTS 1997]
belonging to different religions (a) Akbar
(c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II
gathered to discuss religious affairs. (b) Jahangir
201. Match the following. (c) Shah Jahan
210. The finest monuments constructed by
List I List II Akbar is found in ……… (d) Aurangzeb
A. Aqua Riza 1. Shiri Kamal (a) Allahabad Fort (b) Lahore Fort 220. Who made the Red Fort in Delhi?
B. Ustad Mansur 2. Nadir-ul-Jama (c) Agra Fort (d) Fatehpur Sikri [BPSC 1997]
C. Abdur Samad 3. Nadi-ul-Ustra
211. Which one of the following structures (a) Akbar (b) Nur Jahan
D. Miya Tansen 4. Akbar
was constructed by Emperor Akbar in (c) Jahangir (d) Shah Jahan
Codes
Fatehpur Sikri? [CDS 2003] 221. Taj Mahal was constructed in the
A B C D A B C D
(a) Moti Mahal (b) Rang Mahal memory of [JPSC 2010]
(a) 4 2 1 3 (b) 1 2 3 4
(c) Panch Mahal (d) Hira Mahal (a) Mumtaj
(c) 3 4 2 1 (d) 2 3 1 4
(b) Jodha Bai
202. Who built the Babri mosque in 212. The monument built by Akbar inspired (c) Nur Jahan
from Buddhist monastery is [JPSC 2003]
Ayodhya? [UPPSC 1992] (d) All of the above
(a) Panch Mahal
(a) Babur (b) Humayun 222. Which of the undermentioned facts
(b) Diwan-i-Khas
(c) Nizam-ul-Mulk (d) Mir Baqi about Taj Mahal is not correct?
(c) Jodha Bai Mahal
203. Which one of the following is a (d) Buland Darwaza (a) It is a magnificent mausoleum.
monument constructed by Sher Shah? (b) It was built by Shah Jahan.
213. Which monument is not at Fatehpur (c) It is situated outside Agra Fort.
(a) Qila-i-Kuhna at Delhi
Sikri? [UKPSC 2012]
(b) Atala Masjid at Jaunpur (d) The names of artisans who built it are
(c) Bara Sona Masjid at Gaur (a) Golden Palace (b) Panch Mahal engraved on it.
(d) Quwwat-al-Islam mosque at Delhi (c) Jodha Bai Palace (d) Akbari Mahal

173. (b) 174. (b) 175. (b) 176. (a) 177. (a) 178. (a) 179. (c) 180. (a) 181. (b) 182. (a) 183. (b) 184. (a) 185. (c) 186. (a) 187. (b)
188. (b) 189. (c) 190. (c) 191. (a) 192. (a) 193. (c) 194. (d) 195. (c) 196. (c) 197. (b) 198. (a) 199. (b) 200. (c) 201. (a) 202. (d)
203. (a) 204. (b) 205. (a) 206. (c) 207. (b) 208. (b) 209. (c) 210. (d) 211. (c) 212. (a) 213. (d) 214. (a) 215. (c) 216. (c) 217. (c)
218. (a) 219. (c) 220. (d) 221. (a) 222. (d)
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223. Which among the following mosque 230. Arrange the following monuments in 236. Who among the following had
has been constructed entirely of their chronological order by selecting composed Humayun nama?
marble? [RPSC 2003] the correct answer from the codes [NDA 2018]
(a) Jama Masjid of Fatehpur Sikri given below. [UPPSC 2019] (a) Roshanara Begum
(b) Moti Masjid of Agra Fort I. Rabia-ud-Daurani Tomb, Aurangabad. (b) Ruksana Sultan Begum
(c) Qila-e-Kuhana mosque of Purani II. Tomb of Sher Shah Suri, Sasauram. (c) Gulbadan Begum
Qila in Delhi III. Humayun’s Tomb, Delhi (d) Gauhar Begum
(d) Jama Masjid at Delhi IV. Atala Mosque, Jaunpur
Codes 237. Delhi’s education centre which was
224. Which one of the following tombs is known as Madarsa-e-Begum was
called the ‘Second Taj Mahal’? A B C D A B C D
established by [UPPSC 2012]
(a) Tomb of Anarkali (a) 1 2 4 3 (b) 4 2 3 1
(c) 2 1 3 4 (d) 3 4 1 2 (a) Gulbadan Begam
(b) Tomb of Itmad-ud-Daula (b) Maham Anga
(c) Tomb of Rabia-ud-Daurani 231. Match List I with List II and select the (c) Zia-un-nisa
(d) None of the above correct answer from the codes given (d) Zinat-un-nisa
225. Who among the following constructed below the lists. [UPPSC 2010]
238. Who among the following had
‘Bibi Ka Maqbara’? List I List II translated ‘Hitopadesha’ into Persian?
(a) Humayun (b) Shah Jahan (Monument) (Builder) [UPPSC 2013]
(c) Akbar (d) Aurangzeb A. Alai Darwaja, Delhi 1. Alauddin (Khilji) (a) Dara Shukoh
226. The world famous Takht-i-Taus B. Buland Darwaja, 2. Akbar (b) Faizi
(Peacock Throne) was kept in which of Fatehpur Sikri (c) Abdul Qadir Badauni
the following Mughal buildings? C. Moti Masjid, Agra 3. Aurangzeb (d) Tajul Mali
[SSC 2006] D. Moti Masjid, Delhi 4. Shah Jahan 239. The first Indian Hindi scholar of the
(a) The Diwan-i-Khas at Fatepur Sikri Mughal period was [SSC 2010]
Codes
(b) Agra Fort
A B C D A B C D (a) Malik Muhammad Jayasi
(c) The Rang Mahal at the Red Fort at
(a) 2 1 3 4 (b) 1 2 4 3 (b) Abdur Rahim
Delhi
(c) 1 2 3 4 (d) 3 4 1 2 (c) Mulla Wajhi
(d) The Diwan-i-Am at the Red Fort at
(d) Chandbardai
Delhi 232. Match List I (Emperors) with List II
(Tombs) and select the correct answer 240. Which of the following Muslim Scholars
227. Which among the following pairs
from the codes given below the lists. has most significant contribution in
(Mughal monuments and place) is not
[UPPCS 2005] Hindi literature?
correctly matched?
List I List II
(a) Abul Fazl
(a) Tomb of Sher Shah – Sasaram (b) Faizi
(b) Tomb of Humayun – Delhi A. Babur 1. Lahore
(c) Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khanan
B. Akbar 2. Agra (d) Abdul Qadir Badauni
(c) Jahangiri Mahal – Burhanpur
C. Jahangir 3. Kabul
(d) Buland Darwaza – Fatehpur Sikri 241. In Indian history, who was Abdul Hamid
D. Shah Jahan 4. Sikandara
228. Which of the following statements Lahori? [IAS (Pre) 2006]
Codes
about Humayun is/are correct? (a) An important Military Commander
A B C D A B C D during Akbar’s reign.
I. He built a new city at Delhi, which he (a) 1 2 3 4 (b) 4 3 1 2
named Dinpanah. (b) An official historian of the reign of
(c) 3 4 1 2 (d) 2 1 3 4 Shah Jahan.
II. The autobiography of Humayun,
‘Humayun-Nama’, was written by his 233. Court language during Mughal period (c) An important noble and confident of
sister, Gulbada Begum. was [UPPSC 2012] Aurangzeb.
Select the correct answer using the (a) Arabic (b) Turkish (d) A chronicler and poet during the
codes given below. (c) Persian (d) Urdu reign of Muhammad Shah.
(a) Only I (b) Only II 242. Who is the author of Shah Jahan
234. In which language was ‘Tuzuki-
(c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II Nama? [CGPSC 2015]
i-Baburi’ written? [BPSC 2012]
229. With reference to culture history of (a) Persian (a) Gulbadan Begul
India, consider the following statements. (b) Arabic (b) Shah Jahan
I. White marble was used in making (c) Turkish (c) Abdul Hamid Lahori
Buland Darwaza and Khankah at (d) Urdu (d) Inayat Khan
Fatehpur Sikri. 243. Tulsidas composed his
II. Red sandstone and marble were 235. Which one among the following books
was authored by a lady of the Mughal ‘Ramcharitamanas’ in the reign of
used in making Bara Imambara and [CDS 2001]
Rumi Darwaza at Lucknow. Royal House? [CDS 2012]
(a) Akbarnama (a) Babur
Which of the statements given above (b) Akbar
is/are correct? (b) Baburnama
(c) Humayun-nama (c) Aurangzeb
(a) Only I (b) Only II (d) Bahadur Shah ‘Zafar’
(c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II (d) Badshah Nama
INDIAN HISTORY 95

244. Akbarnama was completed by Abul 252. Consider the following statements. Codes
Fazl in [CDS 2001] I. The Ain-i-Akbari is the third book in A B C D A B C D
(a) seven years the Akbarnama written during the (a) 2 3 1 4 (b) 2 4 3 1
(b) eight years reign of the Mughal Emperor Akbar. (c) 3 2 1 4 (d) 4 2 1 3
(c) nine years II. Abul Fazl was the author of the first 256. Match List I with List II and select the
(d) ten years two books of the Akbarnama, while
correct answer using the codes given
Akbar was the author of the third.
245. Anwar-e-Suhaili is a translation of below the lists. [CDS 2000]
III. The best known accounts of
[UPPSC 1999] illustrated Mughal official reports are List I List II
(a) Panchtantra the Akbarnama and the Baburnama. (Name) (Work)
(b) Mahabharata Which of the statements given above
(c) Ramayan A. Abdul Hamid 1. Akbar-Namah
is/are correct? [NDA 2013]
(d) Sur Sagar Lahori
(a) Only I (b) I and III
B. Abul Fazi 2. Muntakhabut
246. Nastaliq was [IAS (Pre) 1996] (c) Only III (d) All of these
Tawarikh
(a) a Persian script used in medieval 253. Consider the following statements. C. Badauni 3. Tabaqat-i-Akbari
India. I. ‘Akbarnama’ and ‘Badshah Nama’
(b) a raga composed by Tansen. D. Nizamuddin 4. Badshahnama
are two important books which
(c) a cess levied by the Mughal rulers. Ahmad
illustrated Mughal optical historians.
(d) a manual of code of conduct for the II. While ‘Akbarnama’ was written by Codes
Ulemas. Abdul Hamid Lahori, ‘Badshah Nama’ A B C D
247. Which one of the following wrote the was authored by Abu’ Fazl. (a) 4 1 3 2 (b) 1 4 2 3
famous ‘Ram Chandrika’ and III. The ‘Akbarnama’ is divided into three (c) 1 4 3 2 (d) 4 1 2 3
‘Rasik-Priya’? [UPPSC 2008] books of which the third book is the
‘Ain-i-Akbari’.
257. Match List I with List II and select the
(a) Keshav correct answer using the code given
Which of the statements given above
(b) Matiram below the lists. [UPPSC 2003]
is/are correct?
(c) Raskhan List I List II
(a) Only I (b) I and III
(d) Senapati
(c) II and III (d) All of these A. Hasan Nizami 1. Alamgir Nama
248. Who among the following gifted B. Khwandamir 2. Nushkha-i-Dilku
Badshah Nama to King George in
254. Statement I Abul Fazl shaped,
sha
represented and articulated the ideas
1799? [NDA 2018] C. Muhammad 3. Humayun Nama
associated with the reign of Akbar.
(a) Abul Fazl Kazim
Statement II The qualities of Abul Fazl
(b) Abdul Hamid Lahori D. Bhim Sen 4. Tazul Maasir
impressed Akbar who found the former
(c) Nawab of Awadh
suitable as an adviser and spokesperson Codes
(d) William Jones
for his policies. [NDA 2019] A B C D A B C D
249. Who among the following had Codes (a) 4 3 1 2 (b)3 2 4 1
translated Baburnama into English? (a) Both statements are correct and (c) 2 4 3 1 (d) 1 3 2 4
[UPRO/ARO 2017] statement II is the correct reason for
(a) Leyden and Ruskin statement I 258. Match the names of the books with that
(b) Both statement are correct and of the authors, and choose your answer
(b) William Hawkins
statement II is not the correct reason from the code given below.
(c) Fitch
for statement I [RAS/RTS 2013]
(d) William Jones
(c) Statement I is correct while Books Authors
250. Which of the following pairs is correctly statement II is incorrect A. Alamgirnama 1. Mutamad
matched? [UPPSC 2009] (d) Statement I is incorrect while Khan
(a) Babur – Tuzuk-i-Baburi statement II is correct B. Tabaqat-i-Akbari 2. Munshi Mohd.
(b) Humayun – Humayun-nama Kazim
255. Match List I (book translated in Persian
(c) Sher Shah – Tarikh-i-Sher Shahi C. Char Chaman 3. Chandrabhan
language) and List II (translator).
(d) Akbar – Tabaqat-i-Akbari Barahman
List I List II
251. Which among the following is not D. Iqbal 4. Nizamuddin
A. Atharveda 1. Abdur Rahim Nama-i-Jahangiri Ahmad
correctly matched? Khan-i-Khana
Codes
(a) Tabaqat-i-Nasiri – Minhaj-Us-Siraj B. Tuzuk-i-Baburi 2. Faizi
A B C D A B C D
(b) Tarikh-i- – Shams-i-Siraj Atif C. Lilawati 3. Haji Ibrahim (a) 1 3 4 2 (b) 3 2 1 4
Firozshahi Sarhindi
(c) 4 1 2 3 (d) 2 4 3 1
(c) Tughlaq Nama – Ibn Battuta D. Panchtantra 4. Abul Fazl
(d) Humayun-nama – Gulbadan Begum

223. (b) 224. (c) 225. (d) 226. (d) 227. (c) 228. (c) 229. (d) 230. (b) 231. (b) 232. (c) 233. (c) 234. (c) 235. (c) 236. (c) 237. (b)
238. (d) 239. (b) 240. (c) 241. (b) 242. (d) 243. (b) 244. (a) 245. (a) 246. (a) 247. (a) 248. (c) 249. (a) 250. (a) 251. (c) 252. (b)
253. (b) 254. (a) 255. (a) 256. (b) 257. (a) 258. (d)
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259. Which among the following ports was 268. Which among the following business 278. Consider the following statement.
called Babul (Mecca gate of Mecca) center was not used as port by Mughals [CDS 2018]
durings the Mughals period? [IAS (Pre) 2001] “So much is wrung from the peasants,
[IAS (Pre) 2001] (a) Lahori Bandar (b) Thatta that even dry bread is scarcely left to fill
(a) Calicut (c) Cambay (d) Surat their stomachs.” Who among the
(b) Bharuch following European travellers had made
(c) Cambay
269. Banjaras during the medieval period of the above statement abut the condition
Indian history were generally of peasantry in the Mughal Empire?
(d) Surat
[IAS (Pre) 2016] (a) Francisco Pelsaert
260. Who among the following Indian rulers (a) agriculturists (b) warriors (b) Francois Bernier
was a contemporary of Akbar? (c) weavers (d) traders (c) Jean-Baptiste Tavernier
(a) Rani Durgawati [SSC 2003] (d) Niccolao Manucci
270. ‘The Last Sun of Indian Glory’ has been
(b) Ahilya Bai
used for [UPPSC 2016] 279. Which one of the following European
(c) Martanda Varma
(a) Shivaji travellers visited India during the
(d) Swai Jai Singh
(b) Prithviraj Mughal period wrote in his account that
261. Which Rajput ruler was not a (c) Rana Pratap the king was the owner of all land in
contemporary of Akbar? [WBCS 2018] (d) Hemu India and no private ownership existed
(a) Man Singh in agriculture land?
271. Hem Chandra Vikramaditya is famous
(b) Amar Singh (a) Bernier
in Indian History as
(c) Udai Singh (b) Tavernier
(a) Puran Mal
(d) Jaswant Singh (c) Sir Thomas Roe
(b) Maldev
(d) Manucci
262. Which Mughal Emperor wrote his own (c) Rana Sanga
autobiography? [WBCS 2017] (d) Hemu 280. Which among the following foreign
(a) Babur travellers had described that Mughal
272. Mughal adopted ‘Navroj’ festival from Emperors used to drink water brought
(b) Akbar
[UPPSC 2001]
(c) Shah Jahan from River Ganga in Bronze Vessels?
(a) Zoroastrians (b) Jews [UPPSC 2009]
(d) Aurangzeb
(c) Mongols (d) Turks (a) Thomas Coryat
263. The historian Abul Fazl was killed by 273. Where is tomb of Abdur Rahim Khana- (b) Edward Terry
(a) Hemu [MPSC 2009]
i-Khanam is situated? [UPPSC 2010] (c) Ralph Fitch
(b) Bairam Khan (a) Delhi (b) Agra (d) Sir Thomas Roe
(c) Uday Singh (c) Surat (d) Lucknow
(d) Bir Singhdeo Bundela 281. Who among the following was
274. The master gunners who helped Babur appointed as a Physician in the Mughal
264. Who was conferred the title of ‘Gunraj win the First Battle of Panipat are service? [UPPSC 2008]
Khan’? [WBCS 2004]
(a) Ustad Ali (a) Bernier
(a) Bipradas Pipilai (b) Mustafa (b) Coreri
(b) Maladhar Basu (c) Rumi Khan (c) Manucci
(c) Kavi Jaydeva (d) Both (a) and (b) (d) Tavernier
(d) Sri Chaitanya
275. During the Mughal period, the Madarsa 282. Which historian is famous for his
265. Who were called ‘Sheikhzadas’ in the which was specialised in the teaching research on Mughal history?
nobility? of ‘Muslim Jurisprudence’ was located [WBCS 2017]
(a) Turanis in ……… [UPPSC 2016] (a) Sumit Sarkar
(b) Iranis (a) Lucknow (b) Jadunath Sarkar
(c) Afghans (b) Delhi (c) Sushobhan Chandra Sarkar
(d) Indian Muslims (c) Sialkot (d) S Gopal
266. The famous historical book ‘Travels of (d) Hyderabad 283. Which one of the following statements
the Mughal Empire’, was written by 276. Who among the following had is correct? [CDS 2005]
(a) Ibn Battuta (b) Francois discovered the art of making perfume (a) Kashmir was annexed to the Mughal
(c) Al-Biruni (d) Thomas Roe out of rose? Empire by Humayun.
267. During Mughal Empire, which of the (a) Maham Anga (b) Nur Jahan (b) Gujarat was annexed to the Mughal
provinces was lost in 1622, recovered (c) Mumtaz Mahal (d) Roshan Ara Empire by Akbar.
in 1638? [CDS 2009]
(c) Malwa was annexed to the Mughal
277. The leaders of Jat who plundered Empire by Jahangir.
(a) Ajmer (b) Kashmir Akbar’s tomb was [IAS (Pre) 2001] (d) Khandesh was annexed to the
(c) Bengal (d) Kandhar (a) Gokul (b) Churaman Mughal Empire by Shah Jahan.
(c) Raja Ram (d) Ramchera
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284. With regard to nature of Mughal state, 288. Arrange the following Battles of the 291. Assertion (A) Akbar constructed ‘Buland
who among the following scholars Mughal period in chronological order. Darwaza’ at Fatehpur Sikri.
argued that “the peculiar feature of the I. Battle of Ghagara Reason (R) Akbar built this monument to
state in Mughal India was that it served II. Battle of Khanwa commemorate the birth of his son Jahangir.
not merely as the protective arm of the III. Battle of Chausa Codes
exploiting classes,but was itself the IV. Battle of Samugarh (a) Both A and R are true and R is the
principal instrument of exploitation”? Select the answer using the codes correct explanation of A
[CDS 2017] given below. [CGPSC 2008] (b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the
(a) Irfan Habib (b) Satish Chandra (a) II, I, III, IV correct explanation of A
(c) Athar Ali (d) J F Richards (b) I, III, II, IV (c) A is true, but R is false
285. Which among the following is not (c) III, II, I, IV (d) A is false, but R is true
correctly matched? [IAS (Pre) 2004] (d) II, III, I, IV 292. Match List I with List II and select the
Emperor Amir 289. Assertion (A) The Battle of Khanwa correct answer using the codes given
(a) Babur – Tardi Beg was certainly more decisive and below the lists. [NDA 2009]

(b) Humayun – Bairam Khan significant than the First Battle of List I List II
Panipat. (Battle) (Year)
(c) Jahangir – Sawai Jai Singh
Reason (R) Rana Sanga, the Rajput A. First Battle of Panipat 1. 1565
(d) Aurangzeb – Jaswant Singh hero, was certainly a more formidable B. Battle of Plassey 2. 1526
adversary than Ibrahim Lodi. C. Battle of Haldighati 3. 1757
286. Which of the following is not correctly
Codes [IAS (Pre) 2001] D. Battle of Talikota 4. 1576
matched? [UPPSC 2010]
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the
(a) Babur – Battle of Khanwa Codes
correct explanation of A
(b) Humayun – Battle of Chausa A B C D
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not
(c) Akbar – Battle of Haldighati (a) 2 3 4 1 (b) 2 4 3 1
the correct explanation of A
(d) Jahangir – Battle of Balkh (c) 1 4 3 2 (d) 1 3 4 2
(c) A is true, but R is false
287. Consider the following statements. (d) A is false, but R is true 293. Match List I with List II and select the
In the reign of Jahangir, Kandhar could correct answer using the codes given
290. Assertion (A) Daulatabad fortress
not be recaptured due to below the lists. [IAS (Pre) 1998]
was besieged by the Mughal forces in
I. inefficiency of Mughal army.
the year 1631 and it had to be List I List II
II. refusal of Khurram to proceed to that surrendered to them.
place. A. 1556 1. Battle of Haldighati
Reason (R) Malik Amber betrayed his B. 1600 2. Nadir Shah’s capture of
III. difficulties in organising an
sultan during the seige of Daulatabad Delhi
expedition.
fortress by Mughal forces. [CDS 2002] C. 1686 3. Death of Shivaji
IV. severe cold in Afghanistan.
Codes D. 1739 4. Grant of Charter to East
Which of the statements given above
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the India Company
is/are correct? [CDS 2000]
correct explanation of A 5. Accession of Akbar
(a) I, II and III (b) Both A and R are true, but R is not
(b) II, III and IV the correct explanation of A Codes
(c) I and IV (c) A is true, but R is false A B C D A B C D
(d) All of the above (d) A is false, but R is true (a) 3 4 2 1 (b) 5 4 3 2
(c) 5 2 1 4 (d) 1 5 3 2

259. (d) 260. (a) 261. (d) 262. (a) 263. (d) 264. (b) 265. (d) 266. (b) 267. (d) 268. (b) 269. (d) 270. (d) 271. (d) 272. (a) 273. (a)
274. (d) 275. (a) 276. (b) 277. (c) 278. (a) 279. (b) 280. (b) 281. (c) 282. (b) 283. (b) 284. (a) 285. (c) 286. (d) 287. (b) 288. (a)
289. (a) 290. (b) 291. (c) 292. (a) 293. (b)
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15
Post-Mughal Period
(1707-1857)
1. Who succeded Aurangzeb after his 7. Jahandar became Mughal Emperor Codes
death in 1707 AD? [UPPSC 2012] after the death of [UPPSC 2012] (a) Both A and R are true and R is the
(a) Bahadur Shah I (a) Azam Shah (b) Bahadur Shah I correct explanation of A
(b) Jahandar Shah (c) Farrukhsiyar (d) Aurangzeb (b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the
(c) Muhammad Shah correct explanation of A
(d) Akbar-II 8. The Mughal Emperor who reigned (c) A is true, but R is false
for shortest period in the 18th century
(d) A is false, but R is true
2. Shah Alam I or Muazzam was also was [SSC 2018]
known as (a) Muhammad Shah 13. In 1717, which Mughal Emperor gave
(a) Rangeela (b) Shah-e-Bekhbar (b) Bahadur Shah the English East India Company a firman
(c) Mastmaula (d) Lampat Murk (c) Farrukhsiyar granting trade privileges in India?
(d) Jahandar Shah [CDS 2004]
3. Which among the following event
happened during the reign of Bahadur (a) Shah Alam II (b) Bahadur Shah
9. A courtesan called Lal Kunwar dominated (c) Jahandar Shah (d) Farrukhsiyar
Shah I? [SSC 2017] the affairs of the Mughal empire during
(a) Abolishment of Jaziya. the reign of 14. Which among the following Mughal
(b) Release of Shahu. (a) Jahandar Shah rulers were crowned at Patna?
(c) Re-celebration of holi in the imperial (b) Muhammad Shah (a) Farrukhsiyar (b) Shah Alam II
court. (c) Alamgir II (d) Shah Alam II (c) Both (a) and (b) (d) Bahadur Shah II
(d) Support to tradition of Sati.
10. Who among the following later Mughal 15. Banda Bahadur was executed by the
4. Which among the following post rulers, had given the title ‘Mirza Raza’ orders of which among the following
Mughal ruler allowed Marathas to to Jai Singh, the Subedar of Malwa? Mughal rulers?
collect Sardeshmukh in Deccan? (a) Jahandar Shah (a) Bahadur Shah (b) Jahandar Shah
(a) Jahandar Shah
(b) Muazzam (c) Farrukhsiyar (d) Rafi ud-Darajat
(b) Muazzam (Bahadur Shah I)
(c) Farrukhsiyar
(c) Alam Gir II 16. Farrukhsiyar awarded Jai Singh with
(d) Rafi ud-Darajat
(d) Akbar II the title of
5. Who among the following was the 11. How did the Mughal Emperor Jahandar (a) Sawai (b) Mirza
Shah’s reign come to an early end? (c) Khan (d) Shurveer
leader of foreign delegation who visited
[IAS (Pre) 2003]
the Mughal court during the reign of 17. The leader of Turani group who was
Bahadur Shah I? (a) He was deposed by his Wazir.
awarded with Subedari of Mughal
(a) Josua Kettler (b) Ralph Fitch (b) He died due to slip while climbing
Province of Deccan by Farruksiyar.
(c) Alamgir II (d) Akbar II down steps.
[MPPSC 2003]
(c) He was defeated by his nephew in a
6. The battle of JaJaw (1707) for the (a) Chin Qilich Khan (b) Saiyyad Ali
battle.
succession of Mughal throne was (c) Rafi-ud-daulah (d) Shah Jahan II
(d) He died of sickness due to too much
fought between consumption of wine. 18. The Maratha leader who supported
(a) Bahadur Shah I and Azam Saiyyad brothers in overthrowing
(b) Azam and Kam Baksh 12. Assertion (A) The reign of Jahandar
Farruksiyar. [IAS (Pre) 1999]
(c) Bahadur Shah I and Kam Baksh Shah ended soon in 1713. [NDA 2014]
(a) Shivaji II (b) Shahuji
(d) None of the above Reason (R) He was defeated by his
(c) Balaji Vishwanath (d) Baji Rao
cousin Farrukh siyar in Agra.
INDIAN HISTORY 99

19. Consider the following statement. 27. A group of eunuchs and ladies 34. Who was the Mughal Emperor when the
I. Farrukhsiyar appointed Abdulla Khan dominated the Mughal court under Battle of Plassey was fought between
as Wajir of the Empire and Hussain [UPPSC 2004] the Nawab of Bengal and the English
Ali as Mir Bakshi. (a) Muhammad Shah (b) Ahmad East India Company?
II. Saiyyad brothers were Amirs of Shah (a) Ahmad Shah [CDS 2003]
Hindustani group. (c) Alamgir (d) Shah Alam II (b) Aziz-ud-Din Alamgir II
Which among the statement(s) given (c) Muhammad Shah
above is/are correct? 28. Muhammad Shah awarded
(d) Shah Alam II
Fatehchand with the title to
(a) Only I
(b) Only II
(a) Jagat Seth 35. Which of the following Mughal Emperors
(b) Jagatnath Pindak was not allowed to enter into Delhi by
(c) Both I and II
(c) Gareeb Gulam Wazir Ghaziuddin?
(d) Neither I nor II
(d) Lal Khan (a) Alamgir II (b) Shah Alam II
20. Who among the following Mughal ruler (c) Akbar II (d) Bahadur Shah II
had adopted the title of Shah Jahan II? 29. The Mughal-Maratha Treaty of 1719
was concluded in the times of 36. For which Mughal Emperor, it was said
(a) Rafi ud-Daulah
(a) Jahandar Shah that his empire stretched from ‘Delhi to
(b) Rafi ud-Darajat
(b) Farrukhsiyar Palm.’
(c) Muhammad Shah (a) Shah Alam II (b) Alamgir II
(c) Muhammad Shah
(d) Bahadur Shah Zafar (c) Farrukhsiyar (d) Akbar II
(d) Bahadur Shah II
21. What was the other name of Roshan 37. Who among the following was
Akhtar? [UPPSC 2009]
30. Consider the following statements.
I. Muhammad Shah (1719-1748) was responsible for blinding of Mughal
(a) Ahmad Shah Emperor Shah Alam II in 1780?
the first Mughal ruler to patronise
(b) Muhammad Shah (a) Najib-ud-Daulah [UPPSC 2003]
Urdu.
(c) Jahandar Shah (b) Munro
II. Malik Muhammad Jayasi wrote the
(d) Shah Alam (c) Mahadji Shinde
famous epic ‘Padmavat’ in Hindi.
22. Who among the following Mughal Which of the statements given above (d) Ghulam Qadir Ruhela
Emperors had the longest reign? is/are correct? [CDS 2009]
38. Who among the following later Mughal
(a) Bahadur Shah [CDS 2004] (a) Only I rulers were defeated by Britishers in
(b) Jahandar Shah (b) Only II Battle of Buxar?
(c) Farrukhsiyar (c) Both I and II (a) Shah Alam II
(d) Muhammad Shah (d) Neither I nor II (b) Akbar II
23. Which Mughal Emperor is known by 31. With regard to disintegration of (c) Alamgir II
the name of Rangila? [MPPSC 2014] Mughal Empire, which Mughal (d) Bahadur Shah Zafar
(a) Farruksiyar Emperor was deposed his Wajir 39. The famous book of prose in Urdu
(b) Rafi-ud-Darajat Ghazi-ud-Din Imad-ul-Mulk? ‘Ajaib-Ut Qasas’ was written by which
(c) Muhammad Shah (a) Muhammad Shah later Mughal ruler?
(d) Rafi-ud-Daulah (b) Ahmad Shah (a) Shah Alam II (b) Farrukhsiyar
(c) Alamgir II (c) Muhammad Shah (d) Bahadur Shah II
24. At the time, when Nadir Shah attacked (d) Akbar Shah II
Delhi, the Mughal Emperor was 40. Assertion (A) Shah Alam II spent the
[CDS 2001] 32. Consider the following statements. initial years as an emperor far away from
(a) Ahmad Shah I. When Ahmad Shah Abdali invaded his capital.
(b) Bahadur Shah Punjab in 1748,he was defeated by Reason (R) There are always a linking
(c) Muhammad Shah Mughal Army near Sirhind. danger of foreign invasion from the
(d) Shah Alam II II. After the third battle of Panipat, North-West Frontier.
Ahmad Shah Abdali refused to Codes
25. Where was the battle between Nadir recognise Shah Alam II as the (a) Both A and R are true and R is the
Shah and Mughal Emperor Muhammad Mughal Emperor of India. correct explanation of A
Shah was fought? [UPPSC 2008] Which of the statements given above (b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the
(a) Delhi (b) Karnal is/are correct? correct explanation of A
(c) Lahore (d) Panipat (a) Only I (b) Only II (c) A is true, but R is false
(c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II (d) A is false, but R is true
26. Who was the last Mughal Emperor to sit
on Mayur Singhasan? [BPSC 1995] 33. Which among the following Mughal 41. Which among the following Mughal
(a) Shah Alam I Emperor adopted the title of Alamgir Emperors sent Raja Rammohan Roy as
(b) Muhammad Shah II? [UPPSC 2008] an ambassador to London?
(c) Bahadur Shah (a) Aziz-ud-Din (b) Shah Alam (a) Alamgir II (b) Shah Alam II
(d) Jahandar Shah (c) Rafi-ud-Daulah (d) Roshan Akhtar (c) Akbar Shah II (d) Bahadur Shah II

1. (a) 2. (b) 3. (d) 4. (b) 5. (a) 6. (a) 7. (b) 8. (d) 9. (a) 10. (a) 11. (c) 12. (a) 13. (d) 14. (c) 15. (c)
16. (a) 17. (a) 18. (c) 19. (c) 20. (a) 21. (b) 22. (a) 23. (c) 24. (c) 25. (b) 26. (b) 27. (a) 28. (a) 29. (c) 30. (c)
31. (b) 32. (a) 33. (a) 34. (b) 35. (b) 36. (a) 37. (d) 38. (a) 39. (a) 40. (c) 41. (c)
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42. Rammohan Roy was given the title 49. The last Mughal Emperor, died in the 56. The famous Kohinoor diamond was
……… by Akbar Shah II. Rangoon in the year. taken away from India in 18th Century,
(a) Raja (b) Rai (a) 1860 CE (b) 1861 CE during the invasion of Delhi by ………
(c) Sardar (d) Mirza (c) 1862 CE (d) 1865 CE (a) Mahmud of Ghazni
(b) Ahmad Shah Abdali
43. Which Mughal Emperor started the 50. The Awadh ruler chosen as Wajir by (c) Nadir Shah
Hindu Muslim unity festival Phool Mughal Emperor was [UPPSC 1999]
(d) Saadat Khan
Walon ki Sair? (a) Saadat Khan
(a) Akbar Shah II (b) Safdar Jung 57. According to historian ‘Satish Chandra’
(b) Alamgir II (c) Asaf-ud-Daula what was the main reason for the
(c) Bahadur Shah II (d) Shuja-Ud-Daula disintegration of Mughal Empire?
(d) Shah Alam II (a) Jagirdari crisis
51. In Indian History, who is known as King (b) Agrarian crisis
44. The Mughal coins were discontinued maker? (c) Increase of Maratha Mansabdar
under the regime of Akbar II in (a) Saiyyad brothers (d) Deccan campaign
(a) 1830 CE (b) 1832 CE (b) Jai Singh
(c) 1833 CE (d) 1835 CE (c) Wajir Safdarjung 58. Maharaja Jai Singh II constructed
(d) Chin Qilich Khan observatories at which among the
45. Bahadur Shah was [SSC 2009]
following places? [UPPSC 2007]
(a) last ruler of the Lodis. 52. Who among the following were famous I. Delhi II. Jaipur
(b) last Mughal ruler. as Kingmaker in Mughal Empire? III. Ujjain IV. Varanasi
(c) successor of Sher Shah. (a) Hussain Ali and Abdullah Khan Codes
(d) successor of the Maratha ruler Shivaji. (b) Nasir Khan and Zakariya Khan (a) I and II
46. Mughal dynasty was to Bahadur Shah (c) Shah Hussain and Abdul Hussain (b) I and III
Zafar as Lodi dynasty was to (d) Muhammad Jarmi and Muhammad (c) II and III
[CDS 2002] Junaidi (d) I, II, III and IV
(a) Bahlol Lodi (b) Daulat Khan Lodi 53. Among the following who had constructed 59. The Mughal rulers installed on the throne
(c) Ibrahim Lodi (d) Sikandar Lodi an astronomical observatory popularly with the help of Sayyid brothers were
47. Which one of the following statements known as Jantar-Mantar at Delhi? I. Farrukhsiyar II. Muhammad Shah
is not correct about Bahadur Shah [UPPSC 2005] III. Shah Jahan II IV. Rafi-ud-Darajat
Zafar? [UPPSC 2006] (a) Akbar (b) Shah Jahan Codes
(a) He was an Emperor without an (c) Suraj Mal (d) Jai Singh II (a) I, II and III (b) II, III and IV
empire. 54. The book ‘Jiz Muhammad Shahi’ (c) I and IV (d) All of these
(b) Ibrahim Zuaa and Asad Ullah Khan related to knowledge of Astrology was
Ghalib were his poetry teachers. 60. Arrange the following in their
written by [RAS/RTS 2007]
chronological order by selecting the
(c) Hasan Askari was his spiritual guide. (a) Darbar Jaswant Singh of Jodhpur correct answer from the codes given
(d) He received less than one lakh (b) Raja Bharmal of Amber below [UPPSC 2018]
rupees as pension from East India (c) Sawai Jai Singh of Jaipur
Company. I. Muhammad Shah II. Jahandar Shah
(d) Maharana Amar Singh of Udaipur III. Alamgir II IV. Ahmad Shah
48. The last Mughal Emperor was Bahadur 55. Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh of Jaipur Codes
Shah, his father’s name was had not built the observatory at A B C D A B C D
[UPPSC 2005] [UPPSC 2014] (a) I III IV II (b) II I IV III
(a) Akbar Shah I (b) Akbar Shah II (a) Ujjain (b) Varanasi (c) III I II IV (d)IV II III 1
(c) Aurangzeb (d) Shah Jahan (c) Mathura (d) Allahabad

42. (a) 43. (a) 44. (d) 45. (b) 46. (c) 47. (d) 48. (b) 49. (c) 50. (b) 51. (a) 52. (a) 53. (d) 54. (c) 55. (d) 56. (c)
57. (a) 58. (d) 59. (c) 60. (b)
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The Maratha Empire and
Confederatory
1. Which is / are correct reasons for the 8. Among the surrendered forts to Mughal 14. Match the following. [UPPSC 2009]
rise of Marathas? [UPPSC 1992] under Treaty of Purandar, which fort List I List II
(a) Religious consciousness was not recaptured by the Shivaji?
A. Shahji Bhonsle 1. Father of
(b) Geographical security [UPPSC 2011]
Shivaji
(c) Political awakening (a) Purandar (b) Mahuli
(c) Lohagarh (d) Shivneri B. Jija Bai 2. Mother of
(d) All of the above
Shivaji
2. Shahji obtained the Jagirdari of Poona 9. Where was the capital of Shivaji? C. Samarth Ramdas 3. Spiritual
from [MPPSC 2010] [BPSC 2015] teacher of
(a) Mughal Empire (a) Raigarh (b) Sindh Fort Shivaji
(b) Adil Shahi Kingdom (c) Poona (d) Javli D. Dadaji Kondadev 4. Caretaker of
(c) Nizam Shahi Kingdom Shivaji
10. Treaty of Purandar, 1665 was signed
(d) Portuguese between Codes
3. When was shivaji born and when did he (a) Shivaji and Aurangzeb A B C D A B C D
assume the title of Chhatrapati? (b) Shivaji and Afghal Khan (a) 1 2 3 4 (b) 2 1 3 4
[UPPSC 2015] (c) Shivaji and Jai Singh (c) 1 2 4 3 (d) 4 3 2 1
(a) 1626, 1675 (b) 1625, 1671 (d) Shivaji and Shaista Khan
15. Where was Shivaji formally crowned as
(c) 1627, 1661 (d) 1627, 1674 11. The Last Campaign of Shivaji was against Chhatrapati? [UPPSC 2016]
4. Shivaji was born at …… ....... . (a) Pune (b) Kolhapur
[RAS/RTS 2010] (a) Jinji (b) Raigarh (c) Raigarh (d) Ahmednagar
(a) Purandar (b) Poona (c) Panhala (d) Bijapur
16. Who assumed the title of ‘Haindava -
(c) Raigarh (d) Shivneri 12. When did Shivaji died? Dharmoddharak’ (Protector of the
5. The large contigent under Afghal Khan (a) 1676 AD Hindu Faith)? [WBCS 2018]
to repress Shivaji was sent by ruler of (b) 1677 AD (a) Guru Ram Das (b) Shivaji
[IAS (Pre) 2008] (c) 1680 AD (c) Baji Rao I (d) Balaji Baji Rao
(a) Bidar (b) Bijapur (d) 1685 AD
17. The Britisher present at the coronation
(c) Golconda (d) Khandesh 13. Which among the following statement of Shivaji was
6. In 1663 AD who was deputed by about Shivaji is not correct? (a) George Oxenden
Aurangzeb to put down the rising [UPPSC 1999] (b) Job Charnock
power of Shivaji? [IAS (Pre) 2010] (a) The Persian historian, Kafi Khan had (c) Elphinston
(a) Khafi Khan (b) Shaista Khan appreciated the religious policies of (d) Sir John Malcom
(c) Diler Khan (d) Mubariz Khan Shivaji.
(b) With an intent to attain ‘Hindavi 18. Name the priest who presided the
7. In which city was Shivaji interned when Swarajya’ Shivaji met Aurangzeb at coronation of Shivaji.
he escaped from the custody of the Agra. (a) Vishveshvara Bhatta
Mughals? [MPPSC 2005] (c) Shivaji had left a permanent Kingdom (b) Vaman Pandit
(a) Gwalior (b) Agra after his death. (c) Ram Das
(c) Delhi (d) Kanpur (d) Shivaji neglected businesses and (d) Divakara bhatta
traders.

1. (d) 2. (b) 3. (d) 4. (d) 5. (b) 6. (b) 7. (b) 8. (d) 9. (a) 10. (c) 11. (a) 12. (c) 13. (b) 14. (a) 15. (c)
16. (b) 17. (a) 18. (a)
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19. The first military campaign of Shivaji 30. At the time of Shivaji, the post of 39. What was Kurja-Patti or Tasti-Patti?
was against ‘Sarnobat’ was related with (a) It was a levy equal to one year of
(a) Golconda (b) Bijapur [UPPSC 2014] income of the tax payer realised in
(c) Raigarh (d) Javali (a) Financial Administration times of financial difficulties.
(b) Judicial Administration (b) It was a levy equal to two years
20. Shivaji defeated the Mughals in the (c) Local Administration income of the tax payer realised in
battle of [UPPSC 2005] (d) Military Administration times of financial difficulties.
(a) Purandhar (b) Raigarh (c) it was a kind of land grants reserved
(c) Salher (d) Shivneri 31. In medieval India, during the reign of
Shivaji, the role of the official called for deshmukhs.
21. Identify the European power from 'Chitnis' was to [CDS 2002] (d) None of the above
whom Shivaji obtained cannons and (a) be the in-charge of King’s personal 40. In the Maratha Cavalry, the lowest unit
ammunitions. [SSC 2011] security guard. of twenty-five horse soldiers was under
(a) The French (b) The Portuguese (b) be the in-charge of intelligence/ which one fo the following?
(c) The Dutch (d) The English espionage activity. (a) Nayak
(c) be the master of ceremonies in the (b) Havaldar
22. The first raid of Surat under the Royal court.
leadership of Shivaji happened in (c) Sarnobat
(d) be assisting the king with his
(a) 1664 (b) 1665 (d) Jamladar
correspondence.
(c) 1661 (d) 1660 41. The main organisers of Maratha’s
32. The Maratha claim of revenue for
23. Jawli was conquered by Shivaji from artillery was [UPPSC 2008]
protection is known by what name?
(a) Chander Rao Moray (a) Ibrahim Khan Gardi
[UPPSC 2018]
(b) Trimbakrao Dhapade (b) Mir Habib
(a) Sardesh Mukhi (b) Chauth
(c) Siddhis of Tanjira (c) Khanderao Dabhade
(c) Abwab (d) Jamadani
(d) Bijapur (d) Kanhojee
24. Consider the following statements about 33. Maratha’s land revenue system was
based on 42. Upari refers to which one of the
Shivaji’s military acumen. [CDS 2012] following? [CDS 2015]
(a) Ryotwari
I. He was a master in guerrilla tactics (a) A form of Marathi poetry that emerged
(b) Permanent Settlement
and swift cavalry warfare. during the Maratha period.
(c) Mahalwari
II. He had built a series of fortified (d) None of the above (b) A category of tenancy tenure held
strongholds on the table mountains of under the Maratha regime.
the Western Deccan. 34. Saranjami was related to [BPSC 1994] (c) A court official during Maratha rule.
Which of the statement(s) given above (a) Land revenue system of Maratha. (d) A group of peasants who repelled
is/are correct? (b) Taluqdari system. against their oppressive landlords
(a) Only I (b) Only II (c) Qutub Shahi administration. under Maratha rule.
(c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II (d) None of the above
43. In Shivaji’s administrative system, what
25. Ashtapradhan was a Council of 35. In the later years of Maratha rule, land was the duty of Wakia Nawis?
Ministers [IAS (Pre) 1996] revenue collected was upto [IAS (Pre) 2009]
(a) in the Gupta Administration. (a) 33% of produce (b) 40% of produce (a) To check and countersign all public
(b) in the Chola Administration. (c) 45% of produce (d) 50% of produce accounts and payments to royal
(c) in the Vijayanagara Administration. employee.
36. The Maratha claim of revenue for
(d) in the Maratha Administration. protection is known by what name? (b) To keep a diary of daily doings of the
king and the happenings at court.
26. Who established Ashtapradhan? (a) Sardeshmukhi
(c) To look after the correspondence of
[BPSC 2019] (b) Chauth
the king.
(a) Chandragupta (b) Ashoka (c) Abwab
(d) Jamadani (d) To organise religious ceremonies
(c) Harshavardhana (d) Shivaji and to be the censur of public morals.
27. Who among the following ministers, in the 37. Which of the following pairs is
associated with the taxation system of 44. ‘Paga’ in Maratha administration was
eight member council (Ashtapradhan) of (a) independent soldiers.
Shivaji, held the charge of finance? the Marathas? [SSC CGL 2019]
(a) Iqta and Jagir (b) state dependent soldiers.
(a) Peshwa (b) Amatya (c) professional soldiers.
(c) Sumant (d) Pandit Rao (b) Chauth and Sardeshmukhi
(c) Zat and Sawar (d) soldiers of other country.
28. The member of Shivaji’s Ashtapradhan (d) Polaj and Parauti 45. Which among the following were the
who looked after foreign affairs was officers in Ashtapradhan during Shivaji’s
[IAS (Pre) 1998] 38. What was Chauth? [SSC 2001]
reign? [CGPSC 2017]
(a) Sumant (b) Amatya (a) Religious tax levied by Aurangzeb.
I. Mazumdar II. Dabir
(c) Sar - i - Naubat (d) Sachiv (b) Total tax levied by Shivaji.
III. Waqia - Navis IV. Shuru-navis
(c) Irrigation tax levied by Akbar.
29. In Shivaji’s Council of Ministers the Which among the above given options
(d) A levy on the neighbouring territories
Prime Minister was called [SSC 2004] is/are correct?
by Shivaji which was one fourth of
(a) Peshwa (b) Shachiv (a) I, II, III (b) II, III, IV
land revenue in lieu of protection
(c) Mantri (d) Sumanta against Maratha invasion. (c) I, II, IV (d) I, II, III, IV
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46. Consider the following statements Codes 58. The division of Maratha Empire into
regarding Ashtapradhan. A B C D A B C D different military commanders was held
I. It was Council of Eight Ministers (a) 2 1 3 4 (b) 1 2 3 4 under [JPSC 2003]
created by Shivaji for General (c) 4 3 2 1 (d) 1 2 4 3 (a) Shahu
Administration and Consultation. (b) Balaji Baji Rao
50. After the death of Shivaji, there was a
II. Shivaji was bound to accept the (c) Baji Rao I
fight for succession between [CDS 2015]
recommendations of this council. (d) Raja Ram
(a) Sambhaji and the widow of Shivaji
III. Every minister was chief of his own
department. (b) Sambhaji and Baji Rao 59. Arrange the following in the correct
IV. All the ministers held military (c) Raja Ram and Sambhaji chronological order. [UPPSC 2005]
commands besides their civil duties (d) None of the above I. Chhatrapati Shahuji
Which of the statements given above II. Raja Ram
51. The close confident of Sambhaji who was
are correct? bestowed with highest administrative III. Sambhaji
(a) I and III (b) I, II and III power was IV. Shivaji II
(c) II, III and IV (d) All of these (a) Kavi Kalash Select the correct answer from the code
(b) Ram Govind given below.
47. Match the following military officials.
(c) Raj Kovind Codes
List I List II (d) Mansukh Dwivedi (a) III, II, I, IV
A. Sar-i-Naubat 1. Incharge of the (b) III, II, IV, I
army 52. Who among the following took over the (c) II, III, I, IV
Maratha empire as its third Chhatrapati
B. Paik 2. Head at the (d) I, II, III, III, IV
after Sambhaji?
Nine-member unit
of Infantry (a) Shahuji (b) Raja Ram 60. Who among the following streamlined the
(c) Shivaji II (d) Tarabai Maratha Administration after Sambhaji?
C. Havaldar 3. Foot soldier
[IAS(Pre) 2000]
D. Jamladar 4. Head of five Naiks 53. After death of Sambhaji his infant son (a) Raja Ram
E. Naik 5. Head of two to Shivaji II became the ruler of Maratha
(b) Balaji Vishwanath
three havaldars Empire, who served him as regent?
(c) Gangabai
(a) Tarabai
Codes (d) Nanaji Deshmukh
(b) Ahilyabai
A B C D E A B C D E (c) Putlibai 61. Balaji Vishwanath was made first Peshwa
(a) 1 3 4 5 2 (b) 2 1 3 4 5 (d) Sambhai Nimbhalkar of Maratha Empire during the reign of
(c) 1 2 3 4 5 (d) 2 3 5 1 4 (a) Sambhaji
54. At the time of Aurangzeb’s death, the
48. Match the following terms of Maratha (b) Shahuji
Maratha leadership was in the hands of
Dominion. (c) Raja Ram
[UPPSC 2012]
List I List II (d) Shivaji II
(a) Sambhaji (b) Raja Ram
A. Kathi 1. Those with (c) Jijabai (d) Tarabai 62. Who among the following made the
hereditary right in post of Peshwas hereditary?
land 55. Who among the following Maratha (a) Balaji Vishwanath
B. Patel and 2. Unit of measurement women led struggles against of Mughal
(b) Baji Rao I
Patil of land Empire from AD 1700 onwards?
(c) Balaji Baji Rao
C. Mirasdars 3. Collected land revenue [UPPSC 2008]
(d) Madhav Rao
in the villages (a) Ahilyabai (b) Muktabai
Codes
(c) Tarabai (d) Rukmini Bai 63. Who among the Maratha Peshwa
followed the ideal of Hindu Pad-
A B C A B C 56. Shahuji made the capital of Maratha Padshahi ? [WBCS 2007]
(a) 2 3 1 (b) 2 1 3 Empire at
(a) Baji Rao I
(c) 1 2 3 (d) 3 1 2 (a) Raigarh (b) Satara
(b) Balaji Vishwanath
(c) Panhala (d) Pune
49. Match the following. [IAS (Pre) 2001] (c) Narayana Rao
List I List II 57. Among which of the following the (d) Madhav Rao
(Designation) (Work) Treaty of Warna, 1731 AD was signed?
[IAS (Pre) 2003]
64. Who among the following annexed
A. Peshwa 1. General islands of Bassein and Salsher from
Administration (a) Chhatrapati Shahu of Satara and
the Portuguese?
B. Amatya 2. Accounts of the
Nizam of Hyderabad.
(a) Baji Rao I
Empire (b) Sambhaji of Kolhapur and
(b) Balaji Vishwanath
C. Sachiv 3. Internal Affairs and
Chhatrapati Shahu of Satara.
(c) Balaji Baji Rao
correspondence (c) Sambhaji of Kolhapur and East India
(d) None of the above
D. Sumant 4. Foreign Affairs
Company.
(d) Baji Rao and Nawab of Bhopal.

19. (b) 20. (c) 21. (b) 22. (a) 23. (a) 24. (c) 25. (d) 26. (d) 27. (b) 28. (a) 29. (a) 30. (d) 31. (d) 32. (b) 33. (a)
34. (a) 35. (b) 36. (b) 37. (b) 38. (d) 39. (a) 40. (b) 41. (a) 42. (b) 43. (b) 44. (b) 45. (d) 46. (a) 47. (a) 48. (a)
49. (b) 50. (c) 51. (a) 52. (b) 53. (a) 54. (d) 55. (c) 56. (b) 57. (b) 58. (a) 59. (b) 60. (b) 61. (a) 62. (a) 63. (a)
64. (a)
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65. The Strongest Maratha ruler after shivaji 74. Name the Historian who witnessed 79. Under the reign of which Governor-
was the Third Battle of Panipat? General did the first Anglo-Maratha
(a) Baji Rao I [CGPSC 2003] War happened?
(b) Balaji Baji Rao (a) Khafi Khan (a) Warren Hasting
(c) Balaji Vishwanath (b) Kashiraj Pandit (b) Lord Cornwallis
(d) Nana Saheb (c) Dattaji Pingle (c) Lord Wellesley
(d) Harcharan Das (d) Lord Lytton
66. Baji Rao I died in
(a) 1760 AD 75. ‘‘Two pearls have been dissolved, 27 80. Between whom was the Treaty of
(b) 1740 AD gold coins have been lost and of silver Purandhar in 1776 made? [CDS 2005]
(c) 1720 AD and copper the total cannot be cast (a) English and Nizam of Hyderabad
(d) 1730 AD up.’’ This was the encrypted message (b) Marathas and Portuguese
referring to the defeat of India power (c) Marathas and English
67. Which Maratha leader changed the the Indian power was in the hand of
character of Maratha state for the (d) English and South of Mysore
[UPPSC 1997]
Kingdom of Maratha into the Empire 81. The Treaty of Bassein (1802) was
expanding in the North? (a) Emperor of Delhi
(b) Peshwa signed with the British by Peshwa.
(a) Baji Rao I [CDS 2006]
(b) Balaji Vishwanath (c) Siraj-ud-Daulah
(d) Shuja-ud-Daula (a) Madhav Rao
(c) Sadashivrao Bhau (b) Balaji Baji Rao
(d) Balaji Baji Rao 76. What was the immediate reason for (c) Baji Rao II
Ahmad Shah Abdali to invade India (d) Baji Rao
68. Maratha Peshwa Balaji Baji Rao II is also
and fight the Third Battle of Panipat?
famous as 82. The second Anglo Mysore War was
[IAS (Pre) 2018]
(a) Nana Saheb fought between
(a) He wanted to avenge the expulsion
(b) Rai Saheb (a) 1803-1806 AD
of his Viceroy Timur Shah from
(c) Raja Saheb (b) 1806-1809 AD
Lahore by Marathas.
(d) Aflatoon of Marathas (c) 1810-1813 AD
(b) The frustrated Governor of
69. The Third Battle of Panipat was fought Jalandhar Adina Beg Khan invited (d) 1814-1717 AD
between him to invade Punjab. 83. Who was Governor-General of India
(a) Peshwa Baji Rao II and Ahmad Shah (c) He wanted to punish Mughal during the second Anglo-Mysore War?
Abdali administration for non-payment of the (a) Lord Wellesley
(b) Babur and Ibrahim Lodi revenues of the chahar Mahal
(b) Lord Cornwallis
(c) Akbar and Hemu (Gujarat, Aurangabad, Sialkot and
(c) Lord Hasting
(d) Aurangzeb and Taimur Pasrur).
(d) Lord Amherst
(d) He wanted to annex all the fertile
70. The Third Battle of Panipat was fought in plains of Punjab up to the borders
…… [MPPSC 2014]
84. The third Anglo-Maratha War was
of Delhi to his kingdom. fought between
(a) 14th January, 1760
(a) 1813-1814 AD (b) 1815-1816 AD
(b) 5th January, 1761 77. Consider the following statements
regarding the defeat of Marathas in (c) 1816-1817 AD (d) 1817-1818 AD
(c) 14th January, 1761
(d) 5th November, 1556 the Third Battle of Panipat. 85. The famous Battle of Koregaon was
I. Tactical errors by Sadashivrao Bhau. part of which among the following
71. In the Third Battle of Panipat, Marathas II. Superior Generalship of Ahmad wars?
were defeated by [UPPSC 2012]
Shah. (a) First Anglo – Maratha War
(a) Afghans III. Presence of a large number of non- (b) Second Anglo – Maratha War
(b) Britishers combatants in the Maratha army. (c) Third Anglo – Maratha War
(c) Mughals IV. Treachery of a Commander, (d) First Anglo – Mysore War
(d) Rohillas Ibrahim Khan Gardi, of the Maratha
army. 86. Governor-General during third Anglo
72. Who was the leader of Maratha’s army in Maratha War was
the Third Battle of Panipat? Which of these were causes of the
defeat of Marathas? [CDS 2002] (a) Warren Hasting
(a) Dattaji Sindhiya [IAS (Pre) 2003] (b) Marquis of Hasting
(b) Vishwas Rao (a) I, II and III
(b) II, III and IV (c) Lord Wellesley
(c) Sadashivrao Bhau (d) Lord Amherst
(d) Malahar Rao Holkar (c) I and IV
(d) All of these 87. Who among the following finally
73. The Muslim military Commander who removed the Maratha Peshwa from his
died fighting for Marathas in Third Battle 78. The first Anglo-Maratha War was
fought between position, captured his territories and
of Panipat [UPPSC 1997] sent him off to a distant place?
(a) Murshid Quli Khan (a) 1775-82 AD
[CDS 2006]
(b) Ibrahim Gardi (b) 1770-72 AD
(c) 1780-85 AD (a) Wellesley (b) Cornwallis
(c) Alivardi Khan
(d) 1780-82 AD (c) Dalhousie (d) Hastings
(d) Siraj-ud-Daulah
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88. Who was called 'Chanakya of Maratha 93. Which among the following (a) Mokasa – A village donated to
Politics'? [BPSC 2007] statements related with Marathas is the Brahmins.
(a) Baji Rao II not correct? (b) Dharmadaya – A village donated in
(b) Balaji Vishwanath (a) The development of Maratha the name of religion.
(c) Nana Phadnavis movement initiated Shahji’s (c) Devasthan – A village donated in
(d) Mahadaji Shindie establishment of a defacto the name of temple.
independent Kingdom in Orrisa. (d) Namnuk – A village donated to
89. Modi script was employed in the (b) Baji Rao’s accession to the post of the Kamavisdar.
documents of the [IAS (Pre) 1995] Peshwa took place in 1720.
(a) Wodeyars (c) Marathas made a bid for
96. Match the following.
(b) Zamorins domination of Rajashan, parts of List I List II
(c) Hoysalas Doab and Punjab in 1741. A. Peshwas 1. Nagpur
(d) Marathas (d) Maratha movement was a B. Bhonsles 2. Gwalior
90. Maratha tactics of Guerilla Warfare were movement led by Maratha C. Gaekwads 3. Baroda
borrowed from sardars.
D. Holkars 4. Poona
(a) Malik Amber 94. What is the chronological sequence E. Scindias 5. Indore
(b) Abdur Razzak of following Peshwas?
(c) Ibrahim Adil Shah Codes
I. Balaji Vishwanath
(d) Rumi Khan II. Balaji Baji Rao A B C D E A B C D E
(a) 1 2 3 4 5 (b) 4 3 1 2 5
91. Referring to Shivaji who wrote ‘‘He made III. Baji Rao I
(c) 4 1 5 2 3 (d) 4 1 3 5 2
it a rule that his follower do not harm the IV. Narayan Rao
mosques, the book of God or anyone’s V. Madhav Rao 97. Match the following.
women’’? Select the correct answer using the List I List II
(a) Aurangzeb codes given below.
A. Treaty of Surat 1. 1775
(b) Raja Jai Singh (a) I, III, II, IV, V
(c) Khaifi Khan (b) I, III, IV, II, V B. Treaty of Purandar 2. 1776
(d) Abdul Hamid Lahori (c) I, II, III, IV, V C. Treaty of Wadgaon 3. 1779
(d) III, II, I, V, IV D. Treaty of Salbai 4. 1782
92. The Mughal General who forced Shivaji
to sign the Treaty of Purandhar in 1665 Codes
95. Which of the following (land grant
was donated during the Maratha rule in A B C D A B C D
(a) Jai Singh (b) Man Singh Chhattisgarh and its meaning) is not (a) 1 2 3 4 (b) 2 1 4 3
(c) Ajit Singh (d) Jaswant Singh correctly matched? [CGPSC 2020] (c) 1 2 4 3 (d) 4 3 2 1

65. (a) 66. (b) 67. (a) 68. (a) 69. (a) 70. (c) 71. (a) 72. (c) 73. (b) 74. (b) 75. (b) 76. (a) 77. (a) 78. (a) 79. (a)
80. (c) 81. (c) 82. (a) 83. (a) 84. (d) 85. (c) 86. (b) 87. (d) 88. (c) 89. (d) 90. (a) 91. (c) 92. (a) 93. (a) 94. (a)
95. (d) 96. (d) 97. (a)
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MODERN HISTORY

17
Rise of New States
1. Who founded Hyderabad during the 8. The Nawab of Awadh who permanently 13. Who founded Karnataka as an
reign of Muhammad Shah ‘Rangila’? transferred his capital from Faizabad to independent state in 1720?
(a) Nizam-ul-Mulk, (Asaf Jah I) Lucknow was (a) Yusuf Adil Shah
(b) Hasan Gangu (a) Safdar Jang (b) Shuja-ud-Daula (b) Asaf Shah
(c) Mir Jumla (c) Asaf-ud-Daula (d) Saadat Khan (c) Hussain Shah
(d) Quli Qutub Shah (d) Sadatullah Khan
9. Bara Imambara was built in 1784 in
2. Hyderabad state was established in Lucknow by 14. St Thome War is related to
(a) 1723 (b) 1724 (a) Wazir Ali (b) Asaf-ud-Daula (a) Anglo-Sikh War
(c) 1725 (d) 1726 (c) Shuja-ud-Daula (d) Safdar Jang (b) Anglo-Mysore War
(c) Anglo-Maratha War
3. Who was the first Nawab Wazir of 10. Who was Birjis Qadr? [WBCS 2020] (d) Carnatic War
Awadh in the 18th century? [CDS 2018] (a) The Nizam of Hyderabad
(a) Nawab Safdar Jang (b) The Nawab of Awadh 15. Between whom carnatic wars were
(b) Nawab Saadat Ali Khan (c) The Mughal Emperor fought? [WBCS 2019]
(c) Nawab Shuja-ud-Daula (d) The Nawab of Bengal (a) French East India Corporation and
(d) Nawab Saadat khan English East India Corporation.
11. Who gifted the Badshah Nama to King (b) French East India Corporation and
4. Who founded the independent state of George in 1799? [NDA 2018] Dutch East India Corporation.
Awadh? [SSC 2008] (a) Abul Fazl (c) Dutch East India Corporation and
(a) Saadat Khan (b) Yusuf Adil Shah (b) Abdul Hamid Lahori the Portuguese.
(c) Nizam-ul-Mulk (d) Alivardi Khan (c) Nawab of Awadh (d) English East India Corporation and
(d) William Jones the Dutch.
5. Which state was known as ‘Buffer
State’ during the British reign? 12. Match the following. 16. Assertion (A) The French were
(a) Awadh (b) Bengal defeated by the British in the Third
Nawab of Awadh Reign
(c) Mysore (d) Punjab Carnatic War.
A. Saadat Ali Khan I 1. 1722-1739
6. Who was the second Nawab of Awadh? Reason (R) The Indian rulers did not
B. Safdar Jang 2. 1739-1754
(a) Shuja-ud-Daula (b) Safdar Jang support the French.
C. Shuja-ud-Daula 3. 1754-1775 Codes
(c) Asaf-ud-Daula (d) Asaf Shah
D. Asaf-ud-Daula 4. 1775-1797 (a) Both A and R are true and R is the
7. Which city was developed as full- correct explanation of A
fledged capital city by Nawab of Awadh Codes (b) Both A and R are true, but R is not
Shuja-ud-Daula? A B C D A B C D the correct explanation of A
(a) Lucknow (b) Kannauj (a) 1 2 3 4 (b) 1 4 3 2 (c) A is true, but R is false
(c) Faizabad (d) Prayag (c) 2 3 1 4 (d) 4 1 2 3 (d) A is false, but R is true
INDIAN HISTORY 107
17. Match the following. 27. Who planted the ‘Tree of Liberty’ at 35. Treaty of Srirangapatinam was signed
List I Srirangapatnam? [WBCS 2020] between [BPSC 1997]
List II
(a) Haider Ali (a) English and Tipu Sultan
A. First Carnatic War 1. Duplex
(b) Tipu Sultan (b) English and Haider Ali
B. Second Carnatic 2. Muzaffar Jung
(c) Chin Qulich Khan (c) English and Nanraj
War and Chanda
(d) Murshid Quli Khan (d) English and Duplex
Sahib
C. Third Carnatic War 3. Count de Lally 28. Consider the following statements about 36. Tipu Sultan was killed in Fourth
D. Battle of Plassey 4. Siraj-ud-Daulah the Tipu Sultan. Anglo-Mysore war in [MPPSC 2000]
Codes I. He encouraged sericulture. (a) 1857 CE (b) 1799 CE
II. He introduced new system of coinage, (c) 1797 CE (d) 1769 CE
A B C D A B C D
measures and calenders.
(a) 1 2 3 4 (b) 2 3 1 4 37. Which of the following is correctly
III. He was pioneer in the use of rocket
(c) 4 3 2 1 (d) 2 4 3 1 matched? [UPPSC (Mains) 2014]
artillery.
IV. He organised standing disciplined army. (a) First Anglo – Haider Ali was
18. Who established powerful kingdom of Mysore War defeated
Bharatpur in 1720? Which of the following codes are correct.
(b) Second Anglo – Haider Ali defeated
(a) Churaman (b) Surajmal (a) I, II, III (b) II, III, IV Mysore War the British
(c) Gokul (d) Badan Singh (c) I, III, IV (d) All of these (c) Third – Tipu Sultan
19. Which Jat leader got the title of ‘Raja’ 29. Consider the following statements. Anglo-Mysore defeated the British
War and did not cede
from Ahmed Shah Abdali? I. Tipu had planted the tree of Liberty in
his dominions
(a) Badan Singh (b) Rajarama Srirangapatinam and founded the
(d) Fourth – Tipu Sultan was
(c) Surajmal (d) Deep Singh Jacobian Club.
Anglo-Mysore defeated and
II. Fathul Mujahidin is the military manual War killed during the
20. Which of the following is remembered as that was written by Zainul Abedin at
‘the plato of Jat tribe’ and as ‘Jat ulysses’? war
the instruction of Tipu Sultan.
(a) Badan Singh (b) Gokul Jat Which of the following statement is/are 38. Matche the following.
(c) Surajmal (d) Durga Singh correct?
List I List II
21. At which of the following places did (a) Only I (b) Only II
(Wars) (Treaties)
Haider Ali built a modern Arsenal with (c) Both I and II (d) None of these
the help of French in 1755? A. First Anglo-Mysore 1. Treaty of
30. First Anglo-Mysore War was fought War (1767-69) Manglore
(a) Mysore (b) Dindigul between English and
(c) Srirangapatna (d) Arcot B. Second Anglo- 2. Treaty of
(a) Maratha (b) Nizam of Hyderabad Mysore War Srirangapatna
22. Who was the first South Indian ruler to (c) Haider Ali (d) Tipu Sultan (1780-84)
defeat British armies? [BPSC 2003]
31. What was the main reason of first C. Third Anglo-Mysore 3. Treaty of
(a) Tipu Sultan Anglo-Mysore War? War (1790-92) Madras
(b) Haider Ali (a) To usurp the Nawab of Carnatic. D. Fourth Anglo-Mysore 4. Death of Tipu
(c) Nizam of Hyderabad War (1798-99) Sultan
(b) To establish the British Supremacy.
(d) None of the above (c) Border dispute of Mysore state. Codes
23. Tipu Sultan was the ruler of which state? (d) Treaty of Madras. A B C D A B C D
(a) Magadh (b) Hyderabad 32. Name the British General who had (a) 1 2 3 4 (b) 3 1 2 4
(c) Bangalore (d) Mysore defeated the Haider Ali in the Battle of (c) 4 3 1 2 (d) 2 1 4 3
24. At which place did Tipu Sultan establish Porto Novo during the second Anglo-
Mysore War? [JKPSC (Pre) 2003]
39. Who founded Sikhism?
his capital? [BPSC 1992]
(a) Guru Nanak
(a) Mysore (b) Bangalore (a) Sir Hector Munro (b) Robert Clive
(b) Guru Angad
(c) Srirangapatna (d) Coimbatore (c) General Goddard (d) Sir Eyre Coote
(c) Guru Amar Das
25. Who considered Tipu’s Mysore as “the 33. At which place did Tipu Sultan defeat the (d) Guru Govind Singh
most simple and despotic monarchy in British in 1780? [UPPSC (Mains) 2009]
(a) Pollilur (b) Hyderabad
40. Which of the following is the birth place
the world”?
of Guru Nanak? [SSC 2006]
(a) Charles Napier (b) Thomas Best (c) Nizamabad (d) Dindigul
(a) Amritsar (b) Talwandi
(c) Lord Cornwallis (d) Thomas Munro 34. By which Treaty Tipu surrendered (c) Gurdaspur (d) Lahore
26. Who among the following Indian rulers Baramahal, Dindigul and Malabar to
established embassies in foreign the British? 41. Who was the successor of Guru Nanak?
countries on Modern lines? (a) Treaty of Madras (a) Guru Angad (Lahna) [SSC 2014]
[UPPSC (Pre) 2011, IAS (Pre) 2001] (b) Treaty of Mangalore (b) Guru Ram Das
(a) Mir Qasim (b) Akbar II (c) Treaty of Srirangapatna (c) Guru Arjun
(c) Tipu Sultan (d) Haider Ali (d) Treaty of Lahore (d) Guru Hargovind

1. (a) 2. (b) 3. (d) 4. (a) 5. (a) 6. (b) 7. (c) 8. (c) 9. (b) 10. (b) 11. (c) 12. (a) 13. (d) 14. (d) 15. (a)
16. (c) 17. (a) 18. (a) 19. (a) 20. (c) 21. (c) 22. (b) 23. (d) 24. (c) 25. (d) 26. (c) 27. (b) 28. (d) 29. (c) 30. (c)
31. (c) 32. (d) 33. (a) 34. (c) 35. (b) 36. (b) 37. (d) 38. (b) 39. (a) 40. (b) 41. (a)
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42. Which of the following script was 52. In which year did Guru Govind Singh 63. Who was the last ruler of Sikh empire?
introduced by the second Sikh Guru, found ‘Khalsa’? [SSC 2011, UPPCS 2002] (a) Kharag Singh (b) Sher Singh
Guru Angad? (a) 1599 CE (b) 1699 CE (c) Hari Singh (d) Duleep Singh
(a) Brahmi Script (c) 1707 CE (d) 1789 CE
(b) Devnagari Script 64. Which of the following statement about
(c) Kharosthi Script 53. Which of the following book/books was the last ruler of Punjab is correct?
(d) Gurumukhi Script written by Guru Govind Singh? [UPPSC (Mains) 2013]
I. Bachittar Natak (Autobiography) (a) He died in Paris on 23rd October,
43. Guru Amar Das was the contemporary II. Chandi di Vaar III. Dasbodh 1893.
of which Mughal ruler?
IV. Zafarnamah (b) He last ritual was performed in
(a) Akbar (b) Jehangir Nasik.
Codes
(c) Shahjahan (d) Aurangzeb (c) He never apostated the Sikh religion.
(a) I, II and III (b) I, II and IV
44. Who founded the city, Amritsar? (c) I, III and IV (d) II, III and IV (d) He never went to Russia.
(a) Guru Nanak 65. Who was the Governor General of
54. Which of the following established the
(b) Guru Tegh Bahadur India during first Anglo-Sikh war
first Sikh state after the death of Guru
(c) Guru Govind Singh (1845-46)?
Govind Singh?
(d) Guru Ram Das (a) Lord Hardinge
(a) Banda Singh Bahadur
45. Which of the following book was (b) Ranjit Singh (b) Lord Ellenborough
completed by Guru Arjun Dev, the fifth (c) Fateh Singh (c) Lord Auckland
Sikh Guru? (d) Duleep Singh (d) Lord William Bentinck
(a) Adi Granth (b) Dasham Granth 66. Treaty of Lahore (1846) was signed
55. Which of the following is not the Sikh
(c) Beejak (d) Vichitra Natak between
Misl?
(a) Sikh-British
46. Who was the first of the two Gurus (a) Ahluwalia (b) Sukerchakia
(b) Mysore-British
martyred in the Sikh faith? (c) Kanheya (d) Dungarpuria
(c) Karnataka-Mysore
(a) Guru Nanak Dev (b) Guru Ram Das
56. Ranjit Singh was related to which Misl? (d) Jat-British
(c) Guru Hargovind (d) Guru Arjun Dev
[UPPSC (Pre) 1997]
67. Who led the Gujarat victory during the
47. Which of the following Guru considered (a) Sukerchakia (b) Singhpuria
second Anglo-Sikh war?
himself as the “Sacha Badshah”? (c) Ahluwalia (d) Ramgarhia (a) Charles William (b) Charles Napier
(a) Guru Arjun Dev (c) General Gough (d) General Martin
(b) Guru Hargovind Singh 57. Who has conferred the title of ‘Raja’ to
(c) Guru Ramdass Ranjit Singh? [SSC 2018]
68. After which war the Kohinoor diamond
(d) Guru Amardas (a) Diwan Shah (b) King of Kashmir was studded in the British crown?
(c) Nadir Shah (d) Zaman Shah (a) First Anglo Sikh War
48. Which of the following Sikh Guru has (b) Second Anglo Sikh War
built the ‘Akal Takht’? 58. Maharaja Ranjit Singh made his
political and religious capital to (c) Gujarat War
(a) Guru Amardas (d) Ramnagar War
(b) Guru Ramdas [UKPSC 2006, UPPSC (Pre) 1995]
(c) Guru Hargovind Singh (a) Amritsar, Keeratpur 69. Arrange the following battle between
(d) Guru Arjun Dev (b) Patiala, Multan the British and Sikhs in correct
(c) Lahore, Amritsar chronological order
49. Consider the following statements (d) Kapurthala, Lahore (a) Battle of Ramnagar, Battle of
about Guru Hargovind Singh. Chillianwala, Battle of Gujarat,
I. He was the seventh of ten Gurus of 59. Which of the following was included in Annexation of Punjab.
the Sikh religion. the Maharaja Ranjit Singh empire?
(b) Battle of Chillianwala, Battle of
II. He became the Guru at the young [UPPSC (Mains) 2004]
Gujarat, Battle of Ramnagar,
age of eleven. (a) Delhi (b) Kabul Annexation of Punjab.
III. He was the son of Guru Arjun dev. (c) Makrana (d) Srinagar (c) Battle of Gujarat, Battle of
Choose the correct code. 60. Who gave world famous ‘Kohinoor’ Chillianwala, Battle of Ramnagar,
(a) I and II (b) II and III diamond to Ranjit Singh? Annexation of Punjab.
(c) I and III (d) I, II and III [BPSC (Pre) 1996] (d) Annexation of Punjab, Battle of
50. Which Sikh Guru was publicly killed by (a) Zaman Shah (b) Dost Mohammad Gujarat, Battle of Chillianwala, Battle
(c) Sher Ali (d) Shah Shuja of Ramnagar.
Aurangzeb in 1675 for not embracing
Islam? [UPPSC 2001] 61. Which Governor General had entertained 70. Which of the following is not correct?
(a) Guru Arjun Dev Ranjit Singh with great honour at Ropar? Sikh War General
(b) Guru Tegh Bahadur [SSC 2007] (a) First Anglo-Sikh – Clive
(c) Guru Hargovind (a) Minto-I (b) William Bentick War
(d) Guru Harkishan (c) William Hastings (d) Lord Auckland (b) Second – Warren
51. At which place the tenth and the last 62. Who was the successor of Maharaja Anglo-Sikh War Hastings
Guru of Sikh, Guru Govind Singh was Ranjit Singh? [JPSC (Pre) 2003] (c) Third Anglo-Sikh – Lord
born in 1666? War Cornwallis
(a) Hair Singh Nalwa (b) Kharak Singh
(a) Amritsar (b) Chandigarh (c) Naunihal Singh (d) Sher Singh (d) Forth Anglo-Sikh – Lord
(c) Gurdaspur (d) Patna War Wellesley
INDIAN HISTORY 109

71. Consider the following statements. 80. The work Siyar-Ul-Mutakherin which 88. Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II, granted
I. Second Anglo-Sikh (1848-49) war describes the Battle of Plassey, 1757 Diwani rights of Bengal, Bihar and
was fought during the reign of Lord was written by [CDS 2020] Orissa to East India Company under
Dalhousie. (a) Salabat Jung (b) Qasim Khan the first Treaty of Allahabad on
II. Battle of Chillianwala (1849) was (c) Ghulam Husain (d) Ram Mohan Roy [BPSC 2008]
fought during second Anglo-Sikh war. (a) 18th August, 1765
Which of the above mentioned statement/s 81. Who signed the treaty of Alinagar with (b) 12th August, 1765
is/are correct? the British? [ SSC CGL 2019]
(c) 29th August, 1765
(a) Only I (b) Both I and II (a) Mir Jafar (b) Siraj-ud-Daulah
(d) 21st August, 1765
(c) Only II (d) Neither I nor II (c) Mir Qasim (d) Alivardi Khan
89. Which of the following statement
72. Which of the following was the last 82. British continued the post of Nawab of regarding Treaty of Allahabad is not
Subedar (Governor) of Bengal to be Bengal even after Battle of Plassey, correct? [Astt. Comm. 2017]
appointed by Mughal Emperor? because
(a) It was signed in 1765.
(a) Sarfaraj Khan [UPPSC 2013] (a) they used to think that this system is
(b) Mughal Emperor formally granted
(b) Murshid Quli Khan still in their interest.
the East India Company, Diwani
(c) Alivardi Khan (b) they were agreed with the logic of Mir
rights of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa by
Jafar.
(d) Shuja-ud-Daula issuing a ‘Farman’.
(c) they were scared of Mughal Emperor.
(c) After paying war indemnity of ` 50
73. Murshid Quli Khan is the founder of (d) None of the above
Lakh Awadh was returned to its
which of the following state?
83. Which of the following is not correctly Nawab.
(a) Awadh (b) Punjab
matched? (d) Varanasi and its surrounding areas
(c) Mysore (d) Bengal
were separated from Awadh and
List I List II
74. Which of the following Nawab of given to Shah Alam II.
(1) Rai Durlabh A. Treasures of
Bengal agreed to pay ‘Chauth’ to
Marathas?
Nawab of Bengal 90. Which of the following statement
(2) Jagat Seth B. Seth of regarding the second Treaty of
(a) Alivardi Khan
Murshidabad Allahabad (16th August, 1765) is not
(b) Sarfaraz correct?
(c) Shujauddin (3) Mohammad C. Diwan of Bihar
Raza Khan (a) This treaty was signed between Clive
(d) Siraj-ud-Daulah and Nawab Shuja-ud- Daula.
(4) Shitab Rai D. Diwan of Bengal
75. Murshid Quli Khan, Alivardi Khan and (b) Awadh, except the districts of Kara
Siraj-ud-Daulah were the Nawabs of Codes and Allahabad was to be restored to
(a) Varanasi (b) Hyderabad (a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 2, 3 and 4 the Nawab.
(c) Bengal (d) Bihar (c) 1 and 2 (d) 3 and 4 (c) The Nawab was to maintain a British
contingent at his own expense in
76. When was the Battle of Plassey 84. The Battle of Buxar was fought in
Awadh.
fought? [WBCS 2019]
[SSC CGL 2015] (d) ` 53 Lakh was to be paid to company
(a) 1762 (b) 1764
(a) 1761 CE (b) 1757 CE as war indemnity.
(c) 1768 (d) 1772
(c) 1785 CE (d) 1760 CE
91. Who was appointed Deputy Diwan of
85. Which of the following was the most Murshidabad by Robert Clive after the
77. Where is the Battlefield of Plassey decisive battle which resulted in
situated? Allahabad Treaty? [BPSC 2001]
[UKPSC 2015] establishing the British rule in India?
(a) Mohammad Raza Khan
(a) Bihar (a) Battle of Plassey [UPPSC 2003]
(b) Shitab Raj
(b) Andhra Pradesh (b) Battle of Buxar
(c) Rai Durlabh
(c) Bengal (c) Battle of Wandiwash
(d) Ghulam Hussain
(d) Rajasthan (d) Third Battle of Panipat
78. Battle of Plassey was fought between 92. Consider the following statements.
86. Who was the ruler of Delhi during the I. Battle of Buxar paved the way for the
(a) Mir Jafar and Robert Clive. [SSC 2015] Battle of Buxar?
establishment of British rule in India.
(b) Mir Qasim and Robert Clive. (a) Aurangzeb
II. Treaty of Allahabad which was held in
(c) Siraj-ud-Daulah and Robert Clive. (b) Shah Alam II 1765, helped the British in establishing
(d) None of the above (c) Bahadur Shah Zafar British rule in Bengal.
(d) Shah Alam I
79. Who betrayed Nawab Siraj-ud- Daulah Which of the above mentioned statement/s
in the Battle of Plassey in 1757? 87. Who was the Nawab of Bengal at the is/are correct?
(a) Haider Ali [SSC 2014] time of Battle of Buxar (1764)? (a) Only I
(b) Mir Qasim [WBCS 2018] (b) Only II
(c) Mir Jafar (a) Mir Qasim (b) Mir Jafar (c) Both I and II
(d) Nawab of Awadh (c) Nizam-ud-Daula (d) Shuja-ud-Daula (d) Neither I nor II

42. (d) 43. (a) 44. (d) 45. (a) 46. (d) 47. (b) 48. (c) 49. (b) 50. (b) 51. (d) 52. (b) 53. (b) 54. (a) 55. (d) 56. (a)
57. (d) 58. (c) 59. (d) 60. (d) 61. (b) 62. (b) 63. (d) 64. (a) 65. (a) 66. (a) 67. (b) 68. (c) 69. (a) 70. (a) 71. (b)
72. (b) 73. (d) 74. (a) 75. (c) 76. (b) 77. (c) 78. (c) 79. (c) 80. (c) 81. (b) 82. (a) 83. (d) 84. (b) 85. (b) 86. (b)
87. (a) 88. (b) 89. (d) 90. (d) 91. (a) 92. (c)
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18
Advent of European
Companies in India
1. Who discovered the sea-route to India 7. Which of the following is correct 10. Who first came to India for trading
via cape of good hope? [SSC 2011] chronological sequence of Portuguese purposes?
(a) Vasco da Gama Governors? [WBCS 2018, UPPSC (Mains) 2007]
(b) John Cobot (a) Francisco de Almeida–Alfonso de (a) The French (b) The Dutch
(c) Christopher Columbus Albuquerque–Nuno da Cunha–Martin (c) The Portuguese (d) The English
(d) Amundsen Alfonso
11. The first to come and last to leave India
(b) Francisco de Almeida–Martin
2. Vasco da Gama discovered the sea were [SSC 2008]
Alfonso– Alfonso de Albuquerque–
route to India in which of the following Nuno da Cunha (a) The French (b) The Portuguese
years? (c) The English (d) The Dutch
(c) Martin Alfonso–Nuno da Cunha–
[NDA 2004, MPPSC (Pre) 1995]
Francisco de Almeida–Alfonso de 12. The Portuguese East India Company
(a) 1498 (b) 1492 Albuquerque were known by the name
(c) 1494 (d) 1453 (d) None of the above (a) Estado da India
3. Vasco da Gama reached to famous 8. Which of the following is/are not correct (b) East India Company
port of Calicut by the help of regarding Alfonso De Albuquerque? (c) Company da and Oriental
(a) Gujarati navigator I. He was the second Governor of (d) Varingde ost Indishe
(b) Bengali trader Manik Chand Portuguese in India.
(c) Arabian navigator Ibn Majid
13. Who were the first Europeans to set up
II. He had captured Goa from the ruler of sea trade centres in India?
(d) None of the above Bijapur. [UKPSC (Pre) 2004]
4. Name the Indian king who welcomed III. He discouraged his countrymen to (a) The English (b) The French
Portuguese sailor, Vasco da Gama at marry Indian women. (c) The Portuguese (d) The Dutch
Calicut? [UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2013] IV. He consolidated Portuguese power in
(a) Gaspar Correia India. 14. During the Mughal period which one of
Select the correct answer using the the following traders first came to
(b) Albuquerque
codes given below. India? [NDA 2004]
(c) de Almeida
(a) I and II (b) Only II (a) Portuguese (b) English
(d) Zamorin
(c) Only IV (d) Only III (c) Dutch (d) Danish
5. Who was the first Portuguese viceroy in
India? [BPSC 2002] 9. Consider the following statements. 15. Which of the following place in India
I. The Portuguese Governor Alfonso De was the Headquarters of Portuguese?
(a) Diaz
Sousa had acquired Diu and Bassein [SSC 2010]
(b) Vasco da Gama
from Bahadur Shah of Gujarat. (a) Cochin (b) Goa
(c) Francisco de Almeida
II. The famous Jesuit Saint Francisco (c) Calicut (d) Coonoor
(d) Albuquerque
Xavier came to India with Alfonso de
6. Who is considered as the real founder Sousa.
16. Among the following factories in
Bengal, the one established by the
of the Portuguese power in India? Which of the following statement(s)
Portuguese was [UPPSC 2004]
[UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2003] given above is/are correct?
(a) Kasim Bazar
(a) Vasco da Gama (a) Only I
(b) Chinsurah
(b) Albuquerque (b) Only II (c) Hoogly
(c) Francis Drake (c) Both I and II (d) Srirampur
(d) Almeida (d) Neither I nor II
INDIAN HISTORY 111
17. Where did the Portuguese construct 25. Consider the following statements 32. Dutch East India Company established
their first fort in India? regarding Portuguese. its factory at Patna in which year?
[UPPSC (Mains) 2010] I. Their first effort to establish commerce [BPSC 2019]
(a) Anjidiv (b) Coonoor in Bengal was made for Chittagong. (a) 1601 (b) 1632 (c) 1774 (d) 1651
(c) Cochin (d) Goa II. The second settlement at Hugh was
granted to them by Akbar in 1579-80.
33. Which of the following regarding the
18. Who used Hooghly as a base for III. The third settlement was established
establishment of Dutch factories in
piracy in the Bay of Bengal? India is not correctly matched?
at Bandel through a Firman of Shah
[BPSC 2019, IAS (Pre) 1995] Place Year
Jahan in 1633.
(a) Dutch (b) French IV. Portuguese lost Hormuz in 1622 to (a) Pulicat – 1610
(c) Portuguese (d) English (b) Surat – 1616
Mughals.
(c) Karaikal – 1645
19. The ruler of Gujarat Bahadur Shah Which of the statement(s) given above (d) Cochin – 1670
was killed in conflict with is/are correct?
[SSC 2018] 34. When was the British East India
(a) I and III
(a) Dutch (b) English (b) Only IV Company established in India?
(c) Portuguese (d) French (c) Only III [SSC 2018]
20. Which one of the following crops was (d) None of the above (a) 1600 (b) 1601 (c) 1604 (d) 1607
introduced by the Portuguese in 26. Where did the Dutch found their first 35. Who was the ruler of India when the
India? [NDA 2018]
factory in India? [NDA 2010] British East India Company was formed
(a) Opium (b) Coffee (a) Masulipatnam (b) Pulicat in London? [UPPSC (Pre) 2012]
(c) Betal leaf (d) Chili (c) Surat (d) Ahmedabad (a) Akbar (b) Jahangir
21. The cotton clothes of Calicut, which (c) Shahjahan (d) Aurangzeb
27. Who was the first Dutch to come to India
were taken by the Portuguese, were in 1596? 36. In 1600, the Charter to the English East
commonly called in Europe as India Company for monopoly of
(a) Francis de
[SSC 2017] Eastern trade for 15 years was given by
(b) Cornelis de Houtman
(a) Calco (b) Calico (a) Queen Elizabeth I
(c) Gabriel Broton
(c) Cotex (d) None of these (b) Queen Victoria
(d) William Hawkins
22. Which of the following is related to (c) James I
28. At which place in Bengal did Dutch (d) Oliver Cronwell
Blue Water Policy? [UKPSC 2016] establish its factory?
(a) De Almeida (b) Albuquerque (a) Bandel (b) Chinsura 37. In the reign of which Mughal Emperor did
(c) Dupleix (d) Robert Clive (c) Hooghly (d) Srirampur English East India Company establish its
first factory in India?
23. With reference to Pondicherry (now 29. Why did Dutch East India Company fail [IAS (Pre) 2009, 2008]
Puducherry), consider the following. to maintain its influence in India ? (a) Akbar (b) Jahangir
I. The first European power to occupy [CDS 2005] (c) Shahjahan (d) Aurangzeb
Pondicherry were the Portuguese. (a) Portuguese did not allow them to
II. The second European power to trade in India. 38. What is the name of the fort constructed
occupy Pondicherry were the French. (b) There was a growing interference of by British in Calcutta? [SSC 2010]
III. The English never occupied Dutch Government in the Company’s (a) Fort Saint David
Pondicherry. internal affairs. (b) Fort Saint Andrew
Which of the statement(s) given above (c) Dutch indulged in forcible religious (c) Fort William
is/are correct? [IAS (Pre) 2010] conversion of the people and thus (d) Fort Victoria
(a) Only I (b) II and III were expelled by local kings.
(c) Only III (d) All of these (d) The English forces made them to 39. Name the first English Voyage to come
leave India. in India. [SSC 2011]
24. Which among the following (a) Elizabeth (b) Bengal
statements are correct with regard to 30. Who were first to start a Joint Stock (c) Red Dragon (d) Mayflower
the Portuguese in India? Company to trade with India?
I. They had the monopoly over the [IAS (Pre) 1994] 40. The Englishman appointed by Akbar
Eastern trade in the 16th century. (a) Portuguese (b) French for verification of diamond was
II. They possessed Mumbai in the (c) Dutch (d) Danish (a) William leads (b) John Mildnall
beginning. (c) Ralph Fitch (d) William Hawkins
III. They had trading settlements at 31. In which of the following places the
Dutch established their trading centres 41. What was the name of ambassador
Cochin, Daman and Diu. sent by James I in the court of Jahangir
in India? [UPPSC 2017]
IV. The Mughals denied them any in 1608?
trading concessions. [NDA 2010] (a) Nagapattinam, Chinsura,
Machilipatnam (a) Captain Charles
Codes (b) Captain Hawkins
(b) Surat, Bharuch, Agra
(a) I, II and III (b) II, III and IV (c) Sir Thomas Roe
(c) Cochin, Ahmedabad, Patna
(c) I, II and IV (d) I and III (d) Robert Clive
(d) All of the above

1. (a) 2. (a) 3. (c) 4. (d) 5. (c) 6. (b) 7. (d) 8. (d) 9. (b) 10. (c) 11. (b) 12. (a) 13. (c) 14. (a) 15. (b)
16. (c) 17. (c) 18. (c) 19. (c) 20. (d) 21. (b) 22. (a) 23. (a) 24. (d) 25. (c) 26. (a) 27. (b) 28. (b) 29. (d) 30. (c)
31. (d) 32. (b) 33. (d) 34. (a) 35. (a) 36. (a) 37. (b) 38. (c) 39. (c) 40. (a) 41. (b)
112 Objective GENERAL STUDIES 14000+Q

42. Which English Governor of East India 51. Consider the following statements. 57. When was Danish East India Company
Company in India was expelled by I. Firman issued by Farrukhsiyar in established?
Aurangzeb? [MPPSC 2008] favour of British (for duty free trade) (a) 1615 (b) 1616
(a) Aungier (b) Sir John Child was known as ‘Magna Carta’ of the (c) 1620 (d) 1640
(c) Sir John Gayer (d) Sir Nicholas Waite British Company.
II. The English opened their first factory 58. Name the ruler of Thanjavur who
43. The English established their first at Surat. willingly negotiated with the Danish
factory in India at [WBCS 2020] Merchants for trade.
Which of the statement(s) given above
(a) Bombay (b) Surat (a) Raja Ravi Varma
is/are correct?
(c) Sutanuti (d) Madras (b) Raja Raghu Varma
(a) Only I (b) Only II
(c) Raja Raghunatha Nayak
44. The place of English East India (c) Both I and II (d) Neither 1 nor II
(d) Raja Narasimha Varma
Company settlement in Madras was
52. Initially, the Mughals tried to develop
known as [NDA 2018]
friendly relations with the English.
59. The Headquarters of Danish settlement
(a) Fort William was
Why?
(b) Fort St George (a) Tranquebar (b) Serampore
I. They could use the English to counter
(c) Elphinston Circle the Portuguese on the sea. (c) Cochin (d) Nagapattinam
(d) Marble Palace II. They could use English to keep them 60. At which place in India did Danish East
45. Which one of the following was the first in opening trading points in spice India Company set up its first factory in
fort constructed by the British in India? islands. 1620?
[IAS (Pre) 2007] III. Indian merchants could certainly (a) Tranquebar (b) Srirampur
(a) Fort William (b) Fort St George benefit by competition among their (c) Hooghly (d) Surat
(c) Fort St David (d) Fort St Angelo foreign buyers.
Select the correct answer using the 61. In which part of Bengal did the second
46. The staple commodities of export by codes given below. Danish factory was set up in 1676 to
the East India Company from Bengal in (a) I and II (b) I and III speed up the trade?
the middle of the 18th century were (c) Only III (d) All of these (a) Srirampur (b) Hooghly
(a) raw cotton, oil seeds and opium (c) Chinsura (d) Surat
(b) sugar, salt, zinc and lead 53. At which place in Bengal did the Mughal
(c) copper, silver, gold, spices, and tea Emperor grant the permission to East 62. To whom did the Danes sold all their
India Company to trade and set up its settlements and returned to their
(d) cotton, silk, saltpetre and opium.
factories in 1651? [SSC 2011] country? [UPPSC 2004]
47. Where was the Western presidency (a) Calcutta (b) Qasim Bazar (a) English (b) Portuguese
situated is the early period of the East (c) Saingar (d) Burdwan (c) French (d) Dutch
India company? [MPPCS (Pre) 2018]
(a) Surat (b) Satara 54. Who founded the Fort William George 63. Which of the following statements
(Calcutta)? [UKPSC (Mains) 2006] regarding Danish are correct?
(c) Bombay (d) Panji
(a) Charles Eyer (b) Job Carnock I. They could not establish their position
48. Which one of the following is the (c) Garold angyar (d) William Naurice in India.
correct statement? [IAS (Pre) 2005] II. They sold all their settlements to
(a) The modern Kochi was a Dutch 55. Who was the first President of Fort Portuguese.
colony till India’s Independence. William? III. They were more concerned with the
(b) The Dutch defeated the Portuguese (a) Sir Thomas missionary activities than trade.
and built Fort Williams in the modern (b) Sir Charles Eyre IV. They established their factory at
Kochi. (c) William Naurice Masulipatnam and Porto Novo.
(c) The modern Kochi was first a Dutch (d) Captain Hawkins (a) I, III and IV
colony before the Portuguese took (b) II, III and IV
56. Consider the following statements
over from them. (c) I, II and III
about English East India Company.
(d) The modern Kochi never became a (d) None of the above
I. In 1667, the Mughal Emperor
part of the British colony.
Aurangzeb issued firman in favour of 64. Where did the French East India
49. Which area of the India was famous for Company to trade in Bengal. Company first establish its factory in
cultivating opium during British period? II. William Hawkins succeeded to get India? [NDA 2018]
[BPSC 2005] permission from Jahangir to set up a (a) Calicut
(a) Bihar (b) South India factory at Surat. (b) Surat
(c) Gujarat (d) Assam III. The company constantly increased its (c) Pondicherry
power by taking the advantages of (d) Masulipatnam
50. The correct chronological order of the the corrupt nobles of the later Mughal
places where the trading centres were Empire. 65. French East India Company was set up
set up by the Britishers are [SSC 2007] Which of the statement(s) given above [UPPSC (Mains) 2014]
(a) Calcutta, Bombay, Madras, Surat is/are not correct? (a) during the reign of Louis XIV.
(b) Bombay, Madras, Surat, Calcutta (a) I and III (b) Only II (b) during the reign of Louis XIII.
(c) Surat, Madras, Bombay, Calcutta (c) I and II (d) I, II and III (c) during the reign of Louis XV.
(d) Surat, Madras, Calcutta, Bombay (d) during the reign of Louis XVI.
INDIAN HISTORY 113

66. Who among the following was the 71. The immediate cause of the first 78. Match the following. [UPPSC (Pre) 2016]
founder of French India Company for Carnatic war was [BPSC 2000]
List I List I
trade in India? [UPPSC (Mains) 2003] (a) Anglo-French rivalry.
(a) Rishlu (b) Mazare (b) war of succession of Austria. A. First Carnatic 1. Ended by Treaty
(c) Colbert (d) Francois Martin War of Paris
(c) Karnataka throne issue.
(d) capturing of French naval fleet by B. Third Carnatic 2. Defeat of British
67. Which one of the following Europeans War
English.
were the last to come to pre-independent C. Second 3. Undecided
India as traders? 72. Which Carnatic Nawab was defeated Carnatic War
[APSC 2017, IAS (Pre) 2007] by the Joint army of Muzaffar Jung,
D. First Mysore 4. Ended by Aix-la-
(a) Dutch (b) English Chanda Sahib and Dupleix in the Battle War Chapelle Treaty
(c) French (d) Portuguese of Ambur (1749)?
(a) Anwaruddin (b) Mohammad Ali Codes
68. The French East India Company was A B C D A B C D
founded in 1664. It made rapid (c) Nasir Jung (d) Muzaffar Jung
(a) 1 3 4 2 (b) 2 4 1 3
progress and was finally established at 73. Which Carnatic war came to an end by (c) 4 1 3 2 (d) 3 1 4 2
(a) Calicut and Pondicherry the Treaty of Pondicherry or Treaty of
(b) Madras and Chandernagar Godehu (1754)? 79. Who among the following was the first
(c) Chandannagar and Pondicherry (a) First Carnatic War to arrive in Africa as traders that
(d) Chandannagar and Bassein (b) Second Carnatic War eventually led to European colonisation
of Africa?
69. Which one among the following was a (c) Third Carnatic War
(a) French (b) Spanish
reason for which the French could not (d) None of the above
(c) Portuguese (d) Dutch
succeed in India in the 18th century? 74. The Battle of Wandiwash was fought
[CDS 2011] 80. Who lived in the ‘Black Towns’
between the esablished by the European in the 18th
(a) They sided with the weak Indian (a) Nizam of Hyderabad and the French
sides such as Chanda Sahib and Century?
(b) English and the French (a) Rulers of the Indian States
Muzaffar Jung.
(c) English and Hyder Ali (b) Nobles of the Mughal Emperor
(b) Dupleix was called back at a crucial
time. (d) Nawab of Carnatic and the English (c) Merchants and Artisans
(c) They conspired against the Indian 75. Who was defeated by the English in the (d) Both (a) and (c)
powers. Battle of Wandiwash? 81. Which one of the following groups of
(d) Their trading company was heavily [CGPSC 2004] plants was domesticated in the ‘New
dependent on the French Government. (a) Portuguese (b) French World’ and introduced into the ‘Old
70. Match the following. (c) Den (d) Dutch World’? [IAS (Pre) 2019]

76. Which of the following is not correctly (a) Tobacco, cocoa and rubber
List I List II (b) Tobacco, cotton and rubber
matched?
A. Francois 1. Set up a first French (c) Cotton, coffee and sugarcane
Caron factory at Surat
(a) First Carnatic War – 1746-48
(b) Second Carnatic War – 1750-52 (d) Rubber, coffee and wheat
B. Marcara 2. Set up another factory
(c) Third Carnatic War – 1758-63 82. Match the following. [IAS (Pre) (2000]
of French at
Masulipatnam in 1669 (d) Third Battle of Panipat – 1761
List I List II
C. Francois 3. Acquired the area of 77. With reference to the Treaty of (Sailors) (Country)
Martin Pondicherry from the ‘‘Aix-la-Chapelle 1748’’ which of the
Quiladar of A. Vasco da Gama 1. Spain
following statements is/are correct?
Valikondapuram from I. The I Carnatic War was ended. B. Christopher 2. Portugal
the Sultan of Bijapur II. The English got back Madras. Columbus
and transformed into C. Captain Cook
Select the correct answer using the 3. Holland
a flourishing port.
codes given below. D. Tasman 4. Great Britain
D. Dupleix 4. Cherish the ambition Codes. [UPPSC 2020]
of a French Empire Codes
(a) Only I
Codes (b) Only II A B C D A B C D
A B C D A B C D (c) Both I and II (a) 1 2 3 4 (b) 2 1 4 3
(a) 1 2 3 4 (b) 2 3 1 4 (d) Neither I nor II (c) 1 4 3 2 (d) 4 3 2 1
(c) 1 4 3 2 (d) 2 3 4 1

42. (b) 43. (b) 44. (b) 45. (b) 46. (d) 47. (a) 48. (d) 49. (a) 50. (c) 51. (c) 52. (c) 53. (b) 54. (b) 55. (b) 56. (b)
57. (b) 58. (c) 59. (a) 60. (a) 61. (a) 62. (a) 63. (a) 64. (b) 65. (a) 66. (c) 67. (c) 68. (c) 69. (d) 70. (a) 71. (d)
72. (a) 73. (b) 74. (b) 75. (b) 76. (b) 77. (c) 78. (c) 79. (c) 80. (c) 81. (a) 82. (b)
114 Objective GENERAL STUDIES 14000+Q

19
British Policies and Its
Economic Impact in India
1. Who is known as the ‘Champion of the (b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the (b) A group of rich peasants known as
irrigation system’ in South India? correct explanation of A jotedars succeeded in consolidating
[UKPSC 2016] (c) A is true, but R is false their position in the villages.
(a) Sir Arthur Thomas Cotton (d) A is false, but R is true (c) The ryots prospered as a result of
(b) Colonel Baird Smith fixed revenue levy imposed on them.
5. Who among the following introduced (d) The system of Collectorate introduced
(c) Lieutenant Blen
the Permanent Settlement of Bengal in by the Company for exercising
(d) Colonel Robert Smith
1793? [NDA 2018]
supervisory control on Zamindars
2. The tendency for increased irrigation (a) Lord Cornwallis (b) Lord Ripon failed to take off.
was visible after the introduction of land (c) Robert Clive (d) John Adam
settlement system of Lord Cornwallis in 10. Which of the following features of the
1793. The reason for this normally 6. When and where did Permanent Permanent Settlement of 1793 is/are
traced to which of the following Settlement introduced? correct? [NDA 2015]
provisions? [IAS (Pre) 2011] [UPPSC (Mains) 2010] I. The Permanent Settlement vested
(a) Making Zamindar’s position stronger (a) 1787 (Bengal, Punjab, Karnataka) land ownership rights in the peasants.
vis-a-vis the ryot. (b) 1789 (Bengal, Orissa, Calcutta) II. The Permanent Settlement vested land
(b) Making East India Company an (c) 1790 (Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow) ownership rights in the Zamindars.
overlord of Zamindars. (d) 1793 (Bengal, Orissa, Bihar) III. The Zamindars had to pay a fixed
(c) Making Judicial system more efficient. amount of rent by a particular date.
7. Permanent Settlement was a feature of IV. The Zamindars benefitted hugely
(d) None of the (a), (b) and (c) above (a) Zamindari System [WBCS 2008] from the Permanent Settlement while
3. Which of the following was not one of (b) Ryotwari System the peasants suffered.
the important results of British land (c) Mahalwari System Select the correct answer using the
revenue systems? (d) None of the above codes given below.
(a) Creation of a class of landholders. (a) Only I (b) II and III
8. Under the Permanent Settlement,
(b) It suddenly gave boost to agricultural (c) Only IV (d) I, II and III
1793, the Zamindars were allowed to
production.
issue pattas to the farmers which were 11. Consider the following statements about
(c) Cultivators got security rights. not issued by many Zamindars. The
(d) It deprived the traditional landed the Permanent Settlement introduced by
reason was the East India Company’s government
class of its control over land. (a) the Zamindars were trusted by the in 1793.
4. Given below are two statements, one is farmers. I. Under the settlement the Zamindars
labelled as Assertion (A) and the other (b) there was no official check upon the were granted heredity rights over land
as Reason (R). Zamindars. on the condition that they would pay
Assertion (A) The British Government (c) it was the responsibility of the British fixed amount of revenue to the state.
introduced different land revenue government. II. The Permanent Settlement was first
system in different part of India. (d) the farmers were not interested in introduced in Bengal and Bihar.
Reason (R) It led to creation of different getting pattas. III. It was later extended to Orissa, the
classes in Indian peasantry. Northern District of Madras.
9. What was the consequence of
Select the correct answer from the IV. Thomas Munro was the architect of
Permanent Settlement on rural society
codes given below. [UPPSC 2020] the Permanent Settlement.
in Bengal? [NDA 2020]
Codes Which of the statements given above
(a) The Zamindars invested capital and
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the are correct?
enterprise to improve agriculture
correct explanation of A along lines of British Yeoman famers. (a) I, II, III and IV (b) I, II and III
(c) I and II (d) I, III and IV
INDIAN HISTORY 115

12. Statement I The Permanent III. It was introduced later than the 24. Which one of the following statements
Settlement was rarely extended to any permanent settlement. about land tenure system is not correct?
region beyond Bengal. Select the correct answer using the [Astt. Comm. 2017]
Statement II After 1810, the agricultural codes given below. (a) During the British rule in India three
prices declined affecting adversely the (a) I and II (b) I, II and III categories of land tenure system, viz.
income of the Bengal Zamindars. (c) Only I (d) II and III Zamindari, Mahalwari and Ryotwari
[Astt. Comm. 2018]
19. In the Ryotwari areas of British India, were introduced.
Codes the money-lenders fleeced and (b) Under Zamindari system, land was
(a) Both the statements are individually exploited the peasantry and usurped held by one person or at the most by a
true and statement II is the correct their lands because few joint owners who were responsible
explanation of statement I. (a) the usurious rate of interest for the payment of land revenue.
(b) Both the statements are individually charged by the moneylenders (c) Under the Mahalwari system, the
true, but statement II is not the made the peasants helpless. agricultural lands belonged to the
correct explanation of statement I. (b) they got thumb impressions of the government.
(c) Statement I is true, but statement II is debtors on blank papers. (d) Under Ryotwari system, the individual
false. (c) they obtained mortgage of the holders had the permanent right over
(d) Statement I is false, but statement II lands against the loans advanced land and were directly responsible for
is true. by them. payment of land revenue.
13. The system under which the peasant (d) All of the above 25. Match the land revenue settlements with
himself owns the land and is responsible the areas where they were introduced by
20. With reference to Ryotwari settlement,
for payment of land revenue to the the British in India.
Consider the following statements.
Government is known as [BPSC 2019] List I List II
I. The rent was paid directly by the
(a) Zamindari System peasants to the government. A. Permanent 1. Tamil Nadu,
(b) Ryotwari System II. The government gave pattas to the Settlement Maharashtra, East
(c) Mahalwari System Ryots. Bengal, portions of
(d) Dahsala System III. The lands were surveyed and Assam and Coorg
14. The Ryotwari experiment in land assessed before being taxed. B. Ryotwari 2. Agra, Awadh,
revenue was started by [CDS 2017] Which of the statements given above System NWFP, ceded and
is/are correct? [IAS (Pre) 2012] conquered
(a) Henry Dundas
(a) I only (b) I and II only provinces
(b) Alexander Reed
(c) David Ricardo (c) I, II and III (d) None of these C. Mahalwari 3. Northern Karnataka
System
(d) Mountstuart Elphinstone 21. Who is known as the father of land 4. Bengal, Bihar and
15. Who was associated with Ryotwari revenue related ‘Mahalwari Orissa
settlement of Madras? [UPPSC 2008] Settlement’? [UPPSC 2004]
(a) Holt Mackenzie Codes
(a) Malcom (b) Metcalfe
(b) Captain Reed A B C A B C
(c) Munro (d) Elphinstone
(c) Sir Thomas Munro (a) 1 2 3 (b) 4 1 2
16. Ryotwari settlement was prevalent (d) John Shore (c) 1 1 4 (d) 1 3 4
during British rule in [UPPSC 2014]
22. The areas where the Mahalwari 26. Match List I with List II and select the
(a) Northern India (b) Eastern India correct answer using the codes given
(c) Western India (d) Southern India settlement were prevalent?
(a) Uttar pradesh below the lists. [IAS (Pre) 2000]
17. Who among the following was/were (b) Central Province List I List II
associated with the introduction of (c) Punjab Province A. Land allotted to big 1. Jagirdari
Ryotwari Settlement in India during the (d) All of the above feudal landlords System
British rule? [IAS (Pre) 2017]
23. Which of the following statements B. Land allotted to 2. Ryotwari
I. Lord Cornwallis revenue farmers or System
II. Alexander Read about Mahalwari system is not
correct? rent collectors
III. Thomas Munro
(a) Under the Mahalwari system there C. Land allotted to each 3. Mahalwari
Select the correct answer using the peasant with the right system
code given below. were no middlemen for the payment
of land revenue. to sublet, mortgage,
(a) Only I (b) I and III gift or sell
(b) Village system was based an
(c) II and III (d) I, II and III D. Revenue settlements 4. Zamindari
collection of individual land-revenue
18. Which of the following statements above demand from owners. made at village level Systems
Ryotwari settlement is/are correct? (c) Mahalwari system created Codes
[CDS 2010] landholdings under cultivating class. A B C D A B C D
I. It recognised the cultivators as the (d) This system had the highest (a) 1 3 2 4 (b) 1 4 2 3
owner of land. revenue demand among all system (c) 3 4 1 2 (d) 2 1 3 4
II. It was a temporary settlement. prevalent in India.

1. (a) 2. (d) 3. (b) 4. (a) 5. (a) 6. (d) 7. (a) 8. (b) 9. (b) 10. (b) 11. (b) 12. (d) 13. (b) 14. (b) 15. (c)
16. (d) 17. (c) 18. (b) 19. (c) 20. (c) 21. (a) 22. (d) 23. (c) 24. (c) 25. (b) 26. (b)
116 Objective GENERAL STUDIES 14000+Q

27. The Tinkathiya system refers to as 34. What was the main reason behind the 42. In the nineteenth century, India was
(a) Champaran tenant was bound by decline of indigo industry in 20th converted into ‘a classic colony’ by
law to plant three out of every parts of century? converting her as
their land. (a) It was less profitable. (a) a procedure of raw material to fused
(b) Champaran tenant was bound by (b) Production of synthetic indigo. British industries.
law to plant three out of every twenty (c) British government closed the (b) an importer and absorber of British
parts of/ their land. factories. industrially manufactured goods.
(c) Champaran tenant was bound by (d) None of the above (c) a fertile ground for British capital
law to plant three out of every kattha investment.
of their land. 35. Why did the East India Company (d) Both (a) and (b)
(d) Champaran tenant was bound by encourage the other European
law to plant three crops on the every Companies to trade only in tea and 43. Which one of the following was not a
parts of their land. opium? result of British Colonial rule in India?
(a) The export of tea would enrich the (a) Ruin of Indian agriculture [CDS 2010]
28. Tinkathia system is related to which British tea planters in India. (b) Ruin of Indian industries
type of crop cultivation and at which (b) The export of opium would bring (c) Ruin of Indian trade
place? [UPPSC 2015] return in the form of Chinese silver. (d) Ruin of Indian feudalism
(a) Gorakhpur-Opium (c) Both (a) and (b)
(b) Begusarai-Paddy (d) India had enough surplus of both 44. The staple commodities of export by the
(c) Champaran-Neel (Indigo) these commodities. English East India Company from
(d) Burdwan-Paddy Bengal in the middle of the 18th century
36. Where was the first coffee garden were [IAS (Pre) 2018]
29. ‘Dubla Hali’ system was practised in planted by the Britishers? (a) raw cotton oilseeds and opium.
which region of India? (a) Chikmagalur (b) Coorg (b) sugar, salt, zinc and lead.
(a) Surat (Gujarat) (c) Nilgiri (d) Wayanad (c) copper, silver, gold, spices and tea.
(b) Munger (Bihar) (d) cotton, silk, salt, petre and opium.
(c) Midnapore (West Bengal) 37. Which was organised for the
(d) Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) development of agriculture in 1906? 45. Which one of the following statements
(a) Indian Agricultural Service about the Colonial economy is not
30. Consider the following statements. (b) All India Agricultural Board correct? [Astt. Comm. 2017]
I. Under ‘Tinkathia system’ the (c) Famine Commission (a) The British presence inhibited
peasants were forced to cultivate (d) Provincial Agricultural Commission indigenous capitalism.
three Kattha indigo out of every 20 (b) Laissez-faire actively promoted
Kattha of land. 38. Commercialisation of agriculture led to
further growth of rural poverty because indigenous capitalism.
II. Raj Kumar Shukla was the prominent (c) The ‘white collective monopoly’
person to raise the voice against the peasant [NDA 2012]
came earliest and remained most
‘Tinkathia system’. (a) got unremunerative prices for his
pronounced in Eastern India.
Which of the above mentioned produce.
(d) The Bombay Hinterland was difficult
statement is/are correct? (b) was exploited by the merchants and
to penetrate before the construction
(a) Only I (b) Only II other middlemen.
of railways.
(c) I and II (d) Neither I nor II (c) had to accept fixed prices for his
produce. 46. Consider the following statements in
31. Match List I with List II and select the (d) was left with no money to buy the context of de-industrialisation.
correct answer using the codes given foodgrains during famines and other I. It was started in 1813.
below the lists natural calamities. II. Ending of trade monopoly of East India
List I List II Company have speed up this process.
39. Economically, one of the result of the
A. Jajmani 1. North India British rule in India in the 19th century Choose the correct code given below.
B. Bara Balutedar 2. Karnataka was the [IAS (Pre) 2018] (a) Only I
C. Mirasi 3. Maharashtra (b) Only II
(a) increase in the exports of Indian
D. Adade 4. Tamil Nadu (c) Both I and II
handicrafts.
Codes (b) growth in the number of Indian (d) Neither I nor II
A B C D A B C D owned factories. 47. At which place did Cowasjee Nanabhoy
(a) 1 2 3 4 (b) 1 3 2 4 (c) commercialisation of India agriculture. Davar set up its first cotton mill in 1853?
(c) 1 4 2 3 (d) 1 3 4 2 (d) rapid increase in urban population. (a) Bombay
32. The first tea garden in India was set up 40. What is the period of ‘first phase’ or (b) Allahabad
in 1835 in ‘Mercantile phase’ of British (c) Ahmedabad
(a) Arunachal Pradesh (b) Assam colonialism? (d) Surat
(c) West Bengal (d) Kerala (a) 1757-1813 (b) 1813-1860 48. The only European country which did
(c) 1713-1764 (d) 1885-1905 not prohibit or impose heavy duties on
33. The first tea company in Assam was
established in which of the following 41. When was the trade monopoly of East the import of Indian cotton goods was
year? [UPRO/ARO (Pre) 2016] India Company ended? [MPPSC 2004] (a) Germany
(a) 1835 (b) 1837 (a) 1784 (b) 1813 (b) France
(c) 1839 (d) 1841 (c) 1885 (d) 1909 (c) Holland
(d) Italy
INDIAN HISTORY 117

49. The cause of decline of textile industries 55. The first railway line of India was (b) Forcing Indian craftsman to
in 18th century in Bengal was operationalised in 1853 between produce quality products in fixed
[BPSC 2004] [WBCS 2017] quantity and at fixed price.
(a) decline in quality of production. (a) Howrah and Delhi (c) Free trade policy.
(b) non-availability of raw material. (b) Bombay and Thane (d) Elimination of Indian traders from
(c) high tariff rates on exports to Britain. (c) Howrah and Bombay competition by every means.
(d) non-availability of craftsmen. (d) None of the above 61. Which of the following statements
50. Consider the following statements. 56. First railway line was started in West correctly explains the impact of
I. One significant development in the Bengal between [WBCS 2019]
Industrial revolution on India during
second half of the 19th century was the first half of the nineteenth century?
(a) Howrah to Hooghly
[IAS (Pre) 2020]
establishment of large scale machine (b) Howrah to Raniganj
based industries in India. (a) Indian handicrafts were ruined.
(c) Howrah to Burdwan
II. The first textile mill was started in (b) Machines were introduced in the
(d) Sealdah to Naihati
Bombay by Cowasjee Nanabhoy in Indian textile industry in large
1863 and the first jute mill in Sirsha 57. Which one of the following was not a numbers.
(Bengal) in 1865. feature of railways in colonial India? (c) Railway lines were laid in many
Which of the statement(s) given above [NDA 2017] parts of the country.
is/are correct? (a) The main purpose of the setting up of (d) Heavy duties were imposed on the
(a) Only I railways in India was to serve the imports of British manufactures.
(b) Only II interest of the empire.
62. Which one of the following
(c) Both I and II (b) British capital investments were
observations about India, during 18th
(d) Neither I nor II invited with 15% guaranteed interest
century is incorrect?
to be paid if necessary from Indian
51. The development of railways was started (a) In this period, India’s industrial and
revenues.
in the reign of which Governor General? agricultural products had a steady
(c) The construction work disturbed
market outside the country.
(a) Lord Canning ecology.
(b) While sea trade was expanded,
(b) Lord Dalhousie (d) The construction of the railways was
overland trade through Afghanistan
(c) Lord William Bentinck planned in such a way that it
and Persia was disrupted.
(d) Lord Minto connected the internal markets with
(c) Constant warfare and disruption of
the parts, but provided no
52. Which thinker has told the railway interconnection between internal
law and order in many areas
system of India as the “forerunner of harmed the country’s internal trade.
market cities.
modern Industry”? [CGPSC 2006] (d) From 1757 began the special
(a) Napolean 58. The term ‘imperial preference’ was phase of company’s trade of
(b) Karl Marx applied to the [IAS (Pre) 1999] Bengal which was called by RP Dutt
(c) William Ford (a) special privileges on British imports in as period of industrial capital.
(d) Max Weber India.
63. Which one of the following
(b) racial discrimination by the Britishers. commercial centres declined after
53. Lord Dalhousie planned for the (c) subordination of Indian interest to that
construction of a network of railways in mid-eighteenth century?
of the British. [Astt. Comm. 2018]
India in order to (d) preference given to British political
(a) easily procure and export raw (a) Calcutta
agents over Indian Princes.
material for the interest of India for (b) Madras
export. 59. There was no independent development (c) Dhaka
(b) provide a profitable channel of of industries in India during British rule (d) Bombay
investment for British capital. because of [IAS (Pre) 1996]
64. British colonialism in India saw the
(c) Both (a) and (b) (a) absence of heavy industries.
emergence of new cities. Calcutta,
(d) provide cheap and easy means of (b) scarcity of foreign capital. now Kolkata, was one of the first
transport in India. (c) scarcity of natural resources. cities. Which of the following villages
(d) preference of the rich to invest in land. were amalgamated to form the city of
54. The British introduced the railways in
India in order to [SSC 2009] 60. Prior to 1813, which among the following Calcutta? [CDS 2013]
(a) promote heavy industries in India measures, was not adopted by the (a) Midnapore, Chittagong, Burdwan
(b) facilitate British Commerce and British to exploit the Indians (b) 24-Parganas, Kalikata, Thakurgaon
Administrative control. economically? [CDS 2010] (c) Sutanuti, Kalikata, Gobindapur
(c) move foodstuff in case of famine. (a) Monopolising the trade of raw goods (d) Midnapore, Thakurgaon,
(d) enable Indians to move freely within wherever possible and selling them at Gobindapur
the country. high rates.

27. (b) 28. (c) 29. (a) 30. (c) 31. (b) 32. (b) 33. (c) 34. (b) 35. (c) 36. (a) 37. (a) 38. (b) 39. (c) 40. (a) 41. (b)
42. (d) 43. (d) 44. (d) 45. (b) 46. (c) 47. (a) 48. (c) 49. (c) 50. (a) 51. (b) 52. (b) 53. (c) 54. (b) 55. (b) 56. (a)
57. (c) 58. (a) 59. (a) 60. (c) 61. (a) 62. (d) 63. (c) 64. (c)
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65. Silk routes are a good example of (b) Both statements I and II are true but Codes
vibrant pre-modern trade and cultural statement II is not the correct (a) Both A and R are true and R is the
links between distant parts of the world. explanation of statement I correct explanation of A
Which one among the following is not (c) Statement I is true but statement II is (b) Both A and R are true, but R is not
true of silk routes? false the correct explanation of A
(a) Historians have identified several silk (d) Statement I is false but statement II (c) A is true, but R is false
routes over land and by sea. is true (d) A is false, but R is true
(b) Silk routes have linked Asia with 69. Consider the following statements. 73. With reference to ‘deindustrialization’
Europe and Northern Africa.
I. In 1813, the East India Company which of the following statements is/are
(c) Silk routes existed before the Charter was renewed for correct?
Christian era and thrived almost up to twenty-years. I. This process started in 1813.
fifteenth century.
II. The long-standing ban prohibition on II. Abolition of monopoly trade rights of
(d) As a result of silk route trade, missionaries was removed and the East India Company aggravated the
precious metals like gold and silver, British officers allowed a rapid process.
flowed from Asia to Europe. penetration of Christian missionary Select the correct answer from the
66. How did the industrial revolution in organisations into company territory. codes given below.
England affect the British Company’s III. An annual £ 10000 expenditure of [UPPSC (Mains) 2017]
relations with India? government funds for education was (a) Only I
(a) The company stopped exports from allotted within the new Charter of (b) Only II
India to Britain as all raw materials East India Company in 1813. (c) Both I and II
were now mined and produced in Which of the statement(s) given above (d) Neither I nor II
Britain. is/are correct?
(b) The Indian goods were inferior in (a) I and II (b) II and III 74. Who among the following Indian
quality to the mill-manufactured (c) Only III (d) I, II and III freedom fighters made an attempt to
goods and did not have much estimate the Per Capita Income of
patronage in the local market.
70. Which, among the following, is/are the India? [CDS 2008]
impact/impacts of industrial revolution (a) Gopal Krishna Gokhle
(c) British goods in Indian became
in England? [NDA 2011] (b) Feroz Shah Mehta
extremely cheap.
I. Cottage industry was replaced by the (c) Surendranath Banerjee
(d) The company began to export
factory system of production using (d) Dadabhai Naoroji
raw materials from India instead of
machines.
the finished goods as was done
II. It led to the overpopulation of 75. Who is the exponent of the theory of
earlier.
villages. economic drain of India during the
67. The main emphasis of the III. It led to the emergence of working British rule? [UPPSC 2004]
administrative machinery of the British class movements. (a) Dadabhai Naoroji
government in India during 1757-1857 Select the correct answer using the (b) MN Roy
was placed on the maintenance of Law codes given below. (c) Jai Prakash Narayan
and Order. By this, the British desired to (a) I, II and III (b) I and III (d) Ram Manohar Lohiya
(a) carry on their profitable trade and to (c) Only I (d) II and III
collect taxes for remission to England. 76. Who remarked in 1834 that “the bones
(b) trade with India and to exploit Indian
71. Consider the following statements. of the cotton weavers are bleaching the
I. Economic affairs did not dominate plains of India”?
resources without any disturbance.
civil life in India in the eighteenth (a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(c) send a message to the Indian
century. (b) William Bentinck
masses that the British rule is
II. Indian mercantile community (c) Dadabhai Naoroji
peaceful and just.
showcased great spirit of enterprise. (d) RC Dutt
(d) make innovations in the
III. Dadani system was prevalent in
administration to meet. 77. Who among the following leaders did
India-like medieval European
68. Statement I The private trade of the industrial organisation. not believe in the drain theory of
East India Company’s officials in the Which of the statements given above Dadabhai Naoroji? [IAS (Pre) 1996]
18th century had flowered with the are correct? (a) BG Tilak
indirect patronage of the authorities of (a) I and III (b) I and II (b) RC Dutt
the Company. (c) II and III (d) I, II and III (c) MG Ranada
Statement II The extra-legal power (d) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
enjoyed by the foreign, merchants and the 72. Assertion (A) Within half a century of
the Battle of Plassey, the phenomenal 78. Which of the following did not form part
duty-free nature of their private trade of the so called ‘Home Charges’ in
virtually edged the indigenous merchants prosperity of Bengal suffered a serious
set-back. British India?
out of competition. [NDA 2011]
Reason (R) The manufacture of cotton (a) Interest on public debt.
Codes (b) Charges for civil administration.
(a) Both statements I and II are true and goods the most important item of export
from India, enormously increased in (c) Guaranteed interest on railways.
statement II is the correct explanation
other parts of India, while it declined in (d) Payment of dividends to the
of statement I
Bengal. [CDS 2005] shareholders.
INDIAN HISTORY 119

79. Who of the following was/were 82. Consider the following events during 85. A famine of the nineteenth century,
economic critic/critics of colonialism in the British rule. which has been described as the ‘Sea
India? [IAS (Pre) 2015] I. Plundering of begums of Awadh. of Calamity’ was the famine in
I. Dadabhai Naoroji II. The Permanent Settlement system in (a) Rajputana, 1868-69
II. G Subramania Iyer Bengal. (b) Madras Presidency, 1866-67
III. RC Dutt III. Beginning of the dual government in (c) Orissa, 1866-67
Select the correct answer using the Bengal. (d) Bengal, 1860-61
codes given below. IV. Beginning of drain of wealth from
India. 86. Which of the following statement(s)
(a) Only I (b) I and II
is/are correct?
(c) II and III (d) I, II and III Which of the following is the correct
(a) The first strike organised by Indian
chronological order of the above given
80. Statement I Dadabhai Naoroji argued working class in 1899.
events?
that what was being drained out was (b) British government announced
(a) IV, III, I, II (b) IV, III, II, I
‘potential surplus’ that could generate special order of knighthood to Indian
(c) III, IV, II, I (d) III, IV, I, II
more economic development in India if princes in 1861.
invested in India. 83. With reference to the period of colonial (c) East India Company set up first
Statement II Imperialists believed that rule in India, ‘Home Charges’ formed indigo plantation in 1770.
India was brought into the large an important part of drain of wealth (d) All of the above
capitalist world market and that was in from India. Which of the following funds
constituted Home Charges? [IAS 2011] 87. Which of the following is wrongly
itself a progress towards modernisation.
matched?
[Astt. Comm. 2017] I. Funds used to support the India
Codes Office in London. (a) The Pitt’s – Board of control to
(a) Both statements I and II are true, and II. Funds used to pay salaries and India Act guide and control
statement II is the correct pensions of British personnel (1784) company’s affairs
explanation of statement I engaged in India. (b) Charter Act – Company’s
(b) Both statements I and II are true, but III. Funds used for waging wars outside of 1813 monopoly of trade
statement II is not the correct India by the British. with India ended
explanation of statement I Select the correct answer using the (c) Charter Act – Company’s debt
(c) Statement I is true, but statement II is codes given below of 1833 taken over by the
false (a) Only I Government of India
(d) Statement I is false, but statement II (b) I and II (d) Charter Act – To regulate
is true (c) II and III of 1853 company’s affairs
(d) All of the above
81. Consider the following statements and 88. Consider the following statements.
select the correct answer from the 84. Which of the following statements I. The famine of 1876-78 in Madras,
codes given below the statements. about town planning in British India in Mysore, Hyderabad, Maharashtra,
[UPPSC 2017] early 19th century is/are correct? Western Uttar Pradesh and Punjab is
Assertion (A) Generally, India had a [Astt. Comm. 2018] considered to be the worst famine in
favourable balance of trade during the I. The funds for town improvement were Indian history.
British rule. also raised through public lotteries. II. The Dadni merchants constituted the
Reason (R) The drain of wealth took the II. The threats of epidemics gave an core of the rising middle class in India
from of unrequited exports. impetus to town planning in the early before Battle of Plassey.
Codes decades of 19th century. III. The INC adopted a resolution
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the Select the correct answer using the criticising the Drain of Wealth from
correct explanation of A codes given below. India in its Annual session held in
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the (a) Only I Calcutta (1896).
correct explanation of A (b) Only II Which of the statements given above
(c) A is true, but R is false (c) Both I and II are correct?
(d) A is false, but R is true (d) Neither I nor II (a) I and II (b) II and III
(c) I and III (d) All of these

65. (c) 66. (d) 67. (a) 68. (a) 69. (d) 70. (b) 71. (a) 72. (a) 73. (c) 74. (d) 75. (a) 76. (b) 77. (d) 78. (b) 79. (d)
80. (c) 81. (a) 82. (a) 83. (d) 84. (c) 85. (c) 86. (d) 87. (d) 88. (d)
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20
Peasants, Tribal and Trade
Union Movements
1. The correct geographical location for V. agricultural labourers 13. Which one of the following
the Ramosi uprising? [BPSC 2015] Choose the right answer from the observations is not true in regard to the
(a) Western India (b) Eastern Ghats following codes. indigo revolt of 1859-60 in India?
(c) Eastern India (d) Western Ghats (a) I and V (b) I, II, III, IV and V (a) It was the most militant and
(c) Only IV (d) II and III widespread peasants agitation, just
2. Which of the following is/are the after the revolt of 1857.
prominent leaders of the Ramosi 8. Which of the following upheavals took (b) One of the major reasons for the
uprising? place in Bengal immediately after the success of the revolt was the
(a) Chittur Singh (b) Narhari Parekh revolt of 1857? [IAS (Pre) 1994] complete unity among Hindu and
(c) Umajee (d) All of these (a) Sanyasi rebellion Muslim peasants.
(b) Santhal rebellion (c) The Christian missionaries opposed
3. Why was Vasudev Balwant Phadke
(c) Indigo disturbances the indigo peasants in their struggle.
known in history? [Astt. Comm. 2019]
(d) Pabna disturbances (d) The government’s response to the
(a) He led a violent struggle against the
revolt was not as harsh as in the
British during the revolt of 1857. 9. ‘Neel-Darpan’ by Dina Bandhu Mitra case of civil rebellions.
(b) He was a critic of Gandhian struggle. portrays the plight of
(c) He led an armed uprising against the (a) Bengali Artisans 14. Which one of the following statements
British in the 1870s. (b) Indigo Planters about the indigo revolt of 1859 is
(d) He was a radical leader of the Indian (c) Landless Labourers correct? [Astt. Comm. 2017]
National Congress. (d) All of the above (a) It broke out at Poona and
Ahmadnagar.
4. Who established the “Ramosi Krishak 10. Which book depicts the plight of indigo (b) It was directed against
Jatha’ in Maharashtra? [BPSC 1994] cultivators? [WBCS 2018] money-lenders.
(a) Vasudev Balwant Phadke (a) Dinbandhu (b) Neel Darpan (c) It was supported by the
(b) Gopal Krishana Gokhle (c) Neel Darshan (d) Anandamath intelligentsia of Bengal.
(c) Justice Ranade (d) It was directed against the petty
(d) Jyotiba Phula 11. Who published the journal Dinbandhu?
(a) NM Lokhande Zamindars and ex-employees of the
5. The Moplah rebellion of 1921 broke out (b) Sasipada Banerjee planters.
in [BPSC 2018] (c) BP Wadia 15. Which intellectualist of Bengal has
(a) Assam (b) Kerala (d) Lala Lajpat Rai fully and comprehensively supported
(c) Punjab (d) Bengal the indigo revolt?
12. The indigo rebellion was about
6. Mopla rebellion broke out in [BPSC 2018]
(a) Harish Chandra Mukherjee
(a) Telangana [UPPSC 2016] (b) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
(a) the peasant not wanting to grow
(b) Malabar indigo but being forced to. (c) Surendranath Banerjee
(c) Vidarleha (b) the peasant wanting to grow indigo (d) Rabindranath Tagore
(d) Marathwada but being forced not to. 16. Consider the following statements
(c) the peasant not wanting to grow relating to indigo revolt. [CDS 2010]
7. Moplah of South Malabar indicates indigo but being forced to grow at a
I. poor peasants I. The indigo revolt is particularly
price that was unacceptable. memorable for the role played by the
II. tenants (d) a protest movement that carried an intelligentsia to uphold the cause of
III. traders indigo-coloured flag. the movement.
IV. fishermen
INDIAN HISTORY 121

II. After the revolt, the colonial 23. Which of the important slogan was given 30. Who led the Bardoli Movement?
authorities set up the indigo by Vasudev Balwant Phadke? (a) Vallabhbhai Patel [WBCS 2020]
commission to enquire into the (a) Desh Hamara Hai (b) Mahatma Gandhi
grievances of the indigo cultivators. (b) Hindu Rajya (c) Chaman Lal
Which of the statement(s) given above (c) Zaman Hazari (d) Raja Gopalachari
is/are correct? (d) Inquilab Zindabad
(a) Only I 31. Mahatma Gandhi gave the title of
(b) Only II 24. Consider the following statements ‘Sardar’ to Vallabhbhai Patel for his
regarding the Phadke revolt. great organisational skill [CGPSC
in 2011]
(c) Both I and II
I. It was started in 1879. (a) the Kheda Satyagraha
(d) Neither II nor II
II. It was led by Daulta Ramoshi. (b) the Bardoli Satyagraha
17. What was the main reason behind the III. The root cause of this revolts was the (c) the Salt Satyagraha
Pabna peasant revolt? mortgaging of peasant’s land to the
(d) the Individual Satyagraha
(a) Excessive enhancement of land money-lenders.
taxes by the Zamindars. Which of the above statements is/are 32. Consider the following statement.
(b) Zamindars to get farmers to correct? I. British government had set up the
cultivate indigo. (a) Only I (b) I and II Only Maxwell-Broom field commission to
(c) Zamindars to get farmers to forced (c) II and III Only (d) All of these look into the matter of Bardoli
labour. peasants.
(d) Oppressive policies of Britishers
25. Who started the Eka movement? II. This commission had reduced the
[UPPSC 2004] land revenue from 30% to 6.03%
towards the peasants.
(a) Peasants of Maharashtra III. Mahatma Gandhi gave the title of
18. In which place did the Pabna revolt (b) Peasants of Bengal ‘Sardar’ to Vallabhbhai Patel on the
break out in 1873? (c) Peasants of Punjab behalf of the women of Bardoli.
(a) Bengal (b) Bihar (d) Peasants of Hardoi, Barabanki and Which of the above mentioned
(c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Assam other places of Uttar Pradesh statement/s is/are correct?
19. Which of the following were the 26. What was the main purpose of Eka (a) Only II
prominent leaders of Pabna movement? [BPSC 1994] (b) I and II
rebellion? (a) To stop giving rent to the government. (c) Only III
(a) Ishan Chandra Roy (b) To protect the interest of the farming. (d) I, II and III
(b) Keshab Chandra Roy (c) To end the Satyagrah.
(d) Conversion of produce into cash.
33. Who formed Bihar Provincial Kisan
(c) Shambhupal Sabha? [BPSC (Pre) 2019]
(d) Both (a) and (c) 27. Consider the following statements about (a) Swami Sahajanand Saraswati
20. “We want to be the ryots of her the Eka movement. (b) Ram Sundar Singh
majesty the queen land of her only”. I. It was essentially a peasant movement. (c) Ganga Sharan Sinha
This statement is associated with which II. The objective of this movement was to (d) Ramanand Mishra
of the following peasant rebellion? resist the attempts of the landlords to
(a) Indigo peasant rebellion take more than recorded rents from the 34. The All India Kisan Sabha was formed
tenants. in [WBCS 2007]
(b) Pabna peasant rebellion
Which of the above mentioned statement/ s (a) 1926 (b) 1936
(c) Mopla peasant rebellion
is/are correct? (c) 1946 (d) 1956
(d) Tebhaga peasant rebellion
(a) Only I (b) Only II 35. Akhil Bharatiya Kisan Congress was
21. Which among the following is/are the (c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II founded in [BPSC 2018]
speciality of Pabna rebellion?
(a) Presence of religious leaders in the 28. What was the main objective of Barahiya (a) 1936 AD (b) 1939 AD
main front. Tal revolt of Munger? [BPSC 1994] (c) 1942 AD (d) 1945 AD
(b) Formation of Agrarian League. (a) Demand to return the Bakhasht land. 36. Who was elected the first President of
(c) Coincided with the Non- (b) To stop the exploitation of Muslim All India Kisan Sabha at Lucknow in
Cooperation movement. peasants. 1936? [BPSC 2018]
(d) Peasants did not defy colonial (c) To abolish the Zamindari system. (a) NG Ranga
authority and as a matter of wanted (d) To start the class conflict. (b) EMS Namboodripad
to become ryots of the Queen. 29. What was the main subject matter of the (c) Swami Sahajanand Saraswati
22. Which among the following led the Bardoli Satyagrah who took place in 1928? (d) Acharya Narendra Dev
Phadke revolt? [MPPSC 2008] (a) No to pay the rent to the government.
37. Where was the first All India Kisan
(a) Vasudev Balwant Phadke (b) Not to do forced labour in Zamindar’s
Sabha formed? [UPPSC 2008]
(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak house.
(c) To get the full wages. (a) Calcutta (b) Madras
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai (c) Lucknow (d) Patna
(d) None of the above
(d) Narhari Parikh

1. (d) 2. (d) 3. (c) 4. (a) 5. (b) 6. (b) 7. (b) 8. (c) 9. (b) 10. (b) 11. (a) 12. (c) 13. (c) 14. (d) 15. (a)
16. (c) 17. (a) 18. (a) 19. (d) 20. (b) 21. (d) 22. (a) 23. (b) 24. (d) 25. (d) 26. (d) 27. (c) 28. (a) 29. (a) 30. (a)
31. (b) 32. (d) 33. (a) 34. (b) 35. (a) 36. (c) 37. (c)
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38. Who among the following was not a 45. The demand for Tebhaga peasant 55. Which British commander was defeated
leader of the All India Kisan Sabha? movement in Bengal was for by the Santhals in 1855? [BPSC 2005]
(a) Swami Sahajanand (a) the reduction of the share of the (a) Captain Nek Feville (b) Lt Bastain
(b) Sir Chhotu Ram landlords from one-half of the crops (c) Major Burrough (d) Colonel White
(c) Indulal Yagnik to one-third.
(d) NG Ranga (b) the grant of the ownership of land to 56. What was Damin-i Koh in Rajmahal
peasants as they were the actual area? [NDA 2020]
39. Who was the Secretary of first All India cultivators of the land. (a) A large area of land demarcated and
Kisan Sabha? [MPPSC 2008] (c) the uprooting of Zamindari system declared to be the land of the Santhals.
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru and the end of serfdom. (b) The land of the Paharias cultivated
(b) NG Ranga (d) writing off all peasants debts. exclusively for paddy.
(c) Subhash Chandra Bose (c) The British territory marked for their
(d) NG Kelkar 46. In which of the following region did military camp.
Chuar revolt break out in the protest of (d) The land earmarked for locating
40. The elected President of the All India enhanced land revenue? settled agriculturists.
Kisan Sabha, which met in Vijaywada (a) Assam (b) Bengal
(1944) was [CDS 2018] (c) Meghalaya (d) Uttar Pradesh 57. With reference to ‘‘Santhal Hool’’ of
(a) Sahajanand Saraswati 1855, which of the following statements
(b) Vinobha Bhave 47. Who led the Chuar revolt? is/are correct?
(c) Achyut Rao Patwardhan (a) Durjan Singh Select the correct answer from the code
(d) Narendra Dev (b) Keerat Singh given below. [UPPCS (Mains) 2017]
(c) Teerat Singh I. Major Baroz lost the battle with
41. Which one of the following congress (d) Vijay Singh Pathik Santhals near Bhagalpur.
leaders had participated in the first II. Gokko was an important leader of
meeting of All India Kisan Sabha? 48. What is the other name of Chuar
Godda.
[UPPSC (Mains) 2017] uprising?
III. Mahajan Deen Dayal Rai is also an
(a) Jawahar lal Nehru (a) Bhumij rebellion
important name in this content.
(b) MK Gandhi (b) Paharia rebellion
IV. There was a time when Santhals
(c) Subhash Chandra Bose (c) Deccan rebellion
enjoyed full sovereignty over the area
(d) Rajendra Prasad (d) Neel rebellion
of Ganga Valley near Muzaffarpur.
42. Swami Sahajanand Saraswati published 49. What was the main region of Ho revolt Codes
a journal named [BPSC 2018] which was started in 1820-21? (a) Only I (b) I, III and IV
[BPSC 1999] (c) I, II and III (d) I and III
(a) Jankranti
(b) Hunkar (a) Chota Nagpur (b) Bhagalpur
(c) Haryana (d) Punjab
58. After the Santhal rising subsided, what
(c) Krishan Samachar was/were the measure/measures
(d) Vidrohi 50. What was meant by ‘Kherwari Hul’? taken by the Colonial government?
43. Statement I The Kisan manifesto [WBCS 2020] I. The territories called ‘Santhal
(a) Chuar Movement Paraganas’ were created.
adopted by the All India Kisan Sabha in
August 1936 contained the radical (b) Paik Revolt II. It became illegal for a Santhal to
demands. (c) Santhal Movement transfer land to a Non-Santhal.
Statement II The All India Kisan Sabha (d) Indigo Revolt Select the correct answer using the
was a part of the congress and maintained codes given below. [IAS (Pre) 2018]
51. Which of the following led the Santhal (a) Only I (b) Only II
close relationship with the provincial revolt? [JPSC 2011]
congress committees. [NDA 2019] (c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II
(a) Jaipal Singh
Codes (b) Master Tara Singh 59. When did the Khairwar tribal movement
(a) Both the statements are individually (c) Chand occur in Jharkhand? [JPSC 2003]
true and statement II is the correct (d) Sidhu and Kanhu (a) 1874 (b) 1860 (c) 1865 (d) 1870
explanation of statements I
(b) Both the statements are individually 52. Which among the following year 60. Consider the following statements.
true and statement II is not the ‘Santhal revolt’ was occurred? I. Khairwar rebellion was against the
correct explanation of statements I (a) 1831-32 AD (b) 1844-46 AD land revenue settlement.
(c) Statement I is true but statement II is (c) 1851-52 AD (d) 1855-56 AD II. This movement gave emphasis on
false monotheism and social reforms initially.
53. With which revolt names of Sidhu and Which of the above mentioned
(d) Statement I is false but statement II is
Kanhu are associated? [WBSC 2017] statements is/are correct?
true
(a) Santhal (b) Chakma (a) Only I (b) Only II
44. Where did the Tebhaga movement (c) Khasi (d) Indigo (c) I and II only (d) Neither I nor II
occur in 1946? [WBCS 2007]
54. Santhal revolt (1855-56) was led by 61. Pagal Panthi revolt was basically the
(a) Bihar
(a) Siddhu-Kanhu [UPPSC 2003] revolt of [UPPSC 1999]
(b) Punjab
(b) Chand-Bhairav (a) Bhils (b) Garo
(c) Gujarat
(c) Both (a) and (b) (c) Gouds (d) Kol
(d) Bengal
(d) Neither (a) nor (b)
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62. Who founded ‘Pagal Panthi’? 73. Bhil revolts against the British took 83. Consider the following statements
(a) Bulleh Shan [BPSC 2015] place in about the Wahabi movement.
(b) Karam Shah (a) Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra I. It was a well-planned movement.
(c) Yaduvendra Singh (b) Madhya Pradesh and Bihar II. The movement advocated the
(d) Swami Sahjanand (c) Bihar and Bengal preaching of pure Islam.
(d) Bengal and Maharashtra III. During the revolt of 1857, Wahabis
63. Who began the Faraizi movement? played a notable role in spreading
[BPSC 2018] 74. Which of the following event occurred anti-British sentiments.
(a) Haji Shariatullah (b) Syed Ahmed in Maharashtra (Western Ghat)? IV. The Wahabi established the
(c) Salimullah (d) MA Jinnah [UPPSC 1998]
Dar-ul-Islam in India.
(a) Bhil Revolt (b) Kol Revolt Which of the following is/are the correct
64. Who were the Faraizi? [BPSC 2015] (c) Rampa Revolt (d) Santhal Revolt statements?
(a) Followers of Haji Shariatullah
75. Which of the following led the Bhil (a) I and II (b) I, II and III
(b) Followers of Dadu Mian
revolt, which arose due to problems, (c) Only III (d) I, II, III and IV
(c) Followers of Arya Samaj
(d) Followers of Muslim league related to agriculture?
84. Where was the chief centre of Sanyasi
(a) Sevaram revolt started in 1770?
65. Which one of the following was the leader (b) Tipu (a) Bengal (b) Bihar
of Faraizi movement? [IAS (Pre) 1999] (c) Durjan Singh (c) Assam (d) Manipur
(a) Wajir Ali (b) Dadu Mian (d) Alluri Sitarama Raju
(c) Shamsher Gazhi (d) Wajid Ali 85. Which of the following revolts was
76. When was the Gadkari revolt started? made famous by Bankim Chandra
66. The tribal leader who was regarded as (a) 1840 (b) 1842 (c) 1844 (d) 1848 Chatterjee in his Novel ‘Anandamath’?
an incarnation of God and father of the
77. The Gadkari uprisings (1844-45) took [IAS (Pre) 2006]
World/Dharti Aba
place in (a) Bhil uprising
(a) Kanhu Santhal (b) Rupa Naik
(a) Punjab (b) Bengal (b) Rangpur and Dinajpur uprising
(c) Birsa Munda (d) Joria Bhagat
(c) Maharashtra (d) Andhra Pradesh (c) Bishnupur and Birbhum rebellion
67. With reference to the history of India, (d) Sanyasi rebellion
‘Ulgulan’ or the great Tumult is the 78. Which of the following was the center of
description of which of the following the Gadkari revolt? [UPPSC 1999] 86. The main cause of Sanyasi rebellion was
events? [IAS (Pre) 2020] (a) Biharsharif (b) Kolhapur (a) cow slaughter.
(a) The Revolt of 1857. (c) Surat (d) Sylhet (b) right to erect temples.
(b) The Mappila Rebellion of 1921. (c) the dispossession of Zamindars and
79. The Gadkari uprising of 1844-45 was Peasants.
(c) The Indigo Revolt of 1859-60. directed against the (d) None of the above
(d) Birsa Munda’s Revolt of 1899-1900. (a) money lender
68. The leader of the Munda rebellion (b) British Government 87. Who among the following made
(c) Maharaja of Kolhapur ‘Sanyasi Rebellion’ famous through his
(Ulgulan) was [WBCS 2017]
(d) Both (a) and (b) writings? [UPPSC (Mains) 2017]
(a) Sidho (b) Birsa
(a) Din Bandhu Mitra
(c) Bapat (d) Korra Malya 80. A popular movement of the nineteenth (b) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
69. Which was the working area of Birsa century, which was much better (c) Sisir Kumar Ghosh
Munda? [BPSC 2008] planned, organised and knit than revolt (d) Harish Chandra
(a) Champaran (b) Ranchi of 1857 was
(c) Balia (d) Alipur (a) the Munda rebellion 88. Who suppressed the Sanyasi revolt?
(b) the Duncan riots (a) Warren Hastings (b) Lord Cornwallis
70. Mundas rose revolt started in (c) the Sanyasi rebellion (c) Lord Wellesley (d) None of these
[BPSC 2002] (d) the Wahabi movement
(a) 1885 (b) 1888 (c) 1890 (d) 1899
89. Kuka movement was organised by
81. Which one of the following was the [BPSC (Pre) 2001]
71. Birsa Munda was in favour of leader of Walinllahi (Wahabi) movement? (a) Guru Ram Das
[BPSC 200l] (a) Walinlla (b) Guru Nanak
(a) Jharkhand (b) Uttaranchal (b) Abdul Aziz (c) Guru Ram Singh
(c) Chhattisgarh (d) None of these (c) Mohammad Abdul Wahab (d) Guru Govind Singh
72. Birsa was captured, while asleep, on (d) Syed Ahmed of Rai Bareilly
90. Kuka revolt was started by [UPPSC 2007]
[BPSC (Pre) 2017] 82. Which was the main centre of Wahabi (a) Bhagat Jawahar Mal
(a) Ist February, 1900 movement which started in 19th (b) Jatra Bhagat
(b) 2nd February, 1900 century? [UPPSC 1994] (c) Kampa Ram
(c) 3rd February, 1900 (a) Lahore (b) Patna (d) Bhavan Singh
(d) 4th February, 1900 (c) Amritsar (d) Pune

38. (b) 39. (b) 40. (a) 41. (a) 42. (b) 43. (a) 44. (d) 45. (a) 46. (b) 47. (a) 48. (a) 49. (a) 50. (c) 51. (d) 52. (d)
53. (a) 54. (a) 55. (c) 56. (a) 57. (c) 58. (c) 59. (a) 60. (c) 61. (b) 62. (b) 63. (a) 64. (a) 65. (b) 66. (c) 67. (d)
68. (b) 69. (b) 70. (d) 71. (d) 72. (c) 73. (a) 74. (a) 75. (a) 76. (c) 77. (c) 78. (b) 79. (d) 80. (d) 81. (d) 82. (b)
83. (b) 84. (a) 85. (d) 86. (c) 87. (b) 88. (a) 89. (c) 90. (a)
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91. Kuka movement was founded in 102. The Trade Disputes Act of 1929 (c) CP Ramaswamy lyer, K Kamaraj and
[UPRO/ARO 2017] provided for [IAS (Pre) 2017] Veeresalingam Pantulu
(a) Bengal (b) Bihar (a) the participation of workers in the (d) Ashok Mehta, TS Ramanujam and
(c) Punjab (d) Maharastra management of industries. GG Mehta
(b) arbitrary powers to the management 107. Assertion (A) The effect of labour
92. Velu Thampi led a rebellion against the to quell the industrial disputes.
British in [UPPSC (Mains) 2002] participation in the Indian nationalist
(c) an intervention by the British Court in upsurge of the early 1930s was weak.
(a) Kerala (b) Maharashtra the event of a trade dispute.
(b) Mysore (d) Telangana Reason (R) The labour leaders
(d) a system of tribunals and a ban on considered the ideology of Indian
93. Dalawa Velu Thampi’s rebellion strikes. National Congress as bourgeois and
against the British took place in the 103. Consider the following statements. reactionary. [IAS (Pre) 2002]
Indian state of [WBCS 2017] Codes
I. The factories Act, 1881 was passed
(a) Awadh (b) Kashmir with a view to fix the wages of (a) Both A and R are true and R is the
(c) Travancore (d) Mysore industrial workers and to allow the correct explanation of A
94. Where did Rampa revolt take place workers to form trade unions. (b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the
against the government supported II. NM Lokhanda was a pioneer in correct explanation of A
Jagirdars and New Forest Law? organising the Labour movement in (c) A is true, but R is false
(a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Tamil Nadu British India. (d) A is false, but R is true
(c) Maharashtra (d) Karnataka Which of the above statements is/are 108. Who among the following founded the
correct? [IAS (Pre) 2017]
Ahmedabad Textile Labour Association?
95. Who had led the Rampa rebellion? (a) Only I [APSC 2017, IAS (Pre) 2009]
[UPPSC 2004] (b) Only II
(a) Alluri Sitarama Raju (a) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Both I and II (b) JB Kripalani
(b) Bhagat Jawahar Mal (d) Neither I nor II
(c) Digambar Biswas (c) NM Joshi
(d) Velu Thampi 104. Consider the following statements. (d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
I. In the first Factory Act, 1881 there 109. Who is the founding member of
96. When was Tana Bhagat movement was a Prohibition of Child Labour
started by Jatra Bhagat in Mazdoor Mahajan?
below 11 years. (a) BP Wadia
Chotanagpur? [CGPSC 2015] II. In the second Factory Act, 1891 the
(a) 1919 (b) 1917 (b) Mahatma Gandhi
weekly holiday for women labour was
(c) 1914 (d) 1922 (c) JL Nehru
decided.
(d) NM Lokhande
97. Who led the recognised Bombay III. In Trade Dispute Act, 1929, special
Textile Mills Labour Union, registered courts were constituted for settling 110. Which principle was propounded by
in 1926? dispute. Mahatma Gandhi?
(a) NM Joshi (b) BP Wadia (a) I and III (a) Principle of Trusteeship
(c) JL Nehru (d) Lala Lajpat Rai (b) Only III (b) Principle of Capitalism
(c) I and II (c) Principle of Communism
98. Who among the following was the first (d) All of the above (d) laissez faire
leader to organise Labour movement in
India? [MPPSC 2017] 105. During Indian freedom struggle, a 111. Which among the following was the
(a) BP Walia (b) Lala Lajpat Rai general strike jointly called by the Girni First Trade Union Organisation of India
Kamgar Union and the railway workers in modern times?
(c) NM Lokhande (d) NG Ranga
in March, 1929 in Bombay. This was (a) Printers Union of Kolkata
99. Who started Bombay Mills Lands actually in protest against [NDA 2002] (b) Textile Labour Union
Association? (a) the Congress acceptance of (c) Bombay Postal Union
(a) NM Lokhande (b) BP Wadia Dominion Status to India as a (d) All India Trade Union Congress
(c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of these desirable interim goal.
(b) the visit to India of Whiteley 112. Who was elected the first President of
100. Which one of the following may be Commission on labour. the All India Trade Union Congress
regarded as the first labour association (AITUC) on 31st October, 1920?
(c) the government’s insistance on
in India? [WBCS 2007] (a) VV Giri [WBCS 2018]
passing the Trade Disputes Bill through
(a) The Bombay Mill Land’s Association the Central Legislative Assembly. (b) Subhash Chandra Bose
(b) The Bombay Worker’s Association (d) the dismissal of workers who had (c) Lala Lajpat Rai
(c) The Indian Worker’s Association taken part in the 1928 strikes. (d) CR Das
(d) The Printer’s Union, Calcutta
106. Who among the following were the 113. Who among the following had
101. Who of the following was sent as founders of the Hind Mazdoor Sabha presided over the All India Trade
representative of labourers by Indian established in 1948? [IAS (Pre) 2018] Union Congress held at Nagpur in
Government in the Washington summit (a) B Krishna Pillai, EMS 1929? [UPPSC (Mains) 2013]
of ILO in the year 1919? [UPPSC 2020] Namboodiripad and KC George (a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(a) VP Wadia (b) NM Joshi (b) Jayaprakash Narayan, Deen Dayal (b) Acharya Narendra Dev
(c) CF Andrews (d) Joseph Baptista Upadhyay and MN Roy (c) Subhash Chandra Bose
(d) Yusuf Meherally
INDIAN HISTORY 125

114. Who was the first Indian to be the 121. Which one of the following pairs is not II. INC at its Gaya Session (1922)
member of Communist International? correctly matched? welcomed the form of AITUC and
[BPSC (Pre) 1995] formed a committee consisting of
List I List II prominent Congressmen to assist its
(a) MN Roy
(b) Muzaffar Ahmad (a) Tinkathia – A form of share work.
(c) SS Dange cropping in the tribal Which of the statement(s) given above
region of Eastern India is/are correct?
(d) None of the above
during the Colonial (a) Only I
115. In October, 1920, who of the following period (b) Only II
headed a group of Indians gathered at (b) Diku – A term used for the (c) Both I and II
Tashkent to set up a communist party outsiders by the (d) Neither I nor II
of India? [IAS (Pre) 2005] Santhal tribals
(a) HK Sarkar (b) PC Joshi (c) Abwab – Additional tax imposed
126. Consider the following statements.
(c) MC Chayla (d) MN Roy on peasants by the I. Result of local grievances.
zamindars II, Leaderships of these uprisings were
116. The militant phase of the trade union semi-feudal in character.
movement in India was [BPSC 2000] (d) Jenvi – A term used for Nair
III. Backward looking and traditional in
(a) 1939-45 (b) 1926-39 landlords in Kerala
outlook.
(c) 1918-26 (d) 1914-18 IV. They were localised and isolated.
122. Which of the following Peasant
117. Consider the following statements. movements is not properly matched Which of the above were the weakness
I. The All India Trade Union Congress with the state in which it was launched? of the civil rebellions, tribal revolts and
was formed in 1920. peasant movements?
(a) Kisan Sabha and – Uttar Pradesh (a) I, II, III and IV
II. Lokamanya Tilak, played an Eka Movements
important role in the formation of the (b) I, II and IV
(b) Moplah Rebellion – Kerala (c) II, III and IV
AITUC.
III. Lala Lajpat Rai was appointed as its (c) Bardoli – Gujarat (d) I, III and IV
first President. Satyagraha
127. The following popular movements
Which of the statements given above (d) Pabna Agrarian – Maharashtra occurred after 1857. [PCS (Pre) 2017]
is/are correct? League I. Santhal Rebellion
(a) Only I (b) II and III II. Indigo Revolt
(c) I and II (d) All of these 123. Which of the pairs is not correctly
matched? [UPPSC (Pre) 2018] III. Deccan agriculturalist riots
118. With reference to revolts in british India, IV. Birsa Munda Uprising
Rebellion Year Select the correct answer using the
people known as ‘kallar’ belonged to
which of the following region? (a) Santhal – 1855 codes given below.
[UPPSC (Mains) 2017] (b) Kol – 1831 (a) I, II and III
(a) Kolhapur (c) Khari – 1829 (b) II, III and IV
(b) Midnapore (d) Ahom – 1815 (c) I, II and IV
(c) Madurai (d) I, III and IV
(d) Raughpur 124. Which of the following statements
about All India Trade Union Congress
128. Match the following List I with List II
119. The active participant of the Bundela and answer as per the codes given
(AITUC) is not true?
rebellion of 1842, Hirdeshah was below.
I. AITUC was affiliated to Pan-Pacific
Zamindar of which of the following secretaries and to the third international. List I List II
place? [MPPSC 2020] II. The reformers group of AITUC A. Eka Movement 1. NG Ranga
(a) Chanwarpatha (b) Deori wanted affiliation with the B. All India Kisan 2. Khoodi Mullah
(c) Suatala (d) Hirapur International Federation of Trade. Sabha and Shambhu
120. The unique contribution of Rani III. The revolutionary group of AITUC Pal
Gaidinliu Naga movement was that wanted affliation with Red Labour C. Pabna Revolt 3. Madari Pasi
(a) she gave considerable support to Union.
D. Andhra Ryots 4. Swami
the Indian National Army (INA). (a) I and II (b) Only III Association Sahajanand
(b) it was the only Nationalist Movement (c) All of these (d) None of these
Codes
by the tribal of the North-East. 125. Consider the following statements. A B C D
(c) For the first time the tribals of the I. Lala Lajpat Rai was among the first in (a) 3 4 1 2
North-East demanded autonomy. India to link capitalism with (b) 4 3 1 2
(d) she integrated the Tribal movement imperialism and emphasise the
with the Civil Disobedience (c) 4 3 2 1
crucial role of the working class in
Movement. (d) 3 4 2 1
fighting the combination.

91. (c) 92. (a) 93. (c) 94. (a) 95. (a) 96. (c) 97. (a) 98. (c) 99. (a) 100. (a) 101. (a) 102. (d) 103. (b) 104. (c) 105. (d)
106. (d) 107. (a) 108. (a) 109. (b) 110. (a) 111. (a) 112. (c) 113. (a) 114. (a) 115. (d) 116. (a) 117. (d) 118. (c) 119. (d) 120. (d)
121. (a) 122. (d) 123. (d) 124. (d) 125. (c) 126. (c) 127. (b) 128. (d)
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129. Match List I with List II and select the 131. Match List I with List II and select the 133. Match the following lists.
correct answer using the codes given correct answer using the codes given
List I List II
below the lists [UPPSC 2019] below the lists. [IAS (Pre) 1997]
I. Koli Risings Western India
List I List II List I List II
II. Revolt of Raja of Southern India
(Movement) (Year) A. Moplah Revolt 1. Kerala Vizianagarm
A. Pabna 1. 1855-56 B. Pabna Revolt 2. Bihar
III. Pagal Panthis Eastern India
B. Eka 2. 1873-85 C. Eka Movement 3. Bengal Revolt
C. Santhal 3. 1922 D. Birsa Munda 4. Awadh
IV. Sanyasi Revolt Bengal
Revolt
D. Tana Bhagat 4. 1914
Codes Which of the above is/are correctly
Codes matched?
A B C D A B C D
A B C D A B C D (a) I, II and III (b) I, II and IV
(a) 1 3 4 2 (b) 2 3 4 1
(a) 1 2 3 4 (b) 2 3 1 4 (c) I and II (d) I, II, III and IV
(c) 1 2 3 4 (d) 3 4 1 2
(c) 3 1 4 2 (d) 4 3 2 1
132. Match list I with list II. 134. Match the following.
130. Match the following. List I List II
List I List II
List I List II (Uprisings) A. All India Trade 1. Mahatma
(Related Places)
A. The Waghera 1. Barodsa Union Federation Gandhi
A. Pagal Panthi 1. Chota Nagpur
Rising B. Chennai Labour 2. Lala Lajpat
Revolt
B. Ramosi Rising 2. Travancore Union Rai
B. Ahom Revolt 2. East Bengal
C. Satavandi 3. Kolhapur C. Ahmedabad 3. NM Joshi
C. Kol uprising 3. Western Ghats
Revolt Textile Labour
D. Ramoshi 4. Assam
D. Dalawa Velu 4. Western Ghats Association
Movement
Thampi Revolt D. Indian National 4. BP Wadia
Codes Choose the right answer from the Trade Union
A B C D following codes. Congress
(a) 1 4 3 2 A B C D
(a) 1 2 3 4 Codes
(b) 2 3 4 1 A B C D A B C D
(c) 2 3 1 4 (b) 4 3 2 1
(c) 2 1 3 4 (a) 4 3 1 2 (b) 1 2 3 4
(d) 1 4 2 3 (c) 3 4 1 2 (d) 4 3 2 1
(d) 3 1 4 2

129. (b) 130. (a) 131. (a) 132. (d) 133. (b) 134. (c)
21
Socio-Religious and
Cultural Reforms
1. ‘Servants of India Society’ was founded 7. The title ‘Raja’ was conferred on Ram 13. Brahmo Samaj was founded by
by [UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2015] Mohan Roy by the Mughal Emperor. [MPPSC (Pre) 2006, UKPSC 2005]
(a) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (a) Jahandar Shah [WBCS 2017] (a) CR Das
(b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale (b) Muhammad Shah (b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Dadabhai Naoroji (c) Akbar II (c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(d) Lala Lajpat Rai (d) Bahadur Shah Zafar (d) Swami Dayananda Saraswati
2. In which year Servants of India Society 8. In which languages Raja Ram Mohan Roy 14. Brahmo Samaj was founded in the
was founded by Gopal Krishna was proficient? Year of [BPSC (Pre) 2005]
Gokhale? [UPPSC 2017, 2016] (a) Sanskrit, Arabic, English (a) 1827 (b) 1829
(a) 1902 (b) Persian, French, Latin (c) 1828 (d) 1830
(b) 1903 (c) Greek and Hebrew
(c) 1904 (d) All of the above
15. The Brahmo Samaj was based on
the twin pillars of
(d) 1905
9. In 1809, Raja Ram Mohan Roy wrote ‘Gift to (a) Reasons and Humanism
3. MC Setalvad, BN Rao and Alladi Monotheists’ in which he put forward the (b) Humanism and Vedas
Krishnaswamy Iyer were distinguished idea that people must worship a single God. (c) Reason, Vedas and Upanishad
member of [IAS (Pre) 1997] This was written in (d) None of the above
(a) Swaraj Party (a) English (b) Persian
(b) All India National Liberal Federation (c) Bengali (d) Arabic 16. Who among the following
immediately succeeded Ram
(c) Madras Labour Union
10. In 1830, Raja Ram Mohan Roy was Mohan Roy as the head of the
(d) Servants of India Society
appointed as ambassador of the Mughal Brahmo Samaj? [CDS 2007]
4. Who is called the father of ‘Indian Empire by which of the following king to (a) Debendranath Tagore
Renaissance? convince the British Government for welfare (b) Akshay Kumar Datta
[UK UDA/LDA (Mains) 2007] of India and to ensure that the Lord William (c) Keshab Chandra Sen
(a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy Bentinck’s regulation banning the practice of (d) Shibnath Shastri
(b) Dayananda Saraswati Sati was not overturned.
(c) Swami Vivekananda (a) Muhammad Shah (b) Farrukhsiyar 17. After the death of Raja Ram Mohan
(c) Husain Ali Khan (d) Akbar Shah II Roy, the Brahmo Samaj split into
(d) Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
two sections; the Brahmo Samaj of
5. Who is known as the ‘Father of Modern 11. The first society founded by Raja Ram India and the Adi Brahmo Samaj.
India’? [WBCS 2008] Mohan Roy was [UPPSC (Mains) 2009] Who were the leaders of the two
(a) Ram Mohan Roy (a) Brahmo Samaj (b) Atmiya Sabha sections respectively? [CDS 2010]
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru (c) Brahmo Sabha (a) Keshab Chandra Sen and
(c) Mahatma Gandhi (d) Tattwabodhini Sabha Debendranath Tagore
(d) WC Bonnerjee 12. Which one among the following was a (b) Radhakanta Deb and
newspaper founded and edited by Raja Debendranath Tagore
6. Who is considered as the prophet of (c) Keshab Chandra Sen and
Ram Mohan Roy?
Nationalism? [UP lower Sub (Pre) 2009] Radhakanta Deb
(a) The Calcutta Gazette
(a) MK Gandhi (d) Debendranath Tagore and
(b) Mirat-ul Akbar
(b) Ram Mohan Roy Radhakanta Deb
(c) Harijan
(c) Rabindranath Tagore
(d) The Bharat Mihir
(d) Dayananda Saraswati

1. (b) 2. (d) 3. (d) 4. (a) 5. (a) 6. (b) 7. (c) 8. (d) 9. (b) 10. (d) 11. (b) 12. (b) 13. (c) 14. (c) 15. (a)
16. (a) 17. (a)
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18. Who among the following was 25. Which one among the following 29. What is true about Brahmo Samaj?
appointed as the First Secretary of statements regarding prohibition of Sati I. It laid emphasis on human dignity.
Brahmo Sabha? in India is correct? II. It opposed idol worship.
(a) Chandrasekhar Deb (a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy wanted an III. It criticised social evils like Sati.
(b) Tarachand Chakravarti expeditious and urgent abolition of Sati IV. It incorporated the teaching of other
(c) Alexander Duff and therefore advised Bentinck to take religions.
(d) Dwarkanath Tagore emergency legislative measures. (a) I and II (b) Only III
(b) The Sati was made illegal in 1829 but (c) I, II and III (d) All of these
19. Who among the following established was not made punishable by the
the Calcutta Unitarian Committee? courts until 1840. 30. Consider the following statements
(a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy [CDS 2006] (c) The persons associated in any way about Brahmo Samaj.
(b) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar with Sati were to be regarded as I. It was the earliest reform movement of
(c) Keshab Chandra Sen criminals. the modern type greatly influenced by
(d) Rabindranath Tagore (d) At the time of his appointment as modern Western Ideas.
Governor-General, Bentinck was II. Keshab Chandra Sen joined the
20. Which one of the following social Brahmo Samaj in 1858.
instructed by the Home Authorities to
reformers strongly opposed Jury Act III. It discarded faith in divine avatars.
consider definite measures for the
of 1826?
immediate or gradual abolition of Which of these statements is/are
(a) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar correct?
Sati.
(b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy (a) I and II (b) Only III
(c) Mahadev Govind Ranade 26. Which of the following pairs is not (c) I and III (d) I, II and III
(d) Rajnarayan Basu correctly matched?
(a) Adi Brahmo – Debendranath 31. Which of the following statements is/are
21. Amongst the following who correct regarding Brahmo Samaj?
cooperated with Raja Ram Mohan Samaj Tagore
I. It opposed idolatry.
Roy in the implementation of his (b) Brahmo Samaj – Chandra Sen
of India II. It denied the need for a priestly class
educational programmes? [CDS 2008]
for interpreting the religious texts.
(a) William Jones (c) Sadharan – Rajanikanta
III. It popularised the doctrine that the
(b) David Hare Brahmo Samaj Sen
Vedas are infallible.
(c) Henry Derozio (d) Prarthana – Dr Atmaram
Select the correct answer using the
(d) Dwarkanath Tagore Samaj Pandurang
codes given below. [IAS (Pre) 2012]
22. The Samadhi of Raja Ram Mohan Roy 27. Which of the following credit goes to the (a) Only I (b) I and II
is in [UKPSC (Mains) 2006] Raja Ram Mohan Roy? (c) Only III (d) All of these
(a) Kolkata I. He initiated public agitation on political 32. Consider the following statements.
(b) Patna questing like the need of reforms in
I. Debendranath Tagore set up
(c) Bristol, England British administration etc.
Tattwabodhini Sabha to facilitate
(d) Canada II. He pioneered Indian Journalism to discussions on different philosophies.
educated public.
23. Which of the following are true about II. In 1842, Debendranath founded
III. He championed the women’s rights Tattwabodhini Patrika to publish
Raja Ram Mohan Roy’s views on like rights of inheritance and property,
women? Upanisads along with his Bangla
he opposed Sati and got it abolished Translation.
(a) The polygamy should be by British Government.
abolished. III. The Tattwabodhini Sabha was setup
IV. He attacked polygamy and degraded under the editorship of Akshay kumar
(b) The widow remarriage should be condition of women.
encouraged. Datta.
(a) II, III and IV (b) I and II IV. Brahmo Samaj in Madras was
(c) Women to be given the right to (c) All of these (d) None of these
inheritance and property. founded with the help of Keshab
(d) All of the above 28. Consider the following statements Chandra Sen in 1864.
relating to Raja Ram Mohan Roy. Which of these statements are correct?
24. Which one among the following I. He knew that the spread of Western (a) I, II and III (b) II, III and IV
statements regarding the social and education was necessary to develop (c) I, II, III an IV (d) I, III and IV
religious reform ideas of Raja Ram a national and scientific attitude in the
Mohan Roy is not correct? [CDS 2010] 33. Which among the following statements
Indian society.
(a) His efforts led to the formation of with regard to Raja Ram Mohan Roy
II. He played a pioneering role in the is/are correct? [NDA 2010]
Brahmo Samaj in 1828. religious and social reform movements
(b) He considered different religions as I. He started the Atmiya Sabha.
of the nineteenth century Bengal.
embodiments of universal theism. II. He wrote the Gift to Monotheist.
Which of the above statements is/are
(c) His Vedantic monism was III. He published the Precepts of Jesus.
correct?
strengthened after 1815 since an IV. He founded the Brahmo Sabha.
(a) Only I
exposure to Christian Unitarianism. Select the correct answer using the
(b) Only II
(d) He paid attention exclusively to the codes given below.
(c) Both I and II
problems/issues of the emerging (a) II, III and IV (b) I, II and III
(d) Neither I nor II
middle class of India. (c) I, III and IV (d) All of these
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34. Who was the founder of ‘Prarthana 39. Which of the following statements 46. Who among the following is known as
Samaj? [BPSC (Pre) 2011, CGPSC 2004] about Prarthana Samaj are correct? ‘Martin Luther’ of India? [UPPSC 2007]
(a) Atmaram Pandurang [Astt. Comm. 2019] (a) Swami Dayananda Saraswati
(b) Tilak I. Its aim was to reform the Hindu (b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(c) Annie Besant society. (c) Swami Vivekananda
(d) Rashbehari Ghosh II. It was based in Maharashtra. (d) Swami Shraddhanand
III. It believed in monotheism.
35. Who was the Chief Director of IV. It had greatly influenced the Brahmo 47. Who was the author of ‘Satyarth
Prarthana Samaj in Maharashtra? Samaj Prakash? [MPPSC 2020, 2019]
[UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2004]
Select the correct answer using the (a) Swami Shraddhanand
(a) RG Bhandarkar codes given below. (b) Maharshi DK Karve
(b) MG Ranade (a) I and II (b) II and III (c) Swami Dayananda Saraswati
(c) Pandita Ramabai (c) I, II and III (d) I and IV (d) Pt Shri Ram Sharma Acharya
(d) Gopal Ganesh Agarkar
40. Which of the following is/are incorrect? 48. ‘Satyarth Prakash’ is a sacred book of
36. Which one among the following was I. In 1867 the Prarthana Samaj of [UK UDA/LDA (Pre) 2007]
not a demand of the Prarthana Samaj? Bombay was founded. (a) Arya Samaj
(a) Women education [CDS 2012] II. Two of its chief architects were (b) Brahmo Samaj
(b) Widow remarriage Mahadev Govind Ranade and (c) Theosoptical Society
(c) Raising the age of marriage for boys Ramakrishna Bhandarkar. (d) Prarthana Samaj
and girls III. The leaders of the Prarthana Samaj
(d) Abolition of untouchability
49. Which among the following
were not influenced by the ‘Brahmo organisations supported Shuddhi
Samaj’.
37. His principal forte was social and Movement?
religious reform. He relied upon IV. The Prarthana Samaj leaders (a) Arya Samaj (b) Brahmo Samaj
legislation to do away with social ills condemned the caste system and the
(c) Dev Samaj (d) Prarthana Samaj
and worked unceasingly for the practice of untouchability.
eradication of child marriage, the Codes 50. Who of the following said ‘Good
purdah system. To encourage (a) I, II and III (b) II, III and IV Government is no substitute for
consideration of social problems on a (c) Only III (d) III and IV Self-Government’? [UKPSC 2005]
national scale, he inaugurated the (a) Lokmanya Tilak
41. Dayananda Saraswati founded (b) Swami Vivekananda
Indian National Social Conference,
(a) Brahmo Samaj [BPSC (Pre) 1999] (c) Swami Dayananda
which for many years met for its annual
sessions alongside the Indian National (b) Arya Samaj (d) Rabindranath Tagore
Congress. [IAS (Pre) 1996] (c) Prarthana Samaj
(d) Bahujan Samaj 51. The Arya Samajists split on the issue of
The reference in this passage is to (a) Meat eating vs Vegetarianism
(a) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar 42. The year in which Arya Samaj was (b) Anglicised vs Sanskrit based
(b) Behramji Merwanji Malabari founded [UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2009] education
(c) Mahadev Govind Ranade (a) 1865 (b) 1870 (c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) BR Ambedkar (c) 1875 (d) 1880 (d) Neither (a) nor (b)
38. Which of the following are true about 43. Which of the following is responsible for 52. Arya Samaj criticised
Prarthana Samaj of MG Ranade? the revival of Vedas? (a) child marriage
I. It was an offshoot of Brahmo Samaj of [UPPSC (Pre) 1995] (b) idolatry and polytheism
India. (a) Ramakrishna Paramahamsa (c) the taboo on foreign travel
II. It was a reform movement within (b) Ramanuja (d) All of the above
Hinduism. (c) Swami Dayananda Saraswati
III. MG Ranade and RG Bhandarkar (d) Swami Vivekananda 53. The movements launched by
joined it in 1870 and infused a new Dayananda Saraswati, which proved to
strength in it. 44. Who gave the slogan ‘Back to Vedas’? be very controversial were
IV. It concentrated on social reforms like [WBCS 2018] (a) cow protection and Shuddhi
intercaste marriage, remarriage of (a) Lala Hansraj Movement.
widows and upliftment of woman of (b) Pandit Guru Dutt (b) call to go back to the Vedas and
depressed classes. (c) Swami Dayananda Saraswati complete discard of caste system.
(a) I, IV and III (d) Lala Lajpat Rai (c) Shuddhi Movement and complete
(b) I, II and III rejection of caste system.
45. According to Dayananda, which of the
(c) I, II and IV (d) challenging the conservative
following was full of false teachings?
(d) All of the above Hinduism and admitting the
(a) Vedas (b) Upanishadas
non-Hindus to the fold of Hinduism.
(c) Puranas (d) All of these

18. (b) 19. (a) 20. (b) 21. (b) 22. (c) 23. (d) 24. (d) 25. (b) 26. (c) 27. (c) 28. (c) 29. (d) 30. (c) 31. (b) 32. (c)
33. (d) 34. (a) 35. (b) 36. (c) 37. (c) 38. (d) 39. (c) 40. (c) 41. (b) 42. (c) 43. (c) 44. (c) 45. (c) 46. (a) 47. (c)
48. (a) 49. (a) 50. (c) 51. (c) 52. (d) 53. (a)
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54. Consider the following statements. Which of the statements given above 65. “So long as the million live in hunger
[CDS 2009] are correct? and ignorance, I hold every man a
I. Dayananda Saraswati founded the (a) I and II (b) I and III traitor who having been educated at
Arya Samaj in 1875. (c) II and III (d) All of these their expense, pays not the least head
II. The Arya Samaj repudiated the to them.” Who said it?
58. Which of the following statements
authority of the caste system. (a) MK Gandhi
about the Arya Samaj which emerged
III. Dayananda Saraswati was born in in the late 19th century are correct? (b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
the Brahmin family. [Astt. Comm. 2019]
(c) Dayananda Saraswati
Which of the statements given above (d) Swami Vivekananda
I. Had a strong supporting base
is/are correct? amongst the trading castes. 66. Consider the following statements
(a) I, II and III (b) I and II II. Introduced ‘Shuddhi’ or mass purification. about Swami Vivekananda. [CDS 2009]
(c) II and III (d) I and III III. The moderates in the Arya Samaj I. He said that Vedanta was the religion
55. Consider the following statements. were headed by Hans Raj and Lajpat of all.
[IAS (Pre) 2001] Rai and set up a chain of Dayananda II. He believed in reviving all the best
I. Arya Samaj was founded in 1835. Anglo-Vedic Colleges. traditions of Hinduism.
II. Lala Lajpat Rai opposed the appeal of IV. The Arya Samaj had fewer membery III. He was impressed by the status of
Arya Samaj to the authority of Vedas than the Brahmo Samaj. women in the West.
in support of its social reform Select the correct answer using the Which of the statements given above
programmes. codes given below. is/are correct?
III. Under Keshab Chandra Sen the (a) I and II (b) I, II and III (a) I, II and III (b) I and II
Brahmo Samaj campaigned for (c) III and IV (d) I, III and IV (c) II and III (d) I and III
women’s education. 59. The best representative of Neo-Hindustan 67. Which of the statements given below about
IV. Vinoba Bhave founded the Sarvodaya in second half of the nineteenth century Vivekananda are correct? [CDS 2011]
Samaj to work among refugees. was [BPSC (Pre) 1996] I. He believed that Vedanta was fully
Which of the statements given above (a) Ramakrishna Paramahamsa rational.
is/are correct? (b) Swami Vivekananda II. He criticised his countrymen for having
(a) I and II (b) II and III (c) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee lost touch with the outside world.
(c) II and IV (d) III and IV (d) Raja Ram Mohan Roy III. He condemned the caste system.
56. Which of the following statement(s) 60. In which year did Swami Vivekananda IV. He considered the Veda to be infallible.
about the social base of the Arya participate the World Parliament of Select the correct answer using the
Samaj in British India is/are correct? Religions at Chicago? [UPPCS 2008] codes given below.
[CDS 2017]
(a) 1893 (b) 1895 (a) I, II and III (b) II, III and IV
I. It was located mainly in Punjab and (c) 1897 (d) 1899 (c) I, III and IV (d) I and II
Western Uttar Pradesh.
II. It mainly comprised the trading 61. Who among the following famous 68. Consider the following statements and
reformers wrote the books Inyana mark the correct option.
castes.
Yoga, Karma Yoga and Raja Yoga? I. Ramakrishna Paramahamsa used to
III. It was much more limited than that of
[UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2015] say “All different religion views but
the Brahmo Samaj.
different ways leading to the same
Select the correct answer using the (a) Swami Vivekananda
goal.”
codes given below. (b) Ranade
II. Swami Vivekananda established
(a) I and II (b) II and III (c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Vedant College in 1825.
(c) Only I (d) I, II and III (d) Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
III. Raja Ram Mohan Roy’s first philosophic
57. Consider the following statements in 62. Who is the profounder of ‘Practical work was ‘Tuhfat-ul-Muwahhidin.’
regard to Arya Samaj Movement. Vedanta’? [CGPSC (Pre) 2019] (a) Only III
I. Dayananda Saraswati rejected later (a) Dayanand (b) I and II
religious thoughts, which were in (b) Raj Ram Mohan Roy (c) None of the above
conflict with the Vedas, but his (c) Gandhijee (d) All of the above
dependence on the Vedas and their (d) Vivekananda
infallibility gave his teachings an 69. Who founded the ‘Theosophical Society’?
orthodox colouring. 63. Who was the founder of Ramakrishna [BPSC (Pre) 2011]
II. The Arya Samajists though fought Mission? [UPPSC (Mains) 2004] (a) Madame HP Blavatsky
against untouchability, but supported (a) Ramakrishna Paramahamsa (b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
the rigidities of hereditary caste (b) MN Das Gupta (c) Mahatma Gandhi
system. (c) Swami Vivekananda (d) Swami Vivekananda
III. The Arya Samaj Movement tried to (d) Swami Ranganathananda
70. The Theosophical Society was led by
prevent the conversion of Hindus to
64. Swami Vivekananda established [UPPSC 2017]
other religions, leading to
Ramakrishna Mission in the year. (a) AO Hume
inter-religious frictions, which was
[RAS/RTS (Pre) 2013] (b) Arthur Griffith
one of the factors in the growth of
(a) 1861 (b) 1891 (c) Annie Besant
communalism in India in the 20th
century. (c) 1893 (d) 1897 (d) Lord Dufferin
INDIAN HISTORY 131

71. Which of the following statements about 77. ‘Darul Uloom was established by I. Indian Association for the cultivation
Theosophical Society are correct? [UPPSC (Mains) 2014] of science.
I. Its founders were non-Indians. (a) Maulana Shibli Nomani II. Society for the exhibition of General
II. Its advocates were in favour of the (b) Maulavi Hussain Ahmed Knowledge.
revival of Hinduism. (c) Maulavi Abdullah Chakralavi III. Bihar Scientific Society.
III. It advocated for the adoption of (d) Maulana Ahmad Raza Khan IV. Aligarh Scientific Society.
rational and scientific approach based (a) I, III, IV, II
on Western ideas. 78. The Deoband Movement in UP (United (b) II, IV, III, I
IV. It helped people to overcome the Provinces) started in the year (c) IV, III, I, II
sense of false pride. [UPPSC (Pre) 2016] (d) II, IV, I, III
Select the correct answer using the (a) 1900 AD (b) 1888 AD
(c) 1885 AD (d) 1866 AD 84. Assertion (A) Movements for religious
codes given below.
reform were late in emerging among
(a) I, II and III 79. Which reformer does the following the Muslims.
(b) II, III and IV passage relate to? Reason (R) The Muslim upper classes
(c) I, III and IV “He insisted on the cooperation of the had initially tended to avoid contact with
(d) I and II Muslims with the British Government and Western Education and Culture.
72. Consider the following statements in looked at all political movements with Codes
respect of the Theosophical Society distrust. Thus, when the Indian National (a) Both A and R are true and R is the
Movement in India. Congress was formed, he opposed it. He correct explanation of A
I. The Theosophical Society Movement regarded education alone as the means (b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the
was led by Westerners (Europeans of national progress.” correct explanation of A
and Americans) who glorified Indian Select the correct answer using the (c) A is true, but R is false
religious and philosophical traditions. codes given below. (d) A is false, but R is true
II. This movement tended to give the (a) Keshab Chandra Sen
Indian as sense of false pride in their (b) Lord Macaulay 85. Which of the following statements
(c) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan about Sir Syed Ahmad Khan is/are
past greatness.
(d) Badruddin Tyabji correct?
III. This movement got remarkable
I. He argued that India was a federation
success within India as well as 80. Several socio-political organisations of ethnic communities based on
outside India. were formed in the 19th and 20th common descent.
Which of the statements given above centuries in India, Anjuman-e- II. His philosophy was very similar to
are correct? Khawatin-e-Islam, founded in the year that of the Indian National Congress.
(a) I and II (b) II and III 1914 was [CDS 2013] III. He imagined India as a Nation State
(c) I and III (d) All of these (a) All India Muslim Ladies Conference based on individual citizen’s rights.
73. Where was first Madrasa set up by the (b) A radical wing of the All India Muslim IV. The curriculum at the Muhammadan
British in India? [UPPSC 2006] League Anglo-Oriental College blended
(a) Madras (b) Bombay (c) All India Muslim Students’ Conference Muslim theology and European
(c) Aligarh (d) Calcutta (d) All India Islamic Conference empiricism.
81. Who among the following is known as Select the correct answer using the
74. The main aim of Wahhabism was codes given below.
(a) to get rid of Muslim society of the ‘Father of Muslim Renaissance’ in
Bengal? [SSC CGL 2020] (a) Only I
dogmatism. (b) II and III
(b) to overthrow British. (a) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
(b) Ameer Ali (c) Only III
(c) to counter Hinduism. (d) I and IV
(d) to rejuvenate Muslim power in India. (c) Nawab Salimullah Khan
(d) Nawab Abdul Latif Khan 86. Consider the following statements.
75. The Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental I. Deoband Movement was founded by
College of Aligarh was founded by 82. Which one of the following proclaimed
himself to be the ‘Masin Al-Maud’ and Muhammad Qasim Nanaotavi and
(a) Md Ali Jinnah [WBCS 2007] Rashid Ahmed Gangohi.
‘Incarnation of Krishna’?
(b) Muhammad Ali II. The objective of the movement was to
(a) Title Mir
(c) Shaukat Ali improve the spiritual and moral
(b) Haji Shariatullah
(d) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan condition of Indian Muslims.
(c) Syed Ahmad Khan
76. ……… was the centre of the Aligarh Which of the statements given above is
(d) Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani
movement. [WBCS 2017] /are correct?
(a) The Deoband School
83. Arrange the following establishments (a) Only I
according to their establishment year (b) Only II
(b) The Anglo-Oriental College
and choose the correct answer by (c) Both I and II
(c) Pir-Fakir Majlis
using the codes given below. (d) Neither I nor II
(d) The Khilafat Committee

54. (b) 55. (d) 56. (c) 57. (b) 58. (b) 59. (b) 60. (a) 61. (a) 62. (d) 63. (c) 64. (d) 65. (d) 66. (a) 67. (a) 68. (a)
69. (a) 70. (c) 71. (c) 72. (c) 73. (d) 74. (d) 75. (d) 76. (b) 77. (b) 78. (d) 79. (c) 80. (a) 81. (d) 82. (d) 83. (b)
84. (a) 85. (d) 86. (c)
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87. Match the following. 92. In 1873 who founded Satya Shodhak (b) The All India Depressed Classes
Samaj? [BPSC 2019, WBCS 2018] Association was not attended by
List I List II Dr BR Ambedkar in 1926.
(Islamic Revivalist (Founder) (a) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(b) Jyotirao Phule (c) Ambedkar resigned from the All
and Reform
Movement of 19th (c) Shiv Nath Shastri India Depressed Classes
Century) (d) None of the above Association and formed his own All
India Depressed Classes Congress
A. Tariqah-i- 1. Ahmad Raza
93. Whose main aim was to uplift the in 1930.
Muhammadiyya Khan
backward classes? [IAS (Pre) 1993] (d) The All India Depressed Classes
B. Fara’izi Movement 2. Rashid Ahmad
(a) Prarthana Samaj Association favoured Ambedkar’s
Gangohi
(b) Satyashodhak Samaj demand for separate electorate for
C. Barelvi Movement 3. Syed Ahmad the depressed classes.
(c) Arya Samaj
Barelvi
(d) Ramkrishna Mission 101. Identify the correct combination from
D. Deobandi 4. Haji Shariat
Movement Ullah 94. Satyashodhak Samaj organised the options given below for Prarthana
[IAS (Pre) 2016] Samaj, Young India, Lokhitvadi,
Codes
(a) a movement for upliftment of tribals in Satyashodhak Samaj, Rehnumai
A B C D A B C D
Bihar. Mazdayasan Sabha.
(a) 3 4 2 1 (b) 2 4 1 3
(b) a temple entry movement in Gujarat. (a) Gopal Hari Deshmukh, Atmaram
(c) 2 4 3 1 (d) 3 4 1 2
(c) an Anti-caste Movement in Pandurang, Mohandas
88. Match the following. Maharashtra. Karamchand Gandhi, Jyotirao
(d) a peasant movement in Punjab. Phule, Naoroji Furdunji.
List I List II
(b) Atmaram Pandurang, Mohandas
(Muslim Reform (Founder of the
Movement) Movement)
95. Who among the following social Karamchand Gandhi, Gopal Hari
reformer started a society for the Deshmukh, Jyotirao Phule, Naoroji
A. Wahabi 1. Mirza Ghulam encouragement of widow remarriage in Furdunji.
Movement Ahmad
1866 in Maharashtra? [NDA 2018] (c) Atmaram Pandurang, Jyotirao
B. Faraizi or 2. Maulana
(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak Phule, Mohandas Karamchand
Faroudi Muhammad
Mugheera Ali (b) Jyotirao Phule Gandhi, Gopal Hari Deshmukh,
(c) Vishnushastri Pandit Naoroji Furdunji.
C. Ahrar 3. Haji Shariatullah
(d) Pandita Ramabai (d) Naoroji Furdunji, Atmaram
D. Ahmadiya 4. Syed Ahmad
Pandurang, Mohandas
Movement 96. Which one of the following was the Karamchand Gandhi, Gopal Hari
Codes author of ‘Gulamgiri’? Deshmukh, Jyotirao Phule.
A B C D A B C D [UPPSC (Pre) 2000]
(a) 4 3 2 1 (b) 3 2 4 1 (a) BR Ambedkar 102. Which of the following statements
(b) Jyotirao Phule about Jyotirao Phule’s Satyashodhak
(c) 1 2 4 3 (d) 2 1 4 3
(c) Mahatma Gandhi Samaj Movement in Maharashtra
89. The Greatest Parsi social reformer of (d) Periyar is/are true? [CDS 2015]
the 19th century was I. The Satyashodhak Samaj was
[RAS/RTS (Pre) 2010] 97. Which social reformer’s wife started a set-up in 1873.
(a) Sir Jamshedji girl school at Poona in 1851? II. Phule argued that Brahmins were
(b) Sir Rustom Behramji (a) Jyotirao Phule the progeny of ‘alien’ Aryans.
(c) Navalji Tata (b) GM Deshmukh III. Phule’s focus on the Kunbi peasantry
(d) Behramji M Malabari (c) Ramakrishna Paramahamsa in the 1880s and 1890s led to a
(d) None of the above privileging of Maratha identity.
90. Who founded Rahanumai
98. Which social reformer was popularly Select the correct answer using the
Mazdayasanan Sabha?
called as ‘Periyar’? [WBCS 2018]
codes given below.
(a) Naoroji Furdunji
(a) I and II (b) Only II
(b) Dadabhai Naoroji (a) EV Ramasamy Naicker
(c) I and III (d) I, II and III
(c) SS Bengali (b) CV Raman Pillai
(d) All of the above (c) BR Ambedkar 103. Consider the following statements
(d) Jyotirao Phule about EV Ramasamy Naicker
91. Consider the following passage. ‘Periyar’, the leader of the
“Born in 1853 he was a Parsi from 99. Who was the founder of the Harijan Self-Respect Movement.
Western India. He was the editor of Sevak Sangh?
I. He had participated in the
“Indian spectator” and “Voice of India.” (a) BG Tilak (b) NM Lokhande
Non-cooperation programme as a
He was a social reformer and was the (c) MK Gandhi (d) BR Ambedkar Congressman.
chief crusader for the Age of Consent
100. Which one of the following statements II. He left the Congress in 1925 because
Act 1891.”
about the All India Depressed Classes he believed that the party ignored
Who is being described in the above
Association is not correct? [CDS 2017] non-Brahmins in its leadership.
paragraph? [UPRO/ARO (Pre) 2016]
(a) The All India Depressed Classes III. His movement was influenced by
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
Association was formed in Nagpur the writings of the Adi Dravida
(b) BM Malabari intellectuals like Iyothee Thass and
with MC Rajah as its first elected
(c) BP Wadia M Masilamani.
President.
(d) Naoroji Furdunji
INDIAN HISTORY 133

IV. In 1944, he changed the name of the 110. Who was the founder of the Radha 119. Who among the following started the
Justice Party into Dravida Kazhagam Swami Satsang? [UPPSC 2002] newspaper ‘Some Prakash’?
(DK). (a) Haridas Swami [IAS (Pre) 2007]
Which of the above statements are (b) Shiva Dayal Singh (a) Dayananda Saraswati
correct? (c) Shiva Narayan Agnihotri (b) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(a) I, II and III (b) I and II (d) Swami Shaddhanand (c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(c) II, III and IV (d) All of these (d) Surendranath Banerjee
111. Sati was declared illegal and
104. Consider the following pairs. punishable by the Regulation XVII 120. Who among the following wrote the
Movement/ Leader during the Governor Generalship of book Bahuvivah? [IAS (Pre) 2007]
Organisation (a) Lord William Bentinck [NDA 2009] (a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
I. All India – Mahatma (b) Lord Canning (b) lshwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Anti-untouchability Gandhi (c) Lord Ripon (c) Pandita Ramabai
League (d) Lord Dalhousie (d) Rabindranath Tagore
II. All India Kisan – Swami 121. He was a great scholar and reformer
112. Who among the following abolished the
Sabha Sahajanand
infanticide? [CDS 2007] who rose in 1851 to the position of the
Saraswati
(a) Lord Minto (b) John Shore principalship of the Sanskrit College.
III. Self-Respect – EV Ramasamy He opened the gates of the Sanskrit
(c) Lord William Bentinck
Movement Naicker College to non-Brahmin students and
(d) Lord Lytton
Which of the following pairs given above introduced the study of Western
is/are correctly matched? 113. The ‘Tattvabodhini Sabha’ was thought in the Sanskrit college so as to
(a) Only I established by [CDS 2020] free Sanskrit from the harmful effects of
(b) I and II (a) Devendranath Tagore in 1839. self-imposed isolation. The social
(c) II and III (b) Keshab Chandra Sen in 1857. reformer associated with these
(d) I, II and III (c) Akshay Kumar Datta in 1850. achievements is
(d) Dwarakanath Tagore in 1840. (a) Dayananda Saraswati
105. Who among the following was the (b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
founder of ‘Dev Samaj’? 114. William Bentinck attempted to reform (c) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
[UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2003, Hindu society by suppressing/
(d) Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
UPPSC 2002] abolishing social evils. Which one
(a) Vallabhbhai Patel among the following was not included 122. During the Indian Freedom Struggle
(b) Dadabhai Naoroji in them? [NDA 2012] 'The Deccan Educational Society' was
(c) Shiv Narayan Agnihotri (a) Sati (b) Infanticide founded by [CDS 2003]
(d) Ramakrishna Paramahamsa (c) Thuggee (d) Slavery (a)Vishnushastri Chiplunkar
(b) Dadabhai Naoroji
106. The Scientific Society was founded by 115. Which Governor-General had
abolished slavery? [UPPSC 2008]
(c) GK Gokhale
(a) Wilton Company [MPPSC 2009] (d) MG Ranade
(a) Sir John Shore
(b) Lord Cornwallis
(c) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
(b) Lord William Bentinck 123. Who was responsible for the enactment
(c) Lord Ellenborough of the Age of Consent Act 1891?
(d) None of the above
(d) Lord Cornwallis (a) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
107. Who founded the ‘Seva Samiti’ at (b) Devendranath Tagore
Allahabad in 1914? [CDS 2020]
116. Who founded Widow Remarriage
(c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Association in 1850s?
(a) Hridayanath Kunzru (d) B M Malabari
(a) Jyotirao Phule
(b) GK Gokhale
(c) Shri Ram Bajpai (d) TB Sapru
(b) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar 124. Sharada Act fixed the minimum age of
(c) Vishnu Shastri Pandit marriage of girls and boys respectively
108. Who founded Arya Mahila Samaj and (d) None of the above as [UPPSC 2012]
made first attempt to educate widows? (a) 12 and 16 (b) 14 and 18
(a) Ramabai
117. In which year ‘The Hindu Widow
(c) 15 and 21 (d) 16 and 22
Remarriage Act’ was passed?
(b) Muthulakshmi Reddy
(c) Vidyasagar
[MPPSC 2020] 125. With regard to Singh Sabha
(a) 1856 (b) 1858 (c) 1859 (d) 1862 Management, which of the following
(d) Sarala Devi Chaudhurani
statements is/are correct?
109. Who among the following was the 118. Who of the following was not very (a) It aimed for the Modern Western
closely associated with the ‘Anti-child
founder of the Young Bengal Movement? Education for Sikhs.
Marriage Movement’?
(a) Henry Vivian Derozio [NDA 2017] (b) It was formed to counter proselytising
(a) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(b) David Hare activities in Sikhs by Hindu revivalists.
(b) Vishnu Shashtri Chiplunkar
(c) Dwarkanath Tagore (c) The Akali Movement was an offshoot
(c) Behramji Malabari of this movement.
(d) Prasanna Kumar Tagore
(d) Keshab Chandra Sen (d) All of the above

87. (a) 88. (a) 89. (d) 90. (d) 91. (b) 92. (b) 93. (b) 94. (c) 95. (c) 96. (b) 97. (a) 98. (a) 99. (c) 100. (d) 101. (b)
102. (a) 103. (d) 104. (d) 105. (c) 106. (c) 107. (a) 108. (a) 109. (a) 110. (b) 111. (a) 112. (c) 113. (a) 114. (d) 115. (c) 116. (c)
117. (a) 118. (a) 119. (b) 120. (b) 121. (c) 122. (a) 123. (d) 124. (b) 125. (d)
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126. With reference to the period of Indian II. It was formed in 1920 as part of the 137. Which of the following class has been
Freedom Struggle, who of the following upcoming Akali Movement. influenced by Western civilisation
set up the Gyan Prasarak Mandali III. It was founded to reclaim control of firstly? [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1996]
(Society for Promotion of Knowledge) the Sikh Shrines from the government (a) Nobler landlords
for the education of adult menfolk? manipulated loyalist committees. (b) New rich merchants
[IAS (Pre) 2009] IV. It formed the Akali Dal to coordinate (c) Educated Hindu Middle class
(a) Annie Besant (b) Bhikaji Cama groups (Jathas) to reclaim control of (d) Educated Muslims
(c) Dadabhai Naoroji (d) GK Gokhale the shrines.
Select the correct answer using the 138. From which area the social and
127. What attracted the Indians towards codes given below religious reform movements started?
Western education, culture and thought? (a) I, III and IV [UKPSC 2007]
(a) Modern science (b) II, III and IV (a) Bihar
(b) The doctrine of reason and humanism (c) II and IV (b) Bengal
(c) Both (a) and (b) (c) Orissa
(d) II and III
(d) Neither (a) nor (b) (d) Madras
134. Which of the following statements
128. Who was the earliest and the best known about Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar is/are 139. During the colonial period of India,
woman social reformer of Modern India? Asiatic Society of Bengal was founded
not correct? [Astt. Comm. 2019]
(a) Pandita Ramabai
I. Vidyasagar’ writings significantly helped [NDA 2003]
(b) Mrs Annie Besant
to develop the Bengali language. (a) for carrying on researches into the
(c) Tarabai Shinde
II. He received the title ‘Vidyasagar’ from past history and antiquities of India.
(d) Muthulakshmi Reddy
Presidency Sanskrit College, Calcutta. (b) to examine the policy of colonial
129. The earliest modern reformer of South III. He was enthusiastic about the spread discrimination against the Indians.
India was of women’s education. (c) for developing English education in
(a) Veeresalingam Pantulu IV. Vidyasagar defended widow marriage India.
(b) Shri Naraina Guru without being convinced about (d) for carrying out social reforms.
(c) T Madhavan Nair scriptural support.
(d) Kumaran Asan 140. What exposed the social and religious
Select the correct answer using the
of Indian society in 19th century?
130. Which one of the following is a feature codes given below.
(a) The economic exploitation of India
of thought and philosophy of the (a) II and IV (b) I and II
(b) Impact of Western Culture
Kandukuri Veeresalingam? [NDA 2017] (c) Only IV (d) Only III
(c) Orthodox religious culture
(a) He believed that science and 135. Consider the following statements (d) All of the above
morality were unconnected to truth. I. The Swaminarayan Sect was
(b) He believed in universal education. founded by Swami Sahajanand in
141. The Academic Association was
(c) He believed that language had no role founded by [WBCS 2008]
Gujarat.
in inculcating morality in students. (a) Ram Mohan Roy
II. Radhaswami Movement was founded
(d) He did not attempt to build a national by Tulsi Ram popularly known as (b) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
consciousness on a cultural base. Shiva Dayal Singh, in 1861, near (c) Henry Vivian Derozio
Agra. (d) Ishwar Chandra Gupta
131. Which one of the following places was
associated with Acharya Vinoba Bhave’s Which of the above statements is/are 142. Who was Shardamani? [BPSC 2005]
Bhoodan Movement at the beginning of correct? (a) Wife of Raja Ram Mohan Roy
the movement? [IAS (Pre) 2007] (a) Only I (b) Only II (b) Wife of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
(a) Udaygiri (b) Rapur (c) Both I and II (d) None of these (c) Mother of Vivekananda
(c) Pochampalli (d) Venkatagiri 136. Consider the following statements in (d) Daughter of Keshab Chandra Sen
132. In the context of Indian history, the regard to the Dawn Society. 143. Which of the following ideas was/were
Rakhmabai case of 1884 revolved I. The Dawn Society was founded in shared by Raja Ram Mohan Roy and
around [IAS (Pre) 2020] Calcutta by Rabindra Nath Tagore, a Rabindranath Tagore?
I. Women’s right to gain education proponent of national education, in (a) Internationalism.
II. Age of consent 1902. (b) Opposition to idol worship.
III. Restitution of conjugal rights II. The society was critical of the colonial (c) Faith in rational and scientific approach.
Select the correct answer using the education imparted by the university
(d) All of the above
codes given below. of Calcutta, which according to it, was
(a) I and II only (b) II and III only
“all-too-literacy, all-too-academic, 144. Who among the following founded the
unscientific and unindustrial.” Rajahmundri Social Reform
(c) I and III only (d) I, II and III
III. The Dawn Society merged into the Association in 1878 in support of widow
133. Which of the following statements National Council of Education in remarriage? [NDA 2015]
about the Shiromani Gurudwara 1906. (a) Vishanshastri Pandit
Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) are Which of the statements given above (b) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
correct? [CDS 2017] are correct? (c) Pandita Ramabai
I. It began as the political wing of the (a) I and II (b) II and III (d) Veeresalingam Pantulu
Singh Sabhas in the late 19th century. (c) I and III (d) All of these
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145. Which one of the following statements Which one of the following is the correct II. Its organ Tattwabodhini Patrika
is not correct regarding the religious chronological order of the above? promoted a systematic study of
reforms in Western India during 19th (a) I, II, III, IV (b) II, III, IV, I India's past in the Bengali language.
century? (c) III, IV, I, II (d) III, IV, II, I Which of the statement(s) given above
(a) Gopal Hari Deshmukh was one of is/are correct?
150. Consider the following statements. (a) Only I (b) Only II
the earliest religious reformers in
I. Subramaniam Tirumamba was a
Western India who rationally (c) Both I and II (d)Neither I nor II
Malayali poet known as ‘‘The Singing
attacked on Hindu orthodoxy.
Sword of Kerela’’ who actively 154. Consider the following statements.
(b) Paramahamsa Mandali, whose participated in the Temple Entry I. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar founded
activities spread to South India due Satyagraha. the Bethune School at Calcutta with
to the efforts of the Telugu reformer II. MG Ranade is regarded as the the main aim of encouraging
Veeresalingam, agitated against ‘Modern rishi’. education for women.
idolatry and the caste system. III. Amrit Lal Vithaldas Thakkar founded II. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay was
(c) Prarthana Samaj preached for the the ‘Bhil Seva Mandal’ in 1922 to the first graduate of the Calcutta
worship of one God and tried to free elevate the condition of the bhils and University.
religion of caste orthodoxy and other aborginals in India.
priestly domination. III. Keshab Chandra Sen’s campaign
IV. BR Ambedkar started the journal against Sati led to the enactment of a
(d) Gopal Ganesh Agarkar, one of the Bahiskrit Bharat. law to ban Sati by the Governor
greatest rationalist thinkers of Which of the statements given above General.
modern India, advocated for the is/are correct?
power of human reason. Which of the statements given above
(a) I and IV (b) Only II is/are correct? [IAS (Pre) 2005]
146. What was the Act III, 1872? (c) III and IV (d) All of these (a) Only I (b) I and II
[WBCS 2020] (c) II and III (d) All of these
151. Which of the following active step(s)
(a) Social Reform Act (b) Jury Act was/were taken by the Congress in
(c) Revenue Act (d) Executive Act 155. Statement I The British legal scholars
1823 to eradicate untouchability from relied on Indian Pandits and Maulavis
147. Which of the following is/are correctly India? for understanding of canons of
matched? I. Effort to educate and mobilise opinion authoritative texts.
(a) Dayananda Saraswati – Propounded among caste Hindus.
Statement II British codified the Hindu
the motto ‘‘Go back to the Vedas’’. II. Efforts to educate the ‘avarnas’ about
laws in 1783 and the Muslim laws in
the evils of untouchability.
(b) Lala Hansraj – Disciple of 1785.
III. Forcibly open the doors of temples for
Dayananda Saraswati who set up the Codes
‘avarnas’.
Dayanand Anglo Vedic College at (a) Both the statements are individually
IV. Petition the government to pass laws
Lahore true and statement II is the correct
that would declare untouchability
(c) Madan Mohan Malaviya – explanation of statement I.
unlawful.
Developed the Central Hindu School (b) Both the statements are individually
established by Mrs Annie Besant into Select the correct answer using the
codes given below. true but statement II is not the correct
Banaras Hindu University. explanation of statement I
(d) All of the above (a) Only I (b) I and II
(c) Statement I is true, but statement II is
(c) II, III and IV (d) Only IV
148. Which of the following pairs is/are not false
correctly matched? [IAS (Pre) 1995] 152. Consider the following and mark the (d) Statement I is false, but statement II
correct option. is true
(a) Jamnalal Bajaj – Satyagraha I. Namdhari Movement was a reform
Ashram at movement among sikhs and was
156. Match List I with List II and select the
Wardha correct answer using the codes given
founded by Bhai Balak Singh.
(b) Dadabhai – Bombay below the lists. [NDA 2002]
II. Mahad Satyagraha was led by
Naoroji Association Dr Ambedkar claiming the rights of List I (Society) List II (Found)
(c) Lala Lajpat – National School Mahar’s to use tanks and temples. A. Theosophical 1. Dadabhai
Rai at Lahore III. Sati was abolished in 1829 by the Society Naoroji
(d) Bal Gangadhar – Satya Shodhak efforts of Raja Ram Mohan Roy. B. London Indian 2. Lala Lajpat
Tilak Sabha (a) I and II (b) Only I Society Rai
(c) I, II and III (d) None of these C. Servants of India 3. Annie Besant
149. Consider the following events. Society
[Astt. Comm. 2019] 153. Consider the following statement,
regarding Tattwabodhini Sabha. D. Servants of People 4. Gopal Krishna
I. Foundation of the Ramakrishna
I. It included most of the prominent Society Gokhale
Mission.
II. Foundation of the Arya Samaj. followers of Ram Mohan Roy and Codes
III. Foundation of the Brahmo Samaj. Derozio and other independent A B C D A B C D
IV. Foundation of the Paramahamsa thinkers like Ishwar Chandra (a) 1 3 4 2 (b) 3 1 2 4
Mandali. Vidyasagar and Akshay Kumar Dutt. (c) 3 1 4 2 (d) 1 3 2 4

126. (c) 127. (c) 128. (c) 129. (a) 130. (b) 131. (c) 132. (b) 133. (b) 134. (c) 135. (c) 136. (b) 137. (c) 138. (b) 139. (a) 140. (b)
141. (c) 142. (b) 143. (d) 144. (d) 145. (b) 146. (a) 147. (d) 148. (d) 149. (d) 150. (d) 151. (d) 152. (c) 153. (c) 154. (b) 155. (b)
156. (c)
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22
Development of Press
and Education System
in Modern India
1. The first newspaper in India was II. Yugantar 12. Who among the following started the
[APSC 2017, UPPSC (Mains) 2004] III. Nava Kaal newspaper ‘Som Prakash’?
(a) Bengal Gazette Choose the correct answer from the [IAS (Pre) 2007]
(b) Hindustan Times codes given below. (a) Dayananda Saraswati
(c) Pioneer (a) I and III (b) I and II (b) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(d) Sambad Kaumudi (c) II and III (d) I, II and III (c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(d) Surendranath Banerjee
2. The first press in modern India was 7. What was the name of the first Hindi
started in 1766 by the effort of newspaper of India, published by 13. Which of the following newspapers was
(a) VN Mandlik Jugal Kishore? [IAS (Pre) 2003] essentially the mouthpiece of the
(b) James Augustus Hicky (a) Hindi Pradeep policies of liberals? [BPSC (Pre) 2005]
(c) William Ford (b) Gyan Pradayini (a) Leader
(d) William Bolts (c) Udant Martand (b) New India
(d) Bengali (c) Young India
3. Who started the first English Newspaper (d) Free Press Journal
in India? [WBCS 2020] 8. The first Hindi newspaper ‘Udant
(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak Martand’ (30th May, 1826) was 14. Which one of the following was not the
(b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy published from [UPPCS (Mains) 2016] language in which ‘Indian Opinion’
(c) JA Hickey (a) Kolkata (b) Patna newspaper was published?
(d) Lord William Bentinck (c) Allahabad (d) Lucknow [UPPSC (Pre) 2005]
(a) English
4. The first Newspaper published by the 9. In which newspaper ‘Boycott’ was first
(b) Gujarati
Indians in English language was declared? [WBCS 2020]
(c) Tamil
[UPPSC 2006] (a) Sanjibani (b) Hitawadi
(d) Urdu
(a) Hindu Patriot (b) The Hindu (c) Yugantar (d) Amrita Bazar
(c) Young India (d) Native Opinion 15. The first Editor of the Journal ‘Indian
10. Which newspaper was started by Opinion’ was [UPPSC 2014]
5. The editor of the paper ‘Hindu Patriot’ Sri Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak to
serve the cause of India’s freedom (a) MK Gandhi
Harish Chandra Mukherjee was known
struggle? (b) Albert West
to have helped the [OPSC 2018]
[UKPSC (Pre) 2010] (c) Mahadev Desai
(a) Santhal Revolt (a) Gadar
(d) Mansukh Lal Nazar
(b) Indigo Revolt (b) Kesari
(c) Revolt of the Mundas (c) Free Hindustan 16. What was the name of the newspaper
(d) None of the above (d) Swadesh Mitra published by Mahatma Gandhi in South
Africa? [CGPSC (Pre) 2018]
6. Which one of the following newspapers 11. From where the ‘Indian Mirror’
(a) The Indian Opinion
advocated revolutionary terrorism newspaper was published in 1880?
(b) National Herald
during the period of Indian freedom [UPPSC (Mains) 2007]
(c) Leader
struggle? [UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2008] (a) Bombay (b) Calcutta
(d) The Pioneer
I. Sandhya (c) Madras (d) Pondicherry
INDIAN HISTORY 137

17. Which of the following newspapers used 26. Persian weekly ‘Mirat-ul Akhbar’ was (a) Al-Hilal
to be published from Patna? published by [UPPSC (Pre) 2000] (b) Comrade
[BPSC (Pre) 2001] (a) Lala Lajpat Rai (c) The Indian Sociologist
(a) Indian Nation (b) Punjab Kesari (b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy (d) Zamindar
(c) Prabhakar (d) Daron (c) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan 35. Who affiliated himself with the English
(d) Maulana Shibli Nomani Journal ‘Vande Matram’?
18. Through which newspaper published from
Kanpur, Vijay Singh Pathik made the 27. Who was the first editor of the Amrita [UPPSC (Pre) 1996]
Bijoliya Movement the subject of Bazar Patrika? [WBCS 2020] (a) Aurobindo Ghosh
discussion in India? [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1996] (a) Sambhuchandra Mukhopadhyay (b) MG Ranade
(a) Kesari (b) Pratap (b) Sisir Kumar Ghosh (c) SC Bose
(c) Maratha (d) Manjusha (c) Girish Chandra Ghosh (d) Lokmanya Tilak
19. Which Urdu newspaper was started by (d) Robert Knight 36. To whom Commonweal is related?
Lala Lajpat Rai from Lahore in 1920? 28. The Marathi Fortnightly ‘Bahishkrit [UPUDA/LDA (Pre) 2013]
[UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2008] Bharat’ was started by (a) BG Tilak
(a) Bande Mataram (b) People [UPPSC (Pre) 2004] (b) Annie Besant
(c) Tribune (d) Vir Arjun (a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (c) GK Gokhale
(b) BR Ambedkar (d) None of the above
20. Harijan was started by
[UK UDA/LDA (Pre) 2007]
(c) VD Savarkar 37. At the time of National Movement who
(d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale started ‘Dash Roja’ periodical?
(a) Tilak (b) Gokhale
(c) Gandhiji (d) Naoroji 29. ........ was related to Bahishkrit [CGPSC (Pre) 2018]
Bharat. (a) Mohammad Ali Jinnah
21. The first issue of a weekly paper ‘Harijan’ (b) Abdul Ghaffar Khan
[UPPSC (Pre) 1991]
started by Gandhiji was published on
(a) Atmaram Pandurang (c) Lal Lajpat Rai
February 11, 1933 from which of the
(b) Jyotirao Phule (d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
following cities?
[UP Lower Sub (Mains) 2013] (c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak 38. From the options given below, find the
(a) Bombay (now Mumbai) (d) BR Ambedkar correct combination of the names of
(b) Ahmedabad 30. Which one of the popular magazines Editors of the nationalist newspapers.
(c) Poona (now Pune) of the revolutionary period criticised The Hindu, Kesari, Bengali, Hindustani
(d) Nasik the Congress for various reasons? and Sudharak.
[UPPSC (Mains) 2011] (a) Surendra Nath Banerjee, G.
22. Who among the following had launched Subramania Iyer, Bal Ganadhar
the paper ‘Qaumi Awaz’? (a) Bangawasi
Tilak, Ganga Prasad Varma, Gopal
[UPPSC (Mains) 2013] (b) Kaal
Krishna Gokhale
(a) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (c) Kesari
(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak, G. Subramania
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru (d) All of the above
Iyer, Surendra Nath Banerjee, Ganga
(c) Shaukat Ali 31. The ‘Swadesh Vahini’ was edited by Prasad Varma, Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(d) Khaliquzzaman [UPPSC (Pre) 2005] (c) G Subramania Iyer, Bal Gangadhar
(a) CV Raman Pillai Tilak, Ganga Prasad Varma, Gopal
23. The English newspaper ‘Independent’ Krishna Gokhale, Surendra Nath
was associated to [UPPSC 2012] (b) CN Mudaliar
(c) K Rama Krishna Pillai Banerjee
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) CR Reddy (d) G Subramania Iyer, Bal Gangadhar
(b) CR Das Tilak, Surendra Nath Banerjee, Ganga
(c) Jawaharalal Nehru 32. Who founded the ‘Amrita Bazar Prasad Varma, Gopal Krishan Gokhale
(d) Motilal Nehru Patrika’?
(a) Girish Chandra Ghosh 39. Which one of the following is not
24. Who was the Editor of ‘Searchlight’ correctly matched?
newspaper in Bihar? [BPSC 2019] (b) Harish Chandra Mukherjee
[UPPSC (Mains) 2008]
(a) Abdul Bari (c) SN Banerjee
(d) Sisir Kumar Ghosh (a) BR Ambedkar – Independent
(b) Lambodar Mukherjee (b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak – Kesari
(c) Murali Mohan Prasad 33. Which journal was not associated (c) Annie Besant – New India
(d) Ramananda Chatterjee with the revolutionary activities? (d) Dadabhai Naoroji – Rast Goftar
(a) Sandhya (b) Yugantar
25. The ‘Young India’ was started as a 40. Which of the following is correctly
weekly by [UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2003]
(c) Ghadar (d) Young India
matched? [UPPSC (Pre) 1992]
(a) the Home Rule Party 34. Which one of the following was a (a) Annie Besant – Young India
(b) the Extremist Party Journal brought out by Abdul Kalam (b) Mahatma Gandhi – New India
(c) Ghadar Party Azad? [IAS (Pre) 2008, UK UDA/ (c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak – Kesari
(d) Swaraj Party LDA (Pre) 2007] (d) Surendranath Banerjee – Maratha

1. (a) 2. (d) 3. (c) 4. (a) 5. (b) 6. (d) 7. (c) 8. (a) 9. (a) 10. (b) 11. (b) 12. (b) 13. (a) 14. (d) 15. (d)
16. (a) 17. (a) 18. (b) 19. (a) 20. (c) 21. (c) 22. (b) 23. (d) 24. (c) 25. (a) 26. (b) 27. (b) 28. (b) 29. (d) 30. (d)
31. (c) 32. (d) 33. (d) 34. (a) 35. (a) 36. (b) 37. (b) 38. (d) 39. (a) 40. (c)
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41. Which of the following pairs is not 47. Who started the newspaper ‘Indian (c) inhuman approach of English
correctly matched? [UPRO/ARO 2013] Sociologist’ aborad? [OPSC 2018] officials towards the victims of the
(a) Navjivan – MK Gandhi (a) Veer savarkar famine of 1876-77.
(b) Swarajya – T Prakasam (b) Lala Hardayal (d) misuse of religious places of India
(c) Prabhat – NC Kelkar (c) Bhupendra Dutt by English officials.
(d) Qaumi Awaz – Abdul Kalam Azad (d) Shyamji Krishna Varma 56. Which of the following Act relaxed the
42. Given below are the names of freedom restrictions put by the Metcalfe Act?
48. The Journal ‘Ghadar’ of Ghadar Party
fighters and the newspapers started by was a [UPPSC (Mains) 2013]
(a) Licensing Act, 1857
among these which combination is (b) Press Act of 1835
(a) Monthly Journal
incorrect? [UK UDA/LDA 2007] (c) Vernacular Press Act, 1878
(b) Fortnightly Journal
(a) Maulana Azad – Al-Hilal (d) Registration Act, 1867
(c) Weekly Journal
(b) Lokmanya Tilak – Kesari (d) Daily Journal 57. Which of the following statement is/are
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru – National Herald correct?
(d) Mahatma Gandhi – The Pioneer 49. In which one of the following languages
I. Censorship of Press Act, 1799 was
was the first issue of the Journal
43. Which of the following pairs is not introduced by Lord Wellesley.
Ghadar published?
correctly matched? [UPPSC 2004] II. Licensing regulation, 1823 was
[UPPSC (Mains) 2007]
introduced by John Adams.
(a) Mahatma Gandhi – Mook Nayak (a) Urdu (b) Hindi
III. Press Act of 1835 by Metcalfe.
(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak – Young India (c) English (d) Marathi
(c) Annie Besant – Commonweal Select the correct answer by using the
(d) BR Ambedkar – Kesari 50. Which among the following had codes given below.
primarily implemented the Press (a) I and II
44. Which of the following were two censorship? [UPPSC (Pre) 2001] (b) II and III
newspapers published by Annie Besant? (a) Wellesley (b) Hastings (c) I and III
Select the correct answer using the (c) John Adams (d) Dalhousie (d) I, II and III
codes given below. [UPPSC 2004]
I. Commonweal
51. Who is the liberator of Indian 58. Which of the following act/regulation
newspaper? empowered the magistrate to
II. New India
(a) John Adams (b) Lord Wellesley confiscate press property which
III. New Hindu
(c) Lord Mayo (d) Charles Metcalfe published objectionable material likely
IV. The Aryans to cause incitement to murder/acts of
Codes 52. Under which Act did the licensing rule violence against the Extremist
(a) I and II (b) I and III for newspapers made? nationalist activity?
(c) II and IV (d) III and IV (a) Licensing Act, 1857 I. Indian Press Act, 1910.
(b) Registration Act, 1867 II. Newspaper (incitement to offences)
45. Match List I with List II and select the (c) Licensing Act, 1823
correct answer from the codes given Act, 1908
(d) None of the above III. Vernacular Press Act, 1878
below lists. [UP Lower Sub
(Pre) 2013] 53. Who among the following introduced IV. Registration Act, 1878
the Vernacular Press Act? Choose the correct answer using the
List-I List-II
[UPPSC (Mains) 2007] codes given below.
(Newspapers) (Editors)
(a) Lord Lytton (a) I, III and IV
A. Hindu 1. Dadabhai (b) Only II
Naoroji (b) Lord Ripon
(c) Lord Curzon (c) I and IV
B. Sudharak 2. Gopal Krishna (d) III and IV
(d) Lord Hastings
Gokhale
C. Voice of India 3. G Subramaniya 54. Who among the following repealed the 59. Consider the following statements
Iyer Vernacular Press Act of 1878? regarding Vernacular Press Act.
[IAS (Pre) 2005] I. The magistrate’s action was final and
D. Bengali 4. Surendranath
Banerjee (a) Lord Ripon no appeal could be made in a court of
law.
Codes (b) Lord Lytton
II. A Vernacular newspaper could get
A B C D A B C D (c) Lord Curzon
an exemption from the operation of
(a) 1 2 3 4 (b) 1 3 2 4 (d) Lord Minto
the Act by Submitting proof to a
(c) 2 3 1 4 (d) 3 2 1 4 55. The suppression of Indian language government censor.
newspapers under the Vernacular Which of the following statement is/are
46. Who in America started to issue
Press Act of 1878 was caused by the correct?
newspaper ‘Free India’?
criticism of [CDS 2012] (a) Only I
[BPSC (Pre) 1994]
(a) lavish Lifestyle of the English officials. (b) Only II
(a) Ram Nath Puri
(b) ill-treatment given to Indigo workers (c) Neither I nor II
(b) GD Kumar
by their English masters. (d) Both I and II
(c) Lala Hardayal
(d) Taraknath Das
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60. Consider the following statement. 67. Who among the following was the first 74. Which one of the following had
I. Acting Governor-General John to translate Kalidasa’ famous work vigorously advocated for religious
Adams had completely censored the ‘Shakuntala’ into English? education in the Indian universities?
Indian press. [UP UDA/LDA (Mains) 2010] [UPPSC (Mains) 2005]
II. Governor-General was authorised to (a) Charles Wilkins (a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
issue or cancel the license. (b) Henry Colebrooke (b) Swami Vivekananda
Which of the above statement is/are (c) Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (c) Mahatma Gandhi
correct? (d) Sir William Jones (d) Madan Mohan Malaviya
(a) Only I
(b) Only II 68. The foundation of Modern Educational 75. Who was associated with the formation
(c) Both I and II System in India was laid by of the Deccan Education Society?
[IAS (Pre) 1993] (a) Justice Ranade [UPPSC (Pre) 2013]
(d) Neither I nor II
(a) The Charter Act of 1813 (b) Pherozeshah Mehta
61. Where was the first Madrasa set up by (b) Macaulay’s Minute of 1835 (c) BG Tilak
the British in India? (c) The Hunter Commission of 1882 (d) Dayananda Saraswati
[UPPSC (Pre) 2006] (d) Woods Dispatch of 1854
(a) Madras 76. Who of the following set up Mahila Arya
(b) Bombay 69. The main reason for the British Samaj to improve women’s education?
(c) Aligarh Government to spread Modern Education (a) Sister Nivedita
in India during Pre-independence period (b) DK Karve
(d) Calcutta
was [UKPSC (Pre) 2005] (c) Pandita Ramabai
62. Who was the founder of Mahakali (a) the need for educated Indians in (d) Jyotirao Phule
Pathshala in Calcutta? Minor administrative posts.
(a) Her Holiness Mataji Maharani (b) to promote Indian culture. 77. When the Hindu College was founded?
Tapaswini [WBCS 2020]
(c) to modernise the Indian people so
(b) Sister Nivedita that they could share their political (a) 1800 AD (b) 1817 AD
(c) Madame Blavatsky responsibilities. (c) 1855 AD (d) 1857 AD
(d) Sarojini Naidu (d) None of the above 78. The establishment of the first women’s
63. Who founded first Sanskrit 70. In whose reign was English education university in Mumbai was the result of
Mahavidyalaya at Varanasi? Introduced in India? the effort of
[UKPSC (Mains) 2006] [UPPSC (Mains) 2011] (a) Dayaram Gidumal (b) DK Karve
(a) Jonathan Duncan (a) Lord William Cavendish Bentinck (c) MG Ranade (d) Ramabai
(b) Warren Hastings (b) Lord Hardinge 79. The Fergusson College at Pune was
(c) Lord Macaulay (c) Lord Minto founded in 1885 by
(d) Bankim Chandra (d) Lord Dalhousie (a) The Social Service League
64. Who founded Indian Women’s 71. In collaboration with David Hare and (b) The Servants of India Society
University? [WBCS 2020] Alexander Duff, who of the following (c) The Deccan Education Society
(a) Sir Sayyid Ahmed Khan established Hindu College at Calcutta? (d) Poona Sarvajanic Sabha
(b) Dhondo Keshab Karve [IAS (Pre) 2009, UPPSC 2009] 80. Who was the fist Vice-Chancellor of
(c) Sir William Hunter (a) Henry Louis Vivian Derozio Indian women’s university of Poona in
(d) Sir Ashutosh Mukhopadhyay (b) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar 1916?
(c) Keshab Chandra Sen (a) DK Karve
65. Who was the following laid the
(d) Raja Ram Mohan Roy (b) Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru
foundation stone of Banaras Hindu
University? (c) RG Bhandarkar
[UPPSC (Mains) 2003] 72. Which of the following was established
(d) WT Wacha
(a) Madan Mohan Malaviya first? [UPPSC (Pre) 2012]
(b) Maharaja Vibhuti Narayan Singh (a) Hindu College, Calcutta 81. One of the following organisations was
(c) Lord Hardinge (b) Delhi College not associated with National Education
(d) Annie Besant (c) Mayo College Movement in the early twentieth century.
(d) Muslim-Anglo Oriental College (a) Bhagavat Chatuspathi of Satish
66. Who amongst the following
Chandra Mukherjee
Englishmen, first translated Bhagavad 73. The first three universities in India (b) The Saraswat Ayatan of Brahma
Gita into English? [IAS (Pre) 2001] (Calcutta, Madras and Bombay) were Bandopadhyay.
(a) Williams Jones established in which year?
(c) Shantiniketan Ashram of
(b) Charles Wilkings [RAS/RTS (Pre) 2010] Rabindranath Tagore.
(c) Alexander Cunningham (a) 1857 (b) 1881 (d) Anushilan Samiti of Barindra Kumar
(d) John Marshall (c) 1885 (d) 1905 Ghosh.

41. (d) 42. (d) 43. (a) 44. (a) 45. (d) 46. (d) 47. (d) 48. (c) 49. (a) 50. (a) 51. (d) 52. (a) 53. (a) 54. (a) 55. (c)
56. (d) 57. (d) 58. (b) 59. (d) 60. (c) 61. (d) 62. (a) 63. (a) 64. (b) 65. (c) 66. (b) 67. (d) 68. (b) 69. (a) 70. (a)
71. (d) 72. (a) 73. (a) 74. (d) 75. (a) 76. (c) 77. (b) 78. (b) 79. (c) 80. (c) 81. (d)
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82. Who founded the Anglo-Vedic College? 89. Lord Macaulay was related to Which of the statements given above
[WBCS 2020] (a) Military reforms [UPPSC (Pre) 2007] is/are correct?
(a) Dayanand Saraswati (b) Abolishment of sati (a) I and II
(b) Lala Hansraj (c) English education (b) Only II
(c) Atmaram Pandurang (d) Permanent Settlement (c) I and III
(d) Mahadev Govind Ranade (d) I, II and III
90. When was the Education Policy of
83. The Asiatic Society of Bengal was Macaulay implemented? 95. Charles Wood’s despatch was related
founded by (a) 1830 to which of the following?
[WBCS 2019, UPPSC (Mains) 2006] (a) Education [MPPSC (Pre) 2015]
(b) 1835
(a) Sir William Jones (c) 1838 (b) Trade
(b) Wilking (d) 1901 (c) Administrative reforms
(c) Max Muller (d) Military reforms
(d) James Prinsep 91. In which Act, yearly ` 1 lakh was
allotted for the education of Indians? 96. The aim of education as stated by
84. Who among the following was offered the [WBCS 2020] Wood’s Despatch of 1854 was
membership of the Royal Asiatic Society (a) 1813, Charter Renewal Act [IAS (Pre) 2003]
of Paris? [UPPSC (Mains) 2001] (b) 1773, Regulating Act (a) the creation of employment
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji (c) 1784, Pitts India Act opportunities for native Indians.
(b) Michael Madhusudan Dutta (d) 1833, Charter Renewal Act (b) the spread of Western culture in India.
(c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy (c) the promotion of literacy among the
(d) Vivekananda 92. Which one of the following statements people using English medium of
about the English Education Act of 1835 language.
85. Consider the following statements. is not correct? [Astt. Comm. 2017]
(d) the introduction of scientific research
I. Jonathan Duncan had founded the (a) It was proposed by Governor and rationalism in the traditional
Sanskrit college in Banaras. General William Bentinck on the Indian Education.
II. Lord Cornwallis had introduced civil advice of Macaulay.
services in India. (b) It made English the language of 97. Hartog Committee Report of 1929 had
Which of the above statements is/are instruction in Indian Education suggested for transforming which of the
correct? System. following types of Education into
Codes (c) With the formal institutionalisation of community development centre for
(a) Only I English as the language of rural upliftment?
(b) Only II instruction, the stage was set for a (a) Primary School
(c) Both I and II new direction of Indian education. (b) Secondary School
(d) Neither I nor II (d) To the existing oriental institutions (c) Higher Secondary School
fresh awards of stipends to students (d) None of the above
86. During India’s colonial period, the and the publication of classical texts
theory of Downward filtration was 98. Which of the following is also called the
were to continue.
related to [RAS/RTS (Pre) 2013] scheme of post-war educational
(a) Railways 93. The ‘Anglicist-Orientalist Controversy’ development in India?
(b) Education came to end by (a) Hartog Committee (b) Sargent plan
(c) Irrigation I. Macaulay’s Minute (c) Sadler Committee
(d) Poverty alleviation II. Mentick’s Resolution (d) Hunter Commission
III. Wood’s despatch
87. The propounder of ‘Filtration Theory’ in 99. In the Hunter Commission Report,
IV. Lord Curzon’s Education and Policy
India’s educational policy was special emphasis was laid on the
Choose the correct answer by using the development of [UPPSC (Pre) 2004]
[UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2013] following codes.
(a) Girls Education
(a) Charles Wood (a) II and III are correct
(b) Higher Education
(b) Macaulay (b) II and IV are correct
(c) Primary Education
(c) JS Mill (c) Only I is correct
(d) Technical Education
(d) Cornwallis (d) None of the above
88. Which of the following had first 100. Through which Educational Report,
94. Which of the following led to the Calcutta University came into
introduced the Downward Filtration introduction of English Education in existence? [WBCS 2020]
Theory in the world? India? [IAS (Pre) 2018]
(a) Macaulay’s Minute
(a) Eyselander I. Charter Act of 1813
(b) Hunter Commission
(b) Wilson II. General Committee of Public
(c) Charter Act
(c) Verican George Instruction, 1823
(d) Wood’s Despatch
(d) Auckland III. Orientalist and Anglicist Controversy
INDIAN HISTORY 141

101. When was the National Council of 105. Henry T Colebrooke was a professor 108. Regarding Wood’s Despatch, which of
Education established? of Sanskrit in which of the following the following statements are true?
[BPSC (Pre) 2011] Institutions? [CDS 2019] I. Grants-in-Aid system was
(a) 15th August, 1903 (a) Fort William College introduced.
(b) 15th August, 1904 (b) Serampore Mission II. Establishment of universities was
(c) 15th August, 1905 (c) Kashi Vidyapith recommended.
(d) 15th August, 1906 (d) Asiatic Society III. English as a medium of instruction at
all levels of education was
102. Which of the following gave the 106. Which one of the following was the recommended.
suggestion to divide the secondary level first to be declared as Central
Select the correct answer using the
curriculum into course A and course B? University? [UPPSC (Mains) 2011]
codes given below. [IAS (Pre) 2018]
(a) Wood’s despatch (a) Aligarh Muslim University,
(a) I and II
(b) Hunter Commission Aligarh
(b) II and III
(c) Wood and Abbot Report (b) Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University,
(c) I and III
(d) Mudaliar Commission Lucknow.
(d) I, II and III
(c) Banaras Hindu University,
103. Sadler Commission was related to Varanasi 109. Arrange the following events in their
[UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2010] (d) University of Allahabad chronological order and select the
(a) Judicial correct answer from the codes given
(b) Revenue Administration 107. Which Act of British Government below.
(c) Education granted one lakh for education in India
I. Hunter Commission [UPPSC 2018]
for the first time?
(d) Police Administration II. Sadler Commission
[UPPSC (Mains) 2009]
104. When did the British Government appoint III. Wood’s Despatch
(a) Wood’s despatch, 1854
Sadler University Commission for reforms IV. Sargent Plan
(b) Charter Act, 1813
in education? [BPSC (Pre) 2008] Codes
(c) Charter Act, 1853
(a) 1919 (b) 1917 (a) 1, 2, 4, 3 (b) 3, 2, 1, 4
(d) Indian Council Act, 1892
(c) 1921 (d) 1896 (c) 1, 2, 3, 4 (d) 3, 1, 2, 4

82. (b) 83. (a) 84. (b) 85. (c) 86. (b) 87. (b) 88. (d) 89. (c) 90. (b) 91. (a) 92. (d) 93. (c) 94. (c) 95. (a) 96. (c)
97. (a) 98. (b) 99. (c) 100. (d) 101. (d) 102. (b) 103. (c) 104. (b) 105. (a) 106. (c) 107. (b) 108. (a) 109. (d)
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23
Revolt of 1857
1. Which of the following has started the (b) The prophecy that British rule would 14. Who among the following was the
revolt of 1857? [SSC 2007] come to an end on the centenary of the British residence in Awadh at the time
(a) Sepoys Battle of Plassey on 23rd June, 1857. of its annexation into British
(b) Zamindars (c) Popular discontent with British rule Dominion? [UPPSC (Mains) 2011]
(c) Peasants (d) The prophecy that the end of British (a) James Outram
(d) Plantation workers rule would lead to the end of the Kali (b) WH Sleeman
Yuga and the return of Ram Rajya. (c) Bishio R Heber
2. Who was the Governor-General of (d) General Lowe
India during the revolt of 1857? 8. Certain measure of Dalhousie created
[UP RO/ARO (Mains) 2013] serious discontent in India which were 15. Which of the following Princely States
(a) Lord Dalhousie (b) Lord Canning also responsible for the revolt of 1857. was not annexed by the British?
(c) Lord Minto (d) Lord Bentinck Which one of the following measures was (a) Sind (b) Gwalior
not one of them? [Astt. Comm. 2011] (c) Awadh (d) Satara
3. Who was the Prime Minister of Britain (a) Doctrine of Lapse
during the revolt of 1857? (b) Introduction of Railways and Telegraph 16. Which one of the following was the
[UPPSC (Pre) 1991] (c) Abolition of Titles and Pensions of primary cause of majority of civil rebellion
(a) Churchill (b) Palmerston Several Rulers against the British rule, before 1857?
(c) Attlee (d) Gladstone (d) Educational Reforms (a) Exploitation of the village artisans
and farmers by money lenders
4. When was the new Enfield rifle with 9. Who among the following formulated along with Britishers.
greased cartridges introduced in the and implemented the Doctrine of (b) The rapid changes that the British
British Indian Army? [BPSC (Pre) 2005] Lapse? [UPPSC (Mains) 2011] introduced in the economy,
(a) Novemebr, 1856 (a) Wellesley (b) Hastings administration and land revenue
(b) December, 1856 (c) Dalhousie (d) Clive system.
(c) January, 1857 (c) The Colonial Policy of intensifying
(d) February, 1857
10. Which of the following was the first victim demands for land revenue and
of Lord Dalhousie’s policy of Doctrine of
extracting as large an amount as
5. The symbol of 1857 independence Lapse? [UPPSC (Pre) 2016]
possible.
struggle was [MPPSC (Pre) 1990] (a) Jhansi (b) Satara (d) Not even a part of the enhanced
(a) Lotus and Chapatis (b) Eagle (c) Karauli (d) Sambalpur revenue was spent on the
(c) Scarf (d) Two sword development of agriculture or the
11. Who among the following refused to
6. The first event relating to the war of allow Rani Lakshmibai’s son to succeed welfare of the cultivator.
independence of 1857 was to the throne? 17. Which one of the following statements
[UPPSC (Mains) 2008] (a) General Dyer (b) Lord Dalhousie about the revolt of 1857 is correct?
(a) Kanpur’s Revolt and taking over the (c) Lord Wellington (d) Lord [NDA 2020]
leadership by Nana Saheb Mountbatten (a) It was a revolt carefully organised
(b) Begum Hazrat Mahal’s leadership of and planned by the Rajas, Nawabs
12. The ruler of which of the following states
Awadh. and Taluqdars.
was removed from power by the British on
(c) marching of Sepoys to Delhi’s Red the pretext of misgovernance? (b) Rumours and prophecies did not
Fort. play any role in its outbreak and
[IAS (Pre) 2007]
(d) revolt by Rani of Jhansi. spread.
(a) Awadh (b) Jhansi
7. Which one of the following was not a (c) Nagpur (d) Satara (c) The rebel proclamations in 1857
cause of the revolt of 1857? [NDA 2017] repeatedly appealed to all sections
13. Awadh was amalgamated into the of the population irrespective of
(a) The rumour that the British had
British dominion in which year? their caste and creed.
mixed the bone dust of cows and
[UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2013] (d) The British succeeded in quickly
pigs into the flour being sold in the
market. (a) 1853 (b) 1854 (c) 1855 (d) 1856 and easily controlling the rebels.
INDIAN HISTORY 143

18. Which of the underwritten pairs is correctly 23. Statement I In 1856, Nawab Wajid Ali 29. What was the socio-religious factor/s for
matched? [UPPSC (Mains) 2011] Shah was dethroned and exiled to the 1857 revolt?
(a) 1849 AD – Merger of Satara Calcutta on the plea that the region (a) Religious disabilities Act, 1856
(b) 1848 AD – Merger of Punjab was being misgoverned. (b) Abolition of Sati, 1829
(c) 1856 AD – Merger of Awadh Statement II The Nawab was accused of (c) Hindu Widow Remarriage Act, 1856
(d) 1855 AD – Merger of Jhansi being unable to control the rebellious (d) All of the above
chiefs and Taluqdars.
19. Which among the following is/are [Asst. Comm. 2018] 30. The Azamgarh proclamation of 25th
correct? August, 1857 stressed on which one of
(a) Both the statements are individually
I. Lakshmibai joined the revolt because the following issues? [NDA 2019]
true and statement II is the correct
of Doctrine of Lapse. explanation of statement I. (a) Hindu-Muslim divide
II. Doctrine of Lapse was coined by (b) Both the statements are individually (b) Support to the English Government
Lord Dalhousie. true, but statement II is not the (c) The return of the Badshahi
Choose the correct answer from codes. correct explanation of statement I. (d) The imposition of heavy Jumas
(a) Only I is Correct (c) Statement I is true, but statement II is (revenue demand)
(b) Only II is Correct false. 31. When was the Religious Disabilities Act
(c) Both (a) and (b) are correct (d) Statement I is false, but statement II passed? [UPPSC 2008]
(d) None of the above is true. (a) 1850 (b) 1855 (c) 1856 (d) 1870
20. Consider the following Princely States 24. Which among the following was not an 32. Which one of the following military cause
of the British rule in India. economic cause of the revolt of 1857? was responsible for 1857 revolt?
I. Jhansi (a) Heavy taxation. (a) Salaries and pensions related issue
II. Sambalpur (b) Increased pressure on agricultural between the Indian soldiers and the
III. Satara land. government.
Arrange in the correct chronological (c) Increased availability of market for (b) Doctrine of Lapse.
order in which they were annexed by Indian cotton. (c) Non-Intervention Policy of John
the British. (d) None of the above Lawrence.
(a) I, II, III (b) I, III, II (d) Setting up of Inam Commission.
(c) III, II, I (d) III, I, II
25. Which one of the following economic
factor caused the 1857 Revolt? 33. In which year did the privilege of free
21. Consider the following statements (a) Exploitative policy of Britishers. postage enjoyed by sepoys were
regarding causes of Revolt of 1857. (b) Subsidiary Alliance of Wellesley. withdrawn by ‘The Post-Office Act’?
I. Denial of the adoption of child by the (c) Religions disabilities Act. (a) 1813 (b) 1815
childless king. (d) Use of animal fat greased (c) 1850 (d) 1854
II. The British Policy of looking down cartridges.
upon Indian subjects. 34. Consider the following statements.
III. Discriminations among English and 26. Which of the following was the I. The General Service Enlistment Act of
Indian soldiers. economic cause of 1857 revolt? 1856 was introduced by Charles
IV. Social reform and conversion to (a) Industrial revolution Canning.
Christianity. (b) Employment of craftsman II. Under this Act every Indian soldiers
Which of the statements given above (c) Exploitation of peasants by zamindars could go overseas for deployment if
is/are incorrect? (d) All of the above required.
(a) Only I (b) Only II 27. Indian Bills of Landing Act was passed III. An Indian soldier could get maximum
(c) III and IV (d) All of these in salary of ` 174 during his service period.
22. Assertion (A) First War of (a) 1854 (b) 1856 Which of the above mentioned statement
Independence broke out in India in (c) 1870 (d) 1876 is/are correct?
1857, soon after the departure of Lord (a) Only I
28. Consider the following statements. (b) Only I and II
Dalhousie from India. I. Adoption of free trade imperialism
Reason (R) Lord Dalhousie’s (c) Only III
from 1800, de-industrialisation and
Annexati- onist policy had caused (d) All of the above
drain of wealth.
great discontent. [CDS 2009] II. Abolition of Sati in 1829. 35. The immediate cause of India’s First
Codes III. Commercialisation of Agriculture. War of Independence was
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the IV. Doctrine of Lapse. [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1993]
correct explanation of A Which of the above mentioned (a) Doctrine of Lapse by Lord Dalhousie.
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not Statement/s was economic cause for (b) Suspicion about British interference in
the correct explanation of A the 1857 Revolt? religion.
(c) A is true, but R is false (a) Only I and II (b) Only II and III (c) Military discontent.
(d) A is false, but R is true (c) Only I and IV (d) Only I and III (d) Economic exploitation of India.

1. (a) 2. (b) 3. (b) 4. (b) 5. (a) 6. (c) 7. (b) 8. (d) 9. (c) 10. (b) 11. (b) 12. (a) 13. (d) 14. (a) 15. (b)
16. (b) 17. (c) 18. (c) 19. (c) 20. (c) 21. (d) 22. (a) 23. (a) 24. (c) 25. (a) 26. (d) 27. (b) 28. (d) 29. (d) 30. (c)
31. (c) 32. (a) 33. (d) 34. (d) 35. (b)
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36. The use of which rifle proved to be the 45. Who wrote ”The Indian War of 52. In which division of the British Indian
immediate cause of 1857 revolt? Independence”? [WBCS 2020] Army Pandey was inducted as a
(a) Brown Bass (b) Enfield Rifle (a) Dadabhai Naoroji soldier? [APSC 2017]
(c) Green Belt (d) Enfield Bass (b) Romesh Chunder Dutt (a) 34th Bengal Native Infantry
(c) Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (b) 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles
37. Who among the following British
(d) Harish Chandra Mukhopadhyay (c) Madras Light Cavalry
persons admitted the revolt of 1857 as
(d) None of the above
a National revolt? 46. The statement, ‘The so-called first
(a) Lord Dalhousie national war of Independence was 53. The largest number of soldiers
(b) Lord Canning neither first nor national, nor a war of participated in the struggle of 1857 came
(c) Lord Ellenborough independence’ is associated with from [UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2011]
(d) Disraeli [UPPSC (Mains) 2010] (a) Bengal (b) Awadh
(a) RC Mazumadar (b) SN Sen (c) Bihar (d) Rajasthan
38. Which of the following statements
(c) Tara Chandra (d) VD Savarkar
explains the best nature of the revolt of 54. At the time of 1857 Revolt, who was the
1857? 47. Consider the following statements and British Commanding officer at
(a) It was the last attempt by the old mark the correct answer. Barrackpore? [UPPSC (Pre) 2014]
political order to regain its power. I. RC Majumdar described the 1857 (a) Henry Lawrence
(b) It was a mutiny of a session of the Revolt as neither first nor national war (b) Colonel Finnis
sepoys of the British Indian Army. of independence. (c) Richard Hearsey
(c) It was the struggle of the common II. TR Holmes described the 1857 (d) Sir Hugh Wheeler
people to overthrew the foreign rules. Revolt as conflict between civilisation
(d) It was an effort to establish a United and Barbarian. 55. The First War of Independence started
Indian Nation. III. Jawaharlal Nehru said that 1857 from [UPPSC (Pre) 1994, 1990]
Revolt was nothing, but a (a) Lucknow (b) Jhansi
39. Who among the following says that the (c) Meerut (d) Kanpur
Hindu-Muslim conspiracy.
Revolt of 1857 was an extension of
social progress the English had already Codes 56. Which of the following was not a reason
initiated? (a) Only II (b) Only III for making the sepoys of the East India
(a) Karl Marx (b) Adam Smith (c) I and II (d) All of these Company rebellious? [BPSC 2014]
(c) Max Muller (d) Benjamin Disraeli 48. Match the following. (a) The efforts of the officers of the
Company to spread Christianity.
40. Who among the following was the List I List II (b) The order to the sepoys to travel on
author of Civil Rebellion in the Indian (Book) (Author) ships.
Mutinies, 1857-59? (c) The stoppage of Bhatta.
A. The First Indian 1. Syed Ahmad
(a) RC Majumdar War of Khan (d) The inefficiency of the officers.
(b) PC Joshi Independence
(c) SB Choudhary 1857-59 57. To whom the rebel soldiers from Meerut
(d) VD Savarkar declared the ‘Emperor of India’, after
B. Causes of Indian 2. SB sieging Delhi, on 12th May, 1857?
41. Who called the revolt of 1857 as a Revolt Chaudhary (a) Shah Alam II
conspiracy? [BPSC (Pre) 1995] C. The Sepoy Mutiny 3. Karl Marx (b) Bahadurshah ‘Zafar’
(a) Sir James Outram and W Taylor and the Rebellion (c) Bakht Khan
(b) Sir John Kaye of 1857 (d) Akbar II
(c) Sir John Lawrence D. Civil Rebellion in 4. RC Majumdar
(d) TR Homes 58. Who among the following was believed
Indian Mutinies
to be a leader of the Sanyasis and
42. Who termed the uprising of 1857 as the Codes Fakirs conspiring against the British in
First War of Independence? A B C D A B C D 1857?
[UPPSC (Mains) 2015] (a) 1 3 4 2 (b) 3 1 4 2 (a) Mangal Pandey
(a) VA Smith (b) PE Roberts (b) Bahadur Shah II
(c) 1 2 4 3 (d) 2 3 1 4
(c) VD Savarkar (d) All of these (c) Queen Zeenat Mahal
49. Before the outbreak of revolt of 1857 at (d) Nana Saheb
43. Official historian of Indian freedom Meerut, Mangal Pandey had become a
struggle was [UPPSC 2010] martyr on 29th March, 1857. He was
59. Who among the following died in exile?
(a) RC Mazumdar hanged at (a) Rani Lakshmibai [NDA 2019]
(b) Tarachandra (a) Lucknow (b) Barrackpore (b) Bahadur Shah Zafar
(c) VD Savarkar (c) Calcutta (d) Meerut (c) Tatya Tope
(d) SN Shah (d) Nana Saheb
50. Mangal Pandey incident took place at
44. The first Indian to write in Indian language (a) Meerut (b) Barrackpore 60. Who among the following was
on the causes of the uprising of 1857 was (c) Ambala (d) Lucknow bestowed with the title of Saheb-e-
[UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2009] Alam Bahadur by Bahadur Shah during
(a) Syed Ahmad Khan 51. With which uprising is Mangal Pandey the uprising of 1857?
(b) VD Savarkar associated? [UPPSC (Pre) 2010] [UPRO/ARO (Pre) 2016]
(c) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (a) Barrackpore (b) Meerut (a) Azimullkah (b) Birjis Qadr
(d) None of the above (c) Delhi (d) None of these (c) Bakht Khan (d) Hasan Khan
INDIAN HISTORY 145

61. Who was the leader of 1857 struggle 70. Consider the following statements about 77. Which part of Bihar was unaffected with
for freedom in Lucknow? [WBCS 2018] Revolt of 1857. the revolt of 1857? [BPSC (Pre) 1996]
(a) Zeenat Mahal (b) Nana Saheb I. The infamous massacre related with I. Danapur II. Patna
(c) Hazrat Mahal (d) Tatya Tope Nana Saheb took place at Bibigarh, III. Ara IV. Muzaffarpur
Kanpur. V. Munger
62. The revolutionary woman who led the II. VD Sarvarkar was the first person to Choose the correct anwer from the
revolution of 1857 in Awadh was opine Revolt of 1857 as the first ‘Indian codes given below.
(a) Lakshmibai War of Independence’. (a) IV and V (b) Only V
(b) Ahil Jabaj III. Nana’s troops were responsible for (c) Only IV (d) III, IV and V
(c) Aruna Asaf Ali the massacre at Kanpur.
(d) Begum Hazrat Mahal IV. The revolt came to an end with the 78. Consider the following native rulers
capture of Tatya Tope. I. Kunwar Singh [NDA 2000]
63. Who among the following led the
sepoys at Kanpur in the 1857 uprising? Which of the statements given above II. Nana Saheb
[WBCS 2019] are correct? III. Scindia of Gwalior
(a) Tatya Tope (b) Rani Lakshmibai (a) I and II (b) III and IV IV. Nizam of Hyderabad
(c) Nana Saheb (d) Kunwar Singh (c) II, III and IV (d) All of these Who among these native rulers did not
participate in the revolt of 1857?
64. Azimullah Khan was an advisor of 71. Consider the following statements. (a) I, II and IV
[UKPSC (Pre) 2012] I. Tatya Tope was Commander-in-
(b) II and III
Chief of the army of Nana Saheb.
(a) Nana Saheb (b) Tatya Tope (c) III and IV
II. He organised the Bhils of Panchmalal
(c) Rani lakshmi bai (d) Kunwar SIngh (d) All of the above
region against the British.
65. Whose death is unknown in 1857 revolt? Which of the statements given above 79. Consider the following statements
(a) Tatya Tope is/are correct? about the revolt of 1857.
(b) Nana Saheb (a) Only I (b) Only II I. It was particularly encouraged by the
(c) Rani Jhansi (c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II Maulvis and the Pandits, alike, in the
(d) Bahadur Shah ‘Zafar’ state of Bihar.
72. Who was the leader of revolutionaries II. Nana Saheb sent three letters to King
66. Who was Commander in Chief of Nana in Bihar during the Revolt of 1857? Napoleon III of France during the
Saheb? [UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2008] (a) Namdar Khan [BPSC 2019] rebellion.
(a) Azimullah (b) Birjis Qadr (b) Babu Kunwar Singh III. Diwan Maniram Dutta was the leader
(c) Tatya Tope (d) Nane of these (c) Birsa Munda of revolt from Assam.
(d) Shankar Shah IV. The army of Emperor Bahadur Shah
67. The real name of which of the following
Leader of 1857 was Ramachandra 73. Who led the 1857 revolt in Bihar? in Delhi was commanded by General
Pandurang? [UPPSC (Pre) 2011] Bakht Khan.
(a) Babu Kunwar Singh [BPSC 2019]
(a) Kunwar Singh IV. Shahzada Firoz Shah and Kunwar
(b) Hare Krishna SIngh
(b) Tatya Tope Singh were the leaders of the revolt from
(c) Kunwar Singh
(c) Nana Sahab Rohilkhand and Bihar respectively.
(d) Raja Shahzada Singh
(d) Mangal Pandey Which of the statements given above
74. Babu Kunwar Singh who took part in is/are correct?
68. With reference to the Revolt of the great leader of revolt of 1857 was (a) I, II and IV
year 1857, who of the following was (a) Zamindar of Gorakhpur (b) II, III and V
betrayed by a friend: captured and put to (b) Zamindar of Jagdishpur (c) II, III and IV
death by the British? [IAS (Pre) 2006] (c) Zamindar of Rohilkhand (d) None of the above
(a) Nana Saheb (d) Zamindar of Raipur
(b) Kunwar Singh 80. Match the following.
(c) Khan Bahadur Khan 75. Kunwar Singh and Maulavi Ahmadullah List I List II
(d) Tatya Tope Shah led the revolt of 1857 at
A. Rani Lakshmibai 1. Jhansi
(a) Arrah and Faizabad
69. Who administered the following mass B. Bahadur Shah II 2. Delhi
(b) Lucknow and Meerut
oath with sacred Jamuna water in their C. Tatya Tope 3. Kanpur
(c) Arrah and Meerut
folded palms “We shall not give up D. Begum Hazrat 4. Lucknow
(d) Arrah and Lucknow Mahal
kalpi, As long as we live! with our own
hands we shall not our’’? 76. Where did Kunwar Singh join the Codes
(a) Bahadur Shah Zafar rebellion of 1857 against the British?
A B C D A B C D
(b) Tatya Tope [BPSC 2018]
(a) 1 2 3 4 (b) 1 3 2 4
(c) Mangal Pandey (a) Arrah (b) Patna
(c) 4 3 2 1 (d) 1 2 4 3
(d) Rani Lakshmibai (c) Bettiah (d) Varanasi

36. (b) 37. (b) 38. (c) 39. (a) 40. (c) 41. (a) 42. (c) 43. (d) 44. (a) 45. (c) 46. (a) 47. (c) 48. (b) 49. (b) 50. (b)
51. (a) 52. (a) 53. (b) 54. (c) 55. (c) 56. (c) 57. (b) 58. (b) 59. (b) 60. (c) 61. (c) 62. (d) 63. (c) 64. (a) 65. (b)
66. (c) 67. (b) 68. (d) 69. (b) 70. (d) 71. (c) 72. (b) 73. (c) 74. (b) 75. (a) 76. (a) 77. (b) 78. (c) 79. (c) 80. (a)
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81. Match List I with List II and select the 87. Name the rebel who fought against the 94. Who led the rebellion in Kullu
correct answer using the codes given British in the battle of Chinhat in the (Himachal Pradesh) in 1857?
below the lists. course of the 1857 revolt? [NDA 2020] I. Rana Pratap Singh
List I List II (a) Ahmadullah Shah II. Veer Singh
(Leader) (Area under (b) Shah Mal III. Raghvendra Singh
their Operation) (c) Mangal Pandey IV. Virendra Singh
A. Maulavi 1. Barrackpore (d) Kunwar Singh Choose the correct anwer from the
Ahmadullah Shah codes given below.
88. Who of the following was the bitterest
B. Mangal Pandey 2. Faizabad (a) I and III (b) II and III
enemy of the British during the revolt of
C. Bakht Khan 3. Kanpur (c) I and II (d) None of these
1857? [BPSC 2002]
D. Nana Saheb 4. Delhi
(a) Maulavi Ahmadullah Shah 95. Consider the following centres of the
Codes (b) Maulavi Imadulah Revolt of 1857.
A B C D A B C D (c) Maulana Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi I. Delhi II. Faizabad
(a) 2 4 1 3 (b) 3 4 1 2 (d) Nawab Liaquat Ali III. Bareilly IV. Banaras
(c) 2 1 4 3 (d) 3 1 4 2 Which of these were the main centres of
89. Who among the following was the
the Revolt of 1857?
82. Match List I with List II and select the leader of the 1857 revolt in Assam?
(a) I, II and III (b) I and II
correct answer using the codes given [APSC 2017]
(c) II and III (d) I, II, III and IV
below the lists. (a) Piyali Barua (b) Kushal Konwar
List I List II (c) Purandar Singh (d) Maniram Dewan 96. Which one of the following centres of
uprising of 1857 was recaptured by the
A. Jhansi 1. Maulavi Ahmadullah 90. Which of the following pairs is not British? [UPPSC (Mains) 2015]
Shah correctly matched? [UPPSC 2018]
(a) Jhansi (b) Meerut
B. Lucknow 2. Azimullah Khan Place Leadership (c) Delhi (d) Kanpur
C. Kanpur 3. Begum Hazrat Mahal (a) Sambhalpur – Surendra Sahi
D. Faizabad 4. Rani Lakshmibai (b) Ganjam – Radhakrishna Dandsena 97. Who had suppressed the revolt of 1857
(c) Kashmir – Gulab Singh in Lucknow?
Codes (d) Lucknow – Liaquat Ali (a) General Campbell
A B C D A B C D (b) Havelock
(a) 4 3 2 1 (b) 4 2 3 1 91. Which of the following is not correctly (c) William Taylor
(c) 3 4 2 1 (d) 1 2 3 4 matched?
(d) Hugh Rose
Leader Centre
83. Who among the following was the (a) Devi Singh – Mathura 98. The British were able to suppress the
leader of the revolt during 1857 at (b) Rao Tularam – Haryana uprising of 1857 in Rajput state
Bareilly? [UPPSC (Pre) 1998] (c) Kadam Singh – Sagar because [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1996]
(a) Khan Bahadur (d) Mandsaur – Shahzada Humayun (a) the local Rajputs ruler did not
(b) Kunwar Singh support revolutionary.
(c) Maulavi Ahmadullah Shah 92. Consider the following statements (b) the educated middle class supported
(d) Virzis Kadir I. The Revolt of Chattar Singh, the the British.
Governor of Multan, precipitated the (c) the soldiers in cantonments were not
84. Who defeated the Joint Army of British Second Anglo-Sikh War. prepared to accept the leadership of
and Jodhpur during the revolt of 1857? II. The ‘Indian War of Independence’ revolution from outside Rajasthan.
(a) Tatya Tope [RAS/ RTS (Pre) 1993] was written by VD Savarkar. (d) the newspaper could not project the
(b) Nawab Wazir Khan Which of the statement(s) given above aim of revolution.
(c) Maharaja Ram Singh is/are correct?
(d) Thakur Kushal Singh of Auva (a) Only I 99. Sir Hugh Rose described whom as ‘the
(c) Only II best and bravest military leader of the
85. The active participant of the Bundela rebel’?
rebellion of 1842 Hirdeshah was (c) Both I and II
(d) Neither I nor II (a) Begum Hazrat Mahal
Zamindar of which of the following (b) Rani Lakshmibai
place? [MPPSC 2020] 93. Which of the following statements (c) Kunwar Singh
(a) Chanwarpatha about Maulvi Ahmadullah Shah, who (d) Bahadur Shah Zafar
(b) Deori played an important part in the Revolt
(c) Suatala of 1857, is/are correct? [CDS 2015] 100. The birthplace of Maharani Lakshmibai,
(d) Hirapur I. He was popularly known as Danka the heroine of the 1857 freedom
Shah or the Maulavi with a drum. struggle is [UPPSC (Pre) 2008]
86. Which of the following brave from Bhopal (a) Agra (b) Jhansi
II. He fought in the famous Battle of
led the main movement and sacrifice his (c) Varanasi (d) Vrindavan
Chinhat.
life during the first struggle for
independence in 1857? [MPPSC 2020] III. He was killed by British troops under 101. Maharani Lakshmi Bai had combated
the command of Henry Lawrence. in last battle against
(a) Fazil Muhammad Khan
Select the correct answer using the [MPPSC (Pre) 1992]
(b) Sheikh Ramzan
codes given below. (a) Hugh Rose (b) Geff
(c) Dost Mohammad Khan
(a) Only I (b) I and III (c) Niel (d) Henry Havelock
(d) Habibullah Khan
(c) II and III (d) I and II
INDIAN HISTORY 147

102. Where is the samadhi of Maharani 108. What was the main cause of the failure III. The leaders of the revolt were
Lakshmibai situated? [MPPSC 2013] of the revolt of 1857? [BPSC (Pre) 1996] suspicious and jealous of one other
(a) Mandla (b) Mandu (a) Lack of Hindu-Muslim unity. and often indulged in suicidal battles.
(c) Jabalpur (d) Gwalior (b) Lack of common strategy and Which of the statements given above
central organisation. are correct?
103. Find the incorrect match for the centre (c) Its effect was within limited area. (a) I and II (b) I and III
of the revolt and associated British (c) II and III (d) All of these
(d) Non-participation of Landlords.
officer.
(a) Delhi — James Neil 109. The educated middle class in India 114. Assertion (A) The First War of
(b) Kanpur — Sir Hugh Wheeler [APSC 2017] Independence in 1857 failed to secure
(c) Lucknow — Henry Lawrence, Sir (a) opposed the revolt of 1857. freedom from British Government.
Collin Campbell (b) supported the revolt of 1857. Reason (R) The leadership of
(d) Jhansi — Sir Hugh Rose (c) fought against native rulers. Bahadurshah Zafar did not have
(d) remained neutral to the revolt of 1857. popular support and most of the Indian
104. Which among the following British rulers of important states shied away
Officers lost their lives at Lucknow? 110. Why modern educated Indians did not from the struggle.
[UPPSC (Pre) 2008] support the Revolt of 1857? Select the correct answer using the
I. General John Nicholson (a) They believed that British rule would codes given below.
II. General Neil help the modernisation of India, (a) Both A and R are true and R is the
III. Major Havelock which led to end the backwardness correct explanation of A
IV. Sir Henry Lawrence of the country. (b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the
Select the correct answer using the (b) They wanted to invest in the British correct explanation of A
codes given below. Companies in England, thus to (c) A is true, but R is false
(a) I, II and III safeguard their wealth. (d) A is false, but R is true
(b) I, III and IV (c) Both (a) and (b)
(c) II, III and IV (d) None of the above 115. The effect of Indian revolt of 1857 on
East India Company was
(d) All of the above 111. Why did the revolt of 1857 fail? (a) it was dissolved.
105. Match List I with List II and select the I. It was not joined by certain groups (b) it was strengthened by increase of
correct answer using the codes given and classes. administrative powers.
below the lists : II. Modern educated Indians looked as it (c) crown of England recognised it.
backward looking (d) British crown took over it.
List I List II
III. Indian soldiers were well-equipped
(Place of Revolt) (Suppressor) 116. When did Queen Victoria declare the
IV. There was a coherent ideology during
A. Jagdishpur 1. General Neil the revolt. taking over of Indian Administration
B. Delhi 2. William Taylor under British crown? [BPSC (Pre) 2008]
Choose the correct answer from the
C. Bareilly 3. John Nicholson codes given below. (a) 1st November, 1858
D. Allahabad 4. Campbell (a) Only I and II (b) Only II and III (b) 31st December, 1857
(c) Only III and IV (d) All of these (c) 6th January, 1958
Codes (d) 17th November, 1859
A B C D A B C D 112. Which of the following was the
(a) 1 2 3 4 (b) 4 2 1 3 important causes of failure of Revolt of 117. What was the date of “Queens’
1857? Proclamation’’ ? [WBSC 2020]
(c) 2 3 4 1 (d) 3 4 2 1
I. The rebels creaked a supreme head. (a) 1st November, 1858
106. Which of the following was most II. Most vested interests in India remained (b) 10th May, 1857
important weakness of revolt of 1857? first in their loyalty to the British. (c) 29th March, 1857
(a) Lack of discipline among rebel III. The rebels had not financial resources. (d) 11th February, 1860
sepoys. IV. Modern technologies, gadgets of
(b) The rebels lacked coordination and 118. Indians were assured of many things in
British overpowered the rebels. the declaration by Queen Victoria in
union . (a) I and II (b) I, II and IV 1858. Which among the following
(c) Lack of modern weapons. (c) Only I (d) All of these assurances were fulfilled by British
(d) All of the above
113. Consider the following statements Government? [UPPSC (Pre) 1994]
107. First freedom war of 1857 failed regarding revolutionaries of 1857 in (a) Policy of annexation will be
because [UP Lower Sub (Pre) 1998] India. abandoned.
(a) there was lackness of the unity of I. The revolutionaries had little (b) ‘States Law’ of the native rulers
purpose in Indian sepoys. understanding of colonialism, which would to maintained
(b) Generally Native Kings supported had overpowered India, or the (c) Equal treatment would be given to all
British. modern world. subjects, Indians and Europeans.
(c) British soldiers were better equipped II. The rebel units had a common plan of (d) There would be no interference in the
and organised rather than Indians. military action or authoritative heads. social and religious beliefs of the
(d) All of the above Indians.

81. (a) 82. (a) 83. (a) 84. (d) 85. (d) 86. (a) 87. (a) 88. (a) 89. (d) 90. (d) 91. (c) 92. (a) 93. (d) 94. (c) 95. (d)
96. (c) 97. (a) 98. (a) 99. (b) 100. (c) 101. (a) 102. (d) 103. (a) 104. (c) 105. (b) 106. (d) 107. (d) 108. (b) 109. (d) 110. (a)
111. (a) 112. (d) 113. (a) 114. (a) 115. (a) 116. (a) 117. (a) 118. (a)
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119. Which one of the following commission is 124. Which one of the following territories 131. Who among the following was not
associated with the Army reorganisation was not affected by the Revolt of associated with the Revolt of 1857?
after the suppression of the revolt of 1857? [IAS (Pre) 2005] [MPPSC (Pre) 2000]
1857? (a) Jhansi (b) Chittor (a) Tatya Tope
(a) Public Service Commission (c) Jagdishpur (d) Lucknow (b) Rani Lakshmibai
(b) Peel Commission (c) Bahadur Shah Zafar
(c) Hunter Commission 125. The revolt of 1857 was witnessed by
(d) Bhagat Singh
the poet [BPSC 2002]
(d) Simon Commission
(a) Mir Taqi Mir (b) Zauq 132. Who is the author of the book ‘The Last
120. After the revolt of 1857, the British (c) Ghalib (d) Iqbal Mughal : The Fall of a Delhi Dynasty in
recruited the soldiers from 1857’? [CDS 2007]
[BPSC (Pre) 2008] 126. Which amongst the following place (a) John Kirkland
was not a centre of the Revolt of
(a) Draining of UP and Bihar. (b) William Dalrymple
1857? [RAS/RTS 2012]
(b) Bengalis and Orria’s from the East. (c) Thomas Wilson
(a) Ajmer (b) Jaipur
(c) Gurkhas, Sikhs and Punjabis in the (d) Simon Digby
North. (c) Neemuch (d) Arrah
(d) Madras presidency and Marathas 133. Which dynasty supported British
127. ‘In this instance, we could not play off Maximum during the 1857 freedom
the Mohammedans against the
121. What was/were the object/objects of movement? [MPPSC 2010]
Hindus’. To which one of the following
Queen Victoria’s Proclamation (1858)? (a) Scindias of Gwaliar
events did this remark of Atkinson
I. To disclaim any intention to annex (b) Holkers of Indore
relate?
Indian States. (c) Bhonsles of Nagpur
(a) Revolt of 1857
II. To place the Indian administration (d) Lodhis of Ramgarh
(b) Champaran Satyagraha (1917)
under the British Crown.
III. To regulate East India Company’s (c) Khilafat and Non-Cooperation 134. Original residence of Eminent Urdu
trade with India. Movement poet Ghalib was
(d) August Movement of 1942 [UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2002]
Select the correct answer using the codes
given below. [IAS (Pre) 2014] 128. Which part of India was silent when (a) Agra (b) Delhi
(a) I and II (b) Only II revolt of 1857 was spreading in India? (c) Lahore (d) Lucknow
(c) I and III (d) I, II and III (a) South India 135. Which one among the following
(b) North India statements is correct? [CDS 2012]
122. Assertion (A) After the Revolt of 1857 in
(c) Central India (a) The Revolt of 1857 was not supported
India, the British recruited the soldiers in
the British Indian Army from Punjabi, (d) Western India by the Nizam of Hyderabad.
Gurkha and Pathan communities on a 129. Who among the following did not rebel (b) Dinabandhu Mitra was the author of
large scale and declared them as martial against the British East India the book, Unhappy India.
communities. Company’s control over them? (c) The Scindias of Gwalior gave shelter
Reason (R) The soldiers from these [BPSC 2019] to the Rani of Jhansi.
communities staunchly secured the British (a) Raja of Vizianagaram (d) Mangal Pandey led the sepoys
interests outside India on a large scale. (b) Nizam of Hyderabad march to Delhi.
Codes (c) Polygar of Tamil Nadu 136. Which of the following groups did not
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the (d) Dewan Velu Thampi of Travancore participate in the revolt of 1857?
correct explanation of A
130. Who among the following was not I. Agricultural Labour II. Sahukar
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the
related with the revolt of 1857? III. Farmers IV. Landlords
correct explanation of A
(c) A is true, but R is false [UPPSC (Pre) 1996] Select the correct answer using the
(d) A is false, but R is true codes given below. [BPSC (Pre) 1995]
(a) Begum Hazrat Mahal
(b) Kunwar Singh (a) Only I
123. In 1857, the first shot from a rebel’s gun (b) Only I and II
(c) Uddham Singh
was fired in (c) Only II
(a) Meerut (b) Ambala (d) Maulavi Ahmadullah
(d) II and IV
(c) Barrackpore (d) Delhi

119. (b) 120. (c) 121. (a) 122. (b) 123. (c) 124. (b) 125. (c) 126. (b) 127. (a) 128. (a) 129. (b) 130. (c) 131. (d) 132. (b) 133. (a)
134. (a) 135. (a) 136. (d)
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Indian National Movement
Phase-I (1885-1905)
1. What was the main reason behind the 6. Consider the following statements about 9. Assertion (A) Indian nationalism first
rise of Nationalism in India? an evaluation of the early nationalists. developed in Bengal and reharvested
(a) Revolt of 1857 I. They popularised modern ideas. in the 19th century.
(b) Press and Newspaper II. They failed to widen the scope of their Reason (R) Racial discrimination was a
(c) Influence of Western thought demands. major factor behind the growth of
(d) All of the above III. They exposed the exploitative nationalism.
character of colonial rule. Codes
2. “Indian Nationalism was the child of the Which of the above statements are (a) Both A and R are true and R is the
British Raj’’. Who made this correct? correct explanation of A
statement? [UPPSC 2010]
(a) I and III (b) I, II and III (b) Both A and R true, but R is not the
(a) Bipin Chandra (c) I and II (d) II and III correct explanation of A
(b) R Coupland
(c) A is true, but R is false
(c) RC Mazumdar 7. Assertion (A) The basic weakness of
(d) A is false, but R is true
(d) PE Roberts the early Nationalist Movement lay in its
narrow social base. 10. Royal Asiatic Society was founded by
3. “Nero Fiddled while Rome Burned”. In Reason (R) It fought for the narrow [CDS 2003]
(a) Sir William Jones
the context of which event nationalists interests of the social groups which
had used this statement? (b) Sir John Marshall
joined it. [IAS (Pre) 2000] (c) RD Banerjee
(a) On Indian Arms Act, 1878
Codes (d) Sir William Bentinck
(b) On Organisation of Delhi Durbar, 1877
(a) Both A and R are true and R is correct
(c) On Proclamation of Queen Victoria explanation of A 11. When was Indian Association of
(d) None of the above (b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the Calcutta formed? [WBCS 2009]
4. Who is remembered as the pioneer of correct explanation of A (a) 1876 (b) 1884
economic nationalism? (c) A is true, but R is false (c) 1887 (d) 1890
(a) Bipin Chandra Pal (d) A is false, but R is true 12. The first political organisation
(b) Dadabhai Naoroji 8. Assertion (A) The early nationalists in established in India in 1838 was known
(c) RC Dutt the initial phases paid relatively as [UKPSC (Pre) 2010]
(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak little attention to the question of workers. (a) British India Society
5. Why did the early nationalists oppose Reason (R) The early nationalists did (b) Bengal British India Society
the Council Act of 1892? not wish to, in any way; weaken the (c) Settlers Association
[Astt. Comm. 2019] common struggle against British rule, by (d) Zamindari Association
(a) The number of members of the creating any divisions within the ranks of
13. Name the first major voluntary
Imperial Legislative Council was the Indian people.
association representing primarily
increased. Codes Indian landlord interests that was set up
(b) The number of members of (a) Both A and R are true and R is the in Calcutta in 1851? [NDA 2018]
Provincial Councils was increased. correct explanation of A
(a) British Indian Association
(c) The Councils were given the right to (b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the
(b) Landholder’s Society
discuss the annual budgets. correct explanation of A
(c) Madras Native Association
(d) The Act did not give the Indians (c) A is true, but R is false
(d) Bombay Association
control over the public funds. (d) A is false, but R is true

1. (d) 2. (b) 3. (b) 4. (c) 5. (d) 6. (b) 7. (c) 8. (a) 9. (b) 10. (a) 11. (a) 12. (d) 13. (b)
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14. The most important organisation 22. Name the organisation formed by 29. Which of the following pairs do not
of the pre-Congress Nationalist Surendranath Banerjee which merged match? Find your answer with the help of
Organisations was the [BPSC 2008] with the Indian National Congress in given code. [UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2008]
(a) Bengal British India Society 1886. [UPPSC (Mains) 2007]
I. British India Society – London
(b) East India Association (a) East India Association II. East India Association – Calcutta
(c) Young Bengal Association (b) London India Society III. National India – London
(d) Indian Association of Calcutta (c) Indian Association Association
(d) Indian National Conference IV. Indian Association – Bombay
15. Dadabhai Naoroji organised ‘East India
Association’ to serve which one of the 23. Which of the following Indian leaders Codes
following purposes? was dismissed by the British from the (a) I and I (b) III and IV
(a) To promote nationalism among the Indian Civil Service? [IAS (Pre) 1999] (c) I and III (d) II and IV
peasants of India. (a) Satyendranath Tagore
(b) Surendranath Banerjee 30. Arrange the establishment of the
(b) To discuss the Indian questions and following in a chronological order
influence British public to promote (c) RC Dutt
(d) Subhas Chandra Bose (starting with the earliest).
Indian welfare.
I. The East India Association
(c) To unite all nationalist leader under 24. Who were the main architects of the II. The Poona Sarvajanik Sabha
one organisation. Indian National Conference? III. The Madras Mahajan Sabha
(d) To start an independent organisation (a) Surendranath Banerjee and Anand IV. The Bombay Presidency Association
apart from congress. Mohan Bose Select the correct answer using the
16. Which one of the following associations (b) Surendranath Banerjee and code given below. [Astt. Comm. 2019]
was founded in London by Dadabhai Dadabhai Naoroji
(a) I, II, III, IV (b) I, III, II, IV
Naoroji in 1866? (c) BG Tilak and Aurbindo
(c) II, III, IV, I (d) III, II, I, IV
[NDA 2017]
(d) None of the above
(a) The Bengal British India Society 25. During the last ten days of 1885, which 31. The correct chronological order of
following organisations is [JPSC 2003]
(b) The East India Association of the following associations did not
(c) The British Indian Association hold its session? I. Bombay Association
(d) The Madras Native Association (a) The Madras Mahajan Sabha II. Madras Mahajan Sabha
(b) Indian National Conference III. Indian Association of Calcutta
17. Poona Sarvajanik Sabha was formed in (c) The Indian National Congress IV. Indian League
which of the following year? Codes
(d) Poona Sarvajanik Sabha
(a) 1850 (b) 1862 (a) I, II, III, IV (b) I, III, II, IV
(c) 1865 (d) 1870 26. Which of the following pairs is not (c) IV, III, II, I (d) I, IV, III, II
correctly matched?
18. Bombay Presidency Association was 32. Consider the following organisations.
established by [BPSC 2019] (a) East India – Raja Ram
Association Mohan Roy I. Bangabhasha Prakasika Sabha
(a) Pherozeshah Mehta II. Landholders Society
(b) Poona Sarvajanik – Ganesh
(b) KT Telang III. Bengal British India Society
Sabha Vasudev Joshi
(c) WC Bonerjee IV. Indian League
(c) The Indian League – Sisir Kumar
(d) None of the above/More than one of Select the correct chronological order of
Ghosh
the above founding of these organisations from the
(d) All India National – SN Banerjee
19. Who amongst the following was one of code given below.
Conference
the founders of Bombay Presidency [UPRO/ARO (Pre) 2016]
Association in 1885? 27. Arrange the following chronologically. (a) I, II, III, IV (b) I, III, II, IV
[UPPSC (Mains) 2016] I. Land holders society at Calcutta (c) II, I, III, IV (d) II, III, IV, I
(a) Pherozeshah Mehta II. Bengal British India Society
33. Match List I with List II and select the
(b) P Ananda Charlu III. British India Association
correct answer using the codes given
(c) MV Raghav Cheriyar IV. Madras Native Association below. [CDS 2000]
(d) S N Banerjee V. East India Association in London
Codes List I List II
20. The precursor of Indian National (a) I, II, III, IV, V (b) V, IV, III, II, I (Movement) (Personality)
Congress was [BPSC 2019) A. Satya Shodhak 1. Bal Shastri
(c) I, III, II, IV, V (d) I, II, III, V, IV
(a) British Indian Association Mandal Javekar
(b) Indian Association 28. Consider the following pairs. B. Manav Dharma 2. Jyotiba Phule
(c) Indian League I. Radhakanta Deb–First President of Sabha
(d) None of the above/More than one of the British Indian Association. C. Darpan 3. Henry Vivian
the above II. Gazulu Lakshminarasu Chetty– Founder Derozio
of the Madras Mahajana Sabha D. Young Bengal 4. Mehataji
21. Who was the founder of the Indian III. Surendranath Banerjee–Founder of
Movement Durgaram
Association? [BPSC (Pre) 2001] Mancharam
the Indian Association.
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji Which of the above pairs is/are correctly Codes
(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak matched? [IAS (Pre) 2017] A B C D A B C D
(c) AO Hume (a) Only I (b) I and III (a) 1 2 3 4 (b) 2 4 1 3
(d) Surendranath Banerjee (c) II and III (d) I, II and III (c) 4 2 1 3 (d) 2 1 3 4
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34. Match the following organisations with 38. The Indian National Congress was 45. The number of delegates who attended
their founding members. founded by [BPSC 2019, WBCS 2005] the first Session of the Indian National
List I List II (a) AO Hume Congress, held in Bombay in 1885,
(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak was [BPSC (Pre) 2011]
A. Indian National 1. Anand Mohan
(c) Motilal Nehru (a) 1500
Union Bose
(d) Surendranath Banerjee (b) 556
B. British India 2. Dadabhai
(c) 304
Association Naoroji 39. The founder of the Indian National
(d) 72
C. East India 3. AO Hume Congress was a [BPSC (Pre) 1999]
Association (a) Civil Servant 46. The General Secretary of the Indian
D. Indian Society 4. Devendranath (b) Scientist National Congress in the year 1885
Tagore (c) Social worker was [UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2010]
Codes (d) Commander (a) AO Hume
A B C D A B C D (b) Dadabhai Naoroji
40. In which year was the Indian National (c) WC Bonerjee
(a) 3 2 4 1 (b) 1 2 3 4 Congress established?
(c) 4 3 3 4 (d) 4 3 2 1 (d) Pherozeshah Mehta
[WBCS 2017, UPPSC (Mains) 2010]
35. Match the following. (a) 1883 (b) 1885 47. Who among the following was not
(c) 1891 (d) 1905 present at the founding session of the
List I List II Indian National Congress?
(Organisation) (Founder) 41. The Indian National Congress was [UPPSC (Pre) 1997]
established during the viceroyalty of
A. British India 1. Sisir kumar (a) Dadabhai Naoroji
[UPPSC (Mains) 2012, 2011, 2006]
Society (1839) Ghosh (b) G Subramaniya Iyer
(a) Lord Ripon (b) Lord Lytton (c) Justice Ranade
B. East India 2. William Adam
(c) Lord Elgin II (d) Lord Dufferin (d) Surendranath Banerjee
Association
(1866) 42. The first session of the India National 48. Indian National Congress found wide
C. Indian Society 3. Dadabhai Congress in 1885 was held in the city of acceptance initially among
(1872) Naoroji (a) Calcutta [WBCS 2017]
(a) peasant and working class
D. Indian League 4. Anand Mohan (b) Bombay (b) landlords
Bose (c) Madras (c) businessmen
Codes (d) Allahabad (d) educated middle class
A B C D A B C D 43. Who was the President of the first 49. Which of the following is not considered
(a) 2 3 4 1 (b) 1 4 3 2 session of the Indian National as the objective of the Indian National
(c) 2 1 4 3 (d) 3 4 1 2 Congress? [WBCS 2017] Congress?
36. Match the following. (a) WC Bonerjee (a) Found a regional movements.
(b) Surendranath Banerjee (b) Develop and propagate anti-
List I List II (c) Pherozeshah Mehta colonical nationalist ideology.
A. Madras Native 1. 1852 (d) AO Hume (c) Develop the feeling of national unity
Association
44. The first session of the Indian National among the people.
B. British India 2. 1851 (d) Create and nurture and Indian
Association Congress was shifted from Poona to
Bombay almost at the eleventh hour nationhood.
C. Bombay Association 4. 1852
because [CDS 2004] 50. The second session of Indian National
D. Bengal British India 5. 1843 (a) the leaders of Bombay Presidency Congress was presided over by
Society
Association were against holding the [BPSC 2002]
Codes first meeting of the Congress at (a) Ganesh Agarkar
A B C D Poona . (b) Surendranath Banerjee
(a) 1 2 3 4 (b) the Bombay Governor agreed to AO (c) Dadabhai Naoroji
(b) 1 4 3 2 Hume’s proposal to act as first (d) Pherozeshah Mehta
(c) 1 3 2 4 President of the Congress.
(d) 1 4 2 3 (c) Bombay as the Capital of the 51. In 1889, a committee was set up in
Presidency would help the Britain to gain support from the
37. Who is called the ‘Father of Indian conference attract more attention if it Congress, who among the following was
National Congress’? [WBCS 2020] was held there. its president? [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1996]
(a) Mahatma Gandhi (d) an outbreak of cholera in Poona (a) Sir W Wadderburn
(b) AO Hume forced the organisers of the first (b) Mr Digby
(c) Lokmanya Tilak session of the Congress to shift its (c) Dadabhai Naoroji
(d) Surendra Nath Banerjee venue from Poona to Bombay. (d) WC Bonerjee

14. (d) 15. (b) 16. (b) 17. (d) 18. (d) 19. (a) 20. (b) 21. (d) 22. (d) 23. (b) 24. (a) 25. (d) 26. (a) 27. (a) 28. (b)
29. (d) 30. (b) 31. (b) 32. (a) 33. (b) 34. (d) 35. (a) 36. (a) 37. (b) 38. (a) 39. (a) 40. (b) 41. (d) 42. (b) 43. (a)
44. (d) 45. (d) 46. (a) 47. (d) 48. (d) 49. (a) 50. (c) 51. (b)
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52. Who was the First Woman Graduate of 61. Consider the following statements. 68. Who among the following was the first
Calcutta University to address the INC “No Indian could have started the Indian woman President of the Indian National
Session of 1890? National Congress, if the founder of the Congress? [UPRO/ARO (Mains) 2014]
(a) Kadambini Ganguly Congress had not been a great (a) Mrs Sarojini Naidu
(b) Pandit Rama Bai Englishman and a distinguished (b) Mrs Annie Besant
(c) Vijaylakshmi Pandit ex-official, such was the distrust of (c) Mrs N Sengupta
(d) Annie Besant political agitation in those days that the (d) None of the above
authority would have at once found
53. At which session of the Indian National some way or the other to suppress the 69. Who was the first Indian woman
Congress was ‘Vande Mataram’ sung movement.” President of the Congress?
for the first time? [WBCS 2019] Who among the following gave the [UKPSC (Mains) 2002]
(a) 1920 session (b) 1906 session statement on the establishment of (a) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
(c) 1896 session (d) 1922 session Indian National Congress? [NDA 2013] (b) Pandit Rama Bai
(a) W Wedderburn (c) Sarojini Naidu
54. In which of the following session, the
(b) GK Gokhale (d) Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur
congress declared its policy towards
states for the first time? (c) R Palme Dutt
70. Mahatma Gandhi became the
(a) Nagpur Session (d) Allan Octavian Hume
President of INC, in
(b) Gaya Session 62. Rajani Palme Dutt Said, ‘‘They both (a) Lucknow Session,1916
(c) Calcutta Session fought and collaborated with (b) Bombay Session, 1915
(d) Lucknow Session imperialism.’’ Which political grouping (c) Belgaum Session, 1924
was he referring to? [BPSC 2019] (d) Kanpur Session, 1925
55. On which occasion was ‘Jana-Gana-
(a) The Indian National Congress
Mana’ first sung? 71. Who among the following suggested
(b) The Communist Party of India
(a) 1896 Session of INC the winding up of the Indian National
(c) The Swaraj Party
(b) 1905 Session of INC Congress after India attained
(d) Hindustan Socialist Republican
(c) 1911 Session of INC Association Independence? [UKPSC (Pre) 2005]
(d) 1919 Session of INC (a) C. Rajagopalachari
63. Who said that “Congress Movement (b) Acharya Kripalani
56. In which of the following session of was neither inspired by the people, nor (c) Mahatma Gandhi
Congress, Jawaharlal Nehru spoke of devised or planned by them”?
socialism as the key to the solution of (d) Jayaprakash Naraya
[BPSC (Pre) 2005]
India’s problem? [UPPSC (Mains) 2015] 72. Who among the following was the
(a) Lord Dufferin (b) Sir Syed Ahmed
(a) Lahore (b) Lucknow (c) Lord Curzon (d) Lala Lajpat Rai President of Indian National Congress
(c) Allahabad (d) Ramgarh continuously for 6 years?
64. “The Congress is faltering to its fall and [UPPSC (Mains) 2016]
57. The last session of Indian National one of my great ambitions while in India
Congress attended by Bal Gangadhar (a) Jawaharlal Nehru
is to assist it to a peaceful demise”. The (b) Abul Kalam Azad
Tilak was [UPPSC (Pre) 2014]
declaration was made by
(a) Calcutta Session, 1906 (c) GK Gokhle
[UPPSC (Mains) 2002] (d) Dadabhai Naoroji
(b) Surat Session, 1907 (a) George Hamilton
(c) Calcutta Session, 1917 73. Who among the following never
(b) Lord Curzon
(d) Amritsar Session, 1919 concerned with India National
(c) Lord Dufferin
58. In which of the following sessions of the (d) Lord Minto Congress?
India National Congress Bal Gangadhar (a) Pherozeshah Mehta
Tilak had expressed, “Swaraj is my
65. Who was the first Muslim President of (b) Hakim Ajmal Khan
birthright, I shall have it”? Indian National Congress? (c) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
[UPPSC (Mains) 2004] (a) Abul Kalam Azad [WBCS 2018] (d) Sir Syedd Ahmed
(a) Banaras Session, 1905 (b) Syed Ahmed Khan
(c) Badruddin Tyabji 74. Which of the following leader never
(b) Calcutta Session, 1906 became the President of Indian National
(c) Surat Session, 1907 (d) Fazlul Haq
Congress? [UPPSC (Mains) 2008, 2006]
(d) Lucknow Session, 1916 66. The first European to be elected as (a) Dadabhai Naoroji
59. For which of the following sessions the President of the Indian National (b) JL Nehru
Congress elected its first women Congress was (c) Motilal Nehru
President? [UPPSC (Pre) 2015] [UPRO/ARO (Mains) 2013] (d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(a) Calcutta Session, 1917 (a) AO Hume (b) George Yule
(c) Alfred Web (d) Annie Besant 75. While delivering the presidential
(b) Gaya session, 1922
address, the Congress President who
(c) Allahabad Session, 1921 67. Who among the trio-Lal, Bal and Pal advocated the introduction of Roman
(d) Lucknow Session, 1916 became the President of the Indian script for the Hindi Language was
60. Who had ridiculed Congress as National congres? [UPPSC (Pre) 1997] [IAS (Pre) 2000]
representing only a short-sighted minority (a) Lala Lajpat Rai (a) Mahatma Gandhi
of the people? [UPPSC (Mains) 2012] (b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(a) Lord Ripon (b) Lord Dufferin (c) Bipin Chandra Pal (c) Abdul Kalam Azad
(c) Lord Curzon (d) Lord Wellesley (d) None of the above (d) Subhash Chandra Bose
INDIAN HISTORY 153

76. Arrange the following events that took Which of the statements given above 84. Which of the following were the
place in the first decade of the 20th are correct? objectives of INC?
century in chronological order. (a) I and II (b) Only II I. Cultivating national unity, discarding
I. Indian National Congress Bombay (c) II and III (d) Only III caste, religion or provincial
Session. 80. Consider considerations.
the following statements
II. Establishment of All India Muslim regarding important Congress Sessions. II. Bringing about harmonious relations
League. among nationalist leaders from all
I. George Yule became the First English
III. Partition of Bengal. over the India.
President at Allahabad Session in
IV. Indian National Congress Surat III. Putting popular demands before
1888.
Session. government for their considerations
II. Badruddin Tyabji became the 1st
Select the correct answer using the and appropriate actions.
Muslim President at Madras Session
codes given below. [NDA 2013]
in 1887. (a) Only I (b) Only III
(a) I, II, III and IV (b) I, III, II and IV III. Annie Besant became the 1st women (c) II and III (d) All of these
(c) IV, III, II, and I (d) II, IV, I and III President at Calcutta Session in 85. Which of the following was considered
77. Consider the following statements. 1917. as drawback of the early phase of INC
I. The name Indian National Congress Which of the given above statement(s) activities?
was given on the suggestion of GK is/are correct? I. It was confined to the educated
Gokhale. (a) Only I (b) Only II middle class.
II. The Brahmins, among the castes, (c) I and III (d) All of these II. Misplaced faith in benevolence and
were comparatively large in number fair mindness of British rulers.
81. Consider the following statements
in INC. about the Indian National Congress. III. No proper understanding of the
III. The foundations of British Committee exploitive nature of British Economic
I. Sarojini Naidu was the first woman to
of the Congress by Dadabhai Naoroji, Policies.
be the President of the Congress.
AO Hume and William Wedderburn IV. Preservation of caste and communal
II. CR Das was in prison when he
was done to influence British public considerations preventing mass
functioned as the President of the
opinion at London. involvement.
Congress.
Which of the statement(s) given above (a) I and II
III. The first Britisher to become the
is/are correct? (b) II and III
President of the Congress was Alan
(a) I and II (b) Only III Octavian Hume. (c) III and IV
(c) II and III (d) All of these IV. Alfred Webb was the President of the (d) None of the above
78. Consider the following statements. Congress in 1894. 86. Consider the following statements.
I. The Indian National Congress was Which of the statements given above I. The significance of AO Hume’s
founded during the viceroyalty of Lord are correct? [IAS (Pre) 2000] involvement in the INC was to remove
Dufferin. (a) I and III (b) II and IV official hostility.
II. The first President of Indian National (c) II, III and IV (d) All of these II. The Governor-General of India during
Congress was WC Banerjee. the time of foundation of INC was
82. Consider the following statements’. Lord Dufferin.
III. The first session of the Indian
I. The first woman President of the India
National Congress was held in III. The first Muslim President of INC was
National Congress, was Sarojini Naidu.
Calcutta. MA Jinnah.
II. The first Muslim President of the
IV. In the first session of the Indian Which of the statement(s) given above
Indian National Congress was
National Congress some government is/are correct?
Badruddin Tyabji.
officials were also present. (a) I and II (b) I and III
Which of the following statement given
Which of the statements given above (c) Only I (d) All the these
above is/an correct? [IAS (Pre) 2015]
are correct? [NDA 2006]
(a) I Only (b) II Only 87. Assertion (A) The involvement of AO
(a) I, II and III
(c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II Hume in the formation of the Indian
(b) I, II and IV
National Congress in 1885 gave rise to
(c) III and IV 83. Given below a list of persons who a lot of controversy regarding the
(d) All of the above became Presidents of Indian National origins of the Congress.
Congress. Arrange them in
79. Consider the following statements. chronological order. Select your answer
Reason (R) The imperialist historians
I. The First Session of the Indian National used the ‘Safety-Valve’ theory to
using the codes given below the list.
Congress was held in Calcutta. discredit the Congress.
I. Mahatma Gandhi
II. The Second Session of the Indian Codes
II. Jawaharlal Nehru
National Congress was held under the (a) Both A and R are true and R is
III. Vallabhbhai Patel
Presidentship of Dadabhai Naoroji. correct explanation of A
IV. Sarojini Naidu [UPPSC 2009]
III. Both Indian National Congress and (b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the
Muslim League held their sessions at Codes correct explanation of A
Lucknow in 1916 and concluded the (a) I, II, III, IV (b) I, III, IV, II (c) A is true, but R is false
Lucknow Pact. (c) I, IV, II, III (d) IV, III, I, III (d) A is false, but R is true

52. (a) 53. (c) 54. (a) 55. (c) 56. (b) 57. (d) 58. (d) 59. (a) 60. (b) 61. (b) 62. (a) 63. (d) 64. (b) 65. (c) 66. (b)
67. (a) 68. (b) 69. (c) 70. (c) 71. (c) 72. (b) 73. (d) 74. (d) 75. (d) 76. (b) 77. (c) 78. (b) 79. (c) 80. (d) 81. (b)
82. (b) 83. (c) 84. (d) 85. (a) 86. (a) 87. (b)
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88. Match List I with II and select the 94. Who among the following rejected the 101. Which one of the following continuously
correct answer using the codes given title of Knighthood and refused to accept from 1904 onward emphasised on the
below the lists. [CDS 2008] a position in the Council of the Secretary grant of ‘Self-rule’ to India?
of State for India? [IAS (Pre) 2008] [UPPSC (Mains) 2016]
List I List II
(a) Motilal Nehru (b) MG Ranade (a) SN Banerjee
(Session of Indian (Venue)
(c) GK Gokhale (d) BG Tilak (b) Aurbindo Ghosh
National Congress)
(c) Pherozeshah Mehta
A. Ist Session 1. Allahabad 95. Ridiculing the idea of Swaraj in 1903
who said “Only mad men outside (d) Dadabhai Naoroji
B. 2nd Session 2. Madras
lurcatic system could think or talk of 102. Who was elected to the House of
C. 3rd Session 3. Calcutta independence”? Commons to speak for Indian Interests
D. 4th Session 4. Bombay (a) Lord Curzon in 1890s? [IAS (Pre) 2018]
Codes (b) Lord Hardinge (a) RC Dutt
A B C D A B C D (c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale (b) Madam Cama
(d) Pherozeshah Mehta (c) RP Dutt
(a) 4 3 2 1 (b) 1 3 2 4
(c) 4 2 3 1 (d) 1 2 3 4 96. The Bombay Triumvarate consisted of (d) Dadabhai Naoroji
all the following except 103. The first Indian to contest an election to
89. Match List I with List II and select the
(a) Badaruddin Tyabji the British House of Commons was
correct answer using the codes given
(b) Pherozeshah Mehta (a) Dadabhai Naoroji [UKPSC 2004]
below the lists. [CDS 2000]
(c) Dadabhai Naoroji
(b) Gopal Krishna Gokhle
List I List II (d) KT Telang
(c) Pherozeshah Mehta
A. WC Banerjee 1. Home Rule
Movement
97. Most of the moderate leader hailed from (d) WC Bonerjee
(a) rural areas [BPSC (Pre) 1999]
104. First Indian elected to the British House
B. Annie Besant 2. Indian
Revolutionary
(b) urban areas of Commons was Dadabhai Naoroji,
(c) Both rural and urban areas who contested on the ticket of
C. Madanlal Dhingra 3. Swaraj Party
(d) Punjab (a) Liberal Party [BPSC 2017]
D. Motilal Nehru 4. First President of
INC 98. What was the main political weapon (b) Labour Party
used by the moderate nationalist to (c) Conservative Party
Codes
exert pressure upon the government (d) Communist Party
A B C D A B C D against the partition of Bengal?
(a) 1 4 3 2 (b) 1 4 2 3 (a) Satyagraha 105. Who was called ‘Grand Old Man of
(c) 4 1 3 2 (d) 4 1 2 3 (b) Civil Disobedience India’? [WBCS 2009]
(c) Non-cooperation (a) Dadabhai Naoroji
90. Which phase is considered to be the
(d) Swadeshi and Boycott (b) Jamshedji Tata
liberal phase of Indian National
(c) Surendranath Banerjee
Congress? [WBCS 2017] 99. Which one of the following observations (d) C Rajagopalachari
(a) 1885-1895 (b) 1885-1905 is incorrect about the early moderate
(c) 1905-1915 (d) 1895-1925 nationalists during Indian Freedom 106. Which of the following were led by
Movement? Dadhabhai Naoroji, to carefully analyse
91. Which one among the following was the political economy of British Rule in
(a) They were declared seditious
not a demand of the early Congress India, and put forward the ‘drain theory’
Brahmins by the British officials.
(1885-1905)? [NDA 2010]
to explain British exploition of India?
(b) They lost their control over the
(a) Indianisation of the superior grades movement raised in Bengal against (a) RC Dutt and Dinshaw Wacha
of the administrative services. its partition. (b) RC Dutt and BG Tilak
(b) Purna Swaraj/Complete (c) They could not develop proper (c) Ananda Mohan Bose and DE Wacha
independence. communication with the common (d) GK Gokhale and Sisir Kumar Ghosh
(c) Abolition of the Arms Act. Indian people.
(d) Autonomy within the empire. (d) They could not keep the concurrent 107. Who accused India National Congress
young generation with them. of practising ‘politics of pray, petition
92. The method of moderate leaders of the and protest’?
Congress was [BPSC 2008] 100. Which one of the following statements [UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2002]
(a) Non-cooperation about the moderate leaders of the Indian (a) Lala Hardayal
(b) Constitutional Legitations National Congress is not correct? (b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(c) Passive Resistance (a) They criticised the British for drain of (c) Subhash Chandra Bose
(d) Civil Disobedience wealth from India . (d) Sardar Bhagat Singh
93. With reference to Indian Freedom (b) They advocated boycott of foreign
goods. 108. MC Setalwad, BN Rao and Alladi
Struggles, who among the following
(c) They ignored the issue of Krishanswamy lyer were distinguished
was labelled as ‘Moderate’ leader in the
exploitation of Indian rural people by member of the [IAS (Pre) 1990]
Congress? [CDS 2008]
the Zamindars. (a) Swaraj Party
(a) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(d) They comprehended the vital role (b) All India National Liberal Federation
(b) Bipin Chandra Pal
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai played by India in the imperial (c) Madras Labour Union
(d) Aurobindo Ghosh economy of Britain. (d) Servants of India Society
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109. Who among the following were 114. Which among the following was not an 122. Which one among the following
moderates? outstanding leader of Militant statements regarding Bal Gangadhar
I. GK Gokhale Nationalism? [UPRO/ARO (Pre) 2014] Tilak is not correct? [CDS 2012]
II. Dadabhai Naoroji (a) Gopal Krishna Gokhle (a) He propounded the theory of the
III. Pherozeshah Mehta (b) Bipin Chandra Pal actual home of the Aryans.
IV. MG Ranade (c) Lokmanya Tilak (b) He founded the Anti-Cow-Killing
V. BG Tilak (d) Lala Lajpat Rai Society.
VI. Bipin Chandra Pal (c) He set up the Home Rule League at
115. Who called the Indian National Poona.
(a) I, II, III, IV and VI
Congress as a ‘Begging Institute’? (d) He supported the Age of Consent Bill.
(b) I, II and III
(a) BC Pal [UP Lower (Pre) 2008]
(c) IV, V and IV 123. Who among the following transformed
(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d) I, II, III and IV the traditional Ganpati festival of
(c) Aurobindo Ghosh
110. Assertion (A) Earlier Congress leader (d) None of the above Maharashtra into a national festival and
did not adopt aggressive approach gave it to the political character?
towards the British Government and 116. The Congress policy of pray and petition [UPPSC (Mains) 2007]
followed a moderate approach. ultimately came to an end under the (a) Ramdas
guidance of (b) Shivajee
Reason (R) Earlier Congress leaders
(a) Aurobindo Ghosh (c) MG Ranade
knew the limit of their activity.
(b) BG Tilak (d) BG Tilak
Codes
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai
(a) Both A and R are true and R is 124. Along with Mahatma Gandhi who
correct explanation of A (d) Mahatma Gandhi
amongst the following Muslims did lift
(b) Both A and R true, but R is not the 117. Which one of the following nationalist the bier of Bal Gangadhar Tilak?
correct explanation of A leaders has been ‘described as being [UPPSC (Pre) 2014]
(a) Shaukat Ali
(c) A is true, but R is false radical in politics but conservative in (b) Mohammad Ali
(d) A is false, but R is true social issues? [UKPSC 2007]
(c) Maulana AK Azad
111. Match List I with List II and select the (a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (d) MA Ansari
correct answer using the codes given (b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai 125. Which one of the following leaders
below the lists. [CDS 2009]
(d) Madan Mohan Malviya belonged to the Extremist Wings of
List I List II Congress? [BPSC (Pre) 2001]
(Person) (Associated in 118. Who was regarded as ‘‘one of the most (a) Aurobindo Ghosh
Formation of) dangerous pioneers of disaffection and (b) Dadabhai Naoroji
A. GK Gokhale 1. Servants of
truly the father of Indian unrest’’? (c) GK Gokhle
Indian Society (a) Mahatma Gandhi (d) SN Banerjee
(b) Surendranath Banerjee
B. MM Malaviya 2. Banaras Hindu
University (c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak 126. Who among the following gave a
(d) Dadabhai Naoroji systematic critique of the moderate
C. C Rajgopalachari 3. Free India politics of India National Congress in a
Society 119. Who said, “Tilak is the father of Indian series of articles entitled ‘New Lamps
D. VD Savarkar 4. Swatantra Party Unrest”? [UPPSC (Pre) 2013] for Old’? [WBCS 2018]
Codes (a) V Chirol (b) Louis Fischer (a) Aurobindo Ghosh
A B C D (c) Web Miller (d) Lord Reading (b) RC Dutt
(a) 1 2 4 3 120. Which extremist leader of the Freedom (c) Syed Ahmed Khan
(b) 3 4 2 1 Movement was given 6 year jail (d) None of the above
(c) 1 4 2 3 punishment in 1908? [UKPSC (Pre) 2010] 127. Sri Aurobind Ashram is situated in
(d) 3 2 4 1 (a) Bipin Chandra Pal [UPPSC 2007]
112. Indian National Movement came to be (b) BG Tilak (a) Tamil Nadu
dominated by the Extremist after (c) Lala Lajpat Rai (b) Karnataka
[BPSC (Pre) 1999] (d) Arvind Ghosh (c) Rameshwaram
(a) 1906 (b) 1909 121. After the sentence of BG Tilak, who (d) Pondicherry
(c) 1914 (d) 1919 among the following had pleaded for 128. Who is popularly known as
mercy and said, “My interest in Tilak is ‘Sher-e-Punjab’?
113. Which one of the following was not an [BPSC (Pre) 2011]
that of a Sanskrit Scholar”?
Extremist? [UPPSC (Mains) 2016] (a) Rajguru
(a) RN Tagore [UPPSC (Pre) 2014]
(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (b) Bhagat Singh
(b) Max Muller (c) Lala Lajpat Rai
(b) Madan Lal
(c) Bipin Chandra Pal (d) Udham Singh
(c) Udham Singh
(d) William Jones
(d) GK Gokhle

88. (a) 89. (d) 90. (b) 91. (b) 92. (b) 93. (a) 94. (c) 95. (c) 96. (a) 97. (b) 98. (d) 99. (b) 100. (d) 101. (d) 102. (d)
103. (a) 104. (a) 105. (a) 106. (a) 107. (b) 108. (d) 109. (b) 110. (a) 111. (a) 112. (a) 113. (d) 114. (a) 115. (b) 116. (b) 117. (a)
118. (c) 119. (a) 120. (b) 121. (b) 122. (d) 123. (d) 124. (a) 125. (a) 126. (a) 127. (d) 128. (c)
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129. Consider the following paragraph. 135. Who propagated ‘Hind-Hindi-Hindu? 140. Consider the following statements
He was seriously injured in police lathi (a) Lala Lajpat Rai [WBCS 2018] regarding Freedom Movement.
charge in Lahore during demonstrations (b) Madan Mohan Malaviya I. The Congress was split into two
against Simon Commission for which he (c) Shyama Prasad Mukherjee factions at Surat Session in 1907.
subsequently died in November 1928. (d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak II. Bal Gangadhar Tilak revived the
Later on the British Officer, who was festivals of Ganpati and Shivaji in
responsible for the lathi charge on him, 136. Which one of the following defines Maharashtra to arouse a new spirit
was shot dead by Bhagat Singh and Raj extremist ideology during the early among the youth of the country.
guru. phase of Indian Freedom Movement? III. Aurobindo Ghosh was arrested in
The revolutionary referred to in the [IAS (Pre) 1998] connection with Alipore bomb case.
above paragraph is [CDS 2010] (a) Stimulating the production of Which of these statement (s) is/are
(a) Pandit Gobind Ballabh Pant indigenous articles by giving them correct?
(b) Mangal Singh preference over imported (a) Only III (b) I and II
(c) Moti Lal Nehru (d) Lala Lajpat Rai commodities. (c) II and III (d) All of these
(b) Obtaining self-government by
130. Who among of the following was aggressive means in place of 141. Consider the following nationalists.
considered by Lala Lajpat Rai as his petitions and constitutional ways. I. Bal Gangadhar Tilak [NDA 2000]
political Guru? (c) Providing national education II. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(a) Garibaldi according to the requirements of the III. Bipin Chandra Pal
(b) Vivekanand country. IV. Lala Lajpat Rai
(c) Dadabhai Naoroji (d) Organising coups against the British Who among these were referred to as
(d) Mazzini Empire through military revolt. Militant Nationalist of the Freedom
131. Who said, “A man without soul is mere Movements?
137. The Indian Muslims, in general, were
animal. A nation without a soul is only a (a) I, II and III
not attracted to the Extremist
dumb driven cattle”? Movements because of the (b) II and IV
(a) Aurobindo Ghosh [IAS (Pre) 1998] (c) I, III and IV
(b) Rabindranath Tagore (a) influence of the Sir Sayyid Ahmed (d) I, II, III and IV
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai Khan .
(d) Swami Dayanand 142. Which of the following occurred last?
(b) anti-Muslim attitude of extremist [UPPSC (Pre) 2000]
132. He wrote biographies of Mazzini, leaders. (a) Annexation Policy
Garibaldi, Shivaji and Shrikrishna, (c) indifference shown to Muslim (b) Partition of Bengal
stayed in America for sometime and was aspirations . (c) Permanent Settlement
elected tot he Central Assembly. He was (d) extremists’ policy of harping on Hindu (d) Subsidiary Alliance
(a) Aurobindo Ghosh [IAS (Pre) 2018] past.
(b) Bipin Chandra Pal 143. The declaration of Partition of Bengal
138. Which of the following is correctly was done on [BPSC 2018]
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai matched?
(d) Motilal Nehru (a) 19th July, 1905
(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak – ‘‘Swaraj is my (b) 7th August, 1905
133. Who said that ‘Congress Movement birthright and I will have it’’.
(c) 15th August, 1905
was neither inspired by the people nor (b) Lala Lajpat Rai – ‘‘Every blow on my
(d) 16th October, 1905
devised or planned by them’? body will prove a nail in the coffin of
(e) None of the above/More than one of
(a) Lord Dufferin the British Empire.”
the above
(b) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan (c) Lord Curzon – ‘‘The Congress is
(c) Lord Curzon tottering to its fall and one of my 144. The partition of Bengal came into effect
(d) Lala Lajpat Rai greatest ambitions while in India is to on [BPSC 2002]
assist it to a peaceful demise’’. (a) 15th August, 1905
134. Which one of the statements given (d) All of the above (b) 15th September, 1905
below, with respect to the role of the (c) 16th October, 1905
press in the Freedom Movement of 139. Consider the following statements.
I. Though the All Indian National (d) 15th November, 1905
India, is not correct?
(a) One-third of the founding members Congress took up social reform 145. In the context of the Indian Freedom
of the All India National Congress issues from very beginning but it was Struggle 16th October, 1905 is well
were journalists. Gandhiji who gave top priority to the known for which one of the following
(b) Surendranath Banerjee was the first removal of untouchability. reasons? [IAS (Pre) 2009]
Indian to go to jail in performance of II. Bal Gangadhar Tilak denounced (a) The formal proclamation of
his duty as a journalist. untouchability and resolved to Swadeshi Movement was made in
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai was mainly remove it. Calcutta town hall.
associated with the struggle for the Which of the statement(s) given above (b) Partition of Bengal took effect.
freedom of the Press during the is/are correct?
(c) Dadabhai Naoroji declared that the
Nationalist Movement. (a) Only I goal of Indian National Congress
(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak, along with (b) Only II was Swaraj.
Gopal Ganesh Agarkar started the (c) Both I and II (d) Lokmanya Tilak started Swadeshi
newspapers-Kesari in Marathi and (d) Neither I nor II Movement in Poona.
Maratha in English.
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146. The partition of Bengal was in reality 154. With reference to the Indian Freedom 160. Which among the following is not
(a) an attempt to weaken the nationalism Struggle, which one of the following true about the Swadeshi
in Bengal. statements is not correct? [IAS (Pre) 2002] Movement?
(b) a step taken for administrative (a) Hakim Ajmal Khan was one of the (a) It had a wider popular appeal than
convenience. leaders to start a Nationalist and any other political agitation that
(c) an attempt to split the Congress. Militant Ahrar Movement. preceded it.
(d) an Act to appease Muslim sentiments. (b) When the Indian National Congress was (b) It enlisted the support of the
formed, Syed Ahmed Khan opposed it. Muslim masses.
147. Anti-partition Movement of Bengal was (c) The All India Muslim League which was (c) It had an economic character.
initiated on [UPPSC (Pre) 1994] formed in 1906, opposed the Partition (d) The Swadeshi Movement was
(a) 20th July, 1905 of Bengal and separate electorates. supported by a section of the
(b) 7th August, 1905 (d) Maulana Barkatullah and Maulana radical press in England.
(c) 16th October, 1905 Obaidullah Sindhi were among those 161. The British Journalist HW Nevison
(d) 7th November, 1905 who formed a Provisional Government was associated with
of India in Kabul.
148. Which of the following statements on the [UPPSC (Pre) 2014]
Anti-partition Movement of 1905 is 155. Which movement started after the (a) Non-Cooperation Movement
correct? Partition of Bengal? [BPSC 2015] (b) Civil Disobedience Movement
(a) The moderate did not support it. (a) Civil Disobedience Movement (c) Swadeshi Movement
(b) It led to the revival of some traditional (b) Swadeshi Movement (d) Quit India Movement
artisan crafts. (c) Quit India Movement 162. Among the various forms of struggle
(c) It did not involve the masses. (d) Non-Cooperation Movement thrown up by the Swadeshi
(d) All the above are correct. Movement, which one of the
156. Who among the following were the critics
149. In which of the following movements of Swadeshi Movement and pleaded for a following met with the greatest
Vande Mataram was adopted slogan for better understanding between the East visible success at the practical and
agitation? [UPPSC 2002] and the West? popular level?
(a) Revolt of 1857 [UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2009] (a) The boycott of foreign goods.
(b) Partition of Bengal in 1905 (a) WC Bonerjee (b) SN Banerjee (b) Public meetings and processions
(c) Non-Cooperation Movement in 1922 (c) RN Tagore (d) BG Tilak against the British rule.
(d) Quit India Movement in 1942 (c) Picketing of shops selling liquor
157. Boycott of British goods was adopted as and foreign goods.
150. Name the Viceroy of India/Concerned with a National Policy in (d) Arrest of the political workers on a
Bengal Partition. [BPSC (Pre) 1997] [UPRO/ARO (Pre) 2014] large scale.
(a) Lord Harding (b) Lord Curzon (a) 1899 (b) 1901
(c) Lord Lytton (d) Lord Minto (c) 1903 (d) 1905 163. Which among the following was the
most immediate factor for the
151. The Lieutenant Governor of Bengal at 158. What was the immediate cause for the spread of Swadeshi and boycott of
the time of Partition of Bengal was launch of Swadeshi Movement? foreign goods during the first
[UPPSC (Pre) 2014] [IAS (Pre) 2001] decade of the last century?
(a) Sir Andrew Fraser (a) The Partiton of Bengal done by Lord [CDS 2011]
(b) HH Risley Curzon. (a) Curzon’s design to curtail the
(c) Brodrick (b) A sentence of 18 months rigorous sphere of local self- government.
(d) AT Arundel imprisonment imposed on Lokmanya (b) Curzon’s attempt to control the
Tilak. Universities.
152. Who among the following annulled the (c) The arrest and deportation of Lala Lajpat (c) Curzon’s Partition of Bengal.
Partition of Bengal? [NDA 2008] Rai and Ajit Singh; and passing of the (d) Curzon’s plan to curb the
(a) Lord Chelmsford Punjab Colonisation Bills. growing popularity of the Indian
(b) Lord Curzon (d) Death sentence pronounced on the National Congress.
(c) Lord Minto Chapkar brother.
(d) Lord Hardinge II 164. Which of the following movements
159. Which one of the following movements can be said to have initiated the
153. The Partition of Bengal made in 1905 has contributed to a split in the Indian process of associating the workers
(a) was annulled by the kings proclamation National Congress resulting in the with the wider nationalist struggle
at the Delhi Durbar in 1911. emergence of moderates and extremists? against British?
(b) continued till India got independence. [IAS (Pre) 2015] (a) Swadeshi Movement
(c) was annulled as a result of (a) Swadeshi Movement (b) Home Rule Movement
Minto-Morley reforms. (b) Quit India Movement (c) Non-Cooperation Movement
(d) was revoked in 1908 because of (c) Non-Cooperation Movement (d) Anti-Simon Agitation
Swadeshi Movement. (d) Civil Disobedience Movement

129. (d) 130. (d) 131. (c) 132. (c) 133. (d) 134. (c) 135. (a) 136. (b) 137. (d) 138. (d) 139. (c) 140. (d) 141. (c) 142. (b) 143. (a)
144. (c) 145. (b) 146. (a) 147. (b) 148. (b) 149. (b) 150. (b) 151. (a) 152. (d) 153. (a) 154. (c) 155. (b) 156. (c) 157. (d) 158. (a)
159. (a) 160. (d) 161. (c) 162. (a) 163. (c) 164. (a)
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165. With reference to the period of Extremist 169. What is the correct chronological 172. Consider the following statements.
Nationalist Movement in India with its spirit order of the following events? I. The objective behind the Partition of
of Swadeshi, which one of the following I. Transfer of capital from Calcutta to Bengal, 1905 was to weaken the
statements is not correct? [IAS (Pre) 2002] Delhi. rising sentiments of nationalism.
(a) Liakat Hussain led the Muslim peasants II. The Congress split at Surat. II. Partition of Bengal began a
of Barisal in their agitations. III. The Partition of Bengal. transformation of the Indian National
(b) In 1898, the scheme of National IV. The establishment of the Home Congress from a middle-class
Education was formulated by Satish Rule League. pressure group into a Nationwide
Chandra Mukherjee . Select the correct answer using the Mass Movement.
(c) The Bengal National College was codes given below. [CDS 2007] III. Partition of Bengal suppressed the
founded in 1906 with Aurobindo as the (a) I, II, IV, III rising sentiments of the Nationalism.
Principal. (b) III, II, I, IV Which of the statement(s) given above
(d) Tagore preached the cult of Atmashakti, (c) I, II, III, IV is/are correct?
the main plank of which was social and (d) III, II, IV, I (a) Only I
economic regeneration of the villages. (b) Only II
170. Consider the following statements (c) I and II
166. Which one of the statements given below and mark the correct answer.
is not correct in regard to the Swadeshi (d) All of the above
I. Congress supported the Boycott
Movement? Movement for Bengal at its 173. With reference to Swadeshi
(a) The social base of the National Banaras Session which was Movement, consider the following
Movement did not reach to the presided over by GK Gokhale. statements.
Zamindari sections. II. In 1906 Session of Kolkata, I. It contributed to the revival of the
(b) The movement was confined to the upper Dadabhai Naoroji declared the aim indigenous artisan crafts and
and middle classes and within the big of the Congress, “Swaraj like that of industries.
cities and it did not incorporate small UK Colonies”. II. The National Council of Education
towns and lower class. III. To mark Hindu-Muslim unity was established as a part of
(c) The women kept on distance from the Raksha Bandhan was celebrated Swadeshi Movement.
movement and did not join it. on the day of Partition of Bengal. Which of the statements given above
(d) The movement was not able to mobilise (a) I and II (b) II and III is/are correct? [IAS (Pre) 2019]
the peasantry on a large scale. (c) Only III (d) All of these (a) Only I
167. During the Swadeshi Movement, a (b) Only II
171. Consider the following statements (c) Both I and II
National College was started in Calcutta about the Calcutta Session of Indian
under the principalship of [NDA 2019] (d) Neither I nor II
National Congress in 1906.
(a) Rabindranath Tagore I. Four resolutions were passed at 174. Assertion (A) Partition of Bengal in
(b) Aurobindo Ghosh the famous Session of INC of 1906. 1905 brought to an end of moderates’
(c) Rajani Kant Sen II. These resolution adopted the role in the Indian Freedom Movement.
(d) Syed Abu Mohammad demand of reversal of Partition of Reason (R) The Surat Session of
168. The song ‘Amar Sonar Bangla’ written Bengal, Boycott Movement in Indian National Congress separated
during the Swadeshi Movement of India Bengal, and Swadeshi Movement, the Extremists from the moderates.
inspired the liberation struggle of etc. Codes
Bangladesh and was adopted as the III. At this session of INC, “Annulment (a) Both A and R are correct and R is
National Anthem of Bangladesh. Who of Partition of Bengal” was also the correct explanation of A
wrote this song? [IAS (Pre) 2007] adopted. (b) Both A and R are correct but R is not
(a) Rajni Kant Sen Which of above statement(s) is/are the correct explanation of A
incorrect? (c) A is true, but R is false
(b) Dwijendra Lal Roy
(c) Mukunda Das (a) I and II (b) II and III (d) A is false, but R is true
(d) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Only III (d) I, II and III

165. (a) 166. (d) 167. (b) 168. (d) 169. (b) 170. (d) 171. (a) 172. (c) 173. (c) 174. (d)
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Indian National Movement
Phase-II (1905-1919)
1. When was the first partition of Indian 7. Consider the following. 10. Consider the following statements with
National Congress held? Four resolutions were passed at the reference to Congress Session of 1907?
[UPPSC (Pre) 1991] famous Calcutta Sessions of Indian I. It was held in Pune.
(a) 1907 (b) 1906 (c) 1969 (d) 1911 National Congress in 1906. The question II. It was presided by Rasbihari Ghosh.
of either retention or of rejection of these III. The word ‘Swaraj’ was first used in
2. In which one of the following sessions four resolution became the cause of a this Session of Congress.
was the Indian National Congress split split in Congress at the next Congress IV. In this Session, Congress was divided
into moderates and extremists? Session held in Surat in 1907. into two groups-extremists and
[UPPSC (Mains) 2012]
Which one of the following was not one moderates.
(a) Nagpur (b) Allahabad of those resolutions? [IAS (Pre) 2010] Which of the above mentioned
(c) Surat (d) Calcutta (a) Annulment of partitions of Bengal statements is/are correct?
3. At which session was the Indian (b) Boycott Code
National Congress (INC) divided into (c) National Education (a) I and II only (b) II and IV only
two groups–‘Naram Dal’ and ‘Garam (d) Swadeshi (c) II and III only (d) All of these
Dal’?
8. What was the main reason for the split 11. Morley-Minto Reforms Bill was passed
(a) Bombay (b) Surat
in the Indian National Congress at in [UPPSC (Pre) 1994]
(c) Allahabad (d) Lahore Surat in 1907? [IAS (Pre) 2016] (a) 1905 (b) 1909 (c) 1911 (d) 1920
4. Surat Split was led by (a) Introduction of Communalism into
[UKPSC (Mains) 2002] Indian politics by Lord Minto. 12. The Indian Council Act of 1909 was
(b) Extremists lack of faith in the capacity provided for
(a) Hume (b) Dufferin
of the moderates to negotiate with the (a) Dyarchy
(c) Tilak (d) Gandhiji
British Government. (b) Communal representation
5. The process of split in the Congress in (c) Foundation of Muslim League. (c) Federation
the early years of the twentieth century (d) Aurobindo Ghosh’s inability to be (d) Provincial autonomy
began over [BPSC (Pre) 2015] elected as the President of the Indian 13. The objective of the Morley-Minto
(a) strategies of the Congress National Congress. Reforms was
Movement.
9. With reference to the Indian Freedom (a) extension of Provincial Assemblies.
(b) objectives of the Congress.
Struggle, which one of the following is (b) to give more powers to local
(c) participation of the people in the
the correct chronological order of the government.
Congress Movement.
given events? (c) to abolish the post of Secretary of the
(d) All of the above
(a) Partition of Bengal, Lucknow Pact, State for India.
6. The President of the Surat Session of Surat Split of Congress (d) to establish dyarchy in Provinces.
Indian National Congress (1907) was (b) Partition of Bengal-Surat Split of
[UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2010]
14. Whom did Rajendra Prasad consider
Congress, Lucknow Pact as the ‘Father of Pakistan’?
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji (c) Surat Split of Congress, Partition of (a) Md Jinnah [BPSC 2018]
(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak Bengal, Lucknow Pact
(b) Lord Mountbatten
(c) Gopal Krishna Gokhle (d) Surat Split of Congress, Lucknow
(c) Lord Minto
(d) RB Ghosh Pact, Partition of Bengal
(d) Liaquat Ali Khan

1. (a) 2. (c) 3. (b) 4. (c) 5. (d) 6. (d) 7. (c) 8. (b) 9. (b) 10. (b) 11. (b) 12. (b) 13. (a) 14. (c)
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15. Seeds of discord were sown in which 23. Consider the statements regarding Delhi 30. The Congress for the first time
event during National Movement and Durbar of 1911. accepted the system of separate
which eventually divided the country, I. Lord Minto was the Viceroy of India electorate for the Muslims in the year
was [UPPSC (Pre) 2004] when Delhi Durbar was organised. [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1999]
(a) establishment of Muslim league in II. King George V visited India to attend (a) 1909
1906. Delhi durbar. (b) 1916
(b) division of Bengal in 1905. III. During this Durbar it was announced (c) 1932
(c) Khilafat Movement supported by by king George V that the capital of (d) 1932
Gandhiji. India be transferred from Calcutta to
(d) reservation of seats and separate Delhi. 31. Which one of the following presents
electorates for Muslims in Legislative IV. Delhi became capital of India in 1912. period of unanimity between Indian
Assemblies. National Congress and Muslims
Select the correct answer by using the
League? [UPPSC (Pre) 1992]
code given below
16. Which of the following act provided for (a) 1906-1911
(a) I and II are correct
communal representation in British (b) 1916-12
India? [MPPSC 2020]
(b) II and III are correct
(c) I and III are correct (c) 1917-21
(a) Indian Councils Act, 1892 (d) 1940-46
(d) II and IV are correct
(b) Morley-Minto Reforms, 1909
(c) Montague-Chelmsford Reforms, 1919 24. In December, 1916 both Indian National 32. In which of the following Sessions of
(d) Government of India Act, 1935 India National Congress, Mahatma
Congress and Indian Muslim League
Gandhi was apprised of the problems
held their session at
17. Consider the following statements [UPPSC (Pre) 2004]
of Champaran peasants?
about the Morley-Minto reforms of 1909. (a) Banaras Session, 1906
(a) Aligarh (b) Allahabad
I. They were named after the British (b) Calcutta Session, 1906
(c) Lucknow (d) Lahore
Parliamentarian, Minto and Marley. (c) Surat session, 1907
II. They provided for limited 25. The Lucknow Session of Indian National (d) Lucknow Session, 1916
self-government by increasing the Congress that took place in 1916 was
number of elected Indians in the presided by 33. Which one of the following is not
Legislative Councils. [UPPSC (Mains) 2013, 2010]
correct about the Congress Session
III. They contained the provisions that of Lucknow, 1916? [UPPSC 2010]
(a) Annie Besant
ensured that British officials retained (a) Ambika Charan Majumdar was not
(b) Lala Lajpat Rai
their majority in the Imperial the President of this session.
(c) Motilal Nehru
Legislative Council. (b) In this session, the reunion between
(d) AC Majumdar
Which of the statements given above the liberal and the extremist was
is/are correct? 26. Who among the following was the chief established.
(a) Only I (b) II and III only architect of reconciliation between the (c) Mahatma Gandhi was apprised of
(c) I and III only (d) I, II and III extremists and the moderates? the problems of the peasants of
[UPPSC 2004] Champaran for the first time.
18. Where was the capital of India before (a) Annie Besant (d)None of the above
Delhi under British period? (b) MA Jinnah
[MPPSC (Pre) 1995] 34. Who of the following has called
(c) Mada Cama Mohammad Ali Jinnah as
(a) Calcutta (b) Bombay (d) Pherozeshah Mehta
(c) Patna (d) Lucknow “Ambassador of Hindu-Muslim
27. The famous ‘Lucknow Pact’ was signed Unity”? [UPPSC 2004]
19. The transfer of capital of British India between Congress and the Muslim (a) Annie Besant
from Calcutta to Delhi was affected League in [WBCS 2017] (b) Sarojini Naidu
during the period of (a) 1913 (c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
[UP Lower (Pre) 2008] (b) 1914 (d) None of the above
(a) Lord Mayo (b) Lord Lawrence (c) 1915
(c) Lord Minto (d) Lord Hardinge
35. What was the proposal made by
(d) 1916 Lokmanya Tilak at the Lucknow
20. Delhi became the capital of India in 28. Who made the agreement between Session of the Congress in 1916 to
[UK UDA/LDA (Pre) 2007] Muslim League and Congress in 1916? transform the Congress from a
(a) 1910 (b) 1911 [UP Lower (Pre) 2004] deliberative body into one capable of
(a) BG Tilak
(c) 1916 (d) 1923 leading a sustained movement?
(b) Gokhle
[CDS 2007]
21. A bomb was thrown on the occasion of (c) Annie Besant
(a) Transfer of leadership of the
whose entry into Delhi. (d) JL Nehru
National Movement to the Home
(a) Lord Curzon (b) Lord Mayo 29. Who among the following leaders Rule League.
(c) Lord Minto (d) Lord Hardinge dominated the Lucknow Pact in (b) Acceptance of all the proposals of
22. Which one of the following proclaimed December, 1916? the Muslim League.
the transfer of capital from Calcutta to (a) Jawaharlal Nehru (c) Formation of the Working
Delhi in 1911? (b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak Committee.
(c) Motilal Nehru (d) Appointment of Annie Besant as the
(a) King George IV (b) King George V
(d) Madan Mohan Malaviya President of the Congress.
(c) King George VI (d) King George VII
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36. Which implication was taken in 43. Who among the following was a (c) The Home Rule League founded by
Lucknow Session of Congress in proponent of Fabianism as a Tilak was much stronger.
1916? [MPPSC (Pre) 1994] movement? [IAS (Pre) 2005] (d) Despite the differences between
(a) Separate electorate demand of (a) Annie Besant Tilak and Besant, both the league
Muslim league was accepted. (b) AO Hume continued to exist.
(b) Temporary merger of Muslim (c) Michael Madhusudan dutt 51. Home Rule Movement was symbol of
league and Congress occured. (d) DR Palme Dutt starting a new phase of freedom
(c) A Muslim person was elected as movement in India because
President of Congress. 44. The movement in India which became
[BPSC (Pre) 1996]
(d) None of the above popular during the First World War was
the [UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2005] (a) it put a perfect project for the self
37. Consider the following statements. (a) Swadeshi Movement and Boycott government before the nation
I. The Lucknow Pact of 1916 Movement (b) leadership of the movement came in
promoted the spirit of unity between (b) Home Rule Movement the hands of Gandhiji.
the Indian National Congress and (c) Separatist Movement (c) Hindus and Muslims started to
the All India Muslim League. struggle Jointly.
(d) Swaraj Party Movement
II. Tilak was opposed to the signing of (d) it established co-ordination between
Lucknow Pact. 45. Who among the following did not extremists and moderates.
Which of the statements given above contribute to Home Rule League?
[BPSC (Pre) 1995]
52. In which of the conference could the
is/are correct? Home Rule supporters demonstrate
(a) Only I (b) Only II (a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
their political power successfully?
(c) Both I and II (d) Neither 1 nor 2 (b) Annie Besant
[BPSC (Pre) 1994]
(c) S Subrhamanyam Ayer
38. Who launched the first Home Rule (a) Lucknow Conference of Congress in
(d) TS Alcott
League Movement? 1916
[UPPSC (Pre) 1993, 1991] 46. Which of the following is not associated (b) All India Trade Union Conference
(a) Annie Besant with Home Rule Movement? held at Bombay in 1920.
(b) Sarojini Naidu [UPPSC (Pre) 2010] (c) First Farmers Association held in 1918.
(c) Surendranath Banerjee (a) CR Das (d) Joint AITUC and NTU Sabha at
(b) S Subramania Iyer Nagpur in 1938.
(d) Tilak
(c) Annie Besant 53. Consider the following statements.
39. Annie Besant formed the Home Rule (d) BG Tilak
League in India based on the pattern I. Prior to the establishment of Home
of Home Rule Movement in 47. The Home Rule Leagues of Tilak and Rule League by Annie Besant, it was
Annie Besant were merged into one in Lokmanya Tilak who had set up a
(a) Ireland (b) Scotland
(a) 1916 [UKPSC (Mains) 2002] Home Rule League at Poona.
(c) England (d) Eastern Europe
(b) 1918 II. The Congress in its Bombay Session
40. Annie Besant is mostly associated (c) 1920 in 1915, passed a resolution
with [UPPSC (Mains) 2010] demanding Home Rule for India.
(d) 1923
(a) Civil Disobedience Movement Which of the statement(s) given above
(b) Home Rule Movement 48. Tilak formed his Home Rule League in is/are correct? [CDS 2005]
(c) Khilafat Rule 1916 at [WBCS 2018] (a) Only 1
(d) Non-Co-operation Movement (a) Satara (b) Pune (b) Only 2
(c) Belgaun (d) Berar (c) Both 1 and 2
41. Who amongst the following
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
continuously emphasised on giving 49. In 1920, which of the following changed
self-rule to India in 1904, 1905 and its name to “Swarajya Sabha”? 54. Consider the following statements.
1906? [IAS (Pre) 2018] [IAS (Pre) 2018] I. Tilak’s Home Rule League launched
(a) Surendranath Banerjee (a) All India Home Rule League at the Bombay Provincial Conference
(b) Pherozeshah Mehta (b) Hindu Mahasabha held at Belgaum in April, 1916.
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (c) South Indian Liberal Federation II. Tilak launched propaganda through
(d) Dadabhai Naoroji (d) The Servants of India Society Maratha and Kesari and published
pamphlets in Kannada, Gujarati,
42. The Home Rule League were started 50. Which of the following is not correct Marathi and English.
in 1915-16 under the leadership of about the Home Rule League?
Which of the statement(s) given above
[UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2001] (a) The plan was first presented in is/are correct?
(a) Tilak and Anni Besant 1914-15 by Annie Besant.
(a) Only I
(b) Tilak and Aurobindo Ghosh (b) The Home Rule League of Tilak was
(b) Only II
(c) Tilak and Lajpat Rai confined to Maharashtra, Karnataka,
(c) Both I and II
(d) Tilak and Vipin Chandra Pal Central Provinces and Berar.
(d) None of the above

15. (d) 16. (b) 17. (b) 18. (a) 19. (d) 20. (b) 21. (d) 22. (b) 23. (d) 24. (c) 25. (d) 26. (a) 27. (d) 28. (a) 29. (b)
30. (b) 31. (b) 32. (d) 33. (a) 34. (b) 35. (b) 36. (a) 37. (a) 38. (a) 39. (a) 40. (b) 41. (c) 42. (a) 43. (a) 44. (b)
45. (d) 46. (a) 47. (b) 48. (c) 49. (a) 50. (d) 51. (a) 52. (a) 53. (a) 54. (c)
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55. Which of the following statements 62. Who had founded the Anushilan 71. Who founded Swadesh Bandhaw
regarding Home Rule Leagues in India Samiti? Samiti? [WBCS 2008]
are correct? (a) Pramath Nath Mitra (a) Pulin Das
I. The movement was led by the (b) Varindra Ghosh (b) Surya Sen
moderate Congress leaders. (c) V D Savarkar (c) Barindra Ghosh
II. There were two Home Rule Leagues. (d) Narendra Gosain (d) Ashwin Kumar Dutt
III. The movement became strong,
because other mass agitations could 63. Activities of Barindra Kumar Ghosh 72. Who defended Aurobindo Ghosh in
not be launched by the Congress had given birth of secret revolutionary the ‘Alipore Bomb Case’?
during the World War. organisation named as (a) W C Bonerjee [WBCS 2008]
IV. The government was non-reactive to (a) Anushilan Samiti [JPSC (Pre) 2003] (b) Surendranath Banerjee
the movement. (b) Swadeshi Bandhawa Samiti (c) Bipin Chandra Pal
Select the correct answer using the code (c) Brati Samiti (d) Chittaranjan Das
given below (d) Sadhawa Samaj
73. Who led the attack on European Club
(a) I, II and III (b) I, III and IV 64. Barindra Ghosh was associated with at Pahartali in Chittagong?
(c) I and IV (d) II and III [UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2005] [WBCS 2008]
56. Assertion (A) Annie Besant worked (a) Anushilan Samiti (a) Pritilata Waddedar
together with the Congress and the Muslim (b) Sadhawa Samiti (b) Surya Sen
League during the Home Rule Movement. (c) Abhinav Bharat (c) Anant Singh
Reason (R) Annie Besant felt that this (d) Swadesh Bandhawa Samiti (d) Loknath Bal
was necessary to get the support of the
65. Who founded Anushilan Samiti of 74. The most important external event
masses for the Home Rule Movement.
Dacca? [WBCS 2018] which greatly influenced the course of
Codes
(a) Prafulla Chaki the Indian National Movement during
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the the early twentieth century was
(b) Pulin Das
correct explanation of A
(c) SN Sanyal (a) the Russian Revolution, 1917.
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the
(d) Jatindra Nath Mukherjee (b) the Russo-Japanese War, 1904-05.
correct explanation of A
(c) the outbreak of the First World War,
(c) A is true, but R is false 66. Who established a branch of Anushilan 1914.
(d) A is false, but R is true Samiti at Patna in 1913? (d) Boer war, 1899.
[BPSC (Pre) 2018]
57. The first indication of the revolutionary 75. Which of the following statements
(a) Rewati Nag
movement in India was seen in
(b) Yadunath Sarkar is/are true about VD Savarkar?
(a) Maharashtra (b) Bengal
(c) Sachindra Nath Sanyal I. He founded Abhinav Bharat, a
(c) Punjab (d) Rajasthan
(d) Mazharul Haque Revolutionary Organisation.
58. Who among the following leaders II. In order to inspire India Nationalists,
founded the revolutionary organisation
67. The Barrah dacoity was the first major he wrote the biography of Mazzini.
that is Abhinav Bharat Society? venture of the revolutionary terrorists of III. He also authored “The Indian war of
[NDA 2020, UPPSC 2018, WBCS 2018]
the freedom movement in Independence 1857” which provides
(a) Bombay-Karnataka a nationalist view of the revolt of
(a) Bhagat Singh
(b) Punjab 1857.
(b) Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
(c) East Bengal IV. He jumped into the sea from the
(c) Barindar Kumar Ghosh
(d) The Madras Presidency sailing ship in order to escape British
(d) Pulin Bihari
68. When did the attempt of Murder of captivity. [RAS/RTS (Pre) 2013]
59. The revolutionary association ‘Abhinav Choose the correct answer.
Kingsford was made at Muzaffarpur?
Bharat’ was set up in 1905 in (a) I, II, III and IV
[BPSC (Pre) 2008]
[UPPSC (Pre) 2015] (b) Only III and IV
(a) 1908 (b) 1909
(a) Odisha (b) Bengal (c) Only I, III and IV
(c) 1907 (d) 1911
(c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Maharashtra (d) Only II and IV
60. Who among the following started the ‘Mitra 69. Which two revolutionaries were
involved in the Muzaffarpur Murder 76. Given below is a list of organisations.
Mela’ union? [UPPSC (Pre) 2011] Select those, engaged in revolutionary
(1908)?
(a) Shyamji Krishna Verma activities, using the codes given below
(a) Binoy Bose, Badal Gupta
(b) VD Savarkar the list. [UPPSC 2014]
(b) Surya Sen, Loknath Bal
(c) Lala Hardayal I. Abhinav Bharat
(c) Damodar and Balkrishna Chapekar
(d) Sohan Singh Bhakana II. Anushilan Samiti
(d) Prafulla Chaki, Khudiram Bose
61. The Anushilan Samiti was III. New Nationalist Party
70. Muzaffarpur Bomb Case (1908) is IV. Indian Patriot Association
[BPSC (Pre) 2005]
associated with [JPSC (Pre) 2013] (a) I, II and III
(a) dedicated to the upliftment of women.
(a) Savarkar (b) II, III and IV
(b) promoting widow remarriage.
(b) Ajit Singh (c) I and II
(c) interested in labour welfare.
(c) Prafulla Chaki (d) I, II and IV
(d) a revolutionary organisation.
(d) Bipin Chandra Pal
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77. Which of the following pairs is/are 84. What is the meaning of ‘Ghadar’? 92. Who had established ‘Indian
correctly matched? [WBCS 2020] Independence League’?
Institution/ Founder (a) Revolt (b) Independence (a) Motilal Nehru
Organisation (c) Swaraj (d) Liberation (b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Rash Behari Bose
I. Abhinav Bharat – VD Savarkar 85. The Ghadar was a [IAS (Pre) 2014]
(d) Lala Lajpat Rai
II. Vyayam Mandal – Chapekar (a) revolutionary association of Indians with
Brothers Headquarters at San Francisco. 93. Who is regarded as the Mother of
III. Decca – Barindra Kumar (b) Nationalist organisation operating from Indian Revolution? [BPSC 2018]
Anushilan Samiti Ghosh Singapore. (a) Annie Besant
(c) Militant organisation with Headquarters at (b) Snehlata Wadekar
Select the correct answer using the
Berlin (c) Sarojini Naidu
following codes
(d) Communist Movement for India’s (d) Madam Bhikhaiji Rustam Cama
(a) I and II (b) II and III
freedom with Headquarters at Tashkant.
(c) I and III (d) I, II and III 94. Among following women who was
78. Match List I with List II and select the 86. Who amongst the following was the first first to unfurl Indian tricolour?
Chairman of the Ghadar party? [UPPSC (Mains) 2010]
correct answer from the codes given
[UPPSC (Mains) 2015] (a) Aruna Asaf Ali
below. [UPPSC (Mains) 2014]
(a) Lala Hardayal (b) Bhikaiji Cama
List I List II (b) Sohan Singh Bhakna (c) Durga Bhabhi
(Organisations) (Founders) (c) Pandit Kashi Ram (d) Kamla Devi Chattopadhyay
A. Abhinava Bharat 1. VD Savarkar (d) Kesar Singh
B. Mitra Mela 2. GD Savarkar 95. Where did Madam Cama hoist the
87. What was the cause of outbreak of Ghadar first tricolour in 1907?
C. Indian Republican 3. SN Sanyal
Revolution? [BPSC (Pre) 1994] [BPSC (Pre) 2015]
Army
D. Hindustan 4. S Sen
(a) Arresting of Lala Hardayal. (a) London
Republican (b) Kamagata Maru incident. (b) Paris
Association (c) Beginning of the First World War. (c) Moscow
(d) Hanging of Kartar Singh Sarabha. (d) Stuttgart
Codes
A B C D A B C D 88. What was Kamagata Maru? 96. Which of the following pairs got
(a) 1 2 3 4 (b) 2 3 1 4 (a) A political party based in Taiwan. sentence to be hanged for
(c) 4 2 3 1 (d) 2 1 4 3 (b) Peasant Communist leader of China. assassination of the British officers
79. Shyamji Krishna Verma established (c) A naval ship on voyage to Canada. in England? [UPPSC (Pre) 2004]
Indian Home Rule Society in (d) A Chinese village where Mao Tse Tung (a) Rajguru and Sukhdev
[UPPSC (Mains) 2004] began his long march. (b) Khudiram Bose and Surya Sen
(a) London (b) Paris (c) Madan Lal Dhingra and Udham
89. Who among the following established a
(c) Berlin (d) San Francisco Singh
Republican Government in abroad?
[UPPSC 2008]
(d) Kartar Singh Sarabha and
80. The ‘Indian Home Rule Society’ was Ashfaqulla Khan
founded in [UPRO/ARO (Mains) 2014] (a) Raja Mahendra Pratap
(a) 1900 AD (b) 1901 AD (b) Subhash Chandra Bose 97. What was common among Bhikaiji
(c) 1902 AD (d) 1905 AD (c) Ras Behari Bose Cama, M Barkatulla, VVS Iyer and
(d) None of the above MN Roy? [IAS (Pre) 1994]
81. Who was the founder of the ‘Indian (a) All of them were leading
House’ in London? [BPSC 2019] 90. A provisional Government of India with
members of the International
(a) Shyamji Krishna Verma Raja Mahendra Pratap as its President
Communist Movement.
(b) Rash Behari Bose was established during the First World
(b) M Barkatella was the Prime
(c) Ramchandra War in?
Minister and the rest were
(d) Taraknath Das (a) Afghanistan (b) Germany
Ministers in the Provisional
(c) Singapore (d) Turkey Government of free India
82. Where and when was the Ghadar Party
91. The Silk Letter Conspiracy (1916) was established by a group of
founded? [WBCS 2008]
organised by revolutionaries at Kabul.
(a) America, 1913 (b) England, 1917
(a) Obaidullah Sindhi and Maulana (c) All of them were among the
(c) Denmark, 1921 (d) Scottland, 1925
Barakatulla. prominent revolutionaries outside
83. Who among the following founded the (b) Maulana Abdul Ban and Maulana India operating in different
‘Ghadar Party’? [MPPSC (Mains) 2013] Muhammad Ali. countries during the freedom
(a) VD Savarkar (c) Obaidullah Sindhi and Maulana movement.
(b) Rash Behari Ghosh Mahmud Hasan. (d) All of them were accused in the
(c) Madan Lal Dhingra (d) Raja Mahendra Pratap and John case relating to the throwing of
(d) Lala Hardayal Henting. bomb on Lord Hardinge.

55. (d) 56. (a) 57. (b) 58. (b) 59. (d) 60. (b) 61. (d) 62. (a) 63. (a) 64. (a) 65. (b) 66. (c) 67. (c) 68. (a) 69. (d)
70. (c) 71. (d) 72. (d) 73. (a) 74. (b) 75. (a) 76. (c) 77. (a) 78. (d) 79. (a) 80. (d) 81. (a) 82. (a) 83. (d) 84. (a)
85. (a) 86. (b) 87. (b) 88. (c) 89. (a) 90. (a) 91. (c) 92. (c) 93. (d) 94. (b) 95. (d) 96. (c) 97. (c)
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98. Consider the following statements 101. The first leader to use the word ‘Swaraj’ 107. Which one of the following statements
about Madam Bhikaiji Cama. was [UPRO/ARO (Mains) 2013] is not correct about Dadabhai
I. Madam Cama unfurled the National (a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak Naoroji? [UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2008]
Flag at the International Socialist (b) Lala Lajpat Rai (a) He wrote a book ‘Poverty and
Conference in Paris in the year 1907. (c) SC Bose Un-British Rule in India.
II. Madam Cama served as private (d) Mahatma Gandhi (b) He worked as a Professor of
secretary to Dadabhai Naoroji. Gujarati in the University College,
III. Madam Cama was born to Parsi 102. Congress passed the ‘Swaraj’ resolution London.
parents. in the year 1905. The purpose of the (c) He laid the foundation of Women’s
Which of the statement(s) given above resolution was [BPSC (Pre) 2011] Education in Bombay.
is/are correct? [IAS (Pre) 2006] (a) right to make a constitution for (d) He was elected as a Member of
(a) Only III themselves but it was not done. British Parliament on the ticket of
(b) II and III (b) to secure self rule. the conservative party.
(c) I and II (c) responsible government.
(d) self-government 108. With reference to the colonial rule in
(d) All of the above India, Consider the following events.
99. Which of the following is correct about 103. Swaraj as a national demand was first I. Morley-Minto Reforms Act
Ghadar Party? made by [UKPSC (Pre) 2002] II. Transfer of the capital from Calcutta
I. Lala Hardayal was the leader. (a) BG Tilak to Delhi.
II. Headquarters was San Fransisco. (b) CR Das III. First World War
III. Its aim was to overthrow the British (c) Dadabhai Naoroji IV. Lucknow Pact
rule by using force and free India from (d) Mahatma Gandhi The correct chronological order of
foreign domination. these events is
104. In which of the following session of the
IV. Overwhelming majority of the (a) II, I, III, IV (b) I, II, III, IV
Indian National Congress, the word
Ghadarites were Sikh and the centres ‘Swaraj’ was uttered for the first time? (c) II, I, IV, III (d) I, II, IV, III
of activities were the Sikh temples in (a) Banaras Session, 1905 109. Match List I with List II and select the
Canada, US, Hong Kong, Shanghai (b) Calcutta Session, 1906 correct answer using the codes given
etc.
(c) Surat Session, 1907 below the lists. [IAS (Pre) 1997]
Choose the right answer using the (d) None of the above
following codes. List I List II
(a) I, II, III, and IV 105. Dadabhai Naoroji was formally known as A. Surat Split 1. 1929
(b) I and III (a) Punjab Kesari (b) Gujarat Ratna B. Communal Award 2. 1928
(c) II and IV (c) Guru Dev C. All Party Convention 3. 1932
(d) None of the above (d) Grand old man of India
D. Poorna Swaraj 4. 1907
100. Gopal Krishna Gokhle presided over 106. Who was the first Indian to be elected to Resolution
the session of Congress in the British Parliament? Codes
[UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2004] (a) Ras Behari Bose [UPPSC (Pre) 1992] A B C D A B C D
(a) 1902 (b) 1905 (b) Surendranath Banarjee (a) 4 3 1 5 (b) 4 3 2 1
(c) 1906 (d) 1909 (c) Dadabhai Naoroji (c) 2 5 4 1 (d) 1 4 2 3
(d) Vithalbhai Patel

98. (b) 99. (a) 100. (b) 101. (a) 102. (b) 103. (c) 104. (b) 105. (d) 106. (c) 107. (d) 108. (b) 109. (b)
26
Indian National Movement
Phase - III ( 1919-1947)
1. The first mass movement started by 7. The system of Tinkathia in the district of (c) Dr. Rajendra Prasad and JB Kripalani
Mahatma Gandhi was [WBCS 2019] Champaran meant [UPPSC (Pre) 2003] cooperated with MK Gandhi in it.
(a) Non-Cooperation Movement (a) cultivation of Indigo by the peasant (d) It was the first movement launched
(b) Quit India Movement on 3/20 part of the land. by MK Gandhi on all India level.
(c) Indigo Movement (b) cultivation of Indigo by the peasant
12. Which one of the following is a very
(d) Salt Movement on 3/21.
significant aspect of Champaran
(c) cultivation of Indigo by the peasant
2. Which of the following was the first Satyagraha? [IAS (Pre) 2018]
on 3/19.
Satyagraha of Mahatma Gandhi in (d) None of the above (a) Active all India participation of
India? [BPSC 2019] lawyers, students and women in the
(a) Ahmedabad 8. Which one of the following is associated National Movement
(b) Bardoli with the Champaran Satyagraha of (b) Active involvement of Dalit and Tribal
(c) Champaran Mahatma Gandhi ? communities of India in the National
[UPPSC (Mains) 2006] Movement.
(d) Individual
(a) Vallabhbhai Patel (c) Joining of Peasant urest to India’s
3. Who drew Mahatma Gandhi’s attention (b) Madan Mohan Malviya National Movement.
towards the exploitation of the peasants (c) Shaukat Ali (d) Drastic decrease in the cultivation of
by the European Indigo planters? (d) Raj Kumar Shukla plantation crops and commercial
[BPSC 2018] crops.
(a) Baba Ram Chandra
9. Those who Joined Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Raj Kumar Shukla
during the Champaran Satyagraha 13. Who had opposed the Champaran
included [UPPSC (Pre) 1999] Satyagraha of Mahatma Gandhi ?
(c) Swami Sahajananda Saraswati
(a) Vallabhbhai Patel and Vinoba Bhave [UPPSC (Mains) 2007]
(d) Sri Krishna Sinha
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru and Rajendra Prasad (a) Rabindranath Tagore
4. Who invited Gandhiji to Champaran? (c) Rajendra Prasad and Anugraha (b) NG Ranga
(a) Rajendra Prasad [BPSC 2018] Narain Sinha (c) Raj Kumar Shukla
(b) Raj Kumar Shukla (d) Mahadev Desai and Maniben Patel (d) Rajendra Prasad
(c) Mazharul Huq 10. The person not connected with 14. Consider the following statements.
(d) Krishna Sahay Champaran Movement was I. Dr Rajendra Prasad persuaded
5. At which place in Bihar Gandhiji had (a) Rajendra Prasad [BPSC (Pre) 1997] Mahatma Gandhi to come to
his first Satyagraha? [BPSC 2015] (b) Anugrah Narayan Sinha Champaran to investigate the problem
(a) Champaran (b) Chhapra (c) JB Kripalani of peasants.
(c) Bettiah (d) Patna (d) Jai Prakash Narayan II. Acharya JB Kripalani was one of
Mahatma Gandhi’s colleagues in his
6. Champaran Satyagraha was related to 11. Which one of the following statements Champaran investigation.
[BPSC (Pre) 1994] is not correct about Champaran
Which of the statements given above
(a) Izaredari (b) Tinkathia Satyagraha? [UPPSC (Mains) 2011]
is/are correct? [IAS (Pre) 2010]
(c) Jenmis (d) None of these (a) It was connected with the peasants.
(a) Only I (b) Only II
(b) It was launched against Tinkathia
system. (c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II

1. (c) 2. (c) 3. (b) 4. (b) 5. (a) 6. (b) 7. (a) 8. (d) 9. (c) 10. (d) 11. (d) 12. (c) 13. (b) 14. (b)
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15. Which of the statements given below 21. In which of the following movement did 28. Who was the Viceroy of India when the
about the Champaran Satyagraha Mahatma Gandhi make the first use of Rowlatt Act was passed?
is/are correct? Hunger stike as a weapon? (a) Lord Irwin [IAS (Pre) 2008]
I. It was related to Indigo plantations. [UPPSC (Pre) 2010] (b) Lord Reading
II. It started because the European (a) Non - Cooperation Movement (c) Lord Chelmsford
planters oppressed the Zamindars. (b) Rowlatt Satyagraha (d) Lord Wavell
Select the correct answer using the (c) Ahmedabad Strike
codes given below. [CDS 2011] (d) Bardoli Satyagraha 29. The Rowlatt Act was passed in the year
[WBCS 2019]
(a) Only I
22. Who participated in ‘Satyagraha’ (a) 1917 (b) 1919 (c) 1921 (d) 1923
(b) Only II
started by Gandhiji at Ahmedabad in
(c) Both I and II 30. The Rowlatt Act was passed to
1917-18? [BPSC (Pre) 1994]
(d) Neither I nor II [JPCS 2013]
(a) Cultivation class
16. Consider the following statements (b) Industrial workers (a) bring about Agrarian reforms.
(c) Public (b) curtial the national and revolutionary
I. The Champaran Satyagraha marked
(d) Labourers activities.
Gandhiji’s second appearance in
Indian politics as a leader of the (c) have a favourable balance of trade.
masses.
23. Who of the following founded the (d) Put second world war criminals on
Ahmedabad Textile labour Association? trial.
II. The Champaran Satyagraha was
(a) Mahatma Gandhi [IAS (Pre)2009]
launched to address the problems 31. During the Indian freedom struggle,
faced by Indigo plantation workers. (b) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
why did Rowlatt Act arouse popular
Which of the statements given above (c) NM Joshi
indignation? [IAS (Pre) 2009]
is/are correct? [NDA 2011] (d) JB Kriplani
(a) It curtailed the freedom of religion.
(a) Only I (b) Only II 24. Consider the following statements (b) It suppressed the traditional Indian
(c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II about the Ahmedabad Mill Strike of education.
1918. (c) it authorised the government to
17. Consider the following statements with
I. It was related to a dispute between imprison the people without trial.
regard to Champaran Satyagraha
the workers and the European mill (d) It curbed the trade union activities
(1917). [NDA 2009]
owners regarding hours of work.
I. The Champaran Satyagraha marked 32. Who suggested launching of no tax
II. Gandhiji advised the workers to go on
Mahatma Gandhi’s first appearance campaign as a protest against Rowlatt
strike.
in Indian politics as a leader of the Act ? [UPPSC (Mains) 2008]
masses. Which of the statements given above
is/are correct? [CDS 2011] (a) Abul kalam Azad
II. Young nationalists like Rajendra (b) Gandhiji
Prasad and JB Kripalani had worked (a) Only I (b) Only II
(c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II (c) Rabindranath Tagore
with Mahatma Gandhi at Champaran. (d) Swami Shraddhanand
III. It was during this movement that 25. Kheda Satyagraha is related to which
Mahatma Gandhi formulated his of the following state? 33. Which Act was known as Black Bill ?
philosophy of Satyagraha. (a) Maharashtra (b) Gujarat (a) Rowlatt Act [WBCS 2019]
Which of the statements given above (c) Kerala (d) Tamil Nadu (b) Pitt’s India Act
is/are correct? (c) The Regulating Act
(a) Only III (b) I and II 26. Which one of the following did not join (d) Indian Council Act
(c) II and III (d) I and III Mahatma Gandhi when he visited
Kheda? 34. The Anarchical and Revolutionary
18. For whom among the following was (a) Mahadev Desai Crime Act (1919) was popularly known
Ahmedabad Satyagraha launched? (b) Indulal Yagnik as the [IAS (Pre) 1996]
(a) Farmers (c) Asaf Ali (a) Rowlatt Act (b) Pitt’s India Act
(b) Cotton mill workers (d) None of the above (c) Indian Arms Act (d) Ilbert Bill
(c) Jewellery artisans
27. What was the reason for Mahatma 35. Which important event immediately
(d) Press Freedom preceded Jallianwala Bagh Massacre ?
Gandhi to organise a Satyagraha on
19. Which among the following stuggles, behalf of the peasants of Kheda ? [UPPSC (Mains) 2012]
based on Gandhi’s philosophy of I. The Administration did not suspend (a) Non-Cooperation Movement
Satyagraha, involved the industrial the land revenue collection inspite of (b) Enactment of Rowlatt Act
working class? [NDA -2019] a drought. (c) Communal Award
(a) Champaran (b) Kheda II. The Administration proposed to (d) Arrival of Simon Commission
(c) Ahmedabad (d) Bardoli introduce parmanent settlement in 36. Indian National Congress opposed the
Gujarat. Rowlatt Act because it aimed
20. Which of the following struggles of
Mahatma Gandhi was related to Which of the statements given above [BPSC (Pre) 1996]
is/are correct ? [IAS (Pre) 2001]
industrial workers? [UPPSC (Pre) 2002] (a) to Limit the individual liberty.
(a) Only I (b) to ban on Indian National Congress.
(a) Champaran Satyagraha
(b) Only II (c) to enlarge the communal delegations.
(b) Ahmedabad Satyagraha
(c) Both I and II (d) to imprison national leaders charging
(c) Kheda Satyagraha
(d) Neither I nor II the traitors to the nation.
(d) None of the above
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37. The first venture of Gandhi in all India 44. Who was the Viceroy of India at the 50. Why did Rabindranath Tagore refuse
politics was the [IAS (Pre) 1999] time of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre in Knighthood? [WBCS 2020]
(a) Non Cooperation Movement 1919? [UPPCS (Pre) 1990] (a) Due to Partition of Bengal.
(b) Rowlatt Satyagraha (a) Lord Chelmsford (b) In protest of Jallianwala Bagh
(c) Champaran Movement (b) Lord Minto Massacre.
(d) Dandi March (c) Lord Dalhousie (c) Withdrawal of Non-Cooperation
(d) Lord Canning Movement.
38. The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (d) In protest of Alipur Conspiracy
happened in the context of which 45. Which one of the following events, Case.
Gandhian Satyagraha? [BPSC 2018] was characterised by Montague as
(a) Swadeshi Satyagraha Preventive Murder ? 51. Which one of the following
(b) Rowlatt Satyagraha [UPPSC (Pre 1998)] Commissions/Committees was
(c) Bardoli Satyagraha (a) Killing of INA activities. appointed by the British Government
(d) Individual Satyagraha (b) Massacre of Jallianwala Bagh. to investigate into the massacre in
(c) Shooting of the Mahatma. Jalianwalla Bagh? [CDS 2010]
39. Which one of the following aroused a (d) Shooting of Curzon Wythe. (a) Welby Commission
wave of popular indignation that led to the (b) Hunter Committee
massacre by the British at Jallianwala 46. Which massacre is known as (c) Simon Commission
Bagh? [APSC 2017] Jallianwala Bagh Tragedy of Madhya (d) Butler Committee
(a) The Arms Act Pradesh? [MPPSC 2018]
(b) The Public Safety Act (a) Charan Paduka Massacre 52. The task of drafting Congress Inquiry
(c) The Vernacular Press Act (b) Jhabua Massacre Committee report on Jallianwala Bagh
(c) Mandla Massacre massacre was entrusted to
(d) The Rowlatt Act
[UPPSC (Pre) 2014]
(d) Amjhera Massacre
40. The government took determined action to (a) Jawaharlal Nahru
suppress the mass agitation and crowned 47. Rabindranath Tagore gave up his (b) Mahatma Gandhi
its achievements with the massacre of an ‘knighthood’ because of [BPSC 2019] (c) CR Das
unarmed crowd, at Jallianwala Bagh, (a) brutal suppression of Civil (d) Fazlul Haq
Amritsar (13th April, 1919). Why had the Disobedience Movement.
crowd gathered at Jallianwala Bagh? (b) execution of Bhagat Singh. 53. Consider the following statements.
(a) To protest against the passing of the (c) Jallianwala Bagh tragedy. I. Rowlatt Committee was appointed to
Rowlatt Act. (d) Chauri Chaura incident. investigate the nature and extent of
(b) To organise a Satyagraha against the revolutionary activities.
generally rude behaviour of General 48. The name of the famous person of II. On the basis of the
Dyer. India who returned the knighthood recommendations, Government of
(c) To protest against the arrest of their conferred on him by the British India passed the Anarchical and
popular leaders, Dr Saifuddin Kitchlew Government as a taken of protest Revolutionary Crimes Act in 1919 in
and Dr Satyapal. against the atrocities in Punjab in the Imperial Legislative Council.
(d) To mourn the death of a local leader in 1919 was [UPPSC 2004] Which of the above statements is/are
police custody (a) Tej Bahadur Sapru correct?
(b) Ashutosh Mukherjee (a) Only I
41. When and where did the Jallianwala Bagh (c) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Only II
massacre take place? [WBCS 2017] (d) Syed Ahmed Khan (c) Both I and II
(a) 1906, Amritsar (b) 1906, Lahore (d) None of the above
(c) 1919, Karachi (d) 1919, Amritsar 49. Consider the following declaration
and identify the person who made it 54. With reference of Rowlatt Satyagraha,
42. General Dyer’s name is associated with using the codes given below. which of the following statements
which of the following event ? The time has come when badges of is/are correct? [IAS (Pre) 2015]
[MPPSC (Pre) 1993] honour make our shame glaring in I. The Rowlatt Act was based on the
(a) Black hole of Calcutta their incongruous context of recommendations of the ‘Sedition
(b) Battle of Rani Durgavati humiliation and I, for my part, wish to Committee.’
(c) Battle of 1857 stand shorn of all special distinction, II. In Rowlatt Satyagraha, Gandhiji tried
(d) Jallianwala Bagh by the side of my countrymen who, for to utilise the Home Rule League.
their so-called insignificance are
43. Who from the following killed General III. Demonstrations against the arrival of
liable to suffer degradation not fit for
Dyer responsible for Jallianwala Bagh Simon Commission coincided with
human beings.
massacre? [UPPSC (Pre) 1994] Rowlatt Satyagraha.
(a) Mahatma Gandhi [NDA 2011]
(a) Prithvi Singh Azad Select the correct answer using the
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru codes given below.
(b) Sardar Kishan Singh (c) Dadabhai Naoroji
(c) Udham Singh (a) Only I (b) I and II
(d) Rabindranath Tagore (c) II and III (d) I, II and III
(d) Sohan Singh Josh

15. (a) 16. (b) 17. (b) 18. (b) 19. (c) 20. (b) 21. (c) 22. (b) 23. (a) 24. (b) 25. (b) 26. (c) 27. (a) 28. (c) 29. (b)
30. (b) 31. (c) 32. (d) 33. (a) 34. (a) 35. (b) 36. (a) 37. (b) 38. (b) 39. (d) 40. (c) 41. (d) 42. (d) 43. (c) 44. (a)
45. (b) 46. (a) 47. (c) 48. (c) 49. (d) 50. (b) 51. (b) 52. (b) 53. (c) 54. (b)
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55. Consider the following statements and 60. Who among the following were 68. Which of the following Indian leaders
select the correct answer from the prominent leaders of the ‘Khilafat did not support the Khilafat movement ?
codes given below. Movement? [UPPCS (Pre) 2016] [UPPSC 2010, UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2008]
I. Viceroy Lord Montague appointed a (a) Maulana Mohammad Ali and Sharukat (a) Jawaharlal Nehru
committee under the Presidentship Ali (b) Madan Mohan Malviya
of Sydney Rowlatt, in 1919, to (b) Mohammad Ali Jmmah and Shaukat Ali (c) Mohammad Ali
investigate the nature and extent of (c) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and Rafi (d) Swami Shraddhanand
revolutionary activities. Ahmed Kidwal
II. To protest against the Jallianwala (d) Rafi Ahmed Kidwai and Shaukat Ali 69. The person who on April 4, 1919
Bagh tragedy Mahatma Gandhi delivered a speech on Hindu Muslim
surrendered the Knighthood 61. Khilafat Movement was supported by unity from the pulpit of Jama Masjid in
conferred on him by the British (a) Hume (b) Sir Syed Delhi was [UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2004]
Government. (c) Curzon (d) Gandhiji (a) Mahatma Gandhi
Codes (b) Mahamana Malaviya
62. Who was elected as the President of the (c) Lala Lajpat Rai
(a) Both I and II are correct All India Khilafat Conference held on
(b) Only I is correct (d) Swami Shraddhanand
(23rd November, 1919)? [WBCS 2020]
(c) Only II is correct (a) Mahatma Gandhi 70. In which city was the conference of the
(d) Neither I nor II is correct (b) Subhash Chandra Bose Khilafat Committee in 1920 held that
56. Which among the following (c) Chittaranjan Das requested Gandhiji to assume the
statements about the Jallianwala (d) Motilal Nehru leadership of Non-Cooperation
Bagh massacre is/are correct ? Movement? [BPSC (Pre) 1994]
63. Why did Mahatma Gandhi supported the (a) Lucknow
I. In Jallianwala Bagh troops opened Khilafat Movement? [BPSC 2008]
fire upon an unarmed crowd. (b) Lahore
(a) Gandhiji wanted to win the support of (c) Allahabad
II. The troops were under the the Indian Muslims against the British.
command of General Dyer. (d) Karachi
(b) The Khalifa had given shelter to Indian
III. The troops did not issue any warning revolutionaries. 71. Which of the following statement is
to the people before opening fire. true about Mahatma Gandhi’s first visit
(c) The Khalifa support Indian struggle for
Select the correct answer using the freedom. to Chhattisgarh? [CGPSC 2020]
code given below. [Astt. Comm. 2019] (a) Mahatma Gandhi arrived at Raipur in
(d) The Khalifa was a personal friend of
(a) Only I (b) I and II Gandhiji. September, 1920 along with
(c) I, II and III (d) II and III Pt. Sunderlal Sharma.
64. Who viewed the Khilafat Movement of an (b) His aim to visit Chhattisgarh was to
57. Select the correct sequence of the opportunity for integrating Hindus and
following events by using the codes obtain public support for the
Muslim which will not appear again Non-Cooperation Movement.
given below within the coming hundred years?
[UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2003, 2002] (c) He supported the persons engaged
[BPSC (Pre) 1995]
I. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre in the Canal Satyagraha by
(a) Ali Brothers personally visiting village Kandel.
II. Dr Satyapal’s incarceration (b) Abul Kalam Azad
III. Amritsar Congress Session, 1919 (d) He appealed the people to support
(c) Mahatma Gandhi the Khilafat Movement.
Codes (d) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
(a) II, I, III (b) I, II, III 72. Which one of the following was not the
(c) II, III, I (d) I, II, I 65. Who among the following had denounced demand of the Khilafat
the participation of Mahatma Gandhi in the Non-Cooperation Movement ?
58. Assertion (A) Rabindranath Tagore Khilafat Movement (a) Favourable Treaty for Turkey
relinquished the Knighthood. [UPPSC (Mains) 2011] (b) Redressal of Punjab wrongs
Reason (R) The Jallianwala Bagh (a) Mohammad Ali (b) Shaukat Ali (c) Establishment of Swaraj
massacre caused deep anguish in the (c) Abul Kalam Azad (d) MA Jinnah (d) Complete independence from
heart of Rabindra nath Tagore and that
66. Who warned Gandhiji not to encourage British
prompted him to relinquish the
Knighthood. fanaticism of Muslim religious leaders 73. The Khilafat Movement received
Codes and their followers? support from both Hindus and Muslims
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the [UPPSC (Pre) 2010, 2002] and it was led from the front by
correct explanation of A (a) Aga Khan Gandhiji. Inspite of this, the movement
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not (b) Ajmal Khan lost momentum. Why?
the correct explanation of A (c) Hasan Imam (a) Office of Khalifa was abolished in
(c) A is true, but R is false (d) Mohammad Ali Jinnah Turkey itself and better terms
(d) A is false, but R is true offered to Turkey.
67. Which one of the following was the result of
Khilafat Movement ? [UPPSC (Pre) 1996] (b) Muslim League’s opposition to the
59. The Khilafat movement was started by Indian National Congress.
(a) Muhammad Ali Jinnah (a) Hindu Muslim differences were
(c) Special concessions given to the
(b) Dr Zakir Hussain narrowed down.
Muslims by the British Government.
(c) Fakruddin Ali Ahmed (b) Language problem became acute.
(d) Internal frictions between the
(d) Ali Brothers (c) Hindu Muslim riots increased.
Congress and the Muslim League.
(d) Hindus were suppressed.
INDIAN HISTORY 169

74. Who of the following had started the 78. Statement I Gandhiji failed to realise 84. Who among the following gave up his
Khilafat Movement? Choose the that the Khilafat was an extra teritorial legal practice during the Non-
correct answer from the code given issue. Cooperation Movement ?
below. [UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2008] Statement II The cause of Khilafat was [UPPSC (Pre) 1999]
I. Shaukat Ali discredited by 1923 as Mustafa Kemal (a) Mahatma Gandhi
II. Mohammad Ali Pasha set up a secular Republican (b) MM Malviya
III. Shariatullah Government in Turkey. (c) Tej Bahadur Sapru
IV. Abul Kalam Azad Choose the correct answer using the (d) Chittaranjan Das
Codes following codes. [CDS 2011]
85. Which leader died on the day when
(a) I and II (a) Both the statements are individually Non-Cooperation Movement was
(b) I, III and IV true and statement II is the correct launched in 1920? [WBCS 2019]
(c) I, II and III explanation of statement I
(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d) I, II, III and IV (b) Both the statements are individually
(b) Lala Lajpat Rai
true but statement II is not the correct
75. Which of the following were the main (c) P Sita Ramayya
explanation of statement I
objectives of the Khilafat Movement? (d) C Rajagopalachari
(c) Statement I is true but statement II is
I. To arouse anti British feelings among false 86. Who tabled a vote of censure against
the Muslims of India. (d) Statement I is false but statement II is Gandhiji for calling off the Non-
II. To reform the Muslim society true Cooperation Movement at the meeting
III. To demand separate electorates and of All India Congress Committee held
preserve the Khilafat 79. Who among the following had moved on February 24, 1922 at Delhi ?
IV. To save the Ottoman empire and the Non Cooperation resolution in the
(a) KT Shah [UPPSC (Mains) 2002]
preserve the Khilafat. Nagpur Session of the Indian National
Congress in 1920? (b) Bipin Chandra Pal
Choose the correct answer from the (c) Subhash Chandra Bose
codes given below. [IAS (Pre) 1993] [UPPSC (Pre) 2011]
(a) CR Das (d) Dr Moonje
(a) I and II (b) II and III
(c) III and IV (d) I and IV (b) Annie Besant 87. Who was the first leader arrested in the
(c) BC Pal Non-Cooperation Movement?
76. Consider the following statements (d) Madan Mohan Malviya (a) Motilal Nehru [WBCS 2018]
relating to the Khilafat Movement.
80. In which year the first Non Cooperation (b) CR Das
I. The Khilafat agitation was launched
Movement was launched by Indian (c) Gandhiji
in 1920 on the question of the future
National Congress? (d) Hasrat Mohani
of Turkey which was a defeated
power in the First World War. [BPSC (Pre) 2011, MPPSC (Pre) 1990] 88. Who left Patna College with just 20 days
II. The educated Indian Muslims were (a) 1917 (b) 1918 remaining for his examination during the
taking serious interest in the affairs of (c) 1920 (d) 1928 Non-Cooperation Movement ?
Turkey. During the Amritsar (a) Rajendra Prasad [BPSC 2018]
81. When did Non-Cooperation Movement
Congress (1919), it was decided (b) Brij Kishore
start on the question of Caliphate ?
between the leaders of the Congress (c) Jai Prakash Narayan
[MPPSC (Pre) 1992]
and the Khilafat Committee that the (d) Sri Krishna Sinha
(a) 1918 (b) 1920
Khilafat agitation would be continued
under Mahatma Gandhi’s leadership. (c) 1922 (d) 1924 89. A pleader of Bihar, who left his lucrative
Which of the statement(s) given above 82. Where did Gandhiji give the slogan of practice during Non-Cooperation
is/are correct? ‘Swaraj in a year’? Movement was [BPSC 2018]
(a) Only I (b) Only II [UPPSC (Main) 2012] (a) Jai Prakash Narayan
(c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II (a) During Dandi March (b) Rajendra Prasad
(b) During Non-Cooperation Movement (c) Sahajanand Saraswati
77. Assertion (A) Khilafat Movement (d) Raj Kumar Shukla
started in India after the Second World (c) During Civil Disobedience
War. movement 90. The Sarabandi (no tax) Campaign of
(d) During Round Table Conference 1922 was led by [IAS (Pre) 1996]
Reason (R) Gandhiji had been one of
the President of the All India Khilafat 83. The title given by the British (a) Bhagat Singh
Conference. [CDS 2011] Government to Mahatma Gandhi which (b) Chittaranjan Das
Codes he surrendered during Non Cooperation (c) Rajguru
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the Movement was [UPPSC (d) Vallabhbhai patel
correct explanation of A Lower (Pre) 2004, IAS (Pre) 1993]
91. In which area was Rahul Sankrityayan
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the (a) Hind Kesari
active in the Non-Cooperation
correct explanation of A (b) Kaiser - i - Hind Movement of 1920? [BPSC 2015]
(c) A is true, but R is false (c) Lal Bahadur
(a) Chhapra (b) Delhi
(d) A is false, but R is true (d) Rt Honorable
(c) Lucknow (d) Patna

55. (d) 56. (c) 57. (a) 58. (a) 59. (d) 60. (a) 61. (d) 62. (a) 63. (a) 64. (c) 65. (d) 66. (d) 67. (a) 68. (b) 69. (d)
70. (c) 71. (c) 72. (d) 73. (a) 74. (a) 75. (d) 76. (c) 77. (d) 78. (a) 79. (a) 80. (c) 81. (b) 82. (b) 83. (b) 84. (d)
85. (a) 86. (d) 87. (c) 88. (c) 89. (b) 90. (d) 91. (a)
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92. Who among the following establishded Which movement does the above 106. Which of the following statements
Anti-Non-cooperation Movement passage relate to? about the Non-Cooperation Movement
Assembly? (a) Swadeshi is/are correct? [CDS 2018]
(a) Jamna Das Thakur Das (b) Non-Cooperation I. It was marked by significant participation
(b) Jairam Das (c) Civil Disobedience of peasants from Karnataka.
(c) Daulat Ram (d) Quit India II. It was marked by non Brahmin lower
(d) Maniklal Verma caste participation in Madras and
98. Who led cultivators in Bihar during the
Maharashtra.
93. Who of the following took the burning of Non-Cooperation Movement?
the foreign clothes during the [BPSC 2019]
III. It was marked by the lack of labour
Non-Cooperation Movement as unrest in places like Assam, Bengal
(a) Swami Vidyanand
‘insensate waste’? [UPPSC 2002]
and Madras.
(b) Raj Kumar Shukla
IV. It was badly shaken by the Chauri-
(a) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Shri krishna Singh
Chaura incident in 1922 after which
(b) Mohammad Ali jinnah (d) JB Sen Gandhiji decided to continue with the
(c) Lord Reading
99. When was the Non-Cooperation movement on a much smaller scale.
(d) Moti Lal Nehru
Movement suspended? [WBCS 2019] Select the correct answer using th code
94. Gandhiji’s Non-Cooperation Movement (a) 1918 (b) 1920 (c) 1922 (d) 1924 given below.
urged people to avoid alcohol. This (a) Only I (b) I, II and IV
resulted in a serious loss of revenue for 100. Why did Mahatma Gandhi withdraw the (c) II and III (d) Only II
the government. The government of a Non-Cooperation Movement in 1922?
province circulated a list of prominent [UPPSC (Pre) 2006] 107. Which among the following about
individuals who drank alcohol as a (a) Most of the leaders were arrested Mahatma Gandhi Non-Cooperation
device to persuade people to start and they were in prison. Movement are correct? [NDA 2012]
drinking again. Name the province. (b) Britishers were ready to accept the I. Refusal to attend Government
[BPSC 2019] demands partly. Durbars and official functions.
(a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Bihar (c) Because of the violence in Chauri II. Participation in elections.
(c) Bombay (d) Gujarat Chaura. III. Participation in rallies for the boycott
(d) There was not any chances of of foreign goods.
95. Which one among the following was success in the movement. IV. Surrender of titles.
not a programme adopted by the Select the correct answer using the
Congress while launching the 101. In which district is Chauri Chaura codes given below.
Non-Cooperation Movement ? situated? [UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2013]
(a) I, II and III
(a) Surrender of titles and honorary (a) Deoria (b) Gorakhpur
(b) I, III and IV
offices, resignation from nominated (c) Kushinagar (d) Maharajganj
(c) II, III and IV
seats in local bodies, boycott of the
102. The Chauri Chaura episode took place (d) I and IV
official and semi official functions.
on [UPPSC (Mains) 2006]
(b) Withdrawal of children from 108. Consider the following statements.
government schools and colleges. (a) 5th February, 1922 The Non-Cooperation Movement led to
(c) Boycott of elections, foreign goods (b) 4th February, 1922 the
and government courts. (c) 2nd February, 1922 I. Congress becoming a mass
(d) Refusal to pay the revenues to the (d) 6th February, 1922 movement for the first time.
government. 103. After which incident, Mahatma Gandhi II. Growth of Hindu-Muslim unity.
has called Non-Cooperation Movement III. Removal of fear of the British ‘might’
96. Which among the following was not a
as his Himalayan blunder? from the minds of the people.
demand of Mahatma Gandhi to the
[APSC 2017, BPSC 2015] IV. British Government’s willingness to
Government as a condition of settlement
(a) Kheda Satyagraha grant political concessions to Indians.
before he launched the Non-Cooperation
Movement? (b) Chauri Chaura Select the correct answer using the
(c) Nagpur Satyagraha codes given below. [IAS (Pre) 1996]
(a) The Government should withdraw
the Rowlatt Act. (d) Rajkot Satyagraha (a) I, II, III and IV (b) I, II and III
(b) The Government should express regret (c) I and III (d) III and IV
104. Where was Mahatma Gandhi when
for the massacre at Jallianwala Bagh. Chauri Chaura episode took place? 109. Consider the following statements
(c) The British Government should about Gandhiji’s Movement.
(a) At Delhi [UPPSC (Mains) 2011]
behave leniently with Turkey. I. The movement was based on truth
(b) At Calcutta
(d) The Government should put a better and non-violence.
(c) At Chauri Chaura
scheme of reforms than that of the II. Only the brave and strong could
Act of 1919. (d) At Bardoli
practice Satyagraha and be the part
97. Consider the following passage. 105. Which of the following pairs is not of movements.
It urged people to resign from correctly matched? [UPPSC (Pre) 1996 ] III. Non-Cooperation Movement
government offices, shut the British (a) 1885 – Foundation of Indian National withdrew because the followers were
law-courts, withdraw from schools and Congress not practising Satyagraha.
colleges and boycott the elections. On (b) 1905 – The Partition of Bengal Which of the above is/are correct?
the other hand, there was a campaign (c) 1909 – Morley-Minto Reforms (a) I and II (b) Only III
for using indigenous goods, especially (d) 1930 – Non Cooperation Movement (c) I and III (d) I, II and III
khadi or Homespun cloth.
INDIAN HISTORY 171
110. Indicate true sequence of events 114. Statement I Non-Cooperation began 120. Which one of the following was not
concerning the postponement of Non in Punjab with the student movement associated with the Swaraj party?
Cooperation Movement. inspired by Lala Lajpat Rai in January [UPPSC (Mains) 2014]
[BPSC (Pre) 1995] 1921. (a) Motilal Nehru (b) CR Das
I. Police firing in Chauri Chaura. Statement II The Sikh dominated the (c) NC Kelkar (d) Rajendra Prasad
II. Burning police station by annoyed central Punjab and countryside was
crowd. stirred by the powerful Akali upsurge. 121. Which among the following was the
primary aim of the Swaraj Party?
III. Postponement of movement by Codes
Gandhiji. (a) Both the statements are (a) To cooperate with the government in
IV. Arresting of Gandhiji. individually true and statement II is implementing the reforms of 1919.
the correct explanation of (b) To gain experience of the functioning of
Select your answer from the following
statement I representative government.
codes.
(b) Both the statements are (c) To wreck the scheme of the reform of
(a) I, II, III and IV (b) II, I, III and IV
individually true but statement II is 1919 by a policy of uniform, continuous
(c) IV, II, II and III (d) II, I, IV and III
not the correct explanation of and consistent obstruction.
111. Which of the following institutions statement I (d) To exhibit displeasure over the failure of
were founded during the (c) Statement I is true but Statement II Non-Cooperation Movement.
Non-Cooperation Movement is false
(1920-22)?
122. The famous slogan ‘Swaraj should be for
(d) Statement I is false but statement II common people not only for the classes’
[UPPSC 2005, 2003] is true was given by [BPSC (Pre) 1997]
I. Kashi Vidyapeeth
115. Swaraj Party was formed following (a) CR Das
II. Gujarat Vidyapeeth
the failure of [BPSC 2016] (b) C Rajagopalachari
III. Jamia Milia
(a) Non-Cooperation Movement (c) Motilal Nehru
IV.Kashi Hindu Vishwavidyalaya
(b) Civil Disobedience movement (d) Gopi Nath Saha
Select the correct answer from the
codes given below. (c) Rowlatt Bill Satyagraha 123. Who among the following supported the
(a) I and II (d) Champaran Satyagraha Swaraj Party in Central Legislative
(b) II and III 116. Who among the following resigned Assembly in pre-Independent India?
(c) I, II and III from the Presidency of the Congress (a) MA Jinnah [UPPSC 2017]
(d) All of the above for making Swaraj Party? (b) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
[UPPSC (Pre) 2004] (c) Dr Rajendra Prasad
112. Assertion (A) During the Indian
(a) CR Das (d) Jawaharlal Nehru
freedom struggle, the Non-Cooperation
Movement was called off by the (b) Motilal Nehru 124. Who was the President of the ‘Swaraj
Congress Working Committee in its (c) Vithalbhai Patel Party’ in Assam during freedom
meeting at Bardoli. (d) Pherozeshah Mehta movement ? [APSC 2017]
Reason (R) Mob violence occured at 117. Swaraj Party was formed by (a) Bishnuram Medhi
Chauri-Chaura in 1922. [UKPCS 2007] [UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2008] (b) Maniram Dewan
Codes (a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Mahatma (c) Gopinath Bordoloi
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the Gandhi (d) Tarun Ram Phukan
correct explanation of A (b) Bipin chandra Pal and Lala Lajpat
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not 125. Who established Swaraj Dal in Bihar?
Rai (a) Shri Krishna Singh [BPSC 2019]
the correct explanation of A (c) CR Das and Motilal Nehru
(c) A is true, but R is false (b) Ramlal Shah
(d) Sardar Patel and Rajendra Prasad (c) Bankim Chandra Mitra
(d) A is false, but R is true
118. The main leaders of the Swaraj Party (d) None of the above / More than one of
113. Assertion (A) Mahatma Gandhi were [WBCS 2019] the above
postponed the Non-Cooperation (a) Vithalbhai J Patel and Dr Ansari
movement in 1922. 126. Which one among the following correctly
(b) MN roy and Muzaffar Ahmed describes Gandhiji's attitude towards the
Reason (R) The postponement was (c) Motilal Nehru and CR Das
opposed by CR Das and Motilal Nehru. Swarajist leaders? [CDS 2012]
(d) BR Ambedkar and PC Joshi (a) He was not opposed to their entry into
Select the correct answer from the
code given below. 119. Motilal Nehru was the leader of council.
Codes Swaraj Party. Who of the following (b) He had full trust in their bona fides and
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the was not in the party ? considered them most valued and
correct explanation of A [UPPSC (Pre) 1993, 1991] respected leaders.
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not (a) Srinivas Iyer (c) He was not in favour of maintaining
the correct explanation of A (b) Chittaranjan Das warm personal relations with them.
(c) A is true, but R is false (c) Vithalbhai Patel (d) He was neutral to Government’s
(d) C Rajagopalachari offensive against the Swarajists and
(d) A is false, but R is true
did not defend them.

92. (a) 93. (a) 94. (b) 95. (d) 96. (c) 97. (b) 98. (a) 99. (c) 100. (c) 101. (b) 102. (a) 103. (b) 104. (d) 105. (d) 106. (c)
107. (b) 108. (b) 109. (c) 110. (a) 111. (c) 112. (a) 113. (b) 114. (d) 115. (a) 116. (a) 117. (c) 118. (c) 119. (d) 120. (d) 121. (d)
122. (a) 123. (a) 124. (d) 125. (a) 126. (b)
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127. With reference to Indian Freedom 133. In which year Hindustan Republican 141. Kakori Conspiracy Case took place in
Struggle, who of the following formed Association was set up ? the year [UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2005]
the Congress Khilafat Swarajya Party? [BPSC (Pre) 1995] (a) 1920 (b) 1925 (c) 1930 (d) 1935
(a) Vallabhbhai Patel and Maulana Abul (a) 1920 (b) 1924
Kalam Azad (c) 1928 (d) 1930
142. Who among the following was
Government advocate in Kakori
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru and Hakim Ajmal
Khan 134. The Hindustan Republican Association Conspiracy Case? [UPPSC (Mains) 2015]
was founded at (a) Mohan Lal Saxena
(c) JB Kripalani and KM Munshi
[UP UDA/LDA (Mains) 2010] (b) Jagat Narain Mulla
(d) Motilal Nehru and CR Das
(a) Allahabad (c) Krishna Bahadur
128. What was the chief programme of the (b) Kanpur (d) Prabhat Chandra
Swaraj Party? (c) Lucknow
(a) Council entry (d) New Delhi
143. Which revolutionaries were hanged in
the Kakori Train Robbery Case?
(b) Constitutional opposition
(c) Rural reconstructive programme
135. Who among the following was not the [APSC 2019]
member of the Hindustan Republican (a) Ram Prasad Bismil and Ashfaqulla
(d) None of the above
Association (HRA) ? (b) Veer Savarkar and Vasudev Chapekar
129. In 1923, Swaraj Party gained absolute [UPPSC (Mains) 2006] (c) Prafulla Chandra Chaki and Khudiram
majority in Codes Bose
(a) Central Province Council (a) Bhagat Singh (d) Surya Sen and Udham Singh
(b) Bengal Council (b) Chandra Shekhar Azad
(c) UP Council (c) Ram Prasad Bismil 144. Who among the following were jailed in
the Kanpur Bolshevik Conspiracy Case
(d) None of the above (d) Shiv Verma
in 1924? [Astt. Comm. 2019]
130. Who among the following were members 136. Hindustan Socialist Republican Army (a) Muzaffar Ahmad, SA Dange,
of the Swaraj Party? was formed by [UPPSC (Pre) 1996] Shaukat Usmani, Nalini Gupta
I. Motilal Nehru (a) Subhash Chandra Bose (b) Muhammad Ali and Shaukat Usmani
II. Sardar Patel (b) Rash Behari Bose (c) SA Dange and SV Ghate
III. Gopal Krishna Gokhle (c) Chandra Shekhar Azad (d) Muzaffar Ahmad and SS Mirajkar
Select the correct answer using the (d) Sardar Bhagat Singh
codes given below. [SSC 2009]
145. Against whom of the following was the
137. Who among the following changed the Lahore Conspiracy Case registered
(a) Only I (b) I and II during the Indian freedom struggle?
name of Hindustan Republic
(c) II and III (d) I, II and III Association established by Sachindra (a) Lala Hardayal [APSC 2017]
131. Who among the following decided to Nath Sanyal to Hindustan Socialist (b) Lala Lajpat Rai
launch the Independent Party on 16th Republican Association? (c) Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
December, 1922 ? [UPUDA/LDA (Pre) 2006] (d) Vishnu Ganesh Pingle
Select the correct answer from the (a) Rash Behari Bose
codes given below . [UPPCS 2004] (b) Batukeshwar Dutt 146. On what charge was Jatin Das
(c) Sardar Bhagat Singh arrested? [UPPSC (Pre) 1994]
I. Lala Hardayal
(d) Chandra Shekhar Azad (a) Meerut Conspiracy
II. Madan Mohan Malviya
(b) Peshawar Conspiracy
III. Mohammad Ali Jinnah 138. One of the founder leaders of (c) Lahore Conspiracy
IV. Motilal Nehru Hindustan Socialist Republican Army (d) Chittagong Armoury Raid
Codes was [BPSC (Pre) 1997]
(a) I and II (a) BR Ambedkar 147. The freedom fighter who died in the jail
(b) II and III (b) Bhagat Singh due to hunger stike was
(c) III and IV (c) Subhash Chandra Bose [UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2004]
(d) II and IV (d) Jai Prakash Narayan (a) Bhagat Singh (b) Bipin Chandra Pal
(c) Jatin Das (d) SC Bose
132. For which of the following reasons 139. Who among the following was not
Swaraj Party founded in India ? associated with the Kakori Conspiracy 148. How old was Bhagat Singh when he
I. Withdrawl of Non-Cooperation case? [Astt. Comm. 2019] threw a bomb in the Assembly in
movement by Mahatma Gandhi. (a) Ramprasad Bismil protest against the government?
II. Entering in the Council and rejection [BPSC 2018]
(b) Rajendra Lahiri
the Government of India’s Act of 1919 (c) Ashfaqulla Khan (a) 21 years
by don’t let them work. (d) Surya Sen (b) A little more than 21 years
III. Repression by the British Government. (c) 25 years
IV. It is believed by the Indians that they 140. Who among the following revolutionaries (d) A little more than 25 years
should feel the experience of the escaped from the Kakori Case?
Administration. [UP UDA / LDA (Pre) 2006] 149. During whose tenure as the Viceroy of
[UP Power Sub (Pre) 1998] (a) Sachindra Nath Bakshi India were the great martyrs Bhagat
(b) Mukundi Lal Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev hanged ?
Codes
[CDS 2006]
(a) Only I (b) I and II (c) Chandra Shekhar Azad
(d) Manmath Nath Gupta (a) Lord Curzon (b) Lord Irwin
(c) I, II and III (d) I, III and IV
(c) Lord Minto (d) Lord Chelmsford
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150. The slogan ‘Inquilab Zindabad’ was 159. Who penned the following lines Codes
first raised by [APSC 2017] “Sarfaroshi Ki tamanna ab hamare dil A B C D A B C D
(a) Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak mein hai Dekhna hai zor Kitna baju-e- (a) 3 2 4 1 (b) 2 3 4 1
(b) Chandra Shekar Azad Qatil me hai”? [BPSC (Pre) 2015] (c) 2 3 1 4 (d) 3 4 1 2
(c) Veer Savarkar (a) Bismil (b) Rajguru
165. When did Simon Commission visit
(d) Bhagat Singh (c) Bhagat Singh (d) Azad
India ? [UPPSC (Pre) 1996]
151. Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru 160. Name the first recorded Muslim who (a) 1927 (b) 1928
were sentenced to death in was hanged for Indian freedom? (c) 1929 (d) 1931
(a) Alipur Conspiracy Case (a) Mohammad Ali (b) Shaukat Ali
(c) Ashfaqullah Khan (d) Azizuddin
166. The Simon Commission was appointed
(b) Lahore Conspiracy Case when
(c) Kakori Conspiracy Case
161. Which of the following statements (a) Irwin was the Viceroy of India.
(d) Kanpur Conspiracy Case about Bhagat Singh is/are not true? (b) Labour Party had an office in Britain.
152. Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev I. Bhagat Singh was influenced by (c) Birkhead was the British Prime
were executed on [BPSC (Pre) 2001] socialist idea. Minister.
(a) 23rd March, 1931 II. He was a member of the Hindustan (d) None of the above
(b) 23rd March, 1932 Socialist Republican Association.
III. Bhagat Singh threw a bomb in the
167. During the Indian Freedom Struggle,
(c) 23rd March, 1933 the Simon Commission was appointed
(d) 23rd March 1934 Central Legislative Assembly in 1929
to [CDS 2003]
with the objective to kill as many
153. Bhagat Singh memorial is situated at people as possible. (a) examine the working of reforms of 1919.
[UPPSC (Mains) 2013] Select the correct answer using the (b) determine the relations of the British
(a) Ferozpur (b) Amritsar code given below. [Astt. Comm. 2019] Government with the Indian states.
(c) Ludhiana (d) Gurdaspur (c) review the provisions of the Rowlatt
(a) I and III (b) II and III
Act.
154. In which district of Madhya Pradesh (c) Only II (d) Only III
(d) explore the possibility of granting
was Chandra Shekhar Azad born? 162. Lahore Conspiracy Case resulted in dominion status of India.
[MPPSC 2017] the hanging of
(a) Khargone (b) Gwalior I. Ram Prasad Bismil
168. Simon Commission in 1928, came to
(c) Jhabua (d) Satna India with the purpose
II. Roshan Singh
[UPPSC (Pre) 1990]
III. Bhagat Singh
155. How revolutionary Chandra Shekhar (a) to consider the Administrative reform.
IV. Sukhdev
Azad was killed by the Britishers? (b) to improve education.
V. Rajguru
[UPPSC (Pre) 1994] (c) to improve agricultural sector
Select the correct answer from the code
(a) By hanging (d) to evaluate military capacity.
given below. [UPPSC 2010]
(b) By stabbing
(a) I, II (b) I, II, IV 169. The main reason for the boycott of
(c) By bullets encounter
(c) II, III, IV (d) III, IV, V Simon Commission in India was
(d) By putting down army jeep
[WBCS 2018, UPPSC 2004]
156. When did the Chittagong Armoury Raid 163. Given below is the list of some cases.
Select their correct chronological order (a) appointment before time.
take place and who was its chief (b) all the members were Englishmen.
by using the codes given at the end.
organiser ? [WBCS 2017] (c) Chairman was a member of the
[UPPSC 2010]
(a) 1930, Surya Sen British Liberal Party.
I. Lahore Case II. Kakori Case
(b) 1929, Batukeshwar Dutta (d) Gandhiji’s Non-Cooperation
III. Meerut Case IV. Kanpur Case
(c) 1929 Sachindra Nath Sanyal Movement.
Codes
(d) 1930, Ram Prasad Bismil
(a) I, III, II and IV (b) II, IV, III and I 170. Who among the following members of
157. Which among the following great (c) I, IV, II and III (d) I, IV, III and II Simon Commission belonged to liberal
revolutionaries was the brain behind the Party? [UPPSC (Mains) 2013]
Chittagong Armoury Raid? [WBCS 2020]
164. Match the following on the basis of the
end of lives of the following revolutionaries. (a) Sir John Simon
(a) Ganesh Ghosh (b) Major Attlee
[CGPSC (Pre) 2013]
(b) Chandra Sekhar Azad (c) Stephan Walsh
(c) Surya Sen List I List II (d) Viscovent Burham
(d) Lala Hardayal A. Jatin Das 1. During Life
Imprisonment 171. On whose suggestion were the Indians
158. Who was given life punishment for the B. Chandra 2. Hunger Strike kept out of the Simon Commission ?
murder of Colonel Wyllie? [BPSC 2017] Shekhar Azad [UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2013]
(a) Madan Lal Dhingra C. Bhagat Singh 3. During (a) Lord Reading (b) Lord Chelmsford
(b) Udham Singh Encounter (c) Sir John Simon (d) Lord Irwin
(c) Bhagat Singh D. Kalpana Dutt 4. Hanged
(d) Manmathanath

127. (d) 128. (a) 129. (a) 130. (a) 131. (d) 132. (b) 133. (b) 134. (b) 135. (d) 136. (c) 137. (d) 138. (b) 139. (d) 140. (c) 141. (b)
142. (b) 143. (a) 144. (a) 145. (d) 146. (c) 147. (c) 148. (b) 149. (b) 150. (d) 151. (b) 152. (a) 153. (a) 154. (c) 155. (c) 156. (a)
157. (c) 158. (a) 159. (a) 160. (c) 161. (d) 162. (d) 163. (c) 164. (b) 165. (b) 166. (a) 167. (a) 168. (a) 169. (b) 170. (a) 171. (d)
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172. During India’s freedom struggle, which 178. The radical wing of the Congress 185. Which of the following was not included
one of the following led to the first All party with Jawaharlal Nehru as one of in the Nehru Report?
India Hartal? its main leaders founded the (a) India must be given dominion
(a) Protest against Rowlatt Act. Independence for Indian league in status.
(b) Protest against Jalianwala Bagh incident. opposition to [IAS (Pre) 1995] (b) The Governor-General must be only
(c) Arrest and trial of Mahatma Gandhi. (a) the Gandhi Irwin Pact the Constitutional head.
(d) Arrival of Simon Commission. (b) the Home Rule Movement (c) There was to be no separate
(c) the Nehru Report electorate.
173. Who said - “The Simon Commission (d) the Montford Reforms (d) Dyarchy should be introduced both
Report should be thrown on a heap of at the Centre as well as in the
rubbish”? [WBCS 2019] 179. Fill in the blanks. [BPSC (Pre) 2015] Provinces.
(a) MK Gandhi The Nehru Report was dratted by the
(b) Shivaswami Ayyar committee headed by …… and the 186. With reference to the period of Indian
(c) Muhammad Ali Jinnah subject was ........... Freedom Struggle, which of the following
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru (a) Motilal Nehru and Jawaharlal was/were recommended by the Nehru
Nehru, India’s relationship with the Report? [IAS (Pre) 2011]
174. With reference to Simon Commission’s British Empire I. Complete Independence for India.
recommendations, which one of the (b) Jawaharlal Nehru, Local Self II. Joint electorates for reservation of
following statements is correct? Government in India seats for minorities.
[IAS (Pre) 2010] (c) Motilal Nehru, Constitutional III. Provision of Fundamental Rights for
(a) It recommended the replacement of arrangements in India the people of India in the Constitution.
dyarchy with responsible Government (d) Jawaharlal Nehru, Constitutional Select the correct answer using the
in the provinces. Arrangements in India codes given below.
(b) It proposed the setting up of (a) Only I (b) II and III
inter-provincial council under the 180. The first effort at drafting a dominion (c) I and III (d) All of these
Home department. status constitution for India was made
(c) It suggested the abolition of Bicameral in response to the [CDS 2011] 187. During the Indian freedom struggle,
Legislature at the centre. (a) Minto-Morley Reforms who among the following proposed that
(d) It recommended the creation of Indian (b) Montague-Chelmsford Reforms Swaraj should be defined as complete
Police Service with the provision for (c) Simon Commission independence free from all foreign
increased pay and allowances for (d) First Round Table Conference control? [IAS (Pre) 2004]
British recruits as compared to Indian (a) Mazharul Haque
recruits.
181. Who among the following had (b) Maulana Hasrat Mohani
demanded the first dominion status for
(c) Hakim Ajmal Khan
175. Which of the following statements are India ? [UPPSC (Pre) 2013]
(d) Abul Kalam Azad
true about the Simon Commission? (a) Rajagopalachari and Sardar Patel
Select the correct answer from the codes (b) Dr Motilal Nehru and Govind 188. When did the Congress pass the
given below the statements Ballabh Pant proposal of indepependence of India
I. It was appointed to enquire into the (c) Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru and Jaykar for the first time ? [MPPSC (Pre) 1996]
working of the 1919 Act. (d) jawaharlal Nehru and Jagivan Ram (a) 1929 (b) 1915
II. It was headed by Sir John Simon. (c) 1942 (d) 1935
III. It recommended a Federal form of
182. Which one of the following was the
first Indian effort to draft constitutional 189. In which Session the demand for ‘Purna
Government.
scheme? Swaraj’ was placed? [WBCS 2020]
IV. It was opposed by the Indian leaders.
(a) Simon Commission (a) Lahore Session
Codes [UPPSC 2005]
(b) Nehru Report (b) Surat Session
(a) I and II (b) I, II and III
(c) Government of India, Act, 1935 (c) Calcutta Session
(c) II, III and IV (d) All of these
(d) All of the above (d) Nagpur Session
176. Assertion (A) Protest led by Lala Lajpat
Rai, was organised in Lahore in 1928
183. In which of the following session of 190. On 31st December , 1929, in which one
Muslim League, MA Jinnah put forth his of the following Congress Sessions
against Simon Commission.
14 point proposal? [UPPSC(Mains)2015] was proclamation of Purna Swaraj
Reason (R) Simon Commission did not made ? [CDS 2020]
(a) 1927
have a single Indian member in it.
(b) 1928 (a) Ahmedabad (b) Calcutta
[UPPSC 2010, MPPSC 2008]
(c) 1929 (c) Lahore (d) Lucknow
Codes
(d) 1930
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the 191. Who among the following was the
correct explanation of A 184. Which among the following was not President of the Indian National
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the the recommendation of the Nehru Congress when the resolution of Purna
correct explanation of A Report ? [Astt. Comm. 2017] Swaraj was passed ? [IAS (Pre) 2002]
(c) A is true, but R is false (a) Dominion Status (a) Dadabhai Naoroji
(d) A is false, but R is true (b) Separate Electorate (b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Unitary and Democratic Centre (c) Lal Lajpat Rai
177. Nehru Report was prepared by (d) Surendranath Banerjee
(d) Adult Suffrage
(a) ML Nehru (b) JL Nehru
(c) RK Nehru (d) BL Nehru
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192. Who raised the Flag of Independence 199. On which issue, the Civil Disobedience 208. What was the ultimate goal of Gandhiji’s
at the Congress Session of 1929? Movement of 1930 was launched? Salt Satyagraha? [BPSC 2018]
[BPSC 2018] [SSC 2008] (a) Repeal of salt laws.
(a) Maulana Muhammad Ali (a) Equal employment opportunities for (b) Curtailment of the government’s
(b) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Indians. power.
(c) Vallabhbhai Patel (b) The proposed execution of Bhagat (c) Economic relief to the common
(d) Subhash Chandra Bose Singh. people.
(c) Salt monopoly exercised by the (d) None of the above/More than one of
193. When was the newly adopted tri-colour British Government. the above.
flag of freedom first hoisted ?
(d) Complete freedom.
[UPRO/ARO (Pre) 2014] 209. Which one of the Princely States did
(a) 31st December 1928 200. Which Indian Mass Movement began not support the Congress during the
(b) 31st December, 1929 with the famous ‘Dandi March’ of course of Civil Disobedience Movement
(c) 31st December, 1930 Mahatma Gandhi? [WBCS 2020] [NDA 2017]
(d) 31st December, 1931 (a) Khilafat Movement (a) Bhavnagar (b) Mysore
(b) Non-Cooperation Movement (c) Junagadh (d) Kathiawar
194. When the first Independence Day was
(c) Civil Disobedience Movement
celebrated in India? [WBCS 2020] 210. Who of the following organised a march
(d) Quit India Movement
(a) 26th January, 1930 on the Tanjore coast to break the Salt
(b) 2nd January, 1930 201. Dandi March was undertaken in Law in April, 1930? [IAS (Pre) 2015]
(c) 31st October, 1929 [BPSC (Pre) 2000] (a) VO Chidambaram Pillai
(d) 8th December, 1930 (a) 1932 (b) 1931 (c) 1929 (d) 1930 (b) C Rajagopalachari
(c) K Kamaraj
195. The Purna Swaraj Resolution adopted 202. In which year Salt Satyagraha took (d) Annie Besant
at the Lahore Session of Indian place? [WBCS 2020]
National Congress was moved by (a) 1929 (b) 1930 (c) 1931 (d) 1932 211. Who led the Salt Satyagraha in
[UPPSC (Mains) 2009] Bhagalpur? [BPSC 2019]
(a) BG Tilak (b) JL Nehru
203. In 1930, from where Mahatma Gandhi (a) Shri Krishna Singh
started the Civil Disobedience Movement
(c) MK Gandhi (d) Sardar Patel (b) Mahadev Lal Sarraf
[BPSC 2019]
(c) Kumar Mishra
196. Which of the following was not included (a) Wardha (b) Dandi
(d) Satyanarayan
in the resolution of Lahore Session of (c) Sevagram (d) Sabarmati
Congress in 1929? 212. During Salt Satyagraha in Bihar, in
[UPUDA / LDA (Mains) 2010] 204. 6th April, 1930 is well known in the addition to making salt, the people
history of India because this date is
(a) Declaration of India’s Foreign Policy. chose to oppose the government by
associated with [WBCS 2019]
(b) Declaration of complete independence. opposing which tax? [BPSC 2018]
(a) Dandi March by Mahatma
(c) Preparing to launch Civil (a) Chowkidari
Disobedience Movement (b) Quit India Movement
(b) Haathi
(d) Abolition of untouchability. (c) Partition of Bengal
(c) Development
(d) Partition of India
(d) Malba
197. The Lahore Session of the Indian
National Congress is very important in 205. Which one of the following Provinces 213. Who founded the Khuda-i-Khidmatgar
history because had the highest number of Satyagrahis
party? [WBCS 2020]
I. the Congress passed a resolution in Mahatma Gandhi’s Dandi March ?
(a) Abbas Taybji
demanding complete independence. [UPPSC (Mains) 2013]
(b) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
II. the rift between the extremists and (a) Bihar (b) Gujarat
(c) Maulana Azad
moderates was resolved in that (c) Maharashtra (d) Bengal
(d) Dr. Ansari
session.
206. During the Salt March of 1930, Gandhiji
III. a resolution was passed rejecting the
walked from his ashram to Dandi,
214. During the Indian freedom struggle, the
Two-Nation Theory in that Session. Khudai Khidmatgars, also known as
altogether he walked
Which of the statement(s) given above Red Shirts, called for [IAS (Pre) 2002]
(a) 300 miles (b) 241 miles
is/are correct? (a) the Union of Pashtun tribal areas in
(c) 325 miles (d) 551 miles
(a) Only I (b) II and III North-West with the Afghanistan.
(c) I and III (d) None of these 207. The statement “I want world sympathy (b) the adoption of terrorist tactics and
in this battle of Right against Might” is methods for terrorising and finally
198. At which Congress Session was the associated with [UPPSC (Mains) 2013] ousting the colonial rulers.
working committee authorised to
(a) Non-cooperation Movement (c) the adoption of communist
launch a programme of Civil
(b) Gandhiji’s Dandi March revolutionary ideology for political
Disobedience? [IAS (Pre) 2005]
(c) Individual Satyagraha and social reform.
(a) Bombay (b) Lahore
(d) Quit India Movement (d) the Pathan regional nationalist unity
(c) Lucknow (d) Tripura
and a struggle against Colonialism.

172. (d) 173. (b) 174. (a) 175. (d) 176. (a) 177. (a) 178. (c) 179. (c) 180. (c) 181. (c) 182. (b) 183. (c) 184. (b) 185. (d) 186. (b)
187. (b) 188. (a) 189. (a) 190. (c) 191. (b) 192. (b) 193. (b) 194. (a) 195. (b) 196. (d) 197. (a) 198. (b) 199. (c) 200. (c) 201. (d)
202. (b) 203. (d) 204. (a) 205. (b) 206. (b) 207. (b) 208. (d) 209. (c) 210. (b) 211. (b) 212. (a) 213. (b) 214. (d)
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215. The Congress in Travencore launched (a) It was an altogether a pedestrian 228. The second Round Table Conference
a Civil Disobedience Movement march. in London was held in the backdrop of
against the autocratic Government of (b) It started from Sabarmati Ashram the [BPSC (Pre) 2004]
the Dewan of Travencore State, who and ended at Dandi. (a) Emerson-Gandhi Pact
was [BPSC 2004] (c) The entire March from Sabarmati (b) hailey-Gandhi-Pact
(a) CP Ramaswami Iyer was covered in 24 days. (c) Gandhi-Irwin Pact
(b) J Krishna Swamy (d) The March was started on 15th (d) Gandhi-Simon Pact
(c) PK Warrier March, 1930.
229. Among the following whose
(d) Bhaskaran Nair 223. After the failure of Civil Disobedience adjournment was proposed in Gandhi-
216. Gandhiji stayed the foreign journalist in Movement, Gandhiji gave importance Irwin Pact. [UPPSC (Pre) 1993]
his Sabarmati Ashram during Dandi March. to [BPSC (Pre) 1996] (a) Non-Cooperation Movement
He was [UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2003] (a) constructive programmes (b) Khilafat Movement
(a) Richard Grag (b) limited use of violence (c) Round Table Conference
(b) Web Miller (c) negotiationg with British (d) Civil Disobedience Movement
(c) Kirby Page (d) None of the above
230. Who played an important role in signing
(d) Louis Fischer 224. During the first phase of Civil of Gandhi-Irwin Pact? [BPSC 2004]
217. The soldiers of the Garhwal Regiment Disobedience Movement the following (a) Motilal Nehru
refused to fire on the revolutionaries in events took place in Chhattisgarh? (b) Madan Mohan Malviya
[UPPSC (Pre) 2004] [CGPSC 2020] (c) Tej Bahadur Sapru
(a) Khilafat Movement (i) An attempt to hoist tricolour on the (d) Chintamani
(b) Non-Cooperation Movement high school building of Bilaspur by the
students. 231. Who of the following persons called Irwin
(c) Civil Disobedience Movement and Gandhi ‘The Two Mahatmas’
(d) Quit India Movement (ii) Imprisonment of Wamanrao Lakhe,
Shivdas Daga, Abdul Rauf and (a) Mara Bahan
218. Which one among the following Pyarelal Singh in Raipur. (b) Sarojini Naidu
American news magazines was highly (iii) Celebration ‘Poorna Swaraj’ week at (c) Madan Mohan Malviya
sceptical of Gandhiji’s Dandi March different places in Chhattisgarh. (d) Jawaharlal Nehru
initially but within a week completely (iv) Election of Pt. Ravi Shankar Shukla 232. Who among the following took Mahatma
changed its opinion and saluted him as as Chairman of Raipur District Gandhi’s gain in the Gandhi-Irwin Pact
a saint and statesman? Council while he was in the Jail. of consolation prizes?
(a) Saturday Evening Post Select the answer determining (a) SC Bose [UPPSC (Pre) 2014]
(b) Readers Digest chronology of these events. (b) Alan Campbell Johnson
(c) Time (a) (i), (iv), (iii), (ii) (b) (ii), (i), (iv), (iii) (c) BG Horniman
(d) Life (c) (iii), (i), (ii), (iv) (d) (iv), (iii), (ii), (i) (d) Sarojini Naidu
219. Acharya Vinoba Bhave was arrested 225. Consider the following statements. 233. Which among the following was not the
for the first time for taking part in [NDA 2013] provision of the Gandhi-Irwin Pact?
[UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2001] I. Gandhiji’s Salt Satyagraha in 1930 [Astt. Comm. 2017]
(a) Bardoli Movement was against the state monopoly of the (a) Immediate release of all political
(b) Champaran Satyagraha manufacture and sale of salt. prisoners of the Civil Disobedience
(c) Civil Disobedience Movement II. The American news magazine ‘Time’ Movement.
(d) Non-Cooperation Movement covered the progress of Gandhiji’s (b) Clause 2 of the March, 1931 pact
walk to Dandi on the Salt Satyagraha. defined reservations and safeguards
220. When Gandhiji was arrested in Slat III. The Viceroy of India at the time of the to cover financial credit of India.
Satyagraha, who took his place as
Salt Satyagraha was Lord Ripon. (c) The return of confiscated land already
leader of the movement ?
IV. Gandhiji did not complete the Dandi gold to third parties
[UPPSC (Mains) 2012]
March due to ill health. (d) Reservation of 18% seats for
(a) Abbas Taiyabji
Which of the statements given above depressed classes.
(b) Abul Kalam Azad
is/are correct?
(c) jawahar lal Nehru 234. The Gandhi-Irwin Pact included which
(a) I, II and III (b) Only IV
(d) Sardar Patel of the following ? [IAS (Pre) 2020]
(c) Only II (d) I and II
I. Invitation to Congress to participate in
221. Where was Gandhiji when a raid 226. The main purpose of Gandhi-Irwin Pact the Round Table Conference.
was made by congress volunteers on was [UP Lower Sub (Pre) 1998] II. Withdrawal of ordinances promulgated
Dharsana Salt Depot? in connection with the Civil
(a) to make the participation of Congress
[UPPSC (Pre) 2010]
easier in Round Table Conference. Disobedience Movement.
(a) In Yervada jail III. Acceptance of Gandhiji’s suggestion
(b) to end the Civil Disobedience
(b) In Sabarmati Jail Movement. for enquiry into police excesses.
(c) Aga Khan Palace Poona (c) to break the death strike of Gandhiji. IV. Release of only those prisoners who
(d) In Ahmednagar Fort Jail (d) to end the tax on salt. were not charged with violence.
222. Which of the following statements is not Select the correct answer using the
227. Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed in codes given below.
correct about Mahatma Gandhi’s Dandi
[BPSC (Pre) 2000] (a) Only I (b) I, II and IV only
March ? [UPPSC (Mains) 2010]
(a) 1931 (b) 1935 (c) 1942 (d) 1919 (c) Only III (d) II, III and IV only
INDIAN HISTORY 177

235. Who among the following presided over 241. The agenda for the Round Table 248. Who represented Congress in Second
the Karachi Session of the Indian Conferences held in London was to Round Table Conference ?
National Congress? [NDA 2009] [RAS / RTS (Pre) 2008]
[UPPSC (Pre) 2005] (a) discuss the report of the Simon (a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru Commission. (b) Motilal Nehru
(b) JM Sengupta (b) form a Constitution for India. (c) Abul Kalam Azad
(c) SC Bose (c) find a solution of the communal (d) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Vallabhbhai Patel problem in India.
(d) find a solution for the problems of the 249. Who among the following had not
236. Who among the following drafted the ‘depressed’ classes of India. participated in the Second Round
resolution on Fundamental Rights for Table Conference? [MPPSC 2017]
the Karachi Session of Congress in 242. In which year was the First Round Table (a) Mahadev Desai
1931? [IAS (Pre) 2005] Conference held in London? (b) Pyarelal Nayyar
(a) Dr BR Ambedkar [SSC CGL 2019] (c) Madan Mohan Malaviya
(b) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (a) 1930 (d) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Dr Rajendra Prasad (b) 1919
(d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Palel (c) 1923
250. Who among the following Urdu
poets was invited to the Second and
237. The resolution of Fundamental Rights (d) 1907
Third Round Table Conferences?
was adopted by the Congress at its 243. Which one of the following is not true [CDS 2009]
[WBCS 2018] about the First Round Table Conference (a) Faiz Ahmad Faiz
(a) Gauhati Session (1926) [UPPSC (Main) 2010] (b) Josh Malihabadi
(b) Madras Session (1927) (a) It was held in 1930. (c) Muhammad Iqbal
(c) Lahore Session (1929) (b) It was to discuss the report of Simon (d) Firaq Gorakhpuri
(d) Karachi Session (1931) commission.
251. Mahatma Gandhi when he visited
238. Who of the following had regarded the (c) It was held in London.
London to participate in the Second
Karachi Session of the Indian National (d) It was attended by the Congress.
Round Table Conference, stayed at
Congress (1931) as the pinnacle of 244. Which of the following statements is not [UPPSC (Mains) 2003]
Mahatma Gandhi’s popularity and correct about the First Round Table (a) St. James palace
prestige? Conference (Nov 1930 to Jan 1931)? (b) Kingsley Hall
[UPPSC (Pre) 2014] (a) Congress joined the Conference. (c) Indra House
(a) SC Bose (b) Congress did not attend. (d) None of the above
(b) Sitaramaiya (c) BR Ambedkar attended the conference.
(c) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (d) None of the above statements are 252. Mahatma Gandhi left Bombay for
(d) Sardar Kishan Singh correct London to participate in the Second
Round Table Conference as a
239. The Karachi resolution of Congress in 245. Who represented the Indian Christians Congress representative in the ship
1931 advocated which of the following in first Round Table Conference held in known as [UPPSC (Pre) 2000]
issues? [NDA 2019] London. [UPPSC (Pre) 2020] (a) SS Rajputana
(a) State shall not own or control key (a) Rao Bahadur Srinivas (b) SS Viceroy of India
industries and services. (b) Sir Akbar Haidari (c) SS Mooltan
(b) State shall handover the key industries (c) Sir AP Patro (d) SS Conte Rosso
and services to the Indian business (d) KT Paul
groups. 253. On which issue did the Second Round
246. Who among the following leaders did Table Conference fail?
(c) State should allow the Indian business not participated in the Second Round
group to invert fifty per cent of the [BPSC (Pre) 1996]
Table Conference? [UPPSC (Pre) 2020]
capital. (a) Communal delegations
(a) MK Gandhi
(d) State should own or control key (b) Granting dominion status
(b) Sarojini Naidu
industries and services (c) The data of transfer of ruling power
(c) Pt Madan Mohan Malviya
(d) Postponment of Civil Disobedience
240. Which of the following Indian leaders (d) Dr Rajendra Prasad Movement
attended The first Round Table
Conference in London? 247. The Second Round Table Conference 254. Which Round Table Conference held
[BPSC (Pre) 2000]
at London was held in the backdrop of in 1932? [BPSC 2015]
the [BPSC 2004]
(a) Maulana Mohammad Ali (a) First
(a) Emerson-Gandhi Pact (b) Second
(b) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(b) Hailey- Gandhi Pact (c) Third
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Gandhi-Irwin Pact (d) Fourth
(d) Pt Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Gandhi-Simon Pact

215. (a) 216. (b) 217. (c) 218. (c) 219. (c) 220. (a) 221. (a) 222. (d) 223. (a) 224. (d) 225. (d) 226. (a) 227. (a) 228. (c) 229. (d)
230. (c) 231. (b) 232. (b) 233. (d) 234. (b) 235. (d) 236. (b) 237. (d) 238. (a) 239. (d) 240. (a) 241. (a) 242. (a) 243. (d) 244. (a)
245. (d) 246. (d) 247. (c) 248. (d) 249. (d) 250. (c) 251. (b) 252. (a) 253. (a) 254. (c)
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255. Who among the following attended all 259. Who announced the proposal of 265. The Poona Pact which was signed
the three Round Table Conferences? Communal Award in 1932 in the between the British Government and
(a) Vallabhbhai Patel British Parliament? Mahatma Gandhi in 1934 provided for
(b) Madan Mohan Malviya (a) Ramsay MacDonald [IAS (Pre) 1997]
(c) BR Ambedkar (b) Dr BR Ambedkar (a) the creation of dominion status for
(d) None of the above (c) Tej Bahadur Sapru India.
256. The meeting of Indian and British political (d) None of the above (b) separate electorates for the Muslims.
leaders during 1930-32 in London has (c) separate electorates for the Harijans.
260. A separate electoral group was made
after been referred to as the first, second (d) joint electorate with reservation of
by the Communal Tribunal of Ramsay
and third Round Table Conferences. It Harijans.
MacDonald for the first time in
would be incorrect to refer to them as August, 1932 was [BPSC (Pre) 1997] 266. The result of the Poona Pact was that the
such because [IAS (Pre) 1996] (a) for Muslims number of the seats reserved for the
(a) the Indian National Congress did not (b) for Indian Christians depressed classes out of general
take part in two of them. (c) for Anglo Indians electorate seats were [HPSC 2012]
(b) Indian parties other then the Indian (d) for untouchables (a) abolished
National Congress participating in (b) increased
the Conference represented 261. Which were not allocated separate (c) retained in the same level
sectional interests and not the whole electorate and reserved seats by
(d) decreased
of India. Communal Award of MacDonald ?
(c) The British Labour Party had [UPPSC (Pre) 2001] 267. How many seats were given to
withdrawn from the conference there (a) Muslims depressed classes under Communal
making the proceeding of the (b) Sikhs Award and Poona Pact ? [BPSC 2005]
Conference partisan. (c) Depressed Castes (a) 74 and 79 respectively
(d) It was an instance of a conference (d) Buddhists (b) 71 and 147 respectively
hold in three Sessions and not of the (c) 78 and 80 respectively
three separate conferences. 262. Which among the following was not (d) 78 and 69 respectively
one of the provisions of the
257. Consider the following statements. Communal Award? [CDS 2009] 268. Who among the following was not a
[IAS (Pre) 2005] (a) Member of the depressed classes signatory to the historic Poona Pact of
I. In the first Round Table Conference were assigned reserved seats and 1932? [UKPSC 2007]
Dr BR Ambedkar demanded separated electorates. (a) BR Ambedkar
separate electorates for the (b) Separate electorates for the (b) Madan Mohan Malviya
depressed classes. Muslims. (c) C Rajagopalachari
II. In the Poona Act, special provisions (c) Separate electorates for the (d) MK Gandhi
for representation of the depressed Europeans and the Sikhs.
people in the local bodies and civil (d) The separate electorates were to 269. After Poona Pact of 1932, Harijan Sewak
services were made. lapse at the end of 10 years. Sangh was established. Its President
III. The Indian National Congress did not was [UPPSC (Mains) 2011]
take part in the third Round Table 263. Mahatma Gandhi undertook fast unto (a) Jagjivan Ram
Conference. death mainly because (b) Ghanshyam Das Birla
Which of the statements given above [IAS (Pre) 2012] (c) BR Ambedkar
is/are correct? (a) Round Table Conference failed to (d) Amrit Lal Thakkar
(a) I and II satisfy Indian political aspirations.
(b) Congress and Muslim League had 270. Who was the founder of All Indian Harijan
(b) II and III
differences of opinion. Sangha in 1932? [CDS 2003]
(c) I and III
(c) Ramsay MacDonald announced (a) MK Gandhi (b) BR Ambedkar
(d) All of the above
the Communal Award. (c) Jagjivan Ram (d) Vinoba Bhave
258. Assertion (A) Jawaharlal Nehru (d) None of the statements (a), (b) and
represented the Congress in the Indian
271. Depressed Class League was established
(c) given above is correct in this by [UPPSC (Pre) 2000]
National Congress in the second context.
Round Table Conference (1932). (a) Dr BR Ambedkar
Reason (R) It was implicit in the 264. Mahatma Gandhi undertook ‘fast unto (b) Babu Jagjiwan Ram
Gandhi-Irwin Pact (1931) that the death’ against the Communal Award. (c) NS Kajrolkar
Indian National Congress will He, however, discontinued the fast (d) Mahatma Jyotiba Phule
participate in the second Round Table because [NDA 2009]
(a) the Congress leaders successfully
272. Which of the following is not correctly
Conference (1932). matched ? [IAS (Pre) 2019]
Choose the correct answer from the prevailed upon Mahatma Gandhi to
accept the Award. Events – Years
codes given below.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the (b) the British Government withdrew (a) Indian Navy Act – 1927
correct explanation of A the Communal Award. (b) Civil Disobedience – 1930
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the (c) of the conclusion of the Poona Movement
correct explanation of A Pact. (c) Second Round Table – 1931
(c) A is true, but R is false (d) the weaker classes openly Conference
(d) A is false, but R is true opposed the Award.
(d) The Communal Award – 1933
INDIAN HISTORY 179
273. Statement I Mahatma Gandhi went on 278. The Haripura Congress (1938) remains (c) Expand the Governor-General’s
a fast unto death against the Communal a milestone in Indian Freedom Struggle Executive Council.
Award announced by the British because [NDA 2010] (d) Complete Independence after one
Government (a) it declared war on the British Empire. year.
Statement II The Poona Pact resulted in (b) it appointed Jawaharlal Nehru as the 285. The principle that the framing of the
a joint electorate with an enhanced future Prime Minister of India. new Constitution of independent India
number of seats reserved for depressed (c) of the introduction of the idea of a should be primarily (though not solely)
classes. Planning Commission. the responsibility of Indians
Select the correct answer using the (d) of the acceptance of the themselves, was for the first time
codes given below. Government of India Act, 1935 by conceded in the [NDA 2020]
(a) Both the statements are individually the Congress. (a) Government of India Act, 1935
true and statement II is the correct
279. Subhash Chandra Bose was chosen (b) August Offer of Viceroy Linlithgow
explanation of statement I.
President of Congress in Tripuri (c) Cripps Proposals
(b) Both the statements are individually
Session of Indian National Congress in (d) Cabinet Mission
true but statement II is not the correct
explanation of statement I. the Year 1939. Where is Tripuri ? 286. The first Satyagrahi selected by
(c) Statement I is true but statement II is (a) Calcutta (b) Pune Mahatma Gandhi to launch the individual
false. (c) Jabalpur (d) Ahmedabad Satyagraha in October 1940 was
(d) Statement I is false but statement II is 280. While delivering the Presidential address, (a) C Rajagopalachari
ture. the Congress President who advocated (b) Vallabhbhai Patel
the introduction of Roman script for Hindi (c) Dr Rajendra Prasad
274. Assertion (A) The Poona Pact defeated
language was [IAS (Pre) 2000] (d) Vinoba Bhave
the purpose of Communal Award
Reason (R) It paved the way for (a) Mahatma Gandhi 287. In 1940, Mahatma Gandhi initiated
reservation of seats in the parliament (b) Jawaharlal Nehru limited’ Satyagraha on individual basis
and State Assemblies for the SC and ST (c) Abul Kalam Azad because
people. (d) Subhash Chandra Bose (a) he wanted to unite both the left and
Select the correct answer from the code right wing of the All India National
given below. [UPPSC (Mains) 2005] 281. What was the policy of Indian National Congress during the National
Congress during Second World War ? Movement.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the
[UPPSC (Pre) 1993]
correct explanation of A (b) he wanted to express symbolic oppose
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the (a) Cooperation of Britain in the case against the British Rule as it was
correct explanation of A of assurance of complete appeasing the Fascist Powers in
(c) A is true, but R is false Independence. Europe.
(d) A is false, but R is true (b) Active collaboration of British (Britain) (c) he wanted to give the British rule a
(c) Neutrality chance to peacefully accept the
275. Who was elected the President of (d) None of the above Indian demands of freedom and to
Indian National Congress in 1938? constitute immediately an interim
[BPSC (Pre) 1996] 282. After the elections in 1937, the
Indian Government.
(a) Abul Kalam Azad Congress Ministers tendered their
(d) he wanted to provide his active
(b) Subhash Chandra Bose resignations because [CDS 2004]
support to the British Rule to oppose
(c) Pattabhi Sitaramayya (a) the British Government declared
the fascist powers in Europe.
(d) JB Kripalani India a party to Second World War
without consulting them. 288. In which year did the Cripps Mission
276. Name the Congress leader defeated by (b) of undue interference in their came to India? [UKPSC (Mains) 2016]
Subhash Chandra Bose to become working by the Government. (a) 1940
president of Tripuri Session of Indian (c) of paucity of financial resources which (b) 1942
National Congress? hampered all developmental works. (c) 1944
(a) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (d) of their inexperience to run the
(b) JL Nehru (d) 1946
administration.
(c) C Rajagopalachari 289. Which of the following statement about
(d) P Sitaramayya 283. August offer was passed on Cripps Mission is not correct ?
(a) 2nd August, 1940 (a) In March, 1942 Cripps persuaded war
277. The whole dispute between Subhash (b) 9th August, 1942
Chandra Bose and Right wing, after the cabinet to agree to a draft declaration.
(c) 8th August, 1940 (b) Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Patel
Tripuri Session of Congress centred (d) 10th August, 1940
round to the question of [RAS/RTS 2008] represented Congress to negotiate
284. Which one of the following is not with the mission.
(a) formation of Congress Working
offered by August Offer of 1940? (c) The mission offered Domination
Committee.
(a) Dominion status in the unspecified status after the war
(b) policy towards Princely States.
future. (d) The mission offered formation of
(c) attitude towards Central Government.
(b) A post war body to enact the constitution making body after the
(d) double membership of Congress
Constitution. war.
Socialist Party members.

255. (c) 256. (d) 257. (d) 258. (a) 259. (a) 260. (d) 261. (d) 262. (d) 263. (c) 264. (c) 265. (d) 266. (b) 267. (b) 268. (c) 269. (b)
270. (a) 271. (a) 272. (d) 273. (b) 274. (a) 275. (b) 276. (d) 277. (a) 278. (c) 279. (c) 280. (d) 281. (a) 282. (a) 283. (c) 284. (d)
285. (b) 286. (d) 287. (b) 288. (b) 289. (a)
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290. The plan of Sir Stafford Cripps II. All Provinces and States must be 303. On the eve of which movement Mahatma
envisaged that after the Second World merged to make the Indian Union. Gandhi gave the solgan of ‘Do or Die’
War was [IAS (Pre) 2016] III. Any Province or State can take the [WBCS 2017]
(a) India should be granted complete decision to live outside of the Indian (a) Khilafat Movement
independence. Union. (b) Naval Revolt
(b) India should be partitioned into two IV. Indian Constitution must be (c) Quit India Movement
before granting independence. constituted by the people of India. (d) Dalit Harijan Movement
(c) India should be made a republic with Choose the correct answer from the
the condition that she will join the code given below. 304. Which one of the following was a
commonwealth. Code significant feature of the Quit India
(d) India should be given a dominion (a) I, II and II Movement? [NDA 2017]
status. (b) I, II and IV (a) Women did not play an important role
(c) II, III and IV in the movement.
291. Which Congress President negotiated (d) All of the above (b) Nasik in Maharashtra was was an
with both Cripps Mission and Lord important regional base during the
Wavell? [BPSC 2006] 297. On 6th July, 1942 at the Working movement.
(a) Abul Kalam Azad Committee of the Congress, (c) It was marked by anti-zamindar
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru Mahatma Gandhi discussed for the violence.
(c) JB Kripalani first time his Quit India Policy. The (d) It was marked by the emergence of
(d) C Rajagopalachari President of the Committee was parallel governments in different parts
[BPSC (Pre) 1999] of India.
292. Who among the following were official (a) Rajagopalachari
congress negotiations with Cripps (b) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad 305. Who among the following historians have
mission? [IAS (Pre) 2010] (c) Pandit Jawahalal Nehru described the Quit India Movement as a
(a) Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Patel (d) Dr Annie Besant spontaneous revolution?
(b) Acharya JB Kripalani and C (a) Gordon Johnson [NDA 2019]
Rajagopalachari 298. Where did the Congress Working (b) David Arnold
(c) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Maulana Committee meet to pass the Quit (c) FG Hutchins
Azad India Resolution on 14th July, 1942? (d) Peter Robb
(d) Rajendra Prasad and Rafi Ahmad [RAS / RTS (Pre) 2010]
Kidwai (a) Bombay 306. Which one of the following statements
(b) Wardha about the Quit India Movement is not
293. Who considered the proposals of the (c) Lucknow correct ? [NDA 2017]
Cripps Mission as a ‘post dated (d) Tripura (a) It broke out in August, 1942.
cheque’ [WBCS 2017] (b) Ahmedabad Textile Mills went on strike
(a) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad 299. Quit India Movement began on for more than three months.
(b) Sardar Vallabhbhai patel (a) 9th August, 1942 (c) Muslim League and Hindu Mahasabha
(c) Mahatma Gandhi (b) 10th August, 1942 actively participated in the movement.
(d) BR Ambedkar (c) 15th August, 1942 (d) Communist party did not support the
(d) 16th August, 1942 movement.
294. Cripps Proposal were rejected
because [HPSC 2012] 300. In which ground of Bombay the 307. During which one of the following
(a) it refused to release all the arrested proposal was passed for ‘Quit India movements did Mahatma Gandhi write:
national leaders. Movement’ [GPSC (Pre) 2015] ‘Personally I am so sick of slavery that I
(b) of the intention to partition India. (a) Marine Drive ground am even prepared to take the rise of
(c) it suggested the formation of an (b) Kala Ghoda Ground anarchy’? [NDA 2000]
interim government. (c) Chamboor ground (a) Home Rule Movement
(d) it refused to hand over effective (d) Gowalia Tank (b) Non-Cooperation Movement
power to the Indians. (c) Civil Disobedience Movement
301. In which of the following locations
295. Consider the following statements. was the Quit India Movement (d) Quit India Movement
The Cripps proposal include the launched by Mahatma Gandhi in
308. During the freedom struggle, Aruna Asaf
provision for 1942? [SSC 2020]
Ali was a major woman organiser of
I. Full independence for India. (a) Pragati Maidan underground activity in [IAS (Pre) 2009]
II. Creation of Constitution making body. (b) Jallianwala Bagh (a) Civil Disobedience Movement
Which of the following statement(s) (c) Shivaji Park (b) Non-Cooperation Movement
is/are correct? (d) August Kranti Maidan (c) Quit India Movement
(a) Only I (b) Only II (d) Swadeshi Movement
302. Who coined the slogan ‘Quit India’?
(c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II
[MPPSC 2018]
309. In which of the following years, the Jatiya
296. Sir Stafford Cripps came to India with a (a) Mahatma Gandhi Sarkar was formed in the Midnapur
Draft declaration of proposals of British (b) Pt Jawaharlal Nehru district of Bengal? [UPPSC 2017]
Government included that (c) Yusuf Meher Ali (a) 1939 (b) 1940
I. India should be given dominion (d) Aruna Asaf Ali (c) 1941 (d) 1942
status.
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310. Which of the following parties did not Select your answer from the code given (a) Ras Behari Bose
support Quit India Movement? below the list. (b) Subhash Chandra Bose
[UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2004] I. Balia II. Satara (c) Captain Mohan Singh
(a) The Hindu Mahasabha III. Hazaribagh IV. Meerut (d) Khudiram Bose
(b) The Communist Party of India IV. Agra
Codes
322. In which year Indian National Army
(c) The Unionist Party of Punjab founded? [UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2003]
(d) All of the above (a) I and II (b) I, II and III
(a) 1940 (b) 1941 (c) 1942 (d) 1943
(c) II, III and V (d) II, III and IV
311. Who among the following ran Congress 323. Which Indian revolutionary helped
Radio during the Quit India movement. 317. Consider the following statements. On the
Subhash Chandra Bose in the
(a) Aruna Asaf Ali [UPPSC (Pre) 1997] eve of launch of Quit India Movement,
establishment of Azad Hind Fauz ?
(b) Jai Prakash Narayan Mahatma Gandhi [IAS (Pre) 2005]
[UPPSC (Pre) 2002]
(c) Usha Mehta I. asked the Government servants to
resign, (a) Batukeshwar Dutt
(d) None of the above (b) Rash Behari Bose
II. asked the soldiers to leave their posts,
312. The Prime Minister of England during III. asked the Princes of the Princely (c) Ram Prasad Bismil
Quit India Movement was States to accept the sovereignty of (d) Suryasen
[BPSC (Pre) 2005] their people. 324. ‘Indian Independence League’ was
(a) Chamberlain (b) Churchill Which of the statements given above founded by
(c) Clement Attlee (d) MacDonald is/are correct? (a) Tilak
(a) I and II (b) II and III (b) Subhash Chandra Bose
313. The American publicist who was with (c) Only III (d) I, II and III
Mahatma Gandhi during his Quit India (c) CR Das
Movement was 318. Assertion (A) Lord Linlithgow described (d) Rash Behari Bose
[UP UDA /LDA (Pre) 2002] the August movement of 1942 as the 325. Who gave the slogan ‘Jai Hind’ ?
(a) Louis Fischer (b) William L Shiver most serious rebellion since sepoy [UPPSC (Pre) 1990]
(c) Wele Miller (d) Negley Farson mutiny.
(a) JL Nehru (b) SC Bose
Reason (R) There was a massive (c) Bhagat Singh (d) BG Tilak
314. After passing the resolution of ‘Quit upsurge of the peasantry in cetain areas.
India Movement’ Gandhiji was arrested
Codes [IAS (Pre) 1999] 326. In which of the following country
[BPSC (Pre) 1996]
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the Subhash Chandra Bose start the ‘Azad
(a) in Yervada Jail Hind Radio’? [CDS 2018]
correct explanation of A
(b) in Naini Jail (a) Japan (b) Austria
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the
(c) in the Fort of Ahmednagar (c) Germany (d) Malaysia
correct explanation of A
(d) in Aga Khan Palace (c) A is true, but R is false
(d) A is false, but R is true
327. The famous INA trials took place in Red
315. After Quit India Movement Fort, Delhi in [UPPSC 2010]
C. Rajagopalachari issued a pamphlet 319. Assertion (A) Quit India Movement (a) 1945 (b) 1946 (c) 1944 (d) 1947
entitled ‘the way out’. Which of the
succeeded in awakening and
following was a proposed in the
encouraging people. 328. Who was the founder of the ‘Azad Hind
pamphlet? [IAS (Pre) 2010] Fauz’? [WBCS 2017]
Reason (R) People have assimilated
(a) The establishment of ’war advisory (a) Subhash Chandra Bose
the slogan of Do or Die.
council’ composed of (b) Rash Behari Bose
Codes [UKPSC (Pre) 2003]
representatives of British India and (c) Shah Nawaz Khan
the Indian states. (a) Both A and R are true and R is the
(d) Captain Mohan Singh
(b) Reconstitution of Central Executive correct explanation of A
Council in such a way that all its (b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the 329. When was ‘Azad Hind Fauz’ founded ?
member, except the Governor correct explanation of A [BPSC (Pre) 1997]
General and the Commander-in- (c) A is true, but R is false (a) 26th January, 1930
Chief, should be Indian leaders. (d) A is false, but R is true (b) 8th August, 1942
(c) Fresh elections to the Central and 320. Who founded the Forward Bloc? (c) 21st October, 1943
Provincial Legislatures to be held at (a) Subhash Chandra Bose [WBCS 2020] (d) 18th February, 1946
the end of 1945 and the constitution (b) Rasbehari Bose 330. Which soldier of Azad Hind Fauz was
making body be convened as soon (c) Jadugopal Mukhopadhyay sentenced to seven years
as possible.
(d) Hemchandra Ghosh imprisonment? [UPPSC (Pre) 2008]
(d) A solution to the constitutional
(a) Aruna Asaf Ali (b) Shah nawaz
deadlock 321. Which revolutionary made this
statement? [CGPSC 2020]
(c) Rashid Ali (d) Rash Behari Bose
316. Given below is a list of places. Name ‘‘Avenge the blood of Indian Martyrs.
these where parallel government were 331. Where was Azad Hind Fauz set up in
Use your sword to liberate your 1943. [IAS (Pre) 2000]
established during ‘Quit India
motherland. Stand up against the entire (a) Japan (b) Burma
Movement.’ [UPPSC (Mains) 2002]
Anglo-American enemy.’’ (c) Singapore (d) Malaya

290. (d) 291. (a) 292. (c) 293. (c) 294. (d) 295. (b) 296. (d) 297. (b) 298. (b) 299. (a) 300. (d) 301. (d) 302. (c) 303. (c) 304. (d)
305. (c) 306. (c) 307. (d) 308. (c) 309. (d) 310. (d) 311. (c) 312. (b) 313. (a) 314. (d) 315. (d) 316. (a) 317. (c) 318. (a) 319. (a)
320. (a) 321. (b) 322. (c) 323. (b) 324. (b) 325. (b) 326. (c) 327. (a) 328. (d) 329. (c) 330. (c) 331. (c)
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332. Where was the provisional 342. Who was the President of Indian Select the correct answer using the
Government of Independent India National Congress during the visit of codes given below.
(Azad Hind) formed ? [WBCS 2019] Cabinent Mission to India? (a) I Only (b) II Only
(a) Singapore (b) Tokyo [UPPSC (Mains) 2008] (c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II
(c) Berlin (d) Rome (a) Jawaharlal Nehru 349. Where did Gandhiji initially forge the
(b) JB Kripalani techniques of Satyagraha? [NDA 2020]
333. The Rani Jhansi Regiment, the women’s
(c) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (a) England (b) South Africa
regiment of Azad Hind Fauj, was under
(d) Sarojini Naidu (c) North Africa (d) India
whose command? [CDS 2008]
(a) Usha Mehta (b) Anne Marcarence 343. With reference to the Cabinet Mission, 350. The doctrines of ‘Non-violence’ and
(c) Annie Besant (d) Lakshmi Sehgal which of the following is/are correct? ‘Civil Disobedience’ associated with
I. It recommended a Federal Government. Mahatma Gandhi were influenced by
334. Who among the following officers of
II. It enlarged the powers of the Indian [APSC 2017]
Azad Hind Fauz did not face famous
courts. (a) Churchill, Irwin, Tolstoy
Red Fort trials?
III. It provided for more Indians in ICS. (b) Ruskin, Tolstoy, Thoreau
(a) Gurudayal Singh (b) Prem Sehgal
(c) Mohan Singh (d) Shah Nawaz Select the correct answer using the (c) Thoreau, Truman, Bernard Shaw
code given below. [IAS (Pre) 2015] (d) Cripps, Tolstoy, Howes
335. INA was brain child of (a) Only I
I. Gyani Pritam Singh (b) II and III 351. Who was the President of National
II. Mohan Singh (c) I and III Planning Committee, set up by the
III. Subhash Chandra Bose (d) None of the above Congress?
IV. Major Iwaichi Fujiwara (a) Asaf Ali
344. Attlee’s announcement is related to (b) Jawaharlal Nehru
Select the correct answer by using code
(a) making of the Constitution. (c) Tej Bahadur Sapru
given below. [UPPSC (Pre) 2001]
(b) India’s independence. (d) Rajendra Prasad
(a) I and II (b) II and III
(c) Royal Indian Navy mutiny.
(c) I and III (d) I and IV 352. “At the stroke of midnight, when the
(d) First General Election.
336. The Cabinet Mission came to India in world sleeps, India will awake to life
the year? [WBCS 2020]
345. The Mountbatten Plan (3rd June, 1947) and freedom, was said by
was about [HPSC 2012] (a) Lord Mountbatten
(a) 1946 (b) 1945
(a) guidelines for the formation of a (b) DR Rajendra Prasad
(c) 1942 (d) 1940
constitution for India by the (c) Jawaharlal Nehru
337. Who presided over the Cabinet Constituent Assembly . (d) None of the above
Mission? (b) creation of Federal Government.
(a) Clement Attlee (b) Sir P Lawrence (c) a plan for controlling communal riots 353. Who was the member of the Constituent
raging all over India at the same time. Assembly of India from Bihar?
(c) Strafford Cripps (d) AV Alexander
(d) the method by which power was to (a) AN Sinha [BPSC 2017]
338. Who was not the member of the be transferred from British to Indian (b) Rajendra Prasad
Cabinet Mission? [BPSC 2018]
hands. (c) Jagjivan Ram
(a) Pethick Lawrence (b) Wavell (d) None of the above/ More than one of
(c) Stafford Cripps (d) AV Alexander 346. Which plan became the platform of the above
Indian independence ?
339. Which one of the following leaders of [UP UDA / LDA (Pre) 2006] 354. Which India businessman favoured
Congress was totally in favour of (a) Cripps Plan healthy capitalism in helping Gandhiji
Cabinet Mission Plan ? (b) Wavell Plan to work towards a common object?
[UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2001] [NDA 2019]
(c) Mountbatten Plan
(a) Mahatma Gandhi (d) None of the above (a) Ghanshyam Das Birla
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru (b) Ambalal Sarabhai
(c) Sardar Patel 347. Lord Mountabatten came to India as a (c) Sir Biren Mukherjee
(d) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Viceroy along with which specific (d) TT Krishnamachari
instructions? [IAS (Pre) 1998]
340. The Cabinet Mission Plan for India (a) Balkanise the Indian sub-continent. 355. President of Indian National Congress
envisaged a [NDA 2017]
(b) Keep India united if possible. at the time of independence was
(a) Federation (c) Accept Jinna’s demand for Pakistan. (a) C Rajagopalachari [WBCS 2018]
(b) Confederation (d) Persuade the Congress to accept (b) JB Kripalani
(c) Unitary from of government partition. (c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Union of States (d) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
348. Which of the following statements about
341. Which political party had formally India’s independence is/are correct? 356. Who was the Prime Minister of England
accepted the Cabinet Mission Plan on I. The formal transfer of power on when the Montague-Chelmsford Act
6th June, 1946, which rejected the 15th August, 1947 heralding India’s was passed in 1919? [BPSC 2017]
demand for sovereign Pakistan ? Independence was announced by (a) Lloyd George
(a) Hindu Mahasabha [CDS 2018] Lord Mountbatten. (b) George Hamilton
(b) Congress II. Mahatma Gandhi was not present at (c) Sir Samuel Hoare
(c) Muslim League the festivities in the capital on (d) Lord Salisbury
(d) Unionist party 15th August, 1947.
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357. Who among the following Pakistani III. Consequent upon the breaking of Salt Which of the statement(s) given above
National was awarded ‘Bharat Ratna’ Law by Indian people, the Indian is/are correct
by the Indian Government? National Congress was declared (a) Only I (b) I and II
(a) Liaquat Ali Khan [UPPSC 2006] illegal by the Colonial rulers. (c) III and IV (d) I, II and III
(b) MA Jinnah Which of the statements given above
are correct? 366. With reference to Indian National
(c) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan Movement consider the following pairs.
(d) Muhammad Iqbal (a) I and II (b) I and III
[IAS (Pre) 2019]
(c) II and III (d) I, II and III
358. Who among the following was the Person Position Held
founder of Phoenix settlement ? 363. What was/were the formative influence(s)
on the Philosophy of Mahatma I. Sir Tej Bahadur – President, All
(a) Mahatma Gandhi [CDS 2018] Sapru India Liberal
Gandhi?
(b) BR Ambedkar Federation
I. Gandhiji was influenced by the 18th
(c) Rabindranath Tagore II. KC Neogy – Member,
Century Pranami sect that advocated
(d) Swami Vivekananda Constituent,
the unity of faiths.
Assembly
359. Consider the following statement. II. Gandhiji was influenced by the
III. PC Joshi – General
A sound body means one which bends theosophists.
Secretary,
itself to the spirit and is always a ready III. Gandhiji was an admirer of the Communist party
instrument at its service. The above writings of Romantics like of India
statement is attributed to [CDS 2018] Wordsworth.
Select the correct answer using the Which of the pairs given above is/are
(a) Sardar Patel
code given below correctly matched?
(b) Winston Churchill
(a) I and II (b) II and III (a) Only I (b) I and II
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) I, II and III (d) Only I (c) Only II (d) I, II and III
(d) Baden Powell
364. Which of the following statements with 367. Match the following questions.
360. With reference to Indian Freedom
Struggle, consider the following events. regard to the speech of Mahatma Gandhi List I (Act/Event) List II (Year)
I. Mutiny in Royal Indian Navy at the opening of the Banaras Hindu A. Rowlatt Act 1. 1922
II. Quit India movement launched University are correct? [CDS 2017] B. Salt March 2. 1931
III. Second Round Table conference I. He charged the Indian elite with a lack C. Chauri Chaura 3. 1930
What is the correct chronological sequence of concern for the labouring poor. Incident
of the above events ? II. He asserted that our salvation can D. Second Round 4. 1919
(a) I, II, III (b) II, I, III come only through the farmers. Table Conference
(c) III, II, I (d) III, I , II III. He highlighted the plight of the
untouchables. Codes
361. Arrange the following events in a IV. He promised to take up the cause of A B C D A B C D
chronological order and select the the mill owners of Ahmedabad. (a) 4 3 1 2 (b) 3 1 4 2
correct answer from the codes given Select the correct answer using the (c) 4 3 2 1 (d) 3 4 2 1
below . [UPPSC 2019]
code given below.
I. Appointment of Simon Commission
368. Match List I with List II and select the
(a) I, II, III and IV correct answer using the codes given
II. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (b) I and II below the lists.
II. Mahatma Gandhi’s Dandi March
(c) I, II and III
IV. Death of Pherozeshah Mehta List I List II
(d) III and IV (Book) (Writer)
Codes
(a) IV, II, I, III 365. Consider the following statements A. The Story of My 1. Surendranath
(b) I, II, IV I about the different meanings of Deportation Banerjee
(c) II, III, IV, I ‘Swaraj‘ as articulated by Mahatma B. Gita Rahasya 2. Maulana Abul
(d) IV, III, II, I Gandhi. [CDS 2017] Kalam Azad
I. Swaraj is intimately linked with Ahimsa C. A Nation in 3. Lala Lajpat
362. With reference to the British colonial (Non-Violence) and Satyagraha Making Rai
rule in India consider the following (adherence to truth). D. India Wins 4. Bal
statements. [UPPSC 2019]
II. Swaraj has two senses that is one Freedom Gangadhar
I. Mahatma Gandhi was instrumental in political and one beyond the realm of Tilak
the abolition of the system of politics.
indentured labour. Codes
III. Swaraj is something that requires A B C D A B C D
II. In Lord Chelmsford’s war conference, time and patience to acquire.
Mahatma Gandhi did not support the (a) 3 4 1 2 (b) 4 2 1 3
IV. With determination, Swaraj could be (c) 2 4 1 3 (d) 4 3 2 1
resolution on recruiting Indians for obtained easily and quickly.
World War.

332. (a) 333. (d) 334. (c) 335. (d) 336. (a) 337. (b) 338. (b) 339. (a) 340. (d) 341. (c) 342. (c) 343. (a) 344. (b) 345. (d) 346. (c)
347. (b) 348. (c) 349. (b) 350. (b) 351. (b) 352. (c) 353. (d) 354. (a) 355. (b) 356. (a) 357. (c) 358. (a) 359. (c) 360. (c) 361. (a)
362. (b) 363. (c) 364. (b) 365. (d) 366. (d) 367. (a) 368. (a)
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27
Communalism and
Leftist Politics
1. “The Muslims, if contented and 4. Aligarh Movement was started by whom? 11. The Annual Session of Muslim League
satisfied, would become the greatest (a) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan [MPPSC 2002] in the year 1907 was held at
bulwark of British power in India.” Who (b) Acharya Aryavold [UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2008]
wrote it? [BPSC 2017] (c) Mohammad Ali Jinnah (a) Dhaka
(a) Herbert Risley (d) Maulana Ahmed Khan (b) Karachi
(b) Lord Lytton (c) Aligarh
(c) WW Hunter 5. Which political party was founded in (d) Lucknow
(d) HN Brailsford 1906? [WBCS 2017]
(a) Bharat Sabha 12. A London branch of the All India
2. With reference to the Indian Freedom (b) Muslim League Muslim League was established in
Struggle, the decade of 1920s is (c) Bengal Zamindars League 1908 under the Presidency of
popularly known for “Growth of (d) Communist Party of India (a) Aga Khan
Communalism”. What was/were the (b) Ameer Ali
reason/s? 6. In 1906 Muslim League was founded at (c) Liaquat Ali Khan
I. Socio-economic backwardness. [MPPSC (Pre) 1992] (d) MA Jinnah
II. British policy of divide and rule. (a) Lahore (b) Delhi
III. Side-effect of militant nationalism. (c) Calcutta (d) Dhaka 13. The Session of All India Muslim
Conference held at Delhi on
Which one of the above is/are correct 7. Who among the following was the December 31, 1928 was presided over
reasons? founder of the Muslim League? by [IAS (Pre) 2018]
(a) I, II and III [CDS 2009]
(a) Mohammad Ali Jinnah (a) Aga Khan
(b) II and III
(b) Shaukat Ali (b) Mohd. Shafi
(c) I and III
(c) Nawab Salimullah (c) Mohd Ali Jinnah
(d) I and II
(d) Aga Khan (d) Fazle Hussain
3. Consider the following statements in 8. Which of the following Muslim leaders
respect of growth of communalism in 14. What was the basic weakness of the
was not one of the founding fathers of All Muslim League which came to be
India.
India Muslim League (1906)? increasingly recognised by the patriotic
I. Communalism initiated in India in the
(a) Mohammad Ali Jinnah Muslims?
1880s, when Syed Ahmad Khan
opposed the National Movements led (b) Aga Khan (a) Its upper class leaders had little
by the All India National Congress. (c) Nawab Salimullah of Decca common corner with the interests of
(d) Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk the Muslim masses.
II. Mahatma Gandhi and the All India
National Congress made a deep (b) Its religious bases was not good for
9. Who was the first President of the the country.
analysis of the communal Muslim League? [UPPSC (Pre) 1997]
phenomenon to meet its challenges. (c) Its loyalty to the British ruler was a
(a) Aga Khan (b) Hamid Khan dangerous doctrine.
III. Constant negotiation of All India (c) Hasan Khan (d) MA Jinnah
National Congress with the Muslim (d) Its support for Muslims and their
communal leaders weakened the 10. The Muslim deputation (under the cause was only superficial.
position of secular, anti-imperialist leadership of Aga Khan) meets Lord 15. Which one of the following has changed
Muslims and Muslim leaders. Minto in 1906 at Shimla and pleaded for the name of Hindu Mahasabha to
Which of the statements given above [BPSC (Pre) 2004] ‘All India Hindu Mahasabha’ in 1915?
are correct? (a) separate electorate for Muslims. (a) Deen Dayal Upadhyay
(a) I and II (b) a composite electorate. (b) Madan Mohan Malviya
(b) II and III (c) higher representation of the Hindus. (c) Deenanath Banerjee
(c) I and III (d) special representation to Muslim by (d) Harish Chandra Mukherjee
(d) None of the above nomination.
INDIAN HISTORY 185

16. Hindu Mahasabha was originally called 25. Which of the following statement is not 33. Who did the Chairmanship of Lahore
as true about Mohammad Ali Jinnah? Session (1940) of Muslim League?
(a) Sarvadharma Hindu Sabha [UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2008] [UPPSC (Pre) 2013]
(a) Liaquat Ali Khan
(b) Sarvadeshak Hindu Sabha (a) He was the supporter of the Two-
(b) Chaudhary Khaliquzzaman
(c) Sarvahitaishi Hindu Sabha Nation Theory.
(c) Muhammed Ali Jinnah
(d) None of the above (b) He presided the Lahore Session of
(d) Fatimah Jinnah
Hindu-Muslim League in 1940.
17. In which year did VD Savarkar become (c) He had not participated in the 34. When did the Muslim League celebrate
the Chairman of Hindu Mahasabha? Non-Cooperation Movement. the ‘Pakistan Day’?
[UPPSC 2001]
(d) He always used to keep a diary. [UPPSC (Pre) 2008]
(a) 1936 (b) 1937 (a) 25th April, 1920
(c) 1938 (d) 1940 26. A separate homeland for Muslims found (b) 5th February, 1922
for the first time a definite expression
18. In which year the Rashtriya [UPPSC (Mains) 2013]
(c) 14th July, 1942
Swayamsevak Sangh was founded? (d) 23rd March, 1943
(a) in the Presidential speech of Iqbal at
(a) 1925 (b) 1926 the Allahabad Session of Muslim 35. Who prepared ‘CR Formula’ to remove
(c) 1927 (d) 1928 League (1930). the political deadlock between Muslim
19. Who established Rashtriya (b) in the Cambridge pamphlet. League and India National Congress?
Swayamsevak Sangh? (c) in the Lahore Session of Muslim [UPPSC 2019, SSC CGL 2020]
(a) Hedgewar League in 1940. (a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Govalkar (d) None of the above (b) C Rajagopalachari
(c) Veer Savarkar (c) Chittaranjan Das
27. The famous Pakistan Resolution was
(d) Deen Dayal Upadhyay passed at [WBCS 2019]
(d) VP Menon
20. Who wrote the pamphlet ‘Now or (a) Lahore (b) Delhi 36. On what basis Gandhi-Jinnah talk
Never’? [BPSC 2018] (c) Bombay (d) Lucknow held?
(a) Md. Jinnah (a) Rajagopalachari formula
28. In which year the Pakistan Resolution (b) Lahore resolution
(b) Md. Iqbal was adopted by the Muslim League and
(c) Rahmat Ali (c) Wavell Plan
where? [WBCS 2017]
(d) Khafi Khan (d) Cripps Mission
(a) 1929, Lahore (b) 1930, Allahabad
21. Who conceived the idea of Pakistan? (c) 1940, Lahore (d) 1940, Dhaka 37. Gandhi-Jinnah talk started on
[WBCS 2019] (a) 9th September, 1944
(a) Asaf Ali 29. Significance of Lahore Resolution (1940) (b) 27th September, 1944
(b) Muhammad Ali Jinnah of the Muslim League was that (c) 9th August, 1945
(c) HS Suhrawardy [WBCS 2018] (d) 8th August, 1948
(d) Choudhary Rahmat Ali (a) to cooperate with National Congress.
(b) to create a Constitution for the Muslim 38. Desai-Liaquat Pact is named after
22. Who among the following first put which of the following two leaders?
forward the proposal for a separate League.
(c) to cooperate with the British. (a) Bhulabhai Desai
Muslim state in India?
(d) Pakistan resolution was taken. (b) Manmohan Desai
[UPRO/ARO (Mains) 2014]
(c) Liaquat Ali Khan
(a) Aga Khan 30. Who has moved a resolution for the (d) Both (a) and (b)
(b) MA Jinnah creation of Pakistan in the Muslim League
(c) Liaquat Ali Khan Session of 1940? [UPPSC (Pre) 2000] 39. Which day was declared as the Direct
(d) Muhammad Iqbal (a) MA Jinnah Action Day by the Muslim League?
(b) Mohammad Iqbal (a) 3rd September, 1946 [WBCS 2019]
23. Who among the following led the
(c) Rahmat Ali (b) 16th August, 1946
movement for the separate state of
(d) Khaliquzzaman (c) 16th May, 1946
Pakistan? [BPSC (Pre) 1992]
(d) 4th December, 1946
(a) Aga Khan 31. The Muslim League Annual Session which
(b) Nawab Salim Ullah gave effect to Jinnah’s Two- Nation Theory 40. Which party gave a call for ‘Direct
(c) Liaquat Ali Khan was held in [UPPSC (Mains) 2012] Action’ and which date was chosen as
(d) Md. Ali Jinnah (a) Lahore (b) Karachi the ‘Direct Action Day’? [WBCS 2017]
(c) Bombay (d) Lucknow (a) Muslim League; 16th August, 1946
24. Who once remarked “Nehru is a patriot (b) Indian National Congress; 8th
while Jinnah is a politician”? 32. Who had prepared the Lahore Resolution? August, 1942
(a) Maulana Azad [WBCS 2019]
(a) Sikandar Hayat Khan (c) The Hindu Mahasabha; 3rd June,
(b) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Fazlul Haq 1946
(c) Sir Muhammad Iqbal (c) Mohammad Ali Jinnah (d) Indian National Army; 18th August,
(d) Abdul Ghaffar Khan (d) None of the above 1945

1. (c) 2. (a) 3. (c) 4. (a) 5. (b) 6. (d) 7. (c) 8. (a) 9. (a) 10. (a) 11. (b) 12. (b) 13. (a) 14. (a) 15. (b)
16. (b) 17. (c) 18. (a) 19. (a) 20. (c) 21. (d) 22. (d) 23. (d) 24. (c) 25. (d) 26. (a) 27. (a) 28. (c) 29. (d) 30. (d)
31. (a) 32. (a) 33. (c) 34. (d) 35. (b) 36. (a) 37. (a) 38. (d) 39. (b) 40. (a)
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41. Which one of the following statements (c) invite Nehru and Jinnah to form the 54. Assertion (A) The Indian National
with regard to ‘Direct Action Day’ is government together. Congress accepted the Mountbatten
correct? [NDA 2010] (d) invite the Army to take over for some Plan.
(a) Hasan Suhrawardi presided over the time. Reason (R) It believed in Two-Nation
‘Direct Action Day’. 49. The Indian National Congress agreed Theory.
(b) ‘Direct Action’ took place in Delhi. in 1947 to the partition of the country Select the correct answer from the codes
(c) ‘Direct Action Day’ led to the Bihar mainly because given below. [UPPSC (Pre) 1998]
riot. [IAS (Pre) 1998] (a) Both A and R are true and R is the
(d) ‘Direct Action’ was endorsed by the (a) the principle of Two-Nation Theory correct explanation of A
Congress Party. was then acceptable to them. (b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
42. The last opportunity to avoid the (b) it was imposed by the British correct explanation of A
Partition of India was lost with the Government and the Congress was (c) A is true, but R is false
rejection of [IAS (Pre) 2002] helpless in the regard. (d) A is false, but R is true
(a) Cripps Mission (c) they wanted to avoid large-scale 55. Who was the first Indian to be the
(b) Rajagopalachari Formula communal riots. member of Communist International?
(c) Cabinet Mission (d) India would have otherwise lost the (a) MN Roy [BPSC (Pre) 1998]
(d) Wavell Plan opportunity to attain freedom. (b) Muzaffar Ahmad
50. The Radcliffe Committee was appointed (c) SS Dange
43. The ‘Break Down Plan’ in 1946 for (d) None of the above
transfer of power to India had been to [IAS (Pre) 2014]
proposed by [WBCS 2018] (a) solve the problem of minorities in 56. In October, 1920, who of the following
(a) Winston Churchill India. headed a group of Indians gathered at
(b) Viceroy Lord Wavell (b) give effect to the Independence Bill. Tashkent to set up a Communist Party
(c) Lord Mountbatten (c) delimit the boundaries between India of India? [IAS (Pre) 2005]
(d) Clement Attlee and Pakistan. (a) HK Sarkar
(d) enquire into the riots in East Bengal. (b) PC Joshi
44. The Mountbatten Plan became the (c) MC Chagla
basis for [UPPSC (Pre) 2013] 51. Two independent states of India and
(d) MN Roy
(a) continuity of British rule Pakistan were created by [CDS 2003]
(b) transfer of power. (a) the Simla Conference 57. Communist Party of India was founded
(c) partition of the country. (b) the Cripps Proposal in 1924 at which place?
(d) solution of the communal problems. (c) the Cabinet Mission Plan (a) Nagpur (b) Kanpur
(d) the Indian Independence Act (c) Calcutta (d) Delhi
45. Who was the President of the Indian
National Congress at the time of 52. Who among the following has not 58. Kanpur Conspiracy Case was against
Partition of India? [BPSC 2019] written about partition in his works? the leaders of [UPPSC 2010]
(a) JB Kripalani [Astt. Comm. 2018] (a) Khilafat Movement
(a) Saadat Hasan Manto (b) Non-Cooperation Movement
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay (c) Communist Movement
(c) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(c) Bhisham Sahni (d) Revolutionary Movement
(d) C Rajagopalachari
(d) Narendranath Mitra 59. Which among the following is not
46. In Delhi Congress Session on 14th June, associated with Kanpur Conspiracy?
1947, the resolution for India’s Partition 53. Consider the following statements
related with events in 1946. (a) Sripad Amrit Dange
was passed. The Session was presided
I. The plan of 16th May, 1946 had (b) Muzaffar Ahmed
over by [UPPSC 2007]
envisaged a united India in line with (c) Nalin Gupta
(a) Rajendra Prasad (d) Jayaprakash Narayan
(b) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Congress and Muslim League
(c) Acharya JB Kripalani aspirations. 60. Which of the following trials attracted
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru II. 16th June, 1946 plan sought to the worldwide publicity and drew
arrange for India to be divided into sympathetic comment from Albert
47. Muslim League had accepted Hindu-Majority India and a Muslim- Einstein, HG Wells, Harold laski and
Mountbatten Plan because [WBCS 2018] Majority India that would later be Roosevelt ih favour of the convicts?
(a) Muslims were given separate renamed Pakistan, since Congress (a) INA trial [UPPSC (Pre) 2017]
electorate. had vehemently rejected ‘parity’ at the (b) Lahore Conspiracy Case
(b) it was not accepted by Congress. centre. (c) Meerut Conspiracy Case
(c) it had the provision for creation of III. The Congress ruled out the June 16 (d) None of the above
Pakistan. plan, seeing it as the division of India
(d) it gave recognition to Muslim League. into small states. 61. Who was the President of first
Which of the statements given above Conference of Communist Party at
48. As an alternative to the Partition of India, is/are correct? Kanpur in 1925?
Gandhiji suggested to Mountbatten that (a) Satyabhakta
(a) Only I
he [IAS (Pre) 2000] (b) Manabendra Nath Roy
(b) II and III
(a) postponed granting of independence. (c) Subhash Chandra Bose
(c) I and III
(b) invite Jinnah to form the government. (d) Singaravelu Chettiar
(d) All of the above
INDIAN HISTORY 187
62. Who among the following in Congress 68. Who among the followng was a (b) Jamiat-ul-Ulam – Maulana
represented the socialist view? prominent leader of the Congress a-i Hind Mehmood Hasan
(a) Rajendra Prasad (b) Narendra Dev Socialist Party? [UPPSC (Pre) 1996] Shaikh-ul-Hind
(c) Maulana Azad (d) Sardar Patel (a) MN Roy (c) Congress – Bal Gangadhar
(b) Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Democratic Tilak
63. Who had proposed ‘Partyless Party
(c) Acharya Narendra Dev
Democracy’ in India? (d) Congress – MN Roy-
(d) Pattom Thanu Pillai
[MPPSC 2019, Astt. Comm. 2017] Socialist Party Communist Party
(a) SA Dange 69. When was the Bihar Socialist Party
(b) Ram Manohar Lohiya formed? [BPSC 2018] 76. Which of the following was/were
(c) Mahatma Gandhi (a) 1921 (b) 1927 (c) 1931 (d) 1934 connected primarily to the communist
(d) Jayaprakash Narayan ideology? [CDS 2015]
70. Who formed the ‘Bihar Socialist Party’ I. Kirti Kisan Party
64. In reference to the rise of the Left Wing in 1934? II. Labour Swaraj Party
in the Indian Freedom Movement, (a) Phulan Prasad Verma Select the correct answer using the
which one of the following observation (b) Swami Yoganand codes given below.
in regard to Jawaharlal Nehru is not (c) Narhari Parikh (a) Only I (b) Only II
correct? (d) Dadabhai Naoroji (c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II
(a) He imparted a socialist vision to the
National Movements and to became 71. Bihar Socialist Party was born in 1934 77. Consider the following statements.
the symbol of socialism and socialist with its Secretary …………… I. The ‘Bombay Manifesto’ signed in
ideas in India after 1929. (a) Acharya Narendra Dev 1936 openly opposed the preaching
(b) He developed an interest in economic (b) Jayaprakash Narayan of socialist ideals.
questions when he came in touch (c) Rambriksh Benipuri II. It evoked support from a large section
with Subhash Chandra Bose. (d) Karpaoori Thakur of business community from all
(c) He joined hands with Subhash across India.
72. With reference to Congress Socialist
Chandra Bose to organise the Which of the statements given above
Party, consider the following
Independence for India League to is/are are correct? [IAS (Pre) 2010]
statements. [IAS (Pre) 2015]
fight for the complete independence (a) Only I (b) Only II
I. It advocated the boycott of British
and a socialist revision of the goods and evasion of taxes. (c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II
economic structure of society. II. It wanted to establish the dictatorship 78. Consider the following events.
(d) He criticised Gandhiji for refusing to of proletariat. I. The first democratically elected
recognise the conflict of classes, for III. It advocated separate electorate for Communist Party government formed
preaching harmony among the minorities and oppressed classes. in a state in India.
exploiters and the exploited. Which of the statements given above II. India’s then largest bank, ‘Imperial
is/are correct? Bank of India’ was renamed ‘State
65. Who became champion of socialism
(a) I and II (b) Only III Bank of India’.
and wanted to overthrow of British
(c) I, II and III (d) None of these III. Air India was Nationalised and
Rule, Princely States, Landlordism and
became the National carrier.
Capitalism in 1933? [BPSC 2018] 73. Who founded ‘Radical Democratic IV. Goa became a part of independent
(a) Rajendra Prasad Party’ in 1940? [UPPSC (Mains) 2007] India.
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru (a) Indrasen Which of the following is the correct
(c) Bhulabhai Desai (b) MN Roy chronological sequence of the above
(d) Sardar Patel (c) Saumendra Nath Tagore events? [IAS (Pre) 2018]
(d) Sachindranath Sanyal (a) IV, I, II, III (b) III, II, I, IV
66. Congress Socialist Party was organised
in 1934 by [UPPSC (Mains) 2008] 74. What is the name of the party founded (c) IV, II, I, III (d) III, I, II, IV
(a) Jayaprakash Narayan and by Saumendra Nath Tagore? 79. Consider the following statements
Jawaharlal Nehru [UPPSC 2015] relating to planning in India.
(b) Jayaprakash Narayan and Acharya (a) Indian Bolshevik Party I. In the year 1938, the National
Narendra Dev (b) Revolutionary Communist Party Planning Committee was set up in
(c) Jayaprakash Narayan and Subhash (c) Bolshevik Leninist Party India under the Chairmanship of
Chandra Bose (d) Radical Democratic Party Jawaharlal Nehru.
(d) Subhash Chandra Bose and II. The Bombay Plan was prepared by
75. Which one fo the following pairs of
Jawaharlal Nehru the Indian industrialists.
organisation and their founders is not
67. The first meeting of the Congress correctly matched? [Astt. Comm. 2019] III. Acharya Kripalani prepared the
Socialist Party was held in Gandhian Plan.
(a) National – Tej Bahadur
[BPSC (Pre) 2000] Which of the statement(s) given above
Liberation Sapru and MR
is/are correct? [NDA 2012]
(a) Delhi (b) Nasik Federation Jayakar
(c) Patna (d) Lahore (a) Only I (b) Only II
(c) I and II (d) None of these

41. (a) 42. (c) 43. (b) 44. (c) 45. (a) 46. (a) 47. (c) 48. (b) 49. (c) 50. (c) 51. (d) 52. (b) 53. (d) 54. (c) 55. (a)
56. (d) 57. (b) 58. (c) 59. (d) 60. (c) 61. (d) 62. (b) 63. (d) 64. (c) 65. (b) 66. (b) 67. (c) 68. (c) 69. (c) 70. (a)
71. (b) 72. (d) 73. (b) 74. (b) 75. (d) 76. (c) 77. (a) 78. (b) 79. (c)
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28
The British Governor-
Generals and Viceroys
1. Who was the first Governor of Bengal? 9. Who succeeded Robert Clive to lead Which of the above statements is/are
(a) Lord Clive (b) Courtier the East India Company? [APSC 2017] correct?
(c) Lord Amherst (d) Lord Auckland (a) Lord Bentinck (a) Only I (b) Only II
(b) Lord Cornwallis (c) Both I and II (d) None of these
2. Which one of the following mutiny took
(c) Lord Hastings
place during the reign of Lord Clive? 15. Consider the following statements
(d) All of the above about Warren Hastings.
(a) White mutiny (b) Sepoy mutiny
(c) Bengal mutiny (d) Santhal mutiny 10. At the time of the establishment of I. He was the last Governor of Bengal.
Asiatic Society in Calcutta, who was II. He wrote introduction to the first
3. In which year did dual government start the Governor-General of Bengal? English translation of ‘Gita’ by Charles
by Lord Clive in Bengal? Wilkins.
(a) Lord Cornwallis [UPPSC 2004]
(a) 1763 (b) 1764 (c) 1966 (d) 1765 III. He started Diwani and Faujdari
(b) Lord Warren Hastings
4. In which Governor tenure, Diwani rights (c) Lord Wellesley Adalats at the district level and Sadar
of Bengal, Bihar and Odisha had (d) Lord Bentinck Diwani and Nizamat Adalats
granted to East India Company by (Appellate Courts) at Calcutta.
emperor Shah Alam? 11. The policy of ‘Security Cell’ is related Which of the statement(s) given above
with [UPPSC (Pre) 2006] is/are correct?
(a) Lord Clive [UPPSC (Mains) 2004]
(a) Warren Hastings (b) Lord Dalhousie (a) Only I (b) II and III
(b) Lord Cornwallis
(c) Henry Lawrence (d) Lord Hastings (c) I and III (d) All of these
(c) Lord Wellesley
(d) Lord William Bentinck 12. Who among the following abolished 16. Assertion (A) The Asiatic Society of
‘Dual Government’ system in Bengal Bengal was established in the period of
5. Who was the founder of British Empire [BPSC (Pre) 2005, 1996]
in India? [UK UDA/LDA (Pre) 2007]
Warren Hastings and he modestly
(a) Robert Clive declined the offer of Presidentship of
(a) Warren Hastings (b) Lord Cornwallis that learned body in favour of Sir
(b) Lord Amherst (c) Warren Hastings William Jones.
(c) Lord Robert Clive (d) None of the above Reason (R) Warren Hastings was
(d) Lord William Bentinck
13. Which one of the following Governor- himself a great scholar and ardent
6. Who among the following has been General was impeached by the British orientalist who used to encourage the
called the ‘Heaven Born General’? Parliament? study of Sanskrit, Persian and Arabic.
[UPPSC (Mains) 2009] (a) Lord Curzon Codes [UPPSC 2019]
(a) Albuquerque (b) Robert Clive (b) Warren Hastings (a) Both A and R are true and R is the
(c) Francois Dupleix (d) Lord Cornwallis (c) Lord Canning correct explanation of A
(d) William Bentinck (b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
7. Who was the first Governor-General of correct explanation of A
Bengal? [SSC 2019] 14. Consider the following statements. (c) A is true, but R is false
(a) Warren Hastings (b) Lord Dalhousie I. Warren Hastings had established the (d) A is false, but R is true
(c) Lord Curzon (d)Lord Cornwallis Dual System of Government in
Bengal in 1765. 17. Who established the Judical
8. In which year was the Regulating Act organisation in India?
passed? [BPSC 2015]
II. He had established a Board of
Revenue at Calcutta to supervise the [UPPSC (Pre) 1991]
(a) 1757 AD (b) 1765 AD (a) Lord Mayo (b) Lord Cornwallis
collection of revenue.
(c) 1773 AD (d) 1793 AD (c) Lord Attlee (d) Lord Curzon
INDIAN HISTORY 189

18. Who among the following Governor- 24. Consider the following statements. (b) To keep India safe from Napoleonic
Generals created the covenanted Civil I. Lord Cornwallis laid the foundation of danger.
Service of India which later came to be a new judicial system in British India (c) To secure a fixed income for the
known as the Indian Civil Service? through a hierarchy of Civil and company.
(a) Warren Hastings [IAS (Pre) 2010] Criminal Courts. (d) To establish British paramountcy
(b) Wellesley II. Lord Cornwallis separated the posts over the Indian states.
(c) Cornwallis of the Civil Judge and the Revenue 31. Which one among the following is not
(d) William Bentinck Collector in a district in British India. correct about the subsidiary alliance?
Which of the statement(s) given above (a) It was formulated by Wellesley.
19. The enforcement of the public service is/are correct?
was done in [UPPSC (Mains) 2004] (b) British army was posted in the
(a) Only I (b) Only II subsidiary state.
(a) tenure of Bentinck. (c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II
(b) tenure of Cornwallis. (c) It did not recognise an adopted heir
(c) tenure of Curzon. 25. Who introduced subsidiary alliance to a subsidiary state.
(d) tenure of Dalhousie. system in the administration to (d) A British resident was posted in the
establish the British power over the subsidiary state.
20. Which Governor-General introduced Indian states? [UPPSC (Mains) 2016]
the permanent land revenue system in 32. Wellesley established the Fort William
(a) Warren Hastings College at Calcutta because
India? [MPPSC (Pre) 2014] (b) Lord Wellesley (a) he was asked by the Board of
(a) Lord John Shore (c) Lord Cornwallis Directors at London to do so.
(b) Lord Clive (d) Lord Dalhousie (b) he wanted to revive interest in
(c) Lord Cornwallis
26. The first Indian ruler who joined the oriental learning in India.
(d) Lord Warren Hastings
subsidiary alliance was (c) he wanted to provide William Carey
21. Who among the following Governor- [IAS (Pre) 1994)] and his associates with employment.
Generals of Bengal was associated (a) The Nawab of Awadh (d) he wanted to train British civilians for
with third Anglo-Mysore war? (b) The Nizam of Hyderabad administrative purpose in India.
[UPPSC (Mains) 2013]
(c) Peshwa Baji Rao II 33. Consider the following statements
(a) Waen Hastings (d) The King of Travancore related to Wellesley’s administration.
(b) Lord Cornwallis
27. First Maratha Sardar to accept the I. In the six years of Wellesley’s
(c) Sir John Shore
subsidiary alliance of Lord Wellesley administration, the army accounted
(d) Lord William Cavendish Bentinck
was [BPSC (Pre) 1996] for 42.5 per cent of the company’s
22. By a regulation in 1793, the District total expenditure.
(a) Peshwa Baji Rao II
Collector was deprived of his judicial II. Wellesley’s administrative measures
(b) Raghuji Bhosle
powers and made the collecting agent were restricted to the affairs of the
(c) Daulatrao Scindia
only. What was the reason for such company and had nothing to do with
(d) None of the above
regulation? [IAS (Pre) 2010] commercial and military affairs of the
(a) Lord Cornwallis felt that the District 28. The subsidiary alliance was not Indian ruling families.
Collector’s efficiency of revenue accepted by [UPPSC (Mains) 2004] Which of the statement given above
collection would enormously increase (a) The Nizam of Hyderabad. is/are correct? [NDA 2019]
without the burden of other work. (b) The Holkar State of Indore. (a) I only (b) II only
(b) Lord Cornwallis felt that judicial (c) The Rajput State of Jodhpur. (c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II
power should compulsorily be in the (d) The Ruler of Mysore.
hands of Europeans while Indians
34. Consider the following which
can be given the job of revenue 29. The main aim of East India Company to concluded the subsidiary alliances with
collection in the districts. make subsidiary alliance in Rajput Lord Wellesley and find the correct
states was [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1992] chronological order of their treating
(c) Lord Cornwallis was alarmed at the
(a) receiving military support against from the code given below.
extent of power concentrated in the
enemies. [UPPSC (Mains) 2014]
District Collector and felt that such
absolute power was undesirable in (b) protecting these states from Maratha I. Hyderabad II. Mysore
one person. Pindari invasion. III. Awadh IV. Sindhia
(d) The judicial work demanded a deep (c) to receive funds in the form of Khiraj. Codes
knowledge of India and a good (d) to establish the sovereignty of the (a) I, II, III, IV (b) I, III, IV, II
training in law and Lord Cornwallis British. (c) IV, III, II, I (d) III, II, I, IV
felt that District Collector should be 35. Anglo-Nepal war took place during the
30. Which one of the following statements
only a revenue collector.
does not apply to the system of reign of [UPPSC (Mains) 2010]
23. The tomb of Lord Cornwallis is situated subsidiary alliance introduced by the (a) Lord Cornwallis
at [UPPSC (Mains) 2011] Lord Wellesley? [IAS (Pre) 2018] (b) Lord Hastings
(a) Ghazipur (b) Ballia (a) To maintain a large standing army at (c) Lord Wellesley
(c) Varanasi (d) Gorakhpur other’s expense. (d) Warren Hastings

1. (a) 2. (a) 3. (d) 4. (a) 5. (c) 6. (b) 7. (a) 8. (c) 9. (c) 10. (b) 11. (a) 12. (c) 13. (b) 14. (b) 15. (b)
16. (b) 17. (b) 18. (c) 19. (b) 20. (c) 21. (b) 22. (c) 23. (a) 24. (c) 25. (b) 26. (a) 27. (a) 28. (b) 29. (d) 30. (c)
31. (b) 32. (d) 33. (d) 34. (a) 35. (b)
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36. Third Anglo-Maratha war is related to 45. Who was the Governor-General during 53. Which of the following was the first victim
[UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2013] the annulment of ‘Sati’? [WBCS 2020] of Lord Dalhousie’s policy of ‘Doctrine of
(a) Sir John Shore (a) Lord Bentinck (b) Lord Hastings Lapse’? [UPPSC (Pre) 2016]
(b) Lord Wellesley (c) Lord Dalhousie (d) Lord Canning (a) Jhansi (b) Satara
(c) Lord Hastings (c) Karauli (d) Sambalpur
46. Which one of the following measures is
(d) Lord Cornwallis
associated with William Bentinck, the 54. Who had merged Sikkim in India?
37. Who among the following finally then Governor-General of India? [UPPSC 2020]
removed the Maratha Peshwa from his (a) Introduction of postal system (a) Lord Hastings
position, captured his territories and sent (b) Resumption of rent-free land (b) Lord William Bentinck
him off to a distant place? [CDS 2006] (c) Preservation of ancient monuments (c) Lord Dalhousie
(a) Wellesley (b) Cornwallis (d) Partition of Bengal (d) Lord Auckland
(c) Dalhousie (d) Hastings
47. On the basis of alleged 55. Which Governor-General of India
38. Consider the following statements. maladministration which Governor advocated rapid railway construction in
I. Lord Hastings conducted Rohilkhand General had taken the administration of India? [WBCS 2018]
War. Mysore state? (a) Lord Cornwallis (b)Lord Dalhousie
II. Lord Hastings set up a Lottery [UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2004] (c) Lord Hardinge (d) Lord Hastings
Commission which showcases his (a) Lord Wellesley
efforts for raising public funds. (b) Lord Hastings 56. During whose Governorship was
(c) Lord William Bentinck Shimla made the summer capital and
Which of the statement(s) given above
army headquarters?
is/are correct? (d) Lord Hardinge
(a) Lord Lake
(a) Only I (b) Both I and II
48. From the following Britishers, who is (b) Sir John Lawrence
(c) Only II (d) Neither I nor II
credited for removal or banned on (c) Lord Ripon
39. By which one of the following Acts did newspapers? [CGPSC 2013] (d) Lord Dalhousie
the Governor-General of Bengal (a) Lord William Bentinck
become the Governor-General of India? (b) Charles Metcalf
57. Who laid down the foundation of
Modern Postal system?
(a) The Regulatory Act (c) Lord Macaulay
(a) Ellenborough (b) Lord Wellesley
(b) The Pitts India Act (d) Warren Hastings
(c) Lord Dalhousie (d) Lord Hastings
(c) The Charter Act of 1793
49. Who among the following negotiated
(d) The Charter Act of 1833 58. Under whose Governor-Generalship,
subordinate alliances of 1817 - 18 with
the Railways were introduced in India?
40. The first Governor-General of India Princely State of Rajputana?
[WBCS 2020]
was appointed in [UKPSC 2007] [RAS/RTS (Pre) 2018]
(a) Lord Wellesley (b) Lord Cornwallis
(a) 1774 (b) 1833 (a) David Ochterlony
(c) Lord Canning (d) Lord Dalhousie
(c) 1858 (d) 1911 (b) Charles Metcalf
(c) Arthur Wellesley 59. Public Works Department was
41. Who among the following was the first organised in 1845-1855 by
(d) John George
Governor-General of India? [CDS 2008]
[JPSC (Pre) 2013]
(a) Lord Amherst 50. The conquest of Sindh by British was
(a) Lord Dalhousie
(b) Lord William Bentinck completed during the period of
(b) Lord Cornwallis
(c) Sir Charles Metcalfe [UPPSC (Mains) 2012]
(c) George Auckland
(d) Robert Clive (a) Lord Ellenborough
(d) Warren Hastings
(b) Lord Hardinge
42. Who declared ‘Sati’ illegal?
[BPSC 2018]
(c) Lord Auckland 60. The last major extension of British
(d) Lord Amherst Indian territory took place during the
(a) Warren Hastings
time of [IAS (Pre) 2000]
(b) William Bentinck 51. Which of the following is/are true about
(a) Dufferin (b) Dalhousie
(c) Cornwallis Lord Ellenborough?
(c)Lytton (d) Curzon
(d) Curzon I. Annexation of Sindh to British empire.
43. In which year Sati System was
II. Brought up troops against Gwalior. 61. Dalhousie has been regarded as the
III. Established a Council of Regency at maker of modern India because he
abolished by William Bentinck?
Gwalior. brought about reforms and made a
[MPPSC (Pre) 2015]
IV. Abolition of slavery and suppression beginning in many fields. Which one
(a) 1825 AD (b) 1827 AD
of lotteries. among the following was not one of his
(c) 1829 AD (d) 1830 AD schemes of reforms? [CDS 2012]
Choose the right answer using the
44. Who was the then Governor-General of following codes. (a) Educational reforms
British India, when ‘Sati Pratha’ (a) Only I (b) I and II (b) Construction of railways and
became illegal and punishable? (c) II and III (d) All of these introduction of telegraph and postal
[SSC CGL 2020] services.
52. Which Governor-General is associated (c) Establishment of a public works
(a) Lord William Bentinck
with Doctrine of Lapse? [SSC 2011]
department.
(b) Warren Hastings
(a) Lord Ripon (b) Lord Dalhousie (d) Factories Act to improve the
(c) Lord Wellesley
(c) Lord Bentinck (d) Lord Curzon condition of Indian labour.
(d) Lord Cornwallis
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62. Consider the following Princely States 68. The ‘Right to Adopt’ heir in place of own II. He proposed the plan of statutory
of the British rule in India. son was re-established by Civil Services in 1878-79 and lowered
I. Jhansi II. Sambalpur [UPPSC (Pre) 2004] the maximum age limit for Civil
III. Satara (a) Government of India Act, 1858. Services from 21 to 19 years.
The correct chronological order in which (b) Lord Canning. Choose the right answer from the
they were annexed by the British is (c) release of Charter of 1860. following codes.
[IAS (Pre) 2004] (d) Queen’s announcement of 1858. (a) Only I (b) Only II
(c) Both I and II (d) None of these
(a) I, II, III (b) I, III, II 69. Queen Victoria was appointed the
(c) III, II, I (d) III, I, II empress of India in [BPSC (Pre) 1992] 77. Local self government institutions in
(a) 1858 (b) 1876 India were strengthened in 1882 by
63. The most important aspect of
[UPPSC (Pre) 1994]
Dalhousie’s administration is related to (c) 1877 (d) 1885
the policy of annexation. His great (a) George Barlow (b) Lord Ripon
annexations included
70. Under whose vice-royalty the White (c) Lord Curzon (d) Lord Lytton
mutiny occurred? [CGPSC 2013]
I. Punjab II. Lower Burma 78. Who is rightly called the ‘Father of
(a) Lord Curzon
III. Awadh Local Self Government’ in India?
(b) Lord Minto
IV. Major Central Provinces [SSC 2011]
(c) Lord Canning
Choose the correct answer from the (a) Lord Mayo (b) Lord Ripon
following codes. (d) Lord Hardinge
(c) Lord Curzon (d) Lord Clive
(a) III and IV (b) I, II, III and IV 71. Who among the following is associated
(c) I and III (d) Only IV with the policy of ‘Masterly Inactivity’?
79. The first Factory Act restricting the
[UPPSC (Pre) 1997]
working hours of women and children,
64. Consider the following statements and authorising local governments to
about Doctrine of Lapse. (a) William Bentinck
make necessary rules was adopted
I. It was introduced by Lord Dalhousie. (b) Lord Canning
during whose time? [IAS (Pre) 2007]
II. Satara was the first state to be (c) Lord Mayo
(a) Lord Lytton (b) Lord Bentinck
annexed. (d) John Lawrence
(c) Lord Ripon (d) Lord Cannings
III. Annexation of Awadh in 1856 was on 72. The first census was conducted at the
charges of mal administration. 80. Which among the following Viceroys
time of [APSC 2017]
IV. Jaipur, Sambhalpur, Udaipur, Jhansi was associated with the ‘Ilbert Bill
(a) Lord Dufferiin Controversy’? [WBCS 2020]
and Nagpur were some of the other (b) Lord Mayo
states annexed through this doctrine. (a) Lord Curzon (b) Lord Lytton
(c) Lord Auckland (c) Lord Ripon (d) Lord Hardinge
Which of the statements given above (d) Sir John Napier
are correct? 81. Which of the following statements is
(a) I and II (b) II, III and IV 73. Who was the Viceroy to be murdered in correct?
(c) I, III and IV (d) All of these office? (a) Vernacular Press Act (1878) and
(a) Sir John Lawrence Indian Arms Act (1879) was passed
65. Who was the Governor-General of (b) Lord Elgin I
India at the time of the outbreak of the during Lord Lytton’s time.
(c) Lord Elgin II (b) 1st Famine Commission was
Revolt of 1857? [WBCS 2017]
(d) Lord Mayo established in 1878, under Richard
(a) William Bentinck
74. Which one of the following Viceroy of Strachey during Lord Lytton’s time.
(b) Lord Cornwallis
India was murdered by a convict in (c) Lord Ripon (1880-84) is known as
(c) Lord Canning
Andaman and Nicobar Island while he father of local self government and
(d) Lord Dalhousie
was on tour? labour legislation.
66. Who of the following was the first [UP ARO/RO (Mains) 2013] (d) All are correct
Viceroy of India? [UPPSC 2010] (a) Lord Curzon (b) Lord Ripon 82. The Ilbert Bill controversy was related
(a) Lord Clive (c) Lord Mayo (d) Lord Minto to the [IAS (Pre) 2013]
(b) Lord Cornwallis
75. The Viceroy who followed aggressive (a) imposition of certain restrictions to
(c) Lord Canning carry arms by the Indians.
(d) Lord Ripon policy towards Afghanistan was
[BPSC 2019] (b) imposition of restrictions on
67. Queen Victoria’s proclamation was (a) Lord Mayo (b) Lord Lytton newspapers and magazines
read out by Lord Canning on (c) Lord Dufferin (d) Lord Canning published in Indian languages.
1st November, 1858 at (c) removal of disqualifications imposed
(a) Allahabad [UPPSC (Mains) 2009] 76. Consider the following statements. on the Indian Magistrates with regard
(b) Calcutta I. The foundation of Mohammaden to the trial of the Europeans.
(c) Bombay Anglo-Oriental College was laid by (d) removal of a duty on imported cotton
(d) Madras Lord Lytton in 1874 at Aligarh. cloth.

36. (c) 37. (d) 38. (b) 39. (d) 40. (b) 41. (b) 42. (b) 43. (c) 44. (a) 45. (a) 46. (b) 47. (c) 48. (b) 49. (b) 50. (a)
51. (d) 52. (b) 53. (b) 54. (c) 55. (b) 56. (d) 57. (c) 58. (d) 59. (a) 60. (b) 61. (d) 62. (c) 63. (b) 64. (d) 65. (c)
66. (c) 67. (a) 68. (d) 69. (a) 70. (c) 71. (d) 72. (b) 73. (d) 74. (c) 75. (b) 76. (c) 77. (b) 78. (b) 79. (c) 80. (c)
81. (d) 82. (c)
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83. Assertion (A) The Vernacular Press 91. Who compared Curzon’s 98. King George V visited India during the
Act, 1878 was brought with a view to administration in India to that of vice-royalty of
prevent the criticism of the government Aurangzeb? [UPPSC (Mains) 2012] (a) Lord Hardinge (b) Lord Ripon
policies and the Act excluded English (a) BG Tilak (b) GK Gokhle (c) Lord Mayo (d) Lord Curzon
language publications. (c) Dadabhai Naoroji (d) Annie Besant
Reason (R) Lord Ripon repealed the
99. Who was the Viceroy of India when the
Vernacular Press Act, 1878. 92. Which one among the following British India’s capital was shifted from
statements is true about Lord Curzon? Calcutta to Delhi?
Codes
[NDA 2013] (a) Lord Curzon
(a) Both A and R are true and R is
(a) He had full sympathy for the Congress. (b) Lord Hardinge
correct explanation of A
(b) He introduced the subsidiary alliance. (c) Lord Dalhouise
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the
correct explanation of A (c) He succeeded Lord Canning as the (d) Lord William Bentinck
(c) A is true, but R is false Viceroy of India.
100. The Viceroy, upon whom a bomb was
(d) A is false, but R is true (d) He separated the divisions of Dacca, thrown but he did not change his
Chittagong and Rajshahi from the attitude towards the Indians was
84. An important event of Lord Dufferin’s Province of Bengal and annexed [APSC (Pre) 2017]
tenure as Viceroy was [MPPSC 2017] them to Assam.
(a) Lord Hardinge
(a) establishment of Ramakrishna
Mission.
93. Who was responsible for the creation of (b) Warren hastings
new province called as the North-West (c) Lord Curzon
(b) establishment of Muslim League in
Frontier Province? (d) Lord Chelmsford
Dhaka.
(a) Lord Reading (b) Lord Lansdowne
(c) establishment of Indian National 101. Who was the Viceroy of India at the
Congress. (c) Lord Curzon (d) Lord Chelmsford
time of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre?
(d) beginning of the first census. 94. The reforms of which one of the (a) Lord Irwin [APSC 2017]
85. The following Acts are popularly known as (b) Lord Chelmsford
Indian National Congress
Morley-Minto Reforms? (c) Lord Hardinge
represented the views of the microscopic
minority in India. The contention was (a) The Indian Council Act, 1892 (d) Lord Curzon
maintained by [WBCS 2019] (b) The Indian Council Act, 1909
(c) The Government of India Act, 1919 102. Which one of the following events was
(a) Lord Curzon (b) Lord Elgin characterised by Montague as
(c) Lord Lansdowne (d) Lord Dufferin (d) The Government of India Act, 1935
‘Preventive Murder’? [IAS (Pre) 1998]
86. The strategy of ‘Divide and Rule’ was 95. Separate electorates for Muslims in (a) Killing of INA activists
adopted by [UPARO/RO (Pre) 2014] India were introduced by which one of (b) Massacre of Jallianwala Bagh
the following Acts? [CDS 2008] (c) Shooting of the Mahatma
(a) Lord Curzon (b) Lord Minto
(c) Lord Dalhousie (d) Lord Wellesley (a) Government of India Act,1909 (d) Shooting of Curzon-Wythe
(b) Indian Councils Act, 1892
87. The Archaeological Survey of India (c) Rowlatt Act, 1919 103. ‘Dyarchy’ was first introduced in India
was established in the period of (d) Government of India Act, 1935 under [CDS 2010]
[UP Lower (Pre) 2009] (a) Morley-Minto Reforms
(a) Warren Hastings 96. Which one of the provisions of the (b) Montford Reforms
(b) Lord Wellesley Indian Council Act 1909, given below is (c) Simon Commission Plan
incorrect? (d) Government of India Act, 1935
(c) Lord Curzon
(a) The size of Provincial Legislative
(d) Lord William Bentinck 104. Who laid the foundation of women’s
Councils was enlarged by including
88. During the tenure of which Governor- nominated non-official members and University at Poona in 1916?
General was the Ancient Monuments thus it ended official majority. (a) Lord Hardinge
Preservation Act was passed (b) The element of election was also (b) Lord Chelmsford
[UPPSC (Mains) 2005] introduced in the Legislative Council (c) Lord Irwin
(a) Lord Minto (b) Lord Linlithgow at the centre but the official majority (d) Lord Reading
(c) Lord Curzon (d) Lord Canning was maintained. 105. Which of the following is/are the
(c) The Legislative Council was principal feature(s) of the Government
89. The Young Husband Mission to Tibet empowered to move resolutions on
was sent by which Viceroy? of India Act, 1919? [IAS (Pre) 2012]
the budget and on any matter of
[WBCS 2017] I. Introduction of dyarchy in the executive
public interest except certain
(a) Ripon (b) Lytton government of the provinces.
specified subjects.
(c) Mayo (d) Curzon II. Introduction of separate communal
(d) It introduced separate electorate for
electorates for Muslims.
90. “In my belief, Congress is tottering to its the Muslim community and began
III. Devolution of Legislative Authority by
fall and one of my greatest ambitions the separatism.
the centre to the provinces.
while in India is to assist it to a peaceful 97. Who among the following annulled the Select the correct answer using the
demise.” Who wrote it? Partition of Bengal? [WBCS 2019] codes given below
[BPSC (Pre) 2017] (a) Lord Hardinge (b) Lord Minto (a) Only I (b) II and III
(a) Lord Lytton (b) Lord Duffering (c) Lord Curzon (d) Lord Chelmsford (c) I and III (d) All of these
(c) Lord Curzon (d) Lord Minto
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106. Which of the following statements 113. What was the reign of Lord Willingdon 122. Who was the last Viceroy of independent
about the Montague-Chelmsford as a Viceroy? India?
Reforms is/are correct? (a) 1910-15 (b) 1917-12 (a) Lord Linlithgow
I. It was approved by King George V. (c) 1926-31 (d) 1931-36 (b) Lord Mountbatten
II. It made the Central Legislature (c) Lord Wavell
Bicameral. 114. Which of the following events took
(d) Lord Reading
place during the viceroyship of Lord
III. The Act explicitly mentioned the
appointment of three Indian members
Willingdon? 123. Who was the First Governor-General of
to the council. (a) Communal Award Independent India? [WBCS 2019]
(a) I, II and III (b) I and II (b) Second Round Table Conference (a) Chakravarti Rajagopalachari
(c) Only II (d) I and III (c) Poona Pact (b) Clement Attlee
(d) All of the above (c) Lord Wavell
107. Who among the following was only (d) Lord Mountbatten
Jewish Viceroy of India? 115. In which of the following place Indian
[UP RO/ARO (Mains) 2014] Military Academy was established in 124. Lord Mountbatten came to India as a
(a) Lord Curzon 1932, during the viceroyship of Lord Viceroy along with specific instruction
Willingdon? to [IAS (Pre) 1998]
(b) Lord Canning
(a) Dehradun (b) Khadakwasla (a) balkanise the Indian Sub continent.
(c) Lord Irwin
(c) Deolali (d) Agra (b) keep India united if possible.
(d) Lord Reading
116. Which Viceroy had made the (c) accept Jinnah’s demand for Pakistan.
108. In which year, during the viceroyship of (d) persuade the Congress to accept
observation, “It’s beautiful world if it
Lord Reading, Civil Services partition.
wasn’t for Gandhi ………? [NDA 2019]
Examination were being conducted in
Delhi and London simultaneously? (a) Lord Irwin 125. Which plan became the platform of
(a) 1920 (b) 1921 (b) Lord Wavell Indian Independence?
(c) 1922 (d) 1923 (c) Lord Mountbatten [UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2006]
(d) Lord Willingdon (a) Cripps Plan (b) Wavell Plan
109. Which of the following important (c) Mountbatten Plan (d) None of these
events, during the reign of Lord 117. In which of the following Viceroy’s reign
Reading is not correctly matched? did Cripps Mission came to India? 126. Mountbatten Plan regarding the
(a) Lord Linlithgow (b) Lord Wavell Partition of India was officially declared
Events Years (c) Lord Willingdon (d) Lord Reading on [MPPSC (Pre) 2014]
(a) Arrival of Prince of Wales – 1921 (a) 4th June, 1947 (b) 10th June, 1947
to India 118. Which of the following events did not
occur during the reign of Lord Linlithgow? (c) 3rd June, 1947 (d) 3rd July, 1947
(b) Formation of Swaraj – 1922
Party (a) August Offer 127. Which one of the following pairs is
(c) Formation of Communist – 1925
(b) Formation of Forward Block correctly matched? [CDS 2002]
Party of India (c) Quit India Movement
(a) Warren – The Battle of Plassey
(d) Royal Indian Navy Mutiny
(d) Kakori Conspiracy – 1925 Hastings
119. Shimla Conference was held during the (b) Lord – The Permanent
110. Simon Commission came to India in reign of which of the following Viceroy? Cornwallis Settlement of Bengal
the reign of which Viceroy? (a) Lord Willingdon
(a) Lord Chelmsford (c) Lord – The Prohibition of Sati
(b) Lord Wavell Wellesley
(b) Lord Reading (c) Lord Mountbatten
(c) Lord Linlithgow (d) Lord – Local
(d) Lord Auckland
(d) Lord Irwin Dalhousie Self-Government
120. Which of the following event did not
111. Who was the Viceroy of India at the occur during the Viceroyship of Lord 128. Which of the following is not correct
time of Gandhiji’s Dandi March? Wavell? matched [UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2001]
(a) Lord lrwin [NDA 2020]
(a) Red Fort Trial (a) Lord – Permanent
(b) Lord Linlithgow (b) Direct Action Day Cornwallis Settlement
(c) Lord Reading (c) Formation of Interim Government (b) Lord – Subsidiary
(d) Lord Willingdon (d) Arrival of Cripps Mission Wellesley Alliance System
112. Which of the following events took 121. Which one of the following event occured (c) Lord Hastings – Second Anglo -
place during the reign of Lord Irwin? during the Viceroyship of lord Wavell? Maratha War
(a) Nehru Report (a) Arrival of Cabinet Mission (d) Lord William – Seventeenth
(b) Lahore session (b) First Round Table Conference Regulation of
(c) Both (a) and (b) (c) Mopala Revolt 1829
(d) None of the above (d) Formation of Indian Military Academy

83. (b) 84. (c) 85. (d) 86. (a) 87. (c) 88. (c) 89. (d) 90. (c) 91. (b) 92. (d) 93. (c) 94. (b) 95. (a) 96. (a) 97. (a)
98. (a) 99. (b) 100. (a) 101. (b) 102. (b) 103. (b) 104. (b) 105. (c) 106. (a) 107. (d) 108. (c) 109. (c) 110. (d) 111. (a) 112. (c)
113. (d) 114. (d) 115. (a) 116. (d) 117. (a) 118. (d) 119. (b) 120. (d) 121. (a) 122. (b) 123. (d) 124. (b) 125. (c) 126. (c) 127. (b)
128. (c)
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129. Which one among the following pairs is III. Lord Canning withdrew Doctrine of 136. With reference to colonial period of
not correctly matched? Lapse introduced by Lord Dalhousie. Indian history, match List I with List II
Which of the statements given above and select the correct answer using
(a) Lord Wellesley – Subsidiary Alliance
is/are correct? the codes given below the lists.
(b) Lord William – English Education (a) I and II (b) Only III [IAS (Pre) 2002]
(c) Warren – Local Self (c) I and III (d) None of these
Hastings Government List I List II
134. Consider the following which (Person) (Event)
(d) Lord Lytton – Vernacular Press
Act concluded the subsidiary alliances with A. Macdonald 1. Doctrine of Lapse
Lord Wellesley and finds the correct B. Linlithgow 2. Communal Award
130. Consider the following statements and chronological order of the treaties from C. Dalhousie 3. August Offer
mark the correct answer. the codes given below.
D. Chelmsford 4. Dyarchy
I. Hindu Widow Remarriage Act was [UPPSC (Mains) 2014]
passed during Lord Dalhousie’s I. Hyderabad II. Mysore Codes
Governorship. III. Awadh IV. Sindhia A B C D A B C D
II. Foundation of the universities at Codes (a) 3 2 1 4 (b) 3 2 4 1
Calcutta, Bombay and Madras was laid (a) I, II, III, IV (b) I, III, IV, II (c) 2 3 1 4 (d) 2 3 4 1
during Lord Canning’s tenure. (c) IV, III, II, I (d) III, II, I, IV 137. Match the following.
III. During the times of Lord Ripon the First
Factory Act for the welfare of child was 135. Match List I with List II and select the List I List II
passed. correct answer using the codes given (Events) (Governor
Which of the above statements is/are below the lists. [IAS 1996] General)
correct? List I List II A. Coronation 1. Willingdon
(a) I and II (b) II and III A. Governor-General 1. Archibald B. Visit of the Prince 2. Chelmsford
(c) Only II (d) All of these of Presidency of Percival Wavell, of Wales
131. What is the correct sequence of the Fort William in Viscount and C. The Rowlatt Act 3. Reading
Bengal (Under Earl Wavell
following? D. Second Round 4. Hardinge II
Regulating Act,
I. Wavell Plan II. Radcliffe Award Table Conference
1773)
III. Cripps Mission IV. Cabinet Mission Codes
B. Governor-General 2. James Andrew
Select the correct answer using the codes A B C D A B C D
of India (Under Broun-Ramsay,
given below. [NDA 2008]
Charter Act, 1833) Earl and (a) 4 3 1 2 (b) 4 1 2 3
(a) I,II,III,IV (b) III, I, IV, II Marquess of (c) 4 2 3 1 (d) 4 3 2 1
(c) II, I, III, IV (d) III, IV, I, II Dalhousie
138. Match List I with List II and select the
132. Consider the following Viceroys of India C. Governor-General 3. Charles
correct answer using the codes given
during the British rule? [IAS (Pre) 2004] and Viceroy of India Cornwallis 2nd
(Under Indian Earl and First below the lists.
I. Lord Curzon
Councils Act, 1858) Marquess of List I List II
II. Lord Chelmsford Cornwallis (Name of the (Year in which
III. Lord Hardinge
D. Governor-General 4. Gibert John Governor-General Appointed)
IV. Lord Irwin
and Crown Elliot- Murray of India)
Which one of the following is the correct Representative Kynynmond
chronological order of their tenure? A. Lord Cornwallis 1. 1786
(Under Government Earl of Minto
(a) I, III, II, IV of India Act, 1935) B. Lord Dalhousie 2. 1798
(b) II, IV, I, III 5. Louis C. Lord Mornington 3. 1828
(c) I, IV, II, III Mountbatten, (Wellesley)
(d) II, III, I, IV Earl D. Lord William 4. 1848
Mountbatten of Bentinck
133. Consider the following statements. Burma
I. Nizam of Hyderabad was the first Codes
Indian native ruler to accept the system Codes A B C D A B C D
of subsidiary alliance. A B C D A B C D (a) 3 4 2 1 (b) 1 2 4 3
II. The Gurkha regiment was raised by (a) 3 2 4 1 (b) 3 4 1 5 (c) 3 2 4 1 (d) 1 4 2 3
Lord Cornwallis. (c) 2 3 4 5 (d) 4 2 3 1

129. (c) 130. (d) 131. (b) 132. (a) 133. (c) 134. (a) 135. (a) 136. (c) 137. (d) 138. (d)
 ART, CULTURE AND
CULTURAL TRADITIONS

Language and Literature

1. Which is the most ancient language of (b) The Gurumukhi script till the end of the 13. Who wrote Mricchakatika? [WBCS 2019]
Indo-European language family? 19th century was almost limited to the (a) Vishakhadatta (b) Shudraka
(a) Latin (b) Irani Adi Granth, the Holybook of the Sikhs. (c) Banabhatta (d) Bhas
(c) Greek (d) Sanskrit (c) Guru Gobind Singh was the first poet
in Punjabi. 14. Which one of the following books is not
2. Which one of the following is not (d) The work of Heer Waris Shah is a written by Kalidasa? [MPPSC 2017]
among the principal language of landmark in Punjabi poetry. (a) Meghadutam
Jammu and Kashmir? [CDS 2020] (b) Kumarasambhavam
(a) Urdu 8. Names of sixteen Mahajanapadas were (c) Uttararamacharitam
(b) Gujari found in (d) Ritusamharam
(c) Koshur (a) Indica
(d) Monpa (b) Anguttara Nikaya 15. The Dashakumaracharita or Tales of Ten
(c) Kalpa Sutra Princes was composed by [CDS 2015]
3. Geet Govinda, which is a work by (d) Harshacharita (a) Bhatti
Jaidev, is in which language? (b) Banabhatta
(a) Prakrit (b) Pali 9. Purushasukta is a part of (c) Bhasa
(c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi (a) Rigveda (d) Dandin
(b) Yoga-sutra
4. Which one of the following was given (c) Ramayana 16. Thiruvasagam, which occupies a place
classical language status recently? in Tamil Nadu sacred literature
(d) Bhagvad Gita
(a) Odia analogous to the Upanishads, contains
(b) Konkani 10. Who among the following was a the composition of
(c) Bhojpuri lexicographer? (a) Sambandar
(d) Assamese (a) Banabhatta (b) Appar
(b) Dandin (c) Sundarar
5. How many languages have got the (c) Amarasimha
status of ‘Classical Language’ in India? (d) Manikkavachakar
(d) Panini
(a) Four (b) Five 17. Name the calligrapher in Akbar’s court
(c) Six (d) Seven 11. The words ‘Satyamev Jayate’ inscribed who was honoured with the title ‘Zarrin
below the base plate of the emblem of Kalam’ or Golden Pen. [NDA 2017]
6. Which one of the language is not India are taken from (a) Abul Fazi
included in the classical language list? (a) Rig Veda
[UPPSC 2009]
(b) Tansen
(b) Shatapatha Brahmana (c) Muhammad Husayn
(a) Tamil (c) Ramayana (d) Muhammad Kasim
(b) Sanskrit (d) Mundak Upanishad
(c) Telugu 18. Which among the following is the most
(d) Maithili 12. Who was the author of ‘Brihat important work of Tamil literature
Samhita’? [WBCS 2018] during the Sangam Period?
7. Which of the following statement is not (a) Aryabhatta (a) Tirukkural
true regarding Punjabi literature? (b) Varahamihira (b) Purananuru
(a) Punjabi language is written in two (c) Amarasimha (c) Malaipatukatam
scripts i.e., Gurumukhi and Persian.
(d) Brahmagupta (d) None of the above

1. (d) 2. (d) 3. (c) 4. (a) 5. (c) 6. (d) 7. (c) 8. (b) 9. (a) 10. (c) 11. (d) 12. (b) 13. (b) 14. (c) 15. (d)
16. (d) 17. (c) 18. (a)
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19. Which twelfth century Sanskrit scholar 29. Which of the following is not correctly III. The use of ‘desh’ by Deuskar was in
was first responsible for the matched? the specific context of the region of
compilation of ‘Nibandhas’ or digests of Books Writers Bengal.
epic and Puranic texts? [CDS 2017] (a) Tabaqat-i- – Minhaj-al-i-Siraj- Which of the statements given above
(a) Harsha (b) Govindachandra Nasiri Juzjani are correct?
(c) Lakshmidhara (d) Kalidasa (b) Tarikh-i- – Shams-i-Siraj- (a) I and II (b) II and III
Firozshahi Afif (c) I and III (d) I, II and III
20. Who was the author of the book (c) Tughlaqama – Ibn Battuta
Rashmirekha? [MPPSC 2017] (d) Humayun-nama – Gulbadan Begum
35. Consider the following statements.
(a) Gajanan Madhav ‘Muktibodh’ I. Harshacharita and Kadambari are the
(b) Bal Krishna Sharma ‘Naveen’ 30. Consider the following statements. compositions of Banabhatta.
(c) Harishankar Parsai I. Sindhi is written in Arabi-Persian scripts. II. Harshcharita is written in ‘Champu’
(d) Bhawani Prasad Mishra II. Nepali of Aryan language family style.
evolved from Prakrit. III. ‘Champu style’ is a mixture of prose
21. Who wrote the book, ‘Desher Katha’? III. Manipuri language is a mixture of and poetry.
[BPSC 2019] seven dialects. Which of the statement(s) given above
(a) Sakharam Ganesh Deuskar Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
(b) Rajendra Prasad is/are true? (a) I and II (b) Only I
(c) Nivaran Chandra (a) Only I (b) I and II (c) Only II (d) I and III
(d) Murali Mohan Prasad (c) I and III (d) All of these
36. Which of the following classical works
22. Who among the following is the author 31. Consider the following statements of literature were written during the
of the book The Indian Struggle, regarding the ancient language Gupta Era?
1920-34? [NDA 2017] Sanskrit. I. Amarkosh II. Kamasutra
(a) Maulana Abul Kalam I. It is one of the 22 languages listed in III. Maghdula IV. Mudrarakshsa
(b) Jayprakash Narayan the Indian Constitution. Codes
(c) Subhash Chandra Bose II. The great grammarian Panini (a) I and II (b) II and III
(d) Manabendra Nath Roy analysed Sanskrit and its word (c) I, II and III (d) All of these
formation in his book Ashtadhyayi.
23. Who wrote the book, ‘Indian for 37. Arrange the following in the chronological
Which of the statement(s) given above
Indians’? [BPSC 2019] order in which they were composed and
is/are correct?
(a) C R Das (b) M G Ranade select the correct answer.
(a) Only I (b) Only II
(c) V D Savarkar (d) S N Banerjee I. Gita Govinda II. Vinaya pitaka
(c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II
III. Atharvaveda IV. Raghuvamsa
24. Who wrote the book ‘Neel Darpan’?
32. Which of the following is/are not Codes
(a) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
historical biography/biographies? (a) I, II, IV, II (b) III, II, IV, I
(b) Rabindranath Tagore I. Dipavamsa (c) III, IV, I, II (d) IV, I, II, III
(c) Dinabandhu Mitra II. Harshacharita
(d) Rabindranath Mishra III. Vikramankadevacharita 38. Consider the following languages.
IV. Prithvirajavijaya I. Gujarati II. Kannada
25. Who among the following is one of the
authors of the book ‘Philosophy of the Select the correct answer from the III. Telugu
Bomb’? [NDA 2017] codes given below. Which of the above language(s)
(a) Only I (b) II and III has/have been declared by government
(a) Bhagat Singh (b) Bhagwati Charan
(c) II, III and IV (d) I, II, III and IV as classical language of India?
(c) Surya Sen (d) Yashpal
(a) I and II (b) Only III
26. Who is writer of ‘Ashtaraj Ambhoj? 33. Which of the following are the (c) II and III (d) All of these
[CGPSC 2020] compositions of Asvaghosa?
I. Saundarananda 39. Match List I with List II and select the
(a) Pt Sundarlal Sharma
II. Buddhacharitam correct answer using the codes given
(b) Pt Lochan Prasad Pandey
III. Lalit Vistar below the lists. [Astt. Comm. 2017]
(c) Dhanulal Shrivastava
IV. Sariputra Prakarana List I List II
(d) Lala Jagdalpuri
Select the correct answer using the
(Author) (Book)
27. Who among the following historians codes given below.
has written the book entitled ‘The (a) I and II (b) I, II and III A. Hermann 1. The Delhi Sultanate :
Wonder that was India’? [WBCS 2020] Kulke A Political and
(c) I, II and IV (d) All of these
Military History
(a) AL Basham (b) Alison Bashford
(c) RC Majumder (d) Satish Chandra
34. With reference to the book ‘Desher B. Brajadulal 2. The Emergence of
Katha’ written by Sakharam Ganesh Chattopad Delhi Sultanate:
28. Which of the following is not correctly Deuskar during the freedom struggle, hyaya 1192-1296 AD
matched? [UPPSC 2018] consider the following statements. C. Peter 3. The State in India:
(a) Dhruvadas - Bhagat Namawali [IAS (Pre) 2020] Jackson 1000-1700 AD
(b) Nabhadass - Bhaktamal I. It warned against the Colonial state’s.
D. Sunil Kumar 4. The Making of Early
(c) Raskhan - Rasik Priya II. It inspired the performance of Medieval India
(d) Usman - Chitrawali Swadeshi street plays and folk songs.
ART, CULTURE AND CULTURAL TRADITIONS 197
Codes 41. Match the following. 43. Which one of the following first
A B C D A B C D deciphered the Brahmi script?
Status of Classical Year
(a) 2 1 4 3 (b) 3 4 1 2 (a) William Jones (b) James Prinsep
Language
(c) 2 4 1 3 (d) 3 1 4 2 (c) Warren Hastings (d) W W Hunter
A. Tamil 1. 2008
40. Match List I with List II and select the B. Kannad 2. 2004 44. Which one of the following script is
correct answer using the codes given used in Shahbazgarhi rock edicts of
C. Malyalam 3. 2014
below the lists. Ashoka?
D. Odishi 4. 2013
List I List II (a) Brahmi (b) Devnagari
Codes (c) Kharosthi (d) Kutil
(Author) (Book) A B C D A B C D
A. Somadeva 1. Malavikagnimitra (a) 2 1 4 3 (b) 3 4 1 2 45. Which of the following is not correctly
B. Kalidasa 2. Kathasaritsagara (c) 2 4 1 3 (d) 3 1 4 2 matched?
C. Bhasa 3. Charupanchasika Script Related Facts
D. Bilhana 4. Svapnavasavadatta
42. Indus script style is known by the name (a) Sharda script – Himachal
(a) Bustrophedonic Pradesh
Codes (b) Bucephala
A B C D A B C D (b) Gurumukhi script – Punjab
(c) Logophonotic (c) Modi script – Maharashtra
(a) 2 1 4 3 (b) 3 4 1 2 (d) Aramaic
(c) 2 4 1 3 (d) 3 1 4 2 (d) Kharosthi – Bihar

Religion and Philosophy

46. Who founded Hinduism? 52. Who were the ‘Nayanars’? II. Varmashrama dharma refers to duties
(a) Vishwamitra (b) Vashishth [UPRO/ARO (Pre) 2014] performed according to ages for
(c) Saga Valmiki (d) None of these (a) Vaishnavites (b) Shaivites smooth running of society.
(c) Shaktas (d) Sun worshippers III. Sanskar signifies ‘cultural heritage
47. ‘Sagun’ and ‘Nirgun’ bhakti is related to and upbringing of person’.
which of the following religion? 53. Which of the following are Shaiva Sects? (a) Only I (b) II and III
(a) Hinduism (b) Alivakas I. Pasupata II. Jangama (c) I and III (d) All of these
(c) Buddhism (d) Jainism III. Satvata IV. Kapalika
Select the correct answer from the 57. When was Prophet Muhammad born?
48. ‘Jagar’ form of God worship is mainly (a) 560 AD (b) 570 AD
codes given below.
practised in [UKPSC (Pre) 2006]
(a) I, III and IV (b) II, III and IV (c) 580 AD (d) 590 AD
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(c) I, II and IV (d) I, II and III 58. Which one of the following is not the
(b) Uttarakhand
(c) Haryana 54. Regarding religion ‘Hinduism’, choose festival of Islam religion?
(d) Assam the correct option. (a) Shab-e-Barat (b) Eid-ul-Fitr
I. Adi Shankaracharya is considered as (c) Magahi (d) Eid-ul-Zuha
49. Who was the grandfather of the Hero of proponent of modern hinduism.
Mahabharata, Arjuna? 59. Which one of the following is prohibited
II. In Vedic literature it is known as in Islam?
[MPPSC (Pre) 2005]
Sanatana Dharma.
(a) Vichitravirya (b) Shantanu (a) Idol Worship (b) Interest charged
III. Word Hindu is a religious word right
(c) Chitrangad (d) Devvrat (c) Gambling (d) All of these
from its first use.
50. According to Hindu Mythology, which Codes 60. What is ‘Kaaba’? [UKPSC (Pre) 2010]
serpent offered himself as a rope for (a) I and II (b) I and III (a) Holy place for Hindus
churning the ocean? (c) II and III (d) All of these (b) Holy place for Jews
[UK UDA/LDA (Pre) 2009] (c) Holy place for Muslims
55. Regarding principles of Hinduism,
(a) Kalia (d) None of the above
choose the correct statement.
(b) Vasuki I. Principle of Karma and re-birth are 61. Which of the following was the birth place
(c) Pushkar cardinal to Hinduism. of Guru Nanak? [UPPSC (Mains) 2007]
(d) Sheshnag II. Belief in immortality of soul. (a) Amritsar (b) Nabha
51. According to ancient Indian III. Belief in salvation. (c) Nankana (d) Nanded
cosmogonic ideas, the sequential order IV. Belief in Vedas.
of the cycle of four echos (Yugas) is (a) I and II (b) II, III and IV 62. Guru Nanak Dev established Sikh
[IAS 1996] (c) I, III and IV (d) All of these Religion, whom was he contemporary
of? [UPPSC (Pre) 2008]
(a) Dvapara, Krita, Treta and Kali 56. With respect to social culture of India (a) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
(b) Krita, Dvapara, Treta and Kali choose the correct statement. (b) Sikandar Lodi
(c) Krita, Treta, Dvapara and Kali I. Importance of gotras mainly for (c) Humayun
(d) Treta, Dvapara, Kali and Krita purpose of marriage. (d) Akbar
19. (c) 20. (b) 21. (a) 22. (c) 23. (a) 24. (c) 25. (b) 26. (c) 27. (a) 28. (c) 29. (c) 30. (d) 31. (c) 32. (a) 33. (c)
34. (d) 35. (d) 36. (d) 37. (b) 38. (c) 39. (b) 40. (a) 41. (a) 42. (a) 43. (b) 44. (c) 45. (d) 46. (d) 47. (a) 48. (b)
49. (a) 50. (b) 51. (c) 52. (b) 53. (c) 54. (a) 55. (d) 56. (d) 57. (b) 58. (c) 59. (d) 60. (c) 61. (c) 62. (b)
198 Objective GENERAL STUDIES 14000+Q

63. ‘God knows man’s virtues and not 75. Which of the following comes under (a) Mimamsa and Vedanta
enquires his caste, in the next world ‘Astika Darshan’? (b) Nyaya and Vaisheshika
there is no caste!’. This was the theory (a) Samkhya (b) Yoga (c) Lokayata and Kapalika
of which Bhakti Saint? (c) Vaisheshika (d) All of these (d) Sankhya and Yoga
[RAS/RTS (Pre) 2010]
76. Which of the following does not come 87. The founder of Advaita Philosophy is -
(a) Ramanand (b) Dadu
under ‘Nastika Darshan’? (a) Sankaracharya [CGPSC (Pre) 2014]
(c) Nanak (d) Ramanuja
(a) Jain (b) Buddha (b) Ramanujacharya
64. How many ‘Gurus’ were in Sikh religion? (c) Charvaka (d) Vedanta (c) Madhvacharya
(a) Seven (b) Nine (c) Eleven (d) Ten (d) Mahatma Buddha
77. The system of philosophy propounded
65. Consider the following statements. by Kapila Muni is [UPPSC (Pre) 1998] 88. By which of the following according to
I. Banda Bahadur was appointed as the (a) Purva Mimamsa Advaita Vedanta, Mukti can be
military leader of the Sikhs by Guru (b) Samkhya philosophy obtained? [CGPSC (Pre) 2015]
Tegh Bahadur. (c) Nyaya philosophy (a) Gyan (b) Karma
II. Guru Arjan Dev became the Sikh (d) Uttar Mimamsa (c) Bhakti (d) Yoga
Guru after Guru Ram Das.
III. Guru Arjan Dev gave to Sikhs their 78. Who propagated ‘Yoga Darshan’? 89. Which of the following is not related to
own script, Gurumukhi. [UPPSC (Pre) 2007] the Philosophy of Vedanta?
Which of the statements given above (a) Patanjali (b) Gautam [MPPSC (Pre) 2014]
is/are correct? (c) Jaimini (d) Shankaracharya (a) Shankaracharya (b) Abhinav Gupta
(a) Only I (b) II and III (c) Ramanuja (d) Madhava
79. Patanjali was [CDS 2015]
(c) I and III (d) I and II 90. The famous phrase ‘Tattavamsi’ is
(a) a philosopher of ‘yogachara’ school
66. Which is the ‘Holy book’ of Christianity? (b) the author of a book on Ayurveda. found in which one of the following
(a) Good Friday (b) Bible (c) a philospher of the ‘Madhyamika’ Upanishads?
(c) Hadis (d) Zend Avesta school. (a) Chandogya (b) Mundaka
(d) an author of a commentry on (c) Mandukya (d) Isavasya
67. The brithplace of Christ is. Panini’s grammar
[MPPSC (Pre) 1995] 91. Consider the following statements.
(a) Jerusalem (b) Bethlehem 80. Which of the following is not the part of I. ‘Bijak’ is a composition of the teaching
(c) London (d) Babylon “Ashtangayoga”? [CGPSC (Pre) 2015] of Saint Dadu Dayal.
(a) Anusmriti (b) Pratyahara II. The philosophy of Pushti Marg was
68. The headquarters of Roman Catholic (c) Dhyana (d) Dharana propounded by Madhvacharya.
Pope is located in Which of the statements(s) given above
(a) France (b) Vatican city 81. The founder of school of Navya-Nyaya is/are correct? [IAS (Pre) 2014]
(c) Belgium (d) Italy was : [UPPSC (Pre) 1995]
(a) Only I (b) Only II
(a) Raghunatha Siromani (b) Gangesh (c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II
69. When did protestant religion come to
(c) Sridhara (d) Udayana
India?
92. With reference to the history of
(a) 1703 (b) 1704 (c) 1706 (d) 1710 82. “Live well, as long as you live. live well philosophical thought in India, consider
even by borrowing, for once cremated, the following statements regarding
70. Which country is the Chief centre of there is no return”. This rejection of
Persian religion? Samkhya School. [IAS (Pre) 2013]
after life is an aphorism of the I. Samkhya does not accept the theory
(a) Iraq (b) Iran
(a) Kapalika sects [IAS (Pre) 1994] of re-birth or transmigration of the soul.
(c) Kuwait (d) Saudi Arabia
(b) Sunyavada of Nagarjuna II. Samkhya holds that it is the
71. Which is the Holy book of Persians? (c) Ajivikas self-knowledge that leads to liberation
(a) Bible (b) Quran (d) Charvakas and not any exterior influence or agent.
(c) Hadis (d) Zend Avesta
83. The Nyaya philosophical system was Which of the following statements given
72. Which God, do the people practising propagated by [UPPSC (Pre) 2005] above is/are correct?
Judaism worship? (a) Charvaka (b) Gautama (a) Only I (b) Only II
(a) YHWH (b) Zarathrustra (c) Kapila (d) Jaimini (c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II
(c) Sinegang (d) None of these
84. Mimamsa was initiated by 93. Match List I with List II and select the
73. The place of worship of Jews is known [UK UDA/LDA (Pre) 2007] correct answer from the codes given
by what name? [MPPSC 1995] below the lists.
(a) Kanad (b) Vasishtha
(a) Kaaba (b) Yahu (c) Vishwamitra (d) Jaimini List I List II
(c) The Synagogue (d) Ahura Mazda
A. Ramanuja 1. Suddhadvaita
85. The theory of Karma is related to
74. Which one of the following is the [UPPSC (Pre) 1997] B. Madhvacharaya 2. Davaitadvaita
distinctive features of a nastika and astika C. Nimbarka 3. Dvaita
(a) Nyaya (b) Mimamsa
system in India? [UPPSC (Mains) 2005]
(c) Vedanta (d) Vaisheshika D. Vallabhacharya 4. Vishishtadvaita
(a) Belief in the existence of God.
(b) Belief in the doctrine of re-birth. 86. Which one of the following pairs does Codes
(c) Belief in the authenticity of the vedas. not form part of the six systems of A B C D A B C D
(d) Belief in the existence of heaven and Indian Philosophy? [IAS (Pre) 2014] (a) 4 3 2 1 (b) 1 2 3 4
hell. (c) 3 1 4 2 (d) 2 4 1 3
 Art and Architecture
94. The ‘Great Bath’ was found at the (c) Rock-cut Monuments at 110. The Sun Temple of Modhera lies in
archaeological site of Mahabalipuram which state?
[UPPSC (Pre) 2006] (d) Varaha Image of Udayagiri (a) Bihar (b) Gujarat
(a) Ropar (b) Harappa (c) Odisha (d) Bengal
102. Krishna I, who was a king of
(c) Mohenjodaro (d) Kalibangan
Rashtrakuta dynasty, is related to 111. Which among the following is the
95. From where the evidence of rock-cut which of the following? largest and tallest surviving temple in
architecture were found, with reference (a) Shiva temple at Ellora Orissa? [UPPSC 2010]
to Harappa Civilisation? (b) Ajanta caves (a) Brahmesvara Temple
[UPPSC (Pre) 2006] (c) Khajuraho temples (b) Jagannath Temple
(a) Kalibangan (b) Dholavira (d) Rathas of Mahabalipuram (c) Lingaraj Temple
(c) Kot Diji (d) Amri (d) Rajarani Temple
103. Which of the following caves is famous
96. What was used normally in the for “Trimurti”? [UPPSC (Mains) 2011] 112. Which of the following Orissan
construction of Royal Houses during (a) Ajanta (b) Bhaja Temples has a sikhar of Dravidian
Mauryan period? (c) Elephanta (d) Ellora styles?
(a) Wood (b) Mud and Lime (a) Jagannath (b) Lingaraj
(c) Burnt Brick (d) Sandstone 104. Which of the following statements (c) Rajarani (d) Vaital Deul
about the Elephanta Island is correct?
97. Which one of the following is not a work [CDS 2018] 113. Who was the Chola king under whose
on Architecture? (a) It was given its name by the British reign Brihadishvara Temple of
(a) Manasara after a large elephant structure Thanjavur was constructed?
(b) Samarangana Sutradhara located there. (a) Rajendra I (b) Kulottunga I
(c) Mahavastu (b) It contains one large cave. (c) Rajaraja I (d) Rajadhiraj I
(d) Mayamata (c) It is well-known for a spectacular
carving of Vishnu described in the
114. Aihole is called ‘the cradle of Indian
98. The inscription which proves Vishnudharmottara Purana.
temple architecture’. Which among the
Chandragupta’s sway over Western following dynasty is related to the
(d) It is associated with the Pashupata
India is construction of magnificent temple in
sect.
(a) Kalinga Rock Edict Aihole?
(b) Girnar Rock Edict of Ashoka 105. Buddhist, Hindu and Jain rock-cut caves (a) Chalukyas (b) Cholas
(c) Junagarh Rock Edit of Rudradaman co-exist at [UPPSC (Mains) 2002] (c) Chera (d) Pandya
(d) Sopara Rock Edict of Ashoka (a) Ajanta (b) Elephanta
115. Rock cut temples of Mahabalipuram
(c) Ellora (d) Karle
99. Which foreign influence is seen in rock were built by [UPPSC (Pre) 1994]
cut architecture of India? 106. Caves of Ajanta and Ellora are located (a) Pallavas
(a) Arabic (b) Persian in [MPPSC (Pre) 1990] (b) Cholas
(c) Indo-European (d) Greek (a) Nasik (b) Mumbai (c) Chalukyas
(c) Aurangabad (d) Pune (d) Rashtrakutas
100. The Temples/Stupas/Art of Amravati,
Aihole, Thanjavur and Halabid are 107. The Arts of Ajanta was mainly 116. The Rath temples at Mahabalipuram
related to which of the dynasties patronised by [JPSC (Pre) 2013] was built by [UPPSC (Mains) 2014]
respectively? (a) Chalukyas (b) Pallavas (a) Cholas (b) Pallavas
(a) Satavahana, Chalukyas, Cholas, (c) Vakatakas (d) Gangas (c) Chedis (d) Chalukyas
Hoysalas
(b) Cholas, Hoysalas, Satavahana, 108. Ajanta caves are linked with 117. The Biraja Temple, the Rajarani
Chalukyas [MPPSC (Pre) 2012] Temple and the Samaleswari Temple
(c) Cholas, Hoysalas, Chalukyas, (a) Ramayana are all located in [CGL 2019]
Satavahana (b) Mahabharata (a) Odisha (b) Tamil Nadu
(d) Hoysalas, Chalukyas, Cholas, (c) Jataka stories (c) Assam (d) Kerala
Satavahana (d) Panchatantra stories 118. The mighty gateways found at the
101. With reference to the art and 109. Who built Konark Sun Temple? temples of South India are called
archaeological history of India which [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1999] (a) Shikhars
one among the following was made (a) Narasimhadeva Varman (b) Gopuram
earliest? [IAS (Pre) 2015] (b) Rajendra Chola (c) Devalayas
(a) Lingaraja Temple at Bhubaneswar (c) Ashoka (d) Mandaps
(b) Rock-cut Elephant at Dhauli (d) Krishnadevaraya

63. (c) 64. (d) 65. (d) 66. (b) 67. (b) 68. (b) 69. (c) 70. (b) 71. (d) 72. (a) 73. (c) 74. (c) 75. (d) 76. (d) 77. (b)
78. (a) 79. (d) 80. (a) 81. (b) 82. (d) 83. (b) 84. (d) 85. (b) 86. (c) 87. (a) 88. (a) 89. (b) 90. (a) 91. (d) 92. (b)
93. (a) 94. (c) 95. (c) 96. (a) 97. (c) 98. (c) 99. (b) 100. (a) 101. (b) 102. (a) 103. (c) 104. (b) 105. (c) 106. (c) 107. (c)
108. (c) 109. (a) 110. (b) 111. (c) 112. (d) 113. (c) 114. (a) 115. (a) 116. (b) 117. (a) 118. (b)
200 Objective GENERAL STUDIES 14000+Q

119. The Nagara, the Dravida and the 127. Consider the following statements. 132. With reference to the history of Indian
Vesara are [IAS (Pre) 2012] I. Nagara and Dravida temples are rock-cut architecture, consider the
(a) the three main racial groups of the generally identified with the Northern following statements. [IAS (Pre) 2013]
Indian Subcontinent. and Southern temple styles I. The caves at Badami are the oldest
(b) the three main linguistic divisions respectively. surviving rock-cut caves in India.
into which the languages of India can II. The earliest temples of Dravidian II. The Barabar rock-cut caves were
be classified. style temple are the rock cut temples originally made for Ajivikas by
(c) the three main styles of Indian known as Dharmaraja Ratha at Emperor Chandragupta Maurya.
temple architecture. Mahabalipuram and structural III. At Ellora, Caves were made for
(d) the three main musical gharanas temples at Kanchi. different faiths.
prevalent in India. Which of the statement(s) given above Which fo the statements given above
is/are correct? is/are correct?
120. With reference to the cultural history of (a) Only I (b) Only II (a) Only I (b) II and III
India the term ‘Panchayatan’ refers to
(c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II (c) Only III (d) All of these
[IAS (Pre) 2014]
(a) an assembly of village leader. 128. Consider the following statements : 133. With respect to caves, choose the
(b) a religious sect. I. The Brihadishvara temples are correct statement.
(c) a style of temple construction. situated at Thanjavur, the ancient I. Barabar caves are the oldest
(d) an administrative functionary. capital of the Chola kings. surviving rock-cut cave in India.
II. King Rajaraja Chola constructed this II. Udayagiri caves are the earliest
121. Dilwara Jain temple is situated at temple in 10th century BC, designed groups of Jain rock-cut shelters.
[UPPSC 1995] by the famous architect Sama Varma. III. Nagarjuna caves are joined with the
(a) Palitana (b) Mount Abu Which of the statement(s) given above nearby Barabar caves.
(c) Sonagiri (d) Girnarji is/are correct? (a) Only I (b) II and III
122. Which dynasty gave India its famous (a) Only I (c) I and III (d) All of these
temple of Khajuraho? (b) Only II
(c) Both I and II 134. Consider the following statements in
[MPPSC (Pre) 2005]
the context of the characteristics of
(a) Pawar (d) Neither I nor II
Harappan pottery.
(b) Mauryas 129. Which of the following is/are famous for I. It is chiefly wheel made bright or dark
(c) Chandelas Sun temples? [IAS (Pre) 2017] red in colour and is well baked.
(d) Holkars I. Arasavalli II. Both plain and painted ware are
123. The pinnacle of which of the following is II. Amarkantak found.
built in Dravida style? III. Omkareshwar III. The plain variety of pottery being
[UPRO/ARO (Pre) 2016] Select the correct answer using the more common.
(a) Bhitargaon Temple codes given below. Which of the statements given above
(b) Teli Temple of Gwalior (a) Only I (b) II and III are true?
(c) Kandariya Mahadev Temple (c) I and III (d) I, II and III (a) I and II (b) II and III
(d) Oriya Temple (c) I and III (d) All of these
130. Consider the following statements.
124. Jain temple of Abu is made of [UPPSC 2017] 135. Consider the following statement
[UPPCS (Pre) 2010] I. The early Chaityagrihas and Viharas regarding Amaravati Stupa.
(a) sandstone (b) lime stone of Guntupalli in West Godavari district I. This Stupa is located 46 km from
are rock cut. Guntur in Karnataka.
(c) granite (d) marble
II. The Chaityas and Viharas of Eastern II. The Stupa was built with white marble.
125. Which of the following temples is also deccan are usually rock cut. III. The stupa was primarily built with the
known as Khajuraho of Vidarbha? Of these statements. help of the city chief and the donation
[UPPSC 2019] (a) Only I is correct from the public.
(a) Markandeshwar (b) Only II is correct Which of the statements given above
(b) Kailash (c) Both I and II are correct are true?
(c) Manudevi (d) Neither I nor II is correct (a) I and II (b) I and III
(d) Bhimashankar (c) II and III (d) All of these
131. Consider the following statements :
126. Consider the following statements I. The rock-cut caves of Ajanta was built 136. Consider the following statements
about the Nagara style of temple between the 2nd century BC and the regarding Sanchi Stupas.
architecture. 6th century AD. I. Sanchi Stupa is located in Sanchi,
I. This style of temples are commonly II. The paintings that adorn the walls and Madhya Pradesh, 14 km from Vidisha.
found in the areas between ceilings of the caves depict incidents II. It has three Stupas all the gateway
Himalayas and Vindhyas. from the life of Lord Buddha and around them, but the most famous is
II. The most striking feature of this style various Buddhist divinities. the great Stupa which was originally
is its pyramidal shikhara Which of the statement(s) given above made of brick in Ashoka’s time.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct? Which of the statement(s) given above
is/are correct? (a) Only I (b) Only II is/are correct?
(a) Only I (b) Only II (c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II (a) Only I (b) Only II
(c) I and II (d) Neither I nor II (c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II
ART, CULTURE AND CULTURAL TRADITIONS 201

137. Consider the following statements 143. India’s first tomb constructed in the Indo- (c) The arched gateway or Buland
regarding Bharhut Stupa. Islamic style was [UPPSC (Pre) 2004] Darwaza was meant to remind visitors
I. This Stupa was located 21 kilometers (a) Humayun’s Tomb of the Mughal victory in Gujarat.
South of Satna in Madhya Pradesh. (b) Balban's Tomb (d) In 1585, the capital of the Mughal
II. There are railing, representation of (c) Aibak’s Tomb emperor shifted from Fatehpur Sikri
Buddhist themes like Jataka stories in to Delhi.
(d) Alauddin’s Tomb
combination with various natural 151. The mosque, Khair-ul-manzil opposite to
element. 144. Which one of the following is an
the Purana Qila in Delhi was
III. The main Stupa structure no longer Octagonal Tomb?
constituted by whom? [UPPSC 2018]
exists. (a) Tomb of Sikandar Lodi
(a) Hamida Banu Begum
Which of the statements given above (b) Tomb of Balban
(b) Salima Sultan
are true? (c) Tomb of Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
(c) Jiji Anga
(a) I and II (b) II and III (d) Tomb of Firuz Shah Tughlaq
(d) Maham Anga
(c) I and III (d) All of these
145. ‘Kirti Stambh’ of Chittor was constructed
138. Arrange the following temples in a during the rule of [UPPSC (Main) 2011] 152. In which of the following forts, Jahangir
Mahal is located?
chronological order and select the correct (a) Rana Kumbha
answer from the codes given below. (a) Lahore Fort
(b) Rana Hammir
I. Brihadishvara Temple (b) Agra Fort
(c) Rana Ratan Singh
II. Gangaikond Cholapuram Temple (c) Red Fort
(d) Rana Sangram Singh
III. Shore Temple of Mahabalipuram (d) Allahabad Fort
IV. Sapt Pagoda 146. Which of the following tomb is placed in
the centre of a large garden and
153. One of the observatories established
Codes by Sawai Jai Singh was at
(a) I, II, IV, III (b) II, I, III, IV resembles as a prototype of the
Taj Mahal? (a) Agra (b) Indore
(c) II, II, I, IV (d) IV, III, I, II (c) Ujjain (d) Jodhpur
(a) Akbar’s tomb at Sikandra
139. Match List I with List II and select the (b) Itmad-ud-Daula’s tomb at Agra 154. In which year was the Nahargarh Fort
correct answer from the codes given (c) Shershah’s tomb at Sasaram in Jaipur built by Maharaja Sawai Jai
below the lists. (d) Humayun’s tomb at Delhi Singh II? [SSC CGL 2020]
List I List II 147. Who built the Ibadatkhana at Fatehpur (a) 1734 (b) 1800
A. Gandhara Art 1. Menander Sikri? [WBCS 2019] (c) 1780 (d) 1805
B. Junagarh rock 2. Patika (a) Shah Jahan (b) Aurangzeb 155. The Gol Gumbad (Gumbaz) of ………
inscription (c) Akbar (d) Jahangir is the mausoleum of Muhammad Adil
C. Milindapanha 3. Kushanas
148. Which of the following Mughal Shah. [SSC CGL 2019]
D. Taxila inscriptions 4. Rudradaman
buildings is said to possess the unique (a) Allahabad
Codes feature of being exactly equal in length (b) Agra
A B C D A B C D and breadth? [APSC 2017] (c) Bijapur
(a) 1 3 4 2 (b) 2 4 3 1 (a) Agra Fort (d) Delhi
(c) 3 4 1 2 (d) 2 1 3 4 (b) Red Fort 156. Building ‘Kalyana Mandapas’ was
140. The architecture during Sultanate (c) Buland Darwaza notable feature in the temple construction
period is known by which name? (d) Taj Mahal in the kingdom of [IAS (Pre) 2019]
(a) Indo-Islamic style 149. Out of capital of Akbar’s Kingdom, (a) Chalukya
(b) Indo-Greek style Buland Darwaja, Panch Mahal and (b) Chandela
(c) Greek-Islamic style Akbar Mausoleum, which are located at (c) Rashtrakuta
(d) None of the above the same place? (d) Vijayanagara
141. Who among the following did not (a) Panch Mahal and Akbar’s Mausoleum.
(b) Buland Darwaja, Panch Mahal and 157. Which among the following is best
contribute to the construction of Qutub temple of Vijayanagar Art?
Minar? [UPPSC (Pre) 2003] Akbar’s Mausoleum.
(c) Capital of Akbar’s Kingdom, Buland (a) Hampi
(a) Qutbuddin Aibak (b) Pattadakal
(b) Iltutmish Darwaja, Panch Mahal.
(d) None of the above (c) Amravati
(c) Alauddin Khalji
(d) Khajuraho
(d) Firuz Shah Tughlaq 150. Which one of the following statements
about Fatehpur Sikri is not correct? 158. Which of the following is not correctly
142. Who among the following sultans built matched? [UPPSC 2011]
the fifth storey of Qutub Minar? (a) It was located on the direct road to
Ajmer. (a) Ajmer - Quwwat-ul-Islam
[UP Lower Sub (Pre) 2004]
(b) Akbar commissioned the building of a (b) Jaunpur - Atala Masjid
(a) Qutbuddin Aibak
marble tomb for Sheikh Salim Chisti (c) Malwa - Jahaz Mahal
(b) Iltutmish
next to the Friday mosque at Fatehpur (d) Gulbarga - Jamia Masjid
(c) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
Sikri.
(d) Sikandar Lodi
119. (c) 120. (c) 121. (b) 122. (c) 123. (b) 124. (d) 125. (a) 126. (a) 127. (c) 128. (c) 129. (a) 130. (a) 131. (c) 132. (c) 133. (d)
134. (d) 135. (c) 136. (c) 137. (d) 138. (d) 139. (c) 140. (a) 141. (c) 142. (c) 143. (b) 144. (a) 145. (a) 146. (d) 147. (c) 148. (d)
149. (c) 150. (d) 151. (d) 152. (b) 153. (c) 154. (a) 155. (c) 156. (d) 157. (a) 158. (a)
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159. With respect to the cultural history of II. Sher Shah Suri’s Tomb 171. In which year was the foundation stone
India, consider the following statement. III. Humayun’s Tomb (Delhi) for the Gateway of India laid in Bombay
I. White marble was used in making IV. Atala Mosque (Jaunpur) (now Mumbai)? [SSC CGL 2019]
Buland Darwaza and Khankah at Codes (a) 1913 (b) 1915
Fatehpuri Sikri. (a) I, II, IV, III (b) IV, II, III, I (c) 1905 (d) 1920
II. Red sandstone and marble were (c) II, I, III, IV (d) III, IV, II, I
used in making Bara Imambara and 172. In which year Sanchi was discovered
Rumi Darwaza at Lucknow.
164. Match List I with List II and select the after being abandoned for nearly 600
correct answer by using the codes years? [SSC CGL 2019]
Which of the following statements given given below the lists.
above is/are correct? [IAS (Pre) 2018] (a) 1820 (b) 1818
List I List II (c) 1814 (d) 1816
(a) Only I (b) Only II
(c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II A. Babar 1. Jama Masjid (Sambhal) 173. Which one of the following cities was
B. Humayun 2. Din panah named by UNESCO as World Capital
160. Consider the following. [IAS (Pre) 1998] of Architecture for 2020? [NDA 2019]
C. Akbar 3. Jahangiri Mahal
I. Tughlaqabad II. Lodi Garden
D. Jahangir 4. Akbar’s Mausoleum (a) Tokyo
III. Qutub Minar IV. Fatehpur Sikri
Codes (b) Johannesburg
The correct chronological order in which
A B C D A B C D (c) Rio de Janeiro
they were built is
(a) 1 2 4 3 (b) 2 1 3 4 (d) New Delhi
(a) III, I, IV, II (b) III, I, II, IV
(c) I, III, II, IV (d) I, III, IV, II (c) 1 2 3 4 (d) 1 3 4 2 174. Consider the following statements
165. In which of the following style, buildings I. Se Cathedral is one of the most
161. With reference to Vijayanagar
celebrated religious buildings of Goa
Architecture style, consider the in Goa, were built by Portuguese?
(a) Iberian style (b) Indo-Saracenic constructed by the Roman catholic
following statements.
(c) Palladian style (d) None of these under the Portuguese rule during the
I. The use of pillars for architectural as 16th century.
well as decorative purpose is on an 166. Fort William was constructed by II. It is the largest Church in Asia.
unprecedented scale. English Company in which place? Which of the statement(s) given above
II. Another distinguished feature is the (a) Madras (b) Calcutta is/are correct?
use of huge reserve curve caves at
(c) Bombay (d) Baroda (a) Only I (b) Only II
the cornice.
167. In which year was the Currency (c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II
Which of the statement(s) given above
is/are correct? Building in the BBD Bagh or Dalhousie 175. Statement I Towards the beginning of
(a) Only I (b) Only II area of Kolkata constructed? the 20th century, a new hybrid
(c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II (a) 1900 (b) 1910 (c) 1850 (d) 1833 architectural style developed which
combined the Indian with the European.
162. Consider the following statements : 168. Victoria Terminal of Mumbai is built in
which style? Statement II By integrating Indian and
I. Malwa architecture is notable for the
(a) Neo-classical style European style in public architecture,
excellent combination of arch and
(b) Neo-Gothic style the British wanted to prove that they
lintel construction of stairs of flight, the
(c) Basan style were legitimate rulers of India.
use of coloured tiles and lofty plinth
[Astt. Comm. 2018]
for the buildings. (d) Nagar style
Codes
II. Malwa boasts of Hussain Shah’s 169. The construction of Victoria Memorial
Tomb, Jama Masjid, Jahaz Mahal, (a) Both the statements are individually
hall of Calcutta was completed in the true and statement II is the correct
Hindola Mahal. reign of which Viceroy, in 1921? explanation of statement I
Which of the statement(s) given above (a) Lord Elgin (b) Lord Curzon (b) Both the statements are individually
is/are correct? (c) Lord Minto (d) Lord Reading true, but statement II is not the
(a) Only I (b) Only II
correct explanation of statement I
(c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II 170. Which of the following monuments
bears a similarity to the French war (c) Statement I is true, but statement II is
163. Arrange the following monuments in a memorial, the Arc-de-Triomphe? false
chronological order and select the (a) India Gate [SSC CGL 2019]
(d) Statement I is false, but statement II
correct answer from the codes given is true
(b) Gateway of India
below : [UPPSC 2019]
(c) Victoria Memorial
I. Rabia Daurani’s Tomb (Aurangabad)
(d) Charminar

Sculpture and Paintings

176. Gandhar Art is a combination of 177. Art of Gandhara style flourished during 178. Bamiyan of Afghanistan was famous
(a) Indian and Greek style the reign of [BPSC (Pre) 1992] for [UPPSC (Main) 2008]
(b) Greek and Kushan style (a) Kushans (a) Hindu Temple
(c) Indian and Kushan style (b) Gulitas (b) Work on Elephant teeth
(d) Persian and Indian style (c) Akbar (c) Gold coin of coinage
(d) Mauryans (d) Buddha statue
ART, CULTURE AND CULTURAL TRADITIONS 203

179. Which stone is used for the sculptures 187. Consider the following statements : 194. Which one of the following is not the
in Mathura? [CGPSC 2013] I. Pala Art was primarily a Buddhist limbs of art and painting, described in
(a) Marble (b) Slate stone ‘School of Plastic Art’ which Kamasutra?
(c) Red sand stone (d) Granite developed under the Palas and (a) Roopbheda (b) Pramanani
Senas of Bengal and Bihar between (c) Bhava (d) Vichitram
180. Mathura style mostly flourished during 8th-12 centuries.
the reign of which ruler? II. In the Pala sculpture, the Buddha is 195. Which one of the following places is
(a) Kumargupta (b) Kanishka shown as a king in his majestic glory famous for pre-historic paintings?
(c) Chandragupta (d) Harshavardhana [UPPSC (Mains) 2011]
and not as a Yogi.
Which of the statements given above (a) Ajanta (b) Bhimbetka
181. The famous bronze image of Nataraja (c) Bagh (d) Amravati
is a fine example of which art? is/are correct?
[CGPSC 2013] (a) Only I (b) Only II 196. Which tales are related with the
(a) Chola Art (b) Gandhar Art (c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II painting and sculptures of the Ajanta
(c) Mathura Art (d) Maurya Art caves? [SSC CGL 2019]
188. Consider the following statements.
I. The Mathura school of art produced a (a) Panchatantra Tales
182. At which place the famous enigmatic (b) Pentamerone Tales
Trimurty Sadasiva located? variety of sculpture and other pieces
of art for the followers of Buddhist, (c) Jataka Tales
(a) Ellora (b) Elephanta
Jaina and Brahmanical faith. (d) Hitopadesha Tales
(c) Ajanta (d) Jogeshwari
II. The symbolism and iconographic 197. The painting of Bodhisattva
183. Depiction of the descent of the river forms of Mathura Art was later Padmapani is one of the most famous
Ganga from heaven in the form of relief adopted in the Gupta School. and often-illustrated paintings at
sculpture on rock is at Which of the statement(s) given above [IAS (Pre) 2019]
[Astt. Comm. 2018] is/are correct? (a) Ajanta (b) Badami
(a) Ellora (b) Mahabalipuram (a) Only I (b) Only II (c) Bagh (d) Ellora
(c) Sanchi (d) Amravati (c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II
198. The paintings on the walls and ceilings
184. With reference to Gandhara School of 189. Consider the following statements : in the Ajanta caves depict mainly
Art, consider the following statements. I. Amaravati School of sculpture [APSC 2017]
I. Gandhara art which was mainly developed in the lower Godavari (a) incidents relating to the Ramayana
Buddhist, was profoundly influenced valley under Satavahanas (2nd-3rd and Mahabharata.
by Hellenistic Art. century CE). (b) legends relating to Vikramaditya.
II. Famous for grace and realism this II. Besides the later South Indian (c) incidents relating to the life of
school influenced Mathura school of sculptures, the influence of this school Gautama Buddha.
art profoundly. were also felt in Ceylon and SE Asia. (d) incidents relating to the life of
Which of the statement(s) given above Which of the statement(s) given above Mahavira.
is/are correct? is/are correct?
(a) Only I (b) Only II (a) Only I (b) Only II 199. Consider the following statements
(c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II (c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II about Bagh Paintings.
I. There are 9 caves at Bagh (Near
185. The Pashupati seal, discovered at 190. The Monolithic statue of Lakshmi Gwalior) on the banks of the river
Mohenjodaro archaeological site by Sir Narasimha were found in which place? Bagh (a tributary of Narmada).
John Marshall, which has given rise to (a) Hampi (b) Tanjore II. The fourth cave Rangmahal has got
the Proto-Shiva theory, has the (c) Cochin (d) Guntur the maximum number of paintings.
following characteristics.
191. Which of the following statues Which of the statements given above
I. Yogic posture in possibly Hath Yoga.
was/were found in Hampi? are correct?
II. Surrounded by animals.
(a) Nandi (Bull) (a) Only I (b) Only II
III. Sitting on a lotus.
(b) Sasivekalu Ganesha (c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II
Choose the correct option.
(a) Only I (b) I and II (c) Yoga Narasimha 200. Consider the following statements
(c) II and III (d) All of these (d) All of the above regarding Pala School of Paintings.
192. Which of the following is the example of I. The main patrons of this school was
186. With reference to Indus Valley Civilisation. Raja Dharmapala and Devpala.
Consider the following animals. Modern sculptural art?
(a) Dancing image of Nataraj II. The main artist of this school were
I. Bull II. Elephant Dhimana and Vitapala.
III. Rhinoceros (b) Thiruvarangulam statue
(c) Statue of Unity Which of the statement(s) given above
The figure/figures of which of the above is/are correct?
animal/animals is/are found on Indus (d) None of the above
(a) Only I
seal? 193. How many limbs of art and painting are (b) Only II
(a) Only I (b) I and II described in Vatsyayana’s Kamsutra? (c) Both I and II
(c) II and III (d) I, II and III (a) Four (b) Five (c) Six (d) Seven (d) Neither I nor II

159. (a) 160. (b) 161. (c) 162. (c) 163. (b) 164. (c) 165. (a) 166. (b) 167. (d) 168. (b) 169. (d) 170. (a) 171. (a) 172. (b) 173. (c)
174. (a) 175. (a) 176. (a) 177. (a) 178. (d) 179. (c) 180. (b) 181. (a) 182. (b) 183. (b) 184. (a) 185. (b) 186. (d) 187. (c) 188. (c)
189. (c) 190. (a) 191. (d) 192. (c) 193. (c) 194. (d) 195. (b) 196. (c) 197. (a) 198. (c) 199. (c) 200. (c)
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201. Consider the following statements Which of the statement(s) given above 217. Match the following :
about Ajanta paintings. is/are correct?
List I List II
I. These are frescoes paintings painted (a) Only I (b) Only II
(Painting) (Related Painter)
on the rocks of its caves. (c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II
II. These belong to the period of 3rd A. A Lorv-Letter 1. Satish Gujaral
210. The famous painting ‘Satyam Shivam written by
century BC to 7th century BC. Sundaram’ was prepared by Shakuntala to
III. The theme is concerned with the (a) Mahendranath Singh Dushyant
Buddha and Bodhisattva.
(b) Nand Kishore Sharma B. Beggars of Gole 2. Shobha Singh
Which of the statements given above (c) Shivnandan Nautiyal Market
are true?
(d) Vishwanath Mehta C. Hir-Ranjha 3. Bharesh
(a) I and II (b) II and III
211. Who among the following was one of Sanyal
(c) I and III (d) All of these
the founders of the Indian Society of D. Kala Chand 4. Raja Ravi
202. Which statement is true about the Oriental Art? [CDS 2020] Varma
Mughal paintings? [UPPSC 1991]
(a) Rabindranath Tagore Codes
(a) Battle scene (b) Abanindranath Tagore A B C D A B C D
(b) Animal Birds and Natural scene (c) Dwarakanath Tagore (a) 1 2 3 4 (b) 4 3 2 1
(c) Courtier depicting (d) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya (c) 4 1 3 2 (d) 2 1 4 3
(d) All of the above
212. The paintings of Abanindranath Tagore 218. The ‘Pahari School’, ‘Rajput School’,
203. The foundation of the Mughal painting have classified as [IAS (Pre) 1999] ‘Mughal School’ and ‘Kangra School’
was laid by [UPPSC (Mains) 2012]
(a) Realistic (b) Socialistic represents different style in the art of
(a) Akbar (b) Humayun (c) Revivalistic (d) Impressionistic [UPPSC (Pre) 1994]
(c) Jahangir (d) Shah Jahan
(a) Architecture
213. Who was Vishnu Chinchalkar?
204. The Mughal School of painting formed (b) Painting
[MPPSC (Pre) 2018]
the spinal column of the various (c) Dancing
(a) Chitrakar (b) Shilpkar
schools of Indian Miniature art. Which (d) Music
(c) Kahanikar (d) Sahityakar
one of the following painting styles was
not affected by Mughal painting? 214. The art piece ‘In Memoriam’ was the 219. The well-known painting Bani-Thani
[IAS (Pre) 1995]
belongs to the [UPPSC 2018]
creation of which one of the following
(a) Pahari (b) Rajasthani European painters? [NDA 2019]
(a) Bundi School
(c) Kangra (d) Kalighat (b) Jaipur School
(a) Thomas Jones Barker
(c) Kangra School
(b) Joseph Noel Paton
205. Who did illustrate “Dastan-e-Amir (d) Kishangarh School
(c) Thomas Daniell
Hamza” ? [BPSC (Pre) 2004]
(d) Charles D’Oyly 220. Madhubani painting is related to which
(a) Abdul Samad (b) Mansur
state? [MPPSC (Pre) 2013]
(c) Mir Sayyid Ali (d) Abul Hasan 215. Which of the following is not correctly
matched? (a) Uttar Pradesh
206. ‘Jaswant and Dasawan’ famous painters b) Bihar
were courtier of Mughal Emperor Famous Painting Painter
(c) Kerala
(a) Akbar (b) Jahangir (a) Dandi March of – Nandalal Bose (d) Tamil Nadu
(c) Shah Jahan (d) Aurangzeb Gandhiji
(b) Professional – Amrita Shergil 221. Who was the master painter of Kangra
207. During whose reign did the ‘Mughal Model style of painting?
Painting’ flourished? (a) Maharaja Sansar Chand
(c) Jai Hanuman – Pramod Kumar
[UK Lower Sub (Pre) 2010] (b) Maharaja Kishan Singh
Chatterjee
(a) Aurangzeb (b) Akbar (c) Maharaja Dharmvir Singh
(d) Worshipping – Narayan
(c) Jahangir (d) Shah Jahan (d) Maharaja Dev Singh
Buddha Shridhar Bendre
208. Consider the following statements 222. Which one of the following is not Pahari
I. Akbar established a department of 216. Consider the following statements
School of Painting?
painting. I. Raja Ravi Verma (of Travancore
(a) Guler
II. Appointed Abdus Samad as its head. State), a product of Madras Art
(b) Kangra
School studied oil paintings and
III. It was given the title of Shirin Kalmi. (c) Kishangarh
specialised in portraiture.
Which of the statements given above (d) Basohi
II. He welded Royal Academy of
is/are true?
Naturalism with Indian myths and 223. Which of the following is not correctly
(a) I and II (b) I and III
legends and created lively images of matched?
(c) II and III (d) All of these
Indian past. (a) Madhubani Painting – Bihar
209. Consider the following statements. Which of the statement(s) given above (b) Pichwai Painting – Gujarat
I. The art of miniature painting was is/are correct? (c) Phulkari Painting – Punjab
introduced to India by the Mughals. (a) Only I (d) Kalamkari Painting – Andhra
II. In the sixteenth century, the Mughal (b) Only II Pradesh
ruler Humayun brought artists from (c) Both II and III
Persia, who specialised in miniature (d) Neither I nor II
paintings.
ART, CULTURE AND CULTURAL TRADITIONS 205

224. Which of the following statements 225. With reference to Rajasthani miniature Which of the statement(s) given above
about visual culture in 18th and early paintings features, consider the is/are correct?
19th century North India is/are correct? following statements. (a) Only I (b) Only II
I. Painters from Patna and I. The miniature artists use paper ivory, (c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II
Murshidabad flocked to Calcutta and panels, wooden tablets, leather, marble,
227. Consider the following statements.
produced water colours in the English cloth and walls for their paintings.
I. Pattachitra style of painting is one of
mode. II. The colours are made from minerals
the oldest and most popular art forms
II. Landscape and portraiture became and vegetables, precious stones, as
of Odisha.
extremely important at this time. well as pure silver and gold.
II. Pattachitra is done on canvas and is
III. The artists Zayan-al-Din. Bhawani Which of the statement(s) given above manifested by rich colourful
Das and Ram Das were adopted by is/are correct? appreciation creative motifs and
the English East India Company to (a) Only I (b) Only II design and portrayal of simple
produce album of India birds and (c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II themes mostly mythological in
animals. depiction.
IV. While Indians were influenced by 226. Consider the following statements
regarding Kota paintings. Which of the statement(s) given above
European artistic styles. Europeans is/are correct?
artists did not visit regional courts. I. It excelled in portrayal of hunting
scenes and elephant fights. (a) Only I
Select the correct answer using the (b) Only II
codes given below. [CDS 2015] II. Scenes of worshipping darbar and
processional scenes also formed the (c) Both I and II
(a) I, II and III (b) II and III
subject matter of this style. (d) Neither I nor II
(c) I, III and IV (d) Only IV

Music and Dance

228. Which Veda is related to musical 233. With reference to Mian Tansen, which 238. UK Sivaraman is a name associated
hymns? one fo the following statements is not with which of the following instruments?
(a) Rigveda (b) Samaveda correct? [IAS (Pre) 2019] (a) Violin
(c) Yajurveda (d) Atharvaveda (a) Tansen was the title given to him by (b) Mridangam
Emperor Akbar (c) Rudra Veena
229. In which of the following epic, there is (b) Tansen composed Dhrupads on (d) Mandolin
mentioning of ‘Seven Suras’ and
Hindu Gods and Goddesses.
‘Gandhar Gram’? 239. Who among the following is well known
(c) Tansen composed songs on his
(a) Mahabharat (b) Ramayana as an exponent of flute?
partrons.
(c) Geeta (d) Rajatarangini (a) Debu Chaudhuri
(d) Tansen invented many Rangas.
(b) Madhup Mudgal
230. Which of the following medieval period 234. The oldest form of composition of the (c) Ronu Majumdar
personalities is/are associated with
Hindustani vocal music is [SSC 2015] (d) Shafaat Ahmed
music?
(a) Ghazal (b) Dhrupad
(a) Baiju Bawra (b) Adarang 240. The ‘Raga’ which is Sung early in the
(c) Thumri (d) None of these
(c) Swami Haridas (d) All of these Morning is [UK UDA/LDA (Pre.) 2007]
231. ‘Sufi Kalam’ a type of devotional 235. The wood of which of the following (a) Todi (b) Darbari
trees is used to make the large plucked (c) Bhopali (d) Bhimpalasi
music, is characteristic of
string instrument used in Carnatic
[UPPSC (Pre) 1994] 241. Raga Kameshwari was composed by
classical music known as Bobbili Veena/
(a) Gujarat (b) Kashmir Saraswati Veena? [SSC CGL 2019] [SSC (CGL) 2015]
(c) Rajasthan (d) None of these (a) Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
(a) Jackfruit wood (b) Sandal wood
232. The Senia tradition is [NDA 2015] (c) Walnut wood (d) Teak wood (b) Uday Shankar
(a) musical tradition that emerged from (c) Pandit Ravi Shankar
236. Which is the oldest musical instrument (d) None of the above
the colonial army (Sena). of India?
(b) dance drama written by keshab (a) Flute (b) Tabla 242. The author of the ‘Raga Kalpadrum’ is
Chandra Sen. [RAS/RTS (Pre.) 1992]
(c) Veena (d) Sitar
(c) textile tradition of Eastern Uttar Pradesh. (a) Radhakrishnan
(d) musical tradition that invoked the 237. Which of the following is not a string (b) Krishnanand Vyas
name of Tansen, the celebrated instrument? (c) Rana Hammir
musician of Akbar’s Court. (a) Violin (b) Ukulele (d) Maharana Kumbha
(c) Veena (d) Mridangam

201. (b) 202. (d) 203. (b) 204. (d) 205. (a) 206. (a) 207. (c) 208. (d) 209. (c) 210. (c) 211. (b) 212. (c) 213. (a) 214. (b) 215. (c)
216. (c) 217. (b) 218. (b) 219. (d) 220. (b) 221. (a) 222. (c) 223. (b) 224. (c) 225. (c) 226. (c) 227. (c) 228. (b) 229. (a) 230. (d)
231. (b) 232. (d) 233. (a) 234. (b) 235. (a) 236. (c) 237. (d) 238. (b) 239. (c) 240. (a) 241. (c) 242. (b)
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243. ‘Radha Govind Sangeet Sar’ the II. Dhrupad is primarily a devotional and 260. The fountain head of all inspiration in
renowned classical music composition is spiritual music. regard to Kathakali is
the creation of [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1999] III. Dhrupad Alap uses Sanskrit syllables (a) Raja Ravi Verma
(a) Devarshi Bhatt Brajpal from Mantras. (b) V chinna Satyam
(b) Swami Pratap Singh Select the correct answer using the (c) Poet Vallathol
(c) Hiranand Vyas codes given below. [IAS (Pre) 2012] (d) Swathi Thirunal
(d) Chatur Lal Sen (a) I and II (b) II and III
(c) I, II and III (d) None of these 261. Which of the following is a dance drama?
244. The Sangeet Natak Akademi fosters (a) Kathak (b) Kathakali
the development of dance, drama and 251. Match List I with List II and select the (c) Odissi (d) Manipuri
music in the country. When was it correct answer by using the codes
established? given below the lists. 262. Binda Din Maharaj is a maestro of
which of the following classical dance
(a) 1951 (b) 1953 (c) 1954 (d) 1956 List I List II forms?
245. Who among the following is a famous A. Tabla 1. Latif Khan (a) Manipuri (b) Kathak
santoor player? B. Sitar 2. Shujaat Hussain (c) Mohiniyattam (d) Kathakali
(a) Hari Prasad Chaurasia C. Shehnai 3. Ali Hussain
(b) Ravi Shankar
263. Which one of the following statements
D. Flute 4. Pannalal Ghosh is incorrect about Bharatanatyam?
(c) Zakir Hussain
Codes (a) Bharatanatyam is one of the most
(d) Shiv Kumar Sharma
popular Indian dances of Tamil Nadu.
A B C D A B C D
246. Where is the oldest music college of (a) 2 3 1 4 (b) 4 3 1 2
(b) The name is derived from the word
Madhya Pradesh, ‘Madhav Sangeet ‘Bharatha’ and is associated with the
(c) 1 2 3 4 (d) 3 2 1 4
College’ located? [MPPSC 2017] Natyashastra.
(a) Raipur (b) Indore 252. Natya Shastra, the main source of India (c) It skillfully embodies the three
(c) Bhopal (d) Gwalior classical dances was written by primary ingredients of dancing.
(a) Bharata Muni (b) Tandu Muni (d) The technique of Bharatanatyam
247. The Pandavani is a legendary narrative (c) Narad Muni (d) Abhinav Gupt consists of 54 principle of
set to music and belongs to coordinated hand, foot, face and
(a) Madhya Pradesh 253. Which one of the following dances body movements.
(b) Himachal Pradesh involves solo performance?
(c) Tamil Nadu [IAS (Pre) 1997] 264. In the context of cultural history of
(d) Uttar Pradesh (a) Bharatanatyam (b) Kuchipudi India, a pose in dance and dramatics
(c) Mohiniyattam (d) Odissi called Tribhanga has been a favourite
248. Which one of the follownig musicians of Indian artists from ancient, times till
served at the courts of Raja Man Singh 254. Which of the following classical dances today. Which one of the following
Tomar and Bhahadur Shah of Gujarat? originated in Tamil Nadu? statements best describes this pose?
(a) Baiju Bawra [Astt. Comm. 2019] (a) Kathakali (b) Kathak [IAS (Pre) 2013]
(b) Tansen (c) Bharatanatyam (d) None of these (a) One leg is bent and the body is
(c) Lal Kalawant 255. In which dance form are the themes slightly but oppositely curved at
(d) Rang Khan Kalawant called from the Ramayana and waist and neck.
Mahabharata? (b) Facial expressions, hand gestures
249. With reference to culture history of and make-up are combined to
India, consider the following (a) Odissi (b) Kuchipudi
(c) Kathak (d) Bharatanatyam symbolise certain epic or historic
statements. [IAS (Pre) 2018]
characters.
I. Most of the Tyagaraja Kritis are 256. The classical dance of Andhra Pradesh (c) Movements of body, face and hands
devotional songs in praise of Lord is [SSC CGL 2015] are used to express oneself or to tell
Krishan. a story
(a) Kathakali (b) Kuchipudi
II. Tyagaraja created several new ragas. (d) A little smile slightly curved waist and
(c) Odissi (d) Bharatanatyam
III. Annamacharya and Tyagaraja are certain hand gestures are
contemporaries. 257. Yakshagana is a famous dance form of emphasised to express the feelings
IV. Annamacharya Kirtana are which state? of love or eroticism
devotional songs in praise of Lord (a) Kerala (b) Assam
Venkateshwara. (c) Gujarat (d) Karnataka 265. With reference to the famous Sattriya
Which of the statements given above dance, consider the following statements
is/are correct?
258. Indian classical dance has been I. Sattriya is a combination of music,
popularised abroad by dance and drama.
(a) I and III (b) II and IV
(a) Hema Malini II. It is a centuries-old living tradition of
(c) I, II and III (d) II, III and IV
(b) Gopi Krishna Vaishnavites of Assam.
250. With reference to ‘Dhrupad’, one of the (c) Uday Shankar III. It is based on classical Ragas and
major traditions of India that has been (d) Yamini Krishnamurthy Talas of devotional songs composed
kept alive for centuries, which one of by Tulsidas, Kabir and Mirabai.
the following statement is/are correct? 259. Which of the following is known as
‘Ballet of East’? Which of the statement(s) given above
I. Dhrupad originated and developed in is/are correct? [IAS (Pre) 2014]
the Rajput kingdoms during the (a) Kathak (b) Mohiniyattam
(c) Kathakali (d) Bharatanatyam (a) Only I (b) I and II
Mughal period.
(c) II and III (d) I, II and III
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266. Which of the pairs given below is/are Which of the statement(s) given above 269. Match List I with List II and select the
correctly matched? is/are correct? correct answer by using the codes
I. Garba – Gujarat (a) Only I (b) Only II given below the lists. [IAS (Pre) 2001]
II. Mohiniyattam – Odisha (c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II
List I List II
III. Yakshagana – Karnataka 268. Match List I with List II and choose the (Dancer) (Dance)
Codes correct answer from the codes given A. Kalamandalam 1. Kathakali
(a) Only I below the lists. Kshemavathy
(b) II and III [UP RO/ARO (Mains) 2013]
B. Kottakkal 2. Manipuri
(c) I and III Sivaraman
List I List II
(d) I, II and III
A. Bharatanatyam 1. Tamil Nadu C. Lakshmi 3. Mohiniyattam
267. Consider the following statements : B. Kathak 2. Kerala
Vishwanathan
I. Mohiniyattam is the female D. N Madhabi Devi 4. Bharatanatyam
semi-classical dance form of Kerala. C. Kuchipudi 3. Andhra Pradesh
Codes
II. Laterally, the dance of the D. Mohiniyattam 4. Uttar Pradesh
A B C D
enchantress, Mohiniattam was mainly Codes (a) 1 3 2 4
performed in the temple precincts of
A B C D A B C D (b) 3 1 4 2
Kerala.
(a) 2 1 4 3 (b) 1 4 3 2 (c) 1 3 4 2
(c) 4 3 2 1 (d) 3 4 1 2 (d) 3 1 2 4

Folk Dance
270. Which among the following is a folk 276. Which of the following is not a folk 282. Karma is a folk dance of which of the
dance of India? dance of Goa? following?
(a) Manipuri (b) Kathakali (a) Dhalo (b) Ghode (a) Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh
(c) Garba (d) Mohiniyattam (c) Fugdi (d) Dangi (b) Jharkhand only
(c) Chhattisgarh only
271. Kaathi is a [MPPSC 2020] 277. Which of the following is not a folk
(d) Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and
(a) Caste (b) Tribe dance belonging to the Union Territory
Madhya Pradesh
(c) Wooden Act (d) Folk Dance of Jammu and Kashmir?
[SSC CGL 2019] 283. The famous folk dance prevalent in
272. In which state has the Jawara Dance, a (a) Dhumal (b) Hafiza Rajasthan is called
dance form to celebrate wealth, (c) Rouf (d) Dangi (a) Ghumar (b) Gidda
originated? [SSC CGL 2019]
(c) Kathak (d) Garba
(a) Rajasthan (b) Gujarat 278. Which among the following is the folk
(c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Kerala dance popular during the harvest 284. Which of the following are folk dance of
season in Punjab? Uttarakhand?
273. Bhagavata Mela, a folk form of (a) Kathak (b) Bhangra (a) Garhwali, Jhumelo Jagar, Chaufula
performing arts is native to (c) Odissi (d) Garba (b) Garhwali, Nautanki, Jhora, Sohari
(a) Andhara Pradesh (b) Karnataka (c) Garhwali, Bichhua, Jhora, Sohari
(c) Kerala (d) Tamil Nadu 279. Which of the following is not a folk
(d) Garhwali, Bichhua, Danga, Sohari
dance of Chhattisgarh?
274. With reference to dances and their (a) Sua (b) Ghumar 285. Which of the following is a popular folk
native states, which of the following (c) Karma (d) Panthi dance of Maharashtra?
pairs is correct? [SSC CGL 2019]
(a) Tamasha (b) Bhangra
(a) Gomrira – Uttar Pradesh 280. ‘Jaubani’ is a dance form traditionally
(c) Garba (d) Dandiya
(b) Sattrya – Manipur performed in North Eastern India by the
(c) Yakshagana – Karnataka [CDS 2012] 286. The Lavani Dance belongs to which
(d) Kalaripayattu – Karnataka (a) Dimasas (b) Mizos state?
(c) Khasis (d) Bodos (a) Mizoram (b) Nagaland
275. Which of the following dancers was the (c) Sikkim (d) Maharashtra
first Indian woman to learn Chhau dance? 281. Which group of dance correctly depicts
(a) Indrani Rahman the folk dance of Rajasthan? 287. Which of the following is not a folk
(b) Sanjukta Panigrahi (a) Ghumar, Dhapal, Fundi, Hikat dance of Tamil Nadu?
(c) Sonal Mansingh (b) Ghumar, Dhapal, Panihari, Jindad (a) Bharatanatyam (b) Kummi
(d) Swapna Sundari (c) Panihari, Fundi, Jindad, Bharvi (c) Kolattam (d) Karagam
(d) Panihari, Fundi, Rakhal, Laho

243. (b) 244. (b) 245. (d) 246. (d) 247. (a) 248. (a) 249. (b) 250. (b) 251. (c) 252. (a) 253. (c) 254. (c) 255. (b) 256. (b) 257. (d)
258. (c) 259. (c) 260. (d) 261. (b) 262. (b) 263. (d) 264. (a) 265. (b) 266. (c) 267. (c) 268. (b) 269. (b) 270. (c) 271. (d) 272. (c)
273. (d) 274. (c) 275. (b) 276. (d) 277. (d) 278. (b) 279. (a) 280. (a) 281. (b) 282. (d) 283. (a) 284. (a) 285. (a) 286. (d) 287. (a)
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288. With reference to Manipuri Sankirtana, 293. Consider the following statements 298. What is the name used for ‘Curtain of
consider the following statements. I. Bohda is a folk dance of Maharashtra. Stage’ in Sanskrit?
I. It is a song and dance performance. II. Bhandak is a folk dance of Goa. (a) Chyavana (b) Yavanika
II. Cymbals are the only musical Which of the above is/are true? (c) Nikarup (d) None of these
instruments used in the performance. (a) Only I
III. It is performed to narrate the life and
299. Who is the writer of ‘Sariputra
(b) Only II Prakaran’, one of the oldest drama,
deeds Lord Krishna. (c) None of the above written in Sanskrit?
Which of the statements given above (d) All of the above (a) Asvaghosa (b) Nagarjuna
is/are correct? [IAS (Pre) 2017]
294. Match List I with List II and select the (c) Harshavardhana (d) Pulkeshin II
(a) I, II and III (b) I and III
(c) II and III (d) Only I correct answer by using the codes 300. Which of the following dramas was
given below the lists. written by Sriharsha?
289. Consider the following statements. List I List II (a) Kundamala
I. Thabal Chongba is a popular
(Folk Dance) (State) (b) Priyadarshika
Manipuri folk dance associated with
A. Bideshia 1. Jharkhand (c) Karpura Manjari
the festival of Holi.
B. Kajri 2. Uttar Pradesh (d) Malati-Madhav
II. The literal meaning of ‘Thabal’ is
‘Moonlight’ and ‘Chongba’ means C. Dangi 3. Himachal Pradesh 301. Which of the following caves is the
‘dance’. D. Thullal 4. Kerala most ancient evidence of theatre?
Which of the statement(s) given above (a) Sitabenga cave and Jogimara cave
is/are correct? Codes
of Raigarh hill
(a) Only I A B C D A B C D
(b) Ellora caves
(b) Only II (a) 1 2 3 4 (b) 2 1 4 3
(c) Bhimbetka rock shelters
(c) Both I and II (c) 3 2 4 1 (d) 3 4 1 2 (d) Borra caves
(d) Neither I nor II 295. Match List I with List II and select the 302. Which of the following is the type of
correct answer by using the codes
290. Consider the following statements. ‘Natyamandap’ according to the Bharat
given below the lists. Muni?
I. The UNESCO has inscribed two
Indian performing art forms, the List I List II (a) Vikrisht (b) Chaturasana
Mudiyettu Kerala and the Chhau (Folk Dance) (State) (c) Trayashra (d) All of these
dance (Eastern India), in the A. Dhaman 1. Manipur
representative list of the intangible 303. When was the theatre named Laffed
B. Natras 2. Punjab Faire opened in India?
cultural heritage of humanity.
II. The list is an biannual list that spotlight C. Khantum 3. Mizoram (a) 1794 (b) 1795 (c) 1796 (d) 1797
performing art forms of outstanding D. Rauf 4. Jammu and 304. The Persian theatre was started in
value which are vulnerable. Kashmir
which place of India?
Which of the statements given above Codes (a) Mumbai (b) Delhi
is/are correct? A B C D A B C D (c) Kanpur (d) Gandhinagar
(a) Only I (b) Only II (a) 1 2 3 4 (b) 2 1 3 4
(c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II (c) 3 2 4 1 (d) 3 4 1 2
305. Who among the following is known as
‘Shakespeare of Persian theatre?
291. Consider the following statements. 296. Match List I with List II and select the (a) Habib Tanvir
I. Bhangra is the dance popular during correct answer by using the codes (b) Bharatendu Harishchandra
the harvest season in Punjab. given below the lists. (c) Sheila Bhatia
II. Uday Shankar popularised Indian (d) Agha Hasan Kashmiri
List I List II
Classical dance abroad.
(State) (Folk dance) 306. Who among the following established
Which of the above is/are true?
(a) Only I A. Uttar Pradesh 1. Thali ‘Hindi theatre’ at Kolkata?
(b) Only II B. Jammu and 2. Hikat (a) Bharatendu Harishchandra
(c) None of the above Kashmir (b) Prasanna Kumar Thakur
(d) All of the above C. Rajasthan 3. Sundri (c) Habib Tanvir
D. Kerala 4. Sari (d) Balraj Sahni
292. Consider the following statements.
I. Garba is a popular folk dance from Codes 307. Which dramatist is responsible for the
the State of Gujarat. A B C D A B C D birth of Hindi drama in India?
II. It is a circular dance performed by (a) 1 2 3 4 (b) 4 3 2 1 (a) Hazari Prasad Dwivedi
women around an Earthenware pot (c) 1 4 2 3 (d) 3 4 2 1 (b) Prem Chand
called a Garbo, filled with water. (c) Sumitranandan Pant
Which of the statement(s) given above
297. Which is the oldest treatise on the (d) Bharatendu Harishchandra
performing arts of India?
is/are true? 308. At which place ‘Chowringhee Theatre’
(a) ‘Natyashastra’ by Bharatauni
(a) Only I was opened in 1813?
(b) ‘Prithviraj Raso’ by Chandbardai
(b) Only II (a) Mumbai (b) Madras
(c) ‘Kamasutra’ by Vatsyayana
(c) Both I and II (c) Delhi (d) Kolkata
(d) ‘Rajatarangini’ by Kalhana
(d) Neither I nor II
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309. Which of the following Sanskrit theatre 314. Which of the following statements 320. Who was the originator of ‘Bhavai’ play
style, has been included in the cultural about Binodini Dasi, a pioneering figure in Rajasthan? [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1999]
intangible heritage list of Humanity, by in Bengali theatre in the late 19th-early (a)Jivaji (b) Lacchiram
UNESCO? 20th century, is/are correct? (c) Banghaji (d) Gopal
(a) Mudiyett (b) Ramman [Astt/ Comm. 2018]
(c) Chavittunatkam (d) Kutiyattam I. She was one of the prime movers 321. Gopiji Bhatt is related with which folk
behind the setting up of the Star drama of Rajasthan?
310. Which one of the following is not Theatre (1883) in Calcutta. [RAS/RTS (Pre) 2012]
correctly matched? (a) Tamaasha (b) Swang
II. She serialised her autobiography
Drama Dramatist Amar Katha (My Story) between 1910 (c) Rammat (d) Nautanki
(a) Neddarpan – Deenbandhu Mitra and 1913. 322. Who demonstrated the Bahurupiya art
(b) Bharat – Bharatendu Select the correct answer using the of Rajasthan in the world?
Durdasha Harishchandra codes given below. [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1992]
(c) Ghashiram – Vijay Tendulkar (a) I only (b) II only (a) Jankilal (b) Devilal
Kotwal (c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II (c) Udai Shankar (d) Purushottamjia
(d) Andhayug – Manohar Shyam 315. Consider the following statements. 323. With which of the following areas of
Joshi I. Indian Classical Theatre was Rajasthan the Alibaksh Khyal is
completely indigenous without any associated? [RAS/RTS (Pre) 2016]
311. Which of the following folk theatre foreign impacts.
traditions has/have been included in (a) Chidawa (b) Chittoor
II. The most ancient classical Sanskrit (c) Karauli (d) Alwar
the UNESCO’s intagible cultural
play is Sariputra Parakram written by
heritage list? 324. What is the name of the famous folk
Asvaghosa.
I. Ramleela (Uttar Pradesh) drama of Bhils? [RAS/RTS (Pre) 2012]
Which of the statements given above
II. Ramman Theatre (Garhwal (a) Gowari (b) Swang
is/are correct?
Himalaya)
(a) Only I (c) Tamasha (d) Rammat
III. Videshiya (Bihar)
(b) Only II
Codes 325. Which of the following pairs is
(c) Both I and II incorrect?
(a) Only I (b) I and II
(d) Neither I nor II (a) Swang – Punjab
(c) Only II and III (d) None of these
316. Consider the following statements (b) Khayal – Rajasthan
312. Consider the following statements regarding the Indian English drama. (c) Yakshagana – Karnataka
regarding the festivals of theatre.
I. It was started when Krishna Mohan (d) Rasleela – Maharashtra
I. Prithvi theatre festival presents plays
Banerjee wrote the Persecuted in
that include one act plays and
1837, however real beginning is
326. Consider the following statements
monologues. Its basically a Hindi/ I. Dashavatar is the most developed
traced to Michael Madhusudan Dutt’s
Urdu/English theatre festival. theatre form of the Konkan and Goa
‘Is This Called Civilisation.’
II. National Theatre Festival is held by regions.
II. Its popularity declined with the advent
Sangeet Natak Academi, is the II. The performers personify the ten
of cinema, as no regular school was
largest theatre festival of Asia. incarnations of Lord Vishnu.
established till independence.
III. Kalidas samaroh is celebrated in Which of the statement(s) given above
Which of the statement(s) given above
Ujjain, It consists of production of is/are correct?
is/are correct?
Kalidas original plays. (a) Only I (b) Only II
(a) Only I (b) Only II
Which of the statement(s) given above (c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II
(c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II
is/are correct?
(a) I and III 317. Hathras and Kanpur traditions relate to 327. Consider the following statements.
(b) II and III [UPPSC (Pre) 1999]
I. Maach is the traditional theatre form
(a) Theatre
of Madhya Pradesh.
(c) Only I (b) Classical singing
II. It is a musical theater form.
(d) All of the above (c) Folk dance
Which of the statements given above
(d) Kabaddi
313. Consider the following statements is/are correct?
I. Kuttiyattam, the classical theatre form 318. Dance drama ‘Surdas’ and ‘Shankaria’ (a) Only I
of Kerala claims to date back to 2000 are related with which ethnic group? (b) Only II
years. (a) Patar (b) Nat (c) Both I and II
II. It is the enactment of Sanskrit plays (c) Bhand (d) Bhawai (d) Neither I nor II
and is India’s oldest theatre to have
been continuously performed. 319. Nautanki theatre is asociated with 328. The oldest evidence of puppetry is
Which of the statement(s) given above (a) Bengal found in which Tamil book?
is/are correct? (b) Maharashtra (a) Silappadikaran (b) Manimekalai
(a) Only I (b) Only II (c) Gujarat (c) Tiruvarur (d) Amuktamalyada
(c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II (d) Uttar Pradesh

288. (b) 289. (c) 290. (c) 291. (d) 292. (c) 293. (d) 294. (a) 295. (b) 296. (a) 297. (a) 298. (b) 299. (a) 300. (a) 301. (a) 302. (d)
303. (b) 304. (a) 305. (d) 306. (a) 307. (d) 308. (d) 309. (d) 310. (d) 311. (b) 312. (a) 313. (c) 314. (c) 315. (c) 316. (c) 317. (a)
318. (d) 319. (d) 320. (c) 321. (a) 322. (a) 323. (d) 324. (a) 325. (d) 326. (c) 327. (c) 328. (a)
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329. ‘Bommalattam’ is the traditional puppet III. The puppets are made of deer skin and 343. Who has written 3524 songs in 650
show of which state of India? are conceived in bold dramatic poses. films over 33 years and due to this, he
(a) Kerala (b) Tamil Nadu Which of the statement(s) given above was eligible for a Guinness Book of
(c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Karnataka is/are correct? World Records entry after extensive
(a) I and II (b) II and III documentation and verification of each
330. Kathputli is which type of puppetry art? (c) Only I (d) All of these and every track? [APSC 2017]
(a) Shadow puppet (b) Rod puppet (a) Gulzar (b) Javed Akhtar
(c) Glove puppet (d) String puppet 336. The first feature film (talkie) to be
(c) Faaiz Anwar (d) Sameer
produced in India was [IAS (Pre) 1999]
331. Which of the following is rod puppet? (a) Haatimtai 344. Which of the following pairs is not
(a) Kundhei of Odisha (b) Alam Ara correctly matched?
(b) Gombeyetta of Karnataka (c) Pundalik (a) India’s first technicolor film - Jhansi
(c) Tholu Bommalata of Andhra Pradesh (d) Raja Harishchandra Ki Rani
(d) Putul Nautch of West Bengal and (b) India’s first 3D film - My Dear
Assam 337. Which among the following is the first Kuttichathan
feature film produced in India by Dada
332. Which of the following is not correctly (c) India’s first Insured film - Taal
Saheb Phalke?
matched? [UPPSC 2001] (d) India’s first actress to win the Bharat
(a) Alam Ara
(a) Putul Nautch – Assam Ratna-Meena Kumari
(b) Raja Harish chandra
(b) Chadar Badar – Jharkhand (c) Shakuntala 345. Film Division of India was established
(c) Gombeyatta – Kerala (d) None of the above in which year?
(d) Bommalata – Tamil Nadu (a) 1946 (b) 1947
338. In which year did Dadasaheb Phalke (c) 1948 (d) 1950
333. Which of the following is/are types of produce the first feature film?
puppetry arts? [SSC CGL 2015] 346. Which of the following is the Censor
I. Yampuri (Bihar) (a) 1910 (b) 1911 (c) 1912 (d) 1913 Board of India?
II. Ravana Chhaya (Odisha) (a) Film Division
III. Pavakoothu (Kerala) 339. Which is India’s first indigeneously (b) Central Film Certification Board
Codes made colour film?
(c) Children’s Film Society India
(a) I and II (b) II and III (a) Mother India (b) Mughal-e-Azam
(d) Directorate of Film Festivals
(c) Only III (d) All of these (c) Devdas (d) Kisan Kanya
347. Where is the Film and Television
334. Which of the pairs are correctly 340. Which of the following movie of India Institute of India?
matched? was first nominated for Oscar Award?
(a) Nagpur (b) Pune
I. Putula Nach (string) – Assam and (a) Salaam Bombay
(c) Mumbai (d) Delhi
Tripura (b) Mother India
II. Togalu Gombeyaata – Karnataka (c) Slumdog Millionaire 348. National Film Development Corporation
III. Bommalattam (string) – Kerala (d) None of the above Limited was established in which year?
(a) 1970 (b) 1975
Select the correct answer using the 341. The film star who has acted in
codes given below. (c) 1980 (d) 1985
maximum number of films is
(a) I and II (b) II and III (a) Sivaji Ganesan (b) Manorama 349. International Film Festival is organised
(c) I and III (d) All of these (c) Ashok Kumar (d) Prem Nazir by -
(a) Film Division
335. Consider the following statements 342. Which one of the following films was
regarding ‘Ravana Chhaya’, shadow (b) Directorate of Film Festivals
not directed by Satyajit Ray?
puppet form from Odisha. (c) Central Film Certification Board
(a) Aparajita [SSC (10 + 2) 2013]
I. The puppets are in one piece and (d) None of the above
(b) Charulata
have no joints. (c) Pather Panchali
II. They are not coloured, hence throw (d) Salaam Bombay
opaque shadows on the screen.

Handicrafts and Martial Arts

350. A horned deity engraved on a terracotta 352. Which colour was commonly used in (a) Egypt (b) Mesopotamia
cake has been recovered from Harappa Pottery? [BPSC (Pre) 1995] (c) Central America (d) India
[UP Lower (Pre) 2008] (a) Red (b) Blue-Grey
(a) Banawali (b) Kalibangan
355. Consider the following centres related
(c) Yellow (d) Blue
to Handicrafts.
(c) Lothal (d) Surkotada
353. An Ivory scale in Harappan context was I. Chanderi II. Kanchipuram
351. The art of molding terracotta objects found at [UPRO/ARO (Mains) 2014] III. Balrampur IV. Nanded
were prevalent during the time of (a) Kalibangan (b) Lothal Above mentioned centres are the chiefs
(a) Indus Valley Civilisation (c) Dholavira (d) Banawali centres of which of the following
(b) Vedic period Handicrafts?
(c) Mauryan period 354. For clothing, cotton cultivation was first (a) Cloth weaving (b) Metal works
introduced in [UPPSC (Pre) 2006]
(d) Gupta period (c) Carpet weaving (d) Ivory carving
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356. Sylhet of Bengal was world famous for 362. ‘Kashida’ is a type of embroidery that is 372. The place which is famous for its clay
what? famous in which of the Indian state? architect is [RAS/RTS (Pre) 2013]
(a) Silk cloth [SSC 2017] (a) Kuchaman (b) Molela
(b) Cotton (a) Punjab (b) West Bengal (c) Kaithun (d) Sanganer
(c) Painting (c) Jammu and Kashmir (d) Rajasthan
(d) Muslin cloth
373. Tarabhant ki Odhni is the popular
363. Japanese art ‘Ikebana’ is related to costume of which category of women in
357. In which of the following book, did Abul [SSC CGL 2017] Rajasthan? [RAS/RTS (Pre) 2012]
Fazal mention about clothes, (a) paper folding (b) flower arrangement (a) Rajput Women (b) Gujjar Women
metalwork, house building, religious (c) tree cutting (d) sand art (c) Adivasi Women (d) Jat Women
activities etc?
(a) Futunat-i-Firozshahi 364. The colorful art named Nandana block 374. What is the color of woman’s odhni
(b) Ain-i-Akbari print, which uses graceful yet aligned ‘Pomcha’? [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1997]
arrangements of motifs on fabric is (a) Red (b) Green
(c) Nuskha-e-Dilkusha
practised in Tarapur village of (c) Yellow (d) Saffron
(d) Nun Siphar
[SSC CGL 2019]
358. Which of the following statement(s) (a) Uttarakhand 375. Where is named Chumpa worn?
is/are not correct? [RAS/RTS (Pre) 2013]
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(a) Kimkhab work in silver and gold (c) Odisha (a) Hand (b) Teeth
wires with silk yarns. (d) Maharashtra (c) Finger (d) Nose
(b) Koftgari, inlaying gold or silver wires 376. Which town in Rajasthan is well known
on metals like steel etc. 365. First ‘Deendayal Handicraft Sankul’
trade facilitation centre is located at for the traditional craft of block printing
(c) Minakari is the art of enamelling on of delicate floral motifs?
[UPRO/ARO 2017]
metal (a) Jaipur [RAS/RTS (Pre) 2003]
(d) All of the above (a) Agra (b) Varanasi
(c) Kanpur (d) Gorakhpur (b) Bagru
359. ‘Kalamkari painting refers to’ (c) Sanganer
[IAS (Pre) 2015] 366. Which of the following places is well (d) Barmer
(a) a hand-painted cotton textile in known for the embroidery form of
‘Chikankari’? [SSC CPO 2005] 377. Consider the following statements
South India. regarding the embroidery in India.
(b) a handmade drawing on bamboo (a) Hyderabad (b) Jaipur
(c) Bhopal (d) Lucknow I. The Zardosi type of embroidery uses
handicrafts in North-East India. metal thread instead of the usual silk
(c) a block-painted woollen cloth in 367. Which city of Uttar Pradesh is famous or rayon.
Western Himalayan region of India. for ‘Wood carving cottage industry’? II. The Vedas contain numerous
(d) a hand-painted decorative silk cloth [UPRO/ARO 2017] reference to needle work, in Vedic
in North-Western India. (a) Gorakhpur (b) Saharanpur literature and embroidered garments
360. Which of the following statement(s) (c) Meerut (d) Kanpur are termed as ‘pesas’.
is/are not correct? Which of the statement(s) given above
368. Which of the following is a silk textile is/are not correct?
(a) Paper thin, biscuit coloured pottery producing centre in Bihar?
is a style of glazed pottery. (a) Only I (b) Only II
[BPSC (Pre) 2016]
(b) Kangra (Himachal Pradesh) is (c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II
(a) Motipur (b) Bajari
well-known for blue pottery. (c) Bhagalpur (d) Dalmianagar 378. Consider the following statements
(c) Delhi, Khurja and Jaipur are noted about crafts in Indus Valley Civilisation.
for the famed black pottery. 369. Which of the following bamboo species I. Handicrafts consists of objects
(d) All of the above is largely found in Chhattisgarh? created by skilled people for religious
[CGPSC (Pre) 2013]
361. Which one of the following statements rituals, like wedding and celebrations
(a) Dendrocalamus strictus and for personal use as well as
regarding various handicrafts in India
(b) Bambusa arundinacea luxurious ones created by specialised
is not true?
(c) Bambusa nutans craftsmen for specific requirements.
(a) Dhokra handicraft originated in
Madhya Pradesh and famous for its (d) Bambusa burmanica II. It can range from the simple
simplicity. 370. Which of the following ornament is worn clay-lamps to the diamond-studded
(b) The artisans involved in Brass in neck? [CGPSC (Pre) 2014] jewellery items.
handicrafts are famously known as (a) Aiethi (b) Nangmori III. The Handicrafts Board was set up in
Kansaris. 1962 to look into the plight of the
(c) Sutiya (d) Tarki
(c) Pottery has its origin during the dying crafts.
Indus Valley Civilisation. 371. Famous Meenakari ‘Theva Kala’ is Which of the statement(s) given above
(d) The paper handicraft industries are associated with [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1996] is/are correct?
mainly located in Tamil Nadu. (a) Bikaner (b) Jaipur (a) Only I (b) II and III
(c) Banswara (d) Pratapgarh (c) I and II (d) All of these

329. (b) 330. (d) 331. (d) 332. (c) 333. (d) 334. (a) 335. (d) 336. (b) 337. (a) 338. (d) 339. (d) 340. (b) 341. (b) 342. (d) 343. (d)
344. (d) 345. (c) 346. (b) 347. (b) 348. (b) 349. (b) 350. (b) 351. (a) 352. (a) 353. (b) 354. (d) 355. (a) 356. (d) 357. (b) 358. (d)
359. (a) 360. (d) 361. (d) 362. (c) 363. (b) 364. (b) 365. (b) 366. (d) 367. (b) 368. (c) 369. (a) 370. (c) 371. (d) 372. (b) 373. (d)
374. (b) 375. (b) 376. (c) 377. (d) 378. (d)
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379. Consider the following statements. 384. Which of the following has/have been II. Excavations at Harappa and Mohenjo
I. The Handicrafts Board was set up to accorded ‘Geographical Indication -daro authenticates the craft tradition
look into the plight of the dying status’? of the Indus Valley Civilisation.
crafts. I. Banaras Brocades and Sarees Which of the statement(s) given above
II. Various aids were granted, which II. Rajasthani Daal-Baati-Churma is/are correct?
helped in development of Indian art III. Tirupati Laddu (a) Only I (b) Only II
and craft. Select the correct answer using the codes (c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II
III. With the help of the royal patronage, given below. [IAS (Pre) 2015] 390. What is sqay?
contemporary Indian craft acquired (a) Only I (b) II and III (a) Ancient handicrafts of Kashmir
the mantle of small scale and (c) I and III (d) I, II and III (b) Ancient Martial arts of Kashmir
cottage industry.
385. Which of the following is a Geographical (c) Handicrafts of Mizoram
Which of the statements given above
indicator? (d) Martial art of Meghalaya
are correct?
(a) I and II (b) II and III I. Bagh Print (Madhya Pradesh) 391. Silambamn is a type of martial art,
(c) All of these (d) None of these II. Katwa Patch Work (Bihar) prevalent in
III. Sozani Craft (Kashmir) (a) Karnataka (b) Tamil Nadu
380. Consider the following statements. IV. Toda Embroidery (Tamil Nadu) (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) None of these
I. Kushana period is considered as V. Farrukhabad Print (UP)
the Golden Period in the history of (a) I, III and V (b) II, III and IV 392. Mardani Khel, is a type of martial arts,
craft. (c) I and V (d) All of these prevalent in
II. The craftsmen under the Delhi (a) Karnataka (b) Kerala
sultanate period flourished in the 386. Consider the following statements. (c) Maharashtra (d) All of these
fields of pottery, weaving, wood I. Mention of wood-carved temples is
carving, metal working and found in the Rigveda. 393. With reference to India’s culture and
jewellery. II. Wood craft can also be seen in the tradition, what is ‘Kalaripayattu’?
carvings of temples and chariots of [IAS (Pre) 2014]
Which of the statement(s) given above
is/are not correct? Odisha. (a) It is an ancient Bhakti cult of
(a) Only I (b) Only II Which of the statement(s) given above Shaivism still prevalent in some parts
(c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II is/are correct? of South India.
(a) Only I (b) Only II (b) It is an ancient style bronze and
381. Consider the following statements in (c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II brasswork still found in Southern part
context with the handicrafts of India. of coromandel area.
I. Vellore district of Tamil Nadu is 387. Consider the following statements. (c) It is an ancient form of dance-drama
famous for cane handicrafts in India. I. Pottery has been described as the lyric and a living trading in the Northern
II. Born and Horn handicrafts of handicrafts due to its irresistible and part of Malabar.
originated in the State of Odisha, sensual appeal. (d) It is an ancient martial art and a living
they are famous for creating birds or II. Glazed pottery emerged with the tradition in some parts of South
animal figures, which seems alive. advent of Islam. India.
III. Uttar Pradesh is known for its III. The remnants of ‘roulette pottery’ have
painted black wares. been discovered in Arikamedu near 394. With reference to Indian Martial Arts,
Puducherry. choose the following statements.
Which of the statement(s) given is/are
correct? Which of the statement(s) given above I. Mallakhamba is a form of exercise
(a) I and II (b) II and III is/are correct? II. Marma Shastra is the study of
(a) I and II (b) II and III vulnerable spots in human body.
(c) Only I (d) All of these
(c) Only I (d) All of these III. Kalaripayattu is also practiced in
382. Which of the following pairs are Kerala to become a good Kathakali
correctly matched? 388. Consider the following statements in Dancer.
I. Applique work – Pipili (Odisha) context with the handicrafts of India. IV. Silambam is the traditional stick
II. Jori art – Banaras I. Dhokra, the oldest form of handicraft is martial art from Tamil Nadu.
III. Phulkari – Madhya Pradesh known for its traditional simplicity. This (a) I and II (b) III and IV
Select the correct answer using the tribal handicraft originated in Gujarat. (c) I, II and III (d) All of these
codes given below. II. Green coloured stone art is the speciality
of Madhya Pradesh, whereas Patharkatti 395. Match the following
(a) I and II (b) II and III
(c) I and III (d) All of these is the uniques rock craft of Gaya. List I List II
III. Cuttack in Odisha, Karimnagar in the (Martial Art) (Area)
383. Which of the following pairs are not State of Andhra Pradesh is known for
correctly matched? A. Thang-Ta 1. Odisha
its Meenakari or Tarkashi handicrafts.
I. Batik Art – Madhya Pradesh Which of the statement(s) given is/are B. Pari-Khanda 2. Manipur
II. Block Painting – Gujarat correct? C. Gatka 3. Tamil Nadu
III. Tanchoi – Rajasthan (a) I and II (b) II and III D. Silambam 4. Punjab
Select the correct answer using the (c) Only I (d) All of these
codes given below. Codes
(a) I and II (b) II and III 389. Consider the following statements. A B C D A B C D
(c) I and III (d) All of these I. The primal references of India crafts (a) 3 4 2 1 (b) 2 1 4 3
were found in the remains of the Indus (c) 4 3 1 2 (d) 1 4 3 2
Valley Civilisation.
 Fairs and Festivals
396. In which of the following place Kumb 406. Syed Salar Mela is held at 413. Consider the following statements
Mela is not held? [MPPSC (Pre) 1992] [UPPSC (Mains) 2001] regarding cattle fair.
(a) Nashik (b) Haridwar (a) Bahraich (b) Barabanki I. In Pushkar, a cattle fair is held.
(c) Prayagraj (d) Varanasi (c) Fatehpur Sikri (d) Gonda II. Sonepur fair is a famous cattle of India.
Which of the following statement(s)
397. After how many years ‘Maha Kumbh’ is 407. ‘Sulahkul Festival’ of Hindu-Muslim is/are true?
held? Unity is organised at
(a) Only I (b) Only II
(a) 12 years (b) 10 years [UPPSC (Pre) 2015]
(c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II
(c) 9 years (d) 6 years (a) Agra (b) Aligarh
(c) Etawah (d) Barabanki 414. Match the following
398. In which of the following places
I. Siang Festival – Jammu and Kashmir
Shakumbhari Devi fair is hosted? 408. Harela festival of Uttarakhand is
II. Bird Watching – Himachal Pradesh
[UPPSC (Mains) 2015] related to [UK PSC (Pre) 2016]
festival
(a) Varanasi (b) Vindhyachal (a) Plantation
III. Garden festival – Chandigarh
(c) Meerut (d) Saharanpur (b) Folk dance
IV. Bonalu Fair – Andhra Pradesh
(c) Animal Husbandry
399. Every year a fair is held on the tomb of Which of the above is/are correctly
(d) None of the above
famous sufi saint Haji Waris Ali Shah at mathed?
[UPPSC (Mains) 2004, 2003] 409. Who celebrates the ‘Mata Festival’? (a) I, II and III (b) I, III and IV
(a) Fatehpur Sikri, Agra (a) Cultivator [CGPSC (Pre) 2015] (c) II, III and IV (d) All of these
(b) Kaliar, Saharanpur (b) Yadav (Raut)
(c) Dewa Sharif, Barabanki
415. Consider the following statements
(c) Fisherman regarding ‘Nanda Devi Raj Jat’ festival.
(d) Garhmukteshwar, Hapur (d) Weaver I. This festival is dedicated to Raj
400. At which place ‘Bagwal Fair’ is held? 410. In which of the following area of Rajeshwari Devi of Uttarakhand.
[UKPSC (Pre) 2005] Rajasthan ‘Gulabi Gangaur’ is II. It is held every year and after 12 years
(a) Lohaghat (b) Bageshwar celebrated on Chaitra Shukla cycle.
(c) Champawat (d) Devidhura Panchami? [RAS/RTS (Pre) 2016] III. This journey go from Nauti village,
(a) Udaipur (b) Jodhpur Chamoli district to Homkund Sarovar.
401. Where is the ‘Fair of Kanha Baba’ Select the correct answer using the
(c) Nathdwara (d) Bundi
organised in Madhya Pradesh? codes given below.
[MPPSC (Pre) 2016] 411. Consider the following pairs. (a) I and II (b) I and III
(a) Hoshangabad (b) Sodalpur [IAS (Pre) 2018] (c) II and III (d) All of these
(c) Barwani (d) Rewa Tradition State
416. Consider the following festivals/fairs of
402. Name the place where the Tyagaraja I Chapchar Kut festival – Mizoram India.
festival is regularly celebrated in the II Khongjom Parba – Manipur I. Delhi – Procession of Florists festival
honour of the compeser Sri Tyagaraja. ballad II. Panipat – Handicrafts fairs
[UPPSC (Pre) 2000]
(a) Adyar (b) Thanjavur III Thang-Ta dance – Sikkim III. Jaipur – International Kite festival
(c) Mamallapuram (d) Udipi Which of the above pairs is/are correctly IV. Nagaland – Hornbill festival
matched? Which of the above is/are correctly
403. Where is ‘Rath Yatra’ festival held? (a) Only I (b) I and II matched?
[MPPSC (Pre) 1997] (a) I and IV (b) II and III
(c) I and III (d) II and III
(a) Konark (b) Puri (c) I, II and III (d) I, III and IV
(c) Dwarka (d) Haridwar 412. Consider the following pairs :
417. Following fairs and festivals are
404. Guru Purnima festival of Uttar Pradesh Traditions Communities
organised by the Rajasthan Tourism
is dedicated to sage I Chaliha Sahib – Sindhis Department. [RAS/RTS (Pre) 2013]
[UPRO/ARO (Mains 2014] Festival I. Maru Festival, Jaisalmer
(a) Vyas (b) Vashisht II Nanda Raj Jat Yatra – Gonds II. Elephant Festival, Jaipur
(c) Valmiki (d) Bhrigu III Wari-Warkari – Santhals III. Camel Festival, Bikaner
405. In which of the following places, ‘Mudia Which of the pairs given above is/are IV. Summer Festival, Mount Abu
Purnima Mela’ is organised? correctly matched? Their chronology as per the calender
[UPRO/ARO (Pre) 2016] (a) Only I year is
(a) Bateshwar (b) II and III (a) I, III, II, IV
(b) Kannauj (c) I and III (b) I, I, III, IV
(c) Govardhan (d) None of the above (c) III, I, IV, II
(d) Sardhana (d) III, I, II, IV

379. (a) 380. (a) 381. (d) 382. (a) 383. (b) 384. (c) 385. (d) 386. (d) 387. (d) 388. (b) 389. (a) 390. (b) 391. (b) 392. (c) 393. (d)
394. (d) 395. (b) 396. (d) 397. (a) 398. (d) 399. (c) 400. (d) 401. (b) 402. (b) 403. (b) 404. (a) 405. (c) 406. (a) 407. (a) 408. (a)
409. (b) 410. (c) 411. (b) 412. (a) 413. (c) 414. (a) 415. (d) 416. (a) 417. (d)
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418. Match List I with the List II and select Select the correct answer using the 431. Christmas is celebrated on which date
the correct answer from the codes codes given below. every year?
given below the lists. (a) I and II (b) III and IV (a) 24th December (b) 25th December
(c) I, 2 and III (d) II, III and IV (c) 26th December (d) 27th December
List I (Fair) List II (Places)
A. Kailash Fair 1. Agra 425. Arrange the following festivals 432. The spirit of Christians behind the festival
B. Nauchandi Fair 2. Meerut chronologically according to hindu of Easter is [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1992]
religious calendar. (a) Jenus preached this day
C. Kalinjar Fair 3. Banda
I. Shivratri II. Basant Panchami (b) Jesus departed from this world
D. Soron Fair 4. Etah III. Holi IV. Rama Navami (c) Jesus Went to Nazareth
Codes Select the correct answer using the (d) The day Jesus revived
A B C D A B C D codes given below.
(a) 1 2 3 4 (b) 4 2 3 1 (a) I, II, III, IV 433. Why Good Friday of Christian is
(c) 2 3 4 1 (d) 3 1 2 4 (b) IV, I, II, III celebrated? [UPPSC (Pre) 1990]
(c) II, I, IV, III (a) Jesus Christ had died
419. Match List I with List II and select the (d) II, III, I, IV (b) Jesus Christ was born
correct answer using the codes given (c) Jesus Christ Crucified
below the lists. [CDS 2012] 426. Consider the following statements. (d) AD was introduced
List I List II I. Bohag Bihu is inauguration of
agricultural activities. 434. Which Christian Saint is famous for the
(Festival) (State) love with animals and birds?
II. Bhogali Bihu is mark of harvesting.
A. Ugadi 1. West Bengal (a) Saint Paul [MPPSC (Pre.) 1997]
III. Kongali Bihu is leisure time of
B. Nababarsha 2. Gujarat agricultural activities. (b) Saint Thomas
C. Bhadra Purnima 3. Maharashtra Which of the following statements(s) (c) Saint Francis of Assisi
D. Gudi Padwa 4. Andhra Pradesh given above is/are true? (d) Saint Peter
(a) I and II (b) Only II
Codes 435. Which of the following pair is not true?
(c) I and III (d) All of these
A B C D A B C D (a) Christmas – Birth of Jesus Christ
(a) 4 1 2 3 (b) 4 2 1 3 427. Which of the festival is celebrated at (b) Good Friday – Crucifixion of the
(c) 3 2 1 4 (d) 3 1 2 4 the birthday of Hazrat Muhammad? Jesus
(a) Eid-Milad-un-Nabi
420. It is a nine days long festival. Women (c) Easter – Rebirth of Jesus
(b) Eid-ul-adha
dance, during festival and on last day Christ
they see-off their guardian God and (c) Eid-ul-Fitr
(d) Ascension – Ascension of
also play with vermilion. (d) Muharram
Day Father Saint Paul
(a) Ganesh Festival 428. Which of the Muslim festival is
(b) Vishwakarma Puja celebrated as ‘Mourning festival’? 436. ‘Buddha Purnima’ is the famous
(c) Navratri (a) Eid-ul-Fitr (b) Eid-ul-adha festival of which religion?
(d) Durga Puja (c) Shab-e-Barat (d) Muharram (a) Hinduism (b) Buddhism
(c) Christianity (d) Islam
421. Which of the following festival is closely 429. Which of the following statements
related to the legendary King Bali, who is/are true? 437. Which of the following event(s) is/are
comes on Earth to meet their subject? I. Eid-ul-Zuha is also called Bakra-Eid. related to Buddha Purnima, a famous
(a) Pongal (b) Onam II. Animal sacrifices on the occasion of festival of Buddhism?
(c) Holi (d) Bihu Eid-ul-Zuha. I. Birth
III. Eid-ul-Zuha is celebrated on the 10th II. Attainment of knowledge
422. Pongal is the festival of which state? III. Mahaparinirvana
[UK UDA/LDA (Pre) 2007]
day of Hajj month.
Select the correct answer usign the Select the correct answer using the
(a) Andhra Pradesh codes given below.
codes given below.
(b) Tamil Nadu (a) I and II (b) Only II
(a) I and II (b) II and III
(c) Maharashtra (c) I and III (d) All of these
(c) Only III (d) All of these
(d) Kerala
430. Consider the following statements 438. Consider the following statements
423. With reference to Hindu festival and its about Losar festival.
about Muslim religion.
celebration month, which of the I. It is a New Year festival of Tibetan
following is not correctly matched? I. Muharram is celebrated in
remembrance of Martyrs of Karbala. Buddhist.
(a) Naga panchami – Shravan Month II. It is held in the last week of March
II. Shab-e-Barat is celebrated in
(b) Janmashtami – Bhado Month according to Gregorian calendar.
remembrance of first sentence of
(c) Raksha Bandhan – Kartik Month III. It is celebrated as a socio-religious
Quran received by Muhammad Sahib.
(d) Dussehra – Ashwin Month festival in Ladakh.
III. Shab-e-Qadr is celebrated for god
424. Match the following pairs. fortune in next year. IV. It is also associated with the worship
State Festival Which of the above statements is/are of ‘Phaspun’ God and Goddess.
1. Tamil Nadu – Pongal correct? Which of the following statements are
(a) Only I (b) II and III true?
2. Kerala – Onam
(c) I and III (d) I and II (a) I and II (b) I, II and III
3. Arunachal Pradesh – Moatsu
(c) I, III and IV (d) All of these
4. Nagaland – Losar
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439. Consider the following statements. 443. Baisakhi is an important festival of Sikh Select the correct answer using the
I. Hemis festival is held in Hemis religion celebrated, on codes given below.
monastery. (a) birth anniversary of Guru Nanak (a) Only I (b) I and II
II. Hemis festival is celebrated to (b) birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh (c) I, II and III
commemorate the birth anniversary (c) establishement of Khalsa Panth (d) All of the above
of Bodhisattva Amitabha. (d) establishment of Golden Temple 449. Which of the following festival is
Which of the following statement(s) celebrated by Lepcha tribe of Sikkim to
given above is/are correct? 444. Which among the following pairs(s)
is/are true? pay homage to mountain
(a) Only I Kanchenjunga?
I. Hola Mohalla – Sikhism
(b) Only II (a) Saga Dawa (b) Drupka Teshi
II. Dev Diwali – Buddhism
(c) Both I and II (c) Tendong (d) Wangala
III. Rajim Kumbh – Jainism
(d) Neither I nor II
Select the correct answer using the 450. Losoong is a festival which is
440. Mahavir Jayanti is related to festival of codes given below. celebrated in [UPPSC (Pre) 2003]
which religion? (a) I and II (b) Only I (a) Tibet
(a) Hinduism (b) Buddhism (c) II and III (d) Only III (b) Arunachal Pradesh
(c) Sikhism (d) Jainism (c) Sikkim
445. Which of the following festivals of Jews
441. Consider the following festivals. is celebrated in the month of (d) Kerala
I. Rishi Panchami September/October? 451. ‘Naropa’ is an annual festival of
II. Paryushan (a) Yom Kippur (b) Sukkot [CDS 2020]
III. Gyan Panchami (c) Purim (d) None of these
(a) Sikkim (b) Ladakh
IV. Dev Diwali
446. ‘Feast of Ingathering’ is also known as (c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) Nagaland
Which of the above festivals are related
(a) Sukkot (b) Yom kippur
to Jainism? 452. ‘Athapoo’ is associated with which of the
(c) Nowruz (d) Sabbath following festivals? [UPPSC (Pre) 2011]
(a) I, II and III
(b) II, III and IV 447. Which of the following festival (a) Dol Yatra
(c) I and IV celebrated by Sultan Balban is royal (b) Onam
(d) All of the above festival in medieval India? (c) Pongal
(a) Diiwali (b) Dussehra (d) Vishwakarma Puja
442. Which of the following festival is (c) Nowruz (d) Eid-ul-Zuha
celebrated on the birthday of Guru 453. Chapchar Kut is a festival celebrated in
Nanak Dev? 448. Which of the festival(s) is/are related to the state of
(a) Anand Parv (b) Guru Parv Parsis? (a) Arunachal Pradesh (b) Assam
(c) Prakash Parv (d) Angad Parv I. Nowruz II. Khordad Sal (c) Mizoram (d) Sikkim
III. Yom Kippur IV. Sabbath

Miscellaneous
454. South Indian Festival of ‘Onam’ is 457. Who was/were the 10th century 460. The film ‘The Making of Mahatma’ has
associated with which of the follownig? composer(s) of the Naalayira Divya been directed by [IAS (Pre) 1997]
[UPPSC (Pre) 2011] Prabandham? [CDS 2018] (a) Peter Ustinov
(a) Rama’s Victory over Ravana (a) Alvars (b) Richard Attenborough
(b) Durga’s Killing Mahishasur (b) Nayanars (c) Shyam Benegal
(c) Shiva Shakti (c) Appar (d) Mira Nair
(d) Mahabali (d) Sambandar
461. Who played the role of Gandhi in the
455. In which state is the Buddhist site Tabo 458. Which of the following is not the factor movie ‘Gandhi’? [MPPSC (Pre) 1998]
Monastery located? [UKPSC (Pre) 2010] of ‘Cultural lag’ ? (a) Ben Kingsley
(a) Arunachal Pradesh [UPRO/ARO (Mains) 2014] (b) Richard Attenborough
(b) Himachal Pradesh (a) Religion (b) Politics (c) Naseeruddin Shah
(c) Sikkim (d) Uttarakhand (c) Law (d) Tradition (d) Rashan Seth
456. The Sufi work ‘Kashf-al-Mahjub’ was 459. Who was the producer of the famous 462. Whom did the famous Indian actress
written by [Astt. Comm. 2019] TV serial Ramayan? Devika Rani marry? [MPPSC 1993]
(a) Abul-Hasan Ali Hujwiri (a) BR Chopra [MPPSC (Pre) 1998] (a) Painter Svetoslav Roerich
(b) Moinuddin Chishti (b) Ramanand Sagar (b) Writer Solzhenitsyn
(c) Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya (c) Shyam Benegal (c) Plano player and author Rubinstein
(d) Amir Khusrow (d) Mira Nair (d) None of the above

418. (a) 419. (a) 420. (d) 421. (b) 422. (b) 423. (c) 424. (a) 425. (b) 426. (d) 427. (a) 428. (d) 429. (d) 430. (a) 431. (b) 432. (d)
433. (c) 434. (c) 435. (d) 436. (b) 437. (d) 438. (b) 439. (a) 440. (d) 441. (d) 442. (b) 443. (c) 444. (b) 445. (a) 446. (a) 447. (c)
448. (b) 449. (c) 450. (c) 451. (b) 452. (b) 453. (c) 454. (d) 455. (b) 456. (a) 457. (a) 458. (b) 459. (b) 460. (c) 461. (a) 462. (a)
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463. K Shankar Pillai was a 467. Which of the following statement(s) 469. Match List I with List II and select the
[MPPSC (Pre) 1990] about Easterine Kire is/are correct? correct answer from the codes given
(a) Cartoonist I. Born in Nagaland, she is a poet, below.
(b) Painter novelist and children’s book writer. List I List II
(c) Dancer II. She is the recipient of the Hindu prize
(Monument) (Location)
(d) Flute player for the year 2015 for her poetic novel
‘When the River Sleeps’. A. Gateway of India 1. Kolkata
464. Raghu Rai is well known for which of III. ‘When the River Sleeps’ was an B. Victoria Memorial 2. Hyderabad
the following areas? [IAS (Pre) 2007] exploration of the Naga spirit C. India Gate 3. New Delhi
(a) Research in Mathematics Universe. D. Char Minar 4. Mumbai
(b) Photography Select the correct answer using the
(c) Water havesting Codes
codes given below :
(d) Pollution control A B C D A B C D
(a) Only I (b) II and III only
(a) 4 2 1 3 (b) 4 1 3 2
465. Who painted the famous ‘Mona Lisa’? (c) I and III only (d) I, II and III
(c) 2 3 4 1 (d) 1 4 2 3
(a) Michelangelo [MPPSC (Pre) 1997] 468. ‘Stree Shakti Puraskar’ is given to
(b) Joshua Reynolds women for [UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2001] 470. Match the following.
(c) Rembrandt I. their excellence in athletics. List I List II
(d) Leonardo da Vinci II. their outstanding performance in A. Bhatnagar Award 1. Film
games. B. BC Roy Award 2. Medicine
466. Given below is a traditional list dresses
of women along with states. Which one III. their courage and enterprise for
C. Dada Saheb 3. Science
of them is not correctly matched? betterment of women. Phalke Award
[UPPSC (Pre) 2003] IV. their contribution to the nation and
D. Gandharva Award 4. Classical Art
people.
(a) Bokhu – Sikkim
Select the correct answer using the Codes
(b) Mekhla – Assam
codes below. A B C D A B C D
(c) Mundu – Chhattisgarh
(a) I and II (b) II and III (a) 3 2 1 4 (b) 3 4 2 1
(d) Pheran – Kashmir
(c) III and IV (d) I and IV (c) 3 2 4 1 (d) 4 3 1 2

463. (a) 464. (b) 465. (d) 466. (c) 467. (d) 468. (c) 469. (b) 470. (a)
 WORLD HISTORY

World’s Major Civilisations

1. ‘Sphinx’ is associated with which of 6. Which of the following statements is/are III. Mesopotamian Civilisation developed
the following Civilisation? true about the Egyptian Civilisation? near Euphrates river.
(a) Egyptian Civilisation I. The Egyptians could calculate the area Select the correct answer using the
(b) Roman Civilisation at a triangle or a rectangle. codes given below.
(c) Sumerian Civilisation II. They developed a decimal system of (a) Only I
(d) Chinese Civilisation numeration. (b) Only I and II
III. The crowing achievement of the (c) Only III
2. Which of the following was the most Egyptian was the Solar calendars. (d) I, II and III
important ‘God’ of ancient Egyptians? (a) I and II
(a) Jackal (b) the Moon (b) I and III 11. Consider the following statements
(c) the Sun (d) Cow with reference to Mesopotamian
(c) I, II and III
Civilisation.
3. Which of the following best describes (d) II and III
I. The earliest language written in
how Egyptian civilisation developed?
7. Which of the following civilisations was Mesopotamian was Sumerian.
(a) Villages replaced towns. II. It was one of the four riverine
watered by two rivers ‘Tigris’ and
(b) Cities broke off into scattered civilisation along with Nile valley in
‘Eupherates’?
farms. ancient Egypt, Indus Valley
(a) Chinese Civilisation
(c) Farmers grew into villages and then Civilisation in Indian Sub-continent
(b) Egyptian Civilisation
cities. and Yellow river in ancient China.
(d) Farms replaced cities and then (c) Mesopotamian Civilisation
(d) Harappan Civilisation Choose the correct answer using the
pyramids.
codes given below.
4. Why were tombs filled with art, 8. In which of the following civilisations, the (a) Only I
Jewellery, and other treasures, in regions of Babylon, Sumer and Assyria, (b) Only II
Egyptians Civilisation? were comprised of (c) Both I and II
(a) Mesopotamian Civilisation (d) Neither I nor II
(a) The tombs served as museums.
(b) Sumerian Cvilisation
(b) The tombs were the private storage 12. Who is the founder of Greek
(c) Armenian Civilisation
rooms of the Pharaoh. historiography?
(d) All of the above
(c) Egyptians believed the dead enjoyed (a) Aristotle
such materials in the afterlife. 9. System of counting adopted by the (b) Herodotus
(d) All of the above people of Mesopotamia is known as (c) Hippocrates
(a) Sexagesimal system (d) Thucydides
5. Which statement best describes the (b) Pythagoras system
burial practices of Egyptians? 13. Ancient Greek was a civilisation
(c) Quinguennial system
(a) Egyptians preserved bodies of belonging to a period of Greek history
mummies. (d) Decimal system
from
(b) Egyptians carried their dead to 10. Consider the following statements. (a) 5th-6th Centuries BC to 1000 AD
neighbouring countries. I. Mesopotamian Civilisation developed (b) 3rd Century AD to 1100 Century AD
(c) Egyptians used a funeral pyre for near Tigris river. (c) 12th-9th Centuries BC to 600 AD
their dead. II. Mesopotamian Civilisation developed (d) None of the above
(d) Egyptians buried their dead in the near Zagros mountain.
river.

1. (a) 2. (c) 3. (b) 4. (c) 5. (a) 6. (c) 7. (c) 8. (a) 9. (a) 10. (d) 11. (c) 12. (b) 13. (c)
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14. Which of the following statement about 21. To regulate the social life of their 29. A characteristic that the Shang Chinese
Alexander is not correct? empire, the Romans depended on shared with Egyptian Civilisation was the
(a) Alexander period is also known as (a) its world religion. (a) principle of the Mandate of Heaven.
Hellenistic age. (b) its strictly enforced caste system. (b) lack of a social hierarchy.
(b) Alexander, the Great, was the son of (c) its code of laws. (c) development of a writing system.
the king of Macedonia, Philip. (d) its highly efficient bureaucracy. (d) ancestor worship.
(c) Alexander defeated Porus at the
22. A system of government called “Res 30. Which was the first Civilisation in
battle of Hydaspes.
Publica” was the feature of which of the history of the world to have a system of
(d) Alexander was the disciple of Plato.
following Civilisation ? selecting public official on the basic of
15. Which of the following is not correctly (a) Greek Civilisation education and competitive examination?
matched? (b) Roman Civilisation (a) Arabs
Greek Related Subject (c) Arab Civilisation (b) Chinese Civilisation
God/Goddess (d) Indus Valley Civilisation (c) Iranian Civilisation
(a) Athena – Goddess of Sky 23. Consider the following statements (d) Egyptian Civilisation
(b) Apollo – The Sun god about the ancient Rome.
(c) Poseidon – God of Sea
31. The Mandate of Heaven governed the
I. If was founded on the banks of river relationship between the ruler and the
(d) Zeus – God of Sky Tigris. ruled in
II. If was founded by the twin brothers
16. Consider the statements with reference (a) China (b) Japan
Romulus. and Remus.
to ancient Greek. (c) France (d) Rome
I. At the battle of Salamis, Athenian Select the correct answer using the
Naval Force were defeated by the codes given below. 32. What happened in Western Europe
Persians. (a) Only I (b) Only II after the fall of the Roman Empire, was
(c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II similar to what occured in
II. Alexander defeated Darius III of
Persia and completely destroyed the (a) China after the fall of the Han.
24. Consider the following statements. (b) Japan after the end of the Tokugawa
Achaemenid Empire. I. Julius Caesar formed the ‘First
Select the correct answer using the Ghogunate.
Triumvirate’.
codes given below. (c) The Holy land after the unsuccessful
II. Julius Caesar, Marcus Lincinius
(a) Only I (b) Only II crusades ended.
Crassus and Gnaeus Pompeius were
(c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II (d) The Andes when the Spanish ousted
the part of the ‘First Triumvirate’.
the Inca.
III. Crassus was killed in the battle of
17. Assertion (A) Classical Greek is
Zama. 33. Which is the correct North-South
generally considered as the cradle of
IV. Caeser invaded Rome in 49 BC. sequence of the following civilisations?
Western Civilisation.
Select the correct answer using the [UP ARO/RO (Pre) 2016]
Reason (R) Classical Greek culture,
codes given below. (a) Maya-Aztec-Mucka-Inca
had a powerful influence on ancient
(a) I, II and III (b) I, III and IV (b) Maya-Mucka-Inca-Aztec
Rome, which carried it through
(c) II, III and IV (d) I, II and IV (c) Aztec-Mucka-Maya-Inca
Mediterranean and much of Europe.
Codes 25. ‘Huang He Valley’ or ‘Yellow River (d) Aztec-Maya-Mucka-Inca
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the Valley’ was the birthplace of which 34. An earliest known civilisation, emerged
correct explanation of A ancient Civilisation? in the historical region of Southern
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the (a) Indus Valley Civilisation Mesopotamia, between sixth and fifth
correct explanation of A (b) Chinese Civilisation millennium BC?
(c) A is true, but R is false (c) Roman Civilisation (a) Egyptian Civilisation
(d) A is false, but R is true (d) Egyptian Civilisation (b) Sumerian Civilisation
(c) Mesopotamian Civilisation
18. Rome was established in which year? 26. The earliest known written records of
the history of China dates from which (d) Indus Valley Civilisation
(a) 3rd Century BC
(b) 4th Century BC dynasty? 35. The first ancient civilisation to develop
(c) 6th Century BC (a) Zhou Dynasty (b) Shang Dynasty the art of writing in a proper system was
(d) 8th Century BC (c) Xia Dynasty (d) None of these [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1992]
19. Roman Civilisation is associated with 27. Which was the oldest dynasty in (a) Indus (b) Egypt
which of the following country? ancient China? (c) Sumerian (d) China
(a) France (a) Xia Dynasty 36. A system of writing evolved by
(b) Germany (b) Shang Dynasty Sumerians is known as
(c) Spain (c) Zhou Dynasty (a) Pictograms (b) Cuneiform
(d) Italy (d) Qin Dynasty (c) Hieroglyphic (d) None of these
20. Which of the following is associated 28. The dynasty which ended as 37. Which of the following civilisations is
with ‘Twelve Tables’? consequence of the ‘Battle of Mingtiao’? associated with ‘Achaemenid Empire’?
(a) Roman Civilisation (a) Shang Dynasty (a) Arab Civilisation
(b) Greek Civilisation (b) Xia Dynasty (b) Chinese Civilisation
(c) Arab Civilisation (c) Zhou Dynasty (c) Egyptian Civilisation
(d) Iranian Civilisation (d) Qin Dynasty (d) Iranian Civilisation
WORLD HISTORY 219

38. Arabian art were mainly influenced by III. China – Yangtze II. Arabian Desert is the birthplace of
(a) Byzantine Which of the above statement(s) is/are ‘Arab’.
(b) Persian correct? III. Decimal system invented by India,
(c) Both (a) and (b) (a) Only I (b) Only II was widely spreaded in Europe, by
(d) None of the above (c) Both I and II (d) II and III Aarbian Civilisation
Codes
39. Consider the following pairs. 40. Which of the following statement is/are (a) I and II
Civilisation Related Rivers correct with reference to Arabian
(b) II and III
Civilisation?
I. Egypt – Hell (c) Only II
I. Nabataean script is one of the script
II. Indus – Indus (d) I, II and III
used in old Arabic.

Renaissance and Religious Reforms

41. Who is considered as the ‘Forerunner 46. The Last Supper, a famous renaissance (a) Rapid social change
of Renaissance’? painting was a master piece of (b) High literacy rate
(a) Dante (b) Eliot (a) Leonardo da Vinci (c) Industrial-based economy
(c) Machiavelli (d) Michael Angelo (b) Michelangelo (d) Rigid class structure
(c) Raphael
42. Which period in Medieval Western 50. Which renaissance scientist explained
(d) Titian
Europe is known as ‘Dark Ages’? how planet moved around the sun?
(a) Early Middle Ages 47. The European Renaissance of the (a) Kepler (b) Rebelais
(b) Late Middle Ages fifteenth country is noted for great (c) Francis Bacott (d) Guttenberg
(c) Mid Middle Ages advances in
(d) Entire Middle Ages (a) Medicine 51. Consider the following statements
which is/are true.
(b) Art and Architecture
43. European renaissance started from (c) Engineering
I. Hierarchy feudalism was a socio-
which country? political which started in 8th century
(d) Mathematics
(a) England (b) French AD in Europe in 14th Country AD.
(c) Italy (d) Greece 48. In the renaissance period, which factor II. Crusades were the series of military
was emphasised by the Philosophy of campaign organised under the
44. The Renaissance Movement is Humanism? banner of cross so as to recover the
described as the ending of holy place of Palestine from muslim
(a) Superiority of medieval thought
(a) Pre-Historic era (b) Ancient era occupation.
(b) Devotion to religion
(c) Medieval era (d) Modern era (a) I and II
(c) Value of the individual
45. Which city is known as the birthplace of (d) Obedience to government officials (b) Only II
the Renaissance? (c) Only I
49. Which is a characteristic of a (d) None of the above
(a) Florence (b) Venice
feudal society?
(c) Rome (d) Italy

Major Revolutions
52. French Revolution was started in the 54. With which one of the following is the 56. What did Bastille symbolise?
year? Tennis Court Oath associated? (a) Armed might of France.
(a) 1786 (a) English Revolution [NDA 2008] (b) Benevolence of king.
(b) 1787 (b) American Revolution (c) Prestige and power.
(c) 1788 (c) French Revolution (d) Despotic power of the king.
(d) 1789 (d) Russian Revolution
57. Which one of the following we
53. The slogan ‘Liberty, Equality, 55. On which of the following day did constituted the privileged class at the
Fraternity’ was actually given by the ‘Storming of Bastille’ occur? time of French Revolution?
[CDS 2004] (a) 14th July, 1789 (a) Clergy and peasants
(a) Russian Revolution (b) 14th July, 1787 (b) Peasants and nobility
(b) French Revolution (c) 14th July, 1798 (c) First and third estate
(c) American War of Independence (d) 14th July, 1798 (d) Clergy and nobility
(d) Industrial Revolution

14. (d) 15. (a) 16. (b) 17. (a) 18. (d) 19. (d) 20. (a) 21. (c) 22. (b) 23. (b) 24. (d) 25. (b) 26. (b) 27. (c) 28. (b)
29. (c) 30. (b) 31. (a) 32. (a) 33. (d) 34. (b) 35. (c) 36. (b) 37. (d) 38. (c) 39. (c) 40. (d) 41. (a) 42. (a) 43. (c)
44. (c) 45. (a) 46. (a) 47. (b) 48. (c) 49. (d) 50. (a) 51. (a) 52. (d) 53. (b) 54. (c) 55. (a) 56. (d) 57. (d)
220 Objective GENERAL STUDIES 14000+Q

58. Who was the king of France at the time 65. Which country among the following 71. Consider the following statements.
of the Revolution? was not a part of the Third Coalition I. Tennis Court Oath established that the
(a) Louis IX against Napoleon? [NDA 2019] National Assembly wouldn’t dissolve
(b) Louis XIV (a) Russia (b) Prussia until they had created a Constitution.
(c) Louis XVI (c) Sweden (d) France II. Constitution of 1791 created the
(d) Marie Antoinette absolute monarchy in France.
66. Which one of the following statements Select the correct answer using the
59. Society based on freedom, equal laws about the Olympe de Gouges (1748- following codes.
and opportunities was advocated by 1793) is correct? [NDA 2018]
(a) Only I (b) Only II
(a) Middle class and people of third (a) She declared that although citizens (c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II
estate. should have equal rights, they are
(b) Clergy and nobility not entitled to the same honours by 72. The American Revolution occurred in
(c) Philosophers such as John Locke the State. colonial North America between
and Rousseau. (b) She was a supporter of the Jacobin (a) 1775-1785 AD (b) 1765-1783 AD
(d) Englishmen Georges Danton and government. (c) 1813-1817 AD (d) 1516-1526 AD
Arthur Young. (c) She was jailed for treason by the
National Assembly.
73. Which of the following factors is/are
60. Why was the subsistence crisis caused responsible for American Revolution?
(d) She declared that the nation is the
in France? (a) Stamp Act of 1765
union of woman and man.
(a) The wages of people were low. (b) Townshend Act of 1767
(b) There was a widespread 67. Which statement is a valid (c) Both (a) and (b)
unemployment. generalisation about the immediate (d) None of the above
(c) Increase in population led to rapid results of the French Revolution of
increase in the demand of food grains. 1789? 74. The Stamp Act Congress consisting of
(a) The Roman Catholic Church delegates from nine of thirteen colonies
(d) The Government imposed various
increased its power and wealth. met in 1765 at [NDA 2014]
taxes.
(b) The revolution achieved its goal of (a) Philadelphia (b) New York City
61. In the context of France the volunteers establishing peace, democracy and (c) Boston (d) Washington
from Marseilles sang, the Marseillaise, justice for all.
a patriotic song, when they marched 75. When did the Stamp Act Congress
(c) The revolution had little impact consisting of delegates from 9 of the 13
into Paris. Who composed this song? outside France. colonies of America meet in New York
(a) Maximilien Robespierre (d) The French middle class gained City? [NDA 2018]
(b) Marie Antoinette more power. (a) 1763 (b) 1764 (c) 1765 (d) 1766
(c) Rouget de Lislse (d) Mirabeau
68. Which of the following was the main 76. Which one of the following statements
62. Which among the following statements objective of the Constitution of 1791? related to the Boston Tea Party of 16th
is not correct about the ‘Reign of (a) To limit the powers of the king alone. December, 1773 during the American
Terror’? [NDA 2019] (b) Do away with feudal privileges. War of Independence is correct?
(a) The Jacobins dashed out the (c) Give equal rights to women. [CDS 2010]
Girondists with the help of (d) Establish a Constitutional monarchy. (a) The revolutionaries stealthily entered
Sans-Culottes.
69. Which one of the following into the ships and threw all the
(b) The Jacobins were in league with the
combinations of year and event chests of tea into the water.
French clergy.
concerning the French Revolution is (b) The revolutionaries hosted a Tea
(c) The arrest for anti-revolutionary
correctly matched? [CDS 2019]
Party in the honour of Charles
activities was by law restricted to the
Townshend, the British Chancellor of
political class. (a) 1789 – Napoleonic Code
the Exchequer in order to place their
(d) The Reign of Terror came to an end (b) 1791 – Tennis Court Oath
grievances before him.
with the execution of Robespierre by (c) 1792 – National Convention (c) It marked a celebration when Lord
guillotine in July, 1794. (d) 1804 – New Constitution of France. North, the successor of Townshend,
63. Which of the following was a factor in 70. Consider the following statements. repealed some of the duties
the rise of Napolean? I. ‘Snake biting its tail to form a ring’ imposed by Townshend.
(a) Fall of Jacobin Government. symbolised ‘Eternity’ during French (d) It was a protest against the Quebec
(b) Robespierre’s Reign of Terror. Revolution. Act.
(c) Political instability of the directory. II. ‘Bundle of rods’ symbolised, ‘Strength 77. George Washington was made the
(d) Nationalist forces. lies in Unity’ during French Commander-in-Chief of the American
Revolution. forces
64. The French people supported III. ‘A broken Chain’ symbolised’ chains
Napoleon Bonaparte because they (a) in December 1773, after the Boston
used to fetter slaves during French Tea Party.
hoped he would Revolution. (b) at the First Continental Congress in
(a) adopt the ideas of the protestant
Which of the above statement(s) is/are September, 1774.
reformation.
correct? (c) at the Second Continental Congress
(b) restore Louis XVI to power.
(a) I and II in 1775.
(c) provide stability for the nation.
(b) II and III (d) by the Continental Congress at the
(d) end British control of France.
(c) I and III Declaration of Independence of 4th,
(d) I, II and III July 1776.
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78. Who among the following commanded Codes 90. A major cause of the Russian
the American force during American (a) Both A and R are true and R is the Revolution of 1917 was the
War of Independence? correct explanation of A (a) defeat of Germany in the Russian
(a) Thomas Jefferson (b) Both A and R are true but, R is not the campaign.
(b) George Washington correct explanation of A (b) marriage of Czar Nicholas II to a
(c) Hamilton (c) A is true, but R is false German Princess.
(d) Theodore Roosevelt (d) A is false, but R is true (c) existence of sharp economic
differences between social classes.
79. Consider the following statements 83. Statement I The passing of the
(d) appeal of Marxism to the Russian
concerning the American war of coercive acts mandate reconciliation
nobility .
Independence. [NDA 2019] between Britain and her American
I. The Americans raised the slogan, “No colonies virtually impossible. 91. Which one of the following groups
taxation without representation.” Statement II The British parliament, belong to the same school of thought?
II. The American merchants resorted to having issued the Stamp Act in 1765, [Astt. Comm. 2018]
boycott the British products. repealed it later. [CDS 2017] (a) JJ Rousseau, M Robespierre, N
Select the correct answer using the Codes Bonaparte, O Cromweln
codes given below. (a) Both the statements are individually (b) T Jefferson, J Madison, G
(a) Only I (b) Only II true and Statement II is the correct Washington Abraham Lincoln
(c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II explanation of Statement I (c) FEngels, KMarx, M Bakunin, JS Mill
(b) Both the statements are individually (d) Georgi Plekhanov, Vera Zasulich,
80. Which of the following statements true, but Statement II is not the Alexandra Koltontai, VL Lenin
regarding the American Revolution correct explanation of Statement I
is/are correct? [CDS 2011] (c) Statement I is true, but Statement II is
92. Alexander Kerensky was [CDS 2017]
I. The American Revolution was a false (a) the head of the Provisional
conflict between British settlers and (d) Statement I is false, but Statement II government in Russia before the
native Americans. is true October Revolution.
II. The Americans refused to pay taxes (b) a close confident of Lenin, with
imposed by the British Parliament in 84. The Bolshevik Revolution started in whose help the Czar was dethroned.
which the Americans had no Russia during the reign of [NDA 2014] (c) the head of the Czar’s army.
representation. (a) Czar Alexander I (d) the advisor of Joseph Stalin.
Select the correct answer using the (b) Czar Alexander II
(c) Czar Alexander III
93. The political reorganisation of Russia
codes given below.
after the Communist Revolution of
(a) Only I (d) Czar Nicholas II
1917 resulted in
(b) Only II
85. In which country did the first Marxist (a) the establishment of a two-party
(c) Both I and II Revolution took place? [NDA 2007] political system.
(d) Neither I nor II (b) increased political power for ethnic
(a) Germany (b) Italy
81. Which of the following was/were among (c) Great Britain (d) Russia minorities.
the decisions taken by the first (c) a limited monarchy with the Czar as a
86. Who was the father of ‘Russian figurehead.
continental Congress held in
Revolution?’ [RRB 2003] (d) a federation of socialist republics.
Philadelphia in September, 1744?
[NDA 2019]
(a) Nikita Khrushchev (b) Stalin
(c) VI Lenin (d) LI Brezhnev 94. Consider the following statements
I. It rejected a plan for a colonial union concerning the Russian Revolution.
under the British authority. 87. Who was the Emperor of Russia during [NDA 2019]
II. It drew up a statement of qrievances. Russian Revolution? I. The Bolsheviks believed that in a
III. It agreed upon a scheme to stop trade (a) Nicholas I (b) Nicholas II repressive society like Tsarist Russia,
between the colonies and England. (c) Alexander I (d) Alexander II the party should be disciplined and
Which of the statements given above should control the number of its
is/are correct? 88. Who among the following presented
‘The April Thesis’ to the Russian members.
(a) I and III II. The Mensheviks believed that the
people in 1917? [NDA 2019]
(b) Only II party should be opened to all (as in
(c) I and II (a) Stalin (b) Trotsky
Germany).
(d) I, II and III (c) Bukharin (d) Lenin
Select the correct answer using the
82. Assertion (A) The Americans refused 89. The Russian revolutionaries derived codes given below.
their ideology from the doctrines of (a) Only I
to pay taxes imposed by the British
(a) Lenin and Stalin [CDS 2010] (b) Only II
Parliament during the American War of
Independence. [NDA 2009] (b) Marx and Lenin (c) Both I and II
Reason (R) The Americans has no (c) Marx and Engels (d) Neither I nor II
representation in the British Parliament. (d) Lenin and Engels

58. (c) 59. (c) 60. (c) 61. (c) 62. (c) 63. (c) 64. (c) 65. (d) 66. (a) 67. (d) 68. (d) 69. (c) 70. (a) 71. (a) 72. (b)
73. (c) 74. (b) 75. (c) 76. (a) 77. (c) 78. (b) 79. (c) 80. (b) 81. (d) 82. (a) 83. (b) 84. (d) 85. (d) 86. (c) 87. (b)
88. (d) 89. (b) 90. (c) 91. (d) 92. (a) 93. (d) 94. (c)
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95. Who among the following first used the 101. Due to which of the following factors, 105. Match the following.
term ‘Industrial Revolution’ in English the Industrial Revolution took place in List I (Inventor) List II (Invention)
to describe the changes that occurred England in the eighteenth century?
A. James 1. Spinning Jenny
in British industrial development [CDS 2017]
Hargreaves (1765)
between 1760 and 1820? [NDA 2018] I. The discovery of coal and iron
(a) Karl Marx deposits. B. Richard 2. Water Frame
Arkwrignt (1767)
(b) Georges Michelet II. The discovery of steam power.
(c) Arnold Toynbee III. the introduction of railways. C. James Watt 3. Steam Engine
(d) Friedrich Engels IV. The regular supply of raw materials. D. Humphrey Davy 4. Safety Lamp
Select the correct answer using the Codes
96. In which of the following years were codes given below.
passenger trains introduced in A B C D A B C D
(a) I and II (a) 1 2 3 4 (b) 2 3 1 4
England? [NDA 2020]
(b) II, III and IV (c) 4 3 2 1 (d) 3 2 1 4
(a) 1823
(c) I and III
(b) 1825 106. Young Italy Movement lead by two
(d) I, II, III and IV
(c) 1848 revolutionaries. One was ‘Mazzini’ and
(d) 1861 102. Which among the following was/were other was
among the factors for England to (a) Garibaldi
97. In which country did the Industrial experience the Industrial Revolution
Revolution begin in the year 1750? (b) Victor
first? [NDA 2019] (c) Emmanuel
[NDA 2007]
I. The scientific inventions had paved (d) Louis
(a) France the way for Industrial Revolution.
(b) Italy II. It had favourable social and political 107. Glorious Revolution or Bloodless
(c) Germany structures in place. Revolution occurred in which country?
(d) England III. Navigable rivers had made inland (a) America
98. During the mid 19th century Industrial transport easier. (b) England
Revolution, the average life span of IV. It had seen the ascendancy of (c) France
workers in Manchester was capitalist practices. (d) Australia
(a) 17 years (b) 30 years Select the correct answer using the 108. Simon Bolivar and Miguel Hidalgo,
(c) 55 years (d) 62 years codes given below. leaders of Latin American
(a) I and III Independence Movements, were
99. Europeans sought new markets for (b) I, III and IV inspired by successful revolutions in
their goods. (c) Only IV
Many Europeans migrated to the cities (a) the United States and France
(d) I, II, III and IV
in search of jobs. (b) the Soviet Union and China
European middle class gained political 103. Arrange the following inventions in the (c) Cuba and Costa Rica
power. field of cotton Industry in chronological (d) Egypt and Kenya
What was the major cause of these order (starting with the earliest).
[NDA 2015] 109. Which of the following played an
changes in Europe? important role in the ‘Unification of Italy’?
(a) Industrial Revolution I. James Hargreaves’s Spinning Jenny
II. John Kay’s Flying Shuttle (a) Joseph Magzini
(b) Rise of feudalism (b) Conte di Cavour
(c) Congress of Vienna III. Samuel Crompton’s Mule
IV. Richard Arkwright’s Water Frame (c) Julius Caesar
(d) French Revolution (d) None of the above
Codes
100. Which of the following statements (a) I, III, IV, II (b) II, I, IV, III 110. Which one of the following was the secret
about Industrial Revolution in Europe is (c) IV, I, III, II (d) II, IV, I, III revolutionary organisation of Serbia?
not correct? [NDA 2011] (a) Black hand
(a) Britain was the first country to 104. Industrial Revolution in Europe
(b) Yellow hand
experience the industrial revolution. emerged due to [CDS 2011]
(c) Red hand
(b) England was fortunate as coal and I. locating the production process in the
(d) Blue hand
iron resources were plentifully countryside.
available, as were other II. declining of the guilds because of non 111. An immediate result of the Cultural
minerals—lead, copper and tin that farming production coming under the Revolution in China was that it
were used in factory. single roof (the factory). (a) helped to establish democracy in
(c) From the 1780, the iron industry III. Growing role of Merchant capitalists urban centers in China.
symbolised the British industrial in the production process. (b) led to economic cooperation with
revolution. Select the correct answer using the Japan and South Korea.
(d) In England the movement of goods codes given below. (c) disrupted China's economic and
between markets was helped by a (a) I, II and III educational systems.
good network of rivers and an (b) II and III (d) strengthened political ties with the
indented wastline. (c) I and III United States.
(d) Only II
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112. Which of the following statements 113. Consider the following statements 114. Match the following.
is/are correct? [NDA 2019] regarding ‘Glorious Revolution’. List I (Name) List II (Events)
I. In 1948, Burma was admitted to the I. Glorious Revolution started in the
A. Hobbes 1. French Revolution
United Nations and immediately year 1632.
supported the USA in the cold war. II. It is also called as the Bloodless B. Rousseau 2. Glorious Revolution
II. In 1948, Burma joined the United Revolution. C. Lock 3. Execution of Charles I
Nations but refused to denounce China III. The term was first used by John D. Hitler 4. Second World War
as the aggressor in the Korean War. Hampden.
Codes
Select the correct answer using the Choose the correct answer from the
A B C D A B C D
codes given below. codes given below.
(a) 2 3 1 4 (b) 3 1 2 4
(a) Only I (b) Only II (a) I and II (b) II and III
(c) 1 2 3 4 (d) 4 3 2 1
(c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II (c) I and III (d) I, II and III

Major Wars and Treaties

115. When was First World War begun? 120. Which statement best describes a 124. Second World War began when
(a) 17th August, 1915 relationship between First World War Germany invaded
(b) 28th July, 1914 and the Bolshevik Revolution? (a) Russia (b) Austria
(c) 27th June, 1914 (a) First World War created conditions in (c) France (d) Poland
(d) 29th July, 1914 Russia that helped trigger a revolution
(b) First World War postponed the 125. One of the important factors that led to
116. The immediate cause for the outbreak revolution in Russia by restoring the Second World War was the
of the First World War was [SSC 2001] confidence in the Czar. humiliating provisions in one of the
(a) the assassination of Arch duke (c) Opposing Russian forces cooperated following treaties. Which is that treaty?
Francis Ferdinand. (a) Treats of Paris [SSC CGL 2006]
to fight the foreign invaders.
(b) the imprisonment of Lenin. (d) First World War gave the Czar’s army (b) Treaty of Versailles
(c) the ambition of Ambition of America the needed experience to suppress (c) Treaty of Lorraine
to dominate the world. the revolution. (d) Treaty of Brussels
(d) the sudden death of D Lloyd George.
121. Consider the following statements, with 126. The first atom bomb was thrown over
117. Why was the Balkan region referred to reference to First World War [SSC 2011]
as the ‘Powder Keg of Europe’ prior to I. It was started on 28th July and ended (a) Nagasaki (b) Hiroshima
first World War? on 11th November, 1918. (c) Tokyo (d) Hong Kong
(a) The aggression of the Ottoman Empire II. In this war, 37 countries took part.
was disrupting the balance of power. 127. The first atom bomb was dropped on
III. In this war, the whole world was Hiroshima on [SSC 2014]
(b) Yugoslavia was invading its divided into two block-Allied and
neighbouring countries. (a) 6th August, 1945
Central powers.
(c) Nationalistic and imperialistic (b) 9th August, 1945
Which of the statements given above
rivalries were increasing. (c) 9th August, 1946
is/are correct?
(d) The area was the leading supplier of (d) 6th August, 1945
(a) Only I
military equipment to the rest of the (b) Only II 128. In which cities of Japan were atomic
world. (c) Both I and II bomb dropped during Second World
118. A major cause of First World War was (d) All of the above War? [SSC 2013]
(a) a decline in the policy of imperialism. (a) Tokyo and Hiroshima
122. Which of the following were included in
(b) the existence of opposing alliances. (b) Nagasaki and Miyazaki
the allied powers?
(c) an increase in acts of aggression by (c) Sendai and Hiroshima
I. England II. Austria
England. (d) Hiroshima and Nagasaki
III. Canada IV. France
(d) the spread of communism V. Russia 129. When the Japanese attacked Pearl
throughout Europe. Codes Harbour, the
119. On which side did Japan fight in the (a) I, II, III, IV, V (b) II, III, IV (a) American had planes waiting for
First World War? (c) I, II, V (d) III, IV, V them.
(a) None, it was wag neutral. (b) American dropped an Atomic Bomb
123. Second World War commenced on over Hiroshima.
(b) With Germany against United
(a) 1st August, 1939 (c) American President was killed.
Kingdom.
(b) 1st September, 1939 (d) Americans were completely
(c) Against Russia on its own.
(c) 1st October, 1939 surprised.
(d) With United kingdom against
(d) 1st November, 1939
Germany.

95. (c) 96. (b) 97. (d) 98. (a) 99. (a) 100. (c) 101. (d) 102. (d) 103. (b) 104. (b) 105. (a) 106. (a) 107. (b) 108. (a) 109. (b)
110. (a) 111. (a) 112. (b) 113. (b) 114. (b) 115. (b) 116. (a) 117. (c) 118. (b) 119. (d) 120. (a) 121. (d) 122. (d) 123. (b) 124. (d)
125. (b) 126. (b) 127. (a) 128. (d) 129. (d)
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130. During the Second World War, which 139. An analysis of the Russo-Japanese 150. The Crimean War in 1854-56 was
one of the following countries was not War and the Boer War shows that one fought between [SSC 2014]
one of the three axis powers, which reason nations go to war is to (a) Russia and Turkey
fought against the Allied powers? (a) assist oppressed people. (b) USA and England
[SSC 2013] (b) spread religious beliefs. (c) Russia and Japan
(a) Germany (b) Italy (c) satisfy imperialist goals. (d) England and France
(c) China (d) Japan (d) honour provisions of a treaty.
151. The Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871)
131. The last country of axis power to 140. Which war was formally ended with the was ended with the signed of
surrender during the end of World Treaty of Portsmouth? (a) Treaty of Frankfurt
War-II was (a) First World War (b) Treaty of Paris
(a) Germany (b) Japan (b) Second World War (c) Treaty of Munich
(c) Italy (d) France (c) Russo-Japanese War (d) Treaty of Vienna
132. Germany, Italy and Japan were called (d) China Japan War
152. During the Cold War Era (1945-1990),
(a) the resistance movement 141. The Peloponnesian War was fought the United States and the Soviet Union
(b) the axis power between which cities? were reluctant to become involved in
(c) the allies (a) Athens and Macedonia direct military conflict mainly because of
(d) the big three (b) Carthage and Athens (a) the peacekeeping role of the United
133. In the Second World War, Russia was (c) Sparta and Carthage Nations.
part of (d) Sparta and Athens (b) pressure from non-aligned nations.
(a) Allied power (b) Axis power (c) the potential for global nuclear
142. When did the hundred years war end? destruction.
(c) Strong power (d) None of these
(a) 1327 (b) 1377 (d) increased tensions in the Middle
134. World War-II is often considered to be a (c) 1376 (d) 1453 East.
turning point in history because
143. Who was the President of America 153. From the perspective of the North
(a) the League of nations demonstrated during American Civil War?
that an international organisation Vietnamese, the war in Vietnam in the
(a) Abraham Lincoln 1960s was a battle between
could maintain world peace.
(b) Andrew Jackson (a) Fascism and liberalism
(b) the war brought an end to
(c) George Washington (b) Nationalism and Imperialism
dictatorships as a form of government.
(d) James Madison (c) Republicanism and Totalitarianism
(c) European domination of the world
began to weaken as nationalism in 144. Battle of Waterloo was fought in the (d) Theocracy and Monarchy
colonies increased. year 154. The war between India and Pakistan in
(d) religious and ethnic differences were (a) 1800 (b) 1805 Kashmir in 1965, the sending of Indian
no longer a source of conflict (c) 1807 (d) 1815 troops to Sri Lanka in 1987, and the
between Nations. assassination of Rajiv Gandhi in 1991
145. When was the ‘Boxer Rebellion’
135. The war criminals of the Second World happened in China? [SSC 10+2) 2018] all demonstrate that in South Asia
War were put to trial in [SSC CPO 2003] (a) 1895 (b) 1900 (a) the Shino religion is a significant
(a) Nuremberg (c) 1905 (d) 1909 force.
(b) Peitersburg (b) United Nations peace-keeping
(c) Gettysburg
146. The opium wars were fought between forces are ineffective
(a) Britain and China [SSC 2001] (c) regional and ethnic rivalries remain
(d) Peitsburgh
(b) Britain and India strong.
136. Second World War ended on (c) India and China (d) Nations are vulnerable to a
(a) 2nd August, 1945 (d) Britain and Japan communist takeover.
(b) 2nd September, 1945
(c) 2nd October, 1945 147. Yom Kippur War was fought between 155. Match the following
which sides/countries?
(d) 2nd November, 1945 List I List II
[IAS (Pre) 2008]
(War) (Related Country)
137. When was the ‘Battle of Marathon’ (a) Turkey and Greece
occured? A. Battle of Nile 1. England and France
(b) Serbs and Croats
(a) 529 AD (b) 469 AD (c) Israel and Arab countries led by B. Opium War 2. England and China
(c) 490 AD (d) 467 AD Egypt and Syria. C. Cold War 3. USA and USSR
138. Which situation resulted from the (d) Iran and Iraq D. Sedan War 4. France and Prussia
Russo-Japanese War of 1905? 148. When did Civil War start in China? Codes
(a) Japan lost its status as a world (a) 1925 (b) 1926 (c) 1927 (d) 1928 A B C D A B C D
power.
149. In 1911 Revolution of China resulted in (a) 1 2 3 4 (b) 2 1 3 4
(b) The Japanese Emperor encouraged
[SSC 2009] (c) 3 1 2 4 (d) 4 1 2 3
reforms in Russia.
(c) Dissident groups challenged the (a) establishments of a republic 156. When was the ‘Treaty of Versaille’ took
power of the Russian Czar. (b) feudalism place?
(d) Russia gained control of China and (c) democracy (a) 28th June, 1920 (b) 28th June, 1919
Japan. (d) increased problems of people (c) 28th May, 1919 (d) 20th May, 1919
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157. The ‘Treaty of Versailles’ humiliated 162. The Truman Doctrine of 1947 was 167. North Atlantic Alliance is another name
[SSC 2000] announced to achieve which one of the of
(a) Austria following? [NDA 2019] (a) WHO (b) NATO
(b) Germany (a) Containment of the USSR. (c) SAARC (d) WTO
(c) England (b) Increasing agricultural production in
the USA.
168. The Fourteen points and the Atlantic
(d) France
Charter were
(c) Offering friendship to Europe.
158. The harsh conditions imposed by the (a) statements of post-war goals for
(d) Strengthening the UNO.
Treaty of Versailles after World War-I establishing world peace.
helped lay the foundation for the 163. The Treaty of Prague was signed between (b) plans of victorious nation to provide
(a) rise of fascism in Germany. (a) Germany and France conquered territories.
(b) uprisings during the French (b) Germany and Czechoslovakia (c) military strategies for defeating
Revolution. (c) Italy and Spain enemy nations .
(c) division of Korea along the 38th (d) USA and Iceland (d) agreement between nations to
parallel. eliminate further development of
(d) Bolshevik Revolution in Russia.
164. The Treaty of Lausanne was signed weapons.
between which two countries in 1923?
159. The major impact of the Treaty of (a) Turkey and France 169. Who among the following was not a
Versailles on Germany was that the (b) Turkey and Britain member of the ‘Big Four’ in the Congress
treaty led to (c) Turkey and Greece of Vienna (1815)? [NDA 2014]
(a) an era of peace and international (d) Turkey and Hungary (a) Great Britain (b) Russia
goodwill in Germany. (c) Austria (d) France
(b) a stable Germany that was both 165. Some efforts have been made to
transform the status of individual from 170. A major purpose of the Organisation of
democratic and strong.
the object to the subject of international African Unity (OAU), the Organisation
(c) an increase in Germany’s desire to of American States (OAS), and the
law. The first effort towards this was
regain its power and prestige. European Union (EU) is to
made after the
(d) a leadership position for Germany in (a) encourage political and economic
(a) Treaty of Westphalia
the League of Nations. cooperation between member
(b) Treaty of Versailles
160. The Treaty of Schonbrunn (1809) was (c) First World War nations.
signed after which of the following (d) Second World War (b) end colonialism in member nations.
battles? [NDA 2019] (c) control overpopulation in member
(a) Battle of Austerlitz 166. Peace-keeping missions are operating nations.
in more than a dozen of the world’s (d) provide military assistance to
(b) Battle of Tilsit
many trouble spots. The authority to member nations.
(c) Battle of Wagram
intervene and use force, if necessary, is
(d) Battle of Lisbon 171. Consider the following statements.
found in several articles in the Charter.
161. The Treaty of Yandabu was signed in Which organisation is referred to in I. Germany had violated the ‘Treaty of
[NDA 2019] these statements? Versaille’ in 1935.
(a) 1826 (a) United Nations II. Munich Pact was signed in 1938.
(b) 1825 (b) Organisation of American States (OAS) Choose the correct codes given below.
(c) 1824 (c) European Union (European (a) Only I (b) Only III
(d) 1923 Community) (c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II
(d) International Court of Justice

Famous Ideologies
172. The Chief advocate of Fascism was (b) Form of totalitarianism that glorified (a) Plato, Machiavelli and Herbert
[SSC CGL 1999] the state above the individual. Spencer.
(a) Mussolini (b) Adolf Hitler (c) type of economic system that (b) Aristotle, St Augustine and TH Green
(c) Simon (d) Robert Owen stressed a classless society. (c) Kante, Fichte, Hegel and Rosenberg
(d) Set of humanist ideas that (d) Karl Marx, Engels and Lenin
173. Fascism in Europe during the1920s emphasised the dignity and worth of
and 1930s is best described as a the individual. 175. The ideology of Fascism developed in
(a) demonstration of laissez-faire [SSC CGL 2006]
capitalism that promoted free 174. Which of the following group of thinking (a) Germany (b) Japan
enterprise. influenced Fascism? [SSC 2005] (c) Italy (d) Russia

130. (c) 131. (b) 132. (b) 133. (a) 134. (a) 135. (b) 136. (b) 137. (c) 138. (c) 139. (c) 140. (c) 141. (d) 142. (d) 143. (a) 144. (d)
145. (b) 146. (a) 147. (c) 148. (d) 149. (a) 150. (a) 151. (a) 152. (c) 153. (b) 154. (c) 155. (a) 156. (b) 157. (b) 158. (a) 159. (c)
160. (c) 161. (a) 162. (a) 163. (b) 164. (c) 165. (d) 166. (a) 167. (b) 168. (a) 169. (d) 170. (a) 171. (c) 172. (a) 173. (b) 174. (a)
175. (c)
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176. During the mid-1930s, which (d) they had superior financial resources 194. Which factor most limited the
characteristic was common to Fascist and were supported by Japan. development of African Nationalism?
Italy, Nazi Germany, and Communist 183. Absolute Sovereign power of the (a) European support of an
Russia? Monarch was advocated by educational system based on local
(a) Government ownership of the means [SSC CGL 2002] traditions and language.
of production and distribution. (b) The prior experience of Africans
(a) Thomas Hobbes (b) Rousseau
(b) One-party system that denied basic with economic self-sufficiency.
(c) John Locke (d) Karl Marx
human rights. (c) Political boundaries imposed by
(c) Encouragement of individual 184. The theory of ‘Natural Rights’ was Europeans that had little
freedom of expression in the arts. propounded by [SSC 2003] relationship to African tribal
(d) Emphasis on consumer goods rather (a) Hobbes (b) Locke boundaries.
than on weapons. (c) Bentham (d) Marx (d) The European practice of making
decisions based on local customs.
177. Marx belonged to [SSC CGL 2010] 185. Who among the following supports
(a) Germany (b) Holland customary rights? [SSC 2017] 195. The international body which was
(c) France (d) Britain (a) Ritchie (b) Locke formed in Europe (in 1889) to
(c) Plato (d) Heller coordinate the efforts of socialists all
178. The theory of scientific socialism is over Europe was called [NDA 2011]
largely based on the teachings of 186. Who said that ‘Man is a politial animal’? (a) Social Democratic Party
(a) Karl Marx (b) Lenin (a) Aristole (b) Karl Marx (b) Commune
(c) Stalin (d) Mao Tse-tung (c) Lenin (d) Plato (c) Second International
179. In the People’s Republic of China, 187. Who among the following gave the (d) Labour Party
which factor best reflects Marxism? concept of distributive Justice? 196. During the Cold War Era, many Asian
(a) Communal work teams on farms. [SSC 2017] and African nations followed a policy
(b) Ownership of small farms by (a) Aristotle (b) Plato of non-alignment because they
individuals. (c) Hegel (d) Ritchie (a) had the same goals and needs as
(c) Small family-owned businesses in the Soviet Union.
villages.
188. Who said, “A good citizen makes a good
state and a bad state”? (b) needed the natural resources of
(d) Foreign influence on the economy. Western European nations.
[SSC 2018]
180. A main idea of Karl Marx and Friedrich (a) Plato (b) Aristotle (c) wished to receive aid from the
Engles’ Communist Manifesto is that (c) GB Shaw (d) Rousseav Soviet Union and the United States.
the proletariat (d) were afraid of losing their vote in the
(a) would need foreign help to achieve
189. The state is a necessary evil according United Nations.
to [SSC 2002]
its revolutionary ends. 197. Who pioneered Christian
(b) had to cooperate with the capitalists (a) Communists (b) Liberalists
monasticism?
to gain economic rewards. (c) Individualists (d) Anarchists
(a) Anthony the Great
(c) should allow the capitalists to control 190. Which of the following is associated with (b) Pachomuis the Great
the means of production. “the concept of political Sovereignty”? (c) Athanasuis of Alexandria
(d) must unite to overthrow the capitalist [SSC 2018] (d) Basil of Caesarea
class. (a) MacIver (b) Socrates
(c) Rousseau (d) Plato
198. In the Republic of South Africa, the
181. Which one among the following sums slogans ‘Freedom in Our Lifetime’
up Marx’s view about history? 191. “Political Independence without and ‘New South Africa’ changed from
[CDS 2010] economic equality is an illusion”. Whose promises to reality after
(a) History is a record of the wars statement is this? [SSC 2018] (a) Frederik W de Klerk took over the
between various people. (a) Harold Laski radical white police force.
(b) History is a succession of struggle (b) GDH Cole (b) Untied Nations troops occupied the
between the oppressor and the (c) Jean-Jacques Rousseau Transvaal.
oppressed classes. (d) JH Green (c) Nelson Mandela was elected
(c) History is a faithful record of the past President.
events. 192. Who is the father of ‘utilitarian school’ of (d) the majority of white South Africans
(d) None of the above thought? [SSC 2017]
returned to Europe.
(a) Heqes (b) Bentham
182. The main reason for the Chinese (c) James Mill (d) Locke 199. During the 1980’s in the Soviet Union,
Communists gained control of a major element of the economic
mainland China in 1949 was that 193. Which quotation best reflects a feeling of policy of Perestroika was
(a) they were supported by many nationalism? (a) increased collectivisation of farms.
warlords and upper class Chinese. (a) “An eye for an eye and a tooth for a (b) more reliance on local and regional
(b) the United States had supported the tooth.” decision making.
Chinese Communist Party during (b) “A person’s greatest social obligation (c) the expanded use of national
World War II. is loyalty to the family.” Five-Year plans.
(c) the dynamic leadership of Mao (c) “For God, King, and Country.” (d) an emphasis on the redistribution of
Zedong had the support of the (d) “Opposition to evil is as much a duty wealth.
peasant class. as is cooperation with good.”
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200. The main purpose of the Organisation III. Military alliances formed a major part
of American States (OAS) is to of Non-alignment. Codes
(a) integrate the economies of Latin Select the correct answer using the (a) Both A and R are true and R is the
American Nations. codes given below. [CDS 2010] correct explanation of A
(b) Encourage United States military (a) I and II (b) Only I (b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the
involvement in the region. (c) Both II and III (d) Only III correct explanation of A
(c) destroy the power of Colombian (c) A is true, but R is false
202. Which of the following were included in
drug lords. (d) A is false, but R is true
the three Principles of Sun Yat-sen?
(d) provide a way to resolve regional I. Nationalism II. Democratism 204. Match the List I with List II and select
problems peacefully. III. Social Justice IV. Political Justice the correct answer using the codes
201. Which of the following statements Codes given below the lists. [SSC 2001]
relating to the Non-alignment (a) I, II and III List I List II
Movement is/are not correct? (b) II, III and IV A. Fascism 1. Adolf Hitler
I. Non-alignment came to symbolise the (c) I, II and IV
B. Democracy 2. Lenin
struggle of India and other newly (d) I, III and IV
independent nations to retain and C. Nazism 3. Mussolini
strengthen their independence from 203. Assertion (A) Democracy was first D. Socialism 4. Woodrow Wilson
colonialism and imperialism. established in America. It is called as
the mother of modern democracy. Codes
II. Non-alignment advanced the process A B C D
of democratisation of international Reason (R) The first written constitution
was introduced in America in 1789. (a) 1 4 2 3 (b) 4 3 2 1
relations.
(c) 3 4 1 2 (d) 3 1 4 2

Famous Personalities
205. Who is known as man of blood and 211. The first Emperor of France was 216. Which of the following statement(s)
Iron? [CDS 2010] is/are true for Olympe de Gouges?
(a) Napoleon (b) Bismarck (a) Napoleon (b) Martel [NDA 2015]
(c) Ho Chi Minh (d) Sin Watten Scott (c) Louis XIV (d) Charlemagne I. She was one of the most important
politically active woman in
206. Who is considered as the master of 212. Who among the following was revolutionary frame.
Greek Comedy? associated with Cleopatra (Beauty II. She was one of the members of the
(a) Aeshylus (b) So Phocles Queen of Egypt)? committee that drafted the
(c) Aristophanes (d) Philip (a) Julius Caesar (b) Lapidus declaration of rights of man and
(c) Mark Antony (d) Octavian citizen.
207. Who was the last emperor of Rome?
(a) Nero 213. Who is known as the father of modern III. She wrote the declaration of the rights
(b) Ceasen Medicine? of woman and citizen.
(c) Romulus Augustulus (a) Eucid Select the correct answer using the
(d) Julius (b) Hippocrates codes given below.
(c) Erastoshenes (a) Only I
208. The ruler who stated “I am the state” was (d) Pythagoras (b) Only III
(a) Louis XIV (c) Only I and II
(b) Frederick the Great 214. Sun Yat-sen’s “Three Principles of the (d) Only I and III
(c) Napoleon People” (1911) and the demonstrations
(d) Catherine the Great in Tiananmen Square (1989) were 217. Match List I with List II and select the
similar in that they both demanded that correct answer using the codes given
209. Who began the construction of a wall in the Chinese government below the lists.
ancient China to keep out invaders (a) achieve global interdependence List I List II
from the North known as the Great Wall (b) restore dynastic rule (Personality) (Country)
of China? (c) introduce democratic reforms
(a) Chu Ruler A. Karl Marx 1. Germany
(d) end foreign influences in China B. Plato 2. Greece
(b) Chi Ruler
(c) Chin Ruler 215. The provisional goverment of 1917 in C. Napolean Bonaparte 3. France
(d) Chou Ruler Russia was headed by [CDS 2003] D. George Washington 4. USA
(a) Alexander Karensky
210. Who was among the famous Roman Codes
(b) Lenin
poets? A B C D
(c) Prince Lvov
(a) Tacitus (b) Plinky (a) 1 2 3 4 (b) 2 1 3 4
(d) Joseph Stalin
(c) Virgil (d) Marcus (c) 2 3 1 4 (d) 1 3 2 4

176. (b) 177. (a) 178. (a) 179. (a) 180. (d) 181. (b) 182. (c) 183. (a) 184. (b) 185. (b) 186. (a) 187. (a) 188. (b) 189. (b) 190. (c)
191. (b) 192. (b) 193. (c) 194. (c) 195. (c) 196. (c) 197. (b) 198. (c) 199. (b) 200. (d) 201. (a) 202. (a) 203. (b) 204. (c) 205. (b)
206. (c) 207. (c) 208. (a) 209. (c) 210. (c) 211. (a) 212. (b) 213. (b) 214. (c) 215. (b) 216. (a) 217. (a)