1. In the third battle of Panipat, Marathas were defeated by:
Mughals
Afghans
Britishers
Rohillas
2. Avadh was annexed to British Empire in India by:
Policy of subsidiary alliance
Doctrine of lapse
By declaring the State as maladministered
By waging war
3. Who among the following great men is called the ‘Father of India Renaissance’?
Vivekananda
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Rabindra Nath Tagore
Dayanand Sarawati
4. Consider: Assertion (A): The First War of Independence in 1857 failed to secure freedom from the British Government. Reason (R): The leadership of Bahadur Shah Zafar did not have popular on support and most of the Indian rule of important States shied away from the struggle. Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(A) is true, but (R) is false.
(A) is false, but (R) is true.
5. The secret of success of East India Company in India was:
Absence of nationalism in India.
The company had western trained infantry armed with modern weapons.
The Indian soldiers lacked national spirit and could be hired by anyone who paid them well.
All the three above.
6. The Regulating Act was passed in:
1773
1774
1785
1793
7. Match List–I with List–II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: List–I List–II 1. Clive A. Removal of press restrict 2. Bentinck B. Partition of Bengal 3. Ripon C. Dual Govt. in Bengal 4. Curzon D. English Education Codes:
1C 2D 3A 4B
1D 2A 3C 4B
1B 2D 3C 4A
1C 2B 3A 4D
8. Morley-Minto Reforms Bill was passed in:
1905
1909
1911
1920
9. In the Indian Constitution, the Directive Principles of State Policy were borrowed from:
Britain
Ireland
U.S.S.R.
France
10. Which one of the following is not included in the Fundamental Rights?
Right to property
Right to form association
Right of assembly
Right to move and stay in any part of the country
11. Out of the following Viceroys of India, in whose time, India Penal Code, Civil Procedure Code and Criminal Procedure Code were passed?
Lord Canning
Lord Mayo
Lord Lytton
Lord Dufferin
12. Anti-partition movement of Bengal was initiated on:
20th July, 1905
7th August, 1905
16th October, 1905
7th November, 1905
13. The date April 6, 1930 is known in Indian history for:
First Round Table Conference in London
Non-cooperation Movement
Gandhi-Irwin Pact
Dandi March by Mahatma Gandhi
14. Chandra Shekhar Azad, the revolutionary leader was killed by the British by:
hanging
being beaten to death
being shot dead in encounter
being run over by a military jeep
15. The first war of Independence (1857) started from:
Calcutta
Delhi
Jhansi
Meerut
16. Khilafat Swaraj Party was formed by:
Rajendra Prasad
Subhash Chandra Bose
C.R. Das and Moti Lal Nehru
B.R. Ambedkar
17. The remark ‘Nehru is a patriot, while Jinnah is a politician’ was made by:
M.K. Gandhi
Maulana Azad
Sir Mohammad Iqbal
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
18. Find the correct matches in List (1) and (2) in the alternatives given thereunder: List (1) List (2) 1. Prarthana Samaj A. Raja Ram Mohan Roy 2. Brahmo Samaj B. Vivekananda 3. Arya Samaj C. Dayanand Saraswati 4. Ram Krishna D. Ranade Mission E. Ram Krishna Paramhansa
1 (A), 2 (B), 3 (C), 4(D)
1 (B), 2 (E), 3 (A), 4 (C)
1 (D), 2 (A), 3 (C), 4 (E)
1 (D), 2 (A), 3 (C), 4 (B)
19. The following are the events of national movements: I. Champaran Satyagraha II. Non-cooperation Movement III. ‘Quit India’ Movement IV. Dandi March The correct chronological order is:
I, II, IV, III
II, I, III, IV
III, II, I, IV
II, III, I, IV
20. Two Home Rule Leagues were started in 1915-16 under the leadership of:
Tilak and Annie Besant
Tilak and Aurobindo Ghosh
Tilak and Lala Lajpat Rai
Tilak and Vipin Chandra Pal
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