History Practice Set | Model Test Paper

1 Consider the statements: 1. The first telegraph line in India was laid between Kolkata and Diamond Harbour. 2. The first Export processing zone in India was set up in Kandla. Which statements given above is/are correct?

A) 1 only B) 2 only C) Both 1 and 2 D) Neither 1 nor 2 Answer is required

2 Which statements is/are correct?: 1. The term Swaraj means self-rule, self-government 2. Swaraj Party was established by Motilal Nehru and C. R. Das. 3. Lahore session of the congress demand for Poorna Swaraj in its resolution on 26 January, 1930.

A) 1 only B) 2 only C) only 1 and 2 D) 1, 2 and 3 Answer is required

3 Consider the following statements: The Cripps Proposals include the provision for 1. Full independence for India. 2. Creation of Constitution-making body. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

A) 1 only B) 2 only C) Both 1 and 2 D) Neither 1 nor 2 Answer is required

4 Dr. B. R Ambedkar was conferred 'Bharat Ratna' during the regime of

A) UPA B) NDA C) BJP D) JD Answer is required

5 During his pilgrimage, Chaitanya received enlightment at?

A) Kanchipuram B) Gaya C) Allahabad D) Rameshwaram Answer is required

6 During indian freedom struggle, which one of the following happened earliest?

A) Gaya Session of Congress B) Tripuri Session of congress C) Gandhi-Irwin Pact D) Simon Commission Answer is required

7 During Kanishka's reign, the centre of political activity shifted from Magadha to:

A) Delhi B) Ayodhya C) Kannauj D) Purushapura (Peshawar) Answer is required

8 During the freedom struggle, Aruna Asaf Ali was a major woman organizer of underground activity in?

A) Quit India Movement B) Civil Disobedience Movement C) Non-Cooperation Movement D) Swadeshi Movement Answer is required

9 During the Indian Freedom Struggle, why did Rowlatt Act arouse popular indignation?

A) it authorized the government to imprison people without tria B) it curbed the trade union activities C) it suppressed the Indian traditional education D) It curtailed the freedom of religion. Answer is required

10 During the reign of which ancient Indian ruler, did Chinese traveller Fa-Hien visit India?

A) Chandragupta Vikramaditya B) Chandragupta Maurya C) Ashoka D) Harshavardhana Answer is required

11 During the tenure of which Governor General of India, King George V visited India?

A) Lord Dalhousie B) Lord Curzon C) Lord William Bentinck D) Lord Hardinge Answer is required

12 During which of the following periods of Indian History did the Kshatriyas have a distinct identity?

A) Age of the Buddha B) Maurya period C) Post-Maurya age D) Gupta period Answer is required

13 During whose Governor Generalship the Maratha confederacy ended?

A) Lord Wellesley B) Lord Hastings C) Lord Cornwallis D) Lord Dalhousie Answer is required

14 Enumerate the Vedangas

A) Six B) Four C) Five D) Eleven Answer is required

15 Falkland Islands, located in South Atlantic Ocean, are a self-governing Overseas Territory of which country ?

A) Spain B) United Kingdom C) Germany D) France Answer is required

16 Fascism believes in

A) Dignity of Individual B) Propaganda C) Socialism D) Force Answer is required

17 Find the incorrect match among the followings:

A) Sir Syed Murtza Khan - Aligarh B) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar - Ambedkar University C) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru - Jawaharlal Nehru University D) Madan Mohan Malviya - Banaras Hindu University Answer is required

18 First Indian cricketer to take Hat Trick in Test Cricket is?

A) Kapil Dev B) Harbhajan Singh C) Chetan Sharma D) Zaheer Khan Answer is required

19 First Jain Tirthankar was?

A) Mahavir B) Neminath C) Parshavnath D) Rishabh Answer is required

20 First Olympic games were held in which year?

A) 776 B. C. B) 798 B. C. C) 876 B. C. D) 898 B. C. Answer is required

21 For the Karachi session of Indian National Congress in 1931, presided over by Sardar Patel, who drafted the Resolution on Fundamental Rights and Economic Programme?

A) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru B) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar C) Dr. Rajendra Prasad D) Mahatma Gandhi Answer is required

22 For writing the Punjabi language, which Sikh guru developed the Gurumukhi script ?

A) Guru Ram Das B) Guru Arjan C) Guru Amar Das D) Guru Angad Answer is required

23 Founder of the Satvahana dynasty was?

A) Simuka B) Rudradaman I C) Shatkarni II D) Shatkarni I Answer is required

24 Four resolutions were passed at the famous Calcutta session of Indian National Congress in 1906. The question of either retention OR of rejection of these four resolutions became the cause of a split in Congress at the next Congress session held in Surat in 1907. Which one of the following was not one of those resolutions?

A) National education B) Swadeshi C) Annulment of partition of Bengal D) Boycott Answer is required

25 From which period large scale land grants were given to officers and other important person?

A) Gupta period B) Kushan period C) Mauryan period D) None of these Answer is required

26 Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed on 15th March _______.

A) 1928 B) 1930 C) 1931 D) 1935 Answer is required

27 Gandhiji started Satyagraha in 1919 to protest against the?

A) Salt Law B) Rowlatt Act C) Jallianwala Bagh Messacre D) Act of 1909 Answer is required

28 Gandhi's 'Dandi March' is associated with

A) Civil Disobedience Movement B) Non-Cooperation Movement C) Quit India Movement D) Khilafat Movement Answer is required

29 Gautam Buddha as a prince was known as:

A) Gautam B) Siddhartha C) Rahul D) Suddhodhana Answer is required

30 Gedrosia corresponds to modern?

A) Lahore B) Peshawar C) Baluchistan D) Multan Answer is required

31 Harsha was defeated by:

A) Kanishka B) Asoka C) Pushyamitra D) Pulkesin II Answer is required

32 Harsha was the last great royal patron of:

A) Jainism B) Buddhism C) Shaivism D) Bhagavatism Answer is required

33 Harshacharita the biography of Harsha, was written by:

A) Banabhatta B) Sudraka C) Harsha D) Kalidasa Answer is required

34 Historians are of the view that the British signed the Treaty of Bassien (1802) with a 'Cypher'. Who was this 'Cypher'?

A) Raghunath Rao B) Daulat Rao Sindhia C) Baji Rao II D) Nana Phadanvis Answer is required

35 Hooghly was used as a base for piracy in the Bay of Bengal by?

A) The Portugese B) The British C) The French D) The Danish Answer is required

36 How did Sultan Qutub-ud-din Aibak die?

A) He sustained injuries while besieging the fortress of Kalinjar in Bundelkhand and succumbed to death later B) He was killed in a battle with Taj-u-din Yildiz, the rular of Ghazni who entered into a contest with him over the capture of Punjab C) He was treacherously stabled to death by one of his ambitious nobles D) He died after a fall from his horse while playing Chaugan Answer is required

37 How did the Non-cooperation Movement affect the Congress?

A) From constitutional agitation it changed its method to passive resistance B) Once again the control shifted from moderates to extremists C) It became the leader of the masses in the nationalist struggle to win freedom from British rule D) It became a more business like body with a Working Committee and Constitution Answer is required

38 How many times the preamble was amended

A) Once B) Twice C) Thrice D) Four times Answer is required

39 Humayun Nama was written by:

A) Humayun B) Akbar C) Abul Fazl D) Gulbadan Begum Answer is required

40 In 1829, which Governor-General prohibited the practice of 'Sati' ?

A) Lord Amherst B) Lord Cornwallis C) Lord William Bentinck D) Lord Curzon Answer is required

41 In 1892, who became the first Indian to be elected to the House of Commons (lower house of British Parliament) ?

A) Gopal Krishna Gokhale B) Motilal Nehru C) Mahatma Gandhi D) Dadabhai Naoroji Answer is required

42 In 1925, who founded the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in Nagpur ?

A) Lala Har Dayal B) Vir Savarkar C) Keshava Baliram Hedgewar D) M.S.Golwalkar Answer is required

43 In 1930, Mahatma Gandhi started the Civil Disobedience Movement from:

A) Wardha B) Sevagram C) Sabarmati D) Dandi Answer is required

44 In 1990, which district of Kerala became the first fully literate district of India ?

A) Thrissur B) Palakkad C) Kozhikode D) Ernakulam Answer is required

45 In collaboration with Dravid hare and Alexander Duff, who established the Hindu College at Calcutta?

A) Henry Louis Derozio B) Keshab Chandra Sen C) Raja Rammohan Roy D) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar Answer is required

46 In February 2009, which Indian music maestro won the Grammy Award for his collaborative music album 'Golden Drum Project' ?

A) Amjad Ali Khan B) Zakir Hussain C) Pt. Ravi Shankar D) Pt. Shiv Kumar Sharm Answer is required

47 In Gandhara sculptures the preaching mudra associated with the Buddha's first sermon at Sarnath is?

A) Bhumisparsa B) Dhyan C) Abhaya D) Dharmachakra Answer is required

48 In his autobiography, Babur has given less details about which of the following?

A) Social life and the pattern of the life of people B) Political condition of India C) Description of Nature D) Wars Answer is required

49 In his first voyage to India, at which place did Vasco da Gama land on 20 May 1498 ?

A) Kochi (Cochin) B) Mumbai (Bombay C) Kozhikode (Calicut) D) Goa Answer is required

50 In Jainism the aim of life is to attain Nirvana or Moksha for which one has to:

A) follow three jewels and five vows B) practice, non-violence and non-injury to all living beings C) renounce the world and attain right knowledge D) believe in the Jains and absolute non-violence Answer is required

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