Indian History (Model Set 1)

Model Set No. 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10

1. Which one of the following is not true about the people of Harappa ?
(A) Standardisation
(B) Care for sanitation
(C) Love for arts and games
(D) Desire to emulate others

2. Which one of the following is the largest burnt-brick structure built in the entire range of the Harappa Culture ?
(A) The Great Bath
(B) Granary
(C) Assembly Hall
(D) Lothal Dockyard

3. Which one of the following is the main cereal mentioned in the Rig Veda ?
(A) Wheat
(B) Rice
(C) Maize
(D) Barley

4. Which one of the following kingdoms of South India was well-known for its naval power ?
(A) Chalukya
(B) Hoysala
(C) Chola
(D) Pandya

5. Which one of the following legalized the East India Company’s control over Bengal ?
(A) The Treaty of 1765 with Nizam-ud-daula
(B) The impetrial grant of the Diwani of Bengal by Shah Alam II
(C) Treaty with Mir Jafar after the Battle of Plassey
(D) Treaty with Mir Qasim after the Battle of Buxar

6. Which one of the following looked after the military department under the Mughals ?
(A) Mir-i-Saman
(B) Sadr-us-Sudur
(C) Mir-i-Bakshi
(D) Diwani-i-Ala

7. Which one of the following newspapers/journals was from Maharashtra ?
(A) Kranti
(B) Atmashakti
(C) Sarathi
(D) Sandhya

8. Which one of the following organized the Anushilan Samiti ?
(A) P. Mitra
(B) Madanlal Dhingra
(C) Rash Behari Bose
(D) Khudiram Bose

9. Who organized ‘Khudai Khidmatgar’ in 1929 ?
(A) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
(B) Maulana Muhammad Ali
(C) Rash Behari Bose
(D) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

10. Who organized the East India Association in London in 1866?
(A) S. N. Banerjee
(B) Madam Cama
(C) Dadabhai Naoroji
(D) Shyamaji Krishnavarma

11. Which one of the following periods has been called the Golden age in Indian history ?
(A) Kushana
(B) Gupta
(C) Pallava
(D) Chalukya

12. Which one of the following Persian works was authored by Sujan Rai Bhandari ?
(A) Ibratnama
(B) Khulasat-ut-Tawarikh
(C) Shahjahannama
(D) Muntakhab-ut-Tawarikh

13. Which one of the following philosophies is associated with Jainism ?
(A) Syadvada
(B) Yogacara
(C) Madhyamika
(D) Sunyavada

14. Which one of the following places has yielded archeological evidence regarding pit dwellings ?
(A) Rakhigarhi
(B) Gulkral
(C) Mehrgarh
(D) Balakot

15. Which one of the following poets of the Sangam age has referred to a Mauryan expedition against a Tamil chieftain ?
(A) Paranar
(B) Avvaiyar
(C) Ilango Adigal
(D) Mamulanar

16. Which one of the following regions never had the Shaiva sect of Pasupatasi ?
(A) Southern India
(B) Western India
(C) Northern India
(D) Orissa

17. Which one of the following revolutionary groups was involved in the ‘Kakori Conspiracy Case’ ?
(A) Abhinav Bharat Group
(B) Anushilan Samiti
(C) Hindustan Republic Association
(D) Ghadar Party

18. Which one of the following sources gives information about export of iron and steel to Abyssinian ports ?
(A) Millnda Panho
(B) Digha Nikaya
(C) Periplus of the Erythrean Sea
(D) Mahavastu

19. Which one of the following sources states that Srinagar was built by Ashoka?
(A) Kalhana’s Rajatarangini
(B) Divyavadana
(C) Taranatha’s History of Tibet
(D) Mahavamsa

20. Which one of the following terms cannot be applied to the Rig Vedic society ?
(A) Semi-nomadic
(B) Pastoral
(C) Agricultural
(D) Tribal

21. Which one of the following Vedas contains prayers and chants, modified and set to tune for the explicit purpose of singing during rituals?
(A) Rig Veda
(B) Sama Veda
(C) Yajur Veda
(D) Atharva Veda

22. Which one of the following was a major item of import in India during the post-Gupta period ?
(A) Horses
(B) Leather goods
(C) Medicinal herbs
(D) Silk

23. Which one of the following was greatly influenced by the teachings of Ramanuja ?
(A) Kabir
(B) Namadeva
(C) Chaitanya
(D) Ramananda

24. Which one of the following was not a part of Akbar’s empire?
(A) Bengal and Orissa
(B) Assam
(C) Kashmir
(D) Kandhar and Kabul

25. Which one of the following was not a port during the Sangam age ?
(A) Arikamedu
(B) Uraiyur
(C) Korkai
(D) Alangulam

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

21. (A) 22. (A) 23. (D) 24. (B) 25. (B)