Indian History (Model Set 6)

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

1. The Kuka movement to overthrow the British rule was organized in—
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Bihar
(C) Punjab
(D) Bombay

2. The Kingdom of Ranjit Singh included—
(A) Delhi
(B) Srinagar
(C) Makram
(D) Kabul

3. The Mughal fireman of free trade in Bengal was granted to the English in—
(A) 1717
(B) 1756
(C) 1650
(D) 1696

4. Mahatma Gandhi returned to India, leaving South Africa for ever in —
(A) 1914
(B) 1915
(C) 1916
(D) 1919

5. The Nasik inscription was issued by—
(A) Nahapana
(B) Hala
(C) Gautaroi Balasri
(D) Dantidurga

6. The new addition in the temple architecture introduced by the Vijaynagar rulers was—
(A) Mandapa
(B) Garbha Griha
(C) Vimana
(D) Kalyana Mandapa

7. The non-cooperation movement was started in the year—
(A) 1905
(B) 1920
(C) 1930
(D) 1942

8. The oldest compositions in Punjabi are devotional compositions by—
(A) Guru Arjan Dev
(B) Guru Nanak
(C) Baba Farid
(D) Vidyapati

9. The Panth Khalsa was founded by—
(A) Guru Arjun Dev
(B) Guru Nanak Dev
(C) Guru Gobind Singh
(D) Guru Tegh Bahadur

10. The Persian style of Sabaq-i-Hindi was adopted by—
(A) Amir Khusrau
(B) Zia-ud-din Barani
(C) Shaikh Jamali Kambo
(D) Malik Muhammad Jaisi

11. The poet Harisena was the courtier of—
(A) Skandagupta
(B) Lakshmanasena
(C) Chandragupta
(D) Samudragupta

12. The Quit India Movement started at—
(A) Wardha on August 7, 1942
(B) Bombay on August 8, 1942
(C) Delhi on August 12, 1942
(D) Amritsar on August 14, 1942

13. The Qutab Shahi dynasty ruled at—
(A) Golconda
(B) Ahmed Nagar
(C) Berar
(D) Bijapur

14. The Rajput clan of Solankis rose to power in—
(A) Malwa
(B) Kashmir
(C) Kathiawar
(D) Kannauj

15. The Red Fort at Delhi was constructed by—
(A) Akbar
(B) Jahangir
(C) Shahjahan
(D) Aurangzeb

16. Who was the first Indian to become a member of the British Parliament ?
(A) M. Malabari
(B) Dadabhai Naoroji
(C) D. N. Wacha
(D) W. C. Banerjee

17. The Allahabad Pillar Inscription is an important source of information about the reign of—
(A) Ashoka
(B) Chandragupta II
(C) Kanishka
(D) Samudragupta

18. The revenue charged during the reign of Shahjahan was—
(A) 1/3 of the produce
(B) 2/3 of the produce
(C) 1/2 of the produce
(D) None of the above

19. The first Muslim conquest of the Hindu Kingdom of Deccan was effected by the forces of—
(A) Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni
(B) Muhammad Ghori
(C) Qutub-ud-din Aibak
(D) Ala-ud-din Khilji

20. The river most frequently referred to the Rig Veda is—
(A) Yamuna
(B) Ganga
(C) Kubba
(D) Saraswati

21. The ruins of Harappa were first noticed by—
(A) Charles Mason
(B) Sahni
(C) M. Wheeler
(D) M. S. Vats

22. The Ryotwari Settlement was introduced by—
(A) James Thomson
(B) Thomas Munroe
(C) Lord Cornwallis
(D) Mount Stuart Elphinstone

23. The Sarnath inscription refers to—
(A) Buddha Gupta
(B) Nanne Choda
(C) Pulakeshin II
(D) Kakatiya Ganapati

24. The script of Indus Valley Civilization was—
(A) Persian
(B) Dravidian
(C) Sanskrit
(D) Undeciphered

25. The Simon Commission visited India twice in—
(A) 1928 and 1929
(B) 1927 and 1928
(C) 1929 and 1930
(D) 1918 and 1920

Answers:
1. (C) 2. (B) 3. (A) 4. (A) 5. (C) 6. (D) 7. (B) 8. (C) 9. (C) 10. (A)
11. (D) 12. (B) 13. (A) 14. (A) 15. (C) 16. (B) 17. (D) 18. (C) 19. (D) 20. (C)
21. (A) 22. (B) 23. (A) 24. (D) 25. (A)