Indian History (Model Set 10)

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

1. “He was the first Hindu whose personality won demonstrative recognition abroad at the close of the last century for India’s ancient civilization and for her newborn claim to nationhood.” This was a tribute paid by Sir Valentine Chirol to the genius of—
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) Rabindranath Tagore
(C) Swami Vivekananda
(D) Gopal Krishan Gokhale

2. “If by worshipping stones, one can find God, I shall worship a mountain”. who advocated this belief?
(A) Tulsidas
(B) Nanak
(C) Kabir
(D) Chaitanya

3. The most important deities of Rig Veda are—
(A) Indra, Aditi and Rudra
(B) Agni, Siva and Usha
(C) Prajapad, Varuna and Vishnu
(D) Indira, Agni and Varuna

4. During which viceroy’s tenure did Simon commission visit India?
(A) Chelmsford
(B) Reading
(C) Irwin
(D) Wellington

5. The temples at Halebid and Bellur were built by—
(A) Cholas
(B) Hoysalas
(C) Kakatiyas
(D) Pallavas

6. Akbar’s mausoleum is situated at—
(A) Agra
(B) New Delhi
(C) Sikandra
(D) Sasaram

7. Amir Khusrau, the court poet of Ala-ud-din Khilji, wrote mainly in—
(A) Arabic
(B) Persian
(C) Turkish
(D) Urdu

8. Banda Bahadur was executed by the orders of—
(A) Bahadur Shah
(B) Aurangzeb
(C) Farukh Siyar
(D) Jahandar Shah

9. Bhakti poetry of Namdev was written in—
(A) Bengali
(B) Hindi
(C) Tamil
(D) Marathi

10. Buddha is said to have allowed with much misgiving the formation of a community of nuns. Who caused this?
(A) Gautami
(B) Vaidehi
(C) Tara
(D) Avasarpini

11. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was born in—
(A) 1486 AD
(B) 1586 AD
(C) 1485 AD
(D) None

12. Dandi March took place in—
(A) 1930
(B) 1935
(C) 1942
(D) 1945

13. During the British Rule in India, when was Bihar and Orissa created?
(A) 1905
(B) 1911
(C) 1912
(D) 1915

14. Financial allocation for education was made for the first time by the Charter Act of—
(A) 1773
(B) 1793
(C) 1813
(D) 1833

15. Gautama Buddha Died at—
(A) Kushinagara
(B) Isipatana
(C) Avartana
(D) Kanauj

16. George V visited India during the viceroyalty of—
(A) Lord Ripon
(B) Lord Curzon
(C) Lord Harding
(D) Lord Reading

17. In India, the Federal Court was constituted by an Act of—
(A) 1891
(B) 1909
(C) 1919
(D) 1935

18. In the Vijayanagar empire, the social and religious matters were decided by—
(A) Samayacaryas or Desaris
(B) Kavalakaras or Arasukaval-karas
(C) Dharmopanchas or Dharm-desas
(D) Parsokanas or Dhruvrajas

19. In weighing and measuring, the Indus people used—
(A) 6 or its multiples
(B) 12 or its multiples
(C) 16 or its multiples
(D) 10 or its multiples

20. In which one of the following temples did Ramanuja teach?
(A) Madurai
(B) Mamallapuram
(C) Somnathpur
(D) Srirangam

21. In which year was the non-cooperation movement withdrawn?
(A) 1917
(B) 1820
(C) 1922
(D) 1923

22. William Digby of Britain has written a lot on—
(A) education in British India
(B) economy of India
(C) India society
(D) famines in India

23. Jahangir’s tomb is at—
(A) Shahdra
(B) Old Delhi
(C) Agra
(D) Jehanabad

24. Who, among the following Muslim scholars of Akbar’s court translated Atharva Veda into Persian?
(A) Abdul Quadir Badauni
(B) Haji Ibrahim Sarhindi
(C) Naqib Khan
(D) Shaikh Sultan of Thaneshwar

25. Out of the following the oldest dynasty is—
(A) Mauryas
(B) Nandas
(C) Pallavas
(D) Guptas

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