Indian History (Model Set 7)

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

1. The Great King, Seleucus 1 Nicator, was a contemporary of—
(A) Ashoka
(B) Chandragupta Maurya
(C) Pushyamitra
(D) Salisuka

2. Who was the first Muslim ruler of Delhi?
(A) Iltutmish
(B) Qutub-ud-din Aibak
(C) Nasir-ud-din
(D) Ali Mardan

3. Who was the first ruler of Vijayanagar who captured Goa from the Bahamanides?
(A) Bukka I
(B) Devaraya II
(C) Harihara I
(D) Harihara II

4. Who was the founder of the Muslim League in India?
(A) M. A. Jinnah
(B) Sir Syed Ahmed
(C) Nawab Salimulla
(D) None of these

5. Who was the founder of the Servants of India Society?
(A) G. K. Gokhale
(B) N. M. Joshi
(C) Hriday Srinivasa Sastri
(D) Srinivsa Sastri

6. Nadir Shah invaded India in the—
(A) First half of the 17th century
(B) Second half of the 17th century
(C) First half of the 18th century
(D) Second half of the 18th century

7. The head of the University of Nalanda was the great Bengali scholar—
(A) Nagarjun
(B) Basubandhu
(C) Sheelabhandra
(D) Shreejnan Atisha

8. The Huna leader Mihirkula was defeated by—
(A) Yashodharman
(B) Rajyavardhana
(C) Budhagupta
(D) Chandragupta

9. The Indian Independence League was set up by—
(A) RashBehari Bose
(B) S.M. Joshi
(C) Aruna Asaf Ali
(D) Jayaprakash Narayan

10. The Indian National Congress was split between the Moderates and Extremists in 1907 at—
(A) Shimla
(B) Ahmedabad
(C) Surat
(D) Bombay

11. The Indian National Movement organised for the first time in—
(A) 1885
(B) 1857
(C) 1905-06
(D) 1916-17

12. The Indian Republican Army was founded in 1933 at—
(A) Chittagong
(B) Karachi
(C) Allahabad
(D) Jalalabad

13. Which of the following Indian states was annexed by Lord Dalhousi on the pretext of mal-administration ?
(A) Udaipur
(B) Oudh
(C) Nagpur
(D) None of these

14. The Indus Valley Civilization is associated with—
(A) Egyptians
(B) Sumerians
(C) Chinese
(D) Mesopotamians

15. The invasion of Huns first took place during the rule of the—
(A) Mauryans
(B) Nandas
(C) Kushanas
(D) Guptas

16. Shivaji assumed the tittle of Chhatrapati in the year—
(A) 1665
(B) 1666
(C) 1670
(D) 1672

17. The Iron Pillar of Delhi, near the Qutub Minar, is a marvelous work belonging to the—
(A) early Gupta period
(B) Maurya period
(C) Kushana period
(D) Pratihara period

18. The Kaulinya System was introduced in Bengal by—
(A) Lakshmana Sena
(B) Ballala Sena
(C) Vijaya Sena
(D) Hemanta Sena

19. Who was the founder of the Sunga dynasty which succeeded the Imperial Mauryans?
(A) Agnimitra
(B) Divakaramitra
(C) Pushyamitra
(D) Vasumitra

20. The Saka Era commenced in—
(A) 50 BC
(B) 28 AD
(C) 78 AD
(D) 129 AD

21. The monopoly of the East India Company to trade with China was abolished by the Charter Act of—
(A) 1793
(B) 1813
(C) 1833
(D) 1853

22. The Mongol invader, Qutlugh Khwaja, invaded India during the reign of—
(A) Balban
(B) Jalal-ud-din Khalji
(C) Ala-ud-din Khalji
(D) Ghias-ud-din Tughlaq

23. The most important cause for the outbreak of the Gadar revolution was the—
(A) Arrest of Lala Hardayal
(B) Outbreak of World War I
(C) Hanging of Kartar Singh Sarabha
(D) Kamagata Maru incident

24. The literature of the Sangam Age was written mostly in the form of—
(A) Prose
(B) Poetry
(C) Drama
(D) All of the above

25. Brahmo Samaj mainly insisted upon—
(A) Abolition of sati
(B) Monotheism
(C) Abolition of Child Marriage
(D) Reintroduction of converted Hindus.

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

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