Q3. Who said these words on the death of Mahatma Gandhi – “We have learned our lesson at a very high price. Is there anyone among us who would refuse to carry on Gandhi’s mission after his death. Hindustanis have to unite and fight against that terrible poison of communalism, which has taken away from us the greatest man of our times”.

Q23. Given below are two statements:

Statement I: The revolt of 1857 in Lucknow started on 30th May, 1857.
Statement II: The revolt of 1857 in Kanpur started on 28th June, 1857.

In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Q24. Given below are two statements:

Statement I: Mukund Rao Patil started publishing the mouthpiece of Satyasahodak Samaj, ‘Dinmitra’ from 1910.
Statement II: Natal Indian Congress was established in 1896. At that time Mahatma Gandhi was made its President.

In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Q25. Given below are two statements:

Statement I: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar was not associated with “Independent Labour Party” in India.
Statement II: Kanshi Ram was associated with the “Scheduled Castes Federation” in India.

In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Q26. Given below are two statements:

Statement I: In the Interim Government of 1946, Jawaharlal Nehru was Prime Minister and Head of the Executive Council of Viceroy.
Statement II: Rajni Kothari observed that “It is not politics that gets caste ridden, it is caste that gets politicised”.

In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Q43. Arrange these events related to Modern Indian History in chronological order:

(1) Ganpati Festival started by Tilak
(2) Appointment of a Police Commission Chaired by Andrew Fraser
(3) Shivaji Mahotsav started by Tilak
(4) Appointment of Hunter Education Commission.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Q44. Arrange these Governor General/Viceroy of British India in chronological order:

(1) Lord Auckland
(2) Lord Ellenborough
(3) Lord Lansdowne
(4) Lord Elgin-I.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Q47. Arrange the following freedom movement events in order of their happening:

(1) INA Trial
(2) Quit India Movement
(3) Civil Disobedience Movement
(4) Non-Cooperation Movement.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Q63. Consider the following statements:

(1) Mir Mahboob Ali Khan, the 6th Nizam of Hyderabad was the only ruler of India to be given the title “His Exalted Highness”.
(2) On the basis of Mountbatten plan, the British Parliament passed the Indian Independence Act 1947 on 28 July 1947.
(3) The Raja of Dhaulpur Riyasat told Mountbatten with tears in his eyes that this has broken the old relationship of our ancestors and the ancestors of your Emperor which was going on since 1765′.
(4) The Cripps proposal was a failed attempt to treat a child who was not even born : – Pattabhi Sitaramiya.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Q64. Consider the following statements:

(1) No Viceroy in modern times has been subjected to a fiercer criticism than Lytton – P.E. Roberts.
(2) In the year 1907, D.K. Karve founded Indian Women’s University in Mumbai.
(3) The South Indian Liberal Federation later came to be known as the Justice Party.
(4) Vipin Chandra Pal founded the ‘United Indian Patriotic Association’.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Q65. In which year “The Co-operative Credit Societies Act” was passed?

Q69. Consider the following statements:

(1) INA trial was first initiated against Shah Nawaz, Prem Sahgal and G.S. Dhillon.
(2) Subhash Chandra Bose was main leader of defence team.
(3) This trial was held in a secretive manner.
(4) From Congress Party Jawaharlal Nehru, Tej Bahadure Sapru and K.N. Katju ready for defence of these INA-soldiers.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Q83. Match List I with List II:

List-I (Author):
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) J.L. Nehru
(c) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
(d) Lala Lajpat Rai

List-II (Book):
(i) The Political Future of India
(ii) Pakistan or The Partition of India
(iii) Whither India
(iv) Guide to London

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Q84. Match the Tribal Leaders with their respective region.

List-I (Tribal Leader):
(a) UTirot Sing
(b) Thalakkal Chandu
(c) Alluri Sitaram Raju
(d) Chakra Bisoi

List-II (Region):
(i) Odisha
(ii) Andhra
(iii) Kerala
(iv) Meghalaya

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Q88. Match List I with List II:

List-I (Social Reformers):
(a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(b) Swami Dayananda
(c) Swami Vivekananda
(d) Jyotiba Phule

List-II (Organisation):
(i) Satya Shodhak Samaj
(ii) Ramakrishna Mission
(iii) Brahmo Samaj
(iv) Arya Samaj

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Q16. Who wrote it, “If the producers are crippled, the farmers are burdened with taxes and a huge amount of the revenue is sent out of the country, then any country in the world will become permanently poor and will have to face famine again and again.”

Q19. Given below are two statements:

Statement I: The author of the book “Pakistan or the Partition of India” was Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.
Statement II: The childhood name of Swami Ramakrishna Paramhansa was ‘Gadadhar’.

In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Q20. Given below are two statements:

Statement I: “Bhartiya Rashtriya Samajik Sammelan” was founded by Swami Dayanand Saraswati in 1883.
Statement II: Veda Samaj was established in 1867 at Karnataka.

In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Q22. Arrange the following events related to Indian History in chronological order:

(1) Formation of East India Association in London
(2) Formation of India League in Calcutta
(3) Formation of Satyashodhak Samaj
(4) Establishment of Bihar Scientific Society.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Q23. Arrange these Pre-Congress Associations in chronological order:

(1) Indian Association
(2) Bombay Presidency Association
(3) British Indian Association
(4) Poona Sarvajanik Sabha.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Q25. Consider the following statements:

(1) Paramhansa Mandali was established in Madras.
(2) Alfred Webb was the first Englishman to become the President of Indian National Congress.
(3) Badruddin Tyabji was the first Muslim to become the President of Indian National Congress.
(4) The Indian National Congress did not participate in the Third Round Table Conference held in London.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Q26. Consider the following statements:

(1) In 1910, at Allahabad Session of Indian National Congress was “Jana- Gana-Mana” sung for the first time.
(2) Swami Dayanand Saraswati had hoisted the ‘Pakhand Khandini Pataka’ at Allahabad in 1867 A.D.
(3) The last Act was the Charter Act of 1853 for the East India Company.
(4) The modern educated Indians also did not support the Revolt of 1857.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Q27. Consider the following statements:

(1) The first Singh Sabha was founded in 1873 at Amritsar.
(2) Gyan Singh was the first President of Singh Sabha.
(3) Thakur Singh Sandhawalia was the first Secretary of Singh Sabha.
(4) Khalsa College, Amritsar was established in the year 1892.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Q28. Match List I with List II:

List I (Governor General/Viceroy):
(a) Lord Lansdowne
(b) Lord Northbrook
(c) Lord Dufferin
(d) John Lawrence

List II (Major Events):
(i) Establishment of High Court in Calcutta, Bombay and Madras
(ii) Indian Council Act of 1892
(iii) Third Anglo-Burmese War
(iv) Kuka Movement in Punjab.

Q29. Match List I with List II:

List I (Association/Parties):
(a) Punjab Riyasati Praja Mandal
(b) Adivasi Mahasabha
(c) Depressed Classes Mission
(d) Independent Labour Party

List II (Formation Year):
(i) 1906
(ii) 1936
(iii) 1928
(iv) 1938.

Q30. Match List I with List II:

List I (Newspaper/Magazine):
(a) Amrit Bazar Patrika
(b) Harish Chandra Magazine
(c) Bombay Chronicle
(d) Bharat Mitra

List II (Publising Year):
(i) 1913
(ii) 1878
(iii) 1868
(iv) 1872.

Q50. Given below are two statements:

Statement I: B. R. Ambedkar started Vaikam Satyagrah in 1924 for temple entry of untouchables.
Statement II: Jyotiba Phule was not associated with Republican Party.

In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Q3. “Jivaka Chintamani” was written by …………..

Q23. Given below are two statements:

Statement I: “The 1857 Revolt was a war of fanatic religionists against Christians” – Statement by Sir James Outram.
Statement II: “The so called First National War of Independence of 1857 – is neither first, nor National, nor a war of Independence.” – Statement by R.C. Majumdar.

In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the option given below:

Q24. Given below are two statements:

Statement I: ‘Samavartana’ – is a category of Hindu Slaves.
Statement II: ‘Sankarvarman’ – is considered as the founder of the Lohara Dynasty of Kashmir.

In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Q43. Arrange these British Viceroys in chronological order:

(1) Lord Lansdowne
(2) Lord Northbrook
(3) Lord John Lawrence
(4) Lord Elgin I.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Q44. Arrange these Medieval Rulers of Mewar in chronological order:

(1) Hammir
(2) Rana Kumbha
(3) Rana Mokal
(4) Rana Lakha.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Q63. Consider the following statements:

(1) Aligarh Scientific Society was founded by Zakir Hussain in 1878
(2) Prarthana Samaj was established on 1866
(3) Paramhans Mandali was established on 1849
(4) Manav Dharm Sabha was established on 1844.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Q64. Consider the following statements:

(1) “Tuzuk-i-Baburi” was written in Pure Persian Language
(2) Poet Amir Khusro’s first Masnavi on Historical subject is Qiran-us-sadain, which was written in 1289
(3) “Jhanjhari Masjid” at Jaunpur was built by Hussain Shah
(4) Sufi Saint Sidi Maula was put to death by Sultan Jalaluddin Khalji for attempting a rebellion.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Q65. Consider the following statements:

(1) Congress Socialist Party was established in 1933
(2) The book “Marx, Gandhi and Socialism” was written by Jaya Prakash Narayan
(3) The book “Radical Humanist” was written by M.N. Roy
(4) The book “Unhappy India’ was written by Lala Lajpat Rai.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Q83. Match List I with List II:

List-I (Vijayanagar Kings):
a. Virupaksha-II
b. Achyuta Ray
c. Sriranga-I
d. Thimma

List-II (Dynasty):
i. Sangam
ii. Tuluva
iii. Aravidu
iv. Saluva

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Q84. Match List I with List II:

List-I (Important wars):
a. First Carnatic War
b. Third Carnatic War
c. First Anglo-Mysore War
d. Second Anglo-Mysore War

List-II (End with Treaty):
i. Treaty of Madras
ii. Treaty of Mangalore
iii. Treaty of Paris
iv. Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Q85. Match List I with List II:

List-I (Important Battles/war):
a. Battle of Machhiwara
b. Battle of Bilgram
c. Battle of Rakshasi-Tangadi
d. Battle of Dohariya

List-II (Year):
i. 1532
ii. 1565
iii. 1555
iv. 1540

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Q33. The Airvateshwara Temple at Darasuram was built by:

Q34. Which among the following Drama/Book was not written by famous poet Bhasa?

Q35. Which pair is not correctly matched?

Q36. Who was the author of the book “Tarikh–i-Rashidi”

Q37. Who was the founder of “Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science” (1876)?

Q38. Who said, “Lord Ripon, the saviour of Indian and his rule the beginning of a Golden Age of India”?

Q39. Who said, “Raja Rammohan was the only person in his time to realise completely the significance of the modern age”?

Q40. Which among the following books was not written by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar?

Q41. Which pair is not correctly matched?

Q42. Where was the “Indian independence Committee” Set up by Lala Hardayal and his friends?

Q1. Consider the given four statements:

(1) In 1865, High Courts were established at Calcutta, Madras and Bombay.
(2) In 1791, Jonathan Duncan, started a Sanksrit College at Varanasi.
(3) The first Telegraph line from Calcutta to Agra was opened in 1854.
(4) The Pitt’s India Act was passed in 1785.

Q2. Consider the following statements:

(1) Haider Ali established a Modern arsenal in Dindigal in 1757 AD.
(2) Haider Ali died in 1783 AD.
(3) Tipu Sultan planted a ‘Tree of Liberty’ at Srirangapatanam.
(4) Tipu Sultan was a member of a ‘Jacobin Club’.

Q4. Which Indus Valley sites are in India?

(1) Dholavira
(2) Rakhigarhi
(3) Mohen-jo-Daro
(4) Ganweriwala

Q12. Match List I with List II:

List-I (Event):
A. Delhi Darbar
B. Second Anglo Afghan war
C. Kuka Movement started
D. Queen Victoria declared ‘Kaiser-i-Hind’.

List-II (Year):
1. 1872
2. 1876
3. 1878
4. 1877.

Q52. Who was the author of the book ‘Gulamgiri’?

Q53. In which year ‘The Indian Universities Act’ was passed?

Q54. In which Governor General’s tenure, the Brishers conquered ‘Sindh’?

Q83. Given below are two statements:

Statement 1: There was a provision in the Charter Act of 1833 to abolish slavery.
Statement 2: In 1855, the British merged the Riyasat of Awadh with their kingdom, accusing them of misrule.

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Q84. Given below are two statements:

Statement 1: Young Bengal Movement was started by Sisir Kumar Ghosh.
Statement 2: Prarthna Samaj was established in Bombay in 1865.

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Q87. Given below are two statements:

Statement 1: Mahatma Gandhi gave slogan of ‘Do or Die’ during Quit India Movement.
Statement 2: Subhash Chandra Bose established Forward Block Party in 1939.

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Q88. Given below are two statements:

Statement 1: In 1942, S.N. Tagore established Indian Revolutionary Communist Party.
Statement 2: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar moved ‘Objective Resolution’ in Constitutent Assembly on 13th December.

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Q93. Arrange the following events in chronological order:

(1) Death of C.R. Das
(2) Simon Commission appointed
(3) Death of revolutionary Jatin Das
(4) Nehru Report

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Q94. Arrangs these later Mughal Badshahs chronologically:

(1) Jahandar Shah
(2) Farrukhsiyar
(3) Ahmed Shah
(4) Alamgir II

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Q98. Put these agrarian movements in chronological order with the date of their start:

(1) Bardoli Peasants Movement
(2) Khera Peasants Movement
(3) Champaran Satyagrah
(4) Mopla Peasants Movement

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Q37. Which one of the following was not an Arya Samajist?

Q38. Which of the following organizations was the last to be established?

Q39. When was the ‘Vernacular Press Act’ passed?

Q40. Which one of the following regions did the ‘Pabna’ Revolt (1873-76) take place?

Q41. In which year was first session of the ‘Chamber of Princes’ held?

Q42. Who presided over the Commission appointed on Famine Policy in 1880?

Q43. Which one of the following attended the ‘Congress of Oppressed Nationalities’ at Brussels in 1927?

Q44. What was ‘Ulgulan’?

Q45. Which one of the following organizations was the last to be established?

Q46. When did the British Prime Minister declare in the British Parliament that transfer of power to responsible Indian hands will be done by June, 1948?

Q47. Which of the following works was written by ‘Sachindranath Sanyal’ to attract the youth to Revolutionary Nationalism?

Q60. By which Act an element of the election was introduced in India for the first time?

Q61. Match the items in List-1 with List-2 and select the correct answer from the codes given below:

List-1
a. Drain of wealth theory
b. Swaraj as my birth right
c. Separate Communal electorate
d. Entry into legislation

List-2
1. C.R. Das
2. M. Ali Jinnah
3. B. G. Tilak
4. Dadabhai Naoroji
5. Subhash Chandra Bose

Codes:

Q69. Who was Taluqdar?

Q70. Which congress session supported the Swadeshi and boycott movement for Bengal in 1905?

Q71. Who chartered the ship Komagatumaru for taking the Indians to Vancouver?

Q72. Consider the following governor generals and arrange them in chronological order by choosing the correct code:

i. Lord Lytton
ii. Lord Curzon
iii. John Lawrence
iv. Lord Dufferin

Codes:

Q73. The president of the moderate faction of Congress session in Lucknow 1916, who welcomed Tilak and his supporters back into the Congress, was:

Q74. As a compromise with the planters, Gandhi agreed that they refund the money they had taken illegally from the peasants. What percentage was being refunded by them?

Q75. In whose Viceroyalty, Gandhi Launched the individual Satyagraha and the Quit India Movement and the Cripps Mission arrived in India?

Q76. Who says that if the religion does not sanction social reforms, it should be changed as it is man made?

Q46. Montague-Chelmsford Reforms were introduced in India in the year:

Q47. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar was born at:

Q48. Which of the following leaders had worked for tribal upliftment?

Q49. Which of the following leaders was never associated with the Indian National Congress?

Q50. Which of the following was not a socialist leader?

Q51. Which of the following bills was drafted by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar as the first Law Minister of India?

Q41. Nana Saheb, who fought against the English during the Indian Mutiny of 1857, was:

Q42. Who presided over the first session of Indian National Congress in Bombay?

Q43. Which Socio- Religious Movement of 19th -20th century adopted the practices of occult mysticism?

Q44. Who of the following was not the Moderate leader of Indian National Congress?

Q45. Where was held the first session of Muslim League?

Q46. Of the following, who shot dead Curzon Wyllie in London?

Q47. When was the Montague Declaration made about the introduction of responsible government in stages for India?

Q48. Where was founded the Communism Party of India in 1920?

Q49. Which month of 2017 marks the 100th anniversary of Gandhi’s arrival in Champaran?

Q50. Which event earned for Vallabhabhai Patel the title of ‘Sardar’?

Q33. Name the site where Harappan ploughed field has been found:

Q34. Who among the following is the author of Milind Panho?

Q35. Name the place where Jaina texts were finally compiled?

Q36. Find out among the following the author of Muasir-i-Alamgiri:

Q37. The temples located in the region between the Vindhyas and the Krishna river are known as:

Q38. Which of the following Marathas was given a Manasab of 7000/7000 by Aurangzeb?

Q39. Who abolished Duel Government in Bengal?

Q40. Sidhu and Kanhu were associated with which one of the following?

Q41. Match List I with List II:

List I
a) Dadabhai Naoroji
b) Dayanand Saraswati
c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
d) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

List II
1) Satyarth Prakash
2) Anand Math
3) Poverty and Un-British Rule of India
4) Gita Rahasya

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

Q42. Who was the head of the Boundary Commission which demarcated the boundaries of India and Pakistan?

Q33. In which of the following year the Asiatic society of Bengal was established?

Q34. Which of the following is represented by the Harappan Civilization?

Q35. Which of the following river is called ‘Nadittam’ in the Rigveda?

Q36. The officer who enjoyed authority over a large pasture ground was known as during Rig-Veda period?

Q37. Match names of List I with that of List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:

List I:
a) Kailashanath Temple
b) Brihadeshwar Temple
c) Hoyasaleshwar Temple
d) Gomteshwar

List II:
(i) Halebid
(ii) Shravanabelgola
(iii) Kanchipuram
(iv) Tanjavur

Code:

Q38. Which of the following is the author of Tamil Ramayana?

Q39. Which of the following rivers “Swargadwari” is located at?

Q40. Who among the following increased the Mansab from 5,000/- to 7,000/-?

Q41. Which of the political parties was called ‘Rajadroha ka karkhana’ by the British?

Q42. Who among the following established the central Hindu school at Banaras?

Q43. Rani Gaidinliu was one of the freedom fighter from the north-east. She hailed from one of the following states. identify it:

Q44. Which of the following states did not return congress in power after the first provincial elections in 1937?

Q21. Arrange the following ruling dynasties of ancient India in correct chronological order:

i. Mauryas
ii. Guptas
iii. Nandas
iv. Kushans

Q22. At which place was Varadhman Mahavir born?

Q23. From which place did Gandhiji start his Dandi March to the sea?

Q24. After Subhash Chandra Bose resigned from the Presidentship of Congress in 1939 who became the party president?

Q25. Who were the two prominent leaders of Home Rule League?

Q26. In 1943, Muslim League ministries were installed in four provinces. Two of them were Sind and NWFP. Which were the other two?

Q27. Which Mughal ruler imprisoned his stepmother after the death of his father?

Q28. In which year was the partition of Bengal annulled?

Q29. At which venue did the 1907 A.D. split in Congress Party take place?

Q30. Who was the first Indian to declare that “Freedom is my birth right”?

Q31. Who founded the All India Depressed Classes Federation?

Q32. Who is the founder of the Arya Samaj?

Q22. Match the items in List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:

List-I:
(a) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(b) Sivnarayan Agnihotri
(c) Mahadev Govind Ranade
(d) Dayanand Sarswati

List-II:
(1) Indian National Conference
(2) Servants of India Society
(3) Dev Samaj
(4) Arya Samaj

Q23. Match the items in List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:

List-I:
(a) Dinbandhu
(b) Maratha
(c) Indian Social Report
(d) Shodhak

List-II:
(1) K.N. Natarajan
(2) G.C. Agarkar
(3) N.M. Lokhande
(4) B.G. Tilak

Q24. Who was the founder of Satyashodhak Samaj?

Q25. Where was the Headquarters of Ghadar Party?

Q26. By which Act was system of `Dyarchy’ introduced during British rule in India?

Q27. During whose viceroyalty was the Vernacular Press Act enacted?

Q35. Which ancient Indian king wrote the three dramas, i.e Ratnavali, Priyadarshika and Nagananda?

Q36. Match the items in List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:

List-I:
(a) Vishakhadatta
(b) Subandhu
(c) Dandin
(d) Banabhatta

List-II:
(1) Daskumaracharita
(2) Harshacharita
(3) Mudra Rakshasa
(4) Vasavadatta

Q37. Who built the old fort (Purana Qila) in Delhi?

Q38. In 19th century Moplah peasants revolted against the tyranny of which of the following:

Q39. Match List-I (European Companies) with List-II (Settlements) and select the correct answer:

List-I:
(a) Dutch
(b) English
(c) Portuguese
(d) French

List-II:
(1) Goa
(2) Pulicat
(3) Hugli
(4) Chinsura

Q40. Match the organizations in List-I with persons associated in List-II:

List-I:
(a) British India society
(b) Landholders society
(c) Servants of people society
(d) Bengal British India society

List-II:
(1) Lala Lajpat Rai
(2) William Adams
(3) George Thompson
(4) Dwarkanath Tagore