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Which one of the following adumbrated principles and constitutional provisions which were
later incorporated in the MontaguChelmsford Reforms?
(A) Nehru Report
(B) Wavel Plan
(C) Lucknow Pact
(D) Poona Pact
Ans. (C)
3. The High Courts at Calcutta, Bombay and Madras to replace the Sadar Courts of Diwali and
Nizamat were established in the year
(A) 1793
(B) 1831
(C) 1833
(D) 1865
Ans. (D)
6. Given below are two statements One labelled as Assertion (A) : and the other labelled as
Reason (R):
Assertion (A) : There are instances of rural resistance in early medieval Deccan and South India.
Reason (R) : Grants of agrahara and devadana rights to brahmanas and temples respectively
undermined the rights of villagers.
In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following correct?
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(B) Both (A) and (k) are true but R is not the correct explanation of (A)
(C) (A) is true but (R) is false
(D) (A) is false but (R) is true
Ans. (A)
10. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the
lists:
List-I List-II
(Sources) (Information about Chandragupta Maurya, correct or incorrect, given sources
mentioned in List-Il)
(a) Greek source 1. He was born in humble family
(b) Jam source 2. He was the sort of a Kshatriya chief
(c) Buddhist source 3. He was a Sudra
(d) Brahmanical source 4. He was the son of a village head mans daughter
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 4 5 3 1
(B) 1 3 4 2
(C) 1 4 2 3
(D) 3 5 2 4
Ans. (C)
11. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the
lists:
List-I List-II
(Books) (Authors)
(a) Iyar Danish 1. Abdul Hamid Lahori
(b) Humayunnama 2. Khwafi Khan
(c) Badshahnama 3. Gulbadan Begum
(d) Muntakhab-ul Luhab 4. Abul Fazl
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 2 4 3
(B) 4 3 1 2
(C) 4 1 3 2
(D) 1 4 3 2
Ans. (B)
13. Which one of the following Sultans extended agricultural loans called sondhars to the poor
peasants for promoting cultivation?
(A) Balban
(B) Alauddin Khalji
(C) Mohd. Bin Tughlaq
(D) Firoze Tughlaq
Ans. (C)
14. This site was granted to French East-India Company in 1674 by Shaista Khan, a governor
under the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, During the Seven Years War (175663) this town was
captured (1757) by the John Company but later (1763) restored to the French. Recaptured by the
English in 1778, after the outbreak of the American war of Independence (177684) it was
restored to the French by the Treaty of Pairs 1785). Wrested again by the British in 1793, on the
outbreak of the revolutionary wars in Europe, it was finally restored to the French in I15 and
remained part of their overseas empire until its transfer to the Indian republic in 1951.
The reference here is to
(A) Pondicherry
(B) Karaikkal
(C) Chandernagore
(D) Mahe
Ans. (C)
15. The East-India Company began to use the term Investments in India for
(A) Their bullion imports to purchase Indian goods
(B) The loot from Buxar for purchasing Indian goods
(C) The profits made from duty free inland trade and the surplus from Diwani revenue
(D) The borrowed money from India moneylenders for purchases in India
Ans. (C)
17. The Swaraj Party decided to take part in the Reforms Scheme under the Government of India
Act, 1919 because
(A) It wanted to gain political experience by forming government
(B) It wanted to expose the hallow ness of the reforms provided in the Act
(C) It wanted to co-operate with the government
(D) It wanted to curtail the influence of No changers
Ans. (B)
18. Which of the following newspapers advocated revolutionary terrorism during the freedom
struggle?
1. The Sandhya
2. The Yugantar
3. The Kal
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
(A) 1 and 2
(B) 1 and 3
(C) 2 and 3
(D) 1, 2 and 3
Ans. (D)
22. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the
lists:
List-I List-II
(a) Merchants 1. Jithhaka
(b) Craftsmen 2. Setthis
(c) Federation of guilds 3. Satthavaha
(d) Caravan chief 4. Bhandagarika
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 2 1 4 3
(B) 2 1 3 4
(C) 1 2 3 4
(D) 1 2 4 3
Ans. (A)
23. The system of Itlaq a sort of draft enabling a royal soldier to collect his salary from the state
revenue officials was introduced by
(A) Iltutmish
(B) Balban
(C) Alauddin Khalji
(D) Feroze Shah Tughlaq
Ans. (D)
26. Of the four events mentioned below, which one was chronologically the last to take place?
(A) Simla conference
(B) Election of July 1946
(C) The offer of the Cabinet Mission Plan
(D) Muslim League joining the Interim Government
Ans. (D)
27. In the committee which prepared the Nehru Report (1928) the Liberal Federation was by
(A) M.R.Jayakar
(B) Tej Bahadur Sapru
(C) V. S. Srinivasa Sastri
(D) M.S.Aney
Ans. (B)
28. Which one of the following was the most westerly outpost of the Harappan culture?
(A) Lothal
(B) Sutkagen Dor
(C) Rangpur
(D) Manda
Ans. (B)
29. Which one of the following places on the Western Coast of India had an English factory?
(A) Cochin
(B) Tellicherry
(C) Cannanore
(D) Calicut
Ans. (C)
31. The bill to cancel the exemption given to the European community from the jurisdiction of
the Magistrates and the Criminal Courts established by the East-India Company was proposed
in
(A) 1849
(B) 1861
(C) 1879
(D) 1882
Ans. (D)
38. Which one of the following statements correctly describes the - Dual Government
arrangement made by the East-India Company in Bengal?
(A) Executive and judicial authority were separated
(B) Revenue collection was entrusted to the Deputy Nawab, while military affairs were retained
by the Company
(C) Revenue administration and the administration of criminal justice were separated and were
with the British and the Nawab respectively
(D) The new arrangement was made to encourage agriculture
Ans. (B)
39. Foreign capitalists were attracted by Indian industry for a variety of reasons. Which one of
the following reasons was not one of them?
(A) Labour was extremely cheap
(B) Raw materials were readily and cheaply available
(C) Indian capitalist class wars well developed but unable to compete
(D) For many Indian products there was a ready demand the world over
Ans. (C)
40. The author who described the Revolt of 1857 as the First War of Independence was
(A) Ashok Mehta
(B) R.C. Mazumdar
(C) S. N. Sen
(D) V. D. Savarkar
Ans. (D)
41. The three methods of land revenue assessment-batai, khet batai and long batai-were related
to
(A) Ghallabakshi
(B) Masaq
(C) Kankut
(D) Zabt
Ans. (A)
42. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the
lists
List-I List-II
(Royal personages) (Tombs at)
(a) Babur 1. Lahore
(b) Prince Khusrau 2. Kabul
(c) Nur Jahan 3. Allahabad
(d) Rabia-ud-Dauran 4. Aurangabad
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 2 3 1 4
(B) 2 1 4 3
(C) 4 2 3 1
(D) 1 4 2 3
Ans. (A)
43. The Mughal emperor who issued a firman to the English East-India Company in 1717 to
trade freely in Bengal was
(A) Bahadur Shah
(B) Shah Alam
(C) Farrukh Siyar
(D) Jahandar Shah
Ans. (C)
44. Who among the following were among those who caused major uprisings against Murshid
Quli Khan?
1. Sitaram Ray
2. Udai Narayan
3. Ghulam Muhammad
4. Saadat Khan
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below
(A) 1 and 2
(B) 2 and 4
(C) 1, 2 and 3
(D) 1 and 4
Ans. (A)
47. Which agricultural product did not attract the British people?
(A) Indigo
(B) Tea
(C) Cotton
(D) Coffee
Ans. (C)
48. Which one was not a pioneer industry in India during British rule?
(A) Cotton
(B) Iron
(C) Jute
(D) Coal
Ans. (B)