1. “Precepts of Jesus”. A. 1820
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
tried to separate the moral and philosophical message of the New testament.
2. “The high caste Hindu woman” was authored by A. Pandita Ramabai
3. 1st Mysore War A. 1. 1767-1769
2. Haider attacked and captured Madras
3. Treaty of Madras (1769) – The British effectively surrendered and chose the diplomatic path of mutual self-defence
4. 2nd November, 1929
It outlined the conditions for INC’s attendance at the first RTC, which was not accepted by the British, and hence INC did not participate in the first RTC. A. Delhi Manifesto
5. 3 colonial historians of India A. 1. VA Smith
2. James Mill
3. Elphinstone
6. 3 marxist historians of India A. 1. RP Dutt
2. AR Desai
3. Sumit Sarkar – critiques Dutt
7. 3 nationalist historians of India A. 1. RC Majumdar
2. AC Majumdar
3. Tara Chand
8. Aitchison Commission A. 1. Public Service Commission (1886-87)
2. Classification of services into Imperial, Provincial, and Subordinate services
9. Associated with Ryotwari tax, which was based on what the peasant had paid in earlier years and not on the actual productivity of the land A. “Putcut” system
10. Bande Mataram Paris edition A. Madam Cama newspaper
11. Battle of Pollilur A. 1. 1780, during the 2nd war
2. Between Tipu Sultan and the British
3. Tipu is victorious because of his rockets; one of them supposedly blew up a British ammunition cart.
12. Battle of Porto Novo A. 1. 1781
2. Eyre Coote defeated Haider Ali
3. Took place in the middle of the 2nd Anglo-Mysore War
13. Bhagawati Charan Vohra authored A. The philosophy of the bomb
14. Compensation farmers had to pay to planters if they wished to stop cultivating indigo A. Tawan
15. Constitution of the Muslim League, authored by Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar A. The Green Book
16. First Anglo-Maratha War A. 1. 1775 – 1782
2. Treaty of Surat (1775) between Raghunath Rao and the EIC, to be allies
3. Fight between EIC and Sawai Madhav Rao
4. Treaty of Salbai (1782) ends it with a 20-year peace agreement
17. First non cooperation movement (hunger strike) by Gandhi A. Kheda Satyagraha (1918)
Gandhi was the spiritual head; the main leader was Vallabhai Patel.
18. First province to give voting rights to women A. Madras province, in 1921
19. First Viceroy of India A. Lord Canning
20. Fusion of eastern and western paintings, AKA “Company Paintings” A. Patna Kalam
21. Illegal dues and fines collected by planters A. Abwab
22. In which session of Congress did Gandhi act as President? A. Belgaum Session, 1924 (agreement b/w Swarajists and No-changers
23. In which session of congress did the Moderate-Extremist and Muslim League-Congress reconciliations take place? A. Lucknow session, 1916
24. In which session of Congress was the Purna Swaraj resolution passed? Who was the President? A. Lahore session, 1929
Jawaharlal Nehru
25. In which session of the congress did the moderate-extremist split occur? A. Surat session, 1907
26. In which year was the Simon Commission appointed? A. 1927
27. Increased rent paid by peasants to Zamindars because the latter needed compensation for the low price of Indigo. A. Sharahbeshi
28. India Today (book) A. RP Dutt
29. Indian Unrest is a book by A. Valentine Chirol
30. Islington Commission A. 1. 1912
2. To suggest reforms to increase Indian representation in higher administrative posts.
31. Lee commission of 1924 A. 1. Recommended setting up a Public Service Commission immediately.
2. Suggested a larger intake of Indians into the Indian Civil Services through a competitive examination held in India and England.
32. Madras Torture Commission A. 1. 1855
2. Revealed corruption in the Ryotwari system
33. Mahalwari system in the Central provinces A. Malguzari
34. Mahalwari system in the North West Provinces A. Mauzawar
35. Meerut Conspiracy Case was against which section? A. Trade Unionists and Communists
36. Mother India (1927) A. Katherine Mayo
37. Name the committee appointed to look into the Jallianwala Bagh massacre? A. Hunter Committee
38. Name the international events that led to the formation of extremism (militant nationalism) A. (Abyssinia) Ethiopia’svictory over Italy
Boer wars
Emergence of Japan and its victory over Russia
Nationalist movements elsewhere
39. Name the leader of Ramosi peasant rebellion of 1879 A. Vasudev Balwant Phadke
40. Name the members of Cabinet Mission A. Sir Pethick Lawrence (Chairman)
Stafford Cripps
AV Alexander
41. Name the organisations which supported GoI Act, 1935 A. Hindu Mahasabha
National Liberation Foundation
42. Name the party established by the Swarajists for council entry? A. Congress Khilafat Swarajya Party
43. Name the reactionary policies of Lord Curzon A. Calcutta Corporation Act
Official Secrets Act
Indian Universities Act
Partition of Bengal
44. Name the revolutionaries associated with Alipore Conspiracy Case of 1908 A. Aurobindo Ghosh, Barindra Kumar Ghosh and others
45. Name the two leaders other than Bose who were instrumental in forming the Indian National Army? A. Mohan Singh
Rashbehari Bose
46. Name two resolutions passed in Karachi Congress, 1931 A. Resolution on Fundamental Rights
Resolution on National Economic Programme
47. Names of women who were part of Surya Sen’s revolutionary movement A. Pritilata Waddedar
Kalpana Dutt
Santi Ghosh & Suniti Chandheri
Bina Das
48. Newspaper by Gopal Krishna Agarkar A. Sadharak
49. Northwestern provinces, Delhi and parts of the Central Provinces A. The Mahalwari system was seen in
50. Prabhakar weekly was written by A. Gopal Hari Deshmukh AKA “Lokhitwadi”
51. Proposals under the Cripps Mission A. 1. Dominion status with the options to leave the Commonwealth
2. Constituent assembly with mainly Indians – elected from provinces and nominated from Princely states
3. Provinces could leave the union
4. Minorities clause
52. Radhakrishnan Commission A. 1. University Education Commission (1948-49)
2. Report on Indian university education and to suggest improvements
53. Ryotwari was seen in A. 1. Madras
2. Bombay
3. Coorg
4. Part of Assam
54. Second Anglo-Maratha War A. 1. 1803-1805
2. Peshwa vs Holkar
55. Shah Abdul Latif (Sindhi)
It is a collection of poems A. Risalo
56. Shimla Conference was related to which plan? A. Wavell Plan
57. Siege of Serigapatam A. 1. 1792
2. EIC + Travancore + Hyderabad + Marathas vs Mysore
58. Suvarnadwipa A. RC Majumdar
59. The ‘ Dharma ‘ and ‘ Rita ‘ depict a central idea of ancient Vedic civilisation of India . In this context , consider the following statements .
1. ‘ Dharma ‘ was a conception of obligations and of the discharge of one’s duties to oneself and to others 2. ” Rita ‘ was the fundamental moral law governing the functioning of the universe and all it contained .
Which of the statements given above is / are correct ? A. Only 1
60. The 3 high courts of Madras, Bombay and Calcutta were established in the year ___________. A. 1862. Before this, they worked as their own Supreme courts.
61. The 4 Maratha Sardars A. 1. Gwalior Scindias
2. Indore Holkars
3. Nagpur Bhonsles
4. Baroda Gaekwads
62. The areas under the Zamindari system A. 1. Entire Bengal Province
2. Northern Circars
63. The five phases of the situation of the Princely states in Modern India A. 1. 1740-1765: EIC’s struggle for equality with the Indians
2. 1765-1813: Ring fence policy – safeguarding
3. 1813-1858: Phase of subordinate isolation through the doctrine of lapse
4. 1858-1935: Phase of subordinate union – Princely states will be subordinate parts of the British Union
5. 1935-1947: Struggle for relevance as the transition to independence led to negotiation and finally accession
64. The Mahalwari System was introduced in the year _________ by these 3: A. 1833
1. Holt McKenzie
2. GG Bentinck
3. R Merttins Bird (father of land settlement in northern India)
65. The only leader who participated in all three RTCs A. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
66. The palace of the Peshwas A. Shaniwar Wada Palace, Poona
67. The Pindaris A. 1. Speared Cavalry, disbanded due to subsidiary alliance
2. They were bandits and looters, they ravaged the Deccan
3. Called Shindeshahi and Holkarshahi after patronage from those leaders.
68. The Poona Pact was between _______ and _______ A. Gandhi & Ambedkar
69. The religion of early Vedic Aryans was primarily of A. bhakti
70. The Ryotwari system was introduced in the year __________ by these 3 people: A. 1820
1. GG Lord Hastings
2. Thomas Munroe
3. Alexander Reed
71. Third Anglo Maratha War A. 1. 1817-1819
2. AKA “Pindari War”
3. Separate treaties were signed with each Maratha faction.
72. Third Anglo Mysore War A. 1. 1790-1792
2. Tipu attacked Travancore
3. EIC under Cornwallis responded
73. Treaties of the 3rd Anglo Maratha War and with whom: A. 1. Treaty of Poona – Peshwa Baji Rao II
2. Treaty of Gwalior – Scindias
3. Treaty of Mandsaur – Holkar
74. Treaty of Bassein (1802) A. 1. Between Baji Rao II and the EIC – subsidiary alliance
2. Led to the start of the 2nd Anglo-Maratha War
3. “Death Knell of the Maratha Empire”
75. Treaty of Seringapatam A. 1. 1792
2. Signed between the British (Lord Cornwallis), the Marathas, Hyderabad and Tipu Sultan.
3. The victors annexed almost half of Tipu’s territories.
4. Tipu had to pay ₹3 Cr. worth of war indemnities.
5. Tipu’s sons were taken hostage to make him comply
76. Treaty that ended the 2nd Anglo-Mysore War A. Treaty of Mangalore (1784)
77. Village official or headman who collected Mahalwari tax A. Lambardar
78. Wardha Scheme A. 1. By Gandhi, sitting in his Wardha Ashram
2. Drafted by Zakir Hussain
3. Nai Talim (New education)
79. Waris Shah (Punjab)
It is a romantic epic A. Heer Ranjha
80. what happened to the Fort William College at Calcutta A. It was disapproved by the court of directors & instead the East India College was set up at Haileybury in England
81. What is the Delhi Chalo movement? A. A series of individual Satyagraha converging on Delhi leading up to the Quit india movement
82. What is the importance of Montagu’s declaration (August declaration) in 1917 A. Self-government for Indians became government policy
83. What is the official name of the Rowlatt Act? A. Anarchical and Revolutionary Crimes Act
84. What precipitated the emergence of Swarajists and No-Changers? A. The end of NCM
85. What was the name of the trail of Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru? A. Lahore Conspiracy Case
86. what was the purpose of Fort William College at Calcutta A. to train new civil servants
87. What were the demands of NCM? A. Return of caliphate
Redressal of Punjab wrongs
Swaraj
88. When and by whom was AITUC founded? A. 1920, Lala Lajpat Rai
89. When and where was the CPI formed? A. 1920, Tashkent
90. When and where was the Pakistan resolution passed by the Muslim League A. Lahore, 1940
91. When and where was the Quit India Resolution adopted by the Congress? A. 1942 Wardha CWC meeting
ratified at Bombay session (same year)
92. When and where were the Civil Services exams first held in India? A. 1920, in Allahabad
93. When did Congress change its aim to Swaraj? A. 1920 Nagpur Session
94. When did CPI formally start in India? A. 1925
95. When did Jinnah give the call for Direct Action? A. August 16, 1946
96. When did the Great Bengal Famine happen? A. 1943
97. When did the Komagata Maru incident take place? A. September 1914 (beginning of WW-1)
98. When did the Royal Indian Navy mutiny happen? A. February 1946
99. When was Pakistan Day celebrated? A. March 23, 1943
100. When was the Communal Award declared and by whom? A. 1932, Ramsay MacDonald (British PM)
101. When were women first given the right to vote? A. Montagu-Chelmsford reforms, 1919
102. Which act added a law member to the GG’s council? A. Charter Act of 1833
103. Which act added an Indian member to the Viceroy’s Executive Council for the first time? A. Morley-Minto Reforms (Indian Councils Act, 1909)
104. Which act established the Board of Control in the EIC? A. Pitt’s India Act, 1784
105. Which act established the Supreme Court at Calcutta? A. Regulating Act, 1773
106. Which act extended separate electorates to communities other than Muslims? A. Montagu-Chelmsford reforms
107. Which act introduced an element of indirect election to legislature, even though the term was firmly avoided? A. Indian Councils Act, 1892
108. which act introduced dyarchy at the centre? A. GoI Act, 1935
109. Which act introduced dyarchy in the provinces? A. Montagu-Chelmsford reforms
110. Which act introduced elections in India for the first time? A. Morley-Minto reforms
111. Which act introduced local representation to Indian legislature? A. Charter Act of 1853
112. Which act introduced portfolio system in India? (also mention Viceroy) A. ndian Councils Act, 1861
(Lord Canning)
113. Which act introduced separate electorate for Muslims for the first time? A. Morley-Minto reforms
114. Which act introduced the Governor General and his council for the first time in India? A. Regulating Act, 1773 (only Bengal)
115. Which act made the law member a full member of the GG’s Executive Council? A. Charter Act of 1853
116. Which act made Warren Hastings the first governor general of India? A. Pitt’s India Act, 1784
117. Which act named company territories in India as British possessions? A. Pitt’s India Act, 1784
118. Which act of EIC introduced direct elections in India? A. Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms
119. Which act replaced the Indiam Legislative Council with a bicameral system? Name the two houses. A. Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms;
The upper house was called The Council of State and the lower house was called the Legislative Assembly
120. Which act separated central and provincial budgets? A. Montagu-Chelmsford reforms
121. which act theoretically opened civil services to Indians? A. Charter Act of 1833
122. Which incident ended the NCM? A. Chauri-Chaura incident (1922)
123. Which of the following statements is / are applicable to Jaina Doctrine ? A. All of these
124. Which one of the following best describes the concept of Nirvana in Buddhism ? A. The extinction of the flame of desire.
125. Which organisation led the Kakori robbery of 1925? A. HRA (Hindustan Republican Association)
126. Which revolutionary and revolutionary organisation were associated with the Zimmerman plan or the German plan? A. Jatin Das and Yugantar
127. Which session of Congress approved the Nehru Report? A. Calcutta Session
128. Which session of Congress approves the Gandhi-Irwin Pact? A. Karachi, 1931
129. Which Viceroy gave the August Offer in 1940? A. Linlithgow
130. Which was Gandhi’s first civil disobedience? A. Champaran, 1917
131. Which was Gandhi’s first hunger strike? A. Ahmedabad Mill strike (1918)
132. Which was Gandhi’s first mass strike? A. Rowlatt Satyagraha
133. Which was Gandhi’s first Non-Cooperation? A. Kheda Satyagraha (1918)
134. Which was the activity for which Bhagat Singh was captured? A. Throwing bomb in Central Legislative Assembly
135. Which was the initial date decided for the British to leave India? A. June 30, 1948
136. Who are Prafulla Chaki and Khudiram Bose? A. Revolutionaries who tried to assassinate Kingsford (Musaffarpur Magistrate) in 1908
137. Who became Congress President after Subhash Chandra Bose resigned in 1939 over difference of opinion with Gandhi? A. Rajendra Prasad.
138. Who conducted the Chittagong Armoury Raid? A. Indian Republican Army under Surya Sen
139. Who established the Pirpur Commitee in 1938 and for what? A. Muslim League
To prepare a report on the supposed atrocities conducted by the Congress ministries
140. Who killed Rand, the Plague Commissioner of Pune in 1897¿ A. Chapekar brothers
141. Who killed Saunders and why? A. Bhagat Singh, Chandrasekhar Asad and Rajguru
retaliation for killing Lala Lajpat Rai
142. Who led the Bardoli Satyagraha? A. Vallabhai Patel
143. Who proposed the conspiracy theory of formation of INC? A. RP Dutt
144. Who proposed the idea of Pakistan for the first time? A. Rahmat Ali
145. Who proposed the lightning conductor theory? A. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
146. Who proposed the safety valve theory? A. Lala Lajpat Rai
147. Who set up the Fort William College at Calcutta? A. Arthur Wellesley
148. Who started the Self-Respect Movement in Madras? A. Periyar EV Ramaswamy Naicker
149. Who was known as Badshah Khan? A. Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan (Frontier Gandhi)
150. Who was Rani Gaidinliu? A. A 13-year old Naga spiritual leader who led them in CDM.
151. Who was the Congress President in the consecutive Haripura and Tripuri sessions (1938 & 39)? A. Subhash Chandra Bose
152. Who was the first Indian member to Viceroy’s Executive Council? A. Satyendra Prasad Sinha (law member)
153. Who were Morley and Minto? A. Minto: Viceroy
Morley: Secretary of State for India
154. Who were the contestants for Presidentship in Tripuri Congress, 1938? Who won? A. Pattabhi Sitaramayya (Gandhi’s contestant)
Subhash Chandra Bose
Bose won
155. With reference to the history of ancient India, which of the following was/were common people with Buddhism and Jainism?
1. Avoidance of extremities of penance and enjoyment.
2. Indifference to the authority of the Vedas
3. Denial of efficacy of rituals
Select the correct answer using the codes given below. A. Only 1
156. With reference to the history of philosophical thought in India , consider the following statements regarding Samkhya School
1. Samkhya does not accept the theory of rebirth or transmigration of soul .
2. Samkhya holds that it is the self – knowledge that leads to liberation and not any exterior influence or agent .
Which of the statements given above is / are correct ?
( a ) Only 1
( b ) Only 2
( c ) Both 1 and 2
( d ) Neither 1 nor 2. A. Only 2
157. Zamindar System was introduced in the year _______ by ________ & ________ A. 1. 1793
2. GG Cornwallis
3. John Shore
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