History Solved Question Paper for all Entrance Test

History Solved Question Paper for all Entrance Test
1. With a view to encouraging the spread of western education among the Muslims, the Muhammadan Literary Socie was founded in 1863 at—
(A) Calcutta
(B) Aligarh
(C) Delhi
(D) Karachi
Ans. (A)

2. The East India. Company was set up in the year—
(A) 1600
(C) 1625
(B) 1610
(D) 1590
Ans. (A)

3. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists—
List I    List II
(a) Punnapara Vayalar Movement  1. U.P.
(b) Tebhaga Movement   2. Kerala
(c) Telengana Movement   3. Bengal
(d) Eka Movement   4. Andhra
Codes:
(a)  (b)  (c)  (d)
(A)  4 2  3  1  
(B)  3 2  4  1
(C)  2  3  4  1
(D)  2  3  1  4
Ans. (B)

4. Who among the following leaders of the Revolt of 1857 wrote to the French emperor “The acts of injustice and perjury of the English Government blaze on all sides like the rays of the sun”?
(A) Nana Sahib
(B) Bahadur Shah
(C) Tantya Tope
(D) Brijis Qadr
Ans. (A)

5. The Congress Ministries in the seven provinces of British India resigned in October 1939 because—
(A) Linlithgo declared emergency in India at the outbreak of the Second World War on 3 September, 1939
(B) Gandhi did not want involvement of India with the violence of war
(C) India as a British colony was automatically committed to belligerency by Linlithgo without bothering to consult the Provincial Congress Ministries or any Indian leader
(D) The Congress Working Committee which met immediately after the outbreak of the war failed to elicit .a satisfactory reply from Linhithgo about the war aims of Britain and bow these were going to affect India during and after the war
Ans. (C)

6. Pitt’s India Act, which was meant to remove the defects of the Regulating Act was passed in the year—
(A) 1781 A.D.
(B) 1782A.D.
(C) 1784A.D
(D) 1786A.D.
Ans. (C)

7. 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. (B)


8. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists —
List I   List II
(a) Bhagat Jawahar Mal  1. Wahabi Movement
(b) Vilayat Ali  2. Kuka Movement
(c) Sayyid Fadl  3. Moplah Revolt
(d) Khoodi Mallah 4. Pabna Riots
Codes:
(a)     (b)  (c)  (d)
(A)  2 1  4   3  
(B)  1 2  3   4
(C)  2  1  3   4
(D)  1  2  4   3
Ans. (A)

9. The Hindustan Republican Association founded for organising an armed revolution was renamed as the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association under the leadership of—
(A) Acharya Narendra Dev
(B) Ram Prasad Bismil
(C) Chandra Shekhar Azad
(D) S. A. Dalige
Ans. (C)

10. The East India Company set up its first factory in the south at—
(A) Madras
(B) Telangana
(C) Masulipattnam
(D) Hyderabad
Ans. (C)

11. The Moplah Rebellion (1927) took place in—
(A) Telengana
(B) Malabar
(C) Marathwada
(D) Vidarbha
Ans. (B)

12. Which of the following reasons intensified the labour movement in India in the first quarter of the 20th century?
1. Influence of British labour movement.
2. Russian Revolution of 1917.
3. Rise in cost of living.
4. Legislative measures of the British against Indian labour.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below —
Codes:
(A) 2 and 3
(B) l and 4
(C) 2 and 3
(D) 1and 3
Ans. (A)

13.The Congress Nationalist Party was formed to act as a powerful pressure group within the Congress by—
(A) Motilal Nehru and Tej Bahadur Sapru
(B) Mrs Annie Besant and C. P. Ramaswami Iyer
(C) Madan Mohan Malaviya and M. S. Aney
(D) Surendranath Banerjee and C. R. Das
Ans. (C)

14. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer—
List I       List II
(Period)     (Revenue settlement)
(a) 1833  1. Ryotwari
(b) 1793  2. Mahalwari
(c) 1792  3. Zamindari
(d) 1769  4. Quinquennial
5. Decennial
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1       2  3  4
(B) 2 3  1  4
(C) 2 3  5  4
(D) 3 2  1  5
Ans. (C)

15. The Congress President who conducted negotiations with Cripps in 1942 and Wavell at the Simla Conference was—
(A) Abul Kalam Azad
(B) Jawaharlal Nehru
(C) J. B. Kripalani
(D) C. Rajagopalachari
Ans. (A)

16. To which state does the following statement refer to: The loyalty of whose inhabitants to the British had become proverbial, into a hot- bet of discontent and intrigue?
(A) Hyderabad
(B) Jhansi
(C) Oudh
(D) Gwalior
Ans. (C)

17. Which of the following accounted for agrarian crisis during the late seventeenth century?
1. Inbuilt weaknesses in Jagir system
2. Monetary fluctuations
3. Natural calamities
4. Administrative failure
Choose the correct answer by using the codes given below —
Codes:
(A) l and 2
(B) 3 and 4
(C) 1, 2 and 3
(D) 2, 3 and 4
Ans. (A)

18. The British established their trading centre in the following order—
(A) Surat, Calcutta, Bombay, Madras
(B) Surat, Madras, Calcutta, Bombay
(C) Madras, Calcutta, Bombay, Surat
(D) Calcutta, Madras, Surat, Bombay
Ans. (B)

19. The Bombay Mill Hand’s Association of 1890 was the first of a kind of trade union in India. It was founded by—
(A) Sadipada Banerjee
(B) N. M. Lokhande
(C) M. N. Roy
(D) S. M. Joshi
Ans. (B)

20. Subhas Chandra Bose fought the Congress Presidential elections in 1939 on the ground that—
(A) He did not like the nomination of Sitaramayya
(B) He pleaded for elections instead of nominations
(C) He was opposed to Gandhiji
(D) He fovoured an aggressive policy which was opposed by the Congress leaders
Ans. (D)

21. Among the following European powers who decided to concentrate their power in South East Asia instead of India?
(A) The Portuguese
(B) The Dutch
(C) The French
(D) 1The British
Ans. (B)

22. Which of the following were reasons for Congressmen all over the country offering individual Satyagraha in 1942?
1. The Congress demand for a national government had been rejected.
2. The freedom of speech against the war effort was denied.
3. The British rulers were not prepared to admit that India was a belligerent not of her own free will.
4. Gandhi offered Satyagraha himself to cause greater embarrassment to the government.
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below —
Codes:
(A) l and 2
(B) 2, 3 and 4
(C) 1, 2 and 4
(D) 1, 2 and 3
Ans. (A)

23. Under the Permanent Settlement, the Zamindars share in the collected land revenue was —
(A) 1/4
(B) 1/3
(C) 1/11
(D) 1/6
Ans. (B)

24. The Bombay Mill Hands’ Association of 1890 was the first of a kind of trade union in India. It was founded by—
(A) Sadipada Banerjee
(B) N.M. Lokhande
(C) M.N. Roy
(D) S.M. Joshi
Ans. (B)

25. Which among the following presidency towns the local body came into existence first?
(A) Madras
(B) Calcutta
(C) Bombay
(D) Delhi
Ans. (B)

History Solved Question Paper

History Solved Question Paper
1. With respect to food discipline of the Buddhist Sramanas, The Buddhist monks were permitted to—
1. Beg’
2. Accept invitation for meals
3. Accept offerings sent to the monastery
4. Express their wish for any particular kind of food
Which of the above statements are correct?
(A) 1 and 2
(B) 3 and 4
(C) 1, 2 and 4
(D) 1, 2 and 3
Ans. (D)

2. Amri culture flourished in—
(A) The Kutch region
(B) Afghanistan
(C) Baluchistan
(D) Sind
Ans. (D)

3. Which one of the following was the most westerly out post of the Harrappan culture?
(A) Lothal
(B) Sutkagendor
(C) Rangpur
(D) Manda
Ans. (B)

4. Which one of the following is correctly matched?
(A) Surkotda: Ploughed field
(B) Harrappa: Horse remains
(C) Rangpur: Rice Husk
(D) Chanhudaro: Citadel
Ans. (C)

5. Which one of the following is the most important feature of Harrappan cities?
(A) Large size
(B) Huge buildings
(C) Planned layout
(D) Wide Roads
Ans. (C)

6. A terracotta replica of a plough has been found at—
(A) Banwali
(B) Kalibanga
(C) Rakhigarhi
(D) Rangpur
Ans. (A)

7. Which one of the following characteristics of Buddhism distinguishes it from Jaimsm?
(A) Non-acceptance of the authority of the Vedas
(B) Belief in the efficacy of action
(C) Rejection of both extreme pleasures and self-mortification
(D) Attitude of non-injury towards all beings
Ans. (C)

8. At which one of the following places was the Jaina canonical literature codified in the 5th century AD?
(A) Vallabhi
(B) Vaishali
(C) Rajgriha
(D) Patliputra
Ans. (A)

9. Which one of the following statements is not continued by the evidence of archaeology?
(A) People. of Bahrain islands acted as middlemen in the trade between Indus & Sumerian people in the third millennium BC
(B) Lothal played an important role in the sea-borne trade between the Indus culture & Western Asia
(C) The Harrappans were supplanted by the Aryans
(D) The Harappans knew the lost-wax technique of manufacturing metal images
Ans. (C)

10. Which of the following language was adopted by Jainas to preach their doctrines to the common people?
(A) Sanskrit
(B) Pali
(C) Prakrit
(D) Apbransha
Ans. (C)

11. Which one of the following was not included in the Noble Eightfold path of Buddhism?
(A) Right exercise
(B) Right memory
(C) Right meditation
(D) Right education
Ans. (D)
12. At which one of the following sets of Harrappan sites, have structures with fire altars been discovered?
(A) Chanhudaro & Amri
(B) Banwali & Kalibanga
(C) Harrappa & Mohenjodaro
(D) Almgirpur & Daimabad
Ans. (B)

13. Which one of the following is more probable regarding the Harrappan script?
(A) It is distinctly Proto-Dravidian
(B) It is distinctly Sanskritic
(C) It is not alphabetical but mainly pictographic
(D) The language used by these scripts has definite Sumerian connections
Ans. (C)

14. Which one of the following Harrappan sites is not located in Gujarat?
(A) Surkotda
(B) Rangpur
(C) Sutkagendor
(D) Desalpur
Ans. (C)

15. Along with the ‘Late Harrappan artifacts, Painted grey were has been found at—
(A) Ropar
(B) Bhagvanpura
(C) Banwali
(D) Daulatpur
Ans. (B)

16. Who among the following has worked on the decipherment of the Indus script?
(A) H. D. Sankalia
(B) B.B.La1
(C) I. Mahadevan
(D) Vincent Arthur smith
Ans. (C)

17. The author of the ‘Malvikagnimitrain’ was—
(A) Kalidas
(B) Tulsidas
(C) Kabir
(D) Aryabhatta
Ans. (A)

18. Match List I with List II & select the correct answer—
List I List II
(a) Mohenjodaro
(b) Lothal
(c) Banwali
(d) Kalibanga
1. Twin burials
2. Corbelled drain
3. Furrow
4. Terracotta replica of a plough
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 2 3 4
(B) 2 1 4 3
(C) 1 2 4 3
(D) 2 1 3 4
Ans. (D)

19. Which of the following are not included in the Vedic Literature?
(A) Samhitas
(B) Aranyakas
(C) Smritis
(D) Upnishada
Ans. (C)

20. Which one of following sites contains the evidence of cemtery ‘H’ culture?
(A) Chanhudaro
(B) Harrappa
(C) Mohenjodaro
(D) Kalibanga
Ans. (B)

21. Indika was written by—
(A) Pliny
(B) Megasthenese
(C) Strabo
(D) Justin
Ans. (B)

22. The granary discovered at Harrappa was located—
(A) Within the citadel
(B) In the lower Town
(C) Near River Ravi
(D) Beside the western gate of the city
Ans. (B)

23. Who was the author of the Mahabhasya?
(A) Patanjali
(B) Bhasa
(C) Vakptai
(D) Katyayani
Ans. (A)

24. The scene reminiscent of the well-known folk tale ‘The clever fox’ from the Panchatantra is depicted on a pot from an Indus site. The pot was discovered from—
(A) Harrappa
(B) Lothal
(C) Chanhudaro
(D) Kalibanga
Ans. (A)

25. The Arthasastra was a treatise on—
(A) Economics
(B) Political Philosophy
(C) State craft and Administration
Ans. (C)

Indian History Sample Test 1857 revolt

Indian History Sample Test 1857 revolt
The Revolt of 1857 - History Exam
ndian History Questions:Indian Rebellion of 1857
1. Which of the following is incorrect?
(A) Lord Dalhousie’s po1y of annexation was responsible for the revolt of 1857
(B) Lord Dalhousie’s scheme to deprive the Mughal Emperor of his privileges was responsible for the revolt of 1857
(C) English education was responsible for the revolt of 1857
(D) The dissatisfaction of Indian soldiers in the company’s service was responsible for the revolt of 1857
Ans. (C)

2. Which of the following is incorrect?
(A) Bahadur Shah accepted the leadership .of the revolt of 1857 because; the British rulers had insulted him
(B) Bahadur Shah accepted the leadership of the revolt of 1857 because the British rulers had deprived him of his privileges
(C) Bahadur Shah accepted the leadership of the revolt of 1857 because he agreed with the aims of the rebels to drive the British cut of India
(D) Bahadur Shah accepted the leadership pf the revolt of 1857 because he wanted to establish Muslim rule in India
Ans. (D)

3. Before the revolt of 1857 broke out from hand to hand in the army. What did it signify?
(A) It signified that India belonged to Indians
(B) It signified the cultural unity of India
(C) It signified that the British rule was sultanate
(D) It signified the readiness of the Indian soldiers to join the revolt
Ans. (D)

4. What happened to Tantya Tope after the suppression of the revolt of 1857?
(A) He was captured and exiled to Europe
(B) He died fighting in a battle
(C) He was betrayed by a colleague, captured and hanged
(D) Nobody knows what happened to him
Ans. (C)

5. The leader of the revolt of 1857 in Bihar was —
(A) Maulavi Ahmed Shah
(B) Bahadur Shah
(C) Raja Tej Singh
(D) Kunwar Singh
Ans. (D)

6. The state which supported the revolt of 1857 was—
(A) Jaipur
(B) Jodhpur
(C) Hyderabad
(D) None of these
Ans. (D)

7. Who was Mangal Pandey?
(A) He was a minister of the ruler of Gwalior
(B) He was a Zamindar of Awadh
(C) He was a Brahmana soldier of the company posted at Dum Dum
(D) He was a rich merchant of Calcutta who financed the revolt of 1857
Ans. (C)

8 Mark the one who was not a leader in the revolt 1857?
(A) Kunwar Singh
(B) Bahadur Shah II
(C) Nana Saheb
(D) Man Singh
Ans. (D)

9. Mangal Pandey who mutined first single handed m 1857 belonged to—
(A) 19th NI
(B) 22nd NI
(C) 34th NI
(D) 38th NI
Ans. (C)

10. Which among the following places was not an important centre of revolt of 1857?
(A) Delhi
(B) Gwalior
(C) Kanpur
(D) Agra
Ans. (D)

11. Which state is associated with the revolt of 1857?
(A) Satara
(B) Jaipur
(C) Lahore
(D) Jaiselmer
Ans. (A)

12. Which of the following is incorrect?
(A) Bareilly rising—1r16
(B) Cola outbreak—1831-32
(C) Ferazee disturbances—1833
(D) Moplah outbreak—1849
Ans. (C)
13. There were widespread risings in the year 1824 A.D. Which, among the following ‘communities were not a party to these rising?
(A) The Gujars
(B) The Jats
(C) The Kolis
(D) The Sikhs
(E) The Dasais of Kittur
Ans. (E)

14. Who among the following was not leader of the revolt of 1857?
(A) Nana Saheb and his commander Tantya Tope
(B) Rani Lakshmi Bai
(C) Kunwar Singh
(D) Khan Bahadur Khan
(E) Man Singh
Ans. (E)

15. In what way was the Revolt of 1857 unprecedented?
(A) It was widespread and accepted by all section of the people
(B) It shook the foundation of British Empire
(C) It was by the army
(D) It aroused the anger of Britishers
Ans. (A)

16. Which among the following were territorial gains of the English after the last Burmese War?
(A) Arakan, Tenassesim Yeh, Tabai and districts of Margi
(B) Assam and Cacher
(C) Manipur and Jaintia states
(D) Assam, Cacher and Manipur
Ans. (A)

17. Certain violent outbreaks occurred before 1857 due to arbitrary deposition of popular rulers’. Which among the following was not included in them?
(A) The rising at Sambalpur
(B) The rising at Satara
(C) The rising at Jaitpur
(D) The rising at Sagar
Ans. (D)

18. Mark the place where the second Anglo-Sikh war did not take place—
(A) Ramnagar
(B) Chillianwala
(C) Gujarat
(D) Sobraon
Ans. (D)
19. The 1st Anglo-Afghan war started in—
(A) 1839A.D.
(B) 1840A.D.
(C) 1841A.D.
(D) 1842A.D.
Ans. (A)

20. After the Revolt of 1857 the British recruited Indian soldiers mostly from the—
(A) Brahmins of U.P. and Bihar
(B) Bengalis and Oriyas from the east
(C) Gorkhas, Sikhs and Punjabis in the north
(D) Madras Presidency in the south and Marathas from the west
Ans. (C)

21. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists—
List I List II
(Tribes who revolted against the British) (Year of revolt)
(a) Khonds 1. 1820
(b) Santhals 2. 1846
(c) Kols 3. 1855
(d) Mundas 4. 1895

Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 3 1 2 4
(B) 3 2 1 4
(C) 2 1 4 3
(D) 1 4 2 3
Ans. (B)

22. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer by using the, codes given below the lists—
List I List II
(Nationalist Authors) (Works)
(a) Krishanaji Prabhakar Khadilkar 1. Jhansi Ki Rani
(b) Subhadra Kumari Chauhan 2. Kichaka Vadh
(c) Saadat Husan Munto 3. Kali Salwar
(d) Vallathol Narayana Menon 4. Enpe Gurunathan

Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 4 1 3 2
(B) 3 4 2 1
(C) 2 1 3 4
(D) 2 3 1 4
Ans. (A)

23. The uprising of 1857 was described as the first Indian war of independence by—
(A) S.N.Sen
(B) R. C. Mazumdar
(C) B. G. Tilak
(D) V. D. Savarkar
Ans. (D)

24. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists—
List I List II
(a) Revolt of the Bhils 1. 1855-56
(b) Revolt of the Gujars 2. 1817-18
(c) Kolhapur Rising 3. 1839-45
(d) Santhal Rebellion 4. 1824

Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 2 4 1 3
(B) 1 3 2 4
(C) 2 4 3 1
(D) 2 1 3 4
Ans. (C)

25. Who among the following leaders of the Revolt of 1857 wrote to the French emperor “The acts of injustice and perjury of the English government blaze on all sides like the rays of the sun”?
(A) Nana Saheb
(B) Bahadur Shah
(C) Tantya Tope
(D) Birjis Qadr
Ans. (A)

Indian History MCQ Test

Indian History MCQ Test
Indian History mcq exam
Indian History MCQ Online test
1. In the battle of Haldighati—
(A) Mohammad Ghori defeated Prithviraj
(B) Ranapratap defeated Akbar
(C) Akbar defeated Ranapratap
(D) Ibrahim Lodi defeated Akbar
Ans. (C)

2. Who was the first Muslim writer to make use of Hindi words and adopt Indian Poetric imagery and themes?
(A) Hasan Nizami
(B) Amir Khusarau
(C) Abul Fazal
(D) Abdul Qadir Badnaun
Ans. (B)

3. Where is the Moti mosjid situated?
(A) In the Lahore Fort
(B) In the Agra Fort.
(C) At Delhi
(D) At Gwalior
Ans. (B)

4. Where is the tomb of Itmad-ud-daulla situated?
(A) Lahore
(B) Agra
(C) Allahabad
(D) Fatehpur Sikri
Ans. (B)

5. Which one of the following region was handed over by Akbar to his sister?
(A) Qandhar
(B) Punjab
(C) Kabul
(D) Sind
Ans. (C)

6. The head of a district during Mughal rule was called?
(A) Iqtadar
(B) Faujdar
(C) Shiqdar
(D) Subedar
Ans. (B)



7. Shivaji’s capital was—
(A) Singha Garh
(C) Raigarh
(B) Panhala
(D) Poona
Ans. (C)


8. Who wrote Fatutah-i-Alamgiri?
(A) Mirza Muhammad Qazim
(B) Muhammad Said
(C) Iswar Das
(D) None of these
Ans. (C)

9. Shivaji died in—
(A) 1680A.D.
(B) 1684A.D.
(C) 1686A.D.
(D) 1690A.D.
Ans. (A)

10. Portrait painting was famous in the reign of—
(A) Jahangir
(B) Akbar
(C) Babur
(D) Shah Jahan
Ans. (A)

11. Pandit Rao in Shivaji period was in the charge of—
(A) Military
(B) Esceliastical Department
(C) Judiciary
(D) Education
Ans. (B)




12. Royal Kharkhanas under Mughals—
(A) Factories of Royal house-hold
(B) Factories and store houses
(C) Military factories
(D) Royal harems
Ans. (B)

13. Which of the following was not started by Shivaji?
(A) Chauth
(B) Sardeshmukhi
(C) Land revenue
(D) None of these
Ans. (C)

14. Which one of the following is true?
(A) First Battle of Panipat—Babur and Hemu
(B) Battle of Khanwa—Babur and Rana Sanga
(C) Second Battle of Panipat—Akbar and Ibrahim Lodi
(D) None of the above
Ans. (B)



15. Which of the following was a feature of the style of architecture that the Turqs brought with them?
(A) Pilasters
(B) Corbel brackets
(C) Vaults
(D) Ornamental design
Ans. (C)

16. Taj Mahal and the palaces of Rani Rupmati and Baz Bahadur were constructed at—
(A) Jaunpur
(B) Lakhanauti
(C) Mandu
(D) Ahmedabad
Ans. (C)

17. The Sikh Guru who was put to death by the order of Aurangzeb was —
(A) Har Rai
(B) Har Kishan
(C) Teg Bahadur
(D) Govind Singh
Ans. (C)


18. The British established their factories in the interior of the India in the beginning of the 17th century. Which among the following places, was not included in their early establishment?
(A) Hooghly
(B) Ahmedabad
(C) Burhanpur
(D) None of these
Ans. (A)

19. Rana Kumbha constructed the Vijaya Stambha at Chittaur in commemoration of his victory against—
(A) Malwa
(B) Gujarat
(C) The forces of Delhi
(D) Combined forces Malwa and Gujarat
Ans. (A)

20. Who was the first to introduce system of land measurement?
(A) Akbar
(B) Sher Shah
(C) Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq
(D) Ala-ud-din Khilji
Ans. (B)

Five Divisions of Ancient India

Five Divisions of Ancient India
(1) Uttar Patha or Udichya (North & North-West India)
(2) Madhyadesha (lndo-gangetic Plain)
(3) Apranta or Pratichya (Western India)
(4) Prachya or Purvadesha (Eastern India)
(5) Dakshinapath (The Deccan)

Methodologies of Dating for Prehistoric Cultures in India

Methodologies of Dating for Prehistoric Cultures in India
Various methods to Date prehistory in India
Relating dating
Absolute dating
On the basis of sfratifications
Geomorphological method
Cross dating
Dendro-chronology
Varve analysis
Palynology
Paleomagnetism
C-14 or Radio-Carbon dating

Pre-Historical Tools & Weapons list

Pre-Historical Tools & Weapons list
Tools of Prehistory - Prehistoric Tools
Chooper & Chooping tls
Hand axe
Clever
Scrapper
Paint
Borer
Burin