Questions Related to Indian History

01. Which of the following states was not annexed to British Empire by Dalhousie under the doctrine of Lapse ?
(A) Baghat
(B) Nagpur
(C) Sambalpur
(D) Benaras


02. Which one of the following rebellions is associated with Sidhu and Kanhu ?
(A) Munda Rebellion
(B) Kole Rebellion
(C) Santhal Rebellion
(D) Bhil Rebellion


03. The following officer was connected with the suppression of Thugee—
(A) Hastings
(B) Sleeman
(C) Bentinck
(D) Aukland


04. Which of the following British Officers was not in favour of annexation of Awadh ?
(A) Outram
(B) Napier
(C) Hugh Rose
(D) Sleeman


05. Charles Metcalf was the Governor General of India during—
(A) 1835-36
(B) 1839-40
(C) 1837-38
(D) 1832-33


06. Sindh was invaded during the following Governor General’s time—
(A) Lord Aukland
(B) Lord Ellenborough
(C) Lord Hardinge
(D) Lord Dalhousie


07. The Second Burmese War was fought in the year—
(A) 1849
(B) 1850
(C) 1851
(D) 1852


08. Which one of the following Acts abolished the trading rights of the East India Company?
(A) Regulating Act of 1773
(B) Charter Act of 1813
(C) Charter Act of 1833
(D) Charter Act of 1853


09. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?
(A) Ryotwari Settlement : Madras
(B) Talukdari Settlement : Bombay
(C) Permanent Settlement : Bengal
(D) Mahalwari Settlement : North-Western Province


10. The gradual increase in rural indebtedness in India under the British rule was due to—
1. Fragmentation of Landholdings
2. Decline of cottage industries
3. Lack of development of irrigational facilities
4. Introduction of cash crops Which of these are correct ?
(A) 1, 2 and 3
(B) 2 and 4
(C) 1, 3 and 4
(D) 1, 2, 3 and 4


11. At Lucknow the revolt of 1857 broke out on—
(A) May 30, 1857
(B) June 4, 1857
(C) May 15, 1857
(D) June 15, 1857


12. The Asiatic Society of Bengal in Calcutta was founded by—
(A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(B) Sir Williams Jones
(C) Warren Hastings
(D) Keshabchandra Sen


13. The Theosophical Society allied itself to the—
(A) Christian revival movement
(B) Islamic revival movement
(C) Hindu revival movement
(D) All of these


14. Which of the following statements about the Ramakrishna Mission is wrong ?
(A) It held the pure Vedantic doctrine as its ideal
(B) It aimed at the development of the highest spirituality in man
(C) It prohibited the worship of images
(D) It recognized modern developments in Science and Technology


15. Fifth Session of the Indian National Congress was held in 1889 at—
(A) Calcutta
(B) Madras
(C) Bombay
(D) Dacca


16. The moderates and extremists were united in the Congress Session of—
(A) Lahore
(B) Bombay
(C) Allahabad
(D) Lucknow


17. Who among the following was not in Khilafat Committee ?
(A) Majhar ul Haq
(B) Hasrat Mohani
(C) Maulana Shauqat Ali
(D) Hakim Azmalkhan


18. Who among the following was the president of All India Trade Union Congress in 1929 ?
(A) M. N. Roy
(B) N. M. Joshi
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru
(D) Jayaprakash Narayan


19. Swaraj Party was formed by—
(A) C. R. Das
(B) Motilal Nehru
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru
(D) C. R. Das and Motilal Nehru


20. ‘Lucknow Pact’ was concluded between—
(A) Congress and the British Government
(B) Muslim League and the British Govern ment
(C) Congress and the Muslim League
(D) Congress, the Muslim League and the British Government


21. An All Party Conference appointed a subcommittee with Ali Imam, Tejbahadur Sapru and Subhash Bose. Who was presiding this subcommittee ?
(A) Maulana Azad
(B) Vallabh Bhai Patel
(C) Madan Mohan Malviya
(D) Motilal Nehru


22. Who among the following participated in all the three Round Table Conferences ?
(A) Madan Mohan Malviya
(B) B. R. Ambedkar
(C) Sardar Patel
(D) None of these


23. Which of the following pairs is correct ? 
(A) Ramprasad Bismil : Second Lahore Conspiracy Case
(B) Surya Sen : Chatgaon Case
(C) Bhagat Singh : Kakori Conspiracy Case
(D) Chandrashekhar Azad : Delhi Bomb Case


24. When were the Congress Governments formed in seven out of eleven provinces ?
(A) July 1935
(B) July 1936
(C) July 1937
(D) July 1938


25. Which of the following pairs is correct ?
(A) Chelmsford : Rowlatt Act
(B) Lord Reading : Delhi Darbar
(C) Lord Willington : Arriving of Prince of Wales in India
(D) Lord Hardinge: II Round Table Confe rence


26. Subhash Chandra Bose inaugurated the government of Free India at—
(A) Burma
(B) Japan
(C) Germany
(D) Singapore


27. In December 1931 two school girl students killed the District Judge in Komilla by shooting—
(A) Suniti Choudhary and Bina Das
(B) Shanti Ghosh and Suniti Choudhary
(C) Bina Das and Kalpana Datta
(D) Kalpana Datta and Shanti Ghosh


28. Which of the following pairs is correct ?
(A) Chuar Revolt : Orissa
(B) Sanyasi Revolt : Bihar
(C) Parlakhemundi Revolt : Orissa
(D) Rampa Revolt : Karnatak


29. The following countries undertook the res ponsibility of organising the Bandung Conference—
(A) Indonesia, Burma, Cambodia
(B) India, Burma, Indonesia
(C) Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Cambodia
(D) China, Japan, Thailand


30. Which of the following Articles of Indian Constitution declares it is a primary duty of the state to raise the level of nutrition and the standard of living of its people and the “Improvement of the Public Health” ?
(A) Article 46
(B) Article 47
(C) Article 48
(D) Article 49


31. Which of the following inscriptions proves Chandragupta Maurya’s conquest of Saurashtra ?
(A) Ashoka’s rock edict of Shahbajgarhi
(B) Ashoka’s rock edict of Mansehra
(C) Seventh pillar edict of Ashoka
(D) Junagarh rock edict of Rudradamana


32. The Syrian ambassador who visited the court of Bindusara was—
(A) Dionysus
(B) Daimachus
(C) Hegesander
(D) Athenaus


33. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below—
List-I (Ashoka’s contemporary rulers)
(a) Antiyoka 
(b) Antikini
(c) Maka 
(d) Turamaya
List-II (Countries where they ruled)
1. Cyrene 
2. Egypt
3. Macedonia 
4. Syria
(A) 1 4 2 3
(B) 2 1 3 4
(C) 3 2 4 1
(D) 4 3 1 2


34. Which of the following is not a text of Buddhism ?
(A) Jatakas
(B) Acharangasutra
(C) Dighnikaya
(D) Sumangalavilasini


35. Who among the following has been considered a Lady Tirthankara in the Svetambara tradition ?
(A) Sumatinatha
(B) Santinatha
(C) Mallinatha
(D) Kunthunatha


36. Which of the following inscriptions of the time of Kanishka indicates that his empire was extended upto Champa in the east ?
(A) Sarnath Inscription
(B) Saheth-Maheth inscription
(C) Rabataka inscription
(D) None of the above


37. Who captured the famous ‘silk route’ of central Asia ?
(A) Ashoka
(B) Kanishka
(C) Menander
(D) Harsha


38. Consider the following statements and select the correct answer from the code given below—
Assertion (A) : Bacchanalian scenes are also found in Mathura art.
Reason (R) : The Mathura artists were aware of the Gandhara art tradition.
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(B) Both (A) and (R) are ture, 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


39. What was the function of the officer known as ‘Gopa’ during the reign of Chandragupta Maurya ?
(A) He was incharge of a Janapada
(B) He was incharge of a group of villages
(C) He was incharge of a Dronamukha
(D) He was the president of a municipal board


40. Which of the following Mauryan pillars were surmounted by lion capital ?
1. Koluha Pillar
2. Lauriya Nandangarh Pillar
3. Sanchi Pillar
4. Sarnath Pillar
Select the correct answer from the code given below—
(A) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(B) 1, 2 and 3
(C) 3 and 4
(D) 2 and 3





Questions Related to Indian History