Q1.Who was called ‘Grand Old Man of India’?
(a)Dadabhai Naoroji
(b)Jamshedji Tata
(c)Surendranath Bannerjee
(d)C. Rajagopalachari
Q2.With reference to Indian freedom struggle, who among the following was labelled as ‘Moderate’ leader in the Congress?
(a)Gopal Krishna Gokhle
(b)Bipin Chandra Pal
(c)Lala Lajpat Rai
(d)Aurobindo Ghosh
Q3.Who founded the Fort William College at Calcutta?
(a) Lord Cornwallis
(b) Lord Ellenborough
(c) Lord Macalay
(d) Lord Wellesely
Q4.The Pagodas at Mahabalipuram had been constructed by ___?
(a) Cholas
(b) Chalukyas of Kalyani
(c) Pallavas
(d) Pandyas
Q5.The Kuka Movement started in the mid-nineteenth century is -
(a) Western Punjab
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Bengal
(d) Madhya Bharat
Q6.To which race did Mahmud of Ghazni belong?
(a) Arab
(b) Afghan
(c) Mongol
(d) Turk
Q7.The birthplace of Guru Gobind Singh is
(a) Amritsar
(b) Anandpur Sahib
(c) Fatehgarh Sahib
(d) Patna
Q8.The President of the Indian National Congress in 1885 was:
(a)George Yule
(b)Dadabhai Naoroji
(c)W.C. Bannerji
(d)W. Wedderburn
Q9. Pulakesin II was a contemporary of
(a) Harsha
(b) Chandragupta Maurya
(c) Samudragupta
(d) Ashoka
Q10.Who among the following was a great ruler of Kalinga in ancient times ?
(a) Kharavela
(b) Mayurasarman
(c) Bindusara
(d) Ajatashatru
Q11.Nalanda University was a great centre of learning, especially in—
(a)Buddhism
(b)Jainism
(c)Vaishnavism
(d)Tantra
Q12.Chandragupta Maurya's empire extended in the north -west upto
(a) Indus
(b) Sutlej
(c) Hindukush
(d) Ravi
Q13.Which one of the following Indian languages does not have a Dravidian Origin ?
(a) Kannada
(b) Marathi
(c) Malayalam
(d) Telugu
Q14.What is the correct chronological order of Gandhian Movements ?
1. Rowlatt Acts Movement
2. Khera Movement
3. Champaran Movement
4. Ahmedabad Mill strike
(a) 3, 4, 2, 1
(b) 3, 2, 4, 1
(c) 2, 3, 4, 1
(d) 2, 3, 1, 4
Q15.At which place was the All India Khilafat Conference held in 1919 ?
(a) Lucknow
(b) Delhi
(c) Aligarh
(d) Porbandar
Solutions
1.A
2.A
3.D
4.C
5.A
6.B
7.D
8.C
9.A
10.C
11.A
12.C
13.B
14.A
15.B
