Q1.Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
List-I List-II
A. W. C Bannerjee 1. Home Rule Movement
B. Annie Besant 2. Indian Revolutionary
C. Madanlal Dhingra 3. Swaraj Party
D. Moti Lal Nehru 4. First President of INC
Codes: A B C D
(a) 1 4 3 2
(b) 1 4 2 3
(c) 4 1 3 2
(d) 4 1 2 3
Q2. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
(a) Surendra Nath Banerjee — Home Rule Movement
(b) Lala Hardayal — Organised an army in Europe for India’s freedom
(c) Raja Radhakant Deb — Opposed the abolition of the practice of Sati
(d) Sayed Ahmed khan — Founder of the Muslim League in 1906
Q3. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
(a) Waren Hastings — The Battle of Plassey
(b) Lord Cornwallis — The Permanent Settlement of Bengal
(c) Lord Wellesley — The Prohibition of Sati
(d) Lord Dalhousie — Local self-Government
Q4. The introduction of local self-government in the modern period of India is associated with the administration of
(a) Lord Ripon
(b) Lord Irwin
(c) Lord Dufferin
(d) Lord Canning
Q5. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists—
List-I (Period) List-II (Event)
A. 1757 AD 1. Battle of Plassey
B. 1764 AD 2. Treaty of Salbai
C. 1776 AD 3. Battle of Buxar
D. 1782 AD 4. Treaty of Purandhar
Codes: A B C D
(a) 2 3 4 1
(b) 1 3 4 2
(c) 2 4 3 1
(d) 1 4 3 2
Q6. Kunwar Singh led the revolt of 1857 in—
(a) Punjab
(b) Bengal
(c) Bihar
(d) Maharashtra
Q7. The Revolt of 1857 was witnessed by the poet—
(a) Mir Taqi Mir
(b) Zauq
(c) Ghalib
(d) Iqbal
Q8. Who of the following was the bitterest enemy of the British during the Revolt of 1857?
(a) Maulavi Ahmdullah Shah
(b) Maulavi Imadulah
(c) Maulana Fazi-i-Haq Khairabadi
(d) Nawab Liaquat Ali
Q9. Which one of the following commissions is associated with the Army Re-organization after the suppression of the Revolt of 1857?
(a) Public Service Commission
(b) peal Commission
(c) Hunter Commission
(d) Simon Commission
Q10. After the revolt of 1857 the British recruited the soldiers from the—
(a) Brahmins of UP and Bihar
(b) Bengalis and Orrias from the East
(c) Gurkhas, Sikhs and Punjabis in the North
(d) Madras Presidency and Marathas
Q11. Who was the Prime minister of England when India got independence?
(a) Attlee
(b) Churchill
(c) Thatcher
(d) Wilson
Q12.Who was the first Indian to get selected in ICS?
(a) Satyendra Nath Tagore
(b) Sarojini Naidu
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai
(d) C. R. Das
Q13. Who headed the Cabinet Mission?
(a) Staford Cripps
(b) A. V. Alexander
(c) Lord Pathic Lawrence
(d) None of these
Q14. Which British Governor General introduced Postage Stamp in India?
(a) Lord Dalhousie
(b) Lord Auckland
(c) Lord Canning
(d) Lord William Bentick
Q15. Consider the following statements:
1. Lord Mountbatten was sent to India in place of Lord Wavell as the Governor General of India in March 1947.
2. In July 1947, British Government passed the Act containing the main provisions of the Mountabatten Plan. This is known as the Indian Independence Act.
Which of these statements is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Solutions
1.D
2.C
3.B
4.A
5.B
6.C
7.C
8.A
9.B
10.C
11.A
12.A
13.C
14.A
15.C
