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History 1. Chaur uprising (d) 1912 INC Session – Bankipur –
1. Which European company was the 2. Sanyasi revolt Rajendra Prasad
first one to establish a factory in 3. Ho and Munda revolt (e) None of the above/More than one
Bihar? 4. PagalPanthis
11. Which of the following women
(a) Dutch Select the correct order:
satyagrahi is not associated with
(b) Danes (a) 1-2-3-4 (b) 4-3-2-1
the individual civil disobedience
(c) East India Company (c) 2-1-3-4 (d) 4-3-2-1
movement in Bihar?
(d) French (e) None of the above/More than one
(a) Jagat rani Devi
(e) None of the above/More than one 7. What was the aim/agenda of the (b) Janaki Devi
2. What are the possible causes of the congress hosted by Robert Clive (c) Priya Vanda Devi
Battle of Buxar? in 1766? (d) Sucheta Kriplani
1. Mir Qasim, Nawab of Bengal, (a) To form a mutual defense (e) None of the above/More than one
Stopped the misuse of dastak (free agreement against future
12. Who was arrested under the
pass) by the British for internal trade. aggression by Afghans.
defence of India rules for speech
2. To reduce British influence, he (b) To form a mutual defense
delivered at Jamshedpur on 18th
transferred the capital from Munger agreement against future
February 1940?
to Murshidabad. aggression by Marathas.
3. Mir Qasim abolished all duties on (a) J P Narayan.
(c) To enforce subsidiary alliance (b) S C Bose
internal trade. on the local rulers.
Select the correct option: (c) Sri Krishna Sinha
(d) To decide on the further course (d) Ram Manohar Lohia
(a) Only option 1 of action post-battle of Buxar
(b) only option 1 & 2 (e) None of the above/More than one
about the relationship of British
(c) Only option 1 & 3 13. Which Adivasi attendant the Gaya
with local rulers.
(d) Only 2 & 3 session of the Indian National
(e) None of the above/More than one
(e) None of the above. Congress?
8. When is the Martyr’s Day in (a) Tana bhagat (b) Rani Gaidinlu
3. At which place, in 1766, Robert
reference to the history of Bihar (c) Raja Parhat (d) Sidhu
Clive held a congress in which
celebrated? (e) None of the above/More than one
Shuja-ud-Daula also participated?
(a) Chhapra (b) Munger (a) 11th August 1942
(b) 28th November 1940 14. No wakil, No daleel, No appeal, was
(c) Patna (d) Murshidabad referred to as the characteristics
(e) None of the above/More than one (c) 9th August 1942
of which Act/Movement?
(d) 18th February 1940
4. Which of the following area was (a) Rowlatt Act 1919
(e) None of the above/More than one
impacted by the Sanyasi uprising? (b) Non Co-operation Movement
(a) Purnea 9. Who was the 1st Governor of Bihar 1920
(b) Muzaffarpur after India’s Indepe- ndence? (c) Champaran Movement 1918
(c) Munger (a) Jaglal Chaudhary (d) Swadeshi Movement 1906
(d) Murshidabad (b) Madhav Srihari Aney (e) None of the above/More than one
(e) None of the above/More than one (c) Jairam das Daulat Ram. 15. Who participated in the flag
5. Where did Kunwar Singh establish (d) Zakir Hussain satyagraha in 1923?
a factory of arms and ammunition? (e) None of the above/More than one (a) Rajendra Prasad
(a) Arrah (b) Bhagalpur 10. Which of the following is correctly (b) Subhash Chandra Bose
(c) Jagdishpur (d) Patna matched? (c) C R Das
(e) None of the above/More than one (a) 1922 INC Session - Gaya – C R Das (d) Professor Abdul Bari
6. Arrange the following tribal (b) 1940 INC Session – Ramgarh – (e) None of the above/More than one
uprising in the chronological Maulana Azad 16. Who among the following are/is
order of the events: (c) 1931 INC Session – Karachi – the founder of the Khilafat
Motilal Nehru committee?
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(a) Ali Brother D. Establishment of three Universities 28. Which of the following Land
(b) Maulana Azad at Calcutta, Madras and Bombay in Settlement policy of the British
(c) Ajmal Khan 1857. covered the maximum area?
(d) Hasrat Mohani E. More than one/None of the above. (a) Permanent Settlement
(e) None of the above/More than one 1. Lord Lansdowne (b) Mahalwari Settlement
2. Lord Irwin (c) Ryotwari Settlement
17. When was All India Home Rule
3. Lord Dalhousie (d) Zamindari Settlement
League set by Annie Besant?
(A) 1916 (b) 1915 4. Lord Canning (e) None of the above/More than one
(c) 1917 (d) 1914 Select the correct option: 29. Who was the first President of All
(e) None of the above/More than one (a) A:1 B:3 C:2 D:4 India Kisan Sabha?
(b) A:2 B:1 C:3 D:4 (a) Indu Lal Yagnik
18. Which of the following Act
implemented Dyarchy in Province? (c) A:2 B:3 C:4 D:1 (b) Swami Shajanand Saraswati
(a) GoI Act, 1935 (d) A:4 B:3 C:2 D:1 (c) N G Ranga
(b) GoI Act, 1919 (e) None of the above/More than one (d) Swami Vidyanand
(c) Indian Council Act, 1909 (e) None of the above/More than one
23. Who founded Dharma Sabha?
(d) Indian Council Act, 1892 (a) Radhakant Deb 30. Which ruler was known as Jackal
(e) None of the above/More than one of Clive?
(b) Shiv Narain Agnihotri
19. Match the following pair: (a) Mir Qasim
(c) Ram Mohan Roy (b) Mir Jafar
A. Kakori Robbery
(d) Ishwar Vidya Sagar (c) Bahadur shah 2
B. Hindustan Socialist Republic
(e) None of the above/More than one
Association (d) Farrukhsiyar
C. Bombing Central Legislative Assembly 24. Who founded Indian Social (e) None of the above/More than one
D. Chittagong Armoury Raid Conference?
31. Which incident is known as
1. Ashfaqullah khan (a) M G Ranade
“Blackhole Tragedy”?
2. Batukeshwar Dutt (b) Surendra Nath banerjee
(a) Battle of Plassey
3. Bhagwaticharan Vohra (c) G K Gokhale
(b) Battle of Buxar
4. Surya Sen (d) Balgangadhar tilak
(c) 1st Anglo Maratha war
Select the correct option: (e) None of the above/More than one
(d) 1st Anglo-Afghan War
(a) A:1 B:3 C:2 D:4 25. Vaikom Satyagraha is famous for? (e) None of the above/More than one
(b) A:1 B:2 C:3 D:4 (a) Self-respect movement
(c) A:4 B:3 C:2 D:1 32. Which were not the features of the
(b) Temple entry movement
(d) A:4 B:3 C:2 D:1 subsidiary alliance by Lord
(c) Child remarriage
(e) None of the above/More than one Wellesley?
(d) Reform in education (a) The Indian ruler has to agree to
20. When did Jallianwala Bagh (e) None of the above/More than one the posting of a British resident
massacre Took place? 26. Where was the first Dayanand in his court.
(a) April 18, 1919 Anglo Vedic School established? (b) The Indian ruler couldn’t employ
(b) April 17, 1919 (a) Lahore (b) Calcutta any European in his service
(c) April 13, 1919 (c) Bombay (d) Madras without the prior approval of the
(d) April 19, 1919 (e) More than one/None of the above British.
(e) None of the above/More than one
27. Arrange the following Socio (c) The British will not interfere in
21. Resolution for the proclamation of religious reform in Chronological the internal matters of state.
the Swadeshi Movement in order: (d) The Indian ruler can negotiate
Calcutta Townhall was announced 1. Justice Movement with any Indian ruler without
on which date? 2. Parsi Reform Movement consulting the Governor General.
(a) August 7 (b) July 7 3. Wahabi Movement (e) None of the above/More than one
(c) August 11 (d) August 14 4. Temple Entry movement
33. Which ruler was annexed while
(e) None of the above/More than one Choose the correct option:
Lord Dalhousie in 1856 on the
22. Which of the following are (a) 1 – 2 – 3 – 4
ground of misgovernance?
correctly Matched? (b) 3 – 2 – 1- 4
(a) Nawab Wazid Ali Shah
A. Sarda Act 1930 (c) 4 – 3 – 2 – 1
(b) Nawab Sadaat Ali Khan
B. Age of Consent Act 1891 (d) 3 – 1 – 2 – 4
(c) Nawab Sadaat Ali Khan 2
C. Charles Wood Despatch on (e) None of the above/More than one
(d) Nawab Ghazi-ud-din
Education
(e) None of the above/More than one
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34. Which state was not annexed on the invasion of Timur? (e) None of the above/More than one
grounds of the Doctrine of Lapse? (a) Sayyed dyansty 50. Who destroyed the Nalanda
(a) Satara (b) Sambalpur (b) Lodi dynasty University in Medival times?
(c) Bhagat (d) Jhansi (c) Tughlaq dynasty (a) Alauddinkhilji
(e) None of the above/More than one (d) Khilji dynasty (b) Aurangzeb
35. During the revolt of 1857, who was (e) None of the above/More than one (c) Jalal khan
the leader in Ayodhya? 44. In which of the following battle Babur (d) Bhaktiyarkhilji
(a) Kunwar Singh declared that war as “Jihad”? (e) None of the above/More than one
(b) Maulvi Ahmadullah 51. Who was last mughal Governor of
(a) Battle of Panipat
(c) Khan Bahadur Bihar?
(b) Battle of Ghaghra
(d) Tantia Tope (a) Kairat khan
(c) Battle of Khanwa
(e) None of the above/More than one (b) Fukra-ud-daula
(d) Battle of Chanderi
36. Who defeated Nanasaheb at (e) None of the above/More than one (c) Bahadur Shah
Kanpur, during the revolt of 1857? (d) Jahandar shah
45. Which Mughal ruler was crowned
(a) Sir Colin Campbell (e) None of the above/More than one
in Patna?
(b) Sir Hugh Rose 52. Buxar was the capital of which
(a) Sher Shah Suri
(c) Colonel Neill dynasty?
(b) Farukhsiyyar
(d) Henry Lawrence (a) Sur dynasty
(c) Bahadur Shah
(e) None of the above/More than one (b) Nuhani dynasty
(d) Aurangzeb
37. Where was the 1st Women’s (e) None of the above/More than one (c) Ujjaini dynasty
university set up in India? (d) Chero dynasty
(a) Bombay (b) Bihar 46. Which of the following pair is
(e) None of the above/More than one
correctly matched?
(c) Bengal (d) Poona 53. In which year Akbar merged Bihar
1. Tarikh-ul-hind - Al biruni
(e) None of the above/More than one and Bengal?
2. Kitab-ur-rehla - Abu Nasr Utbi
38. When did Mahatma Gandhi finally 3. Kitab-ul-yamini - Ibn Battuta (a) 1560 (b) 1575
return to India? 4. Tarikh -i-firoz shahi - Zia ud Din (c) 1576 (d) 1572
(a) 1901 (b) 1907 Barani (e) None of the above/More than one
(c) 1916 (d) 1915
Choose the correct option: 54. Battle of Surajgarh of 1534 was
(e) None of the above/More than one
(a) Only 1 held between whom?
39. When Portuguese declared Goa as (b) Only 1 & 4 (a) Sher Shah and Humayun
its Capital? (c) Only 2 & 3 (b) Sher Shah and Babar
(a) 1510 (b) 1512 (d) All of the above (c) Sher Shah and Jalal Khan
(c) 1520 (d) 1530 (e) None of the above/More than one (d) Sher Shah and Mahmud shah
(e) None of the above/More than one (e) None of the above/More than one
47. Which Mughal Governor
40. Where did the British establish its established, in Bihar Rohtas, 55. Who established Vikramashila
first factory in east India? their capital? university?
(a) Bihar (b) Orissa (a) Raj Kumar Parvez (a) Aditya sen (b) Dharampala
(c) Assam (d) Punjab (b) Man singh
(e) None of the above/More than one (c) Devpala (d) Madhav Gupta
(c) Alivardi Khan (e) None of the above/More than one
41. When was the Battle of Amber (d) Sher Shah Suri
fought? 56. Who was the 1st Muslim Conqueror
(e) None of the above/More than one
(a) 1749 (b) 1750 of Bihar?
48. Who was the last sikh guru? (a) Malik Ibrahim
(c) 1751 (d) 1752
(a) Guru Nanak Dev (b) Iltutmish
(e) None of the above/More than one
(b) Guru Gobind Singh (c) Ali mardan
42. Who is the Delhi sultanate ruler, (c) Guru Ram Das
who died in the battlefield? (d) Bhakityarkhilji
(d) Guru Tegh Bahadur (e) None of the above/More than one
(a) Sikandar Lodi
(e) None of the above/More than one
(b) Bahlul LodiA. 57. In which session of congress,
(c) Ibrahim LodiA. 49. Who was the founder of Sur dynasty? Patna University Bill was passed?
(d) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq (a) sher shah suri (a) 28th BankipurSesson
(e) None of the above/More than one (b) Humayun (b) 32nd Lucknow session
(c) Albardi khan (c) 37th Gaya Session
43. Which dynasty begun after the
(d) Man singh
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(d) 21st Banaras session (b) There were taxes on crafts 69. The concept of Anuvrata was
(e) None of the above/More than one persons, and it was in the form advocated by
58. Who was the Leader in Rajgir of labour. (a) Jainism
during 1857 revolt? (c) Hunters and gatherers were not (b) Mahayana Buddhism
(a) Mehdi Ali khan taxed. (c) Lokayata School
(b) Hukoo Singh (d) They introduce land revenue (d) Hinayana Buddhism
(c) Munku Singh system in India. (e) None of the above/More than one
(d) Kunwar singh (e) None of the above/More than one 70. Which of the following sites has
(e) None of the above/More than one 65. Consider the following statements yielded skeleton of the dog along
regarding Vijayanagar ruler with human skeleton in burial?
59. Who was the commissioner of Patna
Krishnadevaraya. (a) Brahmagiri (b) Burzahom
division during revolt of 1857?
1. Krishnadevaraya belonged to
(a) William Taylor (c) Chirand (d) Maski
Saluva Dynasty.
(b) Sir C.C. Stevens (e) None of the above/More than one
2. He defeated the Sultans of Bijapur,
(c) John Strachey 71. Consider the following statements.
Golconda and the Bahmani
(d) Henry Montgomery Lawrence Sultanate. 1. The first coins to bear the names
(e) None of the above/More than one 3. The great south Indian mathe- and images of rulers were issued
60. Babu Kunwar singh belongs to matician Nilakantha Somayaji lived by the Indo-Greeks.
Rajput family of which district? in the Empire of Krishnadevaraya. 2. Both Kushans and Guptas issued
(a) Arrah (b) Bhojpur Which of the above statements is/are gold coins.
(c) Jagdishpur (d) Rohtas correct? 3. Coins were also issued by tribal
(a) 1, 2 (b) 1, 3 republics of Punjab and Haryana.
(e) None of the above/More than one
Which of the above statements is/are
61. Who and in which year, was Gol (c) 2, 3 (d) 1, 2, 3
(e) None of the above/More than one correct?
Ghar constructed? (a) 1, 2 (b) 1, 2, 3
(a) John Garstin, 1786 66. During the Sangam Age, the
(c) 2, 3 (d) 1, 3
(b) John Garstin, 1788 designation ‘vellalar’ was used for (e) None of the above/More than one
(c) John Marshall, 1786 (a) Ordinary ploughmen
72. Consider the following statements
(d) John Marshall, 1788 (b) Landless labourers
about Mesolithic period.
(e) None of the above/More than one (c) Slaves
1. Microliths were used by Mesolithic
62. Who among the following is known (d) Large landowners
people for hunting.
as Father of Indian archaeology? (e) None of the above/More than one 2. Domestication of animals and
(a) Sir William Jones 67. The name by which Ashoka is primitive cultivation started during
(b) James Princep generally referred to in his this period.
(c) Max Mueller inscriptions is 3. First human colonization of the
(d) Alexander Cunningham (a) Dharmadeva (b) Chakravarti Ganga plains took place during this
(e) None of the above/More than one (c) Dharmakirti (d) Priyadarsi period.
(e) More than one/None of the above Which of the above statements is/are
63. Consider the following statements.
correct?
1. The first gold coins were issued by 68. Consider the following statements
the Indo-Greeks. (a) 1, 2 (b) 2, 3
regarding Agricultural technolo-
2. The first coins to bear the names gies during Harappan periods. (c) 1, 3 (d) 1, 2, 3
and images of rulers were issued (e) None of the above/More than one
1. Terracotta models of the plough
by Guptas. have been found at sites in 73. In which of the following
Which of the above statements is/are Cholistan and at Banawali. inscriptions of Ashoka, mention
correct? 2. Evidence of a ploughed field was has been made of South Indian
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only found at Kalibangan. kingdoms?
(c) Both 1& 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 3. Traces of canals have been found (a) Third major Rock edict
(e) None of the above/More than one at Shortughai in Afghanistan (b) Second major Rock edict
64. Consider the following statements Which of the above statements is/are (c) Ninth major rocket edict
regarding taxation during Maha - correct? (d) First pillar inscription
janapadas (a) 1, 2 (b) 2, 3 (e) None of the above/More than one
(a) Taxes on crops were the most (c) 1, 3 (d) 1, 2, 3 74. which of the following Mauryan
important and it was fixed at 1/ (e) None of the above/More than one officer was in charge of weights and
6th of the produce. measures?
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(a) pautavadhyaksha (a) South Korea (b) Japan 87. The Vernacular Press Act, referred
(b) Panyadhyaksha (c) Russia (d) USA by freedom fighters as “Gagging
(c) Sitadhyaksha (e) None of the above/More than one Act” was repealed by Whom?
(d) Sunadhyaksha 82. Consider the following statements: (a) Metcalfe (b) Lytton
(e) None of the above/More than one 1. The Chola defeated Pandya and (c) Ripon (d) John Adams
75. Who among the following kings had Chera rulers and established their (e) None of the above/More than one
heavily leaned towards Jainism? domination over Peninsular India in 88. The Constituent Assembly of India
(a) Dashratha (b) Brihadratha the early mediaeval times.
was formed Under Which Mission?
(c) Kharavela (d) Huvishka 2. The Chola sent and expedition
(a) Cabinet Mission Plan
(e) None of the above/More than one against Sailendra empire of Southeast
(b) Mountbatten
Asia and conquered some of the
76. The Allahabad Pillar Inscription is areas. (c) Cripps Mission
associated with which one of the Which of these statements is/are (d) Attlee
following? correct? (e) None of the above/More than one
(a) Mahapadma Nanda (a) Only 1 (b) Only 2 89. Where and when was Quit India
(b) Chandragupta Maurya (c) Both 1& 2 (d) Neither 1 & 2 Resolution passed by INC?
(c) Ashoka (e) None of the above/More than one (a) Gowalia Tank, Bombay (8th Aug
(d) Samundragupta 1942)
83. Which among the following did not
(e) None of the above/More than one (b) Wardha (8th Aug 1942)
actively participate in the Quit
77. Who of the following among the India Movement? (c) Kanpur (7th Aug 1942)
nine gems of Chandragupta was (d) Gowalia Tank, Bombay (7th Aug
(a) Peasant
associated with astrology? 1942)
(b) Communists
(a) Vararuchi (b) Sanku (e) None of the above/More than one
(c) Hindu Mahasabha
(c) Kshapanak (d) Amar Singh (d) Princely States 90. Which of the Following Movement/
(e) None of the above/More than one (e) None of the above/More than one Organisation & People associated
78. In ancient India the irrigation tax is Wrongly Matched?
84. Who was the founder of the Indian
was called? (a) Satyashodhak Samaj - Jyotibha
National Army?
(a) Bidakabhagam Phule
(a) Mohan Singh
(b) Hiranya (b) Self- Respect Movement - Periyar
(b) Subhash Chandra Bose
(c) Udranga (c) Depressed Class Movement -
(c) Rash Behari Bose
(d) Uparnika Mahatma Gandhi
(d) H.C Chatterjee
(e) None of the above/More than one (d) Indian Reform Association -
(e) None of the above/More than one
Keshab Chandra Sen
79. With reference to the cultural 85. Which of the following were (e) None of the above/More than one
history of India, the term reason for the decentralisation and 91. Which of the following is not the
Panchayatan refers to- ruin of artisans and Handicrafts by initiative of Gandhiji to Uplift
(a) an assembly of village elders British? Dalit?
(b) a religious sect (a) Decline of Cities (a) Setting up all India Anti-
(c) a style of Temple construction (b) Ruralisation Untouchability League
(d) An administrative functionary (c) One way Free Trade (b) Started Weekly Journal Harijan
(e) None of the above/More than one (d) Commercialisation of Agriculture (c) Opposed Varna System
80. Which of the following was special (e) None of the above/More than one (d) Gandhi along with Congress,
feature of Chola administration: 86. Which of the following was not the totally opposed Communal Award
(a) Division of Empire into mandalam Outcome of Gandhi- Irwin Pact? (e) None of the above/More than one
(b) Autonomy of village administra- (a) Public inquiry into police excess 92. Read the Following Statements:
tion Exploitation 1. She came to forefront during Quit
(c) Full powers to ministers of state (b) Release of prisoners who were India Movement
(d) Cheap and proper tax collection not convicted of violence 2. She founded All India Mahila
method (c) Right to make salt for coastal Congress in 1940
(e) None of the above/More than one village for personal consumption 3. She was independent India’s 1st
81. Which of the following country is (d) Right to Peaceful and Non- Women Chief Minister
not part of common Intelligence AggressivePicketing 4. She accompanied and worked with
sharing platform named as ‘’Five (e) None of the above/More than one Gandhiji in Noakhali riots during
Eyes Alliance’’? partition
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Consider the above statements and (a) Lord Wavell (b) A 2: B 3: C 4: D
identify the personalities: (b) Lord Mountbatten (c) A 2: C 3: B 4: D
(a) Sucheta Kripalani (c) Lord Linlithgow (d) D 2: B 3: C 4: A
(b) Aruna Asaf Ali (d) Lord Irwin (e) None of the above/More than one
(c) Sarojini Naidu (e) None of the above/More than one 115. Who was the Advocate General of
(d) Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay 109. Fa Hien visited during whose reign? Bihar during the Quit India
(e) None of the above/More than one (a) Samudra gupta Movement?
93. Who gave the slogan ‘Delhi Chalo’? (b) Kumar Gupta 1 (a) Rajendra Prasad
(a) Subhash Chandra Bose (c) Chandra Gupta 2 (b) Baldev Sahai
(b) J L Nehru (d) Skanda Gupta (c) Motilal Nehru
(c) Gandhi ji (e) None of the above/More than one (d) J P Narayan
(d) Tilak 110. Who among the following were the (e) None of the above/More than one
(e) None of these/More than one. official negotiators for the con- 116. Who ran secret Radio during the
94. Where does the Indian Indepen- gress with the Cripps mission? Quit India Movement?
dence League was formed? (a) J L Nehru (a) Rajendra Prasad
(a) India (b) Singapore (b) Maulana Azad (b) Usha Mehta
(c) Burma (d) Japan (c) Hakim Ajmal Khan (c) Aruna Asaf Ali
(e) None of the above/More than one (d) Tej Bahadur Sapru (d) Ram Manohar Lohia
(e) None of the above/More than one (e) None of the above/More than one
95. In which session did the Muslim
League passed the Pakistan 111. When the Cripps Mission was sent, 117. Which among the following par-
resolution? who was the PM of England? ties didn’t support the Quit India
(a) Karachi Session (a) Winston Churchill Movement?
(b) Lahore session (b) Ramsay Mcdonald (a) Hindu Mahasabha
(c) Bombay session (c) Clement Attlee (b) CPI
(d) Calcutta session (d) Chamberlain (c) Unionist Party of Punjab
(e) None of the above/More than one (e) None of the above/More than one (d) Indian National Congress.
112. The ‘Operation Zero hour’ was as- (e) None of the above/More than one
96. In response to what Direct Action
Day was launched? sociated with which of the follow- 118. Along with J P Narayan, who
(a) After the launch of the Quit In- ing movement? among the following escaped from
dia Movement (a) Non-Co-operation Movement the Hazaribagh jail?
(b) After the launch of Swadeshi (b) Civil Disobedience Movement (a) Shiv Kumar
Movement. (c) Quit India Movement (b) Yogendra Shukla
(c) After rejecting the Cabinet Mis- (d) Swadeshi Movement (c) Bhagat singh
sion Plan. (e) None of the above/More than one (d) Sri Krishna Sinha
(d) After Simon Commission ar- 113. Who prepared the Quit India Move- (e) None of the above/More than one
rived to India. ment resolution? 119. An American publicist/writer who
(e) None of the above/More than one (a) J L Nehru wrote Gandhiji Biography was as-
97. The Standstill Agreement was (b) Sardar Patel sociated with Mahatma Gandhi
signed between whom? (c) Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad during which of the following
(a) Carnatic Nawab and India (d) Mahatma Gandhi events?
(b) Hyderabad Nawab and India (e) None of the above/More than one (a) Quit India Movement
(c) Mysore king and India 114. In reference to the Parallel govern- (b) Non-Co-operation Movement
(d) Kashmir raja and India. ment during the Quit India Move- (c) Civil Disobedience Movement
(e) None of the above/More than one ment, Match the following: (d) Salt Satyagraha
1. Balia, UP (e) None of the above/More than one
107. When did the Indian Independence
Bill was passed in the house of 2. Tamulak, Midnapore West Bengal 120. Which among the following law-
commons? 3. Satara yers took part in Indian National
(a) 4 July 1947 4. Talchar, Odisha Army trials, post 2nd World War?
(b) 18 July 1947 A. Lakshman nayak (a) Bhulabhai Desai
(c) August 15, 1947 B. Y B Chahvan (b) Tej bahadur Sapru
(d) June 3, 1947. C. SatisSamant (c) J L Nehru
(e) None of the above/More than one D. Chittur pandey (d) Aruna Asaf Ali
Select the correct option: (e) None of the above/More than one
108. Which of the following viceroy was (a) D 2: C 3: B 4: A
the longest serving viceroy of India? 121. Which among the following king-
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dom in South India was known for (c) Jantriak (d) Sakya (d) Kashmir – Kanishka
an excellent Navy ? (e) None of the above/More than one (e) None of the above/More than one
(a) Pandya (b) Cholas 128. Under whose leadership, Jainism 134. Which title did Balban assumed
(c) Pallavas (d) Chalukyas spread in South India? after consolidating his power?
(e) None of the above/More than one (a) Sthalabahu (a) Tuti-e-hind
122. Preservation of the genealogies of (b) Bhadrabahu (b) Kaiser-e-hind
the gods, Risis and famous kings, is (c) Ashoka (c) Din-e-illahi
the duty of the Sutas or bards. Which (d) Chandragupta Maurya (d) Zil-e-iilahi
among the following says this ? (e) None of the above/More than one (e) None of the above/More than one
(a) Vishnu Puran (b) Vayu Puran 129. Who was the first ruler of Kushana 135. The market control system was
(c) SkandPuran (d) Matsya Puran dynasty to issue gold coins in India? introduced by?
(e) None of the above/More than one (a) VimaKadphises (a) Balban
123. The name of the state Bihar comes (b) Kanishka (b) Alauddin Khilji
from an old name which denotes (c) Vasudeva (c) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
which of the following? (d) Kujula Kadphises (d) Akbar
(a) Buddhist Monastery (e) None of the above/More than one (e) None of the above/More than one
(b) Forest 130. Kunwar singh died on - 136. Ibn Battuta belongs to which
(c) Temple (a) 25th April 1859 country?
(d) An ancient empire (b) 26th April 1859 (a) Afghanistan (b) Morocco
(e) None of the above/More than one (c) 26th April 1958 (c) Persia (d) Egypt
124. Which of the following city was (d) 25Th June 1958 (e) None of the above/More than one
known as Avanti in ancient India? (e) None of the above/More than one 137. Who is the 24th Tirthankara of
(a) Varanasi (b) Ujjain 131. Sri JairamdasDaulatram took oath Jainism?
(c) Patna (d) Alwar as Governer of Bihar at midnight on (a) Rishabh Dev (b) Parsava nath
(e) None of the above/More than one (a) 14th August 1946 (c) Mahavir (d) Agnibhuti
125. In the Indus Valley Civilization, the (b) 14th August 1948 (e) None of the above/More than one
style of script is: (c) 14th August 1947 138. The kingdom of Vijayanagar was
(a) Boustrophedon (d) 14th August 1949 founded by?
(b) Pictographic (e) None of the above/More than one (a) Vijayraya
(c) Brahmi 132. Who was appointed as the first (b) bukka-2
(d) Not deciphered yet President of provincial council of (c) hariharaa-2
(e) None of the above/More than one Bihar in 1970? (d) Hariharaa and Bukka
126. Which of the following findings (a) Richard Barwell (e) None of the above/More than one
and sites of Indus Valley (b) James Alexander 139. The court language during
Civilisation is correctly matched? (c) John Nicholson Mughal period was?
(a) Great bath – Mohenjo-Daro (d) General Hewett (a) Turkish (b) Urdu
(b) Rice husk – Lothal (e) None of the above/More than one (c) Persian (d) Arabic
(c) Wooden plough – Kalibhangan 133. Where was Second Buddhist council (e) None of the above/More than one
(d) Water reservoir – Dholavira took place and during whose reign?
(e) None of the above/More than one 140. Who made red fort in Delhi?
(a) Vaishali – Kalashoka. (a) Akbar (b) Shah Jahan
127. Mahavir Swami belonged to (b) Vaishali – Ashoka (c) Aurangzeb (d) Jahangir
which clan? (c) Rajgir – Ajatashatru (e) None of the above/More than one
(a) Kosala (b) Huna
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Explainatin: Surat to Sir Thomas Roe. • The first French factory in India
1. (a) • The Court of directors was the was established at Surat.
Factory Year Location supreme authority in framing • The French company was created,
Dutch 1632 Patna policies for the company. financed and controlled by the
The Dutch East India Company State and it differed from the English
East India Company 1657-58 Patna
• The Dutch East India Company was company which was a private
Danes 1774-75 commercial venture.
established in 1602.
Europeans in India • Dutch established their settlements • Duplex was an important French
Sequence of an establishment of at Masulipattinam, Karaikal, governor in India (1742).
European Companies Nagapattinam, Pulicat, Surat, • Duplex began the policy of
1. Portuguese (1498) Chinsura and Kasimbazar. extending territorial empire in India
2. English East India Company • Dutch exported indigo, cotton and started political occupations,
(1600) textiles, saltpetre, raw silk, and opium leading to series of conflicts with
3. Dutch East India Company from India. English in form of Carnatic Wars.
(1602) • It was the first company to issue • Battle at Wandiwash against the
4. Danish East India Company stock. East India Company in 1760 was the
(1616) • In the 17th century before the decisive battle for the French
5. French East India Company prominence of British they emerged existence in India through which
(1664) as the most dominant power in they lost almost all their possessions
European trade in the East. in India
Portuguese in India
• Main centre of Dutch in India was 2. (c)
• The Portuguese came to India to
Pulicat and later it was replaced by What was the Battle of Buxar?
Trade and they wanted to take away
Nagapattinam. • It was a battle fought between the
the spice trade from the Arab
• Indonesian Islands of Java, Sumatra, English Forces, and a joint army of
traders. They even resorted to
and the Spice Islands where spices the Nawab of Oudh, Nawab of
piracy in order to capture the spice
were produced, were the main interest Bengal, and the Mughal Emperor.
trade.
of the Dutch. The battle was the result of misuse
• Francis de Almeida was the first
• In 1667, Dutch agreed to leave alone of trade privileges granted by the
governor of the Portuguese in
English settlements in India, while Nawab of Bengal and also the
India. Later, in 1509 Albuquerque
English gave up all claims to colonialist ambitions of East India
became the governor.
Indonesia. Company
• Albuquerque captured Goa from
the ruler of Bijapur in 1510. • Dutch commercial activities started A few reasons which were the key to the
Subsequently, Goa became the to decline by the beginning of 18th Battle of Buxar are given below:
capital of the Portuguese settlements century and with the Battle of Bedera • Mir Qasim wanted to be
in India. with the English in 1759 it came to independent and shifted his capital
• Portuguese were intolerant of the an end. to Munger Fort from Calcutta.
existing religions of India and tried • Short sited commercial policy which • He also hired foreign experts to train
to force people to become Christian. was mostly based on trade in spices his army, some of whom were in direct
• Around 17th century they had lost was also a major cause of decline of conflict with the British.
all their possessions in India except Dutch Power. • He treated Indian merchants and
Goa, Diu and Daman as the The Danish East India Company English as same, without granting
Marathas captured Salsette and • The Danish formed an East India any special privileges for the latter.
Bassein in 1739. Company and arrived in India in • These factors fuelled the English
1616. to overthrow him and war broke out
British East India Company
• Important Danish settlement in between Mir Kasim and the
• The British East India Company
India was Serampore in Bengal, it Company in 1763.
sometimes also called John
Company, was a Joint- Stock was also their headquarters in India. Participants of Battle of Buxar and their
Company established in 1600, as • They could not establish their Role in the Battle of Buxar
The Company of Merchants of position in India and finally sold all • Mir Qasim – (Administering
London Trading into the East Indies. their Indian settlements to the Bengal in place of Mir Jafar –
• William Hawkins stayed at the Court English in 1845. Nawab of Bengal) He disliked
of Jahangir from 1608 to 1611. • They were more concerned with misuse of dastak, farmans by the
• The British Company gained missionary activities. English, hence tried to conspire
foothold in India in 1612 when French East India Company against them by forming an alliance
Mughal emperor Jahangir granted • French East India Company was with Nawab of Awadh and Mughal
the rights to establish a factory in established in 1664. Emperor Shah Alam II
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• Shuja-Ud-Daulah – Nawab of • In 1872, Ram Singh was captured openly against the government. He
Awadh (Oudh) Was a part of a and exiled to Rangoon and 65 Kukas urged people to stop paying debts
confederacy with Mir Qasim and were blown away from canons by and taxes.
Shah Alam-II the British. • He was arrested and spent 2 years
• Shah Alam II – Mughal Emperor Faraizis revolt in jail before being released in 1897.
He wanted to overthrow English • The Faraizis were followers of a • In December 1899, he launched an
from Bengal Muslim sect founded by Haji armed struggle on the landlords and
• Hector Munro – BritishArmy Major Shariatullah. the government.
He led the battle from the English side • It spread to Faridpur, Bakharganj • The Mundas torched police
• Robert Clive Signed the treaties and Mymensingh districts of stations, houses of the landlords,
with Shuja-Ud-Daulah and Shah Bengal. churches and British property.
Alam-II after winning the battle. • This movement supported the cause • In 1900 Birsa Munda was caught.
3. (b) Question is self explanatory. of the tenants against the landlords He died in jail due to cholera aged
and the British government. just 25
4. (a) • It was led by Shariatullah’s son
Sanyasi Rebellion Chuar rebellion:
Dadu Mian. • Chuar Rebellion occurred in 1798-
• After the British had acquired
revenue rights in Bengal, many The PagalPanthis 99 in Bankura / Midnapore districts
zamindars there had fallen upon hard • The PagalPanthis were a religious of modern West Bengal.
times owing to the steep tax rates. order founded by Karim Shah in the • The Famine, enhanced taxes,
• It was the practice of the Sanyasis to Mymensingh and Sherpur districts oppressive demands and economic
collect alms and contributions from of Bengal. distress due to famines were
these zamindars during their religious • The order’s philosophy was that of common reasons of revolts of that
travels. This was stopped when the religious harmony and non- period.
zamindars found it too difficult to violence incorporating tenets of • The term Char or Chuar was used
provide alms since after paying the Sufism, Hinduism and animism. for local tribals in Bengal and it was
British their due, they were hardly left • Under Karim Shah’s son Tipu Shah, a derogatory word {meaning pig}.
with anything substantial. the order revolted against the Leader of this revolt was Durjan
• The British considered the Sanyasis British government by organising Singh.
looters and imposed restrictions on peasant rebellions. Important point for mains writing:
the Sanyasis barring them from Fakir Uprising Why did uprising against the British
visiting holy places. • Fakir uprising was started after the rule before 1857 fail?
• This rebellion was centred in the British annexation of Bengal by • It was not planned and organized.
forests of Murshidabad and Fakirs or wandering Muslim There was a clear lack of unity
Baikunthupur, Bengal. mendicants. among the rebels and there was no
• Bankim Chandra Chatterjee’s novel • They were led by Majnu Shah. common purpose among them
Anandamath, written in 1882, was Munda Ulgulan (1899 – 1900) during the revolt of 1857. The revolt
set in the backdrop of the Sanyasi • The Mundas inhabited the did not spread to all the parts of
Rebellion. This book was banned Chotanagpur area. India instead it was confined to the
by the British. India’s National • The Khuntkatti system, which was Northern and Central India.
Song ‘VandeMataram’ was taken a joint holding of land, prevailed
from this novel. 5 (c)
among the Mundas. • Kunwar Singh was born on 13
Additional information for exam • But the advent of the British and the November 1777 to Maharaja
Kuka Revolt (1871 – 71) outsider-Zamindars replaced the Shahabzada Singh and Maharani
• The Kukas, also called Namdharis, Khunkatti with the Zamindari system. Panchratan Devi, in Jagdispur of
were a sect within Sikhism. This caused indebtedness and forced the Shahabad (now Bhojpur)
• They started out as a group for labour among the tribals. District, in the state of Bihar.
religious purification in Sikhism but • There were many rebellions during the • Singh left his ancestral village and
under Ram Singh, the movement late 18th century and the 19th century reached Lucknow in December 1857
acquired a political overtone with against the British and the dikus where he met with other rebel
the established aim of restoring (landlords, moneylenders, merchants). leaders. In March 1858 he occupied
Sikh rule in Punjab and ousting the • The Mundas were able to get an Azamgarh and managed to repel
foreign powers. able and charismatic leader in Birsa the initial British attempts to take
• The Kukas wore only white, hand- Munda who proclaimed a rebellion the area.[10] However, he had to
woven clothes and boycotted British in 1894. leave the place soon. Pursued by
education, products and laws. • He organised his people to revolt Brigadier Douglas, he retreated