Indian History – Series 3

Indian History Practice Set
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Question Set – Series 2 

Question Set – Series 3

Question Set – Series 4

Question Set – Series 5


1)Which one of the following Viceroys of India utilized for the first time local self Government as the basis of election ?

a) Lord Bentick

b) Lord Cornwallis

c) Lord Ripon

d) Lord Lansdowne

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Option – c)


2) With reference to Indian Freedom struggle which one among the following events occurred earliest ?

a) Gandhi-Irwin Pact

b) Cripps Mission Proposals

c) Lucknow Pact

d) August Offer

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Option – c)


3) Who is the author of the novel ‘Devdas’ ?

a) Rabindranath Tagore

b) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

c) Sharat Chandra Charropadhyay

d) Munshi Premchand

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Option – c)


4) Who founded All India Harijan Sangh ?

a) B.R.Ambedkar

b) Mahatma Gandhi

c) Jai Prakash Narayan

d) Raj Narayan

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Option – b)


5) The Rowlatt Act was passed in the year –

a) 1916

b) 1918

c) 1919

d) 1921

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Option – c)


6) The Balkan Plan for fragmentation of India was the brain-child of –

a) W.CHurchil

b) M.A. Jinnah

c) Lord Mountbatten

d) V.P.Menon

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Option – c)


7) Akbar founded the Din-i-Ilahi primarily to

(a) Establish a national religion which would be acceptable to the Muslims and the Hindus

(b) Ensure racial and communal harmony

(c) Found a religious institution

(d) Put an end to differences between Hindus and Muslims

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Option – a)


8) Name the Rajput General who bravely fought the Battle of Khanwa before losing to Babar.

(a) Rana Man Singh

(b) Raja Jai Singh

(c) Rana Sanga

(d) Rana Pratap

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Option – c)


9) Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?

(a) Ziauddin Barni – Tarikh-i-Muhammadi

(b) Amir Khusrao – Tabqt-i-Nasiri

(c) Ibn Batuta – Fatwa-i-Jahandari

(d) Shams-i-Siraj Afif – Tarikh-i-Feroze Shahi

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Option – d)


10) The rockcut temples of Mahabalipuram were built under the patronage of the

(a) Chola Kings

(b) Pallava Kings

(c) Pandya Kings

(d) Satavahana Kings

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Option – b)