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Who was the commander-in-chief of Nana Saheb?

(A) Azimullah

(B) Birjis Qadir

(D) None of these

Option c – Tatya Tope

Azimullah Khan was an advisor to

(A) Nana Saheb

(B) Tatya Tope

(D) Kunwar Singh

Option a – Nana Saheb

With reference to the ‘revolt of 1857’ who of the following was betrayed by a ‘friend’ captured and put to death by the British?

(A) Nana Saheb

(B) Kunwar Singh

(D) Tatya Tope

Option d – Tatya Tope

The revolt of 1857 at Lucknow was led by

(A) Begum of Awadh

(B) Tatya Tope

(D) Nana Saheb

Option a – Begum of Awadh

The revolutionary woman who led the revolution of 1857 in Oudh was

(A) Lakshmi Bai

(B) Ahilya Bai

(D) Begum Hazrat Mahal

Option d – Begum Hazrat Mahal

The largest number of soldiers who participated in the struggle of 1857 came from

(A) Bengal

(B) Awadh

(D) Rajasthan

Option b – Awadh

Who amongst the following was the leader of the 1857 uprising at Allahabad?

(A) Nana Saheb

(B) Azimullah

(D) Maulvi Liyaqat Ali

Option d – Maulvi Liyaqat Ali

Who was the leader of the 1857 struggle for freedom in Lucknow?

(A) Zeenat Mahal

(B) Nana Saheb

(D) Tatya Tope

Option c – Hazrat Mahal

Indian monsoon is marked by seasonal shift caused by

1. differential heating of land and sea

2. cold winds of Central Asia

3. great uniformity of temperature

4. None of these

Option 1 – differential heating of land and sea

Which part of the country receives precipitation from the Bay of Bengal branch of the monsoons as well as the Arabian Sea branch?

1. West Bengal

2. Maharashtra

3. the Punjab Plains

4. Uttar Pradesh

Option 3 – the Punjab Plains

South west monsoon blows during :

1. May – September

2. November – January

3. October – December

4. None of these

Option 1 – May – September

Heavy rain in both summer and winter seasons is a characteristic feature of

1. Gujarat

2. Maharashtra

3. Orissa

4. Tamil Nadu

Option 4 – Tamil Nadu

Norwesters cause significant amount of rainfall in

1. Assam & West Bengal

2. West Bengal & Orissa

3. Bihar & Orissa

4. Tamil Nadu & Andhra Pradesh

Option 1 – Assam & West Bengal

Rainfall in India is not associated with

1. Orography

2. Convection

3. Cyclones

4. Anticyclones

Option 4 – Anticyclones

Which of the following statements is not true?

1. The intensity of monsoons is determined by tropical depressions

2. Tamil Nadu receives rainfall from north-east monsoon

3. Andhra Pradesh is not affected by retreating south-west monsoon

4. All are correct

Option 3 – Andhra Pradesh is not affected by retreating south-west monsoon

Which generally the hottest time of the day is all over India?

1. 12 PM

2. 1 PM

3. 2 PM

4. 3 PM

Option 4 – 3 PM

Which hill tract receives maximum rainfall?

1. Garo

2. Khasi

3. Jaintia

4. Mizo

Option 2 – Khasi

The western disturbances which cause rain in north west India originate in

1. Black Sea

2. Caspian Sea

3. Ural Sea

4. Mediterranean Sea

Option 4 – Mediterranean Sea

What is the major cause of ‘October heat’?

1. high temperature associated with high humidity

2. hot dry weather

3. very low velocity of winds

4. low pressure over the Indo-gangetic Plains

Option 1 – high temperature associated with high humidity

The Norwesters or Kala baisakhis originate over chota Nagpur plateau during

1. pre-monsoon period

2. post-monsoon period

3. monsoon period

4. retreating monsoon period

Option 1 – pre-monsoon period

Which area of India receives the least Rinfall?

1. eastern Rajasthan

2. Rayalaseema

3. Gujarath

4. Leh

Option 4 – Leh

Which of the following States of India receives rainfall during the winter from the Mediterranean disturbances?

1. Tamil Nadu

2. Gujarat

3. Maharashtra

4. Punjab

Option 4 – Punjab

Which one of the following shows the correct sequence of occurrence of four towns/ cities as one proceeds from west to east?

1. Ajmer, Darbhanga, Kohima, Silchar

2. Surat, Wardha, Rourkela, Bharuch

3. Pandharpur, Gulbarga, Kottagudam, Vishakhapatnam

4. Anand, Rajkot, Dhanbad, Aizawl

Option 3 – Pandharpur, Gulbarga, Kottagudam, Vishakhapatnam

Gangtok is the capital of

1. Himachal Pradesh

2. Arunachal Pradesh

3. Sikkim

4. Nagaland

Option 3 – Sikkim

The smallest Union Territory is

1. Chandigarh

2. Pondicherry

3. Lakshadweep

4. Andaman & Nicobar Islands

Option 3 – Lakshadweep

The States of India having common border with Myanmar are

1. Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh

2. Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya, Assam

3. Mizoram, Manipur, Tripura, Meghalaya

4. Assam, Manipur, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh

Option 1 – Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh

The Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli lies between which of the following states of India?

1. Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh

2. Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh

3. Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra

4. Gujarat and Maharashtra

Option 4 – Gujarat and Maharashtra

Which of the following States touches the boundary of four nations?

1. Assam

2. Uttar Pradesh.

3. Nagaland

4. Jammu & Kashmir

Option 4 – Jammu & Kashmir

Which of the following States lies along the border of Pakistan?

1. Uttar Pradesh.

2. Haryana

3. Rajasthan

4. Himachal Pradesh

Option 3 – Rajasthan

The State in India having dry season for only 3 or 4 months every year is

1. West Bengal

2. Mizoram

3. Himachal Pradesh

4. Kerala

Option 4 – Kerala

Punjab and Haryana receive rainfall in winter from

1. westerly disturbances

2. cyclones in Bay of Bengal

3. Both of the above

4. None of the above

Option 1 – westerly disturbances

The driest place in India is

1. Leh

2. Barmer

3. Jaisalmer

4. Bikaner

Option 3 – Jaisalmer

Who declared, “The only hope for India is from the masses. The upper classes are physically and morally dead”?

1. Swami Vivekananda

2. Gopal Krishna Gokhale

3. Mahatma Gandhi

4. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Option 1 – Swami Vivekananda

Who gave the slogan “Jai Hind”?

1. M.K.Gandhi

2. J.L.Nehru

3. S.C.Bose

4. B. G. Tilak

Option 3 – S.C.Bose

The Forward Bloc (1939) was founded by :

1. Jai Prakash Narayan

2. P.C. Joshi

3. Subhash Chandra Bose

4. M.N.Roy

Option 3 – Subhash Chandra Bose

Who among the following attend all the three Round Table Conferences?

1. Dr. B.R.Ambedkar

2. Madan Mohan Malviya

3. M.K. Gandhi

4. Annie Besant

Option 1 – Dr. B.R.Ambedkar

Rani Gaidinlu was the fearless freedom fighter from :

1. Mizoram

2. Nagaland

3. Assam

4. Manipur

Option 2 – Nagaland

Which was the first news paper from India?

1. Patriot

2. Pioneer

3. Gazetteer

4. Bengal Gazette

Option 4 – Bengal Gazette

Moderate politics were criticized in 1893-94 in a series of articles entitled New Lamps for Old written by :

1. B.C. Pal

2. B.G. Tilak

3. Aurobindo Ghosh

4. Lala Lajpat Rai

Option 3 – Aurobindo Ghosh

Who attacked the Congress in a public speech and ridiculed it as representing’s microscopic minority of the people?

1. Lytton

2. Dufferin

3. Curzon

4. Canning

Option 2 – Dufferin

Which revolutionary started the newspaper, The Talwar in Holland?

1. Bhikaji Cama

2. Lala Hardayal

3. Rahmat Ali

4. None of the above

Option 1 – Bhikaji Cama

The book “India Divided” was written by :

1. M.N.Roy

2. Rajendra Prasad

3. Aurobindo Ghosh

4. M.A. Jinnah

Option 2 – Rajendra Prasad

Gandhi evolved the technique of Satyagraha based on truth and non-violence in :

1. South Africa

2. Kheda

3. Champaran

4. None of the above

Option 1 – South Africa

Who was the first Muslim President of the Indian National Congress?

1. Badruddin Tyabji

2. Muhammad Ali Jinnah

3. Abul Kalam Azad

4. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan

Option 1 – Badruddin Tyabji

The First Battle of panipat was fought between

1. Sher Shah Suri and Akbar

2. Humayun and Ibrahim Lodhi

3. Babar and Ibrahim Lodhi

4. Babar and Rana Sangha

Option 4 – Babar and Rana Sangha

The Battle of Haldighat was fought in

1. 1526

2. 1576

3. 1605

4. 1660

Option 2 – 1576

The capital of Harsha’s empire was

1. Ujjain

2. Kannauj

3. Thanesar

4. Prayag

Option 3 – Thanesar

Fa-hien came to India during the reign of

1. Ashok

2. Chandragupta II

3. Hiarsha

4. Kanishka

Option 2 – Chandragupta II

Who was first President of the Indian National Congress?

1. H.O.Hume

2. W.C. Bannerjee

3. Annie Besant

4. Motilal Nehru

Option 2 – W.C. Bannerjee

King George V visited India during the viceroyalty of :

1. Lord Ripon

2. Lord Curzon

3. Lord Harding

4. Lord Reading

Option 3 – Lord Harding

Who founded the Amrita Bazar Patrika?

1. Girishchandra Ghosh

2. Sisirkumar Ghosh

3. Surendranath Banerji

4. James Hickey

Option 2 – Sisirkumar Ghosh

Where did Alexander the Great die?

1. Macedonia

2. Babylon

3. Iran

4. Egypt

Option 2 – Babylon

Whom did Seleucus, one of the generals of Alexander, give his daughter in marriage?

1. Chandragupta Maurya

2. Megasthenese

3. Kautilya

4. Ashoka

Option 1 – Chandragupta Maurya

Which of the following words. “I am restless. I thirst for the distant, the far-away”?

1. Motilal nehru

2. Swami Vivekananda

3. Aurobindo

4. Rabindra Nath Tagore

Option 4 – Rabindra Nath Tagore

Which of the following leaders gave the slogan “Do or Die”?

1. Lala Lajipat Rai

2. Subhas Chandra Bose

3. Gopal Krishna Gokhale

4. Gandhiji

Option 4 – Gandhiji

The founders of Theosophical Society, Colonel Alcot and Madame H.P. Blavatsky, set up their first office in India in :

1. Delhi

2. Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu

3. Cochin, Kerala

4. Adayar, Madras

Option 4 – Adayar, Madras

Who is said to be the “Grand Old Man of India”?

1. G.K. Gokhale

2. Justice Ranade

3. Mahatma Gandhi

4. Dadabhai Nauroji

Option 4 – Dadabhai Nauroji

In 1908, Bal Gangadhar Tilak was imprisoned for six years and was sent to :

1. Naini Jail

2. Yervada Jail

3. Mandalay

4. Singapore

Option 3 – Mandalay

Who was the Congress president at the time when India became free?

1. J.L.Nehru

2. V.L.Pandit

3. Sardar Patel

4. J.B.Kripalani

Option 4 – J.B.Kripalani

The revolutionary who died of a 64-days’ hunger strike was

1. SukhDev

2. Batukeshwar Dutt

3. Jatin Das

4. Raj Guru

Option 3 – Jatin Das

Who founded the first women’s university in India?

1. Rani Ahilya Devi

2. Ishwar Chandra Vidya sagar

3. Rani of Thomi

4. Dhondo Keshave Karve

Option 4 – Dhondo Keshave Karve

Who had given out the political message of ‘India for the Indians”?

1. P.A.Charlu

2. Dayananda Saraswati

3. A.O.Hume

4. Swami Vivekananda

Option 2 – Dayananda Saraswati

Bibi Ka Maqbara was erected by ……. at Aurangabad and is a replica of the Taj Mahal.

1. Jehangir

2. Bahadur Shah Zafar

3. Aurangzeb

4. None of the above

Option 3 – Aurangzeb

Madurai had been the capital of the

1. Cholas

2. Pallavas

3. Rashtrakutas

4. Pandyas

Option 4 – Pandyas

Where did Sivaji station his naval fleet?

1. Kolaba

2. Salsette

3. Bassein

4. Kalyani

Option 1 – Kolaba

The famous Iron Pillar at Mehrauli in Delhi had been built by the

1. Mauryas

2. Guptas

3. Nandas

4. Khiljis

Option 2 – Guptas

The temples known as the Seven Pagodas had been built by the

1. Pallavas

2. Cholas

3. Hoysalas

4. Chalukyas

Option 1 – Pallavas

Who among the follwing had go the Upanishads translated into Persian?

1. Akbar

2. Abul Fazal

3. Jehangir

4. Dara Shikoh

Option 4 – Dara Shikoh

Who is the saint to have written the famous Bijak?

1. Santh Kabir

2. Guru Nanak Dev

3. Ramdas

4. Tulsidas

Option 1 – Santh Kabir

Kanchi had been the capital of the

1. Cholas

2. Pallavas

3. Chalukyas

4. Rashtrakutas

Option 2 – Pallavas

The Mughal emperor who had died owing to a sudden fall from the staircase was

1. Babur

2. Shahjahan

3. Humayun

4. Aurangzeb

Option 3 – Humayun

Who among the following was the first woman to become a Buddhist

1. Gautami

2. Yasodhara

3. Mahamaya

4. Amrapali

Option 1 – Gautami

Who was the founder of the boy scouts and civil guides movement in India?

1. Richard Temple

2. Baden Powell

3. Charles Andrew

4. Robert Montgomery

Option 2 – Baden Powell

What was the name of the English weekly edited by Mahatma Gandhi?

1. Young India

2. Kesari

3. Bombay Chronicle

4. Resurgent India

Option 1 – Young India

The system of civil services had been introduced into India by

1. Lord Ripon

2. Lord Dalhousie

3. Lord caranwalis

4. Lord Hastings

Option 3 – Lord caranwalis

The process of the introduction of education in English had been initiated in India by Lord

1. Curzon

2. Bentick

3. Hastings

4. Macaulay

Option 4 – Macaulay

Which of the following institutions was not founded by Gandhi?

1. Sevagram Ashram

2. Ramakrishna Mission

3. Phoenix Ashram

4. Sabarmati Ashram

Option 2 – Ramakrishna Mission

How many voluteers had accompanied Gandhi on the famous Dandi march of March 12, 1930?

1. 13

2. 44

3. 78

4. 108

Option 3 – 78

Who had observed that “Good government was never a good substitute for self-government”?

1. Swami Vivekananda

2. Ramakrishna Parama hamsa

3. Swami Dayananda

4. Aurobindo Ghosh

Option 3 – Swami Dayananda

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