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The pioneers to carry out excavations at Harappa and Mohenjodaro were :

1. Sir John Marshall and Alexander Cunningham

2. Daya Ram Sahni and R.D. Banerjee

3. M.S.Vats and K.N. Dikshit

4. M.G.Mazumdar and E.J. H. Mackay

Option 2 – Daya Ram Sahni and R.D. Banerjee

Swastik is symbol of :

1. Sangam origin

2. Indus Valley origin

3. Aryan origin

4. None of the above

Option 2 – Indus Valley origin

The Aryans came to India from :

1. Antarctica

2. Eastern Europe

3. North America

4. Central Asia

Option 4 – Central Asia

The Rig-Veda contains :

1. Hymns in honour of the gods

2. Yajnas to be performed

3. Rituals to be adopted by people

4. History of the Vedic period

Option 1 – Hymns in honour of the gods

Atharva Veda contains one of the following :

1. Canons of music

2. Magical spells and charms

3. Science formulate

4. Medical treatments

Option 2 – Magical spells and charms

Which of the Rig-Vedic gods was supposed to act as an intermediary between the gods and the people?

1. Marut

2. Agni

3. Usha

4. Varuna

Option 2 – Agni

The Gayatri Mantra found in the Rig-Veda is addressed to :

1. Indra

2. Sun

3. Varuna

4. Agni

Option 2 – Sun

Buddha preached his first sermon at :

1. Sarnath

2. Pavapuri

3. Gaya

4. Sanchi

Option 1 – Sarnath

Parsvanatha’s teachings were enlarged by one principle which was added by Mahavira. This principle was :

1. Ahimsa

2. Truth

3. Non-possession

4. Brahmcharya

Option 4 – Brahmcharya

The Ajivika sect was set up by :

1. Mahavira

2. Parsvanatha

3. Arishtanemi

4. Gosala Maskariputra

Option 4 – Gosala Maskariputra

Buddha was originally a prince called :

1. Siddhartha

2. Gautamiputra

3. Suddhodana

4. Rahul

Option 1 – Siddhartha

Buddha was born in :

1. 523 BC

2. 563 BC

3. 623 BC

4. 602 BC

Option 2 – 563 BC

Who out of the following transformed Buddhism into a world religion?

1. Menander

2. Ashoka

3. Kanishka

4. Buddha himself

Option 2 – Ashoka

The Ajanta caves are connected with :

1. Ramayana

2. Mahabharata

3. Jatakas

4. Panchatantra

Option 3 – Jatakas

Which of the European countries first of all started trade with India?

1. France

2. Portugal

3. Holland

4. England

Option 2 – Portugal

The 57feet high statue of Gomateshwara at Sravana Belgola in Mysore was erected in about 981 AD by the Ganga minister :

1. Rishabha

2. Chamundaraya

3. Rachamal

4. Bharata

Option 2 – Chamundaraya

To the classical Greek writers, Lord Krishna was known as :

1. Androkoztas

2. Sandrokottas

3. Heracles

4. Souraseni

Option 3 – Heracles

Magadha became prominent under the leader. ship of Bimbisara who belonged to the dynasty.

1. Nanda

2. Maurya

3. Sisunaga

4. Haryanka

Option 4 – Haryanka

Who of the following put up a stiff resistance against Alexander?

1. Ambhi

2. Mahapadma Nanda

3. Porus

4. All of them

Option 3 – Porus

Kautilya or Chanakya was also known as :

1. Vishnubhuja

2. Vishnugupta

3. Vishnukarma

4. Vishnusharma

Option 2 – Vishnugupta

Ashokan inscriptions were first deciphered in 1837 by :

1. James Prinsep

2. William Jones

3. Vincent Smith

4. Max Mueller

Option 1 – James Prinsep

Present day man belongs to the species called :

1. Homo Sapiens

2. Cromagnon

3. Zinjanthropus

4. Pithecanthropus

Option 1 – Homo Sapiens

The first metal to be discovered and used for making tools was :

1. Iron

2. Copper

3. Bronze

4. Tin

Option 2 – Copper

The word Hindu is derived from the Sanskrit term for :

1. A language

2. A river

3. A religion

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4. A caste

Option 2 – A river

The Great Bath was found in :

1. Mohenjodaro

2. Banawali

3. Rojdi

4. Harappa

Option 1 – Mohenjodaro

When was the Harappan Civilization discovered?

1. 1921

2. 1910

3. 1931

4. 1911

Option 1 – 1921

The Second Civil Disobedience Movement started with:

(a) Dandi march

(b) the passing of the ‘Quit India’ Resolution

(c) the adoption of a resolution declaring Poorna Swaraj as the objective of the Congress

(d) The Failure of Cripps Mission

Option b – the passing of the ‘Quit India’ Resolution

The achievements of the Swarajists did not include:

(a) exposing the hollowness of the Reform Act of 1919

(b) defeating the Government on several measures

(c) forging Hindu-Muslim unity and curbing communalism

(d) filling a political void when the national movement had temporarily lost momentum

Option c – forging Hindu-Muslim unity and curbing communalism

Mahatma Gandhi was referred to as ‘Father of the Nation’ first by:

(a) Vallabhbhai Patel

(b) C. Rajagopalachari

(c) Subhash Chandra Bose

(d) Jawaharlal Nehru

Option c – Subhash Chandra Bose

The most enduring as well as the most militant of the agitations originating in the period 1945-47 was the:

(a) Tebhaga Movement

(b) Telangana Movement

(c) The Travancore agitation

(d) The Bakasht Peasants’ agitation

Option b – Telangana Movement

“At the stroke of midnight, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom” was said by:

(a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

(b) Lord Mountbatten

(c) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru

(d) None of these

Option c – Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru

When Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated, who said, “None will believe that a man like this body and soul ever walked on this earth”?

(a) Leo Tolstoy

(b) Jawaharlal Nehru

(c) Albert Einstein

(d) Bertrand Russell

Option a – Leo Tolstoy

The militant nationalism for the first time was against which of the following?

(a) Seditious Meetings Act 1907

(b) Partition of Bengal 1905

(c) The Indian Councils Act 1892

(d) Official Secrets Act 1904

Option a – Seditious Meetings Act 1907

During India’s Freedom Struggle, which one of the following led to the first ‘All India Hartal’?

(a) Protest against the Rowlatt Act

(b) Protest against Jallianwala Bagh massacre

(c) Trial of Mahatma Gandhi

(d) Arrival of Simon Commission

Option a – Protest against the Rowlatt Act

“A body like the Congress which represents not the mass of the population, but a single and very limited class, could not be called national”. This statement in context with the Indian National Congress was given by which among the following personalities?

(a) Nabagopal Mitra

(b) Aurobindo Ghosh

(c) Lala Lajpat Rai

(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Option b – Aurobindo Ghosh

Which of the following is correctly matched?

(a) Kesari – B.G. Tilak

(b) New India – M. K. Gandhi

(c) Young India – Annie Besant

(d) Yugantar – Aurobindo Ghosh

Option a – Kesari – B.G. Tilak

In which of the following countries did Subhash Chandra Bose organize the ‘Tiger Legion’?

(a) Singapore

(b) Germany

(c) Japan

(d) Italy

Option b – Germany

“Long ago we have made a tryst with destiny. We now move into a period, where we shall pledge to work hard and attain self-dependence in all spheres.” Those words were uttered by:

(a) Jawaharlal Nehru on the morning of 15th August 1947

(b) Jawaharlal Nehru on the first anniversary of Independence Day

(c) Rajendra Prasad on the day when India became a republic

(d) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan during the first joint session of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha

Option a – Jawaharlal Nehru on the morning of 15th August 1947

On which one of the following dates did Jawaharlal Nehru unfurl the tricolor national flag on the banks of the Ravi as the clock struck midnight?

(a) 31st December, 1929

(b) 26th January, 1930

(c) 31st December, 1931

(d) 26th January, 1933

Option a – 31st December, 1929

Which of the following revolutionary leaders organized an attack on the armory of Chittagong?

(a) Jatin Das

(b) Chandrashekhar Azad

(c) C. R. Das

(d) Surya Sen

Option d – Surya Sen

Michael O’ Dwyer, the British Lieutenant Governor of Bengal at the time of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, was shot dead by:

(a) Sohan Singh Bhakna

(b) V.V.S. Iyer

(c) Hasrat Mohani

(d) Udham Singh

Option d – Udham Singh

The Indian National Army (I.N.A.) came into existence in:

(a) Burma

(b) Japan

(c) Malaysia

(d) Singapore

Option d – Singapore

The word “Adivasi” was used for the first time to refer to the tribal people by:

(a) B.R. Ambedkar

(b) Mahatma Gandhi

(c) Jyotiba Phule

(d) Thakkar Bappa

Option d – Thakkar Bappa

Who led the revolutionary Yugantar party which tried to conserve its resources and build international contacts so as to organize a real military conspiracy at an appropriate time?

(a) Jatindranath Mukherjee

(b) Sachindranath Sanyal

(c) Rash Behari Bose

(d) None of the above

Option a – Jatindranath Mukherjee

Subhash C. Bose was unhappy with the Congress resolution at Ramgarh in March 1940 because

(a) Gandhi agreed to give support to the British war effort

(b) Gandhi did not give a call for an immediate struggle

(c) Subhash wanted no compromise with imperialism and wanted people to be ready for action

(d) All of the above

Option d – All of the above

At which of the following sessions, the Indian National Congress adopted a significant resolution against the use of Indian troops in China, Mesopotamia, and Persia?

(a) 1920 Calcutta Session

(b) 1923 New Delhi Session

(c) 1927 Madras Session

(d) 1931 Karachi Session

Option c – 1927 Madras Session

The first authoritative exposition of the Extremist ideological position within the Indian National Congress was penned down by which among the following as a series of articles titled “New Lamps for Old” in a Bombay newspaper.

(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

(b) Aurobindo Ghosh

(c) Bipin Chandra Pal

(d) Lala Lajpat Rai

Option b – Aurobindo Ghosh

One of the acts of Government that gave the nationalist movement the final push to set up an organization such as the Indian National Congress was:

(a) The Vernacular Press Act

(b) The Arms Act

(c) The Ilbert Bill

(d) Lowering the age for the Indian Civil Service Examination

Option c – The Ilbert Bill

The organizational change to turn the Congress Party into a real mass political party was made for the first time in

(a) 1916

(b) 1918

(c) 1920

(d) 1930

Option c – 1920

“To sound the order of retreat just when public enthusiasm was reaching the boiling point was nothing short of a national calamity”. Who said it regarding the unilateral withdrawal of the Non-cooperation movement by Gandhi on Feb 1922?

(a) S.C. Bose

(b) J.L. Nehru

(c) Mohammad Ali

(d) C.R. Das

Option a – S.C. Bose

Who strongly objected to the British government’s negotiations on terms of equality with the ‘Seditious Fakir’, i.e., Mahatma Gandhi in Feb-Mar, 1931?

(a) Ramsay MacDonald

(b) Lord Linlithgow

(c) Winston Churchill

(d) Lord Wavell

Option c – Winston Churchill

The Congress was passing through midnight gloom, and Gandhiji himself withdrew from politics altogether, devoting himself to his social programme. This refers to which period of the Indian National movement.

(a) Failure of Round Table Conference and its aftermath

(b) Post Non-Cooperation phase

(c) World-wide depression of the 1930s

(d) None of the above

Option a – Failure of Round Table Conference and its aftermath

‘Nauseating and humiliating spectacle of Gandhiji striding half-naked up the steps of the viceroy’s Palace to negotiate …….. on equal terms with the representatives of the King-Emperor’. Who said this?

(a) Clement Attlee

(b) William Digby

(c) Winston Churchill

(d) Strafford Cripps

Option c – Winston Churchill

In which year did the British Government announce for the first time dominion status as the goal of British policy in India?

(a) 1922

(b) 1929

(c) 1932

(d) 1935

Option b – 1929

Which famine in colonial India was attributed to man-made causes?

(a) Famine of 1868-70

(b) Bengal Famine of 1943

(c) Famine of 1876-78

(d) Famine of 1896-97

Option b – Bengal Famine of 1943

Who coined the term ‘discriminating protection’ while appearing before the Indian Fiscal Commission?

(a) Lala Harkishan Lal

(b) CR Das

(c) Motilal Nehru

(d) Rajendra Prasad

Option a – Lala Harkishan Lal

In which year did Mohammad Ali Jinnah attend a session of the Muslim League for the first time without being its member?

(a) 1906

(b) 1896

(c) 1912

(d) 1915

Option c – 1912

Who was the President of the eighth session of the Muslim League in 1915 held in Bombay and attended by Madan Mohan Malviya, Surendranath Banerjea, Annie Besant, B G Horniman, and Sarojini Naidu?

(a) Mazhar-ul Haque

(b) Mohsin-ul-Mulk

(c) Aga Khan III

(d) Syed Ameer Ali

Option a – Mazhar-ul Haque

To investigate Muslim grievances against Congress ministries during 1937-39, the Muslim League formulated the “Pirpur Report” under the chairmanship of

(a) Raja Syed Muhammad Mehdi

(b) Abul Kalam Azad

(c) Fazl-al Haq

(d) SM Shareef

Option a – Raja Syed Muhammad Mehdi

Which of the following was the reason for the Congress to refuse to form a coalition government in the United Provinces with the Muslim League?

(a) Hindu-Muslim animosity

(b) The choice of ministers

(c) Muslim League’s refusal of merger in Congress

(d) Both were hostile to the formation of government.

Option b – The choice of ministers

When and where for the first time after 1916 did the Muslim League organize its session separately from the Congress?

(a) 1920, Nagpur

(b) 1921, Ahmedabad

(c) 1923, Lucknow

(d) 1924, Lahore

Option c – 1923, Lucknow

Which of these statements is false about the reasons for the split in the Congress?

(a) There were personal rivalries between moderate and extremist leaders.

(b) Extremists wanted to bypass democratic procedures within the Congress.

(c) Moderates were opposed to the boycott of British goods and institutions.

(d) Extremists were impatient with the moderate politics of ‘Mendicancy’

Option b – Extremists wanted to bypass democratic procedures within the Congress

Which of the following conclusions about Moderates and Extremists is false?

(a) The colonial government remained unaffected by the moderates’ pleas.

(b) Extremists wanted moderate leaders to continue to hold positions of power within the Congress.

(c) Moderates felt closer to the British than to the people of their own country.

(d) Extremists alienated Muslims with their Hindu revivalism.

Option b – Extremists wanted moderate leaders to continue to hold positions of power within the Congress

He was the most passionate exponent of the Extremists’ point of view and the programme he espoused anticipated Gandhi. The reference here is to

(a) Lala Lajpat Rai

(b) Aurobindo Ghose

(c) B.G. Tilak

(d) None of the above

Option b – Aurobindo Ghose

In which city was the All India Muslim League established in 1906?

(a) Karachi

(b) Shimla

(c) Dacca

(d) Aligarh

Option c – Dacca

Which of these statements is true?

(a) The early Congress professed loyalty to the British Empire.

(b) The Congress was founded on the demand for the overthrow of British rule in India.

(c) The Congress was founded as a full-time political organization.

(d) The Congress had peasant leaders among its founders

Option a – The early Congress professed loyalty to the British Empire

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