Practice

Question 101

Who appointed Balban to the post of Amir-i-Shikar?

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Correct answer: (C) Raziya Begum

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Question 102

Who disbanded the “group of forty”?

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Correct answer: (B) Balban

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Question 103

What was the official language of the Sultanate?

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Correct answer: (A) Persian

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Question 104

Which officers were appointed by Balban to watch the activities of governors and military and civil officers?

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Correct answer: (C) Barids

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Question 105

Who was the forerunner of the state system of the Khaljis?

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Correct answer: (B) Balban

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Question 106

Akbar was born on 15 October 1542 at:

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Correct answer: (B) Amarkot

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Question 107

Who has been regarded as “the National Monarch”?

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Correct answer: (B) Akbar

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Question 108

The first Rajput chief to enter into a matrimonial alliance with Akbar was:

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Correct answer: (C) The ruler of Jaipur

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Question 109

“Din-i-Ilahi was a monument of Akbar’s folly, not of his wisdom.” Who wrote this?

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Correct answer: (A) V. A. Smith

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Question 110

It is generally accepted by scholars that the dahsala system was prepared by:

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Correct answer: (C) Todar Mal

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Question 111

Akbar divided his entire empire into many:

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Correct answer: (C) Dasturs

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Question 112

The Battle of Buxar completed the work of the:

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Correct answer: (A) Battle of Plassey

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Question 113

When did Clive return to Bengal as its Governor?

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Correct answer: (B) 1765

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Question 114

The Treaty of Allahabad took place in:

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Correct answer: (B) 1765

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Question 115

The sepoys in the Santhal Pargana shot the first fire at the:

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Correct answer: (B) Officers

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Question 116

“The Revolt of 1857 was the Hindu-Muslim conspiracy.” Who wrote this?

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Correct answer: (A) Sir James Outram

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Question 117

“It was a patriotic act for the emancipation of the country from foreign rule.” Who wrote this?

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Correct answer: (A) Bipan Chandra

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Question 118

Which leader of Bihar actively participated in the Revolt of 1857?

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Correct answer: (C) Kunwar Singh

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Question 119

Who was President of the Indian National Congress at its 1886 session?

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Correct answer: (B) Dadabhai Naoroji

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Question 120

The main demands of the Congress moderate leaders were:

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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above

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Question 121

Who wrote the book India Divided in 1947?

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Correct answer: (C) Rajendra Prasad

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Question 122

Who started the Marathi newspaper Kesari?

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Correct answer: (C) B. G. Tilak

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Question 123

Who in India was greatly influenced by the emergence of the Irish Home Rule Movement?

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Correct answer: (A) Annie Besant

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Question 124

The split in the Indian National Congress took place at the:

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Correct answer: (A) Surat session in 1907

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Question 125

Who dominated Indian politics during 1919–1947?

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Correct answer: (E) None of the above

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Question 126

Which significant drive continued without interruption in India between 1914 and 1923?

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Correct answer: (E) None of the above

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Question 127

Who saved the Sabarmati Ashram from extinction through a generous donation?

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Correct answer: (B) Ambalal Sarabhai

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Question 128

“The Congress is tottering to its fall and one of my great ambitions while in India is to assist it to a peaceful demise.” Who said it?

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Correct answer: (C) Lord Curzon

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Question 129

Gandhiji entered Congress politics by attending the Congress session at:

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Correct answer: (A) Amritsar in 1919

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Question 130

Which event deeply shocked and hurt Indians in April 1919?

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Correct answer: (C) Jallianwala Bagh tragedy

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Question 131

Where did the angry crowd attack and burn the police station, causing the death of 22 policemen?

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Correct answer: (E) None of the above

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Question 132

Who was the political guru of Mahatma Gandhi?

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Correct answer: (B) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

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Question 133

The withdrawal of the Non-Cooperation Movement was bitterly resented by many:

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Correct answer: (B) Congress leaders

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Question 134

How many rupees were collected for the Tilak Swaraj Fund?

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Correct answer: (C) 99 lakhs

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Question 135

Who was President of the Swaraj Party in 1923?

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Correct answer: (B) C. R. Das

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Question 136

Which party became the constitutionalist party of Indian leaders?

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Correct answer: (A) Indian Liberal Federation

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Question 137

Simon Commission came to India in:

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Correct answer: (B) 1928

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Question 138

Which event was known as the “Muslim War of National Independence”?

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Correct answer: (B) Khilafat Movement

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Question 139

Besides this, Gandhi also provided Congress with a comprehensive programme of:

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Correct answer: (B) Constructive work

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Question 140

The resolution of complete independence was passed at Lahore in the:

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Correct answer: (A) Congress session of 1929

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Question 141

When did Gandhiji start the Civil Disobedience Movement with his famous Dandi March?

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Correct answer: (C) 12 March 1930

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Question 142

Which Round Table Conference in London did Gandhiji attend?

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Correct answer: (B) Second Round Table Conference

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Question 143

How many people went to jail during the Civil Disobedience Movement, 1930–31?

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Correct answer: (C) 90,000

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Question 144

Who boldly opined that “Mr. Gandhi as a political leader has failed”?

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Correct answer: (B) Subhas Chandra Bose

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Question 145

In which two provinces did the Muslim League fail to get a majority, despite their Muslim-majority status?

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Correct answer: (A) Bengal and Punjab

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Question 146

Who gave the slogan “Do or Die”?

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Correct answer: (C) Mahatma Gandhi

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Question 147

Which commission came to India in March 1946?

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Correct answer: (B) Cabinet Commission

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Question 148

Who called for Direct Action Day to achieve Pakistan?

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Correct answer: (B) M. A. Jinnah

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Question 149

Who announced the British Government’s acceptance of the principle of Partition?

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Correct answer: (C) Mountbatten

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Question 150

On what date did the British Government pass the India Independence Act in Parliament?

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Correct answer: (A) 18 July 1947

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TRE3 — Language General Studies And History