Hamdard Study Circle Date: 04-04-2009
Civil Services Prelims Batch 2009
Coaching Test Question Paper
G.S. HISTORY
Time Allowed: 70 Minutes Test No. 08 Marks: 86
1.Consider the following statements:
1.In 1856 an act was passed under which every new recruit undertook to go even overseas if required
2.In the Pre 1857 no Indian Sepoy could rise beyond the position of subehdar
Which of the above statement is correct?
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) both (d) none
2.During whose Governor Generalship Vellore Mutiny taken place?
(a) George Barlow (b) Earl Minto (c) Cornwallis (d) Hasting
3.The village Jagadispur, a center of 1857 War of Independence is located in which of the following state?
(a) UP (b) East Punjab (c) Bihar (d) MP
4.Khan Bahadur Khan, one of the leader of 1857 war of independence, belong to which place?
(a) Allahabad (b) Faizabad (c) Kanpur (d) Barraily
5.Consider the following statements:
1.The Government of India Act, 1858, enlarged the Governor General Council, which now come to known as Imperial Legislative Council
2.The Imperial Legislative Council is allowed to discuses the actions of the administration.
Which of the above statement is correct?
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) both (d) none
6.The misery hardly finds a parallel in the history of commerce. The bones of the cotton weavers are bleaching the plain of India. Who said this?
(a) William Bentick (b) Dadabai Naoroji (c) R.C. Dutta (d) Mahatma Gandhi
7.Who among the following was not a founding member of Madras Mahajan Sabha?
(a) Viraraghavachari (b) G. Subraamaniyam
(c) Krishnaswamy Iyer (d) Ananda Charli
8.Which of the following association established in the same year to that of Indian National Congress?
(a) Indian Association (b) Madrass Association
(c) Bombay Presidency Association (d) British India Association
9.In 1875,l who among the following founded the Indian league?
(a) Sisir Kumar (b) Motilal Gosh (c) Ananda Mohan (d) W.C. Banarjee
10.Whom Razia Sultana succeeded as the Sultan of Delhi?
(a) Itfutmish (b) Ruknuddin (c) Bahram Shah (d) Aram Shah
11.Consider the following persons:
1. Naoroji Furdonji 2. Dadabhai Naoroji 3. S.S. Bengali
Who among the above is/are instrumental in the foundation of Mazdayason Sabha?
(a) 1 only (b) 1 and 2 (c) 2 and 3 (d) all of the above
12.Consider the following statements:
1.Dr. B.R. Ambedkar founded the All India Harijan Sangh
2.Swami Vivekanand coined the famous slogan “One religion, one caste and one god for mankind”
Which of the following statement is correct?
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) both (d) none
13.In 1920, who started the Self Respect Movement?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Dr. B.R. Ambedkaar (c) Narayan Guru (d) Joytiba Phule
14.Consider the following persons
1. P. Theagaraya 2. Dr. T.M. Naire 3. R. Naickar
Who among the above is/are the founder of south Indian Liberal Foundation?
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) 1 and 2 (d) all of the above
15.In 1903, Mrs. Annie Besant set up ‘Hindu Association’ in which of the following place?
(a) Vanaras (b) Madrass (c) Pune (d) Delhi
16.Who among the following was instrumental in the enactment of “the Age of Consent Act (1891)”?
(a) D.D. Karve (b) B.M. Malabari (c) Ishwar Chandra (d) Annie Besant
17.Who said “the Congress is tottering to its fall and one of my great ambitions while in India is to assist it to a peaceful demise”?
(a) Lord Dufferin (b) Lord Curzon (c) Sir Sayid Ahmed Khan (d) Salimullah
***18.Assertion (a): The Government of India Act was passed in 1935
Reason (R): The Third Round Table conference met in November 1932
19.Who among the following was leading INA Subash Brigade to Imphal in Manipur?
(a) Shahnawaz Khan (b) Prem Sehgal (c) Abdul Rashid (d) Gurubox Singh Dhillon
***20.Wihich British Prime Minister sent Sir Stafford Cripps as the head of Cripps Mission to India?
(a) Attle (b) Winston Churchil (c) Ramsey Macdonald (d) Pethick Lewence
21.Who among the following prepared the ‘economic development plan’ known as people plan?
(a) Subash Bose (b) M.N. Roy (c) P.C. Joshi (d) Jawaharlal Nehru
22.Who among the following founded Indian Ambulance Crops to assist English in the First world war
(a) Dr. M.A. Ansari b) Satyendranath Banarjee (c) Tej Bahadur Sapr (d) Mahatma Gandhi
23.Who says “Very soon the final battle with begin outcome will decisive we took part in the str and we are proud of having done so?
(a) Surya Sen (b) Subash Chandra Bose (c) Bhagat Singh (d)Rajguru
24.In which of the following place Indian National Congress passed a resolution declaring Porna Swaraj (Complete Independence)?
(a) Karachi (b) Lahore (c) Madras (d) Bombay
***25.Consider the following statements with reference to the Govt. of India Act of 1935
1. Establishment of an All India Federation 2. More Provincial Autonomy
Which of the following is correct?
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) both (d) none
26.Consider the following
1. Irish Militants 2. Russian Nihilism
3. French Revolutionaries 4. American Revolutions
The revolutionary nationalist followed the method of which of the above in assassinating unpopular official?
(a) 1, 3 (b) 1, 2 (c) 3, 4 (d) all of the above
27.Who among the following revolutionary shot himself dead after he threw bomb at a carriage which he believed to be occupied by a British official?
(a) Khudiram Bose (b) Prefulla Chaki (c) Ajit Singh (d) Satish Samanta
28.Who presided over the Banaras session (1905) of Indian National Congress which strongly expressed resentment on the partition of Bengal?
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji (b) Rash Bihare Bose
(c) Gopal Kirshna Gokhle(d) Lal Mohan Ghose
29.Consider the following statements:
1.George Yule was the first European to become president of Indian National Congress.
2.Badruddin Tayibji become the first Muslim president of Indian National Congress
Which of the above statement is correct?
(a) 1 only (c) 2 only (c) both (d) none
30.Who was the first English Viceroy in India?
(a) William Bentink (b) Lord Conning (c) Lord Curzon (d)Warren Hasting
31.“The only hope of India is from the messes. The upper class are physically and morally deed. Who said this?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) B.G. Tilak (c) Nazrul Islam (d) Vivekananda
32.Who was the secretary of state when Bengal was divided?
(a) Marley (b) Montago (c) Stanford (d) Henry
33.Who among the following nationalist leader declared, “Political freedom is the life birth of a nation”?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru (b) Balgangadar Tilak (c) Lajpat Rai (d) Arvind Gosh
34.Who among the below was not imprisoned by the British in 1908?
(a) Chidambara Pillai (b) Harisarovattam Rao
(c) Balgangadar Tilak (d) Shymaji Krishevery
35.Under which Act the Provincial legislative councils were enlarged and the majority of their members were to be elected?
(a) Govt of India Act 1709 (b) Govt of India Act 1919
(c) Charter Act of 1833 (d) Govt. of India Act 1935
36.During which movement Mahatma Gandhi took command of rationalist movement?
(a) Champaran Satyagraha (b) Anti Rowlat
(c) Anti Jaliwanwala Bagh (d) Ahmedabad Mill strike
37.Who renounced his knighthood in protest against the Jalianwala Bagh massacre?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Sir Iqbal
(c) Rabindranath Tagor (d) Gopal Krisha Gokhle
38.During Non-cooperation Movement, national schools and colleges were established. Which of the following is the odd one?
(a) Jamil Millia Islamia (b) Wardha Vidyapith
(c) Bihar Vidyapith (d) Gujrat Vidyapith
39.Consider the following events of Raja Rammohan Roy’s life:
1. Atmiya Sabha 2. Tuhfat ul Muwahiddin 3. Brahma Sabha
Which of the above associated with his life?
(a) 1, 2 (b) 1, 3 (c) (c) 3 (d) 1, 2, 3, and 4
40.The separate electorate for Muslim introduced by which of the following reform?
(a) Curzon Reforms (b) Morely Minto(c) Montego Chemsford (d) Macdonald
41.Who among the following was not a nationalist Muslim?
(a) R.M. Sayani (b) A. Bhimji (c) Badrudin Tayabji (d) Mohsimul Mulk
42.Who says that Home Rule is my birthright and I will have it?
(a) Annie Besant(b) Gopal Krisha Gokhla (c) Balgangadhar Tilak (d) Dada Bhai Naorji
43.Who among the following was not a member of Ghadar Party?
(a) Ajit Singh (b) Barkatullah (c) Ram Chandra (d) Rahmat Ali Shah
**44.Who introduced Roytwari system in Madrass province?
(a) Munro (b) Cornwallis (c) Bentick (d) William Roddick
45.Famous Chinese traveler Fa-Hien came to the court of which ancient Indian ruler?
(a) Kaniska (b) Chandragupta II (c) Pushyamitra Shunga (d) Harshavardan
46.Who among the following Sultan built an observatory at Daulatabad?
(a) Muhammad Bin Tughlak (b) Feroz Shah Tughlak
(c) Feroz Shah Bahmani (d) Ahmed Shah Bahmani
47.Who was the first Portuguese Governor General of India?
(a) Vasco-da- Gama (b) Don Almaida (c) Albuquerque (d) Duplex
48.The ancient Indian play Svapnavasavadata of Bhasa is written on which of the following subject?
(a) Love story of Ajatshatru and Koshala Prince.
(b) Romantic affairs Udayana and a Princes of Avanti
(c) Ajatshatru Victory of Vaishali
(d) Prasenjits marriage with a Shaka Prince
49.The best known book on Hindu astronomy Surya Siddhanta was written by whom of the following?
(a) Aryabhatta (b) Varahmihira (c) Bhaskara (d) None
50.The Ashokan elephant (minor) capital was found at which of the following place?
(a) Sankissa (b) Nandangarh (c) Sanchi (d) Vaishali
51.Which among the following dynasty first time introduced the double dome in monuments?
(a) Khaljis (b) Tughlaks (c) Lodhis (d) Mughals
52.Who built famous Kailashnath Temple at Ellora?
(a) Rajaraja (b) Narsimhavarman (c) Kirshna I (d) Rajendra I
53.The famous ancient Indian physician Jivaka was contemporary of which of the following rulers?
(a) Bimbisara (b) Ashok (c) Mahapadma Nanda (d) Harshavardana
*54.Who was the ruler of Vijaynagar Empiror at the time of the battle of Talikotta?
(a) Rama Raja (b) Sadashiva Raja (c) Achut Raya (d) Krishnadeva Roya
55.What was the profession of Bhakti Saint Namadeva
(a) Tailor (b) Business (c) Teacher (d) Barbar
56.Consider the following battles:
1. Chausa 2. Khanwa 3. Dharmat
Which of the above is correct chronological order?
(a) 1-2-3 (b) 1-3-2 (c) 2-1-3 (d) 2-3-1
57.The Sufis adopted several spiritual practices of the Hindus; one such is hubs-i-dam.What was that practice?
(a) Shaving head (b) Forty day ritual
(c) Offering water (d) Controlling breath
58.Which of the following work of Dara Shikoh contains translation of fifty two Upanishads?
(a) Majmaul Bahrain (b) Hasinatul Arifin
(c) Sirr – I- Akbar (d) Safinatul Auliya
59.Who among the following Chola Emperor assumed the title Gongaikondachola?
(a) Rajaraja I (b) Rajendra I (c) Rajendra II
60.Match List I with List II
A. Cikan 1. Uttarpradesh
B. Kantha 2. West Bengal
C. Kasutis 3. Karnataka
D. Mekhalas 4. Assam
A B C D
(a) 1 2 3 4
(b) 1 3 2 4
© 1 3 4 2
(d) 2 3 4 1
61.During Vedic period who among the following women spurned the wealth because it would not give immortal Light?
(a) Gargi (b) Apala (c) Ghosa (d) Maitreyi
62.Who among the following Sultan is referred ‘Budha Shah’ by his people?
(a) Hussain Shah (b) Ibrahim Adil Shah
(c) Jainal Abedin (d) Hussaengo Shah
63.Who invited Mahatma Gandhi to Champaran?
(a) Ram Prashad Shukla (b) Rajendra Prasad (c) Sucheta Kripalini (d) Mazharul Haque
64.During Quit India Movement who replaced Mahatma Gandhi as the editor of Harijana?
(a) C. Raja Gopalachari (b) Indulal Yagnik (c) B R Ambedkar (D) K.G. Mashruwala
65.Which of the following state is the first state to be curved out on the basis of linguistic criterion in independent India?
(a) Karnataka (b) Andhra (c) Maharastra (d) Kerala
66.Who presided over the Jain Council held at Valabhi held in the 5th century?
(a) Davardhi (b) Pravarasent (c)Gunadhya (d) Rajashekhara
67.Who among the following was the author of the book ‘Unhappy India’?
(a) Lala Lajpat Rai (b) Henry Cotton (c) A.O. Hume (d) Bipin Chandraa Paul
*68.In 1946, who was elected as the president of Indian Constituent Assembly?
(a) Rajendra Prasad (b) B.R. Ambedkar (c) Vittal Bai Patel (d) Bipin Chandra Paul
69.Lala Har Dayal, the founder of Ghadar Party was from which of the following place?
(a) Lahore (b) Delhi (c) Ludhinana (d) Amritsar
70.Which education commission for the first time held that state should make special efforts for extension and improvement of vernacular education?
(a) Dr Zakir Hussain (b) Hunter (c) Hartog (d) Wood
71.Under whose president ship Indian National Congress adopted a new constitution in Nagpur during 1920?
(a) C. Vijayanaghavachariar (b) C.R. Das (c) Motilal Nehru (d) S.P. Sinha
72.The Indian universities Act passed under whose Governor Generalship?
(a) Lord Dalhousie (b) Lord Ripon (c) Lord Curzon (d) Baron Chemsford
73.Which of the following battle bring the end of French dominance in India?
(a) Port Novo (b) WandiWash (c) Tiruchirancapalli (d) Bassain
74.In the Eastern India French established their first factory at which of the following place?
(a) Qasim Bazar (b) Kokata (c) Chandonagar (d) Murshidabad
75.During 1840-41 Narsingaro Petkar captured which of the following fort and hoisted the flag of he Raja of Satara?
(a) Badami (b) Samangarh (c) Bhudargarh (d) Savantvadi
76.he book Satyartha Prakash was written by whom among the following?
(a) Dayanand Saraswati (b) Keshaschandra Sen
(C) Devendranath Tagore (d) Mahadev Govinda Ranade
77.Who was the Secretary of Annie Besant led Home Rule League?
(a) J. Dwarkadas (b) S. Banker (c) I. Yagnic (d) G. Arundale
78.Who among the following was not associated with the formation of Workers and Peasants Parties?
(a)Sohan Singh Josh (b) Muzaffar Ahmed
(c) P.C. Joshi (d) Subash Bose
79.Sachindranath Sanyal written which among the following served as a text book to the revolutionary movent?
(a) The Philosophy of the Bomb (b) Bandi Jiwan (c) Kranti (d) Inquilab Zindabad
80.The tenth Sikh Guru Govinda Singh was martyred in which of the following place?
(a) Aurangabad (b) Nanded (c) Bihar (d) Gulbarga
81.ho among the following was not in the group of new Swarajist, arguing for Congress participation in central legislative Assembly?
(a) M.A. Ansari (b) Bulabhai Desai (c) B.C. Roy (d) T. Vishwanatham
82.The All India Kishan Congress was established at which of the following place?
(a) Delhi (b) Faizpur (c) Luknow (d) Patna
83.Who was the Governor General of India at the time Quite India Movement?
(a) Linlithgow (b) Willingdon (c) Wavell (d) Irwin
84.The famous student agitation known as Vande Matram Movement took at which of the following place?
(a) Junagarh (b) Kolkata (c) Hyderabad (d) Dhaka
85.Which among the following Maratha chief was the last to enter into subsidiary alliance with English?
(a) Holkar (b) Bhonsle (c) Sindhia (d) Gaikwad
87. When did the British Government enact a law, which enabled a convert to Christianity to inherit his ancestral property?
(a) 1945 (b) 1950 (c) 1955 (d) 1960
88. The term batta was used to refer which of the following subjects?
(a) a special tax (b) Indian Sepoy unit (c) Pension of Kings (d) Foreign Allowance
89. In 1855 the first jute Mill in India was established in which of the following place?
(a) Barasat (b) Rishra (c) Chandanagar (d) Calcutta
90. In which of the following famines carried away the lives of almost three million people of Bengal?
(a) 1901 (b) 1899 (c) 1932 (d) 1943
91. When the English Govt. did Passed a ne Gurudwara Act?
(a) 1920 (b) 1922 (c) 1925 (d) 1921
92. What Mahatma Gandhi did at Dandi on the occasion of Civil Disobedience Movement?
(a) Break Salt Law (b) Bonfire of Foreign goods (c) Break Chaukidari (d) Satyagraha with followers tax
93. Consider the following newspapers according to their year of publications?
1. Darpan 2. Samachar Darpan 3. Prabhakar
Which of the above is correct chronological order?
(a) 1-2-3 (b) 2-1-3 (c) 1-3-2 (d) 3-1-2
