General Studies (History) model paper for Civil Service Prelims 2010

General Studies (History) model paper for Civil Service Prelims 2010
Hamdard Study Circle
Date: 11-01-2010
Civil Services Prelims Coaching Batch 2010
GENERAL STUDEIES (HISTORY)
Test No. 1
Time Allowed: 40 Minutes Marks: 50

1.Consider the following rulers:
1. Rafiud Darajat 2. Farrukshiyar 3. Rafiuddaula
Which of the following is correct chronological order of their regime?
(a) 1-2-3 (b) 1-3-2 (c) 2-1-3 (d) 3—2--1

2.Who was the Mughal emperor when Nadir Shah captured Delhi?
(a) Ahmed Shah (b) Muhammad Shah
(c) Shah Alam II (d) Bahadur Shah

3.Bahadur Shah awarded mansab to whom among the following Sikh gurus?
(a) Teg Bahudur (b) Banda Bahadur
(c) Harkishan (d) Govind Singh

4.During whose reign chauth and Sardeshmukhi was granted to Maratha rulers for the first time?
(a) Farukshiyar (b) Bahadur Shah
(c) Jahandar Shah (d) Muhammad Shah

5.What does the term ijarah means under the Mughal administrative system?
(a) Special Privilege (b) Assignment of Revenue(c) Revenue Farming
(d) Special Court

6.Consider the following persons:
1.Zulfiqar Khan
2.Hussain Ali Khan
3.Abdullah Khan
Who among the above is/are known as king maker for their immense influence the succession of later Mughals?
(a) 1 only (b) 1 and 2 (c) 2 and 3 (d) All of the above

7.Who among the following spent initial years as an Emperor wandering from place to place far away from his capital fearing his own wazir in Delhi?
(a) Shah Alam II (b) Ahmed Shah
(c) Alamgir II (d) Muhammad Shah

8.Nizamul Mulk Asaf Jha curved out which of the following state?
(a) Awadh (b) Hyderabad
(c) Rohilkhand (d) Bengal

9.Which of the following pair is correct?
(a) Mushidkuli Khan : Awadh
(b) Sadatullah Khan : Carnatic
(c) Sadat Khan : Rohilkhand
(d) Muhammad Ali Khan : Bengal

10.Who among the following Portuguese general captured Goa?
(a) Vasco-da Gama (b) Duplex (c) Albuquerque (d) Bussy

11.Regarding Tipu Sultan which British Governor General writes ‘peasantry of his dominions are protected and their labour encouraged and rewarded’?
(a) Lord Cornwalies (b) Lord Welbesly
(c) Warran Hasting (d) Sir Jhon Share

12.Consider the following battles?
1. Plassey
2. Buxar
3. Panipath III
Which of the above is the right chronological order?
(a) 1-2-3 (b) 1-3-2 (c) 3-1-2 (d) 3-2-1

13.In which of the following place Raja Sawai Jail Singh did not establish an observatory?
(a) Meerut (b) Ujjyain
(c) Varanasi (d) Mathura

14.Who among the following was the first European to initiate the policy of taking part in the quarrels of Indian princes with a view to acquire territories?
(a) Clive (b) Albuquerque (c) Duplex (d) Cornwallis

15.Who started the domination of Peshwa in Maratha administrative system under Shahu?
(a) Baji Rao (b) Balaji Vishwanath
(c) Balaji Baji Rao (d) Sadashiv Rao

16.Which of the following pairs is correct?
(a) Sindhia : Varoda (b) Gaikowad : Satara
(c) Bhonsle: Nagpur (d) Holkar : Pune

17.Who among the following Indian ruler planted a Tree of Liberty at his capital and became a member of Jacobian Club
(a) Sirajuddaulah (b) Tipu Sultan
(c) Safdar Jung (d) Ranjit Singh

18.Who among the following Maratha ruler established his own ordinance factories?
(a) Shahu (b) Shivaji II (c) Mahadji Sindia (d) Nana Phadnis

19.Consider the following persons:
1. Rja Sawai Jai Singh 2. Prashuram Bahu 3. Ajit Singh
Which of the personality tried to promote widow Remarraige?
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) 1 and 2 (d) 1 and 3

20.Who among the following Indian ruler estashished a modern arsenal for the first time?
(a) Haider Ali (b) Balaji Baji Rao
(c) Tipu Sultan (d) Sirajuddaulah

21.Consider the following European Companies:
1.Dutch East India Company 2. English East India Company
3.French East India Company
Which of the above is correct chronological order according to the year of their establishment?
(a) 1-2-3 (b) 2-3-1 (c) 1-3-2 (d) 2-1-3

22.The British East India Company established their first factory in which of the following place?
(a) Masulipattanam (b) Surat (c) Hoogly (d) Calcutta

23.The British King Charles received which of the following place as dowry from Portuguese?
(a) Coachin (b) Daman Diu (c) Madras 9d) Bombay

24.In 1686 which of the following English factory was sacked b the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb?
(a) Hugly (b) Bombay (c) Surat (d) Vishakhapattam

25.Consider the following battles:
1. Ambur 2. Wandiwash 3. Port Novo
Which of the following chronological order is correct?
(a) 1-2-3 (b) 1—3-2 (c) 2-3-1 (d) 2-1-3

26. Who called the battle of Plassey as ‘night of eternal gloom for India’?
(a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Dinbandhu Mitra
(c) Nazrul Islam (d) Nabinchandra Sen

27.Which Mughal Emperor granted Diwani of Bengal to English East India Company?
(a) Farruksiyr (b) Jahandar Shah
(c) Shah Alam II (d) Muhamad Shah

28.Which British Governor General signed the treaty of Salbai with Marathas?
(a) Warren Hasting (b) Lord Cornwalies
(c) Lord Wellesly (d) Dalhousie

29.Who among the following British Governor General Introduced subsidiary Alliance?
(a) Hasting (b) Clive (c) Wellesly (d) Canning

30.Under the ‘Doctrine of Lapes’ Dollhouse annexed first which of the following Indian state?
(a) Nagpur (b) Jhansi (c) Awadh (D) Satara

31.Which Act gave British government supreme control over the Company affairs in India?
(a) Maharani Declaration (b) Pits India Act
(c) Regulating Act (d) Charter Act

32.Who among the following Governor General introduced Postage Stamps in India?
(a) Wellesly (b) Dalhousie
(c) Canning (d) Edinborough

33.In 1853 the first telegraph line was introduced between which two places?
(a) Delhi – Calcutta (b) Bomaby – Thana
(c) Bombay – Madras (d) Calcutta – Agra

34.Mahalwari system was introduced in which of the following place?
(a) Punjab (b) Bengal
(c) Madrass (d) Maharastra

35.Who introduced Permanent Settlement system?
(a) Lord Clive (b) Warren Hasting
(c) Cornwallis (d) Lord Hasting

36. Consider the following statements:
1. Warren Hasting introduced Civil Service in India
2. All appointment of the Civil Services were made by the Viceroy
Which of the above statement is correct?
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) both (d) None

37. Who established Fort William College in Calcutta?
(a) Cornwallies (b) Wellesly (c) John Shore (d) Hasting

38. Which act made the selection to the civil services through competitive examination?
(a) The Regulating Act 1733 (b) Charter Act of 1833
(c) Charter Act of 1853 (d) Indian Council Act 1861

39. Who among the following abolished Provincial Courts of Appeal and Circuit?
(a) Cornowallies (b) Wellesly (c) Lord Minto (d) Willliam Bentick

40. The Widow Remarriage Act was passed during whose tenure?
(a) William Bentick (b) Harding (c) Hasting (d) Dalhousie

41. The Sanskrit School of Vanaras was founded by whom?
(a) Jonathan Duncan (b) David Hare
(c) Madan Mohan Malviya (d) Warren Hasting

42. The Wood Dispatch named after Sir Charles Wood, President of the Board of Council was issued in which of the following year
(a) 1853 (b) 1854 (c) 1856 (d) 1857

43. In which place English established the first Engineering College in India?
(a) Kharagpur (b) Madrass (c) Roorkee (d) Kaupur

44. The Treaty of Purandar (1776) held between which of the following forces?
(a) Englsih and French (b) Narayan Rao and French
(c) Englsih and Rasgunath Rao (d) Madhav Rao and English

45. The earliest subsidiary treaty negotiated by the Company was with the ruler of which of the following Indian state ?
(a) Nizam of Hyderabad (b) Nawab of Oudh
© Nawab of Bengal (c) Nawab of Carnatic

46. Lord Wellesley succeeded whom among the following as the Governor General in India ?
(a) Sir John Shore (b) Lord Cornwallis
© Warren Hasting (d) Thomas Munro

47. Who is called as the father of land settlement in India ?
(a) Holt Mackanzie (b) Henry Wellesly
© Merttins Bird (d) Lord Cornwallis

48. In the third battle of Panipat Marathas were under the command of whom?
(a) Ragunat Rao (b) Madhav Rao
(c) Sadashiva Rao (d) Narayan Rao

49. Ahmed Shah Abdali appointed whom as the ostensible regent to the Mughal Emperor?
a) Mohammad Ali Khan (b) Najib ud Daula
(c) Safdar Jung (d) Shah Alam II

50. Who was the founder of Asiatic Society of Bengal?
(a) Alexander Cunningham (b) Macuallay
(c) William Jones (d) H H Willson



Prepared By
Bazlur R Khan
Academic Associate
History