Free Online History Paper IAS & UPSC Exams

Free Online History Paper IAS & UPSC Exams

Indian History Question Paper

1. The remarriage of Hindu-widow was first legalised during the Governor-Generalship of —

(A) Lord Canning

(B) Lord Ripon

(C) Lord Dalhousie

(D) William Bentinck

Ans. (A)

2. After the disappearance of the Chalukyas at the end of the twelveth century and the Cholas at the beginning of the thirteenth,

the four kingdoms that dominated the political history of southern India were the —

(A) Pandya, Hoysala, Kakatiya and the Yadava

(B) Rashtrakuta, Kadamba, Eastern Ganga and the Bana

(C) Western Ganga, Pandya, Vishnukundin and Hoysala

(D) Chera, Mahameghvahana, Salankayana and the Vijayanagara

Ans. (A)

3. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer —

List-I List-II

(a) Merchants 1. Jithhaka

(b) Craftsman 2. Setthis

(c) Federation of guilds 3. Satvahana

(d) Caravan chief 4. Bhandagarika

Codes:

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) 2 1 4 3

(B) 2 l 3 4

(C) 1 2 3 4

(D) 1 2 4 3

Ans. (A)

4. The manufacturing towns of India were ruined in the 19th century because of —

(A) Famines

(B) The ruin of manufacturing industries

(C) The migration of a large number of people to the villages because they did not want live in the town infected by European culture

(A) Family planning by the people if the towns

Ans. (B)

5. Before the revolt of 1857 broke out from hand to hand in the army. What did it signify?

(A) It signified that India belonged to Indian

(B) It signified the cultural unity of India

(C) It signified that British rule was satanic

(D) It signified that readiness of the Indian soldier to join the revolt

Ans. (D)

6. What is the correct chronological order in which the following Chola kings ruled?

1. Rajaraja III

2. Rajendra III

3. Rajadhiraja II

4. Vikrama Chola

Choose the correct answer using the codes given below —

(A) 4, 3, 2, 1

(B) 3, 4, 2, 1

(C) 3, 4, 1, 2

(D) 4, 3, 1, 2

Ans. (D)

7. Which of the following is correct?

(A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy was not influenced by Christianity

(B) Raja Ram Mohan Roy was not influenced by rationalism of contemporary European thought

(C) Raja Ram Mohan Roy was not influenced by monotheism of Islam

(D) Raja Ram Mohan Roy had not given up faith in the central truths propounded in the Vedas and Upnishadas

Ans. (D)

8. In the early medieval period, the system of land grants did not exist in —

(A) Orissa

(B) Uttar Pradesh

(C) Punjab

(D) Rajasthan

Ans. (C)

9. Which of the following is correct?

(A) Dayananda condemned idol worship

(B) Dayananda condemned pilgrimage

(c) Dayananda condemned shradha ceremonies

(D) Dayananda condemned Vedic Yozana

Ans. (D)

10. The Theosophical Society was founded by—

(A) Madame Blavatsky

(B) Rabindra Nath Tagore

(C) Gopal Krishana Gokhale

(D) Annie Besant

Ans. (A)

11. Which one of the following communities of peasants revolted against the Pala rulers of Bengal?

(A) Jats

(B) Gujaras

(C) Kaivartas

(D) Dams

Ans. (A)

12. The Ghadar Party was founded in —

(A) England

(B) Germany

(C) America

(D) Punjab

Ans. (C)

13. There were wide spread rising in 1824. Mark the community that did not take part —

(A) Gujars

(B) Kolis

(C) Sikhs

(D) Jats

Ans. (C)

14. The Chola inscriptions are found in the following language

1. Sanskrit

2. Telugu

3. Tamil

4. Kannada

Their correct sequence in terms of the extent to which they were used (most frequent first, last frequent last) is —

(A) 1, 3, 4, 2

(B) 3, 1, 4, 2

(C) 1, 3, 4, 2

(D) 3, 1 ,2, 4

Ans. (D)

15. Rama Krishana Mission was founded in —

(A) 1897

(B) 1891

(C) 1899

(D) 1888

Ans. (A)

16. The capital-seat of Gangaikondacholapuram was founded by —

(A) Rajendra I

(B) Rajaraja the Great

(C) Kulottunga I

(D) Parantaka

Ans. (A)

17. ‘Poverty and Un-British Rule’ was written by —

(A) G.K. Gokhale

(B) Dada Bhai Nauroji

(C) Sardar Patel

(D) Abdul Kalam Azad

Ans. (D)

18. Ramanuja was obliged to leave Srirangam owing to the hostility of —

(A) Rajaraja

(B) Rajendra Choladeva I

(C) Adhirajendra

(D) Kulottunga I

Ans. (D)

19. The right of adopting a heir other than one’s own son was restored by —

(A) Lord Canning

(B) Government of India Act 1858 A.D.

(C) The Queen’s Proclamation of 1858 A.D.

(D) Sir Charles Wood in 1860 A.D.

Ans. (C)

20. The early copper plate grants of the Pahallavas are in —

(A) Sanskrit

(B) Prakrit

(C) Tarnil

(D) Telugu

Ans. (C)

21. Who wrote “It is difficult to avoid the conclusion that the so called first National War of Independence of 1857, is neither first, nor

national, nor a war of Independence ?”

(A) R.C. Mazumdar

(B) Ashoka Mehta

(C) L.E.R. Reese

(D) Sir John Seeley

Ans. (A)

22. Nagarsresthi and Sarthavah are referred to in the context of urban administration in inscription of the Gupta period from —

(A) Madhyadesha

(B) Pundravardhana

(C) Avanti

(D) Saurashtra

Ans. (D)

23. The word ‘Swarajya’ and National language as Hindi were used by —

(A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

(B) Swami Dayanand

(C) Swani Vivekanand

(D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Ans. (B)

24. About the 5th century B .C. the Indian satrapy was paying an annual tribute of 320 talents of gold to —

(A) Greece

(B) Persia

(C) Bacteria

(D) China

Ans. (B)

25. The Gupta gold and silver issues were initially based on the coins of the —

(A) Romans and the Saka Kshatrapas

(B) Kushanas and Yaudheyas

(C) Kushanas and Saka Kshatrapas

(D) Romans and Kushanas

Ans. (C)