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Indian History Sample Question Paper

1. Who among the following first put forward the Concept of Swaraj?

(A) M.K. Gandhi

(B) B.G. Tilak

(C) Jawahar Lal Nehru

(D) K.C. Bhattacharya

Ans. (B)

2. During the thirteenth century the term fawazil denoted—

(A) The surplus revenue remitted to state

(B) A headman of a Paragana

(C) A military rank

(D) The crown land

Ans. (A)

3. Indian National Trade Union congress is an example of an —

(A) Ideological group

(B) Associational pressure group

(C) Anomic pressure group

(D) Institutional pressure group

Ans. (B)

4. What was the total jama of the Delhi Sultanate as estimated by Husamuddin Junaidi in the reign of Sultan Feroze Shah Tughlaq?

(A) Four crore and fifty lakhs

(B) Five crore and thirty lakhs

(C) Six crore and seventy five lakhs

(D) Seven crore and forty lakhs

Ans. (C)

5. Consider the following statements regarding the composition of the constituent Assembly —

1. The representatives were to be elected from the four constituents : Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs & Christians

2. The Chairman of the Union Constituent Committee was Sardar Vallabh Bai Patel

3. The total strength of the Constituent Assembly was 389

4. The Drafting Committee under the chairmanship of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar consisted of 8 members.

Which of these is/are correct?

(A) 1, 2 and 4

(B) 1, 2, 3 and 4

(C) 1 only

(D) 3 only

Ans. (D)

6. The change of the capital of the Bahmani kingdom from Gulbarga to Bidar took place during the reign of—

(A) Shihabuddin Ahmad I

(B) Ghiyasuddin Tahmatan

(C) Shamsuddin Daud

(D) Tajuddin Firoz

Ans. (A)

7. In the Mughal administration, Muhtasib was —

(A) A military officer

(B) An eccliclastical officer

(C) An officer in charge of public morals

(D) The head of the department of correspondence

Ans. (C)

8. Who among the following advocated party-less democracy in India?

(A) M.N.Roy

(B) Mahatma Gandhi

(C) Jayaprakash Narayan

(D) Acharya Vinoba Bhave

Ans. (C)

9. Which of the Constitution of India refers to the responsibility of the State towards international peace & security?

(A) Fundamental Rights

(B) Preamble to the Constitution

(C) Emergency provisions

(D) Directive Principles of State Po1icy

Ans. (D)

10. Which one of the following iqtas was held by Sultan Iltutmish as its muqta I. immediately before his accession?

(A) Kalpi

(B) Lakhnauti

(C) Kaliniar

(D) Badaun

Ans. (D)

11. Which one of the following Sultans introduced a rural tax called haqq-i-sharb?

(A) Iltutmish

(B) Alauddin Khilji

(C) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq

(D) Feroze Tughlaq

Ans. (D)

12. In the Constitution of India, the term ‘Federal’ —

(A) Figures in the preamble

(B) Figures in Article 368

(C) Does not figure anywhere

(D) Figures in Part III of the Constitution

Ans. (C)

13. Abul-Fazal gives names of a few Mughal artists in the Ai-n-i Akbari who worked at the Mughal atelier. The number of painters mentioned by him is —

(A) 17

(B) 22

(C) 28

(D) 34

Ans. (A)

14. Between the 15th August, 1947 when the country became free and the 26th January, 1950, when she declared itself a democratic sovereign republic, the Government of India functioned under the Provisions of —

(A) The Government of India Act, 1935

(B) The Indian Independence Act, 1947

(C) The Indian (Provisional Constitution) order 1947

(D) None of the above

Ans. (B)

15. Abul Fazal refers in his writings to the—

(A) Methods of distillation

(B) Working of telescope

(C) Principle of gravitation

(D) Technique of metal casting

Ans. (D)

16. Consider the following —

1. Achyuta Patwardhana

2. Govind Ballabh Pant

3. M.N. Roy

4. Yusuf Meherally

Who among these were the members of the socialist party?

(A) 1 and 4

(B) 1 and 2

(C) 1, 2 and 3

(D) 2, 3 and 4

Ans. (A)

17. Who among the following was the first President of AITUC?

(A) B.P. Wadia

(B) P.C. Joshi

(C) Joseph Baptista

(D) Lala Lajpat Rai

Ans. (D)

18. Which one of the following articles of the Indian Constituion deal with citizenship in India?

(A) Articles 5 to 11

(B) Articles 17 to 20

(C) Articles 333 to 337

(D) Articles 1 to 4

Ans. (A)

19. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

(A) Baiz Bahadur : Maiwa

(B) Sutlan Muzaffer Shah : Gujarat

(C) Yusuf Adil Shah : Ahmednagar

(D) Qutub Shah : Golkunda

Ans. (C)

20. Consider the following —

1. Swatantra Party

2. Hindu Mahasabha

3. Communist Party of India

4. Bhartiya Jansangh

The correct chronological order of their establishment is —

(A) 1, 4, 2 and 3

(B) 1, 3, 4 and 2

(C) 2, 4, 3 and 1

(D) 2, 3, 4 and 1

Ans. (D)

21. Consider the following statements —

Fundamental duties —

1. Have always been a part of the Constitution of India.

2. Have been added through and amendment

3. Are mandatory on all citizens

Which of these statements is/are correct?

(A) 1 alone

(B) 1 and 3

(C) 2 alone

(D) 2 and 3

Ans. (C)

22. Which one of the following finally alienated the Muslims and crystallized the demand for Pakistan?

(A) The introduction of separate electorates for the Muslims

(B) The establishment of the Muslim League

(C) The non-inclusion of Muslims in the Provincial Governments

(D) The Federal provisions envisaged under the Government of India Act of 1935

Ans. (D)

23. Amir Khusrau’s Khazain-ul-Futuh gives an account of the military campaigns of—

(A) Malik Kafurin South Ia

(B) Sultan Balban in the Mewat region

(C) Muhammad Tughlaq in Gujarat

(D) Feroze Tughlaq in Orissa

Ans. (A)

24. Which of the following are the fundamental duties mentioned in the Constitution of India?

1. To follow the principles of morality

2. To uphold and protect the sovereignty, unity and integrity of India

3. To value and pressure the rich heritage of our composite culture

4. To safeguard public property and to abjure violence

Select the correct answer using the codes given below —

Codes:

(A) 1, 2 and 3

(B) 1 and 4

(C) 1, 2, 3 and 4

(D) 2, 3 and 4

Ans. (C)

25. In India there is a single Constitution for the Union and the states with the exception of —

(A) Sikkism

(B) Jammu & Kashmir

(C) Nagaland

(D) Tamilnadu

Ans. (B)