History Online Objective Question Paper

History Online Objective Question Paper

Indian History Model Test Paper

1. During the second Maratha invasions of Bengal, at the request of the Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah, who among the following came to support the Bengal Nawab against Raghuji Bhosle’s forces?

(A) Peshwa Balaji Rao

(B) Nizam-ul-Mulk

(C) Holkar

(D) Sawai Jai Singh

Ans. (A)

2. The Jat State of Bharatpur was set up by—

(A) Churaman

(B) Surajmal

(C) Boi Singh

(D) Sawai Raja Jai Singh

Ans. (B)

3. The Maratha who helped the Saiyyad brothers in overthrowing Farukhsiyar in 1719 was—

(A) Shivaji II

(B) Sahuji

(C) Balaji Vishwanath

(D) Baji Rao I

Ans. (C)

4. Bahadur Shah I did not—

(A) Abolish Jazia

(B) Release Shahu

(C) Restart playing Holi at the court

(D) Support the practice of Sati

Ans. (A)

5. The complaint that lakhs had been collected under Jaziya but hardly anything reached the imperial treasury was made by which one of the following historians of Aurangazeb’ s reign?

(A) Muhammad Kazim

(B) Isardar Nagar

(C) Khafi Khan

(D) Bhim Sen

6. Consider the following personalities—

1. Surajmal

2. Charhat Singh

3. Budh Singh

4. Badan Singh

Those connected with the kingdom, of Bharatpur included—

(A) l and 2

(B) 2 and 3

(C) 3 and 4

(D) l and 4

Ans. (D)

7. The common feature between Shivaji and Baji Rao I that ensured their successes in

battles was—

(A) Hindu Pad Padshahi

(B) Support from Hindu Rajas

(C) Guerrilla

(D) Organised and trained Army

Ans. (B)

8. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below

the lists—

List-I

(a) Saiyyad Ahmed Bareilin

(b) Muhammad Qasim Nanautanli

(c) Mirza Gulam Ahmed

(d) Zakaullah

List-II

1. Dar-ul-Ulum Deoband

2. Barahim

3. Tariquah-i-Muhammaddiyah

4. Delhi Urdu Renaissance

Codes:

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

(A) 1 3 4 2

(B) 3 1 2 4

(C) 1 3 2 4

(D) 3 1 4 2

Ans. (B)

9. The name ‘Napoleon of India’ is usually given to —

(A) Chandragupta

(B) Samudragupta

(C) Devapala

(D) Ashoka

Ans. (B)

10. The author of ‘Tabqat-i-Nasiri’ was—

(A) Mmhajuddin Siraj

(B) Hasan Nizami

(C) Shamsi-i-Siraj Affif

(D) Abul Fazal

Ans. (A)

11. Alauddin Khilji believed in—

(A) Benevolent despotism

(B) Absolute despotism

(C) Despotism by consent

(D) Rule with the help of nobility

Ans. (B)

12. The first memorial of a sati dated 510 A.D. is found at Eran in —

(A) Rajasthan

(B) Bihar

(C) Madhya Pradesh

(D) Punjab

Ans. (C)

13. Which set of the historians did not believe in the episode of Padmini of Chittor?

(A) B.P. Saxena, K.S. Lal, Di. Kanungo and Gauri Shanker Ojha

(B) Abul Fazal, Farishta and Nancy

(C) S. Roy, Dr. Iswari Prasad and A.L. Srivastava

(D) None of these

Ans. (A)

14. Ajanta caves were built during the period of —

(A) Gupta

(B) Mauryas

(C) Aryans

(D) Kushans

Ans. (A)

15. Malik Kafur attacked first kingdom in the south—

(A) Telangana

(B) Devagiri

(C) Hoyasala

(D) Pandya

Ans. (B)

16. The author of Mantkhab-ul-Tawarikh was—

(A) Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khana

(B) Abbas Sarwani

(C) Ahmed Yadagara Mza

(D) Badyuni

Ans. (D)

17. Which of the following law givers of the post Gupta period declared that Sudras were not slaves by nature?

(A) Medhatithi

(B) Vijnanesvara

(C) Narada

(D) Jimutavahan

Ans. (A)

18. In medieval India which of the following places produced large amount of silk—

(A) Kashmir

(B) Surat

(C) Himavat

(D) None of these

Ans. (B)

19. At the time of accession Iltutmish was the Governor of—

(A) Bengal

(B) Badayun

(C) Sindh

(D) Mliltan

Ans. (B)

20. Who wrote ‘Vasavadatt’?

(A) Bhasa

(B) Dandin

(C) Subandhu

(D) Kalidasa

Ans. (A)

21. Mahmud Ghaznavi attacked Somnath temple in—

(A) 1024A.D

(C) 1026A.D

(B) l025A.D

(D) l027A.D

Ans. (B)

22. ‘Navaniketam’ is a treative on—

(A) Polity

(B) Economics

(C) Medicine

(D) Philosophy

Ans. (C)

23. The capital of Qutubuddin Aibak was—

(A) Lahore

(B) Delhi

(C) Ajmer

(D) Agra

Ans. (A)

24. Among the Turks who made the first attack on India?

(A) Mahmud Ghaznavi

(B) Subuktgin

(C) Alaptgin

(D) Abdul Wahid

Ans. (A)

25. Who among the Chinese pilgrims wrote Siyu-ki (the record of the western countries)?

(A) Hiuen-Tsang

(B) I-tsing

(C) Fa-Hien

(D) None of these

Ans. (A)