Indian History IAS Model Test Paper

Indian History IAS Model Test Paper

History Solved Practice Paper

1. Which of the following historians were the contemporaries of Akbar?

I. Abul Fazl

Il. Badauni

III. Mulla Daud

IV. Nizamuddin Ahmad

V. Mutamad Khan

VI. Abdul Hamid Lahori

(a) I, II, III and IV

(b) IV, V and VI

(c) Il, III and VI

(d) All of the above

Answer. (a)

2. Match the following:

A. Battle of Haldighati 1. Babur

B. Battle of Bilgram 2. Akbar

C. Second Battle of Panipat 3. Humayun

D. Battle of Khanua 4. .lahangir

A B C D

(a) 2 3 2 1

(b) 1 3 2 1

(c) 3 2 4 2

(d) 2 2 1 3

Answer. (a)

3. Consider the following statements:

1. Humayun regained his Delhi throne from Sher Shah in 1555.

2. Humayun defeated Hemu at the second battle of Panipat in 1556.

Which of these statements is/are correct?

(a) Only 1

(b) Only 2

(c) Both 1 and 2

(d) Neither 1 nor 2

Answer. (a)

4. Akbar wanted to establish friendship with the Rajputs because:

(a) Mughal links with Central Asia having been completely snapped, so Akbar had

to make friendly alliances in India

(b) Friendship with the Rajputs was politically fruitful

(c) He wanted to make peaceful Rajputana a stepping stone for his Gujarat and

Deccan conquests

(d) All of the above

Answer. (d)

5. ‘Hindustan is a country of few charms. Its people have no good looks…’

Which Mughal king had recorded this in his memoirs?

(a) Akbar

(b) Babar

(c) Humayun

(d) Shahjahan

Answer. (b)

6. Who was the ruler of medieval India who is credited with the

building of the Grand Trunk Road?

(a) Babur

(b) Sher Shah Suri

(c) Jahangir

(d) Krishnadeva Raya

Answer. (b)

7. Who amongst the following lost his kingdom in Hindustan but retrieved it

after about 15 years in exile?

(a) Firoz Shah Tughlaq

(b) Ala-ud-din Khilji

(c) Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq

(d) Humayun

Answer. (d)

8. The Sarak-i-Azam which ran from the Indus to Sonargaon (in Bangladesh) was built by:

(a) Akbar

(b) Sher Shah

(c) Shahjahan

(d) None of these

Answer. (b)

9. Match the following:

Structures Places

A. Akbar’s Mausoleum 1. Lahore

B. Gola Mendola Jahangir’s 2. Chittorgraph

C. Jahangir’s Mausoleum 3. Sikandara

D. Vijyastambha 4. Udaipur

A B C D

(a) 4 3 1 2

(b) 4 3 2 1

(c) 3 4 3 1

(d) 3 4 1 2

Answer. (d)

10. Match the following:

A. Second Battle of Panipat 1. Decline of Vijayanagar empire

B. Second Battle of 2. British rule in Tarain India

C. Battle of Talikota 3. Turkish rule in India

D. Battle of Plassey 4. Mughal rule in India

5. Slave dynasty in India

A B C D

(a) 2 3 4 1

(b) 3 1 2 4

(c) 4 3 1 2

(d) 5 3 2 1

Answer. (c)

11. The first Indian ruler to organise Haj pilgrimage at the expense of the state was:

(a) Alauddin Khilji

(b) Feroz Tughlaq

(c) Akbar

(d) Aurangzeb

Answer. (c)

12. The coin rupia was first issued by:

(a) Sher Shah

(b) Alauddin Khilji

(c) Akbar

(d) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq

Answer. (a)

13. Since ages the women of Maharashtra have proved - themselves equal to men on

battlefield. Famous Chandbibi of Ahmednagar fought to protect her kingdom against:

(a) Mughals

(b) East India Company

(c) Adilshahi forces of Bijapur

(d) Nizam forces of Hyderabad

Answer. (a)

14. About whom it was said "He was a fortunate soldier but not an able Empire builder"?

(a) Babar

(b) Humayun

(c) Jahangir

(d) Shar Shah

Answer. (a)

15. Which of the following is correctly matched?

(a) Battle of Panipat - Babur and Rana Sanga

(b) Battle of Kanwah - Humayun and Sher Shah

(c) Battle of Tarain - Prithviraj Chauhan and Mohammed Ghori

(d) Battle of Wandiwash - Akbar and English forces

Answer. (c)

16. Tansen, the greatest musician of Akbar’s court, belonged to:

(a) Delhi

(b) Agra

(c) Gwalior

(d) Kannauj

Answer. (c)

17. Dara Shikoh finally lost the war of succession to Aurangzeb in the battle of:

(a) Dharmat

(b) Samugarh

(c) Deora

(d) Khanua

Answer. (b)

18. Who was the Afghan ruler of India whose administrative system was

emulated by the British?

(a) Bairam Khan

(b) Sher Shah

(c) Muhammad Shah

(d) Ahmad Shah

Answer. (b)

19. The ruler of which one of the following sent a large force against

Shivaji in 1659 under Afzal Khan?

(a) Bidar

(b) Bijapur

(c) Golconda

(d) Khandesh

Answer. (b)

20. Akbar defeated Rana Pratap in the Battle of Haldighati in the year:

(a) 1570

(b) 1576

(c) 1588

(d) 1596

Answer. (b)

21. Consider the following statements:

1. Raja Bhagvan Das’s army fought the Battle at Haldighati in 1576 against Maharana Pratap

2. In 1586, Man Singh successful persuaded Yusuf Khan, the ruler Kashmir, to surrender to Akbar.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2

(d) Neither 1 nor 2

Answer. (d)

22. On the wall of which of the following buildings built by Shah Jahan, the Persian

couplet "lf there is a paradise on earth, it is this, it is this, it is this” is inscribed?

(a) Moti Masjid

(b) Diwan-i-Khas, Delhi

(c) Jasmine Palace

(d) Diwan-i-Am, Delhi

Answer. (b)

23. At which one of the following places was Akbar formally seated on the Mughal throne

after the accidental death of his father Humayun?

(a) Kabul

(b) Lahore

(c) Kalanaur

(d) Sarhind

Answer. (c)

24. Buland Darwaza is situated in:

(a) Delhi

(b) Fatehpur Sikri

(c) Lucknow

(d) Meerut

Answer. (b)

25. The mausoleum of Sher Shah is at:

(a) Delhi

(b) Sasaram

(c) Agra

(d) Lahore

Answer. (b)