History Objective Model Test Paper

History Objective Model Test Paper
Practice Test Paper History
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. 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)

23. 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)

24. Which of the following states under the native rular did not introduce social reforms by legislation?
(A) Mysore
(B) Baroda
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) Nagpur
Ans. (D)

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)