History Model Test 22 in English

Name the place exclusively devoted to craft production during Harappan civilization

Arrange the chronological order:

1. Invasion of Timur on Delhi
2. Construction of Qutb Minar
3. Ascendency of Razia in Delhi
4. Malik Kafur’s South Indian Invasion

Consider the following statements regarding Chatrapathi Shivaji

1. Shivaji  ransacked the Mugal’s port Surat in 1664 A.D.
2. In 1665, treaty of Purandhar was signed between Shivaji and Jaisingh
3. In 1674, Shivaji himself made a title Chatrapathi at Raigarh.
4. Asraprashan, the group of eight ministers who assist Chatapathi Shivaji.

The phrase ‘Unity in Diversity’ was coined by

Which of the following statement is NOT correct?

Which one of the following cities was most extensive in area?

• Which of the following statement is correct?
• Choose the correct answer by using the codes.

1. Upanishads are source of Hindu philosophy of Aryans.
2. Upanishads throw light on material and spiritual life of the Aryans.
3. Atharvana veda contains the famous Gayatri mantra.
4. During Rig vedic time the king was the absolute owner of the land.

Identify the wrong one from the following statements with references to Alau-ud-din Khilji.

Which one of the following was NOT a per during the sangam age?

Point out the wrong statement in the following statements:

1. The first Buddhist Council was held at Pataliputra under the Chairmanship of Mahakasapa.
2. The second Buddhist Council was convened at Vaisali around 383 B.C.
3. Third Buddhist Council was presided by Moggaliputta Tissa.
4. The Fourth Buddhist Council was convened by Kanishka.

Which of the following statement is correct?

One of the following statements of Firuz Shah Tighlaq does not apply to him. Find it out.

Find the correct answer. While mentioning about her role in Sepoy Mutiy, Russel said “She has excited all Oudh” Who is she?

Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists”

• List I                                  List II

1. Swami Ram Tirath               1. Punjabi
2. Chittaranjan Das               2. The Commonweal
3. Lala Lajpat Rai                    3. Forward
4. Annie Besant                           4. Alif

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

• List I                                  List II

1. Rice for Re-1                          1. K.Kamaraj
2. Noon meal                                     2. M. Karunanithi
3. Tamil Thai Vazhthu                     3. J.Jayalalitha
4. Cradle Baby Scheme                              4. C.N.Annadurai

Where did  the communist party of India take split?

Which of the following was the important port in the Gupta period?

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

• List I                                             List II

1. Secular                          1. Feeling of oneness
2. Democratic                 2. Economic Equality
3. Socialistic                    3. No state religion
4. National integration             4. Rule of people

• Assertion(A): In the Chola period, the agrahara type of villages were numerically greater than any other type of villages.
• Reason (R): The practice of maintaining dancing girls by thetemples known as devadasi system became very popular during the Chola period.

Choose the correct answer using the codes given below:

Consider the following statements about the Megalithic  graves of sangam. Choose your answer using the codes given below:

1. Graves were encircled by big pieces of stones.
2. Axes were the only iron implements found in the graves.
3. Along with skeletons, objects of daily use were found.
4. Hero stones were planted on the graves of all males.

Which of the following confederates fought against Tippu Sultan in the Third Mysore War?

Who of the following transferred his capital from Gulbarga to Bidar?

Indian National Army was founded  in _________

Which is wrongly matched among the following?

The first Muslim President of Indian National Congress was

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

• List I                                              List II

1. Bombay Congress Session         1. Vijaya Raghavachari
2. Surat Congress Session            2. W.C. Banerjee
3. Nagpur Congress Session           3. Jawaharlal Nehru
4. Lahore Congress Session               4. Rash Behari Bose

Consider the following statements and select your answer:

• Assertion(A): Poona pact was signed between Gandhi and Ambedkar.
• Reason(R): This was to secure an agreement  between caste Hindus and untouchable leaders.

General Dyer was killed by _________

Consider the following:

• Assertion(A): After the Independence in 1947, the most immediate and important task before the Indian leaders are two in numbers.
• Reason(R): One is the removal of poverty, secondly progress of education among the masses.

Now select your answer according to the coding schedule given below:

Which period is called the era of Gandhiji?

Consider the following:

• Assertion(A): In the first half of the 19^th Century revolutionary groups sprang up mainly in Bengal, Maharastra, Punjab and Madras.
• Reason(R): The revolutionaries were not satisfied the methods of both the moderates and extremists.

Now select your answer according to the coding schedule given below:

Consider the following:

• Assertion(A): In August 1942 the Indian National Congress adopted the Quit India Resolution.
• Reason ®: The Cripps Mission proposals held promises for the future with no immediate concessions.

Now select your answer according to the coding schedule given below:

Arrange the following statements in chronological order:

1. The first round table conference was held in London.
2. The non Co-operation movement was abruptly called off by Gandhiji, following the Chaurin Chaura Incident.
3. The resignation of Congress Ministry was celebrated as Deliverance Day by Muslim League.
4. The Cabinet Mission put forward a plan for solution of the Constitutional Problem.

Consider the following statement:

1. As per Queen’s Proclamation , Lord Canning announced the new Government at ‘Jahanabadh’ in 1858.
2. The Queen’s Proclamation called the ‘Magna Carta’ of Indian people.

Which statement is/are correct?

Match List I with List II correctly and select answer:

• List I                                              List II

1. Indian National Congress      1. Moderates
2. Dadabhai Naoroji                     2. Indian Burke
3. Madan Mohan Malaviya               3 . Allan Octavian Hume
4. Surendranath Banerjee                    4. Grand oldman

Consider the following:

• Assertion(A):  The Revolt of 1857 ended on era and sowed the seeds of a new one.
• Reason(R): Strengthen the British paramountcy.

Now select your answer according to the coding schedule given below:

Which one of the following is correctly matched?

1. Indian Association - Nethaji
2. Drain Theory - Dadhabai naoroji
3. Servants of Indian Society - Mahatma Gandhi
4. Abhinava Bharat - Feroze Shah Mehta

During the Great revolt of 1857 the Governor General of India was

“The Hindus and the Muslims are two eyes of the beautiful bird hat was India”. Whose comment was it?

Which one of the following pair is correctly matched?

• Dynastics               Rulers

Consider the following statements:

• Assertion(A): The congress leaders in the early stage were called Moderates.
• Reason(R): Moderates advocated a radical way to win their demand.

Now select your answer according to the coding schedule given below:

Match the following:

• List I                                              List II

1. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel 1. First Governor General of India
2. Dr.B.R.Ambedkar 2. Bismarck of India
3. Lord Mountbatten 3. Swarajya Party
4. Motilal Nehru 4. Drafting Committee of Constituent Assembly

After Jallian Wala Bagh Massacre Rabindranath Tagore renounced his title

Which one of the following is correctly matched?

1. W.C. Banerjee - Swadeshi Mithran
2. G.Subramaniya - The Hindu
3. Lala Lajpathi Roy - Kesari
4. Lakshmi Narasu Chetty - Samachar Darpan

Which among the following is correctly matched?

Arrange the following period in chronological order:

1.  Chauri Chaura Incident
2. Non-Cooperation movement
3. Quit Indian movement
4. Dandi March

Match the following A with B. A                                                               B

1. Surat Split                                        1. 1927
2. August Declaration                               2. 1923
3. The Swaraja Party                               3. 1917
4. Formation of Simon Commission             4. 1907

The celebration of Ganapathi and Shivaji festivals was revived by

The most important factor leading to the rise of national movement was

Match List I with List II correctly and select your answer using the codes given below:

• List I                                                         List II

1. Herald of New age in India           1. Swami Dyananda Saraswathy
2. Martin Luther of Hinduism                 2. Annie Besant
3. New Indi                                               3. Ramakrishna Mission
4. Photovoltaic Lighting System                               4. Rajaram Mohan Roy

Which of the following statement is not correct?

Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the list :

• List I                     List II

1. Dutch             1. Goa
2. English                  2. Nagapattinam
3. Portuguese                3. Hugli
4. French                         4. Pondicherry

Mohammad bin Tughlaq shifted his capital from Delhi Daulatabad for the following reasons.

1. It is equidistant from Delhi and it is easy to administrate.
2. Safe from Mongol Invasion.
3. It has a strategic value.
4. He want to expand his empire to the South

Match the following Vijayanagar dynasties with their founders:

1. SSangama dynasty 1. Narasimha
2. Saluva dynasty 2. Harihara
3. Tuluva dynasty 3. Tirumala
4. Aravidu dynasty 4. Vir-Narasimha

What was the demand of the Justice Party?

Whom among the following E.V. Ramasamy Naicker met to press for a separate  Dravidand?

Consider the following statements:

• Assertion(A): In 1944 E.V. Ramasamy formed the Dravida Kazhagam and demanded for a separate  state called Dravida Nadu.
• Reason(R): In his view it was against the preponderance of the Northen Aryans and for the enhancement of the prestige of the Dravidians.

Now select your answer according to the coding schedule given below:

Consider the following two statements one labeled as Assertion(A) and other as Reason ® and select the answer using the codes given below:

• Assertion(A): The Vernacular Press Act of 1878, directed against Indian Native Newspapers was secretly conceived and passed at a single sitting of the Imperial Legislative Council.
• Reason®: The Amritha Bazar Patrika which came out both in Bengali and English was converted into an English paper overnight.

Now select your answer according to the coding schedule given below:

Examine the following statements and choose your answer from the codes given below: Which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. In 1887 the third session of Indian National Congress was held at Thousand Lights, Chennai.
2. In 1903, the 19^th session of Indian National Cogress was held at Madras.
3. In 1908 Nellai Patriotic Society was started by V.O.Chidambaram Pillai.
4. The leader of the Simon Boycott Committee in Madras was K.Kamaraj

Which social reformer proclaimed “India for Indians”?

Consider the following two statements consisting of Assertion (A) and Reason ® and select your answer using the codes given below:

• Assertion(A): Lucknow Congress in 1916 entered into Congress-League Pact.
• Reason(R): Though Congress –League Pact was an achievement,yet it was short lived.

Now select your answer according to the coding schedule given below:

Which of the following is/are incorrectly matched? Select your answer using the codes given below.

1. Purshottamdas Tandon - Congress President in 1950
2. Avadi session of the Congress - 1963
3. III. Kamaraj plan   - 1955
4. Kamaraj - Congress President in 1964

Identify the correct order of events from the following:  

Observe the following statements as to the village administration during the Mughal rule.

1. It was in the hands of Shigdar.
2. It was also a judicial agency for disposing off cases involving disputes among the villagers

Which of the following statement’s about Kalabhras is/are TRUE?

1. Information about Kalabhras could be taken from Buddhist text, Tamil literary text and Velvikudi plates.
2. Historians regards the period as a ‘Long Historical Night’.
3. This period has been marked by the decline of Buddhism in Tamilagam.
4. No Tamil literary works has been done during this period.

Which of the following statement’s about Brihadiswara Temple at Thanjavur is/are True?

1. Brihadiswara temple at Tanjavur was not a symbol of State power.
2. Thanjavur was one of the most celebrated cebtre of the Bakthi Saints of the Saivites,
3. Thanjavur was captured by Muttaeaiyar by defeating Vijayalaya Chola.
4. Muttaraiyar Chief has built a temple for Goddess Nisumbha Sudini in Thanjavur.

Match the following:

• Urban Centres                              Founders

1. Muradabad            1. Muhammad Khan Bhangash
2. Farukhabad          2. Ghazi-al-din Imad al Mulk
3. Ghaziabad               3. Faizullah Khan
4. Rampur                  4. Rustam Khan Deccani

Which of the following is correct? In 1665, by the Treaty of Purandhar , Shivaji ceded the following no of forts to Mughal.

Consider the following statements. Select your answer from the codes given below:

1. Lal. Pal, Bal – were considered ad the extremist Trio.
2. Indian National Anthem was written by Rabindranath Tagore.
3. The slogan  ‘Inqlab Zindabad’ was raised by Bhagat Singh.
4. Annie Besant was the first Indian Women  to preside over Indian National Congress session in 1917.

Which one of the above statements is not correct?

Consider the following statements:

• Assertion(A): The special session of the Indian National Congress held at Calcutta in September 1920 defined the objective of the Congress as the attainment of Swaraj.
• Reason(R): The Act of 1919 did not offer Swaraj to the Indians.

Now select your answer according to the coding schedule given below:

Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

• List I                                              List II

1. Abhinav Bharat Society       1. Mirza Ghulam Ahmed
2. Indian Association              2. Bala Gangadar Tilak
3. Shivaji movement          3. Surendra Nath Banerjee
4. Ahmadiya Movement         4. Ganesh Damodar Savarkar

Which of the following statements about the Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company are correct?

1. Two ships were purchased.
2. Two mechanized boats were purchased.
3. Bharathi opposed the names of the ships.
4. English opposed this native venture.

Consider the following two statements consisting of Assertion(A) and Reason(R) and select your answer using the codes given below:

• Assertion(A): After Nehru, Lal Bahadur Sastri became the next Prime Minister.
• Reason(R): In his last days, Nehru had come increasing to rely in Sastri.

What were the services introduced in India as a result of the Aitchison Commission?

1. The imperial civil service
2. The provincial civil service
3. The special civil service
4. The subordinate civil service

Observe the following statements relating to the Mauryan empire and administration.

1. Chandragupta was the founder of Mauryan empire.
2. Ashoka acted as viceroy of Avantika and Tazila provinces before becoming the emperor.

Consider the following statements regarding the laws of Mughal rule.

1. The laws of God were contained only in Quaran.
2. Islam never envisaged a society dominated by Non-Muslims, who were called ‘Jimmis’.

Mauryan Judicial organizations and Legal procedure were based on the prescription of

Consider the following statements:

• Assertion(A): Rabindranath Tagore surrendered his knighthood in 1919.
• Reason(R): His act was against the Jallianwala Bagh massacre (1919) and imposition of martial law in Punjab.

Now select your answer according to the coding schedule given below:

Consider the following statements regarding to Kautilya.

1. He was the founder of the new school of administration.
2. His original name was Vishnugupta.

Consider the following two statements consisting of Assertion(A) and Reason(R) and select your answer using the codes given below:

• Assertion(A): Rise of militant movements in Indian National Movement revealed to the British Government , the extent to which the Indians were humiliated and dissatisfied.
• Reason(R): Indian youth were involved in large numbers in militant movements and left their foot prints as Heros.

Identify the leader who uttered the following statement:

• “I am not anti-English, I am not anti-British , I am not anti-any government , but I am anti-untruth, anti-humbug and anti-injustice ………. So long as the government spells injustice, it may regard me as its enemy, implacable enemy………”

Who became the Chief Minister of Madras Presidency in 1923 after Justice party won the elections?

Who made the statement: ‘Worship of God through the services of the poor?’

Match List I with List II and select your answer using the codes given below in the lists:

• List I                                              List II

1. Lala Lajpat Tai 1. The Philosophy of the Bomb
2. Bhagat Singh 2. Chittagong Armoury Raid
3. Surya Sen 3. Assassination of Saunders
4. Bhagwaticharan Vihra 4. Extremist Nationalist

Match List I with List II and select your answer using the codes given below in the lists:

• List I                                  List II

1. Beek                    1. Lahore Congress
2. Archibold                2. Mohammedans Defence Association
3. Rahmat Ali                   3. Principal, Aligarh College
4. Pakistan Resolution      4. Coining the world Pakistan

Which of the following statements about Mangal Pandey are correct?

1. He refused to use the greased catridge
2. He was a Sepoy in the 19^th native infantry stationed at Berhampur.
3. He belonged to the regiment of 34 N.I. at Barrackpore.
4. He was not punished by the British.

Who was the Prime Minister when for the first tiome No-confidence motion was moved in the Indian Parliament?

The Chief offensive Weapon of the Vedic period

Arrange the following in descending order.

1. Teshil 2. Sub-division 3. Village         4. Pargana

Which inscription referred to ‘Piyadassi’ as the second name for Asoka?

Consider the following about Vedic literatures:

1. The Brahmanas are the treatises relating to prayer and sacrificial ceremony.
2. The Upanishads are philosophical texts dealing with topic like the soul, the absolute , the origin of the world and the mysteries of nature.
3. The Aranyakas are called country books,
4. The author of Ramayana was Vedavyas and that of Mahabharata was Vakmiki

The important site of Harappa was excavated by

The rd Tirthankar of Jainism was

Match List I with List II and select your answer using the codes given below in the lists:

• List I                                  List II

1. Kudi Arasu                   1. 1971
2. Revolt                                   2. 1934
3. Pagutharivu                              3. 1928
4. Modern Rationalist                            4. 1925

Arrange the following Mauryan revenue officials in the ascending order with the help of the codes given below:

1. Pradesika 2. Sdhanika 3. Samharta                  4. Rajuka

Which British commander captured the Poligar of Panchalankurichi Virapandya Kattabomman and hanged him?

The Indian National Army crossed the Indo Burma Frontier and planted the National Tricolour Flag on.

Which of the following is correct? The unhappiness of the Indian Sepoys at Barrackpore, first surfaced in 1824 because,

1. The 47^th regiment at Barrackpore was ordered to go to Burma.
2. Caste distinctions and segregations within the regiment.
3. Recruitment of Brahmins were discouraged.
4. Introduction of the Enfield Rifle.