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Ancient History Exam Objective for Students
Babur was introduced in India,
(a) the art of Persian painting
(b) royal court poetry
(c) four-square gardens
(d) buildings with sloping walls
Option c – four-square gardens
The largest Mughal-period bridge in India was built in Akbar’s time at
(a) Delhi (Barapula)
(b) Jaunpur
(c) Jajau
(d) Nurpur
Option a – Delhi (Barapula)
The contemporary source that provides statistical data immensely valuable to the study of the economy of the Mughal Empire is the
(a) Tabaqat-i-Akbari
(b) Ain-i-Akbari
(c) Tuhfah-i-Akbarshahi
(d) Badshahnama
Option b – Ain-i-Akbari
The cavalry of Shivaji was known as
(a) Risala
(b) Sir-i-Naubat
(c) Bargir
(d) Paga
Option c – Bargir
Bahadur Shah, I did NOT
(a) grant Sardeshmukhi to Marathas
(b) release Shahu
(c) restart playing Holi at the court
(d) support the practice of sati
Option d – support the practice of sati
The complaint that lakhs had been collected under but hardly Jaziya anything in the imperial treasury reached was made by which one of the following historians of Aurangzeb’s reign?
(a) Muhammad Kazim
(b) Ishwar Das Nagar
(c) Khafi Khan
(d) Bhim Sen
Option c – Khafi Khan
Bhimsen’s Nuskha-i-Dilkusha is a major source of information for the Mughal activities in
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Deccan
(c) Bengal
(d) Assam
Option b – Deccan
In the Mughal Empire, the unit of land revenue assessment was
(a) individual peasant
(b) village
(c) pargana
(d) zamindar
Option c – pargana
The painter of the Mughal school particularly celebrated for his paintings of birds, animals, and flowers was
(a) Bichitr
(b) Miskin
(c) Abdus Samad
(d) Mansur
Option d – Mansur
Which one among the following Princely States opted for direct dealing with the Constituent Assembly in the year 1946 instead of through the Chamber of Princes?
(a) Baroda
(b) Travancore
(c) Junagadh
(d) Mysore
Option a – Baroda
“India would be far more reliable as a base for operations. Moreover, the prospect of a settlement will be greatly enhanced by the disappearance of Gandhi, who had for years torpedoed every attempt at a settlement.” This statement was made by the British in the context of:
(a) Kheda Satyagraha
(b) Civil Disobedience
(c) Quit India
(d) Non-Cooperation Movement
Option c – Quit India
Plan Balkan was:
(a) a plan devised by Mountbatten to transfer power to separate provinces or a confederation of provinces, with the Bengal and Punjab Assemblies being given the option to vote for the partition of their provinces
(b) The plan devised by Pethick Lawrence to give autonomy to Indian princes and provinces
(c) A plan devised by the Muslim League and the Congress to provide autonomy to Indian provinces to form confederations
(d) A plan devised by Mountbatten to allow Indian princes the freedom to either be independent or to join either India or Pakistan
Option a – a plan devised by Mountbatten to transfer power to separate provinces or a confederation of provinces, with the Bengal and Punjab Assemblies being given the option to vote for the partition of their provinces
The first Prime Minister of India in 1947 was appointed by:
(a) the Governor General
(b) the President of India
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) a committee headed by Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Option a – the Governor General
Who was the Viceroy of India at the time of the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre?
(a) Lord Curzon
(b) Lord Hardinge
(c) Lord Chelmsford
(d) Lord Irwin
Option c – Lord Chelmsford
The Indian Independence League was set up by:
(a) Ras Behari Bose
(b) S.M. Joshi
(c) Jayaprakash Naryan
(d) Aruna Asaf Ali
Option a – Ras Behari Bose
Who among the following Urdu poets was invited to the Second and Third Round Table Conference?
(a) Faiz Ahmad Faiz
(b) Josh Malihabadi
(c) Muhammad Iqbal
(d) Firaq Gorakhpuri
Option c – Muhammad Iqbal
The first movement launched against the British in India was:
(a) Khilafat Movement
(b) Swadeshi Movement
(c) Non-Cooperation Movement
(d) Quit India Movement
Option b – Swadeshi Movement
The first women’s university in India was founded by:
(a) Gandhiji
(b) J.C. Kumarappa
(c) Dhondo Keshave Karve
(d) Rani Ahilya Devi
Option c – Dhondo Keshave Karve
The capital of the British Indian Empire was shifted from Calcutta to Delhi because:
(a) Delhi was located at the center of the empire
(b) The climate of Delhi was more suitable for Europeans
(c) Calcutta was the hotbed of revolutionaries
(d) Delhi was the traditional seat of Imperial powers
Option c – Calcutta was the hotbed of revolutionaries
Swaraj as a national demand was first made by:
(a) Chittaranjan Das
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Dadabhai Naoroji
(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Option c – Dadabhai Naoroji
M. C. Setalvad, B. N. Rao, and Alladi Krishnaswamy Lyer were distinguished members of the:
(a) Swaraj Party
(b) All India National Liberal Federation
(c) Madras Labour Union
(d) Servants of India Society
Option d – Servants of India Society
At which congress session did Dadabhai Naoroji announce that Swaraj was the goal of India’s political efforts?
(a) 1886 Calcutta session
(b) 1893 Lahore session
(c) 1905 Banaras session
(d) 1906 Calcutta session
Option d – 1906 Calcutta session
Who gave the slogan ‘Inquilab Zindabad’?
(a) Hasrat Mohani
(b) M.K. Gandhi
(c) Bhagat Singh
(d) S.C. Bose
Option a – Hasrat Mohani
Who was responsible for the integration of Indian Princely States?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) C. Rajagopalachari
(c) Lord Mountbatten
(d) Sardar Patel
Option d – Sardar Patel
Who said, “I therefore want freedom immediately, this night, before dawn very if it can be had”?
(a) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Annie Besant
Option c – Mahatma Gandhi
Revolutionary activity grew strong in Bengal as a reaction to the government’s repression in the wake of the failure of the political struggle. What was the main program of these revolutionaries?
(a) To fight the British Government openly
(b) To create a mass upsurge ending in the overthrow
(c) To kill officials who were unpopular in the manner of Irish revolutionaries
(d) To give the people an alternative path to win freedom
Option c – To kill officials who were unpopular in the manner of Irish revolutionaries
The name of the famous person of India who returned the Knighthood conferred on him by the British Government as a token of protest against the atrocities in Punjab in 1919 was:
(a) Tej Bahadur Sapru
(b) Ashutosh Mukherjee
(c) Rabindra Nath Tagore
(d) Syed Ahmed Khan
Option c – Rabindra Nath Tagore
The birth and death years of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar are:
(a) 1886, 1951
(b) 1891, 1956
(c) 1877, 1961
(d) 1889, 1961
Option b – 1891, 1956
Who among the following was elected as the President of the All-India Khilafat Conference when it met in Delhi in 1919?
(a) Motilal Nehru
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) M. A. Jinnah
(d) Shaukat Ali
Option b – Mahatma Gandhi
The Princely States which acceded to the Indian Union after a plebiscite was:
(a) Jammu and Kashmir
(b) Hyderabad
(c) Junagarh
(d) None of these
Option c – Junagarh
Ancient Monuments Preservation Act was passed during the Viceroyalty of:
(a) Ripon
(b) Curzon
(c) Monto
(d) Lansdowne
Option b – Curzon
According to the Poona Pact:
(a) Depressed Classes were to have separate electorates
(b) Sikhs and Indian Christians would get minority status
(c) the number of seats reserved for the Depressed Classes were nearly doubled
(d) the candidates for the Depressed Classes seats would be chosen by the Congress in consultation with the Depressed Classes Federation
Option c – the number of seats reserved for the Depressed Classes were nearly doubled
Why was the Simon Commission appointed before the passage of the stipulated ten years after the 1919 Reforms?
(a) The British Government capitulated to nationalist demands in the wake of excessive revolutionary activities
(b) The nationalist pressure became too heavy for the British Government
(c) The conservative Government of Britain was faced with electoral defeat in the impending election and did not want to leave the constitutional issue to the Labour Government
(d) For all the above reasons
Option c – The conservative Government of Britain was faced with electoral defeat in the impending election and did not want to leave the constitutional issue to the Labour Government
The Haripura Congress (1938) remains a milestone in Indian freedom struggle because:
(a) it declared war on the British Empire
(b) it anointed Jawaharlal Nehru as the future Prime Minister of India
(c) of the introduction of the idea of a planning commission
(d) of the acceptance of the Government of India Act, 1935 by the Congress
Option c – of the introduction of the idea of a planning commission
How was the Quit India Movement different from the earlier movements in the nationalist struggle for freedom?
(a) There was much more violence, as people were left leaderless
(b) All sections of the society took part in it
(c) As top Congress leaders were arrested before the launch of the movement, anti-social elements took over
(d) None of the above
Option a – There was much more violence, as people were left leaderless
Which revolutionary died after a 64-day fast in jail, demanding treatment not as criminals but as political prisoners?
(a) Jatin Das
(b) Ananta Gupta
(c) Pulin Das
(d) Both (a) and (c)
Option a – Jatin Das
The first All-Indian Trade Union Congress was created in 1920 by :
(a) N.M. Joshi
(b) Purshottamdas Thakurdas
(c) Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
(d) V.V. Giri
Option a – N.M. Joshi
The Cripps Mission failed mainly because:
(a) the Congress’s demand for an effective transfer of power to Indians was not met
(b) it offered a clear program for partitioning India
(c) the Congress was no longer willing to trust the British
(d) there was nothing said about the constitution a making body for India
Option a – the Congress’s demand for an effective transfer of power to Indians was not met
Consider the following statement and identify with the help of the codes given below the Viceroy who made the statement and when:
(a) Lord Curzon, in a letter to the Secretary of States in 1900.
(b) Lord Curzon, while announcing the partition of Bengal
(c) Lord Dufferin, during the farewell speech at Calcutta.
(d) Lord Minto, while addressing the Muslim delegation which met him at Shimla in 1906
Option a – Lord Curzon, in a letter to the Secretary of States in 1900
(a) the treatment meted out to them
(b) the punishment meted out to the INA officials
(c) the firing on some ratings of the HMS Talwar
(d) The government’s suppression of Congress activities
Option a – the treatment meted out to them
In which of the following movements Bande Mataram was adopted as a slogan for agitation:
(a) Revolt of 1857
(b) Partition of Bengal in 1905
(c) Non-Cooperation movement in 1922
(d) Quit India movement in 1942
Option b – Partition of Bengal in 1905
The achievement of the Non-Cooperation movement of 1921 was that:
(a) it stopped the injustice done to Khalifa
(b) it avenged the Punjab atrocities
(c) Indians obtained some political rights
(d) the Hindus and the Muslims came closer in political pursuit
Option d – the Hindus and the Muslims came closer in political pursuit
An important aspect of the Cripps Mission of 1942 was:
(a) that all Indian States should join the Indian Union as a condition to consider any degree of autonomy for India
(b) the creation of an Indian Union with Dominion status very soon after the Second World War
(c) the active participation of the Indian people, cooperation communities, and political parties in the British war effort as a condition for granting independence with full sovereign status to India after the war.
(d) the framing of a constitution for the entire Indian Union, with no separate constitution for any province, and a union constitution to be accepted by all provinces.
Option b – the creation of an Indian Union with Dominion status very soon after the Second World War
Who was the Governor General of India when Gandhiji initiated Civil Disobedience Movement?
(a) Lord Hardinge
(b) Lord Minto
(c) Lord Linlithgow
(d) Lord Irwin
Option d – Lord Irwin
The call for ‘renunciation of (all) voluntary associations with the (British) Government’ was given during
(a) Non-cooperation Movement
(b) Civil Disobedience Movement
(c) Quit India Movement
(d) Protest against the partition of Bengal.
Option a – Non-cooperation Movement
In 1890, the first woman graduate of Calcutta University addressed the Congress session. Who was she?
(a) Kadambini Ganguly
(b) Pandita Rama Bai
(c) Malvika Mukherjee
(d) None of the above
Option d – None of the above
Which one of the following statements about the Cripps Mission is not correct?
(a) It was sent to India by the British Government in March 1942.
(b) It proposed that the Constitution of India was to be framed by an elected Constituent Assembly of the Indian people.
(c) Any province that was not prepared to accept the Constitution would be free to retain its constitutional provisions existing at that time.
(d) The British Government could enter into a separate constitutional arrangement with any of the acceding provinces.
Option b – It proposed that the Constitution of India was to be framed by an elected Constituent Assembly of the Indian people
In India, the first major public appearance of Mahatma Gandhi was in
(a) Champaran
(b) Kheda
(c) Inauguration of Banaras Hindu University
(d) Rowlatt Satyagraha
Option c – Inauguration of Banaras Hindu University
Which one of the following is not a political method of the moderates in the National Movement?
(a) Overthrow of alien rule
(b) Constitutional agitation
(c) Slow, orderly political progress
(d) Mobilization of public opinion
Option a – Overthrow of alien rule
Who among the following was the first non-official member to be elected as Speaker of the Central Legislative Assembly on 24-8-1925?
(a) Vithalbhai J Patel
(b) Muhammad Yakub
(c) G. V. Mavalankar
(d) Sardar Hukum Singh
Option a – Vithalbhai J Patel
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