Q1. Shivaji died in the year
(a) 1676
(b) 1677
(c) 1678
(d) 1680
Q2. Who among the following Maratha women led struggles against of Mughal empire from 1700 AD onwards?
(a) Ahalya Bai
(b) Mukta Bai
(c) Tara Bai
(d) Rukmini Bai
Q3. In Shivaji’s Council of Ministers, the Prime Minister was called
(a) Peshwa
(b) Mantri
(c) Sachiv
(d) Sumanta
Q4. First decisive military success of English East India Company in india is marked by
(a) Battle of Buxar
(b) Battle of Plassey
(c) Battle of Wandiwash
(d) Battle of Chilianwala
Q5. Ram Mohan Roy was given the title of Raja by
(a) Lord William Bentinck
(b) Akbar II
(c) Followers of Brahma Samaj
(d) Intellectuals opposing the custom of Sati
Q6. The leading light of the Renaissance Movement in India was
(a) Devendra Nath Tagore
(b) Keshav Chandra Sen
(c) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(d) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Q7. Who was the first Viceroy of India?
(a) Lord Canning
(b) Warren Hastings
(c) Lord William Bentinck
(d) Lord Curzon
Q8. Who was the propounder of the Drain Theory in India?
(a) R.C. Dutta
(b) Henry Cotton
(c) S.N. Banerjee
(d) Dadabhai Naoroji
Q9. The national leader who was elected President (Speaker) of the Central Legislative Assembly in 1925 was
(a) Motilal Nehru
(b) C.R. Das
(c) Vallabhbhai Patel
(d) Subhash chand Bose
Q10. Who among the following said about Mahatma Gandhi, “Generations to come, it may be, will scarce believe that such one as this, ever in flesh and blood, walked upon this earth”?
(a) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(c) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(d) Albert Einstein
Q11. The main reason for the boycott of Simon Commission in India was
(a) Appointment before time
(b) All the members were Englishmen
(c) Chairman was a member of British Liberal Party
(d) None of these
Q12. The system of separate electorates was introduced by the Act of
(a) 1813
(b) 1835
(c) 1895
(d) 1909
Q13. Shyamji Krishna Verma established Indian Home rule society in
(a) London
(b) Paris
(c) Berlin
(d) San Francisco
Q14. Who among the following is remembered for the annulment of the Partition of Bengal?
(a) Lord Chelmsford
(b) Lord Hardings
(c) Lord Minto
(d) Lord Curzon
Q15. ‘Abhinav Bharat’ a secret society of revolutionaries was organised in 1904 by
(a) Aurobindo Ghosh
(b) Bipin Chandra Pal
(c) Rash Bihari Bose
(d) V.D.Savarkar
