Q1. Who established the first Women’s University of India?
(a) D.K. Karve
(b) Annie Besant
(c) Ramabai Ranade
(d) Hirabai Tata
Q2. Who among the following gave call to ‘one religion, one creed and one God’ for mankind?
(a) Jyotiba Phule
(b) Vivekanand
(c) B.R. Ambedkar
(d) Sri Narain Guru
Q3. In which of the following sessions of the Indian National Congress, Subhash Chandra Bose had defeated Pattabhi Sitaramayya in the election of the Congress President?
(a) Haripura Session 1938
(b) Tripura Session 1939
(c) Madras Session 1927
(d) Lahore Session 1929
Q4. The freedom fighter who died in jail due to hunger strike was
(a) Ram Prasad Bismil
(b) Bipin Chandra Pal
(c) Jatin Das
(d) C.R. Das
Q5. Babar laid the foundation of Mughal empire in 1526 by defeating-
(a) Daulat Khan Lodi
(b) Ibrahim Lodi
(c) Rana Sanga
(d) Alauddin Khilji
Q6. Akbar’s land revenue system was known as-
(a) Bandobast system
(b) Zabti system
(c) Todarmal’s revenue system
(d) All of these
Q7. Who among the following gurus introduced the Gurmukhi script for the spoken language of the Punjabis?
(a) Guru Nanak
(b) Guru Angad
(c) Guru Amardas
(d) Guru Ramdas
Q8. The Mughal ruler Bahadur Shah II was exiled by British and sent to
(a) Mandalay
(b) Andaman & Nicobar
(c) Rangoon
(d) Hyderabad
Q9. Revenue system during Akbar’s reign was in the hands of
(a) Bairam Khan
(b) Man Singh
(c) Birbal
(d) Todar Mai
Q10. The Revolt of 1857 failed mainly because
(a) of superior resources of the British empire
(b) it was poorly organised and the rebels had no common ideal
(c) it had very little nationalist sentiment
(d) it was localised, restricted and scattered
Q11 The Permanent settlement introduced by Cornwallis is in Bengal is known as
(a) Roytwari System
(b) Mahalwari System
(c) Zamindari System
(d) Iqtadari System
Q12 Who was the first Indian ruler to apply the western methods to his administration?
(a) Haider Ali
(b) Tipu Sultan
(c) Murshid Quli Khan
(d) Malhar Rao Holkar
Q13. Who among the following constituted Turkan-i- Chihalgani?
(a) Qutubuddin Aibak
(b) Iltutmish
(c) Balban
(d) None of these
Q14. Who was the architect of Communal Award?
(a) Lord Linlithgow
(b) Lord Reading
(c) Lord Irwin
(d) Ramsay Macdonald
Q15. Gopal Krishna Gokhale founded the-
(a) Poona Sarvajanik Sabha
(b) Bombay Presidency Association
(c) Servants of India Society
(d) Land Holders Society
