State Eligibility Test 2017

History

(Final Answer Key)

Part-A

Q.No: 1 Who was India's only Jewish "Viceroy"? ?

A Lord Hardinge

B Lord Reading

C Lord Lansdowne

D Lord Elgin

Q.No: 2 Which of the following is not correctly matched? ?

A Ali Adil Shah I - Jami Masjid Of Bijapur -

B Sultan Sikandar Shah- Adina Masjid -

C Sikandar Lodi - Moth Ki Masjid -

D Balban - Kala-i-Kuhna Masjid - - -

Q.No: 3 Babar was a devoted follower of which of the following Sufi Saints?

?

A Khwaja Ubaydallah Ahzar

B Shaikh Salim Chishti

C Ghous Shattari

D Shaikh Dawud

Q.No: 4 Which of the following events in world history was called as "The war to end all wars"?

' ' ?

A I world war

B II world war

C Thirty years war

D War of Roses

Q.No: 5 Who among the following refused to accept that Hitler

was solely responsible for the outbreak of the Second World War?

?

A Lewis B. Namier .

B Wheeler Bennett -

C Wiskemann

D A.J.P.Taylor . . .

Q.No: 6 Which of the following disappeared in the later Vedic

period? ?

A Sabha

B Vidatha

C Samiti

D Jana

Q.No: 7 Which among the following was the most formidable power in North India at the time of Alexander's invasion?

- ?

A The Mauryas

B The Nandas

C The Guptas

D The Lichchavis

Q.No: 8 Who among the following was the composer of the famous Aihole Prashasti of Pulkeshin II ?

?

A Harisen

B Bana Bhatt

C Ravi Kirti

D Patanjali

Q.No: 9 Who introduced the Railways in India? ?

A Lord Cornwallis

B Lord Dalhousie

C Lord Canning

D Lord William Bentinck

Q.No: 10 Champaran Satyagraha was against which of the

following plantations? ?

A Sugarcane

B Tea

C Indigo

D Cotton

Q.No: 11 Which Sultan of Delhi was called 'Lakh Baksha'? - ' ' ?

A Qutbuddin Aibaq

B Muhammad Tuglaq

C Sikandar Lodi

D Alauddin Khilji

Q.No: 12 Who among the following pioneered Marxist historiography in India?

?

A Irfan Habib

B R.S. Sharma . .

C S.A. Dange . .

D D.D. Koshambi . .

Q.No: 13 Who among the following was deported to the Cellular jail of Andaman?

?

A Subhash Chandra Bose

B Bal Gangadhar Tilak

C Udham Singh

D V.D. Savarkar . .

Q.No: 14 Who among the following has been called the 'Father of Indian Pre-History'?

' - ' ?

A Alexander Cunningham

B Robert Bruce Foote

C Colonel Meadows Taylor

D John Marshall

Q.No: 15 Where in India has the human skull of Homo erectus been discovered?

?

A Hathnora

B Dholaveera

C Adamgarh

D Bhimbetka

Q.No: 16 Which mandal of the Rigveda consists entirely of hymns addressed to Soma?

: ?

A IV

B VIII

C IX

D X

Q.No: 17 Which Ancient text mentions the name of Chandragupta Maurya for the first time?

?

A Arthashastra

B Mudrarakshas

C Bhagvat purana

D Mahabharata

Q.No: 18 Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched? - ?

A Sankhya Kapila -

B Vaishesika- Uluka Kanada -

C Ajivaka- Atish Deepankar -

D Nyaya- Akshapada Gautama -

Q.No: 19 Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched? - ?

A Thomas Moore Utopia -

B Cervantes - Don Quixote -

C Machiavelli Emile -

D Rebelais Gargantua -

Q.No: 20 Who among the following is considered as the 'Father of Humanism'?

' ' ?

A Dante

B Erasmus

C Bacon

D Petrarch

Q.No: 21 Who among the following commented : "Kabirpanth ab bhyo Khalsa"?

: " "?

A Guru Nanak

B Kabir

C Guru Govind Singh

D Abdul Qadir Jilani

Q.No: 22 Which chola ruler assumed the title of 'Gangaikondachola'?

' ' ?

A Rajendra I

B Rajaraja I

C Parantaka I

D Rajadhiraja I

Q.No: 23 Lansdowne remained Governor-General and Viceroy of India during which period?

- ?

A 1880-1884 1880-1884

B 1884-1888 1884-1888

C 1882-1886 1882-1886

D 1888-1894 1888-1894

Q.No: 24 Sir Antony Macdonald is associated with which of the following?

?

A Famine commission

B Agriculture commission

C Police commission

D Education commission

Q.No: 25 In which year was Rabindranath Tagore awarded Nobel Prize for his book 'Geetanjali'?

?

A 1911 1911

B 1912 1912

C 1913 1913

D 1915 1915

Q.No: 26 Which of the following two Congress leaders died in the same year?

?

A Gopal Krishna Gokhale and Lala Lajpat Rai

B Gopal Krishna Gokhale and Firozshah Mehta

C Surendra Nath Bannerjee and Firozshah Mehta

D Gopal Krishna Gokhale and Bala Gangadhar Tilak

Q.No: 27 Who founded the revolutionary organization named 'Mitramela'?

' ' ?

A Khudiram Bose

B Chapekar Brothers

C Sardar Ajit Singh

D Vinayak Damodar Savarakar

Q.No: 28 Where is Khudabaksh Oriental library located? ?

A Bombay

B Patna

C Hyderabad

D Ahmadabad

Q.No: 29 Dalhousie annexed a number of states under his 'Doctrine of lapse' . What was the correct order of annexation?

' ' ?

A Satara, Baghat and Sambhalpur ,

B Satara, Baghat, Jaitpur and Sambhalpur , ,

C Baghat, Satara, Jaitpur and Sambhalpur , ,

D Satara, Jaitpur, Sambhalpur and Baghat , ,

Q.No: 30 Who was appointed by Dalhousie as the Superitendent of Electric Telegraph Department?

?

A Gilespie

B Martindell

C O. Shanghnessy .

D Meredith

Q.No: 31 In which of the following states was Sleemanabad Township established in the honor of Colonel Sleeman?

?

A Jharkhand

B Orissa

C Manipur

D Madhya Pradesh

Q.No: 32 Where in India had the Christian missionaries established the first Printing Press?

?

A Bombay

B Goa

C Pondicherry

D Surat

Q.No: 33 Which of the following pairs is correctly matched

regarding the nationality of foreign travelers?

- ?

A John Fryer Italy -

B Francois Bernier England -

C Nicolo Manucci France -

D Duarte Barbosa Portugal -

Q.No: 34

Given below are two statements. One is labeled as Assertion(A) and another Reason(R) Assertion (A) : Megasthenes declared that there were no slaves in India. Reason (R) : Slavery was legally banned in India. Give your answer with help of the code given below. Codes:

( ) ( ) ( ) : ( ) : :

A Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

( ) ( ) ( ), ( )

B Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

( ) ( ) , ( ), ( )

C (A) is true but (R) is false ( ) , ( )

D (A) is false, but (R)is true ( ) , ( )

Q.No: 35 Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched? - ?

A Amir Hassan Sijzi - Fawaidul Fuwad -

B Amir Khusrau - Nuh Sipihr -

C Fakhruddin Qawwas - Tuhfatul Hind -

D Muhammad Qazim Alamgirnama -

Q.No: 36

Given below are two statements one is labelled as Assertion (A) and another Reason (R) Assertion (A) : 15th August 1947 was the date selected by Viceroy Lord Mountbatten to hand over power and finally leave the country. Reason (R) : It was the second anniversary of

( ) ( ) ( ) : 15 1947 :

Japanese surrender to the allied Forces in the Second World War. Give your answer with help of the code given below. Codes:

( ) : :

A Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct

explanation of (A) ( ) ( ) ( ), ( )

B Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

( ) ( ) , ( ), ( )

C (A) is true but (R) is false ( ) , ( )

D (A) is false, but (R)is true ( ) , ( )

Q.No: 37 Who among the following revolutionaries committed suicide to evade arrest?

?

A Ajit Singh

B Barindra Kumar Ghosh

C Prafulla Chaki

D Ullaskar Datta

Q.No: 38 Match the newspaper with its editor. Which of the following is not correct?

- - ?

A Swadesh mitram - G. Subramanyam - .

B Hindustani - Abul Kalam Azad -

C Indian Mirror - N.N. Sen - . .

D Sudharak - Gopal Krishana Gokale -

Q.No: 39 Which of the following was not written by Ashwaghosha?

?

A Buddhcharita

B Saundrananda

C Milindpanho

D Sariputra prakaran

Q.No: 40 Which of the following is not correctly matched? - ?

A Shudrak Mrichchkatik -

B Bhas Swapnavasavdatta -

C Vishakhdatta Devichandraguptam -

D Sriharsha Harshacharita -

Q.No: 41 Who was the author of 'Kumarpalcharita'? ' ' ?

A Dandi

B Hemchandra

C Bilhana

D Padmagupta

Q.No: 42 Which of the following was not a Rashatrakuta ruler? ?

A Dantidurga

B Krishna I

C Govind II

D Vijayaditya I

Q.No: 43 "I may safely assert that one third of the company's territory in Hindustan is now a jungle inhabited only

by wild beasts." This statement was made by:

" - " :

A Lord Dalhousie

B Lord Hastings

C Lord Cornwallis

D Lord Wellesley

Q.No: 44 The members of the Triple Alliance formed in 1882 by Bismarck were:

1882 :

A Germany, Austria, Italy , ,

B Germany, Austria, Turkey , ,

C Germany, Austria, England , ,

D Germany, Turkey, France , ,

Q.No: 45 Which of the following pairs is correctly matched? - ?

A Treaty of St. Germain Bulgaria -

B Treaty of Trianon Austria -

C Treaty of Neuilly Hungry -

D Treaty of Sevres Turkey -

Q.No: 46 Which Sikh Guru had helped Dara Shikoh in escaping

to Punjab after the latter's defeat in the battle of Samugarh?

?

A Harkishan

B Har Rai

C Tegh Bahadur

D None of the these

Q.No: 47 The period of Firoz Tughlaq's rule was: :

A 1345 1382 1345 - 1382

B 1347 1384 1347 - 1384

C 1351 1388 1351 - 1388

D 1351 1385 1351 - 1385

Q.No: 48 In medieval times Hushang Shah was the ruler of: ?

A Gujarat

B Jaunpur

C Bengal

D Malwa

Q.No: 49 Who formed 'Satyashodhak Samaj'? ' ' ?

A B.R. Ambedkar . .

B Jyotiba Phule

C P. Tyagraj .

D Ramaswamy Naicker

Q.No: 50

"It can be forecast with some confidence that Gandhi's influence on History is going to be greater

and more lasting than Stalin's or Hitler's." Who said this?

'' '' ?

A J.B. Kriplani . .

B Lord Linlithgow

C Arnold Toynbee

D Louis Fischer

Part-B

Q.No: 1

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below:

-I -II

A

B

C

D

Q.No: 2 Which of the following texts is not a biography? - ?

A Mushika Vansha

B Ramacharita

C Harshacharita

D Kadambari

Q.No: 3 Who among the following is a patron of Bilhana? ?

A Chandragupta II

B Vikramaditya VI

C Rajaraja I

D Kanishka II

Q.No: 4 Which of the following statements is not correct? ?

A The name Hindustan was coined by Arab and Persian author in Medieval times

B The earliest use of the term Hindustan figures in the Naqsh-i-Rustam inscription of Sasani ruler, Shahpur I

- - ' '

C Shahpur I did not conquer the larger part of the Indian subcontinent

D The Kushan empire collapsed due to attack of Shahpur I

Q.No: 5 Which of the following is the Northern most outpost of

Harappan Civilzation?

?

A Shortughai

B Sotka Koh

C Sutkagandor

D Jawaiwala

Q.No: 6 Which of the following is not the characteristic of

Harappan civilization? ?

A Elaborate drainage system

B Abundance of terracotta female figurines

C Uniform weights and measures system -

D Large temple structures

Q.No: 7 "I will root out these Vajjians, mighty and powerful though they be, I will destroy these Vajjians, I will bring these Vajjians to utter ruin". Who of the

" .

following stated the above? " ?

A Bimbisara

B Chetaka

C Ajatsatru

D Vassakara

Q.No: 8 Who among the following got the epithet of Mahayan Dev?

?

A Ashvaghosh

B Kanishka

C Nagarjuna

D Hsuan Tsang

Q.No: 9 Which of the following text credits Ashoka as a prince with the suppression of a revolt in Taxila?

?

A Mahavansa

B Divyavadan

C Budhha charita

D Milind panho

Q.No: 10 The painted grey ware has been generally associated with which of the following periods?

: ?

A Harappan

B Rigvedic

C Later vedic

D Chaleolithic -

Q.No: 11 Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below:

-I -II

A

B

C

D

Q.No: 12 Which of the following Pratihara rulers succeeded the most against his hereditary enemies - the Palas and the Rastrakutas?

-' ?

A Nagabhatta II 2

B Mihurbhoja

C Mahendra pala I 1

D Mahipala

Q.No: 13

Given below are two statements. One labeled as Assertion(A) and the other labeled as Reason(R) Assertion(A): Of the various dynastic rulers of the period , the Arabs considered the Rashtrakutas as their friends and praised them Reason(R) : Rashtrakutas provided them all facilities

of trade and commerce in their kingdom and gave them full freedom of worship. In the context of the above two statements , which of the following is correct

( ) ( ) ( ) - ( ) - ?

A Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

B Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the

correct explanation of (A) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

C (A) is true but (R) is false ( ) , ( )

D (A) is false but (R) is true ( ) , ( )

Q.No: 14 What is the meaning of 'Paramara'? ' ' ?

A Conquer of the enemy

B Slayer of the enemy

C Benevolent

D Worship of Lord Buddha

Q.No: 15 Who of the following functioned as a 'Kumaramatya', 'Sandhivigrahika' and 'Mahadandanayaka' in Gupta court?

' ', ' ' ' ' ?

A Amar Singh

B Kalidasa

C Harishena

D Shudraka

Q.No: 16

Match List-I with List II and select the correct answer from the code given below:

-I -II

A

B

C

D

Q.No: 17 The chief feature of the temples constructed by the

cholas was their: :

A Gopurams

B Vimanas

C Halls for the devotees

D Massive pillars

Q.No: 18 Which of the following law givers gave the earliest

reference to Kayasthas ?

' ' ?

A Manu

B Katyayan

C Brahaspati

D Yajnavalkya

Q.No: 19 Which of the following institutions in Ancient India paid more attention to the education connected with

the Hinayana Buddhism?

?

A Kanchi

B Vallabhi

C Nalanda

D Vikramshila

Q.No: 20 Who among the following had a prolonged influence on both astronomy and mathematics?

, ?

A Brahmagupta

B Varahamihira

C Aryabhatta

D Amarsingh

Q.No: 21 The famous Ajanta caves belong to which of the following dynasties?

?

A Mourya, Shunga ,

B Kushana, Chalukya ,

C Satavahana, Vakataka ,

D Shaka, Rashtrakuta ,

Q.No: 22 Palembang was the capital of which of the empires? ' ' ?

A Shailendra

B Sri Vijaya

C Varman

D Chola

Q.No: 23 Which of the following Pallava rulers had the epithels of 'Matta vilasa', 'Vichitra chitta', 'Gunabhar'?

' ',' - ' ' ' ?

A Narsingh Varman I

B Mahendra Varman I

C Parameshwar Varman I

D Mahendra Varman II

Q.No: 24 Which of the following religions scriptures propagated the worship of Devi Durga?

?

A Agni purana

B Markandeya purana

C Varaha purana

D Nilmata purana

Q.No: 25 Which of the following texts of Kalidasa gives

description of Devadasis in Mahakaal temple in Ujjain?

?

A Raghuvansa

B Kumarsambhava

C Meghadoot

D Abhigyanshakuntala

Q.No: 26 How many chariots were included in the Vajapeya rites?

?

A 16 16

B 17 17

C 24 24

D 32 32

Q.No: 27 The name 'Magadha' appears in which of the following texts first?

' ' ?

A Suttanipata

B Mahabhasya

C Kathasaritsagar

D Atharvaveda

Q.No: 28 Who was the patron of Jayadev, author of 'Geet-Govinda'?

' - ' ?

A Dharmapala

B Devapala

C Lakshmansena

D Ballalsena

Q.No: 29 Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched? ?

A Chaitanya charitam - Kaviraja Krishnadasa -

B Keertilata - Vidyapati -

C Jambavati Kalyan - Krishna Dev Rai -

D Narayanvilasa - Vidyaranya -

Q.No: 30 Which of the conquests left the deepest blot on

Shershah's name ? ?

A Malwa

B Multan

C Raisin

D Bengal

Q.No: 31 Match List-I with List II and select the correct answer from the code given below:

I II :

A

B

C

D

Q.No: 32 Who among the following is known as 'Gorang'? ' '

A Surdas

B Raidas

C Chaitanya

D Gorakhnath

Q.No: 33 Which of the following is in the correct chronological order?

?

A Gurunanak, Guru Amardas, Guru Arjun. Guru Ram Das

, , ,

B Gurunanak,Guru Angad,Guru Amardas, Guru Ram das

, , ,

C Gurunanak, Guru Ram Das, Guru Amardas, Guru

Arjun , , ,

D Gurunanak, Guru Angad, Guru Ram Das, Guru Arjun

, , ,

Q.No: 34 Who assumed the title of 'Al-Wasiq Billah'? ' - ' ?

A Iltutmish

B Balban

C Nasiruddin Mohamed

D Mubarak shah

Q.No: 35

Match List-I with List II and select the correct

answer from the code given below:

I II :

A

B

C

D

Q.No: 36 Who was the highest paid skilled artisans in the Mughal period?

?

A Arrahkash

B Tabdan - tarash -

C Khisht-tarash -

D Bans-tarash -

Q.No: 37 Who authored 'Sandesharasaka'? ' ' ?

A Rajshekhar

B Chandbardai

C Shymaldas

D Abdur Rahman

Q.No: 38 Which of the following Sultans issued a firman to all his officials to give patronage to all Jain priests?

?

A Mohammad Bin Tughluq

B Feroze-shah Tughluq

C Ibrahim Lodhi

D Sikander Lodhi

Q.No: 39 Which of the following is arranged in correct chronological order?

?

A Balaji Vishwanath, Balaji Baji Rao, Baji Rao I, Madhav Rao

, , ,

B Balaji Vishwanath , Baji Rao I, Balaji Baji Rao, Madhav Rao

, , ,

C Baji Rao I, Balaji Vishwanath, Balaji Baji Rao, Madhav Rao

, , ,

D Balaji Baji Rao, Baji Rao I, Balaji Vishwanath, Madhav Rao

, , ,

Q.No: 40

'Religion and law are not subjects to be discussed by king for these are the concerns of prophets'. Who among the following stated the above opinion to

Alluddin Khilji?

?

A Ziauddin Barani

B Amir Khusrau

C Alaul Mulk

D Nizam-ud-din Auliya

Q.No: 41 Which of the following imperial artist specialized in painting rare animals and birds?

?

A Abdul hasan

B Mansur

C Mir Hashim

D Bishun Das

Q.No: 42

Match List-I with List II and select the correct answer from the code given below:

I II :

A a b c d a b c d

iii i iv ii iii i iv ii

B a b c d ii iii iv i

a b c d ii iii iv i

C a b c d ii i iv iii

a b c d ii i iv iii

D a b c d ii iv i iii

a b c d ii iv i iii

Q.No: 43 Who among the following admired Sheikh Muin, the Qazi of Lahore as 'An Angel in Human Form'?

' ' ?

A Abul Fazal

B Abdur Rahim Khan-I-Khana - -

C Mulla Abdul Qadir Badayuni

D Nizamuddin Ahmed

Q.No: 44 Who among the following included zakat on his list of

regular state demands and established a separate treasury for it?

?

A Feroz Shah Tughlaq

B Allauddin Khilji

C Aurangzeb

D Akbar

Q.No: 45 Which of the following Sufi orders remained confined to Punjab and Multan?

?

A Chishtiya

B Suhrawardy

C Firdausi

D Nakshbandi

Q.No: 46 Which of the following Sufi saints has the epithet of Siddha?

' ' ?

A Nijamuddin Auliya

B Nasiruddin Chirag-i-Dehalvi - -

C Hamiduddin Nagori

D Shaikh Shabuddin Suhrawardy

Q.No: 47 Who among the following joined Akbar's army against Rana Pratap to earn the merit of 'Jihad'?

' ' ?

A Mirza Hakim Sur

B Abdur Rahim Khan-I-Khana

C Faizi

D Mulla Badayuni

Q.No: 48 What was the inbuilt weakness of Mughal Army?

A Lack of Discipline

B Lack of able Commanders

C Lack of strong navy

D Lack of war technology

Q.No: 49 Who among the following tried to persuade Maharana Pratap to develop friendly relations with the Mughals?

?

A Bairam Khan

B Birbal

C Todar Mal

D Shantichandra Upadhyaya

Q.No: 50 'It was even believed that Sultan could perform miracles such as raising the dead to life'. This was

said for which of the following Sultans?

' ' ?

A Qutbuddin Aibak

B Iltutmish

C Balban

D Sikander Lodhi

Q.No: 51 What according to Blochmann was the number of - -

members of Din-i-ilahi propounded by Akbar? ?

A 17 17

B 18 18

C 19 19

D 21 21

Q.No: 52 Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched? ?

A Sangatarash - Stone cutter -

B Najjar - weaver

C Khistarash - brick maker -

D Tabdantarash - glass cutter -

Q.No: 53 Who was the chief architect of the Red fort of Delhi? ?

A Ustad Qasim Khan

B Ustad Ahmed

C Amanet Khan

D Manohar

Q.No: 54 Which of the following statements is not true in context to Prince Salim and Anarkali?

?

A Presian documents make no mention of love

story of Prince Salim and Anarkali -

B William Finch and Edward Terry do put it on their record in their travelogues

-

C The tomb of Anarkali is located in Lahore

D Jahangir never visited the tomb of Anarkali

Q.No: 55 Match List-I with List II and select the correct answer from the code given below:

I II :

:

A a b c d II iv I iii

a b c d II iv I iii

B a b c d iv iii ii I

a b c d iv iii ii I

C a b c d iii iv I ii

a b c d iii iv I ii

D a b c d I iii ii iv

a b c d I iii ii iv

Q.No: 56 When did the first mutiny of the Indian sepoys occur? ?

A 1764 AD 1764 .

B 1806 AD 1806 .

C 1857 AD 1857 .

D 1946 AD 1946 .

Q.No: 57 Which order of the Sanyasis rebelled in Sanyasis revolt?

?

A Puri

B Giri

C Bharti

D Saraswati

Q.No: 58 Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

- ?

A Patna - Pir Ali -

B Shahabad - Veer Kunwar Singh -

C Lucknow - Nana Saheb -

D Bareilly - Khan Bahadur Khan -

Q.No: 59 'Every English man is born with a certain miraculous power that makes him master of the world'.

Whose statement is the above?

' .'-

A Lord Dalhousie

B Bernard Shaw

C Churchill

D Queen Elizabeth

Q.No: 60 Who called Tilak the 'Father of Indian Unrest'? ' ' ?

A W.C.Rand . .

B Valentine Chirol

C Lord Curzon

D V.D. Savarkar . .

Q.No: 61 In which year English was declared a essential qualification for the services in colonial India?

( ) ?

A 1844 1844 .

B 1858 1858 .

C 1885 1885 .

D 1911 1911 .

Q.No: 62 Who among the following possibly was the first one to use the term 'National Education'?

: ' ' ?

A Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

B Rabindranath Tagore

C Prasanna Kumar Tagore

D Aurbindo Ghosh

Q.No: 63 Who among the following propounded the concept of 'Asiatic Mode of Production'?

' ' ?

A Max Weber

B F. Max Muller .

C Karl Marx

D Gorden Childe

Q.No: 64 "A victory of an Indian leader was a victory for

himself, a victory of an English General was a victory for England". Who wrote this ?

" ." ?

A Percival Spear

B J.N.Sarkar . .

C William Irvine

D Sidney Owen

Q.No: 65 The first Carnatic war between the British and the French took place between?

?

A 1743-1758 1743-1758

B 1746-1748 1746-1748

C 1744-1746 1744-1746

D 1748-1750 1748-1750

Q.No: 66 Alivardi Khan, the Nawab of Bengal, died in the year? ?

A 1751 1751

B 1752 1752

C 1754 1754

D 1756 1756

Q.No: 67 In The Battle of Buxar, the command of British forces was in the hands of ?

?

A Clive

B Campbell

C Munroe

D Outram

Q.No: 68 What is the full name of Dupleix? ?

A John Dupleix

B Joseph Fransis Dupleix

C Joseph Henry Dupleix

D Henry William Dupleix

Q.No: 69 The Second Anglo-Mysore war took place between ? - ?

A 1778-1782 1778-1782

B 1780-1782 1780-1782

C 1780-1784 1780-1784

D 1782-1786 1782-1786

Q.No: 70 In which year did Awadh accept the Subsidiary Alliance of Wellesley?

?

A 1798 1798

B 1799 1799

C 1800 1800

D 1801 1801

Q.No: 71 Which Viceroy was famous in the literary world as

'Owen Meredith'?

' ' ?

A Lord Ripon

B Lord Lytton

C Lord William Bentinck

D Lord Dufferin

Q.No: 72 Which nationalist leader called the Vernacular Press Act of Lytton as 'A bolt from the blue'?

' ' ?

A Gopal Krishna Gokhale

B S.N.Bannerjee . .

C Ferozeshah Mehta

D Dadabhai Nauroji

Q.No: 73 Sargeant Plan of 1944 was related to: 1944 ?

A Agriculture

B Education

C Army

D Famine

Q.No: 74 Who was called the 'Liberator of Indian Newspaper'? ' - ' ?

A William Bentinck

B Lord Cranbrook

C Charles Metcalfe

D Sir Thomas Raleigh

Q.No: 75 Who shot Colonel William Curzon Wyllie dead? ?

A Khudiram Bose

B Barindra Kumar Ghosh

C Madanlal Dhingra

D Shyamji Krishna Verma