1.The Brahmanas are books that dial with –
(a) Meditation
(b) Rituals
(c) Yoga
(d) Philosophy
2.When did Muslim League demand a separate state of Pakistan ?
(a) 1945
(b) 1942
(c) 1940
(d) 1938
3.Which color was commonly used in Harappan pottery ?
(a) Purple
(b) Yellow
(c) Buff
(d) Green
4.The first metal to be discovered and used for making tools was –
(a) Copper
(b) Iron
(c) Bronze
(d) Tin
5.The people of the Indus valley Civilization worshipped the prototype of –
(a) Vishnu
(b) Pashupati
(c) Varun
(d) Brahma
6.Who spoke of the existence of two nations in England – the rich and the poor ?
(a) Attlee
(b) Churchill
(c) Lloyd George
(d) Disraeli
7.Das Kapital was written by –
(a) St. Simon
(b) Robert Owen
(c) Karl Marx
(d) Frederick
8.The great Bath was found in –
(a) Rojdi
(b) Harapa
(c) Banawali
(d) Mohenjodaro
9.The election to the Constituent Assembly were held in –
(a) 1943
(b) 1940
(c) 1947
(d) 1946
10.Which edict of Ashoka refers to him as ‘Ashoka’ ?
(a) Udaygiri
(b) Maski Minor RE
(c) Junnar RE
(d) Junagarh RE
11.The Delhi Durbar was held in India in –
(a) 1909
(b) 1917
(c) 1911
(d) 1921
12.The UNO formally came into being in
(a) October, 1945
(b) June, 1945
(c) March, 1945
(d) September, 1945
13.A good quality barely has been discovered at –
(a) Lothal
(b) Banwali
(c) Kalibangan
(d) None of the above
14.Anushilan Samiti, the secret revolutionary society in Bengal was organized by –
(a) Aswini Kumar
(b) Batukeshwar Dutt
(c) Jatin Das
(d) P. Mitra
15.Subhash Chandra Bose became the President of the Congress first in
(a) 1940
(b) 1943
(c) 1942
(d) 1939
16.The moving spirit behind the organization of the Ghadar Party was –
(a) Madan Lal Dhingra
(b) Lala Hardayal
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai
(d) V.D. Savarkar
17.Which of the following leaders was the guiding force of the Justice Party in Madras ?>
(a) Hardayal
(b) Dr. Ambedkar
(c) Aurobind Ghosh
(d) Dwarkanath Ganguli
18.The Congress Socialist Party was set up in –
(a) 1931
(b) 1940
(c) 1934
(d) 1937
19.The first Indian who found a place in the Govorner General’s Executive Council was
(a) S.P.Sinha
(b) M.M. Malviya
(c) Govind Vallabh Pant
(d) Devendra Nath Tagore
20.The capital and centre of French activities in India was
(a) Kashimbazar
(b) Pondicherry
(c) Masulipatnam
(d) Chandernagore
21.Who among the following was responsible for the massacre of the English at Kanpur ?
(a) Tantia Tope
(b) Rani Laxmi Bai
(c) Nana Sahib
(d) Kunwar Singh
22.Who among the following was the founder of adi Brahmo Samaj ?
(a) Devendra Nath Tagore
(b) Keshab Chandra Sen
(c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(d) Mahadev Govind Ranade
23.The capital of the Sikh Kingdom of Rajit Singh was
(a) Peshawar
(b) Amritsar
(c) Multan
(d) Lahore
24.Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh was founded in
(a) 1932
(b) 1927
(c) 1925
(d) 1935
25.The first Indian Civil servant was –
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) S.N. Banerjee
(c) C.R. Das
(d) K.M.Munshi