a. On 27th May 1499, a Portuguese sailor, Vasco-da-Gama crossed the Cape of Good Hope and reached Calicut in India.
b. Francisco-De-Almeida was the first viceroy of the Portuguese possessions in India.
c. The Portuguese King renamed the Cape of Storm as the Cape of Good Hope with a definite hope of discovering a sea route.
1. Only a is true.
2. Only b is true.
3. b and c are true.
4. Only c is true.
Ans. 3
Q2. Which of the following statement/s is/are true about “The Great Revolt of 1857” –
a. The immediate cause of the revolt of 1857was the introduction of greased cartridges in the new Enfield Rifle.
b. Begum Hazarat Mahal, wife of NawabWajid Ali Shah led the revolt at Kanpur.
c. The first soldier to protest against the greased cartridge was Mangal Pandey,the Brahmin Sepoy, at Barrackpore in Bengal.
1. Only a is true.
2. Only b is true.
3. a and c are true.
4. Only c is true.
Ans. 3
Q3. Which of the following statement/s is/are true about “Bajirao I “
a. On account of his great ability, he was generally regarded as the "greatest of the Peshwas".
b. He wanted to expand the Maratha power in the north and followed a "Forward Policy".
c. He was the son of Balaji Viswanath.
1. Only a is true.
2. Only b is true.
3. a and c are true.
4. All are true
Ans. (4)
Q4. Match the following
1. Ropar a) Haryana
2. Dholavira b) Rajasthan
3. Kalibangan c) Punjab
4. Rakhigarhi d) Gujarat
1. 1(c), 2(d), 3(b), 4(d)
2. 2(c), 1(d), 3(b), 4(d)
3. 3(c), 1(d), 2(b), 4(d)
4. 4(c), 2(d), 3(b), 1(d)
Ans. 1
Q5. The Tripitakas are written in the language of –
1. Hindi
2. Prakrit
3. Sanskrit
4. Pali
Ans. 4
Q6. Which one of the following was the first fort constructed by the British in India?
1. Fort St. Angelo
2. Fort St. David
3. Fort St. George
4. Fort St. Louis
Ans. 3
Q7. Who among the following Europeans, were the last to come to pre independence India as traders?
1. Dutch
2. British
3. French
4. Portuguese
Ans. 3
Q8. . Which one of the following is not true about “Jallianwala Bagh Massacre”
1. On 13th April, the Baisakhi day (harvest festival), a public meeting was organized at the Jallianwala Bagh (garden).
2. According to official report 379 people were killed and 1137 wounded in the incident.
3. The Hunter Commission was set up for Jallianwala Bagh Massacre and the name of chairman, Lord Thomas Hunter.
4. There was a nationwide protest against this massacre and Rabindranath Tagore renounced his knighthood as a protest.
Ans. 3
Q9. The ruler of which one of the following states was removed from power by the British on the pretext of misgovernance ?
1. Bengal
2. Jhansi
3. Awadh
4. Satara
Ans. 3
Q10. Which one of the following is not true about “ Harsha Dynasty”
1. Because of the influence of his sister and Hieun Tsang, the Chinese scholar, Harsha embraced Buddhism.
2. Harsha’s minister Bana was a Sanskrit scholar.
3. The Chinese Buddhist monk Hieun Tsang wrote Nagananda, Ratnavali and Priyadarshika.
4. Harsha's Empire was the last Empire in north India before the Islamic conquest.
Ans. 3
