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Set-35 Indian History Previous Year Questions
1.The Bibi Ka Maqbara is a tomb located in __________. It was built by Azam Shah, son of Aurangzeb, in 1678.
1. Hyderabad
2. Aurangabad
3. Lucknow
4. Allahabad
2. Battle of Kanauj was fought in the year _________?
1. 1764
2. 1526
3. 1540
4. 1550
3. Which of the following periodicals is not correctly matched with its editor?
1. Bande Mataram : Aurobindo Ghosh
2. New India : Bipin Chandra Pal
3. Yugantar : Bhupendranath Dutta
4. Sandhya : Barindra Ghosh
4. The song “Vande Mataram” occurs in the book ______.
1. Geetanjali
2. Anandmath
3. Indian People
4. Poverty and Un British – Rule in India
5. Where is the Brihadeshwar temple, built during the Chola period, located?
1. Mysore
2. Mahabalipuram
3. Tanjavur
4. Kanyakumari
6.Kamarup is an ancient name of which region of India?
1. Bihar
2. Rajasthan
3. Karnataka
4. Assam
7.Whom did Akbar defeat in the 2nd battle of Panipat in 1556?
1. Genghis Khan
2. Nader Shah
3. Hemu Vikramaditya
4. Bajirao I
8.Battle of Kanauj in 1540 was fought between Sher Shah and _______.
1. Babur
2. Humayun
3. Akbar
4. Aurangzeb
9.”Abhinav Bharat” was founded in 1904 as a secret society of revolutionaries by:
1. Damodar Chapekar
2. V. D. Savarkar
3. Praffula Chaki
4. Khudiram Bose
10.The Swadeshi Boycott Movement is related to –
1. Partition of Bengal in 1947
2. Partition of Bengal in 1905
3. Non cooperation movement in 1921
4. Partition of Punjab in 1947
11.The name by which Ashoka is generally referred to in his inscriptions is—
1. Chakravarti
2. Dharmadeva
3. Dharmakirti
4. Piyadassi
12.The territory of Porus who offered strong resistance to Alexander was situated between the rivers of
1. Sutlej and Beas
2. Jhelum and Chenab
3. Ravi and Chenab
4. Ganga and Yamuna
13.The word Jina from which the Jainism has originated stands for
1. great
2. detached
3. non-violence
4. conqueror of senses
14.Who among the following was the daughter of Emperor Aurangzeb?
1. Jahan Ara
2. Roshan Ara
3. GauharAra
4. Zeb-un-nisa
15.The Mughal Emperor who appointed maximum number of Hindu Officer was?
1. Humayun
2. Akbar
3. Shahjahan
4. Aurangzeb
16.Who was the Mughal Emperor to have lifted the Jaziya on Hindus ?
1. Babur
2. Akbar
3. Jahangir
4. Shahjahan
17.Who was the founder of the Indian Reform Association in 1870?
1. Debendranath Tagore
2. Keshab Chandra Sen
3. Rammohan Roy
4. Dayanand Saraswati
18.During the period of which Governor General / Viceroy was the Indian Civil Service introduced?
1. Dalhousie
2. Curzon
3. Bentick
4. Cornwallis
19.Who was the President of Indian National Congress at the time of Indian independence?
1. Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad
2. J. B. Kriplani
3. Jawahar Lal Nehru
4. Rajendra Prasad
20.Who gave the title ‘Nightingale of India’ to Sarojini Naidu?
1. Jawaharlal Nehru
2. Bhagat Singh
3. Rajendra Prasad
4. Mahatma Gandhi