Monday, January 21, 2013

G.S. QUIZ ON HISTORY

1.    Arrange the following events in order of their chronology:
(A) August Offer              
(B) Poona Act
(C) Third Round Table Conference
Choose the correct option:
(1) A-B-C                                      (2) B-C-A
(3) B-A-C                                      (4) C-B-A

2.    Who founded the Ramakrishna Mission in 1896 to carry on humanitarian relief and social work?
(1) Ramakrishna Paramahansa
(2) Swami Dayananda Saraswati
(3) Swami Vivekanda
(4) Blavatsky and Olcott
3.    Which among the following Viceroys was associated with the ‘Ilbert Bill Controversy”?
(1) Lord Curzon                             (2) Lord Lytton
(3) Lord Rypon                              (4) Lord Hardinge
4.    Consider the following statements:
(A) Warrenn Hastings laid the foundations of Calcutta Madarasa
(B) Sanskrit College was established at Banaras by Jonathan Duncan
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
(1) Only A                                     (2) Only B
(3) Both A & B                               (4) Neither A & B
5.    Who among the following was popularly known as the “Frontier Gandhi”?
(1) Hasrat Mohani            
(2) Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad
(3) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan      
(4) Iqbal Khan
6.    Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was a great 19th Century Reformer who waged a struggle for/against which of the following issue?
(1) Education of Women
(2) Widow Remarriage
(3) Abolition of Sati
(4) Untouchability
7.    Ahmad Shah Abdali invaded India for the first time during the reign of which among the following Mughal Emperors?
(1) Muhammad Shah      
(2) Ahmad Shah
(3) Shah Alam – II
(4) Akbar - II
8.    ‘Neel Darpan’ by Din Bandhu Mitra portrays the Plight of:
(1) Bengali Artisans                       (2) Indigo Planters
(3) Landless Labourers                 (4) All of the above
9.    Who planted the tree of Liberty at Srirangapatnam?
(1) Hyder Ali                                  (2) Tipu Sultan
(3) Chin Quilinch Khan                 (4) Murshid Quli Khan
10.  The first British ‘Presidency’ in India was established at:
(1) Surat                                        (2) Madras
(3) Bengal                                     (4) Bombay


Answers:
1
2
6
2
2
3
7
1
3
3
8
2
4
3
9
2
5
3
10
1

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