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UPSC Prelims MCQs

History

  1. Al-Biruni relied heavily on normative Sanskritic texts, compared the caste system with social divisions in…
  2. Archaeological remains and travellers' descriptions indicate that the outer fortifications of Vijayanagara…
  3. Arrange the following architectural developments in the order of the rulers with whom they are associated: 1.…
  4. Arrange the following developments in chronological order: 1. Battle of Haldighati 2. Second Battle of Panipat…
  5. Arrange the following developments in chronological order: 1. Establishment of the Vijayanagara Empire 2.…
  6. Arrange the following developments in chronological order: 1. Guru Arjan compiled the Adi Granth Sahib. 2.…
  7. Arrange the following developments in chronological order: 1. Transfer of Bengal’s diwani to the East India…
  8. Arrange the following developments in chronological order, beginning with the earliest: 1. Shah Shuja allowed…
  9. Arrange the following events in chronological order: 1. Humayun recovered the Mughal throne. 2. Babur defeated…
  10. Arrange the following events in chronological order, beginning with the earliest: 1. The Compagnie des Indes…
  11. Arrange the following events in chronological order, beginning with the earliest: 1. Shahu was released from…
  12. Arrange the following in chronological order: 1. Reign of Aurangzeb 2. Reign of Jahangir 3. Nadir Shah’s sack…
  13. Arrange the following Sufi teachers according to the dates of their deaths: 1. Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya 2. Ali…
  14. Arrange the following teachers or poet-saints according to the approximate periods in which they lived: 1.…
  15. Assertion (A): A Mughal mansabdar who received a jagir did not necessarily exercise territorial lordship over…
  16. Assertion (A): A Sufi silsila created continuity between successive generations of spiritual teachers and…
  17. Assertion (A): Akbar eventually discontinued the religious debates held at the Ibadat Khana. Reason (R): The…
  18. Assertion (A): Balban gave priority to consolidating the Delhi Sultanate and strengthening the monarchy.…
  19. Assertion (A): Firoz Tughlaq altered the fiscal treatment of jizya in addition to imposing it on non-Muslims.…
  20. Assertion (A): Historians must use compositions attributed to bhakti poet-saints with caution. Reason (R):…
  21. Assertion (A): It is difficult to determine with certainty which surviving verses were composed personally by…
  22. Assertion (A): Mahmud Gawan's importance in the Bahmani kingdom extended beyond the conduct of warfare. Reason…
  23. Assertion (A): Monsoon rainfall remained fundamental to Mughal agriculture, but artificial irrigation was…
  24. Assertion (A): Muhammad bin Tughlaq's token-currency experiment failed. Reason (R): Copper coins were assigned…
  25. Assertion (A): Persian acquired exceptional importance in Mughal administration and historical writing. Reason…
  26. Assertion (A): Physical geography influenced both routes of entry into India and the relative isolation of…
  27. Assertion (A): Succession to the Mughal throne frequently produced conflict among imperial princes. Reason…
  28. Assertion (A): The overseas horse trade had considerable political importance for Vijayanagara and its rivals.…
  29. Assertion (A): The sacred associations of the Vijayanagara site contributed to the political representation of…
  30. Assertion (A): Zamindars occupied a powerful position at the apex of Mughal rural society. Reason (R): They…
  31. Assertion: Agricultural production in Mughal India cannot be characterised as purely subsistence-oriented.…
  32. Assertion: Akbar’s zabti system attempted to create a standardised basis for land-revenue assessment. Consider…
  33. Assertion: Alauddin Khalji's reforms reduced the state's dependence on intermediaries in military payment and…
  34. Assertion: Delhi Sultanate architecture reflected both structural adaptation and material constraints rather…
  35. Assertion: Early Tamil bhakti traditions created space for questioning the exclusiveness of the Brahmanical…
  36. Assertion: Expanding overseas trade strengthened the monetary foundations of the Mughal economy. Consider the…
  37. Assertion: Humayun’s early political decisions and military reverses interrupted the continuity of Mughal…
  38. Assertion: Sikander Lodi's transfer of the capital from Delhi to Agra had a strategic purpose beyond a…
  39. Assertion: The Ain-i Akbari marked a departure from chronicles centred primarily upon dynastic and military…
  40. Assertion: The amara-nayaka system connected territorial administration with the maintenance of Vijayanagara's…
  41. Assertion: The eighteenth-century regional states weakened Mughal authority but failed to establish a stable…
  42. Assertion: The First Carnatic War showed that disciplined land forces and naval power could outweigh…
  43. Assertion: The influence of the Chishti silsila in the subcontinent was aided by its adaptation to local…
  44. Assertion: The jagirdari system came under increasing strain during Aurangzeb’s reign. Consider the following…
  45. Assertion: The reign of Muhammad Shah III combined territorial expansion with efforts to strengthen Bahmani…
  46. Assertion: The transfer of the Bahmani capital to Bidar was intended to serve both administrative and…
  47. Assertion: The use of regional languages helped devotional teachers address audiences beyond Sanskrit-educated…
  48. Aurangzeb annexed Bijapur and Golconda, but prolonged warfare brought the Mughals into direct confrontation…
  49. Babur’s army at Panipat was numerically inferior to Ibrahim Lodi’s forces, but it was better organised and…
  50. Chishti shaikhs valued austerity and distance from worldly authority, yet accepted unsolicited donations,…
  51. Chola rulers built major temples, organised the singing of Tamil Shaiva hymns and consecrated metal images of…
  52. Consider a category of land with the following characteristics: It remained under the Sultan's direct control.…
  53. Consider a work with the following features: It was written in Arabic by a Moroccan traveller. It described…
  54. Consider an arrangement characterised by the following features: Four separate markets operated in Delhi.…
  55. Consider the following characteristics of a European trading company: It was formed in 1602 by amalgamating…
  56. Consider the following characteristics of an eighteenth-century ruler: He established an independent state…
  57. Consider the following clues concerning a Bahmani statesman: He initially came to the Deccan as a Persian…
  58. Consider the following clues concerning a devotional community: Its members worshipped Shiva in the form of a…
  59. Consider the following clues concerning a Mughal emperor: He was defeated at both Chausa and Bilgram. He…
  60. Consider the following clues concerning a Mughal-period rural institution: It was generally composed of…
  61. Consider the following clues concerning a Mughal work: It was prepared under Abu’l Fazl’s direction. It formed…
  62. Consider the following clues concerning a title: It was used by the rulers of Vijayanagara. It represented the…
  63. Consider the following clues: He served both Sher Khan and Akbar. He held the offices of Diwan-i-Ala and…
  64. Consider the following clues: He was a leading proponent of Vaishnavism in Assam. His teaching emphasised…
  65. Consider the following clues: He was the son of Shaikh Mubarak. He was Akbar’s court historian and close…
  66. Consider the following clues: His khanqah stood at Ghiyaspur near the Yamuna. Amir Khusrau and Amir Hasan…
  67. Consider the following clues: It was established at Fatehpur Sikri. It operated under Akbar’s patronage. It…
  68. Consider the following developments: 1. Establishment of the Sayyid Dynasty. 2. Beginning of Bahlul Lodi's…
  69. Consider the following events: 1. Jalaluddin Khalji ascended the throne. 2. Alauddin Khalji became Sultan…
  70. Consider the following events: 1. Qutbuddin Aibak made Lahore his capital. 2. Iltutmish received a mansur from…
  71. Consider the following features of an educational institution: It was known as a Chatuspathi or Tol in Bihar…
  72. Consider the following features of an instrument granted to the English East India Company: It was issued by…
  73. Consider the following statements: 1. The Sayyid Dynasty was founded by a governor appointed by Timur. 2.…
  74. Consider the following statements: Assertion (A): Panipat repeatedly became the site of battles that affected…
  75. Consider the following statements: Assertion (A): The decline of the Mughal Empire cannot be explained solely…
  76. Consider the following statements: Assertion (A): The Portuguese acquired an early advantage over other…
  77. Consider the following table: Agricultural work — Sowing, weeding, threshing and winnowing Artisanal…
  78. Consider the following table: Nature of the divine — Formless and without gender Devotional method —…
  79. Consider the following table: Manzil-abadi — Imperial household and its maintenance Sipah-abadi — Civil and…
  80. Consider the following table: Mahmud of Ghazni's campaign of 1001 — Jayapala was defeated Battle of Waihind in…
  81. Consider the following table concerning Vijayanagara: Kamalapuram tank — Irrigated nearby fields and supplied…
  82. Consider the following table: Cotton — A prominent jins-i kamil Sugarcane — Encouraged because it yielded…
  83. Consider the following table: Diwan-i-Wizarat — Finance — Wazir Diwan-i-Ariz — Military administration —…
  84. Consider the following table: Discovery of Brazil — Diverted Portuguese colonising activity towards the West…
  85. Consider the following table: Puranic dissemination — Simple Sanskrit verses intended to reach women and…
  86. Consider the following table: Portuguese — Goa — Acquired from the Sultan of Bijapur in 1510 Dutch — Nagapatam…
  87. Consider the following table: Conflict at Lahore, 1525 — Daulat Khan Lodi was defeated First Battle of…
  88. Consider the following table: William Hawkins — 1609 — Secured permission to establish an English factory at…
  89. Consider the following table: Transfer of capital — Daulatabad or Deogir Increased taxation in the Doab —…
  90. Consider the following table: Abolition of pilgrim tax — Part of Akbar’s policy of religious accommodation…
  91. Consider the following table: Cash salaries — Payment of soldiers without assigning iqtas Dagh — Preparation…
  92. Consider the following table: Division into eight tarafs — Administrative reorganisation under Mahmud Gawan…
  93. Consider the following table: Diwan-i-Ala — Imperial finances Sadr-us-sudur — Grants and religious matters…
  94. Consider the following table: Persian Gulf — Pearls, raw silk, dates and rose water — Imports into India China…
  95. Consider the following table: Caste councils and panchayats — Enforced caste norms and regulations Muslim…
  96. Consider the following table: Hyderabad — Successor state — Nizam-ul-Mulk Awadh — Independent kingdom — Saadat…
  97. Consider the following table: Raya gopuram — Monumental gateway signifying imperial authority Kalyana mandapa…
  98. Consider the following table: Murid — Disciple of a Sufi master Khalifa — Appointed spiritual successor Urs —…
  99. During the Second Carnatic War, the French supported Muzaffar Jang and Chanda Sahib, while the English…
  100. Eighteenth-century India exported more goods than it imported, received silver and gold to balance its trade…
  101. Iltutmish created an elite body of forty nobles that initially served him faithfully but later intrigued…
  102. In Maharashtra, the hereditary land allotted to village artisans in return for their services was commonly…
  103. In the institutional organisation of Sufism, a khanqah was:
  104. In the Mughal Empire, the term kitabkhana referred to:
  105. In the Mughal mansabdari system, what did the terms zat and sawar respectively indicate?
  106. Mahmud Gawan divided the Bahmani kingdom into eight tarafs, sought to regulate their governors and penalised…
  107. Match List I with List II: A. Portuguese — 1. Company formed in 1602 with powers to wage war and conclude…
  108. Match List I with List II: A. Alamgir Nama — 1. Inayat Khan B. Shah Jahan Nama — 2. Muhammad Kazim C. Char…
  109. Match List I with List II: A. Alauddin Bahman Shah — 1. Bahmani minister of Persian origin B. Muhammad Shah…
  110. Match List I with List II: A. Babur — 1. Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri B. Gulbadan Begum — 2. Humayun Nama C. Jahangir —…
  111. Match List I with List II: A. Bahlul Lodi — 1. Shifted the capital to Agra B. Sikander Lodi — 2. Founded the…
  112. Match List I with List II: A. Banjaras — 1. Local traders B. Baniks — 2. Coromandel coast traders C. Chettis —…
  113. Match List I with List II: A. First Battle of Panipat — 1. Afghan forces in Bihar B. Battle of Khanwa — 2.…
  114. Match List I with List II: A. Kankut — 1. Fields divided after sowing B. Batai or bhaoli — 2. Grain cut,…
  115. Match List I with List II: A. Malfuzat — 1. Biographical accounts of saints B. Maktubat — 2. Manuals on Sufi…
  116. Match List I with List II: A. Muhammad bin Tughlaq — 1. Rihla B. Firoz Tughlaq — 2. Diwan-i-Khairat C.…
  117. Match List I with List II: A. Nalayira Divyaprabandham — 1. Shankaradeva B. Tevaram — 2. Basavanna and other…
  118. Match List I with List II: A. Nicolo de Conti — 1. Ambassador sent by the ruler of Persia B. Abdur Razzaq — 2.…
  119. Match List I with List II: A. Polaj — 1. Uncultivated for five years or more B. Parauti — 2. Cultivated…
  120. Match List I with List II: A. Qutbuddin Aibak — 1. Hauz-i-Sultani B. Iltutmish — 2. Contended with the…
  121. Match List I with List II: A. Sant bhasha — 1. Remembrance of God’s name B. Ulatbansi — 2. Special language…
  122. Match List I with List II: A. Tungabhadra Doab — 1. A linguistic region converging at Bidar B. Konkan coast —…
  123. Match List I with List II: A. Hyderabad — 1. Saadat Khan B. Awadh — 2. Ali Muhammad Khan C. Bengal — 3.…
  124. Mirabai rejected the expected roles of wife and royal princess, accepted Krishna as her beloved and was…
  125. Mughal revenue records distinguished between jama, the amount assessed, and hasil, the amount actually…
  126. Mughal villages possessed collective institutions and common financial resources, but property was…
  127. Muhammad bin Tughlaq's token currency failed because of forgery, and his higher Doab taxation provoked revolt.…
  128. The Ain-i Akbari contains rich provincial statistics, but information was not collected uniformly, and many…
  129. The discovery of Brazil redirected Portuguese colonising activity westward. The union of Portugal and Spain…
  130. The number and ranks of Mughal amirs increased while the land available for assignment as jagirs diminished.…
  131. The Sultanate maintained central departments under the Sultan, Naib and Wazir, while territorial…
  132. What was milkiyat in the context of Mughal zamindars?
  133. What was the principal devotional purpose of ziyarat to the tomb of a Sufi saint?
  134. When reconciliation over excessive revenue demands failed, peasants could desert a village. Uncultivated land…
  135. Which Mughal emperor issued silver coins honouring Nur Jahan?
  136. Which Mughal official functioned as the paymaster-general and presented candidates for mansab appointments or…
  137. Which one of the following best explains why large quantities of silver bullion entered Mughal India?
  138. Which one of the following correctly associates the Kabir Bijak with the community that preserved it?
  139. Which one of the following correctly describes Alauddin Khalji's market administration?
  140. Which one of the following correctly describes the ancestry claimed by the Mughals?
  141. Which one of the following correctly describes the foundation of the Vijayanagara Empire?
  142. Which one of the following correctly distinguishes khud-kashta peasants from pahi-kashta peasants?
  143. Which one of the following correctly distinguishes saguna bhakti from nirguna bhakti?
  144. Which one of the following developments most directly intensified the European search for a direct sea route…
  145. Which one of the following developments most directly renewed India's vulnerability to invasions from the…
  146. Which one of the following expressions denoted Akbar’s principle of universal peace?
  147. Which one of the following is incorrectly matched?
  148. Which one of the following is incorrectly matched?
  149. Which one of the following is incorrectly matched? Language — Sanskrit concepts were difficult to translate…
  150. Which one of the following is incorrectly matched?
  151. Which one of the following marked the final day of the Mahanavami celebrations at Vijayanagara?
  152. Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
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  166. Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
  167. Which one of the following represents the correct chronological sequence of ruling dynasties at Vijayanagara?
  168. Which one of the following represents the most appropriate sequence of major agricultural operations?
  169. Which one of the following rulers created the Turkan-i-Chahalgani and introduced the iqtadari system?
  170. Which one of the following statements about education in eighteenth-century India is correct?
  171. Which one of the following statements best describes the Danish presence in India?
  172. Which one of the following was not associated with the decision to shift the Bahmani capital from Gulbarga to…
  173. Which one of the following works was written in Arabic and generally organised each chapter around a question,…
  174. Who among the following founded the Lodi Dynasty?
  175. Who among the following served as Akbar’s regent during the early years of his reign?
  176. Who compiled the hymns of Baba Guru Nanak, his four successors, Baba Farid, Ravidas and Kabir in the Adi…
  177. Who received the title “Zarrin Qalam” or “Golden Pen” at Akbar’s court?
  178. Why was the Nalayira Divyaprabandham frequently described as the “Tamil Veda”?
  179. With reference to Al-Biruni, consider the following statements: 1. He was taken to Ghazni after Sultan Mahmud…
  180. With reference to Firoz Tughlaq, consider the following statements: 1. He revived the iqta system and made it…
  181. With reference to Iltutmish, consider the following statements: 1. He shifted the capital from Lahore to…
  182. A socio-religious organisation was founded in New York in 1875 and later shifted its headquarters to Adyar. It…
  183. After its inaugural session, which one of the following practices was followed by the Indian National…
  184. After the withdrawal of the Civil Disobedience Movement, Gandhi supported the Struggle-Truce-Struggle…
  185. Although Bahadur Shah Zafar was the symbolic leader at Delhi, effective command was exercised by
  186. Although most Provincial Congress Committees opposed Jawaharlal Nehru’s nomination, Gandhi supported him for…
  187. Although the Desai-Liaqat proposals did not produce a settlement, why were they considered politically…
  188. Arrange the following according to the beginning of each uprising: 1. Paika Rebellion 2. Sanyasi Revolt 3.…
  189. Arrange the following according to the beginning of the movement: 1. Faraizi disturbances 2. Pagal Panthi…
  190. Arrange the following developments in chronological order: 1. Establishment of the Calcutta Madrasah 2.…
  191. Arrange the following developments in chronological order: 1. Syed Ahmad Khan and Raja Shiv Prasad were…
  192. Arrange the following developments in chronological order: 1. The Charter Act introduced one-way free trade…
  193. Arrange the following developments in chronological order, beginning with the earliest: 1. Chauri Chaura…
  194. Arrange the following developments in chronological order, beginning with the earliest: 1. Establishment of…
  195. Arrange the following developments in chronological order, beginning with the earliest: 1. Banda Bahadur…
  196. Arrange the following developments in chronological order, beginning with the earliest: 1. Establishment of…
  197. Arrange the following events in chronological order: 1. Attlee announced Britain’s intention to leave the…
  198. Arrange the following events in chronological order: 1. Bose convened the Anti-Compromise Conference at…
  199. Arrange the following events in chronological order: 1. Bose was unanimously elected president at Haripura. 2.…
  200. Arrange the following events in chronological order: 1. British Parliament abolished Company rule. 2. Mangal…
  201. Arrange the following events in chronological order: 1. British recovery of Lucknow 2. British capture of…
  202. Arrange the following events in chronological order: 1. Capture of Kashmir by Ranjit Singh 2. Appointment of…
  203. Arrange the following events in chronological order: 1. Eighty-five troopers at Meerut were sentenced and…
  204. Arrange the following events in chronological order: 1. Gandhi began the march from Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi.…
  205. Arrange the following events in chronological order: 1. Gomdhar Konwar was proclaimed king by the Ahom rebels.…
  206. Arrange the following events in chronological order: 1. Introduction of Dual Government in Bengal 2. Battle of…
  207. Arrange the following events in chronological order: 1. Lord Irwin declared that dominion status was the…
  208. Arrange the following events in chronological order: 1. Metcalfe lifted restrictions imposed upon the Indian…
  209. Arrange the following events in chronological order: 1. Mohan Singh began recruiting Indian prisoners of war…
  210. Arrange the following events in chronological order: 1. Muslim leaders formulated the Delhi Proposals. 2. The…
  211. Arrange the following events in chronological order: 1. The Congress Working Committee accepted the proposal…
  212. Arrange the following events in chronological order: 1. The Congress Working Committee decided to resume civil…
  213. Arrange the following events in chronological order: 1. The Government of India declared India’s participation…
  214. Arrange the following events in chronological order: 1. The Indian Communist Conference at Kanpur formalised…
  215. Arrange the following events in chronological order: 1. The Labour Party formed the government in Britain. 2.…
  216. Arrange the following events in chronological order: 1. The Muslim League accepted the Cabinet Mission’s…
  217. Arrange the following events in chronological order: 1. The Swarajist proposal to “end or mend” the councils…
  218. Arrange the following events in chronological order, beginning with the earliest: 1. The French captured…
  219. Arrange the following events in chronological order, beginning with the earliest: 1. Release of Tilak 2.…
  220. Arrange the following events in chronological order, beginning with the earliest: 1. Formation of the first…
  221. Arrange the following events in chronological order, beginning with the earliest: 1. Formation of the Khilafat…
  222. Arrange the following events in chronological order, beginning with the earliest: 1. Annulment of the…
  223. Arrange the following events in chronological order, beginning with the earliest: 1. Gandhi’s return to India…
  224. Arrange the following events in chronological order, beginning with the earliest: 1. Congress approval of…
  225. Arrange the following in chronological order: 1. Mutiny of an Indian regiment at Sholapur 2. Vellore Mutiny 3.…
  226. Arrange the following in chronological order: 1. Treaty of Salbai 2. Treaty of Wadgaon 3. Treaty of Purandhar…
  227. Arrange the following measures in chronological order: 1. Censorship of Press Act 2. Licensing Regulations…
  228. Assertion (A): A second phase of Pazhassi Raja’s resistance began in 1800 over a dispute concerning Wayanad.…
  229. Assertion (A): After 1909, centres of Indian revolutionary activity abroad increasingly shifted from London to…
  230. Assertion (A): After Direct Action began, Wavell was prepared to bring Congress into the Interim Government…
  231. Assertion (A): After the Treaty of Amritsar, Ranjit Singh concentrated his expansion towards the west. Reason…
  232. Assertion (A): Bose’s victory in the 1939 Congress presidential election precipitated a major organisational…
  233. Assertion (A): Bose’s willingness to obtain assistance from Axis powers did not necessarily amount to…
  234. Assertion (A): Colonial rule made armed resistance appear to many affected groups as one of the few remaining…
  235. Assertion (A): Communalism arose because religion naturally gave Hindu and Muslim masses fundamentally…
  236. Assertion (A): Congress and the Muslim League accepted the Cabinet Mission Plan because both regarded…
  237. Assertion (A): Curzon’s administration strengthened the militant nationalist argument that British rule was…
  238. Assertion (A): Gandhi refused to accept the government’s position during his talks with Viceroy Reading in May…
  239. Assertion (A): Gandhi’s satyagraha in South Africa expanded beyond a narrowly commercial or professional…
  240. Assertion (A): Gandhi withdrew the Non-Cooperation Movement immediately after the Chauri Chaura incident…
  241. Assertion (A): Hindu-Muslim cooperation was a notable feature of the Revolt of 1857. Reason (R): Rebels…
  242. Assertion (A): In later years, social reform gradually acquired a more secular character and became less…
  243. Assertion (A): Political associations in the early half of the nineteenth century were generally local or…
  244. Assertion (A): The agitation for the release of INA prisoners increasingly acquired an India-versus-Britain…
  245. Assertion (A): The Arya Samaj divided into rival groups in 1893. Reason (R): The Arya Samaj had initiated the…
  246. Assertion (A): The August Declaration of 1917 represented an advance over the position associated with the…
  247. Assertion (A): The August Offer marked an advance in British recognition of an Indian role in…
  248. Assertion (A): The British proceeded with the First Anglo-Afghan War even after Persia lifted the siege of…
  249. Assertion (A): The Cabinet Mission rejected the demand for a full-fledged Pakistan because it considered…
  250. Assertion (A): The Calcutta Congress compromise made the launch of civil disobedience conditional upon the…
  251. Assertion (A): The colonial government initially displayed an ambivalent response to the Civil Disobedience…
  252. Assertion (A): The communal unity displayed during the post-war upsurges did not by itself provide a durable…
  253. Assertion (A): The communist approach to the Second World War changed after the Soviet Union joined the…
  254. Assertion (A): The Company opposed Mir Kasim’s decision to abolish all internal duties in Bengal. Reason (R):…
  255. Assertion (A): The Congress decision to contest the 1937 provincial elections was compatible with its formal…
  256. Assertion (A): The Congress position adopted at Wardha combined condemnation of fascist aggression with…
  257. Assertion (A): The Deccan Riots arose from an agrarian crisis deeper than a simple cultural hostility towards…
  258. Assertion (A): The Delhi compromise of September 1923 represented an organisational accommodation rather than…
  259. Assertion (A): The German Plot failed before the planned all-India insurrection could be launched. Reason (R):…
  260. Assertion (A): The greased cartridges should be regarded as the occasion rather than the fundamental cause of…
  261. Assertion (A): The Ilbert Bill controversy contributed to nationalist political education even though the…
  262. Assertion (A): The internment of Annie Besant and her associates initially strengthened rather than…
  263. Assertion (A): The labour policy of the Congress ministries combined attempts to improve workers’ conditions…
  264. Assertion (A): The loose political structure of the Maratha confederacy contributed to its defeat by the…
  265. Assertion (A): The Mappila uprising eventually became isolated from the Khilafat–Non-Cooperation Movement as…
  266. Assertion (A): The Moderates could expose the exploitative character of British rule while still considering…
  267. Assertion (A): The Moplahs of Malabar repeatedly rose in peasant rebellion between 1836 and 1854. Reason (R):…
  268. Assertion (A): The Nehru Report represented the first major Indian effort to prepare a constitutional…
  269. Assertion (A): The Prarthana Samaj could pursue social reform without entirely rejecting the devotional…
  270. Assertion (A): The proclamation of Bahadur Shah Zafar as Emperor transformed the uprising from a military…
  271. Assertion (A): The Revolt of 1857 widened racial hostility and distrust between British rulers and Indians.…
  272. Assertion (A): The Rowlatt Act produced a particularly strong sense of betrayal among Indian nationalists.…
  273. Assertion (A): The Sadharan Brahmo Samaj emerged from a split in the Brahmo Samaj of India in 1878. Reason…
  274. Assertion (A): The Swadeshi Movement did not secure broad support among Muslims, although some Muslim…
  275. Assertion (A): The unusually spontaneous character of the Quit India Movement did not mean that it emerged…
  276. Assertion (A): Tribal rebels did not necessarily treat every non-tribal resident as an enemy. Reason (R): Poor…
  277. Assertion (A): Wavell’s announcement that the Shimla negotiations had failed weakened the Muslim League by…
  278. At its 1905 session under the presidentship of Gopal Krishna Gokhale, the Indian National Congress resolved to
  279. Before the Treaty of Bassein, Company troops were already stationed in Mysore, Hyderabad and Lucknow. The…
  280. Bose received support from socialists and communists in the 1939 presidential election, yet this did not…
  281. British education policy emphasised English-language instruction for a limited section, neglected mass,…
  282. British expansion in India cannot be explained solely by superiority in battlefield weapons. Consider the…
  283. Cheap British manufactures entered Indian markets, Indian textiles faced severe barriers abroad, and displaced…
  284. Civil uprisings before 1857 generally attempted to restore displaced forms of authority rather than construct…
  285. Consider the following assertion: Although the colonial legislative councils possessed little real power, the…
  286. Consider the following assertion: Among the radical currents of the 1920s, opposition to imperialism…
  287. Consider the following Assertion and Reason: Assertion (A): British foreign policy conducted from India…
  288. Consider the following Assertion and Reason: Assertion (A): British hostility towards educated Indians became…
  289. Consider the following Assertion and Reason: Assertion (A): Congress acceptance of Dominion Status under the…
  290. Consider the following Assertion and Reason: Assertion (A): The commercialisation of agriculture under British…
  291. Consider the following Assertion and Reason: Assertion (A): The downward filtration policy did not transmit…
  292. Consider the following Assertion and Reason: Assertion (A): The frequent famines experienced under British…
  293. Consider the following Assertion and Reason: Assertion (A): The Vernacular Press Act of 1878 was widely…
  294. Consider the following assertion: At Ramgarh, Congress rejected both continued subordination within the…
  295. Consider the following assertion: By the late 1920s, revolutionary politics associated with the HRA/HSRA had…
  296. Consider the following assertion: Congress acceptance of partition in June 1947 was the culmination of…
  297. Consider the following assertion: Moving revolutionary activity outside India helped overcome several…
  298. Consider the following assertion: The agitation against the Simon Commission acted as a catalyst for youth…
  299. Consider the following assertion: The Champaran struggle marked an experiment in civil disobedience rather…
  300. Consider the following assertion: The Civil Disobedience Movement significantly widened women’s participation…
  301. Consider the following assertion: The colonial government’s “carrot and stick” strategy sought to use…
  302. Consider the following assertion: The disagreement between Gandhi and Bose extended beyond immediate tactics…
  303. Consider the following assertion: The early nationalist economic critique transformed poverty from an…
  304. Consider the following assertion: The Independence Pledge of January 1930 presented purna swaraj as liberation…
  305. Consider the following assertion: The Moderate defence of civil rights helped convert individual acts of…
  306. Consider the following assertion: The Moderate demand for Indianisation of government services was part of a…
  307. Consider the following assertion: The observance of October 16, 1905 transformed opposition to Bengal’s…
  308. Consider the following assertion: The reorganization undertaken at the Nagpur Congress made the organization…
  309. Consider the following assertion: The revival of revolutionary activity after the Non-Cooperation Movement…
  310. Consider the following assertion: The suspension of the Civil Disobedience Movement under the Gandhi–Irwin…
  311. Consider the following assertion: Tilak’s political position after his release helped reduce Moderate…
  312. Consider the following assertion: Wood’s Despatch of 1854 represented, at least on paper, a broader approach…
  313. Consider the following characteristics of a constitutional proposal formulated in 1947: Power was to be…
  314. Consider the following characteristics of a nineteenth-century reform movement: It drew inspiration from the…
  315. Consider the following characteristics of a political association: It resulted from the merger of two earlier…
  316. Consider the following characteristics of a political association: It was established in 1875. Sisir Kumar…
  317. Consider the following characteristics of a political association: It was founded in 1876 by younger…
  318. Consider the following characteristics of a political current in the 1920s: It criticised both the Swarajists…
  319. Consider the following characteristics of a socio-religious reform movement: It was founded in Maharashtra in…
  320. Consider the following characteristics of an organisation: It was established by a Parsi social reformer and…
  321. Consider the following characteristics of an organisation: It was founded by M.G. Ranade and Raghunath Rao.…
  322. Consider the following characteristics of nineteenth-century socio-religious reform: It encouraged personal…
  323. Consider the following circumstances: British reverses in South-East Asia created a serious Japanese threat to…
  324. Consider the following clues concerning a Congress session: It endorsed the Gandhi–Irwin Pact. It reiterated…
  325. Consider the following clues concerning a political organisation: At its Madras session in December 1927, it…
  326. Consider the following clues concerning a revolutionary action: It was conducted under the banner of the…
  327. Consider the following clues concerning a treaty: Nearly half of Mysore’s territory was divided among the…
  328. Consider the following clues concerning an organisation: It was founded at Kanpur in October 1924. Ramprasad…
  329. Consider the following clues concerning an organisation: It was organised among the Pathans by Khan Abdul…
  330. Consider the following clues concerning an uprising: It developed amid the famine of 1770 and the Company’s…
  331. Consider the following clues: His authority at the principal rebel centre was largely symbolic. His elevation…
  332. Consider the following clues: It occurred in 1806. Sepoys protested against interference in their social and…
  333. Consider the following clues: It occurred in 1905. An Asian country defeated a European power. It weakened the…
  334. Consider the following clues: It was established at Tuticorin. It represented the economic dimension of…
  335. Consider the following clues: It was established in London in 1905. It served as a centre for Indian students.…
  336. Consider the following clues regarding a revolutionary: He organized a secret society across Punjab, Delhi and…
  337. Consider the following clues regarding an organization: It was established at Madras in September 1916. It…
  338. Consider the following comparison: 1. — Provincial government — Abolition of dyarchy and provincial autonomy —…
  339. Consider the following comparisons between the Civil Disobedience Movement and the Non-Cooperation Movement:…
  340. Consider the following demands contained in the Delhi Manifesto: 1. — The Round Table Conference should…
  341. Consider the following descriptions: 1. — The First Conference discussed federation and safeguards but…
  342. Consider the following developments: 1. Launch of the Vaikom Satyagraha 2. Mahad Satyagraha led by B.R.…
  343. Consider the following developments: Colonial modernisation created new institutions and forms of…
  344. Consider the following directions issued by Gandhi for the Civil Disobedience Movement: 1. — Violate the salt…
  345. Consider the following events: 1. Arrest of labour leaders in the Meerut Conspiracy Case 2. Establishment of…
  346. Consider the following events: 1. Enactment of the Bengal Tenancy Act 2. Enactment of the Deccan…
  347. Consider the following events: 1. Establishment of the British Committee of the Indian National Congress in…
  348. Consider the following events: 1. Formation of the Atmiya Sabha 2. Formation of the Tattvabodhini Sabha 3.…
  349. Consider the following events: 1. Moderate–Extremist differences became prominent at the Benaras Congress. 2.…
  350. Consider the following events: 1. The partition of Bengal formally came into force. 2. The government publicly…
  351. Consider the following features: It began as a religious purification movement and later acquired a political…
  352. Consider the following features: It began in response to a government demand that Gandhi condemn popular…
  353. Consider the following features of a body established in 1919: It was officially called the Disorders Inquiry…
  354. Consider the following features of a Congress session: It endorsed the Non-Cooperation programme. It changed…
  355. Consider the following features of a demand raised by the Moderate nationalists: It was justified as a way to…
  356. Consider the following features of a nationalist campaign: It organized libraries, reading rooms and political…
  357. Consider the following features of a nationalist campaign: It was initiated as a limited movement by selected…
  358. Consider the following features of a political proposal: Indian cooperation in the war was offered…
  359. Consider the following features of a proposal: It was presented to the Cabinet Mission in May 1946. It was…
  360. Consider the following features of a trial: It began in November 1945 at the Red Fort. The defendants were…
  361. Consider the following features of an organization: Gandhi established it to unite different sections of…
  362. Consider the following features of an uprising: It began with approximately 1,100 ratings of HMIS Talwar.…
  363. Consider the following features: The proportion of European soldiers was increased. Recruitment increasingly…
  364. Consider the following information: Colonial authorities developed administrative uniformity, transport and…
  365. Consider the following information: Historical studies described pre-colonial India as possessing developed…
  366. Consider the following information: Jyotirao Phule sought the complete abolition of caste and opposed…
  367. Consider the following information: Brahmo Samaj — Denied that any scripture possessed authority transcending…
  368. Consider the following information: The Brahmo Samaj, Prarthana Samaj and Aligarh Movement have been described…
  369. Consider the following information: The Prarthana Samaj pursued monotheism and social reform through education…
  370. Consider the following interpretation of the foundation of the Indian National Congress: Politically conscious…
  371. Consider the following organisations: 1. Atmiya Sabha 2. Brahmo Sabha 3. Paramahansa Mandali 4. Prarthana…
  372. Consider the following organisations: 1. Faraizi Movement 2. Paramahansa Mandali 3. Rahnumai Mazdayasnan Sabha…
  373. Consider the following pairs: 1. Peasants — Heavy taxation, indebtedness and possible eviction by moneylenders…
  374. Consider the following pairs: 1. Treaty of Allahabad with Shuja-ud-Daula — Awadh was retained as a buffer…
  375. Consider the following pairs: 1. Transferability of land — Greater insecurity and loss of traditional tenant…
  376. Consider the following pairs: 1. Expansion of revenue administration over tribal areas — Weakening of tribal…
  377. Consider the following pairs concerning the background to the Khilafat-Non-Cooperation Movement: 1. Rising…
  378. Consider the following pairs concerning the conditions that favoured the Home Rule Movement: 1.…
  379. Consider the following pairs concerning the Ghadr movement: 1. Komagata Maru incident — Helped create an…
  380. Consider the following pairs concerning the government’s response to the movement: 1. Talks between Gandhi and…
  381. Consider the following pairs: 1. Berlin Committee — Established in 1915 with German Foreign Office assistance…
  382. Consider the following pairs: 1. Limited territorial spread — Large parts of eastern, southern and western…
  383. Consider the following pairs: 1. Nana Saheb — Adopted son of Baji Rao II who was denied the family title 2.…
  384. Consider the following pairs: 1. Narkelberia uprising — Titu Mir mobilised tenants against landlords and…
  385. Consider the following pairs: 1 — Regulation XVII of 1829 — Initially applied to the Bengal Presidency and…
  386. Consider the following pairs: 1 — Brahmo Samaj — Denied that a scripture could possess authority transcending…
  387. Consider the following pairs: 1 — Prarthana Samaj — Relied principally on education and persuasion rather than…
  388. Consider the following pairs: 1. Swadesh Bandhab Samiti — Organised by Ashwini Kumar Dutta in Barisal 2.…
  389. Consider the following pairs: 1. Swarajist Party — Continuous obstruction in the councils if the demand for…
  390. Consider the following pairs: 1. Dadabhai Naoroji — Development of the economic critique of British rule 2.…
  391. Consider the following pairs: 1. Abandonment of annexation after 1857 — Princely states were cultivated as…
  392. Consider the following pairs: 1. Attlee’s Statement — June 30, 1948 fixed as the deadline for transferring…
  393. Consider the following pairs: 1. European component — Increased relative to the number of Indian soldiers 2.…
  394. Consider the following pairs: 1. Brahmo Samaj — It denied that any scripture could possess authority…
  395. Consider the following pairs regarding Gandhi’s early struggles in India: 1. Champaran Satyagraha — Defiance…
  396. Consider the following pairs regarding the decline of the Home Rule agitation: 1. Communal riots during…
  397. Consider the following pairs regarding the revolutionary programme during the first phase of revolutionary…
  398. Consider the following pairs: 1. Tamil Nadu — March from Thiruchirapalli to Vedaranniyam under C.…
  399. Consider the following pairs: 1. Pritilata Waddedar — Died while conducting a raid 2. Kalpana Dutt — Tried…
  400. Consider the following pairs: 1. Treaty of Sagauli — Nepal ceded Garhwal and Kumaon and withdrew from Sikkim…
  401. Consider the following pairs: 1. Treaty of Salbai — Peace between the Marathas and the English for twenty…
  402. Consider the following pairs: 1. Treaty of Amritsar, 1809 — The Sutlej was accepted as the boundary between…
  403. Consider the following pairs: 1. Ho and Munda uprising of 1831 — Farming revenue policy and entry of Bengalis…
  404. Consider the following pairs: 1. Gorakhpur, Basti and Bahraich — Oppressive revenue farming under Alexander…
  405. Consider the following political associations: 1. Bangabhasha Prakasika Sabha 2. Bengal British India Society…
  406. Consider the following political associations: 1. Bengal British India Society 2. British Indian Association…
  407. Consider the following provisions associated with the Indian Universities Act of 1904: 1. Study and research —…
  408. Consider the following provisions attributed to the Nehru Report: 1. — A 500-member House of Representatives…
  409. Consider the following statements about Montagu’s August Declaration of 1917: 1. It proposed increasing Indian…
  410. Consider the following statements about political campaigns conducted before the formation of the Indian…
  411. Consider the following statements about Raja Rammohan Roy: 1 — He translated the Vedas and five Upanishads…
  412. Consider the following statements about the British Indian Association: 1 — It demanded the establishment of a…
  413. Consider the following statements about the powers permitted under the Rowlatt Act: 1. Political activists…
  414. Consider the following statements: Assertion (A): Dutch commercial activity in India did not develop into a…
  415. Consider the following statements concerning Gandhi and Subhash Bose: 1. — Despite ideological disagreements,…
  416. Consider the following statements concerning Subhash Bose’s ideological outlook: 1. — He used the term…
  417. Consider the following statements concerning the Congress and the 1937 provincial elections: 1. — The Congress…
  418. Consider the following statements concerning the Cripps Mission proposals: 1. — The proposed Indian Union…
  419. Consider the following statements concerning the early nationalist economic critique: 1. Poverty — It was…
  420. Consider the following statements concerning the government’s response to the upsurges of 1945-46: 1. — It…
  421. Consider the following statements concerning the proposed partition of Bengal: 1. — Bengal proper was expected…
  422. Consider the following statements concerning the Swarajists: 1. — With coalition partners, they defeated the…
  423. Consider the following statements concerning the Wavell Plan: 1. — Except for the governor-general and…
  424. Consider the following statements: 1. — After the Cripps proposals, Britain had little left to offer as a…
  425. Consider the following statements: 1 — British authority combined direct rule over provinces with indirect…
  426. Consider the following statements: 1. — Expansion of legislative councils was demanded to secure greater…
  427. Consider the following statements: 1. — Gandhi favoured a decentralised economy in which production was…
  428. Consider the following statements: 1. — Gandhi helped bring women out of purdah and into a freedom struggle…
  429. Consider the following statements: 1. — In December 1941, the Congress Working Committee offered wartime…
  430. Consider the following statements: 1. — Indians became a majority of eight out of twelve in the enlarged…
  431. Consider the following statements: 1 — Political and economic unification linked the material interests of…
  432. Consider the following statements: 1. — Separate electorates contributed to communal voting patterns. 2. —…
  433. Consider the following statements: 1 — The Servants of India Society promoted Indian interests through…
  434. Consider the following statements: 1. — The Shimla Deputation of 1906 demanded separate Muslim electorates and…
  435. Consider the following statements: 1. — Tilak and Aurobindo attached identical meanings to swaraj. 2. —…
  436. Consider the following statements regarding Gandhi’s position after returning to India: 1. He returned to…
  437. Consider the following statements regarding participation in the Quit India Movement: 1. — Students…
  438. Consider the following statements regarding the agitation for the release of INA prisoners: 1. — It was…
  439. Consider the following statements regarding the elections of 1945-46: 1. — Congress obtained approximately 91…
  440. Consider the following statements regarding the famine of 1943: 1. — The requirements of a large wartime army…
  441. Consider the following statements regarding the Indian Councils Act of 1892: 1. — Non-official members could…
  442. Consider the following statements regarding the record of the Congress provincial ministries on civil…
  443. Consider the following table: 1. Zamindari arrangements — High rents, illegal levies, arbitrary eviction and…
  444. Consider the following table: 1. Tebhaga — Bargadars demanded two-thirds of the produce instead of the…
  445. Consider the following table: 1. Recognition of registered trade unions as legal associations — Trade Union…
  446. During the First World War, which section of Indian nationalists regarded the conflict as an opportunity to…
  447. During the Free Trade stage of colonialism, import duties were removed or reduced, British capital received…
  448. During the Revolt, peasants and petty zamindars destroyed moneylenders’ account books, debt records, revenue…
  449. Engineering and medical institutions appeared at Roorkee, Calcutta, Poona and Guindy, and Curzon later…
  450. In Surat, the government withdrew an additional salt levy in 1844. In 1848, it also withdrew its proposed…
  451. In the aftermath of the Civil Disobedience Movement, Gandhi observed organisational indiscipline, bogus…
  452. Indian workers experienced low wages, long hours and hazardous working conditions. At the same time, they…
  453. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below. 1. Deccan Riots — a. A…
  454. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below: 1. Russian Revolution of…
  455. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below: 1.…
  456. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below: 1. Bal Gangadhar Tilak —…
  457. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below: 1. Midnapore and Guntur —…
  458. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below: 1. Middle classes — a.…
  459. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below: 1. Rabindranath Tagore —…
  460. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below: 1. Police brutality at the…
  461. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below: 1. Promotha Mitter — a.…
  462. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below. 1. United Provinces Kisan…
  463. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below: 1. Motilal Nehru — a. Led…
  464. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below: 1. Champaran Satyagraha —…
  465. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below: 1. Swadesh Sevak Home — a.…
  466. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below: 1. Central and provincial…
  467. Match List I with List II: 1. Treaty of Eternal Friendship — a. Subsidiary force at Shikarpur and Bukkar,…
  468. Match List I with List II: 1. Delhi — a. Begum Hazrat Mahal 2. Kanpur — b. Kunwar Singh 3. Lucknow — c.…
  469. Match List I with List II: 1. Delhi and Bahadur Shah Zafar — a. City recaptured by Hugh Rose; principal leader…
  470. Match List I with List II: 1. Abolition of Company rule — a. Units increasingly separated by caste, community…
  471. Match List I with List II: 1. First Anglo-Burmese War — a. British occupation of Pegu 2. Second Anglo-Burmese…
  472. Match List I with List II: 1. Reduction of land revenue — a. Constitutional reform 2. Separation of judicial…
  473. Match List I with List II: 1. Burn Company clerks’ walkout — a. Led by Lala Lajpat Rai and Ajit Singh 2. East…
  474. Match List I with List II: 1. A.O. Hume — a. Associated the birth of the Congress with a conspiracy to prevent…
  475. Match List I with List II: 1. Ballia — a. Chittu Pandey secured the release of several Congress leaders 2.…
  476. Match List I with List II: 1. Communal nationalism — a. Members of one religious community are presumed to…
  477. Match List I with List II: 1. Conservatives — a. Favoured few, gradual changes and considered social stability…
  478. Match List I with List II: 1. Council of States — a. Subjects administered on the advice of ministers…
  479. Match List I with List II: 1. Dadabhai Naoroji — a. Formulated the drain theory in Poverty and UnBritish Rule…
  480. Match List I with List II: 1. Expansion of state power — a. Feared because it could destroy individuality 2.…
  481. Match List I with List II: 1. Gandhi on caste — a. Untouchability should be abolished, but the varna framework…
  482. Match List I with List II: 1. Gandhi on the medium of instruction — a. Education should be provided through…
  483. Match List I with List II: 1. Gandhi’s trusteeship — a. Holders of wealth should treat it as a social trust…
  484. Match List I with List II: 1. HRA Manifesto and programme — P. Abolition of exploitative systems and…
  485. Match List I with List II: 1. Hunter Commission — a. Vernacular primary education under district and municipal…
  486. Match List I with List II: 1. Inadequate financial resources — a. A large share of available resources was…
  487. Match List I with List II: 1. Irwin’s overture of July 1930 — P. Sapru and Jayakar permitted to explore peace…
  488. Match List I with List II: 1. Jawaharlal Nehru — a. External Affairs and Commonwealth Relations 2. Vallabhbhai…
  489. Match List I with List II: 1. Jawaharlal Nehru — a. Presided over State People’s Conference sessions and…
  490. Match List I with List II: 1. Malabar — P. Salt marches under K. Kelappan and defence of the national flag by…
  491. Match List I with List II: 1. Merchant Capital stage — a. Monopoly trade and direct appropriation of revenue,…
  492. Match List I with List II: 1. Muslim League’s immediate commitment — a. Endorse the Congress demand for…
  493. Match List I with List II: 1. November 21, 1945 — a. Calcutta protest concerning the INA trials 2. February…
  494. Match List I with List II: 1. Provincial assemblies — a. To elect 292 Constituent Assembly members 2. Chief…
  495. Match List I with List II: 1. Provisional Government of Free India — a. Established at Singapore on October…
  496. Match List I with List II: 1. Rammanohar Lohia — a. Prominent participant in underground activity 2. Usha…
  497. Match List I with List II: 1. Section A — a. Madras, Bombay, Central Provinces, United Provinces, Bihar and…
  498. Match List I with List II: 1. Sixty per cent support in a provincial legislature — a. The legislature could…
  499. Match List I with List II: 1. Stage I — a. An initial group defies authority and faces repression 2. Stage II…
  500. Match List I with List II: 1. The Hindu and Swadesamitran — a. G. Subramaniya Aiyar 2. The Bengalee — b.…
  501. Match List I with List II: 1. Women — P. Picketing of liquor, opium and foreign-cloth shops, marking a major…
  502. Match List I with List II: 1. Khasi uprising — a. Gomdhar Konwar proclaimed king after the Company failed to…
  503. Match List I with List II: 1. Resistance in Kottayam — a. Velu Thampi 2. Travancore revolt — b. Gomdhar Konwar…
  504. Match List I with List II: 1. Satyashodhak Samaj — a. Advancement of the Ezhavas through education, public…
  505. Match List I with List II: 1. Pahariyas’ Rebellion — a. Transfer of tribal land to oppressive outsiders in…
  506. Match List I with List II: 1. Ring-fence — a. Adopted heir could inherit private property but not…
  507. Match List I with List II: 1. Dadabhai Naoroji — a. Bombay Presidency Association 2. Sisir Kumar Ghosh — b.…
  508. Match List I with List II: 1. Raja Rammohan Roy — a. Indian Women’s University 2. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar —…
  509. Match List I with List II: 1. Poona and Bombay — a. Tilak 2. Punjab — b. Lala Lajpat Rai and Ajit Singh 3.…
  510. Match List I with List II: 1. V.D. Savarkar — a. Began as a fight for religion and ended as a war of…
  511. Match List I with List II: 1. Gorakhpur, Basti and Bahraich — a. Restoration of part of Upper Assam to an…
  512. Match List I with List II: 1. First Anglo-Mysore War — a. Dispute arising from Travancore’s purchases in…
  513. Most pre-1857 uprisings were separated by time and place, arose from local grievances and were led by…
  514. Nadir Shah defeated the Mughal army, devastated Delhi and annexed territory west of the Indus. Ahmad Shah…
  515. Nationalist newspapers were often organised as public-service ventures, circulated beyond cities and were read…
  516. North-eastern frontier tribes generally retained control over their land and forests when British penetration…
  517. Peshwa Bajirao II signed the Treaty of Bassein after being defeated near Poona by
  518. Resistance to Company rule involved different social groups whose distinct grievances could converge against…
  519. Salt-making remained largely symbolic in landlocked Bihar and was overtaken by a no-chaukidari-tax campaign.…
  520. Shah Mal’s activities in the Baraut region represented an attempt to replace colonial authority with organised…
  521. Syed Ahmed selected which one of the following as the operational base of the Wahabi Movement?
  522. The Awadh Kisan Sabha urged peasants not to cultivate land from which tenants had been evicted, to refuse…
  523. The Bardoli movement established thirteen workers’ camps, published a periodical, maintained an intelligence…
  524. The Cabinet Mission’s discussions with Indian political leaders centred principally upon which two questions?
  525. The Congress was absent from the First Round Table Conference, after which the British recognised that its…
  526. The Delhi Proposals accepted joint electorates in return for specified Muslim representation and the formation…
  527. The English company was a private enterprise with comparatively less governmental control, while the French…
  528. The first phase of revolutionary activities acquired a more activist form primarily as a consequence of which…
  529. The formal proclamation of the Swadeshi Movement followed which one of the following events?
  530. The HRA advocated the abolition of exploitative systems, proposed nationalisation of major industries and…
  531. The Indigo Revolt and the Pabna agrarian movement both witnessed collective refusal, the raising of funds,…
  532. The Karachi resolutions guaranteed civil and political rights while also advocating rent and revenue relief,…
  533. The legislation popularly known as the Rowlatt Act was officially called which one of the following?
  534. The military discontent of 1857 cannot be separated completely from the grievances of rural society. Consider…
  535. The military rise of Haidar Ali rested partly on deliberate adaptation to the strengths of his opponents.…
  536. The Muslim League did not attend the first meeting of the Constituent Assembly on December 9, 1946. Which one…
  537. The new revolutionary phase in Bengal witnessed group action against organs of the colonial state, substantial…
  538. The No-Changers established ashrams and national educational institutions, promoted khadi, worked for communal…
  539. The Paika Rebellion arose from the disruption of Khurda’s established political, military and economic order.…
  540. The Paikas of Odisha were traditionally
  541. The Queen’s Proclamation attempted to reassure Indian princes and subjects after the Revolt. Consider the…
  542. The Revolt began with sepoy mutinies, acquired extensive civilian participation in some regions, remained…
  543. The Revolt of 1857 influenced both British governance and the subsequent Indian struggle against colonial…
  544. The Santhal Rebellion of 1855–56 was led principally by
  545. The Second Round Table Conference deadlocked over demands for separate electorates and minority safeguards.…
  546. The Simon Commission proposed provincial autonomy after abolishing dyarchy, but retained discretionary powers…
  547. The Subsidiary Alliance allowed Indian rulers to purchase security only by surrendering substantial autonomy.…
  548. The Subsidiary Alliance evolved from temporary military assistance to a system in which the Company maintained…
  549. Tribal revolts were directed against a perceived colonial system and its exploitative agents rather than…
  550. Under Dual Government, the Company possessed effective power while the Nawab retained formal responsibility.…
  551. Under the colonial agrarian system, the Indian peasant was described as suffering under a “triple burden”.…
  552. When civil disobedience resumed, Gandhi and other leaders were arrested before they could rebuild momentum.…
  553. Which classification most comprehensively represents the forms of people’s resistance discussed in relation to…
  554. Which conflict is identified by the battles of Mudki, Ferozeshah, Aliwal and Sobraon?
  555. Which feature most clearly prevents the Revolt of 1857 from being described solely as a sepoy mutiny?
  556. Which measure formally abolished East India Company rule in India?
  557. Which methods of the Moderates were described by younger nationalists as the “Three P’s” and criticised as…
  558. Which one of the following best captures the contrast between Gandhi’s and Bose’s conceptions of the…
  559. Which one of the following best describes the difference between Gandhi and Subhash Bose concerning the means…
  560. Which one of the following best describes the “economic drain” associated with British rule in India?
  561. Which one of the following best distinguishes the Home Rule Movement from the revolutionary response to the…
  562. Which one of the following best explains how socio-religious reform and militant nationalism could…
  563. Which one of the following best explains the breakdown of the INA’s first phase under Mohan Singh?
  564. Which one of the following best explains the British government’s increasingly conciliatory attitude towards…
  565. Which one of the following best explains the relationship between Congress activity and the violent upsurges…
  566. Which one of the following best explains the reunion of the Moderates and Extremists at the Lucknow session of…
  567. Which one of the following best explains why Gandhi selected salt as the central issue of the Civil…
  568. Which one of the following best explains why the Congress decided to initiate a new struggle in 1942?
  569. Which one of the following best explains why the Congress ultimately supported non-cooperation over the…
  570. Which one of the following best expresses Gandhi’s conception of a satyagrahi?
  571. Which one of the following best expresses the central educational principle of the Wardha Scheme of 1937?
  572. Which one of the following best represents Gandhi’s advice to Congressmen after the formation of ministries in…
  573. Which one of the following best summarises Jinnah’s objections to the Rajagopalachari Formula?
  574. Which one of the following called for grouping geographically contiguous Muslim-majority areas in…
  575. Which one of the following combinations contributed to the temporary respite in revolutionary activity after…
  576. Which one of the following conclusions best captures the significance of the Home Rule Movement despite its…
  577. Which one of the following conclusions best describes Gandhi’s intervention in the Ahmedabad Mill Strike of…
  578. Which one of the following conclusions best describes the development of extremism and revolutionary activity…
  579. Which one of the following conclusions best describes the effect of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre on the…
  580. Which one of the following conclusions best describes the political significance of Gandhi’s South African…
  581. Which one of the following conclusions best describes the relationship between the national Non-Cooperation…
  582. Which one of the following conclusions best describes the revolutionary movement in Bengal during its first…
  583. Which one of the following conclusions best explains the idea of “colonial modernisation” in British India?
  584. Which one of the following conclusions best reflects both the achievement and limitation of the Lucknow Pact?
  585. Which one of the following conclusions best reflects the movement’s achievements and limitations?
  586. Which one of the following conclusions most accurately captures the considerations behind Congress acceptance…
  587. Which one of the following conclusions most accurately unifies the principal British administrative policies…
  588. Which one of the following correctly describes the British policy towards the Indian press during the…
  589. Which one of the following correctly describes the constitutional contingency announced in Attlee’s Statement…
  590. Which one of the following correctly describes the first session of the Indian National Congress?
  591. Which one of the following correctly describes the immediate impact of the Civil Disobedience Movement?
  592. Which one of the following correctly describes the leadership of the All India Kisan Sabha at the time of its…
  593. Which one of the following correctly describes the principal demands raised by the Khilafat movement in India?
  594. Which one of the following correctly describes the provincial right to reconsider grouping under the Cabinet…
  595. Which one of the following correctly describes women’s participation in the Swadeshi Movement?
  596. Which one of the following correctly distinguishes the colonial constraints imposed upon Indian shipbuilding…
  597. Which one of the following correctly distinguishes the Extremists from the Moderates?
  598. Which one of the following correctly identifies the members of the Cabinet Mission sent to India in 1946?
  599. Which one of the following correctly identifies the two principal strands of India’s national upsurge during…
  600. Which one of the following developments most directly legalised the East India Company’s fiscal authority in…
  601. Which one of the following formed part of the Moderate nationalists’ campaign for civil rights?
  602. Which one of the following is the most appropriate assessment of the Swadeshi Movement?
  603. Which one of the following is the most appropriate conclusion about the relationship between the Moderates and…
  604. Which one of the following is the most appropriate conclusion about the role of education in the rise of…
  605. Which one of the following is the most appropriate conclusion regarding the initial objectives of the Indian…
  606. Which one of the following is the most appropriate conclusion regarding the constitutional demands of the…
  607. Which one of the following is the most appropriate conclusion regarding the Congress session at Calcutta in…
  608. Which one of the following is the most appropriate conclusion regarding the Morley–Minto Reforms?
  609. Which one of the following issues provided the immediate background around which the historic Non-Cooperation…
  610. Which one of the following most accurately compares Gandhi’s and Bose’s assessments of non-violent civil…
  611. Which one of the following most accurately compares Gandhi’s and Bose’s positions on caste?
  612. Which one of the following most accurately describes the attitude of the early Moderate nationalists towards…
  613. Which one of the following most accurately describes the effect of the government’s arrest of senior Congress…
  614. Which one of the following most accurately describes the peasant movements that arose in India after 1857…
  615. Which one of the following most accurately distinguishes the objections of the Congress and the Muslim League…
  616. Which one of the following most clearly demonstrated Subhash Bose’s commitment to complete independence before…
  617. Which one of the following most directly explains the nearly unanimous Indian opposition to the Simon…
  618. Which one of the following organisations was founded to train national missionaries for the service of India…
  619. Which one of the following pairs concerning the August Offer is incorrectly matched?
  620. Which one of the following pairs concerning the Government of India Act, 1935 is incorrectly matched?
  621. Which one of the following pairs concerning the Tripuri Congress is incorrectly matched?
  622. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
  623. Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
  624. Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
  625. Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
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  627. Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
  628. Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
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  640. Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
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  643. Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
  644. Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
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  647. Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
  648. Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
  649. Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
  650. Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
  651. Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
  652. Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
  653. Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
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  655. Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
  656. Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
  657. Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
  658. Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
  659. Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
  660. Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
  661. Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
  662. Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
  663. Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
  664. Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
  665. Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
  666. Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
  667. Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
  668. Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
  669. Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
  670. Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
  671. Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
  672. Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
  673. Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
  674. Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
  675. Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
  676. Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
  677. Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
  678. Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
  679. Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
  680. Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
  681. Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
  682. Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
  683. Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
  684. Which one of the following pairs relating to Moderate economic demands is incorrectly matched?
  685. Which one of the following pairs relating to Moderate methodology is incorrectly matched?
  686. Which one of the following pairs relating to the Gandhi–Irwin Pact is incorrectly matched?
  687. Which one of the following political associations was organised by Dadabhai Naoroji in London to discuss…
  688. Which one of the following provided the immediate occasion for the outbreak of the Revolt of 1857?
  689. Which one of the following reformers opened Sanskrit College to non-Brahmins and helped organise thirty-five…
  690. Which one of the following social groups increasingly dominated political associations during the second half…
  691. Which one of the following statements about the Moderate campaign in Britain is correct?
  692. Which one of the following statements about the Vaikom and Guruvayur temple-entry movements is correct?
  693. Which one of the following statements correctly distinguishes the Aligarh Movement from the Deoband Movement?
  694. Which one of the following was annexed by Lord Dalhousie on the ground of misgovernment rather than under the…
  695. Which one of the following was associated with the outcome of the Pabna agrarian agitation?
  696. Which one of the following was provided by the Indian Independence Act of 1947?
  697. Which one of the following was specifically an achievement of the Swarajists within the legislatures?
  698. Which organisation held sessions in 1883 and 1885 under the leadership of Surendranath Banerjea and Ananda…
  699. Who directed the final military conquest of Sindh and subsequently became its first British governor?
  700. Why did Congress refrain from officially supporting the violent upsurges of 1945-46?
  701. Why did Gandhi and his supporters oppose the immediate launching of mass satyagraha after Linlithgow’s…
  702. Why did the sepoys at Barrackpore revolt in 1824 when ordered to proceed to Burma?
  703. Why was the Congress election campaign of 1945-46 considered more than an ordinary appeal for votes?
  704. With reference to Dr B.R. Ambedkar’s evidence before the Simon Commission, which one of the following pairs is…
  705. With reference to peasant activity during 1937–39, which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
  706. With reference to the demands of the Moderate nationalists, which one of the following pairs is incorrectly…
  707. With reference to the foundation of the Indian National Congress and its early Moderate phase, which one of…
  708. With reference to the Indian Factory Acts of 1881 and 1891, which one of the following correctly describes a…