HARYANA PSC PRE EXAM PAPERS I

HARYANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

Administrative Services Preliminary

 Indian History

(Exam held on: 25-03-2012)

Q.1.The tribal leader who was regarded as an incarnation of God & Father of the world (Dharti Aba) was: 

• Kanhu Santha
• Rupa Naik
• Birsa Munda
• None of the above

Q.2.Which of the following was leader of Waliullahi (Wahabi) movement ?

• Syed Ahmed of Rae Bareily
• Waliulla
• Muhammad Abdul Wahab
• None of the above

Q.3.In which of the following battles with the Sikhs did the Partisans of the holy was suffer a terrible defeat in which Syed Ahmad lost his life ?

• The battle of Amritsar
• The battle of Charsadda
• The battle of Balkot
• None of the above

Q.4.The most fearless & bold woman leader of Peasant movement,who sacrificed her life to protect peasants rights was : 

• Ambika Chakraborthy
• Snehlata Wadekar
• Veera Gunamma
• None of the above

Q.5.Which of the following statements about “Lokahitwadi” is not correct?

• He attributed the social decline & decay of India to the neglect of the Sciences & learning
• He attacked traditional religious beliefs and customs
• He attributed to the poverty of India to the Laziness & decline in the morals of the Indians
• Not any specific list

Q.6.Which of the following theistic philosophy did MG Ranade approve of ? 

• Mysticism
• Vedanism
• Bhakticult
• None of the above

Q.7.Which of the following tasks was closest to the heart of Syed Ahmad Khan ?

• Religious reinterpretation
• Social reform
• Promotion of modern education
• None of the above

Q.8.Two greatest Pioneers in the cause of widow’s education were :

• D.K. Karve and Pandita Ramabai
• M.G. Ranade and R.G. Bahndrarkar
• Ishwar Chand Vidyasagar and Keshav Chandra Sen
• None of the above

Q.9.After the Surat Split in 1907, the second in the Congress took place in 1918 on the issue of

• Lucknow Pact
• Montagu declaration
• Election of Mrs. Annie Besant as President of the INC (1917)
• None of the above

Q.10.Which of the following revolutionary and terrorist organizations had a large number of young women revolutionaries?

• Yugantar
• Anushilan Samiti
• Bharat Mata Society
• None of the above

Q.11.Under whose leadership was the Chittagong Armoury Raid organised ?

• Jatin Das
• Surya Sen
• Ganesh Ghosh
• None of the above

Q.12.Proficiency in which of the following games was rewarded and recognised by state of Vijayanagar?

• Chess
• Wrestling
• Gymnastics
• None of the above

Q.13.The first Mughal emperor to organise some sorts of Distress relief during famines was?

• Akbar
• Jahangir
• Shahjahan
• None of the above

Q.14.The only son of Ashoka found mentioned in his inscriptions is :

• Tivara
• Mahendra
• Kunala
• None of the above

Q.15.During the Mauryan times the royal Houses were mostly built of:

• Baked bricks
• Wood
• Mud & Tile
• None of the above

Q.16.The status of which of the following could be said to have somewhat improved during the Mauryan Period ?

• Kshatriyas
• Vaishyas
• Shudras
• None of the above

Q.17.The largest single source of income to the chola state was:

• Land tax
• Toll on trade
• Taxes on professions, mines and forests
• None of the above

Q.18.The theory of economic drain of India during British imperialism was pronounced by:

• J.L. Nehru
• Dadabhai Naoroji
• R.C. Dutt
• None of the above

Q.19.The Vijaynagar King, Krishnadev Raya’s work ‘Amuktamalyada’ was in :

• Telgu
• Sanskrit
• Tamil
• None of the above

Q.20.The victories of Karikala are well portrayed in :

• Palamoli
• Aruvanad
• Pattinappaalai
• None of the above

Q.21.Todarmal was associated with :

• Music
• Literature
• Land Revenue Reforms
• None of the above

Q.22.Two of the Great Mughals wrote their own memories.They were :

• Babar and Humayun
• Jahangir and Shahjahan
• Babar and Jahangir
• None of the above

Q.23.To which king belongs to the Lion Capital of Sarnath ?

• Chandragupta
• Ashoka
• Kanishka
• None of the above

Q.24.The Zamindari in Mughal India was not :

• Hereditary
• A saleable right
• Morgageable
•  None of the above

Q.25.The term Khalisa in Mughal Administration signified the :

• Land owned by emperor himself
• Religion land grants
• Entire imperial establishment
• None of the above

Q.26.Tulsidas the author of ‘Ramcharitmanas’ was a contemporary of which of the following rulers? 

• Shahjahan
• Akbar
• Shershah Suri
• None of the above

Q.27.The text of the document called ‘Mazhar’ by which Akbar assumed the role of Supreme arbiter in the matter of religion found on :

• Arif Quandahari’s ‘Tarikh-i-Alfi’
• Abul Fazal’s Akbarnama
• Nazamuddin’s ‘Tabaqat-i-Akbari’
• None of the above

Q.28.Tolkappiyam is associated with the:

• First Sangam Period
• Second Sangam Period
• Third Sangam Period
• None of the above

Q.29.The Vijayanagar king who employed skilled archers of the Turkish clan and raised the fighting capacity of hid bowmen was :

• Bukka I
• Devaraya I
• Ramaraya
• None of the above

Q.30.The uprising of 1857 was described as first Indian war of Independence by:

• V. D. Savarkar
• B. G. Tilak
• R. C. Mazumdar
• None of the above

Q.31.Which independent nawab of Bengal was defeated and killed by forces of East India company?

• Siraj – ud -daula
• Shuja – ud -daula
• Shah Alam II
• None of the above

Q.32.Who introduced the system of permanent settlement also called permanent settlement in Bengal for effective agricultural methods and productivity?

• Lord Wellesley
• Lord Cornwallis
• Warren Hastings
• None of the above

Q.33.Which of the following newspaper was launched by Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya in 1909?

• Free India
• Leader
• Independent
• None of the above

Q.34.Who of the following advised British East India company to seek from the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam, a ‘sanad’ for the Diwani of Bengal?

• Maharaja Raj Ballabh
• Raja Daulat Ram
• Manik Chand
• None of the above

Q.35.The first India ruler who joined the subsidary alliance was:

• Nawab of Awadh
• King of Trivancore
• Nizam of Hyderabad
• None of the above

Q.36.The first Indian ruler to organize Haj Pilgrimage at the expense of the state was:

• Alauddin Khilji
• Aurangzeb
• Akbar
• None of the above

Q.37.Which of the following territories was not affected by revolt of 1857?

• Jhansi
• Chittor
• Lucknow
• None of the above

Q.38.The head of the committee formed by the Government to enquiry into Jallianwala bagh Massacre was:

• John Simon
• General Dyer
• Hunter
• None of the above

Q.39.Whom did Mahatama Gandhi called “The Patriot of the Patriots”?

• Bhagat Singh
• Subhash Chandra Bose
• Sardar Patel
• None of the above

Q.40.The term “Dosi Hatt” was used in early medieval india for :

• Animal Market
• Slave Bazar
• Kappas (Cotton) Market
• None of the above

Q.41.Which contemporary Mughal historian of the age of Akbar had prepared a list of Charges calling him an enemy of Islam?

• Abbas Khan Sarwani
• Badauni
• Nizamuddin Ahmad
• None of the above

Q.42.To whom did Sher Shah appoint to provide bed & food to Hindu travellers staying at ‘Sarais’ (rest houses)?

• Muslims
• Low cast hindus
• Brahmans
• None of the above

Q.43.When did Aurangzeb arrive in Deccan finally to quell revolt of Maratha?

• 1681
• 1689
• 1700
•  None of the above

Q.44.Which Maratha Saint is most importantly known for social reform,national regeneration and the rise of Maratha power?

• Samartha Ramdas
• Tukaram
• Vaman Pandit
• None of the above

Q.45.On what condition Wellesly agreed to help Peshwas Bajirao II?

• An underhand transaction of Rs. 15 lakh
• His consent to the the subsidary alliance
• His agreeing to the abolition of the office of the Peshwa after his death
• None of the above

Q.46.With whom did Raja Ranjit Singh conclude the treaty of Lahore in 1806 which gave him freedom to expand north of Sutlej ?

• Holkar of Indore
• Scindia of Gwalior
• East India Company
• None of the above

Q.47.What was the grieviest cause of discontent among soldiers before the revolt of 1857?

• Non observation of caste distinctions
• Question of promotion and pay
• Absence of power and equitable procedure for discipline & control
• None of the above

Q.48.Who was the mastermind of bomb attack on Lord Hardinge at Chandni Chowk,Delhi in 1912?

• Sachindranath Sanyal
• Rasbehari Bose
• Bhai Parmanand
• None of the above

Q.49.When did Gandhiji go to fast unto death for the first time?

• At the time of riots in Delhi
• At the time of riots in Calcutta
• At the time of Jallianwala Bagh tragedy
• None of the above

Q.50.Sir Thomas Roe was sent as the British Ambassador to the Court of :

• Aurangzeb
• Jahangir
• Shahjahan
• None of the above

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