(Paper) Model Tests for IAS-Prelims History Test Part - 4

Model Tests for IAS-Prelims History Test Part - 4

 

Questions :

1. The earliest evidence of silver in India is found in the
Harappan culture
Chalcolithic cultures of Western India
Vedic texts
silver punch-marked coins


2. The Hunter Commission was appointed after the
Black-hole incident
Jalianwallabah massacre
Uprising of 1857
Partition of Bengal


3. The historian Barani refused to consider the state in India under Delhi Sultans as truly Islamic because
the majority of the population did not follow Islam
the Muslim theologists were often disregarded
the Sultan supplemented the Muslim law by framing his own regulations
religious freedom was accorded to non-Muslims


4. The last opportunity to avoid the partition of India was lost with the rejection of
Cripps Mission
Rajagopalachari Formula
Cabinet Mission
Wavell Plan


5. Assertion [A] : The effect of labour participation in the Indian nationalist upsurge of the early 1930s was weak. Reason [R] : The labour leaders considered the ideology of Indian National Congress as bourgeois and reactionary.
Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
A is true but R is false
A is false but R is true


6. Assertion [A] : Muhammad bin Tughlaq left Delhi, and, for two years lived in a camp called Swarga-dwari. Reason [R] : At that time, Delhi was revaged by a form of plague and many people died.
Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
A is true but R is false
A is false but R is true


7. At the time of partition of India, which one of the following provinces of British India came forward with a plan for a united and independent existence?
Punjab
Assam
Bengal
Bihar


8. While delivering the presidential address, the Congress President who advocated the introduction of Roman script for Hindi language was
Mahatma Gandhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
Abul Kalam Azad
Subhash Chandra Bose


9. The Raga which is sung early in the morning is
Todi
Darbari
Bhopali
Bhimpalasi


10. Consider the following statements about the Indian National Congress 1. Sarojini Naidu was the first woman to be the President of the Congress. 2. C. R. Das was in prison when he functioned as the President of the Congress 3. The first Britisher to become the President of the Congress was Alan Octavian Hume 4. Alfred Webb was the President of the Congress in 1894 Which of the statements are correct?
1 and 3
2 and 4
2, 3 and 4
1, 2, 3 and 4