Sample Mock Test Question Paper History 2008:

(Paper - 5)

Permanent Settlement of land in Bengal was made in

1764
1793
1788
1757 

Which leading British parliamentarian and politician admitted that the Revolt of 1857 was “a national revolt” not “a military mutiny”?

Lord Dalhousie
Lord Canning
Lord Ellenborough
Disraeli 

The efforts of ------- led to the enactment of the Age of Consent Act, 1891

Dadabhai Naoroji
S.S. Bangalee
Behramji M. Malabari
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar 


The Cabinet Mission was presided by

Clement Attlee
Sir P. Lawrence
Stafford Cripps
A.V. Alexander 

Mir Qasim transferred his capital from Murshidabad to

Monghyr
Midnapur
Burdwan
Lakhnauti 


In which of the following battles with the Sikhs did the partisans of the holy war suffer a terrible defeat in which Syed Ahmad lost his life?

The Battle of Amritsar
The Battle of Charsadda
The Battle of Balakot
The Battle of Attock 


The first Serious mutiny of the Indian soldiers in the British Army took place at

Patna
Delhi
Vellore
Meerut 

Pondecherry, Karaikal, Mahe, Yenam and Chandranagor was incorporated in India in the year

1952
1953
1954
1955 


Amri pottery is quite distinctive. In fact, it was this feature which enabled the first discoverer, over 40 years ago, to postulate the existence of a separate

Neolithic culture
Chalcolithic culture
Post Harrappan Culture
Pre-Harrappan Culture


In Maharashtra, the dead were buried in the _____ direction during Chalcolithic age

East-West
North-South
South-East
North-East 


The idea of advaita is most clearly evident in

the Brahmanas
the Upanishads
The Samhitas
The Aranyakas 


Which one of the following Vedas is divided into black and white?

The Rig Veda
The Sama Veda
The Yajur Veda
The Atharva Veda 


The earliest dynasty of Magadha was founded by

Dighiti
Bimbisar
Brihadratha
Nandivardhan 


The brilliant specimen of the Jaunpur style is

Lal Darwaza
Atala Masjid
Jama Masjid
Jhanjhri Masjid

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