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(1) Which of the following is not correct ?
(1) Akbar divided his empire into twelve territorial units. These were called Subas.
(2) A Suba was divided into a number of Sarkars.
(3) A Sarkar was further divided into Parganas.
(4) A Pargana was further divided into Shiqs
Answer: A Pargana was further divided into Shiqs
(2) One of the innovation of the Mughals in building technology was pre-fab wooden structures. These portable homes were known as bangla in the seventeenth century from which the Anglo-Indian word ‘bungalow’ is derived. Which of the following Mughal emperor is credited with this innovation ?
(1) Akbar
(2) Jahangir
(3) Shahjahan
(4) Aurangzeb
Answer: Akbar

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(3) Which of the following statements is not correct ?
(1) Sarrafs (money changers) specialized in issuing hundis to enable remittances to be made.
(2) Hundi was a negotiable document, usually transferred at a small discount.
(3) A single rate of ‘exchange’ was fixed for bills drawn at one place upon another irrespective of remittance or credit.
(4) The hundi itself specified whether it was to be payable on sight, or payable at the end of a particular period after its presentation to the drawee.
Answer: A single rate of ‘exchange’ was fixed for bills drawn at one place upon another irrespective of remittance or credit.
(4) Which of the following statement is not correct ?
(1) Persian was not only the language of higher administration in the Delhi Sultanate and the Mughal empire, but had also spread to the courts of the Rajput states.
(2) Sirajuddin Ali Arzu propounded the view that Persian and Hindi had fundamental affinities.
(3) Tek Chand Bahar quotes poets and prose-works in his Bahar-i Ajam which was written in 1639-40.
(4) A new language Urdu, sprang from the interaction of Persian with Hindi dialects.
Answer: Tek Chand Bahar quotes poets and prose-works in his Bahar-i Ajam which was written in 1639-40.
(5) When and where the ‘Society for Translating European Sciences’ was set up ?
(1) Bombay in 1825
(2) Pune in 1830
(3) Calcutta in 1825
(4) Lahore in 1824
Answer: Calcutta in 1825
(6) Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R) :

Assertion (A) : The decline of the traditional handicraft cottage industries was the result of British commercial policy.

Reason (R) : The imperialist conquests had given immerse resources to the British.

In the context of the above two statements which of the following is correct ?

(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(3) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(4) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer: Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(7) Who among the following had not been involved in floating the idea of permanent settlement for Bengal ?
(1) Alexander Dow
(2) Thomas Law
(3) Montgomery Martin
(4) Philip Francis
Answer: Montgomery Martin
(8) Arrange chronologically the following tribal rebellions :

(a) Rampa

(b) Santal

(c) Kol

(d) Munda under Birsa

Select the correct answer from the codes given below :

Codes :
(1) (b), (c), (a), (d)
(2) (c), (b), (a) (d)
(3) (d), (a), (c), (b)
(4) (b), (d), (c), (a)
Answer: (c), (b), (a) (d)
(9) Who among the following were revolutionary leaders ?

(a) Barkatulla

(b) Khizar Hayat Khan

(c) Obeidulla Sindhi

(d) Mahmud Hasan

Select the correct answer from the code given below :

Code :
(1) (a), (b) and (c)
(2) (a), (b) and (d)
(3) (b), (c) and (d)
(4) (a), (c) and (d)
Answer: (a), (c) and (d)
(10) In which session of the Indian National Congress, a policy about the princely states was first time enunciated ?
(1) Nagpur, 1920.
(2) Tripura, 1939.
(3) Haripura, 1938.
(4) Karachi, 1931.
Answer: Nagpur, 1920
(11) In which session, Congress passed the resolution of ‘Poorna Swaraj’ ?
(1) Lahore Session
(2) Calcutta Session
(3) Madras Session
(4) Lucknow Session
Answer: Lahore Session
(12) Which one of the following organizations was established in 1942 by the leftiest women leaders in Bengal ?
(1) Mahila Sudharna Samiti
(2) Mahila Samajwadi Samiti
(3) Mahila Suraksha Samiti
(4) Mahila Atmarakshan Samiti
Answer: Mahila Atmarakshan Samiti
(13) Who among the following was the first Indian women President of Indian National Congress ?
(1) Aruna Asaf Ali
(2) Sucheta Kirpalani
(3) Sarojini Naidu
(4) Latika Ghosh
Answer: Sarojini Naidu
(14) Khudai Khidmatgars were popularly known as the ___________
(1) Green Shirts
(2) Red Shirts
(3) Black Shirts
(4) White Shirts
Answer: Green Shirts
(15) Aryasamaji leader Mr.Harvilas Sarada belonged to which part of India ?
(1) Rajasthan.
(2) Maharashtra.
(3) Gujarat.
(4) Punjab.
Answer: Rajasthan.

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