This is the eighth test for KAS Prelims 2020. The test is based on the syllabus provided as per the schedule or in the time table. The test is free and anyone can attempt.
Q.1) Where were universities established in Calcutta, Madras and Bombay?
a) 1854
b) 1857
c) 1855
d) 1856
Q.2) Who wrote Neel Darpan?
a) Dinabandhu Mitra
b) Warris shah
c) Sukumar Sen
d) Nabin Chandra Sen
Q.3) When did the revolt begin in 1857?
a) 7 may
b) 10 may
c) 12 may
d) 15 may
Q.4) Who brought the Bareilly troops to Delhi?
a) Bakht khan
b) Azimullah
c) Khan Bahadur Khan
d) Dunde Khan
Q.5) Who was the Lieutenant governor in 1858?
a) Hugh Rose
b) Collin Campbell
c) Lord Dalhousie
d) Fredrick Halliday
Q.6) Who wrote the causes of the Indian Mutiny?
a) V.D. Savarkar
b) T.R. Holmes
c) Sayyid Ahamed Khan
d) B. Disraeli
Q.7) Who was the last Peshwa?
a) Shivaji II
b) Balaji Baji Rao II
c) Baji Rao III
d) Baji Rao II
Q.8) Who wrote the war which began for religion ended up as a war of independence?
a) Ashok Mehta
b) Surendranath sen
c) V.D.Savarkar
d) Dayanand Saraswati
Q.9) When did the Indian Reforms Association come in to being?
a) 1865
b) 1875
c) 1872
d) 1870
Q.10) When was the widow Remarriage Act passed
a)1854
b) 1853
c) 1855
d) 1856
Q.11) Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
(a) Battle of Buxar—Mir Jafar vs. Clive
(b) Battle of Wandiwash—French vs. East India Company
(c) Battle of Chilianwala—Dalhousie vs. Marathas
(d) Battle of Kharda—Nizam vs. East India Company
Q.12) Match List I with List II and select the correct answer
List I
(A) Governor-General of Presidency of Fort William in Bengal (under Regulating Act, 1773)
(B) Governor-General of India (under Charter Act, 1833)
(C) Governor-General and Viceroy of India (under Indian Council Act, 1858)
(D) Governor-General and Crown Representative (under Government of India Act, 1935)
List II.
1. Archibald Percival Wavell, Viscount and Earl Wavell
2. James Andrew Broun-Ramsay, Earl and Marquess of Dalhousie
3. Charles Cornwallis 2nd Earl and first Marquess of Cornwallis
4. Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, Earl of Minto
5. Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma
Codes
(a) A-3; B-2; C-4 ;D-1
(b) A-1; B-2; C-3; D-4
(c) A-2; B-5; C-3; D-1
(d) A-2; B-4; C-5; D-3
Q.13) Consider the following landmarks in Indian education:
1. Hindu College, Calcutta
2. University of Calcutta
3. Adam’s Report
4. Wood’s Despatch
The correct chronological order of these landmarks is:
(a) 1, 3, 4, 2
(b) 1, 4, 3, 2
(c) 3, 1,4, 2
(d) 3, 2, 4, 1
Q.14) Which one of the following is an important historical novel written during the latter half of the nineteenth century?
(a) Rast Goftar
(b) Durgesh Nandini
(c) Maratha
(d) Nibandhamala
Q.15) Who among the following was associated with suppression of thugs? [1997]
(a) General Henry Prendergast
(b) Captain Sleeman
(c) Alexander Burres
(d) Captain Robert Pemberton
Q.16) What is the correct chronological sequence of the following?
1. Wood’s Education Despatch
2. Macaulay’s minute on education
3. The Sargent Education Report
4. Indian Education (Hunter Commission)
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
(a) 2, 1, 4, 3
(b) 2, 1, 3, 4
(c) 1, 2, 4, 3
(d) 4, 3, 1, 3
Q.17) Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
List-I List-II
A. Moplah revolt 1. Kerala
B. Pabna revolt 2. Bihar
C. Eka movement 3. Bengal
D. Birsa Munda revolt 4. Awadh
Codes:
(a) A – 1; B – 3; C – 4; D – 2
(b) A – 2; B – 3; C – 4; D – 1
(c) A – 1; B – 2; C – 3; D – 4
(d) A – 3; B – 4; C – 1; D – 2
Q.18) The educated middle class in India: [1998]
(a) opposed the revolt of 1857
(b) supported the revolt of 1857
(c) remained neutral to the revolt of 1857
(d) fought against native rulers
Q.19) The paintings of Abanindranath Tagore are classified as:
(a) realistic
(b) socialistic
(c) revivalistic
(d) impressionistic
Q.20) There was no independent development of industries in India during British rule because of the:
(a) absence of heavy industries
(b) scarcity of foreign capital
(c) scarcity of natural resources
(d) preference of the rich to invest in land
Q.21) The first feature film (talkie) to be produced in India was:
(a) Hatimtai
(b) Alam Ara
(c) Pundalik
(d) Raja Harishchandra
Q.22) At a time when empires in Europe were crumbling before the might of Napoleon, which one of the following Governors-General kept the British flag flying high in India?
(a) Warren Hastings
(b) Lord Cornwallis
(c) Lord Wellesley
(d) Lord Hastings
Q.23) Which one of the following statements is not correct?
(a) ‘Neel Darpan’ was a play based on the exploitation of the Indigo farmers
(b) The author of the play ‘Ghashiram Kotwal’s is Vijay Tendulkar
(c) The play ‘Navann’ by Nabin Chandra Das was based on the famine of Bengal
(d) Urdu theatre used to depend heavily on Parsi theatre
Q.24) Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists :
List-I (Books) List-II (Authors)
A. The First Indian War of Independence 1. Rabindranath Tagore
B. Anand Math 2. Sri Aurobindo
C. Life Divine 3. Bankim Chandra Chatterji
D. Sadhana 4. Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
Codes:
(a) A – 4; B – 3; C – 2; D – 1
(b) A – 3; B – 4; C – 1; D – 2
(c) A – 4; B – 3; C – 1; D – 2
(d) A – 3; B – 4; C – 2; D – 1
Q.25) Consider the following events: [1999]
1. Indigo Revolt
2. Santhal Rebellion
3. Deccan Riot
4. Mutiny of the Sepoys
The correct chronological sequence of these events is:
(a) 4, 2, 1, 3
(b) 4, 2, 3, 1
(c) 2, 4, 3, 1
(d) 2, 4, 1, 3
Q.26) Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: [1999]
List-I (Year) List-II (Event)
A. 1775 1. First Anglo-Burmese War
B. 1780 2. First Anglo-Afghan War
C. 1824 3. First Anglo-Maratha War
D. 1838 4. Second Anglo-Mysore War
Codes:
(a) A – 4; B – 3; C – 2; D – 1
(b) A – 4; B – 3; C – 1; D – 2
(c) A – 3; B – 4; C – 1; D – 2
(d) A – 3; B – 4; C – 2; D – 1
Q.27) The last major extension of British Indian territory took place during the time of : [2000]
(a) Dufferin
(b) Dalhousie
(c) Lytton
(d) Curzon
Q.28) Which one of the following statements is incorrect? [2000]
(a) Goa attained full statehood in 1987
(b) Diu is an island in the Gulf of Khambhat
(c) Daman and Diu were separated from Goa by the 56th Amendment of the Constitution of India
(d) Dadra and Nagar Haveli were under French colonial rule till 1954
Q.29) Who among the following Indian rulers established embassies in foreign countries on modern lines? [2001]
(a) Haider Ali
(b) Mir Qasim
(c) Shah Alam II
(d) Tipu Sultan
Q.30) Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched? [2001]
(a) India’s first technicolour film –Jhansi ki Rani
(b) India’s first 3-D film – My dear Kuttichathan
(c) India’s first insured film –Taal
(d) India’s first actress to win the Bharat Ratna–Meena Kumari
Q.33) Who amongst the following Englishmen, first translated Bhagavad-Gita into English?
(a) William Jones
(b) Charles Wilkins
(c) Alexander Cunningham
(d) John Marshall
Q.34) With which one of the following mountain tribes did the British first come into contact with after the grant of Diwani in the year 1765?
(a) Garos
(b) Khasis
(c) Kukis
(d) Tipperahs
Q.35) Match List-I (Acts of Colonial Government of India) with List-II (Provisions) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
List-I List-II
(Acts of Colonial Government of India) (Provisions)
A. Charter Act, 1813 1. Set up a Board of Control in Britain to fully regulate the East India
B. Regulating Act 2. Company’s trade monopoly in India was ended
C. Act of 1858 3. The power to govern was transferred from the East India Company to the British Crown
D. Pitt’s India Act 4. The Company’s directors were asked to present to the British government all correspondence and documents pertaining to the administration of the company
Codes:
(a) A – 2; B – 4; C – 3; D – 1
(b) A – 1; B – 3; C – 4; D – 2
(c) A – 2; B – 3; C – 4; D – 1
(d) A – 1; B – 4; C – 3; D – 2A
Q.36) During the colonial period in India, what was the purpose of the Whitley Commission?
(a) To review the fitness of India for further political reforms
(b) To report on existing conditions of labour and to make recommendations
(c) To draw up a plan for financial reforms for India
(d) To develop a comprehensive scheme for Civil Services in India
Q.37) With reference to the entry of European powers into India, which one of the following statements is not correct?
(a) The Portuguese captured Goa in 1499
(b) The English opened their first factory in South India at Masulipatam
(c) In Eastern India, the English Company opened its first factory in Orissa in 1633
(d) Under the leadership of Dupleix, the French occupied Madras in 1746
Q.38) In India, among the following locations, the Dutch established their earliest factory at:
(a) Surat
(b) Pulicat
(c) Cochin
(d) Cassimbazar
Q.39) The aim of education as stated by the Wood’s Despatch of 1854 was:
(a) the creation of employment opportunities for native Indians
(b) the spread of western culture in India
(c) the promotion of literacy among the people using English medium
(d) the introduction of scientific research and rationalism in the traditional Indian education
Q.40) Which one of the following statements is not correct?
(a) Ali Mardan Khan introduced the system of revenue farming in Bengal
(b) Maharaja Ranjit Singh set up modern foundries to manufacture cannons at Lahore
(c) Sawai Jai Singh of Amber had Euclid’s Elements of Geometry’ translated into Sanskrit
(d) Sultan Tipu of Mysore gave money for the construction of the idol of Goddess Sharda in the Shringeri temple
Q.41) Which one of the following provisions was not made in the Charter Act of 1833 ?
(a) The trading activities of the East India Company were to be abolished
(b) The designation of the supreme authority was to be changed as the Governor-General of India in Council
(c) All law-making powers to be conferred on Governor-General in Council
(d) An Indian was to be appointed as a Law Member in the Governor-General’s Council
Q.42) Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(a) Pitt’s India Act : Warren Hastings
(b) Doctrine of Lapse : Dalhousie
(c) Vernacular Press Act : Curzon
(d) Ilbert Bill : Ripon
Q.43) Consider the following Viceroys of India during the British rule:
1. Lord Curzon
2. Lord Chelmsford
3. Lord Hardinge
4. Lord Irwin
Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of their tenure?
(a) 1, 3, 2, 4
(b) 2, 4, 1, 3
(c) 1, 4, 2, 3
(d) 2, 3, 1, 4
Q.44) Consider the following statements:
1. In the Third Battle of Panipat, Ahmed Shah Abdali defeated Ibrahim Lodi
2. Tipu Sultan was killed in the Third Anglo-Mysore War
3. Mir Jafar entered in a conspiracy with the English for the defeat of Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah in the Battle of Plassey
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 3 only
(c) 2 and 3
(d) None
Q.45) Which one of the following places did Kunwar Singh, a prominent leader of the Revolt of 1857 belong to ?
(a) Bihar
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Uttar Pradesh
Q.46) Which one of the following territories was not affected by the Revolt of 1857?
(a) Jhansi
(b) Chittor
(c) Jagdishpur
(d) Lucknow
Q.47) Consider the following statements:
1. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar founded the Bethune School at Calcutta with the main aim of encouraging education for women.
2. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay was the first graduate of the Calcutta University.
3. Keshav Chandra Sen’s campaign against Sati led to the enactment of a law to ban Sati by the Governor General.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 2
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 1, 2 and 3
Q.48) Who among the following repealed the Vernacular Press Act?
(a) Lord Dufferin
(b) Lord Ripon
(c) Lord Curzon
(d) Lord Hardinge
Q.49) Which one of the following is the correct statement?
(a) The modern Kochi was first a Portuguese colony.
(b) The Dutch defeated the Portuguese and built Fort Williams in the modern Kochi.
(c) The modern Kochi was first a Dutch colony before the Portuguese took over.
(d) The modern Kochi never became a part of a British colony.
Q.50) Consider the following statements:
1. Warren Hastings was the first Governor General who established a regular police force in India on the British pattern.
2. A Supreme Court was established at Calcutta by the Regulating Act, 1773.
3. The Indian Penal Code came into effect in the year 1860.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 3
(d) 1, 2 and 3