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QUESTION BOOKLET A Sr. No. Series Roll No. (in Figures) : _________________________________________________ Roll No. (in Words) : _________________________________________________ : 2 : 85 Time : 2 Hours Screening Test Maximum Marks : 85 PLEASE READ THIS PAGE CAREFULLY. Note : Candidate should remove the sticker seal and open this Booklet ONLY after announcement by centre superintendent and should thereafter check and ensure that this Booklet contains all the 24 pages and 24 tally with the same Code No. given at top of first page & the bottom of each & every page. If you find any defect, variation, torn or unprinted page, please have it replaced at once before you start answering. 1. IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS : 1. The Answer sheet of a candidate who does not write his Roll No., or writes an incorrect Roll No. on the title page of the Booklet and in the space provided on the Answer sheet will neither be 2. 170 evaluated nor his result declared. 3. 2. The paper contains 170 questions. 3. Attempt all questions as there will be no Negative 4. Marking. 4. The questions are of objective type. Here is an example. Question : 8 Taj Mahal was built by_____ (A) Sher Shah (B) Aurangzeb (C) Akbar (D) Shah Jahan The correct answer of this question is Shah Jahan. You will therefore darken the circle with ink pen below column (D) as shown below : A B C D A B C D Q.8 Q.8 5. 5. Each question has only one correct answer. If you give more than one answer, it will be considered wrong and it will not be evaluated. Changing, cutting, overwriting and erasing of an answer will be treated as wrong answer. 6. 6. The space for rough work wherever provided may be utilized by the candidate. You are not to use any portion of the Answer Sheet for rough work. 7. Do not mutilate this booklet in any manner. Serious 7. damage/mutilation may entail disqualification. 8. Do not leave your seat until the Answer Sheets have 8. been collected at the close of the examination. 9. Candidate will not leave the examination room till 9. stipulated time is over and only after he has handed over the Answer Sheet to the staff on duty. Code No. : C-453 /2019/Series-A Space For Rough Work / Code No. : C-453/2019/Series-A 2 QUESTION BOOKLET This question paper contains 170 questions. / 170 All questions are compulsory. One question carries half mark only. Maximum Marks : 85 85 Time : 2 Hours 2 1. In which year was the English East India Company founded ? ? (A) 1590 (B) 1596 (C) 1600 (D) 1613 2. What treaty was signed in the year 1665 ? (A) Treaty of Bijapur (B) Treaty of Purandar (C) Treaty of Mewar (D) Treaty of Malwa 1665 ? (A) (B) (C) (D) 3. Which was the first English ship that came to India ? (A) Bengal (B) Elizabeth (C) May Flower (D) Red Dragon ? (A) (B) (C) (D) 4. The subject-matter of Hamza Namah is (A) painting (B) music (C) philosophy (D) architecture - (A) (B) (C) (D) 5. Which ruler regarded painting as Un-Islamic ? (A) Dara Shikoh (B) Jahangir (C) Shah Jahan (D) Aurangzeb - ? (A) (B) (C) (D) 6. Who was known as the ‘Plato of the Jat tribe’ ? (A) Chandgi Ram (B) Suraj Mal (C) Chandrabhan (D) Churaman ? (A) (B) (C) (D) 7. In which year was the famous Infallibility Decree issued ? ? (A) 1564 (B) 1591 (C) 1579 (D) 1605 8. When did Nadir Shah conquer Kandhar ? ? (A) 1737 (B) 1738 (C) 1739 (D) 1740 3 Code No. : C-453/2019/Series-A 9. The Vesara style of architecture is also known as the (A) Chola style (B) Chalukyan style (C) Pallava style (D) Pandya style (A) (B) (C) (D) 10. The threat of which power made Robert Clive not keen on annexing Awadh ? (A) French (B) Jats (C) Dutch (D) Marathas ? (A) (B) (C) (D) 11. Which of the regions was not among those hit by the famines of 1876-78 ? (A) Punjab (B) Bengal (C) Maharashtra (D) Hyderabad 1876-78 ? (A) (B) (C) (D) 12. The industry which affected most adversely the Indian economy was (A) ivory (B) silk cloth (C) glass-ware (D) cotton cloth (A) (B) (C) (D) 13. When did Annie Besant lay the foundation of a college, where Hindu religion and Western scientific subjects were taught ? ? (A) 1898 (B) 1907 (C) 1916 (D) 1882 14. When was the Singh Sabha founded ? ? (A) 1869 (B) 1871 (C) 1873 (D) 1877 15. The first newspaper to be published in India was (A) Bengal Gazette (B) Bengal Chronicle (C) Calcutta Gazette (D) Calcutta Chronicle - (A) (B) (C) (D) 16. The first Malayalam book in India was the translation of the Holy Bible in the year (A) 1801 (B) 1809 (C) 1811 (D) 1861 17. The renaissance in modern Kannada was started in which year ? ? (A) 1817 (B) 1824 (C) 1881 (D) 1885 18. V.D. Savarkar is a prominent writer of (A) Gujarati literature (B) Oriya literature (C) Punjabi literature (D) Marathi literature .. (A) (B) (C) (D) Code No. : C-453/2019/Series-A 4 19. The disbanding of the Gadkaris led to the (A) Kolhapur Revolt (B) Ramosi Rising (C) Waghera Rising (D) Cutch Revolt (A) (B) (C) (D) 20. To which area did the Farazi peasant movement belong ? (A) Punjab (B) Assam (C) Bengal (D) Gujarat ? (A) (B) (C) (D) 21. Who was the leader of the 1857 Revolt in Assam ? (A) Piali Barua (B) Kandarpesvar Singh (C) Diwan Maniram Dutta (D) Purandar Singh 1857 ? (A) (B) (C) (D) 22. In which year did the Vellore mutiny by the sepoys took place ? - ? (A) 1806 (B) 1824 (C) 1856 (D) 1857 23. Which of the following public associations is the oldest of all ? (A) Poona Sarvajanik Sabha (B) Scientific Society (C) Landholders Society (D) East India Society ? (A) (B) (C) (D) 24. Boycott of British goods was adopted as a National Policy in the year ? (A) 1899 (B) 1905 (C) 1903 (D) 1907 25. Which of the following was not associated with Madras extremism after 1905 ? (A) T. Prakasam (B) Krishna Rao (C) V.B. Iyengar (D) None of these 1905 ? (A) . (B) (C) .. (D) 26. Who was the Indian officer from the British army to be termed as ‘traitor’ ? (A) General Gurdial Singh Dhillon (B) General Mohan Singh (C) General Chand Singh (D) None of these ‘’ ? (A) (B) (C) (D) 27. Motilal Nehru entered into politics in which year ? ? (A) 1917 (B) 1918 (C) 1919 (D) 1920 5 Code No. : C-453/2019/Series-A 28. The annexation of which province by the British brought them to the outer fringes of Afghanistan ? (A) Punjab (B) Uttar Pradesh (C) Lahore (D) Baluchistan ? (A) (B) (C) (D) 29. The Scheduled Caste Federation was founded by B.R. Ambedkar in which year ? .. ? (A) 1939 (B) 1942 (C) 1945 (D) 1947 30. The Enquiry Committee, appointed by the Government to go into the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre was headed by (A) Lord Munro (B) Lord Lytton (C) Lord Hunter (D) Lord Reading ? (A) (B) (C) (D) 31. Through which Act were the powers of the Secretary of State for India curtailed to a large extent and transferred to the crown ? (A) Act of 1909 (B) Act of 1919 (C) Act of 1935 (D) Act of 1892 ? (A) 1909 (B) 1919 (C) 1935 (D) 1892 32. Which of the following local disputes made Gandhiji an influential political leader ? (A) Disputes in Champaran (B) Disputes in Khera (C) Disputes in Ahmedabad (D) All of these ? (A) (B) (C) (D) 33. In which Congress Session did Jawaharlal Nehru urge the Congress to accept socialism as its goal ? (A) Bombay, 1936 (B) Lucknow, 1936 (C) Calcutta, 1938 (D) Lahore, 1929 ? (A) , 1936 (B) , 1936 (C) , 1938 (D) , 1929 34. In 1937 elections, only Bengal & Punjab was ruled by the non-Congress Ministries. Punjab was ruled by (A) Krashak Praja Party (B) Rashtriya Kisan Party (C) Unionist Party (D) Muslim League 1937 - , (A) (B) (C) (D) Code No. : C-453/2019/Series-A 6 35. The Muslim League observed the Direct Action Day in support of their demand for Pakistan on the (A) August 14, 1947 (B) May16, 1946 (C) August 14, 1945 (D) August 16, 1946 ‘ ’ (A) 14, 1947 (B) 16, 1946 (C) (D) 14, 1945 16, 1946 36. Which proved a unifying factor of the Hindus and Muslims ? (A) Satyagraha in Champaran (B) The Division of Bengal (C) Support to the Khilafat Movement (D) None of these ? (A) (B) (C) (D) 37. When did Premier Attlee declare that the British would Quit India by June 1948 ? (A) January 26, 1947 (B) August 15, 1947 (C) March 3, 1947 (D) February 20, 1947 , 1948 ? (A) 26, 1947 (B) 15, 1947 (C) (D) 3, 1947 20, 1947 38. The new state of Pakistan was formed out of (A) The North-West Frontier Province (B) Sindh and parts of Punjab (C) Parts of Bengal in the east (D) All of these (A) - (B) (C) (D) 39. In which year did Lord Mountbatten assume office of Governor-Generalship ? - ? (A) 1943 (B) 1945 (C) 1946 (D) 1947 40. The Indian Independence Act, 1947 came into force on (A) February 20, 1947 (B) June 3, 1947 (C) July 18, 1947 (D) August 15, 1947 , 1947 (A) 20, 1947 (B) 3, 1947 (C) (D) 18, 1947 15, 1947 41. What was the number of the princely states in India at the time of partition ? ? (A) 560 (B) 562 (C) 564 (D) 566 7 Code No. : C-453/2019/Series-A 42. How many Viceroys ruled over India between 1858 to 1947 ? 1858 1947 ? (A) 20 (B) 21 (C) 22 (D) 24 43.