1. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): The 1857 Mutiny was suppressed by the British
Reason (R): Except for a few like Rani of Jhansi, a very few Indian rulers participated in the mutiny.

 Read the above statements and select the correct answer from the codes given below
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(C) Both (A) and (R) are false
(D) (A) is true, but (R) is false


2. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other labelled as Reason  (R).
Assertion (A): Dr. Annie Besant organised the Home Rule Movement against the British Rule.
Reason (R): She wanted to organize all sections of Indian people on the basis of a single political slogan above religious consideration 

 Read the above statements and select the correct answer from the codes given below
(A) (A) is correct, but (R) is not correct
(B) (A) is not correct, but (R) is correct
(C) (A) and (R) both are not correct
(D) (A) is correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)


3. Which Committee was appointed to suggest improvement in the University Education system?
(A) Sadler Commission
(B) Philip Hartog Commission
(C) Whitley Commission
(D) Lord Chancellor Commission



4. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below
      List – I                         List – II
(a) Col. Tod             (i) Memoir of Central India
(b) John Malcolm    (ii) Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan
(c) C. R. Wilson      (iii) Historical Sketches of South India
(d) M. Wilks            (iv) Early Annals of the English in Bengal

 Codes :
       (a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
(B) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
(C) (i) (iv) (iii) (ii)
(D) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)


5. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below
         List – I                                List – II
(a) Punjab Tenancy Act        (i) 1883
(b) The Ilbert Bill                   (ii) 1868
(c) Hunter Commission        (iii) 1921
(d) Chamber of Princes       (iv) 1882

 Codes:
       (a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
(B) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
(C) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
(D) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)


6. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists:
          List – I                                           List – II
(a) Second Carnatic War              (i) Treaty of Paris
(b) Third Anglo- Mysore War        (ii) Treaty of Aixha Chapelle
(c) Second Anglo- Maratha War  (iii) Treaty of Srirangapatnam
(d) Third Carnatic War                 (iv) Treaty of Bassein

 Codes:
        (a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
(B) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
(C) (i) (iv) (ii) (iii)
(D) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)


7. Which one of the following provisions was not part of the Subsidiary Alliance?
(A) The State has to keep British force under the command of English General.
(B) The State should take prior permission from the Company for waging of war or making peace with another State.
(C) The State should not have relation with any European power except English East India Company.
(D) The State can go for adoption in the case of not having natural heir.
8. Match the List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I           List – II
a. Introduction of the system of direct recruitment
to the I.C.S. through a competitive examination      i. 1853
b. Introduction of the portfolio system                     ii. 1861
c. Establishment of Federal Court                          iii. 1919
d. Introduction of Dyarchy in the Provinces.           iv. 1937

 Codes:
a          b          c          d
(A)      i           ii          iv         iii
(B)      ii          i           iii         iv
(C)      iii         ii          i           iv
(D)      iv         ii          ii          i
9. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I                                          List – II
a. MadusudanDutt                    1. Ananda math
b. BankimchandraChatterjee    2. Meghanabadh
c. Rabindranath Tagore           3. Neel Darpan
d. DinbanduMitra                     4. Geethanjali

 Codes:
      a b c d
(A) 3 2 1 4
(B) 2 1 4 3
(C) 1 2 3 4
(D) 4 2 1 3


10. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists:
List – I                                    List – II
a. Mirat-ul- Akhbar         1. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
b. Amrit Bazar Patr        2. Gajula Laxminarsuchetti
c. Crescent                    3. Marshman
d. SamacharDarpan      4. Sisir Kumar Gosh

 Codes:
       a b c d
(A) 1 4 2 3
(B) 2 1 3 4
(C) 4 3 1 2
(D) 3 2 4 1


11. In which year the Simon Commission was appointed?
(A) 1925 AD
(B) 1927 AD
(C) 1928 AD
(D) 1930 AD


12. “Drink not, serve not, and produce not liquor” was the slogan of
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) Periyar Ramaswamy
(C) Sri Narayan Guru
(D) JyothibaPhule


13. Who was the first Vice-chancellor of Indian Women’s University of Poona in 1916?
(A) Dhondo Keshav Karve
(B) R.G. Bhandarkar
(C) Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru
(D) W.T. Wacha


14. The author of ‘Jati Mimasa’ is
(A) B. R.Ambedkar
(B) Jyothiba Phule
(C) Periyar Ramaswamy
(D) Sri Narayan Guru


15. On whose efforts the Devadasi Practice was abolished in the Madras Presidency?
(A) Annie Besant
(B) Durgabai Deshmukh
(C) Muttulakshmi Reddy
(D) Radhabai Subramaniam