Q. Which one of the following pairs of travelers and their nationality is not correctly matched?
1) Ibn Battuta - Moroccan
2) Duarte Barbosa - Portuguese
3) Jean Baptiste Tavernier - Dutch
4) Niccolao Manucci - Venetian
Q. Which country among the following was not a part of the Third Coalition against Napoleon?
1) Russia
2) Prussia
3) Sweden
4) France
Q. The ruins off Vijayanagara (Hampi) were brought to public light in the year 1800 by the following British Surveyor and engineer -
1) James Prinsep
2) Colin Mackenzie
3) James Rennell
4) Charles Metcalfe
Q. During the Swadeshi movement, a National College was started in Calcutta under the principalship of -
1) Rabindranath Tagore
2) Aurobindo Ghosh
3) Rajani Kant Sen
4) Syed Abu Mohammad
Q. Consider the following statements concerning the American War of Independence -
1. The Americans raised the slogan, No taxation without representation.
2. The American merchants resorted to the boycott of the British products.
Select the correct answer using the code given below -
1) 1 only
2) 2 only
3) Both 1 and 2
4) Neither 1 nor 2
Q. Consider the following statements related to Dayanand's idea of social reform -
1. Dayanand's reform envisaged a social order, where different castes performed functions suitable to their status determined by merit.
2. Dayanand's 'robust Vedic counterpart' challenged the masculine West that had enslaved the Aryavarta.
Which of the statement/s given above is/ are correct?
1) 1 only
2) 2 only
3) Both 1 and 2
4) Neither 1 nor 2
Q. Who among the following died in exile?
1) Rani Laxmibai
2) Bahadur Shah Zafar
3) Tantia Tope
4) Nana Saheb
Q. Which among the following was/ were among the factors for England to experience the Industrial Revolution first?
1. The scientific inventions had paved the way for Industrial Revolution.
2. It has favourable social and political structures in place.
3. Navigable rivers had made inland transport easier.
4. It had seen the ascendancy of capitalist practices.
Select the correct answer using the code given below -
1) 1 and 3 only
2) 1, 3 and 4 only
3) 4 only
4) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Q. Who among the following was the first Indian to qualify for the Indian Civil Service?
1) Satyendranath Tagore
2) Surendranath Banerjee
3) R.C. Dutt
4) Subhas Chandra Bose
Q. The Munda language group belongs to which family?
1) Austric
2) Dravidian
3) Sino-Tibetan
4) Indo-European
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