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History Previous Year MCQs with Answer Key

1) Arrange the following events of Indian National Movement in correct chronological order:

I. Formation of Swaraj Party

II. Lahore Session

III. Gandhi-Irwin Pact

IV. Formation of Depressed Class Association

(A) II, III, I, IV

(B) I, II, IV, III

(D) IV, III, II, I

Correct Answer: (B) I, II, IV, III

2) 'Buddhism emerged from eastern India and spread in several directions.' Which of the following were the reasons for its spread?

I. Cultural exchange

II. Silk route

III. Trade & travellers

IV. European efforts

(A) I, II, IV

(B) II, III, IV

(D) I, III, IV

Correct Answer: (C) I, II, III

3) Who published 'Samvad Kaumudi'?

(A) Rashsundari Debi

(B) Tarabai Shinde

(D) Ram Chaddha

Correct Answer: (C) Raja Rammohan Roy

4) Who said, "Printing is the ultimate gift of God and the greatest one"?

(A) Martin Luther

(B) Mahatma Gandhi

(D) Rashsundari Devi

Correct Answer: (A) Martin Luther

5) Who among the following were the founders of the 'Swaraj Party' within the Congress?

(A) Subhas Chandra Bose and Jawaharlal Nehru

(B) Acharya Kripalani and Jayaprakash Narayan

(D) Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Patel

Correct Answer: (C) C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru

6) Which of the following travelled through 'Silk Route' from India and Southeast Asia?

(A) Gold and silver ornaments

(B) Clothes and spices

(D) Iron and other metals

Correct Answer: (B) Clothes and spices

7) Arrange the following in correct chronological order:

I. French Revolution

II. Napoleon's invasion of Italy

III. Unification of Italy

IV. Vienna Peace Treaty

(A) I, II, IV, III

(B) II, IV, I, III

(D) I, III, II, IV

Correct Answer: (A) I, II, IV, III

8) In the 19th century, a girl married in an orthodox household wrote a book titled 'Amar Jiban'. Who was she?

(A) Pandita Ramabai

(B) Rashsundari Devi

(D) Kailashbashini Debi

Correct Answer: (B) Rashsundari Devi

9) Arrange the following events in correct chronological order:

I. Formation of Khilafat Committee

II. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

III. Bardoli Satyagraha

IV. Withdrawal of Non-Cooperation Movement

(A) I, II, III, IV

(B) II, I, IV, III

(D) III, IV, II, I

Correct Answer: (C) I, II, IV, III

10) Which one of the following religions emerged from eastern India and spread in several directions through the silk routes?

(A) Hinduism

(B) Christianity

(D) Jainism

Correct Answer: (C) Buddhism

11) Who among the following hosted the 'Vienna Congress' in 1815?

(A) Chancellor Duke Metternich

(B) Ernst Renan

(D) Otto von Bismarck

Correct Answer: (A) Chancellor Duke Metternich

12) In 1830, who declared, "When France sneezes, the rest of Europe catches cold"?

(A) Giuseppe Mazzini

(B) Duke Metternich

(D) Napoleon

Correct Answer: (B) Duke Metternich

13) Arrange the following events in correct chronological order:

I. Treaty of Constantinople

II. Hamburg granted autonomy to Hungary

III. Balkan Conflict

IV. Napoleonic Civil Code

(A) IV, II, I, III

(B) III, II, IV, I

(D) I, IV, III, II

Correct Answer: (C) IV, I, II, III

14) German philosopher 'Johann Gottfried' belonged to which one of the following ideologies?

(A) Socialist

(B) Liberalist

(D) Marxist

Correct Answer: (C) Romanticist

15) Which one of the following is correctly matched pair regarding Indian nationalism?

(A) Sardar Patel - Hindustan Socialist Republican Army

(B) Bhagat Singh - Swaraj Party

(D) Jawahar Lal Nehru - Oudh Kisan Sabha

Correct Answer: (D) Jawahar Lal Nehru – Oudh Kisan Sabha

16) To which one of the following countries did Giuseppe Garibaldi belong?

(A) Austria

(B) Italy

(D) Spain

Correct Answer: (B) Italy

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