Mock Test-4 (Paper-1) (Question 1-50)

Total Questions: 50

11. Jata in medieval India meant:

Correct Answer: (a) land assigned to religious personnel for spiritual purposes
Solution:In medieval India, the land given to religious persons for spiritual purposes was called Jata.

12. What was Ziyarat in the language of the Sufis?

Correct Answer: (a) Pilgrimage to the tombs of Sufi saints for seeking barkat (spiritual grace)
Solution:Ziyarat is used to refer to a form of pilgrimage to sites associated with Muhammad and his family members and descendants. Sites of pilgrimage include mosques, graves, battlefields, mountains, and caves.

13. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

List-I List-II 
(a) BabarBattle of Khanwa
(b) HumayunBattle of Chausa
(c) AkbarBattle of Haldighati
(d) JahangirBattle of Balkh
Correct Answer: (d)
Solution:The battle of Balkh was fought in the period of Shahjahan in 1646.

14. Arrange the following monuments in a chronological order and select the correct answer from the codes given below:

I. Rabia Daurani's Tomb, Aurangabad

II. Shershah Suri's Tomb, Sasaram

III. Humayun's Tomb, Delhi

IV. Atala Mosque, Jaunpur

Correct Answer: (b) IV, II, III, I
Solution:Rabia Durrani Ka Makbra or Bibi Ka Mkbara or Taj Mahal of Deccan was built by Auranzeb in memory of his wife Dilrus Banu Begum in 1660.

Tomb of Sher Shah was built completed on 16th August 1545. However, it is said that construction started even when Sher Shah was alive but it was his son who finally completed it after his death.

Humayuun tomb is the first Garden Tomb to be built in Indian subcontinent and was built in 1570. In 1408 A.D., Ibrahim Shah Sharki built the Atala Masjid.

15. Who among the following started the Indian Agriculture Service?

Correct Answer: (a) Lord Curzon
Solution:Foundation of Agricultural Research Institute was laid by Lord Curzon, The institute was established in 1905 at Pusa, Bihar, with the financial assistance of Henry Phipps, Jr., an American philanthropist.

Phipps was a family friend of Lady Curzon, the daughter of an American millionaire, and the wife of Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India. Phipps stayed as a guest of the Curzons during his visit to India. More importantly, Phipps left behind with them a donation of $30,000, which was used to establish the institute.

He laid the foundation stone of the Agricultural Research Institute and college on 1 April 1905. The Institute was originally called the Agricultural Research Institute (ARI).

16. Arrange the following in the chronological order and the select the correct answer from the codes given below:

  1. The August offer
  2. The Cabinet Mission Plan
  3. The Cripps Mission Plan
  4. The Wavell Plan
Correct Answer: (c) 1, 3, 4, 2
Solution:

The correct chronological order is:

The August Offer – 1940

The Cripps Mission Plan – 1942

The Wavell Plan – 1945

The Cabinet Mission Plan – 1946

17. Identify the correct sequence of the following events of Indian history —

1. Foundation of Indian Muslim League.

2. Surat Split.

3. Partition of Bengal.

4. Transfer of capital from Calcutta to Delhi.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below —

Correct Answer: (c) 3, 1, 2, 4

18. The first Census in India during the British period was held during the tenure of

Correct Answer: (c) Lord Mayo
Solution:India's first census was conducted in 1872 during the viceroy ship of Lord Mayo but this census was unofficial. India's first official census was conducted in 1881during the Voiceroy ship of Lord Rippan.

19. Bal Gangadhar Tilak was given the epithet 'Lok-Manya' during

Correct Answer: (c) Home Rule Movement
Solution:Bal Gangadhar Tilak was given the epithet 'Lok-Manya' during the Home Rule Movement. He was one of the popular leaders of the Indian Independence Movement.

The British colonial authorities called him "Father of the Indian unrest." He was also conferred with the honorary title of "Lokmanya", which literally means "Accepted by the people" (as their leader).

20. Who was connected with the Bihar Kisan Sabha?

Correct Answer: (a) Swami Sahajananda
Solution:Kisan Sabha was organised in 1922 by Mohammad Zubair and Sri Krishna Singh in Munger, Bihar. Provincial Kisan Sabha was formed in 1929 by Swami Shajanand Saraswati to mobilise peasant’s grievance against Zamindars’ atrocities of occupancy rights.