Dear Friends,
Please attempt the questions below
Q1) The Young Bengal Movement, started by Henry Vivian Derozio:
1. took up the peasant’s cause
2. advocated women’s rights
3. attacked old and decadent customs
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
a) 1 and 2 only
b) 1 and 3 only
c) 2 and 3 only
d) 1, 2 and 3
Q2) The Cabinet mission plan, 1946 recommended
1. an undivided India
2. a strong centre
3. residuary powers being given to provinces
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
a) 1 and 2 only
b) 1 and 3 only
c) 2 and 3 only
d) 1, 2 and 3
Q.3) Western classical elements can be seen in the Gandhara School of Art as reflected in the Buddha’s
1. usina, urna and elongated ears.
2. head
3. heavy folds of the robe.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
a) 1 and 2 only
b) 1 and 3 only
c) 2 and 3 only
d) 1, 2 and 3
Q.4) One could attain salvation by performing the Vedic sacrifices with all their rituals which needed the services of the priests. This was the belief of which school of Indian philosophy
a) Vaisheshika
b) Mimamsa
c) Vedanta
d) Nyaya
Q.5) Consider the following statements about Arya Samaj:
1. It repudiated caste system and the fourfold Varna division.
2. It started a Shudhi movement to reconvert people to Hinduism.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2
Q.6) With reference to doctrine of lapse, consider the following statements:
1. Dalhousie was the first to use it.
2. It helped expand the market of British goods in India
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2
Q.7) The Shimla Conference was called to discuss
a) Rajaji formula
b) Wavell Plan
c) Cabinet mission plan
d) Dickie bird plan
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