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The Mesopotamian ruler who became the king of Akkad, in 2370 BCE, was

1. Enmerkar
2. Gilgamesh
3. Hammurabi
4. Sargon

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The technological landmark witnessed by the urban economy of the city of Uruk was

1. bronze tools
2. construction of brick columns
3. potter’s wheel
4. oil pressing technique

✅ Correct Answer: 3

War captives and local people who were put to work for the temple or for the ruler were paid

1. bronze tools
2. cattle
3. coins
4. rations

✅ Correct Answer: 4

In ______ part of southern Iran, the first cities and writing emerged.

1. plain
2. deserted
3. mountainous
4. hilly

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The King who released Babylonia from Assyrian domination in 625 BCE was

1. Alexander
2. Nabonidus
3. Nabopolassar
4. Sargon

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The Achaemenids of Iran conquered Babylon in

1. 639 BCE
2. 539 BCE
3. 439 BCE
4. 339 BCE

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The Mesopotamian city, which was systematically excavated in the 1930s, was

1. Uruk
2. Ur
3. Mari
4. Nineveh

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Mesopotamian weapons were prominently made of

1. bronze
2. copper
3. stone
4. iron

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Where did Gandhi use Satyagraha for the first time?

1. India
2. South Africa
3. South America
4. England

✅ Correct Answer: 2

_______ was the moderate leader of Congress

1. Lala Lajpat Rai
2. Bipin Chandra Pal
3. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
4. Gopal Krishna Gokhale

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Gandhiji took back Non Cooperation movement in __________

1. January 1921
2. February 1922
3. February 1921
4. January 1922

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Peasant Satyagraha at Bardoli was hold in ___________

1. 1928
2. 1929
3. 1930
4. 1931

✅ Correct Answer: 1

_______ was the congress President at its Lahora Session.

1. Mahatma Gandhi
2. Jawahar Lai Nehru
3. Sardar Patel
4. Subhash Chandra Bose

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Dandi March brought forward _________

1. Non-Cooperation Movement
2. Civil Disobedience Movement
3. Quit India Movement
4. Rowlatt Satyagraha

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Congress Ministries resigned in _________

1. Oct. 1937
2. Sept. 1938
3. Sept 1940
4. Oct. 1939

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Consider the following events: 1. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre 2. Khilafat Movement 3. Formation of Swaraj Party 4. Arrival of Simon Commission The correct chronological order of these events is:

1. 1, 2, 3, 4
2. 4, 3, 2, 1
3. 2, 3, 4, 1
4. 3, 4, 2, 1

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Indicate which of the following options is not correct:

1. Muslim League demanded Pakistan in 1946.
2. Gandhi ji started Quit India Mission in 1942.
3. Cripps Mission failed to achieve its objective.
4. Cabinet Mission arrived in India in 1946.

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Consider the following events: (1) Formation of Swaraj Party (2) Second round Table conference (3) Arrival of Simon Commission (4) Gandhi-Irwin Pact Their correct chronological order is:

1. 1, 2, 3, 4
2. 1, 3, 2, 4
3. 1, 3, 4, 2
4. 1, 4, 3, 2

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Consider the following events: 1. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre 2. Withdrawl of Non-Cooperation Movement 3. Beginning of Khilafat Movement 4. Formation of Swaraj Party Their correct Chronological order is:

1. 1, 2, 3, 4
2. 1, 3, 4, 2
3. 1, 3, 2, 4
4. 3, 2, 4, 1

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Lucknow pact was signed in

1. Dec. 1929
2. Jan 1915
3. Dec. 1916
4. Jan 1917

✅ Correct Answer: 3

A separate Electorate was given to the Muslims in

1. 1892
2. 1909
3. 1919
4. 1935

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Muslim league was established in

1. 1906
2. 1909
3. 1911
4. 1916

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Who was known as Frontier Gandhi?

1. Maulana Abul Kalam
2. Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
3. Sheikh Abdullah
4. Nawab Salimmullah

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Direct Action Day was celebrated on

1. l6 Aug 1943
2. 26 Jan 1930
3. 15 Aug 1947
4. 16 Aug 1946

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Bangladesh was established in

1. 1948
2. 1952
3. 1971
4. 1975

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Unionist Party belonged to

1. Punjab
2. Bengal
3. Madras
4. All of these

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which of the following options is correct:

1. Jawaharlal Nehru favoured a strong centre.
2. Dr. Ambedkar was chairman of the Drafting Committee.
3. The Constituent Assembly passed the Constitution on 26th November 1949.
4. Hindi was made National language.

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Consider the following events: 1. Wavel plan 2. Cabinet mission 3. Direct Action Day 4. Formation of interim government.

1. 1, 2, 3, 4
2. 1, 2, 4, 3
3. 2, 1, 3, 4
4. 3, 4, 2, 1

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Indian Constitution comes into force on

1. 26 Jan 1946
2. 15 Aug 1947
3. 26 Jan 1950
4. 15 Aug 1950

✅ Correct Answer: 3

When was the rough sketch of the constitution passed by the constituent Assembly?

1. 26 Dec. 1948
2. 26 Jan. 1950
3. 26 Nov. 1949
4. 26 Dec. 1946

✅ Correct Answer: 3

How many sessions of the constituent Assembly were held?

1. 8
2. 9
3. 10
4. 11

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Who was the President of Constituent Assembly?

1. Jawahar Lai Nehru
2. B.R. Ambedkar
3. Dr. Rajender Prasad
4. Sardar Patel

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Mahatma Gandhi wanted to make _______ language as the national language.

1. Hindustani
2. Hindi
3. Tamil
4. Urdu

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Who was the chairman of the Drafting Committee?

1. B.R. Ambedkar
2. Sardar Patel
3. Nehru
4. Dr. Rajandra Prasad

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which of the following languages Gandhiji favoured as the national language:

1. Hindi
2. Urdu
3. Hindustani
4. Persian

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Consider the following statements: 1. Mahatma Gandhi gave Objective Resolution. 2. An interim government was made in 1946 under the leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru. 3. K Sanathanam from Madras strongly favoured the rights of states. 4. Mahatma Gandhi wanted to keep Hindi as the national language. Which of the given statements is NOT correct?

1. 1, 4
2. 2, 3
3. 3, 4
4. 2, 4

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Consider the following statements: 1. The members of the Constituent Assembly were indirectly elected. 2. Govind Ballabh Pant opposed a separate electorate. 3. Shri Shankar Rao accepted Hindustani as the national language. 4. N G Ranga counted tribals among minorities. Which of the given statements is/are correct?

1. 1, 2, 3, 4
2. 2, 3, 4, 1
3. 2, 3, 1, 4
4. 2, 4, 1, 3

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Consider the following statements regarding the Indian freedom struggle: (a) Gandhi Ji withdrew from the non-cooperation movement due to the chauri chaura incident. (b) Gandhi Ji gave his first public speech at BHU. (c) Mahatma Gandhi was arrested in 1921 A.D. (d) Nehru was the congress President at the Lahore session. Which of the given statements is false?

1. a
2. c
3. b
4. d

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The Korean president, whose resignation was demanded by citizens, through candlelight protests, was:

1. Park Chung-hee
2. Park Geun-Hye
3. Chun Doo-hwan
4. Roh Tae-woo

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The silk industry was developed in ______ so as to reduce the import of silk.

1. Osaka
2. Kyushu
3. Nishijin
4. Beppu

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The slogan Fukoku Kyohei under the Meiji rule in Japan meant _______

1. rich country, strong army
2. strong lands, strong rivers
3. rich lands, strong rivers
4. rich country, weak neighbour

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Mao Tse Tung advocated ways of solving social problems based on a survey conducted in 1930 in

1. Fuzhou
2. Jiujiang
3. Nanchang
4. Xuanwu

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Japanese borrowed their written script from

1. China
2. Russia
3. Korea
4. Taiwan

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The Western sciences such as astronomy and mathematics were introduced in China by

1. Biblical missionary
2. Jehovah missionary
3. Jesuit missionaries
4. Prophet missionary

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The independence of Korea, after World War II, was ensured due to:

1. Japan’s defeat and surrender in World War II
2. Continued efforts of freedom activists within and outside Korea
3. Support of international leaders for Korea’s independence
4. Temporary division of Korean peninsula

✅ Correct Answer: 2

An immediate result of Commodore Matthew Perry’s visit to Japan in 1853 was _________

1. an alliance between Japan and the USA
2. development of trade between Japan and the West
3. a war between Japan and the USA
4. the increased isolation of Japan

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Japan imported luxury goods from ______

1. China
2. Russia
3. Korea
4. India

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Syngman Rhee, Korea’s first elected president had to resign, after the April Revolution because:

1. Rhee got himself elected as president, in 1948 CE, through illegal means
2. Rhee extended his rule by illegally amending the constitution
3. Koreans protested against a rigged election, which took place in 1960 CE
4. Koreans desired unification of North and South Korea, which Rhee was unwilling to accommodate

✅ Correct Answer: 3

In 1867-68 CE, ______ rule in Japan ended.

1. The Shogun
2. TheMeiji
3. The Nishijin
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 1

After the Korean War, South Korea received economic assistance from:

1. The U.S.A.
2. U.N.O.
3. China
4. Japan

✅ Correct Answer: 1