Which one of the following is incorrectly matched?
(1) Columbus – 1492
(2) Vasco de Gama – 1498
(3) Magellan – 1520
(4) Balboa – 1530

When did the British make English the medium of instruction in India?
(1) 1813                     (2) 1833
(3) 1835                     (4) 1844

During whose Veceroyship did the High Courts come into existence at the three presidential cities of Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay?
(1) Warren Hastings
(2) Lord Cornwallis
(3) John Lawrence
(4) Lord Dalhousie

Who was popularly known as ‘Nana Saheb”?
(1) Baji Rai \(\mathrm{I}\)
(2) Balaji Baji Rao
(3) Balaji Vishwanath
(4) Madhav Rao

In which session of the Indian National Congress did the historic union of Congress and Muslim League take place?
(1) Surat                            (2) Bombay
(3) Calcutta                       (4) Lucknow

Who attended the Imperial Durbar of 1877 dressed in hand-spun Khadi?
(1) M.K. Gandhi
(2) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(3) Bipin Chandra Pal
(4) Ganesh Vasudev Joshi

Who was the founder-editor of the famous newspaper ‘Kesari’ during the National Struggle?
(1) Mahatma Gandhi
(2) Jawaharlal Nehru
(3) Lokmanya Tilak
(4) Muhammad Iqbal

Match List-I with List-II and
select the correct answer using
the code given below the Lists :
List - \(\mathrm{I}\)
a. Sarojini Naidu
b. M.A. Jinnah
c. Tej Bahadur Sapru
d. V.D. Savarkar
List - \(\mathrm{II}\)
1. Muslim League
2. Indian National Congress
2. Hindu Mahasabha
4. Liberal Party
Code :
     a     b    c    d
(1) 2     1    4    3
(2) 2     1    3    4
(3) 2     4    1    3
(4) 4     1    3    2

Who was the only Indian to be elected as President of the United Nations General Assembly?
(1) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
(2) V.K. Krishna Menon
(3) Jawaharlal Nehru
(4) Rajeshwar Dayal

What was the reason for Gandhiji’s support for the decentralization of power?
(1) Decentralisation ensures more participation of the people into democracy
(2) India had decentralization of power in the past
(3) Decentralisation was essential for the economic development of the country
(4) Decentralisation can prevent communalism

Which of the following, according to Mahatma Gandhi, is the strongest force in the world?
(1) Non-violence of the brave
(2) Non-violence of the weak
(3) Non-violence of the coward

(4) Non-violence of the downtrodden