Which one of the following cities and the personalities associated with their establishment is wrongly matched?
(1) Pondicherry - Francis Martin
(2) Ahmedabad - Ahmad Shah \(\mathrm{I}\)
(3) Madras - Francis Day
(4) Calcutta - Robert Clive

Which one of the following wars decided the fate of the French in India?
(1) Battle of Wandiwash
(2) First Carnatic War
(3) Battle of Buxar
(4) Battle of Plassey

For the annexation of which the Indian Kingdom, the “Doctrine of Lapse” was not followed?
(1) Satara                                   (2) Nagpur
(3) Jhansi                                   (4) Punjab

Which was the earliest settlement of the Dutch in India?
(1) Masulipatnam
(2) Pulicat
(3) Surat
(4) Ahmedabad

During British rule, who was instrumental in the introduction of the Ryotwari system in the then Madras Presidency?
(1) Macartney
(2) Elphinstone
(3) Thomas Munro
(4) John Lawrence

Which one of the following novels was a source of inspiration for the freedom fighters in India?
(1) Pariksha Guru
(2) Anandmath
(3) Rangbhoomi
(4) Padmarag

Name three important forms of Satyagraha.

(1) Non-cooperation, civil disobedience and boycott

(2) Boycott, civil disobedience and rebellion
(3) Non-cooperation, revolution and referendum
(4) Revolution, plebiscite and boycott

When the East India Company was formed, the Mughal emperor in India was

(1) Jehangir                                       (2) Humayun
(3) Aurangzeb                                    (4) Akbar

Which one of the following events did not take place during the Viceroyalty of Lord Curzon?

(1) Establishment of the Department of Archaeology

(2) Second Delhi Durbar
(3) Formation of Indian National Congress
(4) Partition of Bengal

Who among the following organised the “All India Depressed Classes Association.” in colonial
India?
(1) M.K.Gandhi
(2) Jyotiba Phule
(3) Pandita Ramabai
(4) B.R. Ambedkar

The sepoy mutiny of 1857 occurred during the Governor Generalship of :

(1) Lord Dalhousie
(2) Lord Lytton
(3) Lord William Bentinck
(4) Lord Canning