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1) The Harappan civilization was discovered in the year

(a) 1901
(b) 1921
(c) 1935
(d) 1942
Answer: (b)

2) Lothal is a site where dockyard of which of the following civilization were found?
(a) Indus valley
(b) Mesopotamian
(c) Egyptian
(d) Persian
Answer: (a)

3) The Indus valley people traded with the

(a) Chinese
(b) Mesopotamians
(c) Parthians
(d) Romans
Answer: (b)

4) The local name Mohenjo-Daro is

(a) Mound of the living
(b) Mound of the Great
(c) Mound of the Dead
(d) Mound of the Survivor
Answer: (c)

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5) The Indus valley civilization specialized in

(a) Town planning
(b) Architecture
(c) Craftsmanship
(d) All of these
Answer: (a)

6) The famous figure of a dancing girl found in the excavation of Mohenjo-Daro was
made up of
(a) Terracotta
(b) Steatite
(c) Bronze
(d) Red limestone
Answer: (c)

7) The earliest city discovered in Pakistan was

(a) Harappa
(b) Rangpur
(c) Mohenjo-Daro
(d) Multan
Answer: (a)

8) Who discovered the Indus valley civilization?

(a) John Faithfull Fleet
(b) Sir John Hubert Marshall
(c) Rai Bahadur Daya Ram Sahni
(d) Ahmad Hasan Dani
(e) Brij Basi Lal
Answer: (a)

9) The Opium war id held between which two countries?

(a) Russia and England
(b) China and Russia
(c) China and England
(d) England and France

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(e) None of these

Answer: (c)

Explanation: The Opium Wars were two wars in the mid-19th century involving Anglo-
Chinese disputes over British trade in China and China’s sovereignty. The disputes included
the First Opium War (1839–1842) and the Second Opium War (1856–1860).

10) Which one among the following sums up Marx’s view about history?
(a) History is a record of the wars between various people
(b) History is a succession of struggle between the oppressor and the oppressed classes
(c) History is a faithful record of the past events
(d) None of the above
Answer: (b)

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11) With which one of the following is the ‘Tennis Court Oath’ associated?
(a) English Revolution’
(b) American Revolution
(c) French Revolution
(d) Russian Revolution
Answer: (c)

12) In which country did the Industrial Revolution begin in the year 1750?
(a) France
(b) Italy
(c) Germany
(d) England
Answer: (d)

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13) Which one of the following countries never taken over by any European power
as a colony?
(a) Brunel
(b) Indonesia
(c) Thailand
(d) Singapore
Answer: (c)

14) The outstanding city of the Italian Renaissance was–

(a) Milan
(b) Rome
(c) Turin
(d) Florence
Answer: (d)

15) The concepts in the Declaration of Independence are based on the ideas of the
philosopher–
(a) Descartes
(b) Hobbes
(c) Smith
(d) Locke
Answer: (d)

16) The Russian revolutionaries derived their ideology from the doctrines of–
(a) Lenin and Stalin
(b) Marx and Lenin
(c) Marx and Engels
(d) Lenin and Engels
Answer: (c)

17) The slogan ‘Liberty, Equality, Fraternity’ was actually given by the–
(a) Russian Revolution
(b) French Revolution
(c) American War of Independence
(d) Industrial Revolution
Answer: (b)

18) “Blood and Iron” was the political and economic policy of–
(a) Frederick the Great
(b) Kaiser William I
(c) Bismarck

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(d) Hitler
Answer: (b)

19) The scientist who first studied the world of microscopic life was–
(a) Kepler
(b) Bacon
(c) Copernicus
(d) Leeuwenhoek
Answer: (d)

20) In which country did the first Marxist revolution take place?
(a) Germany
(b) Italy
(c) Great Britain
(d) Russia
Answer: (d)

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21) Who among the following was the author of ‘Common Sense’ the revolutionary
pamphlet of the American Revolution?
(a) Thomas Paine
(b) Thomas Jefferson
(c) George Washington
(d) Samuel Adams
Answer: (a)

22) The ruler who stated “I am the State” was–

(a) Louis XIV
(b) Frederick the Great
(c) Napoleon
(d) Catherine the Great
Answer: (a)

23) The “Reign of Terror” is associated with which country?

(a) Germany
(b) Italy
(c) France
(d) Britain

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Answer: (a)

24) Who authored the Declaration of Independence (USA)?

(a) George Washington
(b) Benjamin Franklin
(c) Thomas Jefferson
(d) Calvin Coolidge
Answer: (c)

25) The provisional government of 1917 in Russia was headed by–

(a) Alexander Karensky
(b) VI Lenin
(c) Prince Lvov
(d) Joseph Stalin
Answer: (b)

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26) The cornerstone of English democracy is the document known as the–
(a) Declaration of Independence
(b) Rights of Man
(c) Petition of Rights
(d) Magna Carta
Answer: (d)

27) The first emperor of France was–

(a) Napoleon
(b) Martel
(c) Louis XIV
(d) Charlemagne
Answer: (a)

28) The international body which was formed in Europe (in 1889) to coordinate the
efforts socialists all over Europe was called–
(a) Social Democratic Party
(b) Commune
(c) Second International
(d) Labour Party
Answer: (c)

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29) Napoleon was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo by armies under–

(a) Alexander I
(b) Bismarck
(c) Metternich
(d) Wellington
Answer: (d)

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