CBSE Class 10 Social Science History MCQs Set 05

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Question 1: Amritsar was founded in 1577 by
(a) Guru Ram Das
(b) Guru Arjan
(c) Guru Hargobind
(d) Guru Amar Das
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Answer: (a) Guru Ram Das

Explanation:
1. Akbar granted the land to Guru Ram Das.

Question 2: Who compiled the Adi Granth and built the Golden Temple?
(a) Guru Arjan
(b) Guru Nanak
(c) Guru Gobind Singh
(d) Guru Hargobind
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Answer: (a) Guru Arjan

Explanation:
1. Guru Arjan Dev compiled the Adi Granth and built Harmandir Sahib.

Question 3: The Akal Takht was established by
(a) Guru Hargobind
(b) Guru Arjan
(c) Guru Tegh Bahadur
(d) Guru Gobind Singh
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Answer: (a) Guru Hargobind

Explanation:
1. Guru Hargobind established the Akal Takht.

Question 4: Who was the last Sikh Guru and founded the Khalsa?
(a) Guru Gobind Singh
(b) Guru Tegh Bahadur
(c) Guru Har Rai
(d) Guru Hargobind
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Answer: (a) Guru Gobind Singh

Explanation:
1. Guru Gobind Singh founded the Khalsa in 1699.

Question 5: The Painted Grey Ware (P.G.W.) culture is usually associated with the
(a) Iron Age
(b) Palaeolithic Age
(c) Neolithic Age
(d) Mesolithic Age
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Answer: (a) Iron Age

Explanation:
1. PGW appears in the early Iron Age of the Ganga plain.

Question 6: The Chalcolithic Age is marked by the use of
(a) copper along with stone
(b) iron
(c) gold
(d) bronze alone
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Answer: (a) copper along with stone

Explanation:
1. Chalcolithic means the copper-stone age.

Question 7: What was the Actual name of Ghiyas -ud -Din -Tughlaq?
(a) Ghazi Malik
(b) Salim
(c) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
(d) Khurram
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Answer: (a) Ghazi Malik

Explanation:
1. Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq, founder of the Tughlaq dynasty, was earlier called Ghazi Malik.

Question 8: Diwan-i-Khairat, a department for the poor and needy, was set up by
(a) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
(b) Alauddin Khalji
(c) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
(d) Balban
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Answer: (a) Firoz Shah Tughlaq

Explanation:
1. Firoz Shah set up Diwan-i-Khairat.

Question 9: Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq (Ghazi Malik) became Sultan of Delhi in
(a) 1320
(b) 1290
(c) 1206
(d) 1414
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Answer: (a) 1320

Explanation:
1. He founded the Tughlaq dynasty in 1320.

Question 10: Who among the following Sultans tried to prohibit sati
(a) Alauddin Khilji
(b) Mohammad Bin Tughlaq
(c) Jalauddin Khilji
(d) Firoz Tughlaq
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Answer: (b) Mohammad Bin Tughlaq

Explanation:
1. Muhammad bin Tughlaq tried to prohibit sati.

Question 11: The city of Hisar was founded by
(a) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
(b) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
(c) Alauddin Khalji
(d) Balban
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Answer: (a) Firoz Shah Tughlaq

Explanation:
1. Firoz Shah Tughlaq founded Hisar-e-Firoza.

Question 12: The Tughlaq dynasty was founded by
(a) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
(b) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
(c) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
(d) Khizr Khan
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Answer: (a) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq

Explanation:
1. Ghazi Malik became sultan in 1320.

Question 13: The Kashi Mahajanapada corresponds to modern
(a) Varanasi
(b) Ayodhya
(c) Bareilly
(d) Peshawar
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Answer: (a) Varanasi

Explanation:
1. Kashi was a Mahajanapada.

Question 14: The Gandhara kingdom was located around
(a) Rawalpindi and Peshawar
(b) Amritsar
(c) Kangra
(d) Varanasi
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Answer: (a) Rawalpindi and Peshawar

Explanation:
1. It lay in the north-west.

Question 15: Who was the most famous ruler of the Tuluva dynasty of Vijayanagara?
(a) Sri Krishnadeva Raya
(b) Harihara I
(c) Tirumala Raya
(d) Sadasiva Raya
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Answer: (a) Sri Krishnadeva Raya

Explanation:
1. Krishnadeva Raya (1509–1529) of the Tuluva dynasty took Vijayanagara to its peak.

Question 16: Amuktamalyada is the work of:
(a) Krishnadeva Raya
(b) Vachcharaj
(c) Kharavela
(d) Allasani Peddana
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Answer: (a) Krishnadeva Raya

Explanation:
1. Amuktamalyada, a Telugu poem, was written by Vijayanagara king Krishnadeva Raya.

Question 17: The Vijayanagar Empire was based on the south bank of the river
(a) Tungabhadra
(b) Krishna
(c) Godavari
(d) Kaveri
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Answer: (a) Tungabhadra

Explanation:
1. The capital Hampi lay on the Tungabhadra.

Question 18: The Bahmani Kingdom was founded by
(a) Hasan Gangu
(b) Firoz Shah Bahmani
(c) Mahmud Gawan
(d) Alauddin Khalji
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Answer: (a) Hasan Gangu

Explanation:
1. Hasan Gangu took the title Alauddin Bahman Shah.

Question 19: Who rejected the Muslim League’s demand for Pakistan?
(a) Muslim league
(b) Cabinet mission
(c) INC
(d) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
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Answer: (b) Cabinet mission

Explanation:
1. The Cabinet Mission (1946) rejected the Muslim League's demand for a separate sovereign Pakistan.

Question 20: Which of the following was a member of the Cabinet Mission?
(a) Sir Stafford Cripps
(b) Lord Wavell
(c) Sir Samuel Hoare
(d) Lord Mountbatten
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Answer: (a) Sir Stafford Cripps

Explanation:
1. The members were Pethick-Lawrence, Cripps and A.V. Alexander.

Question 21: The members of the Cabinet Mission included Pethick-Lawrence, Stafford Cripps and
(a) A. V. Alexander
(b) Clement Attlee
(c) Lord Wavell
(d) Winston Churchill
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Answer: (a) A. V. Alexander

Explanation:
1. The mission arrived in March 1946.

Question 22: The Muslim League observed Direct Action Day on
(a) 16 August 1946
(b) 15 August 1947
(c) 9 August 1942
(d) 26 January 1930
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Answer: (a) 16 August 1946

Explanation:
1. It led to communal riots in Calcutta.

Question 23: Gandhiji started Dandi March
(a) to demonstrate against the British Empire.
(b) to break the salt law.
(c) to boycott foreign goods.
(d) None of the above.
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Answer: (b) to break the salt law.

Explanation:
1. Gandhiji began the Dandi March on 12 March 1930 to break the salt law, launching the Civil Disobedience Movement.

Question 24: The Dandi March of Gandhi is an example of
(a) Non-Cooperation
(b) Direct Action
(c) Boycott
(d) Civil Disobedience
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Answer: (d) Civil Disobedience

Explanation:
1. The Dandi March (1930) to break the salt law launched the Civil Disobedience Movement.

Question 25: The issue on which the Civil Disobedience Movement of 1930 was launched was
(a) equal employment opportunities for Indians
(b) the proposed execution of Bhagat Singh
(c) salt monopoly exercised by the British Government
(d) complete freedom
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Answer: (c) salt monopoly exercised by the British Government

Explanation:
1. The 1930 Civil Disobedience Movement began with the Dandi march against the salt monopoly.

Question 26: In 1930, Mahatma Gandhi started the Civil Disobedience Movement from
(a) Sevagram
(b) Dandi
(c) Sabarmati
(d) Wardha
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Answer: (b) Dandi

Explanation:
1. He broke the salt law at Dandi on 6 April 1930.

Question 27: In which session was the Indian National Congress split into Moderates and Extremists?
(a) Nagpur
(b) Allahabad
(c) Surat
(d) Calcutta
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Answer: (c) Surat

Explanation:
1. The Congress split at the Surat session in 1907.

Question 28: The socialist idea of Sapta Kranti (Seven Revolutions) was proposed by
(a) Ram Manohar Lohia
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) M. G. Ranade
(d) Jayaprakash Narayan
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Answer: (a) Ram Manohar Lohia

Explanation:
1. Ram Manohar Lohia proposed the socialist idea of Sapta Kranti (seven revolutions).

Question 29: Who among the following was not a member of the Constituent Assembly?
(a) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(b) Acharya J.B. Kripalani
(c) Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Narayan
(d) K.M. Munshi
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Answer: (c) Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Narayan

Explanation:
1. Jayaprakash Narayan declined to join the Constituent Assembly; the others were members.

Question 30: Who was the chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Constitution?
(a) Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar
(b) N. Gopalaswami
(c) B.R. Ambedkar
(d) K.M Munshi
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Answer: (c) B.R. Ambedkar

Explanation:
1. Dr B.R. Ambedkar was elected chairman of the Drafting Committee on 30 August 1947.

Question 31: Who was the President of the Constituent Assembly?
(a) Rajendra Prasad
(b) B.R. Ambedkar
(c) K.M. Munshi
(d) G.V. Mavalankar
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Answer: (a) Rajendra Prasad

Explanation:
1. Dr Rajendra Prasad was elected permanent President of the Constituent Assembly on 11 December 1946.

Question 32: Who among the following gave evidence before the Joint Select Committee on the Government of India Bill, 1919 in favour of female franchise?
1. Mrs. Annie Besant
2. Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
3. Mrs. Hirabai Tata
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 2 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
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Answer: (d) 1, 2 and 3

Explanation:
1. Annie Besant, Sarojini Naidu and Hirabai Tata all argued for female franchise before the Joint Select Committee on the 1919 Bill.

Question 33: 'Dyarchy' was first introduced in India under the:
(a) Morley-Minto Reforms
(b) Montford Reforms
(c) Simon Commission plan
(d) Government of India Act, 1935
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Answer: (b) Montford Reforms

Explanation:
1. The Montagu-Chelmsford (Montford) Reforms, i.e. the Government of India Act 1919, introduced dyarchy in the provinces.

Question 34: In which year Burma got separated from India?
(a) 1863
(b) 1902
(c) 1937
(d) 1947
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Answer: (c) 1937

Explanation:
1. The British separated Burma from British India on April 1, 1937. It ended Burma being ruled as a province of India after 51 years.

Question 35: Dyarchy was first introduced in India under
(a) Morley-Minto reforms
(b) Montagu-Chelmsford reforms
(c) Simon Commission plan
(d) Government of India Act, 1935
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Answer: (b) Montagu-Chelmsford reforms

Explanation:
1. The Government of India Act 1919 (Montford reforms) introduced dyarchy in the provinces.

Question 36: Who termed Cripps’ proposals as ‘a post dated cheque in acrashing bank‘ ?
(a) Ambedkar
(b) Annie Besant
(c) Patel
(d) Gandhiji
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Answer: (d) Gandhiji

Explanation:
1. Gandhiji called the Cripps proposals a post-dated cheque on a crashing bank.

Question 37: The name Pakistan was first proposed by
(a) Choudhary Rahmat Ali
(b) Muhammad Iqbal
(c) M.A. Jinnah
(d) Liaquat Ali Khan
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Answer: (a) Choudhary Rahmat Ali

Explanation:
1. Rahmat Ali coined the name in 1933.

Question 38: The demand for a separate state of Pakistan was made at the Muslim League session at
(a) Lahore in 1940
(b) Karachi in 1931
(c) Delhi in 1946
(d) Bombay in 1942
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Answer: (a) Lahore in 1940

Explanation:
1. The Lahore Resolution was passed in March 1940.

Question 39: The demand for Pakistan was made at the Muslim League session in
(a) Lahore, 1940
(b) Delhi, 1946
(c) Allahabad, 1930
(d) Lucknow, 1916
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Answer: (a) Lahore, 1940

Explanation:
1. It is also called the Pakistan Resolution.

Question 40: New India was a daily started by
(a) Annie Besant
(b) Tilak
(c) Gandhi
(d) Motilal Nehru
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Answer: (a) Annie Besant

Explanation:
1. It supported the Home Rule movement.

Question 41: The newspaper Pratap was started by
(a) Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi
(b) Lala Lajpat Rai
(c) Madan Mohan Malaviya
(d) Motilal Nehru
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Answer: (a) Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi

Explanation:
1. It was a Hindi weekly from Kanpur.

Question 42: The newspaper Independent was started by
(a) Motilal Nehru
(b) Lala Lajpat Rai
(c) Tilak
(d) Gandhi
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Answer: (a) Motilal Nehru

Explanation:
1. It was started in 1919.

Question 43: When did the British make English the medium of instruction (higher education) in India?
(a) 1813
(b) 1833
(c) 1835
(d) 1844
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Answer: (c) 1835

Explanation:
1. On Macaulay's Minute, Lord William Bentinck made English the medium of higher education by the English Education Act of 1835.

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