Social Science

Question 1

Which of the following best describes emperor Shah Jahan’s religious policy in comparison to emperor Akbar’s religious policy

Answer 1

Shah Jahan’s religious policy was more conservative.

Question 2

Which of the following is the most accurate characterization of the reasons why the Supreme Court Justice’s decision on the Shah Bano case caused an outcry among Muslim religious groups?

Answer 2

These groups thought the justices rhetoric was charged in the justices criticism of Muslim long was oversimplified

Question 3

What were the names of the princely states in India as of 1860?

Answer 3

Baluchistan, Gujerat, Rajputana, Mysore, and Manipur

Question 4

Which of the following most accurately characterizes the difference between the Dharma Sabha movement and the movement founded by Rammohun Roy in the way in which each of the movements dealt with colonial rule?

Answer 4

dharma Sabha adopted a more conservative approach than Roy’s movement.

Question 5

Which of the following best characterizes the short and long-term impacts of the Ganges canal?

Answer 5

caused improvements in the livelihoods of people in the short-term and salinization of the soil in the long term

Question 6

What were the names of the British provinces in India as of 1860?

Answer 6

Bengal, Bombay, Madras, and Sind

Question 7

Which of the following most accurately list certain historical events on chronological order from earliest to latest?

Answer 7

Death of Lal Bahadur Shastri, independence of Bangladesh, Emergency

Question 8

Akbar gained trust and cooperation in most regions of India by

Answer 8

Incorporating and balancing Indian elites from diverse backgrounds

Question 9

What was not true of mansabdars

Answer 9

It was a fluid system in which those on top of the social pyramid could easily be replaced

Question 10

Shah Jahan assumed the throne after gaining a positive reputation by

Answer 10

Defeating the Rapjut Sisodya’s formidable army in Rajasthan.

Question 11

The subsidiary alliance in Awadh broke down because

Answer 11

The state could not afford to pay the tributes necessary as part of the agreement

Question 12

The failure of the subsidiary alliance in Awadh indicated to the British that

Answer 12

India’s decaying culture needed to be rescued by Anglicized rule

Question 13

The resource that Burma had that made it an appealing target for British colonization was

Answer 13

Timber

Question 14

The reason why Indian communities had a diaspora and fanned out across the world was because they

Answer 14

Were recruited to become sailors, merchants, and laborers

Question 15

What factors provided a toehold to Indian owned mills and factories during World War I?

Answer 15

Interruption to supply lines and the colonial states raising of custom duties on British imports

Question 16

The initial moderate requests of the I N C forwarded to the British included all of the following except

Answer 16

Indianization of the Indian civil service

Question 17

The aspect of the Arya Samaj movement that was seen as somewhat controversial was the

Answer 17

Use of purification ceremonies to win back converts

Question 18

The Indian nationalist cry of “Swaraj is my birthright and I will have it!” Was coined by

Answer 18

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Question 19

Talik’s movement was different than the INC because it

Answer 19

Was more radical

Question 20

In the early 1900s, the idea of what an independent India would look like it was a

Answer 20

Country largely regressing to classical Indian power

Question 21

Although he already had many enemies, the change made by Lord Curzon that prompted intense militant resistance from India was

Answer 21

Abolishing the caste system

Question 22

Some of the countermeasures to the 1905 partition of Bengal included all of the following except

Answer 22

Coordinating large fundraising events to fund an army

Question 23

The Congress party under Nehru did all the following except

Answer 23

Occasionally evoke emergency power of the governor’s rule

Question 24

The events that led up to the severe refugee crisis Indira Gandhi faced in the early 1970s was

Answer 24

West Pakistan suppressing resistance in East Pakistan and killing those who did not comply

Question 25

In the 1980s, self assertive efforts of the Dalits to gain equality and autonomy within society were met with

Answer 25

Violence, especially in rural areas of India where there was little policing

Question 26

The two most important events during Rao’s administration were the

Answer 26

Destruction of the Babri Masjid and the liberalization of the Indian economy