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CDS 2021-I

1. Who among the following founded the Bhil Seva Mandal in 1922?

  1. Dayaram Gidumal
  2. Gurusaday Dutt
  3. Dhondo Keshav Karve
  4. Amritlal Vithaldas Thakkar

2. In 1911, who among the following introduced a bill in the Imperial Legislative Council for introduction of compulsory and free primary education in India?

  1. Dadabhai Naoroji
  2. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  3. Sir Harcourt Butler
  4. Gopal Krishna Gokhale

3. Which one of the following statements about the Act V of 1843 relating to Slavery in India is correct?

  1. It gave the masters the right to wilfully keep their slaves tied to their estates.
  2. It denied the masters the use of Courts to assert their claims on slaves.
  3. The Law Courts and masters worked jointly in resolving the cases of desertion.
  4. The slaves became the owners of the land.

4. Which Maratha statesman signed the Treaty of Bassein on December 31, 1802?

  1. Baji Rao II
  2. Vithuji Holkar
  3. Daulat Rao Sindhia
  4. Madhava Rao Narayan

5. Which one of the following British firms was taken over by Soorajmull-Nagarmull group?

  1. McLeod
  2. Ocavious Steel
  3. Davenport
  4. Andrew Yule

6. Which one of the following statements with regard to ryotwari settlement is not correct?

  1. In southern and western India, the ryotwari settlement was adopted.
  2. Ryotwari was in principle a direct contract between the ryot and the state.
  3. It means a tax contract valid for usually 30 years.
  4. In principle, it strengthened the former elite, the zamindars and weakened the peasantry.

7. Which one of the following statements about the British Indian Medical Service (IMS) is not correct?

  1. IMS began in 1784.
  2. It recruited health professionals by means of a competitive examination.
  3. Indians were never admitted to IMS.
  4. The IMS was at first meant to look after the troops

8. When was the monopoly of China trade lost by East India Company?

  1. 1813
  2. 1833
  3. 1838
  4. 1860

9. Chronologically arrange the following treaties/conventions signed between the Marathas and the British (starting with the earliest):

  1. Treaty of Salbai
  2. Treaty of Purandar
  3. Convention of Wadgaon
  4. Treaty of Surat

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

  1. 4-2-3-1
  2. 4-3-2-1
  3. 1-3-2-4
  4. 1-2-3-4

10. Which of the following statements about the Sanyasi and Faqir disturbances/rebellions are correct?

  1. Governor-General Warren Hastings faced the persistent Sanyasi and Faqir disturbances in Bengal and Bihar.
  2. There were a number of Shaivite Naga Sanyasis who formed into armed bands.
  3. Manju Shah, who led bands into Bengal from 1771, was their prominent leader.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. 1 and 2 only
  2. 1, 2 and 3
  3. 2 and 3 only
  4. 1 and 3 only

11. In 1943, young leaders in which one of the following districts of Maharashtra set up a parallel Government (prati sarkar) with volunteer corps (seva dals) and village units (tufan dals)?

  1. Pune
  2. Nasik
  3. Nagpur
  4. Satara

12. Who founded the Central Hindu School at Benaras which was later developed into Benaras Hindu University?

  1. Madan Mohan Malaviya
  2. Annie Besant
  3. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
  4. Madame H.P. Blavatsky

13. Who among the following socialist activists persuaded Gandhiji not to restrict the salt march protest to men alone?

  1. Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
  2. Sarojini Naidu
  3. Matangini Hazra
  4. Mithuben Petit

14. Who among the following founded the Marathis newspaper 'Kesari'?

  1. Lokmanya Tilak
  2. Vallabhbhai Patel
  3. Lala Lajpat Rai
  4. Mahatma Gandhi

CDS 2021 - II

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15. In India, the first major public appearance of Mahatma Gandhi was in

  1. Champaran (1917)
  2. Kheda (1918)
  3. Inauguration of Banaras Hindu University (1916)
  4. Rowlatt Satyagraha (1919)

16. Which one of the following is not a political method of the moderates in the National Movement?

  1. Overthrow of alien rule
  2. Consitutional agitation
  3. Slow, orderly political progress
  4. Mobilisation of public opinion

17. Swami Dayanand Saraswati took inspiration from

  1. Puranas
  2. Vedas
  3. Medieval saints
  4. Sufism

18. The call for 'renunciation of (all) voluntary associations with the (British) Government' was given during

  1. Non-Cooperation Movement
  2. Civil Disobedience Movement
  3. Quit India Movement
  4. Protest against partition of Bengal

19. Which one of the following British officials was elevated to the position of Governor General after the Regulating Act of 1773?

  1. Warren Hastings
  2. Lord North
  3. Mountstuart Elphinstone
  4. Philip Francis

20. Which of the following ideas was preached by the Kherwar or Sapha Har movement of the 1870s?

  1. Acceptance of the Hindu pantheonic order
  2. Monotheism and internal social reform
  3. Philosophy of Yoga and Mimansa
  4. Polytheism

21. In which one of the following years was the Poona Sarvajanik Sabha established?

  1. 1884
  2. 1876
  3. 1869
  4. 1870

22. Which one of the following statements about the Cripps Mission is not correct?

  1. It was sent to India by the British Government in March 1942.
  2. It proposed that the Constitution of India was to be framed by an elected Constituent Assembly of the Indian people.
  3. Any province which was not prepared to accept the Constitution would be free to retain its constitutional provisions existing at that time.
  4. The British Government could enter into a separate constitutional arrangement with any of the acceding province.

CDS 2022 - I

23. The ruins of Hampi were brought to light by which of the following British officers of the East India Company?

  1. Colonel Colin Mackenzie
  2. James Prinsep
  3. William Jones
  4. James Rennell

24. Who among the following pioneering Bengali women serialised her autobiography Amar Katha between 1910 and 1913?

  1. Binodini Dasi
  2. Rashsundari Debi
  3. Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain
  4. Kailashbashini Debi

25. Arrange the following events chronologically starting from the earliest:

  1. Ahmedabad Mill Strike
  2. Champaran Satyagraha
  3. Foundation of the Satyagraha Sabha
  4. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

  1. 1, 2, 3, 4
  2. 2, 1, 3, 4
  3. 2, 4, 1, 3
  4. 4, 2, 1, 3

26. The year 1916 is important in Indian history for:

  1. Lucknow Session of the Congress
  2. Congress-League Pact
  3. Formation of Home Rule League

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

  1. 1 and 3 only
  2. 2 and 3 only
  3. 1 and 2 only
  4. 1, 2 and 3

27. Who among the following belonged to Serampore Mission?

  1. Willaim Carey
  2. Joshua Marshman
  3. William Ward
  4. David Hare

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

  1. 1 and 2 only
  2. 1 and 3 only
  3. 1, 2 and 3 only
  4. 2, 3 and 4 only

28. Consider the following statements:

  1. In the 19th century, peasants in various parts of India rose in revolt against moneylenders and grain dealers.
  2. In May 1875, at village Supa in Poona District in the Bombay Deccan, peasants attacked shopkeepers, burnt the bahi khatas (account books), looted grain shops and set fire to the houses of Sahukars.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. 1 only
  2. 2 only
  3. Both 1 and 2
  4. Neither 1 nor 2

CDS 2022 - II

29. The Dutch were defeated by Marthanda Varma of Travancore Kingdom in the battle of

  1. Wandiwash
  2. Rakshasi - Tangadi
  3. Pullalur
  4. Colachel

30. The Bengal Famine of 1769-70 was worsened by

  1. Locust attacks
  2. Rat infestation
  3. High levels of taxation
  4. Smallpox epidemic

31. The British policy towards Afghanistan in the first half of the 19th century was aimed at

  1. Strengthening Afghanistan as a buffer against Russia.
  2. Weakening Russian influence in Afghanistan but not promoting a strong Afghanistan either.
  3. Promoting Russian influence in Afghanistan to control insurgent tribal leaders.
  4. Annexing Afghanistan as a directly-controlled British Territory

32. Who among the following was not a woman labour leader who organised workers in the strikes in the 1920s?

  1. Sarala Devi Chaudhurani
  2. Ushabai Dange
  3. Prabhabati Devi
  4. Anasuya Behn

CDS 2023 - I

33. Who among the following is the author of the book, Bandi Jivan?

  1. Rash Behari Bose
  2. Veer Savarkar
  3. Aruna Asaf Ali
  4. Sachindranath Sanyal

34. In the election held in 1937, in which two provinces was the Indian National Congress not able to emerge as the single largest party?

  1. Punjab and Sind
  2. Assam and North-West Frontier Province
  3. Punjab and Assam
  4. Assam and Madras

35. Consider the following statements:
After forming the Indian National Army, Subhas Chandra Bose

  1. recruited a large number of soldiers from the Indian Prisoners of War in Japanese camp
  2. introduced a women's detachment named after the Rani of Jhansi

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. 1 only
  2. 2 only
  3. Both 1 and 2
  4. Neither 1 nor 2

36. Who among the following political leaders suggested the dissolution of the Indian National Congress as a political organisation and its replacement by a Lok Sevak Sangh?

  1. Vallabhbhai Patel
  2. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
  3. M.K. Gandhi
  4. Jawaharlal Nehru

37. Which member of the Servants of India Society founded the Seva Samiti at Allahabad in 1914?

  1. Shri Ram Pajpai
  2. Hriday Nath Kunzru
  3. S. G. Vaze
  4. Srinivas Shastri

38. The First Anglo-Maratha War was concluded by which one of the following?

  1. The Treaty of Surat
  2. The Treaty of Purandar
  3. The Convention of Wadgaon
  4. The Treaty of Salbai

39. Name the battle in which the Travancore King defeated the Dutch in 1741.

  1. The Batthle of Porto Novo
  2. The Battle of Colachel
  3. The Battle of Pollilore
  4. The Battle of Changanassery

40. In which one of the following revolts did the Koya and Konda tribal chiefs rise against the local overlord from a Mansabdar family?

  1. The Rampa Rebellion, 1879-1880
  2. The Gudem Uprising, 1886
  3. The Rampa Rebellion, 1922-1924
  4. The Telangana Armed Struggle, 1946-1951

41. In respect to Balutedars, which of the statements given below are correct?

  1. They are village servants and artisans.
  2. They were employed by individual peasant family.
  3. They existed in the Medieval Deccan and Maharashtra.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

  1. 1 and 2 only
  2. 2 and 3 only
  3. 1 and 3 only
  4. 1, 2 and 3

42. Which one of the following Viceroys was the first to officially shift his Council to Simla in summer season?

  1. John Lawrence
  2. Lord Dalhousie
  3. Lord Mayo
  4. William Bentick

CDS 2023 - II

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43. Which one of the following is not correct about the Indian Independence Act, 1947?

  1. The Bill for the Indian Independence Act was introduced in Parliament on July 4 and received the royal Assent on July 18,1947.
  2. Act of 1947 laid down the basic framework of the Indian Constitution.
  3. The Act provided for the establishment of two independent Dominions to be known as India and Pakistan.
  4. The Act empowered the Constituent Assembly of each Dominion to have unlimited power to frame and adopt any constitution.

44. Who among the following is the author of the book "The Indian Struggle 1920 - 1942"?

  1. Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
  2. Subhas Chandra Bose
  3. Vallabhbhai Patel
  4. Sarat Chandra Bose

45. Abdur Razzaq, an ambassador of the rulers of Persia, was sent to Calicut in the fifteenth century. He was greatly impressed by the:

  1. Fortifications of Calicut
  2. Climatic conditions of the coastal town
  3. High quality spices of the place
  4. Musical traditions of the place


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