APPSC Group 2 Screening Test – Model 2 Paper (Section A: Indian History – 30 Marks)

 APPSC Group 2 Screening Test – Model 2 Paper (Section A: Indian History – 30 Marks)

Time: Part of 150 minutes | Marks: 30 (1 mark each) | Negative Marking: 1/3

Instructions: Choose the correct option. Questions follow the official syllabus pattern (factual, matching, statements, chronology).

1. The Battle of Plassey (1757) is considered a turning point because it: (1) Led to the decline of the Mughal Empire (2) Established British political control in Bengal (3) Ended Portuguese influence (4) Started the 1857 Revolt
2. Lord Wellesley is associated with the introduction of: (1) Permanent Settlement (2) Subsidiary Alliance System (3) Doctrine of Lapse (4) Partition of Bengal
3. Which of the following is not correctly matched? (1) Battle of Khanwa – Babur (2) Battle of Haldighati – Akbar (3) Battle of Bilgram – Humayun (4) Battle of Chausa – Jahangir
4. The Permanent Settlement (1793) was introduced in: (1) Madras and Bombay (2) Bengal, Bihar and Orissa (3) Punjab (4) Awadh
5. The Revolt of 1857 began at: (1) Delhi (2) Meerut (3) Kanpur (4) Lucknow
6. Raja Ram Mohan Roy is known as the founder of: (1) Arya Samaj (2) Brahmo Samaj (3) Prarthana Samaj (4) Ramakrishna Mission
7. The Indian National Congress was founded in: (1) 1885 (2) 1905 (3) 1915 (4) 1920
8. Who among the following was not a moderate leader of the Congress? (1) Gopal Krishna Gokhale (2) Dadabhai Naoroji (3) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (4) Pherozeshah Mehta
9. The Swadeshi Movement was a response to: (1) Rowlatt Act (2) Partition of Bengal (1905) (3) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (4) Simon Commission
10. The Non-Cooperation Movement was launched in: (1) 1919 (2) 1920 (3) 1930 (4) 1942
11. The Chauri Chaura incident led to the withdrawal of: (1) Civil Disobedience Movement (2) Non-Cooperation Movement (3) Quit India Movement (4) Swadeshi Movement
12. The Government of India Act 1935 provided for: (1) Provincial Autonomy (2) Complete Independence (3) Dominion Status immediately (4) Separate Electorates only
13. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel is known for: (1) Integration of Princely States (2) Dandi March (3) Quit India Resolution (4) Lahore Session
14. The Poona Pact was signed between: (1) Gandhi and Ambedkar (2) Gandhi and Irwin (3) Nehru and Jinnah (4) Subhas Bose and Gandhi
15. The Quit India Resolution was passed in: (1) Bombay Session, 1942 (2) Lahore Session, 1929 (3) Lucknow Session, 1916 (4) Calcutta Session, 1928
16. Match the following: a. 1857 Revolt → I. Mangal Pandey b. 1905 Partition → II. Swadeshi ... (Matching questions included in full set)
17. The Subsidiary Alliance was first accepted by the ruler of: (1) Hyderabad (2) Mysore (3) Awadh (4) Travancore
18. The Doctrine of Lapse was introduced by: (1) Lord Dalhousie (2) Lord Canning (3) Lord Ripon (4) Lord Curzon
19. Who is known as the “Grand Old Man of India”? (1) Dadabhai Naoroji (2) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (3) Lala Lajpat Rai (4) Bipin Chandra Pal
20. The Simon Commission (1927) was boycotted because: (1) It had no Indian members (2) It recommended partition (3) It supported dyarchy (4) It favoured dominion status
21. The Dandi March (1930) was part of: (1) Non-Cooperation Movement (2) Civil Disobedience Movement (3) Quit India Movement (4) Swadeshi Movement
22. The Mountbatten Plan led to: (1) Partition of India and independence in 1947 (2) Dominion status in 1935 (3) Integration of states (4) Formation of Constituent Assembly
23. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched? (1) Battle of Buxar – 1764 (2) Regulating Act – 1773 (3) Pitt’s India Act – 1784 (4) Charter Act – 1813 (wrong year in some options)
24. The Aligarh Movement was started by: (1) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan (2) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (3) Muhammad Iqbal (4) Syed Ahmed Barelvi
25. The Rowlatt Act (1919) was related to: (1) Press freedom (2) Detention without trial (3) Land revenue (4) Education reforms
26. Arrange in chronological order: I. Battle of Plassey II. Regulating Act III. 1857 Revolt IV. Formation of INC
27. The Brahmo Samaj was founded in: (1) 1828 (2) 1875 (3) 1867 (4) 1885
28. The “Sepoy Mutiny” is another name for: (1) 1857 Revolt (2) 1920 Non-Cooperation (3) 1942 Quit India (4) 1905 Swadeshi
29. Post-Independence, the States Reorganisation Commission was headed by: (1) Fazl Ali (2) Vallabhbhai Patel (3) Jawaharlal Nehru (4) B.R. Ambedkar
30. The book “Discovery of India” was written by: (1) Mahatma Gandhi (2) Jawaharlal Nehru (3) Subhas Chandra Bose (4) Sardar Patel

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Answer Key – Model 2 (Section A)

1. (2)
2. (2)
3. (4)
4. (2)
5. (2)
6. (2)
7. (1)
8. (3)
9. (2)
10. (2)
11. (2)
12. (1)
13. (1)
14. (1)
15. (1) 16-30. (Direct syllabus matches; e.g., 17.(1), 18.(1), 19.(1), 20.(1), 21.(2), 22.(1), 23.(correct option), 24.(1), 25.(2), 26.(I-II-III-IV), 27.(1), 28.(1), 29.(1), 30.(2))

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