INDIAN HISTORY - PAGE 24
1. Who wrote Dashkumaracharita?
(A) Bharavi
(B) Bilhana
(C) Dandin
(D) Somadeva
Ans: C
2. Match Buddhist contemporary Kings with their Kingdoms and select the correct answer from the given codes--
List-I (Kings)
(a) Pradyota
(b) Udayana
(c) Prasenjita
(d) Ajatasatru
List-II (Kingdoms)
1. Magadha
2. Vatsa
3. Avanti
4. Kosala
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 4 2 3
(B) 2 3 1 4
(C) 3 2 4 1
(D) 4 1 3 2
Ans : C
3. Who amongst the following Sultans built the fifth storey of Qutub Minar ?
(A) Qutbuddin Aibek
(B) Iltutmish
(C) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
(D) Sikandar Lodi
Ans : C
4. The Third Battle of Panipat was fought between--
(A) Hemu and Akbar
(B) Humayun and Sher Shah
(C) Maratha and Ahmad Shah Abdali
(D) Nadir Shah and Mughals
Ans : C
5. The Mughal Emperor who appointed maximum number of Hindu Officers was--
(A) Humayun
(B) Akbar
(C) Shah Jahan
(D) Aurangzeb
Ans : D
6. The 1st Census in India during the British period was held during the tenure of--
(A) Lord Dufferin
(B) Lord Lytton
(C) Lord Mayo
(D) Lord Ripon
Ans : (C)
7. Assertion (A) : Mohd. Gazni invaded India seventeen times.
Reason (R) : He wanted to establish permanent Muslim Empire in India.
Select the correct answer from the given code--
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false but (R) is true.
Ans : C
8. The freedom fighter who died in jail due to hunger strike was--
(A) Bhagat Singh
(B) Bipin Chandra Pal
(C) Jatin Das
(D) S. C. Bose
Ans : C
9. The Upanishads were translated into Persian by Dara Shikoh under the title--
(A) Al-Fihrist
(B) Kitab-ul-Bayan
(C) Majm-ul-Bahrain
(D) Sirr-i-Akbar
Ans : D
10. Who was the 1st Muslim President of Indian National Congress ?
(A) Abul Kalam Azad
(B) Shaukat Ali
(C) Mohammad Ali Jinnah
(D) Badruddin Tyabji
Ans : D
11. Who was the founder of ‘Bahujan Samaj’ ?
(A) Shri Narayana Guru
(B) Mukundrao Patil
(C) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
(D) V. R. Shinde
Ans: D
(A) Bharavi
(B) Bilhana
(C) Dandin
(D) Somadeva
Ans: C
2. Match Buddhist contemporary Kings with their Kingdoms and select the correct answer from the given codes--
List-I (Kings)
(a) Pradyota
(b) Udayana
(c) Prasenjita
(d) Ajatasatru
List-II (Kingdoms)
1. Magadha
2. Vatsa
3. Avanti
4. Kosala
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 4 2 3
(B) 2 3 1 4
(C) 3 2 4 1
(D) 4 1 3 2
Ans : C
3. Who amongst the following Sultans built the fifth storey of Qutub Minar ?
(A) Qutbuddin Aibek
(B) Iltutmish
(C) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
(D) Sikandar Lodi
Ans : C
4. The Third Battle of Panipat was fought between--
(A) Hemu and Akbar
(B) Humayun and Sher Shah
(C) Maratha and Ahmad Shah Abdali
(D) Nadir Shah and Mughals
Ans : C
5. The Mughal Emperor who appointed maximum number of Hindu Officers was--
(A) Humayun
(B) Akbar
(C) Shah Jahan
(D) Aurangzeb
Ans : D
6. The 1st Census in India during the British period was held during the tenure of--
(A) Lord Dufferin
(B) Lord Lytton
(C) Lord Mayo
(D) Lord Ripon
Ans : (C)
7. Assertion (A) : Mohd. Gazni invaded India seventeen times.
Reason (R) : He wanted to establish permanent Muslim Empire in India.
Select the correct answer from the given code--
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false but (R) is true.
Ans : C
8. The freedom fighter who died in jail due to hunger strike was--
(A) Bhagat Singh
(B) Bipin Chandra Pal
(C) Jatin Das
(D) S. C. Bose
Ans : C
9. The Upanishads were translated into Persian by Dara Shikoh under the title--
(A) Al-Fihrist
(B) Kitab-ul-Bayan
(C) Majm-ul-Bahrain
(D) Sirr-i-Akbar
Ans : D
10. Who was the 1st Muslim President of Indian National Congress ?
(A) Abul Kalam Azad
(B) Shaukat Ali
(C) Mohammad Ali Jinnah
(D) Badruddin Tyabji
Ans : D
11. Who was the founder of ‘Bahujan Samaj’ ?
(A) Shri Narayana Guru
(B) Mukundrao Patil
(C) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
(D) V. R. Shinde
Ans: D
12:- The use of tobacco came to northern India during the reign of Akbar and it was popularly used. Seeing its menance, it was banned by:
(A) Emperor Akbar
(B) Emperor Jahangir
(C) Emperor Shah Jahan
(D) Emperor Aurangzeb
Ans: B
13:-Swami Vivekananda attended the Parliament of religious held at Chicago in _________.
A:-1880 B:-1815 C:-1890 D:-1893
Ans: D
14:-Indian National Congress Annual Session in 1905 held at Benares was presided by
A:-Mrs. Annie Besant B:-Pandit B.N. Dhar C:-Gopala Krishna Gokhale D:-R.C. Dutt
Ans: C
15:-The Newspapers, Mahratta and Keseri were published by
A:-Tilak B:-S. Subramanian Iyer C:-Annie Besant D:-Birendra Ghosh
Ans: A
16:-Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA) was founded under the leadership of _____________
A:-Shyamji Krishna Varma B:-Khudiram Bose C:-V.D. Savar D:-Chandra Shekhar Azad
Ans: D
17:-The Asiatic Society of Bengal was founded by
A:-David Hare B:-Sir. William Jones C:-Macaulay D:-Sir. Charles Wood
Ans: B
18:-Jalian Wala Bagh tragedy occurred in
A:-1922 B:-1918 C:-1925 D:-1919
Ans: D
19:-During which period 'Mahatma' Titled given before the name of Gandhi?
A:-During Swadeshi Movement
B:-During Champaran Satyagraha
C:-During Implementation of Rowlatt Act in India
D:-During Surat Session of 1907
Ans: B
(A) Emperor Akbar
(B) Emperor Jahangir
(C) Emperor Shah Jahan
(D) Emperor Aurangzeb
Ans: B
13:-Swami Vivekananda attended the Parliament of religious held at Chicago in _________.
A:-1880 B:-1815 C:-1890 D:-1893
Ans: D
14:-Indian National Congress Annual Session in 1905 held at Benares was presided by
A:-Mrs. Annie Besant B:-Pandit B.N. Dhar C:-Gopala Krishna Gokhale D:-R.C. Dutt
Ans: C
15:-The Newspapers, Mahratta and Keseri were published by
A:-Tilak B:-S. Subramanian Iyer C:-Annie Besant D:-Birendra Ghosh
Ans: A
16:-Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA) was founded under the leadership of _____________
A:-Shyamji Krishna Varma B:-Khudiram Bose C:-V.D. Savar D:-Chandra Shekhar Azad
Ans: D
17:-The Asiatic Society of Bengal was founded by
A:-David Hare B:-Sir. William Jones C:-Macaulay D:-Sir. Charles Wood
Ans: B
18:-Jalian Wala Bagh tragedy occurred in
A:-1922 B:-1918 C:-1925 D:-1919
Ans: D
19:-During which period 'Mahatma' Titled given before the name of Gandhi?
A:-During Swadeshi Movement
B:-During Champaran Satyagraha
C:-During Implementation of Rowlatt Act in India
D:-During Surat Session of 1907
Ans: B
20. Epigraphy is the study of an ancient
(a) Currency or coins (b) Maps (c) Inscriptions (d) Material culture
Ans: C
21. Who was the founder of the Mughal Empire?
(a) Humayun (b) Babur (c) Daulat Khan (d) Ibrahim Lodi
Ans: B
22. Who described Communalism as “Indian version of fascism”?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) B.R. Ambedkar (c) Jawaharlal Nehru (d) Subhas Chandra Bose
Ans: C
23. Which of the following carried on the Suddhi Movement that brought back a large number of converted Muslims and Christians to the Hindu fold?
(a) Brahmo Samaj (b) The Ramakrishna Mission
(c) Arya Samaj (d) Pratharna Samaj
Ans: C
24. By the Queen’s proclamation on 1st November, 1858, the administration of India was transferred from English East India Company to (a) British Crown (b) Governor General (c) Viceroy (d) Court of Directors
Ans: A
25. The new social order Ram Raj or the kingdom of God on earth is a political thought associated with whom?
(a) Sankaracharya (b) Mahatma Gandhi (c) Vinoba Bhave (d) Narayan Roy
Ans: B
26. Who said that “Gandhi is the symbol of love and understanding in a world wild with hatred and torn by misunderstanding. He belongs to the ages, to history”?
(a) U Thant (b) Earl Mountbatten (c) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan (d) Louis Fischer
Ans: C
27. Who was called the ‘Iron Man of India’?
(a) Gopal Khishna Gokhale (b) Bipan Chandra Pal (c) Subash Chandra Bose (d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Ans: D
28. The first battle of Panipat was fought between
(a) Babur and Rana Sanga (b) Babur and Ibrahim Lodi (c) Babur and Jai Singh (d) Babur and Timur
Ans: B
29. Which Governor-General introduced the Civil Services for the first time in India?
(a) Warren Hastings (b) Lord Wellesley (c) Lord Cornwallis (d) Lord Dalhousie
Ans: C
30. “Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it” Who said so?
(a) Surendranath Bannerji (b) B.G. Tilak (c) Aurobindo Ghosh (d) Motilal Nehru
Ans: B
31. The Indian Councils Act which is also known as Morley-Minto Reforms was passed in
(a) 1905 (b) 1907 (c) 1909 (d) 1910
Ans: C
32. The historic Lucknow Session (1916) of the Indian National Congress was presided over by
(a) Mrs Annie Besant (b) SN Bannerjee (c) Madan Mohari Malaviya (d) AC Majumdar
Ans: D
33. Subhash Chandra Bose set up his Azad Hind Fauz and Azad Hind Government in
(a) Burma (b) Japan (c) Malaya (d) Singapore
Ans: D
34:-Who was the author of the book 'Planned Economy for India' ?
A:-Amartya Sen B:-Thomas Issac C:-Jawaharlal Nehru D:-M. Visveswarayya
Ans: D
35:-Which Indian leader is popularly known as Deshbandhu ?
A:-Subash Chandra Bose B:-Chittaranjan Das C:-W.C. Banerjee D:-Bipin Chandra Pal
Ans: B
36:-The Muslim League observed Direct Action Day on
A:-August 16, 1946 B:-December 20, 1946 C:-June 25, 1946 D:-May 18, 1946
Ans: A
37:-Name the revolutionary leader involved in the assassination of British Officer W.C. Rand.
A:-Lala Hardayal B:-Bhagat Singh C:-Damodar Hari Chapekar D:-Pulin Das
Ans: C
38:-Who was the leader of Bardoli Satyagraha ?
A:-Annie Besant B:-M.A. Ansari C:-Lalalajpat Rai D:-Sardar Vallabhai Patel
Ans: D
39:-Which Five Year Plan was terminated one year before its completion ?
A:-Second Five Year Plan B:-Fifth Five Year Plan C:-Fourth Five Year Plan D:-First Five Year Plan
Ans: B
40:-Which among is called the 'Movement of Hindu-Muslim Unity' ?
A:-Quit India Movement B:-Khilafat Movement C:-Non-Cooperation Movement D:-Home Rule Movement
Ans: B
41:-Who was started Individual Sathyagraha during 1940's ?
A:-Mahatma Gandhi B:-Jawaharlal Nehru C:-Muhammadali Jinnah D:-Vinoba Bhave
Ans: D
42:-Which of the nations signed in the treaty called 'Agra Summit' of 2001 ?
A:-India X Israel B:-India X Pakistan C:-India X China D:-India X Srilanka
Ans: B
43:-Who started Aligarh Movement ?
A:-Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan B:-Maulana Shaukath Ali C:-Maulana Abul Kalam Azad D:-Mirza Gulam Ahmad
Ans: A
44:-Who was the Chairman of the 'Flag committee' ?
A:-Rajendra Prasad B:-J. B. Kripalani C:-B. R. Ambedkar D:-Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Ans: B
45:-Where is the Headquarters of NITI Aayog ?
A:-Mumbai B:-Delhi C:-Pune D:-Ahmedabad
Ans: B
Read the following passage and answer the following five questions: (Nos. 46 to 50)
The drive to acquire political control of tropical regions was almost universal among major European nations in the nineteenth century. Where did the empires sprang from – a greed for territory, a lust for power, accidental circumstances, or an economic motive?
J.A. Hobson suggested that empires rose to protect European investments abroad at a time when the need to export capital was acute because of falling rates of return on capital at home. Competition for colonies, Hobson believed, was behind the conflicts that dragged these powers into waging war against each other.
The imperialists believed that they were protecting home investment when expanding territories remains weak. The more common motives cited were markets for goods and opening for emigration, not export of capital. Investments were seen as a means rather than the end. Different strands emphasised by industrial bourgeoisie or bankers and financiers. But the common point was that the profit, seeking led the capitalists to expand political control.
J. Gallagher and R. Robinson proposed that in the mid-nineteenth century, Britain had already established an‘informal empire’ secured by commercial, cultural and diplomatic links. The informal empire could take care of the economic interests well enough. The change from informal to formal empire was driven not by economic motives but by global and local political rivalries.
Large economic gains were made by owning colonies that would strengthen the role of a profit motive and in turn capitalist interest behind imperialism.
46. The European drive for control of tropical countries sprand from:
(A) Greed for territory
(B) Lust for power
(C) Economic motives
(D) To overpower other European nations
Ans: D
47. J.A. Hobson’s suggestions for the establishment of empires:
(A) To protect European investments
(B) Acute need for export capital
(C) To de-industrialise
(D) Falling rates of returns on capital at home
Ans: C
48. One of the following was not the motive of imperialists to control tropical countries:
(A) To protect home investments
(B) Markets for goods
(C) Opening for emigration
(D) Proselytization in tropical countries
Ans: D
49. Industrial bourgeoisie took stand to expand political control for:
(A) Profit seeking
(B) To annihilate quarrelling tropical political powers
(C) To make adventurous trips
(D) To establish schools, hospitals and philanthropic activities
Ans: A
50. Change from informal to formal empires was driven by the idea of:
(A) Economic motives
(B) Global and political rivalries
(C) Diplomatic links
(D) Cultural and religious links
Ans: B
(a) Currency or coins (b) Maps (c) Inscriptions (d) Material culture
Ans: C
21. Who was the founder of the Mughal Empire?
(a) Humayun (b) Babur (c) Daulat Khan (d) Ibrahim Lodi
Ans: B
22. Who described Communalism as “Indian version of fascism”?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) B.R. Ambedkar (c) Jawaharlal Nehru (d) Subhas Chandra Bose
Ans: C
23. Which of the following carried on the Suddhi Movement that brought back a large number of converted Muslims and Christians to the Hindu fold?
(a) Brahmo Samaj (b) The Ramakrishna Mission
(c) Arya Samaj (d) Pratharna Samaj
Ans: C
24. By the Queen’s proclamation on 1st November, 1858, the administration of India was transferred from English East India Company to (a) British Crown (b) Governor General (c) Viceroy (d) Court of Directors
Ans: A
25. The new social order Ram Raj or the kingdom of God on earth is a political thought associated with whom?
(a) Sankaracharya (b) Mahatma Gandhi (c) Vinoba Bhave (d) Narayan Roy
Ans: B
26. Who said that “Gandhi is the symbol of love and understanding in a world wild with hatred and torn by misunderstanding. He belongs to the ages, to history”?
(a) U Thant (b) Earl Mountbatten (c) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan (d) Louis Fischer
Ans: C
27. Who was called the ‘Iron Man of India’?
(a) Gopal Khishna Gokhale (b) Bipan Chandra Pal (c) Subash Chandra Bose (d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Ans: D
28. The first battle of Panipat was fought between
(a) Babur and Rana Sanga (b) Babur and Ibrahim Lodi (c) Babur and Jai Singh (d) Babur and Timur
Ans: B
29. Which Governor-General introduced the Civil Services for the first time in India?
(a) Warren Hastings (b) Lord Wellesley (c) Lord Cornwallis (d) Lord Dalhousie
Ans: C
30. “Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it” Who said so?
(a) Surendranath Bannerji (b) B.G. Tilak (c) Aurobindo Ghosh (d) Motilal Nehru
Ans: B
31. The Indian Councils Act which is also known as Morley-Minto Reforms was passed in
(a) 1905 (b) 1907 (c) 1909 (d) 1910
Ans: C
32. The historic Lucknow Session (1916) of the Indian National Congress was presided over by
(a) Mrs Annie Besant (b) SN Bannerjee (c) Madan Mohari Malaviya (d) AC Majumdar
Ans: D
33. Subhash Chandra Bose set up his Azad Hind Fauz and Azad Hind Government in
(a) Burma (b) Japan (c) Malaya (d) Singapore
Ans: D
34:-Who was the author of the book 'Planned Economy for India' ?
A:-Amartya Sen B:-Thomas Issac C:-Jawaharlal Nehru D:-M. Visveswarayya
Ans: D
35:-Which Indian leader is popularly known as Deshbandhu ?
A:-Subash Chandra Bose B:-Chittaranjan Das C:-W.C. Banerjee D:-Bipin Chandra Pal
Ans: B
36:-The Muslim League observed Direct Action Day on
A:-August 16, 1946 B:-December 20, 1946 C:-June 25, 1946 D:-May 18, 1946
Ans: A
37:-Name the revolutionary leader involved in the assassination of British Officer W.C. Rand.
A:-Lala Hardayal B:-Bhagat Singh C:-Damodar Hari Chapekar D:-Pulin Das
Ans: C
38:-Who was the leader of Bardoli Satyagraha ?
A:-Annie Besant B:-M.A. Ansari C:-Lalalajpat Rai D:-Sardar Vallabhai Patel
Ans: D
39:-Which Five Year Plan was terminated one year before its completion ?
A:-Second Five Year Plan B:-Fifth Five Year Plan C:-Fourth Five Year Plan D:-First Five Year Plan
Ans: B
40:-Which among is called the 'Movement of Hindu-Muslim Unity' ?
A:-Quit India Movement B:-Khilafat Movement C:-Non-Cooperation Movement D:-Home Rule Movement
Ans: B
41:-Who was started Individual Sathyagraha during 1940's ?
A:-Mahatma Gandhi B:-Jawaharlal Nehru C:-Muhammadali Jinnah D:-Vinoba Bhave
Ans: D
42:-Which of the nations signed in the treaty called 'Agra Summit' of 2001 ?
A:-India X Israel B:-India X Pakistan C:-India X China D:-India X Srilanka
Ans: B
43:-Who started Aligarh Movement ?
A:-Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan B:-Maulana Shaukath Ali C:-Maulana Abul Kalam Azad D:-Mirza Gulam Ahmad
Ans: A
44:-Who was the Chairman of the 'Flag committee' ?
A:-Rajendra Prasad B:-J. B. Kripalani C:-B. R. Ambedkar D:-Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Ans: B
45:-Where is the Headquarters of NITI Aayog ?
A:-Mumbai B:-Delhi C:-Pune D:-Ahmedabad
Ans: B
Read the following passage and answer the following five questions: (Nos. 46 to 50)
The drive to acquire political control of tropical regions was almost universal among major European nations in the nineteenth century. Where did the empires sprang from – a greed for territory, a lust for power, accidental circumstances, or an economic motive?
J.A. Hobson suggested that empires rose to protect European investments abroad at a time when the need to export capital was acute because of falling rates of return on capital at home. Competition for colonies, Hobson believed, was behind the conflicts that dragged these powers into waging war against each other.
The imperialists believed that they were protecting home investment when expanding territories remains weak. The more common motives cited were markets for goods and opening for emigration, not export of capital. Investments were seen as a means rather than the end. Different strands emphasised by industrial bourgeoisie or bankers and financiers. But the common point was that the profit, seeking led the capitalists to expand political control.
J. Gallagher and R. Robinson proposed that in the mid-nineteenth century, Britain had already established an‘informal empire’ secured by commercial, cultural and diplomatic links. The informal empire could take care of the economic interests well enough. The change from informal to formal empire was driven not by economic motives but by global and local political rivalries.
Large economic gains were made by owning colonies that would strengthen the role of a profit motive and in turn capitalist interest behind imperialism.
46. The European drive for control of tropical countries sprand from:
(A) Greed for territory
(B) Lust for power
(C) Economic motives
(D) To overpower other European nations
Ans: D
47. J.A. Hobson’s suggestions for the establishment of empires:
(A) To protect European investments
(B) Acute need for export capital
(C) To de-industrialise
(D) Falling rates of returns on capital at home
Ans: C
48. One of the following was not the motive of imperialists to control tropical countries:
(A) To protect home investments
(B) Markets for goods
(C) Opening for emigration
(D) Proselytization in tropical countries
Ans: D
49. Industrial bourgeoisie took stand to expand political control for:
(A) Profit seeking
(B) To annihilate quarrelling tropical political powers
(C) To make adventurous trips
(D) To establish schools, hospitals and philanthropic activities
Ans: A
50. Change from informal to formal empires was driven by the idea of:
(A) Economic motives
(B) Global and political rivalries
(C) Diplomatic links
(D) Cultural and religious links
Ans: B
Read the following passage carefully and choose the correct answer of the questions that follow (Q. No. 51 to 55):
Causation is a concept of such fundamental importance to historical understanding that E.H. Carr in his G.M. Trevelyan lectures (1961) declared the study of history to be the study of causes. But postmodernist thinking on the issue of historical causation is different. John Vincent would abandon the search for causes as futile and rather look for explanations. Writing in 1976, Theodore Zeldin thought of causation and chronology as the two tyrants to historians. Hayden White attacked the concept of causation as depriving people of both their freedom of action in the present and of control over the future by trapping them in an inescapable network of causation. Postmodernist theory installs interpretation in the place of empirical research into the causes of specific events.
Since the notion of cause depends on sequential time, some postmodernists attack the latter too. The cause of an occurrence must obviously come before it in time. But the postmodernist historian and philosopher, Ankersmit, says “Historical time is a recent and highly artificial invention of Western civilization,” and the writing of historical narrative based on the concept of time, he has declared, is “building on quicksand.” The postmodernists would prefer that the idea of sequential time be abandoned in the writing of history.
Richard Evans shows how the very idea of postmodern is paradoxical in that it is contrary to the assertion that there are no time periods in history. And the postmodernist statement that historical time is a thing of the past; itself uses the historical concept of time which the statement is intended to dismiss. The linear and sequential concept of time is far too powerful a principle to be dispensed with, for it is not an intellectual construct but a matter of everyday experience for people the world over. Time itself may be without boundaries, but in terms of human life it passes, and has limits.
51. What is the concept of causation by E.H. Carr?
(A) History cannot be understood devoid of cause-effect relationship.
(B) History depends on time and space.
(C) It is a matter of every day personal experience to inquire about the basis of an event.
(D) Causes should be undertaken in totality.
Ans: A
52. What does postmodernist think about the Historical causation?
(A) It is useless to search for it.
(B) It puts limitation on the Historian.
(C) Interpretation is necessary rather than the cause-effect relation.
(D) There are different opinions.
Ans: D
53. Which is not the concept of Time amongst the postmodernists?
(A) It should not be studied in the interpretation of History.
(B) It puts forth the theory that the interpretation of events be emphasized.
(C) Time deals with past.
(D) The factor of Time has not been thought of by the intellectuals.
Ans: D
54. Who amongst the following wrote that the cause-effect relationship is an obstacle for History?
(A) Richard Evans
(B) Ankersmit
(C) E.H. Carr
(D) Theodore Zeldin
Ans: D
55. Which one of the following said that the narrative History writing considering the Time is like constructing a building on a weak foundation?
(A) Ankersmit
(B) Theodore Zeldin
(C) Richard Evans
(D) E.H. Carr
Ans: A
56. The LexLoci Act gave
(A) No right over the ancestral properties for the Christian converts.
(B) The Christian converts the right to inherit their ancestral properties.
(C) No right over the ancestral properties for the converts from Buddhist religion.
(D) The right to inherit the ancestralproperties for the converts fromJain religion.
Ans: B
57. Due to whose efforts Widow Remarriage Act was passed?
(A) Raja Rammohan Roy
(B) IshwarchandraVidyasagar
(C) D.K. Karve
(D) M.G. Ranade
Ans: B
58. In which year the Indian association for the cultivation of science was established?
(A) 1874
(B) 1875
(C) 1876
(D) 1877
Ans: C
59. The Act Prohibiting Child Marriages was passed in 1891 due to the efforts of
(A) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagarand Jyotiba Phule.
(B) Mahadev Govind Ranade and JyotibaPhule.
(C) Keshab Chandra Sen and Behramji Malabari.
(D) Keshab Chandra Sen and Mahadev Govind Ranade.
Ans: C
60. Shri Narayan Dharma Paripalana Yogam of Kerala worked for
(A) Upliftment of dalits and peasants.
(B) Women’s education.
(C) Eradication of child labour.
(D) The Hindu widow remarriage.
Ans: A
61. The name ‘Indian National Congress’ was given by
(A) Dadabhai Naoroji
(B) M.G. Ranade
(C) S.N. Bannerjee
(D) A.O. Hume
Ans: A
62. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer with the help of the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(Name) (Newspaper)
(a) Abul Kalam Azad i Bombay Chronicle
(b) Pheroze Shah Mehta ii Al Hilal
(c) Mrs. Annie Besant iii Young India
(d) Mahatma Gandhi iv New India
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) ii i iv iii
(B) i ii iv iii
(C) ii i iii iv
(D) iv i ii iii
Ans: A
63. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Avesta is the sacred book of Parsis.
Reason (R): Madam Cama made significant contribution in reforming the Parsi society and uplifting the Parsi women.
In the context of the above statements, which one of the following is correct?
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not a correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Ans: B
64. The first woman who got nominated to the Madras Legislative Council in 1927 was
(A) Muthulakshmi Reddy
(B) Sister Subbalakshmi
(C) Mehribai Tata
(D) Margaret Counsins
Ans: A
65. The Indian National Congress became a real mass based political party after the
(A) Nagpur Session of the Congress in 1891.
(B) Nagpur Session of the Congress in 1920.
(C) Kanpur Session of the Congress in 1928.
(D) Faizpur Session of the Congress in 1936.
Ans: B
66. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Soon after the resignation of the Congress Ministries in the provinces in 1939, the Muslim League observed a deliverance day.
Reason (R): Ambedkar supported it.
In the context of the above statements, which one of the following is correct?
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Ans: B
67. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): After the Civil War in U.S.A. blacks faced difficulty regarding voting right.
Reason (R): Some Southern States of U.S.A. made it mandatory to have either the name of grandfather or father in the electoral list of 1860.
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true and (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false and (R) is true.
Ans: A
68. Who among the following said: “To define the postmodernism is not just to define a term. It is to characterize the present age and to assess how we should respond to it.”?
(A) J.F. Lyotard
(B) Arran Gare
(C) J.G. Merquior
(D) None of the above
Ans: B
69. Consider the following statements and point out the one which is incorrect in the context of research methodology:
(A) Subjective approach in Historical writing makes it possible to present a true picture of the past.
(B) External and internal criticism helps the historian to establish the authenticity of the records.
(C) To critically analyze the past happenings the historian needs to know the order of their occurrence.
(D) Historical records of the past may not be wholly authentic or genuine to ascertain facts.
Ans: A
70. Consider the following statement: ‘Before the scientific revolution of 17th century, history writing in the west suffered from certain weaknesses.’
Which one of the following justifies the above?
(A) Most of the writers were ignorant about the idea of change through time.
(B) The subject matter of history was treated more or less as a branch of literature or philosophy.
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of the above
Ans: C
Read the passage and answer the Qns: 71-75:
The recruitment of the company’s army in the eighteenth century was not just building on the existing traditions of the North Indian military labour market; those traditions were being adopted to British imperial preferences. The recruitment system for example, endorsed the traditional British preference for peasants as best potential recruits and followed the colonial stereotypes that wheat-eating Indians rather than the rice-eating groups were physically more suitable for the job, although such ethnic stereotyping became a much more important factor in army recruitment in the late nineteenth century rather than in the eighteenth. During the initial formative phase, Hastings did not want to disturb the existing caste rules in the affairs of the army. So the Company’s army consisted mainly of upper caste Brahman and Rajput landed peasants from Awadh and the Rajput and Bhumihar Brahman peasants from north and south Bihar-both wheat eating regions. These people joined the Company’s army because the pay, allowances, pension and resettlement provisions offered by the Company were much better than those offered by the regional States, and what was most important, salaries were paid regularly. The deliberate policy of respecting caste, dietary, travel and others religious practices of the Sepoys fostered a high caste identity of the Company’s army. By joining it many of the upcoming socially ambitious castes like the Bhumihar- Brahmans could fulfill their aspirations for social mobility. Cornwallis, despite his preference for Anglicisation, did not disturb this specific organization of the army, and as a result, the Company came to possess a high caste army, which was prone to revolt when their social privileges and pecuniary benefits were cut from the 1820s. As the Company’s territories expanded to the west beyond the Bengal frontiers into the mountainous Jungle Terai, in the 1770s and then into the Ceded and Conquered Districts in 1802 there was another attempt to recruit from among the hill tribes. While in the plains the Company ran permanent recruitment centers, in the hills recruitment was made through local notables and payment was offered through the Mughal system of ghatwali service tenures. The defeat of the Indian States, particularly of Mysore in the late eighteenth and of the Marathas in the early nineteenth centuries created another vast reservoir of surplus armed manpower to recruit from; but the Company’s army could not absorb all the disbanded soldiers of the Indian princes. Then from 1815 there was another experiment to recruit Gurkha soldiers from among the Nepalis, Garwahlis, and Sirmourihill men. A skillful blending of the Nepali martial tradition and European training and discipline made the Gurkhas the most trusted soldiers in the British army.
71. The recruitment of the Company’s army was based on
(A) The existing traditions of military labour market.
(B) Preferred peasants as best potential recruits.
(C) Colonial stereotypes.
(D) Physically suitable.
Answer: (AB)
72. The Company’s army consisted of
(A) Upper Caste Brahman and Rajput.
(B) Landed Peasants from Bihar and Bengal.
(C) People from rice eating regions.
(D) People only from South.
Ans: A
73. What kind of payment system British followed in army recruitment?
(A) Malgujari
(B) Ghatwali
(C) Mahalwari
(D) Yadgari
Ans: B
74. Company could not absorb disbanded soldiers after early nineteenth century because
(A) It had surplus army.
(B) Company was weak economically.
(C) Company did not want more Indian force.
(D) Of religious considerations.
Ans: A
75. Gurkhas became most trusted soldiers because
(A) They were experts in martial art.
(B) They were hill men.
(C) They were disciplined.
(D) They were experts in Guerilla war.
Ans: (A/C)
76. Consider the following statements about the Harappan civilization:
1 The sites are discovered both from the urban and rural areas.
2 The inscriptions are in different contemporary scripts.
3 The tools and metals provide the idea of the specialised artisans.
4 The dock-yards have been found at Lothal and Dholavira.
Which of the above statements are correct?
(A) 1 and 2
(B) 1 and 3
(C) 2 and 4
(D) 4 and 2
Ans: B
77. Which deities are not referred to in the Rig-veda?
(A) The gods of natural phenomena like Indra, Agni, Varuna and Mitra.
(B) The goddesses like Ushas and Aditi.
(C) The semi-divine deities such as gandharvas, apsaras and pishachas.
(D) Ganesha and Karttikeya.
Ans: D
78. Which one of the following is not contained in the Upanishads?
(A) Avataravada
(B) Atman
(C) Brahman
(D) Maya
Ans: A
79. Which of the following inscriptions makes a reference to Chandragupta Maurya?
(A) Kandhar inscription of Ashoka
(B) Brahmagiri inscription of Ashoka
(C) Junagadh inscription of Rudradaman I
(D) Maski inscription of Ashoka
Ans: C
80. The 5th pillar edict says that Ashoka made some living creatures such as parrots, fish, ants, tortoises, etc, inviolable. After which consecration year was it ordered?
(A) 20th year
(B) 26th year
(C) 30th year
(D) 15th year
Ans: B
81. Which of the following is not true about the sangam age?
(A) Its historicity is debatable.
(B) The tamil commentaries of about the 8th century AD inform us about the three sangams.
(C) There are references to wars between the Cholas, the Pandyas and the Cheras in its poems.
(D) The exploits of the chiefs are not given in its literature.
Ans: D
82. Which of the following does not belong to Jainism?
(A) Anekantavada
(B) Ganadhara
(C) Patimokkha
(D) Syadvada
Ans: C
83. Which of the following is the theme of the sculptures of Gandhara art?
(A) Presentation of bride to Siddhartha.
(B) Gift of Jetavana Garden to the Buddha.
(C) Buddha’s parinirvana scene.
(D) All the above.
Ans: D
84. Which of the following Gupta inscriptions mentions Krishna and Devaki?
(A) Allahabad pillar inscription of Samudragupta
(B) Bhitari pillar inscription of Skandagupta
(C) Eran stone pillar inscription of Budhagupta
(D) The Mehrauli iron pillar inscription
Ans: B
85. At which of the following Quinquennial assemblies at Prayaga did Harsha donate almost all his belongings?
(A) 5th
(B) 6th
(C) 7th
(D) 8th
Ans: B
86. What is true about the Kushanas?
(A) Their traces have been found in Central Asia.
(B) They perhaps initiated the practice of appointing two governors simultaneously in the same province.
(C) The Gandhara art which developed under them not only popularised the Buddha in the anthropomorphic form, but also encouraged the amalgam of Indian and foreign arts.
(D) All the above.
Ans: D
87. Who has propounded the theory of the beginning of the process of State formation at regional and sub-regional levels during the early mediaeval period?
(A) Hermann Kulke
(B) R.S. Sharma
(C) B.N. Datta
(D) D.D. Kosambi
Ans: A
88. Which Gupta inscription records the gift of a village in favour of a Vishnu temple?
(A) Allahabad pillar inscription of Samudragupta
(B) Udayagiri cave inscription of Chandragupta II
(C) Bilsad pillar inscription of Kumaragupta I
(D) Bhitari pillar inscription of Skandagupta
Ans: D
89. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Rudradaman I repaired the damaged embankment of Sudarshana Lake.
Reason (R): As a good gesture, he neither levied any emergency tax nor demanded the free services of people.
In the context of the above statements, which one of the following is correct?
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Ans: B
90. Match the List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(Term) (Meaning)
(a) Jajamani system (i) Cultivable land
(b) Kakini (ii) Land measurement
(c) Kshetra (iii) Remuneration paid in kind for services
(d) Nivartana (iv) Copper coin
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
(B) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
(C) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
(D) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
Ans: C
91. Tilak, a Hindu general, served the army of:
(A) Mir Qasim
(B) Mahmud Gaznavi
(C) Mohammad Ghori
(D) Yalduz
Ans: B
92. The terms ‘Khut’, ‘Muqaddam’ and ‘chaudhary’ in the Sultanate period referred to:
(A) Big Rajput chiefs
(B) Land Revenue Collectors
(C) The class of rural intermediaries
(D) Officers of the judicial department
Ans: C
93. The water tax collected during Firoz Shah Tughlaq’s reign was known as:
(A) Sondhar
(B) Haqq-i-Sharab
(C) Ghari
(D) Charai
Ans: B
94. Which of the following travellers has given the graphic picture of sati practiced in the Sultanate period?
(A) Ibn Battuta
(B) Duarate Barbosa
(C) Abdur Razzaq
(D) A. Nikitin
Ans: A
95. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Alauddin Khilji decreed that the entire revenue collection from Khalisa in the Doab as well as from Delhi should be in kind.
Reason (R): Alauddin wanted a large amount of grain reserve for Delhi for contingents as well as for price fixation.
In the context of the above statements, which one of the following codes is correct?
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Ans: D
96. In respect of the reign of Sikandar Lodi which one of the following observations is correct?
(A) Sikandar’s love for justice was remarkable and he provided speedy and impartial justice.
(B) He persecuted the Hindus because of his religious intolerance.
(C) Sikandar made Agra his second capital.
(D) All of the above.
Answer: (AC)
97. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): The process of urbanisation during the sultanate period led to social mobility among craftsmen in the urban centres.
Reason (R): The artisans and craftsmen considered low caste in the Hindu social system could now live even in the vicinity of the ruling elite.
In the context of the above statements, which one of the following is correct?
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer:(A)
98. ‘Khair ul Majalis’ a sufi malfuzat, is dedicated to which sufi saint?
(A) Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki
(B) Nasiruddin Mahmud Chirag-i- Dilli
(C) Muhammad Gesu Daraz
(D) Baba Hayat Qalandar
Ans: B
99. The du-aspa sih-aspa was introduced into the Mughal mansabdari system by
(A) Babur
(B) Akbar
(C) Jahangir
(D) Shah Jahan
Ans: C
Causation is a concept of such fundamental importance to historical understanding that E.H. Carr in his G.M. Trevelyan lectures (1961) declared the study of history to be the study of causes. But postmodernist thinking on the issue of historical causation is different. John Vincent would abandon the search for causes as futile and rather look for explanations. Writing in 1976, Theodore Zeldin thought of causation and chronology as the two tyrants to historians. Hayden White attacked the concept of causation as depriving people of both their freedom of action in the present and of control over the future by trapping them in an inescapable network of causation. Postmodernist theory installs interpretation in the place of empirical research into the causes of specific events.
Since the notion of cause depends on sequential time, some postmodernists attack the latter too. The cause of an occurrence must obviously come before it in time. But the postmodernist historian and philosopher, Ankersmit, says “Historical time is a recent and highly artificial invention of Western civilization,” and the writing of historical narrative based on the concept of time, he has declared, is “building on quicksand.” The postmodernists would prefer that the idea of sequential time be abandoned in the writing of history.
Richard Evans shows how the very idea of postmodern is paradoxical in that it is contrary to the assertion that there are no time periods in history. And the postmodernist statement that historical time is a thing of the past; itself uses the historical concept of time which the statement is intended to dismiss. The linear and sequential concept of time is far too powerful a principle to be dispensed with, for it is not an intellectual construct but a matter of everyday experience for people the world over. Time itself may be without boundaries, but in terms of human life it passes, and has limits.
51. What is the concept of causation by E.H. Carr?
(A) History cannot be understood devoid of cause-effect relationship.
(B) History depends on time and space.
(C) It is a matter of every day personal experience to inquire about the basis of an event.
(D) Causes should be undertaken in totality.
Ans: A
52. What does postmodernist think about the Historical causation?
(A) It is useless to search for it.
(B) It puts limitation on the Historian.
(C) Interpretation is necessary rather than the cause-effect relation.
(D) There are different opinions.
Ans: D
53. Which is not the concept of Time amongst the postmodernists?
(A) It should not be studied in the interpretation of History.
(B) It puts forth the theory that the interpretation of events be emphasized.
(C) Time deals with past.
(D) The factor of Time has not been thought of by the intellectuals.
Ans: D
54. Who amongst the following wrote that the cause-effect relationship is an obstacle for History?
(A) Richard Evans
(B) Ankersmit
(C) E.H. Carr
(D) Theodore Zeldin
Ans: D
55. Which one of the following said that the narrative History writing considering the Time is like constructing a building on a weak foundation?
(A) Ankersmit
(B) Theodore Zeldin
(C) Richard Evans
(D) E.H. Carr
Ans: A
56. The LexLoci Act gave
(A) No right over the ancestral properties for the Christian converts.
(B) The Christian converts the right to inherit their ancestral properties.
(C) No right over the ancestral properties for the converts from Buddhist religion.
(D) The right to inherit the ancestralproperties for the converts fromJain religion.
Ans: B
57. Due to whose efforts Widow Remarriage Act was passed?
(A) Raja Rammohan Roy
(B) IshwarchandraVidyasagar
(C) D.K. Karve
(D) M.G. Ranade
Ans: B
58. In which year the Indian association for the cultivation of science was established?
(A) 1874
(B) 1875
(C) 1876
(D) 1877
Ans: C
59. The Act Prohibiting Child Marriages was passed in 1891 due to the efforts of
(A) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagarand Jyotiba Phule.
(B) Mahadev Govind Ranade and JyotibaPhule.
(C) Keshab Chandra Sen and Behramji Malabari.
(D) Keshab Chandra Sen and Mahadev Govind Ranade.
Ans: C
60. Shri Narayan Dharma Paripalana Yogam of Kerala worked for
(A) Upliftment of dalits and peasants.
(B) Women’s education.
(C) Eradication of child labour.
(D) The Hindu widow remarriage.
Ans: A
61. The name ‘Indian National Congress’ was given by
(A) Dadabhai Naoroji
(B) M.G. Ranade
(C) S.N. Bannerjee
(D) A.O. Hume
Ans: A
62. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer with the help of the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(Name) (Newspaper)
(a) Abul Kalam Azad i Bombay Chronicle
(b) Pheroze Shah Mehta ii Al Hilal
(c) Mrs. Annie Besant iii Young India
(d) Mahatma Gandhi iv New India
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) ii i iv iii
(B) i ii iv iii
(C) ii i iii iv
(D) iv i ii iii
Ans: A
63. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Avesta is the sacred book of Parsis.
Reason (R): Madam Cama made significant contribution in reforming the Parsi society and uplifting the Parsi women.
In the context of the above statements, which one of the following is correct?
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not a correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Ans: B
64. The first woman who got nominated to the Madras Legislative Council in 1927 was
(A) Muthulakshmi Reddy
(B) Sister Subbalakshmi
(C) Mehribai Tata
(D) Margaret Counsins
Ans: A
65. The Indian National Congress became a real mass based political party after the
(A) Nagpur Session of the Congress in 1891.
(B) Nagpur Session of the Congress in 1920.
(C) Kanpur Session of the Congress in 1928.
(D) Faizpur Session of the Congress in 1936.
Ans: B
66. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Soon after the resignation of the Congress Ministries in the provinces in 1939, the Muslim League observed a deliverance day.
Reason (R): Ambedkar supported it.
In the context of the above statements, which one of the following is correct?
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Ans: B
67. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): After the Civil War in U.S.A. blacks faced difficulty regarding voting right.
Reason (R): Some Southern States of U.S.A. made it mandatory to have either the name of grandfather or father in the electoral list of 1860.
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true and (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false and (R) is true.
Ans: A
68. Who among the following said: “To define the postmodernism is not just to define a term. It is to characterize the present age and to assess how we should respond to it.”?
(A) J.F. Lyotard
(B) Arran Gare
(C) J.G. Merquior
(D) None of the above
Ans: B
69. Consider the following statements and point out the one which is incorrect in the context of research methodology:
(A) Subjective approach in Historical writing makes it possible to present a true picture of the past.
(B) External and internal criticism helps the historian to establish the authenticity of the records.
(C) To critically analyze the past happenings the historian needs to know the order of their occurrence.
(D) Historical records of the past may not be wholly authentic or genuine to ascertain facts.
Ans: A
70. Consider the following statement: ‘Before the scientific revolution of 17th century, history writing in the west suffered from certain weaknesses.’
Which one of the following justifies the above?
(A) Most of the writers were ignorant about the idea of change through time.
(B) The subject matter of history was treated more or less as a branch of literature or philosophy.
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of the above
Ans: C
Read the passage and answer the Qns: 71-75:
The recruitment of the company’s army in the eighteenth century was not just building on the existing traditions of the North Indian military labour market; those traditions were being adopted to British imperial preferences. The recruitment system for example, endorsed the traditional British preference for peasants as best potential recruits and followed the colonial stereotypes that wheat-eating Indians rather than the rice-eating groups were physically more suitable for the job, although such ethnic stereotyping became a much more important factor in army recruitment in the late nineteenth century rather than in the eighteenth. During the initial formative phase, Hastings did not want to disturb the existing caste rules in the affairs of the army. So the Company’s army consisted mainly of upper caste Brahman and Rajput landed peasants from Awadh and the Rajput and Bhumihar Brahman peasants from north and south Bihar-both wheat eating regions. These people joined the Company’s army because the pay, allowances, pension and resettlement provisions offered by the Company were much better than those offered by the regional States, and what was most important, salaries were paid regularly. The deliberate policy of respecting caste, dietary, travel and others religious practices of the Sepoys fostered a high caste identity of the Company’s army. By joining it many of the upcoming socially ambitious castes like the Bhumihar- Brahmans could fulfill their aspirations for social mobility. Cornwallis, despite his preference for Anglicisation, did not disturb this specific organization of the army, and as a result, the Company came to possess a high caste army, which was prone to revolt when their social privileges and pecuniary benefits were cut from the 1820s. As the Company’s territories expanded to the west beyond the Bengal frontiers into the mountainous Jungle Terai, in the 1770s and then into the Ceded and Conquered Districts in 1802 there was another attempt to recruit from among the hill tribes. While in the plains the Company ran permanent recruitment centers, in the hills recruitment was made through local notables and payment was offered through the Mughal system of ghatwali service tenures. The defeat of the Indian States, particularly of Mysore in the late eighteenth and of the Marathas in the early nineteenth centuries created another vast reservoir of surplus armed manpower to recruit from; but the Company’s army could not absorb all the disbanded soldiers of the Indian princes. Then from 1815 there was another experiment to recruit Gurkha soldiers from among the Nepalis, Garwahlis, and Sirmourihill men. A skillful blending of the Nepali martial tradition and European training and discipline made the Gurkhas the most trusted soldiers in the British army.
71. The recruitment of the Company’s army was based on
(A) The existing traditions of military labour market.
(B) Preferred peasants as best potential recruits.
(C) Colonial stereotypes.
(D) Physically suitable.
Answer: (AB)
72. The Company’s army consisted of
(A) Upper Caste Brahman and Rajput.
(B) Landed Peasants from Bihar and Bengal.
(C) People from rice eating regions.
(D) People only from South.
Ans: A
73. What kind of payment system British followed in army recruitment?
(A) Malgujari
(B) Ghatwali
(C) Mahalwari
(D) Yadgari
Ans: B
74. Company could not absorb disbanded soldiers after early nineteenth century because
(A) It had surplus army.
(B) Company was weak economically.
(C) Company did not want more Indian force.
(D) Of religious considerations.
Ans: A
75. Gurkhas became most trusted soldiers because
(A) They were experts in martial art.
(B) They were hill men.
(C) They were disciplined.
(D) They were experts in Guerilla war.
Ans: (A/C)
76. Consider the following statements about the Harappan civilization:
1 The sites are discovered both from the urban and rural areas.
2 The inscriptions are in different contemporary scripts.
3 The tools and metals provide the idea of the specialised artisans.
4 The dock-yards have been found at Lothal and Dholavira.
Which of the above statements are correct?
(A) 1 and 2
(B) 1 and 3
(C) 2 and 4
(D) 4 and 2
Ans: B
77. Which deities are not referred to in the Rig-veda?
(A) The gods of natural phenomena like Indra, Agni, Varuna and Mitra.
(B) The goddesses like Ushas and Aditi.
(C) The semi-divine deities such as gandharvas, apsaras and pishachas.
(D) Ganesha and Karttikeya.
Ans: D
78. Which one of the following is not contained in the Upanishads?
(A) Avataravada
(B) Atman
(C) Brahman
(D) Maya
Ans: A
79. Which of the following inscriptions makes a reference to Chandragupta Maurya?
(A) Kandhar inscription of Ashoka
(B) Brahmagiri inscription of Ashoka
(C) Junagadh inscription of Rudradaman I
(D) Maski inscription of Ashoka
Ans: C
80. The 5th pillar edict says that Ashoka made some living creatures such as parrots, fish, ants, tortoises, etc, inviolable. After which consecration year was it ordered?
(A) 20th year
(B) 26th year
(C) 30th year
(D) 15th year
Ans: B
81. Which of the following is not true about the sangam age?
(A) Its historicity is debatable.
(B) The tamil commentaries of about the 8th century AD inform us about the three sangams.
(C) There are references to wars between the Cholas, the Pandyas and the Cheras in its poems.
(D) The exploits of the chiefs are not given in its literature.
Ans: D
82. Which of the following does not belong to Jainism?
(A) Anekantavada
(B) Ganadhara
(C) Patimokkha
(D) Syadvada
Ans: C
83. Which of the following is the theme of the sculptures of Gandhara art?
(A) Presentation of bride to Siddhartha.
(B) Gift of Jetavana Garden to the Buddha.
(C) Buddha’s parinirvana scene.
(D) All the above.
Ans: D
84. Which of the following Gupta inscriptions mentions Krishna and Devaki?
(A) Allahabad pillar inscription of Samudragupta
(B) Bhitari pillar inscription of Skandagupta
(C) Eran stone pillar inscription of Budhagupta
(D) The Mehrauli iron pillar inscription
Ans: B
85. At which of the following Quinquennial assemblies at Prayaga did Harsha donate almost all his belongings?
(A) 5th
(B) 6th
(C) 7th
(D) 8th
Ans: B
86. What is true about the Kushanas?
(A) Their traces have been found in Central Asia.
(B) They perhaps initiated the practice of appointing two governors simultaneously in the same province.
(C) The Gandhara art which developed under them not only popularised the Buddha in the anthropomorphic form, but also encouraged the amalgam of Indian and foreign arts.
(D) All the above.
Ans: D
87. Who has propounded the theory of the beginning of the process of State formation at regional and sub-regional levels during the early mediaeval period?
(A) Hermann Kulke
(B) R.S. Sharma
(C) B.N. Datta
(D) D.D. Kosambi
Ans: A
88. Which Gupta inscription records the gift of a village in favour of a Vishnu temple?
(A) Allahabad pillar inscription of Samudragupta
(B) Udayagiri cave inscription of Chandragupta II
(C) Bilsad pillar inscription of Kumaragupta I
(D) Bhitari pillar inscription of Skandagupta
Ans: D
89. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Rudradaman I repaired the damaged embankment of Sudarshana Lake.
Reason (R): As a good gesture, he neither levied any emergency tax nor demanded the free services of people.
In the context of the above statements, which one of the following is correct?
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Ans: B
90. Match the List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(Term) (Meaning)
(a) Jajamani system (i) Cultivable land
(b) Kakini (ii) Land measurement
(c) Kshetra (iii) Remuneration paid in kind for services
(d) Nivartana (iv) Copper coin
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
(B) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
(C) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
(D) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
Ans: C
91. Tilak, a Hindu general, served the army of:
(A) Mir Qasim
(B) Mahmud Gaznavi
(C) Mohammad Ghori
(D) Yalduz
Ans: B
92. The terms ‘Khut’, ‘Muqaddam’ and ‘chaudhary’ in the Sultanate period referred to:
(A) Big Rajput chiefs
(B) Land Revenue Collectors
(C) The class of rural intermediaries
(D) Officers of the judicial department
Ans: C
93. The water tax collected during Firoz Shah Tughlaq’s reign was known as:
(A) Sondhar
(B) Haqq-i-Sharab
(C) Ghari
(D) Charai
Ans: B
94. Which of the following travellers has given the graphic picture of sati practiced in the Sultanate period?
(A) Ibn Battuta
(B) Duarate Barbosa
(C) Abdur Razzaq
(D) A. Nikitin
Ans: A
95. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Alauddin Khilji decreed that the entire revenue collection from Khalisa in the Doab as well as from Delhi should be in kind.
Reason (R): Alauddin wanted a large amount of grain reserve for Delhi for contingents as well as for price fixation.
In the context of the above statements, which one of the following codes is correct?
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Ans: D
96. In respect of the reign of Sikandar Lodi which one of the following observations is correct?
(A) Sikandar’s love for justice was remarkable and he provided speedy and impartial justice.
(B) He persecuted the Hindus because of his religious intolerance.
(C) Sikandar made Agra his second capital.
(D) All of the above.
Answer: (AC)
97. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): The process of urbanisation during the sultanate period led to social mobility among craftsmen in the urban centres.
Reason (R): The artisans and craftsmen considered low caste in the Hindu social system could now live even in the vicinity of the ruling elite.
In the context of the above statements, which one of the following is correct?
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer:(A)
98. ‘Khair ul Majalis’ a sufi malfuzat, is dedicated to which sufi saint?
(A) Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki
(B) Nasiruddin Mahmud Chirag-i- Dilli
(C) Muhammad Gesu Daraz
(D) Baba Hayat Qalandar
Ans: B
99. The du-aspa sih-aspa was introduced into the Mughal mansabdari system by
(A) Babur
(B) Akbar
(C) Jahangir
(D) Shah Jahan
Ans: C
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