INDIAN HISTORY - PAGE 26
1. Match List – I (Archaeological Site) with List – II (Identification) and select the correct answer with the help of the code given below:
List – I List – II
(Archaeological Site) (Identification)
(a) Bagore (i) Chalcolithic site of Madhya Pradesh
(b) Brahmagiri (ii) Megalithic site of Karnataka
(c) Maheshwara (iii) Mesolithic site of Rajasthan
(d) . Tekkalakota (iv) Neolithic site of Karnataka
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)
(B) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
(C) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
(D) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
Ans: B
2. Which proto-historic site has yielded the evidence of threads of raw silk?
(A) Ahar
(B) Inamgaon
(C) Navadatoli
(D) Nevasa
Ans: D
3. Arrange the following Indologists in the chronological order and select the correct answer with the help of the code given below:
(i) William Jones
(ii) Alexander Cunningham
(iii) James Burgess
(iv) James Fergusson
Codes:
(A) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
(B) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
(C) (i) (iv) (iii) (ii)
(D) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
Ans: C
4. Match List – I (Initiator/Writer) with List – II (Journal/Book) and select the correct answer with the help of the code given below:
List – I List – II
(Initiator/Writer) (Journal/Book)
(a) William Jones (i) Indian Antiquary
(b) James Fergusson (ii) The Stupa of Bharhut
(c) Alexander Cunningham (iii) Asiatic Researches
(d) James Burgess (iv) Archaeology in India
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
(B) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
(C) (iv) (ii) (i) (iii)
(D) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)
Ans: A
5. Match List – I (Vedic rivers) with List – II (Present counterparts) and select the correct answer with the help of the code given below:
List – I List – II
(Vedic Rivers) (Present Counterparts)
(a) Vipas (i) Jhelum
(b) Paru.s. ni (ii) Ravi
(c) Vitasta (iii) Beas
(d) Sutudri (iv) Sutlej
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
(B) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
(C) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)
(D) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
Ans: A
6. The BoghazKeui inscription from Asia Minor refers to the following Vedic deities:
(A) Indra, Varu. na, Agni and Surya
(B) Indra, Varu. na, Mitra and Agni
(C) Indra, Mitra, Varu. na and Nasatyas
(D) Indra, Mitra, Dyuas and Nasatyas
Ans: C
7. To which of the following tribes did King Sudasa, described in the. Rig-Veda as having defeated ten Kings, belong?
(A) Anu
(B) Druhyu
(C) Tritsu
(D) Yadu
Ans: C
8. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): The Greek historian Herodotus tells us that ‘India was the twentieth and most prosperous satrapy (province) of the Persian empire’.
Reason (R): By the time of Alexander’s invasion (327-326 B.C.) all the Persian impact on India had become non-existent.
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 the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Ans: C
9. Who had made the following statement?
‘Bhagavapi Khatrioahampikhatrio’ (Bhagawan [Buddha] was a Kshatriya I too am a kshatriya).
(A) Bimbisara
(B) Prasenjit
(C) Ajatasatru
(D) Sisunaga
Ans: C
10. Which one of the following Sangam poets has mentioned about the hoarded wealth of the rulers of the Nanda dynasty?
(A) Avvaiyar
(B) Mamulanar
(C) Parnar
(D) Ilango Adigal
Ans: B
11. Match List – I (Officer) with List – II (Department) and select the correct answer with the help of the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(Officer) (Department)
(a) Sannidhata (i) Incharge of revenue collection
(b) Samaharta (ii)Incharge of commerce department
(c) Pa .nyadhaksa (iii) Incharge of the harem guards
(d) Antarava.msika (iv) Incharge of the treasury
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
(B) (iv) (i) (iii) (ii)
(C) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
(D) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)
Ans: C
12. Match List – I (Ruler) with List – II (Associated person) and select the correct answer with the help of the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(Ruler) (Associated person)
(a) Bimbisara (i) Deimachus
(b) Bindusara (ii) St. Thomas
(c) Ajatasatru (iii) Jivaka
(d) Gondopharnes (iv) Vassakara
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)
(B) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
(C) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
(D) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
Ans: A
13. It is generally accepted that a special feature of the period between 200 B.C. and 300 A.D. is the increase in external trade. Which of the following factors did not assist in the increase?
(A) From a political point of view India had become one.
(B) The Mauryas had constructed various roads and introduced uniform system of administration and this helped in increase in trade.
(C) Indo-Greek rulers helped by establishing close relations with countries of the Mediterranean and West Asia.
(D) The Saka, Parthian and Kuana rulers helped by establishing close ties with Central Asian rulers.
Ans: A
14. Match List – I (Ancient Monument) with List – II (Characteristic feature) and select the correct answer with the help of the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(Ancient Monument) (Characteristic feature)
(a) Sa~nchi Stupa (i) Tallest Buddhist structure
(b) Nalanda (ii) Represents Hindu, Buddhist and Jaina religions
(c) Junnar (iii) Contained the relics of Sariputra and Maudgalyayana
(d) Ellora (iv) Rock-cut Chaityahall with circular plan
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)
(B) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
(C) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
(D) (i) (iv) (iii) (ii)
Ans: A
15. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
(Ruler) (Figure shown on his coin)
(A) Kumaragupta I – Chakrapuru.sa
(B) Kani. ska – Ardokso
(C) Agathocles – Balarama
(D) K. satrapaRajuvula– Pallas
Ans: A
16. Match List – I (Ancient City) with List – II (Modern Representative) and select the correct answer with the help of the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(Ancient City) (Modern Representative)
(a) Dasapura (i) Halebid
(b) Dvarasamudra (ii) Mandsor
(c) Madhyamika (iii) Nagari
(d) Samapa (iv) Jauga. da
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
(B) (i) (iv) (ii) (iii)
(C) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
(D) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
Ans: A
17. Who among the following assumed the title of ‘Dharmamaharaja’ which was justified by the performance of numerous Vedic sacrifices including the Asvamedha?
(A) Pu. syamitra
(B) Sarvatata
(C) Samudragupta
(D) Pravarasena I
Ans: D
18. The seat of third Sangam of Tamil poets was located at
(A) Uraiy–ur
(B) Madura
(C) Tanjoreü
(D) Ka~nchi
Ans: B
19. Which one of the following Indian rulers had donated five villages to a Vihara built at Nalanda by Sailendra King Sri Balaputra?
(A) Kumaragupta I
(B) Harsa
(C) Devapala
(D) Bha. S karavarman
Ans: C
20. The rulers of which dynasty of the Deccan have been described by the Arab writers as the four great sovereigns of the world?
(A) Chalukyas of Vatapi
(B) Chalukyas of Kalya. ni
(C) Mauryas of Ko .nka .n
(D) Ra. s. trakutas of Manyakhe. ta
Ans: D
21. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
(A) Rajasekhara – Viddhasalabhanjika
(B) Sri Har. sa – Nai. SadhiyaCharita
(C) Mahendravarman– Kavirajamarga
(D) Sudraka – Mrichchaka.tikam
Ans: C
22. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): The growth of regional politics in early medieval India was accompanied by the composition of royal biographies by court poets.
Reason (R): Sandhyakaranandin’s Ramacharita is written in slesa style and simultaneously tells the story of the epic hero Rama and the Pala King Ramapala.
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 the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Ans: A
23. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): The Sultans of Delhi managed to consolidate an empire comprising a large part of India with their military power.
Reason (R): The main feature of the Delhi Sultanate was that the sultans based their military power with military elite bound together by Islam and certain tribal affinities.
Read the above statements and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(C) (A) is incorrect, but (R) is true.
(D) (A) is correct, but (R) is false.
Ans: C
24. The first reference of ‘Turkan-i-Chihalgani’ has been made in
(A) Tabqat-i-Nasiri
(B) Futuh-us-Salatin
(C) KitaburRehla
(D) Khazain-ul-Futuh
Ans: B
25. Which Mongol general defeated Alauddin Khalji?
(A) Qadar
(B) Qutlugh Khwaja
(C) Targi
(D) Iqbalmand
Ans: C
26. Diwan-i-Khalsa was responsible to look after the
(A) Land under continuous cultivation
(B) Revenue free land granted as rewards
(C) Land under the direct control of the State
(D) Fallow land
Ans: C
27. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(a) Malgujar (i) Hereditary Muslim aristocrats
(b) Mufti (ii) Local Muslim Association
(c) Anjuman (iii) Muslim learned person expert in religious law
(d) Khanazad (iv) Landholding primary zamindar
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
(B) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
(C) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
(D) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
Ans: A
28. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(a) Hundi (i) Mughal Imperial Order
(b) Dastak (ii) bill of exchange
(c) Sanad (iii) Advance paid to the primary producers
(d) Dadani (iv) Permit issued to the European traders for the purpose of tax exemption
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
(B) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
(C) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
(D) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
Ans: C
29. When did the nine cusped arches was for the first time used in Muslim architecture in India?
(A) Buildings of Sikandar Lodi
(B) Buildings of Sher Shah
(C) Buildings of NurJahan
(D) Buildings of Shah Jahan
Ans: D
30. Who amongst the following commented on the rule of the First Afghan Empire in India that ‘there was an opportunity to establish in India the constitutional monarchy but the dissensions amongst the Afghan nobles let the opportunity pass away’?
(A) K.A. Nizami
(B) Peter Jackson
(C) R.P. Tripathi
(D) John F. Richards
Ans: C
31. Which one of the following statements is not correct about Alauddin Khalji?
(A) He established the department called ‘Diwan-i-Kohi’
(B) ZiyauddinBarni criticizes Alauddin’s taxation policy
(C) Malik Fakhruddin, the Kotwalwas loyal to him
(D) His son Qutbuddin Mubarak Khalji declared himself the ‘Caliph’
Ans: A
32. The title of ‘Mujaddid’ was conferred to which Mughal Emperor by the contemporary historians?
(A) Humayun
(B) Jahangir
(C) Shah Jahan
(D) Aurangzeb
Ans: C
33. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(a) Ramanuja (i) Pushti Marg
(b) Chaitanya (ii) Nirguna Bhakti
(c) Vallabhacharya (iii) Vishitadvaita Philosophy
(d) Nanak (iv) Gaudiya Vaishnavism
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
(B) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
(C) (iv) (ii) (i) (iii)
(D) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
Ans: D
34. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(a) Qadiriya Order (i) Shaikh Badruddin Samarkhandi
(b) Naqsbandiah Order (ii) Shah Abdullah
(c) Firdausi Order (iii) Khwaja Baqi Billah
(d) Shuttari Order (iv) Shah Nayamatullah
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(B) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
(C) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
(D) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
Ans: B
35. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(a) Masand (i) A deputy of the Sikh Guru
(b) Sahajdari (ii) Non-Khalsa Sikhs
(c) Sardeshmukhi (iii) A term for Maratha revenue demand
(d) Dal Khalsa (iv) Sikh religious organization
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(B) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
(C) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
(D) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
Ans: A
36. What new stylistic feature is found in the Tomb of Khan-i-Jahan Telangani built at Delhi under the Sultans of Delhi?
(A) Use of white marble against red sand stone
(B) True Arch
(C) Double Dome
(D) Octagonal in planning
Ans: D
37. Which styles of the Sultanate painting paved the way in the foundation of the Mughal style of painting?
(A) Chaurapanchasika, Laur Chanda and Indo-Persian
(B) Pala, Kashmiri and Laur Chanda
(C) Chaurpanchasika, Kashmiri and Indo-Persian
(D) Indo-Persian, Pala and Kashmiri
Ans: A
38. Consider the following statements and point out the incorrect one:
(A) Babur’s Memoirs provide a flood of light on contemporary affairs.
(B) It exhibits Babur’s interest in nature.
(C) It provides no information about Farghana, Samarqand and Kabul where he spent time.
(D) He throws light on his contemporaries, their good and bad points, including himself.
Ans: C
39. Tulsidas was the author of which book?
(A) Kavitawali
(B) Ramacharitamanas
(C) Gitawali
(D) All of the above
Ans: D
40. Who among the following is considered as the founder of ‘Varkari’ sect?
(A) Eknath
(B) Tukaram
(C) Namdeva
(D) Jnanesvara
Ans: C
41. Consider the following statements in the context of organization of Mughal ruling class during the 17thcentury and select the correct answer from the options given below:
(A) An aspect of the composite ruling class was the steady promotion of a small number of members belonging to the administrative services.
(B) These members were generally drawn from Khatri and Kayastha castes.
(C) A few Brahmins could also be found amongst this ruling class.
(D) All of the above.
Ans: D
42. Which one of the following Mughal painters was a caricaturist?
(A) Basawan
(B) Manohar
(C) Miskin
(D) Abul Hasan
Ans: C
43. Shah Jahan fought the Battle of Kartarpur against
(A) Guru Hargovind Singh
(B) Guru HarKishan
(C) Guru Har Rai
(D) Guru Tegh Bahadur
Ans: A
44. Given below are two statements labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): Recurring peasant revolts in the late 17th and early 18th centuries are believed to have been a major cause of the decline of Mughal Empire.
Reason (R): Regional sentiments against a centralized Mughal State had not been there.
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 the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Ans: B
45. Which one of the following centre was not a Dutch commercial establishment in India?
(A) Masulipatam
(B) Karikal
(C) Hugli
(D) Balasore
Ans: C
46. Name the English Officer who obtained Madras on lease in 1639 from the ruler of Chandragiri.
(A) Sir Thomas Roe
(B) Francis Day
(C) Sir George Oxenden
(D) Sir John Child
Ans: B
47. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists:
List – I List – II
(a) Second Carnatic War (i) Treaty of Paris
(b) Third Anglo- Mysore War (ii) Treaty of Aixha Chapelle
(c) Second Anglo- Maratha War (iii) Treaty of Srirangapatnam
(d) Third Carnatic War (iv) Treaty of Bassein
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
(B) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
(C) (i) (iv) (ii) (iii)
(D) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
Ans: D
48. Which one of the following provisions was not part of the Subsidiary Alliance?
(A) The State has to keep British force under the command of English General.
(B) The State should take prior permission from the Company for waging of war or making peace with another State.
(C) The State should not have relation with any European power except English East India Company.
(D) The State can go for adoption in the case of not having natural heir.
Ans: D
49. Name the Governor General who adopted a policy of the Europeanization of bureaucracy and an exclusion of Indians from higher posts.
(A) Warren Hastings
(B) Cornwallis
(C) Wellesley
(D) Dalhousie
Ans: B
50. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): The British introduced different land revenue tenures in different parts of India.
Reason (R): It led to the impoverishment of Indian peasantry.
In the context of above two statements, which one of the following is correct?
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(B) (A) is correct, but (R) is false.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
Ans: D
List – I List – II
(Archaeological Site) (Identification)
(a) Bagore (i) Chalcolithic site of Madhya Pradesh
(b) Brahmagiri (ii) Megalithic site of Karnataka
(c) Maheshwara (iii) Mesolithic site of Rajasthan
(d) . Tekkalakota (iv) Neolithic site of Karnataka
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)
(B) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
(C) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
(D) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
Ans: B
2. Which proto-historic site has yielded the evidence of threads of raw silk?
(A) Ahar
(B) Inamgaon
(C) Navadatoli
(D) Nevasa
Ans: D
3. Arrange the following Indologists in the chronological order and select the correct answer with the help of the code given below:
(i) William Jones
(ii) Alexander Cunningham
(iii) James Burgess
(iv) James Fergusson
Codes:
(A) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
(B) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
(C) (i) (iv) (iii) (ii)
(D) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
Ans: C
4. Match List – I (Initiator/Writer) with List – II (Journal/Book) and select the correct answer with the help of the code given below:
List – I List – II
(Initiator/Writer) (Journal/Book)
(a) William Jones (i) Indian Antiquary
(b) James Fergusson (ii) The Stupa of Bharhut
(c) Alexander Cunningham (iii) Asiatic Researches
(d) James Burgess (iv) Archaeology in India
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
(B) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
(C) (iv) (ii) (i) (iii)
(D) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)
Ans: A
5. Match List – I (Vedic rivers) with List – II (Present counterparts) and select the correct answer with the help of the code given below:
List – I List – II
(Vedic Rivers) (Present Counterparts)
(a) Vipas (i) Jhelum
(b) Paru.s. ni (ii) Ravi
(c) Vitasta (iii) Beas
(d) Sutudri (iv) Sutlej
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
(B) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
(C) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)
(D) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
Ans: A
6. The BoghazKeui inscription from Asia Minor refers to the following Vedic deities:
(A) Indra, Varu. na, Agni and Surya
(B) Indra, Varu. na, Mitra and Agni
(C) Indra, Mitra, Varu. na and Nasatyas
(D) Indra, Mitra, Dyuas and Nasatyas
Ans: C
7. To which of the following tribes did King Sudasa, described in the. Rig-Veda as having defeated ten Kings, belong?
(A) Anu
(B) Druhyu
(C) Tritsu
(D) Yadu
Ans: C
8. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): The Greek historian Herodotus tells us that ‘India was the twentieth and most prosperous satrapy (province) of the Persian empire’.
Reason (R): By the time of Alexander’s invasion (327-326 B.C.) all the Persian impact on India had become non-existent.
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 the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Ans: C
9. Who had made the following statement?
‘Bhagavapi Khatrioahampikhatrio’ (Bhagawan [Buddha] was a Kshatriya I too am a kshatriya).
(A) Bimbisara
(B) Prasenjit
(C) Ajatasatru
(D) Sisunaga
Ans: C
10. Which one of the following Sangam poets has mentioned about the hoarded wealth of the rulers of the Nanda dynasty?
(A) Avvaiyar
(B) Mamulanar
(C) Parnar
(D) Ilango Adigal
Ans: B
11. Match List – I (Officer) with List – II (Department) and select the correct answer with the help of the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(Officer) (Department)
(a) Sannidhata (i) Incharge of revenue collection
(b) Samaharta (ii)Incharge of commerce department
(c) Pa .nyadhaksa (iii) Incharge of the harem guards
(d) Antarava.msika (iv) Incharge of the treasury
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
(B) (iv) (i) (iii) (ii)
(C) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
(D) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)
Ans: C
12. Match List – I (Ruler) with List – II (Associated person) and select the correct answer with the help of the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(Ruler) (Associated person)
(a) Bimbisara (i) Deimachus
(b) Bindusara (ii) St. Thomas
(c) Ajatasatru (iii) Jivaka
(d) Gondopharnes (iv) Vassakara
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)
(B) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
(C) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
(D) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
Ans: A
13. It is generally accepted that a special feature of the period between 200 B.C. and 300 A.D. is the increase in external trade. Which of the following factors did not assist in the increase?
(A) From a political point of view India had become one.
(B) The Mauryas had constructed various roads and introduced uniform system of administration and this helped in increase in trade.
(C) Indo-Greek rulers helped by establishing close relations with countries of the Mediterranean and West Asia.
(D) The Saka, Parthian and Kuana rulers helped by establishing close ties with Central Asian rulers.
Ans: A
14. Match List – I (Ancient Monument) with List – II (Characteristic feature) and select the correct answer with the help of the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(Ancient Monument) (Characteristic feature)
(a) Sa~nchi Stupa (i) Tallest Buddhist structure
(b) Nalanda (ii) Represents Hindu, Buddhist and Jaina religions
(c) Junnar (iii) Contained the relics of Sariputra and Maudgalyayana
(d) Ellora (iv) Rock-cut Chaityahall with circular plan
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)
(B) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
(C) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
(D) (i) (iv) (iii) (ii)
Ans: A
15. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
(Ruler) (Figure shown on his coin)
(A) Kumaragupta I – Chakrapuru.sa
(B) Kani. ska – Ardokso
(C) Agathocles – Balarama
(D) K. satrapaRajuvula– Pallas
Ans: A
16. Match List – I (Ancient City) with List – II (Modern Representative) and select the correct answer with the help of the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(Ancient City) (Modern Representative)
(a) Dasapura (i) Halebid
(b) Dvarasamudra (ii) Mandsor
(c) Madhyamika (iii) Nagari
(d) Samapa (iv) Jauga. da
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
(B) (i) (iv) (ii) (iii)
(C) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
(D) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
Ans: A
17. Who among the following assumed the title of ‘Dharmamaharaja’ which was justified by the performance of numerous Vedic sacrifices including the Asvamedha?
(A) Pu. syamitra
(B) Sarvatata
(C) Samudragupta
(D) Pravarasena I
Ans: D
18. The seat of third Sangam of Tamil poets was located at
(A) Uraiy–ur
(B) Madura
(C) Tanjoreü
(D) Ka~nchi
Ans: B
19. Which one of the following Indian rulers had donated five villages to a Vihara built at Nalanda by Sailendra King Sri Balaputra?
(A) Kumaragupta I
(B) Harsa
(C) Devapala
(D) Bha. S karavarman
Ans: C
20. The rulers of which dynasty of the Deccan have been described by the Arab writers as the four great sovereigns of the world?
(A) Chalukyas of Vatapi
(B) Chalukyas of Kalya. ni
(C) Mauryas of Ko .nka .n
(D) Ra. s. trakutas of Manyakhe. ta
Ans: D
21. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
(A) Rajasekhara – Viddhasalabhanjika
(B) Sri Har. sa – Nai. SadhiyaCharita
(C) Mahendravarman– Kavirajamarga
(D) Sudraka – Mrichchaka.tikam
Ans: C
22. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): The growth of regional politics in early medieval India was accompanied by the composition of royal biographies by court poets.
Reason (R): Sandhyakaranandin’s Ramacharita is written in slesa style and simultaneously tells the story of the epic hero Rama and the Pala King Ramapala.
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 the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Ans: A
23. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): The Sultans of Delhi managed to consolidate an empire comprising a large part of India with their military power.
Reason (R): The main feature of the Delhi Sultanate was that the sultans based their military power with military elite bound together by Islam and certain tribal affinities.
Read the above statements and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(C) (A) is incorrect, but (R) is true.
(D) (A) is correct, but (R) is false.
Ans: C
24. The first reference of ‘Turkan-i-Chihalgani’ has been made in
(A) Tabqat-i-Nasiri
(B) Futuh-us-Salatin
(C) KitaburRehla
(D) Khazain-ul-Futuh
Ans: B
25. Which Mongol general defeated Alauddin Khalji?
(A) Qadar
(B) Qutlugh Khwaja
(C) Targi
(D) Iqbalmand
Ans: C
26. Diwan-i-Khalsa was responsible to look after the
(A) Land under continuous cultivation
(B) Revenue free land granted as rewards
(C) Land under the direct control of the State
(D) Fallow land
Ans: C
27. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(a) Malgujar (i) Hereditary Muslim aristocrats
(b) Mufti (ii) Local Muslim Association
(c) Anjuman (iii) Muslim learned person expert in religious law
(d) Khanazad (iv) Landholding primary zamindar
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
(B) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
(C) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
(D) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
Ans: A
28. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(a) Hundi (i) Mughal Imperial Order
(b) Dastak (ii) bill of exchange
(c) Sanad (iii) Advance paid to the primary producers
(d) Dadani (iv) Permit issued to the European traders for the purpose of tax exemption
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
(B) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
(C) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
(D) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
Ans: C
29. When did the nine cusped arches was for the first time used in Muslim architecture in India?
(A) Buildings of Sikandar Lodi
(B) Buildings of Sher Shah
(C) Buildings of NurJahan
(D) Buildings of Shah Jahan
Ans: D
30. Who amongst the following commented on the rule of the First Afghan Empire in India that ‘there was an opportunity to establish in India the constitutional monarchy but the dissensions amongst the Afghan nobles let the opportunity pass away’?
(A) K.A. Nizami
(B) Peter Jackson
(C) R.P. Tripathi
(D) John F. Richards
Ans: C
31. Which one of the following statements is not correct about Alauddin Khalji?
(A) He established the department called ‘Diwan-i-Kohi’
(B) ZiyauddinBarni criticizes Alauddin’s taxation policy
(C) Malik Fakhruddin, the Kotwalwas loyal to him
(D) His son Qutbuddin Mubarak Khalji declared himself the ‘Caliph’
Ans: A
32. The title of ‘Mujaddid’ was conferred to which Mughal Emperor by the contemporary historians?
(A) Humayun
(B) Jahangir
(C) Shah Jahan
(D) Aurangzeb
Ans: C
33. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(a) Ramanuja (i) Pushti Marg
(b) Chaitanya (ii) Nirguna Bhakti
(c) Vallabhacharya (iii) Vishitadvaita Philosophy
(d) Nanak (iv) Gaudiya Vaishnavism
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
(B) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
(C) (iv) (ii) (i) (iii)
(D) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
Ans: D
34. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(a) Qadiriya Order (i) Shaikh Badruddin Samarkhandi
(b) Naqsbandiah Order (ii) Shah Abdullah
(c) Firdausi Order (iii) Khwaja Baqi Billah
(d) Shuttari Order (iv) Shah Nayamatullah
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(B) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
(C) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
(D) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
Ans: B
35. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(a) Masand (i) A deputy of the Sikh Guru
(b) Sahajdari (ii) Non-Khalsa Sikhs
(c) Sardeshmukhi (iii) A term for Maratha revenue demand
(d) Dal Khalsa (iv) Sikh religious organization
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(B) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
(C) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
(D) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
Ans: A
36. What new stylistic feature is found in the Tomb of Khan-i-Jahan Telangani built at Delhi under the Sultans of Delhi?
(A) Use of white marble against red sand stone
(B) True Arch
(C) Double Dome
(D) Octagonal in planning
Ans: D
37. Which styles of the Sultanate painting paved the way in the foundation of the Mughal style of painting?
(A) Chaurapanchasika, Laur Chanda and Indo-Persian
(B) Pala, Kashmiri and Laur Chanda
(C) Chaurpanchasika, Kashmiri and Indo-Persian
(D) Indo-Persian, Pala and Kashmiri
Ans: A
38. Consider the following statements and point out the incorrect one:
(A) Babur’s Memoirs provide a flood of light on contemporary affairs.
(B) It exhibits Babur’s interest in nature.
(C) It provides no information about Farghana, Samarqand and Kabul where he spent time.
(D) He throws light on his contemporaries, their good and bad points, including himself.
Ans: C
39. Tulsidas was the author of which book?
(A) Kavitawali
(B) Ramacharitamanas
(C) Gitawali
(D) All of the above
Ans: D
40. Who among the following is considered as the founder of ‘Varkari’ sect?
(A) Eknath
(B) Tukaram
(C) Namdeva
(D) Jnanesvara
Ans: C
41. Consider the following statements in the context of organization of Mughal ruling class during the 17thcentury and select the correct answer from the options given below:
(A) An aspect of the composite ruling class was the steady promotion of a small number of members belonging to the administrative services.
(B) These members were generally drawn from Khatri and Kayastha castes.
(C) A few Brahmins could also be found amongst this ruling class.
(D) All of the above.
Ans: D
42. Which one of the following Mughal painters was a caricaturist?
(A) Basawan
(B) Manohar
(C) Miskin
(D) Abul Hasan
Ans: C
43. Shah Jahan fought the Battle of Kartarpur against
(A) Guru Hargovind Singh
(B) Guru HarKishan
(C) Guru Har Rai
(D) Guru Tegh Bahadur
Ans: A
44. Given below are two statements labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): Recurring peasant revolts in the late 17th and early 18th centuries are believed to have been a major cause of the decline of Mughal Empire.
Reason (R): Regional sentiments against a centralized Mughal State had not been there.
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 the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Ans: B
45. Which one of the following centre was not a Dutch commercial establishment in India?
(A) Masulipatam
(B) Karikal
(C) Hugli
(D) Balasore
Ans: C
46. Name the English Officer who obtained Madras on lease in 1639 from the ruler of Chandragiri.
(A) Sir Thomas Roe
(B) Francis Day
(C) Sir George Oxenden
(D) Sir John Child
Ans: B
47. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists:
List – I List – II
(a) Second Carnatic War (i) Treaty of Paris
(b) Third Anglo- Mysore War (ii) Treaty of Aixha Chapelle
(c) Second Anglo- Maratha War (iii) Treaty of Srirangapatnam
(d) Third Carnatic War (iv) Treaty of Bassein
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
(B) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
(C) (i) (iv) (ii) (iii)
(D) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
Ans: D
48. Which one of the following provisions was not part of the Subsidiary Alliance?
(A) The State has to keep British force under the command of English General.
(B) The State should take prior permission from the Company for waging of war or making peace with another State.
(C) The State should not have relation with any European power except English East India Company.
(D) The State can go for adoption in the case of not having natural heir.
Ans: D
49. Name the Governor General who adopted a policy of the Europeanization of bureaucracy and an exclusion of Indians from higher posts.
(A) Warren Hastings
(B) Cornwallis
(C) Wellesley
(D) Dalhousie
Ans: B
50. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): The British introduced different land revenue tenures in different parts of India.
Reason (R): It led to the impoverishment of Indian peasantry.
In the context of above two statements, which one of the following is correct?
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(B) (A) is correct, but (R) is false.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
Ans: D
51. Who said, “Imparting education to natives is our moral duty”?
(A) Warren Hastings
(B) Wellesly
(C) William Bentinck
(D) Lord Moira
Ans: D
52. After 1833 the single biggest source of drain of Indian wealth to Britain was
(A) Export of opium
(B) Export of indigo
(C) British capital investment in India
(D) Export of cotton
Ans: C
53. Which of the following is not one of the causes responsible for the rise of moneylenders in British India?
(A) New Revenue Policy
(B) New Legal System
(C) New Educational System
(D) Commercialization of Agriculture
Ans: C
54. What was the common feature between the Wahabi and Kuka movements?
(A) Both began as religious movement, but drifted to become political movement.
(B) Both were political and economic movement.
(C) Both followed the path of Ahinsa.
(D) Both not suffered from certain weaknesses, such as communal passions, fanaticism and division with ranks.
Ans: A
55. Who of the following was the biographer of Raja Rammohan Roy?
(A) Armstrong
(B) Mary Carpenter
(C) David Havel
(D) Lawrence
Ans: B
56. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
(A) Marco Polo - Portuguese
(B) Pietro Della Valle - Italian
(C) William Hawkins - English
(D) Francois Bernier - French
Ans: A
57. Which one of the following terms denotes money changers?
(A) Ijardars
(B) Patels
(C) Sarrafs
(D) Wajhdars
Ans: C
58. Which of the Mughal emperors disapproved of old women taking young husbands and said that “this goes against all modesty”?
(A) Babur
(B) Akbar
(C) Jahangir
(D) Aurangzeb
Ans: B
59. In which of his works, prince Dara Shikoh compares Islamic sufi concepts with the Hindu philosophical outlook?
(A) Sakinat-ul Auliya
(B) Qawaid-i-Sultanate-i-Shah Jahan
(C) Majma-ul- Bahrain
(D) Shahnama-i-Munawwar Kalam
Ans: C
60. In the context of the conquest of Gujarat and Malwa by the Marathas, which one of the following statements is correct?
(A) The Maratha claim of chauth and sardeshmukhi was formalized in Gujarat and Malwa.
(B) Subsequently the Maratha claim for chauth and sardeshmukhi was substituted by a demand for the cessation of territory.
(C) The provinces were divided into spheres of influence among the Maratha Sardars.
(D) All of the above.
Ans: D
61. The French East India Company was formed for trading with India under the patronage of:
(A) Louis XIII
(B) Louis XIV
(C) Louis XV
(D) Louis XVI
Ans: B
62. Who made the following statement after the battle of plassy? “Britain must secure the prosperity of India’s people before seeking any gain itself. Britain’s right to rule India, so its leaders argued, could be made legitimate, but only through just governance.”
(A) Warren Hastings
(B) Edmund Burke
(C) Robert Clive
(D) Cornwallis
Ans: B
63. Brahmo Samaj has not adopted one of the following as the part of social reform:
(A) Spread of modern education
(B) Infallibility of the vedas
(C) Opposition to idolatery
(D) Rational ethics
Ans: B
64. In 1837, Lord Auckland sent Alexander Burnes as an English Ambassador to:
(A) Baluchistan
(B) Sindh
(C) Kabul
(D) Kandhar
Ans: C
65. The censorship of the Press Act was passed in
(A) 1773
(B) 1774
(C) 1793
(D) 1799
Ans: D
66. One of the following organisations was not associated with National Education Movement in the early twentieth century.
(A) Bhagabat Chatuspadi of Satischandra Mukherjee
(B) The Saraswat Ayatan of Brahma Bandopadhyay
(C) Santiniketan Ashram of Rabindranath Tagore
(D) Anushilan Samiti of Barindra Kumar Ghosh
Ans: D
67. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): British contemplated different strategies in India. At no time was the British vision of India ever informed by a single coherent set of ideas.
Reason (R): Despite an enduring commitment to the production of knowledge about India, the British made little effort at any time to construct a consistent ideology for their imperial enterprise.
Read the above statements and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) (A) is correct, but (R) is false.
(B) (A) is incorrect, but (R) is correct.
(C) Both are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(D) Both are correct and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
Ans: C
68. Who became the trend-setter of Modern Telugu literature?
(A) Rao Bahadur Veeresa Lingam Pentulu
(B) Nanduri Venkata Subbarao
(C) Kokkanda Venkataratnam Pentulu
(D) Garimella Satyanarayana
Ans: A
69. On which post Dadabhai Naoroji was appointed in the Baroda State?
(A) Treasurer
(B) Minister
(C) Dewan
(D) Collector
Ans: C
70. Mrs. Annie Besant leader of the Theosophical Society of India was
(A) An English Lady
(B) An American Lady
(C) A European Lady
(D) An Irish Lady
Ans: D
71. The Preservation of Ancient Monuments Act was passed during the time of
(A) Lord Curzon
(B) Elgin II
(C) Lord Lytton
(D) Lord Ripon
Ans: A
72. Match the List – I the annual sessions of Indian National Congress with List – II its President in that session:
List – I List – II
(a) Lucknow Session of 1916 (i) Hakim Ajmal Khan
(b) Delhi Session of 1918 (ii) C.R. Das
(c) Ahmedabad Session of 1920 (iii)Madan Mohan Malaviya
(d) Gaya Session of 1922 (iv) Ambika Charan Mazumdar
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
(B) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
(C) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
(D) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
Ans: A
73. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Montagu-Chelmsford reforms in 1919 totally disregarded the Lucknow pact.
Reason (R): The defeat of Turkey created the spectre of ‘Islam in danger’ and started Khilafat movement to mobilise mass support for muslim leadership.
Read the above statements and select the correct answers from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) (A) is correct, but (R) is false.
(B) (A) is incorrect, but (R) is correct.
(C) Both are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(D) Both are correct and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
Ans: A
74. In which year Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru were hanged?
(A) 1929
(B) 1930
(C) 1931
(D) 1935
Ans: C
75. Feeling of bias is increasing in the historians of the present day because of
(A) Increasing communalism in writing
(B) Narrow interpretations of datas
(C) Regionalism and prejudices in writing
(D) All the above are correct
Ans: D
76. Who among the following stated that “Bad history is not harmless history? It is dangerous. The sentences typed on apparently innocuous keyboards may be sentences of death”?
(A) E.H. Carr
(B) Eric Hobsbawm
(C) R.G. Collingwood
(D) Marc Bloch
Ans: B
77. Who among the following observed that “the subject matter of history is not a general fact, such as revolution, custom or a culture, nor is it a particular fact such as a war or a great personality, but it is thought.”?
(A) E.H. Carr
(B) R.G. Collingwood
(C) Lord Acton
(D) Ernest Bernheim
Ans: B
78. Who among the following does not belong to the school of subaltern historiography?
(A) Ranjit Guha
(B) David Arnold
(C) Bipin Chandra
(D) Gyan Pandey
Ans: C
79. The only country which welcomed India’s status as a member of nuclear club in 1974 was:
(A) Germany
(B) France
(C) Canada
(D) UK
Ans: B
80. Which of the following characteristics of commonwealth is not correct?
(A) The commonwealth is neither a federation nor a confederation.
(B) The voluntary character of the commonwealth is proved by the right of the nations to secede.
(C) It has a recognised constitutional organisation.
(D) There is no central authority and division of power among the members.
Ans: C
81. Match the List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
a. Kuka Revolt in the Punjab i. 1861
b. Deposition of the Gaikwad of Baroda ii. 1869
c. Opening of Suez Canal iii. 1872
d. Indian High Courts Act iv. 1875
Codes:
a b c d
(A) ii iii i iv
(B) iii iv ii i
(C) iii ii i iv
(D) iv i iii ii
Ans: B
82. The Muslim peasants of Malabar were known as:
(A) Kukis
(B) Jaintia
(C) Moplahs
(D) Wahabis
Ans: C
83. One of the following was not a revolutionary leader during the freedom movement:
(A) Lala Haradayal
(B) Birendrakumar Ghosh
(C) Satyendranath Bose
(D) Lal Mohan Ghosh
Ans: D
84. Match the List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
a. Kandukuri Veeresalingam i. History of Indian National Congress
b. Madapati Hanumantha Rao ii. Andhra Patrika
c. Kasinathuni Nageswar Rao iii. Vivekavardhani
d. Pattabhi Seetaramaiah iv. Telanganaloo Andhrodyamam
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iii iv ii i
(B) ii iii i iv
(C) iv i ii iii
(D) i ii iii iv
Ans: A
85. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Colonial government considered Gandhi as a spent force politically after 1924.
Reason (R): After 1924 Gandhi remained aloof from direct politics and concentrated on constructive programme and congress itself got divided between ‘no changers’ and ‘pro-changers’.
Read the above statements and select the correct answers from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) (A) is correct, but (R) is false.
(B) (A) is incorrect, but (R) is correct.
(C) Both are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(D) Both are correct and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
Ans: C
86. The words ‘Satyameva Jayate’ in the State emblem has been taken from
(A) Mundaka Upanishad
(B) Svetasvatara Upanishad
(C) Isa Upanishad
(D) Chandogya Upanishad
Ans: A
87. The Fergusson College at Pune was founded in 1885 by:
(A) The Social Service League
(B) The Servants of India Society
(C) The Deccan Education Society
(D) Poona Sarvajanic Sabha
Ans: C
88. Match the List – I (Regions) with List – II (Annexations) and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
a. Punjab i. 1848
b. Satara ii. 1801
c. Ceded districts iii. 1856
d. Awadh iv. 1849
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iv i ii iii
(B) i iii iv ii
(C) ii iv iii i
(D) iii ii i iv
Ans: A
89. Whom Gandhiji selected as the first satyagrahi to launch the individual satyagraha in October 1940?
(A) Vallabhbhai Patel
(B) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
(C) Sarojini Naidu
(D) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Ans: D
90. The command of Indian National Army was given to Subhash Chandra Bose in:
(A) 1941
(B) 1942
(C) 1943
(D) 1944
Ans: C
91. From the genesis of Indian National Congress to India’s independence (1885-1947) which leader amongst the following held the post of its President for the longest period?
(A) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(B) Jawaharlal Nehru
(C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(D) W.C. Bannerjee
Ans: A
92. India took a very strong anti-west stand during which one of the following?
(A) Non-Alignment Movement
(B) Suez Canal Crisis
(C) Annexation of French territories in India
(D) Belgrade Summit
Ans: B
93. Which leader among the following said Kashmir acceded to the Indian Union because of economic need?
(A) Hari Singh
(B) Shaikh Abdullah
(C) Mehar Chand Mahajan
(D) Jawaharlal Nehru
Ans: B
94. The first amendment to Indian Constitution (1951) was enacted to confer power on the States
(A) To place responsible restrictions on freedom of expression.
(B) To adopt Hindu Succession Bill.
(C) To abolish zamindari system
(D) None of the above
Ans: A
95. Which one of the following books is not authored by R.S. Sharma?
(A) Sudras in Ancient India
(B) Urban decay in India
(C) From Lineage to State
(D) Material Culture and Social Formation in Ancient India
Ans: C
96. Which one of the following statements is incorrect concerning historical objectivity?
(A) Historical objectivity is not linked up with value judgement.
(B) It means dispassionate and scientific treatment of all the events narrated by the historian.
(C) Historical objectivity is conditional to the nature and selection of events and the personality of the historian who functions under limitation.
(D) Ideological differences often prevent the historian from attaining historical objectivity.
Ans: A
97. Concerning post-modernist theory which one of the following is incorrect?
(A) The post-modernist contentions are as arbitrary in their ascription of meaning as the text of the historians who use them.
(B) When language is said to be an infinite play of meanings, anything written becomes a mere arrangement of words a discourse.
(C) The post-modern linguistic turn cuts the very ground on which historical studies stand.
(D) Hostility to history is not a marked character of post-modernist thought.
Ans: D
98. Which one of the following statements is correct concerning the Mughal theory of kingship?
(A) The Mughal theory of kingship was an admixture of Turkish, Mongol and Islamic ideals.
(B) There was a conceptual change in the theory of kingship advocated by the Delhi sultans and the Mughals.
(C) The Mughal theory of kingship evolved gradually and obtained final shape during the reign of Akbar.
(D) All of the above.
Ans: D
99. Who among the following is not associated with the Utopian Socialists?
(A) Saint Simon
(B) Charles Fourier
(C) Friedrich Engels
(D) Robert Owen
Ans: C
100. Which one of the following objectives relates to Indian foreign policy initiatives?
(A) Preservation of world-peace
(B) Extension of human freedom
(C) Opposition to colonialism and racialism
(D) All of the above
Ans: D
(A) Warren Hastings
(B) Wellesly
(C) William Bentinck
(D) Lord Moira
Ans: D
52. After 1833 the single biggest source of drain of Indian wealth to Britain was
(A) Export of opium
(B) Export of indigo
(C) British capital investment in India
(D) Export of cotton
Ans: C
53. Which of the following is not one of the causes responsible for the rise of moneylenders in British India?
(A) New Revenue Policy
(B) New Legal System
(C) New Educational System
(D) Commercialization of Agriculture
Ans: C
54. What was the common feature between the Wahabi and Kuka movements?
(A) Both began as religious movement, but drifted to become political movement.
(B) Both were political and economic movement.
(C) Both followed the path of Ahinsa.
(D) Both not suffered from certain weaknesses, such as communal passions, fanaticism and division with ranks.
Ans: A
55. Who of the following was the biographer of Raja Rammohan Roy?
(A) Armstrong
(B) Mary Carpenter
(C) David Havel
(D) Lawrence
Ans: B
56. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
(A) Marco Polo - Portuguese
(B) Pietro Della Valle - Italian
(C) William Hawkins - English
(D) Francois Bernier - French
Ans: A
57. Which one of the following terms denotes money changers?
(A) Ijardars
(B) Patels
(C) Sarrafs
(D) Wajhdars
Ans: C
58. Which of the Mughal emperors disapproved of old women taking young husbands and said that “this goes against all modesty”?
(A) Babur
(B) Akbar
(C) Jahangir
(D) Aurangzeb
Ans: B
59. In which of his works, prince Dara Shikoh compares Islamic sufi concepts with the Hindu philosophical outlook?
(A) Sakinat-ul Auliya
(B) Qawaid-i-Sultanate-i-Shah Jahan
(C) Majma-ul- Bahrain
(D) Shahnama-i-Munawwar Kalam
Ans: C
60. In the context of the conquest of Gujarat and Malwa by the Marathas, which one of the following statements is correct?
(A) The Maratha claim of chauth and sardeshmukhi was formalized in Gujarat and Malwa.
(B) Subsequently the Maratha claim for chauth and sardeshmukhi was substituted by a demand for the cessation of territory.
(C) The provinces were divided into spheres of influence among the Maratha Sardars.
(D) All of the above.
Ans: D
61. The French East India Company was formed for trading with India under the patronage of:
(A) Louis XIII
(B) Louis XIV
(C) Louis XV
(D) Louis XVI
Ans: B
62. Who made the following statement after the battle of plassy? “Britain must secure the prosperity of India’s people before seeking any gain itself. Britain’s right to rule India, so its leaders argued, could be made legitimate, but only through just governance.”
(A) Warren Hastings
(B) Edmund Burke
(C) Robert Clive
(D) Cornwallis
Ans: B
63. Brahmo Samaj has not adopted one of the following as the part of social reform:
(A) Spread of modern education
(B) Infallibility of the vedas
(C) Opposition to idolatery
(D) Rational ethics
Ans: B
64. In 1837, Lord Auckland sent Alexander Burnes as an English Ambassador to:
(A) Baluchistan
(B) Sindh
(C) Kabul
(D) Kandhar
Ans: C
65. The censorship of the Press Act was passed in
(A) 1773
(B) 1774
(C) 1793
(D) 1799
Ans: D
66. One of the following organisations was not associated with National Education Movement in the early twentieth century.
(A) Bhagabat Chatuspadi of Satischandra Mukherjee
(B) The Saraswat Ayatan of Brahma Bandopadhyay
(C) Santiniketan Ashram of Rabindranath Tagore
(D) Anushilan Samiti of Barindra Kumar Ghosh
Ans: D
67. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): British contemplated different strategies in India. At no time was the British vision of India ever informed by a single coherent set of ideas.
Reason (R): Despite an enduring commitment to the production of knowledge about India, the British made little effort at any time to construct a consistent ideology for their imperial enterprise.
Read the above statements and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) (A) is correct, but (R) is false.
(B) (A) is incorrect, but (R) is correct.
(C) Both are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(D) Both are correct and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
Ans: C
68. Who became the trend-setter of Modern Telugu literature?
(A) Rao Bahadur Veeresa Lingam Pentulu
(B) Nanduri Venkata Subbarao
(C) Kokkanda Venkataratnam Pentulu
(D) Garimella Satyanarayana
Ans: A
69. On which post Dadabhai Naoroji was appointed in the Baroda State?
(A) Treasurer
(B) Minister
(C) Dewan
(D) Collector
Ans: C
70. Mrs. Annie Besant leader of the Theosophical Society of India was
(A) An English Lady
(B) An American Lady
(C) A European Lady
(D) An Irish Lady
Ans: D
71. The Preservation of Ancient Monuments Act was passed during the time of
(A) Lord Curzon
(B) Elgin II
(C) Lord Lytton
(D) Lord Ripon
Ans: A
72. Match the List – I the annual sessions of Indian National Congress with List – II its President in that session:
List – I List – II
(a) Lucknow Session of 1916 (i) Hakim Ajmal Khan
(b) Delhi Session of 1918 (ii) C.R. Das
(c) Ahmedabad Session of 1920 (iii)Madan Mohan Malaviya
(d) Gaya Session of 1922 (iv) Ambika Charan Mazumdar
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
(B) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
(C) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
(D) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
Ans: A
73. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Montagu-Chelmsford reforms in 1919 totally disregarded the Lucknow pact.
Reason (R): The defeat of Turkey created the spectre of ‘Islam in danger’ and started Khilafat movement to mobilise mass support for muslim leadership.
Read the above statements and select the correct answers from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) (A) is correct, but (R) is false.
(B) (A) is incorrect, but (R) is correct.
(C) Both are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(D) Both are correct and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
Ans: A
74. In which year Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru were hanged?
(A) 1929
(B) 1930
(C) 1931
(D) 1935
Ans: C
75. Feeling of bias is increasing in the historians of the present day because of
(A) Increasing communalism in writing
(B) Narrow interpretations of datas
(C) Regionalism and prejudices in writing
(D) All the above are correct
Ans: D
76. Who among the following stated that “Bad history is not harmless history? It is dangerous. The sentences typed on apparently innocuous keyboards may be sentences of death”?
(A) E.H. Carr
(B) Eric Hobsbawm
(C) R.G. Collingwood
(D) Marc Bloch
Ans: B
77. Who among the following observed that “the subject matter of history is not a general fact, such as revolution, custom or a culture, nor is it a particular fact such as a war or a great personality, but it is thought.”?
(A) E.H. Carr
(B) R.G. Collingwood
(C) Lord Acton
(D) Ernest Bernheim
Ans: B
78. Who among the following does not belong to the school of subaltern historiography?
(A) Ranjit Guha
(B) David Arnold
(C) Bipin Chandra
(D) Gyan Pandey
Ans: C
79. The only country which welcomed India’s status as a member of nuclear club in 1974 was:
(A) Germany
(B) France
(C) Canada
(D) UK
Ans: B
80. Which of the following characteristics of commonwealth is not correct?
(A) The commonwealth is neither a federation nor a confederation.
(B) The voluntary character of the commonwealth is proved by the right of the nations to secede.
(C) It has a recognised constitutional organisation.
(D) There is no central authority and division of power among the members.
Ans: C
81. Match the List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
a. Kuka Revolt in the Punjab i. 1861
b. Deposition of the Gaikwad of Baroda ii. 1869
c. Opening of Suez Canal iii. 1872
d. Indian High Courts Act iv. 1875
Codes:
a b c d
(A) ii iii i iv
(B) iii iv ii i
(C) iii ii i iv
(D) iv i iii ii
Ans: B
82. The Muslim peasants of Malabar were known as:
(A) Kukis
(B) Jaintia
(C) Moplahs
(D) Wahabis
Ans: C
83. One of the following was not a revolutionary leader during the freedom movement:
(A) Lala Haradayal
(B) Birendrakumar Ghosh
(C) Satyendranath Bose
(D) Lal Mohan Ghosh
Ans: D
84. Match the List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
a. Kandukuri Veeresalingam i. History of Indian National Congress
b. Madapati Hanumantha Rao ii. Andhra Patrika
c. Kasinathuni Nageswar Rao iii. Vivekavardhani
d. Pattabhi Seetaramaiah iv. Telanganaloo Andhrodyamam
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iii iv ii i
(B) ii iii i iv
(C) iv i ii iii
(D) i ii iii iv
Ans: A
85. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Colonial government considered Gandhi as a spent force politically after 1924.
Reason (R): After 1924 Gandhi remained aloof from direct politics and concentrated on constructive programme and congress itself got divided between ‘no changers’ and ‘pro-changers’.
Read the above statements and select the correct answers from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) (A) is correct, but (R) is false.
(B) (A) is incorrect, but (R) is correct.
(C) Both are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(D) Both are correct and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
Ans: C
86. The words ‘Satyameva Jayate’ in the State emblem has been taken from
(A) Mundaka Upanishad
(B) Svetasvatara Upanishad
(C) Isa Upanishad
(D) Chandogya Upanishad
Ans: A
87. The Fergusson College at Pune was founded in 1885 by:
(A) The Social Service League
(B) The Servants of India Society
(C) The Deccan Education Society
(D) Poona Sarvajanic Sabha
Ans: C
88. Match the List – I (Regions) with List – II (Annexations) and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
a. Punjab i. 1848
b. Satara ii. 1801
c. Ceded districts iii. 1856
d. Awadh iv. 1849
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iv i ii iii
(B) i iii iv ii
(C) ii iv iii i
(D) iii ii i iv
Ans: A
89. Whom Gandhiji selected as the first satyagrahi to launch the individual satyagraha in October 1940?
(A) Vallabhbhai Patel
(B) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
(C) Sarojini Naidu
(D) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Ans: D
90. The command of Indian National Army was given to Subhash Chandra Bose in:
(A) 1941
(B) 1942
(C) 1943
(D) 1944
Ans: C
91. From the genesis of Indian National Congress to India’s independence (1885-1947) which leader amongst the following held the post of its President for the longest period?
(A) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(B) Jawaharlal Nehru
(C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(D) W.C. Bannerjee
Ans: A
92. India took a very strong anti-west stand during which one of the following?
(A) Non-Alignment Movement
(B) Suez Canal Crisis
(C) Annexation of French territories in India
(D) Belgrade Summit
Ans: B
93. Which leader among the following said Kashmir acceded to the Indian Union because of economic need?
(A) Hari Singh
(B) Shaikh Abdullah
(C) Mehar Chand Mahajan
(D) Jawaharlal Nehru
Ans: B
94. The first amendment to Indian Constitution (1951) was enacted to confer power on the States
(A) To place responsible restrictions on freedom of expression.
(B) To adopt Hindu Succession Bill.
(C) To abolish zamindari system
(D) None of the above
Ans: A
95. Which one of the following books is not authored by R.S. Sharma?
(A) Sudras in Ancient India
(B) Urban decay in India
(C) From Lineage to State
(D) Material Culture and Social Formation in Ancient India
Ans: C
96. Which one of the following statements is incorrect concerning historical objectivity?
(A) Historical objectivity is not linked up with value judgement.
(B) It means dispassionate and scientific treatment of all the events narrated by the historian.
(C) Historical objectivity is conditional to the nature and selection of events and the personality of the historian who functions under limitation.
(D) Ideological differences often prevent the historian from attaining historical objectivity.
Ans: A
97. Concerning post-modernist theory which one of the following is incorrect?
(A) The post-modernist contentions are as arbitrary in their ascription of meaning as the text of the historians who use them.
(B) When language is said to be an infinite play of meanings, anything written becomes a mere arrangement of words a discourse.
(C) The post-modern linguistic turn cuts the very ground on which historical studies stand.
(D) Hostility to history is not a marked character of post-modernist thought.
Ans: D
98. Which one of the following statements is correct concerning the Mughal theory of kingship?
(A) The Mughal theory of kingship was an admixture of Turkish, Mongol and Islamic ideals.
(B) There was a conceptual change in the theory of kingship advocated by the Delhi sultans and the Mughals.
(C) The Mughal theory of kingship evolved gradually and obtained final shape during the reign of Akbar.
(D) All of the above.
Ans: D
99. Who among the following is not associated with the Utopian Socialists?
(A) Saint Simon
(B) Charles Fourier
(C) Friedrich Engels
(D) Robert Owen
Ans: C
100. Which one of the following objectives relates to Indian foreign policy initiatives?
(A) Preservation of world-peace
(B) Extension of human freedom
(C) Opposition to colonialism and racialism
(D) All of the above
Ans: D
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