INDIAN HISTORY - PAGE 4
1. “Forget not that the lower classes, the ignorant, the poor, the illiterate, the cobbler, the sweeper are thy flesh and blood, thy brothers” – These words are related to
(A) Jyotiba Phule
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) B.R. Ambedkar
(D) Swami Vivekananda
Ans: D
2. “The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was not one movement …. it was many” – The above statement has been made by
(A) S.N. Sen
(B) R.C. Majumdar
(C) C.A. Bayly
(D) Eric Stokes
Ans: C
3. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists :
List – I List – II
(a) Narayan Guru (i) Rising Sun
(b) Tripuraneni Ramaswamy Choudary (ii) Jati Mimamsa
(c) Venkataraylu Naidu (iii) Shambuka Vadha
(d) Sridharula Naidu (iv) Veda Samaj
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
(B) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
(C) (i) (iv) (iii) (ii)
(D) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
Ans: B
4. Select the correct answer from the codes given below about the chronological sequence of the movements :
(i) Kuka Movement
(ii) Wahabi Movement
(iii) Mundas Revolt
(iv) Moplah Peasant Revolt
Codes :
(A) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
(B) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
(C) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
(D) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
Ans: A
(A) Jyotiba Phule
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) B.R. Ambedkar
(D) Swami Vivekananda
Ans: D
2. “The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was not one movement …. it was many” – The above statement has been made by
(A) S.N. Sen
(B) R.C. Majumdar
(C) C.A. Bayly
(D) Eric Stokes
Ans: C
3. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists :
List – I List – II
(a) Narayan Guru (i) Rising Sun
(b) Tripuraneni Ramaswamy Choudary (ii) Jati Mimamsa
(c) Venkataraylu Naidu (iii) Shambuka Vadha
(d) Sridharula Naidu (iv) Veda Samaj
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
(B) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
(C) (i) (iv) (iii) (ii)
(D) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
Ans: B
4. Select the correct answer from the codes given below about the chronological sequence of the movements :
(i) Kuka Movement
(ii) Wahabi Movement
(iii) Mundas Revolt
(iv) Moplah Peasant Revolt
Codes :
(A) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
(B) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
(C) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
(D) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
Ans: A
5. Select the correct answer from the codes given below about the chronological sequence of the Act passed :
(i) Brahmo Marriage Act
(ii) Sarada Act
(iii) Hindu Widow’s Re-marriage Act
(iv) Age of Consent Bill
Codes :
(A) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)
(B) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
(C) (iv) (i) (iii) (ii)
(D) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)
Ans: D
6. One of the following Congress leaders did not preside any Session of the Indian National Congress :
(A) Surendranath Bannerjee
(B) Gopala Krishna Gokhale
(C) Bala Gangadhar Tilak
(D) Mahatma Gandhi
Ans: C
7. The first Swadeshi dacoity or robbery was organised in the year 1906 in
(A) Maniktala
(B) Rangapur
(C) Muzaffarpur
(D) Midnapur
Ans: B
8. Who was called ‘Morning Star’ of Reformation ?
(A) Martin Luther
(B) John Calvin
(C) Zwingli
(D) John Wycliffe
Ans: D
9. Who used the word ‘Cold War’ first ?
(A) Winston Churchill
(B) Bernard Baruch
(C) Marshal
(D) Stressman
Ans: A
10. ‘Pure Blood Aryan theory’ is related to
(A) Fascism
(B) Nihalism
(C) Syndicalism
(D) Nazism
Ans: D
11. What position Nelson Mandela occupied in the African National Congress at the time of his release from jail after 26 years in 1990 ?
(A) President
(B) Vice-President
(C) Secretary
(D) Advisor
Ans: B
12. What was Marshal Plan ?
(A) Control of European powers by military power.
(B) To spread of American Dictatorship in Europe.
(C) Economic package of USA to control Communism.
(D) American Continent is meant for Americans only.
Ans: C
13. A concrete outcome of the Wavell Plan was the
(A) Constitution of the Constituent Assembly
(B) Complete independence for India gradually
(C) Hold a Referendum in the North-West Province
(D) Summoning of the Shimla Conference
Ans: D
14. Which one of the following Committees was appointed by the UPSC in 1974 to go into the issue of recruitment and selection methods ?
(A) Bhagwati Committee
(B) D.S. Kothari Committee
(C) A.D. Gorwala Committee
(D) Santhanam Committee
Ans: B
15. Who among the following explicitly states that “History bases all its conclusions on rational evidence” ?
(A) Herodotus
(B) Thucydides
(C) Polybious
(D) Tacitus
Ans: B
16. Which one of the following work was not authored by Leopol von Ranke ?
(A) History of Rome
(B) History of France
(C) History of the Popes
(D) German History at the time of Reformation
Ans: A
(i) Brahmo Marriage Act
(ii) Sarada Act
(iii) Hindu Widow’s Re-marriage Act
(iv) Age of Consent Bill
Codes :
(A) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)
(B) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
(C) (iv) (i) (iii) (ii)
(D) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)
Ans: D
6. One of the following Congress leaders did not preside any Session of the Indian National Congress :
(A) Surendranath Bannerjee
(B) Gopala Krishna Gokhale
(C) Bala Gangadhar Tilak
(D) Mahatma Gandhi
Ans: C
7. The first Swadeshi dacoity or robbery was organised in the year 1906 in
(A) Maniktala
(B) Rangapur
(C) Muzaffarpur
(D) Midnapur
Ans: B
8. Who was called ‘Morning Star’ of Reformation ?
(A) Martin Luther
(B) John Calvin
(C) Zwingli
(D) John Wycliffe
Ans: D
9. Who used the word ‘Cold War’ first ?
(A) Winston Churchill
(B) Bernard Baruch
(C) Marshal
(D) Stressman
Ans: A
10. ‘Pure Blood Aryan theory’ is related to
(A) Fascism
(B) Nihalism
(C) Syndicalism
(D) Nazism
Ans: D
11. What position Nelson Mandela occupied in the African National Congress at the time of his release from jail after 26 years in 1990 ?
(A) President
(B) Vice-President
(C) Secretary
(D) Advisor
Ans: B
12. What was Marshal Plan ?
(A) Control of European powers by military power.
(B) To spread of American Dictatorship in Europe.
(C) Economic package of USA to control Communism.
(D) American Continent is meant for Americans only.
Ans: C
13. A concrete outcome of the Wavell Plan was the
(A) Constitution of the Constituent Assembly
(B) Complete independence for India gradually
(C) Hold a Referendum in the North-West Province
(D) Summoning of the Shimla Conference
Ans: D
14. Which one of the following Committees was appointed by the UPSC in 1974 to go into the issue of recruitment and selection methods ?
(A) Bhagwati Committee
(B) D.S. Kothari Committee
(C) A.D. Gorwala Committee
(D) Santhanam Committee
Ans: B
15. Who among the following explicitly states that “History bases all its conclusions on rational evidence” ?
(A) Herodotus
(B) Thucydides
(C) Polybious
(D) Tacitus
Ans: B
16. Which one of the following work was not authored by Leopol von Ranke ?
(A) History of Rome
(B) History of France
(C) History of the Popes
(D) German History at the time of Reformation
Ans: A
Read the following passage carefully and choose the correct answer of the questions that follow (Q. No. 17 to 21) :
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.
17. 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
18. 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
19. 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
20. 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
21. 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
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.
17. 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
18. 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
19. 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
20. 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
21. 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
22. When was the Ouit India resolution passed?
A:-9 October 1942
B:-8 August 1942
C:-15 September 1942
D:-15 August 1942
Ans: B
23. Who raised the slogan 'Inquilab Sindabad'?
A:-Subash Chandra Bose
B:-B.R Ambedkar
C:-E M S Namboothiripad
D:-Bhagat Singh
Ans: D
24. Poona Pact was signed between two great leaders of Indian national Movement. Who were they?
A:-Gandhi-Ambedkar
B:-Nehru-patel
C:-Gandhi-Jinnah
D:-Nehru-Subash Chandra Bose
Ans: A
25. The Second session of the Indian National Congress was held at
(A) Madras (B) Calcutta
(C) Bombay (D) Delhi
Ans: B
A:-9 October 1942
B:-8 August 1942
C:-15 September 1942
D:-15 August 1942
Ans: B
23. Who raised the slogan 'Inquilab Sindabad'?
A:-Subash Chandra Bose
B:-B.R Ambedkar
C:-E M S Namboothiripad
D:-Bhagat Singh
Ans: D
24. Poona Pact was signed between two great leaders of Indian national Movement. Who were they?
A:-Gandhi-Ambedkar
B:-Nehru-patel
C:-Gandhi-Jinnah
D:-Nehru-Subash Chandra Bose
Ans: A
25. The Second session of the Indian National Congress was held at
(A) Madras (B) Calcutta
(C) Bombay (D) Delhi
Ans: B
26. By Mauryan times the main sea-port of the Ganges basin was--
(A) Sopara
(B) Bhragukachchha
(C) Patala
(D) Tamralipti
Ans : (D)
27. Which of the following is not an Antyaja ?
(A) Chandala
(B) Rajaka
(C) Nata
(D) Yavana
Ans : (D)
28. Buddhism was introduced into Tibet from--
(A) The Pala Empire
(B) Harsha Vardhana’s State
(C) The Kushana State
(D) The Mauryan State
Ans : (A)
29. Which of the following state-ments is not true of Ashoka’s Dhamma ?
(A) There was a stress on non-violence
(B) Capital punishment was discontinued
(C) Donation to Brahmans was stressed
(D) There was a concern for master-servant relationship
Ans : (B)
30. Which of the following commo-dities was a major item of export trade in the Kusana period ?
(A) Cotton textiles
(B) Horse
(C) Gold
(D) Paper
Ans : (A)
31. Who among the following is described as a fabulously rich merchant in Buddhist Jatakas ?
(A) Vanik
(B) Sarthavaha
(C) Setthi
(D) Apanika
Ans : (C)
32. Alberuni’s account of India is--
(A) Kitab-ul-Hind
(B) Chachnama
(C) Futuh-us-Salatin
(D) Tarikh-i-Yamini
Ans : (A)
33. Wali under the Sultans of Delhi was--
(A) Provincial Governor
(B) Head of Revenue Department
(C) Minister with full powers
(D) Head of the State news-agency
Ans : (A)
34. Amir Khusro describes the mili-tary campaigns of Jalal-ud-din Khalji in his work--
(A) Nuh Sipihar
(B) Mifta-ul-Futuh
(C) Qiran-us Sadain
(D) Khazain-ul-Futuh
Ans : (B)
35. The most powerful Kings of Northern India in the 9th and 10th Centuries were--
(A) The Palas
(B) The Chahmanas
(C) The Rashtrakutas
(D) The Gurjara Pratiharas
Ans : (D)
(A) Sopara
(B) Bhragukachchha
(C) Patala
(D) Tamralipti
Ans : (D)
27. Which of the following is not an Antyaja ?
(A) Chandala
(B) Rajaka
(C) Nata
(D) Yavana
Ans : (D)
28. Buddhism was introduced into Tibet from--
(A) The Pala Empire
(B) Harsha Vardhana’s State
(C) The Kushana State
(D) The Mauryan State
Ans : (A)
29. Which of the following state-ments is not true of Ashoka’s Dhamma ?
(A) There was a stress on non-violence
(B) Capital punishment was discontinued
(C) Donation to Brahmans was stressed
(D) There was a concern for master-servant relationship
Ans : (B)
30. Which of the following commo-dities was a major item of export trade in the Kusana period ?
(A) Cotton textiles
(B) Horse
(C) Gold
(D) Paper
Ans : (A)
31. Who among the following is described as a fabulously rich merchant in Buddhist Jatakas ?
(A) Vanik
(B) Sarthavaha
(C) Setthi
(D) Apanika
Ans : (C)
32. Alberuni’s account of India is--
(A) Kitab-ul-Hind
(B) Chachnama
(C) Futuh-us-Salatin
(D) Tarikh-i-Yamini
Ans : (A)
33. Wali under the Sultans of Delhi was--
(A) Provincial Governor
(B) Head of Revenue Department
(C) Minister with full powers
(D) Head of the State news-agency
Ans : (A)
34. Amir Khusro describes the mili-tary campaigns of Jalal-ud-din Khalji in his work--
(A) Nuh Sipihar
(B) Mifta-ul-Futuh
(C) Qiran-us Sadain
(D) Khazain-ul-Futuh
Ans : (B)
35. The most powerful Kings of Northern India in the 9th and 10th Centuries were--
(A) The Palas
(B) The Chahmanas
(C) The Rashtrakutas
(D) The Gurjara Pratiharas
Ans : (D)
36. Who was the President of the Second Session of the Indian National Congress?
A:-Badaruddin Tyabji
B:-W C Banerjee
C:-George Yule
D:-Dadabhai Naroji
Correct Answer:- Option-D
37. Which movement was connected with the tinkathia system?
A:-Champaran
B:-Kheda
C:-Ahammadabad
D:-Khilafat
Correct Answer:- Option-A
38. Who was the first Deputy Chairperson of the National Planning Commission?
A:-Pandit Jwaharlal Nehru
B:-Gulzari Lal Nanda
C:-Dr.S.Radhakrishnan
D:-Dr.B.N.Chopra
Correct Answer:- Option-B
39. Who introduced Khudai Khidmatgars a non-violent voluntary groups among the Pathans ?
A:-Muhammadali Jinnah
B:-Moulana Shoukat Ali
C:-Abbas Tyabji
D:-Khan Abdul Ghafar Khan
Correct Answer:- Option-D
40. Which among the following movements is connected with the Chauri Chaura incident?
A:-Non Co-operation Movement
B:-Simmon Commission
C:-Salt Satyagraha
D:-Quit India Movement
Correct Answer:- Option-A
A:-Badaruddin Tyabji
B:-W C Banerjee
C:-George Yule
D:-Dadabhai Naroji
Correct Answer:- Option-D
37. Which movement was connected with the tinkathia system?
A:-Champaran
B:-Kheda
C:-Ahammadabad
D:-Khilafat
Correct Answer:- Option-A
38. Who was the first Deputy Chairperson of the National Planning Commission?
A:-Pandit Jwaharlal Nehru
B:-Gulzari Lal Nanda
C:-Dr.S.Radhakrishnan
D:-Dr.B.N.Chopra
Correct Answer:- Option-B
39. Who introduced Khudai Khidmatgars a non-violent voluntary groups among the Pathans ?
A:-Muhammadali Jinnah
B:-Moulana Shoukat Ali
C:-Abbas Tyabji
D:-Khan Abdul Ghafar Khan
Correct Answer:- Option-D
40. Which among the following movements is connected with the Chauri Chaura incident?
A:-Non Co-operation Movement
B:-Simmon Commission
C:-Salt Satyagraha
D:-Quit India Movement
Correct Answer:- Option-A
41. The period of 12th Five year plan is...
A:-2012-2017
B:-1997-2002
C:-2007-2012
D:-2002-2007
Ans: A
42:-Who led the Rovolt of 1857 in Bihar ?
A:-Nana Saheb
B:-Baji Rao II
C:-Khan Bahadur
D:-Kunwar Singh
Ans: D
43:-The 'Economic History of India' was published by ______
A:-Dadabai Naoroji
B:-R.C. Dutt
C:-M.G. Ranade
D:-G.V. Joshi
Ans: B
44:-Who suggested that the Indian National Congress was a product of Lord Dufferin's brain ?
A:-Tilak
B:-Gokhale
C:-Bipin Chandra Pal
D:-Lala Lajpat Rai
Ans: D
45:-_____ congress was significant for the famous Congress League Pact ?
A:-Lahore
B:-Lucknow
C:-Nagpur
D:-Bombay
Ans: B
46:-Who organized Abhinav Bharat as a secrete Society in 1904 ?
A:-Bhagat Singh
B:-Prafulla Chaki
C:-Khudiram Bose
D:-V.D. Savarkar
Ans: D
A:-2012-2017
B:-1997-2002
C:-2007-2012
D:-2002-2007
Ans: A
42:-Who led the Rovolt of 1857 in Bihar ?
A:-Nana Saheb
B:-Baji Rao II
C:-Khan Bahadur
D:-Kunwar Singh
Ans: D
43:-The 'Economic History of India' was published by ______
A:-Dadabai Naoroji
B:-R.C. Dutt
C:-M.G. Ranade
D:-G.V. Joshi
Ans: B
44:-Who suggested that the Indian National Congress was a product of Lord Dufferin's brain ?
A:-Tilak
B:-Gokhale
C:-Bipin Chandra Pal
D:-Lala Lajpat Rai
Ans: D
45:-_____ congress was significant for the famous Congress League Pact ?
A:-Lahore
B:-Lucknow
C:-Nagpur
D:-Bombay
Ans: B
46:-Who organized Abhinav Bharat as a secrete Society in 1904 ?
A:-Bhagat Singh
B:-Prafulla Chaki
C:-Khudiram Bose
D:-V.D. Savarkar
Ans: D
47:-Hitler's invasion of Soviet union was given the code name
A:-Operation Thunder
B:-Operation Sky Lion
C:-Operation Sea Lion
D:-Operation Barbarossa
Ans: D
48:-The Book through which Copernicus propounded the notion that sun is at the centre of the universe
A:-'The Revolution of Heavenly Bodies'
B:-'Novum Organum'
C:-'Principia Mathematica'
D:-'The Discourse on Method'
Ans: A
49:-'Kitab-al-Ibar' (Universal History) is the work of
A:-Ibn Khaldun
B:-Ibn Batuta
C:-Al-Masudi
D:-Albiruni
Ans: A
50:-Which of the following automobile company is associated with Adolf Hitler ?
A:-Ford
B:-Volks wagen
C:-Nissan
D:-Honda
Ans: B
51:-Which of the following is not a site of Indus Valley Civilization ?
A:-Kot-diji
B:-Bimbetka
C:-Dholawira
D:-Lothal
Ans: B
52:-Arrange in Chronological sequence the following travellers' visit to India.
1) Ibn Batuta
2) Huentsang
3) Fahien
4) Bernier
A:-3, 2, 1, 4
B:-1, 2, 3, 4
C:-2, 3, 4, 1
D:-4, 3, 2, 1
Ans: A
53:-'Kalavu' and 'Karpu' are terms associated with
A:-Barter System
B:-Social Division
C:-Marriage System
D:-None of the above
Ans: C
54:-Which of the following is not included in Ettutokai works ?
A:-Patittupathu
B:-Akananuru
C:-Nattinai
D:-Thirukkural
Ans: D
55:-Which is the earliest Neolithic site in India ?
A:-Lothal
B:-Sind
C:-Nalgonda
D:-Mehergarh
Ans: D
56:-Sargon inscription of Sumeria refers to Indus Valley as
A:-Hind
B:-Makan
C:-Meluha
D:-Akkad
Ans: C
57:-The term used in Vedas to denote cattle lifting
A:-Gopathi
B:-Gavishti
C:-Godhuli
D:-Gomatha
Ans: B
58:-'Majma-al-Bahrain', the Persian work, deals with the essential unity between Islam and Hinduism. Who among the following is the author of the work ?
A:-Dara Shukov
B:-Nizamudhin Auliya
C:-Ziaudhin Barani
D:-Gulbadan Begum
Ans: A
59:-Who put-forth the hypothesis of urban revolution in North India during the Sultanate period ?
A:-K. M. Ashraf
B:-Moreland
C:-Mohamed Habib
D:-K. S. Lal
Ans: C
60:-Which of the following work of Krishna Devaraya was written in Telugu language ?
A:-Ratnamalika
B:-Raghuvamsha
C:-Mahanataka Sudhaniti
D:-Amuktamalyada
Ans: D
61:-'Neel Darpan', the drama that depicts the woes of Indigo peasants was written by
A:-Vasubandhu Mitra
B:-Surendranath Sen
C:-Bankim Chandra
D:-Debendranath Tagore
Ans: A
62:-Who was the first nationalist leader to call 1857 revolt as an organized war for national independence ?
A:-Subhas Chandra Bose
B:-V. D. Savarkar
C:-Lala Lajpath Rai
D:-Jawaharlal Nehru
Ans: B
63:-'The congress is tottering to its fall and one of my great ambition while in India is to assist it to a peaceful demise'. Who made this observation ?
A:-Lord Dalhousie
B:-Petwick Lawrence
C:-Lord Curzon
D:-Lord Canning
Ans: C
64:-'Amar Sonar Bangla', the national song of Bangladesh was composed by
A:-Soumendranath Tagore
B:-Surendranath Banerjee
C:-Arabindo Gosh
D:-Rabindranath Tagore
Ans: D
65:-Who among the following was associated with the nationalist newspaper 'Al-Hilal' ?
A:-Hazrath Mohani
B:-Abul Kalam Azad
C:-Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
D:-Moulana Muhammadali
Ans: B
66:-Who among the following was not included in the INA prisoners tried at Red Fort in Delhi ?
A:-Rashbihari Bose
B:-Sha Nawaz Khan
C:-Prem Seghal
D:-Gurdayal Sing Dhillon
Ans: A
67:-Which of the following is the autobiography of Jawaharlal Nehru ?
A:-My Struggles
B:-An Autobiography of an unknown Indian
C:-An Autobiography
D:-My Experiments with Truth
Ans: C
68:-Of the following forts established by the Europeans in India, which one was located at Madras ?
A:-Fort St. David
B:-Fort William
C:-Fort Louis
D:-Fort St. George
Ans: D
69:-Who among the following was a member of the state Re-organization commission appointed by Jawaharlal Nehru ?
A:-Dr. Ambedkar
B:-V. P. Menon
C:-K. M. Panikkar
D:-K. M. Munshi
Ans: C
70:-Who attended all the three Round Table Conferences ?
A:-M. M. Malavya
B:-Vallabhabhai patel
C:-Mahatma Gandhi
D:-B. R. Ambedkar
Ans: D
71:-Which of the following is a work on Tamil Grammer ?
A:-Pathupattu
B:-Tolkapiyam
C:-Nattinai
D:-Cilappathikaram
Ans: B
72:-As per Mooshaka vamsha, the founder of Mooshaka dynasty is
A:-Srikantha
B:-Srivallaba
C:-Ramaghata
D:-Nannan
Ans: C
73:-Of the following Swaroopams, which one was located at Calicut ?
A:-Nediyiruppu Swarupam
B:-Kolam Swaroopam
C:-Tripapur Swaroopam
D:-Perumpadappu Swaroopam
Ans: A
74:-Which of the following is the Kannada counterpart of Keralolpathi in Malayalam ?
A:-Kerala Mahatmyam
B:-Gramapadathi
C:-Sankarasmriti
D:-Sankara Narayaniyam
Ans: B
75:-Who among the following first discovered the Edakkal cave engravings ?
A:-Babington
B:-Mortimer Wheeler
C:-Robert Bruce Foote
D:-F. Fawcett
Ans: D
76:-Who among the following is not involved in the debate about the nature of state during the Perumal period ?
A:-Elamkulam Kunjan Pillai
B:-Kesavan Veluthat
C:-K. M. Panikkar
D:-M. G. S. Narayanan
Ans: C
77:-Unnuneeli Sandesam refers to the Tamil ship that frequented the Kollam fort. Which of the following was this ?
A:-Chonadan
B:-Chongu
C:-Champrani
D:-Nanadesikal
Ans: A
78:-The Archaeologist associated with the excavation at Porkalam in 1947 is
A:-K. V. Raman
B:-B. K. Thapar
C:-Mortimer Wheeler
D:-Robert Bruce Foote
Ans: B
79:-The Sufi devotional work composed by Qazi Muhammed during the medieval period
A:-Rifai Mala
B:-Fathul Mubin
C:-Muhiyudhin Mala
D:-Tuhfath-ul-Mujahideen
Ans: C
80:-The Granthavari associated with Trikandiyur Temple in Tirur is
A:-Mathilakam Granthavari
B:-Kavalappara Granthavari
C:-Kozhikode Granthavari
D:-Vanjeri Granthavari
Ans: D
81:-'Travancore State Manual' was composed by
A:-William Logan
B:-Shangoony Menon
C:-Padmanabha Menon
D:-V. Nagam Aiya
Ans: D
82:-Under the state Re-organisation Act of 1956, four southern Taluks were merged with Madras state. Which of the following was not one of these four Taluks ?
A:-Agastiswaram
B:-Kalkulam
C:-Neyyatinkara
D:-Tovala
Ans: C
83:-According to Mahatma Gandhi, 'it is a Smriti which is the people's charter of spiritual emancipation'. The
reference here is about
A:-Slavery Abolition Act
B:-Temple Entry Proclamation
C:-Abolition of Sati
D:-Kundara Proclamation
Ans: B
84:-Who among the following was associated with the nationalist daily 'Al-Ameen' ?
A:-Mohamed Abdurahiman
B:-Vakkom Moulavi
C:-Hamadani Tangal
D:-Makti Tangal
Ans: A
85:-Who among the following was the only Malayalee President of Indian National Congress ?
A:-K. P. Kesava Menon
B:-C. Sankaran Nair
C:-M. P. Narayana Menon
D:-K. Kelappan
Ans: B
86:-Kuberan Nambudiripad is the character of the novel
A:-Kundalatha
B:-Indulekha
C:-Saraswati Vijayam
D:-Ghataka Vadham
Ans: C
87:-Who was the Defence Minister of India when Goa was liberated and integrated with India ?
A:-V. P. Menon
B:-John Mathai
C:-Sardar Patel
D:-V. K. Krishna Menon
Ans: D
88:-After partition, a Malayali Muslim served as Pakisthan's Ambassador to Egypt. The reference here is about
A:-Abdurahiman Ali Raja
B:-Abdul Sathar Sait
C:-Mohamed Abdurahiman
D:-K. M. Seethi Sahib
Ans: B
89:-The Malayali revolutionary who served as Foreign Minister of the provisional Govt. of free India set up at Kabul in 1915.
A:-Vanchi Iyer
B:-Capt. Lakshmi
C:-Chempaka Raman Pillai
D:-Vakkom Kader
Ans: C
90:-'Varthamana Pusthakam', the first travel account Malayalam was written by
A:-Kariyattil Ouseph Kattanar
B:-Herman Gundert
C:-Arnose Pathiri
D:-Paremakkil Thoma Kattanar
Ans: D
91:-Which of the following deals with the oral history of partition ?
A:-The other side of silence
B:-Dominance without hegemony
C:-Freedom at midnight
D:-The other side of the Medal
Ans: A
92:-The celebrated work, 'Centuries of Childhood' argues that there was no childhood in Europe before `17^(th)` century. Who composed this work ?
A:-George Duby
B:-Philip Aries
C:-Marc Bloch
D:-Lucien Febre
Ans: B
93:-Who propounded the theory that these exists a nexus between power and knowledge
A:-Louis Althusser
B:-Karl Marx
C:-Michael Foucault
D:-Marc Bloch
Ans: C
94:-Which of the following is not a work of E. J. Hobsbawm ?
A:-Age of Capital
B:-Age of Revolution
C:-Age of Extreme
D:-Age of Reason
Ans: D
95:-'The Unquite Woods', a leading book on environmental history of India was written by
A:-Madav Gadgil
B:-C. A. Bayly
C:-Ramachandra Guha
D:-Bipin Chandra
Ans: C
96:-The author of the recent work, 'Modernity of Slavery : Struggle against caste inequality in colonial Keralam'.
A:-T.T. Sreekumar
B:-Sanal Mohan
C:-Michael Tharakan
D:-S. Raju
Ans: B
97:-Which of the following historical novels is not written by K. M. Panikkar ?
A:-Punarkottu Swarupam
B:-Parankipatayali
C:-Dharma Raja
D:-Kerala Simham
Ans: C
98:-Who is the British Marxist Historian who wrote about Malabar Rebellion ?
A:-Lawrence Lopez
B:-Robin Jeffery
C:-Stephen Dale
D:-Conrad Wood
Ans: D
99:-Which among the following is not a work of Romila Thapar ?
A:-Interpreting Early India
B:-Indian Feudalism
C:-Past and Prejudice
D:-Asoka and the Decline of Mouryas
Ans: B
100:-'Walking Naked : Women, society and spirituality in South India' is written by
A:-Robert Sewell
B:-Kumkum Roy
C:-Vijaya Ramaswamy
D:-Tanika Sarkar
Ans: C
A:-Operation Thunder
B:-Operation Sky Lion
C:-Operation Sea Lion
D:-Operation Barbarossa
Ans: D
48:-The Book through which Copernicus propounded the notion that sun is at the centre of the universe
A:-'The Revolution of Heavenly Bodies'
B:-'Novum Organum'
C:-'Principia Mathematica'
D:-'The Discourse on Method'
Ans: A
49:-'Kitab-al-Ibar' (Universal History) is the work of
A:-Ibn Khaldun
B:-Ibn Batuta
C:-Al-Masudi
D:-Albiruni
Ans: A
50:-Which of the following automobile company is associated with Adolf Hitler ?
A:-Ford
B:-Volks wagen
C:-Nissan
D:-Honda
Ans: B
51:-Which of the following is not a site of Indus Valley Civilization ?
A:-Kot-diji
B:-Bimbetka
C:-Dholawira
D:-Lothal
Ans: B
52:-Arrange in Chronological sequence the following travellers' visit to India.
1) Ibn Batuta
2) Huentsang
3) Fahien
4) Bernier
A:-3, 2, 1, 4
B:-1, 2, 3, 4
C:-2, 3, 4, 1
D:-4, 3, 2, 1
Ans: A
53:-'Kalavu' and 'Karpu' are terms associated with
A:-Barter System
B:-Social Division
C:-Marriage System
D:-None of the above
Ans: C
54:-Which of the following is not included in Ettutokai works ?
A:-Patittupathu
B:-Akananuru
C:-Nattinai
D:-Thirukkural
Ans: D
55:-Which is the earliest Neolithic site in India ?
A:-Lothal
B:-Sind
C:-Nalgonda
D:-Mehergarh
Ans: D
56:-Sargon inscription of Sumeria refers to Indus Valley as
A:-Hind
B:-Makan
C:-Meluha
D:-Akkad
Ans: C
57:-The term used in Vedas to denote cattle lifting
A:-Gopathi
B:-Gavishti
C:-Godhuli
D:-Gomatha
Ans: B
58:-'Majma-al-Bahrain', the Persian work, deals with the essential unity between Islam and Hinduism. Who among the following is the author of the work ?
A:-Dara Shukov
B:-Nizamudhin Auliya
C:-Ziaudhin Barani
D:-Gulbadan Begum
Ans: A
59:-Who put-forth the hypothesis of urban revolution in North India during the Sultanate period ?
A:-K. M. Ashraf
B:-Moreland
C:-Mohamed Habib
D:-K. S. Lal
Ans: C
60:-Which of the following work of Krishna Devaraya was written in Telugu language ?
A:-Ratnamalika
B:-Raghuvamsha
C:-Mahanataka Sudhaniti
D:-Amuktamalyada
Ans: D
61:-'Neel Darpan', the drama that depicts the woes of Indigo peasants was written by
A:-Vasubandhu Mitra
B:-Surendranath Sen
C:-Bankim Chandra
D:-Debendranath Tagore
Ans: A
62:-Who was the first nationalist leader to call 1857 revolt as an organized war for national independence ?
A:-Subhas Chandra Bose
B:-V. D. Savarkar
C:-Lala Lajpath Rai
D:-Jawaharlal Nehru
Ans: B
63:-'The congress is tottering to its fall and one of my great ambition while in India is to assist it to a peaceful demise'. Who made this observation ?
A:-Lord Dalhousie
B:-Petwick Lawrence
C:-Lord Curzon
D:-Lord Canning
Ans: C
64:-'Amar Sonar Bangla', the national song of Bangladesh was composed by
A:-Soumendranath Tagore
B:-Surendranath Banerjee
C:-Arabindo Gosh
D:-Rabindranath Tagore
Ans: D
65:-Who among the following was associated with the nationalist newspaper 'Al-Hilal' ?
A:-Hazrath Mohani
B:-Abul Kalam Azad
C:-Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
D:-Moulana Muhammadali
Ans: B
66:-Who among the following was not included in the INA prisoners tried at Red Fort in Delhi ?
A:-Rashbihari Bose
B:-Sha Nawaz Khan
C:-Prem Seghal
D:-Gurdayal Sing Dhillon
Ans: A
67:-Which of the following is the autobiography of Jawaharlal Nehru ?
A:-My Struggles
B:-An Autobiography of an unknown Indian
C:-An Autobiography
D:-My Experiments with Truth
Ans: C
68:-Of the following forts established by the Europeans in India, which one was located at Madras ?
A:-Fort St. David
B:-Fort William
C:-Fort Louis
D:-Fort St. George
Ans: D
69:-Who among the following was a member of the state Re-organization commission appointed by Jawaharlal Nehru ?
A:-Dr. Ambedkar
B:-V. P. Menon
C:-K. M. Panikkar
D:-K. M. Munshi
Ans: C
70:-Who attended all the three Round Table Conferences ?
A:-M. M. Malavya
B:-Vallabhabhai patel
C:-Mahatma Gandhi
D:-B. R. Ambedkar
Ans: D
71:-Which of the following is a work on Tamil Grammer ?
A:-Pathupattu
B:-Tolkapiyam
C:-Nattinai
D:-Cilappathikaram
Ans: B
72:-As per Mooshaka vamsha, the founder of Mooshaka dynasty is
A:-Srikantha
B:-Srivallaba
C:-Ramaghata
D:-Nannan
Ans: C
73:-Of the following Swaroopams, which one was located at Calicut ?
A:-Nediyiruppu Swarupam
B:-Kolam Swaroopam
C:-Tripapur Swaroopam
D:-Perumpadappu Swaroopam
Ans: A
74:-Which of the following is the Kannada counterpart of Keralolpathi in Malayalam ?
A:-Kerala Mahatmyam
B:-Gramapadathi
C:-Sankarasmriti
D:-Sankara Narayaniyam
Ans: B
75:-Who among the following first discovered the Edakkal cave engravings ?
A:-Babington
B:-Mortimer Wheeler
C:-Robert Bruce Foote
D:-F. Fawcett
Ans: D
76:-Who among the following is not involved in the debate about the nature of state during the Perumal period ?
A:-Elamkulam Kunjan Pillai
B:-Kesavan Veluthat
C:-K. M. Panikkar
D:-M. G. S. Narayanan
Ans: C
77:-Unnuneeli Sandesam refers to the Tamil ship that frequented the Kollam fort. Which of the following was this ?
A:-Chonadan
B:-Chongu
C:-Champrani
D:-Nanadesikal
Ans: A
78:-The Archaeologist associated with the excavation at Porkalam in 1947 is
A:-K. V. Raman
B:-B. K. Thapar
C:-Mortimer Wheeler
D:-Robert Bruce Foote
Ans: B
79:-The Sufi devotional work composed by Qazi Muhammed during the medieval period
A:-Rifai Mala
B:-Fathul Mubin
C:-Muhiyudhin Mala
D:-Tuhfath-ul-Mujahideen
Ans: C
80:-The Granthavari associated with Trikandiyur Temple in Tirur is
A:-Mathilakam Granthavari
B:-Kavalappara Granthavari
C:-Kozhikode Granthavari
D:-Vanjeri Granthavari
Ans: D
81:-'Travancore State Manual' was composed by
A:-William Logan
B:-Shangoony Menon
C:-Padmanabha Menon
D:-V. Nagam Aiya
Ans: D
82:-Under the state Re-organisation Act of 1956, four southern Taluks were merged with Madras state. Which of the following was not one of these four Taluks ?
A:-Agastiswaram
B:-Kalkulam
C:-Neyyatinkara
D:-Tovala
Ans: C
83:-According to Mahatma Gandhi, 'it is a Smriti which is the people's charter of spiritual emancipation'. The
reference here is about
A:-Slavery Abolition Act
B:-Temple Entry Proclamation
C:-Abolition of Sati
D:-Kundara Proclamation
Ans: B
84:-Who among the following was associated with the nationalist daily 'Al-Ameen' ?
A:-Mohamed Abdurahiman
B:-Vakkom Moulavi
C:-Hamadani Tangal
D:-Makti Tangal
Ans: A
85:-Who among the following was the only Malayalee President of Indian National Congress ?
A:-K. P. Kesava Menon
B:-C. Sankaran Nair
C:-M. P. Narayana Menon
D:-K. Kelappan
Ans: B
86:-Kuberan Nambudiripad is the character of the novel
A:-Kundalatha
B:-Indulekha
C:-Saraswati Vijayam
D:-Ghataka Vadham
Ans: C
87:-Who was the Defence Minister of India when Goa was liberated and integrated with India ?
A:-V. P. Menon
B:-John Mathai
C:-Sardar Patel
D:-V. K. Krishna Menon
Ans: D
88:-After partition, a Malayali Muslim served as Pakisthan's Ambassador to Egypt. The reference here is about
A:-Abdurahiman Ali Raja
B:-Abdul Sathar Sait
C:-Mohamed Abdurahiman
D:-K. M. Seethi Sahib
Ans: B
89:-The Malayali revolutionary who served as Foreign Minister of the provisional Govt. of free India set up at Kabul in 1915.
A:-Vanchi Iyer
B:-Capt. Lakshmi
C:-Chempaka Raman Pillai
D:-Vakkom Kader
Ans: C
90:-'Varthamana Pusthakam', the first travel account Malayalam was written by
A:-Kariyattil Ouseph Kattanar
B:-Herman Gundert
C:-Arnose Pathiri
D:-Paremakkil Thoma Kattanar
Ans: D
91:-Which of the following deals with the oral history of partition ?
A:-The other side of silence
B:-Dominance without hegemony
C:-Freedom at midnight
D:-The other side of the Medal
Ans: A
92:-The celebrated work, 'Centuries of Childhood' argues that there was no childhood in Europe before `17^(th)` century. Who composed this work ?
A:-George Duby
B:-Philip Aries
C:-Marc Bloch
D:-Lucien Febre
Ans: B
93:-Who propounded the theory that these exists a nexus between power and knowledge
A:-Louis Althusser
B:-Karl Marx
C:-Michael Foucault
D:-Marc Bloch
Ans: C
94:-Which of the following is not a work of E. J. Hobsbawm ?
A:-Age of Capital
B:-Age of Revolution
C:-Age of Extreme
D:-Age of Reason
Ans: D
95:-'The Unquite Woods', a leading book on environmental history of India was written by
A:-Madav Gadgil
B:-C. A. Bayly
C:-Ramachandra Guha
D:-Bipin Chandra
Ans: C
96:-The author of the recent work, 'Modernity of Slavery : Struggle against caste inequality in colonial Keralam'.
A:-T.T. Sreekumar
B:-Sanal Mohan
C:-Michael Tharakan
D:-S. Raju
Ans: B
97:-Which of the following historical novels is not written by K. M. Panikkar ?
A:-Punarkottu Swarupam
B:-Parankipatayali
C:-Dharma Raja
D:-Kerala Simham
Ans: C
98:-Who is the British Marxist Historian who wrote about Malabar Rebellion ?
A:-Lawrence Lopez
B:-Robin Jeffery
C:-Stephen Dale
D:-Conrad Wood
Ans: D
99:-Which among the following is not a work of Romila Thapar ?
A:-Interpreting Early India
B:-Indian Feudalism
C:-Past and Prejudice
D:-Asoka and the Decline of Mouryas
Ans: B
100:-'Walking Naked : Women, society and spirituality in South India' is written by
A:-Robert Sewell
B:-Kumkum Roy
C:-Vijaya Ramaswamy
D:-Tanika Sarkar
Ans: C
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