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HISTORY

1. An early translation of Bhagavat into d. Salt and saltpeter production


Bengali was commissioned by Husain 5. The rules of Deccan adopted istava
Shah. Who undertook the translation measures in the medieval period. What did
work? it mean?
a. Kavindra Parameswar a. Grant of loans with no interest
b. Maladhar Vasu b. Concessional assessment of land
c. Srikarana Nandi revenue
d. Vidyapati c. Cesses imposed for enlarging the army
2. Match List-I with List-II and select the d. Actual collection of land revenue
correct answer using the code given below 6. Match List-I with List-II and select the
the lists: correct answer using the code given below
List-I (Terms) the lists:
A. Dal al-shifa List-I (Terms)
B. Furusiyya A. Ayagars
C. Maydan B. Karnam
D. Urdu-I Mualla C. Maniyam
List-II (Usage) D. Talaiyari
1. Open area for equestrian exercises List-II (Meanings)
2. A hospital 1. Village servants
3. Imperial camp 2. Policeman
4. Open area for military parade 3. Accountaint
a. A-4 B-1 C-2 D-3 4. Headman
b. A-2 B-3 C-4 D-1 a. A-4 B-2 C-1 D-3
c. A-4 B-3 C-2 D-1 b. A-1 B-3 C-4 D-2
d. A-2 B-1 C-4 D-3 c. A-4 B-3 C-1 D-2
3. With reference to the Medieval period d. A-1 B-2 C-4 D-3
match List-I with List-II and select the 7. Match List-I with List-II and select the
correct answer using the code given below correct answer using the code given below
the lists: the lists:
List-I (Places) List-I (Terms)
A. Alwar A. Haqq-I Shurb
B. Jaunpur B. Qismat
C. Kalpi C. Taqavi
D. Lander D. Uslub
List-II (Production) List-II (Meanings)
1. Oil and Perfume 1. Loans to peasants
2. Sugar Candy 2. Water tax
3. Glass 3. Agrarian cesses
4. Woolen carpets 4. Regulations
a. A-2 B-1 C-3 D-4 a. A-4 B-3 C-1 D-2
b. A-3 B-4 C-2 D-1 b. A-2 B-1 C-3 D-4
c. A-2 B-4 C-3 D-1 c. A-4 B-1 C-3 D-2
d. A-3 B-1 C-2 D-4 d. A-2 B-3 C-1 D-4
4. What did Nunia and Malangi castes 8. Who among the following recognized the
specialize in? important role played by women in family
a. Medium-distance trade in foodgrains and society in his preaching?
b. Leather tann work a. Guru Nanak
c. Iron smelting and charcoal production b. Sant Ravidas
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c. Sant Gyaneshwar d. 3 only
d. Sant Tukaram 13. Consider the following statements:
9. Consider the following statements : 1. During the Mughal period Mysore was
1. Naval expeditions of Rajaraja-I the premier centre of silk production
occupied parts of Burma, Malaya and and supplied the demands of both
Sumatra. European and Indian merchants.
2. Rajendra I conquered Ceylon. 2. There was no ship-building industry in
3. The Cholas held northern Ceylon until India during the Mughal period as
they were expelled by Vijayabahu I. Europeans supplied ships to the
4. The Cholas fell in the 13th century Indians.
when their territory was shared by the 3. During the Mughal period, saltpeter
Hoysalas and Pandyas. was exported from India by Dutch and
Which of the statements given above is/are English traders.
correct? Which of the statements given above is/are
a. 1,2 and 3 correct?
b. 3 and 4 a. 1 and 2
c. 2,3 and 4 b. 2 only
d. 4 only c. 1 and 3
10. Match List-I with List-II and select the d. 3 only
correct answer using the code given below 14. Which one of the following pairs is not
the lists: correctly matched?
List-I (King) a. Ahmad Shah Bahamani : Hazrat Gesu
A. Bhoja of Malwa Daraz
B. Jayachandra b. Mahmud Begarha : Faizi Sarhindi
C. Mihira Bhoja c. Akbar : Abdur Rahim Khan-I Khanan
D. Paramardideva d. Jahangir : Muhammad Salih
List-II (Dynasty) 15. Which one of the following groups
1. Chandela represents the correct composition of
2. Gahadavala Vijayanagar territory of Pondimandalam?
3. Paramara a. Madurai, Chindleput, South Arcot,
4. Prathihara Tirunelveli
a. A-3 B-1 C-4 D-2 b. Chindleput, South Arcot, North Arcot,
b. A-4 B-2 C-3 D-1 Tirunelveli
c. A-3 B-2 C-4 D-1 c. Madurai, Ramanathapuram,
d. A-4 B-1 C-3 D-2 Tirunelveli, Kanyakumari
11. In which one of the following temples did d. Ramanathapuram, Tirunelveli, North
Ramanuja teach? Arcot, Kanyakumari
a. Madurai 16. Which one of the following statements is
b. Mamallapuram not correct?
c. Somnathpur a. Chaitanya was contemporary of
d. Srirangam Vallabhacharya
12. Consider the following statements: b. Dadu Dayal started the practice of
1. There are no remains of free-standing worship at the shrines of departed
Hindu temples erected before the saints
Gupta period. c. Tukaram was a contemporary of
2. All the cave at Ellora are of Hindu Shivaji
gods and goddesses. d. Vallabhacharya advocated penance,
3. The great temple of Shiva at Tanjore self-mortification and renunciation of
was built by Rajaraja, the great. the world
Which of the statements given above is/are 17. Which one of the following poets wrote
correct? poems hailing the Russian Revolution of
a. 1 and 3 1917?
b. 1,2 and 3 a. Subramanya Bharati
c. 1 and 2 b. Muhammad Iqbal
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c. Sarojini Naidu 21. Who of the following was not included in
d. Rabindranath Tagore the first Interim National Government
18. Consider the following statements: announced in August, 1946?
1. Although the First Five-Year Plan gave a. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
priority to Agriculture but there was b. Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
hardly any increase in the agricultural c. C. Rajagopalachari
production at the end of the Plan d. Jagivan Ram
period. 22. With reference to the Home Rule
2. The iron and steel plants at Bhilai, Movement during the Indian freedom
Rourkela and Durgapur were set up struggle, consider the following
during the First Five-Year Plan. statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are 1. In his Home Rule Movement, Tilak
correct? linked up the question of Swaraj with
a. 1 only the demand for the formation of
b. 2 only linguistic States and education in the
c. Both 1 and 2 vernacular.
d. Neither 1 nor 2 2. At Allahabad, Jawaharlal Nehru joined
19. Consider the following statements : Annie Besant’s Home Rule League.
1. Though the Constitution of India states Which of the statements given above is are
that India is a Union of States, the correct?
terms ‘federal’ and ‘federation’ are a. 1 only
used in reference to India at several b. 2 only
places in the Constitution of India. c. Both 1 and 2
2. The first Schedule as adopted by the d. Neither 1 nor 2
Constituent Assembly and 23. With reference to the Swadeshi Movement
incorporated in the Constitution of during the Indian freedom struggle, which
India mentioned three categories of one of the following statements is not
States and Territories i.e. Princely correct?
States, British Indian Provinces, a. The theme song of the Swadeshi
Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Movement in Bengal was
Which of the statements given above is/are Rabindranath’s ‘Amar Sonar Bangla’
correct? b. Syed Haider Raza led the Swadeshi
a. 1 only Movement in India
b. 2 only c. The Ganapati and Shivaji festivals
c. Both 1 and 2 became a medium for the Swadeshi
d. Neither 1 nor 2 Propaganda in Bengal too
20. Consider the following statements: d. The Surat split of the Congress in 1907
1. Several of the Fundamental Rights weakened the Swadeshi Movement
incorporated in the Nehru Committee. 24. In order to advance the cause of English
Report appeared in the Constitution of education in India, who among the
India substantially unchanged. following introduced the regulation that all
2. Several of the social and economic public services were to be filled by an
rights mentioned in the 1931 Karachi open competitive examination held by the
Resolution found expression in the Council of Education, preference being
Directive Principles of State Policy in given to the knowledge of English?
the Constitution of India. a. Lord Wellesley
Which of the statement given above is/are b. Lord William Bentinck
correct? c. Lord Hardings
a. 1 only d. Lord Dalhousie
b. 2 only 25. Consider the following statements:
c. Both 1 and 2 1. As per the Indian High Courts Act,
d. Neither 1 nor 2 High Courts were created in Calcutta,
Bombay and Madras by the
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amalgamation of the Supreme Court demand for complete independence of
and the Sadar Diwani Adalat in 1861. India
2. A Code of Civil Procedure & a Code 30. Which one of the following statements is
of Criminal Procedure were not correct?
promulgated in 1867. a. Gandhiji suggested to the Khilafat
Which of the statements given above is/are Committee that it should adopt a
correct? programme of Non-Violent Non-
a. 1 only Cooperation to protest against the
b. 2 only Government’s unfavourable attitude
c. Both 1 and 2 b. In the Nagpur Session of the Congress
d. Neither 1 nor 2 in 1920, Motilal Nehru moved the
26. Which one of the following Muslim resolution of Non-Cooperation
leaders joined the Home Rule League c. The programme of Non-Cooperation
founded by Annie Besant? included the surrender of honours and
a. Muhammad Iqbal titles
b. Muhammad Ali Jinnah d. After the Vijayawada Session of the
c. Syed Ahmed Khan Congress in 1921, charkhas were
d. Abdul Kalam azad popularized on a wide scale and Khadi
27. Who among the following introduced a became the uniform of the national
scheme of administration which centered movement
around a class of officials called 31. Consider the following statements:
Commissioners, each of whom was placed 1. Sauraseni was the official language of
in charge of a division comprising several the Mauryan Court.
districts? 2. Apabhramsa was used in the Middle
a. Lord Cornwallis Ages by Jaina writers in Gujarat for
b. Lord Warren Hastings composing poetry.
c. Lord Wellesley 3. Telugu was the court language of
d. Lord William Bentinck Vijayanagar under Krishna Devaraya.
28. Which one of the following was not Which of the statements given above is/are
included in the terms of the Gandhi-Irwin correct?
Pact? a. 1 and 3
a. Immediate release of all political b. 2 only
prisoners not convicted for violence c. 2 and 3
b. Payment of suitable compensation to d. 1,2 and 3
the released prisoners 32. Agnimitra known from the Kalidasa’s
c. Return of confiscated land not yet sold drama Malavikagnimitra was a king of
to third parties which one of the following dynasties?
d. Remission of all fines yet not collected a. Maurya
29. In February 1943, while in jail, why did b. Sunga
Gandhiji declare 21 days’ fast? c. Saka
a. He wanted the people to stop violence d. Gupta
in the Quit India Movement 33. What was upavasatha in the Buddhist
b. He was forcing the Hindu and Muslim order?
separatists to shun divisive policies and a. It was the resting place of the Buddhist
to strive for united India monks in caves or viharas during rainy
c. This was his answer to the period
Government which had been b. It was an act of confession of Buddhist
constantly exhorting him to condemn monks when they assembled every
the violence of the people during the fortnight on the fortnight on the
Quit India Movement evenings of full and new moons
d. This was a part of his non-violence c. It was an act of fasting for a specified
strategy of forcing the British period of time by Buddhist monks as a
Government to concede the Congress punishment for the offences committed
by them in their conduct
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d. It was the vow taken by the newly 40. Which one of the following statements is
admitted monk into the Buddhist order not correct?
34. Consider the following Bhakti Saints: a. The Upanishads were complied earlier
1. Dadu Dayal than the Puranas
2. Guru Nanak b. The Upanishads believe in the
3. Tulsidas transmigration of Soul
Who among the above was/were preaching c. The Upanishads contain instructive
when the Lodi dynasty fell and Babur took stories and conversations
over? d. There are no parables in the
a. 1 and 3 Upanishads
b. 2 only 41. Which one of the following statements is
c. 2 and 3 correct?
d. 1 and 2 a. The grama of the Rig Vedic Aryans
35. What is the ideological approach of usually refers to a group of kinsfold
Jainism? and not a village
a. Anekanta b. The Aryans of earl Vedic times tamed
b. Advaita elephants and used them in war along
c. Avagaman with horses
d. Pancha-sheela c. The Rig Veda mentions the
36. Who was Alara Kalama? suayamvara and marriage of widows
a. A disciple of Buddha d. The Rig Veda mentions Vindhya and
b. A prominent Buddhist monk Satpura mountains and Narmada river
c. A teacher of Buddha 42. Which one of the following texts contains
d. A ruler who renounced his throne for the earliest evidence on Indian
Buddhism mathematical writings?
37. Which one of the following pairs is not a. Aranyaka
correctly matched? b. Mohenjodaro
a. Sravasti : The capital of Kosala c. Lothal
b. Rajgriha : The capital of Magadha d. Kalibangan
c. Vaishali : The capital of Chedi 43. Which Indus Valley site has yielded
d. Ujjain : The capital of Avanti evidence of use of wooden coffin in
38. Which one of the following pairs is burial?
correctly matched? a. Harappa
a. Chanda Pradyota Mahasena : King of b. Mohenjadaro
Vatsna c. Lothal
b. Darshaka : Successor to Ajatashatru d. Kalibangan
c. Ajatashatru : Follower of Ajivikas 44. Match List-I (Ancient Finding) with List-II
d. Prasenji : King of Vaji Confederation (Place of Finding) and select the correct
39. Consider the following statements: answer using the code given below the
1. In Rig Vedic time, the purohita was the lists:
foremost among the functionaries of a List-I
king. A. Bronze dancing girl
2. In Rig Vedic time, the king was the B. Persian gulf seal
absolute owner of the land. C. Grey stone male dancing figure
3. The system of espionage was not D. Rows of fire altars
known to the kings of the Rig Vedic List-II
time. 1. Harappa
Which of the statements given above is/are 2. Lothal
correct? 3. Mohenjodaro
a. 1 only 4. Kalibangan
b. 1 and 2 a. A-4 B-2 C-1 D-3
c. 2 and 3 b. A-4 B-1 C-2 D-3
d. 1,2 and 3 c. A-3 B-1 C-2 D-4
d. A-3 B-2 C-1 D-4
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45. Where has the prehistoric cultivated field 52. Which one of the following is the correct
been discovered in India? chronological order of setting up of
a. Lothal English factories in India?
b. Kalibangan a. Madras – Sutanuti – Surat – Hugli
c. Ropar b. Madras – Surat – Sutanuti – Hugli
d. Dholavira c. Surat – Hugli – Madras – Sutanuti
46. Which one of the following Harappan sites d. Surat – Madras – Hugli – Sutanuti
has yielded evidence of a signboard 53. What was the main content of the Treaty
inscription? of Deogaon concluded at the end of 1803?
a. Lothal a. Bhonsle Raja of Berar ceded to the
b. Mohenjadaro English the Province of Cuttack
c. Dholavira including Balasore, and the whole of
d. Rakhigarhi his territory west of the river Warda
47. Which one of the following denotes a b. Sindhia ceded to the English all his
garment not prevalent during the medieval territories between the Ganges and
period? Jamuna, and his forst and territories to
a. Pravara the north of the Rajput principalities,
b. Qaba Jaipur, Jodhpur and Gohad
c. Jama c. Holkar gave up all claims to Tonk,
d. Sari Rampura, Bundi, Kooch, Bundelkhand
48. What is the Mitakshara of Vijnaneswar? and places north of the Chambal
a. A treatise on the system of medicine d. Baji Rao II renounced the post of
b. An exposition of the contemporary Peshwa and the headship of the
theatre Maratha confederacy
c. A commentary on Hindu law 54. Consider the following statements with
d. A treatise on the South Indian music reference to British rule in India:
49. Consider the following statements: 1. In 1780, the manufacture of salt was
1. The earliest Persian work on Indian directly taken up by the Government.
Music-Ghunyat-ul-Munya was written 2. In 1786, the Collector in each District
in the Court of Akbar. of Bengal was made responsible for
2. Sangitopanishad Sarodhara-a treatise settling the revenue and collecting it.
on music and dance was written by a 3. In 1790, the Decennial Settlement of
Jain scholar of Gujarat. land revenue was declared permanent.
Which of the statements given above is/are Which of the statements given above is/are
correct? correct?
a. 1 only a. 1 only
b. 2 only b. 1 and 2
c. Both 1 and 2 c. 2 and 3
d. Neither 1 nor 2 d. 1,2 and 3
50. What did the concept of Wahadat-al 55. Which of the following pairs is/are
Wujud as supported by Akbar signify? correctly matched?
a. Purity of Islam 1. Battle of Bedara Rear Admiral
b. War against infidels Boscawen
c. Eradication of caste system 2. Battle of Wandiwash General Coote
d. Unity of Being 3. Battle of Buxar Major Hector Munro
51. Collection of which one of the following Select the correct answer using the codes
comprised Man Kautuhal? given below:
a. The portraits of Rajput rulers a. 1 and 2
b. The musical melodies b. 2 and3
c. The technical contrivances of the c. 3 only
Hindus d. 1,2 and 3
d. Astronomical charts of Indian cities 56. Who among the following was India’s
Defence Minister when the Chinese
invaded the northern part of India in 1962?
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a. Morarji Desai 61. What was Ganj-I Sawai?
b. V. K. Krishna Menon a. A manuscript containing astronomical
c. T. T. Krishnamachari observations of Sawai Jai Singh
d. Jagjivan Ram b. The chief market place in the town of
57. Consider the following statements: Sawai Madhopur
1. In Bombay S. A. Dange published a c. A large cannon fitted ship belonging to
pamphlet ‘Gandhi and Lenin’ and Aurangzeb
started the first socialist weekly ‘The d. The most important custom post near
Socialist’. Surat managed by the Mughal rulers
2. In Bengal, Muzaffar Ahmed brought 62. Consider the following statements:
out ‘Navyug’ and later founded the 1. It was Pala Empire that Buddhism was
‘Langal’ with the cooperation of the introduced into Tibet.
poet Nazrul Islam. 2. The Senas of Bengal were anti-
3. In Madras, M. Singaravelu founded the Buddhist.
‘Labour-Kisan Gazette’. 3. The Solankis who ruled Gujarat,
Which of the statements given above are patronized Jainism.
correct? Which of the statements given above is/are
a. 1 and 2 correct?
b. 2 and 3 a. 1 only
c. 1 and 3 b. 2 and 3
d. 1,2 and 3 c. 1 and 3
58. Which Session of the Indian National d. 1,2 and 3
congress approved the ‘Gandhi-Irwin 63. Assertion (A): The Tamil literary works
Pact’? has a prosperous period during the
a. Karachi Session fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
b. Lahore Session Reason (R): Vijayanagar rules had a
c. Calcutta Session special preference for the Tamil language
d. Tripura Session and literature.
59. Consider the following : a. Both A and R are individually true and
1. Asaf Ali R is the correct explanation of A
2. Bhulabhai Desai b. Both A and R are individually true but
3. Jawaharlal Nehru R is not the correct explanation of A
4. Tej Bahadur Sapru c. A is true but R is false
Who among the above took up the defence d. A is false but R is true
of the INA prisoners in the court at the 64. Assertion (A): Azam Shah requested
Red Fort trials? Shahu to take charge of Narmada region
a. 1 and 2 during his absence from Maharashtra.
b. 2,3 and 4 Reason (R): It was felt that Shahu’s
c. 1,3 and 4 presence in the region would weaken
d. 1,2,3 and 4 Tarabai and safeguard Mughal possessions
60. Which one of the following statements is during Azam’s absence.
correct? a. Both A and R are individually true and
a. When Portugese landed at Calicut in R is the correct explanation of A
1498, Narasa Nayaka chastised b. Both A and R are individually true but
Zamorin and expelled the Portuguese R is not the correct explanation of A
from there c. A is true but R is false
b. Pedro Alvarez Cabral captured the port d. A is false but R is true
of Goa in 1510 65. Assertion (A): In medieval India, screw
c. When Portuguese captured the port of making was undertaken by soldering a
Goa from the Bijapur Sultanate, piece of write on an iron nail.
Vijayanagar rulers sided with Bijapur Reason (R): In medieval India, screw
d. When Mughal forces laid siege to making was undertaken by soldering a
Sambhaji’s Kalyan, Portuguese helped piece of wire on an iron nail.
Mughals with provisions
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a. Both A and R are individually true and b. Both A and R are individually true but
R is the correct explanation of A R is not the correct explanation of A
b. Both A and R are individually true but c. A is true but R is false
R is not the correct explanation of A d. A is false but R is true
c. A is true but R is false 70. Assertion (A) : At the height of the
d. A is false but R is true Swadeshi Movement, communal riots
66. Assertion (A): Akbar removed Adham broke out in Bengal.
khan from his office and appointed Pir Reason (R) : Nawab Salimullah of Decca
Muhammad in his place as Governor of led the Muslim peasantry of Bengal
Malwa. against the Hindu Zamindars.
Reason (R): Adham Khan did not send the a. Both A and R are individually true and
spoils of the conquest to Akbar. R is the correct explanation of A
a. Both A and R are individually true and b. Both A and R are individually true but
R is the correct explanation of A R is not the correct explanation of A
b. Both A and R are individually true but c. A is true but R is false
R is not the correct explanation of A d. A is false but R is true
c. A is true but R is false 71. Assertion (A) : Within half a century of
d. A is false but R is true the Battle of Plassey, the phenomenal
67. Assertion (A): Haji lliyas of Bengal was prosperity of Bengal suffered a serious
defeated by Firuz Shah Tughlaq but the setback.
Sultan returned to Delhi without annexing Reason (R) : The manufacture of cotton
Bengal. goods, the most important commodity of
Reason (R): There was a sudden invasion export from India, increased in other parts
of Monglols on the North-West Frontier. of India while it decline in Bengal.
a. Both A and R are individually true and a. Both A and R are individually true and
R is the correct explanation of A R is the correct explanation of A
b. Both A and R are individually true but b. Both A and R are individually true but
R is not the correct explanation of A R is not the correct explanation of A
c. A is true but R is false c. A is true but R is false
d. A is false but R is true d. A is false but R is true
68. Assertion (A): The Cabinet Mission 72. Assertion (A) : The English Company was
rejected the Muslim League’s demand for granted Diwani Rights of Bengal, Bihar
a separate State of Pakistan. and Orissa in 1765 but the actual
Reason (R): The Cabinet Mission felt that collection of revenue for the first few years
a separate State of Pakistan would contain was left in the hands of Indians.
a large proportion of non-Muslim Reason (R) : The English lacked the
population, and a sizeable population of knowledge of revenue matters in India.
Muslims would be left in India. a. Both A and R are individually true and
a. Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
R is the correct explanation of A b. Both A and R are individually true but
b. Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A
R is not the correct explanation of A c. A is true but R is false
c. A is true but R is false d. A is false but R is true
d. A is false but R is true 73. Consider the following statements:
69. Assertion (A): On the death of Qutb-ud- 1. Brahmanas were exempted from
din Aibak, Aram Shah proclaimed himself execution or death penalty in all the
as the Sultan of Delhi by suppressing the ancient Indian scriptures, texts and law
other contenders to the throne. books.
Reason (R): There were no fixed rules 2. Dayabhaga, a treatise on inheritance
governing the succession to the Crown in was written by Jimutavahana of 12th
the Turkish system. Century.
a. Both A and R are individually true and 3. The Arthashastra deals with crime and
R is the correct explanation of A punishment and suggests many forms
of execution.
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Which of the statements given above is/are c. Nahapana
correct? d. Rudradaman
a. 1 and 2 81. Which Indo –Greek ruler is referred to in
b. 2 and 3 the Besanagar (Vidisha) Pillar inscription?
c. 3 only a. Antialcidas
d. 1,2 and 3 b. Minander
74. Gautamiputra Satakarni is known largely c. Demetrius
because of the inscriptions recorded by his d. Heliodorus
mother. Which one of the following is the 82. Who among the following was a renowned
associated place? Pasupata Acharya?
a. Hathigumpha a. Shantinatha
b. Nanaghat b. Sreekarapandita
c. Nasik c. Udyotakara
d. Kanheri d. Purnakashyapa
75. Which one of the following pairs is 83. Which one of the following epigraphs is
correctly matched? significant for the history of Bhagavatism?
a. Rashtrakutas : Devagiri a. Mathura Pillar Inscription
b. Pallavas : Madurai b. Besanagar Pillar Inscription
c. Yadavas : Manyakheta c. Rumindei Piller Inscription
d. Satavahanas : Pratishana d. Talagunda Pillar Inscription
76. Which one of the following is the correct 84. Which one of the following is the correct
statement about the Sangam society of chronological sequence?
ancient south India? a. Ashtadhyavi - Buddhacharita –
a. Slavery was not known to them Kathasaritsagara – Meghaduta
b. The practice of Sati did not exist there b. Ashtadhyayi – Buddacharita –
c. The sacred marital threat Tali was Meghaduta – Kathasaritsagara
unknown to them c. Buddhacharita – Ashtadhyayi –
d. The women had no claim to the royal Meghaduta – Kathasaritsagara
throne there d. Buddacharita – Ashtadhyayi –
77. Which one among the following is the Kathasaritsayara – Meghaduta
oldest stupa? 85. According to I-tsing, where did Sri Gupta
a. Stupa of Sanchi construct a temple for the Chinese
b. Stupa of Bharhut Buddhist pilgrims?
c. Stupa of Piprawah a. Purushapura
d. Stupa of Amaravati b. Mrigasikhavana
78. Who was the hero of the literary work c. Taxila
Silappadikaram? d. Lumbinivana
a. Karikala Chola 86. Which one of the following statements is
b. Senguttuvan Chera not correct?
c. Nedunjeliyan a. The earliest Indian coins bore no
d. Segannan Chola inscriptions
79. Kanishka convened the Fourth Buddhist b. Satavahanas of Deccan made coins of
council which prepared an encyclopaedia lead
of the Buddhist philosophy. What was this c. Guptas issued rupaka, the silver coins
known as? d. Gold coinage in India was started by
a. Mahavarya Harshavardhana
b. Prajnaparamita Sutra 87. Consider the following:
c. Ariyasacca 1. Kalidasa
d. Mahavibhasha 2. Bharvi
80. Who among the following left an 3. Bhasa
inscription which records reconstruction of Who among the above belonged to the
a great artificial lake in Kathiawar? Gupta age?
a. Gautamiputra Satakarni a. 1 only
b. Kanishka b. 1 and 2
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c. 2 and 3 1. Dealing with royal correspondence
d. 1,2 and 3 2. Commanding Sultan’s Bodyguards
88. Consider the following statements: 3. Heading the State news and
1. Sikandar Lodi changed his residence information agency
from Delhi to Agra. 4. Controlling and supervising the royal
2. The personal retainers of the great household
Amirs were appointed by Sikandar a. A-2 B-4 C-3 D-1
Lodi himself. b. A-3 B-1 C-2 D-4
3. Sikandar Lodi abolished duties on crop c. A-2 B-1 C-3 D-4
of corn. d. A-3 B-4 C-2 D-1
Which of the statements given above is/are 92. Who among the following wrote the drama
correct? Usparinaya which describes the marriage
a. 1 only of Usha with Amirudha?
b. 1 and 2 a. Ganga Devi
c. 2 and 3 b. Madhava Vidyaranya
d. 1,2 and 3 c. Krishna Devaraya
89. Match List-I (Literary Work) with List-II d. Allasani Peddana
(Scholar) and select the correct answer 93. With reference to the Mughal
using the code given below the lists: administration, which one of the following
List-I statements is not correct?
A. Hammir Rasau . a. The Mughal artillery was under the
B. Pampa Ramayana charge of Mir-i-Atish
C. Prasanna Raghava b. Supervision over the lands granted by
D. Sarvochisa Mancharita the Emperors or Princes to pious men,
List-II scholars and monks was under the
1. Allasani Peddana charge of the Chief.Sadr
2. Jayadeva c. The imperial household was under the
3. Naga Chandra charge of Mir Manzil
4. Sarangadhara d. The censorship of public morals was
a. A-1 B-2 C-3 D-4 under the charge of Muntasib
b. A-4 B-3 C-2 D-1 94. Which one of the following buildings is
c. A-1 B-3 C-2 D-4 not located in Fatehpur Sikri?
d. A-4 B-2 C-3 D-1 a. Buland Darwaza
90. What was the duty assigned to Mustakhraj b. Anup Talao
under Ala-ud-din Khalji? c. Qila-i-Kuhna Mosque
a. To measure the land of peasants and to d. Panch Mahal
fix the revenue share of the State 95. What was the function of the official
b. To collect the unrealized balance of called karori under Akbar’s
land revenue from the peasants administration?
c. To punish the revenue officials a. Collection of revenue
indulging in corruption b. Maintaining royal treasury
d. To spy on the merchants and traders c. Maintaining the account of foreign
and to ensure that prices fixed by the trade
State were followed d. Working as scribe for royal
91. Match List-I (Officials of Delhi Sultanate) correspondence
with List-II (Duties/Jobs) and select the 96. Through which one of the following, the
correct answer using the code given below king exercised his control over villages in
the lists: the Vijayanagar Empire?
List-I a. Dannayaka
A. Barid-I Mumalik b. Sumanta
B. Dabiri-I Khas c. Nayaka
C. Sari-I Jandar d. Mahanayakacharya
D. Wakil-I Dar
List-II
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97. Which one of the following is not 103. What was the reason for Gandhiji to
connected with the description of the organize a Satyagraha on behalf of the
Vijayanagar Kingdon? peasants of Kheda?
a. Amuktamalyada a. Non-suspension of land revenue
b. Manucharitam collection in spite of a drought
c. Prabodha Chandrodaya b. Enhancement of land revenue in spite
d. Rehla of failure of crops
98. Who among the following rulers of c. Confiscation of the land of those who
Gujarat was treacherously drowned by the did not pay the land tax by the British
Portuguese when he was on board his administration
ship? d. The proposal of the administration to
a. Mahmud Begarha introduce permanent settlement’ in
b. Muhammad Shah Gujarat
c. Bahadur Shah 104. Consider the following statements:
d. Husain Shah 1. In 1918, Tilak and Gandhi toured
99. Who among the following founded the city villages to raise money and men for the
of Jaunpur? British World War effort.
a. Ala-ud-din Khalji 2. By the Lucknow Pact, the Muslim
b. Muhammad Tughlaq leaders accepted under-representation
c. Firuz Tughlaq in Muslim majority areas in return for
d. Khizr khan Sayyid over-representation in some provinces.
100. Who among the following introduced the Which of the statements given above is/are
dahsala system of land revenue collection correct?
for the first time? a. 1 only
a. Babar b. 2 only
b. Humayun c. Both 1 and 2
c. Akbar d. Neither 1 nor 2
d. Shahjahan 105. With reference to the Indian Councils Act
101. Match List-I with List-II and select the of 1909, consider the following
correct answer using the code given below statements:
the lists: 1. The Act formally introduced for the
List-I (Ancient Town) first time the principle of elections to
A. Ajayameru the legislative councils.
B. Bhrigukaccha 2. The Government of India was given
C. Pragiyotisa general power of disallowing
D. Sisupalgarh politically dangerous candidates.
List-II (Modern State) 3. The income qualifications for the
1. Assam Muslim voters were lower than those
2. Gujarat for the Hindus.
3. Orissa Which of the statements given above are
4. Rajasthan correct?
a. A-1 B-2 C-4 D-3 a. 1 and 2
b. A-4 B-3 C-1 D-2 b. 2 and 3
c. A-1 B-3 C-4 D-2 c. 1 and 3
d. A-4 B-2 C-1 D-3 d. 1,2 and 3
102. Which one of the following deals with the 106. Which one of the following first suggested
schemes of Chanakya to foil the designs of boycott of the British goods in Bengal?
a minister of the last of the Nandas, and to a. urobindo Ghosh’s journal ‘Bande
place Chandragupta Maurya on the throne? Mataram’
a. Mricchakatika b. Krishna Kumar Mitra’s weekly
b. Mudrarakshasa ‘Sanjivani’
c. Pratijnayaugandharayana c. Motilal Ghosh’s ‘Amrit Bazar Patrika’
d. Vikramorvasiyam d. Satish Chandra Mukherji’s ‘Dawn’
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107. Which one of the following pairs is not c. 1 and 3
correctly matched? d. 1,2 and 3
a. Siraj-ud-din Ahmed : Zamindar 111. Match List-I with List-II and select the
b. Lal Chand : Self-abnegation in politics correct answer using the code given below
c. Tej Bahadur Sapru : Tribune the lists:
d. Abul Kalam Azad : Al-Hilal List-I (Person)
108. Consider the following statements: Count A. Madhusudan Dutt
de Lally, the French commander failed B. Bankim Chandra
against the English in India because C. Dinabandhu Mitra
1. the home authorities in France did not List-II (Work)
recognize the importance of securing 1. Meghnad-badh Kavya
political power in India. 2. Devi Chaudhurani
2. the French were inferior to the English 3. Neeldarpan
in naval strength. 4. Grammar of Bengali Language
3. there was discord between the French a. A-4 B-2 C-1
commanders of land and sea forces. b. A-1 B-2 C-3
4. the English heavily bribed some c. A-4 B-3 C-1
important French officers. d. A-1 B-3 C-2
Which of the statements given above are 112. Consider the following statements:
correct? 1. The cancellation of regulations
a. 1,2 and 3 concerning Indian Press by Sir Charles
b. 2 and 3 Metcalfe liberated it from official
c. 1 and 4 control during the period 1835-1857.
d. 1,2,3 and 4 2. Under the Newspaper Act of 1908, the
109. Match List-I with List-II and select the District Magistrate was empowered to
correct answer using the code given below confiscate the printing press where a
the lists: newspaper containing an incitement to
List-I (Monument) violence was printed.
A. Arhai-Din-Ka-Jhompra at Ajmer 3. The Indian Press Act of 1910 was
B. Hauzi-Khas at Delhi suspended by the Government of India
C. Fortress of Adilabad during the World War I, so as to see
D. Jami Masjid aat Badaun cooperation of Indian nationalists for
List-II (Builder) war efforts.
1. Ala-ud-din Khalji Which of the statements given above are
2. Iltumish correct?
3. Muhammad Tughlaq a. 1 and 2
4. Qutb-ud-din Aibak b. 2 and 3
a. A-4 B-2 C-3 D-1 c. 1 and 3
b. A-3 B-1 C-4 D-2 d. 1,2 and 3
c. A-4 B-1 C-3 D-2 113. Who among the following was in the
d. A-3 B-2 C-4 D-1 forefront of making efforts leading to
110. In the context of 1857 Revolt, the causes making the Age of Consent Act, 1891?
that led to the Sepoy Mutiny were a. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
1. the disparity in number of European b. Keshab Chandra Sen
and Indian troops in the British Indian c. B. M. Malabari
Forces. d. Swami Vievekananda
2. the General Service Enlistment Act 114. Consider the following statements with
ordering all recruits to the Bengal reference to Wood’s Despatch:
Army to be ready for service both 1. Institution of a regular system of
within and outside India. scholarship to enable meritorious
3. the introduction of the Enfield rifle. students to pursue the higher courses
Which of the above are correct of study.
a. 1 and 2
b. 2 and 3
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2. Helping the educational institutions 2. remissions of revenue were granted in
founded by private efforts to obtain bad season.
grants from government funds. 3. the revenue collectors were required to
3. Provision of moral and religious write officially annual reports about
education as an important component the work, character and integrity of
of curriculum. their subordinates.
Which of the above were the features of 4. the accounts were to be kept in Hindi.
Wood’s Despatch? Which of the statements given above are
a. 1 and 2 correct?
b. 2 and 3 a. 1 and 2
c. 1 and 3 b. 1,2 and 3
d. 1,2 and 3 c. 3 and 4
115. Who among the following was a founder d. 1,2,3 and 4
of Widow Marriage Association in 1861? 119. Consider the following statements:
a. Devendranath Tagore 1. By Pitt’s India Act, the members of the
b. Mahadev Govinda Renade Governor-General’s Council were
c. Surendranath Banerjee reduced to three.
d. Swami Dayanand Saraswati 2. Pitt’s India Act abolished the
116. Match List-I (Commission / Act / monopoly of the Company’s Indian
Despatch) with List-II (Year) and select trade.
the correct answer using the code given 3. By Pitt’s India Act, through a
below the lists: supplementary Act, the Governor-
List-I Chief in special cases.
A. Wood’s Despatch Which of the statements given above is/are
B. Hunter Commission correct?
C. Universities Act a. 1 and 2
D. Sadler Commission b. 3 only
List-II c. 1 and 3
1. 1919 d. 1,2 and 3
2. 1904 120. Which one of the following is not correct
3. 1882 regarding the chief clauses of the
4. 1854 Regulating Act of 1773?
a. A-4 B-3 C-2 D-1 a. The civil and military government and
b. A-2 B-1 C-4 D-3 the management of all territorial
c. A-4 B-1 C-2 D-3 acquisitions and revenues in Bengal,
d. A-2 B-3 C-4 D-1 Bihar and Orissa, were vested in the
117. Consider the following statements: Governor-General at Fort William,
1. Raja Ram Mohan Roy opposed the assisted by four Councilors.
Permanent Settlement in Bengal. b. The Governor-General in Council at
2. Raja Ram Mohan Roy advocated the Fort William was given the power of
substitution of Persian for English as superintending the administration of
the official language of the courts of the Presidencies of Madras and
law. Bombay
Which of the statements given above is/are c. The President of the Board of Control
correct? exercised all powers relating to
a. 1 only supervising the Indian colony and the
b. 2 only Court of Directors merely retained the
c. Both 1 and 2 right of making appointments
d. Neither 1 and 2 d. A Supreme Court consisting of a Chief
118. Consider the following statements: Justice and three Judges was set up at
1. the State was to advance loans to the Fort William to deal with all cases of
cultivators which could be paid in easy crime
annual installments.

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