PAPER-II
HISTORY

HISTORY
Paper II

Note This paper contains fifty objective type questions of two marks each. All questions are compulsory.

1. Which of the following are true of the Mesolithic period Select your answer from the code given below

Microliths are found in general.

Bagor, Langhnaj and Bhim-betka are some important sites.

Bones of wild and domesticated animals are found.

Rock-paintings are available during this period.

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ii, iii and iv ii and iii

ii, iii and iv ii and iv

2. Which of the following Neolithic archaeological sites is not known for ash-mounds?

Utnur Pallavoy

Kupgal Burzahom

3. Which of the following sites has yielded a short inscription written in Harappan script with huge alphabets

Banawali Dholavira

Kalibangan Mohenjodaro

4. Which of the following pairs is wrongly matched

List I List II

(Mahajanapada) (Capital)

Panchala Mathura

Matsya Bairat

Kosala Sravasti

Magadha Girivraja

5. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the code given below

List I List II
(System of Philosophy) (Advocates)

a. Yoga i. Kapila

b. Mimamsa ii. Patanjali

c. Sankhya iii. Kumarila

d. Vaiseshika iv. Kanada

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a b c d
ii iii iv
iii i iv
iv iii i
i ii iii

6. With which of the following departments was Kantaka-Sodhana connected

Taxation Industry

Tolls Judiciary

7. Which one of the following is wrongly matched Tax-term Connotation

Vishti Forced labour

Bhaga Local tax

Kara Tax

Pranaya Emergency tax

8. Which of the following is not a part of the Buddhist architecture

Anda Medhi

Chhatra Antarala

9. Which of the following statements is true of the Kushan period

Issue of silver coins on a large scale.

Flourishing of the Gandhara art.

Patronage of Amarasimha.

Extension of the empire up to Bengal.

10. Which of the following statements are known from the Hathigumpha inscription of Kharavela

Select your answer from the code given below

He was a ruler of Kalinga.

He describes himself as a Mahameghavahana.

He convened a Council of Jain scholars.

He enlarged the canal originally excavated by a Nanda King,up to the city.

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ii, iii and iv ii and iii

ii, iii and iv ii and iv

11. Which of the following statements are made in the Periplus of the Erythraean sea Select your answer from the code given below

Colchi, Camara and Poduca were South Indian ports.

Ivory was produced in Dosarene.

Large ships called Colandia sailed to the Ganges and Chryse.

Masalia lay to the south of Muziris.

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ii and iii iii and iv

ii, iii and iv ii and iv

12. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below

List I List II
(Author) (Title of the Book)

a. Dandin i. Pratima-nataka

b. Bhasa ii. Chaturvarga-chintamani

c. Hemadri iii. Dasakumara-charita

d. Bhavabhuti iv. Uttararama-charita

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a b c d
iv iii ii
(2) ii iii iv i
(3)iii i ii iv
ii i iii

13. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion and the other as Reason

Assertion Fa-hien visited India during the time of Chandragupta II.

Reason He described Chandragupta II as ruling from his capital at Pataliputra.

In the context of the other two statements which of the following is correct

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Both and are true and is the correct explanation of

Both and are true, but is not the correct explanation of

is true, but is the false.

is false, but is true.

14. Arrange the following Astronomers in a correct chronological order

Aryabhata Brahmagupta

Lagadha Varahamihira

Select the correct answer from the code given below

Code

III, II, IV II, IV, III, I

III, IV, II IV, II,III, I

15. Match List-I with List-II and select the answer from the code given below

List I List II
(Name of the King) (Title)

a. Narasimhavarman I i. Tellarerinda

b. Kulottunga I ii. Vatapikonda

c. Nandivarman III iii. Satyasraya

d. Pulakesin II iv. Sungamtavirta

Code

a b c d
ii iii i
(2) ii iv i iii
(3)iii i iv ii
iii ii iv

16. Who, among the following, were not a South Indian mercantile/maritime organisation

Anjuvannam Manigramam

Ainnurruvar Mahajanas

17. Which of the following statements are true in respect of the Kingdom of Srivijaya Select the answer from the code given below

Devapala of the Pala family granted villages for the maintenance of a Buddhist monastery built by Balaputradeva.

Chola Rajaraja I had cordial relations with the Kingdom of Srivijaya.

Rajendra relations with Srivijaya were initially friendly, but later inimical.

Mara Vijayottugavarman built a Buddhist monastery at Nagapatinam.

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ii, iii and iv ii and iii

ii, iii and iv iii and iv

18. Match Persian/Arabic texts given in List-I with its composers given in List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below

List I List II
(Texts) (Composers)

Taj-ul Maasir Al-Qashqandi

Tarikh-i Mubarak Shahi Hasan Nizami

Masalik-ul Absar fi Mumalik ul-Amsar Yahya bin Ahmad Sirhindi

Subh-ul A'sha Shihabuddin al-Umari

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19. "During the entire period of khani and kingship of well over 40 years he never talked to bazaar people, the base, mean, musicians and buffoons."

In the above statement Ziauddin Barani is referring to which of the following Sultan

Nasiruddin Mahmud Balban

Alauddin Khalji Muhammad bin Tughluq

20. Which of the following city was named Khizrabad by Alauddin Khalji after his son Khizr Khan

Lakhnauti Ranthambhor

Chittor Mandu

21. The fourteenth century saint-poetess Lalla Ded's verses are known as

Var Vaakh

Lalkavya Spanda

22. Ziauddin Barani records that inspite of ban on wine "addicts libertines and debauched people built Bhattis in their houses and distilled wine... and themselves consumed it and secretly sold it at higher costs."

In the above statement Ziauddin Barani is referring to which of the following Sultan who prohibited consumption and sale of wine in his dominion

Balban Alauddin Khalji

Muhammad Bin Tughluq Firoz Shah Tughluq

23. Arrange the following Chak rulers of Kashmir in chronological order

Sultan Muhammad Shah I Sultan Hasan Shah

Sultan Fateh Shah Sultan Haidar Shah

Select your answer from the code given below

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24. is their custom that the person to whom this (platter containing is brought out takes the platter in his hand, places it upon his shoulder and then does homage with his other hand touching the ground.'

Who among the following wrote this while mentioning the feasts arranged by Sultan Muhammad Tughluq for his nobles and for foreign visitors

Abdur Razzaq Ibn Battuta

Mirza Nathan Shams Siraj Afif

25. Who gave the following arguments for understanding his work Ma'danu'sh Shifa-i Sikandarshahi

'First, that the Greek medicine did not suit the climate of India, and secondly, that the medicinal plants mentioned in that system were either unidentifiable or unobtainable in India.'

(1) Ali Muhammad Khan Milhana

Mir Masum Miyan Bhuwah

26. Which one of the following works was commissioned by Aurangzeb to compile authoritative passages from the standard works of Hanafi fiqh for the guidance of the qazis

Siyasat Nama Nasihat-ul Muluk

Ahkam i Alamgiri Fatawa al-Alamgiri

27. Whom did Abul Fazl style 'Sada Lahu' ('simple because he mourned the loss of the idol he used to worship, and call him blind follower of custom'

Todar Mal Man Singh

Tansen Birbal

28. Match List- I with List-II and select your answer from the code given below

List I List II
(Author) (Work)

(a)Ballalasena Rasagangadhara

Jagannath Pandita Rajavalipataka

Krishnadeva Bhojaprabandha

Shuka Parasiprakasha

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29. Point out which of the following is/are not a form of Hundi

Zabti Hundi Darshani Hundi

Miyadi Hundi Faslana Hundi

Choose your answer from the code given below

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and only and only

and only and only

30. Arrange the following historical monuments in chronological order

Humayun's Tomb Delhi

Atala Mosque Jaunpur

Rabia Daurani's Tomb Aurangabad

Sher Shah's Tomb Sasaram

Select your answer from the following code

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31. Which of the following Mughal royal woman assigned land from her jagir for grazing cows

Hamida Bano Begum Maham Anga

Nur Jahan Mumtaz Mahal

32. Which of the following is not correct

In sarkar, a territorial division of a suba, a number of officials were appointed.

The highest officer of a sarkar was called faujdar.

One of the officers was called pradhan of the sarkar.

The duty of the faujdar was to maintain law and order in his sarkar.

33. During his conversation with Aurangzeb Mirza Mukarram Safavi asked him to express his views on music. Which of the following statement/s of Aurangzeb is/are true on music

Music was neither good nor bad.

I dislike instrumental and vocal music.

I cannot listen to music without flutes especially Pakhawaj.

Flutes are unanimously prohibited (haram) so I left music.

Select the correct answer from the code given below

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and and

and and

34. Chronologically arrange the following celebrated buildings built by Shahjahan

Diwan-i Am in Agra Fort Moti Masjid in Agra Fort

Taj Mahal, Agra Jama Masjid, Shahjahanabad

Select the correct answer from the code given below

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35. Which system was declared illegal in India by the India Act V of 1843

(1) Sati Infanticide

Slavery Dowry

36. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion and the other labelled as Reason

Assertion Chiefs' colleges in India was founded to provide education for the princely and aristocratic families of India.

Reason Natives were desirous to be taught in English and not to be taught in native languages.

In the context of the above statements, which of the following is correct

Code

Both and are true and is the correct explanation of

Both and are true, but is not the correct explanation of

is true, but is false.

is false, but is true.

37. Who among the following did not endorse the view that the protected princes in India were mere 'feudatories' of the British Crown

Sir Lewis Tupper Wheaton

Duke of Argyll Sir William Lee Warner

38. Arrange chronologically the following Famine Commissions

Macdonnell Strachey

Lyall Campbell

Select the correct answer from the code given below

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39. When was the first Factory Act was passed by the British Colonial Government

1867 1876

1881 1884

40. Which one of the following was not the declared objective for the founding of the All India Muslim League

Propagate the Ideology of pan-Islamism among the Indian Muslims.

Plead with the British Government about the political rights and interests of the Indian Muslims.

Promote among the Indian Muslims feelings of loyalty to the British Government.

To prevent the rise among the Indian Muslims of any feelings of hostility towards other communities.

41. Who among the following were the members of Khilafat Committee

Shaukat Ali Hakim Ajmal Khan

Hasrat Mohani Mustafa Nasaruddin

Select the correct answer from the code given below

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and and

and and

42. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer with the help of the code given below

List I List II
(Leader) (Organization)

M.C. Raja All India Depressed Classes League

Jagjivan Ram All India Depressed Classes Congress

B.R. Ambedkar All India Depressed Classes Association

Mahatma Gandhi All India Harijan Sangh

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43. Which among the following Act was described as a 'new charter of bondage' by Jawaharlal Nehru

Indian Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1913

Rowlatt Act, 1919

Government of India Act, 1919

Government of India Act, 1935

44. Who among the following condemned the Ottawa Trade Agreement of 1932 by saying that has killed much larger interests of India'

G.D. Birla J.R.D. Tata

Jawahar Lal Nehru J.B. Kripalani

45. Who among the following did not belong to the 'Liberal Party'

Dinshaw Petit Ali Iman Purshottam Das Thakur

S.M. Paranjpye V.S. Srinivasa Sastri

46. Which one of the following would not be a necessary condition for being a 'Nation-State'

A State organized for the Government of a Nation or closely related Nations.

A State whose territory is determined by National boundaries.

A State whose law is determined by National customs and aspirations.

A Nation is the expression of the State.

47. Which of the following Articles of the Indian Constitution guarantees complete equality of men and women

12 and 13 14 and 15

18 and 19 49 and 50

48. Who among the following was a great innovator in Politics. Being fully and consciously secular, he understood, more clearly the danger that communalism posed to the nation. He often told that communalism was as big an enemy as colonialism.

Chandrashekhar Azad Bhagwati Charan Vohra

Yashpal Bhagat Singh

49. Who among the following was not the member of the States Reorganization Commission

Justice Syed Fazl Ali Dr. Hriday Nath Kunzru

K.M. Panikkar Sasipada Banerji

50. Who coined the term 'positivism' and was the founder of positivist philosophy

Niebuhr Ranke

Auguste Comte Thomas Buckle