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

List-I (Author) List-II (Definition of History)

E.H. Carr All history is the history of thought.

G.R. Elton History is science no less no more.

J.B. Bury History is what the historian writes.

R. G. Collingwood History is an endless dialogue between the historian and his facts.

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

List-I (Mesolithic site) List-II (Location)

Birbhanpur Bihar

Loteshwar Gujarat

Paisra Uttar Pradesh

Sarai Nahar Rai West Bengal

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3. The earliest evidence of transition from hunting and food gathering to animal domestication and agriculture in Indian subcontinent has been found at

Anjira

Damb Sadat

Kile Gul Mohammad

Mehrgarh

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

Assertion Harrapan civilization was in close trade relations with South Turkmenistan.

Reason Harappan objects or those produced under Harappan influence have been found at Kish, Ur, Nippur, etc.

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

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.

5. The discovery of metal was a revolutionary event in human history. Richest copper mines occurred in which part of India

Bihar

Gujarat

Rajasthan

Tamil Nadu

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6. Which Rigvedic deity is more frequently invoked as being the most useful as also the most fearsome of the gods

Agni

Dyaus

Indra

Marut

7. Which text makes it evident that the Vedic Sabha and Samiti were two separate institutions

Aitareya Brahmana

Atharva Veda

Satapatha Brahmana

Yajurveda

8. The followers of the Ajivika sect were also known by which other names

Hatthapalekhana

Ekadandika

Magandika

Tedandika Codes

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

List-I (Mahajanapada) List-II (Capital)

Asmaka Hataka

Avanti Mahishmati

Chedi Potali

Kamboja Suktimati

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10. The 'Indica' of Megasthenes is lost, but it survives in fragments in the writings of which Greeco-Roman authors

Ktesias

Pliny the Elder

Diodorus Siculus

Strabo Codes

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11. Which one of the following is not true about the Rummindei Pillar Inscription of Asoka

It is located at Lumbini, a place Asoka had visited personally.

It commemorates his visit to pay reverence to the Buddha Konakamana.

Asoka made the village Lumbini free of the bali payments.

He reduced its land revenue to one eighth.

12. Who visited the court of Bindusara as an envoy of the Syrian emperor

Claudias

Deimachus

Diodorus

Dionysus

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

List-I (Missionaries deputed by the third Buddhist Council) List-II (Respective Areas)

Majjhantika Kashmir and Gandhara

Maharakshita Maharashtra

Mahadharmarakshita Suvarnabhumi

Sona and Uttara Yona

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14. The Mauryan army was comprised of

Infantry

Cavalry

Chariots

Elephants Code

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15. Which of the following Tamil poets were associated with Kanchi

Appar

Paranar

Mamulanar

Sundaramurti

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16. Harishena, the author of Prayaga Prasasti held which of the following offices

Khadyatapakika

Kumaramatya

Mahadandanayaka

Sandhivigrahika Code

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17. Which among the following is the biggest Jaina image

Monolithic image of Gommata at Shravanabelagola

Parsvanatha image of Gwalior

Jaina image in the Udaygiri caves

Parsvanatha image of Bhojapur

18. Which of the following inscriptions of Samudragupta describe him as a 'Parama Bhagavata'

Gaya Copper Plate

Nalanda Copper-plate

Eran Pillar Inscription

Allahabad Pillar Inscription Code

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19. Which new type of gold coins were started by Kumaragupta I

Apratigha Type

Elephant Rider Type

Rhinoceros Slayer Type

Sword Type

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

List-I (Dynasty) List-II (Founder)

Uttar Gupta Krishnagupta

Maukhari Asvapati

Pushyabhuti Naravardhana

Varman Pushyavarman

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21. Apart from Harsha the Chinese traveller Yuan Chwang had occasion to meet which other contemporary rulers

King of Gauda King of Kashmir

King of Kanchi

King of Valabhi Codes

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

Assertion The Pallava king Mahendravarman also known as Vichitra-Chitta, was a man of unstable mind.

Reason He professed Jainism for a time, but discared it in favour of Saivism In the context of the above two statements which of the following is correct

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.

23. Which among the following temples has a Dravidian type of Sikhara

Ananta Vasudeva temple, Bhubaneswara

Kandariya Mahadeva temple, Khajuraho.

Lakshman Temple, Sirpur

Teli ka Mandir, Gwalior

24. Which dynasty of South India claimed that its ancesters had ruled at Ayodhya

Chalukyas of Kalyani

Cholas

Pallavas

Rashtrakutas of Manyakheta

25. Sri Jaya Indravarman Maharajadhiraja of the Bhrigu family was the ruler of

Champa

Java

Kambuja

Pagan on Irawadi

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

Assertion Bhandarkar equates the Virashaiva with the Lingayat sect and traces its origin to a split in the Aradhya school of the Saivas.

Reason Acceptance of Brahamanical rituals and caste ascendency constitutes the core of the Lingayat movement. In the context of the above two statements which of the following is correct

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.

27. Consider the following statements about Fakhr-i Mudabbir and his Adab-ul Harb wa Shujaat.

It is a work written on the science of warfare in the early years of Iltutmish's reign.

Fakhr-i Mudabbir praises highly the swords made in India.

Mudabbir mentions that the iron was smelted at Khetri in Rajasthan.

He offers the earliest known description of the technique of producing Damascus steel.

Select the correct answer from the code given below

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

Assertion Sultan Zainul Abidin was a great patron of learning and surrounded himself with learned men with whom he was fond of holding discussions.

Reason Scholars like Saiyid Muhammad Rumi, Qazi Saiyid Ali Shirazi, Qazi Jamal and Saiyid Muhammad Sistani left their countries and emigrated to Kashmir during his reign. In the context of the above two statements which of the following is correct

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.

29. Consider the following statements on Ulugh Khan's (Balban) relations with the Afghans

Ulugh Khan recruited some 3000 Afghan into his army.

When Ulugh khan became sultan, he placed the newly created military outposts near Delhi such as Patyali, Kampil and Bhojpur under Afghan control.

Sultan Balban appointed Afghan noble Ikhtiyaruddin as wazir.

Sultan Blaban appointed several Afghans as governer. Select the correct answer from the code given below Code

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30. The Sultan ordered "Whatever they cultivate … should be assessed by measurement in accordance with yield per biswa, and all of them should pay half without any distinction." In the above statement which of the following Sultan had asked the measurement of land as the base of assessment

Iltutmish

Alauddin Khalji

Muhammad Tughlaq

Firuz Tughlaq

31. Which of the following statements about Amir Khusrau and his music are correct

Amir Khusrau studied the Daccani music of the Karnataka School.

The great exponent of Deccani/ Karnataka music Naik Gopal was the contemporary of Amir Khusrau.

Amir Khusrau applaud's his invention of sitar in his work Ghurrat al-Kamal.

Later works credit Amir Khusrau inventing about nineteen melodic forms, particularly khyal, tarana and qawl.

Select the correct answer from the code given below

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32. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion and the other as Reason Assertion The Indian tradition regarding statecraft was not completely eclipsed with the coming of the Turks and continued in many peripheral areas. Reason The writings of the Vijaynagara ruler, Krishnadeva Raya, Rajasthani Vigat and Khyat literature and Ramchandra Amatya's Ájnapatra provide useful information on Indian statecraft. In the context of the above two statements which of the following is correct

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.

33. Naphta and Mangonels were used for the first time in India in which of the following place/ region

Sindh, 712

Khajuraho temple, 950

Deccan, 1130

Panipat, 1526

34. From the following identify the place where Sultan Alauddin Khalji declared himself Sultan or ascended the throne

Awadh

Delhi

Allahabad

Kara

35. Match List-I with List-II relating to terms and their meaning

List-I(Term) List-II (Meaning)

Baqqal The lowest grade of agricultural persant

Balahar an armed man

Silahdar a group of ten thousand soldiers.

Tuman grain traders Select the correct answer from the code given below

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36. Which of the following sufi saints popularized the Qadiria order in Punjab and Sindh

Shaikh Muhammad al-Husaini and Shaikh Abdul Qadir

Shaikh Wajihuddin Ahmad and Shaikh Muhammad Ghaus.

Shaikh Abdullah and Shaikh Qazin

Shaikh Phul and Shaikh Burhanuddin

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

Assertion Muslim political thinking was also shaped by the Adab literature.

Reason The Adab literature was, to some extent, influenced by the Panchatantra which was introduced into Arabic literature by Ibn al-Muqaffa's translation of Kalila wa Dimna.

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

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.

38. Which of the following pair (Author and Source) is not correctly matched Author Source

Nizam ud din Ahmad Tabaqat-i Akbari

Muhammad Kazim Muntakhab-ul Lubab

Abdul Hamid Lahori Padshahnama

Kewal Ram Tazkirat-ul Umara

39. Which of the following is not correct

Akbar divided his empire into twelve territorial units. These were called Subas.

A Suba was divided into a number of Sarkars.

A Sarkar was further divided into Parganas.

A Pargana was further divided into Shiqs

40. Which of the following statements are correct

The leading nobles and scholars such as the great litterateur, Khan-i Khanan Abd al Rahim, and the leading theologian, Shaikh Abd al Nabi were charged with responsibility for education of Prince Salim.

Well versed in Persian and Hindi and with a respectable knowledge of Turki, Prince Salim also possessed a good grounding in History, the natural sciences, geography, martial skills and theology which were considered appropriate for a prince.

Prince Shahjahan excelled in the martial arts. He possessed great military prowess.

Prince Shahjahan, who was born in Ahmadabad, ordered repairs to both Mughal and pre-Mughal buildings there, revealing a his interest in the maintenance of older structures. Choose your answer from the code given below Code

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41. Match List-I with List-II relating to Books and Authors

List-I (Book) List-II (Author)

Catherine B. Asher Mughal Architecture An Outline of its History and Development.

R. Nath Architecture of Mughal India

A. J. Qaisar History of Mughal Architecture.

Ebba Koch Building Construction in Mughal India The Evidence from Painting. Select your answer for the code given below

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42. One of the innovation of the Mughals in building technology was pre-fab wooden structures. These portable homes were known as bangla in the seventeenth century from which the Anglo-Indian word 'bungalow' is derived. Which of the following Mughal emperor is credited with this innovation

Akbar

Jahangir

Shahjahan

Aurangzeb

43. Consider the following statements relating to various gaz used in the Mughal empire

Abul Fazl mentions that Humayun's gaz-i Sikandari consisted of 32 angusht (digits)

Abul Fazl records that the length of gaz-i Ilahi was equal to 41 angusht.

The length of dira Shahjani was equal to a little less than 33.5 angusht.

Tuzuk-i Jahangiri mentions the length of gaz-i Shar'i as 26 angusht. Select the correct answer from the codes given below

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

Assertion The European trade in indigo became very important in the first half of the seventeeth century, after which it experienced a sharp decline.

Reason There was rise in the price of Agra indigo and the competition from the slave-worked plantations established in the West Indies. In the context of the above two statements which of the following is correct

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.

45. Which of the following statements is not correct

Sarrafs (money changers) specialized in issuing hundis to enable remittances to be made.

Hundi was a negotiable document, usually transferred at a small discount.

A single rate of 'exchange' was fixed for bills drawn at one place upon another irrespective of remittance or credit.

The hundi itself specified whether it was to be payable on sight, or payable at the end of a particular period after its presentation to the drawee.

46. Which of the following statements are correct

There was tradition of an annual 'sarbat khalsa' at Chak Guru (Amritsar); but dissensions grew apace and each chief tended to carve out a separate territory for himself.

The Dasam Granth contains compositions of Guru Gobind Singh.

The Gurus were Khatris and their principal lieutenants, the masands, were also Khatris.

The military power of the Gurus reached its apex under the tenth and last Guru, Gobind Singh. Select your answer from the code given below Code

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47. Which of the following statement is not correct

Persian was not only the language of higher administration in the Delhi Sultanate and the Mughal empire, but had also spread to the courts of the Rajput states.

Sirajuddin Ali Arzu propounded the view that Persian and Hindi had fundamental affinities.

Tek Chand Bahar quotes poets and prose-works in his Bahar-i Ajam which was written in 1639-40.

A new language Urdu, sprang from the interaction of Persian with Hindi dialects.

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

Assertion Jean de Thevenot, a French traveller writes that the people of Surat commonly do not drink the water of Tapti river.

Reason The water of river was brackish. In the context of the above two statements which of the following is correct

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.

49. Consider the following statements pertaining to customs rates in the Mughal empire

Abul Fazl mentions that 2 1/4 per cent was the maximum customs duties under Akbar.

In Jahangir's reign customs duties were 3 1/2 per cent on all imports and exports of 4 goods.

In Shahjahan's reign customs duties were 2 per cent on money either gold or silver.

Aurangzeb fixed a higher custom rates for non-muslims. That is why Muslim merchants smuggled goods belonging to Hindus to evade higher customs rate. Select the correct answer from the code given below

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

Assertion When Nizam ul Mulk arrived in the Deccan as the Viceroy in 1714, he refused to accept Daud Khan's agreement for the payment of the Chauth and Sardeshmukhi of the Deccan to Shahu.

Reason Nizam ul Mulk inflicted a couple of defeats on them, and destroyed the small mud forts which they had built in every district and which served as a base of attack or a place of refuge to the Maratha bands. In the context of the above two statements which of the following is correct

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.

51. When and where the 'Society for Translating European Sciences' was set up

Bombay in 1825

Pune in 1830

Calcutta in 1825

Lahore in 1824

52. Match List-I with List-II and choose correct answer from the code given below

List-I List-II

Bakht Khan Bareilly

Maulavi Ahmadulla Jagdishpur

Kunwar Singh Lucknow

Hazrat Mahal Faizabad

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

Assertion The decline of the traditional handicraft cottage industries was the result of British commercial policy.

Reason The imperialist conquests had given immerse resources to the British. In the context of the above two statements which of the following is correct

Both and are true and is the correct explanation of

Both and are true, but is not the correct explanation

is true, but is false.

is false, but is true.

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

Assertion The Liberals genuinely believed that there was a constitutional way to India's self rule.

Reason They had an abiding faith in the British senses of justice. In the context of the above two statements which of the following is correct

Both and are true and is the correct explanation of

Both and are true, but is not the correct explanation

is true, but is false.

is false, but is true.


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

Assertion According to Vivekanand "Caste system is opposed to the religion of the Vedanta."

Reason All evil comes from relying upon differences. All good comes from faith in equality, in the understanding of the underlying sameness and oneness of things.

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

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.

56. Who among the following had not been involved in floating the idea of permanent settlement for Bengal

Alexander Dow

Thomas Law

Montgomery Martin

Philip Francis

57. Arrange chronologically the following tribal rebellions

Rampa

Santal

Kol

Munda under Birsa Select the correct answer from the codes given below

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58. Who among the following were revolutionary leaders

Barkatulla

Khizar Hayat Khan

Obeidulla Sindhi

Mahmud Hasan Select the correct answer from the code given below

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59. In which session of the Indian National Congress, a policy about the princely states was first time enunciated

Nagpur, 1920

Tripura, 1939

Haripura, 1938

Karachi, 1931

60. In which session, Congress passed the resolution of 'Poorna Swaraj'

Lahore Session

Calcutta Session

Madras Session

Lucknow Session

61. Which one of the following organizations was established in 1942 by the leftiest women leaders in Bengal

Mahila Sudharna Samiti

Mahila Samajwadi Samiti

Mahila Suraksha Samiti

Mahila Atmarakshan Samiti

62. Who among the following was the first Indian women President of Indian National Congress

Aruna Asaf Ali

Sucheta Kirpalani

Sarojini Naidu

Latika Ghosh

63. Match List-I with List-II and choose correct answer from the code given below

List-I List-II

Bamabodhini started by Dwijendranath Tagore

Mahila edited by Umesh Chandra Dutta

Bharati edited by Girish Chandra Sen

Suprabhat started by Kumudini and Basanti Mitra

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64. Khudai Khidmatgars were popularly known as the

Green Shirts

Red Shirts

Black Shirts

White Shirts

65. Aryasamaji leader Mr.Harvilas Sarada belonged to which part of India

Rajasthan

Maharashtra

Gujarat

Punjab

66. Which area's communists launched a massive campaign with the slogan 'Throw the American model into the Arabian sea'

Area of Nagpur State

Area of Nizam state

Area of N.W. Travancore state

Area of Bhagalpur

67. The most militant struggle was the Tebhaga struggle by the Share-croppers of Bengal. They declared that they would not pay of the crop to the landlords.

1/3

1/4

1/6

1/2

68. In which year the National Congress passed a resolution calling upon the Indian people refrain from the use of Japanese goods'

1936

1937

1938

1939

69. Arrange the following events in chronological order

Subhash Chandra Bose had a meeting with Mr. Tojo.

Subhash Chandra Bose arrived at Taipei.

INA hoists the National Flag on the free Indian soil.

Establishment of Indian National Army. Select the correct answer from the code given below

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70. Who said the following 'invoke the aid of the almighty to take me away from this 'vale of tears' rather than make me a helpless witness of the butchery by men become savage, whether he dares to call himself a Muslim or Hindu or what not'

M.K. Gandhi

Abdul Gaffar Khan

Vinoba Bhave

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

71. Who among the following described the redistribution of provinces on linguistic basis as 'assassins of nationalism'

K. M. Munshi

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Jawaharlal Nehru

Jamanalal Bajaj

72. Which one of the following was not an aspect of the official policy of 'Apartheid'

Racial Segregation.

Separate but equal development of the Africans.

Laws prohibiting mixed marriages.

Patronizing native culture of the Africans.

73. Match List-I with List-II and choose correct answer from the code given below

List-I (Author) List-II (Book)

J.A. Hobson Neo-colonialism, the last stage of Imperialism

Lenin Imperialism A Study

K.Nkrumah Imperialism as the highest state of Capitalism

R.H. Tawney Religion and the Rise of Capitalism.

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74. Who among the following expressed grave doubts about Ranke's tall claim regarding 'objective' and 'impartial' history

George Waitz

E.H. Carr

Heinrich Von Sybel

Dove

75. In which year the 'non-proliferation' treaty was signed

1956

1963

1982

1990