1 The hominoid fossils of Hathnora is

Homo erectus

Homo habilis

Homo sapiens

None of the above

2 The burial practice was started by

Homo sapiens

Homo erectus

Homo neanderthalensin

Homo habilis

3 From where the largest number of copper hoards have been found

Jodhpura

Bahadrabad

Saipai

Gungeria

4 Match List (Harappan site) with List -II (archaeological remains) and select the correct answer from the code given below

List I List II
Mohenjo daro Terracotta horse figurine
Lothal Terracotta spoked wheel
Harappa Horse's fossil
Pirak Fire altar


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5 Who amongst the following was the first to propose that Harappan culture had developed in the Indus region itself and was not intrusive from western region

Daya Ram Sahni

Rakhal Das Banerji

John Marshall

Madho Sarup Vats

6 The earliest epigraphical evidence of Indo European language have been found at

Bactri

Iraq

Iran

Syria

7 Which of the following priest composed Gayatri mantra

Vasistha

Vishvamitra

Atri

Bharadwaj

8 Which of the following Vedang is associated with metrics

Shiksha

Kalpa

Nirukta

Chhanda

9 The Greek settlement 'Boukephala' was situated on

Ravi

Chenab

Jhelum

Sindhu

10 Which of the following dynasty issued largest number of Copper coins in India

Indo Greek

Satvahana

Kushan

Gupta

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

List I List II

(Chalukya temple) (their builder)
Brahma temple Trailokyamadevi
Huchchimall temple Lokamahadevi
Virupaksha temple Vinyaditya
Mallikarjuna temple Vijayaditya

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12 Who amongst the following for the first time introduced a new device in Indian drama i.e. drama within a drama (garabha-nataka)

Harsha

Bana

Mayura

Divakar

13 Who among the following built Kailashanath temple at Kanchi

Narsimhavarman I

Narsimhavarman II and Parmeshvaravarman II

Narsimhavarman I and II

Narsimhavarman II and Mahendravarman III

14 Which one of the following is NOT correctly matched

Panchasidhantika Varahamihira

Brahmasutra Aryabhatta

Astang sangrah Vagbhata

Nighantu Dhanvantari

15 Which of the following temple is built by Bricks

Parvati temple at Nachana Kuthara

Ladkhan temple at Aihole

Baigram temple at Dinajpur

Shiva temple at Bhumra

16 Which one of the following is not correct in reference to Ajanta

Out of 28 caves, five belong to earlier then Gupta period.

Cave No. XIX and XXVI are Chaitya, and the rest are Vihara.

Cave No. XX and XXI are Chaitya, and the rest are Vihara.

It's paintings gave secular message.

17 Which of the following is not correct in context to Kalabhra revolt

The revolt was against Cholas

It was a powerful peasant protest against land lords brahmanas

They ruled for seventy five years

They did not patronized Buddhist monasteries.

18 Medieval Indian history written in Persian language is identified as Persian historiography. It rallies a round to the

activities of masses

ulema

ruling classes

sufi silsilahs

19 Which one of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched

(Source) (Author)

Abbas khan Sarwani Futuhati-i-sher shahi

Jauhar Aftabchi Tazkirat ul Waqiat

Abdul Qadir Badaoni Muntakhab ul Tawarikh

Firishta Tarikh i-Firishta
20 Taqsim documents are same as

Arsattas

Muwazana -dahsala

Akhbarat

Malfuzat
21 Atala mosque at Jaunpur was built by

Bahmani Sultans

Khalji Sultans

Sharqi Sultans

Lodhi Sultans

22 Who amongst the following belonged to suhrawardi silsilah

Shaikh Bahauddin Zakaria

Shaikh Yahya Maneri

Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi

Shaikh Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki

23 Which one of the following cities was not a mint city in Mughal India

Agra

Banswara

Ahmedabad

Ajmer

24 Sarkhej and Bayana were well known during Mughal times for their extensive cultivation of

Cotton

Betel leaves

Poppy

Indigo

25 Who is the first to give a description of the languages of the different regions of India and reminds us that the Hindawi is the country's lingua franca, and Sanskrit its classical language

Albiruni

Ibn Batluta

Barani

Amir Khusrau

26 An equivalent of Marathi term Deshmukh in North India is

Karori

Chaudhry

Patel

Amin

27 Which of the following Mughal emperors mentions that salt is not available in Kashmir and is brought from Hindustan

Babur

Akbar

Jahangir

Shahjahan
28 Barani says about a Delhi Sultan that when he ascended the throne "the Muslims and Hin­dus had their hearts comforted" and notes that by 1357 the Khuts and muqaddams had become prosperous with numerous horses and cattle. Who was this Sultan

Alauddin Khilji

Ghyasuddin Tughluq

Firuz Tughluq

Mohammad Tughluq

29 Which of the following is not correct about Alauddin Khalji

He was connected with almost everything that happened in the houses of the nobles and the public markets.

According to Barani, the Sultan ordered the nobles not to go each other's houses, and there were to be no intermarriages among them unless a proper permission was obtained from the Sultan.

He himself gave up drinking.

All the contemporary sources have made the mention of Padmini legend.

30 First time assignment of pattas to the sardars at large scale is traceable from the time of

Raja Man Singh of Amber

Rao Maldeo of Jodhpur

Raja Jait Singh of Bikaner

Rana Kumbha of Mewar

31 Guru Granth Sahib includes the composition of

Guru Nanak and his successors

Shaikh Farid

Namdev, Kabir and Ravidas

All the above

32 Award of title to a noble was a part of political culture in medieval India. Title show the noble's socio -political status in the Mughal India. Keeping in view the above statement choose from the below to whom the title of 'farzand' was awarded to

Raja Bharmal

Raja Man Singh

Raja Baso

Raja Bir Singh Deo Bundila


33 Identify the Mughal royal lady after whose death in 1604, many Rajput chiefs along with emperor Akbar shaved their heads

Gulbadan Begum

Hamida Bano Begum

Maham Anaga

Manmati Bai

34 Match the List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below

List I List II

(Traveller) (Reign)
Ralph Fitch Humayun
Bernier Akbar
Sidi Ali Reis Jahangir
Thomas Roe Aurangzeb


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35 Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists.

List I List II

(Authors) (Books)
Michael H. Fisher The Great Transformation The Political and Economic Origins of our Times
A. Brewer Economic Development in Asian Perspective
Shigeru Ishikawa Marxist Theoris of Imperialism
Karl Polanzi The politics of British Annexation of India 1757 -1857


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36 Who among the following for the first time formulated regular press laws during the rule of the British East India Company

Lord Warren Hastings

Lord Cornwallis

Sir John Shore

Lord Wellesley

37 Between 1886 and 1919 High Courts were established at

Bombay, Madras and Calcutta

Allahabad, Patna and Lahore

Madras, Calcutta and Allahabad

Bombay, Patna and Lahore

38 Among the following, who was not with Mahatma Gandhi during the Champaran Satyagraha

Anurudha Narain Sinha

Brij Kishore Prasad

Rajendra Prasad

Ravi Shankar Vyas

39 Which Act provided for holding the I.C.S. recruitment examination in India

Indian Councils Act, 18.1

Indian Councils Act, 18.3

Morley Minto Reforms, 1...

Government of India Act, 1.1.

40 Who of the following women was not associated with revolutionary movement

Bina Das

Kalpana Dutt

Madam Bhikaji Cama

Toru Dutt

41 In which session of Indian National Congress, Sarojini Naidu was elected as its President

Delhi session, 1.18

Gaya session, 1.22

Kanpur session, 1.25

Madras session, 1.27

42 Who among the following threw a bomb on the Central Legislative Assembly on 8 April 1.2.

Bhagat Singh and Rajguru

Sukhdev and Rajguru

Bhagat Singh and B. K. Dutta

Rajguru and B. K. Dutta

43 As a result of the Poona Pact the number of seats reserved for the Depressed Classes out of general electorate seats were

Decreased

Retained at the same level

Abolished

Increased

44 Who of the following was not associated with Civil Disobedience Movement

C. Rajgopalachari

Abbas Tayabji

Sarojini Naidu

Lala Hardyal

45 How many countries attended the first summit meeting of the Non Alignment Movement held in 1..1

22

24

27

3.

46 Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below

List I List II

(Authors) (Writings)
Marc Bloch of Grammatology
J. H. Robinson The Historians craft
Antonio Gramsci Prison Notebooks
Jacques Derrida The New History


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47 Of the following, which criterion was not laid down by the Preparatory Committee of the first NAM conference for the member countries

To follow an independent policy

Not to be a member of multi-lateral alliances

To severe all the existing alliances

If conceded military bases, they should not be meant for super power conflict

48 Who among the following prime ministers of India told a journalist that 'The congress has become moribund, 'adding' sometimes I feel that even the parliamentary system has become moribund'.

V. P. Singh

Indira Gandhi

Lal Bahadur Shastri

H. D. Deve Gowda

49 Consider the following statements
Assertion During the 18th century Indian scholars came in close contact with the rich storehouse of Western literature.
Reason In respect of the development of vernacular literature, the Indian scholars inbibed new ideas, new literary forms, new methods and technique. In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct

Both and are correct and is the correct explanation of

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

is correct, but is false.

is false, but is correct.

50 The idea of progress gained ground in the writings of

Medieval church historians

18th century Enlightenment historians

19th century nationalist historians

None of the above