1. Harappa was discovered by:

R.D. Banerjee

Daya Ram Sahni

Charles Mason

John Marshall

2. Who is the propounder of Sapta sindhu as the original home of the Aryans?

A.C.Das

Maxmuller

R.C. Majumdar

John Marshall

3. Arrange the following personalities in chronological order starting with the earliest:
Harisena ii) Brihadratha iii) Kanishka iv) Megasthanese


iv, iii, ii

iii, ii, iv

iii, iv, ii

iv, ii, iii, i


4. Which of the following is the correct order of the cultures?

Neolithic, Mesolithic, Chalcolithic, Megalithic

Mesolithic, Neolithic, Chalcolithic, Megalithic

Neolithic, Mesolithic, Megalithic, Chalcolithic

Mesolithic, Megalithic, Neolithic, Chalcolithic


5. Which Indus site contains stone architecture?

Kalibangan

Harappa

Rakhigarhi

Dholavira

6. Which one of the following is NOT part of the artistic remains of the Harappan Civilization:

Seated Yogi on a seal

Dancing girl made in Bronze

Terracotta mother Goddess

Siva and Parvati in Limestone


7. Which set of kings below belong to the Mauryan dynasty?

Mahapadma, Ashoka, Pushyamitra

Ajatashatru, Ashoka, Chandragupta

Bindusara, Ashoka, Chandragupta

Bindusara, Ashoka, Pushyamitra



8. Which set of three do the Sangam texts mention?

Chola, Pandya, Tamil

Chola, Yavana, Andhra

Cholar, Chera, Pandya

Andhra, Chera, Pandya

9. In the Tamil Bhakti movement, the number of Saiva Nayanars is given as:

60

63

64

11


10. Which wazir of the Bahmanis is credited with bringing about military reforms:

Ahmed Shah

Firuz Shah

Gesu Daraz

Mahmud Gawan

11. Which of the following Sultan brought the Ashokan pillar to Delhi?

Ghiyas ud din Thugluq

Firuz Thugluq

Ala-ud-din Khilji

Aram Shah

12. The chronicles of the Marathas were known as:

Khyat

Bakhar

Shahir

Bahi

13. The third battle ofPanipat took place during the reign of

Muhammad Shah

Alamgir II

Shah Alam II

Jahan Shah

14. During the reign of which Mughal Emperor was tobacco introduced in India?

Jahangir

Shah Jahan

Akbar

Aurangzeb

15. Which of the following places is well known for its monumental temple architecture?

Arikamedu

Amaravati

Gangaikonda Cholapuram

Uttaremerur

16. The Extremist leader who was tried and given a sentence of 6 years in 1897 was

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Lala Lajpat Rai

Bipin Chandra Pal

Surendra Nath Banerjee

17. The two revolutionaries who threw the bomb into the Legislative Assembly in 1929 were

Bhagat Singh and Rajguru

Bhagat Singh and Batkeshwar Dutta

Bhagat Singh and Sukhdev

None of the above

18. The national leader who was killed in police lathi charge in 1928 was

Madan Mohan Malaviya

Lala Lajpat Rai

Swami Sahajanand

Surya Sen

19. The capital of the kingdom of Maharaja Ranjit Singh was

Amritsar

Patiala

Lahore

Kapurthala

20. Which of the following is an important historical novel written during the latter half of the nineteenth century?

Rast Goftar

Durgesh Nandini

Maratha

Nibandhamala

21. The Muslim League started demanding a separate nation for the Muslims from the year

1919

1925

1929

1940


22. Who among the following is known as the 'Heroine of 1942 Quit India Movement"?

Dr. Annie Besant

Suchitra Kriplani

Aruna Asaf Ali

Sarojini Naidu

23. "Al Hilal" was a newspaper started for propagating nationalism by

Abul Kalam Azad

Mahatma Gandhi

Mohammed Ali

Syed Ahmed Khan

24. The leader of the Young Bengal Movement was

Dwakanath Tagore

Chandrashekhar Deb

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

Henry Vivian Derozio

25. The title 'Punjab Kesari' was conferred on

Ranjit Singh

Bhagat Singh

Lala Lajpat Rai

Sardar Baldev Singh


25. Examine critically the reasons for the decline of the Indus civilization.

26. Critically assess the role played by Chandragupta Maurya in establishing Mauryan empire.

27. What are the various religious ideas described in different types of Vedic texts.

28. Discuss the importance of the Ashokan policy of Dhamma.

29. Discuss the origin and chief characteristics of in early India.

30. "Sulh-kul and Din-i-Ilahi propounded by Akbar were examples of his tolerant and secular outlook than being political necessity." Critically examine.

31. 'The nobility played the role of king makers in the Delhi Sultanate'. Do you agree?

32. Examine the socio economic background of the Bhakti movement in India.

33. Discuss Alauddin Khilji's Market Reforms.

34. Briefly explain the factors that led to the agrarian expansion in Medieval India.

35. Was,the 18th century a period of decline and stagnation in India? Discuss.

36. What were the major themes of social and religious reforms in modern India? Why did the Indians experience the need for change?

37. What were the important differences between Gandhi and the nationalist leaders who lived and worked before his time?

38. What were the important differences between the so-called 'moderates' and 'extremists' of Indian nationalism?

39. What is the difference between the Permanent Settlement and the Ryotwari system?