In the middle of the fourth century of the Christian era, something resembling a volcanic eruption took place in the history of the human race. The Hunas, like a varitable stream of lava, issued from their homeland on the northern shores of the Caspian Sea and spread over Europe and Asia. Homeless and lawless, they rode their horses awake and asleep. Their fierce yells spread terror wherever they were heard. They engaged all the civilized peoples of the world in fearful cataclysmic wars; and, wherever they could, they killed, destroyed, burnt and devastated with demoniac ruthlessness. In Europe, Attila the Hun brought about the downfall of even the powerful Roman Empire. About A.D. 455, the Hunas began to enter India. Emperor Skanda-gupta drove them back by a supreme effort. Twelve years later, he died. The outposts of the empire, already weak, could offer no further resistance. The barbarian hordes, after passing through Persia and destroying the Kushana rulers of the north-west, began to pour into India. A war of succession appears to have followed the death of Skanda-gupta, weakening the empire in the hour of its danger. Next in order of succession, five emperors including Narasimha-gutpa Baladitya, between A.D. 500 and 570, held precarious sway over parts of the empire, which in spite of its decadence was still a name to conjure with. Many parts of the empire outside the bounds of the compact core of the empire became independent. In Saurashtra, a province of the empire, the Maitraka general practically threw off his allegiance on the death of Skanda-gupta. By A.D. 512, the Hunas under Toramana, overran north India up to Eran in the Saugar district of Madhya Pradesh. Toramana's son, Mihirakula, a veritable terror, spread fire and carnage from the Punjab to Gwalior and by A.D. 525 became the master of a vast territory. Northern Indian soon recovered from the shock of the barbarian impact and resisted Mihirakula.

1. Who was the imperial ruler of India in the middle of the fourth century A.D
Chandra Gupta I
Chandra Gupta II
Samudra Gupta
None

2. The Hunas were accompanied in India by which other Central Asian tribes
Kushanas
Gurjaras
Sakas
Pallavas

3. Who overthrew the Huna power from Malwa
Skanda Gutpa
Shakari Vikramaditya
Yashodharman
Pushyabhuti

4. Who drove Mihirakula out of the Ganga Valley
Narasimha Gupta
Buddha Gupta
Skanda Gupta
None of the above

5. Which of the following is not correct
The death of Skanda Gupta coincided with the death of the Gupta empire.
The empire continued, but the central control weakened after the death of Skanda Gupta.
The local governors became independent after the death of Skanda Gupta.
To the West of Kasi the Gupta emperors exercised just titular control after the death of Skanda Gupta.

6. Ramkrishna Gopal Bhandarkar, who was a pioneer of modern historiography in India belongs to
Marxist School
Ranke School
Hegelian School
Toynbee School

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

List I List II
a. Soan i. Middle culture Palaeolithic culture
b. Nevasian ii. Lower culture Palaeolithic culture
c. Bagore iii. Neolithic culture culture
d. Koldihwa iv. Upper culture Palaeolithic culture

Codes
a b c d
i ii iii iv

ii i iii iv

iii ii i iv

ii i iv iii

8. What is the ratio of Harappan weight

1 2 3 4

1 2 4 6

1 3 6 9

1 4 8 10

9. Which of the following chalcolithic sites has given the evidence of the use of copper but no stone tools

Ahar

Gilund

Kayatha

Navdatoli

10. Under whose leadership the Battle of Ten Kings, mentioned in the Rig- Veda, was fought against Sudasa

Vasishtha

Viswamitra

Kuru

Puru

11. Which one of the following statements is correct about Sabha and Samiti in Rigvedic times

Sabha has the representative of general class while Samiti has the representative of elite class.

Sabha has the representative of elite class while Samiti has the representative of general class.

Both Sabha and Samiti have equal proportion of representatives.

The number of representative in Samiti is greater than the number of representative in Sabha.

12. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion and the other labelled as Reason Assertion(A) Bimbisara was the earliest of Indian kings to stress the need for efficient administration.

Reason The ministers of Bimbisara were hand-picked and he was reputed never to ignore their advice.
In the context of the above two statements, which one 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.

13. The proportion of maximum and minimum salary of the Government employees mentioned in the Arthashastra was

60,00 6

48,00 6

48,00 60

60,00 60

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

Assertion Trading economy began to flourish during the time of Buddha.

Reason The Jains largely entered into trade leaving agriculture.
Read the above statements and select the correct answer from the codes given below
Codes
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.

15. Which one of the following rulers is claimed to have checked the mixture of Varnas

Pushyamitra Sunga

Vasudeva Kanva

Gautamiputra Satakarni

Pravarasena I

16. Match List I (Kingdom) with List II (Capital) and select the correct answer with the help of the codes given below

List I (Kingdom) List II (Capital)
a. Kalinga i. Rouruka
b. Avanti ii. Potana
c. Assaka iii. Mahishmati
d. Souvira iv. Dantapura

Codes
a b c d

i iv ii iii

iii ii i iv

ii iii iv i

iv iii ii i

17. Match List I (type of stone) with List II (monument) and select the correct answer from the codes given below

List I List II
a. Granite i. Mathura
b. Red Sand Stone ii. Sarnath
c. Schist iii. Mahabalipuram
d. Sandstone iv. Bamiyan

Codes
a b c d

i iii iv ii

ii i iii iv

iv ii i iii

iii i iv ii

18. Which of the following texts describes the corrupt practices of the Kapalikas, Pasupatas and Buddhists

Mahaviracharita

Mattavilasa

Mrichchhakatika

Uttararamacharita

19. The Padirruppattu is a collection of poems in praise of which one of the following

Chera

Chola

Kadamba
Pandya

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

Assertion The Indianisation of the Sakas was accelerated by their marriage contacts in India.

Reason Satavahana ruler Satakarni was the son-in-law of Saka-Kshatrapa Rudradaman.
In the context of the above two statements which one of the following is correct
Codes
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.

21. Match List I (King) with List II (Epithet) and select the correct answer with the help of the codes given below

List I (King) List II (Epithet)

a. Samudragupta i. Satyasraya
b. Mahendra- ii. Parakramanka varman I
c. Pulakesin II iii. Navasahasanka
d. Sindhuraja iv. Vichitrachitta

Codes
a b c d

ii iv i iii

iii iv ii i

i ii iv iii

ii i iii iv

22. Which one of the following is not correctly matched Text Author

Upamitabhava-- Udyotana prapanchakatha Suri

Padmapurana Ravishena

Dravyapariksha Thakkura Pheru

Yasastilakacha-- Somadeva mpu

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

List I List II
a. Circular Temple Plan i. Temple No. 17 at Sanchi
b. Star Temple Plan ii. Bairat at Jaipur
c. Rectangular Temple Plan iii. South Kosala Temple
d. Polygonal Temple Plan iv. Hoysalas Temple

Codes
a b c d
iv ii iii i

i iii ii iv

iii ii iv i

ii iii i iv

24. The rulers of which dynasty of the Deccan have been described by the Arab writers as one of the four great sovereigns of the world
Rastrakutas of Manyakheta

Chalukyas of Vatapi

Chalukyas of Kalyani

Mauryas of Konkan

25. Match List I (Text) with List II (Content) and select the correct answer with the help of the codes given below

List I (Text) List II (Content)
a. Gaudavaho i. 400 love-lyrics
b. Nagananda ii. Exploits of Yashovarman, King of Kanyakubja
c. Purananuru iii. 400 poems in praise of Kings
d. Agananuru iv. Story of Bodhisatva Jimutavahana

Codes
a b c d
i iv iii ii

ii iii i iv

ii iv iii i

iv ii i iii

26. Which of the following statements are correct

1 In their buildings, the Turk Sultans used the arch and dome on a wide scale.

2 Neither the arch nor the dome was a Turkish or Muslim innovation.

3 The Turks used fine lime mortar in their buildings.

4 The Turkish rulers did not use slab and beam method in their buildings. Select the correct answer from the codes given below
Codes
3

4

3

4


27. Consider the following statements about the agrarian system under the Delhi Sultanate and Mughal Empire

Alauddin Khilji imposed taxes called Charai and Ghari.
Muhammad bin Tughlaq imposed additional cesses called abwabs on the peasants.
Under Akbar, Zabt system of land revenue assessment was further developed and it came to be called Dahsala system.
Jahangir introduced the Nasq system of assessment. Which of the statements given above is/are correct Select your answer from the codes given below
Codes








28. Tarikh-i Firuzshahis are written by

Ziyauddin Barni and Amir Khusro

Ziyauddin Barni and Shams-i Siraz Afif

Shams-i Siraz Afif and Isami

Shams-i Siraz Afif and Minhaj Siraj

29. "Posts of diwan, shagird and muharrir should be given only to ahli- qalam and whose ancestors had served rulers and amirs ." Who expressed the above view

Minhaj-us-Siraj

Ziyauddin Barni

Fakr-i-Mudabbir

Sultan Firuz Tughlaq

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

List I (Sufi Saints) List II (Centre of activity)
a. Shaikh Moinuddin Chishti i. Delhi
b. Shaikh Bahauddin Zakariya ii. Ajodhan
c. Shaikh Fariduddin Masud Gunj-i-Shakar iii. Multan
d. Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya iv. Ajmer
Codes
a b c d
iii iv ii i

iii ii iv i

iv iii ii i

iv ii iii i

31. Kaghaz-i-Kham is

Bilingual revenue records

Records of mansabdars

Jagir records

Records of rozinadar troopers

32. Which of the following medieval Indian rulers founded the city of Agra

Firuz Shah Tughlaq

Sikandar Lodi

Sher Shah Suri

Akbar

33. Which of the following statement is correct

Bahmani ruler Firoz Shah was called Wali on account of his association with Sufi Saint Gesu Daraz.

Firoz Shah Bahmani was defeated by Vijayanagara ruler Devaraya I.

Ahmad Shah Bahmani I shifted the capital from Gulbarga to Warangal.

Ahmad Shah Bahmani encouraged the pursuit of astronomy and built an observatory near Daultabad.


34. Which of the following statements is not correct

Guru Nanak was thoroughly familiar with the politicoadministrative arrangements made by the Afghan rulers, particularly in Punjab.

He viewed Babur's invading army as a "marriage party of sin".

It was his conviction that god has no he gives no consideration to caste.

The Brahman and Khatri are not a part of the oppressive establishment

35. Which of the following statements are not true

Sher Shah built a new road from Lahore to Multan.
He ousted Mirza Haider Dughlat from Kashmir.
After the conquest of Marwar he attacked Gujarat.
He introduced the system of Dagh and Chehra. Select the correct answer from the codes given below
Codes

3

3

4

4

36. Consider the following statements about Akbar

The concluding portion of Aini- Akbari contains an extensive account of the thoughts and customs of India.
Shaikh Faizi was instructed by Akbar to undertake the translation of the Upanishads into Persian.
Akbar's preference for monogamy was first expressed in 1578 in a conversation with Shaikh Ibrahim Sirhindi.
Akhar issued an order in 1562-63 that women and children should not be enslaved when troops raided rebels or defiant villages. Which of the above statements are correct Select the correct answer from the codes given below
Codes

4

4

3

4


37. Who among the following religious groups introduced printing press in India in 1557

Franciscans

Dominicans

Jesuits

Protestant Missionaries

38. Which Mughal Painter was unrivalled in depicting animals

Mir Sayyied Ali

Basawan

Ustad Mansur

Abul Hasan

39. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion and other labelled as
Reason
Assertion The East India Company eliminated their Portuguese and Dutch trade rivals by the end of seventeenth century.

Reason The English traders sold goods of superior quality at cheaper rates.
In the context of the above two statements, which one of the followings is correct Select the correct answer from the codes given below
Codes
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.

40. Bombay acquired by the English originally belonged to the

Portuguese

Dutch

Danes

French

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

List I(Chronicle) List II (Author)

a. Shahjahannama i. Abdul Hamid Lahori
b. Nuskha-i- ii. Inayat Khan Dilkusha
c. Padshahnama iii. Muhammad Kazim
d. Alamgirnama iv. Bhimsen

Codes
a b c d
ii iv i iii

i ii iv iii

i iv ii iii

ii i iv iii

42. Which of the following statements is not correct

Aurangzeb appointed Muhtasibs in all the provinces.

Aurangzeb continued to celebrate the festival of Nauroz.

The largest number of Persian works on classical Indian music were written in Aurangzeb's reign.

Aurangzeb himself was proficient in playing Veena.

43. Consider the following statements

W.C. Smith was among the first to speak of peasant revolts against the Mughal Empire.
He also argued that by its encouragement of commerce, the Mughal empire brought about a considerable growth of middle class.
C.A. Bayly developed the 'great firm' theory to explain the decline of the Mughal Empire.
J.F. Richards has argued that peasant resistance led to a serious agrarian crisis. Which of the above statements are not correct. Select the correct answer from the codes given below
Codes

and

and

and

and

44. Whose assertion is that Shivaji's Swaraj was nothing but the replica of Watan

Andre Wink

V.A. Smith

A.R. Kulkarni

Jadunath Sarkar

45. Which of the following statements is correct

In Mughal India, the Zamindari right was both hereditary and saleable.

All the villages were under the control of Zamindars

The Zamindar's share in the surplus produced was uniform all over the Mughal Empire.

All the Zamindars were Malik-i Zamin.

46. "Spending not hoarding was the dominant characteristic of the pattern of the life of the nobles." The above remark was made by

K.M. Ashraf

Moreland

M. Athar Ali

R.P. Tripathi

47. Arrange the following events in correct chronological order and select the correct answer from the code given below

Propagation of Vaishnavite Bhakti by Ramananda.
Compilation of Adigrantha
Close of the Ibadatkhana
Foundation of the Chishti Sufi order in the Deccan.

Codes









48. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched

Karori A revenue official in the Mughal administration

Khalisa Land from which revenue was directly deposited into the imperial treasury

Tarafdar Provincial Governors under the Bahmani Sultanate

Paibaqi Assignment of revenue in Jagir

49. Who among the following scholars argues that the pre-colonial Indian economy was progressing towards capitalism

A.I. Chicherov

A. Jan Qaiser

Irfan Habib

W.H. Moreland

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

Assertion The British won the Battle of Plassey without any real fighting.

Reason The Battle of Plassey gave the British a political foothold in Bengal, Bihar and Orissa.
In the context of the above two statements which one of the following is correct
Codes
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. What was the main reason for the "deindustrialization" during the Company period

Indian handicrafts could not withstand the pressure.

Indian markets were flooded with cheap machine made goods from England.

Indian rulers could not extend patronage to native handicrafts.

Local jagirdas and zamindars have disappeared.

52. Mercantilist, Free Trade Mercantile Capitalism and Finance Imperialism are three successive phases of British colonialism." This theory was first formulated by whom

Karl Marx

Dadabhai Naoroji

R.C. Dutt

R.P. Dutt

53. Asiatic Society of Bengal was founded to promote

Indian religions

The study of Indian languages and scriptures

Indian education

Indian customes

54. Which of the following is popularly known as the Gadkari Revolt

The activities of the Pindaris.

The hereditary servants of forts, who were threatened with disbandment.

The revolt of the peasants and hill tribes in Maharashtra.

The revolt of the Wagheras of Okha Mandal.

55. Which of the following are correct to describe the character of the Aligarh Movement

Anti British
Pro British
Anti Congress
Pro Congress

Codes

and

and

and

and

56. Which of the following was not a plantation industry in British India

Indigo

Wheat

Tea

Coffee

57. By which Act, East India Company's monopoly over trade with India ended

Charter Act of 1813

Charter Act of 1833

Charter Act of 1853

Charter Act of 1873

58. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer with the help of the codes given below

List I (Place) List II (Year of Annexation)
a. Jhansi i. 1849
b. Sambalpur ii. 1853
c. Awadh iii. 1854
d. Nagpur iv. 1856

Codes
a b c d

ii iv iii i

iii ii i iv

i iv ii iii

ii i iv iii

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

Assertion Lord Rippon passed the Ilbert Bill.

Reason This put back the Vernacular press on a footing of equality with the English press.
In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct
Codes

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.

60. Of the large number of Indians three made outstanding economic analysis of British rule during the years 18701905, who were they

Naoroji, Ranade, R.C. Dutt

R.C. Dutt, Tilak, Nehru

Ranade, Gokhale, R.C. Dutt

Naoroji, Tyabjee, Gokhale

61. Which of the following is correctly paired

Justice Bihar Movement

Kayastha Karnataka Movement

Lingayat Maharashtra Movement

Namsudra Bengal Movement

62. Their joint declaration on 20 November, 1916 which came to be called the Non-Brahmin Manifesto, demanded the reservation for non- Brahmins in government jobs. This was the first collective demand for reservation raised in South India. Select the correct answer from the following

E.V. Ramaswamy Naiker and Tanikachalam Chetty

Dr. T.M. Nair and Thegaraja Chetty

Raja of Panagal and Subharayan

Raja of Bobbili and K.V. Reddy Naidu

63. Which was the first modern Trade Union in India

Bombay Trade Union 1919

Calcutta Labour Union 1914

Madras Labour Union 1918

Ahmedabad Trade Union 1919

64. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer with the help of the codes given below

List I (Association List II (Place)
a. Rahnumai Mazdayan Sabha i. Deoband
b. Dar-Ul-Uloom ii. Bombay
c. Nadwa-Ul-Ulema iii. Aligarh
d. Mohammadan Educational Conference iv. Lucknow

Codes
a b c d

i ii iii iv

ii i iv iii

iii iv ii i

iv iii i ii

65. A woman, who while receiving her Degree from the Governor of Bengal shot him was

Kalpana Datta

Bina Das

Pritilata Waddedar

Shanti Ghosh

66. Who was called the "Father of the Assembly" for being a member of the Central Legislative Assembly for 26 years

Narayan Malhar Joshi

Madan Mohan Malaviya

M.R. Jayakar

Tej Bahadur Sapru

67. Who along with Tilak was the editor of the newspapers Kesari and Maratha

Shivrampant Paranjpe

G.G. Agarkar

Bal Shastri Jambhekar

Raghunath Karve

68. Which Act was nicknamed as the Gagging Act

Indian Councils Act, 1909

Transfer of Power Act, 1947

Regulating Act, 1773

The Vernacular Press Act, 1878

69. On which one of the following issues a resolution was passed after the debate at the Haripura Session of the Congress in 1938

To work for the fundamental rights of the people.

To support people's movement in princely states.

To extend support to British Government against Germany.

To work for communal harmony.

70. Name the historian about whom Aurobindo Ghosh said prepared the public mind for the boycott movement'

Dadabhai Naoroji

R.G. Bhandarkar

R.C. Mazumdar

Romesh Chandra Dutt

71. Who of the following was popularly known as the Firebrand of South India

Radhakrishnan

E.V. Ramaswami Naiker

Kasturi Ranga Iyengar

S. Satyamurti

72. Who among the following philosophers contributed to the theory of social contract

T. Hobbes and J. Locke

J. Locke and J.J. Rousseau

T. Hobbes, J. Locke and J.J. Rousseau

J.J. Rousseau

73. Who among the following is considered as an originator of post
modernism theory

Michael Foucault

Jacques Derrida

Martin Heidegger

J.F. Lyotard

74. Which of the following statements is inapplicable to define the meaning of enlightenment

It meant a victory brought by the forces of light over those of darkness.

It did not range over the fields of knowledge which had once been the province of the Church.

It is equated with the 'Age of Reason It is the liberation of man from his self-imposed minority.

75. Which one of the following works is an unfinished one of the Annales School of Historiography

The Earth and Social Evolution

The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II

The Royal Touch

The Historian's Craft