1. Which one of the following pairs is not correct

Lower Palaeolithic Hunting, gathering

Upper Palaeolithic Hunting, gathering

Mesolithic Hunting, gathering

Neolithic Food Production

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

List I List II

Sarai Khola Haryana

Tarkhanwaladera Pakistan

Kunal Rajasthan

Shikarpur Gujarat

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3. Which one of the following pairs is correct

Rock shelter Langhnaj

Microlith Mahadaha

Site associated with butchering Lekhakia

Stone tool workshop Isampur

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

List I List II

Rigveda Vajsaneye

Yajurveda Shakala

Samaveda Shaunaka

Atharvaveda Kauthum

Codes











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

List I List II

Digha Nikaya Dhammapada

Khuddaka Nikaya Mahaparinibbana sutta

Vinayapitaka Kathavastu

Abhidhammapitaka Khandhaka

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6. 'Indica' of Megasthenes was preserved in later Greek accounts. Which one of the following Greek travellers' account
is not associated with 'Indica'

Ktesius

Strabo

Arrian

Pliny

7. Which one of the following pairs is not correct

Rock Edict Sarnath

Minor Rock Edict Bahapur

Pillar Edict Rampurva

Minor Pillar Edict Sanchi

8. Which one of the following administrative structure in ascending order is correct

Dronamukha, Sthaniya, Samgrahana, Karvatika

Sthaniya, Karvatika, Dronamukha, Samgrahana

Sthaniya, Dronamukha,Karvatika, Samgrahana

Sthaniya, Dronamukha,Samgrahana, Karvatika

9. What is the correct chronological order of the following

The Periplus of the Erythrean Sea

Cosmos Indikopleustes

Geography of Ptolemy

Indica of Megasthenes

Choose the answer from the codes given below









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

Agathocles Buddha

Kadphises I Samkarshana

Vimakadphises Atash

Kanishka I Shiva

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11. Which one of the following evidence is not the correct evidence of Ramagupta in later period

Manasollasa of Someshwara

Shankararya's commentary on Harshcharita

Majmat-ul-Tawarikh of Abul Hasan Ali

Sanjan Tamrapatra of Amoghvarsha

12. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion and the other is labelled as Reason
Assertion The majority of peasants in the Post-Gupta Period were considered to belong to Sudra Varna.
Reason A large scale incorporation of tribes into caste system started taking place from the Post-Gupta Period.

Read the above statements and select the correct answer from the codes given below

Codes

Both and are correct and is the correct explanation of

is correct, but is false

is false, but is correct

Both and are false

13. Which one of the following collection of hymns of Alvar poetry collected by Nathmuni

Periyapuranam

Tirumurai

Nalayira Divya Prabandhan

Tiruttondal Tiruvantati

14. Identify the dynasty to which Queen Rudramadevi belonged to

Chalukyas of Badami

Pandyas of Madurai

Kakatiyas of Warrangal

Eastern Chalukyas of Vengi

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

List I List II

Kirtivarman Vatapi

Simhavishnu Tanjaur

Dantivarman Kanchipuram

Vijayalaya Manyekheta

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16. In which one of the following ancient literary works a separate section of painting is found

Panchasiddhantika

Vishnudharmottara Purana

Panchatantra

Natyashastra



17. Which one of the following was the revenue officer of the Chola dynasty

Aulnayak

Sherundaram

Varitppottagakka

Perumakkal



18. Which of the following statements are not correct

After Balban's death his son Bughra Khan assumed sovereignty in Lakhnauti
Alauddin Khalji extended his authority to Bengal
Ghiyasuddin Tughluq made Bengal part of the Delhi sultanate in 1324
Firuz Shah Tughluq invaded Bengal twice during the reign of Shamsuddin Iliyas Shah.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below

Codes











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

List I List II

Shaikh Moinuddin Delhi Chishti

Shaikh Bahauddin Ajodhan Zakariya

Shaikh Farid-ud-din Multan Masud Ganj-i-Shakar

Shaikh Nizamuddin Ajmer Auliya


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20. Who termed the dominion of Sultan Muhammad Tughlaq as 'Hind and Sind'

Ziyauddin Barani

Abdal Malik Isami

Ibn Battuta

Yahia-bin Ahmad Sirhindi



21. What measures were adopted by Mahmud Gawan to curb the power of the Bahmani Nobles

He reduced the size of their estate
He increased the amount of land classified as royal domain
He forbade governors from controlling more than a single fort
He enhanced the rate of land revenue demand.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below

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22. Arrange the following in correct chronological order

Chaitanya
Eknath
Surdas
(iv)Tulsidas

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23. Given below are two statements, one labelled Assertion and other labelled Reason Assertion In military terms Firuz Shah Tughluq's reign was undistinguished Reason He could not subjugate
the ruler of Nagarkot In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct?

Codes

(A)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



24. Who described the Mughal imperial Harem as the 'Pavilion of chartity'

Nizamuddin Ahmad

Abul Fazl

Gulbadan Begum

Abdul Hamid Lahori



25. In the Mughal System of administration, Mir Bakshi was

Commandar-in-chief of the Mughal army

Incharge of the imperial mint

Minister-in-charge of Treasury

Paymaster General



26. Which of the following social reforms was not introduced by Akbar

Legalization of widows remarriage

Registration of marriage

Total ban on the practice of sati

The age of circumcision was raised to twelve



27. Which of the following statements is true

In Mughal India, cultivation of indigo was confined to the provinces of Delhi and Agra

Madad-i-Maash grants were made hereditary by Aurangzeb

Altamgha Jagirs were made transferable by Jahangir

Kashmir was brought under the zabti system of land revenue assessment.



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

List I List II
Maasir-i-Jahangiri Motmid Khan

(b)Iqbalnama-i-Jahangiri Saqi Mustaid Khan

Maasir-i-Alamgiri Khwaza Kamgar Ghairat Khan

(d)Futuhat-i-Alamgiri Isardas Nagar


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29. Arrange the following events in chronological order

Mughal occupation of Balkh
(ii)Introduction of the system of month proportion
Extinction of Nizamshahi
(iv)Treaty of the Mughals with Bijapur and Golkunda











30. Arrange the following in chronological order

(i)Prince Akbar's flight to the Deccan
(ii)Conquest of Golkunda by Aurangzeb
Capture of Chitagong by Shaista Khan
The institution of Khalsa by Guru Gobind Singh

Select the correct answer from the codes given below

Codes









31. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion and the other is labelled as Reason
Assertion The English East India Company eliminated their Portuguese and Dutch trade rivals by the end of the Seventeenth century.
Reason The English traders sold goods of superior quality at cheaper rates.
Read the above statements and select the correct answer from the codes given below

Codes

(A)Both and are true, and the correct explanation of

(B)Both and are true but is not the correct explanation of

is true, but is false

is false, but is true



32. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion and the other is labelled as Reason
Assertion The number of Rajput Mansabdars declined in the Mughal nobility during the second half of Aurangzeb's reign.
Reason Aurangzeb assigned large number of Jagirs to nobles from the Deccan.
Read the above statements and select the correct answer from the codes given below

(A)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. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below

List I (Book) List II (Author)

Indian Painting Ashok under the kumar Das Mughals

Architecture of Moti Mughal India Chandra

The Technique of Percy Mughal Painting Brown

Mughal Painting Catherine during Jahangir's B. Asher Time


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34. Consider the names of the following Mughal Emperors of the Eighteenth century

(i)Alamgir II
(ii)Ahmad Shah
Jahandar Shah
(iv)Muhammad Shah

Which among the following sequences represents the correct chronological order











35. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion and other is labelled as Reason Assertion The 1857 Mutiny was suppressed by the British Reason Except for a few like Rani of Jhansi, a very few Indian rulers participated in the mutiny.
Read the above statements and select the correct answer from the codes given below

Codes

(A)Both and are true and the correct explanation of

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

Both and are false

is true, but is false


36. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion and other labelled as Reason
Assertion Dr. Annie Besant organised the Home Rule Movement against the British Rule.
Reason She wanted to organise all sections of Indian people on the basis of a single political slogan above religious consideration
Read the above statements and select the correct answer from the codes given below

Codes

is correct, but is not correct

is not correct, but is correct

and both are not correct

is correct and is the correct explanation of



37. In which year did Robert Clive accepted the Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa from the Mughal ruler.

1761

1765

1778

1781



38. The Treaty of Bassien (1802) was signed between

the English and Peshwa Baji Rao II

the English and Tipu Sultan

the English and Holkar

the English and Gaikwad



39. The Home Rule Movement started by Annie Besant aimed at

boycotting foreign goods

educating the Indian Masses

attaining self-rule for India

agitating against the British Monopoly in administration



40. Which of the following is the correct chronological order of the English East India Company factories established in India
Surat

Masulipatnam

Hugli

Balasore

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41. Who was the first woman President of the Indian National Congress

Sarojini Naidu

Annie Besant

Sucheta Kripalani

Madam Cama



42. Who wrote Poverty and Un-British Rule in India

Dadabhai Naoroji

R. C. Dutt

Charles Wood

M. N. Roy



43. August 1942 is important in Indian History for

Formation of Indian National Army by Subhash Chandra Bose at Singapore

Cripp's Proposals for Dominion status

Non-co-operation Movement launched by Mahatma Gandhi

Quit India Movement launched by Mahatma Gandhi



44. Which is correctly matched

"Do or Die" Jawaharlal Nehru

"Swaraj is my Mahatma birth right" Gandhi

"Give me Subhash blood, I will Chandra give you Bose freedom

(D)"Independence B. G. Tilak through non­violence must be our aim"


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

List I List II
Freedom at Collins and Midnight Lapierre

The Story of C. P. the Integration Ramaswami of Indian States Iyar

Travancore V. P. Dewan Menon

Secretary of Pethick-State Lawrence


Codes












46. Which of the following is the correct chronological order of the Viceroys
North Brook
(ii)Minto
Linlithgow
Mayo

Codes











47. Arrange the following into sequential order and select correct answer from the codes given below
(i)St. Thomae war
(ii)The Pindari war
Buxar war
War of Chandurthi

Codes







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

List I List II
Col. Tod Memoir of Central India

John Malcolm Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan

C. R. Wilson Historical Sketches of South India

M. Wilks Early Annals of the English in Bengal


Codes











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

List I List II
(a)Punjab Tenancy Act 1883

(b)The Ilbert Bill 1868

Hunter Commission 1921

Chamber of Princes 1882


Codes



(iii)



(iii)



50. Chronologically arrange the following schools of historical thought as emerged at different points of time
(i)Enlightenment Historiography
(ii)Church Historiography
Annals Historiography
Subaltern Historiography Select the correct answer from the codes given below

Codes







(iii)