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1. Match List I with List II and select the d. He made pilgrimages to holy Buddhist
correct answer places
List-I 6. In which of the following is the name
A. Chaitanya “Ashok’ found?
B. Shankara 1. Nittur edict of Ashoka
C. Jnanadeva 2. The Allahabad Pillar Inscription of
D. Thyagaraja Samudragupta.
List-II 3. Junagarh inscription of Rudradaman
1. Kerala 4. Hathigumpha inscription of Kharavela
2. Bengal Select the correct answer from the codes
3. Tamil Nadu given below
4. Maharashtra a. 1 and 2
5. Orissa b. 1 and 3
A B C D c. 2 and 4
a. 4 1 2 3 d. 3 and 4
b. 2 3 1 4 7. the inscription of Ashoka are found in
c. 3 2 4 1 a. Kharoshthi and Brahmi
d. 2 1 4 3 b. Kharoshthi, Brahmi and Greek
2. Who among the following is said to be the c. Kharoshthi, Brahmi and Aramaic
founder of the Pasupta Cult? d. Kharoshthi, Brahmi, Greek and
a. Basva Aramaic
b. Lakulisa 8. Megasthenes states: “There was no slavery
c. Kusika in India” This statement must have been
d. Gorakhnatha made because
3. The doctrine of transmigration does not a. there was absence of slavery in India
find mention to the b. slavery was not prevalent in India in
a. Aranyakas the extreme form as he had seen in
b. Jataka Literature Greece
c. Upanishads c. the moved only with the king and elites
in the capital
d. Vdas
d. the wrote this on hearsay
4. Most of the Ashokan inscriptions are in
Prakrit language because it was 9. the most important source of information
for the municipal administrative system of
a. The language of the State
the city of Pataliputra in the Mauryan
b. Understood by a majority of the people
empire is
c. Used by the Tathagata Buddha
a. Indika
d. The only language known at that time
b. Mudrarakshasa
5. Which one of the following is not known
c. Ashokan inscriptions
from Ashokan inscriptions?
d. Arthasastra
a. He appointed followers of Buddhist
religion to high government posts. 10. Which one of the following refers to the
Mauryas as Kshatriyas?
b. He warned the monks and nuns that
they would be punished if they created a. The Mudrarakshasa
schism in Buddhism b. The Greek
c. He categorically expressed his faith in c. The Arthasastra
the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha d. The Divyavadana

11. which one of the following is the most
reliable and accurate evidence for fixing
the date of Ashoka
a. Cyclones chronicles mentioning his
contemporaneity with Devanampiya
Tissa
b. Ashoka’s inscriptions referring to
foreign kings.
c. The Puranic literature referring to the
genealogy and chronology of the
Mauryan rulers.
d. Pali canonical literature referring to the
holding of Buddhist Councils.
12. Which of the following kings have left
inscriptions mentioning the Sudarsana
lake?
1. Ashoka
2. Rudradaman’
3. Samudragupta
4. Sakandagupt
Choose the correct answer from the codes
given below:
a. 1 and 2
b. 1 and3 2 and 3 2 and4
13. The earliest images of the Buddha were
made almost simultaneously at
a. Gandhara and Ajanta
b. Mathura and Amaravati
c. Mathura and Gandhara
d. Ajanta and Amaravati
14. Which one of the following pairs is not
correctly matched?
a. Pliny : Natural history
b. Ptolemy : Geography
c. Strabo: Periplus of Erythraean Sea
d. Cosmos: Christian topography
15. With which of the following regions did
Indian have the closet contact during the
Gupta period?
a. South – East Asia
b. Central Asia
c. Iran
d. Western Asia
16. Which one of the following most suitable
defines the term ‘ sreni’?
a. An organization of people of one caste
following the same vocation
b. An organization of people of one caste
following different vocations.
c. An organization of people of one or
more castes following one vocation.
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d. An organization of people of different
castes following different vocations.
17. There was brisk commercial contact
between Rome and Tamil Nadu during the
Sangam period. Many articles were
exported from Tamil Nadu to Rome.
Which one among the following items was
not included in the export?
a. Spices’
b. Beryl
c. Ivory
d. Wine
18. Which of the following made a new
contribution to India’s maritime trade in
the early centuries of the Christian era?
a. Manufacture of better type of vessels
b. Knowledge of the depth of sea at
various points
c. Better training in navigation.
d. Knowledge of monsoon winds.
19. Which of the following was not
characteristic of the period that followed
the Gupta rule?
a. Decrease in trade
b. Increase in the used of coins
c. Increase in the use of local weights and
measures
d. Multiplication of feudatories.
20. The rise of the Brahamana aristocracy in
the post Gupta period was facilitated by.
a. Donation of land to priestly class
b. Growth of ritualistic practices
c. Advent foreigners
d. Decline of Buddhism
21. A new sort of social structure called the
Jaimani system became prevalent in India
during the.
a. Later Vedic age
b. The Mauryan empire
c. The Gupta age
d. The post-Gupta period
22. Which one of the following is not related
to the feuds formation in the Gupta and
post-Gupta times?
a. Emergence of landed intermediaries
b. Growth of a class of subject peasantry
c. Localized village economy developed
with little scope for functioning of the
market system
d. Emergence of strong centralized
political authority.

23. Given below are tow statements, one
labeled a Assertion (A) and the other
labeled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): Many Roman gold and
silver coins, belonging to first and second
centuries A.D., have been discovered in
South India.
Reason (R): Some parts of south India
were under Roman occupation during this
period. In the context of above tow
statements, which one of the following
is correct?
a. Both A and R are true and R is the
correct explanation of A.
b. Both A and R are true but R is not a
correct explanation of A.
c. A is true but R is false
d. A is false but R is true
24. The unusually excessive proliferation of
castes in the early medieval period was
mostly due to
a. Increase varnasamkara’
b. Increasing greater absorptions of tribes
as castes
c. Occupational groups turning into
castes
d. Religious sects being converted into
castes
25. The hierarch of the four varnas described
in many of the early Buddhist text is
a. vessa, suddha, khattiya, bahamanna
b. sudda, vessa, bahamanna, khattiya
c. vessam baganabbam jgattutam sydda
d. vessam baganabbam jgattutam sydda
26. Which one of the following Chola ruler is
reported to have destroyed Anuradhpura,
once the capital of Ceylon?
a. Rajaraja I
b. Rajendra I
c. Rajadhiraja I
d. Kulottunga I
27. Alberuni states that the antyajas, who were
not recokoned amongst any of the four
varnas, were composed of eight groups or
guilds of craftsment or professionals.
Which one of the following did not along
to any of the eight guilds?
a. Shoemaker
b. Weaver
c. Fisherman
d. Blacksmith
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28. Given below are tow statements, one
labeled Assertion (A) and the other
labeled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): The Cholas were the
inheritors and continuers of the Pallava
traditions in Temple construction.
Reason (R): They build numerous
monolithic temples thought their kingdom
following the Pallava styles.
In the context of above two statements,
which one of the following is correct?
a. Both A and R are true and R is the
correct explanation of A
b. Both A and R are true but R is not a
correct explanation of A
c. A is true but R is false
d. A is false but R is true
29. Given below are tow statements, one
labeled Assertion (A) and the other labeled
as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): According to the
Mitakshara School, father could divide his
sons during his lifetime.
In the context of above two statements,
which one of the following is correct?
a. Both A and R are true and R is the
correct explanation of A
b. Both A and R are true but R is not a
Correct explanation of A
c. A is true but R i9s false
d. A is false but R is true
30. Match list I with List II and select the
correct answer
List-I (Archaeological sites)
A. Brahamajiri
B. Kupgal
C. Burzahom
D. Adichchanallur
List-II (Characteristic Features)
1. Mesolithas
2. Pit dwellings
3. Urnh Burials
4. Megaliths
5. Ash mounds
A B C D
a. 5 2 1 4
b. 1 5 2 4
c. 1 2 5 3
d. 4 5 2 3
31. ‘Among other nations, it is usual in the
contest of was ravage the soils; among the
Indians, the tillers of soil, even when battle
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is raging in their neighborhood, are 36. The troops directly under the royal service
undisturbed by any sense of danger and in the Delhi Sultanate were know as
remain unmolested., This statement was a. Lashkar
made by b. Hashm qalb
a. Huientsang c. Sipahi
b. Herodtus d. Muqta’i
c. Megasthenes 37. The System of Itlaq, a sort of draft
d. Fa-hien enabling royal soldier to collect his salary
32. After the disappearance of the Chalukyas from the sate revenue officials, was
at the end of the twelfth century and the introduced by
Cholas at the beginning of the thirteenth, a. Iltutmish
the four kingdoms that dominated the b. Balban
political history of southern India were the c. Alauddin Khalji
a. Pandya, Hoysala, kakatiya and the d. Feroze Shah Tughlaq
yadava 38. Qismat-I khote in the Delhi sultanate was
b. Rashtrakuta, Kadamba, Estern Ganga a. A cash payment made by the sate to
and the Bana. the village headman
c. Western Ganga, pandya, Vishnukundin b. A village assigned to a khot
and Hoysala c. A small cess collected by the village
d. Chera, Mahameghavahana, Salankyana headman from the peasants
and the Vijayananagara d. The revenue assessed on the land
33. The Chalukyan capital was shifted from cultivated by the khots and
Manyakheta to Kalyani by muqaddams.
a. Somesvara I Ahavamalla 39. ‘Every pearls in the Royal Crown is but
b. Vikramaditya VI the crystallized drop of blood fallen from
c. Perma jagadekamalla II the tearful eyes of the poor peasant,
d. Tailppa III The above remark about the poverty of the
34. Match list I with List II and select the Indian peasants during the Delhi sultanate
correct answer was made by
List-I a. Barani
A. Merchants b. Ibn Battuta
B. Craftsmen c. Minhajuddin Siraj
C. Federation of guilds d. Amir Khusrau
D. Caravan Chief 40. The Sashgani coin was introduced during
List-II the reign of
1. Jithhaka a. Allaudding Khalji
2. Setthis b. Balban
3. Satthavaha c. Feroz Shag Tughlaq
4. Bhandagarika d. Sikandar Lodi
A B C D 41. The Vijayanagar rulers are remembered
a. 2 1 4 3 for promoting agriculture by
b. 2 1 3 4 a. Building dams, tanks, wells etyc.
c. 1 2 3 4 b. Reducing tax of cultivated land
d. 1 2 4 3 c. Providing market facilities for
35. Who was the noble serving Sultan agricultural products
Naseerudding Mahamud who lost the top d. Purchasing food grains for the army
post due to the machinations of Balban? 42. Which one of the following Vijaynagar
a. Amir Yaqut rulers was the author of Anuktamalyada?
b. Imadudding Raihan a. Bukka I
c. Tughril Beg b. Harihara II
d. Zafar Khan c. Krishna Deva Raya
d. Deva Raya II
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43. Which one of the following kingdoms was 49. Who among the following defined a
not in the alliance that crushed the sovereign or sovereignty as farr-I izdi in
Vijaynhanagar Empire at the Battle of contrast to the concept of zil al- Allah?
Talikota (1565)? a. Badauni
a. Berar b. Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi
b. Ahamadnagar c. Abul Fazl
c. Bijapur d. Shaikh abdul Haq Muhaddis
d. Golkunda 50. In the terminology of the Mughal revenue
44. The main trading port of the Vijayanagar administration, the term zamin paymudah
Empire on the western coast was denoted
a. Bhatkal a. Barren land
b. Caloicut b. Land left unmeasured for ghalla
c. Cannanore bakhshil
d. Goa c. Land cultivated every two years
45. To which one of the following sufi silsilhs d. Measured land
did Shaikh Bau’ddin Zakaria belong? 51. Which of the following regions was\were
a. Qadriya well-known during the seventeenth
b. Aaqshbandi century for simultaneous productiono f
c. Suhrawardi saltpeter, indigo and opium?
d. Chisti a. Burhanpur and Sindh
46. Match List I with List II and select the b. Gujarat
correct answer c. Bengal and Orissa
List-I d. Bihar
A. Siyasatnama 52. Match list I with List II and select the
B. Khazain-ul-futuh correct answer
C. Khair-ul-Majalis List-I (Event)
D. Tarikh-I Mubarak Shahi A. Battle of Haldighati
List-II B. Marriage of Jahangir with Nurjahan
1. Nizam-ul-mulk Tusi C. The capture of Quandahar by Safavids
2. Hamid Qalandar D. Death of Shivaji
3. Amir Khusrau List-II (Date)
4. Yahya Sirhindi 1. 1611
A B C D 2. 1576
a. 1 3 2 4 3. 1680
b. 2 3 1 4 4. 1622
c. 1 4 3 2 A B C D
d. 4 1 2 3 a. 2 1 4 3
47. The total number of Mughal Subas in 1605 b. 1 3 2 4
was c. 2 1 3 4
a. 12 d. 4 1 3 2
b. 15 53. The rulers of which of the following
c. 17 was/were called tarafdar by the Mughal
d. 19 monarchs?
48. Which one of the following Mughal a. Bijapur and Gokunda
officers was not associated with religious b. Golkunda
affairs? c. Gujarat
a. Sadr d. Ahmadnagar
b. Mufti 54. Given below are tow statements, one
c. Muhtasib labeled as Assertion (A) and the other
d. Mustaufi labeled as Reason(R):
Assertion (A): Mahabat Khan rebelled and
made Jahangir and Nurjahan prisoners
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Reason (R): Mahabat Khan wanted to b. 4 2 3 1
install Prince c. 2 4 1 3
In the context of above two statements, d. 3 1 2 4
which one of the following is correct? 59. Who among the following was sent to
a. Both A and R are true and R is the Persia by Jahangir to draw portraits of
correct explanation of A Shah Abbas for Mughal album?
b. Both A and R true but R is not a a. Mansur
correct explanation of A b. Bichitr
c. A is true but R is false c. Bishandas
d. A is false but R is true d. Basawan
55. Which one of the following correctly 60. In which part of a large Mughal monument
defines the term Cartaz? would one usually find Spandrel?
a. A Mughal royal farman Issued in a. Dome
French b. Gateway
b. Permission paper from the Mughal c. Minaret
governors of Surat to allow European d. Rampart
ships to anchor at Cambay 61. The mausoleum of Rabia-ul-Dauran was
c. A document permitting non-European built at
traders for maritime activities in the a. Lahore
Asian waters
b. Delhi
d. Letters exchanged between European
c. Aurangabad
trading companies.
d. Gulbarga
56. Under the supervision of which one of the
62. Match List I with List II and select the
following European trading companies the
correct answer:
town of Qasimbazar produced the largest
amount of silk yarn during the seventeenth List-I (Books)
century? A. Iyar Danish
a. Danes B. Humayun Nama
b. English C. Badshahnama
c. Dutch D. Muntakhab-ul Lubab
d. French List-II (Authors)
57. Which one of the following ruling lines of 1. Abdul hamid Lahori
the Marathas defeated Bajirao II, the last 2. Khawafi Khan
Peswa? 3. Gulbadan Begum
a. Scindhia 4. Abul Fazal
b. Holkar A B C D
c. Bhonsle a. 1 2 4 3
d. Gaikwar b. 4 3 1 2
58. Match List I with List II and select the c. 4 1 3 2
correct answer: d. 1 4 3 2
List-I 63. Who among the following took interest for
A. Sumant the first time in the European movable
B. Amatya metal type-printing?
C. Sachiva a. Mir Fathullah Shirazi
D. Panditrao b. Jahangir
List-II c. Muqarrab Khan
1. Religious affairs d. Bhimji Parekh
2. State correspondence 64. Which of the following pairs are correct
3. Revenue matched?
4. Foreign affairs 1. Rabeting: Shipbuilding
A B C D 2. Flintlock: Gun-making
a. 4 3 2 1 3. ‘Wootz’: Textile
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4. Filatures: Metallurgy b. The loot from Buxar for purchasing
a. 1 and 2 Indian goods
b. 1 and 3 c. The profits made from duty free inland
c. 2 and 4 trade and the surplus from Diwani
d. 3 and 4 revenue
65. “This site was granted to French East India d. The borrowed money from Indian
Company in 1674 by Shaista Khan, a money lenders for purchases in India
governor under the Mugha emperor 70. madras was restored to the English by the
Aurangzeb. During the Seven Year’s War French by
(1756-63) this town was captured to the a. The treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1749)
French. Recaptured by the English in b. The Treaty of Pondicherry (1754)
1778, after the outbreak of the American c. The Treaty of Salbai (1784)
War of Independence (1776-84) it was d. The Treaty of Mangalore (1784)
restored to the French by the treaty of 71. Match List I with List II and select the
Paris (1785). Wrested again by the British correct answer:
in 1993, on the outbreak of the List-I (Acts passed for the relief of
revolutionary wars in Europe, it was agriculturists)
finally restored to the French in 1815 and A. Punjab Land Alienation Act
remained part of their overseas empire B. Deccan Agricultural Relief Act
until its transfer to the Indian republic in
C. North West Provinces Land Alienation
1951.” The reference here is to.
Act.
a. Pondicherry
D. Central Provinces land Alienation Act
b. Karaikkal
List-II (Year in which passed)
c. Chandernagore
1. 1879
d. mahe
2. 1904
66. The treaty of Allahabad was concluded by
3. 1916
a. Robert Clive, Mir Jafar and Raja
4. 1900
Balwant singh
A B C D
b. Robert Clive, Najm-ud-Daula and
Shuja-ud-Daula a. 1 4 2 3
c. Robert clive, Siraj-ud-Daula and b. 1 4 3 2
Shuja-ud-Daula c. 4 1 3 2
d. Shah Alam, Mir Jafar and Shuja-ud- d. 4 1 2 3
Daula 72. The remittance problems from India was
67. The first native state to introduce military initially talked by the East India company
training on the European model was Government through the
a. Golkunda a. Development of more exports of grains
b. Mysore from India
c. Oudh b. Exports of more cotton and silk goods
to Europe
d. Kashmir
c. Development of indigo and export of
68. Mangalore, Parambakkam and Porto Novo
opium to China
were places where major battles took place
during the d. Development of jute and promotion of
its export to Europe
a. First Anglo-Mysore war
73. The High Courts at Calcutta, Bombay and
b. Second Anglo-Mysore was
Madras to replace the Sadar Courts of
c. Third Anglo-Mysore war Diwani and Nizamat were established in
d. Fourth Anglo-Mysore was the year.
69. The East India company began to use the a. 1793
term ‘investments in India’ for b. 1831
a. Their bullion imports to purchase c. 1833
Indian goods
d. 1865
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74. Which of the following statements about b. Ranade
the Indian Councils Act of 1892 are c. Birsa Munda
correct? d. Konda Dora
1. It raised the number of additional 78. Consider the following four popular
members to a maximum of 16 for the movements that book place against the
supreme Council, 20 for the legislative British rule:
council of Bombay, Madras and 1. Bhils Revolt
Bengal and 15 for the North Western 2. Rebellion of Dhananjaya Bhanja
provision and Avadh 3. Gujjar Revolt
2. It conceded the congress demand of 4. Kolhapur Revolt
the principle of direct election to the
The correct chronological order of these
legislative councils. movements is
3. It conceded to the members of the a. 1, 3, 4, 2
Legislative Councils the right of
b. 3, 1, 4, 2
discussing the budget.
c. 3, 1, 2, 4
4. It allowed the members of Legislative
councils the right of asking questions d. 1, 3, 4
matters of public interest. 79. The Congress nationalist Party was formed
a. 1, 2 and 3 to act as powerful pressure group within
the congress by
b. 1, 3 and 4
a. Motilal Nehru and Tej Bahadur Spru
c. 2, 3 and 4
b. Mrs. Annie Besant and C.P.
d. 1, 2 and 4
Ramswami Iyer
75. The report of the Arundel Committee
c. Madan Mohan malaviya and M.S.
(1906) dealt with
Aney
a. Proposed changes in the Age of
d. Surendranth Banergea and C.R.Das.
Consent to marriage Bill.
80. Which of the following reasons intensified
b. Political reforms
the labour movement In India in the first
c. Higher education quarter of the 20th century.
d. The need to reunite Bengal which had 1. Influence of British Labour movement
been partitioned in the previous year.
2. Russian Revolution of 1917
76. Match List I with List II and select the
3. Rise in cost of living
correct answer:
4. Legislative measures of the British
List-I
against Indian
A. V.D. Savarkar
a. 2 and 3
B. Ashok Mehta
b. 1 and 4
C. S.N. Sen
c. 2 and 4
D. R.C
d. 1 and3
E. Majumdar
81. Given below are two statements, one
List-II labeled as Assertion (A) and the other
1. The Sepoy Mutiny and the Revolt of labeled as Reason (R):
1857. Assertion (A): there was an upsurge of
2. The Indian war of Independence peasants Telegana in the erstwhile state of
3. 1857. The Great Rebellion Hyderbad in 1942.
4. Eighteen Fifty Seven Reason (R): It was an extension of the
A B C D Quit India Movement of 1942.
a. 4 3 2 1 In the context of above two statements,
b. 1 2 3 4 which one of the following is correct?
c. 1 3 4 2 a. Both A and r are true and R is the
d. 1 4 3 2 correct explanation of A
77. The tribal Rebellion against the British b. Both a and R are true but R is not a
known as Ulgulan was organized by correct explanation of A
a. Korra Mallaya c. A is true but R is false
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d. A is false but R is true. a. Nehru Report
82. Who among the following were associated b. Wavell Plan
with Trade Union Movement in India? c. Lucknow Pact
1. B.P. Wadia d. Poona pact
2. N.M. Joshi 88. the leaders of the Home rule Movement
3. Dhundhiraj Tengdi borrowed the term ‘Home rule’ from a
4. Vithalbhai Patel similar movement in
a. 1 and 2 only a. Ireland
b. 1, 2 and 3 b. Scotland
c. 1, 3 and 4 c. United States of America
d. 3 4 and 5 d. Canada
83. What is the correct chronological sequence 89. The Simon Commission of 1928 was
of the following? boycotted by the Congress because it
1. The founding of the Ghadr Party a. The did not include a representative of
2. The Chauri-Chaura incident the congress
3. The execution of Khudiram Bose b. Included a member of the Muslim
4. Moplah Rebellion in Malabar League
a. 1, 3, 2 4 c. Definitely negated the claim of the
b. 2, 1, 4, 3 Indian people to determine their own
c. 3, 4, 1, 2 Constitution.
d. 3, 1, 4, 2 d. Was appointed one year before it was
due
84. The Congress President who conducted
negotiation with Cripps in 1942 and 90. Match List I with List II and select the
Wavell at the Simla Conference was. correct answer:
a. Abul Kalam Azad List-I
b. Jawaharlal Nehru A. Young India
c. J.B. Kripalani B. Hindustan Prajatantric Sangh
d. C. Rajagopalachari C. Hindustan Socialist Republic
Association
85. Which one of the following is correctly
matched? D. Indian Republic Army
a. Nibandhamala:Vishnusastri List-II
Chippullankar 1. Surya Sen
b. Sudharak: Sisikar Kumar Ghosh 2. Chandra Shekhar Azad
c. Raft goftar: Agarkar 3. Vinayak Damodar Sarvarkar
d. Sambad Prabhakar : Bal Gangadhar 4. Sachindra Sanyal
Tilak. A B C D
86. Who among the following were the Indian a. 1 2 3 4
Liberals who attended the first session of b. 1 3 4 2
the Round Table Conference? c. 3 1 2 4
1. Tej Bahadur Sapru d. 1 3 2 4
2. V.S. Srinivasa Sastri 91. The Communal Award (1932) announced
3. M.R. jayakar by Ramsay Macdonald spoke of special
4. C.Y. Chintamani constituencies with separate co0mmunal
a. 1, 2, and 3 electorates to be constituted for women in
b. 1, 2 and 4 all provinces except.
c. 2, 3 and 4 a. NWFP
d. 1, 2, 3 and 4 b. Bengal
87. Which one of the following adumbrated c. Punjab
principles and constitutional provisions d. The Bombay presidency
which were later incorporated in the 92. Which of the following were reasons for
Montagu-? Chelmsford Reforms? the Congressmen all over the country
offering individual Satyagrag in 1942.
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1. The congress demand for a national b. Both A and R are true but R is not a
government had been rejected. correct explanation of A
2. The freedom of speech against the war c. A is true but R is false
effort was denied. d. A is false but R is true
3. The British rulers were not prepared to 96. Which of the following metal(s) was/were
admit that India was a belligerent not not used by him Harappans?
of her own free will. a. Copper
4. Gandhi offered Satyagraha himself to b. Gold and Copper
cause greater embarrassment to the c. Iron and Tin
government. d. Silver and Bronze
a. 1 and 2 97. Which one of the following statements is
b. 2, 3 and 4 not conformed by the evidence of
c. 1, 2 and 4 archeology?
d. 1, 2 and 3 a. Large size
93. Which one of the following statements b. Huge buildings
regarding Constituent Assembly is not c. Planned layout
correct? d. Wide roads
a. The constitution of a Constituent 98. Which one of the following statements is
Assembly was an integral part of the not confirmed by the evidence of
Cabinet Mission Plan archeology?
b. The ‘Objective Resolution” adopted by a. People of Aharain Island acted as
the constituent Assembly was later middlemen in the trade between Indus
incorporated into the Preamble of the and Sumerian people in the third
Constitution both in its spirit and as far millennium B.C.
as possible language. b. Lothal played an important role in the
c. The members of the Constituent sea-borne made between the Indus
Assembly were directly elected by the culture and Western Asia.
people c. The Harappans were supplanted by the
d. The rules of Indian States who acceded Aryanas
to the union. The constitution of a d. The Harappans knew the lost-wax
Constituent Assembly as provided in technique of manufacturing metal
the Constitution accepted the premise images.
that sovereignty resided in their
99. Match List I with List II and select the
people-not in themselves correct answer:
94. In 1946 there was a mutiny of Indian naval
List-I
ratings I.
A. Harappa
a. Calcutta
B. Lothal
b. Madras
C. Kalibangan
c. Viskhapatanam
D. Mohanjodro
d. Bombay
List-II
95. Given below are two statements, one
1. Cemetery R 37
labeled as Assertion (A) and the other
labeled as Reason (R): 2. dockyard
Assertion (A): In 1946, the Council of the 3. Figure of dancing girl
Muslim league accepted the Cabinet 4. Ploughed field
Mission Plan. A B C D
Reason (R): The Muslim League joined a. 1 2 3 4
the interim Government formed in 1946. b. 2 1 4 3
In the context of above two statements, c. 3 4 1 2
which one of the following is correct? d. 1 2 4 3
a. Both A and R are true and R is the 100. Match List I with List II and select the
correct explanation of A correct answer:
List-I (Name of the site)
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A. Rangpur b. Rudra, Mitras, Indra and nastyas
B. Soan c. Indra, Mitra, Varuna and nasatyas
C. Adichchanllur d. Mitra, Vishnu, Veruna and Indra
D. Burzahom 106. Match List I with List II and select the
List-II (associated culture) correct answer:
1. Palaeolithic List-I
2. Neolithic A. Asvalayana
3. Chalcolithic B. Apstamba
4. Mesolithic C. Maitrayana
5. Megalithic D. Yask
A B C D List-II
a. 1 4 5 2 1. Samhita’Grihayasutra
b. 3 1 5 4 2. Grihyasutra
c. 3 1 5 4 3. Nirukta
d. 2 3 4 1 4. Dharmasutra
101. Which one of the following statements A B C D
about the Indus culture is the least a. 1 4 2 3
possible? b. 3 1 2 4
a. The Indus culture originated from the c. 2 3 1 4
Kalibangan culture. d. 2 4 1 3
b. The Indus culture originated from the 107. Which of the following were Vedic
peasant cultures Assemblies?
c. The Indus culture is an expansion of 1. Sabha
Sothi culture. 2. Vidatha
d. The Indus culture sprang directly as an 3. Samiti
urban culture without passing through 4. Parishad
the stage of village culture anywhere. a. 1 and 2
102. There was not regular tax from land in the b. 3 and 4
early Vedic period, because.
c. 1, 2 and 3
a. The people wee not settled d. 1, 3, and 4
permanently in one locality
108. During the Sangam age the Mahabharata
b. The expenditure of the government in Tami was composed by
was low
a. Perundevanar
c. The king was not considered as the
b. Villiputhur
proprietor of the land.
c. Kamban
d. The people were not accustomed to
paying land tax d. Kuttan
103. The four Varnas are mentioned for the first 109. Which of the following did the Buddha not
time in the believe in
a. Prithvi Sukta 1. The authority of Vedas.
b. Purusa Sukta 2. Superiority of the Brahmana.
c. Taittiriya Samhita 3. The efficacy of sacrifices.
d. Vajasaneyi Samhita 4. the theory of rebirth
104. The chief form of property in the Rigveda a. 1, 2 and3
was b. 2, 3 and 4
a. Gold c. 1, 2 and 4
b. Cattle wealth d. 1, 2, 3 and 4
c. House 110. Match List I with List II and select the
d. land correct answer:
105. the Aryan gods invoked in an inscription List-I (Event)
frorr Boghaz Kui are A. First Buddhist Council
a. Indra, Vishnu, Varuna and nasatyas B. Second Buddhist Council
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C. Third budhist council 5. Deer
D. Fourth Buddhist council A B C D
List-II (Place) a. 3 2 4 1
1. Vaisali b. 3 1 2 5
2. Rajagriha c. 2 4 1 3
3. Pataliputra d. 5 2 4 1
4. Kashmir 116. Which one of the following statements is
not correct?
A B C D
a. There are Jaina temples at Khajuraho
a. 2 3 1 4 b. There are Jaina caves at Udaygiri in
b. 3 1 4 2 Orissa
c. 1 4 3 2 c. There was a jaina stupa at Mathura
d. 2 1 3 4 d. There are Jaina Monasteries at Vaisali
111. In Buddhist terminology, the world 117. The two Indian deities described by
“Dharmacharpravartaha” indicates the Megasthenes as Dionysus and Heracles are
a. Belief in the cycle of life ad death identified respectively with
b. Attainment of nirvana by Buddha a. Surya and Kartikeya
c. First sermon by Buddha b. Siva and Krishna
d. The personal religion of the c. Indra and Yama
Chakravarti d. Agni and Varuna
112. Which one of the following, according to 118. Which one of the following is mentioned
the Buddha, would lead to nirvana? in the Besanagar Pillar inscription as
a. To be constantly in the state of a Bhagavata?
stithaprajna a. Dion
b. Pursuit of the ashtangika marga b. Heliodoro
c. Observance of asceticism and penance. c. Antialkidas
d. Adoration of Stupa. d. Kasiputra Bhagabhadra
113. “Decay is inherent in all component 119. Match List I with List II and select the
beings. Work but your own salvation with correct answer:
diligence.” These words are attributed to List-I
a. Krishna A. Concept of Ardhanarisvara
b. Mahavira B. Worship of five deities
c. The Buddha C. The Theory of “May be”
d. Sankaracharya D. Hero worship
114. Which one of the following was List-II
introduced by Mahavira. 1. Bhagavatism
a. Ahimsa 2. Smartas
b. Aparigraha 3. Jainism
c. Brahamacharya 4. Saivism
d. Satya A B C D
115. Match List I with List II and select the a. 2 1 3 4
correct answer: b. 4 2 1 3
List-I (name of the Jinas) c. 4 2 3 1
A. Parsvanatha d. 3 4 2 1
B. Adnatha 120. Which one of the following is the most
C. Mahavira important feature of Bhagavatism?
D. Santinatha a. Stress on devotion to a personal god
List-II (Their cognizance) b. Stress on penance
1. Bull c. Stress on rituals
2. Lion d. Stress on knowledge
3. Snake
4. Goat