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Practice SetSUGc-Net/JrF/Set

History

1. Where was the first Indian Palaeolithic artifact discovered?

(A) Daimabad (B) Mirzapur (C) Pallavaram (D) Soan Valley2. Match List-I and List-II and select the correct answer

using the code given below the lists: List-I (Harappan List-II (River) Settlement) (a) Mohenjodaro 1. Indus (b) Rupar 2. Ghaggar (c) Kalibangan 3. Sutlej (d) Harappa 4. Ravi Code: (a) (b) (c) (d) (A) 1 3 2 4 (B) 2 4 1 3 (C) 1 4 2 3 (D) 2 3 1 43. Which Harappan site has revealed an unusual plan of

the city comprising three separately demarcated areas of settlements within a common fortification?

(A) Kalibangan (B) Lothal (C) Banavali (D) Dholavira4. Which one of the following statements about

Mohenjodaro is correct? (A) The houses were made of cut and polished

stone. (B) Axes,chisels,knivesandfish-hookwereallmade

of iron. (C) TheflooroftheGreatBathwasmadeofburnt

brick. (D) Gold ornaments were unknown to the

inhabitants.5. Which one of the following statements is not correct

about the Harappan civilization? (A) The inhabitants knew the use of geometrical

designs (B) The inhabitants knew the game of dice (C) In Kalibangan, most of the construction was done

by using mud bricks (D) In Lothal, the inhabitants never used burnt bricks

for construction

6. Match List-I and List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:

List-I List-II (Vedic Term) (Meaning) (a) Muni 1. Guardian of marriage (b) Udgatri 2. Holyman who is silent (c) Purusha 3. One who knows Sama Veda (d) Aryaman 4. The primeval man 5. The forest god Code: (a) (b) (c) (d) (A) 2 3 1 4 (B) 2 3 4 1 (C) 5 2 1 4 (D) 5 2 4 17. Which hymns of the Rigveda are considered to

contain the rudiments of the Indian drama? (A) Vivaha-sukta (B) Apri-sukta (C) Samvada-sukta (D) Purusha-sukta8. What are Brahmanas? (A) Detailed treatises on agricultural practices and

methods (B) Textsonsacrificialrituals (C) Guidelines for the rulers for organizing

administration (D) Commentaries appended to the Aranyakas

dealing with philosophical questions9. Which one of the following do Phitsutras deal with? (A) Metre (B) Accent (C) Nouns (D) Ritual10. What is the principal theme of the Ashtasahasrika –

Prajnaparamita literature of ancient India? (A) Non-dual nature of the soul (B) Spiritual principles developed by Bodhisattvas (C) Principles of Jain penance (D) Exposition of the yoga postures11. Match List-I (Ancient Kingdom) with List-II (Capital)

and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:

List-I (Ancient Kingdom) List-II (Capital) (a) Anga 1. Champa (b) Vatsa 2. Kausambi (c) Matsya 3. Viratanagar (d) Surasena 4. Mathura Code: (a) (b) (c) (d) (A) 1 2 3 4 (B) 3 4 1 2 (C) 1 4 3 2 (D) 3 2 1 4

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12. Which one of the following statements is correct? Vaipulya Sutras are (A) Essentials of Jain philosophy (B) Commentaries on Sanskrit poetics (C) Expanded sermons of Buddha (D) Exposition of logic in Pali language13. Who founded the Theravada Buddhism according to

the Tibetan tradition? (A) Nalaka (B) Mahakassapa (C) Nagarjuna (D) Moggali Putta Tissa14. Which one of the following is not a feature of

Gandhara style of Buddha images? (A) In seated position they are almost always shown

cross-legged (B) The ears are shown elongated (C) They are never shown with a shaved head (D) They are always shown in abhayamudra15. Consider the following statements: 1. The XII Rock Edict of Ashoka mentions

Satavahanas. 2. According to the Jaina tradition, Simuka built

both Jaina and Buddhist temples. Which of the statements given above is/are correct? (A) 1 only (B) 2 only (C) Both 1 and 2 (D) Neither 1 nor 216. Who has developed the technique of “Canonical

correlation analysis “? (A) Spearman (B) James L. Murphy (C) Donald L. Harnett (D) Hotelling17. Which one is the method of factor analysis? (A) The centroid method (B) The principal components method (C) The maximum likelihood method (D) All of the above18. Who has developed the method of factor analysis? (A) L.L. Thurston (B) James L. Murphy (C) Donald L. Harnett (D) None of the above19. Which two among the following scholars participated

in the Buddhist Council held during the time of Kanishka?

1. Vasumitra 2. Asvaghosa 3. Upali 4. Katyayana Select the correct answer using the code given

below: (A) 1 and 2 (B) 1 and 3 (C) 2 and 3 (D) 2 and 420. Which one of the following statements is correct? The golikas and halikas of Satavahana period were: (A) Villageofficialsexercisingadministrativecontrol

on behalf of the state (B) Royal guards providing personal security to the

King (C) Petty artisans working in the villages (D) Sub-castes formed on occupational basis

21. Match List-I (Ancient State) with List-II (Modern Region) and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:

List-I (Ancient State) List-II (Modern Region) (a) Durgar 1. Assom (b) Kamarupa 2. Jammu (c) Trigarta 3. Jalandhar 4. Odisha Code: (a) (b) (c) (A) 1 2 3 (B) 2 1 3 (C) 1 2 4 (D) 2 1 422. Consider the following statements: 1. Gautamiputra Satakarni defeated Nahapana. 2. Vasishthiputra Sri Pulmavi was defeated by

Rudradaman. 3. Sri Yajna Satakarni styled himself as Ekabha-

mana. Which of the statements given above are correct? (A) 1 and 2 (B) 2 and 3 (C) 1 and 3 (D) 1, 2 and 323. In whose court was Heliodoros and ambassador? (A) Pushyamitra Shunga (B) Kasiputra Bhagabhadra (C) Chandragupta Maurya (D) Shaka Rudradaman24. The great grammarian Patanjali of ancient India was

whose contemporary among the following? (A) Chandragupta Maurya (B) Ashoka (C) Pushyamitra Sunga (D) Susarman Kanva25. Who introduced the figure of Buddha with the legend

'BODDO' on the gold and “SAKAMANO BODDO” on the copper coins?

(A) Demetrius (B) Huvishka-I (C) Kanishka (D) Wima Kadphises26. Which one of the following works is ascribed to the

famous poet Rajasekhara? (A) Setubandha (B) Gaudavadha (C) Karpurmanjari (D) Saptoeataka27. Who was the President of the First Buddhist Council

held at Rajagriha? (A) Parshvaka (B) Sangharaksha (C) Vasumitra (D) Mahakassapa28. Which Gupta Inscription refers to Arya Uditacharya

as the descendent of Bhagavat Kusika? (A) Jain Sculpture Inscription of Ramagupta at

Durjanpur (B) Mathura Pillar Inscription of Chandragupta-II (C) Junagadh Inscription of Skandagupta (D) Mehrauli Pillar Inscription of Chandragupta

4 Practice Sets U.G.C. History

Directions: Assertion (A) – Reason (R) questions are to be answered based on the options given below: Code: (A) Both A and R are individually true and R is the

correct explanation of A (B) Both A and R are individually true but R is not

the correct explanation of A (C) A is true but R is false (D) A is false but R is true29. Assertion (A): Prabhavati Gupta, the daughter of

Chandragupta-II married Vakataka King Rudrasena-II.

Reason (R): Chandragupta wanted help from Vakataka King against the Shakas.

30. Assertion (A): In south India agriculture was the principal occupation of the megalithic people.

Reason (R): They introduced tank irrigation.31. Assertion (A): Rigveda was never a popular text. Reason (R): It was a ritual text.32. Before Abhijnanasakuntalam, which of the following

two plays were composed by Kalidasa? 1. Vikramorvasiyam 2. Malavikagnimitra 3. Swapnavasavadatta 4. Kadambari Select the correct answer using the code given

below: (A) 1 and 2 (B) 1 and 3 (C) 1 and 4 (D) 3 and 433. At which one of the following places were the three

Sangam Literary Assemblies held? (A) Thanjavur (B) Kanchipuram (C) Madurai (D) Vanji34. Who is credited with having excavated Cave XVI at

Ajanta? (A) Gautamiputra Satakarni (B) Nahapana (C) Varahadeva (D) Vindhyasena35. Match List-I (School of Thought) with List-II (Person)

and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:

List-I (School of List-II (Person) Thought) (a) Mimamsa 1. Aksapada Gautama (b) Nyaya 2. Isvarakrisna (c) Sankhya 3. Jaimini (d) Vaisesika 4. Uluka Kanada Code: (a) (b) (c) (d) (A) 3 1 2 4 (B) 2 4 3 1 (C) 3 4 2 1 (D) 2 1 3 4

36. Consider the following administrative units in Chola Kingdom:

1. Kottam 2. Uru 3. Valanadu In terms of their size, which is the correct sequence

of these in descending order? (A) 1 – 3 – 2 (B) 3 – 1 – 2 (C) 2 – 1 – 3 (D) 3 – 2 – 137. The famous Kailashanath temple at Ellora was cut in

the rock on the instructions of which Rashtrakuta King?

(A) Krishna-I (B) Dhruva-I (C) Krishna-II (D) Indra-III38. At which one of the following places is there a Sun

Temple? (A) Srisailam (Andhra Pradesh) (B) Modhera (Gujarat) (C) Halebid (Karnataka) (D) Sikar (Rajasthan)39. Which one of the following departments was created

by Allauddin Khalji to improve the functioning of the State Revenues?

(A) Diwan-i Mustakharaj (B) Diwan-i Kohi (C) Diwan-i Arz (D) Diwan-i Insha40. What did the term dehliwal mean in the medieval

period in India? (A) A Jain community doing business in Delhi (B) A vegetarian cuisine originating in Delhi (C) The coinage prevalent in Delhi at the time of

Turkish conquest (D) Afghan warriors stationed as guards of the city

of Delhi41. During whose reign was the award of the title ‘Khan’

introduced for the nobles of the Delhi Sultanate? (A) Alauddin Khilji (B) Balban (C) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq (D) Iltutmish Directions: Assertion (A) – Reason (R) questions are to be answered based on the options given below: Code: (A) Both A and R are individually true and R is the


the correct explanation of A (C) A is true but R is false (D) A is false but R is true42. Assertion (A): The earliest paper manuscript in India

is dated 1223-24 A.D. and has been reported from Gujarat.

Reason (R): The traditional manufacture of paper in India was of very poor quality and could only be improved with the assistance of techniques brought by the Turks in the 13th century.

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43. Assertion (A): In the context of pre-historic India, most of the agricultural sites too have reported the presence of a variety of Neolithic tools.

Reason (R): Settled agricultural activity necessitated the development and use of a variety of microliths.

44. Assertion (A): A notable feature in the Sanskrit plays of the Gupta period was that the characters of high social status spoke Sanskrit, whereas those of low social status spoke Prakrit.

Reason (R): Prakrit, as a language was more closely related to the speech of the times than was classical Sanskrit.

45. During the reign of Iltutmish which one of the following was a silver coin in use?

(A) Rupaiya (B) Jital (C) Mohur (D) Tanka46. Who among the following was appointed as the

Controller of the Grain Market by Alauddin Khilji during the implementation of market control measures?

(A) Alp Khan (B) Malik Qabul (C) Malik Chajju (D) Khizr Khan47. Match List-I (Official with Reference to the Medieval

Period) with List-II (Description) and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:

List-I(Official List-II with reference to (Description) the Medieval Period) (a) Khuts 1. Officerinchargeof (b) Amir-i-Hajib the Royal Court (c) Muhtasib 2. Officermaintaining (d) Nawisandas regulations of municipality 3. Clerk 4. Villageofficial Code: (a) (b) (c) (d) (A) 4 1 2 3 (B) 3 2 1 4 (C) 4 2 1 3 (D) 3 1 2 448. Which one of the following is the correct chronological

sequence? (A) Malik Kafur – Jamaluddin Yaqut – Khan-i-Jahan

Maqbul – Mahmud Gawan (B) Jamaluddin Yaqut – Malik Kafur – Khan-i-Jahan

Maqbul – Mahmud Gawan (C) Malik Kafur – Jamaluddin Yaqut – Mahmud

Gawan – Khan-i-Jahan Maqbul (D) Jamaluddin Yaqut – Malik Kafur – Mahmud

Gawan – Khan-i-Jahan Maqbul49. Consider the following statements: 1. Ghaznavid coins issued in north-western India

have bilingual legends written in Arabic and Sharda scripts

2. The literatures and chroniclers Barani and Isami were contemporaries.

3. When Mahmud of Ghazni raided Somnatha, Jayasimha Siddharaja was the Chalukya ruler of the region.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct? (A) 1 only (B) 1 and 2 (C) 2 and 3 (D) 1, 2 and 350. Who among the following rulers was the builder of

Jahan-Panah, Delhi’s fourth city? (A) Sultan Shamsuddin Iltutmish (B) Sultan Alauddin Khalji (C) Sultan Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq (D) Sultan Sikandar Lodi

Answers And explAnAtions

1. (C) Pallavaram (i.e.,TamilNadu)yieldedthefirsthand axe.

2. (A) 3. (D)4. (C) Thefloorofgreatbathwasmadeofburntbricks.

They were unknown to Iron. 5. (D) Lothal’s dockyard is a burnt brick structure. 6. (B) 7. (C) 8. (B) Under Brahmana Literature, Aranyaka,

Upanishad is included. Brahmana primarily deals with rules and procedures of Yagnas and sacrifices.

9. (A)10. (B) Ashtrasahastrika Prajnaparumita contains

religious extents of Boddhisttva. 11. (A)12. (C) Vaipulya Sutra contains Buddhist teaching in

more elaborated. 13. (B) Theravada or Sthaviravadin sect of Buddhism

was founded by Mahakassapa (Maha Kacchayana) of Ujjain.

14. (D)15. (B) Rock Edict XII speaks of tolerance towards other

sects.16. (D) 17. (D) 18. (A)19. (A) Vasumitra - Chairman, Ashvaghosha - Dy.

Chairman. 20. (A) The administrator in rural area was called

Gaulmik. He controls small military under them.

21. (C) Durgara - Jammu; Trigartha - Jalandhar22. (A) Sri Yajna Satakarni is known as the Saviour of

Vedas.23. (B) Heliodorus was ambassador of Antialcidas, the

Indo-Greek king to Kasiputra Bhaggabhadra. 24. (C) Ayodhya Inscription informs that two

Ashwamedha Yagna was performed by Pushyamitra under Patanjali.

25. (C)


26. (C) Rajshekhara was the famous poet at the court of Gurjara Pratihara king Mahendra Pal. Setubandha was written by Vakataka king Pravaren.

27. (D) 28. (B) Mathura Pillar Inscription belongs to the 5th year

of the rule of Chandragupta-II. This gives information about religious sect.

29. (A)30. (B) Megalithic people lived around natural water

reservoirs in hilly areas on the hills and started producing paddy.

31. (B) Rig Veda is not a public text. Rather, it was composed by sages in the importance of Gods. It is not based on ritualistic practices and is well respected.

32. (A) 'Kadambari' is written by Banabhatta while 'Swapana Vasavdatta' was written by Bhas.

33. (C) According to Tamil Tradition Pandya king organized three Sangams at Madurai, Kapatpuram and Alvaye.

34. (C) Varahadeva, who was the feudatory of Prithvi Sen-II. Ajanta Cave Chaitya number XVI, XVII, XIX were built during his period.

35. (A)36. (B) For administrative purposes; the Chola dynasty

was divided into provinces which are known as Mandlam. Mandlams were divided into Nadu and Nadu into Kurram. In Kurram two village associations worked – Ur and Sabha or Mahasabha.

37. (A) 38. (B)

39. (A) The department was created to collect arrears of revenuefromrevenueofficials.

40. (C) Md. bin Ghauri used the coins which had the figureofLaxmiontheobverseandtheNagariinscription coupled with Sultan’s name on the reverse.

41. (C) Nizami’s book says Ghiyassuddin Tughlaq awarded the title of Khan, but the tradition of awarding title was prevalent before him also.

42. (B)43. (C) Settled agricultural activities were practised in

neolithic culture. 44. (A)45. (D) Tanka – Silver coin Jittal – Copper coin. 46. (B) Alauddin Khilji appointed Malik Qabul as the

head of grain market and Malik Yakub as the head of Diwan-i-Riyasat.

47. (D) 48. (B) Jamaluddin Yakut – 1236 - 1240 Malik Kafur – 1296 - 1316 Khan-i-Jahan Maqbul – 1351 - 1588 Mahmud Gawan – 1463 - 148249. (B) When Mahmud of Ghazni invaded Gujarat,

Bhima-I was the ruler. Isami and Barni wrote during the reign of Firuz Tughlaq, and hence were contemporaries. (Medieval).

50. (C) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq was the builder of Jahan-Panah, Delhi’s fourth city at Adilabad near Tughlaqabad.

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1. Match List-I (Coinage) with List-II (Principal Area of Circulation) and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:

List-I (Coinage) List-II of Circulation) (Principal Area (a) Pagoda 1. Gujarat (b) Mahmudi 2. Vijayanagar (c) Muzaffari 3. North India (d) Sikandari 4. Malva Code: (a) (b) (c) (d) (A) 4 3 2 1 (B) 2 1 4 3 (C) 4 1 2 3 (D) 2 3 4 12. Haji Maula revolted against which one of the

following Sultans? (A) Iltutmish (B) Raziya (C) Balban (D) Alauddin Khalji3. What did the concept adl as propounded by medieval

political thinkers signify? (A) Morality (B) Justice (C) Aristocracy (D) Religious obligations4. Who have described Alauddin Khilji’s measure of

slaughtering a large number of ‘New Muslims’ in one single day?

(A) AmirKhusrauandAfif (B) Isami and Barani (C) Yahya Sihrindi and Ibn Battuta (D) Abdullah and Rizqullah Mushtaqi5. Which one of the following regions was ruled by

Mirza Haider Dughlat, the author of Tarikh-i-Rashidi, as a Sultan in the medieval period?

(A) Bengal (B) Jaunpur (C) Kashmir (D) Bijapur6. The translation of Chintamani Bhatta’s Suka-Saptati

into the Persian title Tutinama was done by which of the following sufi saints?

(A) Sheikh Hamiduddin Nagori (B) Sheikh Fariduddin (C) Khwaja Ziyauddin Nakhashabi (D) Khwaja Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki7. Match List-I (Author) with List-II (Book) and select

the correct answer using the code given below the lists:

List-I (Author) List-II (Book) (a) Badayuni 1. Chandayan (b) Isami 2. Futuh-us Salatin

(c) Mulla Daud 3. Mrigavati (d) Qutban 4. Muntakhab-ul Tawarikh Code: (a) (b) (c) (d) (A) 1 2 4 3 (B) 4 3 1 2 (C) 1 3 4 2 (D) 4 2 1 38. The Portuguese traveller, Nuniz visited Vijayanagar

during the reign of which one of the following? (A) Vira Narasimha (B) Deva Raya-I (C) Achyuta Raya (D) Sadasiva Raya9. In the early medieval India, which one of the

following places was referred to as Prabhasa Pattana?

(A) Somanatha (B) Thanesvar (C) Ujjain (D) Varanasi10. Whose permission was solicited by Albuquerque, the

Portuguese Governor, to build a fort at Bhatkal? (A) Achyuta Raya (B) Krishna Deva Raya (C) Saluva Narasimha (D) Vira Narasimha11. Consider the following features of association with

temples: 1. Gopuram 2. Kalyanmandapa 3. Ornamental pillars and ceilings 4. Placement of Corbel below the pillars Which of the above features are found in the

Vijaynagar temple? (A) 1, 2 and 3 (B) 3 and 4 (C) 1, 2 and 4 (D) 1, 2, 3 and 412. The great painter Khwaja Abdus Samad flourished at

the Court of which one of the following? (A) Babur (B) Shershah (C) Akbar (D) Shahjahan13. In the Lucknow Session of the Congress in 1916, who

among the following made a very significant proposal that the Congress should appoint a Working Committee that would carry on day-to-day affairs of the Congress?

(A) Annie Beasant (B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (C) Madan Mohan Malaviya (D) Surendranath Banerjee

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14. Before taking employment under Aurangzeb, Mir Jumla was in whose service?

(A) Abdullah Qutb Shah of Golconda (B) Adil Shah of Bijapur (C) Nizam-ul-Mulk of Ahmednagar (D) Raja Jaswant Singh of Jodhpur15. Consider the following statements: 1. Itimad Khan, one of the nobles of Mohammad

Shah-III of Gujarat invited Akbar to interfere in the affairs of Gujarat.

2. When Hakim Mirza died, the province of Kabul was annexed to the Mughal Empire and Man Singh was appointed as its Governor.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct? (A) 1 only (B) 2 only (C) Both 1 and 2 (D) Neither 1 nor 216. Consider the following statements: 1. Akbar prohibited sati – the immolation of widow

on husband’s pyre. 2. Akbar discouraged child marriage and encouraged

widow remarriage among the Hindus. Which of the statements given above is/are correct? (A) 1 only (B) 2 only (C) Both 1 and 2 (D) Neither 1 nor 217. In which language was the famous text Hamza Nama

which was illustrated on an unprecedented large canvas under the orders of Akbar originally written?

(A) Arabid (B) Chaghtai Turkish (C) Persian (D) Ottoman Turkish18. Towards the end of Akbar’s reign, who dominated

his nobility holding ranks of 500 zat and above? (A) Rajputs and other Hindus (B) Shaikhzadas (C) Turanis (D) Iranis19. Which one of the following kingdoms replaced the

Kingdom of Kamata which declined in the fifteenth century?

(A) Khasis (B) Garos (C) Ahoms (D) Cooch Bihar20. Who among the following was the second Portuguese

Governor in India? (A) Vasco de Gama (B) Francisco de Almeida (C) Alfonso de Albuquerque (D) Francisco Xavier21. Consider the following devices/practices : 1. Multi-spindle wheels. 2. Match-lock guns. 3. Watermills and windmills. 4. Use of coal as a fuel.

Which of the above were not known to the Mughals?

(A) 1 and 2 (B) 2 and 3 (C) 2, 3 and 4 (D) 1 and 422. Consider the following statements about the post-

Aurangzeb Mughal period: 1. Farrukhsiyar owed his elevation to the throne to

ZulfiqarKhanandImad-ulMulk. 2. Aurangzeb had left a will to partition Mughal

Empire among his three surviving sons after his death.

3. Muhammad Shah was supported by Nizam-ul-Mulk of the Deccan.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct? (A) 1 and 2 (B) 2 and 3 (C) 3 only (D) 1, 2 and 323. The first architectural achievement of Jahangir’s reign

in India was the construction of his father’s mausoleum. Where was it built?

(A) Lahore (B) Shikohabad (C) Surat (D) Sikandara24. Who bestowed the Office of Peshwa on Balaji

Vishwanath? (A) Shivaji-III (B) Shahu (C) Sambhaji (D) Dhanaji Jadav25. Which one of the following statements about Marathas

is not correct? (A) The development of Maratha movement initiated

Shahji’s establishment of a de facto independent kingdom in Odisha.

(B) Baji Rao’s accession to the post of Peshwa took place in 1720.

(C) Marathas made a bid for domination of Rajasthan, parts of Doab and Punjab in 1741.

(D) Maratha movement was a movement led by Maratha Sardars.

26. Consider the following statements: The Regulating Act of 1773 provided 1. That the Court of Directors of the Company,

hitherto elected every year, would henceforth be elected for a period of three years.

2. That the number of Directors of the Company wasfixedat24,one-fourthsretiringeverythreeyears.

3. For a judiciary emanating directly from the Crown.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct? (A) 1 and 2 (B) 2 only (C) 1 and 3 (D) 3 only27. Consider the following statements: 1. The Nizam of Hyderabad granted Northern

Sarkars to the English as the Madras Government agreed to assist him against the French and the Marathas.

2. The capture of Mahe, a French settlement by the


English acted as one of the most important causes for the outbreak of the second Anglo-Mysore War.

3. The immediate provocation for the Third Anglo-Mysore war lay in the attempt of Tipu Sultan to tighten his hold on the western coast.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct? (A) 1, 2 and 3 (B) 1 and 2 (C) 2 and 3 (D) 1 and 3 28. In the context of India’s relations with China, consider

the following: 1. China’s war with India 2. Dalai Lama’s departure from Tibet 3. Bandung Conference 4. Panchsheel Agreement Which one of the following is the correct chronological

sequence of the above events? (A) 2 – 3 – 4 – 1 (B) 4 – 1 – 2 – 3 (C) 2 – 1 – 4 – 3 (D) 4 – 3 – 2 – 129. During the Anglo-Maratha Wars, which one of the

following was concluded last? (A) Treaty of Gwalior with Sindhia (B) Treaty of Mandasor with Holkar (C) Treaty of Poona with Baji Rao-II (D) Treaty of Surji-Arjangaon with Sindhia 30. Which one of the following statements is not

correct? (A) The printer and publisher had to obtain a license

for starting a press (B) Magistrates could attach unlicensed presses (C) Every book or newspaper was required to have

printed the name of printer and publisher on it and a free copy supplied to local government

(D) The Governor-General had the right to revoke a license or call for a fresh application

31. Consider the following statements in respect of the Regulating Act of 1773:

1. The tenure of the Council members depended on the pleasure of the Governor-General.

2. The Governor-General-in-Council was empowered with casting vote.

3. The Governor-General-in-Council was vested with civil and military powers.

Which of the statements given above are correct? (A) 1, 2 and 3 (B) 1 and 2 (C) 2 and 3 (D) 1 and 3 32. Which one of the following Acts removed the legal

recognition of slavery in India? (A) Pitt’s India Act, 1784 (B) The Charter Act, 1833 (C) The Act XI of 1835 (D) The Act V of 184333. Which one of the following did not take place during

the administration of Lord Dalhousie? (A) The Second Anglo-Burmese war (B) Setting up telegraph line from Calcutta to Agra

(C) Railway opened from Bombay to Thane (D) Foundation of the University of Delhi34. Who among the following established the Swadeshi

Steam Navigation Company? (A) A.D. Shroff (B) Harisarvottam Rao (C) V.O. Chidambaram Pillai (D) Walchand Hirachand35. Consider the following statements in respect of the

jajmani system in India: 1. Bulk of the rural manufacturing in Maharashtra

in medieval period was provided by artisan castes bound to agricultural castes by ties of client-patron relationship.

2. In Maharashtra and Gujarat, the jajmani system did not include only those kinds of work of the community artisans which were directly complimentary to agricultural production.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct? (A) 1 only (B) 2 only (C) Both 1 and 2 (D) Neither 1 nor 236. Consider the following statements: 1. RajaRammohanRoyarrangedforthefirstinter-

caste marriage under the Brahmo Samaj. 2. Keshab Chandra Sen enunciated the basic, tenets

of Brahmo Samaj in his book 'Brahmodharma'. Which of the statements given above is/are correct? (A) 1 only (B) 2 only (C) Both 1 and 2 (D) Neither 1 nor 237. Tara Shankar Bandyopadhyaya’s novel ‘Ganadevata’

portrays the decline of which one of the following system?

(A) Zamindari system (B) Ryotwari system (C) Jajmani system (D) Mahalwari system38. From where the concept of ‘Directive Principles of State

Policy’ borrowed into the Indian Constitution? (A) Irish Constitution (B) French Constitution (C) British Constitution (D) American Constitution39. Who among the following played an important role

for passing the Native Marriage Act of 1872? (A) Devendranath Tagore (B) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (C) Keshab Chandra Sen (D) Shyam Chandra Dass40. Identify from among the following who is not a post

modernist critique— (A) Jacques Lacan (B) Hayden White (C) Michael Foucault (D) Jacques Derrida41. Consider the following statements: Keshav Chandra Sen encouraged 1. remarriage of widows. 2. inter-caste marriage.


3. abolition of Purdah system. 4. higher university education for women. Which of the statements given above are correct? (A) 1 and 2 (B) 2, 3 and 4 (C) 1 and 4 (D) 1, 2, 3 and 442. Consider the following freedom fighters: 1. Amir Chand 2. Avadh Behari 3. Balmukund 4. Basanta Kumar Biswas Who of the above received capital punishment on the

accusation of throwing a bomb at Lord Hardinge? (A) 1 and 2 (B) 2, 3 and 4 (C) 1, 3 and 4 (D) 1, 2, 3 and 443. Who among the following was popularly known as

Lokahitavadi? (A) Akshay Kumar Dutt (B) Gopal Hari Deshmukh (C) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (D) Mahadev Govind Ranade44. In the 1907 Session of the Congress at Surat, whose

name was proposed by extremists group as the next President of the Congress?

(A) Aurobindo Ghosh (B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (C) Lala Lajpat Rai (D) Bipin Chandra Pal45. Consider the following statements in respect of the

Indigo revolt: 1. There was a complete unity among Hindu and

Muslim peasants. 2. Hem Chandra Kar was one of the prominent

leaders of the rebellious ryots. 3. The rebellious ryots maintained a great

organization and discipline. Which of the statements given above are correct? (A) 1, 2 and 3 (B) 1 and 2 (C) 2 and 3 (D) 1 and 3 Direction: Assertion (A) – Reason (R) questions are to be answered based on the options given below: Code: (A) Both A and R are individually true and R is the


the correct explanation of A (C) A is true but R is false (D) A is false but R is true46. Assertion (A): In the early years of the Indian

National Congress, it was decided to rotate the Congress Session among different parts of the country.

Reason (R): The very early leadership of the Congress wanted to take up the issue of social reform of different parts of the country.

47. Assertion (A): The references to silk-weaving in Kashmir are found in Kalhana’s Rajtarangini.

Reason (R): Sericulture in Kashmir was a well-developed practice since ancient times.

48. Consider the following statements relating to the Civil Disobedience Movement:

1. By the Gandhi-Irwin Pact, the Congress agreed to suspend the Civil Disobedience Movement.

2. By the Gandhi-Irwin Pact, the Government promised to release all political prisoners not convicted for violence.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct? (A) 1 only (B) 2 only (C) Both 1 and 2 (D) Neither 1 nor 249. Consider the following statements with reference to

the provisions of the Indian Councils Act of 1909 regarding the Imperial Legislative Council:

1. The Act increased the power of the members to ask questions.

2. Voting on separate budget items was allowed by the Act.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct? (A) 1 only (B) 2 only (C) Both 1 and 2 (D) Neither 1 nor 2 50. During the National Movement, the Congress passed

a resolution on Fundamental Rights and economic policy by way of a major concession to placate the Left Wing at which one of the following sessions?

(A) Amritsar Session (B) Karachi Session (C) Lucknow Session (D) Tripuri Session51. In 1890, who among the following started 'Indian

Social Reformer'? (A) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (B) K. Viresalingam (C) K. N. Natarajan (D) M. G. Ranade52. Consider the following statements: 1. In the First Round Table Conference that met in

November 1930, Congress had no representative. 2. Mahatma Gandhi was chosen as the sole

representative of the Congress at the Second Round Table Conference held in September–December, 1931.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct? (A) 1 only (B) 2 only (C) Both 1 and 2 (D) Neither 1 nor 253. Consider the following statements with reference to

the extremists and moderates within the Congress during the years 1905-07:

1. The extremists wanted to extend the Swadeshi and Boycott movement from Bengal to the rest of the country.

2. The moderates wanted to gradually extend the boycott from foreign goods to every form of association or cooperation with the govern-ment.


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