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1. Match List-I with List-II and select the

correct answer:

List-I (Bhakti-Period Saints)

A. Shankaracharya

B. Ramanujacharya

C. Vallabhacharya

D. Nimbarkacharya

List-II (Propunded Theories)

1. Pure non-dualism(Shuddhadwaita)

2. Mixture of monism and dualism

(Dwaitadwaita)

3. Unqualified monism (Adwaitavada)

4. Qualified monism (Vishistadwaita)

a. A-2 B-4 C-1 D-3

b. A-3 B-1 C-4 D-2

c. A-2 B-1 C-4 D-3

d. A-3 B-4 C-1 D-2

2. Consider the following statements:

In the 18th Century, the Khalsa was an

organization whose aim was that

1. the Commonwealth of the Sikhe be a

religious, military and political

organization only.

2. the administration of the Khasla and

the clans must be a democratic one.3. all the individual members had the

same political, religious and social

privileges.

4. anything smacking of inequality must

be discouraged.

Which of these statements are correct ?

a. 1 and 2

b. 2 and 3

c. 3 and 4

d. 1,2,3 and 4

3. Consider the following events:1. Annexation of Udaipur

2. Annexation of Jhansi

3. Annexation of Punjab

4. Annexation of Oudh

The correct chronological sequence of

these events is

a. 3,4,2,1

b. 2,1,3,4

c. 2,4,3,1

d. 3,1,2,4

4. The Archaeological Survey of India was

established during the period of

a. Warren Hastings

b. Lord Wellesley

c. Lord Curzon

d. William Bentinck

5. Peshwa Baji Rao I obtained from the

Mughals subedaris of

a. Ahmadnagar and Nagpur

b. Malwa and Bijapur

c. Gujarat and Malwa

d. Khandesh and Berar

6. The commercial objective of the

Portuguese in India was to

a. Capture territories on the western coast

b. Capture trade of textiles and spices

c. Oust Arabs and the Persians from

India’s maritime trade

d. Capture trade of pepper and other

superior spices

7. During the reign of Jahangir, the title of

Nadir-ul Asr was given to

a. Mir Sayyid Ali

b. Abdus Samad

c. Abul Hasand. Ustad Mansur

8. After a few years of the beginning of his

rule, Alauddin Khalji pondered over the

problem of public discontent and cause of

revolt and discerned four reasons. Which

one of the following reasons did not attract

his attention?

a. The King was negligent and ignorant

of the conditions of the people

b. Drinking parties of the Amirs were the

breeding grounds for conspiraciesc. Excessive wealth gave both power and

leisure for evil thought

d. Bureaucratic oppression compelled the

people to revolt against the king

9. Which one of the following agrarian

measures was not adapted by Ghiyasuddin

Tughlaq?

a. He discarded measurement in favour of

sharing

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b. The chiefs and headmen of villages

were given back their perquisites

c. The basis of the demand by the

Government was to be hukm-i-hasil (in

accordance with yield) with enough

provision for crop failures

d. He made a large reduction in the scale

of revenue fixed by Alauddin andbrought it down to one-sixth of the

gross produce

10. In Bahmani Kingdom, Sadr-i Jahan was

head of the department of

a. Revenue

b. Foreign matters

c. Ecclesiastical and Judicial matters

d. Military matters

11. Which one of the following statements

about Sultan Alauddin Khalji is not

correct?

a. Alauddin did not think it necessary to

invoke the sanction of the Khalifa’s

name for strengthening his claims to

sovereignty

b. Allaudin’s objective in styling himself

as deputy of the Khalifa was not to pay

homage to the Khalifa but only to keep

the tradition of theoretical Caliphate

alive

c. Alauddin adopted the title of Yamin-ul

Khalifa Nasir-i Amir-ul Muminim to

show himself as superior to the Khalifad. Alauddin was the first Sultan of Delhi

to bring the Church under the control

of the State

12. There was an unprecedented increase in

the number of mansabdars during the reign

of

a. Akbar

b. Jahangir

c. Shajahan

d. Aurangzeb

13.

“In each stage death is ready to claim her;by the poppy at its dawn, by the flames in

riper year.”

Which one of the following historians

made the above observation about the

Rajput woman?

a. Crook

b. Utbi

c. Alberuni

d. Tod

14. Which among the following was not the

cause of continuous war between Cholas

and Chalukyas of Kalyana?

a. he economic factors

b. Rivalry between the Chalukyas of

Kalyana and Chalukyas of Vengi

c. The geo-political factors

d. Rivalry to capture South india’sforeign trade with China and South-

eastern Asia

15. The Mahdi movement during the time of

Islam Shah was led by

a. Sheikh Hasan

b. Sheikh Alai

c. Makhdum-ul Mulk

d. Mir Sayid Muhammad

16. Consider the following statements related

to the Revolt of 1857:

1. The rebels did not have a definite

political perspective.

2. Zeenat Mahal negotiated with the

British to secure her safety.

3. Maulavi Ahmadullah provided

leadership to the rebels.

4. The rebels failed because of betrayal of

the central leadership.

Which of these statements are correct?

a. 1 and 4

b. 2 and 4

c. 1,2 and 3

d. 1,2 and 4

17. Who was elected as the permanent

President of the Muslim League in 1908?

a. Nawab Salimullah

b. Syed Ahmed Khan

c. Aga Khan

d. Syed Amir Ali

18. Who was the advocate at the famous INA

trials?

a. Bhulabhai Desai

b. Asaf Ali

c. Rajendra Prasad

d. Rajagopalachari

19. The twin principles of Mahatma Gandhi’s

Ram Rajya were

a. Truth and non-violence

b. Right means and right ends

c. Khadi and Ahimsa

d. Satyagraha and non-violence

20. Sikandar Hayat Khan represented the

a. Muslim League



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b. Khudai Khidmatgars

c. Krishak Praja Party

d. Unionist Party

21. What is the correct sequence of the

following events?

1. Third Maratha War

2. Third Battle of Panipat

3. Third Mysore War4. Third Burmese War

Select the correct answer using the codes

given below:

a. 1,3,2,4

b. 2,3,1,4

c. 3,4,1,2

d. 4,1,3,2

22. Which one of the following pairs is

correctly matched?

a. Malik Kafur : Rajendra I

b. Singaya Nayaka : Prataparudrac. Ravivarman Kulasekara : Ulugh Khan

d. Kampiladeva : Muhammad Tughlaq

23. During the reign of which one of the

following did the Vijayanagar State come

into existence?

a. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq

b. Muhammad Tughlaq

c. Firuz Shah Tughlaq

d. Khizr Khan

24. The illustrations executed on cloth belong

to which one of the followingmanuscripts?

a. Harivansha

b. Hamzanama

c. Jami-ut Tawarikh

d. Akbarnama

25. The outbreak of five famines in India

during the first quarter of the Nineteenth

Century was due to

1. decline of Indian industries.

2. immobility of agricultural labour.

3.

failure of manufactured goods.4. import of manufactured goods.


a. 2 and 3

b. 1 and 4

c. 1,2 and 3

d. 2,3 and 4

26. In the Nineteenth Century, there was a

phenomenal increase in the pressure of

population on land because the

a. Introduction of commercial crops

attracted the peasantry to agriculture

b. Ruin of handicrafts and village

industries drove the population to

agriculture

c. Fall of native Governments had

reduced the avenues of employment

d.

Urban population began to migrate tothe rural areas for reasons of security

27. The term ‘Dustak’ implies

a. Free pass or duty-free trade

b. A riot

c. A port near Hooghly

d. Market place

28. The French challenge to British supremacy

came to an end with the battle of

a. Wandiwash

b. Buxor

c.

Srirangapatnamd. Plassey

29. Which famous social reformers wrote the

books Jnana Yoga, Karma Yoga and Raja

Yoga?

a. Swami Vivekananda

b. Ranade

c. Raja Ram Mohan Roy

d. Ramakrishna Paramahansa

30. At which place was the All – India

Khilafat Conference held in 1919?

a. Lucknow

b. Delhi

c. Aligarh

d. Porbandar

31. An exquisite example of the Nagra style of

architecture is provided by the

a. Kailashnath Temple, Kanchipuram

b. Lingaraj Temple, Bhubaneshwar

c. Brahadeswara Temple, Thanjavur

d. Kandariya Mahadeva Temple,

Khajuraho

32. Who led the Maratha forces in the 3rd

Battle of Panipat in 1761?

a. Vishwanath Rao

b. Sadashiva Rao

c. Madhava Rao

d. Dattaji Scindia

33. Which of the following is/are associated

with the Mega lithic culture of South

India?

1. Burials enriched by boulders of stone.

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3. Introduction of punch-marked coins.

4. Urban settlements.


given below:

a. 1 only

b. 1 and 2

c. 2 and 3

d. 4 only34. Which of the artifacts given below could

be used as source material for the

prehistoric period in India?

1. Fossils

2. Hand axes

3. Pottery

4. Remains of bones


given below:

a. 1,2 and 4

b. 1,2 and 3c. 1,3 and 4

d. 2,3 and 4

35. Prehistoric axes are found at

a. Attirampakkam

b. Adichanallur

c. Arikamedu

d. Sanur

36. Which of the following ethnic elements is

not found in the skeletal remains of

Harappan sites?

a.

Alpineb. Mediterranean

c. Mongoloid

d. Negrito


correct answer:

List-I (Indologists)

A. William Jones

B. Mortimer Wheeler

C. Colin Mackenzie

D. H. D. Sankalia

List-II (Organisation)1. Survey of India

2. Deccan College

3. Asiatic Society

4. Archaeological Survey of India

a. A-3 B-4 C-1 D-2

b. A-1 B-2 C-3 D-4

c. A-3 B-2 C-1 D-4

d. A-1 B-4 C-3 D-2

38. Which one of the following is a Pratiloma

marriage?

a. Brahman boy with a Kshatriya girl

b. Vaisya boy with a Sudra girl

c. Brahman boy with a Sudra girl

d. Sudra boy with a Vaisya girl

39. The archaeological culture associated with

the later Vedic texts is

a. Ochre-coloured pottery

b. Black and Red warec. Painted Grey ware

d. Northern Black Polished ware

40. A list of some ancient Indian States is

given below:

1. Kosala

2. Vajji

3. Magadha

4. Sakya

Which of these did not follow the

monarchical system of administration?

a. 1 and 2b. 2 and 4

c. 1 and 4

d. 2 and 3

41. Tolkappiyam is associated with the

a. First Sangam period

b. Second Sangam period

c. Third Sangam period

d. Post-third Sangam period


Rise of Magadha to imperial power was

mainly due to its1. position of strategic importance

surrounded by five hills

2. position in a richly fertile zone and

good communication channel.

3. aggressive imperial policy of the

rulers.

4. association with the activities of

Mahatma Buddha.

Which of these are correct?

a. 1 and 2

b.

1,2 and 4c. 1,2 and 3

d. 3 and 4

43. Which one of the following pairs is not

correctly matched?

a. Chaturvarnya : Four Asramas

b. Sudra : Service to the three Varnas

c. Dharmasastra : Works on religion and

philosophy

d. Mahamatra : Superior officials



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44. The Buddhist Order broke into

Sthaviravadins and the Mahasanghikas at

the

a. First General Council

b. Second General Council

c. Third General Council

d. Fourth General Council

45. A monastic life is essential for salvation inaccordance with

a. Asoka’s Dhamma

b. Jainism

c. Bhagavat Gita

d. Kathopanishad

46. Which of the following are associated with

Jainism?

1. Anekantavada

2. Sunyavada

3. Syadvada

4. SarvastivadaSelect the correct answer using the codes

given below:

a. 1 and 2

b. 1 and 3

c. 2 and 3

d. 3 and 4

47. James Princep took clues to decipher

Asoka’s inscriptions from bilingual

records involving

a. Brahmi and Aramaic

b.

Brahmi and Cuneiformc. Brahmi and Greek

d. Brahmi and Hieroglyphics

48. What does the term Upasampada signify in

Buddhism?

a. Religious merit accrued from

donations to the Buddhist order

b. Property attached to a Buddhist

monastery

c. Initial conversion to Buddhism

d. Final stage of initiation of a Buddhist

monk

49. Which one of the following was not a

feature of Mauryan Royalty according to

the Greek writers?

a. The king was always surrounded by

armed men who were bodyguards

b. Hunting was a favourite pastime of the

kings

c. Animal fights were arranged for the

king’s pleasure

d. The king’s food was tested by a

number of people

50. Kautilya defines Arthasastra as a branch of

knowledge that teaches how to

a. Acquire (or form) a State and preserve

it

b. Systematically collect revenue

including land revenue

c. Earn wealth, and to learn the

techniques for doing sod. Learn the way to have a meaningful

life

51. The crystallization of the Avatara concept

and the worship of the incarnations of

Vishnu were features of Bhagavatism

during the

a. Early Vedic period

b. Later Vedic period

c. Mauryan period

d. Gupta period

52. Consider the following statements about

the cast-system:

1. Basic characteristics of the caste-

system involve purity, heredity,

marriage and food.

2. Dharma in the three pursuits – ‘dharma

artha, kama’ means caste rules

ordained by sastras.

3. Anirobaasita means the

varnasamkaras.

4. Process of proliferation of castes is

described in the Purushasukta.

Which of these statements are correct?a. 1,2 and 3

b. 2 and 3

c. 3 and 4

d. 2 and 4

53. Which of the following pairs is not

correctly matched?

a. Kapilar : Pari

b. Pisiranthaiyar : Kopperuncholan

c. Auvaiyar : Adikayaman

d. Tolkappiyam : Pattinappalai

54. Match List-I with List-II and select thecorrect answer:

List-I (Tinai)

A. Kurinci

B. Marutam

C. Mullai

D. Neytal

List-II (Landscape)

1. Pastures

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4. Plains

a. A-3 B-2 C-1 D-4

b. A-1 B-4 C-3 D-2

c. A-3 B-4 C-1 D-2

d. A-1 B-2 C-3 D-4

55. The period of the Kushanas witnessed

important developments in religion,

literature, art and foreign trade andcontacts. In the light of this statement,

which one of the following pairs does not

relate to the Kushana period?

a. Mahanaya Buddhism : Gandhara Art

b. Nagasena : Milindapanha

c. Caraka Samhita : Nagarjuna

d. North-Western Silk routes : Kashyap

Matanga

56. In the Buddhist literature, Milindapanha

appears in the Question-Answer form

between Nagasena and

a. Kanishka

b. Menander

c. Euthidemus

d. Antialcidas

57. Arrange the following in the correct

chronological order:

1. Junagarh Rock Inscription of

Rudradaman.

2. The beginning of the Saka Samvat.

3. Takht-i Bahi Inscription.

4. The beginning of the Vikram Samvat.


given below:

a. 1,2,3,4

b. 2,3,4,1

c. 3,2,1,4

d. 4,3,2,1

58. Which one of the following pairs is not

correctly matched?

a. Buddhacharita : Ashvaghosa

b. Mrichchhakatika : Shudraka

c. Mudrarakshasa : Vishakhadatta

d. Brihatsamhita : Aryabhatta

59. Which one of the following inscriptions

throws light on the Lakulisa Pasupata

Sect?

a. Eran Inscription of Samudragupta

b. Mathura inscription of Chandragupta II

c. Mandasor Inscription of Kumargupta I

d. Bhitari Pillar Inscription of

Skandagupta

60. Sravanabelgola is associated with

a. Buddhism

b. Jainism

c. Asoka Dhamma

d. Nagarjuna

61. The Kushana kings assumed titles like

‘Devaputra Kushana’. Kanishka’s

predecessors also were assuming titles like

Sarvaloka Isvara Mahisvara. This showsthat Kushana kings

a. Were devotees of Lord Siva

b. Assumed high-sounding titles implying

poer and fame

c. Assumed divine kingship

d. Got the legends on their coins written

in Sanskrit

62. Which of the following famous temple of

Dravidian style was built by the Pallava

ruler Narsinhavarman-II?

a. Mahabalipuram Group

b. Kailashnath Temple, Karachi

c. Shiva Temple, Tiruvadi

d. Ukleshvar Temple, Kanchi

63. The Prayag Prashasti of Samudragupta

which mentions Kamarupa as a frontier

state, records that

1. Kamarupa was then a big state.

2. The king of Kamarupa had initiated the

names of the Gupta Emperors.

3. The King of Kamarupa rendered

personal obeisance to the Emperor.

4. The king of Kamarupa paid him allkinds of taxes.

Which of these are correct?

a. 1 and 2

b. 2 and 3

c. 3 and 4

d. 1 and 4


correct answer:

List-I (Janapadas)

A. Kuru

B. Kosala

C. Vatsa

D. Magadha

List-II (Capital)

1. Kosambi

2. Rajagriha

3. Ayodhya

4. Indraprastha

5. Patliputra

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b. A-4 B-2 C-1 D-3

c. A-1 B-2 C-5 D-3

d. A-4 B-3 C-1 D-2

65. Match List-I (Place)

A. Harappan site

B. Capital of Avanti

C. Pallava Capital

D. Buddhist siteWith List-II (Location in the Map) and

select the correct answer:

a. A-2 B-4 C-3 D-1

b. A-1 B-3 C-4 D-2

c. A-2 B-3 C-4 D-1

d. A-1 B-4 C-3 D-2

66. Who encouraged the practice of ladies

accompanying their husbands to the

battlefield?

a. Sadashiva Rao

b. Raghunatha Rao

c. Balaji Rao

d.

Madhava Rao67. Match List-I with List-II and select the

correct answer:

List-I (Foreign Travellers)

A. Abdur Razzaq

B. Nicolo de Conti

C. Domingo Paes

D. Athanasium Nikitin

List-II (Remarks)

1. “The circumference of the city is sixty

miles. There are about 90,000 men fit

to bear arms.”

2. “There is a wide gap in the standards

of living between the Nobles and the

common people

3. “The city is such that eye has not seen

nor ever heard of any place resembling

it upon the whole earth.”

4. “The King is of medium height and of

fair complexion and good figure, rather

fat than thin; he has on his face signs

of small-pox.”

a. A-3 B-1 C-4 D-2

b. A-4 B-2 C-3 D-1

c. A-3 B-2 C-4 D-1

d. A-4 B-1 C-3 D-2

68. Rajaraya I and rajendra I commemorated

their victories by which one of the

following methods?

a. Erecting templesb. Erecting pillars

c. Ordering inscriptions to be written

d. Issuing coins

69. Which one of the following Indians was

dismissed from the Indian Civil Service by

the British?

a. Satyendranath Tagore

b. Surendranath Banerjee

c. R. C. Dutt

d. Dadabhai Naoroji

70. Who proposed the Preamble before theDrafting Committee of the Constitution?

a. Jawaharlal Nehru

b. B. R. Ambedkar

c. B. N. Rao

d. Mahatma Gandhi

71. The Theosophical Society was founded in

the U.S.A. by

a. Dr. Annie Besant

b. A. O. Hume

c. Tilak and Gokhale

d.

Madam Blavatsky & Olcott72. The suggestion of transfer of two Central

Governments, India and Pakistan, on the

basis of grant of Dominion Status was

given by

a. Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Patel

b. Gandhiji and Jawaharlal Nehru

c. Lord Mountbatten and Jawaharlal

Nehru

d. V. P. Menon and Sardar Patel

73. The following four important battles were

fought in India at one time or the other:

1. Chausa

2. Dharmat

3. Haldighati

4. Khanwa

The correct chronological order in which

these battles were fought is

a. 1,2,3,4

b. 4,3,2,1

c. 4,1,3,2

d. 3,2,1,4



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74. Which of the following was the first

Mughal Emperor to lead a military

expedition to Bengal?

a. Babar

b. Humayun

c. Jahangir

d. Shahjahan

75. Which of the following new techniques incotton textile industry was/were

introduced in India by the Turks in the

Medieval period?

1. Spindle

2. Spinning wheel

3. Water frame

Select the correct answer using the code

given below:

a. 1,2 and 3

b. 2 and 3

c.

1 and 3d. 2 only

76. Consider the following statement:

Indian nationalists were bitterly

disappointed in the closing stages of the

First World War due to the reason that

1. Only few Indian Princes participated in

the imperial Conference and Peace

Conference.

2. The closing of the World War brought

to India not peace but the sword.

3. Gandhi was prevented by the

Government from proceeding to Delhiin 1919.

4. The Rowlatt Act was passed in 1919.


a. 1 and 3

b. 1 and 4

c. 2 and 4

d. 2 and 3

77. Consider the following statements :

The Yandaboo Treaty of 1826 paved the

way for

1. Guaranteed protection to the Britishmerchants.

2. An indemnity of a crore of Rupees to

the British.

3. The pitched battles between the

Burmese and the English.

4. The territorial acquisition of Assam for

tea.


a. 1 and 2

b. 2 and 3

c. 3 and 4

d. 2 and 4

78. Consider the following statements :

When the Prime Minister of England

stated that the British element in the Indian

Civil Service was ‘the steel fram’ of the

administration, eternally indispensable to

India; its consequences were that1. it resulted in the boycott of the visit of

the Prince of Wales.

2. it retarded indianisation, in opposition

to the declared policy of the Parliament

of England.

3. it resulted in repressive measures

against the Congress.

4. the Lee Commission on the Public

Services made liberal

recommendations.

Which of these statements is/are correct?

a. 1,2 and 3

b. 1,2 and 4

c. 2 and 4

d. 4 only

79. Which of the following Nawabs was

deposed by the English on the annexation

of Awadh to British Dominion in 1856?

a. Saadar Khan Burhan-ul Mulk

b. Safdar Jang

c. Wajid Ali Shah

d. Birjis Qadar

80. The Kuka movement to overthrow theBritish rule was organized in

a. Uttar Pradesh

b. Bihar

c. Punjab

d. Bombay

81. Assertion (A) : The history of the Indo-

Greeks can be reconstructed mainly on the

evidence of their coins.

Reason (R) : Major contributions of the

Indo-Greeks towards Indian culture were

in the field of coinage.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 A

c. A is true but R is false

d. A is false but R is true

82. Assertion (A) : The inner side the

Megalithic pottery in South India has

black colour and on the outer side it has re

colour.



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Reason (R) : These colours were painted

on the pottery separately.

a. Both A and R are individually true and





d. A is false but R is true83. Assertion (A) : The Sanyasis and the

Fakirs revolted against the British in

Bengal.

Reason (R) : The Sanyasis and the Fakirs

were opposed to the British interference in

Indian religious traditions.







84. Assertion (A) : The British introduced in

India the modern concept of the rule of

law.

Reason (R) : The British did not recognize

the existing Personal Civil law in India.






d. A is false but R is true85. Assertion (A) : Alauddin Khalji enhanced

the revenue demand to half of the total

produce.

Reason (R) : Larger supplies of grain were

needed to keep the market prices at low

levels.





c. A is true but R is falsed. A is false but R is true

86. Assertion (A) : Inscriptions of Asoka have

been found scattered throughout his

Empire. But no inscription of this Emperor

has been discovered from the north-eastern

part of the country.

Reason (R) : Because this part of the

country did not form a part of his Empire.







87. Assertion (A) : Desiring to make his

Dhamma instructions percolate down to

the common people, Asoka used besides

Prakrit, Greek and Aramaic in his Edictsfound in the North-Western parts of his

Empire.

Reason (R) : Greek and Aramaic speaking

people formed a part of his population in

the North-West.







88. Assertion (A) : Indus Valley Civilization is

technically and more correctly known as

Harappan Culture.

Reason (R) : Harappa is the type site of

that civilization.







89. Assertion (A) : Construction of freestanding temple became a feature of Indian

architecture since the Gupta period

onwards.

Reason (R) : Development of image

worship marked this period






d.

A is false but R is true90. Assertion (A) : Mahatma Gandhi observed

fast at Poona in 1932.

Reason (R) : Mahatma Gandh was

opposed to the provision of separate

electorate rights for Harijans in the

Communal Award.







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91. Assertion (A) : R. C. Dutt authored the

book ‘Poverty and Un-British Rule

Reason (R) : He wanted to expose india’s

growing poverty.


R is the correct explanation of Ab. Both A and R are individually true but




92. Assertion (A) : Lala Lajpat Rai died of

Police lathi-charge during the march

against Simon Commission.

Reason (R) : Simon Commission did not

consist of even a single Indian as a

Member.







93. Assertion (A) : Mahatma Gandhi

suspended the Non-Cooperation

Movement in 1922.

Reason (R) : C. R. Dass and Motilal Nehru

reselted Movement


R is the correct explanation of Ab. Both A and R are individually true but




94. Assertion (A) : Indian Industrial

Commission was appointed in 1916.

Reason (R) : This came as a benefit out of

the fact that the Tata Iron and Steel Works

rendered much service to the British in the

War of 1914.

a. Both A and R are individually true andR is the correct explanation of A





95. Which of the following groups of Nobles

was associated with the establishment of

Bahmani Kingdom in Deccan?

a. Amiran-i Sada

b. Turkani Chahalgani

c. Saiyyids of Baraha

d. Iranis

96. The first Turkish conqueror to cross the

Vindhyachala ranges was

a. Iltumish

b. Balban

c. Alauddin Khaji

d. Firuz shah Tughlaq97. Mahadji, the famous Maratha ruler of the

later half of the 18th Century, belonged to

the House of

a. Holkar

b. Scindia

c. Bhonsle

d. Gaekwad

98. The troops raised by the Emperor but not

paid directly by the State and placed under

the charge of mansabdars were known as

a.

Walashahib. Barawardi

c. Kumaki

d. Dakhili

99. The do aspa, sih aspa rank in the

mansabdari system was introduced by

a. Akbar

b. Jahangir

c. Shahjahan

d. Aurangzeb

100. Which one of the following is not correctly

matched?a. 1887 Indian National Congress Session

: Calcutta

b. 1916 Indian National Congress Session

: Lucknow

c. 1922 Indian National Congress Session

: Gaya

d. 1939 Indian National Congress Session

: Tripuri


correct answer:

List-I (Events)

A. Local Self-Government

B. Act of 1892

C. Foundation of the Indian National

Congress

D. Simla Deputation

List-II (Viceroys)

1. Lord Dufferin

2. Lord Minto

3. Lord Ripon

4. Lord Mayo



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5. Lord Lansdowne

a. A-1 B-2 C-4 D-5

b. A-3 B-5 C-1 D-2

c. A-1 B-5 C-4 D-2

d. A-3 B-2 C-1 D-5

102. The belligerent people of the frontier who

created problems both for Mahmud

Ghaznavi and Muhammad Ghauri werea. Hazaras

b. Khokhars

c. Yurtawals

d. Baluchis

103. The Venetian traveler who traveled with

his wife and reached Vijayanagar around

1420 was

a. thanasium Nikitin

b. Nicolo de Conti

c. Ibn Batuta

d. Ferishta104. The independence kingdom of Warangal

come to an end in the early Fifteenth

Century as a result of its annexation by

a. Alauddin Bahman Shah

b. Muhammad Shah I

c. Ahmad Shah

d. Mujahid Shah

105. Harihara II invade and extracted tribute

from

a. Burma

b.

Sri Lankac. Bengal

d. Suvarnabhumi

106. The revenue assessment known as batai,

ghalla-bakshi or bhaoli was a method of

crop-sharing on the basis of

a. Gross production

b. Rough estimate of crop

c. Past production trend

d. Mutual agreement (Qubuliyat)

107. The following are connected with the First

Anglo-Maratha War 1779-82:

1. Convention of Wadgaon

2. Treaty of Purandar

3. Treaty of Surat

4. Treaty of Salbai

Their arrangement in the correct

chronological order is

a. 3,2,1,4

b. 2,1,3,4

c. 4,2,1,3

d. 1,4,3,2


The impact of British imperialistic policies

on Indian agriculture was

1. creation of a new market economy.

2. polarization between landowners and

tillers.

3. increase in the number of landless

labourers.4. unemployment among village artisans.


a. 1,2 and 3

b. 2,3 and 4

c. 1 and 4

d. 1,2,3 and 4

109. The Revolt of Banda Bahadur in Punjab

took place due to the

a. Exploitation of the peasantry by the

Mughal authorities

b.

Religious persecution of the Sikhs bythe Mughals

c. Ambitions of Banda Bahadur

d. High incidence of taxation

110. Which one of the following statements

with regard to trade and commerce during

the Mughal Rule is not correct?

a. Shroffs transacted in hundies (Bills of

Exchange) and earned lot of money

b. Mir Jumla and Shaista Khan

monopolized trade in imported articles

c. Jagat Seth at Murshidabad carried out

trade with several foreign countries

and earned lot of money

d. Virji Vora dominated the Surat market

and had his offices in Ahmedabad,

Agra and other trade centres of India

111. The Treaty of Warna was concluded in

1731 A.D. between who amongst the

following?

a. Shahu Chhatrapati of Satara and

Nizam of Hyderabad

b. Sambhaji Chhatrapati of Kolhapur and

Shahu Chhatrapati of Satarac. Sambhaji of Kolhapur and East India

Company

d. Baji Rao I and Nawab of Bhopal

112. The Viceroy who put forward the proposal

of August Offer in 1940 was

a. Wavell

b. Linlithgow

c. Willingdon

d. Brabourne



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113. Which Court was considered as the highest

court of appeal in India for trying criminal

cases during the East India Company rule?

a. Circuit Court

b. Provincial Court

c. Sadar Diwani Adalat

d. Sadar Nizamat Adalat

114. Match List-I with List-II and select thecorrect answer:

List-I (Year)

A. 1921

B. 1926

C. 1938

D. 1939

List-II (Act)

1. Bombay Small Holders Relief Act

2. U. P. Tenancy Act

3. Oudh Rent Act

4. Agra Tenancy Acta. A-2 B-4 C-1 D-3

b. A-3 B-4 C-1 D-2

c. A-2 B-1 C-4 D-3

d. A-3 B-1 C-4 D-2


correct answer:

List-I (Works)

A. Tapati samvarnupakhyanamu

B. Yayati Charitamu

C. Vaijayanti Vilasam

D. Shiva DharmattaramList-II (Authors)

1. Gangadhara Kavi

2. Ponnaganti Teleganaraya

3. Sarangu Tammaiah

4. Malla Reddy

a. A-1 B-2 C-3 D-4

b. A-3 B-4 C-1 D-2

c. A-1 B-4 C-3 D-2

d. A-3 B-2 C-1 D-4

116. The quick response of the peasant

agriculture to market, charges in MughalIndia was, in particular, indicated by the

a. Increase in food grains production

b. Extension in the cultivation of cotton

c. Rapid increase in the tobacco

cultivation during the 17th Century

d. Large scale cultivation of poppy


correct answer:

List-I (Wars)

A. Second Carnatic War

B. Second Anglo-Mysore War

C. Third Anglo-Mysore War

D. First Anglo-Maratha War

List-II (Treaties)

1. Salbai

2. Bassein

3. Pondicherry

4. Srirangapatnam5. Mangalore

a. A-4 B-1 C-2 D-5

b. A-3 B-5 C-4 D-1

c. A-4 B-5 C-2 D-1

d. A-3 B-1 C-4 D-5

118. Which of the following Acts introduced

the Principle of the ‘Constitutional

autocracy’?

a. The Indian Council Act of 1909

b. Government of India Act of 1919

c. The Act of 1935d. Indian independence Act of 1947

119. The Monotheism and social reform

preached by the Kherwar or Sapha Har

Movement (1870) turned into a

a. Violent movement against the

Zamindars

b. Peasant movement demanding

reduction in rent

c. Compaign against revenue settlement

d. Movement for a separate state

120.

Match List-I with List-II and select thecorrect answer:

List-I (Event)

A. Champaran Satyagraha

B. Patna Peasant Movement

C. Moplah uprisings

D. Deccan riots

List-II (Place)

1. Kerala

2. East Bengal

3. Bihar

4. Ahmadnagara. A-3 B-1 C-2 D-4

b. A-4 B-2 C-1 D-3

c. A-3 B-2 C-1 D-4

d. A-4 B-1 C-2 D-3

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