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INDIAN HISTORY

1. According to Arthasastra of Kautilya, the 6. Chich of the following was a chera ruler of
army consisted of Sangam age
a. Khatriyas a. Aparantha
b. Khartiyas and Sudras b. Karikala
c. Khatriyas, Vaisyas and Sudras c. Senguttuvan
d. Khatriyas, Vaisyas, Sudras and d. Neduncheliyan
Brahamanas
7. which one of the following is not true of
2. Which of the following terminologies are both Buddhism and Jainism
relevant for the study of the policy:
a. They were atheists
1. Vidatha
b. They were welcomed by the Vaisyas
2. Samithi
c. they advocated ahimsa
3. Parishad
d. they believed in rigorous asceticism
4. Ratnin
8. Konakamana was an
a. 1, 2, 3
a. Architect of Buddha period
b. 1, 2, 4
b. Former Buddha
c. 2,3, 4
c. A Jain preacher
d. 1,2,3,4
d. A General under Ashoka
3. Rita mentioned in which the Rig Vedic
hymns given considerable emphasis stands 9. Under which of the following set of ruler
for were organized the first three Buddhist
councils
a. Seasons
a. Bimbisara, Ashoka, Dasratha
b. customs
b. Prasanajit, bimbisara, Ajathastru
c. Moral order
c. ashoka, Kanishka, Harsha
d. Religious
d. Ajathasatru, Kalasoka, Ashoka
4. The reference in the Vedic term ‘Sita’
stands for 10. Sunyavada was expounded by
a. Furrow a. Nagarjuna
b. Customs b. nagasena
c. goddess of fertility c. Aswagosha
d. Daughter of King Janak d. Ananda
5. During the Sangam age the northern 11. Mattamyuras were a group of
boundary of the Tamil Country extended a. Saivas
up to
b. Bhagavatas
a. Kuddoor
c. Wandering monks
b. Kanchipuram
d. Vajrayana buddhists
c. Vengadam
12. Prapanta Sinthamani was written by
d. Yerragudi
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a. Hemchandra Acharya d. Control over Gajapati kingdom
b. Haribhadraswami 19. Which of the following was a common
c. Nirutunga feature to all Bakthi saints

d. Hari Vijaya Suri a. They composed their verses in

languages of the local people
13. During the reign of Bindusara, the people
complained against the officers’ b. The rejected priestly classes
harassment in the division of c. They attacked caste system
a. Taxila d. They encouraged participation of
b. Pataliputra women

c. Tosali 20. Chaitanya preached

d. Ujjain a. Chanting formulae of Gods Love

14. Which was not a part of Ashokan Empire b. Song and dance

a. Kashmir c. Reverence of Guru

b. Karnataka d. Praise of God

c. Kamrupa 21. who among the following has his disciples

as Asht Chap
d. Gurjara
a. Name Dev
15. According to Jain traditions the second
capital of Samprati the Grandson of b. mauluk Das
Ashoka was c. Vallabachrya
a. Sravasti d. Aurangzeb
b. Sanchi 22. Month scale of Mansabdar was introduced
c. Barukacha by
a. Akbar
d. Ujjain
16. Stavahanas coin were made of b. Jahangir

a. Gold, Silver, copper c. Shah Jahan

b. Copper, Lead, Potin, Silver d. Aurangzeb

c. Potin, Gold, Copper, solver 23. Dahsala system was introduced by

d. Gold, silver only a. Akbar

17. In Vijayanagara kingdom ‘khasaigulla’ b. Jhanagir

meant a tax on c. Farruksiyar
a. Sanyasis d. Shah Jahan
b. Pilgrims 24. Arrange the following in chronologically
c. butchers order

d. Carpenters a. 4, 3, 1, 2,

18. Which of the following was a potential b. 1, 2, 3, 4

cause for the rivalry between Vijayanagara c. 3, 1, 2, 4
and Bahmani kingdom?
d. 2, 1, 4, 3
a. Control over far-south
25. Portrait painting was predominant during
b. Control over raichur doab the reign of
c. Rivalry in trade with Portuguese a. Akbar
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b. Jahangir b. Anti-Brahmin movement
c. Shah Jahan c. Anti-Landlord movement
d. Humayun d. Anti-British movement
26. Who was famous for music during Mughal 31. Bombay Millhands Association was
period founded by
a. Baz Bahadur a. Wadia
b. Faizi b. Lokhandy
c. Abul Fazl c. Jothiba Poole
d. Rahim Khan-i-Khanan d. Shinde
27. Sher Shah’s Mousoleum is at 32. Why did Ranjit Singh avoided military
a. Delhi encounter with the English? It was
because.
b. Sasaram
a. Initially he enjoyed cordial relations
c. Kalinjar with the British
d. Chanderi b. Ranjit Singh was busy in conquering
28. Match the following Multan, Kashmir, Peshwar, etc.
List I c. He was assured by Metcalfe of the
British alliance
A. Nazir Khan
d. He understood that he’ll be of no
B. Zakara Khan match to the military power of the
C. Husain Ali British
D. Abdulla 33. Bedone, Sunda, Sera, Canara and Guti
were
List II
a. Territories under the Muslim nobles of
1. Governor of Punjab North India
2. Deputy Governor of Patna b. Ruled by British in 8th Century
3. Governor of Allahabad c. Territories which were under the
4. Governor of Kutub Nizam of Hyderabad
Codes d. The territories conquered by Haider
Ali
A B C D
34. Which was the earliest French settlement
a. 2 3 4 1
in India?
b. 4 2 3 1
a. Chandranagore
c. 1 2 3 4
b. Hoogly
d. 2 4 3 1
c. Pondicherry
29. Europeans were first interested in
d. Masulipattinam
a. Silk
35. Which were the two kingdoms conquered
b. Indigo by Akbar?
c. Spices a. Khandesh and Bijapur
d. Leather Goods b. Bijapur and Ahmednagar
30. Praja Mitra Mandal, the first political c. Ahmednagar and Khandesh
organization of Mysore is an
d. Berar and Ahmednagar
a. Anti-Wodeyar movement
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36. A term Imadad-i-mash stands for in the 3. Santhal-Joria
Mughal order 4. Naikas-Sidhu
a. Poll tax a. 1 and 2
b. Pension to army officers b. 2 and 3
c. Cultivation tax c. 3 and 4
d. Revenue free land assigned to learned d. 1 and 4
and the needy
42. Arrange in chronologically order
37. British Prime Minister who declared the
communal award in 1932 was 1. Santhal insurrection
a. Lord Birkenhead 2. Deccan Agricultural Relief act
b. Lord Reading 3. Punjab land Alienation Bill
c. Sir Alexander Muddiman 4. Pabna League movement
d. Macdonold a. 1, 4, 2, 3
38. Arrange in chronologically order b. 4, 3, 2, 1
a. Nehru report c. 2, 3, 1, 4
b. Lucknow pact d. 1, 2, 3, 4
c. Fourteen points 43. Which of the following is wrongly
matched?
d. Delhi proposals
a. Aurang-Deport for manufactured
1. 2, 4, 3, 1
Goods.
2. 2, 4, 3, 1 b. Dadan-Advance commission
3. 4, 3, 2, 1 c. Hundi-Bill of Exchange
4. 4, 1, 2, 1 d. Dalal-Broker
39. the leader who contacted Mahatma Gandhi 44. Which was the revenue system introduced
in connection with the peasant unrest in
in Punjab by British?
Bihar at the Lucknow congress of 1996
was a. Mahalwari
a. Raj Kumar Shukla b. Mirasdari
b. Rajendra Prasad c. Jagirdari
c. Ras Bihari bose d. Ryotwari
d. Pt. Nehru 45. Simla deputation to Minto on the 1st Oct.
1906 pleaded for
40. Brahma Samaj was latter develop into a
spiritual fraternity by a. Separate electorates for Muslims
1. Debendranath Tagore b. Composite electorates for Muslims
2. Keshab Condra sen c. Composite electorates for Muslims
3. Ranade d. Greater representation of Muslims
4. Bhandarkar 46. Which was the earliest text that tried to
explain caste system according to ones
41. Brahma Samaj was latter developed in abilities and inclinations?
into a spiritual fraternity by
a. Manusmriti
1. Zmunfs-Nitds
b. Bhagavat Gita
2. Bhumiji-Ganganarayan
c. Ramayana
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d. Yajnavalkiya 53. Who were the people who occupied the N-
47. Milk, Inam, waqf were abolished by W part of India immediately after the fall
of Mauryan Empire?
a. Iltumish
a. Indo-Bactrians
b. Balban
b. Sakas
c. Alauddin Khilji
c. Kushanas
d. Guptas
d. Hunas
48. Bilhana euologised
54. Which of the following is correct
a. Krishna III regarding Alauddin Khilji
b. Nripunga a. He abolishd khuts and Muqqadams
c. Vikramaditya VI b. He was the first to collect taxes
d. Pratihara Bhoja directly from the peasants
49. The most distinctive characteristic in c. He retained khuts and Muqqadams but
Muslim architecture from that of Hindu reduced their privileges
and Buddhist architecture was d. He appointed special officers in place
a. Round domes of khuts and Muqqaams
b. High minarets 55. ‘Zimmis’ of Muslim age represent

c. No concrete a. Pilgrims
d. Combination of arch and dome b. Musalmans

50. How many cities were in existence during c. Protected people

Buddha’s time? d. Hindus
a. 4 56. Pahori painting emphasized on
b. 6 a. Snow-clad mountains
c. 8 b. Birds and animals
d. 10 c. Love
51. “Some people don’t like painting. Such d. Seasons
people don’t like.
57. arrange in chronologically order
For me, it seems painting is way of seeing
God” Whose words are these? 1. Clive arranged of for carrying out the
Diwani functions in Bihar, Orissa and
a. Akbar Bengal
b. Jahangir 2. Shah Alam II gave the Diwani of
c. Humayun Orrisa, Bihar, and Bengal for an annual
payment of 26 lakh rupees.
d. Shah Jahan
3. On his return Clive was given the job
52. I can recognize each painter from the style of restoring order in the company
of the picture who claimed to have this lands.
ability?
4. Clive returned to England with his
a. Akbar work unfinished
b. Jahangir a. 3, 2, 1, 4
c. Humayun b. 1, 3, 2, 4
d. Shah Jahan c. 4, 3, 1, 2
d. 1, 4, 3, 2
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58. Gandhara art all but one of the following a. Brahmacharya, Grihastha, Sanyasa,
was different from the west. Which was it? Vanaprastha
a. Foldings of the Robe b. Sanyasa, Brahmacharya, Grihastha,
b. Depicting the physiognomy Vanaprastha

c. Iconography c. Brahamacharya, Grihastha,

Vanaprastha, Sanyasa
d. Style
d. Vanaprastha, Grihastha,
59. “Ashtadic Gajangals” were present in the Brahmacharya, Sanyasa
courts of
65. When congress decided to ask for
a. Devaraya II swatantrata for all including princely
b. Sambasiva raya states, its session was held at
c. Krishnadevaraya a. Lahore
d. Venkata I b. Lucknow
60. Who build the Buddha Vihara at c. Haripura
Nagapattinam? d. Tripura
a. Srivijaya 66. Which of the following is called
b. Gaya Bahu of Sri Lanka yavanapriya?
c. Presenajit a. Pepper
d. Illango adigal b. Silk

61. Which of the following animals were on c. Cotton

the Ashoka pillars? d. Gold
a. Cow, Bull, Lion 67. The father of the girl receives a cow
b. Lion, bull, boar instead of bride price at marriage is called.
c. Lion, bull, Horse a. Rakshasa marriage
d. Bull, Elephant, Lion b. Arsa marriage
62. Which of the following created a separate c. Deva marriage
ministry for slaves? d. Paisasa marriage
a. Iltumish 68. Which of the following was not the reason
b. Alauddin Khalji for which Indians opposed Simon
commission
c. Balban
a. Though according to 1919 Act’s
d. Firoz Shah regulations the commission is to be
63. Which of the following represents the appointed only after 10 years, the
town inhabited by merchants and traders in British Govt. appointed it to the
Chola period? disadvantage of the Indians due to the
possibility of having the Labour Party
a. Cer Govt. after the elections.
b. Sabha b. The commission included not a single
c. Nagaram Indian.
d. Nadu c. Indians have to concede for political
assessment of their performance.
64. Ancient texts divide one’s life into four
ashrama which of the following gives the 69. Which of the following is not a Vedic
correct sequence text?
a. Samhita
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b. Brahmana b. Only monarchical states
c. Dammadada c. Both monarchical and republican states
d. Aranyakas 76. The majority of historians favour the view
70. The people who were primarily the personal religion of Ashoka was
responsible for the formation of the Indus a. Buddhism
valley civilization belong to: b. Shaivism
a. The proto-australoid race c. Jainism
b. The Mediterranean race d. None of these
c. The Brachycaphal race 77. The Buddhist religious texts prepared
d. The Nordic race during the reign of Kanishka were written
71. the texts by which we know the culture of in:
the later Vedic age are: a. Pali language
a. Last three Samhitas (Vedas) b. Prakrit language
b. The Puranas c. Sanskrit language
c. The last three Samhitas, the 78. The most important feature concerning
Brahamanas, the Aranyakas and the the land settlement during the Gupta-age
Upanishads was
d. None of these a. increased land-revenue
72. Which among the following ruling b. collection of revenue in kind
dynasties has not been mentioned in the c. Beginning of feudalism or Jagirdari
Sangam literature:
system
a. Kadamba
d. Collection of revenue through
b. Chera contractors
c. Chola 79. Agriculture as a profession was looked
d. Pandya down upon by

73. Which among the following sect of a. The Smriti law only
Buddhism was primarily responsible for b. Buddhist cannot law only
the spread of Buddhism outside the
c. Jain cannon law only
frontiers of India
d. By all
a. Vajrayana
80. The main feature of the agrarian structure
b. Mahayana
of the post-Gupta age was
c. Hinayana
a. Direct relations of the sate with
d. None of these peasants
74. Mahavir had: b. Jagidari system
a. A daughter c. Collection of revenue through village
b. A son Panchayats

c. No issue d. None of these

d. None of these
75. When Alexander attacked India in the
North-West India there existed;
a. Only republican states
81. Who among the following ruler, ended his
rivalry with Harsha after marrying himself
with his daughter
a. Dhruvasena of valabhi (Gujarat)
b. Chalukya king pulakesan II
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c. The ruler of Nepal 88. Which among the following was not
82. Inter-dining was permitted during ancient responsible for the growth of Indo-Muslim
India. architecture?

a. Between the Brahamanas and the a. Acceptance of the superiority of Turk-

kshatriyas Persian architecture by the Indians

b. Between the kshatriyas and the vaisyas b. Employment of Indian Craftsmen by

Muslim rulers
c. Between all castes except the Sudras
c. Construction of Muslim building out of
83. Which among the following ruling the materials
dynasties successfully obstructed the
efforts of the Pratiharas in establishing a d. Conversion of Indian building itself to
Muslim building because of certain
strong empire in North India?
inherent similarities.
a. The Palas
89. Humayun fought his decisive battle against
b. The chalukyas of Badami Sher Khan at
c. The Rashtrakutas a. Chunargarh
d. The Senas b. Chausa
84. Among the officers of Muhammad of c. Bijgrams (near Kanauj)
Guru, Bihar and part of Bengal were
d. Delhi
conquered by
a. Qutbuddin Aibak 90. Vasco-da-Gama, who discovered first the
direct Sea-route from Europe to India
b. Tajuddin yildiz reached the coast of Calicut in the year
c. Muhammad Bakhtiyar Khaliji a. 1995 A.D.
85. The famous temple of somanath on the b. 1496 A.D.
coast of kathiawar was attacked by
c. 1497 A.D.
Mahmud Ghaznavi in!
a. 1021 A.D. d. 1498 A.D.
91. the one important general of Bijapur killed
b. 1024 A.D.
by Shivaji was
c. 1026 A.D.
a. Afzal Khan
d. 1020 A.D.
b. Mir Jumla
86. THE Mongol leader who threatened the
safety of the Turkish rule in India during c. Shayista Khan
the rule of Iltumish was: 92. Bengal became independent of imperial
control within a few years after
a. Chingez Khan
Aurangzeb’s death. Who among the
b. Halaku following was its first rulers?
c. Jalaludding Mangbarni a. Murshid Quli Khan
d. Tajuddin Yildiz b. Shujauddin Muhammed Khan
87. the Jaunpuri or the Sharqu style of c. Ala-ud-daulah Haider Jang
architecture developed during the reign of:
d. Alivardi-Khan
a. Mubarak Shah Sharqui
93. Who among the following French officers
b. Shamsuddin Ibrahim Shah Sharqui in India, ranks next to Dupleix in his
c. Mahamud Shah Sharqi successful dealing with native rulers in
south India?
d. Husain Shah Sharqi
a. Lal bourdonnais
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b. Goldehen a. The rising at Sambalpur
c. Count de Lally b. The rising at Satara
d. Bussy c. The rising at Jaitpur
94. Which among the following was not one d. The rising at Sagar
of the results of the battle of Buxar? 99. The British started economic exploitation
a. It established the superiority of the of the Indians when:
British arms against the native rulers a. There remained no fear of the Mughal
b. It enhanced the prestige of the English emperor
in India b. There remained no fear of the might of
c. The English company became the de- the Marathas after the 3rd battle of
facto ruler of the provinces of Bengal, Panipat.
Bihar, and Orissa c. No European rival after the 3rd Anglo-
d. The English took up the entire French war.
administration of Bengal, Bihar and
d. They captured political power in the
Orissa to themselves. provinces of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa
95. The Governor-General Wellesley (1998- after the battle of Plassey
1805 A.D.), forced Avadh to accept the 100. Which among the following did not
subsidiary alliance and occupied emerge as a new social class during the
Rohelkhand in the year. British rule in agrarian areas?
a. 1798 A.D. a. Zamindars
b. 1800 A.D. b. Absentee landlords
c. 1801 A.D. c. Tenants under Zamindars and absentee
d. 1804 A.D. landlords
96. Which among the following were d. Bourgeoise farm holders
territorial gains of the English after the last 101. The Hindu college at Calcutta the first
Burmese War? College in India which imparted
a. Arakan, Tenassesim Yeh, Tabai and instructions mainly in English language
districts of Margi was established in 1817 A.D. primarily
b. Assam and cacher due to the efforts of :

c. Mainipur and Jaintia states a. English missionaries

b. Marques Hastings the governor general
d. Assam, Cachar and Manipur
97. Which, among the following courts, was c. Liberal English educationalists
established by Warren hastings. d. Enlightened Bengalis
a. A Siwani Adalat (Civil Court) and a 102. Who among the following was the pioneer
Faujdari Adalat (Criminal Court) in in making Hindi a standard literary
every district. language?
b. A Sadar Diwani Adalat (High Court a. Munshi Prem Chand
for Civil cases at Calcutta and a Sadar
b. Mahavir Prasaad Dvivedi
Faujdari Adalat, High court for
criminal Cases) at Calcutta c. Jinendra Kumar
c. A Supreme Court at Calcutta d. Brandaban Lal Verma
98. Certain violent outbreaks occurred before 103. The primary cause of passing the Indian
1857 due to arbitrary deposition of popular Councils Act, 1892 was the desire of the
rulers’. Which among the following was British Government.
not included in them?

a. To liberalize the Indian administration
b. To put check on the growth of
revolutionary ideas
c. To bring about the division of the
Indian national Congress
d. To humour the liberals among the
Indian national Congress
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a. Respect to elders, saints, Brahamanas,
monks, teachers, etc.
b. Mutual love and respect
c. Acceptance of virtues like sacrifice,
charity, kindness, observance of
morals non-violence to learn in
religion etc.

104. Who among the following national leaders d. Submission to God

commented regarding the activities of the 109. The Mathura School of art flourished:
Congress under the moderates that “it was a. During the period of Gandhara School
at best an opportunist movement? It
of art
enabled some people to trade in the name
of patriotism.” b. During the period of the Guptas
a. S.N. Banerjee c. Between 1st A.D. to 5th A.D.
b. Lala Lajpat Rai d. Between 150 A.D. to 300 A.D.
c. Aurobindo Ghosh 110. the conspicuous impact of Hindi liberalism
on Indian society during the Gupta-age
d. Mrs. Annie Besant
was
105. Decimal system for the measurement of a. Absence of casteism
length was:
b. Absence of slavery
a. Not known to the Indus valley people
c. Rise in the status of women
b. Known to the Indus valley people
because of their contact will the d. Absorption of foreigners in Hindu
Sumerians and Egyptians. Society.
c. Known to the Indus valley people 111. As compared to the Gupras law and
Independently punishment during the reign of Harsha
were
106. Buddha preached acceptance of existence
of four noble Truths (Aryasatyas) which a. Mild
were: b. Servere
a. Right speech, right action, right c. No Change
exertion and right mindedness.
112. The first Rashtrakuta-ruler who
b. Right meditation, right resolution, right successfully invaded North India was
view and right means of livelihood.
a. Govind II
c. Dukham (misery), Samudaya (thirst,
attachment etc.) nirodha (end of b. Druva
worldly existence) and Marga (path). c. Govinda III
107. untouchables, a category of people lower d. Krishna II
than the sudra came to be recognized
during the Pre-Mauryan age primarily 113. ‘Vidisa’ was on the bank of river
because of the development of: a. Chambel
a. Agriculture b. Ganga
b. Trade c. Yamuna
c. Handicrafts d. Godavari
d. Their economic occupations 114. ‘Samaharta system’ came to be used
108. Which one among the following was not widely during the age
applicable to Ashoka’s Dhamma: a. Sungas
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b. Maurya b. 2, 3, 4, 1
c. Gupta c. 1, 2, 3, 4
d. Satavahanas d. 3, 1, 4, 2
115. Arrange the chronologically order: 118. Match the following
1. Aram Shah A. Tathwa bodhini
2. Bhadur Shah B. Indian mirror
3. Nusrat Shah C. Indian social Reformer
4. Mahmud Shah D. Servants of Indian Society
a. 1,2, 4 1. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
b. 1, 3, 4, 2 2. A.d. Gokhale
c. 2, 1, 3, 4 3. Keshab Chandra sen
d. 4, 3, 1, 2 4. D.N. Tagore
116. Match the following ABC D
A. D.N Tagore a. 4, 3, 1, 2
B. K. Chandra b. 1, 3, 4, 2
C. Dr. A. Pandurang c. 4, 1, 2, 3
1. Bhartiya Brahma Samaj d. 1, 2, 3, 4
2. Pararthana Samaj 119. Sharqui Kingdom of Jaunpur was founded
3. Adi Brahma Samaj by

A BC a. A. Muhammed Shag

a. 2, 3, 1 b. A. Babar Shah

b. 1, 3, 2 c. Malik Sarwar

c. 3, 1, 2 d. Malik Mubarah

d. 1, 2, 3 120. The Philosophy of Upanishads emphasizes

on:-
117. Arrange the chronologically order
a. Bhakti
1. Parsva
b. Gyan
2. Kalakacharya
c. Karma
3. Mahavira
d. Tapa
4. Bhadrababu
a. 1, 3, 4, 2