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1. Among the following which Mughal Emperor introduced 10. In which one of the following cities, was the East India
the policy of Sulh-i-kul? [2007-II] Association founded by Dadabhai Naoroji in 1866?
(a) Babar (b) Humayun [2008-I]
(c) Akbar (d) Shahjahan (a) Paris (b) London
2. The Sun Temple of Konark was built by Narasimhadeva I. (c) New York (d) Tokyo
To which dynasty did he belong to? [2007-II] 11. Who among the following had founded the Theosophical
(a) Somavamsi dynasty Society in the United States of America? [2008-I]
(b) Imperial Ganga dynasty (a) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
(c) Suryavansi Gajapti dynasty (b) Madam Blavatsky
(d) Bhoi dynasty (c) Madam Cama
3. Consider the following statements [2007-II] (d) Lala Hardayal
1. At the time of independence, the Government of India 12. Who among the following was not a party to the coalition
followed the calender based on Saka era. that fought against the English in the Battle of Buxar?
2. The National Calendar commenced on Chaitra 1 Saka, [2008-I, II]
1879 corresponding to March 22, 1957 AD. (a) Mir Kasim (b) Mir Jafar
Which ofthe statements given above is/are correct? (c) Shuja-ud-daulah (d) Shah Alam II
13. Which one of the following is the correct chronological
(a) Only 1 (b) Only 2
order of the freedom movements of India? [2008-I]
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
(a) Quit India Movement, Non-Cooperation Movement,
4. Who among the following was the Governor-General of Civil Disobedience Movement
India immediately preceeding Chakravarthi Raja (b) Non-cooperation Movement, Civil Disobedience
gopalachari? Movement, Quit India Movement
(a) The Marquess of Linlithgow [2007-II] (c) Quit India Movement, Civil Disobedience Movement,
(b) Lord Mountbatten Non, Cooperation Movement
(c) Lord Wavell (d) Non-Cooperation Movement–Quit India Movement–
(d) Lord Chelmsford Civil Disobedience Movement
5. With which one of the following did the Civil Disobedience 14. ‘The Musalman’, the handwritten daily newspaper in
Movement in India commerce? [2008-I] circulation since 1927, is published from which one of the
(a) The Dandi March following places? [2008-I]
(b) No Tax campaign by Sardar Patel (a) Chennai (b) Hyderabad
(c) The unfurling of the National flag by Nehru (c) Mysore (d) Lucknow
(d) Mahatma Gandhi’s going on fast 15. The ‘Arthasastra’ is a treatise on which one of the following?
6. After 1857, which of the following announced, at a Darbar [2008-I]
at Allahabad, the assumption of the Government of India (a) Economics
by the Sovereign of Great Britain? [2008-I] (b) Environment
(a) Lord Canning (b) Sir John Lawrence (c) Political Philosophy
(c) Lord Mayc (d) Lord Northbrok (d) Religion in Administration
7. Arrange the following in correct chronological order 16. Arrange the following in chronological order [2008-I]
1. Third Carnatic War [2008-I] 1. Partition of Bengal
2. First Burmese War 2. Chauri-Chaura Incident
3. First Mysore War 3. First Round Table Conference
4. Second Afghan War Codes :
Codes : (a) 1, 2, 3 (b) 3, 2, 1
(a) 1, 4, 3, 2 (b) 1, 3, 2, 4 (c) 1, 3, 2 (d) 2, 1, 3
(c) 2, 4, 1, 3 (d) 3, 1, 2, 4 17. Who among the following was the Viceroy of India at the
8. Who among the following was the first Governor General time of the formation of Indian National Congress?
of India? [2008-I] [2008-I]
(a) Lord Amherst (b) Lord William Bentinck (a) Lord Mayo (b) Lord Ripon
(c) Sir Charles Metcalfe (d) Robert Clive (c) Lord Dufferin (d) Lord Lansdowne
9. In which one of the following sessions was the Indian 18. Separate electorates for Muslims in India were introduced
National Congress split into moderates and extremists? by which one of the following Acts? [2008-I]
[2008-I] (a) Government of India Act of 1909
(a) Nagpur (b) Allahabad (b) Indian Councils Act of 1892
(c) Surat (d) Calcutta (c) Rowlatt Act of 1919
(d) Government of India Act of 1935
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19. Match the following [2008-I] Codes :

List I List II A B C D
(Session of Indian National (Venue) (a) 1 2 4 3
Congress) (b) 3 4 2 1
A. 1st session 1. Allahabad (c) 1 4 2 3
B. 2nd session 2. Madras (d) 3 2 4 1
C. 3rd session 3. Calcutta 29. Who among the following was thrice elected President of
D. 4th session 4. Bombay the Indian National Congress? [2008-II]
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
Codes :
(b) Surendranath Banerjee
A B C D A B C D (c) Gopal Krishna Gokhl
(a) 4 3 2 1 (b) 1 3 2 4 (d) Shankaran Nair
(c) 4 2 3 1 (d) 1 2 3 4 30. Who among the following has started the Public Works
20. The Treaty of Amritsar was concluded between Maharaja Department in India in AD 1848? [2008-II]
Ranjit Singh and who of the following? [2008-I] (a) Lord William Bentinck (b) Lord Dalhousie
(a) Lord Cornwallis (b) Lord Dalhousie (c) Lord Wellesley (d) Lord Cornwallis
(c) Lord Hastings (d) Lord Minto 31. Under which one of the following systems of assessment,
21. The Buddha delivered his first sermon, known as ‘Turning the British Government collected revenue directly from the
of the wheel of law’ at [2008-I] farmers? [2008-II]
(a) Sanchi (b) Sarnath (a) Zamindari (b) Ryotwari
(c) Sravasti (d) Bodh Gaya (c) Annawari (d) Desaiwari
22. Whose philosophy is called the Advaita? [2008-II] 32. What is the correct sequence of the following events?
(a) Ramanujacharya (b) Shankaracharya 1. Rowlatt Act [2008-II]
(c) Nagarjuna (d) Vasumitra 2. Gandhi-lrwin Pact
23. Who among the following was the founder of the Muslim 3. Morley-Minto Reforms
League? [2008-II] 4. Illbert Bill
Select the correct answer using the codes given below
(a) Muhammad Ali Jinnah (a) 1, 2, 4, 3 (b) 3, 4, 1, 2
(b) Shaukat Ali (c) 4, 1, 3, 2 (d) 4, 3, 1, 2
(c) Nawab Salimullah 33. Who among the following was not a member of the Cabinet
(d) Aga Khan Mission? [2008-II]
24. In Buddhism, what does Patimokkha stand for? (a) Sir Stafford Cripps (b) AV Alexander
[2008-II] (c) Radcliffe (d) Pathick Lawrence
(a) A description of Mahayana Buddhism 34. Which one of the following was the original name of Tansen,
(b) A description of Hinayana Buddhism the famous musician in the court of Akbar? [2008-II]
(c) The rules of the Sangha (a) Mahananda Pande (b) Lal Kalwant
(d) The questions of king Menander (c) Baz Bahadur (d) Ramtanu Pande
25. In which of the following years was the first Railway line 35. Who among the following has issued the coin rupee for the
first time? [2008-II]
between Bombay and Thane laid? [2008-II]
(a) Muhammad bin Tughluq
(a) 1853 (b) 1854 (b) Ala-ud-din Khilji
(c) 1856 (d) 1858 (c) Sher Shah
26. What is the correct sequence of the following events? (d) Akbar
1. Bardoli Satyagraha [2008-II] 36. In which of the following years was the All India Trade
2. Rajkot Satyagraha Union Congress formed in Bombay? [2008-II]
3. Champaran Satyagraha (a) 1918 (b) 1919
4. Nagpur Satyagraha (c) 1920 (d) 1921
Codes : 37. Who among the following was elected as the President of
(a) 1, 2, 4, 3 (b) 4, 3, 1, 2 All India Khilafat Conference met at Delhi in 1919?
(c) 3, 1, 4, 2 (d) 3, 4, 1, 2 [2008-II]
27. Who among the following Urdu poets was invited to the (a) Motilal Nehru (b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) M A Jinnah (d) Shaukat Ali
Second and Third Round Table [2008-II] 38. Who among the following was not a member of the
Conference? Constituent Assembly? [2008-II]
(a) Faiz Ahmad (b) Josh Malihabadi (a) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(c) Muhammad Iqbal (d) Firaq Gorakhpuri (b) Acharya JB Kriplani
28. Match the following [2008-II] (c) Lok Nayak Jayprakash
List I List II (d) K M Munshi
(Person) (Associated in Formation of) 39. Who among the following had moved the objectives
A. GK Gokhaie 1. Servants of resolution which formed the basis of the Preamble of the
Indian Society Constitution of India in the Constituent Assembly on
B. MM Malaviya 2. Banaras December 13, 1946? [2008-II]
Hindu University (a) Dr B R Ambedkar
C. C Rajagopalachari 3. Free India Society (b) Dr Rajendra Prasad
(c) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
D. VD Savarkar 4. Swatantra Party
(d) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
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40. The head of a district (Ahara), the principal coordinator of Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
the revenue and the officer incharge of general and military (a) Only 1 (b) Only 2
functions in his jurisdiction during Mauryan empire was (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
known as [2008-II] 49. Fa-Hien’s mission to India was to [2009-I]
(a) Krori (b) Rajuka (a) learn about the administrative system of the Gupta
(c) Foujdar (d) Chirastadar kings
41. ‘A Forgotten Empire’, written by the renowned historian (b) understand the social position of women during the
Robert Sewell is about which one of the following empires? Gupta period
[2008-II] (c) visit the Buddhist institutions and to collect copies of
(a) Kushan empire (b) Mauryan empire Buddhist manuscripts
(c) Vijayanagar empire (d) Mughal empire (d) get full knowledge about the condition of peasants
42. The Doctrines of ‘Non-Violence’ and ‘Civil Disobedience’ during the period of Gupta kings
associated with Mahatma Gandhi were influenced by the 50. Which British military officer defeated Tipu Sultan in India,
works of [2009-I] Napolean Bonaparte in Europe and eventually, became the
(a) Churchill-lrwin-Tolstoy Duke of Wellington? [2009-I]
(b) Ruskin-Tolstoy-Thoreau (a) Arthur Wellesley (b) Robert Clive
(c) Thoreau-Humen-Shaw (c) Warren Hastings (d) Richard Wellesley
(d) Cripps-Tolstov-Howes 51. Consider the following statements [2009-I]
43. The Ashtadhyayi of Panini, the Mahabhasya of Patanjali 1. Dayanand Saraswati founded the Arya Samaj in 1875.
and the Kashika Vritti of Jayaditya deal with [2009-I] 2. The Arya Samaj repudiated the authority of the caste
(a) Principles of Law (b) Principles of Phonetics system.
(c) Principles of Grammar (d) Principles of Linguistics 3. Dayanand Saraswati was born in the Brahman family.
44. Match the following [2009-I] Which of the statements given above are correct?
List I List II (a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 1 and 2
(Person) (Satyagraha) (c) 2 and 3 (d) 1 and 3
A. Raj Kumar Shukla 1. Kheda Satyagraha 52. Consider the following statements about National Calendar
B. Ambalal Sarabhai 2. Ahmedabad Mill Strike
of India [2009-I]
C. Indulal Yagnik 3. Bardoli Satyagraha
1. The National Calendar based on the Saka era with
D. Vallabhbhai Patel 4. Champaran Satyagraha
Chaitra as its first month.
Codes :
2. Dates of the National Calendar have a permanent
A B C D A B C D
correspondence with dates of the Gregorian calendar.
(a) 3 1 2 4 (b) 4 1 2 3
(c) 4 2 1 3 (d) 3 2 1 4 Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
45. Consider the following statements relating to Raja (a) Only 1 (b) Only 2
Rammohan Roy [2009-I] (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2.
1. He knew that the spread of Western education was 53. Assertion (A) First War of independence broke out in India
necessary to develop a national and scientific attitude in 1857, soon after the departure of Lord Dalhousie from
in the Indian society. India.
2. He played a pioneering role in the religious and social Reason (R) Lord Dalhousie’s annexationist policy had
reform movements of 19th century, Bengal. caused great discontent. [2009-I]
Which of the above statements is/are correct? Codes :
(a) Only 1 (b) Only 2 (a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 of A
46. Sheikh Moin-ud-din, Bakhtiyar Kaki and Farid-ud-din Ganj- (b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct
i-Shakar were [2009-I] explanation of A
(a) prominent military leaders of the Sultanate period (c) A is true, but R is false
(b) prominent painters from the Sultanate period (d) A is false, but R is true
(c) prominent chisti saints 54. Which one of the following statement about Brihadeswara
(d) prominent poets from the courts of the Sultanate period temple at Tanjavur, is not correct? [2009-I]
47. Which of the following statements on Gandhian movements (a) The temple is a splendid example of Chola architecture
is not correct? [2009-I] (b) It was built by emperor Rajaraja
(a) Mahatma Gandhi was in favour of mass movement (c) The temple is constructed of granite
(b) Gandhian movements were non-violent in nature (d) The temple is a monument dedicated to Lord Vishnu
(c) In Gandhian movements, leadership had no role 55. Consider the following statements about Swami
(d) Mahatma Gandhi was in favour of passive resistance Vivekananda [2009-I]
48. Consider the following statements relating to Sher Shah 1. He said that Vedanta was the religion of all.
[2009-I] 2. He believed in reviving all the best traditions of
1. During Sher Shah’s region, the village Panchayat and Hinduism.
Zamindars were not allowed to deal with civil and 3. He was impressed by the status of women in the West.
criminal cases at the local level. Which of the statements given above are correct?
2. Sher Shah set-up army cantonments in different parts (a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 1 and 2
of the empire and a strong garrison was posted in (c) 2 and 3 (d) 1 and 3
each of them.
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56. Which among the following was not one of the provisions 63. The Nehru-Liaquat Pact between India and Pakistan was
of the ‘Communal Award’? [2009-I] signed in 1950 to resolve the issue of [2009-II]
(a) Member of the depressed classes were assigned (a) the protection of minorities
reserved seats and separate electorates (b) the accession of princely states
(b) Separate electorates for the Muslims (c) the border disputes
(c) Separate electorates for the Europeans and the Sikhs (d) the problem of refugees
(d) The separate electorates were to lapse at the end of 10 64. October 26, 1947 is an important date in the Indian history,
years
because of [2009-II]
57. Which of the following statements about Annie Besant are
(a) Maharaja Hari Singh’s signing on Instrument of
correct? [2009-I]
1. She founded the Central Hindu College at Benaras. Accession
2. She organised the Home Rule League. (b) ceasefire with Pakistan
3. She introduced the Theosophical Movement in India. (c) merger of Sind
Select the correct answer using the codes given below (d) declaration of war over India by Pakistan
(a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 1 and 2 65. Who drafted the Constitution of Muslim League, ‘The Green
(c) 2 and 3 (d) 1 and 3 Book’? [2009-II]
58. Which one of the following inscriptions mentions Pulakesin (a) Rahamat Ali
II’s military success against Harshavardhana? [2009-II] (b) Muhammad Iqbal
(a) Allahabad Pillar inscription (c) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
(b) Aihole inscription (d) Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar
(c) Damodarpur Copperplate inscription 66. ‘Use of white marble, long legs and slender frames, human
(d) Bilsad inscription beings as central characters and prominence of kings,
59. Which one of the following statements regarding Harappan princess and palaces’ were the characteristic features of
civilisation is correct? [2009-II] which one of the following ancient art forms of India?
(a) The standard Harappan seals were made of clay
[2009-II]
(b) The inhabitants of Harappa had neither knowledge of
(a) Amaravati School of Art
copper nor bronze
(c) The Harrapan civilisation was rural based (b) Gandhara School of Art
(d) The inhabitants of Harappan grew and used cotton (c) Mathura School of Art
60. After the death of Raja Rammohan Roy, the Brahmo Samaj (d) Pahari School of Art
split into two sections; the Brahmo Samaj of India and the 67. Which two of the following plays did Kalidasa wrote before
Adi Brahmo Samaj. Who were the leaders of the two writing Abhigyanashakuntalam? [2009-II]
sections, respectively? [2009-II] 1. Vikramorvashiyam
(a) Keshab Chandra Sen and Debendranath Tagore 2. Malavikagnimitram
(b) Radhakanta Deb and Debendranath Tagore 3. Swapnavasavadattam
(c) Keshab Chandra Sen and Radhakanta Deb 4. Kadambari
(d) Debendranath Tagore and Radhakanta Deb Select the correct answer using the codes given below
61. The ‘dual government’ recommended by Lord Clive (a) 1 and 2 (b) 1 and 3
provided that the [2009-II] (c) 1 and 4 (d) 3 and 4
(a) criminal justice would be left to the Nawabi officials, 68. Consider the following statements and identify the person
while civil and fiscal matters would be controlled by referred to therein with the help of the codes given below
the company
During his stay in England, he endeavoured to educate the
(b) company will look after fiscal matters and all the rest
would be dealt by the Indian rulers British people about their responsibilities as rulers of India.
(c) Indian rulers will deal with all the matters of He delivered speeches and published articles to support
administration under the supervision of a company his opposition to the unjust and oppressive regime of the
official British Raj. In 1867, he helped to establish the East India
(d) Indian rulers will be only titular heads and all the powers Association of which he became the Honorary Secretary.
shall be directly dealt by the company [2009-II]
62. Consider the following statements relating to the famous (a) Pherozeshah Mehta (b) Mary Carpenter
Muzaffarpur murders (1908) [2009-II] (c) Dadabhai Naoroji (d) Anand Mohan Bose
1. The bomb, which was hurled at their carriage of Mrs 69. Which one of the following commissions/ committees was
Pringle and her daughter was actually intended for Mr appointed by the British Government to investigate into
Kingsford, the District Judge of Muzaffarpur. the massacre in Jallianwala Bagh? [2009-II]
2. The revolutionaries wanted to kill Mr Kingsford, (a) Welby Commission (b) Hunter Committee
because he had inflicted severe punishments on (c) Simon Commission (d) Butler Committee
Swadeshi activists. 70. Which one of the following statements related to the Boston
3. Khudiram and Prafulla Chaki had to pay the penalty Tea Party on December 16, 1773 during the American War
for their action by death.
of Independence is correct? [2009-II]
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) Only 1 (b) Only 2 (a) The revolutionaries stealthily entered into the ships
(c) 2 and 3 (d) All of these and threw all the chests of tea into the water
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(b) The revolutionaries hosted a Tea Party in the honour 78. Which of the following statements regarding Mahatma
of Charles Townshend, the British Chancellor of the Gandhi’s philosophy of Satyagraha is/are correct?
Exchequer in order to place their grievances before [2010-I]
him 1. Truth and non-violence are its two vital ingredients.
(c) It marked a celebration when Lord North, the successor 2. The follower of Satyagraha would resist evil but not
of Townshend, repealed some of the duties imposed hate the evil doer.
by Townshend
3. The Satyagrahi would, if necessary, inflict suffering
(d) It was a protest against the Quebec Act
71. Which of the following was/were the main feature (s) of the on himself, and also the evil doer.
Government of India Act, 1919? [2009-II] Select the correct answer using the codes given below
1. Introduction of separate electorates for Muslims. (a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 2 and 3
2. Devolution of legislative authority by the centre to (c) Only 1 (d) 1 and 2
the provinces. 79. Which one among the following prompted Rabindranath
3. Expansion and reconstitution of central and provincial Tagore to surrender his title of ‘Sir’? [2010-I]
legislatures. (a) The passing of the Rowlatt Act
Select the correct answer using the codes given below (b) The passing of the Act of 1919
(a) Only 2 (b) 1 and 3 (c) To support Mahatma Gandhi’s Satyagraha Movement
(c) Only 3 (d) 2 and 3 (d) To protest against the massacre at Jallianwala Bagh
72. ‘Dyarchy’ was first introduced in India under [2009-II] and the imposition of martial law in Punjab
(a) Morley-Minto reforms
80. Consider the following statements relating to Indigo Revolt
(b) Montford reforms
(c) Simon Commision plan [2010-I]
(d) Government of India Act, 1935 1. The Indigo Revolt is particularly memorable for the
73. When Lord Mountbatten became the first Governor-General role played by the intelligentsia to uphold the cause
of India, who among the following became the Governor- of the movement.
General for Pakistan? [2009-II] 2. After the revolt, the colonial authorities set-up the
(a) Lord Mountbatten (b) Muhammad Ali Jinnah Indigo Commission to enquire into the grievances of
(c) Liaquat Ali Khan (d) Shaukat Ali the Indigo cultivators.
74. Consider the following paragraph Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
He was seriously injured in police lathi charge in Lahore (a) Only 1 (b) Only 2
during demonstrations against Simon Commission, for (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
which he subsequently died in November, 1928. Later on, 81. Prior to 1813, which among the following measures, was
the British officer who was responsible for the lathi charge
not adopted by the British to exploit the Indians
on him, was shot dead by Bhagat Singh and Rajguru.
The revolutionary referred to in the above paragraph is economically ? [2010-I]
[2009-II] (a) Monopolising the trade of raw goods wherever
(a) Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant possible and selling them at high rates
(b) Lala Lajpat Rai (b) Forcing Indiancraftsman to produce quality products
(c) Mangal Singh in fixed quantity and at fixed price
(d) Motilal Nehru (c) Free Trade Policy
75. Which among the following are the five principles of (d) Elimination of Indian traders from competition by every
peaceful co-existence of Panchsheel as outlined by means
Jawaharlal Nehru? [2010-I] 82. Which one of the following statements regarding the Revolt
(a) Mutual respect, military collaboration, economic of 1857 is not correct? [2010-I]
collaboration, de-colonisation and territorial integrity (a) The revolt was supported whole heartedly by the
(b) Mutual respect for each other territorial integrity and
educated, elite Indian everywhere
sovereignty, non-aggression, non-interference,
equality and mutual benefit and peaceful co-existence (b) The diverse elements which took part in the revolt
(c) Peaceful co-existence, economic collaboration cultural were united by their hatred of British rule
interaction, territorial integrity and decolonisation (c) The role of Hindu-Muslim unity in the revolt was
(d) Disarmament, peaceful co-existence, economic acknowledged by many, including British officials
collaboration, cultural interaction and territorial (d) The revolt did not spread to South India
integrity 83. Consider the following statements aboul Vijayanagara
76. The Russian revolutionaries derived their ideology from empire [2010-I]
the doctrines of [2010-I] 1. Vijayanagara was noted for its markets dealing in
(a) Lenin and Stalin (b) Marx and Lenin spices, textiles and precious stones.
(c) Marx and Engels (d) Lenin and Engels 2. Krishnadeva Raya’s rule was characterised by the
77. Which one among the following sums up Marx’s view about strain within the imperial structure,
history? [2010-I]
(a) History is a record of the wars between various people 3. The Amara-Nayakas were military commanders who
(b) History is a succession of struggle between the were given territories to govern by the Royas.
oppressor .and the oppressed classes Which ofthe statements given above is/are correct?
(c) History is a faithful record of the past events (a) Only 3 (b) 1 and 2
(d) None of the above (c) 1 and 3 (d) All of these
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84. Consider the following statements about the famous Which of the statements give above is/are correct?
traveller, Ibn Batuta [2010-I] (a) Only 1 (b) 2 and 3
1. He was a Moroccan traveller. (c) 1 and 3 (d) All of these
2. He narrated his experiences while travelling the sub 91. Which of the following statements relating to the Non-
continent in the 14th century in Kitab-ul-Hind. Alignment Movement is/are not correct? [2010-I]
3. He was sent as the envoy of Sultan of Delhi to China. 1. Non-alignment came to symbolise the struggle of India
Which of the statements given above is/are correct? and other newly independent nations to retain and
(a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 1 and 3 strengthen their independence from colonialism and
(c) Only 3 (d) 1 and 2 imperialism.
85. Which one of the following was not a result of British 2. Non-alignment advanced the process of democrati-
colonial rule in India? [2010-I] sation of international relations.
(a) Ruin of Indian agriculture 3. Military alliances formed a major part of non-alignment.
(b) Ruin of Indian industries Select the correct answer using the codes given below
(c) Ruin of Indian trade (a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 3
(d) Ruin of Indian feudalism (c) Only 3 (d) Only 1
86. Consider the following events in the history of British India 92. To which among the following the residuary powers were
[2010-I] conferred by the federation established by the act of 1935?
1. Santhal Rebellion [2010-I]
2. Indigo Revolt (a) Federal legislature
3. Sanyasi and Fakir Rebellion (b) Provincial legislatures
4. Birsa Munda Rebellion (c) Governor-General
Which one of the following is a correct chronological (d) Provincial Governors
sequence of the above events starting with the earliest? 93. Which one among the following was not a reform measure
(a) 3, 2, 1, 4 (b) 1, 4, 2, 3 carried out by Mahmud Gawan of Bahmani kingdom?
(c) 3, 1, 2, 4 (d) 2, 1, 4, 3 [2010-II]
87. Statement I : Bal Gangadhar Tilak sought to diffuse the (a) The kingdom was divided into eight provnices or
spirit of nationalism among the masses. Tarafs
Statement II : Tilak organised a corps of volunteers to help
(b) Nobles were paid salaries and were asked to maintain
the famine stricken people in the Deccan. [2010-I]
contingents of horses
Codes :
(c) A tract of land, Khalisa, was set apart for the expenses
(a) Both the statements are true and Statement II is the
of the Tarafdar
correct explanation of Statement I
(b) Both the statements are true, but Statement II is not (d) Lands were measured and land taxes were fixed on
the correct explanation of Statement I that basis
(c) Satement I is true, but Statement II is false 94. Consider the following statement and identify the author of
(d) Statement I is false, but Statement II is true the statement using the codes given below [2010-II]
88. Consider the following statements about the Non- I shall work for an India in which the poorest shall feel that
Cooperation Movement [2010-I] it is their country, in whose making they have an effective
1. The movement was a mixture of nationalism, middle voice, an India in which there shall be no high class and low
class politics, religion, feudalism, agrarian discontent class of people, an India in which all communities shall live
and working class agitation. in perfect harmony.
2. The movement was much greater in intensity than any (a) Baba Saheb Ambedkar (b) Mahatma Gandhi
other political agitation which came before it. (c) Gurudev Tagore (d) Pandit Nehru
3. The movement helped to foster Hindu-Muslim unity. 95. Which one among the following statements regarding the
Which of the statements given above is/are correct? social and religious reform ideas of Raja Rammohan Roy is
(a) Only 2 (b) 2 and 3 not correct? [2010-II]
(c) Only 3 (d) 1 and 3 (a) His efforts led to the formation of Brahmo Samaj in
89. Which of the following statements above Ryotwari 1828
settlement is/are correct? [2010-I] (b) He considered different religions as embodiments of
1. It recognised the cultivators as the owner of land. universal theism
2. It was a temporary settlement. (c) His Vedantic monism was strengthened after 1815
3. It was introduced later than the permanent settlement. since an exposure to Christian unitarianism
Select the correct answer using the codes given below (d) He paid attention exclusively to the problems/issues
(a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 3 of the emerging middle class of India
(c) Only 1 (d) All of these 96. Which one among the following was part of Gandhi-lrwin
90. Consider the following statements about Dr Ram Manohar Agreement of 1931? [2010-II]
Lohia [2010-I] (a) Stern action against policemen guilty of brutal assault
1. He believed the Satyagraha without constructive work on Satyagrahis
is like a sentence without a verb. (b) Nehru to represent Congress at the Round Table
2. He wrote his PhD thesis paper on the topic of Salt Conference of 1931
Satyagraha, focusing on Mahatma Gandhi’s socio- (c) Deletion of communal question from the agenda of
economic theory. the conference
3. He recognised that caste, more than class, was the (d) Release of political prisoners excepting those guilty
huge stumbling block to India’s progress. of arson and violence
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97. Match the following [2010-II] 103. Consider the following statement and identify with the help
List I List II of the codes given below, the person who made the
(Event) (Place/Person) statement
A. Tarmashirin Khan’s 1. Vijayanagara ‘It would be quite impossible for a few hundred British to
invasion of India administer against the active opposition of the whole of
B. Visit of Farnao 2. Zainul Abidin the politically minded fo the population. [2011-I]
Martinz Evangelho, (a) Jawaharlal Nehru in April, 1947 in an address to
the Portuguese factor Congressmen at Lucknow
C. Visit of the traveller 3. Champaner (b) Clement Attlee January, 1947 in a private letter
Nuniz addressed to Ernest Bevin
D. Network of canals 4. Muhammad Tughlaq
(c) Lord Mountbatten in December, 1946 in a note given
in Kashmir valley
Codes : to British Parliament
A B C D A B C D (d) Viceroy Wavell in January, 1946 in a letter to Secretary
(a) 2 1 3 4 (b) 2 3 1 4 of State
(c) 4 3 1 2 (d) 4 1 3 2 104. Consider the following passage and identify the three tribal
98. Which one of the following statements about the teachings principalities referred to there, in using the codes given
of Kabir is not correct? [2010-II] below
(a) He was not against pilgrimage and idol worship In the early history of the far South in India, three tribal
(b) He believed in universal love principalities are mentioned in Ashokan inscriptions of the
(c) He emphasised on one God and the spread of 3rd century BC and in Kharavela inscription of the 1st
devotionalism century BC. [2011-I]
(d) He did not consider it necessary to abandon the normal (a) Vakatakas, Cholas and Satvahanas
life of a householder (b) Cholas, Pandyas and Cheras
99. Which one among the following statements about Ashokan (c) Ikshvakus, Vakatakas and Pandyas
edicts is correct? [2010-II] (d) Pallavas, Cholas and Pandyas
(a) The Pillar edicts were located in all parts of the empire 105. Industrial Revolution in Europe mainly emerged due to
(b) The edicts give details of his personal concerns but 1. locating the production process in the countryside.
are silent on events of the empire 2. declining of the guilds because of non-farming
(c) The subject of inscribed matter on Rock edicts differs production coming under a single roof (the factory).
completely with that of the Pillar edicts 3. growing role of merchant capitalists in the production
(d) The Greek or Aramaic edicts are versions or process. [2011-I]
translations of the texts used in other edicts
Select the correct answer using the codes given below
100. Which one among the following pairs is correctly matched?
[2011-I] (a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 2 and 3
(a) The Second Battle : Defeat of Jaichand of Kannauj (c) 1 and 3 (d) Only 2
of Tarain by Muhammad of Ghori 106. In addition to Macaulay’s Minutes on Education, another
(b) The First Battle of : Defeat of Sikander Lodhi by landmark draft is also attributed to him. Identify the draft
Panipat Babur from the following. [2011-I]
(c) The Battle of Chausa : Defeat of Humayun by Sher (a) Draft of Indian Penal Code
Shah (b) Draft of Indian Forest Policy
(d) The Battle of Khanwa : Defeat of Rana Pratap by (c) Draft of the Zamindari Abolition Act
Akbar (d) Draft of the Maritime Trade Policy
107. Which of the following statements regarding the American
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 101-102) : The following questions consist Revolution is/are correct? [2011-I]
of two statements, Statement I and Statement II. You are to
1. The American Revolution was a conflict between
examine these two statments carefully and select the answers to
these items using the codes given below [2011-I] British settlers and native Americans.
2. The Americans refused to pay taxes imposed by the
Codes British Parliament in which the Americans had no
(a) Both the statements are true and Statement II is the correct representation.
explanation of Statement I Select the correct answer using the codes given below
(b) Both the statements are true, but Statement II is not the (a) Only 1 (b) Only 2
correct explanation of Statment I
(c) 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
(c) Statement I is true, but Statement II is false
(d) Statement II is false, but Statement II is true 108. Which of the following statements about Fourth Anglo-
101. Statement I: In North-Western India, the Civil Disobedience Mysore War are correct? [2011-I]
Movement took a mass character under the leadership of 1. The Madras Council suggested a policy of rigorous
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan. and intense attack on Mysore.
Statement II : The Nehru Report (1928) had argued that the 2. Lord Wellesley tried to revive the triple alliance.
‘next immediate step’ for India must be dominion status. 3. Tipu sent emissaries to Arabia, Versailles, Mauritius
102. Statement I : Gandhiji failed to realise that the Khilafat was and Kabul enlisting support against the English.
an extra-territorial issue. 4. The war was of a very short duration though decisive.
Statement II : The cause of Khilafat was discredited by Select the correct answer using the codes given below
1923, as Mustafa Kamal Pasha set-up a secular republican (a) 2, 3 and 4 (b) 1, 3 and 4
Government in Turkey. (c) 2 and 4 (d) 1 and 3
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109. Which of the statements given below about Vivekananda 116. Which one among the following was not a possible reason
are correct? [2011-II] for the success of Nadir Shah’s military compaign in Delhi?
1. He believed that Vedanta was fully rational. [2011-II]
2. He criticised his contrymen for having lost touch with (a) Weak Mughal emperor
the outside world. (b) Lack of strong defence in the North-West frontier
3. He condemned the caste system. (c) Late preparation for the defence of Delhi
(d) Use of superior military technology by the invading
4. He considered the Veda to be infallible. army
Select the correct answer using the codes given below 117. What was the ‘privy purse’ in the context of the history of
(a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 2, 3 and 4 modern India? [2011-II]
(c) 1, 3 and 4 (d) 1 and 2 (a) A purse given privately by one organisation to another
110. In 1856, Awadh would not have been annexed with the (b) A purse given by the Government of India to
British empire if the Nawab of Awadh had [2011-II] dignitaries for services rendered
(a) allied with the British (c) A grant given by the Government of India to the
(b) not refused to introduce reforms as suggested by the erstwhile Prince of India
British (d) A gift given by an erstwhile Prince of india to the
(c) fought against the British Government of India
(d) a natural heir 118. The Constituent Assembly of India was choosen on the
basis of the provincial elections of 1946. With the withdrawal
111. Which one among the following is correct about the of the Muslim League from the Constituent Assembly, it
Doctrine of Lapse? [2011-II] turned out that majority of the assembly members were also
(a) It did not allow the Indian rulers to adopt any heir members of the Congress. Under that circumstance, how
(b) It did not allow an adopted heir to rule a state after the was the Constituent Assembly given a broader social basis?
death of the ruler [2011-II]
(c) It made the annexation of Indian State compulsory (a) By nominating independent members from various
after the death of a ruler minority groups
(d) It made the annexation of Indian State compulsory if (b) By nominating independent members from various
the adoption of heir had not been approved by the caste and religious groups
British authorities (c) By nominating independent members of different
112. Which one among the following was the result of the First castes, religious groups and women and also by taking
Anglo-Maratha War of 1775–1982? [2011-II] in representatives of the princely states and asking
for written submission from the public at large
(a) The British won the war (d) By taking in representatives of the princely states and
(b) The Marathas won the war asking for written submission from the public at large
(c) There was no victory for either side 119. The first effort at drafting a Dominion Status Constitution
(d) It helped Haider Ali to gather strength because the for India was made in response to the [2011-II]
British and Marathas were engaged in a mutual war (a) Minto-Morley reforms
113. Which one among the following was a reason for which the (b) Montague-Chelmsford reforms
French could not succeed in India in the 18th century? (c) Simon Commission
[2011-II] (d) First Round Table Conference
(a) They sided with the weak Indian sides such as Chanda 120. The Iron Pillar near Qutub Minar draws attention of
Sahib and Muzaffar Jang scientists due to its [2011-II]
(b) Dupleix was called back at a crucial time (a) antiquity (b) glitter
(c) hardness (d) rustlessness
(c) They conspired against the Indian powers 121. Statement I Annie Besant worked together with the
(d) Their trading company was heavily dependent on the Congress and the Muslim League during the Home Rule
French Government Movement.
114. Which of the following was/were reason/reasons for the Statement II Annie Besant felt that this was necessary to
success of European trading companies in South India, get the support of the masses for the Home Rule Movement.
during the 17th century? [2011-II] [2011-II]
1. The presence of the Mughals in the South was not as Codes :
much as in the North. (a) Both the statements are true and Statement II is the
2. The Vijayanagara kingdom had been over-thrown in correct explanation of Statement I
the late 16th century. (b) Both the statements are true, but Statement II is not
3. The South had many small and weak states. Select the the correct explanation of Statment I
correct answer using the codes given below (c) Statement I is true, but Statement II is false
(d) Statement II is false, but Statement II is true
(a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 1 and 2 122. Which one among the following is not a characteristic of
(c) 2 and 3 (d) Only 1 Rig-Vedic Aryans? [2011-II]
115. Which one among the following was not true about the (a) They were acquainted with horses, chariots and the
Kerala king, Marthanda Verma? [2011-II] use of bronze
(a) He ruled over Travancore (b) They were acquainted with the use of iron
(b) He subdued the feudatories (c) They were acquainted with the cow, which formed the
(c) He gave heavy bribes to the European officers to most important form of wealth
maintain peace (d) They were acquainted with the use of copper and the
(d) He organised a strong modern army modern ploughshare
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123. The earliest Buddhist literature which deal with the stories Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
of the various birth of Buddha are [2011-II] (a) Only 1 (b) Only 2
(a) Vinaya pitakas (b) Sutta pitakas (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
(c) Abhidamma pitakas (d) Jatakas 130. Which of the statements given below about the Champaran
124. The Jainas believe the Jainism is the outcome of the Satyagraha is/are correct? [2011-II]
teachings of 24 tirthankaras. In the light of this statement, 1. It was related to Indigo plantations.
which one among the following is correct of Vardhamana
2. It started because the European planters oppressed
Mahavira? [2011-II]
(a) He was the first tirthankara and the founder of Jainism the Zamindars.
(b) He was the 23rd tirthankara, the first 22 tirthankaras Select the correct answer using the codes given below
being considered legendary (a) Only 1 (b) Only 2
(c) He was the last and 24th tirthankara, who was not (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
considered as the founder of the new faith but as a 131. The Viceregal Lodge at Shimla is a well-known ancient
reformer of the existing religious sect monument. Which of the following statements about the
(d) He was not one of the 24 tirthankaras monument are correct? [2012-I]
125. Gandhiji led the Indian Nationalist Movement from the front 1. The Lodge was built by 17th Viceroy, Earl Dufferin.
and his leadership was motivated by a wider philosophy, 2. The present shape of the building was given by Earl
he nurtured throughout the course of the movement. Which of Marquis of Lansdowne.
one among the following was a continuous movement 3. It is famous for holding three meetings before
based on this philosophy and not a specific movement? Independence of India including the Cabinet Mission.
[2011-II] Select the correct answer using the codes given below
(a) Non-Cooperation Movement
(b) Swadeshi Movement (a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 2 and 3
(c) Quit India Movement (c) 1 and 3 (d) 1 and 2
(d) Civil Disobedience Movement 132. Which of the following statements about Permanent
126. Which of the following statements regarding Permanent Settlement are correct? [2012-I]
Settlement is/are correct? [2011-II] 1. It conferred proprietary rights to peasants.
1. The Permanent Settlement was introduced in parts of 2. The Zamindars were recognised as the proprietors of
the Madras and Bombay Presidencies. land.
2. The Permanent Settlement created a new class of 3. The government permanently fixed the land revenue
landlords with hereditary rights on land. demand.
3. The landlords created by the Permanent Settlement 4. The Zamindars acted as the middlemen between the
could never be removed under any circumstance. peasants and the government.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below Select the correct answer using the codes given below
(a) Only 1 (b) Only 2 (a) 2, 3 and 4 (b) 3 and 4
(c) 2 and 3 (d) 1, 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 4 (d) 1 and 3
127. Which among the following was the most immediate factor
for the spread of Swadeshi and boycott of foreign goods 133. Which one among the following was not a demand of the
during the first decade of the last century? [2011-II] Prarthana Samaj? [2012-I]
(a) Curzon’s design to curtail the sphere of local self- (a) Women education
government (b) Widow remarriage
(b) Curzon’s attempt to control the universities (c) Raising the age of marriage for boys and girls
(c) Curzon’s partition of Bengal (d) Abolition of untouchability
(d) Curzon’s plan to curb the growing popularity of the 134. The Name of Ram Prasad Bismil is associated with
Indian National Congress [2012-I]
128. Which one among the following statements appropriately (a) Kanpur Conspiracy Case
defines the term ‘Drain Theory’ as propounded by Dadabhai (b) Alipore Conspiracy Case
Naoroji in his work ‘Poverty and Un–British Rule in India’? (c) Kakori Conspiracy Case
[2011-II] (d) Meerut Conspiracy Case
(a) That a part of India’s national wealth or total annual
135. Match the following [2012-I]
product was being exported to Britain for which India
got no material returns List I List II
(b) That the resources of India were being utilised in the (Battle) (Treaty)
interest of Britain A. The Third Carnatic 1. Treaty of Salbai
(c) That the British industrialists were being given a War
opportunity to invest in India under the protection of B. The Third Mysore 2. Treaty of Lahore
the imperial power War
(d) That the British goods were being imported to India C. The First Maratha War 3. Treaty of Paris
making the country poorer day by day D. The First Anglo 4. Treaty of Srirangapatam
129. Consider the following statements about the Ahmedabad Sikh War
Mill Strike of 1918 [2011-II] Codes :
1. It was related to a dispute between the workers and A B C D A B C D
the European mill owners regarding hours of work. (a) 2 1 4 3 (b) 2 4 1 3
2. Gandhiji advised the workers to go on strike. (c) 3 4 1 2 (d) 3 1 4 2
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136. Who among the following scholars were contemporary of 145. Who among the following Governor Generals formed the
Kanishka? [2012-I] Triple Alliance against Tipu Sultan? [2012-I]
1. Ashvaghosa 2. Nagarjuna (a) Warren Hastings (b) Lord Cornwallis
3. Vasumitra 4. Chanakya (c) Lord Wellesley (d) Lord William Bentinck
Select the correct answer using the codes given below 146. Which one among the following statements is correct?
(a) 1 and 2 (b) 3 and 4 [2012-I]
(c) 2 and 4 (d) 1, 2 and 3 (a) The Revolt of 1857 was not supported by the Nizam of
137. Ashokan inscriptions of Mansehra and Shahbazgadhi are Hyderabad
written in [2012-I] (b) Dinabandhu Mitra was the author of the book,
(a) Prakrit language, Kharoshthi script Unhappy India
(b) Prakrit language, Brahmi script (c) The Sindhias of Gwalior gave shelter to the Rani of
(c) Prakrit-Aramaic language, Brahmi script Jhansi
(d) Aramaic language, Kharoshthi script (d) Mangal Pandey led the Sepoys March to Delhi
138. Which one among the following statements regarding Jorwe 147. Which one among the following principles was not
Culture is not correct? [2012-I] propagated by the Theosophical Society? [2012-I]
(a) Pravara-Godavari Valley was the nuclear zone of Jorwe (a) Belief in Karma and Rebirth
Culture (b) Belief in Universal Brotherhood and Humanity
(b) The main sites of Jorwe Culture are Daimabad, (c) Belief in Vedantic Philosophy
Inamgaon, Jorwe and Nevasa (d) Belief in the Eradication of Untouchability
(c) At Daimabad, one gets archaeological evidence of 148. Which one among the following statements regarding Bal
symbolic burial Gangadhar Tilak is not correct? [2012-I]
(d) Practically all Jorwe settlement in the Northern Deccan (a) He propounded the theory of the Arctic Home of the
were suddenly deserted Aryans
139. Match the following [2012-I] (b) He founded the Anti-Cow Killing Society
List 1 List II (c) He set-up the Home Rule League at Poona
A. lyothere Thass 1. Satyashodhak Samaj
(d) He supported the Age of Consent Bill
B. Jyotiba Phule 2. Dravida Kazhagam
149. The site of Harappa is located on the bank of river
C. John Rathinam 3. Self Respect Movement
[2012-I]
D. E V Ramaswami 4. Dravida Mahajana Sabha
(a) Saraswati (b) Indus
Naickar
(c) Beas (d) Ravi
Codes :
150. The suppression of Indian language newspapers under the
A B C D A B C D
(a) 4 2 1 3 (b) 3 1 2 4 Vernacular Press Act of 1878 was caused by the criticism of
(c) 4 1 2 3 (d) 3 2 1 4 [2012-II]
140. Identify the correct sequence of the following events of (a) lavish lifestyle of the English officials
Indian history (starting with the earliest) [2012-I] (b) ill-treatment given to Indigo workers by their English
1. The Doctrine of Lapse 2. The Subsidiary Alliance masters
3. The Treaty of Lahore 4. T Pitt’s India Act (c) inhuman approach of English officials towards the
Select the correct answer using the codes given below victims of the famine of 1876-77
(a) 4, 2, 3, 1 (b) 1, 2, 3, 4 (d) misuse of religious places of India by English officials
(c) 2, 1, 4, 3 (d) 3, 2, 1, 4 151. Dalhousie has been regarded as the maker of modern India
141. Which one among the following states was first annexed because he brought about reforms and made a beginning in
by Lord Dalhousie under the Doctrine of Lapse? many fields. Which one among the following was not one
[2012-I] of his schemes of reforms? [2012-II]
(a) Nagpur (b) Jhansi (a) Educational reforms
(c) Sambalpur (d) Satara (b) Construction of railways and introduction of telegraph
142. Which one among the following Indus cities was known and postal services
for water management? [2012-I] (c) Establishment of a public works department
(a) Lothal (b) Mohenjodaro (d) Factories Act to improve the condition of Indian labour
(c) Harappa (d) Dholavira 152. Consider the following statements about the European
143. Who among the following Chinese travellers visited the travellers to India [2012-II]
Kingdoms of Harsrhavardhana and Kumar Bhaskar Varma? 1. Sir Thomas Roe, the Representative of the East India
[2012-I] Company, was granted the permission by Jahangir to
(a) I–Tsing (b) Fa–Hien open a factory at Surat.
(c) Hiuen Tsang (d) Sun Shuyun 2. Captain Hawkins was driven out from Agra by the
144. The Cabinet Mission Plan for India envisaged a Mughals at the instigation of Portuguese.
[2012-I] 3. Father Monserrate travelled with Akbar on his journey
(a) Federation to Kashmir.
(b) Confederation Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
(c) Unitary form of Government (a) 2 and 3 (b) Only 2
(d) Union of States (c) 1 and 2 (d) 1 and 3
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153. Industrial Revolution, in its early phase from C 1760 to C. 161. Which one among the following books was authored by a
1850, was largely dependent for its success on lady of the Mughal Royal House? [2012-II]
[2012-II] (a) Akbar Nama (b) Babur Nama
(a) machine power that replaced the labour on a large scale (c) Humayun Nama (d) Badshah Nama
(b) elaborate road network for transportation of industrial
162. Which one among the following statements is not true of
products
(c) network of electric power stations the jajmani system? [2012-II]
(d) organisation of labour under factory system (a) It was a non-market exchange system
154. Which one among the following pairs is not properly (b) It was practised in many villages and regions during
matched? [2012-II] the pre-colonial period
(a) Megasthenes : Indica (c) It was introduced under pressure from the colonial
(b) Ashvaghasa : Bddha charita regime
(c) Panini : Mahabhashya (d) It was incorporated into wider networks of exchange
(d) Vishakhadatta : Mudrarakshasa
through which agricultural products and other goods
155. The Dhamma propagated by Ashoka was [2012-II]
(a) the tenets of Buddhism circulated
(b) a mixture of the philosophies of Ajivikas and 163. Which one among the following depicts the correct meaning
Charvakas of the term Jins-i-Kamil concerning crops in Mughal India?
(c) a system of morals consistent with the tenets of most [2012-II]
of the sects of the time (a) Paddy crop (b) Cash crop
(d) the religious policy of the state (c) Coarse crop (d) Crop grown, in the arid
156. What was the Kutagarashala literally, a hut with a pointed 164. Consider the following statements about Sufism
roof ? [2012-II]
[2012-II]
(a) A place where animals were kept
(b) A place where intellectual debates among Buddhist 1. The Sufism were critical of the dogmatic definitions
mendicants took place and scholastic methods of interpreting the Quran and
(c) A place where weapons were stored Sunna (traditions of the prophet) adopted by the
(d) A place to sleep theologianc.
157. Which among the following materials were used for minting 2. The Sufis sought an interpretation of the Quran on
coins during the rule of the Mauryas? [2012-II] the basis of their personal experience.
(a) Gold and Silver (b) Silver and Copper Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
(c) Copper and Bronze (d) Gold and Copper (a) Only 1 (b) Only 2
158. Which one among the following was the immediate cause
of attack by Nawab Siraj-ud-Daula on Calcutta in 1756? (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
[2012-II] 165. Which among the following statements regarding the Gupta
(a) Refusal of the English Company to pay the overdue Dynasty is/are correct? [2012-II]
trade tax 1. The Kumaramatyas were the most important of the
(b) The English conspired against the Nawab with a view and they were appointed directly by the king in the
to depose him from the Throne home provinces.
(c) Siraj-ud-Daula wanted to drive out the English from Bengal 2. The village headmen lost importance and of the
(d) Refusal of the English to demolish the fortification of transactions began to be effected without their
Calcutta
159. Which one among the following correctly describes consent.
Gandhiji’s attitude towards the Swarajist leaders? Select the correct answer using the codes given below
[2012-II] (a) Only 1 (b) Only 2
(a) He was not opposed to their entry into council (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor
(b) He had full trust in their bona fides and considered 166. Which one among the following is not a function of Mir
them most valued and respected leaders Bakshi, the Head of the Military Department as well as of
(c) He was not in favour of maintaining warm personal the nobility under Mughal rule? [2012-II]
relations with them (a) He made recommendations for appointment to
(d) He was neutral to government’s offensive against the
Mansabs to the emperor
Swarajists and did not defend them
160. Silk routes are a good example of vibrant pre-modern trade (b) He collected reports of intelligence and information
and cultural links between distant parts of the world. Which agencies of the empire and presented them to the
one among the following is not true of silk routes? emperor at the court
[2012-II] (c) He was responsible for all incomes and expenditures
(a) Historians have identified several silk route over land and held control over Khalisa, Jagir and Inam lands
and sea (d) He was responsible for the security of foreign travellers
(b) Silk routes have linked Asia with Europe and Northern on the highways of the empire
Africa 167. The first Indian ruler to be shown in images as wearing a
(c) Silk routes existed before the Christian era and thrived
almost upto fifteenth century dress akin to trousers is [2012-II]
(d) As a result of silk route trade, precious metals like (a) Chandragupta (b) Ashoka
gold and silver, flowed from Asia to Europe (c) Kanishka (d) Samudragupta
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168. Consider the following statements about Shivaji’s military 177. Statement I: Sculptures of the Gandhara School stylistically are
acumen [2012-II] typically linked to the Greco-Roman and the Parthian art of Iran.
1. He was a master in guerrilla tactics and swift cavalry Statement II: The earliest stone Buddha images in the Swat
warfare. valley pre-dated the Kushana period, which suggests that
2. He had built a series of fortified strongholds on the certain iconographic conventions were already well-
table mountains of the Western Deccan. established in the pre-Kushana period.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct? 178. Statement I: The Permanent Zamindari Settlement of land
(a) Only 1 (b) Only 2 created a new class of landlords.
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 Statement II: The new class of landlords became strong
169. Who among the following cultures were the first to paint political allies of the British and were interested in the
their pottery? [2012-II] continuance of British dominion.
(a) Mesolithic (b) Chalcolithic 179. Which of the following was/were not related to Buddha’s
(c) Neolithic (d) Iron age life? [2013-I]
170. The polity of the Harappan people, as derived from the 1. Kanthaka 2. Alara Kalama
material evidence, was [2012-II] 3. Channa 4. Goshala Maskariputra
(a) secular-federalist (b) theocratic-federalist Select the correct answer using the codes given below
(c) oligarchic (d) theocratic-unitary (a) Only 1 (b) Only 4
171. Several nationalist leaders in India wrote commentaries on (c) 1 and 2 (d) 3 and 4
the Bhagvad Geeta to argue the case for an ethical 180. What was Ziyarat in the language of the Sufis?
foundation to Indian nationalism, who among the following [2013-I]
is an exception to it? [2012-II] (a) Pilgrimage to the tombs of Sufi saints for seeking barkat
(a) Sri Aurobindo (b) Mahatma Gandhi (spiritual grace)
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (d) Ram Manohar Lohia (b) Reciting divine name
172. Who among the following was not associated with the (c) Offering free kitchens run on futuh (unasked for
foundation of the All India Trade Union Congress? charity)
[2013-I] (d) Setting up of auqaf (charitable trusts)
(a) NM Joshi (b) Lajpat Rai 181. British colonialism in India saw the emergence of new cities.
(c) VVGiri (d) Joseph Baptista Calcutta, now Kolkata, was one of the first cities. Which of
173. Which chemical was an important symbol in our struggle the following villages were, amalgamated to form the city of
for freedom? [2013-I] Calcutta? [2013-I]
(a) Glucose (b) Fertilizer (a) Midnapur, Chittagong, Burdwan
(c) Medicine (d) Sodium chloride (b) 24-Parganas, Kalikata, Thakurgaon
(c) Sutanuti, Kalikata, Gobindapur
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 174-178): The following questions consist (d) Midnapur, Thakurgaon, Gobindapur
of two statements, StatementI and Statement 11. You are to
182. Several socio-political organisations were formed in the 19th
examine these two statements carefully and select the answers and 20th centuries in India, Anjuman-e-Khawatin-e-Islam
to these questions using the codes given below founded in the year 1914 was [2013-I]
Codes [2013-I] (a) All India Muslim Ladies Conference
(a) Both the statements are true and Statement II is the correct (b) A radical wing of the All India Muslim League
explanation of Statement I (c) All India Muslim Student’s Conference
(b) Both the statements are true, but Statement II is not the (d) All India Islamic Conference
correct explanation of Statement I 183. Ibn Batuta’s work, Rihla, completed in 1355, is [2013-I]
(c) Statement I is true, but Statement II is false (a) an autobiography
(d) Statement I is false, but Statement II is true (b) an account of the Delhi Sultans from Aibak to
174. Statement I: There was great exodus of Jaina monks under Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
the leadership of Bhadrabahu to the Deccan following (c) a religious text
severe famine in the Ganga valley towards the end of (d) an account of trade with Morocco
Chandragupta’s reign. 184. Between 1309 and 1311, Malik Kafur led two campaigns in
Statement II: Chandragupta Maurya joined the Jaina order South India. The significance of the expeditions lies in it
as a monk. that [2013-I]
175. Statement I: Mahavira initially joined a group of ascetics 1. they reflected a high degree of boldness and spirit of
called Nirgranthas. adventure on the part of the Delhi rulers.
Statement II: The sect was founded 200 years earlier by 2. the invaders returned to Delhi with untold wealth.
Parsva. 3. they provided fresh geographical knowledge.
176. Statement I: Lomash Rishi and Sudama caves in the Barabar 4. Alauddin promoted Malik Kafur to the rank of Malik-
hills, modelled on wooden architectural prototypes are naib or Vice-Regent of the empire.
examples of the earliest cave architecture in India. Select the correct answer using the codes given below
Statement II: Barabar hills caves were dedicated by (a) 1 and 3 (b) 1, 2 and 4
Chandragupta Maurya to Ajivika monks. (c) 2 and 4 (d) All of the above
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185. The fortification of Calcutta by the British in 1756 was 193. Which of the following did not constitute part of the army
regarded by the Nawab of Bengal, Siraj-ud-Daulah, as reforms of Sher Shah? [2013-II]
(a) growth of large-scale British trade [2013-I] (a) Keeping a large army at the centre
(b) an attack upon his sovereignty (b) Introduction of a swiftly moving artillery
(c) insecurity of the British in India (c) Cash payment to soldiers
(d) Introduction of the practice of branding horses
(d) British control over Bengal
194. Rajtarangini, authored by Kalhan, describes the history of
186. The highly polished monolithic Ashokan Pillars were carved [2013-II]
out of single pieces of a buff-coloured sandstone, usually (a) Gujarat (b) Bengal
mined from the quarries of [2013-I] (c) Kashmir (d) Punjab
(a) Chunar near Mirzapur
(b) Lauriya in Nandangarh DIRECTIONS (Qs. 195-199) : The following questions consists
(c) Sarnath near Varanasi of two Statements, Statement I and Statement II. You are to
(d) Udayagiri near Bhubaneshwar examine these two statements carefully and select the answers
187. In the Gupta age, Varahamihira wrote the famous book, to these items using the codes given below Codes [2013-II]
‘Brihat Samhita’. It was a treatise on [2013-II] (a) Both the statemtns are true and Statement II is the correct
(a) astronomy explanation of Statement I
(b) statecraft (b) Both the statements are true, but Statement II is not the
(c) ayurvedic system of medicine. correct explanation of Statement I.
(d) economics (c) Statement I is true, but Statement II is false.
188. Which one among the following thinkers argued that (d) Statement I is false, but Statement II is true.
Maratha rule in general and Shivaji in particular represented 195. Statement I: Kali age reflects the presence of deep social
early nationalist cons-ciousness in India? crisis characterised by varnasankara i. e., intermixture of
(a) Pandita Ramabai [2013-II] varnas or social orders.
(b) MG Ranade Statement II: The Vaisyas and Sudras (peasants, artisans
(c) Bipin Chandra Pal and labourers) either refused to perform producing
(d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale functions or pay taxes or supply necessary labour for
189. Consider the following statements about the causes of economic production resulting in weakening of Brahminical
success of the American Revolution [2013-II] social order and social tension.
1. the remoteness of the American continent and British 196. Statement I: The social institutions of caste in India
ignorance of the American continent led to the success underwent major changes in the colonial period.
of the Americans. Statement II: Caste, in contemporary society is more a
2. the fierce spirit of liberty drove the Americans to product of ancient Indian tradition than of colonialism.
success. 197. Statement I: The Russian Revolution of 1917 inspired the
3. the American military forces were superior to the Indian Working Class Movement.
British. Statement II: The Non-Cooperation Movement (1921-22)
Which of the statements given above is/are correct? saw the involvement of the Indian Working Class.
(a) Only 1 (b) 1 and 2 198. Statement I: In India tribal movements of 19th century
(c) Only 2 (d) 1 and 3 resulted out of the process of land displacements and the
190. Consider the following introduction of forest laws.
‘India would be far more reliable as a base for operations. Statement II: The Indian national movement resolved the
Moreover, the prospect of a settlement will be greatly problems faced by the tribals.
enhanced by the disappearance of Gandhi, who had for 199. Statement I: The economy of India in the 19th century came
years torpedoed every attempt at a settlement.’ to a state of ruin under English East India Company.
The above statement was made by the British in the context Statement II: English East India Company’s acquisition of
of [2013-II] Diwani right led to the miseries of the peasants and those
(a) Kheda Satyagraha associated with the traditional handicrafts industry of India.
(b) Civil Disobedience Movement 200. Sangam literature formed a very important source for the
(c) Quit India Movement reconstruction of the history of South India. It was written
(d) Non-Cooperation Movement in [2013-II]
191. The Mansabdari system of the Mughals was a complex (a) Tamil (b) Kannada
system. Its efficient functioning depended upon (c) Telugu (d) Malayalam
[2013-II] 201. Which of the following statements is/are not correct about
1. the practice of offering the title of ‘Mansabdar’ to Bhakti tradition in South India? [2013-II]
military personnel only. 1. Earliest Bhakti Movements in India were led by Alvar
2. proper functioning of the dagh (branding) system. and Nayanar saints.
3. proper functioning of the jagirdari system. 2. Nalayira Divyaprabandham, frequently described as
Select the correct answer using the codes given below Tamil Veda is an anthology of compositions by the
(a) Only 1 (b) 1 and 3 Alvars.
(c) 2 and 3 (d) All of these 3. Karaikkal Ammaiyar, women Alvar saints, supported
192. Among the precious stones, the most extensive foreign patriarchal norms.
trade during the Gupta age was that of [2013-II] Select the correct answer using the codes given below
(a) diamonds (b) ruby (a) 1 and 2 (b) Only 3
(c) pearl (d) sapphire (c) Only 2 (d) All of these
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202. Which one among the following was the primary reason 212. Consider the following statements regarding Indian
behind the failure of the Young Bengal Movement in Bengal? Feudalism in the early medieval period [2014-I]
[2013-II] 1. The revenue assignments were called Bhoga.
(a) It did not appeal to educated people 2. The hereditary chiefs neither collected revenues nor
(b) Its economic programme was not popular assumed administrative powers.
(c) It was too radical Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(d) It did not have good leaders (a) Only 1 (b) Only 2
203. Who among the following first used the word ‘Swarajya’ in (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
its political sense and accepted Hindi as the national 213. Which one of the following statements about ancient Indian
language of India? [2013-II] Mahajanapadas is correct? [2014-I]
(a) All Mahajanapadas were oligarchies where power was
(a) Rammohan Roy (b) Swami Vivekananda
exercised by a group of people
(c) Mahatma Gandhi (d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (b) All Mahajanapadas were located in Eastern India
204. Consider the following statements about Satyagraha (c) No army was maintained by the Mahajanapadas
1. It was first experimented by Gandhiji in South Africa. (d) Buddhist and Jaina texts list sixteen Mahajanapadas
2. It was first experimented in India at Champaran 214. Consider the following statements [2014-I]
[2013-II] 1. Battle of Buxar provided the key to the English to
Which of the statements given above is/are correct? establish their rule in India.
(a) Only 1 (b) Only 2 2. The Treaty of Allahabad, concluded in 1765, enabled
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 the British to establish their rule in Bengal.
205. Which one among the following events was not associated Which of the stattements given above is/are correct?
with French Revolution? [2013-II] (a) Only 1 (b) Only 2
(a) Calling of the Estates General (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
(b) Guillotine 215. Which one of the following statements about Rig Veda is
(c) Battle of Concord not correct? [2014-I]
(d) Tennis Court Oath (a) Deities were worshipped through prayer and sacrificial
206. Which one among the following events was associated rituals
with American War of Independence? [2013-II] (b) The Gods are presented as powerful, who could be
(a) Tennis Court Oath (b) Boston Tea Party made to intervene in the world of men via the
(c) Fall of Bastille (d) Reign of Terror performance of sacrifices
207. Which one among the following statements about Civil (c) The Gods were supposed to partake of the offerings
Disobedience Movement is correct? [2013-II] as they were consumed by the fire
(a) It started with Gandhiji’s march to Champaran (d) The sacrifices were performed in the temples
(b) Under Gandhi–lrwin agreement Congress agreed to 216. The only inscribed stone portrait of Emperor Ashoka has
give up Civil Disobedience Movement been found at [2014-I]
(c) The British Government was quite soft towards the (a) Sanchi (b) Amaravati
movement from the beginning (c) Kanaganahalli (d) Ajanta
(d) There was no violence during the movement 217. The social ideals of Mahatma Gandhi were first put forth in
208. Consider the following statements [2014-I] [2014-I]
1. The Jains believed that Mahavira had twenty-three (a) Hind Swaraj
predecessors. (b) An Authobiography–The Story of My Experiments
2. Parshvanatha was twenty-third Tirthankara. with Truth
3. Rishava was immediate successor of Mahavira. Which (c) History of the Satyagraha in South Africa
of the statements given above is/are correct? (d) The Bhagavad Geeta According to Gandhi
(a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 3 218. Consider the following statements about Syed Ahmed Khan,
(c) Only 2 (d) Only 3 the founder of Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College,
209. Consider the following statements about Sher Shah’s Aligarh [2014-I]
administration [2014-I] 1. He was a staunch supporter of Indian National
1. He divided his empire into Sarkars, which were further Congress.
subdivided into Parganas. 2. Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College was set-up with
2. The Sarkars and the Parganas were directly administered the objective of promoting learning of Islamic
by Sher Shah without the help of any other officials. education among the Muslims.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct? Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) Only 1 (b) Only 2 (a) Only 1 (b) Only 2
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
210. The University of Nalanda was set-up by which Gupta ruler? 219. Consider the following statements [2014-I]
[2014-I] 1. B G Tilak founded the Home Rule League in April 1916,
(a) Kumaragupta II (b) Kumaragupta I in Maharashtra.
(c) Chandragupta II (d) Samudragupta 2. N C Kelkar was not associated with Home Rule
211. The Fourth Buddhist Council was held in Kashmir under Movement.
the leadership of [2014-I] Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) Bindusara (b) Ashoka (a) Only 1 (b) Only 2
(c) Kunal (d) Kanishka (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
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220. Consider the following statements about the First Session Codes :
of the Indian National Congress [2014-I] A B C D A B C D
1. It was held in Bombay in 1885. (a) 2 4 1 3 (b) 3 1 4 2
2. Surendranath Banerji could not attend the session due (c) 3 4 1 2 (d) 2 1 4 3
to the simultaneous session of the Indian National 228. Consider the following statements from Kalhana’s
Conference. Rajatarangini
Which of the statements given above is/are correct? 1. The common people ate rice and Utpala-saka
(a) Only 1 (b) Only 2
(a wild.vegetable of.bitter taste).
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
221. The Society of Jesus, whose followers were called Jesuits, 2. Harsha introduced into Kashmir a general dress
was set-up by [2014-I] befitting a king which included a long coat.
(a) Martin Luther (b) Ulrich Zwingli Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(c) Erasmus (d) Ignatius Loyola [2014-I]
222. Who among the following was not associated with the (a) Only 1 (b) Only 2
activities of the Theosophical Society? [2014-I] (c) Both1and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
(a) Madame H P Blavatsky 229. Marco Polo's trip to India (1271 AD) earned much fame in
(b) Mr A O Hume Europe on account of [2014-II]
(c) Col H S Olcott (a) his having discovered a safe route to India
(d) Mrs Annie Besant (b) his having established amicable relations with many
223. Which among the following was the reason of the Kings of India
resignations of the Indian Ministers in all the provinces in (c) his account of commercial, religious and social
the year 1939? [2014-I] conditions in the East
(a) The Governors refused to act as constitutional heads (d) All of the above
(b) The Centre did not provide the required financial help 230. Which of the statements given below about the Mughal
to provinces
(c) The Governor-General converted Indian administration rule in India is false ? [2014-II]
from federal to unitary one because of the beginning (a) Peasant communities were a united and homogeneous
of the World War II group
(d) India was declared a party to the World War II without (b) There was an abundance of food grain
the consent of the provincial government (c) The State encouraged these crops that brought in
224. Match the following [2014-I] more revenue
List I List II (d) Most regions produced two crops in a year
(Temple) (Town) 231. The Ghadar party, formed in the USA, was determined to
A. Kailasanathar 1. Bhuvneshwar start a revolt in India. Which among the following provinces
B. Lingaraj 2. Khajuraho did the party choose to begin its armed revolt ? [2014-II]
C. Kandariya Mahadey 3. Mount Abu (a) Punjab (b) Bengal
D. Dilwara 4. Kanchipuram (c) United Provinces (d) Bihar
Codes: 232. The ruins of the Vijayanagara at Hampi were brought to
A B C D A B C D light in 1800 by [2014-II]
(a) 4 2 1 3 (b) 4 1 2 3 (a) Colonel Colin Mackenzie
(c) 3 1 2 4 (d) 3 2 1 4
(b) Sir John Shore
225. Consider the following statements concerning the initial
phase of the Industrial Revolution in England. [2014-I] (c) Andrew Fraser
1. England was fortunate in that coal and iron ore were (d) John Marshall
plentifully available to be used in industry. 233. Consider the following statements about colonial economy
2. Until the 18th century, there was a scarcity of usable of Vietnam (Indo-China) : [2014-II]
iron. 1. The colonial economy in Vietnam was primarily based
Which of the statements given above is/are correct? on rice cultivation and rubber plantations.
(a) Only 1 (b) Only 2 2. All the rubber plantations in Vietnam were owned and
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 controlled by a small Vietnamese elite.
226. Which one of the following was a temple built by the Chola 3. Indentured Vietnamese labour was widely used in the
Kings? [2014-I] rubber plantations.
(a) Brihadiswara Temple, Tanjavur 4. Indentured labourers worked on the basis of contracts
(b) Meenakshi Temple, Madurai that did not specify any rights of labourers but gave
(c) Srirangam Temple, Thiruchirapalli immense power to the employers.
(d) Durga Temple, Aihole Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
227. Match the following
(a) 1, 3 and 4 (b) 1 and 4 only
List I List II
(Text) (Author) (c) 2 and 3 (d) 1 only
A. Kitab-al-Hind 1. Ibn Battuta 234. Which of the four linguistic regions in South India remained
B. Rehla 2. Al–Biruni unaffected by the Non-Cooperation Movement (1921-22) ?
C. Humayun Nama 3. Lohori [2014-II]
D. Badshah Nama 4. Gulbadan Begum (a) Kerala (b) Tamil Nadu
[2014-I] (c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Karnataka
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235. Which of the following statements about the penetration 241. Statement I: The annexation of Awadh by Lord Dalhousie
of English into Bengal is/are correct? [2014-II] in 1856 adversely affected the financial conditions of the
1. Job Charnock arrived in Sutanati in August 1690 and sepoys.
laid the foundation of Calcutta which later became Statement II: The sepoys had to pay higher taxes on the
the heart of the British Indian Empire. land where their family members stayed in Awadh.
2. The French East India Company built a fort near the 242. Which of the following characteristic(s) describes the nature
Fort William in Calcutta. of religion according to the Rig Veda? [2015-I]
Select the correct answer using the code given below: 1. Rig Vedic religion can be described a naturalistic
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only polytheism.
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 2. There are striking similarities between the Rig Vedic
236. Under the forceful thrust of British rule, a rapid religion and the ideas in the Iranian Avesta.
transformation of the Indian economy took place. In this 3. Vedic sacrifices were conducted in the house of the
context, which of the following statements is/ are correct? priest who was called yajaman.
[2014-II] 4. Vedic sacrifices were of two kind – those conducted
1. Indian economy was transformed into a colonial by the household and those that required rituals
economy in the 19th century whose structure was specialists.
determined by Britain's fast developing industrial Select the correct answer using the code give below :
economy. (a) 3 only (b) 1 and 2 only
2. The influx of cheap Indian products into England gave (c) 1, 2, 3 and 4 (d) 1, 2 and 4 only
a great blow to English textile industries. 243. Which of the following statement(s) about caste movements
3. The 19th century saw the collapse of the traditional in early 20th century Kerala is/are false ? [2015-I]
Indian village economy and fresh economic alignment 1. Kerala's first modern novel Indulekh attacked the
along commercial lines. social dominance of Nambudiri Brahmans in Kerala.
Select the correct answer using the code given below : 2. C.V. Raman Pillai's novel Marthanda Varma was
(a) 1 and 3 (b) 1 only written against the exploitation of peasants by Nair
(c) 2 only (d) l and 2 landlords.
237. Which of the following statements is/ are correct? 3. Sree Narayana Guru was one of the founders of the
[2014-II] Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam that was
1. Early Buddhist literature is generally composed of the engaged in the upliftment of the Ezhavas in Kerala.
canonical text. 4. Dr. Palpu, the first Ezhava graduals was one of the
2. The Buddhist schools classify their canonical founders of the S Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yog
literature as only the Pitakas. that was engaged in the upliftment the Ezhavas in
Select the correct answer using. the code given below: Kerala.
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only Select the correct answer using the code given below :
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 (a) 1 only (b) 1 and 3
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 238-241) : The following questions consist (c) 2 only (d) 2 and 4
of two statements, Statement I and Statement II. You are to 244. Which of the following statements about Mahatma Gandhi's
examine these two statements carefully and select the answers South African experience (1893 - 1914) is/are true ?
to these items using the code given below : [2014-II] [2015-I]
1. Muslim merchants were actively involved in Gandhian
Codes :
(a) Both the statements are individually true and Statement II political movements in South Africa.
is the correct explanation of Statement I 2. In 1906, Gandhi led a campaign in Cape Town against
(b) Both the statements are individually true but Statement II is the ordinance of compulsory registration and passes
not the correct explanation of Statement I for Indians.
(c) Statement I is true but Statement II is false 3. Gandhi began his political career with struggles
(d) Statement I is false but Statement II is true against the imposition excessive taxes on Indians in
238. Statement I: The twelfth century witnessed the emergence Cape Town.
of a new movement in Karnataka led by a Brah mana named Select the correct answer using the code give below :
Basavanna. (a) 1 and 2 only (b) 3 only
Statement II: The Lingayats worshipped Shiva in his (c) 1, 2 and 3 (d) 1 only
manifestation as a Linga. 245. Which of the following sets of newspapers reflected the
239. Statement II: Ram Mohan Roy in his famous work Gift to concerns of educated Indian Muslims during the Khilafat
Monotheism put forward weighty arguments against belief Movement ? [2015-I]
in many Gods and for the worship of a single God. (a) Comrade and Hamdard
Statement II: Ram Mohan Roy in his Precepts of Jesus (b) Comrade and Hindustan Times
tried to separate the moral and philosophic message of the (c) Zamindar and Muslim Voice
New Testament. (d) Comrade, Hamdard, Zamindar and Al Hilal
240. Statement I: The Bethune School, founded in Calcutta in 246. Which of the following statements about the social reformer,
1849 was the first fruit of the powerful movement for women's Raja Rammohun Roy, is false ? [2015-I]
education that arose in the 1840s, and 1850s. (a) Rammohun Roy belonged to the gentry class whose
Statement II: The first step in giving modern education to power had been diminished because of the imposition
girls was undertaken by Vidyasagar in 1800. of the Permanent Settlement.
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(b) He studied both Vedantic Monism and Christian Select the correct answer using the code given below :
Unitarianism. (a) 1 only (b) 1, 2 and 3
(c) He translated the Upanishads into Bengali. (c) 2 only (d) 2 and 3 only
(d) His first organization was the Atmiya Sabha, founded 252. Which of the following statements about the musical culture
in Calcutta in 1815. in 18th and 19th century South India is/are correct ?
247. Which of the following characteristics about the state of [2015-I]
Travancore in 18th century Kerala is/are correct ? 1. Musical developments were spearheaded by the Arcot
[2015-I] court.
1. Travancore was ruled by Marthanda Varma from 1729 2. Tanjavur replaced Madras as the cultural capital of
to 1758. classical music in the second half of the nineteenth
2. Travancore built a strong army and defeated the Dutch century.
in 1741. 3. Three great composers, Tyagaraja, Diksitar and Syama
3. Travancore was an important centre of learning. Sastri experimented with the kriti form to set the
Select the correct answer using the code given below : foundations for modern Carnatic music.
(a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2 only Select the correct answer using the code given below :
(c) 1, 2 and 3 (d) 1 only (a) 1 and 3 only (b) 2 only
248. Which of the following is not a central tenet of Socialism ? (c) 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3
[2015-I] 253. Which of the following statements about visual culture in
(a) Historical Materialism 18th and early 19th century North India is/are correct ?
(b) Dialectical Materialism [2015-I]
(c) Alienation and Class Struggle 1. Painters from Patna and Murshidabad flocked to
(d) Individual Freedom Calcutta and produced water colours in the English
249. Which of the following is/are the characteristic(s) of the mode.
Sannyasi and Fakir uprisings ? [2015-I] 2. Landscape and portraiture became extremely important
1. These uprisings refer to a series of skirmishes between at this time.
the English East India Company and a group of 3. The artists Zayan-al-Din, Bhawani Das and Ram Das
sannyasis and fakirs. were adopted by the English East India Company to
2. One reason for the uprising was the ban on free produce albums of Indian birds and animals.
movement of the sannyasis along pilgrimage routes. 4. While Indians were influenced by European artistic
3. In the course of the uprisings in 1773, Warren Hastings styles, European artists did not visit regional courts.
issued a proclamation banishing all sannyasis from Select the correct answer using the code given below :
Bengal and Bihar. (a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 2 and 3 only
4. Are contemporaneous with the Non-Cooperation (c) 1, 3 and 4 (d) 4 only
Movement. 254. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using
Select the correct answer using the code given below : the code given below the Lists : [2015-I]
(a) 1 only (b) 1 and 3 only List I List II
(c) 1, 2 and 3 (d) 2 and 4 only (Editor) (Journal / Newspaper)
250. Which of the following features of the State of Arcot in 18th A. S.A. Dange 1. Labour-Kisan Gazette
century South India are correct ? [2015-I] B. Muzaffar Ahmed 2. Inquilab
1. The founders of the dynasty that ruled Arcot were C. Ghulam Hussain 3. Navayug
Daud Khan Panni and Sa'adatullah Khan. D. M. Singaravelu 4. The Socialist
2. Arcot became the site of a protracted struggle between Code :
the English and Dutch East India Companies from the (a) A-4; B-3; C-2; D-1 (b) A-4; B-2; C-3; D-1
1740s. (c) A-1; B-2; C-3; D-4 (d) A-1; B-3; C-2; D-4
3. Decentralization was a key feature of the State of Arcot 255. Which of the following was/were connected primarily to
in the 18th century. the communist ideology ? [2015-I]
4. The other major State to emerge in South India at this 1. Kirti Kisan Party
time was Mysore. 2. Labour Swaraj Party
Select the correct answer using the code given below : Select the correct answer using the code given below:
(a) 1 and 2 only (b) 1, 2 and 4 (a) 1 only (b) 2 only
(c) 3 and 4 only (d) 2 and 4 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
256. The interest of the British Government of India in
251. Which of the following statements about the musical culture
Afghanistan in the nineteenth century came about in order
in 18th and 19th century North India is/are not correct:
to [2015-I]
[2015-I]
(a) make use of the natural resources of Afghanistan.
1. The period was marked by the growing eminence of
(b) ensure that the Russian empire did not have an
Sadarang Neamat Khan who introduced the khayal
influence over Afghanistan.
form.
(c) increase the reach of the British Empire.
2. A large number of musicians moved out of regional
(d) establish a monopoly over the markets of Afghanistan.
centres to Delhi where they hoped they would receive
257. The Tungbhadra river provided sustenance of which
more employment and patronage. empire? [2015-I]
3. The period was marked by the formation of specific
(a) Chola (b) Vijayanagara
region based gharanas.
(c) Vakataka (d) Pandya
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258. Which empire did Niccolo de Conti, Abdur Razzaq, Afanasy 263. The Rihla was written in [2015-II]
Nikitin and Fernao Nuniz visit ? [2015-I] (a) Arabic in the Fourteenth Century by Ibn Battuta
(a) The empire of Kannauj (b) Vijayanagara empire (b) Persian in the Fifteenth Century by Abdur Razzaq
(c) Hoysala empire (d) Rashtrakuta empire
(c) Persian in the Thirteenth Century by Ibn Battuta
259. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer (d) Italian in the Thirteenth Century by Marco Polo
using the code given below the Lists : [2015-II] 264. The 'Sur Sagar' is [2015-II]
List-I List-II (a) a medieval treatise on music composed by Tansen
(Steel mill) (State) (b) a poetic work of Surdas
A. Kalinganagar 1. West Bengal
B. Vijayanagar 2. Tamil Nadu (c) memories of Bahadur Shah Zafar
C. Salem 3. Odisha (d) None of the above
D. Durgapur 4. Karnataka 265. Who among the following was not a painter at Akbar's
Code : Court? [2015-II]
A B C D (a) Daswanth (b) Abdus Samad
(a) 1 4 2 3
(c) Kalyan Das (d) Basawan
(b) 1 2 4 3
(c) 3 4 2 1 266. After the death of Shivaji, there was a fight for succession
(d) 3 2 4 1 between [2015-II]
260. Consider the following statements about Alauddin Khalji's (a) Shambhaji and the widow of Shivaji
market policy : [2015-II] (b) Shambhaji and Bajirao
1. He placed markets under the control of a high officer (c) Rajaram and Shambhaji
called 'Shahna' for strictly controlling the shopkeepers
(d) None of them
and prices.
2. In order to ensure a regular supply of cheap food 267. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using
grains, he ordered the land revenue from Doab region the code given below the Lists : [2015-II]
to be paid directly to the State. List-I List-II
Which of the statements given above is/are correct? (Author) (Work)
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only A. Somadeva l. Malavikagnimitra
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 B. Kalidasa 2. Kathasaritsagara
261. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using C. Bhasa 3. Chaurapanchasika
the code given below the Lists : [2015-II] D. Bilhana 4. Svapnavasavadatta
List-I List-II Code :
(Term) (Meaning) A B C D
A. Mihrab 1. Stepped pulpit (a) 2 1 4 3
B. Mimbar 2. Direction towards the (b) 3 4 1 2
Kaba for prayer (c) 2 4 1 3
C. Khutba 3. Arch (d) 3 1 4 2
D. Kibla 4. Sermon 268. Patanjali was [2015-II]
Code : (a) a philosopher of the 'Yogachara' school
A B C D (b) the author of a book on Ayurveda
(a) 2 1 4 3 (c) a philosopher of the 'Madhyamika' school
(b) 2 4 1 3 (d) the author of a commentary on Panini's Sanskrit
(c) 3 1 4 2 grammar
(d) 3 4 l 2 269. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using
262. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists : [2015-II]
the code given below the Lists : [2015-II]
List-I List-II
List-I List-II
(King) (Region)
(Person) (Work)
A. Shashanka 1. Assam
A. Uddanda 1. Sudhanidhi
B. Kharavela 2. Maharashtra
B. Sayana 2. Mallikamaruta
C. Simuka 3. Orissa
C. Yadavaprakasa 3. Malatimadhava
D. Bhaskara Varman 4. Bengal
D. Bhavabhuti 4. Vaijayanti
Code :
Code:
A B C D
A B C D
(a) 4 2 3 1
(a) 2 1 4 3
(b) 1 3 2 4
(b) 3 4 1 2
(c) 4 3 2 1
(c) 2 4 1 3
(d) 3 1 4 2 (d) 1 2 3 4
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270. In ancient India, the 'Yaudheyas' were [2015-II] 2. He fought in the famous Battle of Chinhat.
(a) a sect of the Buddhism (b) a sect of the Jainism 3. He was killed by British troops under the command of
(c) a republican tribe (d) Vassals of the Cholas Henry Lawrence.
271. The Dashakumaracharita or Tales of Ten Princes' was Select the correct answer using the code given below.
composed by [2015-II] (a) 1 only (b) 1 and 3
(a) Bhatti (b) Banabhatta (c) 2 and 3 (d) 1 and 2
(c) Bhasa (d) Dandin 276. Who among the following is the author of the autobiography
272. Which of the following statements about the Hastings Plan entitled Aamar Katha (1913)? [2015-II]
of 1772 is/ are correct? [2015-II] (a) Satyajit Ray
1. Each district was to have a civil and a criminal Court. (b) Rassundari Devi
2. The Judges were helped by native assessors who were (c) Ganesh Chandra Ghosh
skilled in Hindu and Islamic laws. (d) Binodini Dasi
3. The Sadar Diwani Adalat was mainly meant to settle 277. Name the French revolutionary who wrote Declaration of
mercantile cases exceeding ` 10,000 in value. the Rights of Woman and Female Citizen. [2015-II]
4. These Courts did not put into place any procedural (a) Olympe de Gouges (b) Nancy Ruhling
improvements. (c) Maximilien Robespierre (d) Mary Wollstonecraft
Select the correct answer using the code given below. 278. Consider the following statements : [2016-I]
1. In Hind Swaraj, Mahatma Gandhi formulates a
(a) 1 and 2 (b) 3 and 4 conception of part life for the individual as well as the
(c) 2 and 4 (d) 2 only society.
273. Which of the following statements about the formation of 2. Hind Swaraj was the outcome of the experience of
the Indian National Congress are true? [2015-II] Gandhi’s prolonged struggle against colonial raj in
1. The Indian National Congress was formed at a national India
convention held in Calcutta in December 1885 under Which of the statement given above is / are correct?
the Presidency of Motilal Nehru. (a) 1 only (b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither1 nor 2
2. The Safety Valve Theory regarding the formation of
279. Who among the following archaeologists was the first to
the Indian National Congress emerged from a idenity similarities between a pre - Harappan culture and
biography of A. O. Hume written by William the mature Harappan culture? [2016-I]
Wedderbrn. (a) Amalananda Ghosh (b) Rakhaldas Banerji
3. An early decision was that the President would be (c) Dava Ram Sahni (d) Sir John Marshall
from the same region where the session was to be 280. Which one of the following is the common element between
held. the kailasanatha Temple at Ellora and the Shore Temple at
4. W. C. Banerjee was the first President of the Indian Mamallapuram? [2016-I]
National Congress. (a) Both are examples of Nagara architecture
(b) Both are carved out from solid rocks
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
(c) Both are Gupta period temples
(a) 1, 2 and 4 (b) 2 and 3 (d) Both were built under the patronage of Pallava Kings
(c) 2 and 4 only (d) 1 and 3 281. Which of the following is / are not depicted in the Rajput
274. Which of the following statements about Jyotirao Phule's paintings? [2016-I]
Satyashodhak Samaj Movement in Maharashtra is / are true? 1. The stories of Krishna 2. Ragas and Raginis
[2015-II] 3. The deeds of Hamza 4. The deeds of Babur
1. The Satyashodhak Samaj was set up in 1873. Select the correct answer using the code given below:
(a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 2, 3 and 4
2. Phule argued that Brahmins were the progeny of 'alien'
(c) 3 and 4 only (d) 4 only
Aryans.
282. Consider the following statements [2016-I]
3. Phule's focus on the Kunbi peasantry in the 1880s and 1. Abhinavagupta wrote a comprehensive treatise called
1890s led to a privileging of Maratha identity. the Tantraloka which systematically presents the
Select the correct answer using the code given below. teachings of the kula and Trika systems
(a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2 only 2. The Samartehchakaha by Haribhadra Suri written in
(c) 1 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3 Gujarat around the eighth century is technically not a
275. Which of the following statements about Maulvi tantric work but is saturated with tantric ideas and
practices
Ahmadullah Shah, who played an important part in the
Which of the statements given above is / are correct?
Revolt of 1857, is/ are correct? [2015-II]
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only
1. He was popularly known as Danka Shah or the Maulvi (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
with a drum.
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283. Consider the following statements: [2016-I] 291. The Agrahara in early India was : [2016-I]
1. The inscriptions on the pillar at Rummindei give vivid (a) The name of a village or land granted to Brahmins
details or Ashok’s Dhamma (b) the garland of flowers of Agar
2. the Nigalisagar inscription records the fact of Ashoka (c) the grant of land to officers and soldiers
having visited the Konagamana stupa (d) land or village settled by Vaishya farmers
Which of the statements given above is / are correct? 292. Shishu, Kishor and Tarun are the schemes of : [2016-I]
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only (a) Regional Rural Banks.
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 (b) Micro Units Development & Refinance Agency Ltd
284. Which of the following statements is /are true ? [2016-I] .(MUDRA).
1. Faxian’s ‘Gaoseng Faxian zhuani was the earliest first - (c) Small Industries Development Bank of India.
hand Chinese account of Buddhist sites and practices (d) Industrial Developement Bank of India.
in India 293. Which one among the following was not an attribute of
2. Faxian was only 25 years old at the times of writing the text Samudragupta described in Prayag Prashasti ? [2016-I]
3. Faxian’s main aim in coming to India was to obtain and (a) Sharp and polished intellect
take back texts containing monastic rules (b) Accomplished sculptor
Select the correct answer using the code given below: (c) Fine musical performances
(a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 2 only (d) Poetical talent of genius
(c) 1 and 3 only (d) 3 only 294. Kamandaka’s Nitisara is a contribution to : [2016-I]
285. Which of the following statements about the Vijayanagara (a) Logic and Philosopy
Empire is / are true? [2016-I] (b) Mathematics
1. The kings claimed to rule on behalf of the God (c) Political morality
Virupaksha
(d) Grammar
2. Rulers used the title “Hindu Suratrana”
3. All Royal orders were signed in Kannada, Sanskrit 295. The Lilavati of Bhaskara is a standard text on : [2016-I]
and Tamil (a) Mathematics (b) Surgery
4. Royal Portrait sculpture was now displayed in temples (c) Poetics (d) Linguistics
Select the correct answer using the code given below 296. The followers of Gorakhnath were called : [2016-I]
(a) 4 only (b) 1 and 2 only (a) Jogis
(c) 1, 2 and 3 (d) 1, 2 and 4 (b) Nath-Panthis
286. Tqta in medieval India meant: [2016-I] (c) Tantriks
(a) land assigned to religious personnel for spiritual (d) Sanyasis
purposes 297. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using
(b) land revenue from different territorial units assigned the code given below the Lists : [2016-II]
to army officers List-I List-II
(c) charity for educational and cultural activities (Power Plant) (State)
(d) the rights of the zamindar A. Satpura 1. Maharashtra
287. Which one of the following books was not illustrated with B. Dhuvaran 2. Uttarakhand
paintings in Akbar’s court? [2016-I] C. Tanakpur 3. Gujarat
(a) Hamzanama (b) Razmnama D. Dabhol 4. Madhya Pradesh
(c) Baburnama (d) Tarikh - i -Alfi Code :
288. Which kingdom did the temple of Hazara Rama belong to ? (a) A B C D
[2016-I] 4 3 2 1
(a) Avadh (b) Travancore (b) A B C D
(c) Vijayanagara (d) Ahom 1 3 2 4
289. Consider the following statement about votive inscriptions (c) A B C D
in the second century BC ? [2016-I] 1 2 3 4
1. They records gifts made to religious institutions (d) A B C D
2. They tell us about the idea of transference of the 4 2 3 1
meritorious results of the action of one person DIRECTIONS (Qs. 298-300) : The following three (3) items
Which of the statements given above is are correct? consist of two statements, Statement I and Statement II. Examine
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only these two statements carefully and select the correct answer
(c) Both 1and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 Using the code given below.
290. Which one among the following statements about the coins Code : [2016-II]
of the Gupta rulers is correct? [2016-I] (a) Both the statements are individually true and
(a) The obverse and reverse, both had only the king's
portrait and date Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I
(b) The obverse an reverse, both had only an image of a (b) Both the statements are individually true but
deity and date Statement II is not the correct explanation of
(c) The obverse generally had king's portrait and reverse Statement I
had an image of a deity or a motif (c) Statement I is true but Statement II is false
(d) The obverse generally had king 's portrait and reverse (d) Statement I is false but Statement II is true
always had a date
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298. Statement I : [2016-II] 304. Which of the following statements about the philosopher
The Pahi-kashta peasants were non-resident cultivators Shankara is /are true ? [2016-II]
cultivating lands on a contractual basis. 1. Shankara espoused a form of Vedanta called Advaita.
Statement II : 2. He elaborated on the philosophy of Gaudapada.
The Pahi-kashta peasants worked under the temptation of 3. Shankara tried to demonstrate that the Upanishads
favourable terms of revenue or the compulsion of economic and Brahmasutras contain a unified, systematic
distress. philosophy.
299. Statement I : [2016-II] 4. Shankara founded the Amanaya Mathas.
The Zamindars were an exploitative class in Mughal India. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Statement II : (a) 1 and 2 only (b) 1, 2 and 3
The Zamindars often received the support of the peasantry (c) 3 and 4 (d) 4 only
in a large number of agrarian uprisings in North India in the 305. Which of the following statements about the Deccan Riots
seventeenth century. of 1875 is/are true? [2016-II]
300. Statement I : [2016-II] 1. The Deccan Riots resulted in protection for peasants
King Ashoka abolished capital punishment and disbanded through the Deccan Agriculturalists Relief Act of 1879.
his army. 2. The riots did not spread to the whole of Maharashtra
Statement II : because of prompt suppression by the British.
After Kalinga War, Ashoka was remorseful and became a 3. The British were unable to contain the riots and they
Buddhist. spread throughout Maharashtra.
301. Which one of the following sources tells us about women 4. The cotton boom in the Deccan that had been caused
protesting against the infidelity of their husbands or the by the artificial demand generated by the American
neglect of the wife and children by the male head of the Civil War caused the impoverishment of the peasants.
household? [2016-II] Select the correct answer using the code given below.
(a) The Kitab-ul-Hind (a) 1 only (b) 1 and 3
(b) Documents belonging to the Village Panchayats of (c) 2 and 4 only (d) 1, 2 and 4
Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra 306. Why are the Gypsies regarded as of Indian origin?
(c) Sculptures from Mandor 1. They follow Indian religious practices. [2016-II]
(d) The Ain-i-Akbari of Abul Fazl 2. Their language, called Romani, is an Indo-Aryan
302. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using language.
the code given below the Lists : [2016-II] 3. They believe that they came from India.
List-I List-II 4. Epigraphic evidence locates their original home in Uttar
(Historian) (Book) Pradesh.
A. Sumit Sarkar 1. The Rise and Growth Select the correct answer using the code given below.
of Economic (a) 1 and 4 only (b) 2 only
Nationalism in India (c) 1, 2 and 4 (d) 2 and 3
B. Shahid Amin 2. A Rule of Property 307. The term Upari refers to which one of the following?
for Bengal (a) A category of proprietary tenure under the Mughal rule
C. Ranajit Guha 3. The Swadeshi (b) A category of tenancy tenure under the Maratha rule
Movement in Bengal, (c) A soldier in the Maratha army
1903-1908 (d) A village headman in the Mughal period
D. Bipan Chandra 4. Event, Metaphor, 308. The 'water frame' of Richard Arkwright was a device for
Memory-Chauri [2016-II]
Chaura, 1922~1 992 (a) producing a new type of painting
Code: (b) irrigating fields for rice cultivation
(a) A B C D (c) producing strong threads of yarn
3 4 2 1 (d) the faster movement of steamships
(b) A B C D 309. The 'four great needs' of the people as identified by the
3 2 4 1 Guomindang were [2016-II]
(c) A B C D (a) clothing, food, housing and transportation
1 2 4 3 (b) education, food, housing and health care
(d) A B C D (c) food, housing, education and employment
1 4 2 3 (d) employment, housing, education and health care
303. What form of Shiva is most prominent in the Brihadeshvara 310. Which one of the following was the earlier name of Tokyo?
Temple built by the Chola dynasty? [2016-II] [2016-II]
(a) Harihara (b) Bhairava (a) Osaka (b) Kyoto
(c) Rudra (d) Tripurantaka (c) Samurai (d) Edo
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311. The epic, Silappadikaram refers to the [2016-II] 317. Which of the following statements about the Shiromani
Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) are correct?
(a) story of Rama [2017-I]
(b) Jaina elements in the storyline 1. It began as the political wing of the Singh Sabhas in
(c) culture of Sri Lankan Buddhists the late 19th century.
(d) cult of shakti worship 2. It was formed in 1920 as part of the upcoming Akali
312. Rakshasa type of marriage is [2016-II] movement.
(a) marriage by purchase 3. It was founded to reclaim control of the Sikh shrines
(b) marriage by capture from the government manipulated loyalist committees.
(c) marriage by giving dowry 4. It formed the Akali Dal to coordinate groups (Jathas)
(d) marriage by seduction to reclaim control of the shrines.
313. Consider the following statements about Harappan cities : Select the correct answer using the code given below.
[2016-II] (a) l, 3 and 4 (b) 2, 3 and 4
1. Roads were not always absolutely straight and did (c) 2 and 4 only (d) 2 and 3 only
not always cross one another at right angles. 318. Which of the following statements with regard to the speech
2. A striking feature is the uniformity in the average size of Mahatma Gandhi at the opening of the Banaras Hindu
of the bricks for houses and for city walls. University are correct? [2017-I]
Which of the statements given above is/are correct? 1. He charged the Indian elite with a lack of concern for
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only the labouring poor.
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 2. He asserted that our salvation can come only through
314. Which of the following statements about the Ilbert Bill (1883) the farmers.
is/are correct? [2017-I] 3. He highlighted the plight of the untouchables.
1. It proposed to grant limited criminal jurisdiction to 4. He promised to take up the cause of the mill owners of
native officials. Ahmedabad.
2. It proposed to grant complete civil and criminal Select the correct answer using the code given below.
jurisdiction to native officials. (a) l, 2, 3 and 4 (b) l and 2 only
3. The proposed Bill generated opposition from (c) 1, 2 and 3 only (d) 3 and 4 only
England's European subjects in India. 319. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using
4. In spite of opposition to the Bill, it was passed without the code given below the Lists : [2017-I]
any modifications. List-I List-ll
Select the correct answer using the code given below. (Act/ Event) (Year)
(a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 only A. Rowlatt Act 1. 1922
(c) 1 and 3 (d) 3 and 4 B. Salt March 2. 1931
315. Consider the following statements about the different C. Chauri Chaura Incident 3. 1930
meanings of 'Swaraj' as articulated by Mahatma Gandhi : D. Second Round Table 4. 1919
[2017-I] Conference
1. Swaraj is intimately linked with Ahimsa (non-violence) Code:
and Satyagraha (adherence to truth). (a) A B C D
2. Swaraj has two senses-one ' political and one beyond 4 3 1 2
the realm of politics. (b) A B C D
3. Swaraj is something that requires time and patience to 3 1 4 2
acquire. (c) A B C D
4. With determination, Swaraj could be obtained easily 4 3 2 1
and quickly. (d) A B C D
Which of the statements given above is/are correct? 3 4 2 1
(a) 1 only (b) 1 and 2 only 320. Consider the following statements about the Salt March :
(c) 3 and 4 (d) 1, 2 and 3 [2017-I]
316. What was /were the formative influence(s) on the philosophy 1. The Salt March was deliberately ignored by the
of Mahatma Gandhi? [2017-I] European media.
1. Gandhiji was influenced by the 18th century Pranami 2. The Salt March was widely covered by the American
sect that advocated the unity of faiths. and European press.
2. Gandhiji was influenced by the theosophists. 3. The Salt March was the first nationalist activity in
which women participated in large numbers.
3. Gandhiji was an admirer of the writings of Romantics
4. The Salt March impressed upon the British the urgent
like Wordsworth.
need to devolve more power to Indians.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
(a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2 and 3 only
(a) 1, 2 and 4 (b) 2, 3 and 4
(c) 1, 2 and 3 (d) 1 only
(c) 3 and 4 only (d) 2 and 3 only
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321. Which of the following statements about the social base of 328. Which one of the following statements about the All India
the Arya Samaj in British India is/are correct? [2017-I] Depressed Classes Association is not correct? [2017-I]
1. It was located mainly in Punjab and western Uttar (a) The All India Depressed Classes Association was
Pradesh. formed in Nagpur with M. C. Rajah as its first elected
2. It mainly comprised the trading castes. President.
3. It was much more limited than that of the Brahmo Samaj. (b) The All India Depressed Classes Association was not
Select the correct answer using the code given below. attended by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar in 1926.
(a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2 and 3 only (c) Ambedkar resigned from the All India Depressed
(c) 1 only (d) 1, 2 and 3 Classes Association and formed his own All India
Depressed Classes Congress in 1930.
322. Who among the following is the author of the book, A
(d) The All India Depressed Classes Association favoured
Comparison between Women and Men? [2017-I]
Ambedkar's demand for separate electorate for the
(a) Pandita Ramabai (b) Sarojini Naidu depressed classes.
(c) Tarabai Shinde (d) Rameshwari Nehru 329. Which one of the following statements about the Justice
323. During the mid 19th century Industrial Revolution, the Party is not correct? [2017-I]
average life span of workers in Manchester was [2017-I] (a) It clamoured for the same kind of separate communal
(a) 17 years (b) 30 years representation for the Non-Brahmins as had been
(c) 55 years (d) 62 years granted to the Muslims by the Morley-Minto Reforms.
324. George Washington was made the Commander in Chief of (b) It was patronized mainly by richer landowning and
the American forces [2017-I] urban middle class Non-Brahmins.
(a) in December 1773, after the Boston Tea Party (c) It succeeded in getting the provision for 28 reserved
(b) at the First Continental Congress in September 1774 seats for the Non-Brahmins in the Montagu-
(c) at the Second Continental Congress in 1775 Chelmsford Reforms.
(d) by the Continental Congress at the Declaration of (d) It supported the call given by the Congress to boycott
Independence on 4th July, 1776 elections in 1920.
325. Alexander Kerensky was [2017-I] 330. The Ryotwari experiment in land revenue was started by
(a) the head of the Provisional Government in Russia [2017-I]
before the October Revolution (a) Henry Dundas
. (b) a close confidant of Lenin, with whose help the Czar (b) Alexander Reed
(c) David Ricardo
was dethroned
(d) Mountstuart Elphinstone
(c) the head of the Czar's army
(d) an advisor of Joseph Stalin DIRECTIONS (Qs. 331-332): The following five (5) items consist
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 326-327 : The following two (2) items consist of two statements, Statement I and Statement II. Examine these
of two statements, Statement I and Statement II. Examine these two statements carefully and select the correct answer using the
two statements carefully and select the correct answer using the code given below. [2017-I]
code given below. [2017-I] Codes:
Codes: (a) Both the statements are individually true and
(a) Both the statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I
Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I (b) Both the statements are individually true
(b) Both the statements are individually true but Statement but Statement II is not the correct explanation of
II is not the correct explanation of Statement I Statement I
(c) Statement 1 is true but Statement II is false (c) Statement I is true but Statement II is false
(d) Statement I is false but Statement II is true
(d) Statement 1 is false but Statement II is true
331. Statement I : [2017-II]
326. Statement I : [2017-I]
The Communists left the All India Trade Union Congress in
The passing of the Coercive Acts made reconciliation
1931.
between Britain and her American colonies virtually Statement II :
impossible. By 1928, the Communists were no longer working with the
Statement II : mainstream national movement.
The British Parliament, having issued the Stamp Act in 1765, 332. Statement I : [2017-II]
repealed it later. The early Aryans, who were essentially pastoral, did not
327. Statement I : [2017-I] develop any political structure which could measure up to
The Poona Pact provided for 151 reserved seats for the a State in either ancient or modern sense.
scheduled castes to be elected by a joint, not separate, Statement II :
electorate. Kingship was the same as tribal chiefship; the term Rajan
Statement II : being used for tribal chief who was primarily a military leader
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar withdrew from active politics for almost and who ruled over his people and not over any specified
a decade when the Communal Award was revoked. area.
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333. Which one of the following peasant struggles was an Which one of the following is the correct chronological
outcome of British opium policy? [2017-II] order of building the above monuments?
(a) Phulaguri Dhawa (1861) (a) 3, 1, 4, 2 (b) 3, 1, 2, 4
(b) Birsaite Ulgulan (1899-1900) (c) 1, 3, 2, 4 (d) 1, 3, 4, 2
(c) Pabna Revolt (1873) 340. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using
(d) Maratha Peasant Uprising (1875) the code given below the Lists : [2017-II]
334. Which one of the following statements about the Sayyid List-I List-II
brothers during the period of Later Mughals is not true? (Type of Land) (Meaning)
[2017-II] A. Urvara 1. Land watered by a
(a) They brought Jahandar Shah to power.
river
(b) They wielded administrative power.
B. Maru 2. Fertile land
(c) They followed a tolerant religious policy.
(d) They reached an agreement with King Shahu. C. Nadimatrika 3. Land watered by
335. Which of the following statements with regard to the rain
heterodox sect between sixth and fourth century BC are D. Devamatrika 4. Desert land
correct? [2017-II] Code :
1. The Jain ideas were already being circulated in the A B C D
seventh century BC by Parshva. (a) 2 1 4 3
2. Although Buddhism, and to a lesser extent Jainism, (b) 3 4 1 2
took account of the changes in material life and (c) 3 1 4 2
reacted against orthodoxy, neither of these sought (d) 2 4 1 3
to abolish the caste system. 341. Who was the editor of the journal Indian Social Reformer
3. The first female disciple of mahavira is said to have that was started in 1890? [2017-II]
been a captured slave woman. (a) K. T. Telang (b) Veeresalingam
4. Buddha held that nuns could attain spiritual (c) N. G. Chandavarkar (d) K. N. Natarajan
liberation just like a monk and granted them an 342. Which twelfth century Sanskrit scholar was first responsible
equal status in the mendicant order. for the compilation of ‘Nibandhas’ or digests of epic and
Select the correct answer using the code given below. Puranic texts? [2017-II]
(a) 1, 2, 3 and 4 (b) 1, 2 and 3 only (a) Harsha (b) Govinda chandra
(c) 1, 2 and 4 only (d) 3 and 4 only
(c) Lakshmidhara (d) Kalidasa
336. Which one of the following combinations of year and event
343. Which river is praised in the fifth century Tamil epic,
concerning the French Revolution is correctly matched?
Silappadikaram? [2017-II]
[2017-II]
(a) 1789 : Nepoleonic Code (a) Cauvery (b) Godavari
(b) 1791 : Tennis Court Oath (c) Saraswati (d) Ganges
(c) 1792 : National Convention 344. Which one of the following statements about the Harappan
(d) 1804 : New Constitution of France Culture is not correct? [2017-II]
337. Who among the following is the author of the book, The (a) It witnessed the first cities in the subcontinent.
Social Contract? [2017-II] (b) It marks the first use of script, written from right to left.
(a) Voltaire (b) Hobbes (c) It marks the earliest known use of iron as a medium for
(c) Locke (d) Rousseau the art of sculpting.
338. Due to which of the following factors, the Industrial (d) It marks the earliest known use of stone as a medium
Revolution took place in England in the eighteenth century? for the art of sculpting.
[2017-II] 345. Harshacharita has references to various presents sent by
1. The discovery of coal and iron deposits a ruler named Bhaskara to Harshavardhana. Bhaskara
2. The discovery of steam power belonged to [2017-II]
3. The introduction of railways (a) Haryanka Dynasty of Magadha
4. The regular supply of raw materials (b) Varman Dynasty of Assam
Select the correct answer using the code given below. (c) Nanda Dynasty of North India
(a) 1 and 2 only (d) None of the above
(b) 2, 3 and 4 only
346. Which of the following was/were founded by Raja Ram
(c) 1 and 3 only
Mohan Roy? [2017-II]
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
1. Atmiya Sabha 2. Brahmo Samaj
339. Consider the following : [2017-II]
1. Tughlaqabad Fort 3. Prarthana Samaj 4. Arya Samaj
2. Bada Gumbad in Lodhi Garden Select the correct answer using the code given below.
3. Qutub Minar (a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 2 only
4. Fatehpur Sikri (c) 1 and 2 only (d) 1, 3 and 4
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347. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using 352. Which of the following statements about the Non-
the code given below the Lists : [2017-II] Cooperation Movement is/are correct? [2018-I]
List-I List-II 1. It was marked by significant participation of
(Harappan Site) (Modern Name) peasants from Karnataka.
A. Dholavira 1. Saurashtra 2. It was marked by non-Brahmin lower caste
B. Rakhigarhi 2. Hisar participation in Madras and Maharashtra.
C. Bhirrana 3. Kadir Island 3. It was marked by the lack of labour unrest in places
D. Bhogavo 4. Haryana like Assam, Bengal and Madras.
Code : 4. It was badly shaken by the Chauri Chaura incident
A B C D in 1922 after which Gandhiji decided to continue
(a) 1 4 2 3
with the movement on a much smaller scale.
(b) 1 2 4 3
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
(c) 3 2 4 1
(a) 1 only (b) 1, 2 and 4
(d) 3 4 2 1
(c) 2 and 3 (d) 2 only
348. Which one of the following statements about the Gupta
353. Which of the following statements about the usage of the
period in Indian History is not correct? [2017-II]
(a) Sanskrit language and literature, after centuries of term ‘barbarian’ is/are correct? [2018-I]
evolution, reached what has been described as a level 1. It is derived from the Greek word ‘barbaros’ which
of classical excellence through royal patronage. means a non-Greek.
(b) The status of women was redefined. They were entitled 2. Romans used the term for the Germanic tribes, the
to formal education and hence there were women Gauls and the Huns.
teachers, philosophers and doctors. Early marriage was Select the correct answer using the code given below.
prohibited by law and they were given the right to (a) 1 only (b) 2 only
property. (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
(c) Decentralization of administrative authority was 354. Which one of the following statements is not correct?
impacted by increased grants of land and villages with [2018-I]
fiscal and administrative immunities to priests and (a) Al-Biruni identifies the Sufi doctrine of divine love as self-
temples. annihilation with parallel passages from Bhagavad Gita.
(d) Land grants paved the way for feudal developments (b) According to Al-Biruni, Sufi theories of Soul were
and emergence of serfdom in India, resulting in the similar to those in Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra.
depression of the peasantry. (c) The Hatha Yogic treatise Amrita Kunda had lasting
349. Verses ascribed to poet-saint Kabir have been compiled in impact on Sufism.
which of the following traditions? [2018-I] (d) Hujwiri’s conversation with the Yogis shows that he
1. Bijak in Varanasi was impressed with their theory of the division of the
2. Kabir Granthavali in Rajasthan human body.
3. Adi Granth Sahib 355. Consider the following statement : [2018-I]
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
“So much is wrung from the peasants, that even dry bread
(a) 1 and 2 only (b) 1, 2 and 3
is scarcely left to fill their stomachs.”
(c) 2 and 3 only (d) 3 only
Who among the following European travellers had made
350. Around twelfth century, Sufi Silsilas began to crystallize in
the above statement about the condition of peasantry in
different parts of the Islamic world to signify [2018-I]
the Mughal Empire?
1. continuous link between the master and disciple
(a) Francisco Pelsaert
2. unbroken spiritual genealogy to the Prophet
Muhammad (b) Francois Bernier
3. the transmission of spiritual power and blessings (c) Jean-Baptiste Tavernier
to devotees (d) Niccolao Manucci
Select the correct answer using the code given below. 356. What is the name of the literary genre developed by the
(a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2 only Khojas who are a branch of the Ismaili sect? [2018-I]
(c) 1 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3 (a) Ginan (b) Ziyarat
351. In the 10th Mandala of the Rigveda, which one of the (c) Raag (d) Shahada
following hymns reflects upon the marraige ceremonies? 357. Who was/were the 10th century composer(s) of the Nalayira
[2018-I] Divya Prabandham? [2018-I]
(a) Surya Sukta (b) Purusha Sukta (a) Alvars (b) Nayanars
(c) Dana Stutis (d) Urna Sutra (c) Appar (d) Sambandar
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358. Consider the following statement : [2018-I] 364. Who deciphered the Brahmi and Kharoshthi scripts?
“A sound body means one which bends itself to the spirit [2018-I]
and is always a ready instrument at its service”. (a) Piyadassi
The above statement is attributed to (b) Colin Mackenzie
(a) Sardar Patel (b) Winston Churchill (c) Alexander Cunningham
(c) Mahatma Gandhi (d) Baden-Powell (d) James Prinsep
359. Who among the following was the founder of Phoenix 365. Which of the following is/are the feature(s) of the
Settlement? [2018-I] Brahmadeya Grants during c 600–1200 AD? [2018-I]
(a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) B. R. Ambedkar 1. Their creation meant a renunciation of actual or
(c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Swami Vivekananda potential sources of revenue by the State.
360. Name the platform used for ritual purposes by the kings of 2. These grants could vary from a small plot to several
the Vijayanagara Empire. [2018-I] villages.
(a) Mahanavami Dibba (b) Lotus Mahal 3. Most grants were made in unsettled areas.
(c) Hazara Rama (d) Virupaksha Select the correct answer using the code given below.
361. The idea of ‘Farr-i Izadi’, on which the Mughal kingship (a) 1 only (b) 2 and 3 only
was based, was first developed by which one of the (c) 1 and 2 only (d) 1, 2 and 3
following Sufi saints? [2018-I] 366. Who is the author of Manimekalai? [2018-I]
(a) Shihabuddin Suhrawardi (a) Kovalan (b) Sathanar
(b) Nizamuddin Auliya (c) Ilango Adigal (d) Tirutakkatevar
(c) Ibn al-Arabi 367. Which of the following statements about Sir Syed Ahmad
(d) Bayazid Bistami Khan is/are correct? [2018-I]
362. Which Buddhist text contains an account of the Mauryan 1. He argued that India was a federation of ethnic
Emperor Ashoka? [2018-I] communities based on common descent.
(a) Vinaya Pitaka (b) Sutta Pitaka 2. His philosophy was very similar to that of the
(c) Abhidhamma Pitaka (d) Mahavamsa Indian National Congress.
363. Which one of the following statements about Buddhist 3. He imagined India as a Nation State based on
Stupas in India is not correct? [2018-I] individual citizen’s rights.
(a) Ashoka played an important role in popularizing the 4. The curriculum at the Mohammedan Anglo-
Stupa cult.(b) They were repositories of Oriental College blended Muslim theology and
relics of Buddha and other monks. European empiricism.
(c) They were located in rural areas. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
(d) They were located close to trade routes. (a) 1 only (b) 2 and 3
(c) 3 only (d) 1 and 4
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1. (c) Akbar ruled with a social and religious toleration that 13. (b) The Non-Cooperation Movement, 1920-22
was relative, not absolute, and was based on his Civil Disobedience Movement in India, 1930-34)
concept of sulh-i-kul (for the general good of all people) The Quit India Movement, 1942
which built on his liberal views of religion. Akbar took 14. (d) The Musalman is the oldest Urdulanguage daily
the Sufi mystic notion of sulh-i-kul and transformed it newspaper published from Chennai in India. The
to become a principle denoting amity within a culturally newspaper was founded by Syed Azmatullah in 1927.
The Musalman is possibly the only handwritten
pluralistic India.
newspaper in the world.
2. (b) Narasimhadeva I (AD 1238-1264) was the king of Ganga 15. (c) The Arthasastra is a treatise on Political philosophy.
dynasty. The book, written in Sanskrit, discusses theories and
3. (b) The Indian National Calendar, sometimes called the principles of governing a state. The meaning of
Saka calendar, is the official civil calendar in use in Arthashastra is 'Science of Polity'. It is written by
India. Saka Calendar begins on 22 March every year Kautilya.
except in leap years when it starts on 23 March. The 16. (a) The partition of Bangal took place on16 October 1905.
Kushana emperor Kanishka is credited with the The Chauri Chaura incident occurred at Chauri Chaura
initiation of the Saka era on his accession to the throne in the Gorakhpur district of the United Province, British
in 78 A D. India on 5 February 1922.The first Round table
4. (b) Lord Mountbatten was preceded by C Rajgopalachari. conference was opened officially by King George V
Lord Mountbatten was the last Viceroy of India (1947) on November 12, 1930 in London.
and the first Governor-General of the independent 17. (c) Lord Dufferin was the viceroy of India at the time of
the formation of Indian national Congress.
Dominion of India (1947-48). 18. (a) Government of India Act 1909 introduced separate and
5. (a) Under the leadersh ip of Gandhiji, the Civil discriminatory electorates for Muslims. This was for
Disobedience Movement was launched in AD 1930. It the first time that, electorate for returning to the
began with the Dandi March. On 12 March 1930, Gandiji representatives to the councils was decided on the
with some of his followers left the Sabarmati Ashram basis of class & community. For the central council,
at Ahmedabad and made their way towards Dandi, a one more category Muslims was added. This was for
village on the west coast of India. Here, Gandhiji the first time that the seats in the legislative bodies
protested against the Salt Law (salt was a monopoly were reserved on the basis of religion for Muslims.
of the government and no one was allowed to make This is called Communal representation.
salt) by making salt himself and throwing up a challenge Sessions of Indian National Congress.
to the British government. 19. (a)
6. (a) After 1857 Lord Canning announced at a Darbar at Sessions Place Date & year President
Allahabad, the assumption of the Govt. of India by st Bombay Dec. 28-30, 1885 Womesh Chandra
1 Session
the sovereign of great Britain. Bonerjee
7. (b) 1. Third Carnatic War (1756–1763)
2 Session Calcutta Dec. 27-30, 1886 Dadabhai Naoroji
nd
2. The First Anglo–Mysore War –(1767–1769)
3. The First Anglo–Burmese War–(1824–1826) 3 Session Madrass
rd Dec. 27-30, 1887 Badruddin Tyabji
4. The Second Anglo–Afghan War (1878–1880) th
4 Session Allahabad Dec. 26-29, 1888 George Yule
8. (b) Lord William Bentinck was the first governor General
of India.
20. (d) The Treaty of Amritsar of 1809 was an agreement
9. (c) The 23rd Session (1907) of the Congress was held at
between the British East India Company and Ranjit
Surat.In the session, there was an open clash between Singh, the Sikh leader who founded the Sikh empire.
the Moderates and the Extremists and ultimately it led The treaty settled Indo-Sikh relations for a generation.
to a split in the Congress. The immediate occasion was the French threat to
10. (b) The "Grand Old Man of India" Dadabhai Naoroji northwestern India, following Napoleon's Treaty of
initiated establishment of East India Association at Tilsit with Russia (1807) and Ranjit Singh's attempt to
London. bring the Cis-Sutlej states under his control. The British
11. (b) The Theosophical Society was formed by Helena wanted a defensive treaty against the French and
Petrovna Blavatsky, Henry Steel Olcott, William Quan control of Punjab to the Sutlej River. Although this
Judge and others in November 1875 in New York. The was not a defensive treaty, it did fix the frontier of
lands controlled by Ranjit Singh broadly along the
aim of the society was to promote spiritual principles line of the Sutlej River.
and search for truth known as Theosophy. 21. (b) Buddha delivered his first sermon at Sarnath. Sarnath
12. (b) It was a significant battle fought between the forces is a city located in the north-east of Varanasi near the
under the command of the British East India Company confluence of the Ganges and the Gomati rivers in
on the one side and the combined army of Mir Kasim, Uttar Pradesh,
the Nawab of Bangal, Nawab of Awadh and Shah Alam 22. (b) Shankaracharya philosophy is called Advaita. The
ll, the Mughal Emperor. Mir Jafar was a puppet of Advaita Vedanta focuses on the basic concepts as
British East India Company. Brahman, atman, vidya (knowledge), avidya (ignorance),
maya, karma and moksha.
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23. (c) The All India Muslim League, a political organization president. Upto 1945 Congressmen, Socialists,
was founded in 1906 by Nawab of Dhaka Salimullah.Its Communists worked in the AITUC which was the central
mainpurpose was to safeguard the political rights of trade union organisation of workers of India.It is the
Muslims in India. oldest trade union federation in India .
24. (c) Patimokkha stands for the rules of the Sangha. Buddha 37. (b) Gandhiji was elected President of the All-India Khilafat
Dhamma and Sangha are the three Jewels of Buddhism. Conference which met at Delhi on November 23, 1919.
25. (a) The country's first railway, built by the Great Indian They decided to withdraw all cooperation from the
Peninsula Railway (GIPR), opened in 1853 between government if their demands were not met.
Bombay and Thane. 38. (c) The Constitution of India was drafted by the
26. (d) • Champaran Satyagrah - 1917 constituent assembly and it was set up under the
• Nagpur Satyagrah - 1923 cabinet Mission plan on 16 May 1946. The members
• Bardoli Satyagrah - 1928 of the constituent assembly were elected by the
• Rajkot Satyagrah- 1939 Provincial assemblies by method of single transferable
27. (c) Muhammad Iqbal was invited to the second and third vote system of proportional representations.Members
round table conference. of the committee:, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, K. M.
28. (a) • G.K Gokhale established The Servants of India Munshi,Acharya J.B kriplani . Lok Nayak Jai Prakash
Society in Pune, Maharashtra, on June 12, 1905. was not the member of the constituent assembly.
• Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya founded Banaras 39. (d) The historic Objective Resolution was moved by
Hindu University (BHU) at Varanasi in 1916. Jawaharlal Nehru on 13 December 1946, and was
• The Swatantra Party was founded by C. adopted unanimously on 22 January 1947.
Rajagopalachari, was Indian conservative political 40. (b) In District administration each district was administered
party that existed from 1959 to 1974. by 3 officers viz. Pradeshika, Rajuka, & Yukta.
• Vinayak Damodar Savarkar founded Free India Pradeshika was senior and Rajuka was subordinate.
Society(student society). Yukta was subordinate to both of them. The district
29. (a) Dadabhai Naoroji administration was under the charge of Rajukas, whose
2nd Session Calcutta Dec. 27-30, 1886 Dadabhai position and functions are similar to modern collectors.
Naoroji He was assisted by Yuktas or subordinate officials.
9th Session Lahore Dec. 27-30, 1893 Dadabhai The rajjuka was responsible for surveying and
Naoroji assessing the land, fixing its rent and record keeping
22nd Session Calcutta Dec. 26-29, 1906 Dadabhai besides judicial functions.
Naoroji 41. (c) Robert Sewell was a civil servant of Madras
30. (b) A separate Public Works Department was established presidency. He was Keeper of the Record Office of
by Lord Dalhousie. The main works of this department Madras .He authored 'A Forgotten Empire-
wereto construct roads, bridges and government Vijayanagar', acontribution to the History of India.
buildings. 42. (b) The Doctrine of Non-Violence and Civil Disobedience
31. (b) Ryotwari System was introduced by Thomas Munro associated with Mahatma Gandhi were influenced by
in 1820. In this System, the ownership rights were the works of Ruskin, Tolstoy and Thoreau.
handed over to the peasants. British Government 43. (c) These books deal with principles of grammar.
collected taxes directly from the peasants. 44. (c) Gandhi ji launched Champaran Satyagrah on the
32. (d) repeated request of a local leader, Raj kumar Shukla,
• Illbert Bill- 1883 Ambalal Sarabhai was an industrialist of Ahmedabad .
• Marley Minto Reforms- 1909 He gave both personal and financial support to the
• Rowlatt Act- 1919 freedom struggle in Ahmedabad.
• Gandhi Irwin pact- 1931 Indulal Kanaiyalal Yagnik was an independence
33. (c) Cabinet Mission was composed of three Cabinet activist and a leader of the All India Kisan Sabha. He
Ministers of England participated in the Kheda Satyagraha(In 1918,) led by
• Sir Pethick Lawrence, Secretary of State for India. Gandhiji.
Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel was a barrister and leader
• Sir Stafford Cripps, President of the Board of Trade,
of Indian Independence. He started Bardoli Satyagrah
• A .V Alexander, the First Lord of the Admiralty
in Gujarat against the raised tax of 30%.
• Sir Cyril Radcliffe was appointed to chair two
45. (c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy was an Indian socio-educational
Boundary Commissions in June 1947 -one for
reformer who was also known as 'Maker of Modern
Bengal and one for Punjab.
India' and 'Father of Modern India'. He was born on
34. (d) Tansen, who was one of the nine jewels or navaratnas
May 22, 1774 into a Bengali Hindu family. He was the
in the court of Emperor Akbar, was born in a Hindu
founder of the Brahmo Samaj, one of the first Indian
family at Behat near Gwalior in the Madhya Pradesh
socio-religious reform movements. He advocated the
state. Father of Tansen was Makarand Pande, who
study of English, Science, Western Medicine and
named him Ramtanu Pandey. Technology. He was given the title 'Raja' by the Mughal
35. (c) The first Rupee (Silver coin) was introduced by Sher Emperor.
Shah and was called "Rupia" which remained in use 46. (c) Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki was disciple of Moinuddin
throughout the Mughal rule. Chishti. His most famous disciple wasFariduddin
36. (c) All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) was founded Ganjshakar.He was a renowned Muslim Sufi mystic,
on 31 October 1920 with Lala Lajpat Rai as its first
saint and scholar of the Chishti Order .
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47. (c) Gandhi Ji was the preeminent leader of Indian • The system of separate electorates for the
independence movement in British-ruled India. He led minorities was to be retained.
various movements such as Champaran and Kheda • The Muslims, wherever they were in minority, were
Satyagraha,Khilafat movement, Non-cooperation to be granted a weightage.
movement, Quit India Movement etc. • Except NWFP, 3 % seats for women were to be
48. (b) Sh er Shah's biggest achievement was the r e- reserved in all provinces.
establishment of law and order across his empire. The • The depressed, dalits or the untouchables were
village headmen and zamindars were made responsible to be declared as minorities.
for losses due to robberies. If they were not able to • Allocation was to be made to labours, landlords,
catch the robbers, they were themselves punished as traders and industrialists.
criminals. At the local level, village panchayats and 57. (a) Annie Besant (1847-1933) was the second President
zamindars settled disputes and punished the guilty. of The Theosophical Society from 1907 to 1933. She
Above them was the qazi in each state. founded Central Hindu collegeat Banaras. Besant
49. (c) Fa-hien was a Chinese monk who travelled India during launched the All India Home Rule League along with
the age of Chandra Gupta Vikramaditya. He travelled Lokmanya Tilak in 1916.
during C 399-414. Fa-hien wanted to go to India to 58. (b) Pulakesin II (610-642 CE) is the most famous ruler of
search for the treatises of the Vinaya Pitaka, the the Chalukya dynasty.The Aihole inscription describes
monastic rules of BUDDHISM. Travelling through how the mighty Harsha lost his harsha (joy) when he
Central Asia and Northwest India, Fa-hien reached suffered the ignominy of defeat. Pulakesin entered into
northern India and then visited the holy Buddhist sites a treaty with Harsha, with the Narmada River
located in the Ganges valley: Kapilavastu, the designated as the border between the Chalukya Empire
birthplace of Buddha; Bodhgaya, the site of Buddha's and that of Harshavardhana.
enlightenment; Sarnath, where Buddha preached his 59. (d)
first sermon, and Kushinagara, the place of Buddha's 60. (a) The conflict between Sen and Debendranath Tagore
was broadened in 1865, when Tagore allowed the
nirvana.
Brahmos conducting services to wear their sacred
50. (d) Lord Wellesley defeated Tipu Sultan in India and
threads. Sen objected this decision and withdrew from
Napolean Bonaparte in Europe.
the Brahmo Samaj along with his followers. Keshab
51. (a) Dayanand Saraswati founded the Arya Samaj which Chandra Sen and his disciples established the Brahmo
was an organization for teaching the true Vedic religion Samaj of India on 11 th November, 1866 and
and also a social reform movement. He fought for equal Debendranath Tagore grouped themselves into the
rights for all and emphasized on social upliftment of Adi (original) Brahmo Samaj.
women and the so-called lower caste. He denounced 61. (b) Robert Clive established the military and political
superstitions and condemned practices such as animal supremacy of the East India Company in Bengal. Under
sacrifices. the dual Government company will look after fiscal
52. (c) The Saka calendar used as the official civil calendar in matters and all the rest would be dealt by the Indian
the country is the National Calendar of India. The Saka rulers.
calendar, often referred as the Hindu calendar is 62. (d) On the evening of 30 April 1908, Khudiram threw a
originally named as Saka Samvat. There are 12 months bomb on the carriage of Kingsford but it was occupied
in Saka Calendar which are named as Vaisakha,Jyestha not by Kingsford but the wife and daughter of barrister
,Asadha,Sravana, Bhadrapada, Asvina , Kartika Pringle Kennedy were killed instead of Kingsford.
Margasirsa , Pausa, Magh, Phalgura,Chaitra. 63. (a) The Nehru-Liaquat pact was signed between India and
53. (a) The Doctrine of Lapse was introduced by Lord Pakistan in 1950 to resolve the issues of protection of
Dalhousie. The states annexed by the application of minorities.
this doctrine of lapse were Satara, Jaitpur and 64. (a) On 26th October, 1947, Maharaja Hari Singh signed on
Sambalpur, Baghat, Udaipur, Jhansi and Nagpur.Due instrument of accession. Therefore this date became
to this annexation policy discontent simmered among an important day in the history of India.
many sections of Indian society and the largely 65. (c) Muhammad Ali Jinnah drafted the constitution of
indigenous armed forces; these rallied behind the Muslim league 'The green Book'.
deposed dynasties during the Indian rebellion of 1857 66. (a) Amaravati School of Art : In Amaravati, situated in
also known as the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857. the eastern Deccan, Andhra Pradesh, a different type
54. (d) The Brihadeshwara temple, called the Big Temple, is of art form evolved and flourished for nearly six
dedicated to Lord Shiva. It was built by the great Chola centuries commencing from 200-100 BC. Patronized first
King Raja Raja 1 (985 -1012 A.D). It is an outstanding by the Satavahanas and later by the Ikshvakus and
example of Chola architecture. Recognizing its unique also by other groups
architectural excellence, UNESCO has declared it a • The lotus and the purnakumbha motifs are typical
World Heritage Monument. of Amaravati Art expressing auspiciousness and
55. (a) All statements are correct. abundance.
56. (d) On August 16, 1932, the British Prime Minister • White Marble was used in this art and the themes
McDonald announced the Communal Award. The were Buddha's life and Jatakas tales.
Communal Award was basically a proposal on minority • The curly hair of Buddha is a feature that is
representation.Important proposals were as follows: influenced by the Greeks
• The existing seats of the provincial legislatures • The Palaces of Kings, Princes, etc. have got
were to be doubled. prominence
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67. (a) assassination of Scott. But, the revolutionaries,

68. (c) Dadabhai Naoroji was a Parsi intellectualand Indian mistaking J.P. Saunders, an Assistant Superintendent
political and social leader. His book Poverty and Un- of Police, as Scott, killed him instead.
British Rule in India brought attention to the draining 75. (b). The Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence are a set
of India's wealth into Britain. of principles to govern relations between states. The
69. (b) On 13 April 1919, a crowd of nonviolentprotesters, agreement was signed between India and China on 29
along with Baishakhi pilgrims, had gathered in the April 1954.The five principles of the panchsheel are :
Jallianwala Bagh garden in Amritsar, Punjab to protest • Mutual respect for each other's territorial integrity
against the arrest of two nationalist leaders, Dr. and sovereignty.
Satyapal, Dr. Saifuddin Kitchlew, On the orders of • Mutual non-aggression.
Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer, the army fired on the • Mutual non-interference in each other's internal
crowd for ten minutes, there were 370 dead and 1200 affairs.
wounded. • Equality and cooperation for mutual benefit.
70. (a) On the night of December 16, 1773, Samuel Adams and • Peaceful co-existence.
the Sons of Liberty boarded three ships in the Boston 76. (c) The German philosopher Karl Marx became one of the
harbour and threw 342 chests of tea overboard. This most influential thinkers of the 20th century. Marx
resulted in the passage of the punitive Coercive Acts believed that all historical change was caused by a
in 1774 and pushed the two sides closer to war. series of class struggles between the bourgeoisie
71. (d) Some of the features of Government of India Act 'haves' and the proletariat 'have-nots'. The work of
1919(Montague Chelmsford Reforms) are as follows: Karl Marx caught the attention of members of the
• It introduced Diarchy system. intelligentsia. The first Russian to translate Marx's
• The Government of India Act of 1919, made a works was George Plekhanov. In 1883 he founded the
provision for classification of the central and first Marxist organisation in Russia. He was called the
provincial subjects. father of Russian Marxism.Marks and Engels wrote
• The Indian executive comprised of the Governor several books together.
General and his council. 77. (b) Karl Marx was a German philosopher, economist,
• This act made the central legislature bicameral. sociologist, journalist, and revolutionary socialist.His
The first house which was central legislature, with famous books are The Communist Manifesto(1848)
145 members (out of which 104 elected and 41 and Das Kapital (1867-1894). According to him,History
nominated) was called central Legislative is a succession of struggle between the oppressor
Assembly and second called with 60 members (out and the oppressed classes.
of which 33 elected and 27 nominated) was called 78. (d) Principles of Satyagrah
Council of States. The term of the assembly was • Nonviolence (ahimsa)
fixed 3 years and council 5 years. • Truth - this includes honesty, but goes beyond it
• The act provided for the establishment of a Public to mean living fully in accord with and in devotion
Service Commission in India for the first time. to that which is true
72. (a) Dyarchy, a system of double government was • Not stealing
introduced by the Government of India Act (1919) for • Chastity (brahmacharya) - this includes sexual
the provinces of British India. Dyarchy was introduced chastity, but also the subordination of other
as a constitutional reform by Edwin Samuel Montagu sensual desires to the primary devotion to truth
(secretary of state for India, 1917-22) and Lord • Non-possession (not the same as poverty)
Chelmsford (viceroy of India, 1916-21). • Body-labour or bread-labour
73. (b) Mohammed Ali Jinnah was Indian Muslim politician, • Control of the palate
founder and first governor-general (1947-48) of • Fearlessness
Pakistan. As the first Governor-General of Pakistan, • Equal respect for all religions
Jinnah worked to establish the new nation's • Economic strategy such as boycott of exported
government and policies, and to help settle the millions goods (swadeshi)
of Muslim migrants who had emigrated from the new 79. (d) Rabindranath Tagore was Asia's first Nobel
nation of India to Pakistan after the partition. He is Laureatewho won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913
revered in Pakistan as Quaid-i-Azam. for his creation of Gitanjali. The Jallianwala Bagh
74. (b) In 1928, the British government set up the Commission, Massacre happened in Amritsaron 13 April 1919 in
headed by Sir John Simon, to report on the political which Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer ordered
situation in India. The Indian political parties British, Indian Army soldiers to open fire on an
boycotted the Commission, because it did not include unarmed gathering of men, women and children.
a single Indian in its membership, and it met with Thousands of people were killed in this massacre.
country-wide protests. When the Commission visited Tagore renounced the knighthood that he had
Lahore on 30 October 1928, Lajpat Rai led silent march received in 1915.
in protest against it. The superintendent of police, 80. (c) The Indigo revolt of Bengal was directed against British
James A. Scott, ordered the police to lathicharge. He planters who forced peasants to take advances and
became seriously injured and died on 17 November sign fraudulent contracts which forced the peasants
1928.To take avenge of the death of Lala Lajpat Rai, to grow Indigo under terms which were the least
Bhagat Singh and his associates plotted the profitable to them. Digambar Biswas and Bishnu
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Biswas who organised the peasants into a counter 2. Farmers could use, sell, mortgage, bequeath, and
force to deal with the planters lathiyals (armed lease the land as long as they paid their taxes. In
retainers). In April 1860 all the cultivators of the Barasat other words Ryotwari system gave a proprietary
subdivision and in the districts of Pabna and Nadia right upon the landholders.
resorted to strike. They refused to sow any indigo. It 3. IF they did not pay taxes, they were evicted
led to the appointment of an Indigo Commission in 4. Taxes were only fixed in a temporary settlement
1860 by the government by which some of the abuses for a period of thirty years and then revised.
of Indigo cultivation was removed. 5. Government had retained the right to enhance land
81. (c) British did not adopt Free trade policy to exploit the revenue whenever it wanted
Indians economically. 6. Provided measures for revenue relief during
82. (a) The Indian Rebellion of 1857 began as a mutiny of famines but they were seldom applied in real life
sepoys of the East India Company's army on 10th May situation.
1857, in the cantonment of the town of Meerut. 90. (d) Ram Manohar Lohia- An Indian politician and activist
83. (b) For effective administration the vast territory of the who was a prominent figure in socialist politics and in
Rajya was divided as vassal states and provinces ruled the movement toward Indian independence. In 1934
directly by the king's direct representatives. While the Lohia became actively involved in the Congress
vassal states were administered by the Nayakas or Socialist Party (CSP), Lohia wrote his PhD thesis paper
Samantas, the territories directly under the king were on the topic of Salt Taxation in India,focusing on
called Rajyas, Mandalas and sometimes Chavadis. Gandhi's socio-economic theory. "Where caste
84. (b) Kitab-Ul-Hind was written by Al Biruni . Ibn Batuta is prevails, opportunity and ability are restricted to ever-
known for his extensive travels, accounts of which narrowing circles of the people",these words from Ram
were published in the Rihla . In 1332, Ibn Battuta Manohar truly project what he thought of ever existent
decided to go to India. He was greeted openheartedly caste system in India.
by the Sultan of Delhi. There he was given the job of a 91. (c) The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is a group of
judge. He stayed in India for a period of 8 years and states which are not formally aligned with or against
then left for China. any major power bloc. The organization was founded
85. (d) Ruin of Indian Feudalism was not a result of British in Belgrade in 1961.
colonial rule in India. The principles of The Non-Aligned movement were:
86. (a) Santhal Rebellion (January 3, 1856 ) was a native • Mutual respect for each other's territorial integrity
rebellion in present day Jharkhand in eastern India and sovereignty
against both the British colonial authority and upper • Mutual non-aggression
caste zamindari system by the Santalpeople. • Mutual non-interference in domestic affairs
The Indigo revolt (or Nilbidroha) was a peasant • Equality and mutual benefit
movement and subsequent uprising of indigo farmers • Peaceful co-existence
against the indigo planters that arose in Bengal in 1859. 92. (c) Governor General was the sole authority to decide and
Sanyasi means Ascetics and Sadhus. In this rebellion, confer such powers upon central and state legislature.
the Sanyasis or Fakirs including the Hindu and Muslim 93. (c) Mahmud Gawan was a prime minister in the Bahamani
ascetics stood up against the oppressive tax collection Sultanate of Deccan about twenty three years from
post Bengal famine of 1770. 1458 to 1481 A.D.
Birsa was an Indian tribal freedom fighter and a folk Gawan introduced the following administrative
hero, who belonged to the Munda tribe. (1875-1900) reforms:
87. (b) (i) The existing four provinces were divided into two
88. (b) Noncooperation movement, (September 1920-February each and created eight 'Tarafs'.
1922), was organized by Gandhiji to induce the British (ii) He reduced the powers of the governors of these
government of India to grant self-government, or 'Tarafs' (Provinces).
swaraj, to India. Noncooperation was agreed to by the (iii) In each of these eight 'Tarafs' some areas were
Indian National Congress at Calcutta in September kept reserve for the control of the Central
1920 and launched that December. The movement was Government and for their administrative control,
to be nonviolent and to consist of the resignations of officials were appointed by the Centre.
titles; the boycott of government educational (iv) Orders were issued by him for placing one fort in
institutions, the courts, government services, foreign each province under the charge of the governor
goods, and elections; and the eventual refusal to pay and others under the control of military
taxes. commanders appointed by the Sultan.
89. (d) The Ryotwari system, instituted in some parts of British (v) He put a check on the powers of the nobles.
India, was one of the two main systems used to collect (vi) He introduced a fair system of justice.
revenues from the cultivators of agricultural land. 94. (b)
Features of Ryotwari System 95. (d) Reforms of Raja Ram Mohan Roy:
1. Government claimed the property rights to all the • Crusaded against social evils like sati, polygamy
land, but allotted it to the cultivators on the and child marriage etc.
condition that they pay taxes. In other words, it • Demanded property inheritance rights for women.
established a direct relation between the • Supported induction of western learning into
landholder and the government. Indian education.
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He is best known for his efforts to abolish the practice 103. (b) This statement was made by Clement Attlee.He was a
of sati, the Hindu funeral practice in which the widow British Labour Partyleader and prime minister of Britain
was compelled to sacrifice herself on her husband's during the period of 1945-51.He was known for the
funeral pyre in some parts of the then Bengal. granting of independence to India.
96. (d) The proposed conditions of Gandhi-Irwin pact were 104. (b) The Pillar Edicts are divided into:
as follows: Major Rock Edicts: 14 Edicts (termed 1st to 14th) and
• Discontinuation of the civil disobedience 2 separate ones found in Odisha Minor Rock
movement by the Indian National Congress Inscriptions:
• Participation by the Indian National Congress in Minor Rock Edicts, the Queen's Edict, Barabar Caves
the Round Table Conference inscriptions and the Kandahar bilingual inscription.
In these Edicts there were three South Indian states
• Withdrawal of all ordinances issued by the British
described as Cholas, Pandayas, Cheras.
Government imposing curbs on the activities of
105. (b) Causes of the Revolution
the Indian National Congress • The end of medieval structures changed economic
• Withdrawal of all prosecutions relating to several relationships and allowed for change.
types of offenses except those involving violence • A higher population because of less disease and
• Release of prisoners arrested for participating in lower infant mortality allows for a larger industrial
the civil disobedience movement workforce.
• Removal of the tax on salt, which allowed the • The Agricultural Revolution frees people from the
Indians to produce, trade, and sell salt legally and soil, allowing - or driving - them into cities and
for their own private use manufacturing.
97. (c) Option c is correct answer. • Proportionally large amounts of spare capital were
98. (a) Kabir did not believe in idol worship. He was also available for investment.
against the performance of rituals and superstitions • Inventions and the scientific revolution allowed
or pilgrimage to the so-called holy places. for new technology to increase and cheapen
99. (c) production.
100. (b) First Battle of Panipat (1526) was fough between two • Colonial trade networks allowed the import of
mega-powers- Babur, then ruler of Kabul and Ibrahim materials and the export of manufactured goods.
Lodhi, king of Delhi Sultanate. It was fought near • The presence of all the required resources closed
Panipat (present day Haryana). Babur won the battle together, such as coal near iron.
and established the Mughal Empire.Second Battle of • Culture of hard work, risk taking and the
Panipat (1556) was fought between Akbar (Ruler of development of ideas.
Mughal Dynasty) and Muhammad Adil Shah (ruler of • Demand for goods.
106. (a) The Indian Penal code was drafted in 1860 on the
Pashtan Suri Dynasty), along with his Prime Minister
recommendations of first law commission of India
Hemu. Third Battle of Panipat (1761) was fought established in 1834 under the Charter Act of 1833 under
between the Afghans and the Marathas. The battle the Chairmanship of Thomas Babington Macaulay. It
lasted for two months which ultimately resulted in the came into force in British India in 1862. Indian Penal
defeat of Marathas and end of their dominance in India. Code (IPC) is the main criminal code of India. It is a
101. (b) The Civil Disobedience Movement was formed in the comprehensive code intended to cover all substantive
year 1930 and was one of the most important phases aspects of criminal law.
in the Indian National Movement. The main ideology 107. (c) The American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), was an
behind the Civil Disobedience Movement was to defy armed conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain
the laws made by the British. The British government and thirteen of its former North American colonies,
was pressurized by the Indian National Congress to which declared themselves the independent in 1776.
accept the Nehru Report (1928) as it is. The Calcutta 108. (a) The Fourth Anglo-Mysore War (1798-1799) was a war
Session of the INC held in 1928 warned the British in South India between the Kingdom of Mysore and
government that it would start a Civil Disobedience the British East India Company under the Earl of
Movement if India was not granted the dominion Mornington. In the battle, Tipu Sultan was shot and
status. 2nd March 1930 is remembered as one of the killed.
important days in Indian history as the Civil 109. (c) Vivekananda did not criticise his country men for
Disobedience Movement was launched on that day. having last touch with the outside world.
The launch triggered off with a Dandi Salt March where 110. (b) Lord Dalhousie was keen on annexing the kingdom of
the British Salt was broken. Awadh. But the task presented certain difficulties
102. (a) The Government created commissions and because the Nawab of Awadh had been a British ally
since the Battle of Buxar and had been most obedient
commissions on one another with an undeclared
to the British over the years. Lord Dalhousie hit upon
motive of creating mutual apprehensions and
the idea of alleviating the plight of the people of Awadh
mistrusts. It was the time when the top leaders including and accusing Nawab Wajid Ali on the ground of
Gandhi were failed to understand the political misgovernance and annexed his state in 1856.
implications of his extensions of support to the cause 111. (d) Doctrine of lapse, in Indian history, formula devised
of Khilafat. Practically, the leaders of Khilafat needed by Lord Dalhousie, governor-general of India (1848-
support of Gandhiji only for a defined particular 56), to deal with questions of succession to Hindu
purpose. Indian states.
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According to 'Doctrine of Lapse', if any ruler of a 123. (d) Jatakas are the stories that tell about the previous lives
protected state died without a natural heir, the states' of the Buddha, in both human and animal form.
authority will pass to the English East India Company. 124. (c) Mahavira was a teacher of the religion of Jainism. He
Annexation in the absence of a natural or adopted heir lived in India. His followers believed that he was the
was enforced in the cases of Satara (1848), Jaitpur and 24th in a line of great teachers. These teachers were
Sambalpur (1849), Baghat (1850), Chota Udaipur (1852), called tirthankaras.
Jhansi (1853), and Nagpur (1854). 125. (b) Gandhi's vision of a free India was not a nation-state
112. (c) The First Anglo-Maratha War (1775-1782) was fought but a confederation of self-governing, self-reliant, self-
between the British East India company and Maratha employed people living in village communities,
Empire in India. The war began with the Treaty of Surat deriving their right livelihood from the products of
their homesteads.
and ended with the Treaty of Salbai.
126. (b) As per the Permanent Settlement system, the
113. (d) Jean-Baptiste Colbert, founded the French East India Zamindars who formerly collected revenues were
Company in 1664 with the intention of rivalling the "recognized" as Landlords and the ownership of the
success of the English and the Dutch in India.Their Land was made hereditary. This means that now
trading company was heavily dependent on the French onwards there would be no auctioning. The son of
government. Zamindar would be a Zamindar.
114. (a) All statements are true. 127. (c) The British tried to curb Bengali influence on the
115. (c) Anizham Thirunal Veerabaala Marthanda Varma was nationalist movement and also introduced a new form
king of Travancore from 1729 until his death in 1758. of division based on religion to create challenges for
He was the only Indian King to beat the European the Indian National Congress, which was slowly
armed force at the 1741 Battle of Colachel against the becoming the main opponent to British rule.
Dutch. 128. (a) Dadabhai Naoroji was the first man to say that internal
116. (d) Nadir Shah, was the founder of the Afsharid dynasty. factors were not the reasons of poverty in India but
Nadir Shah led his army which consisted of 80,000 poverty was caused by the colonial rule that was
armymen. He placed 3,000 of his army men in the front draining the wealth and prosperity of India. In 1867,
as a clear line of defence against the Mughal army. Dadabhai Naoroji put forward the 'drain of wealth'
Nadir Shah advanced towards India in 1738. At the theory in which he stated that the Britain was
battle of Karnal on 13 February 1739, Muhammad Shah completely draining India. He mentioned this theory
was defeated and surrendered. The whole city of Delhi in his book Poverty and Un-British Rule in India.
was destroyed, looted, plundered and ruined by the 129. (b) In February March 1918, there was a situation of
army of Nadir Shah. Nadir Shah took with him the conflict between the Gujarat Mill owners and workers
on the question of Plague Bonus of 1917. The Mill
Peacock throne built by Shah Jahan. He also took the
Owners wanted to withdraw the bonus while the
legendary "Koh-i-noor" diamond.
workers demanded a 50% wage hike. The Mill Owners
117. (c) Privy Purse in India was a payment that was made to were willing to give only 20% wage hike. In March
the royal families of the formerprincely states of India. 1918, under the leadership of Gandhi, there was a strike
The Privy Purse was created as part of the agreements in the cotton mills. In this strike Gandhi used the
made by them to merge with Union of India in the year weapon of Hunger strike. The result was that the strike
1947. was successful and the workers got a 35% wage
118. (c) For the first time in 1934,the idea of a Constituent increase.
Assembly for India was put forward by M. N. Roy. 130. (a) The Champaran Satyagraha of 1917 was Mahatma
Under the cabinet mission plan of 1946, elections were Gandhi's first Satyagraha. The peasants (bhumihars)
held for the first time for constituent Assembly. The of the Champaran and other areas of North Bihar were
Constitution of India was drafted by the constituent growing the Indigo under the tinakathia system. Under
assembly and it was set up under the cabinet Mission the tinakathia system the peasants were bound to plant
plan on 16 May 1946. The members of the constituent 3 out of 20 parts of his land with indigo for his landlord.
assembly were elected by the Provincial assemblies One local peasant leader Rajkumar Shukla had invited
by method of single transferable vote system of Mahatma Gandhi to visit Champaran. The very
proportional representation. important outcome of the movement was the enactment
119. (c) Simon Commission was appointed under the of Champaran Agrarian Act assented by Governor
chairmanship of Sir John Simonin November 1927 by General of India on 1st May, 1918.
the British government to report on the working of 131. (c) The Viceregal Lodge, also known as Rashtrapati Niwas,
the Indian constitution established by the Government is located on the Observatory Hills of Shimla, Himachal
of India Act of 1919. The commission consisted of Pradesh,It was built during the regime of Lord Dufferin.
Its construction started in 1880 and was completed in
seven members. None of the Indians was appointed in 1888.The cabinet Mission 1946 was held in the The
the commission. Viceregal Lodge. The Planting of gardens were done
120. (d) The ironpillar near Qutub Minar highlights ancient by Marquis Lansdowne.
India's achievements in metallurgy. The pillar is made 132. (a) On the basis of the report submitted by Sir John Shore
of 98 per cent wrought iron and has stood 1,600 years Cornwallis introduced land revenue settlement for ten
without rusting or decomposing. years with Zamindars in 1789 but the same was made
121. (a) permanent in 1793 by the proclamation of Cornwallis
122. (b) Rig Vedic Aryans were not acquainted to the use of and it was known as Permanent Land Revenue
Iron. settlement.
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The basic features of the settlement were as follows: 145. (b) Triple Alliance consisted of British, Nizam and
1. The Zamindars were made hereditary owners of Marathas against Tipu sultan in 1791-92.
the land under their possession. They and their 146. (a) The Nizam-ul-Mulk of Hyderabad was a monarch of
successors exercised total control over lands. the Hyderabad State, did not support the revolt of
2. The Zamindars could sell and purchase lands. 1857.
3. The state had no direct contact with the peasants. 147. (d) The Theosophical Society was officially formed in New
4. The company's share in the revenue was fixed York City, United States, in November 1875 by Helena
permanently with the Zamindars. Petrovna Blavatsky, Henry Steel Olcott, William Quan
133. (d) Prarthana Samaj was founded by M.G. Ranade and Judge and others.
R.G. Bhandarkar in 1867 with an aim to make people 148. (d) Considered as Father of Indian National Movement;
believe in one God and worship only one God. The
Founded "Deccan Education Society" to impart quality
main reformers were the intellectuals who advocate
reforms of the social system of the Hindus. He never education to India's youth; was a member of the
demanded abolition of untouchability. Municipal Council of Pune, Bombay Legislature, and
134. (c) Ram Prasad Bismil was the famous freedom fighter an elected 'Fellow' of the Bombay University; formed
who was involved in the historic Kakori train robbery. Home Rule League in 1916 to attain the goal of Swaraj.
He was born in 1897 at Shahjahanpur,Uttar Pradesh. The Age of Consent Act, 1891 was a legislation enacted
On 9th August, 1925, Ram Prasad Bismil along with in British India on 19 March 1891 which raised the age
his fellow followers looted the money of the British of consent for sexual intercourse for all girls, married
government from the train while it was passing through or unmarried, from ten to twelve years in all
Kakori, Lucknow. Except Chandrashekhar Azad, all jurisdictions, its violation subject to criminal
other members of the group were arrested. Ram Prasad prosecution as rape.It was opposed by Hindu
Bismil along with others was given capital punishment. nationalists including Bal Gangadhar Tilak.
This great freedom fighter of India was executed on 149. (d) The site of Harappa was located on the banks of river
19th December, 1927. Ravi.
135. (c) The third Carnatik war- Treaty of Paris (1763) 150. (c) The Vernacular Press Act in 1878 was passed by Lord
The Third mysore war- Treaty of Srirangapatnam(1792) Lytton and repealed by Lord Ripon. The suppression
The first Maratha war- Treaty of salbai(1782) of Indian language newspapers under the Vernacular
The first Anglo sikh war- Treaty of Lahore (1846) Press Act of 1878 was caused by the Criticism of
136. (d) Kanishka, was the emperor of the Kushan dynasty in inhuman approach of English officials towards the
127-151 A.D;famous for his military, political, and victims of the famine of 1876-77 and the reactionary
spiritual achievements. Some of the scholars in the policy of Lytton.
Court of Kanishka were Parsva, Vasumitra, Asvaghosa, 151. (d) Factory act to improve the condition of Indian labour
Nagarjuna, Charaka and Mathara..
137. (d) Mansehra and Shahbazgadhi inscriptions of ashoka was not an initiativeof reforms of Dalhousie.It is
are written in Aramaic language, Kharoshthi script. associated with lord Ripon.
Shahbaz Garhi is an historic site located in Mardan 152. (d) Sir Thomas Roe was sent by James I in 1615. He
District in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan. reached Surat in September 1615 and proceeded to
Mansehra is located in Mansehra District, Khyber- Ajmer where Jahangir was. He remained at the court of
Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Jahangir from 1615 to 1618.Father Monserrate travelled
138. (c) During Jorwe culture, one can get archaeological with Akbar on his journey to Kashmir.
evidence of burial system at Daimabad. 153. (d) Industrial Revolution in its early phase (from 1760 c to
139. (c) 1850 c) was largely dependent for its success on
140. (a) organization of labour under factory system.
141. (d) Satara was first annexed by lord Dalhousie under the 154. (c) Ashtadhyayi, (Sanskrit grammar) written in the 6th to
Doctrine of lapse. The Doctrine of Lapse was an 5th century BCE by the Indian grammarian Panini
annexation policy purportedly devised by Lord 155. (c) The word Dhamma is the Prakrit version of the Sanskrit
Dalhousie, who was the Governor General for the East word Dharma. The scholars believe that the Dhamma
India Company in India between 1848 and 1856. By which Ashoka tried to propagate was not simply the
applying the doctrine of lapse, Dalhousie annexed the teachings of Buddhism, but it contained the noblest
States of Satara (1848 A.D.), Jaitpur (1849 A.D.), ideas of humanism which are the essence of all
Sambhalpur (1849 A.D.), Bahat (1850 A.D.), Udaipur religions.
(1852 A.D.), Jhansi (1853 A.D.), and Nagpur (1854 156. (b) Kutagarashala is a place where intellectual debates
A.D.). among Buddhist mendicants took place.
142. (d) Dholavira was known for water management.
157. (b) During the rule of Maurya Dynasty Silver and Copper
143. (c) Hieun Tsang was a Chinese Buddhist monk who visited
the kingdom of Harshvardhan and Kumar Bhaskar were used for minting coins.
Varma. 158. (d) His charges against the company were mainly
144. (d) The cabinet Mission plan for India envisaged a Union threefold. Firstly, that they strengthened the
of State. Cabinet Mission of 1946 to India aimed to fortification around the Fort William without any
discuss and plan for the transfer of power from the intimation and approval; secondly, that they grossly
British Government to Indian leadership, providing abused the trade privileges granted to them by the
India with independence. The mission consisted of Mughal rulers, which caused heavy loss of customs
Lord Pethick-Lawrence, the Secretary of State for India, duties for the government; and thirdly, that they gave
Sir Stafford Cripps. shelter to some of his officers, for example Krishnadas,
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son of Rajballav, who fled Dhaka after misappropriating 169. (b) Chalcolithic Cultures were the first to paint their
government funds. Hence, when the East India pottery.
Company started further enhancement of military 170. (d) The polity of the Harappan people as derived from the
preparedness at Fort William in Calcutta, Siraj asked material evidence was a theocratic-unitary.
them to stop. The Company did not heed his directives, 171. (d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak interpreted Gita as the scripture
so Siraj-ud Daulah retaliated and captured Kolkata of Karmayoga. Ram Manohar Lohia did not write any
(Shortly renamed as Alinagar) from the British in June commeutaries on Geeta.
1756. 172. (c) V.V GIRI was the fourth president of India from 24
159. (b) Gandhiji had full trust in their bonafides and considered August 1969 to 24 August 1974.He became president
them most valued and respected leaders. of the All India Trade Union Congress twice but was
160. (d) The Silk Route or Silk Road refers to a network of not the founding member of AITUC.
ancient trade routes connecting Asia, Europe and 173. (d) Sodium Cloride (Salt) was an important symbol in our
Africa. Extending more than 6,500 kms, the Silk Route struggle for freedom, because Mahatma Gandhi tried
was majorly used to transport Chinese Silk to Europe to break salt law by organizing dandi March.
through Central Asia from 2nd Century BC. The ancient 174. (a) The important occasion of Chandragupta Maurya's
Silk Road helped to integrated the old Chinese, Indian, reign was the forecast of a twelve years famine. At
Persian, Arabian, ancient Greek and Roman cultures that time Acharya Bhadrabahu was the head of the
and promoted the exchange of the Western and
Jain church. According to the Jain text Rajvaliya Katha,
Oriental civilizations. Half of the Silk Road, which
the king saw sixteen dreams. He requested Bhadrabahu
winded along between Xi'an to the east bank of the
Mediterranean, was located in Xinjiang. Xinjiang was to interpret the dreams. The latter explained all the
a place where the ancient Western and Oriental cultures dreams and according to the last one, he predicted a
met and many famous historical people visited. It was famine of twelve years. Chandragupta, who was a
the world's first information superhighway. follower of Bhadrabahu, gave up his throne. He finally
161. (c) Gulbadan Begum (daughter of Babur) was the author ended his life following the Jain fashion.
of Humayun Nama. 175. (b) Mahavira was not the founder and author of Jain
162. (d) Jajmani system is a socio-economic institution of the religion but simply a reformer. This sect of the
pre-industrial self-subsistent village economy. The Nirgranthas was an important sect at the rise of
term 'jajmani' is derived from a Vedic term 'Yajman' means Buddhism. This may be inferred from the fact that they
a patron who employs the services of a Brahmin for are frequently mentioned in the pitakas as opponents
the performance of sacrifices or other religious of Buddha and his disciples. This conclusion is further
ceremonies. The jajmani system is essentially based supported by another fact. Makkhali Gosala, a
on caste system. contemporary of Buddha and Mahavira divided
Advantages of jajmani system mankind into six classes, of these the third class
The occupation being hereditary, it provides security contained the Nirgranthas. Hence, statement II is not
of occupation to the kamin. the correct explanation of statement I.
It provides economic security as the 'jajman takes care 176. (b) Both statements are true however, statement II is not
of all the needs of kamin. the correct explanation of statement I.The Barabar
It strengthens the relationship between jajman and Caves are the oldest surviving rock-cut caves in India.
kamin(Praja), which is more personal than economic. They are located in the Bela Ganj Block of Gaya district,
163. (b) In Mughal period Cash crops were called jins-i-ala. Bihar. The caves were used by ascetics from the Ajivika
164. (c) Sufismismystical Islamic belief and practice in which sect. Lomas Rishi caves are the arch-like shape facade
Muslims seek to find the truth of divine love and of Lomas Rishi Caves, imitate the contemporary timber
knowledge through direct personal experience of God. architecture. Sudama caves were dedicated by
165. (a) The village headman became more important in Gupta Mauryan Emperor, Ashoka in 261 BC.
period and no land transaction could be effected 177. (b) Both the statements are true but statement II is not the
without the headman's consent. correct explanation of statement I.Gandhara School
166. (c) The responsibility for all finance and management of was based on Greco-Roman norms . It is also known
Jagir and Inam Lands rested with Wazir. as Graeco-Buddhist School of art. The Buddhist
167. (c) Kanishka was the first Indian ruler who has been sculpture produced by the Kushans in the Swat valley
shown in images as wearing a dress akin to trousers. was referred to as Gandharan, and was influenced by
168. (c) Shivaji trained his soldiers in the guerilla warfare. The Graeco-Roman elements . The ancient kingdoms of
guerilla warfare was very suitable in the geographical Udyana (Swat) and Gandhara (Peshawar ) were formed
location of most territories in Maharashtra. He believed by the Kushans, who were of Chinese origin and took
in the surprise attacks on the enemy, killed or looted it over the area in the first century BC . Under the king
and disappeared into the forest. which leveraged Kanishka, who ruled from around 100 AD, Buddhism
strategic factors like geography, speed, and surprise flourished in Gandhara; at one point there were 1,400
and focused pinpoint attacks to defeat his larger and monasteries in the lower Swat Valley alone.
more powerful enemies.Shivaji himself constructed 178. (a) In order to keep powerful people happy and to collect
about 15-20 new forts (including key sea forts like better revenue, Lord Cornwallis introduced the
Sindhudurg), but he also rebuilt or repaired many Permanent Settlement. As per permanent system, rajas
strategically placed forts to create a chain of 300 or and taluqdars were recognized as zamindars. The
more, stretched over a thousand kilometres across the zamindars were supposed to collect the land revenue
rugged crest of the Western Ghats. from the peasants.
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179. (b) Goshala Maskariputra was the founder of Ajivika 192. (d) India exported pearls, precious stones, cloth, perfumes,
Sect.He was the contemporary of Mahavir. and even spices, indigo, silver, tin, lead, silk and horses.
remained his companion before the enlightenment of 193. (b) Sher Shah did not introduce swiftly moving artillery.
Mahavira. Sher Shah effected many military reforms in order to
180. (a) Ziyarat is used to refer to a form of pilgrimage to sites save the country from foreign invasions and internal
associated with Muhammad and his family members revolt. With the object of organising the Army, Sher
and descendants. Sites of pilgrimage include mosques, Shah began to pay the soldiers their salary in cash;
graves, battlefields, mountains, and caves. maintained their respective roles; brandished the
181. (c) Sutanuti, Gobindapur and Kalikata, the three villages horses etc.
which were merged to form the city of Kolkata (formerly 194. (c) Rajtarangini was written by Kalhan(Kashnmiri
Calcutta) in India. Job Charnock, an administrator with Brahman) in Sanskriin 12th century CE.It records the
the British East India Company is traditionally credited heritage of Kashmir, but 120 verses of Rajtarangini
with the honour of founding the city. describe the misrule prevailing in Kashmir during the
182. (a) It is founded in 1916 by Begums Rokeya. It claimed to reign of King Kalash, son of King Ananta Deva of
represent the interests of all Muslim women.Besides Kashmir.
working for the social and educational uplift of 195. (d) Statement ll is correct because vaisyas and shudras
Muslimwomen the Anjuman's main contribution was refused to perform producing functions or pay taxes
to popularize a new style of burqa pattern on the which resulted in the weakening of Brahminical social
Turkish model. order.
183. (d) Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta, better known 196. (b)
simply as Ibn Battuta (1304-circa 1377 AD) was a Berber 197. (a) Both the statements are true and statement ll is correct
Muslim scholar and traveler, who was born in Tangier, explanation of statement l. The Russian revolution
Morocco. He travelled almost 30 years. In that period, inspired the involvement of Indian working class in
he covered nearly the entirety of the known Islamic the Non Cooperation movement.
world and beyond: from North Africa, West Africa, 198. (c) The Indian national movement was against the British
Southern Europe and Eastern Europe.
rule in India.It resulted in our Independence from the
184. (c) Malik Kafur was the slave general of Sultan Alauddin
Britishers but it did not resolve the tribal issues.
Khilji who had won for him the Deccan territories of
199. (a) Both statements are true and statement ll is correct
Warangal, Devgiri, Madura and Dwarasamudra, etc.
Malik Kafur was originally a Hindu slave who fell into explanation of statement I Britain ruined India's
the hands of the Muslims at Cambay after the conquest previous economy and industries as a result of Britain
of Gujarat. Alauddin's general Nusrat Khan had paid forcing them to import their goods from Britain and
1,000 dinars to buy him and that is why Malik Kafur is not buy their own goods from India. Industries such
also known as the "Hazardinari. as the handmade cloth industry, clock-making, metal,
185. (b) English began to fortify Calcutta as part of the and carpentry industries, fell because cloth was made
preparations of war with the French without the of better quality for cheaper in Britain because of mass
permission of the Nawab. Siraj-ud-Daula asked both production.
the French and the English to pull down their 200. (a) The poems belonging to the Sangam literature were
fortifications and considered them an attack on the composed by Tamil poets.
Nawab’s sovereignty. The French Company complied 201. (b) Karaikal Ammaiyar was one of the three women
but the English refused to obey the orders. amongst the sixty three Nayanmars, and was one of
186. (a) The highly polished monolithic Ashoka pillar usually the greatest figures of early Tamil literature.
with small black spots were quarried from the Chunar 202. (c) Young Benga Movement was launched under the
in Mirzapur district of U.P. influence of a radical teacher Derezio. It was very radical
187. (a) Varahamihira was an Indian astronomer, mathematician, movement.
and astrologer who lived in Ujjain. He wrote Brihat 203. (d) The word Swarajya was first coined by Bal Gangadhar
Samhita which covers astrology, planetary movements, Tilak. He is known for his quote "Swarajya is my
eclipses, rainfall, clouds. birthright, and I shall have it!"
188. (b) In his book the “Rise of Marathas” M.G. Ramade 204. (c) The term Satyagraha was coined by Gandhi Ji.He used
explained about Maratha rule and its polity. it in South Africa for Indian rights. And in India it was
189. (b) The causes of the success of American revolution first experimented in Champaran District of Bihar.
include spirit of freedom of American people and less 205. (b) A guillotine is an apparatus designed for carrying out
knowledge about American continent by the Britishers executions by beheading. The device is best known
etc. for its use in France, in particular during the French
190. (c) Above statement was made in the context of Quit India Revolution.
Movement by the Britishers. 206. (b) The Tea Party was the culmination of a resistance
191. (c) Mansabdari was a system of army and civil services movement throughout British America against the Tea
introduced by Akbar in place of the Jagirdari system. Act, which had been passed by the British Parliament
The 'Mansab' is an Arabic word meaning rank or in 1773. The Boston Tea Party was a political protest
position or status of a person. During the early reign by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, on December 16,
of Akbar, the lowest grade was ten and the highest 1773. The demonstrators destroyed an entire shipment
was 5000. Akbar introduced the rank of 'Zat' and 'Sawar' of tea sent by the East India Company, in defiance of
in the Mansabdari system. the Tea Act of May 10, 1773.
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207. (b) The Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed by Mahatma 220. (c) The first session of INC was held in Bombay. Womesh
Gandhi and Lord Irwin on 5 March 1931 before the Chandra Bonnerjee was the first President of the INC.
second Round Table Conference in London.One of It was held from 28-31 December 1885, and was
the proposed conditions is Discontinuation of the civil attended by 72 delegates.
disobedience movement by the Indian National 221. (d) Ignatius of Loyola founded the society.He composed
Congress. the Spiritual Exercises to help others follow the
208. (a) Rishabha- 1st Tirthankara out of 24. Parshvanatha- teachings of Jesus Christ.
23rd tirthankara. Mahavira 24th tirthankara 222. (b) The Theosophical Society was officially formed by
209. (a) Sher Shah divided the entire Kingdom in 47 divisions Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Henry Steel Olcott, William
and called them "Sarkars". These Sarkars were divided
Quan Judge in New York in November 1875. Allan
into Parganas. Every Pargana was under a Shikqdar,
who looked into the law and order of his Pargana. Octavian Hume was one of the founders of the Indian
210. (b) University of Nalanda was set up by Gupta king National Congress.
Kumargupta I. 223. (d) At the outbreak of the World War II, the Viceroy
211. (d) The Fourth Buddhist Council was held at Kundalvana, proclaimed India's involvement without prior
Kashmir in 72 AD under the patronage of Kushan king consultations with the main political parties. When
Kanishka and the president of this council was Congress demanded an immediate transfer of power
Vasumitra, with Asvaghosa as his deputy. This council in return for cooperation of the war efforts, the British
distinctly divided the Buddhism into 2 sects- Mahayan government refused. As a result Congress resigned
& Hinayan. from power in all the provinces.
212. (a) Bhoga included taxes of fruits, wood, foodgrains etc 224. (b) The Kanchi Kailasanathar temple is dedicated to the
to the king. They were collected by hereditary chiefs. Lord Shiva. It is the oldest structure in Kanchipuram,
213. (d) According to Angunttara Nikaya(Budhist text) and located in Tamil Nadu.'Lingaraj' temple is dedicated to
Bhagavati sutra (jain text) there were 16 mahajanapadas Lord Shiva. It is also said that the temple was
in ancient India. constructed by Jajati Keshari, the SomaVanshi King.It
214. (c) The Battle of Buxar was fought between British East is located in Bhubaneswar, Orissa. Kandariya Mahadev
India Company and the combined forces of Mir Qasim, Temple is located in Khajuraho in Madhya Pradesh,
the Nawab of Bengal, Shuja-ud-Daulah, the Nawab of Khajuraho was once the religious capital of the
Awadh and Shah Alam II, the Mughal Emperor on 23rd
Chandela Rajputs. Dilwara Jain Templesare located at
October, 1764. Shah Alam II, signed the Treaty of
Allahabad that secured Diwani Rights for the Mount Abu,Rajasthan and were built by Vastupal
Company to collect and manage the revenues of almost Tejpal.These temples were built between 11th to 13th
100,000,000 acres (400,000 km2) of real estate, which century AD. Dilwara Temple complex consists of five
helped establish the English rule. major sections or temples devoted to five Jain
215. (d) The mode of worship was worship of the elements like trithankaras(saints): Shri Mahaveer Swami Temple, Shri
fire and rivers, worship of heroic gods like Indra, ParshavNath Temple, Shri Rishabdaoji Temple, Shri
chanting of hymns and performance of sacrifices. They NemiNathJi Temple.
were not associated with temples. 225. (a) The widespread availability of coal and iron was a
216. (c) Ashoka's only inscribed stone portrait was found at significant factor in Europe's Industrial Revolution of
kanaganahalli, near Bhima river In Gulbarg district, the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
Karnataka. 226. (c) Brihadeshwara Temple (Raja Rajeswara Temple) was
217. (a) Hind Swaraj- Gandhi ji's views on Indian Home Rule builtby emperor Raja Raja Chola I in 1010 AD.
My Experience with Truth- Autobiography of Gandhiji Meenakshi Temple located on the southern bank of
He deployed satyagraha in the Indian independence the Vaigai River ( Madurai, Tamil Nadu). It is dedicated
movement and also during his earlier struggles in South to Parvati known as Meenakshi.Srirangam temple is
Africa for Indian rights and social Justice. one of the most illustrious Vaishnava temples in South
Bhagavad Gita- Spiritual Lives of Common people. India located on an island on the bank of Cauvery
218. (d) He was not supporter of Indian national Congress.He
river.The Durga temple is located in Aihole, Karnataka.
was one of those early pioneers who recognized the
critical role of education for the empowerment of the It was built by Chalukyas between the 7th and the 8th
poor and backward Muslim community. In more than century.
one ways, Sir Syed was one of the greatest social 227. (d) Al-Biruni wrote the book Kitab-Al-Hind in 11th century
reformers and a great national builder of modern India. in Turkish language.Ibn Batuta is known for his
So with the aim of promoting social and Economic extensive travels, accounts of which were published
development of Indian Muslim community, Syed in the Rihla (lit. "Journey"). Over a period of thirty
Ahmad Khan founded the Muhammadan Anglo years, Ibn Battuta visited most of the known Islamic
Oriental College (Now Aligarh Muslim University) in world as well as many non-Muslim lands.Gulbadan
1875. Begum, the daughter of Mughal emperor Babar, wrote
219. (a) B G Tilak setup the Home Rule League at the Bombay the Humayun Nama, the account of the life of her half-
Provincial conference held at Belgaum in April 1916. brother, Humayun. Abdul Hamid Lahori a court
Narasimha Chintaman Kelkar (N. C. Kelkar) was historian of Shah Jahan wrote the book Padshahnama
associated with Shikshana Prasarak Mandali in Pune also referred as Badshahnama. In this book Shah
established in 1904 Jahan's first twenty years of reign were described.
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228. (c) Rajatarangini points out that the scarcity of rice 'Precepts of Jesus' in which he tried to separate the
invariably resulted in disastrous famine. This clearly moral and philosophic message of the New Testament,
proves that rice was the principal food of the people which he praised, from its miracle stories.
and Utpala Saka was a kind of wildgrowing herb of 240. (b) The first steps in giving a modern education to girls
bitter taste generally taken by common people. were taken by the missionaries in 1821, but these efforts
Kalhana's Rajatarangini is the most famous historical were marred by the emphasis on Christian religious
poem which records the oldest and fullest history of education. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was born on
the legendary kings of Kashmir as well as gives 26th September, 1820.
accounts of the Kashmiri kings of the historical period. 241. (a) The annexation of Awadh by Lord Dalhousie on the
Harshvardhan introduced a general dress befitting a pretext of maladministration left thousands of nobles,
king which includes a long coat. officials, retainers and soldiers jobless. Moreover, the
229. (d) annexation of Awadh adversely affected the sepoy's
230. (a) Peasant Communities were heterogeneous group on purse. He had to pay higher taxes on the land his family
the basis of caste and other caste like distinctions. held in Awadh.
231. (a) The Ghadar Party was an organization founded by 242. (c) Even though monotheism characterizes some of the
Punjabi Indians in the United States and Canada with hymns of Rig Veda, naturalistic polytheism and
the aim of securing India's independence from British monism can be discerned in the religion of the hymns
rule. After the outbreak of World War I, Ghadar party of Rig Veda. Like the rigvedic Aryans the ancient
members returned to Punjab to agitate for rebellion Iranians worshipped gods like Mitr,Vayu and
alongside the Babbar Akali Movement. Verutraghna. They also wore the scared thread and
232. (a) The ruins were brought to light by an engineer and worshipped fire etc. Initially sacrifices were simple,
antiquarian named Colonel Colin Mackenzie (Surveyor house hold duties performed by the oldest male
General of India) in 1800 AD. member of the house yajmana who acted as priest
233. (a) Rubber plantation in Vietnam was owned and and the oldest female member. yajmana patni(wife of
controlled by French and a small Vietnamese elite. the householder) who assisted in the act. The
agnihotra was a simple domestic sacrifice to be
234. (d) Most of the South Indians participated in the movement
performed daily by the head of a Dvija household in
except Karnataka which remained unaffected.
the morning and the evening. Other involved the
235. (a) Sutanuti was one of the three villages which were
participation of many different ritual specialists along
merged to form the city of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta)
with their assistants.
in India. Job Charnock, an administrator with the British 243. (c) MarthandaVarma is written by C.V. Raman Pillai which
East India Company is traditionally credited with the was published in 1891. It is presented as a historical
honour of founding the city. Fort William was romance recounting the history of Venad (Travancore)
established to protect the East India Company's trade during the final period of Rajah Rama Varma's reign
in the city of Calcutta, the principal town of the Bengal and subsequently to the accession of Marthanda
Presidency. In 1756, with the possibility of conflict Varma.
with Frenchforces, the British began building up the 244. (a) In 1893,Mahatma Gandhi accepted an offer from a firm
fort's strengths and defences. of Muslims to represent them legally in Pretoria,
236. (a) capital of Transvaal in the Union of South Africa. They
237. (c) Canonical texts are those that are linked to Gautama were actively involved in Gandhian political
Buddha in one way or another. Canonical texts movements in South Africa. Gandhi led a campaign in
comprise three different kind of texts - the sutras Cape Town against the ordinance on compulsory
(discourses), vinaya (discipline) and abhidharma registration and passes for Indians.
(analytical texts),together they are called the 'Three 245. (d) Educated muslims were the editors of Comrade,
Baskets' or Tipitaka (in Pali language) and Tripitaka Hamdard,Zamindar and Al Hilal. Maulana Mohammad
(in Sanskrit). Ali Jauhar launched the Urdu weekly Hamdard and in
238. (b) Basavanna was an Indian philosopher, statesman, English The Comrade in 1911. The founding editor of
Kannada poet and a social reformer in Karnataka. He this newspaper was Zafar Ali Khan, a poet, intellectual,
fought against the practice of the caste system which writer, Muslim nationalist and supporter of All India
discriminated against people based on their birth, Muslim League's Pakistan Movement. The Al-Hilal
gender and other rituals in Hinduism. Basava used was a weekly Urdu language newspaper established
Ishtalinga, an image of the Siva Linga, to eradicate by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.
untouchability, to establish equality among all human 246. (a)
beings and as a means to attain spiritual enlightenment. 247. (c) Marthanda Varma was king of Travancore from 1729
Lingayats worshipped Shiva in the form of linga to 1758.The Travancore-Dutch War was fought
universal God or Ishtalinga. between the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and
239. (b) In 1809, he wrote his famous work 'Gift to Monotheists' the Indian kingdom of Travancore, culminating in the
in Persian, in which he put forward weighty arguments Battle of Colachel in 1741.Travancore became the
against belief in many gods and for the worship of a second most prosperous princely state in British India
single God. Ram Mohan Roy insisted on applying with reputed achievements in education, political
rationalism to Christianity too, particularly to the administration, public work and social reforms.
elements of blind faith in it. In 1820, he published his 248. (d) Individual freedom is not central tenet of Socialism.
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249. (c) The immediate cause of the rebellion was the 259. (c) Steel mill - State
restrictions, imposed on the pilgrims visiting the holy Kalinganagar - Odisha
places. The Sanyasis raided the English factories and Vijayanagar - Karnataka
collected contributions from the towns, leading to a Salem - Tamil Nadu
series of conflicts between the large bands of Durgapur - West Bengal
Sanyasis and the British forces. The rebellion started 260. (c) Alauddin Khalji was the second ruler of khalji dynasty
1750 onwards but took a violent turn since 1773 when (1296-1316 reigning period). He is famous for market
Warren Hastings assumed as the Governor-General reforms and price control. Actually he did so for
of Bengal. In 1773,he issued a proclamation banishing maintaining a large army. By controlling the items price,
all sannyasis from Bengal and Bihar. he became able to pay salary to soldiers.
250. (c) 251. (b) 261. (a) Mihrab - Direction towards the Kaba for prayer.
252. (a) Nawab Mohammed Abdul Ail(Prince of Arcot) is a Mimbar - Stepped pulpit
patron of music,art and literature. The musical trinity Khutba - Sermon
consists of Dikshitar, Tyagaraja and Syama Sastri Kibla - Arch
although, unlike the Telugu compositions of the 262. (a) Person Work
others, his compositions are predominantly in Uddanda - Mallikamaruta
Sanskrit. He also had composed some of his Kritis in Sayana - Sudhanidhi
Manipravalam. Yadavaprakasa - Vaijayanti
253. (a) About 30 British portrait painters trained in oil Bhavabhuti - Malatimadhava
paintings and 28 miniaturists travelled to India 263. (a) Ibn Battuta (1304-1377) was a Muslim scholar and
between 1770 and 1825 in search of commissions. traveller. He was born in Morocco. The book, Rihla is
Amongst the earliest European artists who visited account of his travelling throughout his life in different
India were John Zoffany, William Hodges, tilly Kettle, countries.
William and Thomas Daniells, Emily Eden and others. 264. (d) Surdas (1479-1586) was a saint, poet and musician,
254. (a) S.A Dange- The Socialist famous for devotional songs for Lord krishna, Sur
Muzaffar Ahmad- Navayug Sagar is a great composition (a poetic work) and two
Ghulam Hussian- Inquilab other works - Sur Sarawali and Sahitya Lahiri.
M. Singaravelu- Labour- Kisan Gazette 265. (c) Akbar (1556-1605) took interest in paintings. His court
255. (c) After Russian Revolution many left groups and trade had some famous painters as - Daswanth, Abdus
unions were formed in India on the ideologies of Samad, Basawan and Mir Sayyid Ali etc.
Marxism or communism. Labour Swaraj Party, 266. (c) Chhatrapati Shivaji (1630-1680) had two heirs for
Congress Labour Party, KirtiKisan Party, Labour Kisan throne. The eldest son Sambhaji was irresponsible
Party of Hindustan were based on communism person, towards subjects. So younger son Rajaram
ideology. By 1928, all these provincial parties were was crowned.
knitted into an all India organization named Workers 267. (a) Author Work
and Peasants Party (WPP). Somadeva - Kathasaritsagara
256. (b) The British became the major power in the Indian sub- Kalidasa - Malavikagnimitra
continent after the Treaty of Paris (1763)and began to Bhasa - Svapnavasavasdatta
show interest in Afghanistan as early as their 1809 Bilhana - Chaurapanchasika
treaty with Shuja Shah Durrani. It was the threat of 268. (d) Patanjali (2nd BC), an author of a commentary on
the expanding Russian Empire beginning to push for Panini's Ashtadhyayi was a great philosopher. He
an advantage in the Afghanistan region that placed compiled a famous book - Yogashutra.
pressure on British India, in what became known as 269. (c) King Region
the "Great Game". The Great Game set in motion the Shashanka - Bengal
confrontation of the British and Russian empires, Kharavela - Orissa
whose spheres of influence moved steadily closer to Simuka - Maharashtra
one another until they met in Afghanistan. Bhaskara - Assam
257. (b) River Tungabhadra was the lifeline of Vijayanagar 270. (c) Yaudheyas were related with Johiya Kshatriyas
Kingdom. It provided sustenance to the empire. residing near Muttan (Presently in Pakistan).
258. (b) Niccolo de conti(Venetian merchant ), Abdur 271. (d) Dandin (8th century), a Sanskrit grammarian was a
Razzaq(Persia), Afanacy Nikitin(Russian merchant ) great writer and poet. His works are related with prose
and Fernao Nuniz(Portuguese traveller) visited romance. His book Dashakumaracharita is a
Vijaynagar empire. composition of tale of ten princes.
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272. (a) The Governor General of India, Waren Hasting 285. (d)
(1772-1774) proposed a judicial plan - 286. (b) In medieval India, Iqta was a type of land revenue.
(i) Each district will have a civil and criminal court.
287. (c)
(ii) The judges will be assisted by native experts in Hindu
and Islamic laws. 288. (c) The temple of Hazara Rama belongs to Vijaynagara
273. (c) Indian National Congress was established on 28 Kingdom. It was built in the 15th century. by Devaraya II.
December, 1885 by A.O. Hume, a British Civil Servant 289. (a) Votive inscriptions (2nd century BC) describes about
to create a platform for civil and political discussion. offerings given to super natural forces to get their
Womesh Chander Benerji (1844 –1906), the president favour.
of Indian National Congress, presided over the first 290. (c) The Gupta coinage started with a remarkable series in
session of the Indian National Congress held at Gold issued by Chandragupta I, the third ruler of the
Bombay in 1885. dynasty.
274. (b) Jyotirao Phule (11 April 1827- 28 Nov 1890) on social 291. (a) An Agrahara is the name given to the Brahmin quarter
reformer, writer and theologist organised an of a heterogenous village or to any village inhabited
organisation - Satyashodhak Samaj Movement, He by Brahmins.
opined that Brahmins are descendent of alien Aryans.
292. (b) The primary product of PM's 'Pradhan Mantri Mudra
275. (d) Maulvi Ahmadullah Shah was a talukdar in Faizabad
Yojana' will be providing refinance for lending to micro
(UP). His talook was confiscated by the British
businesses. The interventions have been named
government. He was an important character in the
'Shishu', 'Kishor', and ' Tarun' to signify the stage of
battle of 1857. He was famous as Danka shah in public.
growth/development.
He took part in the battle of Chinhat. He fought in the
famous Battle of Chinhat in which the British forces 293. (b) According to Prayag Prashasti, Samudragupta was a
under Henry Lawrence were defeated great warrior as well as a great musician and poet.
276. (d) Binodini Dasi (1862-1941) was a renowned actress in 294. (c) Kamandaka's Nitisara is related to the subjects like
Kolkata. Her autobiography- Amarkatha was political science, etc.
published in 1913, this book reveals the contemporary 295. (a) The Lilavati is India Mathematician Bhaskara - II's
sketch of Bengali society. treatise on mathematics, written in 1150.
277. (a) Olympe de Gouges (7 May 1748 - 3 Nov 1793), a 296. (a) The followers of Guru Gorakshanath (also known as
French playwright and political activist, was famous Gorakhnath) were called 'yogis' (Jogis).
for writing in favour of rights of women. She opposed
297. (a) Satpura Thermal Power Plant is located in Betul district
male dominant society.
of Madhya Pradesh, India.
278. (a) Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule is a book written by Dhuvaran Thermal Power Station is a 220 MW coal
Mahatma Gandhi in which he expresses his views on plant in Gujarat state, India, owned by Gujarat State
Swaraj, modern civilisation, Religion, Nationality, Electricity Corporation.
Patriotism, Unity etc. Tanakpur Hydro Power Plant India is located at
279. (a) Amalananda Ghosh was the first archaeologist to Tanakpur near Banbassa, District Champawat,
identify similarities between a pre-harappan culture Uttarakhand, India.
and the mature Harappan culture. Dabhol Power Station is located at Ratnagiri district in
280. (b) Kailasanatha Temple at Ellora and the Shore temple at Maharashtra, India, about 160 kilometres south of
Mamallapuram are carved out from solid rocks. Mumbai.
281. (c) 'The deeds of Hamza" and 'The deeds of Babar' are not 298. (a) Sources of the 17th century refer to two kinds of
depicted in the Rajput Paintings. peasants, Khud-Kashta and Pahi-Kashta. Khud-
Kashta were the resident of the village in which they
282. (c) Tantraloka was written by Abhinavagupta. Which
held their land. Pahi-Kashta were nonresident
presents the teachings of the Kula and Trika systems.
cultivators, who belonged to some other villages, but
283. (b) The inscriptions on the pillar at Rummindei give vivid cultivated land elsewhere on contractual basis. They
details of Ashoka's conversion and the Nigalisagar worked under the temptation of favourable terms of
inscription records the fact that Ashoka had visited revenue or the compulsion of economic distress.
the Kongamana stupa. 299. (c) Zamindars during the Mughal era were petty
284. (c) Gaoseng Faxian Zhuan a Chinese Buddist monk (5th landholders in the villages, descendants of old ruling
Century) wrote a travelogue describing contemperary families who retained small portions of their ancestral
Buddist effect over Indian society. lands. They generally made collection from the
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individual peasants at rates fixed by custom or by information have confirmed the Indian origin of the
themselves and paid a fixed tax to the Government. Romas. Studies have supported the hypothesis that
The difference between his collections and the amount Romani shared a common origin with the Indo-Aryan
he paid to the state was his personal income. Thus languages of Northern India.ashtra because of prompt
Zamindars became exploitative. Due to this exploitative suppression by the British. In 1879, the Agriculturists
nature they did not receive any support of the Relief Act was passed which ensured that the farmers
peasantry in a large number of agrarian uprisings in could not be arrested and imprisoned if they were
North India in the seventeenth century. unable to pay their debts.
300. (c) King Ashoka never abolished capital punishment. 307. (b) Upari refers to peasants who cultivated the rented
Asoka adopted Buddhism in 9th year of his reign after lands in villages.
winning Kalinga. He was inspired by Nigrodha, a boy 308. (c) It was a water powered spinning frame device used for
monk. Later, he came in contact with Moggaliputta production of threads.
Tissa. Later his brother Tissa, queen Karuvaki also 309. (a) Food,clothing,housing and transportation were the
adopted Buddhism. In the Bhabru edict Asoka says four great needs of the people as identified by the
that he has full faith in Buddha, Sangha and Dhamma. Guomindang.
301. (b) Documents belonging to village panchayats from 310. (d) The earlier name of Tokyo was Edo which literally
Western India, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra means estuary. In 1868 the name was changed to
tell us about the wives protested against the infidelity Tokyo.
of their husbands or the neglect of the wife and children 311. (b) Silappadikaram refers to the existence of Jaina
by the male head of the household. monasteries near city boundaries of Madurai. It also
The protesting women through these record petitions mentioned Kovalan and Kannagi's-the central
sent to the village panchayat asked for redressal and characters inclination towards the Jaina Path. Kavundi
justice. who accompanied them to Madurai was a Jaina
302. (a) The correct combination is, Bhikshuni.
Sumit Sarkar- The Swadeshi Movement in Bengal, 1903- 312. (b) Rakshasa vivah is marriage by capture or forceful
1908 abduction of bride.
Shahid Amin- Event, Metaphor, Memory: Chauri 313. (c) Although the basic town planning in Harappan cities
Chaura, 1922-1992 were followed but there were some significant
Ranajit Guha- A Rule of property for Bengal departures from the established norms. Like Banwali
Bipan Chandra- The Rise and Growth of Economic which is one of the towns of Harappan civilization,
Nationalism in India lacked the gridiron pattern of planning and the roads
303. (d) Most prominent form of Shiva in the Brihadeshvara were neither always straight nor do they necessarily
temple is Tripurantaka. Shiva's Tripurantaka form in cut each other at right angles.
different postures is depicted in sculptures. Standardized ratio of Brick size was the common feature
304. (b) Shankara founded the Sringeri, Puri, Badrikashrama of all Harappan cities.
314. (c) Ilregional intergovernmentalbert bill was introduced
and Dwaraka mathas at the four corners of the country.
in 1883 by Viceroy Ripon, to allow Indian judges and
305. (d) The Deccan uprising began at Supa village in the
magistrates the jurisdiction to try British offenders in
district of Poona. The farmers attacked places where
criminal cases. After opposition from Europeans in
many moneylenders and sahukars lived and burnt
Britain as well as India, the bill was withdrawn and
account books and looted grain shops. The farmers'
reintroduced after amendment saying that a jury of
main motive was to destroy the account books of the
50% Europeans was required if an Indian judge was
moneylenders.
to face a European.
The riots did not spread to the whole of Mahar
315. (d) Swaraj movement was initiated by Mahatma Gandhi
306. (b) It is believed that Gypsies or Romani people in Europe
which emphasized on self-rule or self-governance and
are of Indian descent. Romas are believed to be
referred to Gandhi’s concept Indian independence
descendants of specific groups from north-west India, from British rule. The movement had two meanings,
They are known differently as Tsigan in Russia, political and non-political. It was political in the sense
Bulgaria and Romania, Gitano in Spain, Tshingan in that it opposed being ruled by foreigners, and non-
Turkey and Greece, Zigeuner in Germany, Tsyiganes political in the sense that every person has right to be
or Manus in France, Tatara in Sweden, and Gypsies in ruled by himself or herself. Swaraj is a virtue which
Great Britain. Both linguistic evidence and genetic need time and patience to achieve.
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316. (c) Gandhi’s autobiography “My Experiments With 323. (a) In the first half of the 19th century Industrial
Truth,” mentions the Pranami sect and according to Revolution, poor nutrition, poor sanitation, lack of
him, the sect derived the best of both the Quran and proper medical care resulted in poor public health for
the Gita. Gandhi had interest in theosophy, and the majority of English people, including workers. In
studied books by theosophists such as Madame 1849, 10,000 workers died of cholera in Manchester.
Blavatsky and Annie Besant. Gandhi’s ideas were The average life span was 25 years or below.
close to Romanticism. He admired writings of poet 324. (c) George Washington was appointed as Commander in
William Wordsworth as they advocated nonviolence. Chief of the Continental Army at the Second
317. (b) Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) Continental Congress on June 19, 1775. He assumed
was formed in November 15, 1920, for the management the office of the Continental Army in Cambridge on
of gurudwaras, Sikh places of worship in three states July 3, 1775. He resigned as Commander in Chief on
of Punjab, Haryana, and Himachal Pradesh and union December 23, 1783.
territory of Chandigarh. Shiromani Akali Dal began a 325. (a) Alexander Fyodoravich Kerensky served as head of
non-violent struggle against the British government the Russian Provisional government from July 17 to
for the control of the Gurdwaras. Jathas are separate October 17. Kerensky was eventually overthrown by
and independent religious orders that was formed to the Bolsheviks during the October Revolution. He
gain control over local gurdwaras. was forced to leave Russia and lived in exite until his
318. (b) Mahatma Gandhi gave his speech at the opening of death.
Banaras Hindu University in 1915 where he highlighted 326. (b) The Coercive Acts included a series of laws passed
his concerns over rich people’s lack of concern for by the British Parliament in 1774, including Boston
the poor and role of farmers. He said that farmers play Port Act, the Massachusetts Government Act, the
an important role in the society and acts as saviour Administration of Justice Act, and the Quartering Act of
for others. 1774, which were meant to punish American colonies
319. (a) Rowlatt Act, passed by Imperial Legislative Council for throwing a large tea shipment into Boston Harbor.
in Delhi on March 18, 1919, allowed certain political The Stamp Act of 1765 was passed by Parliament of
cases to be tried without juries and permitted arrest Great Britain to impose a direct tax on the colonies
of suspects without trial. Salt March (Dandi March), of British America. It was later repealed on March 18,
initiated by Mahatma Gandhi on March 12, 1930, 1766 after protest.
against British Salt Tax. Chauri Chaura incident 327. (c) The Poona Pact was an agreement between Dr.
(February 4,1922) involved clash between police and Babasaheb Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi signed
Indian protestors in British India. Second Round Table on 24 September 1932 at Yerwada Central
conference (1931) was held to discuss constitutional Jail in Pune, India, which asserted that there will be a
reforms. single Hindu electorate, with scheduled castes having
320. (d) Salt March (March 12, 1930) was initiated by Mahatma seats reserved within it. The Communal Award was
Gandhi against British Salt Tax and to promote salt made by the British Prime Minister Ramsay
production from sea water. The movement was widely MacDonald on 16 August 1932 allowing separate
covered by Indian, European, and American electorates in India, and it was supported by
newspapers and also saw participation of large number Ambedkar.
of women. The event shook the British, and for the 328. (d) All India Depressed Classes Association was formed
first time, they realized the power of Indians. In 1926 by M.C. Rajah for the welfare of depressed
321. (b) Arya Samaj, an Indian religious movement based on classes. Ambedkar did not attend the association and
Vedas and founded by Dayananda Saraswati on April was elected one of its vice-presidents.
7, 1875, was based in Punjab and western Uttar
Ambedkar became the President of the first All India
Pradesh states like, Aligarh, Varanasi, etc. It was
Depressed Classes Congress in 1930.
against caste system and advocated equality of men
329. (d) The Justice Party, a political party formed in
and women. Brahmo Samaj, founded by Raja
the Madras Presidency of British India in 1917 by T.
Rammohan Roy, was limited since it was popular only
M. Nair and P. Theagaraya Chetty to demand more
among elite and educated society.
representation for non-Brahmins in government. After
322. (c) The book A Comparison between Women and Men is
negotiations between Justice Party, Congress and the
written by Tarabai Shinde. It highlights the history of
British Government, 28 (3 urban and 25 rural) of the 63
women and gender relations in colonial India and also
general seats were reserved for non-Brahmins. In 1920,
explores changes in colonial society and their
Justice Party won 63 of the 98 seats.
implications for women.
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330. (b) The Ryotwari, a system to collect revenues from the 342. (a) Harsha was first responsible for the compilation of
cultivators of agricultural land, was initiated by ‘Nibandhas’ or digests of epic and Puranic texts.
Alexander Reed in Baramahal in 1792 and was 343. (a) Tamil epic Silappadikaram is an encyclopaedia of art
continued by Thomas Munro in Madras, Bombay, and music of the ancient Tamils. Ilango Adikal, author
parts of Assam and Coorgh provinces of British India. of Silappadikaram has described in detail the two great
Ryotwari was better than Zamindari System. rivers Kaveri and Vaigai that run through Choza and
331. (c) is the correct answer. Pandyan territories.
332. (a) is the correct answer. 344. (c) Harappan Culture doesn’t marks the earliest known
333. (a) Peasants of a remote and decrepit village, Phulaguri, use of iron as a medium for the art of sculpting.
345. (b) Bhaskaravarman belonged to Varman dynasty of
in central Assam’s Nagaon district had dealt the first
Assam. He is known for his alliance with
blow to the British in the Northeast in 1861. The revolt,
Harshavardhana against Shashanka, the first major
known as ‘Phulaguri dhawa’, in which a British official
ruler of Bengal (Karnasuvarna).
was killed and several police officers were injured,
346. (c) Atmiya Sabha was a philosophical discussion circle
was triggered by a ban imposed on opium cultivation
in India. The association was started by Ram Mohan
and a proposed taxation on betel leaf and nut.
Roy in 1815 in Kolkata. Brahmo Samaj, the theistic
334. (a) They brought Jahandar Shah to power. movement within Hinduism, founded in Calcutta in
335. (c) The jain ideals were already being circulated in the 1828 by Ram Mohun Roy. Prarthana Samaj was
seventh century BC by Parshava. Although Buddhism, founded by Atmaram Pandurang in 1867 when Kesab
and to a lesser extent Jainism, took account of the Chandra sen visited Maharashtra, with an aim to make
changes in material life and reacted against orthodoxy, people believe in one God and worship only one God.
neither of these sought to abolish the caste system. Arya samaj was founded by the sannyasi (ascetic)
Buddha held that nuns could attain spiritual liberation Dayananda Saraswati on 7 April 1875.
just like a monk and granted them an equal status in 347. (c) Dholavira is an archaeological site at Khadirbet in
the mendicant order. Bhachau Taluka of Kutch District, in the state of
336. (c) The Napoleonic Code is the French civil code Gujarat in western India, which has taken its name
established under Napoléon I in 1804. Tennis Court from a modern-day village 1 kilometre south of it.
Oath was taken on 20 June 1789. New Constitution of Rakhigarhi, or Rakhi Garhi, is a village in Hisar District
France was created in 1791. in the state of Haryana in India, situated 150 kilometers
337. (d) The Social Contract, by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, is a to the northwest of Delhi. Bhirrana, also Bhirdana and
1762 book in which Rousseau theorized about the best Birhana, is a small village located in Fatehabad District,
way to establish a political community in the face of in the Indian state of Haryana. Bhogavo River is a
the problems of commercial society, which he had river in Gujarat, India.
already identified in his Discourse on Inequality 348. (b) The status of women was redefined. They were entitled
(1754). to formal education and hence there were women
338. (d) All are correct. teachers, philosophers and doctors. Early marriage
was prohibited by law and they were given the right
339. (c) The Tughlaqabad Fort was built by the founder of the
to property.
Tughlaq Dynasty, Ghiyas-ud-din-Tughlaq in 1321.
349. (b) All are correct.
The Bara Gumbad was constructed in 1490 CE, during
the reign of the Lodhi dynasty. Qutab-ud-din Aibak, 350. (d) Sufi silsilas began to crystallise in different parts of
the Islamic world around the twelfth century. The word
the first Muslim ruler of Delhi, commenced the
silsila literally means a chain, signifying a continuous
construction of the Qutab Minar in 1200 AD, but could
link between master and disciple, stretching as an
only finish the basement. His successor, Iltutmush,
unbroken spiritual genealogy to the Prophet
added three more storeys, and in 1368, Firoz Shah
Muhammad. It was through this channel that spiritual
Tughlak constructed the fifth and the last storey.
power and blessings were transmitted to devotees.
Fatehpur Sikri was founded in 1569 by the great
Special rituals of initiation were developed in which
Mughal emperor Akbar. initiates took an oath of allegiance, wore a patched
340. (d) Urvara means fertile. Nadimatrika land is a land which garment, and shaved their hair.
depends on irrigation. Devamatrika land is a land which 351. (a) The tenth mandala of the Rigveda has 191 hymns.
depends on rainfall. Maru is a soil destitute of water. 10.85 is a marriage hymn, evoking the marriage of Sury?,
341. (d) KN Natarajan was the editor of the Indian Social daughter of Surya (the Sun), another form of Ushas,
Reformer. the prototypical bride.
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352. (b) Most of the South Indians participated in the non- the king who then became the source of spiritual
cooperation movement except Karnataka, which guidance for his subjects.
remained unaffected. There were some non-Brahman 362. (d) The Mahavamsa spoke in glowing terms of an Indian
lower-caste participation in Madras and Maharashtra. king Ashoka who had ordained his own son and
353. (c) The term barbarian originates from the Greek: daughter and sent them to Sri Lanka to spread the
Barbaros, which in turn originates from the Buddha's message.
incomprehensible languages of early Anatolian 363. (d) Ashoka was responsible for building many stupas all
nations that were heard by the Greeks as "bar..bar. In over northern India and the other territories under the
Ancient Rome, the Romans used the term towards non- Mauryan Dynasty in areas now known as Nepal,
Romans such as the Germanics, Celts, Gauls, Iberians, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan. Ashoka also
Thracians, Illyrians, Berbers, Parthians, and Sarmatians.
built stupas in regions where the people might have
354. (d) Hujwiri's conversation with the Yogis shows that he difficulty reaching the stupas that contained the
was impressed with their theory of the division of the Buddha's ashes. Stupas were also built in rural areas.
human body.
364. (d) The script was deciphered in 1837 by James Prinsep,
355. (a) The above statement was made by Pelsaert, a Dutch
an archaeologist, philologist, and official of the East
traveler in response to the poverty that has infiltrated
India Company
deeply into the lives of the people of Muhgal, India.
365. (b) Brahmadeya represented the grant of land either in a
The statement was made when he visited the
subcontinent in the early decades of the 17th century single plot or whole villages donated to Brahamans
and saw how miserably the people lived. For this abject by making them land-owners or land-controllers. The
poverty, Pelsaert held the State responsible. gift of land were mostly selected around the irrigation
356. (a) The Khojas are a group of diverse people who facilities such as tanks or lakes and were supposed to
converted to Islam in India and Pakistan. be operable to fulfill the needs of the donees.
Brahmadeya helped the expansion of agrarian economy
357. (a) The Nalayira Divya Prabandham is a collection of 4,000
Tamil verses (Naalayiram in Tamil means 'four and the emergence of urban settlements.
thousand') composed by the 12 Alvars, and was 366. (b) Seethalai Saathanaar is the author of the book
compiled in its present form by Nathamuni during the 'Manimekalai'. The book is a poem in 30 cantos. Its
9th - 10th centuries. story is a sequel of an epic 'Silappatikaram' that tells
358. (c) "A sound body means one which bends itself to the the story of the conversion to Buddhism of the
spirit and is always a ready instrument at its service." daughter of Kovalan and Madhavi.
This statement is attributed to Mahatma Gandhi. 367. (d) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, was an Indian Muslim
359. (a) In 1904, Mohandas Gandhi, who had resided in nearby pragmatist, Islamic reformist, philosopher of nineteenth
Durban since 1893, established a small village-like century British India and the Father of Two Nation
settlement, Phoenix Settlement, on the north-western Theory. Born into a family with strong ties with Mughal
outskirts of Inanda. court, Syed studied the Quran and sciences within the
360. (a) Mahanavami Dibba is a structure in the Royal Centre court. Syed heavily critiqued the Indian National
in Vijaynagar Empire. The name come from the shape Congress. Sir Syed pioneered modern education for
of the platform and the Mahanavami festival which the Muslim community in India by founding the
was observed here. Muhammedan Anglo-Oriental College, which later
361. (a) Iranian Sufi Shihabuddin Suhrawardi developed the developed into the Aligarh Muslim University. The
idea of farr-i izadi. According to this idea, there was a curriculum at the Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College
hierarchy in which the Divine Light was transmitted to blended Muslim theology and European empiricism.