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B. R. Ambedkar
[Question ID = 1705]
1. D) None of these / [Option ID = 6820] 2. A) Critiqued Gandhi for
not recognizing caste discrimination as central to Hinduism /
[Option ID = 6817] 3. C) Both A and B / A B [Option ID = 6819] 4.
B) Led the Mahad Satyagraha / [Option ID = 6818]
Correct Answer :- C) Both A and B / A B [Option ID = 6819]
The introduction of the Census of India
[Question ID = 1704]
1. Has been analyzed by Bernard Cohn / [Option ID = 6813] 2. Has
been analyzed by William Hickey / [Option ID = 6814] 3. Has been
analyzed by Ram Narayan Rawat / [Option ID = 6815] 4. Has been
analyzed by Bipin Chandra / [Option ID = 6816]
Correct Answer :- Has been analyzed by Bernard Cohn / [Option ID =
6813]
Which of the following historian has written The Nation and Its
Fragments?
?
[Question ID = 1724]
1. Eric Foner / [Option ID = 6893] 2. Carlo Ginzburg / [Option ID =
6895] 3. Michel Foucault / [Option ID = 6894] 4. Partha Chatterjee
/ [Option ID = 6896]
Correct Answer :- Partha Chatterjee / [Option ID = 6896]
Which historian developed the significance of the title ‘Sultan
among Hindu Kings’ as used by the Vijaynagara rulers
' '
[Question ID = 1784]
1. Catherine Asher / [Option ID = 7134] 2. W. H. Mc Leod / [Option
ID = 7136] 3. Richard Davis / [Option ID = 7135] 4. Philip Wagoner
/ [Option ID = 7133]
Correct Answer :- Philip Wagoner / [Option ID = 7133]
Read the two statements given below. One is labelled as Assertion
(A) and the other labelled as Reason (R) / I
Assertion / (A): The month scales were introduced by Shahjahan to
fix the minimum military obligation of a mansabdar according to his
salary / .
6)
7)
8)
9)
10)
Reason / (R): The Mughals were always faced with the problem of
hasil falling far below the jama. /
In the context of the above two statements which one of the
following is correct? [Question ID = 1699]
1. A is true but R is false / (A) (R) [Option ID = 6795] 2. A is
false but R is true / (A) (R) [Option ID = 6796] 3. Both A and R
are true but R is not the correct explanation of A / (A) (R) (R)
(A) [Option ID = 6794] 4. Both A and R are true and R is the
correct explanation of A / (A) (R) (R) (A) [Option ID = 6793]
Correct Answer :- Both A and R are true but R is not the correct
explanation of A / (A) (R) (R) (A) [Option ID = 6794]
Nur-i batin referred to
- ? [Question ID = 1747]
1. sunlight / [Option ID = 6986] 2. spiritual insight / [Option ID
= 6985] 3. divine insight / [Option ID = 6987] 4. cognitive insight
/ [Option ID = 6988]
Correct Answer :- spiritual insight / [Option ID = 6985]
Christopher Hill’s book The World Turned Upside Down
[Question ID = 1741]
1. Is a study of the Nationalist Movement / [Option ID = 6964] 2.
Is a study of the Radical Sects during the English Civil Wars /
[Option ID = 6963] 3. Includes a study of Robespaire / [Option ID =
6962] 4. Includes a study of James Mill / [Option ID = 6961]
Correct Answer :- Is a study of the Radical Sects during the
English Civil Wars / [Option ID = 6963]
Who argued that Indian art developed from Western Art
Traditions
[Question ID = 1759]
1. A. K. Coomarswamy / [Option ID = 7036] 2. A.V. S. Agarwala /
[Option ID = 7033] 3. V. A. Smith / [Option ID = 7035] 4. Stella
Kramrisch / [Option ID = 7034]
Correct Answer :- V. A. Smith / [Option ID = 7035]
Who supervised the translation of the Mahabharat into
Persian?
- ? [Question ID = 1730]
1. Abu al-Fazl / - [Option ID = 6918] 2. Abu al-Faiz / - [Option ID
= 6917] 3. Raja Jaisingh / [Option ID = 6920] 4. Balban / [Option
ID = 6919]
Correct Answer :-
Which among the following Bahmani seaports has been mentioned as an
important center of commercial activity by the Russian traveller,
Nikitin? ? [Question ID = 1697]
1. Daman / [Option ID = 6785] 2. Dabul / [Option ID = 6786]
11)
12)
13)
14)
15)
3. Kakinada / [Option ID = 6787] 4. Bassein / [Option ID =
6788]
Correct Answer :- Dabul / [Option ID = 6786]
In historiography over the last few decades ‘Thugee’
[Question ID = 1706]
1. D) None of these / [Option ID = 6824] 2. C) Both A and B / A B
[Option ID = 6823] 3. A) Has been linked with the category of the
Approver / [Option ID = 6821] 4. B) Has been associated with the
Colonial State’s suspicion of nomadic populations / [Option
ID = 6822]
Correct Answer :- B) Has been associated with the Colonial State’s
suspicion of nomadic populations / [Option ID = 6822]
In ancient India, which dynasty issued the largest number of Gold
coins?
? [Question ID = 1728]
1. Guptas / [Option ID = 6909] 2. Cholas / [Option ID = 6910] 3.
Mauryas / [Option ID = 6911] 4. Nandas / [Option ID = 6912]
Correct Answer :- Guptas / [Option ID = 6909]
Bipin Chandra’s The Rise and Growth of Economic Nationalism in
India is
[Question ID = 1768]
1. A study of 1942 / 1942 [Option ID = 7071] 2. A Study of the
arguments put forward by the Early Nationalists / [Option ID =
7069] 3. A Study of the Gandhian Movement / [Option ID = 7070] 4.
None of these / [Option ID = 7072]
Correct Answer :- A Study of the arguments put forward by the Early
Nationalists / [Option ID = 7069]
As Great Britain developed economically after 1750, it required all
of the following except
1750 : [Question ID = 1720]
1. improved transport facilities and more investment capital /
[Option ID = 6879] 2. more markets abroad / [Option ID = 6878] 3. a
greater percentage of people employed in agriculture / [Option ID =
6880] 4. more raw materials from abroad / [Option ID = 6877]
Correct Answer :- a greater percentage of people employed in
agriculture / [Option ID = 6880]
Dominance Without Hegemony by Ranajit Guha
[Question ID = 1754]
1. A) Includes a critique of Gandhi / [Option ID = 7013] 2. D) Both
A and C / A B [Option ID = 7016] 3. B) Is a study of 17th century
politics / 17 [Option ID = 7014]
16)
17)
18)
19)
20)
21)
4. C) Is influenced by Antonio Gramsci / [Option ID = 7015]
Correct Answer :- D) Both A and C / A B [Option ID = 7016]
Who among the following have worked on the history of labour in
colonial India?
? [Question ID = 1773]
1. Dipesh Chakrabarty / [Option ID = 7089] 2. Christopher Bayly /
[Option ID = 7091] 3. Both Dipesh Chakrabarty and Raj Chandavarkar
/ [Option ID = 7092] 4. Raj Chandavarkar / [Option ID = 7090]
Correct Answer :- Both Dipesh Chakrabarty and Raj Chandavarkar /
[Option ID = 7092]
Who among the following historians have discussed Sati and its
abolition?
? [Question ID = 1771]
1. Both Tanika Sarkar and Judith Brown / [Option ID = 7084] 2.
Judith Brown / [Option ID = 7082] 3. Tanika Sarkar / [Option ID =
7081] 4. Nandini Bhattacharya Panda / [Option ID = 7083]
Correct Answer :- Tanika Sarkar / [Option ID = 7081]
Prasannan Who among the following have argued about the declining
position of weavers in late 18th century India?
18
[Question ID = 1718]
1. Percy Brown / [Option ID = 6870] 2. Prasannan Parthasarathi /
[Option ID = 6869] 3. A. R. Khan / [Option ID = 6871] 4. John F.
Richards / [Option ID = 6872]
Correct Answer :- Prasannan Parthasarathi / [Option ID =
6869]
What was the language engraved on Gupta coins?
? [Question ID = 1727]
1. Sanskrit / [Option ID = 6907] 2. Eastern Prakrit / [Option ID =
6908] 3. Prakrit / [Option ID = 6906] 4. Pali / [Option ID =
6905]
Correct Answer :- Sanskrit / [Option ID = 6907]
Heliodorus, who dedicated a Garuda pillar and inscription at Vidisa
was the envoy of which Indo Greek king?
, , ? [Question ID = 1774]
1. Menander / [Option ID = 7095] 2. Euthydemus / [Option ID = 7094]
3. Demetrius / [Option ID = 7093] 4. Antialcidas / [Option ID =
7096]
Correct Answer :- Antialcidas / [Option ID = 7096]
The gold coins issued by the Vijayanagara emperors were
called:
22)
23)
24)
25)
26)
? [Question ID = 1696]
1. Varaha / [Option ID = 6783] 2. Sona / [Option ID = 6784] 3. Pon
/ [Option ID = 6781] 4. Tanka / [Option ID = 6782]
Correct Answer :- Varaha / [Option ID = 6783]
The following historian’s work discusses and critiques the
“criminal tribe” as a category
" " [Question ID = 1755]
1. Meena Radhakrishnan / [Option ID = 7017] 2. Jon Wilson / [Option
ID = 7018] 3. Bipin Chandra / [Option ID = 7019] 4. Shahid Amin /
[Option ID = 7020]
Correct Answer :- Meena Radhakrishnan / [Option ID = 7017]
Shaykh Ahmad Sirhindi was a sufi affiliated to this order
[Question ID = 1782]
1. Shattari order / [Option ID = 7125] 2. Chishti order / [Option
ID = 7126] 3. Naqshbandi order / [Option ID = 7127] 4. Suhrawardy
order / [Option ID = 7128]
Correct Answer :- Naqshbandi order / [Option ID = 7127]
Who wrote The Languages of Political Islam in India
c.1200-1800?
- ?
[Question ID = 1733]
1. Simon Digby / [Option ID = 6932] 2. Richard Eaton / [Option ID =
6931] 3. Harbans Mukhia / [Option ID = 6929] 4. Muzaffar Alam /
[Option ID = 6930]
Correct Answer :- Muzaffar Alam / [Option ID = 6930]
Who wrote Agrarian System of Moslem India?
?
[Question ID = 1734]
1. Irfan Habib / [Option ID = 6933] 2. W. Moreland / . [Option ID =
6934] 3. Parmata Saran / [Option ID = 6935] 4. I.H. Qureshi / . .
[Option ID = 6936]
Correct Answer :- W. Moreland / . [Option ID = 6934]
Who wrote Why I am an Atheist?
?
[Question ID = 1787]
27)
28)
29)
30)
31)
2. B.R. Ambedkar / [Option ID = 7146] 3. V.D. Savarkar / .. [Option
ID = 7145] 4. Har Dayal / [Option ID = 7148]
Correct Answer :- Bhagat Singh / [Option ID = 7147]
Who assumed the title Gajabetegara?
?
[Question ID = 1731]
1. Deva Raya II / [Option ID = 6924] 2. Krishnadeva Raya / [Option
ID = 6921] 3. Vira Narasimha / [Option ID = 6923] 4. Harihara I /
[Option ID = 6922]
Correct Answer :- Deva Raya II / [Option ID = 6924]
Who authored Kitab-ur-Rehla?
[Question ID = 1714]
1. Al-Beruni / - [Option ID = 6854] 2. Ibn Battuta / [Option ID =
6855] 3. Bernier / [Option ID = 6856] 4. Barani / [Option ID =
6853]
Correct Answer :- Ibn Battuta / [Option ID = 6855]
M. M. Postan and H. J. Habakkuk [Question ID = 1752]
1. Discuss the importance of “Demographic Model” / " " [Option ID =
7008] 2. Emphasize the importance of nobility and absolutist state
structure / [Option ID = 7007] 3. Have written on Russian Peasantry
/ [Option ID = 7005] 4. Discuss the importance of
“Commercialization Model” / " " [Option ID = 7006]
Correct Answer :- Discuss the importance of “Demographic Model” / "
" [Option ID = 7008]
How were higher posts in the civil service in India filled till the
mid-1850s?
1850 ?
[Question ID = 1770]
1. Through an open public examination in England / [Option ID =
7077] 2. Through recommendations by Directors of the East India
Company / [Option ID = 7080] 3. Through simultaneous examinations
in India and England / [Option ID = 7078] 4. Through nominations by
members of the British Parliament / [Option ID = 7079]
Correct Answer :- Through recommendations by Directors of the East
India Company / [Option ID = 7080]
Name the Sultan for whom Amir Khusrau wrote the Khazain
al-Futuh?
- ? [Question ID = 1717]
1. Firuz Shah Tughluq / [Option ID = 6866] 2. Ala al-Din Khalji / -
[Option ID = 6868] 3. Muhammad Shah Tughluq / [Option ID = 6865] 4.
Ghiyas al-Din Balban / [Option ID = 6867]
32)
33)
34)
35)
36)
37)
Correct Answer :- Ala al-Din Khalji / - [Option ID = 6868]
Who coined the term ‘Segmentary State’ in the study of early
medieval South India?
‘ ’ ( ) ? [Question ID = 1732]
1. Burton Stein / [Option ID = 6926] 2. Andre Wink / [Option ID =
6928] 3. Rajan Gurukkal / [Option ID = 6927] 4. Noboru Karashima /
[Option ID = 6925]
Correct Answer :- Burton Stein / [Option ID = 6926]
The argument regarding the ‘Ties of Dependence between Man and Man’
with regards to Western Europe was put forward by ' ' [Question ID
= 1757]
1. H. J. Butterfield / [Option ID = 7027] 2. Marc Bloch / [Option
ID = 7028] 3. Michel Foucault / [Option ID = 7026] 4. M S Anderson
/ [Option ID = 7025]
Correct Answer :- Marc Bloch / [Option ID = 7028]
Residents of which city were sent to Daulatabad?
[Question ID = 1713]
1. Tughluqabad / [Option ID = 6850] 2. Siri / [Option ID = 6849] 3.
Dihli-i Kuhna / - [Option ID = 6852] 4. Kilukhri / [Option ID =
6851]
Correct Answer :- Dihli-i Kuhna / - [Option ID = 6852]
Lutyens’s design for the dome of the Governor-General’s new
residence in Delhi was mainly inspired by:
:
[Question ID = 1769]
1. St. Paul’s Cathedral, London / , [Option ID = 7075] 2.
Government House, Calcutta / , [Option ID = 7076] 3. The Taj Mahal
/ [Option ID = 7073] 4. The Stupa at Sanchi / [Option ID =
7074]
Correct Answer :- The Stupa at Sanchi / [Option ID = 7074]
The religious and intellectual history of Akbar’s reign has been
detailed by
[Question ID = 1780]
1. Richard Eaton / [Option ID = 7117] 2. S. A. A. Rizvi / . . .
[Option ID = 7119] 3. John Woods / [Option ID = 7118] 4. R. P.
Tripathi / [Option ID = 7120]
Correct Answer :- S. A. A. Rizvi / . . . [Option ID = 7119]
The religious reformation in Swiss Confederation of Zurich was led
by:
: [Question ID = 1701]
38)
39)
40)
41)
42)
1. Natalie Zemon Davis / [Option ID = 6803] 2. Ulrich Zwingli /
[Option ID = 6801] 3. Johan Huizinga / [Option ID = 6804] 4. John
Calvin / [Option ID = 6802]
Correct Answer :- Ulrich Zwingli / [Option ID = 6801]
The essay ‘Was there Feudalism in Indian History’ has been authored
by
' ' [Question ID = 1767]
1. Harbans Mukhia / [Option ID = 7068] 2. D. N. Jha / [Option ID =
7065] 3. Vijay Nath / [Option ID = 7066] 4. R. S. Sharma / [Option
ID = 7067]
Correct Answer :- Harbans Mukhia / [Option ID = 7068]
The essay ‘Colonial State and Forest Policy’ has been authored
by
' ' [Question ID = 1738]
1. Geraldine Forbes / [Option ID = 6950] 2. Prachi Deshpande /
[Option ID = 6949] 3. Christopher King / [Option ID = 6951] 4.
Neeladri Bhattacharya / [Option ID = 6952]
Correct Answer :- Neeladri Bhattacharya / [Option ID = 6952]
The Sufi-Sultan relationship with reference to the thirteenth and
fourteenth century North India has been discussed by
- [Question ID = 1766]
1. D. N. Jha / [Option ID = 7062] 2. Carla Sinopolli / [Option ID =
7064] 3. W. H. Moreland / [Option ID = 7061] 4. Simon Digby /
[Option ID = 7063]
Correct Answer :- Simon Digby / [Option ID = 7063]
Arrange these in chronological order
[Question ID = 1711]
1. Uruk culture / [Option ID = 6841] 2. Early Dynastic culture /
[Option ID = 6844] 3. Jamdt Nasr culture / [Option ID = 6843] 4.
Halafian culture / [Option ID = 6842]
Correct Answer :-
Arrange the Geological time scale in chronological order:
- :
(I) Eon / (II) Era/ (III) Period /
(IV) Epoch /
Select the answer codes from below: : [Question ID = 1691]
1. (I), (II), (III), (IV) [Option ID = 6761] 2. (I), (IV), (II),
(III). [Option ID = 6762] 3. (II), (I), (III), (IV). [Option ID =
6763]
43)
44)
45)
46)
47)
48)
Correct Answer :- (I), (II), (III), (IV) [Option ID = 6761]
Assertion/ (A): The beginnings of Brahmanical iconography can be
traced to Gandhara School of Art /
Reason/ (R): Early Gandhara art is derived from Graeco Roman
Art./
Which of the following is the correct relation between the two? / ?
[Question ID = 1743]
1. A is correct but B is wrong / (A) , (R) [Option ID = 6971] 2.
Both A and R are correct; but R is not the correct explanation for
A. / (A) (R) ; (R) (A) [Option ID = 6970] 3. Both A and R are
correct and R is the correct explanation for A / (A) (R) (R) (A)
[Option ID = 6969] 4. R is correct but A is wrong. / (A) (R)
[Option ID = 6972]
Correct Answer :- R is correct but A is wrong. / (A) (R) [Option ID
= 6972]
Lakulesha is considered to be the founder of which of the following
sect?
? [Question ID = 1726]
1. Kapalika / [Option ID = 6903] 2. Pashupat / [Option ID = 6901]
3. Kalmukhas / [Option ID = 6904] 4. Shaivasiddhanta / [Option ID =
6902]
Correct Answer :- Pashupat / [Option ID = 6901]
Kushinagar, the city of Buddha’s death, was in the republic
of:
, : [Question ID = 1760]
1. Malla / [Option ID = 7037] 2. None of these / [Option ID = 7040]
3. Yaudheya / [Option ID = 7038] 4. Licchavis / [Option ID =
7039]
Correct Answer :- Malla / [Option ID = 7037]
The term ‘Subaltern Historiography’ refers to
- [Question ID = 1756]
1. History from above / [Option ID = 7022] 2. History from below /
[Option ID = 7021] 3. Oral history / [Option ID = 7024] 4. Total
history / [Option ID = 7023]
Correct Answer :- History from below / [Option ID = 7021]
Which of these rivers is not mentioned in the Rig Veda 10.75
10.75 [Question ID = 1710]
1. Asikni / [Option ID = 6839] 2. Shutudri / [Option ID = 6837] 3.
Narmada / [Option ID = 6840] 4. Parushni / [Option ID = 6838]
Correct Answer :- Narmada / [Option ID = 6840]
Which of the following buildings are found at Fatehpur Sikri?
49)
50)
51)
52)
53)
?
(I) Palaces of Mariam and Sultana / (I) (II) Tomb of Salim Chisti /
(II)
(III) Panch Mahal / (IV) Humayun’s tomb /
Select the answer from the codes below:
[Question ID = 1698]
1. (I), (II) and (III) / (I), (II) (III) [Option ID = 6791] 2. (I),
(II) and (IV) / (I), (II) (IV) [Option ID = 6790] 3. (II), (III),
and (IV) / (II), (III) (IV) [Option ID = 6792] 4. Only (I) / (I)
[Option ID = 6789]
Correct Answer :- (I), (II) and (III) / (I), (II) (III) [Option ID
= 6791]
Which of the following places does not have a Sun temple:
: [Question ID = 1742]
1. Modhera / [Option ID = 6968] 2. Konarak / [Option ID = 6965] 3.
Martand / [Option ID = 6966] 4. Khajuraho / [Option ID =
6967]
Correct Answer :- Khajuraho / [Option ID = 6967]
Which of the following was not a Roman writer
[Question ID = 1778]
1. Tacitus / [Option ID = 7111] 2. Aristophanes / [Option ID =
7110] 3. Livy / [Option ID = 7112] 4. Juvenal / [Option ID =
7109]
Correct Answer :- Aristophanes / [Option ID = 7110]
Which of the following is not associated with Vishnuism in ancient
india?
? [Question ID = 1725]
1. Kapalikas / [Option ID = 6900] 2. Bhagavatas / [Option ID =
6898] 3. Vyuhavada / [Option ID = 6897] 4. Pancaratras / [Option ID
= 6899]
Correct Answer :- Kapalikas / [Option ID = 6900]
The gigantic image of Bahubali is situated at:
: [Question ID = 1729]
1. Aihole / [Option ID = 6914] 2. Pattadkal / [Option ID = 6915] 3.
Sravanabelagola / [Option ID = 6916] 4. Hampi / [Option ID =
6913]
Correct Answer :- Sravanabelagola / [Option ID = 6916]
The Hathigumpha Cave inscription describes the achievements
of
[Question ID = 1744]
54)
55)
56)
57)
1. Gautamiputra Satkarni / [Option ID = 6973] 2. Dakshamitra /
[Option ID = 6975] 3. Kharavela / [Option ID = 6976] 4.
Vashishtiputra Pulamayi / [Option ID = 6974]
Correct Answer :- Kharavela / [Option ID = 6976]
The largest number of seals of the Indus Valley Civilization were
made of this material
- [Question ID = 1709]
1. Steatite / () [Option ID = 6833] 2. Terracotta / [Option ID =
6835] 3. Copper / [Option ID = 6836] 4. Agate / () [Option ID =
6834]
Correct Answer :- Steatite / () [Option ID = 6833]
The evidence of amphora in archaeological sites in the Indian
subcontinent indicates contacts with:
() : [Question ID = 1712]
1. Romans / [Option ID = 6847] 2. Egyptians / [Option ID = 6846] 3.
Mesopotamians / [Option ID = 6845] 4. Greeks / [Option ID =
6848]
Correct Answer :- Romans / [Option ID = 6847]
Salar Masud Ghazi was the nephew of
?
[Question ID = 1746]
1. Mahmud Ghaznawi / [Option ID = 6982] 2. Muhammad Ghuri / [Option
ID = 6983] 3. Muhammad ibn Qasim / [Option ID = 6981] 4. None of
these / [Option ID = 6984]
Correct Answer :- Mahmud Ghaznawi / [Option ID = 6982]
Match the following inscriptions with the persons associated with
them
a. Nasik Cave 19 i.Nayanika, Wife of Satkarni I
b. Nanaghat ii. MahamatraSaman, King Kanha c. Sanchi iii. Ananda,
son of Sri Satkarni’s artisan
Select the answer from the codes below:
a. i. ,
b. ii. ,
c. iii. ,
[Question ID = 1745]
1. a-i, b-ii, c-iii. [Option ID = 6977] 2. a-ii, b-iii, c-i [Option
ID = 6980] 3. a-iii, b-i, c-ii. [Option ID = 6979]
58)
59)
60)
61)
Correct Answer :- a-ii, b-i, c-iii. [Option ID = 6978]
Match the following
a. Shortughai i. Jammu and Kashmir b. Manda ii. Afghanistan
c. Bhagatrav iii. Uttar Pradesh d. Alamgirpur iv. Narmada
Valley
Select the answer from the codes below:
a. i. b. ii.
c. iii. d. iv.
:
[Question ID = 1708]
1. a-iii, b-i, d-iv, c-ii [Option ID = 6829] 2. a-ii, b-i, c-iv,
d-iii [Option ID = 6830] 3. a-ii, b-iv, c-iii, d-i [Option ID =
6832] 4. a-ii, b-iii, c-iv; d-i [Option ID = 6831]
Correct Answer :- a-ii, b-i, c-iv, d-iii [Option ID = 6830]
Match the following
a. Palaeolithic site/ i.Bagor / b. Mesolithic site / ii. Soan River
valley /
c. Neolithic site / iii. Ahar / d. Chalcolithic site / iv. Burzahom
/
Select the answer from the codes below:
:
[Question ID = 1693]
1. a-i, b-ii, c-iii,d-iv. [Option ID = 6771] 2. a-iv, b-ii, c-iv,
d-i [Option ID = 6772] 3. a-ii, b-i, c-iv, d-iii [Option ID = 6769]
4. a-iii,b-i, c-ii, d-iv. [Option ID = 6770]
Correct Answer :- a-ii, b-i, c-iv, d-iii [Option ID = 6769]
Who among the following Bhakti saints made Vittoba Cult
popular?
? [Question ID = 1716]
1. Guru Ramdas / [Option ID = 6861] 2. Tukram / [Option ID = 6862]
3. Eknath / [Option ID = 6863] 4. Namdev / [Option ID = 6864]
Correct Answer :-
62)
63)
64)
65)
66)
Who among the following have written books analyzing Gandhi and the
Indian National Movement ?
? [Question ID = 1790]
1. Sushil Chaudhury / [Option ID = 7160] 2. Gunnel Cederlof /
[Option ID = 7159] 3. Judith Brown / [Option ID = 7157] 4. Caroline
Ford / [Option ID = 7158]
Correct Answer :- Judith Brown / [Option ID = 7157]
Who among the following has worked on the Partition of India
?
? [Question ID = 1788]
1. Asiya Siddiqui / [Option ID = 7150] 2. Samita Sen / [Option ID =
7152] 3. Urvashi Butalia / [Option ID = 7149] 4. Robert Travers /
[Option ID = 7151]
Correct Answer :- Urvashi Butalia / [Option ID = 7149]
Who among the following participated prominently in the debates
around the ‘Age of Consent’ in Colonial India?
' ' ? [Question ID = 1772]
1. None of these / [Option ID = 7088] 2. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
/ [Option ID = 7086] 3. Bal Gangadhar Tilak / [Option ID = 7087] 4.
Rammohan Roy / [Option ID = 7085]
Correct Answer :- Bal Gangadhar Tilak / [Option ID = 7087]
Who among the following left the Indian National Congress on the
Caste Question
[Question ID = 1786]
1. Periyar / [Option ID = 7141] 2. Jyotirao Phule / [Option ID =
7144] 3. B.R. Ambedkar / [Option ID = 7142] 4. Nagaraj / [Option ID
= 7143]
Correct Answer :- Periyar / [Option ID = 7141]
Who amongst the following has not written about Rajputs and other
warrior lineages?
? [Question ID = 1765]
1. Charlotte Vaudeville / [Option ID = 7060] 2. Ramya Sreenivasan /
[Option ID = 7058] 3. B. D. Chattopadhyay / [Option ID = 7057] 4.
Dirk Kolff / [Option ID = 7059]
Correct Answer :- Charlotte Vaudeville / [Option ID = 7060]
Charkha-nama is literature that concerns
? [Question ID = 1750]
1. Trade / [Option ID = 7000] 2. Mysticism / [Option ID = 6999] 3.
Weaving / [Option ID = 6998] 4. Agriculture / [Option ID =
6997]
Correct Answer :-
Sumit Sarkar has
[Question ID = 1735]
1. None of these / [Option ID = 6940] 2. Written Writing Social
History where he draws inspiration from E.P. Thompson / [Option ID
=
6937] 3. Written Nationalist Thought and the Post-Colonial World
where he draws inspiration from Pandit Nehru / [Option ID =
6938]
4. Written on the Decline of the Mughals and criticized the
interpretation of Christopher Bayly / [Option ID = 6939]
Correct Answer :- Written Writing Social History where he draws
inspiration from E.P. Thompson / [Option ID = 6937]
The following historians have worked on Colonial Law
[Question ID = 1719]
1. Both Radhika Singha and David Washbrook / [Option ID = 6875] 2.
Radhika Singha / [Option ID = 6873] 3. None of these / [Option ID =
6876] 4. David Washbrook / [Option ID = 6874]
Correct Answer :- Both Radhika Singha and David Washbrook / [Option
ID = 6875]
The following historian has discussed the hierarchical principles
in Shah Jahani paintings
[Question ID = 1783]
1. Peter Hardy / [Option ID = 7132] 2. Athar Ali / [Option ID =
7129] 3. Ebba Koch / [Option ID = 7131] 4. Cynthia Talbot / [Option
ID = 7130]
Correct Answer :- Ebba Koch / [Option ID = 7131]
Other than India, which Asian country does Rabindranath Tagore
discuss in his essays on nationalism?
[Question ID = 1722]
1. Nepal / [Option ID = 6886] 2. Russia / [Option ID = 6888] 3.
Japan / [Option ID = 6887] 4. China / [Option ID = 6885]
Correct Answer :- Japan / [Option ID = 6887]
Which of these temples does not belong to the Gupta period
[Question ID = 1775]
1. Parvati Temple of Nachria Kathura / , [Option ID = 7100] 2.
Vishnu Temple of Tigawa Jabalpur / , [Option ID = 7098] 3.
Virupaksha Temple / [Option ID = 7099] 4. Bhitargaon Temple /
[Option ID = 7097]
Correct Answer :- Virupaksha Temple / [Option ID = 7099]
72)
73)
74)
75)
76)
Which of these was associated with early archaeological discoveries
in Central India?
[Question ID = 1694]
1. None of these / [Option ID = 6776] 2. Alexander Cunningham /
[Option ID = 6775] 3. J Ph Vogel / [Option ID = 6774] 4. James
Burgess / [Option ID = 6773]
Correct Answer :- Alexander Cunningham / [Option ID = 6775]
Which of the following names is incorrectly matched with the
research theme:
- - [Question ID = 1721]
1. Eleanor Zelliot: the Mahar and Non-Brahmin movement in
Maharashtra / : - [Option ID = 6884] 2. Mark Juergensmeyer: Adi
Dharm movement of Punjab / : [Option ID = 6882] 3. Vijay Prashad:
the Ezhavas of Kerala / : [Option ID = 6883] 4. Sourabh Dube:
Satnamis of Chhattisgarh / : [Option ID = 6881]
Correct Answer :- Vijay Prashad: the Ezhavas of Kerala / : [Option
ID = 6883]
Which of the following are not connected with Jainism? / ?
(I) Bhagwati Sutra / (II) Tripitaka /
(III) Pancha-siddhaka / (IV) Yukti Kalpataru /
Select the answer from the codes below:
[Question ID = 1776]
1. (II) and (III) / (II) (III) [Option ID = 7104] 2. (I), (II),
(III) and (IV) / ( I), (II), (III) (IV) [Option ID = 7101] 3. (I),
(II) and (III) / (I), (II) (III) [Option ID = 7102] 4. (II), (III)
and (IV) / (II), (III) (IV) [Option ID = 7103]
Correct Answer :- (II), (III) and (IV) / (II), (III) (IV) [Option
ID = 7103]
Which of the following is not a microlith?
? [Question ID = 1692]
1. Triangles / () [Option ID = 6768] 2. Lunates / [Option ID =
6765] 3. Celts / [Option ID = 6767] 4. Crescents / [Option ID =
6766]
Correct Answer :- Celts / [Option ID = 6767]
Which of the following statements is true: /
(I) Slavery was prevalent in Greece and Rome /
(II) Slavery was institutionalized in Rome but not in Greece
/
Select the answer codes from below [Question ID = 1777]
1. Only (II) / (II) [Option ID = 7108] 2. Only (I) / (I) [Option ID
= 7107] 3. Both (I) and (II) / (I) (II) [Option ID = 7105] 4.
Neither (I) or (II) / (I) (II) [Option ID = 7106]
Correct Answer :- Both (I) and (II) / (I) (II) [Option ID =
7105]
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78)
79)
80)
81)
Which of the following officials are not mentioned in Asoka’s
edicts /
(I) Yuktas / (II) Rajjukas /
(III) Pradeshikas / (IV) Adhyakshas /
Select the answer from the codes below: / [Question ID =
1758]
1. (I) and (II) / (I) (II) [Option ID = 7030] 2. (I), (II) ,and
(III) / (I), (II) (III) [Option ID = 7029] 3. (III) and (IV) /
(III) (IV) [Option ID = 7031] 4. Only (IV) / (IV) [Option ID =
7032]
Correct Answer :- Only (IV) / (IV) [Option ID = 7032]
Which of the following titles was assumed by Victoria in 1876 under
the provisions of the Royal Titles Act?
1876 ? [Question ID = 1707]
1. Monarch of Scotland / [Option ID = 6828] 2. Queen of India /
[Option ID = 6825] 3. Empress of India / [Option ID = 6826] 4.
Empress of the United Kingdom / [Option ID = 6827]
Correct Answer :- Empress of India / [Option ID = 6826]
Which of the following historians have argued that
de-industrialization took place in Colonial India?
- ? [Question ID = 1785]
1. Amiya Kumar Bagchi / [Option ID = 7138] 2. Tirthankar Roy /
[Option ID = 7137] 3. Peter Robb / [Option ID = 7140] 4. Morris
David Morris / [Option ID = 7139]
Correct Answer :- Amiya Kumar Bagchi / [Option ID = 7138]
Match the following /
List I/ I List II / II Universities of Early Medieval Period /( )
Location / ()
a. Odantapuri / i. Bihar/ b. Vallabhi/ ii. Tamil Nadu/
c. Jagadalla/ iii. Gujarat/ d. Kanchipuram/ iv. Bengal/
Select the answer from the codes below:
: [Question ID = 1700]
1. a-iv, b-ii, c-i, d-iii [Option ID = 6800] 2. a-i, b-ii, c-iv,
d-iii [Option ID = 6798] 3. a-i, b-iii, c-iv, d-ii [Option ID =
6799] 4. a-iv, b-iii, c-i, d-ii [Option ID = 6797]
Correct Answer :- a-i, b-iii, c-iv, d-ii [Option ID = 6799]
Who was the founder of the Asiatic Society of Bengal? ? [Question
ID = 1723]
1. Lord Cornwallis / [Option ID = 6890] 2. Lord Dalhousie / [Option
ID = 6891] 3. Sir William Jones / [Option ID = 6889] 4. Sir Henry
Maine / [Option ID = 6892]
Correct Answer :-
Sir William Jones / [Option ID = 6889]
Who of the following arrived in India at the port of
Tamralipti:
: [Question ID = 1761]
1. None of these / [Option ID = 7044] 2. Faxian (Fa-Hian) / Faxian
(-) [Option ID = 7042] 3. Yijing (I- Tsing) / Yijing (-) [Option ID
= 7043] 4. Xuanzang (Hsuan –Tsang) / Xuanzang(-) [Option ID =
7041]
Correct Answer :- Yijing (I- Tsing) / Yijing (-) [Option ID =
7043]
Rosalind O’Hanlon has written a monograph on
[Question ID = 1753]
1. B. R. Ambedkar / [Option ID = 7009] 2. Partition of Bengal /
[Option ID = 7012] 3. Cultural Syncretism in Punjabi Popular
Narratives / [Option ID = 7011] 4. Mahatma Jotirao Phule / [Option
ID = 7010]
Correct Answer :- Mahatma Jotirao Phule / [Option ID = 7010]
The rank of the mansabdar was determined by
? [Question ID = 1748]
1. his zat / [Option ID = 6989] 2. whether he was Turani or Irani /
[Option ID = 6991] 3. do-aspa wa sih-aspa / - - [Option ID = 6992]
4. his sawar / [Option ID = 6990]
Correct Answer :- his zat / [Option ID = 6989]
The Mughal political culture in the sixteenth century was shaped by
the following
[Question ID = 1779]
1. Insha / [Option ID = 7116] 2. Niti shastra / [Option ID = 7115]
3. Akhlaqi norms / [Option ID = 7114] 4. Prophetic traditions / -
[Option ID = 7113]
Correct Answer :- Akhlaqi norms / [Option ID = 7114]
The book Politics and Ideology in the Age of the Civil War was
written by
[Question ID = 1751]
1. Harold Faulkner / [Option ID = 7002] 2. Eugene Genovese /
[Option ID = 7003] 3. Eric Foner / [Option ID = 7004] 4. David Wood
/ [Option ID = 7001]
Correct Answer :- Eric Foner / [Option ID = 7004]
The book Politics, Culture and Class in the French Revolution has
been written by
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89)
90)
91)
,
[Question ID = 1737]
1. Neil Charlesworth / [Option ID = 6947] 2. Lynn Hunt / [Option ID
= 6946] 3. David Blackburn / [Option ID = 6945] 4. None of these /
[Option ID = 6948]
Correct Answer :- Lynn Hunt / [Option ID = 6946]
The book Venture of Islam has been authored by
[Question ID = 1764]
1. Georges Duby / [Option ID = 7055] 2. Joan Scott / [Option ID =
7056] 3. John Marshall / [Option ID = 7054] 4. Marshall Hodgson /
[Option ID = 7053]
Correct Answer :- Marshall Hodgson / [Option ID = 7053]
The book Popular Culture in Early Modern Europe is authored
by:
:
[Question ID = 1702]
1. Peter Burke / [Option ID = 6807] 2. Ralph Davis / [Option ID =
6806] 3. Maurice Dobb / [Option ID = 6805] 4. D. C. Coleman /
[Option ID = 6808]
Correct Answer :- Peter Burke / [Option ID = 6807]
The Levellers were
[Question ID = 1739]
1. A faction that fought the Jacobins in the French Revolution /
[Option ID = 6955] 2. None of these / [Option ID = 6956] 3. A
radical sect that fought the monarch in the English Civil War /
[Option ID = 6953] 4. A radical religious sect in 17th Century
France / 17 [Option ID = 6954]
Correct Answer :- A radical sect that fought the monarch in the
English Civil War / [Option ID = 6953]
The notions of ‘inter-dispensational conflict’ and
‘intra-dispensational conflict’ with regards to the political
scenario in thirteenth century Delhi has been discussed in
‘- ' ' - '
[Question ID = 1763]
1. The Emergence of the Delhi Sultanate / [Option ID = 7050] 2.
After Timur Left / [Option ID = 7052] 3. The Crisis of Empire in
Mughal North India / [Option ID = 7049] 4. Beyond Turk and Hindu /
[Option ID = 7051]
Correct Answer :- The Emergence of the Delhi Sultanate / [Option ID
= 7050]
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93)
94)
95)
96)
[Question ID = 1781]
1. Fifteenth century / [Option ID = 7123] 2. Thirteenth century /
[Option ID = 7121] 3. Sixteenth century / [Option ID = 7124] 4.
Fourteenth century / [Option ID = 7122]
Correct Answer :- Sixteenth century / [Option ID = 7124]
The French Revolution
[Question ID = 1740]
1. Both A and B / A B [Option ID = 6959] 2. In its initial phase
formulated the distinction between active and passive citizens
/
[Option ID = 6957] 3. In its later phase abolished Slavery and the
Property Qualification for Male Franchise / [Option ID =
6958]
4. None of these / [Option ID = 6960]
Correct Answer :- Both A and B / A B [Option ID = 6959]
The historian Ayesha Jalal
[Question ID = 1789]
1. Both A and B [Option ID = 7155] 2. On Muslim conceptions of the
Self and Community in the 19thand 20th centuries / 1 9 20 [Option
ID = 7154]
3. Has written on the Partition of India / [Option ID = 7153] 4.
None of the above / [Option ID = 7156]
Correct Answer :- Both A and B [Option ID = 7155]
The Regulating Act established the following:
:
[Question ID = 1736]
1. Both, the position of the Governor General and the Supreme Court
/ [Option ID = 6943] 2. The Viceroy / [Option ID = 6944] 3. The
Supreme Court / [Option ID = 6942] 4. The position of the Governor
General / [Option ID = 6941]
Correct Answer :- Both, the position of the Governor General and
the Supreme Court / [Option ID = 6943]
The following author has a chapter titled “The Indigenous Origins
of the ‘Colonial Economy’” in his book:
, ' '
[Question ID = 1703]
1. Christopher Bayly / [Option ID = 6809] 2. Mohammad Habib /
[Option ID = 6812] 3. B.D. Chattopadhyay / [Option ID = 6810]
97)
98)
99)
100)
Correct Answer :- Christopher Bayly / [Option ID = 6809]
The concept of ‘connected histories’ was first discussed by
' ' [Question ID = 1749]
1. Ranajit Guha / [Option ID = 6994] 2. Sanjay Subrahmanyam /
[Option ID = 6995] 3. Sheldon Pollock / [Option ID = 6996] 4. Chris
Bayly / [Option ID = 6993]
Correct Answer :- Sanjay Subrahmanyam / [Option ID = 6995]
Who is credited with the discovery of Monsoon winds:
: [Question ID = 1762]
1. Hippalus / [Option ID = 7046] 2. Diodorus / [Option ID = 7045]
3. None of these / [Option ID = 7048] 4. Heliodorus / [Option ID =
7047]
Correct Answer :- Hippalus / [Option ID = 7046]
Which Harappan site is famous for the gold ornaments which have
been found there?
? [Question ID = 1695]
1. Kalibangan / [Option ID = 6779] 2. Harappa / [Option ID = 6777]
3. Mandi / [Option ID = 6780] 4. Dholavira / [Option ID =
6778]
Correct Answer :- Mandi / [Option ID = 6780]
When did Akbar abolish the pilgrim tax on Hindus?
? [Question ID = 1715]
1. 1570 [Option ID = 6858] 2. 1563 [Option ID = 6857] 3. 1585
[Option ID = 6860] 4. 1564 [Option ID = 6859]
Correct Answer :- 1563 [Option ID = 6857]