1. The officer responsible for the safe custody of land records during the Gupta period was known as—
(A) Dhruvadhikarana
(B) Karanika
(C) Samaharta
(D) Shaulkika
2. The Prakrit text Gaudavaho describes the deeds of—
(A) Bhaskaravarman
(B) Isanavarman
(C) Sasanka
(D) Yasovarman
3. Which of the following refers to ‘Pushy a bhuti’ as the founder of the Vardhana dynasty ?
(A) Kadambari
(B) Harshacharita
(C) Banskhera Inscription of Harsha
(D) Yuan-Chwang
4. The first Gupta ruler to assume the title of the ‘Maharajadhiraja’ was—
(A) Srigupta
(B) Chandragupta I
(C) Samudragupta
(D) Ghatotkacha
5. Which one of the following statements about Chinese pilgrim Fa-Hien’s travel in India is not correct ?
(A) He came to India during the reign of Chandragupta II
(B) His object was to visit the holy places of Buddhism
(C) He came by the sea route
(D) He visited whole India and went back to his country by the land route
6. Which was the first work to recognise the payment of officers by grants of land ?
(A) Kautilya’s Arthasastra
(B) Indica of Megasthenese
(C) Manusmriti
(D) Harsacharita of Bana
7. Below are given the pairs of names of the Dharmashastra-writers and their patrons. Indicate the incorrect match—
(A) Ballalasena – Dharmapala
(B) Hemadri – Yadava Mahadeva
(C) Laxmidhara –Govindachandra Gahada wala
(D) Mitra Misra – Virasinha Bundela
8. Who among the following was celebrated with the title of ‘Gangai-Konda’ ?
(A) Rajaraja I
(B) Rajendra I
(C) Mahendravarman I
(D) Kulottunga I
9. Which Chola emperor received a letter on golden leaves from the Burmese king Kyanzittha ?
(A) Rajaraja I
(B) Rajendra I
(C) Kulottunga I
(D) Rajadhiraja I
10. Who among the following boldly stood for the sacrificial vedic tradition and opposed the theory of Sanyasa ?
(A) Kumarila
(B) Ramanuja
(C) Gaudapada
(D) Yamunacharya
11. In the case of a man dying without a son, whom Yajnavalkya places first in order of succession ?
(A) Wife
(B) Daughters
(C) Parents
(D) Brothers
12. Consider the following statements and select the correct answer from the code given below
Assertion (A) : The Gahadawalas had friendly relations with the Cholas.
Reason (R) : A fragmentary Gahadawala inscription has been found incised below an inscription of Kulottunga I.
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(B) Both (A) and (R) are ture, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true
13. Who among the following Europeans was first to come to India to establish trade relations with their country ?
(A) Dutch
(B) British
(C) Portuguese
(D) French
14. Which of the following gives the administrative divisions of the chola kingdom in the correct descending order ?
(A) Mandalam, Valanadu, Kurram
(B) Mandalam, Nadu, Kottam
(C) Kurram, Nadu, Kottam
(D) Nadu, Kurram, Taniyur
15. Which one of the following was the primary village assembly in the chola village administration ?
(A) Nadu
(B) Sabha
(C) Ur
(D) Mahasabha
16. Which one of the following states was a milch-cow for the British ?
(A) Hydrabad
(B) Punjab
(C) Mysore
(D) Avadh
17. Match the authors with their books—
(a) Subramanya Bharti
(b) Bhai Vir Singh
(c) Rabindra Nath Tagore
(d) Michael Madhusudan Dutt
1. Gitanjali
2. Meghnad Badh Kavya
3. Rana Surat Singh
4. Kuyil Pattu
Select the correct answer from the code given below—
Codes :
(A) 2 3 1 4
(B) 4 2 1 3
(C) 4 3 1 2
(D) 4 3 2 1
18. “The emergence of British power in India is from the battle of Buxar.” Who made this statement ?
(A) Sir Stephen
(B) Ramsay Muir
(C) Dr. K. K. Datta
(D) Dr. R. C. Majumdar
19. In 1757 Siraj-ud-Daulah attacked British factory at—
(A) Dhaka
(B) Calcutta
(C) Kasimbazar
(D) Murshidabad
20. Which Governor of Madras presidency made treaty of Mangalore with Tipu ?
(A) Eyercoote
(B) Stephenson
(C) Wellesely
(D) Lord Macartany
21. What was the bone of contention between Nizam Ali, the ruler of Hyderabad and the English ?
(A) Masulipatanam
(B) Karnataka
(C) The Sarkar of Guntur
(D) The Northern Sarkars
22. The statement “we have crippled our enemy without making our friends too formidable.” is associated with—
(A) Fourth Anglo-Mysore war
(B) Third Anglo-Mysore war
(C) Second Anglo-Mysore war
(D) First Anglo-Mysore war
23. Who among the following Mughal empe rors, granted permission to trade free of tax in the territories of Bengal, Hydera bad and Gujarat to the British ?
(A) Muhammad Shah
(B) Aurangzeb
(C) Bahadur Shah
(D) Farrukh Siyar
24. Where did the British East India Company open its first factory in India ?
(A) Masulipatanam
(B) Surat
(C) Bharuch
(D) Mumbai
25. The Whitley commission was concerned with
(A) Labour
(B) Education
(C) Public Health
(D) Reorganisation of civil service
26. Match the following treaties with the years of their conclusion—
(a) Treaty of Srirangapatnam
(b) Treaty of Sangoli
(c) Treaty of Manglore
(d) Treaty of Rajghat
1. 1792
2. 1806
3. 1816
4. 1784
Find the correct answer from code given below—
Codes :
(A) 3 2 1 4
(B) 2 3 1 4
(C) 4 3 1 2
(D) 1 3 4 2
27. Whom did Sir Charles Napier replace as British Resident of Sindh ?
(A) Alexander Burnier
(B) James Outram
(C) Sir John Karne
(D) Sir Eyre Coote
28. When was the East India Company brought under the parliamentary control ?
(A) 1773
(B) 1784
(C) 1793
(D) None of the above
29. Which one of the following Acts created ‘Board of control’ ?
(A) Regulating Act, 1773
(B) Pitt’s India Act, 1784
(C) Act of 1813
(D) Act of 1833
30. Which one of the following historians has written about the nature of the movement of 1857 that “It was neither first nor national nor a war of independence.” ?
(A) T. R. Holmes
(B) R. C. Majumdar
(C) S. B. Chaudhuri
(D) G. B. Mallison
31. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?
(A) Jhansi —Laxmi Bai
(B) Gwalior —Tatya Tope
(C) Kanpur —Nana Saheb
(D) Allahabad —Kunwar Singh
32. The official historian of the movement of 1857 was—
(A) S. N. Sen
(B) R. C. Majumdar
(C) Tarachand
(D) V. D. Savarkar
33. Match the following associations with their presidents—
(a) British Indian Association, 1851
(b) Deccan Association, 1852
(c) Bombay Association, 1852
(d) British Indian Madras Association, 1850
1. Raja Radhakant Dev
2. Gopal Hari Deshmukh
3. C. Y. Mudaliar 4. Jamshedji Jijabhai
Select the correct answer from the code given below—
Codes :
(A) 2 1 4 3
(B) 1 2 4 3
(C) 1 2 3 4
(D) 1 2 4 3
34. Who had chaired the Indian Education commission in 1882 ?
(A) Macaulay
(B) Sadler
(C) W. W. Hunter
(D) None of the above
35. Who was the founder of Seva Sadan in Bombay ?
(A) Baharamji Malabari
(B) Shiva Narrain Agnihotri
(C) R. G. Bhandarkar
(D) B. K. Jayakar
36. Match List-I with List-II and select the co rrect answer by using codes given below —
List-I
(a) Laxmi Bai
(b) Tatya Tope
(c) Nana Saheb
(d) Bahadur Shah
List-II
1. Deported to Rangoon
2. Fled to Nepal
3. Captured and executed
4. Killed in battle
Codes :
(A) 4 3 2 1
(B) 2 4 3 1
(C) 1 2 3 4
(D) 4 2 3 1
37. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched ?
1. Brahmo Samaj – Swami Brahmanand
2. Dev Samaj – Swami Satyanand Agnihotri
3. Arya Samaj – Swami Dayanand
4. Ram Krishna Mission– Swami Ram krishna Paramhansa
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below—
Codes :
(A) 1 and 2
(B) 2 and 3
(C) 3 and 4
(D) 1 and 4
38. Which one of the following journals had conducted a bitter campaign against the abolition of the practice of Sati ?
(A) Sambad Kaumadi
(B) Bangadoot
(C) Samachar Darpan
(D) Samachar Chandrika
39. In which of the following places ‘Jatiya Sarkar’ a parallel government was formed during the Quit India Movement ?
(A) Satara
(B) Tamaluk
(C) Ballia
(D) None of the above
40. Which one of the following was elected as president of Indian National Congress after the resignation of Subhas Chandra Bose ?
(A) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(B) Pattabhi Sitaramayya
(C) Sarojini Naidu
(D) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
41. What was the function of the officer known as ‘Gopa’ during the reign of Chandragupta Maurya ?
(A) He was incharge of a Janapada
(B) He was incharge of a group of villages
(C) He was incharge of a Dronamukha
(D) He was the president of a municipal board
42. Which of the following Mauryan pillars were surmounted by lion capital ?
1. Koluha Pillar
2. Lauriya Nandangarh Pillar
3. Sanchi Pillar
4. Sarnath Pillar
Select the correct answer from the code given below—
Codes :
(A) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(B) 1, 2 and 3
(C) 3 and 4
(D) 2 and 3
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