HISTORY
Paper – II
Note : This paper contains fifty (50) objective type questions of two (2) marks each. All questions are compulsory.
1. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the code given below :
2. In which area the neolithic man lived in underground pits ?
(A) Karnataka
(B) Assam
(C) Kashmir
(D) Madhya Pradesh
3. Match List – I (items found in Harappan sites) with List – II (possible sources) and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
4. Which among the following weapons of war have not been found in the remains of the Harappan culture ?
(i) Bows and Arrows
(ii) Swords
(iii) Shields
(iv) Helmets
Select the correct answer with the help of the code given below :
(A) (i) only
(B) (i) and (ii)
(C) (ii) and (iii)
(D) (ii), (iii) and (iv)
5. Who among the following priests had the duty to supervise the performance of a sacrifice ?
(A) Hota
(B) Brahma
(C) Udgata
(D) Adhvaryu
6. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
7. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the code given below :
8. Match List – I (Officials) with List – II (Departments) and select the correct answer with the help of the codes given below :
9. Which inscription of Ashoka gives an account of Kalinga War ?
(A) Jaugada Rock Inscription
(B) Dhauli Rock Inscription
(C) Rummindei Pillar Inscription
(D) Shahbajgarhi Rock Edict
10. Who among the following rulers is the last ruler of the Satavahana dynasty ?
(A) Siri Yajna
(B) Siri Satakarni
(C) Pulumavi IV
(D) Siva Siri Pulumavi
11. Who was the first Mathematician to calculate the correct value of pi (p) ?
(A) Aryabhatta I
(B) Aryabhatta II
(C) Varahmihira
(D) Brahmagupta
12. Which one of the following territories was not ruled by King Chandragupta – I ?
(A) Prayaga
(B) Saketa
(C) Vaishali
(D) Magadha
13. St. Thomas come to India for the propagation of Christianity during the reign of
(A) Akbar
(B) Gondophernes
(C) Kadphises
(D) Jahangir
14. What is the correct chronological sequence of the following Buddhist sites ?
(A) Nalanda, Nagarjunikonda, Amravati, Sanchi
(B) Nagarjunikonda, Sanchi, Amravati, Nalanda
(C) Sanchi, Amravati, Nagarjunikonda, Nalanda
(D) Sanchi, Nagarjunikonda, Amravati, Nalanda
15. Who among the following officers was not a functionary under the Mauryan Administration ?
(A) Pradesikas
(B) Rajukas
(C) Yuktas
(D) Nayakas
16. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A) : With the establishment of Turkish rule, the art of history writing was firmly established in India.
Reason (R) : The Sultanate period witnessed development of paper industry in India.
In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct ? Select the correct answer from the codes given below :
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, 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.
17. Who proclaimed that the mason and stone cutters of Delhi were superior to their fellow craftmen in the whole Muslim World ?
(A) Amir Khusro
(B) Minhaj-us-Siraj
(C) Ibn Batuta
(D) Isami
18. Who among the following used to look after the army during the Sultanate period ?
(A) Naib
(B) Wazir
(C) Qazi
(D) Ariz-i Mamaliq
19. The country is for the most part well cultivated, very fertile, the troops amount in number to eleven lakhs.
Who made the above statement in respect of Vijayanagara State ?
(A) Nuniz
(B) Abdur Razzak
(C) Nicolo Conti
(D) D. Barbosa
20. Who among the following opined that ‘A woman cannot acquit herself well as a ruler for she is essentially
deficient in intellect’ ?
(A) Minhaj-us-Siraj
(B) Ziyauddin Barni
(C) Isami
(D) Yahya Bin Ahmad
21. Consider the following statements about Sher Shah Suri :
1. Sher Shah established an empire extending from Afghanistan to Orissa.
2. His use of Hindavi language in administration was a measure of his practical sense.
3. He enforced law and order with heavy hand.
4. He withdrew the circulation of gold coins.
Which of the above statements are correct ? Select the correct answer from the codes given below :
Codes :
(A) 1, 3
(B) 2, 3
(C) 1, 4
(D) 2, 4
22. Arrange the following in correct chronological order and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
(i) Battle of Khanwa
(ii) Battle of Palkhed
(iii) Battle of Chausa
(iv) Battle of Dhrmat
Codes :
(A) (i), (iii), (iv), (ii)
(B) (iii), (i), (ii), (iv)
(C) (ii), (i), (iv), (iii)
(D) (iv), (ii), (iii), (i)
23. Which of the following historical accounts was not written during the reign of Akbar ?
(A) Tarikh-i Firishta
(B) Humayunnama
(C) Tarikh-i Shershahi
(D) Tabaqat-i Akbari
24. Which of the following historians writes that Nur Jahan’s “relations and connections were exalted by favours
of all kind” ?
(A) Mutamad Khan
(B) Inayat Khan
(C) Khwaja Kamgar Khan
(D) Abdul Hamid Lahori
25. Which of the following statements is true ?
(A) Like Europe, the nobility in Mughal India was a legal category.
(B) The Mughal nobles were not involved in the task of administration at higher level.
(C) The social distinctions between the Iranis, Turanis and the Shaikhzada nobles disappeared.
(D) The nobles whose ancestors had been in the Mughal Imperial service for more than a generation were called Khanazads.
26. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
27. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
28. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other labelled as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A) : In military terms Aurangzeb’s reign was undistinguished.
Reason (R) : He could not subjugate the Marathas.
In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct ?
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, 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.
29. ‘The reality of Mughal centralized power is one matter, whether it was ‘good or bad’ quite another.’
Who made the above statement ?
(A) J.F. Richards
(B) Irfan Habib
(C) Satish Chandra
(D) Jadunath Sarkar
30. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
31. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A) : Weak statesmen and incompetent commanders were responsible for the rapid disintegration of the Mughal Empire in the first half of the Eighteenth century.
Reason (R) : The Mughal statesmen and nobles of this period were preoccupied with their own interest and had little concern for the fate of the Empire.
In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct ? Select the correct answer from the codes given below :
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, 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.
32. The only major industry in the hands of Indian capitalists during the late nineteenth century was
(A) Cotton textile
(B) Jute
(C) Iron and steel
(D) None of the above
33. A young Maharashtrian who joined the revolutionary movement in Punjab was :
(A) Sukhdev
(B) Rajguru
(C) Namdev
(D) Vasudev
34. Who stated that the object of the political dacoities must be to secure money belonging to the Government ?
(A) Ramprasad Bismil
(B) Surya Sen
(C) Pritilata Waddedar
(D) Sukhdev
35. Arrange the following in correct chronological order and select the correct answer with the help of the code given below :
(i) Minto
(ii) John Shore
(iii) Cornwallis
(iv) Warren Hastings
Codes :
(A) (iv), (ii), (i), (iii)
(B) (iii), (ii), (iv), (i)
(C) (i), (ii),(iii), (iv)
(D) (iv), (iii), (ii), (i)
36. Who commented ‘Oriental learning, is inferior to European learning ?”
(A) Charles Wood
(B) William Carrey
(C) Lord Macaulay
(D) William Hunter
37. Who were called ‘Neo Nationalists’ ?
(A) Moderators
(B) Swarajists
(C) Extremists
(D) Revolutionaries
38. Who set up the Agricultural Research Institute at Pusa ?
(A) Lytton
(B) Rippon
(C) Curzon
(D) Minto
39. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer with the help of the codes given below :
40. Who of the following poets wrote in praise of Russian Revolution of 1917 ?
(A) Subramanya Bharati
(B) Muhammad Iqbal
(C) Sarojini Naidu
(D) Rabindranath Tagore
41. In which year Dacca Anushilan Samiti was founded ?
(A) 1902
(B) 1903
(C) 1904
(D) 1905
42. Who among the following said, “For me every tiniest activity is governed by what I consider to be my religion” ?
(A) Swami Vivekanand
(B) V.D. Savarkar
(C) Mahatma Gandhi
(D) Subhash Chandra Bose
43. The All India Women’s Conference was started in 1927 to
(A) promote women’s education
(B) increase women’s share in the legislatures
(C) enhance women’s employment
(D) campaign for women’s voting rights
44. Who of the following led a delegation to London to demand Female Franchise ?
(A) Annie Besant
(B) Sucheta Kripalani
(C) Sarla Devi
(D) Sarojini Naidu
45. Which of the following is not true of the Cabinet Mission plan ?
(A) It rejected the creation of a separate State of Pakistan.
(B) It recognized India’s right to secede from the Commonwealth.
(C) All members of the Indian Cabinet are to be Indians.
(D) It gave scope to the communal representation.
46. The Nehru-Liaqat Pact between India and Pakistan was signed in 1950 to resolve the issue of
(A) Protection of Minorities
(B) The accession of the Princely States
(C) The Border disputes
(D) Foreign Relations
47. Where was Panchayat Raj first introduced ?
(A) Tamil Nadu
(B) Rajasthan
(C) Maharashtra
(D) Andhra Pradesh
48. Which one of the following statements is not correct about Black Death ?
(A) The blood sucking fleas, that lived on black rats were responsible for the spread of Black Death.
(B) Plague was called Black Death because of the deadly black swellings it caused.
(C) The terrible disease was transmitted from Asia to Europe in the fifteenth century.
(D) People thought that God had sent the Black Death as a punishment for their sins.
49. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other one labelled as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A) : Civilization in all its varied aspects constitutes the subject-matter of history.
Reason (R) : Such a cultural approach to history would make it a biography of civilization.
In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following codes is correct ?
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, 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.
50. Who amongst the following medieval historiographers pronounced that :
“Prejudice and partisanship obscure the critical faculty and preclude critical investigation” ?
(A) Al beruni
(B) Minhaj-us Siraj
(C) Ibn Khaldoun
(D) Ziyauddin Barni
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