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MH SET 2020: 27 December, Paper II, History

  • Date: 27 December 2020
  • Paper code: JUN10220
  • Series: A
  • Language: Bilingual
  • 36 pages
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                                            History
                                            Paper II


                                                              II
Time Allowed : 120 Minutes]                          [Maximum Marks : 200
Note : This Paper contains Hundred (100) multiple choice questions. Each question
       carrying Two (2) marks. Attempt All questions.
                               (100)                                          (2)


1.   Which of the following is not an                    1.
     absolute dating method ?
     (A) Palaeomagnetic method                                 (A)
     (B) C-14 dating method                                    (B)
     (C) Thermoluminescence method                             (C)

     (D) Stratigraphy                                          (D)

2.   Paleobotany is the study of :                       2.

     (A) Ancient monuments                                     (A)

     (B) Ancient plant remains                                 (B)
     (C) Ancient coins                                         (C)
     (D) Ancient writings                                      (D)
3.   ................... is one of the significant       3.
     archaeological sites which throws
     light on the Chalcolithic culture of
     Maharashtra.
                                                               (A)
     (A) Patne
                                                               (B)
     (B) Inamgaon
     (C) Morgaon                                               (C)

     (D) Nagardhan                                             (D)

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4.   Fire-altars found at the Harappan               4.
     site of......................bear special

     significance as being associated

     with community event.
                                                          (A)
     (A) Kuntasi
                                                          (B)
     (B) Kalibangan
                                                          (C)
     (C) Surkotada
                                                          (D)
     (D) Madina
                                                     5.
5.   Two most important Harappan crops

     were...............................
                                                          (A)
     (A) Wheat and Barley
                                                          (B)
     (B) Sesame and Mustard
                                                          (C)
     (C) Rice and Peas
                                                          (D)
     (D) Cotton and Sugarcane

6.   The following profession is not                 6.

     mentioned in Rig Vedic Samhita :

     (A) Weaver                                           (A)

     (B) Potter                                           (B)

     (C) Goldsmith                                        (C)

     (D) Ironsmith                                        (D)

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7.   The king of later Vedic times, whose              7.

     rule extended from one ocean to

     another ocean, was called..................
                                                            (A)
     (A) Raja
                                                            (B)
     (B) Maharaja                                           (C)

     (C) Ekrat                                              (D)

                                                       8.
     (D) Ekraj

8.   Match the following :
                                                            (a)
                 Gana-Name
     (a) Lichchavis                                         (b)

     (b) Sakyas                                             (c)
     (c) Koliyas                                            (d)
     (d) Videhas
     Ancient Indian Ganarajya                               (i)
     (i)   Ramagrama
                                                            (ii)
     (ii) Mithila
                                                            (iii)
     (iii) Vaisali
                                                            (iv)
     (iv) Kapilvastu
     Codes :
           (a)   (b)   (c)   (d)                                    (a)    (b) (c) (d)

     (A) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)                                (A) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)

     (B) (iii) (iv) (i)      (ii)                           (B) (iii) (iv) (i)       (ii)
     (C) (i)     (iv) (iii) (ii)                            (C) (i)       (iv) (iii) (ii)

     (D) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)                                (D) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)

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9.   The most famous ‘shatak’ of Mathura           9.
     during post-Mauryan period was a
     type of................................
                                                         (A)
     (A) Metal
                                                         (B)
     (B) Dance
                                                         (C)
     (C) Wine

     (D) Cloth                                           (D)

10. Which of the following writers                 10.
     ascertains that–During his father’s
     reign, Ashoka reduced a rising of the
     Nepalas and Khasyas, tribes of
     Himalayan mountaineers.
                                                         (A)
     (A) Kautilya
                                                         (B)
     (B) Bhasa

     (C) Ashvaghosh                                      (C)

     (D) Taranath                                        (D)

11. Which of the following the Girnar              11.
     rock edicts of the Mauryan emperor
     Ashok mentions Kamboja, Gandhara
     and Aparanta ?
                                                         (A)
     (A) First

     (B) Fifth                                           (B)

     (C) Eighth                                          (C)

     (D) Tenth                                           (D)

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12. Panini did not mention................... as         12.
     a type of gold coins in the

     Ashtadhyayi.
                                                               (A)
     (A) Suvarna
                                                               (B)
     (B) Nishka

     (C) Suvarnamashaka                                        (C)

     (D) Shataman                                              (D)

13. Karle cave complex was constructed                   13.
     by.............................
                                                               (A)
     (A) Gautamiputra Satakarni
                                                               (B)
     (B) Nahapana

     (C) Naganika                                              (C)

     (D) Krishna III                                           (D)

14. The Buddhist art of Gandhara is                      14.
     exclusively well-known for...................

     (A) Absence of Buddha images
                                                               (A)
     (B) Prevalence of depiction of the
                                                               (B)
            Buddha life scenes

     (C) Absence of Bodhisattva images                         (C)

     (D) Only depiction of Jataka stories                      (D)

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15. Which of the following Gupta              15.
    inscriptions is said to contain the
    most decisive evidence in favour of
    the exclusive ownership of land by
    the state ?                                     (A)
    (A) Allahabad Prasasti
                                                    (B)
    (B) Bhitari Prasasti
                                                    (C)
    (C) Paharpur copper plate
                                                    (D)
    (D) Junagarh Rock Inscription

16. Which of the following materials          16.
    was not used in the Gandhara School
    of Art ?
                                                    (A)
    (A) Grey Sandstone

    (B) Terracotta                                  (B)

    (C) Limestone                                   (C)

    (D) Marble
                                                    (D)
17. The following is not a composition
                                              17.
    of Nagarjuna, the scholar who was
    a contemporary of the later
    Satavahanas :
                                                    (A)
    (A) Yogachar
                                                    (B)
    (B) Ratishastra

    (C) Rasa-Ratnakar                               (C)

    (D) Setubandh                                   (D)

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18. The coins of the....................... dynasty       18.
      depict the fish symbol on the reverse.

      (A) Guptas
                                                                (A)
      (B) Kushanas

      (C) Hoyasalas                                             (B)

      (D) Pandyas                                               (C)
19. Which of the following temples is not
                                                                (D)
      an example of the Pallava temple
      architecture ?                                      19.
      (A) Virattaneshvara              Temple,
           Tiruttani
                                                                (A)
      (B) Vaikunthaperumal Temple,
           Uttiramerur                                          (B)
      (C) Kailasanatha                 Temple,
                                                                (C)
           Kanchipuram

      (D) Koranganatha                 Temple,                  (D)
           Srinivasanallur
                                                          20.
20. Who among the following seems to
      have monopolized the trade in silk
      in ancient times ?                                        (A)
      (A) Chinese
                                                                (B)
      (B) Arabs

      (C) Persians                                              (C)

      (D) Sinhalese                                             (D)

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21. Almost all classical schools of Indian             21.

     philosophy believe in some form of

     doctrine of Karma except.................
                                                             (A)
     (A) Vedic
                                                             (B)
     (B) Buddhist
                                                             (C)
     (C) Jain
                                                             (D)
     (D) Charvaka
                                                       22.
22. Acharya Lakulisha is said to be the

     founder of................................
                                                             (A)
     (A) Vaishnavism
                                                             (B)
     (B) Saivism
                                                             (C)
     (C) Brahmanism
                                                             (D)
     (D) Bhagvatism
                                                       23.
23. Who called Harshavardhana ‘‘Sakal

     Uttarapatha Nath’’ ?

                                                             (A)
     (A) Banabhatta

     (B) Huien Tsang                                         (B)


     (C) Dhruvasena II                                       (C)   II

     (D) Pulakesin II                                        (D)   II

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24. Which of the following ancient cities        24.
    was never the capital of the Eastern
    branch of the Vakatakas ?
                                                       (A)
    (A) Nandivardhan
                                                       (B)
    (B) Pravarpur
                                                       (C)
    (C) Padmapur
                                                       (D)
    (D) Elichpur
                                                 25.
25. Which of the following Jain politico-
    historian of tenth century composed
    Nitivakyamruta ?

    (A) Bharavi                                        (A)

    (B) Kalhana                                        (B)

    (C) Somadeva                                       (C)

    (D) Jayadeva                                       (D)
26. Which king’s Hyderabad Copper                26.
    Plate gives information about the
    solar eclipse that occurred during
    third year of the king’s reign ?
                                                       (A)
    (A) Pulakeshin II
                                                       (B)
    (B) Krishna II

    (C) Vikramaditya II                                (C)

    (D) Kattiyar                                       (D)

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27. Which of the following writers has                27.
    written extensively on the society of
    Rashtrakuta Empire ?
                                                            (A)
    (A) Al-Masudi

    (B) Ibn-Batuta                                          (B)

    (C) Faris Shidyaq                                       (C)

    (D) Abdur Razzak                                        (D)
28. Which of the following temples is not
                                                      28.
    an    example         of   the     Badami
    Chalukyan temple architecture ?

    (A) Sangameshvara                  Temple,              (A)

         Mahakuta
                                                            (B)
    (B) Svarga         Brahma          Temple,
                                                            (C)
         Alampur

    (C) Ladkhan Temple, Aihole                              (D)

    (D) Mahadev Temple, Ittagi                        29.

29. Matsyanyaya in early medieval
    Bengal meant.........................
                                                            (A)
    (A) Fisherman’s Court
                                                            (B)
    (B) State of chaos
                                                            (C)
    (C) Judge

    (D) Fight for lakes of fish                             (D)

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30. Jinasena, the famous Jaina Scholar                          30.
    and author of Adipurana was at the
    court of.........................................
                                                                      (A)
    (A) Pala Ruler, Devapala
                                                                      (B)          I
    (B) Rashtrakuta                               Ruler,
                                                                      (C)
           Amoghavarsha I

    (C) Pratihara Ruler, Mihira Bhoja                                 (D)

    (D) Solanki Ruler, Kumarapala                               31.

31. The Cholas evolved different
    structures of control by designating
    zones, in which ‘Kottam’ was..............                        (A)
    (A) Urban space
                                                                      (B)
    (B) Rural space
                                                                      (C)
    (C) Hilly region
                                                                      (D)
    (D) Pastoral-cum-agricultural space
                                                                32.
32. Nalayira-Divyaprabandham belonged
    to.............................
                                                                      (A)
    (A) Tantrik Buddhism

    (B) Tantrik Jainism                                               (B)

    (C) Shaivism                                                      (C)

    (D) Vaishnavism                                                   (D)

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33. What was the gadyana ?                             33.

    (A) A copper coin                                        (A)

    (B) A gold coin                                          (B)

    (C) Another name for a cowrie shell                      (C)

    (D) A silver coin
                                                             (D)
34. Within South India, warrior
                                                       34.
    lineages     approximate         to   the

    kshatriya model emerged only :
                                                             (A)
    (A) In Kerala
                                                             (B)
    (B) In Tamil Nadu
                                                             (C)
    (C) In the Coromandel area
                                                             (D)
    (D) In Andhra Pradesh
                                                       35.
35. According to Harbans Mukhia,

    Indian familiarity with Persian at
    the popular level can be traced to

    the writings and discourses of.............

    (A) Nasiruddin Chiragh                                   (A)

    (B) Moin al-din Chishti                                  (B)

    (C) Gesudaraz                                            (C)

    (D) Baba Farid                                           (D)

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36. Who introduced the ceremonies of                  36.
    sijda and paibos ?

    (A) Iltutmish
                                                            (A)
    (B) Balban
                                                            (B)
    (C) Alauddin Khilji
                                                            (C)
    (D) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
                                                            (D)
37. Where in the Deccan do we find the

    earliest Turkish styled hammams ?                 37.

    (A) In Golconda, near Hyderabad

    (B) In Firuzabad, near Gulbarga                         (A)

    (C) In Bijapur, near the Gol                            (B)

         Gumbaz
                                                            (C)
    (D) In         Khuldabad,             near
                                                            (D)
         Aurangabad
                                                      38.
38. At the time of accession, Iltutmish

    was the governor of.......................

    (A) Bengal                                              (A)

    (B) Sindh                                               (B)

    (C) Multan                                              (C)

    (D) Badaun                                              (D)

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39. During Alauddin’s reign a Tanka                        39.
    was made of..............................

    (A) 50 Jitals                                                (A)

    (B) 49 Jitals                                                (B)

    (C) 48 Jitals
                                                                 (C)
    (D) 47 Jitals
                                                                 (D)
40. The fort of Jajnagar, against which
                                                           40.
    Ulugh Khan led an expedition, was

    in the kingdom of.........................

    (A) Odisha
                                                                 (A)
    (B) Malwa
                                                                 (B)
    (C) Gujarat
                                                                 (C)
    (D) Warangal
                                                                 (D)
41. The      ‘Bharuch         hoard’        is   an
                                                           41.
    archaeological find of................. gold

    coins.

    (A) 13th century                                             (A)

    (B) 14th century                                             (B)

    (C) 15th century                                             (C)

    (D) 16th century                                             (D)

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42. Prakurekhe is related to :                  42.
    (A) Social system of Vijayanagar
                                                      (A)
        Empire
    (B) Festivals    of   Vijayanagar                 (B)
        Empire
    (C) Law-codes of Vijayanagar                      (C)
        Empire
                                                      (D)
    (D) Revenue system of Vijayanagar
        Empire                                  43.
43. One of the longest qanats in the
    Deccan is that which supplied water
    to the......................fort.                 (A)
    (A) Golconda
                                                      (B)
    (B) Gulbarga
    (C) Bijapur                                       (C)
    (D) Bidar
                                                      (D)
44. The Ni’matnama as a history of
    painting styles is important because        44.
    it shows :
    (A) The combination of Deccani and
        Rajput styles
    (B) The emergence of a distinctive
                                                      (A)
        central Indian style
    (C) The combination of Iranian and                (B)
        Indian styles
    (D) The emergence of the Deccani                  (C)

         style
                                                      (D)
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45. At the Battle of Khanwa, Babar had                           45.

    to face............................

    (A) Rana Sanga                                                     (A)

    (B) Rana Pratap                                                    (B)

    (C) The Afghans
                                                                       (C)

    (D) A confederacy of Rajputs
                                                                       (D)
46. Which of the following Mughal
                                                                 46.
    rulers         never         established            a

    permanent capital ?
                                                                       (A)
    (A) Babar
                                                                       (B)
    (B) Humayun
                                                                       (C)
    (C) Akbar
                                                                       (D)
    (D) Jahangir
                                                                 47.
47. Akbar abolished pilgrimage tax

    in................. and jizya in.................

    (A) 1563, 1564                                                     (A)


    (B) 1564, 1565                                                     (B)

    (C) 1543, 1544                                                     (C)

    (D) 1568, 1569                                                     (D)

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48. Name the monument built by Sher                  48.
    Shah in Delhi......................

    (A) Quwwatul Islam mosque
                                                           (A)
    (B) Qila-i-Kuhna masjid

    (C) Siri fort                                          (B)

    (D) Hauz Khas madrasa                                  (C)
49. Which of the following is an
                                                           (D)
    important source for the study of the
    Nizamshahi dynasty and Malik                     49.
    Ambar ?

    (A) Ain-i-Akbari

    (B) Futuhat-i-Salatin
                                                           (A)
    (C) Burhan-i-Maasir

    (D) Tuzuk-i-Babari                                     (B)

50. Which of the following were the                        (C)
    main Nayak kingdoms that emerged
    after the decline of the Vijayanagar                   (D)
    Empire ?
                                                     50.
    (A) Madurai, Jinji, Thanjavur

    (B) Jinji,       Mysore,         Madurai,
         Thanjavur                                         (A)

    (C) Madurai, Jinji, Thanjavur,                         (B)
         Mysore
                                                           (C)
    (D) Madurai, Jinji, Thanjavur,
         Ikkeri                                            (D)

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51. The Char Minar at Daulatabad was           51.
    erected by Zafar Khan who is better
    known as :

    (A) Alauddin Hasan Bahman Shah                   (A)

    (B) Firoz Shah Tughlaq                           (B)

    (C) Firoz Bahman Shah                            (C)

    (D) Ulugh Khan                                   (D)

52. The Marathas attacked Goa in :             52.

    (A) 1677
                                                     (A)
    (B) 1689
                                                     (B)
    (C) 1730
                                                     (C)
    (D) 1756
                                                     (D)
53. In the Vijayanagar Empire’s
    administrative system, to what do          53.
    the terms amara, bhandarvada and
    manya refer ?

    (A) Types of land grants                         (A)

    (B) Types of taxes                               (B)

    (C) Modes of transport                           (C)

    (D) Customs duties collected at the              (D)

        port of Krishnapattam


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54. Khurda was a form of payment...........             54.
     made to.................

     (A) In kind, the Kulkarni                                (A)

     (B) In kind, the Patil                                   (B)

     (C) In cash, the Kulkarni                                (C)
     (D) In cash, the Patil
                                                              (D)
55. In Mughal administration, the
                                                        55.
     governor of a port was called.........,
     while the chief collector of customs
     was called............................
                                                              (A)
     (A) Kotwal, mutasaddi
                                                              (B)
     (B) Mutasaddi, shahbandar
                                                              (C)
     (C) Shahbandar, mutasaddi
                                                              (D)
     (D) Mutasaddi, kotwal

56. The system of nazar-pahani as a                     56.

     method of revenue assessment and
     collection was initiated by................

     (A) Mahmud Gawan                                         (A)

     (B) Raja Todar Mal                                       (B)

     (C) Malik Ambar                                          (C)

     (D) Malik Kafur                                          (D)

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57. ....................is to measurement of land        57.
     in Maharashtra as..................... is to
     measurement of land in north India.
                                                               (A)
     (A) Gaz, ilahi
                                                               (B)
     (B) Kathi, jarib
                                                               (C)
     (C) Bigha, biswa

     (D) Tansu, jital                                          (D)

58. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj came                     58.
     into conflict with the Mughals for the
     first time in...........................
                                                               (A)
     (A) 1655
                                                               (B)
     (B) 1657
                                                               (C)
     (C) 1659

     (D) 1661                                                  (D)

59. Vangi in medieval Maharashtra was                    59.
     an additional tax on :

     (A) The brinjal harvest
                                                               (A)
     (B) Metal lamps supplied to a
                                                               (B)
           temple

     (C) Merchants                                             (C)

     (D) Bamboos brought in for sale in                        (D)
           a village fair

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60. The Mirat-i-Ahmadi has the word       60.
    ‘talpat’. What does the word
    mean ?
                                                (A)
    (A) State property, equivalent to
        Khalisa land

    (B) Community owned property in             (B)
        the tribal areas

    (C) Land owned by individual                (C)
        peasants
                                                (D)
    (D) Land that could be assigned in
        Jagir                             61.

61. Which city was also known as
    khujista buniyad in the 17th
                                                (A)
    century ?
                                                (B)
    (A) Burhanpur

    (B) Bidar                                   (C)

    (C) Ahmednagar                              (D)

    (D) Aurangabad                        62.
62. Maratha attack on Salsette in 1730
    was repulsed by :
                                                (A)
    (A) The Portuguese

    (B) The English and the French              (B)

    (C) The English                             (C)

    (D) The English and Portuguese              (D)
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63. The Marathi chronology entitled              63.

    Pargana      Wai    Yadinama       is

    important as a source because :
                                                       (A)
    (A) It is based on Ferishta’s work

        in Wai
                                                       (B)
    (B) It gives the names of officers in

        Wai
                                                       (C)
    (C) It gives an account of the

        Peshwa’s jagirs in Wai
                                                       (D)
    (D) It gives details of Chhatrapati

        Shivaji Maharaj’s conquests

        around Wai
                                                 64.
64. Who among the following Bhakti

    saints also provides information on

    aspects of Mughal administration ?

                                                       (A)
    (A) Surdas and Dadu Dayal

    (B) Surdas and Mirabai                             (B)


    (C) Mirabai and Sant Namdev                        (C)


    (D) Sant Namdev and Sant Kabir                     (D)

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65. In which south Indian source do we          65.
    get information about the invasion
    of Nadir Shah ?
                                                      (A)
    (A) The Tuzuk-i-Walajahi
                                                      (B)
    (B) The Diary of Ananda Ranga Pillai
    (C) The Report on the Zamindars                   (C)
        of Sivaganga                                  (D)
    (D) The report on the rebellion of          66.           I           II
        Yachama Nayak
66. Match List I with List II and select
    the correct answer from the codes                                                I
    given below :
                         List I                       (i)
                (Colonial Fort)
                                                      (ii)
    (i)   Dansborg
                                                      (iii)
    (ii) Geldria
                                                      (iv)
    (iii) St. David
    (iv) San Thome                                                                   II

                     List II
           (Colonial Power)                           (a)
    (a) English                                       (b)
    (b) Portuguese                                    (c)
    (c) Danish                                        (d)
    (d) Dutch
    Codes :
                                                              (i)   (ii) (iii) (iv)
          (i)     (ii)     (iii) (iv)
                                                      (A) (a)       (b)        (c)        (d)
    (A) (a)       (b)      (c)    (d)
    (B) (a)       (c)      (d) (b)                    (B) (a)       (c)        (d) (b)

    (C) (c)       (a)      (b)    (d)                 (C) (c)       (a)        (b)        (d)

    (D) (c)       (d)      (a)    (b)                 (D) (c)       (d)        (a)        (b)

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67. Who was the first collector of                67.
    Khandesh ?
                                                        (A)
    (A) Henry Pottinger
                                                        (B)
    (B) John Briggs
                                                        (C)
    (C) Chaplin
                                                        (D)
    (D) Robertson

68. Who among the following said, ‘‘the           68.

    armour of the isolated self-sufficient
    village was pierced by the steel rail,
    and its life blood ebbed away’’ ?
                                                        (A)
    (A) R. C. Dutt
                                                        (B)
    (B) Dadabhai Naoroji
                                                        (C)
    (C) D.H. Buchanan

    (D) Sir Thomas Munro                                (D)

69. Before 1857, the highest post in the          69.
    civil administration of the East
    India Company that an Indian could
    occupy was :
                                                        (A)
    (A) Subhedar
                                                        (B)
    (B) Sadr-i-Amin

    (C) Mamlatdar                                       (C)

    (D) Sipah Salar                                     (D)

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70. ........................was the first Indian to        70.
      be made a fellow of the Royal Society
                                                                 (A)
      of London.
                                                                 (B)
      (A) Ardeshir Cursetjee

      (B) Behramjee Malbari                                      (C)

      (C) Nowrosjee Wadia                                        (D)

      (D) Jamshetji Tata                                   71.

71. Who         among          the     following
      complained          to     the     British
      Government that one third of Bengal
      had been transformed into ‘‘a jungle
      inhabited only by wild beasts’’ ?                          (A)

      (A) Warren Hastings                                        (B)

      (B) Lord Cornwallis                                        (C)
      (C) William Bentinck
                                                                 (D)
      (D) Lord Ripon
                                                           72.
72. Thomas         Babington           Macaulay
      started his career as the....................
                                                                 (A)
      (A) Historian

      (B) Lawyer                                                 (B)

      (C) Economist                                              (C)

      (D) Educationalist                                         (D)

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73. Who among the following was a                         73.
    founder       of     Widow      Marriage
    Association in 1861 ?
                                                                (A)
    (A) Debendranath Tagore
                                                                (B)
    (B) Mahadev Govind Ranade
                                                                (C)
    (C) Surendranath Banerjee
                                                                (D)
    (D) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
                                                          74.
74. Dadabhai Naoroji worked as a
    Professor of.....................at University
    College, London.

    (A) Economics                                               (A)

    (B) Political Science                                       (B)

    (C) Gujarati                                                (C)
    (D) Philosophy
                                                                (D)
75. In 1883 who among the following
                                                          75.
    described          India   as     a   mere
    ‘geographical expression’ with no
    sense whatever of national unity ?
                                                                (A)
    (A) J.R. Seeley

    (B) John Strachey                                           (B)

    (C) Macaulay                                                (C)

    (D) Lord Dufferin                                           (D)

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76. Who opened a Widow home at Pune,            76.
    formed      a   widow   remarriage
    association, married a widow in 1893
    and in 1916 founded a Women’s
    University in Bombay ?
                                                      (A)
    (A) M.G. Ranade
                                                      (B)
    (B) D.K. Karve
                                                      (C)
    (C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

    (D) G.V. Joshi                                    (D)

77. Who among the following was not             77.

    part of the ‘Panchkathiya’ system
    agitation ?
                                                      (A)
    (A) Sheikh Gulab
                                                      (B)
    (B) Harbans Sahay
                                                      (C)
    (C) Pir Mohammad Munsi
                                                      (D)
    (D) Rajendra Prasad
                                                78.
78. Badruddin Tyabji presided over the
    Congress Session held at :

    (A) Madras                                        (A)

    (B) Mumbai                                        (B)

    (C) Delhi                                         (C)

    (D) Lahore                                        (D)

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79. Ganesh Gosh was associated with :            79.

    (A) Lahore conspiracy case                         (A)

    (B) Kakori case                                    (B)

    (C) Chittagon Armour Raid Case                     (C)

    (D) Bomb assault in Muzaffarpur                    (D)

80. Who among the following had, while           80.
    fasting in the prison, written to the
    British governor, ‘‘The individual
    must die so that the nation may live.
    Today, I must die so that India may
    win freedom and glory’’ ?

    (A) Jatin Das                                      (A)

    (B) Lala Lajpat Rai                                (B)

    (C) M.K. Gandhi                                    (C)

    (D) S.C. Bose                                      (D)

81. The first session of All India Trade         81.
    Congress in Bombay in 1920 was
    presided over by :

    (A) Jawaharlal Nehru                               (A)

    (B) V.V. Giri                                      (B)

    (C) Lala Lajpat Rai                                (C)

    (D) N.M. Joshi                                     (D)

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82. ‘‘If our goal is to take Mother India         82.
    to new heights in the world, then
    the first condition for that is unity,
    peace and harmony,’’ this slogan was
    given by :
                                                        (A)
    (A) Mahatma Gandhi

    (B) Dr. Ambedkar                                    (B)

    (C) Sardar Patel                                    (C)

    (D) Subhas Chandra Bose                             (D)
83. Who was the President of Indian
                                                  83.
    National Congress at the time of
    Quit India Movement ?

    (A) Jawaharlal Nehru                                (A)

    (B) Pattabhi Sitaramayya                            (B)

    (C) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad                         (C)

    (D) J.B. Kripalani                                  (D)
84. Anantrao Chitre was a leader of this
                                                  84.
    movement that took place in 1944
    in Bombay :

    (A) Dock Workers’ Strike                            (A)

    (B) Naval Mutiny                                    (B)

    (C) Salt Satyagraha                                 (C)

    (D) Mill Workers’ Strike                            (D)

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85. Maulana Abdul Bari belonged to the :             85.

     (A) Aligarh School                                    (A)
     (B) Deoband Madarsa                                   (B)
     (C) Firangi Mahal School                              (C)
     (D) Nadwat-ul-Ulema
                                                           (D)
86. The inspirational leader behind the
                                                     86.
    founding of the All India Women’s
    Conference was :
     (A) Durga Bai Deshmukh                                (A)

     (B) Margaret Cousins                                  (B)
     (C) Madam Cama                                        (C)
     (D) Mutthulaxmi Reddy                                 (D)
87. Who from among the following was
                                                     87.
    a member of the Constituent
    Assembly ?
     (A) Aruna Asaf Ali                                    (A)

     (B) Begum Aijaz Rasool                                (B)

     (C) Begum Hazrat Mahal                                (C)
     (D) Begum Samru                                       (D)
88. The only Annual Session of the                   88.
    Congress over which Mahatma
    Gandhi presided was held at..............
                                                           (A)
     (A) Pune
                                                           (B)
     (B) Belgaum
     (C) Mumbai                                            (C)

     (D) Karachi                                           (D)

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89. The title Rani was conferred on the                89.
    Naga leader Gaidinliu by...................
    (A) Mahatma Gandhi                                       (A)
    (B) Jawaharlal Nehru                                     (B)
    (C) Subhash Chandra Bose
                                                             (C)
    (D) Thakkar Bappa
                                                             (D)
90. In which year was the Reserve Bank
                                                       90.
    of India established ?
    (A) 1930
                                                             (A)
    (B) 1931
                                                             (B)
    (C) 1935
                                                             (C)
    (D) 1940
91. In the Interim Government what                           (D)
    department was headed by                           91.
    C. Rajgopalachari ?
    (A) Finance                                              (A)
    (B) Industries and Supplies
                                                             (B)
    (C) Education
                                                             (C)
    (D) Defence
                                                             (D)
92. The Bhoodan leader Vinoba Bhave
                                                       92.
    inaugurated     the    Bhoodan
    Movement in :
    (A) Maharashtra                                          (A)

    (B) Bihar                                                (B)

    (C) West Bengal                                          (C)

    (D) Telangana                                            (D)

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93. Who was the first woman to become                        93.
    a central cabinet minister in
    independent India ?
                                                                   (A)
      (A) Sarojini Naidu
                                                                   (B)
      (B) Sucheta Kripalani
                                                                   (C)
      (C) Aruna Asaf Ali
                                                                   (D)
      (D) Rajkumari Amrut Kaur
                                                             94.
94. Who among the following historians
    is well known for his contributions
    to subaltern studies ?                                         (A)

      (A) O.P. Kejriwal                                            (B)
      (B) Bipan Chandra                                            (C)
      (C) Ranjit Guha                                              (D)
      (D) K.N. Panikker                                      95.
95. Rajabai Tower designed by George
    Scott is an example of a combination
    of........................styles of Architecture.              (A)
      (A) Scottish and English
                                                                   (B)
      (B) Greek and Roman
                                                                   (C)
      (C) Venetian and Indian
                                                                   (D)
      (D) Venetian and Gothic
                                                             96.
96. Who is known as the Architect of
    Panchayati Raj in India ?
                                                                   (A)
      (A) Ashok Mehta
                                                                   (B)
      (B) Balwantrai Mehta
                                                                   (C)
      (C) Vaikunth Mehta
                                                                   (D)
      (D) Pherozeshah Mehta
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97. This internationally acclaimed               97.
    pioneer of Warli Painting was
    conferred the Padmashri award in
    2011 :
                                                        (A)
    (A) Pradip Madawi
    (B) Jivya Soma Mhase                                (B)

    (C) Balu Mhase                                      (C)
    (D) Bhajju Shyam                                    (D)
98. In which of the following English            98.
    works do we see the first indication
    of an ‘Orientalist’ attitude ?
                                                        (A)
    (A) The account of Sir Thomas Roe
    (B) The Records of Fort St. George,                 (B)
        1672                                            (C)
    (C) The Diary of William Hedges
                                                        (D)
    (D) The account of Ralph Fitch
                                                 99.
99. The integrative model of the state
    has been put forward by :
                                                        (A)
    (A) Burton Stein
    (B) Herman Kulke                                    (B)

    (C) Stephen Blake                                   (C)
    (D) R.S. Sharma                                     (D)
100. The process of verifying the                100.
     authenticity of a source is referred
     to as......................
    (A) Corroboration                                   (A)

    (B) Internal Criticism                              (B)
    (C) Secondary Criticism                             (C)

    (D) External Criticism                              (D)

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