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MH SET 2021: 26 September, Paper II, History

  • Date: 26 September 2021
  • Paper code: sep10221
  • Series: A
  • Language: Bilingual
  • 32 pages
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                                            History
                                            Paper II


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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 methods is                   1.
     not a scientific method of exploration
     of archaeological sites ?
                                                               (A)
     (A) Lerichi periscope
                                                               (B)
     (B) Aerial Photography
                                                               (C)
     (C) Electrical Resistance Surveying
                                                               (D)
     (D) Study of village names
2.   Which of the following sites does not               2.
     belong to the Neolithic period ?
     (A) Burzahom                                              (A)
     (B) Chirand                                               (B)
     (C) Tekkalkotta                                           (C)
     (D) Ahichchhatra                                          (D)
3.   The evidence of Iron smelting                       3.
     furnace was found in the excavation
     of Megalithic site ....................... in
     Maharashtra.
     (A) Mahurjhari                                            (A)

     (B) Borgaon                                               (B)

     (C) Junapani                                              (C)
     (D) Naikund                                               (D)
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4.   Cemetery of Harappan period is not                   4.
     found at ....................... .
     (A) Farmana                                               (A)
     (B) Rakhigarhi                                            (B)
     (C) Surkotada                                             (C)
     (D) Kuntasi                                               (D)
5.   The Harappan site Rakhigarhi is                      5.
     situated in ................................ .
     (A) Hissar District of Haryana                            (A)
     (B) Muzaffarnagar District of Uttar                       (B)
         Pradesh
                                                               (C)
     (C) Rohtak District of Haryana
                                                               (D)
     (D) Rupnagar District of Punjab
                                                          6.
6.   In the Vedic texts Vrihi means
     ..................................... .
                                                               (A)
     (A) Wheat
                                                               (B)
     (B) Rice
                                                               (C)
     (C) Barley
                                                               (D)
     (D) Moong
                                                          7.
7.   In Vedic Samhitas, the term Jana
     denotes .............................. .
                                                               (A)
     (A) Dialect
     (B) Caste                                                 (B)

     (C) Tribe                                                 (C)

     (D) Family                                                (D)

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8.   The Barabar cave inscriptions of the                   8.
     Mauryan king Dasharath mention
     the excavation of the caves for
     the ........................... .
                                                                  (A)
     (A) Jains
                                                                  (B)
     (B) Buddhists
                                                                  (C)
     (C) Bhagavatas

     (D) Ajivikas                                                 (D)

9.   Who among the following was a                          9.
     royal physician of Bimbisara ?
                                                                  (A)
     (A) Chellana
                                                                  (B)
     (B) Jivaka
                                                                  (C)
     (C) Khema

     (D) Chetaka                                                  (D)

10. An inscribed image of the Mauryan                       10.

     king       Ashok         has        been   found
     from ......................... .

     (A) Amaravati                                                (A)

     (B) Nagarjunakonda                                           (B)

     (C) Kanaganahalli                                            (C)

     (D) Jggayyapeta                                              (D)

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11. The first inscriptional reference of           11.
    Bharatvarsha is recorded at .......... .
    (A) Girnar Inscription of King
                                                         (A)
        Ashoka
    (B) Hathigumpha Inscription of
        King Kharavela                                   (B)
    (C) Prayag Prashasti of King                         (C)
        Samudragupta
                                                         (D)
    (D) Junagadh Rock Inscription of
        Rudradaman
12. The discovery of ....................          12.
    inscription throws new light on
    genealogy of the Kushana dynasty.
    (A) Rabatak                                          (A)
    (B) Kandahar                                         (B)
    (C) Taxila                                           (C)
    (D) Bamiyan                                          (D)
13. Bodhisattva is the stage when :                13.
    (A) A person leaves home and                         (A)
        becomes wanderer for knowledge
    (B) A person becomes reformer and
                                                         (B)
        fight against social evils
    (C) A person becomes next to
        Buddha    and    generates                       (C)
        awakening and compassion
    (D) A person becomes supreme head
        of a monastery and takes care                    (D)
         of each one
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14. Which of the following is not an                14.
    example of Buddhist Stupa sites ?
     (A) Pavani                                           (A)
     (B) Bhitargaon                                       (B)
     (C) Bhattiprolu                                      (C)
     (D) Vaishali                                         (D)
15. Which of the following cities was               15.
    located on the junction of
    Uttarapatha and Dakshinapatha,
    the trade routes of ancient India ?
                                                          (A)
     (A) Mathura
                                                          (B)
     (B) Prayag
     (C) Dwarka                                           (C)

     (D) Hampi                                            (D)
16. The statue of Poseidon, the Roman               16.
    sea god was found at the site ...........
    in Maharashtra.
                                                          (A)
     (A) Brahmapuri
                                                          (B)
     (B) Bhokardan
                                                          (C)
     (C) Junnar
     (D) Adam                                             (D)

17. Which of the following scholars has             17.
    recently identified the king Chandra
    mentioned in the Mehrauli Pillar
    inscription with Gupta king
    Samudragupta ?
                                                          (A)
     (A) Shriram Goyal
                                                          (B)
     (B) Parameshvarilal Gupta
     (C) Ram Sharan Sharma                                (C)

     (D) Amiteshvar Jha                                   (D)

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18. A Damodarpur plate describes                       18.
    uparika as .....................
                                                             (A)
     (A) Court official
                                                             (B)
     (B) Provincial official
                                                             (C)
     (C) Village official
     (D) Trade official                                      (D)

19. Several images of Bodhisattva                      19.
    ......................... have been found in
    Gandhara art.
                                                             (A)
     (A) Maitreya
                                                             (B)
     (B) Manjushri
                                                             (C)
     (C) Samantabhadra
     (D) Akashagarbha                                        (D)

20. Which of the following Gupta kings                 20.
    had issued a gold coin which depicts
    a rhinoceros ?
                                                             (A)
     (A) Chandragupta II
                                                             (B)
     (B) Samudragupta
                                                             (C)
     (C) Kumaragupta I
     (D) Skandagupta                                         (D)

21. Who is the author of the famous                    21.
    Allahabad Prasasti ?
     (A) Harisena                                            (A)

     (B) Kalidasa                                            (B)

     (C) Sudraka                                             (C)
                                                             (D)
     (D) Ravikirti
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22. Junagadh Rock Inscription referred                    22.
     to Rudradamana as ....................

     (A) Chakravartin                                           (A)

     (B) Lord of Dakshinapatha                                  (B)

     (C) King of the sea (Arabian Sea)                          (C)

     (D) Maharaja                                               (D)

23. The second Buddhist Council was                       23.
     held     at    Vaishali        under       the
     presidentship of ......................... .
                                                                (A)
     (A) Sambhuta
                                                                (B)
     (B) Upagupta
                                                                (C)
     (C) Revata
                                                                (D)
     (D) Sabbakami

24. Which of the following is the earliest                24.
     known         epigraphic           evidence
     mentioning the custom of Sati ?

     (A) Eran pillar inscription of
                                                                (A)
           Bhanugupta

     (B) Bilsad pillar inscription of
                                                                (B)    I
           Kumaragupta I

     (C) Mathura pillar inscription of
                                                                (C)   II
           Chandragupta II

     (D) Allahabad pillar inscription of
                                                                (D)
           Samudragupta

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25. Amarawati Stupa was constructed                     25.
    during the period of the .............. .
     (A) Satavahana                                           (A)
     (B) Chola                                                (B)
     (C) Pandya                                               (C)
     (D) Cheras                                               (D)
26. Who was the only king of the                        26.
    Vakataka dynasty who took the title
    of ‘Samrat’ ?
                                                              (A)
     (A) Vindhyashakti
                                                              (B)
     (B) Rudrasen I
                                                              (C)
     (C) Pravarsen I
     (D) Pruthvishen I                                        (D)

27. In early medieval Deccan, Upakriti                  27.
    and Kanika were .......................... .
     (A) Names of queens                                      (A)
     (B) Customary taxes                                      (B)
     (C) System of checking metal purity
                                                              (C)
     (D) Practice of saluting the feudal
         lord                                                 (D)

28. The phrase - ‘Dushtanigraha-                        28.
    Shishtapratipalana’,               occurs
    constantly in the inscriptions
    of ............................. .
                                                              (A)
     (A) The Hoysalas
     (B) The Chalukyas                                        (B)

     (C) The Rashtrakutas                                     (C)

     (D) The Yadavas                                          (D)

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29. The famous Chaurapanchasika (The                   29.
    Love Thief) of 11th Century was
    composed by ....................... .
                                                             (A)
    (A) Bilhana
                                                             (B)
    (B) Kalhana

    (C) Hemadri                                              (C)

    (D) Someshwara                                           (D)

30. The        poets          Periyalvar    and        30.
    Nammalvar belonged to which of the
    following religious traditions ?
                                                             (A)
    (A) Mahanubhav
                                                             (B)
    (B) Ajivika
                                                             (C)
    (C) Alvar

    (D) Nayanmar or Nayanar                                  (D)

31. In early medieval Deccan, portion of               31.
    freshly yielded paddy given to
    temple, brahmanas, rulers and the
    various kinds of labourers of the
    village, were indicated by the
    term............................. .
                                                             (A)
    (A) Sarvabharanam

    (B) Bhrtyavargaposanam                                   (B)

    (C) Gramposanam                                          (C)

    (D) Sarvajivanam                                         (D)

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32. What is the subject matter of the                32.
    following texts – Mayamata,
    Manasara, Kamikagama ?
                                                           (A)
     (A) Political philosophy
                                                           (B)
     (B) Varna-jati samskara
     (C) Ritual practices in central India                 (C)

     (D) Temple architecture                               (D)

33. Tevaram belonged to ................... .        33.
     (A) Tantrik Buddhism
                                                           (A)
     (B) Tantrik Jainism
                                                           (B)
     (C) Shaivism                                          (C)
     (D) Vaishnavism                                       (D)
34. In the fourteenth century, the route             34.
    from Ghazni and Kabul to Delhi was
    via ............................. .
                                                           (A)
     (A) Lahore
                                                           (B)
     (B) Multan
                                                           (C)
     (C) Amritsar
     (D) Udaipur                                           (D)

35. After Qutbuddin Aibak’s death, who               35.
    among the following asserted
    independence in Sindh ?
                                                           (A)
     (A) Bakhtiyar Khilji
                                                           (B)
     (B) Jalaluddin Mangarbarani
                                                           (C)
     (C) Ali Mardan
     (D) Qubacha                                           (D)

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36. Other than at Daulatabad, where in              36.
     the Deccan can we find examples of
     Tughlaq architecture ?

     (A) Khush Mahal in Warangal
                                                          (A)
     (B) Durgam           Cheruvu        in
                                                          (B)
          Hyderabad

     (C) Taj Bawadi in Bijapur                            (C)

     (D) Madrasa in Bidar                                 (D)

37. In the 15th century, the ...............        37.
     tried to replace the Tamil peasant
     elite by granting lands to the
     temples.
                                                          (A)
     (A) Pandya rulers
                                                          (B)
     (B) Vijayanagar rulers

     (C) Nayakas                                          (C)

     (D) P a laiyak a r a rs                              (D)

38. Of the five Deccani Sultanates,                 38.
     which ones were founded by Afaqi
     nobles ?

     (A) Only Ahmednagar and Bidar
                                                          (A)
     (B) Bidar, Berar and Golconda
                                                          (B)
     (C) Bijapur,          Berar       and
          Ahmednagar                                      (C)

     (D) Bijapur, Golconda and Bidar                      (D)

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39. Who      wrote      the     Dandaniti-             39.
    prakaranam ?                                             (A)
    (A) Keshav Pandit
                                                             (B)
    (B) Gagabhatta
                                                             (C)
    (C) Nischalapuri
    (D) Venkatadhvari                                        (D)

40. Who among the following historians                 40.
    said that the Kakatiya king
    Prataparudra marks the beginning
    of two different state systems in the
    Deccan ?
                                                             (A)
    (A) Richard Eaton
                                                             (B)
    (B) John F. Richards
    (C) Kenneth R. Hall                                      (C)

    (D) Stewart Gordon                                       (D)

41. The Maduravijayam is a Sanskrit                    41.
    source that describes ................... .
    (A) The attack on the Pandya
        kingdom of Madurai by Malik                          (A)
        Kafur
    (B) Rajaraja Chola’s expedition into
        north India                                          (B)

    (C) The   expansion   of the                             (C)
        Vijayanagar kingdom into
        Madurai territory
    (D) The trade          links between                     (D)
         Madurai and Indonesia

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42. The establishment of the Sultanate               42.
    is seen as marking a distinct phase
    of history in North India because of
    ............................... .
                                                           (A)
    (A) The expansion of urban centres
                                                           (B)
    (B) The rise of the Rajputs to power
                                                           (C)
    (C) Economic decline

    (D) The end of the caste system                        (D)

43. Why is Iltutmish regarded as the                 43.
    first independent Muslim sovereign
    of India ?
                                                           (A)
    (A) He had the khutba read in his
            name
                                                           (B)
    (B) He defeated all his opponents
                                                           (C)
    (C) He was officially designated as
            Sultan by Aibak

    (D) He was given a letter of                           (D)

            investiture by the Caliph

44. The iqtadari system was introduced               44.
    in North India by ..................... .

    (A) Qutbuddin Aibak                                    (A)

    (B) Iltutmish                                          (B)

    (C) Jalaluddin Khilji                                  (C)

    (D) Alauddin Khilji                                    (D)

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45. In the period of the Delhi Sultanate,        45.
    what was meant by usar land ?
    (A) Rich and fertile land
                                                       (A)
    (B) Land that was irrigated by
                                                       (B)
        canals
                                                       (C)
    (C) Land that was irrigated by wells
        and tanks
    (D) Barren or uncultivable land                    (D)

46. Which Sufi poet talks of printed             46.
    cloth as khand chap ?
    (A) Amir Khusrau                                   (A)
    (B) Mulla Daud                                     (B)
    (C) Dadu Dayal                                     (C)

    (D) Mir Maqbul                                     (D)
47. Where is the Qila Rai Pithora                47.
    located ?
                                                       (A)
    (A) In Delhi
                                                       (B)
    (B) In Jaunpur
                                                       (C)
    (C) In Chittor
    (D) In Kanauj                                      (D)

48. Jahangir visited Ujjain to :                 48.

    (A) Meet the ruler of the region                   (A)
    (B) Visit the Vaishnava ascetic                    (B)
        Jadrup
                                                       (C)
    (C) Reorganise the administration
        of the province
    (D) Establish a southern capital                   (D)

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49. Who wrote Gitawali, Kavitawali and                49.
    Vinaya Patrika ?
     (A) Tulsidas                                           (A)
     (B) Surdas                                             (B)
     (C) Chaitanya                                          (C)
     (D) Namadeva                                           (D)
50. In    medieval      Maharashtra,                  50.
    m a gatak a was a tax on ............... .
     (A) Weavers                                            (A)
     (B) Dyers                                              (B)
     (C) Carpenters                                         (C)
     (D) Share croppers                                     (D)
51. Who among the following historians                51.
    has characterised the Bijapur state
    as ‘feudal’ ?
                                                            (A)
     (A) M.A. Nayeem
                                                            (B)
     (B) J.F. Richards
     (C) Richard Eaton                                      (C)

     (D) Salma Farouqui                                     (D)

52. Battered walls are a distinctive                  52.
    feature of the architecture of the
    .......................... .
                                                            (A)
     (A) Tughlaqs
                                                            (B)
     (B) Sayyids
                                                            (C)
     (C) Lodis
     (D) Jaunpur                                            (D)

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53. Mica decoration on the outside of                 53.
    monuments are typical of the .........
    period of Sultanate architecture.

    (A) Khalji                                              (A)

    (B) Tughlaq                                             (B)

    (C) Sayyid                                              (C)

    (D) Lodi                                                (D)

54. In the Nur Jahan Junta, there was                 54.
    a core of ................... members.

    (A) Two                                                 (A)

    (B) Three                                               (B)

    (C) Four                                                (C)

    (D) Five                                                (D)

55. Who among the following is known                  55.
    as ‘dayad’ in the Maratha polity ?

    (A) Watandar                                            (A)

    (B) Jagirdar                                            (B)

    (C) Mirasdar                                            (C)

    (D) Saranjamdar                                         (D)

56. The Amalguzar or revenue collector                56.
    was incharge of ........................ .

    (A) Subah                                               (A)

    (B) Sarkar                                              (B)

    (C) Pargana                                             (C)

    (D) Village                                             (D)
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57. Which of the following buildings was        57.
    not constructed by Akbar at
    Fatehpur Sikri ?
                                                      (A)
    (A) Jodhabai’s palace
                                                      (B)
    (B) Moti Masjid

    (C) Turkish Sultana’s palace                      (C)

    (D) Panch Mahal                                   (D)

58. What was ijara ?                            58.

    (A) The system of revenue farming                 (A)
    (B) The tax to be paid on entry into              (B)
         a market town

    (C) The tax to be paid when                       (C)
         re-shipping goods from a port

    (D) The system of share-cropping                  (D)

59. What do the words eri, srota, kinaru        59.
    and vapi have in common ?

    (A) All refer to guilds of merchants
                                                      (A)
    (B) All refer to different kinds of
         irrigation sources                           (B)

    (C) All refer to different kinds of
                                                      (C)
         cloth
                                                      (D)
    (D) All refer to dyes

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60. The three most important items of            60.
    trade in the intra-Asian network
    were ........................ .
                                                       (A)
    (A) Silk, cotton cloth and pepper
    (B) Gold, silver and horses                        (B)

    (C) Cotton cloth, pepper and horses                (C)

    (D) Pepper, silk and horses                        (D)
61. The art of Bidriware is traced to the        61.
    patronage and the facilities provided
    by ........................... .
                                                       (A)
    (A) Feroz Shah Bahmani
                                                       (B)
    (B) Ibrahim Adil Shah
                                                       (C)
    (C) Mahmud Gawan
    (D) Malik Ambar                                    (D)

62. With which Raja did Pilaji Rao               62.
    Gaikwad establish contact, to get
    safe bases inside Gujarat ?
    (A) The Raja of Rajpipla                           (A)
    (B) The Jadeja rulers of Saurashtra                (B)
    (C) Kadam Bande of Khandesh                        (C)
    (D) The Raja of Ramnagar                           (D)
63. What do the words bhandarvada                63.
    and muamala have in common ?
    (A) Both are names of taxes on land                (A)
    (B) Both refer to methods of                       (B)
        assessment
                                                       (C)
    (C) Both are methods of collection
                                                       (D)
    (D) Both are words meaning crown
         land
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64. Pits and vats located at Kalpi,                        64.
    Sangamner, Zafrabad, Khuldabad &
    Erandol are associated with .......... .
     (A) Glass Manufacture                                       (A)
     (B) Indigo                                                  (B)
     (C) Paper                                                   (C)
     (D) Saltpetre                                               (D)
65. Who was the first Indian ruler to                      65.
    welcome Vasco-da-Gama ?
     (A) Jahangir                                                (A)
     (B) Chanda Saheb                                            (B)
     (C) Zamorin                                                 (C)
     (D) Muzaffar Jung                                           (D)
66. The immediate successor of Clive                       66.
    was .............................. .
                                                                 (A)
     (A) Verelst
                                                                 (B)
     (B) Cartier
                                                                 (C)
     (C) Warren Hastings
     (D) Philip Francis                                          (D)

67. The battle of Biderra was fought                       67.
     between .............................. .
     (A) The English and the French                              (A)
     (B) The English and the Dutch
                                                                 (B)
     (C) The    English                  and    the
                                                                 (C)
         Portuguese
     (D) The French and Nawab’s Army                             (D)

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68. Who was known as ‘Colonel Clive’s         68.
    Jackal’ in the eighteenth Century
    India ?
                                                    (A)
    (A) Amichand
                                                    (B)
    (B) Jagat Seth
    (C) Mir Jafar                                   (C)

    (D) Mir Qasim                                   (D)
69. The ‘Black Hole’ was famous as :          69.
    (A) Residence of Nawab Siraj-ud-                (A)
        Daula
    (B) Important residence for Royal               (B)
        family
                                                    (C)
    (C) Entrance name of Port William
                                                    (D)
    (D) Tiny prison cell
70. In March 1757, the British                70.
    conquered this French Colony in
    India :
                                                    (A)
    (A) Pondicherry
                                                    (B)
    (B) Chandernagore
    (C) Mahe                                        (C)

    (D) Karikal                                     (D)

71. This Act broke the trade monopoly         71.
    of the East India Company and
    opened Indian Trade to all British
    Merchants :
                                                    (A)
    (A) Pitts India Act, 1784
                                                    (B)
    (B) Regulating Act, 1793
                                                    (C)
    (C) Charter Act, 1813
                                                    (D)
    (D) Charter Act, 1815
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72. Which of the following Governor              72.
    Generals introduced the Laissez
    Faire policy of trade ?
                                                       (A)
    (A) Lord Cornwallis
                                                       (B)
    (B) Mountstuart Elphinstone
    (C) Lord Hastings                                  (C)

    (D) Lord Dalhousie                                 (D)

73. Name the first anthropologist who            73.
    used the term ‘‘Dravidian’’ to denote
    the South Indian people :
    (A) Dr. S. K. Chatterji                            (A)
    (B) Dr. B. S. Guha                                 (B)
    (C) Sir Herbert Risley                             (C)
    (D) Bishop Caldwell                                (D)
74. What revenue system did                      74.
    Elphinstone introduce in Bombay
    Presidency ?
                                                       (A)
    (A) The permanent settlement
                                                       (B)
    (B) Ryotwari system
                                                       (C)
    (C) Mahalwari system
    (D) Talukdari system                               (D)

75. H. T. Princep was associated with :          75.

    (A) Legal Codification
                                                       (A)
    (B) Army Reforms
                                                       (B)
    (C) Orientalist Education                          (C)
    (D) Anglicist Education                            (D)
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76. Under which Charter Act was the                76.

    Law Commission set up in India ?

    (A) Charter Act of 1793                              (A)

    (B) Charter Act of 1813                              (B)

    (C) Charter Act of 1833                              (C)

    (D) Charter Act of 1853                              (D)

77. Benign aspects of colonialism can be           77.
    seen from the example of this person,
    who learnt the basics of science in
    the service of Sir John Malcolm and
    wrote       a         tract      called
    Rasayanashastra :                                    (A)
    (A) Erloo Bin Narayan
                                                         (B)
    (B) Shripati Sheshadri
                                                         (C)
    (C) Gangaram Tambat
                                                         (D)
    (D) Ramji Bin Ganoji Chowgule

78. What      was     the         Rahnumai         78.
    Mazdyasan Sabha ?

    (A) Parsee Sports Club
                                                         (A)
    (B) Faction      of     the     Parsee
         Panchayat                                       (B)

    (C) Parsee       Social         Reform
                                                         (C)
         Organisation

    (D) Parsee Charitable Hospital                       (D)

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79. This cult founded by Karram Shah         79.
    in the Garo Hill region revolted
    against the Jamindars advocating
    the rights of the rent farmers :
                                                   (A)
    (A) Faraizi
                                                   (B)
    (B) Pagalpanthi

    (C) Khasi                                      (C)

    (D) Naga                                       (D)

80. This Secretary of the Bombay             80.
    Native Education and School Book
    Society founded The Engineer
    Institution in Mumbai in 1823 :
                                                   (A)
    (A) John Briggs
                                                   (B)
    (B) Colonel Pottinger

    (C) Captain Jervis                             (C)

    (D) Major Candy                                (D)

81. This famine in Nineteenth Century        81.
    India was described as a ‘Sea of
    Calamity’.
                                                   (A)
    (A) Rajputana 1868-69
                                                   (B)
    (B) Madras 1866-67
                                                   (C)
    (C) Bengal 1860-61

    (D) Orissa 1866-67                             (D)

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82. Just before the revolt of 1857, the             82.
     highest post an Indian could occupy
     in the military was the Subhedar.
     The highest civil administrative post
     that an Indian could occupy was :

     (A) Sadr Amin                                        (A)

     (B) Taluqdar                                         (B)

     (C) Mamlatdar                                        (C)

     (D) Kanungo                                          (D)

83. They started a night school for mill            83.
     workers and domestic workers in
     1873 :
                                                          (A)
     (A) Prarthana Samaj
                                                          (B)
     (B) Bombay Association
                                                          (C)
     (C) East India Association

     (D) Satyashodhak Samaj                               (D)

84. Mahatma Gandhi described ...........‘s          84.

     death as ‘the setting of a great planet
     from India’s solar system.’

     (A) Gopal Krishna Gokhale                            (A)

     (B) B. G. Tilak                                      (B)

     (C) Lala Lajpat Rai                                  (C)

     (D) Bipin Chandra Pal                                (D)

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85. In his autobiography, Mahatma                85.
    Gandhi has written a chapter
    entitled ‘The Magic Spell of a Book’,
    which refers to ............
                                                       (A)
    (A) Bhagawadgeeta
                                                       (B)
    (B) Tulsi Ramayana

    (C) Unto This Last                                 (C)

    (D) War and Peace                                  (D)

86. C. N. Mudaliyar was associated               86.
    with :

    (A) Ezhava movement                                (A)

    (B) Justice movement                               (B)

    (C) Nair movement                                  (C)

    (D) Nadar movement                                 (D)

87. Arrange these Indian Initiatives in          87.
    education in a chronological order :

    (i)   Bethune School, Calcutta                     (i)

    (ii) Banaras Hindu University                      (ii)
                                                       (iii)
    (iii) M.A.O. College, Aligarh
                                                       (iv)
    (iv) Hindu College, Calcutta
    Codes :

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

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

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

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88. This fearless lady gave up her life        88.
    on 1st April 1940 in Srikakulam for
    protecting the forest rights of the
    peasants :
                                                     (A)
    (A) Veera Gunnamma
                                                     (B)
    (B) Ambujammal
    (C) Janaki Ammal                                 (C)

    (D) Krishnammal Jagannathan                      (D)

89. Match List I with List II and              89.         I           II
    select the correct answer from the
    codes given below the lists :
                                                                             I
                    List I
                                                     (a)
    (a) S. N. Sen
                                                     (b)
    (b) M. G. Ranade
                                                     (c)
    (c) R. Orme
                                                     (d)
    (d) Alexander Dow
                                                                             II
                List II
                                                     (1)
    (1) History of Indostan
                                                     (2)
    (2) Historical Fragments of the
        Mogol Empire
                                                     (3)
    (3) Foreign Biographies of Shivaji
    (4) Rise of the Maratha Power                    (4)

    Codes :
        (1)   (2)     (3)    (4)                           (1)   (2)   (3)        (4)

    (A) (a)   (b)     (c)    (d)                     (A) (a)     (b)   (c)        (d)

    (B) (c)   (d)     (b)    (a)                     (B) (c)     (d)   (b)        (a)

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

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

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90. Arrange the following events into              90.
    correct chronological order :
                                                         (i)
    (i)   Cabinet Mission Plan                           (ii)
    (ii) Mountbatten Plan                                (iii)
    (iii) Wavell Plan                                    (iv)
    (iv) Cripps Mission Plan
    Codes :
                                                         (A) (ii) (i)     (iii) (iv)
    (A) (ii) (i)     (iii) (iv)
                                                         (B) (ii) (i)     (iv) (iii)
    (B) (ii) (i)     (iv) (iii)
                                                         (C) (i)   (ii)   (iii) (iv)
    (C) (i)   (ii)   (iii) (iv)
    (D) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)                              (D) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)

91. Which Indian painter was given the             91.
    honour of illustrating the original
    version of the Indian Constitution ?
                                                         (A)
    (A) Ramkinkkar Baij
                                                         (B)
    (B) Vinod Behari Mohan
                                                         (C)
    (C) Nandlal Bose

    (D) Abanindranath Tagore                             (D)

92. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar dedicated               92.
    one of his scholarly works to his wife,
    Ramabai. Which was this book ?
    (A) States and Minorities in India
                                                         (A)
    (B) Annihilation of Caste
                                                         (B)
    (C) Buddha and His Dhamma
                                                         (C)
    (D) Pakistan or The Partition of
          India                                          (D)

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93. What is the major issue dealt with                93.
    in Baba Padmanji’s novel ‘Yamuna
    Paryatan’ ?
    (A) Colonial Rule                                       (A)
    (B) Difficulties in Travelling                          (B)
    (C) Life of Widowhood                                   (C)
    (D) Blind Faith                                         (D)

94. What was Tahzeeb ul Akhlaq ?                      94.
    (A) Principles of Deoband Islam                         (A)
    (B) Islamic School                                      (B)
    (C) Association of Progressives                         (C)
    (D) Journal                                             (D)
95. This work by Mukundrao Patil was                  95.
    a satire depicting the injustices
    perpetrated by the hereditary village
    officials :
                                                            (A)
    (A) Shetji Pratap
                                                            (B)
    (B) Kulkarni Leelamrut
                                                            (C)
    (C) Dhaddhashastri Paranne
    (D) Deenmitra                                           (D)

96. Episodes from Krishna’s life were                 96.
    popular themes in ...................... .
    (A) Baramahi paintings                                  (A)

    (B) Deccani paintings                                   (B)
    (C) Rajput Ragamala paintings                           (C)
    (D) Mughal miniatures                                   (D)
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97. One of the main contribution of               97.
    Church historiography is the concept
    of :
                                                         (A)
     (A) Institutional history
                                                         (B)
     (B) Local history
                                                         (C)
     (C) Religious history
     (D) Universal history                               (D)

98. The term ‘Toponymy’ signifies the             98.
    study of :
     (A) Place Names                                     (A)
     (B) Currency Names
                                                         (B)
     (C) Paper used          in   writing
                                                         (C)
         Manuscripts
     (D) Ink used in writing Manuscripts                 (D)

99. The title of Varman was adopted by            99.
    the kings of........................ .
     (A) Samatta                                         (A)
     (B) Gauda                                           (B)
     (C) Kamrupa                                         (C)
     (D) Punjab                                          (D)
100. Who among the following used the             100.
     phrase ‘Altekarian paradigm’ ?
     (A) Maitreyi Krishnaraj and Neera
         Desai
                                                         (A)
     (B) Uma Chakravarti and Kumkum
         Roy                                             (B)
     (C) Kumkum Sangari and Lata
         Mani                                            (C)
     (D) Meenakshi Thapan and V.
                                                         (D)
         Geetha
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