MP SET 2024: State Eligibility Test, History
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51. ■ *=ljHKHIC1-qRci' ^ "I ? 51. Who is the author of 'Kumarpalcharita' ?
. (A) (A), Sandhyakar Nandi
(B) (B) Padamgupta
(C) (C) Hemchandra
(D) (D) Nayachandra
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52. "4* "W 52. In which language is Vaipulya Sutra
t ? written ?
(A) "31^ (B) "qr# (A) Prakrit (B) Pali
(C) (D) (C) Greek (D) Sanskrit
53. wf^ 3rr#T ^ ^ 53. The ancient city of. Patliputra was
■gJlT ? excavated by whom ?
(A) (B) (A) John Marshall (B) Cunningham
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(C) t3?7. (D) (C) M. Wheeler (D) Spooner
54. "5127^ ^ Rieii^^oi <=h?l HiKi 54. Where has the inscription of
l^TT ? ^ • Rudradaman first been found from ? '
(A) WT^ (A) Raigarh
(B)' (B) Junagadh
(C) (C) Ahmednagar
(D) ^ (D) Bharhut
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55. ^^ arfer 55. The 'tree of life' has been found
■^RT IFTT t I TTT^ inscribed on the seals of Indus Valley.
; t ? What does this elusive tree resemble ?
(A) ^ (B) "^TT^ (A) Acacia tree (B) Sal tree
(C) (D) ^«=n (C) Shami tree (D) Tuisi plant
56. "feTM WHMIK ^ "3^ 3TO ^STT ? . 56. Where was the Great Bath found ?
(A) , (A) Harappa
(B) (B) Ropar
(C) xnihT^ (C) Rakhigarhi
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(D) (D) Mohenjo Daro
57. ^ "sm 57. Which institution managed religious life
during the Vedic period ?
(A) (A) Samiti'
(B) f^ssi (B) Vidatha
(C) W (C) Sabha .
(D) "rm (D) Gana
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58. ■4^" ^ ^ 3^#^ -c^ WT 58. Where did the third Buddhist Council
take place during the time of Emperor
W ^ ?
Ashoka ?
(A) MliPdii^
(A) Patliputra
(B) ehlvil^T
(B) Kaushambi
(C)
(C) Nalanda
(D) (D) ,Vaishali
59. '3n#T TO "^f 1^^ 1^* 59. Who is the author of 'Aspects of Political
^ crlocti "f ? Ideas and Institutions in Ancient India' ?
(A) "STT^ra^ (A) K. P. Jayaswal
(B) ■^. -qTT. m (B) D. N. Jha
(C) xm?R^ ?mf (C) Ram Sharan Sharma
(D) ' "QTI. 13 ^. "^TT^ (D) B. N. S. Yadav
60. ^?3hf^ 'STTcqr' ^ f¥=#T%tT -4* ^ 60. Which of the following has been called
■^ "TO f ? 'Soul' in Kathopanishad ?
(A) ^ ' (A) Stri
(B) ^ (B) Punish
(C) 33^HK1Vc1< (C) Ardhanarishwar
(D) (D) Parmeshwar
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61. mn ^ ? 61. Which was the ancient capital of
Magadha ?
(A) ciKiui^l
(A) Varanasi
(B)
(B) Patna
(C)
(C) Mathura
(D) wfk (D) Rajgir
62. r^'=h« ^ ^ 3^1S6HU| ^ WT 62. Who was the ruler of Takshashila at
^ WT^- ^ «n ? the time of invasion of India by
Alexander ?
(A)
(A) Poms V
(B) r=i*r«j^K
(B) Bimbisar
(C) sW
(C) Ambhi
(D) 3T#^ (D) Ashoka
63. /Hiaqi5i ^ * MiRrM'=hi'^ ®1T ? .63. What was the *GaUlmika' during the
Satvahan Dynasty mler ?
(A) #TT ^ T3^ "SI'ilR
(A) The head of the regiment
(B) ciipuM t^WT ^ srfq^
(B) Officer of Commerce department
(C)
(C) Head of the Navy
(D) ^ STftT^ (D) Tax Officer
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64. ^ ^ ^ l^TT 64. Where'was the first Buddhist Council
2TT ? (Sangeeti) organized ?
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(A) (B) "wik . (A) Vikramshila (B) Rajgir
(C) (D) (C) Vaishali (D) Patliputra
65. Where is the capital of the Maurya
65. ^ -H^ tfNter A'
Province of central India during the
Mauryan period in today's Madhya
«ft ?
Pradesh ?
(A) l^fen
(A) Vidisha
(B)
(B) Khajuraho
(C) "3^5^ (C) Ujjain
(D) (D) Indore
66. qq 1^ 3JT#T 66. In >vhich ancient source the *Saptang
Tfq Pi^r^d t ? . ■ Principle' of State system expressed ?
(A) 3T2f?lR5r (A), Arthashastra
(B) -sTwqr^ (B) Ashtadhyayi
(C) Ramayana
(C) Tmm
(D) Yajurveda
(D)
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67. Wwff TTTOt W ^1 67. • Where was the last capital of Satavahana
dynasty located ?
(A) ^fer
(A) Nagaijuna Konda
(B) tjMctidch
(B) Dhanyakataka
. (C)^
(C) Madurai
(D) 3RTTOt (D) Amravati ^
68. Which religion did Harshavardhana
^ ^ Miet'1 ^ ? follow in the early years of his rule ?
(A) ^ (A) Boudha Religion
(B) ^ (B) Shaiva Religion
(C) (C) Vaishnava Religion
(D) ^IFToRI ?ri (D) Bhagwat Religion
69. ■qiql«*> ^ "TO ^ At 'SIHT 69. Ch^aka philosophy is also known as
^TRIT ■§ ? different name :
(A) (B) WT (A) Vedic (B) Sankhya
(C) dUl-4d (D) (C) Lokayat (D) Upanishad
70. Ttel ^ ^ -38^ (Tjf^) fe? 70. The first idol of Gautam Buddha was
Wlc^ ^ ^ "TRt 8it ? made in which style of art architecture ?
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(A) "Sfe (A) Dravida Style
(B) 'IFR (B) Nagar Style
(C) ^ (C) Mathura Style
(D) Ml-^K ^Ql) ■ (D) Gandhara Style
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71. ^ ^ 71. Which Chalukya Ruler assumed the title
"3^ sqOT ^ «lt ? of 'Ran Vikram' ?
(A) 4,iraci4H ■ (A) Kirtivarman-I
(B) (B) Manglesh
(C) (C) Pulkeshin-I -
(D) (D) Vijayaditya
■ 72. ■^- ^n#T Tff^ ^ Wq 1^ 72. Which ruler built the ancient temple of
8TT ? Hoyasaleshwar ?
(A) qreiici-II (A) Ballal-II
(B) (B) Vishnuvardhan
(G) "^RfW (C) Narsingh
(D) (D) Shantivarman
73., 4)W^?vM RnrdRsld ^ 73. Who among the following Varman rulers
."^ TR^Rt «lllMl ^TT ? ofKamfupa made Pragjyotish his capital ?
, (A) ^tis^ci^H (A) Samudra Varman
(B) ii<>^cj4H ' - (B) Pushya Varman
(C) (C) Bal Varman
(D) <+)C^|uici4H (D) Kalyan Varman
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74. IpJRTcft ^ Hun 74. Which Pal dynasty ruler has been called'
^ ^ '^JxRNar ^iPmh' ^ 'Uttarapath Swamin' by Gujarati poet
i ? Soddhala ?
(A) (B) ^c(Hiei (A) Dharmapal (B) Devpal
(C) 3TPF^W (D) '^m\^ (C) Anandpal (D) Naypal
75. Jc)iRn^< ^ Pti/H i]4<-yRieK 75. According to Gwalior inscription which
"?TRT^ 3TT^ "f^T^ 3Tr^ altsA ^ Gurjar-Pratihar ruler had stopped the
^ ? ArabS'from advancing from Sindh ?
(A) -^rm??-! (A) Nagabhatta-I
(B) firtlT (B) "Mihir Bhoj
(C) (C) Mahendra Pal
(D) H^lmd (D) Mahi Pal
76. WTR ^ fer WT^ ^ 76. In the Court of which ruler Of the Parmar
^ dynasty did Padmagupta, the author of
'Navsahsanka Charit' lived ?
^^ ? ■
(A) (B) ^ (A) Sindhuraj (B) Bhoj
(C) Munj (D) Seeyaka
(C) ^ (D) f^FWT
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71i To whom were Agrihara Lands given in
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^ ^ 2Tt ? I early medieval India ?
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(A) ^3if ^ ' (A) To the warriorp
(B) ^T^rrif ^ ^ , (B) To the group if Brahmins
(C) ^ ■ (C) To the God's
(D) ^M^=kj ^ (D) None of the a )Ove
78. 78.1 The system called Nanadeshi in South
t ? • ■ I India is related to :
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(A) <^|4iRcb I (A) Trade guilds
(B) oi\m\\ic^ ^ (B) ■ Trade tax
. (C) WHfW fTPf ^ (C) Trade routes
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(D) ^ (D) None of the a DOve
79. ^ ^ 79. jChandanbasav was related to which
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t? pect ?
(A) (B) "?TT^ ,(A) Vaishnav (B) Shakta
(C) (D) PdJll^d ic) Shaiv (D) Lingayata
80. Who was the Vice-cnancellor of Nalanda
80. ^ TOT 3WH ^ WT
Univeristy at the tiipe of Hiuen Tsang's.
^ ^dMPd ^ ?
. visit in India ?
(A) teTOT (B) 3Tf% 311^ (A). Vikramdutta (B) Ajit Anand
(C) (D) arof^ (C) Sheel Bhadra (D) Aparajit
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81. ^ ^ ^ 3TTriT^2TT 81. What is the name of Autobiography of
t ? Timur Lang ?
(A) ^TRte-"q--g3K^j?TT^ (A) Tarikh-i-Mubarakshahi
(B) WTPT (B) Makhjan-i-Afghan
(C) WpncT-"q- (C) Malfiijat-i-Timuri
(D) cIRh^-TT-^ (D) Tarikh-i-Daudi
82. Who translated 'Tuzuk-e-Babari' into
fen ? Persian ?
(A) (A) Badauni
(B) ^ (B) Faizi
(C) TOFTT (C) Abdur Rahim/Khankhana
(D) 3^^ 4>'S1Q1 (D) Abul Fazl
83. fer^ i" ? 83. Who wrote 'Humayun Nama' ?
(A) 37^ «i<i4h1 (A) Abdul Qadir Badauni
(B) ^ ■ (B) Gulbadan Begum
(C) 1^ (C) Humayun
(D) ^ (D) Dara Shikoh
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84. ^ 'TOT TO ■qron airaroni 84. When Muhammad Ghori did first attack
fero ? on India ?
(A) 1173 t (B) 1174 i (A) 1173 A.D. (B) 1174 A.D.
(C) 1175 t (D) 1176 t (C) 1175 A.D. (D) 1176 A.D.
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85. Hi'idm 3^ 85. Which historian said, "Muhammad-bin-
8^T I" ^
Tughlaq had an element of madness" ?
t?
(A) Alberuni
(A)
(B) Elphinston
(B) gelfW^ ^
(C) V. A. Smith
(C) "q.
(D) crl-l^Ql (D) Lane Poole
86. -ciiefl^ ^ HSd ^ r=ti^^ 86. Who suppressed the Group of Forty
fer ? (Chalees'ka Mandal) ?
(A) (A) Iltutmish
(B) ■ (B) Razia
(C) w (C) Bahramshah
(D) qetqi (D) Balb^
87. ^ TR ^ STT^R^ -f^ 8^T ? 87. When did Babur attack Chanderi ?
(A) 1526 i (B) 1527 i (A) 1526 A.D. (B) 1527 A.D.
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(C)- 1528 i (D) 1529 t (C) 1528 A.D. (D) 1529 A.D.
88. ^ ^^ ?. 88. When did Akbar abolish Pilgrimage
Tax ? -
■ (A) 1563 i (B) 1564 1
(A) 1563 A.D. (B) 1564 A.D.
(C) 1565 i (D) 1566 t
(C) 1565 A.D. (D) 1566 A.D.
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89. ^^ 89. In whose Mughal emperor's reign
■^* 3TRT «TT ? William Hawkins visited ?
(A) mm (B) "WTk (A) Akbar (B) Jahangir
(C) W5f^ (D) (C) Shah Jahan (D) Aurangzeb
90. ?TT^ W (1422-1435) 90. Bahmani King Ahmad Shah (1422-1435)
^ srq^ ^ ^ wrmfer shifted his capital from Gulbarga to
^ 8|t ? where ?
(A) ciKMei (B) (A) Warangal' (B) Delhi
(C) <Nti'^<l (D) ^ (C) Rajmundri (D) Bidar
91. '^kn-X-WsT^' ^ WPTT ^ 91. Who established 'Diwan-i-Mustakhraj' ?
aft ?
(A) Iltutmish
(A)
(B) Alauddin Khaiji
(B) WRt
(C) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
(C)"
(D) W (D) Firoj Shah Tughlaq
92. T^' ^^Tpn sftr 92. Whose production were Bayana and
<icMKH ^ 3lf^ at ? Sarkhej famous for in the medieval
period, ?
(A) %r
(A) Indigo
(B) ^ ^ ■
(B) Cotton clothes
(C) ^
(C) Saltpetre
(D) ^
(D) Silk
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■93. ^ ^ 93. Under the Vijaynagar rulers what was the'
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^ ^ ^ OT# TO system of sharing between the landlord
^ ^ 27T ?. and tenant known as ?
(A) diiRn- (B) (A) Umbali (B) Ratt Kodgai
(C) (D) ^RIT (C) Kuttagi (D) Varam
94." ^ WT ^7^ ^ 'Tmr^' fer^ 94. What was the lowest 'Mansab' during
«7T ? the time of Akbar ?
(A) 10 (B) 20 (A) 10 (B) 20
(C) 50 (D) 100 (C) 50 (D) 100
95. ti^Mchld "^' ^h1<kT ^ ^JTtocT 95. What name was the personal land of the
landlords known during the Mughal
^ ^5IPTT «7T ?
■period ?
(A) (B) rnRrdi-^d
(A) Khidmat (B) Milkiyat
(C) (D) (C) Sanad (D) Mawas
96. 17^* ^ 3TcI ^ ^ ^TdT 96. Giovanni Careri a traveller who came to
'■g^TTfe -didHi ^ "terat India at the end of the 17th century was
«7T ? a resident of which country ?
(A) (B). (A) Spain (B) Italy
(C) France (D) Portugal
(G) 3™ (D)
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97. *3THT' ^ TIWT ^ 97. Which ruler started the circulation of
'Aana' coin ?
(A) (B) W5T?T (A) Akbar (B) Shah Jahan
(C) 4Tn% (D) ■ (C) Aurangzeb (D) Jahangir
98. #n ■^* "^TT^ ^ ^^ 98. What were the royal horsemen in the
"^^TcTT ®7T ? Maratha army called ?
(A) ^Tik .(B) kr^ (A) Bargir (B) Silahdar
(C) ^ifeft (D) 3^0^ (C) Dakhili (D) Ahadi
99. WT -qr ' 99. 'Which place was Tort Gustavus'
^ wiqr ^ "n^ aft ? established by the Dutch ?
(A) itq^ . (A) Pipli
(B) f^ (B) Chinsurah
(C) A'miiHH (C) Negpattanam
(D) "qOT (D) Madras
100. "5^ ^ ^ 100. What was the main work of 'Sadra-us-
21T ? Sudur' ?
(A) ^N-W ^ "qiM (A) Overseeing the revenue department
(B) "qw#* ^ (B) Dealing with foreign affairs
(C) ^ (C) Overseeing the religious department
(D) Handling intelligence matters
(D)
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101. -qf^' ^ ^ 101. The greatest painter of birds at Jahangir's
f^WR ^ : Court was :
(A) (A) Basawan
(B)^ 31# cl^ (B) Syed Ali Talirizi
(C) 3l«^FETO (C) Khwaja Abd us Samad
(D) Tfgj (D) Mansur
102. ^ 3T^" ^ 3TTq 102. With which Sufi saint do you associate
-t^ ^ "^fcT ^ ^t ? the saying *Hunuz Delhi Door Asf ?
(A) (A) Muinuddin Chishti
(B) cjRsd^K (B) Bakhtiyar Kaki
(C) l^sng^hr afrt^ (C) Nizamuddin Auliya
(D) im (D) Sheikh Salim Chishti
103. Who is. the author of 'Risala
103. 'ft^-TT-^ch^Hl' ^ t ?
e-Haknuma ?
(A) t^Rff Rk
(A) Mian Mir
■ (B) ^ f^. I
(B). Sheikh Saliin Chishti
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(C) ^ f^T^ I ' , 1
(C) Dara Shikoh'
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(D) 1 !
• (D) Mulla Shah'Badakhshi
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104. ^TR^rarf •^' 104. Which one among the following Sufi
■frrfro t ? orders prohibits music ?
(A) WRf^ (A) Naqshbandiya
(B) P^Rci^i (B) Chishtiya
(C) ctiQisR^i (C) Qalandariya
(D) •^'.^ •^- (D) None of the above
105. ^ "?RT "f^TR^ 105. Who was the Bhakti saint who conversed
■^RT c^jcl QlH f^^i ®TT ? . with the Sufi Saint Baba Farid ?
(A) ^ (A) Raidas
(B) $i4iKH (B) Tukaram
(C) (C) Nanak
■(D) ^TRT^ (D) Namdev
106. R? ^ ^ ^ s^T ^ ^ "5RRR7 106. The Bhakti Saint who was not a
^ «TT ? worshipper of Krishna :
(A) "RkRll (A) Mirabai
(B) TFTFK (B) Ramanand
(C) (C) Surdas
■ (D) (D) Vallabhacharya
107. .■^' HHlP^ld' TROT ^ 107. Who established the Madarasa named
. OTW ^ ? 'Khairul Manajil' in Delhi ?
(A) aRRT i (A) Akbar
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(B) Hi'Jicn' '■ (B) Abul Fazl
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(C) tttwtt a;fTn?- ; (C) Maham Angah
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_(D) W5T^ I -^ 1 (D) Shah Jahan
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110. ■wlc+iil liRa 110. In Fatehpur Sikri, emperor Akbar
^TTFTT ^ : built:
(A) iT?^ (B) (A) Moti Mahal (B) Panch Mahal
(C) ^ (D) (C) Rang Mahal (D) Heera Mahal
111. w ^ ^ ^ 111. Which one of the following was the first
OT WT oMimR^ 1¥=TfM^ commercial factory set up by East India
^ 8ft ? Company on the Western Coast of India ?
(A) (B)_ (A) Hooghly . (B) Ahmedabad
(C) (D) (C) Surat (D) Bombay.
112. PHHrdHsid ^ fer 112. Chinsura was the trading centre of which
^ omMiR+ ^ 8^T ? of the following European companies ?
(A) (B) 3tM . (A) Portuguese (B) English
(C) iPMRft (D) (C) French (D) Dutch
113. dl^lcild ^ ^ R* IdHfdlkd R* 113. Who among the following British officers
^rfwft 3PMRit di^dl ^ inflicted a crushing defeat on French
^ 8lt ? company in the battle of Wandiwash ?
(A) (A) Robert Clive
(B) "5^ (B) Hector Munro
(C) "HT 3iFR (C)' Sir Eyre Coote
■ (D) 31T2R (D) Arthur Wellesley
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114. ^ iterr ijRr 114. Punjab became a province of East India
"w ? Company in which year ?
(A) 1845 (B) 1846 (A) 1845 (B) 1846
(C) 1848 (D) 1849 (C) 1848 (D) 1849
115. fert^ aro-"^ "p:^ ^ 115. The second Ango-Mysore War came to
^^ ? an end with which treaty ?
(A) iTsJRT (A) Madras
(B) (B) Mangalore
(C) (C) Cochin
(P) (D) Srirangapatam
116. ardw ^fn^iti^hK 1857 ^ . 116. Which English historian represented/
13^' ^ TT?2T ■?fET^ termed the Revolt of 1857 as a conflict
between 'civilization and barbarism' ?
(A) (A) James Outram
(B) aiR. (B) T. R. Holmes
(C) (C) L. Seeley
(D) effer (D) John Lawrance
117., RHrdRdd ,^* ii ^ 117. Who among the following is known as
■ ftmw trht ^rmi t ? father of land settlements in Northern '
India ? . -
■ , (A) ^
(A) Holt Mackenzie
(B) HIlid (B) Merttins Bird
(C) 8#iRI."g^ (C) Thomas Munro
(D) Hid (D) Captain Wingate
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118. ^ wfr ■ 118. Which Governor-GeneraWiceroy of
wf fefh WROT ^ "gK^ India initiated the policy of financial
^ Sft? ; . . devolution fof the provinces ?
(A) eff^ ^Pi'^i (A) Lord Canning
(B) ^ "4^ (B) Lord Mayo
(C) cfi^ Ct)>3tl (C) Lord Curzon
(D) eiM IqRn^H ^*fi"^ (D) Lord William Bentinck
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119. ^ 3T^^ -^f 119. Under which Act was the bicameral
legislature set up at the centre ?
(A) HR#q a#TfwT, 1861 (A) The Indian Councils Act, 1861
(B) 1909 (B) The Indian Coimcils Act, 1909
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(C) 1919 (C) The Government of India Act, 1919
(D) 3#rfTOT, 1935 (D) The Government of India Act, 1935
120. PiMPdnsid ^ WRm ^ 3™f 120. Who among the following viceroys made
^ -gfcft* "^-WR efforts to the passing of Local-Self
HiRn Rt>^ "T^ ^ ? Government Acts in various provinces ?
»
(A)^ ^4)Rh (A) Lord Dufferin
(B) Rl'i'l (B) Lord Lytton
(C) ^^ (C) Lord Mayo
(D)^ (D) Lord Ripon
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121.^ OT KtT wm 121. Mughal emperor Farrukhsiyar's Farman
wnM.^ M* ■^* #piT provided an extraordinary reduction in
custom duty for the English merchants at
•^' 3I^TTtTR^ ^ Tjf ?
which places ?
(A) W
(A) Surat
(B) oiMiei ^ '.
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(B) Bengal
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(C) (A) sliT (B) ■ ' ' (C) Both (A) and (B) •
(D) sfk- WT, • ; (D) Bombay and Madras
122. 1765 ^ ^ ■ 122. In 1765, who established monopoly of
f^RW tt^* ^qm q^-T^qnfqqR salt manufacture and trade through a
. "^s^rq qr .?. /. . society ?
(A) TR^ (A) Robert Clive
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(B) ^ ^ : (B) Francis Dupley.
(C) tM 3=rW - ■' j (C) Robert Orme
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(D) ^.' ■ ' ■ ' ■■ (D) H. T. Colebrooke
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123. "fqfe?! TO ^ fern Tifem , 123. How niuch per cent did permanent
settlement roughly cover the total land
^ , afecf •«?! ? ,
area of British India ?
(A) l9-5ffem ■■ ' (B) soirflTO :
(A) 19 per cent (B) 30 per cent
(C) 51 TrfcTO ' ^) ■ 70 3lfcTO (C) 51 per cent (D) 70 per cent
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124. 8TRH "5^ OT WRI: 124. Ryotwari settlement was introduced by
W{ "qK ^1^ -W 8TT ? • Thomas Munro firstly on which place ?
(A) (B).WT (A) Bombay (B) Madras
(C) (D)^ (C) Assam (D) Coorg
125. ^ iferr' ^ 125. Who is the author of *The Wants and
^t ? Means of India' ?
(A) "0??. <111-^ (A) M. G Ranade
(B) aTR. -^it. ^ (B) R. C. Dutta
(C) "RH. "03. (C) S. N. Baneijee
(D) (D) D. B. Naoroji
126. "MMWr ^ arM 126. Which one of the following is termed
as Magna Carta of English education in
^ ^jRf «TTcTT t" ?
India ?
. (A) ^ctiT<rl "Pro
(A) Macaulay Minute
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(B)
(B) Wood's Dispatch
(C) aiRik'
(C) Hunter Commission
(D) anqpT (D) Sadler Commission
127. ^ a^piW ^ iBq fen 127. Strachey Commission was set up in
"TO ? , which year ?
(A) 1876 (B) 1878 (A) 1876 (B) 1878
(C) 1880 (D) 1886
(C) 1880 (D) 1886
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128. tnwfaft ^ 128. Who was the founder of Pagalpanthi
sn ? sect ?
(A) ^ ■5T^T^^ • (A) Bhagat Jawahar Mai
(B) ^ "fTFTf (B) Titu Miyan
(C) ^ 31^ (C) Saiyid Ahmad
(D) W ■ (D) Karim Shah
129. ^ "4* Tm ^Re' 129. The first newspaper in India, the Bengal
fe?T "w sir ?' Gazette, was started by whom ?
(A) Hrf^PTH qV-^^ (A) William Bolds
(B) ^ sffro (B) James August Hicky
(C) "W q^^RFf (G) Ganga Kishore Bhattachaiya
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■ (D) "to tte (D) Peter Reed
130. "fe? 1^^. ^ ti. 3ik ■nfqt 130. On which date the Poona Pact was
■ TT?^ -HH^Idl ^HlRd ^an signed between Dr. Ambedkar and
8?T ? Gandhi ?
(A) 20 1932 (A) 20 September, 1932
(B) 22 r^d^i, 1932 (B) 22 September, 1932
(C) 24 1932 (C) 24 September, 1932
(D) 26 f^mRC, 1932 ■ (D) 26 September, 1932 ;
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131. ^ "2?^ 131. Which of the following organizations was
m^, TT^ ^ ■'jpNcif not one of the predecessor organization of
the Indian National Congress, in the
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direction of Indian National awakening ?
(A)
. (A) Landholders Society
(B) ^
(B) Bombay Peoples Association
(C) flrfe?T T3^te3^, ^d=bTll (C) British Indian Association, Calcutta
(D) TT^ T3^ftfWFT (D) Madras Native Association
132. 1877 ■^* WN Mm WM 132. In 1877 the maximum age limit for the
^ air!iTWT ^ "ETSRll feRt ^ competitive exam of the Indian Civil
^ TpEjt ? Service was reduced to :
(A) 18 ^ (B) 19 M (A) 18 years (B) 19 years
(C) 20 M (D) 21 M (C) 20 years (D) 21 years
^133. ch^'i "SRI fa«scia ^loi^ ^ 133. In' which year was the 'Young Husband'
t
fR?H fer ^ ^ Mission send by Curzon to put the
? pressure on Tibet ?
(A) 1902 (B) 1903 (A) 1902 (B) 1903
- (C) 1904 (D) 1905 (C) 1904 (D) 1905
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134. ^ Rrfk 134. The Lahore Session of" the 'Indian
National Congress' took place in which
^ 137T 81T ?
year ?
(A) 1929 (B) 1930
(A) 1929 ■ (B) 1930 ■
(C) 1931 (D) 1932 (C) 1931 (D) 1932
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135. 21 1932 ^ Tffe 135. ^0 among the following sat on the fast
on the demand of entry of scheduled
caste people in Guruvayur temple on
21 September, 1932 ?
(A) Ti. ^ jiImmh
(A) A. K. Gopalan
(B) it. ^tuir4(rtrl
(B) P. Krishnapillai
' (C) iicrmui
" (C) K. Kelapppi
(D) "OTT. .^iTTR (D) N. Kumaran
136. "h^M^ i ^ 136. For the merger of Hyderabad into the
chl4cil^l 1^ ^ ^ Tl^ ? Indian Union, the military operation was
conducted in which year ? ' .
(A) 1947 (to^)
(A) 1947 (September)
(B) .1949 (to^).
(B) 1949 (September)'
(C; 1950 (fer^)
(C) 1950 (September)
(D) 1948 (fw^) (D) 1948 (September)
137. "5f^ ^ ^ ^ 4id4iTll i* 137. In which year did Muslim League
4il4cil^l ^ -PRFTT "W ? ■ celebrate 'Direct Action Day' in
Calcutta ?
(A) 14 3TW, 1946
(A) 14th August, 1946 i
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(B) 15 37TO,. 1946
(B) 15th August, 1946 i
(C) 16 3TTO, 1946
(C) 16th August, 1946
(D) 17 STW, 1946 . (D) 17th August, 1946
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138. ^ PiHPdR^d WJ 138. Which of the following Articles of the
TT®?! ^ tilPia Indian Constitution declared force labour
■f^ ? illegal ?
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(A) mi 18 (B) TO 23 (A) Article 18 (B) Article 23
(C) TO 27 (D) TO 30 (C) Article'27 (D) Article 30
139. 'R?m '^> 139. When was the separate Andhra State
sRmWc^ Ito ^ 1^ ? formed' by removing it from Madras
Presidency ?
(A) 1953 (B) 1954
(A) 1953 (B) ^954
(C) 1955 (D) 1956
(C) 1955 (D) 1956
140. ^ 140. How much amount was proposed for the
'^hsuhI ^ Ptici'il ^ TOTO 7^ public sector organization in the third
TO ? five year plan ?
(A) 7220 ^ (A) 7220 crore rupees
(B) 7230 (B) 7230 crore rupees
(C) 7240 (C) 7240 crore rupees
(D) 7250 . (D) 7i250 crore rupees
141. TOTO ^ ^ ^ 11 ^fcI^TTORf 141. Kalhan has mentioned iT historians
^i^rvlo I Pt*-iRiPaa ^ before him. Who among the following is
^ TT^ ffelTOR ^ t.? not a historian ?
(A) (B) (A) Kshemendra (B) Subrata
(C) "SPM TO (D) (C) Prabhat Rag (D) Padmamihir
142. HTTO^ ^ 3T?3TTO ^ 21 142. Toynbeehadtakentota;lof21 civilizations
ItoT ®IT, f^ ^ oitsl^< for his study, the number of which was later
"^11 "TO^ f^TOT Ito SIT : • increased or decreased by:
(A) 12 (B) 26 (A) 12 (B) 26
(C) 16 (D) 24 (C) 16 ■ (D) 24
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143. W «^T "1^ 143. Who said that "World History is a game
^^ f I" , of Great Cultures" ?
(A) ator^ (A) Oswald Spengler
(B) ^ (B) Repson
(C) (C) Charles Firth
(D) ciNHsi'l (D) Toynbee
144. W ^ HMdl:i^HK 144. According to Karl Marx which class Vvdll
be ultimately victorious in the class-
arl^H ^ ^^ ?
stmggle ?
(A) srtaRT ^
(A) Elite class
(B) i^arr ^ (B) Bourgeois class
(C) air^i^ W3I (C) Modem society
(D) ^T#?TO ^ (D) Proletariat class
145. What was the main basis of the concept
a?™ ^ «tt'? of Greco-Roman history ? ;
(A) WTTi^ (A) Social System
(B)■ an^i^cjK (B) Spirituality
(C) (C) Humanism
(D) ^Ricfioi (b) Morality
146. ^ 1^ aim "qr ^ TTft^ 146. On what basis did Heseod imagine the
Ofit efXTHII ^ Mt ? change to be taking place ?
(A) TTSpftf^ Ri<&ia (A) Principle of Politics
(B> ^Pddidl ^ (B) Principle of Morality
(C) ^ ftrisra"' (C) Principle of Education
(D) ^ "fefcT (b) Principle of Yuga Chakra
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147. t I" 147. "Impartiality in history is not possible."
^r«T^ [qSM ^ "t" ? Which scholar has said this ?
(A) oli<H)V-S (A) Biutterfield
(B) t T^, TO (B) E. H. Carr
(C) «TFTOT (C) David Thompson
. (D) dT^H^l (D) Toynbee
148. "Wt^ i\^'=iK ^ Wnto "^tTR" 148. Who is the' author of the book "Social
^ ^ t* ? BaMs of Indian Nationalism" ?
(A) Mq^ ^ (A) Vipin Chandra
(B) 3Tn: Tfft. (B) R. C. Majumdar
(C) T^. TO ^ (C) A. R. Desai
(D) #T^ WK (D) Romila Thapar
149. -^TTOS^ ■ ^ 1^ 149. What was the main theme of Subaltem
«^T ? Historians ?
(A) qrr ^ (A) Description of rich people
(B) XMSif ^ "W^ (B) Description of the kings
(C) TO iifTTO^ TO "rofq (C) Description of the general people
(D) TOTT3^ ^ TOfq (D) Description of the important events
150. ■axi^qaT ifroraro^ to 150. What was the approach of the post
^ "J# TOT ETT ? modernist historians towards history ?
(A) toNTcTOT (A) Descriptive
(B) TOfrroitTOT ^ tro^TOTT^ (B) Critical and Analytical
(C) toWIcTOT (C) Experimental
(D) (D) Narrative
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