AUAT 2024 Question Paper BA (Hons) in History

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AUAT — 2024
B.A. Honours in History (U05)
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PART—I
( Core Subject )

1. How are the Vedas traditionally 5. Which of the following Vedas
viewed in Hinduism? includes descriptions of magical
charms and spells?
[Ò@ƒå‹ì³¢ '[t¡Ò¸Kt¡®¡àì¤ ‘뤃ìA¡’ A¡ã®¡àì¤ ëƒJà ÒÚ?
[A] As texts authored by sages and [>ìW¡¹ ëA¡à>ô ‘ë¤ìƒ¹’ ³ì‹¸ ™àƒåA¡¹ã * ³ì”|¹ ¤o¢>à
scholars ¹ìÚìá?
[B] As mythical stories passed down [A] Rigveda
through generations
[B] Yajurveda
[C] As shruti, meaning ‘heard’ or
‘revealed’ texts [C] Atharvaveda
[D] As historical records of ancient [D] Samaveda
events
6. What is the collective term for the
2. Who proposed the theory of evolution Upanishads?
by natural selection in the book On
the Origin of Species by Means of ‘l¡üš[>È샹’ γ[Ê¡Kt¡ Ŧ A¡ã?
Natural Selection published in 1859? [A] Vedanta
1859 Îàìº šøA¡à[Åt¡ On the Origin of [B] Vedangas
Species by Means of Natural Selection
[C] Shruti
¤Òüìt¡ šøàAõ¡[t¡A¡ [>¤¢àW¡ì>¹ ³à‹¸ì³ [¤¤t¢¡ì>¹ t¡w[i¡ ëA¡
[D] Smriti
šøÑzठA¡ì¹[áìº>?
[A] Isaac Newton 7. What are the two types of States
[B] Albert Einstein included in the list of
Mahajanapadas?
[C] Charles Darwin
[D] Gregor Mendel ‘³Òà\>šìƒ¹’ t¡à[ºA¡àÚ "”z®å¢¡v¡û¡ ƒåÒü ‹¹ì>¹ ¹à\¸ A¡ã
A¡ã?
3. Which field of study utilizes fossil
evidence to reconstruct the early [A] Rajyas and Mandalas
stages of human history? [B] Ganarajyas and Sanghas
³à>¤ Òü[t¡Òàìι šøà=[³A¡ š™¢àìÚ šå>K¢k¡ì>¹ \>¸ [C] Rajyas and Ganas/Sanghas
"‹¸Úì>¹ ëA¡à>ô ëÛ¡y \ã¤àƵ šø³ào ¤¸¤Ò๠A¡ì¹?
[D] Empires and Confederacies
[A] Palaeoanthropology
[B] Geology 8. During whose rule, did Alexander the
Great’s invasion take place (327-326
[C] Archaeology
BC)?
[D] Paleontology
A¡à¹ ÅàÎ>à³ìº "àìºA¡\à“¡à¹ ƒ¸ ëKøìi¡¹ "àyû¡³o
4. Harappan people had known the use of
ÒìÚ[Ạ(327-326 BC)?
Ò¹Ùà¤àÎã¹à A¡ãìι ¤¸¤Ò๠\à>t¡?
[A] Chandragupta Maurya
[A] gold, copper and bronze
[B] Dhana Nanda
[B] gold and copper
[C] gold, copper and iron [C] Ashoka the Great
[D] gold, copper, tin and bronze [D] Bindusara

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9. By whom were the Nandas eventually 13. Which Gupta ruler had led a
succeeded? campaign to the south and was an
expert ‘Veena’ player?
>@ƒ¹à "¤ìÅìÈ A¡à¹ ‡à¹à šø[t¡Ñ‚à[št¡ ÒìÚ[áº?
ëA¡à>ô P¡œ¡ ÅàÎA¡ ƒ[Û¡ìo "[®¡™àì>¹ ë>tõ¡â«
[A] The Mauryas [ƒìÚ[áìº> &¤} &A¡\> ƒÛ¡ ‘¤ãoà’ ¤àƒA¡ [áìº>?
[B] The Guptas [A] Chandragupta I
[C] The Kushans [B] Samudragupta

[D] The Cholas [C] Chadragupta Vikramaditya
[D] Skandagupta
10. What is one of the most significant
literary works concerning Statecraft 14. The achievements of Samudragupta
for a king? are described in the

&A¡\> ¹à\๠\>¸ ¹àÊ¡öìA¡ïź δš[A¢¡t¡ ΤìW¡ìÚ ëA¡à>ô [źà[º[šìt¡ γå‰P¡ìœ¡¹ Aõ¡[t¡â« ¤o¢>à A¡¹à
l¡üìÀJì™àK¸ Îà[Òt¡¸A¡³¢P¡[º¹ ³ì‹¸ &A¡[i¡ A¡ã? ÒìÚìá?
[A] Hathigumpha Inscription
[A] Mahabharata by Vyasa
[B] Allahabad Pillar Inscription
[B] Ramayana by Valmiki
[C] Girnar Inscription
[C] Arthashastra by Kautilya
[D] Sarnath Inscription
[D] Bhagavad Gita by Vyasa
15. In Ashoka’s adminisrtation Rajjukas
looked after
11. How is Chandragupta Maurya
referenced in Greek texts? "àìÅàìA¡¹ šøÅàÎì>, ¹ðåA¡à¹à ëA¡à> [¤®¡àìK¹
KøãA¡ Kø씂 W¡@ƒøP¡œ¡ ë³ï™¢ìA¡ A¡ã®¡àì¤ l¡üìÀJ A¡¹à ëƒJàìÅà>à A¡¹ìt¡>?
ÒìÚìá? [A] religious matters
[B] collection of taxes
[A] Sandrocottus
[C] municipal administration
[B] Agrammes
[D] administration of land and
[C] Xandrames justice
[D] Amitrochates
16. The Ashokan Inscription, which gives
an account of the Kalinga War and its
12. Bimbisara was the ruler of effects, is

[¤[´¬Î๠ëA¡à>ô ¹àì\¸¹ ¹à\à [áìº>? ëA¡à>ô "ìÅàA¡ [źà[º[šìt¡ "à³¹à A¡[ºU ™å‡ý¡ &¤} &¹
šø®¡à줹 [¤¤¹o šàÒü?
[A] Gandhara
[A] Girnar Rock Edict
[B] Avadh
[B] Minor Rock Edict III
[C] Kamboja
[C] Major Rock Edict XIII
[D] Magadha [D] Minor Rock Edict IV

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17. AL-Biruni’s account of India is 21. The central feature of Indian Society
during 750-1200 AD was
"àºì¤¹ç¡>ã¹ ®¡à¹t¡¤ìÈ¢¹ ¤o¢>à ëA¡à>ô Kø씂 ëƒ*Úà
750-1200 [JøСàì¦ ®¡à¹t¡ãÚ Î³àì\¹ ëA¡[@ƒøÚ
"àìá?
í¤[ÅÊ¡¸ A¡ã [áº?
[A] Kitab-ul-Hind
[A] feudalism
[B] ChachNama [B] liberalism
[C] Futuh-us Salatin [C] egalitarianism
[D] Tarikhi Yamini [D] brotherhood

22. The style of temple architecture that
18. The children born to a Brahmin father was prevalent under the Chola
and a Sudra mother are categorized dynasty was
as whom among the following ?
ëW¡àº ¹à\¤}ìŹ "‹ãì> šøW¡[ºt¡ ³[@ƒ¹ Ñ‚àšìt¡¸¹
&A¡\> ¤øàÕ¡o [št¡à &¤} &A¡\> Åè‰ ³àt¡à¹ \@µ ë>*Úà íźã A¡ã [áº?
Δzà>샹 [>³¥[º[Jt¡ìƒ¹ ³ì‹¸ A¡ã®¡àì¤ ëÅø[o¤‡ý¡ A¡¹à [A] Nagara style
ÒìÚìá? [B] Dravida style
[A] Ambastha [C] Vesara style
[B] Nishad [D] Gopuram Style

[C] Urga 23. What is the ascending order of the
following units of administation in
[D] Suta the Chola period?
ëW¡àº ™åìK šøÅàÎì>¹ [>ì³¥àv¡û¡ &A¡A¡P¡[º "àì¹àÒãyû¡³
19. Which Pala ruler founded the famous
Vikramshila University for the A¡ã?
Buddhists? (i) Valanadus (ii) Nadus

ëA¡à>ô šàºÅàÎA¡ ë¤ï‡ý¡ìƒ¹ \>¸ [¤J¸àt¡ [¤yû¡³Åãºà (iii) Mandalams (iv) Kurrams

[¤Å«[¤ƒ¸àºÚ šø[t¡Ë¡à A¡ì¹>? Select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
[A] Mahipala Codes
[B] Devapala [A] (iii), (ii), (i) and (iv)
[C] Gopala [B] (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)
[C] (iv), (i), (ii) and (iii)
[D] Dharmapala
[D] (iv), (ii), (i) and (iii)
20. Ferdowsi, the author of Shahnameh 24. Which Delhi Sultan was the earliest to
was the poet- laureate at the court of seek and receive letters of investiture
from the Caliph?
‘ÅàÒ>à³à¹’ ëºJA¡ [ó¡¹ìƒïÎã A¡à¹ ƒ¹¤àì¹ A¡[¤-[¤\Úã
[áìº>? šø=³ ëA¡à> [ƒ[À¹ Îåºt¡à> J[ºó¡à¹ A¡àá ë=ìA¡
"[®¡ìÈA¡šy ëW¡ìÚ[áìº> &¤} ëšìÚ[áìº>?
[A] Prithviraj Chauhan
[A] Balban
[B] Muhammad Ghori
[B] Iltutmish
[C] Mahmud of Ghazni [C] Jalal-ud-Din Khalji
[D] Qutb-ud-Din Aibak [D] Firuz Shah Tughlaq

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25. Who spoke about the gold-drain of the 29. Name the person/persons who invited
Roman Empire? Babur to invade India.
ë¹à³à> Îà´÷àì\¸¹ Ѭo-¢ [>ÍHþàÅì>¹ A¡=à ëA¡ ¤ìº[áìº>? ¤à¤¹ìA¡ ®¡à¹t¡ "àyû¡³o A¡¹ìt¡ "à³”|o \à>àì>à
[A] Herodotus ¤¸[v¡û¡ìƒ¹ >à³ ¤º?
[B] Strabo (i) Daulat Khan Lodi (ii) Mahmud Lodi
[C] Pliny (iii) Alam Khan Lodi (iv) Rana Sanga
[D] Arrians of Mewar
Select the correct answer from the
26. Who were the Muqtis? codes given below :
Codes
‘³åA¡[t¡’ A¡à샹 ëA¡ ¤ºà Òt¡?
[A] (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
[A] Muqtis were personal bodyguards
of the Sultan [B] (ii), (iii), (iv)
[B] Muqtis were religious teachers [C] (iii), (iv)
[C] Muqtis were governors to whom [D] (i), (iii), (iv)
the revenue from the Iqtas were
assigned 30. Who among the Persian historians
wrote mainly about Sher Shah?
[D] Muqtis were local Zamindars
ó¡à[΢ Òü[t¡ÒàÎ[¤ƒìƒ¹ ³ì‹¸ ëA¡ ³èºt¡ ëŹ-ÅàÒ
27. What was Abwab? δšìA¢¡ [ºìJìá>?
‘"à¤*Úऒ ³àì> A¡ã? [A] Abbas Khan Sarrwani

[A] Toll tax [B] Nizamuddin Ahmad

[B] Religious taxes such as Zakat [C] Abdul Qadir Badayuni

[C] Taxes on merchandise and [D] Yahya bin Ahmad Sirhindi
customs duties
31. Babur wrote his autobiography in
[D] Miscellaneous kinds of taxes like
house taxes (gharai), grazing tax ¤à¤¹ ëA¡à>ô ®¡àÈ๠tò¡à¹ "àu\ã¤>ã [ºìJ[áìº>?
(charai), irrigation tax etc. [A] Persian
[B] Arabic
28. Name the two historians of the Delhi
Sultanate period, whose works had [C] Urdu
the same title, Tarikh-i-Firoz Shahi. [D] Chagatai Turki
[ƒ[À Îàºt¡à>t¡ "à³ìº¹ ƒåÒü '[t¡Òà[ÎìA¡¹ >à³ A¡ã,
32. In the battle of Haldighati in 1576, the
™à샹 A¡àì\¹ &A¡Òü [Åì¹à>à³ [áº, ‘t¡à[¹J-Òü- Rajput force of Maharana Pratap
[ó¡ì¹à\ÅàÒã’¡ú Singh was defeated by
[A] Ziauddin Barani and Amir 1576 [JøСàì¦ Òº[ƒQà[i¡¹ ™åì‡ý¡ ³Òà¹àoà šøt¡àš
Khusrau [Î}ìÒ¹ ¹à\šåt¡ ¤à[Ò>ã š¹à[\t¡ ÒÚ¡A¡à¹ A¡àìá?
[B] Shams i Siraj Afif and Amir
[A] Raja Man Singh
Khusrau
[B] Pir Muhammad
[C] Shams i Siraj Afif and Ziauddin
Barani [C] Prince Salim
[D] Isami and Amir Khusrau [D] Akbar

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33. Identify the distinguished Rajput 37. What was the Chauth, as practiced
ruler of the 18th century who was a during Shivaji’s reign?
great lawmaker, astronomer, town
planner and scientist. [Ťà\ã¹ ¹à\â«A¡àìº ëW¡ï= A¡ã [áº?
"Ê¡àƒÅ Åt¡à¦ã¹ [¤[ÅÊ¡ ¹à\šåt¡ ÅàÎA¡ìA¡ [W¡[Òû¡t¡ A¡ì¹à [A] One-third of the standard
[™[> &A¡\> ³Òà> "àÒüšøìot¡à, ë\¸à[t¡[¤¢`¡à>ã, >K¹ revenue assessment
š[¹A¡¿>à[¤ƒ &¤} [¤`¡à>ã [áìº>? [B] One-half of the standard revenue
[A] Dalel Singh of Bundi assessment
[B] Rana Jagat Singh of Mewar [C] One-fourth of the standard
[C] Sawai Jai Singh of Amber revenue assessment
[D] Abhai Singh of Marwar [D] One-fifth of the standard revenue
assessment

34. The Mansabdari system was initiated 38. What was the primary role of the
by middleman, also known as revenue
³>Τƒà[¹ šø=à Ç¡¹ç¡ A¡ì¹> farmers, under the Ijarah system?

[A] Babur Òü\à¹à ¤¸¤Ñ‚๠"‹ãì> ¹à\Ѭ W¡àÈã >àì³ š[¹[W¡t¡
[B] Akbar ³‹¸Ñ‚àt¡àA¡à¹ã샹 šøà=[³A¡ ®è¡[³A¡à A¡ã [áº?
[C] Jahangir
[A] They were responsible for
[D] Shahjahan distributing government supplies
to the farmers

35. Sadr-us Sudur under the Mughals [B] They acted as mediators between
was the Minister of the government and the farmers

΃¹-l¡üÎ Îåƒè¹ ³åQºìƒ¹ "‹ãì> ³”|ã [áìº> [C] They were tasked with overseeing
[A] War irrigation projects in rural areas

[B] Finance [D] They were supposed to pay a fixed
amount to the government and
[C] Trade
collect whatever they could from
[D] Religious and Charitable Affairs the farmers, leading to their
exploitation

36. Who commissioned the construction 39. Where did the English open their first
of the tomb of I’timad-ud-Daulah in factory in Eastern India?
Agra for her father, Mirza Ghiyas Beg?
ëA¡ tò¡à¹ [št¡à [³\¢à [KÚàÎ ë¤ìK¹ \>¸ "àKøàÚ šè¤¢ ®¡à¹ìt¡ Òü}ì¹\¹à ëA¡à=àÚ t¡à샹 šø=³ ó¡¸àC¡¹ã
Òü[t¡³àƒ-l¡üƒ-ìƒïºà¹ γà[‹ [>³¢àìo¹ [>샢ŠJåìº[áº?
[ƒìÚ[áìº>? [A] Bengal
[A] Mumtaz Mahal
[B] Orissa
[B] Jahangir
[C] Bihar
[C] Nur Jahan
[D] Shahjahan [D] None of the above

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40. Ishwar Chandra Vidysagar founded 44. What is considered to be the greatest
the college in Calcutta called achievement of Sir Syed Ahmed
Khan?
#Å«¹W¡@ƒø [¤ƒ¸àÎàK¹ A¡ºA¡àt¡àÚ A¡ìº\[i¡ šø[t¡Ë¡à A¡ì¹>
[A] Bethune College θ๠íÎÚƒ "àÒ³ƒ Jàì>¹ ΤìW¡ìÚ ¤Øl¡ "\¢> A¡ã ¤ìº
³ì> A¡¹à ÒÚ?
[B] Hindu College
[C] Ripon College [A] Founding the Indian National
Congress
[D] Presidency College
[B] Writing the ‘Two-Nation Theory’
41. The symbols used in the Revolt of
1857 were [C] Leading the Indian Rebellion of
1857
1857 Îà캹 [¤ì‰àìÒ ¤¸¤Òê¡t¡ šøt¡ãA¡P¡[º [áº
[D] Establishing the Mohammadan
[A] Rose and Bread
Anglo Oriental College at Aligarh
[B] Lotus and Cow in 1875

[C] Rose and Lamp
45. Which historical figure is commonly
[D] Lotus and Bread referred to as the pioneer of
Revolutionary thought in India?
42. What constituted the largest
individual component of British ëA¡à> '[t¡Òà[ÎA¡ ¤¸[v¡û¡â«ìA¡ Îà‹à¹ot¡ ®¡à¹ìt¡ [¤šÃ¤ã
capital investment in India? [W¡”z๠"Køƒèt¡ [ÒÎàì¤ l¡üìÀJ A¡¹à ÒÚ?
®¡à¹ìt¡ [¤ø[i¡Å ³èº‹> [¤[>ìÚàìK¹ ¤õÒv¡³ &A¡A¡ [A] Lala Lajpat Rai
l¡üšàƒà> A¡ã [áº?
[B] Bal Gangadhar Tilak
[A] Shipping
[C] Aurobindo Ghose
[B] Railways
[C] Banking [D] BipinChandra Pal

[D] Plantation 46. Who expressed the view that ‘The
Congress movement was not initiated
43. Who founded the Translation Society by the people nor conceived or
in 1864, later renamed as the organized by them’’?
Scientific society?
ëA¡ &Òü ³t¡ šøA¡àÅ A¡ì¹[áìº> ë™, ‘‘A¡}ìKøÎ
ëA¡ 1864 Îàìº i¡öàXìºÅ> ëÎàÎàÒü[i¡ šø[t¡Ë¡à A¡ì¹>, "àì@ƒàº> \>Kìo¹ ‡à¹à Ç¡¹ç¡ ÒÚ[>, t¡à샹 ‡à¹à
šì¹ &¹ >à³ š[¹¤t¢¡> A¡ì¹ ÎàìÚ[@i¡[ó¡A¡ ëÎàÎàÒü[i¡ š[¹A¡[¿t¡ ¤à Î}K[k¡t¡ ÒÚ[>’’?
¹àJà ÒÚ?
[A] Lala Lajpat Rai
[A] Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
[B] Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
[B] Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
[C] Raja Ram Mohan Roy [C] Lord Curzon

[D] Syed Ahmad of Rae Bareli [D] Lord Dufferin

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47. Where was the inaugural session of 51. Which event marked the formal
the Indian National Congress held, inauguration of the Civil
and who presided over it? Disobedience Movement led by
Gandhi?
®¡à¹t¡ãÚ \àt¡ãÚ A¡}ìKøìι l¡üì‡à‹>ã "[‹ì¤Å> ëA¡à=àÚ
">å[Ë¡t¡ ÒìÚ[Ạ&¤} ëA¡ ή¡àš[t¡â« A¡ì¹[áìº>? ëA¡à> ">åË¡à>[i¡ KàÞê¡ã¹ ë>tõ¡ìâ« "àÒü> "³à>¸
"àì@ƒàºì>¹ "à>åË¡à[>A¡ l¡üì‡à‹>ìA¡ [W¡[Òû¡t¡ A¡ì¹?
[A] Delhi, presided over by Dadabhai
[A] The Dandi March on March 12,
Naoroji
1930
[B] Kolkata, presided over by [B] The breaking of the Salt Law at
A.O.Hume Dandi on April 5, 1930
[C] Bombay, presided over by W.C. [C] The Champaran Satyagrah in 1917
Banerjee [D] The Kheda Satyagrah in 1918
[D] Madras, presided over by 52. Which resolution was passed by the
Surendranath Banerjee Congress Working Committee at
Wardha on July 14, 1942?
48. Who established the Natal Indian
Congress in South Africa? 1942 Îà캹 14Òü \åºàÒü *Ú๋àÚ A¡}ìKøÎ *Úà[A¢¡}
A¡[³[i¡ ëA¡à>ô šøÑzठšàÎ A¡ì¹?
ƒ[Û¡o "à[óø¡A¡àÚ >ài¡àº ®¡à¹t¡ãÚ A¡}ìKøÎ ëA¡ šø[t¡Ë¡à
[A] The Swadeshi Resolution
A¡ì¹>? [B] The Non-Cooperation Resolution
[A] Jawaharlal Nehru [C] The Quit India Resolution
[B] Subhas Chandra Bose [D] The Civil Disobedience
[C] Mahatma Gandhi Resolution
[D] Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel 53. Who established the Forward Block in
January 1941?
49. What is the significance of Satyagraha ëA¡ 1941 Îà캹 \à>åÚà[¹ìt¡ ó¡¹*Úàl¢¡ ¤ÃA¡ šø[t¡Ë¡à
in Gandhi’s political ideology?
A¡ì¹>?
KàÞê¡ã¹ ¹à\î>[t¡A¡ ³t¡àƒìÅ¢ Ît¡¸àKøìÒ¹ t¡à;š™¢ A¡ã?
[A] Mahatama Gandhi
[A] It means ‘Non-cooperation with [B] Jawaharlal Nehru
British authorities’
[C] Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
[B] It signifies ‘Seeking revenge
[D] Subhas Chandra Bose
through violence’
[C] It stands for ‘Holding on to Truth’ 54. Which significant event occurred on
July 18, 1947, with regard to India’s
[D] It denotes ‘Submission to unjust
Independence?
laws’
1947 Îà캹 18Òü \åºàÒü ®¡à¹ìt¡¹ Ѭà‹ã>t¡à¹
50. What action did Rabindranath Tagore ëÛ¡ìy ëA¡à>ô P¡¹ç¡â«šèo¢ Qi¡>à Qìi¡[áº?
take in response to the Jallianwala
[A] The passing of the Indian
Bagh Tragedy (April 13, 1919)?
Independence Act
\à[ºÚà>*Úàºà¤àK i¡ö¸à[\[l¡¹ (13 &[šøº, 1919) [B] The Declaration of Indian
šø[t¡[yû¡ÚàÚ ¹¤ã@ƒø>à= k¡àA塹 A¡ã šƒìÛ¡š [>ìÚ[áìº>? Independence
[A] He renounced his citizenship [C] The formation of the Interim
[B] He moved to England Government under the
[C] He accepted a government position leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru
[D] He surrendered the Knighthood [D] The Congress Working
conferred on him by the British Committee approved the Partition
Government Plan

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55. Who was the first Indian to compete in 60. Poverty and Un-British Rule in India
the Indian Civil Services examination? was written by
®¡à¹t¡ãÚ [Î[®¡º Îà[®¢¡Î š¹ãÛ¡àÚ "}Å ë>*Úà šø=³ ‘®¡à¹ìt¡ ƒà[¹‰ * "-[¤ø[i¡Å ÅàÎ>’ [ºìJìá>
®¡à¹t¡ãÚ ëA¡ [áìº>?
[A] Romesh Chunder Dutt
[A] Rabindranath Tagore
[B] Satyendranath Tagore [B] Dharma Kumar
[C] R. C. Dutt [C] Dadabhai Naoroji
[D] Subhas Chandra Bose
[D] Tirthankar Roy
56. Which institution did Lord Wellesley
establish in Calcutta in 1800 for 61. At what location did the First Summit
training new recruits to the of the Non-Aligned Movement take
covenanted services? place?
1800 [JøÊ¡àì¦ ºl¢¡ *ìÚìºÎ[º >tå¡> [>ìÚàKšøàœ¡ìƒ¹
ë\ài¡-[>¹ìšÛ¡ "àì@ƒàºì>¹ šø=³ ÅãÈ¢ Îì´¶º> ëA¡à>
Wå¡[v¡û¡¤‡ý¡ š[¹ìȤàÚ šø[ÅÛ¡ìo¹ \>¸ A¡ºA¡àt¡àÚ ëA¡à>ô
Ñ‚àì> ">å[Ë¡t¡ ÒìÚ[áº?
šø[t¡Ë¡à> šø[t¡Ë¡à A¡ì¹[áìº>?
[A] University of Calcutta [A] Delhi
[B] Hindu College [B] Jakarta
[C] College of Fort William
[C] Warsaw
[D] Sanskrit College
[D] Belgrade
57. Who raised the slogan ‘do or die’?
‘A¡ì¹à ¤à ³ì¹à’ ëÑÃàKà> ëA¡ tå¡ìº[áìº>? 62. Which of the following plans in
[A] Subhash Chandra Bose Independent India is called as
‘Mahalanobis model’?
[B] Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
[C] Lala Lajpat Rai Ѭà‹ã> ®¡à¹ìt¡ [>³¥[º[Jt¡ ëA¡à>ô š[¹A¡¿>àìA¡
[D] Gopal Krishna Gokhale
‘³Òºà>[¤Å ³ìl¡º’ ¤ºà ÒÚ?
[A] The First Five-Year Plan
58. The pioneer of the Indian Renaissance
was [B] The Second five-Year Plan
®¡à¹t¡ãÚ >¤\àK¹ìo¹ š=šøƒÅ¢A¡ [áìº> [C] The Third Five-Year Plan
[A] Swami Vivekananda [D] The Fourth Five-Year Plan
[B] Dayanand Saraswati
[C] Dadabhai Naoroji 63. The mission led by Sir Stafford Cripps
in 1942 offered to India
[D] Ram Mohan Roy
1942 Îàìº Î¸à¹ Ð¡¸àìó¡àl¢¡ [yû¡šìι ë>tõ¡ìâ« [³Å>[i¡
59. Who is known as the grand old man of
India? ®¡à¹t¡ìA¡ A¡ã šøÑzठ[ƒìÚ[áº?
®¡à¹ìt¡¹ Kø¸à“¡ *Á¡ ³¸à> [ÒÎàì¤ ëA¡ š[¹[W¡t¡? [A] full independence

[A] Surendranath Banerjee [B] provincial non-accession
[B] Dadabhai Naoroji [C] communal non-accession
[C] Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan [D] a knighthood to Mohandas
[D] Dwarkanath Tagore Karamchand Gandhi

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64. Saadat Hasan Manto was 68. Which of these historians would you
associate with the historiographical
Îàƒàt¡ ÒàÎà> ³àì@i¡à [áìº> approaches of the Subaltern Studies
Collective in the domain of studying
[A] a member of the interim
anti-colonial resistance?
government of India before 1947

[B] a Muslim League politician who
&Òü Òü[t¡ÒàÎ[¤ƒìƒ¹ ³ì‹¸ A¡àìA¡ tå¡[³
opposed Partition l¡üš[>ì¤Å¤àƒ[¤ì¹à‹ã šø[t¡ì¹à‹ "‹¸Úì>¹ ëÛ¡ìy
Îà¤àºi¡à>¢ Сà[l¡\ A¡àìº[C¡ì®¡¹ '[t¡Òà[ÎA¡ š‡ý¡[t¡¹
[C] a writer of short stories
ÎìU ™åv¡û¡ A¡¹ì¤>?
[D] an athlete who won renown in
[A] Bipan Chandra
the Berlin Olympics of 1936
[B] V.D. Mahajan
65. New Lamps for old was text written by
[C] Shahid Amin
‘New Lamps for old’ [ºìJìá> [D] Irfan Habib
[A] Rabindranath Tagore
69. Which of the following statements
[B] C R Das about the Meiji Restoration is not
correct?
[C] Aurobindo Ghose

[D] Swami Vivekananda
ë³Òü[\ šå>¹ç¡‡ý¡à¹ δšìA¢¡ šøƒv¡ ëA¡à>ô [¤¤õ[t¡[i¡ Î[k¡A¡
>Ú?
[A] It happened in 1868
66. Who was the first President of
Republican China? [B] It ushered in the Tokugawa
period
[¹šà¤[ºA¡à> W¡ãì>¹ šø=³ ¹àÊ¡öš[t¡ ëA¡ [áìº>?
[C] It coincided with the coronation
[A] Mao Zedong of emperor Meiji Mutsuhito and
the end of the Tokugawa period
[B] Chiang Kai-shek
[D] It ushered in an imperial period
[C] Sun Yat-sen in Japan and the subsequent
modernisation of the country
[D] Yuan Shikai

70. In which year did Bangladesh gain
67. When did the decennial exercise of independence and become an
taking all-India Censuses begin? independent country?

Τ¢®¡à¹t¡ãÚ \>Ko>à KøÒìo¹ ƒÅA¡¤¸àšã ">åÅãº> ëA¡à>ô ¤áì¹ ¤à}ºàìƒÅ Ѭà‹ã>t¡à ºà®¡ A¡ì¹ &¤} &A¡[i¡
A¡J> Ç¡¹ç¡ ÒìÚ[áº? Ѭà‹ã> ëƒìÅ š[¹ot¡ ÒÚ?
[A] 1861 [A] 1947

[B] 1871 [B] 1956

[C] 1881 [C] 1965

[D] 1951 [D] 1971

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PART—II
( Islamic History and Culture, General English & General Knowledge )

71. In Islam, the number of God(s) is/are 76. Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) migrated
Òüκàì³ l¡üšàìθ¹ Î}J¸à Òº to
[A] only one >¤ã ³åÒà´¶ƒ (Îà–) ë™ ÅÒì¹ [Ò\¹t¡ A¡ì¹[áìº> t¡à
[B] two Òº
[C] three [A] Makka
[D] many [B] Madina
[C] Taif
72. The first prophet according to Islam is [D] Tabuk
Òüκೠ">å™àÚã šø=³ >¤ã¹ >à³ Òº
[A] Prophet Muhammad 77. During fasting one is allowed to drink
[B] Prophet Abraham ë¹à\à "¤Ñ‚àÚ šà> A¡¹à ™àÚ
[C] Prophet Nuh [A] water only
[D] Prophet Adam [B] fruit juice only
73. Prayer at the dawn is called [C] any liquid food
[D] nothing
뮡àì¹¹ šøà=¢>àìA¡ ¤ºà ÒÚ
[A] Zuhr
[B] Maghrib 78. The obligatory charity in Islam is
[C] Fajr Òüκàì³ "à¤Å¸A¡ ƒà>ìA¡ ¤ºà ÒÚ
[D] Asr [A] Fitra
[B] Sadqa
74. The person who leads prayer at masjid [C] Zakat
is called [D] Infaq
³Î[\ìƒ [™[> >à³à™ šØl¡à> tò¡àìA¡ ¤ºà ÒÚ
[A] Shaikh 79. The first Caliph was
[B] Caliph šø=³ J[ºó¡à Òìº>
[C] Imam [A] Hazrat Umar
[D] Mufti [B] Abu Bakr
[C] Hazrat Ali
75. Which country has the largest [D] Hazrat Uthman
population of muslims?
ëA¡à>ô ëƒìŠΤìW¡ìÚ ë¤[Å Î}J¸A¡ Òüκೠ‹³¢à¤º´¬ã 80. The word ‘madrasa’ means
³à>åÈ ¤àÎ A¡ì¹? ³à‰àÎà Å즹 "=¢ Òº
[A] India
[A] Place of Worship
[B] Saudi Arabia
[B] Place of Judiciary
[C] Egypt
[C] Educational Institution
[D] Indonesia
[D] All of the above

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81. What is Zakat in Islam? 86. When we start any work, what should
we say?
Òüκàì³ ™àA¡àt¡ A¡ã?
"à³¹à ™J> ëA¡àì>à A¡à\ Ç¡¹ç¡ A¡[¹, t¡J> "à³à샹 A¡ã
[A] Charity
¤ºà l¡ü[W¡t¡?
[B] Fasting
[A] Alhamdulillah
[C] Pilgrimage
[B] Allahu Akbar
[D] Prayer
[C] Masha Allah
82. What is the punishment for theft in [D] Bismillah
Islam?
87. Which day of the week is very special
Òüκàì³ Wå¡[¹¹ Å[Ñz A¡ã? for the Muslims?
[A] Imprisonment Îœ¡àìÒ¹ ëA¡à>ô [ƒ>[i¡ ³åκ³à>샹 \>¸ Jå¤Òü [¤ìÅÈ?
[B] Amputation of hands [A] Sunday
[C] Fine [B] Monday
[D] Death [C] Thursday
[D] Friday
83. What do Muslims say when thanking
someone? 88. Who were the parents of prophet
Muhammad (SAW)?
A¡àl¡üìA¡ ‹>¸¤àƒ \à>àìº ³ååκ³à>¹à A¡ã ¤ìº?
>¤ã ³åÒà´¶ƒ (Îà.)-&¹ [št¡à-³àt¡à A¡à¹à [áìº>
[A] Subhanallah
[A] Abdullah and Amina
[B] Alhamdulillah
[B] Ali and Fatima
[C] Jazak Allah Khair
[D] Allahu Akbar [C] Abu Bakr and Khadija

84. In which month was prophet [D] None of them
Muhammad (SAW) born?
89. How many chapters do the Qur’an
>¤ã ³åÒà´¶ƒ (Îà–) ëA¡à>ô ³àìÎ \@µKøÒo A¡ì¹>? have
[A] Muharram ‘A塹"à>’-& A¡Ú[i¡ "‹¸àÚ "àìá?
[B] Rabi ul awal [A] 110
[C] Ramadan [B] 112
[D] Shawal [C] 113
[D] 114
85. What do angels say when they meet
believers? 90. What is the Islamic ruling of
consuming pork?
ëó¡ì¹Åt¡à¹à ™J> [¤Å«àÎã샹 Îàì= ëƒJà A¡ì¹, t¡J>
A¡ã ¤ìº? ÅèA¡ì¹¹ ³à}Î Jà*Ú๠Òüκà³ã ×A塳 A¡ã?
[A] Peace be upon you [A] Permissible

[B] Welcome [B] Prohibited
[C] Good luck [C] Discouraged
[D] Masha Allah [D] None of the above

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91. Find out the correctly spelt word form 96. Dr. V. Kurien is famous in the field of
the given alternatives :
l¡– [®¡. Aå¡[¹ìÚ> ëA¡à>ô ëÛ¡ìy A¡àì\¹ \>¸ [¤J¸àt¡?
[A] Assassination
[A] Atomic power
[B] Asassination [B] Dairy development
[C] Assasination [C] Economic reforms
[D] Assasinasion [D] Poultry farm

92. Choose the word nearest in meaning 97. Which organ in the human body is
to ‘FASTIDIOUS’. responsible for filtering blood and
producing urine?
[A] Difficult
³à>¤ìƒìÒ¹ ëA¡à>ô "U ¹v¡û¡ š[¹ìÅà‹> * šøÑ÷ठít¡[¹¹
[B] Different
\>¸ ƒàÚã?
[C] Meticulous [A] Heart
[D] Dainty [B] Liver
[C] Kidneys
93. Choose the word farthest in meaning
to ‘ENDORSE’. [D] Spleen

[A] Accept
98. Fathometer is used to measure
[B] Oppose ó¡¸àì=à[³i¡à¹ š[¹³àš A¡¹ìt¡ ¤¸¤Òê¡t¡ ÒÚ
[C] Disagree [A] earthquakes
[D] Approve [B] rainfall
[C] ocean depth
94. Fill in the blanks with the correct
[D] sound intensity
alternatives.
He has an _____ good food. 99. Who is the founder of the modern
theory of evolution?
[A] appetite for
"à‹å[>A¡ [¤¤t¢¡> t¡ìw¹ šø[t¡Ë¡àt¡à ëA¡?
[B] appetite to
[A] Charles Darwin
[C] appetite with
[B] Isaac Newton
[D] appetite on [C] Albert Einstein
[D] Marie Curie
95. The expression dead and buried is
used to mean 100. Which is the largest coffee-
[A] there is bad news producing State of India?

[B] bad times are over ®¡à¹ìt¡¹ ¤õÒv¡³ A¡[ó¡ l¡ü;šàƒ>A¡à¹ã ¹à\¸ ëA¡à>[i¡?
[A] Kerala
[C] something that is not going to
happen again [B] Tamil Nadu

[D] something is less important than [C] Karnataka
before [D] Arunachal Pradesh

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