PUMDET 2018 Question Paper History

PUMDET-2018 82140001

Subject: History (Booklet Number)

Duration: 90 minutes Full Marks: 100

Instructions
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History

1. Which among the following is not a part of the Vedas?
(A) Samhita (B) Upanishadas (C) Puranas (D) Brahmanas

2. Name the study of remains of dead organism over enormous spans of time
(A)Radiocarbon dating (B) Archaeology (C)Paleo Pathology (D) Palaeontology

3. What was the name of Chinese traveler, whose travelogue tells us about Harsha?
(A) Fa- hien
(B) Yuan Chwang
(C) It sing
(D) None of the above

4. According to the suggestion of Marshall which of the following male gods were worshipped by the
Harappan people?
(A) Pashupati (B) Vishnu (C) Indra (D) Shiva

5. The city of Kaushambi was the capital of which of the following kingdom?
(A) Magadha (B) Vatsa (C) Anga (D) Chedi

6. The ‘Saptanga Rajya’ concept in the Arthashastra does not mention
(A) Svami (The king) (B) Mitra (Ally)
(C) Danda (Justice or force) (D) Dana (Charity)

7. Who adopted the title ‘Devputra’?
(A)Kanishka (B)Harsha
(C)Samudragupta (D) Chandragupta I

8. Which period witnessed the Indo Roman Trade?
(A) 3rd Century C.E. to 4th Century C.E.
(B) 2nd Century B.C.E. to 2nd Century C.E.
(C) 3rd Century B.C.E. to 2nd Century B.C.E.
(D) 1st Century C.E. to 2nd Century C.E.

9. The concept of ‘feudalism from above’ and ‘feudalism from below’ have been propounded by?
(A) D.N.Jha
(B) Irfan Habib
(C) D.D.Kosambi
(D) B.N.S.Yadav

10. Who founded the vikramshila Mahavihara near Bhagalpur ?
(A) Devpala (B) Dharmapala (C) Mahipala (D) Amoghvarsha I

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11. Who assumed the title Gangaikonda?
(A) Rajaraja I (B) Mahipala
(C) Kullottunga II (D) Rajendra Chola I

12. Who wrote ‘Prithviraj Raso’?
(A)Visal deva (B) Jayadeva (C) Chand Bardai (D)Vidyapati

13. Who propounded the concept of an ‘Urban Revolution’ in medieval India?
(A) Irfan Habib (B)Mohammad Habib
(C) Satish Chandra (D) Andre wink

14. The post of Shahna-i-mandi was associated with of the following reforms?
(A) Alauddin Khalji’s price control
(B) Muhammad bin Tughlaq’s taxation in the Doab
(C) Muhammad bin Tughlaq’s transfer of the capital to Daulatabad
(D) Balban’s reforms in Iqta system

15. Mughal architecture found its first true representation in which of the following?
(A) Jahagir’s tomb (B) Humayun’s tomb
(C) Buland Darwaza (D) Taj Mahal

16. Jizya was formally abolished in
(A)1707 (B)1712
(C) 1679 (D) 1669

17. When was the Aligarh Scientific Society founded?
(A)1864 (B) 1861 (C)1868 (D) 1876

18. Who was the founder of the Parthana Samaj?
(A)Mahadev Gobind Ranade (B) K.T. Telang
(C) Atmaram Pandurang (D) N.G. Chandravarkor

19. Which among the following was a key feature of peasant and tribal movement that took place in post
1857 India?

(A) Greater awareness of colonial laws, policies among the peasants and tribals

(B) Agrarian movements were pan Indian in character

(C) Peasants began to identify themselves as an economic class

(D) The indigenous educated intelligentsia remained apathetic to the problems of the
peasantry.

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20. Which school of historians emphasize on the ‘Competition Collaboration’ complex to explain the
rise of nationalism in India?
(A) Imperialist School (B) Marxist School
(C) Cambridge School (D) Subaltern School

21. When was the Dacca Anushilan Samiti established?
(A)1902 (B)1905 (C) 1908 (D) 1906

22. Which of the following personalities was associated with the Central National Mohammedan
Association?
(A) Abdul Latif Khan (B) Sayyid Ahmed Khan
(C) Sayyid Amir Ali (D) Muhammad Ali

23. Who was the first president of the All India Depressed Classes Association?
(A) E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker (B) B.R.Ambedkar
(C) M.C. Rajah (D) Keshaw Rao Jedhe

24. What was the reason behind the split in the congress party in 1969?
(A) Disagreement over the congress nominee for the presidency of India
(B) The authentic nature of Mrs. Indira Gandhi
(C) The growing influence of Kamraj and his associates within the party
(D) The inability of the congress party to expand its electoral base

25. Which party launched the Punjabi Suba Movement?
(A) The Shiromani Akali Dal (B) Punjabi Democratic Party
(C) The Unionist party (D) Bahujan Samaj Party

26. Which commission recommended that 27% of central government jobs should be reserved for
Backward Castes?
(A)The First backward Classes Commission
(B) The Second Backward Classes Commission
(C) The Havnoor Commission
(D)The Mandal Commission

27. What was the main component of the new Agricultural Strategy implemented by the Indian
government?
(A)Abolition of intermediaries between the peasants and the government
(B) Creation of land ceilings and distribution of surplus land to impoverished peasantry
(C)Introduction of betterment levies
(D) Adoption of high yield variety (HYV) seeds to increase agricultural production

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28. Who founded the ‘Bhoodan’ (land gift) movement in 1951?
(A) J. B. Kripalani (B) Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
(C) Acharya Vinoba Bhave (D) Potti Sriramulu

29. How many times have India and Pakistan faced each other in the battlefield?
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 2 (D) 5

30. Which state in India was the first to enact the Zamindari Abolition Act?
(A) West Bengal (B) Maharashtra
(C) Uttar Pradesh (D) Gujarat

31. When was the Bandung Conference of Afro –Asian states held?
(A)1953 (B)1955 (C)1957 (D) 1951

32. Who wrote ‘Novum Organum’?
(A) Rene Deacartes (B) Robert Boyle
(C) Francis Bacon (D) Issac Newton

33. Which historians introduced the concept of ‘longee Duree’ in analyzing historical time?
(A) Lucien Febvre (B) Pierre Channu
(C) Fernand Braudel (D) Marc Bloch

34. Which nation experienced a ‘Financial Revolution’ in late 17th and early 18th century?
(A)France (B)Prussia (C)Netherlands (D) England

35. What does the term ‘Reformation’ refer to?
(A) A restructuring of the catholic faith by the Vatican church
(B) The establishment of Protestant Christianity
(C) The remodeling of state structure in early modern Europe
(D) The creation of a new revenue structure in England

36. Who wrote the ‘Praise of folly’?
(A)John Reuchlin (B) Viltorino da Feltre
(C)Luca dell Robbia (D) Erasmus

37. When did ‘Absolutism’ rise in Europe?
(A)17th century (B)19th century (C)15th century (D) 18th century

38. When did peter the great come to power in Russia?
(A) 1694 (B) 1689 (C) 1652 (D) 1700

39. Who were the ‘Junkers’?
(A) Landed nobility of France (B) Landed nobility of Portugal
(C) Landed nobility of Spain (D) Landed nobility of Prussia

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40. When was the peace of Westphalia signed?
(A)1645 (B)1646 (C)1647 (D) 1648

41. Who established the rule of the Stuart Dynasty in England?
(A) Charles I (B) Charles II (C) James I (D) James II

42. When was the ‘Tennis Court Oath’ taken?
(A) 10th June1789 (B) 20th May 1789
(C) 20th June 1789 (D) 15th September 1789

43. The term ‘Anschluss’ refers to which of the following events?
(A) German annexation of Austria (B) Hitler’s invasion of Russia
(C) Germany’s capture of Rhineland (D) Italy’s invasion of Russia

44. Who invented the ‘Water Frame’?
(A) James watt (B) James Hargreaves
(C) Richard Arkwright (D) Edmund Cartwright

45. Who among the following was not a utopian Socialist?
(A) Saint Simon (B) Robert Owen
(C) Charles Fourier (D) Friedrich Engels

46. When was the Battle of Sedan fought?
(A) 1870 (B)1866 (C) 1878 (D) 1856

47. Who wrote the book ‘Age of Revolution: 1789-1848’ ?
(A) E. H. Carr (B) John Merriman (C) L. C. B. Seamen (D) E. J. Hobsbawm

48. Which among the following was not a USA led unitary alliance?
(A) NATO (B) SEATO (C) LOMECON (D) ANZUS

49. Who among the following advocates the theory of flood to be a potential factor behind the decline of
Harappan Civilization?
1. Mortimer Wheeler
2. George F. Dales
3. Robert L.Raikes
4. H.L.Lambrick
(A)1, 2, 3 (B) 2, 3 (C)1 only (D)1, 4

50. The gandhara school of art manifests a synthesis of which of the following traditions?
1. Indian
2. Central Asian
3. Greco Roman
4. Chinese
(A) 3 only (B) 2 and 3 (C) 1 and 3 (D) All of the above

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