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SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
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1. The study of the old writings used in inscriptions is 6. _______________gives an account of the
called :
establishment of the Buddhist Sanga and the rules that
(A) Numismatics
governed it.
(B) Epigraphy
(C) Paleography (A) Vinaya Pitaka
(D) Philology (B) Abhidhamma Pitaka
2. Which of the following statements about Jorwe
(C) Sutta Pitaka
culture is Not Correct?
(A) It was an urban culture (D) None of the above
(B) It was a chalcolithic culture 7. Important aspect of Ashoka’s dhamma was:
(C) Most extensive excavations of this culture have
been carried out in Maharashtra (A) Inculcation of mutual respect and concord
(D) Nevasa, Daimabad and Songaon are some of among people belonging to different religious
the sites of Jorwe culture sects
3. Who has argued that the decline in the lapis lazuli trade
(B) Proper courtesy to slaves and servants
with Mesopotamia was a factor in the decline of the
Harappan civilization? (C) Generosity towards friends
(A) Robert L. Raikes
(D) All of the above
(B) Shreen Ratnagar
(C) M.R. Sahni 8. Which of the following statements about Jainism is

(D) M.R. Mughal Not Correct?
4. The most important divinity in Rig Veda is : (A) Rishabnath was the first Tirthankara of Jainism
(A) Indra
(B) Jainism preached the doctrine of triratna
(B) Agni
(C) Aditi (C) Jainism preached non-violence
(D) Usha (D) The Digambara sect of Jainism provided choice
5. Consider the following statements about Magadha: for wearing or non-wearing of clothes
I. It came into prominence under the leadership
9. Which Kushana ruler is said to have patronized the
of Bimbisara.
II. The unorthodox character of Magadhan society Buddhist scholars Ashvaghosha and Vasumitra?
contributed to its success as a political power. (A) Huvishka
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
(B) Kanishka
(A) Only statement I is correct
(B) Only statement II is correct (C) Vasudeva I
(C) Both the statements are correct (D) Kanishka II
(D) Both the statements are incorrect

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(A) Indo-Greeks his capital?
(B) Kushans (A) Rajaraja
(C) Mauryas (B) Parantaka II
(D) Sakas (C) Krishna III
11. Which of the following statements is correct about
(D) Rajendra I
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(A) Nedunjeral adan
(B) Razia Sultan
(B) Udyanjeral
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(A) Amoghavarsha-I 20. Which of the following statement/s is/ are correct?
(B) Dhruva (A) Firuz Tughlaq made iqta hereditary
(C) Dantidurga (B) The Firuzi slaves intervened to put their own
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22. Which of the following authors is Correctly matched 25. Which of the following statements about Mohammad
with the proposed theory of the decline of Mughal Tughlaq is Not Correct?
(A) He did not believe in Alaudin Khiliji’s policy of
empire?
reducing the khuts and muqaddams to the
(A) Irfan Habib..............................The Theory of status of ordinary cultivators
Agrarian Crisis (B) He created a separate department called
Diwan-i-amir-i-kohi
(B) Satish Chandra.......................Jagirdari Crisis
(C) He shifted his capital from Delhi to Daulatabad
(C) Karen Leonard ...................Great Firm Theory (D) He made Iqta hereditary
(D) All of the above 26. The major tenurial category in Vijaynagara kingdom
was :
23. Match List-I and List-II and choose the correct
(A) Amara
answer from the options given at the end : (B) Bhandaravada
List-I List II (C) Manya
(Departments under Mughals) (Functions) (D) All of the above
27. Madad-i-mash in Mughal times indicates:
I. Diwan-i-Barid a. Intelligence (A) Octroi tax
Department (B) Revenue free land grant given to scholars
II. Diwan-i-Arz b. Recruit, equip (C) Pension given to military officers
and pay the army (D) Sowing tax
28. The most characteristic credit institution in Mughal
III. Diwan-i-Wazarat c. Revenue
India was :
collection and (A) Hundi
expenditure (B) Sarraf
IV. Diwan-i-Saman d. Managed the (C) Mahajan
royal household (D) Dalal
29. Who taught his doctrine of bhakti to all the four varnas?
Options: (A) Kabir
(A) I-a, II-b, III-c, IV-d (B) Namadeva
(B) I-d, II-c, III-b, IV-a (C) Ravidas
(D) Ramananda
(C) I-c, II-d, III-b, IV-a
30. Which of the following is Not Correctly matched?
(D) I-a, II-c, III-d, IV-b (A) Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti..............................
24. The Treaty of Purandar was signed between: Establishment of Chisti order in India
(B) Shiekh Shihabuddin ......................................
(A) Shahu and Aurangzeb
Well-known Chisti saint
(B) Shivaji and Jai Singh (C) Sheikh Ahmad Sirhindi ..................................
(C) Shivaji and Shah Jahan Famous saint of Naqshbandi Silsila
(D) Nizamuddin Auliya .......................................
(D) Shivaji and Murad
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the court of: (A) Taraknath Das in Singapore
(A) Akbar (B) Mohammad Ali in North America
(B) Jehangir (C) Taraknath Das in North America
(C) Shah Jahan (D) M.K. Gandhi in South Africa
(D) Aurangzeb 36. The Civil Disobedience Movement was withdrawn
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Plassey (1757). the Quit India Movement?
I. The battle marked the beginning of political (A) Arun Asaf Ali
supremacy of the English East India Company (B) Sucheta Kripalini
in India. (C) Usha Mehta
II. Jageth Seths, Mahtab Rai and Raja Manikchand (D) All the above
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(A) Only statement I is correct a (B) It abolished dyarchy at the Centre level
(B) Only statement II is correct (C) It provided for Provincial autonomy
(C) Both the statements are correct (D) It opposed the concept of all India federation
(D) Both the statements are false 39. Which of the following is correctly matched?
34. Subsidiary Alliance System under Lord Wellesley (A) August Offer.....................................1942
was characterized by : (B) Shimla Deputation.............................1940
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(D) Sadler Commission………………. Irrigation
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41. Given below are two statements, one is labelled 45. Who was the first President of All India Trade Union
as Assertion (A) and other is labelled as Reason (R). Congress?
Assertion (A): The Ryotwari Settlement made (A) M.K. Gandhi
cultivators the proprietors of land. (B) Lala Lajpat Rai
Reason (R): Thomas Munro believed that the (C) J.L. Nehru
(D) C.R. Das
British empire needed a unified
46. All India Depressed Classes Association was
concept of sovereignty.
formed in:
Read the above statements and select the correct (A) 1926
answer from the options given below : (B) 1925
(A) (A) is true but (R) is false (C) 1927
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the (D) 1928
correct explanation of (A) 47. Who celebrated the resignation of Congress ministries
in 1939 as a ‘Deliverance day’?
(C) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct
(A) Subhash Chandra Bose
explanation of (A) (B) Golwalkar
(D) Both (A) and (R) are false (C) V. D. Savarkar
42. The Arya Kanya Pathshala was established by : (D) Mohammad Ali Jinnah
(A) Lala Munshi Ram 48. ——————completely derecognizes the role of
(B) Raja Ram Mohan Roy a nationalist ideology and seeks to explain nationalist
politics in terms of a competition-collaboration
(C) Dayanand Saraswati
syndrome.
(D) Vivekananda (A) Marxist School
43. Which of the following phases of colonialism in India (B) Cambridge School
is correctly matched? (C) Imperialist School
(A) 1757-1813——————Phase of liberalism (D) Subaltern School
(B) 1813-1860—————Phase of laissez faire 49. Who coined the term ‘Neolithic’?
(A) Sir John Lubbock
(C) 1860-1947————Phase of mercantilism
(B) Gordon V Childe
(D) All of the above are correctly matched (C) Alexander Cunningham
44. Match List-I and List-II and choose the correct (D) Robert Bruce Foote
answer from the options given at the end: 50. Match List-I and List-II and choose the correct
List-I List-II answer from the options given at the end :
I. Woods Dispatch a. 1854 List-I List-II
(Ruler) (Dynasty)
II. Hunter Commission b. 1882
I. Durlabhavardhana a. Hun
III. Raleigh Commission c. 1902 II. Mihirkula b. Karkota
IV. Sadler Commission d. 1917 III. Samkaravarman c. Utpala
Options: IV. Sangramaraja d. Lohara
(A) I-a, II-b, III-c, IV-d Options:
(A) I-a, II-b, III-c, IV-d
(B) I-d, II-c, III-b, IV-a
(B) I-b, II-a, III-c, IV-d
(C) I-c, II-d, III-b, IV-a (C) I-c, II-d, III-b, IV-a
(D) I-a, II-c, III-d, IV-b (D) I-a, II-c, III-d, IV-b

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Mirza Qasim.
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Mirza Yousuf Khan Rizvi
1148 CE. (C)
Mohammad Kulich Khan
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Mirza Ali Akbar
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Kashmir increased.
Company and Raja Gulab Singh
In the context of the above two statements, which of (C) The Treaty made it obligatory for the Maharaja
the following is correct? to pay to the British Government the sum of
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct 75 lacs of rupees (nanukshahee)
explanation of (A) (D) The Treaty appointed a British Resident in the
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(B) He did not like Music (D) All of the above
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