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ENTRANCE TEST-2023
SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

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1. Microliths were extensively used during: 7. Consider the following statements about Ashoka’s
(A) Paleolithic Age inscriptions:
(B) Neolithic Age I. They mostly contain explanations of dhamma
(C) Mesolithic Age and the King’s efforts to propagate it
(D) Chalcolithic Age II. Some of the inscriptions directly indicate
2. The Aryan Invasion Theory of the decline of Ashoka’s allegiance to Buddha’s teachings
Harappan civilization was elaborated by: III. Most of them are in the Prakrit language and
(A) P.V. Kane Brahmi script
(B) George Dales Which of the above given statements is / are correct?
(C) B.B. Lal (A) Only statement I is correct
(D) Mortimer Wheeler (B) Only statement II is correct
3. Which of the following is a scientific technique in (C) Both statement I & II are correct
Archeology?
(D) All the statements are correct
(A) Carbon 14 Dating
8. Who among the following has used the World
(B) Thermoluminescence
Systems Theory framework to explain the nature and
(C) Potassium Argon dating
structure of Mauryan Empire?
(D) All the above
(A) Romila Thapar
4. The Rig Veda is a collection of ___________suktas.
(B) R.S. Sharma
(A) 1028
(C) Gerard Fussman
(B) 1055
(D) Haraprasad Shastri
(C) 1066
9. The origin of the Kushanas is traced to:
(D) 1030
5. Magadha’s political success is generally attributed (A) Yueh Chi tribe
to its: (B) Sakas
(A) Favorable geographical location (C) Persians
(B) Monopoly over iron ore mines (D) Mongols
(C) Resourceful rulers and advantages of fertile soil 10. Allahabad Pillar inscription prominently mentions the
(D) All the above achievements of:
6. In Buddhism, the Sanga was not open to: (A) Chandragupta
(A) Pregnant Women (B) Samudragupta
(B) Rebellious Women (C) Ghatotkacha
(C) Mothers of unweaned children (D) Kachagupta
(D) All the above

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17. The author of Humayun Nama is:
(A) Buddhacharita———Varahamihira (A) Haji Begum
(B) Harshacharita————Banabhatta (B) Gulbadhan Begum
(C) Nilmata Purana———Kalhana (C) Salima Begum
(D) Brihatsamita—————Ashvaghosha (D) Mahum Anga

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(D) Adviatas
(D) Sandhivigrahika
19. Miyan Mir belongs to which Silsila?
13. Babur conquered Kabul in:
(A) 1501 (A) Chishtiya

(B) 1503 (B) Suhurwardi
(C) 1504 (C) Qadriya
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(C) Hira Vijay Suri (D) Taj-ul-Masir
(D) Kavindrachariya Saraswati
21. Iltutmish did Not conquer:
15. Sambaji was arrested by Mughal forces from:
(A) Laknuati
(A) Pandu
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23. During Timur’s invasion the ruler of Delhi was: 29. Sir Stafford Cripps announced his proposals in the
(A) Feroz Shah Tughluq form of a Draft Declaration on:
(B) Sultan Mehmood (A) 24 March 1942
(C) Nasir-u-Din Mehmod (B) 30 March 1942
(D) Murad Shah (C) 05 April 1942
24. Which one was Not a land type in Mughal India? (D) 15 April 1942
(A) Polaj
30. Name the Chairman of the Boundary Commission
(B) Paruti who defined the boundary between India and
(C) Kankut Pakistan:
(D) Chachar (A) Mr. Durana
25. The Ist Carnatic War ended with the: (B) Mr. Cyril Radcliffe
(A) Treaty of St. Thomas
(C) H.V. Hodson
(B) Treaty of Paris
(D) Lord Pethic Lawrence
(C) Treaty of Aix-La-Chappelle
31. Kamaraj Plan was executed by J. L. Nehru in
(D) Treaty of Pondicherry
order to ease out Morarji Desai from the mainstream
26. Who gave the account of “Black hole tragedy”?
in:
(A) John Holwell
(A) August 1963
(B) John Surman
(B) August 1964
(C) William Hamilton
(C) February 1965
(D) Robert Clive
(D) February 1966
27. With regard to the Revolt of 1857, who among the
following describes it as, “The Indian Rebellion of 32. The Muslim League had given the call for “Direct
1857 was not one movement….it was many”? Action” day on:
(A) R.C. Majumdar (A) 14 August 1946
(B) S.N. Sen (B) 15 August 1946
(C) C.A. Bayly (C) 16 August 1946
(D) V.D. Savarkar (D) 17 August 1946
28. The prominent Extremist leader who organised the
33. Indian Opium was exported to China to get:
“Indian League of America” was:
(A) Silk
(A) Bipan Chandra Pal
(B) Raw Cotton
(B) Lala Lajpat Rai
(C) Tea
(C) B. G. Tilak
(D) Aurobindo Ghosh (D) Chemical Dyes

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34. Thomas Babington Macaulay issued his famous 40. The dominant religious tradition of Kashmir before
Minute on Indian Education on:
the introduction of Buddhism was:
(A) 2 February 1835
(A) Naga
(B) 6 February 1835
(C) 8 February 1835 (B) Islam
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(D) G. K. Gokhale of Jamia Masjid Srinagar
36. Who authored the classical work “Satyarth (C) Khan Kuh-i-Mualla was built during Alau-din’s
Prakash”? reign
(A) Dada Bhai Naoroji
(D) Sultan Hassan Shah built palace at Didmar
(B) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

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(C) B. M. Pande 43. Which one was Not a Mughal governor of Kashmir?
(D) R. K. Pant (A) Mirza Yusuf Khan Rizvi
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45. Tambol according to A. Wingate was: 50. ‘Liberty, Equality and Fraternity’ was the slogan of:
(A) A tax levied at the time of marriages in rulers (A) American Revolution
family. (B) French Revolution
(B) A part of revenue extracted by officials as their
(C) Chinese Revolution
own share.
(D) Russian Revolution
(C) A tax for the maintenance of temples.
51. The Reformation Movement was:
(D) A tax for the maintenance of priests.
46. Who described the position of the people in the (A) A movement to reform and rebirthing the art
Kashmir Valley as worse than that of the Third Estate and literature of the 16th century
in France before French Revolution? (B) It was a revolt against the institution of Catholic
(A) St. Oliver John Church
(B) Henry Lawrence (C) It was the rise of the Church’s control over
(C) Andrew Wingate Rome
(D) Walter R. Lawrence (D) It was a revolt against King Henry VIII
47. The first General Secretary of All Jammu and 52. The American war of Independence was fought from
Kashmir Praja Parishad party was: ___to____:
(A) Lala Roop Chand Nanda (A) 1775-1784
(B) Balraj Madhok (B) 1777-1783
(C) Hari Wazir
(C) 1775-1783
(D) Prem Nath Dogra
(D) 1770-1780
48. The All Jammu and Kashmir Kisan Mazdoor
Conference held its historic Kabamarag Congress 53. When did World War-I start?
in: (A) July 28, 1914
(A) 1945 (B) July 28, 1915
(B) 1946 (C) July 25, 1916
(C) 1947 (D) July 24, 1913
(D) 1948 54. National Socialist German Workers Party was
49. Which of the following is Not correctly matched? founded by:
(A) Leonardo da Vinci —————The Last (A) Bismarck
Supper
(B) Hitler
(B) Michelangelo————The Last Judgement
(C) Mussolini
(C) Raphael —————Virgin of the Rocks
(D) Hindenburg
(D) Donatello—————David

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55. Which ideology was popularized during the Russian 58. Who among the following was Not the part of the
revolution? Yalta Agreement, 1945?
(A) Fascism (A) Winston Churchill
(B) Marxism (B) Franklin Roosevelt
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(C) Invasion of Poland (C) North Atlantic Treaty______________1949

(D) Invasion of Italy (D) Helsinki Accords_________________1975

57. The main objective of the Non-Aligned Movement 60. Which of the following contributed to the Industrial
was: Revolution in England?
(A) To keep the newly independent nations of Asia (A) Development of Scientific agriculture and
and Africa away from the rivalry of Enclosure Movement

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