Kerala SET 2018 Jul Question Paper History

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1. Which one of the following is the only Indus site which yields evidence of coffin burial?
A) Harappa B) Mohenjodaro
C) Surkotoda D) Amri

2. ‘Heuristics’ implies
A) The process of internal criticism B) The technique of finding source materials
C) The interpretation of facts D) The technique of note making

3. Which one of the following South Indian kingdoms was not mentioned in Ashokan inscriptions?
A) Chera B) Pandya C) Chola D) Satavahana

4. Plagiarism means
A) invalid argument
B) hasty generalization
C) practice of copying someone else’s work or ideas
D) negative reasoning

5. ‘The facts do not speak themselves but historians make them speak’ who stated this?
A) E.J.Hobsbawm B) J.B.Bury
C) Edmurd Burke D) E.H.Carr

6. The leader of the Revolt of 1857 in Bihar was:
A) Maulvi Ahamadullah B) Tantia Tope
C) Nana Saheb D) Kunwar Singh

7. Which one of the following gave a big blow to the indigo industry as a result of which it
declined?
A) Insurrections and peasant uprisings against zamindari oppression
B) Withdrawal of British capital
C) Invention of a synthetic dye
D) A slump in the world market on account of the First World War

8. Which of the following work is known as ‘Satasahasrasamhita’?
A) Rigveda B) Sahasrayogam
C) Ramayana D) Mahabharata
9. ‘Isnad’ means
A) the technique to check the veracity of every statement
B) the method of arranging historical facts
C) the technique of keeping chronological sequence
D) the method of evolving model principles
10. The travelogue ‘Kitab al Rehla’ was written by
A) Amir Khusreau B) Al Biruni C) Ibn Battuta D) Nizami

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11. Which of the following statements related to Mughal historiography are correct?
1) The Mughal period witnessed the emergence of historical literature known as the
biographies, autobiographies, memoirs etc.
2) In Tuzki Babri, Babur compares the poverty of his native land of Kabul with the
richness of India
3) AbulFazal in ‘Akbarnamah’ is harsh on Akbar and his policies
4) The subject matter of Mughal history was the rulers, their conquests and wars, their
administration and personal achievements
A) 1, 2 & 3 B) 2, 3 & 4 C) 1, 2 & 4 D) 1, 3 & 4

12. Which of the following work is connected with Jain literature?
A) Tripitaka B) Milindapanha
C) Mahabhashyam D) Harivamsha Purana

13. Who authored the work ‘Foreign Notices of South India from Megasthanes to Ma Huan’
A) K.M.Panikkar B) Burton Stein
C) Noboru Karashima D) K.A. Nilakanta Sastri

14. What was Dharma Chakra Pravarthana?
A) Mahavira's birth B) Buddha's birth
C) Buddha's nirvana D) The teaching of the first sermon by Buddha

15. Match the following:
a) Regulating Act 1. 1909
b) Pitt's India Act 2. 1919
c) Minto-Morley reforms 3. 1773
d) Montague-Chelmsford reforms 4. 1784
a b c d
A) 1 2 3 4
B) 4 3 2 1
C) 3 4 1 2
D) 2 1 4 3

16. Assertion (A) : The Lahore session of 1929 is a turning point in Indian history.
Reason (R) : Jinnah came out with his 14 points.
A) Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A
B) Both A and R are correct but R is not the correct explanation of A
C) A is correct but R is incorrect
D) Both A and R are incorrect

17. Which of the following was in charge of collecting taxes in the later Vedic period?
A) Bhagadugha B) Sa'ngrahitri
C) Kusidin D) None of the above

18. Who among the following introduced Ilbert Bill?
A) Ripon B) Lytton C) Curzon D) Bentick

19. The work ‘Against Lord and State’ by K.N.Panikker deals with the --------
A) Revolt of 1857 B) Kayyur Revolt 1941
C) Malabar Rebellion 1921 D) Attingal Revolt 1721

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20. Which one of the following is correctly matched?
A) St. Augustine - The Prince - Universal History
B) Ibn Khaldun - City of god - Manual for monarchs
C) Machiavelly - Muqaddima - Providential history
D) Rousseau - Social Contract - Popular sovereignty

21. Which book starts with the statement ‘History of all hitherto existing society is the history of
class struggles’?
A) Das Capital B) War and Peace
C) Communist Manifesto D) Age of Revolutions
22. Who put forward the concepts of ‘longue duree’ and ‘geo history’?
A) Claud Levistrauss B) Emmanuel Ladurie
C) Jacques Le goff D) Fernand Braudel

23. ‘Sigillography’ is the study of
A) official documents B) caves C) stamps D) seals

24. Which one of the following destroyed the Budhist monasteries at Nalanda and Vikramasila?
A) Mahmud Ghazni B) Mahmud Ghori
C) Sasanka D) Bakhtiyar Khilji

25. The Cholas had a highly developed local self- government. Which one of the following terms
does not signify a local body?
A) Ur B) Nadu C) Sabha D) Mahasabha

26. The headquarters of the Ghadar Party was at:
A) Berlin B) Kabul C) San Francisco D) Rome

27. Assertion (A) : The Quit India movement of August 1942 marked the culmination of
the Indian freedom struggle.
Reason (R) : After the Quit India movement it was only a matter of time before
the mechanics of transfer of power was determined.
A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
C) A is correct but R is incorrect.
D) A is incorrect but R is correct.

28. Who excavated and discovered megalithic burials in the Malabar region in 1823?
A) R. Bruce Foote B) J. Babington C) Mortimer Wheeler D) A. Aiyappan
29. ‘Perumchellur’, one of the oldest Brahman settlements in Kerala is identified with
A) Payyannur B) Taliparamba C) Perumbavur D) Muzhikulam
30. The first inscription recorded in Kollam Era is
A) Jewish copper plate B) Therisappalli copper plate
C) Mampally inscription D) Vazhappally inscription
31. The term used to denote service tenure in medieval Kerala
A) Viruthi B) Janmam C) Kanam D) Aduthoon

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32. A scientific method used in archaeology to date inorganic material that has been heated rapidly
A) Carbon Dating B) Argon Method
C) Thermoluminiscence D) Helium Test
33. Which among the following are correctly matched?
I V.T.Bhattathiripad - Brahma Sabha -Pracheena Malayalam
II Ayyankali - Sadhujana Paripalana Sangham -Villuvandi Samaram
III VakkomMaulavi - Swadeshabhimani - Al Islam
IV K.Ayyappan - Sahodaran -Misrabhojanam
A) I, II & IV B) II, III & IV C) I, III & IV D) I, II & III

34. ‘Vedadhikara Niroopanam’ is the work of
A) SreeNarayana Guru B) M.P.Bhattathiripad
C) ChattampiSwamikal D) KuttikrishnaMarar

35. Who authored the work entitled ‘Adimakal EnganeUdamakalayi’
A) V.M.Vishnu Bharatheeyan B) K.A.Keraleeyan
C) A.V.Kunhambu D) K.P.R.Gopalan

36. Which of the following is correctly matched?
A) Al Ameen - E.Moidu Maulavi
B) Mitavadi - C.Krishnan
C) Prabhatam - C.H.Kunhappa
D) Deepika - Moorkoth Kumaran

37. In the Kakkinada session of the Indian National Congress who moved a resolution against
untouchability?
A) C.Kesavan B) Dr. Palpu C) T.K.Madhavan D) R. Sankar
38. Arrange the following Governor-Generals in chronological order:
1. Lord Mayo 2. Lord Lytton 3. Lord Ripon 4 Lord Caning
A) 1, 2, 3, 4 B) 2, 3, 4, 1 C) 3, 2, 1, 4 D) 4, 2, 3, 1

39. Ancient Monument Protection Act was enacted under the Governor-Generalship of:
A) Lord Minto B) Lord Mountbatten
C) Lord Curzon D) Lord Linlithgow

40. The Marching song entitled ‘Aikya Keralathilekku’ was written in 1946 by
A) Amsi NarayanaPillai B) ONV Kurup
C) Vayalar Ramavarma D) P.Bhaskaran

41. Which one of the following is correctly matched?
A) Elamkulam P.N.Kunhanpillai - Perumals of Kerala
B) MGS Narayanan - KeraleeyathaCharithramanangal
C) MR RaghavaVariyar - KeralathinteInnalekal
D) P.K. Balakrishnan - Jathivyavasthayum Keralacharithravum

42. ‘Kozhinhailakal’ is the autobiography of
A) Joseph Mundassery B) PattomThanuPillai
C) K.Madhavan Nair D) K.Damodaran

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43. In 1997 S.B. Sen Committee submitted report on
A) Decentralization of powers B) Revision of Pay structure
C) Fee structure of Medical Colleges D) Salary revision of private nurses
44. Mayilamma, a social activist was associated with
A) Muthanga Struggle B) Silent Valley Movement
C) Plachimada Struggle D) Save Western Ghat Movement

45. ‘Hagiography’ means
A) Sacred biography B) Historical geography
C) Patriotic literature D) Heroic poetry

46. Who was the Governor-General of India when Mahatma Gandhi launched his Non-Co-operation
Movement?
A) Lord Minto B) Lord Montague
C) Lord Willingdon D) Lord Chelmsford

47. Which one of the following industries was mainly developed and owned by Indians?
A) Coal mining B) Cotton textile
C) Sugar industry D) Jute industry

48. Stories of the previous births of the Buddha are contained in
A) Tipitakas B) Jatakas C) Milindapanha D) Divyavadana

49. The earliest evidence of food production in Indian subcontinent is from
A) Mehrgarh B) Mehrauli C) Mahesana D) Mandi
50. The eastward movement of Vedic people is mentioned in ‘Satapata Brahmana’ associated
with ------- Veda.
A) Rig B) Sama C) Yajur D) Atharva
51. Which one of the following is not matched?
A) Yogasutra - Patanjali
B) Panchasidhantika - Varahamihira
C) Mrichakatika - Sudraka
D) Ashtangahridayam - Aryabthatta

52. The tendency of lower castes to imitate and adopt norms and practices of the upper castes
inorder to improve their ranking in the caste hierarchy
A) Sanskritization B) Urbanization
C) Aryanisation D) Modernization

53. The Hathigumpha inscription of Kharavela is found at:
A) Udayagiri hills, Bhuvaneswar B) Ananthagiri hills, Visakapatnam
C) Mehrauli, Delhi D) Pandavleni caves, Nasik

54. Prithviraj Raso was written by:
A) Chand Bardai B) Vidyapathi C) Chandidas D) Prithviraj

55. Mughal painting reached a climax in the time of:
A) Akbar B) Shahjahan C) Aurangazeb D) None of these

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56. Who is the propounder of “Great Man Theory”
A) Hegel B) E. H. Carr
C) Thomas Carlyle D) Karl Marx

57. Kautilya’s Artharastra is a treatise on
A) Linguistics B) Political economy
C) Epistemology D) Moral science

58. Monuments of Vijayanagar art can be found at ---------
A) Somnath B) Amaravathi C) Badami D) Hampi

59. The first sultan of Delhi, who did not allow the ulemas to interfere in the political and
administrative affairs was:
A) Balban B) Alaudhin Khilji
C) Muhammed bin Tuglaq D) FerozshahTughlaq

60. The Sufi saint Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya was associated with the order
A) Nakshbandiya B) Chistiya C) Quadariya D) Suhrawardiya

61. ‘Iqta’ of the Sultanate period corresponds to which of the following during the Mughal period?
A) Waqf B) Inam C) Jagir D) Khalisa
62. Who were the earliest inhabitants of Kerala?
A) The Negritos B) The Proto – Austroloids
C) The Mediterraneans D) None of these

63. Which of the following bodies laid down rules and regulations for the conduct of temple affairs
and administration of temple properties during the age of the Perumals?
A) Muzhikkulam Kacham B) Sabha
C) Revathi Pattathanam D) Thirunavaya Yogam

64. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
A) Teyyam - Ritual Dance
B) Chavittunadakam - Christian counter part of Kathakali
C) Kathakali - Kunchan Nambiar
D) Kooth - Chakkiyar

65. In Medieval Kerala a private fight between two parties or persons to settle disputes was
known as:
A) Kudippaka B) Poithu C) Ankom D) Kalari

66. Who among the following ladies wrote a historical account during the Mughal period?
A) Gulbadan Begum B) Noorjahan Begum
C) Jahanara Begum D) Zebnissah Begum
67. Who planted the ‘Tree of liberty’ at Sreerangapatnam
A) Tipu sultan B) Sardan Khan C) Hyder Ali D) AhmedsharAbdali

68. The Indian ruler who joined the Subsidiary Alliance in 1798 AD
A) The Raja of Travancore B) The Nizam of Hyderabad
C) The Nawab of Oudh D) Peshwa BajiRao II

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69. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
A) Battle of Wandiwash - French VsEnglish East India company
B) Battle of Buxar - Mir JafarVs Clive
C) Battle of Chillianwala - Dalhousie Vs Marathas
D) Battle of Kharda - NizamVs East India company
70. The Universities of Culcutta, Bombay and Madras were established as the outcome of which
among the following?
A) Indian Universities Act B) Charles Wood’s Despatch
C) Hunter Commission Report D) Hartog Committee Report
71. Who founded the Satya Shodak Samaj?
A) Dayananda Saraswathi B) Dwarakanath Tagore
C) Mahatma Jyotiba Phule D) Kesab Chandra Sen
72. ‘Neel Darpan’ by Din Bandhu Mitra portrays the plight of
A) Bardoli Peasants B) Indigo Planters
C) Landless Labourers D) Ahmedabad Mill Workers
73. Who described British rule as an ‘everlasting, increasing and everyday increasingforeign
invasion that was utterly, though gradually destroying the country’?
A) Lala Lajpat Rai B) Dadabai Naoroji
C) Balagangadhar Tilak D) Surendranath Banerji
74. In chronological order which of the following events/movements occurred first?
A) Dandi March B) Quit India Movement
C) Jallianwalabagh Massacre D) Chaurichaura incident
75. All India Muslim League was formed in 1906 at ------
A) Aligarh B) Culcutta C) Dacca D) Delhi
76. Arrange the following events/movements in the correct order of their chronology
1) Champaran Satyagraha 2) Boycott of Simon Commission
3) RIN Mutiny 4) Khilafat Movement
A) 1,2,4,3 B) 1,3,2,4 C) 2,1,3,4 D) 1,4,2,3
77. Which among the following revolutionaries was the brain behind the Chitagong Armoury Raid?
A) Lala Hardayal B) Lala Lajpat Rai
C) Chandrasekhar Azad D) Surya Sen

78. To behead the trade union movement and to isolate the communists from the national movement,
which case was framed up by the British government in 1929
A) Lahore conspiracy case B) Meerut conspiracy case
C) Howrah conspiracy case D) Kakore conspiracy case

79. Who shouted the slogans ‘Inquilab Zindabad, Down with Imperialism and Long live the
proletariat’ during the court trial in Assembly Bomb Case, 1929?
A) Subhash Chandra Bose B) Bhagat Singh
C) Aruna Asaf Ali C) Udham Singh

80. All India Depressed Classes Federation was formed by:
A) B.P. Mandal B) Swami Sradhanand
C) Kanshi Ram D) Dr.B.R.Ambedkar

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81. Match the following
a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad 1) India Today
b) Rajani Palme Dutt 2) Indian Unrest
c) AbulKalam Azad 3) India Divided
d) Valentine Chirol 4) India Wins Freedom
A) a-2, b-3, c-1, d-4 B) a-4, b-2, c-3, d-1
C) a-1, b-3, c-4, d-2 D) a-3, b-1, c-4, d-2

82. Who among the following was regarded as the founder of scientific socialism?
A) Diderot B) Karl Marx C) Robert Owen D) Charles Fourier

83. Internal Emergency under Article 352 was declared during the Prime Ministership of
Mrs Indira Gandhi on:
A) 23rd March 1977 B) 2nd February 1977
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C) 25 June 1975 D) 12th June 1975

84. The term ‘Berlin Revolution’ in historiography is associated with?
A) Rousseau B) Hitler
C) Leopold Von Ranke D) Kant
85. The term ‘Subaltern’ was borrowed by a group of modern Indian historians from the
writings of:
A) George Rude B) Rodney Hilton
C) Albert Soboul D) Antonio Gramsci

86. The Headquarters of SAARC is located at:
A) New Delhi B) Colombo C) Dhaka D) Kathmandu

87. Who founded the Lingayat Movement in the south?
A) Ramanuja B) Madhava C) Basavaraja D) Kamban

88. Which place name of Kerala was mentioned in Mushakavamsha?
A) Kurumbranadu B) Eranadu
C) Kolathunadu D) Valluvanadu

89. Who said the following about Mahatma Gandhi: ‘Generations to come will scarce believe that
such a one as this ever in flesh and blood walked upon this earth’.
A) Jawaharlal Nehru B) Rabindranath Tagore
C) Winston Churchill D) Albert Einstein
90. Which of the following is correctly matched?
A) Hieroglyphics - Assyrian
B) Lunar calendar - Egyptian
C) Hammurabi’s code - Babylonia
D) Ziggurat - Chinese
91. Which of the following philosophers stated that ‘Man is the measure of all things’?
A) Protagoras B) Socrates C) Plato D) Aristotle

92. Name of the soldier related to the historic battle of Marathon and Marathon race in Olympic
games
A) Polydamas B) Philippides C) Phidias D) Horace

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93. Who was the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity?
A) Constantine B) Charlemagne C) Diocletion D) Augustus Caesar
94. Pointed arch, ribbed vault, flying buttresses, thin and tall walls were the features of which
architectural style?
A) Gandhara B) Sarasenic C) Gothic D) Byzantine
95. Which popular renaissance painting was originally named La Gioconda?
A) Pieta B) Last Supper C) Mona Lisa D) Last Judgement
96. Who among the following prepared the ‘Ninety Five Thesis’?
A) John Wycliff B) Ulrich Zwingli
C) Martin Luther D) John Calvin

97. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
A) Francisco Pizarro - Peru
B) Hernando Cortez - Mexico
C) Pedro Alvares Cabral - Brazil
D) Barthalomew Diaz - Bahamas

98. Which one of the following pairs is not matched?
A) Spinning Jenny - James Hargreaves
B) Steam Engine - James Watt
C) Richard Arkwright - Water Frame
D) Samuel Crompton - Cotton gin
99. ‘Ten Days that Shook the World’ is a work on
A) Chinese Revolution B) Russian Revolution
C) American Revolution D) Cuban Revolution
100. Pearl Harbour was a
A) Japanese port B) U.S. Naval base
C) Nazi military camp D) Chinese Harbour

101. The speech entitled ‘I have a Dream’ was delivered in 1963 by
A) Abraham Lincoln B) Nelson Mandela
C) Maotse Tung D) Martin Luther King

102. The statement ‘the defeat of the greatest military power in the world by the people of a small
country in Asia’ is attributed to the -------
A) Korean War B) Vietnam War C) Cold War D) Suez War

103. The Arab Spring movement began on 18th December 2010 in ---------
A) Saudi Arabia B) United Arab Emirates
C) Tunisia D) Palestine

104. The earliest reference on Kerala in ancient texts?
A) Arthashastra B) Ashokan Edicts
C) Rigveda D) Aithareya Aranyaka

105. During the Sangam age ‘Neytal’ denoted:
A) Coastal region B) Hill region C) Desert D) Fields

106. The symbol of Buddha’s renunciation:
A) Lotus B) Wheel C) Horse D) Stupa
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107. Two Ashokan pillars were brought and installed in Delhi by:
A) Alauddin Khilji B) Qutubddin Aibek
C) Firoz Shah Tughlaq D) Akbar

108. The first Sultan in Indian history to abolish Jizya or poll tax on non-Muslims was Zainul Abidin.
He was the ruler of:
A) Bengal B) Kashmir C) Assam D) Deccan

109. The Indian penal code was passed in:
A) 1860 B) 1865 C) 1875 D) 1880

110. ’The Nation and its Fragments’ is authored by:
A) Anil Seal B) Partha Chatterjee
C) R. Chandravarkar D) G. Alloysius

111. Peloponnesian war was fought between------?
A) Troy and Peloponnesia B) Sparta and Troy
C) Athens and Sparta D) Peloponnesian and Athens

112. Genghis Khan belonged to which dynasty?
A) Turkish B) Shang C) Mongol D) Arsacad

113. ”Tennis Court Oath” was related to which revolution?
A) American Revolution B) October Revolution
C) French Revolution D) Russian Revolution

114. Taoism was associated to:
A) Lao-tzu B) Sun Tzu C) Confucius D) Shing Tin

115. Whose period is known as’ Reign of Terror’?
A) Napoleon B) Hitler C) Robespierre D) Louis XIV

116. ‘Bloody Sunday’ is related to which event in world history?
A) Russian Revolution of 1905 B) October Revolution
C) July Revolution D) American war of Independence

117. League of Nations was originated with:
A) Paris Peace Conference B) Treaty of Versailles
C) Treaty of Serves D) Treaty Hangsbuarg

118. Who defined history as ‘the presentation in chronological order of successive developments in
the means and relations of production’?
A) Lucien Febure B) D.D. Kosambi C) Max Weber D) J.B.Bury
119. Logography of Greeks refers to
A) Autobiographical narratives B) Poems and speeches in the form of ballads
C) Study of geographical descriptions D) Dialogues of orators

120. The Yalta Conference in February 1945 was attended by
A) Hitler, Hindenburg and Goering B) Hitler, Mussolini and Hindenburg
C) Churchill, Stalin and Truman D) Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt
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