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Subject : HISTORY

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1. Remains of an artificial dockyard was found in

(A) Lothal (B) Dholavira

(C) Harappa (D) All of the above

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(C) The semi-divine deities such as Gandharvas and Apsaras

(D) Ganesha and Kartikeya

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(D) Bhitari inscription

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6. The concept of ‘feudalism from above’ and ‘feudalism from below’ have been pronounced
by

(A) Irfan Habib (B) D.D. Kosambi

(C) D.N. Jha (D) Upinder Singh

7. Who has propounded the theory of the beginning of the process of state formation at
regional and sub-regional levels during the early medieval period ?

(A) Hermann Kulke (B) R.S. Sharma

(C) B.D. Chattopadhyaya (D) D.D. Kosambi

8. Who assumed the title Gangaikonda ?

(A) Rajaraja I (B) Mahipala

(C) Rajendra Chola I (D) Kullotunga II

9. What is the right chronology ?

(A) Iltutmish – Razia – Alauddin Khalji – Ghiyasuddin Balban

(B) Ghiyasuddin Balban – Razia – Alauddin Khalji – Iltutmish

(C) Razia – Ghiyasuddin Balban – Iltutmish – Alauddin Khalji

(D) Iltutmish – Razia – Ghiyasuddin Balban – Alauddin Khalji

10. The Deccan expedition of Alauddin Khalji was led by

(A) Khizr Khan (B) Nusrat Khan

(C) Malik Kafur (D) Qutubuddin Mubarak Shah

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11. Mahmud Gawan was a prime minister of which of the following ?

(A) Delhi Sultanate (B) Vijaynagar Empire

(C) Bahmani Sultanate (D) Mughal Empire

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13. The terms ‘Khut’, ‘Muqaddam’ and ‘Chaudhary’ in the Sultanate period referred to :

(A) Big Rajput Chiefs (B) Land revenue collectors

(C) The class of rural intermediaries (D) Officers of judicial department
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(C) Jahangir (D) Shah Jahan

15. Which of the following Mughal emperor propounded the doctrine of imperial infallibility ?

(A) Akbar (B) Jahangir
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(C) Abul Fazl (D) Minhaj-us-Siraj

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17. Which of the following centre was not a Dutch commercial establishment in India ?

(A) Masulipatnam (B) Karaikal

(C) Hugli (D) Balasore

18. The revolt of 1857 in Lucknow was led by

(A) Nana Saheb (B) Asadullah Khan

(C) Tantia Tope (D) Hazrat Mahal

19. Who wrote Poverty and Un-British Rule in India ?

(A) Dadabhai Naoroji (B) R.C. Dutt

(C) Charles Wood (D) M.N. Roy

20. The Preservation of Ancient Monuments Act was passed during the time of

(A) Lord Curzon (B) Elgin II

(C) Lord Lytton (D) Lord Ripon

21. The meeting between whom was not possible ?

(A) Rammohan Roy & Derozio (B) Vidyasagar & Rabindranath

(C) Vidyasagar & J. Nehru (D) Gandhi & Rabindranath

22. Gandhi organised his first satyagraha movement in Champaran for

(A) Mill workers (B) Indigo cultivators

(C) Zamindars (D) Students

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23. The Home Rule movement started by Annie Besant aimed at

(A) boycotting foreign goods

(B) educating the Indian masses

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(A) C.R. Das and Dr. Ansari

(B) C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru

(C) Motilal Nehru and Rajendra Prasad

(D) Dr. Ansari and R.C. Dutt
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(C) 1931 (D) 1935

26. Who was not an armed revolutionary ?

(A) Pritilata Waddedar (B) Nellie Sengupta
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(A) Mohammad Ali Jinnah (B) Chaudhury Rahmat Ali

(C) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (D) W.W. Hunter

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28. ‘Lokahitavadi’ was the penname of

(A) Tilak (B) Gopal Hari Deshmukh

(C) Jyotiba Phule (D) Vishnu Shastri Pundit

29. Which one of the following was not associated with the Indian National Army ?

(A) Rasbehari Bose (B) Lakshmi Sehgal

(C) Rasbehari Ghosh (D) General Mohan Singh

30. Who established the All India Depressed Classes Association ?

(A) M.C. Rajah (B) Keshav Rao Jedhe

(C) B.R. Ambedkar (D) Jagjivan Ram

31. Who initiated the Bhoodan (landgift) Movement ?

(A) J.B. Kripalani (B) Jayaprakash Narayan

(C) Acharya Vinoba Bhave (D) Mahatma Gandhi

32. Which was the first state created on the linguistic basis in independent India ?

(A) Andhra Pradesh (B) Assam

(C) Tamil Nadu (D) Himachal Pradesh

33. Identify the right chronology of prime ministership.

(A) V.P. Singh - Chandra Shekhar - H.D. Deve Gowda - I.K. Gujral

(B) V.P. Singh - H.D. Deve Gowda - I.K. Gujral - Chandra Shekhar

(C) I.K. Gujral - H.D. Deve Gowda - V.P. Singh - Chandra Shekhar

(D) H.D. Deve Gowda - I.K. Gujral - Chandra Shekhar - V.P. Singh

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34. Which of the following Indian Classical Singer belonged to the Armenian Community ?

(A) Gauhar Jaan (B) Malak Jaan

(C) Gangubai Hangal (D) M. S. Subbulakshmi

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36. Who was called ‘Morning Star’of the Reformation ?

(A) Martin Luther (B) John Calvin

(C) Zwingli (D) John Wycliffe
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(C) Landed nobility of Russia (D) Landed nobility of Prussia

38. Who among the following was not a Utopian Socialist ?

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(C) French Revolution (D) Indian Freedom Struggle

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40. Meiji Restoration in Japan took place in the year

(A) 1868 (B) 1888

(C) 1905 (D) None of the above

41. The New Economic Policy (NEP) was introduced in the year

(A) 1917 (B) 1921

(C) 1939 (D) 1956

42. Who wrote the book The World Turned Upside Down ?

(A) Rodney Hilton (B) Christopher Hill

(C) Geoffrey Rudolph Elton (D) G.M. Trevelyan

43. The foundation of the non-aligned movement was laid in

(A) Potsdam Conference (B) Vienna Conference

(C) Bandung Conference (D) Kabul Conference

44. Who was the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ?

(A) Joseph Kasa-Vubu (B) Antoine Gzenga

(C) Patrice Lumumba (D) Joseph lleo

45. For the first time environment was made a world issue in

(A) UNCED conference at Rio-de Janeiro

(B) United Nations Conference at Stockholm

(C) World Summit on Sustainable Development at Johannesburg

(D) None of the above

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46. What position did Nelson Mandela occupy in African National Congress at the time of his
release from jail after 27 years in 1990 ?
(A) President (B) Vice President
(C) Secretary (D) Advisor

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(A) Ranjit Guha ag (B) David Arnold
(C) Bipan Chandra (D) Gyan Pandey

49. Which school of historians emphasize on the ‘competition collaboration complex’ to
explain the rise of nationalism in India ?
(A) Imperialist School (B) Marxist School
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