MAHA SET 2019 Question Paper 2 History

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Time Allowed : 120 Minutes] [Maximum Marks : 200
Note : This Paper contains Hundred (100) multiple choice questions. Each question
carrying Two (2) marks. Attempt All questions.
(100) (2)

1. Which of the following ancient sites 1.
is not associated with the Megalithic
culture ?
(A)
(A) Yellesvaram
(B)
(B) Adichanallur
(C)
(C) Junnar
(D)
(D) Brahmagiri
2.
2. Which of the following sites does not
represent the Chalcolithic culture ?
(A)
(A) Kayatha
(B)
(B) Jorwe
(C)
(C) Brahmapuri
(D) Savalda (D)

3. ............................. was a Harappan 3.
trading post in Afghanistan.
(A) Shortughai (A)

(B) Chanhudaro (B)

(C) KotDiji (C)
(D) Amri (D)
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4. Fire-altars are not found from the 4.
Harappan site of............................

(A) Banavali (A)

(B) Rakhigarhi (B)

(C) Surkotada
(C)

(D) Lothal
(D)
5. ......................tribe in Baluchistan
5.
speak a language similar to the

Tamil language.
(A)
(A) Mundas
(B)
(B) Brahui
(C)
(C) Bhils
(D)
(D) Santhals
6.
6. The entry port for trade between the

Indus trading centers and

Mesopotamia was..........................

(A) Elam (A)

(B) Bahrain (B)

(C) Oman (C)

(D) Afghanistan (D)

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7. Which of the following sites has not 7.
yielded any evidence related to the
Indo-Roman trade ?
(A)
(A) Ter
(B)
(B) Junnar
(C)
(C) Adam
(D)
(D) Morgaon

8. Which of the following is not the Pre- 8.

natal samskara ?

(A) Garbhadhana (A)

(B) Pumsavana (B)

(C) Karnavedha (C)
(D) Simantonnayana
(D)
9. Which of the following compositions
9.
ascertains that Panini and
Vararuchi were contemporaries of
the Nandas ?

(A) Bruhatkatha (A)

(B) Gathasaptasati (B)

(C) Tolkapiyam (C)

(D) Mrichhakatikam (D)
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10. In 326 B.C. when Alexander 10.
invaded India, Magadha was ruled
by................................

(A) Chandragupta Maurya (A)

(B) Mahapadma Nanda (B)
(C) Dhana Nanda
(C)
(D) Udayin
(D)
11. According to Megasthenes, the
11.
Pandya Kingdom was famous
for.............................
(A)
(A) Silk
(B)
(B) Bronze
(C)
(C) Weapons
(D)
(D) Pearls
12.
12. The trade with Barigaza flourished
under the control of Western
Kshatrapa named..........................

(A) Nahapana (A)

(B) Rudradamana (B)

(C) Jivadamana (C)

(D) Rudrasimha II (D)

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13. Which of the following inscriptions 13.
mention the repairing work of
Sudarshan reservoir ?

(A) Hathigumpha inscription of
(A)
Kharavela
(B)
(B) Nashik inscription of Nahapana
(C)
(C) Junagadh inscription of
Rudradaman I (D)

(D) Bhitari Pillar inscription of 14.
Skandagupta

14. Gupta era commences from..............
(A)
(A) 340 A.D.
(B)
(B) 330 A.D.
(C)
(C) 320 A.D.
(D)
(D) 310 A.D.
15.
15. Which of following Gupta kings had
issued copper coins ?

(A) Chandragupta I (A)

(B) Kumaragupta I (B)

(C) Shrigupta (C)

(D) Ghatotkachgupta (D)
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16. Which of the following Gupta kings 16.

had issued ‘Ashvamedh’ type of gold

coin ?
(A)
(A) Chandragupta I

(B)
(B) Kumaragupta I

(C) Kumaragupta II (C)

(D) Ramagupta (D)

17. Brahmatayam in Sangam literature
17.
refers to............................

(A) Most sacred place

(A)
(B) Group of invited Brahmin

priests (B)

(C) Gift of revenue free villages to
(C)
Brahmin priests

(D) Entire sequence of ritual
(D)
arranged for a particular

occasion

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18. Which of the following the copper 18.
plates throws light on the
administrative measures taken
during drought ?

(A) Sohgaura (A)

(B) Chinchani
(B)
(C) Shankarpur
(C)
(D) Mandhal
(D)
19. ‘Sahini’ were...................................

(A) The men in charge of 19.

entertainers
(A)
(B) The men in charge of
(B)
production unit

(C) The men in charge of royal (C)
household
(D)
(D) The men in charge of Cavalry
20.
20. During Ancient Indian times, the
title ‘Kaisar’ was taken mainly by
the following ruling family :
(A)
(A) Maurya
(B)
(B) Satavahana
(C)
(C) Kanishka

(D) Gupta (D)

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21. Which of the following Ancient 21.
Indian mathematicians composed
Shulba Sutra, the text in which
basic concepts of mathematics are
discussed ? (A)

(A) Baudhayana (B)
(B) Aryabhatta
(C)
(C) Brahmagupta
(D)
(D) Varahmihir
22.
22. During Satavahana times the terms,
Katak and Skandhawar were used
in the context of........................... (A)
(A) Fertile land (B)
(B) Disaster
(C)
(C) Army base
(D)
(D) Market place
23.
23. The famous inscription of
Vasishtiputra Pulumavi, in which he
explains that Queen Gotami
Balasiri, mother of Gotamiputra,
caused the built a cave for (Buddhist)
Samgha, is located at........................
(A)
(A) Aurangabad
(B)
(B) Nashik

(C) Junnar (C)

(D) Paithan (D)

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24. A group of 5 Monolithic rock- 24.
cutshrines at Mahabalipuram were
excavated during the rule of the
Pallava King..............................
(A)
(A) Simhavishnu
(B)
(B) Mahendravarman I

(C) Narasimhavarman I (C)

(D) Nandivarman II (D)

25. ........................ is not an example of 25.
the temple site of the Vikatakas.

(A) Mandhal
(A)
(B) Hamalapuri
(B)
(C) Ramtek
(C)
(D) Nagara
(D)
26. The Sthanu Ravi copper plate
inscriptions record an agreement 26.
between merchants of the Malabar
coast and some Christian merchants
from..................................
(A)
(A) Venice
(B)
(B) The Persian Gulf region
(C)
(C) The Black Sea region

(D) The Coromandel coast (D)

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27. The name of the famous Buddhist 27.
monk mentioned in the inscription
of Ajanta Cave No. 24, is

(A) Anand (A)

(B) Sthavirachal
(B)
(C) Ashvaghosh
(C)
(D) Dhammapal
(D)
28. The official named Uparakshita in
the Satavahana adimistration, was
28.
in charge of................................

(A) Espionage

(B) Currency system (A)

(C) Building caves (B)

(D) Finance and accounts
(C)
29. Damras was the term used for.............
(D)
(A) Feudal lords in early Medieval
Kashmir 29.

(B) Mints in early Medieval
(A)
Kashmir

(C) Traders in early Medieval (B)

Kashmir
(C)
(D) Beggars in early Medieval
Kashmir (D)

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30. Who of the following established 30.
Vakataka rule ?

(A) Vindhyashakti
(A)
(B) Rudrasen I

(C) Pravarsen I (B)

(D) Pruthvisen I (C)
31. Which of the following Rashtrakuta
(D)
Kings established his capital at
Manyakhet ? 31.
(A) Dantidurg

(B) Amoghvarsh I
(A)
(C) Krishna I
(B)
(D) Govind II

32. Which of the following temples is not (C)
an example of the Chola temple
(D)
architecture ?

(A) Brahmapurishvara Temple, 32.
Pullamangai

(B) Kailasanatha Temple,
(A)
Tirupattur

(C) Nageshvaraswami Temple, (B)
Kumbhakonam
(C)
(D) Airavateshvara Temple
Darasuram (D)

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33. Which of the following temple styles 33.
flourished during the rule of the

Paramaras ?
(A)
(A) Dravida
(B)
(B) Vesara
(C)
(C) Hemadapanti
(D)
(D) Bhumija
34.
34. Warangal fort was defended by two

walls, the outer made of..................

and the inner of......................
(A)
(A) Earth and granite
(B)
(B) Brick and stone
(C)
(C) Earth and wood
(D)
(D) Basalt and granite

35. The Yadavas of Devgiri had issued 35.

gold coins popularly known as.........

(A) Padmatankas (A)

(B) Dinar (B)

(C) Karshapana (C)

(D) Gadhiya (D)
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36. The first expedition of Muhammad 36.

of Ghur was directed against.............

(A) Multan (A)

(B) Sindh (B)

(C) Punjab (C)

(D) Gujarat (D)

37. In which of the following works of 37.

Amir Khusrau do we get a

description of siege implements ?

(A) Nuh Siphir (A)

(B) Khazain-ul-Futuh (B)

(C) Tughlaq Nama (C)

(D) Tarikh-i-Alai (D)

38. In the decisive battle of Amroha, in 38.

which the Mongols were defeated,

who led Alauddin’s forces ?

(A) Malik Nayak (A)

(B) Qutlugh Khan (B)

(C) Zafar Khan (C)

(D) Ali Beg (D)

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39. Which class was hit hard by 39.

Alauddin’s Measures ?

(A) Peasants (A)

(B) Soldiers (B)

(C) Muqaddams and traders
(C)

(D) Nobility
(D)
40. When was the city of Burhanpur
40.
founded and by whom ?
(A)
(A) Malik Ahmad in 1380
(B)
(B) Nasir Khan in 1399
(C)
(C) Malik Muhammad in 1400
(D)
(D) Sikandar Lodi in 1520
41.
41. According to which medieval source

were elephants to be found in the

Rajpipla forests of Gujarat ?

(A) Ibn Batuta (A)

(B) Abdul Hamid Lahori (B)

(C) Abul Fazl (C)

(D) Abbas Sarwani (D)

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42. In the year 1335, which short lived 42.
Sultanate was established in India ?

(A) Faruqi
(A)
(B) Madurai
(B)
(C) Arcot
(C)
(D) Tiruchirapalli
(D)
43. Athanasius Nikitin was
a..............traveller. 43.

(A) Russian

(B) Italian (A)

(C) Portuguese (B)

(D) Spanish (C)

44. During the period of Muhammad bin (D)
Tughlaq, the office of the diwan-i-
44.
mazalim handled...........................

(A) Cases concerning revenue
adjustment
(A)
(B) Cases of madad-i-ma’ash grants
(B)
(C) Cases involving the
bureaucracy (C)

(D) The actual collection of revenue (D)
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45. Which of the following Sultans sent
45.
an embassy to the Ottoman Sultan

Suleiman ?

(A) Burhan Nizam Shah of (A)
Ahmadnagar
(B)
(B) Sultan Bahadur Shah of

Gujarat (C)

(C) Sultan Ali Adil Shah of Bijapur
(D)
(D) Sultan Yusuf Quli Shah of

Golconda 46.

46. To whom were the titles asvapati

and gajapati applied in the sources

of the Deccan and the south ?

(A) Vijayanagar rulers and the (A)

Ganga kings of Odisha

(B) Chalukyas and the Shilaharas
(B)
(C) Chola rulers and the Pandya

rulers of Madurai
(C)
(D) Vijayanagar rulers and the
(D)
Bahmani Sultans
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47. What is meant by the term 47.
sthaladayam found in Vijayanagar
period inscriptions ?
(A)
(A) Tax on grain

(B) A form of forced labour (B)

(C) Transit duty (C)

(D) Tax on plough oxen (D)
48. Which Mughal Prince got the
48.
Bijapur and Golconda to sign the
Deed of Submission ?

(A) Khurram

(B) Salim (A)

(C) Dara Shikoh (B)

(D) Jalaluddin (C)
49. According to the 17th century text
(D)
Vyavaharmayukha, watan land was
to be considered.............................. 49.

(A) Private property

(B) Ritual and traditional rights in (A)
the village
(B)
(C) Inherited and communal
(C)
property

(D) Assignable land (D)

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50. What was katraparcha ? 50.
(A) A tax on metal
(A)
(B) A tax on paper
(B)
(C) A tax on cloth
(C)
(D) A tax on looms

51. The kaniyatchi of Chola and (D)
Vijayanagar period of South India
51.
were.............................

(A) Upper castes associated with
temple management (A)

(B) Bhakti saints

(C) Weavers (B)
(D) Dominant landed classes
(C)
52. The final surrender of the Mewar
Rana took place : (D)

(A) At the beginning of Jahangir’s 52.
reign

(B) Towards the end of Akbar’s
(A)
reign

(C) Towards the end of Jahangir’s (B)

reign
(C)
(D) During the period of Shah
(D)
Jahan’s governorship of
Rajasthan
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53. What are khasra documents ? 53.
(A) Documents giving details of
(A)
land owned by peasants

(B) Documents that give the prices
of indigo and sugarcane (B)

(C) Documents about customs
collected at Surat port (C)
(D) Documents of the nagarsheths
of Ahmedabad
(D)
54. The earliest reference to the term
balutedar is found in the..................
54.
(A) Jnyaneshwari

(B) Seeta Swayamvar

(C) Pune Peth Kaifiyat (A)

(D) Radha-madhav Vilasa champu (B)

55. The Bundelas began to come to (C)
prominence after :
(D)
(A) The establishment of a capital
at Orchcha 55.

(B) The murder of Abul Fazl (A)

(C) The attack on Orchcha by Shah (B)
Jahan
(C)
(D) The conquest of Malwa by
Akbar (D)

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56. The Lekhapaddhati is a text from 56.
.................................
(A)
(A) Karnataka

(B) Gujarat (B)

(C) Tamil Nadu (C)
(D) The Doab region
(D)
57. Which two political institutions are
regarded by historians as the 57.
‘backbone of the Vijayanagar
Empire ?

(A) The nayankara and ayagar
system (A)

(B) The ayagar system and the (B)
Ainnurruvar
(C)
(C) The nayankara system and the
temple (D)
(D) The temple and the ayagar
58.
system

58. In the Bahmani period, the port of
Dabhol was known as........................ (A)
(A) Mustafabad
(B)
(B) Nasratpur
(C)
(C) Bandar Mubarak

(D) Islamabad (D)

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59. Light artillery carried on camel back 59.

was called.........................in Mughal

times.
(A)

(A) Narnal
(B)
(B) Gajal
(C)
(C) Arraba
(D)
(D) Shutrnal
60.
60. Where is Aurangzeb’s tomb ?
(A)
(A) Delhi
(B)
(B) Agra
(C)
(C) Khuldabad
(D)
(D) Daulatabad

61.
61. The Sufi saint Muhammad Banda

Nawaz is better known as...............

(A) Baba Farid (A)

(B) Gesudaraz (B)

(C) Baba Palangposh (C)

(D) Shaikh Mohammad (D)

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62. Who assumed office as the first 62.

viceroy of Portuguese territory of

Goa from 1505-1509 ?

(A) Afonso d’Albuquerque (A)

(B) Francisco de Almeida (B)

(C) Vasco da Gama (C)

(D) Father Stevens (D)

63. An early Dutch traveler to India and 63.
Indonesia was..............................

(A) Francisco Pelsaert (A)

(B) Peter Floris (B)

(C) Adrian van Rheede (C)

(D) John Huyghen van Linschoten (D)

64. The cities of Sultanpur and Bandar 64.
Mubarak are better known as..........

and .................

(A) Madurai and Nagapattinam (A)

(B) Dwarasamudra and Kalyani (B)

(C) Chaul and Vengurla (C)

(D) Warangal and Surat (D)

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65. Tavernier in the 17th century 65.
described two routes from Surat to

Agra, one via.................. and the other

via........................

(A) Burhanpur and Ahmedabad
(A)
(B) Burhanpur and Sironj

(C) Merta and Kota (B)

(D) Gwalior and Kota (C)

66. In the 16th and 17th centuries, what (D)
feature did the ports of Gandevi,
66.
Chaul and Narsapur share ?

(A) They were all on the west coast

of India

(B) They were all centres of ship (A)

building

(C) They were all under the control
(B)
of the Portuguese
(C)
(D) They were all centres of

Armenian merchants (D)

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67. The Takht-i-Kirmani, a gate built by 67.
descendants of a saint from Kirman,
is located in.............................

(A) Chaul
(A)
(B) Vengurla
(B)
(C) Bidar
(C)
(D) Nagpur

68. The segmentary state model was (D)

based on the study of................
68.
by.................

(A) Chola state, Burton Stein
(A)
(B) Alur society, Aidan Southall
(B)
(C) Rajput lineages, Richard Fox
(C)
(D) Vijayanagar state, N.
Karashima (D)

69. The Ragamala paintings are typical
69.
of the..................... style of the 18th
century.
(A)
(A) Deccan

(B) Kangra (B)

(C) Rajput (C)

(D) Pahari (D)
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70. Who says that ‘Plassey was a 70.
transaction in which the rich
bankers of Bengal and Mir Jafar
sold out the Nawab to the
(A)
English ?

(A) N.K. Sinha (B)

(B) K.M. Pannikar (C)

(C) R.S. Sharma (D)

(D) N.L. Chatterjee 71.

71. The Jagat Seths were an influential
......................... family in Bengal.
(A)
(A) Noble
(B)
(B) Banking
(C)
(C) Military
(D)
(D) Physician
72.
72. Mir Jafar shifted his capital from
Murshidabad to............................
(A)
(A) Monghyr

(B) Midnapur (B)

(C) Burdwan (C)

(D) Lakhnauti (D)

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73. Where did the British start the Dual 73.

system of Government ?

(A) Madras (A)

(B) Bengal (B)

(C) Bombay (C)

(D) Pondicherry (D)

74. Who among the following is known 74.

as the ‘liberator of Indian Press’ ?

(A) Lord William Bentinck (A)

(B) Charles Metcalfe (B)

(C) Lord Macaulay (C)

(D) Lord Dalhousie (D)

75. The Lancashire cotton textiles were 75.

first introduced in India, in................

(A) 1786 (A) 1786

(B) 1815 (B) 1815

(C) 1831 (C) 1831

(D) 1852 (D) 1852

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76. A modern Western Painting School 76.
was established in Pune in 1798. Its

student, who famously made the

drawings of Ellora as he

accompanied Sir Charles Malet in

his artistic expedition was.................. (A)

(A) Erloo Bin Narayan
(B)

(B) Dhakji Dadaji
(C)
(C) Gangaram Tambat
(D)
(D) Vasudev Kamat
77.
77. Witnessing the devastation of the

Indian textile industries, William

Bentinck remarked, ‘‘The bones of

the..........................are bleaching the

plains of India’’.
(A)
(A) Cotton Traders
(B)
(B) Cotton Weavers

(C)
(C) Mill Workers

(D) Cotton Farmers (D)

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78. Tinkathiya system is associated 78.
with............................cultivation.

(A) Wheat (A)
(B) Cotton
(B)
(C) Sugarcane
(C)
(D) Indigo
(D)
79. This person led a revolt against the
79.
moneylenders and the British in
Ahmednagar and Nasik region. The
British had declared a Prize of Rs.
5,000 to capture him.

(A) Fond Sawant (A)

(B) Narsappa (B)

(C) Shivkar Bapuji Talapade (C)

(D) Raghoji Bhangre (D)
80. Around 1840-41, this freedom fighter 80.
had conquered the fort of Badami
with the help of other soldiers and
hoisted the flag of the Chhatrapati
of Satara on this fort.
(A)
(A) Sevaram Bhill
(B)
(B) Narsingrao Petkar

(C) Umaji Naik (C)

(D) Lahuji Salve (D)

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81. This person belonged to the first 81.
batch of doctors that graduated from
the Grant Medical College in 1850
and was a great patron of arts and
theatre.

(A) Bhau Daji Lad (A)

(B) Vishram Ramji Ghole (B)

(C) R.G. Bhandarkar (C)
(D) Jagannath Shankarsheth
(D)
82. Who among the following criticised
82.
the University Act of 1904.
commenting that the Indian
Universities had become some of the
world’s most governmental
institutions ?
(A)
(A) Hunter Commission
(B)
(B) Sadler Commission
(C)
(C) Radhakrishnan Commission

(D) Kothari Commission (D)

83. ..........................was one of the founders 83.
of the Veda Samaj which was
founded in 1864.
(A)
(A) Shreedharalu Naidu
(B)
(B) Dayanand

(C) Dadoba Pandurang (C)

(D) Mahatma Phule (D)

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84. In his work ‘‘Tafsir ul Quran— 84.

Commentaries on the Quran’’, this

reformer argued that the Word of

God should be interpreted through

the work of God which is open for

all to see. (A)

(A) Rashid Ahmed Gangohi (B)

(B) Syed Ahmed Khan (C)

(C) Mahmud ul Hasan
(D)

(D) Syed Ahmed Barelvi
85.

85. ........................was a founder member

of the ‘Goa Youth League’.
(A)
(A) Beatris de Menzes Braganza

(B)
(B) Mohan Ranade

(C)
(C) Dayanand Bandodkar

(D) Pandit Nehru (D)

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86. Within Imperialistic ideology, the 86.
‘‘policy of assimilation’’ is based

on :
(A)
(A) The idea that colonizers can be

enriched when adapting to the

native culture of an area
(B)
(B) The idea that local people

deserved the right to maintain

their native culture

(C) The idea that native populations (C)

know what is best for survival

in that area

(D) The idea that local people would
(D)
eventually be absorbed into the

colonizers’ culture
87.
87. What is the meaning of the title of

Tilak’s book ‘Orion’ ?
(A)
(A) Name of a Constellation

(B) Aryan Invasion (B)

(C) Vedic Sweetmeat (C)

(D) A Vedic Deity (D)

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88. Members of the States 88.
Reorganisation Commission
included a jurist, S. Fazl Ali, a Social
Worker, H.N. Kunzru and a
Historian.........................
(A)
(A) Jawaharlal Nehru

(B) N.V. Gadgil (B)

(C) K.M. Panikkar (C)

(D) R.C. Mujumdar (D)

89. Servants of India Society, All India 89.
Women’s Conference and the Indian
History Congress were all founded
in this city :
(A)
(A) Poona

(B) Bombay (B)

(C) Calcutta (C)

(D) Delhi (D)

90. This anthropologist is the author of 90.
Maharashtra Sanskruti, which deals
with the culture of Maharashtra :
(A)
(A) Durga Bhagwat
(B)
(B) G.S. Ghurye

(C) Irawati Karve (C)

(D) Gunther Sontheimer (D)

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91. The task of allotting 2,50,000 91.
refugees with cultivable land was
completed by......................... Director
General of Rehabilitation by 1949.
(A)
(A) Sardar Tarlok Singh
(B)
(B) Vijayalaxmi Pandit
(C)
(C) Sardar Baldev Singh
(D)
(D) Sarojini Naidu
92. -I -II
92. Match List I with List II and
choose the correct answer from the
codes given below the list :
List I -I

(a) P.E. Roberts (a)

(b) Anil Seal (b)
(c) V.P. Menon (c)
(d) P.J. Griffiths (d)
List II -II
(i) Transfer of Power in India (i)
(ii) India under Wellesley (ii)
(iii) Emergence of Indian
(iii)
Nationalism
(iv)
(iv) The British Impact on India
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii) (A) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)

(B) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv) (B) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)

(C) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv) (C) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)

(D) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i) (D) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)

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93. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was 93.

compared to.......................

(A) Mazzini
(A)
(B) Bismarck
(B)
(C) Lenin
(C)
(D) Leo Tolstoy
(D)
94. Arrange the following in
94.
chronological order and select the

correct answer from the codes given

below : (i)

(i) Cripps Mission
(ii)
(ii) Gandhi-Irwin Pact
(iii)
(iii) Simon Commission
(iv)
(iv) Partition of the Country

Codes :
(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(B) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
(B) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)

(C) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv) (C) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)

(D) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv) (D) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)

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95. Who is the author of ‘Steamboats on 95.
the Indus’ ?

(A) Clive Dewey (A)

(B) Michael Adas (B)

(C) John Hobson
(C)
(D) Dharampal
(D)
96. How many stages did Immanuel
96.
Wallerstein identify in his World

Systems theory ?
(A)
(A) Two
(B)
(B) Three
(C)
(C) Four
(D)
(D) Five
97.
97. In art history, .................. is seen as

being at the forefront of nationalist

responses to colonial interpretations.

(A) Rajendralala Mitra (A)

(B) JDM Beglar (B)

(C) Ram Raz (C)

(D) Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (D)
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98. The concept of ‘Total History’ is 98.

associated with which one of the

following schools of historical

(A)
writing ?

(A) Marxist School (B)

(B) Positivist School
(C)

(C) Annales School
(D)
(D) Subaltern School
99.
99. According to Church historiography,

what is a chronicle ?

(A) A biography of a great man (A)

(B) A biography of a saint
(B)

(C) An account of the rise of the
(C)
Church

(D)
(D) A detailed account of events in

a particular place and time

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100. Match List I with List II and 100. -I -II

choose the correct answer from the

codes given below :

List I -I

(a) Marc Bloch (a)

(b) Fernand Braudel (b)

(c) Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie (c)

(d) Jacques Derrida (d)

List II -II

(i) The Structures of Everday Life (i)

(ii) Writing and Difference (ii)

(iii) The Territory of the Historian (iii)

(iv) The Historian’s Craft (iv)

Codes :

(a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) (iv) (iii) (ii) (iv) (A) (iv) (iii) (ii) (iv)

(B) (iv) (i) (iii) (ii) (B) (iv) (i) (iii) (ii)

(C) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (C) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

(D) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i) (D) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)

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