Goa Board Class 12 Question Paper 2022 History

2022 XI 12 0230 Seat No.

Time : 1½ Hours FIRST-TERM HISTORY
Subject Code

H 4 5 0 1

Total No. of Questions : 40 (Printed Pages : 12) Maximum Marks : 40

INSTRUCTIONS : (i) All questions are compulsory.

(ii) Q. Nos. 1 to 40 are MCQs of 1 mark each.

(iii) Every question has four choices for its answers
(A), (B), (C) and (D) and only one of them is the correct
answer.

(iv) On the OMR sheet, for each question number, darken
with a ball point pen Only ONE bubble corresponding
to what you consider to be the most appropriate answer,
from among the four choices.

(v) Please note that it is not possible to change the answer
once you have filled up the bubble with a ball point
pen. Hence sufficient care must be taken while
darkening the bubbles.

(vi) For each question, you will be awarded ONE mark
if you have darkened only the bubble corresponding to
the correct answer. In all other cases, you will get zero
mark. There is no negative mark.

(vii) Only one OMR sheet will be provided.

(viii) Use only Black or Blue Ball Point Pen.

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1. Regarding the dietary practices of the Harappans, millets have been found
from the sites in ................................

(A) Gujarat

(B) Rajasthan

(C) Haryana

(D) Afghanistan

2. Archaeologist have found evidence of a ploughed field in the Harappan site
at ................................

(A) Shortughai

(B) Dholavira

(C) Kalibangan

(D) Banawali

3. One of the most distinctive feature of the Harappan cities was the carefully
planned ...............................

(A) Wells

(B) Drainage system

(C) Roads

(D) Agriculture

4. In the Harappan site, a large rectangular tank in a courtyard surrounded
by a corridor is called the ...........................

(A) Residential house

(B) Warehouse

(C) Great bath

(D) Citadel

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5. Archaeologist used strategies to find out social or economic differences
amongst the harappans by studying the ..............................

(A) Subsistence strategies

(B) Sealings

(C) Domestic architecture

(D) Burials

6. A tiny settlement in the Harappa exclusively devoted to the craft production
was ....................................

(A) Cholistan

(B) Shortughai

(C) Kalibangan

(D) Chanhudaro

7. In the Harappan civilisation, Nageshwar and Balakot were specialised centres
that produced ..............................

(A) Gold objects

(B) Terracotta artefacts

(C) Shell objects

(D) Stone artefacts

8. In the Harappan civilisation, archaeological finds suggest that Oman
supplied ..............................

(A) Copper

(B) Lapis Lazuli

(C) Carnelian

(D) Shells

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9. The precise system of weights in the Harappan civilisation were made of a
stone called ...................................

(A) Lapis Lazuli

(B) Quartz

(C) Carnelian

(D) Chert

10. In 1924, the announcement of the discovery of a new civilisation in the
Indus valley was made by .................................

(A) Daya Ram Sahni

(B) S.N. Roy

(C) John Marshall

(D) Alexander Cunningham

11. The two earliest scripts, Brahmi and Kharosthi have been deciphered by ........

(A) Kushanas

(B) Harishena

(C) Megasthenes

(D) James Prinsep

12. Between the sixth and the fourth centuries BCE, the most powerful
Mahajanapada was .....................................

(A) Kuru

(B) Magadha

(C) Avanti

(D) Kosala

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13. The first ruler to inscribe his messages to his subjects and officials on stone
surfaces was .......................................

(A) Mahapadma Nanda

(B) Ajatasatru

(C) Asoka

(D) Bimbisara

14. The language of the Prayaga Prashasti was .............................

(A) Pali

(B) Sanskrit

(C) Prakrit

(D) Tamil

15. The inscriptions on grants of land were made and recorded in the early
centuries are found on the ....................................

(A) Coins

(B) Copper plates

(C) Precious stones

(D) Stone plates

16. According to the Jaina teachings, the cycle of birth and rebirth is shaped
through ........................................

(A) Dharma

(B) Karma

(C) Sangha

(D) Chaityas

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17. The most important source for the teachings of the Buddha is ..................

(A) Mahavamsa

(B) Dipavamsa

(C) Jatakas

(D) Sutta Pitaka

18. The first woman to be ordained as a bhikkhuni was ............................

(A) Maya

(B) Gajalakshmi

(C) Mahapajapati Gotami

(D) Shalabhanjika

19. The symbol, ‘wheel’ stood for the first sermon of the Buddha delivered at .......

(A) Sanchi

(B) Kusinara

(C) Lumbini

(D) Sarnath

20. A tall structure built over the central shrine of temple is called ..................

(A) Garbhagriha

(B) Shikhara

(C) Stupa

(D) Caves

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21. In Tamil Nadu, the leaders who were the devotees of Lord Shiva were called
...............................

(A) Andal

(B) Nirguna

(C) Saguna

(D) Nayanars

22. The Lingayats of the 12th century in Karnataka had revered wandering
monks called ..................................

(A) Nalayira

(B) Jangama

(C) Sufis

(D) Karaikkal

23. The Kabirpanth in Varanasi and elsewhere in Uttar Pradesh preserved
the .............................

(A) Kabir Bijak

(B) Kabir Granthavali

(C) Adi Granth Sahib

(D) Ulatbansi

24. Baba Guru Nanak proposed a simple way to connect to the Divine Name
through hymns called ....................................

(A) Rabab

(B) Mardana

(C) Shabad

(D) Sangat

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25. Mirabai, the best known woman poet within the Bhakti tradition was a
devotee of ..................................

(A) Shiva

(B) Krishna

(C) Vardhaman Mahavir

(D) Linga

26. The ruins at Hampi were brought to light in 1800 by .........................

(A) James Ferguson

(B) Abdur Razzaq

(C) Colonel Colin Mackenzie

(D) Nicolo de Conti

27. In the Vijayanagara Empire, local communities of merchants called Kudirai
Chettis were trading in .......................................

(A) Horses

(B) Elephants

(C) Precious stones

(D) Textiles

28. Krishnadeva Raya founded a Suburban township near Vijayanagara called
...................................

(A) Thanjavur

(B) Nagalapuram

(C) Belur

(D) Hoysalas

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29. The last dynasty of the Vijayanagara Empire, the Aravidu, ruled from .............

(A) Orissa

(B) Bijapur

(C) Hampi

(D) Penukonda

30. A major political innovation of the Vijayanagara Empire was the system
of ...............................

(A) Yavana

(B) Samanta

(C) Amara-Nayaka

(D) Iqta

31. One of the most prominent water works among the ruins of Vijayanagara
was ..........................................

(A) Tungabhadra

(B) Hiriya Canal

(C) Kaveri

(D) Krishna

32. The sixteenth-century Portuguese traveller in the Vijayanagara Empire who
described houses was ..................................

(A) Nikitin

(B) Duarte Barbosa

(C) Fernao Nuniz

(D) Domingo Paes

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33. A massive platform with a base of about 11,000 sq. ft. to a height of 40 ft.
in the Vijayanagara Empire is called the .................................

(A) Lotus Mahal

(B) Royal Centre

(C) Mahanavami Dibba

(D) Audience hall

34. The Vijayanagara kings claimed to rule on behalf of the God .......................

(A) Brihadishvara

(B) Shiva

(C) Vitthala

(D) Virupaksha

35. In the Vijayanagara Empire, the presence of the temple from a distance is
noticed due to .....................................

(A) Mandapas

(B) Halls

(C) Gopurams

(D) Carved Pillars

36. The non-resident cultivators who cultivated lands elsewhere in the Mughal
Empire were called ...................................

(A) Raiyat

(B) Pahi-Kashta

(C) Muzarian

(D) Khud-Kashta

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37. According to the Mughal sources, 50 varieties of rice alone was produced in
the region of ....................................

(A) Delhi

(B) Bengal

(C) Agra

(D) Punjab

38. In the Mughal Empire, the Bhils reserved autumn and winter season for ............

(A) Hunting

(B) Cultivation

(C) Fishing

(D) Gathering

39. The Zamindars held extensive personal lands in the Mughal Empire called
...................................

(A) Pargana

(B) Subha

(C) Jagirs

(D) Milkiyat

40. The Revenue Collectors in the Mughal state were called ............................

(A) Daftar

(B) Sanad

(C) Amil-guzar

(D) Qilachas

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