UGC Net History 2012 June Paper 3 Solved

HISTORY

PAPER – III

Note : This paper contains seventy five (75) objective type questions of two (2) marks

each. All questions are compulsory

June 2012

1. Match List – I (Archaeological Site)

with List – II (Identification) and

select the correct answer with the

help of the code given below :

List – I  List – II

(Archaeological  (Identification)

Site)

(a) Bāgore  (i) Chalcolithic site of Madhya

         Pradesh

(b) Brahmagiri  (ii) Megalithic site of Karnataka

(c) Māheshwara  (iii) Mesolithic site of Rajasthan

(d) Tekkalakotā  (iv) Neolithic site of Karnataka

 Codes :

 (a) (b) (c) (d)

 (A) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)

 (B) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)

 (C) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)

 (D) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)

Answer:(B)

2. Which proto-historic site has yielded

the evidence of threads of raw silk ?

(A) Āhār

 (B) Ināmgāon

 (C) Navadātoli

 (D) Nevāsā

Answer:(D)

3. Arrange the following Indologists in

the chronological order and select

the correct answer with the help of

the code given below :

 (i) William Jones

 (ii) Alexander Cunningham

 (iii) James Burgess

 (iv) James Fergusson

 Codes :

 (A) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)

 (B) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)

 (C) (i) (iv) (iii) (ii)

 (D) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)

Answer:(C)

4. Match List – I (Initiator/Writer) with

List – II (Journal/Book) and select

the correct answer with the help of

the code given below :

List – I  List – II

(Initiator/Writer) (Journal/Book)

(a) William Jones  (i) Indian Antiquary

(b) James (ii) The Stupa of Bharhut

Fergusson

(c) Alexander  (iii) Asiatic Researches

Cunningham

(d) James Burgess  (iv) Archaeology in India

 Codes :

 (a) (b) (c) (d)

 (A) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)

 (B) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)

 (C) (iv) (ii) (i) (iii)

 (D) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)

Answer:(A)

5. Match List – I (Vedic rivers) with

List – II (Present counterparts) and

select the correct answer with the

help of the code given below :

List – I List – II

(Vedic Rivers)  (Present Counterparts)

(a) Vipās  (i) Jhelum

(b) Parusnī (ii) Ravi

(c) Vitastā  (iii) Beas

(d) Śutudri  (iv) Sutlej

 Codes :

 (a) (b) (c) (d)

 (A) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)

 (B) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)

 (C) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)

 (D) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)

Answer:(A)

6. The Boghaz Keui inscription from

Asia Minor refers to the following

Vedic deities :

 (A) Indra, Varu .

na, Agni and Surya

 (B) Indra, Varu .

na, Mitra and Agni

 (C) Indra, Mitra, Varu .

na and

Nasatyas

 (D) Indra, Mitra, Dyuas and

Nasatyas

Answer:(C)

7. To which of the following tribes did

King Sudasa, described in the

Rgveda as having defeated ten Kings,

.belong ?

 (A) Anu

 (B) Druhyu

 (C) Tritsu

 (D) Yadu

Answer:(C)

8. Given below are two statements, one

labelled as Assertion (A) and the

other labelled as Reason (R) :

Assertion (A) : The Greek historian

Herodotus tells us that ‘India

was the twentieth and most

prosperous satrapy (province)

of the Persian empire’.

 Reason (R) : By the time of

Alexander’s invasion (327-326

B.C.) all the Persian impact on

India had become non-existent.

In the context of the above two

statements, which one of the

following is correct ?

 (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 true, but (R) is false.

 (D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

Answer:(C)

9. Who had made the following

statement ?

 ‘Bhagavapi Khatrio ahampi khatrio’

(Bhagawan [Buddha] was a

Kshatriya I too am a kshatriya).

 (A) Bimbisāra

 (B) Prasenjit

 (C) Ajātaśatru

 (D) Siśunāga

Answer:(C)

10. Which one of the following Sangam

poets has mentioned about the

hoarded wealth of the rulers of the

Nanda dynasty ?

 (A) Avvaiyar

 (B) Mamulanar

 (C) Parnar

 (D) Ilango Adigal

Answer:(B)

11. Match List – I (Officer) with

List – II (Department) and select the

correct answer with the help of the

codes given below :

List – I  List – II

(Officer)  (Department)

(a) Sannidhātā   (i) Incharge of revenue

collection

(b) Samāhartā    (ii) Incharge of commerce

department

(c) Panyādhaksa  (iii) Incharge of the harem guards

(d) Antarava .mśika  (iv) Incharge of the treasury

Codes :

 (a) (b) (c) (d)

 (A) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)

 (B) (iv) (i) (iii) (ii)

 (C) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)

 (D) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)

Answer:(C)

12. Match List – I (Ruler) with List – II

(Associated person) and select the

correct answer with the help of the

codes given below :

List – I  List – II

(Ruler)  (Associated person)

(a) Bimbisāra  (i) Deimachus

(b) Bindusāra  (ii) St. Thomas

(c) Ajātaśatru  (iii) Jīvaka

(d) Gondopharnes  (iv) Vassakara

 Codes :

 (a) (b) (c) (d)

 (A) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)

 (B) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)

 (C) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)

 (D) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)

Answer:(A)

13. It is generally accepted that a special

feature of the period between 200

B.C. and 300 A.D. is the increase in

external trade. Which of the following

factors did not assist in the increase ?

 (A) From a political point of view

India had become one.

 (B) The Mauryas had constructed

various roads and introduced

uniform system of

administration and this helped

in increase in trade.

 (C) Indo-Greek rulers helped by

establishing close relations

with countries of the

Mediterranean and West Asia.

 (D) The Śaka, Parthian and Ku āna

rulers helped by establishing

close ties with Central Asian

rulers.

Answer:(A)

14. Match List – I (Ancient Monument)

with List – II (Characteristic feature)

and select the correct answer with

the help of the codes given below :

List – I  List – II

(Ancient  (Characteristic

Monument) feature)

(a) Sanchi (i) Tallest Buddhist

Stupa  structure

(b) Nālandā  (ii) Represents

Hindu, Buddhist and Jaina

religions

(c) Junnar  (iii) Contained the

relics of Sāriputra and

Maudgalyayana

(d) Ellora (iv) Rock-cut Chaitya-

hall with circular plan 

Codes :

 (a) (b) (c) (d)

 (A) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)

 (B) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)

 (C) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)

 (D) (i) (iv) (iii) (ii)

Answer:(A)

15. Which one of the following is not

correctly matched ?

(Ruler)  Figure shown on his

                     (coin)

(A) Kumaragupta I     Chakra-purusa

(B) Kaniska       Ardokso

(C) Agatho cles Balarama

(D) K.satrapa         Pallas

Rajuvula

Answer:(A)

16. Match List – I (Ancient City) with

List – II (Modern Representative)

and select the correct answer with

the help of the codes given below :

List – I  List - II

(Ancient City)  (Modern

Representative)

(a) Daśapura   (i) Halebid

(b) Dvārasamudra  (ii) Mandsor

(c) Madhyamikā  (iii) Nagari

(d) Samāpā  (iv) Jaugada

 Codes :

 (a) (b) (c) (d)

 (A) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)

 (B) (i) (iv) (ii) (iii)

 (C) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)

 (D) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i) 

Answer:(A)

17. Who among the following assumed

the title of ‘Dharmamaharaja’ which

was justified by the performance of

numerous Vedic sacrifices incuding

the Aśvamedha ?

 (A) Pu.syamitra

 (B) Sarvatāta

 (C) Samudragupta

 (D) Pravarasena I

Answer:(D)

18. The seat of third Sangam of Tamil

poets was located at

 (A) Uraiy–ur

 (B) Madurā

 (C) Tanjore

 (D) Kānchī

Answer:(B)

19. Which one of the following Indian

rulers had donated five villages to a

Vihāra built at Nālandā by Sailendra

King Śri Bālaputra ?

 (A) Kumāragupta I

 (B) Harsa

 (C) Devapāla

 (D) Bhā.

skaravarman

Answer:(C)

20. The rulers of which dynasty of the

Deccan have been described by the

Arab writers as the four great

sovereigns of the world ?

 (A) Chālukyas of Vātāpi

 (B) Chālukyas of Kalyānī

 (C) Mauryas of Konkan

 (D) Rā.trakūtas of Mānyakheta

Answer:(D)

21. Which one of the following is not

correctly matched ?

(A) Rājasekhara  - Viddhasāla-

bhanjikā

(B) Śri Harsa Naisadhīya Charita

(C) Mahendra- Kavirājamārga

varman

(D) Sudraka  Mrichcha katikam

Answer:(C)

22. Given below are two statements, one

labelled as Assertion (A) and the

other labelled as Reason (R) :

Assertion (A) : The growth of regional

politics in early medieval India

was accompanied by the

composition of royal biographies

by court poets.

 Reason (R) : Sandhyakaranandin’s

Rāmacharita is written in slesa

style and simultaneously tells

the story of the epic hero Rāma

and the Pāla King Rāmapāla.

In the context of the above two

statements, which one of the

following is correct ?

 (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 true, but (R) is false.

 (D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

Answer:(A)

23. Given below are two statements, one

is labelled as Assertion (A) and the

other is labelled as Reason (R) :

Assertion (A) : The Sultans of

Delhi managed to consolidate

an empire comprising a large

part of India with their military

power.

 Reason (R) : The main feature of

the Delhi Sultanate was that

the sultans based their military

power with military elite

bound together by Islam and

certain tribal affinities.

Read the above statements and select

the correct answer from the codes

given below :

Codes :

(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct.

 (B) Both (A) and (R) are false.

 (C) (A) is incorrect, but (R) is true.

 (D) (A) is correct, but (R) is false.

Answer:(C)

24. The first reference of ‘Turkan-i-

Chihalgani’ has been made in

 (A) Tabqat-i-Nasiri

 (B) Futuh-us-Salatin

 (C) Kitabur Rehla

 (D) Khazain-ul-Futuh

Answer:(B)

25. Which Mongol general defeated

Alauddin Khalji ?

 (A) Qadar

 (B) Qutlugh Khwaja

 (C) Targi

 (D) Iqbalmand

Answer:(C)

26. Diwan-i-Khalsa was responsible to

look after the

 (A) Land under continuous

cultivation

 (B) Revenue free land granted as

rewards

 (C) Land under the direct control

of the State

 (D) Fallow land

Answer:(C)

27. Match List – I with List – II and

select the correct answer from the

codes given below :

List – I  List – II

(a) Malgujar  (i) Hereditary

Muslim

aristocrats

(b) Mufti  (ii) Local Muslim

Association

(c) Anjuman  (iii) Muslim

learned person

expert in

religious law

(d) Khānazad  (iv) Landholding primary zamindar

 Codes :

 (a) (b) (c) (d)

 (A) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)

 (B) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)

 (C) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)

 (D) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)

Answer:(A)

28. Match List – I with List – II and

select the correct answer from the

codes given below :

List – I  List – II

(a) Hundi  (i) Mughal Imperial Order

(b) Dastak  (ii) Bill of Exchange

(c) Sanad  (iii) Advance paid to the primary

producers

(d) Dadani  (iv) Permit issued to the European

  traders for the purpose of tax exemption

Codes :

 (a) (b) (c) (d)

 (A) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)

 (B) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)

 (C) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)

 (D) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)

Answer:(C)

29. When did the nine cusped arches

were for the first time used in

Muslim architecture in India ?

 (A) Buildings of Sikandar Lodi

 (B) Buildings of Sher Shah

 (C) Buildings of Nur Jahan

 (D) Buildings of Shah Jahan

Answer:(D)

30. Who amongst the following

commented on the rule of the First

Afghan Empire in India that ‘there

was an opportunity to establish in

India the constitutional monarchy

but the dissensions amongst the

Afghan nobles let the opportunity

pass away’ ?

 (A) K.A. Nizami

 (B) Peter Jackson

 (C) R.P. Tripāthi

 (D) John F. Richards

Answer:(C)

31. Which one of the following

statements is not correct about

Alauddin Khalji ?

 (A) He established the department

called ‘Diwan-i-Kohi’

 (B) Ziyauddin Barni criticizes

Alauddin’s taxation policy

 (C) Malik Fakhruddin, the Kotwāl

was loyal to him

 (D) His son Qutbuddin Mubarak

Khalji declared himself the

‘Caliph’

Answer:(A)

32. The title of ‘Mujaddid’ was

conferred to which Mughal Emperor

by the contemporary historians ?

 (A) Humayun

 (B) Jahangir

 (C) Shah Jahan

 (D) Aurangzeb

Answer:(C)

33. Match List – I with List – II and

select the correct answer from the

codes given below :

List – I  List – II

(a) Ramanuja  (i) Pushti Marg

(b) Chaitanya  (ii) Nirguna Bhakti

(c) Vallabh- (iii) Vishitadvaita Philosophy

acharya

(d) Nanak  (iv) Gaudiya Vaishnavism

Codes :

 (a) (b) (c) (d)

 (A) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)

 (B) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)

 (C) (iv) (ii) (i) (iii)

 (D) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)

Answer:(D)

34. Match List – I with List – II and

select the correct answer from the

codes given below :

List – I  List – II

(a) Qadiriya  (i) Shaikh

Order  Badruddin Samarkhandi

(b) Naqsbandiah  (ii) Shah Abdullah

Order

(c) Firdausi Order  (iii) Khwaja Baqi Billah

(d) Shuttari Order  (iv) Shah Nayamatullah

Codes :

 (a) (b) (c) (d)

 (A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

 (B) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)

 (C) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)

 (D) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)

Answer:(B)

35. Match List – I with List – II and

select the correct answer from the

codes given below :

List – I  List – II

(a) Masand  (i) A deputy of

the Sikh Guru

(b) Sahajdari  (ii) Non-Khalsa

Sikhs

(c) Sardeshmukhi  (iii) A term for

Maratha revenue demand

(d) Dal Khalsa  (iv) Sikh religious organization

 Codes :

 (a) (b) (c) (d)

 (A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

 (B) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)

 (C) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)

 (D) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)

Answer:(A)

36. What new stylistic feature is found

in the Tomb of Khan-i-Jahan

Telangani built at Delhi under the

Sultans of Delhi ?

 (A) Use of white marble against

red sand stone

 (B) True Arch

 (C) Double Dome

 (D) Octagonal in planning

Answer:(D)

37. Which styles of the Sultanate

painting paved the way in the

foundation of the Mughal style of

painting ?

 (A) Chaurapanchasika, Laur

Chanda and Indo-Persian

 (B) Pala, Kashmiri and Laur Chanda

 (C) Chaurpanchasika, Kashmiri

and Indo-Persian

 (D) Indo-Persian, Pala and Kashmiri

Answer:(A)

38. Consider the following statements

and point out the incorrect one :

 (A) Babur’s Memoirs provide a

flood of light on contemporary

affairs.

 (B) It exhibits Babur’s interest in

nature.

 (C) It provides no information

about Farghana, Samarqand

and Kabul where he spent time.

 (D) He throws light on his

contemporaries, their good and

bad points, including himself.

Answer:(C)

39. Tulsidas was the author of which

book ?

 (A) Kavitawali

 (B) Ramacharitamanas

 (C) Gitawali

 (D) All of the above

Answer:(D)

40. Who among the following is

considered as the founder of

‘Varkari’ sect ?

 (A) Eknath

 (B) Tukaram

 (C) Namdeva

 (D) Jnanesvara

Answer:(C)

41. Consider the following statements in

the context of organization of

Mughal ruling class during the 17th

century and select the correct answer

from the options given below :

 (A) An aspect of the composite

ruling class was the steady

promotion of a small number

of members belonging to the

administrative services.

 (B) These members were generally

drawn from Khatri and

Kayastha castes.

 (C) A few Brahmins could also be

found amongst this ruling class.

 (D) All of the above.

Answer:(D)

42. Which one of the following Mughal

painters was a caricaturist ?

 (A) Basawan

 (B) Manohar

 (C) Miskin

 (D) Abul Hasan

Answer:(C)

43. Shah Jahan fought the Battle of

Kartarpur against

 (A) Guru Hargovind Singh

 (B) Guru Har Kishan

 (C) Guru Har Rai

 (D) Guru Tegh Bahadur

Answer:(A)

44. Given below are two statements

labelled as Assertion (A) and the

other labelled as Reason (R) :

Assertion (A) : Recurring peasant

revolts in the late 17th and

early 18th centuries are

believed to have been a major

cause of the decline of Mughal

Empire.

 Reason (R) : Regional sentiments

against a centralized Mughal

State had not been there.

In the context of the above two

statements, which one of the

following is correct ?

 (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 true, but (R) is false.

 (D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

Answer:(B)

45. Which one of the following centre

was not a Dutch commercial

establishment in India ?

 (A) Masulipatam

 (B) Karikal

 (C) Hugli

 (D) Balasore

Answer:(C)

46. Name the English Officer who

obtained Madras on lease in 1639

from the ruler of Chandragiri.

 (A) Sir Thomas Roe

 (B) Francis Day

 (C) Sir George Oxenden

 (D) Sir John Child

Answer:(B)

47. Match List – I with List – II and

select the correct answer from the

codes given below the lists :

List – I  List – II

(a) Second  (i) Treaty of Paris

Carnatic War

(b) Third Anglo- (ii) Treaty of Aixha

Mysore Wa   Chapelle

(c) Second  (iii) Treaty of

Anglo- Srirangapatnam

Maratha War

(d) Third  (iv) Treaty of

Carnatic War Bassein

Codes :

 (a) (b) (c) (d)

 (A) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)

 (B) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)

 (C) (i) (iv) (ii) (iii)

 (D) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)

Answer:(D)

48. Which one of the following

provisions was not part of the

Subsidiary Alliance ?

 (A) The State has to keep British

force under the command of

English General.

 (B) The State should take prior

permission from the Company

for waging of war or making

peace with another State.

 (C) The State should not have

relation with any European

power except English East

India Company.

 (D) The State can go for adoption

in the case of not having

natural hei

Answer:(D)

49. Name the Governor General who

adopted a policy of the

Europeanisation of bureaucracy and

an exclusion of Indians from higher

posts.

 (A) Warren Hastings

 (B) Cornwallis

 (C) Wellesley

 (D) Dalhousie

Answer:(B)

50. Given below are two statements, one

labelled as Assertion (A) and other

labelled as Reason (R) :

Assertion (A) : The British

introduced different land

revenue tenures in different

parts of India.

 Reason (R) : It led to the

impoverishment of Indian

peasantry.

In the context of above two

statements, which one of the

following is correct ?

Codes :

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true, but

(R) is not the correct

explanation of (A).

 (B) (A) is correct, but (R) is false.

 (C) Both (A) and (R) are false.

 (D) Both (A) and (R) are correct

and (R) is the correct

explanation of (A).

Answer:(D)

51. Curzon-Kitchner Controversy of

1904-05 is related to

 (A) Partition of Bengal

 (B) Abolition of military member

in the Viceroy’s Council

 (C) Direct recruitment of police

force

 (D) Autonomy of the Calcutta

University

Answer:(B)

52. Match List – I with List – II and

select the correct answer from the

codes given below the lists :

List – I  List – II

(a) Punjab Land (i) 1900

Alienation Act

(b) Central  (ii) 1879

Provinces Land

Alienation Act

(c) North West  (iii) 1904

Provinces Land

Alienation Act

(d) Deccan  (iv) 1916

Agricultural

Relief Act

 Codes :

 (a) (b) (c) (d)

 (A) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)

 (B) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)

 (C) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)

 (D) (iv) (ii) (i) (iii)

Answer:(A)

53. Name the ruler who was deposed in

1875 on charges of ‘gross misrule’.

 (A) Gangasingh of Bikaner

 (B) Bupendranath Singh of Patiala

 (C) Krishna Raja Wadiar of

Mysore

 (D) Malhar Rao Gaikwad of

Baroda

Answer:(D)

54. The first English Evening Daily

Newspaper from Madras was

 (A) The Madras Mail

 (B) The Madras Chronicle

 (C) The Madras Herald

 (D) The Madras Standard

Answer:(A)

55. “Forget not that the lower classes,

the ignorant, the poor, the illiterate,

the cobbler, the sweeper are thy flesh

and blood, thy brothers” – These

words are related to

 (A) Jyotiba Phule

 (B) Mahatma Gandhi

 (C) B.R. Ambedkar

 (D) Swami Vivekananda

Answer:(D)

56. “The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was

not one movement …. it was many”

– The above statement has been

made by

 (A) S.N. Sen

 (B) R.C. Majumdar

 (C) C.A. Bayly

 (D) Eric Stokes

Answer:(C)

57. Match List – I with List – II and

select the correct answer from the

codes given below the lists :

List – I  List – II

(a) Narayan Guru  (i) Rising Sun

(b) Tripuraneni  (ii) Jati Mimamsa

Ramaswamy

Choudary

(c) Venkataraylu  (iii) Shambuka Vadha

Naidu

(d) Sridharula  (iv) Veda

Naidu

Samaj

 Codes :

 (a) (b) (c) (d)

 (A) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)

 (B) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)

 (C) (i) (iv) (iii) (ii)

 (D) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)

Answer:(B)

58. Select the correct answer from the

codes given below about the

chronological sequence of the

movements :

 (i) Kuka Movement

 (ii) Wahabi Movement

 (iii) Mundas Revolt

 (iv) Moplah Peasant Revolt

Codes :

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

 (B) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)

 (C) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)

 (D) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)

Answer:(A)

59. Select the correct answer from the

codes given below about the

chronological sequence of the Act

passed :

 (i) Brahmo Marriage Act

 (ii) Sarada Act

 (iii) Hindu Widow’s Re-marriage

Act

 (iv) Age of Consent Bill

Codes :

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

 (B) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)

 (C) (iv) (i) (iii) (ii)

 (D) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)

Answer:(D)

60. One of the following Congress

leaders did not preside any Session

of the Indian National Congress :

 (A) Surendranath Bannerjee

 (B) Gopala Krishna Gokhale

 (C) Bala Gangadhar Tilak

 (D) Mahatma Gandhi

Answer:(C)

61. The first Swadeshi dacoity or robbery

was organised in the year 1906 in

 (A) Maniktala

 (B) Rangapur

 (C) Muzaffarpur

 (D) Midnapur

Answer:(B)

62. Who was called ‘Morning Star’ of

Reformation ?

 (A) Martin Luther

 (B) John Calvin

 (C) Zwingli

 (D) John Wycliffe

Answer:(D)

63. Who used the word ‘Cold War’ first ?

 (A) Winston Churchill

 (B) Bernard Baruch

 (C) Marshal

 (D) Stressman

Answer:(A)

64. ‘Pure Blood Aryan theory’ is related to

 (A) Fascism

 (B) Nihalism

 (C) Syndicalism

 (D) Nazism

Answer:(D)

65. What position Nelson Mandela

occupied in the African National

Congress at the time of his release

from jail after 26 years in 1990 ?

 (A) President

 (B) Vice-President

 (C) Secretary

 (D) Advisor

Answer:(B)

66. What was Marshal Plan ?

 (A) Control of European powers

by military power.

 (B) To spread of American

Dictatorship in Europe.

 (C) Economic package of USA to

control Communism.

 (D) American Continent is meant

for Americans only.

Answer:(C)

67. A concrete outcome of the Wavell

Plan was the

 (A) Constitution of the Constituent

Assembly

 (B) Complete independence for

India gradually

 (C) Hold a Referendum in the

North-West Province

 (D) Summoning of the Shimla

Conference

Answer:(D)

68. Which one of the following

Committees was appointed by the

UPSC in 1974 to go into the issue of

recruitment and selection methods ?

 (A) Bhagwati Committee

 (B) D.S. Kothari Committee

 (C) A.D. Gorwala Committee

 (D) Santhanam Committee

Answer:(B)

69. Who among the following explicitly

states that “History bases all its

conclusions on rational evidence” ?

 (A) Herodotus

 (B) Thucydides

 (C) Polybious

 (D) Tacitus

Answer:(B)

70. Which one of the following work

was not authored by Leopol von

Ranke ?

 (A) History of Rome

 (B) History of France

 (C) History of the Popes

 (D) German History at the time of

Reformation

Answer:(A)

Read the following passage carefully and

choose the correct answer of the questions

that follow (Q. No. 71 to 75) :

Causation is a concept of such

fundamental importance to historical

understanding that E.H. Carr in his G.M.

Trevelyan lectures (1961) declared the

study of history to be the study of causes.

But postmodernist thinking on the issue of

historical causation is different. John

Vincent would abandon the search for

causes as futile and rather look for

explanations. Writing in 1976, Theodore

Zeldin thought of causation and

chronology as the two tyrants to historians.

Hayden White attacked the concept of

causation as depriving people of both their

freedom of action in the present and of

control over the future by trapping them in

an inescapable network of causation.

Postmodernist theory installs interpretation

in the place of empirical research into the

causes of specific events.

 Since the notion of cause depends on

sequential time, some postmodernists

attack the latter too. The cause of an

occurrence must obviously come before it

in time. But the postmodernist historian

and philosopher, Ankersmit, says

“Historical time is a recent and highly

artificial invention of Western

civilization,” and the writing of historical

narrative based on the concept of time, he

has declared, is “building on quicksand.”

The postmodernists would prefer that the

idea of sequential time be abandoned in

the writing of history.

Richard Evans shows how the very idea of

postmodern is paradoxical in that it is

contrary to the assertion that there are no

time periods in history. And the

postmodernist statement that historical

time is a thing of the past, itself uses the

historical concept of time which the

statement is intended to dismiss. The

linear and sequential concept of time is far

too powerful a principle to be dispensed

with, for it is not an intellectual construct

but a matter of everyday experience for

people the world over. Time itself may be

without boundaries, but in terms of human

life it passes, and has limits.

71. What is the concept of causation by

E.H. Carr ?

 (A) History cannot be understood

devoid of cause-effect

relationship.

 (B) History depends on time and

space.

 (C) It is a matter of every day

personal experience to inquire

about the basis of an event.

 (D) Causes should be undertaken

in totality.

Answer:(A)

72. What does postmodernist think

about the Historical causation ?

 (A) It is useless to search for it.

 (B) It puts limitation on the

Historian.

 (C) Interpretation is necessary rather

than the cause-effect relation.

 (D) There are different opinions.

Answer:(D)

73. Which is not the concept of Time

amongst the postmodernists ?

 (A) It should not be studied in the

interpretation of History.

 (B) It puts forth the theory that the

interpretation of events be

emphasized.

 (C) Time deals with past.

 (D) The factor of Time has not

been thought of by the

intellectuals.

Answer:(D)

74. Who amongst the following wrote

that the cause-effect relationship is

an obstacle for History ?

 (A) Richard Evans

 (B) Ankersmit

 (C) E.H. Carr

 (D) Theodore Zeldin

Answer:(D)

75. Which one of the following said that

the narrative History writing

considering the Time is like

constructing a building on a weak

foundation ?

 (A) Ankersmit

 (B) Theodore Zeldin

 (C) Richard Evans

 (D) E.H. Carr

Answer:(A)