HISTORY
Paper – II
Note : This paper contains fifty (50) objective type questions, each question carrying two (2)
marks. Attempt all the questions.
December 2012
1. Match List – I with List – II and
select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
List – I List – II
a. Mesolithic i. Langhnaj
site
b. Microlith ii. Bagor(Rajasthan)
c. Beginning iii. Birbhanpur
of Settled
Agriculture
d. Chalcedony iv. Chopni
Mando
Codes :
a b c d
(A) ii i iii iv
(B) i ii iii iv
(C) iii ii i iv
(D) ii iii iv i
Answer:(A)
2. In which one of the following places
the centre of stone tool manufacture
is found ?
(A) Mehbubanagar
(B) Malaprabha
(C) Isampur
(D) Palaghat
Answer:(C)
3. Match the List – I with List – II and
select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
List – I List – II
a. Rigveda i. Kanva
b. Yajurveda ii. Ranayaniya
c. Samaveda iii. Pippalada
d. Atharvaveda iv. Shakala
Codes :
a b c d
(A) iv iii ii i
(B) ii i iii iv
(C) iv i ii iii
(D) i ii iii iv
Answer:(C)
4. Excavations at the sites of the places
mentioned in the Mahabharata are
related to which one of the following
cultures ?
(A) Northern Black polished ware
(B) Red and Black polished ware
(C) Painted grey ware
(D) None of the above
Answer:(C)
5. Which, one of the following places,
is not associated with mature
Harappan settlement ?
(A) Dhalewan
(B) Lakhmirwala
(C) Surkotda
(D) Sarai Khola
Answer:(D)
6. Recently in which place broken relief
sculpture of King Ashoka has been
discovered ?
(A) Kanaganahalli in Karnataka
(B) Mahasthan in Uttar Pradesh
(C) Kumrahar in Bihar
(D) Nittur in Karnataka
Answer:(A)
7. In which Buddhist scripture religious
practices in the contemporary period
of Buddha has been mentioned ?
(A) Ambattha Sutta
(B) Mahavamsa
(C) Bhaddasala Jataka
(D) Brahmajala Sutta
Answer:(D)
8. Which, one of the following, is not
the anthology of Sangam literature ?
(A) Ettutokai
(B) Tirrukkurala
(C) Pattupattu
(D) Ahinanuru
Answer:(B)
9. Match the List – I with List – II and
select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
List – I List – II
a. Al-Biruni i. Mc Crindle
b. Megasthenes ii. Beal
c. Faxian iii. Legge
d. Xuanzang iv. Sachau
Codes :
a b c d
(A) iv i iii ii
(B) i ii iii iv
(C) ii iii i iv
(D) iv ii iii i
Answer:(A)
10. Given below are two statements, one
is labelled as Assertion (A) and the
other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : North India between
750 A.D. and 1200 A.D.
witnessed the emergence and
full growth of a new politicosocio-
economic structure.
Reason (R) : There is total
unanimity among historians to
describe this new structure as
‘feudalism’.
Read the above statements and select
the correct answers from the codes
given below :
Codes :
(A) (A) is correct but (R) is false.
(B) (A) is incorrect but (R) is
correct.
(C) Both are correct and (R) is the
correct explanation of (A).
(D) Both are correct and (R) is not
the correct explanation of (A).
Answer:(A)
11. Match the List – I with List – II and
select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
List – I List – II
a. Ashvaghosha i. Kumarpala Charita
b. Bhasa ii. Mudrarakshasa
c. Vishakhadatta iii. Balacharita
d. Hemachandra iv. Buddhacharita
Codes :
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) iv iii ii i
(C) ii iii iv i
(D) iii ii iv i
Answer:(B)
12. In which year the first English
translation of Arthashastra was
published ?
(A) 1905 (B) 1909
(C) 1915 (D) 1960
Answer:(C)
13. Arrange the following Nanda Kings
in chronological sequential order and
select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
(a) Govishanka (b) Panduka
(c) Ugrasena (d) Dhana
Codes :
(A) (b) (c) (a) (d)
(B) (c) (b) (a) (d)
(C) (a) (b) (c) (d)
(D) (b) (c) (d) (a)
Answer:(B)
14. Select the incorrect answer from the
following statements :
(A) The reign of Kumaragupta
faced the Huna invasion.
(B) The first Huna Chief Toramana
managed to conquer Western
India and area around Eran in
Central India.
(C) Toramana adopted the Jaina
faith.
(D) Mihirakula managed to
conquer Sri Lanka.
Answer:(X)
15. Arrange the following names in
chronological order and select the
correct answer from the codes given
below :
(a) Yoshomati
(b) Pushyabhuti
(c) Naravardhan
(d) Rajyashri
Codes :
(A) (c) (b) (d) (a)
(B) (b) (c) (a) (d)
(C) (b) (a) (c) (d)
(D) (a) (d) (c) (b)
Answer:(B)
16. Match the List – I with List – II and
select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
List – I List – II
a. Pallava i. Lingaraja
Dynasty Temple
b. Somavamsa ii. Vedanarayan
Temple
c. Chalukya iii. Mukteshwar
Dynasty Temple
d. Chola iv. Lad Khan
Dynasty Temple
Codes :
a b c d
(A) iii i iv ii
(B) i ii iii iv
(C) ii iii i iv
(D) iv iii ii i
Answer:(A)
17. Match the List – I with List – II and
select the right answer from the
codes given below :
List – I List – II
Founder Theories
a. Bhandarkar i. Origin of Rajputs from
Kshatriyas
b. Chandabardai ii. Foreign origin of Rajputs
c. Colonel Tod iii. Origin of Rajputs from
Agni-Kunda
d. Gaurishankar iv. Huna origin of Rajputs
Ojha
Codes :
a b c d
(A) iv iii ii i
(B) i ii iii iv
(C) i iii iv ii
(D) i ii iv iii
Answer:(A)
18. The Sultan Ghari was built as the
mausoleum of
(A) Qutubuddin Aibak
(B) Ruknuddin Firoz
(C) Balban
(D) Nasiruddin Mahmud
Answer:(D)
19. Match List – I with List – II and
select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
List – I List – II
(Sufi
Terminology) (Meanings)
a. Futuh i. Sufi hospice
b. Khanqah ii. Conversation
of a Sufi Saint
c. Barkat iii. Unasked for
Charity
d. Malfuz iv. Spiritual grace
acquired by a
Sufi
Codes :
a b c d
(A) i iii ii iv
(B) iii i iv ii
(C) iii ii i iv
(D) iv iii ii i
Answer:(B)
20. Who separated the office of the Wali
and Amir ?
(A) Balban
(B) Alauddin Khalji
(C) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
(D) Muhammad Tughlaq
Answer:(D)
21. ‘The pivot of the Kingdom of Delhi
rests on wheat and barley, while the
foundation of the Sultanate of
Gujarat rests on corals and pearls,
because there are eighty four ports
under this Sultan.’ The above remark
is attributed by the author of Mirat-i-
Sikandari to
(A) Sultan Khizr Khan
(B) Sikandar Lodi
(C) Babur
(D) Humayun
Answer:(B)
22. Match List – I with List – II and
select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
List – I List – II
(Name of (Kingdom in
coin) which the coin
circulated)
a. Mahmudi i. Sur Kingdom
b. Rupaiah ii. Delhi Sultanate
c. Pagoda iii. Vijayanagar
d. Tanka iv. Gujarat Sultanate
Codes :
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) ii i iv iii
(C) iv i iii ii
(D) iv ii iii i
Answer:(C)
23. Which of the following statements is
not true ?
(A) Sultan Zainul-Abidin never
allowed the Saiyids to grab
dictatorial power in his court.
(B) He called himself Amir
ul-Muminin.
(C) He took immense interest in
agricultural production and
expansion.
(D) He abolished the post of
Shaikh ul-Islam.
Answer:(D)
24. Which of the following statements
about the activities of the Portuguese
traders in India during the early
sixteenth century is not correct ?
(A) The Portuguese were the first
Europeans to reach India via
Red Sea route.
(B) The Portuguese made huge
profits by selling Indian spices
in European markets.
(C) The Portuguese captured many
places on the coasts of the
Indian Ocean and built their
fortresses there.
(D) The Portuguese declared that
other traders could not bring
their ships into the Indian
Ocean without their permission.
Answer:(A)
25. Vijayanagara exhibited ‘Protopatrimonialism’.
Who expressed this
view ?
(A) N. Karashima
(B) Burton Stein
(C) K.A. Nilkanta Sastri
(D) B.A. Saletore
Answer:(B)
26. Match List – I with List – II and
select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
List – I List – II
(Foreign (Rulers)
Travellers)
a. Abdur Razaq i. Akbar
b. Ibn Battuta ii. Muhammad bin Tughlaq
c. Sidi Ali Reis iii. Jahangir
d. William Finch iv. Deva Raya II
Codes :
a b c d
(A) iv ii iii i
(B) iii ii iv i
(C) iii ii i iv
(D) iv ii i iii
Answer:(D)
27. Consider the following statements
about the Jaziya tax in the Mughal
period :
(i) Akbar abolished the Jaziya in
1564.
(ii) Akbar re-imposed the Jaziya in
1575.
(iii) Akbar abolished the Jaziya
again in 1579-80.
(iv) Aurangzeb re-imposed the
Jaziya in 1679.
Which are the correct statement from
the above.
(A) (i), (ii)
(B) (i), (ii), (iii)
(C) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
(D) (i), (iv)
Answer:(C)
28. Arrange the following in chronological
order and select the correct answer
from the codes given below :
(i) Conquest of Orissa by Akbar.
(ii) Introduction of Dagh system.
(iii) Creation of the twelve Subahs
(provinces)
(iv) Introduction of the dual rank
(the Zat and the Sawar)
Codes :
(A) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
(B) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)
(C) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
(D) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
Answer:(C)
29. Who among the following painters
were considered by Jahangir as
masters without rival in their
particular spheres ?
(i) Abul Hasan
(ii) Bishan Das
(iii) Ustad Mansur
(iv) Manohar
Select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
Codes :
(A) (i), (ii), (iv) (B) (i), (iii)
(C) (ii), (iv) (D) (i), (iii), (iv)
Answer:(B)
30. Which of the following States of
North-East India was/were invaded
by the Mughals ?
(i) The Dimasa (ii) The Meitei
(iii) The Ahom (iv) The Koch
Select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
(A) (i) and (iii) (B) (ii)
(C) (iii) and (iv) (D) (i), (ii), (iii)
Answer:(C)
31. Match List – I with List – II and
select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
List – I List – II
(Book) (Author)
a. Gulshan-i- i. Gulam Murtaza
Ibrahimi
b. Basatin-us ii. Fuzuni-Astrabadi
Salatin
c. Futuhat-i- iii. Bhimsen
Adilshahi
d. Nuskha-i- iv. Muhammad
Dilkusha Qasim Firishta
Codes :
a b c d
(A) i iii ii iv
(B) ii iii iv i
(C) iv iii ii i
(D) iv i ii iii
Answer:(D)
32. Match List – I with List – II and
select the correct answer from the
codes given below the lists :
List – I List – II
(Book) (Author)
a. Early Mughal i. Somprakash
Painting Verma
b. A History of ii. Ebba Koch
Sultanate
Architecture
c. Mughal iii. Milo Cleveland
Painters and Beach
their works
d. Mughal iv. R. Nath
Architecture :
An Outline of
its History and
Development
(1526-1858)
Codes :
a b c d
(A) iii iv i ii
(B) iv ii iii i
(C) i ii iv iii
(D) ii i iii iv
Answer:(A)
33. Given below are two statements, one
is labelled as Assertion (A) and other
is labelled as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A) : Many Sanskrit works
on music were translated into
Persian during the medieval
period.
Reason (R) : The early Chishti Sufis
were fond of musical
assemblies called Sama.
Consider the above statements and
select the correct answer from the
codes given below.
Codes :
(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)
34. Given below are two statements, one
is labelled as Assertion (A) and the
other is labelled as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A) : It was in
Shahjahan’s reign that the arts
of dance and music reached its
highest watermark.
Reason (R) : He was a patron of arts
and literature.
Consider the above statements and
select the correct answer from the
codes given below.
Codes :
(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:(D)
35. Which one of the following State
was not a Nation State in the 17th
century ?
(A) France (B) Germany
(C) England (D) Spain
Answer:(B)
36. Given below are two statements, one
is labelled as Assertion (A) and other
is labelled as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A) : Assessment forever
was the central point in the
Permanent Settlement of
Bengal introduced in 1793.
Reason (R) : Cornwallis believed
that the Zamindars will develop
their lands.
Read the above statements and select
the correct answer from the codes
given below :
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true, but
(R) is not the correct
explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and
(R) is the correct explanation
of (A).
(C) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(D) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
Answer:(B)
37. Who was the First President of Fort
William of Calcutta ?
(A) Charles Eyre
(B) John Child
(C) George Oxendan
(D) Gerald Aungier
Answer:(A)
38. Match List – I with List – II and
select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
List – I List – II
a. Indian Mirror i. M.N. Roy
b. Tribune ii. G.A. Nateshan
c. Modern iii. Debendranath Tagore
Review
d. Independent iv. Dayal Singh
India
Codes :
a b c d
(A) iii iv ii i
(B) ii iii i iv
(C) iv ii iii i
(D) i iii iv ii
Answer:(X)
39. Match List – I with List – II and
select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
List – I List – II
a. Mahatma i. President of
Gandhi Surat Session
b. Ras Bihari ii. President of
Ghosh Calcutta Session
c. Dadabhai iii. President of
Naoroji Lahore Session
d. Jawaharlal iv. President of
Nehru Belgaum Session
Codes :
a b c d
(A) ii i iv iii
(B) iv i ii iii
(C) iii ii iv i
(D) i iii ii iv
Answer:(B)
40. Match List – I with List – II and
select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
List – I List – II
a. V.D. Savarkar i. Gaddar Party
b. Lala Hardayal ii. Curzon Wyllie
c. Tarakanath iii. AbhinabBharat
Das
d. Madanlal iv. Free Hindustan
Dhingra
Codes :
a b c d
(A) ii i iv iii
(B) iii ii i iv
(C) i ii iv iii
(D) iii i iv ii
Answer:(D)
41. Which of the following districts
constituted as the Northern Circars in
the Madras Presidency ?
(A) Mustafanagar, Ellore,
Kondaveedu, Rajahmundry
(B) Rajahmundry, Mustafanagar,
Machilipatam, Ellore
(C) Mustafanagar, Ellore,
Rajahmundry, Chicacole
(D) Chicacole, Mustafanagar,
Ellore, Kondaveedu
Answer:(C)
42. The aim of the Cripps Mission was
(A) to prevent the Quit India
Movement from being launched
(B) to persuade Indian leaders to
support British war efforts
(C) to convince the Congress
Ministries to withdraw their
resignations
(D) to set up a Constitution making
body immediately
Answer:(X)
43. Who wrote ‘Planned Economy for
India’ (1936) ?
(A) R.C. Dutt
(B) M. Visvesvarayya
(C) N.G. Ranga
(D) D.R. Gadgil
Answer:(B)
44. Given below are two statements, one
labelled as Assertion (A) and other
labelled as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A) : The English introduced
Western Education in India.
Reason (R) : They wanted to make
Indians aware of scientific and
national advancement.
Read the above statements and select
the correct answer from the codes
given below :
Codes :
(A) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(C) (A) is true and (R) is the most
correct explanation of (A).
(D) Both (A) and (R) are true, but
(R) is not the correct
explanation of (A).
Answer:(X)
45. Arrange the following in chronological
order and select the correct answer
from the codes given below :
(i) Second Anglo-Maratha War
(ii) Third Anglo-Mysore War
(iii) Second Carnatic War
(iv) First Anglo-Sikh War
Codes :
(A) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
(B) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
(C) (i) (iv) (iii) (ii)
(D) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
Answer:(A)
46. Arrange the following in chronological
order and select the correct answer
from the codes given below :
(i) Mundas Rebellion
(ii) Santhal Rebellion
(iii) Moplah Revolts
(iv) Deccan Riots
Codes :
(A) (iv) (i) (iii) (ii)
(B) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
(C) (i) (iv) (ii) (iii)
(D) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
Answer:(D)
47. Match List – I with List – II and
select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
List – I List – II
a. Gou rakshini i. Vivekananda
Sabha
b. Rasta Goftar ii. J.B. Wacha
c. Sadharan iii. Dayanand Saraswati
Brahmo Samaj
d. Prabuddha iv. Shivanath
Bharatha Sastri
Codes :
a b c d
(A) iii ii i iv
(B) ii iv iii i
(C) iii ii iv i
(D) i iii ii iv
Answer:(C)
48. Arrange the following in chronological
order and select the correct answer
from the codes given below :
(i) Cripps Mission
(ii) Gandhi-Irwin Pact
(iii) Simon Commission
(iv) Partition of the Country
Codes :
(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(B) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
(C) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
(D) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
Answer:(D)
49. Which law under the British regime
allowed to imprison people without
due trial ?
(A) Rowlett Act
(B) Sedition Act of 1870
(C) Hindu Code Bill
(D) Ilbert Bill
Answer:(A)
50. The beginning of the Great
Depression is related to
(A) The collapse of Prices in Japan
(B) The sudden rise of Price Index
in Europe
(C) The collapse of Prices in Wall
Street
(D) Depression in Pacific Ocean
region
Answer:(C)
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