HISTORY
Paper – III
Note : This paper contains seventy five (75) objective type questions of two (2) marks each.
All questions are compulsory.
December 2014
1. In 2001 was found a complete fossilized human baby skull from
(A) Bhimbetka (B) Damdama
(C) Hathnora (D) Odai
Answer:(D)
2. Which of the following sites has yielded an ivory pendant from the microlithic context ?
(A) Bagor (B) Damdama
(C) Mahadaha (D) Sarai Nahar Rai
Answer:(B)
3. Consider the following statements :
Assertion (A) : Plough based agriculture was known to the Harappans.
Reason (R) : A terracotta model of plough was found in the mature Harappan level at
Banawali.
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)
4. As the available evidence (e.g. metallic implements for cutting seals) clearly shows, one
of the following sites was a major centre of production for Harappan seals.
(A) Balakot (B) Chanhudaro
(C) Kot Diji (D) Lothal
Answer:(B)
5. Which of the following Vedic rivers have been located in Afghanistan ?
1. Asikni 2. Kubha
3. Kramu 4. Sutudri
Select the correct answer from the code below :
(A) 1 and 2 (B) 2 and 3
(C) 3 and 4 (D) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Answer:(B)
6. During the post-Vedic period the annual rate of interest as mentioned by
Gautama and Baudhyana was
(A) 10 % (B) 12 %
(C) 15 % (D) 20 %
Answer:(C)
7. Consider the following statements :
Assertion (A) : Gautama Buddha stayed in maximum number of rainy seasons at Sravasti,
one of the chief cities of Kosala.
Reason (R) : Gautama Buddha and Prasenajit, the ruler of Kosala were of the same age.
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)
8. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the code given below the
lists :
List – I List – II
a. Mahavira 1. Antelope
b. Mallinatha 2. Lion
c. Parsvanatha 3. Serpent
d. Santinatha 4. Water Jar
Codes :
a b c d
(A) 1 3 2 4
(B) 2 4 3 1
(C) 3 1 4 2
(D) 2 4 1 3
Answer:(B)
9. The original work of Megasthenes is lost and we learn about his observations from the
quotations given by some later Greek writers, such as
1. Arrian 2. Diodoras
3. Justin 4. Plutarch
5. Strabo
Select the correct answer from the code below :
(A) 1 and 3 (B) 1, 2 and 4
(C) 3, 4 and 5 (D) 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
Answer:(D)
10. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?
(A) Charsada – Pushkalavati
(B) Sirkap – Takshasila
(C) Nagarjuna Konda – Dhanyakataka
(D) Tamluk – Tamralipti
Answer:(C)
11. Which of the following were the chief towns and ports of the Pandyas of the Sangam age ?
1. Korkai 2. Madurai
3. Puhar 4. Uraiyur
Select the correct answer from the code below :
Codes :
(A) 1 and 2 (B) 2 and 3
(C) 1, 2 and 3 (D) 2, 3 and 4
Answer:(A)
12. The depiction of deities on the reverse corresponding to the name of the rulers on the
obverse is the characteristic feature of the coins of
(A) Ayodhya (B) Kausambi
(C) Padmavati (D) Panchala
Answer:(D)
13. Kushan dynastic sanctums, where statues of Kushan rulers were established, were
discovered at
1. Mat 2. Jalandhar
3. Kara-tepe 4. Surkh-Kotal
Select the correct answer from the codes below :
Codes :
(A) 1 and 2 (B) 2 and 3
(C) 1 and 4 (D) 3 and 4
Answer:(C)
14. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?
(Rulers defeated by (Kingdoms)
Samudragupta)
(A) Mahendragiri – Pishtapura
(B) Mantaraja – Erandapalla
(C) Vishnugopa – Kanchi
(D) Vyaghraraja – Mahakantara
Answer:(B)
15. Which of the following Tirthankara images were got fashioned by Maharajadhiraja
Ramagupta ?
1. Mahavira 2. Parsvanatha
3. Chandraprabha 4. Pushpadanta
Select the correct answer from the codes below :
(A) 1 and 2 (B) 3 and 4
(C) 1, 2 and 3 (D) 2, 3 and 4
Answer:(B)
16. An inscription of Kumaragupta from Sarnath is dated in the year 154. Which among the
following is its corresponding year ?
(A) A.D. 211 (B) A.D. 232
(C) A.D. 394 (D) A.D. 473
Answer:(D)
17. Bhinamala is known as a birth place of the famous astronomer
(A) Aryabhatta (B) Bhaskaracharya
(C) Brahmagupta (D) Varahamihira
Answer:(C)
18. Match List – I with List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below the
lists :
List – I List – II
(Texts) (Subjects)
a. Brihajjataka 1. Architecture
b. Dasarupaka 2. Astrology
c. Lilavati 3. Dramaturgy
d. Manasara 4. Mathematics
Codes :
a b c d
(A) 1 2 3 4
(B) 2 3 4 1
(C) 3 4 1 2
(D) 4 1 2 3
Answer:(B)
19. Which one of the following is an example of rockcut temple architecture ?
(A) Kailasanatha Temple at Kanchi (B) Rajaraja Temple, Thanjavur
(C) Kailasa Temple, Ellora (D) Jagannatha Temple, Puri
Answer:(C)
20. Arrange the following Dharmasastra writers in a chronological order
beginning with the earliest :
1. Chandesvara 2. Hemadri
3. Lakshmidhara 4. Mitramisra
Choose the correct answer from the codes below :
Codes :
(A) 1, 4, 3, 2 (B) 2, 1, 4, 3
(C) 3, 2, 1, 4 (D) 4, 3, 2, 1
Answer:(C)
21. Lokamahadevi, senior queen of Vikramaditya II in commemoration of his three victories
over the Pallavas of Kanchi, built
(A) Kailasnatha Temple at Kanchi
(B) Kont-Gudi Temple at Aihole
(C) Sangamesvara Temple at Pattadakal
(D) Virupaksha Temple at Pattadakal
Answer:(D)
22. Who among the following Chola rulers started the practice of prefixing
‘historical
introduction’ to royal inscriptions ?
(A) Sundara Chola (B) Uttama Chola
(C) Rajaraja (D) Rajendra
Answer:(C)
23. Consider the following statements :
Assertion (A) : Nanadesis, a great trading corporation claimed to have wandered over
different lands.
Reason (R) : We learn from an inscription of Pagan that Nanadesis had founded a Vishnu
temple in that distant city of Upper Burma.
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)
24. Sugandhadevi, who issued coins with the figure of seated Lakshmi,
was a queen of
(A) Karnataka (B) Saurashtra
(C) Gauda (D) Kashmir
Answer:(D)
25. The ruler of Suvarnabhumi, who founded a Buddhist monastery at
Nalanda and requested
Devapala through his ambassador to grant five villages for its upkeep,
was
(A) Dharanindra (B) Sangramadhananjaya
(C) Balaputradeva (D) Chudamanivarman
Answer:(C)
26. Which one of the following is not correctly matched ?
Author Text
(A) Sharangadeva – Samgita ratnakara
(B) Damodara – Samgita darpana
(C) Anonymous – Ghunyat’ul Munya
(D) Banarasidas – Hitopadesha
Answer:(D)
27. Firdausi, the author of Shah Namah, was the poet-laureate in the court of
(A) Mahmud Ghaznavi (B) Muhammad Ghori
(C) Qutbuddin Aibak (D) Iltutmish
Answer:(A)
28. Amuktamalyada of Krishnadeva Rai of Vijayanagar Empire literally means :
(A) Garland of gold (B) Garland of silver
(C) Garland of pearls (D) Garland of flowers
Answer:(C)
29. The Qur Khanah means :
(A) The imperial armoury (B) The royal stable
(C) The royal kitchen (D) The hunting ground
Answer:(A)
30. Diwan-i-amir-i-Kohi, a separate department to improve cultivation was set up by
(A) Ghiyas-ud-din Khilji (B) Alauddin Khilji
(C) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq (D) Firoze Shah Tughlaq
Answer:(C)
31. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the
other is labelled
as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A) : Measures of expansion and centralization continued under
Alauddin Khilji’s successors.
Reason (R) : Bengal was re-annexed (1324) and the area of direct control
extended almost to the extreme southern point of Indian peninsula under
Ghiyasuddin
Tughlaq and Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq.
In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct ?
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:(A)
32. Select the correct chronological order of succession of the Saiyyid Sultans to the throne of
Delhi mentioned below :
(A) Khizr Khan – Muhammad Shah – Mubarak Shah – Alauddin Shah
(B) Khizr Khan – Mubarak Shah – Muhammad Shah – Alauddin Shah
(C) Mubarak Shah – Khizr Khan – Alauddin Shah – Muhammad Shah
(D) Alauddin Shah – Muhammad Shah – Khizr Khan – Mubarak Shah
Answer:(B)
33. Sultan Firoze Shah Tughlaq was supposed to possess 1,80,000 slaves.
Out of these how
many worked as artisans ?
(A) 11,000 (B) 12,000
(C) 13,000 (D) 14,000
Answer:(B)
34. Nānkar was an allowance or perquisite made to
(A) Jagirdar (B) Amin
(C) Zamindar (D) Patwari
Answer:(C)
35. Which of the following statements is not correct concerning Bahlol Lodhi ?
(A) He shattered completely the power of the Sharqis of Jaunpur.
(B) In his long reign of thirty-eight years, he carried out many experiments
in the sphere of civil administration.
(C) He continued the administrative institutions of the Delhi Sultanate
as he had inherited them from the Saiyyid Sultans.
(D) The introduction of the coin Bahloli is considered as an important
measure in the numismatic history of Delhi Sultanate.
Answer:(B)
36. Which one of the following is wrongly matched ?
(A) Qasba – Small town
(B) Ijara – Land out of cultivation
(C) Shroff – Money changer
(D) Zimmi – Protected non-Muslim
Answer:(B)
37. Which one of the following is wrongly matched ?
(A) S. Arasratnam – Maritime India in the Seventeenth Century
(B) Om Prakash – The Dutch East India Company and the Economy of Bengal
(C) K.N. Chaudhuri – Indian Merchants and Eurasian Trade
(D) K.S. Mathew – Portuguese Trade with India in the Sixteenth Century
Answer:(C)
38. Name Babur’s maternal grandmother, the wife of Yunus Khan Mughal, who after the
death of Babur’s father managed everything for her grandson and dealt with conspirators :
(A) Qutlugh Nigar Begum (B) Isan Daulat Begum
(C) Dildar Begum (D) Mubarika Begum
Answer:(B)
39. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled
as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A) : Sher Shah’s administration had fallen into confusion after the death of
Islam Shah.
Reason (R) : Akbar adopted Sher Shah’s land revenue system with modifications.
In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct ? 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)
40. Which one of the following statements is not correct concerning Mughal paintings ?
(A) Akbar created a new and vibrant school, by establishing a large atelier that
undertook the illustration of the Hamzanama in the 1560s.
(B) For illustration of a number of manuscripts throughout Akbar’s reign, painters were
recruited from various parts of India.
(C) The emphasis on realism in portraiture seems to have emanated from Akbar himself
almost from the beginning.
(D) Features of Renaissance painting did not influence Mughal art at all under Akbar.
Answer:(D)
41. Who among the following Europeans has written about the state of education of Mughal
princes and princesses during Akbar’s period ?
(A) Edward Terry (B) Thevenot
(C) Coryat (D) Father Monserrate
Answer:(D)
42. Who among the following Mughal emperors, after his recovery from illness wore pearl
earring as a token of thanks to the Sufi Saint Khwaja Moin-ud-din Chisti ?
(A) Humayun (B) Akbar
(C) Jahangir (D) Shah Jahan
Answer:(C)
43. Who among the following said about his father’s rule that; “In Persia there is room for
Shias only, and in Turkey and Turan there is room for Sunnis only. While in India, Sunnis
and Shias met in one mosque and Francis and Jews in one Church and observed their own
forms of worship.” ?
(A) Humayun (B) Jahangir
(C) Shah Jahan (D) Aurangzeb
Answer:(B)
44. Features of altamgha jagir introduced by Jahangir were similar to
(A) Watan jagir (B) Tankhwah jagir
(C) Mashrut jagir (D) Paibaqi land
Answer:(A)
45. Who constructed in Delhi, a mosque – the Khayr-ul manazil, opposite Purana Qila ?
(A) Hamida Bano Begum (B) Salima Begum
(C) Jiji Anaga (D) Maham Anaga
Answer:(D)
46. Dastur circles were drawn for the purpose of fixing :
(A) Prices (B) Ranks
(C) Revenues (D) None of the above
Answer:(C)
47. Hun, a coin in circulation during the medieval period was made out of :
(A) Copper (B) Brass
(C) Silver (D) Gold
Answer:(D)
48. Khalsa, the ‘society of the pure’, was founded in
(A) 1605 (B) 1627
(C) 1699 (D) 1707
Answer:(C)
49. The Maratha claim of revenue for protection is called
(A) Sardeshmukhi (B) Chauth
(C) Abwab (D) Jama
Answer:(B)
50. ‘Mujannas’, ‘Turki’, ‘Tazi’ and ‘Janglah’ were the breeds of
(A) Elephants (B) Camels
(C) Horses (D) None of the above
Answer:(C)
51. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the code given below :
List – I List – II
(Event) (Person)
a. Hindu Widow’s Remarriage Act i. Dr. Atmaram
b. Abolition of Slavery ii. Lord Dalhousie
c. The Prarthana Samaj iii. Lord Ellenborough
d. The Satya Shodhak Samaj iv. Jyotiba Phule
Codes :
a b c d
(A) iii i iv ii
(B) iv ii i iii
(C) ii iii i iv
(D) i iii ii iv
Answer:(C)
52. Which of the following was not the cause of the Indian Revolt of 1857 ?
(A) The Indian soldiers were to serve both in India and outside.
(B) The introduction of the Enfield Rifles.
(C) Great disparity between the Indian and the English soldiers.
(D) The desire of all Indians to shake off the colonial yoke.
Answer:(D)
53. Match the following columns :
List – I List – II
(Institutions) (Founders)
a. Hindu College 1. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
b. M.A.O. College 2. Jonathan Duncan
c. Sanskrit College 3. Jyotiba Phule
d. Bethune College 4. David Hare
Codes :
a b c d
(A) 4 1 2 3
(B) 3 4 1 2
(C) 2 3 1 4
(D) 1 2 4 3
Answer:(A)
54. Which was not a constituent of the economic drain of wealth
from India to Britain ?
(A) Home charges
(B) Dividend to the shareholders of the East India Company
(C) Civil and Military charges
(D) Divide and Rule
Answer:(D)
55. Eka Movement was started by the
(A) Peasants of Hardoi, Barabanki etc.
(B) Zamindars of Oudh
(C) Revolutionaries of Bengal
(D) Peasants of Maharashtra
Answer:(A)
56. The theory of ‘Sub-contractors’ as an explanation for Gandhi’s
political mobilization is attributed to whom ?
(A) Anil Seal (B) Morris D. Morris
(C) Judith Brown (D) Ranjit Guha
Answer:(C)
57. Consider the following events :
1. Cripps Mission 2. Quit India Movement
3. Nehru Report 4. Wavell Plan
The correct chronological order of these events is
(A) 3, 1, 2, 4 (B) 4, 2, 1, 3
(C) 3, 4, 2, 1 (D) 2, 3, 4, 1
Answer:(A)
58. During 1937-39 the Congress Ministry in Madras was headed by
(A) Subramaniam Bharti (B) T. Prakasham
(C) C. Rajgopalachari (D) C.P. Ramaswami Iyer
Answer:(C)
59. Maulana Abdul Bari belonged to the
(A) Aligarh School (B) Deoband School
(C) Nadwatul Ulema (D) Firangi Mahal
Answer:(D)
60. ‘Greatest good of the greatest number’ was the principle of
which group of thinkers ?
(A) Utilitarian (B) Socialists
(C) Liberals (D) Conservatives
Answer:(A)
61. Gandhi’s intervention in the Ahmedabad Mill Strike in 1917 led to
the enhancement of wages for the workers by
(A) 25 % (B) 35 %
(C) 45 % (D) 55 %
Answer:(B)
62. Who acted on ‘the theory that the annexation of Sind would be
a very beneficent piece of rascality …. a robbery to be plausibly
effected ?
(A) Lord Auckland (B) Sir Charles Napier
(C) Sir John Keane (D) Major James Outram
Answer:(B)
63. Who said that the Shimla Deputation (1907) had been stage
managed by the British and was no more than a ‘command performance’ ?
(A) Abul Kalam Azad (B) Mohammad Ali
(C) Hasrat Mohani (D) Syed Amir Ali
Answer:(B)
64. What was not a part of the Mountbatten Plan ?
(A) It gave the Indian States the right to decide their future.
(B) It proposed India’s partition.
(C) It was not specific about the date of India’s partition.
(D) It was accepted by the Congress and the Muslim League.
Answer:(C)
65. Who wrote that ‘Man is born free but everywhere
he is in chains’ ?
(A) Montesquieu (B) Voltaire
(C) Diderot (D) Rousseau
Answer:(D)
66. Name the policy adopted by the United States of America to
meet the economic crisis caused by the Great Depression of 1929.
(A) Open Door (B) Marshall Plan
(C) Protectionism (D) New Deal
Answer:(D)
67. Who was the recognized leader of Utilitarianism ?
(A) Adam Smith (B) Jeremy Bentham
(C) Friedrich Engels (D) Edmund Burke
Answer:(B)
68. Match List – I and List – II and choose the correct answer from the
codes given below the
lists :
List – I List – II
(Person) (Events)
a. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar 1. Parliament of Religions at
Chicago in 1893.
b. Malabari 2. Age of Consent Bill 1891
c. Swami Vivekanand 3. Got the Hindu widows
remarriage legalised in 1856
d. Ranade 4. Inspired the foundation of the
Deccan Educational Society in
1884
Codes :
a b c d
(A) 3 2 1 4
(B) 1 4 3 2
(C) 2 3 4 1
(D) 4 1 2 3
Answer:(A)
69. Which Viceroy was stabbed to death by a convict in Andaman
Islands ?
(A) Elgin (B) Lytton
(C) Mayo (D) Ripon
Answer:(C)
70. Which of the following was not a part of the Government
of India Act, 1935 ?
(A) The Provincial Autonomy
(B) Appointment of an Indian as a Governor
(C) The All India Federation
(D) Reserve Bank of India
Answer:(B)
71. The journal, Review of Historical Synthesis, which focuses
on the synthesis of all activities of man in society was
founded in 1900 by
(A) Lucien Febvre (B) March Block
(C) Henri Berr (D) Fernand Braudel
Answer:(C)
72. Who has argued that de-industrialization did not take place in
India during the colonial
period ?
(A) Amiyo Baghchi (B) Bipan Chandra
(C) Morris D. Morris (D) Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer:(C)
73. The chief grievance of the peasants in the Champaran
Satyagraha was about the :
(A) Abwabs & illegal cesses (B) Land revenue demand
(C) Tinkathia system (D) Exploitation by the money-lenders
Answer:(C)
74. Consider the following statements :
Assertion (A) : The Congress leaders accepted the proposal of India’s partition, at last.
Reason (R) : They felt convinced that this was the only suitable solution left.
In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct ?
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is correct, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is correct.
Answer:(A)
75. Consider the following statements :
Assertion (A) : The Indians outnumbered the Europeans in civil services
examinations
within 20 years of its starting in India.
Reason (R) : The Indians showed that the Europeans were no match to them.
In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct ?
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is correct, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is correct.
Answer:(C)
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