HISTORY
Paper – III
Note : This paper contains seventy five (75) objective type questions of two (2) marks each. All
questions are compulsory.
September 2013
1. Which one of the following sites in
central India has yielded the largest
number of copper hoard implements ?
(A) Kayatha
(B) Pondi
(C) Gungeria
(D) Maheshwar
Answer:(C)
2. Match the List – I with List – II and
select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
List – I List – II
(Archaeological (River Valley)
sites)
a. Chandraketugarh i. Amaravati
b. Korkai ii. Ganga
c. Karur iii. Palar
d. Vasavasamudram iv. Vaigai
Codes :
a b c d
(A) i iii iv ii
(B) iii i ii iv
(C) ii iv i iii
(D) iv ii iii i
Answer:(C)
3. Which of the following, is not true of
Ashoka ?
(A) He granted land to the
ministers and the upper-most
strata of bureaucracy in lieu of
salary.
(B) His Dhamma was an ethic
meant for good social conduct
and cohesion.
(C) He advocated complete
tolerance.
(D) He made scathing attacks
against the useless rituals.
Answer:(A)
4. Match the List – I with List – II and
select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
List – I List – II
(Find-spots of (Kings)
Inscriptions)
a. Rabtak i. Dharmamahadevi
b. Shar-i-Kuna ii. Vindhyashakti
c. Angul iii. Kanishka
d. Basim iv. Ashoka
Codes :
a b c d
(A) ii iii iv i
(B) iii iv i ii
(C) i ii iii iv
(D) iv i ii iii
Answer:(B)
5. Which of the following is not correct
about the vedic age ?
(A) Some portions of the Rigveda
seem to have been added later.
(B) There is evidence of the
existence of brahmavadinis.
(C) The varna divisions started
during its later phase.
(D) The society was wholly
matriarchal.
Answer:(D)
6. Which one of the following sites is
not associated with Painted Grey
Ware ?
(A) Gilaulikhera (B) Noh
(C) Tripuri (D) Satwali
Answer:(C)
7. Sanauli in Baghpat district of UP is
known for which one of its following
Archaeological remains ?
(A) Megaliths monuments
(B) Neoliths instruments
(C) Harappan cemetery
(D) OCP culture remains
Answer:(C)
8. Which of the following was one of
the causes of differences between the
Buddha and Devadatta ?
(A) Buddha’s faith in non-violence
(B) Buddha’s desire to abandon the
life of a renunciate after ten
years.
(C) Devadatta’s suggestions for
making the followers the
forest-dwellers.
(D) Buddha’s desire not to allow
the women to enter the samgha.
Answer:(C)
9. Point out which one of the following
sites has yielded the remains of a
Jaina stupa ?
(A) Sanchi
(B) Dhamnar
(C) Nalanda
(D) Mathura
Answer:(D)
10. Match the List – I with List – II and
select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
List – I List – II
(Form of (Meaning)
marriage)
a. Arsha i. stealing a girl who is
sleeping, intoxicated
or disordered in
intellect.
b. Paishacha ii. the purchase of bride
c. Asura iii. the father gives the daughter after
receiving a cow and a bull or two pairs
from bridegroom.
d. Rakshasa iv. the forcible abduction of the
maiden from her house.
Codes :
a b c d
(A) i iii ii iv
(B) ii iv i iii
(C) iii i ii iv
(D) iv ii iii i
Answer:(C)
11. Given below are two statements, one
labelled as Assertion (A) and the
other labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : Ashoka’s
consecration was postponed for
four years even after his actual
accession.
Reason (R) : The royal astrologer
warned him that the coming
four years are not auspicious
for this occasion.
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:(C)
12. Which of the below mentioned
inscriptions of Mauryan times provides
details related to famine relief ?
(A) Mahasthan inscription
(B) Erragudi inscription
(C) Nittur inscription
(D) Jarrgada inscription
Answer:(A)
13. Of the following, which does not
form a part of Bhagvad Gita ?
(A) An emphasis on bhakti
(B) The condemnation of Ajivikas
(C) The imperishable Atman
(D) Great emphasis on karma
without having any regard for
the fruit
Answer:(B)
14. Which of the elliptical temples built at
the following sites during 3rd-1st century
B.C. was dedicated to Naga cult ?
(A) Vidisha
(B) Dangwada
(C) Sonkh
(D) Atranjikhera
Answer:(C)
15. Arrange the following early
Acharyas of Shrivaishnava sect of
South India in chronological order
and select the correct answer from
the codes given below :
List :
i Yamunacharya
ii Pundarikaksha
iii Nathmuni
iv Ramamishra
Codes :
(A) i iii ii iv
(B) iv i iii ii
(C) iii ii iv i
(D) ii iv i iii
Answer:(C)
16. Match the List – I with List – II and
select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
List – I List – II
(Author) (Work)
a. Mammata i. Kumarapalacharita
b. Sandhyakara ii. Ramacharita
Nandi
c. Hemachandra iii. Kavyaprakasha
d. Bhatti iv. Ravanavadha
Codes :
a b c d
(A) i ii iv iii
(B) ii iv iii i
(C) iii ii i iv
(D) iv iii ii i
Answer:(C)
17. Which is not true of the contents of the
Aihole Inscription of Pulakeshin-II ?
(A) Ravikirti, its composer calls
himself equal of Bhasa and
Kalidasa.
(B) Pulakeshin II is projected a
great conqueror.
(C) Pulakeshin II is called
Satyashraya.
(D) It is dated in saka era 561
(= 639 – 40 AD)
Answer:(D)
18. Given below are two statements, one
labelled as Assertion (A) and the
other labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : The defeat of
Bhoja-I of the Paramara
dynasty of Malwa by Karna of
the Kalachuri dynasty of
Tripuri was followed by the
latter to abdicate his throne.
Reason (R) : Bhoja-I and Karna
were eternal enemies of each
other.
Read 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)
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19. Who has applied the theory of
Feudalism for the Chola State ?
(A) R.C. Majumdar
(B) Burton Stein
(C) R.N. Nandi
(D) A. Southal
Answer:(C)
20. Arrange the following law-givers in
chronological order and select the
correct answer from the codes given
below :
i Katyayana
ii Medhatithi
iii Vishnu
iv Devanabhatta
Codes :
(A) i iii ii iv
(B) ii iv i iii
(C) iii i ii iv
(D) iv ii iii i
Answer:(C)
21. Given below are two statements, one
labelled as Assertion (A) and the
other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : Subinfeudation gave
rise to a hierarchy of landlords,
different from the actual
tillers of the soil.
Reason (R) : From 8th century
onwards, hierarchical control
over land was created by large
scale sub infeudation.
Read 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:(A)
22. Sijdah theoretically means :
(A) Prostration before King
(B) Prostration before God
(C) Prostration before Diwan
(D) Prostration before Imam
Answer:(B)
23. Given below are two statements, one
labelled as Assertion (A) and the
other labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : Alauddin Khilji
revoked most of the small iqtas
granted by the previous sultans.
Reason (R) : State’s share was
increased to one half of the
produce.
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:(B)
24. Which of the sultans prohibited
Muslim women from worshipping at
the graves of the saints ?
(A) Balban
(B) Alauddin Khilji
(C) Muhammad Tughlaq
(D) Firozshah Tughlaq
Answer:(D)
25. Which one of the following dynasties
did not belong to Kashmir ?
(A) Hindu Shahi
(B) Karkota
(C) Utapala
(D) Lohar
Answer:(A)
26. Goa and Konkan regions were
annexed to the Vijayanagar empire
during the reign of :
(A) Harihara II
(B) Devaraya II
(C) Krishna Devaraya
(D) Narsa Nayak
Answer:(A)
27. Concerning sufi philosophy which
one of the following statements is
incorrect ?
(A) To the sufis the outstanding
attribute of God is his
effulgence.
(B) The sufis practised several
yogic exercises as means to
suppress lust.
(C) As an aid to concentration the
sufis favoured meditation than
to music.
(D) The sufis believed that it is
only under the guidance of the
Pir that spiritual progress is
possible
Answer:(C)
28. Consider the following statements
and choose correct answer from the
codes given below :
i Shaikh Hamiduddin Nagauri
was a chishti saint.
ii The early chishtis disapproved
the miracles.
iii The chistis order originated in
India.
iv Shaikh Bahaud-din Zakaria had
his Khanqah in Patna.
Codes :
(A) i and iv (B) ii and iii
(C) i and ii (D) iii and iv
Answer:(C)
29. The term cartaz in the medieval
period stood for :
(A) Ilbari permit for inland trade
(B) Portuguese permit for sea trade
(C) Dutch permit for sea trade
(D) Mughal permit for inland trade
Answer:(B)
30. Arrange the following expeditions of
Shershah in chronological order :
i. Raisin ii. Kalinjar
iii. Malwa iv. Marwar
(A) iii i iv ii
(B) ii iii i iv
(C) iv i iii ii
(D) i ii iii iv
Answer:(A)
31. Given below are two statements, one
is labelled as Assertion (A) and the
other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : Concerning progress
of education Akbar was not
satisfied with mere multiplication
of maktabs and madrasas.
Reason (R) : Akbar revised the
syllabus of educational
institutions thoroughly.
Read 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:(A)
32. Given below are two statements, one
labelled as Assertion (A) and the
other labelled as Reason (R).
Select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
Assertion (A) : Rajputs enrolled in
large numbers in Akbar’s
Tauhid-i-Ilahi.
Reason (R) : Akbar’s alliance
with the Rajputs began as a
political condition, but later it
developed into closer relations
between Hindus and Muslims.
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)
33. Which one of the following is not
correctly matched ?
(A) Nizam-ud-din
Ahmad
- Tabaqat-I Akbari
(B) Abdul Qadir
Badaoni
- Muntakhab-ud
Tawarikh
(C) Khafi Khan - Muntakhab-ul
Lubab
(D) Abdur Rahim - Badshah Namah
Answer:(D)
34. Which of the Mughal emperors
disapproved the practice of polygamy
by saying that “polygamy brings ruin
to (the man’s) health and woes to his
home” ?
(A) Babur (B) Akbar
(C) Shah Jahan (D) Aurangzeb
Answer:(B)
35. Pietra dura, a decorative style, was
adopted in the Mughal architecture
from the reign of
(A) Humayun (B) Jahangir
(C) Shah Jahan (D) Aurangzeb
Answer:(B)
36. Which one of the following is not
correctly matched ?
Author Book
(A) Ebba
Koch- Mughal Architecture
(B) John F.Richards- The Mughal Empire
(C) AndreWink- The History of MughalArchitecture
(D) R. Nath - The immortal Taj
Mahal : The evolution
of the Tomb in Mughal
Architecture
Answer:(C)
37. Consider the following statements
and select the correct answer from
the codes given below :
i The provinces of the Gangetic
plain, during the 17th century
showed substantial rise in the
lands classified as zabt.
ii The zabt expansion increased
the ability of the administration
to deal directly with village
elite.
iii Steady growth in the measured
area helped the Mughal State to
keep pace with rising
agricultural production over the
country.
iv The cultivators turned to more
valuable cash crops such as
sugarcane or cotton.
Codes :
(A) i and ii
(B) ii and iii
(C) ii, iii and iv
(D) i, ii, iii and iv
Answer:(D)
38. Abdur Rahim Khan-i-khanan made
important architectural contributions
at
(A) Burhanpur
(B) Kabul
(C) Lahore
(D) Agra
Answer:(A)
39. Match the List – I with List – II and
select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
List – I List – II
(Monument) (Place)
a. Tomb of Rabia i. Agra
Daurani
b. Tomb of Safdar ii. Sikandra
Jung
c. Tomb of Akbar iii. Delhi
d. Tomb of
Fatehpuri Begum iv. Aurangabad
Codes :
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) ii iii iv i
(C) iv iii ii i
(D) iii iv i ii
Answer:(C)
40. Arrange the following monuments in
chronological order of construction
and select the correct answer from
the codes given below :
i Jama Masjid, Delhi
ii Tomb of Humayun, Delhi
iii Badshahi Masjid, Lahore
iv Taj Mahal, Agra
Codes :
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) ii iv i iii
(C) iii i ii iv
(D) iv iii ii i
Answer:(B)
41. Regarding the nature of the late
medieval rural society of India which
one of the following is correct ?
(A) The rural society of the
medieval period was highly
stratified in nature.
(B) Natural calamities, wars and
local oppression often
contributed to the shifting of
rural people from one village to
the other.
(C) The social structure of the
village, old or new, reflected
almost the same nature.
(D) All of the above
Answer:(D)
42. Given below are two statements, one
labelled as Assertion (A) and the
other labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : The focal points in
the Maratha political system
was the institution of hereditary
Peshwas.
Reason (R) : Baji Rao changed
the character of Maratha
movement from struggle for
national survival to empire
building.
In the context of the above two
statements, which one of the
following codes 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:(B)
43. Which one of the following was the
leader of Wahabi Movement ?
(A) Syed Ahmad of Rai Bareilly
(B) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
(C) Muhammad Abdul Wahab
(D) Waliulla
Answer:(A)
44. The Blue Water Policy was
associated with :
(A) Vasco Da Gama
(B) De Almeida
(C) Albuquerque
(D) Alfonso de Souza
Answer:(B)
45. Match the List – I with List – II and
select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
List – I List – II
a. Introduction of the i. 1853
system of direct
recruitment to the I.C.S.
through a competitive
examination
b. Introduction of the ii. 1861
portfolio system
c. Establishment of iii. 1919
Federal Court
d. Introduction of Dyarchy iv. 1937
in the Provinces.
Codes :
a b c d
(A) i ii iv iii
(B) ii i iii iv
(C) iii ii i iv
(D) iv iii ii i
Answer:(A)
46. Who among the following said
“patriotism is religion and religion is
love for India” ?
(A) Dayananda Saraswati
(B) Rabindranath Tagore
(C) Swami Vivekananda
(D) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Answer:(D)
47. Match the List – I with List – II and
select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
List – I List – II
a. Indian States i. 1932
Commission
b. Communal ii. 1929
Award
c. Gandhi-Irwin Pact iii. 1928
d. Lahore Session of
the Congress
iv. 1931
Codes :
a b c d
(A) iii i iv ii
(B) ii iii iv i
(C) iii ii i iv
(D) iv i iii ii
Answer:(A)
48. Given below are two statements, one
is labelled as Assertion (A) and the
other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : Francis Buchanan’s
tours of Mysore and Eastern
India and Colin Mackenze’s
tours of Southern India, can be
said to have inaugurated the era
of ‘scientific’ understanding of
India based on detailed local
knowledge.
Reason (R) : Both Buchanan and
Mackenzie paid attention to
India’s distinctiveness, the
caste system but both men are
haphazard and unsystematic.
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:(D)
49. In 1834, one of the following
remarked on the famine that “the
bones of the cotton weavers are
bleaching the plains of India” :
(A) Dadabhai Naoroji
(B) R.C. Dutt
(C) William Bentinck
(D) Palme Dutt
Answer:(C)
50. Bullionism and favourable balance of
trade were the salient features of :
(A) Laissez Faire
(B) Commercialism
(C) Mercantilism
(D) Capitalism
Answer:(C)
51. Match the List – I with List – II and
select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
List – I List – II
a. Kuka Revolt in the i. 1861
Punjab
b. Deposition of the ii. 1869
Gaikwad of Baroda
c. Opening of Suez Canal iii. 1872
d. Indian High Courts Act iv. 1875
Codes :
a b c d
(A) ii iii i iv
(B) iii iv ii i
(C) iii ii i iv
(D) iv i iii ii
Answer:(B)
52. The Muslim peasants of Malabar
were known as :
(A) Kukis (B) Jaintia
(C) Moplahs (D) Wahabis
Answer:(C)
53. One of the following was not a
revolutionary leader during the
freedom movement :
(A) Lala Haradayal
(B) Birendrakumar Ghosh
(C) Satyendranath Bose
(D) Lal Mohan Ghosh
Answer:(D)
54. Match the List – I with List – II and
select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
List – I List – II
a. Kandukuri i. History of Indian
Veeresalingam National Congress
b. Madapati ii. Andhra Patrika
Hanumantha
Rao
c. Kasinathuni iii. Vivekavardhani
Nageswar Rao
d. Pattabhi iv. Telanganaloo
Seetaramaiah Andhrodyamam
Codes :
a b c d
(A) iii iv ii i
(B) ii iii i iv
(C) iv i ii iii
(D) i ii iii iv
Answer:(A)
55. Given below are two statements, one
is labelled as Assertion (A) and the
other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : Colonial
government considered Gandhi
as a spent force politically after
1924.
Reason (R) : After 1924 Gandhi
remained aloof from direct
politics and concentrated on
constructive programme and
congress itself got divided
between ‘no changers’ and
‘pro-changers’.
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:(C)
56. The words ‘Satyameva Jayate’ in the
State emblem has been taken from
(A) Mundaka Upanishad
(B) Svetasvatara Upanishad
(C) Isa Upanishad
(D) Chandogya Upanishad
Answer:(A)
57. The Fergusson College at Pune was
founded in 1885 by :
(A) The Social Service League
(B) The Servants of India Society
(C) The Deccan Education Society
(D) Poona Sarvajanic Sabha
Answer:(C)
58. Match the List – I (Regions) with
List – II (Annexations) and select the
correct answer from the codes given
below :
List – I List – II
a. Punjab i. 1848
b. Satara ii. 1801
c. Ceded districts iii. 1856
d. Awadh iv. 1849
Codes :
a b c d
(A) iv i ii iii
(B) i iii iv ii
(C) ii iv iii i
(D) iii ii i iv
Answer:(A)
59. Whom Gandhiji selected as the first
satyagrahi to launch the individual
satyagraha in October 1940 ?
(A) Vallabhbhai Patel
(B) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
(C) Sarojini Naidu
(D) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Answer:(D)
60. The command of Indian National
Army was given to Subhash Chandra
Bose in :
(A) 1941 (B) 1942
(C) 1943 (D) 1944
Answer:(C)
61. From the genesis of Indian National
Congress to India’s independence
(1885-1947) which leader amongst
the following held the post of its
President for the longest period ?
(A) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(B) Jawaharlal Nehru
(C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(D) W.C. Bannerjee
Answer:(A)
62. India took a very strong anti-west
stand during which one of the
following ?
(A) Non-Alignment Movement
(B) Suez Canal Crisis
(C) Annexation of French
territories in India
(D) Belgrade Summit
Answer:(B)
63. Which leader among the following
said Kashmir acceded to the Indian
Union because of economic need ?
(A) Hari Singh
(B) Shaikh Abdullah
(C) Mehar Chand Mahajan
(D) Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer:(B)
64. The first amendment to Indian
Constitution (1951) was enacted to
confer power on the States
(A) to place responsible restrictions
on freedom of expression.
(B) to adopt Hindu Succession Bill.
(C) to abolish zamindari system
(D) None of the above
Answer:(A)
65. Which one of the following books is
not authored by R.S. Sharma ?
(A) Sudras in Ancient India
(B) Urban decay in India
(C) From Lineage to State
(D) Material Culture and Social
Formation in Ancient India
Answer:(C)
66. Which one of the following
statements is incorrect concerning
historical objectivity ?
(A) Historical objectivity is not
linked up with value judgement.
(B) It means dispassionate and
scientific treatment of all the
events narrated by the historian.
(C) Historical objectivity is
conditional to the nature and
selection of events and the
personality of the historian who
functions under limitation.
(D) Ideological differences often
prevent the historian from
attaining historical objectivity.
Answer:(A)
67. Concerning post modernist theory which
one of the following is incorrect ?
(A) The post modernist contentions
are as arbitrary in their ascription
of meaning as the text of the
historians who use them.
(B) When language is said to be an
infinite play of meanings,
anything written becomes a mere
arrangement of words a discourse.
(C) The post modern linguistic turn
cuts the very ground on which
historical studies stand.
(D) Hostility to history is not a
marked character of post
modernist thought.
Answer:(D)
68. Which one of the following
statements is correct concerning the
Mughal theory of kingship ?
(A) The Mughal theory of kingship
was an admixture of Turkish,
Mangol and Islamic ideals.
(B) There was a conceptual change
in the theory of kingship
advocated by the Delhi sultans
and the Mughals.
(C) The Mughal theory of kingship
evolved gradually and obtained
final shape during the reign of
Akbar.
(D) All of the above.
Answer:(D)
69. Who among the following is not
associated with the Utopian Socialists ?
(A) Saint Simon
(B) Charles Fourier
(C) Friedrich Engels
(D) Robert Owen
Answer:(C)
70. Which one of the following
objectives relate to Indian foreign
policy initiatives ?
(A) Preservation of world-peace
(B) Extension of human freedom
(C) Opposition to colonialism and
racialism
(D) All of the above
Answer:(D)
Read the following passage and answer the
following five questions : (Nos. 71 to 75)
The drive to acquire political control
of tropical regions was almost universal
among major European nations in the
nineteenth century. Where did the empires
sprang from – a greed for territory, a lust
for power, accidental circumstances, or an
economic motive ?
J.A. Hobson suggested that empires
rose to protect European investments
abroad at a time when the need to export
capital was acute because of falling rates of
return on capital at home. Competition for
colonies, Hobson believed, was behind the
conflicts that dragged these powers into
waging war against each other.
The imperialists believed that they
were protecting home investment when
expanding territories remains weak. The
more common motives cited were markets
for goods and opening for emigration, not
export of capital. Investments were seen as
a means rather than the end. Different
strands emphasised by industrial
bourgeoisie or bankers and financiers. But
the common point was that the profit
seeking led the capitalists to expand
political control.
J. Gallagher and R. Robinson
proposed that in the mid-nineteenth
century, Britain had already established an
‘informal empire’ secured by commercial,
cultural and diplomatic links. The informal
empire could take care of the economic
interests well enough. The change from
informal to formal empire was driven not
by economic motives but by global and
local political rivalries.
Large economic gains were made by
owning colonies that would strengthen the
role of a profit motive and in turn capitalist
interest behind imperialism.
71. The European drive for control of
tropical countries sprand from :
(A) greed for territory
(B) lust for power
(C) economic motives
(D) to over power other European
nations
Answer:(D)
72. J.A. Hobson’s suggestions for the
establishment of empires :
(A) to protect European
investments
(B) acute need for export capital
(C) to de-industrialise
(D) falling rates of returns on
capital at home
Answer:(C)
73. One of the following was not the
motive of imperialists to control
tropical countries :
(A) to protect home investments
(B) markets for goods
(C) opening for emigration
(D) proselytization in tropical
countries
Answer:(D)
74. Industrial bourgeoisie took stand to
expand political control for :
(A) profit seeking
(B) to annihilate quarrelling
tropical political powers
(C) to make adventurous trips
(D) to establish schools, hospitals
and philanthropic activities
Answer:(A)
75. Change from informal to formal
empires was driven by the idea of :
(A) economic motives
(B) global and political rivalries
(C) diplomatic links
(D) cultural and religious links
Answer:(B)
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