UPPSC Pre_Indian History

8/7/2019 UPPSC Pre_Indian History

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U.P. P.C.S. Combined Lower Subordinate (Pre.) Exam

Indian History(Held on 25-05-2008)

1. The officer responsible for the safe custody of land records during the Gupta period wasknown as

(A) Dhruvadhikarana

(B) Karanika

(C) Samaharta

(D) Shaulkika

Ans : (B)

2. The Prakrit text Gaudavaho describes the deeds of

(A) Bhaskaravarman

(B) Isanavarman

(C) Sasanka

(D) Yasovarman

Ans : (D)

3. Which of the following refers to Pushyabhuti as the founder of the Vardhana dynasty ?

(A) Kadambari

(B) Harshacharita

(C) Banskhera Inscription of Harsha

(D) Yuan-Chwang

Ans : (B)

4. The first Gupta ruler to assume the title of the Maharajadhiraja was

(A) Srigupta


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(B) Chandragupta I

(C) Samudragupta

(D) Ghatotkacha

Ans : (B)

5. Which one of the following statements about Chinese pilgrim Fa-Hiens travel in India is

not correct ?

(A) He came to India during the reign of Chandragupta II

(B) His object was to visit the holy places of Buddhism

(C) He came by the sea route

(D) He visited whole India and went back to his country by the land route

Ans : (C)

6. Which was the first work to recognise the payment of officers by grants of land ?

(A) Kautilyas Arthasastra

(B) Indica of Megasthenese

(C) Manusmriti

(D) Harsacharita of Bana

Ans : (C)

7. Below are given the pairs of names of the Dharmashastra-writers and their patrons.

Indicate the incorrect match

(A) Ballalasena Dharmapala

(B) Hemadri Yadava Mahadeva

(C) Laxmidhara Govindachandra Gahadawala

(D) Mitra Misra Virasinha Bundela

Ans : (A)

8. Who among the following was celebrated with the title of Gangai-Konda ?

(A) Rajaraja I


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(B) Rajendra I

(C) Mahendravarman I

(D) Kulottunga I

Ans : (B)

9. Which Chola emperor received a letter on golden leaves from the Burmese king

Kyanzittha ?

(A) Rajaraja I

(B) Rajendra I

(C) Kulottunga I

(D) Rajadhiraja I

Ans : (C)

10. Who among the following boldly stood for the sacrificial vedic tradition and opposed thetheory of Sanyasa ?

(A) Kumarila

(B) Ramanuja

(C) Gaudapada

(D) Yamunacharya

Ans : (A)

11. In the case of a man dying without a son, whom Yajnavalkya places first in order of

succession ?

(A) Wife

(B) Daughters

(C) Parents

(D) Brothers

Ans : (A)

12. Consider the following statements and select the correct answer from the code given

below


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Assertion (A) : The Gahadawalas had friendly relations with the Cholas.

Reason (R) : A fragmentary Gahadawala inscription has been found incised below aninscription of Kulottunga I.

Codes :

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

(B) Both (A) and (R) are ture, 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

Ans : (A)

13. Who among the following Europeans was first to come to India to establish trade

relations with their country ?

(A) Dutch

(B) British

(C) Portuguese

(D) French

Ans : (C)

14. Which of the following gives the administrative divisions of the chola kingdom in thecorrect descending order ?

(A) Mandalam, Valanadu, Kurram

(B) Mandalam, Nadu, Kottam

(C) Kurram, Nadu, Kottam

(D) Nadu, Kurram, Taniyur

Ans : (C)

15. Which one of the following was the primary village assembly in the chola village

administration ?

(A) Nadu

(B) Sabha


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(C) Ur

(D) Mahasabha

Ans : (C)

16. Which one of the following states was a milch-cow for the British ?

(A) Hydrabad

(B) Punjab

(C) Mysore

(D) Avadh

Ans : (D)

17. Match the authors with their books

(a) Subramanya Bharti

(b) Bhai Vir Singh

(c) Rabindra Nath Tagore

(d) Michael Madhusudan Dutt

1. Gitanjali

2. Meghnad Badh Kavya

3. Rana Surat Singh

4. Kuyil Pattu

Select the correct answer from the code given below

Codes :

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) 2 3 1 4

(B) 4 2 1 3

(C) 4 3 1 2

(D) 4 3 2 1


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Ans : (C)

18. The emergence of British power in India is from the battle of Buxar. Who made thisstatement ?

(A) Sir Stephen

(B) Ramsay Muir

(C) Dr. K. K. Datta

(D) Dr. R. C. Majumdar

Ans : (B)

19. In 1757 Siraj-ud-Daulah attacked British factory at

(A) Dhaka

(B) Calcutta

(C) Kasimbazar

(D) Murshidabad

Ans : (B)

20. Which Governor of Madras presidency made treaty of Mangalore with Tipu ?

(A) Eyercoote

(B) Stephenson

(C) Wellesely

(D) Lord Macartany

Ans : (D)

21. What was the bone of contention between Nizam Ali, the ruler of Hyderabad and the

English ?

(A) Masulipatanam

(B) Karnataka

(C) The Sarkar of Guntur

(D) The Northern Sarkars


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Ans : (C)

22. The statement we have crippled our enemy without making our friends too formidable.is associated with

(A) Fourth Anglo-Mysore war

(B) Third Anglo-Mysore war

(C) Second Anglo-Mysore war

(D) First Anglo-Mysore war

Ans : (B)

23. Who among the following Mughal emperors, granted permission to trade free of tax in

the territories of Bengal, Hyderabad and Gujarat to the British ?

(A) Muhammad Shah

(B) Aurangzeb

(C) Bahadur Shah

(D) Farrukh Siyar

Ans : (D)

24. Where did the British East India Company open its first factory in India ?

(A) Masulipatanam

(B) Surat

(C) Bharuch

(D) Mumbai

Ans : (B)

25. The Whitley commission was concerned with

(A) Labour

(B) Education

(C) Public Health

(D) Reorganisation of civil services


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Ans : (A)

26. Match the following treaties with the years of their conclusion

(a) Treaty of Srirangapatnam

(b) Treaty of Sangoli

(c) Treaty of Manglore

(d) Treaty of Rajghat

1. 1792 2. 1806

3. 1816 4. 1784

Find the correct answer from code given below

Codes :

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) 3 2 1 4

(B) 2 3 1 4

(C) 4 3 1 2

(D) 1 3 4 2

Ans : (D)

27. Whom did Sir Charles Napier replace as British Resident of Sindh ?

(A) Alexander Burnier

(B) James Outram

(C) Sir John Karne

(D) Sir Eyre Coote

Ans : (B)

28. When was the East India Company brought under the parliamentary control ?

(A) 1773

(B) 1784


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(C) 1793

(D) None of the above

Ans : (A)

29. Which one of the following Acts created Board of control ?

(A) Regulating Act, 1773

(B) Pitts India Act, 1784

(C) Act of 1813

(D) Act of 1833

Ans : (B)

30. Which one of the following historians has written about the nature of the movement of

1857 that It was neither first nor national nor a war of independence. ?

(A) T. R. Holmes

(B) R. C. Majumdar

(C) S. B. Chaudhuri

(D) G. B. Mallison

Ans : (B)

31. Which one of the following pairs

is not correctly matched ?

(A) Jhansi Laxmi Bai

(B) Gwalior Tatya Tope

(C) Kanpur Nana Saheb

(D) Allahabad Kunwar Singh

Ans : (D)

32. The official historian of the movement of 1857 was

(A) S. N. Sen

(B) R. C. Majumdar


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(C) Tarachand

(D) V. D. Savarkar

Ans : (A)

33. Match the following associations with their presidents

(a) British Indian Association, 1851

(b) Deccan Association, 1852

(c) Bombay Association, 1852

(d) British Indian Madras Association, 1850

1. Raja Radhakant Dev

2. Gopal Hari Deshmukh

3. C. Y. Mudaliar

4. Jamshedji Jijabhai


Codes :

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) 2 1 4 3

(B) 1 2 4 3

(C) 1 2 3 4

(D) 1 2 4 3

Ans : (D)

34. Who had chaired the Indian Education commission in 1882 ?

(A) Macaulay

(B) Sadler

(C) W. W. Hunter



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Ans : (C)

35. Who was the founder of Seva Sadan in Bombay ?

(A) Baharamji Malabari

(B) Shiva Narrain Agnihotri

(C) R. G. Bhandarkar

(D) B. K. Jayakar

Ans : (A)

36. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using codes given below

List-I

(a) Laxmi Bai

(b) Tatya Tope

(c) Nana Saheb

(d) Bahadur Shah

List-II

1. Deported to Rangoon

2. Fled to Nepal

3. Captured and executed

4. Killed in battle

Codes :

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) 4 3 2 1

(B) 2 4 3 1

(C) 1 2 3 4

(D) 4 2 3 1

Ans : (A)


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37. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched ?

1. Brahmo Samaj Swami Brahmanand

2. Dev Samaj Swami Satyanand Agnihotri

3. Arya Samaj Swami Dayanand

4. Ram Krishna Mission Swami Ramkrishna Paramhansa

Choose the correct answer from the codes given below

Codes :

(A) 1 and 2

(B) 2 and 3

(C) 3 and 4

(D) 1 and 4

Ans : (B)

38. Which one of the following journals had conducted a bitter campaign against the

abolition of the practice of Sati ?

(A) Sambad Kaumadi

(B) Bangadoot

(C) Samachar Darpan

(D) Samachar Chandrika

Ans : (A)

39. In which of the following places Jatiya Sarkar a parallel government was formed during

the Quit India Movement ?

(A) Satara

(B) Tamaluk

(C) Ballia


Ans : (B)


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40. Which one of the following was elected as president of Indian National Congress after theresignation of Subhas Chandra Bose ?

(A) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

(B) Pattabhi Sitaramayya

(C) Sarojini Naidu

(D) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

Ans : (A)

41. The party which observed Black day on 3 July, 1947 against partition of India was

(A) Indian National Congress

(B) Forward Bloc

(C) Hindu Mahasabha

(D) Communist Party of India

Ans : (C)

42. Who was the author of Pather Dabi a novel which glorified the path of violent

revolution and which was banned by the British Government ?

(A) Premchand

(B) Sharatchandra Chatterji

(C) Bankimchandra Chatterji

(D) Ajai Ghosh

Ans : (B)

43. The newspaper Man in India was edited by

(A) Surjit Chadra Sinha

(B) Ashok Kumar Sarkar

(C) Ram Gopal Maheshwari

(D) Shiv Prasad Gupta

Ans : (A)


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44. Who edited Sahid Bhagat Singh : Dastavejo Ke Aine Mein ?

(A) Irfan Habib

(B) Malavinder Jit Singh

(C) Chaman Lal

(D) Amalesh Tripathi

Ans : (C)

45. Which of the following writers was not associated with economic nationalism ?

(A) R. C. Dutt

(B) G. V. Joshi

(C) Dadabhai Naoroji

(D) Annie Besant

Ans : (D)

46. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason

(R)

Assertion (A) : Dadabhai Naoroji founded East India Association in London.

Reason (R):

He wanted to influence the British Public Opinion.

In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct ?


(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)


(D) (R) is true, but (A) is false

Ans : (A)

47. Which one of the following was not a member of the Hunter committee set up to enquire

into the Jallianwala bagh massacre ?

(A) Lord Hunter

(B) General Dyer


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(C) W. F. Rice

(D) Sir Thomas Smith

Ans : (B)

48. Which one of the following was not a slave of Mohammad Ghori ?

(A) Ikhtiyaruddin Bhakhtiyar Khalji

(B) Tajuddin Yaldauz

(C) Qutbuddin Aibak

(D) Shamsuddin Iltutmish

Ans : (D)

49. Who among the following writers has described the seven fold division of the Hindu

society ?

(A) Ibn Khordadbah

(B) Abu zaid-Alhasan

(C) Al-Beruni

(D) Utbi

Ans : (A)

50. The foreign invader who plundered somnath temple was

(A) Mohammad Ghori

(B) Masud III

(C) Muhammad Bin-Qasim

(D) Mahmud Ghaznavi

Ans : (D)

51. The first hand account of conquest of India by Mohammad Ghori and the history of

newly established Turkish kingdom is found in which of the following texts ?

(A) Faqra-i-Muddabir

(B) Qamil-ut-Tawarikha


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(C) Tabaqat-i-Nasiri

(D) Kitab-ul-Yamini

Ans : (C)

52. Select from the following options, the Arab invader who defeated Dahira, the king ofSindh in 712 A.D.

(A) Budail

(B) Muhammad-bin-Qasim

(C) Sultan Mahmud

(D) Ubaidullah

Ans : (B)

53. Which one of the following is not correctly matched ?

(A) Diwan-i-Mushtakharaj Alauddin Khalji

(B) Diwan-i-Amirkohi Mohammad Tughlaq

(C) Diwan-i-Khairat Firoz Shah Tughlaq

(D) Diwan-i-Riyasat Balban

Ans : (D)

54. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason

(R)

Assertion (A) : Alauddin built the siri fort.

Reason (R) : He wished to safeguard Delhi from Mongol invasions.






Ans : (A)


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55. The statement India is not Arabia, it is not practically feasible to convert it into DarulIslam. is associated with

(A) Iltutmish

(B) Balban

(C) Alauddin Khalji

(D) Mohammad-Bin-Tughlaq

Ans : (A)

56. With which sultan of Delhi do you associate the compilation of Kingship theory and

principles of administration called vassayya ?

(A) Iltutmish

(B) Balban

(C) Alauddin Khalji

(D) Firoz Shah Tughlaq

Ans : (B)

57. Which of the following is correct ?

(A) The ministers during the Sultanate period were appointed and dismissed by the Khalifa

(B) The ministers during the Sultanate period were appointed and dismissed by the Ulema

(C) The ministers during the Sultanate period were appointed and dismissed by the Qazi

(D) The ministers during the Sultanate period were appointed and dismissed by the Sultan

Ans : (D)

58. Which one of the following works of Amir Khusrau deals with the military expeditions ofAlauddin Khalji ?

(A) Nuh Siphar

(B) Khajain-ul-Futuh

(C) Miftah-ul-Futuh

(D) Quairanus Sadain

Ans : (B)


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59. Given below are two statements labelled as Assertion (A) and Reason (R)

Assertion (A) : Bahlols theory was Kingship is kinship.

Reason (R) : Bahlol respected Afghan tribal sentiments.

In the context of the above statements, which one of the following is correct ?





Ans : (A)

60. What was the religion of the king Krishnadeva Raya ?

(A) Vaishnavism

(B) Shaivism

(C) Jainism

(D) Buddhism

Ans : (A)

61. In which capacity thousands of women were employed in the empire of Vijayanagar ?

(A) Accountants

(B) Royal bodyguards

(C) Palace guards

(D) All of the above

Ans : (D)

62. Select the correct chronological order of following reformers of the medieval Bhakti

movements by using code given below

1. Namdeva

2. Vallabhacharya

3. Ramananda


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4. Kabir

(A) 1, 2, 3, 4

(B) 2, 3, 4, 1

(C) 3, 4, 1, 2

(D) 4, 1, 2, 3

Ans : (C)

63. Who was the founder of Pushti marg ?

(A) Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

(B) Vallabhacharya

(C) Madhavacharya

(D) Yamunacharya

Ans : (B)

64. Who was the founder of Qalandariya sect ?

(A) Skeikh Badiuddin Shah

(B) Kutubuddin Kalandar

(C) Shah Abdullah

(D) Abdul Aziza Makki

Ans : (D)

65. In which Hindu Kingdom of medieval India the image of deity Tirupati or LordVenkateshvara has been depicted on its gold coins ?

(A) The Vijayanagar Empire

(B) The Kingdom of Hoyasalas of Dwarasamudra

(C) The Kingdom of Kakathiyas of Warrangal

(D) The Kingdom of Yadavas of Devagiri

Ans : (A)

66. Who built the city of Nagalapura ?


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(A) Bukka I

(B) Devaraya I

(C) Krishnadeva Raya

(D) Virupaksha

Ans : (C)

67. In which language did Babur wrote his autobiography ?

(A) Farsee

(B) Arabi

(C) Turki


Ans : (C)

68. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as

Reason (R)

Assertion (A) : Akbar was the greatest among the Mughal emperors and one among the

great rulers of India.

Reason (R):

He was an ambitious ruler.



(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not a correct explanation of (A)



Ans : (A)

69. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the

lists

List-I (Sufi order)

(a) Qadiriya order


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(b) Firdausiya order

(c) Chistiya order

(d) Suhrawardia order

List-II (Sufi Saints)

1. Khwaja Nizamuddin

2. Shaikh Shahabuddin

3. Shaikh Sharfuddin Yahya Manairi

4. Shaikh Abdul Qadir Gilani

Codes :

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) 2 4 3 1

(B) 3 2 4 1

(C) 1 3 2 4

(D) 4 3 1 2

Ans : (D)

70. To whom did Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya bestow the title of Ain-i-Hind (Mirror of India)

?

(A) Shaikh Sirajuddin Usmani

(B) Shaikh Nasiruddin Chirag Dehlavi

(C) Khwaja Syed Muhammad Gesudaraj

(D) Shaikh Bahauddin Zakaria

Ans : (C)

71. Given below are two statements labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as

Reason (R)

Assertion (A) : Mughal emperors from Humayun to Jahangir were obsessed with Nur or

light.

Reason (R) : They considered kingship as a light emanating from God to king.


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(C) (A) is the true, but (R) is false


Ans : (A)

72. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using the code given below the

lists

List-I (Years)

(a) 1527 A.D.

(b) 1540 A.D.

(c) 1565 A.D.

(d) 1575 A.D.

List-II (Events)

1. Battle of Tukarai

2. Battle of Talikota

3. Battle of Kanwah

4. Battle of Kannauj

Codes :

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) 1 2 3 4

(B) 2 3 4 1

(C) 3 4 2 1

(D) 4 1 3 2

Ans : (C)

73. When was the famous Treaty of Chittor signed during the reign of Jahangir ?


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(A) 1605 A.D.

(B) 1610 A.D.

(C) 1615 A.D.

(D) 1620 A.D.

Ans : (C)

74. Which Mughal emperor wrote a will and instructed his sons, that they continue Asad

Khan as the vazir ?

(A) Akbar

(B) Jahangir

(C) Shahjahan

(D) Aurangzeb

Ans : (D)

75. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer, using the code given below thelists

List-I (Year)

(a) 1627 A.D.

(b) 1659 A.D.

(c) 1666 A.D.

(d) 1674 A.D.

List-II (Events)

1. Shivaji crowned himself at Raigarh and assumed title of Maharaja Chhatrapati.

2. Escape of Shivaji from Agra.

3. Birth of Shivaji.

4. Afzal, Khan was killed by Shivaji.

Codes :

(a) (b) (c) (d)


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(A) 2 3 4 1

(B) 3 4 2 1

(C) 3 2 1 4

(D) 1 3 4 2

Ans : (B)

76. Which one of the following statements isnot correct about the Mughal paintings ?

(A) The Mughal school of painting represents one of the most significant phases of Indian art.

(B) Akbar patronized both Persian and Indian painters.

(C) The Mughal school of painting was always under foreign influence.

(D) Jahangir had also taken much interest to promote the Mughal painting.

Ans : (C)

77. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?

Emperor Name

(A) Babur: Zahiruddin Muhammad

(B) Humayun : Nasiruddin Muhammad

(C) Akbar: Jalaluddin Muhammad

(D) Jahangir: Muhiuddin Muhammad

Ans : (D)

78. What was Paga in the Maratha administration ?

(A) Independent soldiers

(B) State dependant soldiers

(C) Professional soldiers

(D) Soldiers of other country

Ans : (B)

79. Which one of the following Harappan sites provides the evidence of the fire-alters ?


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(A) Alamgirpur

(B) Banavali

(C) Kalibangan

(D) Kunal

Ans : (C)

80. Which of the following Harappan city sites had bipartite division high citadel and lower

town ?

1. Harappa

2. Mohenjodaro

3. Kalibangan

4. Surkotada


Codes :

(A) 1 only

(B) 1 and 2

(C) 1, 2 and 3

(D) 1, 2, 3 and 4

Ans : (C)

81. Which one of the following wives of Shivaji became sati ?

(A) Puttabai

(B) Sakawarbai

(C) Soyrabai


Ans : (D)

82. Which one of the following statements isnot correct about Shivaji ?

(A) He was simple and religious in his personal life


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(B) He did not force any Muslim to embrace Hinduism

(C) He forced prisoners of war to become slave

(D) He organised Marathas against Mughal empire

Ans : (C)

83. Who among the following priests, led the confederacy of the ten kings against Sud-asa ?

(A) Visvamitra

(B) Vasishtha

(C) Bharadwaja

(D) Gritsamada

Ans : (A)

84. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below

List-I

(a) Rigveda

(b) Yajurveda

(c) S-amaveda

(d) Atharvaveda

List-II

1. Gopatha Brahamana

2. Satapatha Brahmana

3. Aitareya Brahmana

4. Tandya Brahmana

Codes :

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) 2 4 3 1

(B) 3 2 4 1


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(C) 4 3 1 2

(D) 1 3 2 4

Ans : (B)

85. Which one of the following statements about the Indus Civilization is correct ?

(A) The authors of the Indus Valley Civilization had no trade relations with countries outside

India

(B) The authors of the Indus Valley Civilization did not worship Gods and Goddesses

(C) The Indus Valley people know how to construct carts

(D) The Indus Valley people were not familiar with cotton

Ans : (C)

86. Which of the Vedic Gods is described as supervising the moral order ?

(A) Indra

(B) Varuna

(C) Rudra

(D) Vishnu

Ans : (B)

87. What was main contribution of Jainism to Indian Philosophy ?

(A) The doctrine of rebirth

(B) The doctrine of Syadvada

(C) The doctrine of immortality of soul

(D) The doctrine of Brahma is nirguna

Ans : (B)

88. Arrange in a chronological sequence the following varsavasas of Gautam Buddha during

the first decade of his enlightenment

1. Kausambi

2. Rajagriha


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3. Risipattana

4. Vaisali


Codes :

(A) 2, 1, 3, 4

(B) 3, 4, 2, 1

(C) 4, 3, 1, 2

(D) 3, 2, 4, 1

Ans : (D)

89. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below

List-I (Jain Tirthankara)

(a) Ajit Nath

(b) Vimal Nath

(c) Shanti Nath

(d) Parshava Nath

List-II (Birth Place)

1. Kashi

2. hastinapur

3. Kampilya

4. Ayodhya

Codes :

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) 1 2 3 4

(B) 2 3 4 1

(C) 3 4 1 2


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(D) 4 3 2 1

Ans : (D)

90. The Jain Tirthankara Mahavira has been mentioned in the early Buddhist Literature as

(A) Nigantha Nataputta

(B) Vardhamana

(C) Vesaliya

(D) Videhaputta

Ans : (A)

91. Which of the following inscriptions proves Chandragupta Mauryas conquest of

Saurashtra ?

(A) Ashokas rock edict of Shahbajgarhi

(B) Ashokas rock edict of Mansehra

(C) Seventh pillar edict of Ashoka

(D) Junagarh rock edict of Rudradamana

Ans : (D)

92. The Syrian ambassador who visited the court of Bindusara was

(A) Dionysus

(B) Daimachus

(C) Hegesander

(D) Athenaus

Ans : (B)

93. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below

List-I (Ashokas contemporary rulers)

(a) Antiyoka

(b) Antikini

(c) Maka


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(d) Turamaya

List-II (Countries where they ruled)

1. Cyrene

2. Egypt

3. Macedonia

4. Syria

Codes :

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) 1 4 2 3

(B) 2 1 3 4

(C) 3 2 4 1

(D) 4 3 1 2

Ans : (D)

94. Which of the following is not a text of Buddhism ?

(A) Jatakas

(B) Acharangasutra

(C) Dighnikaya

(D) Sumangalavilasini

Ans : (B)

95. Who among the following has been considered a Lady Tirthankara in the Svetambara

tradition ?

(A) Sumatinatha

(B) Santinatha

(C) Mallinatha

(D) Kunthunatha


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Ans : (C)

96. Which of the following inscriptions of the time of Kanishka indicates that his empire wasextended upto Champa in the east ?

(A) Sarnath Inscription

(B) Saheth-Maheth inscription

(C) Rabataka inscription


Ans : (A)

97. Who captured the famous silk route of central Asia ?

(A) Ashoka

(B) Kanishka

(C) Menander

(D) Harsha

Ans : (B)

98. Consider the following statements and select the correct answer from the code given

below

Assertion (A) : Bacchanalian scenes are also found in Mathura art.

Reason (R) : The Mathura artists were aware of the Gandhara art tradition.

Codes :


(B) Both (A) and (R) are ture, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)



Ans : (D)

99. What was the function of the officer known as Gopa during the reign of Chandragupta

Maurya ?


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(A) He was incharge of a Janapada

(B) He was incharge of a group of villages

(C) He was incharge of a Dronamukha

(D) He was the president of a municipal board

Ans : (B)

100. Which of the following Mauryan pillars were surmounted by lion capital ?

1. Koluha Pillar

2. Lauriya Nandangarh Pillar

3. Sanchi Pillar

4. Sarnath Pillar


Codes :

(A) 1, 2, 3 and 4

(B) 1, 2 and 3

(C) 3 and 4

(D) 2 and 3

Ans : (A)

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