Match List I with List II:

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. (A) - (IV), (B) - (III), (C) - (II), (D) - (I)
2. (A) - (III), (B) - (IV), (C) - (II), (D) - (I)
3. (A) - (I), (B) - (III), (C) - (II), (D) - (IV)
4. (A) - (IV), (B) - (I), (C) - (II), (D) - (III)

Archaeogenetic research was carried out at which site of the Harappan civilization?

1. Kalibangan
2. Rakhigarhi
3. Dholavira
4. Lothal

Which of the following artefact has not been found at the Indus Valley Civilisation sites?

1. Diamond jewellery
2. Faience pot
3. Gold jewellery
4. Shell objects

Which Mughal ruler repaired the Shahnaḥr in the Punjab?

1. Akbar
2. Shah Jahan
3. Jahangir
4. Babur

Which crops were known as jins-i-kamil during the Mughal period?

1. Sugarcane and Indigo
2. Tobacco and Cotton
3. Indigo and Pulses
4. Cotton and Sugarcane

Amir Khusrau, the great poet and musician, gave a unique form to the Chisti sama by introducing _________.

1. Zikr
2. Auqaf
3. Qaul
4. Barkat

In the agrarian society of Mughal era, documents from which regions recorded petitions sent by women to the village panchayat, seeking redress and justice?

1. Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra
2. Gujarat, Maharashtra, Punjab
3. Maharashtra, United Provinces, Punjab
4. Rajasthan, Punjab, Bengal

While addressing the Constituent Assembly, who from Central Provinces said, 'We were suppressed for thousands of years. ...'?

1. J. Nagappa
2. Hansa Mehta
3. Dakshayani Velayudhan
4. K.J. Khanderkar

Match List-I with List-II:

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. (A) - (I), (B) - (II), (C) - (III), (D) - (IV)
2. (A) - (III), (B) - (I), (C) - (IV), (D) - (II)
3. (A) - (I), (B) - (III), (C) - (IV), (D) - (II)
4. (A) - (III), (B) - (IV), (C) - (I), (D) - (II)

Arrange the following historical events chronologically:

(A) John Marshall publishes the Conservation Manual
(B) Establishment of the Government Museum, Madras
(C) Founding the Indian Museum, Calcutta
(D) H.H. Cole was appointed as Curator of Ancient Monuments

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. (D), (B), (C), (A)
2. (A), (B), (C), (D)
3. (B), (A), (D), (C)
4. (C), (B), (D), (A)

Which region was famous for its 'sugar' during the Mughal rule?

1. Deccan Plateau
2. Bengal
3. United Provinces
4. Bihar

Arrange the following events in a chronological order:

(A) Second Round Table Conference
(B) "Purna Swaraj" accepted as a goal by the Indian National Congress
(C) Peasant movement in Bardoli
(D) Dandi March

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. (C), (B), (A), (D)
2. (C), (B), (D), (A)
3. (B), (C), (A), (D)
4. (D), (A), (C), (B)

During the Revolt of 1857, who wrote to the 48th Native Infantry that, "they had acted for the faith and awaited the 48th's orders".

1. 7th Awadh Irregular Cavalry
2. 7th Native Infantry
3. 10th Awadh Cavalry
4. 6th Awadh Irregular Cavalry

Match List-I with List-II:

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. (A) - (IV), (B) - (II), (C) - (III), (D) - (I)
2. (A) - (I), (B) - (II), (C) - (III), (D) - (IV)
3. (A) - (II), (B) - (I), (C) - (IV), (D) - (III)
4. (A) - (III), (B) - (IV), (C) - (I), (D) - (II)

According to whose ideas, a landowner should have a claim only to the "average rent" that prevailed at a given time?

1. Francis Buchanan
2. Noel Paton
3. David Ricardo
4. Charles Ball

In the popular traditions of Vijayanagara, the Deccan Sultans are termed as __________.

1. Gajapati
2. Mahadhipati
3. Narapati
4. Ashvapati

By ______, the Indian National Congress accepted that 'Hindustani' ought to be the national language.

1. 1940
2. 1920
3. 1950
4. 1930

Which magazine wrote that, "The world knew that it had, in a sense too deep, too simple for the world to understand, connived at his (Gandhiji's) death as it had connived at Lincoln's".

1. NewYork Times
2. World Affairs Magazine
3. Time Magazine
4. Deccan Herald

Who was the first Surveyor General of India?

1. Alexander Cunningham
2. Colin Mackenzie
3. John Marshall
4. R.E. Mortimer Wheeler

__________ is referred to as the practice of a man having several wives.

1. Endogamy
2. Exogamy
3. Polygyny
4. Polyandry

Who composed the Kirtana-Ghosha in the late fifteenth century?

1. Guru Nanak
2. Baba Farid
3. Kabir
4. Shankaradeva

Arrange the following events in a chronological order:

(A) Ryots in Deccan villages rebel
(B) First revenue settlement in the Bombay Deccan
(C) Santhals begin to come to the Rajmahal hills
(D) Cotton boom begins

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. (A), (C), (B), (D)
2. (C), (B), (D), (A)
3. (B), (A), (D), (C)
4. (C), (D), (B), (A)

Match List-I with List-II:

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. (A) - (IV), (B) - (I), (C) - (II), (D) - (III)
2. (A) - (III), (B) - (IV), (C) - (IV), (D) - (II)
3. (A) - (III), (B) - (IV), (C) - (I), (D) - (II)
4. (A) - (II), (B) - (III), (C) - (IV), (D) - (I)

The time span of the early Harappan phase ranges from:

1. 6000 BCE to 2600 BCE
2. 2600 BCE to 1900 BCE
3. 1900 BCE to 1300 BCE
4. 8000 BCE to 3000 BCE

Identify the correct statements from below:

(A) Francois Bernier, a Frenchman, was a doctor and political philosopher and historian.
(B) Bernier was in India for twelve years, from 1656 to 1668.
(C) Bernier never returned to Europe and settled down in India.
(D) Bernier was closely associated with the Mughal court as a physician to Prince Dara Shukoh.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. (A), (B) and (D) only
2. (A), (B) and (C) only
3. (A), (B), (C) and (D)
4. (B), (C) and (D) only

The book Manzil-Abadi (part of Ain-i-Akbari) includes which subject as its main content?

1. Military and civil administration
2. Quantitative information on revenue rates
3. Imperial household and its maintenance
4. Geographic, topographic and economic profile of subas

Who was the first ruler to use stone surfaces for inscriptions to convey his messages to his subjects and officials?

1. Chandragupta Maurya
2. Asoka
3. Bimbisara
4. Ajatasattu

Arrange the following developments in Harappan archaeology in a chronological order:

(A) S.R. Rao begins excavations at Lothal
(B) D.R. Sahni begins excavation at Harappa
(C) R.S. Bisht begins excavations at Dholavira
(D) M.R. Mughal begins explorations in Bahawalpur

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. (A), (C), (D), (B)
2. (A), (B), (C), (D)
3. (B), (A), (D), (C)
4. (C), (B), (D), (A)

Akbar and his nobles came across tobacco for the first time in ________

1. 1589
2. 1600
3. 1585
4. 1604

Identify the name of the foreign traveller who commented on the Mughal Empire—“its king was the king of beggars and barbarians; its cities and towns were ruined and contaminated with ‘ill air’.”

1. Jean Baptiste Tavernier
2. Francois Bernier
3. Peter Mundy
4. Mahmud Wali Balkhi

Which member of the Constituent Assembly from Bombay demanded justice for women?

1. Hansa Mehta
2. G. Durgabai
3. Amrit Kaur
4. Sarojini Naidu

John Marshall dedicated his important volumes on ‘Sanchi’ to whom among the following:

1. Mumtaz Begum
2. Noorjehan Begum
3. Shahjehan Begum
4. Sultan Jehan Begum

Where are the ‘major’ rock-edicts of Asoka situated:

(A) Girnar and Shishupalgarh
(B) Gujarra and Kaushambi
(C) Sanchi and Rummindei
(D) Kandahar and Sannati

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. (A) and (D) only
2. (B) and (C) only
3. (C) and (D) only
4. (B), (C) and (D) only

Krishnadeva Raya, the ruler of the Vijayanagara empire, belonged to which dynasty?

1. Tuluva Dynasty
2. Saluva Dynasty
3. Sangama Dynasty
4. Aravidu Dynasty

In which year did a Labour government come to power in Britain and commit itself to grant independence to India?

1. 1945
2. 1946
3. 1943
4. 1944

Which of the following statements are true regarding the architecture of Hampi:

(A) The fortifications encircled not only the city but also its agricultural hinterland and forests.
(B) Gateways leading into the fortified settlement contain elements of Indo-Islamic art.
(C) Mortar or other cementing agents were employed in the construction of buildings.
(D) Tombs and mosques located here have distinctive functions, yet their architecture resembles that of the mandapasfound in the temples of Hampi.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. (B), (C) and (D) only
2. (A), (B) and (C) only
3. (A), (B), (C) and (D)
4. (A), (B) and (D) only

Arrange the major textual traditions in a chronological order:

(A) Compilation of Puranas (in Sanskrit)
(B) Major Dharmasutras (in Sanskrit)
(C) Sushruta Samhita (in Sanskrit)
(D) Manusmriti (in Sanskrit)

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. (D), (B), (C), (A)
2. (B), (D), (C), (A)
3. (B), (A), (D), (C)
4. (D), (A), (B), (C)

Mahatma Gandhi regularly published letters that others wrote to him in _______.

1. The Hindu
2. The Times
3. Harijan
4. The Times of India

Arrange the following events in a chronological order:

(A) Permanent Settlement in Bengal
(B) English East India Company acquires ‘Diwani’ rights of Bengal
(C) Auction in Burdwan
(D) Regulating Act passed by the British Parliament

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. (A), (C), (B), (D)
2. (B), (C), (A), (D)
3. (B), (D), (A), (C)
4. (C), (B), (A), (D)

__________ described the ways in which the jotedars of Dinajpur in North Bengal resisted being disciplined by the zamindars and undermined their power.

1. Captain Hearsey
2. Charles Ball
3. Francis Buchanan
4. George Chinnery

Arrange the following events of 1857 in a chronological order:

(A) Sepoy mutiny in Aligarh
(B) Delhi garrisons revolt
(C) Sepoy mutiny in Meerut
(D) Rising in Lucknow

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. (A), (B), (C), (D)
2. (A), (C), (B), (D)
3. (C), (B), (D), (A)
4. (C), (B), (A), (D)

Why did the troopers object to the biting of cartridges?

1. The cartridges would accidentally blow off.
2. The cartridges were coated with the fat of cows and pigs.
3. They weren’t aware of using the new cartridges and muskets which had arrived from England.
4. The cover which stored the cartridges was made from animal skin.

Thomas Jones Barker’s painting Relief of Lucknow, celebrates the entry moment of _______.

1. Henry Hardinge
2. Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
3. Henry Lawrence
4. Colin Campbell

The above mentioned arzi seems to be given by:

1. Peasant
2. Zamindar
3. Sepoy
4. Mughal Emperor

What were the sepoys fighting for during the cartridge episode of the Revolt of 1857?

1. To re-instate Nawab of Awadh
2. For the preservation of their religion and faith
3. For removal of the Doctrine of Lapse
4. For strengthening the position of the Mughal emperor

Sources of the seventeenth century refer to which two kinds of peasants?

1. Khud-Kashta, Raiyat
2. Raiyat, Pahi-Kashta
3. Kisan, Pahi-Kashta
4. Pahi-Kashta, Khud-Kashta

In Bengal, what was the upper area limit of an average peasant farm?

1. Two Acres
2. Five Acres
3. Fifteen Acres
4. Three Acres

How many acres would make one a rich asami?

1. 10 Acres
2. 20 Acres
3. 15 Acres
4. 13 Acres

Who were the pahi-kashta peasants?

1. Non-resident cultivators who belonged to some other village
2. Non-resident cultivators who belonged to the same village
3. Residents of the village in which they held their lands
4. Peasants who plough the field regularly

In which region, peasants possessing about six acres of land were considered to be affluent?

1. Bengal
2. Gujarat
3. United Provinces
4. Maharashtra