At the end of 1858, when the rebellion collapsed, Nana Sahib escaped to ________.

1. Bangladesh
2. Tibet
3. Bhutan
4. Nepal

Which traveller gives a description of paan and coconut in his travel accounts from the fourteenth-century?

1. François Bernier
2. Ibn Battuta
3. Al-Biruni
4. Jean-Baptiste Tavernier

Which of the following statements are incorrect regarding the 'Subsidiary Alliance' system:

1. It was a system devised by Lord William Bentinck in 1798.
2. The Alliance was imposed on Awadh in 1801.
3. In the territory of the ally, a French armed contingent would be stationed.
4. The native ruler would be responsible for protecting their kingdom from external and internal threats.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

As described by Paes, "Of medium height, and of fair complexion and good figure, rather fat than thin, he has on his face signs of smallpox". Identify the name of this ruler?

1. Rama Raya
2. Krishnadeva Raya
3. Harihara I|
4. Harihara II

Which translated text has been published in the 'Bibliotheca - Indica' series?

1. Kitab-ul-Hind
2. Ain-i Akbari
3. Babur Nama
4. Rihla

By _______ a large area of land was demarcated as Damin-i-Koh.

1. 1830

2. 1832

3. 1835

4. 1850

The study of inscriptions is known as ________.

1. Numismatics
2. Palaeography
3. Epigraphy
4. Archaeogentics

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

Who published the work 'Indian Epigraphy and Indian Epigraphical Glossary' in the 20th-century?

1. James Prinsep
2. Colin Mackenzie
3. D.C. Sircar
4. D.N. Jha

Match List-I with List-II:

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

Al-Biruni's Kitab-ul-Hind, is written in which language?

1. Arabic
2. Persian
3. Turkish
4. Urdu

The Harappan sites of Lothal and Dolavira are located in which region?

1. Maharashtra
2. Punjab
3. Rajasthan
4. Gujarat

Choose the correct statements regarding In Battuta from below:

1. When Ibn Battuta reached Sind he purchased horses, camels and slaves as gifts for Sultan Firoz Shah Tughlaq.
2. It appears from Ion Battuta's account that there were considerable differences among slaves.
3. As per In Battuta, some female slaves were experts in music and dance.
4. Ibn Battuta enjoyed female slave performances at the wedding of the Sultan's sisters.

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

Who mobilized the headmen and cultivators of chaurasee des, moving at night from village to village, urging people to rebel against the British?

1. Maulvi Ahmadullah
2. Shah Mal
3. Kunwar Singh
4. Birjis Qadr

Domingo Paes describes the audience hall and the mahanavami dibba as:

1. Fort of Victory
2. House of Victory
3. Palace of Victory
4. Hall of Victory

Virupaksha, the guardian deity of the Vijayanagara kingdom, is also recognized as a form of _________.

1. Vishnu
2. Shiva
3. Narasimha
4. Shakti

In Islamic texts, the word tasawwuf is used to describe __________.

1. Disciples
2. Successor
3. Shaikh
4. Sufism

Arrange the following events in a chronological order:

1. Nadir Shah invades India
2. Ahmad Shah Abdali defeats the Marathas in the third battle of Panipat
3. Reign of Akbar
4. Babur defeats Ibrahim Lodi

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

Who was Francis Buchanan, who came to India in 1794?

1. Governor-General
2. Military Commander
3. Physician
4. Architect/Painter

On 27 August 1947, who from Madras made a powerful plea to continue separate electorates?

1. R. V. Dhulekar
2. B. Pocker Bahadur
3. Vallabhbhai Patel
4. Begum Aizaas Rasul

According to Ain-i Akbari, which type of land is classified as, land left out of cultivation for a time that it may recover its strength'?

1. Banjar
2. Chachar
3. Parauti
4. Polaj

Who declared that "the Centre should be made as strong as possible" in the Constituent Assembly?

1. Balakrishna Sharma
2. Gopalaswami Ayyangar
3. K. Santhanam
4. K.J. Khanderkar

In an excerpt from Periplus, archaeological evidence of a bead-making industry has been found in which region of Tamil Nadu?

1. Kodumanal
2. Malabar
3. Mahabalipuram
4. Malabathrum

Which Buddhist compilation included the rules and regulations for those who joined the sangha or monastic order?

1. Abhidhamma Pitaka
2. Vinaya Pitaka
3. Dipavamsa
4. Mahavamsa

Who composed the Chandimangala, a sixteenth-century Bengali poem?

1. Jahanbir Chakrabarti
2. Mukul Chakrabarti
3. Mukundaram Chakrabarti
4. Rudra Chakrabarti

Which Chola ruler had consecrated metal images of Appar, Sambandar and Sundarar in a Shiva temple?

1. Rajaraja I
2. Rajaraja II
3. Parantaka I
4. Parantaka II

Which among the following were women members of the Constituent Assembly:

(A) Sucheta Kripalani, G. Durgabai, Rameshwari Nehru

(B) Annie Mascarene, G. Durgabai, Renuka Ray

(C) Vijayalaskhmi Menon, Kamla Chaudhri, Sarojini Naidu

(D) Sarojini Naidu, Begum Aizaz Rasul, Vijayalakshmi Pandit

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

Who was the leader of the Santhal Rebellion?

1. Kunwar Singh
2. Sidhu Manjhi
3. Gonoo
4. Siya Manjhi

Arrange the following events in a chronological order:

(A) John Marshall and Alfred Foucher published The Monuments of Sanchi

(B) 'Sanchi' was declared a World Heritage Site

(C) Alexander Cunningham explores the 'stupa' at Sarnath

(D) John Marshall publishes the Conservation Manual

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

'Hampi' was declared a World Heritage site by UNESCO in which year?

1. 1982
2. 1986
3. 1988
4. 1989

The report, titled 'The ryot and the moneylender', appeared in which newspaper in 1876?

1. The Times of India
2. Jaagran
3. Native Opinion
4. Indian Express

Whose teachings are often known as the 'Bhagavati dharma' because they were based on the Bhagavad Gita and the Bhagavata Purana?

1. Basavanna
2. Kabir
3. Shankaradeva
4. Mirabai

By the 1780s, Augustus Cleveland, the collector of ________________ proposed a 'policy of pacification'.

1. Rajmahal Hills
2. Bhagalpur
3. Bengal
4. United Provinces

Which type of inscriptions record gifts made to religious institutions?

1. Volatile Inscription
2. Sovanik Inscription
3. Epigraph Inscription
4. Votive Inscription

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

The French philosopher Montesquieu used whose account to develop the idea of 'oriental despotism' in Asia?

1. Antonio Monserrate
2. Peter Mundy
3. Jean Baptiste Tavernier
4. Francois Bernier

The project for the Critical Edition of the Mahabharata began in 1919 under the leadership of:

1. J.A.B. Van Buitenen
2. V.S. Sukthankar
3. B.B. Lal
4. Henry Blochmann

"In Agra, Chandawar, and Bayana, people water with a bucket". Which book provides this description of irrigation in northern India?

1. Ain-i Akbari
2. Babur Nama
3. Shah Nama
4. Kitab-ul-Hind

Where was a parallel government (prati-sarkar) set up in 1943 during the Quit India Movement?

1. Maharashtra
2. Kerala
3. Punjab
4. Jammu and Kashmir

Which traveller settled down in India and never returned to Europe?

1. Ibn Battuta
2. Al-Biruni
3. François Bernier
4. Manucci

Which kingdom is described as "a cherry that will drop into our mouth one day" by Lord Dalhousie?

1. Meerut
2. Awadh
3. Delhi
4. Lucknow

Thomas Jones Barker's painting 'Relief of Lucknow' (1859), celebrates the moment of ________ entry.

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

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)

The above mentioned arzi seems to be given by:

1. Peasant
2. Zamindar
3. Sepoy
4. British Military Officer

Why did the troopers object to the biting of the cartridges for use?

1. The cartridges would accidentally blow off as soon as bitten by them.
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.

Which Mature Harappan site was abandoned in 1800 BCE?

1. Late Siswal
2. Rangpur
3. Jhukar
4. Cholistan

Identify the new settlement areas in the Late Harappan phase:

1. Bihar, United Province, Haryana
2. Haryana, Gujarat, Western Uttar Pradesh
3. Gujarat, Maharashtra, East Bihar
4. Western Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab

Identify the strong unifying element of the Harappa, whose ending indicates the decline of the Harappan civilization:

1. Scales and Weights
2. Harappan State
3. Long Distance Trade
4. Use of Local Script

The artifacts and settlements indicate a rural way of life in ________________.

1. Mature Harappan Phase
2. Early Harappan
3. Late Harappan
4. Middle Phase of Harappan

The transformation of what led to occupation of few Harappan sites after 1900 BCE?

1. Land Culture
2. Trade Culture
3. Material Culture
4. Script Culture