A woman who participated in many architectural projects of Shah Jahan’s new capital, Shahjahanabad, was ________.

(1) Mehrunissa

(2) Gulbadan Begum

(3) Jahanara

(4) Roshanara

Identify the correct statements regarding the Harappan agricultural evidences:

(A) The prevalence of agriculture is indicated by the findings of grains.

(B) It is easy to reconstruct the actual agricultural practices.

(C) Terracotta sculpture indicate the oxen was perhaps used for ploughing.

(D) Some models of plough were found in Kot Diji and Shortughai.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(1) (A), (B) only

(2) (B), (C) only

(3) (C), (D) only

(4) (A), (C) only

Arrange the processes which were followed at the kitabkhana in the Mughal court:

(A) Calligraphers copy the text.

(B) Paper makers were needed to prepare the folios of the manuscript.

(C) Painters illustrate scenes from the text.

(D) Guilders to illuminate the pages.

(E) Bookbinders to gather the individual folios.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(1) (A), (B), (C), (D), (E)

(2) (A), (C), (B), (D), (E)

(3) (B), (A), (D), (C), (E)

(4) (D), (C), (A), (B), (E)

The first professional archaeologist to work in India, who had the experience of working in Greece and Crete, was:

(1) R.E.M. Wheeler

(2) John Marshall

(3) Alexander Cunningham

(4) G.F. Dales

Bengal Medical Service witnessed the enrolment of which historian and traveller?

(1) Francis Buchanan

(2) Francois Bernier

(3) Robert Clive

(4) David Ricardo

Identify the member of the Constituent Assembly who was responsible for drafting complete proposals given by other members into legal language.

(1) B.R. Ambedkar

(2) S.N. Mukherjee

(3) B.N. Rau

(4) K.M. Munshi

“Depressed Castes were not a minority: they formed between 20 and 25 percent of the total population. Their suffering was due to their systematic marginalisation, not their numerical insignificance”.

Who pointed out this statement in the Constituent Assembly?

(1) J. Nagappa

(2) K.J. Khanderkar

(3) Hansa Mehta

(4) Dakshayane Velayudhan

Identify the correct statements regarding the ‘Bhakti’ tradition:

(A) Lingayats who were considered the heroes of Shiva belong to the Virashaiva tradition.

(B) The Lingayats never challenged the idea of caste and pollution.

(C) The Lingayats did not practise funerary rites.

(D) Lingayats were the devotees of Shiva and wear a small linga over the left shoulder.

(E) The Virashaiva tradition is derived from Vachanas.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(1) (A), (B), (D), (E) only

(2) (B), (C), (D), (E) only

(3) (A), (C), (D), (E) only

(4) (A), (B), (C), (D) only

Find out the name of Awadh as called in North India during 1840s–1850s:

(1) A Cherry

(2) Cradle of Civilisation

(3) Nursery of Bengal Army

(4) Jan-i-Alam

________ became the official residence of the Commander-in-Chief of the British-Indian Army.

(1) Darjeeling

(2) Mt. Abu

(3) Simla

(4) Nainital

Match List – I with List – II:

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

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

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

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

Match List – I with List – II:

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

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

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

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

Match List – I with List – II:

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

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

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

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

By the fourth century BCE ______ was the capital and one of the largest cities in Asia, subsequently its importance declined. When the Chinese pilgrim Xuang Zang visited the city in the seventh century CE, he found it in ruins and with very small population.

(1) Pataliputra

(2) Mathura

(3) Kannauj

(4) Indraprastha

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)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(I), (D)-(IV)

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

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

Find out the group of members who were responsible for drafting of the Constitution of India:

(A) B.R. Ambedkar

(B) B.N. Rau and S.N. Mukherjee

(C) K.M. Munshi and Alladi Krishnaswamy Aiyar

(D) Mahatma Gandhi

(E) Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(1) (A), (D), (E) only

(2) (C), (D), (E) only

(3) (A), (B), (C) only

(4) (B), (C), (D) only

In which year was ‘Hampi’ recognised as a site of national importance?

(1) 1975

(2) 1976

(3) 1977

(4) 1978

The Constitution of India was framed between:

(1) Dec. 1946 – Nov. 1949

(2) Nov. 1946 – Jan. 1950

(3) Jan. 1946 – Jan. 1950

(4) Nov. 1947 – Jan. 1950

Arrange the following in a chronological order:

(A) Colossal statues of Kushana rulers have been found installed in a shrine at Mat near Mathura.

(B) Chandragupta Maurya, founded the empire, extended control far north-west as Afghanistan and Baluchistan.

(C) Early Buddhist and Jaina texts mention sixteen states known as Mahajanapadas.

(D) Asoka is one of the most famous rulers known from the Buddhist texts.

(E) Beginning of Gupta Rule.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(1) (C), (B), (D), (A), (E)

(2) (B), (C), (A), (D), (E)

(3) (D), (A), (B), (C), (E)

(4) (C), (B), (A), (D), (E)

In the 1937 elections to the provincial legislatures, the Muslim League failed to win a single seat in:

(1) United Provinces

(2) North West Frontier Province

(3) Bengal Presidency

(4) Central Provinces

“The life was gone out of the body and the body of this town had been left lifeless.” The statement is used in the context of:

(1) Death of the people of Awadh during the 1857 revolt

(2) Wajid Ali Shah’s exile to Calcutta

(3) People who died in Bengal and Bihar during the revolt

(4) 1857 revolt ruined the people’s life of Calcutta

Match List – I with List – II:

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

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

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

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

Identify the correct statements.

(A) Wajid Ali Shah was exiled to Calcutta.

(B) Taluqdars were dispossessed of the region of Awadh.

(C) “A cherry that will drop into our mouth one day”, said Lord Dalhousie.

(D) Revenue demand in Awadh was from 20–30 percent.

(E) British land revenue policy further provided prestige to the authority of the taluqdars.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(1) (A), (B), (C) only

(2) (C), (D), (E) only

(3) (B), (C), (D) only

(4) (A), (C), (E) only

The rulers of Vijayanagara drew on different traditions to create an imperial culture. One such tradition is given in the options. Identify it.

(1) Raya ‘gopurams’ or royal gateways were constructed.

(2) Agricultural tracts were also included in the fortifications.

(3) The introduction of the worship of Lord Vitthala, a form of Vishnu, in the Vijayanagara Empire.

(4) The ‘amara-nayakas’ were given territories to govern by the ‘raya’.

Krishnadeva Raya’s consolidation of land comprised of land between which rivers?

(1) Tungabhadra and Krishna

(2) Krishna and Ravi

(3) Kaveri and Krishna

(4) Ganga and Kaveri

What was the period of early Vedic traditions?

(1) 1000 – 700 B.C.E

(2) 1500 – 1000 B.C.E

(3) 1500 – 1200 B.C.E

(4) 1500 – 1000 A.D

Arrange the following in a chronological order:

(A) Santhal Rebellion

(B) Permanent Settlement in Bengal

(C) Policy of Extermination

(D) Fifth Report

(E) Buchanan travelled through the Rajmahal hills, crossed Gaunjuria Pahar

Options:

(1) (B), (C), (A), (D), (E)

(2) (C), (B), (E), (D), (A)

(3) (A), (B), (C), (D), (E)

(4) (D), (B), (A), (C), (E)

Identify the incorrect statement:

(1) Fifth Report was submitted to the British Parliament in 1831.

(2) The Fifth Report ran into 1002 pages.

(3) The British Parliament passed a series of acts in the late 18th century to regulate and control English East India Company rule in India.

(4) Fifth Report became the basis of intense parliamentary debates on the nature of English East India Company’s rule in India.

Identify the group of rich peasants who had consolidated their position in the villages by the 18th century?

(1) Zamindars

(2) Jagirdars

(3) Jotedars

(4) Iqtadars

Identify the region which was annexed by the British on the plea that the region was being “misgoverned”.

(1) Jhansi

(2) Awadh

(3) Satara

(4) Meerut

Ruins of Hampi were brought to light in 1800 by _________.

(1) John Marshall

(2) James Fergusson

(3) Colin Mackenzie

(4) James Prinsep

What was the name of the land where Santhals were permitted to practise plough agriculture and became settled peasants?

(1) Bhagalpur

(2) Rajmahal Hills

(3) Damin-i-Koh

(4) Birbhum

The Harappan site ‘Banawali’ is located in present day ________.

(1) Rajasthan

(2) Haryana

(3) Punjab

(4) Gujarat

Poems of Appar, Sambandar and Sundarar form a collection of the poem called:

(1) Nalayira Divyaprabandham

(2) Tevaram

(3) Chaturvedins

(4) Sanpana literature

Who among the following medieval travellers became a ‘sanyasi’ for sometime in India?

(1) Ibn Battuta

(2) Mahmud Wali Balkhi

(3) Shaikh Ali Hazin

(4) Abdur Razzaq Samarqandi

“Not all Muslims supported the demand for separate electorates”. Justify the statement from finding out the personality who did not agree?

(1) Muhammad Ali Jinnah

(2) Begum Nur Jahan

(3) Begum Aizaas Rasul

(4) G.B. Pant

Arrange the following events in a chronological order:

(A) The first Jesuit mission reached at Fatehpur Sikri.

(B) Babur established the Mughal Empire.

(C) A new capital, Shahjahanabad, was developed by Shah Jahan.

(D) Akbar abolished Jizya tax.

(E) Humayun was defeated and expelled from India by Sher Shah.

Options:

(1) (B), (E), (D), (A), (C)

(2) (E), (D), (C), (B), (A)

(3) (B), (C), (D), (E), (A)

(4) (E), (B), (D), (A), (C)

At the end of 1858, when the rebellion collapsed in India, _________ escaped to Nepal.

(1) Tantya Tope

(2) Nana Sahib

(3) Kunwar Singh

(4) Bahadur Shah Zafar

Which of the following crops were included in the category of ‘Jins-i-Kamil’ in the Mughal Empire?

(A) Rice

(B) Cotton

(C) Sugarcane

(D) Wheat

(E) Lentils

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(1) (A), (B), (C) only

(2) (B), (C), (E) only

(3) (B), (D), (E) only

(4) (A), (D), (E) only

Who deciphered the Brahmi and Kharosthi scripts of India?

(1) Alexander Cunningham

(2) James Prinsep

(3) John Marshall

(4) Colin Mackenzie

First woman to be ordained as a ‘bhikkhunī’:

(1) Mahaprajapati Gotami

(2) Queen Kamlavati

(3) Punna

(4) Ananda

Identify the correct teaching of Buddhist philosophy:

(1) Important idea is that the entire world is animated.
(2) Cycle of birth and rebirth is shaped through Karma.
(3) Buddha tried to convince people through display of supernatural power.
(4) According to Buddhist philosophy, world is transient and constantly changing; it is also soulless.

Women who entered the ‘sangha’ and became teachers of ‘dhamma’, and had attained liberation were known as:

(1) Bhikkhuni

(2) Theris

(3) Bhikkhus

(4) Therigatha

Identify the correct teachings of Buddhist philosophy.

(1) Important idea is that the entire world is animated.

(2) Cycle of birth and rebirth is shaped through karma.

(3) Buddha tried to convince people through display of supernatural power.

(4) According to Buddhist philosophy, the world is transient and constantly changing; it is also soulless.

Punna’s message to the Brahmana was:

(1) To follow Buddhism

(2) To renounce the world

(3) To leave the fear

(4) To persuade others to join sangha

Identify the nature of source that has been used to know about the Gandhian Movement.

(1) Autobiography

(2) Diary

(3) Report of the Home Department

(4) Letter

Who were engaged in harvesting?

(1) Peasants

(2) Educated Middle Class

(3) Industrialists

(4) British Officials

Identify the nature of source that has been used to know about the Gandhian Movement.

(1) Autobiography

(2) Diary

(3) Report of the Home Department

(4) Letter

The ‘political developments’ being referred to in the passage is:

(1) Non-Cooperation Movement

(2) Civil Disobedience Movement

(3) Bardoli Satyagraha

(4) Champaran Satyagraha

The passage shows that the government considered the ‘political development’ as:

(1) Drama to mobilise masses

(2) A rebellion

(3) A movement excluding the masses

(4) A high level of mass participation