Who painted the painting titled “In Memorium”?

1. Thomas Jones Barker

2. Joseph Noel Paton

3. Francis Grant

4. William Hodges

Francois Bernier was a physican for whom of the following:

1. Shah Jahan

2. Aurangzeb

3. Dara Shukoh

4. Danial

What does the Greek work “Erthraean” denote?

1. Persian Gulf

2. Red Sea

3. Arabian Sea

4. Indian Ocean

Which statement is correct in the context of revenue from customs duties as mandated by the Constitution?

1. It is collected by States completely.

2. It is retained by the Centre completely.

3. It is shared between Centre and State.

4. Customs duties was abolished by the Constitution.

‘Raichur’ Doab is the land situated between which two rivers?

1. Tungabhadra and Krishna

2. Tungabhadra and Kaveri

3. Kaveri and Narmada

4. Ganga and Narmada

Arrange the following sequentially in order of their occurrence.

(A) Summary Settlement
(B) Subsidiary Alliance
(C) Sati Abolished
(D) Azamgarh Proclamation

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

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

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

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

Who were ‘Kudirai Chettis’?

1. Grain-Merchants

2. Textile-Merchants

3. Horse Merchants

4. Precious Stone Merchants

Sequentially arrange the following events leading to the Partition of India.

(A) Direct Action Day.
(B) Coining of the name ‘Pakistan’ by Rehmat Ali.
(C) Pakistan Resolution by Muslim League.
(D) Mohammad Iqbal’s address to the Muslim League on the need for a ‘North West India Muslim State.’

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Which of the following is True for the painting title of “Relief of Lucknow”.

(A) British Heros stand on the ground that is well lit in the centre.
(B) At the centre of the canvas are English women and children huddled in a circle.
(C) The dead and injured in foreground are testimony to the suffering.
(D) In the background, British rescue forces arrive as saviours.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. (A), (B) only

2. (A), (C) only

3. (A), (D) only

4. (B), (C) only

Which of the following rulers gave patronage to ‘Gangaikondacholapuram’?

1. Chola Rulers

2. Pandya Rulers

3. Chera Rulers

4. Pallava Rulers

Water reservoirs have been discovered in which of the following site?

1. Lothal

2. Kalibangan

3. Dholavira

4. Cholistan

Match List – I with List – II :

Options

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

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

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

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

Which of the following modern states were part of ‘Tamilakam’ country?

(A) Kerala
(B) Andhra-Pradesh
(C) Maharashtra
(D) Madhya-Pradesh

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. (A), (B) only

2. (B), (C) only

3. (A), (D) only

4. (B), (D) only

Arrange the following Director Generals of Archaeological Survey of India sequentially.

(A) John Marshall
(B) Alexander Cunningham
(C) R.E.M. Wheeler
(D) B.B. Lal

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

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

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

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

Who amongst the following were civil servants in the Constituent Assembly in 1946?

1. B.N. Rau and S.N. Mukherjee
2. Rajendra Prasad and Jawaharlal Nehru
3. R.V. Dhulekar and B. Pocker Bahadur
4. Baldev Singh and Pethick Lawrence

What do archaeologists term a group of objects, distinctive in style, that are usually found together within a specific geographical area and period of time?

1. Industry
2. Assemblage
3. Culture
4. Factory

Arrange the following events in a chronological order.

(A) Third Battle of Panipat.
(B) Invasion of Nadir Shah on India.
(C) Rule of Aurangzeb.
(D) Transfer of ‘Diwani’ of Bengal to the English East India Company.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

Prince Salim hatched a conspiracy to kill which well-known figure in Mughal Era?

1. Abu’l Fazl
2. Bir Singh Bundela
3. Nadia
4. Abu’l Hasan

Which of the following is NOT True of the discussions held within the Constituent Assembly?

1. These discussions were not influenced by the opinions expressed by the public.

2. Discussions were reported in the newspapers.

3. Criticism and counter-criticism in the press shaped the nature of consensus.

4. Issues of ‘cultural rights’ and ‘social justice’ were debated on the floor of the Assembly.

Which of the following hill station was founded during the 1815–16 Gurkha war?

1. Simla
2. Mount Abu
3. Sikkim
4. Darjeeling

Districts of ‘Birbhum’ and ‘Bhagalpur’ were related to which uprising in Indian history in late nineteenth century?

1. Rampa Rebellion
2. Deccan Revolt
3. Tarabhaght Revolt
4. Santhal Rebellion

The Chinese port ‘Quanzhou’ was known by ________ name in medieval times.

(1) Sumatra
(2) Oman
(3) Malabar
(4) Zaytun

Who inspired Abu’l Fazl when he placed the Mughal Kingship as the highest station receiving light emanating from God (farr-i izadi)?

(1) Shihabuddin Suhrawardi
(2) Lal Shahbaz Qalandar
(3) Sharafuddin Yahya Maneri
(4) Muhammad Shah Alam

Which of the following is NOT True of the reasons for extension of agriculture by the British ?

(1) It was a necessity to enlarge sources of land revenue.
(2) To produce crops for export.
(3) To establish a settled and ordered society.
(4) To view forest people as easy to govern.

Who were the ‘Nayakas’ in the Vijayanagara Empire ?

(1) Peasants
(2) Ambassadors
(3) Artisans
(4) Military chiefs

During the Revolt of 1857, where did Henry Lawrence collect the Christian population and took refuge ?

(1) Secundrah Bagh
(2) Alam Bagh
(3) Baradari
(4) Residency

Which of the following was referred to by Domingo Paes as the “House of Victory”.

(A) Audience Hall
(B) Mahanavami Dibba
(C) Lotus Mahal
(D) Hazara Rama Temple

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

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

Match List – I with List – II :

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

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

What was the land associated with Santhals called in nineteenth-century India ?

(1) Diku
(2) Damin-i-Koh
(3) Paharia
(4) Jangal

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

What is the title of ‘Shaikh Muinuddin Chishti’s’ biography written by Jahanara ?

(1) Munis-al-Arwah
(2) Kashf-ut-Mahjub
(3) Maktubat-i-Rabbani
(4) Siyar-ul-Auliya

Which of the following town was NOT a part of Harappan civilization ?

(1) Dholavira
(2) Mohenjodaro
(3) Chanhudaro
(4) Dilmun

Arrange the following in their order of heirarchy.

(A) Jotedar
(B) Zamindar
(C) Company
(D) Ryot

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

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

In 1930’s which party accepted that ‘Hindustani’ should be the National language of India ?

(1) Muslim League
(2) Indian National Congress
(3) Hindu Mahasabha
(4) Krishak Praja Party

Which of the following rivers were part of Harappan Civilization’s geographical area :

(A) Indus
(B) Ravi
(C) Krishna
(D) Kaveri

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

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

The anthology ‘Nalayira Divyaprabandham’ or ‘Four Thousand Sacred Compositions’ is composed by how many Alvar Saints ?

(1) 10
(2) 12
(3) 16
(4) 14

“The city, bursting like the ocean, packed with hundreds of mansions, displayed with its gateways, arches and turrets like massing clouds, the splendour of Great Indra’s City”. In what text is the above description is found for Hastinapura ?

(1) Rigveda
(2) Adi Parvan
(3) Uttara Parvan
(4) Puranaruru

William Hodges who painted several landscape art works in eighteen and nineteenth century India was inspired by which ideas ?

(1) Cubism
(2) Abstract Art
(3) Romanticism
(4) Surrealism

Mughal Kings commissioned court historians to write ________.

(1) Assessment Reports
(2) Settlement Books
(3) Travelogues
(4) Chronicle

Who amongst the following described these teachings to Buddha ?

(1) Bimbisara
(2) Ajatasattu
(3) Upala
(4) Ananda

Whose teachings are described in the passage ?

(1) Vardhamana
(2) Siddhartha
(3) Makkhali Gosala
(4) Ajita Kesambalin

Who amongst the following have been described as ‘fatalists’ ?

(1) Lokayata
(2) Lingayata
(3) Buddhist
(4) Ajivikas

Who amongst the following have been described as ‘fatalists’ ?

(1) Lokayata
(2) Lingayata
(3) Buddhist
(4) Ajivikas

This excerpt has been taken from which of the following texts :

(1) Ashokavadana
(2) Dipavamsa
(3) Sutta Pitaka
(4) Abhidhamma Pitaka

According to Gandhi the salt monopoly is a fourfold curse, of the following is NOT True of this ‘fourfold curse’ :

(1) It deprives people of a valuable easy village industry.
(2) It involves wanton destruction of property that nature produces in abundance.
(3) Destruction itself means more National Expenditure.
(4) A Tax of more than 2000 percent is exacted from starving people.

Progress of Gandhi’s March to the seashore can be traced from which of the following documents.

(A) Secret reports filed by the police
(B) ‘Time’ News Magazine
(C) Kesari
(D) Vividh Vritt

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

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

Which of the following is NOT True of the speeches given by Gandhi on this March to the seashore ?

(1) He called upon officials to renounce government employment.
(2) If you are out for ‘Swaraj’, you must serve untouchables.
(3) For ‘Swaraj’, Hindus, Muslims, Parsis and Sikhs will have to unite.
(4) You will attain ‘Swaraj’ merely by repealing of the salt taxes and other taxes.

Which of the following allowed salt manufacture along the coast ?

(1) First Round Table Conference
(2) Second Round Table Conference
(3) Gandhi - Irwin Pact
(4) Government of India Act, 1935

Gandhi had given an advance notice of his “Salt March” to ____________.

(1) Lord Willingdon
(2) Lord Mountbatten
(3) Lord Irwin
(4) Lord Canning