Which of the following time period is related to the emergence of early states in Indian history?

1. First Century BCE

2. Sixth Century BCE

3. Eighth Century BCE

4. Tenth Century BCE

Which amongst the following is another name for the 'Buddha'?

1. Tirthankara

2. Theragatha

3. Theravada

4. Tathagata

Who wrote 'Char Chaman': describing the Mughal nobility?

1. Chandrabahan Barahman

2. Antonio Monserrate

3. Abu'l Hasan

4. Muhammad Husayn

Match List I with List II:

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

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

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

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

Asokan inscriptions in the North-West of the subcontinent were written in which of the following languages?

1. Prakrit
2. Pali
3. Aramaic
4. Arad-Magadhi

Which of the following were part of the recommendations made by the Constituent Assembly?

A. Seats in legislature and jobs in government offices be reserved for the lowest caste.
B. Separate electorates for Depressed Classes.
C. Hindu temples be thrown open to all castes.
D. Permanently segregate them from the society.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A, B only

2. B, C only

3. A, C only

4. C, D only

Arrange the following sequentially as per their period of establishment.

A. Setting up of Supreme Court, Calcutta.
B. Universities in Bombay, Madras, Calcutta.
C. Formation of the Asiatic Society in Bengal.
D. The British in Bombay.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. C, B, D, A

2. C, B, A, D

3. D, A, C, B

4. B, C, A, D

Which Governor General adopted policies that abolished 'Sati'?

1. Henry Hardinge
2. William Bentinck
3. Canning
4. Dalhousie

Colonial officials were strongly influenced by the ideas of which British economic thinker in 19th-century?

1. Adam Smith
2. J. M. Keynes
3. David Ricardo
4. Thomas Paine

'Kabir Granthavali' is associated with which of the following traditions?

1. Kabirpanth in Varanasi
2. Dadupanth in Rajasthan
3. Kabirpanth in Bengal
4. Kabirvani in Adi Granth Sahib

Which of the following sites was of late Harappan occupation?

A. Sutkagendor

B. Swat

C. Jhukar

D. Shortughai

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A, D only
2. C, D only
3. B, C only
4. C, A only

Which of the following suggests that many people who turned to Buddhists enriched it with their own Pre-Buddhist beliefs, practices and ideas?

1. Wheel of Dharma
2. Jataka Scenes
3. Shalabhanjika
4. Mahaparinibbana

Arrange the following in a chronological order according to the year of formation.

A. All-India Muslim League

B. Hindu Mahasabha

C. 1937 Provincial Elections

D. Lucknow Pact

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

Which of the following terms are used for 'peasants' in Indo-Persian sources?

A. Raiyat
B. Muzarian
C. Do-Fasla
D. Jins-i-Kamil

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A, B only

2. B, C only

3. A, C only

4. C, D only

The 'Great Calcutta Killings' took place in which year?

1. 1946
2. 1945
3. 1947
4. 1943

Arrange the following sequentially in relation to the preservation of Early monuments:

A. Foundation of Indian Museum, Calcutta.
B. James Fergusson's Survey
C. H.H. Cole Appointed as Curator of Ancient Monument.
D. Passing of Treasure Trove Act.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A, C, B, D

2. A, B, C, D

3. B, C, A, D

4. D, A, B, C

Match List I with List II:

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

Who among the following were known as 'materialists' in Sixth BCE India.

1. Ajivikas
2. Lokayatas
3. Buddhists
4. Jains

Which region was known as the 'nursery of the Bengal Army' as many sepoys were recruited from the region?

1. Jhansi

2. Satara

3. Awadh

4. Delhi

Who went around mobilising the headman and cultivators of Chaurasee des (eighty-four villages) in 1857?

1. Maulvi Ahmadullah Shah
2. Henry Lawrence
3. Hanwant Singh
4. Shah Mal

Arrange the following sequentially according to their period of completion.

A. Alamgir Nama
B. Badshah Nama
C. Akbar Nama
D. Humayun Nama

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. C, D, B, A

2. D, C, A, B

3. C, D, A, B

4. A, D, C, B

Who described Mughal cities of the 17th-century as 'Camp Towns'?

1. Francois Bernier
2. Pelsaert
3. Abu'l Fazl
4. Karl Marx

Colonial rule was first established in which part of India?

1. Bombay
2. Madras
3. Bengal
4. Punjab

Who led a team of dozen scholars in collecting Sanskrit manuscripts and preparing a critical edition of the 'Mahabharata'?

1. V. S. Wakankar
2. B. B. Lal
3. V. S. Sukthankar
4. V. A. Smith

What was the meaning of 'Jangama' in 12th-century Karnataka?

1. Sayings

2. Wandering Monks

3. Incarnations

4. Four Thousand Sacred Compositions

Which of the following is NOT True of the 'Objectives Resolution'?

1. It proclaimed India to be an 'Independent Sovereign Republic'.

2. It guaranteed its citizens justice, equality and freedom.

3. Nehru located history of Constitution-making in India within a longer history of struggle for liberty and freedom.

4. The ideas and provisions of the Constitution introduced in India could be derived colonial past.

Evidence of a ploughd field comes from which of the following Harappan site?

1. Cholistan
2. Amri-Nal
3. Kalibangan
4. Harappa

Which chronicle was gifted by Nawab of Awadh to King George III in 1799:

1. Akbarnama
2. Shahjahan Nama
3. Badshah Nama
4. Alamgir Nama

The 'Constituent Assembly' was composed of how many members?

1. 250
2. 120
3. 300
4. 522

Where was the 'Summary Settlement' of 1856 imposed?

1. Jhansi
2. Bengal
3. Kanpur
4. Awadh

Arrange the following in a hierarchical order in context of British India Company Rule.

A. Ryots

B. Jotedars

C. The Permanent Settlement

D. Zamindar

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

Match List I with List II:

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

Who wrote one of the earliest histories of the Uprising of 1857?

1. Francis Grant
2. Captain Hearsey
3. Charles Ball
4. Colin Campbell

Match List I with List II:

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

'Malfuzat' an important source for constructing history is ________.

1. A record of conversations of sufi saints.
2. A record of agrarian tax.
3. A record of kings announcement.
4. A collection of letters written by sufi saints.

Who was the first women to be ordained as a 'Bhikkhuni'?

1. Yasodhara
2. Purna
3. Radha
4. Mahapajapati Gotami

The 'Prayag Prashasti' was composed by the court poet of which of the following rings?

1. Chandragupta
2. Chandragupta Vikramaditya
3. Samudragupta
4. Skandagupta

Nageshwar and Balakot settlement near the coast in the Harappan Civilisation served as ________.

1. Sources of Carnelian
2. Sources of Lapis Lazuli
3. Centre of shell production
4. Sources of gold

Where was Satyajit Ray's 'Jalsaghar' filmed?

1. Andul Raj Palace
2. City Palace
3. Rajmahal
4. Jangal Mahal

Which of the following statements are True for the Harappan script?

A. It contains around 400 signs.

B. It was written from right to left.

C. It has been deciphered.

D. It is alphabetical.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A, D only
2. A, B only
3. C only
4. B, D only

What was the 'Kalyana mandapa' used for?

1. To worship the image of God.
2. To celebrate divine weddings.
3. For dance and music performances.
4. For drama performances.

Krishnadeva Raya built a hall in front of the main shrine of which of the following temples to mark his accession?

1. Hazara Rama Temple
2. Vithala Temple
3. Virupaksha Temple
4. Chidambaram Temple

Which of the following temple has a shrine designed as a 'chariot'?

1. Brihadeshvara Temple
2. Chidambaram Temple
3. Virupaksha Temple
4. Vitthala Temple

Which of the following temple portrays sculpture of scenes from the Ramayana?

1. Vitthala Temple
2. Hazar Rama Temple
3. Pampadevi Temple
4. Virupaksha Temple

"In our study of these monuments of Vijayanagara we have to imagine a whole series of vanished wooden elements...." Who amongst the following stated these lines?

A. J. F. Fleet
B. George Michell
C. M. S. Nagaraja
D. Fernao Nuniz

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A, B only

2. B, C only

3. C, D only

4. B, D only

In 1915, Mahatma Gandhi returned to India from which country?

1. England
2. South Africa
3. Mexico
4. Kenya

Where was the technique of 'satyagraha' invented?

1. Ahmedabad
2. Champaran
3. Kheda
4. South Africa

Where did Mahatma Gandhi give his first public appearance after returning to India?

1. Kheda
2. Ahmedabad
3. Champaran
4. Banaras

Which historian remarked that South Africa was "the making of the Mahatma"?

1. Irfan Habib
2. Romila Thapar
3. Seema Alavi
4. Chandran Devanesan

Who was Gandhi's political mentor after his return from South Africa?

1. Mohammad Ali Jinnah
2. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
3. Bipin Chadra Pal
4. Bal Gangadhar Tilak