ANCIENT INDIA MEDIEVAL
1. The Pashupati seal from Mohanjodaro, depicts the God in sitting position of a yogi being surrounding by four Animals. These animals are:
(a) Tiger, Rhinoceros, Buffalo and Horse
(b) Tiger, Rhinoceros, snake and Bull
(c) Lion, Rhinoceros, Snake and Bull
(d) Tiger, Rhinoceros, Buffalo and Elephant
2. The Indica of Megasthenses is now available only in fragments preserved in eitations by later writers such As:
1. Strabs 2. Assian
3. Diodorus 4. Ptolemy
Indicates the correct answer from the code given:
(a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 3
(c) 1, 2 and 3 (d) All of these
3. Who among the following has mentioned royal road leading from Indus to Pataliputra?
(a) Alexander (b) Megasthenese
(c) Fahein (d) Hinen Tsang
4. Where was Ancient Ratnagri Mahavihara located?
(a) Bengal (b) Bihar
(c) Maharashatra (d) Orissa
5. Consider the following?
1. Parantale was the first sovereign ruler of ehola dynasty.
2. Rajendra I was the chole king who made first conquest of Maldives.
3. Kalanju was the gold coin of Chole.
Which one of the following statements is\are correct?
(a) Only 1 (b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 2 (d) 1, 2 and 3
6. In which of the following sequence did Mahmud Ghazhani invade India?
(a) Kashmir, Kannauj, Mathura, Multan, Thane war.
(b) Multan, Kannauj, Thaneswar, Mathura, Kashmr
(c) Kashmir, Multan, Thaneswar, Kannauj, Mathura
(d) Multan, Thaneswar, Kashmir, Mathura, Kannauj
7. During the Harappan Period evidence of rice cultivation has been found from the sites situated in?
(a) Haryana (b) Rajasthan
(c) Punjab (d) Gujrat
8. Match the following?
List I List II
(Writers) (Subject)
A. Visakhadatta 1. Medicines
B. Varahmihira 2. Drama
C. Charaka 3. Astrology
D. Bhaskaracharya 4. Mathematics
Code:
A B C D
(a) 1 3 4 2
(b) 2 1 3 4
(c) 2 3 1 4
(d) 3 4 1 2
9. The earliest text of Indian Logic is:
(a) Nyana Sutra (b) Kalpa Sutra
(c) Sankhya Sutra (d) Vedanta Sutra
10. Consider the following taxes composed during Delhi Sultanate?
1. A religious tax Zakat could be demanded only from Muslims and it was for the benefit of the Muslim Community.
2. Khraj collected from non-Muslims varied form 1/10 to 1/2
3. Khums were 1/5 of the spoils of war.
4. Ushr was a land tax paid by the Muslims.
Which of the following is \are correct?
(a) Only 2 (b) 1 and 2
(c) 2 and 4 (d) All of these
11. On whose coins the figures of both Sankarsana and Vasudeva have been depicted?
(a) Satkarni I (b) Huviska
(c) Chandragupta (d) Bhagabhadra
12. The twelfth rock edict of Asoka sets forth the ideal of?
(a) Religious toleration
(b) The promotion of the essential of all secta.
(c) None of the above
(d) Both of the above
13. Assertion(A): Balban did not follow the policy of expansion.
Reasion(R) : Balban refers to the fear created by recurring Mongol Invasions.
14. After its destruction by Mahmud of Ghazni, the temple of souranatha was restored by:
(a) Bhoja of Dhara (b) Kumarapala of Anahilapatana
(c) Ramachandra of Devagiri (d) Vigraharaja of Sakamnbhari.
15. The renowed Vedist sayana who wrote commentaries on several Vedic texts, adorned the Kingdom of:
(a) Devagiri (b) Dhara
(c) Tripuri (d) vijayanagar
16. Consider the following statements?
1. The Mughal school of Painting is secular and aristocratic in nature.
2. The Mughal Painter depicts the Indian National life.
3. The Mughal Emperor shah Jahan discouraged painting.
Which of the above statement(S) is\are correct?
(a) Only 1 (b) Only 2
(c) 2 and 3 (d) 1 and 3
17. Which one among the following vedic words does not denote a tool of agriculture?
(a) Charsini (b) Langala
(c) Vrka (d) Sira
18. Which one of the following statements according to Jains, an exception ot the substances that extends in space(asti kaya dravya)?
(a) Jiva (b) Pudgala
(c) Akasa (d) Kala
19. The samvartana sanskara was performed at the time of:
(a) Naming ceremony. (b) Start of the education career.
(c) End of educational career (d) End of household life.
20. Match the following?
List I List II
A. 1527 1. The Banaras farmer of Aurangzeb
B. 1556 2. The promulgation of Mahzar
C. 1579 3. Battle of Khanwa
D. 1658 4. Accession of Akbar
Code:
A B C D
(a) 1 2 3 4
(b) 4 3 2 1
(c) 2 1 4 3
(d) 3 4 2 1
21. Who was the Peshwa when the Third Battle of Panipat was fought in 1761?
(a) Baji Rao I (b) Balaji Bajirao
(c) Madhar Rao I (d) Baji Rao Ii
22. According to the Arthasastra of Kautrihja , the duty o manufacturing coins was assigned
to:
(a) Lohadhyaksa (b) Laksanadhyaksa
(c) Rupadarsaka (d) Suvarnadhyaksha
23. Consider the following?
1. William Hawkeins 2. Francis Bernier
3. Nicolo conti 4. J.B Tavernier
5. Nicolo Manueci
Which of the above statements of European travelers visited India during the region of the Aurangzeb?
(a) 1, 3 and 4 (b) 2, 3and 5
(c) 3, 4 and 5 (d) 1 and 5
24. Which one of the following statements regarding the revenue system of Shivaji is not correct?
(a) The entire land of the state was measured with Kathi.
(b) 30% of the production was the revenue of the state.
(c) The cultivator could pay revenue in cash or Kid.
(d) The Zamindars were allowed to collect reveue in their state.
25. Who among the following started his career as an artillersysanan with Dara Shikoh?
(a) Manucci (b) Bernier
(c) Anstin (d) Tavernier
26. Match List I with List II?
List I List II
(Causes of Decline of IVC) (Scholar)
A. Flood in India river 1. Aurel stein
B. Foreign Invasion 2. Gorden childe and wheeler
C. climatic change 3. Raikes and Dales
D. Tectonic change 4. Marshal and Mackey
5. Shiart Piggot
Code:
A B C D
(a) 4 3 1 2
(b) 2 4 3 5
(c) 2 4 5 3
(d) 4 2 1 3
27. Kakanava was the ancient name of?
(a) Ajanta (b) Bharat
(c) Nagarjunakonda (d) Sanchi
28. Which one of the following places represent Jetavan Vihara?
(a) Piprahwa (b) Sahet
(c) Mahet (d) Tilaurakota
29. Narada allowed a women to have a second husband if her first husband?
1. Has fallen from the caste. 2. Is Impotent
3. Has expired 4. Has become an ascetic
Indicate the correct answer from the codes given:
(a) Only 1 (b) 2 and 3
(c) 2, 3 and 4 (d) All of these
30. Who among the following was an acharya of the Sankha Sampradaya of Vaisnavism?
(a) Chitanya (b) Nimbarka
(c) Ramaniya (d) Vitthala
31. Which of the following cities issued coins with their names?
1. Rajagriha 2. Sravasti
3. Hausambi 4. Varanasi
Select the correct answer from the code below?
(a) Only 1 (b) 1 and 2
(c) 3 and 4 (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
32. Where was the Kaniska Vihara visited by Hiven Tsang situated?
(a) Baniyan (b) Peshawar
(c) Mathura (d) Varanasi
33. Assertion(A): The Sufi saints of the chisti order did not associate with the Kings, the nobles and the rich.
Reason(R) : They hated wealth and power ad looked down upon the rich.
34. Which of the following is the correct order Akbar’s northern campaigns?
(a) Mahva, Ranthambhor, Mewar, Marwar
(b) Ranthambore, Mahva, Marwar, Mewar
(c) Mahva, Mewar, Ranthambor, Marwar
(d) Marwar, Mewar, Mahwa, Ranthambor
35. Who among the following was an Acharya of the ‘shree’ sect?
(a) Ramaniya (b) Nimbsrkacharya
(c) Shankracharya (d) Vallbhacharya
36. Match List I with List II?
List I List II
(Royal Patross) (Texts)
A. Ballalasena 1. Danasagar
B. Bhoja 2. Harikehinataka
C. Somesvara III 3. Manasollas
D. Visalder 4. Sringaraprakasa
Code:
A B C D
(a) 1 4 3 2
(b) 2 3 4 1
(c) 3 2 1 4
(d) 4 1 2 3
36. Who was first Englishman to visit western India?
(a) Captain Hawkins (b) Thomas Stephans
(c) John Mildenhall (d) Ralph Fitch
37. Which later Mughal emperor was nicknamed ‘Shah-e-Bekhabar’?
(a) Bahadur Shah (b) Farruk shiyar
(c) Ahmad shah (d) Muhammad shah
38. Consider the four schemes of Mohammad bin Tughlaq?
1. Transfer of Capital 2. Increased taxation in Doab
3. Khurasan expedition 4. Token currency
Find the correct chronological order introduced course in education?
(a) Balban (b) Allaudin Khalgi
(c) Mohammad bin Tughlaq (d) Firoz shah Tughlaq
39. Which one of the following Sultans introduced professional course in education?
(a) Balban (b) Allaudin Khalgi
(c) Mohammad bin Tughlaq (d) Firoz shah tugh;aq
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