INDIAN HISTORY-OBJECTIVE

INDIAN HISTORY-OBJECTIVE

1. Which among the following Vedas is partly in prose ?

(A) Rigveda

(B) Samaveda

(C) Yajurveda

(D) Atharvaveda

Ans : (C)

2. Which one among the following is a Tamil grammatical treatise ?

(A) Pattupattu

(B) Ettutogai

(C) Silappadikaram

(D) Tolkappiam

Ans : (D)

3. Who among the following has not quoted from the Indica of Megasthenese ?

(A) Pliny

(B) Strabo

(C) Diodorus

(D) Arrian

Ans : (C)

4. Who was the first to decipher the inscriptions of Ashoka and the Brahmi script ?

(A) Alexander Cunningham

(B) James Princep

(C) Max Muller

(D) Mortimer Wheeler

Ans : (B)

5. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists—

List-I(a) Stuart Piggot

(b) Subbarao

(c) B. and R. Alchin

(d) H. D. Sankalia

List-II

1. Personality of India

2. The Birth of Indian Civilization

3. Prehistoric India

4. Prehistory and Protohistory of India and Pakistan

Codes :(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) 1 2 4 3

(B) 3 1 2 4

(C) 1 2 3 4

(D) 3 1 4 2

Ans : (B)

6. Select the correct statement about the Nanaghat Inscription of the Satavahanas—

(A) It speaks about Shaka-Satavahana conflict

(B) It refers to the place of origin of Satavahanas

(C) It speaks about the navy of the Satavahanas

(D) It refers to one of the mother-queens of the Satavahanas

Ans : (B)

7. Which among the following excavated sites is related to Malwa culture ?

(A) Navadatoli

(B) Nagda

(C) Eran

(D) Azadnagar

Ans : (A)

8. In which one of the following regions the earliest evidence of rice cultivation has come ?

(A) Central Ganga Valley

(B) Belan Valley

(C) Gomal Valley

(D) Bolan Valley

Ans : (B)

9. Horse remains are found at which of the following Harappan sites ?

(A) Surkotada, Kalibangan and Dholavira

(B) Kalibangan, Manda and Surkotada

(C) Surkotada, Dholavira and Manda

(D) Surkotada and Kalibangan

Ans : (D)

10. Identify the incorrect combination among the following—

(A) Harappa and Grenary

(B) Mohen-jo-daro and the great bath

(C) Dholavira and single citadel

(D) Lothal and Dockyard

Ans : (C)

11. At which place among these the rows of distinctive fire altars with provision of ritual bathing have been found ?

(A) Mohen-jo-daro

(B) Harappa

(C) Kalibangan

(D) Lothal

Ans : (C)

12. The main focus of the Rigvedic culture was—

(A) The Indo-Gangetic region

(B) The Punjab and Delhi region

(C) The Indus valley region

(D) The region between Swat and Indus

Ans : (A)

13. The Rigvedic king did not maintain an administrative machinery because—

(A) The king did not wish to have so

(B) The Rigvedic economy was not suitable to it

(C) The social structure was not in accordance

(D) The kingship was not hereditary

Ans : (B)

14. Which of the following statements regarding Vedic woman is not correct ?

(A) Woman attended assemblies

(B) Woman participated in sacrifices

(C) Woman was allowed to have Vedic education

(D) The family was matriarchal

Ans : (D)

15. For what reason the ganasamgha areas have been indicated as ‘mlechchhadesha’ in the post-Vedic period ?

(A) Absence of ranking based on varna

(B) Rejection of Vedic rituals

(C) Killing of cows

(D) Speaking alien languages

Ans : (B)

16. With what name the Jainism referred to before the coming of Mahavir ?

(A) Jina

(B) Kevalin

(C) Nirgranthas

(D) Tirthankaras

Ans : (D)

17. Which tradition has most importance for deciding the dates of birth and death of lord Buddha ?

(A) Ceylones Tradition–Mahavansa and Deepavansa

(B) Chinese Tradition–Canton

(C) Indian Buddhist literature–Avadana literature

(D) Tibetan Tradition–Historian Taranath

Ans : (A)

18. Which one of the following ancient cities is not related to the life of Gautam Buddha ?

(A) Champa

(B) Saketa

(C) Pataliputra

(D) Kosambi

Ans : (C)

19. The term ‘Rupadarshaka’ denotes what ?

(A) The supervisor of prostitutes

(B) The supervisor of royal harem

(C) The supervisor of the quality of coins

(D) The supervisor of the folkdancers

Ans : (C)

20. Which one of the statements is controversial in the context of the treaty of 303 B.C. between Chandragupta and Seleucus ?

(A) Seleucus surrendered his large territories to Chandragupta

(B) Chandragupta made a gift of 500 elephants to Seleucus

(C) Megasthenes was sent as a Greek envoy to the court of Chandragupta

(D) Seleucus gave his daughter in marriage to Chandragupta

Ans : (D)

21. In which year of Asoka’s coronation did the Kalinga war take place ?

(A) First

(B) Fifth

(C) Eighth

(D) Thirteenth

Ans : (C)

22. Which among the following combinations is correct ?

(A) Pushyamitra Shunga–Patanjali

(B) Kanishka–Thera Nagasena

(C) Menander–Ashvaghosh

(D) Chandragupta I–Harishena

Ans : (C)

23. Which Gupta emperor has been called ‘Lichchhavi-dauhitra’ ?

(A) Shrigupta

(B) Chandragupta I

(C) Chandragupta II

(D) Samudragupta

Ans : (B)

24. Which Kushana king adopted the epithet ‘dhrama-thida’ ?

(A) Vim Kadaphises

(B) Kuzul Kadaphises

(C) Kanishka the Great

(D) Huvishka

Ans : (B)

25. Which of the following inscriptions record the annihilation of Hunas ?

(A) Prayag-Prashasti

(B) Bhitari Inscription

(C) Junagarh Inscription

(D) Mandasor Inscription

Ans : (C)

26. Who impressed upon Harsha to incline towards Buddhism ?

(A) Bhikshu Mahakashyapa

(B) Hiuen-Tsang

(C) Thera Nagasen

(D) Diwakarmitra

Ans : (D)

27. Which king is called ‘Kaviraj’ in one of his inscriptions ?

(A) Pratihara king Mihirbhoja

(B) Paramara king Bhoja

(C) Pala king Dharmapala

(D) Chalukya king Kumarapala

Ans : (B)

28. Who among these is credited with the construction of ‘Pagodas’ at Mahabalipuram ?

(A) Cholas

(B) Chalukyas of Kalyani

(C) Pallavas

(D) Pandyas

Ans : (C)

29. The Office-in-charge of collection of revenue in the Mauryan administration was—

(A) Sannidhatri

(B) Pradeshta

(C) Yukta

(D) Samahatri

Ans : (D)

30. Which of the statements about the trade regulation in the Mauryan period is not correct ?

(A) The state exercised control over the trade process and profits

(B) A levy of 1/10th was fixed on merchandise

(C) The state kept strict vigil on the sale of merchandise

(D) The state employed a few of the artisans directly

Ans : (B)

31. Which one among the following statements about the land-system of post-Mauryan period is not true ?

(A) The private individuals had absolute right over their land

(B) The private individuals had limited right to alienation of land

(C) There is no record to transfer of land non-religious purposes

(D) The person who brought the land under cultivation was the owner

Ans : (B)

32. Who among the following constituted the local town administration council during the Guptas ?

(A) Purupala, Sarthavaha, Pratham Kulika, Pratham Kayastha

(B) Purupala, Sarthavaha, Dvarapala, Karnika

(C) Sarthavaha, Pratham Kulika, Pratham Kayastha

(D) Purupala, Pratham Kulika, Pratham Kayastha

Ans : (C)

33. Who lamented upon the drain of gold from Rome to India ?

(A) Ptolemy

(B) Nero

(C) Strabo

(D) Pliny

Ans : (D)

34. Which of the following statements about the agrahara land grant is not correct ?

(A) The king could offer it to any one

(B) It was a village granted taxfree to Brahmanas

(C) The king could confiscate it on being displeased by the grantee

(D) It underlined the privileges of the Brahmanas

Ans : (A)

35. Debasement of the coins and gradual disappearance of goldcoins during the post-Gupta period indicates—

(A) Cheapness of commodities, no need of gold-coins

(B) Non-availability of gold

(C) Decline of money economy

(D) Decline of Trade

Ans : (D)

36. Which new route was added for foreign trade during Gupta period ?

(A) Overseas route to South Africa

(B) Overseas route to Alexandria

(C) Overland route to China

(D) Overland route to North Russia

Ans : (C)

37. The most famous bronze image of the Chola period belongs to—

(A) Murugan

(B) Nataraja

(C) Venkateshwar

(D) Vishnu

Ans : (B)

38. Which one among these is not a work of Kalidasa ?

(A) Ritusamhara

(B) Meghaduta

(C) Dashakumarcharita

(D) Kumarashambhava

Ans : (C)

39. The most important feature of the Dravida style of temple architecture is—

(A) Shikhara

(B) Gopuram

(C) Vimana

(D) Mandapa

Ans : (C)

40. The earliest example of a ‘Panchayatana’ composition in temple is—

(A) Dashavatara temple–Deogarh

(B) Temple at Pathari

(C) Shatrughneshwara temple at Bhubaneshwar

(D) Lakshmana temple at Sirpur

Ans : (A)

41. Who is the writer of ‘Kitab-ur-Rehla’ ?

(A) Maulana Sharafuddin Ali Yazid

(B) Amir Timur

(C) Ibn-i-Batuta

(D) Khwaja Abdullah Malik Isami

Ans : (C)

42. Which of these books was authored by Sultan Feroz Shah Tughlaq himself ?

(A) Fautuhat-i-Ferozshahi

(B) Fatawa-i-Jahandari

(C) Tarikh-i-Ferozshahi

(D) Tughlaqnama

Ans : (A)

43. Which of these books is not a composition of Amir Khusrau ?

(A) Qiran-u-Sadain

(B) Tahqiq-i-Hind

(C) Miftah-ul-Futuh

(D) Nur-i-Sipihar

Ans : (B)

44. Who among the following kings formed a confederacy of Hindu kings against Mahmud of Ghazni ?

(A) Jaipala

(B) Anandapala

(C) Both Jaipala and Anandpala

(D) Anangapala

Ans : (C)

45. When did the Mahmud of Ghazni attack last on India ?

(A) 1021–22 A.D.

(B) 1024 A.D.

(C) 1025 A.D.

(D) 1027 A.D.

Ans : (D)

46. Name the Arab astronomer who studied Sanskrit and astronomy for a decade at Varanasi ?

(A) Alberuni

(B) Amir Khusrau

(C) Al’bidari

(D) Al’Masher

Ans : (A)

47. Who among the following foreign travellers did not visit Vijayanagar during the time of Krishnadeo Raya ?

(A) Nicolo Conti

(B) Fernao Nuniz

(C) Domingo Paes

(D) Duarte Barbosa

Ans : (A)

48. Which of these features of Indian art was adopted in the construction of Mosques in India ?

(A) Turned Lotus

(B) Kalash on the domes

(C) Ornamentation

(D) All of these

Ans : (D)

49. Who said, “God knows man’s virtues and inquires not his caste; in the next world there is no caste” ?

(A) Kabir

(B) Guru Nanak

(C) Chaitanya

(D) Ramananda

Ans : (A)

50. Who among these devotional saints was a cobler ?

(A) Tulsidas

(B) Surdas

(C) Raidas

(D) Malukdas

Ans : (C)

51. Who founded the Varkari sect in Maharashtra ?

(A) Tukaram

(B) Namdev

(C) Visoba Khechar

(D) Eknath

Ans : (C)

52. The Sufi concept of Anal Haq was inspired by the following concept of Vedanta—

(A) Tat Twam Asi (that thou art)

(B) Ekam Advaitam (one without the second)

(C) Aham Brahmasmi (I am the supreme spirit)

(D) All of the above

Ans : (C)

53. Which Muslim poet of Hindi literature in medieval period wrote poetry essentially on Hindu mythological heroes ?

(A) Qutban

(B) Rasakhan

(C) Mulla Daud

(D) Amir Khusrau

Ans : (B)

54. Which of the following musical instruments is not composite or Indo-Islamic in origin ?

(A) Sitar

(B) Shehnai

(C) Tabla

(D) Sarangi

Ans : (B)

55. Which among the following wars Muhammad Ghori did not participate himself in India ?

(A) Battle of Tarain in 1191

(B) Battle against Kannauj in 1194

(C) Against Chalukyas of Anhilawada in 1197-98

(D) Against Khokharas in 1205

Ans : (C)

56. Who was the Turkish commander who conquered Bihar and Bengal ?

(A) Mohammad of Ghur

(B) Kutub ud-Din Aibak

(C) Ikhtiyar ud-Din-Muhammad

(D) Bakhtiyar Khalji

Ans : (D)

57. Where did Kutub ud-Din Aibak lay the foundation of ‘seven cities’ in medieval Delhi ?

(A) Siri

(B) Tughlaqabad

(C) Mehrauli

(D) Hauz Khas

Ans : (B)

58. Which Sultan called himself ‘Naib-i-Khudai’ ?

(A) Iltutmish

(B) Balban

(C) Alauddin Khalji

(D) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq

Ans : (B)

59. Which sultan of Delhi refused to read ‘Khutba’ in the name of Khalifa for the first time ?

(A) Alauddin Khalji

(B) Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq

(C) Sikandar Lodi

(D) Ibrahim Lodi

Ans : (A)

60. Which Delhi Sultan styled himself Sikandar-i-sani (the second Alexander) ?

(A) Balban

(B) Alauddin Khalji

(C) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq

(D) Sikandar Lodi

Ans : (B)