psc INDIAN HISTORY OBJECTIVE

61. In which capacity thousands of women were employed in the empire of Vijayanagar ?

(A) Accountants

(B) Royal bodyguards

(C) Palace guards

(D) All of the above

Ans : (D)

62. Select the correct chronological order of following reformers of the medieval Bhakti movements by using code given below—

1. Namdeva

2. Vallabhacharya

3. Ramananda

4. Kabir

(A) 1, 2, 3, 4

(B) 2, 3, 4, 1

(C) 3, 4, 1, 2

(D) 4, 1, 2, 3

Ans : (C)

63. Who was the founder of Pushti marg ?

(A) Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

(B) Vallabhacharya

(C) Madhavacharya

(D) Yamunacharya

Ans : (B)

64. Who was the founder of Qalandariya sect ?

(A) Skeikh Badiuddin Shah

(B) Kutubuddin Kalandar

(C) Shah Abdullah

(D) Abdul Aziza Makki

Ans : (D)

65. In which Hindu Kingdom of medieval India the image of deity Tirupati or Lord Venkateshvara has been depicted on its gold coins ?

(A) The Vijayanagar Empire

(B) The Kingdom of Hoyasalas of Dwarasamudra

(C) The Kingdom of Kakathiyas of Warrangal

(D) The Kingdom of Yadavas of Devagiri

Ans : (A)

66. Who built the city of Nagalapura ?

(A) Bukka I

(B) Devaraya I

(C) Krishnadeva Raya

(D) Virupaksha

Ans : (C)

67. In which language did Babur wrote his autobiography ?

(A) Farsee

(B) Arabi

(C) Turki

(D) None of the above

Ans : (C)

68. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R)—

Assertion (A) : Akbar was the greatest among the Mughal emperors and one among the

great rulers of India.

Reason (R) : He was an ambitious ruler.

In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct ?

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not a correct explanation of (A)

(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false

(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true

Ans : (A)

69. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists—

List-I (Sufi order)

(a) Qadiriya order

(b) Firdausiya order

(c) Chistiya order

(d) Suhrawardia order

List-II (Sufi Saints)

1. Khwaja Nizamuddin

2. Shaikh Shahabuddin

3. Shaikh Sharfuddin Yahya Manairi

4. Shaikh Abdul Qadir Gilani

Codes :

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) 2 4 3 1

(B) 3 2 4 1

(C) 1 3 2 4

(D) 4 3 1 2

Ans : (D)

70. To whom did Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya bestow the title of ‘Ain-i-Hind (Mirror of India) ?

(A) Shaikh Sirajuddin Usmani

(B) Shaikh Nasiruddin Chirag Dehlavi

(C) Khwaja Syed Muhammad Gesudaraj

(D) Shaikh Bahauddin Zakaria

Ans : (C)

71. Given below are two statements labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R)—

Assertion (A) : Mughal emperors from Humayun to Jahangir were obsessed with ‘Nur’ or light.

Reason (R) : They considered kingship as a light emanating from God to king.

In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct ?

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

(C) (A) is the true, but (R) is false

(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true

Ans : (A)

72. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using the code given below the lists—

List-I (Years)

(a) 1527 A.D.

(b) 1540 A.D.

(c) 1565 A.D.

(d) 1575 A.D.

List-II (Events)

1. Battle of Tukarai

2. Battle of Talikota

3. Battle of Kanwah

4. Battle of Kannauj

Codes :

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) 1 2 3 4

(B) 2 3 4 1

(C) 3 4 2 1

(D) 4 1 3 2

Ans : (C)

73. When was the famous ‘Treaty of Chittor’ signed during the reign of Jahangir ?

(A) 1605 A.D.

(B) 1610 A.D.

(C) 1615 A.D.

(D) 1620 A.D.

Ans : (C)

74. Which Mughal emperor wrote a will and instructed his sons, that they continue Asad Khan as the vazir ?

(A) Akbar

(B) Jahangir

(C) Shahjahan

(D) Aurangzeb

Ans : (D)

75. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer, using the code given below the lists—

List-I (Year)

(a) 1627 A.D.

(b) 1659 A.D.

(c) 1666 A.D.

(d) 1674 A.D.

List-II (Events)

1. Shivaji crowned himself at Raigarh and assumed title of Maharaja Chhatrapati.

2. Escape of Shivaji from Agra.

3. Birth of Shivaji.

4. Afzal, Khan was killed by Shivaji.

Codes :

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) 2 3 4 1

(B) 3 4 2 1

(C) 3 2 1 4

(D) 1 3 4 2

Ans : (B)

76. Which one of the following statements isnot correct about the Mughal paintings ?

(A) The Mughal school of painting represents one of the most significant phases of Indian art.

(B) Akbar patronized both Persian and Indian painters.

(C) The Mughal school of painting was always under foreign influence.

(D) Jahangir had also taken much interest to promote the Mughal painting.

Ans : (C)

77. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?

Emperor Name

(A) Babur : Zahiruddin Muhammad

(B) Humayun : Nasiruddin Muhammad

(C) Akbar : Jalaluddin Muhammad

(D) Jahangir : Muhiuddin Muhammad

Ans : (D)

78. What was ‘Paga’ in the Maratha administration ?

(A) Independent soldiers

(B) State dependant soldiers

(C) Professional soldiers

(D) Soldiers of other country

Ans : (B)

79. Which one of the following Harappan sites provides the evidence of the fire-alters ?

(A) Alamgirpur

(B) Banavali

(C) Kalibangan

(D) Kunal

Ans : (C)

80. Which of the following Harappan city sites had bipartite division – high citadel and lower town ?

1. Harappa

2. Mohenjodaro

3. Kalibangan

4. Surkotada

Select the correct answer from the code given below—

Codes :

(A) 1 only

(B) 1 and 2

(C) 1, 2 and 3

(D) 1, 2, 3 and 4

Ans : (C)

81. Which one of the following wives of Shivaji became sati ?

(A) Puttabai

(B) Sakawarbai

(C) Soyrabai

(D) None of the above

Ans : (D)

82. Which one of the following statements isnot correct about Shivaji ?

(A) He was simple and religious in his personal life

(B) He did not force any Muslim to embrace Hinduism

(C) He forced prisoners of war to become slave

(D) He organised Marathas against Mughal empire

Ans : (C)

83. Who among the following priests, led the confederacy of the ten kings against Sud-asa ?

(A) Visvamitra

(B) Vasishtha

(C) Bharadwaja

(D) Gritsamada

Ans : (A)

84. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below—

List-I

(a) Rigveda

(b) Yajurveda

(c) S-amaveda

(d) Atharvaveda

List-II

1. Gopatha Brahamana

2. Satapatha Brahmana

3. Aitareya Brahmana

4. Tandya Brahmana

Codes :

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) 2 4 3 1

(B) 3 2 4 1

(C) 4 3 1 2

(D) 1 3 2 4

Ans : (B)

85. Which one of the following statements about the Indus Civilization is correct ?

(A) The authors of the Indus Valley Civilization had no trade relations with countries outside India

(B) The authors of the Indus Valley Civilization did not worship Gods and Goddesses

(C) The Indus Valley people know how to construct carts

(D) The Indus Valley people were not familiar with cotton

Ans : (C)

86. Which of the Vedic Gods is described as supervising the moral order ?

(A) Indra

(B) Varuna

(C) Rudra

(D) Vishnu

Ans : (B)

87. What was main contribution of Jainism to Indian Philosophy ?

(A) The doctrine of rebirth

(B) The doctrine of Syadvada

(C) The doctrine of immortality of soul

(D) The doctrine of Brahma is nirguna

Ans : (B)

88. Arrange in a chronological sequence the following varsavasas of Gautam Buddha during the first decade of his enlightenment—

1. Kausambi

2. Rajagriha

3. Risipattana

4. Vaisali

Select the correct answer from the code given below—

Codes :

(A) 2, 1, 3, 4

(B) 3, 4, 2, 1

(C) 4, 3, 1, 2

(D) 3, 2, 4, 1

Ans : (D)

89. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below—

List-I (Jain Tirthankara)

(a) Ajit Nath

(b) Vimal Nath

(c) Shanti Nath

(d) Parshava Nath

List-II (Birth Place)

1. Kashi

2. hastinapur

3. Kampilya

4. Ayodhya

Codes :

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) 1 2 3 4

(B) 2 3 4 1

(C) 3 4 1 2

(D) 4 3 2 1

Ans : (D)

90. The Jain Tirthankara Mahavira has been mentioned in the early Buddhist Literature as—

(A) Nigantha Nataputta

(B) Vardhamana

(C) Vesaliya

(D) Videhaputta

Ans : (A)

91. Which of the following inscriptions proves Chandragupta Maurya’s conquest of Saurashtra ?

(A) Ashoka’s rock edict of Shahbajgarhi

(B) Ashoka’s rock edict of Mansehra

(C) Seventh pillar edict of Ashoka

(D) Junagarh rock edict of Rudradamana

Ans : (D)

92. The Syrian ambassador who visited the court of Bindusara was—

(A) Dionysus

(B) Daimachus

(C) Hegesander

(D) Athenaus

Ans : (B)

93. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below—

List-I (Ashoka’s contemporary rulers)

(a) Antiyoka

(b) Antikini

(c) Maka

(d) Turamaya

List-II (Countries where they ruled)

1. Cyrene

2. Egypt

3. Macedonia

4. Syria

Codes :

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) 1 4 2 3

(B) 2 1 3 4

(C) 3 2 4 1

(D) 4 3 1 2

Ans : (D)

94. Which of the following is not a text of Buddhism ?

(A) Jatakas

(B) Acharangasutra

(C) Dighnikaya

(D) Sumangalavilasini

Ans : (B)

95. Who among the following has been considered a Lady Tirthankara in the Svetambara

tradition ?

(A) Sumatinatha

(B) Santinatha

(C) Mallinatha

(D) Kunthunatha

Ans : (C)

96. Which of the following inscriptions of the time of Kanishka indicates that his empire was extended upto Champa in the east ?

(A) Sarnath Inscription

(B) Saheth-Maheth inscription

(C) Rabataka inscription

(D) None of the above

Ans : (A)

97. Who captured the famous ‘silk route’ of central Asia ?

(A) Ashoka

(B) Kanishka

(C) Menander

(D) Harsha

Ans : (B)

98. Consider the following statements and select the correct answer from the code given

below—

Assertion (A) : Bacchanalian scenes are also found in Mathura art.

Reason (R) : The Mathura artists were aware of the Gandhara art tradition.

Codes :

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

(B) Both (A) and (R) are ture, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false

(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true

Ans : (D)

99. What was the function of the officer known as ‘Gopa’ during the reign of Chandragupta Maurya ?

(A) He was incharge of a Janapada

(B) He was incharge of a group of villages

(C) He was incharge of a Dronamukha

(D) He was the president of a municipal board

Ans : (B)

100. Which of the following Mauryan pillars were surmounted by lion capital ?

1. Koluha Pillar

2. Lauriya Nandangarh Pillar

3. Sanchi Pillar

4. Sarnath Pillar

Select the correct answer from the code given below—

Codes :

(A) 1, 2, 3 and 4

(B) 1, 2 and 3

(C) 3 and 4

(D) 2 and 3

Ans : (A)