1. Geographer Al-Idrish belongs to which century?
a) 11th Century C.E.
b) 12th Century C.E.
c) 13th Century C.E.
d) 14th Century C.E.
Answer: b
2. Amir Khusrao belongs to which century?
a) 11th Century C.E.
b) 12th Century C.E.
c) 13th Century C.E.
d) 14th Century C.E.
Answer: d.
3. With reference to the Indian History, which one the following statement is not true
a) Initially, Rashtrakutas in Deccan were subordinate to Chalukya.
b) Rashtrakuta over throned Chalukya in Mid-eight century and performed the "Hiranya-Garbha ( golden womb)" ritual.
c) In Ellora cave, Vishnu as Narasimha ( Man-lion) sculpture was made during the Rashtakuta period.
d) none
Answer: d. all true.
4. With reference to the Indian History, which one the following statement is not true
a) Vetti tax was one type of tax in the Chola period that was paid in the form of forced labor.
b) Kadamai is the tax on land revenue.
c) Tripartite struggle was a struggle to control Kanauj and it was between Gurjara-Pratihara, Rashtrakua, and Pala dynasty.
d) None
Answer: d
5. With reference to the Indian History, which one the following statement is not true
a) Mahmud Ghazni ruled during 997-1030 AD.
b) Al-Biruni had written a book named " Kitab Ul-Hind".
c) Rajaraj-I was the most powerful Chola ruler and his son Rajendra-I had raided South East Asian countries.
d) None.
Answer: d all true.
6. WIth reference to the Chola Administration, find out the incorrect match.
a) Ur: Peasant Settlement
b) Nadu: Group of Village
c) Vellanvagai: Land belongs to Non-Brahmin
d) Brahmadeva: Land gifted to Brahnmana
e) Shalabhoga: Land for Maintenance of School.
f) Devadana: land gifted to temples.
g) Pallichchhanam: Land donated to Jaina Institution.
Answer: All are correct.
7. Match the following:
a) Gurjara-Pratiharas i) Western Deccan
b) Rashtrakutas ii) Bengal
c) Palas iii) Gujarat and Rajasthan
d) Cholas iv) Tamil Nadu
Answer: a-iii; b-i; c; ii; d-iv;
8. With reference to Indian History, which one of the following statement is not true regarding Delhi:
a) Delhi become an important city only in the 12th centuary[ 1130-1145].
b) Delhi first became the capital of the kingdom under Tomara Rajputs [ 1130-1145].
c) Delhi become important commercial center under Tomaras and Chauhanas
d) None
Answer: d. All true.
9. Alauddin Khalji did not campaign which one of the following city:
a) Devagiri ( Maharashtra)
b) Dwarasamudra ( Karnataka)
c) Maduai and Thanjavar ( Tamil Nadu)
d) Calicut
Answer: d
10. With reference to Delhi Sultanate, which one of the following is incorrectly matched
a) Bandagan: Special slaves for military service
b) Iqta: Empire of Khalji and Tuglug are divided into Iqta.
c) Igtadar or Mugti: Head of Iqta.
d) Kharaj: Tax on House
Answer: d. Kharaj: a tax on cultivation land.
There were three types of taxes:
1.Kharaj: Tax on cultivation; 50 % of the produce.
2. Tax on cattle; 3. tax on house.
11. Ibn Battuta, the 14th-century traveler came India; He was from which country
a) Turkistan
b) Iran
c) Morocco, Africa.
d) Mongolia
Answer: c;
12. Which one of the statements is not true
a) Allaudin Khalaji constructed a new Garrison Named Siri.
b) Allaudin paid soldiers' salary as cash, not in Iqtas.
c) Allaudin controlled the price of goods in Delhi. Prices were carefully surveyed by officers.
d) Allaudin introduced the token currency.
Answer: d. Muhammad Tughluq introduced token currency.
13. Which one of the statements is not true
a) Gun powder technology was brought to India in the 14th century.
b) Mughal did believe in the rule of primogeniture where the eldest son inherits the property of the father.
c) Mansebdar refers to an individual who holds Mansab (position or rank); it was a grading system used by Mughal to fix, rank, salary, and military responsibilities.
d) Rank and Salary of Mansebdar were determined by Zat; the higher the Zat higher the prestigious.
Answer: b. did not believe. equal division ;
14. What is the difference between the Mansabadar and Iqta?
a) Iqta head( Muqtis) actually reside in their Iqta whereas Mansebdar did not actually reside in their jagir( land assigned to them); Mansebdar has only rights to revenue of their assignment.
b) Igta and Mansabdar were same.
c) None
d) None
Answer: a
15. With reference to the Mughal administration; Find out the incorrect
a) Revenue minister: Todar Mal.
b) Revenue system of Mughal; Zabt
c) Akbar Nama was written by Abul Fazl
d) There are four volumes of Akbar Nama; the last one was Ain-i Akbari.
Answer:
d. there were three volumes of Akbar Nama.
16. With reference to the Mughal administration; Find out the incorrect
a) Empire was divided into provinces called Subas, governed by subadar [ also works as political and military functions].
b) Financial officer; Diwan
c) Military paymaster; Bakhshi
d) Ministry in charge of religious and charitable patronage: Kotwal
answer: d:
Ministry in charge of religious and charitable patronage: Sadr
Military commanders: faujdar
Town police commander: Kotwal
17. Queen Begam, Nur Jahan was the wife of
a) Akbar
b) Jahagir
c) Sahjaha
d) Aurangzeb
Answer: b.
18. With reference to the Mughal empire; Find out the incorrect
a) Dogma: A statement declared as authoritative with the expectation that it would be followed without question.
b) Bigot: An individual who is intolerant of another persons' s religious belief.
c) Sulh-i kul: Universal peace
d) Sawar: Number of soldiers under Mansabdar
Answer: d.
Zat: number of Soldiers under Mansabdar
Sawar: number of horsemen or cavalrymen under Mansabdar
19. Match the following:
a) Mansab i) Marwar
b) Mongol ii) governor
c) Sisodiya Rajput iii) Uzbeg
d) Rathor Rajput iv) Mewar
e) Nur Jahan v) rank
f) subadar vi) Jahangir
Answer:
a-v; b-iii; c-iv; d-i; e-vi; f-ii;
20. With reference to the Indian History, which one of the following statement is not true.
a) Agra fort built by Akbar
b) Raniji ki Baori was constructed in 1699 at Bundi in Rajasthan by Rani Nathawat Ji.
c) Qutb Minar is six storeys building; the first storey was constructed by Qutbuddin Aybok in 1199 and the rest was constructed by Iltutmish in 1299.
d) Kandariya Mahadeva temple dedicated to Shiva was constructed by King Dhangadeva of the Chandela dynasty in 999 AD at Chhatarpur district of Madhya Pradesh.
Answer: c. it is five storeys building
21. With reference to Indian History, which one of the following statement is not true.
a) Rajarajeshvara temple at Thanjavur has 90 tonnes of stone on the top of Shikharas.
b) Alai Darwaja at Delhi was built by Alauddin Khali in 1311.
c) Jama Masjid in Shahjahanabad was built by Shah Jahan
d) Delhi Kuhan or Hauz I Kuhna or King's reservoirs near Delhi was built by Alauddin Khalji.
Answer:d. it was built by Iltutmish.
22. With reference to Indian History, which one of the following statement is not true.
a) Shah Jahan was personally interested in literature, art, and architecture.
b) Chahar Bagh, four garden construction was started by Babur
c) Diwan-i Khas was ceremonial halls of public and private audience.
d) Red Fort at Delhi was built by Akbar.
Answer: d. It was built by Shah Jahan.
23. With reference to Indian History, which one of the following statements is incorrectly matched
a) Arcuate: weight of superstructure above door and window was carried by arches.
b) Trabeate: Horizontal beam across two vertical columns.
c) Pietra Dura: colored, hard stone behind the emperor's throne.
d) None
Answer: d
24. With reference to the tribal history of India, which one of the following is incorrectly matched
Tribes States
a) Khokhar, Gakkhars : Pujab
b) Langahs and Arghuns: Multan and Sind
c) Gaddis: Western Himalayas
d) Mundas and Santhal: Maharashtra
Answer: d; Mundas and Santhal; Orissa and Bengal
25. Match the following:
a) Garh i) Khel
b) tanda ii) Chaurasi
c) labourer iii) caravan
d) clan iv) Garha Katanga
e) Sib Singh v) Ahom state
f) Durgawati vi) Paik
Answer: a-ii; b-iii( Banjara); c-vi; d-i; e-v; f-iv;
Kingdom of Gond tribal divided into Garh; it is further divided into Chauraasi. Chaursasi further divided into 12 villages each.
Tanda-caravan head of Banjara tribes.
Ahom state was dependent on the forced laborers; those forced laborers who worked for the state are called Paik.
Gond Raja, Garha Katanga assumed the title of Garha Sangram Shah, and his son Dolpat married princes Durgawati( daughter of Chandela Rajput).
Ahom Society was divided into clans or Khel.
26. With reference to Bhakti Movement in Southern India.
a) Nayanars: Saint devoted to Shiva
b) Alvars: Saint devoted to Vishnu
c) Hagiographies: Religious Biography of Alvars and Nayanars
d) Shankara Charya: Advocate of Sankhya Philosophy
Answer: d. Shankara Charya: advocate of Advaita philosophy
27. With reference to Bhakti Movement, Match the following:
a) The Buddha i) Namghar
b) Shankaradeva ii) worship of Vishnu
c) Nizamuddin Auliya iii) questioned social differences
d) Nayanars iv) Sufi saint
e) Alvars v) worship of Shiva
Answer: a-iii; b-i; c-iv; d-v; e-ii;
Namghars; house of recitation and prayer; used by Shankardeva, he was a fifteenth-century Vishnu devotee from Assam.
28. With reference to the Bhakti Movement, which of the following pair is not correctly matched:
a) Ramanuja: Tamil Nadu
b) Basavanna: Karnataka
c) Dhyaneshwar, Namdeva, Eknath, Tukaram, Shakhu Bai: Maharashtra
d) Shankaradeva: Kerala
Answer: d: Shankaradeva- Assam.
Ramanuja: Alvar or Vishnu devotee
29. With reference to Indian History, which one of the following is not correctly matched:
a) Cheras: Development of Malayalam language
b) Lilatilakam: Fourteen Century Malayalam text
c) Jagarnath Temple built by Anantavarman of Ganga Dynasty in 1230.
d) Kathak; Kerala
Answer: d. Kathak belonged to northern India
30. With reference to the Indian Art and Culture, Match the following:
a) Anantavarman i) Kerala
b) Jagarnatha ii) Bengal
c) Mahodayapuram iii) Orissa
d) Lilatilakam iv)Kangra
e) Mangalakavya v) Puri
f) Miniature vi) Kerala
Answer: a-iii; b-v; c-i; d-vi; e-ii; f-iv;
Anantavarman was the ruler of Orissa during the 13th century. He belongs to Ganga Dynasty.
The Chera's Kingdom of Mahodayapuram was established in present-day Kerala during the 9th century.
Lilatillakam is fourteen century Malayalam text.
Mangalakavya meaning auspicious poem, Sanskrit text of Vaishnavism belonged to Bengal.
Kangra is a miniature painting or Pahari painting that belongs to Himachal Pradesh.
Basohli Painting; Famous painter Bhanudattas's Rasamanjari( Jammu Kashmir)
Brihaddharma Purana, 13th century Sanskrit text allowed local Bengal brahman to eat Fish of certain varieties.
31: With reference to Indian history, which one of the following statement is not true
a) Aurangzeb died in 1707
b) the Third battle of Panipat in 1776.
c) Ahmad Shah Abdali raided Delhi 5 times between 1748-61.
d) None
Answer: d
32: With reference to Indian history, one of the following is incorrectly matched.
Founder Provinces
a) Sadat Khan: Awadh
b) Murshid Quli Khan: Bengal
c) Asaf Jah: Hyderabad
d) None
answer: d.
33. With reference to Indian history, which one of the following statement is not true
a) Chauth and Sardeshmukhi were taxation systems of the Maratha Empire.
b) Suraj Mal was powerful Jat king
c) Sawai Jai Singh, the ruler of Amber constructed five astronomical observatories ( one each in Delhi, Jaipur, Ujjain, Mathura, Varanasi)
d) None
Answer: d
34. With reference to Indian history, one of the following is incorrectly matched.
a) Sindhia: Gwaliar
b) Gaekward: Baroda
c) Bhonsle: Nagpur
d) Holkar: Bhopal
Answer: Holder was head of Indore.
35. Match the following:
a) subadar i) a revenue farmer
b) faujdar ii) a high noble
c) ijaradar iii) provincial governor
d) misl iv) Maratha peasant warriors
e) Chauth v) a Mughal military commander
f) kunbis vi)a band of Sikh warriors
g) umara tax vii) levied by the Marathas
Answer:
a-iii; b-v; c-i; d-vi; e-vii; f-iv; g-ii;
36. Find out the incorrect one
a) Minhaj-i-Siraj used the term Hindustani first time in a political sense which means areas belong to Punjab, Haryana, and lands between Ganga and Yamuna.
b) It was Akbar, who used Hindustan in a geographical sense that refers to the fauna and culture of Indian Subcontinents.
c) Persian wheel used for the purpose of Irrigation.
d) None
Answer: b.
It was Babur, not Akbar
37. Find out the incorrect one
a) Rashtrakutas were Samanthas of Chalukyas of Karnataka.
b) Ellora cave 15, Sculpture of Narasimha Avatar was made during the Rashtrakuta period.
c) Al Biruni and Mahmud Ghazi was contemporary
d) Cholas were Samanthas of Rashtrakutas
Answer: d. Cholas were Samanta of Pallavas.
38.Find out the incorrect one
a) Rajaraja, Chola ruler built Brihadisvra temple of Thanjavur.
b) Gangaikonda-Cholapuram temple built by Rajendra-I
c) Uttaramerur records gave the information of self-governance of Chola period.
d) During the Chola period, trade unions were called Nagaram and they performed military functions inside the city.
Answer: d. they performed administrative functions.
39. Find out the incorrect one
a) Sher Shah Suri defeated Humayun in the battle of Chausa ( 1539) and Bilgram or Kannauj ( 1540).
b) Rani Didda was the ruler of Kashmir
c) Rudrama Devi was the ruler of the Kakatiya Dynasty
d) Maximum number of Mongol invasion happened during the Iltumis period
Answer: d. Alauddin Khilji period
40. Find out the incorrect one
a) Kharaj: Tax of agriculture
b) Khums: Money from loots
c) Zakat: religious taxes taken from Rich Hindu.
d) None
Answer: c. Zakat: religious taxes taken from rich Muslims.
41. With reference to Mughal, which one of the following statement is not correct.
a) During Aurangzeb, revenue received from the jagirs was less than a Mansabdar's salary.
b) There were a huge increase in Mansebdar and shortage of Jagir in the Aurangzeb reign.
c) During Akbar's reign, the Salary of Mansebdar and revenue from Jagir were nearly the same.
d) Rank and salary of the Mansebdar were determined by a number of the "Sawar" or horsemen.
Answer: d.
The rank and salary of the Mansebdar were determined by a numerical value of Zat. higher the Zat more value and salary.
42. With reference to Mughal, which one of the following statement is not correct.
a) Maratha ruler Shivaji, launched guerrilla warfare against Aurangzeb's army.
b) Aurangzeb merged kingdoms of Bijapur and Golconda in his empire.
c) Akbar, the son of Aurangzeb revolted against him with the help of Maratha.
d) Khurram was the son of Shah Jahan.
answer: d.
Kurram was son of Jahagir who later known as Shahjahan.
43. With reference to Mughal Architecture, which one of the following statement is not correct.
a) Arabic language was used of inscriptions under-balcony of Qutub Minar.
b) Iltutmish Won universal respect for constructing a large reservoir just outside Delhi called Hauz-i-Sultani or King's reservoirs.
c) Jama Masjid in Delhi built by Shah Jahan.
d) Chahar Bagh style was introduced in India by Humayun.
Answer: d.
Chahar Bagh style was introduced in India by Babur
44. With reference to Mughal Architecture, which one of the following statement is not correct.
a) Shah Jahan built Chihil-Sutun or forty-pillared halls is called Diwan-i-am or Diwan-i Khas.
b) Pietra-dura inlays that depict the legendary greek god was made by Marble and sandstone, placed behind the Mughal emperors' throne.
c) Kandariya Mahadeva temple was constructed the king Dhangadeva of the Chandela dynasty in 999.
d) Bangla-style Mughal architecture was built in the Deccan region.
Answer: d. in Bengal.
45. With reference to Indian history, which one is not true.
a) "Mandapas" was related to both Temple and King palace.
b) In the twelfth century, Ajmer was the capital of Chauhan Kings.
c)Famous trade guilds( association) of south India were "Manigramam" and "Nanadesi".
d) Bohra Communities of Muslims from Gujarat were craftspersons.
Answer: d. Bohra communities were traders.
46. With reference to Indian history, which one is not true.
a) Bidri craft was the unique craft of Bidar, Karnataka. Inlay work was done in copper and silver.
b) Kabul was the main center for horse-trading.
c) Hampi was the capital city of the Vijayanagara empire which is located in the valley of rivers Krishna and Tungabhadra.
d) The word "moors" was used in the market of Hampi city under the Vijayanagara empire for Chinese merchants.
Answer: d. word " moors" was used for English merchants.
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