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UP PGT 2016 — History (Series A)

1 or 2 February 2019125 questions+3.4 for a correct answer, −0 for a wrong one

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History

1. Who established ‘Free India Society’ in England ?
- (a) Dadabhai Naoroji
- (b) Lala Hardayal
- (c) Bhikaji Kama
- (d) A.O. Hume
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2. The first Sultan of Delhi to introduce un-Islamic practices in court was
- (a) Qutubuddin Aibak
- (b) Iltutamish
- (c) Balban
- (d) Nasiruddin Mahmud
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Answer: (b)
3. Chola rulers were staunch follower of
- (a) Shaivism
- (b) Jainism
- (c) Buddhism
- (d) Shaktism
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Answer: (a)
4. The idea of Pakistan was pioneered by
- (a) Muhmmad Iqbal
- (b) Jinnah
- (c) Liyaqat Ali
- (d) Shaukat Ali
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Answer: (a)
5. The Council of ‘Nine Gems’ is associated with
- (a) Chandragupta II
- (b) Samudragupta
- (c) Harshavardhana
- (d) Dharmapala
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Answer: (a)
6. In the Gupta period Sarthvaha was known as
- (a) Chief of the District Administration
- (b) Chief of Caravana Traders
- (c) Chief of Council
- (d) Chief of Guild
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Answer: (b)
7. Jain images with inscription of Gupta period Brahmi have been found from which of the following place ?
- (a) Durjanpur
- (b) Udaigiri
- (c) Vidisha
- (d) Sanchi
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Answer: (a)
8. The Executive Council of Ur during the Cholas was called
- (a) Nagaram
- (b) Sabha
- (c) Mahasabha
- (d) Alunganam
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Answer: (d)
9. Who of the following associated with Mahavira Jain as a disciple ?
- (a) Makkali Gosala
- (b) Purana Kassapa
- (c) Pakudh Kachchayana
- (d) Ajita Keshakamblin
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Answer: (a)
10. After which of the following war Tipu Sultan of Mysore was forced to became a Subsidiary State ?
- (a) First Anglo – Mysore War
- (b) Second Anglo – Mysore War
- (c) Third Anglo – Mysore War
- (d) Fourth Anglo – Mysore War
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Answer: (d)
11. Who among the following was philosopher King of Kaikeya Janapada mentioned in Upanishadas ?
- (a) Jabali Pravahan
- (b) Jamdagni
- (c) Shrutsen
- (d) Ashwapati
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Answer: (d)
12. Who was the first women President of Indian National Congress ?
- (a) Sarojani Naidu
- (b) Vijay Lakshmi Pandit
- (c) Annie Besent
- (d) Indira Gandhi
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Answer: (c)
13. Who among the following emperors was called a ‘Qalandar’ ?
- (a) Babar
- (b) Akbar
- (c) Humayun
- (d) Shahajahan
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Answer: (a)
14. Which Viceroy banned Congress ?
- (a) Lord Harding
- (b) Lord Canning
- (c) Lord Willingdon
- (d) Lord Chelmsford
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Answer: (c)
15. Who of the following passed the ‘Calcutta Corporation Act’ in 1899 ?
- (a) Lord Duffrin
- (b) Lord Curzon
- (c) Lord Ripon
- (d) Lord Minto
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Answer: (b)
16. Chola Gangam tank was constructed by
- (a) Raja Raja I
- (b) Rajendra I
- (c) Rajadhiraja
- (d) Rajendra II
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Answer: (b)
17. ‘Bengal Tenancy Act’ was introduced in the year
- (a) 1884 A.D.
- (b) 1885 A.D.
- (c) 1886 A.D.
- (d) 1887 A.D.
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Answer: (b)
18. In which of the following inscription ‘Pattavaya Shreni’ is mentioned ?
- (a) Mandasore inscription of Kumargupta I
- (b) Indore copper plate of Skandgupta
- (c) Junagarh inscription of Skandgupta
- (d) Bhitari inscription of Skandgupta
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Answer: (a)
19. In the Vedic literature Sabha and Samiti are called two daughters of which deity ?
- (a) Indra
- (b) Agni
- (c) Prajapati
- (d) Rudra
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Answer: (c)
20. Tughlukabad, palace-cum- fortress city was founded by
- (a) Alauddin Khilji
- (b) Ghiyasuddin Tughluq
- (c) Muhammad bin Tughluq
- (d) Firoz Shah Tughluq
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Answer: (b)
21. Who had given the title of ‘Mahatma’ to Gandhiji ?
- (a) B.G. Tilak
- (b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
- (c) Rabindranath Tagore
- (d) Motilal Nehru
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Answer: (c)
22. Which of the following caves of Barabar group does not bear any inscription of Ashoka ?
- (a) Karna Chaupar Cave
- (b) Sudama Cave
- (c) Lomasa Rishi Cave
- (d) Vishvajhopri Cave
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Answer: (c)
23. ‘Syadvada’ is related to which religion ?
- (a) Vaishnavism
- (b) Shaivism
- (c) Jainism
- (d) Buddhism
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Answer: (c)
24. Who among the following Mughal rulers was fond of ‘Harp playing’ ?
- (a) Akbar
- (b) Aurangzeb
- (c) Jahangir
- (d) Shahajahan
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Answer: (b)
25. Who of the following founded the ‘Deccan Education Society’ in 1884 ?
- (a) Jyotiba Phule
- (b) Swami Vivekanand
- (c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- (d) Dayanand Saraswati
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Answer: (c)
26. Earliest hominid fossile has been discovered from which of the following site in Indian subcontinent ?
- (a) Damdama
- (b) Rakhigarhi
- (c) Sarai Nahar Rai
- (d) Hathnora
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Answer: (d)
27. ‘Udasin Variyam’ in Chola administration was related to
- (a) Navy department
- (b) Judicial department
- (c) Foreign Affairs department
- (d) Horticulture department
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Answer: (c)
28. Who became the President of ‘Hindi Association of the Passific Coast of America’ in 1913 A.D. ?
- (a) Sohan Singh Bhakhna
- (b) Lala Hardayal
- (c) Pandit Kashiram
- (d) Harnam Singh
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Answer: (a)
29. Who was the President of Irrigation Commission of 1901 A.D. ?
- (a) Martin Burd
- (b) Munro
- (c) Sir C. Scott Moncrieff
- (d) Lord Curzon
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Answer: (c)
30. What was ‘Nishka’ in Vedic period ?
- (a) Coin
- (b) Institution
- (c) Ornament
- (d) Caste
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Answer: (c)
31. ‘Swaraja is my Birth right and I shall have it’, who of the following said ?
- (a) Annie Besent
- (b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
- (c) Lala Lajpat Rai
- (d) Lokamanya Tilak
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Answer: (d)
32. Babar died at which of the place ?
- (a) Kabul
- (b) Delhi
- (c) Agra
- (d) Lahore
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Answer: (c)
33. Which of the following vedas contain a collection of sacrificial formulas ?
- (a) Rigveda
- (b) Atharvaveda
- (c) Samaveda
- (d) Yajurveda
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Answer: (a)
34. Who became the first Governor of East Bengal after the partition of Bengal ?
- (a) Blamfield Fuler
- (b) Charles Grant
- (c) Charles Napier
- (d) Metcough
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Answer: (a)
35. Who among the following Indians was the first Vice-chancellor of Calcutta University ?
- (a) Ashutosh Mukherjee
- (b) W.C. Banerjee
- (c) Surendra Nath Banerjee
- (d) Dadabhai Naoroji
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Answer: (a)
36. Where and when was Shivaji coronated ?
- (a) In Konkan, 1653
- (b) In Mumbai, 1665
- (c) In Pune, 1660
- (d) In Raigarh, 1674
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Answer: (d)
37. Which Upanishad first mentioned the four Ashramas ?
- (a) Manduk Upanishad
- (b) Brihadaranyak Upanishad
- (c) Jabal Upanishad
- (d) Chhandogya Upanishad
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Answer: (c)
38. In which of the following inscription of Ashoka, five states of South India are mentioned ?
- (a) Rock edict II
- (b) Rock edict VI
- (c) Rock edict XIII
- (d) Rock edict VII
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Answer: (a)
39. First All India Women Conference was held in the year
- (a) 1927
- (b) 1928
- (c) 1929
- (d) 1933
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Answer: (a)
40. Who among the following was the founder of the independent State of Awadh ?
- (a) Murshid Quili Khan
- (b) Saadat Ali Khan
- (c) Farrukhsiyar
- (d) Shuja-ud-din
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Answer: (b)
41. The famous painter Mansoor was a courtier of
- (a) Akbar
- (b) Humayun
- (c) Jahangir
- (d) None of the above
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42. In Mansabdari system, the word ‘Mansab’ stands for which of the following ?
- (a) Tax
- (b) Agricultural land
- (c) Priest
- (d) A rank
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Answer: (d)
43. Which one of the following texts refers to a list of ratnins in the Vedic period ?
- (a) Satapath Brahmana
- (b) Aitareya Brahmana
- (c) Atharvaveda
- (d) Jabalopanishad
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Answer: (a)
44. ‘Sharda Bill’ is related to which of the following ?
- (a) Age of marriage
- (b) Widow marriage
- (c) Sati
- (d) Infanticide
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Answer: (a)
45. Who among the following ambassadors assumed the title ‘Bhagavata’ ?
- (a) Dionysius
- (b) Heliodorus
- (c) Megasthenes
- (d) Pliny
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Answer: (b)
46. First phase of Bagor is related to which of the following culture ?
- (a) Upper Palaeolithic
- (b) Mesolithic
- (c) Chalcolithic
- (d) Iron Age
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Answer: (b)
47. Who among the following built Moti Masjid in the fort of Agra ?
- (a) Akbar
- (b) Jahangir
- (c) Shahjahan
- (d) Aurangzeb
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Answer: (c)
48. According to Iban Batuta who has issued gold coins named Dinar ?
- (a) Ghaisuddin Balban
- (b) Alauddin Khilji
- (c) Ghiyas-ud-din Tughluq
- (d) Muhammad bin Tughluq
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Answer: (d)
49. On the bank of which of the following river Mahavira Swami attained Kaivalya ?
- (a) Rijupalika
- (b) Niranjana
- (c) Godavari
- (d) Kosi
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Answer: (a)
50. In Sultanate period ‘Diwan-e-wakaf’ department was related to
- (a) keeping records of expenditure
- (b) animal trade
- (c) imperial factories
- (d) market management
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Answer: (a)
51. Satnami’s Revolt took place in the reign of
- (a) Akbar
- (b) Shahajahan
- (c) Aurangzeb
- (d) Jahangir
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Answer: (c)
52. Who among the following signed the Treaty of Bassein in 1802 with the British East India Company ?
- (a) Balaji Vishwanath
- (b) Baji Rao I
- (c) Balaji Baji Rao
- (d) Baji Rao II
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Answer: (d)
53. The picture of peacock was engraved on which of the following inscription of Ashoka ?
- (a) Lauriya-Nandangarh Pillar
- (b) Lion-Pillar at Rampurva
- (c) Delhi-Topra Pillar
- (d) Sarnath Pillar
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Answer: (a)
54. Who among the following Gupta Kings issued silver coins first ?
- (a) Kacha
- (b) Chandragupta II
- (c) Ramagupta
- (d) Samudragupta
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Answer: (b)
55. Which of the following text relates to the story of great deluge ?
- (a) Komsita ki Brahmana
- (b) Satapath Brahmana
- (c) Gopatha Brahmana
- (d) Aitareya Brahmana
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Answer: (b)
56. Who appointed Ibna Battuta as a Judge of Delhi and Ambassador of China ?
- (a) Qutubuddin Aibak
- (b) Jalaluddin Firoz Khilji
- (c) Muhammad bin Tughluq
- (d) Khizr Khan
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Answer: (c)
57. Who wrote ‘Humayunnama’ ?
- (a) Gulbadan Begam
- (b) Arjumand Bano
- (c) Jahan Ara
- (d) Roshan Ara
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Answer: (a)
58. In King’s court the word ‘Mir-i-Tuzuk’ was used for
- (a) Royal messenger
- (b) Imperial news writer
- (c) Royal bodyguard
- (d) Chief Secretary
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59. Which of the following works refers to ‘Avataravada’ ?
- (a) Aitareya Brahmana
- (b) Kaushitaki Upanishad
- (c) Manusmriti
- (d) Bhagavadgita
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Answer: (d)
60. For whom of the following Surnamed the ‘Parrot of India’ was used ?
- (a) Ziauddin Barni
- (b) Amir Khusrav
- (c) Yahya-bin-Ahmad Sirhindi
- (d) Shahabuddin Ahmad
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Answer: (b)
61. What was the function of ‘Samaharta’ during the time of Maurya ?
- (a) He was a Military Officer
- (b) He was a Treasury Officer
- (c) He was a Judicial Officer
- (d) He was the Collector of Revenue
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Answer: (d)
62. Which of the following form of script was used in Harappan Civilization ?
- (a) Alphabetic
- (b) Pictographic
- (c) Phonetic
- (d) Syllabic
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Answer: (b)
63. ‘The National Association’ was founded in Calcutta by whom among the following ?
- (a) Hemendranath Tagore
- (b) Debendranath Tagore
- (c) Surendranath Banerjee
- (d) Dadabhai Naoroji
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Answer: (c)
64. In which year did Taimur invade India ?
- (a) 1398
- (b) 1498
- (c) 1526
- (d) 1757
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Answer: (a)
65. Vallabh Bhai Patel is firstly related to which Gandhian Movement ?
- (a) Champaran Satyagraha
- (b) Non-cooperation Movement
- (c) Kheda Satyagraha
- (d) Dandi March
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Answer: (c)
66. Who among the following Indian rulers first entered into subsidiary alliance ?
- (a) Nawab of Awadh
- (b) Raja of Mysore
- (c) Baji Rao II
- (d) Nizam Ali
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Answer: (a)
67. Who of the following was the Governor of Surashtra during the reign of Skandagupta ?
- (a) Tushaspa
- (b) Parnadatta
- (c) Vishakha
- (d) Harisena
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Answer: (b)
68. Which of the following is known as ‘Frontier Gandhi’ ?
- (a) Jinnah
- (b) Liyaqat Ali
- (c) Syad Ahmad
- (d) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
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Answer: (d)
69. Who of the following Gupta ruler performed the Ashvamedha sacrifice ?
- (a) Chandragupta I
- (b) Chandragupta II
- (c) Kumargupta I
- (d) Skandgupta
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Answer: (c)
70. Which Sultan founded the city of Jaunpur ?
- (a) Muhammad Tughluq
- (b) Firoz Tughluq
- (c) Balban
- (d) Iltutmish
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Answer: (b)
71. A Judge of the Kantaka -Sodhan court of Mauryan time was known as
- (a) Chief Judge
- (b) Dharmastha
- (c) Paura-Vyavaharika
- (d) Pradeshta
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Answer: (d)
72. The term punarbhu, a remarried woman appears in which text for the first time ?
- (a) Rigveda
- (b) Atharvaveda
- (c) Baudhayan Dharmasutra
- (d) Vashistha Dharmasutra
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Answer: (b)
73. ‘Market Reforms’ are related to which Sultan of Delhi ?
- (a) Balban
- (b) Sikandar Lodhi
- (c) Alauddin Khilji
- (d) Raziya
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Answer: (c)
74. The Officer named ‘Rupadarshaka’ in the Mauryan administration was
- (a) Examiner of coins
- (b) Examiner of silver and other metals
- (c) Manager of the stage
- (d) Incharge of the prostitutes
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Answer: (a)
75. Who was the Viceroy of India during Jallianwala Bagh Massacre ?
- (a) Lord Curzon
- (b) Lord Chelmsford
- (c) Lord Minto
- (d) Lord Bentick
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Answer: (b)
76. Who established the department ‘Diwan-i-arz’ ?
- (a) Shamsuddin Iltutmish
- (b) Raziya
- (c) Ghaisuddin Balban
- (d) Alauddin Khilji
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Answer: (c)
77. Shaikh Abdul Haq Muhaddit Dehlawi was a leading religious scholar during the reign of
- (a) Humayun
- (b) Babar
- (c) Jahangir
- (d) Aurangzeb
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Answer: (c)
78. Who was responsible for the conquest of Malwa at the time of Akbar ?
- (a) Pir Mohammad
- (b) Abdullah Khan Uzbeg
- (c) Adam Khan
- (d) Bairam Khan
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Answer: (c)
79. Which one of the following was not associated with ‘Atmiya Sabha’ ?
- (a) Dwaraka Nath Tagore
- (b) Hariharananda Tirth Swami
- (c) Nand Kishor Bose
- (d) Keshaw Chandra Sen
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Answer: (d)
80. Who has referred to the counterfeiters of coins in his text ?
- (a) Kautilya (Arthashastra)
- (b) Manusmriti
- (c) Panini (Ashtadhyayi)
- (d) Patanjali (Mahabhasya)
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Answer: (a)
81. Which of the following the pre-historic site is well-known for rock painting ?
- (a) Langhnaj
- (b) Birbhanpur
- (c) Nagarjunakonda
- (d) Bhimbetka
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Answer: (d)
82. From which of the following Harappan city dressed stone used in masonry with mud bricks ?
- (a) Harappa
- (b) Mohenjodaro
- (c) Lothal
- (d) Dholavira
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Answer: (d)
83. Who was the ruler of Kanchi during the reign of Samudragupta ?
- (a) Vishnugopa
- (b) Svamidatta
- (c) Hastivarman
- (d) Ugrasena
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Answer: (a)
84. The head of which department looked after income and expenditure of the State during the reign of Sher-Shah ?
- (a) Diwan-i-Wazarat
- (b) Diwan-i-Ariz
- (c) Diwan-i-Rasalat
- (d) Diwan-i-Insha
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85. Who discontinued ‘Vernacular Press Act’ ?
- (a) Lord Lytton
- (b) Lord Ripon
- (c) Lord Curzon
- (d) Lord Velesli
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Answer: (b)
86. The famous booklet ‘Brahmopasana’ was associated with which of the following ?
- (a) Prarthna Samaj
- (b) Dev Samaj
- (c) Arya Samaj
- (d) Brahmo Samaj
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Answer: (d)
87. For the assessment of land revenue who of the following Chola King initiated land survey in his State ?
- (a) Raja Raja I
- (b) Rajendra I
- (c) Rajendra II
- (d) Kulottung I
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88. On which day India and Pakistan were declared independent ?
- (a) 3 June 1947
- (b) 15 August 1947
- (c) 4 July 1947
- (d) 16 October 1947
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89. According to the Buddhist tradition who of the following God had to implore Buddha three times to go forth and spread his insight ?
- (a) Brahma
- (b) Vishnu
- (c) Shiva
- (d) Krishna
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Answer: (a)
90. What was ‘Zabt’ in Mughal period ?
- (a) Confiscation of land
- (b) Measurement of land
- (c) Tax
- (d) Currency
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Answer: (b)
91. Which one of the following Chola ruler was declared the King on the battle field ?
- (a) Rajendra I
- (b) Rajaraja I
- (c) Rajendra II
- (d) Rajadhiraja
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Answer: (c)
92. Who had founded ‘Scientific Society’ in 1864 ?
- (a) Dadabhai Naoroji
- (b) R.C. Dutt
- (c) G.K. Gokhale
- (d) Sir Syyed Ahmad Khan
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Answer: (d)
93. In whose Presidentship the Congress passed the ‘Non-cooperation resolution’ ?
- (a) P. Sitaramaiyya
- (b) Jawahar Lal Nehru
- (c) Motilal Nehru
- (d) Lala Lajpat Rai
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Answer: (d)
94. Who of the following queens of King Ashoka whose name referred in his inscription ?
- (a) Karuvaki
- (b) Tishyarakshita
- (c) Mahadevi
- (d) Kumardevi
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Answer: (a)
95. In which language ‘Tuzuk-i-Babri’ was written by Babar ?
- (a) Urdu
- (b) Persian
- (c) Turki
- (d) French
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96. Vira-nirvana era is concerned with
- (a) Jainism
- (b) Buddhism
- (c) Shaivism
- (d) Ajivikas
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97. Who of the following has renounced the Knighthood to protest against the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre ?
- (a) Jawahar Lal Nehru
- (b) Arvinda Ghosh
- (c) Rabindranath Tagore
- (d) Bipin Chandra Pal
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98. ‘Indian Society of Oriental Art’ was established by
- (a) Rabindranath Tagore
- (b) Avanindranath Tagore
- (c) Devendranath Tagore
- (d) Gaganendranath Tagore
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Answer: (b)
99. In which year did ‘Cabinet Mission’ come to India ?
- (a) March 1946
- (b) March 1947
- (c) March 1945
- (d) March 1948
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Answer: (a)
100. Which of the following was the first Neolithic site to be reported in India ?
- (a) Koldihwa
- (b) Chirand
- (c) Gufkaral
- (d) Lingsugur
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101. Miyan Mir of Lahore, a Sufi Saint of the Qadiri order was associated with the reign of
- (a) Humayun
- (b) Babar
- (c) Jahangir
- (d) Jahandar Shah
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Answer: (c)
102. Which of the following vedas is composed partly in prose ?
- (a) Rigveda
- (b) Yajurveda
- (c) Samaveda
- (d) Atharvaveda
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Answer: (b)
103. In which Session of Congress Jawahar Lal Nehru declared ‘Purna Swaraj’ as its goal ?
- (a) Lahore Session
- (b) Nagpur Session
- (c) Gaya Session
- (d) Calcutta Session
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104. Who among the following successors of Ashoka used the title Devanampriya ?
- (a) Dasaratha
- (b) Samprati
- (c) Kunala
- (d) Suyasha
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Answer: (a)
105. Who of the following was the founder of Pataliputra ?
- (a) Bimbisar
- (b) Ajatshatru
- (c) Udai Bhadra
- (d) Shishunag
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106. Hunas invasion is described in
- (a) Bhitari Inscription
- (b) Junagarh Inscription
- (c) Prayaga Prashasti
- (d) Mathura Inscription
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107. The twenty-third tirthankar Parshvanatha hailed from which of the following place ?
- (a) Ahmedabad
- (b) Badodra
- (c) Banaras
- (d) Pavapuri
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108. Quit India Resolution was passed on
- (a) 7ᵗʰ August 1942
- (b) 8ᵗʰ August 1942
- (c) 9ᵗʰ August 1942
- (d) 10ᵗʰ August 1942
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109. According to the Jain tradition Neminath the 22ⁿᵈ Tirthankar was related to
- (a) Parashuram
- (b) Krishna
- (c) Bimbisar
- (d) Udayan
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110. Which metal was used by Muhammad bin Tughluq in his token currency ?
- (a) Gold
- (b) Silver
- (c) Copper
- (d) Zinc
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111. Which of the following text declares that when a person joins the Sangha, he becomes without varna ?
- (a) Singalavada Sutta
- (b) Sanyukta Nikaya
- (c) Sonadanda Sutta
- (d) Anguttar Nikaya
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112. Out of the following taxes which one was levied by Sultan of Delhi ?
- (a) Khams
- (b) Kharaj
- (c) Zakat
- (d) All of the above
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113. Circular pit houses have been discovered in Chalcolithic period at which of the following site ?
- (a) Navadatoli
- (b) Ahar
- (c) Harappa
- (d) Inamgaon
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114. Who among the following was the last to be initiated in his religion by Gautam Buddha ?
- (a) Anand
- (b) Sariputta
- (c) Moggalayan
- (d) Subhadda
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115. Famous revolutionary Ashutosh Kuila was member of which of the revolutionary organization ?
- (a) Hindustan Republican Association
- (b) Gadar Party
- (c) Anusheelan Samiti
- (d) Vidhutwahini
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116. The term Shrestin is used for
- (a) Trade financer
- (b) President of guild
- (c) Money exchanger
- (d) Craftsman
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117. Which Governor General abolished the practice of Sati ?
- (a) Lord Ripon
- (b) Lord Lytton
- (c) Lord Curzon
- (d) Lord Bentick
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118. Who among the following rulers forbade the production and sale of liquor throughout his State ?
- (a) Harshvardhan
- (b) Dharmapal
- (c) Kumarpal
- (d) Bhoj
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119. What was ‘Tinkathiya’ in British India ?
- (a) where farmer was bound to grow indigo on 3/20 part of land
- (b) three types of soil
- (c) three types of crops
- (d) three types of climate
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Answer: (a)
120. The ‘Quit India resolution’ was recommended by which of the following ?
- (a) Jawahar Lal Nehru
- (b) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
- (c) Abul Kalam Azad
- (d) J.B. Kriplani
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Answer: (a)
121. Who of the following was first bhikshuni ?
- (a) Maya
- (b) Mahaprajapati Gotami
- (c) Yashodhara
- (d) Rohini
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122. In 1620 A.D. Jahangir sent an expedition to Kangra under the command of
- (a) Raja Bikramajit
- (b) Mahavat Khan
- (c) Nawab Murtaza Khan
- (d) Saiyyad Sadar Jahan
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Answer: (a)
123. Who of the following has written the text ‘Gatha Saptashati’ ?
- (a) Chandragupta II Vikramaditya
- (b) Satvahan King Hala
- (c) Pushyabhuti King Harshvardhan
- (d) Pal King Dharmapal
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124. Who of the following was the first Gupta ruler to assume the title of ‘Parambhagavata’ ?
- (a) Samudragupta
- (b) Kumargupta I
- (c) Chandragupta II
- (d) Ramagupta
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Answer: (c)
125. The ‘war and peace’ minister in Gupta period was known as
- (a) Senapati
- (b) Mahadandanayaka
- (c) Sandhivigrahika
- (d) Kumaramatya
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Answer key

Answer key from the U.P. Secondary Education Services Selection Board’s official answer key for this sitting. “—” means the key gave none: the question was deleted.

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