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History 08 - Set A PDF
History 08 - Set A PDF
1. The kings of which of the following dynasties issued bilingual and bi-script coins in India
for the first time ?
(a) Indo-Greeks (b) Kushana
(c) Shaka (d) Parthian
10. What was the rate of land revenue during Maurya period ?
1 1 1 1
(a) 4 to 6 of produce (b) 2 to 4 of produce
1 1 1 1
(c) 8 to 10 of produce (d) 10 to 16 of produce
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1. ?
(a) - (b)
(c) (d)
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11. Which of the following books was written by Jain scholar Haribhadra Suri ?
(a) Kuvlayamala (b) Kathakoshprakaran
(c) Adi Purana (d) Samradityakatha
15. Which among the following Kings constructed the Kailash temple of Ellora ?
(a) Dhruv (b) Krishna I
(c) Amoghvarsh (d) Krishna II
17. According to Baudhayana Sutra, the King was to protect his subjects for which he received
from the subjects :
(a) Fifth part of their produce (b) Third part of their produce
(c) Sixth part of their produce (d) Seventh part of their produce
18. The most famous ruler of the Shaka Kardramaka Kshatrapas was
(a) Chastana (b) Rudrasimha I
(c) Rudradama (d) Rudrasimha III
17.
(a) (b)
(c) (d)
25. Who was the ruler of Mathura at the time of Mahmud of Gaznavi’s invasion ?
(a) Kulchand (b) Mulchand
(c) Trilochan (d) Bhim Dev
26. How many dynasties of Rajputs are mentioned in Rajatrangini and Kumarpal Charit ?
(a) 32 (b) 38
(c) 40 (d) 36
28. Who was the Sultan of Delhi at the time of Timur’s invasion ?
(a) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq Shah II (b) Abu Bakr Shah
(c) Khizr Khan (d) Nasiruddin Mahmud Tughlaq
23. . ?
(a) (b)
(c) (d)
26. ?
(a) 32 (b) 38
(c) 40 (d) 36
36. Which ruler of Vijaynagar empire appointed the Muslims in his army on large scale ?
(a) Dev Rai I (b) Dev Rai II
(c) Krishna Rai (d) Harihar II
37. Sher Shah was appointed as ‘Ataliq’ in his early life under
(a) Bahar Khan (b) Jalal Khan
(c) Jamal Khan (d) Taj Khan
38. Sayyid Brothers who have been referred in Mughal politics were
(a) Hussain Ali and Abdullah Khan
(b) Hussain Khan and Muhammad Khan
(c) Abdullah Khan and Muhammad Khan
(d) Hussain Khan and Ahmadullah
33. ‘ ’ ?
(a) (b)
(c) (d)
40. -- ,
(a) 1582 (b) 1579
(c) 1583 (d) 1581
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41. Select the correct statement out of the following :
(a) Shahjahan dug the Western Jamuna Canal and named it Nehr-i-Bahist.
1 1
(b) Shahjahan reduced the land revenue from to 3.
2
(c) Shahjahan repaired the Western Jamuna Canal and renamed it as Nehr-i-Bahist.
(d) The condition of peasantry improved during Shahjahan reign.
42. How many climates of India have been mentioned by Babar in Tuzuk-i-Babri ?
(a) Four (b) Three
(c) Five (d) Eight
44. Who patronised the painters Mir Sayyad Ali and Daswanth ?
(a) Akbar (b) Jahangir
(c) Shahjahan (d) Nurjahan
47. “Akbar was the real founder of Mughal Empire.” Who said it ?
(a) V.A. Smith (b) Stanley Lanepool
(c) Edward Garret (d) Irfan Habib
48. Which Mughal prince sought refuse in the Court of Raja of Garhwal ?
(a) Khurram (b) Khusro
(c) Murad (d) Sulaiman Shikoh
50. In which year the Darul Uloom Deoband School was established ?
(a) 1862 A.D. (b) 1866 A.D.
(c) 1868 A.D. (d) 1875 A.D.
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41. :
(a) --
1 1
(b) 2 3
(c) --
(d)
42. -- ?
(a) (b)
(c) (d)
44. ?
(a) (b)
(c) (d)
56. The Peshwa who has been described as “the greatest exponent of Gurrilla tactics” after
Shivaji was
(a) Balaji Baji Rao (b) Baji Rao I
(c) Baji Rao II (d) Balaji Vishwanath
57. Guru Gobind changed his name as Guru Gobind Singh after which incident ?
(a) When he convened a large assembly of the Sikhs at Anandpur in 1699 A.D.
(b) After he held a magnificent darbar at Keshgarh.
(c) After the first battle of Anandpur.
(d) After he received Khande Ka Pahul from the hands of Panj Pyaras.
58. Which of the following Governors General/Viceroy showed keen interest in preservation
of archaeological remains ?
(a) Lord Ripon (b) William Bentinck
(c) Lord Curzon (d) Lord Dufferin
60. About which of the following it is said that he/she planted the ‘Tree of Liberty’ in his
kingdom ?
(a) Tipu Sultan (b) Balaji Vishwanath
(c) Ranjit Singh (d) Rani Laxmibai
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51. ?
(a) (b)
(c) (d)
52. ?
(a) (b)
(c) (d)
53. ?
(a) , (b) ,
(c) , (d) ,
54. ?
(a) (b)
(c) (d)
56. “ ” ?
(a) (b) I
(c) II (d)
57. ?
(a) 1699 .
(b)
(c)
(d)
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(a) (b)
(c) (d)
60. ‘ ’ ?
(a) (b)
(c) (d)
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61. Puran Chand Joshi, a left leader from Uttrakhand, later became General Secretary of which
of the following political parties ?
(a) Communist Party of India (Marxist)
(b) All India Forward Block
(c) Revolutionary Socialist Party
(d) Communist Party of India
62. Who among the following called Gandhiji’s activities as ‘Political Blackmail or Ransom’ ?
(a) Lord Irwin (b) Lord Wavell
(c) Lord Reading (d) Lord Linlithgow
63. During Anti partition of Bengal Movement Carlyle Circular was related to
(a) Transport (b) Industry
(c) Educational Institutions (d) None of the above
67. Which of the following Viceroy started to confer the title of Rai Bahadur and Khan
Bahadur to Indians ?
(a) Lord Ripon (b) Lord Lytton
(c) Lord Mayo (d) Lord Dufferin
69. The first textile mill was started by Cowasjee Nanabhoy in 1853 A.D. at
(a) Bombay (b) Surat
(c) Pune (d) Rishra
70. Which of the following presided over the session of the Indian National Congress twice ?
(a) M.K. Gandhi (b) William Wedderburn
(c) Subash Chandra Bose (d) Henry Cotton
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(a) () (b)
(c) (d)
62. ‘ ’ ?
(a) (b)
(c) (d)
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(a) (b)
(c) (d)
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71. ?
(a) (b)
(c) (d)
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(a) (b)
(c) (d)
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(a) 1900 . (b) 1904 . (c) 1909 . (d) 1912 .
75. ?
(a) (b)
(c) (d)
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(a) (b)
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81. By which name the people of Mesopotamia knew Indus state region ?
(a) Sindh (b) Dilmun
(c) Hindu (d) Melukhkha (Meluha)
83. On which date was the famous ‘Long March’ of Mao-Tse-Tung started ?
(a) 2nd October, 1934 A.D. (b) 10th October, 1934 A.D.
(c) 16th October, 1934 A.D. (d) 24th October, 1934 A.D.
86. Who said, ‘we cannot manufacture the great historical event’ ?
(a) Bismarck (b) Napoleon
(c) Metternich (d) Lenin
87. Which one of the following is not associated with the American War of Independence ?
(a) Benjamin Franklin (b) Thomas Paine
(c) George Washington (d) Abraham Lincoln
88. Which dynasty was dislodged in Russia by the 1917 A.D. Revolution ?
(a) Romanov (b) Bourbon
(c) Hapsburg (d) Hanovar
89. The Great Economic Depression started from 24th October, 1929 A.D. What is this date
called ?
(a) Black Monday (b) Black Tuesday
(c) Black Thursday (d) Black Friday
88. 1917 . ?
(a) (b)
(c) (d)
89. 24 , 1929 . ?
(a) (b)
(c) (d)
94. Which Political Party in India was the first to break the monopoly of the Congress to form
the first Non-Congress Government in a State ?
(a) Communist Party of India Marxist
(b) Samta Party
(c) Communist Party of India
(d) Bharatiya Janata Party
96. Who among the following was the founder of ‘Happy Club’ ?
(a) Gobind Ballabh Pant (b) Jwala Dutt Joshi
(c) Jyoti Ram Kandpal (d) Bhawani Singh
98. In which year Karl Marx and Frederick Engels wrote Communist Manifesto ?
(a) 1848 A.D. (b) 1850 A.D.
(c) 1890 A.D. (d) 1905 A.D.
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?
(a) (b)
(c) (d)
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