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1. A figure of Mother Goddess made of bone was discovered from the Upper Palaeolithic
context in
a. Godavari Valley (Maharashtra)
b. Narmada Valley (Madhya Pradesh)
c. Son Valley (Madhya Pradesh)
d. Belan Valley (Uttar Pradesh)
Answer: d
2. Which of the following Mesolithic sites has yielded the evidence of necklace and earrings?
a. Adamgarh
b. Bagor
c. Mahadaha
d. Singrauli
Answer: c
3. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists:
List-I List-II
a. Alamgirpur a. Gujarat
b. Rakhigarhi b. Haryana
c. Rangpur c. Punjab
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d. Ropar d. Uttar Pradesh
ABCD
a. 1 3 4 2
b. 4 2 1 3
c. 3 1 2 4
d. 4 2 3 1
Answer: b
4. Which of the Harappan sites have yielded the evidence of paddy?
a. Harappa
b. Mohenjodaro
c. Lothal
d. Rangpur
Select the correct answer from the codes below:
a. 1 and 2
b. 2 and 3
c. 3 and 4
d. 1, 2 and 3
Answer: c
5. Which of the followng is the most popular metre of the Rigveda?
a. Anushtup
b. Gayatri
c. Jagati
d. Trishtup
Answer: d
6. The Paippalada Samhita is a recension of
a. Rigveda
b. Yajurveda
c. Samaveda
d. Atharvaveda
Answer: d
7. The Vedic river Kubha is to be located in
a. Afghanistan
b. Chinese Turkistan
c. Kashmir
d. Punjab
Answer: a
8. Which of the following are not Buddhist Jatakas?
a. Baveru Jataka
b. Brihaj Jataka
c. Dasarath Jataka
d. Yavana Jataka
Indicate the correct answer from the codes given below:
a. 1 and 2
b. 3 and 4
c. 1 and 3
d. 2 and 4
Answer: d
9. Which of the following Mauryan Pillars were surmounted by Lion Capital?
a. Lauriya Nandangarh
b. Kolhua (Bakhira)
c. Sanchi
d. Sarnath
Indicate the correct answer from the codes below:
a. 1 & 4
b. 2 & 3
c. 3 & 4
d. 1, 2, 3 & 4
Answer: d
10. The Mauryan ruler Asoka gifted caves in the Barabar Hill in Bihar to
a. Ajivikas
b. Mahasanghikas
c. Niganthas
d. Theravadins
Answer: a
11. Which one of the following has not been included in the list of seven limbs of State?
a. Duta
b. Janapada
c. Mitra
d. Sena
Answer: a
12. Who among the following laid down punishment for persons becoming ascetics without
making adequate provision for dependent wife and children?
a. Kautilya
b. Manu
c. Pushyamitra Sunga
d. Sasanka
Answer: a
13. In which type of marriage there was a condition of giving a pair of cows to the father of the
bride?
a. Arsha
b. Asura
c. Daiva
d. Prajapatya
Answer: a
14. The son born of Niyoga was known as
a. Aurasa
b. Gudhaja
c. Kshetraja
d. Sahodha
Answer: c
15. According to the Dharmasastra tradition who was considered to be the first successor to
Stridhana?
a. Husband
b. Son
c. Daughter
d. Daughter-in-law
Answer: c
16. Excavations of which of the following sites has yielded evidence of a Vaishnava temple of
pre-Christian era?
a. Ayodhya
b. Besnagar
c. Bodhgaya
d. Mathura
Answer: b
17. Ancient mint centres of the Yaudheyas were
a. Agaroha
b. Bayana
c. Rohtak
d. Sunet
a. 1 and 2
b. 3 and 4
c. 2 and 3
d. 1 and 4
Answer: b
18. Assertion (A): The early Chaitygrihas and Viharas of Guntuphalli in West Godavari
district are rock cut.
Reason (R): The Chaityas and Viharas of Eastern Deccan are usually rock-cut.
In the context of above 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 true, but R is false.
d. A is false, but R is true.
Answer: c
19. Which of the following places has yielded Roman coins of Augustus in good numbers?
a. Arikamedu
b. Coimbatore district
c. Mahabalipuram
d. Sopara
Answer: b
20. Assertion (A): The Buddhist text Milindapanho states that ships were sailed from India
to Alexandria.
Reason (R): Milinda had a second capital at Alexandria.
In the context of above statements, which one of the followng is correct?

Answer: c
21. Who among the following Kushan Kings portrayed only one deity Shiva with or without
Nandi on the reverse of his coins?
a. Kujula Kadphises
b. Wema Kadphises
c. Kanishka
d. Huvishka
Answer: b
22. Which school of art used spotted sandstone as material for sculptures?
a. Amaravati
b. Gandhar
c. Mathura
d. Sarnath
Answer: c
23. Who among the following was a great patron of the Sangam poets?
a. Kāri
b. Ori
c. Nalli
d. Pāri
Answer: d
24. In which of the following early royal families, men usually patronised the Vedic religion and
the ladies the Buddhism?
a. Ikshvakus
b. Kanvas
c. Guptas
d. Vakatakas
Answer: a
25. The guild which had migrated from Lata and settled in Dasapura traded in
a. Jewels
b. Oil
c. Salt
d. Silk
Answer: d
26. Where did Upasika Bodhisiri construct a Chaityagriha, enshrining a Stupa, for the exclusive
use of the Theravadin Acharyas of Sri Lanka?
a. Amaravati
b. Bhaja
c. Kanheri
d. Nagarjunakonda
Answer: d
27. Who among the following rulers had performed the Vajapeya sacrifice?
a. Pushyamitra Sunga
b. Chantamula
c. Pravarasena – I
d. Samudragupta
a. 1 and 2
b. 2 and 3
c. 3 and 4
d. 1 and 3
Answer: b
28. Who among the following was the chief exponent of Sunyavada?
a. Ananda
b. Asanga
c. Dinnaga
d. Nagarjuna
Answer: d
29. Who among the following is known as the acharya of Asvasastra?
a. Asvin
b. Palakka
c. Palakapya
d. Salihotra
Answer: d
30. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
a. Ashtanga Sangraha Ayurveda
b. Brahma Siddhanta Philosophy
c. Lilavati Mathematics
d. Rupamandana Iconography
Answer: b
31. Bhinmal is known as the native place of the astronomer named
a. Aryabhatt
b. Bhaskaracharya
c. Brahmagupta
d. Varahamihira
Answer: c
32. Who among the following had the title ‘Dharma-Maharaja’
a. Pushyamitra Sunga
b. Gautamiputra Satakarni
c. Pravarsena – I
d. Chandragupta – II
Answer: c
33. Where is the Buddhist rock-cut cave which depicts eleven-headed Bodhisattva image?
a. Ajanta
b. Ellora
c. Kanheri
d. Karle
Answer: c
34. Which of the following had been the chief centres of casting Buddhist bronze image during
the Pala period?
a. Kurkihar
b. Nalanda
c. Rajgrih
d. Sarnath
a. 2 only
b. 1 and 2
c. 3 and 4
d. 2, 3 and 4
Answer: b
35. 556 years of Śaka era had elapsed when the Aihole inscription of Pulekesin – II was
composed. Its approximate equivalent would be
a. A. D. 499
b. A. D. 613
c. A. D. 634
d. A. D. 691
Answer: c
36. Which of the following temples was constructed by Lokamahadevi, the senior queen of
Chalukya ruler Vikramaditya – II?
a. Draupadi Rath at Mamallapuram

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b. Vaikuntha Perumal temple at Kanchipuram
c. Meguti temple at Aihole
d. Virupaksha temple at Pattadakal
Answer: d
37. Which of the following temples is considered the earliest monument of Khajuraho?
a. Chausath Yogini temple
b. Brahma temple
c. Lakshman temple
d. Parswanath temple
Answer: a
38. Which of the following temples has a Sikhara of the Dravidian style?
a. Chitragupta temple, Khajuraho
b. Draupadi Rath, Mamallapuram
c. Rajarani temple, Odisha
d. Teli Ka Mandir, Gwalior
Answer: d
39. Name the temple which served as a centre of higher education:
a. Lingaraja temple at Bhubneswar
b. Sasbahu temple at Gwalior
c. Shore temple at Mamallapuram
d. Trayi Purush temple at Salotgi
Answer: d
40. Where did the Rashtrakuta King Dantidurga perform Hiranyagarbha Mahadana ceremony?
a. Ellora
b. Nasik
c. Manyakheta
d. Ujjain
Answer: d
41. Under the Chola rule there existed a medical school teaching the Charaka Samhita and the
Ashtangahridaya Samhita at
a. Annāyiram
b. Tirumukkudal
c. Tiruvāduturai
d. Tribhuvani
Answer: c
42. Who among the following Chalukya rulers had forbidden animal sacrifice in Gujarat?
a. Bhima
b. Siddharaja Jayasimha
c. Kumarapala
d. Ajayapala
Answer: c
43. Who among the following has been criticised by Kalhana for confiscating the temple
treasures?
a. Lalitaditya
b. Avantivarman
c. Didda
d. Harsha
Answer: d
44. Which of the following is correctly matched?
a. Hemadri Danasagara
b. Jimutavahana Dayabhaga
c. Lakshmidhara Chaturvargachintamani
d. Medhatithi Commentary on Yajnavalkya Smriti
Answer: b
45. Who among the following issued coins with the figure of Lakshmi?
a. Mahmud Ghazni
b. Mohammad Ghori
c. Akbar
d. None of the above
Answer: b
46. The earliest extant Persian dictionary is
a. Miftahul Suzala
b. Farhang-i-Qawwas
c. Farhang-i-Jahangiri
d. Farhang-i-Rashidi
Answer: b
47. Match the List-I with List-II and select correct answer from the codes given below the list:
List-I (Author) List-II (Work)
a. Jauhar Aftabchi a. Tazkirat-ul Waqiyat
b. Bayzeed Bayaat b. Tazkira-i Humayun-wa-Akbar
c. Ishwar Das Nāgar c. Futuhat-i Alamgiri
d. Shamshuddin Shah Nawaj Khan d. Maasir-ul Umra
ABCD
a. 1 2 3 4
b. 4 3 2 1
c. 3 2 1 4
d. 2 1 4 3
Answer: a
48. In whose court the Hindu Painters Basawan and Daswant were the chief painters?
a. Akbar
b. Aurangzeb
c. Mohammed Shah ‘Rangila’
d. Bahadurshah Zafar
Answer: a
49. ‘Loor’ is a well known folk song and dance of which State?
a. Rajasthan
b. Bihar
c. Himachal Pradesh
d. Assam
Answer: a
50. The marble stone was first introduced with Red Stone in the Mughal Buildings during whose
period?
a. Akbar
b. Jahangir
c. Shahjahan
d. Aurangzeb
Answer: c
51. Which Scholar Minister of Vijaynagar Empire was a famous Bhāsyakār of Vedas?
a. Sayan
b. Peddan
c. Hemadri
d. None of the above
Answer: a
52. In which book Tirumular has put up mystic interpretation of the Shaiv-Siddhanta?
a. Tirumandiram
b. Tiruwachkam
c. Nayalir prabandhan
d. Tirupalladu
Answer: a
53. The Lawni and Powada are associated with the following:
a. Shringhar and Veer Ras
b. Hasya and Vyang Ras
c. Karun Ras
d. Shant Ras
Answer: a
54. The Muslim ritual of ‘Fatiha’ relates to
a. Prayer for the dead
b. Bathing in the sacred water
c. Visit to a Dargah of any saint
d. Congregation for singing Qawwalis
Answer: a
55. Moplahs, who are known to have rebelled against the British Raj were the descendents of
whom?
a. Arab men and Indian women
b. Persian women and Shaikhzada men
c. Indian males and Persian women
d. Deccani women and Rajput males
Answer: a
56. Point out the Mughal Emperor who abolished ‘Sajda’ and ‘Zamibos’ both.
a. Babur
b. Jahangir
c. Shahjahan
d. Aurangzeb
Answer: c
57. Itimadud Daulah was the father-inlaw of the Mughal Emperor
a. Akbar
b. Jahangir
c. Shahjahan
d. Aurangzeb
Answer: b
58. On 2nd February, 1786 William Jones delivered his third annual discourse to Asiatic Society
on the subject
a. Importance of Asia in the history of mankind
b. History and culture of the Hindus
c. Reflection on the history, laws, manners, arts and antiquities of Asia
d. Remarks on the old inhabitants
Answer: b
59. Who among the following Muslim Sufi writers wrote ‘Chandawat’
a. Mulla Daud
b. Kutuban
c. Manjhan
d. Jayasi
Answer: a
60. Sawai Jai Singh of Jaipur showed his interest to establish observatories in the following five
cities:
a. Delhi, Jaipur, Mathura, Ujjain, Varanasi
b. Agra, Mathura, Delhi, Banaras, Haridwar
c. Ujjain, Pushkar, Mathura, Jaipur, Delhi
d. Delhi, Jaipur, Somnath, Pushkar, Mathura
Answer: a
61. Which of the following Missionaries came to India after they were permitted to preach
religion?
a. London Missionary Society

b. Scotch Missionary Society
c. General Baptist Missionary Society
d. All the above
Answer: d
62. Who of the following was not assocated with the Aligarh School?
a. Nazir Ahmed
b. Maulana Shibli Nomani
c. Maulana Azad
d. Altaf Hussain Hali
Answer: c
63. Of the following, who started the Gurukul Kangri?
a. Mahatma Hans Raj
b. Dayanand Saraswati
c. Guru Dutt
d. Swami Shraddhanand
Answer: d
64. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists:
List-I (Author) List-II (Work)
a. Lajpat Rai a. Rangabhumi
b. MK Gandhi b. Young India
c. Premchand c. Hind Swaraj
d. Abul Kalam Azad d. India Wins Freedom
ABCD
a. 1 4 2 3
b. 2 3 1 4
c. 3 2 4 1
d. 4 1 3 2
Answer: b
65. Arrange the following Education Reform Commissions in chronological order:
a. Radhakrishanan Commission
b. The Hunter Commission
c. The Kothari Education Commission
d. The Sadler University Commission
Select your answer from the codes given below:
a. 1 3 2 4
b. 2 4 1 3
c. 3 1 4 2
d. 4 2 3 1
Answer: b
66. Assertion (A): Ram Mohan Roy demanded that the maximum rents to be paid by the
actual cultivators of land should be permanently fixed.
Reason (R): The cultivators did not enjoy the benefits of the Permanent Settlement of
Bengal of 1793.
Answer: a
67. Assertion (A): Education remained available to a handful of Indians during the colonial
period.
Reason (R): All Educational institutions were opened through the incentives of rich
people only.
Answer: c
68. Identify the organization which concerned itself with the question of women's education.
a. School Book Society
b. Theosophical Society
c. Prarthana Samaj
d. All the above
Answer: d
69. Which one of the followng statements is not correct concerning Gandhian Philosophy?
a. Mahatma Gandhi derived inspiration from reading the works of western thinkers.
b. Vaishnavism and Jainism had no influence on him.
c. It was based on the recognition of the diversities of India.
d. His social philosophy was meant for the uplift of lower classes.
Answer: b
70. Match List-I (Authors) with List–II (Works) and select the correct answer using the codes
given below:
List-I (Authors) List-II (Work)
a. Mustafa Khan 1. Islamic revival a. British India
b. Sir William Muir b. History of the Revolt in Bijnor
c. Sayyid Ahmed Khan c. Life of Mohammad
d. Thomas Metcalf d. An Apology for the New Light
ABCD
a. 2 1 4 3
b. 4 2 3 1
c. 4 3 2 1
d. 2 4 3 1
Answer: c
71. From where was started the publication of the ‘Ghadar’ paper in 1913?
a. Lahore
b. London
c. San Francisco
d. New York
Answer: c
72. Who of the following has made the architectural design of Prince of Wales Museum of
Bombay?
a. G. Wittel
b. Sir Edward Lutyens
c. Sir Edward Baker
d. Lord North
Answer: a
73. To whom did Mahatma Gandhi consider his spiritual guide?
a. The New Testament
b. The Quran
c. The Bhagvad Gita
d. The Ramayana
Answer: c
74. Who among the following scholars used the concept “colonial milieu” concerning the South
Asian indigenous civilizations and its contact with British culture?
a. J. N. Farquhar
b. K. W. Jones
c. J. Hopkins
d. D. Kopf
Answer: b
75. Who among the following ‘wanted to preserve Islam unchanged; not as it was idealized in
texts or the historical past, but Islam as it had evolved to the present’
a. Ahmed Riza Khan
b. Sayyid Ahmed Khan
c. Mohammad Qasim Nanautawi
d. Rashid Ahmed Gangohi
Answer: a
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a. Godavari Valley (Maharashtra)

b. Narmada Valley (Madhya Pradesh)

c. Son Valley (Madhya Pradesh)

d. Belan Valley (Uttar Pradesh)

d. Ropar d. Uttar Pradesh

4. Which of the Harappan sites have yielded the evidence of paddy?

Select the correct answer from the codes below:

5. Which of the followng is the most popular metre of the Rigveda?

6. The Paippalada Samhita is a recension of

7. The Vedic river Kubha is to be located in

8. Which of the following are not Buddhist Jatakas?

Indicate the correct answer from the codes given below:

9. Which of the following Mauryan Pillars were surmounted by Lion Capital?

Indicate the correct answer from the codes below:

14. The son born of Niyoga was known as

17. Ancient mint centres of the Yaudheyas were

Indicate the correct answer from the codes below:

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

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

c. A is true, but R is false.

d. A is false, but R is true.

Reason (R): Milinda had a second capital at Alexandria.

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

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

c. A is true, but R is false.

d. A is false, but R is true.

Indicate the correct answer from the codes below:

29. Who among the following is known as the acharya of Asvasastra?

30. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

a. Ashtanga Sangraha Ayurveda

b. Brahma Siddhanta Philosophy

31. Bhinmal is known as the native place of the astronomer named

32. Who among the following had the title ‘Dharma-Maharaja’

Indicate the correct answer from the codes below:

a. Draupadi Rath at Mamallapuram

b. Vaikuntha Perumal temple at Kanchipuram

c. Meguti temple at Aihole

d. Virupaksha temple at Pattadakal

a. Chausath Yogini temple

a. Chitragupta temple, Khajuraho

b. Draupadi Rath, Mamallapuram

c. Rajarani temple, Odisha

d. Teli Ka Mandir, Gwalior

39. Name the temple which served as a centre of higher education:

a. Lingaraja temple at Bhubneswar

b. Sasbahu temple at Gwalior

c. Shore temple at Mamallapuram

d. Trayi Purush temple at Salotgi

44. Which of the following is correctly matched?

d. Medhatithi Commentary on Yajnavalkya Smriti

d. None of the above

46. The earliest extant Persian dictionary is

List-I (Author) List-II (Work)

a. Jauhar Aftabchi a. Tazkirat-ul Waqiyat

b. Bayzeed Bayaat b. Tazkira-i Humayun-wa-Akbar

c. Ishwar Das Nāgar c. Futuhat-i Alamgiri

d. Shamshuddin Shah Nawaj Khan d. Maasir-ul Umra

c. Mohammed Shah ‘Rangila’

d. None of the above

a. Shringhar and Veer Ras