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1. ‘History is a science of man in time’, who said this?
A) J.B Bury B) March Block
C) Thomas Carlyle D) E.H Carr

2. Which among the following is not related to the purpose of footnotes?

A) Acknowledge Authority B) Additional information
C) Ensure Subjectivity D) Supporting stress on a new point

3. A list of words or phrases and associated pointers arranged in an alphabetical order to

where useful materials relating to that heading can be found in a book is called:
A) Endnotes B) Preface
C) Index D) Bibliography

4. The process through which a historian tries to know about what is not known to him
on the basis of available materials is:
A) Tautology B) Constructive Reasoning
C) Topical arrangement D) Regional Arrangement

5. Which among the following is not included in Appendices?

A) Tables and illustrations B) Technical notes on method
C) Research design D) Copies of rare documents

6. The term ‘cause’ is derived from the Latin word:

A) Case B) Causa (C) Course D) Chaos

7. Which among the following was not a barrier to Objectivity?

A) Intellectual Honesty B) Historical assumptions
C) Personality of the author D) Nature of Historical events

8. Point out the wrong statement for testing authenticity of a historical material:
A) Determination of the time when it was written
B) Determination of authorship
C) Scanty understanding of the content
D) Date and place where it originated

9. Appropriate use of historical knowledge to all phenomena, whether political, social, economic
and cultural is termed as,
A) Historicism B) Exposition
C) Cyclical Theory D) Historical Synthesis
10. Old writing used in Inscriptions is called:
A) Epigraphy B) Paleo-Botany
C) Chronology D) Palaeography

11. Who is known as ‘father of Church Historiography’?

A) St. Augustine B) Eusebius Pamphili
C) Jerome D) Sextus Julius Africanus

12. Who translated Hitopadesha into English language?

A) William Jones B) Charles Wilkins
C) Max Muller D) Christian Lessen

13. Babur Nama was written in:

A) Persian B) Urdu
C) Arabic D) Chagatai Turkish

14. One among the pioneers of the study of South Indian history is
A) K.P Jayaswal B) S. Krishna Swami Iyengar
C) R.K. Mukherjee D) R.G. Bhandarker

15. Which among the following is not a work of Hegel?

A) Science of Logic B) Philosophy of Right
C) The Birth of Tragedy D) The Phenomenology of Mind

16. “The history of all hither-to existing societies is the history of class struggles” Who said this?
A) Karl Marx B) Immanuel Kant
C) Frederick Nietzsche D) Herder

17. Author of the book On ‘What is History’? From Carr and Elton to Rorty and White:
A) Keith Jenkins B) Hayden White
C) Sir Geoffrey Elton D) Edward Said

18. Who wrote the book The Wretched of the Earth?

A) Frantz Fanon B) Andre Gunter Frank
C) Vincent Harding D) Catherine Hall

19. King Solomon secured the support of whom to obtain spices and other products from the east.
A) Greeks B) Arabs C) Phoenicians D) Romans

20. Nazhikakottu was prevalent in Kerala even in the beginning of the 15th century is mentioned
in:
A) Unnunili Sandesam B) Kokasandesam
C) Mayura Sandesam D) Unniadi Charitham

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21. The first Inscription in Kerala, recorded in Kollam era:
A) Vazhapalli Inscription B) Avittathur Inscription
C) Jewish Copper plate D) Mampalli Inscription

22. Mayan was the chief deity of the Tinai

A) Mullai B) Palai C) Marutham D) Neytal

23. Which among the following was the most important Jain centre in early medieval period in
South Kerala?
A) Srimulavasam B) Kinalur
C) Kallil D) Thirucharanam

24. One among the 32 Brahmin settlement of Kerala is.

A) Kurampala B) Aranmula C) Chennithala D) Cherthala

25. The day to day administration of the temple was handled by.
A) Atiyalar B) Poduval C) Perumal D) Chakyar

26. Famous astronomer Sankara Narayana, lived in Mahodayapuram during the period of:
A) Kula Shekhara Alwar B) Sthanu Ravi Varman
C) Bhaskara Ravi Varma D) Vijaya Rama Varma

27. The flood that devastated the Port of Kodungalloor occured in.
A) 1331 B) 1341 C) 1351 D) 1361

28. In Kerala first Factory of English East India Company was erected at:
A) Vizhinjam B) Thalasserry
C) Purakkad D) Cochin

29. Electricity agitation was a protest against the decision to entrust the distribution of
electric power in Trichur town to a private company by Cochin Diwan
A) R.K Shanmugham Chetty B) Sankara Warrier
C) Nanjappayya D) Govinda Menon

30. Travancore Lines or Nedumkotta was built on the initiative of:

A) Velu Thampy B) Raja Keshava Das
C) Madhava Rao D) Ramayyan Dalawa

31. Treaty of Mavelikkara was concluded between Marthanda Varma and the Dutch in the year.
A) 1743 B) 1753 C) 1763 D) 1733

32. First fully literate District in Kerala.

A) Kottayam B) Alappuzha C) Ernakulum D) Kozhikode

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33. The poetess and activist who played an important role in Silent Valley protest and
wrote the poem ‘Marathinu Sthuthi’(Ode to a Tree).
A) K Ajitha B) Mandakini Narayanan
C) Sugatha Kumari D) Arya Pallam

34. Which of the following is not a reason for Ground water problem in coastal areas of Kerala?
A) Presence of excess salinity B) High iron content
C) High fluoride D) Higher concentration of Carbon Dioxide

35. The earliest Lower Palaeolithic site in India.

A) Didwana B) Chirki Nevasa C) Bori D) Chirand

36. In the following statements, ‘A’ is assertion and ‘R’ is reason. Choose the correct
answers from the codes given below.
Assertion(A): C.J Gadds discovered a number of Indus or Indus like seals at Ur
Mesopotamia
Reason(R): Trade with Mesopotamia was conducted through the coastal trading
towns of Lothal, Balakot etc.
A) A is correct, R is wrong.
B) Both A and R are correct
C) Both A and R are wrong
D) A is correct; R is not the correct explanation of A.

37. Match the List I with List II and select the answer from the Codes given below.
List I List II
1. Aranyakas a. Upaveda
2. Rig Veda b. Forest Books
3. Ayurveda c. Vedanga
4. Jyotisha d. Samhita

A) 1-b, 2-d, 3-c, 4-a B) 1-b, 2-d, 3-a, 4-c

C) 1-b, 2-a, 3-c, 4-d D) 1-c, 2-b, 3-d, 4-a

38. Major Rock Edict of Asoka also known as Kalinga Edict;

A) Rock Edict II B) Rock Edict VIII
C) Rock Edict III D) Rock Edict XIII

39. Greatest among early Chola rulers is;

A) Parantaka I B) Karikala Chola
C) Kulothunga I D) Rajaraja I

40. Parhapur Copper Plate is attributed to the Gupta ruler:

A) Skanda Gupta B) Chandra Gupta II
C) Samudra Gupta D) Buddha Gupta

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41. Match the List I with List II and select the answer from the Codes given below.
.
List I List II
1. Janaka a. Kasi
2. Asvasena b. Videha
3. Jaivali c. Panchala
4. Parikshit d. Kuru

A) 1-c, 2-d, 3-b, 4-a B) 1-b, 2-a, 3-c, 4-d

C) 1-a, 2-b, 3-c, 4-d D) 1-c, 2-b, 3-d, 4-a

42. Which one of the following pair(s) wrongly matched?

1. Bhaga - Spoils of war
2. Bali - Voluntary offerings
3. Vishti - Forced Labour
4. Vapta - Customary share of grain

A) 1&3 B) 2&3 C) 3 D) 4

43. Match the List I with List II and select the answer from the Codes given below.
List I List II
1. Buddha Charitha a. Bilhana
2. Vikramanga Devacharitha b. Hemachandra
3. Parisishta Parvan c. Atula
4. Mushaka Vamsa d. Asvaghosha

A) 1-d, 2-a, 3-b, 4-c B) 1-a, 2-b, 3-c, 4-d

C) 1-b, 2-a, 3-c, 4-d D) 1-c, 2-d, 3-b, 4-a

44. Which among the following is not included among the features of Harappan
architecture?
A) Town planning B) Drainage System
C) Huge Brick structures D) Painted Grey Ware pottery

45. Amaravati School of Architecture developed under the patronage of:

A) Sungas B) Satavahanas C) Cholas D) Guptas

46. Court language of the Mughals:

A) Turkish B) Hindi C) Persian D) Urdu

47. In 1539, Battle of Chausa was fought between.

A) Akbar and Hemu B) Aurangzeb and Dara Shikoh
C) Babar and Rana Sangha D) Humayun and Sher-Shah Suri

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48. Channarayapateena Inscription gives details about the history of:
A) Bahamani Kingdom B) Chola Empire
C) Vijaya Nagar Empire D) Pandyan Kingdom

49. In whose reign Central Bureaucracy started maximum interference in Iqta System?
A) Ilthumish B) Alauddin Khalji
C) Feroz-Shah-Tuglaq D) Balban

50. The Chola ruler Vijayaditya Chola was initially a feudatory of:
A) Chalukyas B) Pallavas C) Pandyas D) Rashtrakutas

51. Court astronomer of Emperor Firoz-Shah-Tuglaq who developed an astronomical instrument

called Yantraja.
A) Mahendra Suri B) Ayub Khan
C) Fath Khan D) Jinasena Suri

52. Akbar’s tomb was constructed at

A) Agra B) Sikandra C) Lahore D) Delhi

53. Tevaram were the songs of the Bhakti saints

A) Alwars B) Nayanars C) Virasaivaism D) Parsis

54. Match the List I with List II and select the answer from the Codes given below.
List I List II
1. Kittur Rebellion a. Bhagat Jawaharmal
2. Kuka Movement b. Haji Shariat Ullah
3. Farazi Movement c. Chennamma
4. Khond Uprising d. Chakra Bisoi

A) 1-c, 2-a, 3-b, 4-d B) 1-d, 2-b, 3-c, 4-a

C) 1-a, 2-c, 3-b, 4-d D) 1-a, 2-b, 3-c, 4-d

55. Which among the following was not a reform programme of Arya samaj?
A) It stared the campaign of Shuddhi or purification
B) A chain of DAV colleges were started
C) Opposition to Child marriage
D) Its headquarter was established at Bellur near Calcutta

56. In 1882 Hunter Commission was appointed by:

A) Lord Dalhousie B) Lord William Bentinck
C) Lord Ripon D) Lord Litton

57. Chairman of the First Famine Commission in India in the 19th century.
A) Sir James Lyall B) Sir George Campbell
C) Sir Richard Strachey D) Sir Antony Mac Donnell

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58. First President of Muslim League.
A) Sayyed Ahmed Khan B) Shaukat Ali
C) Aga Khan D) Liyakhat Ali Khan

59. Need Darpan, the famous play depicts the opposition of:
A) Handloom workers B) Mine workers
C) Indigo planters D) Artisans

60. Match the List I with List II and select the answer from the Codes given below.
List I List II
1. New India a. Dadabhai Naoroji
2. Bengal Gazette b. Annie Besant
3. Maratha c. James Augustus Hicky
4. Voice of India d. B G Tilak

A) 1-d, 2-c, 3-a, 4-b B) 1-a, 2-c, 3-b, 4-d

C) 1-b, 2-c, 3-a, 4-d D) 1-b, 2-c, 3-d, 4-a

61. Put in correct Chronological Order:

1. Lucknow Pact 2. Formation of Poona Sarvajanik Sabha
3. Pitt’s India Act 4. Wavell Plan
A) 1,3,4,2 B) 3,2,1,4 C) 4,2,3,1 D) 3,1,2,4

62. Arrange the following in correct Chronological order.

1. Mountbatten Plan 2. Communal Award 3. Wavell Plan 4. Cabinet Mission

A) 2,1,3,4 B) 1,2,4,3 C) 2,3,4,1 D) 1,2,3,4

63. Indian Defence Minister who was made to resign after Chinese attack:
A) Y. B Chavan B) Sardar Patel
C) S.K Patil D) V.K Krishna Menon

64. NABARD was established in the year.

A) 1981 B) 1982 C) 1983 D) 1984

65. Greek practice of exiling a person who proved to be dangerous to democracy:

A) Nihilism B) Ostracism C) Oligarchy D) Tyranny

66. Huns invaded Italy in AD 452, under the leadership of:

A) Alaric B) Attila C) Genseric D) Odocaes

67. The Crusade which is known by the name ‘Crusade of Kings’.

A) I Crusade B) II Crusade C) III Crusade D) IV Crusade

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68. The English Queen who tried to restore Catholicism.
A) Queen Victoria B) Queen Elizabeth
C) Queen Mary D) Queen Catherine

69. The Bourbon king who declared ‘I am the State’.

A) Louis XIV B) Louis XV C) Louis XVI D) Leo X

70. Which among the following is not included among the 13 colonies of America, established by
Pilgrim Fathers?
A) Virginia B) Pennsylvania
C) North Carolina D) Ivory Cost

71. Match the List I with List II and Select the answer from the Codes given below.
List I List II
1. Battle of Nile a. Napoleon & Britain
2. Battle of Trafalgar b. Napoleon & Egypt
3. Battle of Ulm c. Napoleon & Russia
4. Battle of Friedland d. Napoleon & Austria

A) 1-c, 2-d, 3-a, 4-b B) 1-c, 2-d, 3-b, 4-a

C) 1-b, 2-a, 3-d, 4–c D) 1-b, 2-c, 3-a, 4-d

72. The reason for the entry of United States to enter First World War.
A) Imperator Episode B) Lusitania Episode
C) Ku-Klux-Klan D) Carbonari

73. The Venezuelan revolutionary leader who is known as ‘Liberator’.

A) Miranda B) San Martin C) Hidalgo D) Simon Bolivar

74. The famous Iron Curtain speech of 1946 was made by:
A) Roosevelt B) Winston Churchill
C) Stalin D) Truman

75. Nations which formed Dual Alliance in 1879 comprised of:

A) Italy and Turkey B) Germany and Austria-Hungary
C) Austria and Italy D) Britain and France

76. Host country of 2016 BRICS Summit:

A) China B) India C) Brazil D) Russia

77. The International Monetary Fund had its Headquarter at:

A) Paris B) Geneva C) Manila D) Washington

78. May Fourth Movement was associated with the history of:
A) Vietnam B) China C) Africa D) Russia

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79. The work titled ‘Castes and Tribes of Southern India’ was authored by
A) Edgar Thurston B) H.H. Risley
C) William Crooke D) Denzil Ibbetson

80. Find out the pair which is not correctly matched

A) Lala Lajpat Rai - The People
B) Gandhiji - Young India
C) Ram Mohan Roy - Sambad Kaumudi
D) Lala Hardayal - Bande Mataram

81. The nationalist leader to move a resolution for the eradication of untouchability in
Kerala at the Kakinada session of the Congress in 1923 was
A) T.K. Madhavan B) K. Kelappan
C) K. Madhavan Nair D) C. Krishnan

82. The freedom fighter and social reformer who served as the first Managing Director of
‘Mathrubhumi’ daily:
A) K. Kelappan B) K.P. Kesava Menon
C) K. Madhavan Nair D) M. Krishnan Nair

83. The publication of Gandhiji to issue a call for the help to rehabilitate the victims of
the Great Flood of 1924 in Malabar first appeared in
A) New India B) Young India C) Harijan D) Yugantar

84. The prison Notebooks was compiled by:

A) E.P. Thomson B) Antonio Gramsci
C) Karl Marx D) Beneditto Croce

85. ‘The Communist Manifesto’ was published in the year

A) 1850 B) 1849 C) 1848 D) 1862

86. The watch words of French Revolution-Liberty, Equality, Fraternity was contributed by:
A) Rousseau B) Voltaire C) John Locke D) Montesquieu

87. ‘Decline and Fall of Roman Empire’ was compiled by

A) Edward Gibbon B) Montesquieu
C) Voltaire D) Diderot

88. Physiocrats had their origin in

A) France B) England C) Germany D) Italy

89. ‘The Social Background of Indian Nationalism’, a detailed analysis of the socio-
economic factors leading to the emergence of nationalism was compiled by
A) Bipan Chaudra B) A R Desai
C) Sumit sarkar D) R.C. Majumdar

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90. Muntakhab-ul-Lubab the work that portrays the post - Aurangazeb Political situation
in Medieval India was composed by
A) Khafikhan B) Abdul Khader Badouni
C) Muhammad Quasim D) Abdul Hamid Lahori

91. The father of Renaissance in Europe was

A) Dante B) Francis Petrarch
C) Boccaccio D) Nicolo Machiavelli

92. The Calvinists, the protestants of Europe had their origin in

A) France B) Italy C) Germany D) Spain

93. The ‘Nature of History’ was compiled by

A) Arthur Marwick B) A.L. Rowse
C) Allan Nevins D) E.H. Carr

94. Kalhana wrote his ‘Rajatharangini’ in

A) 11th century B) 12th century
th
C) 10 century D) 13th century

95. Who forwarded the concept of the ‘death of the author’ in linguistic theory?
A) Lacan B) Jacques Derrida
C) Roland Barthes D) Lucien Febvre

96. The ‘Arthasathra’ compiled by Kaudilya, during the Mauryan times was recovered in
Modern times largely by the effort of
A) Max mullar B) William Jones
C) Shama Sasthrikal D) R.G. Bhandarkar

97. The first fort constructed in Kerala by the Europeans was

A) Fort Angelo B) Tellicherry Fort
C) Bekal Fort D) Fort Manual

98. The ‘Das capital’ of Karl Marx was translated into Malayalam in 1912 by an eminent
freedom fighter and journalist named
A) E.V. Krishna Pillai B) EMS Nambuthiripad
C) Ramakrishna Pillai D) Abdul Quadir Maulavi

99. The British epigraphist to decipher Ashokan Brahmi script was

A) James Princep B) Alexander Cunningham
C) Mortimer Wheeler D) V.A. Smith

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100. The idea of communal electorates was introduced through
A) The Minto-Morley Reforms of 1909
B) Montague-Chelmsford Reforms of 1919
C) The council Act of 1892
D) The Govt. of India Act of 1935

101. The educational reforms known as the Magna Carta of English education in India
A) Macaulay’s Minutes B) Sir Charles Wood’s Despatch
C) Hunter Commission Report D) Raleigh Commission Report

102. The military official responsible for the assassination of Rani of Jhansi was
A) Colin Campbell B) Hugh Rose
C) Hugh wheeler D) Major Havelock

103. The act which brought about legislative decentralization in the company territories of India:
A) The Charter Act of 1813 B) The Charter Act of 1833
C) The Charter Act of 1853 D) The Act of 1858

104. The young Bengal Movement aimed at socio-political reforms was organised by
A) Dayananda Saraswathi B) Hentry Vivan Derozeo
C) A O. Hume D) M.G.Ranade

105. Aristocles was a famous Greek philosopher. But in history his name is recorded as
A) Plato B) Socrates C) Aristotle D) Demostanese

106. The International economic institutions, IMF and IBRD came into existence in 1944
were popularly known was
A) European Economic Community (E.E.C)
B) Common Market
C) Britten wood sisters
D) World Economic Forum

107. In Ancient and Mcdieval Kerala, the ‘Cherikkal’ lands were

A) Land held by the lower castes
B) The royal lands
C) The lands preserved by the nobility
D) The lands held by the Brahmins.

108. “In colonial public sphere in India there always prevailed a conflict between material
world and spiritual world. The historian to forward this argument was
A) Jurgen Habermas B) Bernad S. Cohn
C) Partha Chatterjee D) Burten Stein

109. The Founder of Greek tragedy in fifth century B.C was

A) Sophocles B) Euripides C) Aeschilus D) Aristophanes

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110. Choose the pair that is not correctly matched
A) Narmada Bachao Andolan - Medha Patkar
B) Plachimada - Mayilamma
C) Adivasi Gothra Mahasabha - C K. Janu
D) Silent Valley – Geethanandan

111. Who forwarded the concept of ‘Segmentary State’ of the Cholas?

A) Sewell B) Burton Stein
C) Neelakanda Sasthri D) K.M. Panikkar

112. The term used to denote compulsory labour in ancient India was
A) Begar B) Vishti C) Sreni D) Sangha

113. ‘Aihole Prasasthi’ a significant work to reconstruct the history of Chalukya rule was
compiled during the period of
A) Mahendra Varman I B) Pulikeshin II
C) Rajendra Chola D) Pulikeshin I

114. ‘Chaughan’ was the most important form of entertainment among the medieval
sultans. Its modern name is
A) Badminton B) Football C) Hockey D) Polo

115. ‘The intellectual Origins of the English Revolution’ was authored by

A) Christopher Hill B) E.H. Hobbsbawm
C) E.P. Thomson D) Marc Bloch

116. Tabaqat i-Akbari, the work that explain the reign of Akbar was compiled by his
‘Bakshi’ or military Secretary named
A) Hasan Nizami B) Nizam Ud-Din Ahmad
C) Minhaj-us-Siraj D) Abul Fazal

117. The first monograph on the history of Zamorin of Calicut was produced by
A) K.P. Padmanabha Menon B) K.V. Krishna Ayyar
C) M.G.S Narayanan D) Elamkulam P.N. Kunhan Pillai

118. The Sangam work ‘Pattinapalai’ was composed by

A) Palai Gautamanar B) Kannanar
C) Pananar D) Avvayar

119. Who presided over the Surat Session of the Indian National Congress leading to its
permanent split in 1907?
A) Tilak B) Gokhale C) Ranade D) Rash Behari Bose

120. One among the following was not a revolutionary- extremist publication during the
Indian national movement.
A) New India B) Yugantar C) Kal D) Sandhya

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