1. Consider the following statements:
1. Satavahana rulers persecuted the Buddhists.
2. Pushyamitra Sunga patronised the Buddhists.
3. Shashanka cut off the Bodhi tree at Bodha Gaya.
Which of these statements is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 3
(d) 3 only
Answer. (d)
2. Who among the following was called as ‘Father of Indian Renaissance’?
(a) B. G. Tilak
(b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai
(d) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Answer. (d)
3. Which of the following statements is incorrect
regarding pre-historic art ?
(a) Paleolithic and Mesolithic people practised painting.
(b) Pre-historic art appears at several places, but Bhimbetka
is the most striking site with 500 painted rock shelters.
(c) Many birds, animals and human beings are painted.
(d) The paintings depict the religious beliefs of the people.
ANSWER. (d)
4. The only ruler of India who ruled over territories in Central Asia beyond the Pamirs was:
(a) Kanishka
(b) Ashoka
(c) Samudragupta
(d) Harsha
Answer. (a)
5. With which period do we associate the ‘Megaliths’ ?
(a) Neolithic
(b) Chalcolithic
(c) Mesolithic
(d) Pleistocene
ANSWER. (a)
6. Which was the first newspaper to be published in India?
(a) Bombay Samachar
(b) Bengal Gazette
(c) Bengal Chronicle
(d) The Hindu
Answer. (b)
7. Vikrama era started from:
(a) 57 B.C.
(b) 78 A.D.
(c) 57 A.D.
(d) 78 B.C.
Answer. (a)
8. Consider the following statements :
1. Lime mortar was never used at
Mohenjo-daro in the construction of
dwellings.
2. At Dholavira, stone was never used in the
Construction of dwellings.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
ANSWER. (d)
9. The King Kanishka held a great Buddhist Council under whose presidentship?
(a) Asvaghosha
(b) Sanghraksha
(c) Nagasena
(d) Vasumitra
Answer. (d)
10. Under which one of the following system of assessment, the British Government collected
revenue directly from the farmers?
(a) Zamindari
(c) Annawari
(b) Ryotwari
(d) Desaiwari
Answer. (b)
11. Who of the following deciphered the Brahmi script?
(a) William Jones
(b) James Princep
(c) John Marshall
(d) EJH Mackay
Answer. (b)
12. With reference to the Revolt of 1857, who of the following laid siege to Jhansi in March
1858?
(a) Major General Wyndham
(b) Major General Havelock
(c) Sir Colin Campbell
(d) Sir Hugh Rose
Answer. (d)
13. From the scattered skeletal remains of the Harappans found at different sites,
the most appropriate conclusion to be drawn would be that there was :
(a) Mass execution
(b) Casual burial of human bodies
(c) Some kind of military assault
(d) Great epidemic
ANSWER. (d)
14. Which one of the following was not an Indus Valley Civilization site?
(a) Lothal
(b) Patliputra
(c) Rangpur
(d) Suktagendor
ANSWER. (b)
15. Which one of the following statements about Mohenjo-daro is correct ?
(a) The houses were made of cut and polished stone
(b) Axes, chisels, knives and fish-hook were all made of iron
(c) The floor of the Great was made of burnt brick
(d) Gold ornaments were unknown to the inhabitants
ANSWER. (c)
16. The achievements of Samudragupta are described in the:
(a) Hathigumpha inscription
(b) Allahabad pillar inscription
(c) Girnar inscription
(d) Sarnath inscription
Answer. (b)
17. Which of the following statements is false with regard to the social conditions in the
Gupta period?
(a) Public and personal morality had reached a very low point
(b) The caste system was liberalised
(c) The living standard of the common people was simple but the town life was glamorous
and sophisticated
(d) The system of devadasis was in vogue during this period
Answer. (a)
18. The first writer to use Urdu as the medium of poetic expression was:
(a) Amir Khusrau
(b) Mirza Ghalib
(c) Bahadur Shah Zafar
(d) Faiz
Answer. (a)
19. Who is known as the ‘Grand Old Man of India’?
(a) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
(b) C. Rajgopalachari
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai
(d) Dadabhai Naoroj
Answer. (d)
20. Upanishads, also known as the Vedantas, are in number.
(a) 96
(b) 105
(c) 108
(d) 112
ANSWER. (c)
1. Satavahana rulers persecuted the Buddhists.
2. Pushyamitra Sunga patronised the Buddhists.
3. Shashanka cut off the Bodhi tree at Bodha Gaya.
Which of these statements is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 3
(d) 3 only
Answer. (d)
2. Who among the following was called as ‘Father of Indian Renaissance’?
(a) B. G. Tilak
(b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai
(d) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Answer. (d)
3. Which of the following statements is incorrect
regarding pre-historic art ?
(a) Paleolithic and Mesolithic people practised painting.
(b) Pre-historic art appears at several places, but Bhimbetka
is the most striking site with 500 painted rock shelters.
(c) Many birds, animals and human beings are painted.
(d) The paintings depict the religious beliefs of the people.
ANSWER. (d)
4. The only ruler of India who ruled over territories in Central Asia beyond the Pamirs was:
(a) Kanishka
(b) Ashoka
(c) Samudragupta
(d) Harsha
Answer. (a)
5. With which period do we associate the ‘Megaliths’ ?
(a) Neolithic
(b) Chalcolithic
(c) Mesolithic
(d) Pleistocene
ANSWER. (a)
6. Which was the first newspaper to be published in India?
(a) Bombay Samachar
(b) Bengal Gazette
(c) Bengal Chronicle
(d) The Hindu
Answer. (b)
7. Vikrama era started from:
(a) 57 B.C.
(b) 78 A.D.
(c) 57 A.D.
(d) 78 B.C.
Answer. (a)
8. Consider the following statements :
1. Lime mortar was never used at
Mohenjo-daro in the construction of
dwellings.
2. At Dholavira, stone was never used in the
Construction of dwellings.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
ANSWER. (d)
9. The King Kanishka held a great Buddhist Council under whose presidentship?
(a) Asvaghosha
(b) Sanghraksha
(c) Nagasena
(d) Vasumitra
Answer. (d)
10. Under which one of the following system of assessment, the British Government collected
revenue directly from the farmers?
(a) Zamindari
(c) Annawari
(b) Ryotwari
(d) Desaiwari
Answer. (b)
11. Who of the following deciphered the Brahmi script?
(a) William Jones
(b) James Princep
(c) John Marshall
(d) EJH Mackay
Answer. (b)
12. With reference to the Revolt of 1857, who of the following laid siege to Jhansi in March
1858?
(a) Major General Wyndham
(b) Major General Havelock
(c) Sir Colin Campbell
(d) Sir Hugh Rose
Answer. (d)
13. From the scattered skeletal remains of the Harappans found at different sites,
the most appropriate conclusion to be drawn would be that there was :
(a) Mass execution
(b) Casual burial of human bodies
(c) Some kind of military assault
(d) Great epidemic
ANSWER. (d)
14. Which one of the following was not an Indus Valley Civilization site?
(a) Lothal
(b) Patliputra
(c) Rangpur
(d) Suktagendor
ANSWER. (b)
15. Which one of the following statements about Mohenjo-daro is correct ?
(a) The houses were made of cut and polished stone
(b) Axes, chisels, knives and fish-hook were all made of iron
(c) The floor of the Great was made of burnt brick
(d) Gold ornaments were unknown to the inhabitants
ANSWER. (c)
16. The achievements of Samudragupta are described in the:
(a) Hathigumpha inscription
(b) Allahabad pillar inscription
(c) Girnar inscription
(d) Sarnath inscription
Answer. (b)
17. Which of the following statements is false with regard to the social conditions in the
Gupta period?
(a) Public and personal morality had reached a very low point
(b) The caste system was liberalised
(c) The living standard of the common people was simple but the town life was glamorous
and sophisticated
(d) The system of devadasis was in vogue during this period
Answer. (a)
18. The first writer to use Urdu as the medium of poetic expression was:
(a) Amir Khusrau
(b) Mirza Ghalib
(c) Bahadur Shah Zafar
(d) Faiz
Answer. (a)
19. Who is known as the ‘Grand Old Man of India’?
(a) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
(b) C. Rajgopalachari
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai
(d) Dadabhai Naoroj
Answer. (d)
20. Upanishads, also known as the Vedantas, are in number.
(a) 96
(b) 105
(c) 108
(d) 112
ANSWER. (c)
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