Question 2 : Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: <table> <tr> <td> List-I </td> <td> List-II </td> </tr> <tr> <td> A. Rigveda </td> <td> 1. Gopatha Brahman </td> </tr> <tr> <td> B. Yajuiveda </td> <td> 2. Satapatha Brahman </td> </tr> <tr> <td> C. Samaveda </td> <td> 3. Aitareya Brahman </td> </tr> <tr> <td> D. Atharvaveda </td> <td> 4. Tandya Brahman </td> </tr> </table> Codes:

Question 4 : Which among tlie following is not found inscribed on Chola coins?

Question 5 : Which one of the following contemporary sources depicts Humayun's passion for astronomy and astrology?

Question 6 : Which one among the following was the immediate cause of attack by Nawb Siraj-ud-Daula on Calcutta in 1756?

Question 7 : The ethnic composition of the armies of Ghaznavids did not include the

Question 8 : Which among the following statements with regard Raja Rammohan Roy are correct? <table> <tr> <td> 1. He started the Atmiya Sabha </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 2. He wrote the Gift of Monotheist </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 3. He published the Precepts of Jesus </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 4. He founded the Brahmo Sabha </td> </tr> </table> Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

Question 9 : Who was the last ruler of the Tughlaq dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate?

Question 10 : Who among the following had resigned from the Viceroy's Executive Council protesting Jallianwala Bagh Massacre?

Question 11 : Who among the following rulers is famous as "Prithvi Raj Chauhan"?

Question 12 : Which of the following Vedic deities is not mentioned in the Boghazkoi inscription?

Question 13 : Which of the following were intentions of British Indian rule behind the partition of Bengal? <table> <tr> <td> 1. To create a majority of Bengal against non-Bengalis in the parent Bengal. </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 2. To keep Bengali, Oriya and Hindi speaking people together in the parent Bengal. </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 3. To create a majority of Muslims in the East Bengal. </td> </tr> </table> Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

Question 14 : Who among the following are known for their Telugu translations of the Mahabhamta? Select the correct answer from the codes given below:<table> <tr> <td>(1) Kamban </td> <td>(2) Kuttan</td> </tr> <tr> <td>(3) Nannaya </td> <td>(4) Tikkana</td> </tr> </table> Codes:

Question 15 : Match the following: <table> <tr> <td> List-I </td> <td> List-II </td> </tr> <tr> <td> A. Amatyas </td> <td> 1. Concerned with economic function and some military duties </td> </tr> <tr> <td> B. Tirthas </td> <td> 2. Highest category of official and were eighteen in numbers </td> </tr> <tr> <td> C. Adhyakshya </td> <td> 3. Functioned in administration and judicial capacity </td> </tr> <tr> <td> D. Mahamattas </td> <td> 4. The Arthasastra uses this term in the sense of a minister </td> </tr> </table>

Question 16 : The most famous educational centre during the period of Mauryan age was

Question 17 : Which among the following King's reign Persian traveller 'Abdurrajjak' came to India?

Question 18 : With reference to early medieval Indian war technology, consider the following statements- <table> <tr> <td> 1. The world's first recorded military application of war elephants in India. </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 2. From India war elephants were taken to Persian Empire. </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 3. Though cavalry and infantry played significant roles in the warfare, elephants always occupied tile lead- role. </td> </tr> </table> Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Question 19 : Which one among the following statements appropriately defines the term 'Drain Theory' as propounded by Dadabhai Naoroji in his work 'Poverty and Un-British Rule in India'?

Question 20 : Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: <table> <tr> <td> List-I </td> <td> List-II </td> </tr> <tr> <td> A. Ajit Kesh Kamblin </td> <td> 1. Fatalism </td> </tr> <tr> <td> B. Sanjay Vethalipultta </td> <td> 2. Atomist </td> </tr> <tr> <td> C. Pakudh Katyayan </td> <td> 3. Materialism </td> </tr> <tr> <td> D. PuranKashyap </td> <td> 4. Materialism-Synicism </td> </tr> </table> Codes:

Question 21 : Which of the following was/were written in the lime of Akbar? <table> <tr> <td> 1. Humayun Namah </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 2. Tarikh-i-Shershahi </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 3. Akbar-Namah </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 4.Muntakhab-ut-Tawarikh </td> </tr> </table> Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

Question 22 : First Indian elected to the British House of Commons was Dada-bhai Naoroji who contested on the ticket of-

Question 24 : Which of the following are true about Samudragupta? <table> <tr> <td> 1. He is also known as 'Kaviraja </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 2. He is known as "Lichchhavi Dauhitra' </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 3. He built most extensive empire after Asoka. </td> </tr> </table> Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

Question 25 : Which one among the following was not a demand of the Prarthana Samaj?

Question 26 : Who among the following was not an official of Bhuihari- Parlia of Munda tribe in the earlier period?

Question 29 : Which Sultan of Delhi was a contemporary of the Mongol leader Chengiz Khan?

Question 30 : Who among the following were official Congress negotiators with Cripps Mission?

Question 32 : Turamaya mentioned in the inscriptions of Ashoka was his contemporary king of

Question 33 : Vasco da Gama discovered the sea route to India in which one of the following years?

Question 35 : In British India, the Home Charge was an important part of Drain of wealth. Which of the following funds constituted home charges? <table> <tr> <td> 1. Funds used to support the India office in London. </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 2. Funds used to pay salaries and pensions of British personnel engaged in India. </td> </tr> <tr> <td> 3. Funds used for waging wars outside India by the British. </td> </tr> </table> Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

Question 36 : Consider the following statements and select the correct answer from the codes given below : <table> <tr> <td> Assertion (A): Arikmedu was a centre of Indo-Roman Trade </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Reason (R): Roman coins in good numbers have been found in Arikamedu excavation. </td> </tr> </table>

Question 37 : Consider the following statements and select the correct answer from the codes given below: <table> <tr> <td> Assertion (A): Life scenes of Gautam Buddha are represented in the Sanchi art. </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Reason (R): Sanchi was intimately connected with the life of Gautam Buddlia. </td> </tr> </table> Codes:

Question 38 : Which English governor of East India Company in India was expelled by Aurangzeb?

Question 39 : Who among the following emperors had the highest number of Decant in his army?

Question 43 : Who among the following has been called as a "Heaven Born General"?

Question 44 : The noble who introduced important reforms in the land revenue administration of Mughals in Deccan during the reign of Shahjahan, was

Question 46 : In which of the following places, Mahavir Swami gave his first sermon?

Question 47 : Which of the following was one of the causes of Harappan decline?

Question 48 : Which type of work was looked after by the department of Diwan-i-Kohi under Muhammad Tughlaq?

Question 49 : Who of the following had presided over the annual sessional of Indian National Congress held at Lucknow in 1916?

Question 50 : Which of the following temples does not belong to the Cholas?