1. Which among the following is not a part of preliminary operation?
A) Selection of sources
B) Classification of sources
C) Topic selection
D) Constructive Reasoning
2. Which among the following is an example of a hybrid
source?
A) Inscription
B) Coin
C) Autobiography
D) Archaeological Records
3. ‘Zeitgeist’ means:
A) Spirit of the Age
B) Survival of the fittest
C) Rule of Law
D) Creative Minority
4. Berlin Revolution is related with:
A) Nepolean B) Ranke C) Lenin D) Voltaire
5. The concept of ‘Theodicy’ is related with:
A) Herder
B) Edward Gibbon
C) Hegal
D) Arnold Toynbee
6. Which among the following is not a work of Michel
Foucault?
A) Madness and Civilization
B) Birth of the Clinic
C) History of sexuality
D) Puritanism and Revolution
7. Who among the following is not a post modernist
historian?
A) Michel Foucault
B) Hayden White
C) Jacques Derrida
D) F W Maitland
8. The historian who defined history as ‘the science of men
in time’:
A) J B Bury B) Marc Bloch C) M I Finlay D) E H Carr
9. Sigillography is the scientific study of:
A) Seals
B) Signals C) Charters D) Etymology
10. Who among the following argued that history is ‘the
unfolding story of human
freedom’?
A) John Seely B) Abraham Lincoln
C) Martin Luther King D) Lord Acton
11. Author of ‘The History of Hindu and Muhammadan India’:
A) James Mill B) Mountstuart Elphinstone
C) Sir William Jones D) Alexander Cunningham
12. Who wrote the famous essay, ‘Clio, a Muse’?
A) Henri Pirenne B) Marc Bloch
C) G M Trevelyan D) Oswald Spengler
13. The approach in historiography which boasted that it
made history a science:
A) Romanticism B) Positivism
C) Structuralism D) Total History
14. Author of ‘Agricola’ and ‘Germania’:
A) Tacitus B) Livy C) Pliny D) Cato
15. The Mughal Historian who wrote Muntakhab-ul-Lubab:
A) Badauni B) Bhimsen C) Abul Fazl D) Khafi Khan
16. Pali language was related with:
A) Jainism B) Brahmanism
C) Buddhism D) Vaishnavism
17. Which among the following sites is not related with
Indus Valley Civilization?
A) Ropar B) Banawali C) Paithan D) Balathal
18. The overseas city which did not have trade links with
Harappan cities:
A) Memphis B) Susa C) Nippur D) Kish
19. The Harappan site which yielded terracotta model of a
ship:
A) Kot Diji B) Ropar C) Alamgirpur D) Lothal
20. Which among the following was not a Vedic Assembly?
A) Sabha B) Samiti C) Vidatha D) Janapada
21. Identify the wrongly matched:
A) Sankya - Kapila
B) Nyaya - Akshapada Gautama
C) Yoga - Patanjali
D) Vedanta - Jamini
22. Megasthanes was sent to the court of Chandragupta Maurya
by :
A) Alexander B) Antiochus Epiphanus
C) Seleukos Nikator D) Darius III
23. Mudrarakshasa was written by:
A) Vishakhadatta B) Kalidasa
C) Banabhatta D) Kautilya
24. Who among the following was/were not Huna kings:
1. Mihirakula 2. Kharavela 3. Yashodharman 4. Toramona
A) 1,2,3,4 B) 1 and 4 only
C) 2 and 3 only D) 1 and 3 only
25. The Gupta ruler known as Vikramaditya and Sakari:
A) Samudra Gupta B) Chadragupta I
C) Skanda Gupta D) Chadragupta II
26. The original name of Alauddin Khalji :
A) Jauna Khan B) Ali Gurshap
C) Khurram D) Azam Khan
27. Identify the wrongly matched:
A) Kotwal - Law & Order
B) Barbek - Royal ceremonies
C) Muhatasib - Public Morals
D) Dabir - Justice
28. The first English President of Indian National Congress:
A) George Yule B) Annie Besant
C) A O Hume D) Wedderburn
29. The Muhammedan Anglo -Oriental college at Aligarh was
founded by:
A) Mirza Gulam Ahmed B) Sayed Ahmed Khan
C) Dadu Mian D) Mohammed Al-Hasa
30. Chauri Chaura Incident happened on:
A) March 3, 1915 B) March 31, 1931
C) August 20, 1920 D) February 5, 1922
31. Aitchison Committee (1886) was appointed to report on:
A) Railway B) Public Services
C) Public work D) Irrigation
32. Which among the following statement is not correct?
A) Poorna Sarvajanik Sabha was established in 1867
B) Madras Mahajan Sabha was founded in 1884
C) Bombay Presidency Association was formed in 1865
D) Indian League was founded in 1875
33. Who among the following is associated with Alipore
Conspiracy case?
A) Surendra Nath Banerjee B) Bhagat Singh
C) M N Roy D) Aurobindo Ghosh
34. The leader of 1857 revolt at Kanpur:
A) Bahadur Shah II B) Nana Sahib
C) Tantia Tope D) Begum Hazrat Mahal
35. Following independence, which native state was annexed
to Indian Union
through “Police action to restore Law and Order”?
A) Junagarh B) Hyderabad C) Kashmir D) Punjab
36. Arrange in correct Chronological order
1. Lord Canning 2. Lord Lytton
3. Lord Mayo 4. Lord John Lawrence
A) 1, 2, 3, 4 B) 4, 3, 2, 1
C) 1, 4, 3, 2 D) 3, 2, 4, 1
37 Who among the following was the first to offer Individual
Satyagraha?
A) Mahatma Gandhi B) K Kelappan
C) Vinoba Bhave D) Jawahar Lal Nehru
38. Who among the following is not a Non-Congress member in
the Indian
Constituent Assembly?
A) B R Ambedkar B) Dr. S Radhakrishnan
C) K T Shah D) J B Kripalani
39. Who among the following was called ‘Kerala Asoka’?
A) Titiyan B) Vikramaditya Varaguna
C) Nanna D) Kulasekhara Varma
40. Match the following:
a. Bakel Fort 1. Marthanda Varma
b. Palakkad Fort 2. Hyder Ali
c. Hosdurg Fort 3. Sivappa Nayaka
d. Vattakottai 4. Somesekhara Nayaka
A) a-2, b-1, c-4, d-3 B) a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
C) a-3, b-2, c-4, d-1 D) a-2, b-3, c-4, d-1
41. The Chera Ruler who was known as ‘Kadalpirakottiya
Cheran’:
A) Chenkuttuvan B) Kulesakhara Varman
C) Nedumcheralathan D) Rajasekhara Varman
42. The designer of Napier Museum at Thiruvananthapuram
(1857):
A) Col. Munro B) Charles Napier
C) Robert Chisholm D) Col. Macaulay
43. The Devadasi system in Travancore was abolished by:
A) Ayilyam Thirunal B) Sree Moolam Thirunal
C) Sethu Lekshmi Bai D) Visakham Thirunal
44. The Amalolbhava Dasa Sangham was founded by:
A) Pampady John Joseph B) Mosha Valsalam Sastriyar
C) Kuriakose Elias Chavara D) M C Joseph
45. Margi and Desi styles are related with:
A) Music B) Dance C) Painting D) Sculpture
46. The Venad King who was known as “Sangramadheera”
A) Rama Varma Kulasekhara B) Udaya Marthanda
C) Unni Kerala Varma D) Ravi Varma Kulasekhara
47. Identify the wrongly matched pair:
A) Malabar Jadha - A K Gopaln
B) Yudhavirudha Jadha - Poykayil Yohannan
C) Pattini Jadha - V T Bhattathiripad
D) Savarna Jadha - Mannathu Padmanabhan
48. Who among the following is considered as the first woman
ruler of an empire?
A) Merneith B) Hatshepsut C) Nefertiti D) Cleopatra
49. The famous Greek work which says about “Philosopher-King”:
A) Apology B) Politics C) Dialogues D) The Republic
50. Who among the following led the ‘Rome March’?
A) Augustus Ceaser B) Mark Antony
C) Mussolini D) Tiberius
51. Agent Orange is a-----.
A) Famous character in James Bond Series
B) Chemical used for nuclear fusion
C) Rare metal discovered from Africa recently
D) Chemical weapon used by U S in Vietnam War
52. Identify the wrongly matched pair:
A) Red Shirt - Garibaldi
B) Young Italy - Massini
C) Black Shirt - Mussolini
D) Young Germany - Hitler
53. Meiji Revolution is related with:
A) Fiji B) China C) Japan D) Korea
54. Identify the wrongly matched pair:
A) Ghana - Kwame Nkrumah
B) Kenya - Jomo Kenyatta
C) Congo - Kabaka
D) Tanzania - Julian Nyerere
55. In Russia, the New Economic Policy was introduced by:
A) Kerensky B) Stalin C) Gorbachev D) Lenin
56. The socialism advocated by Robert Owen:
A) Fabian Socialism B) Utopian Socialism
C) Market Socialism D) Democratic Socialism
57. The Sistine Madona is a painting by:
A) Leonardo Da Vinci B) Michel Angelo
C) Raphael D) Titian
58. Corpus Juris Civilis, the collection of civil laws were
better known as:
A) Morse code B) Justinian’s code
C) Hammurabi’s code D) Visigothic code
59. Arrange the following Chinese dynasties in their
chronological order:
1. Chou Dynasty 2. Han Dynasty
3. Shin Dynasty 4. Tang Dynasty
A) 1, 2, 3, 4 B) 4, 3, 2, 1 C) 1, 3, 2, 4 D) 2, 3, 4, 1
60. Which among the following is not a pre-requisite for
Objectivity in historical
writing?
A) Historian should possess a critical spirit for analyzing
facts
B) He should have historical sense
C) He should collect information from all possible sources
D) He should have pre-conceived ideas, feelings and opinions
61. Objects that result from the doings of men who exist in
the past comes under-----
sources.
A) Written B) Material
C) Immaterial D) Intangible
62. Internal criticism is also known as:
A) Interpretative Criticism B) External Criticism
C) Forgery of Documents D) Heuristics
63. ------ aims at establishing correctness of the document.
A) Textural Criticism B) Hypothesis
C) Generalization D) Exposition
64. Match the following.
a. Semiotics 1. Relied on unstructured data and non- numerical symbols
b. Oral tradition 2. Study of signs, symbols
c. Qualitative Research 3. Passing of knowledge across generations- without writing
d. Inter Disciplinary Research 4. Integrates data, tools and techniques of many disciplines
A) a-2, b-3, c-1, d-4 B) a-2, b-3, c-4, d-1
C) a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2 D) a-2, b-1, c-3, d-4
65. Which among the following statements is false regarding
Deconstruction?
A) It is effective to understand relation between text and
its meanings
B) Jacques Derrida is the man who originated this approach
C) It opposes the assumptions of Structuralism
D) Logo centrism and Binary opposition was its base.
66. Match the following:
a. Appendix 1. Style for footnotes
b. APA 2. Composite statistic
c. Bibliography 3. Supplementary material
d. Index 4. Alphabetized list of all sources
A) a-1, b-3, c-4, d-2 B) a-3, b-4, c-2, d-1
C) a-4, b-2, c-1, d-3 D) a-3, b-1, c-4, d-2
67. Citing a new reference that is from the same text as the
preceding reference:
A) Note B) Footnote C) Op.cit D) Ibid
68. Abbreviation comes from the Latin word brevis which
means:
A) Frequently B) Long C) Short D) Simple
69. Kalhana’s Rajatharangini was completed in 1150 AD during
the reign of:
A) Gonada II B) Gonada III C) Jaya Simha D) Harsha I
70. Identify the work not belonging to Amir Khusrau:
A) Nur Sipihr B) Qiran-us-Saadain
C) Tarikh-i-Alfi D) Miftah-ul-Futuh
71. Alberuni came to India along with the invading army of:
A) Chengish Khan B) Timur
C) Muhammad Ghori D) Muhammad Ghasni
72. A British historian who had never been to India:
A) Robert Orme B) W W Hunter
C) Elphinstone D) James Mill
73. Author of ‘History of the Sikhs’:
A) Grant Duff B) James Tod
C) J D Cunningham D) Alexander Cunningham
74. Match the following:
a. James Princep 1. Oxford History of India
b. Max Muller 2. Sacred Writings of the Hindus
c. H T Colebrook 3. Sacred Books of the East
d. V A Smith 4. Essays on Indian Antiquities
A) a-1, b-4, c-3, d-2 B) a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1
C) a-4, b-3, c-1, d-2 D) a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2
75. Which among the following is not a work of D D Kosambi?
A) Myth and Reality
B) An Introduction to the Study of Indian History
C) Indias Recent Past
D) The Culture and Civilization of Ancient India in
Historical Outline
76. Book on Historical Cartography, Atlas of the Mughal
Empire was written by:
A) Bipan Chandra B) Romila Thapar
C) J N Sarkar D) Irfan Habib
77. Who among the following is a famous Byzantine Greek
historian?
A) Polybius B) Thucydides C) Procopius D) Fabius Pictor
78. ‘The history of all hither to existing societies is the
history of the Class
Struggle’ is the words of:
A) Hegel B) Marx C) Spengler D) Toynbee
79. Primitive Culture, Rational Culture and Culture of Law
were concepts of:
A) Al Tabari B) Al Masudi C) Ibn Khaldun D) Al Firdam
80. As per the reference in Mooshakavamsam, the ports of
Madai and Valapattanam
were built by:
A) Srikanta B) Nandan
C) Vallabha II D) Vikramarama
81. Which among the following is not a Neolithic sight of
Kerala?
A) Ambukuthi B) Pulpally C) Kalpetta D) Payyampalli
82. The tribal population which inhabit on the banks of
Chalakudy River at Vazhachal:
A) Kanikkar B) Kadar C) Irular D) Karimpalar
83. Mayan was the chief deity of -------Tinai.
A) Mullai B) Palai C) Neythal D) Marutham
84. Didda was a famous queen of :
A) Hoysalas B) Kashmir
C) Kakathiya D) Maukharis
85. Match the following:
a. Vazhappalli Plate 1. Sthanu Ravi
b. Tarasappalli Copper Plate 2. Bhaskara Ravi Varman
c. Mecheri Illam Plate 3. Rajashekhara
d. Jewish Copper Plate 4. Ayyan Adikal
A) a-3, b-4, c-2, d-1 B) a-1, b-3, c-4, d-2
C) a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1 D) a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2
86. In Koodiyattam the female role is played by:
A) Sootradharan B) Nambiar
C) Nangiar D) Chakyar
87. Identify the statement which is not true regarding Jain
centers of Kerala:
A) They are not wide spread like Buddhist centers
B) Thirucharanam Jain settlement is located in Wayanadu
district
C) Kallil Cave Temple is related to Jainism
D) Jainamedu in Palakkad is another centre
88. Natural port of Pantalayani was captured by the Zamorin
from the rulers of:
A) Kolathunadu B) Kochi
C) Parappanangad D) Kottakal
89. Which among the following roads was not constructed by
Tipu Sultan?
A) Sulthan Bathery - Kozhikode
B) Malappuram - Thamarasseri
C) Cochin - Thrissur
D) Chaliyam - Chettuvai
90. The Travancore ruler to put an end to Suchindram
Kaimukku:
A) Uthram Thirunal B) Swathi Thirunal
C) Ayilyam Thirunal D) Sree Moolam Thirunal
91. Adamgarh in Madhya Pradesh and Bagor in Rajasthan
provide the earliest
evidence of:
A) Food gathering B) Domestication of animals
C) Chopping and digging D) Cave painting
92. The biggest opponent of Magadha among the Mahajanapadas:
A) Vajji B) Kosala C) Avanti D) Malla
93. The official language of the Satavahanas was:
A) Prakrit B) Pali
C) Ardhamagadhi D) Sanskrit
94. Identify the Port of ancient India not located on the
eastern coast:
A) Arikamedu B) Tamralipti
C) Kaveripattinam D) Broach
95. Harsha Vardhana was the author of:
A) Mudrarakshasa B) Raghuvamsam
C) Ratnavali D) Harshacharita
96. Hiuen Tsang visited Chalukyan Kingdom during the reign
of:
A) Harsha Vardhana B) Pulikesin II
C) Vikramaditya II D) Kirtivarnan I
97. Match the following names of Sufi saints with their
Silsilahs:
a. Nizamuddin Auliya 1. Qadariya Order
b. Wali Ullah 2. Nashkbandi
c. Naziruddin Muhammed Zilani 3. Suhrawardi Order
d. Muhammad Baqi Billah 4. Chisti Order
A) a-4, b-3, c-1, d-2 B) a-2, b-4, c-1, d-3
C) a-3, b-4, c-2, d-1 D) a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1
98. Arrange the following conquests of Akbar
chronologically:
1. Conquest of Malwa 2. Conquest of Rathambhor
3. Conquest of Gujarat 4. Conquest of Bihar and Bengal
A) 1, 2, 3, 4 B) 3, 2, 1, 4 C) 2, 1, 3, 4 D) 1, 4, 2, 3
99. Which of the following statement is not true relating to
Mughal Coinage?
A) Ain-i-Akbari of Abul Fazl is one source for Mughal
coinage
B) Standard gold coin of the Mughals was Muhar
C) Mughal Copper coinage is based on Sher Sha’s Dam
D) Silver Tanka was issued by Jahangir
100. Who created the department, Diwan-i-bandagan or
Department of Slaves under
Delhi Sultanate?
A) Firoz Shah Tughlaq B) Khizer Khan
C) Mubarak Shah D) Balban
101. Which of the following treaty was not concluded in
relation with AngloMaratha Wars?
A) Treaty of Lahore B) Treaty of Salbai
C) Treaty of Bassein D) Treaty of Deogaon
102 Match the following:
a. N M Joshi 1. Deccan Education Society
b. Gopala Krishna Gokhale 2. Seva Samithi
c. H N Kunzru 3. Social Service League
d. Gopal Ganesh Agarkar 4. Servants of India Society
A) a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2 B) a-2, b-3, c-1, d-4
C) a-4, b-3, c-1, d-2 D) a-3, b-4, c-2, d-1
103. Indian Universities Act of 1904 was passed on the
recommendations of:
A) Thomas Raleigh Commission
B) Sadler Commission
C) Hartog Committee
D) Hunter Commission
104. The first Vernacular Newspaper, Samachar Darpan,
started in 1818 was in:
A) Bengali B) Hindi C) Marathi D) Urdu
105. Identify the statement not related to the immediate
cause of The Revolt of 1857:
A) Introduction of new Enfield rifle
B) Disobeyal of orders by the Sepoys of 19th Native Infantry
of Berhampur
C) Mutiny of Mangal Pandey
D) Vellore Mutiny
106. Match the following:
a. Punjab Land Alienation Act 1. 1856
b. The Indian Press Act 2. 1929
c. Hindu Widow Re-marriage Act 3. 1902
d. Child Marriage Restraint Act 4. 1910
A) a-3, b-1, c-4, d-2 B) a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
C) a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2 D) a-1, b-3, c-4, d-2
107. The place captured by INA along with Japanese Army in
1944:
A) Kabul B) Lahore C) Kohima D) Dispur
108. Cabinet Mission came to India in 1946, which included
Sir Stafford Crips,
Pathick Lawrence and ----.
A) Job Charnock B) Clement Atlee
C) A V Alexander D) Ramsay Macdonald
109. The Indian Constitution adopted fundamental Rights
from:
A) France B) America C) England D) Germany
110. The Five Year Plan in which Green Revolution was
adopted:
A) 2nd B) 3rd C) 4th D) 5th
111. The three States who were not willing to join Indian
Union in 1947 were
Hyderabad, Kashmir and ----.
A) Punjab B) Mysore C) Baroda D) Junagarh
112. Which among the following was not a recommendation of
Kothari Commission
of 1964?
A) Abolition of tuition fee at primary stage.
B) Establishment of University Grants Commission
C) Vocationalisation of Secondary Education
D) Introduction of work experience
113. Ptolemy who founded Ptolemaic Dynasty was one of the
Generals of:
A) Julius Caesar B) Augustus Caesar
C) Alexander D) Clodius
114. In France, Reformation was led by:
A) Ulrich Zwingli B)
Martin Luther
C) John Calvin D) John Wye
115. ‘Italy is only a geographical Entity’ who said this:
A) Cavour B) Bismarck C) Metternich D) Napolean
116. The immediate cause of First World War was:
A) Murder of Austrian
Prince B) Japanese attack on Manchuria
C) Hitler’s attack on Poland D) Pearl Harbour attack
117. North Atlantic Treaty Organization was signed in:
A) 1949 B) 1959 C)
1969 D) 1939
118. On the eve of Arab Spring, the Jasmine Revolution
occurred in:
A) Tunisia B) Egypt C) Yemen D) Syria
119. Indo-China Communist Party was founded by:
A) Mao Tse Tung B) Ho Chi Minh
C) Sun Yat Sen D) Truong Chinh
120. President of USA who introduced Fourteen Points:
A) Theodore Roosevelt B) Benjamin Harrison
C) Woodrow Wilson D) William McKinley
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