Topic:- DU J19 MA HISTORY DU MA History

Topic:- DU_J19_MA_HISTORY
The famous temple of Kailasa, hewn out of the rock, is located at which of the following early medieval sites?
, ? [Question ID = 25818]
1. Mahabalipuram / [Option ID = 43270] 2. Badami / [Option ID = 43269] 3. Ellora / [Option ID = 43268] 4. Elephanta / [Option ID = 43267]
Correct Answer :- Ellora / [Option ID = 43268]
Which of the following statements on Sher Shah’s revenue administration is/are correct?
(I) Sher Shah preferred to collect the revenue in cash, except for perishable goods where it was received in kind only.
(II) Abwabs were the local taxes levied on production and consumption of various trade and professions and on transport.
(III) The cultivators had to pay one-third of their produce to the state.
(IV) All cultivable lands were divided into three categories on the basis of production, viz., good, middling, and bad.
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[Question ID = 25753]
1. II, III and IV / II, III IV [Option ID = 43008] 2. Only IV / IV [Option ID = 43010] 3. Only III / III [Option ID = 43009] 4. I, II and IV / I, II IV [Option ID = 43007]
Correct Answer :- II, III and IV / II, III IV [Option ID = 43008]
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Which of the following historians argued that class struggle was a prime factor in the transition from Feudalism to Capitalism?
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1. Maurice Dobb / [Option ID = 42954] 2. R.H. Tawney / .. [Option ID = 42953] 3. Roger Chartier / [Option ID = 42952] 4. Robert Brenner / [Option ID = 42951]
Correct Answer :-
Which of the following monuments is located in Delhi?
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1. Adhai Din Ka Jhonpra / [Option ID = 42928] 2. Gol Gumbad / [Option ID = 42929] 3. Atala Masjid / [Option ID = 42930] 4. Alai Darwaza / [Option ID = 42927]
Correct Answer :- Alai Darwaza / [Option ID = 42927]
Which of the following texts is a Sufi malfuzat

1. Both of the above / [Option ID = 43082] 2. Fawaid al-Fuad / - [Option ID = 43079] 3. Khair al-Majalis / - [Option ID = 43080] 4. None of the above / [Option ID = 43081]
Correct Answer :- Both of the above / [Option ID = 43082]
Which of the following was the bone of contention between the Bahamani and Vijayanagar kingdoms?
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1. Warangal / [Option ID = 43012] 2. Malabar / [Option ID = 43013] 3. Madurai / [Option ID = 43011] 4. The Raichur doab / [Option ID = 43014]
Correct Answer :-
The Raichur doab / [Option ID = 43014]
Ratnahvimshi ceremony was associated with which sacrifice:

1. Rajasuya / [Option ID = 43133] 2. Asvamedha / [Option ID = 43132] 3. Vajpeya / [Option ID = 43131] 4. None of the above / [Option ID = 43134]
Correct Answer :- Rajasuya / [Option ID = 43133]
Kenneth Pommeranz is well known for his thesis

1. Regarding the relationship between ecological constraints and economic activity / [Option ID = 43180]
2. All the above / [Option ID = 43182] 3. Nature of State in Mughal India / [Option ID = 43179] 4. The French-German borderlands / - [Option ID = 43181]
Correct Answer :- Regarding the relationship between ecological constraints and economic activity / [Option ID = 43180]
Babur wrote his autobiography Babur-namah or Tuzuk-i-Baburi in …………… language, which was his mother tongue :
- .......... : [Question ID = 25803]
1. Pushto / [Option ID = 43209] 2. Persian / [Option ID = 43207] 3. Arabic / [Option ID = 43208] 4. Turkish / [Option ID = 43210]
Correct Answer :- Turkish / [Option ID = 43210]
Bhagat Singh

1. None of these / [Option ID = 43246] 2. Wrote the book Peasant, State and Society / [Option ID = 43244] 3. Wrote the book Punjab and Revolution / [Option ID = 43245]
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4. Wrote the book Why I am an Atheist / [Option ID = 43243]
Correct Answer :- Wrote the book Why I am an Atheist / [Option ID = 43243]
The book Indian Society and the Making of the British Empire was written by
1. Tirthankar Roy / [Option ID = 43167] 2. Thomas Metcalfe / [Option ID = 43170] 3. C. A. Bayly / [Option ID = 43168] 4. David Ludden / [Option ID = 43169]
Correct Answer :- C. A. Bayly / [Option ID = 43168]
The book The Political Structure of Early Medieval South India has been authored by
1. Kesavan Veluthat / [Option ID = 43282] 2. K.A.N Sastri / ... [Option ID = 43279] 3. Richard Fox / [Option ID = 43281] 4. Burton Stein / [Option ID = 43280]
Correct Answer :- Kesavan Veluthat / [Option ID = 43282]
“Vernacular Millennium” is a term coined by
" " [Question ID = 25775]
1. Richard Davis / [Option ID = 43096] 2. Sheldon Pollock / [Option ID = 43095] 3. Muzaffar Alam / [Option ID = 43098] 4. J.F. Richards / .. [Option ID = 43097]
Correct Answer :- Sheldon Pollock / [Option ID = 43095]
The Government of India Act 1935 introduced:
1935 : [Question ID = 25743]
1. Separate electorates / [Option ID = 42968] 2. Separate census columns for Animism and Hinduism / -
[Option ID = 42969] 3. Excluded and Partially Excluded Areas / [Option ID = 42967] 4. All of the above / [Option ID = 42970]
Correct Answer :- Excluded and Partially Excluded Areas / [Option ID = 42967]
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Francois Bernier wrote a book called

1. Travels around the World / [Option ID = 42961] 2. Travels in India / [Option ID = 42960] 3. Travels in Mogul India / [Option ID = 42959] 4. Travels in Muslim India / [Option ID = 42962]
Correct Answer :- Travels in Mogul India / [Option ID = 42959]
Francoise Furet
1. Both the above / [Option ID = 43249] 2. Discussed Alexis De Tocqueville in his interpretation of the French Revolution / [Option ID = 43247]
3. Discussed Karl Marx in his interpretation of the French Revolution / [Option ID = 43248]
4. None of the above / [Option ID = 43250]
Correct Answer :-
In the thirteenth century which ruler deployed the Afghans in the doab region / [Question ID = 25770]
1. Ghiyas al-Din Balban / - [Option ID = 43078] 2. Firuz Shah Tughluq / [Option ID = 43075] 3. Muizz al-Din / - [Option ID = 43077] 4. Qutb al-Din Aybeg / - [Option ID = 43076]
Correct Answer :- Ghiyas al-Din Balban / - [Option ID = 43078]
In the Rigveda a woman disburser of share is referred to as:
: [Question ID = 25786]
1. jaya / [Option ID = 43142] 2. Bhagdatri / [Option ID = 43139] 3. Snutri / [Option ID = 43140] 4. Mahishi / [Option ID = 43141]
Correct Answer :- Snutri / [Option ID = 43140]
In the early thirteenth century the ruling class of the Delhi Sultanate constituted of [Question ID = 25824]
1. Alai Slaves / [Option ID = 43292] 2. Shamsi Bandagan / [Option ID = 43291]
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3. Rajput Zamindars / [Option ID = 43294] 4. Ghulams of Mahmud Ghazni / [Option ID = 43293]
Correct Answer :- Shamsi Bandagan / [Option ID = 43291]
The Northern Black Polished Ware is associated with
1. Fine Pottery produced between 700 BCE and 200 BCE / 700 200 [Option ID = 43196]
2. Porcelain pottery / [Option ID = 43197] 3. Polished Bronze vessels / [Option ID = 43198] 4. Pottery produced between 100 BCE and 300 BCE / 100 300 [Option ID
= 43195]
Correct Answer :-
Shaykh Baha al-Din Zakariya was affiliated to the following sufi order:
- : [Question ID = 25732]
1. Chishti / [Option ID = 42923] 2. Qadiri / [Option ID = 42924] 3. Naqshabandi / [Option ID = 42926] 4. Suhrawardi / [Option ID = 42925]
Correct Answer :- Suhrawardi / [Option ID = 42925]
Shunyanivesha stood for:
1. Virgin Territory / [Option ID = 43130] 2. Bactria / [Option ID = 43129] 3. Sind / [Option ID = 43127] 4. Multan / [Option ID = 43128]
Correct Answer :- Virgin Territory / [Option ID = 43130]
Ananda Coomaraswamy is known for his writings on
:
1. Indian architecture / [Option ID = 42983] 2. Indian and Indonesian sculpture / [Option ID = 42985] 3. Rajput painting / [Option ID = 42984] 4. All of the above / [Option ID = 42986]
Correct Answer :- All of the above / [Option ID = 42986]
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William Jones is known for his contribution to:
:
1. Anthropometry / [Option ID = 43048] 2. Racial Craniometry / [Option ID = 43049] 3. Ethnology / [Option ID = 43047] 4. None of the above / [Option ID = 43050]
Correct Answer :-
Ziya al-Din Barani wrote that when 'the sultan' attained kingship, 'he' was quite independent of the rules and orders of the shariat. Which sultan was he referring to?
- ' ' , '' ?
1. Balban / [Option ID = 42936] 2. Ala al-Din Khalaji / - [Option ID = 42938] 3. Iltutmish / [Option ID = 42935] 4. Muhammad Shah Tughluq / [Option ID = 42937]
Correct Answer :- Ala al-Din Khalaji / - [Option ID = 42938]
Nirgrantha is a term that refers to
1. Hinduism / [Option ID = 42989] 2. Tantricism / [Option ID = 42990] 3. Jainism / [Option ID = 42987] 4. Buddhism / [Option ID = 42988]
Correct Answer :- Jainism / [Option ID = 42987]
Ranabir Chakravarty identifies the early medieval period as
1. Second Phase of Urbanization / [Option ID = 42992] 2. First Phase of Urbanization / [Option ID = 42991] 3. Fourth Phase of Urbanization / [Option ID = 42994] 4. Third Phase of Urbanization / [Option ID = 42993]
Correct Answer :- Third Phase of Urbanization / [Option ID = 42993]
The Ilahi era was started by
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1. Ghiyas al-Din Tughluq / - [Option ID = 43157] 2. Ibrahim Adil Shah / [Option ID = 43156] 3. Shah Jahan / [Option ID = 43155] 4. Akbar / [Option ID = 43158]
Correct Answer :- Akbar / [Option ID = 43158]
A unique architectural style flourished in Jaunpur in the 14th and 15th centuries. Jaunpur was under the control of which of the following rulers?
14 15 ? [Question ID = 25752]
1. Surs / [Option ID = 43006] 2. Lodis / [Option ID = 43003] 3. Sharqis / [Option ID = 43005] 4. Sayyids / [Option ID = 43004]
Correct Answer :- Sharqis / [Option ID = 43005]
A major rebellion broke out in the doab region during Muhammad Shah Tughluq’s reign. Identify the prime cause of this rebellion.

1. Increase in rural taxation / [Option ID = 42933] 2. Issue of token currency / [Option ID = 42932] 3. Transfer of capital from Delhi / [Option ID = 42931] 4. Enslavement of the doab population / [Option ID = 42934]
Correct Answer :- Increase in rural taxation / [Option ID = 42933]
The akam and puram are
1. Sangam poems / [Option ID = 43203] 2. Poetry written in Samadragupta’s reign / [Option ID = 43205] 3. Part of Dharmashastra literature / [Option ID = 43204] 4. Part of Tipitaka literature / [Option ID = 43206]
Correct Answer :- Sangam poems / [Option ID = 43203]
Which Geological age is associated with Mesolithic period in the Indian subcontinent?
? [Question ID = 25727]
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1. Holocene / [Option ID = 42906] 2. Lower Pleistocene / [Option ID = 42903] 3. Middle Pleistocene / [Option ID = 42904] 4. Upper Pleistocene / [Option ID = 42905]
Correct Answer :- Holocene / [Option ID = 42906]
A romantic vision of the village-community contributed to which system?
- ? [Question ID = 25757]
1. Administration of impersonal bureaucracy / [Option ID = 43026] 2. Munro’s ryotwari system in colonial Madras / [Option ID =
43023] 3. The Whig vision of limited government interference / [Option ID = 43024] 4. A spirit of innovation and legal reform / [Option ID = 43025]
Correct Answer :- Munro’s ryotwari system in colonial Madras / [Option ID = 43023]
The phrase military labour market was used by [Question ID = 25825]
1. Eric Stokes / [Option ID = 43295] 2. Anil Seal / [Option ID = 43296] 3. Dirk Kolff / [Option ID = 43298] 4. Y D Sharma / [Option ID = 43297]
Correct Answer :- Dirk Kolff / [Option ID = 43298]
The Ghadar Party operated from
1. Bangkok / [Option ID = 43099] 2. Germany / [Option ID = 43101] 3. Japan / [Option ID = 43100] 4. United States / [Option ID = 43102]
Correct Answer :- United States / [Option ID = 43102]
Who among the following historians have argued that colonialism fundamentally altered the nature of economic activity in the 18th century
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1. Sushil Chaudhury / [Option ID = 43175] 2. Tilottama Mukherjee / [Option ID = 43176] 3. Tirthankar Roy / [Option ID = 43177]
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4. None of the above / [Option ID = 43178]
Correct Answer :- Sushil Chaudhury / [Option ID = 43175]
Who is the author of the book Unconditional Equality: Gandhi’s Religion of Resistance?
: ' ?
1. Ranajit Guha / [Option ID = 42966] 2. Ajay Skaria / [Option ID = 42964] 3. Ramachandra Guha / [Option ID = 42965] 4. Rajmohan Gandhi / [Option ID = 42963]
Correct Answer :- Ajay Skaria / [Option ID = 42964]
Ardha Magadhi is a dialect of
1. Oriya / [Option ID = 43277] 2. Prakrit / [Option ID = 43275] 3. Deccani / [Option ID = 43278] 4. Pali / [Option ID = 43276]
Correct Answer :- Prakrit / [Option ID = 43275]
The book Material Cultures and Social Formations in Ancient India is written by
1. Ranabir Chakravarti / [Option ID = 42919] 2. R. S. Sharma / .. [Option ID = 42921] 3. J. L. Mehta / [Option ID = 42922] 4. Shireen Ratnagar / [Option ID = 42920]
Correct Answer :- R. S. Sharma / .. [Option ID = 42921]
In which Indian state is the chalcolithic site at Inamgaon located?
1. Rajasthan / [Option ID = 42913] 2. Karnataka / [Option ID = 42914] 3. Gujarat / [Option ID = 42911] 4. Maharashtra / [Option ID = 42912]
Correct Answer :- Maharashtra / [Option ID = 42912]
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Name the author of Amar Jiban, the first autobiography in Bengali
1. Mahasweta Devi / [Option ID = 43122] 2. Pandita Ramabai / [Option ID = 43121] 3. Rashsundari Devi / [Option ID = 43119] 4. Tanika Sarkar / [Option ID = 43120]
Correct Answer :- Rashsundari Devi / [Option ID = 43119]
On March 29, 1857 Mangal Pandey, a sepoy from Oudh, initiated the revolt against the British at
29 , 1857 [Question ID = 25759]
1. Shimla / [Option ID = 43033] 2. Faizabad / [Option ID = 43034] 3. Benaras / [Option ID = 43031] 4. Barrackpore / [Option ID = 43032]
Correct Answer :- Barrackpore / [Option ID = 43032]
What is not true about the architecture of the temples at Mamallapuram
1. Outer walls are represented with scenes from Hindu mythology / [Option ID = 43057]
2. Rock cut temples are located at Mamallapuram / [Option ID = 43056] 3. These temples were built by the Pallavas / [Option ID = 43055] 4. Erotic art is represented in the sculptures / [Option ID =
43058]
Correct Answer :- Erotic art is represented in the sculptures / [Option ID = 43058]
The English Civil War lasted from
1. 1688-92 [Option ID = 43027] 2. 1642-46 [Option ID = 43029] 3. 1710-14 [Option ID = 43030] 4. 1618-22 [Option ID = 43028]
Correct Answer :-
The concept of the Passive Revolution was formulated by
1. Rosa Luxemburg / [Option ID = 43233]
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2. Lenin / [Option ID = 43231] 3. Trotsky / [Option ID = 43232] 4. Gramsci / [Option ID = 43234]
Correct Answer :- Gramsci / [Option ID = 43234]
The Muslim League was formed in the year
1. 1921 [Option ID = 43037] 2. 1932 [Option ID = 43036] 3. 1914 [Option ID = 43038] 4. 1906 [Option ID = 43035]
Correct Answer :- 1906 [Option ID = 43035]
In the book Somanatha: The Many Voices of a History the author refers to
:
1. Sanskrit sources / [Option ID = 43216] 2. Jain sources / [Option ID = 43217] 3. All of the above / [Option ID = 43218] 4. Persian sources / [Option ID = 43215]
In the book 'Land and Sovereignty in India' the author studies the polity of
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1. Rajputs / [Option ID = 42955] 2. Bhils / [Option ID = 42958] 3. Jats / [Option ID = 42957] 4. Marathas / [Option ID = 42956]
Correct Answer :- Marathas / [Option ID = 42956]
Rudrangshu Mukherjee in his book Awadh in Revolt, has argued that during the revolt of 1857:
1857 :
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1. Peasants and taluqdars were mostly together in the struggle / [Option ID = 43255]
2. Only taluqdars participated in the revolt / [Option ID = 43257] 3. Only the peasants participated in the anti-colonial struggle / - [Option ID = 43258]
4. The main struggle of the peasants was against the taluqdars / [Option ID = 43256]
Correct Answer :- Peasants and taluqdars were mostly together in the struggle / [Option ID = 43255]
Assertion (A): Stone portraits of Kusana kings were found at Mat near Mathura.
Reason (R): The Kusana royal portraits were influenced by earlier portraits of Emperor Ashoka.
Which of the following is the correct relation between the two?
/Assertion (A):
/Reason (R):
1. A is correct but R is wrong. / R [Option ID = 43189] 2. Both A and R are correct, but R is not an explanation for A. / A R , R, A [Option ID = 43188]
3. Both A and R are correct and R is one of the explanations for A. / A R R, A [Option ID = 43187]
4. Both A and R are wrong. / A R [Option ID = 43190]
Correct Answer :- A is correct but R is wrong. / R [Option ID = 43189]
Andal was well known in South India as
1. Bhakti Saint / [Option ID = 42996] 2. Warrior Princess / [Option ID = 42997] 3. Head of a Merchant Guild / [Option ID = 42998] 4. First Woman Ruler / [Option ID = 42995]
Correct Answer :- Bhakti Saint / [Option ID = 42996]
Shahr-i Nau refers to:
-- : [Question ID = 25807]
1. Kilokhari / [Option ID = 43223] 2. Dar al-Khalifa / [Option ID = 43226] 3. Lashkargah / [Option ID = 43225] 4. Siri / [Option ID = 43224]
Correct Answer :-
Kilokhari / [Option ID = 43223]
Who authored the book Feudal Society?
1. Lucien Febvre / [Option ID = 42948] 2. Michel Foucault / [Option ID = 42949] 3. Ferdinand Braudel / [Option ID = 42947] 4. Marc Bloc / [Option ID = 42950]
Correct Answer :- Marc Bloc / [Option ID = 42950]
The term akhlaq means:
1. Rank in official hierarchy / [Option ID = 43214] 2. State legislation / [Option ID = 43211] 3. Sufi hospice / [Option ID = 43212] 4. Ethical treatise / [Option ID = 43213]
Correct Answer :- Ethical treatise / [Option ID = 43213]
The term Dhammachakka Pavattana means
1. A collection of Hymns associated with the Vedas / [Option ID = 43193] 2. Bills of Exchange / [Option ID = 43192] 3. Buddha’s first sermon near Benaras / [Option ID = 43191] 4. A canon of South Indian Shaiva Bhakti / [Option ID = 43194]
Correct Answer :- Buddha’s first sermon near Benaras / [Option ID = 43191]
The Asiatic Society of Bengal was founded by
1. William Bentinck / [Option ID = 43184] 2. William Jones / [Option ID = 43183] 3. Raja Rammohan Roy / [Option ID = 43186] 4. W W Hunter / [Option ID = 43185]
Correct Answer :- William Jones / [Option ID = 43183]
Kalhana wrote the book Rajatarangini in
1. Prakrit / [Option ID = 42917] 2. Apabhramsa / [Option ID = 42915]
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3. Sanskrit / [Option ID = 42918] 4. Pali / [Option ID = 42916]
Correct Answer :- Sanskrit / [Option ID = 42918]
Assertion (A): The Buddha was not depicted in human form in the early Buddhist art of Bharhut.
Reason (R): The ancient Indian artists at Bharhut used a variety of symbols and motifs to indicate the Buddha’s unseen presence.
Which of the following is the correct relation between the two?
/Assertion (A):
/Reason (R):
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1. Both A and R are correct, and R is one of the explanations for A.
A R , R, A [Option ID = 42971] 2. Both A and R are correct, but R is not an explanation for A.
A R , R, A [Option ID = 42972] 3. Both A and R are wrong.
A R [Option ID = 42974] 4. A is correct but R is wrong.
A R [Option ID = 42973]
Correct Answer :- Both A and R are correct, but R is not an explanation for A.
A R , R, A [Option ID = 42972]
Textures of Time is a text that analyzes and explores
1. The nature of history, narrative and historical consciousness in India / , [Option ID = 43115]
2. The nature of time in the philosophical literature of South India / [Option ID = 43116]
3. The nature of time in the philosophical literature of France / [Option ID = 43117]
4. The nature of texts from the French literary cannon / [Option ID = 43118]
Correct Answer :-
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The nature of history, narrative and historical consciousness in India / , [Option ID = 43115]
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhay was the author of

1. Kapalakundala / [Option ID = 43112] 2. Srikantha / [Option ID = 43113] 3. Naukadubi / [Option ID = 43111] 4. None of the Above / [Option ID = 43114]
Correct Answer :- Kapalakundala / [Option ID = 43112]
Who amongst the following has not written about the decline of the Mughal Empire?
1. Satish Chandra / [Option ID = 42941] 2. Jadunath Sarkar / [Option ID = 42942] 3. Karen Leonard / [Option ID = 42940] 4. Simon Digby / [Option ID = 42939]
Correct Answer :- Simon Digby / [Option ID = 42939]
Who amongst the following was a Woman saint, who was also a great Shaivite:
, : [Question ID = 25806]
1. Lalla of Kashmir / [Option ID = 43219] 2. Jamabai of Maharashtra / [Option ID = 43222] 3. Mirabai of Rajasthan / [Option ID = 43220] 4. Sita, the queen of Pipa / , [Option ID = 43221]
Correct Answer :- Lalla of Kashmir / [Option ID = 43219]
Who amongst the following has written on the ‘racial theory of Indian civilization’:
' ' : [Question ID = 25737]
1. Bipan Chandra / [Option ID = 42946] 2. Thomas Trautmann / [Option ID = 42945] 3. Balgangadhar Tilak / [Option ID = 42943] 4. Gopalkrishna Gokhale / [Option ID = 42944]
Correct Answer :- Thomas Trautmann / [Option ID = 42945]
Who amongst the following has written an essay on sufi folk literature in the Deccan?
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1. Nararyan Rao / [Option ID = 43160] 2. Richard Eaton / [Option ID = 43161] 3. George Dale / [Option ID = 43162] 4. Carl Ernst / [Option ID = 43159]
Correct Answer :- Richard Eaton / [Option ID = 43161]
Who amongst the following was the chief qazi during Akbar’s reign [Question ID = 25826]
1. Bairam Khan / [Option ID = 43299] 2. Abdun Nabi / [Option ID = 43300] 3. Aziz Koka / [Option ID = 43302] 4. Jamal Khan / [Option ID = 43301]
Correct Answer :- Abdun Nabi / [Option ID = 43300]
The main location in China for overseas foreign trade till the First Opium War was:
1. Nanking / [Option ID = 43261] 2. Canton / [Option ID = 43260] 3. Hong Kong / [Option ID = 43262] 4. Shanghai / [Option ID = 43259]
Correct Answer :- Canton / [Option ID = 43260]
Sumit Sarkar in his book The Swadeshi Movement in Bengal discusses

1. Rabindranath Tagore and nationalism / [Option ID = 43163] 2. All of the above / [Option ID = 43166] 3. Aurobindo Ghosh and nationalism / [Option ID = 43164] 4. The critique of Rabindranath Tagore and Aurobindo Ghosh /
[Option ID = 43165]
Which of these dynasties adopted the title Kshatrapa?
1. Kushanas / [Option ID = 43137] 2. Sungas / [Option ID = 43135] 3. Shakas / [Option ID = 43136] 4. Maitrakas / [Option ID = 43138]
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Correct Answer :- Shakas / [Option ID = 43136]
Which of these books has been authored by Michael Meister and M.A. Dhaky
1. Monastery and Guild / [Option ID = 43202] 2. Encyclopaedia of Indian Temple Architecture / [Option ID =
43199] 3. History of Tantric Religion / [Option ID = 43200] 4. Speaking of Shiva / [Option ID = 43201]
Correct Answer :- Encyclopaedia of Indian Temple Architecture / [Option ID = 43199]
Which of the following is not true of Sher Shah’s mausoleum?
1. It is surrounded by a huge pond. / [Option ID = 43145] 2. It is the first mausoleum made of marble. / [Option ID = 43144] 3. It was built by Sher Shah himself. / [Option ID = 43146] 4. It is in Sasaram. / [Option ID = 43143]
Correct Answer :- It is the first mausoleum made of marble. / [Option ID = 43144]
Which of the following is not true of the Mughal Mansabdari system?
1. Land revenue grant to Samantas / [Option ID = 43022] 2. Introduction of the rank of Zat and Sawar. / [Option ID = 43019] 3. Introduced by Akbar / [Option ID = 43021] 4. Dag and Chehra / [Option ID = 43020]
Correct Answer :- Land revenue grant to Samantas / [Option ID = 43022]
Which of the following was introduced in India by Babur?
1. Sloping walls in forts / [Option ID = 43149] 2. Persian painting / [Option ID = 43148] 3. Jagir system / [Option ID = 43150] 4. Chahar Bagh / [Option ID = 43147]
Correct Answer :- Chahar Bagh / [Option ID = 43147]
Which of the following princely states in the British Indian empire was the first to establish a university?
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1. Baroda / [Option ID = 43252] 2. Gwalior / [Option ID = 43254] 3. Hyderabad / [Option ID = 43251] 4. Mysore / [Option ID = 43253]
Correct Answer :- Mysore / [Option ID = 43253]
Which of the following scholars does not specialize in the study of the Indus Valley Civilization
1. Dilip Chakrabarti / [Option ID = 43126] 2. Bridget Allchin / [Option ID = 43123] 3. David Shulman / [Option ID = 43124] 4. Shireen Ratnagar / [Option ID = 43125]
Correct Answer :- David Shulman / [Option ID = 43124]
Which of the following is not a sufi order?
1. Rahmati / [Option ID = 43018] 2. Naqshbandi / [Option ID = 43017] 3. Qadri / [Option ID = 43016] 4. Suhrawardi / [Option ID = 43015]
Correct Answer :- Rahmati / [Option ID = 43018]
Which of the following statements is not true about the Rajputs under the Mughals?
1. Jagirs to Rajput rajas were not granted in Rajasthan. / [Option ID = 43084]
2. A special kind of jagir known as the watan jagir. / [Option ID = 43085]
3. During Akbar’s time, the Kachhawahas got the highest number of Rajput appointments in the Mughal administration. / , [Option ID = 43083]
4. Foundation of the modern city of Jaipur. / [Option ID = 43086]
Correct Answer :-
Which of the following texts is a premakhyan?
- ? [Question ID = 25789]
1. Siyar al-Awliya / - [Option ID = 43152]
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2. Mrigavati / [Option ID = 43151] 3. Ardhakathanak / [Option ID = 43153] 4. Tirumurai / [Option ID = 43154]
Correct Answer :- Mrigavati / [Option ID = 43151]
Which of the following site is famous for stupas, monasteries, temples and pillars?
, , ? [Question ID = 25766]
1. Ujjain / [Option ID = 43060] 2. Vidisha / [Option ID = 43059] 3. Sanchi / [Option ID = 43062] 4. Khajuraho / [Option ID = 43061]
Correct Answer :- Sanchi / [Option ID = 43062]
Which one among the following has a different kind of connotation from the other three?
1. Ur / [Option ID = 43266] 2. Nagaram / [Option ID = 43264] 3. Bhukti / [Option ID = 43263] 4. Sabha / [Option ID = 43265]
Correct Answer :- Bhukti / [Option ID = 43263]
Which one of the following places was well known for the production of saltpetre during the eighteenth century?
1. Sarkhej / [Option ID = 43090] 2. Patna / [Option ID = 43088] 3. Jaunpur / [Option ID = 43089] 4. Balasore / [Option ID = 43087]
Correct Answer :- Patna / [Option ID = 43088]
Which one of the following is not a part of the early Jain literature?
1. Sutrakritanga / [Option ID = 43072] 2. Acarangasutra / [Option ID = 43074] 3. Therigatha / [Option ID = 43071] 4. Brihatkalpasutra / [Option ID = 43073]
Correct Answer :- Therigatha / [Option ID = 43071]
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83)
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Kanhadade Prabandha is a vernacular text composed in
1. Avadhi / [Option ID = 43093] 2. Old Rajasthani / [Option ID = 43092] 3. Bangla / [Option ID = 43094] 4. Sanskrit / [Option ID = 43091]
Correct Answer :- Old Rajasthani / [Option ID = 43092]
Shahid Amin studies the category of the ápprover’ to better illustrate
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1. The nature of colonial jurisprudence and agency / [Option ID = 43107]
2. The nature of colonial memory / [Option ID = 43108] 3. The nature of post-colonial memory / [Option ID = 43109] 4. None of the above / [Option ID = 43110]
Correct Answer :- The nature of colonial jurisprudence and agency / [Option ID = 43107]
The Guptas issued silver coins known as
1. Pana / [Option ID = 43066] 2. Rupaka / [Option ID = 43063] 3. Karshapana / [Option ID = 43065] 4. Dinara / [Option ID = 43064]
Correct Answer :- Rupaka / [Option ID = 43063]
Iconometry concerns itself with:
:
1. Both the above / [Option ID = 42981] 2. Understanding the meaning of icons / [Option ID = 42979] 3. None of the above / [Option ID = 42982] 4. Measurement and proportion of icons / [Option ID = 42980]
Correct Answer :- Measurement and proportion of icons / [Option ID = 42980]
Cultural interactions across the Indian Ocean in ancient times were facilitated by:
87)
88)
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90)
- :
1. Long-distance trade / [Option ID = 42977] 2. Itinerant monks who spread Buddhism / [Option ID = 42975] 3. Brahmins invited by Southeast Asian courts / [Option ID = 42976] 4. All of the above / [Option ID = 42978]
The Art of Not Being Governed is a book about:
1. American Indian communities / [Option ID = 43042] 2. Peasant Economies of South East Asia / [Option ID = 43041] 3. The Levellers in the English Civil War / [Option ID = 43039] 4. The Jacobins in the French Revolution / [Option ID = 43040]
Correct Answer :- Peasant Economies of South East Asia / [Option ID = 43041]
The book Representing the Other discusses the following issues:
:
1. British Imperialism and Colonies / [Option ID = 43001] 2. French Imperialism and Colonies / [Option ID = 43002] 3. Representation of Romans in the Tamil sources / [Option ID =
43000] 4. Representation of Turushka in the Sanskrit sources / [Option ID = 42999]
Correct Answer :- Representation of Turushka in the Sanskrit sources / [Option ID = 42999]
The book Social Dimensions of Early Buddhism is authored by

1. R Champaklakshmi / [Option ID = 43054] 2. Romila Thapar / [Option ID = 43051] 3. Uma Chakravarti / [Option ID = 43052] 4. Kumkum Roy / [Option ID = 43053]
Correct Answer :- Uma Chakravarti / [Option ID = 43052]
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93)

1. Sabyasachi Bhattacharya / [Option ID = 43046] 2. Eric Stokes / [Option ID = 43043] 3. Rudrangshu Mukherjee / [Option ID = 43045] 4. Sumit Sarkar / [Option ID = 43044]
Correct Answer :- Eric Stokes / [Option ID = 43043]
The Allahabad Pillar has inscriptions of

1. Samudragupta only / [Option ID = 43271] 2. Samudragupta, Ashoka and Jahangir / , [Option ID = 43272] 3. Chandragupta Vikramaditya and Samudragupta / [Option ID = 43274] 4. Chandragupta and Samudragupta / [Option ID = 43273]
Correct Answer :- Samudragupta, Ashoka and Jahangir / , [Option ID = 43272]
The play Mudrarakshasa of Vishakhadatta discusses the following subject

1. A conflict between different factional groups during Harsha’s reign / [Option ID = 43067]
2. The power struggle between two Aryan clans / [Option ID = 43069] 3. The court intrigues during the time period of Chandragupta Maurya /
[Option ID = 43070] 4. The love story of Malvika and Agnimitra / [Option ID = 43068]
Correct Answer :- The court intrigues during the time period of Chandragupta Maurya / [Option ID = 43070]
The Mangalkavyas were produced in
1. Kerala / [Option ID = 43283] 2. Bengal / [Option ID = 43284] 3. Maharashtra / [Option ID = 43285] 4. Sindh / [Option ID = 43286]
Correct Answer :-
The category of “industrious revolution” was coined by
" "
1. Jan De Vries / [Option ID = 43235] 2. E P Thompson / [Option ID = 43237] 3. Eric Hobsbawm / [Option ID = 43236] 4. None of these / [Option ID = 43238]
Correct Answer :- Jan De Vries / [Option ID = 43235]
The Regulating Act of 1773
1773
1. Retained Company monopoly in the China trade / [Option ID = 43171]
2. Established the Supreme Court / [Option ID = 43172] 3. Established a Criminal Code / [Option ID = 43173] 4. None of the above / [Option ID = 43174]
Correct Answer :- Established the Supreme Court / [Option ID = 43172]
The following scholars edited the book Cambridge Economic History of India /
1. Shireen Moosvi and Irfan Habib / [Option ID = 43289] 2. K.N. Choudhary / [Option ID = 43290] 3. Irfan Habib and Tapan Raychaudhuri / [Option ID = 43287] 4. Muzaffar Alam and Sanjay Subrahmanyam / [Option ID = 43288]
Correct Answer :- Irfan Habib and Tapan Raychaudhuri / [Option ID = 43287]
The following historian linked intellectual history with colonial administration

1. Both the above / [Option ID = 43229] 2. Ranajit Guha / [Option ID = 43228] 3. Eric Stokes / [Option ID = 43227] 4. None of the above / [Option ID = 43230]
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Correct Answer :- Both the above / [Option ID = 43229]
Which historian below has recently analyzed the idea of Pakistan in late colonial northern India in a recent book
1. Gyanendra Pandey / [Option ID = 43241] 2. Venkat Dhulipala / [Option ID = 43239] 3. Siraj ul Islam / [Option ID = 43240] 4. Samira Sheikh / [Option ID = 43242]
Correct Answer :- Venkat Dhulipala / [Option ID = 43239]
Who is the author of Environment and Ethnicity?
1. Ranajit Guha / [Option ID = 43103] 2. Thomas Rice / [Option ID = 43105] 3. Sumit Guha / [Option ID = 43106] 4. Bipin Chandra / [Option ID = 43104]
Correct Answer :- Sumit Guha / [Option ID = 43106]
The Brihadeswara Temple is located at
1. Madurai / [Option ID = 42907] 2. Chennai / [Option ID = 42909] 3. Cochin / [Option ID = 42910] 4. Tanjavur / [Option ID = 42908]
Correct Answer :- Tanjavur / [Option ID = 42908]

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